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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, March 21. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat .on the Wool sack at Five o'clock. ADMINISTRATION OATHS (CHANCERY) BILL. On the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR the Administration of Oaths (Chancery) Bill was read a second time. ENCUMBERED ESTATES BILL (IRELAND). The Encumbered Estates Bill (Ireland) passed through Committee, and the report was brought up. REPRESENTATIVE PEERS OF SCOTLAND. The Earl of EGLINTON, referring to the Act of last session, regulating the Election of Representative Peers of Scotland, said that at the last election, Lord Colville had claimed to vote, and his claim had been protested against by the greater number of Peers pre sent. He, therefore, moved that a copy of that pro test be laid before their Lordships, and that it be re ferred to a Select Committee of their Lordships' House on Tuesday, 11th April next, and that Lord Colville be required to attend.—Agreed to. AUDIT OF RAILWAY ACCOUNTS BILL. On the motion of Lord MONTEAGLE the House resolved itself into Committee on the Audit of Railway Accounts Bill. After a desultory conversation, in which the Earls of Malmesbury and Eglinton, and Lords Redesdale, Mont eagle, Stanley, Ashburton, and Granville took part, the clauses were agreed to with several verbal amendments. The Bill was then reported to the House, and their Lordships adjourned. ROUSE OF COMMONS, Match 21. Th• SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock. DUNDALK ELECTION. The Clerk of the Crown attended to amend the returns for the Borough of Dundalk. NEW MEMBERS. Mr. M'CoLLAGEt took the oaths and his seat for Dundalk. The Marquis of BLIkiDFORD took the oaths and his seat for Woodstock. Mr. HOBEIOUSE took the oaths and his seat for Lin- coln. AYLESBURY ELECTION COMMITTEE. This Committee obtained leave to sit during the evening. SECOND RE ADINGS. The following Railway Bills were read a second time and ordered to be committed. Bristol and Exeter (Branch from Bleadon to Wells, Glastonbury, and Street). Bristol and Exeter (Taunton and Castle Cary Branch). Clarence and Leeds and Thirsk Amalgamation. Exeter and Exmouth Railway Acts Amendment. Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester Railway and Branches. Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction (Burnley and Colliery Branches). Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock (Amendment and Branches, &c). Great Northern (Isle of Axholme Extension). Great Western (Extension of the Berks and Hants Rail way from Hungerford to Westbury, with a Branch to Devizes). Leeds and Thirak (Branch from Melmerby to North allerton and Junction with York and Newcastle Railway). Leeds and Thirsk (Harrogate and Pateley Branch). Leeds Central Railway Station. London and Blackwall Improvement and Branches to the St. Katharine's and London Docks. Londonderry and Coleraine (Deviation of Line and Amendment of Act). Manchester, Button, Matlock, and Midlands Junction Deviation and Branches. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Crossing of Sheffield-street, in Manchester, &c.) Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Junction with th© Midland Railway vid Barnsley, and Branches therefrom). Mancheiter, Sheffield and Lincolnshire (Sheffield Cana Purchase). Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Station al Sheffield, and Branch to the Sheffield Canal). Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire .(Station Ap. proach in Manchester). Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Ashton Cana Purchase). Midland (Gloucester and Stonehouse Junction). Northern Counties Union Amendment and Deviation. North-Western (Diversions at Skipton, Casterton, and Sedbergh). Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton (No. I—ln. crease of Capital). Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton (No. 2—De viation of Line, and Power to Shrewsbury and Bir mingham, and Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railway Companies to contribute and make Arrangements). Paisley, Barrhead, and Hurlet. Salisbury and Yeovil. Scottish Midland Junction (Amendment and Branch to Laurencekirk). South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole Amendment (Extension to Penistone and Alteration of Dodworth Branch). etrathtay and Breadalbane Extension. Taw Vale Railway and Dock. Windsor, Staines, and South-Western Railway Act (No. 1), 18Wi (Slough Extension and Deviations). York, Newcastle, and Berwick, late York and Newcastle (Main Line Improvement, &c.) EXETER AND COWLEY-BRIDGE JUNCTION RAILWAY. Mr. CHAPLIN moved the second reading of this Bill. It was but a mile and three-quarters in length, and what he asked those who intended to oppose the Bill was this, to allow it to go with other schemes before a Com mittee up stairs. It would be on the narrow gauge, and as it would possibly open up again a conflict be tween the broad and narrow gauges, he thought the course he had pointed out was the most advisable to adopt. Sir T. ACKLAND moved that the Bill be read a second time this day six months, on the ground that the South-Western Company, by whom the Bill was promoted, were making their way, by " force of gold," into a territory west of Exeter, in which the Legislature had never consented to the extension of the narrow gauge. The intention of Parliament was clearly that the Exeter and Crediton Railway should remain a perfectly in dependent line. If the House should sanction the in troduction of the narrow gauge by means of this all, they would be sanctioning the continuation of a small piece of narrow gauge, at least sixty miles distant from any other portion of narrow gauge railway. No harm would result from refusing the second reading of the Bill for this session at least, and ho trusted that the House would not consent to allow the Bill to be ' , kid a second time. Sir J. Y. BULLER seconded the motion. Sir J. DUCKWORTH trusted that the House would not decide upon the merits o ithe Bill, upon its second reading, but adopt the same manner as was always adopted with respect to Bills of this nature, and send it .- 01 Committee to decide upon the merits. The Com- Afttee appointed by the House in the last ses.ion of Parliament had decided upon sanctioning a narrow gauge line from Salisbury to Exeter, and the House had adopted that decision. It only rested now with the House of Lords to give a final decision upon the subject. Sir J. Y. BULLER. trusted that the House would adopt the proposition of his lion. Friend (Sir T. Acland), for he looked upon this question as a battle -of the gauges, and nothing else. Colonel SEYM ER trusted that the House would allow the Bill to go to a Committee up-stairs, and be decided upon its merits. Mr. STRUTT thought that a patient inquiry ought to take place on the subject of this Bill before the House decided upon its merits. He thought the Bill ought to go before a Committee up stairs, and he trusted, there fore, the Hon. Baronet would withdraw his amendment. Sir R. INGLIS thought that his Hoe. Friend the Member for North Devon was justified in the course he had pursued, and he should, therefore, support his amendment. After some observations from Mr. SCOTT, Strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, when there appeared— For the second reading Against it 56 Majority The Bill was then read a second time and ordered to be committed. HORSHAM ELECTION. The Members of the Horsham Election Committee were summoned to the table and sworn. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY DEVIATIONS. On the motion for the postponement of the second reading of this Bill, Lord GALWAY moved that the Bill be read a second time this day six months, contending that the proposed deviations had repeatedly been rejected by Parliament. and they were of no public utility. Mr. 0. DUNCOMBE opposed the amendment, and supported the motion for the postponement. Sir E. COLEBROOKE would support the amend ment, as he considered the decision of Committees of the House ought not to be put lightly aside. Mr. S. WORTLEY said ho had only heard within the last quarter of an hour that any opposition was intended to the Bill, and he believed other Hon : Alem hers were in a similar position. He thought his H on . Friend should not press his motio n to a division. Mr. HOPE said he was a member of the Committee, that last year rejected a similar Bill, and that he should support the amendment. Mr. C. BRUCE said he was also a member of the Committee, and deprecated the time of Members being occupied in sitting on Committees to try the merits of Bills which had been rejected the preceding session. He should support the amendment. Mr. STRUTT said that eo far as he understood the subject it appeared to him that the only question before the House was the delay of the Bill for two days, and he thought that the interests of the public and the credit of the House would be best supported if the House acceded to the delay. The Earl of LINCOLN said that he had been from the first period a warm supporter of this particular line of railway, but he certainly felt it to be his duty not to vote in favour of the adjournment of the Bill. The delay of two days would not put the House in any better position to decide upon the question; on the contrary, they would, no doubt, be called upon OR Thursday next to decide the question after the parties had had the opportunity of bringing its powerful influence to bear upon individual Members of the House. He most earnestly trusted, therefore, that the House would de cide in favour of the amendment of his Noble Friend, that the Bill be read a second t i me th i s day six months. These deviation Bills ought to be looked upon by the House with the greatest jealousy.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. A. DUNCOMBE made a few observations in explanation, after which strangers were ord er ed t o with draw, and the House divided, when there appeared— For the second reading 32 • Against it Majority against the second reading TELE . - . The Bill is consequently lost ry Mr. HINDLEY gave notice that on the 4th of April he should draw the attention of the House to the state of the industrious classes of this country. Mr. F. MACKENZIE gave notice that one day this week he should move that a new writ be issued for the borough of Harwich. Mr. HUME gave notice that on Monday next, on the second reading of the Income-tax Bill being moved, he should move that it be referred to a Select Com mittee up stairs. AYLESBURY ELECTION. Mr. R. PALMER brought up the report of the Aylesbury Election Committee, declaring Lord Nugent to have been duly elected, and Mr. J. P. Deering to have been unduly elected. NEW WRIT FOR BEWDLEY. Mr. F. MACKENZIE moved that a new writ be issued for the borough of Bewdley. Mr. TATTON EGERTON said he did not rise to object to the motion, but he wished to draw the attention of the House to the fact that the Committee to whom the Bewdley Election petition was referred reported specially to the House, and he would ask the House whether, under such! circumstances, it would not be better to postpone this motion?—(Bear, hear.) The circumstances under which the Committee reported specially were these: the Committee found that a vexatious system of carrying away voters, treating, and making them drunk, was carried on at the last election, and at the previous election of 1841, and he put it to the House whether it would not be as well if this motion were postponed till some steps had been taken to pro tect the voters themselves in their exercise of the elective franchise? Mr. HUME proceeded to read several extracts from the report of the Committee, showing that a system pre vailed in the borough of Bewdley of keeping open nearly all the public-houses during the time of elections. The motion was then withdrawn. EJECTIONS IN GALWAY. Mr. P. SCROPE gave notice of his intention to ask a question to-morrow on the subject of the forcible and cruel ejectment of a large number of persons from various estates in the county of Galway. DISMISSAL OF ENGLISH SERVANTS. In answer to a question put by Mr. B. COCHRANE, Lord PALMERSTON said that he had received no notification whatever tending to corroborate the state ments that the dismissal of English servants in Paris had taken place at the request of the Provisional Government. COMMISSIONERS OF THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. In answer to a question put by Mr. DUNCAN, Lord MORPETH said that the number of Commis sioners appointed by the Government to superintend the erection of the new Houses of Parliament was throe, one of whom was Earl Grey, another Mr. Greene, and a third Sir John Burgoyne. RECEPTION OF THE ROYAL FAMILY OF FRANCE IN THIS COUNTRY. In answer to a question put by an Hort. MEMBER, Lord PALMERSTON stated that there was no foundation whatever for the statements which had ap peared in the newspapers, to the effect that tho Marquis of Normanby had waited upon M. Lawartine to apologise to the Provisonal Government for the reception by this country of the Royal Family of France. No communication of any kind had taken place between her Majesty's Government and the Pro visional Government of France, through the Marquis of Normanby or any other channel, on that subject. It was quite true that the Marquis of Normanby had addressed to him (Lord Palmerston) a private letter, stating that misapprehension or feelings of j ea l ous y m i g h t b e ex cited in the Government of France with respect to the re ception that might he given not to the Royal Family, but to the late Ministers of the French Government. He had, in a private letter addressed to the Marquis of Normanby, requested him, in case any such teelinge should arise, to state that the reception given to those persons was, and would be,a reception which in thiscountry was always given to men who, from any unfortunate cir cumstances, were obliged to seek refuge in this country — the reception of hospitality suitable to the country, and that the French Government might rest assured, that in the dealings of this Government with France, they would act firmly, honourably, and quite openly, and that under no circumstances should there be the slightest ground given for imputing any thing like intriguing in any hostile manner against the interests of the French Government.—(Hear, hear.) In answer to a question from Lord DUDLEY STUART, Lord PALMERSTON stated that no communication whatever had been received by the Government of this country from the Provisional Government of France with respect to the discovery of any correspondence affecting the Duke and Duchess of Montpensier, and relating to very peculiar and extraordinary circumstances. No imputation or communication of any sort or kind had been submitted to them and with respect to their departure, it was entirely the result of their own choice, and so far from its being in accord ance with any communication made by the Government, the House would at once perceive that there were many reasons why the Government should have desired that these personages should have stayed in this country in stead of going away. STATE OF AUSTRIA. In answer to another question from the same NGBLE Loan Lord PALMERSTON stated that he had received a dispatch from Vienna, dated the 14th instant, inform ing him that Prince Metternich had ceased to be Prime Minister of Austria. Beyond that he had no information to give with reference to the state of Austria.—(Laughter) BRAZIL. Lord PALMERSTON, in answer to a question from Lord George Bentinck, said that he could not hold out any hope, from the feelings that the Bra zilians entertained upon the subject, that any commer cial treaty could be retained with Brazil. SPANISH TARIFF. Mr. BANKES wished to know when the dispatch from the Court of Madrid with respeekt to the tariff would be laid on the table of the House. Lord PALMERSTON had not yet received the dis patch ; when he did he would lay it on the table. THE CASE OF MR. RAYSON. Mr. M. MILNES then rose to bring under the consideration of the House the iajuries alleged to have been suffered by Mr. Rayson, an English merchant, from the Austrian authorities at Constantinople. The claim of Mr. Rayon was not upon the Austrian Government as such, bat his complaint was, that ho had been de prived of his rights, and had not been permitted to bring his case before the Austrian Courts. All he asked was to be enabled to state his case before an Aus trian tribunal, and to obtain the same justice as if be had been an Austrian subject. In 1834, Mr. Rayson, then a wealthy merchant at Constantinople, had a dispute with a Jew named Monk who was an Austrian protected subject. The super-arbiter decided the suit in Mr. Rayson's favour, and Mobil brought his claim before the Austrian internuncio at onstantinople, who combined in his own person the powers exercised by tne English Consul General and the English Ambassa dor respectively. The Austrian internuncio took it upon him, quite illegally, to decide the case against Mr. Rayson, who protested: against the decision, and de manded in vain that his opponent should be compelled to give security for the (property in question, while the matter remained in dispute, and in the event of Mr. Ray son succeeding in proving the Jew's conduct to have been illegal. In 1833 Mr. Rayson, being unable to ob tain justice from the Austrian internuncio at Constanti nople, repaired to Vienna, and obtained the assistance, first of Sir F. Lamb, and afterwards of Lord Beauvale, the British Ambassador at that Court. From 1335 to 1838 Mr. Rayson's case was met with a series of evasions, but after those three years the Austrian Government was compelled, by the pertinacity of Lord Beauvale, to issue an order declaring the decree of the internuncio unjust and invalid. The decree was re versed by the Imperial and Royal Supreme Court of Vienna, but no communication of the decision was made to Mr. Rayson, who was in that capital, or to Lord Beauvale. When he heard of the decision, he hastened to Constantinople, and demanded from the in ternuncio that security should be given to him upon the goods of his debtor, Most. This, however, was refused, and he afterwards heard that the man Mose had been claimed as a Turkish subject by the Turkish Govern ment. Upon application to the internuncio that func tionary informed Mr. Rayson that the man, having been so claimed, he had no longer any power over him. Now, if a transaction of this kind was to be permitted, there was an end to commercial faith, and our mercan tile affairs in. the Levant could not be carried on. Mr. Rayson went again to Vienna, and again his case was zealously seconded by Lord Beauvale. Legal advice was taken, and a petition entered in one of the courts at Vienna. For a long time no answer was given to that petition. Lord Beauvale applied to Prince Metternich, who promised to see what could be done in the matter. In 1839 the Court issued a de cree deciding that it had no jurisdiction, but Mr. Rayson's papers were not returned to him, and without his sanction the case was transferred to the Chancery of State, which was the Foreign-office of Vienna, or, in fact, was Prince Metternich himself. Lord Palmerston then took up the matter, and wrote a dispatch, stating that wrong had been done to a British *abject, that the case had become a question between her Majesty's Government and the Government of Aus tria,n ganiand, d appealing for redress. Mr. Rayson then came tole but Lord Palmerston was just then going out of office. Nevertheless, he attended to the case, and probably recommended it to his successor. Lord Aber deen did not seem at first to take the same view of the matter as his predecessor, and he as much as said that Mr. Rayson had done wrong in bringing his case before the Courts at Vienna. An HON. MEMBER here moved that the House be counted. Strangers were ordered to withdraw, and forty Mem bers not being found present, the House stood adjourned at Seven o'clock. SOUTIIASIFTON, MARCY 21 . — The Lady de Sau marez, Captain Wrightson, with n e arly 200 passengers, arrived here at eleven o'clock this morning, a l ter a very rough passage, from Havre, which pl ace s h e left last night at nine o'clock. She reports that affairs wore a still more gloomy aspect than ever. At Havre, Rouen, and their neighbour. hoods, the English workmen have met with shock ing treatment, being turned out of their houses, their furniture being destroyed, and in some cases they have been personally attacked and severely mal treated. A popular outbreak was feared last night at Havre. It is reported that at Rouen the mob waited on the authorities to ask permission to have two days' pillage, and were only restrained by the prompt inter ference of the National Guards. The Lady de Saumarca brought passengers and dispatches to the Washington, which left for New York at twelve o'clock, with about thirty-seven passengers, mail, and general cargo. The j Royal West India mail-ship Dee, f rom the West Indies, i s hourly expected. 8U141 1 ,.'. LO/trDON, WE DM-108,114-V LATEST PRICES OF SHARES, IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM PANIES' STOCK. From the Gfficial List, PUBLISIIED EVERY TUEADAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON. TUESDAY, MARCH 21. 3OtNT-STOC BILMES. Dividend A.s.ount Name of Company. per of Paid, Price Annum. Share. - £ s. d. t s. d. Australasia .• •• •• •• .• ,40 0 0 40 0 0 20 3ritsh North American. 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J 4 s. d Bank of Scotland British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 • 100 0 0 196 Caledonian Bank City of Glasgow tank . 61. per cent. 10 0 0, 10 0 I 125` Clydesdale Bank.- -6/. per cent. 20 0 II ;10 0 • 123 Commercial Bank •• - 71. per cent. seo 0 0 ;100 • 0 164 Eastern Bank.... • Edinb.k Glasgow Bank 6/. per cent. 5 0 5 0 0 6/0e Exehangeßnk of Scot 6/. per cent. 100 II 50 0 0 44% Isle of Man. Company 7!. per cent. 10 0 7 0 0 8% National Bank ...... • • 6/. per cent. 50 0 10 0 0 1331 North of Scotland Bank 71. percent. 20 0 1 0 5 6 North British Bank •• - 50 0 10 0 0 3% Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. 100 0 100 0 0 143 Union Bank of Scotland Sl. per cent. 100 0 50 • I 1141 Western Bank -- - - 81. per cent. 50 0 50 0 0 70 Aber leen Fi - e and Life 121. per cent. 12 1 9 2 0 0 508.0 d. E. Accord. Life and Fire - 20 0 0 11 0 9s. British Guarantee Ins. - 10 0 1 9 • 10s. Caledonian Fire Incur. 10/. per teat. 100 0 10 11 0 21 Church of England Ins. - 50 • 2 I • 2 City of Glasgow Life 5l. per cent. 25 • 2 • • 2!. lls Edinburgh Life Insur 5l. per cent. 100 • 12 10 0 17 1 4 East of Scotland Life - 10 0 015 0 111.6 d. Eng. & Scot, Law Life AL per cent. 50 5 217 6 2% Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 109 41 IS 0 0 1154 Incur. Co. of Scetlmd- 51. per cent. 100 0 10 9 • 7 Life Assoc. of Scotland 51. per cant. 10 II 1 • 0 11 7s Mercantile Life - 10 0 •10 0 7s. National Fire and Life V. per cent. 10 0 1 9 • 245. North British Incur 5541.pr cent. 200 0 20 9 0 21 North & West of Seot. - 10 0 1 • 0 11. is Scottish Life and ,-;uar. - 20 0 111 • 4 Scot. M as. and Gen. Life 5/. per cent. 1 I 115 0 10s. Od Scottish Union Insrnc2. 6 1 ,4 I. pr cent. 20 0 1 0 0 11. Os Stan lard Life ...... . 51. per cent. 50 I 4 5 0 9% United Dep. Assurance' 51. per cent. 10 0 1 00 I 12e. MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price .santurn. Share. .--....... - - £. s. d. £. a. d. Australian Aolculturl - 100 • 9 1 30 0 0 Anglo-Mexican Mint., 11. 4s. 10 5 0 15 0 0 16 Ditto, Bair Shares.. . - - 210 • - Canada ....... -•• .. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 • 31 Uppr Canada Bonds 51. per cent. - - - City Bonds.. ..... '.. 3%1. pr cent. - - 119 Comp. Cppr Murs Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 75 • • - Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp. e.k be, 2/ 100 • 9 100 • I - Eqaitable Reversienry 454 ~ pr cent. 110 • 0I 95 • 0 - Gen. Steam Navigation 11. Se. 15 •oil 4 0 I 24% London Institution . • • - - - 11 Peninslr & Orient•Stm. 2/. per cent. 50 0 •I 50 0 0 57 Reversionary Int. Soc. 3%1. pr cent. 100 • 0 100 0 0 55 Royal Mail Steam.... 3%1. pr cent. 14.0 0 II j6O 0 0 45 South Australian ....• 61. per gent. 25 0 0 25 0 • - Van Dieman's Land.. - 100 0 I 23 0 0 - Universal Salvage.... - 2.5 0 0 b 0 0 -- MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of March 21.) SUGAR—To day prices further declined for all sorts of raw Sugar, as supplies were plentiful, whilst there was not the least improvement in the export demand, and the home trade made purchases with caution. The decline to day was more apparent on the better sorts of Mauritius. West India was operated in with much caution for all pur poses, whilst the rates taken were rather under those that existed on Friday, and there is a larger quantity of all sorts on offer. The sales privately are only 150 hhds and tres. Mauritius is cheaper than any other sort of Sugar. REPINED.—Today there was less demand for Refined goods, and prices were not so firm; Standard Lumps selling at 53s to 53s 6d, and brown grocery at 52s 6d; there is also an increased quantity on offer. For Bonded Crushed Sugar the demand is only for small parcels at 58s to 29a per cwt. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon the quantity of Mau ritius Sugar offered at public sale was large, and con sisted of four parcels amounting to 12,150 bags, the prin cipal part comprised of middling and good yellow sorts. There is a desire on the part of holders to sell, but they submitting to prices is per cwt under those pre viously current for the better kinds of yellow, and Gd for other sorts, caused nearly the whole to find buyers. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon Bengal was only in limited demand, and the public sales of 3,957 bags went at a further decline of Gd per cwt. FOREIG24.—To-day there was little passing privately in any kind of Foreign Sugar, although there were sellers rather under former rates. At public sale 12 bags and 6 barrels of Santa Martha were sold at 43s to 46s for yellow, and at as for white; 5 hhds of Havalinsh at 46s for very fine yellow. per Annum. 2/. 10s. 201. 201. 31. 10s 11. 45. 7L10.. 61. p. e. 281. IN. 201. 11. Its. ItiVI9NIN(4, MAItOn sik 1644 COFFEE.—Today there was little inclination evinced to operate in Native Ceylon, and at public sale 1,348 bags were sold at barely the former ♦alue—real good ordinary sold at 32s 6d to 335, damaged 26s 6d to 31s, and pea berry 38s. Plantation is little wanted, and can be obtained on the private market at rather lower prices. Three trcs and brls of Jamaica at auction were sold at 29s 6d to 38s for low to fine ordinary. MoLAssEs.—Prices were lower for West India; and 217 puns at auction were taken in—ordinary St. yin cents at 15s to 15s 6d, and middling 163 6d to 17s per cwt. Privately there was scarcely any business con cluded. . Cocos.—Britisk Plantation is less required, and holders are inclined to make a slight concession in the ♦alue, notwithstanding the decreasing stock. At auction 820 bags of Trinidad were nearly all taken in, good dark red at 47s 6d to 48s, middling 475, middling grey 455, and good 46a. The market for Foreign is dull, prices are looking down, and rule at 32s to 36s per cwt. TEA..—This afternoon the sales made in all sorts of Teas were limited in the private market, and prices must be quoted rather lower for Black and Green. SPIRITS.—Today East India Rum met with less de mand, and is ,B:kd to is 9d were the rates taken for proof. For Leeward Island the market is quiet, and proof of plain quality can be obtained at is 10d. Jamaica is held for full rates, but the demand has fallen off for all sorts. RICE.—To-day the sales made privately in East India were of little moment, but holders refused to submit to any further reduction: at auction 585 bags of Java sold at 5s 6d to 9s for sea damaged. SPICES.—To-day Pimento met with little attention, and 328 bags at auction were only in part sold at barely the former ♦alue ; ord aid, good ord Atid, low mid, 4/d, and mid 40. Black Pepper was dealt in with caution, and 658 bags 400 robins, were only in part sold at rather lower rates. Of Batavia Nutmegs 26 cases were sold at 2s Gd to 2s 7d for good bold limed, which are lower rates. SALTPETRE.—To-day the demand for Rough was ac tive, and advanced rates were obtained ; there are seve ral buyers for arrival—Calcutta 12 to 9 per cent refrac tion is worth 32s 63 to 335, and 8 to 3 per cent 33s 6d to 355. At public sale 64 bags went at 35s for 4i per cent refraction. _ _ INDlGo.—There are sellers of East India at a reduc tion on last sales rates of 3d to 4d, yet the sales made have been trivial in all kinds for every purpose. Of fine Bengal, the supply is, however, yet scanty, but it is little required. The dealings in Spanish have been trivial, although holders are inclined to make a slight concession in the value for all sorts. OiLs.—The market has been better supplied with all common Fish Oils, and the home trade evincing little inclination to make purchases, prices are depressed for all kinds. A further falling off is apparent in the deliveries, and arrivals are upon a more extended scale. I❑ Seal the sales made privately are limited in all sorts, notwithstanding the decline in the value, and a part only of 54 tuns at auction found buyers. Cod is little required, and can be obtained at 241 lOs to 251; at auction 6 tuns went at 221 to 241 10s. The market is in a quiet state for all sorts of Southern, and prices are receding. Of 85 tuna from America at auction, a part only sold. For Sperm there is a good demand, and holders display firmness. At auction 35 tuns were all sold. There are few buyers of Cocoa Nut, and holders are willing to accept further reduced rates. At auction 30 tuns from Sydney were taken in at 43s to 45s per cwt. The value of good and fine Ceylon is 50s to 525. Of Nut Oil 12 tuns East India at public sale were taken in at 38/ lOs to 391 per tun. Olive is held for full rates, but buyers are cautious in their proceedings, the deliveries are yet exceeding the arrivals. TALLOW.—Holders of Russian are asking higher rates on the spot, but the town as well as country trade have operated with reluctance by reason of the diminished consumption. The value of fine P.Y. Candle is 50s 9d to 51s per cwt; these rates, however, are only obtainable for small parcels. A good demand exists for delivery in the last three months of the year, and the price is firm at 465. Town made is little required. Other sorts realised stiffer rates. is, to the extent of crime, the probable increase of it, which I am afraid we witness every day—for after a recent sessions we have had still a longer calendar, and a great probability that all the dangerous ele ments of society will be called into action for the pur poses of mischief, if we do not proceed in real earnest to prevent the spread of crime. The materials of all the mischiefs which happen on such occasions are to be found in the gaols. The first act of insubordi nation is to open the doors of gaols and set the pri soners free; and those who had been inmates of these places, so necessary for the protection of society, are surely the readiest instruments to be employed for plunder and bloodshed. It is then our duty to con sider the best means of diminishing that number, not only for the protection of the honest part of society, but to rescue those men themselves from the danger which they incurred of being swept away in their attempts at insubordination, and the misery and distress and ruin of following those dis honest trades as a regular occupation of life. That is what we have most to guard against, to prevent a temptation from so operating on the mind as to con vert them from honest men into men having no other resources than the plunder of their neighbours. Gen tlemen, it is with the utmost admiration I think that we must see the efforts which are made to reclaim those who have been guilty of offences ; but, surely, the great object of all law, and of almost all institu tions which have reference to the great masses of society, is, not to amend and reform only those who have committed crime, but to prevent the commission of the crimes themselves. Happy would it be it those who have been once in prison shall return from it, firmly resolved nut to return to their evil ways. Far happier would it have been if they had never entered into those evil courses which have brought this advantage on them ; and it would be much indeed to be lamented if it were supposed that any advantage derived from an imprisonment were to become a temptation to others to commit a criminal offence for the sake of reaching in that cir cuitous way to the same advantages. Gentlemen, I have almost to beg your pardon for making these ob servations. It appeared to me that they are not quite out of place, and that these general reflections, which must arise in all oar minds in noticing the general state of the world, impresses on us in the m0..,t forcible manner the absolute necessity of dimi nishing the extent of crime and the number of cri minals, for their own security and happiness, and our own security and the protection of our property and our lives. There are 70 prisoners for trial. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—York, March 20. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron RoLFB) MURDER AT ',MlDS.—Michael Stohes, aged 20, a soldier in the 57th regiment, was indicted for the wilful murder of Mary Ann Garrad, at Leeds, on the 20th January last. Mr. Ews (Mr. Boothby with him) stated the case, and called witnesses, who proved the following facts : William Garrad, the husband of the deceased, said he was a soldier in the same regiment. They were stationed at the Leeds Barracks, and on the evening of the 20th of January, witness, his wife, the pri soner, and two other soldiers, were in the same room. The prisoner was doing something to his musket in the back part of the room, and the others were near the fire. The deceased asked witness what o'clock it was, and he took out his watch to tell her, and as he was putting it back, he heard the report of a musket, Witness turned round, and saw the musket drop from the prisoner's hand to the tbor. Witness's wife, who was standing near him, staggered and fell, saying, " Lord have mercy on me—what have you done ?" Witness went up to prisoner and said " What have you done ? I will load my musket and shoot you." Prisoner replied load it. Ile took his wife up, laid her on the bed, examined her person, and found a wound near the navel. She died at half-past eight o'clock. It was seven when the musket was fired. Cross-examined by Mr. DEARSLET—Had known the prisoner three months and twenty days. Pri soner lived in the same room. There were nine persons in that room. Witness and his wife had been in the same room the whole evening. Neither witness nor his wife, to his knowledge, had had any quarrel with the prisoner. He seldom spoke to any of the soldiers. He was a nasty tempered man and disagreeable. There was a bayonet wrenched from him once. At the moment of his being taken the prisoner was in the act of taking off his jacket. Wit ness heard him once telling the other soldiers h• had asked to be taken into the infirmary, and was re fused. Re-examined—The affair about tire Layonet was in October last. Wm. Keenan, another soldier, corroborated the last witness, and added that the prisoner had been in the regiment about two years. Jeremiah' Dooley belonged to the same regiment, and was in the room when the shot was fired. A little while before the prisoner had asked witness for a beeswax rug to clean his firelock with, and he saw him afterwards cleaning it, the lower end resting on the table. Witness then saw him straining at the lock, heard it click, and then raise it to his breast and fire. He had no doubt that it was intentionally done. William Mustard, a sergeant of the Dragoon Guards, said he was in the guard-room when the prisoner was brought in, and a sentry was placed over him. About eleven o'clock Jones, a sergeant of the guard, asked him if le was sorry for what he had done and he replied "No." William Mustard was then recalled—He said Jones asked the prisoner if it was his intention to shoot the woman ? He said, yes, two months ago, but he took a second thought. He asked him if he had any quarrel with Garrad. He answered, no, he liked the man well enough, but she had said some words to him which no one should ever know but the priest. Jones asked him again when he intended shooting the woman, and he replied, he had it in his mind about two o'clock, but he could not get a chance at that time. Jones then asked him when he leaded the musket. He replied at five o'clock, he loaded it with ball cartridge, then thrust it into the armour-rack, and did not get a chance to shoot the woman till seven o'clock, when he ran over to the armour-rack and took it out, and shot the woman. Jones asked him the secret. He answered, no one should ever know it but the priest. _ _ . Mr. DEARSLBT addressed the jury for the prisoner, submitting that he was afflicted with homicidal mo nomania when he did the act, for which he had no motive. He had previously attempted suicide, and could not sleep, and when he had shot the woman he did not attempt to escape, but delivered himself up, and these were symptoms of homicidal monomania, for by the sane criminal every attempt was made to conceal all traces of the crime, and he denied it to the last. Mr. Baron ROLFE having summed up, The jury, without leaving the box, and after a minute's deliberation, pronounced the verdict Guilty. His LORDSHIP put on the black cap, and, address ing the prisoner, said—You have had the benefit of a full trial, and everything that could be has been suggested in your favour by your counsel. For some wicked and diabolical motives which I cannot divine, vou have deprived a fellow-creature of life. I should have trembled far the security of society if the defence set up by your counsel in your behalf had succeeded. He then sentenced the prisoner to be hanged, and afterwards buried within the precincts of the prison. The prisoner trembled a good deal at the com mencement of the trial, but afterwards became composed. He seemed when first placed in the dock to assume a wild look, and the twinkling of the eyes alluded to, but if so he could not maintain it long. He seemed disappointed with the verdict, and left the dock with reluctance, but did not change coun tenance. S. Ifershaw and A. Savage, who were convicted on Saturday of wounding W. Carter, and others, in the riot at Wakefield, were sentenced to be imprisoned eighteen months. J. Child, J. lay, and G. Ranuden, who were ac quitted of the felony, but afterwards found guilty of the riot, were sentenced, the first to four, and the two latter to two months' imprisonment each. 1/. Canlrill, who was acquitted of shooting at with intent to murder the Marquis of Normanby's gamekeeper, pleaded Guilty to an indictment for night poaching. His LORDIMIP said, though they had gone out to kill pheasants with air-guns, he could not forget that they had two guns with them loaded with deadly slugs, and one man has lost his life, and another been seriously wounded, and he sentenced the prisoner to be transported for fourteen years. Jno. Lynn, aged thirty-five, bad been found guilty of a like offence on H. Willoughby's, Esq., estate at North Grimston, on the 29th of December last. In that case two shots had been fired at the gamekeeper, but they did no harm, and his Lordship sentenced him to the milder punishment of seven years' trans portation. WESTERN CIRCUIT.—Exeter, March 20. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron PLATT.) TILE QUEEN V. LATIMER. At the sitting of the Court this morning Mr. Crowder and Mr. Cockburn applied to his Lordship to fix a day for the trial of this case, which, as may be recollected, is a prosecution at the suit of the Bishop of Exeter against the defendant, who is the proprietor of the Western Timer, for a libel. Mr. Baron PLATT said, he really could not make any arrangement at present, for so far as he could see there was no chance of getting away from this place before Wednesday week, the business was so heavy. Mr. COCKBURN suggested that his Lordship might try the case on his return from Cornwall, or he might „take the Taunton commission day, or even the day after that. Both parties were exceedingly anxious that it should be disposed of. Mr. Baron PLATT said he would consider and see what appeared best to be done. John Wheeler was indicted for maliciously cutting William Pope, with the usual intents. Mr. Hay ward and Mr. Poulden were counsel for the prosecution ; and Mr. Collier defended the pri soner. This was an indictment preferred at the instance of :he Admiralty. The prosecutor was a marine, and was on board General Murray's boat, fastened to the shore, on the 26th of August last. The prisoner was on board another boat, coming to the shore to land. He told Pope to move his boat to let him come in. Pope told him there was plenty of room. The pri soner said if he did not get out of the way he would cut Pope's boat adrift, and he took a knife from his pocket and cut the rope and set Pope's boat adrift. Pope ran forward and laid hold of a shore boat. The prisoner then said, if he did not let the boat go he would cut his - hands off, and he made two or three feint cuts to frighten him, and then cut him down the arm, inflicting a severe wound. Pope asked him if he knew what he had done ? but he made no reply. Pope then went to the infirmary, where he remained twenty-two days before the wound healed. It appeared that there was some struggle between the parties, and that Pope pushed the prisoner back in the boat before he cut him. For the defence, it was contended that the wound was inflicted by accident, and that the prisoner had not intended to do the prosecutor any injury. The jury found the prisoner guilty of a common assault. Mr. Baron PLATT said the prisoner had already been in gaol since the 26th of August ; therefore, the sentence was, that he should be further imprisoned for one week. Jane Jenkins was indicted for forging a marriage certificate, in order to sustain a claim for wages due to James Gardiner. Mr. Hayward and Mr. Poulden were counsel for the prosecution, and Mr. Slade for the prisoner. It appeared that, by the regulation of the Admi ralty, a seaman, when he went abroad, had the power of directing his pay to be handed over to his wife, or some other member of his family ; but then it was necessary that the person presenting herself as the wife of the seaman should produce a certificate of marriage. The prisoner was the wife of one William Jenkins, but she had left him, and had for some time lived with James Gardiner as his wife. Gardiner went to sea, and then he prepared an order, which is termed an allotment, upun the Admiralty, directing the pay to be handed over to his wife. The prisoner took the allotment to the pay-office at Devonport, but it being necessary that she should produce the certifi cate of her marriage with Gardiner, she procured the certificate of her marriage with William Jenkins, and then scratched out the name of Jenkins, and in troduced that of James Gardiner. This certificate she produced at the pay-office on the 12th of August, and received 61. for the pay due to Gardiner, who was then on board the Avenger (since lost) as stoker. In consequence of some information the prisoner was taken into custody on the same day (12th of August). She told the constable that a woman named Humbly, who had made the alteration in the certificate, had informed against her because she would not give her 11. She added that she should have been married to Gardiner if there hail been time. The 6/. so received by the prisoner was charged by the pay officer to the account of Gardiner. Mr. SLADE having endeavoured, but without suc cess, to stop the case by taking several objections to the indictment, then addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner, urging upon them that the Admiralty might well have spared this prosecution, for Gardiner, who had, unfortunately for the prisoner, perished in the wreck of the Avenger, had treated her as his wife, and had made an allotment of his wages in her favour ; and there was no doubt, had he lived, he would have made the prisoner his wife, for there was no evidence to show that her husband was now living. It was clear there was no intention on the part of the prisoner to defraud any one, and she was ignorant that there was any wrong in what she had done, be cause she had felt that, under the allotment made for her, she was entitled to the money. Mr. Baron PLATT having summed up, The jury found the prisoner Guilty, but most strongly recommended her to mercy. Mr. SLIDE then moved in arrest of judgment, on the ground that the indictment did nut charge any intent to defraud any person.; Mr. Baron PLATT said, he would not pass sentence to-day, but would consult his brother Wightman. Ann Brown, aged 15, was indicted for setting fire to a dwelling-house, several persons being therein. Mr. Mowbray WB3 counsel for the prosecution, and Mr. Beard for the prisoner. . It appeared that the prisoner, a poor miserable. looking little wretch, lived servant with Mr. Ham, who resided at Tipton, in the parish of Ottery St. Mary. On the evening of the 24th of December Ham was alarmed by a smell of fire, but he could not discover that there was an v fire. On the following morning the prisoner called her master's attention to a place in the cellar, where she said the fire must have been the night ,before. That day being Christmas-day the prisoner was allowed to go home, and she did not return till the evening of the following day. On the morning of the 27th of December, about seven o'clock, Ham was in his shop. The pri soner went into the ishop, and got a lighted candle, and then took it and went about her work. She re turned shortly afterwards and told her master there was some smoke. Ham went out, but could not see any smoke in the direction pointed out by the pri soner, but upon going round the house saw a fire in the cellar. In consequence of something that took place the prisoner was apprehended that afternoon ; and during the time she was in custody she said that she had set the house on fire—that she had gone through the mill stream, and then rubbed a lucifer match against a stone under the thatch, and with that match she had set the house on fire ; that she had a very good place, and had had no quarrel with her master or mistress, nor had she any spite against them. The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-S7'REET. Andrew Creen,Who has been so frequently men tioned in our reports of this court, and against whom, at each examination,, fresh evidence of his swindling practices and impositions has been given, was again placed at the bar before Mr. Henry. On this occasion Mr. Clipperton, the solicitor, and Mr. Nicholay, one of the trustees of the London Association for the Protection of Trade, attended with other members of the managing body, some of whom had been themselves bitten by the prisoner. The cases already established, it will be remem bered, have been charges of felony, preferred for ob taining money and goods under false pretences (prin cipally in connexion with the supposed Parliamentary Chronicle), and now another kind of offence was im puted to him. M. Soyer, the celebrated cook of the Reform Club, stated that, a few weeks ago, the prisoner and his son called upon him at the club, and, representing him self as the editor and proprietor of the Parliamentary Chronicle, which had an immense circulation, re quested a copy of his (M. Soyer's) work, with the view of noticing it in his journal. Witness pre sented him with a copy. Afterwards, as witness was talking to his friend M. Volant, about advertising his " Parochial Kitchen" in the papers, the prisoner observed that his printing-office was close to Printing-house-square, and he would be very happy to take the advertisement there for him to the Times. Witness then gave him 1/. for the advertisements, besides 103. for one in a weekly paper, and 10s. for one in the Parliamentary Chronicle, the two latter of which never appeared. The one sent to the Times did appear in the next day's paper, but the prisoner called on witness, and said that, unfortunately, the sovereign he (M. Soyer) had given hint was a bad one. Witness did not be lieve this, but took the bad one which the prisoner pretended to return to him, and gave him another good one, subsequently ascertaining, on inquiry at the Times office, that the advertisement had never been paid for at all. By these means, therefore, M. Soyer was defrauded of 41., besides the copy of kis work and some soup, which the prisoner and his son requested the honour of tasting, and were favoured with by the courtesy of that gentleman. Mr. Dobbs, hosier and glover, of 4, Princes-street, Westminster, identified the prisoner as the person who, in the name of Henry Arnold Green, desired goods to the value of 8/. to be sent to his house, 3, Curaon-street, May-fair, where they would be imme diately paid for. When the prosecutor's lad arrived with the things, the door .was answered by the pri soner's son (dressed as a footman), who took the goods from his hands, and sent him back for a pair of straps which had been ordered, and said he would then have the money paid to him on his return. Neither the prisoner nor the money, however, was ever after seen. Upon these charges the prisoner was again re manded till Saturday. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. James Parker, a journeyman tailor, was brought up for further examination, charged with having stabbed Mary Ritchie and her daughter in several places, with a shoemaker's knife, whereby their lives had been seriously endangered. The daughter, who has since been delivered of a child in the hospital, is still in such a doubtful state as to be unable to come forward to give evidence. Mary Ritchie, an elderly woman, living at 26, Dudley-street, said the prisoner had been acquaint e d with her dau g hter for about eighteen months. On Saturday, the 19th of February last, the prisoner came in with her daughter, and asked leave to lie down on the boards of the floor. She refus e d t o g i ve him permission, and the prisoner went away. On Sunday morning, about ten o'clock, she heard her daughter scream. She went out of the room and saw her daughter coming up stairs, and the prisoner near her, he having apparently been ill using her. The prisoner wanted to come into her room, but she told him she would not lot him beat her daughter, and the prisoner then went away. In a short time afterwards witness heard a knock at her room door, and on going to see who was there she found the pri soner, who said he wanted to speak to Eliza, meaning her daughter. Witness said, " You shan't knock her about ;" immediately on saying which, the prisoner rushed at her, and pulled out a knife. She called out, " Oh, my God! he has a knife." The prisoner in stantly attacked her with the knife, stabbing her in the left side. She tried to get away, but the prisoner again stabbed her near the abdomen, and she then contrived to get out of the room. 'Witness afterwards saw her daughter Eliza bleeding furiously from a wound in the head. Witness was conveyed to the Hospital, and had been under medical treatment over since. Mary Ann Walker, a lodger in the house, heard some persons having high words in Mrs. Ritchie's room on Supplay morning. Shortly afterwards a screaming and scuffling took place, and she ran up stairs and saw the prisoner striking at Mrs. Ritchie with a knife, which he had in his hand. Mrs. Ritchie got away from the prisoner, and went down stairs. Her daughter Eliza tried to pass the prisoner in order to go out of the room, but the prisoner pre vented her, and stabbed her violently in the head. The prisoner again stabbed her in the back. The prisoner then threw the knife out of the window. John Calverley said he lived at IS, Compton-street, which is close to Dudley-street. On Sunday morn ing he saw a knife hurled through the air by some one. The knife lodged on the roof of an adjoining house. Witness got it, and found the blade was stained with blond. It was a shoemaker's knife. Noble Johnson, shoemaker, 25, Dudley-street, said on Sunday morning about ten o'clock, the prisoner came to him and borrowed a knife to cut the sole off one of his shoes, as he said. The prisoner said the knife was not sharp enough, and witness sharpened it at his request. The knife now produced is the knife witness lent to the prisoner. Police-constable Gurling, F 18, said he saw a great mob of persons in Dudley-street on Sunday morning, and the prisoner was among them, with his hand bleeding. On learning what had occurred, he took the prisoner into custody. The prisoner did not say anything until he got to the station-house, and then he said, " Am I to die ?.because, if I am, I'd die for any woman who is false." The prisoner, when required to make his defence, stated that he went on Sunday morning into a shoe maker's shop, to borrow a knife, for the purpose of cutting the sole from his shoe. The shoemaker handed him a knife, having previously given it a rub to sharpen it. He went over to Mrs. Ritchie's house, to see the girl Eliza, whom he had been living with. Eliza swore she would have his life, for keeping com pany with other girls, and bhe made a " grab' at the knife to stick him with it. Being in a passion, he got the knife free, and in so doing he cut his fingers. He then stabbed at Eliza, and her mother coming to assist, he stabbed her too, and then threw away the knife. The mother here said this was not true, as the pri soner stabbed her first. The prisoner's present defence is very much at vari ance with the story he told when first examined. The prisoner was fully committed on this charge. He is to be brought up on the second charge when the woman is well enough to give evidence. LAMBETH. After the night charges had been disposed of, William Males, George Lowers, Henry Brown, Ho bert Archer, Anthony Finlay, Henry Rowe, Sa muel Morgan. Henry Davis, William Barrett. George Payne, James Taylor, Thomas Howlett, Samuel Maney, Thomas Walker, William Brigdon, Benjamin Prophett, Davis A. Duffy, Thomas Hen. sey, John Denmorei Robert Webster, William Bailey, Joseph Burdon, Thomas Briant, John Wit• Hams, and George Smith, were placed at the bat before Mr. Elliott, for further examination, on • charge of feloniously breaking into, and plundering the shops of Mr. Thomas Gray, the pawnbroker, and other tradesmen, in Southampton-street, Camber well, and Thomas Smeed and Alfred Butler were also put to the bar for the first time, and charged with a similar offence. Mr. Humphreys attended as the solicitor to Mr. Gray for the prosecution ; and Messrs. Game' and Binns for four of the prisoners. Mr. Robinson, the superintendent of the P division of police, in whose district the outrage occurred, was also in attendance to watch the proceedings. Mr. Humphreys, addressing the magistrate, said he attended on the part of Mr. Gray, who was as anxious as any citizen and Englishman to protect the rights of his country and to maintain its laws ; but as he (Mr. Humphreys) begged to suggest that as this was not a prosecution of an ordinary character, and that there was mixed up in the offence something like an attempt, though he would admit a futile effort, to overthrow the Government, the Crown should be called upon to prosecute. Had the case been one of an ordinary description, Mr. Gray should not have shrunk from his duty ; but under the circumstances, and Mr. Gray being already a sufferer to a considerable amount, upwards of 1,0001., he (Mr. Humphreys) did not think he shoull be indi vidually put to the additional expense of a prosecutor. On a former day he had o ff ere d a s i m il ar sug gestion before Mr. Norton, and that magistrate entirely con curred with it, and expressed it as his opinion, that the law officers of the Crown should prosecute. lie (Mr. Humphreys) had carefully looked over the evidence already gi ven aga i nst t h e pr i soners, an d it being his opinion that there was sufficient to send them all before a jury, he begged to recommend that the prisoners be further remanded to give an oppor tunity, in the event of the Government prosecuting, for the Treasu r y S o li c i tor to b e present, and not, as in ordinary cases, take it up when it was finished by the magistrates, but attend the examination and follow it onward. Mr. ELLIOTT replied that he did not quite agree with Mr. Humphreys, that the attempt was to subvert the Government, but at the same time thought that it was quite a proper case for prosecution by the Crown. Mr. Robinson said he had been requested by Mr. Mayne, the Commissioner of Police, to state that they (the Commissioners) would put the case in a proper train for the Treasury solicitor to prosecute. Mr. ELLIOTT directed the superintendent to inform the Commissioners, that if they did not communicate with the Treasury solicitor, to the end that he might be present at the next examination, he (Mr. Elliott) should. A number of fresh witnesses were called, whose testimony considerably strengthened the case against the prisoners. One of the witnesses, Ann Brown, said she saw the prisoner Payne in front of Mr. Gray's shop, with a thick bludgeon in his hand, and striking the win• dow with the weapon, exclaiming, "Come on, my brave boys, we'll have our liberty." The prisoners, after a long investigation, were ri• manded to a future day, but some strong evidence to prove an alibi having been given for Joseph Burdon, that person was admitted to bail, as was also Henry Rowe, who is only eleven years of age. The majority of the prisoners are mere youth'. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—Last night, at a quarter past eleven o'clock, a man threw himself from the pa rapet of Blackfriars•bridge into the Thames. He was, however, rescued by William Neary, one of the piernren, and conveyed to the house of Mr. Cheshire, the Glazier.' Arms, Water-lane, whose humanity has been taxed with five similar deplorable acts of indiscretion within the last month. A fter great efforts, under the direction of Dr. Hutchinson, the wan was restored, and said his name was Thornton, that he was a watchmaker from Bristol, and that he had had no food lately. No money was found in his clothes. EDUCATION OF NSatio CHILDREN.--Yesterday a public meeting was held at the Literary Institution, in Cadogau-gardens, Sloane street, Chelsea, the Marquis of Chohnondeley in the chair, in aid of the Ladies' So ciety for Promoting the Improvement of Children of Negroes and People of Colour in the British West Indies. Resolutions in accordance with the meeting were supported by the Bishop of Oxford, the Bishop of Antigua, Sir E. N. Burton, Bart, M.P., and the Rev Dr. Burgess. • • !Lard.% On the 17th inst., Mrs. James Johnston, of Botolph• hum Lower Thames-street, of a son. On the 17th inst., at Cleveland-row, St. James's, the wife of the Rev. Charles D. Brereton, M.A., of a son. On the sth inst., at Rome, the wife of Calverly Bewieke, Esq., of a son. • On the 17th inst., in Palace-street, Norwich, the wife of J. J. Blake, Esq., of a daughter. On the 17th inst., the lady of G. E. F. Hatch, Esq., surgeon, Cambridge-terrace, South-street, Greenwich, of a son. On the 18th inst. at Bolton Hall, the lady of W. 11. 0. Powlett, Esq., of a daughter. On the 19th inst., at Balham, Surrey, Mrs. Thomas Ken nedy, of a son. On the 19th inst., at Westbourne-crescent, Ilyde-park, Mrs. Frederick Chinnock, of a daughter. .Yd itICIEI). On the 15th inst., at Fearn, Rosshire, Alexander Simpson, Esq., to Cecillia Gardner, oldest daughter of George Middle ton, Esq. DIEM. On the 18th inst., at Cardiff, the Most Hon. the Marquis of Bute. At Paris, Eliza, the second daughter of le Due do Stae. poole, aged 23. On the loth inst., Mr. George Stephens, aged 46. On the 16th inst., at Greenwich, Charles Rowland Parker, Esq., aged 73. On the 17th inst., at Brighton, Mary, the wife of Charles Stanbridge, Esq. On the 17th inst., at larpole Rectory, Northamptonshire, the lion. and Rey. Thomas Lawrance Duudas, aged 73. -- - London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, at No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of tke Savoy, Le the Nasky et' ketch 32, 1144. LONDONDERRY AND COLERAINE 18N 54 120 RAILWAY. A. special general meeting of this company was held yesterday afternoon at the Guildhall Coffeehouse, (John yesterday afternoon at the Guildhll CoffeQhouse, (John triith Frith, Esq., in the chair), to take into conside ration a Bill now before Parliament to authorise certain deviations in the line, to increase the number and reduce the amount of the shares, to authorise the re-issue of cer tain shares, and to otherwise amend the Act relating to the railway. The heads of the Bill having been read, after some discussion the Bill was sanctioned, and the directors authorised to promote it in Parliament ; and a vote of thanks having been passed to the Chairman, which was responded to, the meeting separated. ELECTION COMMITTEES. AYLESBURY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. ALEXANDER replied; after which the room was cleared, and the Committee having consulted for a short tabile strangers were admitted, when The CHAIRMAN announced that the Committee had come to the following resolutions:— " That Lord Nugent was duly elected to serve in the present Parliament for the borough of Aylesbury. " That J. P. Deering, Esq., was not duly elected to serve in the present Parliament for the borough of Aylesbury. " That the last election for the borough of Aylesbury was a void election, so far as it related to the said J. P. Deering, Esq. " That the said J. P. Deering, Esq., was, by his agents, guilty of treating the electors at the last elec tion, for the purpose of corruptly influencing them in their votes." ram. Price.' This closed the labours of the Committee. DERBY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Other freemen gave similar testimony, and their evi dence was put in to prove that on the Tuesday and Wednesday following the election Mr. Barber, the soli citor of the sitting Member, drew the two cheques upon a Derby bank, one for 3001. in favour of Mr. Whittaker, the party who paid the money to the voters at the com mittee-rooms; and the other for 2001. in favour of Mr. Hawkridge, the other committeeman of Mr. Strutt. The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT.—Lewes, March 21. On Monday Lord Denman arrived at Lewes, to open the assizes. His Lordship was met on his arrival by the High Sheriff of the county, Sir S. B. P. Micklethwaite, Bart., and Chaplain, the Rev. J. G. Wrench, of Salehurst. After the commission had been opened at the County Hall, his Lordship, accom panied by the High Sheriff, proceeded to the St. Michael's Church, where divine service was performed by the chaplain. The sermon was preached from Psalm lxxxix, 14, " Justice and mercy are the ha bitation of thy ' throne ; mercy an d t ru th s hall go before thy face. On the following morning at ten o'clock Lord Denman entered the Court, where the Duke of Rich mond, the Earl of Chichester, and Mr. Sergeant D'Oyley had already taken their seats on the bench. The magistrates having answered to their names, and been sworn on tine jury, were invitei to dine with the Judges in the evening. After the reading of the preolamation, the Lord Chief Justice delivered his charge to the Grand Jury. After a few preliminary observations, his LORD.' sun. went on to say—Gentlemen, it has not been my habit, in :this or any other place, to dwell in the slightest degree on the political features of the times ; but there are in the present state of things some ap pearances of so very remarkable a nature, that I do not think a Ridge presiding in a criminal court can be quite justified in passing them over in silence. I allude to the great probability which we see around us of riots and tumults breaking out in all parts of society in consequence, in some degree, of the con tagion from a neighbour of the most dangerous kind, and perhaps in a still further degree from an appre hension of the example which has been set and which is too likely to be followed, not so as to lead to those desperate consequences which have obtained in another country, for against that I believe the public mind of England gives a :sufficient security, but so as to lead individuals to inc ur personal danger, and expose the lives and property of others to danger of the same kind, and destroy that security for which the law is established. It is highly important that these things should be met in the outset with a firm and determined, but calm sio.u. composed spirit, and I am happy to say that there has been a seasonable publication of some doctrines laid down by my late lamented friend, the eminent Judge of the Common Pleas, lately deceased, I moan Sir Nicholas Tindal, pointing out the duty of all classes, in the breaking out of riots. lie lays it down clearly, as the law authorised him to do, that ale duty of all men is to take part with the civil _powers when the public peace is invaded —that not only are no men justified in resisting the constable, but they are not justified in withdrawing that aid whi , ch the protection of the public peace req u i res. An d a ll w h o are p resen t on occasions of that description neglecting to give neces sary aid, are guilty themselv es of a crime, and may be indicted and punished for the neglect of so impor tant a duty which is cast on 7sll. We may well appeal, I think, to all classes of sock ty, even to the very low est, as to the necessity of such proceedings, and 'the danger of the consequences 'which have arisen from them in other places where persons have been told — where labourers and artisans. have been told of the protections given to the rights of labour. L et them look at men of th e i r own c:lass invited to a foreign clime to earn a livelihood by their industry su ddenl y turned adrift and converte d into paupers at the dic tation of a selfish mob. Let it be remembered that the first financial act of •the Government which undertook to protect them •was to forfeit their little savings in the banks in whit!ls they were deposited; and let them see what ex , pe stations they can have from the effect of such condu ct as has been exhibited by the overturning of all g e eternment and all law, and they will feel it is their !interest, as well as their duty, to erect a bulwark wi'lich shall prevent such examples from being followed in this country. But, gentlemen, this is not merely a general observation or a political observation. It i ippears to me to apply directly to the state of tb, tugs before us, that .4. rz.ZA, 5Ni 430 :I3s ~