The Sun. — London, England, 1841-03-08 00:00:00

EVINING EDITION COMMISSION OF LUNACY. A Commission of Lunacy was opened at eleven o'clock on Saturday, at Gerrard's Hall, Basing-lane, for the purpose of inquiring into the state of mind of William Fenwick, Esq., late of Bombay, in the East ladies, and now of Gerrard's Hall. The Commiscioners were Messrs. Phillimnre, Bligb, and Whitmarsh. Mr. Calvert appeared in support of the Commis sion. Mr. Austin, a solicitor, and the brother of the alleged lunatic, were present to watch the proceedings, but not to oppose them. Mr. Secondary POTTER having read the warrant of Commission, and the Jury being sworn, The CHIEF COMMISSIONER explained to the Jury the precise points to which their minds should be directed in the course of the investigation. Mr. CALVERT addressed the Court, and said that he had to submit to it as distressing a case as any that had ever been brought before a judicial tribunal. The gentleman, whose sanity of mind they were called upon to investigate, had been a public officer in Bombay, and one who, in the discharge of the duties of his office, bad acted in a manner calculated. to give the greatest satisfaction to those under whom he was em byed. Mr. Fenwick, the gentleman in reference t o whom this investigation hai been instituted, was a Master in the Court of Equity in Bombay, a clerk in the Small Cause Court, and he also acted as an officer in the Ecclesiastical Court there. The severe duties which he had to perform in the said several situations, exhausted his mental and physical powers to such a degree, that in the year 1835 signs of debility were manifested in him, and the result was, that in that year he obtained leave of ab sence, and went for the improvement of his health to St. Helena and the Cape of Good Hope. After re maining in these places during the year 1836, he re turned to Bombay in 1837, but in May, 1837, he again exhibited signs of debility, and again he obtained leave of absence, and proceeded to fne Cape of Good Hope, where be resided with his family. It was during this second residence at the Cape that he mani fested insanity, and was, in consequence, placed under restraint. He, however, subsequently returned to Bombay in 1838, hut owing to his incapacity, from mental and physical infirmity, to perform the duties of I. of his office, he was sent home to England, where he arrivel in October, 1839. He went to reside at the British Hotel, Jermya-street, where he remained for some time, and where it would be proved he had .acted in a manner inconsistent with the conduct of a sane person. At other places he disphyed the same conduct, and two medical gen tlemen, name'y, Dr. Munroe and Mr. Steadman, said they were of opinion that the unfortunate gentle man was decidedly insane. Tae lunacy under which Mr. Fenwick suffered exhibited itself under the form of two delusions ; one was that poison was constantly administered to him in his food, and the next was that he was in constant communication with a celestial being. The facts which he had stated to the Jury would be proved in evidence, and if so, they would then be obliged to bring in a verdict declaring Mr. Fenwick to be a lunatic and unfit to manage his own affairs. Mr. Warden deposed that he knew Mr. Fenwick, 1:1 that Mrs. Warden was Mrs. Fenwick's sister. He knew Mr. Fenwick fot the last twelve or thirteen years. Witness was in the Bombay civil service, and Mr. Fen wick had been a Master in Chancery at Bombay. He also filled two other situations connected with the Courts there, which occupied his time constantly frcm six o'clock in the morning till eleven o'clock at night. The only hours of relaxation which he enjoyed, being those during - which he took his meals. The conse quence ofthis incessant labour was that his mind and body gave way under it, and in January, 1836, his memorywas completely gone ; so much so, indeed, that the moment a lter he had taken his broth he would forget it. In that month he proceeded to the Cape, and returned to Bombay in 1837. Wltne3s called upon him at his office, but he did not appear improved. In reply to a question put by witness, he said " that he was now keeping the lawyers in order."—(Laughter.) Wit ness shorly afterwards proceedett:to the Cape of Good Hope for the benefit of his health, and in May, 1837, Mr. Fenwick arrived there. His health continued poorly, bat it was not unfl November in that year, that he manifested signs of insanity. In that month Mrs. Fenwick was confined, and he then told witness that Mrs. Fenwick had turned him out of doors. He said he knew that his wife had prayed for his death, and that he had been informed of the fact through the medium of a celestial being. He said that he had direct communication with Heaven, and that his former wife (for Mr. Fenwick had been previously mar ried) was the celestial being to whom lie referred. The witness then deposed to Mr. Fenwick having treated his is ly cruelly in consequence of the delusions which he was suffering from ; and also that he said that Lady Dervan, the Governor's lady, had gone to church at Cape Town, and had paid him divine honours. Mr. Fenwick took a dislike to witness, and he did not see him often after Nov. 1837, but he did see him aiteraards with a strait-waistcoat on him, Mr. Abercrombie, his medical attendant, hav ing deemed it desirable that he should be so restrained. Mrs. Fenwick was ultimately taken away from Mr. Fenwick. Witness afterwards saw Mr. Fenwick at Bombay, and subsequently, in London, but he never spoke to him since Christmas, 1837. His opinion was that Mr. Fenwick was never able to manage his own affairs from Nov. 1837. To a Juror—Mr. Fenwick was always a temperate mar. To Mr. PHILLIMORE—Mr. Fenwick was always upon affectionate terms with his wife up to the morning after her confinement at the Cape of Good Hope. James Noble, waiter at the British Hotel, Jermyn street, deposes to Mr.. Fenwick coming to the British Hotel in October, 1839. He remained there about ten weeks. He was accompanied by his daughter, a young lady of 19 years of age. Mr. Fenwick's brother, the clergyman, called, as did also his father-in•law, Ge neral Lodwick. Mr. Fenwick had portraits of his wife and daughter, and when be was angry with them he used to turn the faces of the portraits to the wall, and displayed other eccentric acts. He also complained that poison was put into his fish sauce and his food generally. He went away at the end of ten or eleven weeks, and returned about July, 1840. He then seemed to get more eccentric. He used to go to St. James's church every day, and said that the church used to be con stantly crowded, and that the object of the persons who came there was to pay him divine honours. He said upon one occasion that he had been insulted by a person staring at him in churc'a. He gave a descri[- tion of this person, and witness described Lim as a me dical gentleman, named Davis ; and ever afterwards Mr. Fenwick used to say that Mr. Davis was con stantly giving him poison in his food. When Mr. Fenwick went away the first time he paid his bill cor rectly, and so far acted rationally. Sir Astley Cooper and Dr. Munroe saw Mr. Fenwick at the hotel. Mr. Cherry, the proprietor of the British Hots 1, also deposed to the delusion under which Mr. Fenwick Laboured,; in reference to poison being administered to him in his food. H e said that the witness was instru mental to the poison being administered, and that he would have to answer it at the place of judgment, and that he (Mr. Fenwick) would be a witness against him on that day. The proprietor of th e King's Arm s , Bagshot, the chambermaid at that in n , an d the rorietors of '. the Green-man, Blackheatb,depo se a to M r . F enw ick being at the hotels mentioned, and th a t at each of them he declared that poison had been put into his food. The Rev. John Peregrine Fenwiek deposed that he saw his brother upon his arrival in England, and that he told him individeals were (Alger' to go t o church to pay him divine honour!. His brother's manner and geaeral demeanour were quite rations'. He knew what his property was, and was quite capable of looking to his accounts and of drawing choques. Mr. 'Austin , the alleged lunatic's solicitor, was. also ) examined, and he deposed that u p to that da is perso be laboured under the delusion that were obliged to go to church to pay him divine I o iourg, and nisi) that poison was constantly placed in his food. So much was be under this latter delusion that he had declined to tike any food for several days. Ho was quite reduced by it. The present proceedings were taken with the consent of all parties connected with Mr. Fenwick, for it was clear he could not manage his his own affairs, and the trustees under his marriage skt tleme• t had deelin7d to pay him any money, on the ground of his not being able to give them a legal release. Genaral Lodwick gave similar testimony. Mr. Calvert then produced a petition which had been written by Mr. Fenwick addressed to the Queen, in which he claimed a pension for the loss of his situa tion in Bombay. The petition, which came from the Home-office, displa 3 ed au extraordinary compound of san ity and delusion, but the composition as a whole placed the lunacy of Mr. Fenwick beyond a doubt. Dr. Munroe and Mr. Steadman were then examined, and they unhesitatingly gave it as their opinion that Mr. Fenwick was insane. The former gentleman said, that ability to cast up accounts and draw cheques was not incompatible with positive insanity. Mr. Fenwick was then introduced to the room. He seemed under was a gentlemanly-looking personage, apparently i,ad a 50 years of age. He was placed in a chair, perfectly composed. The CHIEF COMMISSIONER communicated to him the result of the present inquiry, and said thai it would be necessary to ask him some questions. Mr. Fenwick—'l hen the questions had better be put to, me in writing and I will answer them in the same way. As the investigation is an important one, I should like that my answers should be precise. This arrangement having been acceded to, the ques tions to M r . Fenwick were written, and he replied to them in the same ways- which had relation. hen t hose questions w ere t of his insanity. was labouring, his answers eft no doubt --`- e delusions unde r . . which he He was then taken away. • The Jury shortly-eons e ut n id ei w hen they re t urne d a verdict " that Willi am F t scud had been so since MO ' ' t n . was a lunatic, WINDOW DUTY. The following petition was presented by General Sir De Lacy Evans, on Friday, Feb. 19 : " The Petition of the Members of the Westminster Reform Society, _ _ "Showeth,—That your petitioners are householders in the City of Westminster, who, for many years, used their most strenuous exertions to obtain a Reform in the Commons House of Parliament, expecting thereby that, among (Aber grievances which a Reformed Parlia ment would redress, those of excessive and unequal taxa tion would have been the first they would have removed. " Your petitioners deeply regret that, in the eighth year of a Reformed Parliament, they should have to pray your Honourable House to repeal a tax so griev ous, mischievous, and unjust, as the window tax. " Your petitioners submit, for the consideration of your Honourable House, that the window-tAx is unjust from its inequality, being, in many cases, 14 per cent. upon the property of the trader and manufacturer, and 2 per cent. upon the property of the rich ; that it is mischievous, inasmuch as it diminishes the profit de rived from trade, and greatly discourages industry by rendering the employment of capital less productive ; that it is calculated to increase_ absenteeism, by induc ing those persons who possess fixed incomes to remove to countries where commodious residences and the other necessaries of life are obtained at less cost, and where they arc free from so odious an impost as the win dow-tax. _ _ . Your petitioners conceive that it is not among the least of the evils produced by this ttx that, in large and densely populated towns, the inhabitants should, from the oppressiveness of this tax, have presented to them inducements to deprive their dwellings of that light and ventilation which is absolutely necessary to the health and moral condition of the people, and the absence of which is known to produce the most fatal contagious diseases. " Your petitioners are induced the more earnestly to call the attention of your Honourable House to this subject from the late increase of this tax so grievously pressing upon Oa industrious and trading portion of the community. " Your petitioners aver that while the suffrage de pends upon the payment of the window tax by a given time, the late increase will operate most materially to limit the elective franchise; first, by disfranchising all who arc unable to pay the larger amount of tax in time to retain their qualification; and, secondly, by disfran chising those who appeal, and whose votes are lost be fore their appeal is heard. " Your petitioners, therefore, pray your Honourable House to grant a total repeal of the window -tax, aid your petitioners will ever pray. " Signed on behalf of the Westminster Reform Society, "JOHN MORRIS, Cha'rmae. " Stannard's Hotel, Charles -street, Covent-garden." There is one point which deserves particular atten tion, viz., the inducement to exclude light and ventila tion for the purpose of evading so heavy a tax, thus offering a premium upon pestilence, and somewhat in consistent with the concern lately manifested by the Parliament for the introduction of sanatory measures. Much that was said in defence of the Drainage Bill by the Marquis of Normanhy, may be urged with equal propriety against the window-tax. NEW NOVEL BY LORD WILLIAM. LENNOX. Just ready, in 3 vols. post Bvo., COMPT ON AUDLEY; Or, HANDS NOT HEARTS. A NOVEL. By LORD WILLIAM LENNOX. Richird Bentley, New Burlington-street. Mr. Gibson, the Inspector of Schools for Scot land, has been in town to receive final instructions from the Committee of Council, before he commences an extensive tour of inspection in Scotland, during which he will ex amine the schools of the Church of Scotland in many Presbyteries, which have invited the inspection of their schools. TII n Tow ER.—ln accordance with instructions given by hia Grace the Duke of Wellington, the eastern entrance of the 'rower is now kept open daily (Sunday excepted), until seven o'clock, P.M. This rule it to be observed until the Ist of November next, when the eastern gate is ordered to be closed at four o'clock, P. M. FRACAS IN DUBLIN.—On Saturday last two youths, Mr. Foster (son of Baron Foster) and his cousin, Mr. Arthur Foster, were bound over to keep the peace towards Lord Maisarene. It appeared that hia Lordship was the author of a poem, called the " Love Sketch," in which there are some offensive allusions both to Baron Foster and his brother, and that Mr. Arthur French had, in consequence of its publication, laid a whip on his Lord ship's shoulders, saying, at the same time, " Consider you are now horsewhipped, and not only so, but publicly horse whipped ;" and in this act he was abetted by Mr. Charles Foster, and thei both gentlemen protected their cards to Lord Massarcne. LEITH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. - A meeting of this Association was held on Tuesday, when it was resolved unanimously, on the motion of Mr. Berry, Deputy Chairman, seconded by Mr. Ca3self, that a peti tion be presented to the House of Commons, in teferenco to the Report of the Select Committee on the Import Duties. A petition wa3 also signed, praying that men- EII:CS he taken for the abr lition of the Sound dues levied by Denmark on vessels and ca•goes, or at least f r obtain ing such relief in regard to them as might be found prac ticable. SINGULAR STORM IN JERSEY.—A gentle man resident in the island cf Jericy, wri ing to a fr iend describes a very singular storm, which occurred there on the sth ultimo. On returning home from dining with a friend, there was a bitter storm of rain and wind, with a perfectly preternatural degree of cold. On rising in the mcrning, and drawing up the window blinds, II e was astonished to find the panes of glass, though as transparent as before, covered uniformly over their whole external surface with a sheet of ice full half an inch thick, while large icicles depended from the division of the sash. The roughness of the ice prevented his seeing anything without, notwithstanding its transparency, nor was it until late in the day, when the heat of a large fire had thawed about an inch square on some of the panes, that he became aware of the st ate of things abroad. He then saw the ilexes and other shrubs in front of the house, of fifteen to twenty feet high, all prostrated, broken open, or bowed down on all sides, exactly in the form of weeping ashes, by the weight of an enormous coating of pellucid ice. Not a trace was there of snow, nor a single even semi-opaque spot to be seen—all was solid ice. The sturdier trees on the oppo site side of the road presented a no less extraordinary appearance . ; they looked as if all converted into the I most beautiful ornaments of pure crystal. He was so much struck with this phenomenon, that he got in and we'gised two twigs, first in their crystal coats, and then when these had melted off. One weighed four ounces with its ice, and one-fourth of an ounce when deprived of it ; the other three and a half ounces, and one eighth when bare. Another person weighed a branch in his garden which bad been broken down ; it was twelve and three-quarters of a pound in ice, and two and a half ounces without it. By the 7th ult., when it never ceased raking, there was some abwe ment in the intensity cf the frost, without which not a tree had been left whole in the island. Not a soul could stir about, and all from the windows appeared still a perfect tner de glace. By five o'clock of the Bth, they had seen only the brewer, who reported the devastation among the trees as frightful, pasticularly among the orchards, a fact which after observation amply bore out. Many of the finest ornamental trees have !sten utterly destroyed, some broken et the root, others split opea, and deprived of top and branch, and a prodigious number of the finest fruit trees totally destroyed. The worst mischief was in the most sheltered places, which proved that it had been done by weight, not impetus,—the load of ice which must have been produced by constant congelation of the falling rain. A Correspondent asks how it happens that Mr. Harv;y, the prominent and talented defender of Captain J. W. Reynolds, has abstained from his meditated appeal to the Legislature, and why his relative, Captain Basil Hall, is also silent. We cannot answer the questions. [The rest of the letter, reflecting on the speeches made on Friday evening in favour of Lord Cardigan, contains, we arc sorry t 3 say, too much truth, but it is too personal for publication.] LORD HOLLAND'S WILL.—The will and co dicil of the Right Hon. Henry Richard Vassall Baron Holland, late of Holland House, Kensington, in the county of M.dalcacx, decsased, has just passed the seal of the Pre rogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury, to the Right Hon. Elizabeth Vassall Baroness Holland, the widow of the deceased, and the sole executrix. The per sonal property of the deceased has been sworn under the value of 60,0001. The property is givers to his widow and children. Amongst many and numerous bequests (his Lordship seems not to have forgotten his colleagues), a very high and flattering testimonial is expressed to John Allen, Esq., the master of Dulwich College, to whom he has left a legacy of 1,5001, and the small miniature of Oliver Cromwell. To Lord J. Russell he has bequeathed his Waterloo.bridge shares. To Lord Lansdowne, Earl G re y, Earl Granville, Duke of Bedford, and Lord Brovg ham, he has left paintings, as a sm a ll mar k of the great-- esteem and respect he entertained for these noblemen. O n Tuesday, Hubbard, the cousin and paramour' of the unfortunate Eliza Grimwood, who was murdered in the Waterloo-road, in 1838, died ea the house of his brother in Castle-stre et,heßomrouurdgehr.emrsorfkheits. unHfourbtubiard pro d immediately before he n elt e d 1 11 - l t a e t t i t v e e d ,t anexlaiming, " Eliza, Eliza-_I come t h o i a t i h g e n o l r a a s n t c e and, falling into the arms of hi s t s o tar y t o e u d_up i T RANQUI LLITY sister-in-law, I OF IRELAND.—The charges governmenr. Mr. c o x f h t i b b e i t J t u h d e ge s o mostf g A r s a r t i i z fy e i tnog proofsthe Grand o f Juries tranquillity — the continue corn. Heed effect of temperance anti good Justice Perrin, in addressing Grand Jury, said he was glad to the infirm i number on the calendar was very light ; th ere was c'ty tl o w f tbat Waterford the number nottae a singleEsa :ll t; n c as e o o i informations f h o o r m m i a c t i i d o e n ' s n o o f r ant- any case lent outrage of the peace. This was creditable to the people, to the magistracy, and to those in authority. It was most gratifying to hilt, and he was sure, to all present, to notice the advance of temperance and sobriety which had pro duced a m ora l re fo rma ti o n in the h a bits o f the people. This was too phtin to require any observations from him. It deserved the support and encouragement of the gentry of the country. It best tended to the improvement and tranquillity of the country. In the city of Waterford, containing a population of 50,000, there was one person for trial, charged with stealing 20s. Under these circum stances, Baron Richards said it was wholly unnecessary for him to detain the Jury by any observations. Tho county of Waterford Assizes terminated on Wednesday afternoon. The cases tried were few and unimportant. There was no capital consietion. Baron Pennefather, addressing the (Irene! Jury of the county of Down on Tuesday, said -6‘ The criminal business, I am happy to say, is remarkably light; the state of it does credit to the resident gentry and magistracy, and shows the excellent manner in which the laws are administered in this fine county," THE SUN, LONDON, MONDA Y, MARCH 8, 1811 TO CORRESPONDENTS. "An Elector of Westminster" has not examined the lists care fully. Mr. Leader was present at the division on Lord Morpeth's Bill, and voted with the majority. 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ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Triumphant success of " Poor Jack," equal to " My Poll and my Partner Joe." Mr. T. P. Cooke in Two Pieces. Ex traordinary attraction, and crowded houses. THIS EVENING, MARCH 1. 'Will be acted a Nautical Drama in Four Parts, called POOR JACK ; OR THE WIFE OF A SAILOR. In which Mr. T. P. Cooke, and the entire strength of the Company, will perform. • After which, BLACK EYED SUSAN. William, Mr. T. P. Cooke. To conclude with THE RIEVER'S RANSOM; OR, GILDEROY. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. tiorning..... 57 minutes after 2 I Evening .16 minutes after 3. The Publication of the Evening Edition oeVax :- menced at 20 minutes after Three. qtele .4! chi "•V'" , "..e.'cri 4 4e, , .0r 4 CriA: ;fp Thtcttfl LONDON: MONDAY, MARCH 8, 1841. By the arrival of the Westchester at Liver pool yesterday, in eighteen days, from the United States, we have received New York papers to the 17th ult. Their contents are more than usually interesting. The Committee on Foreign Rela tions of the House of Representatives presented a report to that House relative to the burning of the Caroline, and the case of Mr. M'LEon, which, but for the debate upon it, might pass for a preliminary step to the declaration of a war against this country. This report will be found at length in another part of The Sun, and will be read throughout with the deepest interest. For tunately, however, the debate which arose in the House of Representatives upon the motion for printing the Report, served to explain the way in which it was got up. Of this debate a sum mary will be found following the Report, to which we invite the attention of our readerr. Mr. GRANGER, one of the Members of the Com mittee on Foreign relations, denounced the Re port as the concoction of a faction. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, ex-President of the United States, likewise denounced the Report as intended to provoke a quarrel with England. Mr. EVE RETT and Mr. FILLEMORE both condemned the Report, in the strongest terms. Mr. PICKENS, the Chairman of the Committee who drew up the Report alone defended it; and his defence of it amounted only to an acknowledgent that it would have the effect of bullying, England into submission to the demands of the United States. The Report, then, is not the Report of Congress, but of Mr. PICKERS and the ex-Cabinet, which on its retirement from office seeks to bequeath a legacy worthy of remembrance to the country. When General JACKSON retired from the Presi dency he left his country a national bank ruptcy, the result of his currency mania. Mr. VAN BUREN, more ambitious than old Hickory, is for bequeathing to his successors the manage ment of a war with England. But notwithstand ing the gloominess of the political horizon, we trust the clouds of discontent will pass speedily away. General HARRISON, the new President of the United States, is strongly in favour of a pa cific conciliatory policy. Mr. GRANGER, who spoke against Mr. PICKENS'S Report, is Post- Master-Gene re a R s t s, eetrhe- Secretary e newtean; y er a s l oefe O rw. f e t ta h a e new Cabinet. Mr. Vvi T th he Gr G ea ra t n ß d rit jauinry. Secretary WEB are o f State, opposed and t o M a r r . BELL, up t 1 emp in dictment against Mr.ai‘nie,lLl e t d o D th f e o x u a n rl d li a ne t u h e e bill for murder, by a majority of nineteen votes out of twenty. Mr. M'LEOD ,was brought be fore the Couxt on the 6th ult. to hear the finding of the Jury, and was then remanded to gaol till the next Oyer and Terminer, w r hich the 2 2d inst., w h en, if the British Go Term Government do not e ff ectually interpose, his commencesv en x n t l enn of trial will take place. But as the question has decided been brought before Co ngress it is not unlikely that the Federal Government w ill see the neces ect, and It was a bungling sity not leaving such a questioiumtpoe b a ccording to the caprice of one S tate of the Union. If the Co nstitution has deprived th e Fe deral Government of an y power of interf erence, the Constitution is manifestly imperf ect , calls for emendation. regula tion, which left the peace and sec urity of the en tire Union dependent upon the caprice of one or other of twenty-four distinct and indep en d ent States. _ _ There is very little observable alteration in the affairsof the United States Bank. Shares were quoted in New York at 27, and at Philadelphia from 26f to 27 being about the rate of the quo tations by the last arrival. The following re marks on the failure of the United States' Bank from the Courier and Enquirer of the 16th ult., are penned in such a fair and moderate spirit, that we cannot do less than call attention to them : The unfortunate are always in the wrong, because people are so apt tomake success a criterion of conduct, and particu larly when the party is absent and cannot be heard in his own justification. This is very much the case with the United States Bank. Its embarrassments, we have no doubt, are caused by the heavy losses it has sustained in the Southern and South Western States ; and yet for a long series of years previous, investments there were actually safer than any other—and it was natural they should be, for they were based on the production of the soil. The loans to planters or those cennected with them, were regularly and easily met when the crop came to market. Now, could any intellect foresee the extraordinary combination of causes which at once reduced, and afterwards kept down, the cotton crop to one-third of its former value ? For years before, the price had been gradually on the rise and consumption on the increase. The advance was not confined to one market, but extended to every market in the world,—when, suddenly, the blow fel!, aimed by the Bank of Engl an d at American com merce, in consequence of the accumulation of specie here under General Jackson's absurd notions of public wealth. The Bank then, from policy not from choice, was compelled to throw herself in the breach, and thought that the evil proceeding from a temporary cause, would soon pass away. The conclu sion was a just one; though it proved unfortunate, for two short crops of grain in England followed in succession, which had occurred but once before in half a century, and compelled an immediate and continued curtailment there, that prevented the cotton market recovering ; and thus investments which in the first instance were judicious—a policy which under ordi nary circumstance would have been successful, proved in the result ruinous. In fairness to the United States' Bank, it must be admitted that it was impossible it could con tinue to withstand the all-subduing influence of the JACKSON and VAN BUREN sub-treasury scheme. General JACKSON might safely, on re tiring from office, prophecy the failure of the banks. Cause and effect bear no closer relation to each other than the JACKSON Sub-Treasury Bill and National Bankruptcy in the then condi tion of the currency and banks of the United States. We have no important news from Canada or the South American States. Slur-BUILDING IN MAINE.—The tonnage of new vessels built in Maine last year, was 27,705,60 tons, /being more than any other in the Union, consisting of 26 ships, 48 brigs, 68 schooners, and 3 steamboats. The late declaration of Lord STANLEY that the totes of the tenants of England are at the service of the landlords, and that you could easily tell the result of a county election by knowing how the great landlords would vote, though it taught nothing new, startled the public by its audacity. Every person acquainted with rural society in England knows that the bulk of the tenantry, holding the land at will, generally undertaking to pay a rack. rent, and, till lately, legally bound to pay as tithes more than they could always command, follow their landlord or his agent in all public matters, as a pack of hounds is guided oy the voice of the huntsman. But though that is familiar knowledge, the fact has for the sake of the tenantry been glozed over, or kept as much as possible in the dark, and the community was scandalised by a landlord, one of the authors of the Reform Bill, declaring in Parliament, that the votes which the Legislature had nominally given to the tenants, were in reality bestowed on the landlords. Contemporaneously with this assertion of Lord STANLEY'S, Mr. G. WEBB HALL, a well-known agriculturist, a member, we be lieve, of several Agricultural Societies, and a gentleman who has laboured assiduously in behalf of the landed interest, before Committees of the House of Commons, and by numerous publications, has sent forth a pamphlet entitled " The Connexion between Landlord and Tenant," &c., in which Lord STANLEY'S doctrine receives some illustration. He says, at page 20, " Instances were related to me, from unquestionable authority, at the Eng lish Agricultural Meeting at Cambridge last year, of arbitrary oppression on the part of the land owners to tenants.' " " The landords made de mands upon the rights entrusted to the tenants by the Constitution, for the exercise of which they were responsible, and which they were con strained by intimidation to exercise contrary to their convictions and their consciences." This, he " was credibly informed," at the Agricultural Association, " was not an uncommon practice— not A rare instance ; it was the rule rather than the exception in some districts." "Thus," he adds, " the privileges of the tenantry are considered to be their bane." " Often," Ihe affirms, at p. 21, "have I heard with the deepest sorrow and disgust the assertion that the right to participate in sending Members to Par liament for the district in which the capital of the tenants is invested, is converted into and felt to be a means of bondage and degradation." Again, he asserts at page 11, that the " tenantry are sub jected to gross aggressions on their dearest rights, calculated to mar the advance of improvement, and to fix on the class to which they belong a stamp of servile bondage." All that, and more of the same kind, is stated by Mr. WEBB HALL, an ex cellept authority. It is true he mentions no names, for that might expose individual tenants to the vengeance of the landowners. He gives no in stances ; but wherefore should he, when he con curs with Lord STANLEY in stating that the "ser vile bondage" is universal ? But having his authority, and the authority of Lord STANEY, we say it is well known, and fully proved, that the bulk of the tenantry of England are in a condition of servile bondage. Mr. WEBB HALL inqUires into the right of the landowners to exercise their power, and correctly observes, that the capital of the landowners is invested in the purchase of the soil, and they do not possess the m eans or the skill to cultivate it. They are described as passive possessors of the soil, that is hav ing their capital dormant, or locked up in ac quiring it. The farmer is the possessor of the capital which cultivates the land; he must be a man of education, enterprise, activity, and dis crimination, with devotion to his art, to enable him to brave the vicissitudes and losses arising from the precariousness of life and health in ani mals, against which he has not, like the mer chant, the refuge of insurance. Why, then, are the possessors of the passive capital, which is dor mant, in the soil, allowed or enabled to exercise the tyrannyabove described over those whose capital and skill cultivate it, and, wanting which, the passive capitalist would get nothing for his land? Why, for example, should such a man as my Lord ASHBURTON, who, while he was Mr. BA RING, probably bought and sold every year fifty or a hundred times more than the amount of his present rent, without ever dreaming that his bar gain gave him a right to dictate the votes of those he dealt with—why should he, or a money scrivener, or a bill-broker, when he invests his capital in land, and contracts with a man to let him have the use of a piece of his land, on condi tion of receiving 1,000/. a-year, have also the power to constrain his tenant by intimidation to vote contrary to his conscience and conviction ? In such a case —and Mr. BARING, the merchant, converted into Lord ASH BURTON, the landowner, represents the great majority of those who now own the land, they, or their immediate ancestors, having acquired it by purchase—there are no ancient ties of family connection, no bond of mutual and hereditary attachment, but merely a large lump of money on one side invested in the soil, and a smaller sum on the other,seeking to find, in conjuncti on w i t h agr i cu lt ur al skill, a living or a fortune by cultivating the ground. Mr.Wxnn HALL gives no other solution of this important question than strenuously to deny that this con tract ought to give the l an dl or ds any such right, though he shows in some measure how the land lord is enabled - to acquire and to exercise it. His observationS on this point a re worthy of public attention. First and foremost comes the competition of candidates for the privilege . of cultivating the soil, which is so fierce that it " d r ives all calculations to the winds." "Few, very few are the cases where an intelligent app li ca nt for a farm can afford the time a n d th e h azar d of making a rea sonable calculation of the probable produce of the estate he may be about to engage ; he is pressed by a crowd behind forward into precipitancy, or aside into inaction." i 4 The tenantry of the county, the possessors of all the agri cu l tural capital and skill, rus h lik e the fre quenters of a th ea t re , un d er a ttraction or alarm, and crush and cripple their neighbours and t hemselves by ' a rec kl ess an d uncalculating zeal,"' and , 4 thus it is that they sink into de pendence abhorrent to a generous nlinct." That is the condition of the tenantry as attested by this most competent witness, andagainst such ruinous competition no Corn-law can protect them, though there is no doubt that the distress and decay- brought on by such a competition are amongst their strongest motives for desiring to maintain the bread-tax. The merchants and manufacturers have been repeatedly answered, when they have made complaints to Parliament, that the competition amongst themselves, underselling each other, was the main cause of their embarrassment, and Parlia ment, on that ground, wi3ely refused to give them any relief. By a Corn-law it haS sought to protect the agricUlturists from the consequences of a similar folly, and the' result, after the law has been in operation, in one form or other, for twenty-five years, is, that the com petition of farmers is compared to the rush of the frequenters of a theatre alarmed by a cry of fire. Mr. WEBB HALL being a Corn-law advocate, does not point out the influence of the law in producing this excessive competition. We will supply his omission. By impeding the supply of food, the Corn-law prevents the growth of manu factures, and of towns, the employment of capital, and the increase ofpopulation in them. They, how ever, are the natural conduits for carrying off the surplus population, and,being impeded, though not wholly stopped by the Corn-law, population and capital are not drained sufficiently fast from the rural districts. At the same time the mono poly which the right of property confers on the owners of the soil is rendered much more strin gent and narrow by the law which confines our people for their supply of food to that particular property. To feed them the landowner's estate must be cultivated; those who own it know that; they have made a law to strengthen and enforce this contingency ; they are therefore enabled to dictate to the farmer, unable to find anyother occupation for his capital, their own terms. The supply of land is not enough for the demand, and hence arises that ruinous competition of the farmers, which is like the rush ofa frightened crowd at a theatre. If the Corn-law be not the sale cause of this competition, at least it increases this competition, and gives to it that intensity which Mr. WEBB HALL has so well described. To the Corn-law, then, we trace much of the political dependence of the tenants of my Lord ASIIBURTON on him, of which the dealers with ALEXANDER BARING had never the smallest conception. To the same Itw we also trace the great disadvantage which the owners of the capital employed in cul tivating the soil, labour under in competing for farms, as compared to the owners of the passive capital sunk in the purchase of land. The Corn-law gives the landowners power over the tenantry, and favours one class of capitalists connected with land, who make the laws, at the expense of another. The landowners get an in creased rent by the excessive competition. It favours the least useful class, too, at the expense of the more useful class. The passive capital of the landowners sets no labour in motion, the active capital of the farmer is the immediate means of employing and paying the labourer. What the farmer gives to the landlord more than he ought, by the forced competition, lessens his power to employ labour. The Corn-law, there fore, by lessening the farmer's capital, and in creasing his expense, is as great an injury to the agricultural labourer as the farmer. We shall make some further quotations from Mr. WEBB HALL'S pamphlet, to prove that the landlords both wrong the farmers in a pecuniary point of view, and neglect to secure them pro tection by proper laws ; but we will reserve these for another article. We must be satisfied now with having proved by the authority of an agri culturist the degradation of the tenantry, and with having, in part, traced that to the accursed Bread Tax. The Madrid Papers received are of the 27th ult. They contain no news of importance. Three of the Ministers, Messrs. Frias, Becerra, and Chacon were to be members of the Senate ; and three others, Messrs. Ferrer, Gamboa, and Cortina, were to take their sea's in the Chamber of Deputies. The Duke of Victory, who was re turned for both Houses, had not yet made known his choice. The transactions in the Five per Cents., twenty-eight in number, amounted to 21,800,000 reals, one of which was ne gotiated for caAt, at 28 3-16, and the rest at 2S at 60 days. The French Journals of Friday and Saturday have been duly received. They contain very little news of political interest. MM. THIERS and DUPIN visited Lord BROUGHAM at his hotel as soon as it was known that he had arrived in Paris. The Prince of Moscowa, the son of Marahal Ney, was ad mitted a Member of the Chamber of Peers on Saturday. The Prince, before taking the oath, intended to enter into a pro test against the sentence of his father, but was sqenced by the President. The body of Marshal Victor was embalmed, on Wednesday, by M. Gannal, according to his process, and was afterwards laid on a bed, where it was visited by a great number of his friends. The funeral will take place on Tuesday, when the body will be transferred to the Invalides, at 11 o'clock, to re ceive the last ceremonies of the church: Everything will be conducted on such a scale as to make the spectacle one of great magnificence. Detachments from all the regiments of the garrison will be in attendance. By the death of the Duke de Bellune, there are now only four marshals of the empire--viz., the Dukes de Conegliano, de Da'matie, de Reggio and Raguse. In the Chamber of Deputies M. Lacrosse addressed some questions to Ministers re,pecting the condition of the Blacks in the French colonies. Admiral Duperre replied, that the bar barity of the planters towards their slaves was greatly exagge rated, and read a report of the Governor of Guadaloupe, which stated that no rigorous chastisements had been lately in flicted in that island. The editor of the journal called La France, and; the mana gers, Messrs. Lubis and De Menton, who were thrown into pri son, charged with having forged the letters attributed to Louis Philippe, were liberated on Thursday list. These gentlemen have been in prison for a month, on a charge which it appears is now abandoned; and their case is the more severe, beca 'se the law affords them no remedy for so grievous a wrong. '1 lie last accounts from Wilna state that the Emperor Nicho las had laid an extraordinary contribution of a silver ruble per head on all the inhabitants of the two principal governments of Lithuania, those of Grodno and Wilna. The population amounting to upwards of a million of souls, it is calculated that the proceeds of the tax will exceed 4,000,000 f., which, according to the imperial ukase, are to be applied to the foundation of a school of cadets at Vi ilna. The Emperor had, moreover, ordered that a permanent capitation tax of one ruble in paper, or 10d. per head, be levied on the people of those two Governments for the maintenance of that establishment. " The regular taxes being lf. psi head (says our private letter) the public burdens will thus be doubled at the caprice of the Czar, who, from the wording of the ukase, seems to threaten a similar visitation on the other govern ments of the empire." The Independent de la Moselle gives in its last number the following news extracted from a letter addressed by a person of distinction in St. Petersburgh, to an ecclesiastic of the diocese ; it appears to us the more remarkable from its having been pub lished by that journal : " Tell me if it is the same with you as in Russia, great num bers of Jews are converted ; the population of entire places em brace Christianity. lam delighted with these conversions, even should they announce the end of the world, the approach of which, according to the prophecies of the Bible, is to be indica ted by the conversion of the remnant of Israel."—La Gazette de France. The Messager contradicts the statement of the Journal de Havre, that the Auhe frigate is coming home from New Zea land, and affirms that if it has left, it can be only for a time, to take in provisions at Sydney. Very well ! but we are not told whether the Government is resolved to enforce the claims arising from contracts] made by Frenchmen for the posses sion of certain portions of the territory of New Zealand, and to dispute the seizure by the English Government of the whole territory. The Committee of tho Chamber of Deputies on literary pro perty has decided that the right of the Academies, and other learned bodies, to writings published i n th e i r name should con tinue thirty years ; but it gives the state only ten years pro perty in the writings published by its order and at its expense. The Count de St. Aulaire is detained at Vienna by indispo sition ; it is doubtful whether he will be able to be at Paris to attend the debate and give his vo'e on the Fortifications Bill.— La Presse. BO UR SE......PARIS, SATURDAY, MARCH 6. lint Highest Lowest last Price Price. PriCt, Price F. erch 5 per Cents 4 per Cents lOO ... 103 ... 100. 1(0 . 3 per Cents 76 90 .. .7 5 ... 76 90 ... 77 5 Busk or trance L ,flitte Bank 1,0001. Sh.. 50001. Stares 5155 ...5155 ...5155 ...5155 • Oelgian Bank 5 per Cents... 3I er Cents 7O 35 ... 70 35 ... 70 10 ... 70 10 New Loan ..... Spanish Active £s% ... 25% ... 25% ... 25'4 Passive 6 ... 6 ... 6 ... 6 Portuguese 0 per Cells 19% ... 19% ... 19% ~. 19% Neapolitan lO2 5 ... 102 30 ... 102 5 ... ,02 20 Rernan ... .... 101% ... 101% ... 101% ... 101% PAILWAY SHARES, Ve7sailles,R. 11 405 ... 41,7 50 ... 465 ... 407 50 L.B. 312 50 ... 313 75 ... 312 56 ... 313 75 Orleans .. chmg , e [hale louen We observe from the Courier of this morning, a paragraph announcing an extensive failure of a Liver pool house in the drysaltery and distillery busiucce. We know it upon the most unquestionable authoii , y, that the stoppage ii merely of a temporary nature, and that the assets arc sufficient to meet al their engagements, and the busicess will be carried on as formerly.— Renfrewshire Reformer. COVENT-GA It DEN TII EA TRE.—Her Majesty and Prince Albert and a limited suite vi-i.tcd this theatre on Saturday night to witness the representation el the new comedy of London Assurance, which went cff with, if anything, increased estimation from the audience, and seemed highly to delight the Royal ra'r, %Om were quite hearty in their manifestations cf amusement and apprc- Intion. The Queen, and Prince Albert, with their party, left the theatre immediately afxr the termination of tho comedy. LLOYD' SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MARCH S.—Wind this day at noon, W., warm. DEAL, MARCH 7. —Wind W. N. W. , moderate. —A rrived the Isabella, Gale, from Demerara; British Queen, St. John's, N.B. ; Surprise, Smith, South Seas ; African, Free, Africa ; Princess Victoria, Ellis, Cephalonia ; Iceni, Wests Card. Ar rived from the River and sailed, the Dundee, Patrick, for Calcutta; Supply, Deslie, Rio Janeiro; British Isles, Muir head, Demerara ; Glouce,ter, Brooks, Matanzas ; British America, Pritchard, St. John's, N.B. SOUTH FORELAND, MARC H 7.—Arrived off port the Byron, from Charleston, fir Bremen. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 6.—Wind W.N.W. 7 W.—Ar- Dived the Claudine, Brewer, from London, for Madras; Sophia Margaretha, Haesloop, Hamburgh ; Bolina, Brown, New Zea land, sailed 19:h October, and Rio Janeiro 7th February. Off port the Johanna, from Batavia, for Amsterdam. A jolly-boat, marked in the inside " Creten," was passed off the Need:es by the Bolina, arrived at this port. Meg of Meldon, of Liverpool, for Bombay, cn. :he Equator by the Bolina Frown. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 6.—Arrived the Susan, Collins, from London, and sa led for t. Michael's ; the Shannon (steamer), from London fur Dublin. Sailed England's Queen, New Yolk, DARTMOUTH, MARCH 6.—Arrived the Frar-not, Cox, St. Michael's, with lass of anchor and chain ; Mary, Herring, from London for Waterford. SOUTHAMPTON ' MARCH 6.—Arrived the Resolution, Gib bon, from Youghal. Sailed the Tagus (steamer), for Gibraltar. FALMOUTH MARCH s.—Wind W. to N.W., strong gales. 6, N. W.,strong breezes.--A-rived the Merlin, Richards, from t. Michael's ; Isabella Wood, Dunn, Shields for Constantinople. Sailed Star Packet for Madeira, Tene rife, and Brazil. Off Port, Perseverance, Large, from Shields, for Alexandria. YA RMO TIT, ISLE OF WIGHT, MARCH 6.—Put back, Glen lyon, Crickson, St. David's, for Monte Vedcs, with loss of stern boat. SUNDERLAND, MARCH s.—Arrived the Percy, Collins, from Bordeaux. NEWHAVEN MARCH 6.—The Mary, Winter, from Alderney, to London, was totally wrecked last night eastward of the pier. Crew saved. COWES, MARCH 6.—Sailed Iceni, Steele, for London.; Maria Francesca, for Antwerp. JERSEY, MARCH s.—Arrived the Arid, Clement, Deme rara. Put back the Ocean, for Cadiz. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 6.—Wind W. S.W., moderate. 7. N.W., fresh.—Arrived the Isabella, Rymer, from Per nambuco, sailed 27th Jan. ; Columbia, Flack, River; (Jane), Indefatigable, Savannah ; Tallahasse, New Orleai s ; Grace, Pearson, ditt o ; Ply mout h, F u ll er , obile. ; Recovery, Black .den, Terceir a ; P omona ditt o ; oung Queen, Calcutta ; Re becca, Lon; field, Valparaiso; Brigand, Evil; Antigua, s fled ISth Jan. ; Planter, Laguna; Westchester, Ferris, i\ ew York, sailed 16th ; Alexander Leeds, Baltimore ; Pallas, Sinclair, St. Andrews ; Heroine, B'ythe, St. Michael's. Off the Aus tralia, suppo ed from Bahia ; Helen iVar, Savannah. The Cessnock, bound to Berbice, has put back, leaky. The Bri gand, Evill, arrived here from Antigua, on the 21st, fell in with a long low schooner, supposed to be a pirate, of about 80 tons, and with upwards of 60 men on board, but af'er moving about the brigand a short time, sheered off. On the 19th was struck by a heavy sea lost jib-boom, sprung bowsprit, &c. The Bonne M. re. from St. John's, New Brunswick, to Cork, was Mien in with waterlogged, and the crew and one passenger taken off by the Helen Mar, arrived here. BRISTOL, MARCH 7.—Arrived the Sprightly, Newton, from St. Michael's. • SWANSEA, MARCH 6.—Arrived the Ellen Hardy, Cuba. CLYDE, MARCH s.—Arrived the Sterling, Isaac, from St. John's, New Urunswick ; Stillman, Allen, ditto. Sailed the Britannia, Bruee, for Rio Janiero ; William Campbell, Ha. vanna • Mars, Barclay, Demerara ; Matthew, Johnston, Bos ton ; thargaret, Craigie, Charente. DUBLIN, MARCH 6.—Sailed the Royal William, Drisc&s, for St. John's, New Brunswick. CORK, MAncx 4.—Arrived the Celia Large, Meran, from Jamaica; Ayrshire Lass, Nicol, Aux Cayes; Lady Mary Fox, Sowerby, Martinique. Sailed Caledonia, Fanning, Jamaica. STROMNESS, MARCH I.—Arrived the Susannah, Chapman, from Sunderland for New York, leaky, and with loss of her jib-boom. SHIELDS, MARCH s.—Arrived the Gustat, Oldenberger, from Harlingen ; Trende Sostre, Bedmark, Bot'erdam ; Fo rentine, Clark, Dunkirk. Sailed the Ambassador, Elliot, for Constantinople ; Giraffe, Clarke, Madeira. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, SATURDAY.— A moderate business has been done in the Cotton Market to-day, the sales comprise 4,000 bales, 500 of which have been taken in specu lation ; prices for all descriptions remain at Friday's quotations. LIVERPOOL SNARE MARKET.—A good business has been transacted at the Stock Exchange to-day, but there is no al teration to notice in the rates. Eastern Counties debentures, 4 8 6; Grand Junction Half-shares, 102 i ; Great Western New Sharet, 61 ; Lancaster and Preston Junction New Shares, 191 ; London and Birmingham, 169, Ditto, New Shares, 21 ; Manchester and Leeds Half-shares, 29i ; Borough Bank ex dividend, 14; Commercial and Liverpool, 17i; Manchester and Liverpool District, 10,1, 2 the above prices were at 4 prem. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 6.—We had ra her more busine:s to-day. The sales ai e—Manchester and Leeds, 70i, 704, 69k, 69 and 139 ; .Ditto. New, 21 1 1, and 2.9 i ; London and South Western Tenths, 17, 17 prem. ; Stafford and Rugby, ai; Bank of Stockport, 41. Os. 6d; Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, 10k. We have received the Journalof Antwerp of yesterday's date. BOURSE OF AMSTERDAM, MARCH s.—The transactions in the National Funds have been more animated to-day, and in general were sought after ' • the prices have obtained a favour able impulse ; the rise in London has contributed to this re action. The Actions of the Society of Commerce were 161. Ardoin's Spanish ma'ntained the rates of yesterday, and re mained at 22 1-16th to A ; Coupons 2ti 7-16thi. The Gazelle of Carlsruhe states from the Danube, of 25th February, that there is no truth in the movement of the Rus sian troops towards the eastern frontiers of Poland. The only arrival this morning of any consequence is that from New York, to th e 17th February, three days latter than the last accounts. In general the Report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs is looked upon as being of a warlike nature, but an opinion prevails that the new President, who takes office on the 4th March, will do all in his power to prevent a war with Great Britain. The above unfavourable intelFgence from the United States has had the effect to dimp the British Funds. The particulars respecting the Report on the State of the Banks and Funds, will be found in another part of the Papers. THE FUNDS. Consols, which left off on Saturday 884 89 for the Account, Money 884 4, opened thi s morn i ng a t 881 4 , since which they have receded to 884 ; Money, 86A; Exchequer Bills 7 9 prem. ; Bank Stock shut; India Stock shut. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active his also receded, left off 244 4 ; at present may be quoted 234 24 ; Deferred, 124 4 ; Passive, 54 64 ; Portuguese same as they left off 311 32 ; Colombian, 231 ; Mexican lower, closed at 284 1 ; at present 274 28 ; Brazilian, 714 721 ; Dutch Two. and-a-Half per Cents. 50 4 4 ; Five per Cents., 994 100. Shares.—Great Western, 231 244 prem. ; New, 114 4 prem. ; London and Brighton, 7 64 dis. ; Blackwall, 54 44 dis. ; Birmingham, 78 80 prem. ; Southampton, 554 561 per share ; Croydon, 114124 per share ; Greenwich, 84 4 per share; Manchester and Birmingham, 16 16 discount. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT CD - F. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Birmingham and Gloucester 100 ...... 78 Bristol and Exeter .... ... Great Western Ditto New Ditto Fifths London and Brighton London and Blackwall London and South Western 384 56 ... .. to Ditto Tenths London and Croydon (Trunk)... 134...... 12 South Eastern and Dover 33 - JOINT STOCK RANKS. National of Ireland 174 l5l to lIALF-PAST ONE. Buenos Ayres papers received to the 27th Dec., in which there a general account of the Treasury, which states that the civil and military expenses for the month of December, 1840, amounted to 3,369,500 dollars, leaving a balance in the Treasury of 680,338 dolls. at theExchmge of 2 1 / 2 ,which is about 7,0001. sterling. In the above papers there does not appear any intelligence of consequence. The intelligence received this morning from New York is the general topic of conversation in the city, and more parti cularly among the American merchants ; and various are the opinions on the subject. Consols have been fluctuating in the course of the morning at 884 %, and at present may be quoted 88 1 4 % for the ac count; for money, 88A. Exchequer Bills, 97, prem. ; India Bonds, 20 18 discount.. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active 23i 24 ; Deferred 124 ; Passive, 6 ; Portuguese Three per Cents. 19h ; Brazi lian lower, 71 ; Buenos Ayres 23i ; Colombian 23 ; Mexican 274 28; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 504-; Five per Cents. 99i. SHARES.—Birmingham and Gloucester 78; Bristol and Exeter 32 ; Great Western, 88 87} ; Fifths, 9 ; London and Brighton 421; Blackwall 191 ; Croydon 12 ; South Western 56 ; South Eastern and Dover 16g. THE WHISKEY 1 RA DE.—We have taken some pains to ascertain the actual state of the market for w hit•- key, chiefly for the government of our country correspon dents connected with this trade ; and wo find that there is a decided improvement in price, owing to the rapid ad vance which has taken place in corn—for instance, disiil krs' oats, which were selling freely at 10•. rer barrel six weeks ago, cannot now be obtaired under 12.. 6d. ; and bnley has risen in the same proportion. This circum stance, together with the fact of one of the most exten sive distilleries in this city having stopped work fir the season, have enhanced the value of all home-made spirits; and W e believe that " new" cannot be had under 2.. 6d. ; indeed, some of the trade refused to sell under 2s. Bd. ; and for old, which is becoming scarce, in consequence of the present trade being almost entirely confined to it, the holders are asking all prices, from 34. up to 5.., according to age. The demand, gecerally, is rather improved, and we observe by the day notes that there is a considerable export for Scotland.—lrish Paper. BRUSSELS, MARCH 6.—The Duke of Saxe Coburg, the King's brother, is expected at Brussels in a few dayr. The Chamber of Repreeentat;ves continue to day the discussion of that part of the Budget of the ways and means which relates to the changes to be made in the tariff of customs. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, MARCH .5,-- Nothinr , can excQed the flatness of tl e opt - trade, and the utter destitution of our offices. The tot-il sales of the week comprise about half a dozen packages. The press ing anxiety to sell Mauritius and Bengals has produced in London a continual deprec'ation in these article, and the whole aspect of the trade is gloomy and hazardous.--Brix. tol Mercury. TRADES . UNIONS.—At a meeting of delegates from the vazims trades of Sheffield, lately held in that town in cons-quenee (San apprehension that Mr. O'Con nell IL tended to propose some meamre to'restriet t e rights of the working classes to combine, the fcUowing resolutions were unanimously ar ed Move] by Mr. Harrison, and seconded by Mr. Makin—" That the meeting was of opi. nion that it was the inbetcnt m ieht of the workmen to fo in and support Trades' Union., as the only protection for their only property. their labour." Moved by Mr. Wardle, and seconded by Mr. Ta)lor_" That it was the opin:on of the meeting, that it was necessary fa the industrious clasms to watch with vigilance any measures proposed in the Legislature to I estrict their right to meet for the protec tion of their Labour, generally their only property, at the same time they protested against any resort being hal to acts of violence, et any kind, for that purpose," A Com mittee was appointed, and it was resolved that a report of the proceedings of the meetirg he forwarded to Mr. Ward, M. P., requcstirg him carefully to watch any proceedings which Mr. O'Connell might adopt respecting Trades' Unions, and to inform the Committee of them. I EVENING EDITION• ROLLS COURT-(TH IS DAY•) The Court heard motions to-day. YOUNG V. ENGLISH AND OTHERS.—THE NEW CONSZSVATi' CLUB IN CHANCERY. In this case John Young was the plaintiff, and Charles Garrard English, Lord &MOB, LUrri Castlereagh, M.P., Ormsby Gore, M P., Mr. Walter Long, M.P., Mrs John r Fector, M.P., and Henry Walker were defendants. t, From the statement of Counsel it appeared that the deferu _, ant English was the lessee of the St. James's Royal Hotealt:4 Si. James's-street, and that be deposited the lease of Hate house with the plaintiff, Mr. Young, as a security for a son' , of 8001., which had been lent to him by that gentleinan.e .11/ Upon a representation by English that he was about to sell t t h property to Lord Boston and others, who intended to es e, Llish a new Conservative club, and that he require" the lease in order to show that he had a good title, Mr Youngs_ after obsaining a promise that it should be returned as soon as_ the purchasers were satisfied with the title, sent the kaseh:t English, who, irrtead of returning it tn th e plaintiff, al 11 ,, , e ker promised, tlarcd it in the hands of the defendant, Mr. W 7l his solicitor, who gave an undertaking to Lord Boston ant' ' other purchasers of the property to hold the lease for theirs Mr. TURNER (who appeared for the plaintiff) stated di!' the defendant, English, had only paid 20( . 1. of the morey vanced to him by the plaintiff, so that he still owed 6 00 /s 'r ue Conservative Club was now in posession, and as a side ab:e part of the purchase-money retraired unpaitt and was of course due to Mr. Young under his lien upon tit property, he moved that an injunction might be a warde I a.gait . : s Lord Boston, Lord • Castlereagh, Mr. Ormsby Gore, 1 ‘,,," *;V, Walter Long, and Mr. Fector, to restrain them from po'ini , any pa t of the unpaid purchase money to the defendant Eng dl lish, or his solicitor Mr. Walker, end to restrain Mr. Weactri from parting with the lease and title-deeds. The L eone Counecl stated that English had absconded, and was out of the jurisdiction of the Court, but where the plaintiff had been Un able to discover. Mr. GOODEVE appeared for !Jr. Walker, and stated that his t client had also a hen upon the deeds, and had made a rnes. diligent inquiry after Mr. English, but had been unable to dit cover where he was to be found. He merely men tioned th a for the purpose of di s connecting Mr. Walker altogether fo ul the conduct of English. He was not authorised to appear ft!' the club in any way, but he believed the motion was not likell to meet with any opposition from that quarter. The MASTER of the RoLLs—ln all probability they WO have have no objection to pay the money into Court. t hat is .41 Mr. BAGSHAWE (who was with Mr. Turner) beiiev— t the money, according to the terms of the contract, si . " */)° ' yet due. Mr. GOODEVE could have no objection to the injunctio n u , ' suing against his client, provided it was taken without peer dice to any right he might have. The Ma ER. of the RoLics observed that there was no ail,e; gation against Mr. Walker. All that would be done by ter injunction would be to say th a t i n th e p r esent state o f ,'„ claims, and before proof was e s tabli s h e d o f the right of eit "'" party, Mr. Walks r was not to part with the lease. The injunction was then awarded in the terms asked. BOURNE V. THE ORIENTAL AND PENINSULAS STEAg NAVIGATION COMPANY. Mr. HEATHFIELD applied to have this motion ( so r an „, fr. Junction) stand over until the next seal, on account of ." Pemberton's absence. Mr. KINDERSLEY said that his clients had been underiant undertaking, ever since the Ilth of January, not to do i t rt :4; which the motion sought to restrain them from doing ; a y, they were, in point of fact, practically under an injunott: which was a very great inconvenience to the defendants, T ie 'A t ' cause their whole concern was stopped. He hoped, therefore,' , Court would appoint an early day for the hearing of the ro°l, because, if it stood over till the next seal, there would be e. lay of another fortnight, which his clients, who were as all'*„' ° ; as himself to accommodate Mr. Pemberton, could not sent to. cissr An affidavit having been made, by the desire of the b te y of the Rolls, of the inconvenience that would be cagg e '..hi any great delay, Monday next was fixed for the hearing•of motion. THE MARKETS.--(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. Last week's arrivals were considerable of all descripti°94l4 Grain, especially of Oats from Ire'and. The fresh supPlY_ on small. Fine dry Wheat obtained Is. per quarter advance, last Monday's terms, and the runs, though tender, sold at t i ll iv u g former prices. Barley and Beans unaltered in value. 13° 000 d Peas Is. per quarter dearer ; Gray as last quoted. F' r ,f,ties Oats the factors would not take less prices ; other qu a ode were , were rather lower, with a heavy sale. Flour met on l y a rate demand at former terms. PRICES ON BOA RD OF SYIP . . ~, 455. • Wheat,Red (old) —s. —s. Beans, Smali ( new).,.... ".' 4y — White (old) - ifs , --- Red(1840) s4s. 565. Tick (new) ........ 5 40. ---;- Fine 589. 60s• •-- (old) .......... .....41, , Superfine 625. 655. Harrow (new) .•••• 4, s ' 4 69. .---- White (184 f.) 565. NIL (01d)....... 43 ....11. --....-- FiflC 62s. Gls. Brank .....-- ....s. Superfine 695. 725. Oats, Feed ..................... --4'235. ----Foreign free 545. 'Os. 38s. 40s. Polaud N ._ ,e.w..........................--7,2,3"• t, .Tyr • Barley 26.. 376. New .......... 25 , x ...- 6. .."" Grinding t.6s 2Ss Potatoe ................ ..., 3 09. Malting a's. 355. —.—. siow ...... las , ". - ... 27 , 0 " Malt 568. CO., Scotch ....... op ........... ~,.. ,--- Fine New 6•23. 633 -.-- Irish 18s .. s. • . 4i 58 Pease, Grey, New 'l.'s. 3:_+s. Flour Town (per sack).... „ Fos. Maple New . 40.. 425. Second& .............. 4 ~46, 4,, ... . White .31s. 365. ........ North CountrY••••' 9 fa. Boilers 37s. 38s„ Brass 9 N. 01" ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LAS V r ro Wheat. Barley. I Oats. i . iii saL- K s . English ...-- Irish - I 41,728 1 18 0 rls. Foreign - — 1 SMITHFIELD MARKET. ev ery The supply of Cattle was fair, but the trade not 0 90; thing must be quoted lower. Beasts, 2,668 , _• Sheep, "' 4 • Pigs, 317 ; Calves, 55. Beef, 3s. Bd. to 4s. 8d; to ss. 4d. ; Veal, 4s. Bd. to ss. Bd. • Pork, 4s. to ss. Th e suPr in both of Hay and Clover was moderate, and no alter ation price was submitted to. The supply of Straw still co ntinn" short, and high prices were still maintained. Mutton, sly TEA MARKET. an d the The demand for Free Trade de s c r ipti on s w as quiet, "wer few parcels that have changed hands were at rather ni prices, though the merchant s genera ll y re f use d 0 m ake s uc• concession. There are large p arce l s d ec l are d f o r _public ica i tion this week. The newest price of Company's t.)oDe u qd. per lb., cash. TALLOW MARKET. The transactions were very limited, and confined toot e d e l - 2 tual wants of the buyers, but no alteration can be c1 t ...... 1 prices. P.Y.C. on the spot 465. to 46s 6d., per c rig st Continued dulneis is attributed to the expectation o' l3° , 0 . the trade generally, of lower prices, founded upon the r ther precedented large stock on hand, and the prospect of fo large supplies. MARK. No alteration in th HOP is trade. The E T were f ew transactions 0. limited to the finer descriptions, at about the previous va lue rEEI C - COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING LAST .. a WAKEFIELD CORN MA RKET. 0. ~ 4'neat, Red, Norfolk and Suffolk ...... . —s. 601. to 154‘ „,":,-. 85 . Lin. and Cam. —s. 61s. to (J L e""00.. --- Yorkshire —l. —5. to 565. One 785 , VII hite . ----- Foreign, teed —s. —a. to 435. fi n e (vii, • White .—s. —5. to 605 * n" 38%, Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk —s to 325. fin e s o, Lincolnshire ----- Yorkshire Wold -- Foreign Beans, New ----- Old Oats, Potato -- Poland —s. —s. to 2e5. ..,u _ 0, Vrierland and Small • .... —s. --v. to Vs. nr; 00 , --- h.;aling Shalling hfalt Rapeseed NEWCASTLE CORN EXCHANGE. White. R. (. Wheat, Northumberland (o .ed —s ....... 62f oe,. Norfolk and Suffolk ---- Berwick and Scotch ---- Foreign Rye, Norfolk , Lnd Suffolk 341 3:4s ....... 'Foreign mss' 36s Barley, Malting, Norfolk .fild Suilblk ;4955:.... —5.......... I G:incling and Feeding 2is. 305...... . Malt, Norfolk and Suffidl• Beaus, Small - Tick • Pease, While Gray 4 1 .2 2 ( 1 15 : :. _4. 4 6 1 1 ....................... .....• ss s_ s s • gy p, i Oats, Northumberland, Potatoc Ws. 2'5....••• Feed 24s ....... mss. ---• mss.-• ° Foreign Flour (per sack) 47s. 593....... ••• 'TCH M .RKEr Wheat. Barley. kbertleen Berwick Zolilstream Cupar (Fite) Dunbar Elgin Inverness Kelso 50 to 60 38 46 4, 50 48 65 48 68 53 55 48 (i 9 36 48 6'2 67 60 '-1 ize.of the H ADM Wheat. , 71s ed , fls Od 55s (k 1 Overage. DALKEITH Cu! Wheat. • Barley. 68s tu 40s (ti 618 04 33s 04 48s 64 I 26s 0,1 GLASGOW CO 2401 b. 25 to IS 24 26 26 25 23 Is Oats. Kirkaldy Perth rg. Th a 130 40 1 measure va 4GfON CC Barley, 42s Od 3:3i 0.1 30, Od First Second Third First Second Third 18 to 22 16 23 17 18 18 22 23 27 20 23 21 :5 16 21 33 25 33 ries throug )RN MAR Oats. 40.3 04 376 CA 23s 01 3( 1=.4.1 tN MARK Oats. :2 , 4d 4tt 18 , 4d IN Mt RN Beans. —. to -- gg 21 26 40 41 40 5 9 3'2 33 31 45 33 48 41 44 ;bout the cc Pease. 403 Od 37s Od rs Od 8.12t15. ET. re 2 se. 4` 3, Od 40 , Od 36: OCI :ET. 0 1 " . 98 C° :5 •• 40 " 4 3 r ;tint"' eil BON 44 38' 1 0 1; 355 aeso c m 48' 40' Q 36' , 1.90.41 Wheat, per s. d. s. d. 5:2 6to :35 6 Ir , .h ...... .. ...... ...... ..... ...... t°lo 1 . British, old --- new .. ....... i n s" , Canada, free — 0 0 Irish Barley, per 3201 b Scottish ................. g 0 English 2O 9 23 0 Pease, Scottish .7 0 5 00 . qg Scottish 22 0 24 Oatmeal, per 14 01 h.... 44. 0 ........ .............. a i n • Irish 20 0 23 0 Flour, per 2601 b....... • 0, AY V il ed .*- r,,ti D.''' . L AND PRECOCIOUS Li .- - , 1 1,, f en nAeslidaTyF, ARTFUL Paris, a pretty little child, W u./ - te- .• rar of age, possessing an open and intelligent ,ance, comfortably clad with a gros de Naples cloak, gc"ii wearing a blue velvet bonnet, under which were,ilJo Ls o o l m h e kvely ringlets of light hair in clusters on each -bad her face, was going down the Rue de l'Odeont !_,--uo. reached the carrefour near the Rue de C u nde, Poe 4 ' "my denly stopped, and, looking around her, euclaimedt ' n ot nurse Imy nurse I where is my nurse ?" The Our° go ne making her appearance, the child began cry ing' when of the passers -b}• stopped, and, having questioned her" cola A . endeavoured to console her , at last, a furniture-defile' took her into his shop. ." Wher do you li e 'z r 1 child ?"—" In the Rue Saint Louis au 111arais, '•",,', do not k f l o , sir You are a great way from home." " I and , y none had Leen sent,o execute a coratei6Tl. i she took me with her. We have been walk in d g ;bee large garden, which is called the Luxembourg, and al we left to return home. 1%1 alkei on in front en -cl • nurse l followed behind ; but just now, when I turned rourno o _ e tuld not see her. Perhaps she; is n t to ff. Oh ! no, assuredly not; for she would not dar e td return home without mc." The furniture dealer 0" his a'f,., - . vs (re highly delighted with the coe're llati a l of this little ch !d, who, a quarter of au hour e. , terwards was playing about ti.e shop add the ,)oining apartment. After an hour had elapsed the s b l a keeper di:covered that the child Fad valhiihCCl ; 1 ! t is sought after eve,ywhere, behind the furnitute, wh en : no positively ascertained that she teas left. There I l i c e ot great harm done, for the child was sufficiently ieLFI'OIO g it tebo to mantige to find her way home; but towards evenly cr . vir no , " furniture dealer's wife made another discovery--h which had later, hung up in the room, near the 6' 1 1% 0 0 piece, was no longer in its pl,ce; the sideboard . bad,a,o. opened, and four articles were missing frora the P ,: • chest.—Auditnce. A ll 5. RETIREMENT OF MADEMOISELL E freleoo of Mdlle. Mars, the final ret reat of that clegept C43111c0 : —The present month will close the theatrical p erp being fired for the last day of March. . ... •