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distub it." If the facts were as the oble ord had r stated them, he (Earl Grey) admitte N d that L the Government would deserve the censure the Noble Lord had passed upon them ; but if the Nobl e Lord had consulted Hansard, he would have found that the facts were utterly different. Last year the Chancellor of the Exchequer stated that there were some difficulties in the excise with respect to the ad mission of molasses for distillers, but that the Excise were then engaged in inquiries on the subject, and be expressed his hope and belief that the result of those inestifries would bp, that molasses might be admitted, and if so he pledged himself this session to effect it. Those inquiries had now been prosecuted and completed, and it had been found that means not open to abuse or fraud might be adopted for the introduction of molasses for distilleries, and accordingly that would be done. The inquiries respecting its admission for the use of brewers were not completed, and therefore that matter would of necessity stand over. With regard to the rum duties the matter was much the same, but that whole question would properly be discussed in the Committee appointed by the other House of Parliament, before which both the foreign and British distillers might be heard, and the duties made to bear alike upon both. Such were the measures which the Government contem plated for the relief of the West India colonies. The Noble Lord said they were insufficient, and that without protection their colonies would tall into ruin. He (Earl Grey) should be wanting in candour if he pretended that the measures which any Government or stely Parliament could adopt would have any great or material effect in allaying the distress, or of raising the colonies from their present position. What had protection done when the Noble Lord was responsible at the Colonial-office? Notwithstanding protection complaints of distress for five years reached this country. And in 1844 the Go vernment with which the Noble Lord was connected completely and successfully;broke in upon the protection given to colonial against slave-grown sugar. Ile (Earl Grey) was surprised that the Noble Lord could keep his countenance when he told the House that the measures of 1844 did not practically expose the colonies to corn ,petition with slave-grown sugars. The Right Hon. Baronet the author of; that measure said, in January, 1816, before the present Act was thought of, that the amount of free labour brought into competition with British colonial sugar had not at all equalled their ex pectations. lie conceived that statement of Sir R. reel put an end to all confusion on the subject, and made it perfectly idle to attempt to make any dis tinction between sugar the produce of free and of slave l a b our . Ho admitted that it did not lie in the power of any Government or Parliament, in any measures they could adopt, to make any branch of industry prosperous. That must depend on other circumstances, and on indi vidaal enterprise, energy, and skill—(Hear, hear)—and thdt being so, the fact proved a justification fur her llajesay'a Government, as well as for the Noble Lord. Ile thought they were bad friends of the West Indies who told them that they had nothing to do but despair, and that slave labour was essentially and necessarily ckeaper than free labour. He denied it upon the highest authority, for there was no distinguished writer or phi losopher, ancient or modern, who did not assert that slave labour in the end was the more costly of the two. Such was the opinion of Ilume, Dr. Franklin, and a host of other writers ; and ho must say that nothing had happened to shako his conviction in that truth. He firmly believed that an all-wise Providence had decreed that. that which was morally d not in the end be profitable. But he wro ng could wen t further, and a pp ealed to experience, which would be found to prove that free labour, alien not encumbered with protection, but with things left to their natural course, had invariably gained the victory. In America, the slave states were unab!o to compete with the free-labour states in any one articlJ which the climate of those free states enabled them to grow. the same might be said of the free labour of the East Indies, as applied to the article of indigo; and as applied to sugar, ho believed that if it had been encouraged sooner, it IN onld, in the long run, have rendered emancipa tion in the West Indies unnecessary, by the voluntary abandonment of slave labour. lie was in a position to show that, even at the present moment, fee.o labour in the West Indies was cheaper than slave labour im mediately precious to emancipation. The Noble Earl, in support of this view, quoted Dr. Jay, of Ja maica, who stated that piece-work, before eman cipation, averaged from 41. 103. to 51. Bs. the acre, and now only from 21. 143. to 31. 2s. Her Majesty's Government had been told that they ought not to quote what was not official authority; but this evidence of Dr. Jay was 'corroborated by a dispatch of Major Graham, of the 7th April last, so far as stating that free labour was not dearer than slave labour. Look ing to these circumstances, he (Turd Grey) did Hot despair of the West India colonies. He did not look foe their prosperity in any measures that Parliament could adopt, but in a change in the state of society. Such a change was already going on in Jamaica. Ile had re cently received a memorial from the western part of that island, in which the memorialists said that they had in vested capital in the land to the extent of 142,0001., and that with one exception they had purchased or leased their property since the Emancipation Act. That showed what a change was going on there in the state of society; and he believed that in the course of a few years more they would see the soil of Jamaica culti vated by resident landlords, by holders or lessees of the land. So far from the prospects of Jamaica being bad at the present moment, be was aware of no part of the British dominions which offered so favourable an opportunity for the investment of capital. He be lieved that a man of science, or five or six such men in tending to act in concert, going to Jamaica, not despising local experience, but availing themselves of all the aid they could get from it, applying those great principles of science on which all cultivation must mainly depend, having recourse to irrigation and those other means which, in foreign colonies, had been adopted with so much success—applying their capital in this manner, he firmly believed they would have a fairer prospect of re alising a fortune than in any other mode open to them in the British dominions. But it was not to be expected that a manufacture of so peculiar a nature could be profitably carried on by agents who had not that free dom of action, or that constant incentive to action, self interest which belonged only to proprietors, The Noble Earl having pointed to what had been accomplished in the growth of beet-root sugar in France, concluded by appealing to their ; Lordships whether he had not fairly proved that the distress of the West Indian colonies was not attributable to legislation in her Majesty's Govern ment.—(Hear.) Some explanations having passed between Lord Stanley and the Noble Earl, The Bishop of OXFORD said he held in his hand a petition from the Council and Assembly of,Barbadoes, the prayer of which was very much the same as that read by the Noble Lord opposite (Stanley), complaining of the same disasters and pointing to the same cure. The question was not a fiscal one. If it were he would have left the consideration of it entirely to the lay Lords. It involved much higher principles, and amongst them the principle of protection; which, in this instance, he main tained ought not to be abolished. Surely that man would be accounted insane who should propose to allow the free introduction into our open markets of infected , 1 bales of goods, spreading terror and disease; or who should propose to exchange firearms for some other com modity, beeause in doing so they would be selling in the dearest, and buying in the cheapest market. In his opi nion the case which now occupied their attention was of the same character. He conceived that affording pro- ' tection to the West India planter was only carrying out our own principle of having nothing to do with the slave trade, and that refusing that protection was a gross breach of justice both to the planter and negro. The petition pointed; out that the inhabitants of the West India islands entered upon a vast experiment, and risked their worldly goods upon the faith and pro mised co-operation of the mother country ; but by the breach of that faith our West India sugar had not only been brought into a state of general depression, but into a ruinous competition with sugar which could be pro duced more cheaply. The Noble Earl had not answered —because he could not—the argument of the Noble Lord in asking this question—" It the general depression of merchandise caused a sinking of the price of sugar, why did the price of Cuba sugar rise at the same moment ?' The Noble Earl told them that just as protecting duties sank, the price of labour sank, and that therefore the West India proprietors, looking to the effect of protect ingluties, gave preposterously high wages ; that, those duties being removed, they would no longer be able to pay such wages; that they would have to make their la bourers "fork more, and give them sugar cheaper, but that after all they comfortably would_ have enough to enable them to live That mode of reasoning amounted just to this—that the West Indian proprietor should never know anything of prosperity, and must always be kept upon the vergeof ruin,in order to make the work as ho ought.black man The Noble Earl told them that all to that was required ensure prosperity was, men of capital, prudence, enterprise, and skill. Ile had heard that so often, that he was compelled to doubt its effect; surely no men were batter f t judgesjudges of how money many o m ight be invested than who had masses a o f capital lying idle for want of safe investment. Ile as t h oug ht that that was a practicals speech a n swer to the theory b t a o s e p d r . upon which the Noble Earl' ques tion was not merely one of protection ope T r h ty e which had been proposed by the Minister a l fo by Parliament. A g reater sec urity stillassented hahad been g i ven , namely, a pledge by the morals and religion of Eng l an d that she would thenceforth hav e nothing morn to do with th e slave trade, for the wiping away ofwhich stain such men as Pitt and Fox bad zealously Prepared the way. Thus was England pledged by a bond parchment agreement, and by an strow - eer than a n y than the promise 6f any o bli gat i on more binding Minister, never more to have anything et to do with the accursed slave trade. And y was s a e the profits of the Cuba now, in plain English , s harin g planter.—(Cheers from Lord Stanley and others.) e It if was said that she was justifie d in doing so, becaus, she did not, other countries would. That was an argu ment which the people of England would not for a moment endure to have urged upon Parliament, and his answer to it was, " If evil is to be done, let us not be the doors of it." It had been said with prophetic truth, that the consequence of the present measure would be — first, the ruin of the growth of sugar in our own West India islands, and then an outlet for the slave-grown Sugar of Cuba and Brasil, not only to our own markets , markets of th e world Europe, t giving the monopoly of the Peculiar attribut e o f sl a v slave-grown sugar. It was the effect that obj ec t ; fore -grown sugar to be able to ; increase of lab our to b • how easy wa s it by a su dden bring down th e p r i ce f or a w hil e , until our ow n plantatlirlio:" were destroyed, and then to raise the price again dan " ,, er of Competition byn when there w as no f urt h er w freewas labour? Th e N o bl e B ai l bad told thim th a t it an old a n ti- s l avery argu silent, that free labour was and, therefore, that it was inconsistent th an s l ave labour, • slavery man to [ay that our Nest t si n srt for an anti not compete with Cuba or Brazil. But a. colonies cou ld un i n t e ntionally misstated the argument, the Nobl e E arl , because it had been applied to emancipation and not to abolition, be tween which there was a material difference. To his mind, therefore, the question came to this—should the English nation, after all its sacrifices and labours to abolish the slave-trade—should it now, for the sake of having sugar one penny a pound cheaper, be content to share in the profits and the shame of the Cuba planter? Let the House remember that, great as were the horrors of the slave trade in former times, they were infinitely greater now. The effect of our interference had been i to make the export of slaves from the African coast dangerous enough to induce those who were engaged in that detestable traffic to cram their victims in close ships built for the purposes of speed alone, wherein thousands died every year on the passage, and those who survived when they arrived at Cuba —though parchment laws for the protection of slaves existed in Cuba—how did they fare there ?,,Why, great as were the sufferings of the old slavery system, they were four times exaggerated in the enormities which were in flicted on them in that unhappy land.—(Hear.) The importation of one sex alone, and the determination to work them out and not reproduce slaves—the infliction of the lash—the hunting by bloodhounds —were amongst the enormities attendant on that system which this country were called upon by the Government to sup support.—(llear, hear.) Of this he was convinced, that when Englishmen came to know that the question was not merely one of protection or free trade, but whether they should save a penny a pound in the price of their sugar at the expense of the sufferings and of the blood of the slaves in Cuba and the Brazils, they would dash the cup so sweetened from their lips, He believed Ministers, in calling upon the people to uphold them in their policy in this respect, were incurring a fearful responsibility-- that they were calling upon the people of England to particpate in the sins of others ; they were bringing down upon them a share of the chastisement which must inevitably follow. The people of England could not possibly share in the profits of the Cuba sugar without it tarring some share in the Cuba guilt by which that sugar was produced; nor could they participate in thi.t guilt without incurring the chastisement which awaited it.—(Hear, hear.) If they could not recal that prosperity to the West Indian colcnies which they might have preserved, let them at least avoid further invol , i ig thems , Iv2s by treaty in meshes from which they might hereafter Lind it impossible to disentangle them selves, but which they might now burst with a single stroke. If the principles of the Government measure were successful the abolition struggle would become a disgrace instead of an honour to the country —our squadron engaged on the African coast would be merely the means of adding to the cruelties and the horrors of the slave trade, and our treaties with foreign powers for the suppression of the slave trade would be nothing more than an insulting and degrading hypocrisy. Lord ASHBURTON, who was scarcely audible in the gallery, was understood to contend that unless protection was continued to the West India planters, as against the slave-labour produce of Cuba and the Brazils during the experiment of supplying them with free labour, they would be consigned to utter and irreparable ruin. Even supposing that e xperiment were successful to its fullest extent, it would take some time before the number and efficiency of the free labourers would enable our colonies to compete upon anything like fair terms with those countries where slavery prevailed. The Government measures appeared to be based on the cry for cheapness, and it appeared to be taken for granted that the people were benefited by the low price of the article, without reference to the power of consuming it. Nothing could be more fallacious; for if they took away the means of employment, and consequently the power of consump tion, it was of no advantage to cheapen the price of commodities. And once destroy the West India market for our manufactures, there would be but little hope of restoring it. The several petitions were then oraered to lie on the tale, and their Lordships adjourned at a few minutes past Ten. . . ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE, Established in 1847 for the purpose of rendering a more periect per formance of the lyric drama than had hitherto been attained In this country. The Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers, and Patrons of Music are re spectfully informed that the SEASON (1848) will COMMENCE the 4rst week La March, in the new and commodious edifice constructed las year. OPERA. For the production of the established works by the great masters of ey cry school, for the effective representation of the repertoire of se veuteen Operas mounted last season, and of compositions to be heard for the first time in this country, engagements have been already made with the following eminent artistes : PRIMI SOPRANI. Mde. Grist and Mde. Persian!, Mde. Ronconi, aidlle. Steffanini, and Mde. Castellan (her first appearance), Mdlle. Corbari, Mdlle. Angiolina Zoja (of the Siiala in Milan, her first appearance in this country), and Mde. Pauline Garcia Viardot (her first appearance). CONTRALTO. Mademoiselle Albont. TENORI. Signor Mario, and Signor Salri, Signor Levee, Signor Luigi Mei (from Scala, his first appearance in this country), and Ms Roger (of the Academie Royale de Musique, and of the Opera Comtque, in PR l'aris, his first appearance in this country). IM' BASSI BARITONI. Signor Tamburini and Signor ROTICOIII. PRIMI BASSI PROFONDI. Slgnog Marini. (The ratification of the Ongagernent of Signor Cor ratil-liefti, the celebrated BASS basso,OCOMIC°. is daily expected). Signor Agostino Revere. ALTRI PRIMI BASSI. Signor Tagliafico and Signor Polontnl. lecondo Tenore—Signor Seidl (from the Scala). Director of the Music, Composer, and Conductor—Mr. Costa. The Orchestra, comprising the distinguished professors of last season, will be increased by additional artistes ; the names of the instrumentalists forming the entire orchestra will be published in a future prospectus. The Military Band, which has also been increased, will be under the direction of Mr. Godfrey, band-master of the Coldstream Guards. The powerful and numerous Chorus of last year will be further strengthened by 24 chosen and experienced singers, and will number 92 voices—namely, 41 ladies, and 52 male voices. Chorus Master — Signor Bonconsiglio. Poet and Translator of the Libretti—Signor Maggioni. Prompter—Signor Monterasi. THE BALLET. The rule which gave such satisfaction to the musical public last season, that no divertissement should be suffered between the acts of operas, will be strictly adhered to. The performances will terminate with a ballet. During the season the following eminent dansenses will appear: Mde. Flora Fab. * arance), Mdlle. Leopoldine ri (her first appe Breast (premiere danseuse of the Imperial Theatre in Vienna, her first appearance in this country), Mdlle. Elizabeth Robert (premiere danseuse of the Academie Royale de Musique in Paris, her first ap pearaace in this country), Mlle. Camille (her first appearance for four years), Mine. Merry, of the Fenice, in Venice (her first ap pearance is this country), Mdlle. Laugher, of the Scala (her first ap pearance in this country), Mdlle. Celest Stephan, lidlle. Honore (her first appearance), and Mdlle. Lucile Grahn (her first appearance). M. Sitvain and M. Bretin (their first appearances), M. Goalie, &c., and a numerous body of Coryphees, FrOMilltUfleB and Flgurantes. Maitre de Appiani (from the principal theatres la Italy, France, and Belgium). Regi&SCUI de la Danse—M. O'Bryan. Leader of the Ballet—M. Alfred Mellon. Composer—Signor Beletta. The scenery by Messrs. Grieve and Telbin. Frontiers Artiste Ces tumiere—Mrs. E. Bailey. Engagements aro pending with other distinguished artistes for opera and ballet. A detailed Prospectus, with the arrangements for the season, will be ready in a few days, and may then bo obtained at the Box-eflice (corner of Bow-street and Hart-street), and at the principal libraries and music publishers. Royal Italian Opera, Covent-garden, Jan. 22,1848. TIIEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. UN ler the Manage Tentof EVE Mr. B. Webster, eele Lessee. NING Will be performed, the Comedy of TIIE SOLDIER'S DAUGHTER. Governor 'lcarian, Mr. Farrcn ; Frank He4rtall, Mr. 11. Farren ; Malfort, Mr. Howe; Mr. Ferrett, Mr. Tilbury; Timothy Quaint. Mr. Keeley s Captain Woodley, Mr. 11. Yandenhoff ; Widow Cheeriy, Mrs. Nisbett ; Mrs. Mallon, Mrs. Seymour. , Atter which, the new Comic Drama, called THE ROUSED LION. Characters by Messrs. Webster, llowe, Wigan, H. Vanden. laoff ; Mrs. Keeley, Miss Reynolds, Mrs. Seymour, and Mrs. Stanley. To be followed by - the new Farce. called DEAREST ELIZABETH. Mr. Lionel Lax, Mr. Keeley ; Mr. Winch, Mr. Rogers ; Betsy, Mrs. Keeley. •ro conclude with a new and original Farce, called WHO'S MT HUSBAND ? Doctor Mull, Mr. Tilbury; Daniel Tootles, Mr. Keeley ; Mrs. Smith Thompson, Mrs, W. Clifford ; Sophonisba Mull, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham t Sally Starch, Mrs. liumby. Stage Manager, Mr. Fan en; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Webster. J. T. Archer, Box-book keeper. Boxes, ss. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, Is. boars open at Half-past ilia, Portormance to commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPJII. *Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will be presented an entirely new Piece, entitled the PEARL OF THE OCEAN ; or, the Prince and the Mermaiden. Principal cha racters by Messrs. Waye, P. Bedford, Wright, Munyard, Glennaire, Cullenford, and Worrell ; Miss Woolgar, Miss Emma Harding, Wise Wien Chaplin, Mrs. Laws, and Madame Celeste. To be Milo ived by a new and original Farce, entitled OUR NA TIONAL DEFENCES ; or, the Cockshot Yeomanry. Principal characters by Messrs. Lambert, Wright, P. Bedford, Sanders ; Ma dame Celeste, Miss Emma Harding, Mrs. Laws, and Miss Woolgar. To conclude with the Farce of SHOCKING EVENTS. In which Mr. Lambert, Mr. Worrell, Mr. Munyard, Miss Harding, and Miss Chaplin will pertOrm. Boxes, 45.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. Doors open at Half-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. under the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new and original piece, called ASTOUNDING PHENOMENA. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, Bellingham, F. Cooke, and Meadows. After which, a New Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE GOLDEN BRANCH. Principal characters by Messrs. H. Hall, Harley, Her r'dge, Madame Vestris, Miss K. Fitzivilliarn, and Mrs. Macnamara. To conclude with a Romance of Heal Lite, called BOX and COX. Principal characters by Mr. Harley, Mr. Buckstone, and Mrs. Mac 'samara. Dress Boxes, is. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, is. No calf-price to any part of the house. The icew Box-office, No. 2, Wellington-street, is open to the Public every day, from Ton till Six. The Interior of the House has been entirely re-designed by Mr. W. llradwell of the Colosseum. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell, 33, Old Bond-street. TO-MORROW EVENING, Will be performed NOEMIE. Le Comte d'Avrigny, M. St. Marie; Eleonor d'Avrigny, M. Jesset ; Jules de Morriss, M. Chatelain ; Nuclide, Mdlle. BaptiVe. After which, LA VICOMTESSE LOLOTTE. Le. Comte de Mo rangis, M. St. Mar e ; Le Vicomte ci'llerouville, M. fechter ; Le Chevalier Tancrede, M. Montalancl ; Lolotte Berth'', Mdlle. Nathallo Boxes, stalls, tickets, and season prospectuses , ma y be had at Mr. MITCHRLL'S Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. Doors open at Seven, to commence at half - p ast Seven. B oxes, 6s. ; Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. X. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager, Duchess-street, Portland• place. IS ad ame AN NA T I iILLON. Will be presented THIS EVENING new and original Operetta, entitled The YOUNG GUARD. Don Guzman, Mr. Bodda ; Don Alvarez, Mr. Barker; Donna Olin Thillou. Dia, Miss Sara Flower; Estella, Mrdamo Anna After which, a now comic Drama, called MY SISTER'S SECRET. To be followed by a new Comic Piece, entitled THE SULTANA. Solymau, Mr. Ryder ; Osmyn, Mr. Compton ; Yuseph, Mr. Henry I Roxalana, Madame Anna Thillon; Elmira, Miss villas ; Ismena, B an 4a d . ; th r e it Fear, 2a.; Seasons. Mi s s Hodson. T o conclude with a new Christmas P antomime, entitled OLD Frlle n ry s. , Ie.ATH E n it r T es l s s C lE irc .x ; lequl engi ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPIIITHE,ITRE proprietor and Manager, Mr. William Batty. Mr. Patty's performing Ele phants. TILES EVEII •The Grand Sfectaele of THE CAMP OF SILESIA. Entirely new Scenes in the Arena, by the talented it.• st ss of —ti the Establishment, in the various modes of equestratlos. To c„onclu , le with a Grand Equestrian Comic Pantomime entitled ITAELEQUIN DOCTOR SYNTAX AND lIIS DAPPErt, (iltry HARE, in which those popular artistes Herr Denl!n, Thco lore, lir, Anderson, and 31r. Bradbury, as Harlequin, Columbine, 101 v 11 , and Pantaloon, which will exceed in splendour and effect all former productions at the Amphitheatre, Box-ollice open from 11 till 5 6 Actin; and Stage Manager, Mr. IV West. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, 31 cs. F. Dasidge, No. 1, D.oiiiige-terrace,Kensington-rOad, Surrey. Under the Management of Mr. Bunn. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with the celebrated Onera of GUSTAVUS THE THIRD. Gustavnis the Third, Mr. F. Vining; Count Ribbing, Mr. rforncas tle ; Count d Horn, Mr. Jones ; Lillienhorn, Mr. Rafter ; Captain Ank erstrom, Mr. 11. l'hillips ; Oscar, Miss Poole ; Madame Aukerstrom, Miss. It. Isaacs. After whic h the elegant PerforManCes of those distinguished En tortilationist s, the celebrated Chapello Czartoriski Family. To concl.ut ,e with a uew Pantomime, entitled DATTLIWOOR said SHUTT]; EC.;OCIK. ; or, Harlequin Trap, Bat, and Dail. A distic .ct entrance to the private boxes has been made (which have been it-fitted). Private boxes may be had nightly of all the principal I iibrarians ; and at the Box-efilze of the Theatre, which is open daily from Ten until Four. itoxes 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. • - LOYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be Performed Sliakspeare's Tragedy of ROMEO and JULIET. Romeo, Mr. ILl:z.ks ; liercutio, Mr. niggle Juliet, Miss Vincent. To ..oncludt, with THE YELLOW ADMIRAL. Boxes, is.; rit, 6d. ; Gallery, 4d. No Mall-price to any part of the house. Door; open at Six, to commence at Half-past Six. Now ready, in 2 vols., 21s. bound, HOWITT'S NEW WORK, TIIE HALL AND TIIE HAMLET." 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THF.R7KOMETE3., Lowest, 40 ; Highest, 52 ; Noon, 48, 3ABOMETER, 20.92.—W1ND S.W.; hazy. 77f el I Ai ii WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TUIS DAY. Morni ig .. 13 minutes after 4. I El-ening .. 34 minntra after 4. r AN_ ? b , , .. . '7.t.1.,,,,, 1 t ).,4 1 ~ ~ ,1., i ~.- . 4t.:.,:),':z 2' , , • __'-. , 0 ' -.% ' I '6. •1 0 A s"—Bit°l ~ P. r• - ,a- . ' .4....... MCC el eblithilza '. Mt LONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1848, Another remarkable orator has advocated the removal of the Jewish disabilities. It was becoming that the eloquent Member for Dungarvan should plead for the emancipation of a class of men disqualified from participating in the labours of legislation because of their constancy to the cause of a reviled religion it was becoming that that voice which had of old. sounded the clarion of freedom to the Catholics should clamour for the liberation of the Israelites; that the hand which had aided in breaking asunder the chains of the children of Ireland should rend in twain the manacles which still fettered the children of the land of Palestine ; that the heart which beat with such a profound and strengthening precision when. struggling side by side with O'CONNELL in 1829, should respond to those principles of beneficence uttered in 1848 by the lips of Russam,. Last evening Mr. Sum', satisfied the expectations excited by his genius and his liberality. His enthu siasm ;soared to an altitude as thrilling as it ever reached in the days of his youth ; his declamation was as unaffectedly impassioned as in the first bloom of his intellect; and, above all, the loftiness of his motive was more than ever conspicuous, for he no longer cried out for his own liberation, and for the liberation of his kith and his kindred, but for the restoration to their civil rights of those who were aliens in spirit—he adjured the legislators of Eng ' land to evince a judicious generosity, not as of yore, to those who mourned by the Liffey and the Shannon, but to those outcasts of Jerusalem who, like their forefathers, in the age of JERBMIAS, still lamented over the dispersion of their race, and wept on the ideal banks of the rivers of Babylon. It wanted only a fanatical ,opposition, like that of the Brunswickers, to arouse the Right Hon. the Master of the Mint to the same majestic frensy, which was his inspiration on Penenden Heath. Thanks, however, to the progress of civilisation, and to the predominating influences of Christianity, the mad ness of bigotry is becoming as unfrequent as the leprosy and as rare as the plague. The passion of compulsory proselytism is dwindling into nothingness; the fury of theological intolerance is becoming the prerogative cf the minority; and there are fewer of those Chretiens enrages who were wont to emulate the wearer of the coronet of WIN CRIMEA. It has thus happened that RICHARD LALOIL SIIEIL could stand upon the floor of the House of Commons, and supplicate without interruption for the fracture of those bonds which still trammelled the limbs of the descendants of ABRAHAM. Among the many brilliant evidences of the in sufficiency of the Oath of Abjuration as a means of securing a Christian character to the repre sentative Legislature of Great Britain, perhaps the most brilliant is the one adduced yesterday evening by the Member for Dungarvan. After observing that preceding speakers had mentioned the name of GIBBON, the historian, as a proof that the test was not sufficiently powerful to exclude the most flagrant promulgator of the doctrines of infidelity, Mr. SHEIL remarked that a man still more illustrious might have been cited to the same purpose. "Was not BOLING BROKE," said he—" was not BOLINGBROKE, the fatally accomplished BOLINGBROKE, to whose genius was offered tribute amounting to al most idolatrous veneration was not Bousoa 13UOKE, who united to external accomplish ment, high intellectual endowments, and whose in tercourse in private life exercised a species of fasci nation on all who had the misfortune to approach him—was not BOLINGBROKE, the infidel BOLING BROKE, a Member of this House ? Was he stopped by the test which arrested the Jew ? Did he not, on the contrary,tread,upon it and mount to the height of power, and become a confidential adviser of the SOVEREIGN ? Is it not preposterous that a man, by whom revelation was rejected, who doubted the im mortality of the soul, who doubted a future state of reward and punishment, who doubted eternity and PROVIDENCE, who believed nothing, who feared nothing, who hoped fur nothing, who laid no restraint upon his depravity, who had no incentive to virtue beyond such natural promptings as GOD may have given him—is it not monstrous that such a fiend should find his way into the House of Commons, and climb to the pinnacle of power, and that you should slap the door with indignation in the face of an honour able and conscientious man, who adheres to the religion in which he was born and bred—of a man who believes in the facts which constitute the founda tion of Christianity—who believes in the existence of the noble part of our being—who believes in the mercies of GOD, and who practises humanity to men —who believes in the ten great injunctions on which all morality is based, whose ear is never deaf to the supplications of suffering, whose hand is open as day to melting charity,' and whose life, perhaps, presented a better exemplification of the precepts of the gospel than many of those men for the sake of whose Christian religion these dishonouring disabilities are injuriously maintained ?" That is a magnificent argument in proof of the futility of bolstering up the religi on of a state by an idle oath —by an oath from dm ; wording of which a few conscientious men migh t revolt, and which might be flippantly articulated by a brilliant " fiend" like BOLINGI 3EOXE , who would no t s h r i n k f rom a ddi ng t o the shame of infidelity tl-A infamy of deliberate per jury. Upon no one questic n' of innovation was the public mind ever, perhaps, a' Lore U rianimous than it is for the immediate removal o 4 ?the J . ( swish disqualifications. It thet •efore, that w e behold the is prospect peculiar regl . t o f a leng th ened ; a n d repeate dl y a dj ourn ed discussion upon this Piz nple aot of 'reparation. Agreeable as it unquestionably is to list , 3 n to rhetorical sen• tences such a$ th use enuncir,ted b— i y Mr. SnEIL, we cannot but deplore t he squandering of public time upon a matter of such mar ifest rectitude. So much has to be effected by Parldament during the session of 1848, so many diffit ies are bristling up in its pathway, so unpre cede at ?d are the involvements of our mercantile end c )nial interest, so urgent are the claims for a s ani . tart' improvement, and so delicate are the relatF .ons of the different powers of Europe at this junctul !e, th it it appears to us essential for a more rapid moe le of legislation to be adopted. Without being unnec :es.i:trily precipitate, the Com , mons might last eveni ng have consented to the second reading of the Jewis ii :Disabilities Bill—fur its ulti mate acceptation is ins v; We have already ht td occasion to allude to the manner in which the I 'emonstrances of two of the most distinguished laym en connected withthe Roman Catholic Church have la 'en, received by Dr. M'HALE, and the indignation the t was poured forth against them, for daring to t ate rfere in any degree in a matter in which the disc spline of the clergy was concerned. The respe etfr il r almost supplicatory tone of the Earl of ArtuaspEs. and SURREY, the motives by which alone he soul 3 have been influenced in directing the attentioet of the Archbishop to the con duct that had been ienpr le, whether justly or un justly, to some of the inf eric.r clergy of his diocese, and imploring him to rem ove the reproach from their common religion, was not , sufficient to protect that amiable young nobleman f rom censure and admonition for meddling with that which did not in any wise concern him. If Dr. 31‘.1 Leen at least preserved the appearance and language of courtesy when adducing the " precepts of wisdom t o which the ancient fathers of the Church, and especir dly the great St. GREGORY, gave expression to," in ju Itification of the practices, or at least the right of genunciation, his admirers and followers used plainer • ,and more unequivocal lan guage of reproof for the i utpertinence of which they considered Lord ARUNDEL . to have been guilty. The clear and manly expostulat inns of the Earl of SHREWS BURY were received with s till greater acrimony. The vigour and energy of his elepeal were looked upon as rank rebellion against the authority of the Church, and he was reviled in n a sparing terms for having forced the Irish episcopate ! ;to notice the charges that had obtained such genera I. currency. His devotion to the Church, the liberal; .t with wf ich he expended his princely income in f re rks of piety and charity, was lost sight of, and he Ix came the target at which every shaft was launched. It was as if it had been supposed that good sei vice was rendered to the Church by heaping rep; x.stches on one of its most distinguished and estimal e members. A missive has, bowel ter, at length been received that must be treated • with greater reverence and respect, to which °be(' lance must be rendered, if JOHN of Tuam is not pr spared to cast off the spiritual supremacy of the see a Rome the moment his opinions are questioned by the occupant of the Chair of St. Peter. The Papal 2 escript, a copy of which was contained in The Sun-. cf last evening, must be responded to. The e x:planations thereby required must be sqeedily ret urned, and that which was denied to Lord ARUN.DEL and Lord Sunewsnuay must be conceded to tl se Sovereign roamer. Pius IX. has already attai ne d a foremost rank amongst the regenerators of ma ,n:kind. lie is the first of living reformers, and happily, on the present occasion, he has not restricted bin itself to the amelioration of his native land, but has ext ended his views to unhappy and afflicted Ireland. The Papal rescript is perfectly plain and distinct in its demands and itestructiens. It alludes to the reporte which have for• some time been circulated in the public newspapers a concerning the political party strife in which some ecclesiastics have allowed them selves to be carried a way, and the desecration made of some of the Irish churches, for the purpose of aid ing and promoting secaslar concerns," and the reports of the murders said t be so frequent, "and by rea son of which the ck rgy have been stigmatised, and some of them charged; with imprudence and as giv ing indirect provocatiom from the pulpit, or at least extenuating the guilt of these murders," which re ports, it states, " must surely awaken the solicitude of the Sacred Congregution." Nothing can be more dignified or unequivocally condemnatory of the practice than the following:---" The Sacred Congregation cannot bring itself to believe that such reports, so extensively noised abroad, can be true ; nor can it be believed that ecclesiastics have forgotten that the church of GOD should be the house of prayer—not of secular concerns, or the meeting place of politicians. Neither can the Sacred Congregation believe that ecclesiastics have ceased to recollect that they are the ministers of peace, dispensers of the mysteries of GOD—men who should not involve themselves in worldly concerns—in a word, men who should avoid blood and vengeance. Nevertheless, this Sacred Congregation deems it its duty to require satisfactory and speedy information concerning all these matters, that it may know what importance it should attach to the above-mentioned damnatory reports." It now remains to be seen what answer will be forwarded to this demand, what explanation will be afforded. We presume that Dr. M'HALE will again set up " the practice of the ancient fathers, who denounced the cruelties and persecutions of pagans and heretics against their flocks, without thinking that they were guilty of any inroad on the rights of others," nor will he contend for the rights claimed by the Catholic pastor, "of denouncing aggressions on the rights of justice and humanity belonging to his flock from any quarter," although he cannot subject the violator of justice or humanity, not belonging to the Catholic iChurch, to its rigorous " penances and satisfactions." The language of the rescript is too decisive for such a defence. Will he then deny that such things have taken place, and in obedience to the will of the Poet- TUT, " admonish the clergy that seeking the things which are of JESUS CHRIST, they sedulously apply themselves to watch over the spiritual interests of the people, and in no wise mix themselves up with porldly affairs, in order that their ministry may not . brought into disrepute, and those who are against may not have wherewith to charge them." If s be the course pursued, all that we could duke be obtained. If the accusations that have been iiteferred are false, an authentic denial will be given, and it cannot afterwards be alleged that the Roman Catholic Church sanctions doctrines which may be carried to so dangerous an extent, or that it permits attacks from the altar on persons not within its fold for acts wholly unconnected with its doc trines or discipline. The rescript will, we trust, have the effect of removing the undue prejudice, the absurd jealousies, that have been entertained, and which have hitherto prevented those diplomatic relations with the Court of Rome, which it is so desirable to have opened and carried on without delay. By a happy coincidence it was received and published in our columns on the very day when a Bill for that purpose was intro duced and received its first reading in the House of Lords. A more cogent argument in favour of the measure, and in answer to the objections of its oppo nents, could not be advanced than that which may be found in the rescript to which we have adverted. By the Levant mail we have received intelligence from Constantinople, Smyrna, and Athens. The Greek Minister for Foreign Affairs officially announced to the members of the Corps Diplomatique on the 14th ult., the termination of the differences between the Sublime Porte and the Court of Athens. The Moniteur Grec says that on the night of the 10th ult. an English officer and some sailors of 11. M. S. Spitfire were arrested at Patras, for attempting to land on the beach after dark, and were conduoted before the authorities, who ordered their release. The officer'gave his nan as Mr. BREEN, midshipman. An investigation into the circumstances was instituted the next day by the Greek authorities, anti several interviews have taken place between them and the British Consul, but as yet the result is not known. The Pors's Nuncio has arrived at Constantinople. A letter from Berne of the 2d gives a copy of the project for a constitution for the canton of Friburg, as drawn up by a committee. The chief features of it are as follow :—The exercise of the Roman Catho lic religion and of the reformed forms of worship is guaranteed. The domicile of citizens is to be invio lable ; all citizens are equal before the law, and are to be tried by their natural judges. The press is declared free, subject to correction of abuses. The sovereignty is declared to reside in the people ; and legislative, executive, administrative, and judicial branches of power to exist. Any citizen of 25 years of age is to be capable of holding functions in the legislative, executive, and judicial orders. No functionary of either of the three orders can accept from another state any pension, title, order, or present, under penalty of forfeiture. The electoral assemblies are to nominate a deputy to the Grand Council for 1,500 souls, and if there be a fraction above 1,000, a deputy may be elected. The legislative power is to belong to a Grand Council composed of members nominated by the electoral assemblies, t•.nd of ten members elected by the Council itself. The duration of the present Grand Council is to remain fixed at nine years, and after wards it is to be of a duration of five years. The executive and administrative powers belong to a Council of State of seven members, nominated by the Grand Council. Letters from Berne of the 4th inst. mention that the Diet ordered on that day an inquiry to be insti tuted into the conduct of the members of the Council of War of the Sonderbund, for the purpose of ascer taining which of them had been guilty of high treason, by calling foreign intervention to assist the armed resistance against the decrees of the Diet. By the second article of the decree, the Diet recom• mended all the cantons of tha Sonderisund to grant a general amnesty, from which the above traitors should alone be ex eluded. Letters from Naples of the 31st ult. state that the National Guard is embodied, and is doing regular military duty in that city; they are for the present armed with fowling-pieces, knives, or any other weapon that may chance to be at hand. The Laz nroni had attempted to make an enzeute, but bad been defeated by the National Guards, and tranquil lity had been restored. Since the grant of the constitution the KING had become exceedingly popular. The fortress of Alessandria, the key of Piedmont. has been strongly garrisoned by regiments from Turin and Genoa, in order to provide against surprise from the Austrians, as Marshal RADETSKY had threatened to seize it. At Genoa the people have demanded a constitution. Austria is pouring in troops to Milan, and has closed the Milanese railways against the public—they are now used solely for the transport of troops. Madrid journals of the Ist have arrived. ESPARTERO was at the theatre on the 31st, and his reception was most enthubiastic. There was a ball at the Palace on the 30th, to which he was not invited, and the good people of Madrid took the opportunity of his visit to the theatre to show the sense they en tertained of the conduct pursued towards him by CEIMSTINA. General SERRANO has returned to Almeira, from the Chaffarina Islands. MADRID BOLSA, FED. I.—The Three per Cents were done at 27 11-16 for cash, and 28 at fifty days. The Four per Cents. at 161 for paper; the Five per Cents. at 17 at fifty days ; the Debt witheut Inte rest at 51 for paper; and the Coupons at 12. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The debate en the paragraph of the Address relat ing to the Reform banquets commenced yesterday in the Chamber of Deputies. The first speaker was M. DUVUGIER DE HAIIRANNE who, on the part of the Opposition accepted tho challenge which the Minis try had thrown out to them. He contended that these banquets were perfectly legal, and quoted a decision of the Court of Cassation to that effect. M. GUIZOT had, he said, first set the example of holding political banquets by his great dinner at Lisieux. The object of the revolution of 1830, he contended, was not to substitute one dynasty for another, but to substitute constitutional government for arbitrary rule, and he was sorry to find that the Ministers had forgotten the revolution and its causes. M. GEnENAULT then rose to defend the Govern ment, and was left speaking when the post left. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse yesterday (Monday) at 74f. 45c.; New Loan, 75f. 25c. ; Fire per Cents., 117 f.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,187 f. 50c. ; Rouen, Brsf. ; Havre, 437 f. 50c.; Great Northern, 541 f. 25c.; Avignon, 532 f. 50c.; Vierzon, 512 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux, 480 f. ; Dieppe, 255 f.; Basle, 160 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 406 f. 25c.; Tours and Nantes, 380 f.; Paris and Lyons, 391 f. 25c.; Spanish Active, 25f ; ditto Passive, 5. MARSEILLES, FED. 3.--Marseilles and Avignon, 565 f.; Northern, 538 f. 75c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 7. Namur and Liege, 7—Northern of France, 11%—Sambre and Meuse, 6%. CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) This being the first seal after Hilary Term, the Lord Chancellor sat in the old hall, Lincoln's Inn, to give several judgments, and to hear appeal motions and appeals. STOCKER. V. DAMSON.-AJDGUENT. The Loan CHANCELLOR gave judgment in this appeal from the deciion of the Master of the Rolls, allowing some and cisallowing othet exceptions taken to the Master's report. His Lordship was of opinion that the decree of the Court below was correct, and ordered it to be affirmed, with costs. Appeal dismissed, with costs. EX PASTE BAS., IN THE MATTER OF SIR GEORGE STEPHENS.-JUDGMENT. The LORD CIIANCRLLOR also gave judgment in this case, which came before him upon the petition of a gentleman named B iss, praying that Sir George Stephen and others might deliver their bills of costs as solicitors to the London and Manchester Direct Independent Railway Company to be taxed. In November, 1845, the directors of the company, which was known as Remington's line, paid these solicitors no less a sum than 28,0001. for their. services. This amount, the solicitors allege, was agreed to be in full of all demands, and all questions between them and the company were considered to be finally settled. The papers were delivered up at the time to the officers of the company, and the solicitors insist that the true construction of the agreement was, that there was to be no taxation of the bills of costs. Mr. Bass, however, one of the shareholders of the company, being dissatisfied with the arrangement, presented this petition to have the bills of costs de livered and taxed. The petition came on to be heard before Vice Chancellor Knight Bruce, who declined to make any order, except that the petition should stand over, with liberty to Mr. Bass to file a bill. From this order both parties appealed, Mr. Bass contending that the prayer of the petition ought to have been granted, and the other side insisting that it ought to have been dismissed with costs. The Lord Chancellor, after going at some length into the case, ordered the petition of Sir George Stephens to be dismissed, and directed him to deliver his bills of costs to be taxed, agreeably to the prayer of Mr. Bass's petition. CIIUCJE V. CILEWER. This case also stood on the paper for judgment, but his Lordship postponed giving it till to-morrow morning. The Court then proceeded to hear appeal motions. VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE-CIIANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) The Vice-Chancellor of England sat to day in his Court in Lincoln's Inn, it being the first seal after Hilary Term. RADCLIFFE r. BOND—JUDGNIENT. His llonour --- gave judgment to-day in this case, which came before him a short time ago, upon a mo tion to dissolve an injunction granted to restrain the defendant Bond from proceeding to law upon a bill of exchange for 1,0001., drawn by the plaintiff, and accepted by a person named Austin, to recover a sum of 3001., which it was alleged was owing to the de fendant Bond. It appeared that the Bill had passed from Austin to another defendant named Joel, and by the latter was passed to Bond. The question was whether the defendant Bond was so well acquainted with the circumstances under which the bill was drawn as to disentitle him to recover upon it. His HoNona, in giving judgment, said that he had most carefully read over the papers, and after doing so, he felt bound to say that there was not any equity confessed upon die answer sued as would,. Il have enabled him to continue the injunction. e plaintiff's equity depended upon their being a con- he note. Injunction dissolved. SMITH V. THE EAST INDIA COMPANY.-.TUDGMLNT. His Horsoun also gave judgment in this case, which was argued before him during the last term. The plaintiff instituted the present suit against the East India Company under the following circum stances :—ln the month of July, 1832, the plaintiff arrived at Madras as commander of the company's ship London, which was then what is termed a clean ship, that is, cleared and without any cargo. The plaintiff proposed to become the purchaser of certain cotton which had accumulated in the company's warehouses, and to trade to China (to which country the company's :ships usually traded) upon his own account. The company's affairs at Madras were carried on under the direction of their agents, who constituted what was called the " Marine Board and Commercial Committee," and the terms upon which the commanders of vessels traded for the company were these :—the tonnage was divided into fire parts, two-fifths of which were for the benefit of the captain and the officers of the ship, but 102 tons was what was called privileged tonnage, and for the captain alone ; but he had also a right to that portion (three fifths) reserved for the company, paying for the same such freight as the company should require, which was usually about 21. per tun, and the usual practice was for the captain to sign a bond to secure the amount of the cargo and such freight to the company. The plaintiff having proposed to purchase the cotton in question by a letter written on the 13th of July, by Mr. Chamier, the secretary of the Government Board, to Mr. Underwood, the secretary of the Marine Board, the plaintiff's'.offer was accepted, on condition that he should pay such freight, on their permission to occupy their three-fifths of the vessel, as they should see fit to demand, for which he would be re quired to enter into a sufficient agreement. On the 16th of July this letter was communicated to Captain Smith by the secretary of the Marine Board, who stated that the cotton would occupy a part of the company's three-fifths, and that he would be required to enter into a sufficient agreement for payment of such freight as the company ehould think fit. To this the plaintiff objected, but the cotton was ultimately placed on board the vessel, on the understanding from the Marine board that he was not to pay freight for it. 011 the usual bond being tendered to the plaintiff for his signature, he discovered that he was thereby bound to pay freight for the cotton, but upon the assurance of the secretary and officers of the Marine board, with whom he had a meeting, that such a clause Wd3 merely a matter of form and would not be enforced, he signed the bond. The plaintiff pro ceeded to Canton and sold the cotton, for which he refused to pay freight ; upon which the company proceeded upon the bond, and brought an action to recover the freight, and the plaintiff then filed his bill for the purpose of staying those pro ceedings. When the case was argued, the chief question raised was whether the Marine Board was so authorised by that company to act for them, so that the letter written by them to the plaintiff after the bond was executed, and the assur ance that he was not to pay freight, were sufficient to override that of the bond ; and, if not, whether the plaintiff knew that their authority was limited to ordinary cases, and that they were not authorised to act on their own discretion in a case like the present. It was argued for the plaintiff that he was bound to act under the Marine board solely, that he knew no other authority, and therefore the company were bound by their acts, and an innocent party ought not to suffer in case of their misconduct. It was argued for the defendants, that since the letter written to the plaintiff; acquainting him that he was to pay freight, no authority had :been given by the Government Board to alter that stipulation. The plaintiff was well aware that the Marine Board had no absolute power to act of themselves, and if there fore they exceeded their authority the company were not bound by their acts. The plaintiff might have a remedy against them, but he could n o t, aga i ns t th e company, claim an exemption from paying freight. His Honour, in giving judgment, went at consider able length into the case, and although he thought that the East India Company could not well have dotie otherwise than they had done, and although . they had acted with great fairness throughout, and most honourably, yet that Captain Smith had made out a complete case against them, and was entitled to the decree he asked, with costs. The Court then proceeded to hear motions. QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in I3anco.) COLLETT V. CURLING. This case, which has so often been before the Court, came on to-day on demurrer. It was an action for use and occupation, by ,the defendant, an attorney, of chambers at No. 4, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. The plaintiff had demurred to the defendant's pleas. Mr. ATKINSON appeared in support of the demurrer. It appeared that the defendant had not delivered his paper books in proper time, and was not entitled to be heard. Mr. Lusa submitted that defendant had delivered his paper books, and ought to be heard, as he was ready to deposit the costs occasioned by his neglect. Lord DZNMAN—This may be so, but it is clear the books were not deposited in proper time by the defendant, and the other party was bound to deliver them for him. We know quite enough of the case of Collett v. Curling, and we cannot hear you, Mr. Lush. The proceedings of the defendant are most vexatious. Judgment must be given for the plaintiff, COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) ALTON V. RUSSELL. This action was brought by the assignees of Mr. Nash, a solicitor, against Mr. Charles Russell, the Chairman of the Great Western Railway Company, to recover his costs in conducting certain prosecu tions. Mr. Sergeant Wilkins and Mr. llawkins appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Cockburn, Q.C., and Mr. Keating, for the company. Mr. Sergeant WILKiNs said that Mr. Nash was formerly a clerk in the office of Messrs. Maples, of the Old Jewry, who were at the time when the occur rences, out of which this action arose, took place, solicitors to the Great Western Railway Company. In 1845 a great number of very serious robberies were committed upon the railway, and Mr. Seymour Clark, the managing superintendent at the Paddington station, who had received large powers from the directors for the purpose of detecting the guilty parties, sent for Mr. Nash in July or August in that year, and consulted him upon the subject. Mr. Clark had received a great; number of anonymous letters from a person who afterwards turned out to be May nard, with reference to a case which had been stolen containing property worth 2,0001., and Mr. Nash was directed to take steps to find out the author of the letters, and a carte blanche was given to him indemnifying him from all expenses that might be incurred. In the course of the two days Maynard was arrested, and in consequence of a statement which he made, Mr. Nash had a per son of the name of Waring, and also his wife, taken into custody and brought to Messrs. Maple and Corn pany's office. Mr. Nash was very much astonished on being informed by one of the partners that he was not to proceed further in the investigation, the di rectors having sent instructions to that effect, and the public would also be astonished when it was stated that the cause of that determination was that any further investigation would bring the name of a gen tleman, who was a client of one of the directors, before the public as having compounded a felony, he having lost property on the railway to the value of 40,0001. Mr. Nash, however, said that the guilty parties had been brought to light, and that if' they did not follow up the investigation all further clue to them would be lost, and in all probability Waring and his wife would bring an action against him. Mr. Stevens, one of the firm, stated that he was not to make himself uneasy about the matter, because if he did the company would indemnify him. Ac cordingly, Waring . and his wife were dismissed. The present plaintiff, however, advised him to go on with his investigation, and, if necessary, re-arrest Waring, and several letters passed between them and interviews had on the subject. Mr. Nash then proceeded, and the con sequence was that May nard and two other parties were arr es t e d, t r i e d, convicted, and sent out of the country. Waring sub sequently brought an action, but only obtained a verdict against Mr. Nash for one farthing. Mr. Nash had expended out of his owrdpocket, in prosecuting the inquiry, 5001., and the amount he sought to re cover was between 6001. and 7001., which the com pany had refused to pay. Mr. Nash was called, and deposed to the facts. After a consultation between the parties, a verdict was agreed to for the plaintiff subject to his claim being revised by a gentleman in the profession, the company havirg admitted that plaintiff had a claim against them, but objected to the amo unt of his , bill as exorbitant. A verdict was then entered for the plaintiff. EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius before the LORD CHIEF BARON and Common Juries.) KINDLE V. BIGGS. The plaintiff in this case was a travelling jeweller, and the defendant an extensive cow-keeper in the vcl:lrsrc-road. _ The action was brought to recover conipensation in conseque n c e for damages sustained by the plaintiff, (Sit angs in Error.) In consequence of it having been announced that judgment would be delivered in several important cases to-day, a considerable number oe the parties interested in some of the pending causes were present at the usual time of the assembling of the Court. Upon their LORDSUIPS taking their seats, they in timated that they had not yet come to any decision in the cases, and the judgments would, therefore, be postponed until the proper error days after next term. SURREY SESSIONS.—(THIS DAY.) (Before THOMAS PucKLE, Esq., and a full bench of e r Magistats ) _ _ John Mills was indicted for stealing, at Dork ing, a bushel of potatoes, the property of Charles Barclay, Esq., the brewer. It appeared that on the morning of the lath ult. the prisoner was met leaving the prosecutor's pre mises, with a sack of potatoes on his back, by May, a police-constable. Prisoner dropped them, and en deavoured to escape, but was taken to the station house. His boots were found to correspond with the footmarks leading from the pits in the garden to the place where he dropped the potatoes. The jury found him Guilty, and the Court sen tenced him to three months' hard labour at Brixton. James Smith, 30, was indicted for stealing a spittoon, the property of Edward 'Wyman. The prosecutor is a beer-shop keeper in Black friars-road, and oa the 13th of January the prisoner was in the taproom, and left rather it.uddenly ; the prosecutor instantly► missed one of the spittoons, and on following the prisoner it was found on him. Guilty. Sentence—Six months' hard labour at Guildford House cf Correction. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the Housc of Commons.) :MONDAY, FEB. 7. The following Railway Bilis were ordered to be brought in:— Great Western of Bengal Dissolution and Transfer of Capital to East Indian Railway Company, South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole Amendment (Extension to Penistone and Alteration of Dodwortk Branch). _ _ _ Edinburgh and Glasgow, 'and Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monklands Junction (Amendment of Acts). Leeds and Thirsk (Harrogate and Pateley Branch). 14 , .eds and Thirsk (Branch from Melmerby to North allerton and Junction with York and Newcastle Railway). Drumpellei Railway, Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester (Ossett Branch and Dewsbury and Morley Stations). Leeds Central Railway Station. Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr (Revision of maximum Tolls and Charges on the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railways). North-Western (Diversions at Skipton, Casterton, and Sedbergh). York, Newcastle, and Berwick, late York and Newcastle (Main Line Improvement, &c.) York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Great North of Eng land, Clarence, and Hartlepool Junction Railway, and Hartlepool Dock and Railway Leasing). Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Ashton Canal Purchase). _ _ Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Crossing of Sheffield-atm t, in Manchester, &c.) ManchcArr, Bhk , fficid, and Lincolnshire (Junction with the Midland Railway via Barnsley, and Branches therefrom). Manclif:ster end Sheffield and Lincolnshire (Sheffield Canal Purchase). Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Station Ap proach in Manchester). Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway. Edinburgh and Glasgow (No. I—Amendment of Acts, and Branches, Ric.) Airdrie and Bathgate Junction (Amendment and De viation). Liverpol, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junc tion (Abandonment of the Railway, and Dissolution of the Company). THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTEEBTIRY.—A. bulletin, of which the following is a copy, was issued this morn ing :—`. The Palace, Lambeth, Feb. Bth, 184 S, 9, A.m.— Ms Grace continues in a very exhausted condition.— (Signed) Robert Ferguson, M.D., Charles Collarnbell, Surgeon." SOUTH AMERICA.—LivEurooL.--By the Hero, ar• rived at Cove, we havo dates from Rio de Janiero to the 16th of December. Coffee and freights were higher. Exchange 281 to 284. We have also advices from Monte Video to the 29th of November, by the Racer, arrived at Penzance. Rosas had acceded to a request made by British merchants, and had granted 20 days' grace to vessels before closing the port of Buenos Ayres. Exchange unaltered. THE WaLuar.r.a.— It is gratifying to record the fact that this unique and classic exhibition continues to receive the liberal patronage of the public. The im. personation of " Venus rising from the Sea," " Sappho," and " Lady Godiva," by Madame Warton, were grace ful and beautiful tableaux. The whole exhibition may be appropriately termed—living statuary. The per. formance last night was for the benefit of Mr. Adams, the treasurer, and the arena was crowded is every part. Chloroform was successfully exhibited on Satur day last by Dr. Colville, to a boy at Mill-bank, Ayton, who fell from a tree, and landing on his head, got his tongue nearly cut off by its coming in contact with his teeth. The boy could not be persuaded to allow the tongue to be stitched together, but upon administering chloroform he immediately became insensible, and while in an unconscious state the operation was performed aithout the slightest difficulty. The Earl and Countess of Mint° and Lady Eliza both Eliot, according to letters received by the Noble Lord Privy Seal's family in this country at the end of last week, intended to leave Rome for this country early in the ensuing month. Viscount and Viscountess Mel gund are staying at his Lordship's mansion in Eaton square. _ _ Mr, John Forrest, solicitor and deputy-protbono• tary of Common Pleas, fpr the Duchy of Lancaster, committed suicide on Friday last by cutting his throat, at his residence in Preston. An inquest was held upon the body, and a verdict of " Temporary insanity" agreed to. MILITARY KNIGHT OF WlNDSOR. — Lieutenant and Adjutant Wightman, of the Royal Artillery In va lid Battalion, has just b een appointed one of the Military Knights of Windsor, in the room of the late Lieutenant Seeker, who expired at his residence in the Upper Foundation about three weeks since. Lieutenant Wightman, who lost bis right arm at the battle of Waterloo, was present at various engagements during the war. GLASGOW, FEB. 6.—The price of Scotch pig iron delivered here may be quoted to-day at 495. 6d. per ton net cash, for 3.5 th No. 1. and 2.5 th No. 8. At the opening our iron market exhibited symptoms of im provement, but towards the close prices have slightly declined, owing to a considerable increase in the stock last month, from the falling off of the home consumption and the exports. To-day No. 1 is offering at 515., and No. 3at 48s. 6d. cash. Buyers and sellers have come to terms at is. per ton less than these rates for small parcels. The imposing ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the new docks at Sunderland was performed on Friday by George Hudson, EN., M.P., in the presence of a vast concourse of spectators. A BULL TAKEN BY THE HORNS BY A Yount() LADY.—On Wednesday afternoon last, as some young ladies were walking from Pendleton, towards Cross-lane, a little below Leaf-square, where there is a dead wall, they met some cattle, without a driver, supposed to have strayed from the cattle market, then being held in the neighbourhood. One of the animals, a bull, which was on the footpath, ran at one of the ladies, but she, with admirable presence of mind, seized him by the horns, and was lifted by him five or six feet from th'e ground, and was (unexpectedly by the lady,but very considerately by the bull) in this manner lowered again upon her feet. Her presence of mind still did not forsake her, for, find-. ing him about to thrust her against the wall, she relin quished her hold of his horns, and threw herself upon the ground, as near to the wall as possible. He then at tempted to gore her with his horns, and inflicted a bruise upon her side. In the meantime some men ran up, and rescued her from her perilous situation. We are happy to say that the lady has sustained no serious injury. Most of our readers, no doubt, whilst admiring the cou rage and presence of mind of this young female, will feel that some party is highly culpable is allowing cattle to range through a principal thoroughfare, without any attendant to protect the public from the attacks of ani mals, often irritated by being beaten and teased in their progress to and from the market.—Manchester Guar dian. ..- . . . ) 8 , 1848. / . 4 - • _ tinual substitution of bills for former bills. It ap- of the waggon of the defendant coming into colli'ion peared to him that defendant had stated such a case with the chaise of the plaintiff. upon the answer as would not fix him with the prior Mr. Martin and Mr. Joyce appeared for the plain. transactions. He must, therefore ' although he con- tiff, and Mr. Watson for the defendant. fessed he did it with some unwillingness, make. the The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff— order absolute for dissolving the injunction, pro- Damages 8/. 15s. vided, however, the defendant obtained a verdict on the action. He must take out execution only for the EXCHEQUER CHAMBER. sum claimed (3000 and not for the whole amount of (THIS DAY.) , the note.—lniunction dissolved. (Sittings in Error.) AllgTl7B. On the 6th inst., in Charles:fireet, Berkeley-square, the Countess of Craven, of a son. On the sth of December last, at Calcutta, the lady of R. B Bellers, Esq., of her Majesty's 50th Regiment, of a son. On the 10th of January, at -Nice, the lady of Le Comte Theobald de Parcieu, of a daughter. On the ;clinst., in Southiiick-creecent, Hyde-park, the lady of S. M. Boulderson, EFq., of a daught er . On the 3d inst., at Kings's House, tho Close, Salisbury, the wife of G. Pearce Moore, .Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 31st ult., at Stoke Damerel, Devon, Charles Spence. Esq., to Elizabeth, second daughter of the late Mr. W. Shel. driek, of Bottisham, Cambridgeshire. DIED. Aged 37, Mr. Archibald Livingston ' a native of Fort Wil liam, Scotland, c hi e f eng i neer of the screw-steamer Aram, which vessel was run down at Pea by the American ship Susquehanna, on the evening of Tunday, January 23. On the 24th of December last, at the Albany-road, Caul' berwell, Charles Gibbs, Esq., aged 54. At London-wall, Mr. John Drake, aged 65. On the 20th ult., at Boulogne-sur-Mer,Major T. Cape. On the Ist inst., at Newstead House, Leamington, Emily. second daughter of Captain Thruston, R.N., aged 25. On the 2d inst., in Queen-square, Bloomsbury, Louisa, the wife of Henry Augustus Hanrott, Esq., aged 37. Lontion: Printers anti PubHAM by MIJRD() YOUNG, at 11 . 4, hisand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No, 11?! Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county Middlesex, Tuesday, February 8, 1848. ..... 1 i r r e THE SIIN, LONDON, TUESDAYI EVENING, F_EBRUARY