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Will be acted a Nautical Drama in Four Parts, called POOR JACK : OR THE WIFE OF A SAILOR. In which Mr. T. P. Cooke, and the entire strength of the Company, will perform. After which, MY POLL AND MY PARTNER JOE. Harry Haulyard by Mr. T. P. Cook?. To conclude with A DAY AFTER THE FAIR. In which Mr. Buckingham and Miss Martin sustain Six diffe- rent Characters each HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. 11 , rning...... 53 minutes after 0. 1 Evening ......t5 minutes after 1. The Publication of the Evening Edition of Tun S, com- Ineneed at 40 minutes after Three. LONDON: SATURDAY, MARCII 20, 1641. Last night the Earl of ABERDEEN, on present ing a petition, brought the Constitution of the colony of Newfoundland under the notice of the Peers. The House of Assembly was so consti tuted, he said, that it could discharge no legisla tive functions. It consisted of fifteen members, one of whom was a servant. Such an Assembly was a burlesque and a burden. The Governor had quarrelled with it, and had stigmatised the proceedings of the Assembly by a proclamation. The prayer of the petition was for a reform—not in the Liberal sense—of the present system of representation, and for protection to the voters. Our readers know that religious discord, fos tered by the polemics of England, has takenhold of the colony, and an immense number of com plaints are made, because the Catholics are most numerous and most influential, The Marquis of NORMANDY said that the Go vernor had called the attention of the House of Assembly to the state of the representation, and as the Session was not yet entled,_it would not be proper for Parliament to interfere. The petition was laid on the table. Their Lordships then renewed their investiga tion into the pigeon-holes of the Irish Poor-law Commissioners, and were engaged in it till a few minutes before eight o'clock, when they adjourned to Monday. Sir GEORGE CLERK, in the Commons, rather took the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER aback by asking him whedier, as there was deficiency in the Navy supplies of 400,0001., he meant to make any provision", to meet it ? The CHANCEL-. Lott of the EXCHEQUER, not having had notice of the question, was unprepared to answer, and no information was elicited. In a Committee on the Australian Act, 155,C03/. was voted out of the Consolidated Fund to relieve the distress in Australia. Sir Wm. MOLESWORTH wi she , d to vote a sup plemental sum, but his wishes were not gratified. On the motion for the House to go into Com mittee on the Poor -law Commission Continu ance Bill, Mr. WAKLEY moved that it be an instruction to the Committee that the 13ill be divided into two parts. Th e Hon. Membe r in the course of his speech made a severe attack on th e R eformed House of Commons for having passed the law, which he declared no former Parliament would have done. Of course he did not spare the Poor law and the Commissioners. Lord JOHN RUSSELL seemed to be much an noyed. by Mr. WAKLEY'S speech, and indulged in personal a ll us i ons i n a manner quite un usual for the Noble Lord. In reply to the Honourable Member's observations on the Re !NMI' ' l rd J. R USSELL allude d to t h e ar t t ad been u se d against enfran , eA . p o li tan districts, such as that retu n t o Parliament only dema -\ should never enter the House, men - ' N goads IttoVitij c o <:.g l TreT l-1 1 - Ws. - 1 .. chiaing the`, r A; - they would t 'ople's who 6 . i. z a s Zte . • ; '11:"( • „ • • E ^1 0 • .11" who, if they presided in any Court, would make it the arena of political discussions, or turn it to their own party or personal purposes. The House understood the allusions, and cheered the Noble Lord very loudly. We cannot think, however, that it is any merit to gratify the love of Hon. Members for personal satire, and probably the Noble Lord will find that he has provoked an op ponent who knows how to revenge himself. Mr. WAKLImY did not press his motion to a di vision. Mr. TOWNLEY PARKER next moved that the Committee be put off for six months. On this question the House debated till nearly eleven o'clock, when it was decided by '251 to 47, that die House should then go into a Committee. In the course of the second debate, Mr. WAKLEY found an opportunity to retort on Lord J. Rus- SELL, and, though the audience might not be so ready to laugh with the Hon. Member, the people out of doors will think that he paid the Noble Lord in his own coin. The House was employed during the re mainder of the evening in Committee, discussing the clauses of the Bill. It adjourned at Half past Twelve o'Clock. _ The debate on Mr. EASTILOPE'S motion rela ive to Mr. BAINES has given rise to a discus sion on a far more important subject than Church-rates—the moral duty of obedience to law. Lord J. RTISSELL described Mr. BAINES'S conduct, in setting up his own convictions in op position to the law, "as a crime against society." Sir ROBERT PEEL also contended for the prin ciple that " the law must be obeyed." If it were wrong, he said, in substance, it should be al tered, but as long as it was law, without any re ference to what it enacted, obedience must be enforced. The same doctrine is maintained in the public prints, in which it is said " that the law is every individual's superior," and that con science must not be asked a question, for it has no other duty but submission—an excellent doc trine for Turkey, Persia, or China, but which no Englishman can on reflection assent to. Whe ther these doctrines be correct or not, they touch our dearest interests too nearly not to make it desirable to attain a thorough conviction of their truth or falsehood. To have clear moral concep tions and to be perfectly sure of what is our duty, is essential to happiness and rectitude. We shall, therefore, without hesitation, submit this dogma of the Parliament and the Press to exa mination. It is said to be a crime not to obey the law. Have those who make the assertion considered That the law is? It is nothing more than the declaration of the will of some individuals, and how can it be, per se, a crime in other indivi duals not to obey their will. In the debate, Dr. NICIIOLL contended that the particular law to which obedience was required was the common law, not the statute law. But the common law consists of doubtful decisions of some Judges, in terpreted or misinterpreted by others, applied or misapplied as suits the particular views and fancies of living Judges, and such decisions, apart from their own merits, be they what they may, can carry no obligation for this generation to obey them. Nothing is more natural than that those who make, and those who administer the laws, should insist on the virtue of obedience. They are judges in their own cause. They are not impar tial, and their declaration, unenforced by the fact that the law itself is worthy of obedience, that the actions it prescribes ought to be done though it prescribed them not, cannot supply a reflecting and conscientious man with a convic ion that it is a crime not to do as they tell him. It was admitted by all parties in the debate, ,hat if the law were wrong it ought to be altered; but it was insisted that, till it were altered, it ought to be obeyed. Suppose, however, instead of taking a few pence out of men's pockets it commanded them to strangle their offspring, or murder the aged. Would it, or could it, then be said that men ought to obey the law, till it pleased the tyrants who enacted it to repeal it ? We answer, no ; and consequently it is only when the law is of itself good, and commands what is right, that it ought to be obeyed. As to who is to decide what is right, we have confidence in human nature, and leave it to the decision of each individual. Those who will not so leave it, insist on some one or a few—themselves, or their patrons—deciding for all. We have not yet seen the man who was endowed from Heaven with any such patent, and therefore we say the decision of what is right, and what is to be obeyed, must be left to each individual. We will take an existing case to test this prin ciple. The Corn-laws are, in our estimation, and in the estimation of thousands, a flagrant ini quity. They actually put to death infants and the aged, they starve the weakly and the needy out of existence : ought such a law to be obeyed? We have no hesitation in answering —No. There is a difficulty, we admit, in disobeying it. Those who suffer from it have neither means to escape from it, nor to evade its enactments. The ship owners, who could oppose it, have only a slight pecuniary interest in opposing it; they do not re flect on its consequences, and they will not subject themselves to difficulties, when their gains might well render their conduct liable to misconstruc tion. While we see and admit the physical diffi culty in the way of resisting such a law, we nevertheless say it ought to be resisted, like a law for slaughtering innocents. Those who make the assertion that we ought to obey the law, whatever it may ordain, con found, we apprehend, two essentially different things-,—the duty of obedience and the prudence of obedience. The law being backed by the physical force of society, for art individual or two individuals to resist it is running their heads against a wall. Prudence tells them to put up with the lesser evil of being plundered. But as the law is a mere empty declaration of a Judge, or a piece of parchment with crooked marks on it, unless it be enforced by society, the duty of obeying implies the duty of enforcing it. Though not prudent for a few individuals to resist it, the multitude may with propriety say, it is not their duty to obey, and they will not enforce it. To justify Mr. BAINES, then, all the Dissenters ought to follow his example. Till they do so, they enforce the law against him and against themselves. They are inconsistent. They complain of the exaction which they assist in levying. To give dignity and effect to resistance, it should be general. The bulk of the Dissenters should prefer going to gaol, if the remainder of the community would send them to gaol, to Paying an impost which they denounce as ini quitous. There is no difficulty in the way of re sisting the Church -rate law enforced by Ecclesi astical Courts, as .there is in resisting the Corn law; and the Dissenters must blame only them selves if they enforce against themselves the law by which they are continually plundered. It might be supposed that those who maintain this doctrine, that laws, however iniquitous, oN a v r l u e l d E d su n p o eri o o t r h t e o the r ruling ought p t o o we b r e t o h b a e n ye t d h , e acknowledged maker. The r everse is the case. They n ot only acknowledge a sup er i or power—they pre tend that from it they d er i ve all their rights law and power. They not only so pretend, but they army of priests an to pre ac h to the the superior power commands th em people actually th P a a t y to obey the laws which the inferior p ower makes. At any rate, the inferior power nev er would pay those priests who teach a different doctrine. There is here, we think, a remarkable con- tradiction. The law-makers tell us there is a power superior to them and to us, which they, as well as we, are bound, above all things, to obey. As long as the commands of the two run together, all goes well, but when, as in the case of the Dis senters, men say the ALMIGHTY commands them not to obey the human lawgiver, then the latter, who had before imposed on them obdience to the _ - ALMIGHTY, turns round and tells them they must not obey Him, they must obey only the law giver. At the same time he acknowledges that the laws, which he insists shall be obeyed, are wrong, and ought to be repealed. There is, in cur judgment, a terrible and even revolting in consistency in such conduct. Moreover, it shows that politicians prostitute the name of the DEITY to their own purposes, and deny His authority when it crosses their schemes. Mr. Hum; on Thursday night, observed cor rectly, that by t h e C abinet proposing to put an end to the Church- rates i 4 1838, the Ministers, and the House of Commons who supported them, I admitted that the Church-rate law was a bad law. When Lord STANLEY proposed to re lieve the Irish from the Vestry-cess, equi valent to our Church-rates, he denounced it as a perpetual blister. Every one admits that the Church-rates are a source of strife in almost every parish. The best friends of the Church have said they inflict a heavy blow on the Esta blishment. According, however, to the Tory Journals, to Sir ROBERT PEEL, and to Lord JOHN RUSSELL, it is the duty of all men to submit to this mischievous law. Common sense repudiates the conclusion, to which nothing gives the least 'countenance but the misplaced conviction of the lawgivers, the result of their overweening vanity, that society is held together by their enactments, however unwise and unjust. Now that the question of obedience has been mooted by statesmen, they cannot expect that it will not be discussed by the people. They are no longer allowed to have all reasoning to them selves. The game which they start will be hunted down by others. The doctrines put forth in the House of Commons will not fall on barren ground when they reach the minds of the Dissen ters. We are much mistaken in that class of men if they do not, one and all, prefer obedience to their conscience to obedience to law. Amongst them are to be found some of the most upright and most sturdy of our citizens. Mr. BAINES has been followed to his gaol by thousands, and hundreds and thousands in every part of the country will probably feel it their duty to follow his example. When they reflect that the law has no power but what men give it—that if they did not enforce it, the Church party would have neither the means nor the will to enforce it— they will feel it to be their duty to declare that they will not enforce and will not obey a law which takes money out of their pockets against their will, for the support of a form of worship which they consider false, idolatrous, and lead ing to immorality. If this be correct, the Mem bers of the House of Commons who have refused to agree to the resolution proposed by Mr. EAST HOPE, will find that they have brought into ques tion and peril interests which they value far above the Church and Church-rates. Madrid papers to the 11th inst., have reached us this morning, with an allocation of the POPE complaining of the conduct of the Spanish Go vernment towards the Clergy, and protesting against the conversion of Church property to secular purposes. We have not room to-day for this document, but we shall give the spirit of it on Monday. The Regency question continued to excite general interest. The act of amnekty had restored, on the 28th of February, 11,900 Carlists to their country. The Eco del Comercio publishes the proposals made to the Government by the banking-house of Mathen and Co., which has offered it an advance of ninety millions of reals in cash, forty-two of si hich will be applicable to the payment of the Treasury Bonds, and the remaining forty-eight million s w ill b e assigned in payment of th e ex pi re d interest of the capitalisation of the Three per Cents., both of the home and foreign debt. According to this proposal, the Government will receive thirty sifmillions of reals in the first eight months of this year; thirty in the second, and eight in each of the three other years. In order to reimburse this advance, the Government will re mit to the above firm, and at the tune of thirty millions of bills of exchange drawn on the Customs of the Penin sula, and adjacent islands, on the tobacco revenue, and on the receipts of the octroi duties at the gates of towns, payable in thirty months, at the rate of a million a month. It will reimburse the remaining sixty millio”s by giving up all the produce of the public revenues to the said House, which will take charge of the collection thereof for five years, to commence from the Ist of May of the present year to the Ist of May, 1846, until the sum of sixty millions has been attained. This proposition (which may be offered by public contract for a fortnight) is fixed in the first instance at six days, and in case it is admitted by the Government, it will be guaranteed by four respectable houses of this capital, offering every satisfactory reference and security to the Government. The Five per Cents. closed on the 10th at 281 for cash, and at 28/ at 60 days. The whole of the Paris Journals of Thursday have been received. They contain no domestic news of any interest, except the subjoined sum mary of the debate in the Chambers on the Sup plementary Credits Bill. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES. SITTING OF MARCH 18. The order of the day was the discussion upon the project of law relative to the Supplementary credits for 1840.: M. Pelletier d'Aulnay commenced the general discussion, and expressed hi mse lf i n strong terms of disapprobation at the enormous budget of extr aor di nary cre di ts w hi c h the Cabinet of the Ist of March had inflicted upon the country, and Is hich was the heaviest imposed upon their shoulders since the resto , ration. The Honourable Deputy inveighed specially against the Thiers administration, for raising new regiments and in creasing armaments without an absolute necessity, such mea sures 1 eing unconstitutional, and tending to compromise the Chambers by sanctioning an extravagant and useless outlay of the public money. The Hon. Deputy, in conclusion, called on the Chamber to use its exertions to repair the evil by the strictest system of economy. M. 'lhiers said he had no intention to assert that the Go vernment had the right of usurping the power of the Chambers, but there were circumstances in which a Cabinet was called on to act with promptness and vigour, and anticipate the acts of the legislative body when Parliament was not sitting. The Hon. Deputy errered into a variety of details in defence of the policy of the Cabinet of the Ist of March, declaring that their sole object was to place the country in a proper state of defence at a moment when war seemed imminent and the safety of France in danger. He had only one duty to perform, and he had done it. 'laming towards the Centre, M. fhiers observed, with respect to the increase of armaments, " You may rest as sured that you will be obliged to arm, if you intend—l do not say to retain—but to resume your position as a great nation."— ( Prolonged sensation. ) This speech of M. Thiers was heard with great impatience by the Chamber.. N. Auguis followed M. Thiers, and contended that the ob jections of M. Lepelletier d'Aulnay had not been met. If M. Ihiers's system was to prevail, ordonnances for the expenses would supersede the legislative vote. He considered that the conduct of the Ist of March Cabinet justified an impeachment. To this M. Thiers exclaimed, " Very well; impeach us !" M. Etienne, jun., was the next orator. He complained that the estimates were always exceeded. The budget of 1840, fixed at 1,125 millions, will amount to 1,447 millions, one of the heaviest ever imposed on the country. The outlay ought to have been avoided by some foresight, and then the Chambe would have escaped the disgrace of seeing its most essential prerogative violated. M. Etienne having complained of the state of the navy, M. Tnpinier remarked that in the Admiralty department, of which he was a member, no irregularity had been committed. Some deficiencies existed formerly in the arsenals, but they had been rectified. The general discussion was then closed, and the Chamber was still discussing the articles. His Royal Highness the Duke d'Aumale passed through Lyons on the 14th, on his way to Africa, where he will take part in the approaching campaign against Abd-el-Kader. The Colonial Committee had yesterday a long sitting at the office of the Marine Department. It seems certain that a project of law on the direct representation of the colonies in the Chamber of Deputies will be immediately presented in the Committee. Three Members protested against this measure. (French O P P ri E va N te lN Co G rre O spo F ERNE, M ARCH 15.—Th e E xtraor di nary Session of the nTdil-enEce SWISS Co D n l s E ti T tu . tionnel.) Helvetic Diet was opened this morning by a speech of the Avoyer, M. Neuhaus. This speech was in the French lan guage, a thing which has never occurred since the Act of Mediation, that is to say for about thirty years. After having stated the object of the meeting, which was to examine into the remonstrances which have been made by many of the Estates against the suppression of the convents in the canton of Argovia, the Avoyer discussed the twelfth article, on which these remonstranbes are founded, by pointing out the importance of the discussion on which they were about to enter.—Le Constitutionnel. The Cologne Gazette, under the head of Vienna, on the 9th inst., states that negotiations f , r the pacification of the Spanish peninsula were about to be c unmenced, and that one of the Northern Powers had recommended that Queen Isa bella should be acknowledged, as the only means of preventing greater evils. The French Government (adds the Gazette), never ceased to recommend this step whenever and application was made relative to a passport for Don Carlos. A letter from Athens states that 1,640,000 f, had been sent through Messrs. Rothschild to pay the half -year's interest on the loans guaranteed by the Powers. The French journals approve of the appointment of Mavrocordato to be Minister, however attached to English ideas and interests that states man may be. B - 0 UR SE.- PA R I spillset THURSDAY, HPIrgiheee s. t MARCH Lowestitv. 18.1,1,...,1: Yrc,ch t, t'er Cents ill 25... 11. 35... 111 25 ... ►ll 30 4 per Cents 96 ... 96 ". 96 •.. 98 3 per cents :6 90 - i 7 .., iB5 .. l'i g 5 Bank of erance ....... L !hue Hank 5000 f. Stares 51f0 ..160 •••5165 ...5160 4Riglan Bank .. 5 845 .., 835 ... 835 3 per Cent, lOl% ... 101 34 ... 101% ... 101% 3 per Cents 69 60 •.• 69 60 ... 69 60 ... f 9 60 New Loan ipaniat Ac„ ......... • 1(1:$ ... I I" ... WI" ... 1"54 ve N it e , a m p a c _ ii . t . l :! 1 6 5413 ... 102 45 •.. 4 1 45 ...... i 0: 45 ... 5% ... _ ... • % :e r r a s . a b ill 1 Strasburg . t LB; ............................................................................... S HARES. ' .1.17.. .A... . 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Spanish, New 5 EXCANGEW ......... .*.:* :z . IS% . N L0N...,01‘. HAMBURG, MARCH +6.-1J 1,..—Tw0 months, 13 31, pense. lAligC9ll.-S.ST,IZYrn-ri°vnethd33'Ys3B:3l-. '::?. -.. sPlE.ocTE:tiSiotiK.Glivi NORTHERN DISCOVERY.—We have received intelligence that a splendid river has been discovered b e _ tween the Clarence River and Moreton Bay. Our corre spondent states that it has thirty feet water on the bar, and has been visited by a Mr. Scott, who states that ho traced it up for more than thirty miles, and b e ._ Neves there is more cedar upon it than all the rivers hitherto discovered, and describes the country as most beautiful... Sydney Herald, Aug. 21. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1841 SUDBURY ELECTION COM. MITTEE.-(THIS DAY.) The Committee appointed to try the merits of the petition against the return of Mr. Tomline, for the Borough of Sudbury, met this morning at eleven o'clock. Sir C. Lemon, Chairman. ' Mr. Sergeant Merewether and .Mr. Leahy appeared for the petitioners. Mr. Sergeant Wrangham and Mr. Austin, for the electors, defending the seat. Mr. Sergeant WRANGHAM showed the short facts of the case to be extremely simple, and when proved by witnesses, upon every principle of justice and the practice of every elec tion, the election for Sudbury must be declared void. The election took place on the sth June, and was appointed to commence at ten o'clock in the morning. Previous to that day the borough had been canvassed by Mr. Tomline, who stood in the situation of a candidate. Another individual named Acland had come to the borough, had issued the usual placards, and also stood before the electors in the situation of a second candidate. 'I he hall in Sudbury, as was usual in the country, was a long room, at one end of which was a bench used by the magistrates, with an elevated seat for the Mayor. At ten o'clock the Mayor took that seat with Mr. Acland and his friends on one side, and Mr. Tomline and his friends on the other. After the usual preliminaries, Mr. Tomline was duly nominated and seconded. There was then a short pause. He believed that, in point of fact, Mr. Acland was disinclined to stand in the way of any one who was connected with the borough, and could better represent its interests—that being the case, there was a slight pause. The Mayor then said if no one else was nominated, he would proceed to declare Mr. Tomline duty elected. Upon this Mr. Acland said " Oh, Sir, don't be so rapid, give them a little time." He did not mean for one moment to impute any improper motive to the Mayor. It might have arisen from error, or some mistake as to the circumstances, but he then said one of the most extraordinary things ever before said of a returning officer. He said .‘ Yes ; I will give them time ; I will wait a minute, and if no one is declared I will de. dare Air. Tomline." This struck the electors with surprise, but one in the body of the meeting cried out " Mr. Bagshaw." Now Mr. Bagshaw was well known, having formerly sat for the bo rough. Every one called out his name, so that no one could be heard for a short time. The moment any one could be heard the two petitioners, one of whom was an Alderman of the borough, nominated and seconded Mr. Bagshaw. Even 'when they did so it was a question whether the mi nute had expired or not ; some said it had not, but the Mayor said it had, and declared Mr. Tomline duly elected— of course he was remonstrated with, but he said the minute had expired, and acting impartially he must declare Mr. Tomline, the Member. His conduct was protested against, as well it might be, for the whole matter did not occupy half an hour. These were the facts, which he would have no difficulty in proving. He had five or six witnesses in attendance, who would put them beyond all doubt, and then he felt that the Committee must find it their duty to declare the election void. He admitted that a returning-officer would act improperly if he waited longer than was necessary for the nomination of a candidate, but who in the world would say that one minute was too long, or even long enough, and too much haste was equally to be reprobated as too much waste of time. One could hardly get himself up from his seat and settle himself for a speech in a minute ;even George Robins could scarcely get out his one, two, three, in that space of time, and the proceedings of an auctioneer were the most peremptory. There could be no doubt but that Mr. Bagshaw was proposed before the election had been declared. There was not one case in point, therefore he had no erecedent to cite ; but in one case, it had been contended that a candidate was in time up even to the return, but there were many cases where it had been laid down that he certainly was up to the time of the declaration, and that was enough for him. The Learned Gentleman then cited many cases— amongst others the Bristol one. There there were three candidates. The poll commenced on Friday one re signed on Saturday, and the other two contended that they ought to have been returned on Saturday night, but Mr. Burke bad been proposed during the progress of the poll. He obtained more votes than one of the other candidates. fhe case was inquired into by a Committee, and Mr. Burke kept his seat. That was a strong case in his favour. The Learned Gentleman, after citing numerous other cases, called Mr. JACKSON, the clerk of the Crown, who p ro d uce d th e re turn of Mr. Tomline. Colonel F. ADDISON, a Magistrate of Suffolk, was present at the election for Sudbury. He went to the Hall before any proceedings had taken place. After the usual pi eliminaries. .11r. Tomline was proposed and seconded. There was then a pause of about a quarter of a minute. The Mayor asked if any one had any candidate to propose. There was another slight pause, when the Mayor said he would give a a minute, and then declare Mr. Tomline duly elected, if no me else was nominated. Mr. Tomline immediately took out his watch. There was instantly a cry thrcr , ghout the hall of Bagshaw, Bagshaw, we will have him." Mr. Alderman Parr then got up and said, " Seeing the feeling that exists, I propose John Bagshaw, Esq., as a fit and proper penon to re present the borough." Mr. Saxby seconded the nomination. After much hesitation on the part of the Mayor, he said he would act impartially, and as the minute had expired, he de clared Mr. Tomline duly elected. CroFs-examined— He was a voter of the borough, and had proposed the Whig candidate on several occasions. He bad proposed Mr. Bagshaw before, but did not go to the Hall to do , o then. He had not issued any address to the electors. He had told Mr. Bagshaw's friends that he was not coming down, but he would be very glad to see him elected. He expected that Mr. Acland would be the candidate. The leaders of the Whig party had determined not to offer any opposition to Mr. Tomlitie's election. They left it to the lower orders to make a demonstration if they pleased. (The examination was proceeding when we went to press.) ROLLS' COURT-(THIS DAY.) CHADWICK V. BROADWOOD. This case came before the Court upon a plea. The argu ments were purely technical. The Court overruled the plea. ATTORNEY -GENERAL V. RANDLE. In this case a gentleman, of the name of Lloyd, in the year 1677, left certain lands in the parish of Gresford, in Donbigh ,hire, to the Churchwardens, for the benefit of the poor of the parish, but the rents ari,ing from the lands had been applied to the relief of the poor-rates. A declaration was therefore sought from the Court that the poor were entitled to the benefit of the whole of the rents. No opposition was offered to the relief sought. and a de, claration to that effect was therefore made, and the usual in. quirit s directed. THE ATTORNEY -GENERAL. V. ILES. The object of this information was to have the charity esta :ilished for the maintenance of the church of the parish of Brinbrook, in the county of Lincoln. The origin of the charity could not be discovered, but it appeared that from time out of mind, an estate of about fifty-three acres of land in the above parish, had been vested in the pari-li officers, and the earliest entry that could be found relating to it was in the year 1756, in which the property in question was called " the Church land." The rent of the land was now very considerable. It appeared, :iowever, that in consequence of the income being more than sufficient for the repairs of the church, a great portion of it had been applied to other purposes, were beneficial to the rate-payers, and so slight was the maintenance which was iffurded to the parish church, that the church actually fell down ! The parish officer then applied the whole of the revc tare arising from the land to the poor-rates, there being no church in the parish to uphold. The information was therefore filed for the purpose of obtaining a declaration from the Court that the income was alone applicable to the mainte nance and support of the parish church. A declaration to that effect was made, and the income was ordered to be accumulated until a sufficient fund should be formed to carry out the intention of the testator. GUILDHALL.-(THIS DAY.) Two very small boys, named John Thomas and Wm. Stones, were brought up for stealing a piece of mutton from a butcher's shop in Barbican. A metropolitan policeman, in whose custody the prisoners were, said that he saw them as he was passing up Aldgate street, and watched them into Barbican, when he heard Thomas say "Do you know how to do it ?" and Stones re plied yes; and the latter walked over to the shop, and covering a piece of meat with a handkerchief, took it up and walked away. When search , d at the station house, a jar of the best description of pickles was found in Thomas's pocket. The ALDERMAN observed that the young gentlemen must be epicures indeed; meat would not suffice them without pickles and preserves. Scolefield, the gaoler, said that Stones had been frequently in custody before. Mr. Alderman Woon asked Stones with what offence he had been previously charged ? Stones—Please your Worship, looking into" a doctor's shop. The worthy Alderman, after observing that they were both in a fair way for seeking the Antipodes at her Majesty's ex pense, sentenced them to three months' imprisonment. WOOLWICH-FRIDAY. In consequence of the promotions which appeared in the Gazette of Tuesday last, the following changes have taken place : " The Master-General has been pleased to appoint Lieut. Ross to the Royal Horse Artillery, vice Grant promoted. " Lieut. M'Cartney is therefore posted to Major Fogo's company, Ist battalion. ( Signed) "H. D. ROSS, Colonel, Dep. Adj. Gen." The Master-General has been pleased to approve of First Lieutenant Tylie being posted to the Ist battalion, and First Lieutenant Price to the sth battalion. The'officers of the steam vessels about to sail on the Niger expedition dined last evening with the officers of the Royal Artillery, in their mess-room The band attended during the whole evening, and played some of the finest airs. The officers o 7 the Niger expedition were in full naval costume. . The Marlborough ordnance sloop arrived from Chatham on Tuesday, with 16 12-pounder guns and a part of the mizenmast of the Royal Georg,. This interesting relic of that unfor,u nate vessel has been removed from Woolwich in a lighter, to be deposited as an object of curiosity in the Tower at London The Marlborough received on board 2,000 32-pundcr shot, and sailed on the following day for Chatham. SOUND DUES.—BERLIN, MA RCH 8.--The negotiations respecting the abolition of the Sound duties will, probably lead to nothing for some time, as Prussia is seconded only by Sweden, while Denmark obstinately resists. But the abolition of the tax is such a vital question for Prussia, that the Estste; of Pomerania and Prussia will make it the subject of a si:ecial proposition, showing how unjust and arbitrary the duty is, and earnestly entreating his Majesty to obtain a remedy. ELEVEN LIVES LosT.---We grieve to state that last Tuesday there was an explosion of fire-damp in a coal-mine belonging to the Duke of Hamilton, situated near Quarter, in the neighbourhood of Hamilton. Seven men who were on the outside of the mouth of the mine under the im pulse of humanity, rushed into the pestiferous atmosphere of the newly-exploded mine, three of whom were dragged out alive and four dead, by a third party, who, becoming alarmed for their safety, came to assist them. Wednesday morning the bodies of the seven first sufferers were recovered, some of whom were shockingly mangled by the explosion, in a way that evi dently proved that the death of the whole of them must have been instantaneous. Of the eleven sufferers nine were married, which last have left widows and families behind them to deplore their loss. The mine, which is an in-going eye or day level, where the explosion occurred, WiS completely ventilated, being open at both ends to the day, having a current of air constantly passing through it ; and on the morning when the accident oc curred had been carefully examined by two overseers, and re ported to be free of danger. It appears that the carburetted hydrogen had been instantly generated from certain fissures connected with a rise in the metals, the bad effects of which human foresight could not prevent.— Glasgow Paper. DEATH OF SIR JOHN RICHARDSON.— This distinguished lawyer, some years since one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas (which situation he was obliged to resign in consequence of ill health) died yesterday morning at his residence in Bedford-square. Sir John was considered by the profession as one of the s nindest lawyers of the day. LUNATlCS.—According to the Report of the Inspe t trs of prisons in Ireland, the total number of in sane persons confined in that country op the Ist of January, 1841, was, 3,613. Of these 6:20 wore idiots, 310 tic, 973 curable, and 1,710 incurable, THE MAREBTS.-(THIS DAY.) NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supply of meat was plentiful. Trade for Beef and Mutton was not quite so good as last week, but prices were the same as last quoted ; Veal sold readily at the quotations ; small Pork met a ready sale, but at rather lower rates. Bee 35. 4d. to 4s. 4d. ; Mutton 3s. Bd. to 4s. 6d. ; Veal 4s. 4d.f to ss. 4d. ; Pork 4s. to ss. per stone of 8 lbs. Game and Poultry in good supply, but th e trade very dull, and prices were the same as last quoted. Eggs dull of sale at ss. to 7s. per 120. WHITECHAPEL MARKET. The demand was good for all descriptions of Meat, and the supply being small, prices advanced a little. Beef 2s. Bd. to 4s. 2d. ; Mutton 2s. Bd. to 4s. Bd. ; Veal 3s. to ss. 6d. ; Pork 3s. 4d. to ss. ; Lamb 45. 8d to 6s. Bd. Clover 41. 15s. to 61. ; Meadow 31. 13s. to W. Straw 2/. to 21. 3s: TEA MARKET. There was a fair business done in Free Trade Tea, and prices were fully supported. The deliveries from the ware houses were large, both for home use and shipping. Com pany's Congou Is. 7d. cash. TALLOW MARKET. The transactions in P. Y. C. were on a small scale, and prices further gave way. Sellers of parcels on the spot at 455. 6d. per cwt. _ SPIRIT MARKET. The demand was very limited for Rum, and prices have still a downward tendency, sellers of prcof Leewards at 2s. 3d. Brandy dull of sale, and prices on the decline. LLOYD'S SHIPPING -(THIS DAY LONDON, MARCH 20.—Wind this day at noon, South' fine clear weather. Drat. MARCH 19.—Wind S.W. fresh breeze.—Arrived the Gre y hound, Hibbs, from Teneriffe ; Libra, Geblons, West ward. Arrived from the River, the Harriet, Beech, from Fer nando Po; Leander, Alilliarrnid, Genoa. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 19.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Snelheed, Vaser, Buenos Ayres; Gladiator, from New York ; William Thompson, from Palermo ; Jonge Henrich, from Nantes. The Thompson, Grey, on shore, bound to Seaham, got off, and proceeded. _ _ SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 19 . —Arrived the Great Liver pool, Ingledue, from Portsmouth. FALMOUTH, MARCH /B.—Wind S.W., strong gales and squally.—The Juno, Liverpool to Bremen. Sailed the Ranger, packet, Havannah ; Express, packet, West Indies, put bark; Coquette, Harriburgh. . PLYMOUTH, MARCH 19.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Car riboo, Butler, from Caen, with damage, loss of bulwarks, hav ing been run into by a large ship last night ; the latter left her boom iron, and piece of studding sail on board the Car riboo, bound to Belfast. COWES, MA nem 19.—Arrived the Emelie, from Charleston. passed a ve , sel dismasted and with decks swept, between St. Alban's and Portland yesterday. DARMOUTH.—Wind W. —A rt ived the Mathilde, from Lc vain, with loss of foremast-head, bound to Topsham. TORBAY, MARCH 18.—Arrived the Albion, Sines, with loss of jib-boom, and other damage. STANGATE CREEK, MARCH 19.—The Hopeful, Reeves, Alexandretta ; Eleanor, Clarke, Odessa; Enterpr'se, Bram ford, Smyrna ; Urchin, -Gilbert, Constantinople ; Elbe, Trieste ; Queen, Messina; Glenroy, Leghorn ; Clio, ditto : Charlotte, ditto; Honour, ditto; Water-I.ly, Malta; Carl Johan, Marseilles; Margaret, ditto ; Fanny, ditto; Eliza Ann, Al'cant ; Diana, Almeira ; Whim, Mogadore. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 19.—Wind, S. W.—Arrived the Cas sandra, from Malta; Guordina, Dordt Bee, Valparaiso ; Ro. Chester, New York; Vesta, Figuera. The Jenny Jones has not arrived as reported. Sailed the Salim, Laird, Jamaica. The Isabella Anna, was sent from San Blas to Valparaiso, previous to the first of January, under the charge of thy first Lieutenant of her Majesty's ship Electa, by order of the British Consul. Her Majesty's ship Electa, was to sail. from San Blas for Valpa ra i so , on the 3d of Jan., with nearly 1,000,000 d o ll ars on board, supposed to be for transhipment to her Majesty's ship President for England. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals.—The Winchester, Salmon, from Mauritius, in the West India Docks, sailed 24th December, St. Helena, Jan. 26 ; British Isles, from Singapore, in the Clyde, sailed Octobet 30, Anjier, Nov. 16 ; Thomas Metcalfe, Brodie, from Bengal. off Scilly, sailed October 23, St. Helena, Jan. 7. Arrivals at St. Helena.—Her Majest3's ship Water Witch. Lieut. Malsen, Jan. 24, from the West Coast of Africa, sailed 26th, for the Cape ; Ellen, Ward, 24th, from Bombay to Li verpool ; French brig of war, Lanciel and Pacha (prize), from Bourbon to Brest; Jacob Cats, 25th, from Batavia, and sailed 26th to Dordrecht ; China, Robertson, 25th, from Bengal and sailed, 26th, to London ; Mary Nixon, Fitld, 26th, from Mauritius and Cape, sailed 26th, to London. Arrivals at Mauritius. —The Eleanor Russell, Worth, Dec. 21, from Bordeaux; Spencer, Last, 22, from Rio; Ariel, Austin, 24th, from London. Departures from Mauritius. —The Wild Irish Girl, Gerard, Dec. 9, to Bombay ; William Allen, Maingard, Dec. 19, tt Madagascar ; David Scott, Spence, 21, to Rangoon and Cal cutta. Vess' Is Load'ng at Mauritius, Dec. 23. —The Salacia, for Cork, to sail Dec. 24; William Turner, for London, Jan. 1 ; Hearts of Oak, for Liverpool ; Malabar, for Greenock ; Richard Mount, and Esperance, for London, Jan. 5 ; Burn hopes:de, for Lo n d on , J an 10 ; R e f orm, f or L on d on, Jan. IS ; Milford, for C or k, J an. 15 ; The Mona, Captain Hill advertised to sail, on the 16th of January, for England ; Vigi lant, for England, Arrival at Batavia.—Nerva, Nov. 30, from Liverpool. Departure from Manilla.—Louisa Campbell, Darby, Sep 2, for New South Wales. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL. COTTON MARKET, MARCH 19.—After our Regort of Friday last was made up, a considerable business was done on speculation (which is included in the week's returns) say upwards of 3,000 bales of American, this movement gave more stability to . a market otherwise rather disposed to droop, and was followed up on Saturday and Mon day by sales to the extent of 6,000 bales each day a great proportion of which was taken on speculation. Since then, the transactions have become more mode rate, and prices of American disposed to retrograde ; all quali ties are somewhat easier in price, but fair and under are being sold at fully id. decline per lb. Surats are also rather lower ; but other kinds without change. The war and shirt crop cries have for the present lust their influence with speculators and consumers; from the continued adverse state of the trade then is no inducement to purchase freely, therefore the market closes flatly. Of the sales, which do not include to-day's, being made up, speculators have taken 8,500 bags of American and 70( MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 19.—We hate had a better and more general inquiry for Railway Stock to day, and higher prices would be obtained, but ver y lit t l e stoc k offering:—London and would be y Western, 55* ; Manchester and Eds, 71k 72 ; Ditto, Halves, 31 32 ; Eastern Counties, 8 ; ; 8i ; Midland Counties New, 141 15,E ; London and Birming- ham New 32/. Shares, 20i 2(4, A letter, received from Madrid, states, " you may consider the Phillippine Islands as lost to Spain, owing to the Govern ment having authorized an English Company to establisF themselves there, on the pretext of favouring the growth of opium. This Company enjoys privileges that in two years will destroy the Spanish influence." We have received the Hamburgh Mail of the 16th inst , with the papers of the same date, bringing the Exchange upon London rather better, 13 3%; Gold, 425; Metal, 105%; Bank Actions, 1,610. THE FUNDS. Consoli which left off yesterday iiil Sellers for the Ac count opened this morning at the abo ve p r i ce f or A ccount ; Money 88* I, with an inactive market ; Exchequer Bills 6 8 premium. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active a shade lower, left off 23*, at present 23i *; Deferred 11i 126 ; P ass i ve 5a ; Portuguese 'ame as they left off, 30i 31 ; Three per Cents. lbi 19 ; Colombian; 22* ; Mexican same as it closed, 29, 30*; Dutch Two.and-Half per Cents. 50a j; Five pci Cents. 99i 100 ; Brazilian 70 71 ; Buenos Ayres, 21 23. SHARES.—Great Western 24 25 prem. ; N ew Il i 12 prem. ; Londoi:and Brighton 7 64:clis. ; Blackwell 51 * dis. ; Birmingham 62 64 prem. ; Southampton 15 56 per share ; Croydon 12* per share; Greenwich 7i 8* per share; Man chester and Birmingham 16 15 dis. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Edinburgh and Glasgow 35 ...... 2to London and Brighton 5O ...... 431-- to 43 North Midland JOINT STOCK BANKS. Colonial ... London and Westminster . Union of Australia. COURSE OF EXCHA Amsterdam' C F. 12 Ditto, at sight Rotterdam ...2 U. 12 7 Antwerp l2 6 Hamburgh M.D. 13 11 Altona Paris, 3 days' sight Ditto, 3 months 25 75 Marseilles Bourdeaux 25 80 Frankfort on Maine... 150 k Petersburgh, 3Us ... 37i 6 26 Vienna, effec. fl. 3 M lO 2 Trieste, ditto Madrid Cadiz 354 Bilboa 35 Barcelona Seville 25 ...... 33 to .. 20 ... 22 .25 ... 31i to 32 E---( YESTERDAY). ibraltar Leghorn ..enoa Milan Venice ..... ... 47 Naples Palermo, per oz 119 Lisbon Oporto s2i Rio Janeiro 2B Bahia Buenos Ayres Philadel o ph F Gold,i Philadelphia . BULLION, bars .. .: 17 u 46 oz. 9 New York, 21 days' sight 44 Portugal gDou G bi o oo ld n C s min £ O 3 1 0 7 0 6 i N F PRIC ES oe e w w e Dollars... ......... 0 4 10k S'lver in Bars .........0 5 0 HALT-?AST ONE. There has not been the least spirit for speculating during the whole course of the morning, either in the British or Foreign Funds, consequently we have not a feature worth noticing to the present hour —in general Saturday is the dullest day i.i the week for operating in the Funds, and most of the leading brokers take their departure at an early hour. Consols, which were in the early part of the morning at 88k sellers, may be quoted the same at present ; for Money not so good, 88k, have been 88i ; Exchequer Bills, 6 8 prem ; India Bonds, 20 dis. • In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active, 231; Portuguese not quite so good, 301 ; Colombian a shade lower, 22* ; Mexi can also lower , 293, reached 30h ; Dutch Two - and-a-Hall " r Cent ' . 503 41 shade lower; Five per Cents. receded from 99% to 99i. In,hares little doing. Edinburgh and Glasgow , 283 %; London and B r i c hton, 4S/ 43; North Midland , 71 i; Union of Australia, 31% 32, 31 ; Mexican, 29% 30* ; D e f erre d 91 91; Spanish, 23k 23,1 ; nothing doi g. QUARTER 83i Portuguese, 3 04 I TO THREE. Consols, Mon e y, 881 ; Acco unt, SI R WI LLOUGHBY COTTON. —The Delhi Gazette of the 6th of January, gives an account of the inves titure of Sir Wiloughby Cotton with the Grand Cr oss of the Order of th e Bath, which took glace at Jellalabad. He wa , invested by the Envoy and Minister in the presence of Shah Shoojah and all his Court. Sir Willoughby Cotton's services have been great during the whole time he has been attached to the army in Affghanistan, and even for that only he de served such a mark of the approbation of his own Sovereign ; but his actions in th e Peninsu'a, and all parts of the world, have richly merited all that fame and fortune can bestow, and we wish him health and many years to enjoy his hardly won and deserved honours. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—Her Majesty and Prince Albert attended the first production this season of Fidelio, which took place last night, and was a new triumpk for Madame Steckel Heinefetter, who was per haps fully equal to Schroeder in her best days. The con stant power of her voice, the vigour of her acting, the genius (Aber conceptions, the unvarying excellence of her intonation under every circumstance, were never displayed to greater advantAge. The band and choruses performed with their accustomed effect and precision. At the fall of the curtain the audience expressed such delight at the finale that it was raised again, and the finale encored. Th e house Was full, a n d most fashionably attended, MANCHESTER ANTI-CORN-LA W MEETING. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Manchester, Friday, March 19. Sir,—The meeting which has taken place here to-day upon the subject of the Corn-law has been demonstrative of the growing intelligence of the public mind, and particularly the working classes, upon the question. Notwithstanding a very em barrassing circumstance, which I will describe to you, the meeting was the most decided in its condemnation of the Corn-law ever held here. A few days ago the Mayor was applied to by a respectable body of requisitionists to call a town meeting, to consider the propriety of petitioning against the Poor-law, which he refused to com ply with, and the consequence was, a very great excitement in the town ; and the working classes, backed by the tail end of the Tory party, deter mined to hiss him down at the first meeting he should attempt to hold. On assembling at the Town-halho-day, it was evident this threat would be put into execution; and no sooner had the hour appointed for the meeting arrived, than Nightingale, one of the notorious Chartist leaders, moved the Rev. Mr. Scholefield into the chair. He did not, however, venture to take the Mayor's seat, who arrived shortly after, and told the meeting he should pre side as a matter of right and duty. Upon this Mr. Seholefield took his seat at the foot of the Mayor's chair, and the latter allowed him to go through the mummery of calling order, &c. I mention these facts because they will be misrepresented. The usual diversion in defence of the landlords was made by the Chartist leaders, and one of these, a conceited young man, named M'llouall, boldly declared that the Chartists had decided that no public meeting should be held upon any other question until the Charter was obtained. But when it came to the vote there were five hands to one held up against the Chartists. Upon this the Rev. Mr. gholefield declared his party to be in the majority, and he and his lead ing functionary left the Hall, which is not a very usual course with such gentry when they have the majority. The rest of the proceedings went off in dumb show, as there was a tail of the Chartists, proba bly not more than five per cent. of the whole meeting, who kept up a clamour against the speakers. I send you these hasty facts, as I doubt not you wiil be interested in the subject. Yours, very respectfully, AN ANTI-BREAD TAXER. I forgot to say that the whole town was pla carded by some parties, calling upon the work ing men to come an d upset the meeting, on account of the conduct of the Mayor upon the Poor-law question. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BOSTON STEEPLE CHASE—THURSDAY. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft, with 100 added by the town and neighbourhood ; the second saved his stake ; 4 yrs old, llst ; 5 yrs, llst 91b ; 6 yrs and aged, 12st ; mares allowed 21b ; winners 71b extra. Four miles. Mr. Walker's Peter Simple, aged ...( Owner) 1 Mr. E. Davy's Gay Lad, aged Mr. Elmore's Lottery, aged Mr. L. Holmes's Croxby, aged 0 Gay Lad took the lead, followed by Peter and Lottery, to within three fields of home, when Peter Simple went ahead and won by six lengths, Gay Lad beating Lottery by the same distance. Croxby refused the first fence. The distance, 4 miles and 200 yards, was done in eleven minutes. PYTCHLEY HUNT--INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. Acceptances for the Chesterfield Handicap. Zohrab, aged, 12st 51b ; Harkaway, aged, list ; Colchi cum, 5 yrs, list; Mustard, 5 yrs, 1 Ist ; Benjamin, 4 yrs, lOst 10Ib ; Mogul, 4 3rs ' lOst 101 b; b g by Th e E ar l, 4 yrs, lOst 41b ; I saac o f York, 4 yrs, lOst 81b ; and b g by Jack Tar, 4 yrs, 9st 71b. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING, 1841. The following matches were made on Wednesday last:— MONDAY.-100, h. ft. T. Y. C. Bst. 71b. each. Mr, Greville's Perseus agst Mr. Thornhill's Menalippe. 100, h. ft. T.Y.C. Hon. G. S. Byng's (tarry Owen Bs.t. 11b., agst Hon. H. Rous's Nicholas, 7st. tiilb. THURSDAY.-100, h. ft. T.Y.C. Mr. Thornhill's Me. nalippe, Bst. 101 b., agst Mr. Greville's Myrtle, 7st. 31b. WARWICK STEEPLE CHASES—FRIDAY. A Sweepstakes of 25 sovs. each, 10 ft., with 100 added ; 12st. 61b. (14 subs.) Mr. Anderson's Cigar, 12st. (Mr. A. M‘Donoth) 1 Mr. Robertson's Legacy, 12st. The following also started :—Mr.Vever's Charity, 12st. 71b.; Mr. Burt's Greyling, 12st. ; Mr. Stevenson's True Blue, 12st. ; and Sir E. Mostyn's St. Paul. Won very easily, Cha rity having unfortunately staked himself; Legacy fell a few hundred yards from the post, and the rest met with similar accidents a long way from home. The second chase, for a sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each, with 20 addcd, three miles and a half, was won very easily by Mr. Robins's Mazeppa (owner), betting three others. NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK STEEPLE CHASES. TUESDAY.—The first race was won easily by Mr. W. Scott's The ➢laor (owner), and the second chase by Mr. Geo. Cooke's Faith. COURSING MEETINGS. Ardrossan, March 11 and 12.—The Cup was wen by Sir W. A. Maxwell's Massaroni ; the Tyro Stakes by Mr. Geddes' Queen of Hearts ; the Harbour Stakes by Earl of Eglinton's Hermit.; and the Selling Stakes by Dr. Brown's Copper. _ _ NOrthleach, March 12.—The first prize was won by Hon. G. Talbot's Moses ; the second by Mr. Grizzle's Eclipse; and the third by Mr. Hewer's Ajax. Belford, March 11.—The Sweepstakes were won by Mr. Dining's Rob. Beaiock Cluq, Feb. 25.—The Cup was won by Mr. T. Proudfoot's Doctor. Kingt .n, March 11 and H.—The Cup was won by Mr. Price's Smoker. LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTER. CIIESTEIt CUP. 8 to l agst Bloomsbury 12 to 1 agst Gallspot 18 to 1 agst Plover—taken 20 to 1 agzt Queen Mae 100 to I agst Retriever—offered 25 to 1 agst Gibraltar—offered 500 to 30 agst Bedford—taken D F. RBY. 8 to 1 agst Coronation—taken 12 to 1 agst Rosalie 14 to 1 agst Eringo 25 to 1 agst Knight of the Whistle—taken 25 to 1 agst Duke of Wellington 26 to 1 agst Prince Caradoc. ST. LEGER. 200 to 7 agst Vulcan—taken 200 to 9 agst Tory Boy 200 to 7 agst Pagan HUNTING APPOINTMENTS Major-General Wyndham's hounds meet on Monday, at Dunsfold Common; Wednesday, at Blaekdown Cottage; Fri day, at Lea Godalming ; Saturday, at Lisgate Common—half past ten. Mr. Drake's hounds, Tuesday, at Islip town ; Thursday, at Gallows Bridge; Saturday, Finmere village—half -past ten• Atherstone hounds, Monday, at Seal Wood; Wednesday, at Kingsbury Wood ; Saturday, at Odstone—quarter to eleven. Colonel Wyndham's hounds, Monday, at Aldworth-bridge ; Wednesday, at Gumber-corner ; Friday, at Westdean-park —half-past eleven. Oakley hounds, Monday, at Cranfield ; Tuesday, at Notting Fox ; Saturday, at Dungee-corner—quarter to eleven. Pytehley hounds, Monday, Welton-place ; Tuesday, Fox hall • Saturday, Naseby—quarter to eleven. Mr.i Giles's hounds, Monday, the Berrow-wood; Tuesday, Frith-wood—ten. Mr. Helliers's hounds, Monday, Baddesley Clinton; Wed• resday, Stoneleigh Abbey (not Dunchnrch, as before adver tised) ; Saturday, Stoneleigh Abbey (not Friday at Dun church )—half-past 10. Mr. Farquharson's hounds, Monday, at Honeycomb ; Tues day, at Corscombe ; Thursday, at Holcombe. Y. H. Monday, at Pointington. Mr. Russell's hounds, at Wednesday, at Whatton-bridge ; Saturday, at Cornsay—eleven. Craven hounds, Monday, at Knightsbridge ; Wednesday, at Hens Wood; Thursday, at Tottenham Park; Saturday, at Hunt's Green—half-past ten. Middleton harriers, Monday, at Lower Pertwood ; Friday, at Chittern Village—eleven. Sir C. Constable's stag-hounds, Monday, at Bidgmount ; Wednesday, at Wyton Toll-bar ; Saturday, at Dedon—eleven. Fast Kent hounds, Monday, at Acrise Mill ; Wednesday, at Petham ; Friday, at. Tyler Hill—two. Cottesm..re hounds, Monday, at Grimsthorpe Castle ; Tues day, at Cole's Lodge ; lhursday, at the Bull, Witham Com mon—eleven. Earl Fitzwilliam's hounds, Monday, at Lilford ; Wednesday, Bedford Purlieus; Thursday, Stan wick Pasture—ton. Lord Yarborough's hounds, Tuesday, at Bradley ; Friday, at Horlestow. _ _ _ _ W. Sir R. Sutton's hounds, Monday, at Midge Inn ; Tuesday, at Stapleford Moor ; Wednesday, at Wellingore ; Thursday, at Wickenbv ; Saturday, at Lee—eleven. Mr. Mujters's hounds, Monday, at Eakring Guide Post ; Thursday, at the Farm House, Park Springs—eleven. Northumberland and North Durham hounds, Monday, at the Twizel Bridge; Wednesday, at Ford Castle; Friday, at Milfield Mill; Saturday, at Thornington—half.past ter.. Duke of Buceleuch's hounds, Monday, at Mellarstain ; Tuesday, at Lees. NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF " TRE MAINE."—The announcement of a new novel by this accomplished writer cannot fail to excite unusual interest, without immediate reference to its subject matter. But curiosity will be doubled when it is known (as we under stand to be the case) that " De Clifford; cr the Constant Man," depicts the entire personal career of a young and highly-gifted aspirant for political fame, from his first early debut as the humble private secretary of a minister, to his attainment of that wealth, influence, and aristocratic con nection to which no other career opens the path. We have reason to believe that among the numerous characters introduced i Ito the r,arrdtive, many will be at once recog nised as pointing at, at least, if not positively depicting the great political leaders who played so conspicuous a part in public affairs not many years ago. Through the whole, too, there runs, as we understand, the mazy wind. lugs of a love story, that will conciliate the favour of the fairer portion of its readers as strongly as the political satire will appeal to the more masculine tastes cf the day. A PRINCELY ODDITY.—I accompanied Ba ron de Swie.en on a visit to the old Prince of Saxe }hid burghausen, who, at eighty years old, can raise a weight of three hundred pounds. He always retires to his rest at eight o'clock, and as he walks from h is saloon to his bed chamber, leas men posted , who pull off his wi g an d c l o th es , so that he is ready for his bed by the time he gets to the door of his bedchamber. Thus scarcely two minutes suf fice for his wilt tte.—Swothurne's Courts of Europe, EVENING EDITION. COURT CIRCULAR. Buckingham The ee n p a a n i Prince Palace deeyesterday Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent attend, tat Lady Fanny Howard, visited the Queen ye iterdaYelli Buckingham Palace, and remained to lunch wit h Majesty and Prince Albert. f her Viscount Melbourne had an audience yesterday °' Majesty. NO V ' Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the , Miss Pitt, Hon. Mies D.:vereus, Viscount Torringt°°l Major the Hon. George Keppel, Lord Alfred Par t ' e lli f Sir Edward Bowater, honoured the perfor m ' nc- e; " Fiddle," at Drury. lane Theatre with their Pr° last evening. hood Her Majesty inspected on Wednesday the FIT% ho d in the gardeuscl. and Title for the " History of the Orders of of the British Empire," by Sir Harris Nicolas, G which were submitted by Mr. Hunter. The subject ?, o f Fronti-piece is her Majesty in the Robes of the Ordrso the Garter, the Banners of the several Orders,' s e w ed Arms of Sever( ign Founders, the whole be in g Pr ' in Oil Colours or. the new principl^. • Rea Her Royal Highness the Duel e;s of Glouee sttr her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday; 1 “ Mar rough House. The Duke of Cambridge had a select party to yesterday, at his residence, Cambridge House. co l The Duke of Cambridge trinoured the perform in s" ( 0 , the German Opera, at Drury-lane tLeatr.! sence on Thursday evening I,Mi r Sir Bruce Chichester ha . cl an interview with the quis of Normanby yesterday at the Home-office. , ta n A deputation, incl u di ng M e ssrs. Greig, Wheie"oi Mark Phillips, h a d an i nterv i ew w ith Mr. Shell )03t at the Office of the Bosrd of Trade. 12 THE THEATRE-EDlNB ail. ILL' - Mr. Kean commenced a short engagement here en A lry ° night, with the represent a ti on o f Hamlet, and we kefle t ' character which p r e sen t s a fi ner su bj ec t for drarnati gric: The filial piety of the Prince—his dignity—his Penilos#,', —his cultivated mind--his soliloquies— his visions 0 ' P to d —and, finally, his wou n d e d spirit—powerfully dela', esvr ee', they are, and with such surpassing force and beauty 0 ' bre ot t; sion, while with resistless passion they storm t, he v er, and give unbounded scope to the talents of the Pf l7° ,„' ; crease, at the same time, the difficulties of 1 ,18 : 50 0 0 0 hence the representation of this character, the imPt— be of this fine creation of the poet's fancy, 1115 ,1: r h - e regarded as a first-rate achievement, by whim , bt "'„ so speak, the drama repays with interest the. , i t otg'; owes to poetry, and gives her back her 010 and to improved and embelli s h e d, w ith a hi g her fin''" as ion richer dress. We have often before had °f lu & 0 , commend Mr. Kean in thi s difficult part, for the Ol t , gPL powcr with which he se i ze d an d gave effect t o ofw points that occur in the singul ar and diversified se en ; sor e ' story ; and if we ever had any fault to find, it L at- o f casional tendency to extravagance—that besetting e" ti ", or I youthful candidate for fame, whether in the drat:ne w - 0 or any other art or walk of literature. That. fault was rfor 11 ; rected by his raaturer judgment; and in this last roo ance it is reformed altogether. The representation offect,Oii, OR Monday night, while it lost nothing in power and e t a 5 01 0 perhaps more than ever a model of grace and of clas" c • e ture' t city. All asperities were smoothed down, while the r b ' 601,1 improved in finish and detail, and in the truth and , s sie of the colouring. In the opening scenes the .. 17;., off` touches of patho s whi c h occur were given with pee l ' o pren while in passag es o f grea t er e l evat i on , where he d o es° his determination to follow his father's spirit, that he set his life at a pin's fee, and adds, " And for my soul, what can it do to that, 111' Being a thing immo r t a l as it se lf ?" , me ' ll pr as also in th e scenes o f exc i tement w hi c h f o llow, De bit t :, out effort to dignity arid grandeur. His expression seeded in irony was excee d ing l y power f u l ; h e ent i re ly sun e lioi , ,, showing scor n h er own i mage; an d t h e scenes with hPar•bef which she is treated apparently with unnecessary to tower were happily softened by an expression of pase'e r ' a , f e w . ness that was inexpressibly touching ; the skill e' rit former thus, in so me d egree , re d eem i ng th e all'a l l . tisf 39c ;e ' gruity of the story, for the poet, in the fervour of somewhat neglects unity of design, and no veil cle serue,of is answered by the affected his:miry of Hamlet, and a r iot iY to Ophelia. We need not particularise all the go — , 1)1 this performance, as when the Kirg, conscience be o o acting of the play, affords to Hamlet the proof , 11 "i as e O r h io quired of his guilt ; and when the truth suddenly - 1 , 3 1ce , e% . his mind, he gives full vent to the agitation which I wer e he frame. The power with which these deep em otion' t , of I v pressed drew for.h tumultuous applauses from all r ar ,jl.l l Y t 7" house; as did the scene with his mother, and e s p,:ie,f l 4 remarkable exclamation, " Nay, I know not—ls t he and the same powerful effect was also given to the e.,° noted scenes, scenes, The more quiet passages, where there, ° *; same excitement, as in the directions to the e tt i oll 5 " marked by a fine propriety, in which precept mat to have been enforced by example. g a tteVe We have only to a dd th a t hi s rece pti on was Inc 4 " t h e °" e d He was greeted with an e n th us i as ti c we lcome by otie u audience ; and the waving of h a t s an d handkerchiefs & f i e 10 for several minutes, and was repeatedly renewe d ' u pase ce called for after the play, and made his respectful the audience. c' Mr. Kean performed Sir Giles Overreach on 1 .10- 41 1 and last night Richard—to crowded and apphod in g —Evening Courant. • A a loe POSSESSION OF SPURIOUS C01N.1 ,— . 1 , FINED 2,4421. AT THE LIVERPOOL POLICE L iv ia. Si remarkable case war, on Thursday, brought be ' psV - ,, Rushton, at the .Police Court, Li ve rpool. A us m tb do , 7, - , John . Jennings, keeper of a beer - house, was P /s— aas P rrs' bar, on a charge of ha v ing h a d in his possession ! of base coin, i n br eac h o f a s t r i n gent statute 0 ' r iais e r 111. It appeared, from tee evidence, that t he Poscle 1. hid become pos.essed of a great number of cotns'ic au a white met a l, i n i m i tat i on o f S pan i s h an d Me e- f 3 ite n ,"„i Inn , . They were produ ce d i n C ourt, an d were ' O rs two and two togeth e r w i t h a s i ng l e o bl on g li! , k , Ir tiooc through a stalk sold ere d t o eac h, like old- d ead for sleeve buttons, but larger, as if inteadcd to be esrtti keeting together a tight cost or cloak.-- - M r 'abt tb master butcher, said, that tbe :prisoner had br7 E sfr''; large quantity of coins produced to his house 3° ~ itot and that he had stated that they were worth froo l d itq e 300/. He had, accordingly, put them under leek B b n They were called for by the police, who, on scarc e -o6 1 1 ; prisoner's house, were told by him where they * 'l.et t° I prisoner had also sold six of them, linked togetb;:ontio% man for half a crown, and refused to return I/ • when the man repented of his hargain.—Mt. °:, 0 06.0 appeared for tho defence, ca'led Joseph 1 1 /s , u : t ier ‘ o l°l brewer's clerk, whose employer serbed the sr; di t ale, who stated that he had frequently seeL • etr e * lying about the prisoner's house; that be ma" — b n er i a, of them, and never passed them off for, or iaid t e , k tr:_ a • silver. He (the prisoner) stated, that he had.bettbt tr:,• in exchange for cloth, from a man who had b° 11 „,°0 0 7 0 at au auction room some months ago, _and tosatosfj that it was illegal to have them. M argare t bad dr",o prisoner's housekeeper, also stated, that SnAb.oo d them ling about the house; that the en'tw e yer allowed to play with them; that the-prison er il a d, 1 : 0 1 presented them, or sold any of thorn, as silver ; ha d Vf o r he seemed to put no value upon them. c ta l ie/ roe some of them to orange girls and others, if' oranges and other trifling articles.—Mr. RuEhttnfino statement, that the prisoner considered the m ° pot. 1- 103 did not agree with his representation to Mr they were worth from 2001. to 3001. He should h e . 3 posi e ; s prisoner under the statute fax having them in " l o d 04 6 sion. He must pay a fine of 403. on each riecc W oe , the number of fiv-, or be inrisoned for three w en five f r° t number of coins found was 1,226. Deduc ting 0 0000 this, left 1,221, which, rt 40e. each, mad e ' he t bh e d of the fine 2,4421. sterling! Had the full One „p r o& 6 4 ,t he each beea r...quited, in pla e of the mibimtlin ern , o bj. by the Act, the amount would have been 6 '7, 10 1.1.,"0 prisoner, of course, was, in default, sent to p - b id Rushton remarked that it was well that the CO discovered; for it would, no doubt, have been l ',"Lf to poor emigrants, who had no perfect knossle d g it. 0 , rican money, and might have been deceived otio., got sov gave orders that Lieutenant Harvey, of the olg r Atl office, should be informed of the case, ' so tba t e ., of 1 ` tes might be put upon tb e ' r guar d, lest en., by already have gone abr oa d. Th e whole of t he be ag' will be sect to the Mi n t, w h ere it will, dou btless ' troyed. v i e; CORN-LAWS AND LIVERPOOL. —" 4 " it O ft' tspolll supposec becomeg ros engrosses safthat e the e :t one-thirdlitii. will l d l o fallf the trade of the , m or' ._°. Aye the supposition is a moderatoteof the trade one, share. be 5,000,000 quarters. Now, as the calculeowto §bei quarters to every ton, the additional employnleektingeoll ping would be 1,000,000 of tons for tho wheleorjoe°, and.'consequently, Liverpool's proportion of on is fl a k e be 330 000 tons, or 1,000 ships cf 330 too. B ut id nt.'" reta itnusecuieprrpni ~n Ol ;::::::,:o vessels would make five voyages a year, this se.uhi,porl' 200 ships employed in the freight of cornet tu %log° Taking one-half as coming in foreign bottr 2. 9 t raci e 100 vessels ( f 350 tons ad(Ji Tonal required for s )" I ala i ' in this port alone. 100 additionalships ! 1 ark ),.,:,b10, " Here is employment for thousands of shipwrigl,;(l.-01°;, makers, riggers, joiners, ropcmakcrs, and all 61 ' 44 , 0 4 O i li what? Ask yourselves for what? For dear 1 7 %0 _ . , 6 ' l eet, dear butter, and diar cheese. Free trod e C olon AO the world, and prosperity to Liverpool l—Sn i p' `,....0e 0a arid Commerce I.—Down with the Bread irslivircorg' with the Corn-laws 1"--Placard in the Liverpool Z s . issued by the Operative Anti-Corn-law Asocial' joot :T ADVANTAGE OF HAVING AN INT E“' otte ;er POLICE. —The following singular detection a Ir an i n cel; and coiner of base money shows the advantage ° , s -sfe c o lig r e a t, w t p l o o l b i s e t e c o rs 7 , r g tl e te ne t- i n ly othing fourteen shilling bottle,' Borough s eduction atur daoycfowu Court, on we owe Monday,to denominated " blu e ora toro; t t A h h t a e t th in o e t n i going down Water street, when they observed Ping', Ar tmher..73,ci-sne:.iikby,,,:ecroe prisoner, Cornelius Tearney, coming out of the ,„iiolf night he and inspector Pl,„ l eille ple public-house, kept by Mr. I3onner, and, eV Ilibbi t the prisoner to be an utterer of base cei_ ! ti he 54.4' on in to ask what he bad been there for. Tbe,,v, '''' 0 , ,i he had been attempting to utter a base shbutt ootre' followed the prisoner further, and he went into t t bere ing-green public-house, ke tby Mr. Hill, a n d W e soc el they afterwards found that h i e had offered s not.. re he API' offered a base shilling :gain. They there a/ re b . ut jo t mg. They fellowed him to a third house, _, ;0 (!e hitv . He said he did not live in the town, 11 8 ' 0 1 L bd ief i e arrived from Sheffield. They bad reason t , _ ho e his story, and took him to a number of grocers ~.ber ace Salford, until at length they found ono at vvbie n a dd beer in on A hint in finding evidence. In the house they founbuut, i the habit of buying grocery, and thils o su e e ferue le prisoner, who at first said she was his wife, _ ai serf Richardson, and she ha I never seen lemf broken Rood from Tearney, afterwards said that her na m b e er w oe. , 0 0 1 searching the house they i e-ceived a piece c_ _ ,_. 0 00_8 in the wall, and, on looking behind it, a moi!ldsl°l__idetelf shillings was found there, and five base shilling A n nose ners were committed for trial at the Assizes --Ai" from the same m ould, were found there also- . 4 , 1 „Whaler tv of Times. II ceordiet., litres champagne fit far bottling grown in 1840, a than 21,16" tPi. local journals, does not amount to more t ‘. jell t i m es net SHAM CHAMPAGNE.— The entire cittsn i : the (about 4,700,000 English gallons), althougnu.!_e-00014 quantity i; sold in France, or sent abroad as gen In ~"