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

MORNING ED ITION. ANTI-C ORN -LA : W MEETING. Monday evening the Annual Meeting of the Metropolitan, Central, and District Anti-Corn-law Associations, was held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand, for the purpo::e of re ceiving a Report of the progress of the question during the peat year, and adopting such measures for the advancing the ir4pmssts of the cause as might a pp ear most ex p edient. The meeteng was very . numerously and respectably attended, althengh it was apparent at an early stage of the proceedings that a considerable number of Chartists were in attendance, whose'object was anything but an approval of the proceedings. Shortly after seven o'clocic, Henry Warburton, t;sq., M.P., the Chairman of the evening, accompanied by the Committee, entered - the room, and was received with loud cheers, and par.. tial hissingfrom the Chartists. Sir William Molesworth, Bart., M.P., Benjamin Hawes, Esq., M.P., John Easthope, Esq., M.P., Mr. Villiers, M.P. Mr. Alcock, Mr. Roebuck, Dr. Bowring, and numerous ot her distinguished and tried friends of the people were present on the occasion. We regret to state that shortly after the commencement of the proceedings Sir William Molesworth was obliged to retire from indisposition. Mr. WARBURTON, amidst considerable interruption, briefly stated the object of the meeting, and then called on the Secre tary, Mr. Sdney Smith, to read the Report, which was to the following e ffect:— " The Report Contained an account of the origin of the As sociation, and of the difficulties it had to encounter—lst, from the general apathy of the middle class, and, 2nd, from the nostility of the more political portion of the working class. It congratulated the meeting upon the decline of apathy in the one cla , s, and upon the cessation, to a considerable extent, of the hostility of the other. " '1 he Committee had great pl. asure in being able to report that the same spirit was spreading rapidly in every direction, and would, ere long, animate the whole country. " Energetic and well-qualified gentlemen, under the auspices of the League, had been eminently successful in their efforts to , convey useful instruction to the pecple. They had been well receired in every part of the kingdom. Their lectures had been numerously attended, and in no part of the country more satisfactorily than in the South-western counties, in which the supporters of the Corn Laws declared, boastingly, they dared ant show themselves. So broad, so strong, so genial was the Ight these gentlem, n had diffused, that the League had only to ece.tinue their exertions in conjunction with this Association, and other Central Associations, to cause the enrolment in aid of the repeal of ihe Corn Laws, of the whole of the thinking portion of the population of this great Empire. Since the dito of the last Report several ew features in the progress of the Anti-Coin-law movement had pre.ented themselves. 02 these, none was more worthy "of notice than the effect produced on the nation by the important evidence which was given last year before a Committee of the House of Commons, by persons of great official and commercial expe rience, in:expect to the enormous amount of the injury which is inflicted on the country by the food monopoly. A well- tim d manifesto had also appeared, signed by nearly one hundred and fifty influential Members of the House of Cimmons, which it was hoped might induce her Majesty's Go ve: n -bent to give their earnest and immediate attention to the baneful efe.its produced by the corn monopoly on the revenue and prosperity of the State. " After mature deliberation, the Committee felt justified in recommending a renewal of the measure of petitions to Parlia ment; because, notwithstanding the apparent disrespect with which the Legislature last Sessit.n treated the question, it was very certain tat the effect of addressing the House of C ommons was to diminish tl.e former adverse majority. " The Committee had also come to the resolution of advising the presentaien of one large national petition to the Queen against the Corn-laws , _ praying her Majesty to instruct her Go vern eit to take the subject into their immediate consi deration." The Committee concluded their report in the words of a former address, thus : " Finally, then, permit us, fellow-citizens, solemnly to ap p' al to your sympathy—to your intelligence—to invoke your a d and co-opera; ion ; since, deeply assured as we are that our object, the total repeal of the Corn-laws, is for the welfare of all, so it must be the imperative duty of all to aid in its accom plishment."—(Cries of " No, no," and cheers.) , Mr. HAl:Assort then moved that the Report which had been read he received and printed for general distribution. The resolution having been seconded by Alt% PROLTT, Mr. WALL (a Chartist) rose amidst cheers, hisses, and great uproar, to propose an amendment. The Chairman endeavoured to obtain fur h.in an hearing, and he addressed the meeting at some l , ngth in favour of the principles embodied in the People's Charter, but owing to the noise and confusion which prevailed, but few of his obse-vations reached us. The amendment was to the effect " That in the opinion of the meeting the Corn laws would never be repealed until the peop'e were fairly repre sented ; that a great national petition be presented to her Ma jesty praying that she would do justice to her subjects.— (Cheers and disapproba ion.) And that petitions should be adopted and presented to the Legislature, praying them to en act that the People's Charter should become the law of the land."—(Renewed cheering and hisses.) A working man, named Boaazs, seconded the amendment. He said it was true that the Coin-laws were infamous laws— that they had caused many a tear to fall—many a heart to sigh—many unhappy homes, and much starvation—(Hear, hear)—but, notwithstanding all this, let them only get Uni versal Suffrage, and they would be in possession of the key to the cupboard. All they asked was a fair day's _wages for a fair day's labour. There were many other bad laws as well as the Corn-laws, which it would be necessary for them to get rid of. He knew many CJrn-law repealers at the East-end of the town who had reduced the wages of, the working men. —( Cries of " Name.") He would not name ; it could do no good. He had great respect for the character of Mr. War burton, and many other gentlemen who took an active part in this agitation, who were no thubt actuated by the best intentions ; but there were others who, in his opinion, were not sincere. —(Cheers and hisses. ) Mr. ROEBUCK came forward and attemptedto address the meeting; but the uproar and confusion was' so great that a con siderable time elapsed before he was distinctly' audible. He said that it had been his fate upon many occasions to address the working men of this country, and he always thought that they were a candid people, and anxious far a fair and open discus s on of the principle and operation of those laws by which they were governed.-- (Chcers, and uproar.) The questions which had been raised to-niAlit could be reduced into a very small compass, and dealt with in a very few words ; and if the object of those who had assembled was really to have those questions fully and fairly discussed, he was quite prepared to meet them. The amendment which had been proposed was not, in his opinion, inconsistent with the objects of the meet ing.—( Cheers.) 'fhey had all agreed that there was en evil to be cured in the shape of the present representation of the peo ple in Parliament; but he said that there was another and a greater evil to be cured, and they were there assembled to inquire into and consider the best way of getting rid of that evil.—( Cheers and hisses.) It had been said, and truly said, that the oreration of the present Corn-laws had filled many a I cottage with sorrow, and brought death and desolation into many a harpy h mne, and they were there assembled to in quire tEe be,t way of getting rid of those laws.—(Cheers.) He was fiee to confess that the adoption of the Charter would get rid of a great part of the mischief consequent up n those laws.—(Cheers and hisses.) Every fair and honest Cha tist would listen to him, for he had done more for their c u,e than any other :ndividual present—(Cheers)—but the m de of discussing their principles which had been that night zdo,)ted would never effect the object which they sought to attain.—(Cheers and uproar.) He agreed perfectly in all that had been said in favour of the Charter. and be be- heved that if to-morrow they coull - get the Charter they would Lave no Corn-laws ; but, at the same time, he must complain of the imputations which had been cast upon th ;se who came there to advocate the ropeal of the Corn lawi—of the accusation of wrong matives ohich had been brought a2ainst ti.ern —because they did n.,t adopt the same means to cb ain an end as those who at once contended for the Charter.—(Cheers and interruption.) It was not the with of those who were opposed to the Corn-laws to withhold the suffrage from the people. Was it because he had been turned cut of the House of Commons for being too democratic opinions, that they thought he had deserted the cause of the people? No; it was the peal:l.-f who had tun away froth him. If they were to get one of the two- measures they e ere can tending for, he should say that the ( barter would be the best —(Cheers and hisses)—but they would never obtain it thro-Igli the means proposed in the amendment.—(Great uproar.) If they th-mglit they could do so they were de, eiving thetnselvas. Neither would they obtain it by putting down agitation On ell subjects except that of the Charter—(Continued uproar)—for he could tell them that such practices would be looked upon by the aristoc - acy of tither House of Parliament as a good ground for an argument against granting to them tLe r'ghf. of (tie cis log the franchise.—( Cite ers anddi.approbation.) Mr. VI Ltru RS ' Iti. P., next rose to address the meeting, and was received with cheers an I some marks of disapprobation. When the uproar had in some degree subsided, the Hon. Gentleman proceec:e I to say that it was to him a matter of deep regret to see the confusion that prevailed throughout the . • proceedings in that room to-night, because he thought that it tended to throw d disc r edit upuo the little assemblages of the people f or the ise , ii, i ssion of questions greeting their most valuably int erests . i compared to what had taken e scene that evening could only be place in the [louse of Commons when he last brou g ht the question of th e C orn -l aws b e f ore it.— ( Hear, heae. ) he had been dividuals, 2.500 of whom sent to Parliament by 3,000 in were working and they had in structed him to bring -.'orward the subject, raen a'nd to lo e no or portunity of advancing a repeal of those fu obnoxious laws. It ye i ars he had en was for this reason that during the last z a of Parliament countered the risk of discredit within the same time re by bringing forward this subject, without at aught of rt.—(Hear, fairly r h e e p a r r esent e d the th eeivin.; any favour out certainly that if the people Were l a ws would no longer exist, but he felt a t the same time that il some misapprehen sion existed throughout the countr y on thes e a laws, a nd that therefore a g reater amount of information should be disseminated by those who were more intimately ac quainted with the details and principles of the questi on . 'the Hon. Gentleman w ent on tocompare the condition of the with that of those in the working classes in this country . d bted for the • ' United States, who he said were in e . possession of heir manliness and firmness the extended system of suffrage to t in demanding i'.4—(Cheers.) He had voted for every exten sion of the suffrage that had bee n p ro p osed, and for receiving he could h (Aild be the petition in favour of the Ch arter, and anything do to extend their political rights and privilees, eVi most happy to do.—(Cheers.) m eeting in a Mr. PEAKE (a Chartist) next addr essed the very forcible speech in f a vour of the amendment. He was loudly applauded by his supporters. Dr. Bowitnic next stood forward, and was rceeived with groans and hisses by the Chartists. He was imperfectly heard, sisal • Wascixs, who was described as an extensive mann faeturer, next endeavoured to obtain a hearing, but the up roar was so great tl at he was quite inaudible. It is but right to mention that the Chartist party behaved with the utmost unfairness, as the speakers on their side of the question were heard with the utmost patience and attention ; but when the other side came to claim the same indul;ence, they were greeted with the most discordant and offensive noises. This. is setting an example worthy only of the most intolerant Tories, and one which, if practiced towards the * Chartists, they would he the first to denounce in the bitterest language o f complaint. The cry of " Question 1 ." having been loudly raised, The CMAIRMAN put it to a show of hands; when he de clared the amendment carried. WALL, the Chartist, then moved a vote of thanks to the Chairman; which having been carried, tile yroceelings ab ruptly terminated. PORT OF LIVERPOOL.—The duties re ceived at the Custom house of Live rpool in tLe y ea - 1 840 amounted to no less than f our m illions seven hundred thousand pounds sterling, yet, on the accouLt s b e i ng and m ination by thepropereoffi cers subjected to the usual igid GXit found, in Lond on , th e on ly error liege. C ons id er i ng the hundred was under twenty : hit hundreds of thousands of calm. lations inv o l ve d i n fiese account, this circumstance de serves to be made known for the credit of the comptroll leg department of our Custom-house. The perquisites and munificent p re , ent s ) m a e d g e s to the head n urse on t.h..!, recent occasion of the Pri ncess Royal's baptism are stated to have amounted in value to a considerable Burn ;it wo u ld b e i nvidious, porn, F s to n0...n- tion what report ascribes to be the amount, Mr. Charles Kemble's health is not" consi dered by 11;s fsmily as re-established. lle reside , with his daughter, Mrs. Butler, and her husband, in ClJgc-- street, and daily takes carriage Oxerciaei SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNAL' FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. (From the Morning Post.) Our readers, no doubt, remember that we were fortunate enough to be the first to announce the Treaty of last July, which shook the political fabric of the European s . :, stem to its very foundation. Since then this agitation has never ceased— an armed peace has been found to be a hollow truce, which could not continue without collision ensuing, and it has been the nearly general opinion of all the great political characters of Europe that, rather than continue a state of things which might produce a convulsion when lea 4 expected, and exhaust, in the meantime, the resources of nations by unnecessary taxa tion, it would be better to wage war, and settle the question at once, when the source of aggression was generally 'ac knowledged. Under circumstances of so much alarm, we are most happy to announce the daily increasing hopes of the completion of a treaty (already some time on the taps), by which the French Government would re-enter the pale of friendship with the Powers on whose fiat depends the peace of fie world. There are still many difficulties opposed to the conclusion of this compact, and it would be premature in us to descant upon the conditions of a treaty 'which vary every mo ment under the Protean vicissitudes of tortuous diplomacy. Although the present Administration hare only given utter ance to their opinions in favour of France as it were under compulsion of the Tory interest, and that of every other party in Parliament, it is but just to say that Lord Palmerston has always been favourable to the French alliance, and we could mention more than one great diplomatist—whe ther he be an Esterhazy or a Bulow—who, as difficulties arise to the consummation so earnestly to be wished for, suggest new modifications and proposes new means by which to reunite the dissevered am;ty of France and England. Without adding anything further, but connecting together the general demon stration of good feeling . towards France which characterized the opening of the Session of Parliament—the subsequent di minution of a very large force, in the ranks of the French army by order of Marshal Soult—and the more recent conduct of M. Guizot in answer to an interpellation in the Chamber of Deputies—our readers cannot doubt but our hopes are well founded. We can only add that it is a matter of the highest importance to the peace and commercial security of Europe. (From the Morning Herald.) There is t carcely a Whig "boon" to the people that does not carry in it a serpent's sting. Even " cheap justice" is made subservient to the hostile designs of our liberal rulers upon trial by Jury, as " general education" covered a deep-laid scheme against the religion of the country. Tice sting of that most envenomed of all Whit! "boons"—the Poor-law Amend ment Act—is rapidly doing its work in producing crime, suffer ing, and death, while Government, as if afraid that it was not sufficiently prolific of evil to the labouring classes, is pressing the Legislature to infuse into it fresh vitality and venom. We are glad to see that the parishes in the me tropolis and in many parts of the provinct s are bestir ring themselves to endeavour to avert the continuance of this tyrannical and unchristian law, as a permanent curse upon the country ; for the attempt to renew it for ten years is, as we formerly stated, equivalent to an attempt to inflict it up- n the nation for ever. The evidence' of its calamitous operation is strong and abundant enough now to stop it ten times over, un less Parliament is resolved that no evidence of its disastrous effects shall weigh against it in the scales of national legis lation, though, as holding the faith of Christians, we must believe that it will weigh heavily against its authors and pro moters in the balance of Divine Justice. 'lt is written, " When he maketh inquisition for blood he remembereth them, and forgateth nut the complaint of the poor." The fearful judgments denounced in Holy Writ against great and famous cities and states of old, for the hard hearted adoration of Mammon and the oppression of the poor, how can we, with better knowledge, deserve and hope to escape ? But this is all matter of sneer and ridicule for utilitarian scoffers and philoso phical. "liberals," who strike at Christianity itself whilst scourging the poor with the scorpion-lash of a law that directly contravenes the precepts of the volume of mercy, where the rights of the poor are repeatedly recognised, and their cause pleaded with their oppressors in language of the most pathetic remonstrance, or their wrongs made the subject of terrible and awful denunciations. ( From the Times ) The deplorable calamity which it was our duty to record last week, of the loss of 124 human beings by the collision between the Governor Fenner, American passage ship, and the Not tingham steamer, ought to suggest very uncomfortable reflec tion eto the minds of her Majesty's Government. In the case efrailfvay accidents Ministers have been aroused from apathy, no t,we verily believe, because they care about the matter, but by the loud and resolute tone in which the public has de manded protection. Every consideration which can justify such a measure as that proposed by Mr. Labouchere for the regulation of railways applies with equal force to the case of steam-vessels, or we should rather say, with greater force. After the labours of two committees of the House of Commons prior to 1839, and of the Commissioners appointed in 1838 to in quire into the causes of steam-vessel accidents during the ten preceding years,—after the evidence collected by those com missioners from the most respectable sources, clearly pointing out the nature and extent of the evil, and the appropriate re medies ; and after the several reports, all agreeing in their conclusions, we did not expect that this subject would be left ra statu quo till the Session of 1841; and the country will hold those who have utterly neglected a matter of so great impart ance, on which they could not possibly plead inadequate infor mation, responsible in a high degree for the disasters which have occurred in consequence. The extent of the evil may be 'udged of by the fact, that the Commissioners enumerate about a hundred steam-vessel accidents attended with loss of life, and 634 lives lost by those accidents in the ten } ears over which their inquiries extended. Nearly half these accidents happened within the last three years of the period; 22, wish the loss of 137 lives, in the space of 15 months only from Ja nuary, 1833, to April, 1839. Since that time the number nas increased; and three vessels, the Tyrian, the City of Bou logne, and the Governor Fenner, have perished by collisions alone since the spring of 1840. The chief causes of these dis asters have been the foundering, &c., of vessels at sea from unseaworthiness ; the bursting of boilers from want of strength, or the use of improper safety-valves, &c.: and collisions from the want of an ascertained " rule of road," and a uniform sys tem of signal lights. This was the case with the unfortunate Rothsay Castle, in which 119 souls perished. Boilers and ma chinery are constantly worked after they are comp'etely unfit for use. The Forfarshire, and the Abbey, two vessels wrecked, the one in September, 1838, the other in March, 1839, were both sent to sea with boilers leaking, and patched up in the most disgraceful manner. Those of the Abbey were pugged with horse-dung, old rspes, and hemp ! In the Forfar shire, whose owners knew in what condition she was when she , put to sea, forty-five lives were lost. Numerous and dreadful explosions have been caused by the practice, which, down to 18:39, was general in Scotch-built steamers, of using exposed and accessible safety-valves, which worthless engineers frequently overload or tie down for the purpose of gaining an extraordinary degree of velocity at start ing. To provide against the recurrence of the first two classes of accidents, arising from unseaworthiness of hull or machinery, and unsafe construction or position of boilers or safety-valves, the Commissioners recommended the adop tion cf a compulsory system of registration, with periodical surveys and licenses. It was proposed to place the regulation of the system under a department to be created for the l.urpose in connexion with the Board of Trade, similar to the milway department; and we are at a loss to unlerstand why no steps have been taken for carrying these sugge=ti ns into effe,A. The third class of disasters, that arising from colli.ions, as in the recent unhappy case of the Governor Fenner. is thus describe I by the Commissioners : " Collisions between steam-vessels, and between them and other craft, occur so froquen.ly in crowded waters, they are often so fatal to I.f-, and so generally attended with litigation and expense in rel airing damage, that t' e want of a law to diminish the evil is the subject of complaint with nearly all our COI respondents. Coll sions occur both by thy and by night, at sea as well as in rivers. They c - onmonly arise from the absence of an universal understanding as to the ' rule of the road' to be observed by ves•e!s in pas , ing one another, and from the absence of an universal system el night-lights and signals. The practice is al present regulated only by custom or by the by-laws of different ports. which custom, being various, is productive of serious collisions even on the high seas. As a remedy fur these evils they refer to and adopt the sug gestions of the Commissioners appointed in Ifs:ls to inquire into the laws relating to pilotage, who recommended a way of reducing all these different usages to a un form system by posi tive enactment. We do not hesitate to say, that if these re commendations had been attended to by Government, the Governor Fermnr with her crew, and the por emigrants whom Lash laws harshly administered were driving to seek refuge in a foreign soil, would probably never have perished. (From the Globe.) Beyond the limits of his constituency, Mr. Ainsworth, the Member for Bolton, is not a personage likely to excite the slightest interest ; and we take it for granted that the Bolton Liberals have their eyes open upon the votes which Mr. Ainsworth deems it consistent to give with the proLssions he made at the time of his election, and which obtained for him the support which sent him to Pailiament. By voting in direct opposition to those Professions, he has enabled the Bolton Liberal electors to estimate him at his real value to the cause he was sent to the House of Commons to support. Dees Mr. Ainsworth imagine that a vote on free trade, or a stray vete with the Ridicals in a small minority, will be regarded as a setoff against voting with the Tories on such a question as that which was the subject of discusiion during last week, and which involved in its results the important issue, whether Ire land. should be mocked with the fora], but be deprived of the exercise, of a popular franchise? We presume that Mr. Ainsworth is aware of his position at Behan ; that if not taken up by the Tories, his power of damasieg the cause of Reform, by strength-. ening the bands of its er:efile - i; 111 terminate with the present Raliament; ter, assuredly, no Liberal who looks to the division lists will so stultify himself as to record his vote for a nominal Reformer—who votes with the Tories agaiest a Bill, the object of which was to preserve the Reform Bill from being neutral:zed in Irela id, and the defeat of which invelved the fate of a Liberal Administration. We were gratified to see the let ter of Mr. Swynfen in which he ascribed his ab sence fiom the division, without a pair, to sudden illness, but for which he would have been in his place, and voted for Lord Morpetb's Bill. We hope that the Hon. Mem_ ber's restoration to health will be complete; and that no future aberrations from the course of political consisten c y well excite suspicions of the sincerity or strength of hi s professed at ta ch nke F n t ro t a m o t h L e ib s e t r a al G Standard.) do o r v d e . r ) n mw m ah e ka n. et t ptubbelic_m_intibse. ter t e h ep postponed e r dont consideration lafte r t h o o f liaVleJwoueernealsencaobulledcinotot orsltd b at w e e y u e ld ste n rd o a t y important Lord m orp f e a t e h t :s n ß am ili ely w , ou tbat LoirldfJoorhtnheßLuasdsedlalylaosft Aprilnight fi E 4 a e s i t e t r i reeeccossro.mAitctecoerfdoily, B for the mat. The Noble Secretary for itheColonies m th a a d t e t a h s e peech upon the occasion, in which be confessed vic tory el Friday mcraing Ras so litre a defeat t o h m at f b a e rt h h a e d r Farther little hope of ca.r j i-g the professed to hope for son.e advantage i formation. Fu, mevuarnether .c f u r gh, but he upon which Ministers r have pledged which they information n upon a t .o subject make inquiry during nine long p ar s, upon have brought lb a'rerdy four bills, andrt of whtihcoh was v - gorously clef ated during the grca'er p last s•ssion. Dces Lord John Russell Lag t that he brought in a bill revclutionisirg the parliamentary constitution of England within three months of the accession of his party to office? There was no want ef time for that further information which, it appears, indispensable, even after the lapse of nine years, end after the debating of five bills (Lord Stanley's excluded) in several of these nine years, to come to set about an Irish Registration Act. But what is this furtl!er information to illustrate ? Not the value of b/. sterling, or the duration of fourtnn solar ) cars—these are things already fixed and certain. Not the numbers of the lii,h population, the pro p, rtions of the several proprietary or nen-proprietary classes, or the number of electors—full infornaa iJn in THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3,1841. these respects may be had from parliamentary returns. We imagine that the further information ~must con cern the definition of the franchise qualification. H. ve the minority come to a sense of the r duty, cod declared that they xi 1 administer the law ; as ic i s Mr. O'Connell and a f ew more persons on the bench to convert th e m i nor i ty c h o o r p r e u d p , t b). placiug into a majority? This, however, is triflirg—the postpone ment is a clear unequivocal confession of defeat—a di-tinct abandonment of the Bill—a declaration that its only pur pose was to embarrass and retard the Bill of Lord Stanley by chicane ry and vexatious delay, in the hope that that Bill .may be evaded this year, as it was last year, by a ditatcry process. (From the Courier.) To-morrow is the day fixed fur the second reading of Mr. Emerson Tennent's Bill, called the 6 ' Designs Cop)r'ght Bill," which, as it would seem on its face disentangled from any mere party involvements, it may be hoped rather than expected will escape not only the direct opposition of Ministers, but that indirect and not less efficacious, however paltering, hosti ity which is shown by taking pains that a House shall not tie made to entertain the question on its merits, It may seem strange that, at this time of day, it should bo found necessary to frame and pass laws for securing to a certain class of artists or artisans the light of property, for the iasignificant tern of one year, in what is and should ba their (win by the most sacred of all tit'es, for we know of no title so sasred as that established by genius or ingenuity in the produce and sole profit of its own inventions, discoieries, or im provements. It is, however, exactly of this most incon testable of all rights, that the calico printer or pattern designer is defrauded by the present state of the law on copyright in designs. The a.tist gifted with taste and skill may, and does, from his humble studio, labo riously contribute in every way to the arts, elcgan cies, -and pleasures of refined society, as well as to the enjoyments and comforts of more humble life, by the magic creations of his pencil, and the brilliant mad ever-varying combinations of his colours. but he is not the labourer counted legally worthy of his hire, but made rather the special mark f.r dishonest dulness to copy, and unprincipled pirates to plunder with impunity. The parsimonious protection dealt out to the pattern designer and calico printer for the choice productions of art and ingenuity extends to three mont'as only, so that just when the arduous labours, anxiety, and expenditure of many previous months shJuld reap their reward in the commencing appreciation of the public, their quarter's patent expires, and the pirate who Las already been at woilt ii copying the fashion stamped pattern, the sole hope of return profit to the propriet , ,r out of ye i :us designs, all, p.a..- haps, but this unsuccasful, and in ;ha prepa-ation of large stocks produced at the cheapest rates, si , ,ce at no cost far original designs and printing them on inferior epalities of cl,,th, is enabled to overlay the market with his lower priced imitation goods, and so despoil the skilful and en terprising calico printer and pattern int enter of the jus fruits of his talent and industry, MONEY MARKE T and CITY NEWS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. CHRONICLE.—.A meeting of the Committee of Sou h American Bondholders was held to. day to make arrangements for the general meeting of the Chilian creditors, fixed to take place on Wednesday. Printed statements will be ready by the day of meeting, showing the proposals made by the Chilian Government, with a comparative view of the finances of that republic from 1833 to the present time. We have received copies of a despatch, transmitted in the month of October last by . her Majesty's Minister at Bogota, along with a representation from Messrs. Fowles, Illing,worth, and Co., the agents there for the Colombian bondholders to the Government of New Grenada. Aso a copy of the reply by the Minister of that Republic. From this cor respondence it appears that the Government of New Grenada fully acknowledge that the revenues aris., ing from tobacco and the custom-houses, are spe cially hypothecated to the payment of the interest on aad redemption of the foreign debt. The Minister of New Grenada stab s, indeed, that the funds destined to the payment of the national debt have always been held sacred by the Exe cutive, and that the proceeds have been regularly remitted to England from time to time, although, in conseq uence o f th e political agitatioLs which have occurred during the last two years, the amount has been much has than was expected, and partly diverted from their legitimate application. Under no circumstances, however, he states, will the legitimate autho rities sanction any misapplication of the funds hypothecated towards payment of the interest on the foreign debt, and it is announced to be the earnest desire of the executive to regu late, in a satisfactory manner, the foreign debt of the Re public, so soon as the political disturbances which afflict the country have ceased ; and with that view the Minister expresses an intention of the Executive t. propose a measure to _Con gress at its first meeting useful and favourable to the bondhold ers, and which he says will enable the Republic to fulfil its en gagements. The subjoined letter on the subject of the internal debt of Spain will be read with interest by the creditors of that country : '° Sir—ln your paper of Saturday I read a communication from a gentleman in Brighton, in which, after alluding to my statement respecting the Spanish foreign debt, he wishes to be informed likewise of the amount and circumstances of the home or internal debt. "It is not in my power to gratify his wish by presenting a similarly detailed document, but 1 think that the following one will serve the purpose, which you will be good enough to pub lish, if you think it worth the attention of your readers TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE SPANISH - 11011E DEBT. With Interest. Without Inter, Five per Cent. Consolidated... 1,387,833,382 Four per Cent. Consolidated... 629,495,636 French claims... Current debt Vales non-consolidated Debt without interest Titulos not presented to the liquidation in 1836 Titulos given after the said liquidation Titulos issued for the conver sion of interest overdue on 841,426 vales 347,041, 6 271 537.211,317 1,252,128,101 648,562,534 417,376,033 84,048,852 Titulos liquidated and recog nized, submitted to the ap proval of the Cortes ... 278,404,396 Reales vellon . At 4s. 3d per dollar of 20 reales, equal to ... . . £21,443,060 £37,875,686 " The above statement was presented to the Cortes by the Minister of Finance in 1837, after the liquidation of all claims had been completed. The amount will be diminished in pro portion as the purchasers of national property make gocd their instalments in borids. " I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, " A SPANISH BONDHOLDER." London, March 1, 1841." TIMES.—Few persons who are in the habit of paying at tention to such matters can have forgotten the high tone assumed in the early part of their career by the " Commissioners for South Australia," the large funds to be attracted in aid of their vast pi ojects, and the benefit to be derived from them by the public at large, under cover of which they became borrowers of money to a large extent, almost conferring thereby an obligation on the lenders, of so superior a kind was the security held out to them. But a sudden change, it seems, has come over all these splendid prospects , and, if the statements which are current in the Cityon the subject are correct, the Commis ioners are now without funds to meet the draughts made upon them from the colony. To an application with one of their bills, presented at their office in Park-street, and re fused payment, the following Vt ritten answer, it is s'ated, has been tetutxed, viz., " The Colonization Commissioners for South Australia are not in possession of the necessary means for meeting the pecuniary claims upon the public funds of the colony, but it is the intention of her Majesty's Government to t ring the question of the affairs of South Australia before Par liament without delay, with a view to such arrangements being made for the soli:far:non of the claims of a2l cla ses of the cre ditors as Parliament may sanction." :duce this occurred there has been an appointment, on the motion of Lord John Russell, of a Select Committee to investi gate the affairs of the Commissioners :above referred to, but probably without the cognizance of the House of Commons ge nerally, or of the causes which led to that motion. In plain terms, however, it amounts to this, that the Commission is bankrui t, and that the real point for the Select Committee to report, and for the House of Commons to decide. upon, is, how this great and favourite emigration and colonization scheme is to be protected from total dishonour. Now that the origin of Lord John Russell's motion and of the appointment of the Select Committee is dis clo,ed, the public will no doubt look for that report and the final issue of the whole affair with eager curiosity. Any one who considers the matter carefully will readily come to the con clusion that the greatooint of con'est will be, whether the obli gation to meet these colonial draughts shall be thrown upon the Commissioners for South Australia or her Majesty's Govlips- ment. Certainly, until some issue is arrived at, the Conmits. , sioners must be admitted to stand in a situation of no ordinary peril, though the real pi.rty to suffer in the end by all this folly, that is the pubic, cannot be very eoubtful. TIIE NEW PUBLICATIONS.—The following esti..g New Works have just been published by Mr. Cc:lbw-a c f Great Marlborough -street and_may now.be lud of all booksiellers:-1. - Ti.e Book Without a Name, by Sir Charles and Lady Morgar, 2 vole. small 21s. bound. 2. The Courts of Europe at the Close of the Last Century, by the late Henry Swinburne, Esq., 2 vole. Bvo., with Portrait, 235. bound. 3. Society in by an In dian Officer, 2 vols. post Bvo. 21s. 4. Th e S pas a Eng land, by Dr. Granville, 1 vol., with Map and 30 Illustra tions, 153. bound. 5. The Lite and Letters of Beethoven, Edited, with Introduction, Notes, &c., by Igoace Mos cl.e'es, 2 vols., small Bvo., with Portrait, &c., 21s. bound. 6. 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Editionl2 . l'h o e f l A s t g a n n e d s S!rickland's Lives of the Queens of England, price 10s. 6d. each, with Illustrations, bound. A compliment, as unexpected as it is flattering to the illustrious parsons interested, has just been conferred on her Majesty and Pi ince Albert. A iepresentation hav ing bcea made of the railed taste her Majesty displayed in music, and the Prince in musical composition, the coun cil of the celebrated academy of St. Cecilia at Rome, have caused the names of her Majesty (La Regina d'lngbil errs) and Prince Allen (IL PrinciFe Albe'to) to be in scribed in its list of honorary members. Thi s academy was funded in 1 584 , since which It has co n f erre d honours o loud e re report similar to a onupW u ards of 3,00 0 distinguished a m li us i i i c al iTs, and i s ones) ! the most celebrate d i FRIGHT F UL EXPLOSION.—M onday, shortly be fore 12 o'clock, the h a a b la it r a m nt , s i o n f c th o e ns L eg o u n e d n o c n ; rli f a a d thrown into the g rea test discharge of artillery; when it w as found that the of the shop-window of lb. Hoope r , in said) some chem ical prepar ation. It is a perfect mir ac l e l a y lo n le to a toms, by the explosion of (it i s thatsurg eecovne,rwidaslivbelosai w ere n ot lost. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, FEB. 25, 1841. The Queeu has been yl-ased to appoint Rcbcrt Keate,l2lsq., t 3 be Sergeant-Surgeon in Ordinary to her MajeAy, in the room of Sir Astley Pastou Cooper, Bart., deceased. CROWN-OFFICE, MARCH 2. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IR THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. KING'S COUNTY.—Andrew Armstrong, of Gallen Priory, in the said County, Esq., in the room of Nicholas Fitzsimon, Esq., who has accepted the Chilbern Hundreds. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, FEE. 26. Royal Regiment of Artillery—First Lieutenant J. M'Coy to be Second Ciptaid, vice J. A. Wilson, seconded, as bolding a civil employment ; Second Lieutenant J. J. Brandling, to be First Lieutenant, vice M'Ccy, Feb. 19. Corps of Royal Engineers—Captain and Brevet Major A. Marshall to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Sir F. Smiih, se conded, having been appointed I nspector -General of Rail ways ; Second Captain H. Sandham to be Captain, vice Marshall ; First Lieutenant C. C. Wilkinson to be Second Captain, vice Sandham; Second Lieutenant G. C. Bailie to be First Lieutenant, vice Wilkinson, Feb. 19. WHITEHALL, FEB. 23. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Stephen Ilene Bardou leau, of Wells and Chewton Mendip, in the county of Somer set, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, FEB. 25. The Lord Chancellor his appointed Henry Stephen Gum mer, of Bridport, in the county of Dorset, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. The following places have been duly registered for solemni zing marriages therein, pursuant to the Act of 6th and 7th Wil liam IV., chap. 85: — Clapham Independent Chapel, Clapham. Cavendish Chapel, Ramsgate. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. HENRY BAKER and SARAH CRISP, millers, Had leigh, Suffolk. JOHN LEA, Jun., tea-dealer, Chester. BANKRUPTCIES ENLARGED. WILLIAM WILSON, innkeeper, Stanley Ferry, York s ire, from March 9 to 23, at two, at the Commissioners'- rooms, Leeds. WILLIAM LATHAM, linen-draper, Halifax, from ;'larch 12 to 23, at half-past two, at the White Lion Inn, Halifax. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. JAMES TILLMAN, tailor, Aldgate. RICHARD MILLER, Jun., glue-manufacturer, Blue Anchor-road, Bermondsey. BANKRUPTS. JOHN GEORGE PARNELL HEYLIGER, silversmith, Tottenham-court-roid, to surrender; March 9, and Apr 1 13, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official as signee; Pain and Hatherly, Great Marlborough -street. SARAH FENN, draper, Bromley, Kent, March 12, at twelve, and April 13, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Cannan, Finsbury-square, official assignee ; Turner and Hensman, Basing-lane. JOHN FAULKNER, jun., builder, Chelsea, March 13, at one, and April 13. at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, Copthall-buildings, official assignee ; Blackmore and Senior, Mitre -court-chambers, Fleet-street. THOMAS COLEMAN, innkeeper, St. Alban's, Herts., March 15, at two, and April 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Clark, New Broad-street-court, official assignee Gossett, Old Jewry. WILLIAM BRYDON, wholesale druggist, Abehureh-lane, City, March 10, at eleven, and April 13, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lackingten, Coleman-street-buildings, official assignee • Crosse, Hatton -court, Threadneedle-street. WILLIAM MATHER NOBBS, hotel keeper, Maiden-lane, March 10, at two, and April 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, Basinghall-street, official assignee ;• Bird, Lincoln's lun-fields. GEORGE BOARD, grocer, Bristol, March 12 and April 13, at twelve, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol. Blower and Vizard, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London; Gregory and Son, Bristol. JONATHAN THOMPSON, victualler, Lynn, Norfolk, March 10 and April 13, at eleven, at the Freemasons' Tavern, Lynn. Pitcher, Lynn ; Cross, Surrey-street, Strand. HENRY KNOTT, builder, Sonning, Berkshire. March 10, at eleven, and April 13, at one, at the Upper Ship Inn, Reading. Neale, Reading, Berkshire; Holmes, Great James street, Bedford-row. GEORGE MELLOR, linendraper, Macclesfield, March 19 and April 13, at ten, at the Unicorn Inn, Macclesfield. Parrott, Colville, and May, Macclesfield ; Lucas and Parkin son, Argyle-street, Regent-street, London. JOHN FEAVER, sail-cloth manufacturer, Nether Comp ton, Dorsetshire, March 11 and April 13, at twelve, at the Antelope Inn, Dorchester. Fennel and Williams, Bedford row, London ; Watts, Yeovil, Somersetshire. MICHAEL PELLETT, baker, Axundel, Sussex, March 2, at eleven, and April 13, at ten, at the Dolphin Inn, Chi chester. Balchin, Arundel; Freeman, Bothamley, and Bentall, Coleman-street, London. JAMES WELCH BRADDICK, tanner, Bristol, March 11, at two, and April 13, at one, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol. Keddell and Baker, Fenchurch-street, London. THOMAS S I'EVENSON, shoe manufacturer, Stafford, March 16 and April 13, at twelve, at the Swan Inn, Sta.ffo• d. Clowes and Wedlake, King's Bench-walk, Temple, London ; Ilion, Stafford. THOMAS PARKER, butcher, Brampton, Cumberland, March 15 and April 13, at eleven, at the Coffee-house Inn, Carlisle. Bell, Brodrick, and Bell, Bow Church-yard, London; Carrick and Lee, Brampton. ANTHONY BRITTAIN, grocer, Norwich, March 15, at three, and April 13, at one. Helme, Raymond-buildings, Gray's Inn, London. _ALEXANDER SMITH, saddler, Stroud, Gloucestershire, March 8 and April 13, at ten, at the George Inn, Stroud. Ro berts, Clifford's Inn, Chancery-lane, London. WILLIAM CARD, biscuit-b-ker, Northampton, March 16 and April 13, at eleven, at the Angel Hotel, Northampton. Dennis, Northampton ; Turner and Hensman, Basing-lane, Cheapside, London. DIVIDENDS," At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. C. ft. Harris, carver and gilder, Percy-street, Tottenham court-road, March 25, at half-past twelve—J. Tatham, rectify ' ing distiller. Castle-street, City-road, March 25, at one—F. Strong and W. Barthold. merchants, Great Tower-street, March 24, at eleven—R. Keymer, innkeeper, Colchester, March 24, at twelve—H. Johnson, sword cutler, Archer-street, Haymarket, March 25, at eleven—G. Long, coal merchant, Croydon, March 24, at twelve—J. Youens, grocer, Ludgate hill, March 24, at half.past twelve—W. Legh, corn dealer, New Windsor, March 24, at eleven—J. Wiggins, woollen draper, High Holborn, March 24, at twelve—H. B. C. Hillier, apothecary, Montague-place, Russell-square , March 24, at half-p as t e l even —D. Hedges, plumber, Oxford, March 25, a t t we l ve— L Red path, insurance broker, Lime-street, City, March 25, at eleven. In the Country. W. Norris, ironfounder, Liverpool, March 24, at two, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool—T. Nicholson, scrivener, K irton in Lindsey, Lincolnshire, March 25, at twelve, at the Lion Hotel, Glamford Briggs—R. Kay and J. Matthews. money scriveners, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire, March 25, at twelve, at the Swan Hotel, Bolton-le-Moors —R. W. Bellamy, grocer, Ross, Herefordshire, March 24, at twelve, at th e Ki ng ' s H ea d Inn, Ross—J. B. Oliver, tallow chandler, Ipswich, March 24, at twelve, at the Coach and Horses Inn, Ipswich--J. Griffiths, merchant, Manchester, March 25, at eleven, at the Commis sioners'-rooms, Manchester—H. Tarboton, corn dealer, Thorner, Yorkshire, March 30, at eleven, at the Commissioners' -rooms, Leeds—W. V. Wilkes, factor, Birmingham, March 23. at one, at the Offices of Colmore and Beale, Birmingham —J. Babb, woollen draper, Chester, April 8, at one, at the Green Dragon Inn, Chester—F. Jordan, jun. and R. L. Magrath, merchants, Liverpool, March 24, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liver pool—W. Hunt, woollen manufacturer, Rochdale, Lanca-hire, March 24, at twelve, at the Commissioners'..rooms, Manchester. CERTIFICATES, MARCH 23. W. M. Roberts, farmer, Pembroke —L. H. Cove, coal mer chant, Adelphi—W. Wright, corn merchant, Liverpool —C. Wilson, woollen draper, Manchester —H. Allenby, board'ng house-keeper, Genrge-street, Adelphi—T. Payne, butcher, Warminster, Wiltshire. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. St Hele n ' s , L ancas hi re ' spinners, Bl ac kb urn . Lan cashire—B. B il y c r o r k a a n n el d B. H sp in a d ri le o y w , , gi c • o o t c t e o r n s Michaelis and Samson, merchant, Manchester —J. Fuszard, C. Coster, and T. Stockham, sail makers, Southampton—D. Cheetham and J. Hill, cotton spinners, Staleybridge, Cheshire—J. Robinson, C. Robinson ' and J. E. Robinson, wine merchants, Liverpool—T, Tapling,J. Gros smith, and A. Le Mire de Normandy, 111. D., ink manufac turers, Redcross-square, Cripplegate—C. and A. Truescan, merchants, New Broad-street-court, City—J. H. Pelly, 0. Simpson, and J. H. Pelly, jun., London—E. P. APKnight and W. MacGregor, commission agents, Liverpool—T. Kinley, C. Carleton, and R. Simpson, woollen merchants, Manchester (so far as regards C. Carleton )—D. Wayman and W. Eustace, farriers, Vauxhall-terrace, Lambeth—D. and D. Davies, agents, Bread-street, Cheapside—E. Stubbs and J. Muller, coach makers, Whitechapel-road._... and M. A. Hicks, schoolmistress. s, Greenwich—J. Middleton, J. Middleton, and J. Thompson, iron founders, Staffoulshire—D. Worsley and H. Warburton, joiners, Collyhurst, — Manclsester—J. Rayner and W. D. Grubb, worsted spinners, Halifax, Yorkshire—T. B , ls.haw and J. Belshaw, jun., stationers, Manchest er —J. Thompson, J. Thompson, J. Thompson, and B. Brea ply, cot ton spinners, Ancoats, Manchester (sofar as regards J. Brearly) —J. Thompson, J. Thompson, J. Thompson, and J. Percy, calico dealers, Manchester (so far as regards J. Perry)-6. and C. Florida, gardeners, Christchurch, Monmouthshire—M. E. and A. C. Kight, tailors, Saffron Walden, Essex—S. Sykes and C. Blake, stuff merchants, _Leeds —4l-. Haviland and S. -Sistutley," confectioners, TauniOn St. Mary Magdalen, S.omer setshire—T. Gwynne and J. Knight, attorneys, Haverf)rd west, Soinersetthire—T. Hill, J. Orsdge, and W. Brookes, ge neral merchants, Gibraltar—Russell, Mellors, and Co., mer chants, Pernambuco (so far as regards W. Clark)—S. Buckley and J. Woodall, chemist, Manchester—J. and J. Potts, silk dyers, Macclesfield, Cheshire—T. Ledger and J. M. Brittain, bricklayers, Kingston-upon-Hull—T. Stead and J. Wrigley, cotton warp makers, Huddersfield, York,hire—J. Howard and W. Cooper lookin g glass manufacturers, Fore-street, Crip_ plegate—J. Wheatley and P. Dale, s hip brokers, North Shields—J. Bl a k e l ey, S. Blakeley, and J. Fernley, contractors for public works, Manchester (so far as regards J. Fernley)--; D. Barker and J. Watson, attorneys, Wakefield, Yorkshire — F. Champi on an d T. Chadwick, , wool - staplers, Byer's Gate way, Bermondsey -street—NV. Bowen and J. Strongitharm, .lime masters, Walsall, Staffordshire—F. Mangles, C. E. Man gles, and W. Keen, bankers, Guildford, Surrey (so far as re gards W. Keen)—P. Kean and J. Stewart, painters, Liverpool —B. W. Aaron and F. Benjamin, watch m anufacturers, Bury street, Bevis-marks, City—G. Skipp and C. A. Beddoe, cider merchants, Ledbury, Herefordshire. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. JOHN STUART, cattle dealer, Aberdeenshire , March 5 and 26, at twelve, at the Court House, Aberdeen. WILLIAM BROWN, clothiv, Edinburgh, March 9 and 30, at twelve, at the Old Signet Hall, Edinburgh. WILLIAM WOOD, bookseller, Aberdeen, March 6 and April 2, at two, at tte Advocates' Ha'l, Aberdeen, HENRY JACKSON and SON, hat m anufacturers. Mils -elburgh, March and 29, at one, ab the Royal Exchange Coffeehouse, Edinburgh. RICHARD NIXON, hatter, Glasgow , March 9 aid 30 , at one, at the Writing Cha m b ers o f W. Fussell, Glasgow. GENERAL ELLIOT.—It is this week our pain ful duty to record the death of Lieut.• General Henry Elliot. This melancholy event took place on the morning of Sunday thell 4th inst., at his villa of Rosebank. Bnrn in 1769, the deceased was consequently at the period of his demise in the 72d year of his age. The funeral, which took place on Monday last, was the most imposing which Kelso has witnessed since that of James Duke of Rox burghe.—Kelso Chronicle. Brighton has been placarded with bill* giving notice of the injunction which was granted a few days since, to prohibit the negotiation of the promissory note for 3,400/., which had been obtained from a gentleman who had lost t h at sum " at play," having been "p i c ked u p" a t the Albi on Hotel. The affair is the subject of much con. yttiatiou. LAW INTELLIGENCE. ROLLS' COURT, MARCH 2. The COURT, after dispoeitifr, Of - the consent peTitions an short 'causes, heard th e rema i n i ng argumen t s o f C u un of in BONSEA V. cox, which came before the Court upon exceptions. His LORDSHIP overruled two of the exceptions, but reserved his judgment upon the others. SIDEBOTHAM V. BARRINGTON Was ordered to stand over till the Ist day of causes after the fourth scaL MEETON V. DUKE. This case came before the Court upon further directions and costs. —Judgment deferred. KNIGHT V. FRAMPTON. The opening of this case occupied the remainder of the day. VICE-CIJANCELLOR'S COUAT, Ma'am 2. CROSSE V. BEDINGFIELD. The arguments in this part-heard case were resumed and concluded to-day. The bill was filed for the purpose of com pelling payment of an annuity of 60/. a year and interest, granted by bond to a person named Bailey, that bond having been destroyed. The VICE- CHA NCELLOR, at the conclusion of the arguments, gave judgment directing payment of the annuity with interest, and ordering the defendant to pay the costs of the suit. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. (OLD COURT.) (Before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.) John Burton, aged 28, was indicted for feloniously assaulting Amelia Broad, on Tuesday evening, the 2nd of February last, with intent to rob her. Amelia Broad, the prosecutrix, stated that she was a servant in the family of Mr. tiodfrey, of Hanwell. On Tuesday evening Feb. 2, as she was going along the church path of Hanwel!, she saw a man standing by the Old House. She saw him again as she passed the archway of the railroad. He adotessed her, and said it was a " snowy night." She said " Yes," and walked on, until she got to the swing gate in the churchyard. He then seized on her, and prevented her from proceeding, saying, " Would you like a good rolling in the snow, my - dear?" She did not speak, as she was very much frightened. He continued to follow her, and soon said, " Have you not got any money to give a poor fellow to get him a night's lodging ?'' She then put her hand upon her pocket, upon which he took hold of her with one hand, and felt her all round with the other. She struggled with him, and hurt her arm in so doing. He sw o-e at her very much, and gave her a blow with a sharp instru ment. She never saw the prisoner before that night ; but she had no doubt of his identity. By the JUDGE—She had some silver at the time in her pocket. She had been sent with it to the village. the pri soner went away without taking anything from her. B W. Matthews, a police constable, stated that he had examined the pathway on the night in question, near the gate of the Church, and perceived from the foot-marks that there must have been a struggle there between two persons. He could relay the traces that one was a man and the other a woman. William Stebbings, another constable, confirmed the testi mony of the preceding witness. He stated, in addition, that he had taken his boot from the prisoner, and that it corre sponded with the foot-marks of the man where the struggle had taken place. He had received from the prosecutrix a de scription of the person who had attacked her. it was attempted to be shown for the defence that the prisoner could not have been the author of the as sault, inasmuch as he had spent the evening of the 2d of February last at a public-house, while he was, at the time, in a very delicate state of health. Of the four witnesses who came forwa-d to prove the alibi, two had been formerly convicted t.f offences, and had suffered a l eriod of im prisonment. Another of the witnesses was a brother-in-law of the prisoner, but it appeared, from the evidence of a pol.ceman, that he hal formerly stated that the prisoner hid been at home during the entire of the evening in question. The fourth wit ness was a person whose character was unknown. J , stice WILLIAMS having summed up the evidence, The Jury,- after a few minutes' deliberation, found the pri soner " Not guilty." In the•course of the day William Norris, the individual who stands indi , •ted for having committed perjury in the late election for Bridge-master, in the City of London,lwas placed at the bar. Mr. GURNEY, addressing the Court, said he appeared on behalf of the City of London to prosecute the defendant, but in consequence of circumstances that had occurred, he was in structed to apply that the defendant might be allowed to go at large upon his own recognizance to appear in case he should be called upon to take his . trial. The reason for this course being taken was, that the prosecutor believed that the de fendant was to some extent an innocent agent in the hands of others. He had already given important information, and they had reasons to believe that if the proposed course was adopted, the more guilty parties would be brought to justice. The COURT granted the application, and the defendant en tered into his recognizance, and was discharged from custody. THE CASE OF THE DRYAD.—The Grand Jury in the early part of the day returned true bills against Michael Shaw Stewart Wallace, and Pa.riek Michael Stewart Wallace, for the felonious destruction of the Dryad. The trial will come on this day at ten o'clock, and it is ex pected to last three days. POLICE INTELLIGEN CE. MANSIOIV..HOUSE. THE FALLEN HOUSES IN FLKET-STREET.—Several gen tlemen cf the Inquest of St. Bride's palish waited on the Lord Mayor with the following presentment :—" We, the Inquest of the Pa: iah of St. Bride, do present to your Lordship that we have carefully examined the ruins of the two houses on the north side of Fleet-street, latelyoccu pied by Mr. Bundy and Mr. Dobson, which fell down on Saturday night, and as to which a presentment was yester day made by the Foreman of the Inquest to your Lordsliip, and that the ruins in the back parts "Le premises are in imminent danger of falling down, and there is every ground to believe that if they were to fall, they would drag part cf the adjoining premises, lately occupied by Mr. Simms, with them, and great loss of life would probably ensue; and we make this presentment to your Lordship, unier conviction that the public safety will not admit of the pul'- g dawn of the said ruins being delayed until the meetlng of the next Court of Aldermen, but require your Lord ship's authority to be immediately exercised in ordering them to be pulled down ; and we 'present to your Lord ship that the said ruins are in danger of falling, and pas sengers thereby arc in danger of their l:ves or limbs by the falling thereof, or of the bricks, tiles, or timbers, therefrom," The presentment, which was signed by fifteen inquest tree, was handed to Mr. Montague, the City Surveyor, by the Lord Mayor. The City Surveyor said that the Lord Mayor probably was aware that there existed no authority under the Act of Parliament for his Lordship's interference, except as re garded the conservancy of the public safety. The gen tlemen of the inquest had acted with proper zeal and acti vity pn the occasion, but they asked for what it would be illegal on his Lordship to grant without the sanction of the Court of Aldermen. The City Surveyor certainly was not just fled in interfering with Mr. Simms's premise?. The gentlemen of the inquest said what they asked for was not that Mr. Simms's premises should be interfered with, but that the ruins which endangered the, security of these and' other premises should be pulled down. Mr. Montague said that the owner of the ruins was under an obl g tion to remove them. The Gcntien ea of the Ins:Fest said that a difficulty stood in the way. A fire bad Woken out a short time ego in the back pelt of Mr. Bundy's premises; and Mr. Dot son's pren.i es, they believed, belonged to the Bishop of Pe t( rbcnough, and a e e in Cha ncer y, su th at the confusion wAs icArcely possible to be overcome. Now the ruins of Dobson'a heuse were the cause of the ex isting danger, They were most anxious that they shoal l not he misapprehended in thiir object, particularly as there seemed to be some vs gue reports that there were b. dies under the ruins. There existed a n oral certainty that such was not the case, but a report had got abroad, and they nere eager net only t tour teract any fuller hazard, but to convince the public that there was no ground for the suspicion. Tie LORD MAYOR—I recollect hasi,g seized the reins of a horse on London Bridge to save a man whose lire a; peared to me to be in dang r. I hazarded, and was near being knocked down for my interference, but. I was resolved to run the hazard in consideration cf the g cod ;t would produce. I should, if I was connected with the parish, act upon my own responsibdity and prevent dagger to the public, without looking to th; consequences to m}- self, which I should leave to the direction of a greater power._ His LORDSHIP then said, that I , e should order a Court of Aldermen to t e summoned for Thursday next at the Old Bailey, to suit the accommoda ion of the members, who should be obliged to bo in attendance at the Ccbtral Ginainal Court. Mr. Wood, the publisher ( f the Weehly Dispatch Newspaper, then mentioned that lie had some observations to make with respect to the conduct ef the City Surveyor. He (Mr. Wood) was a l'ep when the houses fell, and as his office was next door to these house , , he eonsi ii red that be owed hi 3 safety to the piirty-wall which had bi.ee built, upon the advice of Mr—Elrnee, the Surveyor of the Port of London. Having felt a natural anxiety upon the sub ject, be applied to the City Surveyor, who, he Lelieved, received a very largo amount of pay for the performance of his official dut:e , , to walk up-stairs and examine the premises, to ascertain whether any danger was to he ap prehended. The answer he received, howevev, wa , that if the City Surveyor were sent for officially to examine the house he should attend, and he then asked fur a bruia to remove the dust from his clothes. Now, it would be very desirable to be informed whether an officer of the City, whose duty it was to look particularly after old buildi 'ge, was justified, under the circum s t ances w i t h wh i ch every body was acquainted, in refusing to satisfy the minds of those who were employed in the very next premises ? Ho did not himself pretend to be acquaitt.d with the duties of tha City Surveyor, but was convinced that the Lord Mayor would not consider it too much in him to request to be informed. The LORD MAYOR having referred to Mr. Montague for an answer, The City Surveyor said he did not mean to deny any part of the statement of. Mr. Wood, but he wished it to be understood that he did not hold any situation which obliged him to go over premises under such circumstances. He found, upon going to the premises, that they belonged to Mr. Harmer, who had been an Alderman, and that another surveyor had hi en employed there. He could not think therefore of doing as was requested. Mr. Wood said thst Mr. Montague was not only the City Surveyor, for the performance of the duties of which he was paid eery largely, but he was also District Sur veyor of . the very p ort i on of the City in hich the tw o houses fell, a fact not calcul ted to diminish the obligat'on upon him to do as was required of him. The Gentlemen of the Inquest said that they had ex amined the Dispatch premise,, and fuund not the slightest crack in them. Mr. Wood ob serve d that lie wanted the o pi n i on o f a professional man, an d not of an inquest, whe, in all pro bability, knew nothing at all about the matter. He re peated, that the subject was one of great importance, and that he was not disposed to let it drop upon so unsatisfac tory a definition of the office as the City Surveyor himself bad given. Sir PETER LAURIE (who sat with the Lord Mayor dur ing the latter part of the discussion) said that if M r . Wood a p peared at the bar of the Court of Aldermen with any complaint against the City Surveyor, proper attention, should certainly he paid to it, The Court will be held at tile Central Criminal Court, at txelve fur one o'clock on Thursday, upon the above suTct, to the exclusion of all others. SHIPPING INTELLIGENC.C. (LLOYD'S.) LONDON, MARCH 2.—Wind this day at noon, S. S.W. DEAL, MARCH I..—Wind S.W.—Arrived from the River and sailed Claudine, Brown, for Madras ; Maria, Collings, Terceira. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH L—Wind S.S.E.—Arrived. St. James, Sibor, from London, for New York ; Betsey, Lloyd, Li merick. The 1 3 1 ince Albert, Eliot, from shields to Alex andria, which put in here yesterday leaky, will be lightened for further inspection. YARMOUTH, act' I.—Arrived the Catherine, from Caen. WzvENnisis, •MAsicti I.—The Augusta, Johnstone, from London. to Newcastle, got on the Middle Sand 26th ult., but was assisted off, and proceeded. IaVERrOOL. MARCH 1 —Wind variable and light.--Arrived the Alice, Anwyl, from Barbadoes, after striking on Black,- water Bank, but makin4 very little water; General iltshire, Wilson, Bathurst; Hero, Giant, Bonny. Sailed the Rapid, Smith, for Demerara; Stephen Baldwin, Glidden, Philadel phia; Peru, liumley,Africa ; Orwell, Greyburn, Aden. The Hero, Grant, arrived here from Bonny, was struck by a sea during a gale on the 13th ult., off Flores, which carried away bulwarks, stancheons, &c., and washed one man overboard. On the 23d, off Kinsale, passed a pipe of brandy, a beam, and part of the bulwarks of a vessel, supposed to be about 120 tons. THE MARKF.,TS-YESTERDAY. COLONIAL MARKET. The amount of business by private treaty was on a small scale, and the public sales went off without spirit, but prices underwent little variation. The imports were to a fair extent from most parts. TEA MARKET. The public sales were well attended, and a good disposition was manifested to purchase. The principal part offered was sold, and at somewhat higher prices. Company's Congou Is. 7id. per lb., cash, paid for several parcels. WHI TECHAPEL HAYMARKET. The supply was limited, the demand good, and full prices. C'over 41. 15s. to 61. 6s. Meadow Hay 3/. 14s. to bl. per load. Straw 40s. to 425. per load. (From the London New Price Current of March 2 ); SUGAR. —The West India market has been in a dull state since this day week, both grocers and refiners have bought very sparingly, and the purchases for the three market days have amounted to only 500 hhds and tierces; although the stock held by the merchants is small, still they have been desirous to realize, and have submitt e d t o a re d uct i on on former rates of Is 6d for browr, and Is for yellow sorts ; the dull demand whieh has' prevailed may be principally attributed to the large parcels of Mauritius and Bengai which have been offered a; auction ; Demerara of middling bright yellow quality has been sold at 755, gad strong brown Jamaica and St. Kitts with some better samples on the.board 745, low middling grey St. Kitts 755, good , mid dling and good bright 76s to 77s per cwt. To-day there was an increased disinclination evinced on the part of the trade to purchase British Plantation, and the mar ket was in a dull state, so limited are the transactions that they are not worth enumerating; the few boards sold were at prices rather under those of Friday. REFINED.—For. Refined Goods, prices have further de clined 2s per cwt. ; Standard Lumps at 95s to 95s 6d ; Hambro Loaves and Tattlers good and tine 96s to 104 s, common 94s to 955, brown lumps, ord 90s to 91s, better 92 to 945. Treacle 33s to 34s for common, patent fetched 36s a 36s 6d best old make, and Golden syrup 39s a 425. Bastards of common sorts at 50s to 545, but better kinds have brought as high as 70s I.er cwt. Pieces have undergone little variation, fine sorts '1355 to 88s per cwt. Bonded Crushed Sugar, 32s 6d for "first quality. Loave s 14 lb s a t 36 s t o 36s 6d, 101bs 37s to 38s, and bibs 40s 6d to 41s per cwt. Treacle has been less in request, buyers have 'been compelled to pay 15s for small quantities, and parcels are not to .be had under 14s 6d. Bastards and nieces, the former at 16s to 19s, and the latter at 20s to 265. Dutch. Crushed Sugar at 31s on board in Holland. To-day the home trade bought sparingly of Refined Goods, and rather lower rates were accepted ; 94s 6cl to 95s are the nearest quotations for • Standard lumps. Treacle dull of sale at 33s to 41°. Pieces and Bastards sold slowly at the rates quoted. Loaves and Bonded Crushed Sugar were in good request, sales of the former were made at 36s 6d to 37s 6d for 10 and 14 lbs, and the latter at 32s 3d to 32s 6d per cwt. MAURITIUS. —This after noon there was little demand, and of 2453 bags at public sale, a small part only found buyers at rather lower rates, low yellow went at 695, mi.:dling to good middling 70s to 735, good to fine 74s to 78s, fine brown 63s 6d to 655, low middling and middling 51.3 6d to 565, low dark 48s per cwt. EAST INDIA,—This afternoon the trade evinced little disposition to purchase Bengal at the public sales, which comprised 4,9.84 bags 45 boxes, the biddtngs were very lan guid, and not above 1,000 bags found buyers 2s to 3s under former rates; fine white went at 81s 6d, good 78s 6d to 795, middling 76s to 775, damps and washed 75s to 79s Gd per cwt ; the remainder was all taken in, holders not being dis posed to take the reduced rates the trade were inclined to pay. FOREIGN. — For yellow Havannah there has been an in creased demand, at full former rates, 3,800 have been taken by one firm for Holland at 24s for good strong bright quality of last year's importation, the remainder was disposed of at 23s 6d to 24s for ordinary and middling quality ; at auction 477 boxes were disposed of at 23s 6d to 24s 6d for middling and good, but rather soft. White taken in at 32s 6d to 32s for middling soft. For white Brazil holders are firm, and bought in the sound of 157 chests 49 barrels Cuba at public sale, at stiff prices, viz. at 30s to 32s for low middling and middling quality : damaged, however, sold at 27s to 28s 6d for low to good middling soft. White Bahia at 255. 6d for good mid dling. Brown and yellow produced stiff prices. Bahia at 2256 d. .Cuba good soft yellow at 23s 6d to 245, middling and low middling 22s 6d to 235, and washed 21s to 22s ticl. Porto Rico for refining at 23s for yellow, at 23s 6d for good brown, and 24s to 24s 6d for good strong bright yellow; a few lots washed went at 22s 6d ; Foreign Muscovado 22s 6d to 23s for middling and good middling soft yellow. To-day the market was firm for all dekriptions, and - brown sorts were in fair demand for both shipping and refining under bond, few parcels are offering for sale. illor.s.csEs.—Th e transactions have been on a small scale only, and prices have given way a little for the lower sorts, but good and fine have brought previous utes; common Tri nidad at 31s. ; D emerara f a i r 325, goe 63s • Barbadoes, good, 38s ; St. Vinc en t s , or d 32 s ; common dark' Demerara at 30s per cwt. COFFEE.--Holders of West India having supplied the mar ket sparingly with clean sorts, prices have generally been sup ported, but the trade have purchased very sparingly by private treaty, and only 11 tea mid Berbice have been offered at auc tion which sold at 97s 6d to 995, but unclean sorts have again given way in value : at public sale 53 casks were only partly disposed of at a considerable reduction, fine and fine fine ord Berbice sold at 62s ta 70s, and 60s for ordinary. In Mocha - few sales have been made, but . the small supply keeps prices from going down materially. This afternoon there was little passing in either East or West India, and prices have still a downward tendency, large parcels being declared for for public competition. 1,541 bags Porto Rico from the Cape were offered at auction, and all bought in, viz., fine ordinary celery Dominica kind at 55s to 56s ; and good ordinary, 53s per cwt. By private treaty, scarcely anything was done. COCOA. —For West rndia prices have given way Is to Is 6d per cwt ; Trinidad ordinary to good bold red at 50s 6d to 55s 6d, and fair to middling grey 50s to 51s 6d; 334 bags fair grey Grenada were taken in at 49s to 50s. Prices remain firm for Foreign. TEA. —The market for Free Trade has presented a more lively appearance since Tuesday last, for black there has been a good (remand from both town and country dealers, and the rates previously established have been fulay supported, in deed for fine sorts of Congou a small advance has been paid. In green kinds the operations. have been on a more extended scale at former prices, excepting for Twankay. and the lower sorts of Hyson and Young 'Tyson, which declined in valt.t:. id to Id at the public sales; the total quantity offered at auction since our last report has amounted to 8,500 pkga, and the large proportion of 8,000 were disposed of with fair spirit.. " To-day there was an increased demand for Free Trade, and pri. es improved : the public sales were well attended, the quan tity offered amounted to 6,500 pckgs, the trade were anxious to purchase, biddings animated, pirticularly tier black Tea; of the quantity offered, 5,000 pckgs were actually sold at an advance on the rates of Thursday's sales of Id per lb for nearly all kinds ; on fine Congou, however, the advance amounted to 2d per lb.—Congou, tine blackish leaf strong Pekoe flavoured sold at 2s 5d to 2s 7d, but middling blackish leaf str and true Is 9id to !s 10d, bu: mid ra sir Souchong kind Is 8d to Is Bid, but n.id la old and flat is 71d to ls 8d ; Pouchong, faint and odd Is 61d to Is 7d, mid coarse I sBAd to is ; llyson, mid to good mid str 2s 2id to 2s 10Nd ; YounV Hyson, but mid coa Twan. fia 2s to 2s Id ; T wankay, but mid coa ' brnt Is bid; Caper, good mid flat but Is 64d to Is (lid per lb. In Company's Congou a good deal of business was done at Is 71c1 cash.— Accounts from China by the oYer,and mail may be looked for about the end of the week. RICE.—For Bengal by private treaty, prices are firm, mid (Ling and good middling white 13s to 14s per cwt. Prices are firm fur Java and Siam, sales of the former have beets made privately at es 6d to 11 s6d for low to good quality. Carolina 345 to 36s is the value for home use, and 22s for export. 1 his afternoon there was a fair business transacted in East India, and prises were firm : at auction 1,735 bags Bengal were offered, about half sold at 13s to 13s 6d for middling and good middling white, being full prices. Rum, Rita Noy, AND HOLLA Nr)s.—We have still to report a dull market for West India Rum, and so limited have been the transactions both in Leewards and Jamaica that they are not worth enumerating; prices have given way a little, sales of proof Leewards 2s 6(1 per gallon. East India has declined in value, and the demand has been dull ; 50 puncheons Calcutta have been sold at Is 103 proof, And 100 hoghheads do, at 2s. The Government contract fur 100,000 gallons of Rum, half to b e f rom B r i t i s h possess i ons, has been taken by Messrs. ohon and Simonds at the low rate of 2s Id 3- aiths proof strength, being a reduction on the con tract of November last of 93 per gallon. Brandy of the vintage of 1836 has been in fair request for home use, and prices are firm, but other kinds h ave met w i th a slow safe : the principal part of the late large arrivals are new sorts ; we quote Cognac, first brands 1840, puns 3s 7d, hhds 3s 9d, second do, puns 35 3d, hhds 3s 6d, third do, puns 2s 10d, hhds 3s, comm. n pens 2s Bd, hhds 2s 9d; first brands 1839, puns 4s 6d, hhds 4s Bd, second do, puns 4s, hhds 4s 53, thi r d d o , puns 3s, hhds 3s 2d ; first brands 1838, puns 4s 10d, hhds ss; first brands 1837, puns 5 s ld, hhds 5s 3d; first brands 1836, puns 5s 4d, hhds 5s 6d; fine old, puns 5s 10d, hhds6s; Bordeaux, puns 2s 3d, hhds 2s 43. Fur Geneva a fair demand has prevailed, 2s to 2s Id paid for pale, and 2s 6d to 2s 8d for fine for home consump tion.—British Corn Spirits have met with a slow sale at lOs cash. The stock of West India Rum is 2,637 puns 158 hhds larger than last year at this time.—Duty has been paid to the 13th February 1840 on 80,547 gallons Brandy, and to the same time 1841 74,191 gals; of Geneta 1840 725 gals, 1841 438 gals ; of Rum 1840 122,629 gals, 1841 113,634 gals. To-day the operations ,n Rum were on a small scal?.only, and rather lower rates were accepted, sales of proof Leewards were made at 2s 4 1 / 2 d to 2s 5d per gallon. SelcEs.--This afternoon only a limited demand existed for Pepper ; 3,791 bags Black. and 173 bags White were offered at public sa'e; of the former two-thirds were taken in, the re mainder sold at former rates, viz., fair halt heavy b own Siam at 3 %el ; Styriatra at 354 d for fair quality ; damage,i, 3i:l to 34c1 ; white was taken in at 7d to 9d for low middling and good middling quality.: Ons.—Pi ices have been firm fsr Seal and Cod Oils, the former at 3215 s to 321 lOs for pale quality ; and the latter at 271; Southern fine sorts, 291 to 30/ ; common to good, 271 to 2&l lOs : Sperm Oil, fine quality, 1021 per tun. For Linseed Oil, latices have fallen to 26s 9d to 27s per cwt ; for forward delivery at 27s 6d to 27s 9d. Rape has sold slowly. For Olive, prices firm. Cocoa Nut at 38s to 39s ; Palm at 33/ to 311 for good quali ty. TALLow.—There has been a good dem an d f or Petersburgh Yellow Ca n dl e on t h e spot s i nce t hi s d ay week, and pri ces are i neer ; 4fis 6:1 have been currently paid for fair qualities. For delivery for the next two months, 46s to 46s 3d ; and for the list three months of the year, 46s 3d ; and, in some in starces, 46s 6d have been paid. Sout American b sorts, 44s to 45s 6d. Town T a ll ow has supported former MORNING EDITION__7! rates. To-d ipot, and 46 day prices were firm for P. Y. C. at 46 6d on t is Zid for delivery, and a fair business was done. COUNTRY CORN MAP.KETS DURING J. A ST , Beans. Pe Wheat, Barley Per Quarter Carlisle Morpeth Benrith Sheffield Winchest r Per Bushel Carmarthen Cowbri,ige Swansea s. to s. s. to 1. b. to a. 51 18 50 63 32 39 24 28 156 (0 s. d. s. d. 70 10 0 —0 78 80 25 50 s.d. s. d. 00 3 50 56 40 44 21 23 21 24 a)2 ft 0 I WO s. d. s. d. 00 11 36 1 , 24 =& Per 8011. -- Barnardcastl Durham Richmond Stockton , 160 1 ,, z 13 f 1 13 6 18 0 196 1; 80 93 `!0 90 70 9 90 9(I 74 86 6 6 6 5 6 Eb 70 8U E. tO E. 56 - 40 4. s. s. d 5 0 0 5 0 5 Sj 5 6 " 11.0 11 F 80 1 11 80 11(1 76 8 s to, . 4el ••• '7 34 d , 5.( 1 . 0 5 (1 e, SLAVE TRADE. 6 II a . 8 0 I ° ll r 90 i 00 Extract of a letter from Mr. John Candler, a Memlw' - the Society of Friends, dated Cape Haytien, Jan. 15, 18 41 ' 7- " Went on board the Ringdove ship of war, just arrivedas the harbour to get a suprly of water. This vessel, comma,' by Captain the Hon. Keith Stewart, captured off Santa ttr u s li on the 29th ult., lire Spaiii.h brigantine Jesus Maria, of 5 10 _ burden, having en board 248 children, of from tent o teen years of age , sod four young women, 01°1° in alt 252 caplives. She took in her cargo was River aierbro; had bees thirty-eight dais at sea, and bound to Porto' Rico. Twenty-eight had died previous to c a t ri ture, and four since, and twenty-two a ere in a very eunw ia t e e r condition. The poor young victims had been placed on wa e at tile casks, on which no planks were laid, and many of them * e ,,, grievously bruised. The greatest height between the 01 , 5 0 and the deck was two feet eight inches, under the heal:oll'i_ feet four inches, average height thirty inches Let the 11 0 ,%, fying fact be made known—eleven persons, most of 1n! viranous-looking men, were taken out of the slaver as cla 10)1 % to he rs passenge, and were en board the Ringdove to be to Porto Rico ; the captain and crew had been sen t to Tr o t nab with the vessel and cargo for adjudicati ,n. The P r b u % a the slaver, a pretended passenger, a wicked looking slave-stealer, showed me his chart of the African coast, and pointed out the preciie places from which the children svae`,,, carried off : there is war, he says, between Gallinas and of Mount people, and the captives were part of the fruits of the ba conflict, purchased of both parties, and sent to Sherbro tO,, shipped off as slaves. The present pike of children ei't above age is a doubloon's worth of merchandise dispose d 0 112 t 50 per cent, profit, making the actual cost in net silver et f or dollars each ! The pilot told me he bought ooe for himself I_, an old cloak and an empty chest. A Cuban free black d :7, 5 another passenger, related to me some of his iniquit ous ea rn in Africa, and justified his conduct by saying that more money in this way than any other." he could SURREY THEATUE. A new piece, called the King of Spain and his Barber, .produced at this House o n M on d a y, an d a lthough it w as % l ite and maudlin in la nguage an d sent i men t, and almost cle,stti the of plot, it crawled it s s l ow l eng th a l ong t o a close ant a nd plaudits of, if not a discriminating, certainly a most nel r te easily satisfied auditory. But lenient as the audience led this dull deformity, its fate would inevitably have been waled te• 3 but for the exertions of the actors, who did their tit; yid sustain its ponderous weight,. and impart to it solo b i l are d energy. Mr. W. Smith, as the Barber, supplied the t hot igh , wit and joke, of which the piece was woefully destitute, 0 " „ u s, f the author has been ;ash enough to attempt the hni a° , sc hat by ludicrous attitudes, contortions of the face, and 5 1',irg unmusical a'terations of the voice, and succeeded in *e„v,,gelo the audience in good humour, while Mr. Hughes, as die - <5i8 13 dramatic hero of the piece, performed the more itur e ," parts with judgment and effect. We would, however, r'. s l i es mend him to give up imitating the errors anti W ill re of Charles Kean's acting, which he app ars to _ l4 , of copied studiously even to the harsh grating ande huskitte'so. his voice. In Poor Jack, which followed, the part bigac an. merton was performed by Mr. 'f. P. Cooke, being fisT4 pearance at this, his favourite metropolitan theatre, for the " 1 „ two years, and he was most loudly and even vociferously is coined by a crowded house. Mr. Cooke's Jack Solne_., r not not one of his happiest personal ions. The incidents sufficiently stirring, nor • the dialogue impassioned enel er call into play the better po wers o f thi s p o pular nautica ae p r $ former. He had the disadvantage also, of labouring to ot severe cold, and although he exerted his .voice to it s u , in uea stretch, the angry gods were not satisfied, and they ce n t • the to thunder forth their peals of displeaSure until the close , ° ,i s ea piece, notwithstanding Mr. Cooke came forward and ala'' ° ,'°,ol for his want of voice. The Eleanor of Mrs. Henry \ * " . 1, 11 1 ;. ° W. a well-conceived and well-executed performance ; and ' i•or Smith, as a runaway barber rejoicing in the name of Tlrn, pal penny, elicited roars of lam:liter. '1 he musical drama °` wi led Clifford, in which Mr. Collins was much applauded, coat the evening's amusements THE QUARTERLY REMOVAL OF THE 00 17 HOLD INFANTRY. —.Monday morning the quarterly rigu° :1 00 of the various battalio ns o f t h e F oot G uar d s at pre icn oo the metropolis took_place as fAlows :—The first halo of the First or Gle.'adier Guards left their late Or t he the St. George's Barracks, for the Tower, vacated 1 1 e d tO third battalion of the same regiment, which proeee,u tre aeg the Portman-street Barracks. The second or Co l °, l - t he Guards left the Wellingt on 'B arrac k s , an d replac e Of Grenadier Guards at the Sr. George's Barracks; ow'sseF, the Third or Scotch Fusileer G uards have taken p 10, sion of the Wellington and St. John'd Wood Ba r l e tho The second battalion of the Grenadier Guards a 0 is second battalion of the Coldst•eams are at Pre s " so. Canada. The whole of the men in th e fi v e battaloo6 peared in a most exeel!ent state of heal h. nit. , 00' SOCIETY OF ANCIENT Biturorts.---."7 1 6:ir nourablo Society of Loyal and Ancient Britons ,let r " .l ; e ro accustomed anniversary' ftstival at the Freemasons' ' o w on Monday, and, although the attendance was act so D o l e roils as on some former occasions, y et the Society halo st to re non to congratulate themselves on the prosperou u 3 ag' of t'leir finances, and the healthful appearance of th e Y ° o Welshmen and girls who are dependent on the be u l ia - 'OO this noble institt.tion., This is one of the oldest an u tio trf , u eful it . f all the charitable establishments in this c° ,,, r dst having stood the teat of more than a century. l es e ,; - r1 the Society assembled under the presidence of the R of Pot~ i 4, who was supported on bis right by the ~°,` of Sr. David's, S:r Th omas Phillips , sometime Sa y liewpott, and the Hon. M r . Cli ve; lett: J ig /es Bishop of Bangor, Si r W at ki n Willi ams Wynn, aeu h i s of ral influential gentlemen connected with the prinoiP 3 ,7,pb/ Wales. After dinn er th e su b scr i pt i on li sts were re l SC tl e trea-urer, Colonel Wood, M. P. The Bi,bop bOL Asa; h, who was unable to attend from ill health, ge nt 0 ¢ ifi adciitim to his annual subscription, f as a floe for 121 ere attendance, though inveluntary. Sir W. W. WY n nrlo o his annual subscription of 50 guineas. _ Her Moje i rf r aii guineas. Liheral subscript'ons were also receive" pot, the Duchess of Ne r th um b er l an d, t h e D u k e of ne au n ot Sir Charles Morgan, &c., the whole amounting to it' s c f 25., which far exceeded t h e most sangu i ne ex pectst or all rresent. The Bish o p s an d t h e greater par t of c Many then retired. (7nA SCHOONER SU NK IN THE B,IVIZ , '" Thursday evening last, the Mars of London scile olle se" trading V easel betwt en Selby and • London, when ° t r io' chor Bugsby's Hole, the first turning in th e ,„;taci homes, immediately below Black wall, came is with the anchor of another vessel at her moorings she same place, and was so dam, gf'd in her bottom th, B :,, av went down, and no w li es i n a b out fi ve f at h o ms , ue 'atits high water. The ems' had jut turned into - e d; mocks, and had a n arrow escape f rom b e i n g d rc ritee tl e water rushing upon th em w i t h suc h rap idity aw r y o f when they could not have any atlistaace. The London was loaded u i h a foil cargo of goods of a description. PLATE —A. B. SAVORY and SONS g l a e n tioe acturing Silversmith s , N o . 14, C orn hill , Londor., opPSFalri Bank of Engla n d. Th e b est wroug h t FIDDLE P A T f o lllo '; SPOONS and FORKS, a t 7 s . 2cl. per ounce. Tgl e _ b e tar , ing are the weight s recommen d e d , b ut the art i c l e s rna9 lighter or heavier at th e same pr i ce per ounce. -'• s"' a oz. •d• 1 7 01 5 .i'' 12 Fichlle Pattern Silver Table Sp oons 10 at 7 2... 5 ~ 12 ditto Dessert (btu/ 20 7 2 ' .. 10 15 (' ' 1? d i t to 'table Fo? ks 3O 7 2 '" 7 3 8 12 Dessert ditto 20 7 2••• : ,3 1 1 ~ 2 ditto Gravy Spoons lO 7 2 *" 51l L I 1 ditto Soup Ladle. 4 ditto ~..-' Sauce ditto.. 1 1: 7 7 F 2 ": : 1 1 3 i lii 4 ditto „..., Salt Spoons (gilt strong) ................ • , iq , . tditto --- Fish Slice ............................... •• 3 lb S 12 ditto Tea Spoons lO •7 8 "' 0 o °. 1 pair ditto Sugar Tongs (strong) .................. - ~ipirvi N. 13 A Price Current, stamped as a Newspaper, con 0 1 silver or Sheffield plate, char' drawings, and every information relative to the Fu r- 4-' s llbe or a lette ,, sent into the country, free of postage, in answer tj)! , Pw may be had on application , r .NE S• 1 SECOND • HAND SILVER WATk , O A variety of some dozens, may be selected front, pr i le a e ./ .014. .guineas eac h ; some rather snore modern; Two and Three' Guineas ea c h ; an d an assortment quite equal to ne. r 'ed,alau . Guineas each. Th e w h o l e h ave h g en carefully exam"' a printed warranty will.be given. T. COX SAVORY'S, --' ii" . Watchmaker, 47;.-...)ettlaill (Seven doors from Gracechorc street), London. N. 13, Second-hand Tatches purchased in exchang e '--' ---, JOS/ SUPERIOR LONDON TABLE KJ': IIP . with Ivory Handles, 14s. per dozen • Dessert Knives' bong bony Carvers, bs. 6d. per pair ; Table K ' nives, with w"": 0 ,31' handles, Bs. Bd. per dozen , Dessert, 6s. Bd. ; Carl- dier e l per pair ; Globe-shape Tea-urns, 4 quarts 275. ; sew, p ot 395. ; l'apier Mache Tea-trays, gothic shape, ' 60s; t "" full sizes. Catalogues, con t a i n i ng the pa ice of every article 51 furn i ing ironmongery and. cutlery, gratis. eat MIT ON arid-BURTON Wells-streat, Oxford-ob.' ~ Established 1820. MRTHS. rh On the 25th u lt., the lady of the Re , i. W. ra - riso n, o!I f, Hospital, of a d aug ht er. fe. 9911 { On the 26th u lt., at C romer Hall, Mrs. H. Baring, 0 , , ,,., o On the 26th ult., th e l ady of Morgan H. Foster, •E" ' Upper Southwick-street, IF:, On the 27th ult., Mrs. J. L. rost er, of Acre-lane, -°' f of a son. ni%, ° On the 27th ult., t Yarmouth, Norfolk, Mrs. John a daughter. de-park, of a daughter. ~.i,toot 014'. On the 27th u l t., at Headington, Wilts, the wife o f th On the 27th u l t., at Park-village -west, G. Majendi e , o f a daughter. 1, Aff °. ----" Regent' , -Pa r— ' A. Honey, o f a son. On the 23d :i. MARRIED. . yAD' , e a : 3 d N t o d , t . . a , a s t , N o V ti i a ll , te t r o idge, Devon, B. D.Frasej; ....n. J. , El:zabeth, daughter rha ter otfsse , ..n Lo th rc e .io l y s E i s n l ...t., ,at St. Bride's Church, J. W• - A l ta i•, C as tl e H otel, 'Wind:or , to M caret Ann, eldest daub of Fa . rrin ' (rd • n a - r street.____:--- -- ' '''' ike to On the 27th ult ,Mi Ai - it ' Maria Hesketh, of r -fu•L - •',:' , ~i c i.l ,:t • Hal, Lancashire, aged 80. 3. L '' On the 10th of October last, at Manilla, W. Saville ''',-, ( It,' ',I “ 2 ../ On the Ist ult., at Brussels, J. Gill, Esq., lase of lb, - `; ,:;•. ' .. Janeiro, aged 68. , r -e p;,ttl: ult., On the 17th at Cotterstock, near Oundle, o• ' --k Esq., aged 74. ,4, 1 al On the 20th u lt . , M r. Michael Horsfill, of Bowfi n " Bradford, Yorkshire. d Lii 2- On the 26th u lt., a t T orquay, W . Y . Alb an , Esq., - coin's-inn, aged 54. On the 26th u lt., a t S even O a k s, Anne, w id o w of the late, D. Gordon, E:q., of Abergeidie, North Britain, aged 9 , ;. ..' s t. On the 26th u lt., M r . J. Cli n k er, l ate o f S t. Georg e London: Printed and Published by 1111.111D0 YOUNG, -u No. 112, Strand, at The S un Offi ce ,-No. 112, stra i ria the county of Middlesex.— Wednesday; March 3 , 184" 1 ab 'r oi t I, der, 1