The Sun. — London, England, 1848-03-02 00:00:00

" LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK. The annual general meeting of the proprietors of this company was held yesterday afternoon, at the Bank, Rothbury. Doren SALOMON'S, Esq., Alderman, presided, and called upon The SECKETART 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 s, 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 58,2231. 4s. 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 dends, making together 54,0001., there would remain out of the profits of the year, a surplus of 4,2231. 4s. 10d. to be added to the reserved fund, which would then amount to 100,6471. 16s. I Id. 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 3,890,816/. 9s. 7d., and the credit side (Government and other securities), 169,4801. 195.:8d., l eav i ng a b a l ance 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, peil haps, in the room, judging from the high rate of intereat 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 6/ per cent., the directors would be enabled to pay the pro prietors a bonu.3.—(Hear, hear.) He was not surprised at that expectation, and up to the month of October, last yew:, himself and all his colleagues were under the full cedaviction that at the end of the year there would hay.° been a fund divisible among the shareholders beyond tit) 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.) Ho 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 20,0001., 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 20,0001. 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 anti honest course of proceeding?— (Hear, hear.) Perhaps that course would have been more gratify i ng to die proprietors, and would have earned the directors a kind of ephemeral popularity. With . re :apect to the " cleariug" system, he said it was now tune, when they found that heavy loss was entailed ti . l ion 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 *ease. The Chairman then concluded by moving that the report be read, adopted, and circulated among the shareholders. --- TITCIIAIII3IAN, in answer to a suggestion put by Mr. Tite, said, with reference to the Eastern Counti es Company having withdrawn their account from the bank because they returned a cheque of the c om p an y, 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 thas 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-clected. A vote of thanks was then passed to the Chairman, directors, and the managers, and other officers of the bank, and the meeting separated. ELECTION COMMITTEES. BOLTON. This Committee met yesterday morning at the usual hour. Mr. Sergeant KINGLAILZ 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 CsainxeN 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 Mr. Bolling or his agents, or with their knowledge and consent. This closed the labours of the Committee. LYME REGIS. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. Sellers, one of the parties said to have bribed the voters on behalf of Sir Fitzroy Belly, proved that he never either directly or indirectly bribed or attempted to influence a voter. The Committee adjourned at the usual hour till eleven o'clock to-morrow. CARLISLE. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Adam Sewell, a painter and glacier, residing at Man chester, and an elector of Carlisle, proved that a few days before the election ho went to the Cumberland public-house in Manchester, where he found Mr. Donald, " it clturp and a number of the freemen of Carlisle from Bury and Liverpool. They were taken to Carlisle by rail, and had all th e i r expenses pa id. H e p l umpe d for Mr. Hodges, and after the election he received 3/. During the whole time he was in Carlisle he was well a en tertained at Mr. Hodgson, expense. maned till to-morrow. Some other evidence of a sim il ar nature was given, and the Committee adjourn STATE OF—TIH=DE. MANCHESTER, FEB. 29.—The sudden and start l inbusiness,g po li t i ca l convulsion in France, and the uncertai n t y w hi c h it has created as t o the state of future inter national rela tions, have caused a n almost entire cessation o f bu unless the countermanding of orders previously given can be included in that term. We understand that great difficulties have been thrown in the way o f Ship _ ments, especially to the Mediterranean, by the enor mous rates charged for insurance, whe n 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 It alian ports, wh!ch were previously done at 'about 40 s. This hig h 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 ha ve b een coun t erman d e d. Th e s udden suspension of business arising from these causes has, of eourse, tended greatly to dimin o i n sh et, o h d er u e ction. We un derstandl:le wi t t h h at a y e e a s m terday alone factories at Ashton-under were previously working equal to 1,200 horses, which full time, w ore reduced to short time generally about in e g izh d t hours per day; and that ; w in other quarters. similar reductions were ROCHDALE, Mo NDAT a pp. ...ket to-day, and the bus i nes ss) h ay© had a very still transacted has been I n wool, had tbheeerne any .4 4. 6viSpAhdioLtlimited than that of_la ß st ,-, n ry little doing, and pr i ces week. --,, :. , .., -11.4. L AR, SATURDAY. merel y nominal. tendency towards a better state of trade, the convulsi ons ' in the political world would have checked it. The re 4 JA - 1 - ' • • K.' ' were scarcely any merchants in our Piece Hall to-day , \-• fid\ and the'French revolution was the only t •of quo conver. THE SUN LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 2, 1848. sation. There is a slight improvement in the demand for yarn, owing to the shippers coming into the market, and the spinners are firm in demanding old rates . Several mills have resumed flail 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 hare had a few buyers, and more has been doing in the warehouses. Wool maintains its price, but there is little doing. LEEDS, TUESDAT.—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. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF COMMONS, Match 1. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) TREATY OF ADRIANOPLE. 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 so 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 785 folio columns.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) He trusted, therefore, the House would excuse him if he did not observe mueh 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 bad 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 (ince admittedlthe 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 ithe 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 be went at any length into that question. Many papers had been laid before the House 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 bad 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 for Youghal had said much on the quadruple treaty of 1834, and he 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 policy of the Earl :of Aberdeen ; 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 prevent the continuance of a civil war in 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 resulted from Government disputes between those t wo countr i es : t hi s country o ff ere d t o me di a t e betwee n them and completely should b e succeeded in putting an end to th ose hostilities. The part he took in that interference he proud of. Then, with respect t o t h e treaties with Brasil, that was a transaction the b eg i nning and end of which he had nothing to do with; how he could, therefore, be sup posed as favouring the ause of Russia —(H ear, hear.) The only with the t rea ti es for the suppres sion of the slave trade with Portugal was, that they did not go far enough ; but how these treaties could hsveany fie thingden to d? with Russia, he c ou ld not con ceive.d that the course th a t England had adopted to put an end to the slave trade was calculated to produce hostility with .- a ny enlightened p ot r h o e y roketheslave i ve tradernation in Europe. It might and the unprincipl e d, but not the right thinking part of the community of any of the nations of Europe. Then, with respect to • 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 all the states of Europe into eonflict with England, ulti mately to ruin her.—(Hear, hear.) He 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 vernment and territory of Mexico, and those claims wereas 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 have pursued any other course than it did, considering the desire of the late Sovereign of Persia and the wish of Russia in that respect. He 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. Then, 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 as 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 for 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.; and, except upon one occasion, he had never had anything whatever 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 " Portfolio," 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, they determined not 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 ambassador 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 should attempt to control France 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.--(Hear.) Russia and Prussia declared in favour of erecting in Poland one large kingdom to be annexed to Russia, and 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 produced 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 this country, but Persia was at this time in a worse 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 Ambassador to Turkey.—(H ear , h ear .) Th e corres p on d ence upon this subj ect h e h a d no o bj ec ti on t o pro d uce , b u t h e f e lt that at thi s di s t an t p er i o d it s p ro d uc ti on could lead to no good. The next charge the Hon. and Learned Gentleman brought against him, was that he had broken a promise that he had made to Count V aleskie, to assist the Poles in again re covering their independence, if the Count could induce his Polish friends in Belgium to consent to a negotiation which was then pending with the Belgian States; but he distinctly denied having made such a promise. He remembered meeting a Count at a ball at Almack's, when he asked him to make such a promise, but he distinctly told the Count that he could not take upon himself to do so.—(Hear.) Having now gone through, as far as his memory and time would permit, the numerous charges which the Honourable and Learned Gentleman had brought against him, he had now only to repeat with respect to the general question, that if any Honourable Gentleman wished to institute an inquiry into his official conduct, he was quite ready to submit to it. He must add, however, that he was unconscious of having at any time betrayed the interests of the country. His policy was always to preserve peace with foreign nations whenever it could be secured without making any sacrifice of the national honour, and he was rejoiced to say that so far this policy had been successful. With regard to alliances, he held that England had suf ficient power to steer an independent course, and while she remained the champion of justice and honesty she would be sure to find some other power ready to support her policy. He denied that England had any favourite allies. Her allies embraced all powers that supported right and justice, and all powers who were ready to co•operate with her in endeavouring to uphold the cause of justice throughout the world were treated and received but upon one footing. —(The Noble and Learned Lord then resumed his seat amidst loud and long continued cheering.) Lord 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. LAW INTELLIGENCE, PRIVY COUNCIL, Feb. 29. CEYLON.--ANSTRUTHER V. ARAI3IN. In this appeal Mr. M. D. Hill, Mr. Bethel:, and Mr, M‘Christie appeared for the appellants; Sir Frederick Thesiger, Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Mr. Lloyd, and Mr. Wilde for the defendant. It was an appeal from an order of the Supreme Court of the island of Ceylon, dated Bth October, 1846, and was the first appeal which has been made to the Privy Council from that island. The facts were these:—The late Right Hon. James Alex. Stewart Mackenzie was Governor of and Commander-in-Chief in the island of Ceylon, from 1837 to 1841. Upon retiring from that office, in the early part of 1841, he appointed the Hon. Philip Anstruther, Captain Lillie, and James Steuart, Esq., to be his!attorneys and agents, generally to transact, manage, and conduct all his affairs, matters, and con cerns in Ceylon. On the 3d of April, 1843, Mr. Steuart, one of the agents, entered into an agreement with a Mr. Frederick Lock, the agent in Ceylon of Captain Arabin, in France, for the sale to Mr. Lock, on be half of Captain Arabin, of an estate in the island, consisting of about 2,200 acres of land (a con siderable portion of which was cultivated as a coffee plantation), belonging to Mr. Stewart Mackenzie for 8,0001., Mr. Lock depositing 2,009 Z in the Ceylon Bank to abide the completion of the purchase, and receiving possession of the estate. Mr. Stewart swore that that agreement for a sale was purely conditional ; thut the ratification of it was to depend on the approval of Mr. Stewart Mackenie, who had then left the island ; that if he did not approve of it, possession of the estate was to be returned to him (Mr. Stewart), and Mr. Lock was to be repaid the reasonable expenses he might have in curred during his interim possession, upon the proper cultivation of the estate, he not being at liberty to lay out any money in making roads or erecting buildings upon the land until after Mr. Stewart Mackenzie's plea sure should be known. As early as the 27th of April, 1843, Mr. Lock was informed by a letter from Mr. Steuart, that from letters he had received from Mrs. Stewart Mackenzie there was likely to be disappoint ment in obtaining Mr. Stewart Mackenzie's approval of the sale ; and very soon afterwards that Mr. Stewart Mackenzie had atsolutely objected to the sale. Mr. Steuart then and repeatedly afterwards ap plied to Mr. Lock for the return of the possession of lithe estate, offering to refund to him the outlay he had been at upon the property, but which Mr. Lock declined to accede to, alleging that the sale had been unconditional, and that Mr. Stewart Mackenzie was bound to convey the estate. Mr. Stewart Mackenzie died at Southampton upon his return to this country in September, 1843. His family threatened Mr. Lock with legal proceedings for the recovery of the estate, but still he persisted in retaining possession of it. In 1844 Captain Arabin filet a bill in the Court of Chancery ix England against the Hon. Mrs. Stewart Mackenzie, widow of the late governor, to compel her specifically to perform the alleged contract, and praying that she might be restrained from resorting to legal proceedings in Cey lon. In 1844 Mr. Anstruther, and other gentlemen, became the administrators in the island of the estate and effects of the late Governor; and in May, 1845, they commenced an actior in the district court of Kandy, in which district the estate is situate, against Mr. Lock, for the purpose of ejecting him from the possession, and claiming damages to the amount of 10,0001.,Mr. Lock filed his answer to that action, by which he denied his liability, on the groand of being merely an agent. The plaintiffs demured to that answer, but the district court held the answer to be a good defence. Much delay then took place, and Mrs. Stewart Mackenzie felt her self under the necessity of sending a gentleman (Mr. 11`Christie) from the English bar to Ceylon to assist in the conduct of her cause, and to expedite the proceedings there. Mr. M`Christie arrived in Ceylon in the spring of 1846, and immediately advised an appeal to the Supreme Court at Colombo against the decision of the district court. Upon that appeal coming on, the Chief Justice held that Mr. Lock's form of answer was no bar to the suit, but upon his suggestion that, as Captain Arabia's title to the estate must be tried, it might be more neatly tried in an action against himself rather than against his agent, and upon Mr. Lock's consenting to appear, answer, and defend such action for Captain Arabin without delay, by consent a new action against Captain Arabia was thereupon brought, the then action being to lie in abeyance until the result of the new action should be known. That action was commenced in April, 1846, and Mr. Lock pleaded to it that he had purchased the estate of one James Steuart for Captain Arabin, and that Captain Arabin claimed to be the owner thereof by virtue of an alleged sale of it to his agent, Mr. Lock, for him. He also set up an ob jection to the title of Mr. Stewart Mackenzie to the estate. The cause became ripe for hearing in May, 1846, and upon the plaintiff's application to that effect it was set down for trial at Kandy, on the 22d of June. The defendant then applied for a commission to examine witnesses in England, and that the trial might be stayed until after the return of the commission, which the district court refused. The defendant appealed from that order to the Supreme Court at Colombo, and which it dismissed, but granting leave to the parties to amend their pleadings; it also set aside the order for the trial to take place on the 22d of June. The defendant took no step to amend his pleadings ; and upon another appli cation made by the plaintiffs to the district court the trial was again fixed for the 31st of July. On the day appointed for, the trial the defendant again applied for a commission to examine witnesses in England, which was again refused, and the trial proceeded. The judg ment and verdict were that the defendant be ejected from the estate ; that possession of it be delivered to the plaintiffs, and that the defendant pay to the plaintiffs 6,000/. as and for damages and mesne profits, together with the costs of the suit. The de fendant appealed to the Supreme Court against the order of the district court refusing for a second time the commission on the morning of the day of trial. The Supreme Court dismissed his appeal with costs. He text appealed from that order to the Judges of the Supreme Court collectively, and they likewise dismissed his appeal. He subsequently moved the Supreme Court to set aside the judgment and verdict of the district court of the 31st July, and to grant him liberty to amend his answer and pleadings. The Supreme Court referred that motion to the Supremo Court collectively, which court dismissed the motion with costs. He then pre sented a petition of appeal to the Supreme Court against the verdict and judgment of the 31st July, and prayed that they might be set aside. On the Bth October, 1846, the Supreme Court, upon the hearing of that appeal, set the verdict and judgment aside, and granted liberty to the defendant to amend his pleadings, without putting him under any terms either as to payment of costs, security for damages (he being out of the jurisdiction),or time within which he must proceed. Mr. M'ChriCie, on behalf of the plaintiffs, thereupon moved the Supreme Court for leave to appeal to the Privy Council, and to have a certified copy of the record of the proceedi ngs . The Court considered the plaintiffs had not a right to appeal to the Privy Council, under the charter, from au order which was merely interlocuory. l iThe plaintiff' s counsel submitted that the plaintiffs were perfectly at liberty, as well under, as independently of, the charter to petition her Majesty for leave to appeal to her Privy Council against an order which, thoughinterlocutory, had the effect of setting aside a final judgment , where upon the Court ordered the certified copy of the record. Mr. M'Christie then immediately returned to this country with the record ; a petition to her Ma jesty was presented ; liberty to appeal was granted, and the appeal was argued on the 19th and 21st of February last. It was contended on behalf of the plaintiffs that there had been no irregularity on their parts ; that the defendant had had every opportunity of defending, himself; that all the proceedings he had resorted to had been mere debtories ; that he had chosen Ceylon as the place in whic h to raises his legal points; that he had adopted the Court of Chancery here as the tribunal which ought to decide upon his equitable claims, which he might press on whenever he pleased; that he had allowed the action to be tried as an undefended cause ; that there was no valid ground or pretence for the order of the Supreme Court appealed against, and that therefore that order ought to be reversed, and t he verdict andjudg ment of the 31st of July affirmed. For the defendant it was urged, that he being out of the jurisdiction, more time ought to have been allowed to him for framing and conducting his defence ; that his agent had written to England for instructions for . his defence ; b u t that owing to the precipitancy with which the pro ceedings had been hurried on by Mr. M'Christie in Ceylon, the action had been tried before thoso instruc tions had arrived; and, therefore, before h e had been able properly to defend himself;' that the trial had been a mere experts proceeding; that upon such a proceed ing, it would be unjust that the defendant should have to deliver up possession of the estate, and pay such enormous damages; and that, consequently, there ought to be a new trial, and the present appeal dismissed. Lord LANGDALE delivered judgment, and after going over all the proceedings with great minuteness, he said, if Mr. M‘Christie's representations were true, which there was no reason to doubt, it was perfectly clear the defendant had been struggling through out for delay, but he had never made any application to the courts below for further time than he had had. It was also manifest that he had claimed a right to the estate in a manner in which he was not entitled to claim any such right, and, if injus tice had been done to him, it was his own fault. Still it was evident, that the principal question between the parties had not yet been tried, namely, the conditional or unconditional character of the alleged agreement, and therefore the trial had not been satisfactory in this re spect. If the questions arising in this casacould have been properly tried here, their Lordships would have preferred to recommend that course, but as the property in dispute was situated in a part of Ceylon where the Roman-Dutch law prevailed, they thought they could not he so conveniently or appropriately disposed of in the first place here as in Ceylon. Under these, and all the circumstances of the case, what their Lordships had considered it would be just in them to report to her Majesty was, that if the defendant would consent to pay the plaintiffs the costs of the trial of the 31st July, 1846, and consent to dismiss his bill in Chancery against Mrs. Stewart Mackenzie, and pay to her the costs of that suit, and also perfect a security "within a month from this time to the amount of 6,0001., to answer the damages and costs that might be awarded against him upon having a new trial, the trial of the 31st of July should be set aside ; that he should have a fortnight's time to consider whether he should consent to these con ditions or not ; and that, if be should not so consent, then that the order of the Supreme Court of the Bth of October should he reversed; that the judgment and ver dict of the 31st July be affirmed, except as to damages and costs; that the defendant should deliver up imme diate possession of the estate to the plaintiffs; and that the Court in Ceylon should proceed to ascertain the amount of damages and costs duo to the plaintiffs down to the day on which the possession should be delivered to the administrators. WESTMINSTER COUNTY COURT, Marck 1. (Before D. C. MOYLAN, Esq., Judge.) RUBY V. ALLEN. In this case the plaintiff, a countryman living at Hen don, summoned the defendant, a respectable licensed victualler, carrying on business at Pimlico, for the value of a sovereign, which the plaintiff alleged was bad, and which also he alleged the defendant had given him. The defendant denied most positively that he ever gave the man any such coin, and after lasting a consi derable time the case was adjourned until to-day, the plaintiff undertaking to produce witnesses to prove that Mr. Allen was in the habit of passing bad money. On the, resumption of the case a witness, a coal porter, named Richards, was called, and stated that a bad shilling on one occasion had been paid to him by Mr. Allen, and that Mrs. Allen wished it to be given back, and no more to be said about it. Mr. Allen said the witness was a perfect stranger to him, and he had no recollection whatever of ever seeing him in his house. No such transaction as he had de scribed ever took place. Airs. Allen, on being sworn, distinctly stated that nothing of the kind ever happened as the witness de scribed. She had never seen the man before to her knowledge. The Learned JUDGE said it had been stated by the plaintiff that Mr. and Mrs. Allen were in the habit of passing bad money, and that he could prove it, this day. From the evidence of the witness, he (the Judge) had no hesitation in saying that it was one of the grossest cases of perjury that had ever been brought before him. Mr. Allen truted the Judge would punish them. The JUDGE—That is for you to do. I have no power. It is your duty to indict them for perjury, and as far as I am able I will assist you. Mr. Allen said he had several of his neighbours pre sent to speak to the character of his house, which was one of the most respectable in the neighbourhood. The JUDGE said he had no doubt about it, but it was unnecessary.—The case was then dismissed, with costs. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME elliCUlT.—Hertford, March 1. The business of this circuit commenced to-day. The commission was opened on Tuesday, and this morning both courts proceeded to business, the Lord Chief Justice presiding at Nisi Prius, and Mr. Justice Cole ridge in the Crown Court. The cause list is heavier than usual, there being 22 causes set down for trial, six of which are special jury cases. The cases in the criminal side are of the ordinary character. None of the causes disposed of yesterday contained any feature of public interest. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Reading, March 1. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Jugtice PATTESON.) His Lordship took his scat this morning at nine o'clock, when George Banbury, 32, was arraigned for barglariously breaking into the dwelling-house of Esther Lawrence, on the let of January, and committing a criminal assault on the person of the said Esther Lawrence. Mr. Powys prosecuted, but the prisoner (a stalwart, bold-looking labourer) had no counsel. The case having been gone into, it terminated in a verdict of Not Guilty. George Cox, 35, was convicted of poaching, armed with a gun, in company with two other men (not in custody), in the night time of the 22d of November last, on the lands of Robert Palmer, Esq., M.P., threatening the keepers, and shooting a pheasant. It appeared he had been convicted six times in the last four .years, at the Quarter Sessions, for offences against the game-laws. The JUDGE told him he would give him one more chance of remaining in the country, and as he never liked persons such as him to come out of prison just at the season of the year when they would be likely to re new their depredations, and labour was scarce, he should sentence him to three months' imprisonment, so as to enable him to get work in June. This completed the business of these assizes. Mr. Justice Cresswell having been called to London by the illness of his sister, did not hold a court to-day, and Mr. Justice Patteson proceeded on to open the Commis sion at Oxford. WESTERN ClRCUlT.—Winchester, March 1. CROWN SlDE.—(Before Sir T. J. PLATT, Knight.) James Ayres, aged 48, a respectable-looking man, was charged with having, on the 15th day of January last, at the town of Southampton, uttered and disposed of a banker's cheque, purporting to be the order or draught of Messrs. Withers and Bolin, upon Messrs. Maddison and Pearse, with intent to defraud one George Bullock; he the said James Ayres well knowing the same to be forged. The prisoner defended himself. Ultimately The jury found the prisoner Guilty of uttering the cheque, knowing it to be forged. Sentenced to ten years' transportation. Henry Willis, aged 23, stood charged with having, on the night of the 19th of July last, in the borough of Portsmouth, burglariously broken and entered the dwel ling-house of Elizabeth Alley, and stolen therefrom one silver spoon, two rings, &c. &c. Found Guilty and sentenced to twelve calendar months' imprisonment with hard labour. George Greengrass, found Guilty yesterday of stealing a post-office order, was this morning sentenced to six month's hard labour. MIDLAND ClRCUlT.—Northanzpton, March 1. The commission for this county was opened yesterday about five o'clock, by Mr. Justice Maule, who this morning proceeded to All Saints Church, where Divine rvice was performed. His Lordship, at the close of the service, took his seat in the Nisi Prius Court, Chief Jus tice Wilde presiding in the Criminal Court. There are but six causes ; one is a special jury, in volving the question of the validity of a bill of sale. The calendar contains the names of sixty-three pri soners. The following is a summary of the charges : Murder, I; arson, 2 ; m ans l aug ht er , 2 ; sheep•stealing, 1; forgery, 1 ; embezzlement, 1; Post-office robbery, 1; offences against the game-laws, 5 ; involving nine pri soners, the remainder being common cases of stealing. We observe one prisoner is charged with stealing two pennyworth of bread, another a pint and a half of bran and peas, valued at 2d. Of the sixty-three prisoners eleven can neither read nor write. With regard to the female, it being proved that she and the other prisoner lived together as man and wife, and the prosecutor not denying the fact, The COMMON SERGEANT held that the case against her could not be sustained, as the law presumed that she acted under the coercion of her husband. She was then found Not Guilty. _ _ _ The case against the man proceeded, and ho was con victed. The prosecutor said the prisoner had plundered him to the extent of upwards of 1001. The custom was for the prisoner to steal the flour, and send his wife to sell it, at less than half the market price. The COMMON SERGEANT said the sentence was, that the prisoner be transported for seven years. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Robert Moore Dixon, a man of respectable appearance, who was formerly a clerk at Messrs. Welch's, army con tractors, in Leadenhall-street, was finally examined be fore Mr. Alderman Gibbs, charged with uttering several forged requests for the delivery of pieces of linen, whereby he had defrauded Messrs. Lewellin, Truman, and Hitchcock, Manchester warehousemen, Wood-street, of goods to the amount of .55L Mr. Wontner conducted the prosecution. The porter at Messrs. Lewellin's, proved that the pri soner called on the 22d ult., and left an order, purport ing to be written by Mr. Leeds, the purveyor and steward of the East India Military College at Addiscombe. Ile said he would call again in an hour. He had called six or seven times before during the last two months, with like orders, when the goods were delivered to him, and he signed the delivery-book as Grantham, the Croydon carrier. The fraud having been discovered, a parcel was made up, and delivered to him on the 22d ult., as usual, but two officers were waiting fur him in the ware house, and they followed him. John Mark Bull and Robert Pack - roan, two of the City detective police, stated that they followed the pri soner to Lincoln's Inn-fields, when ho turned on them, and asked why they were following him. They said they wanted to know how he came by the parcel, and where he was going, The prisoner said he had brought it from Lewellin's, in Wood-street, and was going with it to meet his employer, Mr. Grantham, the Croydon carrier. They offered to go with him, and he then said it was of no use to do so ; he had obtained the goods by a forged order, and ho had obtained goods in the same way before. O❑ the way to Guildhall he asked if the case would be decided that day. The officers said it would not, because they must endeavour to trace the property. The prisoner said he would save them all the trouble he could, and told them where he had pledged the property, and at those places the property was found. Mr. Leeds, from the Addiscombe College, looked at eight orders for goods purporting to be signed by him, and declared they were neither written by him nor by his authority. A dozen pawnbrokers attended to produce the pro perty, and those who gave up the goods on receiving one-third of the sunk lent, were allowed to do so, and were excused from being bound to attend at the 0:d Bailey. The prisoner offered:no defence. Mr. Alderman GlBBScommitted . the prisoner for trial. BIRTHS. On the 28th alt., at Bayswater, the wife of the Rev. J. H. Jerrard, D.C.L., of a son. On the 29th ult., at Peckham, the lady of W. Haswell. Esq., surgeon, of a son.. Un the — z9tia ult.,attihesington Lodge, Surrey, Mrs. John •f a (laughter. On the 29th ult., Mrs. Samuel Sharwood, of Aldersgate street, of a (laughter. MARRIED. On the I).(ith ult., at Brenchley, Kent, John Lee, Esq., of Yarmouth, to Emma, only daughter of Obadiah Lenne►, DK, of Matfield, near Brencliley. DIED. On the 23d alt., at Kent-terrace, Park-road, Lieutenant- General Thomas Pollock, C.B. On the 26th ult., at Murray-place, Edinburgh, Lieutenant - Colonel Oswald, C. 13., aged 6 I. On the 27th ult., at Idington, Joseph Payne Street, Esq. London : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG. at No. 112, Strand, Printer, at 7he Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct et the Savoy, in the county a Middlesex, Thursday, March 2, 1848. ATKINS V. MARQUIS OF NORTHAMPTON. This was an action for nuisance, brought by the plain tiff, who formerly carried on the business of a nursery man, but has since retired on his property. The real defendants were the Governors, &c., of the Northamp ton Lunatic Asylum, and the nuisance complained of was the smoke produced from a chimney, and also from the presence of certain pig-sties closely adjacent to the pleasure-grounds of Mr. Atkins. The ease for the plaintiff was proceeding, when Mr. WHITHURST intimated he could not struggle with the case making against him. A verdict was accordingly taken for the plaintiff 40s. and costs. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. NEW COURT. (Before the COMMON SERGEANT and Aldermen CHALLIS and Embus.) James Wright, 27, was indicted for having stolen three pair of trowsers, value 555., and other articles, value 10L, the property of Joseph Baxendale, and others. Mr. PRENDERGAST, for the prosecution, stated that the prosecutors were the well-known railway carriers, Messrs. Pickford and Co. The Learned Gentleman shortly stated the facts of the case, which clearly estab lished the prisoner's guilt. A policeman saw him with several parcels in his possession, and giving a very un satisfactory account of them, he was detained, and it was discovered that the goods had been stolen from one of Messrs. Pickford's vans. This being proved in evidence, The prisoner was called upon for his defence. He said that a man hired him to carry the parcels. The COMMON SERJEANT—Gentlemen of the jury, if you believe what he says, acquit him; if you do not, you'll convict him. Consider your verdict, gentlemen. The laconic mode of summing up caused considerable laughter in Court. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty. The, COMMON SERGEANT said it was evident Ova this species of offence was only committed by experienced thieves. The prisoner was sentenced to be kept to hard labour for six months. Christian Ryle, a German journeyman baker, was in dicted for stenhug, and Caroline Louisa Byte, his wife, was charged with receiving, well knowing to have been stolen, a great quantity of flour, the property of J. B. Hurst. Mr. Payne was for thu prosecution, and Mr. Clarkson fur the defence. The prisoner was in th© prosecutor's employ, and had availed himself of means to carry off considerable quantities of flour. It was proved that he admitted the theft, and begged for mercy. MARYLEBOAE. Henry Peacock was placed at the bar before Mr. Broughton, charged with having caused the death of C. Moore. The parties have both been employed in Hansom's stable-yard, adjacent to the Bazaar, Baker street, Portman-square. It appeared from the evidence, that on the previous afternoon, between two and three o'clock, Mr. Emms, landlord of the Bazaar tap, while dressing up stairs, heard a great noise below, and on hastening down, found the prisoner and another man wrestling in front of the bar; he desired them to desist, and at the same time threatening that if they did not he would go for a police man, as it was not a proper place for them to pursue such practices in. They left off, and during the tempo rary absence of Mr. Emms, Moore, the deceased, was heard to say, addressing the prisoner, " If he (meaning the other man) couldn't floor you, I can." Moore then seized hold of him, and after a struggle they both fell. They got up and had another close and a second tall, and on Moore's being lifted from the floor in a state of insensibility, he was removed to the tap-room, where he was laid upon a table. A surgeon who was sent for to attend upon him speedily arrived, and pronounced him to be dead. Death might have been caused either by apoplexy or from the sudden bursting of a blood-vessel. There were no external marks of violence. The prisoner was remanded till Monday next. ORSHIP-STREET. Mr. William Broom, a tea-broker, in Fen-court, Fen church-street, was charged before Mr. Arnold with having unlawfully refused to deliver up his ticket as a passenger by one of the trains on the Eastern Counties Railway, and also with resisting and assaulting the officers of the company in the execution of their duty. Benjamin Richardson, an inspector appointed to collect the tickets from passengers at the Stratford station, stated that on the arrival of the Bury train on the pre ceding evening, he found the defendant reclining against the partition in one of the second-class carriages, with his feet resting on the seat, and having requested him, in common with the other passengers, to produce his ticket, he positively refused to comply, assigning as his reason that the seat was so damp, that he was unable to occupy it. Witness explained to him that unless he produced the ticket, he must immediately quit the car riage, but he refused to do either, and he accordingly directed two other officers to effect his forcible removal. After a severe struggle the defendant was ejected from the carriage, but the instant he reached the platform, he made a violent blow at the witness which knocked off his hat, and afterwards seized him by the hair, and continued striking him until he was rescued by the bystanders, and the defendant was given into custody. In answer to the charge, the defendant said that he certainly expressed his determination to retain the ticket until the train arrived at its destination, in order that he might direct the attention of the proper officials to the state in which he found the interior of the car riage, the seats of which were so saturated with mud and slush that it was impossible to occupy them. Be must also admit that he resisted to the utmost the un warrantable amount of violence that was employed to eject him from the carriage, and complained that no application had been made for his name and address be fore such harsh measures were resorted to. The witness Richardson, in answer to a question from the magistrate, said that the defendant was requested to furnish his name and address after his removal from the carriage, but he declined doing so. Mr. ARNOLD said that he entertained considerable doubt as to whether the company's servants were justified in giving the defendant into custody, or even effecting his forcible removal from the carriage without making a direct application for his name and address in the first instance, and preferring their complaint in the form of a summons. Mr. Widdicombe, on behalf of the company, called the Magistrate's attention to one of their bye-law, which expressly authorised any collector, or other ser ♦ant of the company, "to seize and detain any person who shall commit any offence against the provisions of the Act, and whose name and address shall be unknown to such collector, &c., and convey him before some jus tice of the peace, within whose jurisdiction such offence shall bo committed." Mr. ARNOLD said that it did not appear that any step had been taken to obtain the defendant's name and address previous to his removal from the carriage, which course ought certainly to have been adopted, and it became, therefore, a question how far he was justified in the resistance he offered to such a proceeding. As the question was ono of some importance, he should take time to consider his decision, and in the meantime accept the defendant's own recognisance for his appear ance next week. WANDS WORTH. TVilliam Butcher, a young man of short stature, but powerful frame, was brought up for final examina tion on a charge of having plundered the goods train on the South-Western Railway, on two separate occa sions, of a chest of coffee and a truss of silk and woollen goods. - Evidence having been given, The prisoner declined making any defence, and was fully committed for trial at the assizes to be holden at Kingston. The prisoner was next charged with stealing a truss of silk and woollen goods that had been forwarded, on the sth ult., from a Manchester warehouse in Friday street, to Mr. Hatton, a draper, at Ringwood. The prisoner said ho would prove, on his trial, that he bought the articles then produced of a Jew in Petti coat-lane. The numerous witnesses were then bound over in this case to appear against the prisoner at the forthcoming assizes for Surrey. THAMES. _ _ _ A well-dressed young man, named Charles Jones, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with feloniously wounding James Grant, with intent to murder or do him grievous bodily harm. Evidence having been given, The prisoner on being called on for his defence, merely said he did not do what was charged against him. Mr. YARDLEY said it would be necessary to send the case before a jury, but for the present the prisoner would stand remanded till Monday next. SCENES IN THE FRENCH THEATRES.—On Sunday the managers of the Porte St. Martin gave a gratui tous representation at two o'clock. The house was crammed, and Frederic Lemaitre was the principal actor. The play was The Chiffonnier. In the well known pannier scene his auditors were raised to a pitch of indescribabl4 enthusiasm. Lemaitre, as the chiffonnier, hooked a royal crown out of his ham per, and at this opportune " hit" the whole audience rose en masse, and a roar, for it cannot be called a cry, of " Viva la Republique !" reverberated through the foundation:, of the edifice. The actor afterwards drew forth a police ordinance, and exclaimed " All banquets are prohibited!" a sally which was, of course, received with shouts of laughter. The Marseillaise hymn was then chanted, followed by the celebrated Chant du De part, after which the audience dispersed. The Charival i was distributed in the theatre gratis. THE LASS RUN AWAY WITH THE LAD.—A few (lays ago, at Gretna Green, a marriage took place between Miss Catherine Browne, of Ulverstone, and Mr. Cunningham, of Jamaica. The lady is just turned twenty-one, and the bridegroom, who is at present learning land surveying - in Cumberland, has iu3t reached his seventeenth year. The best part of the joke is, that the fair brido had deposited, only a few days before the wedding, about 5001. in the Lancaster Branch Bank, Ulverstone, and while the parti es were enjoying the matrimonial sweets at the Bush Inn, Car lisle, they wrote for the needful, but the bank justly refused to give it up till the loving husband is twenty one years of age. This is rather a bite where money was the great inducement to the match. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—The Resistance 'moor ship, Commander Lowe, arrived this a!ternoou from the Mauritius (Dec. 16) and Cape of Gocd Hope (Jan. 14), bringing Commander Brown and the offimrs and crow of the Snake, 16, last in the Mosambit lue 'Channel, and the Ist battalion of her Majesty's 12.t;b Regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel Patton, with Major P Cap tains Kempt and Thornton; Lieutenants S ej ;rave, Espi uasse, Queade, Dundas, and Vereker; ELta i gn s White and Robson; Paymaster Kyffie, Sergeant Robertson, Adjutant Crofton, Quartermaster Cowell, and Staff- Assistaut-Surgeou Davis, three ladies atki 1 their five children, arid about 540 rank and file. Sb e touched at St. Helena on the 28th of January. The Styx steam sloop, Commander Chads, had sent in ht r 22d prize is charge of Master-Assistant Fittock, The Resistance describes the commercia I affairs of the Mauritius as most disastrous. The Resistance spoke the Robert Sm sill, Indiament on the Ist of February, in lat. 11 deg. 31 :min. S., long• 10 deg. 42 min. W., for England, with tithe following passengers on board:—Captain and Mr s. Fraser too child, 21st Regiment ; Captain King, 21 a I Regiment; Captain Smith, 29th Bengal Regiment ;; Lieutenant Lightfoot, her Majesty's 84th ; Lieutenant;,'; Mont, her Majesty's 50; Mr. Kippen, her Majesty's 98th ; Mrs. Mitchell and child ; Mr. Brown, Mr. H z milton, Dr. Robinson, Mr. Norton, Quartermaster Kir PLY3IOUTH, FEB. 29.—The storm of Friday and Saturday made a very heavy breach in th a Breakwater towards the eastern end, near the beacon, hundreds of tons of stone haviut; been washed from the, southern or outer side to the northern or inner side )1' the works. Eight cranes were broken down anti destro y ed. Yesterday five trawling sloops went to ;the mackerel ground outside the Eddystone, to seek for the nets and gear of the boats damaged by last week's st o rm. One of them, the Reindeer, discovered the nets belonging to Thomas Punuitt's mackerel boat. These .ne is were fast to a warp attached to some heavy substant* below, sup posed to be the unfortunate boat. The missing French boat is named the- .Endoutable Baptiste Papain, No. 55, of Boulogne. The following vessels, more or less dame ed, came in yesterday:—The Swedish barque, Napol eon, Captain Falstrom, from Newcastle for Gibraltar, .with loss 'of spars, sails, and leaky; the English brig Solway, Capt. Spence, from Newcastle for Malta, decks. swept, lost bunts, sails, &c.; the English barque Cas.tl 'e Lochlan, Captain Bruce, from London for Jamaica, sa of main topmast, &c.; the ship Forester, Captain M'Arthur, from Linden for Tobago, loss of bulwarks as d sails; the barque Glaphyra, Captain Quelch, from Lee idea for St. Kitt's, foremast sprung; the barque Cornw all, Captain Charles, from Loudon for Trinidad de Cubit, lost main.- yard, sails, and quarter boat; the schooner- Mary Gib son, Captain Lockwood, from Alexandria to Cork for orders, and the schooner Queen of Tyne,. Captain B. Mathison, from Newcastle fur Cadiz, with loss of boats, sails, spars, rigging, &c. WOOLWICH, MARCH I.—The African steam-vessel arrived yesterday evening with a number? of riggers from Sheerness, and the Fearless steam-vessel this morning with a number of riggers from Cb.a thaw dock yard, to assist in rigging the Driver, the :SI viteful, and the Phcenix steam-vessels for immediate service. These vessels, with the Sphynx, will proceed with the least possible delay to Sheerness, to be stationed there in state of readiness for service. Lord John Re ssell stated, when bringing forward the budget, that it was of the utmost importance to have several efficient st eam•vessels at Sheerness, as well as the other ports whet e steamers are already stationed. The Spiteful steam-wessel, now ordered to be got ready immediately, is of the same class as the Stromboli and the Driver.. Her engines are of 280. horse power, and she will have a crew of 160 men. The African steam-vessel returned to She erness, and the Fearless steam-vessel to Chatham, at noon today The Sphynx steam-vessel is reported ready. for service and will leave to-morrow for Sheerness. A fire took place yesterday evening at the eastern ex tremity of the dockyard, which, but for its timely dis covery, might have caused the destruction of a great amount of property. The fire was discovered by police-constable at a quarter past six o'clock, p.m., who, observing smoke issuing from the house used for washing the convicts' shirts, stockings, and under clothing, proceeded to the spot, and on looking through the key-hole of the door ascertained that the articles in the interior were on fire. An alarm was im mediately given, and under the directions of Inspectors Field and Budd the fire-engines with long rolls of hose were brought to the spot, and in loss than tea minutes after the water was played upon the building the fire was completely put out, but not before 250 shirts, quantity of stockings and woollen draw ers h a d b ee n consumed. The building where the fire took place is situated on the border of the mast and boat pond, and within about ten feet of the boat house, an extecisiva range of building, entirely constructed of wood, and quite full, even to boats already built being supported from the rafters, while many others are in progress of construction. ♦PPOINT)IENT6. ADMIRALTY, Mencu I.—Francis M. Norman, Naval Cadet, to the Havannah; E. J. Bird, Captain, to the Investigation; R. Mainlay Richardson, Lieuteneat and Commander to the Pluto; Robert C. Scott, and John Murphy, Acting Assistant-Surgeons, to the Vernon; Robert Anderson, Surgeon, to the Investigation; Henry Mathews, Assistant - Surgeon, to the Investiga tion; Edward Adams, Acting-Surgeon, to the Enter prise; William Dunbar, Assistant-Surgeon to the An dromache; Thomas Littleton, Acting-Surgeon s to the Vernon. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Mmicu 1. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Lancashire and York shire, Halves (late L. D.), 11 dis.— Ditto, 321. Shares, 6 dis. —London and North-Western, 136—Ditto, New Quarters, 412 p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Preference, I ,‘ p.—Midland, 106 c.—Ditto, Halves, 3 1 A dis.—South- Eastern and Dover, 27—Ditto, New, No. 4, 2!4 dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 1 1 % p. MANCHESTER, MARCH 1. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lanca shire, and Cheshire Junction, 6 1 4 n. dis.—East Anglian. Preference, 3 1 4—Eastern Counties, 13 3 4 c.—Great Northern, 7 dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 3 % dis.—Ditto,32/. Shares, 6 1 4 dis —Ditto (West Riding Union), 3 n. dis.— London and North-Western (Manchester and Birmingham), Quarters (A), 2% p.—Ditto, ditto (B), 3 p.—North Staf fordshire, 5-16 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, 28—Ditto, No 4, 2 1 4 dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, Extensions, No. 2,13 j p. LEEDS, FEB. 29. STOCK EXCHANGE.—But a very few shares have been gold for the last few days, the important occurrences in France having tended to cripple even that limited amount of basi ness which we have had to report for some time past. The following are this day's quotations : —East Lancashire, —Ditto, New, 6 dis.—Ditto, Quarters, 1 3 4 dis.—East an West Yorkshire, 8% dis.—Great Northern, 7% dis.—Lan cashire and Yorkshire (West Riding Union), 61s. dis.-- Leeds and Thirak, 18% dis.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin colnshire, Preference. par—North British, Thirds, 15s. dis.-- North Staffordshire, 15s. dis.—North-Western, 6 n. dis— York, Newcastle, and Berwick, No. 2 (New Berwicks),l3B. p. BIRMINGHAM, MA KCU 1. STOCK ExcHANGE.--The sales are—Ambergate, Notting ham, and Boston, 2% dis.— Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley, 2 7 4 dis.—Great Northern, 7 dis.—North Staffordshire, 1 ,4 dis.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B), 24 dis.—South Staffordshire, 2 1 die. YORK, FEB. 29. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Great Northern, ft% —North British, Thirds, 24s.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (late New Berwicks), 10 (" 2 —Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase),B!4. „.._ n 1 ISTOL, mAitcu 1. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was to-day steadier, and prices had an upward tendency, with more business doing. The sales are—Great Western, Old Shares, 5 p.—Ditts, Quarters, 17-16 p.—Ditto, Fifths, 15 p.—Ditto, 17/. Shares, 5 1 ,4 p.—Taff Vale, 10 3-16 dis.—York, Newcastle, and.Ber wick, No. 2, 1 p.--Midland, 4 p. EDINBURGH, FEB. 29. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, New, 31. 10s.—North British, 231—Ditto, Quarters, 41. Ss.—Ditto, Thirds, 19s.—Edinburgh, Leith, and Grantor, Preference, 16/. 15s.—Ditto , Quarters, 6d.—Scotti s h Centrals, 281. ss. The Observer (Feb. 27) contained thirteen folio colurcns of the latest intelligenoe from Paris and Dover. About a hundred useful advertisements, and twenty-two folio columns (chiefly original) of foreign and domestic news. 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