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

tOtrll WllWon SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Cloch. LATEST FROM FRANCE. The Paris papers of Wednesday evening have been received. " -, e accounts from the provinces continue to be ‘ble, with the exception of Rheims, where bus excesses had been committed. = all was quiet, and everything presented appearance. tear contains the following twelve new by the Provisional Government : Ifter promising an abolition, at some of all taxes affecting food, continues ?asure all the present impost; with id calls on all good citizens to pay same decree promises that the Pro ent will present to the National or the abolition of the stamp on ctr)i, and the salt tax, and will la of nobility. mnations for political offences 1 to all religions, and ctlls on of the formula Deus Salvam of the Luxembourg at the xc cad M. ALBERT, as Pre ay the Commission with o.e:men. CAVAIGNAC, the new eria, to the rank of General LRICE to the rank of Major ipal Council of Paris. /bution of placards or notices l b printer. Luxembourg at the disposal PEuaE), the President of the /A. BARBES Governor of the drank of Generals of Division and iJS AND THE CAPE. to Resistance, Captain G. Loe, th last night, has put us in pon d correspondence from the Mau of December, from the Cape of A 15th of January (eight days later ,ed yesterday), and St. Helena to the eft the Mauritius, the commercial affairs Aost distressed and prostrated condition, , f rire bank failures and mercantile house J im England and India. Many of the most Tercantile firms had been thereby reduced to —4eggary. ,:he Cape of Good Hope affairs looked remark ,well and promising. There were no fears enter- ,aed of the violation of the treaties entered into by Jir Harry Smith, who was still on the frontier, gathering around him, at every step he advanced into the before-disturbed localities, fresh assurances of the preservation of peace and the re-establishment of in ternational rights and commercial transactions and exchanges. That the Kafir war is at an end may be judged of from the circumstance of British shipping having been taken up to convey to England the 90th, 7th :Dragoon Guards, 91st, 27th, and 62d Regiments. The nritish squadron on the Cape of Good Hope station was distributed thus at this date : The President, flag-ship of Admiral Dacres, Capt. Stanley ; the store depot ship Seringapatam, and the Arab, 16-gun sloop, were in Simon's Bay ; but the latter was to sail the same day (14th January) for the Mozambique Channel. The steam-sloops Geyzer and Rosamond (formerly the Eclair) were also at anchor in the bay. The Nimrod, 20 guns, Captain Dacres, was cruis ing about in the Mozambique Channel. The Brilliant, 26 guns, Captain Matson, had sailed for the Mauritius to relive the Eurydice, 26 guns. The island of St. Helena was very healthy, and affairs there wrre thriving well. Her Majesty's ship Wanderer sailed thence on the 27th of January, after - watering, for the coast of Africa. Her Majesty's steamer Styx had sent into St. Helena for condemna tion by the mixed commission, .a slave prize, being the twenty-second capture made by that vessel since she has been employed in the suppression of the slave trade. The Resistance has had an almost unprecedented passage of 33 days only from the island of St. Helena, and encountered some terrific weather, amounting, on the 25th ult., to a complete hurricane, in which she lost nearly all her sails, topgallant-mast, the head of the maintop-mast, the larboard-waist netting, and had her stern boat blown right away, without a sea striking it. Captain Browne and his ship's officers and com pany, late of her Majesty's ship Snake, 16-gun sloop, wrecked and lost on the Cape station, have come home as passengers in this ship, to undergo trials by court•martial for that unfortunate affair; also a few invalids from Admiral Dacre's squadron, and 16 officers, 520 rank and file, 39 women, and 48 children of the 12th Regiment. Three privates died on their passage home. BRUSSELS PAPERS. BRUSSELS, FEB. 28.—The King and the Royal Family have quitted Lacken, and have taken up their abode at the palace at Brussels. The greatest consternation continues to prevail, and precautionary measures are being taken, of - which the import is as yet scarcely understood. The Civic Guard is convoked for this day ; each legion is to furnish a battalion, and one of the bat talions is stationed at the hotel de Ville. With the exceptions of some few turbulent spirits, who are always glad cf an occasion to break out, it is evidently the general desire that everything here shall be kept quiet, and even men of the most opposite political opinions seem to 'forget their differences in the prevailing anxiety to maintain peace. This was signally evinced in the discussions in the Chamber of Representatives and in the Senate, when a project of law was brought forward for immediately a loan, which at any other time would have called forth the most virulent party feeling, but which on this occasion was voted unani mously both by the Chamber and the Representa tives ; and although no mention was made of the stirring events which are going on so near us, it was evident that this all-absorbing topio lroduced this unanimity. A meeting took place late ast night in the Rue Scours Nivres ; the crowd was immense, and about ten o'clock they proceeded in a body towards the Grande Place. The gendarmes were obliged to interfere and separate the mob, and several of the ringleaders were arrested. They proved to be German mechanics. A great many members of L'Alliance have ad dressed the administrative committee of the society, requesting that, in consequence of the fearful state of events, a meeting may be convened for the 28th, that this general assembly may deliberate on the following poi n t s :- 1. To declare solemnly the determination of the Belgian people to preserve intact, and at the price of their blood, their national independence, and the in tegrity of their territory. 2. To demand of the Government the reform of organic laws which are opposed to the principles of the constitution of 1830, ele c t ora l reform in a ex tended sense, economy in the expenses of the State and the abolition of duties whi c h r , p ess upon the working classes and the poor. The committee immediately rejected the attendance of the authors of this proposition, and after a short discussion it was decided unanimously t h at the General Assembly should not take place at the pre sent moment, because that it would be wise for the good citizens to abstain from any public demonstra tion which might easily be misunderstood, and be cause as yet nothing authorised the supposition that the Ministry would fail of the duties called forth by the state of things, or of spontaneously adopting every needful measure. M. Van Praet, the Minister of the household, arrived to-day at Brussels, on his return from Paris. Prince Peter Napoleon has likewise arrived here, and put up at the South Station. It is said that he came from Paris by by-ways. This morning, at one o'clock, a special train arrived here from Quievrain, containing four persons, who came from Paris. It appears that two of them were private couriers, a high personage of th e f am il y o f Napole on , an d a Vienna merchant. The couriers came from Vincennes, and are bearers of dispatches to the Emperor of Austria. One of them im me di a t e l y re paired to th e hotel Of the Austrian Ambassador, and speedily a f ter set out for Austria. This mornin g the Burgomaster, as a precautionary measure, assembled the civic guard ; they were joined by the chas seur the 'p rem i er guard, and a rn squadron of gendarmes,Atof the f our b attal i ons in seven o'clock th e Bur gomaster assembled each the halls of the Hotel de Ville, and made an ener getic address to them, in which he stated his entire o maintain o confidence that th e c i v i c guard uld public order and the national institutions. dress produced the . The ad . desired effect, andns be was 'warmly 3' .'~~'~!-~. ~ :4: - c:' ie'l ', ‘,...--0- -- Pi It THE SUN' cheered by the unanimous cry of " Vive le .Roi." The best spirit possible animates the civic guard. The commander of the lst battalion likewise ad dressed the guards in a few words, which electrified his comrades. Perfect tranquillity prevai's in our capital. The Democratic Society held a meeting last even ing, and we must do it the justice to say that it was most admirably coudncted. Although more than a thousand persons were assembled, and reform and the state of the working classes discussed, the pre vailing tone of the meeting was a lively attachment to the nationality of Belgium. The proceeedings reflected great credit on the society, and they resolved to abstain from every public demonstration at (the present juncture, lest their views might be misunderstood, and a wrong impression thus given. We regret to state that the Commercial Bank has been compelled to stop payment. No intelligence whatever has been received of the movements of Louis Philippe. WATERFORD ELECTION. FINAL CLOSE OF THE POLL. Barron Costelloe 3Ol Meagher 154 The High Sheriff then declared Sir Henry W. Barron duly elected. TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING. Six O'CLOCK. The only bets laid this afternoon were 40 to 1 against Beverlac, and 50 to 1 against Flatcatcher for the Derby; and 40 to 1 against Glensaddle, for the Chester Cup. ELECTION COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) CARLISLE. The Carlisle Election Committee assembled this morning; Mr. Divett in the chair. Mr. John Fisher, the keeper of the Athenaeum at Carlisle, spoke to having distributed a few refreshment tickets during the election, but from a conversation he had since had with Mr. Hodgson, the sitting Member, he found the distribution was made without his consent. Isaac Nixon, a freeman of Carlisle, proved that at the last election he met Mr. Hodgson in Rockliff, at the Ship public-house, where he was treated at that gentle man's expense. Mr. Hodgson told him and several other freemen that if they wanted any drink they were to have " a glass" whenever they liked. After the election he took the bill to Mr. Hodgson's brother, who paid it; the amount was 71. ss. Mrs. Waite, the landlady of the White Horse Inn, Carlisle, proved that several entertainments were given at her house during the election to the freemen of the city, and that the costs of these reunions was afterwards paid by some gentlemen at Mr. Hodgson's committee room. The amount she got from them was 91. 145., but she afterwards went to the office of Mr. Parker, agent of Mr. Hodgson, and received some more money, between 51. and 61. The CHAIRMAN said it would perhaps save time if he intimated to counsel, that the Committee were satisfied that the case of treating had been fully made out. The evidence, the Committee thought, had disclosed that a systematic course of treating was resorted to at the last election by Mr. Hodgson's agents, and it would, there fore, be a waste of time to pursue the case of treating further. Mr. JANES submitted that there was no evidence to connect Mr. Hodgson, the sitting Member with the treating. Mr. STANSFIELD, a member of the Committee, differed with the Learned Counsel upon that point, for one wit ness had distinctly stated that Mr. Hodgson told him and others to order as much drink as they liked. Mr. JAMES said he should be in a position to prove that the statement to which the Hon. Gentleman re. ferred was false. ;The CHAIRNAN said, if the Learned Counsel could show that the evidence was not to be relied upon, of course there would be an end of the case, but, at the same time, he must tell the Learned Counsel that it would be useless his raising the point of connexion,' as the Committee were satisfied that there was ample evidence to connect the sitting Member with the acts of treating. Mr. BURCHAM said, after the intimation of the Chair man, the petitioners would not pursue their case further, although they had many more witnesses in attendance whom they had intended to call. Mr. JAMES then prayed for an adjournment till to morrow to enable counsel for the sitting Member to de cide what course they would adopt. The Committee granted the application, and adjourned accordingly till to-morrow, at eleven o'clock. LYME REGIS. The Lyme Regis Election Committe re-assembled at the:usual hour; Lord Ashley in the chair. Mr. John Swan Hook, the Mayor of Lyme Regis, the party to whord Mrs. Layers alluded when she stated that a gentleman offered her 751. to induce her husband to vote for Sir Fitzroy Kelly, was called this morning, and declared most positively that the evidence of Mrs. Lavers was not correct. He was not the Mayor at the time of the election. He remembered calling upon Mr. Leven to solicit Mt vote, but no conversation relating to bribery in any way took place. Two other witnesses on the other - side spoke to the present witness having bribed and treated them, but the witness denied all knowledge of the circumstances. Mr. Goddard, wine -merchant, of Lyme, confirmed the statement of the Mayor, so far as it related to Sellers and Alban Lavers, and denied most positively that be attempted to corrupt voters during the last election. Mr. Cartwright, of Lyme, was next called, but being one of the recognizances for promoting the petition, his evidence was not admissible. Mr. James Templer, solicitor, of Bridport, who was said to have bribed a voter named George, denied that he had done so, adding that he never saw George but once in his life, and then it was under strange circum stances. He was driving in a carriage with Sir Fitzroy Kelly, a day or two before the election, when a person who he afterwards ascertained was George, jumped upon the step of the carriage and tapped at the window. He rode in this position a long distance, vociferating, " Kelly for ever." James Bridles, an elector at Lyme, who had been proved to have received a SUM of money from Mr. Hook, the mayor, just before the election to purchase a horse, explained the transaction by stating that he had long had dealings with that gentleman, who generally purchased the produce of the witness's farm, and whenever he wanted money he drew it from Mr. Hooke on account. The money he received before the election was partly due to him. The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow, at eleven o'clock. SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. (THIS DAY.) The twenty-third half-yearly general meeting of this company was held this afternoon, at the Bridge House Hotel, London-bridge. James Macgregor, Esq., chairman, presided. The report stated that the accounts of the company for the half-year ending on the 31st January, 1848, showed that the receipts amounted to 251,6151. 14s. 6d.; that the working expenses had been 70,735/. 2s. I Id.; the rent of the Greenwich Railway and of the Whit stable Railway, 20,7121. 10s.; the rates, Government duty, and toll of the Croydon Railway, 32,372/. Ils. 2d.; making the expenditure on revenue account, 123,820/. 4s. Id. The balance carried to the account of profit and loss was 127,7951. 10a. 5d., and that account showed an amount at the disposal of the proprietors of 106,8621. 10s. sd. The comparative statement of passengers traffic on the South-Eastern Railway for the half years ending on the 31st of January, 1847, and 31st of January, 1848, showed an increase of 104.761 passengers, amountint , in money to 7,133/. 4s. Sd. The Greenwich branch showed also an increase of 49,387 passengers. amounting to 1,0371.125. 7d. The merchandise department had yielded4s,2ooL 41. I d. during the last half year against 39,3471. 16s. Bd. in the corresponding half-year of 1847, showing an increase of 5,352/. 7s. sd. The directors, after great consideration, had determined not to proceed with the Bills promoted by the company in the last ses sion of Parliament, a decision which in the present ex traordinary times would no doubt have the approbration of the proprietors. The accounts showed that 533,9631. 3s. 3d. had been paid during the last half year on construction account, and, in addition, mort gages and loan notes to the amount of 144,8001. had been paid off, reducing to that extent the mortgage debt of the company. The directors had not felt justified in urging on the works at a great speed, being only too sensible of the severity of the calls. The negotiations with the Brighton Company had ter minated in an agreement which would be advantageous to both companies, would relieve both companies of toll, would terminate a claim of the South-Eastern Company on the Brighton Company for 25,0001. towards the construction of the third line on the Greenwich Railway, and would arrange for providing ample accom modation for the Brighton Company's goods traffic at the Bricklayers' Arms terminus. The increase !in the number of passengers and the steam-ship of the South- Eastern and Continental Steam Navigation Company between Folkestone and Boulogne was 1,938 over the preceding half year. The directors had been assured that the railway throughout from Paris to Boulogne could be opened on the 15th instant, and everything had been no _ e prepared a ccor di ng ly. Th e di rec t ors w h ose term p Browne,e eligible for rn e gr i d r ei William Gordon Macgrego r,Thomson, Air. wll l o t o w b e e r r e t expired were reer's -election:' n , r . Jamesor d o report stated with reference to the North Kent line that the widening of the Greenwich Railway between the Croydon Junction and the London station was .nearly completed, and the permanent way had been laid. The widening o f t h e substructure of the London station might bo completed in two months if the remaining land was obtained. I n t h o Blackheath satisfactory progress h as b een made. ()n Tunnel, which measured the time of opening to Wool wich, very On 'ery Tunbridge Wells and Hasti ngs l i ne The Grove tunnel, with the entrance, was completed and ready for the permanent way; the cost being 351. per yet d forward. In the Wadhurst tunnel the shafts were down, and about two thirds of the large waggo n road heading complete. On the Ashford and Hastings line the first contract, extending from Ashford to Rye, the portion to Appledore, a distance of eight miles, where the only excavations occurred was completed, and the ballasting in progress; the remainder of the line (74 miles) to the town of Rye, might be completed in three months. The shafts and heading of the St. Leonards and Hastings tunnel has advanced slowly since the last report." Tho CuAurstax then rose and said it was scarcely. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 2, 1848. necessary for him to remark that the last half-year was one of great embarrassment and difficulty to the com munity, but more especially to the railway interest. The present Government, he regretted, had taken o ffi ce with an unaccountable prejudice against railway companies, instead of fostering the industry which it was apparent they were the means of creating—(Hear, hear)—and an endeavour was made to fix :disgrace upon those who had the manage ment of railway undulatings. He thought, however, the Government might have been might have been much better employed than in devising unjust and stringent measures with :regard to the bye laws and other petty arrangements of companies in which scores of millions of money had been invested. There seemed to be very little regard for the propection of railway property, and that being the case, they must now protect themselves. After alluding to the charges which had been made against railway companies, that their statements of ac counts were falsified, and did not present a true picture of their financial affairs, and which he denied, he stated that the expenses for the last half year had been considerably increased by the Gravesend and Rochester branch, and also, in conse quence of a considerable increase in the amount of rates and taxes as compared with the last half-year. They were, however, determined to resist to their utmost the extra demand for rates and taxes, which they considered unwarranted.—(Hear, hear.) The agreement which had been entered into with the Brighton Company would be equally beneficial to both companies, And he trusted would receive the sanction of the proprietors. The dis prisable balance in the hands of the company would ena ble them to declare a dividend of 21s. per share upon the paid up shares, 13s. sd. on No. 1 shares, and 105. Bd. on No. 2 shares.—(Loud cheers.) A balance would be also left to the credit side of the profit and loss account of 6,8291. 3s. 9d.—(Cheers.) The Chairman then conluded by moving that the report be read, adopted, and circulated among the proprietors. In answer to a question, the CHAIRMAN said that the salaries of the company's officers were extremely mo derate, and that no company in Great Britain could be managed more economically. The secretary, who was the principal officer, only received a salary of 400/. a year, and the others were paid at an equally moderate rate. The motion having been seconded, was carried unani mously.. _ A resolution was then passed directing the payment of the dividend mentioned by the chairman, on the 22d inst.; aleo another, requesting the directors to carry out the arrangements entered into with the Brighton Com pany. The gentlemen who had been appointed by the directors to fill the vacancies in the board were ap proved of, and the following gentlemen, who retired by rotation, were re-elected :—James M'Gregor, Esq., Robert Browne, Esq., and Wm. Gordon Thompson, Esq. It was resolved that a sum of 8,2691. 6s. Id. due to the company, which had been remitted to a proprietor in 1841, but had been since paid by him, should be placed to the profit and loss account. A vote of thanks was then passed to the chairman and directors, and the meeting separated. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the Woolsack at Five o'clock. The Earl of DEVON presented a petition from Dundee against the repeal of the navigation laws. The LORD CHANCELLOR read a letter from Mr. Birch, thanking the House for the vote of appro bation they had passed on his conduct. Lord STANLEY presented a petition against the increase of the income-tax; also a petition from Glas gow, for protection to the West India colonies, and a petition from some union in Ireland, praying for an alteration in the method of assessment of the poor rates. A desultory conversation took place, in which the Marquis of Lansdowne, Earl Fitzwilliam, Lord Monteagle, and Lord Campbell took part, after which the petition was laid on the table. The Bishop of OXFORD presented a petition against the emancipation of the Jews ; also several petitions against the publication of the bull In ccena Domini. the decision of the courts, no written laws, and I decisions were given, according to the most perfect whim and caprice of the Supreme Judge. Besides being subjected to heavy taxation, the inha bitants of the Isle of Man, who numbered upwards of 60,000, were denied the privileges of constitu tional representation, while the improvement, the drainage, and lighting of their towns are left to parties who grossly neglected their duty.—(Hear.) It was, therefore, high time that some remedy was applied to the state of things. The feeling of the island was strongly in favour of a reformed system of Government, and Ministers could hare no excuse for not stopping in and applying the pruning knife to the taxes extorted from the people by the Government of the island. That Government, as at present constituted, was irre sponsible, and the natural result was, that the poor were taxed at a much heavier rate than the rich. He did not, however, ask for the total abolition of the pre sent system of Government ; all that he wanted was, that the benefits of electoral representation, which were not even withheld from New Zealand, should be applied to the Isle of Man and in order to facilitate the application of those benefits he now called upon her Majsty's Ministers to in stitute an inquiry into the state and condition of the various institutions of the island.—(llear, hear.) It was unfair to deny to so large a body of her Majesty's subjects as those who inhabited the Isle of Man the right of citizenship, and he, therefore, should move that a commission be appointed to in quire into the present mode of governing the island. Mr. EWART could see no reason why the rights which were freely granted to distant colonies, should be withheld from the Inhabitants of the Isle of Man, and he had much pleasure in seconding the motion of his Hon. Friend. Sir GEORGE GREY said the Isle of Man was situated at so short a distance from the British coast, that it ought to be considered as a portion of the electoral area of England. He did not deny the existence of the evils corn plained of, but very much doubted whether an improved internal government would get rid of them. The remedy was only to be : found in allowing the island to send representative to that House, but the people did not appear to be favourable to a remedy of that nature. He could not, therefore, see what good the appointment of this Commission would produce. and he felt himself constrained to oppose its appoint ment.—(Hear, hear.) Sir R. INGLIS doubted much whether the island would be benefited by being incorporated with this country. Such a measure would impose on the islanders the income-tax and many other imposts inflicted upon the people of this country, and it was quite clear that, so far as taxation was concerned, the adoption of the Right Honourable Baronet's suggestion would place the 50,000 inhabitant; of the Isle of Man in worse position than they stood in at present. Ile trusted, therefore, that the lion. Gentleman who had brought this subject before them, would not think it advisable to take the opinion of the House upon it.—(Hear ' hear.) Dr. BROWNING said he had recently had much intercourse with the inhabitants of the island, and he could assure the House that the majority of them were favourable to the introduction of some of the institutions which this country en joyed. Still after what had fallen from the the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary of State for the Home Department, he did not feel himself justified in going to a division on his motion, and with the permission of the House, he begged leave to with draw it. The motion was accordingly withdrawn. GREECE. Mr. B. COCHRANE then rose to move, pursuant to notice, for copies of certain dispatches which had passed between Sir Edmund Lyan and the Noble Lord the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, re atiye to Greece, and was left speaking. LAW INTELLIGENCE, PRIVY COUNCIL, Feb. 29. CEYLON.—ANSTRUTIIER V. ARABIN. In this appeal Mr. M. D. Hill, Mr. Bethel:, and Mr. M'Christio appeared for the appellants; Sir Frederick Thesiger, Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Mr. Lloyd, and Mr. Wilde for the defendant. It was an appeal from an order of the Supreme Court of the island of Ceylon, dated Bth October, 1846, and was the first appeal which has been made to the Privy Council from that island. The facts were these:—The late Right Hon. James Alex. Stewart Mackenzie was Governor of and Commander-in-Chief in the island of Ceylon, from 1837 to 1841. Upon retiring from that office, in the early part of 1841, he appointed the Hon. Philip Anstruther, Captain Lillie, and James Steuart, Esq., to be his:attorneys and agents, generally to transact, manage, and conduct all his affairs, matters, and con corns in Ceylon. On the 3d of April, 1843, Mr. Steuart, one of the agents, enterer: into an agreement with a Mr. Frederick Lock, tho agent in Ceylon of Captain Arabin, in France, for the sale to Mr. Lock, on be half of Captain Arabiq of an estate in the island, consisting of about 2,200 acres of land (a con siderahle portion of which was cultivated as a coffee plantation), belonging to 'Mr. Stewart Mackenzie for 8,000/., Mr. Lock depositing 2,0011. in the Ceylon Bank to abide the completion of the purchase, and receiving possession of the estate. Mr. Stewart swore that that agreement for a sale was purely conditional ; thut the ratification of it was to depend on the approval of Mr. Stewart Mackenzie, who had then left the island ; that if he did not approve of it, possession of the estate was to be returned to him (Mr. Stewart), and Mr. Lock was to be repaid the reasonable expenses ho might have in curred during his interim possession, upon the proper cultivation of the estate, he not being at liberty to lay out any money in making roads or erecting buildings upon the land until after Mr. Stewart Mackenzie's plea sure should be known. As early as the 27th of April, 1843, Mr. Lock was informed by a letter from Mr. Steuart, that from letters he had received from Mrs. Stewart Mackenzie there was likely to be disappoint ment in obtaining Mr. Stewart Mackenzie's approval of the sale ; and very soon afterwards that Mr. Stewart Mackenzie had absolutely objected to the sale. Mr. Steuart then and repeatedly afterwards ap plied to Mr. Lock for the return of the possession of !the estate,' offering to refund to him the outlay ho had been at upon the property, but which Mr. Lock declined to accede to, alleging that the sale had been unconditional, and that Mr. Stewart Mackenzie was bound to convey the estate. Mr. Stewart Mackenzie died at Southampton upon his return to this country in September, 1843. His family threatened Mr. Lock with legal proceedings for the recovery of the estate, but still he persisted in retaining possession of it. In 1841 Captain Arabin filed a bill in the Court of Chancery is England against the Hon. Mrs. Stewart Mackenzie, widow of the late governor, to compel her specifically to perform the alleged contract, and praying that she might be restrained from resorting to legal proceedings in Cey lon. In 1844 Mr. Anstruther, and other gentlemen, became the administrators in the island of the estate and effects of the late Governor; and in May, 1845, they coramenced an action in the district court of Kandy, in which district the estate is situate, against Mr. Lock, for the purpose of ejecting him from the possession, and claiming damages to the amount of 10,0001.,Mr. Lock filed his answer to that action, by which he denied his liability, on the ground of being merely an agent. The plaintiffs demurred to that answer, but the district court held the answer to be a good defence. Much delay then took place, and Mrs. Stewart Mackenzie felt her self under the necessity of sending a gentleman (Mr. M'Christie) from the English bar to Ceylon to assist in the conduct of her cause, and to expedite tho proceedings there. Mr. M`Christie arrived in Ceylon in the spring of 1846, and immediately advised an appeal to the Supreme Court at Colombo against the decision of the district court. Upon that appeal coming on, the Chief Justice held that Mr. Lock's form of answer was no bar to the suit, but upon his suggestion that, as Captain Arabin's title to the estate must be tried, it might be more neatly tried in an action against himself rather than against his agent, and upon Mr. Lock's consenting to appear, answer, and defend such action for Captain Arabin without delay, by consent a new action against Captain Arabia was thereupon brought, the then action being to lie in abeyance until tho result of the new action should be known. That action was commenced in April, 1846, and Mr. Lock pleaded to it that he had purchased the estate of one James Steuart for Captaia Arabin, and that Captain Arabia claimed to be the owner thereof by virtue of an alleged sale of it to his agent, Mr. Lock, for him. He also set up an ob jection to the title of Mr. Stewart Mackenzie to the estate. The cause became ripe for hearing in May, 1846, and upon the plaintiff's application to that effect it was set down for trial at Kandy, on the 22d of June. The defendant then applied for a commission to examine witnesses in England, and that the trial might be stayed until after the return of the commission, which the district court refused. The defendant appealed from that order to the Supreme Court at Colombo, and which it dismissed, but granting leave to the parties to amend their pleadings; it also set aside the order for the trial to take place on the 22d of June. The defendant took no step to amend his pleadings ; and upon another appli cation made by the plaintiffs to the district court the trial was again fixed for the 31st of July. On the d a y appointed for: the trial the defendant again applied for a commission to examine witnesses in England, whi c h was again refused, and the trial proceeded. The judg ment and verdict were that the defendant be ejected from the estate ; that possession of it be delivered to the plaintiffs, and that the defendant pay to the plaintiffs 6,0001. as and for damages and mesne profits, together with the costs of the suits The de fendant appealed to the Supreme Court against the order of the district court refusing for a second tiara the commission on the morning of the day of trial. The Supreme Court dismissed his appeal with costs. He next appealed from that order to the Judges of the Supreme Coart collectively, and they likewise dismissed his appeal. lie subsequently moved the Supreme Court to set aside the judgment and verdict of the distri c t court of the 31st July, and to grant him liberty to amend his answer and pleadings. The Supreme Court referred that motion to the Supreme Court collectively, which court dismissed the motion with costs. He then pre sented a petition of appeal to the Supreme Court against the verdict and judgment of the 31st July, and prayed that they might be set aside. On the Bth October,lB46, the Supreme Court, upon the hearing of that appeal, se! .!! 1 , 7; v•rdiet and the defendant to amend his judgment wtthout him under any terms either as to payment of costs, security for damages (he being out of the jurisdiction),or time within which he must proceed. Mr. M`Christie, on behalf of the plaintiffs, thereupon moved the Supreme Court for leave to appeal to the Privy Council, and to have a certified copy of the record of the proceedings. The Court considered the plaintiffs had not a right to appeal to the Privy Council, under the charter, from an order which was merely interlocutory.! The plaintiff's counsel submitted that the plaintiffs wore perfectly at liberty, as well under, as independently of, the charter to petition her Majesty for leave to appeal to her Privy Council against an order which, though interlocutory, had the effect of setting aside a final judgment, where upon the Court ordered the certified copy of the record. Mr. M'Christie then immediately returned to this country with the record ; a petition to her Ma jesty was presented ; liberty to appeal was granted, and the appeal was argued on the 19th and 21st of February last. It was contended on behalf of the plaintiffs that there had been no irregularity on their parts ; that the defendant had had every opportunity of defondinge himself; that all the proceedings he had resorted to had been mere debatories ; that he had chosen Ceylon as the place in which to raise his legal points; that he had adopted the Court of Chancery here as the tribunal which ought to decide upon his equitable claims, which he might press on whenever he pleased; that he had allowed the action to be tried as an undefended cause ; that there was no valid ground or pretence for the order of the Supremo Court appealed against, and that therefore that order ought to be reversed, and the verdict and judg ment of the 31st of July affirmed. For the defendant it was urged, that he being out of the jurisdiction, more time ought to have been allowed to him for framing and conducting his defence ; that his agent had written to England for instructions for his defence ; hut that owing to the precipitancy with which the pro ceedings had been hurried on by Mr. M'Christie in Ceylon, the action had been tried before those instruc tions had arrived; and, therefore, before he had been able properly to defend himself;' that the trial had been a mere e.rprri-tc proceeding; that upon such a proceed "Mg, it would be unjust that the defendant should have to deliver up possession of the estate, and pay such enormous damage's; and that, consequently, there ought to be a new trial, and the present appeal dismissed. Lord LANGDALE delivered judgment, 'and after going over all the proCeedinge with great minuteness, lie said, if Mr. l‘PChristie'srepresentations were true, which there was. no reaeoet to doubt, it was perfectly clear the •defendaut had been struggling through out for delay, but he had never made any application' to the courts below for further time than he had had. It was also manifest that he had claimed a right to the estate in a manner in which he was not entitled •to claim any such right, and, if injus tice had been done to him, it was his own fault. Still it was evident, that the principal question between the parties had not yet been Vied, namely, the conditional or unconditional character of the alleged agreement, and therefore the trial had not been satisfactory in this re spect. If the questions arising in this case could hare been properly tried here, their Lordships would have preferred to recommend that course, but as the property in dispute was situated in a part of Ceylon where the Roman-Dutch law prevailed, they thought they could not be so conveniently or appropriately disposed of in the first place here as in Ceylon. Under these, and all the circumstances of the case, what their Lordships had considered it would be just in them to report to her Majesty was, that if the defendant would consent to pay the plaintiffs the costs of the trial of the 31st July, 1846, and consent to dismiss his bill in Chancery against Mrs. Stewart Mackenzie, and pay to her the costs of that suit, and also perfect a security within a month from this time to the amount of 6,000/., to anawir the damages and costs that might be awarded against him upon having a new trial, the trial of the 31st of July should be set aside ; that he should have a fortnight's time to consider whether he should consent to these con ditions or not ; and that, if he should not so consent, then that the order of the Supreme Court of the Bth of October should be reversed; that the judgment and ver dict of the 31st July be affirmed, except as to damages and costs; that the defendant should deliver up imme diate possession of the estate to the plaintifff ; and that the Court in Ceylon should proceed to ascertain the amount of damages and costs due to the plaintiffs down to the day on which the possession should be delivered to the administrators. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME ClRCUlT.—llertford, Marehl. The business of this circuit commenced to-day. The commission was opened on Tuesday, and this morning both courts proceeded to business, the Lord Chief Justice presiding at NM Prius, and Mr. Justice Cole ridge in the Crown Court. The cause list is heavier than usual, there being 22 causes set down for trial, six of which are special jury cases. The cases in the criminal side are of the ordinary character. None of the causes disposed of yesterday contained any feature of public interest. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Reading, March 1. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice PATTifiON.) His Lordship took his seat this morning at nine o'clock, when George Banbury, 32, was arraigned for burglarionsly breaking into the dwelling-house of Esther Lawrence, on the Ist of January, and committing a criminal assault on the person of the said Esther Lawrence. Mr. Powys prosecuted, but the prisoner (a stalwart, bold-looking labourer) had no counsel. The case having been gone into, it terminated in a verdict of Not Guilty. George Cox, 35, was convicted of poaching, armed with a gun, in company with two other men (not in custody), in the night time of the 22d of November last, on the lands of Robert Palmer, Esq., M.P., threatening the keepers, and shooting a pheasant. It appeared he had been convicted six times in the last four years, at the Quarter Sessions, for offences against the game-laws. The JUDGE told him he would give him one more chance of remaining in the country, and as he never liked persons such as him to come out of prison just at the season of the year when they would be likely to re new their depredations, and labour was scarce, he should sentence him to three months' imprisonment, so as to enable him to get work in June. This completed the business of these assivs. Mr. Justice Creaswell having been called to London by the illness of his sister, did not hold a court to-day, and Mr. Justice Patteson proceeded on to open the'Commis sion at Oxford. WESTERN ClRCUlT.—Winchester, March 1. CROWN SlDE.—(Before Sir T. J. PLATT, Knight.) James Ayres, aged 48, a reapectable.looking man, was charged with having, on the 15th day of January last, at the town of Southampton, uttered and disposed of a banker's cheque, purporting to be the order or draught of Messrs. Withers and Borill, upon Messrs. Maddison and Pearse, with intent to defraud one George Bullock, he the said James Ayres well knowing the same to be forged. The prisoner defended himself. Ultimately The jury found the prisoner Guilty of uttering the cheque, knowing it to be forged. Sentenced to ten years' transportation. Henry Willis, aged 23, stood charged with having, on the night of the 19th of July last, in the borough of Portsmouth, burglariously broken and entered the dwel ling-house of Elizabeth Alley, and stolen therefrom OIN silver spoon, two rings, &c. &c. Found Guilty and sentenced to twelve calendar months' imprisonment with hard labour. George Greengrass, found Guilty yesterday of stealing a post-office order, was this morning sentenced to six month's hard labour. MIDLAND CHlGUlT.—Northampton, March 1. The commission for this county was opened yesterday about five o'clock, by Mr. Justice Maule, who this morning proceeded to All Saints Church, where Divine service was performed. llis Lordship, at the close of the service, took his seat in the Nisi Prins Court, Chief Jus tice Wilde presiding in the Criminal Court. There are but six causes ; one is .a special jury, in volving the question of the validity of a bill of sale. The calendar contains the names of sixty-three pri soners. The following is a summary of the charges : Murder, l ; arson, 2; manslaughter, 2; sheep-stealing, 1; forgery, 1 ; embezzlement, 1; Post-office robbery, I ; offences against the game-laws, 5 ; involving nine pri soners, the remainder being common cases of stealing. We observe ono prisoner is charged with stealing two pennyworth of bread, another a pint and a half of bran and peas, valued at 2d. Of the sixty-three prisoners eleven can neither read nor write. ATKINS 0, MARQUIS OF NORTLIAMFTON. This was an action for nuisance, brought by the plain tiff, who formerly carried on the business of a nursery man, but has since retired on his property. The real defendants wore the Governors, &c., of the Northamp ton Lunatic Asylum, and the nuisance complained of was the smoke produced from a chimney, and also from the presence of certain pig-sties closely adjacent to the pleasure-grounds of Mr. Atkins. Tho case for the plaintiff was proceeding, when Mr. WHITHURST intimated he could not struggle with the case making sgainst him. A verdict was accordingly taken for the plaintiff 40s. and costs. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. NEW COURT. James Wright, 27, was indicted for having stolen three pair of trowsers, value 555., and other articles, value 101., the property of Joseph Baxendale, and others. Mr. PRENDERGAST, for the prosecution, stated that the prosecutors were the well-known railway carriers, Messrs. Pickford and Co. The Learned Gentleman shortly stated the facts of the case, which clearly estab lished the prisoner's guilt. A policeman saw him with several parcels in his possession, and giving a very un satisfactory account of them, he was detalced, and it was discovered that the goods had been stolen from one of Messrs. Pickford's vans. _ This being proved in evidence, The prisoner was called upon for his defence. lie said that a man hired him to carry the parcels. The COMMON SERJEANT—Gentlemen of the jury, if you believe what he says, acquit him; if you do not, you'll convict him. Consider your verdict, gentivint n. The laconic mode of summing up caused considerable laughter in Court. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty. The CommoN SERGEANT said it was evident that this species of offence was only committed by experienced thieves. The prisoner was sentenced to be kept to hard labour for six months. Christian Nyle, a Gorman . journeyman baker, was in dicted for st,aling, and Caroline Louisa Rzjle, his wife, was charged with receiving, well knowing to have been stolen, a great quantity of flour, the property of J. ITurst. I T;sonr.r was in the prosecutor's :1 had availed himself of means to carry ofT considerable quantities of flour. It was proved that he admitted the heft, and begged for mercy. `With regard to the female, it being proved that she and the other prisoner lived together as man and wife, and the prosecutor not denying the fact, The COMMON SERGEANT held that the case against her could not bo sustained, as the law presumed that she acted under the coercion of hor husband. She was then found Not Guilty. _ Th© case against the man proceeded, and he was con victed. The prosecutor said the prisoner had plundered him to the extent of upwards of 100/. The custom was for the prisoner to steal the flour, and send his wife to sell it, at less than half the market price. The COMMON SERGEANT said the sentence was, that the prisoner be transported for seven years. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Robert Moore Dixon, a man of respectable appearance, who was formerly a clerk at Messrs. Welch's, army con tractors, in Leadenhall-street, was finally examined be fore Mr. Alderman Gibbs, charged with uttering several forged requests for the delivery of pieces of linen, whereby he had defrauded Messrs. Lewellin, Truman, and Hitchcock, Manchester warehousemen, Wood-street, of goods to the amount of 551. Mr. Wontner conducted the prosecution. The porter at Messrs. Lewellin's, proved that the pri soner called on the 22d ult., and left an order, purport ing to be written by Mr. Leeds, the purveyor and steward of the East India Military College at Addiscombe. He said he would call again in an hour. He had called six or seven times before during the last two months, with like orders, when the goods were delivered to him, and he signed the delivery-book as Grantham, the Croydon carrier. The fraud having been discovered, a parcel was made up, and delivered to him on the 22d ult., as usual, but two officers were waiting fur him in the ware house, and they followed him. John Mark Bull and Robert Packman, two of the City detective police, stated that they followed the pri soner to Lincoln's Inn-fields, when he turned on them, and asked why they were following him. They said they wanted to know how he came by the parcel, and where he wss going, The prisoner said he had brought it from Lewellin's, in Wood -street, and was going with it to meet his employer, Mr. Grantham, the Croydon carrier. They offered to go with him, and he then raid it was of no use to do so ; he had obtained the goods by a forged order, and lie had obtained goods in the same way before. On the way to Guildhall he a,kcd if the case would be decided that day. The officers said it would not, because they must endeavour to trace the property. The prisoner said he would save them all the trouble he could, and told them where he had pledged the property, and at those places the property was found. Mr. Leeds, from the Addiscombe College, looked at eight orders for goods purporting to bo signed by him, and declared they were neither written by him nor by his authority. A dozen pawnbrokers attended to produce the pro perty, and those who gave up th• goods on receiving one-third of the sum lent, were allowed to do so, and were excused from being bound to attend at the Old Bailey. The prisoner offered:no defence. Mr. Alderman Gins committed the prisoner for trial. NEW ZEALAND BILL. The New Zealand Bill passed through Committee, CONSOLIDATED FUND BILL. The Consolidated Fund Bill was read a second time, and the House adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Ten minutes before Four o'clock. Mr. P. S. BUTLER and Colonel R. FERGUSON took the oaths and their seats, the former for Kilkenny, and the latter for Kirkaldy. Mr. MUNTZ presented a petition from the mayor and corporation of B i rmingham against the window tax. Mr. BRAMSTON presented a petition from a place in Essex, praying for an increase in the army and navy. SW J. DUKE presented petitions from Boston in favour of the Health of Towns Bill and the Jewish Disabilities Bill. BOLTON ELECTION. Mr. HAMILTON brought up the report of the Bolton Election Committee, declaring Mr. Bolling duly elected. Sir T. BIRCH presented a petition from Liver pool, praying that the house would take effectual measures for the suppression of the slave trade. Mr. DUNCAN presented a petition from Dundee, praying that no addition might be made to the ex penditure of the country. Mr. DIVETT presented petitions from Devon and Exeter against the increase of the army and navy, and for the abolition of the punishment cf death. Mr. BUCK presented petitions against any altera tion of the navigation-laws. Mr. W. BROWN presented a petition from a place in Lancashire against any increase in the income-tax. Mr. HOLLAND presented a petition from Hast ings against the imposition of an income-tax upon income arising from trades and professions. _ _ Mr. R. PALMER presented ; petition from Read ing in favour of the health of Towns Bill. Dr. BOWRING presented a petition from Bolton against war establishments. Mr. ROBINSON presented three petitions from operatives in the port of London against any altera tion in the navigation laws. Mr. lIUTT presented a petition from Gateshead in favour of the Health of Towns Bill. Lord W. POWLETT presented a petition against any alteration in the navigation laws. Mr. HORSMAN presented a petition from Wok ingham complaining of the defective state of tho law with respect to tithes in that parish. Lord DUDLEY STUART presented a petition from 111arylebone against the income-tax. Mr. F. O'CONNOR gave notice of his intention on Thursday, the 16th of March, to move for leave to bring in a Bill to alter and amend the law relating to Friendly Societies. POOR-LAWS. Mr. SIIAFTO ADAIR, seeing the Right Hon. Gentleman the First Commissioner of Poor-laws in his place, wished to ask him a question, of which he had given notice, namely, whether it was the inten tion of her Majesty's Government to introduce any Bill this session to amend the law so far as it related to the casual poor ; was the expense of their main tenance to rent with the parish where they applied for relief, or upon the entire union ? Mr. C. BULLER said it appeared to him that the present operation of the law was a great evil, but still he was not prepared to say what the intentions of Government were upon the subject, because he had not yet brought it under their consideration. The matter, however, would have his best attention, and he hoped to be able to devise some remedy for the evil. RETURNS. Colonel SIBTIIORP moved for a return of the quantities of each description of goods entered for consumption on payment of a decreased duty, and for which bonds have been required for the payment of existing duties in case the proposed new tariff shall not receive the sanction of Parliament (to be conti nued till the sth of Jan., 1848, in continuation of Par liamentary Paper, No. 299, of session 1846), an account of the articles of import into the United Kingdom in which all customs duties have been withdrawn since the Ist clay of January, 1842, specifying the articles, the date at which the duty on each ceased to be levied, and the total amount of duty which was levied on each in the year 1841 (to be continued till the sth day of January, 1848, in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 299, of session 1846). Also account of all changes made since the Ist day of January, 1841, in the duties of Customs payable on goods, wares, and merchandize imported into the United Kingdom ; showing the dates when such changes were effected, the duties previous to such alterations, and the duties subsequent to each alteration ; and also the quantities of each article imported (including those on which the duties have been repealed), and the net amount of revenue received on account of each article, during the years ending respectively the sth day of January, 1842, and ths sth day of January, 1846 (to be con tinued till the sth day of January, 1848, in continu ation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 417, of session 1846).—Motion agreed to. ISLE OF MAN; Dr. BOWRING rose to bring forward his motion on the subject of the grievances of the inhabitants of the Isle of Man. The inhabitants of that ;island had seen the vast reforms which had been carried on in this country, while no benefits whatever had been conferred upon the Isle of Man, and there had been a total disregard of the interests of that portion of her Majesty's subjects. The persons who had charge of the interests of that island were self-elected and perfectly irresponsible. In the House of Keys there m. 0 . ,. in ueion of the legislative and judicial functions, and the greatest possible inconvenienc e and injustice arose from this ambination. There were no precedents to guide MARYLEBOINE. Henry Peacock was placed at the bar before Mr. Broughton, charged with having caused the death of C. Moore. The parties have both been employed in Hansom's stable-yard, adjacent to the Bazaar, Baker street, Portman-square. It appeared from the evidence, that on the previous afternoon, between two and three o'clock, Mr. Enims, landlord of the Bazaar tap, while dressing up stairs, heard a great noise below, and on hastening down, found the prisoner and another man wrestling in runt of the bar; he desired them to desist, and at the same time threatening that if they did not he would go for a police man, as it was not a proper place fur them to pursue Such practices in. They left off, and during the tempo rary absence of Mr. Emms, Moore, the deceased, was heard to say, addressing the prisoner, " If he (meaning the other man) couldn't floor you, I can." Mu,. re then seized hold of him, and after a struggle they both fell. They got up and had another close and a second tall, and on Moore's being lifted from the floor iu a state of insensibility, he was removed to the tap-room, where he was laid upon a table. A surgeon who was sent for to attend upon him speedily arrived, and pronounced him to be dead. Death might have been caused either by apoplexy or from the sudden bursting of a blood-vessel. There were no external marks of violence. The prisoner was remanded till Monday next. WORSHIP-STREET. Mr. William Broom, a tea-broker, in Fen-court, Fen church -street, was charged before Mr. Arnold with having unlawfully refused to deliver up his ticket as a passenger by one of the trains on the Eastern Countits Railway, and also with resisting and assaulting the officers of the company in the execution of their duty. Benjamin Richardson, an inspector appointed to collect the tickets from passengers at the Stratford station, stated that on the arrival of the Bury train on the pre ceding evening, he found the defendant reclining against the partition in one of the second-class carriages, with his feet resting on the seat, and having requested him, in common with the other passengers, to produce his ticket, ho positively refused to comply, assigning as his reason that the scat was so damp, that he was unable to occupy it. Witness explained to him that unless he produced the ticket, he must immediately quit the car riage, but he refused to do either, and he accordingly directed two other officers to effect his forcible removal. After a severe struggle the defendant was ejected from the carriage, but the instant he reached the platform, he made a violent blow at the witness which knocked off his hat, and afterwards seized him by the hair, and continued striking him until he was rescued by the bystanders, and the defendant was given into custody. In answer to the charge, the defendant said that he certainly expressed his determination to retain the ticket until the train arrived at its destination, in order that he might direct the attention of the proper officials to the state in which he found the interior of the car riage, the seats of which were so saturated with mud and slush that it was impossible to occupy them. He must also admit that ho resisted to the utmost the un warrantable amount of violence that was employed to eject him from the carriage, and complained that no application had been made for his name and address be fore such harsh measures were resorted to. The witness Richardson, in answer to a question from the magistrate, said that the defendant was requested to furnish his name and address after his removal from the carriage, but he declined doing 50. Mr. ARNOLD said that he entertained considerable doubt as to whether the company's servants were justified in giving the defendant into custody, or even effecting his forcible removal from the carriage without making a direct application for his name and address in the first instance, and preferring their complaint in the form of a summons. Mr. Widdicombe, on behalf of the company, caflod the Magistrate's attention to one of their bye-laws, which expressly authorised say collector, or other ser vant of the company, "to seize and detain any person who shall commit any offence against the provisions of the Act, and whose name and address shall be unknown to such collector, &c., and convey him before some jus• tice of the peace, within whose jurisdiction such offence shall be committed." Mr. ARNOLD said that it did not appear that any step had been taken to obtain the defendant's name au(' address previous to his removal from the carriage, which course ought certainly to have been adopted, and it became, therefore, a question how far he was justified in the resistance he offered to such a proccedinc. As the question was ono of some importance, he should take time to consider his decision, and in the meantime accept the defendant's own recognizance for his appear ance next week. WANDSIVORTIL William Butcher, a young man of short stature, but powerful frame, was brought up for final examina tion on a charge of having plundered the goods train on the South• Western Railway, on two separate occa sions, of a chest of coffee and a truss of silk and woollen goods. Evidence having boen given, The prisoner declined making any defence, and was fully committed for trial at the assizes to be holden at Kingston. The prisoner was next charged with stealing a truss of silk and woollen goods that had :::een forwarded, on the sth ult., from a Mauchester warehouse in Friday street, to Mr. Hattou, a draper, at Ringwood. The prisoner said he would prove, on his trial, that ho bought the articles then produced of a Jew in Petti coat-lane. The numerous witnesses were then bound over in this case to appear against the prisoner at the forthcoming assist/8 for Surrey. THAMES. A well-dressed young man, named Charles Jores, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with feloniously wounding James Grant, with intent to murder or do him grievous bodily harm. Evidence having been given, The prisoner on being called on for his defence, merely said he did not do what was charged against him. Mr. YARDLEY said it would be necessary to send the case before a jury, but for the present the prisoner would stand remanded till Monday next. SCENES IN THE FRENCH THEATRES.—On Sunday the managers of the Porte St. M ar ti n gave a gratui tous representati o n at two o'clock. The house was crammed, and Frederic Lemaitre was the principal actor. The play was Vic Chiffonnier. In the well known paunier scene his auditors were raised to a pitch of indescribable entlitisiasm. Lemaitre, as the chiffonnier, hooked a royal crown out of his ham per, and at this opportune " hit" the whole audience rose en masse, and a roar, for it cannot be called a cry, of " Viva la Republique !" reverberated through the foundations of the edifice. The actor afterwards drew forth a police ordinance, and exclaimed " All banquets are prohibited!" a sally which was, of course, received with shouts of laughter. The Marseillaisc hymn was then chanted, followed by the celebrated Chant du De- part, after which the audience dispersed. The C.Tiuriva,i was distributed in the theatre gratis. TIM LASS RUN AWAY WITH THE LAD.—A few days ago, at Gretna Green, a marriage took place between Miss Catherine Browne, of Ulverstone, and Mr. Cunningham, of Jamaica. The lady is just turned twenty-one, and the bridegroom, who is at present learning land surveying in Cumberland, has just reached his seventeenth year. The best part of the joke is, that the fair bride had deposited, only a few days before the wedding, about 5004 in the Lancaster Branch Bank, Ulverstone, and while the parties were enjoying the matrimonial sweets at the Bush Inn, Car lizie, they tor the. needful, but the ban% justly refused to give it up till the loving hl is tisband is twenty one years of age. This rathor a bite where money Wl5 the great inducement to the Raga, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. . rORTSMOUTII, WEDNESDAT.—The Resistanc e troop ship, Commander Lowe, arrived this afterno en trona the Mauritius (Dec. 16) and Cape of Good H , )pe (Jan 14), bringing Commander Brown and the off ers and crew of the Snake, 16, last in the Mozambique Channel, and the Ist battalion of her Majesty's I.`2th Reg iment, Lieutenant-Colonel Patton, with Alajor P' coral, Cap tains Keinpt and Thornton; Lieutenants Seh,vi'avv, nasse, Queade, Dundas, and Vereker; Ens 4 r ,,, s v 9 hite and Robson; Paymaster Kyffiu, Sergeant it obertalon, Adjutant Crofton, Quartermaster Cowell, and Staf AssiAant-Surgeon Davis, three ladies and t h sir five children, and about 640 rank and file. Slit i tol ached at St. Helena on the 28th of January. The Jtya steam sloop, Commander Chads, had sent in her 22d prize is charge of Master-Assistant Fittock. The Resistance describes the commercial cs of the Mauritius as most disastrous. The Resistance spoke the Robert h'u]all, L idiamen, on the Ist of February, in lat. 11 deg. 81 . min. S., long. 10 deg. 42 min. W., for England, with the following passengers on board:—Captain and Mrs. Fr aser and child, 21st Regiment ; Captain King, 21st F regiment; Captain Smith, 29th Bengal Regiment; 1 Aeutenant Lightfoot, her Majesty's 84th ; Lieutenant : Ilont, her Majesty's 50; Mr. liippen, her Majesty's 18 th ; Mrs. Mitchell and child; Mr. Brown, Mr. Ha tai lton, Dr. Robinson, Mr. Norton, Quartermaster King.. I'LYIIOI.7TH, Fan. 29.—The storm of iday and Saturday made a very heavy breach in the . -eakwater towards the eastern end, near the beacon, has idrads of tons of stone having been washed from the st , ii thern or outer side to the northern or inner side of ti e works. Eight cranes were broken down and destroyed. : Yesterday five trawling sloops went to the , mackerel ground outside the Eddystone, to seek for th e . nets and gear of the boats damaged by last week's stor m. One of them, the Reindeer, discovered the nets I wit/ aging to Thomas runnitt's mackerel boat. These a :ts vi 'ere fast to a warp attached to some heavy substance . bek)w, sup posed to be the unfortunate boat. The missing French boat is named the Xnclautable Baptiste Papain, No. 55, of Boulogne. The following vessels, more or less dame ge d, came in yesterday:--The Swedish barque, Napoleo! 1, Captain Faistrom, from Newcastle for Gibraltar, lie ..th loss of spars, sails, and leaky; the English brig Soils cay, Capt. Spence, from Newcastle for Malta, d ecks . swept, lost boats, sails, &c.; the English barque ,'" - . l ,astli Lochlan, Captain Bruce, from London fur Jamaica , loss of main topmast, &c.; the ship Forester, Capta is M'Arthur, from London for Tobago, loss of bulwarks tealtd sails; the barque Glaphyra, Captain Qucich, from I .ndon for St. Kitts, foremast sprung; the barque Corn v rail, Captain Charles, from London for Trinidad de Cub a , lost nimbi yard, sails, and quarter boat; the schoonexr Mary Gib son, Captain Lockwood, from Alexandria t 0 Cork for orders, and the schooner Queen of Tyne,, Captain B. Mathison, from Newcastle for Cadiz, with as of boats, sails, spars, rigging, &c. Wooewien, MARCH I.—The African st eam-vessel arrived yesterday evening with a number of riggers from Sheerness, and the Fearless steam-A ?ssel this morning with a number of riggers from Chath are dock yard, to assist in rigging the Driver, the Spat ful, and the rhcenix steam-vessels for immediate sc irvice. These vessels, with the Sphynx, will proceed w ith the least possible delay to Sheerness, to be station eel there in a state of readiness for service. Lord John It ussell stated, when bringing forward the budget, that it was of the utmost importance to have several efficient steam vessels at Sheerness, as well as the other ports whe re steamers are already stationed. The Spiteful steeps -vessel, now ordered to be got roady immediately, is of ri ie same class as the Stromboli and the Driver. Her eat -files are of 280. horse power, and she will have a crew u f 160 men. The African steam-vessel returned to Shi !erness, and the )!'oarless steam-vessel to Chatham, at nt , on today. The Sphynx steam-vessel is reported rend: y for service and will leave to-morrow for Sheerness. A fire took place yesterday evening at th€, eastern ex tremity of the dockyard, which, but for its timely dis cov,ry, might have caused the destruction of a great amount of property. The fire was diseat ered by a police-constable at a quarter past six o'cloeak,, P.m., who, observing smoke issuing from the house used for washing the convicts' shirts, stockings„ and under. clothing, proceeded to the spot, and on lu ,king through tie key-hole of the door ascertai❑ edt that the articles in the interior were on fire. An a:tarm was im mediately given, and under the directions •of Inspectors Field and iiudd the lire-engines with long; rolls of hose were brought to the spot, and in loss thaw tea minutes after the water was played upon the boa) ding the fire was completely put out, but not before, 250 shirts, a quantity of stockings, and woollen draw ers had been consumed. The building where the fire took place is situated on the border of the mast and ba at pond, and within about ten feet of the boat house-, an extensive range of building, entirely constructel of wood, and quite full, even to boats already built be: ing supported from the rafters, while many others are :in progress of construction. APPOINTMENTS. AD3IIRALTT, MARCH I.—Francis M. or ma n , Naval Cadet, to the Havannah; E. J. Bird, Vaptain, to tho Investigation; R. M'Kinlay Richardson,.. Lieutenant and Commander to the Pluto; Robert C. E, colt, and John Murphy, Acting Assistant-Surgeons, to the Vernon; Robert Anderson, Surgeon, to the Inyeetigationi Henry Mathews, Assistant-Surgeon, to-. the Investiga tion; Edward Adams, Acting-Surgeon, to the Enter prise; William Dunbar, Assistant-Surge•e n to the An dromache; Thomas Littleton, Acting-kliirgeon, to the Vernon. RAILWAY SHARE MAE KETS. LIVERPOOL, DlAncu 1. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Lanca shire and York shire, Halves (late L. B.), 11 dis.—Ditto, 3', Shares, 6 di& —London and North-Western, 136—Ditto, New Quarters, , 1 1 / 2 p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnsh ire, Preterence, 1,4 p.--Midland, JOG c.—Ditto, Halves, 3!t i dis.—South- Eastern and Dover, 27—Ditto, New, No. 4,2! dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), LIM p. MANCHESTER, DlAncli 1. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Birkedbead, Lanca shire, and Cheshire Junction, 6 1 % n. dis.—Estst Anglian, Preference, 3 1 4—Eastern Counties, 13;i c.—Gr es:t Northern. 7 dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 3 4 dis,—Ditto, 324 Shares, 6!4 dis —Ditto (West Riding Union), 3 n. London and North-Western (Manchester and Bi rminghan9, Quarters (A), 274 p.—Ditto, ditto (B), 3 p..-;.North Stat.. fordshire, 5-16 dis.—South-Eastern and Dorer, 28—Ditto, No 4, 2'4 dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, Extonaiens, No. 2, 1 3 / i p. LEEDS, FEB. 29. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—Bat a very few shares h Ave been sold for the last few days, the important occurrences in France having tended to cripple even that limited am ount of busi ness which we have bad to report for some tin) to past. The following are this day's quotations : —East Lancashire, 1.11% —Ditto, New, 6 dis.—Ditt o , Q uar t ers , 13,4 dis..—East and West Yorkshire, 8% dis.—Great Northern, 7 3 4 dis.—Lan cashire and Yorkshire (West Riding Union), Lis. Leeds and Thirsk, 18 dis.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin colnshire, !'reference, par—North British, Thirds, :15s. North Staffordshire, 15s. dis.—North-Western, 6 n. dia.— York, Newcastle, and Berwick, No. 2 (New Berwick. 165. p. BIRMINGHAM, Meacu 1. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, ..N otting ha m , and Boston, 2 5 / 8, dia.— Birmingham, Wolverhampto n , and Stour Valley, 2 7, 8 dis.—Great Northern, 7 dis. —North Staffordshire, 1 / 2 die.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (13), 2 1 4 die.—South Staffot dshire, 2t,4 die. YORK, FEB. 29. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Great Northern„ —North British, Thirds, 24s.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (late New Berwicks), 10 1 ,4—Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), VA. MAitcH 1. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was to-day rteadier, and prices had an upward tendency, with more business doing. The sales are—Great Western, Old Shares, 5 p.—Ditto, Quarters, 17-16 p.—Ditto, Fifths, 158 p.—Ditto, 171. Shares. p.—Tall Vale, 10 3-16 dis.—York, Newcastle, ancl,Ber wick, No. 2, I p.--Midland, 4 p. EDINBURGH, FEB. 29. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, New, 31. lOs.—North British, 231.—Ditto, Quarters, 41. 53.—Ditto, Thirds, 193.—EdinUrgh, Leith, and Grantor, Preference., 161. 155.—Ditto, Quarters, 6d.—Scottish Centrals, 281. ss. The Observer (Feb. 27) contained thirteen folio columns of the latest intelligence from Paris and Doier. About a hundred useful advertisements, and twenty-two folio columns (chiefly original) of foreign and domestic) news. 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