The Sun. — London, England, 1848-02-17 00:00:00

Clyde to Runcorn, was towed in here leaky, on the 3d instant, and must ;I:s:.ar..y , . The sl.up, this port, %%hich v‘ as en Cie efitt - i.nce of Lowtr Lough, on the iOth ult., has been gut off, and towed to this port. WIVENUOE, FEB. 16. The Indian, Urquhart, not Marshall, as previously reported, for Lol;fh,n, which was on shore on the Gunfleet Saud, on the 14th ins%!nt, has been assisted into this port, making a great deal of water. The Mercury, of and I..;)ni Sunderl 'rid to London, has been on the Guidleet Sand, but IN as a,sisted off and proceeded. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 16. Sld. Prince Regent, Sierra Leone; Superb, Philadelphia. BRISTOL, F/13. 16. Sld. Maria Laure, Mauritius ; Ada Mary, Barbadues ; Perseverance, St. John's, New Brunswick. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) Dim:l,mATm "4WD LE AD EDT L.T.. The supplies of Meat on E ale to day were by no means large, and a steady business was doing, at full prices. Beef from 3s to 4s ; Mutton. 3s 6.1 to 4s 8d ; 4s 2d to 5s 4d ; and Pork, 3s. 10d to 5s 2d per 81bs. by the carcase. !TEAT mz.n.nr.TS. SOUTHALL, FEB. 16.—The Beef trade was heavy, on somewhat easier terms; but that 19r Mutton was active, at higher rates. Otherwise the demand was in a slug gish state. Beef from 3s 6d to 4s 4d ; Mutton, Ss led to 5s 4d; Veal, 4s to ss; and Pork, 4s to 4s Sd per 81bs., to sink the dials.. _ _ ROMFORD, FEB. 16 —We had a steady general de mand to-day, and prices were well supported. Beef from 3s 4d to 4s 4d; Mutton, 3s 8d to 5i 4d; Veal, 48 to ss; and Pork, 4s to 4s Sd per Sibs ; Quarter old Store Pigs. 185 to 245. each. lleu.snem, FEB. 16.—Prime stock sold freely, at full Beef, Otherwise, the demand was in a slugg:sh state. Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 4d; Mutton, 452 d to 5s 2d; Veal, 4s to 4s Bd-; and Pork, 4s 2d to 45 8d per Blbs. ARUNDEL, FEB. 15.—Beef, from 3s Sd to 4s 4d; Mutton, 4s 4d to 5s 2d; Veal, 4s 2d to 4s Sd per Sibs. A mo derate supply, and a slow trade. CHICHESTER, FEB. 16.—Mutton advanced quite 2d Per 8lbs; otherwise, the trade was heavy. Beef, from 33 6d to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 4s 4d to 5s 2d ; Veal, 4s to 48 8d ; and Pork, 4s 4d to 4s Sd per Sibs. Quarter-old Store Pigs, 18s to 22s each. 33AIT MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 13s to 31 13s ; Clover, ditto, 31 13s to 41 15s ; and Straw, 11 4s to 11 8s per load. Supply good, and trade very dull. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 15s to 3/ 15s ; Clover ditto, 31 12s to 41 12s; and Straw, 114 s to 11 9s per load. A moderate supply, and a heavy demand. WIIITECIIAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 12s to 31 13s; Clover ditto, 31 12s to 4/ 15s ; and Straw, 1/ 4s to 118 s per load. Trade dull, at the above quotations. COAL MARK ET.—YESTERDAY. /kiddie's West Hartley 16s Od Ramsay l3s Od Dipton Tanfield l3s Gd Wharncliffe ...... ..—. 158 6d Hasting's Hartley l6s Od Eden Main North Pontop —.. ..... 138 Od Braddyll's Hetton lBs 3d New Pelton Main..... 14s Od Bell New Tanfield l4B 6d Haswell lBs 9u Original Tanfield ...... 138 Gd Hetton .... lBs 9(1 South Peareth Tanfield Moor Tanfield Moor Butes... 14s Gd Pease Wylam Wall's End, &c I Whitworth l3s 6d Barton Arrivals, 401—sold, 83. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Feb. 17, 184 s, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. [BARLEY.' OATS. I RYE. I BEANS. I TEAS. 4 PRICE •• bls Od 31s 2d 20s 7d 30s 5d I 3tis Id 43.1 The Duties on Foreign Grain are now suspended. SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Under-SheriffßuncuELL.) DE WINTER AND OTHERS V. FEARS. The plaintiffsitrihisactionare bankers, and the action Was brought to recover the sum of 3811., the balance (.1 a banking account and interest thereon. It appeared by the evidence that the accounts had been balanced from time to time, and interest charged thereon, the above amount being found duo in June last; since that period interest at seven and a half per cent. had been charged. The Leaned UNDER SHEMFF said he did not con sider they could charge beyond the 51. per cent. The plaintiffs' attorney said. that money had been so scarce that 9 per cent, could have been obtained. The UNDER-SHERIFF said that as they struck a ba lance every six months they charged compound interest. The plaintiffs' clerk was then examined as to whether a bill of exchange for 3001., accepted by a Mr. Philip Feake Martin, and drawn by defendant, had not been Paid. The witness replied that it was dishonoured and returned to defendant, although it had been entered in the account to plaintiffs' credit. The drawer bad an account with their bank. ..... Ajuror asked whether the bankers might not have taken up the bill, and debited Martin?—The witness said, not without instructions Defendant wished them to sue Martin, but they did not think fit to do so. The UNDER-SHERIFF said the jury might give what interest they thought proper, say 5 or 4 per cent. or less ; it was discretionary. The jury ultimately gave a verdict for the principal and interest at the rate of 5 per cent. BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) Ann Simpson, a woman of bad character, was charged before Mr. Henry with stealing a pocket-book, contain ing seven 101. notes, and one 5/. note of the Bank of England, and one 100 dollar note of the United States Bank, from the person of Mr. John Scones, a planter, of Texas, but now residing at Spring-place, Bagnigge- Wells road. The complainant, it appeared, took a cab at about four o'clock this morning, in the Strand, desiring the driver to take him to Spring-place, Bagnif, , ge-wells road. Re was then slightly intoxicated. The prisoner came up as the cabman was about to shut the door after com plainant got in, and without invitation, ste!.ped into the cab. The complainant allowed her to remain. On ar riving at Bagnigge- wells the prosecutor found that he had no change, and ordered the cab to drive back to the Strand and get change. The cabman drove back to Bvi rydges-street, here he stopped a t th e F a l s t a ff, a night house, vin:l the complainant and prisoner got out. The complainant then missed his pocket book which he had in his pocket when he first got into the cab. Having some indistinct recollection of feeling the prisoner's band in his breast pocket, win re he had placed the pocket-book, he immediately accused her of it. She denied it, and the complainant spoke to the cabman, w ho Felled a police-sergeant (Matthews, 10 H) who was pass- Sag at the moment. The sergeant, on hearing the charge made by prosecutor, took the cabman in custody, and Rave the prisoner in custody to the consthible on duty in Ji tydgea-street. On the way to the station-house the prisoner product d the pocket-bock, and said she would give it up at the station-house. She admitted that she took it from Mr. Scones's pocket, and said ebe did so be- Cause he would not give her some money which he had Promised her, and she wanted "to pay herself." She Was detained at the station and tl:e cabman was liberated. The pocket-book and its contents (seven ten pounds and ° Pe five pound note, English, and one 100 dollar note, American) were identified by Mr. Scores, who thought the notes were all he had in the pocket-book, but was not certain. Mr. Scones expressed a great unwillingness to press the char ge , as h e h a d urgent business in Paris which required his immediate presence there, and the delay of attending to a prosecution would be disastrous to him; but Mr. HENRY said, that for reasons which he should bereafter explain he could not allow complainant to w ithdraw from the prosecution of the charge. The pri soner must be remanded till this day week, and Mr. Scones must then attend, or ho would be compelled. Remanded accordingly. MARLBRO'-STREET-(THIS DAY,) Wm. Jones, a sturdy young fellow, was placed at the bar, before Mr. Bingham, charged with hurglaricusly entering the house of Colonel Albert Goldsmid, 2, Park crescent, Regent's Park, and stealing therefrom a pair of gold epaulets, several gold ornaments, silver spoons, and other articles. John Lambkin, butler in the Lervice of Colonel Gold smid, said he was in bed between three and four o'clock this morning, when he was disturbed by hearing a noise. The moment ho awoke .he saw the shade of a light under his bed-room door. Fancying that some Person was in the house he got out of bed and opened the rootn-door gently, and looking about him saw the prisoner holding a light against the front door inside the Plia3a g e, examining the bolts. The prisoner subsequently Proceeded up stairs, and witness alarmed his fellow servant, who c ame t o hi s as s i s tance, and accompanied I ° l in sea rc hi ng the house. On searching the library 01Y found th e prisoner coucbed down under the sofa. Witness's fellow-servant laid hold of the prisoner while Wit ness went an d called the police, who came and took the prison er i nto custo dy. Witness subsequently saw the articles produced taken from him. Charles Pither, footman in the same establishment, corroborated the evidence of last witness. Il tr• James Henry Goldsmid, nephew to Colonel tilbert G o l dsmid, identified the proper ty pr o duced as belonging to his uncle. four Ban n 2 49 S, said he was on duty in the New - road about o'clock, when he was called to No. 2, Park- crescent. Ile proceeded to the house, and, on entering the library, 151 V the prisoner sittin g o n th e s o f a . He searched him, s ad found upon him four waistcoats, a coat, and the other articles now produced. He also found some money ich had been taken from the footman's box, a Jemmy," and a bux o f reaches . He then took him I nto custody, when the prisoner told him that he came out with the intention of committing the robbery, and w as very sorry he had disturbed the butler. The prisoner, who was recognised as an old offender, Was committed for trial at the Central Crim:nal Court. CLERKEIN WELL.—(THIS DAY.) Wiliam I'cirri,: a man having the app earance o f an Irish l abourer, was charg , d before Mr. Tyrwhitt with uttering counterfeit coin. Mrs. Vlack, of Bei keley- street, Clerkenwell, grocer Bu d to bacconist, stated that lust evening , being in her Parlour, she heard, in conversation with the lad who I : a s servin g i n the shop, a gruff voice, which she thought con "cognis e d, an d t hi n ki ng s h e bad some more than : m en reason f or remem b er i ng it, she looked out, and "ice knew the prisoner as the " gentleman" who h ° t r three months ago passed off upon her a very bad , in a style of great tact and impuderc., the witnes s imitated with such dramatic fidelity w hi:_ ro voked some laughter in the court. At the mome nt alle recognised him last night he was acting in the ' 1 " "•off-haud, dash kind of a ivey," pretending to be half drunk, and was about to take up a small parcel of totiacco aed the change of a sc'eming half. crown, which the shopman bad ju , it taken up. Witness hastened forward, caught up the change and the tobacco, examined Vie half-crown, called hr‘r husband from the parlour and a police-officer from the street, secured the prisoner and gave him into custody. She was impart d with proof of the prisoner's identity as to the previous uttering. Mr. TYltWiln'T said that in this cahe the prisoner had managed to escape, and laughed at his continued suc cess. lle was one of those persons who followed this practice as an occupation, and aft: r the lapse of certain intervals revisited the same shops, when they thought they would have been forgotten. But the authorities at the Mint had their eyes upon him. At present, it would be useless to commit hint CR this charge. Mrs. Flack observed that it was very hard the public should be exposed to such robbery. The MAGISTRATE said that the law could not un fortunately afford tradespeople like the complainant as much protection as was to he desired. They would be much better protected by their own vigilance and good sense, as was very well exemplified in the case of Mrs. Flack herself. The prisoner was discharged. ELECTION COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) GREAT MAItLOW. The Great Marlow Election Committee re-assembled at tho usual hour this morning; Sir John I'akington in the chair. Mr. Sergeant WRANGRAM, finding that the evidence at his command would not sustain the allegations of bribery, said he filt it to be his duty not to waste the time of the Committee by further prosecuting the case. In the course of the inquiry he retearki.d that an insinu ation had been throen cut eguinst Colonel Knox, one of the sitting Members, to the effect that he had been personally guilty of bribery, but he felt it, due to the Committee and the Hon. and Gallant Member, to state that such an imputation could not have been borne out by the evidence. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the Committee having deliberated for a few minutes, the doors were re-cpened, when The CHAIRMAN announced that the committee had come to the resolution that Mr. Williams had been duly elected for the borough of Great Marlow, and that Colonel Knox had also been duly elected. This closed the proceedings of the Committee. KINSALE. The Select Committee appointed to try the merits of the Kinsale election petition re-assembled at the usual hour this morning; Mr. Bouverie in the chair. The first witness called this morning was Ann Ryan, daughter of Put. Ryan, barber, of Kinsale. She stated that she had for some time been in the habit of assisting her father in his business, and she remembered being sect for on the morning of the election, between four and five o'clock, to go to Mr. Silk's house, a publican at Kinsale, to operate upon the chins of a number of free and independent electors of the borough. She shaved the chins of no less than 35 voters, not one of whom could sit or stand from drunkenness. Some of them she found lying upon straw in the yard drunk, with bottles and drinking materials placed by their side, while others were snoosing on the kitchen floor, two or three of them lying amidst the contents of their own stomachs. The free and independents were held up by the sober portion while she shaved them ; but Dr. M•Lel lan was in that state that it was utterly impossible to shave him because he could not be held up at all, ho was so drunk. The consequence was, that during the operation of shaving, she unfortunately cut his throat and her own finger at the same time. Mr. Guinness, the sitting Member, and Dr. Jago, his friend, were present and assisted in holding up the free and independents, while she operated upon them. Parson Ryder was amongst them, and appeared to her to be as drunk as the rest of them. The process of shaving occupied from between four and fils o'clock till nine in the even ing, and immediately after they had been rendered some what decent they were marched up to the poll. Parson Ryder was the incumbent of a neighbouring parish,.and while the voters were lead up to the poll he supplied them with: whisky, and talked about the liberty and freedom of election. THE SUN, LONDON, TIIURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 17, 1848., TO SIR ROBERT INGLIS, M.P., AND OTHERS. Sizt,—l should not think it necessary to address you my humble remarks on that all-absorbing sub ject of the day, Jewish disabilities, was there not, as I learn by a public print, now a petition on the Lords' table against the Bill in question. Declamations become useless against the over whelming torrent of the age, and Scripture quotations absurd when misinterpreted, or at least cited agree able to a self-suiting dectrine. lle whom the mea sure, as its prime mover, will for ever honour, has eloquently and quite sufficiently shown that the question is a mere religious one ; but you seem scru pulously to think that Christianity is at stake by forgiving sinners. Allow me, then, humbly to remind you of our Saviour's own prayer. low can you hope for forgiveness if 1900 years of the most cruel and humiliating sufferings of those whom you regard as your religious adversaries cannot produce in you that sense of common fe€ling that the time of forget fulness is fully arrived ? That same Divine prayer you repeat in the Creed, in other words, the " hope" for forgiveness, is become a " belief" in you, and can it so be when your action denies its truth ? The foundation of Christianity is " charity," which survives, as it surpasses, both " faith" and " hope ;" how then, allow me to ask you, would you explain your belief in Christianity, which you so piously fear to be shaken, when you yourself demolish the edifice by depriving it of its very foundation ? Eighteen hundred years long have the Jews been tyrannically kept as slaves, and now even you seem little inclined to think of that absorbing question "Is Israel a servant, is he a home-born slave ?" Does Christianity constitute or confer a monopoly either of birthright or place, to be sold, Esau-like, for a mess of potage ? God forbid! "Make straight paths for your feet, lest that hich is lame be turned out of the way, but it rather be healed." " Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them ; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body." In wandering through the divine Apostle's Epistle to the Romans, I may, without wounding the sus ceptibility of the great University, whose oracle I needs must think you represent in the matter in in question, perhaps, be allowed to think that Paul, though speaking of circumcision, did not wish to exclude baptism from his comparison, and putting the simplest construction on the simplest words, we find this remarkable sentence :—" For he is not a Jew which is one outwardly, neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh." And the Apostle, justly interpreted, when justly under stood, says thus :—For he is not a Christian that is one outwardly, neither is that baptism which is outward. I surely cannot be taxed with blasphemy when I take the broadest view of the broadest subject, of a subject of humanity, of charity. Blasphemy I The very doubt that our Divine Master could wish for the exclusion either of man or tribe from his earthly and heavenly blessings amounts unquestionably to the greates of blasphemies ! Though the question be an international one Europe has her eyes fixed on you. You have eman cipated the slaves, and were reduced to the stern necessity of yielding to the complaint of your half brother Catholics. You expend millions on missions for promulgating the doctrines of Christianity, and would you forget at home what you teach abroad— that charity is the Gospel's vital breath, that by the action of charity alone, not by its idle profession, you can alone convince and reform ? It would be folly to follow the petition above alluded to in all its steps and erroneous arguments, if arguments they deserve to be called ; but what proof does in matter of fact result from a quotation of Smollet's history respecting the revocation of a former Act past in favour of the Jews ? Ist. That so many hundred years ago some en lightened men felt the necessity to make some con cession to unfortunate. exiles. 2d. That Parliament inconsistently revoked the next day what it had granted on the previous one. 3d, Had Parliament not been so inconsistent then, it would very likely not have become the lot of the present honourable assembly to be called on for the execution of so important a measure. But, to point out more forcibly still the absurdity of such a quotation or reference, allow me conscien tiously to ask you, Who among your religious anta gonists should be justified in the wish to sea you burnt alive, on the plea of Smollett's history reveal ing to us that so many hundred years ago many of your religious confraternity shared in so cruel a fate ? I will refrain from alluding to the speciality of the City election, which secured to the Baron de Roths child 6,792 votes ; I will not enter into long details on the present most general manifestations in favour of the Bill, which manifestations may once more convince you of " Vox populi vox Dei est ;" and I will conclude with reminding you that the question is not one of grace or mercy, but one of conscience and justice. In this land of freedom you will, you cannot ref use so just a claim. _ _ London, Feb. 17, 1848. Dr. Z. THE YARMOUTH BRIBERY CASE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I have just read your artic:e on the Yar mouth bribery case, and, with your permission, I desire to snake one or two observations on that question. After expressing your just indignation at the gross corruption of the voters, whose conduct has brought disgrace upon the borough, you proceed to ask, "Is it surprising that the Committee recommends the disfranchisement of Great Yarmouth ?" Here, Sir, let me remind you that the Committee only request the House of Commons to disfranchise the freemen, allowing the 101. householders of the borough in future to return the two Members. This recommendation of the Committee is founded on justice, and I am sure will meet with the appro bation of all the well-disposed inhabitants of Great Yarmouth. It may not be uninteresting to state that it has been the practice for very many years by both parties in Yarmouth to pay to each eeman for each election the sum of 2/. 2s. for his vote, and a ten-shilling ticket for drink has been generally added. This circumstance will explain what was meant by some of the witnesses saying the " Reds" (Tories) owed them ril. for previous occasions. It has been the desire of the Liberal party in the town for years past to do away with this " head-money," which the free men look upon as their inherited right, and the can didates know very well they must pay them or lose the election. In 1835 Colonel Anson and Mr. Rum bold lost the election, after sitting in parliament for the borough about twenty years, in consequence of their attempt to break up this pernicious custom. It is to be hoped that the House of Commons will immediately act upon the recommendation of the boroughs should indeed, I d o not see why freemen should not b e d i sfranch i sed at the Their privil ege i s an un j ust one, an d i s O l t' much cor rupt i on at elect i ons. Wh at sCPi r na i r g le dminhatluillihititbtmaitovseereeo.one man more than another to this pri vilege ? whic h is generally obtained by serving a sevenson yea apprenticeship to a f reeman, or b y b eing the years apprenticeship freeman-. In Yarmouth there are about 1,000 of them, but as about half of them are house holders as well, they will not all be a deprived of the franchise. I will not intrude further upon your space, and shall be obliged if you can insert the above remarks. I a m, Sir, your obedient servant, A YARMOUTH FREEMAN. London, Feb. 15, 1848. [The fact that 500 of these corrupt freemen are householders is sufficient of itself to influence the House of Commons in pronouncing the entire dis• franchisement of the borough. An ounce of Parlia mentary civit will not sweeten the fame of Great Yarmouth—its offence is rank, and smells to heaven. —En. Sun.] TESTIMONIAL TO GEORGE CRUIKSIIANK. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIB,—I have read with much pleasure of the " con templated testimonial to George Cruikshank." He has rendered the world his debtor. Henceforth every true friend of popular progress will accord him a high place on the list of great and good men whom " his soul delighteth to honour. Whilst we give all due praise to Cruikshank, let us not f orget, however, that the leading ideas of the work which has immortalised him, were suggested by Z a Poem entitl e d "Th e Blessings of Temp e rance, the co mposition of an old Irish shoemaker, named John O'Neil. The world is sometime s stran gely unmindful of its benefactors. The fervid strains of Ebenezer Elliott awakened the minds of his countrymen to the monstrous evils of the corn-laws. The celebrated Anti-Corn-law League vs as the result. The corn-laws repealed, Mr. Richard Cobden was presented by the British nation with some eighty or ninety thousand pounds. Now Ido not grudge that patriotic indivi dual a single farthing of this vast " sum ;" but was it generous of England to neglect in th e hour of her triumph the brave poet, who had incited her sons to action with all the vehement eloquence of a Tyrtceus. Happily the " Bard of Sheffield" is i n i n d epen d ent ciraumstances. Such, unfort unatel y , is not the case with John O'Neil, he is old—afflicted with ill-h ea l t h , and I fear the " res angustad omi." Sir, your kind sympathic 3 have ever been with Ireland. You have never played the Celt slanderer, you do not live by pandering to the lowest prejudices of Englishmen. Say, is not the Saxon indebted, and that largely, to the mental labours of this poor, hard working Celt—labour' prosecuted under I know not how many difficulties and privations ? Should, he be slow to testify his gratitude. In conclusion, I think it right to state that I am personally unacquainted with Mr. O'Neil, but, as an Irishman, I could not refrain from writing these few LOLA MONTES AGAIN. We learn by letters from Munich, of the 10th, that disturbances have taken plr.ce in that city, of which Lola Mentes was the cause. The following are the particulars :—Amorg the students of the University of Munich, as among those of alincst all the German Universities, associations exist, and they adopt a par ticular name and a head-dress of a particular colour to distinguish them from each other. Five associa tions of this kind had been established for a long time in the University of Munich, under the names Pfa!zsr, Schwaben, Franken, Bavaren, and Isaren, the names, in German, of the five provinces which compose the kingdom of Bavaria. A sixth asso ciation was lately formed under the name of Ale mania. It was got up in the drawing-room of the Countess de Landsfeld (Lola Montes), who took it under her peculiar protection. Its mem bers, fifteen or twenty in number, wore dark red caps, with edgings of different colours. The Ale manen, as they were called, were " sent to Co ventry " by their fellow-students, and declared un worthy of obtaining satisfaction for'any offence what soever. One day, at the commencement of this month, the Alemanen having presented themselves at the lecture of a professor, were received with hissings and hootings, and the professor was obliged to close the lecture. The next day the authorities begged of the students t' be orderly, and announced that an in vestigation would be made relative to the names of the getters-up of the disturbances. No notice was taken of this, and the next day the lectures were again interrupted by the uproar made against the A letnanen. Prince Wallerstein, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and, ad interim, of Public Instruc tion, went to the University, and addressed the stu dents in a hind manner. He was loudly cheered,and a promise was given him by the students that the lecture should not again be disturbed. Four Alemanen, however, on leaving the Univer sity, were followed for a great distance by a crowd of students, hooting and yelling. On the 9th, the Alemanen were again assailed with yells of even increased violence and compelled to seek refuge in an eating-house which they frequented. As they were entering the house, one of them, Count de Hirschberg, who was greatly irritated, drew forth a poignard, and rushed on the people nearest him. A gendarme, however, luckily seized his arm, and wrested the poignard from him; lut the gendarmes did not dare to arrest him on account of his being one of the Alemanen. After this scene, the Alemanen wrote a letter from the eating-house to Mlle. Lola Montes, begging her protection. Immediately on receiving it, the fair Spaniard started off on foot to the scene of tumult. On being recognised, the mob, which by this time ' had become very considerable, heaped insult upon her, and at length became so threatening that she endeavoured to seek refuge in a house. But every door was closed against her, and atnongstothers that ofthe Austrian Legation. The Icing having been informed of what was passing, left a fête which he was giving in the Palace ' and wentto the spot. Re there offered his arm to the Countess to protect her, and led her into a church opposite the Palace. There Mlle. Lola threw herself on her knees at the foot of the altar, and cried, "God protect my best, my only friend !" Shortly after she took a pistol, and issued from the church, carrying the weapon in her hand. Meanwhile the irritation of the mob increased, and cried, " Down with the Alemanen! Down with the spies of the ---!" When the people caught sight of the unfortunate Countess, they rushed to wards her, and a man, after wresting the pistol from her, seized her by the throat, and so held.her against the wall whilst the mob heaped insults on her. At length the, gendarmes succeeded in releasing the un lucky woman, and in conducting her to the military post of the palace, from which she subsequently passed to the apartments of the royal residence. During all the rest of the day the garrison was under arms and strong patrols paraded the streets. In the afternoon the authorities ; informed the students that the Uni versity would be closed for a year, and that all strangers to the city would have to leave Munich in forty-eight hours. In the evening the people assem bled on the Place of the Obelisk, and broke down some wooden palings to obtain weapons to resist the armed force. In the morning, it is said that the gendarmes, without warning the people or summoning them to disperse, charged them, and in so doing wounded two students, and injured a man so severely that, as was said, he subsequently died. The muni cipality addressed the King to obtain a revocation of the decree for closing the University for a year, but he positively . refused to comply with the request. He, however, subsequently did so, and it was an nounced that the University would be re-opened on the 14th. ALLEGED MURDER AT ELY.—A very - painful sensation has been created in this district, in reterence to the mysterious death of an aged female, named Elizabeth Grabb, who, for some considerable time past had resided with her husband at a place called Little pinl, a few miles distant. The deceased expired on Fri day last, somewhat suddenly, but then it was generally supposed by the inhabitants of the village that her death was perfectly natural. The suddenness of the deceased's dt ath made it necessary that an inquest should be held on the body. Accordingly, Mr. W. Marshall, the coroner, was apprised of the death, and that functionary forthwith issued his warrant for an investigation to be opened on Saturday last. Upon that occasion the jury was sworn, and after the body of deceased had been viewed, evidence of such a startling character was re ceived relative to the cause of i:eath, that the coroner at once adjourned the inquiry until Monday. In the mean time Mr. Laxton, of Littleport, and Mr. Stevens, jun., of Ely, both surgeons, Isere ordered to make a post ?no, tem examination of the body. Upon the re-assem bling of the coroner and jury the medical evidence showed that the head of deceased was most extensively injured from external blows, apparently inflicted with some heavy instrument. There was no doubt ex pressed by the medical men that the deceased had died from the effects of violence. The evidence of the other witnesses went so far as to fix the guilt upon the hus band of the deceased. The jury, therefore, returned a verdict of wilful murder against John Grubb, the hus band, who was forthwith committed toCambridge Castle to take his trial at the next assizes. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the Hause of Commons.) WEDNESDAY: FEB. 16. ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIEF BILL. Order for Committee read; Motion made, and Question proposed, " That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair .." Amendment proposed, to leave out fruit the word " That" to the end of the Question, in order to add the words ' this House will, upon this day six months, resolve itself into the said Committee," instead thereof:—Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Ques tion." The House d vided : - MAJORITY—AYES, 186. Adair, Hugh E. Greene, Thomas ' Pigott, Francis Adair, R. Shafto Gregtion, Samuel Pilkington, James Adare, Viscount Grenfell, C. Pascoe Price, Sir R. Alsock, Thomas Grenfel , Charles W. Posey, Philip Amnon, Colonel Grey, Sir G. Raphael, Alexander Anon, Viscount Grey, Ralph W. Reynolds, John Baines, 91. T. Grosvenor, Lord R. Ricardo, J. L. Barkly, Henry Haggitt, F. It. Ricardo, Osman Baring, E.'l'. Hall, Sir B. Rich, Henry Bellew, K. M. Hay ter, W. G. Robartes, T. J. Berkeley, 11. Ileadlam, T. E. Romilly, John Berkeley, Granticy Henry, Alexander Russell, F. C. 11. Birch, Mr Thomas Herbert, Menry A. Rutherford, A. Itlackall, S. W. Hervey, Lord A. Sadleir, John Blake, 3.1. J. Heywood, James Scholeneld, William Bouverie, E. P. Howard, C W.G. Serope, G. I'. Itowring, Dr. Hume, Joseph Scully, Francis Bright, John Hutt, William Stele, Charles Brockman, E. D. Jackson, William Seymour, Lord Brotherton, Joseph Jervis, Sir John Sheil, R. L. Brown, W. Johnstone, Sir J. Sidney, Thomas Buller, Charles Keogh, IVIIIIitin t'imeon, John Bunbury, Edward Keppel, George T. Smith, Vernon Busfeild, W. Kershaw, James Smith, John B. Buxton, air E. King, Peter John Smythe, G. Callaghan, D. Labouchere , Henry Somers, J. P. Campbell, W. I'. Langston, J. H Somerville, Sir W. Carter, John B. Laseelles, W. S. Gtanstleld, W. R. C. Caulfield, Colonel I ewis, George C. Strutt, Edward Cavendish, G. H. Lincoln, Earl of Stuart, Lord 1). Cayley, Edward S. Lushington, Charles Stuart, Lord J. Clay, James Macnamara, Major Sullivan, Michael Clements, Charles 31• Gregor, John Sutton, Henry Cliflord, Henry M. M'Tavieh, C. C. Talbot, J. 11. Cobden, It. 31 eagh,r, Thomas Taltimrd, ,ergeant Colebrooks, Sir T. Mahon, O'Gorman Tenison, E. K. Craig, W. G. Marsh 11, J. G. Thicknesse, R. A. Crawford, W. S. Marshall, William Thompson, Colonel Dawson, T. V. Martin, C. W. Thorncly, T. Devereux, John T. Matheson, Colonel Towneley, John Drumlanrig, Vis. Melgund, Viscount Trelawny, J. S. Drummond, 11. Mines, R. M. Tuthell, henry Duff, George S. Mitchell, T. A. Turner, E. Duncan, Viscount Moffatt, George Urquhart, David Dunne, Francis P. Molesworth, Sir W. Vane, Lord 11. Ebrington, Viscount Slonsell, William Verney. Sir 11. Ellice, Edward Morpeth, Viscount Villiers, Charles Elliot, John E. Morison, General Wall, C. B. Evans, John Mostyn, E. M. L. Walmsley, Sir J. Ewart, William Mowatt, Francis Watkins, Colonel Fagan, William Mulgrave, Earl Wawn, J T. Foley, Joint rt. 3t ure, Colonel Westhead, J. P. Fordyce, A. 1). Newry, Viscount Williams, John Forster, Mathew O'nrien, Sir Lucius Williamson, Sir H. Fe a, W.J. O'Brien; Timothy Wilson, James Gardner, J. D. O'Brien, W. S. Wilson, Matthew Gibson, T. M. O'Connell, M. J. Wood, W. I'. Gladstone, W. E. O'Connor, Feargus Wyvill, Marmaduke Glyn, George Carr O'ilaberty, Anthony Yorke, 11.:R. Gower, Leveson Paget, Lord Clarence Graham, Sir James Pahnerston, Iris. TELLERS. Granger, T. C. Parker, John Ansley, Thomas C. Greene, John Peto, Samuel M. Arundel, Earl of MINORITY-NOES, 154. Arbuthxott, Hugh Ferrer, James Masterman, J. Arclaiall, Captain Filmer, Sir E. Matins°ll, 'l'. B. Arkwright, George Fitzroy, Henry Meux, Sirzilenry Huge, W. Floyer, John Milos, I'. W. S. ltagot, William Forbes, W. Miles, W. Bailey, Jcseph Forester, G. C. Moody, C. A. Bailey, Joseph, jun. Fox, S. L. 31organ, 0. Baldock, E. 11. Frewen, C. 11. Mundy, E. Miller Itankes, G. Fuller, A. E. Neeld, Joseph Bateson, T. Galway, Viscount Newdegate, C. N. Beckett, William Goddard, A. L. Noel, Gerald J. Beresford, William Gordon, Admiral l'aeke, CW. Bourke, Richard S. Goring, Charles Pakington, Sir J. Bowles, Admiral Granby, Marquis of Palmer, Robert Brackiey, Viscount Greenall, Gilbert Pennant, Colonel Brainston, 'I% W. Grogan, E. Plumptre, J. I'. Bremridge, Richard Gwyn, Vowel Plowden, W. 11. Broadley, 11. Raiford, Sir 11. Powell, Col. Brooke, Lord Hall, Colonel Prime, Richard Brown, Humphrey Halsey, T. P. Reid, Colonel Bruce, C. L. C. Hamilton, G. A. Renton, John C. Buck, L. W. Hamilton, Lord C. Richards, Richard Buller, Sir J. V. Harris, Hon. Capt. Rushout, Captain Burghley, Lord Hayes, Sir E. Sandars, George Burrell, Sir C. Ileald, James Scott, Francis Burroughes, H. N. Ileathcote, Sir W. Seynier, Henry KM' Cabbell, B. B. lieneage ' G. H. W. Shirley, E. J. Carew, W. I'. Henley, J. W. Sibthorp, Colonel Chichester, Lord J. Ilildyart, R. C. Sotheron, T. H. S. Cholmeley, Sir M. Hilayard, T. B. T. Spooner, Richard Christopher, R. Hodgson, W. N. Stafford,,:Augustus Christy, Samuel Hood, t-ir A. Stuart, Henry Codrington, Sir W. Hope, Sir J. Stuart, J. Codrinxton, Sir W. Herlihy, John Sturt, Henry G. Cole, 11. A. Hudson, George Thompson, Ald. Coles, Henry B. Ingestre, Viscount Tolleinache, John Colvile, C. R. Ireland, Thomas J. Trollope, Sir J. Compton, 11. C. Jocelyn, Viscount Turner, .George Connolly, Col. Jollitle, Sir W. H. Verner, Sir W. Corry, Henry Jones, Captain Vyse, R. 11. R. It. Cripps, William Knight, F. W. Waddington, David Davies, D. A. S. Knox, Colonel Walpole, S. 11. Deedes, W. Lennox, Lord HG. Walsh, Sir J. B. Deering, John I'. Lewis, Sir Ti Welhy, G. E. Disraeli, B. Lindsay, Colonel Wellesley,'Lord C. Dodd, G. Lockhart, W. Williams, T. P. Duckworth, Sir J. Leng, Walter Willoughby, sir 11. Duncuft, John Lowther Colonel -- Wyld, James Dundee, George Lowther, Henry ___---- rre, C. G Lygon, Gen. TELLERS. dwards, Henry Isiackenzie, W. F. Inglis, Sir R. H. Egerton, W. T. 11'liaghten, Sir E. Law, C. E. F,uiLam, E. B. Manniirs, Lord G. THE CHEAP NEWSPAPER RETROGRADE MOVEMEN T. (From the Leeds Mercury.) Some time back a number of newspaper proprietors in Liverpool and other places tried the suicidal ex periment of reducing the price of their papers to threepence, and some even lower. Every person acquainted with the numerous and heavy charges on a newspaper establishment was aware that the experi ment must inevitably tail. And so it has done very quickly, as the following article from the Liverpool Mercury—one of the papers which was led into the foolish experiment—sufficiently proves:— " The Blackburn Standard of Wednesday, which boasts of having been almost, if not quite, the first provincial joureal' to reduce its price to threepence, announces that for the future the price wilt be fourpence. It is stated that the reduction was originally made partly in anticipation of a reduction of the stamp, advertisement, and paper duties, and partly to ascertain how Jar a paper, brought down to the very verge of prudence, could, by a greatly increased circulation, be made to remunerate fur the risk run: The first ex• pectatiun was notoriously erroneous; the practical result of the second is thus announced:—' We have persevered with the experiment for nearly eighteen months— longer, by a considerable time, than all, save one or two of our contemporaries, who were led by similar hopes to our own to follow our example, and by just so much greater experience we are authorised to confirm their decisions by pronouncing the experiment to be, for our own interest, a failure." We believe,' said the Tim.: some seventeen months are, the very hardest, the most ceotionical view of mercantile transactions, is just that which suits the relation of newspapers with the reacting public.' We shall, therefore, be speaking in a strain which all will comprehend, when we say that there is a point of profit in the newspaper trade, as in every other, below which it would hardly be worth while to continue in business. We har6 nothing to complain of in the result which has followed our experiment; it has, in one sense, more than answered our anticipations. But the risk increases with the increase of sale, and the expense of producing the artxle is in no respect lessened; so that while we win the victory, we have to pay all the costs, and the greater the glory the greater the charge. A con tinuation of such fortune as we have hinted at, it may easily be perceived, would not leave us much to boast of; and we have, therefore, resolved upon the step an nounced at the head of this notice. We shall henceforth charge a fair price for our labour and outlay—fair to ourselves, and, in consequence, just to our supporters; for it is not to be expected that we should continuo to offer an article of similar quality at a loss to ourselves, whenever we discovered our mistake." " The Liverpool namesake of the Blackburn paper, which, alarmed by the prospective reduction in the price of another, struck the blow off hand, and came down at once to threepence, in spite of loud ' songs of triumph,' subsequently sung, from time to time, as to the marvel lous success of the experiment, soon saw the expediency of rising first to thrce;.ence-halfpenny, and now to four pence. The person who first commenced the experiment of a threepenny newspaper in this town boasted of his success also, but soon found it expedient to take his departure for America, leaving his wife des titute amongst strangers, to beg her way to her native country. A 'twopenny paper, of half size, commenced by our contemporary of Liver-court, soon gave up the ghost. The price of the Mail, which was reduced to threepence, has lately been raised to fourpence. Another contemporary came out two days a week with half papers, at twopence-half penny each; he then tried threepence; then half one paper a week at threepence, and has now advanced to threepence-halfpenny in a slightly enlarged form, which still does not contain more than half the letter-press of the Mercury. Another contemporary, who, a very short time ago, had the hardihood to declare publicly his perfezt satisfaction with the losing experiment, will soon have to tell another tale, if he has not told it already : Several other provincial newspapers, which were frightened out of their propriety by the ruinous competition commenced in Liverpool, have since thought proper to retrace their steps, and others, who have not yet done so, have seen or will soon see, the absolute ne cessity of a similar movement. For ourselves, although we partially yielded to the movement for a time, in self . - defence, and for the sake of our advertising friends, we have never changed the opinions we eipressed from the first; nor, indeed, was it possib:e that we should do so, those opinions being founded on a thorough and prac tical knowledge of our own business." BAGGING A COBBLER.—At Marylebone Police court yesterday L. Jones was brought up on the follow ing curious charge:—On the previous evening the prisoner, after making an old cobbler drunk, undertook, for a wager of 24. 6d., to put him into a sack and carry him to a pawnbroker's in Statford•street, Lisson-grove. lle proceeded thither with his load, which, on entering the shop, he threw down upon the counter, saying that he had brought a speechless " subject" to pledge. He was given into custody, owing to his having collected a great crowd, and he was therefore conveyed to the station-house. The sack was untied, and poor Crispin was liberated. The prisoner was admonished and dis charged. Wooncouts.—For several years these delicate birds have not been met with so numerous as f ormer ly. Some sportsmen think i t owing to the want of severe frosts in November; others attribute the cause to the immense quantities of their eggs gathered abroad in their native marshes for the market; but, independent of the great flights that used to cross the seas, there is now as many bred in this wintry as occasionally yields good winter shooting. For instance, during six days of the last intense frosts, Mr. Stewart, gamekeeper at Balms eaan, bagged in Lord Reidhaven's preserves 107 wood cock, all plump fat birds, such as must have tared well among the cozy wood-springs of Glen-Urquhart-1n : verness Courier. sentences concerning the claims upon the public of one who has conferred distinguished honour upon our common country by his successful labours for the moral and intellectual advancement of his kind. I am, Sir, yours very truly, SAMUEL DIURFILY LANULEY. 23, Vauxhall-bridge-road, Westminster, Frburary 10, 1848. RAILWAY ROBBERIES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. ALTON V. RUSSELL. SlR,—With reference to your report of this case, on the 9th instant, it is but justice to me to supply some omissions of evidence in your ab!e report. First, the "parties whose interference led to the dis charge of, and attendant writs by, Mr. and Mrs. Wareham, were Mr. Pearse and Mr. Maples, and not Mr. Sturns, whose reiterations of their and of Mr. Rus sell's promises of indemnity were made at later periods, as the correspondence read in court showed. Second, that this action was brought for the benefit of creditors, all of whom were such in respect of Wareham's six actions, and my being hft without proper protection. The amount claimed was accord ing t') my books and vouchers; and investigations had been frequently invited of the directors, Mr. Russell, Mr. Mills, Mr. Sturns, and Mr. Saunders, but for twenty months (up to the day of this trial) they resisted every overture, and did deny their legal liability, which led to all my difficulties exposed in court yesterday ; and tl•ey even put in pleas denying the eromises of the defendant, and alleging that I did not go far enough in the investigations which pleas they abandoned in court before I had gone through a tithe of my evidence. They might have paid money into court, or agreed on other courses open to them, rather than, as the correspondence shows, abandan me to my fate, and neglect to fulfil their promises, and what they ad mitted to be their moral liability. In justice to me, insertion of this is necessary. I am your obliged servant, CHARLES NASH, Parliamentary Agent. Montague street, Wednesday. P.S.—I must also correct these particulars :—That the arrest of Wareham was the result of fourteen days' excessive exertions, and under counsel's advice, and not in consequence of information from Maynard. That the instructions to go on with the investiga tions were from the defendant, and not from the plaintiff. The verdict against me, by Wareham, was only half a farthing, and the Judge refused him his costs, thus vindicating me on that unfavourably pre sented occasion. For eighteen months after resigning my engagement I conducted business for the company, and ensured their successes in the same actions of Wareham, yet was refused a single shilling on ac count to meet the expenses. CO URT CIRCULAR. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived in town yesterday, from her residence, Frogmore House, near Windsor, and visited the Queen at Buckingham Palace, where her Royal Highness ar rived at half-past one o'clock. The Royal Duchess partook of a dejeune with her Majesty and Prince Albert and their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg. At three o'clock the Duchess of Kent left the Palace on her return to Frogmore House. His Royal Highness the Duke of Saxe-Coburg rode out on horseback yesterday, attended by Baron Fritsch. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took walking and pony exercise yesterday, in the Royal Gardens. _ _ Her itoyal Highness the Princess Helena was taken an airing. A deputation respecting hops had a conference with Lord Juhn Russell and the Chancellor of the Ex chequer yesterday, at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing. street. The deputation consisted of Sir Edward Filmer, M.P., Mr. Frewen, M.P., Mr. llodges, M.P., Mr. Fuller, M.P., Mr. H. M. Curteis, M.l'., Mr. G. C. Cantlupe, Major Curteis, Mr. J. C. Daws, Mr. R. Smith, Mr. J. Hilder, Mr. W. Nokes, Mr. Fielden Smith, Mr. B. T. Nokes, Rev. J. W. Maher, Mr. J. Springett, Mr. Charles Nearne, Mr. F. B. Elvy, Mr. James Fremlin, Mr. W. J. Carter, Mr. W. Goldin, Mr. H. T. Smith, Mr. 1). Smith, Mr. Jeremiah Smith, Mr. Henry Smith, Mr. B. Shrobridge, Mr. William Hilder, Mr. Jesse Pipon, Mr. Benjamin Hardy, Mr. Samuel Pix, Mr. J. Hilder, Mr. H. Corbould, Capt. Luxford, Mr. Bacon, Mr. G. Whiting, and Mr. N. P. Kell. Mr. Hutne, M.P., and Mr. Foster, M.P., had an interview with the Right lion. Henry Labouchere yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. A. deputation from the city of London, consisting of Mr. John Wood, Mr. Deputy Harrison, Mr. J.ll. Hall, Mr. -John Dixon, Mr. Richard Taylor, Mr. Scott, and the City Remembrancer, had an interview with Viscount Morpeth yesterlay, at the office of the Woods and Forests, in Whitehall-place. The Cabinet Ministers dined with Sir Jol.n Hob house, yesterday evening, at his residence in Berke ley-square. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial-office, for the Governors of the lVest India Colonies. A deputation respecting malt, consisting of Mr. Lattimore (Hertfordshire), Messrs. J. Hudson, S. Lock, J. Cohen, L. Soolhv, and J. Kemp (Norfolk) : Messrs. R. Matson, C. Neame, E. Stuntz, and F. K. Elvey (Kent); Messrs. IV. Fisher Hobbs, W. Hut ley, and H. Selmes (Essex) ; Messrs. F. Smith, W. P. Lamb, J. Pix, and W. E. Baxter (Sussex) ; Mr. R. Beman (Gloucester) ; Mr. C. Pocock (Berkshire); Mr. G. Clerk (Hertfordshire) ; and Mr. G. Smith (Hampshire) ; had an interview yesterday with Lord John Russell and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yesterday, and concluded the hearing of an appeal, "The Representatives of Count de Wall v. The Commissioners of French Claims." An appeal from Bengal was commenced, " Raja Burdahauth Roy v. Rum Tunnoo Bose." DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Her M:ljesty the Queen honoured the performances at this theatre with her presence last night. The en tertainments consisted of Balfe's opera The Maid of Honour, which was given by command, and the new divertissement for Mdlle. Fuoco, L' Invitation a la l'ae. The royal party included his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Co burg, the Baroness of Waugenheim, Baron Fristch, Lord Morley, Colonel Buckley, Captain Gordon, and the Marchioness of Douro. The illustrious visitors seemed well pleased with the performances, and were liberal of their applause. Her Majesty arrived punctually at half-past seven o'clock, and remained until the end of the opera. The royal box was hand somely arranged for the occasion; the lining was trans parent gauze of pink and white, with gold stripes, borders and cornices of flowers. Her Majesty was re ceived on her arrival by M. Jullien, who was also in attendance at her departure. The house was very full, the opera was exceedingly well played, and every thing went off with great spirit. M. Berlioz presided in the orchestra. THE ~ BOYER GALLERY." The preparations for the distribution cf the almost innumerable works of art, of which this gallery consists, are in rapid progress, at the house of Mrs. Mary Parkes, in Golden-square, and it will not be long before the collection will be dispersed amongst the subscribers. In the meantime we would recom mend those who have not examined the collection to pay it a visit; the time spent in the examination of the different things contained in it will be well repaid. The celebrated Boyer Bible is to be seen here, a copy of the Holy Scriptures matchless in the number and value of the drawings, engravings, and etchings, with which it is illustrated, and one of the ' finest specimens of typography ever produced by the printing-presses of this country. This Bible was printed under the immediate superintendence of Mr. Macklin, and is one of the early folio copies of the work known as " 'Macklin's" Bible, very few of which were printed. The " Boyer" copy is the finest illus trated copy of the work, and may be said to be, in point of the number and value of the illustrations it contains, the most celebrated illustrated hook in the world. Some notion may be formed of its import ance when it is said that it consists of forty five large folio volumes, bound in Russia leather and silk, and that it contains thou sands of illustrations, the works of the most celebrated continental and English artists. The il lustrations were collected by Mr. Boyer himself, an artist of high reputation, and known by his contem poraries as a man of excellent taste and judgment. He spent some thousands of pounds and devoted many years of his life to the labour of illustrating these volumes : they are certainly a monument of un wearied industry and research in the prosecution of a most praiseworthy desire. There are . otlier illus trated books in the Gallery, viz. , "Hume s England," in many folio volumes, a noble work, and a beautiful specimen of the union of art with literature. There are several hundred illustration s o f the military career of th 3 Duke of Wellington, Lord Nelson, and con temporary heroes and statesmen, consisting of draw ings and engraving of battles, sieges, portraits, land artists of eminence. n addition t o s tres P e es t ' h &c ing .' as,lti a }' artists are paintings, drawings, engrav ings, gems, cabinets, so numerous that the mention of them by their respective titles, though it certainly would not be tedious, would be too long for our co lumns ; there is, moreover, no necessity to set them forth:at length, when t he public can go and see them, and form their own estimate of their merits and value. Letters from Italy contain unfavourable intelli gence of the health of Mi. T. Giiborne, late Q.I.Y. for NOttiDghai. FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAIL. BRUSSELS, JULY 15. Yesterday the Chambers commenced the general discussion on the project of law relative to the office of notaries. The Minister for the Interior presented to the Chamber three pro jects of law ; relative, first, to the suppression of the law of the fractionnement of the Electoral Colleges ; secondl, the election of burgomaster not belonging to the Council; thirdly, the addition to the list of electors, of those who are on the jury list. In this sitting of the Chamber of Representatives another proof was afforded that a parity of votes sufficed to throw aside another important question. The recog nization of the Notorial was the order of the day, but Mr. Castmean drew attention to various petitions on the table which occupied the greater part of the day. BRUSSELS, FEB. 15. , ---Yesterday evening the Poles resident here celebrated the martyrdom of the Rus sian patriots, who were executed in consequence of their insurrection of 1825, against the despotism of the Czar. This day was selected as being the anni versary of the death of Simon Konarski, the apostle of the liberty and fraternity of the two nations, who was shot at Wilna. URTEMBURG.—STtiTTG ARD.—In the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies on the Bth, the galleries were densely crowded, and many officers were ob • served among the auditors. The Minister of the Interior presented the projects of law respecting the restriction of the marriage of the poorer classes, as also the supplementary law to the edict of the constitution. According to this latter project, the term of ( ffice of the Council of De puties would be extended to nine years, but that every three years a third of this number shall retire from office. The Government reserves to it self the right of deciding the election, even if one of the three candidates for a vacant seat in the Coun cil shall have been returned with a majority of two thirds of the votes of his electors. The project grants publicity during debates on matters of a general nature.—Algereeine Zeitung t Feb. 11. HAMBURGH, FEB. 12.—The Journal de St. Peters burgh contains a declaration, which Baron Kradner was commissioned to deliver to the Assembly of the States. This declaration states that the Russian Cabinet fully agrees to the duplicate of the well known minutes of Austria, France, and Prussia, of the 18th January, and that Russia conceives it self provisionally released from the objection of pro tecting the neutrality of Switzerland, and that Russia will suspend its guarantee for this neutrality, so long as Switzerland mistakes the fundamental principle of its existence by the disparagement of the cantonal sovereignty, and continues to be the refuge for revolutionists. PannuaG, FEB. 7th.—The Chamber of Deputies did not meet for several days, but held private con ference respecting the rescript relative to the Comilats Administration. It seems that the Opposition has split into two parties, and while the moderate party recognizes its advantage from the constitutional and positive declaration of the Government of its care in regard to the Administration, others will not give up their agitation against the Government, and persist in their annoyance. This day two projects of an address were laid be before the Chamber of Nobles. The first was from the deputy Szerteranzi, to the following effect : " That we beg to offer our thanks to his Majesty for his declaration that he has at heart the mainte nance of our Constitution, yet that it must be ac knowledged that the doubts of the states were not altogether unfounded; that we demand the realiza tion of the promises given, the maintenance of the dignity of the Supreme Court, and the abolition of the administrative system. We must further request his Majesty for the re-establishment of the Constitu tional system of the Government." The upper classes shall for the future not only conduct the business of the Committee but shall also have the chief superintendence. It is requested that in this answer his Majesty may be solicited to give practical proofs of the promise contained in the royal receipt during the course of the present Diet, and that then the States, if possible, will consider the proposed measures of reform for the welfare of the country. THE PROJECT OF THE ADDRESS FROM THE DE PUTY OF BEREGHER.—M. Longuy states that in an answer to the Address it must be observed that the repeated mention of the Administration causes much apprehension to the nation, and that, we will not go into particulars, as his Majesty promises the main tainance of the Constitutional Supreme Court, and secures to us, only with some exceptions, the nomina tion of the Administration, and that the article of code will soon be re-established in it is true legal force. FRANKFORT ON THE MAINE, FEB. 7.—The heavy rains, which we have had for several days, at two o'clock this: day, caused the masses of ice to give way in several parts of the river. Only an hour before, the passage across the Maine hail been per fectly safe for foot passengers. The river is very considerably swollen, and in several places has ad vanced above the quays, apprehensions of a complete inundation are, however, we trust, unfounded. The Rhine and the Mole have been open since yesterday, but at Mayence the ice was FO dangerous that it is prohibi'ed by the police. Preparations have been made for resuming the navigation, as a second frec z ing of the river would be unparalleled.—Al/gemeine Zeitang, Feb. 11. IIAMBUR(111 BOIZSENLIALLE, Fan. 12. Bills. Money. !instil:in 5 per Cents .. ••••.•• • • • •• 102% Bank Shares .... 1580 Anglo-Russian Loan ..... •• • • •..... 105% Russian 5 per Cent., !lamb. Certificate. 101% Ditto Ist series Inscription .• • • • Ditto, Rope and Co., 3d end 4th series.. 95 Ditto, in Certificate.... ••.••••• • • .• .• 1.5 New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. • • •• 167 Ditto Stieglitz .. • . •• • • ••••• • • • • 86 Spanish New S per Cent ••••••• • • • • • •• 13% Ditte 3 per Cent .. •• •• •......... 24% 34% Anglo-rortugueso Loan, 2% per Cent • • 25 Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. ••• .• b 5 Ditto 3 per Cent. ••••••••• • • • • • • • Polish New 4 per Cent. Loan, 1844.• 80 Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent ••• • •• 83N 82% National Bank Shares• ••••••••• • • • . •• DUTCH FUNDS.—AItsTERDAM, FEn. 13. Money. Bills Actual Debt, 2% per Cent • • • 83% 51 34 Ditto, 3 per Cent 65 63 % Ditto, 4 per Cent.• ••••••••• • • • • • • •• 84 84% Amort Syndic, 3% per Cent.. .. - Commercial Company, 4% per Cent .. 16234 16234 East India Loan, 4 per Cent •. •• •-• Exchange on London, at sight ........ 12 2 Two months..... • . ••• • •• 1 I 98 On Ilamhurgh, at sight .... 3 t 62 Two montbs.• • • • • • • • •• • • 34 SI On raris • •• • • •• .• 56 12 Twomonths. •••• • • • • •• 55 6 2 AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Vtmexa, FEB. 9. 5 per Cent. 31etalliques• •• • • • • • •• • • ••• • • • 101% 4 per Cent. ditto. •••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • f•Gh 3 per Cent. ditto.... •••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • 62 Loan, 1834 .. • • • • 152 Ditto, 1839 • • • • •• • • •• • • 112% Bank Shares ~........ •.1573 Esterhazy's Loan ........ . • . ........ 87 RAILWAYS. The Northern, Or Ferdinand .......... . 130 1 i Gloggnitz ........ ............. 107 Vienna—Milan . .................... SG Leghorn •••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • •• • • ...• 72% Grosetto ............................. Oldenburg • • •• • • • • • restoja .............. resth Bridge .. • • ...... •• ••••••• • • • • • .. .- A.penninen .• ................. ....... BELGIAN FUNDS.—Barisms, rms. 15. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent ........ -- Loan of Thirty Millions, lour per Cont •• .. Ditto Three per Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto Ditto,ditto,lB4o •• •• • • .............. 973: Dltto,ditto,lB42.• .................... 9s Ditto, 1844... •................... ... 91% Ditto, 1836............. • • Ditto, 1838 •• •••••••••••• •• •• •• • •• •• 67 Ditto of the City, 1832 .• Ditto 1845 •• • • • • • • 96 Bank of Belginnt...... ................. 78% —Brussels rapers. Feb. 18. CASINO DE VENISE. - Yesterday evening this resort of amusement was completely crowded by an audience attracted by the prospective entertainments, for the benefit of Mr. J. W. Sharpe and Mr. J. Tedder, the stage manager. Several well•known vocalists made their appearance, among whom the greater portion were of the comic vein ; after which the American Barlow appeared, and, dispensing with the usually-required as sistance of the band, fully succeeded in pleasing his nume rous auditory by his characteristic singing and delinea tion of negro life. The audience were most uproarious in their applause, the majority keeping both hands and feet (as well as lungs) in full play until their demands for a third encore were complied w ith. Mr. Sharpe terminated the concert by a new song upon the still discussed topic of the French invasion and the English defences, which having been encored, the ball com menced in good earnest, and concluded a few minutes before midnight. THE liAir ' RE COMMERCIAL BANE. •-•-• Our Havre correspondent writes us on the subject of the temporary suspension of the Commercial Back of that place (Director, Mr. Dubois), and states that measures are in progress by which it is almost certain the bank will be enabled to resume its functions in a very short time, probably a few days. The suspension was a measure of prudence taken by the director in consequence of an unprecedented run on the bank from people who had deposits there, and which have been reimbursed in the course of January to the amettnt of between two and a half to three millions of francs. The committee of management and several shareholders have looked into the affairs of tke bank and are fully satisfied of its en tire ability to meet its engagements integrally. Last night the New York liner to this port, the New York, Captain Lines, was off La ll4ze, and this morning landed her dates to the 28th ult.—Times. THE LATE BOILER EXPLOSION AT M AN CHESTER : —MANCHESTER, 'WEDNESDAY, 5 P.M.—The ad journe d inquest on this most lamentable catastrophe' to ok p lace p tirst at the Royal Oak, Downing-street, Ardwick. T he witness examined was James Harper, poliee-coristalle C 9 0. He deposed to recovering three bodies in the fromthe th e ruins. On going into the yard he saw two boys fire hole burning. He got them out,an d were con veyed to the infirmary, where they both died. He as sisted in getting all the bodies out of the ruins. John Hartley, boiler-maker,. asnext examined. He h a d three years an d been employed to lengthen. the boiler half ago; and he was of opinion that the boiler was in sufficient for the purpose to which it was applied, and was under examination when our report left. Mr. Monk, the barrister, attended on behalf of Roney. THE ROYAL GENERAL ANNUITY SOCIETY. The anniversary of this excellent institution, the object of which is "to allow annuities to decayed mer chants, bankers, professional men, master inanuftc turers, tradesmen, their widows, and clerks, and to singe females, daughters of persons belonging to such classes of society," was celebrated last night at the London Tavern, under the presidency of George Hudson, Esq , M.P., who was supported on the right by the Hon. Mr. Walpole, and on the left by the Dean of Winchester. Among the company were General Caulfield, Mr. Urquhart, M.P., the Rev. Dr. Pocock, and Mr. Robarts, jun. A number of beautiful and elegantly attired ladies occupied seats on the. platform, behind the chairman, and in the gallery. About 300 sat down to dinner. " Deem latalate" havi ng b een c h aunte d , t h e C HAIR' . 11IAN gave in successio n th e usua l l oyal and constitu tional toasts, which were as enthusiastically responded to as at any former gathering. The CHAIR:N.I:N then proposed " Success to the Institution; and long may it flourish ;" a sentiment which was received with the utmost enthusiasm. In expatiating on the excellence of the objects of the institution he said he regretted his inability to dis charge the duties of his office with anything like the ability displayed by his illustrious and gifted prede cessor, Lord Stanley, whose speech he should be content to read them instead of offering any observa tions of his own, if usage did not prevent him from doing so.—(hear.) It was the province of the society to alleviate human woe—to afford consolation to those who, perhaps, from no act of their own, possibly from too great a reliance in others, or from the course of legislation, had sunk from comparative affluence to the most abject poverty. There was not a merchant in this great city who could say with certainty that he should never have occasion to become a recipient of charity—nay, even some amongst the company might by the hand of adversity be driven to seek its aid, and therefore it was the more incumbent upon these present to spare something from their super fluities to assuage the misery of those who were not in a position to help themselves.—(Cheers.) He regretted that the institution had not been able to expend a larger sum during the past year than 6121. in affording aid to twenty-nine individuals; but he hoped they would give liberally to. night, for he believed that money was not worth having unless it was made the means of contributing tothe happiness of their fellow -creatures.—(Cheers.) A number of other toasts followed, and Mr. AL. , DRICII announced that the subscriptions received amounted to nearly 1,5001., the Chairman and Mr. Charles Dixon having given the munificent sum of 1001. each. The dinner and wines were excellent, as is always the case at the London Tavern. The musical depart ment was under the direction of Mr. Hobbs. Mr. Toole, in giving the toasts, and in keeping order amongst some disorderly spirits at the end of the room, showed himself as excellent a master of his craft as his late father, who was the first to endow the office of toastmaster with a professional character. The company did not separate until late. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE THE LOSS OF THE AVENGER. We have received the following from her Majesty's ship St. Vincent, Lisbon, with a request that we will aid the cause of the subscription on behalf of the suf ferers plunged into want by the awful catastrophe, by giving it a conspicuous place in our columns : " The widows, orphans, mothers, and sisters of the crew who were lost in the Avenger, and by that event left in distressing circumstances, are hereby informed that a subscription has been raised for their relief, and that those requiring relief are requested to make their applications personally to the clergymen or ministers of their church, giving a particular de tail, containing— " 1. If widows, their age, the number of children, their children's ages and sex. " 2. If mothers, who have hitherto received allot• ments, their age, whether the father or the son who allotted is still alive ; if so, their joint means of sub. sistence. orphans, their ages and sex, whether in service, or capable of assisting towards their own. support. "4. If sisters who have hitherto received allot ments, their age, whether married, and why requiring present relief. "The clergymen and ministers to whom applica tion may be made are earnestly requested to give their kindest assistance to the object of the present relief, and investigate such C3SE s as may be presented when the individuals come within the denomination set forth; and to furnish a statement of the same to Captain S. C. Dacres, of her Majesty's ship St. Vin cent, through tte Achniralty, London, or the Com mander-in. Chief at Portsmouth, or Devonport; adding such particulars as may guide the committee of m4nagemtnt in their just distribution. " The Lords Commistioners of the Admiralty having been ri guts - ed by the trustees of the subscrip tion to continue for two months the payment of the allotments made by those of the crew of the Averger who allotted up to the period of her loss, no further immediate relief can be re quired. "H. W. BRUCE, Captain, Queen. " S. C. DACHES, Captain, Sr. Vincent. "'THUS. \NILSON, Commander, Canopus. " ller 111eksty's ship St. Vincent, Lisbon, k eb. 8." CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. There is an arriva', with two days later news from the Cape, namely, to December 14th. This arrival confirms the belief previously enter taineil, that Umhals is not sincere in his submission to British authority ; for, though living under its protection, he is evidently affording shelter and as sistance to those in arms against her Majesty. Pato still continues to elude pursuit. Sandilla is kept a ' prisoner at Graham's Town, and is liberally ted at the expense of the colony or the State, while his bro ther-(llundee) succeeds to the chieftainship, and, being inimical to the British, rallies the scattered tribes around his standard in the vastnesses of the Amatola, whence the probability is, they will only be dislodged as before, by the employment of an ade quate force. The latest inteligence from the frontier will be found in the few extracts subjoined : " Colonel Somerset would re-cross the Kei, as soon as the captured cattle had beE'n safely driven over, in order to search fo: Pato. The horses were much jaded, and the troops required ra st. The Dutch farmers teems - Tan . ) ing the troops had been out on patrol, and had token 1,000 head of cattle—snaking the number at present in possession of the troops about 5,000. This patrol killed eleven of the enemy. making, as stated, thirty-two of the enemy killed since the troops crossed the Kei. A party of then had also had a skirmish with the enemy, in which Mr. John Marcus was wounded in the elbow, and two Kafirs killed. "A Government notification extraordi nary' had been issued by Sir Henry Pottinger on the 6th inst., resigning the Government in favour of his successor, Sir Harry Smith, of whose arrival he was apprised on. the 5h a special dispatch. "An t address by to Sir 11. Pottinger was voted at a public meeting on his retirement from the colony, and another to Sir Harry Smith was also agreed to, and will be presented to him on his arrival at Graham's Town, which Rill be illuminated on that occasion." UNITED HILLS MINE COMPANT.—Yes terday general meeting of this company was held at the office in Adam's court, Broad-street, Mr. Clarke in the chair, when the report of the directors was read, the substance of which was that the operations at the mine had been. so impeded by the influx of water from a neighbouring mine, as to render all further proceedings more or less abortive. The directors bad therefore taken proceed ings to abandon the mine, but received notice from the Duchy of Cornwall requiring them to work the mine at all hazards. Seeing the injustice of this, they requested an inspeclion of the mine by the Duchy, which took place, when the directors, after much negotiation, came to an arrangement for the surrender to the Duchy of the mine, and for the purchase of the machinery of the con cern. The purchase-money to be paid within twelve months ; but the liabilities were so heavy as to make another call necessary to the extent of about 2,0004 which the directors hoped would be readily met by the proprietors, so as to wind up the concern altogether. A resolution was passed confirming the act of the directors, when the meeting adjourned. 29th THE EARL OF DIINDONALD.OH the __ _ we stated that Vice Admiral the Earl of Du o r f tdo a nal o d i G.C.8., had preferred a claim for the . which his Lord s hip was unjustly that the Lords teen years. But we are sorry to lea rndeprisferd ar r e a rs sing p a y of her Majesty's Treasury we believe, gallant Admiral's claim. The e e Ar e d fu m s i e .r d ai t t o y, listen to the 'a application.—United r s e e c r o v r e eanadzeeduel:ord Dundonald THE MINT. —The Queen has be en pleased to con- Right lion. R ichard Lalor Sheil, s th ti e tut: lu a i n te d r nt William Cotton, Esq., Com missary-General Sir Edward Pine Coffin, and Colonel appoint cf the the jsii Nairne Forbes, J1.E.1.C. Bengal Engineers, to be Commissioners to conduct an inquiry into - the Royal Mint, and has empawered and commanded them to inquire into and report upon the constitution, manage ment, and expense of the Royal Mint, and to suggest such alterations as may appear to them to be required to insure the economical and sati , fsetory execution of the duties belongii:g to that et tablhhrnent. EXCHLQUER-BlLLs.—The office of Paymaster of Exclu quer-hills iti about to he consolidated with the office of her Majesty's Paymaster. General. An Act of Parliament for the purpose is now in preparation, and will be brought into the House during the pretent session. DREADFUL SUICIDE AT MANCHESTER.—Yester day morning Air. Aitkin, a respectable tradesman is Manchester, who has been suffering under an attack of fever, threw himself, about nirie o'clock, from a third, storey window in front of his house, in Strangeways, upon the flag pavement underneath. The unfortunate man alighted on his head, and his brains and blood were scattered around, atturding a sickening spectacle to the passers by. :