The Sun. — London, England, 1837-03-20 00:00:00

WINDSOR-SUNDAY: xestereay afternoon thing took a carriage a i r i ng , ac e . .;mpanied b e K y Lady Falkland. Their Majesties attended Divine Service this morning in the private chapel of the Castle. Prayers were read by the Rev. J. Gore, and an excellent sermon was preached by the Rev. J. Gossett. His Majesty drove out this afternoon, accompanied by Sir Jeffrey Wyatville. The Queen attended evening service at St. George's Cha pel. The service was Ebdon in C, and the anthem "He was despised," Handel. The solo part was beautifully performed by Mr. Young. Lord and Lady Mayo tools their departure yesterday, and Lord and Lady Barrington arrived. Her Ladyship succeeded Lady Mayo as Lady in Waiting. The Clergy i n res id ence will have the honour of dining with their Majesties this evening. The current report that the Queen will hold her first Draw ing Room at Buck'ngharn new Palace is without any foun dation. COURT CIRCULAR. The King left town at a quarter past six o'clock on Friday l 'ening . , attended by Sir Herbert Taylor, for Windsor Castle. The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria attended Divine service at the Chapel in Kensington Palace yesterday morning —the Rev. J. Jackson officiated ; and in the afternoon Divine service was ery the Rev. J. R formed before . theitrm an Royal Hi g h nesses an Pi. The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria visited the Princess Augusta yesterday, at her residence in St. James's Palace. A deputation from the Committee in the Wine and Spirit Trade, including Messrs. Barnes, Currie, Arbouin, Ruck, Tabot, and Trawer, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday in Downing -street. A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign -office on Satur day afternoon. It was attended by all the Ministers except Lord John Russell. The Council sat an hour and a half. Sir C. Grey transacted business at the Colonial-office on Saturday. Mr. H. L. Bulwer had an interview with Viscount Mel bourne on Saturday in Downing street. M Mr. Grote, M.P., accompanied by Messrs. J. Ramshaw, J. ebarey, R. H. Laurie, C. G. Morton, and S. Dalby, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday, respecting Church -rates. The Bishops of London and Chichester, and a select party, dined with he Marquis of Lansdowne, at Lansdowne-house, on Friday. Viscount Melbourne bad a dinner party on Saturday, at his residence in South -street. UN IVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. fo`'"FORD, MARCHIB.—Thi s b e i ng t h e last day of Term a n g r egation was h o ld en f or granting degrees, &c., when the 110-wing were conferred :.-._ MASTE R OF ARTS.-Mr. G. Bewsher, St. Edmund Hall. , 13 ACHRLORS OF ARTS.-Mr. H. R. E yre , U n i vers i ty Col lege . Mr. Thomas Beames, Lincoln College. Mr. B. Jowett, Scholar o f B a lli o l C o ll ege, has been elected to th e University Scholarship, established for the encourage ment of Latin"Eiterature. Mr. E. T. Arnold, of Balliol College, has been elected to the Lusby Scholarship, at Magdalen Hall. . Mr. S. And rew , of Exeter College, has been elected a Scholar of Lincoln College. Scholar of the same College. Mr. E. R. Jones, of Brazennose College • Mr. G. M. K. tller ton, St. J o h n ' s C o l lege ; and Mr. Chevallier, from Char ter-house School, have been elected Scholars of Brazennose College. CA (From the C am b r id ge Ch ron i c l e.) M BRIDDE, MARCH 17.—0 n Monday last William E. e ndatnor e , J o h n W. Colenso, George Herbert Marsh, Thos. J. iWhClark, W. H. Bateson, William N. Griffith, and Thomas ,?ytehe a d, Bachelors of Arts, were elected Found a ti on Fel ,ll's of S t. John's College; and W. H. Srentham, 8.A., and iv• brake, B. A., Fellows on Mr. Platt' s f oun d a ti on . j Mr. Weller, of Emmanuel Colleg e , an d M r . Ski nner, of L e College have be en a pp o i n t e d E xam i ners f or t h e He urewfts Scholarship. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. , C HESTER CUF, P.P. (COUNTRY' PRICES.) lt, , l 7,uacis quoted agst C hasse aro 7 to 2, not 7 to 1, as stated last uy mistake. STEEPLE CHASES. NORI HAMPTON ENTRIES. Sweepstakes of 20 soys, each. l!ambridge's Speculation (Mr. Curwen), Mr. Flesherd's p'',!quin (owner), Captain Child's Conrad (owner), Captain t a n ir jle's Spicey (Mr. J. Mason), Colonel Copeland's Beanstalk, ly„r' Waterford's Yellow Dwarf (owner), Mr. Knaresborough's ihs'n O'Connell (owner), Mr. Phillipson's Beatrice, Lord South 17..tc'n's Mirth (Mr. Lebird), Mr. Tilbury's ch. h., and Mr. Abden's Jerry. Sweepstakes of 5 soya. each. TriklN,Butler's Buffalo, Mr. R. Ekins's Rake, Mr. Stephenson's t " 'lue, Mr. J. Jones's Filho, Mr. Hill's Don Juan Mr. Mar t'..! Leeway, Mr. Higgins's Paddy, Mr. T. Westley's ' Venus, Mr. St_,tekins's Magic, Mr. J. Aspinall's Luck's All, Mr. J. Keep's 'el ton, and Mr. Westley's Mantrap. The f o ll owing BADSWORTH HUNT. , o are the entrie :—Lord Hawke's Angler, Mr. is Jerry (Gibs. extra), Mr. s Edward's Barnaby, Mr. G. Hale's Oil E mily Mr. G. Pedley's Troj an , C ap t a i n E. Chambers's b. trilY Cardinal Woolsey, Captain Ibbetson's Gamester Joh Pumpkin, M r. R. 's Leos's A gita, Mr. Young's Sir Frizzle Pumpkin, nson Jim Crow, tor and Mr. Watson's Lamplighter. Lord Ha ke's Cup. Si te ng . 8 w , I ces's Conservative, Mr. Latham's b. h. Valiant, Mr. and ict" Jasper, Mr. Hut c hi nson ' s Gi psey ,'M r . E. L ong ' s T om, sr' young's Claxby. Jerry is the favourite. HAYES. A ra e ed- e e •Came off on Saturday for a Cup given . by Captain Cock tol: over three miles of country, commencing in a field belonging Airair. Wheedon between Jokenham and Eastcott, and finishing in c • Sh. tickle's of Pole-hill's) field. The result was as follow : 1-,!Pt4ln Cannon's Peacock Mr. Oliver 1 itir aill . Co ckedge's Miss Blake z Cocked King John Mr. Cardale 2 F. The following also started :—Mr. Shackle's Cannon Ball (Mr. A1.1.1y, °,--, C 11), Mr. Shackle's Ploughman (owner), Mr. Russell's .11 - ...row pit , r . M• R \- )1 Smith), Mr. Russell's Nonpareil (Mr. Jones), . --;.• Newell's Lassie (Groom), Mr. S. Newell's Jack ( Groom), Arthur (Pnurl's Navigator ( Groom), and Mr. J. Purl's Little Ai V °t l i till he Ploughman, Peacock, and Cannon cut out the they came to a blind fence, near Grutedge road, where A. ,, orrner fell. Peacock then took up the running, followed by lir Blake, and won very cleverly. The race was got np on the eyer:Tl went off t o the satisfaction of the spectators ; not so, how vere L° some of i he farm ers i n th e ne i gh b ourhood, many of whom ° ll , osed to t. Entries • CHELTENHAM. wTree _—Oberon, Massaniello, Mirth, Lady Teazle, Douglas, or, Cinderella., Harlequin, Atlas, Sportsman, Dan O'Connell, Poreinlan, Splendour, Vivian The Flyer, Monarch, North Star, Leieeterr, Standard, Cannon ' Ball, Deceiver, The Disowned, and Sit P Colli the E as i indier has sold The Lieutenant, by The Colonel, to go SCILNTIFIC MEETINGS FOR THE WEEK. pr "--Statistical Society at Eight. Societvmoßit w.-.... British Architects, Civil Engineers,_L ., i r n e n:nn a t 4 iglit ; and the Horticultural Society, atTl 111,40:et:t707.--Geological Society, at Half-past Eight ; ;rid Arts, at Eight. """Y• --Royal Society of Literature, at Four. .. _.,..................______ le et iVi tzre r. Buc ki ng has announced his intention to d e a gain at Dorchester, and other towns, previous to his parture for America ' lii3 Grace the America, of Devonshire is expected to visit the at Easter, to inspect the improvements goin g on. durlin'ghe_Ma.rehioness of Clanricarde attended her arent that her illness Lady Canning 4 nd in her last moments ; and . permission was at once ranted shout by t h d be interred in Westminster Abbey he Queen of e proper authority. Portugal's pregnancy was publicly tri,ade known on the 26th of - Februa - ry, when the Castle of St. ~eorge, and port occasion. Sir n Belem , fired the cus t omar y sa l u tes o n th e ' —"rge Crewe', ci • -.in" is a sore sub- Jert w i tl , ~ ~... . tergtversa. o Si r e e l' L"Q Tories ; but so miserably dependent are ,, they f on e righ t ,urg:-, influence, that were they to send him to h r e f r _, 4 o r ut," the game would be up. They cannot, however, .i i from grumbling. —South Derbyshire Chronicle. „, IN EIt To EDWARD BAINES, ESQ., AND SIR ft., ''..11,,kr4 NIOLERWORTII, BAIiT., ON EASTER MONDAY. ; =,:,,ti Qection Committee from whom the invitation to these r iin ,serntl proceeded, arc, we understand, busy making ar teieg'lnents for the dinner, and also for the meeting of the o h: . r as on two or three successiv e evenings of Easter week, i s ,_ _-11 addresses from the candidates. The joint requisition to;aeraMtenrnnusly signed—it affords so decisive a proof of the_ n „. „.! f all classes of Reformers in support of Edward -- - r itaugurs so ot r " :sq., and Sir William i Molemorth, and x ists,_or the issue of an election contest, that no doubt now e h, 1,,,e in minds of the Committee of Sir Wm. Molesvvort s tatance of the invitation. He has been written to b . .) , the h e atil n r.lan, and his answe r is expected to be received in the htecinTee this evening. Should it,. as is confidently i a a r t i r oeeet ;?e in the affirmative, there can be little doubt that and ighi„ l ags of Easter week will be very enthusiastic, d VgliCOUraging to the Reformers._ Leeds _Mercury. diamol'_"lll Collins, Esq., has offered himselfa ‘ s va an arwciek. Tho Tory the Reform. interest for the borough. of lakrt. candidate, Mr. Sergeant Adams, is, we observe, AetieillarlY liberal in his abuse of the Poor-law Amennt to at,: h ose, " says the Learned Sergeant, " who are ready nrn poi o La I.z i n s i g h ts of property in the rich are not over s leo,C,, in adin g the privileges of the poor." The _Tory ory**,,Preless to be friendly to the new Poor-law ;. but the Reati t "nks are recruited by - wholesale abuse of it. Mr. S-ir that e„valns takes care not to tell the electors of Warwick repe4-I_e Tories were to return to power they would no more . t o , the now Poo r law than the Whigs. We trust there is 11 ' 6 k ill ti l i ch le nge and ; s pirit Warwick to allow the electors to Mr, el. by such hypocritical artifices. They will s d upp a o n rt V% Will In'' ofwho se principles they are well assud trob,ll3l" no pledges to them which he will not observe._ •....tri,E,, ,- Iler '' Pr 'S '----rifty-two gentlemen of the Bar of busi resent at the Assizes for this county ; while the amount ettse g, :vas in the Nisi Nils Court was comprised in three "of which was undefended I—Salisbury Herald. KENDAL ELECTION. MORE " RE-ACTION." The contest for this borough recently anticipated, by bring. ing forward a Tory candidate in the assumed guise of a Re former, and so splitting the Liberal party, is now des'royed in embryo. Kendal is at present represented by 111 r. Barham, whOse health incapacitates him for his duties. Mr. Gregson, of Lon don, knowing this, came down, and with professions, even Ra dical, endeavoured to gain promises. For a short time he ap peared to gain way, but the coolness of the electors disappointed the ruse. They nominated a Committee of Inquiry, and they authorised this Committee to recommend the most suitable gen tleman who should offer. Many applications were received and considered, and finally on Wednesday evening- last, a public meeting of the electors was summoned, when the Chairman introduced Mr. Geo. Wm. Wood, of Manchester, formerly M. P. for the South division of the County of Lancaster, as the choice of the Committee. Mr. Wool) then stated his opinions, which are Liberia- Whig, to the satisfaction of the meeting. Mr. RICHARD WILSON moved, and Mr. JOHN WIIITWELL seconded, the resolution, that Mr. Wood is a fit person, to be requested to stand for the borough, which was unanimously carried. The Committee was re-appointed—a requisition got up and signed by 190 out of 320 electors. The requisition was presented to Mr. Wood on Saturday, when he accepted the call to become a candidate fur the repre sentation at the next vacancy. The requisition is to form a majority of the constituency; the election is therefore decided—much to the annoyance of the Tories, who have been boasting of re action, and congra tulated themselves on a sure return for Mr. Gregson. Mr. Wood, as a commercial man and enlightened statesman, does great honour to the selection of the thoroughly inde pendent and unpurchasable electors of this respectable borough. TO THE RIGHT HON. THE CHAN CELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER, &c. &c. Sir,—At the present moment every circumstance relating to Church property is of peculiar interest ; and when such con tradictory statements and assertions are so confidently put forth, and the laity are accused of aiming at the desecration and destruction of the Establishment, it is of the first impor tance to ascertain how the temporalities of the Church have been upheld and preserved by those to whose custody they have hitherto been intrusted, what are their ideas of the sacred ness and inviolability of that property, and whether from their past conduct they are entitled to future confidence. There are none who have had to do with Bishops, Deans, and Chapters, or other reverend authorities, who cannot speak practically to these points ; and it is the duty of every true friend of the spirituality of the Church to do so now, for one plain matter of fact is worth a thousand assertions, and under this influence I state the following : In the reign of his Majesty George 111., Dr. Richard Wilson obtained the Prebendal stall of Finsbury, in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul's, the estate belonging to which comprises Finsbury and considerable lands adjacent, which were at that time in great request for building leases, and yearly increasing in value. The City of London possessed a lease of it, which had sixteen years unexpired. Dr. Wilson could reap no emolument without a renewal, and the City b u t li tt l e a d van t age f or that period. A circumstance took place about that time whereby the then Minister of the Crown, with the " consent of the Bishop of London and the privity of the dean and chapter," practised a fraud upon Parliament, and dispossessed the Church of one of its largest estates. In consequence of this being known to Dr. Wilson, a combination was entered into between the Doctor and the City authorities to obtain a like spoliation. The 16 years lease was surrendered, an d w ith th e " consen t o f th e Lord Bishop of London, the privity of the dean and chapter," and the influence of the same Minister (all of whom would have been exposed, and their nefarious plunder prevented, had the Doctor made public the particulars of the other transaction), an Act of Par liament was smuggled, under the plea of its being advantage ous to the Church, which, for ninety-nine years, settled the es tate as follows, viz., one moiety to the city of London, the other to Dr. Wil son for his life, and at his death two-thirds of his moiety to hi s l ega l h e i rs ( not to t h e successors i n t h e pre b en d), leaving just one-sixth in the possession of the Church, and most sacrilegiously robbing it of the other five. Here is an instance of a lessor, with only temporary power, conspiring with the lessee to defraud the Church for their mutual advantage, and, as all Church property is of this kind of tenure, the liko fraud will be found more or less to pervade the whole system. In this transaction, if the lease is permitted to stand (it has now thirty years to run), the Church will have lost full 400,000/. ; and this robbery was effected by a conspiracy, in which were engaged the first corporation in the kingdom, the Minister of the Crown, the Lord Bishop of London, the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral, and the Priest in posses sion—a clear proof of the estimation in which the sacredness of such property is held when it can be manoeuvred for their own purposes. This likewise furnishes a strong pre sumption that the real value of Church property has not been overrated by you, a n d t h e i mperat i ve ne cessity that all circumstances rolating to it should be fully investigated and set right. I should also state that the portion bestowed upon Dr. Wilson's family being con sidered untenable by them in the event of its being ques tioned, was disposed of to the City by whom five-sixths of this Church estate is now held; and there is good ground to believe that many thousands have been given to prevent pro ceedings by which this transaction would have been made public. The annual value of this estate at the end of the term (thirty years hence) will probably not be less than 50,0001., of which it is presumed neither the Church Commissioners nor yourself have obtained any information. The whole may be fully known at the Chamberlain's office in the City. If this is considered worth your attention, you shall have the parti culars of the other case I have alluded to, which is a much grosser fraud, and to a much greater amount. I am, &c. &c., A CHURCHMAN. The Manchester Guardian continues to occupy its columns with p art i cu l ars connected w i th the gang o f Irish robbers who, amongst the numerous robberies committed, it is thought, that on the Rochdale road. The scoundrels ap pear to have been an organised band, and to have committed extensive depredations. It appears from the confessions of Curtis and Mulholland, made here and at Shrewsbury, that the gang consisted of ten persons—four of whom were bro thers, and a fifth their Cousin. The men, with two exceptions, were natives of Balbriggan, in the county of Dublin ; and were the scourge and terror of that neighbourhood for several years before they came into England. About the year 1824 (we believe), three of the M'Donnells were tried at Kilmain. ham, for a highway robbery, and are alleged to have been acquitted through the skilful management of Mr. O'Connell, who defended them, and who turned to account the igno rance of the Judge and Jury of the Irish language, by dex terously substituti ng one p h rase i n t h at l anguage for another, very similar in sound, hut exceedingly different in meaning. Shortly after this trial, the M'Donnells came over into Eng land, and, during the last ten years,• have committed a great number of robberies in this and the adjoining counties. Shortly before nine o'clock on Saturday night, the neighbourhood of the Poultry was thrown into a state of great consternation, by the discovery of a most destructive fire on the premises of Mr. Myers (late Day and Myers), patent ißolopheon manufacturers, No. 27, in the Poultry. The flames were first discovered in a small kitchen on the first floor, between the front premises and the range of extensive work. shops belonging to Mr. Davies, No. 13, Grocer's Hall -court, in the rear. Within a few minutes after the alarm was given two engines from the Watling-street station, closely followed by those from the Farringdon-street, French Horn-yard, Jef frey-square, and other stations belonging to the London Fire engine Establishment, arrived at the scene of conflagration, and were quickly brought into operation ; but, notwithstand ing the exertions c 4 the firemen, the flames quickly extended themselves to the rear of the premises of Mr. Greenland, bookseller, No. 38, on the one side, and to those of Mr. Garcia, fruiterer, No. 36, at the corner of Grocer's Hall -court, on the other side ; but we are happy to say that, owing to the judicious arrangements of the engines and firemen under the superintendence of Mr. Braidwood, the flames were by 11 o'clock sufficiently checked to allay all fears of their extending further. The following is as correct an account of the damage done as could be collected in the confusion which prevailed :—ln the Poultry, the back part of Mr. Myers's dwelling-house, insured in the Norwich Union Fire-office ; the back part of Mr. Greenland's, No. 38, insured in the Protector and Phcenix ; also the rear of Mr. Garcia's premises, insured in the Alliance. In Grocer's Hall -court, the whole of the extensive warerooms and workshops of Mr. Myers, No. 13 ; the building insured in the Norwich Union Fire-office, the stock uninsured. In the Old Jewry, No. 3, in the occupation of Mr. Prowse, musical instrument maker, also sustained considerable damage ; and in Dove-court, leading from the Old Jewry to Grocer's Hall court, the rear of the houses Nos. 1,2, 3, and 4, were slightly injured. It is a singular circumstance that on the alarm being given, a gentleman, named Saunders, who lodged at Mr. Myers's, and who had for some time been confined to his bed by the gout, was the first person who escaped from the premises. On Saturday morning, about twelve o'clock, po liceman Restieux, of the E division, was attacked, near Hat ton-garden office, by between forty and fifty thieves, by whom he was beaten in a very dreadful manner. When they thought they had nearly deprived him of life they escaped, leaving him insensible on the ground, covered with blood and bruises. Every assistance was promptly afforded him, and as soon as he had recovered a little he was conveyed before Mr. Laing, the magistrate, to whom, with considerable difficulty, he related the cause'of the outrage. He had, it appeared, that morning apprehended a notorious thief, named Foley, on a charge of attempting to pick pockets, for which offence Foley was com mitted by Mr. Laing to the House of Correction for three months. This excited the ire of the gang, the prisoner being their leader, and the instant they beheld Restieux they rushed upon him, intending no doubt to murder him. Mr. Laing ordered that every means should be used to take the ruffians possible, o n ioor t sn o es ih c rbei u req s ci ta d rnen y ddd , r p de r ec o aTe n i ir i hv i e s eed i nit thenbgj to deal severe l y w i t h t h em when be aut r ies attention policeman infictewd t h o ui opgioieTt, hisit i h o e m dp e roe a oa s rd ft quickly eullloowoare a ri e. s very serious eAmilasosroat ; . ebrr n u o ifso t a ers, feature a\vndetihsiol o b f iv%, e.hiswebs, ba f s a , c h e ai sm c h o oc u ua l could (ni wt b i e ansg t f r r a ii c igl e h d lt:fau i l t lul y b e e c i u r t i t g o. twenty thousand pounds; has been received in Dolgelley.— Shrewsbury Chronicle. gucttrlasn d i sin 2 th 6 h o eB, servicetT h et r ta t l o PostT l o te ffi t o s e ut i i n tbe number England of os al andi Sa m f fo t u l i n e t of whos e sa l ar i es i s 7,577/. 14s. per annum. lary they rec; •i ve i s as follows p at los. 6d. aeersavoeeksa, 4at 21s. ; an d 3 at 30s. per week. There are 85 mail guards in Ireland, 82 of idiom have 13 s . per week, .and 3 hav e 21 s. r Total, 2,935/. Ba. per annum. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 20, 1837. ' and those of the Carlists. The latter were repulsed, and their extreme positions remained in the power of the Christinos. The left bank of the Urumea is in the power of the Christinos troops, who have rebuilt the bridge of Loyola, and have made another on the same river to command the two banks. The out-posts of the Queen's troops are at Miramen Sarra, and their march either on Astigarraga or on Hernaci will not be impeded by any other obstacle than the bad weather. The greater number of the men who were wounded on the 10th arc already sufficiently recovered to march. The Carlists continue but slowly their movements on Navarre. It appea rs th a t t h e report of Espartero having taken 500 prisoners is not correct. Accounts, which may be relied on, state that;he had taken only 50or 60 sick men, whom the Carlists had not time to con vey from Guernica. SPAIN. SAN SEBASTIAN, MARCH 12. —Throin,hout last night and the wholc of to-day, torrent s of rain have 'fallen Notwithstand ing this, the river Urumea was crossed in the early part of the morning by the rifles of the British legion under the command of Col. Forescue, and by Gen. Chichester's brigade. The troops pasAed over partly hi boats, and partly by wading the river at low water. As soon as the enemy had been driven from Loyola, a bridg e of pontoons was commenced to be thrown across the river. S...!Yeral shots were fired upon the enemy during the day from the fortified hill of Puyu, which is still commanded by Col. Fitch, of the Legion. General Chichester's brigade occupy Loyola to-night, together with a height beyond it. It was a bitter night for the troops bivouacked on the hills. To-night it threatens to be worse, but many of the men will be lodged in the houses with which the hills and plains now in our possession are strewn. This . morning Lieut.-Gen. Oraa, late chief of the staff of the main army, arrived here on his way to take on himself the duties of Capt.-General of Arragon, and commander of the army of the centre. den. Oraa confirms what I mentioned yesterday as to the more of the Count de Luchana, who it is supposed would reach Durango to-day instead of yesterday, when the Queen's troops occupied Galdacano, Zornoza, &c. What direction the Count de Luchana will take after entering Durango I can not, of course, pretend to say; hut I should not' be surprised to find that he will remain there for some little time. Senor Lujan, the Commissioner from Government with the army, has also arrived. He will, I presume, pass some little time at General Evans's head-quarters. Copy of a dispatch from General Evans to General Espar. tero:— " Heights of Ametzagana, March 11, 1837. " Most Excellent Sir—Yesterday morning I had the plea. sure of informing your Excellency that I had advanced, cap tured the enemy's redoubts on the Ametzagana and Garbera, and had taken up a position which I expected would induce the enemy to concentrate their main force against me this morning or to-morrow, and through which I hoped to facili tate the movements of the other corps of the army destined to co-operate. It is now mid-day, however, and no particular display of troops has been yet made by the enemy. Yester day I am led to suppose they had not more tkan twelve batta hoes, which, after having been driven from their fortified line, were chiefly posted upon a rocky mountain of great elevation, and in most parts almost inaccessible by the chasms in the rocks. In this quarter the insurgents several times endea voured to repel our advance, but werOdriven back with loss in every instance. A sharp fire of cannon and musketry was maintained on both sides throughout the day, but without other result than mutually a considerable number of casualties—our loss being about 800; that of the enemy, from the superiority of our artillery, probably above 1,000. Towards dark the firing entirely ceased ; the enemy appeared to have retired ; after which I concentrated my left, in order, if they should be reinforced, to avoid being annoyed in that direction from the craggy summit alluded to. " It being my intention to occupy some of the redoubts taken from the rebels, I think it necessary to strengthen their former rear, their commanding position giving them much importance. This may retard my operations for a day or two. " The loss of the British part of the force has scarcely been sixty to seventy men, while that of the Spanish troops was comparatively severe. The British were on the right, and attacked the redoubts where I expected most resistance, but it proved otherwise. I can assure your Excellency that the conduct of all the troops, Spanish and British, was in a high degree worthy of your approbation, and was marked by bril liant gallantry, perfect order, and discipline. " The sth division and vanguard division were much en gaged throughout the day, and maintained their brilliant re putation. The British Auxiliary Legion carried the positions in their front with perfect order and intrepidity, without firing a shot. " To Major-General Jaureguy, commanding the fifth divi sion, I owe every thanks for his able conduct and counsel. To Brigadier-General Rendon, commanding the vanguard, I am similarly indebted ; as also to Brigadier Gerkerals Santa Cruz, Llanos, Chichester, Le Nlarchant, Fitzgerald, and Godfrey ; to Colonel Jochmus, Quarter-Master-General, and to Colonels Billoso and Munoz, commanding brigades, and to Lieutenant- Colonel Shaw, commanding the Artillery of the Legion. There are various corps and officers that have likewise distin guished themselves, the particulars of which, when the returns are made to me, I shall have the honour to submit for your Ex cellency's approbation. " Admiral Canas was good enough to attach to the troops a party of Spanish sailors, a corps of singular bravery : the Admiral himself, with characteristic zeal and valour, em barked in one of the trincadores and attacked on the side of Lizo, occupied by the enemy's troops, in order to divert their attention. " To Lord John Hay, who was present in the action, and to Colonel Wylde, military Commissioner of his Britannic Majesty, I was, as on many occasions, greatly obliged for their most cordial assistance and advice. The British Royal Artillery, under Colonel Colquhoun, participated in this ac tion under the directions of Lord John Hay, and rendered most efficient aid to the Queen's troops ; as did also the Ho nourable Captains Pelham awl Plunkett, and Captain Dacres, with a party of British sailors; and begging to recommend to your Excellency's notice the zeal and ability of the officers, Spanish and English, of my personal staff, I hare the honour to be " Your Excellency's most obedient and humble servant, (Signed) "DE LACY EVANS, Lieut.-Gen. " His Excellency Count de Luchana, General-in-Chief, &c. &c. &c." FUaTHER PARTICULARS OF THE ATTACK OF THE ANGLO CHRISTINO FORCE UPON THE CARLIST POSITIONS ON THE 10TH INSTANT. The Spanish troops under General Jaureguy, in their ad vance and attack upon the heights of San Marco, after the Ametzagana had been carried in such gallant style by the 9th and 10th Regiments of the Legion under General Fitz gerald, were most effectively covered and powerfully sup ported by the British Royal Artillery, with four mountain and two 12-pounder howitzers. These guns, directed with admirable precision by Captains Bassett and Savage, must have told with most destructive effect , upon the Carlists, the more particularly as they were in great numbers stationed on the declivity of a rocky hill, from which the very rebound of the balls must have carried death into their ranks. The rockets also, of which there were four frames worked by the Royal Artillery, proved a severe annoyance to them. At some distance to the right, and in front of two small conical-shaped hills, which had been the objects of fierce contention for many hours, the artillery of the Legion, under Colonel Shaw, was stationed, and did its work in the most effective manner. Many of the guns pointed by Colonel Shaw and Captain Howe threw repeatedly, and with unerring aim, shells and spherical case shot into the midst of the Carlist ranks. What the loss of the Carlists has been in this action, it is impossi ble accurately to know ; but it is supposed, from the effective play of the artillery, and the unusually close mus ketry firing that for some hours of the fight took place, their loss must be still greater than that of their adversaries, which, in killed and wounded (a great proportion of the latter of the most trifling nature), amounts to upwards of 900. If the Spanish returns can be relied on, they have lost in killed 10 officers, and 42 wounded ; in non-commissioned officers and men 70 killed, and above 700 wounded. The loss of the Legion is not so much as from the first hurried reports after the action I was led to state. The only deaths up to this moment are those of two men who have died since they were brought into the hospital. The number of hounded is six officers (none dangerously) and 35 men. The fight of the 10th instant was not followed up on the following day by a renewed attack or other military movement. Towards evening the weather, which on the preceding day had been most serene, and even warm to excess, changed, and before night the rain came down in torrents, and continued during the whole of the night to deluge the troops bivouacked on the hilt sides, without a house or even a hut to shelter them from its violence. As the rain still continued this morning, and the sky boded nothing but its permanency, the consequences of the troops passing another such night became so alarming, that at noon to-day orders here issued to the Rifles and 4th Regiment to march from the foot of the Ametzagana to the river tJrumca, over which a pontoon bridge had just been constructed. Over this they passed, and the Rifles taking the advance, led on by Colonel Fortescue, and supported by Colonel Campbell and the 4th Regiment, crossed the swampy valley under the fort ress of Puyo, and ascended without an instant's hesitation or flinching, though all the time under afire from the Carlists, the heights upon which is situated the scattered village of Loyola, which, together with several of the Carlist houses in advance, they were in a short time in possession of. This little affair, which was meant solely to secure shelter and quarter for a part of the troops, was executed in a dashing, off hand, and even cheerful manner, though the rain came down heavily during the whole time. A part was taken in this little warlike interlude by a detachment of the British Royal Artillery, under the direction of Colonel Colquhoun, which covered the advance of the troops by a sustained fire of artil lery from the Ametzagana. One of the shells thrown on this occasion pitched directly into the middle of several com panies of Carlists who showed themselves on the borders of a wood, knocking them over on every side, and throwing them into the most complete confusion. There is very little doubt, if the state of the weather will permit it. but that a forward movement, most likely on Ernani, will take place to-morrow morning. Extract of a letter of the 14th inst., from Bayonne :—" It appears certain that Espartero has taken possession of Duran go, where he met with some resistance.- It is said that he has been wounded. During the action of the 10th General Evans was not sparing of his person. Wherever the troops were engaged he was constantly to be seen in the midst of them throughout the day. Captain Zavala, Aide-de-Camp to General Jaureguy, was wounded in the foot; and Soraa, an officer in the Chapelgorris, received two sabre wounds, as well as Rojas of the 2d Light Infantry. The Carlist General Itur riaga was wounded, and Major Barges, the chief of his staff, was killed. The commanders of the Ist battalion of Gui puscoa, and the 3d of Biscay, are earned as being among the killed. The second and third Carlist battalions suffered se verely. The Carlist chiefs complain of the Chapelgorris, for having too easily abandoned the heights of Ametzagana. General Saarsfield slept on the 11th at Iyarzun, three and a half Spanish leagues from Pamplona, on the road to Tolosa. He was at the head of 10,000 infantry, and 400 cavalry. His artillery consisted of ten field and mountain pieces; the Fo reign Legion is included in the above estimate. That Legion, with four picked Spanish battalions, formed a particular corps, under the command of Brigadier Conrad, who is second in command of the whole corps d'arn:co. General Saarsfield is ill, and it was with great difficulty that he placed himself at the head of the expedition. Some trifling skirmiAeg took place yesterday between the out-posts of the Anglo- Christinos GERMAN P APERS. VIENNA, Mallon 10.—An English courier from Constanti nople arrived here yesterday. It is believed that Lord Pon sonby, who is on the point of leaving Constantinople, sends to London before his departure a detailed account of the state of affairs in the East, and that this courier is the bearer of it, A Russian courier is gone to St. Petersburgh. This frequent exehange of couriers gives occasion for many conjectures, without, however, furnishing grounds from which any positive inferences can be drawn. The debate and the vote on the Irish Municipal Reform Bill, which the Al!genuine Zeitung gave so quickly and so fully, have excited a great sensa tion here. Great attention is paid to the debate' in the French Chamber of Deputies on the proposed law of dis junction. The speech of M. Dupin must be allowed to have its peculiar value ; but that learned orator probably makes a lamentable mistake with respect to the state of France, when he thinks that the Government should be deprived of the means of energetically defending itself against the attacks to which it is almost daily exposed. M. Dupin ought not to de ceive himself, but to perceive that that which may be good and practicable in ordinary times, does not always afford the neces sary security in extraordinary circumstances ; and no persou will deny that France is at this present moment placed in an extraordinary situation, and driven to the verge of an alarming crisis. Woe to Dupin and his adherents, if the enemies of the Government should ever be able to manage France as they wish. The Dupiniits would be the first that would have to pay for the movement. NAPLES, MARC!! 2.—We have a continuance of the cold weather, which is very unusual in this climate ; we do not re member ever to have seen such a great quantity of snow as is now lying on the surrounding mountains, within a short distance of the plain. We feel this the, more sensibly, because we had last month beautiful warm weather, like summer. The frost will do great injury to the almond trees, and cause a rise in the price of that fruit. Vegetation is already very forward, while we are again in the midst of winter. Vesuvius is covered with snow, very low down. The King and Queen are now at Caserta. Last week there were several suicides in the Swiss regiments, chiefly originating in home sickness. BERLIN, MARC!! 8. —lt is probable that the young Duke of Cumberland will return to England in the autumn, to remain there for a considerable time, because it is said there has been some discussion respecting the further payment of the appanage 6,0001, sterling. The hopes that the Prince's sight may be restored, are unhappily very faint, but it appears that some expectation is still entertained of success at a more advanced age ; the English, however, think that they have surgeons sufficiently able to attempt the cure at home. In consequence of a quarrel, which ended in a'general affray, the Duke of Cumberland has discharged almost all his sevrants and sent them to England, from whence he has directed others to be sent to him.—Francfort Paper, March 16. BRUSSELS, MARCH 18.—The Moniteur publishes the Royal sanction of the vote of the :Chambers, granting the sum of 350,000 francs for the purchase of the library of the late M. Von Hulthern, including the printing of the catalogues and other incidental expences. rELG , IA N } UNDS—Bnossecs, Marten 17 Actual Debt, 2) per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent. lOO% Loan of Thirty Millions... 92 '4 Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent. 99 Society of Commerce, 4 , 4 per Cent 134 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 136 Brussels Papers, March 18. • DUTCH FUNDS—Astsmaoasi, March 17. Money. Bills. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. A mort Syndic, 4 % per cent. 93 93!4 Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent. 7(14 764 i Commercial Company. 4% per cent lBl% 1 8 434 Ditto (1532 and 1833) 5 per cent. lixchange on London, One month l2 02% Two months AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, MARCII 10. Five per Cents. Metalliques Four per Cents. . Three per Cents. 75% Bank Shares 1363 —A/Igen:eine Zeitung, March 15. ~,, We regret to learn that the absence of the Hon. Fox Maule from Parliament on Friday was owing to the death of his mother. in-law, the Baroness Abercromby, which has called him to Scotland. We presume that this is also the cause of the Speaker's levees being postponed. ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY.—DEATH OF COL. COLEBROOKE.—The meeting of Saturday was adjourned, as a testimony of respect to the memory of the late Lieutenant- Colonel Colebrooke, the founder of the Society, and for many years its Director. The President, the Right Hon. C. W. W. Wynn, M. P., very feelingly alluded to the loss the Society had sustained in his decease, and delivered a high encomium upon his services. Colonel Colebrooke had been a meritori ous and distinguished officer in India, which service he entered in early life, and was much celebrated as a proficient in oriental literature. ----------- OLDIIAM.—The spinners' turn-out still continues, without signs of any amicable adjustment, both sides pertina ciously adhering to their own terms of conciliation. The ex citement of all classes is subsiding on the subject, and much indifference begins to be manifested towards the sufferings of a large mass of wretchedness and destitution caused by the stubbornness of the contending parties. Those who are suf fering the most are the least deserving of it, having had no thing to do with the quarrel. The operative spinners are yet well supported from the spinners of the neighbourhood and other districts, but the masters are daily engaging new hands from other places, as well as inducing the adult piecers to begin spinning, which many are willing to do, not having been allowed, till just lately, to participate in the contributions to the turn-out spinners.—Manchester Times. HISTORY OF THE COMMONERS OF GREAT BRTTAIN.—The First Part, price 4s. 6d., of the re-issue, on smaller paper, of Mr. Burke's History of the Landed Gentry, is now before the public. It will be completed in Sixteen Monthly Parts, at only 4s. 6d. each. It is scarcely necessary now to call the attention of our readers to the great importance of this truly national undertaking. The cheapness of the pre sent republication (the price of the former edition was 7s. 6d. each Part) must place the work in the hands of every one who can feel interested in an authentic and detailed account of all the eminent families of his country. Mr. Francis Bodenham, the son of the late Mrs. Mary Bodenham, of Prestcigne, widow, who died many years ago, having come of age, spontaneously called together the creditors of his late mother, and, much to their satisfaction, buf. no less to their surprise, paid all their debts in full. Such conduct reflects the highest credit upon this young man, and deserves to be noticed, especially when it is known that there was no obligation on his part to pay one sixpence; and the only means he had of thus coming forward to retrieve his mother's character was a small estate which descended to him from his grandfather. lie has also, in proportion to his means, provided for his sister —Hereford Journal. A French boat, with 76 casks of contraband spirits, and two men, were seized by Mr. Wood, chief °Meer of the Bridport station, on Friday, and deposited in the Custom house there.—A younc , man, named Hassey , was found deed on the shore through drinking raw spirits the same day.— Wilts Herald. We are sorry to learn that information was received on Saturday of several incendiary fires, and the loss of consi• derable property, in Essex and other parts. COLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE AND tivatoßisT FOR MARCH, EDITED 13T THEODORE HOOK, Ese.—The present Number of this Magazine is even an im provement upon its excellent precursors. The conductor is evidently straining every nerve to render the work attractive, and great success has attended his efforts. We have here, in the first place, a continuation of the " Gurney Papers," full of pleasantry and a quiet dry humour, which tells most effec tively. Captain Marryat has supplied a tale, "The Phantom Ship," and we need not say that such a writer is an important acquisition to any magazine. We may also refer to " The Times we live in," and a poem by Mrs. Norton, as imparting a high degree of interest to the literary contents. The Hu morist is well supported. A comic paper by Jerrold is fol lowed by a humourous sketch by Captain Marryat, descrip tive of modern town houses and their peculiar comforts. But perhaps the most laughable article in the Number is a racily told adventure by Leigh [Lint, entitled " Jack Abbott's Breakfast ?" The opening of the little Pedlington Theatre carries exaggeration almost beyond fair bounds—but it is droll, and that is the great point. The Number is also em bellished with a portrait of that very clever lady Mrs. Charles Gore.—Edinburgh Evening Post. BRISTOL, MARcii 16.—Early this morning, be tween twelve and one o'clock, a dreadful fire broke out in Temple-street, by which a beer-shop, known by the sign of King William IV., and an adjoining house, were entirely de stroyed. The flames not having been discovered until they were seen to issue from both premises, it is not distinctly known in which house the fire originated, although it is con jectured to have arisen in the beer-shop. The buildings in that part of the town being very old, and principally built of wood, it was with the utmost difficulty that the flames could be restrained from spreading beyond those in which they on ginated ; as it was, the greatest exertions were unavailing to save the two buildings destroyed. In the King William four persons were unhappily burnt to death--the landlord's son, Charles Rees, a lad about ten years of age, Ann Davis, servant of the house, Samuel Richards, a strolling comedian, who has recently been visiting the public-houses in this city as a comic singer, and his mother, travelling with him. The two last victims ere lodging. in the house. The unfortunate father of Rees, who has lost everything in the fire, has been wandering in the streets all day, talking of his child, and in a state of mind bordering on insanity. KENDAL.--GeOraC William Wood, Esq., of Man chester, is to be the man. Mr. Wood arrived at Kendal on Wednesday, on which evening he met the electors at a public meeting, and, as his explanations were satisfactory, a requisi tion, calling upon him to declare himself a candidate, was prepared, which has already been signed by 181 electors. When we state that the constituency does not exceed 320,'0f course it will be seen that Mr. Wood's return is placed beyond all dispute.—kendal Mercury. LAW IN TELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, 31)nca 13, VIM - MS V. LORD AUDLEY. This ease stood for judgment this moining - , but 163 Lord ship had not been able to look over the sill iavits with sufii c•ient attention, and judgment was, therefore, postponed tili Wednesday. IN THE MATTER OF THE NORWICH CHARITIES. Mr. \VIGRA Sf, on the part of Samuel Bignold and others, Members of the old Corporation of Norwich, appeared in sup p ,rt of a petition which prayed a reference back to the Master to revise his report with respect to the appointment of trus tees to the charities of that city generally, and particularly with reference to the appointment of trustees to the Anguish', Charity, or the Boys and Girls' Schools. The objection to the report of the Master with respect to the first part of the petition was, that he had excluded all the Members of the old Corporation in a body, not because they were not in every respect qualified to be trustees, but because they had been Members of the Corporation ; and this was done on the authority of certain ex parte statements of the report of the Corporation Commissioners in 1833, which the accused had never had an opportunity of questioning or disproving. They submitted that there was nothing proved against them which would disqualify them to be trustees. With respect to the appointment of trustees to Anguish's Charity, it was sub mitted that the Charity was one which clearly came under the head of Church of Englandism, and that, therefore, the Mas ter ought not to have let in any Dissenters to be trustees of the Charity. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL opposed the petition. The LORD CHANCELLOR thought that the Master had acted in strict conformity with his duty in excluding men proved to have perverted the funds of the charity to party purposes when that matter was brought under his attention. His Lordship was of opinion that the petition had been wholly unnecessary, and he dismissed it with costs. Tr ICE- CIL4NCEL L OR' S COURT, MARCH I. ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. WILSON. This information represented that the persons who were members of the Corporation of Leeds in 1835, when the Cur porate Reform Act was passed, determined upon depriving their successors under the Act of every fraction of corporate pro perty, and with that intention transferred their whole corpo rate funds, consisting of 6,5001. stock, and 500/. secured by a turnpike bond, to the defendants, as trustees for certain cha ritable purposes. The answer of the defendants disclosed the nature of the transactions, and the trusts upon which the funds, in such parts as were in existence were now held. Portions of the funds had already been disbursed. The trustees ad mitted they still held a sum of 1,5001., which the Corporation bad appropriated in sums of 7501., 500/., and 2501. to the In firmary, the [louse of Recovery, and the Dispensary of the borough ; the bond was also in their possession, and there was in cash a sum of 5571. 7s. 6d., out of which the trustees re presented they had already paid 5001. to their solictor. Mr. JACOB now moved for an injunction to restrain the de fendants from parting with the trust funds, and for payment into Court of the sum of 5571. 7s. 6d. KNIGIIT and Mr. BETIIELL will be heard in opposition the motion on Monday. PREROGATIVE COUR7, 111.1Rcir 18. BUTLIN V. HARRY. The question as to the validity of the will of the late Pen dock Barry, Esq., of Tollerton Hall, in the county of Not tingham, and which has occupied the attention of the Court for several days, was again brought to its notice. Dr. Addams having concluded his argumeuts in behalf of Mr. Barry Barry, the son of the deceased, for an intestacy, The King's Advocate appeared on the last Court day (yes terday) for the executors and the parties benefitted by the will, and contended at some length that the deceased was of testamentary capacity. Dr. Phillnitore followed on the same side this day. _ . . The Court announced its intention of giving judgment on Tuesday next in the cause of Trevannion t'. Trevannion, in the Arches' Court, and of deciding on the admission of certain allegations in different causes in the Prerogative. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, 1114.sar 18. Richard Curtis, formerly known by the sobriquet of " Dick Curtis," the ci decant pet of the fancy, applied to be discharged under the Act. The present was his second bene fit within five years, and before he could claim the right it was incumbent on him to show that he had been reduced by sheer misfortunes to appeal to the liberality of his cre diters within the stipulated period of five years. He was opposed by Mr. Thomas on the part of Mr. J. J. Smith, a wine merchant, and backed (1. e supported) by Mr. Wood roffe. It appeared that Curtis, whose friends mustered pretty strongly on this occasion, was discharged under the Act in September, 1833. He had previously lived by the prize ring, which he quitted for the more reputable profession of a li censed cutler. His friends came forward and enabled him to take the Star public-house, Blackman-street, Borough, where he carried on business for upwards of two years. For the first six months he said the trade was all he could have wished, and he had hoped to have experienced for years the liberality of his admirers ; but the novelty ceased, and he had declined for some time. Besides, his patrons got into his debt. Some time since a Mr. Lewis, his principal supporter, had put in an exe cution on the warrant of attorney he held, and sold him off. Among the items in the proceedings was a payment of 50/. as law expenses incurred on his trial with Owen Swift, at Man chester, for manslaughter, as one of the seconds in the prize ring. Mr. Commissioner HARRIS said the insolvent was entitled to his discharge. The case was, however, adjourned to a futUre day, to produce an office copy of the warrant of attorney. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT.-MAIDSTONE, MARCH 17. George Young was indicted for feloniously shooting at William Grainger and Robert Sprat, with intent to kill them, at Greenhithe, on the 31st of October last. The prisoner was captain of the brig Triton, a Newcastle collier, which had been taking in chalk for ballast at Lamb's Wharf, Greenhithe, on the 31st of October last, and Grainger was captain of the sloopiVimble, also a Newcastle collier, who came there on that day to take in ballast at the same wharf. The Triton having g►ot its ballast on board, and being about to proceed to sea, the prisoner ordered his men to fasten a warp to the Nimble, which had just begun to load. This was done, "but upon its being hauled it pulled the Nimble from her holdings, and Capt. Grainger cut away the warp. Sprat, the mate of the Triton, endeavoured to prevent him, and after the warp was cut went on board the Nimble to fasten it to another rope, which Grainger immediately cut away, whereupon a scuffle took place between him and Sprat, and the prisoner, who had remained on board his own brig, took up a fowling-piece loaded with small shot, and fired it. Grainger and Sprat were both wounded, and fell. Several witnesses gave the prisoner an exceeding good character. Verdict—Guilty of firing, with intent to do the prisoner some grievous bodily harm, but not with an intent to kill. Mr. Justice VAUGHAN ordered sentence of death to be re corded. and advised the prisoner to make application to the proper quarter in mitigation of punishment. OXFORD CIRCUIT.—STAFFORD, M4RcJK 17. James Sirdefield was indicted for maliciously stabbing his wife, Mary Sirdefield, at Darleston, in this county, on the '2Bth of November last. The evidence of the prisoner's wife proved almost beyond doubt that her husband was lab,;uring under in sanity. Mr. Baron Bous N D stepped the case, saying it was clear that the prisoner was a person of unsound mind, and, therefore, not accountable for his actions. PRIUS COURT.—KELSALL U. BOULTON. Mr. Serjeant LUDLOW (With Whom wai Mr. Lee) stated the plaintiff's case. Ile said this was an action for defamation. The Learned Counsel, having stated the facts of the case, the Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages forty shillings. SATITkDA V. The commission will be opened at Stafford this evening. The common jury eases have all been disposed of. Out c -, f seven special jury causes two only were tried, two being made remanets, two referred, and one being undefended. Mr. Baron Parke would have had no difficulty in getting through the whole nisi prius business, but althcugh there were only sixty-two prisoners for trial (a session having' been held a day or two before the A , sizes), and although Mr. Serjeant Ludlow assisted in trying prisoners yesterday, it was found necessary for Mr. Baron Parke also to lend his assistance in order to deliver the gaol. The Aisiz .s have lasted for a whole week, and the Learned Judges have sat late each day. The difficulty found in getting through the criminal heirless has arisen, in a very great degree from the operation of the Prisoners' Counsel Bill, as in each case in which a prisoner is defended by Counsel, let the case be ever so clearly proved, a speech is made in his behalf, and where witnesses have been called to speak to his character, the Counsel for the prosecu tion have in some instances replied. And this the Counsel are obliged to do—first, because if they did not they would seldom get briefs, and next, if they do not address the jury, the prisoner is at once found guilty, the jury supposing that the prisoner must be guilty, his Counsel having nothing to say in his defence. MIDLAND CIRCUIT—DEBBI-, MARcll 17. The Commission for this county was opened on Tuesday last, business commencing in both Courts at an early hour on the following morning. The calendar contained a list of above thirty prisoners, who were mostly charged with the commission of crimes of a light nature. The cause paper contained ten cases, three being special juries. BOSTON V. MINES, GENT, &C. _ . This was an action of trespass and false imprisonment. The plaintiff had been taken on the night of the 18th of November last in a spinney, the property of Mr. Moore, the present High Sheriff. He was taken to Appleby Hall, there to be dealt with for some offence against the Game-laws, but which did not then form the subject of inquiry. He was de tained there that nighti ,and brought by the keeper to Ashby de-la-Zouch on the day following, and then began the part Mr. Dewcs bad in the matter, he having On his own autho rity given an order for the constab!e of Ashby to take charge of Boston. in whose custody be was kept for the space of nine or ten days, without being taken before a Magistrate, or set of Magistrates ; and, at last, when he was so •taken before .then, the case was dismissed, and the prisoner set at liberty. It was for that act of injustice that the present action was brought. The Learned JUDGE having summed up, The ju;y returned a verdict in favour of the defendant. In a second action, Boston v. Moore, Eeq,, and another, which arose out of the,same transaction, in which the plaintiff sought to fix Mr. Moore, on account of some direction he was surmised to have given to his keepers to bring all persons caught poaching on his land to his !'ruse, the plaintiff having A been there detained, no evidence given was him, and a verdict passed in his favour, In rk keeper, who was made a co-defendant, tic nut hA a justification, a verdict was taken fur the plainti issue—Damages One Farthing. NORFOLK ClRCUl7'.—Huxrizb-cn o , v , .111.41:cli 16. LUCAS V. GODWIN This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a build e i, against the defendant, to recover the amount of his bill fur work done and materials supplied. Th e defendant's son, a carpenter, commenced building some houses on his father's ground near Peterborough, in this county, and engaged the plaintiff, among other workmen, to do the necessary works f,r him. It seems, however, that while they acre in progress, and after the plaintiff hail entered into a written contract with the son for his portion of the works, there arose some doubt as to the wisdom of continuing on the terms on which they acre commenced, and some demur ensued as to the solvency of the son. About this time, the works being at a stand, there a : ,- pearcd in the county paper an advertisement, purporting to come from the administrator of one Godwin, lately deceased, in Philadelphia, who was therein stated to have bequeathed property in America and a sum of money to the defendant and his son, which latter notice was thereby given that the admi nistrator would hand over if they would meet him at an inn in Peterborough. Under these circumstances the works were re-commenced and finished. A difficulty, however, arose as to the payment of the contractors' accounts, and, after re peated demands, the defendant said that his son was going to America, to take possession of their " Philadelphia estates," and that that they would furnish the requisite funds. His in tention, however, was not put into effect, in consequence of Mr. Godwin, jun., being put into Prison, on a charge of at tempting- to commit arson, for which be was afterwards tried and convicted at the Sessions, and sentenced to twelve month,' imprisonment. After tins the defendant resisted the claim of the plaintiff, denying his liability. Mr. Lucas brought this action against the father as principal. The Jury gave a ver dict for the plaintiff with damages to the amount of his claim in respect of the premises in question. The case did not terminate till six o'clock, having lasted all the day. CROWN COURT.—nomas Hitchcock was charged with an atrocious assault and robbery on the highway, committed on the person of a centeel youth, of twelve years of age only, named William Middleton. The boy was going to school at St. Ives, in this county, whither he had ly...cn accompanied a part of his way by his mother. However, after he lost her protection he was ac costed by the prisoner, who interrogated him as to the object of his walk, and then passed on. Suddenly, however, the prisoner returned and struck him a terrific blow on the back of his head. When on the ground the boy was rifled, the priso ner swearing that he would have all his goods. While per forming this operation, he was disturbed by the sound of a gig coming towards him, whereupon he seized the luckless boy, and flung him into a wet ditch by the road side, where he remained for some time shivering with cold, and suffering severely from the repeated blows which his brutal assailant had inflicted. At length he contrived to crawl on the road, and perceiving that his enemy was not in sight, be made the bust of his way to his brother's house, where he arrived in a most weak and exhausted state. Another boy deposed to having seen the prisoner on the road at the same time. A search was directly it,stituted, but he was not discovered for a day or two, when he was arrested in the fields near the spot where the robbery was committed. The prisoner was found guilty, and sentence of death was ordered to be recorded against him by the Learned Judge, who descanted most warmly on the dastardly conduct pursued by such a ruffian, who could select, and so behave himself, to wards so weak and helpless a victim as the prosecutor. 4 . 64, gsm,aw WESTERLY CIRCUIT-EXETER, MA RCM 18. The commission for Devon opened here on Thursday last. There are twenty causes in the list, and the calendar contains forty prisoners. On the civil side the whole of Friday was occupied with a case of replevin, in which there was nothing of public interest. Charlotte Chappell, aged 13, was indicted for administering to Joseph Shapland a quantity of arsenic, with intent to mur der him. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty of administering the poison, but not with an intent to kill. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. G UILDHALL. On Saturday the driver of a cart belonging to Mr. Whisson, a wine-merchant, in Goodge-atreet, was charged with having by negligent and furious driving, damaged an omnibus, in Fleet -street, on the 6th inst. Mr. Davis, the complainant, called two witnesses, from whose testimony it appeared that the cart, after running foul of a gentleman's carriage, was driven violently against the omnibus, and damaged the axle tree and one Of the wheels so much that the passengers were obliged to alight. The defendant attempted to drive off after he had done the damage. The defence was, that the omnibus was . racing with a rival, and ran against the cart, but this was not sustained evidence. The complainant claimed compensa tion for the loss of time while the omnibus was under repair, and for the loss of eleven passengers, besides 3Q. for repairs. As, however, defendant had been denied an opportunity of seeing :chat damage was really done, Sir Peter Laurie only al lowed the claim for repairs. BOW-STREET. On Saturday Stowell, the informer, laid an information against William Rose for a breach of the Excise Act, 35 Geo. c. 113, with selling spirits without a license on the 6 . :h instant. A witness named Richard Miller, of No. 14, Serle's-place, Carey-street, stated that on that evening he went to the de fendant's house, accompanied by a female. Ile called for a glass of brandy and water, and they were served with it by the defendant's wife, to whom he paid 2s. for it. It was No. 40, Phoenix-alley, Long Acre. Two witnesses swore that Mrs. Rose was not in the house at the time alleged by Miller. Their testimony however variLd in some particulars. Defendant was fined in the mitigated penalty of 101. Catherine Jacobs and John Collins ware called to answer si milar complaints but did not appear, and fresh summonses were issued against them. Mr. Isaacs, an attorney, who appeared on behalf of Jacobs, stated that she was not the real owner of the house in which the offence was alleged to have been committed. Stowell declared that it was well known that more liquor was sold in'such houses than in most of the regular public houses in the vicinity, and it was at the particular desire of the excise officers he had laid the complaint. Eliza Ball was charged with stealing a number of cambric shirt fronts, the property of Mr. Evans, her master, a shirt collar maker, in Southampton-street, Covent-garden. She had been in his employment as a needle-woman for six years. A great quantity of goods had recently been missed, and sus picion had fallen upon the prisoner. In consequence one of the officers secreted himself in Mr. Evans's warehouse to watch. In a short time he saw the prisoner gently raise a nindow communicating with a yard, by which she entered the warehouse. She then went up to a drawer, and took out the fronts in question, with which she was immediately stopped. Committed for trial. HATTON-GARDEN. Parkes, a tanner, was put to the bar, charged by the officers of the parish of Islington with deserting his wife and children, and leaving them chargeable to the parish. Isabella Parkes, the wife, bad been married to the prisoner for nine years, and brought him 4001., which he squandered away in a profligate manner. She had saved 501., which he had demanded of .her last October, and when she refused to give it up, he obtained it by threatening to cut her and her children's throats with a razor be then held in his haz.d. II r husband had deserted her since he obtained the ,money, and lived, with another woman. _ The Magistrate should commit the prisoner for one month, with hard labour; but, on the representation of the parish officers of the man's profligacy, and that he had been convicted ,f robbing his ready-furnished lodgings, the Magistrate sen :enced him to six weeks' imprisonment and :hard labour. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. .4 no Parton was placed at the bar on a charge of bigamy, in having' intermarried with John Fielder, at St. Trinity, Mary lebone, her iii;Aand, William Parton, being then alive. wiiii am . V eve y i zovcd the marriage of the prisoner, some years ago, at Skirbeck, in Lincolnshire, a:td that Parton was still alive. The prisoner had been parted from her husband fur son years, and the prosecutor offered to .-narry her and she ac. cepted She was fully committed for trial. Q UEEN- SQ Us RE. - A notorious thief, named Crancioss, And two hays, named Thompson and Foster, were charged, Thompson with steal ing, and the others with receiving, a gold watch, valued ten guinea', from Mrs. Yates, of Belgrave-street, Pimlico. Mr. CatacioutE discharged Foster and committed the other prisoners for ti id. ORSH P- STREET. John Bull, a paper•hangcr, and James Wood, a shoemaker, were placed at the bar, charged with a conspiracy to rob 31r. Blagg, of Bishopsgate-street. he prisoner Bull called at the prosecutor's shop, stating be had to psper the City Hotel, and ordered twenty pieces of papering to be sen: to him at his residence, Nottin,gham-place, Kin2sland-rowl The boy tak ing the paper was desired nct to leave the articles withota the money, On going to the house he saw Wood, who said it was all right, and took the paper from him. The boy refus ing to lease the house without the money or the paper, the prisoners thrust him out, when lie called the police, who tL.ok both prisoners into custody. They were fully committed to Newgate for trial. TOWN HALL. Tlibmas Jordan, a young man'fashionably dressed, one of the swell mob, who has been previously convicted, was brought up for re-examination, charged with picking the pocket of a gentleman. The . prisoner ‘sas fully committed. L n d r Ch a e u tt e Bury, whow! admirable novel, " The Divorced," - is just now attracting so Much nttontion, is very shortly about to appet.r, before the public in the di . ratter of cditress of Memoirs of considerable interest. \‘'l allude to those so long announced under the name of " Me. moire of a Peeress; or, the Days of Fox." _ Very lately at Frankfort, books .were opened for stares in a railroad, to run from that city to Wi4,baden, through Cassel•and Biberich, where the crowd of parties wishing to become shareholders was Sp- great th't the dikes of the baaers were obliged to be ? guarded by gendarincria. La it not be again that the spiiit of speculation and association has no existence in Germany.—German Paper. 7 "~:~ - r '(ar riAt ~e