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that Houie,-itud then require their attendance at another period in the other House for a =Mar purpose. He hoped therefore, that they would endeavour to carry out this suggestion. He knew it would be said,that the adop tion of such a proposition as this would give facilities to speculations, but he apprehended that the sdving of useless expense, and simplifying the mode of legislation with respect to these Bills, would give them a better op portunity of encouraging useful projects by the giving better facilities for investigation. He could not help calling attention to the great mistake they had made with respect to railwaT deposits in the present session. What could be more indefinable than to prescribe to all parties that they should make the deposits in money, giving them the option of investing them in the public fends, and refusing them in the first instance the option of making them public, securities. Their Lordships should not forget that the check at tempted to be put upon unfair speculation by the exist ing Act of the Legislature did not attach to those for whom it was intended. Those who thought so had surely come to that opinion upon a mistaken view of the case. The injury fell npon third parties ; it fell upon the mercantile interests of the country—upon those who came under the name and character of fair mercantile speculators. The fault was, however, that of legislation, and he hoped that the House would agree to any - measure which would give a different effect to the standing order of the House. The Earl of Stradbroke said, that although there was nothing like an approaching famine in this country or in Scotland, he was of opinion there was such an expec tation in the south of Ireland, and he would favour any thing which had a tendency to relieve that. The motion was then agreed to. MITIGATING PENALTIES IN CRIMINAL CASES. Lord DENMAN brought in a Bill, which he had prepared last year, to alter the existing law, so far as to give the courts of law power to mitigate extreme pe nalties in cases of felony. Sir GEOR,GE CLERK did . not know of any impe diment which would be thrown in the way of Irish rail ways by compelling them to commence in the House of Lords. On the contrary, he thought much benefit would be the result. In the case of two competing companies, one might commence in that House, and the other might be brought forward in the House of Lords. The Com mittee of this House might sanction one of the schemes, and the House of Lords would possibly consider the other company as deserving of support; the consequence would necessarily be, that instead of facilities being afforded, the whole concern would be brought to a stand still, and one House would say to the other you must not pass this Bill until you have sent it to us, in order to decide upon its merits Si to the other competing line. Mr. AGLIONBY—Suppose there should be no com peting line ? Sir G. CLERK did not consider even in that case that any substantial injustice would be inflicted upon these Bills. There were standing orders of both Houses which must be complied with prior to obtaining their powers. He did not therefore consider that any possible inconvenience could arise from the adoption of the course suggested by the Select Committee. He believed it was the intention of his Hon. Friend the President of the Board of Trade, to introduce resolu tions which would have the effect of doing away with any standing order that would be productive of inconve nience to the public business ; and this he believed would have the effect of obviating the difficulties appre hended by the Honourable Members for Cockermouth and Roscommon. Owing to the peculiar position of Ireland, the Government were anxious that every facility should be given to the passing of all Irish railway Bills, with a view to giving the labouring population of that country employment when it would be most wanted, namely, in the months of June and July next ; and he did believe that doing so would confer one of the greatest benefits upon that country.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. ROSS said it would be well that all Bills not having to encounter competition should be at once sent to the House of Lords. Mr. GREENE said that those Bills which should have been declared to have complied with the standing orders it was recommended should be sent at once to the House of Lords, and that would greatly facilitate the business. Mr. W . COLLETT said that he did not think that the benefits supposed to follow the passing of the Irish Bills would be realised, because such Bills as should not have passed before June or July could not be brought into operation for some months after. He considered that the Government ought to take some means for expediting the Bills which had once been reported to have fulfilled the standing orders. The SPEAKER having then read some extracts from the report, Mr. E. B. DENISON said that it would be a very hard case should they rescind the order of the 7th July last, and it was right that he should call their attention to what that resolution was. It provided that Bills which had passed the ordeal of that House should be entitled to go into the House of Lords just as they stood, meaning those Bills which had passed the Standing Orders Committee. Now that was the case of the Portsmouth group, and the London and York. Would it not be very hard indeed if these companies, after having gone to such enormous expense, should be precluded now, and have to commence de novo. With regard to the London and York line, there were other lines to compete with it, and the House of Lords would have to take these schemes into consideration. There was the Direct Northern Railway, and also the CAnabeidge line, which would decidedly take up a good d, al of time in getting through. He considered that if the Committee would act more impartially, it would be benetieial to the interests of railways generally. Mr. WA RD said that at the close of last session there were great complaints with regard to the time occupied in the discussion on railway Bills. There were several parties who had been for eighty days before the Com mittee of the House of Commons who were never heard, and who were afterwards told that their place of refuge was the House of Lords. That was a position in which a Committee, although acting impartially, eould not 'avoid placing them. The question was not with regard to the interests 'of a particular comp . any, but it was a question as to what decision the Legislature Could come to as to which line was the best, and it was fit, just and proper, and wise, that the House of Lords should have an opportunity of mature consideration on that subject. Mr. E. DENISON said that the scheme referred to by the preceding speaker was not a new one, and there fore the arguments made use of on the present occasion against the measure did not apply. Lord G. SOMERSET did not consider that the House would be committing any injustice by adopting the report. After a few further remarks from the Noble Lord, which were inaudible in the gallery, Sir H. W. BARRON said it was quite impossible that any railroad, the Bill for which might be passed during the present session, could give employment to the Irish people for several months to come. He did not say this from any opposition to the measure, but merely for the purpose of undeceiving the House on this subject. He hoped the House would not depend too much upon the present project, as likely to be of great advantage to the people of Ireland. Sup posing a Bill for a railway had passed both Houses, and received the royal assent, he need not tell the House that notices must be issued for calls, and those calls must be made in the first place ; In the next place, they must get possession of the line, which all would know was a task of no ordinary difficulty. After that it was necessary to advertise and enter into contracts. All these things would occupy a great deal of time, and the House would be very much deluded if they thought that they would be giving early employment to the Irish poor. He could assure the House that it would be August or September next before any new railroad could be commenced in Ireland. After a few words from Mr. W. COLLETT and Mr. FORSTZR, which were inaudible in the reporters' gallery, The SPEAKER put the motion, which was agreed to. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (Front the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) THURSDAY, FEB. 5. The following Petitions for Railway Bills were referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills Sheftield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester Railway (Barnsley Branch). Sheffield, Ashton under Lyne, and Manchester Railway (Whaley Bridge and Hayfield Branches). Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester Railway (Dukinfleld, Worsborough, and Glossop Branches and Sheffield Station). Manchester and Hyde Railway. Richmond Railway (Kew Branch). Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Junction Railway. Midland and Eastern Counties Railway (Cambridge to Weedon). Derby, Gainsborough, and Great Grimsby Junction Railway. Chester and Manchester Direct Railway. Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction Railway Extension and Deviations. North Wales Mineral Railway Deviation and Branches. Huddersfield and. Manchester Railway and Canal (Bradford Braneh). Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester Railway (Ashton Canal Purchase). Manchester and Leeds Railway Extensions, tfc.e. Dunblane, Donne, and Callender Railway. East and West India Docks and Birmingham Junction Railway. Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction Railway. Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal (Oldham Branch). Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal (Huddersfield Diversion and Cooper-bridge Branch). Bristol and Exeter Railway (Crewkerne Branch). Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton Railway Amendment. Glasgow and Belfast Union Railway. Derby and Crewe Junction Railway. Maidon, Witham, and Braintree Railway. _ Lyin and Ely, and Ely and Huntingdon, and Lynn and Dual= Railway Companies Amalgamation. Thames Haven Dock ead Railway. _ Midland Railway (Burton-upon-Trent to :Nuneaton Branch and Ashby Canal Purchase). Midland Railway (Leicester and Swatutington Alteration and Branches). Loudon and Brighton and London & Croydon Railways Consolidation. Eastern Counties Railway (Hertford to Huntingdon). Midland Railway (New Cross to Newark). Eastern Counties Railway (Tottenham to Barnet). Midland Railway (Darfield to Elsecar and. other Branches). Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway.. :Monmouth and Hereford Railway.! West Londnn Railway Improvement and Extension. Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction Railway. Launceston and South Devon Railway (No. 2). Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle Branch Railway. North Gravesend Railway. Norfolk Railway Extension., (Thetford and Reedham Branches). Dundee and Arbroath Railway Extensions. Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway and Tyne Dock. Manchester, Midland, and Great Grimsby Junction Railway. Glasgow, Barrhead, & Neilston Direct Railway (Branches to Paisley). Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock Railway (Polloc and Govan Branch). Scottish Midland Junction Railway Branches. Glasgow, Strathaven, and Lesmahagow Direct Railway. Scottish Midland Junction Railway (South Inch of Perth Branch). Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan Railway. Bridgewater and Taunton Canal, Railway, and Harbour. Birkenhead and Llangollen Railway. Grand Trunk, or Stafford and Peterborough Union Railway. Norfolk Railway Extensions, Yarmouth Extension. Bedford and Cambridge Extension Railway. Midland Railway. Nottingham and Mansfield Railway. London and Blackwall Railway (Widening). Cambridge and Lincoln Extensioa, and Lificoln.:York and Leeds Junction Railway. Taff Vale Railway. .. Furness and Windermere Railway. Birmingham, Lichfield, and Manchester Railway. Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Edinburgh, and Direct Glasgow Junetion Railway. Edinbuagh and Perth Railway. West Cornwall Railway, . Manchester and Poole Railway (Luggershall. Salisbury, and Poole).. Dundee and Perth Railway Amendment.' Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway (Extension. No. 1). Worcester, Hereford, Roes,' and Gloucester Railway. Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland Junction Railway. London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Junction Railway. Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway Extension (No. 3). Eastern Counties Railway (March and Lincoln Extension). Midland, Barnsley, Sheffield, Dewsbury, Leeds, and Bradford Railway. Chichester, Portsmouth, and Farnham Railway. Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway Extension (No. 2). Eastern Counties Railway (Epping Extension). Waterford and Tramore Railway. South Yorkshire Railway and Canal. Dublin and Kingstown Extension Railway. Enfield and Edmonton Railway. Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock Railway (Bridge of Weir Branch). Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock Railway (Harbour Branch). Glasgow Harbour.Grand Junction Railway Terminus. Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilaton Direct Railway (Branches to Thornliebank, Househill, and Hurlet). Oldham, Manchester, Liverpool, and Birkenhead Junction Railway. Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, and Nottingham and Grantham Junction Railway. Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway. East Coast Railway. ➢ablin And Enniskillen Railway. Goole and Doncaster Railway. Dartmouth, Brixham, and Exeter Railway. North of Norfolk Railway. East Lancashire Railway Deviation and Branches. Macclesfield and Lichfield Railway. East Denham and Norwich Railway. West Lancashire Railway. NOTICBC (IVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE. THUZIMIT, FEB. 5. Glasgow Harbour Mineral Railway—Committee en Petition, Fri day, Feb. 13. Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway—Committee en Petition, Friday, Feb. 13. — Bridgewater and Minehead Railway and Pier—Committee on Petition, Friday, Feb. IS. Chelmsford and Bury Railway—Committee on Petition, Friday, Feb. 13. Welsh Midland Railway—Committee en Petition, Friday. Feb. 13. Lancashire and North Yorkshire Railway—Committee on Petition, Friday, Feb. 13. London and Croydon (Thames Junction Branch) Rallway—Com mittee oa Petition, Friday, Feb. 13. Direct Northern Railway—Committee on Petition, Friday, Feb. 13 East Lothian Central and Tyne Talley Junctien Railway—Com• mittee on Petition, Friday. Feb. 13. York and Carlisle Railway—Committee on Petition, Friday, Feb. 13. Hull and Selby Railway Purchase—Committee on Petition, Fri. day, Feb. 13. Cornwall Railway—Committe• on Petition, Friday, Feb. 18. Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway—Committee on Petition, Fri• day, Feb. 18. illiropshire Union Railway (Newton to Crewe, with Ilranches)— Committee en Petition, Friday, Feb. 13. Shropshire Union Railways and Canal (Chester and Wolverhamp ton line)—Committee on Petition, Friday, Feb. 13. Shropshire Union Railways and Canal (Shrewsbury and Stafford Railway)—Committee on Petition, Friday, Feb. 13. London, Warwick, Leamington, and Xiddermiastar Railway— Committee on Petition, Friday, Feb. 13. Harwich and Eastern Cetuitles Junction Railway and Pier—Com mittee on Petition, Friday, Feb. 13. South Staffordshire Junction Railway (lfe. 4—Willenhall and Bleswich Branch) —Committee en Petition, Friday, Feb. 13. Lincoln, Wainfteet Haven, and Boston Railway—Committee en Petition, Friday, Feb. 13. South Staffordshire Junction Railway (No. 3—Showhill and Porto bello Branch)—Committee on Petition, Friday, Feb. 13. Isholme, Gainskorosgh, and Goole and York, and North Midlands Junction Railway—Committee on Petition, Friday, Feb. 13. Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester Railway (Peak Forest and Macclesfield Canal Purchases)—Committee on Petition, Friday, Feb. 13. South Staffordshire Junction Railway with Branehea—Committee en Petition, Friday, Feb. _ South Staffordshire Junction Railway (Ne. 2—Biikon or Priest field Branch)—Committee on Petition, Friday, Feb. 13. Manchester and Lincoln Union Railway (Chesterdeld and GAIIIS - Canal)—Committee on Petition, Friday, Feb. 13. Wilsontown, Morningside, and Colines., Railway (Caledonian Junction)—Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 164 •Wilsontown, Morningside, and Coltnees Railway (Batbgate Branch)—Oommittee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 16. Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway—Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb Is. Monkiand and Kirkintillock Railway (Chapel Hale Branch) — Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 16. Ballochney Railway (Shotta Brancb)—C orninittee on Petition Monday. Feb. 16. Carniiath and West Lintoa Railway—Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 16. Limerick, Ennis, and Melee Railway—Committee on Petition Monday, Feb. 16. ... Mountmellic Junction Eallway—Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 16. Great Southern and Western Railway (Cork Extenalen)—Com. wittee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 10. Killarney Junction Railway—Committse on Petition, Monday, Feb. 16. Staines and Henley itailway —Committee on Totition, adjourned till Monday, Feb. 9. London and South Western (Salisbury Junction) Railway—Com mlttteo on Petition, adjourned till Thursday, Feb. 12. London and South Western (Basingstoke and Salisbury Extension. Railway—Comnitteo on Petition, adjourned till Thursday, 141. 12.) LAW INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS, Feb. 6. The llouae sat to-day at 10 o'clock to hear Scotch appeals. Lord Brougham, Lord Cottenham, and Lord Campbell, were the Peers in attendance. , MACPHERSON V. CRAHME. The further arguments in this ap peal occupied their Lord• ships the whole morning. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Feb. 6. (Sittiuge at Nisi Prins, before Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN and a Common Jury.) The Court was occupied th e greate r part of this day with the investigation of a case similar to that of yesterday, namely, personal injury from alleged negligent driving. The case was of no interest except to the parties concerned. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Feb. 6. (Sittings at Nisi Prius ' before the LORD C HIEF B ARON and Special Juries.) THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL 0. I'M AND OTHERS. This was an information filed by the Attorney-General against the defendants, for the recovery of penaltie4 they were alleged to have incurred. in an evasion of the Excise laws in the article of paper. The Solicitor-General and Mr. Wilde appeared for the Crown, and Mr. Valentine Lee for the defendants. The SOLICITOR•GENENAL stated the facts of the case. The defendants were paper manufacturers, and had a mill for that purpose at Wickham. On the 4th day of April, 1844, five quantities were sent out from the mill which were not entered in the book' which is provided for that purpose according to law, and did not pay the duty legally chargeable thereon agreeably to the provisions of the 2d and 3d Vict. chap. 23. These quantities were carried to London and delivered to Pym and Arnold, the fathers of the defendants, in London. Another count charged defendants with defacing the labels on the paper. Witnesses would prove these facts, and he had no doubt but upon their careful consideration the jury would consider the Crown entitled to a verdict. James Devereux, supervisor of Excise at Wickham, was then examined, and deposed that he surveyed the paper mill called Ashmill for several years. Knew Thomas Pym, Edward Pym, and Mr. Arnold, the proprietors of it. On the 4th April, 1844, he made the seizure of the paper (which was produced in Court). What made him suspect that the de fendants were acting illegally was the number of hours tl..e mill was at work, and the state of the engines. On the 4th April he saw a waggon near the dwelling-house of defen dants (the Pyms), and saw Edward Pyre! and Francis Pym bring paper from, the mill. He had made a survey that morning, and found no uncharged stock; 34 small reams of 51bs. each was the stock then charged. Of the reams put into the waggon there was nine of less weight than 351bs. He followed the waggon a short dis• tance. The reams in question were those now before him. Previously to this time there were eleven reams charged of the same weight, and there was none of that kind then in stock. That was the 28d of March. The wrappers and labels of the paper seized did not appear as fresh or with the same appearance as if they had been just prepared. He Witnessvn t them w a s being subjected to a rema r k t o Ed ward Pym and asked him why the labels were d e f ace d. H e replied that he had done it to pre a ra in lo . e ng cross-examination by Mr. VALLMTINE Lax. Thomas Burrell, a carrier of goods between London and Wickham, proved the carriage of the p a p er f rom t h e m ill to London. About a month after he commenced carrying the paper he was in the habit of taking the paper to the Rose Inn, Farringdon-street, but was afterwards told by Mr. Bedford Pym to take a load to Adam and Eve -court. near Oxford street, where he saw Mr. Arnold. He was also in the habit of taking it to different dealers in London. His directions at the mill were always to take the paper to Adam and Eve-court, from which he was afterwards told to take it to different stationers in London. He was in the habit of taking back different articles from London. Among these was a box, which was always de livered to him by Mr. Arnold, at Adam and Eve -court. The box was always lighter going down than it was coming up. He asked Mr. Arnold one time what the box contained, who replied that it was sample paper. He generally took the twice. pape H paper from e bthroeudgwht up once elling-housia6 cwt.,some near the mill, of hi except once ncez stamped with a black mark and some was not. Backwell,another carrier, gave similar evidence to that of the l last witness . TILE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARI 7, 1846. Mr. W. A. Howard, a paper cutter, employed by Mr. E. pyre. Had worked in Ashmill before defendant had it—his hours of work were longer under defendants than his previous employers. There were nine reams t a ken a way in a waggon on the 11th March, without paying duty. John Somerton, another paper maker, corroborated the evidence of the last witness. On one occasion he recollected that fifteen reams were taken away in a waggon, which were not entered in the book. This closed the case for the Crown. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL, in conformity with a suggestion of the Court, consented to drop the case against Francis Pym, on the ground of there being insufficient evidence to connect him with any superintendence or management of the mill. Mr. VALENTINE LEE, on the part of two of the Pyms, addressed the jury for the defence, and contended that no case whatever had been made out against his clients.• There was not a scintilla of evidence to satisfy any jury that either Francis or T. B. Pym were partners in the concern, and un less the evidence proved partnership in the mill and consent on the part of all the defendants in the charges alleged in the records, it would be impo,si ble to brie" in a verdict of guilty. 11 ith regard to the obliteration df the stamps the evidence was equally deficient. How could the two clients whom he represented be fixed with acts which were committed in their absence? They were in London at the time when the alleged offences were said to be committed. Re concluded by calling on the jury to reject all surmises and suspicions, and look strictly to the evidence adduced, and not take any of the con structive or mystified evidence which had been given to criminate the defendant. It was the duty of the Solicitor- General to prove the case clearly. He contended that he did not do so, and under these circumstances he called fur a verdict of not guilty. The SOLICITOR-OENERAL replied. The LORD CHIEF BARON then summed up, and, after wing over the principal points of the evidence, concluded by saying that a verdict of "not guilty" must pass for Francis Pym ; but-that, with regard to Edwin, the question would be whether he had an Interest in the p ar t ners hi p , an d if so , lie iiattst be found guilty—if not, he would be entitled to an acquittal. With regard to Thomas Py m an d A rno ld Bedford, if they believed the evidence, the several cases were clearly proved against them, and their duty would be to find them The jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict of guilty of the five offences against Thomas Bedford Pym and Arnold, and of not guilty against the two sons. This was the only case tried during the day. The penal ides amounted to 2,700/. The Court then adjourned. SECONDARIES' COURT, Feb. 6. There were only two causes set down for hearing this day, being on bills of exchange, and undefended. SHERIFFS' COURT, Feb. 6. (Before Mr. Commissioner BuLLocK.) BURRIDGE AND ANOTHER V. MULLETT. The plaintiffs in this action are attorneys, and the de fendant was a farmer in Somersetshire. _ _ The action was to recover the sum of Zit. 73.7 d., the costs in preparing the lease of a farm. The defendant pleaded that he was not indebted. The plaintiff had changed the venue from Somersetshire to Lon don, and had successfully resisted'an application to return it to the Sheriff 's Court of that county. The facts of the case are these ;—lri August, 1841, defendant agreed to lease a farm from Mr. Wni. Gregory Gardiner, a brother of one of the plaintiffs, on the same terms as it had beelrpreviously held by a person named Besley, and defen dant was to pay one half the lease. The lease was prepared, but two fields had been taken off from the farm, and defendant refused to execute the lease, and said he could not pay the rent ; he also said that he did not think it fair to take the fields off the farm, but he supposed he must take it. He took to the farm, but did not keep up his rent, which would have been a forfeiture of the lease, had it been executed. Mr. Gregory Gardiner subsequently told defendant that he had not paid his moiety of the expenses of preparing the lease, and defendant then said thatlie knew it; he would pay. Mr. EDWARDS, for the defendant, considered it very op pressive on the part of the plaintiff to drive efendant and his witnesses upwards of 150 miles, when the matter could have been tried at Taunton, and where the custom of the country with regard to leases would have been better known. He then contended that Mr. Berridge was acting as the agent of the landlord, and that supposing the contract to have been entered into, the plaintiffs were bound to look to the landlord, who could recover against the tenant. In the next place, if there had been a contract with plaintiffs to prepare the lease, it had to be established that the lease had been drawn in acordance with his instructions. He called witnesses to show that defendant had always re pudiated the lease, and refused payment.—Verdict for the defendant. prisoner, yet it was one sparingly exercised, and he, after listening with very great attention to the remarks of his Learned Friend, was satisfied to leave the case in the hands of their Lordships and the jury. Mr. Justice WitaTaams, before entering with great minute ness into the evidence of the different witnesses, said that the state of the law as regarded exemption from capital punishment on the ground of insanity stood thus :—The law exempted the mind where it was in that state that the per son committing the offence was not aware that the act he was committing, namely, the taking the life of a fellow-crea ture was a praiseworthy, an indifferent, or a criminal act ; and in reference to insanity produced by habitual or occasional intoxication, he (Mr. Justice Williams) should certainly have directed the jury to find against a prisoner under the latter circumstances—but where insanity was induced by habitual intoxication, where, in fact, the mind was com pletely destroyed by a continued indulgence in spirituous liquors, the law did not hold that such a person was account able, and, therefore, not amenable to capital punishment. The question for the jury was then to say whether the pri sonar at the bar was in a state of mind to be aware of what he was doing off the Island of Ascension. Having premised thus muck, he would now read the evidence, The Learned Judge then commented upon the evidence of the different witnesses. Having recapitulated all the facts, the Learned Judge, in conclusion, said that it was not his intention to trespass on their time by any general remarks, remarks which, to the best of his ability, he had anticipated in the opening of his charge. There was one point, however, to which he would revert—that was the nature and quality of the acts done by the party accused. Undoubtedly the violence and extravagance of those acts constituted, in fact, only a portion of the case, was but an ingredient, and not the case itself, for if the atrocity of the acts were to be taken as a proof of insanity, then persons might com mit the most extravagant and violent deeds in order to es cape the punishment which= the law awarded. The jury were aware of the deep responsibility which attached to their duties. If they entertained any doubt that the prisoner was not in a condition to understand what he was doing, then they would acquit him of the capital charge; but otherwise they must find him guilty. He was not about to exhort them as to those particular duties. They were, no doubt, most fully aware of them ; but he knew of nothing that under the circumstances could guide them better than a careful con• sideration of the evidence which had been adduced before them. The jury then retired. On the re-entrance of the jury, The Clerk of the Arraigns asked if they found the prisoner Guilty, or Net Guilty? Foreman of the jury—Guilty, being at the time in a state of temporary insanity. The Learned JUDGH explained that the jury must either find him guilty of the capital charge, or acquit him on the ground of insanity. The jurymen, not comprehending this plain exposition, were again requested to retire ; after a few minutes passed in the most hopeless helplessness, and a vain endeavour, on the part of the Judge, to make them understand this prin ciple of law, they eventually retired. The jurymen re-entered a second time with the following verdict :—" Not Guilty, on the ground of insanity when he committed the act." The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that they would not pto ceed on any of the other counts. Thee-prisoner, therefore, remains at the disposal of the Queen, which is literally imprisonment for life. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. CLERKENWELL. John James, an advertisement canvasser, was brought up for final examination, on a charge of endeavouring to obtain money from several booksellers, publishers, and other tradesmen, by representing himself as the agent of publishers. The case was partly entered into on Saturday, when the prisoner was remanded until yesterday for further investigation. Mr. Jones, from the office of Mr. Bennett, solicitor, attended for the prisoner. Mr. Scott, bookseller and publisher in Charter-house square, gave the prisoner into custody for representing himself as the agent of Messrs. Jackson and Co., pub lishers, St. Paul's Churchyard, and attempting to obtain the amount of a bill for advertisements of Mr. Scott's inserted in the British Quarterly Review, published by Messrs. Jackson. Mr. Scott had previously paid the bill, and the prisoner, when about to be apprehended, begged for mercy, saying he would rather be killed than charged with such an offence. Mr. Scott added that the prisoner had, in the month of October, attempted to obtain the amount of a bill for advertise ments of his inserted in the Edinburgh Review, by repre senting himself as the collector of Messrs. Longman, Paternoster-row, publishers of that periodical. Mr. Jackson, of the firm of Jackson and Co., of St. Paul's Churchyard, and publishers of the British Quar terly, deposed that he never in any way authorised the prisoner to eollec, money for the firm ; had seen the prisoner somewhere, but he could not say when or where. Mr. Francis Sykes, clerk to Messrs. Longman, Pater noster-row, swore the prisoner was in no way authorised to collect advertisements for that house. He had seen the prisoner in the establishment soliciting a situation, and subsequently as a canvasser for advertisements. Police-constable 13 G said, a great number of trades men, booksellers, and others, who had been cheated out of money in the same manner, and by the same descrip tion of person, as in the case of Mr. Scott, had pro mised to attend, but they were not in court. Amongst these was Mr. Paynter, of the Strand, Mr. Ede, of the firm of Adams and Ede, robemakers, Chancery-lane; Messrs. Hatchard, of Piccadilly, had likewise been de frauded in this way. Mr. Thomas Bowell, clerk to Messrs. Hatchard, said that he did not think the prisoner was the person who had defrauded them. Had seen the prisoner before. He represented himself as an advertisement collector, and believed he then filled such a post on the Church Intelli gencer newspaper. _ _ CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. ALLEGED MURDERS ON BOARD THE TORY. (Before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS and Mr. Justice CRESSWELLO George Johnstone, late captain of the ship Tory, was again placed at the bar this morning , charged with the wilful murder of Thomas Reason on the high seas. Mr. JERVIS then rose to address the jury. He could as sure the jury that he rose on that day with undiminished anxiety to address them on behalf of the prisoner at the bar. At the same time that anxiety, he felt bound to say, did not in any degree arise from any doubt of the efficiency of the tribunal before which he pleaded. Ho trusted for their indulgence, and he would require their indulgence the more that it was a prerogative in that Court to allow his Learned Friend. her Majesty's Attorney-General, to reply, but he had yet the satisfaction of knowing that that prerogative would be exercised in the fairest and most candid manner. He besought the jury to dismiss from their minds any pre conceived opinions which might have been induced by the circumstances as read in the public prints. The offence charged was a most serious one, being that of wilful murder, alleged to have been committed under the most painful cir cumstances. But that offence, by these very peculiar cir cumstances, might be mitigated to manslaughter. It was not his purpose to enter into any lengthened inquiry as to the mode in which the evidence of the witnesses was given, but he might allude to the fact that discrepancies of the most startling character existed, discrepancies which however he would not bring prominently into the foreground, for he agreed with his Learned Friend the Attorney-General that allowances should be made for the excited feelings of those who were actors in those transactions. What ever might be the nature of the offence committed, the main, and indeed the sole question for the jury was, whether, at the moment this offence was committed, the prisoner was in the full possession of his senses—whether he committed that offence with malice aforethought, or whether it did not rather arise from the mania under which he laboured. In either case the alternative was a dreadful one for the unfortunate man himself ; for if the verdict of the jury brought him in guilty of the first crime, his life was forfeited; and if the milder verdict were returned, the scarcely l es s painful punishment of imprisonment for life was the consequence. He would now crave their patience while he endeavoured to review the character of the crew, and the evidence which they had advanced in that Court. And, in the first place, he could not help remarking that the conduct of the crew was most unaccountable. Here was a man, a single man, arming himself, placing himself in anta gonism with all on board, cutting and wounding, and even proceeding to inflict death en some, and this during a time when, according to their own evidence, he was under the influence of drink, and yet no effort is made to place him in confinement. The Lerrned Attorney-General had indeed en deavoured to shadow forth an excuse for them, but an excuse that in his (Mr. Jervis's) opinion was a most unsatisfactory one. Surely the better solution of the mystery would be, that the men were aware that they had been guilty of the mutiny which had been one of the exciting causes of the evils which followed. Let it be remembered by the jury that the death of Rambert took place in September, and yet it appeared that after that the ship was boarded by the captain of an English vessel, who was allowed to depart without any complaint being made against the prisoner. Let it be remembered that when the ship was at Fayal no complaint was made to the consul there or to the harbour matter. Could any other reason be advanced for this silence excepting that which he (Mr. Jervis) had assigned? The defence which he intended to make was, that at the moment the prisoner committed this offence he was in a state of mind rendering him incapable of distinguishing right from wrong. Sundry causes might lead to this state of mind. He was aware that some cadges could not be urged in mitigation, as for instance an inordinate attachment to drink, which, al though causing madness to such a degree that the mind was incapable of understanding what the hand was effecting, yet that in the eye of the law was no mitigation of the instance. Madness they knew was divisible into two classes, namely, physical and moral madness, and here he could not do better than read to them the opinion of a distinguished author on th is subject. He referred to Ray's" Treatise on Medical Jurispru dence" the article insanity. The Learned Gentleman then quoted the work in question, to show the marked difference between madness brought on by physical causes, as idiotcy, &c., and that caused by an exaltation of the mental faculties. He also quoted the opinion of Dr. Connolly, and other eminent authorities. These authoritieslappeared to point to the case of this very prisoner, for they showed that fear would so unhinge the mind as to produce madness. Unhappily, it was that these diseases which were thegreatest scourges were not always slow and progressive ; they came on suddenly, and without warning. Each case had, however, its own pe culiar phases, and it was for the jury to use their own best judgment in the matter ; or, in the words of the great Sir Matthew Hale, " to see that they were not on the one hand guilty of inhumanity to the prisoner, or on the other that their judgment was not misled by any im ams desire to exhibit mercy towards him.' But let them ever bear in mind that it was greatly better that should many g s u u i ff lt e y r. me H n e sh w o a u s ld neosctapper,ept h a a re n d t t h o at hr o i n h e g in f n orw oce a n r t d titan evidence of persons learned in these causes, because he felt that now that the exciting causes which had led to that ces sation of reason no longer existed in the prisoner's mind, it had recovered its natural equability. He would now go over the facts of the case as established by the evidence, with the view o off o testing s the w r he h e i r c t h u e m u s t n a h n s c p e p s w hich y nowh l s e t d oo t d o h th e a fo t r s e er t is l e ie bar of that Court. The Learned Counsel then recapitulated the leading circumstances, and contended that as the prisoner had shown in his conduct before the month of September strict propriety of demeanour, and an almost total abstinence from intoxicating liquors, his after conduct could only be accounted for by the fact that in that month reports had been brought to him of an intended mu tiny and murder. Then itwas that his personal danger, and the danger to the great trust reposed in him, drove him to madness, and he rushed upon the deck armed, pursued the men who had offended him around the ship ; loaded some with irons, and caused another to commit self-destruction byleaping overboard. After that period calmness again returned, for the exciting causes had ceased to exist, and thus it was until the ship arrived at Fayal. Then voluntary communications of other intended mutinies were made, and this again renewed former remembrances, stirred up the feelings which had lain dor mant, and changed the whole man into a raging maniac. Reason, who had, in his opinion, particularly aggrieved him, was called down to the cabin and stabbed with a bayonet, and when dead be called upon him to speak again, to prove that lie had not killed him. And. as if to prove his insanity beyond a doubt, he afterwards laughed ;loud in the presence of his victim, stabbed the body many 'times, and threatened to do to others as he had done to the unfortunate man who lay before them. But reference had been made to the false entries in the log-book. This he con ceived to be but another proof of the prisoner's mania. In stances were on record of extraordinary cunning exhibited Almighty. r y iume t insane,l i i gc e hhotyrd. A was touched he need only to refer to the case men tioned by th e ce l e b rate d E rs ki ne . A madman kad preferred bills of indi c t ment aga i nst certa i n p ersons , an d hi s appear ance betokened every indication of sanity during the earlier stages o f the trial. He was afterwards subjected to a long and r i g i d cross-examination, and it was only when t h e Le a r Godhe Learned aesr instancingto uched that other heeaseasvinerrpeent averred he thewas Counsel concluded by imploring the jury to give the pri soner the benefit of any doubt that might exist as to the state of his mind at the time these melancholy and fatal circumstances occurred. The ArrouNET-GuNERIL said, that although the privi lege undoubtedly remained with him of replying to the ob servation., made by the Learned Counsel who defended the - Joseph Langford, clerk to Messrs. Blackwood, pub lishers, Paternoster-row, deposed to having seen the pri soner before, but could not say where. Witness handed in a bill for advertisements, inserted by Messrs. Black wood in other publications, and purporting to come from the publisher of such. Could not, however, say the pri soner had left it. The bill had not been paid, as it was discovered to be a fraud. for a drain, Mr. Fraser, from the house of Mr. Nickissen, pub lisher, 215, Regent-street, said the trade had been de frauded to a very large extent in the same manner as Mr. Scott had narrated. He knew several of those par ties, and was surprised they had not attended. One gentleman had identified the prisoner as having received money from him. He went into the clerk's office, and he could not say what became of him. An ironmonger, in Wigmore-street, Cavendish- square, whose name we could not catch, identified the prisoner as having attempted to obtain the amount of a bill from him for advertisements inserted in Fraser's Magazine, representing himself as the publisher's agent. Mr. J. Fraser said, the Gardener's Chronicle had been defrauded, and he believed a person from that office could identify the prisoner. Another gentleman said, the publishers of the West minster Review had been falsely personated in numerous instances, and money obtained for advertisements in serted in that publication. Several gentlemen present, connected with the trade, expressed a wish that the Magistrate would remand the prisoner, hoping that by the publicity this examination would attain, those tradesmen who had been defrauded would come forward. They added their belief that the prisoner was one of a gang who had been practising these frauds for a considerable time in various parts of the metropolis.—He was remanded accordingly. premises no mention was made to him about digging Amelia Richardson, aged 17, daughter of the pri soner Richardson, said that she remembered the grave being dug on a Thursday. The prisoner said it was not so, and cautioned her to speak the truth. - The witness replied that she did not know the day of the month, but it was on a Thursday. Joseph Edmund Kersey, apprentice to Mr. Riche3, apothecary and chemist, London-street, Greenwich, de posed that he knew the male prisoner. He had made up medicines for him many times. He remembers Mr. Richardson coming to the shop five or six months since, arid purchasing some arsenic. Witness did not serve it. It was given to the prisoner by Mr. Riches himself. Could not swear positively that it was Mr. Richardson, but believes it was. The prisoner here said that he had purcha.sed sulphur and diluted sulphuric acid. Was the witness sure that those were not the articles ? He (Richardson) had never bought arsenic in his life. Mr. Riches said he knew the prisoner well. He had frequently been to his shop, and he (witness) entered into conversation, knowing him to be a scientific man. His decided impression was that he had served ti arsenic sworn to by his apprentice, but could not swear to it. It was the turn of the year, after midsummer. It was about three-pennyworth, he believed. Should not have hesitated to serve the prisoner, had he (witness) been alone in the shop. Kersey was recalled, and said he perfectly remem bered, some nine or twelve months ago, the prisoner Richardson talking to him about arsenic, on which occasion Richardson said he had never seen it, and asked for some. He showed him a bottle containing a quantity. He asked what quantity would kill anybody. Witness said a very small portion would cause death. Recollects the pri soner making these remarks very well. He did not say what quantity, but a very small one. The latter would have more effect than a large one. Sergeant G. Wilson, is K, deposed that he appre hended the prisoner at Pocklington, Yorkshire, on Sun day, the 25th of January last. He told the prisoner that he apprehended him under the warrant of the Magistrate at the Greenwich Police-court. He afterwards asked witness if there was anything more against him than what was charged on the warrant. The prisoners were now caned upon for an answer to the charge. The female declined to say anything'. Mr. Richardson said that he should reserve his defence until the fit al examination. Mr. JMUDIY said the case assumed a strong suspicion of murder. Mr. GROVE told the prisoners that they stood re. manded to Horsemonger-lane Gaol, until furth..x evi dente could be obtained. MARKET NE W S-( YESTERDAY.) C ORN-EX.O RANG E. The present week's arrivals of English Wheat for our market having been somewhat on the .increase, the stands here to-day were fairly filled with samples of both red and white. Selected qualities moved off steadily, at full prices. In all other kinds very little business was transacted. Foreign Wheat was held firmly at very full currencies, and the same may be said of all grain under lock. The supply of Barley being very large, the Barley trade was heavy, and prices had a downward tendency. We had rather an exten sive supply of Malt on offer ; yet, as the factors submitted to a slight decline in value, a good clearance was effected. The Oat trade was very dull, and, when sales were found, lower terms were complied with. Beans, Peas and Flour as last advised. ARRIVALS. West. I 'Barley. 4,120 qrs. ;10,741 qrs. English • • • • • • Irish Foreign .. • • 7,190 530 I Malt, 6,790 are. SMITHFIELD Oats ?limn 7,980 qrs. I 4,390 sks 3,300 I 15,670 The supply of Beasts on sale here being more extensive than that exhibited on a Friday for some time past, there was less activity in the demand for that description of stock; nevertheless, Monday's prices were pretty generally sup ported. The numb ers o f Sh ee p were b ut mo d erate , w hil e th e Mutton trade was tolerably firm, at the late advance in the quotations. There were on offer 130 Beasts, 190 Sheep, and 5 Calves, from Holland. Calves were in moderate supply, and steady inquiry, at unaltered figures. Pigs sold firmly, at late rates. Mulch Cows were very dull, at from 161 to 18115 s each. Per Sibs. to sink the offal. 8. d. s. s. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts 2lO 3 2 Second quality ditto 4 8 410 Second quality ditto. 3 4 3 8 Coarse-woolledditto 5 0 5 2 Prime large Oxen•- 310 4 0 Southdown Wethers i 4 5 6 Prime Scots Large coarse Calves 4 8 5 4 Large Hogs • • ••3 10 4 r, Prime small ditto - 4 a 5 2 Suckling Calves lB 0 32 0 Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 22 o Inferior Sheep .. SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I Sheep. Calves. I Pigs, 892 3,680 124 805 7f3IIViTGATE AND ZNA.DENNALL. Each kind of meat was in chort supply, and steady de. mand, at full prices. At per stone, by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d. Beef, inferisr•• •• 2 6 2$ Mutton, inferior .. 3 6 4 0 - middling 210 3 middling.. 4 2 4 - prim* large .• 3 2 3 4 prints .... 4 8 410 -- prime small -. 3 4 3 $ pork, 1arge........ 3 >i 4 6 Veal •.•• •• 4 8 4 s --- small ..... 4 8 5 2 Lamb. Os Od to Os Od. SIOROUGN 1107 P Comparatively speaking, the supply of Hops on sale here is scanty; yet, with one or two exceptions, the demand is inactive. The best East Kent pockets and new Mid Kent bags are in fair request, and pri ces are well supported. In all other kinds of Hops very little is passing. LOCAL BURDENS. Lord BEAUMONT gave notice that, on a day next week, to be afterwards named, he should move that a Committee be appointed to inquire into the burdens affecting landed property, more particularly poor-rates, and what was generally termed local taxation. GENERAL BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Lord CAMPBELL said, that before the House ad journed, he should wish to make a suggestion to their Lordships, as it had been determined that certain Railway Bills might be originated in their Lordships' House, so he thought it would be expedient that measures of a ge neral nature contemplated by her Majssty's Government should in the same way be begun in their Lordship's House. At present they only met to adjourn again, and they would go on in probably the same way until within two weeks of the prorogation, when there would be sent up Bill after Bill, and their Lordships would find that they had no means of duly considering them. If Bills were to be brought forward at all, it was necessary for their due consideration that they should be introduced in' time. It would bo well if the Government would follow the example proposed for railroads in the intro duction of measures of great national importance. The Duke of WELLINGTON said he would take care that the suggestion of the Noble and Learned Lord was conveyed to the proper quarter.—(Hear, hear.) • The LORD CHANCELLOR intimated that he should also see the matter attended to, only he thought that any decision on it should stand over for several days in order that it might be properly matured. Lord CAMPBELL said it was important that they entered on the business early in the session, so that the measures proposed might be properly considered. The early part of the session they usually had nothing to do. It was July before they had any business brought before them, and then the Bills were read the first, second, and third time, in such a hurried manner, that it was perfectly impossible to consider them. The ar rangement he proposed would be far more satisfactory. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that if the Noble and Learned Lord had employed his leisure with as much advantage to the public as he had done in his re cent learned work, the public would have no reason to regret. Their Lordships then adjourned at six o'clock. ROUSE OF COMMONS, Friday, Feb. 6. The SPEAKER took the - chair at Four o'clock precisely. RAILWAY PETITIONS. Numerous petitions for leave to bring in various rail way Bills were presented, of which the following were among the most important, viz.:—The Leeds, York, and Manchester; the York and North Midland Junction; the Rugby and. Huntingdon; the South Wales; the Eastern Counties Extensions; the Great Eastern and Western; the Monmouthshire; the Liverpool and Leeds; the Cambridge and Lincoln; and the Great Western Extensions. A groat number of oqier railway petitions were pre sented, the nature of which could not be heard in the gallery, owing to the noise which prevailed in the House. They were all, however, referred to the Committee on Private Bills. NEW WRIT. Lord RENDLESHAM moved fora new writ for the election of a knight of the shire for the eastern division of the county of Suffolk, in the room of Lord Hwnniker, who had accepted the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds.—Agreed to. RAILWAY BUSINESS. Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET called the atten tion of the House to the resolutions of the Select Com- Mittee appointed to inquire as to the best mode of facilitating the railway business before the House. The first resolution was to the effect, that a portion of the railway Bills should be allowed to commence in the House of Lords ; and that in the case of all Bills thus commencing in the House of Lords this House should not insist on their usual pri vilege with regard to the clauses fixing and regulating the toll rates in such Bills. The Committee also considered it necessary, in order to give increased moans of employment to the people of Ireland, that facilities should be given for the early introduction of Irish railway Bills. Now, in order to facilitate the passing of those mea sures, this proceeding was recommended, and therefore he trusted the House would not hesitate to adopt the report. He did not know that it was necessary for him to make any further observations upon the subject. He begged leave to move the adoption of the report. Mr. F. FRENCH—The resolutions proposed by the Noble Lord were of such a nature as to affect two classes of Bills, viz., all Irish Bills, and all such other Bills as were in the position of that of the London and York. The Noble Lord had recommended that all Bills thus circumstanced should go at once before the House of Lords; but this, he contended, would be a most inconve nient course for the Irish Bills. And here he must observe, that he could not see the necessity for announcing with such a flourish of trumpets that the Irish Bills had been peculiarly favoured ; at least he, for one, was at a loss to see that they were in any way favoured heyond the English Bills. Indeed, he belieyed he could show pretty clearly that there was no substantial benefit whatever conferred on the Irish Bills by this arrangement. Helfound, in going through these resolutions, that if , the Committee report that the standing orders have not been complied with, the Bill is referred to the Stand ing Orders Committee. Now this was most unjust. He contended that they should not be allowed to do so, as they thus put the opposing parties to renewed expense, just' as if they had not made out their case. There was one facility for the passing of Irish railway Bills which could have been recommended, but which had been unnoticed , by both Houses. There was a difference in the practice' of the House of Commons and the House of Lords; in the former, in Irish bills it was only necessary to prove the service of the proper notices by an affidavit, sworn before a judge or an assistant ,birris.ter..foin Iludiouse of Lords, however, it was necessary to bring over every person who had served these notices, in order to prove them, and sometimes between 60 and 70 persons were brought to London in order to follow out that" rule. Now if the practice of the House of Commons was adopted, a very material saving would be made. Mr. BERNAL eas not prepared to give any preference to Irish schemes until he saw the justice of such-,:a preference, for when they con sidered the number of English schemes at pre terit, aid the mystery that was everywhere prevalent as to their ultimate success, they would see that such a 'preference was contrary to justice. He believed that ' lt was known that the amo un t of deposits ieeespeesiee ._. of Irish or Scotch schemes, b ut merely on -English ones, was a b ou t eleven millions and a -half. The report recommending such a preference • would assuredly disappoint the public. He did not think that Ireland and Scotl an d wou ld j ump at thprlatfehrence a s a great boon, f or th ey k new t h at if then rail ways were first attended t o it wou ld cause tiiis s fl uxef, - Trish navigators, who would be we ll emp l oyed. H e dit not think that a railway running to the southern p ar t, br any other part of Ireland wou ld b e any remedy°l.f the destitution that prevailed th ere . H e also thoug ht that the Noble Lord on the Committ ee m i g h t be pre pared to come to this House with some scheme which' would alter the enormous expense attendant on these - railway schemes, and some better way of disposing of them. Would it be believed that in the present year they were so little able to cope with the difficulties of • these schemes? These inquiries might be as well con ducted by means of some commission appointed to take thesu matters into consideration. The O'CONOR DON wished to make a few obser •'vations in answer to what had fallen from the Hon. Gen. : tleman who had just sat down. The Committee'who drew up the p re sent report considered that it would be most advisable to give employment to' the people of Ireland during the months of the coming summer, when it was feared they would suffe r most f rom the failure of the potato crop, viz., the m onths com mencing with Ma rch and terminating with August. Under those circumstances they recommended, in their report, that for the purpose of giving employment to th e Irish p oor during t hose months precedence should be given to the Irish railway Bills, and that they should be introduced in the first instance into the House of Lonls. The Hon_. Ger . l- Conau who had last spoken s eemed to say that . 1 c it c ' would be no benefit to the Irish t,hat preferen ce should be given to the Irish railwity Bills_ fur th i s reason, that the Irish poor could obtain emp l oymen t; i n the formation of the English railways. Now he (the . O'Conor Dpa) for his own part . felt ; Lhat it would be much better t o g i ve th e I r i s h l a b our ers cmploymegt in • Ir e land, inasmuch as they could then share with 4heir • families tie products of their labour.—(Hear, iilta};tea r.) . notwithstanding thstatements that had been made with respect to the potato crop in Ireland, he could spore the House that in the county of Sligo especially the ezitt492 Btaibeen almost universal.. , • ik e Aii . opposed the a d • e option et the repo t. • with Use ob'eete iii K A r 3 is ch 44,1 ra -4 z - ..:.• but but he could not•'`- i e 1 5...,: • _ l 7eo s nid . .,-4_, ," ied into effect b'e ccilsulev /1 " 141148 ° , cotop e i „, ti b e . 1y .. . .t. • • commeace•in the House 0 174 10 7 .4 0 c ..,1,4 .. -40_ ,.. . : i . I.e: - ore desirable that they .sh a a besq. . tbe*lon of commencing in the House of s'..4Ciministisif tit3ere quite ready so to do. _ THE MILITIA. Mr. GREENE presented a petition praying the Go vernment not to take any measures for the embodiment of the militia during the present Session. TEN HOURS' BILL. Lord JOHN MANNERS presented a petition from Bury St. Edmund's in favour of the Ten Hours' Bill. COMMERCIAL POLICY. _ Mr. B. ESCOTT presented a petition signed by the clergy, gentry, and yeomanry'of Ilminster and its neigh. bourhood, repudiating a protectionist petition purporting to come from that neighbourhood, and got up by the Society for the Protection of Agriculture, as not really expressing the feeling of the neighbourhood, and pray ing the House to pass the measures proposed by the Go vernment for the relief of the wants of the country. Captain CARNEGIE presented a petition from cer tain landlords, tenant farmers, and other inhabitants of West Sussex, praying for the abolition of all resrtictions on commerce and the free importation of foreign corn. PUBLIC WORKS.—IRELAND. Mr. O'CONNELL asked if there would be any objec tion on the part of the Government to lay on the table the report of Colonel Jones with regard to the public works now carrying on on the banks of the Shannon ? Sir JAMES GRAHAM did not at present think it expedient to lay the report on the table. AMENDMENT ON SIR R. PEEL'S MEASURE. Mr. PHILIP MILES gave notice that be would, on the motion of 'the House going into Committee on the resolutions proposed by the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Government, the subject of our commercial policy, move, as an amendment, that the House should resolve itself into the said Committee that day six months. INTERFERENCE OF PEERS IN ELECTIONS. Mr. COLLETT (of Athlone) gave notice that on the 19th instant he would inquire into the causes which had led the Members for the city of Chichester and the boroughs of Newark, Woodstock, and Buckingham to vacate their seats, and also, whether or no, and, if any, in what case the resolutions of that House, providing against the interference of Peers in elections, had been infringed. STATE OF IRELAND. Mr. O'CONNELL postponed his motion for inquiring into the state of Ireland until Wednesday. CUBA AND BRAZILIAN SUGAR. . _ Mr. LABOUCHERE would take the opportunity of reminding the First Lord of the Treasury of his promise to answer the question put to him the other evening by the Noble Lord, the Member for London, whether the Governments of Spain and Brazil had taken any steps of a retaliatory nature in consequence of the differential duties imposed on the sugars. Sir R. PEEL had deferred giving an answerin the first instance in order that he would be enabled to de scribe the exact position in which we stood with regard to our commercial intercourse with the Brazils. In January, 1840, the Brazilian Government had imposed certain differential duties on the products of those nations which did not admit their sugars at the same duty as those of the most favoured nations. But as yet the Bra zilian Government had not acted on those powers, and no intimation had been conveyed to the British Govern ment of their intention to do so. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. Mr. JAMES wished to put a question to the First Naval Lord of the Admiralty respecting the newly in vented electric telegraph of Mr. Knott, as applicable to the uses of the establishment. He wished to know if the attention of the First Lord of the, Admiralty had been directed to the invention of a new description of electric telegraph, invented by a scientific gentleman named Nott. It was a telegraph which. he t (Mr. James) had been given to understand was much, less compli cated, and less apt to get out of order than the one which was now in operation. He understood that the subject had been laid before Lord Haddington, when he was First Lord of the Admiralty, and that an eminent engineer had reported favourably of the matter to his Lordship, in consequence of which, orders were given to make a special report on the subject. He understood that a report had been made by General Pasley, and he wished to know if the Right Honourable Gentleman had any objection to state what the nature of that report was, or to lay it on the table of the House? Sir. G. COCKBURN said that Mr. Nott did propose to the Admiralty to investigate his invention, and, ac cordingly,General Pasley and Captain Brandreth ex aminedand reported unfavourably of it. The tele it graph was on the same principle as the electric tele graph now in operation , bountworit the oomcrcuei demvisattiaonncess: andand t h e Government did no t, d the report with h to which investigations. alluded,chhehad think it hav in g wise tore received v a ed any further obligedhe h ad afforded i FriMenrd.jfAorl%tihEeS inwfaosrminhatuiconwh i ch considered Mr. Nott's invention v ' He (Mr. James) had u f nd th er e st i o m opdroement introduced by Mr. Nott, and that he that Dr . Faraday was completely in favour o much mire simple than the other . so, he House (Mr. James)a dj ourned at beensevmeun If the case were not ch o,c d l e o c c e k. ived. The Dispatches were sen t o ff y es terday evening, from till. Colonial-office, for the Governor of Gibraltar. GREENWICH. THE MURDER AT GREENWICH.—The sensation pro duced by this unparalleled case of atrocity increases daily. About twelve o'clock the police van arrived from Maidstone goal, bringing the prisoners, William and Ann Maria Richard.on, who had been remanded for a week. There was a vast concourse of persons anxiously awaiting their arrival in order to get a glimpse of them. H. B. Lessom, Esq., physician and lecturer on che mistry at St. Thomas's Hospital, gave nearly similar evidence as deposed to at the coroner's inquest, and said that he had no doubt \yhatever as to the presenco of arsenic. The male prisoner said he would ask Dr. Leesom, simply for information, what arsenic is, as he had never seen any. _ _ Mrs. Reynolds, the nurse, in addition to her former evidence, said that Mrs. Richardson fed the infant as well as herself. Mr. and Mrs. Richardson were at her house the evening prior to the death of the child. Mr. Richardson left at eight o'clock, or soon after. About nine o'clock the child was taken ill—in less than half an hour after he was gone. The child screamed all that night, until eight o'clock the next morning. She walked the room the whole night with the child in her arms the first night, and could not soothe it. Its eyes were infla,mcd, as well as mouth, &c. At eleven o'clock on Friday night Mrs. Richardson had charge of the baby, and at four o'clock next morning she called her, and said the baby was dead. Witness went in and saw the infant. Mrs. Richardson was up and dressed. Miss Richardson was undressed and in bed. Mr. Richardson came during the illness of the infant, and witness told him that its birth ought to be registered, in case of death. Richardson went out, and on his return he said he had been and got it regis tered. Miss Richardson asked in what name, and he said Theodore Horatio. After death, the body was placed in the coffin, and screwed, and placed in a tra velling bag by Mr. Richardson. Richardson took it away ; he expressed no wish for a medical certificate, although pressed by witness as to the necessity of doing so. Witness went on Monday and obtained one from the surgeon, in the name of Theodore Horatio Richardson, behoving that the female prisoner was not married. Their conversation before the child's death was in French chiefly, but afterwards they conversed in Eng lish. Witness remarked upon this fact. to Richardson. He said they were only talking about the weather. Miss Richardson said her father did not understand French. Mr. JEREMY said that the certificate was very imper fect, and not as required by the Act of theLegislature.The Registrar-General should be furnished with the disease accurately described by the surgeon's certificate. It was not so. Charles Robins, of 1, Abbey street, Bermondsey, undertaker, said that, when before the coroner, he could not tell when it was that Mr. Richardson bought the coffin. He had since ascertained that it was on the evening of the 27th September. It was ordered of his man. The prisoner said it was for a still-born child, and must be strong, to go by railway into Yorkshire. Mr. Robins said his housekeeper and shopman could say more on the subject than himself. Mr. JEREMY said they must be summoned to attend. Thomas Jones, labourer, who had been examined on the coroner's inquest, and gave testimony as to digging the hole, was examined to-day, and deposed positively to doing so on the Thursday before the coffin was de posited, in which case the order to do it must have been given by Mr. Richardson before the death of the infant. The prisoner Richardson here said that the witness was wrong ih a week. The witness Jones said he well remembered brick layers being at work that week when he dug the hole. Turner, another witness examined on the inquest, was called, and said that when he was at work on the COLONIJLL. StioAL—There has been rather a firm market for British Plantation, and a fair business has been done this week. Bar badoes at auction has realised 554 s for fine yellow, 52s 6d to 53s Id for good, and 49s 6d to 50s for low. REFlNED.—Standard Lumps have been 63s to 64s per cwt. EAST INDIA.-3,700 bags Bengal partly found buyers, yellow bringing full rates, and brown being rather dearer; white, however, did not quite support its value. Bally Khal fine strong graining yellow realised 54. ad to 555; Benares fine Whits, 54s 6d to 555; good and fine Yellow, 55s to 56s ; good strong Grainy, 53. 6d to 54* ; good and fine White, 543 to 56s per cwt. 6,083 bags 750 casks Mauritius sold well also; good and fine Yellow, 50s to 53s 6d low, and mid. 47s 6d to 49s 6d and 50s 6d ; and fine Brown, 45s to 46s 6d per cwt ; part was taken in at 45s to 52. 6d for mid. and good Yellow- 620 bags Madras were taken in at 37s to 445, being damp. In Foreign there has not been much demand, but.holders are firm. COFFEE.—Some of the new crop of Jamaica has been brought to market, and has realised 109 s 6d to 118 s 6d for the finer sorts ; good mid has been. taken in at 938 ; Ceylon has declined is to 2s, and part only of 3,750 bags sold ; good ord Native at 46s to 46s 6d ' - Pea Berry, 61s to 68s ; and some of the Plantation s o r ts 78s per cwt. Rio has been taken in also at rather easier rates, mid at 544 to 56s ; and some Bahia sold at 32s te 32s 6d, for very good ordinary. La Guayra at 52s for fine fine ordinary; and Costa Rica at 42s to 43s for fine ord dull coloury. Havannah has been taken in at 403 for sound. Mocha has been 4s to 5s cheaper, mid yellowish 52s 6d to 5.31, and low mid 51s, the Coffee market generally being flat. SPlers—Black Pepper has realised full prices, Malabar 3d to 3%d, and white at 3d to 3%d per lb. Pimento, Cassia Lignea, &c., have been dull. Rica.-2,617 bags 757 pockets, parely sold at 15s to 17s for Bengal, the rest being taken in at 2018, chiefly for Italian. Rux.--Calcutta proof has realised Is 10d per gallon, being rather cheaper. Proof Leewards has been is lld to 28, and Jamaica 3s to 4e 6d per gallon. THA.—The large public sales of 44,300 packages com menced yesterday, when 19,300 packages passed, and only about 2,000, chiefly boxes, found buyers. The auction has been proceeding very flatly, as the trade have manifested but little disposition to buy. TALLOW.—The market continues rather dull at 42s ed per cwt on the spot for P.Y.C. Purchates are deferred on ac count of the proposed reduction in the duty. About two thirds of the stock is in bond. Toaacco.—Prices have been steady lately, and the sales last month were 980 hhds of all sorts. Th• stock in London is 28,639 hhds. (From the London New Price Current of Feb. 6.) SUGAR.—To-day importers of West India Sugar insisted upon former rates for all descriptions, but there was a falling off in the demand, and the business transacted was extremely limited, the private sales only reaching 60 hhds, &c. REFINED. —ln the value of Refined Sugar little variation has taken place this week, although the home trade have purchased with caution, and there is an increased quantity being produced; the business transactedi has been much less than it was last week. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon Mauritius met with attention, and 3,841 bags 34 casks at auction were sold at full rates, in deed in some cases a small advance was obtained. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon, at public sale, 1,231 bags of Bengal Sugar were sold at full rates, old eed the brown sorts went rather higher. FOREIGN.—To-day there was little desire evinced to ope rate in Foreign Sugar, and 1,509 boxes of llavannah at auc tion were all taken in rather above the value. Mor.assEs.—This afternoon 242 puns. of :Peat India were offered at auction, and nearly all taken in at full rates, 20s for Berbice, St. Lucia, Domminica, and Trinidad. COFFEE.—This afternoon there was little business trans acted in any kind of Coffee; 47s is the nearest value of good old Native Ceylon. - - Tiaa.—To-day the demand was extremely limited at the public sale, but any general decline in prices was prevented by merchants buying in and withdrawing the principal part •ffered. SPIRITS.--Although there are sellers of Calcutta Rum at a reduction on previous rates of Id per gallon, still the business transacted has been to a small extent. Leeward Island can be obtained upon rather lower terms, still the demand has been trifling. Jamaica has been purchased with caution, the rates taken are a shade under those previously quoted. For Demerara the demand has been only for small parcels, but in the value little variation has taken place.. The demand has fallen off considerably for Brandy this week, and a decline in the value has taken place. Geneva has, been sold to a fair extent for exportation, common at 2s 4d to 2s 6d, and fine for home consumption 2s 10d to 3s. The value of British Corn Spirits is lOs -6d per gallon nett cash. Srices.—To-day Cassia Lignea met with more attention, and 145 chests at auction were sold at former rates; 92 bags of White Pepper went at 3 3 / 4 d to 37/ g d per lb for low mid dling quality. FnuiT.—There is no particular new . feature to notice this week, flatness continues to be the order of the day—prices of most descriptions nominal. Rtes.—To-day 676 bags of Bengal at auction were taken in rather above the value—middling white at 16s 6d, low middling rather dusty and broken 15s 6d. to 16s • 82 chests of Pearl Sago were sold at 25s to 26s for good small Pearl. SALTPETRE.—To-day there was little desire shown to pur chase rough, but holders evinced firtnr.ess. The value of English refined is 29s Gd to 30s, but there has not been much business done. Nitrate of Soda has been purchased with caution at 15s. per cwt. COCHINEAL—A good demand has prevailed, and the par cels offered at public sale, amounting to 147 bags, were mostly sold at full rates. Oths.—A brisk demand has prevailed for Linseed Oil for home consumption, and a farther advance in prices took place. For forward deliver the operations are upon a more extended scale at the improved rates of 25s 6d to 265. Rape Seed Oil is still little wanted. Olive Oil is held with firmness, and a fair amount of business has been transacted. The market for Cocoa Nut Oil is in a dull state. Palm is still held with firm ness. Southern cannot be obtained at any :further reduction. Cod is not offered upon lower terms, but the business trans acted has been to a small extent. Seal is still wanted and prices continue to go down. Sperm has been purchased with caution, although there are sellers upon lower terms. Lard Oil is neglected. TALLow.—Although there are sellers of Russian on the s pot at a further reduction, still the demand has been l►t limited. For delivery next month there has been very , business transacted. For the last three months of th e yr: we have no transactions yet to report. Other descr i p tio : have been purchased with caution, and the prices t tif privately on the spot are rather under those prev io quoted. Home-made met with only a moderate demand' LATEST PRICES OF SLIA 3I , .11 BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER C Oy FAMES' STOCK. From t'ze Official List, JBLISHED EVERY TUEADA I' AND FRIDAY LONDON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6. zorrair-STOCK. I Dividend Amount . rid' Name of Company. per of paid. Annum. Share. '.../' ------ £ s. d. £ s• d ,; 31., Australasia ...... ••• • i 6/. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 40 Britsh :.\ •.... - a. American 41. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 0 Counnercia of London Si. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 „ 1 6 12010n1a1.. • • .." •• ... • • 51. per cent. 1001 0 0 25 0 0 ...ondu and Westminstr Si. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 v 1 4 :,ondon Joint-Stock .• • 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 Metropolitan ...•• •- • • - 25 0 0 7 10 (/„ 1 6 ! Provincial of Ireland.. 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 1770 Ditto, New....... • • 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 : 1 1 ' National of Ireland •• 51. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 36 Nat. Provncial of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 Ditto, New......• • • 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 0 Union of Australia. •• • - 25 0 0 25 0 0 0 Union of London. •• .. , 51. per cent. 50 02100_22.....--" " INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount frill Niune of Company. per of Paid. Annum. Share. .....-- /---- - X s. d. £ 6. ' 7 4 Albion .............. 3/. 105 500 0 9 50 0 191 Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 01 Jiff.* Marine... VI Atlas 13s. 6d. pr sh. 50 0 0 b 0 0 British Commercial • • 7s. per share SO 0 0 b 0 1 Cleriel,Med.&Gen.Life Si. per cent. 100 0 0 2 10 I . 31. 100 0 0 10 0 ' 9s. ' and 1 Crown • ..... • . •.• •• • f 61. ss. bs. j O4O 0 0 b 0 iS Eagle .• .... ...... •- • • 6s. 50 0 0 6 e 1 Heenomic Life. •••• . • • r 5 per eta „Ai, 0 0 250 • 0 0 t& .3 08.1) s. j '' '''''' llng. & Scot. Law ••• • • • 6/. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 I ) 0 European Life ••• • • • 5% per cent. 20 0 0 All 130 1 1 i , Freemasons' .. •••• • • • • 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 3 ° IP • Globe - o €< Guardian ............ 51. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 i s 01A1 Imperial Fire •••• • • • • 12/. per cent. 500 00SO 0 IS Imperial Life .•• • • ... 125. 100 0 ,0 10 0 1 0 Indemnity Marine •• • • 11. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 bl 3 ' 6" Law Life 11. Os. 100 0 0 1 0 0 0 Legal and General Life - 50 II 0 2 0 0 1 London Fire .. ...... 105. 25 0 0 12 10 u II London Ship ........ 102. 25 0 0 12 10 0 I Marine .. .•••• • • • • 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 . g: Med. Invlld & Gen. Life - 50 0 0 2 0 ' 0 , a National Loan Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 2 0 National Life.. •••• . • • 81. per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 O go i Palladium Life ...... • • Si. per cent. 50 a 0 2 u 6 1 1 i Protector Life •••• • • • • hipper cnt e. 20 0 0 1 0 111 Provident Life .. •... .. 11. be. 100 0 0 10 .v n ~ Rock Life.. .. .. .. .. .. 4s. 5 0 0 010 u IF Royal Exchange .... • • 51. per cent. Stock. - q ll_ Sun Fire • - 1 1 Ditto Life 11. 65. j_: 0 , / Universal Life .. ... • • 10N1. pr cnt. 100 0 6 1° LIST Or SCOTTISH COMPANIES' Dividend Amount V Name of Company. per of red' Annum. Share. A S. (1. £ s. 4/ 1 1 ,, 0 / Bank of Scotland ...• • 61. per cent. 10 0 0 I v Royal I3ank of Scotland 61. per cent. - 10 0 , th British Linen Company Si' per cent. - 10 0 0 1; Commercial Bank .. • • 6/. per cent. - 100 0 National Bank ...... • • 6/. per cent. - 10 0 4 1 Union Rank of Scotland 7%1. pr cent. - 5 0 0 .11 Western 8ank...... • • 6/. per cent. - 50 0 IA North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. Ai Clydesdale Bank.. •• • • 61. per cent. - 10 0 1 0 Eastern Bank .... • • 51. per cent. - 10 0 I Caledonian Bank ••.• • 7%1. pr cent. - 2 1 0 5 0 11 Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. -1; y of Glasgow Bank 1 . 5 Scottish Union Ins. Co. Si. per cent. 20 0 0 1 '„ 11, Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 sill. 01 Insur. Co. of Scetind- Si. per cent. 10 0 0 A ll ,. P o 0 0 0 1 North British Incur. • • 5% 1. pr cent. 200 0 0 1. ; 0 I A Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 1 0 ; 0 1 0 , Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 1 0 ; $1 0 0 Edin. & Glasg. Railway 6/. percent. 50 0 0 50 " ai d, , Ditto, 4 Shares.. .. 6/. per cent. 12 10 0 All 1) ,, 0 I/ Edin., Leith, & Grantn - 20 0 0 9 0 d. $ 1 Glasgw & A.yrshir Rail. 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 All P„od. 4, Gla.sgw& Greenckßail. 21. per cent. 25 0 0 AI,- 1 ,! „Y s ij. F, Gisgw & Ganikirk Rail. Si. per cent. 25 0 0 Ali toj. , Dundee & Arbroth Rail. 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 AIL, „'' 0 Standard Life Assernce. 51 per cent. 130 0 0 iv -- i DOCIES. Name of Corapaay. Dividend Amount per of rAis. Annum. Share. X cemmerdai East and West Ir East Country .. Lmdon ........ St Katharine ... Southampton • • . s. d. 31. per cent. Stock. ,5 %/. pr cent. Stock. .• ••• .1 11. per sh. :100 0 • •.•• • • 41,1. pr cent.. Stock. •••• •• b per cent. I Stock. 41. per cent. ' SO 0 0 0 50 0_,,, CANALS. Afingi i3. Names of Companies, 'Dividend . P er i Names of Companies, .Arinuna Ashtn fc Oidh Ashby-d-la-Z Barnsley•..• Basingstoke.. Brktik&Abrg, Creultbrd .. • Dudley lOO Derby .. 100 Ellsrnre&Chs 1331 Erewaiih • • • 100! Forth & Clyd l loo GrandJunctn 100' Grand Union 100, Glamorgnsh .!1721 Glstr & Brkly 1001 Grantham Uuddersneld ; $7l Kennt & lan: 39' Lancaster .. •1 47 Leeds& Livrplloo Leicester . • •1140; Leicstr & lithl $3, Leughboroghll42l 51.51. p e 41. 121. Monraouthsh Mntgomrysh Macclesfield Neath Nottingham Peak Forest Regent's Rochdale .. • • Shropshire .• Somrset Coal Do.Lk Fd St Stffrd &W or c Shrewsbury Stourbridge • Strtfrd on Av Severn and/ Wye Rail. Trnt & Mr sey, 34 sh. 3 'Mains &Med Worcstr Birming. Wilts & Brks Dividend same of Company. per Annum. Bast ' al. Grand Junction .• •..• 31. les. Kent • • • • • • • • • ..... •. 21. les. Vauxhall ••• • • • •... •• 51. per cent. West Xliddlesex .. • . W. se. ➢r cnt. Price. 78. 6d. 11. 10. 341. 10/. 'ORES I Amount raid' of Share. £ e, d. 106 • • 46 13 4 . leo • • IN • • , 63 12 9 100 100 100 1001 150 WATER—WO ILES Dividend Amount raid' / Naze of Company. per of Annum. Share. £ s, d. Bast L0ni0n.......• •• ' 11. 101 I I Grand Junction 31. les. 46 13 4 A Kent.. 21. 10s. 100 I 0 1 Vauxhall ••• • • • •• • N. per cent. 100 0 0 Weet Middlesex •.• • • • 61.55. pr mt. 63 12 9 06e f ~3000 0 0 ,1 i THE BLICKFRIARII PIER.—On Thursclk, - rr grand jury at the Central Criminal Court fou nci s Ttl er ?i, against the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Comiro .. „ l3 d City of London, for erecting a certain nuisance "`"_, yro 6 , tion on the river Thames, called the Blackfrie7., The bill contains twelve counts. The prosecution iv tuted by the Waterman's Steam Packet Compe P P„edi,,,e Music. — Much exc itement h as been produo;oor, musical world by the appearance of an opera, jo, be possessing many excellencies, scarce indeed ill i tiv c,, , J 4 tions of late years. It is the production of -7, °-- defr., l roan, a Mr. Alexander Mitchell, who, although it lint sight, is endowed with singular musical powers• i " heard by most of the leading vocalists and instru l 00 1 0, formers, amongst whom bliss Rainsforth, M r Lyit.tjj Burdini, Mr. Stretton, Mr. D. King, Sir Han r : ore 4 1 0 other eminent amateurs all of whom have e l ' Of, highest admiration of this gifted work. Its sty l i $.171 ti t in itself, and essentially dramatic. The librett ob or t pronounced upon by competent authorities to be ~ft music to which it is associated. esf l ; DEATH OF A SUPERINTENDENT OF 1 / 0 9 41''„i metropolitan police force, as well as the publi c livis v e de; rienced a severe loss in the sudden death of an c c r iet,,g, telligent officer, William Fitzmaurice Pierse, sty a'', of the H division. He expired on Sunday eveo°' 04 f iti sidence, 17, Princes-street, Spitaltields, afeerdi le' sidered a mere temporary illnes of three g 4 widow and family to lament their loss. golf; ",e irje „,tr [ADVERTISEMENT.] —DEFECTIVE ; HEa atria RZLIIVID, Instruments and Spectacl e ' pree ts°,lo • country by post, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccad ; . 1 ~11.ortdo,s1 vented Spectacles, Powerful Telescopes, Opera u . o f q e . scopes, &c.—Patronised by his Majesty the giq OAP her Grace the Dowager Duchess of Bedford, the r m D cio si,, Archbishops of Canterbury, York, and Dublin , A pleil,a2 Devonshire, Norfolk, Argyle, M ar lb oroug h, cp".,id t Bishops of Exeter, Li nco l n , C or k, Elphia 01?"_, Messrs. S. and B. Solomon!, S Oculi t 4- 4( 1 S kave invented Sp ec t ac l e L enses u p on is I ' b fertt, lion. Immediately they are placed -,, e 1 ,14.• or rJ test vision, either by day or sand' o se oiP mist and dullness which appear before the eY_ l iioat' kr ill'al removed, and every object becomes clear a nd cO s ol ir o , P e p the most aged defective sight becomes brig'', 1 0 0 0 ° ,0 and is brought to its youthful, natural, and orirS,,ers tr oO, s o. the most Powerful Achromatic Telescopes , . $ O l , Microscopes, Invisible and all kinds of Acoustic for relief of extreme deafness. Caution--Mess:ote6,ol Solomons, Opticians, are not in any way C ° ., s e joh l rel d el , " person of the same name in their immediat e t itt is "ye' sof in any part of the country . To preso,boier, Gal cautious, and observe—Only to be had at 3 9, A' sow 0 Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel, and 2b 401 street, Edinburgh. AST c ' oi alY ANOTHER EXTRAORDINARY CURB OF HOLLOWAY'S PlLLS.—Patrick Casey, residingbrooly $ l l , place, Brunswick-square, had suffered from e c l ,,,asc ° o 0 1 10 ,4, 11 for more than three years. This poor 1 11011 , 1 for f e AO' sufferer that he did not dare to go to be d liki ti ffP / to phlegm choking him : indeed, he could not be II o r (JOAO upon a table for half an hour lest he shoul d 0 , 0 0 044 Nevertheless this person is now l a b o uring a ncl,pcl night, sleeps as well;as ever he did in his 111 pliis. v,to l) ,e* completely cured, by the use of Holloway 's `oo,'s of Holloway's Ointment) at Professor Holloy,_ojore ment, 244, Strand, and by all respectable e tine throughout the world. •=nit o iiser p i acif' BI On the 31,th ult., at Wycombe, th RTHS. e wife of po' of a sou. 0 0 ' 1 OS A On the 30th ult., at Bath, the lady of Joh n Ater,' of a son. de1,01)." On the 31st ult., Mrs. F. Vernon Harcour t, t oe '- On the 31st ult., at Rutland-gate, the wire ° (0 0 1 of a daughter, still-born. o f , On the Ist inst., Stanhope-street, Hyde par 111 41 of John Bisho nst., p Cul at Hollypeper, Es H ouse , Turnhanl4q., of a son. t lie On the 3d i Gaunt Lye, Esq., of a daughter. of ° Care.' Of" On the 3d inst., the wife of Mr. T. Di e g° °d ' 0,00. 10 01' coi On s Inn-flelds, ef a daughter. the 3d inst., in Torr i ngton - sq uare. Mr' . J ' f . „ 0 . a boy and 4th a gin. the leaf ° re On the inst., at Truman's Brewery', o ° Buxton, Esq., of a daughter. M. W. On the 4th inst., at Woburn-square, • , 1 • 1 At the end of August last, D on lE t p he gen '-'l „ f f e r r s ' . Wales, hailoas New, aged 38. ~,r oisi iiri,.,fifer e ef' On the 24., at Weens House, Ito , ; l 7• J iza Satti O t ' On the Ist inst., at Cheltenham , Stra en t Henry Adolphus Shuckburgh, 40th RePT,r . , ~ On the Ist inst., the infant son of air. liter o. j or tin's-lane. the d" g o f g r. On the 2d inst., in Regent-street, Liza'', Kent, George, the thir d °() 0:1°' n e l4s' Locke, aged 5. , Tio On the 2d Inst., at Erith, & pie' n• do Simpson. t p o rtlfin g ob int On the 2d inst., in r ark-crescan e ,1 2 W 00. Or son of the late John Warburton, 31.1_ On the 2d inst., at the Rectory, W o f tlic; of the Rev. J. Deedes, late Rector of ' ' 0 r . '407 D' Londen t Printed and eublished 5 I 14 . 0 12, • sa tuP" Strand, Printer, at The Scn Ortic e *...,djiese*P of the Savoy, in the County of T, 1846. 11. lOs 13%1. 11. 11. 66. 41. j" . i. 1 0 . s ' 25 1 . 15 1 . 20 1 ' 11. 10g. 11.8 x. kT eunt t zit the Ifitneh E 1,,4 1T zi. ,A 1 tt( , 19 Viol that t, 1), Llll Iu for