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" AUSTRIAVIAJ MAJEST Y A the uTff EMPEROR ORISED G 1 of RAN ., EED afferal DaTRIBUTIONS of and MONEY DIVIDENDS, which (thailh theyiare NO LOTTERIES) *Ter many possibilities of obtaining LARGE FORTUNES, lEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, Arc now SELLI NG BOND S for the said DISTRIBUTIONS. Persons desirous to purchase for one of the next Distributions may re •eive, PREVIOUS to giving any orders, the PROS -PECTUS and PARTICULARS, upon addressing, WITH OUT DELAY, a line to HEINE, BROTHERS, at HAIVIBURGH. The NEXT DISTRIBUTION contains FIFTEEN HUN DRED DIVIDENDS, amounting to £137,592, Tne Dividends being £25,000 £BOO £2OO 5,000 600 150 2,000 500 120 1,500 300 110 1,000 250 lOO £9O 80 70 64 62 THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. VDER Om MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, MARCH 27. _ . - Will be repeated the New Comedy, in Five Acts, entitled LONDON ASSURANCE. Sir Hasoonrt Mr. W. 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EVEN IN G EDITION ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Imrattam attraction. Mr. T. P. Cooke and Mr. Collins the same Evening. the last week of their appearance. " Poor Jack " and another nautical drama, to conjunction with " Paul Cliford." THIS EVENING, MARCH 37. Will be acted a Nautical Drama in Four Parts, nailed 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 by Mr. T. P. Cooke. To conclude with PAUL CLIFFORD. Paul Clifford. with cheiong of " Hurrah for the Road," Mr. Collins. N OTICE. " THE CHINA SUN" Is again Out of Print, but will be REPRINTED in about TEN DAYS, with the NEXT NEWS from CHINA. TB. E RAILV6TAY SUN Is now NEARLY COMPLETED. We shall announce next week the day when it will appear. In the meantime we shall be happy to hear from the Secretaries of all Railway Companies the Latest Alterations in their TIME-TABLES, and any other News of Pub lic Interest relative to their concerns. Also the PROSPECTIVE TIME when any of the LINES will be further OPENED, and their probable COMPLETION. Sun Office, 26th March, 1841. HIGH WATIIIt AT LONDON filltlDOE TO-MORRO M - U rning 0 min t rea after 5 I Evening 21 minutes after '5. Ike Publication' •f ills Erasing lidition of Tiz SIN tom laornard at 10 minutes after Throe. LONDON: SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 11341. Amongst the petitions presented to the Lords last night was one prayin g for protection t o t h e Christians in Syria, an object Which Lord INIEL- BounNi said had not escaped the attention of the Government. The Duke of ARGYLL gave notice of his inten tion to bring in a Bill to settle the disputes in the Scotch Church. In reply to Viscount STRANOFORD, Lord MELBOURNE said the negotiations for a com mercial treaty with France, would be renewed, and he expressed his satisfaction that all parties in this country were desirous of maintaining friendly relations with France. The East India Rum Bill went through a Committee. Their Lordships subsequently prosecuted the inquiry into the proceedings of the administration of the Poor-laws, Ireland, till seven o'clock, and then adjourned. In the Commons, Mr. LABOUCHEPaiI stated, in reply to Mr. MACKINNON, whQ asked whether the holders of wine, in case of a treaty with France to reduce the duties on wine, would be allowed a drawback —that, as a general principle, such drawbacks were always allowed. The House was occupied the whole evening with conversations about the Poor-law, or with that Bill in Committee. r lELDEN wished to get rid of the whole Bill by a side-wind, and though he was pertinacious in pressing his amend =tent, the CHAIRMAN and Lord J. RUSSELL were as res o lute in maintaini ng that the Hon. Member was entirely out of order, and he at length withdrew his amendineat. 'The second clause was carried. The third, which is ambiguous as to the power it gives the Commissioners over parishes governed by local Acts, was postponed, s in consequence of the op_ F position of Mr. W AKLEY, Sir - F. POLLOCK, Sir li• PEEL, and M r . E LLICE. On clause 4, Mr. H. HINDE moved an amendment to limit the power of the Commis sioners in making rules and regulations. In the discussion which ensued some severe censures were passed on their harsh and arrogant conduct. The amendment was a was, however, lost by 225 to 75. The 4th clause greed to. The Rouse, at the suggestion of Mr, FIELDEN, then resumed, and Lord J. RUSSELL gave notice that he would on Ttiesd.ay move That the consi deration of the Poor-law Bill should take prece dence of notices of motion. Mr. Fox MAULE brought in a Bill to enable the census to be taken three weeks earlier than is ordered by the present law ; and also a Bill to regulate the employment of children in factories. Both were read a first time. The House adjourned at Half-past Twelve, till Monday. There is another passage in General HA RRI.• SON'S Inaugural Address deserving of attention. It is as follows, though it is much curtailed have spoken of the necessity of keeping the respective de partments of the Government, as viell as all the other autho rities of our country, within their appropriate orbits. This is a matter of difficulty in some cases, as the powers which they respectively claim are often not defined by very distinct lines. Mischievous, however, in their tendencies, as collisions of this kind may be, those which arise between the respective comnau nitie?, which for certain purposes compose one nation, are much more so ; for no such nation can long exist without the careful culture of those feelings of confidence and affection which are the effective bonds of union between free and con federated States. By a process, attended with no difficulty, no delay, no ex perm but that of removal, the citizen of one might become the citizen of any other, and successively of the whole. The lines, too, separating powers to be exercised by the citizens of one from those of another, seem to be so distinctly drawn as to leave no room for misunderstanding. The citizens of each State unite in their persons a'l the privileges which that cha racter confers, and all that they may claim as citizens of the United States ; but in no case can the same person, at the same time,' act as the citizen of two separate States, and he is, therefore, positively precluded from any interference with the reserved powers of any State but that of which he is, for the time being, a citizen. He may, indeed, offer to the citi zens of other States his advice as to their management, and the form in which it is tend , red is left to his own discretion and sense of propriety. It may be observed, however, that organised associations of citizens, requiring compliance with their wishes, too much re semble the recommendation of Athens to her allies, supported by an armed and powerful fleet. Our confederaCy, fellow-citizens, can only be preserved by forbearance. Our citizens must be content with the exercise of the powers with which the Constitution clothes them. The attemptof those of one State to control the domestic institu tions of another, can only result in feelings of distrust and jealousy, the certain harbingers of disunion, violence, and civil war, and the ultimate destruction of our free institutions. Our confederacy is perfectly illestrated by the terms and principles governing a common copartnership. There a fund of power is to be exercised under the direction of the joint councils of the allied members, but that which has been reserved by the indi vidual members is intangible by the common government or the individual members composing it. To attempt it finds no support in the principles of our Constitution. The General alludes distinctly and unequivo cally to the attempts making in some of the States to abolish slavery in others ; and he de clares distinctly that the Constitution lends no countenance to such attempts, and he censures very severely those citizens of one State who in terfere with another. In this passage, as in other parts of his address, the General, though at the close he professes a profound reve rence for the Christian religion, obviously looks, as most statesmen do, only to principles of worldly policy, and the laws he is called on to administer. When he declares that the citizen of one State is positively pre cluded from any interference with the reserved powers of any State but that of which he is a member, he casts to the winds those doctrines of Christianity on which some of the inhabitants of the North-eastern States and of our own country deem it to be their duty to assert the dignity of man wherever he is in a state of bondage. He places the laws of each State, and the laws of the United States, above Christianity, supposing them to be in conflict as the laws of the Sou thern States undoubtedly are, and plainly tells the people that they must, above all other duties, respect the reserved rights of each State. So far as that concerns philanthropy and the great progress of humanity, it is an important doctrine, but it becomes intensely interesting when we are aware that the same principles will be acted on by the General Government as ad ministered by the new President in its relation to the different States. He is a strong advocate for the independence of each State, and for respecting the rights which have been reserved to it by the Constitution. He contends for abasing the power of the President, and also for limiting the power of the Federal Government. We are afraid, therefore, that he will be slow to interfere with the State of New York, in its assumed jurisdiction over Mr. M'LEOD. But as that is a very peculiar case, it is impossible to conjec ture how the General will apply his principles to it. We only at present observe that the demo cratic views of the General extend to the power of the Federal Government, as well as to the power of the President. At the period of his election, many expectations were held out that he would effect a great alteration in the Govern ment; but we see none of importance promised in his Address, beyond an extension of the paper currency, and the separation of the Treasury from the Executive. The motion of Mr. GROTE, the evening before last, and the recent demand made on the public to provide for the expenses of South Australia, are calculated to show that our people do not enjoy the honour of possessing a large colonial empire without paying something for it. The object of Mr. GROTE'S motion was to obtain more for New South Wales than it now gets. The result of the late investigations into the affairs of South Australia has been to take 155,0001. out of our pockets to pay its expenses. We shall have to pay more yet. These two, however, are amongst the most flourishing of our Colonies, and the rest require similar nutriment from our resources. With such results the system must be erro neous. The penal colony of New South Wales was enriched by the convict labour which Eng land paid, and the inhabitants, now that they are to be deprived of the continual influx of con victs, demand that we should pay them for taking away that advantage. South Australia has been brought into debt by its Government. Amongst the expenses incurred are great sums for surveying the End and for police; but in the American system, from which ours is said to be borrowed, except that the price of land is fixed much higher, all the. expense of the survey is paid by those who benefit by it, and the whole expense of the Government of every new dis trict is paid from the time of establishing it by its inhabitants, who also contribute their quota to the taxes of the State they belong to, and to the expenses of the Federal Government. Our colonies, however, do not pay the expense of their own Government, much less contribute any thing to the expenses of the Government at home. From these different results there is abundant reason to infer that our system is not so good as that of the United States, though by some persons it is described to be the same. One essential difference, the clue we think— the whole, is that colonization in the United States is begun and carried on by, and for the ad vantage of; the colonizers. They do not pm chase ground in order that the Government may import labourers with the money to till it for them ; they purchase it for the purpose of tillin g it themselves and by th e i r own means. They do not spread themselves into new districts to pro vide places for a multitude of dependents on the Government and on the aristocracy, but to carv e out their own welfare. They never appoint a single officer of any description, ci v il or militar . w hose services they do not regard as uo and ess ential. ,neir conditi on, and with t''i cm w hile, as they sPr r _dcl over the continent, th ey in _ Theycarry r r t y o no institu tions not crease the power and dominion of the United Stati:.6, they add to the public revenue. Our system of colonization is neither begun nor continued by and for the advantage of the colonizers. It is in general something exotic, planned by the Government, or some speculative individuals, and carried into effect by sending away from the country persons to labour in the colony for the advantage of others. The system of . a labour fund to promote emigration, accord ing to which purchasers of land at the antipodes, 'vli) remain in England, send thither parties to cultivate it and improve it for them, is not the same, but the very reverse of the system pursued in the United States. The colony of New South Wales, originally established as a penal settlement, as well as that at Van Diemen's Land, with the new colony of South Australia, and those which have of late been begun in New Zealand, intended to pro vide a home for emigrants who are to be carried thither as labourers, are examples of colonies established rather for the advantage of others than the actual colonizers, Some : persons go thither to improve their capital, to carry on large sheep farms, or to make their fortunes. At the same time it is a matter of notoriety that many of the purchasers and owners of land in all our colonies, even those most recently esta blished, live at home, and emigrant labourers are sent thither to work for their advantage. Such a system carries with it most of the defects of the old society, and entails its expenses, while the colony is also liable to expenses peculiar to itself. If it be true, as some Economists assert, that it is much more the artificial restrictions of an old society, than any want of room, which im pedes the prosperity of its people, it must be true that men emigrate from an old country to a new one rather to throw off these restrictions than merely to have more room. Mr. WAKE FIELD'S system is, in fact, founded on the princi ple of not allowing the colonists to wander abroad and plant themselves where they like ; he proposes, on the contrary, to achieve all the advantages of an old society by concentrating the emigrants on one spot. It is not, according to this system, therefore, the want of space, but improper social regulations, which impede pros perity, and which emigration is really intended to avoid. Our system of colonization compels the emi grants to carry with them the rules and the prac tices of the old country. They must have in the bush and the barren plains the fopperies of a mo narchy. They could not expect to thrive if they were so to act of their own accord, but when these fopperies are often forced on them by the Colonial-office, or by the authorities at home, they become doubly mischievous. Mr. W AKE-. FIELD'S scheme of selling the land and transport ing labourers to cultivate it, appears to us to be as faulty in this respect as that of the Colo nial-office. It requires all the devices which are in use here, to preserve order and obedience. Hence police, gaols, jobbers, and extravagant Go vernors, are coeval with the first breaking up of the virgin soil. We look on the circumstances we have pointed out—namely, that the spreading of people over the continent of America, is the dictate of their own unbiassed minds, which en ables them completely to adapt all their institu tions to their condition ; and that the spreading of our people over the islands of the southern hemisphere, is not the dictate of their own un biassed minds, and not being such a dictate, they are compelled to take along with them a large off-set of the power which bias and controls them—as affording an explanation of the com plete success of the Americans, and the partial failure of our people. We at least have no recol lection of any off-set of the Americans calling on the American Government to supply them with 150,0001. ; nor, as far as we know, have the squatters in New Zealand ever made any such demand on the British Government. The free and unbiassed system, we conclude, is therefore the most advantageous. The rage for Church Extension, with which Sir ROBERT INGLIS, Dr. CHALMERS, the Bishop of LONDON, and some other interested parties, have been afflicted for some years, appears to be on the decline. In Scotland the great complaint is that the churches cannot be filled. In Edin burgh some of the churches are half empty, not withstanding all the outcry about Non-intrusion, and the sacred duty of patrons in selecting preachers who can edify their flocks, and the ap pointment of numerous pastors selected by the people themselves. According to the Edinburgh papers, one church, which has been vacant for six months, has not contained for the last few years a sufficient number of hearers to pay the salary of the precentor and it is a well known fact that in many of the chapels where the preacher is appointed by the popular voice, either he, or a great proportion of his hearers, soon change quarters; the former sometimes for a better and sometimes a worse living, and the latter for some novelty sprung up in the neigh bourhood. In Glasgow, where the Non-intru sion system has for many years been more prac tised than in any town in Scotland, the condition of the churches is still worse. Too many churches have been built—we-will not say for the extent of the population, but, at all events, for the religi ous feelings of those connected with the Esta blishment—and the consequence is that the patrons have been compelled to lower the price of the sittings in the vain hope of increasing the revenue. The following extract from a Glasgow paper shows that neither Church Extension nor Non-intrusion, nor any of the nostrums of Dr. CHALMERS, can crush the Dissenters or prop up the Establishment : " The Town Council resolved, at their last meeting, to make a considerable reduction in the prices of the sittings in the Es tablished churches, the only effect of which will be to reduce still further the amount of the revenue drawn from the ecclesi astical property belonging to the Corporation. The falling off for some years has been at the rate of about 2501. per annum, and we may therefore expect, instead of that deficiency, to find it reach to nearly 5001. in the ensuing twelve months. The cause of the defalcation is obvious, and cannot be arrested by any reduction in the prices of the sittings. A large number of new churches, greatly beyond the de man d on t h e part of the church going population belonging to the Establishment, have of late years been erected ; and many of these being placed in more convenient localities than the former fabrics, have drained off the sitters from the City churches. For a time sittings were retained in both the old and new churches; but gradually, as people became accustomed to the latter, they abandoned altogether their former places of wor ship. No complaints were made that the sittings were too high; it was convenience alone that led to the change; and hence it is vain to expect, by any reduction, to bring back those who find themselves comfortably provided for elsewhere. The church-building mania, intended as a means for crush ing the Dissenters, is now producing only the fruits that were all along expected from it, and will ultimately, with out adding to the adherents of the Establishment, prove destructive to the ecclesiastical property of the Corpora tion. To institute a compai ison between the charge for seat-rents in the Dissenting and Established churches, is most - unfair. The latter have been erected at the public ex pense, and are endowed from the public funds, while the Dis senters not only build their own churches, and pay their own clergymen, but have many calls upon their liberality to which the members of the Establishment are not of necessity exposed. The indispensable ecclesiastical expenditure of the adherents of the Establishment is confined to the single item of seat rents ; but it is very different with those who maintain their own churches and ministers without dipping into the public purse, and do so in many instances in a manner infinitely superior to what we find in the much-boasted-of Establishment. The " disease," which the Lord Provost acknowledges to exist within the established pale, will be found somewhat difficult of cure, and its progress is not likely to be arrested by the palliative about to be tried." The following extract from a letter from Bris tol, was this day posted at the North and South American Coffee-house. It has created rather a stir in the city, as implying a doubt of the probability of our maintaining friendly relations with the United States : " The intended departure of the Great Western is deferred from the 3d to Thursday, Bth of April, when she proceeds to New York, calling at Halifax for inteldgence as to ear politi cal relations with the United States, as also to take in coals to ensure her return to Halifax, in the event of Captain Hoskins obtaining any information, when off Sandy Hook, which may cause him to consider it dangerous to enter the harbour of New York." The Madrid Papers ieceived, are of the 18th inst. They contain no news of any interest to an English reader. The Journals are much di vided about the Regency question, Some for one Regent, others for three. 'I"- • **'' Cents. were 271 for cash, a” - ' Five per at 27i at 60 days. The Paris T reach"' "In 1829, M. S., a Frenchman, arrived in London from Paraguay, where he had passed 15 years in the service of the arbitrary and eccentric Dr. Francia: Soon atter his arrival M. S. formed a close intimacy with a fellow-countryman who lived in the same hotel, to w h om h e re l a t e d hi s w hole history, informing him that h e was a b out to procee d t o P ar i s to see his enly relation, a n unc l e, w h o was an h onorary canon of the Chapter of St Denis, with a fortune amounting to 15,0001. a year, to which be, M. S., was the only legi timate heir, and that he had with him in his trunk all the necessary documents for proving his identity, as he doubted whether his uncle, who was 8p years of age, would recollect him. It was agreed between the two friends that they should set off together for France, but in the evening before the day fixed for their departure M. S. was arrested and taken to Worship-street, on a charge of having forged some Bank of England notes. His pocket-book, which he had about him, was examined, arid in it were ten notes, four of which were ascertained to be forged, M. S. was committed. On reach ing the prison he sent for his friend, M. 8., and received for answer that he was gone, with all M. S.'s baggage and his own, on board a steam-packet, having first paid their joint bills. It was in vain that poor S. stated and proved these circumstances, and pretested that the forged notes were received by him of B. He was brought to trial, con victed, sentenced to be transported for ten years, and sent to Botany Bay. In the meantime B. came to Paris, presented himself to the old Canon as his nephew, assuming his name, and, by means of the documents in his possession, so com pletely imposed himself upon the aged ecclesiastic as his nephew, that when he died, two years afterwards, he made the pretender sole inheritor by wi:l of all his property. After a lapse of 11 years, M. S. was at last carried back from Botany Bay to London, and thence made his way to Paris. After two months search M. S. has discovered the retreat of 8., and claimed the fortune and name of which he had been robbed by him. 8., of course, rraintains himself to be the true nephew, and proclaims the claimant to be the impostor. A suit is about to be commenced which cannot fail of being long and intricate ; for not only will it he difficult for S. to maintain his case by proofs, on account of his many years ab sence from France, but it is a question whether he is not pre cluded by the law of prescription. The interest of this case is greatly heightened by the circumstance that B. has for the last six years been living in one of the northern towns of France, making a most honourable use of his wealth, was two years ago married to the daughter of one of the greatest landowners of the department, and had, it is said, in contemplation to offer himself as a candidate for the Chamber of Deputies at the next election. Galignani. THE BORDEAUX BEAUTIES.—Nowhere can wittier, more elegant, and handsomer women be found than at Bordeaux. Bordeaux is really the hothouse of France; women bloom here in all seasons ; they have the gracefulness of French, the flexi bility, vivacity, and velvet looks of Spanish, and the fine, transparent complexions of English women. Last year a book, entitled " Les Belles Femmes de Paris," was published. Pooh ! the beautiful women of Paris ! It is to Bordeaux you must come to see beautiful women. If, in the late Carnival, you had seen our delicate beauties at work—if you had been able to measure with your eye all the slices of pie, all the sand wiches, cups of chocolate, soups, sorbets, orgeat, punch, and cakes f all sorts which they swallowed up, .you would have been as astonished as myself at the size of their charming sto machs.— Bordeaux Print. FRANKFORT, MARCH 20.—The. drill of the German press is so complete, and the Prussian State Gazette is so chary of communications respecting the proceedings of the Diets in the Prussian provinces, that you will be glad to hear something of their doings from private sources. The Estates of the pro vinces of Prussia still take the lead. On the Bth instant the resolutions recommended by the committee appointed to con sider the Royal propositions were submitted to the Diet assembled in full, and were adopted by a large ma jority. The first declaration, that " the committees, whose appointment is recommended by the King, are viewed as forming the transition to a development of the representative institutions," was adopted against a minority of ten vo t es , t h e tota l num b e r of voters being 98 The amendment further proposed that the permanent com mittee to be chwen should only be empowered to act in con junction with the committers of all the other Diets, or at least with several of them : passed against a minority of only five voices. The proposal that the standing committee should not be_ chosen by Estates, but by the full Diet, met with more op position than the preceding resolutions, but passed at length with a large majority. The telegraphic despatch respecting the disturbances at Marseilles has occasioned some surprise. Some fifteen persons, provided with muskets and cartridges, have been arrested; there must have been a pretty considerable assemblage that had risen in opposition to the authorities. The laconic despatch leaves u 3 in ignorance whether it was a sedition or a conspiracy that caused the conflict at Marseilles, as well as in other places, and in the state in which things now are we may expect to see symptoms of the disquietude which generally prevails manifest themselves every where.—La Gazette de France. The accounts from Holland speak of a great fermentation, which, as they state, manifests itself amongst the Protestant population of all classes, in consequence of the resolution an nounced by the K ing to carry into effect the concordat concluded in 1828 with the Court of Rome. If we may give credit to a letter froze. the Hague, the King, notwithstanding hii desire to repair some of the wrongs of his father towards his Roman Catholic subjects will be forced to give up the execution of this con cordat, on the ground that the concordat having been con cluded during the union with Belgium, when the majority of the nation was Catholic, cannot be suitable now that the ma jority is Protestant. A Toulon journal (the Sentinelle de la Marine) of the 21st, says that a telegraphic despatch had just been received, order ing the Cornaline corvette, Captain Desfosscs, to be in readi ness to proceed to the Levant with despatches and with spare stores for the light vessels stationed in these seas. —Le Commerce. ~ournals of Thursday have al us. The Message? of Wednesday nigh nas the following telegraphic despatch : " MARSEILLES, MARCH 24. " THE PREFECT OF THE ROUCHE DU RHONE TO THE MINIS. " night• an l a v r e ch w . !rus t ls, most h of thesmerebear: arrested. Justice' ted a movement it TER E po l t uf rt O shu F ei nTI lowest s t cIassINTERIOR. attemp Every thing is perfectly tranquil." Thursday's Journals :ui: of guard. s and dFrom cartridges , l 2 to have indivi duals, d b i ee v in bate in the Chamber of Peers , the d e- g r e pe r course occupied with i t h Bill. In the smheantitneeerst the Bill will o n l y the exp enses Fortifica tions,heonwothrkesarepro the Bill be much de layed,innegh Chamber gressing rapidly. be wanted to sanction of of D t e h p e ut F ie o s rti h i a c i at fi io x n e s d . the T h d e ef F ra r y e Cie copyright in books an d prints at thirty years Theafter the Palace death .f t h eofEityhseee aut h or, Bour bhoon was fitting out for the shortly expects d in t palace her winter Venice on the 14th. reception of Queen Christina, , Paris. Her Majesty intends maltin g ." t - h 's a b r e u s r i g tl e Gazetten ce , and a t n o n s o p u e n n e d e s t e e summer arrival A letter from Milan mentions the at n t V followinK urination of the life of Field-Marshal CountCThe Augs burg ter_ of the Austrian Army in R adetzky,taly Com mander-in-Chief, officer had for some time been afflict ed This complaint in his eyes, which at length degenerated int o witha dan cer. For a long while no one would venture to acqualnat . m with the real state of the case, but at last his physiciang hl - being urged by him to tell the truth, explained the dangerous nature nature of the disease. He received the information with us ap parent firmness, but as soon as he was left alone in his chari her, he tock oue of his pistols, which always hung by his bett4. side, and shot himself. The Austrian army has thus lost One of its most able commanders." hi The Droit furnishes us with the following singular story t.... THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDA Y, MARCH 27, 1811 TEA MARKET. WALSALL ELECTION COMMIT TEE-(THIS DAY). The Committee met at the usual hour. Lcrd Eliot in the chair. William Winter Lates, whose examination was going forward when the Committee adjourned )esterday, was called in and examined by Mr..Cocxnunx—Witness had no other account book as an innkeeper than that produced yesterday. Patch was callei Davis by several persons. The notes addressed to him that were EMI by witness were directed to Mr. Davis. 'Witness in keeping his accounts don't proceed from page to page, but makes the entry wherever he happened to open the book. Gave a treat on the 13th of January to Mr. Gladstone's voters. Intends to apply for payment to Mr. Thurston, as it was he that directed the treat to be given. The bill amounted to 131. Both Mr. Brookes and Mr. Thurston ordered the treat. Thurston was to pay 31. of the cost, and Brookes the remainder. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant WRANGUAM—Mr. Davis was not alone when at witness's house ; his lady was with him. It was for her the second breakfast and dinner were entered. Breakfast, dinner, ale, brandy, wine, lea, and bed formed part of the items of the lady's account. She was not ill, at least (lid riot appear to be so. She could partake of those articles just as well as witness. There was also an item fur a box of pills. Mr. Comiurtx—That was for the invalid. hlr. Si rgeant WRANGHA3I—But here's an item of 10s. for wine ; that a , •counts for the pills.—( Laughter.) Davis had not any money, and could not pay for what he got. Mr. Thurston ordered witness to go to the extent of 31., but as the sum appeared too small, and Mr. Brookes ordered 101. worth more to be given, it was a treat to witiess's customers. 31. would not have given them half a pint each. Those people were for the most part workmen in the factories. They were not voters. Re .examined by Mr. Cocxuurar—Was not accustomed to entertain a rabble. Would not swear that the gentlemen told him to open his house to Mr. Gladstone's friends. By Mr. HATTER—The account in the book was not Davis's original account. By Lord Emor —lt was copied from another account. It was accurately copied. Severl leaves were lost. By Mr. HATTER—Copied Davis's account into the book be cause it was the only one required. 'I he leaves might be at home, or they might be burnt fur all he knew. Did not know what became of them. They were at home when he left. Thought it better to bring the copy than the original. There was nothing written on the loose leaves relative to the entertainment given at his house. They were connected solely with the commercial room. Mr. Sergeant MEREWETHER directed the attention of the Committee to the terms of the Speaker's warrant, which re quired the witness to produce all books, accounts, and memo randums relating to the supply of liquor. In reply to Mr. HATTER, witness said that he only looked at the top of the warrant. Examination resumed—Patch or Davies brought a friend to witness's house, who had some wine with him. His name was Fisher. He was a neighbour of witness's. He was a voter, and voted, he believe ►, for Mr. Gladstone. By Lord ELlOT—Patch produced a note from Mr. Barnett, ,vhich he did not consider sufficient security for the bill, and he iestroyed it. Destroyed it before he got the warrant. By Mr. HATTER— Finding the note not directed to him, Ad not consider it security for the bill, as Mr. Kilner passed his word to witness. By Sir W. RAE—Patch tore off a small piece of the note. The fragment that remained with witness contained directions to Patch to send his account to the inn, and the writer, Mr. Barnet, would see it paid. James Kilner examined by Mr. AUSTIN—Is the landlord of the new inn at Walsall—was so at the last election. The no mination day was Monday, the Ist of February last, and the polling day Tuesday, the 2nd of that month. Has two large rooms in his house, both up stairs, for his customers. There are two entrances to those rooms. . Two hundred persons might be accommodated in the long room, and about thirty five in the other, called the Commercial-room. The electors who had eaten and drunk in his house paid some for what thhy had, and others did not pay. The eating and drinking began on the Monday at about eight o'clock in the morning, as the house is a commercial house and there were commercial travellers in the house who had breakfast. Won't swear that he did not go into the long room immediately on getting up. Thought he lid not go into it till about one o'clock in the day. 'When he first went into the room there were several persons in it. Would not swear that there were not 200 of the electors whom he saw regaling themselves in the long room. During . these two days there were four or five commercial travellers in the aouse, but their account was not mixed up with the account witness was about to produce. Mr. Sergeant WRANGHAM here submitted that the Learned Counsel on the other side was not entitled to go on showing what was done at Kilner's, without proving its connection with .11r. Barnett. He apprehended that the decision come to by the Committee on Thursday warranted him in holding that opinion. The Noble CHAIRMAN said that the Committee had de cided that it was expedient to prove the connection of the pro ceedings referred to by the Learned Sergeant with 111 r. Barnett. However, they did not wish to prescribe to Counsel the description of evidence they ought to adduce. Sir. Sergeant WRANCHAM apprehended that the decision came to on that occasion applied in the present instance, and that Counsel on the other side ought terrefrain from the course they were pursuing. Lord ELIOT—The Committee would not prescribe a course .sf procedure to Counsel ; they, however, thought it as well to connect the Foceedings of the inn with the agency. Examination resumed—Charged the refreshments gi ven t o himself under the titl e o f opening day. Mrs. Kilner made an entry of refreshments as stated, but charged it to no one's account. His account amounted to about 1501. Would willingly Tend that sum in the cause. Never applied for that sum to any one, and never intended to apply for it ; would willingly take the amount if he was offered it by any per son. Considered that, on the score of payment, Patch de ceived him. He applied to witness for the accommodation of voters lest they would be run away with by the opposite party. Witness in corssequence went to Mr. Barnett, and Mr. James said to Mr. Barnett there was much treating going on at the New Inn, and Mrs. Kilner wished to know was it authorized by aim. Did not recollect what was the nature of Mr. Barnett's reply. There was a •greater amount incurred after seeing 11r. Barnett than before. Had no intention, after seeing Mr. Barnett, of applying for payment for the refreshments. Con sidered himself as having no claim on Mr. Gladstone's Com mittee, but there were many friends of witness who he knew would not see him at any loss ; those friends were not in any way connected with Mr. Gladstone. Mr. AUSTIN pressed the witness very much to state distinctly whether, when supplying the refreshments, he intended to give them away—to give them for nothing, and without expectation of payment ? 'the witness was directed to withdraw till the Committee would decide as to Counsel putting the question again. After some discussion between Mr. Sergeant Wrangham and Mr. Austin as to whether the witness had given a distinct answer to the question, the Committee decided that the question should be d ut again. The witness was then called in and the examina ion resumed. Did not mean to give the refreshments away. Knew that there were many of his friends who would not see him at a loss, but wou'd sooner lose the sum t!san apply to th e Committee for it. Expected to be paid for it, but did not care much about the debt. The examination of the witness was proceeding when we went to press. THE -MAREETS.-(THIS DAY.) NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. There was a very good supply, and trade fair for the best kinds of Beef, but prices were lower. Small Pork sold read'ly at previous rates. In Veal no alteration. Beef, 3s 4d to is 6d ; Muttbn, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; Veal, 4s 4d to 5s 6d ; Pork, 35 8d to 5s per stone of Blbs. Game and Poultry were in good supply, the demand active, and prices same as last quoted. Eggs dull of sale at 4s 6d to 6s per 120. WHITECHAPEL MARKET. There was a brisk demand, and former rates were fully sup• ported; the supply was small, and the market was cleared a an early hour. Beef, 2s. Bd. to 4s. 4d, ; Mutton, 3s. to 4s. Bd. Veal, 3s. to ss. 4tl. ; Pork, 3s. 8(1. to ss. ; Lamb, ss. Bd. tt 7s. 4d. Clover Hay, 41. 15s. to 61 . ; Meadow, 31. 125. to 51 Straw, 2/. 2s. to 2/. 4s. The transactions in Free Trade Tea were limited, and primes had a downward tendency. There were sellers of Com pany's Congou at ls. 7d. cash. TALLOW MARKET. The demand for Russian Tallow was limited both on the spot and for delivery. Holders 'ere desirous to realise, and I•rices fell to 455. 3d to 455. 6d. en the spot, LLO YD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY. DEAL, MARCH 26.—Wind N. W.—Arrfved the Penelope, from Teneriffe ; John and Mary, Mediterranean. Arrived from the River and sailed, the Mary Ann, for Calcutta; Comet, New Brunswick ' Centurion, Quebec. Sailed all th e outward bound, except the Niou, Tyrian, and Mercy. LONDON, MARCH 27.—Wind this day at aoon—Light westerly breeze, with heavy passing clouds at times. FALatouTH, MARCH 25.—Wind S., moderate breezes.— Sailed, the Royal George, De Gruchy, for Gibraltar ; Falcon, Thorns, Gloucester. PLYMOUTH, lUaRcH 26.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrived the Princess Charlotte, from St. Michael's ; Lavinia, Rotterdam. Sailed the Amelia, Thompson, for New Zealand ; George Fife, Pike; Sydney; Feliz, Lembranica, Lisbon. DARTMOUTH, MARCH 23.—Sailed the Tecumsetz, for Florida; Perthshire, Harlingen; Waterlilly, Glass, Figueras. PORTSMOUTH, Ithaca 25.—Wind S. to S. W., squally. —Arrived the Sabbin, from Marsala ; Emily, Welsh, Youghal. Sailed the Medistoe, for New York ; Ocean Queen, Willi4ms, Corfu. Alutroan, MARCH 25.—The Towan, Small, from Newport to Cork, has put in here ; very leaky, and must discharge. The Royal Saxon, from London to Cork to Port Phillip, is re ported to have run down a schooner; particulars not known. The Louisa and Elizabeth, from Liverpool to Rotterdam (not Rochester as stated on the 23d) put in from contrary wind, and not from being leaky. Wonxitic.row, MARCH 25.—Sailed, the Constitution, Wil son, for Belta,t and Quebec. SHIELDS, MA RCH 25.---Arrived the Fortune, Gravelines ; George, Haukinson, Domerseil. Sailed, the Enigo, for Malta ; Cumberland, Quebec. BERWICK, MARCH 23.—The Dunchatton, from Glasgow to London, struck on Geswick Sand, but was assisted off with out damage, and proceeded. 'I he Beehive, of Newcastle, which was on shore on Immanuel Head, has been got off, with considerable damage. The Osnaburgh, of London, stranded ' some time since, has been broken up. STROMNESS, MARCH 22.—The Janet, from Newcastle to New York, put in here yesterday, after being as far as St. Ki'dasteas, very leaky, and will be laid on the beach. HULL, MARCH 26.—Wind S.E.—Arrived the Vrow Cla jina' from Gronigen. Sated the B ro th ers , Ski mme ll s , f or St. John's; Fig, Scott, Malaga. COWES, MARCH 26.—Sailed the Emelee, Beekman, for Stettin ; Cleveland, Hughes, Liverpool. POOLE, MARCH 26.—Sailed the George, Kan, for New foundland ;:Finden, Seamin, Quebec ; Reaher, Badcock, Que bec ; Flora, Shaddoek, New York. TORBAY, MARCH 25.—Sailed the Zwaan, for Surinam ; Venture, Patrick, Calcutta ; Nassau, Havannah ; 'Ulysses, Lakeman, Gibraltar. WHITSTABLE, MARCH 26.—The Amelia, Swan, fiom I..rn don to Liverpool, which was on shore on the Wool ask, has been got off, and is in tow of six smacks for this Bay. BRISTOL, MARCH 2g.—Sailed Blandford, Field, for Newfoundland. GLOUCESTER, MARCH 26.—Sailed Eldon, Moon, Quebec. PENARTH ROADS, 111Axcit 24.—Arrived the Cora, Barris, from Gibraltar for llamburgh. BLYTII. MARCH 25.—Sailed the John and Mary, Steven son, for Quebec. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 26.—Wind, S.S.W. to N.W.—Ar rived the President, from Calcutta; Eliza Johnstone, Petrie, Pernambu2o ; Lady Flora Hastings, Brown, Savanilla, sailed the 1 lth ; Alexander, Nichols, Smyrna. Sailed the Belgrave, Nlitchell, for Antigua; Shannon, Pike, Mobile; Amisted, Ferrandey, Havannah; George Washington, Burrows, New York. The Elizabeth, King, from Honduras to Kingstown, put into Lon. Island Chanrell the 20th, with loss of rudder, boats, bulwarks, spars, sails, &c. The President, arrived at thi s p or t from Calcutta, exper:enced very bad weather on the 7th and 13th, and, lost boats, bulwarks, &c., and had the cabin half full of water. MONEY. and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON, MARKET, MARCH 26. The trans actions in our Cotton Market this week are moderate, but with out any change in prices, which remain the same as at the close of last week. Speculators have taken 3,380 bales of American, exporters 180 bales. The sales to-day are about 2,500 to 3,000 bales, with rather firm prices. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, MARCH 26.—The following comprise the transactions as reported at the elose of the Stock Exchange :—Edinbtirgh and Glasgow, 331 ; Grand Junction, 203 ; Glasgow and Ayrshire, 38*; Lancaster and Preston New Shares, 23 3 %. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 26.—Manches ter and Leeds, 66i to 67; Ditto Halves, 28i to 281; Man chester and Birmingham, 24* to 241; London and Birming ham, 170 to 171 ; London and South Western, 54i to 55 ; Midland Counties, 79 to 80.4 Accounts from Odessa of the 15th of February state that the port being closed by the ice the most part of January had stopped the activity of the exterior commerce. The exporta tion amounted to 202,445 rubles in money, and the importa tions to 169,475 rubles 50 cop. ; there were sent into the inte rior to the amount of 166 360 cop.; during the year 1840 there arrived in the Port of Kherson 694 ships, and left 680. A notice was posted yesterday at Lloyd's, respecting a shipof 1,100 tons, which sailed from London to Sydney and Port Phillip in October last, to give immediate information to the Secretary relative to shipments, owing to some reports concern ing the above vessel. \ : v effe. `ftk g W Y -1,454#*., ' 4 "'"' ICC" - p u bo - • Atn<> iatt • ' ' • -• 130URSE.-PARIS, THURSDAY, MARCH 25. irst Highest Lowest Led Price Price. Prick. Price French 5 per Cents i 1 l s 5 111 90 111 R 5 ... 111 (15 4 per Cents ..... 98 50 ... 98 50 ... 98 50 ..; 98 50 3 per cents 77 2J, 7 su ... 77 la ... 7, 15 Bank of rrance Liffitte Bank 1,0001. Sh 1055. ...1055 _1055 ...10,5 5000 L Skaros 51( 5 ...5105 ...5165 aelgian Bank 5 per Cent, 14:: ... 102 ... 101 ... 102 New Loan lO% ... 101% ... 101% Sp4nish Active Passive ssk e wolitan lO2 ... 102 75 ... !22 75 ... 7 5 Roman RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain ... 720 ... 730 Versallies,R. B 350 :.. 390 ;:: 3•1 `..5 7.: 381 25 LB 307 51 ... 707 50 ... 305 ... 3 , 5 Bulhausen to Thann .. Bordeaux to La le3te 4OO ... 4‘.0 ... 400 ... 400 Strashutg to Bale 235 ... 235 ....35 ... 2:35 CHURCH-RATES—OBEDIENCE TO LAWS.-13 3 the ' communication of a Correspondent, fron, Dudley, we learn that the imposition of Church rates excited in that town a discussion as to the bounds of obedience to the laws, so long ago a, 1837. We are not surprised at it, for laws which are partial and unjust, necessarily provoke the practice of disobedience, and the practice leads to investigate the theory of obedience. That laws be obeyed it is essential that they be just and good ; and we do not understand the minds of those conscientious men who pretend to have a great love for all the virtues, and at the same time force men to obey a law which they ac knowledge to be unjust. The reason whici. gave rise to these discussions at Dudley was the seizure of goods, from thirteen persons, of the value of 561. 15s. for a Church -rate, amounting to 171. 13s. Dissenters of all classes then resisted the rate, and it is only necessary, we are per suaded, that the resistance should he more ex tensive to procure the abolition of this odious im post. Churchmen have a bad conscience on this subject, and they would drop the rates as a dog drops a bone which he knows he has stDlen. when he is threatened with chastisement; when they steadily and sturdily resisted. The people of Dudley propose, we perceive, to reprint our observations on these subjects, published this day week. We can only regret, for their sakes, that they are not more finished, more elaborate, and more worthy of the cause; but the necessity of writing, day after day. on the spur of the moment, deprives the writer for a daily journal of the means to revise and condense his thoughts, or to clothe them in a garb worthy of them and the public, to whom they are ad dressed. THE WEATHER. ROYAL GALLERY 017 SCIENCE, ADELAIDE. STREET. NooN, MARCH 27. Barometer 29.8 In. Thermometer ......... Highest Lowest Wind VV.—Freezing Point 32 Deg. Mr. George Palmer„ whose name appears in our m ßo r 7- Tv vstreyefoni to report,tpoiickeeepthe p heldwa e s ac e t toward o Co bail last l Colonel eveningnel Torrentb) and eil her Majesty's subjects. SPITALFIELDS WEAVERS' BALL.—The 1 de pression of the silk s ca l e i n Spit a lfields has been so ex tremely great during the last tew months, that the poo; weavers wilt) reside in that district have suffered urn:es unparalleled destitution. A rept esentation of these cir en:sianees having been submitted to the Queen, her Majesty has been graciously pleased to command that a full dress ball, under her Majesty's immediate patronage, shall take place at the Queen's Theatre for the benefit of these unfortunate families, on Wednesday, the 19th of May next, on which occasion her Majesty has signified her intention of being present. Her Majesty has also been pleased to make it a request that ladies will, on that even ing, wear dimes of Spitalfields maeufacture. The pat terns have been selected by her Majesty specially with a view to the employment of the greatest number of tbose for whom the chsrity is intended, and are in the hands cf the various silk mercers. Several ladies of distinction have kindly undertaken to be patronesses, a list of whims will shortly be published, together with the names of the Committee of Management, who meet at Willis's Rooms, St. James's, to whom all communications may be addressed. DEATH OF EARL O'NEILL.—This Noble Lord, who has been for some time suffering under serious illness, died this mornirg (Thursday) at toe Bilton Ho tel. His Lordship had been one of the Postmasters-Ge neral in Ireland, and was in receipt of a pension for that office. His death causes a vacancy in the Irish Repre sentativs Peersae, in the Lieutenancy of Antrim, and the Colonelabip of t 'the Antrim militia. General O'Neill, Member for Antrim, is now Earl O'Neill. Of course there will b e a new election for that county. The late Earl O'Neill bad been Grand Master of the Orangemen of Ireland until the Orangemen of both countries bad been formed into an Imperial Confederation under the Grand Mastership of the King of Hanover.—Dublin Evening Post. SUICIDE IN THE QUEEN'S MEWS.—This mornirg, about six o'c'oek, on the opening of the stables in the Queen's stables, Pimlico, the_s ervants were alarm ed by seeing the body o f a man suspended by a cord from one of the pegs. It appeared that the unfortunate man had been dead for some hours. The deceased, whose name was George Heater, had been one of her Majesty' s grooms or stablemen for some time. - He was thirty-four years cf age, and has left a wife an d y oun g famil y . I t is !singular ci r cumstance that the deceased hung himself 1 from tl;e very same peg from which one of bq r Majesty's coachmen hung himself about thro3 ye-an Since. 1 THE FUNDS. Consols opened this morning at 884 for the Account, at pre sent may be quoted 884 89 ; Money 884 4, with scarce any thing doing as yet. Exchequer Bills 5 7 prem. In the foreign market Spanish Active as it left off, 234 4 , Deferred 12* i, Passive 54 4, Portuguese rather better 324 4, Three per Cents, 194 4, Brazilian 71 72, Colombian, 224, Mexican 304, Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. left off 504 51k, at present 504 4 ; Five per Cents. 991 100*. SHARES.—Great Western 241 254 prem. ; New 11* 124 prem. ; London and Brighton 61 54 dis. ; Blackwall 6 54 dis. ; Birmingham 61 63 prem. ; Southampton 544 554 per share ; Croydon 12* 4 per share; Greenwich 74 84 per share,' Man chester and Birmingham 16 15 dis. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Birmingham and Gloucester 100 Bristol and Exeter ... .. Great Western Ditto New Ditto Fifths London andBrighton London and Birmingham ' ... 90 lsl Ditto New ... - to London and South Western 384 55 ... .. to North Midland ... IOO COURSE OF EXCHANGE—(YESTERDAY).. Amsterdam CF. 12 6i Gibraltar 4B Ditto, at sight Rotterdam ...2 U. 12 7 Genoa Antwerp l2 6 Milan Hamburgh M. B. 13 12 IVenice 47 Altona Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 55 Palermo, per oz 119 Ditto, 3 months Marseilles Bourdeaux 25 85 Rio Janeiro 2B Frankfort on Maine... 1504 Bahia Petersburgh, 3Us ... 37} Buenos Ayres Perlin. • Vienna, effec. 11. 3 M lO 3 Philadelphia 46 Trieste, ditto lO 5 PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Madrid Cadiz Bilboa 35 New Doubloons 0 0 0 Barcelona Seville ... 35 Silver in Bars 0 5 0 .HALF-PAST ONE. We still continue with the same anxiety for the arrival of the President steamer, from New York ; it is stated that she has permission to be detained forty-eight hours at the request of Mr. Fox ; if this event-has taken place, she would not sail until the 12th or 13th inst. The British funds have been inactive during the course of the morning, and Consols may be quoted at present 88i 89 for the amount ; Money rather better 88 ; Exchequer Bills, ss. 7s. premium. The Foreign Market is in the same state as that of the Bri tish, without a feature worth notice. In Spanish nothing done. Portuguese rather better, 32; ; Three per Cents. 194 ; Mexi can 3oh ; Dutch nothing done. In Shares some bu-iness has been doing, market firm as on yesterday ; Birmingham and Gloucester, 78i ; Bristol and Exeter, 36; Great Western, 99; Ditto New, 62k; Ditto Fifths, lino London and Brighton, 43i ; London and Bir mingham, 152 ; London and South Western, 55 ; North Mid lansi, - QUARTER TO THREE. Consols, Money, 88-1 ; Account, 881 89 ; Mexican, 301 ; Pox tuguese Five per Cents. ni ; Three per Cents., 191-1 ; Spanish, 23i 238. No intelligence of the arrival of the President at Liverpool. CORN-LAWS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sia,—l will thank you to find a small space in sour most excellent Paper for the following facts, as they may induce others to supply you with information from other districts of the baneful effects of the Corn-laws. For your excrtiqns against them, the country never can repay you. Lees, March 26. WORKING OF THE CORN-LAW SYSTEM. The advocates of a change in our Corn-laws are constantly told, " that if thote laws are repealed, much of the land of the country will go out of cultivation," and of course that the present system is highly advantageous to the landowners and land-tillers. One fact is worth a thousand suppositions. The parish of Saddleworth, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, was previous to the present Corn-laws one of the most wealthy and prosperous districts in England, consisting mostly of small freeholders carrying on the manufacture and fabrication of woollen cloth ; but such has been the destruction of their trade by the blighting and pestilential Corn-laws, destroying their business, that there is at this moment not far from thirty small farms in this parish untenanted, and in the hands of their owners, on which an industrious manufacturing people once lived comfortably, and kept a few cows for family u'e. This is not a solitary case, all manufacturing districts are similarly situated—empty mills and factories, empty houses, empty shops, empty mansions, and empty farms. Could the worst enemies of England have done more to destroy a great and prosperous nation? A FREEHOLDER OF SADDLEWORTH. EXTENSIVE ROBBEftY AT WINDSOR CASTLE. At a late hour on Friday night a mounted express ar. rived at the privato residence of the Commissioners of Police, Whitehall-place bringing information that a robbery of a daring and most extensive nature had been committed at Windsor Castle. Tho information we have been able to collect is meagre, in consequence of the police authorities wishing to keep the matter a profound secret. We have, however, ascertained from a source we cart place implicit reliance on, that a gentleman holding a very responsible situation in the castle, and the nature of which enabled him at any time to have access to the crown plate and jewels, has absconded, taking with him property of the above mentioned description to the amount, it is said, of some thousands. Tbis morning, at six o'clock, Steed, one of the Inspectors appointed to do duty at the palaces, accompanied by a Sergeant and five private COE stables of the A division of police, left town for Windsor for the purpose of making the necessary investigation as to the manner in which the robbery was committed, and ;f possible the retreat of the depredator. THE MURDER AT NORWOOD. It appears that the unfortunate woman who is supposed to have been brutally murdered at Norwood, as stated in our jour nal of yesterday, is named Maria Messsenger, and not t,:liza beth Weaks. The mistake arose from the information given by the police, immediately after the discovery of the horrid affair. From further inquiries made respecting the murder, it ap pears that she left her father's house on Brixton-hill, about ten o'clock on Tuesday night, accompanied by her daughter, a girl about 16 years old; being anxious to reach London as soon as possitle, the deceased and her daughter went into the Tele. graph public-house, on the top of Brixton-hill. Here they stopped a few minutes, during which the deceased left the house, as she said to look for an omnibus ; she, however, was not seen afterwards until discovered in a dying slate, near the pond, as already stated. The meadow is particularly retired, and the mystery is how the deceased came in such a situation ; it is surrounded by a hawthorn hedge, no path whatever going through the meadow. It is at present surmised that the deceased was enticed to the spot, and after her person was brutally ill-used, was thrown into the pond ; but, from the depth being only about two feet, it is conjectured th a t s h e continued to struggle and get out, but her strength failing, she sunk upon the ground in the situation she was disc , Nered by the police. Mr. Lawrie, a surgeon residing at Norwood, has examined the body of the unfortunate woman, and declares that she has been dreadfully maltreated. A post mortem examination of the body has been ordered previous to the in quest, which takes place this day at twelve o'clock. The Magistrates of .Streatham and the police have been most active in pursuit of the suspected parties. The husband of the deceased, it appears, has some time since left her ; but latterly some property had come to her, since which period he has en deavoured to bring about a reconciliation, which, however, was rejected by the poor woman. Other parties are also sus pected as being concerned in the horrid affair, who are known, and it is expected they will be shortly in custody. The excite ment still prevails to a great extent in the village, and the in quest is looked forward to with great anxiety. BADMINTON, THURSDAY.—There was a grand lawn mecting yesterday, when the Duke and Duch ess of Beaufort gave a splendid dejeuner to the Mayor and Corporation of Bristol, and a numerous party of the nobility and gentry of Gloucester. It being the last ' meet of the Duke's hounds at the lawn this season, the field was unusually brilliant, there being upwards of 1,200 equestrians and forty carriages, the greater number with four horse?. The breakfast was serred up in princely style. The Duke was unable to join his friends in the Chace on account of the injuries he sustained by being thrown from his horse last week, but was represented by Mr. Dixon, comptroller of the household. The weather was remarkably fine, and the bounds had an excellent run of forty-five minutes, when the fox was run to ground. There were on the field upwards of 500 red coats, and altogether it was one of the best meetings ever witnessed in the country. EASTERN QUESTION.—We have reason to believe that the Fiench Government received, on Thurs day, intelligence from the East, by which the amicable , arrangement of the .Turkish and Eastern question is for the present suspended. We are without precise informa tion, and cannot be responsible for more than giving the concluding words of the despatch submitted to us—" Les affaires de ►'orient sont de nouveau tout a fait embrouillies." —Morning Paper. • Charles Gough, a solicitor's clerk, arrested yes terday in Fetter-lane, for assaulting a policeman who went to the assistance of t'le P risoner's aalfe, was, in the course of the day, taken before Mr. Alderman I'. Wood, at Guildhall. The prisoner in his defence said, he desired the policeman to leave his room, and cautioned him that whatever happened he would be to blame; that the police man rushed upon him and struck him with his truncheon before he used the poker ; that it was untrue that his wife came out of the room, or that he had done more to her than give her one slap on the check. Mr. Ormerod, the house surgeon at St. Bartholomew's. stated -that there were two incised wounds on the head, and cue on the face. One of the wounds on the head extended two inches, and penetrated to the bone. The policeman was not in dan ger, but from such wounds a state of danger sometimes ,nsued. The prisoner was committed to Newgate, EVENING EDITIOJA., PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION• (From the Potes and Proceedings of the Rouse of Co FRIDAY, MARCH 26. POOR LAW AMENDMENT BILL Fourth Clause (That - - ( In the Commttee ) every, rule, i or er, or regulation d lat :nn °( the Poor Law CommiQsioners which shall be issued, and ply to a class of cases, or to a series or succession of'„-fr, shall be deemed to be a general rule, and that e very si c ca' h e' or order, or regulation which shall apply only to a singl a single odasion, shall be deemed a particular ordcr),cier Amendment proposed, to leave cut the word " every," in o r der to insert the word " no :"___Question put, " T hat the scci;', every ' stand part of the Clause :" The. Committc arid' - MAJOR) T Y—AYES, 225. , Acland, Sir T. D. Harcourt, G. G. Ptyrn e s L" !eland, 'l'. D. Hawes J B. ' Pussy, P. Adam, Sir Charles, Hawkins, J. H. - Rawdon, ~" Aglionby, H. A. •Eleaor, C. J. . ltice, ik 11 Alston, Rowland Herbert, Hon. S. Rich, Den r ,Y, Antrobus, Edward Hill, Lord A. M. C. Rickfbrd, Bagot, Hon. W. .Holahouse, Sir J. C. Roche. IV r Bailey, Joseph Hobhouse, 'l'. B. liollotoo , , ~ Baines, E. Hogg, J. W. , ' Round, C." Baldwin, C. B. Holmes, W. A'Court Rundle, J. row .' Barnard, E. G. Hope Hon. C. Buslitirooki ') sr, , . qa " Bentina, Lord G. Berkeley, F. H. Berkeley. Hon. C. B wcs, T. Bla e, W. J. Eottield, Beriah Bowes, J. Brabazon, Lord raruston, T. W. Briscoe, J. I. Broadley, H. Brodie, W. D. Brownrigg, J. S. Bruges, W. H. L. Byng, ieorge Callaghan, 11 Campbell, Sir J. Cantilupe, Lord Cavendish, Hon. C. Cavendish, G. H. Cayley, E. S. Chichester, J. P. B. Cholmondeley, H. Chute, W. L. W. 1;lay, W, Clayton, Sir W. t live, E. B. Clive, Robert Compton, H. C. t owper, Hon, W. F Craig, W. G. Crawford, W. Dalineny, Lord Jarby, George Davies. Colonel Denison, W. J. Divett, E. Douro. Marquis of Jugdale, W. S. Duncan, Viscount Dundas, W. D. Dundas, Frederick East, J. Buller' Eastnor, Viscount Egerton, Lord F. Eliot, Lord Dice, Rt. Hon. E. Evans, G. vans, W. Ewart, W. Filmer, Sir Edward .t za lan, ....ord Fitzpatrick, J. W. Fox, S la remantle, Sir T. Gisboine, T. Gladstone, W. E. Gladstone, J. N. Glynne, Sir S. R. Gordon, Robert Goulburrf, Henry Grey ; Sir G. Hoisznan, Edward Hotham, Lord Houston, George Howard, .B. G. Howard, F. J. Howard, I'. H. Howard, C. W. G. itcw.,k, Lord Hume, J. Hurt, Francis Hutt, W. Hutton, R. Inglis, Sir R. H. James, William Jerroyn, Lord Johnstone, Hope Junes, John knatchbull, Sir h. Knight, H. G. Labouchore, H. Langdale, Hon. C Lemon, Sir C. Lennox, Lord A. Loch, James Long, W. Lushington, C. Lushington, Hon. S. Lynch, A. H. Macauley, T. B. Manners, Lord C. Marshall, W. Marsland, H Mars!and, Martin, J. Mastpr, Colonel Mildniay, I'. St. John Miles, W. Miles, I'. S. Milton, Lord Mordaunt, S;• r. Morgan, Octavius Morpeth, Viscount Morris, David Necld, Jot e;,h Neeld, John Norreys, Lori Notreys, Sir D. J. O'Fetrall, It. M. Ord, W. Packe, C. W. Paget, I ord A. Parker, John Parker, T. A. W. Parnell, Sir H. Patten, Wilson Pattison, J. Peel, Hon. Sir R Phillips, G. Phillpotts, J. Pigot, D. R. Pinney, W. , Pluniptre. J. P. rdr S S4e3 u u ,dic poie i . le eyyti l u i r u Scro Shaw Ircu.f"-- Sheil, R. L, Shit7ey, Slaney, R. 1.00 Smith, Johl!,^oo,, Smith, K. Lull ) ! Somer.:et, o' , Somerville, S ot h e ron, t r '6 . Staunton, ". Steuart, Stewart, St o ck, pr. strict:laud, 0"„ s t rutt, Vljan , " Stuart, l)J iicr , Stuart, :‘ Style, St }, a rlo.,f SurreY,, Iv. T a ncreo, LordTeigninoul;o„ T horneir , ' g orge T 11. 1T ::r , o o eni rn t v u t °l eb e rn i i i i e Turner, . l'yrell, Sl ‘ . r !0 Verne'', , S h ur ai leiC' Villiers,." rd Villiers, Vivian, Sir VV a ddingt oa, Wall, C 11 3,.; Warliur,ol4. Ward, 1 1; 1. 1 WelbY, "' r , Wi!shere , so. winnington f Wodeliou se woo d, C. o _,l Wood, Col Wood, „ 61. ' Wood, "", es l WorsleY, W. 13. Wrights!T.l,w. Wse, YaytWynn, rhnr yss es, J. Joh n young4Jo,°oo Grdsienory Lord R, Grote, G. Handley, H. , 'pt Powell, Colonel Price, Sir lt Protheroc, Edward StaniuY• Maute, goo. j, [NORITY-NOES, Ellis, Wynn Evans, Sir De Lacy Farnham, E. B. Fielden, J. Fitzroy, Hon. H. F.eetwood, H. Gore, 0. J. B. Goring, H. 1). Ainsworth, Peter Attwood. W. 75. Montt, °' %DO W• O'Brien!. jot,, ()Wens 'loot P a l:' cc, G eo rg e Palmer, 0% PsPP, Geott l lR l l a e:l o o n :l; s iki d th'' h n3i e ee n j(r : lri john e Scarlett, Scholeti el T„lon el Sibthorp,.._ Spry. Sic, StanleY , Turner, b., Vivian, J,rt i onl'' ll W a kleY. goo. Wilbraham,,,aert Williams. :00. TOL DunceMbeli Hinds, PARLIAMENTARY or! From the Votes and Proceedings(?) , the House of ComasOnfZ,TlCP ' NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL u` FRIDAY, MARCH 26. at O" 1. Metropolis Improvements—Com. on Bill, Mareh I g' sttb 2. Dovenby and Pa castle Inclosure—Third Reading., 400 3. Christchurch and Lyndhurst Road,—Further Cask Report, March 90. so, 4. Lagan Navigation—Committee on Standing O r ~,dlo ' poned from Wednesday, March 91, till reds!, 5. St. Ives Fishery—Second Reading, April 1. Ap ril O A st 6. Middlesbrough Improvement—Second Reading.. - Ap ril 7. British Plate Glass Company—Committee on half after one. we , ' 8. Southampton Trust (St. Pancras) Paving—Con:dn.—. April 6, at two. n 0 1. 9. Deanhead Reservoir—Second Reading, March SOP! 10. Meerbrook Sough Drainage, &c.—Committe e oD journed till March 30, at two. eh 99 11. Wishaw and Coltness Railway--Third Reading, 12. Ardrossan Harbour—Second Reading, March 30. 13. Derby Gas—Report, March 29. Bailey, Joseph, jun Baillie, Colonel H. Bainbridge, E. T. Bell, Matthew Blackstone, W. S. 8°1,4, ro, H. G. Bolling, W. - Broadwood, Henry Brocklehurst, J. Brotherton, J. Buck, L. W. Buller, Sir J. Y. Burr, Higford Grant, Sir A. C. Grimsditch, Thomas Halford, H. Hamilton, C. J. B. Hawkes, F. Hodges, T. L. Hodgson, Frederick Holland, Robert Houldsworth, T. Humphery, Burroughes, H. Collins, William Copeland, W. .y Courtenay, Philip Crewe, Sir G. . . Irton, S. Johnson, General Leader, J. I'. Lowther, J. H. Darlington, Earl of Dick, Q. D'lsr‘eli, Benjamin Easthope, John Eaton, It. J. Egerton, W.T. Lygon, Hon. Gen. MacKenzie, W. F. Marton, George Miller, W. h. . . 14. Annan Fisheries—Third Reading, March 30. 15. Bogdan's Naturalization—Report, March 29. 5 0, 16. Bogdan's Naturalization—Third Reading, Marc' n p' 17. North and Eastern Railway—Report, March 99. a re 18. Northern and Eastern Railway (Hertford ancr"" Report, March 29. of 10. Barnstaple Roads—Third Reading, March .29. ide rsl o 20. Birkenhead Gas and Waterworks--Further On Report, March 30. 21. Liverpool Gas—Third Reading, March 29. SPORTING INTELLIGE , N ,r, kaS. PI CKERING STEEPLE CHASE AND TUESDAY. r Sweepstakes or 5 sous. each and 20 added. li t e) ;? Mr. Simpson's Aggravator, aged (Mr. J. )Lamp Sir. Collinson's bumps .............................. ' Two others started, but nothing was near Agg ra 0 • tg . „ . won in a canter. A Sweepstakes of 3 soya. each, &c., was well ea sil ger 6 feu heats, by Mr. Simpson's Aggravator, beating th ree c't"- sty easily. The Innkeepers' Purse was won in two heats bY 31f Falcon, gelding, beating three others, easy. HUNTINGDON RACES.— Pal al S f• : _ bs crib er "l Sweepstakes of 5 soya. each, best of heats. (13 u ..1 br Mr. Wilder's Tormentor, 5 yrs, 1I st 6lb ... ... • '''''' Sir F. Pollock na Brampton Junior, aged, 1 2 st Mr. J. Torkington na Icarius, 5 yrs, llst 61b .••••''' Thr( e others were distanced. 7 s o , The Farmer's Stakes of 2 sous. each, two miles, ,f."- two heats by 31r. Birds Treaty, I2st, beating M r. `• b Uni(ine, 12st, and four others. 10 The Handicap was won by the Hon. Mr . Jenalta beating three others. ' I , e NORTHAMPTON STEEPLE CHASE.--FI::: ). t '‘ o s ' Sweepstakes o s.sovs. each, with 40 added, and I second. .13 5 4 Pr Mr. Stevenson's True Blue, aged, 12st ............ •• Mr. W. Ekin's Reveller, 5 yrs, list 71b... ........... srb Four others started. Won in a c anter- o s t Sweepstakes of 25 sov.4. each, 10 ft, with 100 adde d % c ort D ti Mr. E. Davy's Gaylad Mr. Anderson's Cigar Captain Price's Scrim Mr. F. Bond's Jupiter .................................... • Mr. Anderson's Harkaway ................ . ....... . 60'0 Won easy, after a good race between Gaylad an d fall at the last fence. SPALDING.—Tn u RSDAY. lo g / o ",jr , A Sweepstakes of 5 soya. each, with 70 added, best tis ease by Mr. Walker's Peter Simple (dime" lle !.° Ouseley's Gameboy. • Mr 0, The second race, 2 miles, was won easily by Hazard, beating four others. CHELTENHAM STEEPLE CHASE.--1 1147 1: p erm For the Grand Chase all have paid but 9r e y li° 8 11 tion, Physician, Zeno, Legacy, and Consul. t i v e, For the Second Chase are entered—Conse rv e Prince, Dauntless, Black Buck, and Waverley. COURSING INTELLIGENCE. 25. CALEDONIAN CLUB, MARCH 23, 24, ,„,w,1;1.. The Caledonian Cup, 23 dogs, at 1 0 sous. ego', %the 1 "4. Mr. Geddes's Cora, beating Lord Douglas's Kent. h , I ,lir• donian Purse, 32 Dogs, at 5 sous. each, was -Ironn".;µ'lll°- Graham's His Royal Highness, beating Mr. F. The Doctor. o 'ol' NEWPORT, (SALOP) MARCH 16.—The Cup 1" Mr. Veitch's Stranger, beating Mr. Hean'sßePP 3. 'lo,P GISBURNE, MARCH 19.—The Cup was won by nett's Highflyer, beating Mr. Tunstill's Alarquis. xvideir MOULSEY HURST, :MARCH 25.—lhe Cup W l ' .., 1 913 61 1fr , tween Mr. Taylor's Spring and Mr. Moseley's bi ANNAN tCLUB.—The Sweepstakes were won Maxwell's Clara. t-rtl HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. 11 A. c r ani,l et Her Majesty's stag hounds, to meet on Mo ncla p % . rog' Bridge ; Wednesday, at the New Lodge; Friday, 8 Ca r Heath— eleven. 41s-bo % e rth Colonel G. Wyndham 's hounds, Monday, at A ,Avisford wo mon ; Wednesday, at Hill ; Saturday, at # ► / Bridge—half-past eleven. Wed ne ' East Kent hounds, Monday, at Lydden—nine ; „ e; at Petham ; Friday, at Sweet-gate—half-past too' g o gr ie , Mr. Tidgeway's hounds, Monday, at Charlton, '' d Csstio Wednesday, at Camerton Court ; Friday, at ItlashVegisii ~ Craven hounds, Monday, at AnvasWedie PO° Stife ; 'Friday, at Ashdown Park ; Saturday , a t . Court—half-past ten. A. 13; nole'S Mr. Farquharson's hounds, Monday, at e• „er Tuesday, at Winterbourne ; Thursday, at KinPA —f iCe ll- ° Mr. Drax's hounds, Monday, at Charbo rough i' WeCottl esmdnesday, at Stockh un ouse. ' , 1; To e ure hods, M onday, at Carlby Wina'' e ' day, at Ayston ; Thursday, at Eldenham—eleven., __. cI0,: Earl Fitzwilliam's hounds, Monday, at Elton I%e ll _rosy c , Saturday, at o CO° Thursday, at Bulwi k • C llyweston —ten. Wood °'t Sir R. Sutton's hounds, Monday, a t Scotra y .-. r e r ias , Tuesday, at Thornley ; Wednesday , a t Wrigby ; a t Branston Wood ; Saturday, at Wellingore—eleven.e,..eoy, Priteh!cy hounds, Monday, at Syweil Wood, W a" W i‘ a i lf r o . rclii;ellilehru,srsda hounds,at Leolrndaarys:i; qKuearnitievr nesday, at Hatton ; Friday, at the Clock, 13ickent 1" .‘ past ten. IVO nesday, at Hadden Rig; Thursday, at Well. ; pask ten. Duke of Buceleuch's hountls,Montay, at Makeritotu.rnid; ,y; st Craning ; Saturday, at Drygrange—half- Lothelcasevellicibrsti: - ------- --:----:__ Ai"' LATEST BETTING AT AIANCHESTER--DuP to . a , 10 - CHESTER Cur-9 to 1 agst Gallipot, take 10 to ~8 04 agst Bloomsbury ; 100 to 6 agst Queen Bee ► 200 10 ,t Retriever, taken ; '2OO to 12 tigst Bedford; 2° t° Champaign° ;20to 1 agst The Plover, take 23 toil l lt DERBY—• 9 to 1 apt Rosalie, take 10 to 1 • to . _ tirO , ; Coronation ; 16 to 1 agst Eringo ; 17 to 1 apt Van Aw D , git: 20 to ~,,, 20 to 1 agst Palremon ; 20 to 1 agst Cameleon, Knight of the Whistle,. 25 to 1 apt Marshal foult, t 3 ' 28 to 1 apt Duke of Wellington. • of No. 27,. Hattonsgaiden wz,s, in di e reig I , r , Queen Elisabeth. the residence a the. Lord Cbaso)" Sir Christopher Hatton,; a , r,t! "r. *l. u A it k 11 0 C I Al Vi Al .14 du l i i je, co t ter, P r j It , lio Da " SI Cr, fOr d oe ter, 1 0X h„