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WARY HOWITT. In 2 vols. post sive., T HE PEA.SANT and his LANDLORD, TROM TAB SWEDISH, By MARY HOWITT, IS NOW READY AT ALL ME LIBRARIES. Wel:lard Bentley, Nov Burlington-street. W. U. AINSWORTH, ESQ. Now ready, in 3 vols., with Illustrations, TAME S THE SECOND. AN HISTORICAL ROMANCE. AINSII:ORTH, Mk. Edited by W. H. . . " A novel of great interest and ability."—Sunday Times. A very, interesting romance, in which history and fiction are agreeably blended."—John Bull. " This romance has considerable meat. There is a number of ef -o:tante scenes iu it, and the interest is cleverly sustained."—Ex strainer. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street, THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMAItKET. 'Mt ler the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. MR. AND MRS. CHARLES KEAN. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new and original Play, entitled THE WIFE'S SECRET. Lord Arden, Mr. Howe ; Sir Walter Amyett, Mr. Charles Kean ; Jabez Sneed, Mr. Webster ; Harrington, Mr. Ben dell; Brouillard, Mr. Rogers; Lady Evellne Anoyott, Mrs. Charles Kean ; Maud Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by the new Farce, called DE.RE* 4 I' ELIZABETH. Mr. Lionel Laa, Mr. Keeley ; Mr. Winch, Mr. Rogers ; Betsy, Mrs. Keeley. Te eonelnde with a New and Original Burlesque Spectacle entitled ras WORLD VICDERGROUND; or, the Golden Flute and the Brae)* Waters. Slings Manager, Mr. Farren; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Webster. _ . , J. T. Archef : , Ilox-gook XeePer. Boxes, is. f Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, Is. Doers open at Half-past Six, Performance to eemmence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will be presented as entirely new Piece, entitled the FEA.V. OF YII OCEAN ; er, the Prince and the Mermaiden. Principal cha racters by Messrs. Waye, P. Bedford, Wright, Munyard, Glennaire, Callenford, and Worrell ; Miss Woolgar, Miss Emma Harding, Miss Bileh Chaplin. Mrs. Laws, and Madame Celeste. To be (allowed by a new sad original Farce, entitled OUR NA TIONAL DEFENCES ; or, the Cockshot Yeomanry. Principal sharacters by Messrs. Lambert, Wright, P. Bedford, Sanders ; Ma dame Celeste, Miss Emma Harding, Mrs. Laws, and Miss Weolgar. To conclude with the Farce of SHOCKING EVENTS. In which Mr. Lambert, Mr. Worrell, Mr. Munyard, Miss Harding, and Miss Chaplin will perform. Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Decry open at flalf:p — aet Six, Performance to commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. 'Under the - Management of Madame Vestria. sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING. will be performed a new and original piece, called ASTOUNDING IWENOMBNA. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, r. Matthews, Bellingham, lf. Cooke, and Meadows. After witch, a Stew Fairy Extravaganza, entitled TRH GOLDEN BRANCH. Principal characters by Messrs. H. Hall, Harley, Ker idge, Madame Vestris, Miss K. Fitawilliam, and Mrs. Macnamara. To conclude with a Romance of Real Life, called BOX and COX. Principal characters by Mr. Harley, Mr. Buckstone, and Mrs. Mac aamarit. Drems Boxes, ss. ; Upper Boozes, 4s. ; Pit, 24. ; Gallery, Is. No , Salf.priee to any part of the house. The New Box-ottlee, No. 2, Wellington-Street, is *Pea W the Public every day, from Ten till Six. The Interior of the House has been entirely pe•designed by Mr. W. Briulwr.ll of the ecloseum. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell, 33, Old.pond,etreet. THIS EVENING, Wlll be pertormed _NOE NI lE. Le Comte d'Avrigny, M. St. Marie; Eleonor d'Avrigny, M. Josset ; Jules de Morns, M. Chatelain; ifoemie, Mdlle. klaptis e. After n hick, LA VICOSITF.S=r LoLOTTE. Le Comte de Mo raugls, M. St. Mar e ; Le Vicomte d'llerouville, M. Fechter ; Le Chevalier Tancrede, M. 31ontel,nd ; Lolotte Bertin, Mdlle. Nathalie Boxes. stalls, tickets, and season peospectuses, may be had at Mr. MITCH k:l,l,'S Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. Doors open at Seven, to commence at half-past SEYeI. Macs, es. ; Fit, 3s. lid.; Amphitheatre, 3s. ; Galley, is PRI NE ESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager, Dachau-WM, Portland• place. For the Benefit of Mrs. Mowatt. . 'lily EVE.IsiI.NO WIN bo presented the Play of THE S MANGER. The Stranger, Mr. Davenport; Mrs. Haller, Mrs. Mowatt. After which, FAINT HEART NEVF:It WON FAIR LADY. Ruy Goziea, Mr. Davenport ; Duchesi do Torreneueva, Mrs. Mowatt. To conclude with a new Christmas Pantomime, entitled OLD FATHER TIME ; or, Ilaricquia and the Fear Seasons. Dross Circle, is.: Ilexes, 45.; Pit, Is.; Gallery, Is. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. F. Dayidge, No. 1, Davldge-terrace, Kensington-road, Surrey. Under the Management of Mr. Bunn. NV be performed Shakspeare's 'Tragedy of ROMEO and JULIET. Bonito, Ales Cuolicaan Aiercutio, Mr. Yin ng ; Juliet, Miss Bustin Cu bma n. After which the elegant Performances of those distinguished En tortilatioulsts, the celebrated Chapollo ezartoriaki To conclude with a new Fantdinime, entitled BATTLEDOOII- and SIRTTTLECOCK ; or, Harlequin Trap, sat, and Bali. A distinct entrance to the private boxes has been made (which have been re-fitted). I'rivato boxes may be had nightly of all the principal Librarians ; and at the Box-eftize of the Theatre, which is open daily from Ten until Four. ii , ACS 2s. ; Fit, Is. ; Gallery, Gd. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Wlll be performed JA ME ETRE ; or, the Secrets of Themfield Manor. Principal characters by Messrs. Hicks, Dale, Searle, Ilig grie, Forman 4 Miss Ylnoent, Mrs. G. Lee, and Miss Burroughcliffe. To conchal° with GUY MANN EKING. Meg Merrilies, Mr. N. T. Hicks, supported by the entire strength of the company. Boxes % is. ; tic, Gd. ; Gallery, 4d. No Halt-price to any part of the house. Doors open at Six, to commence at llalf-pa3t ASTLEY'S ROYAL k.MPIIITHENTRE, rroprletor anti Manager. Slr. William Batty. Mr. Batty's performing Elephants. TIIIS EVENING, The Grand Spectacle or THE CA.511? OF SILESIA. Blithely new Sconce in the Arena, by the talented Artistes or the Eates.lishmeitt, In the rarieua inodee ... ot equestratiou. _ To conclude with a Grand Equestrian Comic Pantomime entitled SURLEQUIti DOCTOR. SYNTAX AND HIS DAPPER. GREY MARLS, in which those popular artistes Herr Denlin, Mdlle. Theo dore, Mr. Anderson, and Mr. Bradburli as Harlequin, Columbine, Clown, and Pantaloon, which will exeee - a in splendour and effect all former productions at the Amphitheatre, Box-office open horn II till 5 Actin; and ,qage M sw..tr, Mr. W West. THE THIRD EDITIONS T H E SU N " CONTAIN, AS USUAL, THE LATEST PARLIAMENTATtY INTELLIGENCE, AND ALL OTHER NEWS UP TO THE HOUR OF POST. Orders received by all Newsmen, and at the Sun-office, 112, Strand. WEATIMR.—Snx OFFicE, FEB. 9. TITERMDTArria, Low Pat, 45 ; Highest, 49 ; Noon, 47. BAROMETER, 29 071—Wprn S.S.W.; hazy. WATER. AT LONDON-F , :tDOE TIIIS DAY. Morninz.. 55 minutes; after 4. 1 4 7.venia4 .- 16 suinutes -Ole , 6 ‘,.? 4 fttO f;;tt „Li _ - ))ROILDJ n A re oil 1 ,, uvitof LOND )N. WEDNESDAY: - FEBRUARY 9, 1848 Her MAJESTY'S Foreign Secretary had better, like "look around, and Lord BYROZI a t Missolonglii, choose his ground, and take his rest "—at once. Ills popularity can never survive the assaults of the Hon. representative of Youghal. Mr. CHISHOLM ArSTEY is blasting his reputation with the breath not of a petty slander, but of a stupendous hr peachment. Lord PALMERSTON is accused of no incidental fraud upon the State—of no casual dereliction of duty—of no temporary abatement of loyalty—of no intermittent withdrawal from a patriotic policy—of no sudden hallucination of judgment—ot no excusable act of peculation—of no isolated concession to the enemies of his country. No. His assailant deals in charges more heinous in charac ter, more gigantic in dimensions, more com prehensive in regard both to time, operation, and cir cumstance. The Noble Viscount, the Member for Tiverton, is solemnly, and deliberately, and explicitly impeached before Parliament as a traitor. His whole career is declared to have been a series of splendid atrocities. The betrayal of his native land, the j e opardising of the constitution, the territorial aug mentation of the dominions of the AUTOCRAT, the imperilling of Europe, and the gradual abandon ment of the provinces conducting to Ilindostan, are described as having been the most if we t cherished o bj ects of his ambition. Since course ared b to believe Mr. ANST BY, the 1830,pursue been such as sub y - Lord PALMERSTON has jects him to the e xecration of his fellow - citizens, and renders him amenable to the laws fabricated for the expiation of the crime of high treason. His guilt is second only to that of another most execrable and equally treasonous statesman—that statesman being n one o th er than the Right -lon. CHARLES JAMES Fox ! Nay, the Hon. Representative of Youghal declared it to be his intention " to trace the /coble L or d stop b y step, to enumera t e the material points of his policy, and to establish in every case a violation on the part of the Noble Lord of the laws of this country, of the laws of nations, of the laws of nature, and of the laws of Gm)! " That is the programme sketched out yesterday evening by Mr. ANSTEY of his mon ster motion in reference to our foreign relations. His chargps are in no manner partial, or insinuative, or implicative, or dubious. lie not only declares his regolntion to probe the existence of a perfidious and even traitorous motive in several of the acts of the Noble Visc unt, as Foreign Secretary for Engl an d, but he proclaims his determination to show that the criminalhy of Lord PALMORSTON is the very vitality of every and pf those actt—that his who j le policy from first to last has been (so to speak) literally permeated with treason. "If I fail," said the Honourable and Learned Gentleman, in one part of his observations, "If l fail," said he, "in prosecuting the Noble Lord, there is no censure, no chastisement which this House has legally the power to inflict which I shall not most richly deserve." Mr. ANSTET is quite correct; and we trust that this, his voluntary declaration, will not be very :speedily forgotten. He will in that event have most richly deserved the severest censure and the heaviest chastisement the House of Commons can inflict—firstly, because he will have wasted the time of the public which is just now inexpressibly valuable; and, secondly, because he will have calum niated the name and assailed the reputation of a distinguished public man—a name and a reputa tion which are the property of the people and of history. It is by no means difficult to discover the origin of this flagrant onslaught upon the Foreign Secretary. The reason is as transparent as the personal hostility of Mr. URQUHART. Mr. ANSTET is as much the victim of a monomaniacal rage against Lord PAL. MERSTON as good, simple Mr. FLubirrEE is afflicted with what the Right Honourable and Learned Gen tleman the Master of the Mint called on Monday evening—Hebrewphobia. But in the case of the Member for Youghal there is this secondary incitement—(an incitement which deprives us of all commiseration in his madness)—his diseased anxiety to render himself suddenly con spicuous. In striving to achieve for himself a cer tain amount of popularity by such an adventure as the one we have just indicated, Mr. ANSTET has made a grievous and, we cannot but think, an irreparable blunder. In struggling to become all at once per manently important he will only render himself momentarily notorious. He is making an unwhole some effort to be the object of general admira tion, and in so doing he is only ensuring to himself an universal ridicule. Instead of displaying his own strength by Lord PALMERSTON'S weakness, he will reveal his utter insignificance when contrasted with the virile energies of his opponent. He is straining the thews of his intellect—in vain—to bend the colossal bow of an Ulysses—let him beware that in the midst of his futile exertions he be not himself felled to the dust by the shaft discharged from a bow as subtle and as potent as that of Cupid! Mr. AuxEr should bear this in his recollection, that as a young and inexperienced Member of the National Legislature, it ill becomes him to assail a statesman whose reputation was ripened into celebrity before his own fingers had done with the delectus and the lexicon. Already we should hope that the re presentative of Youghal has seen the magnitude of his mistake—from the contemptuous unanimity with which the Members walked out into the lobby w ben his speech commenced, and from the ignominious celerity with which the House was counted out be fore its conclusion. The obstinacy of the King of NAPLES has forwarded the cause of constitutional liberty in Italy. By his refusal to imitate the examples of the PorE, the King of SARDINIA, and the Grand Duke of TUSCANY, who wisely placed themselves at the head of the reform movement from the first, and were thus enabled wisely and peacefully to prepare the way for a gradual and safe transition from a despotic to a constitutional form of government, the King of NAPLES placed himself in direct antagonism with the spirit of nationality which is developing itself throughout Italy with a force, against which, eventually, even the bayonets of Austria will be of no avail ; and the consequence has been, as every one of common observation must have foreseen, that he has been utterly defeated, and forced to go much further even than those whose examples he scorned to imitate. He has been forced to give to his people a constitution, and thus Naples, which, a month since, was the most retrograde of the Italian States is now the moat ad vanced in the onward march of progress. It is a curious coincidence that, on the very day, and almost at the very hour M. GUIZOT was pro claiming in the Chamber of Deputies his conviction that the question of giving constitutions to the Italian States would not arise fur the next fifty years, and that therefore it was absurd for the pre sent generation to trouble themselves about that which could only concern their posterity, it is, we repeat, a singular coincidence that at that very mo ment the King of NAPLES should have been in the act of proclaiming a constitution, and of thus raising the very question which M. GUIZOT (by whose ad vice the King of NAPLES, it is said, has acted in refusing all reforms) so complacently, imagined he had succeeded in shelving. The success of the Nea politan movement will give rise to very grave compli cations in the affairs of Italy; and we trust that the leaders of the Neapolitan nation will be enabled to guide it so as to avoid giving any pretence for foreign interference. It is clear that they must rely on themselves alone, for the KING cannot ,be trusted, and will rather be a spy and a betrayer of their counsels to Austria, an urger on to deeds of violence by which they may commit themselves, than, as CHARLES ALBERT is, a friend and a leader in whom they may repose confi dence, or a moderator on whose integrity and good faith the most implicit reliance may be placed, if they need advice, they should rather seek it from the POPE, and from the King of SARDINIA, or from the Grand Duke of TUSCANY, than from their own SOVEREIGN. We cannot forget that in 1821 the then King of NAPLES played precisely the same part that is being played at this moment by the present KING, and that he afterwards betrayed the constitu tion he had sworn to defend, and, backed by Austrian troops, persecuted all those who had been instru mental in freeing their country. That the same dis position exists on the part of the present KING it is impossible to doubt, and there is still the same secret article of the treaty of 1815 to authorise Aus trian intervention in the affairs of Naples now as then; but inasmuch as we believe the Austrian Government is perfectly aware that there are cases in which "discretion is the better part of valour," we are not very apprehensive of any immediate attempt on the part of Prince METTERNICH to put down the cause of constitutional liberty in Naples. In the first place, we believe he would find considerable difficulty in transporting his army to the scene of action. Pius IX. would most assuredly not imitate the example of Pius VII., in giving a free passage to the Austrian troops through the States of the Church, neither could Austria reckon on the assistance of Sardinia or Tuscany to keep Lombardy quiet. Not a soldier, therefore, could Austria spare from Lombardy to as sist the King of NAPLES in coercing his subjects. The withdrawal of any considerable portion of Austrian troops from the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom would be the signal for an outbreak, which would receive moral, at least, if not physical support, from every Italian state bordering on the Austrian dominions. Neither can any large force be spared from any other portion of the Austrian possessions. Bohemia, Hungary, Gallicia, are only retained in their allegiance by the presence, in each of them, of an overwhelming Austrian force, from which not a single soldier can be spared ; and as Austria has no money, and has recently been refused a loan, it is not probable that she will be enabled to levy any fresh troops for the purpose of aiding the King of NAPLES. Naples, therefore, has it now in her power, by prudence and firmness to work out her own rege neration, and to take a leading part in working out the regeneration of the whole Italian nation. The cause of th e ..m.. people is completely triumphant at Naples. The Ministerh e managemeut of the police Minister of Police, CARRELLO, has been dismissed, and transferred to the for the H o me Depart ment. BOZZELLI, wh o asa Councillor of State under MURAT, and to whom constitution entrusted the . The KING c are of drawing up the new is very popular , and has treaumuution people, explaining to them the natureY addressed th e of the consti tution he proposes to grant. The civil war still continues in Sicily. T he inha bitants of Palermo h ave attacked the forts and driven the troops from them with great slaughter, so that at present Palermo and its fortifications are com. pletely in the hands of the insurgents. The troops have retired some miles from Palermo into the inte rior, under the conditions of an armistice entered into with the insurgents. Messina and severa l other Lnow shave followed the example of Palermo , an d a re in ope n revo lt. The Rum has offered to hold the Seuionl of the Chambers alternately at Palermo and at Naples, but to this the insurgents have refused to accede, de manding a separate constitution for Sicily. Letters from Turin of the 3d Feb. state that nu merous arrests are daily made in Milan and through out Lombardy, and that several of the persons arrested have been transferred to Laybach. There were great rejoicings at Turin on the receipt of the intelligence that the King of NAPLES had granted his people a constitution. The King of SARDINIA is about to raise two Polish regiments, and has offered the command of one of them to the son of Prince CZARTORYSKI. The Lega, of Genoa, publishes the following pro clamation from the Italians to the Neapolitans : " Neapolitan brethren,—We cannot restrain our joy ; it pours out of our hearts ! Let us give a close embrace, brothers—ltaly shall infallibly exist. She exists already from this day. Brothers, each tear and each drop of blood you have shed has fallen on our hearts, and given us deadly pangs ! This i, the first day, after so man y centuries, that we may fairly declare ourselves to be,. from the Alps to the Etna, the children and the citizens of a great and single nation! No 1 no a hundred thousand foreign swords can no longer prevent this shout gushing forth from our hearts from re-echoing simultaneously, on the shores of the Po, of the Minscio, and of the Bachiglione. Hurrah then, for Italy, and let us embrace ! " Neapolitan brethren,—None of us will remain below the grandeur of the future destinies of our country I" Our readers will, by this little Fketch, form an idea of the enthusiasm which prevails beyond the Alps. The Spener Gazette of the 4th mentions a report from Milan that General RADETSRI had become pos sessed of a paper signed by a great number of persons, in which they declare their determination to throw off the yoke of the Austrian Government, and that, having summoned some of the parties before him, they stated that they had signed the engagement in a moment of intoxication. It is added that the name of the Hereditary Duke of PARMA is amongst the signatures, and that on this account the Austrian Government does not proceed with so much rigour as would otherwise be the case. The Patria of Florence announces that LEOPOLD 11., Imperial Prince of Austria and Grand Duke of Tuscany, has just published, under date of 31st Jan., 1848, a mote proprio, in which he orders a Bill to be prepared for the reform of the present law on the press, and another for the reform of the Council of State, the latter of which is to be in harmony with the changes recently introduced into the municipal system. In the mute proprio are the following ex pressions :—" Tuscans, let us, if possible, draw still closer the bands which exist between us. Let that confidence lead us to tranquilly complete reforms, and to exclude those tumultuous manifestations which compromise the tranquillity of the country, and, by leading to disorders, perhaps endanger the destinies of the country." The Madrid papers of the 2d instant contain no news of any kind. The Bolsa was closed. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The debate on the paragraph of the Address relating to the Reform banquets was adjourned over from Monday, after speeches from M. DUVERGIER DE HAURANNE, M. MARIE, M. ROULAND, M. CREMIEUX, and M. D'HsussortvuLs. It appears that on Satur day there were apprehensions of a considerable split in the Ministerial majority on the subject of this paragraph. Several of the usual supporters of the Minister assembled together, and resolved to with draw their support from the Ministry unless some pledge was given that a measure of electoral reform should be introduced in the course of the ensuing session. M. DUCHATEL seemed inclined to accede to their wishes, but M. GUIZOT sternly refused to give way, and from the tenour of the leading article in the Journal des Ddbats, it is evident that the Ministry has determined to make a stand against all reform. M. DUCHATEL will, it is said, in the course of the debate, announce the intention of the Government to prohibit all Reform banquets for the future. The discussion on the paragraph of the Address re lating to the Reform banquets was resumed yester day in the Chamber of Deputies by M. LEON DE MALLEVILLE, who vehemently denounced the con duct of the Government as illegal in attempting to suppress the Reform banquets. M. DUCHATEL, the Minister of the Interior, rose to reply to him, and was still speaking when the post left. The Moniteur publishes a report to the KING from the Minister of Marine, informing his Majesty that the Minister has received the details of the loss of the steam frigate, Panama, and that the officers and crew all behaved admirably in the calamity which had visited them. The Minister notices, in particu lar, the exertions made by a foreman named TURCAN, and one of the men in charge of the engine, named ALA, and recommends them both as worthy of re ceiving the cross of the Legion of Honour. The report is followed by a royal ordonnance complying with the recommendation of the Minister. COURS AUTUENTIQUE, PARIS, FEB. B.—French Five per Cents., 117 f. 10c. 15c. 20c. 10c. ; Ditto, Four-and-a-Half per Cents., Ditto, Four per Cents., 99f. 50c. ; Ditto, Three per Cents., 74f. 55c. 60c. 55c. 60c. 55c. 50c. ; New Loan, —; Bank of France, 3,185 f.; Treasury Bonds, 4 4 ; Obligations of the City, 1,345 f. ; Neapolitan, 96f.; Roman, 95i ; Belgian Five per Cents., 1840, 99f. ; Ditto, Five per Cents., 1842, 98if. ; Ditto, Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 92f. Exchange on London—one month, money, 25f. 40c.; three months, money, 25f. 25c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. FEL 8. Dutch Rhenish, 2—Northern of France, 11 , A—Paris and Lyons, 5 1 / 2 —Sambre and Meuse, 6%. •TELLIGENCE. 'CHESTER.—Tuzsaar. It CUP. 40 t• 1 agst Swallow 4U to 1 agst Swiss Boy 50 to 1 agst The Widow(t) 50 to 1 agst Enchanter(t) THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 9,'! )848, MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was very firm. Sales, 4,500 bales. Railway Shares were very quiet again. There is very little news here this morning. The accounts received from the Continent state that the firms which recently stopped payment are making ar rangements for placing their affairs in the hands of their creditors, or for otherwise having them administered in the Bankruptcy Court. The impediment to the renewal of the debate on the Jewish Bill causes much disappointment here. The Indigo sales are going off at advanced rates. Messrs. John Kingston and Co., in the West India trade, have suspended payment. The Public Securities are rather firmer this morning; but there is very little business doing. Consols realise 89 to for Money,:and 894 for Account. Exchequer bills have been marked 265. to 110 s. premium for those of June. Bank Stock is quoted 200 to 202. The New Three-and a-Quarter per Cents. are 90i to 901. The Foreign Securities have been very quiet. A meet ing of Peruvian bondholders is to take place on Friday. The value of those securities now is 38. Russian Bonds are at 1101. Portuguese Four per Cents: bring 264; and Spanish Five pet Cents. 214. Shares are dull. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES Bank Stock 2OO 202 202 3 per Cent. Reduced Anna.. 89, i 1A% 89% 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 89 80 1 4 89% New 3 1 4 per Cent. Aims. 9 0 14A, 90% Gong Anns. to expire Jan.lB6o 9 1-16 9 9 India Stock 243 India Bonds, 1,0001. .. 29 27 p 25 p Ditto under 1,000/. .. ..... —. 25 p 25p South Sea Stock -- Ditto old Annuities Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. ad. 1,0001. March ...... 1,000/. June ..... ........... 5001. March Small, March Small, June 26 30 p 30 p °NE CLOSER() RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. ?RILES. Brazilian Bonds Chilion Bends 6 per Cent.... • Equador Bonds Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 — Ditto, Account . • —1 8 7 A Peruvian Bowls, 6 per Cents 3B 34 1 ,4 Portuguese 5 per Cents. —4. ...... Ditto Cent , 4 per _ Ditto, Account 2 6 14 26 1 4 Russian Bonds ... Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account...... ......... French Rentes, 5 per Cent —f. —c. 116tAf. —c. Exchange —f. —c. 25f. 65c. Dividends on the above payable in London. _. . ... _ .. ... _ ... _ _ ._ . Dutch, 2% per Cent., 12 Guild... - . 544 1 % 54% Ditto. 4 per Cent Certificates 85 1 ,." 2 86 86 PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen 45 ...... 27% 27 .... ..... 27 Amber., Nott., Boston, - - - - ' and Eastern Junction 2%...... Ayrshire and Galloway.. 24 — Belfast & County Down ...... Birmingham and Ox ford Junction .... ... 20 Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley 10 Birming., Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 10/. 145... ... Birkenhead, Lancashire, _ . and Cheshire Jun , ;...: 7 3 % • .•- ..... Boston, Stamfd & Birm. Bristol and Exeter BO Ditto, Thirds Bucking hamsbire... 12/. 4s. ... .. Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares .. 3 3 / 4 Ditto,Clydesdale June 50 — Chester and Holyhead... 37 1 / 2 ...... ...... Ditto, Preference l2 ...... .... .. — Clarence .... .... .... Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. l 0" Do. 2d Masa, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports- mouth Dublin and Belfast June. 25 Dundalk & Enniskillen 17% East Anglia, 25/., L. & _ _ E. and L. and D...... 25 ...... ... Do., 181., E. & H.... 18 Do., 3/. 10s. Eastern Counties Ditto (B) Ditto, Extension, 5 per ~,, , .E.ltension,spei Cent., No. 1...... 61. 135. 4d.... lA t p 000 •• 1 A p Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... lA% p !et p Do., North. & Eastern 50 - Do., Quarters .... ..... 12 1 ,4 — Do., New 23 Eastern Union 50 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 .,i — Ditto, Thirds .......135.4d.. .... Do. (guar.6 percent.) 10 - • •••• •• ..... 10 Ditto, ditto East Lancashire Ditto, New Ditto, New Quarters 3% — ... — East Linco:nshire ...... 164 . ... Edinburgh and Glaagow 50 ...... Ditto, Half Share . ; ... 15 .. .. Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 Edinburgh and Northern 22% Ditto, New.. 331 — .. Ditto, Newport Ditto, ditto, New Exeter,Yeovil, Is Dorch. 2% Ditto New ••• 2% Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle & Ayr 50 Ditto, New ... ...... ._ .. 40 Do. Preference Consol. 15 Great Northern Do., London and York 2%...... %.. Great South. and West (Ireland) Great North of England lOO ...... Ditto, New 401 5 Ditto, New 301. 3O Ditto, New, 151. Great Western •.. 90 103 Ditto, % Shares 5O ...... Ditto, 1 4 Shares - Ditto, Fifths Ditto, New 171 .. .. 9 1 ,4... .. Huddersfield and Manch. 24 Ditto, Thirds Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ......103 Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ...... ... — Ditto, 1 4 Shares Ipswich & Bury St. Edtn 17% B l / 2 14.. Do., do., and Norwich 15 ...... ..... Do., do., Extens. Scrip (late Climb. & Ely) 2% Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 ...... 53 Ditto, Thirds Lancathire & Yorkshire 93 Ditto, ditto Ditto, % Shares ...... 38 ... ..... Do. Quarter Shares... 14% — ......... ...... Do. iFifths... ........ .... 8 Do. Sixteenths 6 14 4 1 4 1 /e 6% Do. Thirds (Reg.)...10/.45...... Do. Liverp. and Bury 33 ...... Ditto % (late Hud dersfield and Sheff.) 33 Do.(Wakefield,Ponte tract, and G001e).... 56 Do. (W. Riding Union)4/. 21... ... Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 Do. % Shares (A)... 9 Ditto ditto (B) ... 1 1 4 l% l% Leeds and Bradford Leeds, Dewsbury, Sec... 42 1 / 2 ...... ....• Do., Half Shares l5 . .. ... — Do.Newßranch (blue) 2%..• Do. Extension (green) 2% Do. New Exten.(pink) 2% Leeds and Thirsk ...... 36 Ditto, New Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3 1 „.... Liverpool, Crosby and Southport . 2 Liverp., Manchester, and Newcastle Junction... 2 1 ,4 — ....«......... London &Blackwall...l3/. 63.8 d Do. New, No. 2 ... 41. 13s. 4d.... Do. Extension ........ 17% London, Brighton, and South Coast 5O 37% 38 37% 38 1 4 384 Do. Consol. Eighths. 40 Do. Guarant. 5 per ct.., 9 Do. Pref. Con.sper ct. 50 .. ... 47% Ditto, ditt0...... 1852 50 — London and Greenwich 12115 s 4d... Ditto, Pref'rence... 181 178 2d... onion and N. Western 100 147 ... ........... 147 Do., Quarters L. & B. 22 33 Do., d0., New Ditto I?ifths ..... .. .. 2 .....; 10 Do. 1,( Shares (G. J.) 25 Do 401.Shares(L.M.) lb ...... Do. 40/. (M. & B.) ... 40 ...... Do. 101. (11. & B.) A. 7%...... 10 3 4 l O 3 /a Do. 101. (M. Si. B.) B. 7% ...... 10%...... .. Do. 101. 01. & B.) C. 1 ...... .... ........ Lond.& S. Western 5O ...... 53 Do. New 50/. ... ..... 37%.. .- Do. New 40/. .. 30 ..... Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50 ...... 45 .... ... Ditto ditto .., .... .... 40 ...... Ditto, Thirds Si. 66. 8d.... ..... •••...... ..... London, Salisbury, mad Yeovil ........ ....... 14•••••• '''' - Londonderry&ColerainB 27%.••••• •••••••......•• Londonderry and Ennis killen...... .- ...... ..... 25 ..••• ••• .... -., Lowestoft (4 per et.) ... 20 ...... Ditto (6 per et.) ..... 3 ..... Mancliester,Buxton,and Matlock 3 ...... Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire ...100 ...... — Do. Quarters (No. 1) 13 ..... •" — Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 •• ••• Ditto ditto (No. 3)... 7 t / • ..... Ditto and Grimsby__ 25 ...... Ditto ditto . ... ..... 7 ...... — Ditto ditto ....... 41..... ...... •••••••• Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire 7%... .., ... Manchest.& Southarn pt 2!4.•••.. Midland Do. Consolidated Pref.100 Do. 401. Shares Do. 501. Shares l5 ..... ..., 13% 88% Do. Birm., and Derbyloo ...... 881 i Do.Consol. Bristol and Binning., 6 per ct.... 100 ......125 Midlnd, Brist. &li lucitr. 36 _ . ..... •.. ...... Dittci, ditto ........11L 3s. 6d... ......... Midlnd,Leicest.& Swan- _ ttingt:on, 8 per ct.guar.loo Midland Great Western Irish Newcastleand Carlisle 100 Do.Quartlas Newmrket&Chesterfor€l 18 1 4 Do. Extension .........2/. Newport, Abergavenny, anti Hereford — r 6 Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, . - and" Rostrevor l 2 li — OO .... Norfolk . . .... 100 Do. New 20/. ... 5 ... ..... . Do. Extension Do. Guaranteed 5 1 Al pe. 5 Do. Scrip, 1847, North of Norfolk... 2 - ••• ..... ••••• Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 4 North British ... .... ... 25 Do. Half Shares 12%...... Do. Quarters..• ...... 1)o. Extension Ditt ~ Thirds Nort , Staflordshire... .. 10 ..- 10%....... ...... North Wales North Western ' word, Worcester. and Wolverhampton ..... 35 ... .. 20% Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Royston and Ilitchin .. 1 Scottish Central Scottish Midland 22% — ...». — Ditto,New Sheffield, Rotherham, mad Goole Shrewsbury and Birm... 7 Ditto ditto. Class B. 4 Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. ..W. Ilia.) ..... . Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 — Ditto Oswestry .. 12 Ditto New Do. $ per Cent. Pref Shrewsbury and Fierefd. 2 Shropshire Uniun South Devon De. Preference - •• • • ...• •••• - South Staffordshire 4 - --• South Eastern & Dover. 33% 30%% 30% Do., .No. 1 24 Do., Nc. 2. - ... ... -- Do., No. 3 ...... •..... 20 - .. 00000000 .... -- Do~ No. 4 South Wales "*..... 13 South Yorkshire,Dea caster, and Goole Swans. & Loughor do Ca _ meron's Stri. C0a1.... 6 - ... «...... ~ Taw Vale Extension ... 4 - ... •.. 00000 .•• Thames Haven Dock and Railway 17%....... -- Vale ef Neath ... ... Waterford andlEilkeiny 13 1 h .. Waterford and Limerick 40 — Waterfd,Wydrd,Wicklw, and linblin ••••••• 00000 2 •••• • ..... West Cornwall 4 ••• •• .... Whitehaven & Furness 13 - Windsor, Staines, and __ South Wester* .. ... 525. Wilts, Somerset, &Wey- mouth 3O York, Newcastle, and Berwick. Do. Original New and Berwick Do. North Shields Pun 25 Do. Extension No. 1. 15 Do. do. No. 2.-- ... 10 Do. G.N E.Preference 8 ...... 10% 2 % 1 j2 York and North Midland 50 Ditto, Preference ...... 10 Do. East and NV est Rid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) ... 14 Central of Spain .. Ceylon Demerara 5 Dendre Valley... 4 Direct Bombay and Madras ss. . ... Dutch Rhenish 7 ... • East Indian . Great Indian Peninsular se. ...... Italian and Austrian.... 4 Jamaica S. Mid. J unction 1 Louvain it la Sambre ... 6 Luxembourg Lyons and Avignon.... 5 Madrid and Valentia... 2 Naraar and Liege l6 ... ....... Northern of Franco-- 10 Orleans and Bordeaux 6 Over Yssel 413 s 4d...... Paris and Lyons lO ••• o• ••• Paris and Orleans 20 Paris and Rouen ... 20 Paris and Strasbourg ... 8 Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse lB ... .. Strasbourg and Basle Tours and Nantes .. 8 Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den'.. and Hassell .... 16 West Flanders BIA • ... JOINT STOCK BANKS. British North American 50 Union of London ..... 10 ...... London Joint 5t0ck...... 10 Australasia Colonial London & Westminster. 20 Provincial of Ireland ... 25 Ditto New... 10 Commercial of London 20 Union of Madrid 4O National Prof. England. 35 Ditto, New....... ..... 10 National of Ireland 2 2 IA Union of Australia Ditto,New... ...... „, „ MINES. Anglo-Mexican lOO Brazilian Cocaes&Cuiba 30 British Iron . Bolonos Scrip ...... Galvanized Iron Ditto, New Real Del Monte, Unreg. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, FEB. 9.—Wind S.S.W., light breeze and cloudy, with mild weather. DEAL, FEB. 8.-A.M. Wind W.N.W., P.M. W.S.W.— Arrd. Harpley, Buckland, Hobart Town ; Admiral, Batavia, and sailed for Holland ; Freyer, Rio Janeiro for Ilamburgh. Arrd. from the River, Duchess of Buccleuch, Ceylon ; Cornwall, Trinidad ; Ruckers, St. Vincent ; Russia, New Orleans. LIVERPOOL, FEB. B.—Wind S.—Arrd. 6th, Quiz, Lulle, Maeri ; ith, Carnatic, M'Kenzie, Now Orleans ; Bth, Mary, Forsham, Old Calabar, sailed 14th Nov. Harriet L. Rio Grande ; Urania, Rio Grande ; Flor di Maria, Menarie, Havannah. Sid. Ambrosine, Afr;ca ; Bala Psrteda, Monte Tideo ; Empress, Pernambuco ; An❑ Dingwell, St. 'Thomas ; John Parker, Boston. Off port, Mediterranean, Mandanu, and Sarat. The Colonna, Ferguson, from Valparaiso, was totally wrecked, 1411 November, on the Chico Bank, River Plate ; crew, a small part of cargo (wheat), and some materials saved. The Quiz, from Jlacri, was in contact with the sloop Gipsy, from Runcorn, and the latter capsized ; crew saved. RAMC/ATE, FEB. 8. a.m.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd . Immagonda Sara Clasina, Zoethief, Batavia, Am. sterdam. DUBLIN, FEB. 7.—Wind W.—Arrd. 5, William Car een, Vaughan, St. John's, N.B. KiNowrowN, FEB. 7.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Brenda, Ill'Clouat, Demerara ;. DUNDEE, Ftu 7.—The Nile, Miller, hence to Callao, has put back with damage, having been in contact with the Mary Ann Cook, off the Humber. Cowes, FEB. B.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Galatia, lluckfeldt, Rio Janeiro, for Hamburgh. Opir TUB WlClT.—Admiral Van Kingsberger, Ba tavia, for Rotterdam. Suonumai. FEB. 7.--A seaman's chest, a quarter board without any name, and a mess kid have been picked up at the mouth of the harbour. BLYTH, FEB. 7.-105 logs of American elm were picked up near this place yesterday, and brought into a place of safety, supposed to have been a raft, or raft drifted from some neighbouring port. SUNDERLAND, FEB. 7.—The Caroline Frances, of this port, which, went ashore on the South Rock yesterday morning, has been got off and brought in here. The Ocean Maid, Lark, for Shields, which went on shore 29th ult., on Whilburn Steel, has been sold as a wreck. SHIELDS, FEB. 7.—The Rob Roy steamer took fire on Saturday and was scuttled. The Wanderer, of Lynn, arrived here, was in contact 4th instant with a schooner (name unknown), off Robin Hood's Bay, when she lost her bulwarks, and the schooner lost bowsprit. The William, Masterman, arrived in the River, was in con tact, 4th inst., off Robin Hood's Bay, with a large ship (name unknown), and received some damage. BRISTOL, FEB. B.—Wind S.S.W.—SId. Ada Mary, Barbadoes. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE—WEDNESDAY We had a very limited show of English Wheat here to-day. The best qualities commanded a steady sale, at fully Monday's quotations. In all other kinds the busi ness transacted was trifling, yet prices were well sup ported. Nearly the whole of the parcels found buyers. Fine Foreign Wheat moved off steadily ; other kinds slowly, at late rates. The imports this week have con sisted of 2,160 quarters. Scarcely any Barley was on show, yet the inquiry for that article was far from brisk, at unaltered prices. Malt was in fair request, but not dearer. Notwithstanding the supplies of all kinds of Spring Corn wore trifling, sales progressed heavily, and prices were with difficulty maintained. Flour, both English and the best Foreign, was quite as dear. AEXIT.ALS. Wheat. 73$ qrs. Enlish ...... larloy. Oats. Floar. I 111 ca. 3,111 qrs. 471 DIM 2,740 1 •-•-- ....., 1 ....- Erish. ••••• • • • 1 - Foreign ...... 2,10 Mt 14151 in. VIIIXTEOZAPErs. Prime Mutton and fealsnlifrTelY, at a slight ad vance in the quotations; otherwise the demand was in a sluggish state. Beef from Is Id to 4s; Mutton, Is 6d to 4s 6d; Teal, 4s 2d to is 2d; and Perk, 4s to Is 2d per elks, by the carcase. TIE LAT/I MADAME ADILAIM—The Paine says —" We are assured that in the will of her Royal High ness Madame Adelaide there is * clause in the following words :- 4 I bequeath to Madame Midi, widow of the dentist, who first put on the unifor m of tho National Guard in l NO, and who Wei killed at that time, an an- IM$lO4 of #oof.' CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor sat in his Court in the Old Hall, Lincoln's Inn, to day, and gave several judg ments and heard appeals. CHUCK V. CREAIER-JUDGMENT. The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment to-day in this case, which was argued some time since before his Lordship, upon appeal from an order of the Vice-Chancellor of England, refusing to grant an in junction to restrain proceedings at law. The plaintiff, a mister, and a farmer named Bell, had dealings for several years. Bell died, and the defendant Cremer became his administrator. Disputes arose between him and the plaintiff on the settlement of tneaccounts, and it was ultimately agreed to refer the matter to an arbitrator. A certificate of the award was returned in due course, and judgment obtained on the certifi• cite. The plaintiff, alleging that the arbitration had miscarried, and that the accounts furnished at the arbitration were not correct, filed his bill for a❑ in junction to stay the proceedings taken to enforce it. The Vice-Chancellor refuse4_ the application on the ground of want of jurisdiction. The LORD CHANCELLOR thought the plaintiff had failed in making out a case for the injunction, and affirmed the judgment of the Court below. WESTWOOD r. SLATER.-JUDGMENT. The Loan CHANCELLOR also gave judgment in this Cabe which came before his Lordship upon appeal from the decision of the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce. The question in the case was whether the next of kin of the settlor, who had settled a fund in fifteenths to his three daughters and their children, took any interest in the event which had happened, namely, that one of his daughters had survived her two sisters and left issue. His Honour was of opinion that the settlement exhibited an intention that the next of kin of the settlor should not take anything if there should be any child of either of his daughters who should live to take a vested interest in the fund. His Lordship was of opinion that the decree of the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce was correct; that it properly declared the right of the parties in the cause, and he must therefore dismiss the appeal with costs. THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY V. TH E BIRMINGHAM ♦ND oxroßD JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY.—JUDGMENT. The LORD CHANCELLOR also gave judgment to day in this important case, which our readers will recollect came before his Lordship a short tint:. since, and was argued at great length, upon appeal from the decision of the Vice-Chancellor of England, overruling a demurrer put in by the defendants to the bill filed by the Great Western Railway Company against them, for the specific per formance of an agreement to sell the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway to the Great Western Railway Company. His Lordship, after shortly ad verting to the facts of the case, stated that he was not prepared to say, by allowing the demurrer, that a contract which had been entered into between parties was to be treated as a nullity, because an Act of Parliament was necessary to carry it into effect. In his opinion the defendants had failed in showing that the plaintiffs were not entitled to have part of the relief asked, and ho must therefore diirniss the appeal with costs. The result of this decision is to affirm the decision of the Vice-Chancellor of England overruling the demurrer of the Birmingham and Oxford Junctio❑ Railway Company with costs: VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICR - CHANCELLOR or ENGLAND.) STEWART V. FORGES. The further arguments on this part - heard cause occupied the Court the whole day. QUEEN'S BENCIL—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Westminster, before Mr. • Justice ERLI and a Special Jury.) DURK OF BRUNSWICK C. PEPPER. By this action the Duke of Brunswick sought to recover damages from the defendant, for a libel pub lished by him in the Satirist newspaper. The Duke of Brunswick conducted his own case in person, and Mr. Cockburn and Mr. Hugh Hill appeared for the defendant. His Highness said his object in bringing this action was to protect himself from the consequences of several' serious imputations which had been cast upon his character by a series of false and malicious libels contained in the Satirist newspaper, of which thedefendant was the present proprietor. On several previous occasions he had obtained verdicts in his favour against the proprietor of that journal for simi • lar libels, but notwithstanding continued attacks were made upon him with the same vehemence and malignity. His Highness then read a libel published in 1844, referring to the case of Thomas Henry Hecker, and stating that he was but an instrument in the hands of others, among whom the writer included his Highness, and also stated that Rocker was the least guilty of the party, and that he was employed by them to put his victim to death, in order to prevent any exposure of their practices. Hes also referred to other paragraphs, which repeated the accusations made against him while the journal was under the management of Mr. Barnard Gregory, of being the murderer of Eliza Grimwood. In consequence of these repeated libels he was ashamed to go into public, for when he did so people seemed to shudder and look aghast. The different legal proceedings which he had been forced to take to vindicate his character from those scandalous attacks, he said, had cost him 10,0001., and besides his life had been endangered. Spies had been set to watch him in every direction, and in fact every step had been taken to drive him to self-destruction. His Highness then said that he had lost his duchy through unjust political persecutions, and had sought protection in this hospitable land, and he asked the jury with confidence to repair the injury inflicted upon him by the defendant by the publica tion of the libels in question. The clerk of Mr. Walker, his Highness's solicitor, was then called, and proved the proprietorship of the newspaper, the conviction and sentence of Rocker, and also the conviction and sentence of Mr. Barnard Gregory for libel. Several other witnesses were then called in support of the plaintiff's case, at the conclusion of which Mr. Cocxnuftst addressed the jury at some length on behalf of the defendant. The Learned JUDGE having stemmed up, The jury found a verdict fur the plaintiff— Damages, 1,000. SECONDARIES'.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.) QUESTION ON AGENCY.—SCOTT V. NICIIOELs. The plaintiff in this action is a briclunaker, and defendant is a builder, and the claim was for three guineas for bricks supplied. The defendant pleaded that he was not indebted. In consequence of the case being taken out of the turn in with it stood in the list, the defendant's at torney was not present at the commencement of the case, and as the Learned Secondary said that he could not let the case stand over, Mr. Simons undertook to assist the defendant. _ The facts were peculiar. On the part or the plaintiff, a person named Jay was called, and he de posed that he was agent tbr the plaintiff, and sold the goods on commission. lie delivered a bill in the name of Scott, and subsequently one in his own name, and also sued defendant in the Bloomsbury Court, when he was non suited, although he swore that plaintiff had nothing to do with the case, as he (Jay) had pail him. By that he meant he had de bited himself on account. There was another suit by Mills and Jay, as partners, for some tiles. The goods were delivered from their wharf. Mr. SIMONS urg,d that the plaintiff must be non suited on Jay's own evidence, that he had sent in a bill on his own account. The Learned SECONDARY said it was a case for the jury. Mr. DELAMARE, the defendant's attorney, and his clerk, proved that they on the previous trial swore that the debt was due to him. The defendant sent the money, which was offered to be paid if a joint re ceipt was given by Scott and Jay, as there was so much doubt as to whom defendant was liable ; but a writ having been issued the offer was rejected unless the costs were paid. The Learned SECONDARY summed up, and said that the question for the jury was, whether at the time of the dealing defendant knew he was doing so with plaintiff, or whether he had had notice before action. It was rendered a case of doubt by the names of Mills and Jay being up at the wharf, and the action by them ; but, at the same time, they or Jay might on the previous occasion have mistaken their rights. The jury, after a long consultation, gave a verdict for the amount claimed. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) Henry Williaing, an old man, was charged on sus picion of being concerned with another person, not in custody, in stealing a suit of clothes, the property of Joseph Lawrence, of 63, Broad-street, clothes salesman. The prosecutor, the proprietor of a cheap tailoring establishment, said that the prisoner entered his shop this morning with a youth of about 18, and said he wanted a suit of clothes for the latter. A suit was selected and tried on by the youth, the prisoner ask ing the price and " abating." The boy did not speak at all, but when he had the whole suit of clothes on his back he made a spring at the door and ran off, before either prosecutor or his foreman could stop him. They detained the prisoner. The prisoner said he knew nothing of the lad, but had met him at a public-house a few minutes before, several witnesses eas as and had not the slightest called nof any dishonest intention on his part. He to his character. lie was remanded till this day week. The notorious Joseph Ady, who has been twice re cently summoned at the instance of the Post-office authorities for non-payment of considerable sums of money due for the postage of returned letters, again appeared before Mr. Henry to answer a charge of a similar nature. The sum sued for on this occasion was 161. los. 6d., and was for letters which have passed through the Post-office since the first convio. tion, but not since the second. The defendant, acting on the advice of a solicitor who attended in his behalf, made no attempt to defend this case, but begged for time to pay the amount. Mr. HENRY did not think the defendant deserved the slightest mercy. He had had quite sufficient notice, having been twice summoned before. He would convict him, and order him to pay at once, and if he did not pay a distress warrant would be issued as soon as Mr. Peacock chose to apply for it. Mr. Peacock said he would not a pply for the war rant till next week, but would give Ady that time to pay. Mr. HENRY thought this kindness was by no means merited. He hoped, however, that the defendant would not again put Mr. Peacock to this trouble. Mr. Peacock said that Ady had promised that be would not ; but, indeed, his promise was of very little value, for he held his written promise, given before the second summons, to the same effect. However, he would wait for one week in this instance, 43 he hoped the promise would be kept now. Ady left the Court without uttering a word. SPORTING IN BETTING AT MANI CIIESTE 22 to I agst Blaze 25 to I agst Cracow 28 to 1 agst Jonathan Wild (Offers to take) 33 to 1 agst War Eagle (t) LIVERPOOL STEEPLECH.IIB2. 14 to 1 offered on the field. NEWMARKET HANDICAP. Offers to take 15 to 1 about Cracow. DEBBY. 9 to 1 agst Surplice I 33 to 1 agst Cervus 13 to 1 agst Glendower I4oto 1 agst Flatcatcher(t) 20 to 1 agstSpringyJack(t) 40 to 1 agst Sesostrus (t) 20 to 1 agst Assault 50 to 1 agt Swiss Boy (t) NEWMARKET COURSIN G.MEETING.--TUZSDAY. Chippenham Field.—The Derby. Mr. Finch's Fldelity beat Mr. Tyson's Tyfield. Mr. Gillett's Guy beat Mr. Moody's Rattlin the Reefer. Mr. Squire's Oxenden beat Mr. Dobede's Douglas. Mr. Dobede's Diamond beat Mr. B. Smyth's Sikh. Mr. R. Bagge's Tom Thumb beat Mr. Osbaldiston's Eton Boy, Mr. Vipan's Viceroy beat Mr. Lear's Lucifer. The Cup. Mr. B. Smyth's Simon beat Mr. Moody's Regina. Mr. Gillett's Girl of Kent beat Mr. Finch's Filey. Mr. Squire's Contractor beat Mr. Dobede's Doron. Mr. Buckworth's Brutus beat Mr. Nash's Cruiskeen. Mr. R. Bagge's Twilight beat Mr. Fysoa's Fancy Boy. Mr. Vipan's Vampyre beat Mr. King's Rosetta. Mr. Buckworth's Buonaparte beat Mr. Lear's Lavender. Mr. Obbaldeston's Great Western beat Mr. Squire's Lynn Regis. The Oaks. Mr. Vipan's Vitula beatMl.o;lTaldeston's Eton Pet. Mr. B. Smyth's Savanna beat Mr. Vipan's Vidonia. Mr. Buckworth's Bridesmaid beat Mr. Lear's Locket. Mr. Fyson's Fidelia beat Mr. Buckworth's Beatrice. Mr. Dobede's Daphne beat Mr. Finch's Ferina. Mr. Dobede's Dance beat Mr. Smyth's Spinet. Mr. R. Bagge's Toothache be a t M r . B. S myt h' s S aucy . Mr. R. Bagge's Trifle beat Mr. Fyson's Feronia. Port Stakes. Mr. Fyson nd Gustavus beat Mr. Dobede's Dot. Mr. Buckaorth's Baksheesh beat Mr. R. Bagge's Trooper yv Mr. Fyson's Figaro beat Mr. Vipan's Varna. Mr. Moody's Fenella beat Mr. Dobede's Mr. R. Bagge's Thane beat Mr. Osbaldeston's Miss Tree. .Ir. B. Smyth's St. Vincent beat Mr. Vipan's Voltaire. lIER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO THE HAYMARKET 'I:IIEATRE.—We understand that her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by a large party, intend honouring the Haymarket Theatre with their presence this evening, for the I. urpose of witnessing the performance of the new play, The Wife's Secret, in which Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean will have the honour of appearing. The royal party Ivrai occupy her Majesty's box and that of her Ma. Queen Doww..-er. jetty th e Thy _ Earl and Countess Cowper and family arrived last evening at their residence in Stanhope-street, from Diaghinger, Berta. 14% 5 2 10:% 19i 13 1 ,f 4 101 A, _ _ 15% 35% 13% 104 5% 17 1 4 6% 25% 17% I ti§ NEW ZEALAND Official documents have been published by com mand of her Majesty's Government, received from the Governor of New Zealand, up to October last. After the affray with the natives on the 19th of July at Wanganui, an account of which, consisting of dis patches from Lieutenant-Colonel M'Claverty, has already been published in The San, no further dis turbance had occurred, and the losses sustained by the natives were so serious that no further aggression on their pelt was expecied. _ _ The following copy of a dispatch from Governor Grey to Earl Grey, dated October 1, gives some particulars respecting the colony : "My Lord,—Since I had the honour of addressing your Lordship upon the 3d of September last, upon the state of the southern settlements, I have received dispatches from Lieutenant-Governor Eyre, to the 16th of September. I have much pleasure in reporting that affairs in the south con tinned to assume a more and more satisfactory appear ance, and that I see at present no reason to doubt the accuracy of the opinion I have previously expressed, that the disturbances at Wanganui may be regarded as concluded ; indeed, Mr. Eyre reports that every thing tends to confirm the opinion now general both among the natives and Europeans, that the rebel party having gained no advantages, and having suffered many evils and inconveniences, are thoroughly tired of the war, and are desirous of re-establishing amicable relations with Europeans, should any, en• , couragement be afforded, or a favourable opportunity offer for doing so. " I am happy farther to be able to state, that the great lines of communication, which are absolutely requisite to connect the town and port of Wellington with the good country lying beyond the ranges of mountains, covered with forests, which surround Wellington, are rapidly progressing, and will pro• bably be quite completed in about eight months from the present date; after which time that town may be regarded as in a state of comparative security, and I think that it will then advance rapidly in wealth and prosperity." THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTER• BURY. " Lambeth Palace, Feb. 9, 1848. Nine, A.M. " His Grace has had some hours of Bleep during the night, and is not weaker tt-day. "ROBERT FERGUSON, M.D. " CHARLES COLLAMBELL, Surgeon." THE CONVICT ESTABLISHMENT AT WOOLWICH.--•• ALL FOR LOVEI-A day or two since a convict, belong ing to the Justitia convict hulk at Woolwich, named Warren, who had been removed from Milbank Peniten tiary about a fortnight since, attempted to perform a feat which bears some analogy to that of Leander, of classic memory, on the Hellespont. A number of female convicts had been brought down from Millbank Prison, for removal on board the Eliza and Henry, a hired trans port ship, lying off the Royal Arsenal, and amongst them was a female with whom Warren had formerly cohabited. The prospect of thirteen thousand miles between him and his " Hero" was too much for the poor fellow, and, after one or two longing, lingering looks at the vessel, he sprang from the deck of the Justitia, a height of between thirty and forty feet, and plunged into the stream. From his powers as a swimmer there is no doubt he would have reached the Eliza and Henry; bat a boat, rowed by another convict, named Fletcher, pursued him, ard he was brought back to the hulk, to endure a separation which mast last ten or seven years, the period for which his " Wye love" and himself are reipectively sentenced. On Monday morning a savage att,,k was made on a guard of the Justitia, named I)3niet Fraser, by a hulf.witted convict, named Joseph Craig. The cause of the outrage has not transpired, but the guard was struck and knocked down by th• pris met., who afterwards kicked and jumped upon him, and had it not been for the assistance of some prisoners standing. by the consequences might have preyed serious. A convict, named William Wrenshaw, who was placed in solitary confinement for an assault on Quartermaster Knowles, attempted to commit suicide on Sunday by strangulation. He had tied one end of his handkerchief t ) his arm and the other end round his throat, and it as with some difficulty that Mr. Blyth, the assistant surg,on, succeeded in restoring animation. COLONIAL CHURCN SOCIETI.—Last evening a meeting of the friends and supporters of this society, for sending clergymen, ceechists, and schoolmasters to the colonies of Great Britain, and to British residentsin other parts of the world, was held at the Music Hall, Store -street, and was most numerously attended. The Hon. and Rev. B. W. Noel opened the meeting with prayer. George Finch, Esq., M.P., stated that the ope rations of the society were carried out in a perfectly unsectarian spirit, as, though they had a natural leaning towards their own (th e E s t a bli s h e d Ch urc h), th e y d en i e d not the virtues of other sister sects, but on the contrary solicited them for aid and co operation. The secretary now proceeded to read the report of the " North Lon• don Ladies' Association," by which it appeared that the amount of subscriptions for the year 1847 was 5041. The state of the parent society was one of progress; but of progress under difficulties. Its encouragements and means of usefulness are steadily increasing, but it is crippled by an income of less than 4,0001. a year. The number of clergymen, assi,tants, and teachers em ployed by it are 35, and its operations extend to Western Australia, Port Philip, Cape of Good Hope, Nova Sco tia, Prince Edward's island, New Brunswick, Madras, Bahamas, Malta, France. The committee in conclusion, while bearing grateful testimony to the satisfactory re sult. of their labours, must call attention to the activity of the Church of Rome, in the colonies more especially, where 39 bishops are located. 13RITISII AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETT.--The an rual meeting of the members and friends of the Broad- Street, \Vest-end, and Central London Branch of this society was held at the London Coffee- house, Ludgate hill, yesterday evening. The Rev. R. Munro, A.M., presided, and, in opening the proceedings, stated that the society, since its establishment in 1805, bad circu lated 32,000 000 copies of the Scriptures, in various lan guages, anti in some of which they had never before been translated, at a cost of 3,000,0001. The Rev. Gentleman having alluded to the religious tone that per vaded the debate on the Jewish Disabilities Bill, to show that religious feeling existed in this country to a great degree, and which he ascribed, in some measure, to the agency of the society, he bore testimony, as chap lain to the City Bridowell, to the extent of ignorance and depravity that existed in the vicinity of the place where the meeting was held, to demonstrate the neces sity for continued and increased exertion in behalf of Christianity. Several resolutions approving of the views o f the society, and determination to sustain it in its efforts, were agreed to, after which the meeting, which was most numerously and respectably attended, separated. MURDER.—For a long time a journeyman mechanic at Lille. named Thuillier, earnestly sued a young man tua-maker for her favours, lut she constantly rejected him, and at length declared that she would die rather than have him for her lover. On Wednesday morning Thuillier went to the house where she was at work, and. after addressing a few words to her, plunged a knife three times into her breast. The two men present seized the assassin, but not till ho had turned the knife against himself, and inflicted a serious but not mortal wound upon his own person. Ile was carried to the hospital, but the poor girl expired almost immediately.-- Galignani. K CENTENARIAN.—A few days since the influenza proved fatal to one well known on the Stock Exchange and at the offices at the Bank of England ; Mr. John Bull, at the age of 100 years and seven months, died of the prevailing epidemic. When about 93, and in the employ of Messrs, Spurling, stockbrokers, he left by mistake in the office of the chief accountant of the Bank of England a large number of bank notes. On discover ing his loss, after searching anxiously for the missing document, he went to the above office, partly to acquaint Mr. Stnee, and partly as a last hope. To his great joy he found them in Mr. Smee's possession, whom he earnestly implored to keep the secret, " lest his em ployers should think that his faculties were failing." Mr. Smee of course gave him the required promise, and goodnaturedly added, " that when air. Bull should at tain the age of 100 he would give him the finest bottle of wine in his cellar." Some time previous to his be coming- a centenarian he was pensioned by his employers, and Mr. Since had probably quite forgotten the affair, when, true to his engagement, the aged but vigorous clerk made his appearance at the Bank on the im portant day aed claimed the promised bottle. The claim was allowed, and perhaps the last birthday of the ilieient clerk was not the least happy day of his life. A CENTENARIAN FINED FOR BEING DRUNK.-00 Thursday morning last, at the Salford Town-hall, an old man, named James Farrell, whose age was stated to ba 104 years, was fined 2s. 6,1. for being drunk on Wed. nesday night. His son, who appeared for him, said that the old man was not in the habit of getting drunk; in deed he had not been allowed to go out by himself for some tme previous to Wednesday. Mr. Trafford said that the defendant was the oldest man he had ever finwd for being drunk. We believe this old man, who We -uppose is entitled to the appellation of " the oldest in habitant," is a denizen of Strangeways, and an out pensioner of Chelsea Irospital.—Manchester Guardiax. _I