The Sun. — London, England, 1841-02-20 00:00:00

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HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. *forning...... 3 minutes atter 2 Evening minutes after 2. The Publication of the Evening Edition of THE Satz com menoed at 10 minutes after Three. LONDON: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1841. The Peers assembled to legislate last night. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY moved that the LORD SPEAKER give orders to publish the trial of the Earl of CARDIGAN. The Earl of ELDON took the opportunity of stating that one of the Masters of Chancery, a messenger of the House, had been refused ad mittance on the trial, and to express a hope that the refusal was unintentional. The Noble Earl also adverted to the ATTORNEY-GENERAL having said there was nothing of moral delinquency in the conduct of the Earl of CARDIGAN, which was going, he said, much too far ; the Right Rev. Bench could never countenance such language. The Bishop of LONDON expressed his regret at the sentence, and his opinion was that the AT- I'ORNEY-GENERAL had gone beyond his province. Be hoped that their Lordships would consider whether something could not be done to put an end to duelling. P.robably the lay Peers believe they have already done too much, though per haps inadvertently, by passing a law which makes ounding. a man felony, and which has already brought one of themselves into a scrape. A little discussion then ensued as to the right of the spiritual Peers to withdraw themselves, and not to vote on such occasions as a trial. They always retire. Lord ELLENBOROUGH contended that every Peer had a right to withdraw without voting if he liked. The Peers cannot be locked up, then, like a Jury, to bring them to a decision. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE concurred in the opinion that any Peer might withdraw. Lord REDESDALE pointed out that the spiritual Peers had withdrawn in other cases. . The Earl of SIIAFTESBURY said it was custom ary for the Archbishop of CANTERBURY to ask leave for the spiritual Lords to retire, which has always, we believe, been done, under a protest that the withdrawal prejudices no rights of the spiritual Peers. The spiritual Peers, we believe, originally protested against being submitted to tLe jurisdiction of any lay Court, and therefore they would take no part in any such Court. By the progress of time and the reformation, the priest- hood has been reduced under another law than the Canon Law, and we have in our day seen a Bishop carried into a Police-court for a gross of fence. We did not hear of any appeal to his Peers, the fact, we believe, bring, that spiritual Lorde have not the privilege, like Lord CARDIGAN, of being tried before the LORD HIGH STEWAR D for felony. If they commit such an offence they will be carried before an ordinary tribunal, the ver dict of which will be more satisfactory to the country than the verdict in the case of Lord CARDIGAN. The Earl of MOUNTCASHEL adverted to a duel which took place on the morning before yester day, in defiance of the law and the solemn pro ceedings which begun and end e d on T ues d ay . He advocitin_..... WM/IMM* of a Cot of Ho nour of line , suciy in tmiiar3ia, said the discip ind inquired if the V 4 4u. - g - • ,-. 4711- 7 b3 :--- -Y/ 14 ) _ ----,.;..,- q-rh.2_,Oif , 41 0 ,* aro ~,,,.- d% 41) ; Zbt Ministers meant to bring in any measure to put a stop to duelling. Lord MELBOURNE admitted the importance of the subject, but was not prepared to bring in any measure with reference to duelling. In a brief conversation on the subject of the Poor-law (Ireland), the Earl of GLENGALL com plained of the mode in which it was worked. The Marquis of NORMANBY said directions had been given to follow a strict principle; but Go vernment did not mean to bring in a Bill to amend the law. Lord BROUGHAM presented two or three peti- tions ; and amongst them one from a gentleman seventy years of age, complaining that a suit for the recovery of property had lasted twenty years, and was not yet decided. The Noble Lord ex pressed a hope that this embarrassing cause might be disposed of on the return of the Judges from circuit. The Bishop of EXETER is on Tuesday to pre sent a petition from Canada about St. Sulpice, and of course to make a speech on that day. Lord BROUGHAM, in laying on the table a re turn of the number of days the Committee of the Privy Council had sat, again defended that C:.;ur from the attacks made on it in another place. The Earl of DEVON brought in a Bill to im. _ _ prove the administration of justice, founded on the Reports made to the House. There are now three Bills before Parliament for that object, and with similar titles. On moving for some returns about the Poor laws in Ireland, the Earl of GLENGALL ob jected to the valuations; and it was ex plained that the valuators of Clogheen had impertinently fixed the title of " Tory and disturber to some tenants of the Noble Earl. The Irish Peers seem to find nothing too minute and trifling to bring before Parliament. The capacity, too, of their Lordships is most extra ordinary, and suffices to govern a poor-house or an empire. After their Lordships had settled the question they adjourned till Monday. In the Commons, a considerable number of petitions was presented, and amongst them one from Bury for the release of Mr. HETHERINGTON, which ought to be followed up. It is a disgrace to the age that a respectable tradesman is incar cerated for selling a book, the language of which is not according to the canons of gentlemanly criticism. Mr. WAKLEY, on presenting petitions against the New Poor-law, used very strong language, which will, nevertheless, be echoed in the country. Mr. HAWES admitted that he was ready to strike out of his Bill for Medical Reform all that relates to druggists. On a hint from the SPEAKER he undertook to withdraw it and introduce it in a Committee of the whole House as a measure affecting trade. Mr. HUME adverted to some Bishop at Quebec having refused to allow a tablet to be placed in the church to the memory of Colonel LESTER, because the Colonel was not a regular commu nicant. Mr. VERNON SMITH said the Govern ment had no official information on the subject. On the Order of the Day for the second read ing of the Registration of Voters (England) Bill, Sir EDWARD SUGDEN expressed his disapproba tion of placing in the hands of the SPEAKER the power of nominating the Judges of Appeal. He character ised it as abdicating the functions of the House. He also objected to a part of the Bill which alters the franchise. He did not oppose the second reading, but gave notice that he would move clauses in the Committee to make the Bill agreeable to his own views. Mr. G ISBORNE also objected to some part of the Bill, but on the whole was much gratified by its introduction. Mr. WARBURTON thought the Revising Courts indispensable. Mr. HumE inquired why the proposed fran chise for Ireland was not to be introduced into England? Lord J. RUSSELL, in admitting that he intend ed to make an alteration in the rate-paying clauses, said he had no wish or intention to re store the 40s. freeholders either in England or Ireland. The Bill was read a second time. The Duties on East India Rum Bill was also read a second time. In reply to Mr. HUME, Lord PALMERSTON stated that it was his intention to lay the papers relative to the Syrian warfare, on the table as soon as possible. In a conversation between Sir R. PEEL and Lord PALMERSTON in reference to the North- Eastern Boundary question, it was stated that the English and American Governments had agreed, on the principle of settling the dispute, but had not agreed as to the details. Both Go vernments had made propositions which had been by both rejected. There was no general Commission acting on behalf of both countries, but each is seeking to establish its own views of the details of the plan to accommodate the dispute. reply to Mr. HAWES, Lord J. RUSSELL stated, that the LORD CHANCELLOR meant to bring a Bill into the other House to regulate all Ecclesiastical Courts. In answer to Mr. BARING, the Noble Lord said that a measure would, he believed, be neces sary to register voters in municipal corporations. The House adjourned at a Quarter past Seven, till Monday. The trial of the Earl of CARDIGAN, whether called a solemn farce, a piece of antique humbug, a costly mockery of justice, or anything else, con tinues to excite the indignation and the wonder of the public. In the substantial merits and de ' merits of the case we see nothing extraordinary, any more than in any other criminal indictment which failed because the facts averred in it were not proved by that which is called legal evidence. There is no reason why an Earl should not have the same chance of escape when put on his trial, or the same protection, as the humblest me chanic ; and if the ingenuity of a hired counsel can pick a hole in the indictment, or find a flaw in the evidence—if he can prove to the Judges that his Right Honourable client, standing before them on his honour, is not to be found guilty, though that client know that there is not, and cannot be, the smallest doubt as to the person wounded—because there is a technical difficulty in establishing his identity, why should not the Earl OfCARDIGAN be allowed, like SHEEN, who cut off a child's head, to have recorded against him a verdict of not guilty ? All the world knows that the Earl of CARDIGAN did fight a duel, did wound a gentleman, and did thereby incur pe nalties prescribed for that offence by the Statute ; but why should not the Peers, on their honour, pronounce him not guilty, whatever their know ledge may be, when the ATTORNEY-GENERAL tailed to lay bef ore t h em at that moment the technical proof that the person wounded by h e Earl of CARDIGAN was Captain HARVEY rUCKETT? The Ndble Earl has, on that point, had no more favour nor affection shown him th an any other person indicted for a crime and we cannot see any reason to find fault with the Court of the LORD HIGH STEWARD for its decision, whatever blame may attach to the law itself, or to the prosecutors. Why the prosecutor did not establish the identity of the person shot at and wounded by the Earl of CARDIGAN on Sept. 1 4 2, with the Cap tain HARVEY PHIPPS GARNETT TUCKETT named in the indictment, or why, if he could not establish that identity, the wounded person was riot described as unknown, does not appear. The offence was fully proved. Mr. DANN, hi s wife, and son, established the fact that the Earl of CARDIGAN shot at and wounded a man—but what man ? The prosecutors averred that it was Captain HARVEY TUCKETT. Why did they not prove it ? The coachman who drove him from the field, accompanied by Sir JAMES ANDER SON, could have been found ; he might have been traced to Hamilton-street, to the Magis trates who examined him, and to whom he gave his name, and one, or all of these parties, might have identified the person shot by the Earl of CARDIGAN with Captain HARVEY TUCKETT. Why this was not done is unexplained, and at present a stigma lies on the reputation of the prosecutor. If the omission were designed, what can be said for the prosecutor's honesty and fidelity ? If it were accidental, what for his ? In caller cave bir Jon CAMPBELL Und Mr. WADDINGTON Will suffer in reputation, if not in fortune ; and the labours of wally years THE SUN, L will not retrieve their losses on the 16th instant. Sir JOHN CAMPBELL spoke of the offence he was prosecuting in the softest terms, so that he was not zealous in his undertaking. He is indirectly accused by the bar of having violated its rules, by not having done his utmost to obfain a verdict. Sir JOHN showed no such want of zeal when he prosecuted Mr. HETHERINGTON, and he made no such mistake when he indicted the Chartists in various parts of the kingdom. We are not surprised, therefore, at the resolu tions adopted by the Finsbury Working Men's Association; if there be not one law for the rich and another for the poor, as they say, there are unquestionably such different modes of ad ministering the same law, that one man may by it be persecuted to death, and another find it a protection from punishment, for a palpable and an admitted offence. We are less disposed, however, to blame the Court, which only fol lowed the ordinary rules of criminal procedure, than the manner in which the prosecutor set about proving the offence charged in the indict ment. But if the proceedings were according to law, and the acquittal according to the rules of evi dence, what opinion must we form of them ? The whole executive power is founded on the idea of giving active protection to the members of the Community, who in return promise it obe dience. It establishes Courts and subjects the community to considerable expense to obtain that end. Its especial business is to uphold and vindicate the law. In this pursuit it spares no expense, and is regardless of life. It had, in this case, made great preparations to vindicate the law against a man of high rank. An unusual Court was established—great expense was incurred—for nearly a month public attention had been fixed on the proceedings—even the business of one branch of the Legislature was suspended, and the result was, while the offence was admitted, that the offender was acquitted. Guilt was proclaimed in the presence of the executive, and the rules laid down for the guidance of the Court com pelled it to pronounce the guilty free. We can come to no other conclusion on such a result than that the rules of law and evidence which brought it about are absurd, and quite unfit to be the guides of conduct. Some of our Contemporaries, however, prefer these technicalities to substantial justice, and would have a man acquitted or condemned, flot because he has or has not committed an offence, but because his Christian name might not be cor rectly known. Unless these technicalities be ri gidly observed, we are taught to believe that justice cannot be administered. " Erglishmen, instead of being protected by the law," says the Herald, "tried by the administrators of the law— convicted or acquitted according to law—would hold their lives and liberties at the arbitrary caprice of lawless tribu nals—bound by no fixed principles—submitting to no uni versal rules of justice, but delivering their own crade and inconsiderate dicta, mixed up with the passions, the pre judices, the hasty feelirga of the occasion. Anarchical confusion would succeed to legal crier and method. The voice of pur.,, firm, impartial, considerate, awl passionless justice would no mere be hcari in the balls where its throne has long stood amid all orders and authorities of the monarchy, commanding, unassailable, and supreme." This is fine writing ; but the laws so much boasted of are gross absurdities, which lead gen tlemen to say " Not guilty, upon my honour," when the guilt of shooting at another man, and wounding him, is clearly proved ; and which lead those whose duty and pride it is to vindicate the law, to be parties to its violation. " Passion less justice " are fine words, but they mean in the above sentence the fictions and rules laid down by very passionate men, and very often laid down to serve a bad purpose. To dignify the absurd technicalities which lead to the acquittal of a SHEEN and a CARDIGAN as passionless justice, is to degrade one of the noblest attributes of na ture. Justice we understand to be what GOD or Nature.commands ; the passionless justice of the Herald is a mixture of antique iniquity and modern falsehood, condemned by all experience. It is a mistake, we believe, to suppose that such rules keep Judges honest, and ensure the due administration of justice. Those who make these rules can always twist them to their purposes, and the only guarantee we have of their honesty, is . that publicity which some Judges are ever anxious to get rid of. Though we admit that the Court of the LORD HIGH STEWARD followed with great readiness the ordinary rules of Criminal Courts, as they happened to accord-with its inclination, we must not be understood .as praising the consti tution of that Court. Suppose a Peer must be tried by his Peers, why cannot a few of them be selected by ballot, to constitute a Jury to try him. In ancient times that was the practice. Why must a Peer be tried by the whole body of the Peerage ? Are these men of honour so afraid that they will not trust a few ? Do they dread a packed Court? Such an apprehension, Black stone says, was the origin of the practice of sum moning all the Peers, which puts into our hands the Peers' measure of the honesty of the Peer age. They sought protection from the vices of individuals by appealing to the whole body. They fled to universal suffrage as their best pro tection, but whenever the people appeal to the same principle, they are sternly repelled, and told to rely on that principle on which the Peers, when their own lives or property are at stake, will not rely—the verdict of a select few. Again, this multitudinous Court dispenses with an oath. Why? It feels and knows that the ob ligation to speak truth and act justly, is just as great whether it be enforced by an oath or not. An appeal to GoD does not in the case of a Peer enhance the obligation. But the Peers, setting such a just value on an oath in their own case, impose oaths on other people as the only security for truth telling. They trust themselves and trust no other men. We are not aware of any reason why the declaration of any other man on his honour or on his word should no t b e h e l d as valid as the declaration of a Peer ; and as the Gospel commands men to swear not all, they may think it right to follow the example of the Peers in preference to obeying their commands, and object to take oaths that they will do right or tell the truth. This multitudinous Court differs from all the other Courts of the kingdom. It is established for a special occasion—they are always in exist ence. It is constituted to try one of its own members, and must come prejudiced to the in vestigation. They have not, except on rare oc casions, a special mission, but try causes in the ordinary run of their every day business. It is very numerous—they consist of a few persons, and in several cases of a single Judge. It deli vers its opinions on its honour ; other Courts are bound by stringent oaths. But totally opposite as these institutions are, we shall be told by our Tory Contemporaries, in defiance of reason, that they are adapted to produce the same effects; that both are perfection, and make Great Britain the admiration of the world. The Radicals can not stomach such revolting inconsistencies, and while they admit the general good character of our ordinary tribunals, they assert that no better means can be devised to protect a criminal than to subject him to a special Court of his own fel lows, appointed for the occasion, and dissolved ps t E h ;: e brt llemijconof,mincaeanAtndißtypwi of f work is done. Th e t r i a l o f the CARDIGAN l hasten ae h s t a e s n, existingi either ti fa le c r a t bi tsrevealedst rreformd ities ot orof our destruction. TI tie more we report the proceedings of the Court of Commissioners of Sewers the greater necessity do we see for a special observance of their doings present and past. In our Jour nal of this day will O b e e cu f r o r u e l d id so fa a RerpboarctktoausehlBinoBg and 1832. It would appear that the Commis sioners of the " good old times" could as readily whitewash a dirty job as some of their worthy successors can attempt to make the worse ap pear the better cause. But the public will naturally ask how has such a system been allowed to evade the light of inquiry so long ? We presume the reason to be that there were no Members of Parliament in the Commission, or if there were, that they did not like to soil their gloves by stirring in such muddy waters. Private interest andpublicbenefit seem to have been convertible terms in ti,e those woik i,r -,.1 well th e n, p e opl e of the responsible times ;, ac; the day : , !,;t1 exclaim, " why not let well alone ?" Be it so, it the householders of this vast metropolis are CQII-, Nnow, sA.fiultt)Alr, tent to submit to an illegal drain on their pockets, in addition to all other rates which they are com pelled to pay. If we rightly comprehend the ex tent of the powers vested in these Commissioners of Sewers, the sooner such a nuisance is abated the better. In fact, the Constitution of the whole Court ought to be inquired into simultaneously, or ra ther, before the Bill for a better drainage be pro ceeded with. The Marquis of NORMANBY, after reading the Report in The Sun of this day, will at once see the necessity of looking to this subject. Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S speech on the Danish claims, like that of his colleague the CHAN CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, shows how the facts of a case may be wrongfully assumed, for the purpose of giving clap-trap answers to them. His Lordship asserted that the seizure of British property by the Danes was simply a case of ordi nary capture, and that it had been argued for the claimants that the public money ought to be paid to them in compensation. Now he well knows that the real question is whether a Government is to seize on the private property of foreign in dividuals trading in our ports, and trusting to our good faith, without any provocation or cause for war on their part, or on that of their Go vernment, and appropriate the proceeds to its own purposes or that of the public, while the property of its own subjects is to be left unpro tected, to be sacrificed in reprisals for that act, without any compensation, out of the confiscated foreign property, which occasioned the loss of the British sufferers. Lord JOHN will never be able to persuade the British nation, still less the world at large, that the seizure of the private property of the Danes in our harbours in 1807, without any cause for war on their part, was " in accordance with the law of nations," or " the usages of war;" and yet he must prove that first before he can assert that the consequences of that Act, namely, the seizure of British ships in Danish waters during the period of reprisals, can be designated the " occurrences of ordinary war fare." The claimants had strong grounds to prc .test against the legality of captures in the Neu tral Baltic Sea; for its neutrality, even in case of war, had been recognised by the Danes in trea ties and conventions, but they were debarred from this plea by the antecedent illegal conduct of their own Government. This is very distinctly stated by Sir WILLIAM POLLOCK in his written opinion. '' I think it quite clear," says this high legal authority, " that the circumstances under which the losses in question were sustained, do not in any respect bear the construction given to them in the reply to the memorial of January last—viz., that the losses were in conformity to the practice and usage of war prevailing among the nations of Europe ;" but that, on the contrary, all " ordinary prac tice and usage was violated." In this opinion Sir F. POLLOCK, Sir' W. FOLLETT, and Dr. LUSHINGTON coincided. It agrees also with that expressed by Lord SIHMOUTH, in 1810. Lord JOHN knows that the nation is not called upon to pay money out of its own pocket without value received, and that the question is simply that of refunding what has been unjustly withheld from the claimants. The Paris Papers of Thursday have all reach ea us, but their contents are unimportant. The Committee of the Peers on the Fortifications Bill, after adopting, by a majority of six votes to one, the principle of the Bill, proceeded, with singular inconsistency, to appoint the only dis sentient, Count MOLE, reporter of the Commit tee, and named as secretary Baron MOONIER, one of the most lukewarm advocates of the mea sure ! Still that the Bill would be adopted by the Chamber was doubted by nobody. The fol lowing paragraphs from the As'iecle show the ac tivity with which the Court engages in promot ing the passing of the Bill by a large majority : The Ministry is rather anxious as to the fate of the discus sion about to begin in the Chamber of Peers. It is said that ail the agents of Government who are members of the Peerage, have received the order to come to 1 aris to vote. Even the Ambassadors are not exempted from .this order. The arrival of I. Bresson, Ambassador at Berlin, is expected, and that of AI. de St. Aulaire, who is destined to the embassy of London. The Duke of Orleans, expected at St_ Omer. h. (1,13y.A his departure in order to assist at the discussion of the bureaux on the project of law of the fortification —a discussion in which he has taken a very active part. The Duke was present at the discussion at the opening of the session of the Chamber of Peers, and voted toe the nomination of General Firlet. The Presse has joined the Commerce in oppo sing the Fortifications' Bill. The following is an extract from that Journal of Thursday on the subject : " Count Mole has been three times Minister for the last ten years. He has closely examined men and affairs, the passions which agitate us, the predilections which lead us astray, the parties which divide us, the Governments which observe us, and he fears, as we do, the project to fortify Paris, which with difficulty obtained 209 votes in the Deputies, thanks to the condescension of M. Guizot, the interested zeal of M. Thiers, the scandalous tergiversation of M. Barrot and the Left party, and, finally, the coalition formed by all the Journals—from the National at the head, and the De bats at the tail. Count Mole fears that the fortifying of Paris is the abandonment of the policy of - the last ten years, and is the inroad of a system fatal to peace, to our political preponderance, to our national independence, to our institutions,, and to: our dynasty, and these apprehen sions of Count Mole are shared by the most eminent, the most experienced, and most cautious colleagues in the Chamber of Peers. If the majority of the Commission pro poses an amendment, and it should be rejected by the Cham ber, Count Mole, like M. de Lamartine, would at least have proved, that they are not the servile followers of the Court, as calumniously charged on the Cabinet of the 15th of April. If the Peers adopt the amendment, and the Deputies then reject the Bill, it will establish that the former vote arose from a surprise, a complaisance, or want of reflection. If the Bill is thrown out Count Mole will have rendered the country and the tax-payers a real service." The Moniteur Algerien of the 9th inst. contains the follow ing report : " THE GOVERNOR OF MEHEAH TO THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL. " On the sth inst. 800 Arabs of the regular army were ob served in the East, and a reunion of several hostile tribes was discovered in the south. 7he garrison hastened to beat to arms, and marched against the enemy, who have been routed, and much injury inflicted upon them by the mountain artillery. We had one man killed and sixteen wounded ; our success has been complete." The following is the copy of a despatch from the Minister of Marine and Colonies to the Mai itime Prefect of Toulon, dated the 27th of January last : " have the honour to send you herewith the copy of an anonymous letter, without any date, which has been re ceived at the Department of the Interior, and which desig nates Joaquim Vicira-dos- Santos, a Portuguese, as being on the point of proceeding to France with the intention of pur chasing a ship, and then going to the coast of Africa for the purpose of carrying on the slave trade under French colours. 'f his letter does not indicate either the port in which the ship is to be fitted out, or the time when the person in question will arrive. " Conformably to the instructions contained in the Ministe rial circular of Bth April, 1831, relative to the execution in the ports of the law of the 4th of March preceding, for the suppression of the slave trade, I invite you to transmit the news of this project to the proper Ministerial &payment, that it may he able to prevent the execution of it, should it be at tempted in one of the five ports of the `sth division. You wilt also have the goodness to communicate to the shipowners, through the Chamber of Commerce, the name and the project of the individual in question," The English journals have not yet arrivel 7 Le Commerce. Seville 35 PRICES OF IRISH STO 3 per Cent. Consols Three and Half Stock 97 Ditto Reduced Ditto New, 1830 ...... 97i 36 per Cent. Debs. heavy rates, construct them without orders ? If the numberless Boards, Commissioners, and Offi cials, who are already in existence, were to do their duty, we should not want new Boards with more extensive powers, nor any new laws. Workmen are busily employed in paving Duncannon-street with wood, in order that Divine Service in St. Martin's church may not be interrupted by the noise of public vehicles on a Sunday, and that passengers may not be put to the inconvenience of going out of their way by the interference of the police. Why do not the parish authorities connected with the two churches in the Strand adopt the same simple remedy, and not torment sick and dying people in the narrow by-streets by the intolerable rattling of omnibuses and coaches for four hours every Sunday ? If their object really was the convenience of the clergymen and hearers, they would have done this long ago, and we can, therefore, only conclude that their object is to make a show of godliness. It is certainly, sur prising that the public should submit with such patience to this arbitrary conduct, and be stopped or turned back on a thoroughfare by policemen, as if they were committing a trespass. __ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK.-Mr. Beuler, so .well known for his songs and his peculiar manner of singing them, has just published some verses under this title, which have been set to music by Mr. J. Clinton. They possess some of the characteristics of Mr. Beuler's style, striking antithesis, natural hurnour, and the ludicrous use of words of similar sound with different mean ings, but. in order to be duly appreciated they must be heard from the lips of the author him self. He alone can do them justice, and those therefore who wish to judge of their real merits ought to take the earliest opportunity of hearing him recite them in public. No muse has been more prolific than his, she disdains no sub ject, and seems to rejoice as much in picturing the beauties of "Sukey Snubs" as in describing the .majesty of King William and the British navy. They are' all written in the language of humour, but free from expressions likely to. give offence in any society, and contain not the slightest allusions of an immoral tendency. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, FEn. 20.—Wind this day at noon, light breeze at south, with tine clear weather. RA at GATE, FEB. 19.-1 he Success, Wheeler, from Shields for Littlehampton, got in contact with the Elizabeth and Jane, Hart, of London, off the South Foreland, and has put in here, with loss of bowsprit and leaky. DEAL, FEB. 19.—Wind S.S. W.—Sailed the Hindostan, Redman, fur Madras; Cognac packet, Saulter, Buenos Ayres; Cato, Scot, St. Vincent ; Lagoda,f i Lincoln, Charleston ; Scio, Teasdale, Syri. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 19.—Wind S. S. W.—Arrived Thomas Lee, from Calcutta ; Indus, M'Farlane, ditto ; Paragon, Little St. Jago de Cuba ;..Ambassador, Kilby, and Mary Kingsland, Weir, New Orleans ; New York, Mack, Mobile ; Shannon, Pike, ditto; Bengal, Baker, ditto ; Cabinet, Sinnel,' Charles ton ; Ben Nevis, Bayland, St. John's, New B runsw i c k ; 3lar garet Parker, Dunn, Newfoundland; Sylph, Hunter, ditto; Sam Slick, M'Dowall, Halifax. Sailed the Patriot King, Roddick, for Calcutta; Bahamian, Strogan, ditto; Timoleon, Windsor, ' New Orleans • Tremont, Gillespie, New Y or k ; Suveah, Moody, ditto; Governor Fenner, Andrews, ditto ; Loo Choo, Whippen, Boston. CowEs, FEB.l9.—Arrived the Adonis, Morel, Rio Janeiro. BRISTOL, FEB. 19. s ship or a barque, waterlogged, was passed on the 14th inst. in lat. 47, lon. 12, she hailed from Newcastle, but could not make out her name, by the Racer, arrived here. CLYDE, FEB. 17.—Arrived the Bethea, Campbell, from Nassau. Sailed the Terranova, Nurweek, for, Sydney, New South Wales. DunLitt, FEB. 17. krrived the Ctlista, Major, Honduras. PETERHEAD, FEB. 17.—The William Gray, Gay, from Inverkeithing to Oporto, is stranded at Cornier Bay, six mi'es south of this port, but is expected off when the weather mode rates. SHIELDS, FEB. IR.—The Bee, Storey, hence to London, put back yesterday leaky. CROOKHAVEN, FEB. 16.—Arrived the Royal William, Dris coll, from St. John's, New Brunswick.l WHITBY, FEB. 18.—Arrived the Marathon, Davidson, of and from Newcastle, sprung a leak and sunk off Robin Hood Bay this morning, crew saved. The Anna Polowna from Ostend to Hull has discharged her cargo partly in a damaged state. REDCAit, FEB. 17.—Arrived the True Briton and Hope, both of and from Stockton, run on the rocks off this place yes terday whilst in tow of a steam tug-boat, were got off. WATEREO RD, FE B. 17.—A considerable part of the cargo of the Maria, from Antwerp to Belfast, is in a damaged state, and will be sold. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. We have received the New Zealand Gazettes to Sept. 13 . GOVERNMENT NOTICES. _ . The Lieutenant-Governor desires it to be not' fied, that the lands of Mangonni }lave been purchased for her Majesty the Queen ; and he therefore cautions the public against building, cutting timber, or trespassing thereon. Those perso ns w h o have established themselves on these lands, either by building or enclosing grounds for cultivation, will be permitted to hold such tenements or lands un iisturbed until the Commission, to be hereafter appointed, shall decide upon the rights of the re spective parties. We witnessed on Saturday last with much satisfaction the arrival of a French whaler : it is the first whaling vessel which has resorted to Port Nicholson to refresh. She belongs to Havre, has been out 13 months, and has 2,309 barrels of black oil, and 7 tons of whalebone. The city of Adelaide, including parks and reserves, covers more than 3,300 acres. Accounts from Frankfort state that the Government of the Grand Duchy of Hesse has contracted with the house of Messrs. Rothschild a loan of 1,500,000 florins for the expenses occasioned by the armaments. Accounts from Berlin, of the 10th of February, state that up to the present time the Prussian Government excluded the Israelites from all situations under their nomination, but that unjust exclusion has now ceased, and the King has named a Jew, Benjamin Mak, as Justice of Peace of Heinsberg (ar rondissement of Aix-la-Chapelle), and h's Majesty has con ferred on him the honour of the decoration of the Red Eagle. Consols opened this morning at the leaving off prices of yesterday, 883 4, both for Time and the Account ; Exchequer Bills, 5 7 prem. ; Bank Stock, 165 167. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active, 23 3 A 24; De ferred, 125 1 ; Passive, 55 64 ; Portuguese, 315 32 ; Th ree per Cents., 194 3 A; Colombian, 225 ; Mexican 27 3 28 ; Chilian, 62 64 ; Brazilian, 715 725 ; Dutch Two. and-a-Half per Cents., 505 5 ; Five per Cents. 991. SIIA RES.—Great Western, 24 1 / 2 25% ; New, 101/ 111/ 2 prem. ; Birmingham, 83 85 prem. ; Southampton, 57 1 / 2 58% per share. LivEitrooL COTTON MARKET, FRIDAY.--We have had a large business transacted daily through the week, the trade pur chasing freely, and speculators being by no means inactive, having taken 17,300 bales of American and 700 bales of Surat. For export 450 bales of American have been taken. The mar ket has fully recovered the depression we noticed in our last report, prices of American being quite 1g per lb. higher than they closed on Friday last. The last accounts from the United Sta'es continue the report of a short crisp. A large business is bring done to-day at very full prices, the sales of all kinds being estimated at 8,000 bales. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, FER. 19.—London and South Western, 58 581; Manchester and Leeds, 75 ; Ditto, Halves, 325; Manchester and Birmingham, 25; London and Birmingham New 32/. Sh ares 205 205; Midland Counties, New, 155; North Midland, 74 75 ; Rochdale Canal, 86. PRICES OF SHARES TillS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. . . _ _ _ Birmingham and Derby 100 . .. Ditto Thirds Great Western 65 Ditto New 50 Ditto Fifths .. 4 .. 91 to London and South Western 3B& 58k..... to Manchester and Leeds ... 70 Ditto New Shares COURSE OF EXCHANGE—(YESTERDAY.) Amsterdam C F. 12 5i Gibraltar... ....... ....... 413 Ditto, at sight Rotterdam 2 U. 12 6 Genoa 25 85 Antwerp l2 51 i Milan Hamburgh... ....M. B. 13 WI Venice Altona l3 11 Naples ... 401 Paris, 3 clays' sight-- 25 45 Palermo, per oz 1191 Ditto, 3 months 25 70 Lisbon ... 51 Marseilles... .. ...... .... 25 75 Oporto . . 52i I3ourdeaux... . .... 25 75 Rio Janeiro 2B Frankfort on Maine.... 1 491 ! Bahia 27 Petersburgh, 3 U 5..... 37-1, !Buenos Ayres — Berlin 7 0 INewYork,2l days' sight 46 1- Vienna, effec. 11. 3 M lO 2 !Philadelphia - 46 Trieste, ditto Madrid Cadiz Bilboa Barcelona _.. Silver in Bars 0 5 Oi , CKS, DUBLIN, FEB. 18. Bank Stock 166 Grand Canal Stock — Ditto Debs. 6 per cent... Ditto 4 per cent •. Ro3•al Canal Stock HALEPAST ONE; We have just received Jamaica Papers, by the West Indian mail, to the 21st of January, by the Delight, sailed from St. Thomas on the 21st of January, from Cape Horn 26th of January. Appearances bid fair for a desperate struggle at the next lelection in this city. Vaes are being registered from every quarter, and those who never before took an interest in such matters are anxious to secure to themselves the right of exer cising the franchise. TossAno.—We have but one paragraph to extract relating to the Ireland, and that is an accoun t o f th e weather. The' Tobago Gazette, on this head reports, " This day and pre ceding night, the rains long wished for during the parched stale of great part of the island, have caused vegetation to be partly copious." 'I he following is an extract of a letter, dated Barranguilla. Deo. 24 :—" Private advices from Bogota it form us that on the 9th of the present month General lberran had gone from Apaguira, at the head of 3,600 men, in pursuit of Gonzalez, which routed Gonzalez on Ithe 25th October, and 1,000 re cruits. Barrero is marching against Cordova, from Antigua. We have not learnt anything from Trinidad. 'llw rains which have succeeded the hot weather of October have, with slight intermission, continued to ' fall throughout the whole of that month. Accounts from Carthagena state that affairs are in a very disturbed state in that quarter. Imprisonment takes place daily. The British Consul there states that for the protection of British property it was absolutely necessary that a vessel of war should be stationed at that place. Consols have been during the morning alternately buyers and sell ers at 833 for the Account. There is not a feature it, either of the M ar k ets worth attention to the pre l ent h our. Consols for Money 833 ; have bet 884 ; Exchequer Bills, 6 prem ; India Bonds, 14 9 dis. ; Bank Stock, 1661. In the Foreign Market only two bargains have been done 'luring the morning, and that was in the Portuguese and Dutch Portuguese, Three per Cents., 19* i ; Dutch Five per Cents., •,:.9; - 1 ' Arad:et very title doing; prim; much tl t , GI cat V;esto 11, 614 ; I ; South Western, 513 i Manchester and Leeds New Shares, 33/. The Peru steamer arrived at Lima on t;.ie 7th Septemb,-- .....,0. BOURSE.-PARIS, THURSDAY, FEB. 18 . first Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Prici. Price l'rencht. per Cents ll2 30 ... 112 30 ... 112 15 ... 112 20 434 per Cents ..... , lO2 ... IC2 ... 1 , /2 ... IC2 4 per Gents O9 ... 99 " al .. " 3 per Cents 76 10 ..76 10 ... 75 95 ... 75 95 link col ?ranee 1,-.lfitte flank 5000 f. Stares 51H0 ...5150 ...51t:0 ...5130 1 igian Bank New Loan 93 ... 91 ... 09 ... 99 ipanish Active y4". .... 242,', ... 247( ‘ ... '24% Pardee.. ... 6v ... 6! , i, ... 6' 1 ... 6 1 4 New Ikrerred Portuguese 3 per Cents l'l3 .... 20 ... 1.20 ... 20 .eapolitan lOl 60 ... 101 60 ... 101 60 ... 01 60 lonian lOl ... 101 ... ICI ... 101 RAILWAY SHARES. it Germain Versailles.R. B 432 50 ... 435 ... 431 50 ... 435 LB. 327 50 ... 327 50 .. 326 25 .. 320 25 'Means . itrasburg to Bale 2lB 50 ... i 45 50 ... 246 50 . 248 50 'touen 455 ... 455 ... 455 ... 435 THE DRAINAGE BILL.—A Correspondent re minds us that the places most complained of as producing malaria, disease, and death, are the old parts of our towns. He says that there are few or no buildings now erected which ,are not under-drained. The cellars of Liverpool and Manchester, as well as the buildings of Saffron hill and Cable-street, are not of this generation. Alleys were built centuries ago. Closes and wynds date from the ages of feudalism. In fact, then, what Lord Normanby's Bill is to achieve is already in a great measure done or in progress. Poverty has driven the people to all kinds of .::lifts, and amongst them to huddle ck ser to gether th a n is healthful. If the Legislature I will only take its heavy hand from their industry, they will spring themselves into cleanliness and fresh air. If there be any doubt of it, let the parsons teach them the solid advantages of phy sical purity. That will be an infinitely more use ful work than inculcating hatred of rival sects, or lecturing on incomprehensible dogmas. Let the Commissioners of Sewers, too, do what they have now got to do well before they are commissioned to do more. Half the drains of the metropolis si. •,, ...‘. Jl.l' the conyucroi k what are called stink traps ? or why do not th e Commissioners, those paragons of excellence and QUEEN'S BENtit-(TRIS DAY.) (Before Lord DENMAN and a Common London Jury.) Tr AANCIS V. HUTCHINSON. Mt: PLATT stated the ease for the plaintiff. It was me of very esetisidetable importance, &cense in the present instance, there being a dispute between master and mariner, the former had resorted to corporal punishment and imprisonment. He admitted the importance and necessity of subordination and discipline on board ship, but the utmost caution should be used lest the man who acted himself as judge and executioner should abuse the authority vested in him, and permit it to de generate into tyranny and oppression. The defendant was master of the ship Greyhound, and the plaintiff was articled to him as boatswain for a voyage to the East Indies and back. Nothing occurred on the voyage out, but on their return home they put in at Aleppo, on the coast of Malabar, to take in a quantity of pepper, on the 13th of March last. The Learned Counsel then detailed the circumstances of the assault which was committed on- the plaintiff by the defendant, 1 as it afterwards appeared in evidence. It was only the verdict of a Jury that could put down such barbarity and petty tyranny as was sometimes exercised on board merchant ships. The voyage was completed in September, 1840, and the plaintiff was discharged. His wages were withheld unless he would make an apology for what was termed his mutinous conduct, and the unfortunate man was compelled to come into Court to seek re dress for the injury inflicted upon him, and also bring an action to recover the wages which had been withheld from him. The evidence of Nicholas Jibon, a mariner, which had been taken before a Master, was then read. With reference to the assault the witness depose d, that when the last boat load of pepper came alongside, Francis, who was in the hold, sung out, L° Keep them on deck till we make room for them.' The Captain, who was on deck, called ote, " There is plenty of room for them." Francis said, " If you strike them down, you must send more hands to help to S'ONV them away." The Captain then jumped down the main hatch way to the 'tween decks, and collared Francis, and gave him a violent blow. The Captain asked who ordered him to come up there, and Francis said " You did." The Captain said " You lie, you d—d blackguard." They both then came down by the ton into the hold, and the Captain sung out for help, and a lot of the black fellows (Lascars) came down and c:1- lared Francis. The Captain said Seize him up, and he was brought on deck. I remained in the hold, and heard lashes. When Franck came down his eyes "ere " bunged up"—his back was in a shocking ettste, and it was a is7ng time before it got well. Francis was a very good man : I never Ynew him to give insolence to the Captain, or to refuse to do his duty. John Campbell, a sailmaker on board the Greyhound. said I recollect the last boat load of pepper coming on board at Aleppo. Francis was boatswain, and had the management of the men who were stowing the pepper into theßold, The Captain was standing at the starboard side of the main hatchway on the upper deck. The first thing that attracted my attention was the Captain damning some one itt the hold, lie seemed in a great passion, and jumped down to the 'tween decks. I was mend ing a sail on deck, and continued my work. I heard the Cap tain sing out for help, and several of the Lascars bundled down to the hold. There Were about a dozen of the Lascars, for one Englishman would not allow two or the ee of them to handle him.--(.A laugh.) They brought Francis on deck, and the Captain sent the boy for his sword. He then ordered them to seize him up to a gun, and while they were doing ~ : o, and while holding his arms, the Cap tain gave Francis several punehes and severe blows with his fist. He was then seized down (1 led) hands and feet to the gun. The Captain told ih •in to give him a d—d good flogging . . The serene-, (the boatswain r f the Lascars) then flogged him with the end cf the maintop-gallant brace.--( Witne2S here pro duced a portion of the rope, which was a thick heavy rope.) He gave no insolence whatever while on deel4. He com plained of his wrists being seized too tight, but the Captain told them to go on. He said to the Captain that he would be sorry for that when he returned to England, The Cap tain said" If you threaten me, I shall give you four dozen." The serang gave him two dozen. The flogging was a very severe one. His eye and face were marked with the blows, and his back covered with large wheals. After ho was flogged the Captain told him to go forward—that he should not do any more duty as boatswain in the vessel, and desired him never to come abaft the windlass while he remained on board. He never did except to get his food, and on one occasion to attend the burial service of one of the men. Francis was not drunk at the time. Cross-examined.—l do not know what occurred in the hold. Ido not recollect where the chief officer was at the time. The windlass was about eight or ten feet from the head of the ship. When Francis was brought on deck, lie did not break from the Lascars and go towards the Captain. Francis did no duty after the flogging ; he was not allowed to do any. By the Jury—There was no angry fee'ing between the Cap tain and the plaintiff prior to this occurrence. Mr. Fish, a law-stationer in Chanedy-lane, proved that Francis applied to a Mr. Leary, a ship agent, for his wages, and was refuted them, because he claimed mare than Leary was authorised to pay. This was the case for the p'aintiff. Mr. THESIGER then proceeded to address the Jury on behalf of the defendant. .He could well apprecia'e the difficuPies with which he had to struggle in endeavo ring to bring the minds of the Jury to a calm csfisideratiort of the case, after they had been influenced by the powerful expressiens of his Learned Friend, who had excited the feelings of the Jury against the defendant, by describing him as a tyrant, who had been induced fr ,m ill feelings towards the plaintiff to inflict the punishment he had done. One of the witnesses for the p aintiti had stated there was no ill feeling between the p'aintiff and defendant up to the period at which the occurrence took place. It was clear, therefore, that there must have been some improper and mutinous con duct on the part of the plaintiff to induce the defendant to in flict the punishment upon him he had done. He (Mr. Thesi ger) felt confident that he should be able to show that the plaintiff had been guilty of so great a dereliction of duty as to deserve the punishment he had received. The principal ques tion for the Jury was, whether the plaintiff had been guilty of such disobedient conduct as to authorise the punishment that had been inflicted, and that would depend not alone on the evidence.for the plaintiff, but upon that which he should ad duce on behalf of the defendant. William Wheeler—l was chief officer of the Greyhound when the vessel - was at Aleppo. The plaintiff assisted in stowing away the pepper. I asked him if he could take any more down, as we had a great quantity on deck, and another boat along side. He said he could not. There appeared a great many robings (bags) in the square of the hold as I looked d own f rom the main hatchway. The Captain had just come on board, and I told him what plaintiff said. The Captain said what use was he (plaintiff) if he could not take any HIM down ? He then directed them to lower down more bags. Two were struck down into the hold, and Francis came out of the hold. The Captain asked what he was coming up for, and Francis said You ordered me up. The Captain said he did not. I did not hear the Captain order himmp. He said If [ ordered you up, I now order you down. Francis said You ordered me up, and I shall come up. The Captain jumped down 'tween decks and collared Francis. He did not strike Francis. There was a slight struggle and they both rolled down into the hold. I saw the Captain's arm in the evening, it was bruised and disco loured. I jumped down with eight or ten' Lascars to rescue the Captain. The Lascars seized Francis and took him up be e tween decks. He was then brought on deck, and got away from them more than once. I did not see him put himself in any attitude. His jacket was off, but his clothes were not taken off when he was flogged. I thought the punishment was ne cessary for the preservation of the discipline of the ship. The plaintiff was then disrated, and did no more duty. Ile was or- Gered not to come abaft the windlass or the mainmast. I don't recollect which. 1 Cross-examined--I don't think the punishment was a severe one. I should say the rope now produced would hurt one se verely, if struck with the force of a man's arm. The depositions of Ameer Nathan, a Lascar, who was exa mined through an interpreter, were then read. His evi dence was that the Captain, when 'tween decks, ordered the plaintiff to go into the hold, and that he refused, saying, "If he was obliged to go, he would drag the Captain with him," and then laid hold of the Captain and pulled him into the hold—that Francis was a little drunk at the time. He added that the Captain had given him (the witness) money to buy the clothes he then wore, and had promised him some money. He did not understand English. Mr. Platt replied, and Lord Denman having summed up, the Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 1001. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL Meat was'in good supply, trade rather lively, and prices as follow :—Beef, inferior, 3s 4d to 3s Bd, and prime, 4s to 4s 2d ; Mutton, inferior, 3s to 3s 6d, and prime, 3s 10d to 4s 2d; Veal, inferior, 4s 8d to ss, and prime, 5s 4d to bs 6d; Pork, inferior, 3s 8d to 4s, and prime, 4s 4d to 4s 10d per stone of 81b. Tne supplies of Game and Poultry were fair, prices were fully maintained, and the trade was rather better than of late. Eggs in large supply—French 6s 6d to Bs, and English 8s 6d to 10s 6d per 120. WHITECHAPEL MEAT MARKET. There was a brisk demand, and the supply being small former rates were fully supported. Beef, 2s. 4d. to 4s. ; Mutton, 2s. 4d. to 4s. ; Veal, 4s. to ss. 6d. ; Pork, 3s. Bd. to ss. Bd. ; Lamb, 3s. to 6E. WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET. Demand steady prices were firm, and supply good. Clover, 51. 10s. to 61. ; Meadow Hay, 41. to 51. ; Straw, 38s. TEA MARKET. The demand for Free Trade was limited, but in prices no variation took place. The speculative market was dull, and Is. 61d. the value of Company's Congou for cash. TALLOW MARKET. The demand dull, and: prices had a don.ward tendency. The value of P. Y. Candle 465. 6d. on the spot. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. Wheat. Barley. s. to s. 26 34 27 2751 te6 35 27 32 38 44 29 36 33 37 35 38 33 38 26 36 34 46 31 40 32 46 s.d. s. d.ls.d. s. d. s.d. s. d.' s. d, s. d 74 82, 3 9 53 40 491 5 6 68 EDINBURGH CORN MARKET. Wheat. Barley. tats. Pease. First 7ls. Od. 355. Od. 365. Btl. 425. Od. Second 162 0 30 6 26 0 38 0 third Average price of Wheat 3' h 81. PRICES OF PROVISIONS 1 .4 C. Beef, per so. ........ Os. Bd. toOs.fid. Freshßutter, lb. Is 01. to Is. 1 '. Shitton 0 7 0 8 Salt Ditto—. 1 0 1 1 Vea1.....,.,,..,,,,,,,,,,, 0 7 1 0 Ditto, per c% t. —9S 0 114 0 P0r5,.......5.„.............. 0 5 6 6 Eggs, per dos.— 0 0 1 6 L smo, per qr. .....12 0 18 0 Oatlitraw(kp!.),.. 7 0 8 6 Fallow, cwt.... 40 0 44 0 Wheat Ditto.,— 6 0 8 0 2uartern L0af.,.,,. 0 8 ONa Barley Ditto ...... 5 6 6 6 Potatoes, 141 b. ...... 0 4 0 0 Hay, perst.—..— 0 0 1 0 EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET. PcrSack of 280ib. Imp. Per Stone or 111 b. Imp. First Oatmeal Second ditto._. Barleymeal. Peasemeal 1 8 0 Peasemeal 0 1 0 Pot Barley from 30s. to 50. i. per sack. Per Bushel Birmingham 8 d. e." 6, p 6:_i 0 Penns. 42s Od 33 0 36 0 CORNWALL MARKETS. (Catetlited at 24 gallons to the bushel.) ~Vlieat Barley. Oats, ~..,..-..,,.................... ---- ,i. d, t 0 I, d. s. d. to s. d. s. d. to s, r- , —.O i 0 ' - ' 0 38 —0 2 g fruro Helstene it. Austell 0 7 5 0 3 6 0 2 5 Bochum 0 60 , .. 7. 0 4 0 0 0 ~.iilleard 6 6 7 6 3 0 3 q - 0 '2 8 I, tunceston — 0 8 0 • 0 3 zi 0 3 0 (7Am - A ford 6 8 7 8 3 6 401 . 2 4 2 8 Penzance. 6 6 7 4 4 0 4 4 2 4 3 8 The petitions against Lord Stanley's Bill, and For the Repeal of the Union, to both Houses of Parlia ment, containing in all 400.000 signatures, were forwprded on Satualay last. for prescu l~ zloo:1;1.) Cl add.::aioaio:..s are looked for, ,nd •-"' e ,gt iorw.rded, per post, by the Committee to be added to the original petition.--Cork /Southern Reporter. Oats. Beam. S. to S. 90 44 4C 46 40 42 30 44 42 50 40 42 44 53 43 53 44 50 36 46 - 43 Per [waiter. Abingdon Andover Banbnry Basi gs toke Cirenenster Coventry tiaventry Derby tiowden tittngerford Malton . Mai-'enhead tiottingliam Vantage War wick .., Winchester York s. to S. 56 66 56 61 51 6) 4 65 55 62 62 63 72 64 67 50 63 03 7 , 5I 73 t 3 63 OS 80 - 70 - 60 a. to 8. 22 :30 :20 16 24 .9 21 s 7 22 28; 21 33 28 34 25 301 23 33 22 33 25 34 .4 27 26 32 29 38 25 30 l'ease S. S. <0 46 42 46 40 - 39 46 43 - - 40 .EVENING EDITIOI4- Effective Naval Scrvice Non-effective Total for the Naval Service For the Service of other Depart ments ... NAVY ESTIMATES• Required for the service of the year 1841-42. £4,931,9 05 1,415,003 6,346,9 08 267,249 Last Vote .1. the Fi nacia year 1840- 41 ' X 4 ,153 I' ,, °' L461 ,9J V 3 ,0 .5,847,51 £6,614,157 ari Of this sum 165,0231. was taken on tke suppleTn,, o n Estimate, Parliamentary Paper, No. 435 ; and 623,44'40, M the supplementary Estim ate, Parliamentary PapTO. e N r, I C°' DAL3IEN Y. 4, The chief increase will be found in the ite ms in the foIIG ing list : Grand Total Gross esti mate for the year 1841-42• Gross the m ate for. 6e8 ,191 20 97 . 528,33023 bogo -- 19 3,174 0,11 t; 170 36 e6,71s Wages to seamen Victuals for ditto .. . . • Scientific branch Wages to artificers at home Wages to ditto abroad Naval stores,. building ships, &c. - New works Medicine and medical stores Miscellaneous services ... Convict service ... £1,447,3 00 819,32 0 34,011 575,54 1 7 34,500 1,337,2 82 0 01,677 27,35 0 307,59 1 91,000 1---- -- 7 0 0 ice o f thC 3 Thus making the sum required for the scar 1841-42, exceed that for 1840-41, by 766,6411 NEWSPAPER STAMPS. Extract from a Return to an Orde r of the 11 05 : of Commons, dated 2 d February , 1841, for th following London Papers, from the Ist ofitg to the 31st of December, 1840, inclusive SUN GLOBE 526, 000 STA.NDARD COURI7.Nt . 111,000 THE Iiti_EATHER. ------0- LAO ROYAL GALLERY OF SCOI'INICE, ADE . STREET. NooN Fos . 2 0 ' ~1•89 In . Barometer... . Thermometer Highest b4 ' s' Lowest Wind S. S. W.—Freezing Point 32 De g ' __- COURT CIRCULAR• ay The Royal WestPeanard Cheese wagYes'r-or tb brought to Buckingham Palace, for presentaii°° Queen. Her Majesty saw the Cheese privatelY, was graciously pleased to express her apprehn ti l e pot 3 ' Royal Highness Prince Albert received the "il tion (by whom it was brwht) at one o'clock, cnt, pressed himself much pleased and gratifie d, wit" present. We understand that the Lord Steward of tier tbe jesty's Household has it in command, to exre s l parties by whom the Cheese was sent, her Thursd a y' s graffication at the present. The Queen had an evening party on Buckingham Palace. Ole r ' Her Royal Highness the Duchess of G l ° e t t he attended by Lady Charles Somerset, arrived oigh" Palace, at half-past nine o'clock. Her 1 10 Ya. ness was received in the Grand Hall by the 0°,1 4 00 Paget,,ar.d the Hon. Miss Anon, Maids of rt•og; in. Waiting Sir Frederick Stovia' Groom io,%"L'lia d fib' Colonel Wemyss, Equerry in Waitirq ; an ° Wylde, Equerry to Prince Albert. Ha; RO E ' A fter ness Piinee George of Cambridge arrived 1 3 ° °11 - wards. p s eo , Among the company were the Marquis o* f ' Aa re ° Lady Adelaide Paget. Lord George Paget' tb and Marchioness of Douro, Lady Anne An s TC O P" Countess of Uxbridge, the Ladies Eleonora 10"roarti stance Paget, Lord Paget, Viscountess P°lnlearer Lord and .Lady Mahon, Lord and Lady Ro bert lA • rj venor, Lady . Leveson, Lord and Lady A sh ' Cantilupe, Sir Henry and Lady wheatleY, orge 1,;(1' Wheatley, Hon. William Cowper, Mr- G e ward and the on. rs• AOSOII. f 0 the Her Majesty's H Priva M te . Band a ttended in one State-Rooms during the night. c oo' The Duchess of Kent visited the . s a te Ya big day and remained to lunch with her Ma.;estY, an d th° Royal Highness Prince Albert and his Abi es ' King of the Belgians. udic ec i o Baron- Bulow, the Prussian Minister, had e' yesterday of his Majesty the King o f 13° 's" P. Buckingham Palace. , 0 do/ Viscount Melbourne had an audience Y ester day The the Queen. Her Majesty had a dinner party last eveniving'wager, Company consisted of her Majesty the Quee ° flig fr j his Majesty the King of the Bel ians, ber Bee tow mess the Duchess of Kent, tbegGnres'cian lghnetert' t d he the Princess Mavrocordato, M. Van de I\r iz eY :i ' Beliian Minister, the Marquis C o nynghein'' - eh r ffi e " Countess of Minto, Earl arid Countess of ' - ',, - „ e a roe , Earl Howe, Earl of Uxbridge , Viscount blei h '; the Baron Stelunar, the Marchioness of Nortof':'',slo Countess of Mayo, Lady Fanny Howard, ntrrane‘s Paget, Hon. Miss Anson, Hon. Miss Geer J'„ilsalti', Lehzen, General Goblet, M. Van 12 , 03 t, Loru ca loet' more, Sir Fred. Stovin, Hon. C. A. ga r° n ' As Wemyss, Colonel Wylde, and Captain Serlr f -r. tilm" The Band of the Second Regiment e i t,l' e ' e r. Gll . Ao was in attendance at the Palace duriog enn°, - „ n hrt-e, His Royal Highness Prince George of „ 2 . 1 1 ay 1 - left town by the London and Birmingbign "7 - ire ifi rP e° '' hallpast nine o'clock yesterday morning fo r on his way to Dublin to joie his Regiment- Tne Marquis of Normanby has beep preje-daieg indisposition from attending at the Horne-Ouee p . hod the present week. Lord Charles Fitzroy and Mr. E. interviews with Lord John Russell, yebter oci Colonial-o ffi ce. t.P iv' A Deputation, headed by Lord Si. V ineeu i,li Ale eluding Mr. Mayers, agent for Barbadoe, P th B ow ce terview with Mr. Labauchere, yesterday , 6t e lls of the Board of Trade. m'or Despatches from the Governor of S outh were received yesterday at the Colonial-otEe e „ott (3- e , Lord Adolphus Fitzelarence had a (110 12 peals Thursday, at his residence, in St. bu les h s g_e' t of Among the company were their Royal IligP,De°Vii. Duke of Cambridge and Prince George , w ei Cardigan, Earl of March, Lord Fitzroy Samuel Higgins, and Mr. Wombwell. and ' l° The Judicial Committee of the Privy 4- hon k ' yesterday. The Lords present were Lord. o /3 1 .10 :417 Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Justice Bosanquet, t • f Erskine, and the Judge of the Admiralty C° l " . niog ° Mr. Justice Erskine gave judgment at the °P e co l ' the Court in an appeal from the Prerogatileue 11 Harwood v. Baker," relative to the will of t a d eitir . Mr. Baker of Kensington. Their LordshiPs dre° o a against a t h i ri e s t c the validity be io w of h the o will, tl and affir tied : b c ° ooooo l, Messrs. Pemberton and Miller, Quee n- i tt ing aßwnearnecat a ppeal hen fro heard mvo n d t a Ne ri n n l gsgsa!, Rajah remainder D e th e c o dt f tacre o s s os o it -s 3 v Sir E. 1 - I:East Sat with the Comm' Councillor. S t M.!..........MM11.1.•••••••••• _______ be , gre EGLINTON CASTLE.—There wer e to 1 0 tbe rejoicings at the above seat on Wednesday, no' i n eele other estate; of the Earl of Eg int n in Scotlaudt. 'doted bration of the marriav of the Noble .n Earl wit s ' tl ir e f t • f ec te Cockerel!. The Noble Earl and Countess Ate , , _ to arrive at Eglinton Castle the week after neti t • L. OW The " Mechanic's Magazine" for this o'e°7,obri tains Mr. Badde'ey's interesting resume of th‘e I d ' oa $ll O cause, character, and esterit of tie files in Lon , sr pos o r its suburbs in the year 1840 ; from which i h t p i rcb„,,,,' , there " re in January 60 fire', February 5 0, :',, , .6, otT,,, April 55, May 45, June 62, July 54, Augtilliceto')s/ tember 54, October 43, November 55, and g ,. n --- 'B l ' t - f 76, making the total number of fires last i t "' ptcefr "b the7c fires 23 were attended with fatal canter- number of lives lost being 31.. ,ppg PETRA RCII'S LIFE AND 50N1406°90.1 01/1 elegant volume, just published, is the productionk.nntifd_r Wollaston's pen, and is embellished with a Val c r o scs on s , portrait of Petrarch in his youth. To slut n st 3 1;144 ° the nets" be b f e m a e e n z , e t p h t e able. readers will this " Life of Petrarch and Trao• - . „ c of t, noblest His o f l writings overs, hini :''Or d'6eel The world of literature owes much to Petrarc h ' Gib tgi o , resurrection of science," observes the historlad the el,, " Itsly was the first to cast away her shroud. an , pity 1 tas.7 quent Petrarcb, by his lessons and his exaniP.e' the be applauded as the first harbinger of 'dap" _A _by bespe.k A general account of the losses calis c- rt od a b i, lite Lundations in the south of Franco, dull. ° biltlj the proccs verbaux of all the local autboritivarreindr; been published. It appears that 58 communes house; and lofties in o, furniture, animals, eve , dated extensively ; that the damage done to len d' e;c_ end other buildings, is 9,495,326 f. , tom eroirano. ..1 10 7 ~,, 0 to. ho ts of 15,891,434 f The . ' ' • number of persons who " sufferers • is 7,972.—lnientors' Advocate flee v a EXPRESS EXTRAOI6tD39IIiNAWRYf..---; 11::::::;;:e noon Murray, one of the messengers of Vie ,su et owtt, paper-office, Strand, started on horseback fr 0 ,13 1 .0 ,Soo ch with a small parcel for the five o'cleck train di tio ` o t se w ; anapton Railway, which, notwithstanding big l i on t rsio re j, he was enabled to reach only at the inst n „ nt A t he P s C ad started. The clerk, to whom be tenaera., ~f , l oo m ,. jocosely said, " You see the train has started 4., dsrte! catch it, all very well." No sooners aid hen_ a _°„, , ray seeing the door which leads to the trains io....it7:oolFsbt, through it, to the great consternation of >Z al p o;: ii rje O t t o , and others, who witnessed it, as the uP tr a t wolf tel which evidently must pass him, and there ri_0:0„:0ior, enough for a man to stand is the space 71.tbolCheci the iwo trains, much less for him to run, ilut_bo cfslDod , st of ne ceefay sa fe l y ,., mishap occurring to him, be rni ed bo a sbe c to atoms. The up train, however, pahses dowv trai l td t ii- L e eu i t iani SL:: Cam: in overtaking t r _ o _ his D are_c ,_„, ws. it Itc,d recevt!..td a furlong-, anti, &live i . : , I s ; t her os s P o pp guard, returued in safety to the .terno,,,lFL,9! severely reprimanded o r his temerity.-i•Pnr" ;,, ~~~ :;~~