The Sun. — London, England, 1848-03-06 00:00:00

911 1 - 7 , . T IiCoNOURABEE A.nTILLERY COMPANY. " Arma Paci3 Fulcra." TD THE EDITOR OF THE UNITED SERVICE GAZETTE. Sir, —Very many schemes for the effective military defence of this :country, have appeared b.tring the last three mouths, l'n the public press. On the othe.7 hand, the eloquence of Messrs. Cobden, Bright, and others, has been zealously applied to mean terise the " British lion," and to persuade us that, even with reduced means of de fence, it will prove a safe game to continue the exhibition of the vast and increasing wealth of London within 100 miles only of an observant, envious, and warlike neighbcur. With regard to-the necessity of a defensive national organisation, I assume it at once; and now that with steam many things have become possible, I hope we shall all cease to depend wholly on the " Egis" of " our wooden walls,' and that every loyal subject will, ere long, be so armed and trained, as to feel himself able to contemplate, without apprehension of the result, the eventuality of 100,000 Frenchmen sefely landed on the coasts of Sussex, Essex, and Kent. No calculation can be wise that does not in- elude " preparation for the worst ;" and in reference to such " preparation," I here beg to remind my fellow-citizene of' the existence in London of a volun teer corps, possessing a spacious armoury-house and fine exereise-ground, and well adapted to become the " nucleus" of an eflicient military organisation. I allude to the " Honourable Artillery Company," of which Prince Albert is Captain-General and Colonel, and I have placed at the head of my letter, the very apposite motto of this loyal corps, which furnishes, in my opinion, the very best answer to the " Anti de fensive party," for "arms," and nothing but arms, are the true " supports of peace." The history of this military association dates from a remote antiquity, and those who are desirous to learn more on this head may refer to Mr. Anthony Highmore's book, published in 1804, and dedicated to the Prince of Wales, then Captain-General of the Artillery Company. Although my intention is to treat chiefly of its modern history, and to show its adaptability to the present circumstances of our country, I venture to offer a few extracts from some old and curious works, in order to show its former scope and operation. In " The Compleat Body of the Art Military," by Lieutenant. Colonel Elton, published in 1668, and dedicated to " the President, Vice-President, and Court of Assistanta of the Ancient and Honourable Artillery Company of London," the author (page 67) thus quaintly expresses himself :—" The great delight in handling of arms in military exercises makes the city of London and the suburbs thereof famous through the whole world, by reason, as I con ceive, of those two great nurserie, or academies of military discipline, the Artillery and Military Garden,' from whom, gs out of pure fountains, all our other private meetings (as of Tower-ditch, Cripplegate, &c.) are derived. The ' Artillery G arden deserves the first place in respect, it is the greatest meeting, from whence, as out of a nursery, have been transplanted many. able knowing soldiers, both at home and in foreign countries, to the great honour of our nation." Clarendon alludes to " Sergeant-Major-General" Shippon, Captain of the Artillery Garden, who mus tered in Finsbury-fields " with all the train bands of London, about 8,000 soldiers in six regiments." In a scarce book, of still earlier date, entitled, " England's Worthies," published by J. Bothwell, in 1647, Philip Skippon is thus oddly mentioned in connexion with the corps—" The martial-spirited sparkes, of the famous Artillery-garden, of the most renowned city of London, to his no little honour, chose him their pious an : most expert gitnnaiiar chus, or captain of the said Artillery-garden, to exer cise and instruct them in the exactest rules of mar tial discipline, where he thus continued with much honour and love for many years." Their choice appears to have been a wise one, for he led the City contingent at the battle of Newbery, and Clare:l(l6n thus describes their conduct on that day—" The London trained bands and auxiliary regiments (of whose inexperience of danger, or of any kind of service, beyond the easy postures in the Artillery Garden, men had till then too cheap an estimation) behaved themselves to wonder, were, in truth, the preservation of that Army that day." After describing the failure of Prince Rupert's " choir horse" against that gallant band of citizens, he concludes with this remark—" Of so sovereign benefit and use is that stea iinesa, order, and dexterity, in the use of their arms which had been so much neglected." With what success would not such men have en countered and defeated a foreign invader ? From the time of the Commonwealth up to the close of the eighteenth century, on every exigency whether of civil commotion or of foreign menace, the Artillery Company has always promptly responded to the call of the authorities, while their loyel efficient services have been by Ministers of the Crown, the Commander-in-Chief and the Corporation of London gratefully and repeatedly acknowledged. My limits allow of 113 more than a passing glance at matters of detail, such as how the " Hanover Grenadiers" (formed in 1745) marched in blue uni form at the head of the Artillery Company (with whom they were incorporated) in a " lead, on the swearing-in of a Lord Mayor before the " Constable of the Tower" in 1753. But I must trespass on the patience of the reader whilst I notice the important services of the Company (in conjunction with the London Association) rendered at the No Popery Riots of 1780. On this momentous occasion, although deserted by a panic-struck Mayor, these armed citizens bravely confronted a successful mob (influenced by drink and emboldened by numbers and apparent impunity) defeated them, saved the Bank from plunder, and the inhabitants from violence and massacre. From this period dates the establishment of the Matrose (or Artillery) division, which took place when the city in acknowledgment of the ser vices just mentioned, voted "two brass field pieces " to be presented to the corps. I now conclude my first letter by signalising the noble attitude of the Artillery Company, at the grand review in Hyde-park, on the 4th June, 1799. No longer connected with the now obsolete train bands of London, or with the City Militia, created by the Act of Parliament, in 1790, it stood on its own merits, equipped at its sole expense, as a body of well armed and disciplined citizen:, pre-eminent among the nu merous military associations, which the threats of the foreigner had evoked from the never-failing resource of Britimh patriotism. Already p6ssessed of field guns and an effective artilhry division, the adjunction of a rifle company was felt to be necessary to render the corps equal to all the military requirements of that day, and the Court of Assistants provided for its establishment to the extent of seventy men by drafts from the Light Infantry (then 150 stroeg), and other companies. This measure, accomplished on the 7th Nov., 1803, enabled the corps in 1804 to show an effective force, consisting of a battalion of 800 men, in heavy march ing order, with a strong artillery and rifle division attached, ready for any and every emergency. I reserve for my succeeding letters the subject of the internal economy of the Artillery Company, its progress, and the means of adapting its scope and organisation to the exigencies of the present time, I am, Sir, your obedient servant, VOLUNTEER. THE WINDOW-TAX v. PLATE GLASS.—The long wished-for repeal of duties upon plate glass has given an impetus to this branch of manufacture, and brought into the field new and enterprising capitalists who ap pear to have started with the full determination of bene fiting the public and realising for themselves a return of profit, alone contributed to by an economy of production allied to an increase of consumption. A re peal of the window-tax is only now wanting to dis- - enthral these beneficial efforts. This spirited company have purchased an extinct, but most extensive manu factory, at Sutton, near St. Helen's; and under the title of "The London and Manchester Glass Company," are bringing into the market plate glass with the supe rior advantages of several scientific improvements. By these means this company is furnishing plate glass at less than half the prices of 18461 During a recent op portunity we had of seeing somewhat into the mysteries of the plate glass manufacture at their works, we were pleased at observing the curious and beautiful machinery for the completion of this now no longer scarce, although very necessary article. The practical mapnraogeeer, elnitrs. Blitikhorn, kindly pointed out a v ariety of i mprovem en t s for economising time, obtaining the highest and all tending to a superiori t y of " metal" at less cost. This wholesome reduction appears to be inducing the publi • to avail themselves of so sanit ar y a n d decorative a product; indeed, rough plate gla.is is now being exten sively adopted for roofing buildings. Through the cour tesy of Mr. Grundy, the company's representative, of 12, Rathbone-place, London, we have been enabled t hus to acquire information of so much interest at the present period. SUICIDE AT MALTA.—On the morning of the 231 of February the Rev. Robert Irvine, M.A., Incumbent of St. John's, Waterloo-road. Lambeth, who occupied apartments at Barker's (Princess Royal) Hotel, was found in his bedroom with his throat cut and dead, evi dently having committed suicide. The deceased had recently arrived at Malta from Tunis, and no cause has as yet been discovered for his commi•ting the act, though it is rumoured that some o f th e h ev . Gentle man a friends and acquaintance had witnessed in him for several weeks previous a change in his manner. II is papers and effects have been taken possession of (as is usual in such cases) by the Crown Advocate, who lodges t he same in the Crown Court until claimed for the de - o eased's lawful representatives. MODERN ART IN THE NEW REPUBLIC.—It Wil l be observed, with curiosity, that nearly the first act of the new Provisional Government of France was to place the direction of all matters connected with the fine arts under the Minister of the Interior, and to arrange for the annual exhibition of works of modern art at the Louvre! The jury to examine the pictures are to be named by election, and the exhibition will open on the 15th inst.—Builder. Tgx 00 1 --W LOWDoN S MOWDAY JsreENnitli l MAACK 1046, On the motion that this Bill be rEad a second time, Sir C. LEMON opposed the second reading, and mlve i that it be ;cad that (LI- six months. After one diicussion the second reading was po,,t pont.d to Friday next. The River Nene Improvement and Drainlg! Ii l was read a second time and ordered to be committed. SEVERN NAVIGATION. On the motion that the Severn Navigation Im provement Commission Bill be read a second time. Captain BERKELEY moved that it be read a second time that day six months. Mr. HOPE seconded the motion. Mr. R. SPOONER supported the second reading of the Bill. SLANEY opposed the second reading of the Bill, and trusted that the House would throw it out. Lord INGESTRE thought it would be a great injustice to the country not to allow the Bill to go into Committee. Mr. LABOUCIIERE supported the second read ing of the Bill on public grounds, in order that its merits might be inquired into. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, when there appeared— For the second reading .. 91 Against it Majority The Bill was accordingly lost. Mr. COBDEN presented ‘ieveral petitions against the income-tax. Lord 11. VANE prosente4l a petition against any alteration in the navigation I. _ _ _ Lord BRACKLEY pres , .. , nted a petition in favour cf t.i.e Thrnan Ilelief Bill. Mr. 'VAIVN presented a petition from Falmouth against the income-tax. NOTICES OF MOTION. Mr. GRANTLEY BERKELEY gave notice that on an early day he should move that all standing orders relating to the House be rescinded, being vain, impossible, and of no utility whatever. THE CASE OF ANNETTE MEYERS. Mr. EIVART wished to know from the Right lion. Baronet the Secretary for thQ Home Depart ment whether it was the intention of the Government to carry into execution thb ..entence recenty passed upon Annet:e Meyers for the murder :of a soldier in St. James's Park Sir G. GREY said that he could give no other answer than that the only official communication he had received upon the subject was from a letter ad dressed to him by the Lord Chief Baron, stating the verdict, of the jury, and that it was accompanied with a strong recommendation to mercy. STATE uF THE FLEET AT MALTA. - Lord INGESTRE w fished' to knuw from the Hun. Member fur the West * Riding whether the report of his speech at a meeting at Manchester, with respect to the fleet at Malta, was substantially correct. Mr. COBDEN said that when the naval estimates came before the House he should be very happy to justify every word which he had said on the subject, and probably the Noble Lord would upon that occa sion be, prepared to refute the facts which he had stated, and which were in the main correctly given in the report which appeared in the Manchester Guardian. Mr. HUME wished to know whether the fleet had been withdrawn from the Tagus? Lord PALMERSTON said that Admiral Napier had received orders to return home. WAR WITH MEXICO. Mr. ROBINSON wished to know from the Noble Lord the Secretary for Voreign Affairs whether the Government were in possetsiun of any official intulli• genie announcing the cessation of hostilities in Mexico ? Lord PALMERSTON said that he had reason to believe that when the last accounts left Mexico nvgo tiations for peace were going on, but he could not state whether an actual cessation of hostilities had taken place. trtirb latittion SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. CITY, FIVE O'CLOCK. Tuere xre four or five failures advised this afternoon in letters from Amsterdam, chiefly in connexion with the Stock Exchange, and two being for considerable amounts. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT: (Before the RECORDER.) Michael iYaggarty, an Irishman, aged 28, was indicted for feloniously, wounding Ellen Kale, with intent to murder her; another count of the indictment charged the prisoner with grieviously wounding, with intent to do serious bodily harm. From the evidence it appeared that the prisoner had made a must savaee and brutal assault on the prosecu trix, having inflicted no less than twenty-two wounds on her person, and finally only desisted from his murderous attack upon a sailor presenting himself at the door with a poker in his hand. The knife with which the prisoner committed the wounds had been broken in several pieces by the violence of the blows inflicted. The several broken pieces of the instrument had been secreted by the prisoner, who, upon being apprehended, denied that he had committed the offence imputed to him. The jury found the prisoner Guilty upon the second count of the indictment. Sentenced to be transported for ten years. ADHESION OF THE FRENCH RE- SIDENTS IN LONDON TO THE PROVI SIONAL GOVERNMENT.—(THIS DAY.) A meeting of French residents in London was held this afternoon, at the office of L'Observateur Francais, in the Strand, for the purpose of proceeding in a body to the French Embassy, to deposit a manifesto of their adhesion to the Provisional Government. There were about 200 present. M. CATLIN, who was stated to be a Royalist, pre. sided. The following is a translation of the address We, French citizns residing in London, salute with unanimous acclamation - the French Republic proclaimed by the people of Paris, and accepted by the French nation. We give our full and entire adhesion to the Provisional Government, and we assure it of our un bounded devotedness. All our efforts will tend to con solidate the good harmony which from this day reigns between the people of France and England—that har mony which is indispensable to peace and the pro gress of civilization. Everywhere the children of France repeat with us, Liberty, Equality, Fraternity! , Long live the Republic!' " (Here followed a number of signatures.) It was then proposed that a demonstration should be made, and proceeding in a body to the French Embassy, by wearing tri-coloured flowers in the button-holes of their coats. This was, however, negatived, on it being stated that the French Ambassador, and French Consul, had sent in their resignation, and might possibly dis card the manifesto, and throw it aside if it were sent to them. Several speakers stated that it w ould not be advisable to make any public demonstration in this country since th e y h a d rece i ve d h ere so muc h hospitality, and might by doing so give offence to the British Government. It was then suggested that the ura,nifesto should be sent th roug h th e p os t t o th e Pro visional Government; but two gentlemen, M. Caplin and M. Massol, having agreed to take it to France and pre sent it at their own expense, a resolution authorising them to do so was unanimously agreed to, and other French residents in Loudon were invited to accompany them. Just before the conclusion of the proceedinga, Citizen Carrion, who had just arrived from France, and who had taken an active part in the revolutionary movement, was preaeoted to the meeting by the Chairman, and loudly cheered. On the suvestion of M. BABBLE; it was agreed that Ft banquet of Frenchmen should shortly take place to commereocate the revolutionary movement in France. The meeting then separated. A number of tri-coloured flowers were distributed in the room. ELECTION COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) BE WDLEY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Charles Phillips, a diminutive creature, who stated that he was eighteen years of age, proved that he voted at the last election for Mr. Ireland. His mother lived near to Bewdley, and he had promised to vote for Sir Thomas Winnington, but he was carried away with others to an inn at Bowdley, and locked up to prevent " the Whigs getting at 'em." They played at cards, sang, and had plenty to drink. He was told that if he voted for the Tories he would never want anything ; and some of Mr. Ireland's friends presented him with a knife. Another witness gave similar testimony ; after which The Committee adjourned till eleven. o'clock to•mor. row morning. CARLISLE. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) The room was then cleared, and after a short con sultation, strangers were re admitted, when The CHAIRMAN announced that the Committee had come to the resolution that Mr. Hodgson was not duly elected for the city of Carlisle—that the election wus a void one, it having been proved that Mr. Hodgson's agents had been guilty of treating; but that there Vk as no evidence to show that it was at the expense of Mr. Hodgson. Mr. ALEXANDER said there was another petition against the return of Mr. Dixon, but as that gentle man did not appear to defend his seat, it was only necessary for him to put in a formal proof to show that the Honourable Gentleman was not duly qualified to retain his seat. A witness was then called to prove that Mr. Dixon, at the time of his election, was a partner in a coal com pany that had contracted to supply the Carlisle Barracks with coal. The Committee, upon the faith of this evidence, passed a resolution declaring the election of Mr. Dixon to be void on the ground that he was a Government contractor at the time it took place. This closed the labours of the Committee. LYME REGIS.' (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) When the Committee resumed its sitting a number of votes were struck off Sir Fitzroy Kelly's list, on the ground that the parties who gave them had been influenced in some way by Mr. Attwood. On the vote of a man named Cooke being objected to, Mr. Sergeant WRANGTIAM said he should resist that vote being struck off the list. The ClialamAN—Clear the room then. Mr. Sergeant WRANGHAM-But will your Lordship hear me first? The CHAIRMAN-Of course the Committee cannot object to sit and hear you if you have anything to say. Mr. Sergeant WRANGIIAM protested that the Noble Chairman appeared to him too much excited. He was not aware that he had done anything to justify it, and he must therefore insist that it was unfair that the Com mittee should simply listen to what he had to say as a matter of form, without allowing their judgment to be influenced in any way by what he might have to urge on behalf of his client. The CHAIRMAN, with some warmth, told the Learned sergeant that he did not think it was the province of counstl to lecture the Committee in this way. Mr. Sergeant WRANGHAM said he did not complain till the Noble Chairman ordered the room to be cleared before he had time to state his objection. Mr. HILL said it would, perhaps, save time if he stated that it was his intention to call Mr. Attwood to prove the illegality of this vote. Eventually the Committee adjourned till to•morrow at eleven o'clock, when it was promised that Mr. Att wood should be in attendance. The votes struck off the list placed Mr. Abdy in a majority of 7. LUPE al A L PA II LIAM ENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The Lord CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at Five o'clock. The Alsrquis of SALISBURY presented several petition fom members of Odd Fellows Societies, praying that they might be placed upon the same looting as other benefit societies. The Archbishop of YORK presented a petition from York in favour of the adoption of sanitary measures. The Earl of ST. GERMANS presented a petition from the officers of the Court of Chancery in Ireland, praying for compensation on account of the emolu ments of which they would be deprived by the En cumbered Estates (Ireland) Bill becoming' the law of the land. NEW ZEALAND BILL. The New Zealand Bill was read a third time and passed. IRELAND. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE laid on the table an immens e mass of documents relating to Ireland. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at ten minutes before Four o'clock. Mr. 11. DEUMMOND took the oaths and his seat for Perthshire. - - - CARLISLE ELECTION. Mr. DIVETT brought up the report of the Com mittee appointed to try the merits of the election for Carlisle, reporting that Mr. Hodgson and Mr. Dixon were not duly elected as Members to serve in Parlia ment for Carlisle, and that the last election was a void election. On the motion of Mr. DIVETT, a new writ was issued for the election of two Members to sit in Par liament for Carlisle. SECOND READINGS. The East and West Looe Harbour and Bridge Bill, the Great Yarmouth Coal Duties Bill, and the Norwich and Yarmouth Navigation Bill, were read a second time, and ordered to be committed. PENZANCE WATER-WORKS. Mr. HFAIRIES said the answer was alto gether unsatisfirctory, and could in no way be tr.ated as a reply to the questions but by the Hon. Member for Montrose. This was the second BA g et, they 11)(1 received. The first Budget contgined a revision of the revenue and a pro position to increase the income-tax, which was afterwards very properly abandoned. By the second budget the deficiencies were proposed to be made up out of the balance in the Exchequer, which certainly appeared to him to be a most unconstitutional course for Government to adopt.—(Hear, hear.) He called the attention of the House to the impro priety of that course, if the balances in the Ex chequer were diminished they must throw themselves en the Bank in just the same proportion as they diminished their balances of cash.—(Hear, hear.) And was it right with the present Bank Act is operation to have resort to such a course ?—(Hear, hear.) Unless some more correct provision were made, he thought that the House ought not to accede to the motion. Mr. HUME thought that the present was the case of a man who acted as trustee for another holding a balance in hand, and out of that balance takes a certain sum and appropriates it to other purposes, hoping at some time or other to make it up. It , was not fur him to say what evil results had many times followed such a course of con duct. The difficulties ought fully and fairly to be met. The public had decided that they could not have increased taxation ; there was only one other course left and that was to reduce the expenditure.—(Hear. hear.) lie was most anxious to maintain the public credit, but he thought that if the Government were allowed to go on blindfolded in this way, they would bring themselves to the very verge of bankruptcy. —(Cries of " Hear, hear.) If the balances were to be appropriated these would of necessity be required a large amount of " deficiency bills," and it was just possible that when these bills were issued the Bank would not be able to assist them.—(hear, hear.) The pr sent proposal was a mere attempt to bridge over the difficulty instead of meeting the case boldly at once. He trusted that the House would not agree to the tax for more than one year, in order to afford time for the Committee to turn itself round and con shier what retrenchments it would be advisable to make. He was most happy to see that there was no falling off. The revenue, notwith standing the large amount of indirect taxation, which had been taken off by the Right Hon. Baronet, the Member for ramworth (Sir R. Peel.) It was their duty at once to tell her Majesty's Government that they ought to do as other persons in difficulties would do, endeavour to keep the expenditure within their income. He proposed therefore that the income tax should be granted for a period of one year only. Dr. BOWRING seconded the motion. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER called upon the Committee for the sake of the credit of the country, to adopt the proposition of the Go vernment, and rep.ct that of the Honourable Member for Montrose. He still adhered to his opinion that in consequence of the expenditure exceeding the income of the country the most proper course to meet that deficiency was to make an additional tax upon income for a certain period ; but the opinion of the House being so strong against them, the Government bad determined not to persevere in that course, and it then became their duty to consider what other course should be pur sued. (LEFT SPEAKING.) It I o T AND DESPEAATE COLLISION WITEI THE POLICE. THE MEETING IN TRAFALGAR-SQUARE. (THIS DAY.) When our reporter returned from Trafalgar-square to The Sun office, shortly before three o'clock, fur the purpose of framing the report which appeared in our last edition, he was led to believe that the people would •quietly disperse : indeed, a great many left the place, but it seems that as many persons as the number mentioned in our last edition—nemely 10,000 or 12,000 remained, appa with no settled purpose. No expressions, as far as we were enabled to ascertain, escaped the crowd that remained after the termination of the meeting, from which one might judge of the settled purpose which they had in view. He heard one man cry out—in French—" Death to Guizot," " Long live the Republic," but ho seemed afraid that any one should observe that he was the utterer of such senti ments. At two o'clock, or a little after, a large number of of the police, consisting of detachments of the C, E, A, and B divisions, took up their position at different parts of the Square, and procee.led simultaneously to clear away the crowd, who resisted the rather sum mary way in which they began to put their orders into force. In fact the people—and it is right to state that a vast number of them were young men and boys of the labouring class—did not relish the interference of tho police, who in order the better to accomplish their object, smote with too much violence right and left. They were assailed with the most dis cordant yells, and we saw several stones thrown at them. Some were severely punished, and the truncheon cf one was wrested from him and thrown into the basin amidst cheers. We were infcrmed by several persons, who, seeing us with a note-book and pencil, gathered round us to give infor mation that a little boy was struck so violently across the head by one of the A division, of whose violence a great many complained to us, that he fell, and that the blood flowed from beneath his cap. Also, that a young man was knocked down like a bullock by one of the same division, and carried off for dead. A man told us that 63 A acted with the most unnecessary violence. It is right to mention that the tempers of the police were sorely tried. When we saw them strike, they did so with unnecessary force, and seemed altogether to have lost their tempers. Many respect able persons with whom we entered into conversation, agreed in opinion that if the police had not interfered, that no acts of violence would have been committed. Between thirty and forty men and boys have been taken into custody for assaulting the police in the execution of their duty. Some of them are severely wounded about the head. A great many were taken to the Charing•cross Hospital to have their wounds dressed. a few came buck with plasters on their heads and exhibited them to the mob. At the time we write, two persons a man and a boy, are in the hospital, being treated for rather severe wounds ; but we were informed that it was not unlikely that they would be in a condition to be discharged in the course of the night. Inspector Baker, 19 A, had his eye-lid severely cut with a stone; he received also a severe wound at the back of his head, and was obliged immediately to go to the surgeon of the force. About three o'clock that portion of the palings of the Nelson monument nearest the National Gallery were torn down, and a number of men and boys got on the plinth of the column. Two or three persons who stood on the margin of the basins were pushed in out of sheer fun, and did not escape without a severe ducking Police constable 48 A had his eye severely cut, and the police are mute or less injured. The greater prtion of the police were withdrawn at half past five o'clock, and as soon as they went order was in a great measuee restored. We have seldom seen a mob more inveterate against the police. Had they not mustered in such large num bers some must have been killed, for there were bitter cries of "throw them into the basin." The people were exasperated at being strek with their truncheons. The fierce rushing to and fro of large knots of people chased by the police, now closing upon them, then struggling fiercely, and shouting with all their right, with the batons striking away in all direc tions, had the appearance of a formidable riot, Looking down upon it from the steps of St. Martin's Church. The club windows, and in fact every available spot from which a view of the conflict could bo obtained was crowded. . The people are dispersing. TATTERSALL'S—THIS EVENING. Six o'cLocK. NEWMARKET HANDICAP. 13 to 1 agst Cracow NORTHAMPTON HANDICAP. S to 1 agst Walmgate Bar Without 14 to 1 agst Ballinafad 2,000 GUINEAS STAKES. 4 to 1 agst Blaze—taken 6 to 1 agst Flateatcher METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 9 to 1 agst Tufthunter 12 to 1 agst Rat-trap 20 to 1 agst Jericho CHESTER CIJP. 25 to 1 agst Jonathan Wild 40 to 1 agst Lady Ilylda 40 to 1 agst Glen Saddel 40 to 1 agst Lightning: 50 to 1 agst Ballinalad 60 to 1 agst Sally Maggs 66 to 1 agst Malt DERBY. 9 to 1 agst Surplice 12 to 1 apt Glendower 14 to 1 agst Springy Jack 30 to 1 agst The `Stinger 38 to !! ! agct Fern—taken 50 to 1 agst Whitstone 50 to 1 agst Fluteather 50 to 1 agst The Fowler ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME ClRCUlT.—Hertford, March 4. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before the L ,rd CHIEF JUSTICE and a Special Jury.) BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.-KNILL V. LEWIS. This was an action for a breach of promise of mar riage, to which the defendant pleaded, first, that he did not promise in the form laid in the declaration, and also that sufficient time had not been given to him to per form the promise he had made. Sergeant Shee and Mr. T. Chambers were for the plaintiff; Sergeant Channell and Mr. Bovill for the dt fondant. sergeant SnEE stated the case. He said the plaintiff in this action was Miss Eliza Knill, a lady who had for sixteen years filled the respectable and responsible office of manager of the National Girls' School at Wotton, and in that capacity she had enjoyed the esteem and friend ship of the vicar, and all the principal inhabitants of the p irish. She was the niece of the Rev. Richard Knill, Dissenting minister, whe, after having devoted a consi derable portion of his life to religious duties as a mis sionary, was appointed to the ministry of an independent congregation at Wotton-under-Edge, in Gloucestershire. The defendant was also a Dissenting minister, and he had likewise devoted a great portion of his lite to the duties of a missionary, and he had likewise been appointed a minister at Wotton, but which, at the time this transac tion took place, he had resigned, and was living upon his property near the town . He was a man of great respec tability, a widower, and had a family of grown up chil dren, and was, he believed, possessed of very considera ble private property, and he was a man of an advanced period of life. It was the custom of Miss Knill to visit her uncle at certain periods, and she did so in August, 1847. There was, as might be supposed, very consi derable intimacy between the family of the Lewises and that of Mr. Knill, and in the course of that visit, the defendant was introduced to Miss Knill, and he very shortly afterwards proposed to her uncle that she should become his wife, and he at the same time in formed him that he should be able to settle at least 1,000/. upon her. Miss Knill accepted the offer, and, notwithstanding the position of the parties, he must say that it could not be considered an im provident or ill-assorted match. The defendant, as he had stated, was advanced in years, but he was not stricken by years. He had no one to wait upon him but s ser vant, and it was perfectly clear that the attentions of a kind and affectionate person, such as the plaintiff ap peared to be, must be of great importance to him. The plaintiff also filled a position of great respectability, and her situation was one of great importance to her. She had a salary of 501. a year, a good house to live in, and coals and candles.—(A laugh.) It would be very well understood with what reverence a person in her position would feel towards a gentleman in the station of the defendant, and the honour and pleasure which she anti cipated from their union. He should read the corre spondence that had taken place between theirs, and although in the letters there were certainly more frequent allusions to Scripture than would probably be made use of under such circumstances by persons of other religious opinions, yet when they considered the station of both parties, he was sure they would feel that they expressed the sincere feelings of their hearts, and that they considered the proposed union in the light of making all their actions subservient to their eternal welfare, and these letters ought not to be treated either with ridicule or contempt. He had stated that the offer was made in September, and on the 11th of that month the plaintiff went home to Wotton, with the intention of providiug clothes and making the neces sary arrangements for the marriage , and in pursuance of such intention she gave notice of her desire to quit her situation. A day or two after she arrived she received the letter from the defendant, which he would now read : "My dear Eliza,—l received your kind letter yester day, and was happy to hear that you had arrived safe at Wotton. Your aunt called on me Saturday after noon. I told her I had a bad night last night. Did not close my eyes for sleep till day-break. She said you had a sleepless night, for which I was very sorry. You Expressed a wish to her to hear how I was, so that I was hanging about your mind. See how creatures affect us! My servant Sarah, on my informing her what was on the carpet, appeared to make a trial, but since she seems to have altered her mind. She has circulated the affair in the town, and has talked in a very unbecoming way ; says I am town talk, and says I have not treated her well, meaning as she knew I had left her a trifle in my will, should she be with me at the time of my decease. Since she has vented her spite she conducts herself better, but it is very evident it will by no means do to continue her a servant here. Should she get on the high horse again, she shall go, and I will give her a month's wages. I feel a great deal, and cannot bear unkindness. Nothing unplea sant has occurred between us till now. I cannot say whether our affair has reached my daughter's ears ; I rather dread it. It lies with some weight on my mind. I cannot say how she will take it. She is apt to be violent in her temper. This I must leave with God. I hope we abound in prayer. I cannot forget the Snn day evenings' addresses from this day will I bless you' —a covenant; God grant it may be verified in us. My cough this morning is rather troublesome. Dear Eliza knows my infirmities. It is all well that God does. I need not say, whenever you feel disposed to write, drop me a line; I shall be glad to receive it.—l remain, dear Eliza, yours most sincerely and affectionately, " JOHN LEWIS." Sergeant Shec proceeded. In answer to this letter the plaintiff sent the following : " My dear Mr. Lewis,—With pleasure I take up my pen to answer your kind letter. That you hang about my mind is indeed a truth, for you are never out of it. I think you are quite right about your servant, and I hope you will act upon it, if she does not conduct herself properly. I know you feel agreat deal, and am very sorry you should have any unkindness to bear. Now I come to your daughter. She is, as we expected, I understand, in a rage, but, knowing you told me she should not put it aside, I do not take the least notice of it—that is, to move me from any purpose, while, at the same time, I am sorry for it, and feel that nothing can be done but to take it to a throne of grace, and there spread the matter before God. How delightful it is to go to God and roll all our burdens on the back of the great burden-bearer. I have done so this day. I went heavy and sad, but am quieted in the assurance of faith that all will be well, and I hope, my dear Mr. Lewis, you will not let it be a weight on your mind. When we are doing nothing unpleasinz to Gud, we may with safety leave it to him and expect his blessing, but let uF, as you say, abound in prayer, in order that we may from this day be blessed. I receive many kind congratulations here, and shall in a few weeks, I dare say, be free of my charge here; and now, dear Mr. Lewis, I will conclude in your own words, that whenever you feel disposed to write to me, I shall be happy to receive it.—Yours affectionately, " ELIZ A." Sergeant Shee proceeded—After these communications had passed. the plaintiff of course fully expected that the marriage would take pl ace , an d s h e i n f orme d h e r friends of the affair, and as she stated received the con gratulations of her friends—what then were her feelings upon the receipt of the following letter from the daughter in- law of the defendant:— 1 "On my arrival at home judge of my astonishment at hearing you had accepted an offer from my father-in law to become his wife. The offer was most inconside rately made, and still more foolishly accepted. Sound judgment seems to have been out of the question. Mr. Lewis now sees that he has a family whose comfort and welfare must he considered as well as his own. He sees that the interests of the Church are committed to his keeping, and he dares not, by causing the enemy to blaspheme, violate his sacred.trust. He sees that the character of his pastor, your uncle, is at stake, and that his usefulness will be compromised, and he would not for the world that offence should arise through him. I am therefore specially requested by him to say that 1 he is determined to give up all thought of the union. Your uncle will doubtless write you on the subject.— I remain, yours sincerely, " E. LEWIS." The plaintiff was, of course, not satisfied with the match being broken off in this manner, and she determined to endeavour to ascertain from the defendant himself what reasons he had for such conduct, and accordingly wrote him the following letter:— " Mr. Lewis—l received a letter from Mrs. John Lewis on Tuesday morning, at the same time as you would receive one from me. I therefore deferred noticing that until sufficient time had elapsed to receive an answer from you, but as this morning's post has brought me none, I am compelled, painful as it is to me, again to address you, and I beg to hear from yourself what your intention is in this matter of our proposed marriage. Mrs. Lewis, in her letter, states that she is requested by you to say that you are determined to give up all thoughts of the union. Now, then, we must turn to the other side of the question, and see what I hare to say about it, and will come at once to the point. lam the injured party. Were lin the same position now as when I parted with you, I would have pocketed the in. sult, borne the mortification, and treated it with silent contempt, but it isnot so. Could I for one moment doubt the sincerity of a Christian man like yourself? I there fore, agreeably to your wishes, having full confidence in all you had said, began to wind up my affairs, put my self to expense, and, what is worse than all, gave up my situation, and told you in my letter, I should be free of my charge here; and after all this you can treat me thus. Oh, well might the Psalmist say, ' Lord, what is man?' Surely, well described by the prophet, 'Deceit ful above all things.' But I forbear, and will wait a reasonable time for your answer, in order that I may know how to act. "I remain, Sir, yours, &c., "E. KNILL." • '1 his letter produced no reply from the defendant himself, but a day or two afterwards the plaintiff re ceived :mother letter from his daughter:— " Your note to my father has just been handed to me. I am truly sorry to sea such an unbecoming spirit mani fested. No insult was intended, nor has any been offered. Your letter has confirmed Mr. Lewis in his de termination ; he will notaet so diametrically opposite to the advice of his family and friends as to proceed in an affair so contrary to reason. Had you listened to your aunt's advice to postpone your answer till Mr. Lewis had. consulted his family on the subject, all this trouble would have been spared. These are certabaly times when everything proceeds with railway speed, and you seem to have resolved to go with the times ; for it is not an every-day occurrence for such a multiplicity of arrange ments to be completed in one week. But you say Mr. Lewis requested it. Perhaps so, .but ladies are not ex pected to act up to the letter of every wish that may be expressed on the spur of the moment on such occasions, especially when the chosen one is a youth of eighty years. But, as you say, 1 forbear.' There is only one favour I have to ask...if you have a spark of attnebtrient or consideration for your uncle, let the [natter rest. We all see what you are now aiming at. The strain in which you Ir,ve addrerved ir. Lo win can fu rious to yourself. Wishing ycu right views and proper feelings on the subject,l remain youra truly, E. LEWIS." The plaintiff, after this, made another attempt to obtain an explanation from the defendant by writing to him the following letter;— " Mr. Le'Wis,—ln consequence of Mrs. Lewis's letter to me, I am constrained, in self-defence, again to write to you. I have nothing to do with ker. She says no insult was intended. I would have agreed with her, it you had really some good reasons for withdrawing, and candidly and kindly have stated them to me yourself. Much trouble might have indeed been spared. But no, you have been silent, and allow d others—storm after storm—to hurl their thunder bolts at me, and for what? If I know my own heart at all, I simply de sired to be a comfort to you. You very well know that I said to you, ' How about your children?—for I cannot bear to live in ill feeling with any one—shall I have in them friends or enemies ?' and you said, Friends I hope. 1 have been to my son, Richard, twice to-day, and told him I was conrin!T here, ar:d he approves it.' But,' said I, What does Mrs. i Stoner say?' You said, I have not told her, for she is very violent in her temper, and when she hears it, I dare say she will come to your uncle; but I hope. Mr. Knill wirl be very severe with her, for I do not mean that she shall put it aside;' and when you ailed, d to her in your letter to me, you said, 'This I must have with God.' Again, ashen you mentioned money matters, I said, can have no thing to do with that; there is something in the affair on hand far higher in my view than all that.' You wanted a companion arid friend, and urged me to leave Wotton as soon as possible to be all that to you, and because I agreed to do so and acted upon it, I am to be treated in this way, and told that no insult was offered. and that I acted with railway speed, and, in a most satirical man ner, bringing in your 'youth,' as Mrs. Lewis chooses to call it. Now, I know of no passage in all God's book condemning marriage in any, on account of age or cir cumstances, ror have I ever heard of any law of man that countenances such treatment as I am receiving, be cause I had consented thereto. Now, sir, my own conscience, and I am sure I can in mull appeal to yours also, that I have neither said, done, nor written anything that I am ashamed should appear before your family, the whole town of Wotton, or any court of justice. Thus conceiving that I have ' right views and proper feelings' on the subject, I again request a communication from yourself. Without it you cannot expect that I should let the matter rest." The only answer she received to this communication was the following one from Mrs. Lewis:—" Mrs. Lewis begs to acknowledge the receipt of Miss Knill's letter, and, at the same time, to intimate that the Rev. J. Ltwis considers her fully competent to answer any inquiries Miss K. may choose to make." Under these circum stances the plaintiff had no alternative but to institute the present proceedings, and the jury would say by their verdict to what amount of damages she was entitled. He did not mean to urge that there had ever been any vio lent affection, but most certainly the plaintiff had been disgraced and placed in a most painful position by the conduct of the defendant, and was, therefore, entitled to some compensation. The Rev. Mr. Knill was then examined. He deposed that he was, at the time in question, the minister of an Independent congregation at Wotton-under-Edge, and the plaintiff was his niece. The defendant had been his particular friend for many years, and he was also formerly minister of an Independent congre gation. In the autumn of 1847, the plaintiff was at his house on a visit, and was introduced to the defendant, who afterwards frequently conversed to him about her, and said how reliefs he wished to make her his wife if she had been two or three years older. The plaintiff was about forty-five years old. The de fendant used frequently to say that she was a very nice young woman.—(A laugh.) On the 10th of September defendant, witness, and the plaintiff took tea together, and she was going to return the next day to Wotton. In the course of the day he saw the defendant in the garden, sitting under a large shady tree—(Laughter)-- and witness went up to him, when he told him he had made his niece an offer of marriage, and that the had accepted him. Ile talked very fast, and said a good deal. —(Renewed laughter.) He at first suggested that the marriage should take place in London, but witness objected, and said it ought to take place there, and the defendant assented. Witness then told him that his niece would have a good name, and that, as he might die in a month, he ought to make some provision for his widow. He considered a short time, and then said he thought he could settle a thousand pounds on her. 'Tice defendant had frequently complained that he was very lonely, as he could not talk to his servant, who had only one or two ideas, and that he was in great want of a friend and companion. Cross examined—The defendant was eighty years old. lie only went out upon one occasion with my niece. There was no discontent among the congrega tion on account of the proposed marriage, but the Lewis family were of course very angry about it. He was never accused of getting up the marriage between his niece and the defendant, and did not leave his ministry on account of the dissatisfactio❑ created among the con gregation in consequence. Mr. Lewis was very anxious that he should tell him when his niece was going to leave Wotton-under-Edge. She came there the latter end of August, and left in the begianing of September. Miss Mary Moginie, an acquaintance of the plaintiff, deposed that she informed her of the intended marriage, and she was aware that she had purchased clothes to the amount of 301., in anticipation of the marriage. Cross-examined—Plaintiff still occupied her situation at the school. This was the plaintiff's case. Sergeant CHANNELL then addressed the jury for the defendant, and he said that no cases differed so much their circumstances as breaches of promises of this de scription. In some eases, where a long period of youth ful affection was wantonly put an end to, no damages could be too great for the injured party, but in others, and such a case he submitted was the present, no iejuty whatever had been itifl cted. In this case the parties, one an old manof eighty, and the other a woman of ma ture years, certainly, were only proved to have been seen once together; and what attachment could possibly be supposed to exist under such circumstances? It was, indeed, ridiculous to talk of affection in such a case ; and, if the union had taken place, every one must see that it could not have been productive of anything like bliss or happiness. It was quite clear that, as Miss Lewis said, the offer had been inconsiderately made, and as foolishly accepted ; but still he must admit that the offer had been made, and the jury were called upon to state what damage the plaintiff had sustained by its being broken. Something had been said about a sum of a thousand pounds being settled upon her, but there was no evidence when she was to have it, except that there was some suggestion that everything was to be settled in a month, and she was to become a widow and have the money at the same time. What damage had the plaintiff sustained ? Look at the ages of the parties ; and ho asked them to con sider what happiness or advantage could be likely to be derived from such an union. The plaintiff herself had evidently treated the affair as a matter of business, and said that she had wound up her affairs in anticipation of the marriage. —(A laugh.) It was stated that she had given up her situation in consequence ; but that did Rot appear to be the case, and there was no proof of her having suffered the slightest damage. If the jury should, however, feel themselves compelled to give a verdict in her favour, he felt assured that they would consider the smallest amount ample compensation under all the circumstances of the case. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE summed up very brie fly, and the jury, after deliberating for more than an hour, returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 50/. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Reading, March 4. William Wilmhurst, a gentlemanly-looking young man, was arraigned before Mr. Jestice Patteson, on numerous indictments, for extensive forgeries. He was charged with forging the signature of Sir E. Filmer, Bart., M.P., for 3,724/.; a similar fraud on Messrs. Wil liams, bankers, of Dorchester, for 3001., by means of a forged letter of credit, purporting to have been issued by Cocks and Biddulph, of Charing-cross; a third for gery on the Old Bank, at Oxford, and others on the London and County Joint-stock Bank, and its branches. The prisoner was stated to have held tho situation of clerk in one of the neighbouring banks. The forgery of the signature of Sir E. Filmer was the first case gone into. Mr. Keating prosecuted, and Mr. Cook defended. Mr. J. Brodstreet, a clerk at the London and County Bank, at Oxford, said that, on the 9th of September, the prisoner came to the bank, and having given his name and address a.; J. M. Brown, Esq., Park place, near ran g bourne, wished to open an account. He offered two drafts, one was signed E. Filmer, Bart., and purported to be drawn for 3,7241., on Messrs. Overend and Gurney, dated Sept. 6, 1847. The other was on the London and County Bank, Lombard-street, by William Taylor, in favour of H. Brown, for 3241. He stated the larger cheque to be the proceeds of a mortgage, which he had foreclosed, and which had been purchased by Sir E. mer. Having produced a letter, which purported to have come from Overend, Gurney, and Co., and which tended to prove the genuineness of the larger draft, wit ness received them, and gave an accountable receipt for the whole. Prisoner signed J. M. Brown in the auto graph book. Prisoner then said he wanted some cash, and he was allowed to draw by cheque 301. In the course of an hour he returned and presented another cheque, represented to be drawn by B. Plaisted, in favour of J. M. Brown, Esq., for 2511., on the London and County Bank. He askelcash for the whole of that, which was refused. He asked for an order on London, and, after some delay, he had one for 2001., at four days' date. Having reason to suspect thus they were forgeries, he traced the prisoner to Abingdon-road station, and got 211. and the letter of credit back from him. Sir Edward Filmer said the signature was not his. Ile never banked at Overend, Gurney, and Co.'s. There was no other baronet of the same name. The draft by W. Taylor on the London and County Bank for 3101., as also that on the same bank for 2511., in the name of J. B. Plaisted, being proved to be forgeries, it was shown that on the morning of the 9th of Septem ber he engaged a special train to be ready at half-past eleven on the Great Western Railway at Oxford, but he never came. The Learned JUDGE then carefully summed up the whole facts, and The jury found the prisoner Guilty. The prisoner was then indicted for defrauding Messrs. Williams, of Dorchester, of 3001. by means of forgery, and was found tiruilty of the charge. The Learned JUDGE sentenced him to be transported for the term of his natural life. The other indictments, of course, were withdrawn. SOUTH WALES ClRCUlT.—Swansea, March 4. MURDER AT CARDIFF.—CONVICTIC N OF SEVEN PRI !JOWL—John Griaiths, alias "Swansea Jack," Alex. ander Thema', dia.; 14 Alex the Devil I" Agrar , " single n 011)!:n; and Bridget Kelle, were indicted for the wilful Trairder of Wil;iarn Morrison; and James Jonai Alfredßurman, ant: Harr Williams, were also charge' with having aided and abetted in the commission of the crime. M( 113&nson and Grove prz:secuted; Mr. Allen cle• feTlcled the prisoner Burrows. From a mass of evidence adduced in support of tha prosecution, it appeared that the deceased entered csr duff with his wile, sister, and two children, on the ere; fling of October 28. Being strangers to the place, and not in very premising circumstances, they bad some difficulty in obtaining lodgings. At length, howeverj they were taken in by a peaceably-disposed manly" woman, Mrs. Morgan, residing in Whitmore-lane. On the evening of the 30th they were somewhat alarmed by a great disturbaece in the street, near the door; and Mr. Morgen having gone out a short time previouslb Mrs. Morgan was in fear lest he should be hurt" A cry of murder was then raised as if under the window of the house, and Mrs. Morgan immediately proceede d , with a lighted candle to the street door, to ascent" what was the matter. On opening the door the prisoner Meyriek snatched the candle-stick from her hand, and struck I,er, at the same time aAting her with an eath• why she brought the light out ? After considerabl e chflieulty Mrs. Morgan contrived to get back into the house, but the disturbance increasing, and entertaining her previous fears, she a second time appeared at the door. The moment she presented herself the females Meyrick and Kelly seized upon her by the bait* of her head, and threatened her immediate death. Sh e el-4d for help, tied the deceased being the only male in the house, rushed to her aid. There were several Pe" sons round the doorway, and Mrs. Morgan was stag' glilig on the ground with three of the females at the bar, Meyrielc, Kelly, and Williams. The deceased leane d over her for the purpose of !Ming her up, when Mer, rick seiz him by the hair of his h e ad w i t h on o band and his neckerchief with the other. Kelly also catching him by his hair. In this dredful suffering the poor mat; endeavoured to rescue his lan a dlady. When Griffiths sea Thomas, in the most brutal manner, kicked him in the side. He reeled along the passage, and in a second or so fell dead. His wife ran to his aid and raised his head, but life was quite extinct. Having laid his head on her apron, the prisoner Kelly rushed at her, and said," You I'll serve you as they have serv e d y our husband.' „ She managed to escape from her fury. Several wit' nesses identified the prisoner as being concerned in the commission of the outrage. The disturbance in the first instance appeared to have originated in a fight between the prisoners and some sailors. The cruel tames on Mrs. Morgan seemed to have been from no other cause than her hrir ging out a lighted candle and exposing the parties who were creating the disturbance to the police if they were any way near. Messrs. Paine and Jenkins, surgeons, deposed to the blows inflicted by the kicks having produced immediate death. Counsel having addressed the jury for the prisoner Burrows, the Learned Judge (Williams) summed up at considerable length, and pointed out the evidence as 3 bore upon the different prisoners. The jury retired for an hour and a half to consider their verdict. They found John Griffiths, Alexander Thomas, 2,laria Meyrick, and Bridget Kelly, guilty Of manslaughter; and James Jones, Alfred Burrows, an Mary Williams, guilty of aiding and abetting in the commission of that crime.—Sentence deferred. At Swansea, on Tuesday, John Lloyd, aged 25. an d Richard Mahony, aged 27, were indicted for hiring assaulted Charles Bowring, and feloniously and violently stolen from his person coin and bank notes of the value of 1,0001. The prisoners pleaded Guilty. Evan Evans, aged 38, a weaver, and Richard 7 homeat aged 26, a woollen spinner, were next indicted for felo niously receiving a portion of the 1,0001., well knowia% it to have been stolen. A great number of witnesses were examined, and tb• jury returned a verdict of Guilty against both prisoner , recommending Richard Thomas to mercy. The LEARNED JUDGE sentenced John Lloyd 10 Richard Mahony to be transported for the term of their natural lives. Evan Evans was sentenced to eighteen months' itnprisonmsmt, and Richard Thomas to ell months' imprisonment, with hard labour. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 4. STOCK EXCHANOR.—The sales are—East Lancashire, Nen 5 dis.— Di t to, New Quarter s , l c. dis. Lancashire 07 Yorkshire, Fifths, 1 4 dis.—. Ditto, Halves (late L. and B.), 11 did.—liitto, Fifths ( West Riding Union), 2% dis.—London and North-Western, 136 c.—Ditto, New Quarters, 4 1 4 p. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Preference, I ,‘ 1: 4 " Ditto, 201. Shares, 51. 18s. 9d. dis.—Midland, 106 c.—South' Eastern and Dover, 27 1 , 2 c.—Ditto, No. 4,2% dis.—York , Newcastle, and Berwick (N. and B.), No. 2, 1!4 p.—Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), 136 p. MANCHESTER, Manor 4. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lama' shire, and Cheshire Jun c ti on , 5 15-1 6 dis.—Chester and Birkenhead (20/. Shares), 6 5 ,6 dis.—East Lancashire, NeW 5 dis.—Lancashire and Y or k s hi re , Fifths, 3i dis.—lfsn' chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Sheffield and Lincoln' shire), 6 7.16 dis.—North Staffordshire, db l .—South' Eastern and Dover, '27 A; —Ditto, No 4, 2 1 4 dis. LEEDS, MARCH 4. STOCK Excris k stoK.—The sales are—East Lancashire, NeW , 5 1 4 c. dis.—Great Northern, 7% dis.— Huddeisfield and Manchester, Thirds, l s ie dis.—Leeds and Thirsk, 171. 13s. 9d. dis.—North British, Halves, —Ditto, Thirds, 12s. 6d. dis.—Ditto, Extension, 4s. 6d. die.—North-Western, 5% u• dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, No. 2 (New Bennetts), 30s. p. WAYS AND MEANS. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the order of the day for going into Committee of Ways and Means. Mr. URQUHART rose for the purpose of making some explanations on a matter personal to himself. He stated that on Wednesday last the Noble Lord the Secretary for Foreign Ai - fairs had attributed to him corrupt motives in making the statements which he made on a former occasion with re spect to the conduct of the Noble Lord in the Foreign Office the motive was this, that he (Mr. Urquhart), upon being removed from office, had made these charges, and continued to make them. In reply to that charge, he begged to state, first, that he had been in conflict with the Noble Lord from the first moment in which they came into contact, upon all matters connected with foreign affairs, and, from the year 1834, the Noble Lord had not ceased to use " underhand " means of injuring bitn—(Order, order)—and, secondly, that all those charges which he had made against the Noble Lord he had me de previous to the year of his appointment to office ; and further, that he had never made it any greund of cornplaiot that he had been removed from office, hut that, on the contrary, he expressed to the Noble Lord his gratitude for being removed from the duties of his office. His course had been consistent fi - o:n the beginning to the end, and he therefore caned upon the Noble Lord, if he did not retract the words he used on Wednesday, to lay the correspondence he had alluded to on the table of the House. Lord PALMERSTON said that be could r.ot re tract opinions that were a Wed on his mind.—(Dear, hear.) He had no objection t ► lay the correspondence on the table of the House which had been published in all the newspapers.—(Hear, hear.) It his views and those of the Hon. Member were at variance, he must confess his only surprise was that the lion. Member should have accepted an appointment under a person with whose opinions he differed.-- (Hear, hear.) As to the statement than his ob ject was to undermine the Honourable; Member, he could assure him that he had no such intention, and, as a proof of that, he might state that although he was told that he had done an injudicious, act in ap pointing the Hon. Member, having done so he was determined to maintain it, and the Hon. Member went out. A great number of petitions were then presented against the renewal of the income tax. WAYS AND MEANS. On the motion that the House resolve itself into a Committee of Ways and Means, Mr. HUME said that he felt considerable diffi culty in consequence of the course that had been adopted by the Government. It was usual before any new tax was imposed for the Chancellor of the Exchequer to state to the House his expected receipts and expenditure, and if there was a deficiency, to state how it was intended by the Government to make it up . how the Noble Lord at the head of the Government stated the other night that according to the calcula tions he had made the income of the country would amount to 51,250,0001., while the expenditure would be 54,596,000/, making a deficiency of 3,500,000/., which with the deficiency of last year, would make a to tal of nearly 5,000,000/. Now the Noble Lord, in ordt r to make up that deficiency, proposed to add two per cent. upon incomes, which he calculated would produce 5,464,0001. The Government had subsequently withdrawn the proposition for increasing the tax upon income, and they now proposed to continue the tax of three per cent. only. Now he wanted to know how the deficiency was to be made up. He had never known an instance, where the expenditure exceeded the income, of the House going into a Committee of Ways and Means in order to adopt a certain tax without its being first informed by the Government how they proposed to make up the deficiency ; he wished therefore to know from the Chancellor of the Exchequer how he proposed to make up the deficiency. They ought to be told whether the proposed increased expenditure was abandoned cr not, because supposing the expenditure of the present year was no more than that of last there would still be a deficiency of a million of money, and he wanted to know how that deficiency was to be made up. He appealed to the Right Honourable Baronet the Member for Tamworth whether he knew ahy instance where such a course was adopted as that Government was now pursuing ? Sir R. PEEL said it had not been the practice of his owe Administration to require votes of money before makiug a statement of ways and means, but he was acquainted with several instances where such a course was adopted before he came into office. The liousee then went in:o CoininNee, and On the vote for the continuance of the income-tax being put, Mr. HUME said he must repeat his question, aril he hoped if the Right lion. the Chancellor of the Exchequer were not deaf he would answer his question. There were two important points which he wished to have explained. The first was the deficiency. He wanted to know how it was to be made up, and in the next place he was anxious to be informed whether Government had their prepared increase of their estimates.—(i fear, hear.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he was perfectly ready to answer the qaesions of the Honourable Member, but he must first assure the lion. Member that lied he paid attention to what was stated the other night he would heve fled no occasion to put them.— (Hear, hear.) He soled then that Government did not propose to make any reduction in the army and navy estimates, arid he, therefore, proposed the appointment of the Committees, with the view of assisting the House in its determination upon that question. The miscellaneous estimates, howt ver, they were anxious to have reduced, and if, after making these reductions and abandoning the additional income-tax, there still remained a deficiency, Government proposed to make it up out of the balances in the Exchequer.—(Hear.) HULL, MARC H 4. STOCK EXCHANGE —Shares are lracinally recovering from the fall sustained by the reports from France, and as the dis turbances settle down, and confidence becomes restored, cau• cot tail materially to improve; particularly those lines who have at their meetings clearly shown they were net justly chargeable with paying dividends out of capital account* The sales are—Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 10 dis.-• North British, Halves, 10%—Ditto, Thirds, IN.—lonic, Newcastle, and Berwick, No. 2 (New Berwicks), 1/. 11.• 3d. di,. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, MANCH 4. STOCK EXCHANGZ.—The sales are—Dundee and Perth, New Quarters, 41s. 6d.—Newcastle and Carlisle, 100—North British, Thirds, 265. 6d.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, PIP Terence (G. N. E. Purchase), 13%. YORK, MARCH 3. SrocK Exctuatoz.—The sales are— Great Northern, 5 3 / 4 —North British, Thirds, 27s.—York, Newcastle, and Bet wick, No. 2 (late New Berwicks), 11A —Ditto (G. N. Z. Purchase), 9%. EDINBURGH, Manor 3. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Dundee and Northern Junction, 29s.—Dundee and Perth, Quarters, 401.—Edin' burgh and Northern (Newport), 71. 10s. —North British, Quarters, 41. 14s.—Ditto, Thirds, 255. 6d.—Caledonian, Novo 90s. GLASGOW, 31.kacx 3. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, New, 4 % —Dundee and Perth, Quarters, 40s.—Edinburgh and Glas" gow, NlA—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 8556—Ditto, Halves, No. 1, s %—Glasgow and Greenock, 16_M/inches' ter and Southampton, 4s. 6d.—North British, Thirds, 27L Slamannan, 151. • [ADVERTISEMENT.] Holloway's Pills the meSt certain, sate, and speedy cure for Dropsy.""`This disease• to which so many of the human race are subject, and more particularly females at the meridian of life, may be cured by the use of Holloway's Pills. The numerous cures effected by this invaluable Medicine already knows to the public, are sufficient evidences of its efficacy to in duce any person to give i t an immediate trial who is sutlering from Dropsy, whether it be of the flesh, the chest, or any other of its various forms, as no remedy has been yet discovered that is so successful in eradi• eating this disease as Holloway's Pills, which are sold by all druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. PORTSMOUTH, SATURDAY. The Brighton and South Coast Company's steam-packet Brighton arrivod at Portsmouth from Havre de Grace, on Saturday evening, at a quarter to seven o'clock, having left Han* at a quarter to one that day. She brought the last news from Havre, which was very unpromising, and fifty passengeis, six of them cabin passengers ; that others were English and Scotch workmen from the factories at Rouen, driven from their looms and real deuces by the French workmen, who threatened thins with death if they did not leave. They appear in a pitiable condition, and remained on board the Warp boat at Portsmouth yesterday, at the expense of that company, who did not like to turn them on shore whit out clothes, food, or money, or a place to go to. The Brighton conveyed also dispatches for the Foreign See. , retary, Lord Palmerston, and the First Lord of the Treasury, which went to town by express engine from Brighton on Saturday night. PARIS ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. A communica• Lion was received from Mr. Walsh, the Consul-General of the United States in Paris, of a letter from Lieutenant Maury, the Director of the National Observatory at Washington, giving an account of a warm stream which arrives on the north-west coast of America, apparently from the coast of China. It s ra t e o f speed appears to be about sixty miles per day. BIRTHS. On the 28th ult., in Dublin, the lady of George Bridge, Esq., Captain 3d Regiment (the Buffs) of a daughter. On the Ist inst., at the Camden-villas, the lady of Choi*. Bannister, Esq., of &daughter. On the 28th ult., at Putney-heath, Viscountess Chelsea, of a son. Oa the 26th ult., at Haslemere, Surrey, the wife of the Rev. Henry Malin', of a sun. On the 28th ult., the lady of the Rev. C. Brenton, of 1 daughter. _., Oii the Ist inst., in the Close, Lichfield, the lady 0(00 Rev. 11. Cotton, of a son. On:the 2d inst., at the Viearage:Honie, Reigate, Mrs. John N. Harrison, of a daughter. MAKRIAD. On the 21st of December last, at Buenos Ayres, Lieutenant James P. Thurburn, R.N., to Margaret, daughter of J. White, Eig., of that city. On the 2 lst lilt., in Guernsey, W. Ktlly, Esq., to Elizabeth., youngest daughter o f th e l ate J ames Blontgomery, Esq. , ° I Bren tte rd. On the 2d inst., at Bedale, Yorkshire, Henry W. de la p.er Beresford, Esti., to Henrietta Anne Theodosia, only d au ghter of the late lion. and Rey. Thomas Monson. DIEB. On the 24th ult., at Inverness, Mre. Margaret Digo Chisholm, aged 91. Un the 26th ult.. at Southampton, the Rev. Henry Ge‘wg il Maul, 13. A., aged 30. On the 28th ult., in Hastings, Major-General Andre° Aitchison, of the Bombay Army. On the 28th ult., a t Si ng l e t on , J ess i e D a l rymp l e , w ife of H. Hussey 'Vivian, Eyq., aged 22. On the 29th ult., at Keynsham, Somersetshire, }fr. 5- Tanswell, aged 86. On the Ist inst., Henrietta Mary, only daughter of Ed mund Barlo, Esq., of T , rrington• square. On the Ist inst., Mr. William Thomas Hughes, of the Army Medical Department, aged 47. London : Printed and Published by 11 1URDO YOUNG. at No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sum Office, No. 1121 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, In the countY Qg Middlesex, Monday, March 6, 184& be 8u of let