The Sun. — London, England, 1841-02-06 00:00:00

MORNING EDITION POLITICAL SUNIMARY OF THE MORNING PAPERS. - We are gain compelled, from wart of space, to confine ourselves to a brief summary of the leading articles in the Morning Journals of yestt ?jay. The Times, in comment in.. en some recent remarks in the Journal des Debats on the subject of the Queen's Speech, justly observes : " The desire is, we may say, universal in this county} that France should be no longer separated from England and from the rest of Christendom; that the former sym pathies between the only two free nations in Earope should be restored ; and that France should re. enter, upon honour able terms, the great political confederacy." The Morning Chronicle remarks, with reference to the approaching trial of the Earl of Cardigan :—" It is rumoured that the Noble Earl means to plead benefit of clergy. It is not generally un derstood that Peers are entitled to the distinction, by statute, of being allowed to plead benefit of clergy. 13ut it is understood that, by the canon law, a clerk is in cer tain cases incapacitated from claiming the benefit of clergy, and as a Peer is in the same predicament, it is expected that some curious and somewhat delicate inquiries eiil become necessary should his Lordship be advised to urge the plea." The Morhing Advertiser remarks as follows on Mr. Labouchere'a Bill for the better regulation of IZalaays:—" It is one which, if we mistake not, will be sure to command the unanimous approbation of Parliament and the public, and will bee eckoued among those measures of practical good which, removed from the sphere of party politics, perhaps confer upon the nation the greatest and meat lasting benefits." The Morning Post, speaking of the late election=, cat's_—" The Ballot has by no means the merit of being a certain cure for the evils of bribery and intimidation, but even if it had this merit, we might well shrink from the adoption of a plan tending to degrade and falsify the exercise of political privileges." The 3forning Herald, says of Lord Morpeth's speech in the house of Commons on Thursday, that " it was, as compared with the ache of preparationlwbieh bad been sounded for it, cne of tt:e most lackadaisical efforts which was every exhibited torore a wearied audience." FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.) (From the Globe.) 0:r readers will perceive, from the preliminary discus eion of last night on Lord Morpeth's proposed qualification end registration measure for Ireland, that our anticipa- Sian; have Len verified as to the probable unde signed results of Lord Stanley's one-sided essay at i.uief:.ng the present electoral body in that country. We adhere, indeed, to Lord Stanley's construction of the principle of the Reform Act. We agree with him in his understanding thet " the right to vote ehould depend, not up :n the gre ss amount of the population of any town or county, but upon the number of that popu lation who were in possession of a certain amount of property, which property should enable them to hold such a station of . respectability in society as might be expected to permit them to exercise the elective fran chise with honesty Red independence." We wish Lord Stanley's pi esent party had at that time per mitted his former friends to carry out that sound prin ciple, as regarded freemen and independent tenantry. Lord Morpeth justly remarked last night that, when he re. erred to the novel principle introduced by the 50/.tenant at-will clause, in the English Reform Act, he owned that the practical working of that clause, as far as it had yet been developed, did not fill him with a wish to in troduce a similar principle upon a more extended scale into the constituency of Ireland I The question is, whether Lord Stan's'', and his present party, who, it appears, are capable of intiolucing new principles, when they think it will suit their purposes, as they are crpable of dis regarding old ones, when they have ceased to serve them, are entitled on this occasion to retort similar oliargee on the Government. We think not; and Lord Iluvs ick gave good and a ffective arguments for the same con elusion. It must be observed that Ministers are not wantonly meddling with this Irish suffrage question. The conflicting cpinii,ne of the highest authorities force it *on their attention. The pressing of Lord Stanley's 13:11 renders some legislation unavoidable. The question, then, is, a Lether lecislation can be ccefined within the limits of that Bill. The. Shylock style of " Justice and the Bond" does not suit political questions. Whatever legal doctrine may prevail on the present extent of the franchise, the Legislature, which fixed that extent, did not intend to diminish its numbers. If it appears that those numbers are diminishing—if Lord Stanley's measure, whatever its effect, would, in eff_ct, still further diminish them —thee Lord Stanley's intention in his Irish Re form would be foverated by the passing of his Irish registration. He tells us his intention is already frus trated by the fraud and perjury practised under the Irish Bill, as it now works. We find that measure frustrated in another sense, by the dwindling numbers of voters, motwithstateling all these illicit practices. What remains then, if it gislation is forced on us, but to remedy imper fectionvon both sides—imperfect securities against wrong, and imperfect sccu Hes for retaining rights ? (h. cm the Standard.) 'The Irish Registration Bill of Lord Morpeth is now, as for as its principle is concerned, before the public, and it will be found to have accomplished thediffieult task of restor ing interest to a discussion, the interest of which had been previously exhausted. The interest, however, which the 14IJble Secretary has given to the question, is altogether at his own and his party's expense—it is the same kind of interest that one takes in a rat-hunt or in the pursuit of a pickpocket by the market crowd. Lord Morpeth neves intended that his Bill should pass into a law —nay more, never hoped that any one could suspect him of in tending that it should pass into a law. It is a Bill to pre vent a reform of the Irish registration, which Lord Morpeth at length acknowledges to be abominably corrupted by baud sod perjury. And for this end it is ad mirably adapted; it is a Bill for household suffrage, for such must be a Bill for a five-pound rated franchise. What would be thought of such a Bill of this kind for the counties of England, where so much complaint is mr:e by Liberals of the enfranchisement by the Duke of Buckingham and Chandus' clause in the Reform Bill of no/. tenants ; and yet how much higher is the relative position of Ll. householders in England than in Ireland? All rents in Ireland arc extravagantly high, but licuse rent is higher in prop:it - Aim than land -rent, as it al w ays will be where the interest of money is high, and where payments are precarious. This i s a fallacy which runs through all calculations of Irish rents ; whether house rent or land rent, the rents are estimated at what is commonly agreed to be paid for a given class of house, or a given amount of land, and not what on the average of years is actually received, or expected to be received. This may serve well enough for comparing things Irish among themselves ; but it leads to the grossest errors when we come to compare the station of the ieliebitants according to the rents they pay. Many a man occupies a house in Ireland that, according to the usus loci, must be rated at ten or fifteen pounds, who in Eng land would be the inmate of a workhouse. Nine-tenths of Lerd Morpeth's 51. electors would be actual paupers. But it is nearly as absurd to deal seriously with such a proposition as it was to make it. (From the Courier.) The unanimity of the Ministry and their adherents is really wonderful this Session about the fraud and per jury of the Irish registration system, as contrasted with last, when the fact was flatly denied by Mr. O'Connell and not dared to be admitted by the cowering officials around lint then. Lord Morpeth last evening, was allowed to be even eloquent in illustration of the pre mises so long in litigation. "It had (he observed) been admitted on all hands that there were many imperfection's and abuses attached to the pressnt system of registration in Ireland. This evil both parties have admitted, and bare agreed in opinion that sonic remedy should be applied.— ( Hear, hear.) As to the precise extent of those abuses—as to the nature of them, or the ex Let degree of fraud practised —as to its comparative extent with the fraud practised in this country or Scotland—it was not, he thought, a sub ject necessary to excite ccntrovcrsy, although he knew these questions had, on former occasions, created a great difference of opinion. It had been admitted by all parties that this system had furnished, generally, great means and facilities for fraud in Ireland ; this had scarcely been denied by any who had addressed himself to a consideration of the subject. The point which had been more especially adverted to was the system of certificates, which, of itself, was the cause of frequent instances of fraudulent perscnation of dead or absent voters, and the retention on the registry of voters who had been placed there after being duly qualified, but who were then left without any opportunity for subsequent correction or revision, that is, under the present Irish Reform law, for a period of eight years." The scandalous system here described by a Member of the Government, under whose observation its practical working must more peculiarly have fallen, was suffered to exist, and its abominations winked at, without one attempt to enact and apply a legislative remedy, until Lord Stanley took the monster grievance in hand, and grappled with it vigorously fo r the fall . T h e instant it was found that registration iniquities were doomed, and that profit would no longer be tolerated from the perpe tration, Lord Morpeth is seized with a pious fury for re form, but a reform after the true Whig fashion, for whilst 'fleeting zealously to co-operate in the eradication of one abuse, he lends his aid only on condition of inflicting an. other, politically more perilous, although , perhaps morally less gross in the abstract. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS (THURSDAY EVENING.) TIME 9.—By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 422 k per mark, which, at the English Mint price cf 31. 17a. 103 d. the ounce for standard gold, gives an ex change of 13. 31, and the c.mrse of exchange at Ham burgh on Loudon at short being 13. 41, it follows that gold is .21 per cent, lower at Hamburgh than in London. The premium on gold at Paris is 5 per mille, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. lOid. the ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25. 27i, earl the ex change at Paris on London at short being 25. 30, it follows that gold is .10 per cent. lower at Paris than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London is 108 i• per cent., and the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent , it foilows that the exchange is .82 per cent. against England ; but th e q u o t e d exchange at New York being for bills at 60 dn.,' sight, the digruunt on these 60 days must be deducted from the aforesaid difference. SCRIPTURE.—Unnatural as it may appe ar , i t Is notwithstanding true, that we find much less clear ideas in regard to flys cenon of Holy Scripture in the erliaer ages than in the later. The word Scripture was used, as we shall tee, in a latitude with which no church or party, eteept, perhaps the Quakers, have used it. Ire mug does not quote all the books which we of the Church of England esteem canonical. Those which he omit s are, Ruth, Chronicles, Ezra, N e hemiah, Esther, Ecclesiastes, Canticl es , Obadiah, Nahum, Zephaniah, and Higgii- But the mere eiruumstance of hie not citing' them can not, of course , i mply any dou b t turfo ' t h e i r inspiration or canonicity. lie had no occasion to do so for the purposes of his argument. It is only wonderful that he thought himself obliged to quote so largely upon such a subject. Brii Maga rine. LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE-CIIANCELLOR'S COURT, FEB. 5. The Court took unoiTosed petitions, short causes, and motions to-clay. SEELAY AND OTIIERA V. ?MIER. AND OTUfiIS.-T114: RAY. T. COURT CHRISTIAN, NORWICH. FEBRUARY 1. SILLINGS V. DAVIE.—DRPAMATION. A new case, held over to next Court. TIIORP V. KING —DEPASIATION. A new case, in which the defendant, a married w3man, was called, but did not appear: IItNN AND GOWER V. CIIILDS. Mr. Rackham put in the personal answers of the plain tiffs to the additional articles of the defendant, and a term probatory (that is a period for adducing evidence to the averments of his allegation) was assignei to the defendant. Mr. Childs then applied to have the new Church rate, and the accounts and vouchers for the old one, brought into the registry, as he bad moved at the last Court. This Mr. Rackham opposed, alleging that such a course was not authorised by the practice of the Superior Courts. The Judge, however, without calling on the defendant to support his motion, said he believed the Court had power to make the order required by him, and the plain tiffs must be assigned to bring in the documents in ques tion. If they neglected•to do so a monition would issue. The defendant said he did not wish to put the plaintiffs to needless trouble, and he would now consent to what he had offered before the question was decid,d in his fa vour, that instead of having the books brought into the Registry he would inspect them at Bungay. The plain tiffs might name their own time and place, but he must require that they should not, as on a similar previous occa sion, oppose obstruction and delay to his inspection of do cuments which they could not withhold. He might take the liberty of adding that he would not have troubled the Court with this motion had be not been advised on the highest authority that it was in strict accordance with ec clesiastical practice. Mr. Childs further stated that it appeared to him need ful, once in a while, to recapitulate the facts of a case, or there was danger that in those Courts they would be wholly lost sight of. A year bad now elapsed since he first attended in this place, at the slit of the plaintiffs. During that period be had travelled hither and back very nearly 500 miles, and it was at least presumable that he had incurred other expense beside the cost and time of mere attendance. The suit requiring such a sacrifice was instituted by the plaintiffs to recover the sum of 33. 43. ; and, while remarking on the delay and expense attending its progress, he did not assuredly complain that he was in a worse condition than other suitors, for, since he at tended the Court, he was not aware that a single cause had been decided; neither did he complain of the officers of the Court, but of its laws and constitution—that there was absoletely no other tribunal which could entertain this subject, or before which he could resist a demand as gal, as he believed this to be, and that a year should be consumed before the formality of the suit was half concluded. NEWMAN V. NRWMAN-CONTESTED WILL. Mr. Ilinsell prayed publication of the evidence, but Mr. Rackham objected, alleging that the plaintiff had died the day previously, and there was therefore an end of the suit. Mr. Hansen contended that as there was only the un supported assertion of the Learned Gentleman opposite on this point, the Court could not have knowledge of it, but -as it appeared a person at hand was ready to depose he had been present at the plaintiffs death, the case was held over with a view to its being withdrawn. TIC E SUN. LONDON, SATLRDAY, FEBR VARY C, 1941. FROM LAST MGEIT'S GAZETTE. CROWN OFFICE, FEn. 4, 1811. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS TRESHNT PARMA- ME NT. CITY of C A NTILABURY.—The Hon. Georg Percy Sydney Sinthe, in the room of Lord Albert Lennon Coriyngnion, who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. BOROUGH OF WALSALL—John Neilson Gladstone, Esq.. in the room of Francis Finch, Esq., who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. BOROUGH Of BEICIATIL—The lion. Charles Somers Cocks, commonly called Viscount Eastnor, in the room of the Hon. John Somers Cocks, commonly called Viscount Eastnor, now Earl Somers. Cheshire—At Chester and City, Thursday, July 29. Flintshire—At Mold, Saturday, July 31. Denbighshire—At liuthin, Monday, August 2. Anglesey— At liciumaris, Weclnesday, August 4. Carnarvonshire— At Carnarvon, Thursday, August 5. Merionethshire—At Dolg.slly, Saturday, August 7. Aiontgome,-yshire— At 't eh .t, I'o o. Tue,elay, August 10. MIDLAND CIRCUIT. (J. G. HARI:is, Esq., Commissioner. ) Essex—At Chelmsford, Tuesday, July 6. Essex—At Colchester, Wednesday, July 7. Suffolk—At Ipswich, Thursday, July 8. Norfolk—at Yarmouth, Saturday, July 10: Norfolk—at Norwich and City, Monday, July 12. Norfolk—at Lynn, Thursday, July 15. Suffolk—at Bury St. Edmunds, Friday, Ju'y 16. Cambridgeshire—at Cambridge, Monday, July 19. Buckinghamshire--at Aylesbury, Wednesday, July 21. fladfordshire—at Bedford, Friday, July 23. Huntingdon hire—at Huntingdon, Saturday, July 24. Northamptonshire —at Peterborough, Monday, July 26. Lincolnshire—at Lincoln a:A City, Wednesday, July 23. Nottinghamshire—at Nottingham and Town, Friday, July 30. Derbyshire—at Derby, Monday, August 2. Leicestershire—at Leicester, Wednesday, August 4. Northamptonshire —at Northampton, Friday, August 6, At the City and County of the City of Coveutry, Monday, August 9.! Warwickskire—at Warwick, Tuesday, August 10. ~ I stiopshire--at Oldbury, Friday, August 13. Warwickshire—at Birmingham, Saturday, August 14. Staffordshire—at Lichfield. Tuesday, August 17. Staffordshire—at Stafford, Wednesday, August N. Shropshire—at Slntwshory, Saturday, August 21. HOME CIRCUIT. T. It. llowEg, Eqq. Commissioner. Kont--at Dover, Mondry, June 23. Kent—at Canterbury, Tuesday, June 29. Kent—at Maidstone, Wednesday, June 30. Sussex—at Horsham, Friday, July 16. Hertfordshire—at Hertford, Saturday, July 31. SOUTHERN CIRCUIT. W. J. LAW, Esq., Commissioner. Berkshire—at Reading, Wednesday, June 23. Oxfordshire—at Oxford, Thursday, June 24. Worcestershire—at Worcester and City, Saturday, June 26. Radnorshire—at Presteigne, Tuesday, June 29. Brecknockshire—at Brecon, Wednesday, June 30. Cardiganshire—at Cardigan, Friday, July 2. Pembrokeshire—at Haverfordwest and Town, Saturday, July 3. Carrrnrthenshire —at Carmarthen and Borough, Tuesday, July 6. Glamorganshire—at Swansea, Thursday, July 8. Glamorganshire—at Cardiff, Friday, July 9. Monmouthshire—at Monm.uth, Monday, July 12. Herefordshire—at Hereford, Tuesday, July 13. GlouecAtershire—a , Gloucester and City, Thursday, July 15. At the City and County of the Cityof Bristol, Monday, July 19. Somersetshire—at Bath, Thursday, July 22. Somersetshire—at Wells. Friday, July 23. Cornwall—at Bodmin, Tuesday, July 27. Devonshire—at Plymouth, Thursday, July 29. Devonshire—at Exeter and City, Saturday, July 31. Dorsetshire—at Dorchester, Wednesday, August 4. Wilt shire—at Salisbury, Friday, August 6. Southampton—at Winchester, Saturday, August 7. At the Town and County of the Town of Southampton, Mon day, August 9. SCOTT'S COHMEXTABY OX THE BIBLE. Mr. K. BUCTE applied this morning ex parte to his Honour the Vice-Chancellor, on behalf of Messrs. Seeley, the eminent pub lishers in Fleet-street, for an injunction to restrain Messrs. Fisher, the publishers of Newgate street, from selling or disposing of any copy of the numbers or parts of the announced edition of the Rev. Thomas Scott's work, or any future number or part the' eof, having with or upon it, or the cover or wrapper thereof, the state ment or announcement respecting the nature and contents of such publication, and from in any manner printing or publishing, or causing to be printed or published, any advertisement, state. ment, or announcement to the purport or effect that any edition of the Commentary, or work published, or to be published, by them, contained, or would contain, the whole of the Commentary and Observations of the Rev. Thomas Scott, as written by him, or as bequeathed by him to the world, or the whole of the last correction and improvement made by the Rev. Thomas Scott to his Commentary or work, into any like effect The Court would collect from the language of the injunction asked, that it was one of a rather unusual and singular nature, tut he be. lieved he should be able to show that it was one that came within the principles upon which the Court usually acted. The present w..; not a case of pira-y, but one of untrue announcement to the world, expressed in such a manner as to Induce the world to be lieve that the work announced by the defendants was that which it really was not. The VICE CuaNcEit-Lon—Holding out that the defendants' work was that uhich belonged to the plaintiff. Mr. K. BRUCE—Just so, Sir; no doubt the Court was well ac quainted with the great value of Scott's Bible. The Vice CRANCELLOa—Yes; I recollect years ago arguing that for Mr. Scott upon an application for an injunction. Mr. K. BRUCE—It was, perhaps, one of the best editions of the Bible ever published, and the notes and commentaries of Mr. Scott were considered peculiarly valuable. The fourth edition of this Bible was published in Mr. Scott's lifetime, and the plaintiffs were now, so far as the copyright was in existence, the proprietors of it. The practice which had been adopted by the defendants was this— they were, by monthly parts, publishing the Bible; and a fifth edition being required by the public in Mr. Scett's lifetime, he pre pared that edition, to which he appended many additional anno tations and remarks, which were of great value, and which he had completed up to the second of St. Paul's Epistles to Timothy, but the notes to the remaining part of the New Testament, though completed, were not arranged for printing at the time of Mr. Scott's death, which took place in 18'21. Part of the money for the purchase of the copyright of the sth edition was paid to Mr. Scott during his lifetime, and the remainder was handed over to his representatives after his decease, and that part of the work which Mr. Scott had not finished was arranged by a gentleman who had acted as his amanuensis, and the sth edition complete was published in 1822, about a year after the death of Mr. Scott. The copyright of that edition, with its additional remarks and annotations of 400 pages, was entirely in the plaintiff, and would exist in him for some years to come. Now the defendants, the Messrs. Fisher, in order to induce the world to believe that that which they were publishing as a reprint of the fourth edition contained all that was in the fifth edition, had thought fit to make the following announce. ment on the outside cover of their work :—" Fisher's illustrated edition of the Rev. Thomas Scott's Bible. The extensive patron_ age bestowed on the inestimable commentary of this learned and scriptural writer, has induced the publishers to prepare and present a now and most carefully revised edition of this great work ; and although they have engaged the services of an eminent scholar to read the proofs during the progress of printing, they pledge them selves that no alteration or interference whatever, either in the spirit or the style of the commentary, shall take place. Accuracy in 'typography, and verification of references, being their sole objects in incurring the additional and considerable ex pense ; they wish also to add that the work is printed from a beautiful and clear type, entirely new, and cast expressly for this undertaking. The invaluable character of the Commentary ren dering any infringement or abbreviation mischievous, economy in bulk has been effected by the employment of a smaller type and expanded page, so that three quarto volumes may contain the whole unadulterated labours of the author, not as re-edited by an indiffe. rent hand and inferior mind, but precisely as the amiable and learned commentator bequeathed them to the world. This edition is printed from the last which the author published in the vigour of life. For, being well satisfied of its appreciation, he de voted the latter year of his useful existence to the fornaation of an Index. To prevent the possibility of a misconception the pub lishers state distinctly that this edition will include, beside.' the authorised text of the Holy Scriptures, the commentary, notes, marginal references, and practical observations, as the author wrote them, without interpolation or omission. Inferior, there fore, to no edition of Scott's Bible in the fulness and general cha.i racier of its contents ; it is a work which they confidently anticipate will soon become not merely the popular, but the standing edition of "Scott's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures." This was, in fact, therefore, telling the world that the work which they the Messrs. Fisher were publishing was the genuine edition, and which it was impossible could be the case,lconsidering the state of the fifth edition. The VICE CIIANCELLOR—it IS selling their work at the expense of the plaintiffs. It is pain that they are selling their own work, whatever it may be, with a representation that it is that of the plaintiffs. Mr. K. Baccg—lt is a fraud on the plaintiffs clearly. I don't say that it is a fraud on the public, as they had the option whether they would purchase it or not. The Vtca CHANCELLOR—It IS clearly ceiling one work f,r another. think you have stated quite eno.igh to entitle you to the inju nc. ion.—lnjunction granted. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice \VILLI•MS and Mr. Justice COLTML N.) William Snelling, a. , ed 17, lately a clerk in the office of Messrs. Pineger and \Vestmacott, solicitors, Gray's-inn, was con victed of forging and uttering a cheque or order for the payment of 501., with the intent to defraud the Trustees of the London and Westminster Bank, and sentenced to be transported for ten years. Louis Frederick Swantz, aged 18, was indicted for stealing a box and other articles, the property of John Bap tiste Rousseaux. The prisoner was convicted and sentenced to two years' hard labour in the House of Correction. William Searing, aged 26, was convicted of assaulting William Atkins, a police constable, and sentenced to be imprisoned for six months. James Howard, 19, James Elliot, 22, and James Edy, 19, were convicted of breaking and entering the dwelling house of John Ballantyne, and stealing six handkerchiefs, his property ; and the Court sentenced them to be trans ported for fifteen years. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MAN SION-HOUSE. Mr. Lixsdell,umbrella-miker, of No. 84, Canon-street, was summoned by Mr. Butt, one of the ward-officers, for having refused to pay the sum of 1/. Bs. for Police-rate. The complainant proved that the rate was due, and said that the defence set up was rather an extraordinary one. The defendant said that he considered the rate not only most reasonable, but so small that he would rather pay 23 per cent. more ; but then be should wish to be bet ter protected. His objection to discharge the amount was that on May last one of the policemen had used a lamp lighter's ladder to get hold of and pull down an umbrella which he had been allowed by the Commissioners of Sewers to fasten as a symbol of his trade over the door, and which had remained in that position, without offence to anybody, since the year 1830. The Lotto MAYOR observed that the police were em powered by the Act to remove from a house anything that projected and obstructed the way, and his Lordshiplaaked whether the umbrella formed an impediment. Mr. Butt replied that it appeared to him to be no im pediment, as it hung nine or ten feet above the ground. The defendant said that he also objected to the payment of the rate on the ground that six policemen had, without the slightest cause, entered at night the roam in which he and his wife slept, and dragged him off to the station house, conduct which the Recorder bad severely repro bated at the trial at Guildhall, but for which the principal delinquent, although convicted of the assault, had not been removed from the force. Both the assailant and the umbrella remained with Mr. Hersey the Commissioner, and the defendant considered it rather too hard to be called upon to pay the rate under such circumstances, although he knew that there were most excellent men in the force. Mr. Butt said that in the latter case the defendant attended to a crass indictment, in which the defendant and the policeman were alternately complainant and defendant, and in which each was convicted and fined the turn of 5/. The defendant said that be was good at following up an enemy, and he" had therefore stuck to the men who had so grossly assaulted him and insulted his wife. The LORD Mayon said he was sure that the Commis sioner would see justice done to the defendant in the care of the umbrella upon being applied to, as well as in any other case in which the City Police were concerned, and that the Jury had done justice on the occasion of alleged aggression already. Mr. Butt—My Lord, Mr. Linsdell cts to pay, be cause, as he says, his umbrella is detained. Mr. nobler stated that the payment of the rate was a distinct thing from a complaint against the police, and advised the defendant to pay the amount and apply to the Commissioner. The Sewer and Pavement Act directed that notice should be given to the person whose goods were seized, in what place they were depo sited, and that they should be given up on payment of penalty and expenses. The defendant said he felt bound on principle to resist the payment of the rate until his symbolical umbrella, which he stated to be worth about 7s. or es., should be re. stored to him; and The LORD MAYOR directed that, if he persevered, the usual warrant should be issued. A WIDOW WANTED.--An extraordinary and thefot. fora hous ek eep er r M ludicrous scene took place on Wednesday i n To E. M. Stroud, stat . erwaenrd street, at the house of Mr. E gmakoccear'siaotnar M ark-lane. superintend n i leo o n patent stroud ledger hivin his domestic arrangements, advertised for a widow and her daughter, to take charge of the u p p e r dw, par t of of a tradesman's house, and to cook for him." The wages were stated to be 301. per annum, with coals, candles, &c., and application was directed to be made between I I and 3 o'clock yesterday, at No. 69, Tower -street. Be fore the clock struck 11 the widows bogaa to arrive, and coon the street was rendered impassable by the number of fain ones crowding towards the house, and in a few mi nutes, Mr. Stroud's shop and parlour were filled with women straggling to gain the attention of the advertiser, and ..clamorously setting forth their qualifications for the situa tion. A report soon got wind that Mr. Stroud had ad vertised for a wife, and people from all quarters flocked to see the ladies in search of a husband. The widows, young, middle-aged, and old, the thin and stout, the dark and the fair, some in their weeds, others gaily attired, and many poorly but decently clad, continued to arrive, and were greeted with laughter and shouts by the mob, who gave free vent to their jokes and ribaldry as the widows arrived and departed. At length the confusion and noise became so great, that a posse of the City police were sent for, who preserved a little better order, and afforded free ingress and egress far the applicants. HAYMARKET THEATRlL—Thursday a new farce was prodaced here, entitled Good for Nothing. The chief idea was that of a decent, good-natured fellow, with lb. th bad e reputation, which made him the responsible f a ther of 'keg and follies of other people in all directions. The moral of the farce was " Ci vo a dog a bad name and hang him." The actors of the farce were Wrench, Osberry, Strickland, and Rees, who did their best for its redemp tion. The result of the farce was an equivocal termination between sibilation and encouragement. LOFTUS V. LOFTUS-DIVORCE. Two witnesses were sworn on the part of the defendant, to give evidence. EVERITT AND CRESSWEL L V, BINGO AND NINE OTHERS- CHURCH-RATES, ST. MAROARETS, LYNN. Mr. Steward, for the plaintiffs, had alleged to put in a counter-allegation, and he stated that as all the facts of the case would then be before the Court, he should pro pose to the other side to take the decision of the Judge thereon without prcceeding through all the usual forms. THE SAME V. REED AND TWO OTHERS.-THE SAME SUBJECT. Mr. Steward offered to consolidate this suit with the preceding, but as Mr. Skipper repeated that the defence in this case was different from the other, it was agreed to consolidate the three, if Behar, one of the defendants on whom the plaintiffs had not been able to serve a citation, would consent. Will ['TAKER AND WIFE V. REEVE. ALI.PRESS AND WIFE V. THE SAME. TOWNLEY AND WIFE V THE SAME. Three suits tor defamation. Advanced a stage. HAMMOND AND WIFE V. QUAILES.-DEFAMATION. A new case brought into Court. DODSON AND I.IIELDRAKE V. BARKER -CIIURCII-RATES, ST. ANDREW'S, NORWICH. This case stood for hearing and judgment. Mr. Barker and Mr. Seward were heard on their re spective sides, the former msintaining that as it had been proved in evidence that all the parishioners were not assessed, the rate was invalid, and Mr. Steward con tending that several of the alleged omissions did not exist, and the others were legally made. The Judge summed up the whole case, and remarked that whereas the suit had been commenced in October, 1838, it bad been removed from that Court by the de fendant, who moved in the Queen's Bench, for a prohibi tion, the proceedings on which occupied fifteen months; and further, the defendant had, as he was entitled to do, rejected a proposition from the other side to bring the case to a speedy settlement. Ho went on to say, the defence rested on seven alleged omissions of property from the rate, the whole rateable value of which was proved by the de positions to be about 71. 10a. In the first of these cases it appeared from the witnesses that the property alleged to be omitted was included in the assessment of the occupier. In the second, the occupier was so poor as to be unable to pay, and it was therefore lawful to emit him. The third and fourth related to certain charity schools, which it had always been the custom, and the legal and preisewortby custom, of the parish to excuse from rates. The fifth and sixth were tenements valued at ten shil lings, and these it was lae ful to omit, as it had Leen decided by Lord Denman that parish officers were not bound to insert assessments in the Poor-rate which were so small that the collection was greater than the sum collected. Questions as to the Poor-rate were decided much more strictly than as to Church -rates, and that deci. lion would therefore apply to the present case. The whole defence, then, rested on a single instance, in which it was alleged that property of the value of 303. per annum was omitted. The depositions did not entirely bear out the fact, but left it doubtful whether the occupier was not rated for this in the amount of his assessment. But even supposing it had been proved, as no fraud nor wilful mis conduct was charged upon the Chnrchwardens, he was ❑ot prepared to say the omission of 303. was sufficient to invalidate a Church -rate, and he must therefore condemn the defendant to pay the rate sought to be recovered, and also the costs of the suit. (Next Court, Feb. 22.) REWARD OF £lOO FOR THE AP PREHENSION OF HOUSTON WALLACE. DESTRUCTION OF THE Lccy.—A reward of 100/. has been offered to any one who shall lodge in gaol the body of Houston Wallace, who is charged with having effected the destruction of the ship called the Lucy, insured on a voyage from Bristol and Llanelly to Valparaiso, in South America, for the purpose of defrauding the General Ma rine Insurance Company. Roe, the officer who appre hended Houston Wallace's brothers, who are now in New gate, was sent by Mr. Phillips, one of the solicitors em ployed in the prosecution, to Bristol, as soon as the letter of the agent of Lloyd's announcing the loss of the ship was exhibited. The vessel in which Hauston Wallace ar rived, as the officer soon learned in that place, is called the Margaret, Captain England, from whom he learned that Captain Houston Wallace had left the vessel in a skiff in the King Road. He traced Houston Wallace, who no doubt learned, on reaching the town, quite enough to in duce him to act cautiously, to Queen-square, Bristol, to the house of Mrs. Longford, where be had applied to be accommodated with a lodging, at 12 o'clock on Saturday night, and had been advised, as there was no room, to go to the Bush Inn; in which he procured a bed. The officer then traced hint to the train for London, into which he went at eight o'clock on• Sunday evening, so that in all probability he is now in the metropolis. Roe leatnad on board the Margaret that Houston Wallace went on board to see Captain England at nine o'clock on Monday morning ; but, having heard there were two gentlemen below with him, retired quickly, stating that he would call again, but never repeated the visit: that Captain England said the unfortunate man-ap peared to be much discomposed, and had apparently lost everything by the shipwreck of the Lucy, except an o'.(1 family watch. Even a favourite dog, which he had on board the Lucy, was said to have been drowned. Mr. Phillips, the solicitor, ordered hand bills and placards, of fering the reward for the apprehension of Houston Wallace, to bo sent all over the metropolis, and to all the seaport towns, and the insurance companies are determined to spare no pains or expense in the search after him. Tae accused is represented in the placards as a thin spare man, about 28 years of age, wi.h white teeth and a Scotch accent, and evidently a seafaring person. EFFECTS OF TILE COLD WEATHER. The present extreme severity of the weather has greatly affected the police, both in the City and Metropolitan districts. Since Monday there are no less than fifty of the men belonging to the six City divisions who have been entirely disabled from doing duty in consequence of the extreme cold. In the Metropolitan force the number is between four and five hundred. At Hampstead, High gate, Hackney, Brixton, Woclwieb, Greenwich, Nor wood, Putney, and those districts exposed to bleakness, the sickness is three to one of that of the metropolis. The sensation felt by the men is giddinness and inclination to sleep, with great difficulty of respiration. The military doing duty at the Tower, Woolwich, Chatham, Dover. and Windsor, have also suffered greatly from the effects of the weather, so much so, that instead of being on sentry two hours (the usual period), they have at times been obliged to be relieved every hour, especially during the L night. At the Horse Guards the two mounted sentinels are relieved every hour. - - PAVEMENT. —The opinion is almost universal that the whale of London will ultimately be paved with wood, the final execution of that immense under taking being merely a question of time. Should this turn out to be the fact, it is of the last importance that recognised principles should become the guide of those who are called upon to act in the business; and solely with the view of enforcing the consideration of this im portant point upon general attention have we taken up the subject. The superiority of wood over stone as a material for paving carriage-ways, seems, indeed, to be finally acknowledged; and it is now no longer asked whether wood shall be substituted for stone, but which plan is mist deserving of public favour.—Polytechnical Journal. The following circular has been issued to the supporters of her Majesty's Ministers Lord J. Russell presents his compliments to —, and particularly requests his attendance at the House of Commons every Monday and Friday at a quarter before four o'clock precisely, to put the Speaker into the Chair." WHITEHALL, FEB. 3. The Queen has been plemed to present the Reverend John Macaulay, Clerk, 8.A., to the vicarage of Bovey Tracy, in the county of Devon and diocese of Exeter, the same heii.g void by the cession of Doctor William Carwethen, the last incumbent. WHITEHALL, JAN. 29, 1841. Tke Lord Chancellor has appointed Edwin Ball, of Pershore, in the county of Worcester. Gent., to be a Master Extraordi nary in the Nigh Court of Chancery. WAR-OFFICE, Frs. 9. 9th Regiment of Light Dragoons—W. tl. Magan, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Nicholson, promoted, Feb. 5. 10th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieutenant W. Tomline to be Captain, by purchase, vice Armstrong, whn retires ; Cornet Lcrd G. A. Beauclerk to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Tomline; R. Pate, Gent. to be Cornet, by pur chase, vice Lord G. A. Beaucler'k, Feb.s. 12th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Cornet R. H. S. Barry, from the 14th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, vice Gray, who exchanges, Feb. 5. 14th Regiment of Light Dragons—Cornet F. D. Gray, from the 12th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, vim Barry, who exchanges, Feb. 5. Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards.— Lieutenant E. C. W. M. Milman to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Conroy, who retires ; W, Verner, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice :Ullman, Feb. 5. 31st Regiment of Foot.—Lieutenant G. D. Young, to be Captain, without purchase, vice M'Ghee, deceased; Ensign E. W. Bray to be Lieutenant, vice Young, Jan. 21 ; R. 13. Trittin, Gent. , to be Ensign, vice Bray, Feb. 5. 41st Foot—Lieutenant M. G. B. Browne, from the 73d Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Carnac, who ex changes, Fob. 5. 52d Foot—Lieutenant C. A. Denison to be Adjutant, vice Campbell promoted, Feb. 5. 59th Foot—To be Captains, by purchase—Lieutenant E. H. Poyntz, vice Levick, who retires, Feb. 5; Lieutenant W. W. Lodder, vice Boland, who retires, Fob 6. To be Lieutenants, by purchase—Ensign J. Tomlin*, vice Poynts, Feb. 5 ; Ensign I'. Peebles, ♦ice Lodder, Feb. 6. To he Ensigns . , by purchase—J. B. Newcomen, Gent., vice Tomline, Feb. 5 ; R. J. Lloyd, Gent., vice Peebles, Feb. 6. 66th Foot—Captain C. Winter, from the 76th Foot, to be Captain, vice Carey, who exchanges, Feb. 5. 73d Foot—Lieut. J. R. Carnac, from the 41st Foot, to 1,y2. Lieutenant, vice Browne, who exchanges, Feb. 5. 76th Foot—Captain Le M. Carey, from the 86th Foot, to be Captain, vice Winter, who exchanges, Feb. 5. 82d Foot—Lieut. E. B. Hale to be Captain, by purchase, vice Hornby, who retires; Ensign C. T. V. Isaac to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Hale ; W. Johnson, Gent, to be En sign, by purchase, vice Isaac, Feb. 5. UNATTACHED—Lieutenant F. L. Ingall, from the 15th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, Feb. 5. HOSPITAL STAFF—Surgeon J. Kinnis, M.D., from the 90th Foot, to be Surgeon to the Forces, vice Assistant-In spector Nicholson, promoted, Feb. 5. Memo ea atnust—The Commission of Lieutenant Donovan, as Adjutant to the Cape Mounted Riflemen, is to be ante dated to the lit Oct., 1838. Her Majesty has been pleased to approve of the Gloucester shire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry being styled, " The Royal Gloucestershire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry." ORDNANCE OFFICE, FICB. 3. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Captain J. Gore to be Adjutant, vice Savage, who resigns the Adjutantey only, June 27 ; Second Captain J. E. Dupuis to be Adjutant, vice Wingfield, who resigns the Adjutancy only, July 10. Quarterly Average of the Weekly Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of England, from the 10th of November, 1840, to the 2d of February, 1841, both inclusive, published pursuant to the Act, 3 and 4 W. IV., cap. 98. LIABILITIES. ASSETS. Circulation £16,230,000 Securities Deposits £23,595,000 Downing-street, Feb 4, lE -- .£26,411,000 DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. ROBERT MACKIN", AY, rectifier, Si'ver-street. RICHARD WON TN ER, woollen-draper, Cloth. fair. BANKRUP I'S. JAMES STR A TEN, surgeon, Winchester-street, City, to surrender, Jan. 16, at eleven, and March 19, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, Ahlermanbury, official assignee ; Compton, Church-court. Old Jewry. WILLIAM JOHN DUCKH AM, hosier, Little Love-lane, Wood-street, Cheapside, Feb. 17, at two, and March 19, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, Basinghall street, official assignee: Lewis, Arundel-street, Strand. GEORGE COOKE, scrivener, Northampton, Feb. 22 and March 19. at twelve, at the Peacock Inn, Northampton. Vin cent and Sherwood, King's-bench-walk, Inner Temple, London. EDWARD LEWIS MAYOR, innkeeper. Northampton, Feb. 23 and March 19, at one, at the Peacock Inn, Northamp ton ; Vincent and Sherwood, King's-bench-walk, Temple, London. WILLIAM RICHARD KENIP, grocer, East Cheap, City, Feb. 16, at two, and March 19, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Belcher, official assignee; Templer, Shearman, and Slater, Great Tower-street. GEORGE LEWIS, licensed victualler, Mile-end-road, Feb. 16, at one, and March 19, at twelve, at the Cou, t of Bankruptcy. Abbott, official assignee; Parkinson, Argyll stn eet, Regent-street. SAMUEL FRESHNEY, grocer, Bond-street, Chelsea, Feb. 19, at two, and March 19, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Whitmore, Ilasinghall-street, official assignee ; May, Queen-square, Bloomsbury. LIONE . L WATLING, butcher, Upper-street, Islington Feb. 16, at txo, and March 19, at eleven, at the Court o Bankruptcy. Groom, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street, official assignee; Aston and Wallis, New Broad-street. WILLIAM JENNINGS, tailor, Gloucester, Feb. 9 and March 19, at eleven, at the Bell Hotel, Gloucester. Watson, Falcon-square, London. JOHN JENKINS, auctioneer, Haverfordwest, Feb. 24 and March 19, at one, at the Mariner's Hotel, Haverfordwe s t. R ees , Haverfordwest ; Hastings, Harpur-street, Red Lion-square, London. THOMAS TODD, factor, Birmingham, Feb. 24 and March 19, at eleven, at the New Royal Hotel, Birmingham. Taylor, Sharpe, Field, and Jackson, Bedford-row, London ; Ryland, Birmingham. JOHN ROBSON and WILLIAM KIMPSTER ROB SON, grocers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Feb. 24, at eleven, and March 19, at one, at the Bankrupt Commission-room, New castle-upon-Tyne. Adlingtou, Gregory, Faulkner, and Fol lett, Bedford-row, London ; Hoyle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. JOSEPH PEARSON, grocer, Almondbury, Yorkshire, Feb. 11 and March 19, at one, at the White Swan Inn, Hud dersfield. Lever, King's-road, Bedford-row, London ; Barker and England, Huddersfield. ROBERT CLAY, merchant, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, Feb. 26 and March 19, at twelve, at the King's Head lon, Huddersfield. Eyde, Clement's Inn, London; Sykes, Hud dersfield. EDWARD BRIDGEWATER, victualler, Birmingham, Feb. 24 and March 19, at one, at the New Royal Hotel, Fir. mingham. Smith and Atkins, Gray's-pl ace , G ra y' s I nn , London ; Greatwoed, Birmingham ; Harrison, Birmingham. JAMES SOLOMON DA VIS, furniture dealer, Sheffield, Feb. 16 and March 19, at twelve, at the Town-hall, Sheffield. Sole, Aldermanbury, London; Chambers, Sheffield. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Baeinghall-street. T. Parker, victualler, Tooley-street, Southwark, Feb. 27, at eleven—F. Robinson, ironmonger, High-street, Poplar, Feb. 27, at twelve—W. Lee, hosier, Charing-cross, March 1, at twelve—A. Douglas, merchant, St. Beciet's.place, Grace church-street, March 1, atone—G. Mayor and G. S. Dove, spice merchants, Little Distaff-lane, City, March 1, at two. In the Country. B. Pearson, woolstapler, York, Mirch 2, at twelve, at the Old George Inn, York—J. Liggins, hosier, Hinckley, Leices tershire, March 2, at three, at the Castle, Leicester—S. and W. Mead, iron merchants, Liverpool, Feb. 26, at two, at the Clarendon rooms, Liverpool—G. Marshall, builder, Brighton, March 5, at one, at the Town-hall, Brighton—W. Spark, bookbinder, Exeter, March 8, at one, at the Globe Inn, Exeter —C. Poulter, victualler, Long Melford, Suffolk, March 24, at twelve, at the Blue Posts Inn, Colchester—R. Cotton and J. Keam, quarrymen, Oreston, Devonshire, )larch 3, at one, at the Royal Hotel, Plymouth—W. Rispin, currier, Peeklington. Yorkshire, March 2, at two, at the Guildhall, York—J. and E. Milne, cotton spinners, Butterworth, Yorkshire, March 1, at ten, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester—W. 51•Cheane and C. Bartlett, merchants, Gloucester, March 2, at two, at th e office o f H. an d R. Wilton, Gloucester—S. Sowler, book seller, Manchester, March 12, at two, at the Commissioners'- rooms, Manchester.—W. Jameson, money scrivener, York, March 1, at twelve, at the Guildhall, York. CERTIFICATES—FIis. 26. J. Benn, bone dealer, Lampton, Middlesex—R. Ilancoek, brush manufacturer, Bath—W. Spark, bookbinder, Exeter— \V. Fairclough, innkeeper, Wavertree, Lancashire. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. S. Daintry, J. Ryle, anl:W. R. Ravenscroft, bankers, Man chester (so far as regards W. R. Ravenscroft)—J. and T. Bury, hide cleaners, Manchoster—W. Ward and E. Fisher, wine merchants, Norwich—R. Campbell and A. Paterson, linen drapers, Lincoln—W. Manks and W. Cox, wharfingers, Bir mingham—H. and A. M. Withers, wine merchants, South ampton—W. Pashley and E. Kensington, wine merchants, St. Dunstan's-hill, City—F. and J. Nicholls, grocers, Kidder minster, Worcestershire—T. Haigh and E. Franceys—R. and J. Hoar, cutlers, Petersfield, Yorkshire—T. Procter and J. Edwards, dyers, Liverpool—W. Wisher and T. Colbeck, joiners, Kingston upon-Hull—J. and J. B. Tous.ant, wax chandlers, Feltham—P. Berry, J. llitehin, G. Dixon, and J. Wood, machine makers, Halifax, Yorkshire—S. Dyson, W. Dyson, and 11. Dyson, joiners, Hyde, Cheshire—W. and J. W. Norton, brick makers, Paddington—J. Knight and J. A. Forrest, glass merchants, Liverpool—R. Mason and H. An_ draws, grocers, Norwich—E. Bowra and G. Ritchie, Grace church-street—R. Harrison and R. Knowles, timber dealers, Billingo, Lancashire—S. Payne and J. Maltby, attorneys, Not tingham—T. Mann and R. Mann, jun., farmers, Fulreadv, Warwickshire—R. Tunniclitf and J. Croxall, earthenware ma nufacturers, Midway, Derbyshire—T. and J. Honychurch, potters, Bovey Tracey, Devonshire. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. ROBERT WADDELL, cabinet maker, Glasgow, Feb. 11 and March 11, at two, at the Black Bul Inn, Glasgow. JAMES BELL, smith, Abbeyhill, Edinburgh, Feb. 8 and March 1 , at two, at the Royal Exchange. Edinburgh. JOHN SMITH, cattle dealer, New House, Aberdeen, Feb. 13 and Mardi 9, at eleven, at the Lemon Tree Tavern, Aberdeen. CIRCUITS OF THE COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RELIEF OF INSOLVENT DEBTORS. SUMMER CIRCUITS, 1841. NORTHERN CIRCUIT. H. R. REYNOLDS., Esq. Chief Commissioner. Rutlandshire—at Oskham. Wednesday, June 16. Yorkshire—at Sheffield, Friday. June 18. Yorkshire—at Wakefield, Monday, June 21. At the Town and County of the Town of Kingston-upon-Hull , Tuesday, June 29. Yorkshire--at York and City, Thursday, July 1. Yorkshire—at Richmond, Saturday, July 3. Durham—at Durham, Monday, July 5. Northumberland —at Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Town, Wed nesday, July 7. Cumberland—at Carlisle, Saturday, July 10. Westmorland—at Appleby, Tuesday, July 13 . Westmorland—At Kendal, Wednesday. July 14. Lancashire—At Lancaster, Thursday, July 15. Lancashire—At Preston, Saturday, July 24 : Lanculaire—At Liverpool, Monday, July 26. LIST OF SHERIFFS FOR 1841. (From the Gazette of last Night.) BEDFORDSHIRE—Arthur Nlacnamara,of Eaton Bray, Esq. BERKSHIRE—John Jesse Bulkeley, of Linden-hill, Esq. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE—Thomas Newland Allen, of the Vache, Chalfont St. Giles, Esq. CANIBRIDORSHIRE AND HUNTINGDONSHIRE—Joseph Mar. shall, of Elm, Esq. CUMBERLAND—J. Robertson Walker, of Gillgarron, Esq. CHESHIRE— John Ryle. of Henbury-hall, Esq. CORN WA LL - Postponed. DERBYSHIRE—J. B. Bowden, of Southgate House, Esq. DEVONSHIRE—John C. BuF eel, of Fleet, Esq DORSETSIIIRE—Sir R. P. Glyn, of Gaunts House, Bart. DURHAM—. William Russell, or Brancepeth.Castle, Esq. ESSEX—J. A. Houblon, of Great Hallinhury-place, Esq. GLOUCESTERSHIRE—J. W. Walters, of Barnwood House, Esq. HEREFORDSHIRE—Robert Lane, of Ryelands, Esq. HERTFORDsHIRE—R. W. Gaussen, of Brookrnans, Esq. KENT—Dc La Mark Banks, of Sheppy Cuurt, Minster, Esq. LEICESTERSHIRE—Richard Mitchell, of Enderby, Esq. LINCOLNSHIRE—Sir J. C. Thorold, of Syston-Park, Bart. MoNsrouTristitirs—Ssmuel Homfray, of Bedwelty, Esq. NORFOLK—Sir J. J. Buxton, of ShadwrALLodge, Bart. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE—Sir R. H. Gunning, of Horton, Bart. NORTHUMISEKLAND—Sir Matthew Whitc Ridley, of Blag- Jon, Bart. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE—Henry Smith, of Welford, Esq. OXFORDSHIRE —John Loveday, of E.q. RUTLANDSHIRE—Joseph Tomblin, of Leighfield, Esq. SHROPSHIRE—The Hon. G F. Hamilton, of Burwarton. SOMER,RTSHIRE—W. F. Knatchbull, of Babington, Esq. STAFFORDSHIRL--.ThOinag Cart-right, of Hill-Hall, Esq. COUNTY OF SOUTHAMPTON—Horatio Francis Kingsford Holloway, of Marchwood Lodge, Southampton. Esq. SUFFOLK--Sir J. R. Rowley, of Tendring Hall, Bart. SURREY—W. L. Gower, of Titsev-place, Oastead, Esq. St•ssEx.---Sir Richard Hunter, of Pitching. Kilt. WI RVIICK SlllRE—Kelysige Greenway, of Warwick, Esq. WlLTAtira—Ambrose Hussey, of Salisbury, Esq. WoneesrEitsittax—Thomas Charles Hurnyold, of Black more-park, Esq. YORKSIITRE—Freder ; ck William Thomas Vernon Went. worth, of Wentworth-Castle, E.q. WALES. ANGLESEY—Richard Trygarn Griffith,of Garreglwyd, Esq. BRECONSHIRE—WiIIiam Hibbs Bevan, of Glannaut, Esq. C 4 RDIGANSIIIRE—David Davies, of Cardigan, Es i. CARMARTIIRNSITIRE—J. W. Philipps, of Aberglasney, Esq. CAKNARYONSIIIRE—David White Griffith, of Hafodydd- Britir.n, Esq. DENBIGHSHIRE —Henry Ellis Boa'es, of Rosehill, near Wrexham, Esq. FLINTEIHIRE—LIeweIy Lloyd, of Pontriillth, Esq. GLAstoanassniax—Joseph Martin, of Ynistawe, Esq. NIKRIONETHSIIIMI—John Williams, of Brun Eryri, Esq. MONTGOMERYSHIRE—John Vau :; han,of Rhos Bt ynb wa, Esq. PEMBROKESHIRE—George Roch, of Batterhill, Esq. RaoNcasnittc— Postponed. IMPORTANT DISCOVERY OF A ROMAN BASILICA UNDER BRIXWORTH CHURCH. Most of our readers are probably aware of what is now the theme of discourse amongst the lovers of eccle siastical architectural antiquities—that the parish church of Brixworth, in this county, exhibited the finest sp, ci men of the Roman or Anglo-Roman building in the whole kingdom. Its antiquity was first suspected by our townsman, Mr. George Baker, and was subse quently ascertained and carried higher in the scale of centuries by the discoveries of his friends Rickman and Britten, the latter of whose dicta have been acquiesced in by numerous antiquaries who successively visited and inspected the building, and compared it with other authentic remains of the Roman era. Nearly all the nave and square tower still subsist in their original state, displaying the strong massive masonry of the Roman, people, who seemed to design all their works for an " eternal empire." The composition is of unhewn stones, cemented with mortar harder than themselves, and containing the characteristic deep brick or tiled• arch for the doorways, cloister windows, and approach to the aisles. The original aisles have long been re moved, but their ancient foundations have been dis covered, at least on the north side of the church, though not yet followed out to any extent. But though the most competent antiquaries were agreed in assigning to the church a very high antiquity en these ostensible data, it was, nevertheless, justly considered possible that the church might have been built some time after the Romans left the country, with the mate rials of a more ancient Roman building, notwithstand ing the brick tiles have no appearance of having been used before. It, was therefore desirable to escertaiu whether or not the ancient foundation was of the same age with the present superstructure, and the existing chancel being of later date than the nave and tower, it was still uncertain whether there had ever existed in its place the semicircular structure of the Roman basiiica (viz., the east end of the building, where the prancr hell his court.) Happily, this .is no longer a matter of doubt or uncertainty, for on Thursday last the Rev. C. F. Watkins, the vicar, having gone into the chancel to inspect the making of a new grave, perceiv_ed a portion of ancient masonry at one corner of the excava tion, which seemed to verge in a gentle curve towards the east. Immediately conjecturing that it was part of the original basilica, he laid it open for four or five feet, with every appearance of ultimate success, and there upon sent a message to the Rev. W. Hume, rector of Scaldwell, who has an interest in the chancel, with whom, and his brother the Rev. Charles Hume, rec tor of Stoke Moor. Hants, Mr. Watkins pursued the investigation on Monday till they had the satisfaction of discovering and laying open the whole circuit of the original wall, which descends from the floor of the pre sent chancel to a depth of about four feet, where it encloses an ancient floor of handsome cement, the sur face of which has somewhat the appearance of stalagmite, probably occasioned by a slight deposit of calcareous matter carded down through the super. incumbent rubbish of lime and earth. This newly discovered wall descends still lower; how much deeper it goes is not yet, but soon will be, ascertained. What is most important is, that it is of the same thickness, com position, and age as the nave and square tower, which leaves the antiquity of the whole with scarcely the sha dow of a doubt. It is Mr. Watkins's intention to ap peal to the country at large and to all who take an in terest in these antiquarian researches, which throw so muc h light upon the history of the Church of this king dom, to enable him to rebuild the chancel upon this the origiu al substructure, the grouted cement of whi c h i s even now harder than the stones which it binds to gether ; and, by clearing away the encompassing mould, to exhibit the most entire and best-pre served architecture of such high antiquity which this kingdom is known to contain. When i t i s understood that the present chancel is a poor weak structure--that the lessee of the great tithes, who has to keep it in repair, has just been enlarging and re-building a part of his own parish church, at great expense to himself—that 2001. would suffice for carrying the plan into execution—it is hoped that this moderate sum will not be withheld from an object which is of real importance, of groat interest, and will be open to the inspection of every one who chooses to visit it from near and far, as many have already come from the most distant parts of the kingdom. The bankers at Northampton, and elsewhere, will be re quested to receive subscriptions, and several of the neighbouring clergy and gentry be solicited to form a Committee of M a nagement and Superintendence.— Northampton Herald. GOVERNMENT PATRONAGE. (From the Scottish Rejurniers' Gazette.) We observe that Mr. R-bort Bell, Procurator f , f th. Church, has just been appointed to the Sheriffship of the shire of Berwick. Mr. Bell aad his friend tha Lind A:'. vocate were the counsel learned in the law for the rebel lious sons of the Kirk in the Strathbogie case. Mr. Bell prepared all the pleadings for them. lie is their procura tor or adviser in the General Assembly. And is this the reward he has received through the L. rd Advocate—and the Lord Advocate must have recommended him—for bearding the law, and contending against the Queen', Judges: We are told by the Non-Intrusionists, and they have made a great noise about it, that the Sheriff of Banff (Mr. Currie) was ordered to repair to his county, the other day, to protect the Presbytery of Stratbbogie in their pro. ceedings at Marooch. We have no doubt that Mr. Currie was prepare.' to do his duty if necessary. 13 , :t wfr hop, there are no rebellious sons of the Church in the Presbytery of a.rwick. For, .t the re Ue. with what decency could this Mr. Sheriff Bell he a.ked, seeing that he had actual!) counselled them in similar lawless procoedings, to g, lo•th as tLe Sheriff of the county, and put the law into execu tion against them ? At every step Ire has been taking in Church matter: within the last twelvc mouths, ti.is Lord Advocate of Sc )t -land is only ontatig:itig himself. and exposing the Govern. ment with which he is connected to just reproach. THE IVI ARK hTS—Y b'STERDA Y. CORN EXCHANGE. There has bun a small supp!y of \Vhe.►t this week, fair of Barley, and good of Oats. The Wheat trade firm at Monday's prices. Barley obtained former rates. Beans and Peas un varied. Oats met a moderate demand, and supported their value. Rather more freedom in the Flour trade. SMI 1 1-IFIL:LD. The trade for Beef was good. There being but few good Scots in the Alarket, the trade for Mutton was also brisk, the supply being very short. Veal was much in demand, but 2d per stone I,v‘er than our last quotations. Little alteration in Pork. Beasts, 490; Sheep, 1,960; Pigs, 378; Calves, 130. Beef, 3s. Bd. to ss. ; Mutton, 4s. to Os. 2d. ; Veal, 4s. Bd. to 6s. ; Pork, 4s. to ss. COLONIAL MARKET. There was not much business done, but prices were firm for most articles, and the Public Sales were of little m Dment. The arrivals were to a fair extent. TEA MARKET. Prices were supported for Free Trade, but the demand was only for small parcels. Company's Congou was offered at bid. cash, and not many buyers. TA LLO W-,AI A !MET. A fair amount of business Was done in P. Y. Candle, and prices were firm at 465. 6d. to 465. 9d. on the spot. The supply of Town Tallow was good. • PRICE OF BREAD. The h i ghs e Is 9J for the 11b Lcaf G., BreAl may be bad at 71. E l OF SEEDS. - . Per Cie, _ Ncw E.:glsh fte, C10ve,...50s Sts St. Fein ..... ~...... --s 5 6 s 111 Old i it.:: Dii o —s —s —1 Rye G ass. —16 s New Foreign D.,tri - s 55s 7s Macey Grass 011 Di to IA to ... ...... —s ---, —s L tiseesl, for to di g —s tOs fits New White Clover 473 s('s I:0s Dit o, fo, sowing ......—s 60 , 6tis Old Dift, Ditto —s —s —s Ditto, for crushi g ....—s 46s 45., •scw Tre oil —s '..Ss 4°s Hcm --4 361 4 , i , Old Liao -s 20s SOs,Canary —s e 5, 'A's I'r folium s v.'s 70s ; Per B .shel. E: glish Carraway —s 50s 5,1 White Must_rd.... is OS to Its 0. Foreign !Atte, —. 46s Ws Brown Ditto I4s Od to 17s Co Coriand4.r .... —6 14s lesTares 766d tc I,:s Oil PdICE JI , OIL. • Rape Oil, brown, per ton £4s 0 Ditto, refined Linseed Oil "7 10 Lins ed Oil Cake at tn, Still (per IWO) l3 10 Its, e ake, per to.. I'RILE OF TALLOW, SOAP, &c. per 1121 b. Town Tallow .£2 17 6 Melting Stull' ..£1 11 0 Yellow Ilusiii.s White ... •• 0 t Graves Soap Ditto 0 0 0 Good Dregs 0 5 0 Per Quarter PItICE OF RA W F. Price of Tallow (as stated by the '1 COAL Ships arrived sine Adair's 19 'AT, per stone of albs, fallow !deicers) 's. ;id MARKET. ce last market day, 4. den, Robson k Co. Hartley li I Darwent Main l7 1 liebburn Main •?1 9 Ord's liedliiigh Pontop Windsor Tantield Moor. Braddyll's liattoa •. d 3 -.. ~ —.- _ Walls Lod liaswel . ...... 24 :s Walls Emil Helton 24 3 Walls End Lumley 2l ti Walls End Landnun ... j 4 3 W. E. North Helton Lyons 21 :s Walls End Kelloe ..... Tatified Moor Lutes • i 13 3 Walls End Tliditiley 22 3 West Hanley ......... Wylani ........ ........... ......:10 i Walls End • arrington Tees 20 3 Walls End Hilda. ..... ........ 21 13 Walls Eral Evenwood 2O b Walls End Killingwartli ... ? 3 Wail s End 'lees ... • 3 Wills End Riddell's. ........ 23 Walls End West Helton Walls End Belnioid. (From the London New Price Current of February 5.) SUOAR.—The grocers have been anxious to purchase British Plantation Sugar this week, but the market having been scantily supplied with middling to fine yellow descrip tions, which arc most wanted, have much operated against buying, the market has been cleared daily of such, sad importers have obtained a further advance of 63, and in some cases of is per cat ; for brown and low yellow sorts a good demand has existed, and the prices paid are generally 6d above those of this day week. Yellow sorts 85a to 86s ; Antigua fine and good at 83, 6d to 82s 61, good middling and good 80. 6 1 to 82i ; Domi nica with less colour 80a ; Jamaica good middling of fair complexion and strength 773 to 7th; Grenada and Deme rara middling 75s tSd to 765, low middling from the dif ferent CJlonies 72a 63 to 755, and good low brown B:r -bice and Demerara 71s to 72:. To-day both grocers and refiners were desirous to pur chase West India, but the small and indifferent show, ope rated against buying, and the merchants obtained a further advance, making the rise for the week Is on yellow, and 6d on brown and grey sorts, towards the close of the mar. ket scarcely a board of calory description was to be met with ; the sales for the week amount to 1,400 hhds and tres. The stock unsold is only 4.000 hhda and tres. RartNED.—There has been an increased desire evinced on the part of the home trade to purchase Refined Goods since this day week, aed large purchases have been made in all descriptions, indeed the market has , been cleared,and buyer; are now compelled to wait for goods 10 and 14da3s, some of the Liverpool houses have been operating. the prices paid are Is above those of this day week. To-day the home trade were desirous to buy Refined Goods, but few are to be had for immediate delivery, and prices have further advanced ; 96s is now the value of Standard Lumps. Treacle was in fair demand at 353 to 42; ; other articles fully as dear. Not much done in Bonded Crushed Sugar. MAURITIUS,—Thi; afternoon the trade were anxious to purclia e, and 5,705 bags, 335 casks and barrels at public sale were all disposed of at fell prices, middling and good yellow fetched 76s to 82s 6d, low middling 72.36 d :o 75s 6 in barrels mid and good bright yellow 755 to 79; per cwt. EAST INDlA.—There has been a better demand for brown descriptions of Bengal this week, and large pus. chases have been mad, at prices fully equal to those of Friday last. This afternoon at auction 606 bags Bengal sold at the full value, viz. middling to fine white at 8286 J to 85s 6,1, damps and washed 79: 6d to 84s 61, damp brown 53; 6d to 545, washed 49; 61 to 50; 6d per cwt. FOREION.—For white Havannah holders appear unwil ing to submit to lower rates ; middling dry at 32; 6d to 334 ordinary 304 damaged 27s 6d to 313, yellow at 233 6d to 243 for fair average parcels, 23s 61 to 24s 61 for good middling, damaged 20s 61 to 24s : rates previously established have been maintained for Brazil, and a fair de mand has existed; Rio middling white at 20s to 24E. MOLASSES.—Prices have been firm for West India; fine Antigua at 38a 6d to 39;, good 37s 61 to 38s, Deme rara fine 345, St. Vincent, low dark 325, mid 333; Antigua at 37; to 37; 6d for good quality ; Mauritius Molasses and Sugar, duty paid, 501 to 50; 61 per cwt. COFFER.—There has been an increased disinclination evinced on the part of the home trade to purchase British Plantation this week, and the demand has been limited for all descriptions, importers having again supplied the market largely ; prices have further given way 2s per cwt. This afternoon there was little business done in any kind of Coffee, but holders were not disposed to submit to soy fur ther reduction ; at auction, 1,313 bags and 108 casks Java were offered, the former sea-damaged and repacked, and sold at the fell value, viz. 45s to 583, the latttr was with drawn. TEA.—The market for Free Trade has presented a more lively appearance this week, and prices have assumed an upward tendency. To day there was a fair business transacted in Free Trade for cash, and prices were firm ; sales in Congou for cash were made at is 61 •0 Is 8d fir ord and mid, and 1 s 91 to 2s 21 for good and fine :tronq blackish leaf descriptions. lo the speculative market there was less activity, and prices gave wiy a little, Is 6.1 d to Is bid having been taken for Companl's Congou cash; on 'Change there were no sellers, however, under is 6FI ptr lb. The postponed sale of damaged Tea is fixed for next Monday. Cocoa —For West India former rates have been sup ported within 61 to is per cwt; Trinidad at 50s to 57s for mid and fine red, low grey 48s to 491, Prices on the advance fur foreign ; good red Para filched 41s per cwt. SPlCES.—Pepper gave way a little, stalky dusty Su matra went at 3fel, and fair Eastern 3id per lb. In Pi mento holders are firm, and 40 bags were taken in at 3i-d for good middling quality. Cassia Lignea middling qua. lity is not to be purchased under 925. Cloves have sup. ported former rates. Nutmegs arc held firmly. In Cin ' namon or mace little has been done. For both East and West India Ginger prices have been steady : Jamaica went at 803 to 215. for ordinary to good quality; 52 bags Barbadoes 40s 6d to 45s ; Bengal 17s 6d for mid quality : white Pepper taken in 91 for middling quality. Tics.—For Bengal this week prices have given way 6d per cwt ; by private treaty middling white has been selling at 13s to 131 6d per cwt, at those rates however some par. ties will not sell, and bought in the whole of 1559 bags at public sale at 14s for middling white. For Java and Siam holders are not disposed to submit to lower rates : at pub lic sale, 1387 bags of the former were only partly dis posed of at 10s. 61 for midding white, being nearly the value. Carolina for home use, new quality at 365, and old 34$ per cwt, RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS —The West India Rum market has been in a dull state this week. MI strong sorts have maintained their former value, but or dinary kinds of Leeward' are again cheaper, and 2* Gd have been accepted for proof. East India at 24 3d to 2s 4d proof : 23 puns Rum, from New Yolk, ls 10d to 2s 8d for 5 to 23 per cent over proof. In Brandy rather lower rates had been accepted :—Cognac, first brands of the vintage of 1836 has been selling at 5i 4d in hhds, and 5; 2d in puns, ditto 1837 hhds 51 2d, puns ar, ditto 1838 hhds ss, puns 41 101, ditto 1839 hhds 41 10d, puns 43 Bd, ditto 1840 hhds 3s 101, puns 3s Bd. Geneva has maintained former rates. British Cern Spirits firm at los cash. Orr.s.—For common descriptions of Fish Oils prices have still a downward tendency. Pale Seal at 321, yellow and brown 26/ to 29/ l 03; Cod 26115 s to 271; Southern, ordinary 251 to 251 103, middling and fine 261 to 281 10s. Cod of a different quality from Halifax sold at 241 to 251. Dog-fish Oil 221 103 to 231 103; pale Seal Oil, of first quality, 321 to 32/ 51; boiled Seal Oil 14/ lOs to 151; Cod Blubber 1015 s per ton. For Sperm prices have declined 41 per ton : good and fine quality at 991 to 1001 103 ordi nary, and middling 82/ 10s to 96/ 10s. Headmatter 701 to 85/. In Linseed Oil sales on the spot have been made at 26s 6d to 26s 91, but for delivery in the next two months at 27s to 27s 6d per cwt. Rape, prices continue to advance. Pale at 475, and brown 455. For East India M PaNING Cocoa Nut Oil, 38s to 40s paid for good quality. -P,all/ § 011°6 good quality at 341 5s to 341 10s. For Olive price, further advanced. Spanish, both for hom e use and espor', at 631 to 641, and Gallipoli 68/ to 691 . East ledia See Oil 42/ per ton. TALLOW.—Holders of Russian have displayer' &milr!! this week, on the spot Petersburgh yellow Cand le at 4611r1 to 46s 9d. For delivery in the next two and three ment!,..l 46s 6d. For the last three mouths of the year 46s 9 d "*: 475. South American 45s to 46s 6 d for good an d bao quality. Town Tallow has been in good request. COUNTRY MARKETS. Ptjje Wheat. Barley. Oats. to Per Quarter.l s. to s. a. t s. E.' to s. a. LO Bath Blandford 56 60 28 31 24 27 48 Bridport to "" Chard 51 62 28 32 1,21 24 140 5 , 111 Gloucester 56 r 4 28 371 20 28 48 Ezver Guildford 68 7! St 37 32 36 1 46 5 6 Newbury 52 nt 27 26 19 32 42 50 0 Reading 4-4 72 18 4 20 28 j 42 52 Salidniry 32 82 27 93 •25 !40 5t Mu - borne CO 62 30 38 24 28 41 11 4 1 SS Shepton Mallet 54 63 30 3821 26 41 "' t Uxbridge 37 43 21 21 -- W,,rininster.„ 44 ez 31 43 25 j ' ‘Vinchester 60 64 ' few,' i I 56 CO 30 32 22 26 ; o LEEL) CORN MARKET.' , 70i. Wheat, Norfolk and Stidhlk, 60Ih. ..... . ......... 6.. 6 3 5'4. 10 „; York. and Lincoin. 601 b. .......... Barley. Norfolk and Suffolk Yorkshire and Lincolnshire ................ 25+ t• tt0°°:336:1...- - Grinding Beans Oats, riot ............................ • : 1 3865 i. t t ° ° —Mealing, 1' or. --d. to—d Eng• 1▪ 1141. ta 13 , 1 4 g ood • Ss. to Os. I < ceiling DEVIZES CORN MARKET• d • , Per Sack. s. 2. a. d.I Per Quarter. dto a eint Wheat 3O 0 to 31 610at5... .............. Second 2B 6 29 6 Beane (per sack)... it: 0 46 0 Third Barley •e7 0 38 6 Bread (pergano i.). It lias now been decided upon that a bre ve t en w ill take place on the 10:h inst., in honour of t he chr4,t°t_oclis r t b e of the Princess Roya l . Ti e same day fixed t uugrueutation of the Royal Marine force. whdl i Captains and twelve First Lieutenants wil l rect.-tilts tlts t missions, notices having been received Woolwic effect.—Corresponden , •,( Morning Post. he tion I B. 7 1t 5 LA B THEATRE.—The intr°"e of r a trig fts has g.ven a phasing variety t° well ccrts, and the numerous body of singers ha s been trained. The old -qui! •• ;„ Ft--P`2. , i ts was sung on Thu- gay with great prec i s ion sod efttgh ,:radation of vi.iees ex,ei ~;iy thetaili '' g'i t he was encored without di,sent. Koenig, the P 1 r e . r est cornet-a-piston, is unquestion a bl y th e best that li played in public the powers of that instrument. ior The lovers of C:c fine arts will regr et t° `t i ` that Minesi, whose talents as a pen and ink drsugir'oo man we hare so often comme n d e d, is nuw suffeforrl hest two aril maladies—old age and poverty. For there i 5 no cure ; for the tatty'. there is hope wh ;: e vtrl vol,nce exists, and that it does so in the metropo il tro t it days c xperience off rs convincing proof. W e i . yo ur o f may be fully exercised in the reset t instance i n tt a sial l f a very deserving artist.—Morn ing Herald [ Vie , e- on bt concur with our Contemporary ie the appe al rtlgu,sti his half of Mr. Minesi. His advanced age, no less , t a '! ii t o acknowledged talents and amiable disposition, eihviini be benevolent consirieret;on of the people amens has so long resided. , r h o odsr SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL "-- SOCIETY. ". jog"' the service Governors of the Seamen's Hospital Society' our tution which had rendered astonishing 5 to P. girt tabled or diseased seamen, assembl e d ut their rOOO9 °lyres' William-street, fur the purpose of receiving tle,rbege; Report : John L.bouchere, Esq., in the chair. Hill port detailed the eff.rts made by , the benevolee% ;dor" the Association to enable Managers to extend t : to lb° tigee. To induce continued and extended supP °l : olio ° institution, the Committee of Management 41.'0'60010 attention to the important tact that too eOlallendaliati rc required to insure to sailors of all nations nn t" ;,/ents ° ; r , ception into this establishment, in sickness , scc' distress ; and that, Com its commencemen t, in pil 51 " had been instrumental in relieving, throug h In-l‘ and otherwise. 53 471 patien 8. r o (IS gild THE ROADS AND COACHES.--The -11,,einee pathways in and near the metropolis have becom e e 1 : chic dangerous for travelling from the recent fall of sun stie d from the low temperature at which it fell, has p re ,i ' li ' eg is thick and firm surface of congealed :dda i a e yau e ng . iro T oduf r r c t v v, ; etripi ti o S tio s otti l : t4le outski i r d t e s n w ts as oc o c n u Nl rr ' e e d d . nes o da n y T y u e e r severe ace of Hawkins's Homerton oainibues WAS, on accou nt th e falling of his horses, the breaking of the r 6lts ' slipperiness of the foot- board, thrown off the cot ° : e eisi the Hackney-road, near Shoreditch Church, a nu si r „ - e I° , a !Y 're contus . on. Tho Hackney, Lea 1 - 3n " - „101 travelling.\Valtlt ainsto w A r t oLd d s were near also E,i Edmonton l ba d m and d an g,: c l- 5 0 ': are in a very bad state ; the effect of the recent 1111 ,„ at° been increased by the late snows. All the e 4 "; ° , coaches have come to town with additional horse greater ola obstacles are presented on the high r t o y , Ponder's End and Waltham Cross. The greate r I I : 0 1 ' the long stages have hence had to turn off the e l by Edmonton Church, and pass through }:nu , ' ile S i t .% and Theoheld's Park. The Cambridge m ail sour h e ig"' have during the last week run through this Park horses, and the roads are in a worse coodition tnin been known for many years. All the mails arrived 13 ' ri ool , for the firs' delivery at the Post effice ; those iron.' a of l b d Liseoln, and Ipswich being thu latest. The guar rolitc D.Nonport moil announced that the snow ha; al tt i to some depth in parts of Sitli,bury-pliant. b , u" a ' I western coaches were too late for arrival by t ; 0 0"P r , trains. In Essex the soars appears to have Wien beep ` ratively light, but in some parts of Kent there h' i ! o acc,,, considerable fall. At Wye, in East Kent. a 11'5 ,et"" twelve miles from Faversham, and at Sittingbctur.ipbo' snow was above the middle of the horses. Nea r , f , j r i od, la y a short distance on this side of Canterbury, t"- ' ant r London, a machine was on Wednesday in ene e 1 1 01, 9 in clearing the roads for carriages Onl3rixton'.3eoeYs, the road from Kennington to Vauxhall-gate, th e It V' nience is severely belt by the omnibuses and e arriol It . Regent's Canal remains open for navigation- 00g WALSALL ELECTION.—The Torie s r t b i r „ e° (ken Mr. Charles Wilkins, who delivered tW, ° ';°, orations to small numbers, in a room at the ve . c si te) , r s (the head-quarters of Mr. Gladstone's. colonitt't which no one was admired without a ticket ; a n ",:tbstt,' the audiences were tolerably well packed' r' r ing this, one operative, at the conclusion, Ol d to V I:. kins he had told them nothing that they had co al , c o lt) , :I f and asked him to explain certain facts conneeteu All ,•",'‘ eltmished trade of the country and its cause s • h leof Wilkins vouchsafed in reply was, " Fear ( - 3°Ql ' -? e o r ; trious, and there's plenty in the country." ‘„gu'l stand that the staple of this itinerant oratoe'e 113r6- ; sP e- e f personal abuse of Mr. J. 13. Smith—of w hich Qn' t itit e i ° t men, we are sure, will suffice to give our reade r9 b i , t Oro: its quality. Taking the initials of Mr. S zpit s:ur etj us , " John Benjamin," the learned gentlema n 1 , 3 10 ',r r e, tickle his hearers by coarsely designatieg 411°,,et Bone Smith." His mission seems to have L' ecn ,i - t sic its and it is said that some of Mr. Gladstonea trienLverst. a little ashamed of the sty le of the barrister 's / 0 0 elc.quenco.—Manchester :Paper. I.v j, u AN ANTIQUE CURIOSITY.--A ve- massive ring, of pure gold, was found a fe w f ( s„,s the borders of Rockingham Forest, in the p ares thighs's, near Rockingham. It is doubtl ess ° elisr7; antiquity, and presents two inscriptions in S fr a r e n c ote r : l si ters, in a remarkable state of preservation. 1 s is as follows :—" Guttu: Gutta : ,Madras: A d T ba r ion the inner—" Udros Udros : Thebal."l : 0 Which is in the possession of Mr. Dexter, v":", - ;:b e r 9ks i,;( Middleton, is supposed to be what is called an 0'1;1 io or magical ring, and to have beer, worn ass el :of preventive charm, as was common in early to'P e ',l" - too peceiition and ignorance. We shall feel 0 01 4; e s ot s( ' is our readers to explain the meaning of thes e " - I„ele n tils sentences, which, although they do not seen , I° I t sie any known language, have doubtless some °cc° Or ration —Northampt on H era ld. tlir e There is a vacancy in the East India caussd by the death of Mr. John Thornhill; g ta- prl 9t : t s ° alread ; three candidates in the field— Colonvi agel- Bengal army ; Mr. \V. H Plowden, ° I P „ c e .° place:; and Alejor- General Archibald Rolser t9 iil r " 1 E WEATHER IN PARIS -1:1 ' 1f ,o 5 e g fil e d ri During the last few days the wea'hcr bas be pet 0 ally colder, and yesterday morring the fr ost s do' fil o rif sn ere. At four o'clock the thermometer 0 6 2- Io,hs below zero of the Centigrade scale, o r b 0 b i r , zero of Fahrenheit; at nine it was no high er i 6l $ 23 F. ; and at mid-day did not get beyond 3 0 0 ' The atmosphere in the day showed a tenden e Y ttl b g- o stif t . s l during the evening a fall came down, but soS v er .A . , 16 3 1 FATAL ACCIDENT AT CHERBOUTIG. , accident occurred at Cherbourg a few daY' ' isc t e he r ibis sailors were passing over some planks, laid ka t° Or" ' land of the line to the quay in the dockya rd ' i l ,serloo temporary bridge turned over on its side, old ail 'her e t e : i t p e.r i e ta sa t h eE pou i ti n nl t l o the wwer. Some of their ec nir- ad hie s m o ed m ia e t n el s y tru p e lu g n ii g n e g d in after then t i ' on s s gi s io f fe i n the water t oo - same . time. Just at this moment the Pl ank % the 'Es se a slipped from their ropes, and fell on the wen -; 00' WO On the roll being called over six men were 04- bad - it is supposed were drowned. Three. corpses found. • ~ors° REGISTER STOVES, .3 ft. wid e n , l e t• e; Poles for Window Curtains, Is. 3d. per foot. l' e l s . ter 5 " 0 09 84.1. per inch ; elliptic stoves, 4d. per reg:f ore9sar-eters lons. ; brass poles for ' with bright fronts, bright and black bars, broni°,), window curtains, a :n ee' 3 ;)9t, Is. 3d. per foot ; 2 inches, Is. ed. ; 2 inch L oh '" inches long, with ends, rin g s, an d brackets, comr-ry sr Catalogues gratis, containing the price o f rve ' , ; ,,tre ;t. ironmonoerv. ItIPDON and BURTON, Wells-el ect ' t9l6n. sl9' - 45 46 95 i a g 10 oos BIRTIIS. hi re- On the 3.1 init., at the Rectory House, D e l: ol i ' 0, ° l* the wife of .xiajor Hutchinson, `..lotli Ileginien t ' col 2o Lo On the 3d itist., at B ow -l an e, city, Mrs. 'n u daughter. VI or ,Dr o f ilf 411RIXD• On the 30th ult., at St. - Mary's, Islington, Illtitride Elizabeth, ,, third eaughter of th• late ,Matthew ri iista IA ..• "Oluz)intbhner3.3-square. at St. Thomas's Church, Si e l, s T tli'll. p . eard, Esq., of the Surveyors'-offlc•e, Costons ii °u o ;ci, rf i• i‘larY Ann Weavers, of Lucas-street, Cernroerial-r on ly ' d . On the 3d inst., Wilmot Seten, Esq., to Ma ria ' vino daughter of the late A. S. Ramsay, Eaq' a• D/RD. sti V fr it°. On the lbth ult., in Upper Stamford -street, -.— a° 4oes „hell Katz, Esq., sly geon, lite of Lime-street-square, LA'4O, On the 3d in,t., at Whitehall-p'ae, the Rig ILL ' iO O a Hes,ley, Lord Henley. e ilet : 1W Ann, - aas On the 26th tilt., at Cambridge, Mary Rev. T. W'rbster, Vicar of Oakin,,ton, and Factor 1 tolph's, Cambridge, aged 59. " - uO , -f •-•••ii"!--,"•°___TI-....f._,..L.,..40"er —— ~, o il , - 4 ito London : Printed and Published by MIIIV -)() , A *We'', No. 11.4 Strand at The Sun Office, Nu. " — ilk' the county of MiLleaex.—Saturday, Februarf 4 tv AIA:\ Tit II L eut • Lip,' !qr. al , wrir O lOtli Nlr; 4 n!~ ce c 4 1)1 a i , ,c)rnr