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

Nev• thiy l', 43 =_~ =~ lie we" -t. ar ' d r 0 Secretary mis( r c i : rcf,ro , a n eCa"6e nooth his and be Roman libarallY• he religioa ndcd t. 3 ec oproscd W the land.-- verbei in a ro Prnrerly 11d Le e people y of a l&ter r;ominande r April 1814 3eerctary 10 etter of Sir r 1814, ea the ForT l !mot , OPP tary Secre the 4th day B. Baer , lder of r" arch 01 9 ; Clerk th e to ad o f the ' , eh 1839 ' for are tra ato the pa ; of January irtiettlstr med of; igd ;lON- 7omistoso not exceed' Ly the ex.cef . lie year en 3malittee ~. Sir 11. Captx" re. J. r• Jame ;ir It. • ir Gra° 6- Loid J° 4 " brd, A• ir J. ki• t. L. °0 R. Vern J. 1). R. C. Iti, IV* it Cha IL F A imu Sires Major A. Luke : : 'arnue!, too, 11, 1, - y, Lord, Th oll4g J. 1 , Colon' iESS' ()Foc i ' arch 10. 6 AfarCh I itP°"" 13• 8, at t*l'. at twa• Bitl, I 1 2 . hS• )farc lg. „ pet!' ttee oition , P°6t. , 5. ' 3l 'r frO pone" 11 313re b Cl l 4 , d till 1%13 ' . ..d. petition, )n rectioo, h 5• re. ittee nd f "nx3 ooo It o 0 •r, sro kir. : rep orted '. ) r ders.. B gt a • 3°3 mr. ; an d A a ors '• tbii P a lo the P „- 0 re!3tive t. Mr. ficl' e do , "; e Tbarrt he opus rtod t " , t , th :iods tht ; s d ...niritc 113, or; , l ov , p ro . - t o e t9Jr erg invc st ities t i, r be of P f ° - the i'° , •1 1 1 e r last )" n . 3 4,X0 0 1 09 la no 0 E L 110 i . ri _ t at w b. b 0 -( 11 ' 8r.) o dered t and cine ,nel " a rod e r r co, bad bs'l iddle° e " o °- „ Auld last 5 into 3e in tbo rot ki ne° be pre" GC 6 :: n uen ti l, i. e g9l but t tt ear e I ou t ' a 100 01. ,;iil Iv a° C vr• PRATING _EDITION . )(-IRXOF SEWERS FOR WEST MINSTtht AND PART or MIDDLESEX. W 6 recial Court of Sewers for • the City and Liberties of estminster and _part of the county of Middlesex, was yester day held at the °eke of the Commissioners in Greek-street, Soho• Before proceedng to the business of the Court, 31r. LESLIE rose to call the attention of the Court to his ob jection to the legality of the meeting. 31r1 T. Jonersou - rose to protest against the business of the C°'ilt bei ng t h us interru tedconstantlyby one member, merely for th e sake of notoill'ety. P lf those into werecontinued, !Lod the time thus wasted, he would never comain. It was un nearahle that. one member should come there e to ag make speeches b • ecause he h appened to be connected with a public Journal, mite bring reporters there to give his speeches notoriety. Se veral members rose to protest against the time being W asted hy the eternal speeches of a certain Commissioner. ft , M r- T. KNIG HT move d to order payment o f 47/. lets. rates and taxes. Alr. Locxx seconded th e mo ti on . ilk LESLIE wished to have his objection to the legality of the teethe,.' recorded by th e C'erk. The C HAIRMAN said it . could notsbe done at present. The Ivey would be for th e H on. C omm i ss i oner to ma k e a dis tinct motion on the subject. Mr. T. Jouxsoer— Oh I Sir, the reporter will take care to record your objection. The motion was then put and carried. decree fur BAG UE t h en moved that the Court do sign the for the late on the Ranelagh district in the usual banner. Sir G. FARRANT seconded the motion. duty A'BEcerre considered that they were thereto do their to the public. It was clar a rate must be leied buthe 'ought that it would be more proper to allude to v the . finding of the Traverse Jury ; and, therefore, he should moee an amend ii"!nt that the decree be signed in the usual form, except in so as the presentment had been altered by the Traverse Jury, ' 4 the case of St. Luke's, Chelsea, the Old Church burial ground, Workhouses, and schools in the same parish. • t M r• BEACH would have supported such an amendment, had been proposed on Tuesday last ; he had great pleasure in seconding it. of,lr. LESLIE wished to know if either the mover or seconder Tthe motion had read the decree. atAhe C eeinmex said, that any Commissioter might ask other C omm i ssioner a question, but it was for the Com • rolss loner s to decide whether be would answer. Theapetain BacuE would not answer the question. tniisio amendment was then put and carried, only three Corn p, t iers, Sir G. Farrant, Mr. Willoughby, and Captain "ne, voted against it. bit. LESLIE, who, during the division, had left the Court, tnoi‘ved that the names be taken down. ;„ I r• IlEacii had no objection , but in point of order he ob "c.olieted_.,to a Commissioner - who, uring the divis i on, had left the 41 making a motion regarding that division. LESLIE sa'd he had retired below the bar, because the T a i i . noan had rated that he was not to be permitted to speak. te CHAIRMAN had not prevented the Hon. Commissioner ore Peaking. telleetr. Ltsre—The Chairman had ruled that he should not remitted to speak on the question of the illegality of the The g Cireifter • had ruled on that question. Ai, ,£0 itts ` - • LESLI E did not interfere, for he contended the meeting Ill egal and the proceeding void ab initio. Irle.a.tat. VAGUE wished to know why the Hon. Commissioner irere if the meeting were not a legal one ? to LESLIE attended as one of the deputation who had gone i-ord Normanb yesterday, to give an aceoLnt of their prose Lord Y t h T he decree for a rate in the Counters Creek District was en ordered to be signed, Mr. Fuller alone voting against the r ontio le t, ; T c ite decree for levying the rate on the Counters Creek Dise 44 ; 1 1 Was s then read by the Clerk, and signed by the Chairman c.4t:x Commissioners. ro e Ytaiii oux—Your names will rli be in The Su', to-mor rrimorning, gentlemen.—( A laugh. 1),(1.4' C ollector' s book s f or the district were then ordered to pe e ned, try . decree for levying the rate in the Ranelagh district A,then read by the Clerk and signed by the Chairman, r. lisZeeekett, Mr. Beach, Mr. Johnson, 31r. Locke, and Mr. 1), 10 • °ltmissioxe expressed his fear that they were em one ' 6 fl e se g on a sea o f li t i gat i on. 11 e - was i nstructe d to state that th e : 1 41 "liel, att en d e d by 2,000 persons, would certainly oppose Tb eter rnination of the Commissioners. ae *lee ' oze e Colle c t or ' s b ooks for the district were then read and Mr 45140'5_ LESLIE wished to know how many of the bye-laws Te e e,t! of in 1839 had been repealed. k4LAIRMAN—None that I know of. de er ' , testae would ask the Chairman to state whether the Tli e .!7jus . . signed were in conformity with their own bye-laws. de er r e "ad departed from all laws of the Court in making that tee, e t, a „od, as a matter of course, -everything done under it was adop to 'vas the Chairman aware that by the course he had ',liar : ( 1 t hey bad departed from those bye-laws ? They had 4, 6 ( 4 - Parties by those decrees, who were not within the regu -111- ,ie the CHAIRMAN asked the Clerk if there was any alteration e usual tetra ? t itr e CL uitc—Not th a t I am aware o f. th e e • 0 LesLIE said that first he had objected to the illegality of ; next, it was contrary to the ordinance and the bye the e b• w ita.oirowirir rose to order. They were not to argue ehi ero teenon now ; t h e o bj ec ti on appeared to him most mis- Th tnale, i e i i„ , "Allman thought Mr. Leslie was precluded from Aire these objections now. th e d .' 1-EsLix had pu r po se ly a b s t a i ne d f rom ta ki ng any par t i n the nelstission relati ve t o th e d ecree . A s h e was not to go.into 7"uJection Raw , he would be contented with the answe r that iipciothe bye-laws had been rescinded. had ta-ic;itaptelere was not aware that any material alteration Af • e. e " Place. oesi e LESLIE would ask if there would be any objection to it „eg both the decrees printed and delivered with the others, other °a ,ld save an enormous sum to the parishes, who must der,se get them from the solicitors. Would he be consi- Te e ° ," of order in moving it now? kr. 'bilrAlastAN thought he could move. .„,t1 y l ' A ztt—No it cannot be moved now. etierfe. " -xst ie_Rea ' lly, Mr. Baker had better take the chair. lee,ki-'neirrnan had decided ' he could move it, and therefore he ZI I v el: teethe deercee be printed. - -,t„Aclit objected to the printing the decrees. wel t ; ,':etecicEre thought it would hive the effect of inun elerk° " e office with applicants. He would suggest that the t aie 0, 4 t 1 be empoeeied by law to furnish copies at a cer „ef find, - „ It ge. He objected to furnishing parties with the means ish :a:Ter , : ; - „g fault with their own proceedings. It was rather gree; in the members of that Court to endeavour to fur ~lr-ralts to others to upset the proceedings of the Court. rees . ,l7 ° ' 4l GUNTER thought it very advisable that the de -laot be printed and furnished to the public. He did W eeldgme that more than 100, or at furthest 200, persons for th em . t here a • I ARRANT was afraid that the solicitors would come co py nd g e t t h e printed copy and charge their clients for the he p Air L ESLIE then altered his motion that the decree should Yve r , lt 7tl and forwarded to each Commissioner, and to the Nib, cle rks and solicitors of the different parishes. t he ti," . naolvx seconded the motion, as one likely to save M i m e °f the clerks. %4 11 0 i • WHITE proposed as an amendment, that the Court u -,,ePart from its usual practice. e arri s e H. Jourrsow seconded the amendment, which was uy 17 to 4. Sti e s s : n rs *, W. White, Chalmers, Knight, Bardillon, Beach, Soley, T. H. Johnson, A'Beckett, Wil zed 11 , ' Batter, Locke, Sir George Farrant, Captain Bag t ie, J. r ,''▪ ' ) gers, v o ti ng f or t h e amen d ment ; an d Messrs. till ' 'eh ' ve nter, Leslie, and Browne against it. the e , fr e k S ervey ors then presented their Report on pipes laid th e " s , the bank of e Counters Creek Sewer, for the relief Cle er n'est London a th nd Westminster Cemetery ; which the the e x 14.11 proposed s h ou ld b e pr i nte d and circulated among The n it tnis sioners previous to the question being discussed. 14 the t 4 "' P. B. B OUVERIE wou ld a t a p ro p er t ime explain the 63 • his rea sons f or cons id er i ng th a t, i n t hi s i nstance, *as thY itn issioners had exceeded their authority. Ihe matter consequence of the Cemetery Company having n▪ eed 0,7111 e under-ground drains to draw off the surface water, it LWiththe Loned that to communicate with pipes communicating ci Used " e strninster Canal. Now, the ground could never ku for the p urposes of b e i ng b u il t upon ; and, under those the mitnsta'lees, he should h ar dly thi n k the C our t w o u ld cu t o ff thoeient drairaee, and force the Company to build a sewer. l lght il t t the ' Commissioners were attempting to exercise t Ilk ;etch th ey never could maintain. gg,t e , Gu th ht the Company , were erong in the Court ' at all o . ug They ought to have gone to the Canal of thei a il . The C emetery Company ought not to be deprived Psre,iseancient rights of drainage. All they asked for was m t. to low er t h e p i pes ; they h ad a r i ght to it. to zt test thought th e y were qu it e r i g ht i n coming to the j _ketke, r , ask the p erm i ss i on requ i red, and not to demand it as I'retZ e nLY had no right of the . sort. The Court was bound (te d, by ue Property of building round in the neighbour ry the means of efficient drainage. -SLUE moved that the report be printed and cir co • that a special Court be holden the 16th of March, Aftr?stuer b l llr, .l ill. Loucitrie seconded the motion. T he did not see any necessity for printing the re ..e e eemetery Company should be iequired to do that 3, 5 1 other parties were compelled to do, and he could not Tkql benefit to be derived from further delay. INition was then put and agreed to. The Sere . atm t e „- es ors then reportei, on petition of Win. Higgs to 4 ivi sab i" . feet of gully drain in Fulham-road, that it was not Wert e should be granted, and suggested certain improve ,rts Which would produce the desire effect. T i t i e n report was approved of, ran, ' next business for the Court was to consider as to the see 4 of Churches in the'eastern division cf the Westminster 4. resle. wit h referen ce t o a communication from the solicitors l'arise e li g their confe• ence with the solicitors of the several w s ,tiee the subject of a proposed special case, from "'e set, • a PPea.red that n o arrangement could be come to on Mr, Het of a special case. though t ~,BtcicErr said that the Legislature had recently t,e te e v r °Per to exempt all places of worship from Poor-rates. - ,utir e „ - . 4 ght it would sive much trouble and litigation if the Norreanby were requested to introduce into *is et, ‘ie nt cl ause e xempting churches, chapels and other buildings tal e s: fr° Poor-ratesby the Act of Vin. IV. from Sewers , 4 1 e We would give notice of a motion to that effect. 1.%• teLouGlinv thoueht it would be well that before IZatly'4olvnigsetdo levy distress on this property they should be pro • Sir. William Follett had explained some of the lae ' d ul ts tie t a l of levying on ecclesiastical proper ty—( . Hear, hear) t ' it e k pre poset t i e t r h e seemed no pro s pect of . an amicable adjustment, ateTthyienogpinion of an eminent civilian should be rev s k e to:the power of the EcclesiasticaFCourts to interfere, a distress. Sbad u Le:ILIE should like to have the decree read. They e : e reed that if no distress were to be found, they would tha n a way the l an d . T hen why ask the opinion of the oeld h t4- 'w ? They had d ecree d t h ey cou ld d o i t ; t h e op i n i on Tl l , ,je They taken before signing the decree. Ca eeierk then read the portion of the decree alluded to. r ‘, llo BA GUE seconded Mr. Willoughby's motion. 'e 10:1111g1-1 'et s , os e -ns Wer to Mr. Leslie , the CLERK stated that the col yofnotrhw. warrants in the cases of the churches on resisDprlrt.sras, jet:°;tE said the question was, would they dare to put a , entr m° a church, or sell consecrated land ? They had aPPed into siening a decree that day, and now, like t. olee la gamestrs, they were going to spend more money. f (21;1* wa3 t he cry and now they were to have the opinion cli oth wan as ta whether they could put a distress into a ▪ „ T hey knew they could not is 13 eowerthouht the conduct of the Court on t7ki„uillyesetu:erinegflecotleicl little g credit on the awaredisctien of the ,:iolitiers,ouoirdonb t a. heir knowledge of the They were course which would br h in e g m_ Th i e t m wo i into th e Di ring the Caurch upon t %al ssenter3 u )011 m who would very properly h of th • • 1 r e ' ur e i res t h eir taxing meeting-houses at three-thirds, and 4 iree t at only two-thirds, their value. Unless they . had e"oP,, nolo to escape they s commencing a long huge it Wei 't:".tneough M ae a disgrace to th to Pave a e avi v s e e r d e before signing the decree. but r. A”Y ta kin ge e g e ne o s u te Ft n was not as to making the rate, an opinion as to how it was to be lev:ed. If he believed the property was legally liable to be rated, he was bound to carry the law into effect, without considering the pehcy er expediency of the law. fl ought to assess it, and if they could not levy it, they nu - 41 - it o apply to.Parli.i.ment to relieve them from their difficulties, and he thought they ought to do 'o now. It was but right that they should be informed by a civilian, whether or not they had the power of levying the assessment. He thought that it would be desir able that an application should be made to Lord Normanby on the subject. Mr. HAwxEs wished to know if the opinion were that they could not levy,' if the Court would not enforce the rate. He did not think that the rating of churches was such a novelty, for in the Regent street Act they were made expressly liable. He considered it useless to take the opinion, and should oppose the throwing away any of the public money. Mr. LESLIE said that that Act showed that churches were not liable. He had always understood that a decree was the final proceeding of the Court, and that they were bound to act upon it. _ _ A Commastosru thought it most remarkable that the very gentleman who had moved that the decree be signed to-day now moved that an opinion should be taken on the subject. They were now going in the teeth of the opinion of Sir \V. Follett. The proper and straight-forward way cf proceeding, he believed, was this, they had acted in such a manner, to run all risks and go on. As to opinions, they might get any opi nion;they liked, according as they stated the case. The CHAIRMAN complained of the opposition which had been given to the decree of the Court by its own members. In his own parish the church was assessed to the paving rate. With respect to the Houses of Parliament and the Courts of Law, it would be most unjust if they were exempted from sewers rate. He thought the only safe way was to take the opinion on the point of Ecclesiastical Law. He though}, at the same time, an application to Lord Normanby shoill be made. Mr. ATECKETY said whatever might be the opinion of the civilian, it could not affect the rating of Dissenters' chapels, and therefore he would propose an amendment to the effect of the notice which he had before given, and which would relieve the Court from the difficulty. He should be against taking the opinion of the civilian for common law, unless confirmed. The common law was imperative, except in as far as ecclesiastical censures went. Burn's Ecclesiastical Law would tell them as much on the subject as any opinion. Mr. ABBY wanted to kt.ow if they signed a warrant of dis tress and sent their men in'o a church and seized the com munion plate, what the Ecclesiastical Court could do to prevent them ? He did not believe they had any power to prevent it, and he for one would sign the warrant. Mr. WILLOUGHBY had not originally been favourable to the rating of Church property, but the majority of the Court being decided on the question, he considered it his duty to do his best to carry out the determination of the Court. They were not in fault in signing the decree before taking that opinion. He protested against the Court being made the arena for the discussion of either of political or sectarian subjects. They had rated churches and chapels at their value with Dissenters, and they had it on oath that property that was alienable was more valuable than property that was inalienable. It was the bounden duty of ever 6 to do hie best to car ry oat the decrees of the ourt, whatever might be his own opinion. Mr. LESLIE rose to object to an assertion of Mr. Wil loughby. Mr. Wit.r.ounnur rose to order. He had replied. Mr. Leslie had already spoken, and could not again be heard. The CHAIRMAN decided that Mr. Leslie should not be heard. On a division, the motion was carried by 9 to 5. Various notices of motion were given; among others, one of Mr. A'Beckett. The report of the deputation to Lord Normanby was then read, from which it appeared that his Lordship did not consider it advisable to divide the Bill, and that the Bill already pro vided for the compelling parties to drain. Hi; Lordship also expressed his willingness to enter into communication with the Commissioners. . _ Various communications were then real, and the receipt for the money in Medley and Prichard was laid on the table. The Court then adjourned to Friday next. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty bad an evening party on Monday, at Buckingham Palace. Among the company were the Earl and Countess of Listowel, Earl and Countess of Errol, Lady Ida Hay, Countess of Surrey, Lady Nary Howard, Lady Ann Anson, Earl of March, Lady Isa bella Wemyss, Viscountess Palmerston, Lady Frances Cowper, Lord and Lady Seymour, Lord Wortley, Lord Grimston, Lord Paget, Lord and Lady Mahon, Lord Leveson, Lord and Lady Robert Grosvenor, Hon. Charles Howard, Mr. George Edward and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, and Miss Gurney. Her Majesty's Private Band attended in one of the State Rooms during the evening. . Refreshments were served to the company in-the Picture Gallery. Viscount Melbourne had an audience yesterday of the Queen. Her Majesty and Prince Albert walked in the gar dens of Buckingham Palace yesterday morning. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by tho Hon. C. A. Murray and Sir Edward Bowater, honoured the Surrey Zoological Gardens with a visit yesterday. The Band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards attended during dinner, at Buckingham Palace, on Monday evening. Lord Petre and Mr. Hutt had an interview with Lord John Russell, at the Colonial-office, yesterday. The Prussian Minister transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. His Excellency also transacted buririess at the Office of the Board of Trade. Viscount Palmerston had a dinner party last evening at his residence, in Carlton Gardens. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS, Colonel and Mrs. Hunter Blair, in Albemarle-street ; E. Trafford, Esq., and family, at Marshall Thompson's Hotel, from Paris; H. S. Manley, Esq., and Mrs. Manley, at ditto, from Lichfield; Sir Oswald and Lady Mosley and family, in Fort and - pieia 'from choir seat in Staßort~sfiire. DEPARTURES. Lady and Miss Scott, from Marshall Thompson's Hotel, for Bromley, Rent; Mrs. and the Misses Hanson, from ditto, for Jennings,-Kent; Mrs. Shuckbourg and family, from ditto, for Warwickshire; Mrs. Stock, from ditto, for Bath; the Very Rev. the Dean of Exeter, and Miss Lowe, from ditto, for .Exeter • Sir Thomas Hastings, from ditto, for Ports mouth; the Earl of Stradbroke, from the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Croateth Park ; Lord Aylmer, from ditto, for Bath ; the Marquis of Granby, M.P., from ditto, for Bel voir Castle ; M. Le Comte Greffule and M. Mouisse, from ditto, for Paris ; G. S. Harcourt, Esq., M.P., and Mrs. Har court, from ditto, for Ankerwyke House ; the Rev. G. D. Hill, from ditto, for Hampshire. The Queen::Dowager has been graciously pleased to become the - patroness of ;he East Sussex Infirmary. The Duchess of Kent is expected to leave In gestre House : o'nd take possession of her new reiilence, Clarence .Be, about Easter. Workmen are engaged in making extensive alterations, which are likely to be com pleted about that period. The Turkish Ambassador visited the Panorama of St. Jean'ncre:on Monday. The wreck of the Governor Fenner was seen floating off Lambay, on the Irish coast, on Friday The venerable Earl of Leicester, we regret to bear, is suffering from indispwition, and has proc-eded, by the advice of his medical attendant, to Brighton, as a milder temperature than his Lordship's residence at Holkhim. _ . ----- Died, at Elie, Fifeshire, on the 27th ' of January, in the 90th year of her age, Mrs. Carstairs, late of Grange. This venerable lady, whose maiden name was Henderson, was a lineal desendant of the family of Alexander Henderson, Moderator of the celebrcted Ge neral Assembly, 1638, and one of the principal instru ments in effecting what has been called the Second Re formation of the Church of Scotland. She was one of a family of five ; and, what is remarkable, all of them were alive ten months ago—the youngest being in hie 81st year, and their united ages amounting to 425. Mrr. Carstairs lived universally respected, and has died full of honour as of years. There was a heavy failure announced in Liver pool yesterday, the first of any consequence that has oc curred here for some time. —Liverpool Times of Tuesday. TIIE MATILDA.—The Matilda, of this port, from the Mediterranean, is still missing. Some hopes were at one time entertained that she had been driven in a northerly direction, and would effect her voyage home in safety ; but there is too much reason to fear the worst. Ipswich Express. GRAND DEMONSTRATION AT GLASGOW.— The Anti-Corn-law Association of Glasgow have an nounced a Grand Demonstration to take place here on Easter week. Many Members of Parliament, and the leading friends of the cause in Manchester, are expected to attend on the occasion.— Glasgow Argus. IMPROVEMENTS AT NEWCASTLE.—There has been planned and built nine new streets, extending collectively to one mile and the sixth part of another ; and these cent tin three extensive markets, under one general roof, which, With the fourteen entrances from the sur rounding streets, comprise an area of upwards of two acres; they contain also a Central Exchange, since con verted into one of the most splendid news-rooms and coffee-rooms in Europe; a new theatre and new dispen sary; a music .hall, a lecture-room, incorporate company's hall, two chapels, two aucion-marts; ten inns and twelve public-houses ; four banks, forty private dwellings of the first class, and three hundred and twenty five houses with :bops ; the whole of which already realizes a rental of 18,000/. a-year, and when completed will realize, according to valuation, forty thousand, 'wxclusive of many valuable properties sold, such as the markets, the theatre, two banks, and two chapels. In one word, the new property already created by Mr. Grainger's vast conceptions, first formed in 1833, and still in progress of extension, has been valued at 995,0001., or one million sterling. —Granrille's Spas of England. ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE PROM THE FLEET PatsoN.—Sanday night Sir William Boyd, who has been confined in the Fleet Prison for debt since November last, made a second attempt to escape from that place of con finement. In both instances, however, his endeavours were (f. rtunately for the Warden) frustrated. On the first occasion, Friday last, having dressed himself in female attire, with bonnet, veil, curls, &c., he managed to pus through the outer gate. The turnkey, however, suspect lag something wrong, followed him as far as Charing cross, where, in order, it is presumed, to breathe a purer atmosphere, be raised his veil, when the turnkey, seizing the opportunity, stepped forward with, " I beg your par don"—madam, be would have said, but for his having at once recognised in the person of the would-be lady his truant prisoner, whom be instantly, in as polite a manner as possible, handed into a cab, and re-conveyed to his old quarters. Sunday night ho again made a futi:e attempt to escape in the garb cf a Jew, with false large black whisker?, a long beard and wig, and his face saturated with some ingredient which gave his countenance altogether a peculiarly Jewish cast. llt re again, however, be was foiled, and the adroitness of the turnkeys was again ap parent, as they instantly recognised him on making his appearance between the gates. 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U NIDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIti. THIS EVENING, MARCH 3, Will be repeated Ehakspere's MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. Theseus, Mr. Cooper ; Quince, Mr. Bartley ; Bottom, Mr. Harley ' • Flute, Mr. Keeley ; Snout, Mr. Meadows ; S nug , Mr. F. Matthews ; Hermia, Mrs. Nisbett ; Oberon, Madame Vests i 4 ; Titania, Mrs. W. Lacy ; Puck, Miss Marshall ; Fi rs t Fairy, :Hiss Railforth. After which the New Farce, in one act, entitled THE CAPTAIN OF THE WATCH. Ca - tain of the Watch, Mr. C. Mathews ; Baron Vander .l43ttei-, Mr. Bartley ; Adolph de Courtray, Mr. J. Vi n i ng ; Kristina, Mrs. Walter Lacy ; Katryn, Mrs. Humby. To conclude with A COMIC SCENE between Mr. CHARLES MATHEWS and Mr. KEELEY, entitled TWO IN THE MORNING. To-morrow, a New Comedy, in Five Acts, entitled London Assurance, with the New Pantomime. Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to commence at Seven o'Clock. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second (-frees, ss. ; Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price, 21.; Gallery, Is. Tickets and places for the Ileac:. to be taken of Mr. Grogan at the Box-office, from Ten till Fear, where Season Tickets may ue had upon application. Private Boat.. to be had so'.elv of Mr. And: yen, bookseller C 7. New Bond-street. TO CORRESPONDENTS, The letter of " Anglo-Saxon" will probably appear to-morrow, - or -uaxt _ We received the - letter of " investigator" respecting blisters, but would rather hot.publish any communication on the sub ject till the trial is over. VIII our Correspondent, who writes from Burton-upon-Trent, inform us what claims on the Portuguese Government he refers to. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning 31 minutes after 9 i Evening '6 minutes after 10. Just so, however, must the people of Ireland like the meddling of Mr. COLQUHOUN with the College for the religious education of their priests. Lord MORPETH, after a sensible speech, in which he dwelt with considerable effect on the policy of the Church of England, quoting the Qdarterly Review as his authority, and begged the House to allow the Tory party, which has declared that it is about to seize office to deve lope all its mischievous plans, declined to oppose the motion. The Noble Lord very properly praised the Irish for their sobriety, their chastity, and their patience under unmerited sufferings. Sir R. INGLIS defended the venerable Uni versity of Oxford from the charge of Popery on account of the Popish works published in her bosom, for which she is no more answerable, he said, than the Corporation of London for the books published in the City. From which it ap pears that the University has no power over dis cipline, and is a mere subterfuge. The evening was chiefly occupied with this theological discussion, which will not fail to make better known than at present the merits of those equal, similar, and rival Churches, the Romish and the English. One great principle was maintained by Sir R. INGLIS, namely, that a man is bound not to vote, and, of course, not to pay, a sixpence in support of a doctrine which he believes to be an error. We hope the Dissenters will act on this doc trine. No opposition was made to Mr. Copau noux'a motion, all parties being anxious to see the new Bill for putting down the Catholic faith. Mr. O'CONNELL welcomed it by a vehement and excellent speech, for pour ing forth which it was an excellent occasion. Indeed, if the bigots and the Tories had a grain of sense, they would see that all their attacks do but add to his power, and raise barriers against their own success. Some Returns were granted after this motion, and then the House adjourned. If we thought that the House of Commons could at any time effect much good, we should mourn over such a waste of time. The Tories did good, indeed, by their speeches, which con vince the world that they are more than ever unfit for office. The Ministers of this country ought to be men of godlike powers. They are required, for ex ample, to govern the empire, to watch over its Foreign relations, to make head against a power ful faction in Parliament, and to devise regula tions for the government of locomotive engines and the sailing of ships. In our judgment this is tasking any set of men, be they who they may, too much, -and the consequence necessarily must be that most of their business will be done in a slovenly manner. This remark is as applicable to the Legislature as the Ministers. It has more business in arrear than the Court of Chancery, without the least prospect, by the creation of another Legislature, of ever clearing off the arrears. A method, in deed, has of late been fallen on to help the Le-' gislature, but the numerous Commissions which have been appointed seem, like an increase of at torneys, barristers, and causes in the Court of I Chancery, only to increase the embarrassment. No one of these Commissions of Inquiry has failed, we believe, to recommend some new law, without much facilitating its enactment by pre paring public opinion. The Poor-law Commis sion, the Factory Commission, the Church Com mission, the Cifmmission to Inquire into the Health of Towns, the Railways Commission, the Hand-loom Weavers' Commission, the Steam-boats Commission, occur to us at once as examples of Commissions of Inquiry recom mending new and important enactments. In fact, each Commission may be described as a subsidiary law-devising body, bound by the very principle of its appointment to forge some new regulations to be added to that already over whelming mass which puts an end to discretion, and substitutes abstractions for the use of the fa culties of living and acting man. We admit, therefore, that we are no friends to these law-devising bodies, by which any clever ish kind of person, who can obtain the car of the Home Secretary, may gratify his crotchet for making laws, and become the parent of a splen did enactment. At the same time we cannot know that the Times censures the Ministers for not having alreadS 6 `.giAn the recommendations of the Steam-vessel Commissioners the force of law, without suggesting that the Ministers should transfer that task to more competent per sons. Though those Commissioners recom mended the establishment of " some rule of the road," and the employment of an universal system of lights by night, we doubt whether the Ministers and the Legislature are the fittest persons. for giving effect to those suggestions. What can Mr. LABOUCHERE, or the country gen tlemen who sit in Parliament, know of sailing and steam vessels ? Personally they know little or nothing, and they would have to dependon some one or two naval men. Very probably the schemes of some plausible charlatan would be y preferred, from the ignorance of the Minister and the Parliament, to the recommendations of a mo dest man of sterling 'abilities. In truth, the law, half discussed, would be the progeny of some such charlatan, and would be only some little improve ment of his ignorant suggestions. Instead, therefore, of calling on Parliament to give the forte of law to the recommendations of the Steam-boat Commissioners, we should think that the preferable method would be for some gentlemen, members of LLOYD'S, who have great interest in the safety of ships, some shipowners, some captains of merchant ships, with one Ad miral and a Captain of the Navy, to form them selves into a Committee, or be empowered, if ne cessary, to draw up regulations for the avoiding of collisions. They could soon, by their in fluence and authority, which would be willingly and cheerfully recognised; because it would be beneficially exercised, give to their recommendations universal currency. They could communicate with foreign shipowners, and they could produce a common accord amongst all shipmasters add owners ; while the enactments of a Legislature must necessarily be confined to its own subjects. What is enacted as law here is more likely to excite jealousy than obedience amongst Trench and American ship masters. Because, the regulation to be effec-, tual should be as cheerfully obeyed by foreigners as our own seamen ; we should say that a volun tary association of the parties we have mentioned, Communicating with foreign shipowners, would be a far better plan than boring the Legislature for new laws, and. abusing the Ministers, as is done by the superficial Times, because they who have more work to do than they can perform, do not frame a new Maritime Code. .....We.. _____ regard the question of the navigation of vessels with a view to avoid collision, as a matter of the craft, for which the members of the craft should provide. In truth, we should think it as recommendation wise to call on the Le g islature to make laws for interference t with them o r the cultivation of t he land,,or the manufacture of cotton cloth, as for t he na vigation of vessels. Let it t bo b u steering et rememberede erng to light at the bow or t he stern, involves no taxes on eoirth property; they altogether co ncern t h e ma nagement of ships, and shou ld be left, we are thr r persons, no in clined to think, to the shi p own ers who have a i I e left that or right, carrying a great interest in the property, to shipmasters who have an interest in. their live s , an d to the underwriters who have a g re at interest in avoid ing disasters. Circumstances, we must obser ve , s i m il ar to those which have given rise to accidents on rail ways, have led to collis ions at s ea. Steam -vessels have been amazingly m ulti p lied. Thirty years have not yet elapsed sin ce the y c ame into use, and they are now numbered by tho usan d s. They move, on the average, with a velocity three times as great as sailing- - vessels ; and the danger of collision on our narrow seas, both between steamers and between them and sailing-vessels, has augmented in the com pound ratio of this increase of numbers and in crease of velocity. On account of this change, precautions become more necessary, and pru dence and skill of higher value. On this ac count, too, shipowners should be more careful in the selection of shipmasters--and should, pro bably, by higher wages—for at present many a ship captain, entrusted with much property and many lives, is not as well paid as a gentleman's butler—bid a fair price for superior service and superior ability. On them, we think, it rests much more than on the Legislature, to meet and provide for the circumstances we have briefly alluded to. When the Times implies, very brutally, that the 122 lives lost on board the Governor Fen ner were sacrificed by Mr. LABOUCHERE'S negligence, it has not surely attended to the fact, that the collision was the consequence of the existence of two dissimilar rules, one of very long standing, and the other rule recently established by the Trinity Board. The Go vernor Fenner was on the larboard tack meet ing a ship on the starboard tack, and, in obedi ence to the rule comprised in the third para graph of the instructions we republished yester day, she put her helm up. But the Nottingham was a steam-vessel, and was bound according to the fourth paragraph to make way for the sailing vessel, and in obedience to that, put her helm to starboard, and alSo bore up. Both vessels follow ing a rule prescribed endeavoured to pass to lee ward of each other, and a collision ensued. It may be said that the captain of the Governor Fenner should have kept his wind though on the lar board tack, because the steamer was bound as a steamer to run to leeward of her; but was he bound to distinguish in a dark night a steam vessel from a sailing vessel, that steam-vessel having sails set? We opine not, and we are bound to believe, from what we have heard, that the fatal collision was mainly the consequence of the conflicting if not contradictory regulations we have pointed out. Let it be remembered, too, that the new regu lations are in some sort the result of the Com mission for Inquiry into Steam-boat Accidents; they are of the newest coinage, and the highest authority. They bear date Oct. 30, 1840, and are issued by the Trinity House, so that Mr. LABOUCHERE might honestly think that the danger of collision was guarded against by such rules. The disaster is far too terrible to be made the theme for party warfare, and we can not enough condemn the vile spirit in the Times which has founded on it a most unjust attack on as assiduous and industrious a Minister, if he be not a man of gigantic talents, as ever presided Over the Board of Trade. Some of our Tory Contemporaries exclaim bit terly against Lord MELBOURNE as a careless, pleasure-loving man, indifferent to the fate of the Monarchy, who wants energy to stem the onward march of democracy, and who, from pure idleness, is sacrificing the best interests of the State. We are not of opinion that Lord MELBOURNE has shown any peculiar readiness to yield to the democracy; on the contrary, he has shown much quiet energy in resisting it, though he has not bustled and bounced like Lord STANLEY, nor pretended, like Sir R. PEEL, that it was to be frowned down by the son of a cotton spinner, drilled through all the routine of an underling statesman. But, supposing our Con temporaries' estimation of Lord MELBOURNE be correct, we wish to afford them all the consola tion in our power. Let then; remember that M. DE TOCQUEVILLE has asserted that the progress of democracy is irresistible. Let them look into the pages of history, and see its dreaded onward march. Let them look at the nature of man, and find in that, if they can, a reason for the few being lords and the many slaves. Let them look across the Atlantic, and behold the bright and encouraging example held out to democracy in the prosperity of the United States, and they must, we think, be convinced that M. DE TOCQUEVILLE has an nounced a great truth. In fact, democracy— that is the mass of society —must be starved or trampled out of existence, or numbers will pre vail. Now, just supposing for one moment that the progress of democracy is irresistible, we beg our Tory friends to be comforted by the fact, that the • yielding Lord MELBOURNE will keep the system rubbing on much longer than the stubborn, fretting, resisting Lord STAN LEY. He and the democracy would come at once into collision, and the old State, like the Governor Fenner, rotten with age, heavy with unskilful repairs, would be sent by one crash with the vigorous and youthful de mocracy instantly to the bottom. Democracy is, in fact, the steam power of politics—the latest and grandest invention—and woe to them who know not how to manage it, and wilfully, like my Lord STANLEY, put themselves in its way. Woe also• to the State which shall submit for a time to the rule of a man or a party who despise this mighty power, and think that it is to be controlled by the hot-headedness of a few youthful, and the imbecility of a few grey headed statesmen ! The Herald and Post, we see, exult at what they describe as a failure of the Anti-Corn-law League, a report of whose meeting on Monday appears in The Sun. Suppose that all which the Tory journals imagine to be strictly true, that no Tories influenced or packed any part of the meeting suppose that the Chartists were resolute in resisting the repeal of the Corn-laws; suppose that they bitterly reproached, as the Herald says, the masters with desiring to have the Corn-laws repealed for the purpose only of lowering wages, we are at a loss to know what consolation Conservatives can find in the exist ence of such an avowed and terrible animosity between the different classes of society. The Chartists, however much opposed to .the middle classes, are still more in conflict with the aris tocracy, and the Charter which they demand, though it should give power to the middle classes, will be the legal extinction of the aris tocracy. If we see much in the conduct of the people at that meeting to regret, we see nothing that ought to give either pleasure or confidence to our opponents. The meeting was unanimous in con demning the Corn-laws; the difference was as to the mode of getting them repealed. The Anti- Corn-law League proposed to rely on the present Legislature, and endeavour to influence it to do justice; the Chartists derided that idea, and demanded the destruction of the Legislature. as the best and only means to R bt a i n th e re p ea l 40 6e Corn-laws. Against the m o d era ti on o f f League they carried their tack to the Report, and the meeting at which the Tories exult, re solved both that the Corn-laws ought to be re pealed and the present Constitution abolished. We envy not their exultation. It is remarked by one of our Tory Contempo raries that Mr. VILLIERS was more favourably heard than any other Anti-Corn-law speaker. In fact, he was the only person on that side who was listened to with patience. But Mr. VILLIERS is known chiefly to the public by his hostility to the Corn-laws; and the attention paid to him is a convincing proof that the meeting was favour able to his views. They expressed their dislike for masters, they probably regarded some of the other speakers as having some sinister object in view, but they recognised the uprightness and in dependence of Mr. VILLIERS. Though they re fused to hear some individuals, they one and all expressed hostility to the Corn-laws. The meeting should be'a lesson to the middle classes. The latter never stepped forward to in terfere in favour of the Chartists when unjustly, though legally, imprisoned. On the contrary, the Chartists were in a great measure persecuted by the instrumentality of the middle classes, and ;hpir Journals in the manufacturing districts were the bitterest enemies of the erring people. Hence it is that the hostility between the middle and lower classes has increased, and hence it is that the latter will not allow the former to hold apub lic meeting, even for the attainment of an object of which the Chartists approve. Probably the fear of giving a triumph to the Chartists is the reason why the City of London hold no meeting to consider of the Import Duties. What Mr. MARSHALL dreads has already come to pass. The aristocracy and the middle classes have stood aloof from the democracy. They have treated it as their enemy, and they have made it their enemy. Whatever power some persons may attribute to Government, we cannot ascribe to it i sufficient means to hold classes together long n political union which are socially at variance. We yesterday inserted in the columns of The "Sun an ably-reasoned, convincing answer to the statements -of the Treasury manifesto• on the Danish Claims, which must have satisfied all who read it of the great injustice done the claimants in delaying to comply with their righteous de mands. That the Treasury manifesto should have closed with a threat that the decisions of the House of Commons in favour of the claimants "may place in an attitude of mutual opposition the House of Commons and the servants of the Crown" certainly startled and astonished us. What! has the Government forgotten that in every minute of the Lords of the Treasury relative to these claims it is left to " the House to decide whether any or all of such classes of claimants will be admitted ?" And has it forgotten likewise that so lately as the years 1838 and 1839, and again in 1841; the House did decide in favour of this very class of claimants? Will the" Treasury then, after re ferring the whole question to the decision of the House of Commons, now dare to call in question its right of jurisdiction ? Will it presume to set itself up in opposition to the decision of that House ? Let the Government beware of dis gusting by its coalition with the Tories upon this question the most conscientious of its Liberal supporters. We tell Ministers frankly that they cannot afford to be dishonest. With such majo rities as the old Boroughmongering Parlia ment placed at the disposal of a Minister, the Government could do as it pleased. It could cheat, and _ did cheat the nation with the most perfect impunity. But with a purer representation of the people necessarily must come a more honest circumspection on the part of the Ministry. If the Government, therefore, be so ill-ad Vised as to oppose the claims on the strength of the support which, whenever evil is to be done, they are sure to derive from the Tories, we candidly tell Ministers that they will not fail to disgust some of their staunchest friends. But we cannot credit the reports in circulation upon this affair. Neither Whigs nor Tories can be so utterly indifferent to the character of the House of Connnons as to make a mockery of its votes in the way said to be contemplated by the present CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. We have received the whole of the French Journals of Sunday. The Secret Service Bill, or rather the Vote-of-Confidence-in-the-Cabinet- Bill, passed the Chamber of Deputies on Satur day by a triumphant majority of 93 votes !—the numbers being for the Bill ..‘2,35, and 145 against it. The political death knell of M TIMERS is thus rung in France. The bell-ringer was M. JOUFFROY. The professor has extinguished the historian. We do not forget that M. DUFAURE, who voted for the Bill, delivered a powerful speech in favour of thearmaments and the policy of isolation. We are moreover aware that M. DUFAURE'S speech was loudly and enthusiasti cally cheered by the . majority of the Cham ber. But it was a momentary spirit of na tional enthusiasm. M. DUFAURE had touched a chord which never ceases to vibrate in a French bosom. But it does not follow that those who cheered a speech representing France isolated as the mighty mistress of the destinies of the world—unassailably by land, unconquerably by sea—bestriding the world like the mighty angel whom the Evangelist saw standing with his right foot upon the sea and his left upon the land—it does not follow, we emphatically repeat, that those Deputies would support such a policy. On the contrary, is not M. TmEns's exclusion from office proof sufficient that the policy of iso lation is not the policy of the majority of the Chambers. Of this there can be no doubt, in asmuch as all M. TRIERS asks for his support of the Cabinet is that France shall continue iso lated. This he distinctly stated in the Chamber of Deputies on Friday last, and the refusal of M. GUIZOT to accept his co-operation upon such a simple condition, is in itself an indirect pledge to Europe of the pacific intentions of the French Ministry. This is evidently the conviction of the Journal des Debats, in which we find the fol lowing pertinent remarks upon the division in the Chamber of Deputies : What is its signification ? In a few words it is this. The Chamber rejects and condemns the policy of the Ist of March. Some differences on secondary points may exist amongst the various shades cf opinion composing the majority, but on the present question; the majority is unanimous and decided. Proper name* always render questions more explicit. The majority does not mean to try the experiment a thi:d time of M. Thiers and his policy. Hence we have no hesitation in saying that was the question to be resolved. Why did M. Thiers, to the great surprise of his friends, and even of the Left, become so moderate all of a sudden? Why did he endeavour to lessen the &stance which separates him from the present Ministry by representing- himself as the innocent victim, the martyr of the infatuation which France allowed herself to entertain for the Pacha of Egypt? How is it that in his mouth the Eastern question, which has agitated Europe for the last eight months, has ,been. suddenly reduced to the pro portions of a national prejudice which M. Thiers' lias respected without being the dupe thereof, which he respected so far as to to arm n'ne hundred thousand men, and even to threaten the world with a general conflagration ? Three months a g o, in a debate on the Address, M. Thiers was not so humble. He boldly opposed his warlike policy to the pacific one of the Ministry. But the Paris Fortification Bill had not been voted. It is the vote on that Bill which has propped up M. Thieis's hopes. All his tactics from that moment have been to cut off that majority, and to set one fraction at log g erheads with the other. In the Secret Service Money Bill Ai'.Thiers expected to have the auxiliary assistance of M. Passy and M. Dufaure, as he had the Ministryitself, in the Fortification Bill. This is the calculation which the debate and vote of Saturday have completely dispelled. To whom is that result due ? lt . is due especially, and we persist in saying so, to M. Jouffroy. What would have happened if M. Jouffroy had made an insignificant Report? There would have been no debate. The Chamber, the Ministry, and the country would have re mained in the obscurity of the vote on the fortifications. M. Thiers, through his Journals, would have continued to under mine the majority. We have not obtained all that we wished for, we candidly confess it. We have got the principal—a vote, which, in the present day, clearly separates the Opposition from the majority. M. DUFAURE stated that the external condi tion of France could not remain what it is, but that to change it with honour and dignity it would be necessary to increase the army, aug ment the fleet, and improve the finances of the country. The improvement of the finances of a country is hardly compatible with an enor mous increase in the national expenditure. But we are more sanguine than M. DUFAURE. We are confident that the Great Powers of Europe will readily afford France an honourable and dignified opportunity of joining their councils, without exacting front her the display of a single ship or soldier, beyond what she already possesses. Those sacrifices which M. DUFAURE requires to uphold the dignity of France are not required, and being unnecessary we can hardly persuade ourselves that the Government will be at the trouble and expense of making them. M. THIERS'S organs mayrave on about the conditions upon which the Ministerial majority can be kept together. The vote of the Chamber has inflicted a death-blow upon the war faction. Marshal Victor, Duke de Bellune, is on the point of death. From official returns in the Moniteur, it appears that in the French Colonies the Governors have emancipated, by ordon nance, the following number of slaves in 1840: Martinique Guadaloupe French Guiana Bourbon Total -782 The price of bread in Paris is fixed for this month at twelve sous ( sixpence per 41b. loaf) for the best quality ; but as the bakers in the French capital set the authorities at complete de fiance, by giving false weight, the real price is about 25 per cent. more. The system is this, the bakers who sell adulte rated bread give good weight, and those who sell good bread give false weight. All that we have said on the authority of letters from Ma drid of the ambitious designs of Espartero is confirmed; by a passage in a letter addressed to the Memorial des Pyrenees. " Espartero is surrounding himself with troops, and calls to Madrid all those resolute men who may assist him in case of a crisis. Diego Leon has been sent for, as well as other well known Generals, and Zurbano, that daring partisan chief, who is devoted to the Duke, likewise arrived a few days ago. All this gives reason to believe that an 18th of Brumaire is not far off. A review of the troops will take place, and the new Pre terian bands will proclaim the dictator. The bayonet will do the rest." We announce, with great sorrow to our friends, that the health of the Marshal Duke of Bellurio, who has been suffering severely for some months, is now in a very alarming state. The illustrious Marshal could not fail to close his glorious ca reer by a manifestation of his Christian sentiment. The Abbe de Breze, in.compliance with the request of the patient and his family, hastened to administer to him yesterday and this morn ing the consolation of religion.—La Gazette de France. PA als, FEB. 28.—The Moniteur of this morning has no official part. The National of this morning says that M r. Delaroche is considerably better. He will doubtless have t s o s suffer for a considerable time from the effects of thFsevehreo ne• with which he has been attacked. The physicians? wever, think that a salutary crisis has r elieved him from immediate danger. —Le Constitutionnel. 0000 00000 52 Rothschild's Loan, 5 Per Ccn e t r - Cent.. r Cent ..... 89 Actual Debt , DleAbtN, 214UplerDCS;St.j.U....l.g. ll ' "B. 27.1ispii Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 p pe • 00000 69% C per nt eent.. .... .... ....... 1 988 02 64 Cent ........... 8% Sus Loana ati l ik e o t n o o y a f f o i is f C s e l ? g t V oir n u : :II: 3 2 . : e c r.; Exchange on Londom (shoit) —Brussels Papers, Feb. 27. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Vienrca, FEB, 19 Fi v e per C a sts. Metalliques • 10554 roar per Cents. .......... . Three per Cents. ..... Bank Shares .......................... 1 •(3.32 —4agemeine zettung, Feb. 24 ' THE BISHOP BRIDGE MURDER. —We are happy to say that, through the perseveri ng t h ough unseen exertions of the authoriti es of the Sh er i ff ' s department in this city, Patrick Redding or Aitken, a person deeply implicated in the murder of John Green, the gauger, on tie Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, has been taken int) custody, and was safely lodged, on Saturday night, in the prison of Glasgow. He wa s se i zed in England. —Glasgow Herald. M ORN ING EDITION. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NE WS. ' CITY, TUESDAY EVRNINQ. There was a film market to-day for the pUblic securities, but the business done was not extensive. The advance in prices was equal to about 3-16 per cent. For immediate transfer Consols we:e marked 88 to 831, closing at to and for the Account 89 to f . Bank Stock was ad vanced again I per cent., namely, 167 to 1684 and India Stock was firm at 247 to 248 ; the New Three-and-a- Half per Conte. realised 97k to 97i ;_ and the Three Cent , . at 88-k to 861 ; Exchequer Bills tuuchei 9 and 12 premium, and India. Bonds 15 to 10 discount. The transactions in the Foreign Market were exc,.red ingly utAimpor ant, and there was not the sligh eat move• meat in prices. Spanish Active Bondi were heaiy 24•; Portuguese New Five per Cent,. at 31i; Mexican at 28 ; Colombian at 23k, and Brazi isn at 72 ; French Three per Cents. Reutcs were at 76f. 50c., and Dutch Two-and-z- Half per Cents. at 501. The Share Market was tolerably active, and the quota tions were without much alteratier. Great Western Rail way were 22} to 23; the New 101, the Fifths 51 ; the London and Birmingham Thirds 25, and the South- Western 17i prem. Brighton were 7, Blackwali 6, South Eastern 15,e t , North Midland 30, Midland Counties 22, and Manchester and BirMingham 15f discount. Colonial Bank Shares were 10/1 prem. In the Foreign Exchanges there was rather less firm ness perceptible, but the rates were not materially different from those of last post day. On Paris bills were nego tiated at 25f. 60c. to 62fe. ; on Amsterdam at 12 31; on Anteerp at 12 2f to -; on Ilamburgb e t 13 7i to ; on Frankfurt at 149 f ; and on Trieste at 10 1 to 10 2. (From The Sun of Last Night.) LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MONDAY. —The Cotton mat ket to•day has been animated, and a good inquiry has been made for American and other description.. The sales amount to 7,000 bales, 1,500 of which have been taken on speculation. American descriptions realize 6d. to Bd.• but in Egyptian s , Surats, and other kinds there is but little variation in prices since Friday last. • LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, MARCH I.—A very limited business has been done in the Share market to-day, the trans actions reported at the Stock Exchange are as follow ; —Edin burgh and Glasgow, 29 ; Great Western, New Shares, 59 3 4 ; London and South Western 5/. Shares, 175.6 d. • North Union, 81 1 / 2 . In Bank Stock we notice the sale of shares in the Li verpool Union at 11A. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH I.—Manchester and Leeds, 76; North Midland, 64 ; Stafford and Rugby, 3 ; London and Birmingham, 170 to 172 • Ditto, New, 32/. Shares, 2.04 to 21 prem. ; Midland dounties, 79 to SO ; Eastern Counties, 84- to 81; Manchester and Birmingham, 24 to 25; Bank of Manchester, 9to 9i t ex div. ; Manchester Assurance, 9h. A letter from St. Croix, dated 30th December, states as fol lows I beheld this morning, in company with several gin. tlemen, one of the most horrible sights my eyes ever encoun tered. An English be ig• of-war, which cruises in the vicinity of Porto Ilico, while running from St. Thomas to this island, ob se:ved at a considerable distance a small dirty-looking craft, which would not have been suspected as a slaver, but from a number of men seen on deck. After a short space the brig came up to her, and from her appearance the Com mander of the brig was satisfied. She was no slaver,buthe con cluded, after having taken the trouble of giving her a chase, they might as well search her. On opening the hatches they fousid the hole crammed with negroes, from eight to twelve years old, stark naked, with their heads shaved. The crew of the slaver was immediately taken on board the brig, and the slaver manned and brought into port. Several of the little sufferers were very ill, and one died last night. Accounts from Mexico, of Dec. 14,state, that since our last July revolution, business has been in a most deplorable state. Instead of purging the body politic it seems to have had the effect of consolidating the abuses and corruptions of men in office. The excessive Customs'-house duty, 15 per cent., is not only continued, but even a backwardness is shown to return the money unjustly levied during the six months allowed by law. The foreign Ministers are enormous in their demand; the Treasury are in too low a condition to cash up. We have an overwhelmirg circulation of copper raging, from six to eight millions of dollars issued at 'about one-third of its value, which is operating to the preju - dice of the trading community ; at present it is at a discount of 7 per cent. The British Market opened this morning at the leaving off prices of yesterday, 891 for the Account ; Money, 881 ; with scarce any thing doing to the present time. Exchequer Bi11r,:8 10 prem. ; Bank Stock, 167 168 ; India Stock, 247 248. In the- Foreign Market Spanish Active, 24A ; Deferred, 121 4 ; Portuguese, 311 4; Three per Cents., 191 • ' Bra zilian, 711 721 ; Colombian, 231 ; Mexi can , 281 f Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 501 ; Five per Cents. 991 100. Shares.—Great Western, 22 24 pre.n. ; Ditto, New, 10 11 prem. ; London and Brighton, 7 61 Blackwall, 61 5 ; -1 dis. ; Birmingham, 79 81 prem. ; Southampton, 55 56 per share ; Croydon, 11.1 121 per share ; Greenwich, 81 per share ; Manchester and Birmingham, 16 15 dis. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Cheltenham and Great Western. 621 27/...... to Great Western Ditto New London and Blackwall North Midland South Eastern and Dover Since the earlier part of the morning the British Funds have improwd. Consols, which were 8$ a fur money, ad vaneed to BS-* 7 ; for the Account 89h *, at present may ho quoted 89* ; Exchequer Bills also improved 10 9 12 prem. ; Bank Stock 167 168; India Stock, 247 248; India Bonds 15 10 dis. In the Foreign Market very little doing ; Spanish Active, 24k ; in Portuguese nothing done ; Brazilian, 72 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 50%; Five per Cents., no thing effected. In the other foregn prices same as l e ft ff. In the Share Market some business has been done. Chel tenham and Great Western, 2.71 1 ; Great Western, 871 , -, ; New, 601- ex. die.: London and Blackwall, 16 1 , 4 ; North .Midland, 70 ; South Eastern and Dover, 174. We still re main without arrivals. AIESSR , . MONTEFIORE, BROTHERS.—A very numerous meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Montefiore. Brothers, was held this morning at the George and Vulture Tavern, at which a s:atement of their affairs was exhibited, showing assets to the amount of 125,000/. to meet all outstanding engagements. Their debts amount to 94,000/. A Committee was appointed to report to a general meeting of creditors, to be held en Friday, the 12th inst., the best method of winding up the receiptconcern, and a o f very large confident" i etnitexpectationremittances from the Australian expressed housess to the in the course of a few c m .L. o .o nt s :s 6l . NB7 India PRICES.stoek ............ ..248 BRITISH FUNDS. Bank stock 3 per Cent. Red B9l Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent Cons ...... .. 881 Ditto Old Annuities 3i per Cent Red. ..... .. 981 Ditto New Annuities... New 3} per Cent .. ... 97i Ex. Bills, 1,000/....21d 12 pm New 5 per Cent , Ditto 500/ l2 pm Loa} Annuities to expire Ditto Small lO inn Jan. 1860 (let 1859 ... ...... India Stock for Acct ... Jan. 1860 ... ...... Consols for Acct B9l FOREIGN FUNDS. A ustrian, 5 per cent.. Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent — Ditto, New Ditto..... _ Brazilian Bonds .. .. 72 Prussian, 5 per cent.... _ BuenosAyres, 6 percent Russian, 5 per cent. . _ Chilian 6 per cent Colombian, 6 per cent ... 221 Spanish, 5 per cent 244 Ditto 1824 Greek,lB2s, spercent. Exchange f. — e . Mexican, 5 per cent.... 28 French,3 per cent 761. 50z. Di to, 6 per cent, 1625 Dutch, 2-, per cent Peruvian,lB2s,6 per et. Ditto,s per cent..... , SHARES. Cheltenham and Great Western (62k paid) 271 Great Western Railway (65 paid) BB Ditto New Shares (50 paid) Ditto Fifths ( 4 paid) 94 London and Brighton (50 paid) London and Blackwall'Railv‘ ay (22i pd) l 6} London and Birmingham Railway (90 pd) - Ditto Thirds ( . 32 paid) .. PHAarnarati'vsb:u3rrPgdhas.; ....:IL, , -,4 pat.., London and South Western 561 Manchester and Birmingham (40 paid)... 241 Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) Ditto Quarter Shares (10 paid) . 14i North Midland Railway (100 paid) 7O South East:•rn and Dover (33 paid )... 17* COURSE OF EXCHANGE—(YESTERDAVO Amsterdam C F. 12 6 !Gibraltar.. Ditto, at sight 5 . i . 5 .. h 1:1. B 1 3 25 5 1 5 0 1 i l A V r i al e il n iL e i la rm ee • • 12 3 'Leghorn. Rotterdam 13 Ili Naples . 0 . : 2 U. 12 Gi Genoa per oz 3l Altona : 11 3 i a i l n s 40 Jl9 Ditto, 3 months p ßo Frean u te r rsk de fbo a ur u tr x : . bn . Marseilles 25 80 Oporto Buenos Janeironiao.s. Bahia... Ayres 27 52i 23 Berlin... Vienna, effee. 1 3 M lO 3 Philadelphia Trieste, ditto. Madrid 35A Portugal Gold Coin. E. 3 17 6 Cadiz 3si Foreign Gold, bars.. 317 9 Bilboa Barcelona 35 New Dollars ............ 00 0 Seville 35 'Silver in 1:1 . in ar5 • ......... 0 0 ____----- e . : . :. ......125525307 :855 Lisbon ..• • . ........ ••• 52 • . u / -LT r 0).\":24 a 2,2 0 „ - 140. M DI! I, IN PROGRESS, rll te, - RAILWAY SUN. With a MAP of all the RAILWAYS in the United Kingdom containing all the STA TIONS on each Railway, and a great variety of Information and other particulars connected with Railways. THE CORONATION SUN, PRINTED IN LETTERS OF GOLD, WITH A BEAUTIFUL PORTRAIT OF EIER MAJESTY THE QUEEN, Can be sent by post free to all parts of the Em pire. Price SIXPENCE. Sun Office, 112, Strand, London. THE NEW NOVEL Just ready, in 3 vols. post Bvo., H E ENGAGEMENT. A A OVEL. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. mazing attraction.—Third appearance these Two Years of Mr. T. P. Cooke—Re-engagement of Mr. Collins. Two New Dramas and 4‘ Paul Clifford," which has been attract ing crowded houses. THIS EVENING, MARCH 3. Will be acted an entirely New Drama, entitled THE KING OF SPAIN AND HIS BARBER. After which a Nautical Drama in Four Parts, called POOR JACK ; OR THE WIFE OF A SAILOR. i t In which Mr. J • 'Cooke, and the entire strength of the mpany, will perform. To cot de with the Operatic Drama of PAUL CLIFFORD. Paul Clifford (with all the Original Songs), Mr. Collins. (The- '0511,11. LONDON WEDNRSDAY, MARCH 3, 1841. In the House of Peers last night, the Marquis of SALISBURY was informed by the Marquis of NORMANBY that it WAS the intention of the Go vernment to lay a Report on the table of the House of Commons relative to the Turnpike Acts, and on the reception given to it would de pend the measures to be proposed to Parliament on the subject. The Earl of DALHOUSIE asked whether the Earl of ABERDEEN intended to bring forward this Session any measure similar to the one he had introduced last Session, in reference to the Scotch Church. The Earl of ABERDEEN replied that the same, and even still stronger reasons than those which induced him not to press the measure last Ses sion, still existed, and would prevent him from introducing any such Bill this year. The Noble Lord did suppose, and did reproach Lord MELBOURNE for not taking the matter in hand, that it was an easy thing to settle all the differences of the Scotch Church by an Act of Parliament. He now found himself mistaken, and ought to admire the sagacity of Lord MEL BOURNE. On the motion of the Earl of AIL)h‘O a clerical error was corrected in the vote of thanks to the Syrian expedition. The name of Sir CHARLES FREDERICK SMITH had been inserted in the room of that of Sir CHARLES FELIX SMITH. Their Lordship's adjourned till Thursday. In the Commons, after the presentation of pe titions,,Mr. EASTIMPE gave notice of a Bill for The AbOlition of Chtrch-rates on March 10. The Parish Constables' Bill was postponed till the 9th instant, and the Medical Reform Bill from this day till next Wednesday. COL WHITE received leave of absence till after Easter. We see other symptoms of a complete truce between the parties till that period. Mr. WALLACE moved for a Committee to in quire into the ministerial duties of the Sheriffs Principal of the counties of Scotland, &c., with a view to improve the Local Courts of Scotland. The LORD ADVOCATE opposed the motion, in which he was backed by Sir R. PEEL and the Tories. Mr. GILLON, Mr. HUME, and other Liberal Members supported it. On a division the mo tion was rejected by 86 to 37. Mr. CoLiiinioins moved for leave to bring in a Bill to alter and amend the Acts of the Irish Parliament relating to Maynooth, in order to remove the sanction which the Government, by those Acts, gave to the College, .without re moving which they could not withhold the an nual Parliamentary grant to the College. Re entered at length into the statutes founding the College, which he described as a subject of alarm and dissatisfaction to the people of this country. The lion. Gentleman also entered into the ques tion of the religion taught at the College, and pointed out that those who accepted the POPE'S Bulls were opposed to the laws. If Mr. CoL cwHouN were an angel instead of an ordinary man, he ought not, for the sake of Ireland and his own party, to meddle with such a topic. How would the people of England like that Mr. O'CoNNELL should move for leave to bring in a Bill to suppress the University of Oxford, and appropriate its revenue to manning the fleet ? THE IVCiTHER. ROYAL GALLERY OF sr STREET. Noon, MARCH 2. Birometer 29'71 In. 45 -Deg , Thermome t e r ......... Highest .................... 45'5 4). L o west Nand N. N. --Frevzing Poiat 32 D AIDE_ ALGIERS —The Semaphore do Marseille of 22d t a t , states, that t h e population of Algiers : h is 7 c ~ on t he 31st of Jan uary l ast, of 30,000 individral a r, '5e867407E6E0ug:0 copffieetcantelis:ri,vi English, 1 412 ItalTanBs, and Fr e French, 3 042 women, and Z. 7 (so th‘ae‘ c A e o w n rre d spon r d o e f n t tohfethoS Brit is h t ra a p a hr a r my, 6 0 1 , 6 e 2 r 0:1 a 7 n s o fti)o e l %l , . n s‘sl: o il t : a S9c : l e .YW C (A r e : a a uem i b n Yeenb w ; 'o h 'd e } t c h e-) add s whether r d h e had gristly his curiosity or to acco au m 3n p sd l ie i a po P or ß p E e S r E so N n T „ T es O iding n srht o aa u k r ema ci iss t h y ii ; osn b j. o u ,, t ur l n c e o y u t l o d THE QUEEN.—_A fortnight since, request th at w ß use of the inf int Princess a very handsomely carved - ' i c n ss Mount-qtreet Bangor, forwarded Palace, with athe the 'spoon, o oi o ty d aw e l n.O would pdoo be o n t o Fridayß u acceptedl c a k s t i n fso g hr b e am re. ceived a communication from Sir H. Niiheatley, stating the sender a t u h cl e I llr um t 'hat her Majesty had been graciously pleased to receive Ile Brighton and London Railway is making of f e 5 hid been commanded to present to great prcg.ess, and there is little do ubt but it will be opened through the whole extent by August, if not July. crutch i: e a w : siep d Al lec a ine s Kda t i ' ri c s d k . i : bt The Mrrstham tunnel was finished last week; the last steno of the Balcombc tunnel has Leen laid, and the one at Clayton, which is a mile and a quarter in length, will be finished in June at the farthest. We hear that Mr. Charles Young is so far from Li; late accident as to he abl e to return to reco;e cd town and move about in his room with the assistance of a .t l a t l i ke c d on o s f eq t r ‘ nce o ladies fulness of bads at tee patronesses r than usual, contemplate commencing their series co town, arf tlAhice ) ix. -