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k 1 i LAW INTELLIGENCE, WESTMINSTER COUNTY COURT, Feb. 29. (Before D. C. MoYLAN, Esq., Judge.) JODSON V. HANSARD. In this case David Wemyss Jobson, a literary gentle. man, was plaintiff, and Mr. Luke James Hansard, the defendant, the action being brought to recover the sum of 81. Ss., for literary services on a journal called The Spirit of the Times. The plaintiff, in his examination on oath, stated that, about twelve naenths ago, he saw an advertisement in the public journals, inviting literary gentlemen to assist in the establishment of a new weekly journal, to be called The Spirit of the Times. Knowing the Messrs. Hansard to be responsible parties, holding a high position in the country, he thought the jouraal would be re spectably conducted, and therefore applied for an en gagement upon it. He addressed himself to Mr. Luke James Hansard, and was asked what depart ment of the paper he would undertake ? He told Mr. Hansard he would conduct the historical department, and said he thought a fair remuneration would he three guineas per week. Mr. Hansard said that was too much, and at length a parole agreement was entered into that he should receive 21. ss. per week, i.ir. Hansard saying that, if the paper succeeded, he would pay for extras. He thin entered on his enlage ment, but was forced to write in the waiting-room, where a black man constantly sat, who described him self as a "runaway slave."—(Laughter.) Ile (the plaintiff) told Mr. Hansard that he could not write any longer in that room, as it was most derogatory for a literary man to keep company with a black. Mr. Hansard asked kira if he could undertake to report on the state of the poor in one or two districts of the me tropolis, and on the " social impulses" and the " social endurances" of the people." Plaintiff told him he 'did sot understand what was meant, but subsequently under stood it to mean the subject of prostitution in its worst form, and refused to have anything to do with it. The first number of the paper appeared about the end of March, and he (plaintiff) was disgusted with it. The JUDGE—But you do not sue for wages. The plaint is for supplying the defendant with articles for publication. The plaintiff—Yes, for a " Sketch of the House of Lords," which I had prepared for a magazine, and which I told Mr. Hansard he should have at magazine price, because he thought it was suitable for his paper. The next article was for a review of the " Philosophy of History " and the " Philosophy of Literature," by Schlegel. and a review of the works of the Rev. Robert Hall. At the request of Mr. HanSard I wrote to the publisher to send those books for review, but as he de clined to do so, Mr. Hansard told me to purchase the books. I produced the " Sketch of the House of Lords" in Mr. Hansard's presence by accident, and he said it was just the thing ; lie wanted to get Mr. Spottisavoode out of the printing for the House of Lords, and keep Clowes, who was treading on his (Hansard's) heels, from getting in—(Laughter)—and he would give three times the magazine price for the article. In answer to the Judge, the plaintiff said that, if a gentleman wrote an article by order, it was the custom of newspaper proprietors to pay for it whether it was inserted or nut, lie could not say whether his articles were inserted or not, as he ceased to have anything to do with the Spirit of the Times after the first number. Mr. Angus 13. Reach was called to proie the custom. He said ho understood it was the custom for newspaper proprietors, if they directed a gentleman to write an article, to pay for it, whether insertion was given to it or not. He had written many articles that had never appeared, and had been paid all the same, but then he was on a salary, and it did not matter to him if they were not inserted. He did not speak from his own experience, but merely from what he had heard from others as to the custom. The JUDGE said Mr. Reach's evidence went for no thing, and unless Mr. Jobson had some further evi dence with respect to the alleged contract, he must dis miss the case. The plaintiff could, if he liked, examine Mr. Hansard in support of his case. Mr. L. J. Hansard was sworn, and denied most posi tively that he gave any order to write the article upon the "House of Lords," but that it was merely left with him for his approbation. He still had the article, and did not give it up when the plaintiff applied for it, because of his impudence. With respect to the books rend the reviews which the plaintiff claimed for, he had never seen them. The JUDGE was of opinion that plaintiff had failed in proving any contract, and must dismiss the case. The plaintiff complained of not having justice done him. He had subpoenaed Mr. Thomas Piers Healy, the proprietor of the Medical Times, to prove that it was the custom of newspaper proprietors to pay for ar ticles whether inserted or not, if they written to order, and called upon the Judge to punish Mr. Healy, by fine, for non-attendance. The JUDGE, after some consideration, said he was not aware what adequate fine to inflict, the plaintiff having failed in proving any contract, Mr. Healy, if present. would have been of but little use to him. After some further remarks, the case was ordered to be adjourned for Mr. Healy's attendance to show cause why he had not attended; and "If," observed the Judge, " I am satisfied that his presence would have put you in a better condition than you now are, I shall order him to be fined accordingly; but I am sure his evidence will not alter my decision." INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Feb. 2g. (I3,fore Mr. Commissioner llARnis.) A.DTRRTISINGI MONET' LENDERS.-IN RE CHARLES I'OLLAAD. This insolvent, whose name was before the public a few mouths hack on an examinanion at the Mansion house respecting some bills obtained from Prince Louis Napoleon, under the new Act. Mr. Dowsm opposed for a creditor named Farmer, and Mr. Nichols supported. It appeared that the insolvent had been a general dealer ut Birmingham. He afterwards came to London, where he was a betting character on races. He was also a commission agent, raising money for gentlemen. He admitted that there had been a public investigation about two bills of Prince Louis Napoleon, which had been given up. It was expected that an indictment would nave bran preferred. He had lately been assis tant to Mrs. Burford, licensed victualler, in Wellington street North. He had been out of town with her, but he denied that they were married. He had the proprietors of a law publication in his schedule for advertisements respecting " advances to noblemen and gentle.uen." Eventually the case was adjourned for amendments. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. WESTERN CIRCUIT.— IVinchetter, Feb. 28. The spring assizes for Ilants commenced this day, Baron Platt sitting on the Crown side, and the lion. Sir William Wight:ean on the Nisi Prius side. At ten o'clock the Learned Judges arrived, and took their seats in the respective Courts. There are more than sixty prisoners for trial, a great number, considering there were sixty• one tried last week in this city at an adjourned sessions. In the Nisi Prius Court there are twenty-one cases set down for trial, six of which are Special Jury ones. The Learned Junes: addressed the jury very briefly. The first prisoners placed at the bar were James Mai tin and John Love, who were found guilty of stealing two oak poles, and sentenced to one month's imprisonment. li' ;Lam ford, aged 34, was charged with having, on the 25th day of December last, at the parish of Alver stoke, unlawfully and maliciously stabbed Nelson lIoo• per, with intent to do him grevious bodily harm. After hearing the case, the Learned JUDGE summed up, telling the jury it was a serious case. If the prisoner had the knife in his hand at the time, it would only amount to an assault, yet they (the jury) were bound to do justice. He therefore left the case in their hands. After twenty minutes' deliberation the jury returned a verdict of Guilty, with an intent to do grievous bodily harm. The Learned JUDGE then addressed the prisoner, and stated that the jury, after great patience, had found him (the prisoner) guilty. It was a great mercy that the wound had not been fatal, and that he had not cut short the days of a fellow-creature. This was a gross viola tion of tha laws to use a deadly weapon, and that, too, by a British subject. The jury found him guilty with an intent to do this mischief. He might have been transported for the term of his natural life, but be (the "udge) would mitigate the sentence to twelve calendar ci,lls . Feb. 29. The court was opened this day at nine o'clock, before the Honourable Sir W. Wightman, Knt. The first case called was that of Edward Owen Bishop, aged 35, who stood charged with having, at various times, in the parish o' Christchurch, in this county, fe loniously embezzled 1;1091. - Bs. 6d., the property of the Wilts and Dorset Banking the Company, tiineel e rclerk and the servantsaid o t Edward the said company, a t rue bill having th been found at the ses sions held in Winchester for t is °musty. The accused had the trial removed by a virt of certiorari, issued f ro m the Queen's Bench,empoweringtheu rCourt. Theprisoner, to have the t rial heard in the NisrPr i i rn u; co court was exceedingly crowded. Mr. Saunders, with Mr. Sewell, were for the prosecu ti. n, the prison er bein g defended b y Mr.Cockburn, with him Mr. Poulden. M r . SBNTELL opened the case, giving a brief outline of the particulars of the charge against the prison er. Mr. Saunders afterwards stated more fully the whole ease ; first stating that he had been removed by a writ of certiorari, issued from the Court of Queen's Bench. Mr. Saunders stated that the prisoner was charged with having embezzled, he being in the employ of the Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, the held officii of the said bank being in the city of S.4lisiNiry, having a branch at Christchurch, where the prisoner was the prin cipal clerk or marager, where they kept three books at the branch at Chrtsichurch, viz. , a log- book, a cash book, and a cash balance-beok. The last-named book shower; at nigni what money they had in the house. The prisoner was the chief :manager at Christchurch, al though he now stood in the melancholy situation before them—mel a nch o ly to bin:, n• doubt, as it endangered his future prospects, cud, withal, his future hopes and cha racter blighted. A letter was here read, written by the prisoner to the u n d er c l erk, a ' Mr Kin dated the It of Sep tember, 1847, to which fi r. King replied onthe following day, stating that he would do what the nrisoner rkquested. An I 0 U was enclosed in that TAitel4.9reilsihr:-aKnid , Mr,-King, to be drawn on Messrs. . canker s , o f Ch r i stc h urc h . O n , r. r.,„ !i r the 3 \ of Slateinbe... the prisoner sent for Mr. King, .. ..: . 7--J in:;:. - whe n• tf-ie prisoner ou e o to h ld ~gh e i d ea The prisoner then Ci " l ti c k that t iik - e ett ii ie-;;-2.- cif t, : _ hart - To Mr. King a list of names, e. . 0 1.-1 posits to. each narae, all customers (4-- 0 ts, - , ."-------•*, wertleast thirty names. \\.,,.... • 1.1-- - :__': i 'd ------_ . vane_ rem 3/. up to 2,0001. to thatle leave. matters am u\‘n, . s tt. were r tto e h. w eb eus sums worse, and r a go l e d l b ie an t k o . tal T b h e i 'r z e 1' p : 7: 1 : I e . : h e el ; told Mr. King n.- 8,47-7/. and acme odd shillings Tt . oh -",'" to enter those sums to the different credits of thosepar tie3. An I 0 U was filled up for the large sum of iikTYY THE SUN LONDON, WEDNESDAY__ EVENING, MARTH 1, 1848. 8,4704 13s. 10d., on the bank of Tice, Welsh, and Co., bankers, of Christchurch, as if the same were owing to the Wilts and Dorset Branch Bank. When this 10 U 1 was presented at the said bank, Mr. Tice (one of the firm) said that he knew nothing of the matter. The Learned Gentleman went through the whole, explaining the different points bearing against the prisoner, and concluded by stating that, if these facts were made out to their satisfaction, it would be their duty to find the prisoner guilty. Evidence having been given, Mr. COCKBURN addressed the jury in favour of the prisoner ; and The jury, in a few minutes, returned a ;verdict of— Guilty. fourth Witition SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK.—(THIS DAY.) The annual general meeting of the proprietors of this company was held this afternoon, at the Bank, Lothbury. DAVID SaLomoNs, Esq., Alderman, presided, and called upon The SECRETARY to read the report, from which it ap peared that (with the exception of outstanding instal ments, amounting to 3,2731.) the paid-up capital of the Bank was now one million sterling. The remaining ten thousand shares were issued at par to the proprietor a, in the manner announced at the last general meeting. The events of the past year had shown the propriety of that measure. The profits of the past year, after defraying the total expenses of the establishment, making allow ance for all bad and doubtful debts, and paying the in come-tax, amounted to 58,223/. 42. 10d. Out of those profits the directors had paid last September a dividend, at the rate of six per cent. per annum on the paid-up capital of 800,0001., for the half-year ending the 30th June, and they now declare a dividend at the same rate, upon the increased capital of 1,000.0001. for the half-year ending the 31st December. After the payment of those divi- 4 clench, making together 54,0001., there would remain out of the profits of the year, a surplus of 4,223/. 4s. 10d. to be added to the reserved fund, which would then amount to 100,6471. 16s. 11d. From the severe pressure on the money market during the latter part of the year, it was deemed advisable to realise some portion of their Go vernment securities, and although the profits of the year have consequently been curtailed, yet the directors feel assured that the liberality which they were thus enabled to exercise towards its customers, would tend to the advantage of the bank. The whole of the stock that was sold has since been replaced. The directors had further to announce the resignation of Matthew Boulton Rennie, Esq., and they have to regret the retirement of Sir John Kirkland. The vacancies thus occasioned in the board have been supplied by the election of James Denis de Vitre, Esq., and of George Hanson, Esq., subject to the confirmation of the present meeting. The three directors who went out by rotation this year were Frederick Burmester, Esq., Charles Gibbes, Esq., and Henry Harvey, Esq., who being eligible, offered themselves for re-election. The capital account, on the debt side, was 3,890,8161. 9s. 7d., and the credit side (Government and other securities), 169,480/. 195.,8d., leaving a balance of 721,325/, The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said he would detain the meeting for a few moments for the purpose of explaining particularly one portion of it in which all were more or less interested. Many, per haps, in the room, judging from the high rate of interest which prevailed during the past year, came to the meeting with the full expectation of hearing an an nouncement that besides the usual dividend of 61 per cent., the directors would be enabled to pay the pro ' prietors a bonus.—(Hear, hear.) He was not surprised at that expectation, and up to the month of October, last year, himself and all his colleagues were under the full conviction that at the end of the year there would have been a fund divisible among the shareholders beyond the 6/. per cent. But during the period of difficulty which prevailed, and which it was hardly necessary for him to allude to, except to call it the week of terror, the directors thought it desirable for the general interest of the bank to realise a portion of their funded capital.— (Hear, hear.) He was sure that every proprietor pre sent would recollect the difficulty in which every com mercial establishment had been placed. The directors had a duty to perform, both to the proprietors and to the customers of the bank, and their anxiety was that the distresses of that portion of their customers who withdrew their accounts should not operate injuriously upon those who deserved accommodation. The prin ciple on which the bank had been conducted—"stability and prudence" being its motto—was to have the whole capital of the bank invested in Government securities. Times had arisen before when they thought it necessary to borrow money upon the Government securities of the bank, but, strange to say—and this marked the difficulty of the period—Government securities were the very worst. The great house over the way—the old lady— (Laughter)—had even nothing to spare either upon Ex chequer. bills or upon consolidated annuities. He was very sorry to say that the difficulty to which he alluded had entailed upon the bank as much as 20,000/., or within a trifle of it—(This created some little sensation among the proprietors)—and the fund, which would otherwise have been divided as a bonus among the proprietors, had been appropriated to re placing that loss. He trusted that no one present was unwilling to approve of the course then adopted.— (Hear, hear.) They would see that the policy of a great bank like this, which had always maintained its integrity, should have a large amount of funded security, which was the very best security the proprietors could have against any imprudence on the part of the directors, or against any period of commercial difficulty. He therefore hoped they would approve of the course adopted by the directors. Cer tainly, some might say, " Why charge the whole 20,000/. to the losses of the last year?" They might, no doubt, have pursued a boasting course by opening a contingent fund, to be repaid annually; but would that have been a fair and honest course of proceeding?— (Hear, hear.) Perhaps that course would have been more gratifying to the proprietors, and .would have earned the directors a kind of ephemeral popularity. With respect to the " clearing" system, he said it was now time, when they found that heavy loss was entailed upon them for the want of it, that it should be brought forward as a great public question affecting every in terest, not only of this bank, but of the commercial community of this country.—(Cheers.) When the at tention of the public was directed to the monetary in terests of the country at large, a better time for mooting the question could not be found. With these observations he would leave the subject, trusting that the public would soon be convinced that all jealousy existing between private and joint-stock com panies in respect of the " clearing" system must speedily cease. The Chairman then concluded by moving that the report be read, adopted, and circulated among the shareholders. The CHAIRMAN, in answer to a suggestion put by Mr. Tite, said, with reference to the Eastern Counties Company having withdrawn their account from the bank because they returned a cheque of the company, the circumstance had arisen in error, and he was exceed ingly sorry for it, but thought the previous conduct of the bank to that company was deserving of better treatment. A long discussion then ensued upon the affairs and management of the company, which led to a motion by Mr. Tite, which was seconded and carried, to the effect that the directors should be recommended to consider the propriety of having a half-yearly meeting, and that the meeting for declaring the dividend should be held as early in the year as possible, and that at every meeting the minutes of the previous meeting should be read. The vacancies in the board were then filled up by the election of the gentlemen mentioned in the report, and the directors who retired by rotation were re-elected. A vote of thanks was then passed to the Chairman, directors, and the managers, and other officers of the bank, and the meeting separated. OXFORD CIRCUIT. —Reading, Feb. 28. The Commission of Assize for the county of Darks was opened on Saturday evening by Mr. Justice Pat teson, who yesterday attended divine service at St. Mary's Church. Mr. Justice Cresswell arrived this morning at eleven o'clock, and shortly afterwards en tered the Crown Court, when the trial of prisoners commenced, the grand jury having been previously sworn before, and charged by Mr. Justice Patteson, who then repaired to the Nisi Prins Court, for the trial of causes, of which there were eight in the list, but none of them appear likely to develop any feature of public interest. (in the criminal side the calendar contains the names of 70 prisoners, none of whom are charged with any very serious offence, the number being occasioned by the tact that no adjourned sessions are held here, as in other counties on the circuit, in order to lighten the labpouubrlsicofnothtiece was judges in o v n es t t h i e ga c t i ed. circuit. No case deserving of ELECTION COMMITTEES. (TIIIS DAY.) BOLTON. This Committee met this morning at the usual hour. Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE addressed the Committee at some length on behalf of the sitting Member, after which strangers were ordered to withdraw. The Committee having deliberated for a short time, the parties were re-admitted, when The CHAIRMAN announced to them that the Com mittee had come to the unanimous resolution that Mr. Bolling had been duly elected for the borough of Bolton. That several parties, upon their own acknow ledgments, had been bribed, but it was not proved that they were bribed by ➢ir. Bolling or his agents, or with their knowledge and consent. This closed the labours of the Committee. LYME REGIS: (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. Sellers, one of the parties said to have bribed the voters on behalf of Sir Fitzroy Kelly, proved that he never either directly or indirectly bribed or attempted to influence a voter. .- Th© Committee adjourned at the usual hour till eleven o'clock to-morrow. CARLISLE. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Adam Sewell, a painter and glazier, residing at Man chester, and an elector of Carlisle, proved that a few days before the election he went to the Cumberland public-house in Manchester, where he found Mr. Donald, a solicitor, and a number of the freemen of Carlisle from Bury and Liverpool. They were taken to Carlisle by r4il, and had all their expenses paid. He pinmped for Mr. Hodges, and after the election he received 31. During the whole time ho was in Carlisle he was well entertained at Mr. Hodgson's expense. Some other evidence of a similar nature was given, and the Committee adjourned till to-morrow. IHA.LIFIX, SATURDAY.—Even if there had been any tendency towards a better state of trade, the convulsions in the political world would have checked it. There were scarcely any merchants in our Piece Hall to-day, and the French revolution was the only topic of conver sation. There is a slight improvement in the demand for yarn, owing to the shippers coming into the mar k e t, and the spinners are firm in demanding old rates . Several mills have resumed full time. The stock of deep grown wools is short, and some sorts inquired for, though the consumption .still falls below an average. Prices without variation. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—There is no alteration, either for better or worse, in to-day's market. During the week, we have had a few buyers, and more has been doing in the warehouses. Wool maintains its price, but there is little doing. LEEDS, TUESDAY.—Our market this day has been almost a blank—the great political events which are passing engross every mind, and put business out of the question. — Manchester Guardian. PrIPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (TIIIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) TREATY OF ADRIANOPLE. any of the nations of Europa. Then, with respect too the right of search, he supposed that the Hon. Member for Youghal imagined that his (Lord Palmerston's) only object was to set France against this country, as he appeared to think was his object in the treaty with Portugal, and by that means bringing ell the states of Europe into conflict with England, ulti mately to ruin her.—(Hear, hear.) Ile would leave it to the House to draw its own conclusions on the subject of what he had done. As to the treaties that had been entered into with respect to Texas, he thought that the House would admit that the course that had been adopted with respect to them was the right one. But the Government had been blamed, by the Honourable Member for Youghal in not in those treaties insisting upon the abolition of the slave trade in Texas. It was impossible that the Government could have insisted upon such a condition, but they had obtained from the Texans with some re luctance the unqualified right of search.—(Hear.) Then it was said that the annexation of Texas was a damage to the creditors of Mexico; why, the fact was, the Mexican creditors had their claim against the Go rernment and territory of Mexico, and those claims were as good against Mexico since, as before, the an nexation of Texas. Then, with respect to the award of the King of the Netherlands, it was not him but the Ame rican Government that rejected the basis of the award of the King of the Netherlands. He thought that the course that this country had pursued was the proper one, although it had greatly interfered with its interests. This country had agreed to accept the line pointed out by the King of the Netherlands,but America refusing to do so, the only course left was adopted. Then as to the course adopted with reference to the succession to the throne of Persia, he did not see how the English Government could hare pursued any other course than it did, considering the desire of the late Sovereign of Persia and the wish of Russia in that respect. lie could not see how this country's interfering, and prevailing upon the Shah of Persia to abandon the attack at Herat, could further the interests of Russia. Then, with respect to the Affghan war, that subject had been fully discussed in that House, and he would not go into it further. But on that subject the Honourable Member had founded charges against the Government of perverting documents and making statements totally inconsistent with truth, and reading extracts from documents that did not exist. That subject had also been discussed fully in the House, and the absurdity of the charge had been fully proved. Tben, with respect to Goa and Sattara, the latter subject was of itself enough for one debate, and as to Goa that subject was one of an ecclesiastical nature, and one upon which he felt a delicacy in entering on account of having so slight a knowledge of it. Then es to the case of Lord Napier and China, he could not discover what were the grounds of charge against the Government in this respect. The Government did not think what had taken place between that Noble Lord and the Chinese authorities justified a declaration of war between that country and England. Since that period other transactions had taken place, which ended in the sending out of Sir H. Pottinger and the treaty of Nankin. By the treaty of Nankin four new ports were opened to the commerce of this country, which was every year increasing in a considerable extent. The next charge brought against him was one arising from a criminal information against a Mr. Walker. The Hon. Member fur Stafford (Mr. Urquhart) had made it a charge against him that he was con nected with the publication of a certain periodical called the " Portfolio." He begged to state that he was not so closely connected with it as the Hon. Member had Stated. The facts of the case were these, after the Government of Poland had been broken up, a Polish gentleman called upon him and said that he was in the possession of a number of official documents, which he would probably like to peruse. He (Lord Palmerston) stated that he should like to look over them, and they were accordingly left with him. His time was, however, very much occupied, and he gave the documents to his secretary (the present Hon. Member for Stafford, Mr. Urquhart), requesting him to select from them any of the most important or interesting of them. Shortly afterwards he left office, and at the request of the person who left the papers with him he returned them again, and shortly afterwards he was shown the first number of the " Portfolio" containing some of these dispatches.—(Hear.) He denied that he ever was, either directly or indirectly, con nected with the publication in question ; and, except upon one occasion, he had never had anything to do with the publication of the dispatches it contained, and upon that one occasion he had requested, when a dispatch was submitted to him by his secretary, that two passages, reflecting somewhat severely on his poli tical opponents, should be struck out before publication. He appointed the Hon. Member for Stafford (Mr. Urquhart) Secretary to the Embassy at Constan tinople. When that Hon. Member applied to him for the expenses connected with the " Portfblio," he, of course, declined to pay them.—(Hear.) With respect to the commercial treaty with Frankfort, it would be remembered that the Prussian League, which was then formed on the principle of high rates of duties, and it was thought expe dient to conclude a treaty of commerce and navigation between this country and Frankfort. That treaty, however, proved no defence against the Commercial League, and, at the request of the Government of Frankfort, the treaty was cancelled, they were released from their obligations, and finally became incorporated with the Prussian League. He thought that the Government of this country had acted soundly in the matter throughout the whole his tory of the case.—(Hear, hear.) Then with regard to the appointment of Sir Stratford Canning to the Court of Constantinople ; upon the retirement of Lord Heytesbury from the post of Ambassador at Russia, he had named Sir Stratford Canning to be the successor of that nobleman. Objections were taken to that gentleman at the Court of Russia, and the Government were informed that he would not be well received at Court, they very wisely abstained from sending him, but as they did not concur in the objections to Sir S. Canning, and determined net to send any ambassador to the Court, and for two years no person was at the Court of Russia to represent this country. Upon the accession of Sir R. Peel to office, Lord Londonderry was appointed to the post of ambrssador at that Court. Subsequently to that Lord Durham had been appointed by the Government in which he had the honour to hold the office of Secre tary for Foreign Affairs. Then, with regard to Poland, the Hon. Member had said that this country had basely abandoned France and Austria in giving assistance to Poland. In the year 1830, when he came into office, the state of Eu rope was such that an European war was expected to have broken out. A revolution took place in France, in Belgium, and in Poland. The danger apprehended in 1831 was that Austria, Russia, and Prussia sh ou ld a tt em pt t o con t ro l F rance in the choice of her Sovereign, and the Duke of Wellington who was then in power hastened to acknowledge the newly-appointed King, and he had no doubt that this step saved Europe from being plunged into war. But it was said that if England had joined with France and Austria, Poland would have been saved. Why, Austria in 1831, was so far from favouring Po land, that they possessed at that time the province of Gallicia, to which they attached very great value. A special treaty was signed during the war which Napo leon carried on on the continent between Austria Russia and Prussia for the complete partition of Poland between them. At the treaty of Vienna, the question was asked, what was to be done with Poland ? And it was insisted by Austria, either that. Poland should be divided between the three powers, or reconstructed upon an entirely fresh basis.—(Bear.) Russia and Prussia declared in favour of erecting in Poland one large kingdom to be annexed to Russia, end a smaller portion to be given to Aus tria. It was clear that Austria would not have favoured the insurrection of Poland. In fine, an offer was made to this country to restore the independence of Poland, but the acceptance of that offer would have been at the expense of the peace of Europe, and therefore it was not entertained. It was all nonsense to talk about the independence of Poland having been sacrificed by this country. At the period to which the Hon. and Learned Gentleman referred Cracow existed as an independent state, and he was convinced that had any attempt been made by this country to restore the republic of Poland, not only would Cracow have been sacrificed, but England would have been involved in a European war. Another foolish asser tion the Hon. and Learned Member made was that Turkey was ready to assist this country in restoring Poland. Why, at this very period, 1831, Turkey was suffering from the effects p ro d uce d by a contest she had just concluded with Russia. In point of fact, at this very time Turkey lay prostrate at the feet of Russia, and It was absurd to tell him that while in such a de pressed state as that Turkey was ready to assist this ' country in opposing the united powers of Austria, Prussia, and Russia, with the view of restoring the independence of Poland. Again the Hon. and Learned Gentleman told them that Persia was ready to assist the country, but Persia was at this time in a wors condition than Turkey, and it was not in her power to render such assistance. The Honourable and Learned Gentleman next complained that he had in 1831 broken his promise to send an Ambassador to Turkey. He readily admitted that he did make such a promise, but the three Powers to which he had already re ferred objected to his fulfilling the pro mise, and rather than involve the country in a war with those Powers, he consented to Abandon the thought of sending an AtabanadOr to Lord PALMERSTON then resumed his speech upon this subject, apologising to the House for not having been able, during the past week, to give his mind and attention to the charges which had been preferred against him. The events of the week, he said, had been so absorbing, and had followed one upon the other SD rapidly, that they had naturally engrossed the whole of his thoughts, and he, had therefore neglected to prepare himself for this occasion. But it was almost physically impossible that he could have done so, for the subjects which the Hon. Member for Youghal brought before the House last week had already been debated in Parliament more than 129 times, while the topics em braced by the Honourable Gentleman's lengthened address were spread over no less than 735 folio columns.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) Ile trusted, therefore, the House would excuse him if he did not observe much order and regularity in the reply he should make to the charges of the Hon. Member. In the first place he had to deal with the treaty of Adri anople, and in the first instance he must disclaim being solely responsible for the stipulations of that treaty.—(Hear, hear.) It was drawn up conjointly by the Board of Trade and the Foreign-office, and in no way did it differ from simi lar treaties which had been entered into with other countries. The Hon. Member for Youghal complained that the treaty did not place British subjects upon a footing with the most favoured nations; but, really, it appeared to him that the Hon. Member had not properly or attentively read the treaty. Mr. ANSTEY explained that what he contended was, that Russia was placed, by the treaty, in a more advantageous position than England, inasmuch as in certain cases British subjects were excluded from exporting particular descriptions of merchan dise from Turkey. Lord PALMERSTON repeated that the Hon. Member altogether misapprehended the treaty, for there could not be a shadow of a doubt about it, that the treaty placed British subjects upon a footing with the most favoured nations, and what Rus sian merchants could export from Turkey Bri tish merchants could export too.—(Hear, hear.) In connexion with this question it could hardly be worth while or at all necessary that he should defend Mr. Powlet Thompson, who was afterwards Lord Sydenham, from the charge that in making this treaty, as a Minister of the British Sovereign, he could have been actuated by family motives or personal partialities. The House, he was sure, was convinced that the Noble Lord's character stood above such an imputation, and he would not, therefore, pursue this part of the matter further.— (Hear, hear.) The next ques tion which stood in order was the treaty of July, 1840. The transactions which led to that treaty had been subjected to much Parliamentary discussion ; and as many blue books had been presented to the House upon the subject, it would require far more time than he had at his disposal to go fully into the history of the treaty.—(Hear, hear.) The oc currences, however, which led to the treaty might be stated in a few words. To avert a general war it was found necessary to attach a portion of Syria and other neighbouring states to Egypt. Russia, it was said, meditated a descent upon Constantinople, and there could be no question about it, that had not this treaty been agreed to the peace of Europe would have been disturbed. True, many Honourable Gentlemen entertained an opinion that it would have. been better to have let things take their course, and they were supported in that opinion by a party in France. But the Hon. Member for Youg hal complained that the Foreign-office refused to comply with a request of France to send a fleet to the Dardanelles. True, it did so, and he was pre pared to justify the' denial. The House would per ceive that at the time the treaty was entered into the place of disturbance was in Syria, and under these circumstances of what use, let him ask, would it have been to have sent a fleet to the Dardanelles ? A representation was made to the French Government to this effect, and they at once admitted:the force of it. It was at the time as much for the interest of France as the inte rest of England that Turkey should be preserved from the attacks of Egypt, and by the united efforts of these two powers Egypt was forced to evacuate Syria; and Russia was thus compelled to bow to the decision of the allied powers. The wisdom of the policy had since been proved by the continuance of peace in Europe. This conflict be tween France and England and Russia and Egypt led to the treaty, commonly called the treaty of the Dardanelles, which led to the restoration of peace between France and Turkey. That treaty was very short, and simply provided that, either in time of peace or in war, no fleets should pass through the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus without the consent of the Sultan.—(Hear, hear.) The Honourable Member for Youghal contended that this treaty had the effect of crippling the influence of England in Turkey, but so far from this being the case, he could assure the House that this country had reaped great advantages from that treaty. It had convinced the Turkish Governments that England had it within its power to be of service to Turkey, and that impres sion, which was no doubt strictly correct, had placed the influence of England in Turkey upon a firmer foundation than ever it stood before.—(Hear, hear.) How any man, however, could object to the treaty of Dardanelles was really a mystery to him. It was manifestly for the interest of England that peace should be secured in Turkey, and this treaty directly enlisted the sympathy of France, Austria, and Prussia in securing that peace.—(Hear, hear.) Then came:the occupation of Algiers ; but, looking at the position of affairs in France, he did not think it would be judicious in him if he went at any length into that question. Many papers had been laid before the llouse upon the subject, and if Hon. Members were dissatisfied upon this point they had ample means and opportunities of satisfying the doubts they might entertain of the policy the Foreign-office pursued in reference to Algeirs. By the treaty of Adria nople certain ports on the Black Sea were ceded by Turkey to Russia, but the authorities of Persia in • sisted that Turkey had no legal right to do so. The Circassians applied to this country for assistance to have the question decided by a competent tribunal. But such a course would have involved this country in a war with Russia, and as his courage had not reached the sticking point to induce him to think that this country could safely indulge in a " set to" with Russia, he declined to interfere in the matter. Mr. Urquhart, who was then the Secretary of Legation at Constantinople, having persuaded Mr. Bell again to renew his attacks, he (Lord Palmerston) recalled him, and from that time to the present the most unceasing attacks had been made, against him by the Honourable Member for Stafford. He thought he had convinced the House that he had done his duty in discouraging the expedition, and in removing the Hon. Member for Stafford.—(Hear, hear.) Then they came to the quadruple treaty. He did not think the Honourable Member fur Youghal had said much on the quadruple treaty r of 1834, an d h e would not dwell further upon it. Then, with respect to the marriage of the Queen of Spain, and her sister the Infanta, he thought, in the present state of things, the less that was said upon it the better. But it had been said he had not followed the po li c y of the Earl of Ab er d een ; in that respect he thought, upon reflection, it would be admitted he had. Then, as to the affairs of Portugal, when that subject was brought forward he should be able to defend the course they had pursued. The only object he had in view was to prev en t th e continuance of a civil warin that country, and he thought it would be admitted they had done so. Then, with respect to the blockades on the coast of Mexico by the French, that had resulted from Government disputes between those two countries : this country offered to mediate between them, and completely succeeded in putting an end to those hostilities. The:part he took in that interference he should always be proud of. Then, with respect to the treaties with Brazil, that was a transaction the beginning and end of which he had nothing to do with; how he could, therefore, be sup posed as favouring the cause of Russia he could not see.—(hear, hear.) The only fault he had to find with the treaties for the suppres sion of the slave trade with Portugal was, that they did not go far enough ; but how these treaties could have anything to do with Russia, he could not con ceive. He denied that the course that England had adopted to put an end to the slave trade was calculated to produce hostility with any other enlightened nation in Europe. It might provoke the slave.trader and the unprinc:pled, but not the right thinking part of the community of Turkey.—(Hear, hear) The correspondence upon Lord STANLEY must conc:ess that with every this subject he had no objection to produce, but he felt disposition to support, when T.,ossible, the measures that at this distant period its production could proposed by his Noble Friend, he felt some difficulty lead to no good. The next charge the Hon. and in the present case; for he did not see, even upon the Learned Gentleman brought against him, was that statement of his Noble Friend e any necessity for this he had broken a promise that he had made to Bill. Had he been present oz I the occasion he should Count V aleskie, to assist the Poles in again re- have sanctioned the measure o f August, 1846, on the covering their independence, if the Count could principle that the less the Es ecutive Government at induce his Polish friends in Belgium to consent to a home interferes with th e Colonial Governor, and with negotiation which was then pending with the Belgian the Colonial Minister, the bettor—his principle being States; but he distinctly denied having made further, that the less the ColoreiAl Minister i n t er f e r e d such a promise. lle remembered meeting with the Colonial Governor the better. Still he re a Count at a ball at Almack's, when garded the measure of 1846 as a hasty and premature asked him to make such a promise, but he distinctly proposition, not fully ade.pted to the particular cir told the Count that he could not take upon himself to cumstances of a colony, where the application of do so.—(Hear.) Having now gone through, as far special privileges to a special class of the community , as his memory and time would permit, the was matter of considerable difficulty and very consi numerous charges which the Honourable and derable risk, and consequently involving in the Learned Gentleman had brought against him, and greatest embarrassment an officer whose chief business he had now only to repeat with respect to the general it was to act as mediator between, 'two races dissimilar question, that if any Honourable Gentleman wished in character and origin, and wit:n a tendency to regard to institute an inquiry into his official conduct, themselves as dissimilar also in interests —(Hear.) he was quite ready to submit to it. He must add, He most fully concurred in t:ne high eulogium which however, that he was unconscious of having at any the Noble Earl had passes upon Governor Grey—a time betrayed the interest of the country. His policy eulogium peculiarly grae'dyi ng to himself as corrobo was always to preserve peace with foreign nations rating the opinion Ni.b.;eh had induced him to select whenever it could be secured without making any Captain Grey for the onerous and important office he sacrifice of the national honour, and he was rejoiced filled; but he must, at the sam e ti me , ex p ress his to say that, so far this policy had been successful. regret that the Noble Earl should have sought to en- With regard to alliances, be held that England had suf- hance the fully acknowledged merits of Captain Grey ficient power to steer an independent course, and while by a somewhat invidious contrast between him and she remained the champion of justice and honesty she his predecessor.—(Hear, hear.) He must he permitted would be sure to find some other power ready to to say that, though he had not at all times approved support her policy. He denied that England had any of the measures introduced by Captain Fitzroy— favourite allies. Her allies embraced all powers that though he thought he had on some occasions acted supported right and justice, and all powers who with considerable imprudence —and though he had were ready to co•operate with her in endeavouring found it necessary ultimately to recall him, yet he to uphold the cause of justice throughout the world, considered that no public offic e r h a d ever been more were treated and received but upon one footing. wholly guided in his conduct by a high —(The Noble and Learned Lord then resumed his seat amidst loud and long continued cheering. Lsrd DUDLEY STUART then moved that the debate be adjourned. The motion was received with shouts of disap probation, and the cries of " Withdraw, withdraw," " Divide, divide," were kept up until Six o'clock, when The SPEAKER adjourned the House till to morrow. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. principle -of honour, integrity, and devotion to his country's service, than Captain: Fitzroy' had been, who, in undertaking the office entrusted to him, had made a very considerable pecuniary sacrifice.—(Hear, hear.) It must not be forgotten that there had been placed at the disposal of Captain Grey, for the maintenance of order and the protection of the subject, far greater resources than Captain Fitzroy had ever enjoyed.--(Hear, hear.) When the colony was first established, the settlers went ,upon the distinct principle that it was to be wholly a self supporting colony, which would require no aid, either in men or money, from the mother country; yet in a very short time it was found necessary to assign to it, on the part of the:mother country, an annual aid of 36,000/., an army of from 2,000 to 2,500 soldiers, and one or two ships of war—another lesson to us that any new settlement, purporting to rely solely on its own resources is merely a new deception—that every new establishment of our countrymen abroad is inevitably the occasion of an increase in our naval and military and general expenditure. The aid thus extended to Captain Grey, however, Captain Fitzroy had not the advantage of, a circumstance which should never be lost sight of in considering Captain Fitzroy's administration.—(Hear, hear.) One great mistake with reference to New Zealand had been the under rating the power, the means, and the civilisation of the native population; a mistake, however, which every day's experience was tending to rectify. Let their Lordships rest assured that in any scheme of govern- ment for New Zealand the native population must be fairly embodied.—(Hear, hear.) That population was as alive to its rights as any one of their Lordships to his own. No nation required a course of lessons in political economy to understand the relative posi tion of governor and governed—(Hear) —and the New Zealanders were very far indeed from being among the least civilised or intellectual of nations. Of the many natives who had been effectively engaged in the service of the Royal Engineer department in the colony, none had been found who could not read, and but one who could not write, his native language ; there was no drunkenness among them, and they almost all put by a portion of their earnings, which many of them invested in heif ers , w hi c h they then put out to pasture.—(Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord proceeded to contend that the Bill before them was altogether unnecessary, since the Act of 1846 enabled her Majesty to alter, add to, or repeal such portions of the instructions or orders issued under it as should be found inexpedient. Why, then, not repeal instead of suspend that portion of the constitution which the Colonial Governor condemned, and the Noble Seere• tary himself abandoned? He concurred with his Noble Friend in the proposition that, more es pecially in a settlement like New Zealand, where the colonists lived in small bodies, separated from each other in many cases by four or five hun dred miles, it was desirable to give each town the power of managing its own taxation and its own peculiar concerns ; but as to the fine-wrought scheme of the towns electing their councillors, and these their aldermen, and these their mayor, and mayor, aldermen, and council their re presentative, to serve in one of t wo assem bli es , the two assemblies being under one general assembly, and the general assembly under two deputy-governors, and the two deputy-governors under a governor; this elaborate system, to be applied to a population of just 16,000 persons, broken up into infinitely small bodies, separated by infinitely large distances, seemed to him somewhat of a farce in legislation.—(Hear, hear.) In point of fact there would be no electors; every man would be a person elected—an alderman, at the least. The people had dwelt upon the extreme impolicy, the absolute danger, of seeking to authorise a small minority of colonists, dwelling far apart from each other, to impose taxes and high handed sway upon the native population, immensely superior in numbers, powerful, keenly sensitive of their rights, of pr ou d and independent spirit. —(Hear, hear.) While ready to dispose of the occupation of their land, for a moderate consideration they were thoroughly impressed, and justly so, with the knowledge that the right to the soil was theirs.- - (Hear, hear.) As.to the Bishop of New Zealand, be would say, that the error with which that most ex cellent prelate had been charged was a most natural error, and certainly one into which he himself had fallen.—(Hear, hear.) He would only add that he regarded the Bill as unnecessary ; yet, as the Noble Earl dwelt upon it as a step which required to be taken, and as it was, at all events, a step in the right direction, he would not oppose its progress. The Earl of WALDEGRAVE supported the Bill, and briefly assigned reasons for so doing; but his words were scarcely audible in the gallery. The Earl of ST. GERMANS was satisfied of the soundness of the principle of what were called " self supporting colonies." For fifteen months the colonists in Cook's Straits had supported themselves, and it was not until the home Government interfered that any complaints were made by them. Never wit; there presented a more interesting instance of coloni zation than the colonization of New Zealand, and never would there have been a more successful one had the people been left to themselves. He rejoiced now to find that the colony was likely to prosper under the administration of the Noble Earl and the present excellent Governor. With respect to the measure before them, he had some doubts about its details, and thought the course it proposed to take was scarcely the beat that might have been pursued. He had no intention, however, of opposing the mes' sure. Earl GREY replied, and declared that between the present Governor of New Zealand and himself there was not a shadow of a shade of difference. The Bill was then read a second time. Their Lordships adjourned at Seven o'clock. HOUSE OF LORDS, Feb. 29. MR. BIRCH. The LORD CHANCELLOR moved that a re solution should be entered on the journals expressive of the high sense the House entertained of the ser vices of Mr. Birch, who had retired from the office of clerk to this House, and in doing so passed a high eulogium on the services which Mr. Birch had rendered to their Lordships. The Duke of RICHMOND cordially concurred in everything that had been said in praise of Mr. Birch. ROUSE OF COllillIfONS, Feb. 29. IRISH POOR-LAW. (Continued from our Third Edition of last night.) , Sir G. GREY said, that although he was not of the opinion that the poor-law was perfect in all ite parts, still he thought that no good could possibly arise from the appointment of this Committee ; 1 would require the attendance of numerous person§ before the Committee who were now employed in the duties of relieving the distress of the country. It appeared to him that the object of the Hon. Member in appointing this Committee was to exempt the paupers of Ireland from being supported by poor-rates levied on that country, but by a gran , t of money from this country.—(Cries of " No, no. ), He thought that would be the inevitable r e sult 0 1 the inquiry ; he could not see what other object the Hon. Gentleman had in view in appointing the Cons mittee. The object of the Hon. Member's motion was that the Government should supply funds to those districts which were unable to suppo l there own poor. It was his opinion th . sw the debts owing by several unions 113 Ireland was entirely attributable to local mismanage; ment ; but the majority of unions were as well manageu as those in England, and had carried out the poor-10 more successfully than had been estimated by Govern ment. With regard to the proposed dirniou; tion of the area of t axa ti on , he had state' last year, and he was r ea dy t o aver it again, that some few of the unions of Ireland were too large . 1 / I . a when the poor-law was enacted, the electoral do le sions were arranged on the best possible systems' He concluded by opposing the motion of the 'DP' Member. Mr. A. STAFFORD concurred with the 1 1 ° TI ' Member for Portarlington in that which was the 0, 1 ; mus of his speech that the property of Ireland show' be made to support the poverty of that count.ri i ; That was the object for which the present mo tor was made. He, however, contended that by adopting the electoral division as the area of taxation , t h e landlords who did their duty, improved their pro" _ perty, and employed their tenants, were made to be the burden of supportiag the destitution occasione d by the neglect of others. He objected to reduc.ying a .. the unions at the same time with the electoral _. . diva' sions, because a reduction in the unions w ould volve an expenditure for new workhous es which Ireland could not pay, and which must fall on this country. All he wished wag that Government inQui Feb. 29. The court opened this morning at nine o'clock, when John Witney, Joseph Briant, 18, and Frederick Barnett, 18, were indicted for assaulting Samuel Brewerton, at Reading, on the 28th of December, and stealing from his person two half-sovereigns and a watch, his property. Mr. Skinner conducted the prosecution, and Messrs. Carrington and Williams defended the prisoners. It appeared from the evidence that the prosecutor went with a young woman, about midnight, to the house of a person named English, in Bird-court, having at the time two half-sovereigns, Bs. in silver, and a watch, in his possession. While in the house, Brewerton heard a knocking at the door, which was not then opened; but shortly after, the shutter of the window was pulled down, and a man looked in at the window. The door was then opened, and prosecutor left with the intention of proceeding homewards, but almost im mediately he got into the street he was knocked down by a violent blow between the eyes, which was re peated, his lip cut, and insensibility caused by the violence. When he recovered, he found his watch was gone. Two of the prisoners were near him. They said, " Let us leel," and thrusting their hands into his waist coat pocket, extracted the moneys named in the indict ment. The other prisoner, Barnett, took him to the house of a woman named Lovejoy to wash himself, and then sh. wed him a pin which had been taken from his stock, saying, " You see I have not robbed you." Atter a protracted trial, the jury retired from the court, and in an hour returned with a verdict of Guilty of assault against all the prisoners, but acquitted them of the robbery. his Lordship having severely commented on their conduct, sentenced them to three mouths' imprisonment and hard labour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Charles Barnhar d and Fanny Marks were brought before Alderman Hunter, charged under the following remarkable circumstances:— John Barnet, of No. 4, Primrose-street, Bishopsgate, attorney's clerk, said—l went with a person now de ceased, named Rachel Folkes, on the 14th of October last, to Messrs. Curries, the bankers, in Cornhill, where she changed a cheque for 1231. and received for it a 501. note, and seven 101. notes. At her request I marked those notes in the corner of each note, and I produce the numbers. I saw the deceased about a week or nine days before her death, which took place on the 12th of this month. I had some conversation with her, and asked her if she had her property safe, and she said she had, and would take care of it. On the morning of Wed nesday, the 9th of February, the female prisoner called upon me, and said Folkes was dying, and could not live above a few hours. I immediately went to the house of Marks, where the deceased was lying in bed completely insensible. Marks said she had been insensible from the middle of the night, and 1 asked her if the deceased had had any medical attendant, to which she replied in the negative. I then sent my son to Mr. Brown, a surgeon of St. Mary Axe, and we both went into the room, and Mr. Brown as well as myself searched about, but no money was found. I then sent to a woman who is accustomed to attend dying persons belonging to the Jewish faith, and that woman also searched about bat found nothing. Mr. Brown then went away, and I went into the parlour, accompanied by the prisoner Marks, and I expressed to her my surprise that no money belonging to the dying woman should be found. She said she never knew any thing about any money belonging to the old woman, excepting the rent when it was paid to her, and if the old woman had any money she must have left it in charge of some friend in the Commercial-road. She also said the deceased might have been robbed, for she came home one night covered with mud, having fallen down in the dirty street. I said it was strange they should have robbed her of her pocket and all, and she repeated that she knew nothing about it. She wished she had it, and she said she did not care what anybody said about her; she was going to be married, and should soon be out of that. I called next day, and found the o'd lady still insensible, and I called On the Friday (the 11th), and saw a Mrs. Jones, who was nursing, and wished to be paid for the time she had been in attendance, her demand being 17s. or 17s. 6J., and the prisoner Marks gave me three rings, which I pledged for 125., which I gave to Mrs. Jones. The deceased, I believe, died that day or night. On Saturday last I went to the house of Marks, and saw the two prisoners together in the parlour, and I said, Mr. Barnhard, this is a ♦ery unpleasant business about the old lady's money. He said he knew 'lathing. about it: he wished he could catch any one who was worth powder and shot, saying that he had never anything to do wiih the old lady's money, and he would at once bring an action. In answer to the solicitor for Bernhard the witness said he had seen the notes in the possession of the de ceased about three weeks before she was taken ill. The female prisoner—Do you know that the deceased was addicted to drink? Witness—No. The female prisoner—And you never led her home intoxicated? Witness—Never. Here a bank note, numbered 43,650, was produced, and witness stated that it was one of the notes which he had seen in the possession of the deceased. Policeman Webb (658) said, on the morning of the 9th inst., from information which I received from the last witness, I went to No. 16, Carter -street, Hounds ditch, in his company. We went up stairs to a back room en the first floor, where I saw a person lying on a bed, who, I was told, was Mrs. Folkes. The female prisoner was on the stairs, and the male pri ,oner said, " This is a singular affair about the money. The nurse looked into a table drawer and several boxes, and said there's nothing here." Barn hard and I went down stairs, and he said to Marks, and Barnhard said to her, " It's a strange thing about the old woman's money, and more particular her pocket." She took hold of Barnhard's coat, and said, " Believe me, I know nothing at all about it." I turned hack and asked her whether she thought the nurse knew any thing about it, a►d she said, " I don't know, but she has been out two or three times this morning to a public-house." I went away, and o❑ the 16th of this month I received information from the Bank of Eng land that No. 18,431 bank note, one of those which had been in the possession of the deceased, was paid in by P. P. H. Roberts. I receives informatioa that Roberts had received it from Mr. Luxmore. I took the male prisoner into custody in Mark's house, and found upon him the Bank note No. 43,650, also one of the notes spoken of as having ,been in the possession of the deceased. The prisoners were remanded for a week. Thompson Page was brought up for final examination, charged with having committed a forgery upon Currie and Co.'s banking house. A sailor named Nicholson, who had been sent to the banking-house by Page with a cheque for 501., purport ing to bear the signature of Mr. Ingle, Stonehouse, in Plymouth, who kept an account there, was admitted as an evidence for the prosecution, Mr. F. Andrewes, the solicitor for the sailor, having shown that his client was unconscious of intended fraud. Mr. Ingle said Page had bean his footman for some months, and had been discharged in August, 1846, from the belief that he had taken the cheque-book. Witness was then using pink cheques, and in consequence of the loss of the cheque-book the colour was changed, and the prisoner was detected in his attempt. The prisoner, who said he was wrongfully accused, was committed for trial. THE ROYAL ARCHITECTURAL MEDAL.—At a recent meeting of the Council of the Royal Institute of Archi tects, when sixteen names (eight Englishmen and eight foreigners) were given in and considered as candidates; a ballot being taken, the majority of votes was found to be in favour of Mr. Cockerell; and it was accordingly— ", Resolved, That the Royal medal of the Institute be awarded to Charles Robert Cockerell, Esq., It. A., Professer of Architecture in the Royal Academy of Arts, London, Member of the Royal Institute of France, &c., in testimony of his distinguished merits as an architect.' The President, Earl de Grey, intimated that the coun cil, On c orn i ng to their determination, had signified to him their desire that the decision should be first men al e c e a onn invitation, that day, a u o d r tinned to h er M a j esty. Fortunately, ha was honoured with took rather the a o no e r r d te e e r it t y o d et i . n p e oi a e t ti t t h l e p out to Prince Albert th e European interest which had act be impartially,enuxciteby an th d e th raesndaaml,e of thethede gentlemansi reoftheon whom the council en to i the choice had fallen. His Royal Highness approving it fully himself, said Mr. Cockerell sh ou ld consider himself fortunate in having the suffrages of the council, and that the names from abroad showed how much the medal was an object of interest. The Prince then mentioned it to the Queen, and the president was able to state that the award had her Majesty's approval.—Builder. s a i r r t, , things, e s . 3 t b e u r t n i ear ly period of life, and it ever I towraatsoarshorahaeves cska Irishman m great h many a nsaidy I was born at a very—« Sir, live till the day of my death—and the Lord only knows whether I will or not—my soul shall see swate Ireland before it laves Ameriky." We understand that Prince Albert has been gra ciously pleased to contribute, through the hands of Major-General Wemyss, clerk marshal to his royal highness, the sum of 101. towards the subscription now raising in behalf of Jem Morgan, the veteran huntsman, whose name and merits are widely known, amongst the lovers of the allase,—Essex Herald, STATE OF TRADE• MINCIIE,TER, FEB. 29.—The sudden and startling political convulsion in France, and the uncertainty which it has created as to the state of future international rela tions, have caused an almost entire cessation of business, unless the countermanding of orders previously give❑ can be included in that term. We understand that great difficulties have been thrown in the way of ship ments, especially to the Mediterranean, by the enormous rates charged for insurance, when required to cover the risk of capture. We learn that as much as ten and twelve guineas per cent. have been demanded, and paid for the insurance cargoes to Italian ports, which were previously done at about 40s. This high rate will, of course, put a stop to purchases for that quarter of the world. We understand, also, that some of the Greek merchants, who were previously amongst the heaviest buyers in the market, have expe rienced inconvenience from having their funds invested in bills on France, which, under existing circumstances, may not be available to meet their engagements; and a considerable number of orders on Greek account are stated to have been countermanded. The sudden suspension of business arising from these causes has, of course, tended greatly to diminish production. We un derstand that yesterday alone factories at Ashton-under- Lyne, with steam power equal to 1,200 horses, which Were previously working full time, were reduced to short time generally about eight hours per day; and that similar reductions were made i❑ other quarters. ROCHDALE, MONDAY.—We have bad a very still market to-day, and the buiine,ts transacted has been more limited than that of last week. In wool, there has been very little doing, and prices are merely nominal. THE AVENGER. The Earl of MALMESBURY asked if it was the intention of the Government to give any reward to the Arab fishermen who had saved the survivors of the Avenger ? Re would also recommend to the Govern ment to reward the fishermen on the west coast of Ireland, who had saved the lives of sundry ship wrecked seamen. The Earl of AUCKLAND said that rewards had been given to the Arabs, and that the acknowledg ment by the Government had been conveyed to the French officers, and to all others that had rendered assistance in the search after the unfortunate crew of the Avenger. His Lordship was also understood to say that the inhabitants of the west coast of Ireland alluded to had been rewarded. INDIAN MAIL. In answer to a question from a NOBLE LORD, The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said, that the report of the distruction of the Indian mail in France was false. lie had received a communication from the French Postmaster-General, stating that the mail had arrived at Paris, and had been conveyed to Marseilles. NE Ar ZEALAND GOVERNMENT BILL. Earl GREY rose to move the second reading of theNewZealandGovernment Bill. The Noble Earl then proceeded at great length to explain the provisions of that Bill, which have been already frequently pub lished. The Noble Earl further stated that the Governor of New Zealand had exhibited all the characteristics of a very great mind ; he had enjoyed the confidence of the colonists, and the change that had ensued upon his arrival was most astonishing. The finances, which bad been in a ruinous state, had revived, and the natives who had previously despised us had been taught in the course of six weeks to respect and to fear our power, and to undertake large public works for wages paid to them by our Government. Trade, also, hid increased, and was flourishing, as had been shown by an increased revenue. It, therefore, was most expedient that the Government should be guided almost implicitly by the advice of Governor Grey. Seeing what he had achieved in New Zea land, it would be little short of presumption to reject his advice. The measure now proposed was grounded on his recommendation, and followed as closely as pos sible the advice which Governor Grey had offered. It was thought desirable in the year 1845, that the settlers should have more control over their affairs, and the Governor less. When her Majesty's present advisers came into office, there did not appear to him any reason for altering that opinion„ which he, in common with others, had entertained. It seemed to him that without some popular form of government in the colony, there was little hope of reviving the spirit of enterprise there, and again directing the stream of emigration towards it ; and great as the dif ficulties appeared to be, it did seem desirable that some effort should be made with a view of furthering that object. A measure was, in consequence, proposed and sanctioned by Parliament, which he now proposed partially to suspend. The object of that measure was to found a system of representation, and to form municipal bodies in the colony to perform duties which would otherwise devolve on the central go vernment. There was great difficulty attending the adoption of a system of representation in New Zealand, principally from the wide distance apart from each other of the towns of that colony, Auckland and Wel lington being 400 miles distant from each other. It had, therefore, been suggested that there should be a legislature in each; this plan, however, was attended with many difficulties, besides the objection of having two independent legislatures in the same colony. To meet these difficulties it was suggested that there should be a joint deputation from each to agree on the amount of import duties and other important measures. In proposing such an arrangement the Government had also felt that it would not be easy to impose such a local government on the natives, and to meet that difficulty it was proposed that the power of the municipal authorities should only extend to those districts where the settlers principally resided. If it were pru dent to establish popular government at once in New Zealand the Governor did not desire to oppose it; but he had certainly shown that, at the present moment, it was impracticable. The main objection he urged was, that the natives, although not suffi ciently advanced in intelligence to take part in such municipal councils, were sufficiently acute to view with great jealousy and dissatisfaction the appropria tion of a revenue raised on imports partly collected from themselves, and in the distribution of which they had no voice. —(Hear, hear.) It was ; therefore, thought desirable to suspend for a time the measure which proposed to confer legislative power on New Zealand ; and, as long as the colony did not pay her own expenses, he did not think the settlers had as much cause of complaint for not having a repre sentative government as they otherwise would have. He, therefore, proposed to suspend the consti tution of the colony for five years, after which he hoped it would be in a fit state to receive a popular Government. At the same time, it was desirable to extend the elements of representation which now existed, but the amount of representation to he conceded it was not easy to determine; and, in fact, Governor Grey strongly recommended that this subject should be settled on the spot. The Bill on their Lordships' table authorised the Governor to increase the Legislative Council w hi c h prev i ous l y e xisted, and give them the power of making ordi nances to create subordin a t e l eg i s l a t ures w h en i t might be thought desirable. These appointments would, of course, be subject to the approval of her Majesty. Then as to the municipal institutions, he saw no reason for suspending them. The Act of 1846 provided that no one should be eligible for municipal offices unless they could read and write English. The Gevernment had, however, stated, that whilst many natives could read and write their own language, and speak English, they could neither read nor write the English language. He thought it most desirable to encourage the English language in all our colonies, as he believed it to be the strongest bond of union that could exist between the natives and settlers.—(Hear, hear.) He con sidered it was a great error for the missionaries to have reduced the barbarous native dialect of New Zealand into a written language, suitable to the purposes of civilized man. He thought after a reason able period the rule requiring reading and writing in English should be enforced as a qualification for any municipal or political office; but at present it was desirable to suspend this rule, and the Bill, therefore, contained a clause to that effect. The period, how ever, of suspension, would be left to the de c i s i on o f the Governor and the Legislative Council. He had purposely abstained from introducing a ny t op i cs pot i mme di a t e ly connected with the actual question be fore their Lordships ; but he was quite prepared to answer any remarks which might be made by any Noble Lord upon any other topic connected with the colony of ..New Zealand. The Noble Earl then moved that the Bill be read a second time. I i II