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NOTICE. ART IV. OF BURKE'S HISTORY of the LANDED GENTRY, COMPLETING THE WORK, IS NOW READY FOR DELIVERY at the Booksellers in Town and Country ; and the Purchasers of the first three Parts are re quested to complete their sets without delay, as the Parts will only be sold separately for a short period. N.B. The work may also now be had complete, bound in 2 volumes, price 21. 10s. Henry Celburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough.streel. THE NEW NOVELS. Now reedy at all the libraries, in 3 vols. post Bvo., R A VEN SNEST; Or, THE RED SKINS. By J. FENIMORE COOPER, Esq. Second Edition of THE DEBUTANTE ; or, THE LONDON SEASON. By Mrs. GORE. 3 vols. MEMOIRS OF A FEMME DECHAMBRE. BY the Countess of BLESSINGTON. 3 vols. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. E SSRS. LAMOND, SMALE,II AND LAMOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their conti nued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TUESDAY and Fitins.v, at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectibily requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day previous to their being offered ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds leone distely disposed of according to instructions. Oflizes, Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London. THEATRE LOYAL, LYCEUM. ENDER THE MANAGEMENT IS EVENI NOF MRS. KEPLEY: THIS - . Wlll be performed the Comedy of THE GOVERNOR'S WIFE. Characters by Messrs. Diddear, F. Mathews, F. Vining, Turner, Collier ; Miss Arden, and Mrs. Keeley. Alter which a New Farce, entitled THE END OF JUNE. Principal characters by Mr. Diddear, Mr. Kinloch, Mr. Turner, Mr. Keeley, and Miss Howard. - To be followed by the highly popular Drama of THE MISER'S WELL. Dolph Heyliger, Mrs. Keeley; Dr. Knipperhausen, Mr. Turner ; Peter de Groodt, Mr. Yamold ; Spiegel, Mr. Kinloch ; Claus Hopper, Mr. Meadows ; Vander Heydeu, Mr. Emery ; Leo nidas, Miss Turner; Marie, Miss Keeley; Frau Ilsy, Mrs. Woollidge. To conclude with the new Farce, entitled LOAN OF A WIFE. Principal characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, A. Wigan, Meadows, Kinloch, and Yarnold ; Mrs. Woollidge and 3liss Howard. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THI EVENING Will be performed the Comedy of PAUL PRY. Colonel Hardy, Mr. Lambert ; Paul Pry, Mr. Wright ; Grasp,Mr. 0. Smith ; Somers, Mr. Worrell ; Mr. Stanley, Mr. Thomas; Harry Stanley, Mr. Boyce, Frank Hardy, Mr. Braid ; Witherton, Mr. Selby ; Mrs. Subtle, Mrs Laws ; Marian, Miss E. Harding ; Phcebe, Miss Ellen Chaplin. After which, a Grand Mythological Burlesque Extravaganza, de nominated THE JUDGMENT OF PARIS ; or, The Pas de Pip pins. The characters personated by Messrs. Selby, 0. Smith, Glen nairo, Lindon, Waye, Butler, Williamson, Aldridge, Mitchenson, -Alderson, Ryan, Wright, Paul Bedford ; Miss Ellen Chaplin, Miss Taylor, Miss Harrison, 31 iss Simpson, Mrs. F. Matthews, &c. To be followed by an original Comic Sketch, called ABRAHAM PARKER. Abraham Parker, Mr. Wright. To conclude with the Farce of A NABOB FOR AN HOUR. Characters by Messrs. Worrell, Lambert, Mtuiyard, Miss Harding, and Mrs. Frank Matthews. PRINCESS'S TfIEATRE. OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING Will be performed an entirely new Serio-Comic Drama, entitled A CURIOUS CASE. Mr. Aubrey, Mr. Vining ; Twiggleton, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Charles Stanton, Mr. Fisher ; Edward, Mr Honner ; Mrs. Aubrey, Mrs. Stirling. After which a new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE SLEEP ING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD. Baron Factotum, Mr. Oxberry ; Princess Isabelle, Madame Vestris. To be followed by an entirely New Comic Drama, entitled THE BARBER BRAVO ; or, The Inventor of Powder. In which Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Granby, Mr. Wynn, Miss E. Stanley, and Miss Marshall will perform. To conclude with the Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. Sir Charles Coldstream, Bart., Mr. C. Mathews ; Sir Adonis Leech, Mr. Granby ; Lady Clutterbuck, Miss E. Honner. ASTLEY'SI ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Patronised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Prixcess Royal. The Public are respectfully apprised, that the present Week will ter minate the successful career of the Grand Military Spectacle of our Indian Victories THIS EVENING Will be performed the popular Drama, called THE SIKHS' IN VASION ; or, England's Victories of 1846. After which, splendid SCENES of the HIPPODROME, by the British and Foreign Professors, Male a nd Female. The whole concluding with an Equestrian Drama, entitled THE NAMELESS. On MONDAY I.:elm an extraordinary Change of Performance, embracing a New Spectacle, called THE MERCHANT STEED ; or, The Flight of Damon. In which Mr. T. Harwood and Mrs. Morton Brooks will, in addition to the regular Company, hav th honour of appearleg. With other attractive Entertainments ; e to- e gether with the Romantic Drama of THE NAMELESS. Box-office open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six and commence at seven o'clock. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. Immense attraction ! A New Opera, and powerful combination of attraction and talent. An increased Band and Double Chorus. Conductor, Mr. E. J. Loder. THIS EVENING will be performed the Opera of THE SYREN. In which Miss Georgiana Smithson will appear, supported by Messrs. D. W. King, Weiss, S. Jones, Horncastie, A. Harris; Miss Betts, and Miss Parry. With the Musical Piece of THE QUAKER. To conclude with WEALTH ANI) WANT. 'ln which Messrs. E. F. Saville, Fredericks, J. T. Johnson, Neville, Heslop, W. Smith, Lewis ; Miss Richardson, Miss Martin, Miss E. Terry, Mrs. W. Daly, and Mrs. Homier will perform. Box Office open from eleven till four o'clock. Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. EVEaRY MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY. VIEW of NAPLES, ERUPTION of VESUVIUS, DESTRUC TION of HERCULANEUM and POMPEII, in the year 79. A richly ornamented GOTHIC BRIDGE of STATUES has been constructed, which will be brilliantly Illuminated at Night. The PROMENADE CONCERTS, conducted by Mr. Godfrey. CALYPSO'S FAIRY a nun°, representing in the Interior Telemachus relating his adventures to Calypso. Tho PYROTECHNIC DISPLAYS, by Mr. Southby, are on the most complete and effective scale. Preceding the Volcanic Display, Mons. FARINELLI will descend from a Chinese Pagoda, seventy feet in height, to the surface of the lake, where a Naiad's Car will rise to receive Lim, and bear him to his chrystal home. The Glass Conservatory is splendidly ornamented with festoons of lamps, enabling the visitors to view the matchless collection of Carnivora by gas-light. Feeding of the Carnivora at half-past five; the Pelicans, &c., at six ; Concert at half-past six ; and the Eruption at dusk. Admission, One Shilling. Under the Patronage of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambr'dge. On MONDAY, Aug. 24th, and TUESDAY, Aug. 25th. A GRAND FLORICULTURAL EXHIBITION and BAZAAR DES FLEURA. In aid of the Funds for assistieg those Nurserymen and Florists who suffered by the late Hail-storm. Extra Bands will attend, in addition to the combined attractions of the Gardens. Admittance, TWO SHILLINGS. Doors open at One. THE WEATHER.—Sun OFFICE, AUGUST 22. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 57; Highest. 70 ; Noon, 68 BAROMETER, 30.09.—W1ND N.W., cloudy. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Warning 11 minutes after 2. 1 Evening .. 29 minutes after 2. 'o' ll -4.• •,,, - , ci' lz- 4 4 ;,k`Nr'''4,,- .., 0, , ;'( l .-----,...-- te 7-. i‘ ~.... ...,... ..--,;:`• ~ /4,OFr Ac m. :2 . CIF: ~,, 4 , , „t -a, occh.tp,,,,. • • SECOND EDITION. (' fr . ilVilillff LONDON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1846. We thought there had been quite enough of per sonal invective within the walla of Parliament for one session. We should have conceived that the salient discussions which grew out of the charge preferred by Lord GEORGE BENTINCK against Sir ROBERT PEEL, with respect to his political conduct towards Mr. CANNING, would have satiated any ordinary ap petite for aspersion and defamation. Considering, too, the triumphant and memorable reply which was given by the late Premier to the vituperative attack —a reply which, for its very completeness, drew forth from Lord JOHN RUSSELL a most honourable enco mium—it might have been expected that a little pru dence would have dictated to Lord G. BENTINCK the policy of not making a similar exhibition of himself, certainly not during the same session. It seems, however, that his Lordship's appetite for calumny is not easily appeased, and no doubt Mr. WAKLEY will one day take leave to inform the aspiring statesman that he has not the phrenological bump of caution largely developed. Lord GEORGE BENTINCK made a rigmarole state ment a few nights since, that Lord LYNDHURST per petrated, or rather participated in, " a job " when Mr. DAVID PoLLocx was appointed Chief Justice of Bombay, with the view of providing for his late secretary, Mr. PERRY, who has recently been made Chief Commissioner of Bankruptcy at Liverpool; and that Lord RIPON had facilitated Mr. POLLOCK ' S elevation to the Indian bench, in consequence of the ex-Chancellor's having exercised his patronage of the valuable living of Nocton in favour of his nominee. The manner and the matter of this charge elicited from Lord LYNDHURST, in the House of Lords, on Thursday, a most luminous statement of the facts followed up by a most vehement philippic against Lord GEORGE BENTINCK, such as in these days seldom tickles the ears of the Legislature. It is a serious business to charge a late Minister, who filled the office of the highest judge of the realm, with con duct which might justify the imputation of his having been actuated by selfish and sordid motives. Little do we wonder, then, that Lord LYNDHURST poured forth his indignation in the withering terms he did. " I do not know how to justify the conduct of the Noble Lord, unless that perhaps lie thinks that everything is fair in party tactics, and that he is therefore justified in en deavouring to blacken and traduce the characters of his political opponents by every means in his power. Perhaps Le acted on that principle, or perhaps his earlier associations and habits—(Laughter)—have had the effect of inducing him to form so low an opinion of the principles on which mankind acts, that he believes every man, in all the transac tions of public life, is actuated by a base, selfish, and sordid motive.—(Cheers.) In looking at the charges which he made, I cannot attribute his conduct to any other principle. It has been said, and said justly, that to be praised by a per son who is himself the subject of praise, adds tenfold to the eulogy—(Hear, hear)—and the same principle applies to -calumny, for the best antidote against calumny is often found in the character of the calumniator.—(Cheers and laughter.) With respect to the Noble Lord's slander, if it is not, as the p yet says, sharp as the point of the sword, it is not from want of 'inclination, but from want of power. If his tongue does not: out-venom all the worms of Nile,' it is 'not from want of t be will, but from want of ability to instil the poison. A disti v guished writer has this allusion with regard to persons unjustly accused, The sting of the wasp may fester and in • flame long after the venemous—l should have said vexatious —insect has left its life and its poison in the wound,' and this is the same with regard to such attacks as that which I have been directing the attention of your Lordships to." Lord G. BENTINCK made another long speech last night, by way of rejoinder to his antagonist. We do not enter upon any of the puints he sought to esta blish, because, as we have no confidence in the data of one who is constantly retracting and apologising, it might only be a useless waste of time. On Wed nesday the Member for Lynn made a retractation, and an apology to Lord LYNDHURST, with respect to the living of Nocton. Yesterday he was forced by Mr. S. WORTLEY to go through the same humiliating ceremonyin favour of Mr. PERRY, who, it was clearly proved, had not been " dry-nursed" by Mr. Com missioner HOLROYD, as had been stoutly alleged by Lord G. BENTINCK on a previcius occasion. We can have no confidence in any averments which come from such a quarter. Besides, it is palpable they have been made, not from a regard to the public in terests, but from a malevolent delight in assailing one of the most powerful members of the late Cabinet, which happily succeeded in passing the great Corn Bill, and which has had the effect of rendering the pro tectionist leader in the Commons so atrabilious in his Parliamentary warfare. But, as though in despair of the futility of his accusation, the Noble Lord last night cast a new ingredient into his virulent cauldron, in the hope that his distinguished adversary would not escape free from all prejudice. Lord G. BENTINCK asserts that, on the 10th of July last, Lord LYND HURST sent an eminent and respected merchant of the City of London to him, to propose that he should join the colleagues who were in a minority in her MAJESTY'S late Cabinet on the question of the sugar duties. Lord GEORGE dwelt upon this fact to show that his character stood favourably with the ex-Chancellor about six weeks since. The divulging of this political secret may, or may not, lead to a further explanation in the House of Lords. For ourselves, we see nothing objectionable in one politician pro posing a combination with another, both being out of office, upon a question where it was considered their views were parallel. But what might have been Lord LYNDHURST'S Opinion of Lord GEORGE on the 10th of July last, and before the gross and vindictive attack levelled at his character, for a corrupt exercise of his official functions, does not necessarily disparage the view which the late Chancellor may have since formed of his accuser's character, now that it has been exhibited in very different colours. The unbridled license of Lord GEORGE will, we have no doubt, receive another check. We should not be surprised if Mr. GLADSTONE were to administer a wholesome castigation. Experience is a dear school, and before long the Noble Member for Lynn may find the truth flashing across the desert waste of his mind, that there is a certain class of bipeds who will learn in no other. In compliance with an order of the House of Lords, dated August 3, 1846, a return has just been made of all pensions granted since January 1, 1838. We turn to this document with peculiar interest, anxious to discover that while the national revenue has in no instance been squandered, the national benefactors have not too frequently been forgotten. We have examined this catalogue of pensions on the civil list with the most unaffected and scrutinizing anxiety; we have risen from its perusal with a mix ture of painful and pleasurable emotions, though, it must be acknowledged, the painful were predominant. We cannot, unquestionably, complain of any extravagant expenditure of the public moneys as far as the sum total is concerned; but in various particulars we conceive we should be amply justified in cavilling at the selection of some amongst the recipients. Nor is this the only cause of our dissatisfaction in regard to the appropriation of the national funds., While our astonishment is elicited by the bounties lavished upon individuals without the vestige of a claim to become pensioners upon the British ex chequer, our indignation is aroused at the tardy re turn made to some of our most illustrious benefactors, and occasionally at the total omission of very eminent and deserving names. During a period of little better than seven years and a half seventy-nine individuals have been pen sioned with merely 10,7801. per annum. Considering the number of recipients nothing could be more niggardly than this allowance :-10,7801. distributed amongst seventy-nine individuals become splintered into portions but little consonant with the affluence of this great empire, or the manner in which her meritorious and necessitous children should be recom pensed. The highest among these pensions is 1,0001. per annum, of which munificence there is a solitary example; the lowest are 25/., and even 201., of which there are absolutely seven individual instances ! Is it, we ask, compatible with the dignity of the English Government, with the benevolence of the English laws, with the generosity of the English people, that their servants should be granted, in their hours of af fliction and despondency, such an ignominious bounty as twenty pounds a year Does not the very inser tion of a name upon the Civil List constitute an acknowledgment that its owner has a claim upon the gratitude of the population ; and is it not, therefore, disgraceful to that population that such a claim should be satisfied by a pittance so niggardly ? Is it just, is it honest, is it generous to repay our national benefactors—generally persons of refined minds and susceptible feelings—with a pension more miserable than the wages of an ordinary mechanic ? It is monstrous to shirk these inquiries on the plea of economy ; as well might a merchant refuse to loosen his purse-strings for one of the most useful persons in his counting-house, on the plea of economy. The relief of the necessities of her more gifted offspring—those whose genius has proved the benefaction of their fellow creatures—is among the liabilities of a civilised na tion. Liquidate those liabilities before you talk of economy ; but, above all, in Gon's name, do not reward your benefactors by a lingering starvation— namely, by a pension of 201. a year Either a man deserves no recompense whatever, or he de serves something better than such a " death in life." Among the seventy-nine pensioners there are several foreign and many very obscure names, the introduction of which is to us peculiarly anomalous, from our knowledge of eminent personages who, not withstanding their genius and their wants, have been entirely disregarded by Government. Three names in the catalogue convey a grand and affecting moral ; they breathe of the woes of genius and of the in human parsimony of the State ; they are— JANE HOOD, 1001. ; MARY HAYDON, 50/. ; MARY BANIM, 401. Surely the names of those widows require no comment to enforce the melancholy truths they teach. We will leave their mere utterance to fructify a feel ing of generosity in the Administrative, and to kindle a sentiment more akin to gratitude in the bosoms of the people. Already we have spoken of the tardiness evinced in tendering a recompense where it is ultimately ac knowledged to be due. Is an evidence re quired ? Here are two. On November 17, 1842, WILLIAM WORDSW OR TII was granted a pension of 3001. per annum. On January 28, 1845, PATRICK recompenses per e e FRASER TYTLER received a pension ofec 2 annum. Among the most sponta neous of this description, we must particularly mention JOHN RAMSAY APCULLOCH, 2001. ; ALFRED TENNY SON, 2001. ; JAMES DAVID FORBES, 2001.; and Dame FLORENTIA SALE, 500/. For such rewards to such individuals, and so offered, we can, as an organ of the people, express our cordial and unbidden grati tude. Could we recognise a similar impartiality and a similar munificence throughout, we should not feel inclined to cavil as we have done at the various items in the catalogue. Surely the most " parsimonious politician provident of coin" (to travestie the language of MILTON) would not raise an outcry of profligate expenditure were these pensions of a more average munificence, and distributed with more discrimination. Many worthier signatures might then appear among these seventy-nine ; a larger sum than 1 0,780/. might then be announced as thus appropriated ; the number of our illustrious suicides and martyrs of knowledge would be con siderably diminished ; nor would such an arrange ment cause the civilisation and prosperity of this country to retrogress. A letter from Vienna, of the 9th, states that the Papal Nuncio to the Court of Austria has gone to Koningswart, for the purpose of making some im portant communications from the POPE to Prince METTERNICH. The States of Styria have presented an address to the Emperor of AUSTRIA, praying him to abolish lotteries. The King of PRUSSIA has countermanded the grand review which was to have taken place this year between Fraustadt and Guhraw. The reason assigned for this countermand is the scarcity of provisions in the Grand Duchy of Posen, a scarcity which would have been aggravated by the presence of a large body of troops. Madrid papers of the 16th have arrived. The Herald° states that Mr. BULWER is about to visit England shortly, but that he will previously pass a fortnight at St. Sebastian. The Gazette con tains an official contradiction of the rumour that great desertions had taken place in the army sta tioned along the Portuguese frontier. The intelligence from Lisbon contained in these papers is to the effect that the Government had received a telegraphic dispatch announcing the commencement of hostilities by the Miguelites in the provinces of Minho and Tras-os-Montes. El Padre CASIMERO, a fanatical priest, was at the head of the movement, and his troops consist of a numerous band of Spanish and Portuguese smugglers. He announces himself to be the protector of the five wounds of our SAVIOUR, and proclaims the right of Don MIGUEL to the throne. The Portuguese Government had sent the 15th regi ment of the line and a battalion of Chasseurs to the disturbed districts, and were preparing to forward more troops. We have received the Paris papers of Thursday. The COBDEN dinner is the subject of comment in the Courrier Francais, and we are rejoiced to find from the following observations, that the principles of free-trade have already made so much progress in France, that their ultimate triumph in that country, and that at no distant day, is secure : " Whatever sceptics may say, ideas of peace and liberty are making rapid progress throughout the world. Take free trade for example. Scarcely ten years have passed since those who in England expressed opinions in favour of such a thing were treated as dreamers; and only twelve months ago no one dared venture to require the application of such mea sures in France. Notwithstanding this, free trade is triumphant in England, and will, probably, soon be 'so in France. Already this liberal idea, which was so long mis understood and scouted amongst us, has gained a signal vic tory over the national antipathy. Had we said a year ago that an Englishman would receive an ovation from us, an ovation in which men of all parties would join, members of the constitutional Opposition, Democrats, and Conservatives, no faith would have been placed in our prediction. No one would have credited that a simple cotton-printer from Man chester would have been received in Paris not only with cordiality, but, we may truly say, with an enthusiasm which even crowned heads do not often awaken. It is true that this cotton •printer has accomplished, in less than eight years, a truly gigantic task—in these eight years Cobden, the simple manufacturer, has vanquished, by the force of common sense and sound logic, the richest and most power ful aristocracy in the world—in these eight years Cobden, the simple manufacturer, has done more for the welfare and glory of his country than all his haughty adversaries have done in a century. It is, therefore, a perfectly legitimate ad miration of which the illustrious English Leaguer is the ob ject ; it is, assuredly, an admiration as well founded as that with which, in the eighteenth century, France was inspired by the American printer, Franklin. Our forefathers hailed the most active artisan of the freedom of the United States, and we now hail the most active artisan of English freedom. For free trade is not merely a question of political economy; it is more, and above all, a social question." The Special Committee of the Chamber of Peers, ' charged to draw up the address in reply to the Speech from the Throne, have appointed M. ODIER as their president, and Count PORTALIS as reporter, The Chamber of Deputies still continues occupied with the verification of electoral returns. A letter from Toulon of the 13th, says : " The Dante steamer, which is about to be sent as a pre sent from the French Government to the Bey of Tunis, has just terminated its repairs here, and has been towed out of dock into the harbour. She has been fitted out with extra ordinary magnificence, and is in every respect fit for a royal present. A letter from Tunis lately announced that the French Government also intended presenting to the Bey a brig of war. This piece of intelligence appears to be correct, as one of the Algerine vessels taken in 1830 is now being repaired and armed in order to be forthwith sent to Tunis. It would seem that the Bey manifested a desire to possess a ves sel of Algerine construction in preference to any other." The Messager of Wednesday contains the follow ing, which may be considered as the official account of the recent attack upon Huaheine by the French. It fully confirms the statements which had previously appeared in the English papers _ _ " The last reports from Captain Bruat which have reached the Government are dated January 29. They state that some acts of hostility having taken place at Huaheine, a small island situated 45 leagues from Otaheite, M. Bruat had felt himself compelled to demand reparation, with guarantees of tranquillity for the future. These conditions having been refused, a debarkation was effected against an assemblage of armed natives. In this action, which was undertaken and continued by our soldiers with their usual valour, but in the midst of great difficulties, from the nature of the ground, we have had to regret the loss of IS men killed, one of whom was an officer, and 43 wounded. The Government has re ceived no other report, and consequently knows nothing of the incidents which are said to have taken place subse quently at Otaheite." PARIS BOURSE, THURSDAY.—The market has been firm to day, both Threes and Fives closing about the quotations of yesterday, the former at 83f. 75c., and the lattter at 122 f. Sc. The market closed as follows :—hree per Cents., for cash, 83f. 70c. ; for account, 83f. 75c. ; Five per Cents., for cash, 1221. ; for account, 122 f. sc. ; Bank of France Shares, 3,4701. ; Neapolitan, 101 f. 60c. ; Spanish Threes, 36 1 / 2 ; Ditto, Fives, 33 1 / 2 ; New Loan not quoted. RAILWAYS.—The Share Market has also been firm, and many of the lines closed a shade higher. For cash—Paris and Orleans left off at 1,2721. 50c. ; Paris and Rouen, 960 f. ; Rouen and Havre, 700 f. ; Avignon, 911 f, 25c. ; Strasburg and Bale, 220 f. ; Northern, 712 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux, 587 t: 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 526 f. 25c. ; Paris aad Strasburg, 497 f. 50c. ; Nantes, 507 f. 50c. ; Dieppe, 390 r. ; Vierzon, Boulogne, Montereau, and Fampoux, not quoted. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, AUGUST 21. Boulogne and Amiens, 12 ?4—Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Mackenzie), —Ditto (Espelete), I —Ceylon, M —Direct Bom bay and Madras, 4—Dutch Rhenish, 6 1 ,‘ —East Indian, —Great Western Bengal, ;4—Luxembourg, 1% —Namur and Liege, 234 —Northern of France Constituted, 12M—Paris and Lyons Con stituted, 5;4 —Paris and Strasbourg Constituted, 4 %—Toumay, JurbLse, Landen, and Hasselt, 5. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Room A. PSANOHESTER. AND SOUTHAMPTON. The Committee met this morning at ten o'clock ; Lord Monteagle in the chair. Mr. Sergeant Wrangham, Mr. Gurney, Q.C., Mr. Edwin James, Mr. Hope, Mr. Cripps, and Mr. Wheeler appeared for the promoters. Mr. Talbot, Q.C., Mr. Keating, Mr. Rickards, and Sir Thomas Phillips, for the opposition, The opponents continued to call evidence in support of their case. Mr. Bowleg, director of the Gloucester Bank, said there th o at n fe c w ros a s v - a ex ile at dt in h a e t m io s n el , v h e e s s o a f id th h e is ex t i r s o t t i h n e g r l m in i e g . was but little traffic between Cirencest er an d S w i n d on , an d ht have been on the provisional committee of the line. Other witnesses having given evidence in opposition to the line, Mr. C. Russell, M. P., chairman of the Great Western, was called and examined by Mr. TALBOT—The Great Western would pay the whole expenses of the opposition of the various landowners—this was no ordinary occurrence in railway contests. He explained the arrangements which had been entered into with respect to the line from Swindon to Gloucester. The present condition of the arrangement was this—that the Great Western should be at liberty to lay down the narrow in conjunction with the broad gauge up to Cheltenham, and they were now taking steps to t iTect that object. Mr. Brunel had received instructions to do this. Unquestionably this determination had not been influenced in any way by the Manchester and Southampton. If they obtained their Oxford and Cheltenham line the station at Cheltenham would be extended and improved. The im provements on this portion of the Great Western would be 1,200,0001. A line by Cirencester, he considered, would not yield any traffic compared with the traffic on the existing line. It paid 41. or 51. per cent., but nothing like so much as the main line. The western traffic formed a focus in Gloucester. All the Welsh traffic came along their line by Swindon to Lincoln. There could be no doubt that the Great Western would, according to agreement, offer them every facility of conveying the northern traffic brought by the Great Western south. The Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton was supported by the Grand Junction, on the Great Western undertaking to lay down the narrow gauge to Bristol, and was also supported by a great deal of Liverpool capital, with a view, he had not the slight est doubt, of completing a communication north and south. The Oxford and Rugby was passed under similar circumstances, and with a similar object. The Oxford and Rugby would be laid down on both the gauges. After the expense incurred by the Great Western, he did not think it would be either fair or reasonable for Parliament to sanction another line, which would divert a portion of their traffic. The additional cost of laying down the narrow gauge on the Oxford and Rugby, would be from 100,0001. to 150,0001., making the laying down of both the gauges 300,0001. This matter had been decided by the direc tors since the line was before the Committee, and since the recommendation of the Board of Trade. The capital re quired for these lines and improvements would be 2,350,000/. on one side, and 1,200,000/. on the other. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' PROTECTION SOCIETY.-- At a special meeting of the committee of the above society, held at the office, 90, Farringdon-street, on Friday, the 21st inst., Mr. T. R. Elt in the chair, the following sums were awarded :—To Francis Badenham, 223 D, a gratuity of one guinea, far his activity and perseverance in apprehending John Collin& for committing an assault and outrage in the house of Mrs. Taylor, Coachma kers' Arms, Bryanston-street, Portman-square. At a previous meeting, the following sums were also awarded :—To Robert Westfield, 329 K ; Alexander Mitchell, 400 K; and William Nash, 394 K— half a guinea each, for coming to the aid and assistance of Mr. Finney, Queen's Head, High-street, Poplar, in a case of assault and outrage committed upon him. To Sergeant Emery, 8 C, one guinea, for apprehending Jane Smith and Mary Thompson, for robbing Mr. Jenkins, Catherine Wheel, Little St. James's-street, St. James's, of a pewter pot. To Margaret Best, a marine store-dealer, one guinea, for causing the apprehension of Mary Bartlett for robbing Mr. Noble, Mount-row, Lambeth, of a glass; and to James Murrell, ser vant to Mr. Rouse, of White Conduit Tavern, Pentonville, a gratuity of half a guinea, for detecting a woman in robbing his employer of a pewter pot. THE SUN, LONDON L SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 22, 1846. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. During the present week there has been no decline in the Liverpool Cotton Market, and the transactions have bee❑ to a fair extent, comprising 33,250 bales, or an average of 5,500 per diem, although the Manchester goods' market is very depressed. The stock is 786,000 bales, against 1,031,000 bales at this time last year. Shares were steady yesterday. At Messrs. Lamond and Co.'s sales yesterday, at the Hall of Commerce, a fair business was done, at previous rates. The following are the prices which some of the shares sold for s. d. Churnet and Blythe Paris and Strasbourg Constituted Sambre and Meuse 4 1 6 York and Carlisle Reading, Guilford, and Reigate Atnbergate, Nottingham, and Boston East Indian London and York 2 2 0 London and Manchester, Remington's Shrewsbury and Birmingham . Manchester and Southampton 1 10 0 South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4 3 2 0 South Midland East Lincolnshire Derby, Stafford, and Worcestershire London and Blackwell Extension Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham Shrewsbury and Herefordshire From Upper Canada we are gratified to learn that the ma nufacture of woollens is going on well. Under date of On tario, the 10th July, we are advised thus : " In order to give our agricultural friends an idea of the benefits that are likely to flow from the establishment of the Ontario Mills woollen factory, and to direct attention to the growth of wool, we may state the following facts :—The factory is calculated, when in full operation, to work off 400 to 500 yards of cloth a week, which, at the general average, will consume as many pounds of wool ; circulating 2251. a week, or nearly 40,000/. a year, besides the money put in circulation as wages and otherwise, and securing to this and the neighbouring districts the setting afloat the large capi tal necessary for such operations. The wool grown in this district, and disposable, is between 90,000 and 100,0001b5., so that the proprietor is confident that he will be enabled to procure all his supply in this and the district of Prince Edward ; and we have the best assurance that it le his intention to purchase his whole stock in Canada—of course conditionally, that the farmers pay proper attention to the culture and preparation of their fleeces; but to render this undertaking doubly advantageous, it is necessary that exertions should be made to improve the growth of wool by the introduction of finer woolied sheep, particularly of the Merino breed; we recommend the farmers to visit the fac tory, where they will have an opportunity of comparing and testing the different kinds, and receive instructions as to the best methods of washing and cleansing the fleece." Consols for the Account have been pretty firm at from 95 3 / 4 to 95%, and for Money at precisely the same rates. Very little business is in progress to-day. Bank Stock opened at 208 1 4, and has since advanced to 209. Excise quer-bills have only fluctuated from 10s. to 133. premium. India Stock is at 260, and the New Three. and-a-Quarter per Cents. are at 98 1 , and in demand. About half a dozen bargains have been made in the Foreign Funds this morning,—in Russian at 11314, in the Spanish Three Per Cents. at 304, and the Equador Stock at 3%. The Railway Share and Scrip Market is heavy this morn ing. East India Scrip, however, is in request, at a slight improvement in prices. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) _ _ _ Bank Stock .. .• .. • • • • • • 208 U 209 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities •• 96 Three par Cent. Consols Annuities • • • • 9514% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 97% 98% India Stock • . • . .• .. • • 260 India Bonds, 1,000/. • • .. • • • • • • • Ditto, under 1,0001. . • . 19 p Censois for Account • • .. • • •• • • 95 3 i % Exchequer Bills. 131 d. I%d. 1,0001. • 13 10 13 pm. 500/. .. •• •• 13 pm. Ditto. Small PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Equador Bonds • . •• • • • • • 3% Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent • • . • 113% Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent. • • • • Ditto, Three per Cent .. • • • • Ditto, for the Account • • • • • 36 1 4 Dividends on the above payable in London. BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER Slum Amber., Notting., Boston, & Eastrn Jn. I% •• .. to -- Birmingham and Oxford Junction • • 2 •• • • 5% •• .. to 5 Buckinghamshire • . 421. •• • - dis. to Caledonian .. 20 ••.. to Ditto Half Shares .. 24.... Ia••.. to Eastern Counties .. • • .. 141. 16s. . • .... to Ditto, York Extension 10s. •• • • 2% .. to East Lancashire .. _ 14 .. • • 22% to East Lincolnshire • . 11 .• • • %••.. to Graud Union (Nottingham and Lynn) 1% •• • • •• • . to Great North of England ....100 ....228 ex div to Ditto New •• •• •• .. 5 .. • • 59% xdto Great Western • • • . 85 ....149 x. d.. to 147 x d Ditto, Quarter Shares .. .. 10 •• • • 2 21 /s xdto Hull and Selby • • •• 50 ....103 x d.. to Leicester and Bedfurd 223. .... %.% dis. to • Loudon and Brighton .. 50 .• 63% xdto London and Croydon • • ... 13/. 15s. 9d. •• • • 23% • • to London and North Western .. ..100 .. .. 205 • • to 207 ex all Ditto, Fifths • . .. 2 .. ••21 k x all to -- London and South-Western 411. 6a. 10d. •• • • •• .. to Ditto, Now .. 14 ••• • 20 •• • . to London and York 2% .• .. 2% •• .. to Lynn and Ely .. .. 15 •• • • 16 .. • • to Manchester and Leeds .. . 82 .• • • •• • . to Ditto, Fifths .. .. 3 .• 1114. •..to Ditto, Extension 425. • • .. P.. to Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) 1 .. • • 9%x all to Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock -• 429. •• • • 1 p.... to Midland • • • —lOO ....140 .... to 139 Newcastle and Darlington Junction • • 25 .• .. 43 •• . . to Ditto, New .. 1 11% M.. to Newcastle and Berwick • • .. 15 .. • • 27% • ... to Norfolk • • .. • • • . .. 20 . • • 26%, %•. to Ditto, Extension .. 2 .... 2% • • to North Pritish .• • • .. 25 . 38%.... to Ditto, Half Shares .. 8% .... 134 i.... to Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. • . 1 a •... to 4% Northern and Eastern .. 50 .• • • to Ditto, New •• .. •• •• .. 1 •• • • 21 .• .• to North Staffordshire -- • • •• .. 425. .... 314% pto Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 123( -•• • • to Portsmouth Direct .• • • •• 3. •• • 5 ••.. to Scottish Central .. • • • • • • .. .. 19 ti .. • • to Ditto New • • • • • • .. 2%.... 9 .... to Shrewsbury and Birmingham 2%.... 2 a .... to Shropshire Union • • • • • .. 425..... % % dis. to South Eastern and Dover • . 33%..•• 43 .... to Ditto, New, No. 1 • • • • .. .20 25% .... to Ditto. New, No. 2 • • • • . 12 .. ... 17 : . to Ditto, New, No. 4 • • • • .. 254.... 3 c, 1 ,4 • . to South Wales .. • • • • • • •. .. 5 .• 5i • • to Taw Vale Extension • • • • • . •• 2_ .... 54 .. ••to Welsh Midland . 24 .... .. .. .. -. F s - • • • • to— West Riding Union •• •• •• 2/ pto York and North Midland 59 to Ditto East and West Riding Extension 1 .... 12% .. to FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Direct Bombay and Dladras bs. to Dutch Rhenish • • •• •• •• •• 6 .• .. 6 .• • . to 6 East Indif.n .. .. •• •• • • .. ss. •• .. .. to Great Western Bengal • • • • .. 59. .. to Namur and Liege • • • • • • •, 6 2 7f, . . to 3 Northern of France Constituted .. 5 . . 12%% .. to Paris and Lyons Constituted .. • 5 .... .... to Paris and Strasbourg Constituted .. 5 .... 414 .... to JOINT-STOCK BANKS. London Joint-Stock • • • • • •• 10 .... 15 •• • • Union of Australia • • • • • • •• 25 .... 25 .. ••to MINES Real del Monte, Unregistered .. 334 • . to British Iron • • • • • • • • • • • • 10 .... 10'‘.... to LLOYD'S SHIPPING,-(THIS DAY LONDON, Aro. 22.-IVind N.N.W., moderate breeze, and fine. DEAL, Aro. 21.—Wind N. to N.V. —Arrd. George, Lockwood, Quebec ; British Queen, Page, Batavia ; Ellen, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Friend, Brown, Quebec. Arrd. from the river, Superior, Bell, Jamaica ; Mason, Apshur, Boston ; Planter, Chester, Quebec. Sld. all the outward-bound. The Stakesby, which put back after being in contact with the Luzon (not the Susan, as reported), sprung her bowsprit, lost jibboom, and is damaged about the head and cut water. The Luzon lost bowsprit, and sustained very considerable damage. MARKET NEWS -(THIS DAY. COVENT-GARDEN. Pines, Cs per 11:T; Melons, is 6d to 3s each ; Dutch ditto, 18s per dozen ; Peaches and Nectarines, lOs to 20s per dozen , Plums, Os to 8s per half sieve ; Hothouse Grapes, 3s to 6s per lb ; Culinary Apples, 6s 6d, and Best Table, 8s to 18s per bushel; French Beans, Is to Is 6d per half sieve; Cucum bers, is to ss, and Artichokes, 2s to 2s per dozen ; Peas, 4s per bushel ; Potatoes, 5s to - 14s per cwt ; Cabbages, is to is 6d per dozen ; Greens is 6d to 2s per dozen bunches; Celery, ls, and Horseradish, 2s to 3s per bundle; Mushrooms, 2s per pottle; Onions, 4s per bushel; Spinach, 3s 6d per junk; Parsley, 2s per half sieve; Cauliflowers, 2s to 6s per dozen ; Carrots and Turnips 4s to 8s per dozen bunches ; Mulberries, 4d to 8d per pottle. NUNGEN.POR.D. We had a steady demand here for most articles, and prices were well supported. NEvroATIA AND IMADENNAIA. Prime Beef and Mutton were in steady request at full prices. In all other kinds of meat very little was doing. Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s Gd ; Mutton, 3s to 4s 2d ; Lamb, 4s 4d to 5s 4d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4.s 4d ; and Pork, 38 6d to 4s 10d per Blbs, by the carcase. Turkey Poults, 4s to 5s 6d; Geese, 4s to 6s; Ducks, is Gd to 2s 8d ; Tame Rab bits, Is to ls 8d ; Pigeons, 4d to 8d each; Surrey Fowls, 6s to 8s; ditto Chickens, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; Barn-door Fowls, 2s Gd to 4s 6d per couple. Eggs, 5s Gd to 7s per 100; Fresh Butter, Is to is 2d per lb. Leverets, 3s 6d to 5s 6d; and Grouse, 3s to 4s. NEWPORT. Beef, from 23 8d to 33 8d; Mutton, 33 2d to 4s 2d; Lamb, 4s 6d to 5s 4d ; Veal, 33 8d to 4s 6d; and Pork 4s to 4s 10d per 81bs. BILLINGSGATE. We had a slow demand for most kinds of fish, at but little variation in prices. VIIIXTECUAPEX.. Beef from 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 3s to 4s 2d ; Lamb, 4s 6d to 5s 6d ; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 8d per Sibs. BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are from 7d to 8d ; of Household ditto, 5 1 ,2 d to 612 d per 4lbs loaf. HIDE DIA.REET. Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, 3d per lb ; do. 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 3%d; do. 721 b to 801 b, 3d to 3 1 Acl; do. 801 b to 881 b, 3 1 Ad to 4d; do. 881 b to 961 b, 4 d to 4 1 Ad ; do. 961 b to 1041 b, 4d to sd; Calf Skins, each, 4s to 6s 6d; Horn Hides, 13s; Shearlings, is to is 6d; Lamb Skins, is 8d to 2s 6d EAT MAEIiETa. SMITIMELD.—OId Meadow Hay, 31 8 a to 41; New ditto, 21 5s to 31 14s; Old Clover, 4l lOs to 5/ 163 ,• New ditto, 315 s to 41 18s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 12s to 1/ 14s ; Wheat Straw, 11 143 to 11 16s per load. A moderate supply, and a heavy demand. CUMBERLAND.—OId Meadow Hay, 31 5s to 41 4s ; New ditto, 218 s to 3/ 183; Old Clover, 4(5s to 5/ 14s ; New ditto, 31 lOs to 4/ 16 3; Oat Straw, 1/ 14s to 11 16s; Wheat Straw, 1/ IGs to 1/ 18s per load. Supply good, and trade dull. WIIITECHAPFL.—OId Meadow Hay, 315 s to 41; New ditto, 2/ 5s to 3/ 15s ; Old Clover, 4/ 10s to 5 1 18 s ; New ditto , 3 / 5 s to 51; Oat Straw 1/ 12s to 1114 s; Wheat Straw, 1/ 143 to 1/ 16s per load. Trade dull, at barely late rates. NEWSVF.NDERS' BENEVOLENT AND PROVIDENT INSTI TUTION.—.This truly excellent charity, established in 1839, for granting permanent assistance and temporary relief to masters and servants engaged as venders of newspapers, who, from age, infirmity, or distress, may require the aid of the benevolent, has a benefit at Vauxhall Gardens on Tues day next, for which a " bill of fare" has been provided by the spirited proprietors that cannot fail proving most attractive. ENLARGEMENT OF SMITHFIELD MARKET.--Yester day the materials of twenty houses between Smithfield and Charterhouse•street were sold by auction, to enlarge the sheep market, the portion assigned to which in Smithfield has been quite inadequate. The site which will thus be cleared will afford accommodation for nearly one thousand extra sheep, and it is well known that from that number to fifteen hundred had every market day to be accommodated in different inn-yards and other places until the first in the market were sold. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before Baron PLATT and Alderman IruGnEs.) GUILDIIALL MURDER. John Smith, cook at the Guildhall Coffee-house, wa3 placed at the bar, indicted for the wilful murder of Susan Tolliday, on Saturday morning last. Mr. Ryland, with whom was Mr. Laurie, briefly recounted the facts to the jury which appeared in the testimony of the witnesses. Win. Carr, a servant - at the Guildhall Coffee-house, being called, said he was, on the morning in question, cleaning the windows in front of the hotel, commanding a side view of the passage leading to the kitchen, which is on the same floor as the b.r, and saw Susan Tolliday, the kitchen-maid, run into the passage, holding up her hands, the right one clasping a knife, and the blood running from her throat. Before he could lay hold of her she nil, and he left her immediately to go into the kitchen. There the cook, who was alone, met him, and said, " I have done it, and I wish you to take me in charge," which he repeated to the policeman. By Mr. CLARKSON—The prisoner said, " she drove me tol t,' Thomas Phillips said he had been in the kitchen about five minutes before the deed was done, and saw the cook there handling ducks, the kitchen•maid Susan and a little girl both cutt►ng beans. Afterwards he was attracted by a scream in the kitchen, and saw the deceased fall near the stairs. She died in a minute after. Fanny \Vhitmore, the little girl mentioned by the previous witness, said she had been cutting beans along with Susan Tolliday, and was sent to the bar by the prisoner for milk and eggs. As she returned she met the kitchen-maid bleed ing at the neck, and she screwy ed out. By Mr. CL_kRKSON—She heard the deceased accuse the prisoner of stealing tea and taking it home. This was on Friday night. She had never known her call him a - liar, or throw knives at him, but she had seen her bite him. Susan and he used to quarrel, and she called him names. The witness never saw the kitchen-maid seize him by the shirt and tear it off his bosom. On the Saturday, about half an hour before, there was a quarrel between the cook and the charwoman about money, which he said she owed him, and Susan took the woman's part, and said to the c:ok, " why don't you act like a man ?—go about your business." The witness had heard Susan call the cook names, and she be _ lieved she had seen her smack his face, but not on Saturday. When she bit his arm he only held her hands. They had been quarrelling on that occasion. William Carr recalled—Said he had heard the deceased use bad language to the cook, and what he had heard was all on one side. The cook had been 16 or 17 years in the same house. City constable 433, said he asked the prisoner his reason for doing the deed, and he replied, she had been calling him a thief, and he was afraid of the consequences, as he had a wife and family. She goaded him to it. Some other evidence, merely corroborative of the above, closed the case for the prosecution. Mr. CLARKSON said there were several fellow-servants of the prisoner who had not been examined before the magistrate, but who had evidence as to the acts of provocation of which the deceased had been guilty towards the prisoner, and which might have an important bearing on the case. Ile felt he had no right to have these called, but he hoped his Lordship would allow it. Baron PLATT said that mere words or even acts of violence, if they were done some time before the deed in question, would have no bearing on the case before the court, and he could not allow of the irregularity, lest it might be drawn into a precedent. Mr. CLARKSON, who defended the prisoner with great warmth and eloquence, said, he appeared as the advocate of the unhappy man placed at the bar, acting at the request of the worthy Under-Sheriff, who, under the direction of the Sheriffs of London, sought to provide that the interests of a fellow man, so situated as the prisoner was, might not be left unprotected. He admitted, without any hesitation, that by the man at the bar, who was criminal is so doing under any circumstances—that by that man, and with that knife, directed by his hand, the deed had been done. He said he was prepared to go further; he was prepared to admit that the law looked upon acts of this kind as involving the deepest criminality, unless reduced, either by witnesses or by the surrounding circumstances. The jury, therefore, would give him credit when he admitted that this deed, now engaging the attention of the Court, amounted to murder, unless circumstances, resting on testimony or the probability of the case, proved that there must have been provocation. He said nobody would fail to see that this man had been many long years a servant in the same situa tion, enjoying the confidence of his master, a circumstance which, as far as testimony to character might go, would have more weight than any witnesses he could call. It ap peared, further, that twelve months ago he married a wo man— the relative of _ the deceased—and that about the same time the deceased had got a situation in the house with himself, probably through his interest, an act of kindness to his relative, which evinced anything bat a malicious spirit towards the deceased. From time to time quarrels had arisen between them, and she had been guilty of provoking acts, which he had thought it desirable to have set be fore them by her fellow-servants, but his Lordship, fearing it might be drawn into precedent, had refused that which he admitted he had no right to ask. But, as men of the world, they were to consider the circumstances which surrounded the act, the probability which scarcely could exist of a man within two or three minutes (the little girl had said she had been absent five minutes, but young persons were ili judges of time), turning upon his fellow-creature, his relative, and without any cause severing her head from her body. He admitted the prisoner had struck her, but could the jury suppose that this act arose out of nothing? To use the words of the prisoner himself, he had been goaded on by provocation. It was for them to weigh the circumstances which might tend to palliate this crime before they would send the prisoner to the place of public execution. Wit. nesses he could not call, and therefore he was compelled to rely on the probabilities attending this unhappy event. But he said, and not the less confidently, remembering that he was there at the request of the Sheriffs of London, that the man was not guilty of murder, notwithstanding that he could not call living witnesses to prove it. The Learned Counsel then laid down the law in reference to the evidence necessary to prove manslaughter, and after alluding to the evidence on the trial, which went to show the man had had provocation from the kitchen maid on other occasions, asked the jury to consider whether it was not probable that the young woman and the cook, being at the same table, both engaged at their lawful occupation, with knives in their hands, a quarrel might have ensued; she might have kicked hint, as he bad evidence to show she had done before, and the man, in a mo ment of rage, did feloniously kill and slay her. The Judge summed up the evidence, and sent the case to the jury, who retired to consider their verdict. After being out just one hour, they retured into Court with a verdict of " Guilty of Murder," but they recommended him to mercy, in consideration of his previous good character for 17 years, and the possibility there was of provocation having been given, when none but the deceased and he were there. Silence was then commanded in the Court, and The Junes, after assuming the black cap, said—Prisoner at the bar, you have been found guilty by a jury of your countrymen of the crime of murder, but they, in considera tion, partly of your previous character, and partly from suffering provocation at the moment, which may have incited you, recommend you to mercy. I wish I could listen to that appeal ; but your offence is of that description which prevents me holding out any hope of mercy. The crime which you have committed is denounced by God and man, and whoever commits that crime in this country forfeits his life as an atonement for his act. It is most painful, deeply painful, to pass sentence on such a man as you, who have been seventeen years in one situation, where you had the confidence of your master. You have a wife and four children depending upon you. It is impossible to conceive a more painful duty to perform than passing sentence upon such a man, but there is no mitigation, no extenuation of such a crime as that of which a jury of your countrymen, considering your acts, have found you guilty. The doors of mercy are closed upon you on this side the grave, and the Court sentences you to be taken back to the prison whence you came, and at a convenient time to be taken thence to the place of public execution, and there hanged by the neck till dead, and your body to be buried within the precincts of such gaol, and may the Almighty God have mercy on your guilty soul. The prisoner throughout the trial, and during the sentence, maintained that calm composure which seemed to arise out of settled despair. NEW COURT A young man, named William Spring, and John Clark, aged 16, were indicted for stealing a purse containing five sovereigns, from the person of Mrs. S. Bradley. The prisoners were defended by Messrs. Doane and Payne. Mrs. Bradley stated that she was in Chancery-lane, when she was hustled by the prisoners, and another person Who had escaped, and one of them picked her pocket. Some evidence was given as to the good character of Clark, which, however, was at variance with the statement of the officers of the Court who recognised an old associate of thieves. The prisoners were found Guilty. The COMMON-SERGEANT sentenced the prisoners to hard la bour in the Com pter for twelve months. The prisoners appeared to be agreeably surprised at the leniency of the Court, having expected nothing less than transportation, and expressed themselves to that effect. Thomas Painter, who was represented as a traveller, was indicted for stealing the sum of 31. 95. 9d., the property of A. Rat cliff. From the evidence it appeared that the prisoner was in the employ of the prosecutor as town traveller, and had, in that capacity, to collect debts on account of his employer. The prisoner did not account for the sum in question, and when interrogated respecting it, denied having received it. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and he was sentenced to hard labour for twelve months. Some other cases of a similar description were disposed of. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) A bricklayer, named Nyland, was charged before Mr Henry with negligently throwing two bricks from the roof of a house in the Strand, and thereby endangering the lives of Mr. Harvey and Miss Tomkins, a gentleman and lady, who were passing at the time. It appears that the prisoner was removing come bricks to the roof of a house, and instead of laying them carefully on one another, he threw them from.the trap door, and the con sequence was, that as soon as the heap arose above the para pet the bricks went over and fell into the street. Mr. Harvey and Miss Tomkins were passing at the time, and were struck on the head by two of the bricks. They were both severely injured. A certificate was produced from Mr. Skeld, surgeon, saying that Mr. Harvey was suffering from a concussion of the brain and that his life was in danger. Mr. HENRY severely reprimanded the prisoner for his carelessness, and said that if Mr. Harvey was to die there was no doubt he would be convicted of manslaughter. He must remand him for a week, in which time there might be some change in the state of the injured man. The prisoner's employer (who attended to give him a cha racter) offered bail. Mr. Ilidiny said that as the life of Mr. Harvey was in danger, he could not accept bail. the prisoner was remanded till this day week. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.—CATITION. Yesterday afternoon, between one and two o'clock, ano th er of the very many distressing and fatal accidents which have lately occurred •on the river, from persons venturing in small boats, and not knowing how to manage them, took place at Chelsea, which proved fatal to a highly respectable young man, named George James Clarke, residing in the York-road. The unfortunate young man and his cousin were rowing up the river in a very small wherry which they had hired at Westminster, and had proceeded in safety as far as Chelsea, when they rowed against a barge thatwas-at anchor, and she instantly filled and went down. Mr. Clarke was seen to catch hold of the barge's cable, but before assistance arrived to him he was forced to let go his hold from exhaus tion and sank. His cousin forte nately clung to the oar with which he was rowing, and by struggling very much kept himself above water until he was rescued in a very exhausted state by a waterman. COLLISION OF THE STAKESBY AND LllZON.—lntelr gence was received at Lloyd's yesterday morning, by means of the electric telegraph - upon the South-Eastern Railway, that the ships Stakesby and Luzon had been in contact, and put back to the Downs damaged. iMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS Lord SHAFTESBURY took his seat on the Woohack at a Quarter -Fast Two o'clock. Several Bills were . advaneed a stage. LORD LYN,:ii URST'S EXPLANATION. Lord LYNDHURST rose and said, Ifeel it incumbent upon me to call your Lordships' attention to a matter personal to myself. As many Noble Lords may not be aware of the circumstances, I will briefly call your attention to the case. In consequence of the representations made by a Noble Lord last night in the other House, I feel it my duty to make some exp!anations. When the late Government went out of cffice I thought that, from the particular position in which I stood when it was known that I was no longer a candidate for official appointment, I might endeavour to effect a reconciliation of the parties without its being supposed that I had any personal object in view. In consequence of this, I communicated with several of my friends in the other House of Parliament. I told them what I was desirous of accomplishing. I thought it a matter of great importance that the various differences sho ld be forgotten now that the great measures which had caused these differences had been passed, and that the parties should again be reconciled to each other. I did not make the proposition with a view to any measure or to any set of mea sures ; my object was only that the Conservative party should again be formed, and that when formed they might take such steps with reference to any measures as might be considered necessary ; and I made known to every person whose co-operation I was anxious for the course I meant to pursue. I called upon my Right Hon. Friend who was at the head of the late Ministry, and stated to him what I intended to do. I called upon him not to obtain any opinion from him. I did not wait upon him to obtain his coacurrence. My sole object in calling upon him was for the purpose of stating the course I was pursuing and intended to pursue. I stated upon that occasion the course I meant to pursue, and also what I stated to every other person whom I consulted upon the subject, namely —that what I was doing had no reference whatever to any particular measure, or to any particular set of measures. --(Hear, hear.) I was only desirous of putting an end to the existing differences, and of again uniting the party. I made the same communication to th; late Right Hon. Secre tary of State (Sir J. Graham), almost in the same words, and with precisely the same qualification. While this was going on, and after I had seen several friends upon the subject, a gentle man with whom I was much acquainted, but intercourse with whom had been suspended, in consequence of recent political differences, called upon me on the subject. I communi cated to him the course I meant to pursue, and he did not ob ject to it. I found it, however, impossible to communicate with individuals who had entertained feelings hostile to myself and to the late Government, to any sufficient ex tent to accomplish the object I had in view. Lord Stanley was absent from London at a considerable dis tance, and it occurred to me as the best course to pursue, under the circumstances, to open a communication with the Noble Lord, who, had been selected as the leader of the protec tionest party in the other House of Parliament, Lord G. Ben tinck. I accordingly sent a simple message requesting to know whether he would see me, for the purpose of considering whether the differences between the different parties could not be amicably settled. I sent that message by the gentleman to whom reference has been made. It was a mere message, nothing was said in it about the Sugar Bill; nor did it once enter into my contemplation no allusion of any description was made. It was a mere mes sage. The short, simple answer to which, that I received, was that he was disposed to decline the proposition, because he wished any communication of that nature to be made rather to Lord Stanley, who sat in this lituse, than to him. Nothing further passed upon the subject. The gentleman who bore the message was not known to me ; I had not seen him before. I know nothing of what passed on the occasion ; and with reference to the cir cumstances the only thing which passed that I am cognizant of was the return of the message to which I have alluded. Now, my Lords, it is said that the object of seeking this union was for the purpose of opposing the Sugar Bill. I can assure your Lordships that, so far as I am concerned, nothing was said upon the subject, nor was it in the most distant manner even alluded to. I have only seen the gentleman who carried that message once since the occasion referred to. I sent the message, I received the answer, and I dismissed the subject at once from my mind. I, twice, in two or threee quarter s , b u t I found so much bitterness of feeling, so much personal hostility, that I abandoned the task, and took no further steps in the matter. I made no concealment of the course I wanted to pursue. I stated it to the Noble Lord oppo site, wham I have now in my eye (Lord Clarendon). I told him, that I found there was so much hostility among the parties that it was impossible to accomplish it, and I therefore aban doned it.—(" Hear, hear," from Lord Clarendon.) The story built upon this was, that I wanted to raise a fac tious opposition to the Sugar Bill. My Lords, I took no part in the discussion, I did not vote upon the occasion ; the course I adopted had no reference whatever to the matter. It is also insinuated that I was desirous of forming an union with the party of which Lord George Bentinck was the leader, in order that I might come into office with them. My Lords, everybody knows that at that time I was no longer a candidate for office ; everybody holding office has been acquainted with the fact that, in consequence of a late severe illness, office has been a most irksome task, and that I have been anxious to retire from public life, and pass the remainder of my life in retirem en t and in the bosom of my family, and nothing whatever would have dragged me forth upon the present occasion except the virulent attack which has been made upon me by a Noble Lord in the other House. Now I thought it right to communicate with the: gen tleman who acted as messenger on the oceasion in question, and that gentleman has authorised me to state what were the real facts of the case. I have taken the statement of this gentleman down in writing, from his own dic tation, and it is as follows :—" I stated to Lord George Bentinck that I had come with a message from Lord Lyndhurst, the object of which was to expiess a desire on the part of Lord Lyndhurst that the Conservative party, amongst which an unfortunate split had taken place, should be re-united ; and with the view of taking steps to accom plish that object, Lord Lyndhurst would be happy to come into personal communication upon the subject with Lord George Bentinek, either at his own house, or at the house of Lord George Bentinck." The reply that was made was, " That Lord George Bentinck was acting under Lord Stanley, who, like Lord Lyndhurst, was a Member of the Upper House of Parliament, and he thought it better that all communication on the subject should pass between Lord Lyndhurst and Lord Stanley, with whom he himself was in full and cordial co-operation. The gentle man who acted as the messenger said this was all that passed upon the occasion, and for myself I can undertake to say that it is a correct representation of what passed as far as I was concerned.—( Hear, hear.) Now, with regard to the assumption that I was desirous of hold ing office under, er with Lord George Bentinek, their Lordships would see from the document he had just read that there was not the slightest foundation for such an impu tation.' Indeed, from what had occurred within the last few months, must have satisfied them that he was no longer anxious to hold or accept office, but, on the contrary, he was most desirous of retiring into private life. He had thought it due to their Lordships to make that ex. planation—due also to himself. There was nothing incon sistent in the statement he had made—nothing inconsistent or discreditable in the course he had pursued. One word more ; he had received a communication from the Chief Baron of the Exchequer this morning, and he was authorised by him to state that the office of Chief Justice of Bombay never was pressed upon his brother either by himself or any other person, and that until after the appointment he never said a word to his brother upon the subject ; that what he did say then was only that he thought his brother had done right in accepting the office. Their Lordships were aware that infer ences had been attempted to be drawn from the communications he had made to Lord George Bentinek, discreditable to him self ; and it was to repel those unjust inferences which were attempted to be made, that he had felt it due to their: Lord ships and to himself to make that statement. The reason he sent the gentleman alluded to was, because one of his private secretaries, to whom he bad intimated that he was unacquainted with Lord George Bentinck, and knew no one who was acquainted with that Nobleman, recommended him as a personal friend of his own, who was also acquainted with Lord George Bentinck.—( Hear, hear.) The Duke of GRAFTON thought when charges and state ments were made against members of that House, which called forth counter-statements, it was the duty of their Lordships either to express their feelings of satisfaction cr dissa tisfaction at such counter-statements. For himself, he begged to state that he was perfectly satisfied with the Noble and Learned Lord.—( Cheers.) The Marquis of LANSDOWNE was sure the Noble and Learned Lord did not make his statement with any such inten tion, and for himself he differed with the Noble Duke who had just eat down, for he considered discussions on these statements and charges ought not to take place.—( Hear, hear.) Lord LYNDHURST said he did not make the statement with the view of calling forth any discussion upon it. The matter then dropped. The New Zealand Loan Act went through Committee, and was ordered to te reported on Monday. The Steam Navigation Act was reported. The Commons Inclosure Bill, the Public Works (Ireland) Bill, the Spirit Licenses Bill, the Turnpike Roads Bill, the Public Works Commission (Ireland) Bill, and several other Bills, were read a third time and passed. Several Bills were brought up from the House of Commons, were read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time ; among which were the Consolidated Fund' (8,000,000/) and the Constabulary Force ( Ireland ) Bill, and the Poor Em ployment (Ireland) Bill. - The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, with respect to the last Bill, stated that he should on Monday move the second read , ng of that Bill, and call the attention of their Lordships to its general provisions. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock. LEGAL QUAYS (LONDON). The Lords' amendments to this Bill were adopted on the motion of Mr. BROTHERTON. BRITISH INTERESTS IN MEXICO. Lord G. BENTINCK gave notice that, on the motion for the first order of the day, he should call the attention of the House to this subject, in consequence of the war now existing be tween Mexico and the United States. DISFRANCHISEMENT OF VOTERS. Mr. WAKLEY presented a petition from the Tower Ham lets, complaining that the petitioner had been deprived of his vote, in consequence of not having paid an increased poor rate, although he was placed on the register. PRIVATE BILLS BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. CONSOLIDATED FUNDS ( APPROPRIATION) BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. ECCLESIASTICAL PATRONAGE BILL. This Bill was also read a third time and passed. CONSTABULARY (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion for the third reading of this Bill, Mr. HUME said that he thought it was a bad thing to enact one set of laws for Ireland with respect to the police and another for England. He did not wish to impede the progress of the Bill, but be would just point out, that if they paid the police frum the Consolidated Fund, the profit would go into the pockets of the landed gentry. He would warn the Govern ment that next session they would have to bring in another Bill to amend it. Sir R. FERGUSON complained of the principle of the Bill, but would be quite ready to bear bis share of the expense, if he, with the other landowners, had the control of the police force. Mr. B. ESCOTT would also raise his voice in reprobation of the principle of this Bill, fur he could not see why the landed gentry of Ireland should be relieved from the expense of the constabulary force—a force which was rendered necessary by the conduct of these gentry themselves. He had listened wita approbation for five years to the cry of those who now occupied the Treasury benches for equal law between England and Ire lard. But was this equal law ? Certainly not ; it was neither more nor less than relieving the gentry of Deland, not the people of Ireland, at the expense of the pereple of this country Mr. SHILL said that, when Sir Rebert Peel brought in his great measure for the repeal of the corn-laws, he had expressly stated that. Ireland was entitled to some compeesation. Mr. B. ESCOTT denied the fact. Mr. SHELL was, on the force of this assertion, inclinedt doubt his memory, but he hada strong conviction that such was the purport of Sir R. Peel's argument. Mr. T. DUNCOM BE had objected to this Bill in its previous steps, on account of its unconstitutional character , as giving, in fact, the command of a standing army to the Lord Lieutenant. He did hope, however, that there would be no necessity for the use of these extraordinary powers, but that her Majesty's Ministers would now take an altogether new course. He believed that they would do so, and that they should. hear to snore of coercion Bills, and the exasperation ar isin g from them, and he saw ao earnest of that new line of conduct in the restoration of those gentlemen to the commission of the peace who had been deprived of that office by the late Lord Chancellor. He trusted also that in Ireland, were this mea sure was duly appreciated, that the landed gentry would be in duced so to act as to render those on their estates an honou r and an advantage, instead of, as they too often were at present, a mischief and a disgrace. Mr. LABOUCHERE said that this Bill was brought in 00 what the present Government considered a pledge on the part of their predecessors ; but they did themselves conceive it to be a good, and wise, and necessary measure. So far from it s being an unconstitutional measure, it was precisely consti' tutional, for it gave the Lord Lieutenant the p o wer to do that which was the paramount duty of every G overnm ent —th e protection of the lives and properties of her Majesty's su b . - jects in Ireland, through the aid of the peace force of this country. Mr. WAKLEY thought that the Irish Members had h e ' hayed so generously, so justly, so fairly, and so nobly on the re; peal of the corn-laws, that Ireland was entitled, through h, Members, and it was but sight that every advantage sh ow, be given that could be given to the Irish gentry ; yet be must say that the people of this country would rather s e : money spent in Ireland for any other object than that fo which this grant was to be made. Mr. BROTHERTON quite agreed with the Hon. Member for Finsbury concerning the conduct of the Irish M em bers 01 , 1 , the corn-law debate, but he thought that the benefit would fa" back upon themselves, for they had by the removal of the re' sanctions on aseade only given a greater opportunity for their Mae people to consume more fond, for it was the Irish labourers l e the manufacturing districts who, together with the manufactot" hag population, were the great consumers of Irish provisions. Mr. P. BORTHWICK was also glad to hail a pacific PI on the part of her Majesty's Ministers, not on the gr° ° alleged by the Hon. Member for Finsbury, who approved th e , conduct for the restoration of those gentlemen who had t. sa t i tended certain Catholic demonstrations. but because the,' ma n e restored those who had been deprived for attending meeting s - a precisely opposite character. This policy would, he eOgP. ceived, be as successful as it was pacific. PUBLIC WORKS (IRELAND) No. 4 BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. POOR-LAW COMMISSIONERS. Mr. WAKLEY presented a petition from a gen tle t u e at who had been chairman of the quarter sessions, and the e -- ba magistrate in Berkshire, praying the House to dismiss t Poor-law Commissioners, and to impeach them for their 0 0 ° duct with respect to the Andover Union. PUBLIC WORKS (IRELAND) BILL. LEASES (IRELAND) BILL. These Bills were read a third time and passed. The other orders of the day were then postponed. GENERAL - POST- OFFI CE. t the Mr. T. DUNCOMBE wished to call the attention 0- al) House House to the petition of Thomas Mitchell, late sub-sor ter cie " , the General Post-office, complaining that his dismissal we: a . casioned by proving in evidence certain malversations sa g a e t -n e a ruptions ou behalf of his superior officers. He bad 1) 01° 60 . out a great many previous abuses in this large fain t: blishment, and had been told that all his coatiPl ea e were ineffectual, and that nothing could be te tt, respecting them. An inquiry was, however, before the solicitor to the Pod-office, who certainly Aas person qualified to inquire into the matter, although his ate. • pomtment did not give general satisfaction. many of lea abuses had been remedied, and in the course of the je t l as ") ; Thomas Mitchell was called before Mr. Peacock. Be s e e for protection if he should speak . the truth, and 'ni l ) assurance that he should be protected he made e cer afr. statements with reference to the mal-practices 01 , te ny, Kelly. Copies of those statements were furnished to Mrs ''' was s institu and shortly afterwards it was whispered that Mitchell he ll, marked man. On another inqUiry being instituted' Mi u t i e d be was again called, and on a fresh assurance that be she isra of protected, he gave information that 70,000 of the Mr. Kelly had been sent through the Post-office free, thefocr4 defrauding the revenue. He had become a marked man a t te aell without any complaint having be enmade against him. . a his who was not in good health, was so fatigued after givl n r h ieg evidence, that he was compelled to go home, and on rest% to his home he was so ill that he was compelled to senirsl office to state that he should be unable to attend to h . e a u t be That was strictly within the rules of the establishment! Detb,c circa_ er _ba received his dismissal very shortly after, the letter statMgetital the dismissal was in consequence of his having atlsiace himself from duty without leave. Another ground b . aa_ ea r been taken up, and it was stated the man was dismissed were sequence of insolent conduct. These SUbterfUgelt.oisco of the ,°_, re proofs of the weakness of the case authorities, and since this dismissal Mit c h e e t l t l er na est " a iers ceived an appointment as a general is punishment stating .that it was in mitigation of If the man had neglected his duty ought to be gaged at all—( Hear, hear)—and if he had nbe6bdegraded to the reinstated in his original position, and t rs had since been rank of a letter-carrier. Other sub se'rtoleclined to give lot called before Mr. Peacock, and they bad r of being treated evidence against Mr. Kelly from ' ea . h hi m a petitio a as Mr. Mitchell was. He bad with of tb e f tbe from 195 employed in the establishm . f ea r o treatment Mitchell had received, and expressing a hich cer like treatment for themselves. The case was one w tainly called for the severest investigation of the House , her vca nt ' 4cuoitrnheiphul:aifintilig be en' he therefore moved that an bumble address be pres.ented t° sa . . Majesty, praying her to appoint an inquiry into the roelir ment of the General Post-office, the particulars of tb e fts ia missal of Thomas Mitchell, and also with regard to ej e t ; be private speculation in that office, and whether it oar" - continued or not. Mr. PROT HEROE seconded the motion. He did lot Lail) the man had been properly treated. A dismissal for ap e o ffho absence, seeing that he had been ten years in the service 5 t he Post. office, was most harsh and unjust. Whatever ! v t a t aaat nature of the charge, whether true or false, he did ir iP the Post-office authorities had conducted the inall a the creditable manner. He would conclude by secondi motion. !a (LEFT SITTING.) FRANCE,—IIHNES AND STEA M POWER. as r tes lisped Journal des Debats, in recent numbers, b firc eS lished two remarkable articles on the minera l res°; of and steam pow e r of France, probably from the Pebich M. Michel Chevalier, some of the chief details of w t he are here extracted. The statistics are founde d °ll ,,ort year 1844. France, it is said, in the order of i in r t hst ante in coal-mining wealth takes the third ranicil;;or is, comes after England and Belgium. In iron.% coil' cupies the second place. The absolute and relal i t is sumption of iron and coal in those states in w bic officially known is thus stated : Iron. Coal. ,000 England 23,500,000 80, 0 France - 4 -, ‘ ,OO Belgium 3,200,000 ............ 12n,,u,„„ Zollverein These figures give the consumption per hea, 7 5 England, at 870 kilog. ...... 40 kilop Belgium BOO „ ......... 30 " 71 France Zollverein 11 05 47 7, .. .. .. ..... .. ..... c L l eri a In 1844 France reckoned 425 mines o f eo: pc , 173 about 450,000 hectares ; 252 were in wor e 252 mines mained still in inactivity. The working dw,, mong 0 01 0 the greater part of which were distribu te 4 4 554 worlirnelY; principal basins, employed in 184 4, 2- ' rice), ooo S . and produced 3,033,000 metrical tons anthracite, and 141,000 of lignite ; total of c ( 3 00 0,0 0 material,3,7B3,ooo tons, or in kilogrammes , 3,78 o f P r' This was about the seventh of the production „OP land, and a little less than the total Belgian extrvantior For, it must be noted, that, in addition to the q u o te d consumed at home, as before stated, Belgium e Ner ° : of coal, u ,ro ._ bustible in that year 1,300,000 tons. Since 1839 the nun' to to °' the mines worked in France had increased only s s- ?o r. but the extraction advanced from 28 to 30 per een'l o o,,' duction,. however, was still so much in arrear of 03 : 5 6,0 01 " lion as to require from Belgium and England I :p i ata l l: tons more. It is as yesterday only, so to say, that. s 'cires", been employed as a moving power, and yet t - r e t bli ,; - 1 furnishes the globe with a force estimated at a .,nr e 10,000,000 of horses, or 66,000,000 of men- '" o teci.4 effective of steam engines in France is thus B erf l ; For purposes of industry the number is 3,6 4 ' n ' r aseo b t 4,214 establishments and manufactories, and r e e rd r aag, ing 45,781 steam horse-power, or, at tbre horses per steam-horse, 137,340 draught hor s . e . th e P ali . 1839 this mechanical material had increased.„ l "itie s - 0 36 portion of 45 to 50 per cent. The steartreVed t° ployed in navigation form a total of 382, a1 31) ,70-h °r- bs, vessels, with a collective force of 12,789 s te aart - bet The increase under this special head, in s a is h „," 10 1 % - r a. only been from 25 to 30 per cent. 1 1'; st e i i•se , of passengers transported in 1844 L 'i a ck l3 4 -i st vessels was 3,287,000, and of o - B r a 1,082,000 tons. The number of -11 compared with 1843 was about fur the latter in decrease. The competsittiaotni°l3:l3rliiielbsci:o-1:1:, would account for the fact. The loconintin, of r , - a• gave, in 1844, a total of 29 9 , serving 16 ', ln s ; o rit° l- 1 0e way. Of this number 168 were of French fac re TO ship, and 124 of foreign origin. This was 184 2 ' 4 01 of 46 machines upon 1843, an d of 88 ul" . 11 , 04' 0 1 1 500 total, France possessed, in 1844, 4,319 stea'" o f 691 ( „at all sorts, of the collective steam•horse fore% of ae aco or of 188,847 draught horses ; or, at the ra t eo . to six men to one draught horse, of 1,321, 929 ff i r - pis he.9 ol , is the industrial army which steam now otchis ical France, and, whatever may be written aga i " st v ecti pa t he we do not find that the employ m ent of this r.3iace:oo power has yet left the people bereft of we rk :.„ ot acb' to last four or five years, the number of ate _au'ecessalleol augments rapidly in France, and yet, i t i 5 mec ba say, it represents scarcely the twelfth of the power employed in England. C T s A -- - - - 11E 0 you 011 SINGULAR CASE UNDER THE SSCALL a pp.' „ A li' On Friday, at the rising of the Palace Court , s e i stirro,' , o3 ts! was niade to discharge a person named Soon', S3' . .„' a ileo had been sonic days in Horsemonger-lane Cl ° ' s all ll ' 03° had bee a der ~0 Shaw. It appeared that the prisoner u t oe as defendant in an action, " Ridsdale it :edi t° Small Debts Act, which summons he did not coor it Tuesday last lie was taken into custody an a ma ined. st he Horsemonger-lane Gaol, where he had since re ..sto dy irs t t o davits were read, showing that the person in _`; w as father of the debtor, and he had stated that 1 1 ua ht• person against whom th e ac tion had been 10%..gr. 1.,"-., beer' o st, e tion arose whether an a ppli ca tion should n ot to a Judge at Chambe rs , b u t it was urgedhe con, be as he was committed f or contempt of the Court, arty 1° discharged. Th e C our t ev e ntually ordered v.' „ o at) discharged from prison. 0 p te rp .. . 04 ,. o n Tbursth IMPORTATION OF FLOUR. — ALSO [Or York, with 3,114 barrels of flour on b about leo the Victoria arrived in the St. Katl o r a e r ri d n , e 1) 100 On srte e ls of Indian corn, 717 barrels of oil-cake, and very . w ith 4 of beef. great l. aresatisfaction,ethen,r__tier6. 'lo_,udieeP to withdraw the Spanish troops front I 0, " a ffairs be • state of e ab enabled to orderssta t e , h a a e d end is put to the very menacing Spain and Vortugal.—Chron i c le. we cisoenst°froin 3,.1%dra10