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PIt!CES OF STOCKS THIS 1).-‘1* AT ONE O'CI.Ot K. B , rik Stock. - , India Stoek. ......... •- - per Cent. l'e,i. - 'Ditto Rom.bs ~...., 23 9.5 pa,. 3 yet Cent. Cons ":" ? .F.• ; -3 ' , , ,'South Sea se,,cp. ......... ........ _ 34, per Cent..~.. ... 11.t.t. Re,..........., ~ ... - New t ntto -- . .. ..... -...... .—...-..... ... New :',!,.i per Cert. '' , 73 , .'0" l' ,'3 • C» t A 't " I .., .4, :. per t .i. . 111. teS, ..5 ... - New sper Cent.. limit LongAlitaiitieitoexpite !Ditto 541' . Q 5 27 pm Jan. 5, l i C._ Oct. 10, ae l / 4 ,0 - Ditto Commercial........ - - pin J,n 5, I 60 ...... ..... . ... I 4 11-16 Ditto Advertised... ....... .. -- pm Jan. 5, 86 April o, 00-!I — : 1101i1 Stock tor Account .575,', Jaii 5, NI , .., - Consols for Acconnt OO SOl, annum] ..... ••• - pin.' eiticEs OF FOREIGN FUNDS TEAS DAV Al ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Itomis . 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Per Share 12t. 15 Rhymney Iron Mining Company Dublin and Kilkannv liailway Company . . Eastern Counties Railway 2 0k; Orcat Western Railway Company 4O 46 54 456 Kent Railway Company 2 _ paL Brighton Railway Company London and Birmingham ftailwa-c Company 75 103 2 1 London and Greenwich ?lailwav Comp-ii • 2O 22 IN London and Croydon Railway Company l3 10 North Midland Railway Company lO 11,:, South Brighton, Lewes, and Newhavel Railway British and'American steam Navi , ,tion lO British American Land Company s.3 ( 'olonial Banc - Lyndon and Westminster Bank 2O MAILS. Arrived. Due.' Arrived. . Due. Arrived Due 0 America.......... U I France 0 0 Lisbon 1 0 8razi1............ 0 0 nucrii. Sz Jerssy 0 () INIAlta 0 fluenosAyres.. 0 0 Hamburg 0 0 Mexico 0 d Cartharena ~... 0 0 Holland 1 Duldin... ...... n 0 Jamaica 1 Finders ... 0 0 Leeward Islands 0 I Waterford 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE 10-11 , 1ORROW. 0 minutes after 0 Everring...,..27 minutes after 0 Just published, in Bvo., price Ios. 6d. F 4 LEME NT S OF MEDICINE. Vol. I.— ON MORBID POISONS; With an Appendix on the Uses of the Bromide of Potassium. By ROBERT WILLIAMS, M.D. Trinity College, Cambridge ; Fellow of the Royal College of Phy sicians ; and Senior Physician of St. Thomas's Hospital. B. Fellowes, Ludgate -street. SOUTHEY'S COWPER, VOL. XI. On Tuesday, the ith instant, will be published, Vol. XI., illus trated with Superb Engravings by Stocks and Goodall, price ss. cloth extra, T HE LIFE and WORKS of WILLIAM COWPER. By ROBERT SOUTHEY, Esq., e LL.D., Poet Laureate. • IF This Volume of the " Complete Works of Cowper," con tains the first portion of his Translation of Homer. Mr. Southey gives the following reasons for adopting the First Edition in the place of the Second, which all the reprints have been taken from : " It is incumbent upon the present editor to state the reasons which have induced him, between two editions of Cowper's Homer, differing so materially from each other that they might almost be deemed different versions, to prefer the first. " Whoever has perused the translator's letters must have per ceived that he had considered with no ordinary care the scheme of his versification, and that when he resolved upon altering it in a second edition, it was in deference to the opinion of others. " It seems to the editor that Cowper's own judgment is entitled to more respect than that of any, or all his critics ; and that the version which he composed when his faculties were most active and his spirits least subject to depression—indeed in the happiest part of his life—ought not to be superseded by a revisal, or rather re construction, which was undertaken three years before his death— not like the first transition as a pleasant work, an innocent luxury,' the cheerful and delightful occupation of hope and ardour and am bition—but as a hopeless employment,' a task to which he gave all his miserable days, and often many hours of the night,' seek ing to beguile the sense of utter wretchedness, by altering as if for the sake of alteration. " The editor has been confirmed in this opinion by the concur rence of every person with whom he has communicated on the subject. Among others he takes the liberty of mentioning Mr. Cary, the translator of Dante, whose authority upon such a question is of especial weight. . . In support of this determination, the case of Tasso may he cited as curiously in point. The great Italian poet altered his Je rusalem, like Cowper, against his own judgment, in submission to his critics ; he made the alteration in the latter years of his life, and in a diseased state of mind ; and he proceeded upon the same prescribed rule of smoothing down his versification, and removing all the elisions. The consequence has been, that the re-construc ted I'ocm is utterly neglected, and has rarely, if ever, been re printed. " The publishers need not observe that no good edition of Cow per's Homer has ever appeared, and at this time not a new copy of any edition can be had. London 1 Baldwin and Cradock, Paternoster-row. HAMBURGH, FEB. 24, 1837. ALL those having to remit to us 201., before the 15th of March, are requested to avail themselves of the next mails, as else it might become too late for reaching us in due time. HEINE BROTHERS. A FULL REPORT OF THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER'S SPEECH ON THE ABOLITION OF CHURCH RATES, WILL BE GIVEN IN THE SUN THIS EVENING. The publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 10 minutes past Three o' Cock. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 3, 1837. In the House of Lords yesterday, after the presentation of several petitions regarding Church -rates, the Marquis of LANSDOWNE moved " That all petitions presented on the subject of education in Ireland be referred to the Com mittee appointed to inquire into the progress and operation o: the new plan of education in the country." The Earl of SHAFTESBURY reported that the barony of Vaux was in abeyance, and that it is at his MAJESTY'S disposal. The Charity Commissioners' Bill went through a Com mittee, and was ordered to be further considered this day. Their Lordships then adjourned. In the House of Commons, after considerable discus sion, the Cheltenham, (hford, London, and Birmingham Union Railway Bill was read a second time ; and sev4ral other Railway Bills were also advanced a stage. Mr. LanouctlEar: obtained leave to introduce, and af terwards brought in, four Bills for the better regulation of the Post-office. The first was to repeal all previous Acts relating to the. Post-office ; the second to regulate the Cri tninal Laws relating to the Post-office ; the third related to the management of that department, and the Rates of postage ; and the fourth to the privilege of Franking Let ters. It was stated by the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE QUER, in reply to Mr. HumE, that it was the intention of Government to introduce a Bill in a few days on the sub ject of placing the Executive of the Post-office in Com missioners instead of in one Postmaster-General. Mr. HUME postponed his County-rates Bill. The CHANCELLO R of the EXCHEQUER stated that he wished to proceed with all possible dispatch to the second reading of the Irish Poor Law Bill, so that time might be gained for embodying amendments, and for its circulation in Ireland before it went into Committee. In reference to the course which was intended to be pursued regarding the proposed measure on Church-rates, the Right Hon. Gentleman said, that he would this even ing propose his resolutions on the subject in a Committee of the whole House, and then put the House in possession of the whole of the Government plan. This discussion wouhl take place in the whole House. ROBINSON brought forward ,his motion on the S 4 .amp-d u ties on Polici es o f Insurance ; but, at the sugges `lion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, it was with drawn. Mr. WALLACE moved for and obtained several returns relative to the Sheriffs' Courts in Scotland ; the returns relative to the Scotch Courts of Session, moved for by the sar.ie Hon. Gentleman, were refused. Mr. MACKINNON moved the revival of the Committee on Turnpike Tolls and Trusts, for the purpose of consider ing legislative enactments to be recommended on the sub i c , c_c k but he withdrew it in order to mover for a Bill thereon. ~-----. Mr. s tViLiIAM ROCHE moved for some returns con ). / "., --- • (..... ~... k : fl eeted with the late gunpowder explo s i on a t Li mer i c k ; b u t ' - ‘.. 1 , - .• ~it having been signified by the CHANCELLOR of the Ex `' , CHEQUER that Government were not disposed to succour .., the sufferers, he withdrew his motion. 4, ' :- - -:, Mr, DUGDALE obtained leave to bring in a Bill to pre- vent the depredations committed by persons employed on Railroads, &c. Mr. WALTER persisted in postponing his motion for the appointment of an additional number of Members to the Committee on the Poor-law Amendment Act. The Hon. Gentleman's retreat drew down upon him a shower of ironical exclamation. Mr. O'CONNELL brought in a Bill to amend the Law cf Libel, which was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Wednesday week. Mr. HustE postponed his motion relative to the late brevet till Monday, and stated that if he were unable to bring it forward then, he should take Wednesday or Friday. Mr. F. BARING brought in the Pluralities Bill, which was read a first time. Mr. JAMES obtained an order for a Return of the num ber of Notices for Commutation received by the Tithe Commissioners for England and Wales, from the date of their appointment to the first of this month. The House adjourned at Ten o'Clock. There is no Executive Department of the Government of this country which stands in so much need of a thorough Reform as the Post-office Establishment ; nor is there ally Reform more necessary to the protection of the interests of the commercial classes. Many were the obstacles, powerful the interests, and strong the prejudices to be overcome, be fore the ramified evils of this department of the pulblic ser vice could be submitted to the consideration of Parliament and the country ; but thanks to the indomitable perseverance of the Hon. Member for Greenock, the laborious zeal of the Commissioners, and the consistent energy of his MA JESTY'S Ministers, the evils of the system are not only known, but remedies are prepared for effecting their total eradication. The Bills brought into the House of Com mons last night for consolidating and amending the laws re lating to the Post-office, will, if approved of by the Legis lature, remove a mountain of abuses, which now nearly overwhelm that establishment. The public revenue, instead of filling the pockets of sinecure officials, dishonest clerks, and fraudulent contracters, will find its way into the National Treasury. In asking leave to bring in these Bills, Mr. LA BOUCHERE stated that the Acts or parts of Acts of Parliament now relating to the regulation of the Post-office, amounted to one hundred and forty-one ; and in seconding the motion, Mr. 'WALLACE asserted that the laws upon this subject were one hundred and sixty, or one hundred and sixty-four, —he knew not which,—nor was it possible for him to deter mine which had been repealed, and which had not! Here was a glorious field for the growth of the very worst abuses. Who could hope to disturb the slumbers of official sine curism, or to expose the malpractices of peculating agents, in despite of the efforts of a sort of privileged corporate body, hedged in and protected by one hundred and sixty Acts of Parliaments ! It may be contended that the ob ject of these laws was the protection of the public—not the sheltering of the Post-office. This may be true, and yet the effect be such as we stated it. Where laws are nume rous, conflicting, and but partially understood, they protect the very abuses they were designed to remove. Every se parate Act, but the one under which the culprit is to be tried, offers him a chance of defeating the great moral end of all criminal investigation. In a prosecution of the Post-office under the present corrupt system, there is clearly one hundred and forty chances to one against the public prosecutor, and in favour of the Establishment. Great praise is undoubtedly due to Mr. LABOUCHERE for his unceasing, and hitherto most efficient labours for the reform of the Post-office. There is, however, one passage in his speech last night on moving for leave to bring in his Bills on this subject, which sounds strangely, proceeding as it does, from the mouth of an honest Reformer. The pas sage we allude to runs thus : " The Government had long felt the necessity for such a consolidation of the laws as was then proposed. He believed the reason of the delay had been a fear on their part that as the Bills must comprise every point relating to the manage ment of the Post-office they would lead to much discussion, and would therefore interfere with the progress of the other business of the House.—( Hear.) He had felt that difficulty so strong that, notwithstanding his extreme desire for a consoli dation of those laws, he would not have felt himself justified in introducing the Bills, had he not communicated with those gentlemen who usually took part in the discussions relative to the Post-office, and had their assurance that they would con sider them as Bills merely for consolidation, so that they would not interfere with the important business already before the House." We know not what business of the House of Commons a discussion on the abuses of the Post-office could interfere with, to the detriment of the great interests of the country. The extreme diffidence of the Government, and of Mr. LABOUCHERE, to provoke a discussion on the removal of such flagrant enormities as are detailed by the Commis sioners, is somewhat singular. There is much more can dour than political sagacity, in confessing such a horror of clamorous opposition in the removal of es ils so enormous, as to become intolerable to the country. It is this foolish dread of provoking interference with the ordinary routine of Parliamentary business, that leads to such bungling le gislation in every new session. Hon. Gentlemen are content to spend their political lives in patching up old exploded systems, rather than encounter the difficulty of getting rid of them at once, and so preparing the way for an intelli gible legislative enactment. We want a consolidation of the whole Statute Book ; and the Reformer who would effect this, must boldly propose the abrogation of the old Acts by hundreds at a time. Besides the consolidation of the Post-office Laws, to be effected by Mr. LABOUCIIERE'S Bills, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER has agreed to some important changes as regards the Metropolis. In the first place, all Newspapers arc to be delivered free within the limits of the twopenny and threepenny posts, as well as outside—and this conces sion is to be extended to the delivery of all Newspapers within the towns in which they are published ; and, se condly, the postage for single letters, within the limits of the present twopenny and threepenny London posts, shall not exceed one penny. These are very important advantages, and we doubt not the public will appreciate the exertions of Mr. WALLACE, who was mainly instrumental in pressing them upon the notice of the Government. We quite agree in opinion with Major BEAUCLERK, who attributed the now increase,:or rather decrease, of the Post office revenue to the high rate of postage. We are confi dent that if the postage on all single letters was reduced one third, and double letters and small parcels charged by weight instead of charging them as double and treble lettere, the revenue from this department of the establishment alone would be doubled in three years. As the Post-office is re gulated now, a stranger to the system would be led to sur pose that its real object was to prevent rather than to faci litate social and commercial intercourse. Thus if a parcel is sent to us by the mail—no matter if its weight exceed not five ounces—in addition to the ordinary expense of car riage, we must pay a servant of the establishment eight pence for leaving it at our office. II we want to send a parcel we must pay twopence for having it hooked, and when it reaches its destination the person receiving it is mulcted in cightpence more for its delivery ! The effect of such impositions as these is to force men to have recourse to every expedient to supersede the necessity of a Post office Establishment ; whereas if the system were properly and economically conducted, no person would risk letters or parcels by any other mode of conveyance. The more limited in their income among the middling classes now seldom write at all, owing to the enormous expense of post age ; and the more straightened in circumstances never write save when their letters are conveyed by hand. In these instances much severe, but very unnecessary, mental suffer- , ing, is inflicted ; and to this cause, trivial as it may appear, might be traced the estrangements and misfortunes of thou sands of once happy families. To be properly and efficiently conducted, the Post-office must be able to challenge competition in the business of its own department. When it can do this, and does it, then will the public be without any just ground of complaint— but unquestionably not before that time. Mr. ROBINSON deserves great praise for directing the at tention of Government to the tax on Marine Policies, than which there is none more detrimental to the commercial and shipping interest's of the country. In consequence of the tax on these policies, marine insurances go to foreign countries—especially to Hamburgh, where at present the greatest number are effected, it being of course the object of men engaged in trade to get their vessels insured at as &leap a rate as possible. The tax, therefore, operates as a direct premium on foreign insurances, thereby de priving our countrymen, to a certain extent, of the advantages which legitimately belong to them. On this part of his subject the Honourable Gentleman well observed, " The duty on Marine Policies inflicted the greatest vexa tion and restraint on the commerce of Great Britain, and it was transferring the insurances to other countries. If Bri tish subjects were deterred from effecting them at home, foreigners, on the other hand, objected also to effect them in this country on any terms. It was perfectly well known that such was the credit attached to the Underwriters of this country, that foreigners would come in preference to them if such a tax did not exist. But they had a repugnance to do so under present circumstances, and they preferred taking the advantageous terms which aro held out to them at home, where there were no marine policy duties. This duty was indefensible in principle, and it was it" prat tice dwindling away in such a manner, as no longer to be :in object to the Exchequer." Had Mr. ROBINSON urged these unanswerable arguments at the time when Lord CASTLEREAGH reigned despotic in the House of Commons, he would have been accused of exhibiting " an ignorant im patience of taxation," and his motion would have been re . - jected with contempt. The House, however—thanks to the pertinacious resistance of the Tories to all rational measures—is different now to what it was then ; and accordingly the observations of the Member for Wor cester had their due weight ; the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER expressly admitting that the tax on marine policies was a subject worthy of the serious conside ration of Government ; that he would therefore take the earliest opportunity of giving it his attention ; and if he could, would propose a reduction of the duty. While on this subject, we may observe that the duty on fire in surances, which operates as a direct tax on prudence, is one that omiht to be considerably reduced, for at present the duty is mere than the, premium, which is perfectly pre posterous. If, however, this obnoxious tax must be con tinued, it ought at least to be so proportioned that the poorer classes should pay little or no duty, and that the burden should fall on the affluent, who are best able to bear it. In a word, let all insurances under a hundred pounds be entirely exempted from duty. In another column will be found an interesting account of certain proceedings relative to Church-rates at Plymouth. We doubt not the Church-and-State men will be found to have turned the excessive liberality of their opponents to very good account. We say excessive liberality, for we think it was carrying that excellent quality too far, to leave the scene of operations in the possession of those who were sure to abuse the generosity shown them. The Meeting alluded to in the letter of our respected Correspondent was a public one. It was called by the MaYon, and it appears to us that having this character stamped upon it, it was the duty of the Liberal party to attend, and take care that the sentiments of the inhabitants of Plymouth were fairly represented to the public, in the Resolutions and Petitions there adopted. The appointment of a Chair man, too, was a point which ought not to have been left to the minority. It is evident from the conduct of the person selected by the Tories to fill this office, that he was capa ble of the grossest partiality. However let them misrepre sent matters as they please—the Press will let the public into their clandestine doings. We earnestly request the attention of our readers to an advertisement in another part of The Sun, announcing a public meeting, to be held at the Mansion-house next week, in behalf of the destitute inhabitants of the High lands and Islands of Scotland. The LORD MAYOR, with that readiness to promote charitable objects.which has ever distinguished the Chief Magistrate of the City of London' has consented to take the Chair on this interesting occa sion, when a deputation from Scotland, headed by the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church, will set forth the claims of their poor countrymen to publi c sympathy and relief. We are afraid that these claims will be found to rest but on too solid a foundation. We are afraid that a case not merely of privation, but of absolute destitution spread over a large district, embracing within its range a population of upwards of 100,000 persons, will be made out by the most decisive evidence. We know, indeed, that this is the fact. The crops, from the bleak and boisterous nature of the climate in the maritime parts of the north of Scotland, are at all times uncertain and pre carious. The subsistence derived from this source alone is hardly ever adequate to the wants of the people, and is made up by the fish which are generally caught in great abundance on the coasts. Both these sources of supply have been in a great measure cut off this year. The crops, particularly the potatoe crop, which forms the chief support of the people, it is well known, almost entirely failed. A great part of the corn did not ripen at all, and much of what did could not be got in on account of the bad weather which prevailed during the harvest months. From the same prevalence of tempestuous weather during the winter the poor inhabitants of these ungenial regions have been deprived of their usual supply of food from the sea. From these causes the bulk of the inhabitants of these districts have been reduced to a state which it would be in vain for us to attempt to describe, but which may be imagined by those who will bestow upon the subject a moment's re flection. Nor are they only suffering the miseries of present destitution,subsisting we are told, many of them, on the scanty supply of shell-fish they can pick up daily on the sea-shore ; but they have no hope of being able to provide the means of future subsistence, save that which they derive from a reliance on the benevolence of the public, for they have not even seed to cast into the ground for the coining season. So circumstanced, have not these poor people a strong claim on the sympathy of the British public ? Every heart that can feel for the hardships of honest poverty — that san sympathise with the distresses of the miserable, and, above all, every heart that rises in gratitude towards the great Author of Good, for the enjoyment of worldly prosperity, will answer that they have, and will come for ward with alacrity to relieve them from their alamitous situation. The Paris papers of Wednesday, received this morning, contain no intelligence of any moment. The debate on the Disjunction Bill, and the dangers to which it might expose the Orleans dynasty, alone attracted any share of public attention. The friends of the reigning family are either greatly diminished, or their loyal ardour has greatly cooled s i nc e 1833. We are assured the KING himself begins to discover that he is in a false position, but that, notwith standing his great tact, he cannot better himself. France, from one extremity to the other, is filled with distrust and discontent. FRENCH FUNDS.—Pints, MARCH I. Five per Cents.. WA. loc. Isle. lie . 5:,•, 5 ,, Four :nut a Ball per Cents. Iltif per Cents., 10 (1. 85e. rime net- I rms. we. 75c. Bank Actions, 5,40‘2f. 50c. Itente tie Naples, t)St 90e. 85c. ,Soc. Roman Five per Cents., 113 - 2 N Spanish Actives, 26%34 , . Spanish Difieres, lly Spanish Passives, 7 1 6 lA. • Belgian loan, Five per Cents, 153. " Brussels Societe, 1,:',52f. .5• . c. • • • • Portuguese Three per Cents. 3I EXCHANGE UN LUNDUN, One month, paper, —e.; money, 9.5 f. fltly z e. 'three mouth,', paper, money. I*2!sic•- -i ours du//u net:, me. LAST PRICES. Five per Cents., Ittlf. Three pee t ent, -, of. 50e. Bank Actions, .2,1021 tiOc. Bente tie Naples, le3f. 7"ae. Ruirmn Five per Cents., 10•2., Belgian Loan, 103. Bruss,ls Bnk, 1,43 - 2 f. rioc. Portuguese Three per Cents., 31:;. Fpanish Actives, 2f;!. Spanish Passives. 7 1 ,4. New Ditleres, 11 Lg. Madrid Journals of the •2lst ult. have been received. The War Minister is so ill as to be obliged to leave the business of his office to be managed exclusively by an Un der-Secretary. The Commissioners from the Cortes have forwarded the most disastrous reports to the Government respecting the discipline of the army, and the sentiments of the officers. Gen. Es PAM Eno contemned their authority, receiv ing them as if he were the sole Dictator of the kingdom, and General QeutoGA, if possible, treated them with even more hauteur. They found the army of the latter completely disorganized, which at once accounted for the success of CABRERA. and his brigands. The following letter is copied from the Times of this morning, having been addressed to the Constantinople cor respondent of that journal.:— " Sebastopol Quarantine, Jan. I, on board the Vixen. " My Dear Sir—My letters from this of the 24th and 28th of October gave a pretty full account of matters up to their dates. The only thing that has since occurred is that we English who were on board the Ajax have, in consequence of an application I made to Admiral Stockeosky for that pur pose, been permitted to return on board the Vixen, where I shall be more at ease, though sadly annoyed at the prospect of living in the same cabin for 28 days (the quarantine time fixed on) with the lousy Russian officer in charge, who, by Captain Child's log-book, wore the same shirt night and day from the 3d to the 22d of last month. In conse quence also of Captain Child's application to Admiral La zareff, we are getting Russian rations served out to us ; but as these are only the fourth part of what English sailors get, we shall be tolerably well off, so long as our money lasts. The Ajax arrived in the roads last Wednesday week, yet our quarantine has commenced only this day. This THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1837. derl i..... c:tf,l-2- A 4 V F. 7. - 1..- - t d A ~ "....z ) ^.... ~ ' . ...:7 . - 1. - V: - -4,4' ✓ e ~~ XtflO gives but a gloomy prospect of the time that will be taken in our other affairs. " I am taken one day for a high diplomatist in disguise, and another for an English officer, sent out on this expedi tion by an animal of which they have a more wholesome dread than I was prepared for—the British Parliament. My Italian servant and interpreter is by no means inclined to make him self merry with these suppositions, nor feel flattered at being suspected to be a Turkish officer in disguise ; and I begin to get seriously alarmed lest some injury be done hint under this impression. ;"l'he weather lately has been remarkably fine and mild ; the thermometer, one morning, at 60 degrees ; wind southerly. To-day we have had roast beef and plum-pudding, our hearty Capt. Chihli declaring that we should thi= day dine as they do in England, if we should even have to starve for it through the rest of the week.—l remain, &c. " JAMES BELL." ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) YORX AND NORTII MIDLAND RAILWAY. JUDGMENT.-SIMPSON V. LORD IIOWDEN. Lord LANGDALE in giving judgment in this case, which was argued on Wednesday last, said the bill was filed by Sir John Simpson and other persons, who had entered into an agree ment with Lord Howden, the defendant, praying that the agreement might either be delivered up to be cancelled, on the ground of its being illegal and against public policy, or that the defendant might be restrained from proceeding at law to recover the money thereby agreed to be given to him, until some part of his land should be taken possession of by the York and North Midland Railway Company, The case came on for argument upon a general demurrer to the bill. The bill stated, that in the year 1835 a company was formed for making the railway referred to; that many persons subscribed aed became purchasers of shares, and that propositions were made to procure an Act of Parliament to incorporate the Com pany, and give them compulsory power to purchase lands; that, pursuant to the Parliamentary regulations, maps of the intended railway were deposited with the clerks of the peace ; arid that Lord Howden was a proprietor of land through which the intended railway was to pass. That at first he expressed no objection, but stipulated that the railway should pass as far to the eastward of his estate as possible ; and that being as sented to, he appeared satisfied ; but afterwards, without rea son assigned, he expressed himself to be opposed to the line, and required that it should be withdrawn altogether from his land. This opposition of his Lordship being expressed too late to enable the Company to survey a new line, and pre , pare and deposit the necessary plans and maps within the time required by Parliament, the Company went on with their proposed application, and Lord Howden petitioned the House of Commons in opposition to it. In that state of things the parties came to the agreement in question in the cause, dated the 4th May, 1836. That agreement was in effect that Lord Howden should withdraw his opposition to the Act the Company were then soliciting ; that the Company having ob tained the Act of Parliament according to the line then applied for, should within six months after the Act had received the Royal Assent, pay to Lord Howden 5,000/., and that they should in the next Session use their best endeavours to procure an Act to vary the line according to the agreement then made between the parties. The 5,000/. was to be the compensa tion to Lord Howden for the damage his lands and estates would receive by the intended line ; but without prejudice to any further compensation he would be entitled to, if the varied line should not be authorized, and that compensation was pro vided for in a particular manner by the agreements. Besides this Lord llowden was to receive 1001. for every acre of land taken by the Company, and there was a proviso that the agree ment should be void, if the Bill then before Parliament did not pass into a law during that Session. This agreement having been entered into, Lord Howden withdrew his opposition to the Bill, which received the Royal Assent on the 26th June, 1836. The line of railway authorised by the Act was the ori ginal line, of which maps or plans had been deposited with the Clerks of the Peace. The Bill stated, that after the passing of the Act, and before possession had been taken of any of the lands of Lord Howden, a new and more direct line, by three-quar ters of a mile, was recommended to the Company by their engineer ; that the Committee resolved to adopt it ; that a petition had been presented to Parliament, this Session, for liberty to avail themselves of the new line ; and that, by the adoption of it, the lands of Lord Howden would be avoided, and consequently would sustain no damage, as was contemplated when the agreement of the 4th of May, 1836, was entered into. The bill then-alleged the agreement was against public policy and illegal, and that no demand could be sustained by either of the parties thereto against the other in respect of it ; and further, that if the agreement were legal or valid, it was not the intention of the parties that Lord llow den should be entitled to the 5,000/. as compensation, until it should appear that some damage had been done to his property, but that Lord Howden had commenced and was prosecuting an action for 5,0001., and thereupon relief was prayed. In sup port of the demurrer it was argued the agreement was fair and legal ; that the withdrawal of opposition to an Act of Parlia ment was ,good consideration for it ; that it was not against public policy ; and that if there was a doubt whether the agreement was against public policy, it was a question for a Court of Law to determine upon. It was also ar gued that the authority of Parliament had not been re ceived for the deviated line; that Lord Howden's land might yet be required ; that, therefore, he was in any view of the case entitled to compensation, and consequently the agreement ought not to be delivered up to be cancelled. As a Court of Law had not the authority which a Court of Equity had to order an agreement to be delivered up to be cancelled, and as a Court of Equity in cases of doubt or diffi culty had the means of either obtaining the assistance of a Court of Law or of putting the matter in a course of trial, under the direction of the Judges of the Common Law, his Lordship could no: allow the demurrer, on the ground that this was an attempt to change the jurisdiction. He must con sider the q ues ti on i n regar d t o th a t part o f th e p ra y er o f th e bill which asked that the agreement might be delivered up to be cancelled. He should not take notice of the fact that the plaintiffs were partakers of the illegality, if illegality there was, with the defendant, because in cases depending on public policy the Court did not give relief for the sake of the party complaining, but for the sake of the public, and to avoid public injury. The plaintiffs had contended the agree ment was illegal on these grounds—first, that it was a fraud on the other landholders, through whose grounds the line was intended to pass; secondly, that it was a fraud on the Legis lature by procuring an Act of Parliament on the ground that one line was the best, when in fact that line was not intended to be adopted; and thirdly, it was an illegal act of Lord How den, who was a Member of Parliament, to enter into an agree ment which put his private interests in competition with his public duty as a Legislator, and gave him a direct interest in the very subject on which that duty was to be performed. his Lordship considered it was not necessary for him to determine on the present occasion whether the agreement could be pro perly considered as a fraud on the other landholders, through whose grounds the line of Railway was to pass, or how far the character of the defendant, as a Member of Parliament, pre cluded him from entering into such an agreement. Al though it had been held that the withdrawal of opposition to a Bill in Parliament might be a good consideration for a contract, yet it by no means followed it might be so in this particular case. But his Lordship would not enter particularly into that question, because it appeared to him the second ground for considering the agreement as invalid, was sufficient to enable him to decide the demurer. Acts of Par liament, like the Act obtained in the present case, were laws by which to some, and often to a very great extent, private rights were sacrificed for something alleged and supposed to be a great general and public benefit. The land, which a man considered as his own, and which it was for the general in terest of the community he should safely consider his own, was against his will taken from him—he was, against his will, compelled to take for it a consideration in money, which ha did not want ;land the ground on which that was done was, that the public were supposed to derive some great benefit from the proceeding. The Legislature judged of the public benefit to be obtained from great schemes after hearing all persons whose private interests were concerned, or con ceived to be in opposition to the scheme; and the Legislature could only come to a right conclusion by knowing correctly arid distinctly whose property was to be affected. For this purpose notices were to be given, the maps and plans were to be deposited, and the parties heard. In the present case Lord Howden having at first opposed the Bill, subsequently entered into an agreement to withdraw his opposition. By his consent he concurred with the promoters of the Bill in representing the line of road in the plan, duly deposited, was the line to be adopted and acted upon. This representation must be consi dered to have had its effect on the minds of all persons interested and who had no opportunity of contemplating that any other line of road would be adopted. The promoters of the Bill and Lord Howden prevailed on the Legislature to incorporate the Company, and to sanction a line of way, from which it was secretly intended by them to make a considerable deviation ; and having gained the incorporation, and having the authority of the Legislature to commence their operations, They were to use their best endeavours to procure a no th er A ct f or a var i e d l ine. His Lordship did not think, if the Legislature had a knowledge that the promoters of the Bill had en tered into that agreement, th e y wou ld h ave consente d to the passing of the Bill. Looking at the condu c t of the parties, and that which they stipulated to do, and the conse quences of such conduct and stipulations both to the Legis lature and the public, his Lordship saw stron,g reasons for thinking the contract would be considered and held to he ille gal. Ile could not d ec id e i n f avour o f t h e d emurrer w i t h out en tertaining a clear opinion the contract was valid ; and thinking it on the contrary very probable the contract would prove to be invalid, his Lordship was of opinion on that ground the demurrer must be overruled. Mr. WILBRAHAM then moved on the part of the plaintiffs for the common injunction to restrain the proceedings at law on the overruling of the demurrer.—Granted. The Court then proceeded with the consent petitions. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) ROSS V. MACLEAY. This case, which was an appeal from the Court of Session, Scotland, was opened last night, and Sir F. POLLOCK resumed his statement on behalf of the appellant this morning. In the year 1794, the appellant, Hugh Ross, was appointed Deputy Paymaster-General to the Forces in the Island of Martinique, in the West Indies, and this situation necessarily led to large sums of money passing through his hands, which required a great number of accounts to be kept, and considerable assistance in transacting the business of that department. Early in the year 1795, the respondent, Kenneth Mackay, went out to the West Indies, and, in July, he began to act as head-clerk in the pay-office under the appellant. In that year, from the state ill of public affairs, the accounts and business o f the office were in creased to a considerable degree, and in con se q uence of health Mr. Ross was obliged to leave Martinique, and the whole duties of the office devolved upon Mackay. Notwithstanding the positive instructions of the appellant to Macleay to surren der up the office, he continued to receive and pay money till August, 1797. The appellant made frequent applications to Mackay for a statement of the accounts between them, as a large sum belonging to him, both in his official capacity, and arising out of mercantile transactions in which he was en gaged, were received by Mackay, but no satisfactory state ment could be procured. Matters thus went on till 1824, when in consequence of the death of one of the parties im plicated, some papers came into the possession of the appellant, by which he ascertained that large sums belonging to bins had been misapplied, and a system of trading carried on with them to the personal protit of Kenneth Mackay. In consequence of these discoveries the appellant commenced an action against the respondent, and claimed a balance of 28,0001. The respondent died in 1826, and further documents came to light after the action bad been brought, but the Court restricted its judgment to certain special transactions between the parties, on the ground of the delay that had taken place, and the apparent acquiescecce on the part of the appellant. Ele ( Sir P. Pollock) would be able to establish to their Lord ships beyond doubt, a case of fraud, misrepresentation, and deceit upon the part of the respondent on the estate, and if he did that, he contended that no length of time could possibly be any bar to the inquiry that ought to take place. No case had ever come before a Court ofJustiee that more clearly showed the propriety of the principle which prevented any length of time • being considered as an acquiescence in fraudulent accounts. The nature of the circumstances, the character of the fraud, and the course that gave rise to it, being all during that period utterly unknown to the person who now complained of the fraud. This, he believed, would be the question ultimately fur the consideration of their Lordships. The Learned Coun sel then proceeded to detail the nature of the transactions, and the various correspondence that had passed between the par ties during the period referred to. The Learned Gentleman had not concluded his statement when we went to press. Counsel for the Appellant, Sir F. Pou.ocx and Mr. Br- CHANAN. For the Respondents, the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, Sir W. FOLLETT, and Mr. M‘NEIL. CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS DA Y.) OLD COURT. (Before Justices PARK,BOSASQUET, and CoLTmAN.) Christopher Morrison, the keeper of the South Metropo litan Cemetery, was charged on the Coroner's Inquisition with the manslaughter of Emery Haywood, by shooting him in the back. The evidence showed that the deceased was employed as a labourer in the cemetery. On the night of the 28th of January, the prisoner was on duty as keeper, when he saw some one in the grounds. He went out, and the person who was there ran off. He followed, and when about the limit of the grounds a pistol which he had either was fired or went off, the consequence of which was, that the deceased received eleven small shot in the back. The prisoner took him home and told his wife not to let him out at night, and he would avoid such accidents. The deceased was off work for a few days, when feeling better, he went to work. He got worse. Tetanus ensued, and the man died in three weeks. During the whole time he lived he never complained of the conduct of the prisoner. A Coroner's Inquest was held, and a verdict of Manslaughter returned against the prisoner. He was taken before a Magistrate, who thought the case so slight that lie allowed the prisoner to go at large upon his own re cognizances. 'Mr. C. PHILLIPS addressed the Jury for the prisoner. He urged that all the circumstances of the case showed that the unfortunate circumstance arose from pure accident. The Grand Jury had thought so, and from the conduct of the Magistrate it was clear that he also was of the same opinion. Besides, the conduct of the man in coining forward and taking his trial was a proof of a clear conscience. Several Gentlemen from Camberwell and Streatham gave the prisoner a most excellent character for humanity. Mr. Justice PARK summed up, and the Jury, after consulting together for a quarter of an hour, returned a verdict of Guilty, but strongly recommended him to mercy. Mr. Justice PARK said the verdict was a most proper one. There could be no question of the guilt of the prisoner, but he had provocation, and had acted hastily. It was but a slight case, but he was glad that the Jury had found such a verdict for the sake of the supremacy of the law, and for the sake of society at large. Though he said so much, he felt for, and could make allowances even for the hasty conduct of a fellow creature. He sentenced the prisoner to pay a fine of 405., and be discharged. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY) DEAL, MARCH 2.—Wind N. moderate.—Arrived the Gla diator, —, from New York. Sailed, the Vansittart, M' Kean, for Madras ; Hebe, Galloway, for Sydney ; Intrepid, Stewart, for Demerara ; Westbrook, Freeman, for Jamaica ; and Mon treal, Griffin, for New York. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 2.—Wind, N. N. E.—Arrived, the May Flower, from Seaham ; and Edith, Oak, from Cork. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 2.—Wind, E.—Arrived, the Thetis, from Newcastle, with loss of bowsprit. FALMOUTH, MARCH 2.—Wind, E. to E. N. E., fresh breezes and fine.—Sailed,the Hero, —, for St. Michael's ; Rainbow, Oakley, for Smyrna. TORBAY, MARCH 2.—Arrived, the Ann, Swaffin, from Far moy, very leaky, bound to London. GLOSTER, MARCH 2. Arrived, the Hibernia, Fennan, from St. John's, New Brunswick. CORK, MARCH I.—Arrived, the Niger, Renny, from St. John's, New Brunswick. MARCH I.—Arrived, the Glukauf, from Pillau. LIVERPOOL, MARCH I.—Arrived, the Louisville,-, from New Orleans ; and Sterling, Farnham, from Savannah. Off port, the Martha, -, from Canton; William Brown, -, from Mobile ; and Lapwing, -, from Lisbon. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Our arrivals this morning are the French, Ostend, and Dutch mails ; and ship-letters from New Orleans. We observed yesterday, in our City article, that there was every prospect that the heavy commercial payments which were due to-morrow would be got over without any danger to the trading community; and we had a p roo f, on th e p ar t o f t h e Bank Directors, of the interest they manifested in the com mercial concerns, by the notice which was given to the public, that on and after the 2d instant they would dis count Bills of Exchange at 95 days to run. This ac commodation it is generally expected will give great relief, facilitate the large payments due the present month, and render the Money Market more easy than it has been for some time past. It also must be observed, that the present notice from the Bank of England differs from former, which does not extend its advances to Exchequer Bills and India Bonds. This difference on the part of the Bank Directors is generally approved of, as their chief attention is to the commerce of the country, and not to certain concerns where money is not wanted. Consols opened this morning at 89k 90 for the Account ; Exchequer Bills 28 preen. ; India Bonds 26 prem. ; Bank Stock 2.061-; India Stock 256. In the Voreign Market Spanish is still heavy—closed at 26i, at present 26 sellers ; Portuguese 49 ; Three per Cents. 311; Spanish Coupons 46 ; Passive 71; Deferred 11 ; Dutch 52g. HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK. Consols have been rather heavy during the morning, and have been fur Money at Bq-; . since which the Market Ims im proved, and they may be quoted at present at 891 for Money, and fifq- 90 for the Account. Money obtains the rate of 41- per Cent. per annum. Some of the Slave Compensation Stock was brought to market this morning. Exchequer Bills 25 27 premium ; India Bonds 25 premium ; Bank Stock shut. In the Foreign market scarce a bargain doing. Spailish Active 25 to 26i; Passive 71 to ; Deferred 1I i ; Porto_ guese -18:f ; Three per Cents., 3 ; Dutch Two-and-half per Cents., 53. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for the Account, 89i 90. THE POST-OFFICE.—We understand the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, when replying to Mr. Hume last night, stated that he would avail himself of that opportunity of giving answers on two points in which his Hon. Friend the Member for Greenock took a deep interest, and intended to inquire about; the one, the conveying of newspapers by the twopenny and penny posts, as to which a measure would be introduced which would extend to that department the free delivery of newspapers, with a distinct understanding, however, that no interference should take place with the present mode of hand delivery by newsmen and publishers, of newspapers, within the boundaries of the towns in which these are published. The other question, relating to contracts for performing the riding work of the London Twopenny post, he had to inform his Hon. Friend that the Postmaster- General would confine the period for the new contracts to six months, so as to admit of any improved mode being adopted which might be recommended by the Commissioners of Post office Inquiry. DRURY-LANE TILEATRE.—At the fall of the curtain, last evening, the following address was delivered by Mr. Cooper, the stage-manager :—" Ladies and Gentlemen, —ln compliance with the numerous applications that he has received, it was the intention of the lessee to have afforded the public an opportunity of witnessing the performance of the historical opera of Fair Rosamond to-morrow evening; hut in consequence of the interference of the Lord Chamber lain, the inhabitants of the city of Westminster are prohibited from enjoying a dramatic entertainment within these walls, al though that privilege is permitted in every other portion, not only of this metropolis, but of the kingdom at large. Fair Rosamond will, therefore, be performed on Saturday next." On Monday evening a young man went into a to bacconist's shop in Tottenham-court-road, and bought sonic cigars, and on smoking one of them, he felt it unusually hard and very hot, which caused him to take it from his mouth ; he had scarcely done so when it exploded, and blew away part part of his glove. He returned to the shop, and on making known what had taken place, the others were cut open, and among them was another charged with powder. The tobac conist expressed his regret, exchanged the cigars, and in stantly destroyed those that were in the box from which the loaded ones had been taken. Several similar cases have oc curred in different parts of town lately, and the street smokers begin to smoke some danger in their delight. The Duchess Countess of Sutherland gave a grand dinner on Wednesday evening in Hamilton-place, to the Duke of Norfolk, Earl and Countess of Surrey, Lord and Lady Francis Egerton, Sir Archibald Macdonald, Mr. Grenville, Earl and Countess of Clarendon. There was no evening party. Lord Dc Roos is sojourning at the Steyne Hotel, in Worthing, Sussex. CHURCH RATES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Plymouth, February 26, 1837. SIR,-Anxious to counteract the misrepresentations which the Tory organs will no doubt circulate respecting the pro ceedings which have taken place thin day, I hasten, though much pressed for time, to give you such an outline as my me mory enables me to furnish, and request you to reserve your decision till I can send you a fair and full report of the pro ceedings, which will, I trust, be found in the Phynouth News of Saturday next, a copy of which I shall transmit to you through the Post-offico. Some time since, a public meeting of the inhabitants, without restriction as to party, creed, or rank, was convened, and held at the Guild-hali, for the purpose cf petitioning for the abolition of that obnoxious impost, Church -rates, which has been converted by the parochial authorities both here and elsewhere, into such an iniquitous engine of oppression, not to say robbery. At this meeting, which owing to the prevalence of influenza was far from so numerously attended as it other wise would have been, resolutions were moved, and a petition adopted alike by Churchmen and Dissenters, for the total abo lition of this impost. . Deceived by the comparative thinness of the meeting, and the imagined apathy of the inhabitants—without tracing these to their legitimate cause, the visitation of an unsparing malady— the 'furies imagined that a re-action really existed, favourable to their selfish and unprincipled views. In this belief they got up a petition in favour of Church-rates, which has been hawked about from house to house, for signature, during nearly the last three weeks, and has, through misrepresentation, caught some liberal but incautious signatures. At length, cot sidering themselves sufficiently strong to carry this petition at a public meeting, they got up a requisition to the Mayor for a public meeting, wording their requisition in the most ambiguous manner, so, as while limiting the meeting to the exclusives themselves, in the hope that it would deter the Liberals from attending, it left them a handle for endeavouring to represent the meeting as speaking the sentiments of the inhabitants at large, in the event of their stratagem succeeding. The Mayor, however, granted the demand of the requisitionists, only con verting the hole-and-corner meeting, which alone united the views of the clique, into a meeting of the inhabitants gene rally, to be held this morning at the Guild-hall, at eleven in the forenoon. The Liberals, in consequence, were on the alert to defeat this plot; and while private circa lars were industriously circulated by the tequisionists through the town, some of them fortunately fell into the hands of the Liberals, in consequence of which one of the more zealous of the Liberals, finding the time too short to adopt a similar mode of proceeding, employed the Town Crier to rally the Liberals to the meeting this morning, by which means the attendance was at once overflowing and respectable, and showed the faction that their defeat was inevitable. Upon opening the meeting therefore at the exact hour named in the requisi tion, and after some discussion, placing a chairman of their own in the seat of honour, that chairman in his address avowed himself the organ of a faction, not the representative of the inhabitants in whose name the meeting had been called, and informed the meeting, that although he would hear all who chose to address him, he would not put, or suffer to be put, any counter-resolutions which might be proposed—a mode of proceeding utterly inconsistent with the character of neutrality which it is the duty of a chairman to observe, and which at once revealed the sectarian character and views of the meeting. Much discussion ensued, in the course of which the mortified and defeated faction not only openly avowed their weakness, but admitted that it was not their intention to call an open meeting, made use of some of the most offensive expressions towards the Liberals both generally and individually, which they were compelled to retract, and altogether made an open avowal of impotence the most mortifying and humiliating that can be conceived. It was at length conceded on the part of the Liberals, who were full twenty to one of their opponents, that, upon the understanding that the meeting was not to as sume to itself representing the sentiments of the inhabitants generally, they were to be left in quiet possession of the Hall, which was accordingly evacuated by the inhabitants of Ply mouth, and left in possession of this fair and fanatic clique. As I was quitting the Hall I met numbers' of recruits collected from Devonport, Stonehouse, and all the neighbourhood flock ing to supply our place, and give a meritricious aspect of strength, by filling the dreary vacuum our departure occa sioned. What has since occurred I have no means of knowing. but trust the paper which I shall send you on Saturday w ilt contain a report Nhich will serve to fill up the faint outlines of this hurried sketch. In the meantime, allow me to remain, Sir, your obedient servant, A MEMBER OF THE PLYMOUTH LIBERAL MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION. IRELAND. DUBLIN, MARCH 1. GENERAL ASSOCIATION. The weekly meeting of the Association took place yester day, at the Corn Exchange - Great Rooms. LAURENCE ESMOND WHITE, Esq., was called to the Chair; RICHARD O'CONNELL, Esq., acted as Secretary pro ten: , and read the minutes of the last meeting. A mass of correspondence was then read, chiefly relating to the progress of the petitions recommended by Mr. O'Connell, and to the collection of the Justice Rent. The resolutions of which Mr. Shea Lalor had given notice having been read by that gentleman at:the conclusion of his speech, Mr. Crosthwaite addressed the meeting, and gave to the English Members the credit of desiring to do justice to his country. Several other gentlemen ably supported Mr. Shea Lalor's resolutions. It was moved that these resolutions be publishsd in the Chronicle. Courier, Sun, and the Examiner newspapers. After some further proceedings, and the announcement of the Justice Rent, which amounted to more than 2001., the meeting adjourned. _ _ lON AND MACRRADY.—Last night Sergeant Talfourd:s celebrated tragedy of lon was represented for the first time in this country. The Freeman's critic concludes his remarks on the play and the principal performer thus :—" We are sorry we cannot enter more minutely into them (the faults of Ion), as well as the superb acting of Mr. Macready, &c. & c ., but the closing► scene was beyond all praise." Loan GLENGALL.—The following trial is reported to have taken place last week at a Court of Petty Sessions in Clonmel : " The woodranger of Lord Glengall brought a number of poor girls before the Bench for taking leaves and moss from the wood of Darrinlau. " The Magistrate—Waa there any damage done to the wood ? " The woodranger—There was not. " The Magistrate—This is a very trifling offence indeed ; I am sure if those poor creatures had any one to write for them to Lord Glengall, this prosecution would not come be fore the public. I know the owners of other woods in this neighbourhood do not prevent the leaves being taken away. " A little girl—Your worship, we put the leaves for ma nure on his Lordship's own land. " The Magistrate —I must caution you not to go to the wood again without leave. I will discharge you now on paying the coats. The poor creatures all declared they were not able to paY a farthing. .‘ The Bench- 7 -You shall get a week to pay." [We think it unfair to ground any charge unftwourable to his Lrodship from the above report, feeling fully convinced that the woodranger did not act under orders, aid that the " costs " will be readily paid by Lord Glengall.] A letter from Constantinople, of the 25th ult. , stated that the Turks had offered in the mosques solemn thanks to the Almighty for the assistance he had afforded A c hmet I3ey, in burying the French under snow, and exposing them to such an inclement season. A member of the divan had been assassinated in a mosque, and another robbed of his jewels. - - - FAMILIES RESIDING IN THE COUNTRY are supplied with TEAS and COFFEES at the WHOLESALE PRICE for CASH : black...2s. Od. 2s. 4d. 2s. Bd. Bs. Bs. 6d. 45. 4s. 6d. fol• Green..3s. Bd. 4s. Od. 4s. Bd. ss. ss. 6d. 6s. is. Otl. 80. Coffee, Is. 6d. Is. Bd. Is. 10d. 2s....Finest Mocha, 2s. When the order exceeds £lO, the Carriage is Paid. G. T. MANSELL, and CO., Wholesale Tea Dealers, 2, Bucklersbury, Cheapside. P 0 ERh U L MUSICAL BOXES, in woo d cases, 12 inches long, by 5 inches wide, each playing Four Airs, Avi' the mechanism finished in a very superior manner, are offered for Five Guineas each. Also a few of the same description, with 513 Airs, price Seven Guineas each, at T. CO X SAVORY'S, Working Silversmith, Goldsmith, and Watchmaker, 47, Cornhill, London• N. B. The small musical boxes, 31 1 inches long, continue selling in tin cases, price I9s. each, or in composition Shell cases, at :2 5 each. BIRTHS. On the 28th ult., in Manchester-square, the lady of H. Pear°' Esq., of a son. On the 28th ult., at Brighton, the lady of A. S. Perkins, E* l " of a son. On the 28th ult., at East Sheen, Lady Charlotte Penrhyni ° f $ daughter, still-born. • On the 28th ult., in Charterhouse-square, the lady of F. C. Skey, Esq., of a daughter. • of On the 2d inst., in Illandford-place, Regent's-park, the wt . ' 11. P. Co:lett, Esq., of Chancery-lane, of a son. iers On the Ist i ns t., i n N o t t i ng h am - p l ace, t h e l a d y o f I'. Purr Esq., of a sun. I) I E D. On the 22d u lt., age d 80, th e R ev . Mi c h ae l Dickson, Vicar is itm instcr, S ire. ro ° On the 18th ult., omersetsb at Beaufoy-terrace, Edgeware-ro a d s c i i. a ~, , se. Robertson, Esq., late Registrar of Slaves for the Colony °' - quit)°, aged 61. cre el 5 • 5 ' On the 25th ult., Jos. Slater, Esq., of Newman-street, ag e w ife On the 26th ult., at Meadow Cottage, Teddington, SoPhia' of Mr. E. Delight. 0 0s1u. London: Printed and Published by M URDO YOUNG' co ol 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, n tlia of Middhiscx.—Friday, March 3, 1637. MARRIED. On the 28th ult., at Marylebone Church, the Rev. Riche Mason, of Petersfield, to Mrs. Higginsou, of the Isle of Wagn!' sn ol; On the 28th ult., at Dorking, Richard Fry, Esq., of Live to Emma, daughter of J. F. Reynolds, Esq. f Ca r On the Ist inst., at Carshalton, Jonas Cressingham, Esq- ° oilly shalton, to Sarah Ann, youngest daughter of the late Joky Esq., of Llandrinio Hall, Montgomeryshire. On the 28th ult., at Blanstone-square, Jackson Villiers 9 t n bill i: Esq., 17th Regiment, only so n of T. E. V. T u thill, Esq- , .°f ü bitor nastona, county of Limerick, and of Rathmines, coun ty of D ser to Jane Anne, second daughter of R. P o rt e r, Esq., of UPPe r mour-street, Portman- square. Est' On the Ist inst., at Woolwich, Archibald Hale 31 0110 %, 00 10 92d Highlanders, to Gra ce , e ld es t d aug ht er o f C a ptain Rey Palmer, Royal Artillery. of On the Ist inst., at Wirksworth, the Rev. Joseph Wier Y• St. James's, Westminster, to Susan Maria, second daught er Arkwright, Esq. of Roek House, Matlock.