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tbirti SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clc EAST KENT ELECTION. (THIS DAY.) STATE OF THE POLL.—TWELVE o'cLocl During. Bridge Canterbury .. 448 ... 417 Ashford New Romney 202 ... 140 Majority for Dering, 199. TATTERSALL'S,THIS EVENI six o'cu METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 10 to 1 agst Hesse Homburg 20 to 1 agst Miss Ann 20 to 1 agst Haresfoot 20 to 1 agst Sally Warfoot colt 30 to i agst Captain Flash CHESTER Cup. 20 to 1 agst Confessor 20 to 1 agst Nancy 20 to 1 agst High Sheriff 30 to 1 agst Black Doctor 33 to 1 agst Lady Evelyn 33 to 1 apt Scarecrow 1,000 to 15 agst Mountain Deer 1,000 to 15 agst F—Sorella's dam 1,000 to 15 agst Storyteller DERBY. 6 to 1 agst Hobbie Noble 14 to 1 agst Orelio 17 to 1 agst Augur 17 to 1 agst Claverhouse 18 to 1 agst Lapidist 20 to 1 agst Alfred the Great 40 to 1 agst Little Harry LIVERPOOL SPRING CUP. 5 to 1 agst Surprise 7 to 1 agst Abbe 34 of Jerveaux 7 to 1 agst Truegirl 8 to 1 agst Snowdrop N G. cx. [A D VERTISEMENT.] -WHO'S TO WIN THE DE: LBY? —This question will be satisfactorily answered on the Ist of March, by THE WIZARD OF THE NORTH, in a pamphlet vi 'hich, besides the opinions of all the Newspaper i•rophets and Adver Using Tips, will also contain the List of Probable Starters, and the J, ,ckies engaged to ride. It will also reveal the mysteries of the Spi irting Press in connexion with the Turf, and' prove to demonstration that the Public are scandalously robbed by the Blatheruinskate Tips. Pros is., post Is. Id.—Tickers, Holywell - street , Strand ; td ail News Agents. FRANCE. The following is the text of the note which nas appeared in the Moniteur under the head of " c :001- municatee : . . Wnen in 1848 it was contemplated to now sate Prince Louis Nepeleon to the office of the Preside: tt of the Republic, s< veral English journals, and the gre stint part of the persons interested in opposing that nom tina- Mon, pretended that to place a Bonaparte at the I lead of France, would be to cast down a defiance to , all Europe—would in fact, the signal for a gen eral war. It is now apparent to ail that these ap,33 e heusious were not realizfd. Since December 2 the same system of calumny has h< en pursued, and party spirit ani ignorance have contributed to get them accredited. The most absurd suppositions have been invented; at ot:e time it was that demands tvere made to'nei;hbour.ng States in a tone' almost of men: Ice; at another, that preparations were being made fort var, and the letters of the foreign correspondents, by ma , ans of audacious lies, presented our situation in a point' of view altogether imaginary. Time, which ordinarily is prompt enough in treating as it deserves any work. cf malevolence and folly, appears at preseut to encour age these persons to go on. More than ever false alarms are propagated, designs of invasion are attributed to she Government, and even some of cur regiments are repre sented as on the point of crossing the frontier. The coreequence is, that injury is done to public credit, and obetacles are thrown in the way of the revival of busi ness. But the truth is, that since December 2d, the French Government has net addressed a (ea mend of any. kind to the foreign Powers, ex cept to Belgium, in order that the Govern meet of that country might prevent the systens cf incessant attacks which had been commenced there, from being regularly organized. It has not armed a soldier the more, has not even parsed a general review—in fact, has not done anything what ever which could arouse in the slightest degree the sus - ceptibility of our neighbours. All the views of the Go vernment of France are turned towards iaternal im protements, and urjust attacks cannot turn it from th 3 course. It will not depart from its calm demeanour, except on the day when an attack shall have been made on the national honour and dignity. Its attitude has nc t ceased for a moment to be pacific, and every piece of in telligence which tends to present it under any other: aspect is a clumsy fable, which, atter a contradiction formal as the present, can only be treated with contempt. GREECE. Athens journals to the 7th have arrived. They announce the retirement of M. MELETOPOULOS, Minister of the Interior, M. DAMIANOB, Minister of Justice ; and M. BAEBOGLIS, Minister of Public Worship and Justice ; and state that they are re laced by M. DANOPOULOS, Deputy of Argos, in the, Interior, M. PiLOVILEGIOS, Deputy of Milos, of Justic, and M. STUAVOS VLACHOI, Deputy in Athens, in Public Worship and Instruction. The Courrier d' Athernes says " Letters from Patras state that the growers of cur rants, and landowners in general, are in the greatest dis tress. Money is rare, commerce suffering, and the mer chants who ordinarily wade them advances for the cul tivation of their vines refuse this year to lend them the smallest sum of money. This state of things, joined to the sensible fall in the price of Corinth currants, has caused the landowners re siding at Patras to address to the Ministry a petition. calling on it in pressing terms to demand from the British Government a diminution of the entrance duties. It is much to be wished that the English Cabinet, in its kindness to Greece, and with the view of giving greater extension to the relations of com merce between the two States, shall adopt this mea sure, which can alone preserve the most important class of our producers from inevital.le ruin." IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS: The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at Five o'clock. SALE OF GUNPOWDER TO THE KAFIRS. Earl MA.LMESBURY said he had received a letter from Messrs. Walton and Bushell, stating, in reply to an assertion made in that House, that though they had ex entirelyuepewder to the Cape o f G o od Hop e , they were ignorant of its ultimate destination and use. They expressed their horror at beieg supposed guilty of kn. - ) wingly selling ammunition and powder to the ene mies of the queo, and declared that such was not the fact, and that they would take precautions so as to prevent a further supply passing from their hands to the J„iafirs. PETITION OF JAMES HAMILTON STORY. The Earl of EGLINTON called the attention of their Lordships to a petition from James Hamilton story, praying for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal a por tion of an Act passed in 1804, relating to the Mont got:eery estate, and moved that the petition be referred r n eiish judges tor the Purpose of obtaining their to two 4e H e e considered that great injustice had been report. in depriving hi Mr• Story he trusted their Lordships would him of his ancestors' done to • There were pre estates in Ireland, to his motion, proposed, be not hesitate to accede . the course he now pre cedents for adopting had passed Bills t cause their Lordships Acts with regard takes which had occurred in previous ° correct mis ixtabolteioup,racotni to the disposition of estates. Lord REDESDALE opposed practice e th o e f the invariable r i ground that it was against sta t e Bills to Irish ea the House to re f e r Irish .6 only. The sa me p rac tice was pursued with regard Judgto o tlend, and he saw no Estate Bills in E ng l an d and —c reason why it sh ou ld now be departed from. Torc, After a few word s f rom Earl EGLI- 01 considerable irregu- Lord BROUGHAM said he saw con English Judges, larity in referring the matter to the . the case, but He admitted there was great injustice in too long a period had elap se d t o a llow the s ubject to be now revived. _ (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The Sriwout took the Chair at Four o'clock. PETITIONS. Mr. EWART presented a petition, from a place in Scotland, praying for an alteration in the vagrancy•laws. Mr. DUNCOMBE presented a petition! from Fins bury, against the removal of the Crystal Palace'. Mr. R. PALMER presented a petition, f rom a place in Berkshire against the Maynooth grant. Mr. GEACH presented a petition from Manchester against the Manchester and Salford Education Bill. Mr. ROCHE presented two petitions from Cork, praying for the repeal of the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill. Several petitions were presented against the post horse duty. Mr. SCULLY presented several petitions from Tip perary,prerying for the repeal of the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, and in favour of tenant-right. THE BOROUGH OF HARWICH. Sir R. H. WILLOUGHBY corrected an impression which had got abroad that be had stated that he once representfod the borough of Harwich, and believed no bribery had taken place there at elections. The fact was he had never either directly er indirectly Eisen connected with the bora:gh, and was unable to say whether bribery existed at eke"ons• What he said was, that ho had int.n. en th . a Committee which sat to inquire into the go , sell k _ 14e return for Harwich, and knew that in ii,i t. "' :fa. I:4 . a disturbance at the election, no bribery i 1....„ airatTato.s!! that particular occasion. ,-,. Mirk '. Vi T 0 NEWFOUNDLAND. "•••;;;Ar.,„' - ill reply t 0 'at ..: B. COCHRA.NE ; 7 ;0 ''' Ifir. F. PEEL , stated that the Legislature of New ". foundland had voted a n annual grant of 1,0001. for seven laws, towards the establishm ent of a direct steam 1 communication between this country and that co- lony, and a memorial had been sent to the Imperial Treasury for an additional grant of 5,0001. a-year for the same purpose. The first point for con sideration was whether s uc h a n e xpenditure was justi fied. All the correspondence and information on the subject had been referred to the Treasury, and the matter was at present under consideration. IRISH MEASURES. In reply to Mr. GRACE, Sir W. SOMERVILLE said no Bill was in prepara tion for the amendment of the Irish poor-law. In reply to another question from Mr. KEOGH, Sir W. SOMERVILLE said the Irish Reform Bill and the Irish Health of Towns Bill were at present in the hands of the printer, and he expected to be able to lay them on the table of the House soon. FATE OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE asked what proceedings had been taken by the Government in consequence of the address of the House with regard to the Great Exhibi tion building. Since the building had been advertised for sale there were considerable apprehensions in the public mind that it would not be allowed to remain. Lord SEYMOUR said in consequence of the resolution of the House, the Treasury appointed a Commission consisting of himself and two other persons to take evidence upon the matter, and to report thereon to the Treasury. They had completed the inquiry, and the report had gone into the Treaiury. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE inquired of the Noble Lord at the head of the Government when the report would be laid on the table, or whether he would give an assurance that no step would be taken in the matter until the House had an opportunity of expressing an opinion as to the continuance or removal of the building. Lord J. RUSSELL said he would give an answer in a day or two. IRISH VALUATION. Mr. SCULLY gave notice that on the 4th of March he should call the attention of the House to the present system of valuation in Ireland, and move the appoint ment of a Select Committee on the subject. VICTORIA-STREET. Sir R. H. INGLIS wished to put a question to the Noble Lord at the head of the Woods and Forests on the subject of a road which led to the House, but which was searcely safe by day, and quite impassable by night. He referred to Victoria-street, and he should be glad to know if the Noble Lord intended to do anything to improve that thoroughfare. Lord SEYMOUR said he had no control over it. All thst the office to which he belonged had been empowered to do was to advance money to get it opened. The Westminster Improvement Commissioners had opened the street and delivered it over to the various parishes through which it passed, aad now a dispute had arisen as to whose duty it was to repair the road, and with that dispute he could not interfere. Mr. HUME wanted to know if any treasure had been taken fur the accommodation of the public coming to the House? Lord SEYMOUR had mad© inquiry into that matter, and had been given to understand, by an efficer of the Hou9e, that some new orrangements were to bo made for the sec , 2mmodstion ofstrangers. Mr. HUME wished then the Noble Lord would take the trouble to tee them carried out. SHIP MEDICINES. Mr. JACOB BELL wished to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether it is in contemplation to appoint ihspctors to examine the medicines supplied to merchant vessels, and to emigrant ships DOE chartered by her Majesty's Laid and Emigration Commissioneri; and whether the new list of medicines for merchant vessels is comple!td. Mr. LABOUCHERE said be had not exercised the power which the Mercantile Marine Act gave to him of appointing an inspector to examine ship medicines, be cauFe the funds placed at his dicposal for carrying out the purposes of the Act would not warrant that expense. Willi regard to the second question, a new list had been made ouz by Sir W. Burnett, but it was not published yet. Mr. BELL wished to know if there was no security for the due supply of proper medicines on board emi grant ships? Mr. LABOUCHERE said the same security existed now that t xl,ted before the Mercantile Marine Act passes; but it was for the Colonial Office and not the Bard of Trade to see that those securities were en forced. . RATE IN AID. Mr. CLEMENTS wished to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer the reason f.,r the non-preparation, during the recess, of that portion of the return respecting the expenditure of the Rate in Aid in Ireland, ordered by this House on the &h day of July, 1851, which was not presented last session with part of that return. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the return was included in a much more full and complete account on the same subject, which had been laid on the tabk, and was now waiting to be printed. ORDNANCE SURVEYS. Mr. CHARTERIS wished to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Government have con sidered the Report of the Committee which was ap pointed during last session to inquire into the Ordnance survey of ; and whether they intend to adopt and act upon the recommendations contained in the report. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, portions of the Ordnance survey for the counties of York, Lancaster Winton, and Wicklow, had been sur veyed, and published on a six-inch scale, and the Treasury had directed that the surveys of those coun ties should be completed or) the same scale. COLONEL OUTRAM. In reply to Lord JOCELYN, Mr. FOX MAULE said the India Board had re ceived a dispatch from Bombay concerning the dismissal of Colonel Outram, and nothing more. The reasons fur the dismissal were not assigned in the dispatch. THE ST. ALBANWITNESSES. The SERGEANT-AT-ARMS appeared at the bar, and informed the House that on the 9th instant, attending in the House as Sergeant, he had been served with a notice of action in the Court of Exchequer, at the suit of William Lines, one of the witnesses in the St. Albans election petition; and on th© 17th with a notice of action, to which he was required to plead in four days. Before taking any steps in the mat ter, he had thought it his duty to inform the House of the circumstances. On the motion of Lord J. RUSSELL the declaration was ordered to be printed, and the matter to be taken into consideration to-morrow. Mr. ROEBUCK said, that a 3 the Sergeant -at-A rms was required to plead so soon, he thought they:had better take some immediate step. The first thing to be done would be to take up the attorney who had issued t h e wr it --(Laughter.) THE LORD-LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND AND THE WORLD NEWSPAPER—VOTE OF WANT OF CONFIDENCE. Lord NAAS then rose to move the following resolu- i tion:—" That, in the opinion of this House, the transac tions which appear recently to have taken place be tween the Irish Government and the editor of a Dublin newspaper, are of a nature to weaken the authority of the Executive, and to reflect discredit on the administration of public affairs." In rising to propose this resolution he felt that he might claim the indulgence of the House for the very peculiar circumstances under which he was placed. It was a most invidious task to be obliged to impute and arraign the actions of public men, and particularly of those who held high office under the Crown. The House would, there fore, see the very disegreable position in which he Wa3 placed. His reluctance on the present occasion was greater because he must say that, together with all who mixed in public affairs, he entertained great re spect fur the character of the individuals to whom he should be obliged to allude. He had the deepest regard for the great personal qualities, the talents, and private worth of the Noble Lord who filled the office of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and he must say that he would be obliged to arraign certain acts which the Noble Lord and his Government had committed, he did not attempt to deny that that individual and that Government had performed great services to the State. He could however think that their services would in the least degree in fluence the opinion of the House upon the question which he had to submit to it. He could not think that in bringing forward this motien he was taking any step unworthy of himself or of that House. He considered it to be an inherent right in every Mem ber of that House to take exceptions to it, and to con sider the public acts of a public man.—(Hear, hear.) He felt, however, that a deep responsibility rested upon any Member who took such a course, but he was convinced that before he sat down he should show to the House that the acts which he arraigned were far from being trifling, and that his motion was not entirely without foundation. This was not a personal attack— that he wished perfectly to be understood—he impugned the acts of a public man on public grounds. They were acts unjustifiable in themselves, and involving, moreover, an u nwarantable expenpiture of the public money. He ntwould,e however, detail the history of the transaction as they were first brought to light by a trial which oc ...reel at Dublin on the 15th of December last. The action wa s by an . brought . against the Secretary for Ireland individual of the name of Birch for money said was for a balaZto be due from him for services done by Birch to the Secretary. The demand due for work and labour done, and amounted in all e t t o l' he ,7 1 (4) r /. 1 , of which 6,0501. veto for arti cles inserted in relative to those ad;* 3501. for attending the Se cretaryrit;,colels, at 51. per week, and 300/. 'hint was s e the facts of the case were not derndied for 12,000 copies of newspaper. The main that the work had not been done ; e d o e t fen o c b e je w ct a e s d th a t the original understanding was with the , Lord- Lieutenan t and not with the Secretary, ens: , that discharged all claims due f romH e him. 6 •he had would now p r cceed to show the character of the gentleman nen It had an d o f the Par , been established in Dublin s ome years pre b vio t us 6 , and in the year 1846 its circulation was a . 011 theoo per week, the total her of stamps issued in year being 30 916 num risen to 39. • In 1847 its circulation had ,893, in 1848 it had doubled, being then 6 a lways contained , 970. It articles wa tt a paper of peculiar character, it had of CO n. siderable talent on public affairs, but e were al so to he diseTacefui chaNc`6 found in it articles of the most r, to e' in the . ' except... paper which he could find no parallel Satirist.—(Cries of for merly published called the London " Oh, oh!") These personal attacks were of the grossest and most horrible description —they were at tacks upon p r i vate i n di v id ua l s , gave na mes, and entered into the topics of private life. No person was safe— female chastity an d man l y h onour alike were assail e d and accusations made which were a disgrace to any journal to insert at all.—(Hear, hear.) It appeared that it had been the practice of this man to endeavour to rxtcrt m oney from var i o us individuals under the threat of publishing articles of this description. mr , th ro b, in fact, was inclictvd for one of the grav est libels that could possibly be committed upon any Mae, and the prosecution was conducted by her Majesty '8 Attorney-General for Ireland. He was found guilty i and sentenced to six calendar months' imprisonment, and yet this was the man and this was the paper that was employed by Government to write in the interest of law and order. This was the paper selected by the Lord-Lieutenant to waist him and his Government in repressing the very outrageous proceed• ings that were then occurring in the sister kingdom. He could not help thinking that this was both an error in principle and an error of judgment. It was an error in principle, because it was quite impossible to say that any public officer would be justified in engaging for one moment the services of a man already convicted of a serious crime, and whose paper was known to be disreputable. It was impossibe to defend that action, and no one he was sure would be found hardy enough to do it.—(Hear, hear.) He thought also it was an error of judgment, because no assistance which could be rendered by such a paper could be of any use to a government if it was known, and e there was nothing to prevent its being knows that the paper had been paid to write in support of law and order. No paper could carry with it any moral influence when it was open to the imputation of having been corrupted with a bribe.—(Hear, hear.) He would now proceed to state to the House as shortly as he could the negociations which passed be tween Mr. Birch and the Irish Government. It ap peared that he became associated with the Government in 1848, and he received, in the early part of that year, through the hands of Mr. Connelly (one of the secre taries at the Castle), 3501. for writing in favour of the Government. After he was instructed from the what to write about and how to time his articles; and it would seem from the paper that he faithfully carried out the intention; for, on the sth of April, he was told to work up the French affairs, and ne did so in the next number of his paper. In the month of July Mr. Birch came to London, and had an interview with Sir William Somerville, but Sir William Somerville knew nothing at this time of the compact that subsisted between him and the Castle, and he was requested to call again . When he did call again Sir William had re ceived a letter from Lord Clarendon, in Dublin, and Mr. Birch was promised 5001., which the party who was the agent, through whom the promises was made, was not enough, for he thought Mr.. Birch would have been ill-paid if he bad demanded eight times as much.—(A laugh.) Mr. Birch, however, never received more than 2501. in London, and in October ho returned to Dublin, where he had an inter view with Mr. Melville, another secretary, and was paid the other 2501. Up to this time he had received 8001., but the communications between this gentleman and the Government appeared to have been carried on in 1849, and it would seem from a letter which was written to him that his was not the only paper that had been subsidised.—(Hear, hear ) There was another paper the; had been paid in the way, and he really did think the House had a right to know what this other newspaper was, and the amount of public money that was paid for the purpose of baying its support..—(Hear, hear.) Shortly after this disclosure was made to Mr. Birch, be printed in his cover language that was considered disrespectful to scene one in the Castle, and he was therefore culled upon to retract it for 1001., which cer tsiniy was a very pleasant way of settling an affair of honour like that.—(Hear, hear, and a laugb.) Sir W. Somerville in a letter to Mr. Birch, dated 11 th April, 1850, said he believed no journalist was ever treated ,eith greater generosity and attention than Mr. Birch.—(A laugh.) Other correspondence passed between the partieo, but at last Mr. Birch sent in his " little bill" to the Lord Lieutenant, which was cat - wiled in the following terms:—" Supporting law and order in the World for two years."—(Loud laughter.) " To rendering service to thu Government, 50/. a-week -6,500/.—(Laughter.) The Lord Lieutenant very naturally refused to pay, and Mr. Birch commenced proceedings against him in the Queen's Bench in Ireland, which he might observe was one of the most extraordinary courts in the kingdom. The Noble Lord then proceeded to detail the proceedings in that court, the nature of the compromise made by the Government, by which 2,0001. was handed to Mr. Birch on condition of his destroying certain documents and letters in his pos session, and the ultimate trial which took place, and lasted for two days. The Lord-Lieutenant was sworn on his oath, and in the course of his evidence admitted that the letters then produced and made public were written by his authority. He also said be bad requested Sir W. Somerville to 'pay Mr. Birch some money, but denied that the newspaper was the paid organ of the Govern ment, or that he had ever read it. It was however right to mention that during the two years the World was in the employ of the Government, leading articles appeared in its columns from time praising the policy or the Lord-Lieutenant and of the Foreign-office. It was absurd to say that the arrangement made with Mr. Birch was of a temporary character—simply to advocate order while rebellion existed in Ire land, for the rebellion ceased on the arrest of William Smith O'Brien, in October, 1848, and yet during the whole of 1849 Mr. Birch was in constant communication with the Government. As late as Dec. in that year he received 1001. from the Lord-Lieutenant. There could be no doubt, therefore, that the arrangement with that gentleman was to support the general policy of the Government on condition of his receiving a cer tain reward. This money came out of the public purse, and, as a member of the Opposition, he felt to bring the subject under the attention of the House.— (Hear.) The decision which the House would come to would affect the scale of public morality.—(Cheers.) The Noble Lord then concluded .by reading the terms of his motion. Lord J. RUSSELL rose and was (LEFT SPEAKING.) a. THURSDAY THE FAMILY MINISTRY. The Medicis ruled supreme in Florence—the Sforz As were the glory of Milan—the Borgias were the curse of Rome. Until lately, however, we never imagined that the welfare of England could be either very materially promoted or very greatly obstructed by the conduct of any one family in the Peerage. Blackstone, indeed, has told us a g r e at deal about the unspeakable importance of hereditary Govern ment ; but we suspect that he used the term in a different sense from that which circumstances have unfortunately given it in our time at any rate he could have known nothing of the Greys. The accusation brought against Lord John Russell the other day, that every member of the Cabinet is a lineal descendant of his great grandmother, is, it 7 a novel one. To be sure, the c i o nst e e s a sd d of repelling the charge, declared, Premier, ibecre confessed , h ' eracteristic gallantry, that " nothing on earth should prevent him from promoting to the chief offices of State the issue of his maternal an cestor, if he thought they were qualified to fill them." We have no wish to drive him to any such painful extremity. We have no wish to exclude from the Government, like a political Pariah, every body related to so respectable an old lady. All we wish to insinuate is, that the people of this country —ascertaining, on the unimpeachable authority of Mr. Dod, that the whole Russell Cabinet are inti mately connected with each other, and having no equally unquestionable evidence to show that they are all qualified for their several posts—may be apt to draw their own conclusions from these two facts ; and while they would individually give their heads to be related to such a remarkable family, they may, collectively object to be governed by them. She certainly must have been a wonderful woman, that same great-grandmcther of Lord John Russell. She has actually peopled a whole Cabinet—she has lite rally given birth to three Administrations. In an other generation we shall scarcely know where to find room for her issue. Even now we are ready to cry out with Macbeth— " What! will the line stretch to the crack of doom? Another—yet a seventh! We'll see no more— And yet the eighth appears, who bears a glass' Which shows as many more. Horrible sight!" Oh Cornelia, Cornelia, mother of the Gracchi I you were a proud woman ; but what had you to boast of, compared with the great-grandmother of the Russells ? It is not, however, the multitude of her descendants which we so much admire—it in the extraordinary versatility of their genius. Every Athenian was by birth an admiral, a politi cian, a general, and a philosopher —every Russell is by nature a Lord of the Treasury, a Secretary of State, a Postmaster-General, a Privy Seal, and a Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Our pre sent rulers have no leisure to learn their business, because they are always bettering their condition. By the time a Secretary of War has just been able to read the " Army List " through carefully, he finds himself whisked away to the Colonies—by the time a Secretary to the Admiralty hase begun to know something about ships, he is packed off to the Exchequer. If a friend from the country seeks to pay his respects to a Secretary of State, the chances are that he will be referred to the Horse- Guards—if a deputation from the north comes up to wait upon the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, it is as likely as not that they will catch him in the act of crossing over to the Duchy of Lancaster. Why a Vice-President of the Board of Trade should necessarily be made a Foreign Secretary, is hard enough to understand ; but why, because he is made a Foreign Secretary, another Fo reign Secretary should be appointed Vice-President of the Board of Trade, is a far more difficult ques tion to answer—unless, indeed, we suppose that, in the present aspect of their affairs, the Ministry have nothing to do except to play at.that fine old Christmas game, the chief excitement of which consists in chang ing places without letting any one else get into your seat. There is one peculiarity about their manoeuvres, however,hemas you which deserves notice. They resemble some of th ose eccen t r i c pac k s o f car d s w hi c h the vigilance always of our p o li ce f orce occas i ona lly detects in some of the less r epu t a bl e h aunts o f t h e me t ropo li s . Sh u ffle them tyo a u n pEllelaiosetTacuurtetyh, or a Russellwhere you at the , m theirworld. foreign Stations—like s service.eaitbe is a bottom. We do n o t k now w h et h er h er M a j es ty's Ministers h any fixed ru l e aceor di ng t o w hich they change Sometimes tm eseoemme Some men-of-war, ottfhb- these s sm - e a r 513 , ea o nv r iou regiments sbeesebwial lil mo va o ke u re t sh o bi n es `Vest first appeara nce i n the W the Home-office ; n ex t , we find him in Ireland; t h ence he passes over t o the Col a le C t o o h nti t ne e nta g l r e a m nd übatsosyr; Colonies Indies e .w e ; t t h h e e n n f he e l i tutus ow h um to p i and Perhaps he finally com pletes with a trip to Innia. The Marquis of Normanby, for instance, made his debut as Governor .of Jamaica --a post for which he had We bear no particular to Lord John Rus sell. We believe, indeed, that ho is not over friendly to the liberty of the Press, and perhaps he has no very great reason to be so ; but we can assure him we are not his chief enemies. If he wishes to become a popular Minister, we recommend him, in the first place, to suppress " Dod's Parliamentary Companion," and the " British Peerage." The author of those far-famed compilations does in finitely more harm to a nepotist " Liberal" Pre mier than all the newspapers put together ; and until Lord John puts down that " wretched scrib bler," or sends him to Norfolk Island—the British Cayenne—the public will never be persuaded that he holds office solely for the good of his country, and not for the sake of the numerous and fortunate progeny of his wonderful great-grandmother. By adopting th ese coerc i ve measures — a nd, perhaps, by making whiskers —h e may poss ibl y succ eed in persuading one half of his Cabinet wear wigs and the rest the nation that it is not governed by cousins. In the meantime, we may just venture to suggest to him, in the most friendly spirit possible, that there exists everywhere a vulgar prejudice against a public man who is suspected, however unjus;ly, of making his family the first object of his anxiety, and his country the second. Lord John Russell aspires to be the leader of a large popular party out of doors, but his Cabinet is only open to those who can claim admis s i on as " F oun der's Kin." Biutus did not give the cosiilesl.ip to his maternal uncle, nor did .Rienzi make a tribune of his little boy. We have, indeed, heard of such things being done in modern days, but then the offenders were always " that disreputable association," " that carnivorous tribe of kites and vultures"—the Tory party. An aris tocratic clique, at the head of a democratic faction, is indeed a novelty. For our own part, we should as soon have expected to seo her Majesty's cream-co loured coronation steeds prancing away before a dray cart, as to behold our six or eight thoroughbred " Greys" dragging the whole of Manchester at their heels. In these dayt, to bear the name of Grey, Elliott, or Russell, is itself a fortune, and to marry a connexion of a Cabinet Minister, is a fair opening to one, or all, of the Secretarysbips of State. We have no wish to interfere with the Premier's benevolent intentions towards the issue, of his great grandmother; but it will not be easy to convince us that we can only be legislated for by men who bear a certain name, and that the secret of governing England—like the art of making Eau de Cologne—is exclusively in the hands of a single family.— Chronicle. proved himself " qualified" by writing two novels. I moment, trying to pick a quarrel with a ,neighbour From Jamaica he went to the Home-office —from ' who has hitherto shown no disposition to 'be on bad the Home-office to Dublin—from Dublins to the terms with her. That neighbour is certainly en- Colosial-office—from the Colonial-office to Paris— titled to regulate his own household as he deems and from Paris, we hear, he is about to proceed to best calculated to maintain domestic order and good Calcutta. The career of Lord Granville has been behaviour. If he has sentries at every door of every a still more chequered one. Early in life, he room, no one but those in the rooms has any title to was made Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs. find fault; and if they do not complain of the stir- While still a child, he was appointed a Com- veillance, what right has that grumbling lady over missioner of Railways. As soon as he had the way to alarm the whole neighbourhood with her mastered the rudiments of arithmetic, he was outcries ? created Paymaster of th e F o r ces and Treasurer of In fact, had England been content to remain the Navy. As soon as he bad learned to ride he was quiet at present there would have been, on. the op made Master of the Queen's Buckhounds. When the posite sides of the Channel, t w o m o st interesting hunting season broke up he was appointed Vice- problems working out for an observing—a wondering President of the Board of Trade ; and when world. On the one side Free Institutions, Free Lord Palmerstone gave up office he became Trade, and a Free . Press. On the o th e r s id e P ro t ec - Foreign Secretary. Now just conceive what a vast tion, Exclusion, Submission. Each syst em h as its v ariety of 46 qualificati ons " suc h a man had needs advantages and disadvantages—th e world would soon possess. He ought to be at once a shrewd ao- have seen which of the two sought with the happiest countant, a keen sportsman, a professed locomotive- results the welfare of the governed.—Derbyshire maker, a profound economist, and practised diplo- Courier. matist. All the different accomplishments by which Mr. Robert Stephenson, Talleyrand, Sir Tatton Sykes, and " The Tutor's Assistant" have severally rendered themselves ren owne d o r use f u l, ought to be concen trated in him alone ; and, of course, as the Pre mier has declared hi m qua lifi e d f or any thi ng w e can against such an authority. Lord have Grey, nothing n nareg to urgehappy to add, has been a comparative fi x t u re during his political life ; but then to palm him off upon any department which has not grown accustomed to his peculiar eccentricities would be too bold a proceeding even for Lord John Rnssell to venture on. As for Sir Charles Wood, it would be difficult to say what he has not been, except a financier. SINGULAR. DEATH FROM LOCK-JAW. -On Tuesday an inquest was held at Liverpool on the body of James Bradley, a cotton porter, twenty-eight years of age, whose death had been caused in the following sin gular manner:—About a week previously he was em ployed in converting the blade of a razor into a knife by fixing it to a wooden handle, and used the sharp end of a file, heated, to bore holes in the wood. While so engaged the file slipped, making a deep burnt incision in the palm of his hand, near the thumb. A carman put something into the wound. which he said was used for horses ; and the deceased contieued at his work as usual, until two days be fore his death, when he complained that his jaws were quite tight, and that he could hardly open his mouth. The hand, which had been much swollen all the week, was :now of the natural size ; and the evening before his death, on leaving work, his neck was quite stiff; and his head all on one side. Then, for the first time, medical advice was called in, but too late; tetanus had set in, and in a few hours after wards he died. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death." LOWESTOFT, FEE. 18.—A brig is in the North Roads very leaky, and is expected in next tide. Two small reservoirs near Edenfield, forming part of the Manchester Waterworks, burst during the late floods, but no great damage was done by the accident. LAW INTELLIGENCES COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH„Feb. 18. (London Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Lord CAMP BELL and Common Juries.) THE QUEEN V. FEITILLAN AND DENIS. This was an indictment for the alleged offence of obtaining goods under false pretences, and for a con spiracy to obtain them. The case was one of great importance to the defen dants and the public. Mr. Knowles and Mr. R. Martin appeared as counsel for the prosecution ; Mr. Cole for the defen dant: Feuillan, and Mr. D. James for the defendant Denis. Mr. KNOWLES stated the case for the prosecution, from which it appeared that the defendants, who are Frenchmen, conspired to obtain a quantity of flour from the prosecutor, Mr. Silvester, a corn and flour factor on the Corn-exchange, with an office at 59, Fenchurch-street. The Learned Gentleman then called— Mr. Stein, who deposed that he is a flour salesman, and did business with the prosecutor. On the 30th of May last the defendant (Feuillan) called on, and had some samples of prosecutor's flour from him. He expressed his desire to become a purchaser, and re quired a month's credit. Witness required a good reference, and Fueillan referred him to the defendant Denis and Co., Lime-street. Witness on the next day called at Fueillan's house, 87, High-street, Mary le bone, and then heard from him, that he had contracts with Mr. Youghusband and Soyer, for bread, &c., during the Exhibition. He showed witness over the bakehouse and premises, and said he had a lease of the house. Witness handed the reference to the prosecutor, who, on inquiry, dealt directly with Feuillan. Mr. Henry Silvester, the prosecutor, corroborated the testimony of Mr. Stein, as to the references to Bacon and Co., Mark-lane, and Denis and Co., Lime street. Bacon and Co. said they knew and believed Feuillan to be a respectable man, some time prior to the time of prosecutor's inquiry, but that they did not then know anything of his business. The de fendant Denis represented that he had known Feuil lan many years, had trusted him with goods to the amount of 2001. or 3001., was paid by him, and be lieved him to be a respectable and safe man. Prosecu tor put the most searching questions to Denis, exer cising the strictest caution before he would part with his flour. Denis, in reply, said that he bad been but a short time in business as a baker ; that he was pre viously in business as a wine merchant ; had paid 5001. premium for the lease of his house, which he rented at 701., obtaining, at the same time, 601. a year for some cottages adjacent. He represented him as free from pecuniary difficulties, and as a man upon whose own responsibility prosecutor might deal with him. Prosecutor, anxious to be perfectly assured before be would part with his goods, expressed a de sire to see Feuillan's lease, and Denis represented that it was in the hands of his (Denis's) attorney, Feuillan not having an attorney of his own ; but that it was not mortgaged, and was perfectly free. Prosecutor, on those representations, called at Feuillan's shop, in High-street, Marylebone, and having told him of the object of his call, and that he had seen Denis, to whom he had referred, he answered " that is right." Prosecutor said he understood be supplied M. Soyer with bread for the Exhibition, and he replied " Yes, to the amount of 200. 300, and 400 loaves daily, and showed him at the time some of Soyer's receipts. He required 30 or 40 sacks of flour per week on sale, of the value of 50/., at one month's credit. Prosecutor remarked, that the credit asked was large, and asked him if he was quite sure that he would be able to pay him if he let him have the flour. He answered " You will incur no responsibility; I have neither debts nor liabilities hanging over me." Madame Feuillan being present, said her husband was not that kind of man. Prosecutor, upon those representations, consented to give the credit, and supplied him on his order with 22 sacks of flour, value 38/. Feuillan, on the 17th, called and said he had used the 22 sacks, that the flour was exceedingly fine, and that he wanted more like it. Prosecutor, not having more of that quality, supplied him with five sacks of an inferior quality. On the 24th he called again, and obtained five sacks more, the whole quantity supplied amounting to 70/. 12s. When the credit for this expired Feuillan was not able to pay, and prosecutor, unable to see him, addressed several letters to him for pay ment, to none of which had he received an answer. Prosecutor then called on the defendant Denis, who said he believed Feuillan had fallen into some tempo rary difficulty, arising out of his having been security for a party some years back. An actien, he continued, was brought against him, in which he allowed judgment to go by default, and there was an execution consequently put into his house for the debt and costs, to pay out which he had appropriated the money which he had to pay prosecutor's bill. Denis added that Feuillan owed him nearly 2001. for flour. Prosecutor knowing that Denis was a wine merchant, asked him how it was that Feuillan could have had dealings with him for flour, and he replied, that he had a con signment of flour over from France. Prosecutor, seeing that he had been imposed upon, said he should issue a writ against Feuillan, and asked his Christian name. Denis said " Charles" only. Prosecutor re marked, why he signs " C. P.," how is that ? and Denis said he did not know, but would try and ascer tain. Denis, on a subseqoent occasion, said that Feuillan was in trouble, and that it would not be worth prosecutor's while to take any proceedings against him ; that he (Denis) bad on the previous day lent him 12s. to complete the purchase of three sacks of flour; but that he was about to raise money on his lease, when both of them might be paid ; but of course he would take care of himself first. He was resolved, as the lease was at his solicitor's, not to let it go until he was first paid. Prosecutor then said he bad been imposed upon—that it was a swindling transaction — and he should apply to the Lord Mayor for a warrant. He then took proceedings against Feuillan in the Bankruptcy Court, and about a month after saw, to his surprise, the name of " J. T. Denis and C 0.," painted over the door of Feuillan's house in High street, Marylebone, with the addition—" Bakers to Soyer's Symposium." Prosecutor was subjected to a c ross-exam h in a ati h o e n fo b r y a Mr. James, and deposed that Feuillan, wthaet be had the Commissioner of Bankruptcy, swore and prosecu a good defence on the merits of' his case, c tor was not consequently was about to him that he must an action in the regular way. Prosecutor discovered when wh "l en mi h s e s. about to apply to for tbehlytearerraasnst..attorethete Lord Mayor, that Feuillan was in W in the Bankruptcy Court by The affidavits s:pisr:necutor were here produced by Feuillan and the Mr. Brown, ntl W. Goddard, an auctioneer, in Mooreate- Mr. F. ' that he had let the house, 87, High street, deposedb ne Diaryle o 0 , to Feuillan, at 140/. a year • that d. for the fixtures, but did not ' ob street, he paid 861. although an agreement for one bad been tdraw n aia l, r r The defendant Denis, when he was ne gotiating for the house, was sometimes with him. The first quarter's rent was paid by him, but a dis tress was put in for the second, which Denis, who has no w got the house, paid by instalments. Feuillan s igned the agreement with a C only. Stephen Thornton, a " detective" sergeant of po lice, deposed that he knew Feuillan in the name of Brett, and that be apprehended him and others, in 1847, on 3, criminal charge. He was tried on that charge at the Old Bailey, and acquitted. Witness, in cross-examinati on b y M r . C o l e , sa id he had know n Feuillan for a period of nice years in the name of " Brett.." William Childs, an agent of the London Trades' Protection Society, deposed that he bad Ifilcsvfn Feuillan since 1848, under the name of Brett ; that he had an office with " Brett and Co." over the door; and that the defendant Denis, when he called upon him and asked him if he knew Brett, said he did. Witness said, " I hope you have no transactions with him, as I should be sorry to see you in trouble ;" and he said he would take care that Feuillan should not get the best of him. 'Witness added, "heis a re gular swindling thief," to which Denis replied he had bad two or three transactions with him, and found it was all right. Witness, in cross-examination, added that he had seen Feuillan and Denis together i❑ Leadenhall street, and that he had, on that occasion, warned Denis not to have anything to do with him. Further evidence connecting the defendants in business transactions, was Riven by Mr. Saby, formerly Customhouse clerk to Denis, Mr. East, on a bill of exchange, and Mr. Payne, a coal-merchant. Feuillan's schedule was then put in, and exhibited his debts 1,4311. 17s. Id., and entries of goods from various flour-factors, scarcely one of which was paid for. Mr. COLE addressed the jury on behalf the de fendant Feuillan, and urged that as a foreigner, un acquainted with the laws of England, he might have fallen into errors with reference to the representations about the lease and other matters. The Learned Gentleman submitted that there was no pre-arrange ment between the defendants, and that Feuillan could not be responsible for what Denis had stated respect ing him. He then called a witness to Feuillan's cha racter ; but he only proved that Feuillan had not paid him a debt which he owed him. Mr. JAMES, o❑ behalf of the defendant Denis, sub mitted that to connect ham criminally with Feuillan, the jury must be satisfied that he made the repre sentations to the prosecutor with the intention of frudulently inducing him to part with his goods. The Learned Gentleman, in explanation of Denis having possession of Feuillan's house, said be was a creditor for 6001., and had entered under a bone fide bill of sale. Mr. Youngbusband, and several other witnesses, were then called to character, and they deposed that they had known Denis for many years as a respect able wine-merchant in the City, and as bearing an excellent character for integrity and honour. Lord CAMPBELL summed up, and having com mented on the facts of the case, said it was a most important one not only to the defendants, but to the public. In point of law the jury might find one of the defendants guilty and acquit the oth , -r ; but on the second count, they would be bound either, to acquit or find both defendants guilty. the case was now in their hands, and if they had a reasonable doubt, they should give the defendants the benefit of it ; but if not, then they must, without hesitation, find the defendants guilty. The jury retired, and after an absence of half an hour, returned a verdict of guilty on both counts against the defendants. Mr. liNowLEs prayed the judgment of the Court at once on the defendant=. Lord CAMPBELL said he should certainly pass the sentence of ti Court without delay, and in presence of the city of London. Mr. COLE interrupted, and said be trusted his Lord ship would bear in mind that his client, Feuillan, had already been six months in prison. Lord CAMPBELL then passed the sentence of the Court, adjudging Charles Philippe Feuillan to two years' imprisonment and hard labour in Newgate, and Thomas Denis to one year's imprisonment and hard labour. It was subsequently communicated that the de fendants could not conveniently undergo the sen tence of the Court in Newgate, and his Lordship consequently ordered that the imprisonment shall be in the House of Correction for the city of London. FRANCE AND ENGLAND. When an Englishman judges of France, what it desires, what it requires, it is necessary for him to put aside entirely all his preconceived id eas o f " liberty, equality, and fraternity, derived from a study of, or an experience of the constitution of his own country. France has no antecedents, as Eng land has—no history of an infant Constitution ripening into settled institutions—it has one antece dent alone, and that is the day of the Empire and of Napoleon all other souvenirs are those of change, of sudden and violent renversements. A Frenchman has no constitution to worship or to study, but he has a country and a capital ; and in the two phrases "it n'y qu'une France," "it n'y a qu'un Paris," (there is only one France, there is only one Paris), are summed up his patriotism and his politics. The Government, or the Governor, which gives glory to the one and splendour to the other, is his beau ideal of an Executive ; and his ex perience tells him that it is by a man and not a " mixed form of government"—the Englishman's idol —that the greatest éclat has been given to both. He gladly, therefore, exchanged the mixed form, pre sented by an Assembly and an Executive always at variance (a form nearly as grievous to him as the plague of mixed monsters was to Egypt) for the prospect of the revival of the Consulship, if not of the Empire. This has been bought at the expense of some bloodshed, and of many arrests and exile ments, but he finds himself s till as muc h a t liberty as ever—the drives in th e Ch amps E lysees are n ot curtailed, the walks in the gardens of the Tuileries and the Luxembourg are as free, the restaurants are as sg d o odo, h open, the chateaux des fleurs are li g ht e d up--and what e s t ae Frenchman boulevards as crowded, the theatres are require more ? He requires the prancing of the Lancers, the glancing of the Cuirassiers, the stirring Sounds of the martial bands, reviews on the Champ de Mars, and receptions in the Tuileries. He has them all, and what cares he for Constitutions f Now it is much to be lamented that England and its Press have not quietly, at the least, acquiesced in all this, for it is a state of things which not only flatters the failings and ministers to the prejudices end tastes of a Frenchman, but it is in fact founded on the only element of union left by the preceding revolutions. There were elements enough of dis union ere Louis Napoleon took the reins so firmly in his hand, materials enough for many potent factions, but not one party which could successfully have made an " APPeI au peuple." Anarchy and strife would assuredly have made sad havoc if the nephew of Napoleon had not made his appeal—an archy and strife will assuredly come again if he be compelled to relax his grasp. Who will be to blame if his hand be paralysed? England, from the protec tion it affords to the disaffected, from the currency it gives to every report, however idle, calculated to de preciate his government and malign his motives, from its forgetfulness of the personal respect due to a Prince who has always spoken of it with respect, and treated its countrymen with kindness and distinction. But England is jealous of his large standing army, and sees no employment for it but in fulfilling his uncle's dreams of invasion. If the nephew, or the army, or the people think of anything so visionary, so opposed to their own interests, pray who has suggested the thought ? Has the English Press forgotten the stale but often too true tale, of the groom and the priest—the groom who thought not of greasing the mouths of the horses until the priest asked if he were guilty of the sin. The English papers indeed are circulated to a very limited extent in France, and only amongst the English ; but every Frenchman reads in his own Patries and &ides replies to English accusations, mockeries of English fears—be laughs at first at the idea, but the thought is sown in his mind, and the flour and the fruit will appear in due season. The prohibition of all English papers is seriously contemplated. Behold, the English Press es ill say, another instance of des potism P Who provoked the exercise of it ? Is it not sufficiently clear that it is totally incompatible with the nature of the power committed by the whole French people into the hands of Louie Na poleon, that it is totally opposed to the due exercise of that power, to permit daily suggestions of policy, of principles, and of motives which have no foun dation but in the fancies of newspaper editors or dis appointed partizans and refugees? The President said to the Marquis of Hertford, at the late banquet given to the English residents, and the Prime Minister Cassabianca, said something to th e same effect to Lord Jerningham—" Attacks on myself per sonally, I disregard, but continued misrepresentations of acts done in the name of a great nation will compel the Government to take steps which personally I would be most anxious to avoid." That there are elements of war in Europe at this moment, and materiel for war existing to a vast ex tent in France no one can escape the cognizance of ; but we venture to:guess that break out when it may it will not commence with an invasion of the English shores. The elements of that war lie in the Protest-_ autism of th e nort h , t h e C at h o li c i sm o f th e south of Europe—elem en t s t h e deepest and most deadly when once the swor d i s unsheathed, which have ever conducted conducted hostil e t roops to the battle-field.e;us suspect England remain neu t ra l in such a case ? We filch her Protestant f ee li ng i s t o o strong to be , under circumstances, a passive one. With such a p ros p e ct, or even the possibility of such a warfare, what ought England to do ? Clearly, Clearly, what she is doing—i n crease her mans of defence, her armaments, both on sea and land. But surely w ithout, at the Dame she can do this quietly, COURT OF CuIIIYIOA PLEAS, Feb. 18. (Nisi Prins Sittings, at Guildhall, before Lord Chie Justice JERvIs and Special Juries.) AUSTIN V. THE MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LIN COLNSHIRE RAILWA.Y COMPANY. This was an action on the case to recover damages, estimated at 601., for the loss of onehorse, and inju ries sustained by others, during their conveyance from Yorkshire to London, in a railway box belonging to the defendants. Mr. Macaulay, Q.C., Mr. Raw, and Mr. West, ap peared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Watson, Q.C., and Mr. Hawkins for the defendants. In February, 1849, the plaintiff bought 21 h orses at Beverley Fair, and having paid 221. 10i. for their carriage, sent them, accompanied by a man and boy, in three horse-boxes, from the defendants' station at New Holland to London,. where h e i n t en d e d to sell them to cab and omnibus proprietors. When the train started the boxes were in good and safe condi tion, but soon after the axle on one o f th e t ruc k s began to smoke. _lle man and boy called the attention of the defendants' servants to this, but they disregarded it, and upon being requested at Peterborough to put more grease to the axle, told the man to mind his own business. At one eta stion, however, the station-master told the guard to stop at the Whittesley station and grease the wheel ; and they did stop at that station, bat the wheel was not greased. The consequence was, that between Whittesley and the next station the box caught fire, and the horses were .o frightened and bruised, that one of them, worth 351., was obliged to be killed. The action was brought some time ago in the Court of Queen's Bench, and the plaintiff obtained a verdict, but it turned out that there was a fatal variance be tween the then declaration and the proof given at the trial, and therefore a new trial was ordered. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE left it to tlie jury to say whether the accident resulted from the negli gence of the def e nd an t s ' servan t s , an d t h ey f oun d that it did, and returned a verdict for the plaintiff — Damages 601. CONSISTORY COURT, Feb. 18. (Before Dr. LUSHINGTON.) ALLEN V. ALLEN. In this suit Mr. John Allen prayed for a divorce from his wife on the ground of adultery. Dr. ROBERTSON, on behalf of the husband, briefly went into the facts. Dr. SWABEY, for the wife, said there was a defi ciency of proof, and that the evidence did not go beyond the evidence of probability. The COURT was of opinion there was sufficient proof of adultery having been committed, and ac gly pronounced fur a di vorce . cordin COURT OF INLAND REVE.SUE, Feb. 18. (Before the COMMIbSIONEII.6.) Au application was made to the Court this day, on the part of Sir Henry Meux, Bart., and Co., the brewers, for the return of the Excise duty of 2s. 7d. per bushel charged on 235 quarters of malt, under the following circumstances : It appeared from the evidence that on the 31st of October last 325 quarters of malt, manurao tured by Mr. Crisp, of Beccles, in Suffolk, and t on which the Excise duty had been paid, was on board the Naomi, a trading vessel at that place, consigned to Sir Henry Meux and Co., brewers, of London. The vessel proceeded with the same, but on arriving at the lower part of Long Reach, near Gravesend, the vessel was run into by a steamer, and she immediately sunk, with the whole of her cargo. She was about two days under water, when she was raised, but, in the meantime, about 100 quarters of the grain, which was loose in the vessel, had w ashed away and was lost, and the remainder was so com pletely saturated with salt water, that it was quite unfit for brewing purposes. An effort was f rn t re-dry it, and after bestowing a great deal quarter r e b a le s upon it, it was afterwards sold at 16s. food pens e for t cattle,hst head b a een su i m ncu t r h r a e t d amounting to nearly 3501., to b . e returned. rs were prosecuted busproeulyitc.ovaered the ex- The Coma' ordered the duty that had been charged, Another batch of van proprietors Great for carrying Exhibition without licence. number of licensed victuallers were passengers for hire during the fined for not A num parties in pleading the badness of trade as the cause most cases renewing their licenses in due time, the of their having omitted to do so. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Lancaster, F e b . 17. The spring assizes for this circuit commenced here this morning. Mr. Baro n Ald erson and Mr. Justice Cresswell arrived here yesterday afternoon, and im mediately proceeded to the Castle, and opened the commission. Their Lordships having attended Divine Service this morning, proceeded to the Castle at twelve o'clock. Mr. Bar on Alderson sat on the criminal side, and Mr. Justice Cress well at nisi prius. The cause list contains an entry of six causes only, two of which are for special juries. The calender contains the names of thirteen prisoners—one charged with manslaughter and two with shooting at a game keeper, with intent to murder, whilst out night poaching ; the rest are charges of larceny and ordi nary sessions cases. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Justice CRESWELL ) ELLIS V. TEIRELFALL. This was an action to recover 1401. `for work and labour. Mr. James and Mr. Monk a pp eared fo r the plain tiff, and Mr. Sergea nt Mur p h y and Mr. Segar f or t h e defendant. Th e plaintiff, it appeared, was a machine broker, accustomed to the machines used for the manufacture of cotton, and the defendant is a millowner at Preston. It was alleged by the plaintiff that the defendant's carding-machines being in a deficient state, and pro ducing much waste and an inf er i o r manufacture of cotton, he was nizaged by the defordant to rvmedy the mischief, Laid was so occupied for live months, and by his services improved the defendant's manu facture. By the defendant it was urged that the plaintiff's services were voluntary ; that he was out of work, and offered to try and improve the defendant's machinery it the defendant would recommend him to commissions for others to do the same thing, and that what he did was in truth valueless. The Learned Counsel for the plaintiff having re plied on this evidence, His LORDSHIP summed up, and The jury found a verdict for the defendant. The cause occupied nearly the whole day. CROWN COU R r. —(Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON.) William Houlker, agkd 36, and William Haworth, aged 23, were indicted for the manslaughter o► James Walrusley, at Blackburn, on the 30:h January last• Mr. WIGHAM prosecuted, the prisoner was unde fended. It appeared from the dying declaration of the un fortunate man, taken before a magistrate, that be and the two prisoners and some others had been drinking at a beer-shop in Blackburn, and that a quarrel erase there. As he was leaving the house the prisoner Houlker seized hold of him, and a scuffle ensued be tween them, and whilst this was going on the pri soner Haworth kicked him several times on the thigh. He went home afterwards, and, according to the testimony of his sitter, was obliged to go to bed nest day in consequence of an injury to his thigh, of which he complained, and that he got worse and worse until he died. Mr. Rogerson, surgeon, w as called in, and found his thigh very much swollen and distended, and after his death made a post mortem examination of it, and found a great quantity of matter collected there. The injury had caused his death. The deceased was of a very scrofulous con stitution. His LORDSHIP, in summing up, left it to the jury to say on the evidence whether the prisoners had by their violence caused the deceased's death. The jury found both the prisoners Guilty, but strongly recommended them to mercy. His LORD4HIP said the verdict was a very VW"' one, and sentenced Haworth, who inflicted the kick, to three months' impriscamen', and Houlker to be imprisoned one month. THE CO UN R MA RKETS LIVERPOOL, FEE. 17. Arrivals of grain exceedingly small, i, fluenced by flat accounts; trade languid. Helde r !, showed great firmness. Tuesday's prices supported for a" articles. Arrival...-- Ireland and coasts' ise—Wbeat, 17 ; barley, 2,116 ; malt, 729 ; oats, 5,049; flour, 1,59 s sacks and 1,42 barrels ; beans, 529. Foreign wheat, 1,33 u ; o ats, 7,349 flour, 1,282 sacks and 5,42, barrels. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET. FEB. 17.—There were in the meal market to-day 7 sacks oatmeal, each weighil 2501 b.. imperial, which sold thus :-1 at 1/ 123 Chl and 6 at I l IleOd ; average price of the whole II Its ld I2ths. 2 sacks pot-barley, which sold at 28s. EDINBURGH HAT AND STRAW MARKET, FEB_ Oat straw, from 8s Od to lOs Od per kemple of 16 stones troll; wheat ditto, 6s 6d to 8s id ; barley ditto, 68 Od to 7a 43c1 * Hay, front 9d to I , d per stone. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET, FEE. 16.—There we re 116 bags of oatmeal, and 23 of barleymeal, at this day' market ; sales ready. Oatmeal on the top the same 91 ,1 week, Pecono quality 3d per bag down ; barleymeal down 3 ' per bag on the top; no pot-barley in market. Oatmeal, per wick, of 260 Um kinst Second Th ird ' imperial .. 31s od 99s 9d 29s 3d Barleymeal, per ditto 21s 6d 21s Od °d Od Peasetnoal Od Od —s Od —8 Od ""'s —s Od —8 Od --s Flour Pot barley COAL :YEAliti.t.; , 1. . -- Y HST I RDA Ye Prices of Coal per ton Bate's West Hartley 136 Od Huddle's W. Hartley 136 Od Burnhope North Percy Hartley 1:Is Od Ravensworth'sW. Hart 13s Od Vatifield Moor Wylam Wall's End, &c. Brown . Ships sit market, he close of the Market Lam ht or• Ituosell's Hetton •• ••• 15s 6d Stewaree ... 165 Od 1 3 3 3d Whitwell Thorniey ... ee* ........... 16!. 01 Nixon's Merthyr and Cardiff 103 Sold, 41. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS BRISTOL, FEB. 18. has been STOCK EXCHANGE.—A very limit e d business -- n et done today, without material alteration in prices. only transactions reported were—Great Western, 85 ex —TafT Vale, 1044. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 18. STOCK EXCHANGE.- There was an improved feeling el: hibited in the share market to-day, and a good bustne': has been done at advanced prices. The transactions wheeler a' follow: Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire and Birkenhead), 164,—Ditto, 221. Shares, 6% Lancashire and Yorkshire, 66 1 4—Ditto, Fifths, 6 15-16 diD• er, —London and North-Western, 11834 c. Mancheat Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 29 , 4—Midland, 57'is—So utiv. Eastern and Dover, 20%. MANUHESTER, FEB. 18. SToorK ExcaTANGE.—The business to-day was very limite d ' and prices generally had a downward tendency. The trans actions were as follow :—Eastern Counties, 7 11-16-- 111 , 311 : cheater and Birmingham (C), Quarters, 1 13-16 p•- - kt" - chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 29—Midland , Lancashire and Yorkshire, 6 5 3 / 4 —Ditto, Fifths, 7 Matlock, `.2—Chester and Birkenhead, 16A— W est Biding , 5 die. South-Eastern and Dover, 20 , % . (late C SEABORNE MAlLS•p os t e offase (N signifies that the mail s are sent from the Gener al -- by the night—and M by the niorning—ellspatc---- When made up in I PLACEt?, ,General Post-ofn eel port dial - due. patchod. ................_ I London. _—...------- i Feb. 23 America (by Brit. pkt.)N Feb. , 9 .. Liver Pool ' • March 2 America (by U.S. pkt.) N Feb. 24 .. •• Liverpool • • America (by U.S. pkt.) M Fen. 18 .. Southa.mpt. 3 Africa (West coast).. N 14th of the month. Plyraosth Belgium •. arch_ Alexandfitt* • ....... N,l9th & 30th or mo. Dover • • Feb. 26 y From what When Brazil Cape of Good Hope Nl4th of month Buenos Ayres .. .. M ' 9th of the month Southampt. (March _/ 9 Constantinople* .... California(viaChagree)M 2cl & 17th of month Southampt. Febl r„ •• .. • • .. .. M N l9 D th ati of the month S l Z e h r arnPi: l)3lPairic}h 1 . 6, - Central America .. M2d & 17th of men. BouthaMpt• r F o° '„, gat N; 7th 17th 27th of mo Dover • • F 3 3.i l l abr rc c 2 .l g 4 Channel Isles .. .. N,Mon., Wed., & Fri.iSouthampt. Ta. A 1.,.: C h i li " " •• .At 17th of the mouth ISouthampt. Feb, : d u stil y Franco • • .. M& N Twice daily .. .. !Dover •• .„, TWi „,h e o a Greece* •• •• •• N 7th 17th 27th of mo Dover • ' ••,,,,,—",;. i .st. India (via S•o . •tithiam.. •• .. N Tuesday &. Friday London •• -.t• --- * T hor Roalmlabrid h `• • • •. M iWednes. & Satur. London • • 201 ' Feb• 2° Ireland hi . AI& NTwice daily .. .. (Holyhead • • TY I , - 03 p.) m N1 2 7 0 : () of f the the mmeosfitthi;:oeuuththa:pPtt.• -Feui,,,,,,:a1112 India (7iala rseifies) N . , tith& 24th of ruon th l l F : M over itil• Mediterranea n ~,ri 1 iSt editor' ..,ea n Southan,,,,,,) ' a 1 ~ Ma rc ' 2 ~:f e • i ,r ro i lle.9. ... .... .... hfil'f,ilthd of& 2 t 4 h t e h m ot o rn n o th nth . i D so o u v t e t t arapt. tac t 5 16 (via • M 20th of the month Southampt..Feb. 23 Hadelra • • •• .. M 9tll of the month . 'Southall :lo- —arc Malta* .. 1 7th,l7th,liitlt,27th 1 fiver Feb. 20 ~, Papal States* .. .. s t 5 & 11, 3 1 0 5 t1 th i 0 25 f t m h o e n f t ee h o ,D .l o,er .. l e i • z h .,. 2 2 2 i Naples* •• •• •• N bth 15th 25th ofrno Dover ",' -,..- 22 reninsular.. .. Tl AT 'Lle ea r'le t a ir . die • s .: ,Feb.. •••••• Mll7th vi the month ,SouthaniDt• •,,,,,e, 2J •:.: • • N;sth 1 ith xi th of o Dover " 20 : 7 17 th th 17 0 11 1 i th 7 e t m h :a m' : So S° u u th th a g :P Pttl l Ill: n° West Indies (except nt !lli t ' reli !bf I Ilavanna & Nassau) Mld of the month ..'Southa a 'r -- ' o'o'l - co * The mails to those countries thus marked ( C ) ttlii Wrench nacki:i •• - •'4, Marseilles to Burin The direct Hav re ma il f rom L on d on v ia Southar o P n d o f daat. , , ea ' month will be made u.. three times a week only, ins tes .,., •t ed 0 1 . 6 CALIFORNIA. Mails to and awn Caluornia, vt a tile 1..••• are now despatched and due by every American pack*" and [ NnvERTI3ymENT.I the of an Abcess that -- Holloway's Ointment ri Pills have Effected an astonishing n faculty pronounced incurable. Walsoken, near Wisbech, was afftlicc°tberedertwiPtharafrtdt'reamdafurlinaebr'ceos: years in an hospital abroad, in the arm. He had been two at home, without receiving and for a considerable timestinaosne given up by the faculty, who the least benefit, and at la fur a short time the wound was completelY pronounced him to be incurable, but after using Holloway's Ointment and pills salth permanently restored. This can be healed, and his Abrahamhe Catlin and other respectable intik' attested by he pariah o f Walsoken.—bold b y a ll druggist s bitants a t the P • and at Professor Holloway's Establishment , - 244, Strand. London. n INQUEST ON THE LATE MR. CROFTS . _AU : LW:Fe S was held on Saturday on the body of James Crofts, FA aged• ,- R c , a gentleman possessed o f a b out 700 1 . a year'r' na nd .e w hi c h was instituted owing to some suspicions havi ng b entertained as to the mode of his dby a Mr. Barretlii w h o was married to Mr. Crofts' niece eath Mr Barrett had le Dlr. Crofts in his house in L ondon-street to. pur sue h ld is g O e w : l - s tudies elsewhere, an d f ound on his retur n that the o tleman had been r emoved by two men and a fema le to re t 4 g ; mouth - street, where h e h ad died. The bodyEev. was Mr. anal exhumed. M r . Cl arkson appeared for the nee dlestone and Mr. Huddlestoue the barrister, the fromne the and heir-at -law of the deceased, and it f eli ! " evidence that the deceased had been subject to fits 0 that le s der 11. y, and it being considered more convenient, in or rrout b.. appeared .. he might have better care, he was removed to WS:., ond. street, where every attention was paid to him by x'"„, a red dlestone and the Rev. Mr. Huddlestone. It also aPS:,. A that death had resulted from a mere decay of na,_t u ,:, - sr. verdict was accordingly returned of 46 Natural dee e tu_ ..it, a nd Barrett expressed himself dissatisfied with the e" said that he would bring the case into a superior c l oud. or FelloWs I On the 24th instant the Provost and 0 , i , Es- Trinity College, Dublin, will give a grand dinner is '„ ( j a of cellencv the Lord-Lieutenant, the bishops arid fr te i 3 in learned . societies at their magnificent hall. Thej llort luid honour of the installation of the Primate as Chance of Dr: M'Donnell, as Provost. BIRTHS. On the 14th inst., at J. Sawyer Esq. O E F ast A CO B w ° e lc s . Castle, the la d y of C. R. On the 17t1 inst., in Park-crescent, th e wife of CePtCaptain ßaring, of the C o ld stream Guard A vAucirrmit.. On the 15th iiist at Gateacre, the wifo of Thomas A. Bu , li e by, Esq. " OF On th .7th inst. in S tis sex-gardens, Hyde - par k, the In of Hen r y M i lf or d boodle, Esq. g u g On the 17th inst., eorge's, Hanover-square, b at G Hamilton Lindsay, Esq., only son of t he late Hon. ntig h n . Lindsay, to Anna, eldest daug hter of .near R. M‘o e ' Esq., and widow of the late C. C. B. Lindsay. On the 12th just. , at Trin it y Church, Hyde, the Re c. ' to Nicholas H. Hlacgacan, RA., curate of Ilford, Easel' Henrietta Maria, daughter of the late Rev. W. Ws rll- rector of Medford, Essex. DIED. At Great Bramingham, Luton, Bodo, on the 15th ins t.r Thomas Smith, Esq., aged r 2. the 15th inst., at Camberwell, aged 80, Sarah of Temple-house, East Ham, Essex, relict of the late v" Morley, Esq. elder On the 16th inst., at St . John's-wood, Emma, daughter of the late J. Tringham, Esq. At Bath, an& o n the 10th inst., Major G. T. Panke, for:peril of the 61st Regiment, and latterly of the Ceyl on Rides. Fa. On the 14th inst., at Thetford , Norfolk , G eor g i 1 beth, the wife of S. C. Bidwell, Esq :Printed and Published b; fv.161 - CDO 1 u : No. 112, Strand , Printer, at The Sun Oliva, j-' 4 °" .., of Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy. in the c0 112 "-' bliddleoss Thurea• February IP, 102. T E SUN , LONDON, E VENING, ,FEBRUARY 19, 1852. co'