The Sun. — London, England, 1849-03-26 00:00:00

trb baton SUN OFFICE, Seven 0' Clock, TATTERSALL'STHIS EVENING Six o'CLocs NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 9 to 1 agst Fernhill METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 9 to 1 agst Lugar 10 to 1 agat Dacia—taken 15 to 1 agat Peep o' Day Boy TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 5 to 2 agst Honeycomb 7.t0 2 agst Nunnykirk DERBY. 3 to 1 agst Flying Dutchman 13 to 2 agst Tadmor 8 to 1 agst Nunnykirk 20 to 1 agst Osterley 40 to 1 agst Escalade 40 to 1 agst Chatterer —taken 50 to 1 agst Westow—taken SPORTING. " I'll look into the seeds of time, And say which grain will grow, and which will not SHAHESPERE, " I'll issue notes, Which may on Fortune's 'change be bartered For much money." WALLYNGE. Note I. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The racing campaign of 1849 commenced at Warwick on Tuesday last, with the unexpected victory of Sir Launcelot for the Trial Stakes; the winner of this race generally has the honour of being an unobserved outsider, but strange to say, although in but little re pute in the ring on the day of the race, he was backed the night before in town at the sporting houses at as little as two to one; his very clever defeat of First Chance, and Docility, the former by half, and the latter by a whole length, stamps him as a superior handicap horse, but without a chance for the Derby struggle. " Bob's" crack coal black filly Quiver made a wretched example of the field for the Great Warwickshire Handi cap, winning with the most perfect ease by a couple of lengths, which might have been made half a dozen. The Northampton Meeting begins at two o'clock to morrow with the Trial Stakes, for which the following will run :—Czarina , Grief, Ambassadress, First Chance, Collingwood, and perhaps Didsbury, and the Lanercost colt ; I think Collingwoo 1 and First Chance look as well as any on paper ; but should Czarina come to the post quite fresh, the race will be in her favour. For the Produce Stakes of 50 sous. each there will be but four at the post, including Glance, Nina, and the Nob filly; this race cannot be in doubt, the first two named'will be first and second. The Great Northamptonshire Stakes have the follow ing on the starting list:—The Tartar, New Forest Deer, Gwalior, Giselle, Roscius, Lethargy, *Egret, •Prince Charley, Valentinia, Fernhill, Sampson, Watchdog, *Minto, Westow, *Velox, Loup-garou, *Flycatcher filly, Goodwood, Vasa, Skudar, Miss Bunney, and Idle Boy. Several of the above may not show, but the start ing number, I presume, will be about eighteen; the most dubious I have as usual asterisked. The race, I think, is all but over. To Westow, Goodwood, and the Tai tar, is my award, with Fernhill well up. If required to place them should do so thus : The Tartar ... ... (A. Day) 1 Goodwood (Treen) 2 Westow (Batham) 3 Her Majesty's Plate, to the Hero or Quiver. The Open Stakes to Pity the Blind. On Wednesday, the Althorpe Park Stakes to Cadger, or Lord Clifden's startrr, which will probably be Le Beau. The Northamptonshire Cup Stakes to Quiver, with a start. The 10 wove. Stakes to Miss Burns or Lord Clifden's filly, the former, with Alfred Day, up for choice. The Selling, with a I. and/cap Stakes, bring the meet ing to a close. I shall next and every succeeding Monday, issue, for your readers' benefit, a note " Which may on Fortune's 'change be bartered For much money." Next week I will attempt the tremendous task of pointing out the winners of the principal stakes of the present year. _ _ I am, Sir, your obedient servant, THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF Monday. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The Loa)) CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool sack at Five o'clock. Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition, numerously signed, from Devonport, praying for the release of the Rev. Mr. Shore, and tor such an alteration in the law as would prevent the imprisonment of clergymen for preaching the Gospel. - The Earl of WICKLOW presented several petitions from unions in Ireland against the rate in aid. Lord MONTEAGLE presented several petitions with a similar prayer. DISTRAINING FOR RATES BILL Lord CAMPBELL moved the third reading of the Distraining for Rates Bill. lie proposed to add a clause limiting the period for which persons could be im prisoned for non-paymeat of church-rate to two months. After a few words from the Marquis of SALISBURY and the Earl,of MALMESI3WRY, the clause was agreed to, and the Bill was noel a third time. NOVA SCOTIA. Lord STANLEY presented a petition from Nova Scotia, complaining of the case of Mr. Fairbanks, and of the manner in which the administration of the province of Nova Scotia was conducted. The petitioners were firmly attached to the maintenance of the connexion be tween the colony and the mother country, and com plained of a dispatch received from Earl Grey, announcing his intention to give the consent of the Government to a measure proposed by the Colonial Legislature, as a violation of a pledge given by his predecessor in the office of Colonial Secretary. It appeared that a vacancy had occurred durirg the time that he (Lord Stanley) was Colonial Secretary—a vacancy had occurred in the office of Co lonial Treasurer, and, in accordance with a re commendation from Lord Falkland, the office of treasurer had been given to a gentleman not connected with the Legislature, on condition that no person holding that office should thereafter have a seat in, or be a candidate for a seat in the Colonial Le gislature. Ile would take that opportunity of cor recting a popular misapprehension, that the Colo nial-office was a vast preserve of patronage With the exception of governors and a few other officers, the whole of the colonial appointments were bestowed on colonists. With the exception of the governor, in all the North American colonie s all offices were by solemn compact conferred on colonists —(Hear, hear, from Earl Grey.) In consequence of ,his communication with Lord Falk land, Mr. Fairbanks was appointed, on the under etandieg that he should not be either a member or a candidate for a seat it. the Legislature, and that the ap pointment should be held totally independent of political fluctuations, and that no political change should lead to his removal. On that understanding Mr. Fairbanks, a member of the legal profession, resigned his seat in the Legislature, and gave up his pro fession in order to accept the appointment. This dispatch was received by his (Lord Stanley's) successor, Mr. Gladstone, who confirmed this arrange ment. So far as words and pledges could give a se curity, Mr. Fairbanks had therefore a security for the permanence of his office. The Executive Council had, since 1839, in Canada, become more a political Government than formerly, in order to secure what was called a responsible Government, but what he called a party Government. This had been done in Canada by law, but not in the other colonies. Up to the time of this appointment there had been, therefore, no party Government in Nova Scotia. Various ad vanct s had been made to the liberal party in Nova Scotia, which they had always repudiated, contending that they would have the whole control of the Government, or none. When Earl Grey succeeded to office he urged upon the Governor the necessity of impressing upon the Local Government of Nova Scotia the necessity of abstaining from being actuated by party motives in removing persons from, or appointing persons to, office in the colony, al though he wished to give responsible government to the colony. In 1847 a geperal election took place, and in January, 1848, the assembly met. An amendment to the address declaring a want of confidence was carried, and the Ministers resigned, and a new Administration was appointed, which introduced a Bill altering the character of the office of Treasurer, appoint ing two officers instead of one, and displacing Mr. Fairbanks without afferdirg him compensation for the loss of his office. The Lieutenant-Governor, while bearing testimony to the merit of Mr. Fairbanks, re commended that the proposed Bill should be sanctioned by the Government at home. To his honour and his credit the Noble Earl opposite expressed his dissent from their views, and argued the question in a convincing manner declaring the reasons urged in support of the removal of Mr. Fairbanks to be most unsatisfactory, adding, that that Gentleman had a strong claim to be continued as Treasurer.—(Hear, hear.) The Governor of the Colony appeared threughout to have acted as a partisan of the Legislature, instead of that of a mode rator Sir John the parties, and it was most unfo r t una t e for John Harvey, who was, he believed, a most honou.rable man, th at t h e Ci v il Li st Bill s h ou ld at the time be under eors;aer .4tion of the Colonial- Legislat ure b wtich it was to be determined whether the salary of Lieutenant-Governory..r should be 2,5001., 3,00 , 0/., or 3,500/. a The Noble Earl again - urged them not to remove Mr. Feirbanl-s without granting to him en adequate eorrpensalion. So far he with the Nt,ble Earl ; b at h e thought thati whei(tlllt. entirelyrdshiPs would be surprised to find that the Nohle Ear . lll ° .td after this declared that if the Legislature sh ou ld , by an Ad drese to :ha Crown, ze quest th :t t h e Bill should pass as it stood, he should selvise the Crown not to dissent from it. Mr. Fairbaelts had accepted the office on the under standing that he should not be removed for poli tical causes; he had performed his duties faith fully, and it was proposed to remove hi m without compensation, and the Noble Earl considered that the faith of the Crown was not pledged to him, an d had • said th at w i thout aga i n appealing to the people of the colony, be would, if those who had passed the Bill persevered i, it. advise the Crown to give its assent to the measure. Why, if the faith of the THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 26, 1849. that my course, right or wrong, was never determined by any or sordid motive ; and that in trou bled times, and through many vicissitudes of fortune, in power and out of power, through popularity and un popularity, I was faithful to one set of opinions and to one set of friends. I see no reason to doubt that these friends were well chosen, or that these opinions were in the main correct. The path of duty appeared to me to lie between two dangerous extremes—extremes which I may call naturally dangerous, seeing that each of them infallibly conducts society to the other. I cannot accuse myself of having ever deviated towards either. I cannot accuse myself of having ever been untrue either to the cause of property and law. I reflect with plea sure that I bore a part in some reforms which cor rected great abuses, and which removed great discon tents.—(Applause. I reflect with equal pleasure that I never stooped to act the part of a demagogue—that I never feared to confront what seemed to me an unreason• able clamour—that I never, in times of distress, incited my countrymen even to demand of Governments to which I was opposed miricles which I well knew no Government could perform, or to seek even the redress of grievances which it was the duty of Government to redress by any other than strictly peaceful and legal means Such were the principles on which I acted—such will continue to be my principles still. The events which have lately changed the face of Europe have only confirmed me in my views of what public duty required. These events have been full of important lessons, both to governors and governed. He learns but half what these lessons ought to teach who sees in them only a warning against tyranny, or one against anarchy. The great lesson which they teach is this, that tyranny and anarchy are inseparably connected, that each is the parent and each the offspring of the other. The great lesson which they teach is this, that old institutions have no more deadly enemy than the bigot, who refuses to adjust them to a new state of society. Nor do they teach us less clearly this lesson, that the sovereignty of the mob leads by no long or circuitous path to the sovereignty of the sword. I bless God that our country has escaped both these errors. Those statesmen, who, eighteen years before, proposed to transfer to this great city, and to cities like this, the political power which then belonged to hamlets that contained a few scores of inhabitants, or to old walls with no inhabitants at all—those statesmen, and myself among the number, were termed anarchists and revolutionists. But let them now say, were we not the true and steady friends of order ? (Applause.) Let those who called us so now say how they would have wished to have encountered the tempest of lsst spring with Gatton aud Old Sarum, with Glasgow only represented in name, and Manchester and Leeds not represented ?—(Applause.) We were not only the friends of liberty but the friends of order. In the same way the Government, aided by all honest men, put down those marauders who wished to subvert all society —that was an inestimable ser vice not only to the cause of order, but to the cause of true liberty—(Applause.) But I will now speak the sentiments of a private man. I have quitted politics. I have quitted them without a feeling of resentment, without a feeling of regret, and I have betaken myself to pursuits for which my temper and my tastes suit me better. But I will not willingly believe, that in ceasing to be a politician I have given up the power to render service to my country ;—(Applause)— for I hope it may still be in my power to teach lessons of profit to those who remain on the busy stage that I have left, to represent the merits, the faults, and the affections of other times, and teach a common lesson of charity to all. I hope it may be in my power to inspire a love and reverence for those free and noble institutions of our land to which Britain owes her greatness and that position from which I hope she is not d est i ne d soon to descend.—(Applause.) With your approbation before me I will resume those pursuits under the weight of which I have almost felt myself ready to sink. I conclusion, I thank you for your kind ness. I thank you for the honour of being enrolled among your number. I have seen with delight the opulence and the grandeur of this great city, which by your kindness I can now call my own.—(Applause.) And with every wish for the peace, the honour and prosperity of fair Glasgow, I bid you a most respectful farewell.—(Great applause.) The LORD PROVOST then announced the business to have terminated, and the vast assemblage dispersed. BANK OF FRANCE. The following is a return of the situation of the Bank of France up to March 22 : ASSETS. f. 195,813,769 63 . . 132,240,395 00 107,025 24 Cash and ingots Ditto in branch banks Bills past due Bills falling due in Paris, of which 15,102,431 f. 85c. are from the branch banks ••• ••• ••• ... 50,175,949 64 Bills in the branch banks •,. ... 84,303,044 90 Advances on coins and ingots... ... 17,514,800 00 Ditto on French public securities ... 31,172,659 90 Ditto by branch banks... ••• ... 1,554,337 00 Ditto to the State on Bons du Tresor... 50,000,000 00 Ditto on the loan of 150 millions ... 50,000,000 00 Rentes of the reserve fund ••• ••• 10,000,000 00 Rentes, disposable funds ... ... 42,581,488 13 Investments of the new branch banks in the public funds ... ••• ... 12,779,541 39 Hotel and f urn it ure of the Bank ... 4,000,000 00 Real prop er t y o f t h e branch banks ... 2,273,788 00 Loan of 10,000,0001. to the city of Paris 8,000,000 00 Interest in National Discount Bank ... 200,000 00 Ditto branch banks ... ... ... 230,000 00 Bills protested at Paris ... ... 8,036,047 54 Ditto at the bran c h es ... ... .. 4,264,099 00 Expenses of administration of the Bank 244,307 71 Ditto of the branches . ... ... 221,165 00 Miscellaneous ... . ... ... 758,248 3 Advance to the department of the Seine ••• ••• ... ... Loan of 3,000,000 f. to the City of Mar seilles . 3,000,000 00 1,000,000 00 f. 710,470,667 11 Crown was not pledged in this instance, in what instance could it be said to be pledged ? (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. ARBITRATION. Mr. EVANS presented a petition from Wales in favour of international arbitration. IRISH POOR-LAW. Mr. J. O'CONNELL presented a petition from Lime rick in favour of an alteration of the Irish poor-law. NAVIGATION-LAWS. Mr. GREENE presented a petition from Lancaster against any alteration of the navigation-laws. RATE IN AID. Sir E. MACNAGHTEN and several other MemLers presented petitions against the Rate-in-aid Bill. MR. SHORE. Mr. TUFNELL presented a petition from Devon port in favour of the liberation of Mr. Shore. HOME COLONIES. Mr. LUSHINGTON presented a petition agreed to at a public meeting at the Hall of Commerce, in the City, in favour of the establishment of Home colonies, to be assisted by loans from the Treasury. CATTLE AND SHEEP STEALING (IRELAND). Mr. BOURKE presented a petition from Galway and Cork in favour of a measure for the more effectual sup pression of the offence of cattle and sheep stealing. LANDLORD AND TENANT BILL. Mr. SCROPE presented a petition in favour of an alteration of the law as respects landlord and tenant in Ireland. INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION. Mr. W. PATTEN presented a petition in favour of international arbitration. Mr. STAFFORD presented petitions from several places in the county of Northampton to the same effect. Mr. V. SMITH presented a petition from Bannock burn, signed by nearly every adult in the place, also to the same effect. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, &c. (SCOTLAND) BILL. Mr. HASTIE presented a petition from some place in Scotland against this Bill. Mr. FORBES also presented a petition from Stirling shire against this Bill. POOR-LAW. Mr. BAINES presented a petition in favour of rating the owners instead of the occupiers of small tenements. FINANCIAL REFORM. galtir. COBDEN presented a 'petition from a place in the county of Edinburgh, and also one from the West Riding of Yorkshire, praying for a reduction in the na tional expenditure. THE MANUFACTURE OF PAPER. Mr. REYNOLDS gave notice that, after Easter, he should call the attention of the House to the manufac ture of paper in Great Britain and Ireland. ARBITRATION. Mr. M. MILNES gave notice that he intended to propose the following amendment to the motion of the Honourable Member for the West Riding—that it is desirable that this country should use its influence with foreign nations to prevent war, or if that be not practicable, to endeavour to induce the contending parties to take time for the consideration of the evils they are likely to suffer if they proceed to war. JUVENILE OFFENDERS. Mr. MILNES also gave notice that after Easter he in tended to call the attention of the House to the state of juvenile crime, and to the circumstances connected therewith. BUSINESS QF THE HOUSE. Mr. F. FRENCH said the Rate in Aid Bill stood on ,he paper for to-night. Now, as Irish Members were anxious to know the latest hour at which the Noble Lord intended to proceed with the Bill, he should feel obliged if he would state his intentions. Lord JOHN RUSSELL replied that if the navigation laws lasted until ten o'clock he should not proceed with the Rate in Aid Bill, but that if disposed of before that hour he should proceed with the Rate in Aid Bill. He proposed that the report on the navigation-laws should be taken into consideration on Monday next. He should propose on Friday a Committee of the whole House, for the purpose of moving that 100,0001. be advanced, upon the credit of the Rate in Aid Bill, for the re lief of the distressed poor in Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) If a Committee of the whole House should agree to that relief, he should propose afterwards that it be in serted in the Rate in Aid Bill as a clause in that Bill. He likewise begged to state that he should propose, on Monday next, that on Thursday, the 19th of April, and on every alternate Thursday after that day, the orders of the day should have precedence of notices of motion. He also begged to give notice that, on Wednesday se'n night, he should propose that the House at its rising should adjourn to Monday, the 16th of April. MUTINY BILL.—MARINE MUTINY BILL. These Bills severally went through Committee. In answer to a question from Mr. HUME, Mr. FOX MAULE said no alteration of any im portance had been made in the Marine Mutiny Bill ; it was essentially the same as the Bill of last year. NAVIGATION BILL.—COMMITTEE. The House resolved itself into Committee on this Bill. On clause 19, Mr. GEORGE SANDARS said he should postpone moving the following amendment, which he had on the paper, until the bringing up of the report:—ln clause 19, line 29, the omission of all the words after the word "And," and to add " whereas it is expedient that inducements be held out to foreign states to place British vessels in foreign ports on the same footing on which the vessels of such foreign states are placed in the ports of this country; be it enacted, that, in case it shall, at the expiration of three years from the passing of this Act, be made to appear to her Majesty that British vessels are subject in any foreign country to any prohibitions or restrictions as to the voyages in which they may engage, or as to the articles which they may import into or export from such country, to which the ships of such foreign country are not subject In this country, it shall then be lawful for her Majesty in Council to impose such prohibitions or re strictions upon the ships of such foreign country as shall place the ships of such country on as nearly as possible the same footing in British ports as that on which British ships are placed in the ports of such country." Mr. RICARDO expressed himself in favour of the principle of reciprocity involved in the amendment, simply because he believed that it would have the effect of carrying out the principle of the Bill. The clause as it stood was likely to create some impedi ment, and as it was a merely formal portion of the Bid, he thought that the alteration would be of advantage. Mr. LABOUCHERE said that this question was one hich had been fully inquired into and answered during the discussions on this subject last session, and he thought therefore that it was quite unnecessary for him to enter into it. He entirely disagreed with his Hon. Friend in the belief that this was merely a formal part of the Bill; on the contrary, he believed it to be a most essential part. It vested the power in this country of retaliating at any time upon foreign states should they seek to take an undue advantage of our liberality. He objected altogether also to the principle of reciprocity, for tha3 entered only into small things—it only dealt with minutiae, and rather impaired than ad vanced the power of' a Government to protect the rights Of the subjects of its own country. So far from this being an immaterial portion of the Bill, he must repeat that he thought it to be a most substantial and important part, and certainly should give his most strenuous opposition to any proceeding which was calculated to impair the Ministry in their effectual power to rightly protect the shipping interests of this country.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. SANDARS thought that this clause ought to be more explicit. It was evident that the Government were shirking the matter, and the Right Hoe. Gentle man who had been desirous of altering this clause had done so in a very cloudy way. The Hon. Member for Westbury, Mr. Wilson, was still more careful not to be explicit. For his own part, he thought that this clause, as it stood, would put a very useful leverage into the hands of the Government, so that they might hold the power of protection for the home interests in any case where foreign powers either refused to respond to the liberal declarations of this country or where those powers in flicted, prohibitory duties in return to our generosity. It might seem strange in him who had always from that (the Opposition) side of ::the House voted against the Government—(Hear, hear)—but on this measure, he felt it his duty to vote with them. They had virtually, and de facto, adopted the princi ple of free trade. He thought that they ought to carry it out in every department of the State.—(Cries of " Hear, hear," from the Ministerial benches.) He would not detain the Committee longer, but he trusted when he revived his amendment on the bringing up of the report, he should have the support of the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Tamworth and his trig nds. Mr. HERRIES said, this clause, taken in conjunction with the first, was, in fact, the Bill, and while he still re tained his objection to the whole of this measure he thought nothing could show more the necessity for an amendment like that proposed by the Hon. Gentle man who had just sat down than the number of propo sals which had been made on this very subject of reci procity.—(Hear, hear.) First there was the Hon. Member for Kilmarnock, who made an effort to introduce a clause to that effect, and although his Right Honourable Friend the Member for the University of Oxford had suggested, though he had not prepared a reciprocity clause. His Right Hon. Friend (the President of the Board of Trade) had abstained from proposing that which, coming from him, would have been entitled to every considera tion, simply because be was in doubt as to the course which might be adopted by those with whom he (Mr. Herries) had the honour of being connected. But if his Right Hon. Friend supposed that they would adopt the least stratagem for the sake of obtaining some momentary advantage, or for placing the Government in a dilemma upon the third reading of the Bill, he could assure him that Le was greatly and grievously mis taken.—(Hear.) He had never lent himself to any plan, nor, indeed, had any one of the party with whom he was connected, for the purpose of obstructing or im peding the legitimate progress of the Bill. With respect to the particular clause before the House, he was bound to say that he did not attach much importance to it, because it could do no good, but might possibly do a great deal of mischief.—(Hear.) Upon looking at it they could not but ask themselves what its effect would be with respect to the United States. His Right Hon. Friend (Mr. Labouchere) had withdrawn, when the Navigation Bill was last under dis- cussion, that part of the Bill which was the least ob jectionable.—(Hear, hear.) If they could have succeeded in getting sumo return from the United States for that portion of our coasting trade which it was proposed to give to them, he must confess that the arrangement introduced into the Bill, was an advantageous one. The restrictions of America were manifold; yet, not withstanding all the advantages we gave her, we got little in return, whereas they ought to get from foreign countries, and from America in particular, something like an equivalent. In support of this Niew the Hon. Gentleman referred to a dispatch of Mr. Clay, who wrote fin faLour of the argument of equivalents. Mr. MACGREGOR said it would be well to leave out the clause altogether; but he could not support that view, as he believed its insertion in the Bill absolutely neces sary. If there was one argument more than another in favour of placing the parts of any two countries in the same position, the case of the United States was an apt illustration, for when he looked back to the capture of Quebec, 90 years ago, ho found that there was not a single man of British parentage resident, or who spoke the English language, in the whole district, nor one who possessed an acre of land west of the Allegany mountains. to the shores of the Pacific. Later the number of in habitants who spoke the British language in the loca• lity amounted, to 2,000,000; now those who spoke our language, adopted our habits and our forms of adminis tration amounted to no less a number than 20,000,000. Washington and Franklin proposed to the then Government of this country that the trade of the two countries should be placed in the same posi tion in regard to their coasting trade. Pitt adopted their view, and introduced a Bill for that purpose, but before it could be carried out the existing administration resigned. Ever since 1816 the whole mode of inter course had been altered ; and he maintained that the best guarantee for the peace of England,America,and the whole world would be to abolish the navigation laws altogether with regard to the United States of America. It had been stated that we were giving every thing to the Ameri cans, and they were giving very little to us. He denied that altogether. He looked to that indomitable spirit of per severance which existed in the United States, and which would make navigation with America of much greater importance than with any other country in the world. He believed the spirit of the America❑ Government would be to meet us if we ex• tended to them freedom of trade and of navigation. With regard to Canada and the United States he believed if we maintained the restrictions which now existed between the Canadians and the people of the United States, that would cause the greatest possible discontent in that part of the world. He would vote most heartily in support of the clause. Mr. ROBINSON denounced the ;system of giving everything to foreign countries, without demanding any thing from them in return, as one-sided legislation, likely to lead to great mischief. He should move as an amendment the omission of the words " if she should think fit," in line 32 of the clause. Mr. LABOUCHERE did not at all object to the Hon. Gentleman's amendment, the words "if she should think fit" having been only introduced as respectful to her Majesty. Mr. GLADSTONE did not mean to say he was in favour of the amendment; but he believed that for Par liament to say that it should be lawful for her Majesty to do so and so, in that case, would have no binding force. In that case ha thought the amendment would be nugatory for the purpose for which it was introduced With respect to the objection of the Hon. Member for Stamford, to his (Mr. Gladstone's) proposal ; all that he (Mr. Gladstone) said was, that his plan was the plan for the purpose of promoting a settlement of the question, but that it was impossible to be made available unless it was supparted by her Majesty's Ministers and the House. His only object was to render the discussion of that clause more clear. He intended nothing else; and he thought that what he had meant he had, made perfectly clear. Mr. ROBINSON had the greatest respect for the judgment of his Right Hon. Friend (Mr. Gladstone), but on this question he was no professional authority. Now he himself was engaged in the profession, and therefore thought himself entitled to some consideration. At any rate before deciding he should like to have the opinion of the Attorney-General upon it. Should that not be in accordance with what had just been stated he should devide the House. The ATTORNEY-GANERAL said that the clause contained an insertion in the 31st line of the words, "It the Queen shall think fit," which gave her officers a discretionary powcr to act in certain matters, and which discretion would certainly be much more useful than any restricted authority. Sir F. THESIGER said that it was his decided opi nion that in any case there was a discretionary power clearly invested by the Act in the authorities of the Crown, and if that was not sufficient, why it could very easily be extended.—(A laugh.) Mr. J. STEWART trusted that his Hon. Friend would not press this motion to a division, for it was perfectly immaterial how the power was conferred. It' the words " the Queen shall think fit" in the 31st line in any way limited the power or increased it, the same power was clearly conferred by another portion of the clause where the same words occurred. He, therefore, trusted that his Hon. Friend would not press his motion. The amendment was then withdrawn, and clauses 20 and 21 having bee❑ agreed to, on the proposition of clause 22, which enables her Majesty in Council to make certain arrangements with foreign countries for the pur pose of giving reciprocal advantages to the shipping of other states in our harbours and to our shipping in the harbours of other countries, so far as port and light dues were concerned. Mr. LABOUCHERE said, in reply to Mr. Wawn, that this clause was necessary, for a considerable diffi • culty had been experienced in inducing other countries to enter into reciprocal treaties. With regard to Spain, for instance, there was every disposition to enter into amicable arrangements so far as the practicable business was concerned, but a great indisposition to a political arrangement. lAfter a further remark from Mr. WAWN, Mr. LABOUBHERE said that dock dues and light dues were on a very different footing. Mr. WAWN said the Hull Dock Company had re ceived very large sums of money as compensation for dock dues, which they had surrendered under reciprocity treaties, and he should therefore propose that the words " dock dues" be added to the thirty-third line of the clause. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said if the Honour able Gentleman would read the clause:, little further on, he would find the words, " and other dues," which would embrace the dues the Hon. Gentleman had mentioned. Mr. WASON said in that case there ought to be no objection to adopting his proposal. Mr. HENLEY said, now that they proposed to deal with private rights so extensively, and to compensate dock companies for the loss of their dues out of the con solidated Lund, some general Act ought to be introduced on the subject. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, the present Bill followed the words of the 46th Geo. 3, authorising the making of treaties with foreign nations relative to the navigation-laws, and he thought it was highly desirable that those words should not be departed from. Mr. HENLEY was perfectly aware of that, but now they were going very much to extend this principle of law which sanctioned the paying of dock dues out of the Consolidated Fund; and he thought some care ought to be taken to see how it would act upon private interests. Mr. GLADSTONE said he entertained some doubts as to whether the clause, as it stood, was sufficient to enable her Majesty to direct payments to be made out of the Consolidated Fund. After a few words from the SOLICITOR•GENERAL and the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, Mr. LABOUCHERE said he would agree to the clause being withdrawn for the present. The clause was accordingly withdrawn. Clauses 23 to 28 inclusive were then agreed to without any discussion. After some discussion, the remaining clauses, as also the preamble, were agreed to, Mr. Sandars having with drawn his amendment; the Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Bernal reported the Bill to the House. (LEFT SITTING.) PRESENTATION OF THE FREE DOM OF GLASGOW TO THE RIGHT HON. T. B. MACAULAY. (From the Daily Mail of Friday.) To-day, at noon, the freedom of the city of Glasgow was presented to the Eight Hon. T. B. Macaulay, in the City Hall, Candleriggs street. A large and brilliant assemblage of the wealth and intelligence of the city was present, and appeared to take a deep interest in the pro ceedings. The arrangements were admirable. Although there could not have been less than four thousands spectators, there was no confusion, but, on the cont rar y, everything was done d ecent ly an d in order. There was a large number of ladies present. At twelve o'clock, the hour appointed for the com mencement of the interesting ceremony, the members of the Town Council entered the hall amid loud cheers, and took the seats set apart for them. After the lapse of a few minutes the Lord Provost, the Eight Hon. T. B. Macaulay, Lord Belhaven, and the magistrates entered, when the reception given was entusiastic in the highest degree. The Lord Provost occupied the chair. On the right of the chairman were Mr. Macaulay, Bailie Stewart, Sheriff Alison, Bailie Smith, Lord Dean of Guild, and Convener of Guild; and on the left, Lord Beleaven, Bailies Orr, Broan, Dreghorn, and Gilmour. We also observed on the platform, Professors Fleming and Thompson, ex-Provost Mills, Alex. Graham, Esq., of Landsfield, the Lord Advocate, &c., &c. The Lord Provost then directed the town-clerk to read the minutes of council agreeing to confer the freedom of the city on Mr. Macaulay. This having been done, the Lord Provost then presented the box containing the freedom, in a very excellent speech, recounting Mr. Macaulay's claims, political and literary, on the citizens of Glasgow and the country in general. After which, Mr. MACAULAY rose, and was received with tremen dous cheering. This having subsided, he said—l thank you, my Lord and Gentlemen—l thank you from my heart, for this great honour. I may, I hope, extend my thanks further. I may extend them to that constituent body of which, I believe, you are on this occasion the expositor, and which has relieved me here in a manner which has made an impression novo to be effaced from my mind.—(Applause.) This box, my Lord, I shall prize as long as I and it will, when I am gone (the Hon. Gentleman here appeared greatly agitated)—be prized by those who are dearest to me, as a prof that in an active and chequered life, political and literary, I succeeded in gaining the esteem and goodwill of one of the greatest and most enlightened cites in the British empire. —(Loud cheers.) My political life, my Lord, has closed. The feelings which contention and rivalry naturally call forth, and from which I do not pretend to have been eventseem pti, h nw a i v i e ie h b a l d time bore to a c p o a o r l down. t as calmly, I look aimly, now on tbiek,a the s t on e n th e e w ev t e e nt b s e o n f ea t r h able epa o s p t pe c n en en tu tzw . bi l eb c , an pe d rb o a t p h s a , t i j a ustice mo ments of conflict, I might sometimes have refused to grant. as of the I career can of another fmyown career acknowledge great errors and deficiencies, but I have nothing to ac knowledge which is inconsistent with rectitude of inten tion and with independence of spirit.—(Great applause.) My conscience bears me this testimony, that I honestly desire the happiness and greatness of my country; Mr. Greenwood, Q.C., and Mr. Bevan were vent el for the prosecution; Mr. eerier and Mr. Kerslake de fended the prisoners. This case began yesterday morning, and the court was, as usual on these occasions, crammed to suffocation, the bench and grand jury gallery being filled with lathes. To-day the interest seemed to be undiminished. Mr. GREENWOOD opened the case to the jury at great length, and it appeared from the Learned Gentleman's statement, which was entirely borne out by the evidence, that the unfortunate woman who was murdered was an old person who lived at Taphouse, in the parish of Ted burn St. Mary, seven miles from Exeter. She was living in perfect health upon Saturday morning, the 2d of December last, and upon Sunday, t le 3d of December, she was found dead in her bed. At this time the pri soner Landick lived at Moreton-hawpstead; he was a sort of travelling tinman or tinker, living sometimes in one place, sometimes in another. Mills, the other prisoner, went about selling small things, such as wooden pins for holding clothes on lines; he was an intimate friend of Landick; a sister of Mills had been cohabiting with Landick for some time; and she was sometimes called Landick's woman, and sometimes his wife. These three had been living together a great deal. Woods, the other person in the transaction, was a cobbler or shoemaker, in a small way at Crediton Landick for some time had his eye on the poor woman. Grace Holman, who was an extremely respectable old woman, had lived for a great number of years in the family of the late Colonel Fulford, a magistrate of this county ; and in the latter part of her days, with a small property, which, by industry, she had accumulated, she was living in this little cottage. A notion had got about that she had considerable wealth, and therefore this man had his eye upon her as a victim. Two or three months before this murder occurred, Landick made a proposal to three different men to assist him in the robbery. On the forenoon of Friday, the Ist December, Landick was at Moreton, when he made the same proposal to a man named Woods, who was subsequently taken up with the other prisoners, on suspicion of murdering the old woman, but was admitted Queen's evidence. He stated that Landick said to him that there was an old woman at Taphouse who was a miser ; that his wife bad been down there from time to time, and had made inquiries about her property—and he proposed to Woods to go and assist in robbing the house. Woods declined, and the same proposal was repeated during the day. On Saturday the 2d it was again repeated, and on Woods saying he was going over to Okehampton, Landick said, What a fool to think of going there i❑ such weather as this, when you can get 2001. or 3001. for next to nothing." Mills was also present, and Woods eventually consented to go. Landick brought in a gimlet, and said, "Now, this is the thing that will do to fasten the door of those that live by." Eventually, about half past eight, they all three started towards Tedburn. They ar rived about eleven o'clock at Taphouse, and then Landick said, "Itis a little too early to begin;" and they hung about the house for half an hour or so, before they commenced operations. The first thing they did was to take out the gimlet, to bore it into the dern of the door of Collings's house, and then a cord was tied round the handle of the door, and round the gimlet, and it was then screwed in as far as it would go, so as to hold the door fast. Then Landick, who is a tinker, pulled out a sort of beat iron, or anvil which they use, and said, " This will be a good instrument," and he tried to force the door with it, but was unable to do it. They then went about the premises to look for something to help them, and eventally got the trunk of a tree, or consider able sized post, and put it against the front of the house near the window; and Wood and Mills held the thing steady while Landick went up. Landick took out a small pane of glass from the window, put in his hand, undid the window, and went in ; Woods and Mills remained out for a short time. Landick made his appearance after a while at the front door, and opened the door to let them in. At this time his face was all over black, and his shoes taken off. He brought the two in They took off their shoes. He gave them a bundle of soot, with which they blacked their faces, and the package was thrown by Mills behind the front door. Having done that, they went up stairs. They went into the room where the poor old woman was lying asleep. She woke up in a dreadful fright, and sat up in her bed; but Landwick flew at her head, threw her back in the bed, covered her with the bedclothes, and held her there, and then he said—" One of you come here and hold her, and I'll look about, for I know the place better." Mills threw himself on the bed, held her down with his knees upon her person and his hands on her head. While that was done, Landick went about to ransack the house, Woods holding the candle, for they had brought lucifer matches with them and struck a light. They searched. Landick took his anvil and tried the doors and boxes with it. They tried all sorts of places to find supposed treasures—they- came more than once to the old woman and threatened her, and said " Where is your money ?" She replied in a faint and stifled voice— "l've ;got none !" They said—" If you don't discover where your money is, we'll cut your throat." They drew open the drawer, and found in it some table spoons. Landick took them, and gave them to Woods, and Woods by his desire put them i❑ his pocket. There were still further threats, but nothing could be got out of her as to any money she had got. They searched the cupboard, and on the top shelf they found a basin where they took out some teaspoons. They then looked at the drawers, and found two rings, one marked with a little heart, and also a crooked sixpence. In the course of this search they found a banker's book. They looked at it, and found an entry of all the money the poor woman had paid from time to time into the savings bank. That satisfied them, and there was an end of all further search ; instead of keeping what little money she had in the cottage, she had deposited it in the bank ; and Lan dick said, "It's of no use making any further search ; I now see where her money is." They left the bank book in the other room, and went in and threatened her again. She had just appa rently strength and life enough left in her when they said, " Where is your money?" to answer— " Near the window." On which Landick went and found there a purse, which he took up without opening it, and went back to the woman and said, " How much is there?" and she said, two pounds—and eventually, when it was opened, there was 11. 15s. Landick then said, " Where is her pocket? she must have a pocket." They searched closely by the bed, and there found a large pocket, but in it only a few halfpence; and these were placed on the window ledge, and not carried away at all. The search being entirely fruitless any further, Mills came off her. Landick then took up the box and threw it with considerable force upon the bed—it pitched on her head—and then he said, " Damn the old —, that'll keep her from hallooing, won't it?" and then they threw over a chair upon her, and so quitted the place. So they left the poor woman. Whether she died at this moment, or a few minutes after, or an hour after, nobody but God Almighty knows. She was found next morning dead. On Tuesday, the sth of December, they are all three found at the house of a man named Sherman,who keeps a low lodging-house in West gate, Exeter. Woods, Mills, and Landick, were all there, and Landick went up to Sherman and said in slang lan guage, "Do you want any wedge ?" Sherman said, " What sort of wedge?" Landick said, "Why, spoons." " Well," said Sherman, "let me see them." " You shall see them," Landick said, "I'll bring them to you in three or four days, or a week—l suppose you're to be trusted?" " Oh, yes," said Sherman, "it's all right." They went and drank together, bat Sherman gave information to the police forthwith. That was on the Tuesday after the murder; the three were found together offering what they call "wedge," which they explain to mean spoons. On the following day, Wednesday, Landick and Woods again came to Sherman. Mills had enlisted that very day as a soldier under the name of Somers, and he was shortly after moved off to Fermoy, in Ireland, where the regiment was on the point of embarking; and, sub eequenily he was arrested two days before the regiment started for India. Oa Wednesday, Mills and Landick again came back to Sherman, and there the constable, who had some information from Sherman, met them, and Landick saw him, went up to him, and said—" Halls, I suppose you're a copper ?" (This is slang—meaning a person connected with the police.) The constable said—" I am;" and then Landick said—" You're come about that croaking job at Ted burn?" (This was their slang for murder.) The con stable replied—" No, lam not." Landick said—" Well, I am, then. I am employed by Mr. Harvey to search out the spoons." This was wholly untrue, as Mr. Harvey had not had the slightest communication as to his looking after them. Upon the Thursday, Woods went off to Crediton, and there he remained, carrying on his trade of a shoemaker, until he was arrested at Cre diton. What became of Landick between that time and the time of his apprehension was not distinctly known; but he was found at Ashbur ton, on the 26th of December, on Tuesday, the day after Christmas day. he went there to a person of the name of Elizabeth Bowden, and lodged at her house with his wife or woman, and remained there. He produced, upon that day, a little anvil, or beat iron, and gave it to Mrs. Bowden, who put it in her back kitchen, where it was locked up until eventually taken possession of by the constable. On the 27th of December, Landick was apprehended by the constable, and a conversation took place between them on the road, he referring to the murder, and the con stable saying nothing at all about it. On the same day that Landick was apprehended at Ashburton, he saw his wife, and desired her to go t• his box, and to give what she found there to her brother Joseph (Mills)—that is another brother, not the prisoner; end he having sent her to give this to Joseph Mills, they, with a person of the name of Cann, went away down to 'Cornwall, and what they got from Mrs. Landick they offered tor sale at two places —spoons beat up, and two bowls of a spoon, broken from the end of the shaft or handle. They sold these two bowls, and the others they made an offer to some silversmith in Bodmin, who did ❑ot purchase them, and they were found afterwards upon their persons. These spoons were identified as the property of the old woman. The case for the prosecution having been closed, Mr. COLLIER addressed the jury at great length on behalf of the prisoners, contending that Woods' evidence was totally unconfirmed as to the participation of Mills in the transaction; that there was no doubt that he was a party to the murder of the poor old woman, and had told the tale he did to take the rope from his own neck, and twist it round the necks of his old companions. He also contended that he was not confirmed with regard to his evidence generally, so as to justify the jury in be lieving one word that he had stated, and therefore that both the prisoners were entitled to an acquittal, as the case for the prosecution wholly rested on his evidence. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS having summed up, the jury Acquitted Mills, but found Landick Guilty, with a strong recommendation to mercy. On being asked on what ground, th ey sa id on the ground that they believed he did not premeditate the murder of the old woman. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS then passed sentence of death on the prisoner, in the usual form. The case, although begun the first thing yesterday morning, did not conclude until six o'clock this evening. L IABILITIES. capital • £67,900,000 00 Ditto of the Branch Banks • ▪ 23,350,000 00 •• Reserve fund ... 10,000,000 00 Ditto of the branch banks 2 980 750 00 Reserve-immobiliere • 4,000,000 00 Notes to bearer, in circulation ... 403,336,500 00 Ditto of the branch banks ~ 21,059,100 00 Ditto to order (post-bills) • 881,758 20 Account-current with Treasury creditor 51,925,827 8 Various accounts current ... 81,503,702 63 Ditto in branches 25,762,991 00 Bills payable at sight Ditto at branches ▪ 4,837,300 00 •-• ... 695,895 00 Bills of the branch banks payable by the Bank ... 5,908,810 61 Ditto of the Bank payable by branches.. 2,807,632 00 Dividends payable •336,949 25 Liquidation of the Algiers Bank ... 216,189 4 Discounts, interest, and expenses 1,024,070 32 • 1,128,997 00 months ... 246,109 85 460,661 00 Miscellaneous ... 109, Ditt0 424 Re-discounts branch in the bankslast 13 f. 710,470,667 11 THE WEATHER.—Dr. Forster's statement to the Royal Astronomical Society will, we suspect, go for nothing. Dr. Forster says that, according to observations extending oves the time since 1767, whenever the new moon fell on a Saturday, the following twenty days were wet and windy. What is there in a Saturday to influence the weather? It is simply a day so named, causing in the minds of men, in consequence of the peculiarities which custom has al lotted to it, certain associations, as the last business day of the week, the day preceding Sunday, the market day, &c.: but it is neither a solstice, nor an equinox, nor a division of any particular season, so that it can have no influence over the moon, neither can the moon h ave any over it, or in conjunction with it. Well, there was a new moon on Saturday, and, to I ever since then the weather has been dry and calm, and, if we may juddge by the barometer, is likely to continue so. Throughout the past week the wind has been very inconstant. It has visited in succession every point of the compass, and the atmosphere has been correspondingly unsettled, the northerly and easterly winds bringing cold airs, the west fresh and pleasant breezes, and the south fog and rain. On several of the nights and mornings last week dense fogs hung over the town and river, and in some cases there was not a little danger to the vessels plying to and fro, as will be seen by a paragraph in another column. Yesterday the wind was from due north, and the aid cold and bracing, The day was, however, somewhat gloomy.—Liverpoo Albion of this day. SUICIDE OP COLONEL C. BIRD.—On Saturday, Mr. A. H. English, the Coroner at Bath, resumed an adjourned inquiry respecting the death of Colonel Charles Bird, aged 55, of the Hon. East India Company's ser vice, who committed suicide in the following manner. The inquiry was commenced on Friday night, and ad • journed till next day for further evidence. Ann Doren, housemaid to the deceased, said that on Thursday, about one o'clock, the deceased rang the bell, and on her going to answer it, he requested her to take a note to Colonel Palmer, at No. 7, Sion-place, which she did, and returned in about twenty minutes, when she asked the ladies where the Colonel was? They told her that he was in the parlour, but on going there she could not find him. She afterwards went to the back drawing room, at the door of which she knocked, but got no answer. Whilst at the door Colonel Budd arrived, and having made known her suspicions to him he had a ladder brought, and the Colonel entered at the window and opened the door for witness, and when she entered she found her master sitting in his chair covered with blood. Two pistols were on the floor, and a razor was on the chair at his side. His left arm was cut, and he seemed quite dead. Deceased bad seemed very low spirited lately, especially during the last two or three days. Colonel Budd corroborated the evidence of the previous witness. Colonel Palmer said deceased had been greatly depressed lately. He received a letter from him the day before his death, in which he said, " I don't think I shall ever know happiness again." He believed his depression arose from being separated from his wife. Dr. Harvey proved being sent for to see the deceased, when he found him dead. Other evidence having been given, the jury were considering their verdict when the rep, rter was obliged to dispatch his parcel to meet the train. The purchase-money paid by the Central German Government for the American steam-ship United States, now a member of their navy, was 265,000 dollars, or, in sterling, 53,0001. The ship cost originally 270,000 d ollars; and ran her proprietor considerably into debt during her short career. The United States is now be ing fitted out as a war steamer by one of the first ship. builders of the Hudson River. Amongst the acts of the late United States Congress is one authorising a coinage of 20 and of 1 dollar gold pieces. ' LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT CF CILINCERY, March 24. COOPER V. EARL POWIS. In this case, which had not concluded when our repor The LORD CHANCELLOR affirmed the order of the Court below, and stated that the principle to govern such cases had been laid down by him in " Foss and Har bottle," and other decisions. Appeal dismissed with costs. VICE CHANCERY COURT, March 24. (Before Sir J. K. BRUCE.) HAYWARD V. PURSSEY. In this case the arguments were again adjourned, and stand for Monday, after the bankrupt petitions. PREROGATIVE COURT, March 24, (Before Sir H. JENNER FUST.); LEECH V. BATES. The arguments in this case having been concluded to-day, Sir H. J. FUST gave judgment.—Mr. Edmund Bates, late of Kettering, died last year, after having executed a will and two codicils, which latter were now disputed. The two witnesses to these papers would not speak to their having been duly executed. The first codicil was attested by Thomas Messenger and his mother, but it was said they were not present at the time when the de ceased executed it. On the second were Thomas Mes senger and John Bates. The latter witness said he at tested the instrument before it was signed by the de ceased. A further question was, which of the two codi cils was executed first. The Learned Judge referred to the case of " Falls v. Jackson," where the will was at tested by the witnesses at different times, which was the case in this instance. He could not depend upon the want of memory on the part of the witnesses. Looking at this infirmity, he could not decide against these in struments. He considered they were duly executed by the deceased at the dates they bore, and would, there fore, grant probate to the will and codicils. The costs to be paid out of the estate. MATSON V. MAGRATII. Sir H. JENNER FusT gave judgment in this case. The deceased, a Lieutenant Melville Gore Matson, of the 59th Regiment, made a will on the 14th of March, 1833, at which period he was taken seriously ill, when he be queathed a life interest in his property to his mother, and after her death to a Miss Charlotte Butler, of Ennis killen, a lady whom be was under an engagement to marry, saying, " if he died he could wish to provide for her," but recovering, he married the lady, and four chil dren were the result of that marriage, and who now ap peared before the Court, by their guardian, to dispute this will, and call upon the Court to make some provi sion for them, the testator not having made any testa mentary disposition of his property since his marriage. The questio❑ was, is the will revoked by this marriage? He (the Learned Judge) then referred to and commented on the case of Fox and Bastard, also Israel and Roden, and others, in reference to the revocation of a will. At the present moment, by the new Wills Ant, a marriage would revoke any will made previously, but this bore date before that Act came into operation. He felt be must decide for the revocation of the will, as there were children by this marriage who must be provided for. The law would not allow the widow to have any control over it, though the will was no doubt made to provide for her at the time the testator executed it. The will was accordingly revoked. The costs to be paid out of the estate. JONES V. ADAMS AND HENSECAW. The testatrix in this case was a Mrs. Mary Anne G ar ratt, late of Newington, who executed a will dated the 16th of June, 1848, which was now disputed by two of her cousins. The will was made by Mr. Watts, and the bulk of her property was left by her to her medical at tendant, a Mr. Jones, she having left only 191. 19s. to each of her cousins, who contended that she was not in a correct state of mind when she made her will. She would frequently mistake one person for another. Dr. HAGGARD now appeared before the Court, asking it to grant probate, and contending that she was com petent for executing her will. Pr. BAYIORD opposed the will. He stated that a will had been previously made, giving her property to her two cousins, who were not uow mentioned in the will. It was clear her mind had been impaired by her excesses, and that she was incompetent to do such an act. She was subject to delusions, and said she had the battle of the Jews at the back of her house. He (Dr. Bayford) con tended that there wes much suspicion in the manner in which the will was drawn up, as the deceased had al ways expressed an affection for her relatives, and that, therefore, the Court would r efuse to grant probate. The Learned JUDGE, in giving his decision, said, that though the testatrix was in the habit of indulging in intemperance, there did not appear to be sufficient evidence before the Court that could induce it to believe that she was an incompetent person at the time of making her will,nor that any influence had been used by Mr. , ,Jones to obtain this bequest. He (the Learned Judge) always looked with suspicion when medical men became lega tees under wills of persons whom they were in the habit of visiting as medical attendants, owing to the influence they might be supposed to possess. The amount involved was about 5001., and although there was apparently some confusion in the mind of the testatrix, the Court must be bound by the evidence, and accordingly would grant probate to Mr. Jones, the estate meeting the costs. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. WESTERN CIRCUIT.—Exeter, March 23. (Before Lord DENMAN and a Jury of the city of Exeter.) TRE ROBBERY Or THE MAIL ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. After the conclusion of the evidence in this case on Friday, Mr. COCKBURN addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoners. This was a strong case of suspicion, he must admit, but if men were to be condemned upon suspicion only, then he might at once resign the prisoners into their bands; but suck was not the case. That the bags were safe at Bristol he did not deny, nor that the prisoners went by a first-class carriage from Bristol; but he contended there were other persons in the train who had been allowed to depart without any search or inquiry. As to what had been termed masks, they were merely two pieces of crape, and they were not found upon the prisoners, but only in the pocket of the carriage. He could not understand for what purpose it could be suggested those pieces of crape were to be used; they were mere fragments of a woman's veil. The whole evidence was circumstantial, and the books teemed with instances where, on too many occasions, too late discoveries had been made which proved the innocence of the party who had been sacrificed. There was nothing to show but that the string which adhered to the foot of Poole had become attached as he walked along the platform, or it might have been carried into the carriage by the guards when they went in to search, and left there, and then when Poole stood up it might have adhered to his foot. He could not say what weight was to be given to the false moustache. It was merely something thrown into the scale. If the jury were not satisfied that the tender was robbed during the time of the journey, there was nothing whatever against the prisoners ; but it was alleged that when the train was proceeding at a velocity of from twenty to fifty miles an hour these men had got out out of the window of their own carriage, had then passed the windows of three compartments, and then had got upon the buffers of the two carriages, had proceeded from one carriage to another, and, having only the shelving roof of the carriage to hold on by, they had only the ledge of the panel on which to step for six feet three inches. Why a cat could not have done it. The only evidence produced upon the subject was that it had been done; but it had been done when the carriages were standing still. But let any of the railway men do it between Bristol and Bridgewater and he would resign the prisoners to their tender mercies. Why, there was not a man to be found who would attempt it for all the gold which it was fancied would come from California. It was too absurd to sup pose possible. it If a man had had the courage to make the attempt he must have been dashed to atoms against some of the numerous tunnels and bridges which existed upon this line. No man dared to encounter perils so nu merous and so dreadful. Therefore, he must suggest that the robbery could not have been effected during the jour ney, and the prisoners were accounted for as regarded every other moment. The matter must have been con trived when the train was at the points in the dark, a quarter of a mile from the station at Bristol, and at that time the prisoners were seen in the station. What was to have prevented a person from getting into the tender at those points, and there remaining till the train slackened speed, on approaching Bridgewater, and then getting out of the window of the tender opposite the platform, before Barrett could give any alarm? The bundle of letters found in the first-class carriage might have been put there by some second-class passenger. But why had not tliese experienced p ersons l oo k e d under the seats at Bridgewater? The jury had a balance of im probabilities—he could not throw light to elucidate the ease. His hypothesis was no more in doubt and difficulty than was the case for the prosecution. Saturday, March 24. Lord DENMAN having this morning summed up in the case of Henry Poole and Edward Nightingale, The Jury hesitated for about half an hour, and then returned a verdict of Guilty against both prisoners. Lord DENMAN then addressed them: —You have been found guilty by the jury of the offence with which you were charged, and upon such evidence .that I think it would have been a most unfortunate verdict and a great public calamity if the jury had said you were not guilty, because to me the evidence is so strong and overpowering that to have said you were not guilty would have been inviting all others to commit similar crimes. Ido not believe there is a greater mis fortune, except a wrong verdict of guilty, than where a verdict is pronounced that all the bystanders feel to be per fectly incorrect and false. What can one think when a discharged guard, who comes to Exeter with no appa rent motive, meet another man with no honest calling, goes to Starcross and starts for Bristol, returns by the next train, comes and conceals himself, and tells a false story? The mere fact of your being present with all that knowledge and so conducting yourself, and the dis appearance of the letters, would be strong to show that you two were the men, and you, Poole, with your evi dent activity and skill, concealment, disguise, and false hood, bear the strongest evidence of guilt ; you must be transported for 15 years. There was a greet sensation in the court, in which were many of Poole's friends. It is clear that these two men robbed the up. mail that night, stayed in Bristol about an hour and a- half, and then returned and robbed the down mail. Another strange circumstance has come to light, that 22 years ego Nightingale's father was prosecuted for robbing the bags of the Dover mail, but was acquitted. The present case shows more daring and courage than can be imagined, because. by the slightest slip, the men must have been dashed to atoms, as, that part of the line being exceedingly level, the trains always go at a great velocity. The case did net conclude till ten at night. CROWN COURT.—( Before Air. Justice WiLmAsts.) James Landia and James Mills were indicted for the wilful murder of Grace Holman, at Tedburn St. Mary, on the 2d of December last. NORTHERN ClRCUlT—Liverpool, March 23. CIVIL COU - liT.—(Beiore (oLEBIDGE.) HYDE V. DAVIES. This was an action to recover back the price Of horse, sold by the defendant to the plainiff with a ground Wal", ranty of soundness, o n the that it was not sound at the time of sale. The defendant, by his pleas, denied first his liability, and secondly, that the horse was lA' sound as alleged. The plaintiff is a horse-dealer in Liverpool, the defendant lives at Stanton Court Farrel near Hereford. The plaintiff having seen him at a fair' called at the defendant's, and after some bargaining , bought the horse, a young gelding, for 621., taking a written warranty that he was " sound, free from rice' steady in harness, no crib-biter, no wind-sucker." r il e defendant sent the horse by his own man the next dsj to the Craven Arms, near Ludlow, who there deh vered him to the plaintiff, who paid for him and brougb / him to Liverpool, in good health to all aearance' except a sligf.t co ug h, an d i n good condition. p Il e arrived in Liverpool on the 27th, and put the horse in his stable. On his way home the horse showed some signs of being affected by a cold, b e coughed several times, but not to excite suspicio n or alarm, nor more than young horses frequently 00 when slightly affected by a cold in travelling. He ass not put to work, bei ng purchased for sale, and on toe 22d of September was sent to Howden fair, and ther e sold to Mr. Wythers, a veterinary surgeon and horse' dealer, being then to all apprarance in as good if a° better condition th an w h en t h e plaint i ff bought it, 13?, 1 ,,', still having the sli g ht cough. On the 30th the plaintla received a letter trom M r . W yt h ers. stating that a horse was very ill, and on th e 2 d of November a seco nd letter, stating it was de a d, an d i nc l os i ng the certificate ct a veterinary surgeon, stat i ng t h at h e had examined the dead horse, that it h a d b een unsound for months f ro th disease of the lungs, common l y ca ll ed hepatisation, tubercles, which must necessar il y b e some months in , forming, and from chronic disease and enlargement the liver, whi c h was more t h an twice the proper size an weight. Mr. W yt h ers d emanded back the sum he ha d paid for th e horse (601.), and thre a t ene d an act i on if 13°', complied with —and on the plaintiff hesitating he actualli commenced an action, which the plaintiff was advise ° ' of ter in vain requiring the now defendant to defend it] to settle by paying the sum demanded and expenses, an d then commenced the present action. Mr Justice COLERIDGE summed up, and the jury, af ter some deliberation, found a verdict for the plaintifk Damages, 621. March 24. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron ALDEusor;) Elijah }ales, 26, an ill-looking journeyman to tradesman of this place, was indicted for a felonio► s assault on Mary Rogers Donald, a fine girl of 16 yea° of age. IC appeared that the girl, who gave her evidence va d / the most becomin g mo d esty, li ved with her mother 61/ grandmother, who, on the 23d of December, bad gone out to make pur c h ases , l eav i ng the prosecutrix in the house. Among others, they called at the in soner's master's, and p urc h ase d h am, potatoes, &c., a n the prisoner was by his master sent home with them' Finding the prose cu t r i x was a l one, he took the oppor.t°,, nity of taking indecent liberties with her, completi.ot the felony, durin g w hi c h s h e fainted and became 1 ° sensible. She was greatly distressed by the cross-examinati on she had to undergo, but her evidence was unshaken 1 1 it, and, after hi s L or d s hi p h ad b riefly, but clearly, the case to the jury, they at once found the prisons' Guilty, and he was transported for fifteen years. Ralph Henry Sh u elebothetm, 25, a surgeon , was ,„ dieted for a felonious assault on Sarah Ann Ashcroft, SC Ashton-under-Lyne, on the Bth of January last. , 2 „ 10 It appeared th a t th e prosecutrix, a very pretty I'l'6o married woman, only twenty-two years old, was on 03 night of the above d a y at t h e house of her sister, WI)0 ,„ was expecting to be co n fi ne d , and the prisoner was attendance as the accoucheur. He said after some nin e that the event would no t t a k e p l ace that night, and 0 % of them must go w ith hi m, and he would send s or a draught, an d th en sa id the prosecutrix tnis better go, and she did so. When they got t 9 t i! ft , house he unlocked the door, and they went in. P o then clasped her r oun d t h e wa i st and forced her int o bedroom, and there committed the felony, preventintgo her from making an alarm by getting his fingers in h , her mouth, and pulling down her jaw. During ,_ & r, d struggle he reminded her that her husband owed o ` l 7l eight shillings, and said if she would submit he W a re ' cross it out of his books, and they should hear no 0 2 °,1, of it, but she declared she would not suffer it for l i v a and he then said he was determined to have his vvilL'a all events. She on coming down stairs found he P, locked the door. She told him she would tell her 13 , 11 b"; band. He said, "if ycu do, it will be a bad job.'' did tell her mother and sister as soon as she got W e e , Persons lived on each side of the prisoner's house, s, parated only by a s i ng l e b r i c k partition, and there 1/;:e. no evidence that a n y one h eard her cries, nor peg there any marks of violence on her person. His LORDSHIP summed up as if he were not per- r ee d/ satisfied with the case, and The jury Acquitted the prisoner, at tho same ail saying they imp u t e d not hi ng against the proseetitr only they were not satisfied the prisoner was guilty. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. E. Stannard was finally examined on a charge °f having defrauded W. W a lk er , o f Charlotte -street, FiAtil. my-square, of fift een s h ares i n the Reading, Guildfor " and Reigate Railway Company. It appeared that the defendant, by means of an fuller' tisement for a clerk, obtained the fifteen shares eg, security for the i n t egr i ty o f t h e complainant (the ve'll" of the shares at th e t i me b e i ng 100/.) in that situat ioe : the services in whi c h were to b e remunerated by 701. P e , annum. The def e nd an t never h a d any authority to dos :, pose of the sh ares . Th e complainant only remained : month at the offi ce o f t h e defendant, Pancras-1017 Bucklersbury, but never saw any business done aler: although the defendant issued printed circulars ag d wine -merchant, statin g th at hi s cellars were sto cked with choice wines. At the end of the month the e° ll3 ; plainant sa w a t t h e d oor a van, in which a Vrtes, was loading all the goods, consisting of hanW e ' e d and empty bottles. In cons equence o f what he be!' § from Mr. Exley, a creditor, he would not allow the ti e to be taken awa y. I n t h e evening of the same da y h , received a lette r f rom t h e d e f en d ant, stating that i n c on 0 sequence of th e i mportun i t i es of a creditor, 11 9 . n " obliged to give up b us i ness, an d prom i sing to eel! 140 settle about th e sa l ary d ue and the shares. In l'atil„gt demanded hi s s h ares , an d ascertained that the defenu—p had borrow e d 501. upon them from Mr. Exley, and Owe; were not, of course, forthcoming. Th e d e f en d a nt, b° ne , ever, prevailed upo n th e comp l a i nant to give hiw srlitf morandum that, in c ons id erat i on o f receiving an I v for 91. and 1Z in cash, he would not take any proceeding against the defendant, who was insolvent. The LORD MAYOR said it was cl ear t h a t, the sha re s having been placed in the defendant's hands for 8 81 1; cific purpose, he h a d v i o l ate d goo d fa i th in making 1.1111, of them for hi s own b ene fi t, an d committed him for to RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS' LIVERPOOL, MARCH 24. mete d, STOCK EXCHANGA —The transactions to-day were very e i and prices are again lower. The sales are—East Lanc''„ e• tA Preference, 6 per cent., 7%—L ancash i re and Yorkshire, Ot pr p. ference, 6 per cent. 1 p.—Lancaster and Prest on , Q u arters, .7* • —London and North-Western, Quarters, New, 4% , Sheffield, and Lincoln (l a t e Sh effield and Lincoln), 14 11 1d Midland Stock, New Ilalyes, S dis.—Shrewsbury, Oswestry , Chester, 101. Preference, guaranteed S per cent., 15% Stta. Eastern (No. 4), Thirds, 71. 3s. 9d.—York, Ne wcas tl e, an d wick (G. N. E. Purchase), 6 per cent, guaranteed, 13s 9d. die.. BIRMINGHAM, Marten 24. f elf STOCK EXCHANGE.— The share m ar k et continues compara,p.-e inactive, and partakes of the general dulness pervading all A 0 ,4 Stock Exchanges. The sale s are — North Staffordshire, af...,",t1 ,; Midland, 6 per cent. 124—A m b ergate, 4% dis.—Shropshire um 11. 6s. 3d. dis.—Coventry and Nuneaton, % p. YORK, MAacH 23. fol' STOCK EXCHANGE —The busine,s transacted to-day waS 01° lows :—Great North ern,ll % —York, Newcastle, and Berwick (~ castle Extension), 177, —Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), 7%. GLASGOW, Menai 23. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The following are to-day's transaction-1 J.... Caledonian, Preference, 1 l —Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, i 9,1 North British, Preference, 245. NE WC ASTLE-LTPON-TYNE, Merton 24. to' STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business d one i n the Stock Exch.... - ,: u sit day has been as follo ws: —N orth British, 1,1%-31iddloshow and RedeAr, 101%. CHESTER AN D HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—Tra f ficI for the week ended March 18, 1849:—Coaching traffic. 736 / , 10s. 7d. ; parcels, 421. 10s. 9d ; goods and cattle, 2 58 Is. Id.; steam-boats, 105/. Bs. 6d. T o t a l, 1,142/. 105. 11 d, —exclusive of toll from Shrewsbury and Chester Coi n. pany, and payment for conveyance of mails. ENORMOUS EGG.—Our neighbour, Mr. Mayer, th e silversmith, has sent to our office an egg, laid by goose in the farm-yard of Mr. Parry, near Chester, all which may be seen in our window. It measures 4 inches in direct length, 9 inches round the middle, 121, inches rou n d th e ova l , and weighs 12 1 ounces.— Li ve rpoo l Mercury. A GOOD SHOT.—At Strickland-gate, in Kendal, on Thursday last, a sportsman, who was passing St. Thomas's Church, with a common air gun observed a starling perched upon the pinnaclehis of the steeple. He instantly discharg , d the p i ece, and the bird felskullldeaidg,hittsot the having pinnacle b efreonm frar s e p d ot by w t h h e e nc b e ul t l h et e . The he sportsman took aim is upwards of c lOO feet. —Cumber land Pacquet. BIRTH. On the 18th insf . ., the lady of the Rev. Charles Dashwood Goldie, curate of Horncastle, of a son and heir. MARRIED. 14, India-street, on the 23d inst., Williats Esq.. son of Hen r y C urwen, Esq., of Work in wn H a ll, Cumberland, and B e l le Isle, Westmoreland, to Catherine Robertson, daught er o f the late Robert No3/!' BlamireG Glasgow, Curwen, D.D., Minister of the un i t e d parishes of Larbert and Duni pace, Stirlingshire. On the 22d inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, Jo bs W. Brown, Esq., of Motcombe.street Bel e-square, .., , grav Eleanor, second da ug ht er of Mr. Richard W. F alrlain, Oxford-street. DIE. On the 12th i ns t ., at Portsmouth, Mrs. Tidy, widow . 0f the late Colonel Tidy, C. 8., 24th Regiment. of On the 14th i nst., at Woolwich, Dr. Parkin. NT• 0 Cawsand, Corn wa ll , aged 71, Inspector of Fleets and s‘. pitals, having served upwards of 53 years. On the 18th i nst., i n London, Robert Claxton, Esct' h er Majesty's Chief Justice of St. Christopher's, West 'flair; gl, age the 19th i ns t., at Sh arow-lodge, Yorkshire, P" - Thomas Hopper, Esq. On the 20th inst., at Rainham, Kent, Mr. T. WakeleY• On the .oth inst., John Priestley, Esq., of Parkfleld - c ° ' • tage, Toxteth park, Liverpool, aged 63. On the 20th inst., at Brixton, Edm un d, e ld es t s on 9 f T. Goodbehere, Esq., of Lee. On the 23d inst., J. R. Barnes, Esq., Darley-hall, near Bolto, Lancashire, aged 63. :f of On the 25th inst., in Wimp o l e - s t reet, C at h er i ne , wife Admiral Sir Byam Martin, G.C.B. --- London: Printed and Published b y MURDO YOUNG, of , 2 No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Th e S un Offi ce , No. ' f t Strand, in the Precinct of th e S avoy , i s t h e count,' " kuddieeea, Monday, March 86,184!. l _ The Co of the Un ttotice, ti !.)e re tract for Stores, at RUM SUGAR session: COCOA WIIEAT SOAP (1 The R Duties. Sample than 2 qu duced by With the Office. 3 treaty, n for him, Every ' and bear and lutist and Suga ble persc gaging ti per cent. The Co of the Un notice tin Will be re tract for RIGA Distrib at the sal the day e agent for Every ' ralty, and an 1 must letter sip with the ante of e 1 sum of 50 N A The le Proprieta Modern Two-th Annual Half th Extens Modera N.B. Per cent. E . / I'd w' X 60 ;1000 Prospec or any of Warded p lIR This In Viet., ear Assursne greater fa public. The at tinually ii of 7,000 1- niagnitud to offer u ference t Which ha the use of A' G The r With sat either ye mium m: of life. outlay. Prospe 69, Lomt POLII EN' Medics A Poll Premh The wl Autn Ches Autt Mill, Twe rwe New Doe: Dret An tailed measu Cau again &belt has la T ley excep Thorr genii their Heide Ladle 94, moot ford,' Tal till su Bev On Tc