The Sun. — London, England, 1848-02-14 00:00:00

GRAVESEND. FEB. 11.- The Isabella, Ray, from Newcastle, is ashore on the Coal House Point. MEVAGISSEY, FEB. 9.—A quantity of oranges and wreck have been passed, uff the Start, by the Arab, Gow•ing, arrived here. BIDEFORD, FEB. 11.—The Concord, Dundalk to Car diff, has put in here leaky, and pumping up cargo, (oats.) MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-MONDAY. The arrivals of Wheat, Barley, Malt, Beans, Peas, and Flour up to our market last week, coastwise, were on a very limited scale ; but those of Oats were somewhat on the increase. From Ireland and Scotland they were mostly confined to a few cargoes of Oats. From abroad the importations were by no means heavy—viz., 6,858 Es of What, 110 ditto of Barley, 1,263 ditto of Oats, 4,000 ditto of Beans, 270 ditto of Peas, 7,103 ditto of Linseed, 60 ditto of Rapeseed, 310 ditto of Indian Corn, 697 sacks and 155 barrels of Fleur. From Essex, Kent, Cambridgeshire, &c., a very scanty supply of Wheat of home produce was received up to our market today by water carriage, and that per railway was very small. Notwithstanding the show of samples of both red and white was scanty, and the attendance of buyers moderate, the demand was far from active. The very finest parcels of both red and white were mostly disposed of at prices fully equal to those paid on Mon day last; but the middling and inferior kinds were heavy, at in some instances a reduction in the quota tions of is per quarter. 3lost of the Wheats were greatly out of condition. The quantity of foreign Wheat on offer was not very large. Really fine samples moved off steadily, at late rates. In all other qualities exceedingly little business was transacted, at almost nominal currencies. Al though the supply of Barley was small, it proved quite adequate to meet the wants of the trade, who pur chased with extreme caution, at about last week's figures. In Malt very few sales were concluded. The trade must be considered very dull, at barely stationary prices. A few ships have arrived from Ireland, since Saturday, laden with oats, yet the supply of that article was by no means large. Only the best parcels com manded any attention—the inferior kinds being a mere drug. In prices we have no change to notice. Beans commanded scarcely any attention, and late rates were not maintained for inferior foreign. In Peas next to nothing was doing. Indian Corn, Meal, and Rye Flour were easier to purchase. Fine Flour supported previous rates, but the secondary sorts were somewhat cheaper. - CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier • • • • • • S9s to COs Red. . • 458 to 548 I Oats Yorkshire and Dltto.White, New 48s 581 Norfolk and Lin coln, Red..... 45s 48s Ditto, White.• •• .. 48s 42s Irish, Red........ —3 —3 Ditto, White.. •.• . —3 —s *7s —Old ............ 324 Us Barley—Grinding .•• .. 275 31t Malting • ........ 27s 31s Chevalier .... ... 33s 35s Idalt—Suffolk and. Nor folk.. .. 565 bBs Brown 455 54s Kingston and Ware 575 495 Lincolnsh., Feed. 204 221 Potato . 25s 261 Youghal and Cork, Black ..• •••• 16s 19r Cork, White •• 18s 22s Scotch, Feed. •• .• 24s 26s Beans—Tick .•• •• 34s 5d Pigeons ••• •• •• 34s 488 Peas—Grey . ••• •• .• • • 42s 45s Maple. •• •• •... 42s 458 White ••••••• ... 42s 448 Boilers Flour—Town-made 43s 48s Suffolk .••••• •• • • 378 41s Stocktn &Norfolk 37s 41s SMITFIPIELD. Notwithstanding the weather has become mild for the season, the Rotterdam steamers have not yet re-com menced running; hence, the imports of live stock into London last week were small, viz., about 40 Beasts, 200 Sheep, and 20 Calves, chiefly from Noordwyk and Sche ♦enengen. At hull, &c., scarcely any arrivals have taken place; but we understand that large supplies are ready in Holland- for shipment to our markets. Their quality is represented as good. One or two vessels having arrived since Saturday, the number of foreign stock in the market this morning were on the increase, viz. about 180 Beasts, 300 Sheep, and 20 Calves. The Oxen and Cows met a very dull inquiry, on somewhat easier terms, but the Sheep and Calves produced rather more money, From those quarters whence the principal portion of Our Bullock supplies are usually derived at this period of the year, the arrivals of Beasts fresh up to-day were seasonably good, and of full average quality. Although the attendance of buyers was large, the Beef trade, owing to the unfavourable state of the weather, for slaughtering, was in a very sluggish state, at a decline in the quotation paid on this day ae'nnight of quite 2d per 81b. The highest figure for the best Soots being 4s 6d per 81b, and a total clearance was not effected. The receipts from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire comprised about 1,000 Scots and short horns; from the western and midland counties, 1,200 Herefords, runts, Devons, Irish beasts, &c.; from other parts of England, 700 of various breeds; and from Scotland, 210 horned and polled. Scots. With Sheep we were very scantily supplied; indeed, the supply of that description of stock appears to be falling off every week. As might be expected the Mutton trade was brisk, and the prices advanced from 2d to, in some instances, 4d per 81bs. A clearance was effected at an early hour. Theiprimest old Downs produced 5s 6d per 81bs. -CitiveS were in short supply, and steady request at full.prices. Iti_.Vigs only a mode rate busi❑ess was doing, yet last week's currencies were supported. Per Blbs, to sink the offal. a. d. to 1. d. inferior Deasts..... 1 4 3 6 Second quality .... 3 8 310 Prime large Oxen.. 4 0 4 4 Prime Scots 4 4 4 6 Large coarse Calves 4 4 5 0 Prime small ditto .. 5 2 5 6 auckling Calves —2l 0 29 0 Inferior Sheep .. . 3 S 4 0 1. d. to s. d. Second quality ditto 4 4 4 8 Csarse-woolled ditto 419 h 2 Southdown Wether le 4 5 Ditto eut attic wool Large Hogs • • .... 4 0 4 6 Small Porkers .• - • 4 8 5 0 Quarter old rigs —9O 0 26 0 Lambs •• • • 0 0 0 0 SUPPLY AT MARKET. stews. Sheep, I Calves. I PIM I 3,539 15,2,0 58 225 NEWUATE AND LDADENIZA2.36. The supplies of country-killed Meat received up to these markets during the past week, by railway, have been moderately good, and those .on offer slaughtered in the metropolis may be considered seasonably extensive, with the exception of those of Mutton. Generally speak ing, the demand has been far from active ; nevertheless, no change of moment has taken place in the quotations. Scarcely any foreign Meat has been on show. At per stone by the Carenne. - a. d. to s. d. 4. 1. to s. d. Beef,taferior— .• •• 3 2 3 4 I Hutton, inferior •. 3 6 3 8 -- middling .. •• 3 4 3 6 middling.. 310 4 2 .--- prime large .. 3 6 3 8 prime .•.. 4 4 4 6 --- prime small —3 10 4 • Pork, large •••••• • • 3 8 4 6 Teal **** _ Lamb. Os Oct t• Os Ad. BOROUGH HOP' 24.11.1t1C.ET. We hate again to report ,a.steadi-sale for most kinds of Hops of last year's growth at full prices; otherwise the demand is in a very sluggish state, The supply of Hops is fully equal to the wants of the dealers. New Hops—Sussex pockets, 21 15s to 31 6s; Weald of Kent ditto, 21 18s to 31 10s; Mid and East Kent ditto, 31 63 to 5/ lOs per cwt. BOROUGH AND SPITALPIELDS. Higher prices have been agai❑ asked, and in some instances obtained, for Potatoes; although the supply is by no weans small. However, we may observe that some of our quotations are almost nominal. About 100 tons have been received from Antwerp, and 5 tons from Oporto. York Regent's, 160 s to 180 s; Wisbeach ditto, 180 s to 150 s; ditto, Blues, 120 s to 130 s; Kent and Essex Regent's, 160 s to 170 s; ditto, Shaw's, 150 s to 160 s; ditto, Kidneys, 140 s to 170 s ; ditto, Blues, 130 s to 150 s per ton. WOOL. The public sales of wool, which commenced on Thurs day, and will be continued almost daily till the Bth proximo, have been largely attended by buyers. The biddings have been very brisk. Fine wools have pro duced 2d, other qualities from Id to qd per lb., more money than at the previous auctions. Scarcely any of the parcels have been withdrawn, and not a few of the lots have been purchased for the French and Belgian markets. In the private market next to nothing is doing, but higher rates are generally demanded. Last week the imports consisted of 650 bales from Sydney, 2 15 bales from Launceston, 236 bales from Constan tinople, 50 bales from Alexandria, 215 bales from Bom bay, and 20 bales from Calcutta. TALLOW. Notwithstanding the very high prices paid for Tallow since Monday last, both on the spot and for forward delivery, viz , from 53s 6d to 54e per cwt, the deliveries have been good. The large quantity brought to auction on Friday has somewhat checked the demand, and the nominal top price for Russian today is 53s 6d per cwt. Town Tallow 133 6d to 54s per owt net cash; Rough Pat, 3s per 81bs. Two of the guards on the Eastern Counties Railway Were frozen to death, during the night, in the late severe 'weather. —Norfolk Chronicle. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT AND LOSS OF LIFE.—We regret to have to announce another of those dreadful accidents which are, unfortunately, of so frequent occur rence in constructing lines of railway. It is well known to HIM of our readers that for a length of time past the road across the Wicket, near the Midland Station, na3 been partly occupied by a quantity of scaffolding connected with the works of the Sheffield, Manchester, and Lincolnshire Railway. On Thursday morning, at nice o'clock, 40 or 50 yards of the scaffolding on the right hand side of the road going down the Wicket fell With a tremendous crash, burying beneath it five men who were working at the foundation below. A partial clearance was immediately effected, when it was found that o ne o f t h e poor men , name d R e uben Knowles, was literally smashed to pieces. He was quite dead, and his The body was c o nveyed to the Station Inn, close by. "-he remaining four men were conveyed to the infirmary 113 speedily as possible, all of them being very much Mutilated. One of them is so much injured, that there to no hope whatever of his recovery. On making in quirt' on the spot, we were unable to learn any immediate c ause which led to the awful calamity. Since writing the above another of the sufferers has expired, and the re- Inaln ing three are left in a very precarious state.— Shegle/d fris. , 1-haurtistiNED SUICIDE.—Last Saturday Mr. Mills field an inouest at the Angel Inn, High-street, High. gate, on Emily Richards, aged 18, a fine looking young respectably connected, and late barmaid at the “-ngel Inn. The decased, who lived seven months atthe Inn, bec ame latterly very depressed. Friday evening he t wnt to H ampstea d , an d purc h ase d two phials of ,Ixeess e ential o il of almon d s , return i ng at f our o ' c l oc k , _ she retir e d to h er b e d room , em pti e d th e phi a l s i n t o a tumbler, en d quaffed off the deadly poison. She then Placed the phials in the drawer of her looking-glass, and 1,13 tumbler u p on the bason stan d . Af ter w hi c h she stretched herself upon her bed, where she was found dea dtwo hou rs afterwards. Mrs. F enner , d ecease d' s Ztmistress,dest gave her a moat exce ll ent c h arac t e r, and wept Y during her evidence. Verdict—" Deceased _ .ate r,ey.ed herself, but th ere was no ev id enc e of her 6 ' Of mind at the time." Yessi h er e ay d w eath .er very dull, and extremely damp. the Clyde was very much flooded, The ba -14%7°r-is "1Y low, and the streets this morning are de ithrain,—,North Britig Mail of Thursday. INIUMNIN THE SUN LONDON, THE NATIONAL DEFENCES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—As steam has now deprived England of its former insular security, it becomes necessary to con sider how far, as a semi-continental state, her means of defence will bear a comparison with those of neigh bouring nations. This comparison, when made, is certainly more striking than satisfactory, for while France has an army 350,000 strong, and a national guard numbering nearly a million, Prussia a standing army of about 300,000 men, with every male inha bitant trained to arms, and Austria a regular army of about 400,000, the force at present in all England does not exceed 10,000 men, of whom scarcely more than one-half would be immediately available to meet an enemy at any given point. Almost any one of the smaller Germ an duchies could therefore show a more re spectable defensive force than England. The passage of the Channel by means of steam-boats can scarcely in the present day be considered so difficult as was the pas sage of the Rhine, and of many other rivers which were crossed by the French army in the face of an enemy, during the last war, without that means of convey ance. The Prussian Government might at any moment of danger remove the bridges of boats which cross the Rhine , but the steam-vessels which will at some future day bridge the;English Channel, may lie safely in French harbours until they are required. The passage of the Channel may, therefore, by the aid of such means, be considered easier than that of the Rhine, and England consequently more open than Prussia to invasion by France. If such is the case, the means of defence prepared by each country are ludicrously at variance, and the writer believes that the adoption of the Prussian system of general mili tary training would be popular, and as useful to the people of England, both physically and morally, as it has been to those of Prussia, while it would at the same time render us almost invincible as a nation, and that by strictly constitutional means. Were not the subject one requiring serious conside ration, it would be somewhat amusing to observe the number of untenable arguments which- have been lately brought forward by the advocates of :" national defencelessness." Mr. Cobden, for instance, reposes his confidence on the pacific disposition of the French people, though the whole history of Europe! for seviral centuries past, more than sufficiently proves an extremely op posite tendency on their part. His next reliance is on the omnipotence of free trade as an angel of peace, though no nation of Europe has hitherto reciprocated our advances in that direction, and the principle is therefore inoperative, and though Christianity itself has for above eighteen centuries failed_ to bring peace among men. Some persons believe that the wealth of England will protect her under all circumstances, whereas her wealth is really the lore, and unless it be judiciously employed in creating defences while there is yet time, has no defensive property in itself. Others trust to the 'moral and political influence which this country possesses in Europe, without sufficiently considering that as soon as war is declared those influences cease, and that nations are not chival rous enough to rush to the defence of other nations, more particularly of such as ought to be quite capable of defending themselves. Some persons profess to believe that there are no points along our coast at which an enemy could effect a landing, though all who choose to make inquiries on this subject] will find that every county abounds in such places. England his herself landed troops at the Texel, and in Egypt, in the face of an enemy's force, without any difficulty, and with small loss. Many trust entirely to our navy for defence as in days of yore, without considering the change which steam has effected, in respect to the efficiency of our " wooden walls," and, as though a squadron possessed the marvellous gift of übiquity. Even in former times our navy fell far short of this gift, for the French force under La Hoche, was, before landing in Ireland, buffetted about for three weeks, without being seen by either of two fleets, which we had on the look out for it. _ _ . It also remains to be proved whether, considering the great improvements effected in the French navy of late years, ours may prove as superior in power as formerly, and it would be the extreme of rashness to expose the safety of a great empire to the chance, or accident, of our fleet' meeting that of the enemy, even supposing the result of the encounter to be less uncertain than such matters ever must be. With such persoris- as`-biliove that an undisciplined body of men could resist the progress of a regular French army on land, it would only be a waste of words to argue this question. By - consulting Alison's History of Europe, they will find that during the whole course of the last war, thereiwas no instance, unless in the Tyrol, and partially in Spain, of the French arms being effectually resisted by any such levy en masse. There are probably in London about 300,000 men capable of bearing arms, yet it may with entire respect to them be stated, that unless previously disciplined, any general would prefer 20,000 regular troops to that whole number, for either offensive or defensive warfare. In England we especially love peace, domestic comfort, and the pursuit of wealth, whereas in France the idols of a large proportion of the people are war, glory, and conquest, and this innate difference of disposition is nut sufficiently con sidered by our countrymen, who argue from their own feelings against the probability of a war. With every respect for the French people as the bravest, most polished nation of the Continent, it is impossible to conceal from ourselves that their tastes and feelings incline to war, and, above all, to a war with Eng land. All our compatriots who have resided much among them admit this fact, and however much we may deplore the feeling, it is imperatively necessary that we should be prepared against its consequences. Some of the German journals have lately expressed an opinion, which may at least be considered impar tial, that the next European war will, in all probabi lity, arise from the defenceless state of England en couraging our neighbours to snatch at a temporary advantage, and I believe that the possession of London for even a month would give more general joy in France than the conquest of half the Continent. The one would be a new pleasure, the other a mere repetition of an old one. Once possessed of London, I would respect fully request Mr. Cobden, as an economist, to con sider whether a smaller ransom than a hundred millions, and the cession of our East Indian posses sions would suffice to purchase our deliverance. Mr. C. Speaks of our exciting jealousy in France by any preparation, and should our armaments ever be raised to as high a level as hers, there might then exist some reasonable grounds for such a feeling, brat in our present state of defencelessness, as compared with every other country of Europe, we are certainly entitled to a monopoly of the feeling of jealousy, and Mr. Cobden should be an enemy to all monopolies. It is from a sincere and anxious desire for the preser ♦ation of peace, and as being the most likely means for the prevention of war, that the writer hopes to see the defences of the country, both naval and military, as well as that of the militia force, placed at once upon such a footing as shall at least discourage, if not prevent, aggression. The French budget for the present year certainly shows a slight reduction in both the mili tary and naval estimates, but it must not be for gotten that the Chamber of Deputies passed three years ago an extraordinary and special vote, equal to 3,700,000/. sterling, for the purpose of build ing ninety-three new war-steamers, a con3iderable number of which are now in progress. England has generally been overtaken by war in an unprepared state, and has suffered reverses in conse quence. An opinion is now, however, prevalent, that within a few days after the next declaration of hos tilities, she may have to encounter a French army on her own soil ; the necessity for preparation is there fore much more imminent than in former days. The English Government is not ♦ery likely either to provoke or declare war, but it cannot prevent that of France from doing :so, and it is generally admitted that even within the last eight years the two countries have been three times on the verge of hostilities. Should the Prince de Joinyille happen to possess any influonce with his brother the future Regent, it is highly probable that such an event cannot be long retarded. Sir William Molesworth and Mr. Cobden have declared their disbelief of any hostile feeling towards this country on the part of France ; but if neither Admiral Lalandes' letter addressed to the Minister of France, proposing to destroy the English fleet, and afterwards embark troops at Toulon for the invasion of England, nor th► Prince de Joinville's pamphlet pointing out haw by means of a fleet of steam frigates a blow might be " struck at the heart of England" if neither the revealment of Admiral Bowles in regard to the contemplated destruc tion of Portsmouth, nor the plan laid before Louis , Philippe by his generals for the capture of London, can satisfy their minds on this point, it seems doubtful whether any evidence shortiof the appear ance of a French army at Charing Cross, could do so. It could scarcely be inferred from all these threaten ing; that England has for above thirty years acted in the niest friendly spirit towards France, that the Duke of Wellington advocated her interests in lthe Congress of European states, and the English, Go vernment long supported the policy of the pires'ent French dynasty in Belgium, in Spain, and elsewhere, generally to its own disadvantage ; while a hundred thousand of our countrymen evince their regard for the French by constantly residing among them. In conclusion, it may be stated that though the English people care little who may sit on the thrones of Spain, Portugal, or Naples, and would not tolerate a war having any such unnational objects in view, yet the defence of their own soil is a vital, and a sacred cause for which their energies and their means may always be relied on by any Government. I am, - Sir, your most obedient servant, Feb. 12th, 1848. E. C. TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFOItIII ASSOCIATION. Sir,—On Monday the 7th the Second Reading of the Bill for the Removal of the Jewish Disabilities came on. It was opposed, as was said by Mr. Shell, by all the arguments which in 1829 would have been brought against the emancipation of the Catholics, with alterations to suit the case. It was urged that there was no need to emancipate the Jews, because there was no danger of an insurrection ; that though too few to be dangerous in the field, they were too many to be safe in the House of Commons; and that if Jews were admitted to Parliament, the country would cease to be one in which none but Christians had seats in the Legislature. On the other side, progress was made in bringing forward the principle, on which this battle will probably be finally won, that the oath or declaration of allegiance administered according to the rules admitted in the courts of jus tice, is the only test which ought to be required of any man born under the British crown, in his progress to any office of trust his countrymen may choose to elect him to. In this manner we should get rid of the disgraceful farrago, of cursing this thing and damning that, while the whole of what is substantially intended is included in the recognition of the existing government contained in the declaration of allegiance. On Tuesday the debate was expected to be re sumed ; but it was prevented by Mr. Anstey's bring ing forward forty questions preparatory to the im peachment of the Ministers ; which, being supported by neither side of the House, led to a speedy evacua tion of the benches, and the House was counted out at half-past seven. On 'Wednesday, the debate of importance was on the New Zealand Bill. What is doing on this sub ject, though now in little, is very likely to give a colour to the world. It contains no less than the question, whether England shall make herself the pa troness of the uncivilized branches of the human family, in opposition to the system for enslaving them set up on the other side of the Atlantic. In New Zealand is a native race, holding to the British whiz have landed on their shores so precisely the rela tion which our painted ancestors bore to the Romans, that it might almost be concluded the intention was to bring ancient Rome, like Tyre and Sidon, in judg ment against us, in case of failure- in the duties the position imposes. Of indomitable courage, intelligent in the highest degree, desirous of European arts and knowledge to the greatest extent wit;eht -without a miracle is compatible with the habits of uncivilized life ih the existing generation, it seems admitted by acclamation on both sides of the House of Commons, that they are to be taken into partnership and form one more element in the nornewhat .variegated mass whence Isprings the true-horn-Englishman.. A more interesting spectaclehas hardly been presented in the world—if only crooked interests can be prevented Irom'spoiling it: a few years ago was made with the native inhabitants, called the treaty of Waitangi ; the purport of which was, that the natives accepted and acknowledged the sovereignty of the Queen of England, on condition of their p roperty in all lands in their possession being recol'nised and secured to them. There seem to be p nrties who admit that some of this was clap-trap, an sd that the natives had only an imperfect comprehens'ion of what it was they made over, and a still less co mplete ac quaintance with the degree in which, in lb e eyes of a sharp practitioner, they had secured to themselves what they intended in return. As is the nature of companies, the New Zealand Company is the sharp practitioner. It now raises the plea, that by the treaty the New Zealanders abandoned their clr um to all the country except what they are found holding for a beneficial use according to European notions ; and in fact represents, that it would be useless for the Company to proceed, unless it may have lands in partibus infidelium for nothiiig. A war is going on in New Zealand, of •which, though silence is preserved on the subject, this dispute may be suspected to be the cause. 'What is known is, that the Bishop of New Zealand protested against the proceedings taken against the native population in respect of the interpretation of the treaty, and that the Methodist missionaries, men trustworthy in the highest degree both from their• general habits and their particular position in the country concerned, have joined in the protest. This of course is un popular in some quarters. But who shall say, that when the mild light of antiquity has been shed over the scene, the act of the Bishop of New Zealand, with a little aid from the imagination of the painter, shall not figure on the walls of some New Zealand House of Commons, like the deeds of those old• world saints, who whether perfect or not according to our ideas of theological perfection, raised in their day the meek standard of Christianity as a barrier be tween the oppressor and the oppressed ? 'What is a bishop for, or at all events why is he clothed in purple and made •to walk among princes, if it is not that he may on occasion form an element in the po litical machine, and bring the influence of his peaceful habits rtnd cooler head into the transactions of mankind ? The immediatts, question before the House is a re markable one, and greatly in want of light. A con stitution had be rn forwarded to New Zealand, con taining, among, other things, the introduction of something li'Ae our municipal bodies at home. This constitution the governor on his own responsibility has prayed to suspend for five years. A suspicious appearance on first view ; and yet there is reason on the whole t o believe t'nat the governor is a sincere man, and com petent '‘o comprehend his position and its conse quences. His objection to the introduction of the constitution now, appears to be that in some way it will tend to the exclusion of the native constituency. What this way is, like everything else, is not made clear. But it seems possible that it may be con nected with the existing war, and the belief that when it is ended, the introduction of the natives to the exe;cise of political . rights, will be -nacre favOurably proceeded with. One instance of-sincerity "on the"part of the governor is worthy of remark. A New Zealander, if he lives cleanly like a gen tleman, is to be a town-councillor as well as anybody else ; but it was stipulated that town-councillors must read and write. On this the governor represents, that numbers of the leading New Zealanders read and write, but not English; and that it would be very hard to exclude them for want of knowledge of the tongues. This certainly looks as if it might be trusted. The case therefore appears to be this. The New Zealand Company wants to see an interminable series of wars in New Zealand, which doubtless you and I are to pay for, in order that it may enjoy the privilege of taking the New Zealanders' lands for nothing. Not, it may be, the lands they are using for cultivation, but lands to which they conceive they have a title, and which title they believe to hav' been secured to them by treaty. The New Zealanders have genius enough to know, that they can have no general security for lands at all, if their titles are to be submitted to a white man's jury to decide whether the land was in beneficial oc cupation or not. Fancy a race of powerful foreigners landing on the coast of England or Scotland, and proposing to refer to a jury of their own, whether the Duke of Athol had a beneficial occupation, or the preserves of Mr. Coke of Norfolk were his by the law of nations. It is clear that this would be the way to ensure a war to the knife. Of this war, therefore, it is advisable, in the case of New Zealand, to count the cost. How many blankets would it cost to buy up honestly the claims of the natives to such lands as the Company may from time to time be able to be make good use of; seeing that it has been acknowledged in Parliament that the New Zealanders are very ready to sell, and the lowness of the price accepted must be in proportion to the smallness of the actual utilities derived from the lands ? And how many blankets, with men in them, some to live and some to be buried, will it cost you and me or whoever may be the payers, if the whim of the New Zealand Company for a crusade against the lands of the infidels is to be given way to ? The spirit of both sides of the House of Commons is admirable. The ,Colonial Secretary, there seems reason to fear, is not at present equal to the circum stances, and therefore should be corroborated. To which nothing can tend so much as a generous attention on the part of the public. The Govern ment in the House of Commons, too, appeared to labour under some confusion of ideas, between the fic tion of law by which all land is held to be vested in the Queen, and the question of proprietary rights. Is there to be Civil war in New Zealand till every na tive Duke' of Athol admits the utility of the fiction of law aforesaid, he all the time fighting for a perfectly distinct object, to wit, preventing the lands he has been accustomed to think his own or his tribe's, from being adjudicated to be the Company's for defect of beneficial occupation ? But these questions will fine down, if the public will only attend to them. Knowing from expe rience in a colony myself, how easy it is to secure the confidence of uncivilised men by a little justice and a little kindness, I hope to be excused it I have been prolix on this subject. Orr the same day a circumstance occurred, not actually extending to the House of Commons, but meant to do so in its results; a procession of seamen to petition the Queen for the preservation of the Navigation Laws. Accerdin4 to the Protectionist newspapers, this is hut the beginning of sorrows ; for the silk-weavers, the curriefS, the boOt-risakeiS, the glove-makers, are invited to do the like. Everybody is to ask to rob everybody ; and it remains to be seen what everybody will say to it in the end. On Thursday Lord Morpeth brought in the Bill for promoting the Public Health. We bury the dead - within our great towns, till the dead and the living rot together;" and we close windows by a window .tax, in_ order to keep out: fresh air and shut the tholera in.. A. Bill that says, nothing up these points, is likelh4lay of Harald nth the part of hamlet omitted. On the same night was a debate upon the Tea MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 14:, Duties, on a demand for documents on China by Mr. Cardwell. It appears settled without resource, that there is no possibility of laying the tea duties v.ith out taxing the poor at two or three times the rate of the rich. What a howl this would raise if A was proposed for the wealthy classes! But if three or four millions of tea duties must be levied at this rate on the poor, does it not form a reason why an income or Property Tax should be levied on the rich at two or three times the rate on the poer ? The idea never occurred to me before; therefore it may be new to somebody besides. On Friday the debate was resumed on the , Bill for the removal of Jewish Disabilities. The speech of the night was by the Membe r for Southampton, Mr. Cockburn, QC. The rem nant of the fire-and-faggot party, sorely re duced when, instead of roasting a Jew, they are confined to trying to keep him out of Parliament, advanced their usual insolent pretence to being the only Christians in the llouse, a❑d appeared impene trable to the fact that it is the Christian feeling of the country which is demanding justice to the Jew:. At one in the morning the second reading was carried by 277 against 204. The majority does not appear to be considered large ; and it is probable there mr.tst be more of it yet, before the robbery in the name of Christ is at an end. The petitioners for, are six times those against ; but still it would be well to move.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, T. PERRONET THOMPSON. Blackheath, London, Feb. 12, 1848. COURT CIRCULAR. Fier Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited the Queen on Saturday at Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Mr. G. E. Anson, attended a meeting at the office of the Duchy of Cornwall, in Somerset-house, on Satur day morning. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by his Royal Highness the Duke of Saxe Coburg and Count Arthur Mensdorff, and attended by Captain the Hon. A. Gordon, Equerry in waiting, rode out on horseback on Saturday. Baron Fritsch was in wait ing on the Duke of Saxe Coburg. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg and Count Arthur Mensdorff, honoured the performance at the Lyceum Theatre with their presence on Saturday evening. The Royal suites consisted of the Viscountess Jocelyn, Madame de Wangenheim, the Earl of Morley, Colonel Buckley, Captain the Hon. A. Gordon, and Baron Fritsch. The Queen and Prince Albert, the Duke of Saxe Coburg, and Count Arthur Mensdorff took an early walk in the pleasure grounds adjoining Buckingham Palace before church yesterday morning. All the Royal children took pony and walking ex ercise yesterday forenoon in the grounds. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg, and Count Arthur Mons dorff, and also the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic household, attended Divine service yesterday in the private chapel of the Palace. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay officiated. Sir William C. Ross, 8.A., has had the honour of attending daily at Buckingham Palace, by command of her Majesty, taking sittings for a miniature of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Saxe Coburg. A Cabinet Council was held at twelve o'clock, on Saturday, at the Foreign Office. It was attended by Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Auckland, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Campbell, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Right Hon. H. Labeuchere, Vis count Morpeth, and the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay. The Council sat two hours. Count de Reventlow, the Danish Minister, trans acted business on Saturday, at the Foreign-office. A deputation of members of the Society of Friends had an interview with Sir George Grey, on Satur day, at the Home-office, on the subject of military defences. The deputation was composed of Josiah Forster, Peter Bedford, George Stacey, Samuel Gurney, Richard Barrett, Robert Forster, and John Hodgkin. Mr. Barkly and Mr. Higgins had an interview with Earl Grey, on Saturday, at the Colonial-office. A deputation of the Airdrie and Bathgate Railway Company, consisting of Mr. Steele Nisbet and Mr. Deans, had an interview with the Right Hon. Edward Strutt, on Saturday, at the office of the Commissioners of Railways in the Board of Trade. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a committee meeting on Saturday. —Dispatches were sent off on Saturday evening from the Colonial-office for the Governor of Van Diemen's Land. The Speaker of the House of Commons gave a grand dinner on Saturday evening, at his residence in Eaton-square. Sir John and Lady B. Johnstone, and Miss John stone, arrived at their residence, in Grosvenor-square, on Saturday, from Hackness Hall, Yorkshire. Viscount Nevill arrived in town on Saturday. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, FEB. 12. WADIIAIi COLLEGE, Two scholarships, for which founder's kin under nineteen years of age, being duly qualified, are entitled to a preference, will be filled up at the next election. Persons wishing to become candidates are required to transmit: to the Warden evidence of their kindred on or before Thursday, the 4th of May; in default of such candidates, both the scholarships and a third, which will be vacant, will be open to natives or Great Britain. QUEEN'S COLLEGE. Mr. Charles William Moffat, commoner of Exeter College, has been elected a Michel's Exhibitioner at Queen's. The meeting of. the- Ashtnolean Society for the present term will be held on Monday, the 21st inst., and on Monday, the 6th and 20th of March. VISIT OF HER MAJESTY TO TRH LYCEUM THEATRE. —Oa Saturday night the Queen and her Royal Consort, with the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg, and a select suite, Count Mensdorff, Lady Jocelyn, Colonel Buckley, and Captain Gordon,' honoured this theatre with their presence for the first time during the present management. The royal visit was not known till nearly five o'clock. The Queen and her illustrious relations were received at the royal entrance in Burleigh-street, on their arrival a few minutes before eight, by Mr. Strutt, Mr. Roxby (the stage-manager), and Mr. Charles Mathews. The pieces were Askunding Phenomena, , and Box and Cox. Her Majesty and de partyGol doi Br remainedneh till the curtain fell. The house was cr owded in every part. DRURY LANE THEATRE.—To-morrow evening (Tuesday.) the indefatigable Mr. Allcroft, of Monster Concert selected programme, c on t a i n i ng some o f t h e mos t c h o i ce e n vo calists, both for e i gn an d nat i ve, each of t h e h i ghest se lections ectios celebrity, from h gives i v e psop a grand musical treat. A well ular composers of the day, repute in their respective professions, will appear. From the extended patronage these concerts annually receive, coupled with Mr. Allcroft's general attention and kind ness of manners, a crowded theatre with an agreeable e vening's entertainm ent may b e expected. The Duke of Devonshire gave a splendid enter tainment at his marine residence at Kemp Tows, Brighton, on Friday night. A grand dinner preceded the soiree dansante. VISCOUNTESS PALMERSTON'S SOIREE.—On Satur day evening her Ladyship had a brilliant reception at the family residence i n C ar l ton - gar d ens. A se l ect circle of guests Were entert a i ne d a t di nner , pr ev i ous t o the soiree, by Viscountess Palmerston, the Noble Viscount being at the Parliamentary dinner given by the Speaker. y the SERIOUS AFFRAY BE TWIXT THE POLICE AND THE STUDENTS.—Betwixt 1 and 2 o ' clock yesterday, one of those collisions took place betwi x t t h e stu d ents atten di ng the University and the police auth or iti es , w hi c h h ave on town, notti ; e, former occasions spread no small consternat i on over t h e t n o e t b h e e l lliigeeernesnet t p a k a r e t n y in , As usual, the disturbance originated in one of tht most trifling possible circum stances, being neither more nor l ess t h an t h e runn i ng down of a pup by a carr i age on the South Bridge, oppo cinenittthsreall conflictsaciwulae quarters sssof with otfh the )e . other. rb Ow site the college gate, where knots of students, contrary to the inaugural admonitions of Principal Lee, are always assembled. It appears that a policeman having chal lenged the conduct of the coachman driving the carriage, whom the students, who were looking on as self consti tuted arbitrators, considered to be blameless, the parties thus came in contact —the policeman attempting to capture the driver, and the students rushing to the rescue. It is also stated that the students standing on the college steps were considerably exasperated by a workman throwing the dead dog at them, and that the return of the compliment on their part was the principal cause of the row. The day patrol haying been called on to apprehend the students, a general engagement ensued, In which the use of sticks and stones were liberally resorted to, and with such effect, that in the shape in which the report first reached our office, it was stated that no fewer than 14 of the police force had been removed disabled to the infirmary; but it turns out that only two were severely injured, whilst 20 of the students have been taken as prisoners to the Police-office. Whilst the stones were flying about in all directions, during the heat of the battle, the shops in the neighbourhood of the scene of action were entirely closed, and, for the most part, continued to be so during the evening. Dense crowds have filled the streets in the vicinity during the day; with the descent of night, a cessation of hostilities has taken place on either part; but, from the number of students congregated near the office, apprehensions even yet prevail, as we write, that the outbreak may be renewed. It is suspected that the students are arming thems,lves with sticks and blud geons, preparatory to a renewal of the onset to morrow. It is to be hoped, however, that effective measures will ere then be adopted, by calling out the special constabu lary, or otherwise, for the preservation of the peace. A number of pickpockets were apprehended harvesting in the crowd.—North British Mail of Saturday. There is an advance of about ls, per sack in the price of potatoes on the Trent side. The holders, how ever, will now readily sell ; and this they will be bliged to do shortly, as the potatoes are growing very much in the heaps.—Stamford Mercury. y~~` ... t HORRIBLE CASE OF RAPE AND MURDER IN FRANCE. On Monday last the Court of Assizes at Toulouse entered upon the trial of a case Which has excited the most painful sensation in that city and the adjacent districts for miles round, and which pro mises to be one of the most extraordinary ever taken cognizance of by any tribunal. This interest, painful and appalling though it be, exists not only in the circumstances of the crime itself, but also in the manner in which it was brought home to the indi vidual charged with its perpetration. For, although we have not received the result of this judicial in quiry, there can be no doubt that the person accused of the deed will be found guilty by the jury; and it is most probable that their verdict will have been delivered before this narrative appears in print. The victim of the double crime of rape and murder was a young female of fifteen, named Cecile Combettes; and the accused is a priest, named Leotade (otherwise Louis Bonafons), belonging to the brotherhood of the Christian Doctrine at Toulouse. We must preface our recital by stating that the establishment occupied by the brotherhood is called the Community, and consists of two large houses and several smaller buildings, having vast court-yards and gardens attached to them, and overlooking the Rue Rignet (Rignet-street). Separated by a wall frcm the principal garden, is the Cemetery of Saint Aubyn ; and forming the boundary of another side of the garden, is a row of out-houses, consisting of stables, cow-sheds, granaries, and a sort of barn, where provender for the cattle is kept. These few particulars must be kept in view in order to render the ensuing narrative completely intelligible. Cecile Combettes was the daughter cf humble but honest and industrious parents, dwelling in the city of Toulouse. She was apprenticed in April, 1846,1 to M. Conte, a bookbinder, and would have finished her period of service in the same month of the year 1847—that is to say a few days after the one on which the deplorable catastrophe occurred that de prived her of life. As stated above, she was only fifteen years old ; and we may add that she was short for her age, but well formed, and graceful in her de portment. Her countenance, if not positively beau tiful, was pleasing ; her hair of chesnut colour and luxuriant; her eyes of dark brown, and modest in expression ; her lips of a rich red ; and her teeth exquisitely white and even. The feet and hands were small even to a fault ; and on Sundays or holidays she was always remarkable for the neatness of her attire, which was in the best possible taste for her social posi• tion. Her disposition was amiable, her principles virtuous ; and she was beloved by all who knew her.' We now come to the history of the crime itself. On the 16th of April, 1847, at half-past six o'clock in the morning, a person named Raspand entered the Cemetery of Saint Aubyn, accompanied by Leveque (the porter of the burial-ground), and a M. Laroque (a carpenter of Toulouse). They were proceeding towards the chapel, the door of which faces the wall separating the cemetery from the garden of the Com munity of the Christian Doctrine, when they beheld the body of a female at a little distance ; indeed, within a few paces of the wall itself. The body was lying with its face downward, and in a position which seemed as if the female had knelt down first, and then fallen forward until the elbows touched the ground. Raspand moved the corpse in the least degree so as to obtain a view of the countenance I when the features of Cecile Combettes were instantly recognised by himself and his companions. An alarm was raised; and in due time the Judge of Instruction, the Com missary of Police, and other authorities were upon the spot. A strict, laborious, and skilfully conducted investi gation now commenced. The first question that arose was—had the body been brought thither, and there deposited in the position in which it was found? A variety of circumstances, fully detailed in the vo luminous indictment from which this narrative is abridged, forbade that hypothesis ; and other circum stances, each infinitesimally minute in itself, but admirably combined by the keenness and shrewdness of the authorities, established the fact that the body had been thrown over the wall from the garden of the Community. The authorities accordingly entered the grounds belonging to that monastic establish ment ; and, on examining that portion of the garden which was just behind the part of the wall where the body was supposed to have been thrown over into the cemetery, they found two distinct marks, or rather holes, formed by the lower extremities of a ladder. There were several ladders in the Community; and all were immediately examined; but only one out of the number fitted the exact position of the holes. All these circumstances proved that the corpse of Cecile Combettes had been thrown from the Community garden into the cemetery; and as, in the meantime, the medical man had discovered that the victim had been murdered by repeated blows on the head, after being previously violated, it now remained to detect and mark out the criminal from amidst the numerous ecclesiastics, novices, and their retainers, dwelling in the Community. About the garments of the murdered girl, had been discovered two or three pieces of hay or straw : this fact led to an examination of the barn where the provender for the cattle was kept ; and there the au thorities found ample proofs to convince them that this out-house had been the theatre alike of the rape and the murder. The medical inquest had shown that there were .ome stains on the linen of the de ceased, corresponding in appearance with some found on other linen in the laundry of the Brotherhood. Now the authorities fancied that they had found a clue to the murderer; and, indeed, after a great deal of trouble, they succeeded in ascertaining that the shirt just alluded to had been worn by Brother Leotade, a member of the Community, and aged 35. The ma gistrates next visited the dormitories ; and they dis covered that the only one from which the occupant might let himself out into the gardens by night, was that tenanted by Brother Leotade. Other circum stances, trivial when viewed separately, but important when taken as a whole, increased the weight of sus picion already attached to that ecclesiastic ; and the authorities pursuing their investigation, learnt that he had been seen in the corridor of the establishment, on the evening of the 15th of April, 1847, in company with Cecile Combettes. It then appeared that M. Conte, the girl's master, was in the habit of binding books for the brethren, and that Cecile had been sent for, on the evening in question, to receive an order from Brother Leotade. The magistrate next proceeded to inquire into the pursuits of the accused on the same day when the murder was discovered; and it appeared that he went out at an early hour, immediately after a rumour had been circulated in the community that the body of a female had just been found in the cemetery, and be fore it was known in that establishment who the victim was. Nevertheless, Leotade is proved to h ave visited M. Conte, and to have said to Madame Conte, her husband being absent, " Who is this girl of whose murder they are talking ? Did she belong to your workshop ?" From Conte's dwelling, Leotade pro ceeded direct to a confectioner named Lajue, and to him he said, " This Conte is a bad man ? If I had known the history of his former life, he never should have bound any books for us ;" and the ecclesiastic then threw out certain inuendoes to the effect that Conte himself had murdered the girl,—adding, " Of course, no one can say positively that it was he; but —" Now, it was proved that, so far from brother Leo tade having, as he would have had M. Lajus infer, discovered certain scandalous particulars regarding Conte's early life, the fact was, that the priest had always known them, and had forgiven him for those transgressions. The matters referred to were the seduction by Conte of his own sister. in-law, and his cruel treatment towards her father; but the man had repented of his misdeeds, had been pardoned by the Community, and for some years past had led a moral, upright, and honest life. Thus the affected ignorance of Leotade respecting those affairs, and his pretence to have learnt them for the first time on that memo rable morning, together with his anxiety to make them a ground for throwing upon Conte the suspicion of the murder—and all this, when, had he been really innocent, he could not have known that the victim was one of Conte's apprentices at all—only tended to make the case look darker against him. He was ac cordingly arrested; and when questioned relative to the shirt, his remarks to Madame Conte, his conversa tion with M. Lajus, and other suspicious matters, he gave such contradictory answers, and uttered so many falsehoods, that :the Judge of Instruction eventually committed him for trial. Such is the brief narrative of this romantic, but dreadful affair. The general belief has been hitherto, that Leotade must have enticed the girl to accompany him from the corridor, where they were seen to gether, into the gardens, in order to visit the rabbits in one of the stables—that he allured her into the bap, and there perpetrated the double crime of violation and murder—and that, leaving the corpse in the out house until the middle of the night, he stole out of his room, and by means of the ladder, threw the body into the cemetery,,where it was discovered. In consequence of the delays which Leotade has himself aided to interpose, by putting in force all th e forms of the criminal tribunal for the purpose, the trial has stood over until Monday last, on whi c h d ay, as above stated, it commenced at Toulouse. The in dictment, from which we have taken this narrative, is most voluminous, and forms a large oct avo vo l ume ; it is moreover illustrated with diagrams d escr i pt i ve of all the localities mentioned in the lamentable history. The court has been greatly crowded during the trial, and thousands have been una bl e to catch a glimpse of the criminal.—Dispatch. At a general meeting of the Stationers' and Paper manufacturers' Provident Society, held at Gcrard's Hall on Tuesday evening, Mr. John Dickinson, the eminent paper-manufacturer, was unanimously elected president of the society, in the room of Sir James Williams, the late president, deceased, • ~. ; • 1848. RECENT DISCOVERIES IN ELEC TRICITY. [ln the:Literary Gazette of the sth instant, we find the following synopsis of a very remarkable paper recently laid before theßoyal Society; and we would particularly direct to it the attention of -- bur readers, as it appears to us to be the announcement of one of the most extraordinary discoveries yet made in elec tricity. Those who are at all familiar with the sub ject must be already aware that, for a very consider able time past, philosophy has been baffled in its re searches as to the actual cause of lightning. The immortal Franklin had demonstrated the identity of that sublime phenomenon and electricity, but the manner in which such enormous volumes of electricity were first generated, and then discharged, has hitherto remained an almost inscrutable enigma. One hypo thesis after another has been advanced, but one after another they have proved ineffectual in resolving this magnificent mystery. Some philosophers have attri buted the phenomenon to a spark, and others to an explosion, and the matter has long been vainly investigated by such men as Mr. Roberts, as Mr. Sturgeon, of the Military College at Addiscombe, as Mr. Walker, the editor of the Electrical Magazine, and as Mr. Snow Harris, the distinguished practical electrician, whose lightning conductors have been very generally and successfully adopted in the navy of Great Britain. At length the proximate cause of the enormous electrical discharges called lightning seems to us to have been definitively discovered. The discoverer—Mr. Isham I3aggs--has added another great truth to those lately established and promul gated by Professor Faraday. He has, to our thinking, solved one of the noblest problems of Nature, and has proved, upon t h ose august principles of philosophy which were first maintained by Lord Bacon—that the phenomenon of lightning is an explosion analogous to that of a Leyden jar, the intensity being derived from a consecutive arrangement of positive and negative elements, an arrangement which has been carefully noticed by Mr. Crosse as that existing in a thunder-cloud. According to the report which we here transcribe from the columns of our contempo rary the Literary Gazette, it would appear that the opinion of Mr. Baggs has been fully corroborated by his subsequent investigations.—En. Sun.] ROYAL SOCIETY, JAN. 13.—The Marquis of Northampton, President, in the chair.—" On the Disruptive Discharge of accumulated Electricity, and the Proximate Cause of Lightning," by Mr. Isham Baggs ; communicated by Mr. S. Hunter Christie, Secretary to the Royal Society. The author proposes to inquire into the principal causes of the violent and disruptive union of opposite electricities which constitutes the electric discharge ; and to apply the knowledge thus gained to the expla nation of natural phenomena, and the further proof of the identity of frictional and voltaic electri cities. He describes two instruments which he em ployed for the purpose of regulating the discharges of a Leyden jar, or battery, by adjusting with precision the distances between two brass balls, forming a communication between the inner and outer coatings ; allowing of their being charged only to a limited degree of intensity, by carrying off all the electricity beyond that extent; and thus guarding the glass from the danger of fracture from an excess of charge. He is led to the conclusion, that with a given dialectric, such as glass, the limit to the intensity of the charge it can receive varies directly as the cube of its thick ness, being in the compound ratio of the resistance it presents to the discharge, which is simply as the thickness, and of the square of the distance of the two charged surfaces, such being the law of electric action. When a number of insulated Leyden jars, arranged in a consecutive series by connecting the outer coat ing of each with the inner coating of the next, is charged by means of an electrical machine, the ten sion of the charge diminishes in each jar as they follow in the series, that of the terminal jar being exceedingly small. On the other hand, when each jar has been charged separately in the same manner and to as equal extent, and then quickly arranged in a series, the jars not touching one another, but the knobs connected with the inner coating of each jar, after the first being placed at a certain distance from the outer coating of the preceding jar, which in such an arrange meat is charged with an electricity of an opposite kind to that of the knob adjacent to it, the author found that the tension of the electricities was greatly augmented, giving rise to violent explosions when ever a di' charge occurred. He considers a battery thus constituted as bearing the same relation to a single Leyden jar as the voltaic pile does to a single galvanic circle; and as affording in like manner the means of exalting, to any assignable degree, the electric tension. Adopting the views of Mr. Crosse as to the constitution of a thunder-cloud, namely, that it is formed of a number of concentric zones of elec tricity, alternately positive and negative, the central one having the highest intensity, and the tension diminishing in the successive zones surroundin g th e innermost, till it became ,inappreciable in the one most remote; the author considers this condition of the cloud to be analogous to that of the battery above described, and the phenomena of the former to receive complete illustration from the experimental results obtained with the latter. LORD GEORGE BENTINCK. We give to the public, with great satisfaction, the sub joined address to Lord George Bentinck, bearing the signature of a committee, which, at a meeting of the party of which his Lordship has been the leader, was deputed to propose a suitable recognition of his eminent services in the cause of protection to British industry, as advocated by them in Parliament. This address, agreed to unanimously at a meeting held at Mr. Bankes's was presented to his Lordship on Saturday, by Lord Ingestre, whose name stands at the head of those who have b ee n honoured with this charge. His Lordship's feelings are, we know, of a nature to be warmly touched by the expression which this address contains; and the assurance which it conveys, to the effect that no severance of political connexion or of personal confidence will ensue between those who have acknowledged Lord George as their leader and himself —will remove every apprehension that bad been felt by our sensitive contemporaries, the Times and Chronicle, in regard to the disruption of a powerful party. These authorities have, in their kind consideration, been forward to supply the party thus become the object of their care with a new commander, and no one will blame the choice they have made in fixing upon tho Marquis of Granby. The fitness of this young nobleman for such a post will bo doubted by no one but himself, and we have only to fear that hesitation arising from that quarter may, at the present moment, prevent or postpone the arrangement which we should, for our own part, hail with unqualified satisfacs tion. "February 11, 1848. " My Lord—We hare been desired to convey to your Lordship, from those at whose earnest request you accepted the leadership of their party, their grateful sense of the zealous and eminently able manner in which you gave effect to their political endeavours at a time of peculiar exigency. You enabled them, when suddenly deserted by leaders in whom they had long placed confi dence, to maintain that position which in public estima tion they are entitled to claim, as representatives of large constituencies. Animated by your example, they stood their ground against a combination formed under cir cumstances for which political history affords no precedent. " The honourable considerations which induce you to relinquish the leadership they cannot but duly appre ciate, being aware that you have ever and openly ex pressed your feelings in respect of difficulties which have now arisen. Your assurance that no severance of poli tical connexions will ensue, persuades them that in their endeavours to promote the prosperity of all classes in this country, still having the aid of your energetic tslent, and enjoying your continued confidence, they will still benefit by that scrupulous sense of honour and uncompromising consistency of character which have placed you so high in public estimation. " Appointed by the unanimous voice of a large as semblage of those who have thus acted in political unison, for the purpose of presenting to your Lordship their expressions of warm and grateful attachment " We have the honour to subscribe ourselves, ever your Lordship's most INGESTR truly, E faithfully, an d s i ncerely, " , OSSULSTON, RICHARD SPOONER, GEORGE BANKEs, AUGUSTUS STAFFORD, JOHN TROLLOPE, WILLIAM MILES, CHARLES NIERRICK BURRELL, J. B. Y. BULLER, EDWARD CONOLLY, JOHN WALSH, J. C. HERRIES. " To the Right Ron. The Lord George Bentinck, M.P."—Post. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.—Captain J. H. Purees, of the Grenadier Guards, has been appointed Brigade- Major of the South-Western District, vice Colonel Daly, resigned. Lieut. C. T. Wemyss, of the Scots Fusilier Guards, has been appointed Extra Aide-de-Camp to the Right Hon. Lord F. Fitaclarence, Lieutenant-Governor of Portsmouth, and Commender-in-Chief of the South- Western District. EAST INDIA.—A return of the amount of the money annually remitted to the East India Company on hypo theticated goods or produce for the last ten years, moved for by Mr. Ewart, M.P., shows that the following sums were remitted, via. :—ln 1837-38, 1,625,053/. ; in 1838.39, 817,4291. ; in 1839 40, 1,009,8311. ; in 1840-41, 1,229,8021.; in 1841.42, 383,3591.; in 1842 -43, 585,1381. ; in 1843 . 44, 139,4661.; in 1844 . 45 ,637,8081.; in 184646, 535,8271.; and in 1846.47, 1,628,656/. The Queen has appointed Dr. Allen Thompson to be Professor of Anatomy in the University of Glasgow. ARCHBISHOPRIC OF CANTERBURY.— Yesterday's Sunday Times mentions the Bishop of Lichfield as the probable successor of the late Dr. Howley. Ile was her present Majesty's tutor. Saturday's Inquirer says that the Bishop of Chester has been named as not unlikely to be proposed. Lord Brougham is expected to arrive in London at the close of the present week, from Causes. his seat in the south of France. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTR, FEB. 11.— We are informed Sir Charles Napier's fleet is ordered from the Tagus to Cork. The committee appointed to receive subscriptions in aid of the distressed by the late melancholy loss of the Avenger will dispense the first moiety of their means to the a[plicants of this vicinity to-morrow, at the Naval College in the Dockyard. Mr. Haig, the secretary to Sir Charles Ogle, has most con siderately accepted the post of honorary secretary to the committee formed at this port to receive sub scriptions. Sir Charles Ogle entertained the following guests at dinner this evening at the Admiralty-house:— Captain Eden, of the Victory; Major Harvey, aide de-camp to Lord Frederick Fitzclarence, and Mrs. Harvey; Colonel Armstrong, commanding the Royal Artillery in this garrison ; Captain Byng, Royal Navy; Captain Chads, C. 8., of the Excellent, and Royal Naval College; Mrs. Byng; Commander Otter, Royal Navy ; Mrs. Otter ; Captain Mansel, of the Actaeon ; Captain Martin, of the Prince Re gent ; and Commander Grenfell, of the Illustrious. The Champion, 14, Commander Hayes, is fitting in the basin. She is entering some excellent seamen. She is intended for service on the south-east coast of America station, under the orders of Commodore Sir Thomas Herbert, K.C.B. The Actaeon, 26, Captain George Manse], was paid off into ordinary to-day. The Devon lighter sailed to-day with stores for Plymouth. In Harbour—The Victory, the Excellent, the Prince Regent, the Illustrious, the Victoria and Albert, the Blenheim, and the Nautilus ; the Echo, and the Fire Queen, steamers. _ _ In the Basin—The Retribution, the Champion, the Undine, the Swallow, the Rolla, and the Rocket. In Dock—Tie Powerful, the Leander, the Ajax, the Fairy, the Sappho, and the Orestes. At St. Helen's—The Sealark. Wind, N.W.—Moderate breezes, and fine weather. ADMIRALTY, FEB. 11.—J. Hay, Naval Cadet, to the Havannah ; Edgar Disney, Naval Cadet, to the Prince Regent ; Frank Young, Midshipman, to the Wellesley ; Joseph E. M. Wilson, Naval Cadet, to the Caledonia ; William J. R. Card, Lieutenant (addi tional), to the Hibernia; Henry Robinson, Gunner, to the Caledonia. CHATHAM, FEB. 11.—Professor Mosely, the gen tleman appointed by the Admiralty to inspect the schools at the different dockyards, paid his annual visit to the school at this yard on Monday, the 7th inst., and having completed the examination returned to London yesterday. The Rochester arrived yesterday with stores from Plymouth and Portsmouth yards. The African steam-vessel towed the Vivid steam packet away yesterday to Messrs. Penn's, at Green. wich, to have her engines fitted. Last evening, whilst the Prince Alfred and the Princess Royal steam•vessels were lying alongside each other at the Ship pier, James Gibbs, the engi neer of the Prince Alfred, was leaving for the shore with a crank pin and nut weighing about Plb., and stepping on board the Princess Royal, he missed his footing and fell between the vessels, and imme diately sunk. Creepers were instantly in use, but owing to the tide running down very strong the body was not recovered. He was about 24 years of age, and a native of Bristol. PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAT.—It is eminently gratifying to us to observe the appeal on behalf of the widows and orphans and others bereaved of their dearest kindred by the loss of the Avenger so generously and universally responded to both in and ont of the naval service. The example which the crew of the Excellent set has been most nobly followed, and yesterday the Portsmouth committee paid the allotment (due in January) to 54 persons, who produced the authenticated documents ; they also made arrangements for similar payments in other quarters; and they will next investigate the claims of persons who may apply to be relieved from the funds collected and accumulating. The following officers compose the committee formed at this port for the purpose of receiving subscriptions and distributing them to the qualified candidates for the bounty :—Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., Commander in-Chief, President; Vice-Admiral Warren; Rear-Ad miral Prescott, CM., Superintendent of the Dockyard; Captain Sir William Parry, Superintendent of the Royal Hospital at Hasler, and the Clarence-yard ; Captain Chads, C. 8., of the Excellent, and Superin. tendent of the Royal Na va l C o ll ege ; Captain -Eden, of the flag-ship Victory ; Captain Thomas Ross Suli van, R.N.; Colonel Powell, R.M.; Commanders Tarle ton and Cockburn, R.N., Royal Naval College ; Major Castieau, R.M.A. ; Commander Holbrooke, R.N. ; Mr. Richard Haig, Secretary to the Commander-in- Chief (llon. Secretary to the committee); and Mr. R. Winchelo. The following are the sums collected from each ship in the Tagus on behalf of this praiseworthy and bene volent undertaking :—St. Viacent, flag-ship, 1221. 4s. 2d.; Canopus, 102/. 10i. tad. ; Howe, 431. (or thereabouts) ; Queen, 55/. 6s. 10d. ; Amphion, 51/. 19s. 10d. ; the Dragon steam-frigate, 43/. 9s. 3d. ; Scourge steam sloop, 361. 13s. sd. ; Jackal steam-vessel, $/. 19s. 10d. ; Terrible steam frigate, 57/. 16s. 3d. Other subscriptions from the Lisbon squadron make a handsome total of 546/. Admiral Sir William Hall Gage, G.C.11., late a Lord of the Admiralty, is nominated to succeed Admiral Sir John West, K.C.13., in the Command-in-Chief of the Plymouth station, vacant in April next. The Prince Regent, 92, Captain Martin, entered 56 men yesterday, and•fitted topgallantmasts. Captain Heriot, of this division of the Royal Marines, left yesterday for Ilull, on recruiting service. The dam which has been erected for the pretection of the works under Mr. Peter Rolt's contract at the north part of this dockyard exhibited signs of instability last Tuesday, chiefly caused by the removal of a considerable portion of the clay, &c., from the inside, which has been done pre paratory to the opening of the new steam-basin next month. On Friday it became dangerous from the con stant giving way of the braces and shores applied for its support. By dint of the incessant labour of nearly 300 men, who have worked in the constant danger of their lives, it has been for the present secured. The damago sustained by the adjoining work of Mr. Bramble (the dam of which is in connexion with Mr. Rolt's), by the irruption of the water, is very considerable. Colonel Irving, the director of engineering and architectural works to the Admiralty, came down on Friday night, on the casualty being telegraphed to the Admiralty, to in spect and inquire into the matter. _ _ - The Sealaik, 10, Commander Monypenny, sailed on Friday evening from St. Helen's Roads tor Plymouth, to receive advance wages and final orders. The Lucifer steam-sloop, Lieutenant-Commander Risk, arrived here yesterday from Sheerness, and came into the harbour to coal. She sailed the same evening for Cork. The Netley tender arrived yesterday from Devonport with supernumeraries, nearly 20 of whom were for the Havannah, 22, Captain W. Herringham, now lying at the Nure. As this vessel is reported to be complete in her complement, it became a question as to the disposal of these men, who are volunteers for the Havannakonly. It was ultimately decided to send them to her, and the Mercury' tender was accordingly dispatched with them this morning. The Actmon, 26, paid off on Friday, was dismasted yesterday. Wind, S.W., fresh breezes and hazy weather. APPOINTMENTS._ _ ADMIRALTY, 12.—Arthur Doyle, Lieut., to the Champion ; Walter J. Pollard, Lieutenant, and James T. Stanton, Midshipman, to the Ilavatinah ; Russell Heysham, Naval Cadet, to the Vernon ; Charles S. Forbes, Mate, to the Enterprise ; Walker King, Naval Cadet, to the St. Vincent ; John T. Maitland, Midship man, to the Powerful ; F. W. Bennett, Naval Cadet, to the Imaum ; W. H. Anderson, Midshipman, to the Victory ; G. W. P, Edwards, Midshipman, to the Star ; George Buckl e , Gunner (confirmed), to the Excellent ; George Wil son , Master's Assistant, to the Star ; Wil liam Edwards, Acting *Gunner, to the Champion ; George Ball, Assistant-Surgeon, to the Crane ; Robert Steven son, Surgeon- Superintendent, to the Anna Maria, con vict ship. DARING HIGHWAY ROBBERY AND OUTRAGE.— About half-past five o'clock yesterday (Friday) after noon, as a cheese factor, whose name we have not heard, was walking from Adlington to Macclesfield, he was stopped, only a few yards from the railway bridge, at Adlington, by two men, resembling hawkers, each of whom presented a large horse pistol at his breast and demanded his money. He resisted; they snatched at his watch guard, which broke, so that they did not get his watch; and while they were thus engaged another man came up and exclaimed, " Are you going to murder that man, then?" This alarmed the robbers, and they ran off. The cheese factor immediately went to the public house at the corner of the bridge, and gave the alum; and the landlord instantly mounted his horse, and rode after the fellows, giving the hue and cry as he rode along, till many joined in the chase. He r ode u p to the fellows, but they presented their p i s t o ls at him, and said if he did not let them alone they would settle Man. On this he desisted, having no aid near ; but on p assin g a place where two brothers , qu arr y men, named W y at t , a were n at or awork,about threetbey joined d Bann the e s d cfa i r n iolme the chase , na place s e in Pot Fold,where the , and after fellows attacked the che ese-factor, the y were overtaken cs b l y horise t g h wi e eiyt.h Wyatts, th U e rged at ap byothers, the Wyatt s attempte d to ruffians, i n doing which each of the high waymen fired at and shot his captor. The elder brother, Thomas Wyatt, who is about 45, was wounded in the arm. The younger brother, William, aged forty, received a more severe and dangerous wound, the ball entering the body just above the stomach, and penetrat ing to the upper and outer part of the right thigh, where it was found lodged a b ou t h a lf an inch under the skin. The prisoners gave their names Bates and Walmsley; one of them is an Irishman; both are strange in the neighbourhood, and though not shabbily dressed were bad' looking men, yet not such as might be expected to " take to the road," for one is a very little man, and neither of them is strong or stoutly made. Thera were taken from them a brace of new horse-pistols of the largest bore, evidently but just discharged. At first the men were conveyed in custody to Adlington-hall; but the younger Wyatt being considered in imminent danger, the prisoners were reconducted to Bann Fold, and Wyatt's deposition was taken in their presence.—Manm chester Guardian. ,CHIEF RABBI Or THE JEWS IN HOLLAND.—On the sth inst. Mr. B. S. Berenstein was solemnly admitted Chief Rabbi of the Hague, after which he delivered an able soma 011 Fa. Rl. T. I. ~~:e