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N 4r action.—Si xt h appearance these Two Years of ' ‘e.°l l]; C "ke—Re-engagement of Mr. Collins. Two 4 ' 40 and t‘ Paul C lifford, " which has been attract - LlaWded houses. Virm be EVENING, MARCH 6. 'N E -Vie., acted an entirely New Drama, entitled Aft ``LNG OF SPAIN AND lIIS BARBER. 1 4 1'0 01 1 : 1 11i ch a Nautical Drama in Four Parts, called A f 'CK ; Oft THE V4IFE OF A SAILOR. 3 . P. Cooke, and the entire strength of the Company, will perform. To conclude with the Operatic Drama of za lcliff or PA UL CLIFFORD. 414 t; (with all th e O r iginal Songs), Mr. Collins. At o p,„ w g ,, .., TER, AT LONDON BRIDGE minutes after 1. klluteos after 0 Evening.—..l3 _fl LONDON: SAT URDAY, MARCH 6, 1841. : T4 e 10. e A ------"S'-- t be, judging °I II h . - '''. eO, tiRGVLL, who mus t be, tY thpt: aspirings, a political genius, unscared of the '41,1,,-,,`alliire of the LORD ADVOCATE and ki r J, At nntErr, and untaught by the sagacity Earl now 4A:OI,4„,A4LeounNE, which the Noble 14'11 "te4geg)—the new Duke of ARGYLE an- W ieed l ast night in the House of Peers t d h t a o t tliasellld, try his hand at a Bill to put an end S I fl it t ls in the Church of Scotland. . l ' 44 n v.. “ 48 ) Inv Lord Duke, as something feasib e. ki-lie,,v-r attempt to curb the ambition of, or put v' to the contests of, priests. of Earl of _A cold water ABERDEEN threw bl,k,,°wn 43 1 , 4 7; WhoexPerienee on the projec t t he ofth Noble ~the,i tto.perssaeivde,reh.owever, that he should e feel 1 ' 4 (1 Isll °P of LONDON by noticing,. adver kar, the se m i ewnat piquant indecencies of a siitii;llterade at Drury -lane. At least, we pre lik4ile Right Reverend Prelate would not ill h lit t , (111 ; 11 , 4 it necessary to wish that the amuse 'Ned that he . S uppressed, unless he had sup ,l44Y i,, La t the indecencies are not, as some men ' 4(l k Nine, revolting, but attractive. their I,leLtZwere, We believe, more correct in d 1, 44 h t , -- 7, T1 the Bishop, for they actually hooted ate - sl'olight sbattrdytive as to require that the 411 kialitli°ritv should - repress it. Some men have tv.-,r at) ,_ . , .. things of IA Nit rdinary faculty for outfinding „Ner l , sr e; We are diligent readers of news of ' il ' l lili s ' ,14vve never were attracted by the para thr,l'oilwolloi,ell so rivetted the senses of the Bishop he ' 1 (11e,-, - * :the Right Rev. Prelate came after . t4adv,riee In denouncing the exhibition . while - 1 , 4 M b, l , B ed it, and inquired if it were sane -1 4 ile :15 7 ,, 'lle Lord Chamberlain. -4 ir4 .s.---qrl of t i kti % 1.4/41 ' { BRIDGE explained that he, as itt-',itliibil,ll.l.Aix, had no power to prevent ill,' ") th . "°ns, but he had written on the sub ',,,N ol e Proprietors of Drury-lane, who had ::41,:s tevaelcskutrebseto put a stop to the exhibition. k i(l 4y , 18 " P Of EXETER announced that on would move an address to her I,l%;:4°orwi.thhold her assent to the ordinance th i ,Nn i ... s t a . ting San Sulpice. It mu . st . be cord,'ik th 5 Ills Lordship's unbounded charity to that l ie i' tl • • • kur,l tila.ti ' ilowing into the cauldron . .ofdis ilve ; 8 I-I°W Only simmering in America, the to:This c;llgredient of religious dissensions. But qb this :Ptlre not statesmen; they care nothing is °1.1(1 ) they only trouble themselves li e i lext 't e ari • In! = c l rt Of Gtt-ce it', in moving for copies , s •IN esp oa _ , , , 44(.04rs n,.i'rice between the Poor-law Corn lty,l`r th e '''''"' landowners at Clonmel, brought VIII as.e B O ffice se of the House of Lords one or h 100. what h e described as gross cor e A? t i o , ao uL n 11 , ' i lk t ' of NORMANBY requested their , (!,,'''lli tl i ° susPEnd their judgment, till he had 1 ,111 ) Il lissZ te d with Mr..Nrenoms, the Poor-law i k, le .1) , r, on the sub;ect. 1 %,„ lik e of w could hardly be 4q i ,. ,kte4 W ELLINGTON 4; 414 fb;A Ci t W a.it, and instantly gave notice of a 141y:llis of - N T . °ll4 --'37 . , but at the request of the 4 t 'lil t " ollkANnv postponed it till Thurs ,, lli e e Duk e . q(jti WOrki said he was greatly disappointed thi a ° 4 Of 41 ,, n , of the Poor -law in Ireland ; the I . e 118 'deg it the basis of an exended fran -41g;44 1.1.1c1e11t13,- disturbed the Tory Lords. k 1341.i"ztr_bts.:iiborertaoeuho ofdenounced the proceed privilege, for the officiai I,* ~, eis for the use of the House con / , 1 - if ~ tradicted each other. The Returns moved for by Lord GLENCALL were ordered, and their Lord ships adjourned to Monday. We presume the matter, whenever it comes to be discussed, will afford a nice subject for a most extensive party debate. In the Commons the Nottingham Gas Bill was read a second time after a division. Lord SANDON obtained leave of absence for Mr. CRESSWELL, and for him gave notice that the Hon.. and Learned Gentleman would re new his motion with regard to :Danish claims after Easter. Mr. O'CONNELL is to move that Ireland be ex empted from the operation of Mr. LABOU cHrnE'S Railway Bill. On Monday Lord J. RUSSELL is to move for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the criminal law. In reply to Mr. O'CoNNELL, Lord PAL MERSTON stated that the treaty with Texas was a general commercial treaty, and contained no provision to secure the entrance into Texas of British subjects, being free persons of colour, such persons being prohibited to enter Texas. In answer to gir R. PEEL, Mr. LABoucurnE promised to consider whether he would refer the Railways Bill to a Select Committee, as one clause was complained of by Railway Compa nies; but both Right Hon. Gentlemen stated that if the Railway Companies who petitioned for that, did it only to gain time, they should oppose any such plan. On the motion for bringing up the Report on Lord KEANE'S Annuity Bill, Mr. HUME moved that it be postponed till the correspondence be tween the Government and the East India Com pany, relative to Lord KEANE'S service, be laid before the House. The Hon. Member wished to have the annuity paid by the East India Com pany. Lord JOHN RUSSELL opposed Mr. RUME's motion, which on a division was lost by 127 to 85. The Report was brought up, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time on Monday. The East India Rum Duties Bill was com mitted pro forma to introduce some alterations into it. On the Order of the Day for going into a Com mittee of Supply, Mr. O'BRIEN referred to our uneasy relations with the United States, and expressed an opinion that if we had a strong fleet within reach of the American ports, it would be better than to have a strong force on the frontier. Mr. EWART saw no reason for anticipating hostilities ; he relied on the good sense and inte rest of the inhabitants of the United States, and he trusted our unhappy differences would be amicably terminated. Mr. HUME deprecated war in strong terms, and asked for information, although none was given. The silence of the Ministers on .this important topic is of no pleasant aue , '' ury. The House went into a Committee of Supply, and a considerable number of the Navy Esti mates were voted. Some interesting conversa tion took place on a number of subjects. We shall only mention that Lord JOHN RUSSELL, in answer to a question, stated that a monument is to be erected to Sir SYDNEY SMITH ; and Sir JAMES DUKE gave notice that he should move that a monument be also erected to Lord ExMOUTH. Mr. MACAULAY moved the Army Estimates, which he explained in a business-like manner. One item will be considered by the public, as we considered it, curious : a vote of 500/. for interest on deposits in Savings Banks, of which soldiers could avail themselves. That may make them careful and sane persons. Notwithstanding the exhortation of the Times to increase the army we are glad to learn that the charge for the present year is only 10,0001. less than last year for the effective service. Mr. HUME regretted our disturbed relations with Europe, the great expense caused thereby, and recommended a property tax. Sir H. HARDINGE thought the Estimates did not go far enough, and spoke as if he had written the leader in the Times yesterday on the sub ject. An addition of 5,800 men would, he said, give satisfaction to the army. Lord J. RUSSELL thought, of course, that the number was exactly right, lying between the parsimony of - 31 r. HumE and the extravagance of the Gallant General. The Noble Lord justi fied keeping c.ur forces up to their present foot ing by the state of foreign countries, and of our Colonies. In the course of the discussion which ensued, Lord CARDIGAN'S case was brought under the notice of the House by Mr. HUME. Lord HowlcK inskted strongly on the necessity of an inquiry, and pointed out that the Commander in-Chief was not free from blame. An interestiu.g conversation ensued. Several of the votes we re agreed to, and the House re sumed. Colonel Sinr HORP gave notice that he would call the attention of the House to the appoint ment of Mr. litzArcu as Solicitor to the Home Department. The House adjourned at Twenty Minutes be fore One o'Cl.ock till Monday. Tory states men appear to act as if prejudice deprives thei aof intellect. They are the unre fleeting slay es of an incorrect theory. We have no hopr; of awakening in them a due sense of their deg =dation, but we may, perhaps, be able to convince others how despicable in point of comprehe:asion Tory statesmen really are. At least, if a st upid and besotted adherence to a system, whit ;h is every day demonstrated to be false, of wig . fling one thing and effecting the op posite, of la bouring to bring about contrary and incompatible _t ends, be proofs of a thorough want of compre luansion, we shall be able to fix that on Tory state mien. _ _ What is now one of their cries ? The priests have too r (Inch influence in Ireland. What has long been one of their greatest lamentations? The influence of the Catholic priesthood. What do they coma At du of in Parliament, and out of Par liament? 'The increase of the power of Rome. What do - .a ley and their scribes say impedes the improverac at in Ireland ? The spiritual influ ence of the priesthood. What, if such be their opinions, sl_could rational men do? Everything in their power r to lessen that spiritual influence. Statesare n and legislators undertake to guard the people- from evil. They make - laws against overloadir a• coaches, to prevent the people from being inju red. A - few accidents on railways have given rise to a new law, to place them under the superinte; adence of the Government, to ensure the safe !.ty of the limbs of the lieges. Public-ho uses are closed at an early hour, fairs have b een suppressed, bull-baiting and a score of oth, 3r pursuits have been put down, for the purpose of keeping the grown babies which constitute tb e public from coming to harm. Ac cording to tl ie outcry of the Tories the influence of the Ror 3h priesthood corrupts the minds and souls of tl 3.( .! people, and is infinitely more inju rious than gin, bull-baiting, or fairs. Against that noxious in ifluence, then, on all the principles pro fessed by die Tories, it is their duty to guard the people They should protect them against priestcraft, as against a deadly enemy. They should wai n thorn against the priests, admonish them to steel their hearts against spiritual seduc tion ana spiritual terror, and should at least take as mach care of their minds as their bodies. Now let us see how the Tories do this. Suppose that the 1.4,?gi .slature, while it passed laws against drunkenness, should confine them to getting drunk on ; and suppose, while it fretted and fumed, an d. made new enactments every Ses sion, becau s 4 3 the people would drink that parti cular spirit, . it should praise and reward those who get drank ~on brandy ; suppose that it should endow a In ws e for the sale of brandy in every street, caul e it t o • be supplied duty free, release it from ar j rent an d taxes, pay charming young women t o - wa i t on the customers, hire persons in the u re ss to w rite up the delights of brandy drir,king., carry the .crown in solemn state to the openin g ev( ! ry new brandy shop, take care to mark all ti tosc as disreputable who do not go at least once t . very week to these patronised places ;—s this—woul *pot - e the Legislature to do all d any man say that it took the best method to prevent drunkenness? But is not this strictly r ,rialogous• to what it has done, and what the Tories insist on its doing more and more ex tensively, to guard the people of Ireland against the spiritual influence of the priesthood ? Do they not denounce most vehemently what we may call the spiritual gin drinking of the Ro manists, and patronise to an extravagant degree the brandy guzzling of the Establishment? Do they not, while they say the influence of one priesthood is most pernicious, exert themselves to the uttermost to establish the influence of an other ? Can such epithets as " Romish" or " Pro testant" make any difference in the nature and character of the influence ? No. The influence is the same in both cases, obtained by the same means used to the same ends, used by similar men for similar objects, and the inconsequent ignorant Tories do continually exert themselves to create that frame of mind in the people which they at the same time proclaim to be most mischievous. They know not what they do. Of course, we speak of the Tories as statesmen, not as individuals; and Whatever may be their faith or their hopes as individuals, as states men they confine their exertions to public wel fare on earth. Political communities are not promised immortality. There is no reason to suppose that France, England, and Russia will be revived beyond the grave. The Tories, therefore, cannot, and do not patronise the Establishment, and denounce the Romish priest hood, with any view or expectation of securing the eternal happiness and greatness of the nation. Their object is of a more earthly character. Their ambition rather creeps on the surface of the Jibe than soars into the sky. They pa tronise the Establishment to secure political ob jects. It is associated with Tory principles. It preaches Tory doctrines. It forms a spiritual po lice for the circulation of Toryism. It is an as sistant instrument for enslaving the mind, and securing the dominion of political charlatans; and hence the Tories, who, by a series of blun ders, have been brought themselves into conflict with Popery, with which they have a natural affi nity, zealously support the Establishment, and decry Romanism. The palpable limitation of the duties of states men to promote the present and earthly happi ness of the subject people, of course confines all their duties, in relation to a Church Establish ment, to within the same narrow bounds. Whe ther a religion be true or false, whether a creed will secure life hereafter or not, is, in relation to their duties to the people, of infinitely less impor tance than whether or not it promote the public welfare. In fact, they do not now support one religion in preference to another, because it will secure immortality, but because it will increase the national happiness. The old plan of estab lishing truth by law, or by the sword, was descredited as Mahomedanism went to de cay. The Tories object much more to the political principle of a divided allegiance belonging to Popery, than to the falsehood of its creed. They want men to be heart and soul their slaves, and they are equally inimical to Dissent and Popery. They hate both, because those whom they claim as theirs receive from any religion, which is not the Establishment, and which is not in union with the Government, another master. The political attributes of Dissent verging to republicanism, and the po litical attributes of Romanism promoting obe dience to a spiritual superior, and not the Truth or falsehood of Popery and Dissent, are the only;,rounds on which Tory statesmen, claim ing simething like unlimited power for the Crow object to these divergent branches of Chris: ianity. This limitation of the duty of statesmen in re lation to religious establishments, clears the ground for a due appreciation of the utility of the latter. That is, however, much too large a ques tion now to discuss. We shall confine ourselves to observing, that it must be proved that they now promote—not that they promoted in past times, which may be conceded—the morality of the people, the civilization of society, the se curity and protection of men's rights, the exten sion of freedom, and the increase of wealth and population. If they do not effect these, the great objects which circumscribe the duties of states men, they must not be upheld. Our readers can apply these principles for themselves. We agree with the Tories that the spiritual terrors wielded by the Romish and other priesthoods, are most pernicious, but they will not agree with us, that as long as legislators take care of the bodies of the people, it must also be their duty to guard the minds of the peo ple from the influence of priestcraft. Before they support or extend religious establishments, they must learn correctly to appreciate their public utility, and discountenance the error that any priesthood is endowed with power to pro mote the welfare of society, or secure the eter nal happiness of individuals. HOW TO EVADE A JUST CLAIM; A NEW WAY TO PAY OLD DEBTS. Only thirty-seven Members assembled in the House on Thursday afternoon at four o'clock, while thirty-eight Members waited in the Library to abide the event ofa House, or no House. What excellent jockeyship ! How worthy of liberal men, who would be honest but for their neces sities. Enough for the day is the evil thereof; but trickery will not avail in the long run and the Danish claims will continue to haunt the Exchequer until justice, too long deferred, be done at last. Your " thorough Liberal" makes an excellent mock-Reformer, but a very sorry Legislator. In our City article of yesterday afternoon will be found a rumour of preparations making by Lord PALMERSTON to enforce the liberation of Mr. LEOD, still in confinement in the United States. Ten sail of the line are said to have been ordered to assemble at Gibraltar, and thence to pro ceed direct to the American coast, prepared to act in case of emergency. We further understand that Lord PALMERSTON has sent instructions to Mr. Fox, our Ambassador at Washington, to demand peremptorily the imme diate release of Mr. APLEon. The affair begins to wear a very serious complexion. We have much pleasure in directing attention to some excellent resolutions passed on Thursday at the Hammersmith Reform Club with refer ence to Lord MORPETH'S Bill. We cordially agree in the sentiments expressed by the meet ing for doilig " justice to Ireland." Until real and substantial justice be done to that unfortu nate country, the word Union is but mockery, and equal laws and equal rights but gall and wormwood superadded to oppression. The Paris Journals of Wednesday have all reached us. The Moniteur publishes two Royal Ordinances—one authorising various changes in the judicial appointments of the interior of France'; the other ordering promotions in the Marine Artillery. The National has a fierce at tack upon Marshal SOULT'S circular to the army. In the Journal des Debats we find some corre spondence from Affghanistan, in which the writer predicts a collision between England and Russia, and expresses his conviction that whenever it takes place England will be beaten in Asia. The in habitants of our Indian empire are, he says, dis contented, and wholly destitute of that spirit of nationality which the Russian boors displayed when their country was invaded by NAPOLEON. In the event of an invasion of India by Russia it is not to be supposed that England would trust to the valour of native troops for the repulsion of aggression. And in truth from the very necessities of our position, we begin to suspect that there is a greater chance of our invading Russia than of Russia invading us. We must conscientiously admit that we are as aggressive as our neighbours. According to the Uhivers, the report which was circulated of pretended negotiations to render Syria ind epen d ent i s without foundation. That journal says, however, that the French Go vernment has entered into negotiations at Vienna; London, and Constantinople, for the purpose of securing to the Christian inhabitants of Syria all the advantages and all the guarantees of the protection of France. We may easily foresee that these negotiations will end in nothing. The expedition to New Zealand has decidedly failed. The Aube returns to France. Wherever Captain Lavaux appeared he found English settlements and officers of that nation, who were instructed to announce to him the sovereignty of Eng land in that country. Several settlers who arrived on board. the Comte de Paris were landed, and resolved to remain, con senting to become British subjects. We find the following notice in the Eco del Commercio of Madrid .f the '24th of February : Marshal Saidanha, the Ambassador Extraordinary of Portu- .•••15••,- _ U lAc 4 " • Z‘les "titig • '2l-7 • cb" , tut ,, Y . '1 - THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1811. gal, received the day before yesterday, from the hands of the Queen, the grand cross of the order of Charles 111. The same has been granted to Don Ramon Geraldo, the senior of the Spanish Magistracy. Muskat Saldanba is on the point of leaving this city to return to Lisbon. Baron Mortier, the French Ambassador in Switzerland, has arrived at Paris. Great interest is felt at Alexandria respecting the person who may be cho , en to succeed M. Cochelet as Consul Gene ral. We know here that. Mr. Roman Chabot is to succeed him. We doubt whether he will be thought at Alexandria to possess the necess.lry qualifications. " Whoever may be the pei son sent," says a letter to us, "we hope that the Govern ment will feel the necessity of sending a man versed in com mercial affairs. The moment is come when it is more needful than ever for France to have a Consul able to discover and tin n to account all the resources which this country may open to commerce."—Le Commerce. Belgian and German Journals, the former of Wednesday's date, were received yesterday morn ing. The following extracts from them include all the news they contain of any interest : AN TW 211 P, Al.tn.cn 3.—We are assured that within these few days orders have been given to the officers on the frontier to hinder foreign workmen of every description from entering Belgium. Title who tray come by sea are to be sent back by the first opportunity. We find it difficult to believe that the Government can have taken such a measure, which is quite arbitrary, and if it should be taken might lead to the dismissal, by way of reprisal, of the great number of Belgian workmen now employed at Paris, London, &c. Buussta.s.—Mr. eter, editor of the Tolk der Vryheid, a Groningen journal, who has been condemned to four years' im prisonment, has sought refuge in Beleiutn. The Minister of Finance informs the public that from this day the intereit of the Treasury Bonds of 1,000 francs and above is fixed as follows --. Of one year's date 3i per cent per annum. Of six months' date 3 ditto Of three months' date 2 ditto Faom THE UKRAINE, FEB. 3.—The Commander of the regiment of the 4th division of Cavalry, ',stationed in the Go vernment of Kiew, has received orders to increase the number of their baggage-waggons from 32 to 48. We hear that all applications to be discharged from the service are refused by the Minister of War, and many young men have been unex pectedly promoted to the rank of officers. All these circum stances indicate the possibility of war, and have greatly ex cited the hopes of the army. Hitherto, however, no particular preparations are observed here ; the Russian army is so admi rably organized that it can be ready to take the field in a shorter time than any other. It is said that in March a great expedi tion will be undertaken against the mountaineers of the Cau casus, in which one officer from each of the regiments can toned in this country will take part as a volunteer.—Silesian Gazette. FRONTIXRS OF TUREiIr, FY*. la.... Accounts from Con • stantinople say that the numerous enemies of Redsehid Pacha are still indefa•igably intriguing to overthrow him. His most determined onponents are Haiti Pacha, the Sultan's brother in• Riza Pacha, the Member of the Imperial Household, and Sarim Bey, formerly Ambassador in London, and lately in Persia. He left his post without orders; but to keep him at a di,tance from Constantinople, instead of being called to account, he was appointed Deftordar at Aleppo. This did n.t hinder him from coming to the capital to intrigue against Red sehid Pacha. It is affirmed that Sarim has very powerful pro tection, and the great forbearance shown towards him seems to confirm this statement. If the disgrace of Red , chid Pacha is decided on by the Sultan, there is little probability of saving him, notwithstanding all the intervention of the Diplomatic Body in his favour. DUTCH FUNDS.—ANSTERDAN, MARCH 2 None!. files. tetnal Debt, 234 per Cent Jitto, ditto 5 per cent. Amezt Syndic,4 l 4 per cent B7 b 731 Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent Cominereial Company, 4% per cent lf,o 160 N DIU° (1825 and 1837) 5 per cent. Loan 1037, 5 per cent. Exchange on London, One month l2 0234 Two months Dutch Papers, March 3. BELGIAN I! UNDS—Bausszte, MARCH 3. Actual Debt, 2l per Cent. Rethichild's Loan, 5 per Cent 1, 9 11 Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. B9 3 per Cent. Thirty.seven----. „ „„„ 69 5 , (1 4 1 9 9, LoAt of City, 1832,4 per Cent 87% Society of Conmvrce, 454 per Cent ll2 Rank of Belgium, 5 per Cent t,7.74 National Society. Exchange on London (shot t) —Brussels Papers, March 3. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Vto.INA, FEB, Five per Cents. Metalliques Fott per Cents. 99 Three p,r Cents. Eank Shar, s 1638 Zeitung, Feb. 2S HAMBURG , BOUSENHALLE, FEB. 07, Bills. Alnrier Austrian 5 per Cents. Rank Shares 16:0 16C0 Anglo-Russian Loan IO6N 10634 Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Csrtiticate Inscription, Ist Se:it , s 10134 Rus:iati 5 per Cent. Hopa and Co. 3d and 4th Se:Ls 9634 Ditto in Certificates Dutch Actual Debt, 234 pe, Cent. 4l) 432 Ditto 5 per Cent _ • Polish Bond: New ticket Anglo. Danish Loan, 3 per Cep' '73 ii 7334 N..twegi an Loan, 1334, 4 per C,,ot Sp..nish, New 5 per Cents. 1334 EXCHANGE% ON LONDON. • PETERSBURCR, FE11 1 19.- :: TWO months, 33y. pence. -.- - PRUSSIAN FUNDS.— BERLIN, FEL 27. Nils. Money. St. Schuld. Sch., 4 per cent. 103% 103% Prussian English Loan, 1830, 4 per cent 10014 100 lixchange oa Lendon, three months 14%i —Prussian State Gazette. Feb. 2-3 COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty had an evening party on Thursday, at Buckingham Palace. The company began to arrive soon after nine o'clock. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent,- attended CY Lady Fanny - Howard;" - aniseed at the Palace at ten o'clock, and was received by the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting. Among the company were the Duke and Duchess of Somerset, the Marquis of Anglesey, Lady Adelaide Paget, the Marchioness of Clanricarde, Marquis and Marchioness of Douro, Countess of Uxbridge, the Ladies Ehanora end Constance Paget, Lord Paget, Earl of Minto, the Ladies Elliot, Lord Melgund, Earl and Countess of Cawdor, Lady Campbell, Viscount Emlyn, Viicount Melbourne, Lord Edward Howard, Lord and Lady Ashley, Lord Jocelyn, Dowager Lady Rivere, Hon. Miss Pitt, Captain Pitt, Lord Dalmeny, Sir Robert and Lady Peel, Miss Peel, Count Ester- Lazy, Colonel and Lady Isabella Wemyss, Miss Gur ney, Colonel Frederick Paget, Mr. George Edward, and the Hon. Mrs. Anson. Her Majesty's private band performed in the Grand Saloon during the night. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Mr. George Edward Anson, Sir Edward Bowater, and Colonel Wemyss, left Buckingham Palace at ten o'clock yesterday morning, for Stanmcrr, where a nu mercus fief I of sportsmen were assembled for the turn. out of the stig. Lord Kinnaird, Master of the Queen's Buck Hounds, received his Royal Highness, and the turn-out shortly afterwards took pliee. His Royal Highness Prince Albert an Suite re turned to Buckingham Palace at holf-past one o'clock. Viscount Melbourne had an audience yesterday of the Queen. 'rho Duke of Cambridge visited his Royal Highness Prince Albert yesterday. The Royal Dinner Party at Buckingham Palace !wit evening included Viscount Melbourne, Sir John Hobhouse, and the Right Hon. Francis T. Baring. The band of the Second Regiment of Life Guards was is tcndance at the Palace during dinner. ',the Duke of Cambridge visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday, at Marlborough House. Tre Duke of Cambridge honoured the Dowager Countess of Clare with his company, on Thursday even ing, at her residence is B e l grave - square . Mr. Collier, M.P., and Mr. Bewes, M.P., had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at the Colonial Office. Mr. Edward Petre, and Mr. John Shaw Lefevre, had interviews with the Marquis of Normanby yester day, at the Home Office.. Str Bouchier Clarke had an interview yesterday with Lord John Russell, at the Colonial Office. The Marchioness of Lansdown and Lady Louisa Fit zmaurice, left Lansdown House yesterday morning, for Bowood Park, Wilts. The Hon. Mrs. Walker Farrand has left Farranee's Hotel, for her house in South-street, Grosvmor-square. 's East, on t h e b ody of a man ~, SINGULAR UASE.—On Thursd a y M r . B a k er , the Coroner, held an inquest at the King's Arms public house,Back-road, Williamc k -ro a Franks,d, St. Geo age!re 63 . i he d e c ease d h a d b een employed to watch the corpse of an old lady who bad died in the neighbourhood, and who had lived alone. The de ceased Kent there for that purpose, and his meals used to be taken to him by his daughter. On Tuesday, early in ti e iniqning, the latter went to the house with her father's breakfast, but could not obtain admission, although she knocked repeatedly. At length a policeman who was passing undertook to get in at the window, when he found the deceased lying on the floor of the same room in which the corpse was, in the last throes of deatb. TEe assist ance of a medical gentleman was obtained, but he could do nothing of any avail for the dece ased. It was the ph)._ sician's opinion that he bad fallen down in a fit. Verdict, " Died by the visitation of cod." ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY.—A meeting of the above Society for general business was held on Thursday, Captain Bowls in the chair. From t he report of the Cour.- cil it appeared that the receipts in F ebruary last amou n ted t o 6411 Is., which, with a balance of 1,3731 62. 6d. f rom and , b January last, made a total of 2,104/. 75. 6d. T he disburse ments left a balance of 1,2 58 /. 6 s. ad. The numb er o f vi-itors to the gardens during Fe bruary was 1,734, f rom whom 36/. 7s. hrid been received. 'I he m enager i e h ad Leen increased by a babydrussa hog, two Chines e b onnet monkeys, an Abyssinian sheep , y several rare an d valuable birds. Several presen ts ha d also been made to the library. NEWCASTLE, MARCH 4 . — A public meeti ng was held on Wednesday evening in this to wn , to consider the propriai of petitioning Parliament for th e . re l ease of Mr. Henry Hetherington, now imprisoned for selling " Haslaru's Letters to the Clergy." The meeting was numerously a.tended, Mr. Richard A)re in the Chair. The first resolution was proposed by Mr. Lowrey, se conded by Mr. Binns. A petition t o both Houses of Par liament was .greed to, only one hand being held up against it. The petition strongly repudiates the punish ment, by law, .of any one for merely expresAng t h e i r opinions on matters of religious belief, and bas already re ceived upwards of five hundred signatures. Viscount and Viscountess Alford intend, at the close of the seasoo. to leave this country for a tour of se. veral months on the Continent. The .Dublia• Gazelle contains a proclamation, offerin g a reword of one hundred pounds for the dis , entry and conviction of the murderer cf the Italian at Rathfitenhere. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, FRIDAY EVENING. There was a report this afternoon of a very injurious tendency respecting the credit of a mercantile house of some standieg is the City, but a 3 we understand that a satisfactory arrangement is likely to be come to, we for bear mentioning names. The public stocks zero again heavy. The value of Consols was reducel from 831 B to 88,-} c'osing how ever st 884 for money, and for April the curre, t quota tions did not range higher than 881 to 4. Exchequer Bills were worth Bs. to 11s. premium, and India Bonds 143. t ) 15s. discount. In all probability these investments will go love-. The New Tlarce-and-a.Half per Cents wore at 964 to 97, and the Reduced 34 per Cent , . at 97i to 4. was a good deal of business doing to-day in Uri - ed States Bank Shares, the more current price ( f which was 51. per share, but sales were also made as low as 4/. 10s. The Foreign Bonds have not been much affected by the news from Arneri,:a, either as regards price or demand. Spanish Active Bonds were tc-day marked 24 1 1- to I, Por tuguese New Five per Cents. 311, the Three per Cents. 19k to /. and Portuguese Old 62k. Chil'an Bonds were dull, but not lower, tei-ig 60 to 60/. Colombian Sock is worth 23f to 23/, Mcxioan is at 281, Russian Bonds are firm at 110 k to 1, ex-dividend. In Dutch Two-and-a_ Half per Cents, a good deal cf business was duce at 60i to 1, ar d in the Five per Cents. at 97i to For the Railway Shares there was not much inquiry. Great Western wen: 23k, the Fifths 51 to 1, and the York and North Midland 29 to 30 premium. Brighton were Blackwall at a rise to 3i, Croydon at la, and North iV idland at 30 discount. Manchester and Lee is were at par. Colonial Bank Shares brought 10. E to 10'1 pi ern., London Joint Stack 24, and National of Ireland 2i diF. aft.2rnoon the Foreign Exchanges were rather firm, on Paris the quotation for three months' bills %as 25f. 60:. to 65c. ; on Amsterdam, 12 3 : 1; on Hamburgh, 13 74 to :1-; on Antwerp, 12 2k to :I; on Frankfort 1491 to k, and on Trieste, 10 1 to 10 2. (From The Sun of Last Night ) LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, THURSDAIC.—The Sales of Caton to-day amount to 4,000 bales, chiefly American de- scriptions, all to the trade. Prices have undergone no change. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET.—The transactions at the Stock Exchange this day comprise—Grand Junction, 205 ; ditto Half Shares, 1021 ; Great Western, Fifths, 9. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 4.—The fol lowing are the quotations of the day :—Manchester and Bir mingham, 25, 24Z, and 214- ; Bristol and Exeter, 30} ; Bank of Manchester, 81. I9s ; Manchester Insurance, 9i ; London and South Western, 58; London and Birmingham, 171 i 170. The Augsburgh Gazette states from accounts received from Poland, that 75,000 men, who are to unite at Kalisch, are to remain there as long as the peace of Europe is completely ,e -cured. The same letter adds that at Warsaw and the Eastern parts of the kingdom, considerable forces are assembled. The Russian army now concentrated in Poland amounts to 150,000 men. The Dutch mail has arrived of the 3rd of March, as well as the papers of the same date, by which we have the Amsterdam prices of the 2nd .of March. Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 50:4 to 7-16th; Five per Cents. 97i ; Ardoin's Spanish, 22 1-16th. Baron Rothschild, of Frankfort, has been created by the • King of Holland, a Knight of the Netherlands Lion. We have no arrivals this morning of consequence. The Prit;sh market continues to be affected by the late un favourable intelligence from the United States. We also hear a report that a fleet, of ten sail of the line, is ordered to as semble at Gibraltar, in consequence of the trial of M'Leod for murd , r It is also stated that Lord Palmerston has sent out orders to our Minister at Washington, to demand the imme diate release of Mr. M'Leod. Consols, which left off yesterday at 88Z 89 for the Account, opened this morning at 88 3 / 4 a ; for money 88j ; Exchequer Bills 9 11 prem. ; Bank Stock shut ; India Stock, 247 248. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active is rather lower ; left off 241 4 1 ; at present 24k ; Deferred, 12 3 a 4; Passive, 51 1 6N ; Portuguese left off 31* ; rather better at present, 311 32 ; Three per Cents. 191 1 ; Brazilian, 71,1 72k ; Colom bian, 23* 4 ; Mexican, 28*4 ; Buenos Ayres, 24 26 ; Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents. 54 Fiveper Cents., 991 100. Shares.—Great Western, 23 24 prem. ; New, 11 12 prem. ; Lon, - !on and Brighton, 76i dis. ; Blackwall, 65i dis. ; Bir mingham, 79 81 prem. ; Southampton, 551 54 per share; Croydon, 114 12* per share ; Greenwich, 8* 4 per share ; Manchester and Birmingham, 16 15 dis. ; South Eastern and Dover, 164 15'4 dis. PRICES OC• SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. lull and Selby London and Birmingham Ditto New Manchester and Leeds Northern and Eastern North Midland York and North Midland... The British Market continues heavy at the early morning prices, with scarce anything doing. Consols for the Account, SS ;-1a ; Money, 83% have been 881- in the course of the morning. Exchequer Bills, rather lower, 11 8 prem. India Bonds, 14 15 dis. ; Bank Stock Flint. In the Foreign Market little doing. Spanish Active, 24 ; Deferred, 121 1 ; Portuguese nothing done ; Brazilian, ditto ; Chilian, 60i 60; ktussim, 110,! f ex. div. ; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents., 50a Five per Cents. 99i. Shares.—Gosport Junction, 421 ; London and Birming ham (Thirds) 221; Manchester and Leeds, 70; North Mid land, 70; South Eascern and Dover, 80. The United States Bank Shares havebeen done at 41; at present may be quoteds. We have received the Journal of Antwerp of yesterday's date. THE BOURSE OF AMSTERDAM, MARCH 2.—Our BOUYSC has again been insignificant to-day, the prices of the national funds have not varied, and have maintained the prices of yes terday. Ia the Actions, of the Society of Commerce some businesplai-been done—they have got up to 160 h ; Spanish rather weaker; the Coupons were firm. Ardoin's, 22 1 - 16. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock „. I India Stock... ........ .. 3 per Cent. Red Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent Cons ...... .. 851 ! Ditto Old Annuities — 31 per Cent Red ..... ... 974 Ditto New Annuities... New 31 per Cent .. ... 97 Ex. Bills, 1,000/....21d 7pm New 5 per Cent ... ...... Ditto 500/ 9pm Long Annuities to expire , Ditto Small 9pm Jan. 1860. — Bank Stock for Acct ... Oct 1859 ... ...... India Stock for Acct 248 Jan. 1860 ... ...... Consols for Acct B6l FOREIGN FUNDS. A ustrian, 5 per cent... Portuguese, 5 per cent. 623 4 lielgian, 5 per cent — Ditto, New Ditto..... Brazilian Bonds .. .. Prussian, 5 per cent.... BucnosAyres, 6 per cent Russian, 5 per cent. . . Iloi Chilian, 6 per cent Colombian, 6 per cent... Spanish, S per cent 243. Ditto, 1824 — Ditto, Deferred ... 121 Danish, 3 per cent..... French,s per cent... —f. —c. Greek.lB2s, spercent. Exchange —f. —c. Mexican, 5 per cent.... 283 French,3 per cent —f. —c. Di. to, 6 per cent, 1825 Dutch, 2i per cent Peruvian,lB2s,6 per et. Ditto, 5 per cent..... 994 SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (100 p) 78 Great Western Railway (65 paid) BBl Ditto Fifths ( 4 paid) 94 Hull and Selby (50 paid) 4 33 . _. London and Brighton (50 paid) London and Blackwall Railv.ay (25 pd) 19i London and Birmingham Railway (90 pd) Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid) London and Croydon Railway (Trunk). l2l Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) .. ...... Ditto New Shares (30 paid) Northern and Eastern (50 paid) .... 22 North Midland Railway (100 paid) 7O Ditto New Shares (40 paid) ... ......... York and North Midland Railway (50 pd) 79 COURSE OF EXCHANGE—(YESTERDAY.) Amsterdam C F. 12 6 ;Gibraltar Ditto, at sight Rotterdam 2 U. 12 6} Genoa Antwerp l2 5i Milan Hamburgh . M.B. 13 11 , Venice . .... 47 Altona l3 lli Naples .. 4o} Paris, 3 days' sight 25 50 Palermo, per oz 119 Ditto, 3 months 25 75 Lisbon.....' 52 Marseilles... .. ...... Bourdeaux... ...... . .... 25 85 . Rio Janeiro 2B Frankfort on Maine.... 150 IBahia... Petersburgh, 3 U 5...... 37 :Buenos Ayres Berlin... Vienna, effec. fl. 3 M lO 3 Philadelphia Trieste, ditto Madrid Cadiz 3s'. Foreign Gold, bars.. 317 9 .Bilboa 35 New Doubloons 0 0 0 Barcelona Seville 35 !Silver in Bars 0 4 log LORD MO RPET lI'S BILL-JUS- TICE TO IRELAND. A meeting of the Reformers of Hammersmith, convened by the Hammersmith Reform Club, took place at Mr. Hether ington's, the t.,ity Arms Tavern, on Thursday, Robert %Vat son, Esq., in the Chair ; at which the following Resolutions were moved by Mr. Teakle, and carried unanimously : That this meeting deeply sympathises with its bi ethren of the sister kingdom of Ireland, upon the unjust and cruel gr ev ances with which they have been afflicted for so many years— grievances, which, as free men, living in a free State, and united with a free country, ought long since to have been re dressed—grievances which have hitherto exposed Irishmen to the taunts and jeers of wicked, unprincipled renegades, once the pretended advocates of liberal and enlightened measures. That this meeting hails with gratitude, and heartfelt thanks, the introduction into the House of Commons, by Lord Mon. peth, of a Bill to define the franchise of the Parliamentary elec tors of Ireland, without subjecting them to harassing, vexa tious, and expensive proceedings, and offers its best and warmest acknowledgments to the 301 honourable, indepen dent, and patriotic Members, who diligently attended in their places, from night to night, and recorded their votes in favour of this very excellent measure of her Majesty's Ministers, the success or which this meeting considers of paramount import ance to the safety and well-being of the State. That this meeting earnestly implores the Reformers, of all grades and classes throughout the empire, to forget all minor differences—to look upon this progressive step of her Majesty's present Government to explain and define the Electoral Suffrage, as a strong proof of their desire to bring back the people at large to that universal feeling for sound and constitutional liberty, which existed at the time of the passing of the Reform Act—to watch with jealousy the un ceasing efforts of the Tories to seize the reins of Government., their only chance of success depending on the supineness of the great body of Reformers, who, by union, may safely secure their freedom from invasion by their inveterate enemies, and to rally round the throne of her Most Gracious Majesty, Queen Victoria, in order to preserve the civil and religious rights of her atiaehed and loyal subjects. That these Resolutions be inserted in six London News pacers having the largest circulation, and that copies be printed and forwarded to the Honourable Members of the house of Commons who composed the Majority on the late division to do justice to Ireland. WILLIAM WICKENS, Hon. Sec. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, MARCH 2. The disinclination to purchase on the part of the trade continues, the market is extremely dull—indeed the trans actions are so limited that they are not worth enumerating. The few sohl have been at prices in favour of the buyer. We are without any furtber arrivals. The stock of West India Sugar on the 31st ult., was 669 hhels. and tierces against 571 at the same period last year.—Bristol Gas. THE CASE OF MR. M'LEOD. The following is the statement of the Counsel, extracted from the New York Commercial Advertiser : " TO THE PUBLIC. " Lockport, Feb. 1,1811, "The undersigned, th e C ounse l o f Alexander M'Lcod, now a prisoner in this Conftty,' on a charge of murder—in view of the very exaggerated and erroneous statements concerning the objects of the attempt to procure his discharge upon bail—and actuated by a belief that the • statements tend, though th?y may not be designed, to prejudice the cause of our client before the people. from whom a jury, in case he is indicted, must be obtained, feel called upon to submit to the public an unvar nish,ed history of the transaction. " Mr. M'Leod was committed to the gaol of this county about the 18th of November lest. But the mittimus being" void on its face, we procured the allowance of a habeas con. pus, with a view to his discharge. At the hearing before Judge Bowen, the district attorney conceded the nullity of the process, but suggested, nevertheless, that the Judge had juris diction to hear proofs anew, and to recommit, if probable cause should be shown. To this Mr. M'Leod did not object, but desired such an examination as would satisfy all of his inno cence, and save him from a harrassing repetition of arrests, he having several weeks before been arrested for the same charge, committed to gaol, aed finally discharged on habeas corpus. In accordance with this desire it was suggested that he give bail to appear at the next Court competent to try him, and, if indicted, to have the matter passed upon by a jury of the coun try. 'To this Mr. M'Leod readily assented, and the Judge, of Isis own motion, fixed the bail at 5,000 dollars—an amount which the undersigned then believed, and now believe, amply sufficient to ensure his appearance at trial. " The prisoner then returned into custody, there to remain until his friends in Canada should give an indemnification to some persons residing here, to become his bail. Not being able to effect this, however, as soon as he expected, he deter mined to be again brought before the Judge, and there under went another examination. That officer, for reasons doubtless satisfactory to himself, saw fit to remand him, unless he gave the bail before required. "He was accordingly remanded. Being closely imprisoned, he did not succeed in providing indemnification for bail until the 27th ult., when two gentlemen, residing in or near Chip pewa, U. C., gave William Bud and P. C. H. Brothcrson, of this county, their bond to save them harmless, and the latter entered into the necessary recognizances, and an order was made by Judge Boston, discharging Mr. iWLeod from impri sonment. " This order was not. obtained until nearly nigh fall, and owing to a rumour that there were persons about this county prepared to commit upon Mr. M'Leod personal violence in case he should be discharged on bail, and owing to an appear ance of agitation am - HT some persons here, it was deemed prudent that he should remain in the gaol until the next morn ing, and then make his appearance in the day-time publicly among our citizens. .. '°e z.,ori after there were appearances of a state of high ex citement... Bodies of men were seen moving towards. the Court House. Drums beat, 'bugles sounded. About nine o'clock a body of men, armed with muskets and bayonets, took poszes,ion of the hall communicating with the gaol. At mid night, or later, a cannon, a 12-pounder, having been placed directly opposite 111'Leod's cell, was repeatedly discharged, de molishing at every peal a portion of the glass in the Court -house windows. " While these proceedings were going on below, a meeting of several hundred men was organised in the Court-room above. About twelve o'clock at midnight committees were appointed to wait upon the Judge who had granted tho.order, and upon the gentleman who had become M'Leod's bail, and, to request their immediate appea-ance. The Judge, we un derstand, deemed it most prudent for him to get out of his bed and obey the summon. The bail did not appear. One of them being told that it had teen stated by some of those, among the crowd that if he did not come they would bring him at the point of the bayonet, and believing that this indi coted a state of feeling which might endanger his personal safety, he declined going that night, but sent word to the assembly, that if they would adjourn until the next morning, he would appear before them. " The assembly finally, at about half-past one o'clock, ad journed until nine in the morning, leaving, however, a body of armed men in and about the gaol the remainder of the night. In the morning accordingly was presented the novel spectacle of an armed guard, marching with measured tread in front of the Court-house door, and this, too, in a time of peace and a government of law, and with no other assignable motive than to deprive an individual of rights which that law, through its own proper officer, had conferred. "In the mean time an express had been dis p atched to Buffalo, to advise a Mr. Wells that M‘Leod was about r to be discharged, and to procure a writ, whereon he might again be arrested in an action for the damages arising from his alleged agency in the destruction of the Caroline. At the re-opening of the meeting in the morning, the messenger, having returned, announced that he had accomplished the purpose of his mission. Whereupon he exhibited to the as sembly a capias, at the suit of Wells, with a Judge's order to hold INl'Leod to bail, in the sum of 7,000 dollars. This pro cess, after being examined by several individuals, and pro nounced to be in due form, was put into the bawds of or .e of the Sheriff's deputies, and soon afterwards served:;.: " After the captain of the watch had formalWreported the occurrences subsequent to the adjournment, a great variety of motions and propositions were made and discussed. Among them was one, whether the suit commenced by the capias might not be settled by the plaintiff and de fendant. An affirmative answer being given, it was fol lowed by a motion, that the bail surrender M'Leod immediately.' But it being suggested, and given the assembly to unders'and, that one of the bail had exhibited satisfactory evidences of his willingnesses to do so, that motion was withdrawn. Whereupon another, ' that the meeting do not adjourn until the sui render have been completed,' was adopted without a dissenting voice. Various leading ques tions, involving the power of the Judge to recommit, of the bail to surrender, the effect of an unexecuted order for a pri soner's discharge,and the requisite formalities to make a sur render effectual, were mooted, and after the Judge and district attorney (who had been brought up again by a fresh commit tee) as well as other individuals had been heard, were satisfac torily to the meeting disposed of. " One of the bail has a large amount of property and ma terials provided for the construction of the canal-locks at this place, and-particularly exposed to ssrious injury, with hardly a possibiity of detection. During these agitations he was re peatedly warned that his property would be injured or de stroyed, unless he surrendered- Itir. -111•Lood into custody. Feeling the force which the unparalleled state of things gave to these admonitions, he at length concluded to follow the ad vice of the meeting. At about half-past one o'clock in the afternoon, by a singular coincidence, the same Judge, who had been the cause of this great commotion by letting Mr. I\l'Leod to bail, announced that a surrender in due form of la.a. had been made. Whereupon the assembly resolved that its object was - ccomplished, and then adjourned. "In submitting the foregoing detail of facts our purpose is not to cast censure upon any one. For whatever may be our own opinions of these transactions, this is not the time or place to express them. Our sole object is to protect the interest of our client. We are advised that an effort is already in progress to persuade the public that the object of bailing Mr. M'Leod was to avoid a trial. Knowing that no such design existed for a moment, we feel called upon to repel the charge at once, that the conviction of its truth may not settle upon the public, and operate to his prejudice or trial. " For ourselves we not only believe, but have no doubt of, Mr. M'Leod's entire innocence of the charge. And it is painful to us to witness the effort now making to pro cure universal condemnation of him by the public press, and through that by the whole body of the people, without having heard one particle of the evidence on either side. Not content with fanning, to his prejudice, the ex citement already existing on the subject of the Caroline, a portion of the press has recently been gleaning on the other side of the river for materials (whether true or false is alike unimportant), for further attacks upon this defenceless indivi dual, and that, too, upon subjects having no connection what ever with the matter with which he is charged ; attacks, the only possible effect of which must be to render it more difficult than it has already become to find among those who are to be his triers that strict impartiality which the law guarantees to every one, no matter how slight may be the offence for which he may be arraigned. " In these circumstances, it seems to us that it is not only our right, but our duty, to appeal not to the sympathies, but to the sense of justice of our fellow-citizen, and ask them, until they shall have heard his cause, to suspend their judg ment as to the guilt or innocence of this man, a foreigner, in prison, and beset to recently by a power which places itself above the law, and arraigns before it those very officers by whom that law has declared its own decree shall be pronounced. In making this appeal to American citizens, whose pride it is to administer to all even-handed justice, we are confident we shall not appeal in vain. " H. GARDNER. " A. C. BRADLEY." THE WEATHER. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, .ADELAIDE- STREET. NOON. MARCH 5 Barometer 29 86 In. Thermometer Highest 49 - Lowest Wind b 1: W.—Freezing Point 32 Deg. DEATH OF A LADY BY POISON, TAKEN MEDICINALLY. —On 1 k arsday afternoon a e-y lengthened invest , gatiou took place before Mr. Wakley, M.P., and a Jury, at the Old Parr's Hem', Upper -street, Islington, touching the death of _Miss Sh:ror, aged sixty, a maiden lady, of independent fortune. It appeared in evidence that the old Lady not having been able to obtain any sleep for several nights, last Friday she sent to a druggist for a composing draught ; on the following morning she was a corpse, not because the draught was an overdose in ordi nary cases, but, owing to her nervous and delicate frame, no such draught was suitable. Verdict—" That the de ceased, from the mortal effects of a certain dose called Batley's Sedative Solution, administered at her own de sire as a medicine, remedially, then and there died." MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—On Saturday last, at St. James's church, Westminster, the Lady Amelia L4ura Waldegrave, eldest daughter of the late and sistcr of the present Earl Waldegrave, to Colonel Archibald Money, C. B. An elegant thjeuner was given after the ceremony by the Dowager Countess Wald( grave to the Earl and Countess of Euston and Lady Louisa Fitzroy, Lord and Lady Fitzroy Somerset, Hon. Miss Sorner et, Mr. Hicks, the Ladies Waldegrave, and a select ciree of rr lativcs and f iends. After the solemnisation the happy bride and bridegroom lett town for Crown Point, their scat in Norfolk. The Speaker will hold his second levee this evening, at tna o'clock, at his residence in Eaton square. The Earl and Countess of Listowel, towards the close cf the season, take their departure for Germany, pith the intention of making a tour of the spas. THE LATE EARL OF ROSSE.—The remains of this distinguished and lamented nobleman will leave Brighton on Saturday next, en route for Parsonstown, Ire land, where, after lying in state at Birr Castle for two days, the body will be interre d in the family vault. The Dowager Countess till leave B,igbton shortly, with th e i n t e ntion of passing some wee ks at the residences of I, e . Ladyship's daughters, the L ad y Jane Knox, and the Lady Alicia Conroy, arid Ain after the expiration of some time y probably return to B ri g hton, as we I ear it is her Lath ship's intention to take a house on Brunswi ck . terrace. t he Saturdaysr' next ac c o ra t to - Ireland, d , I Vpl proceed ceed Conroy, on The present Earl o f Rosse, the Hon. L. Parsons, sour-in-law of Ireland, to atten d the fun eral of their the i dedecbeyaseMdr. nKobn tire.—Br Gazette, lament a bl e rela ghton Sir Moses Montefiore was grea test kindness by the King of received with the the congra tulated by his Majesty Fren c h, and upon his mission ; and his Majesty the extraordinary success of Jew Missionary to the of state. Princesses and the great officers MORNING EDITION ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTI. TUTION. Mr. Buckingham, who has just returned from an extensive tour in the United States and Ca nada, commenced on Thursday night at this In stitution a course of Lectures on the history, in stitutions, social habits, and general character of North America. A part of Thursday night's Lec ture was delivered on Saturday last, but owing to the paucity of the audience, and the limitation of the time for its delivery, the travelled lecturer proposed to recommence the course on Thursday night. Very few were present, owing to an absurd regulation of the proprietors of the Institution, which admits none of the visitors to attend the Lectures without tickets. As we ascended to the Lecture-room we met hundreds of persons who had been refused ad mission, and on our entrance found Mr. Bucking ham preparing to address about fifty persons. This was very wrong, for had all who wished to hear the first Lecture been permitted to hear it, we feel confident that there would have been no Jheck of purch asers o f t i c k ets f or the re mamuer of the course which is to be com pleted in eight Lectures. The Lecture de livered on Thursday night comprehended a succinct and clear exposition of the foun dation, rise and progress of the states of Maine, New Rampsbire,Vermont, Massachusets Rhode Island, Connecticut,New Y o rk, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, and the district of Columbia, with a description of their respec tive areas in miles and acres ; the character of their surtlice, soil, scenery, mountains, rivers, and lakes; the chief features of distinction in each State ; their resources, occupations, institu tions, and population ; forming a very compre hensive picture of each. Frequently, during the progress of the lecture, and at its close, the audi ence manifested their approbation by expres sions of applathie. We recommend every person who wishes to become acquainted with America and the Americans, without the expense of a trip across the Atlantic, to attend these lectures. THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT IN ST. BRIDE'S CHURCH-YARD. Yesterday evening an inquest was held at the Barley Mow public-house, Salisbury-court, Fleet-street, on the body of Henry Thompson. Th,e first witness called was • Luke Cox.—He said he had been grave-digger of the parish of St. Bride for l 7 years. The deceased Henry Thompsoe was usually engaged as his assiaant. On Thursday, a grave being about to be opened by the order of an individual for a new place of family sepulture, as was usual in such cases, the grave was to be sunk 20 feet fbr the first interment. The witness, a person named Chments, and the unfortunate deceased, were employed in sinking the grave, and had about three o'clock on Thursday, got so low as be tween sixteen and seventeen feet, when witness went for some planks and " strutts "—(a kind of beams going from side to side)—and returned soon afterwards. H e (witless) went down into the groveler a short time, but Perceiving the earth giving way he asunded, climbing the " ehoreing" as a ladder, and the deceased descend ing at the same time and in the same manner. Witness cautioned him, but be said there was no danger and went down. By a Juror—The grave they were sinking lry about four feet from the wall bounding the passages leading into St. Bride's-court ; and tl.e grave iet:rvened be tween these, and he observed that there was a tier of coffins, t` e sides of which formed one,of the sides of the grave. Planks were placed alone the sides of the grave, and " strutts went from one to the other. There was no ladder for them t 3 get up. By the CORONER—Da you think if there were a lad der the deceased might have escaped? Witness—l do not think he could ; it is never customary to have such things, no matter how deep the grave may be. By a Juror—ls it customary that any responsible per son sheeld see whether the nature of the ground will allow of a grave of this depth being sunk ? Cox—l am the only person who attends to such matters. C:e:nents, being s.vorn, said he was employed to assist the deceased by Cox. Was at the grave about twenty minutes before the time the accident occurred, and remained there wheeling up, by means of a pulley and lasket, the clay from the bottom of the pit for about a cuarter of an hour, when he and the last wit ness went for sonic planks and "strutts," which deceased said he required, but had scarcely got ten yards from the grave, when, hearing a cry, he turned round, and saw the sinking from the sides of the grave, and upon getting to it the hollow was completely filled up to within about two feet of the surface of the church-yrd. George Ellet Evans, a sergeant of the City pelice, de7osed to using every exertion in conjunction with the men under him, but notwithstand ing all their endeavours tour hours elapsed before they coul I extricate the deceased, as five c.:ffins pressed upon him. He was standing in an upright pa sitien, as if trying to ascend the grave when he saw the earth giving was. Mr. Bake-, one of the Churclivvardetas of St. Bride's parish, said that every precaution had been obsetvcd. He could not sit down without testifying his warmest approbation of the conduct of the Police, more parti cularly that of Sergeant Evans. He ( Mr. Baker) dis tributed some rewards amongst them for their conduct, and with which he hoped the parishioners wouhl feel satisfied. Tha CORONER. bLving summed up, the Jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict of " Accidental death," - e -- _ the Duke of ppoint AlcssrP. S. arid B. larle-street, Piccadilly, his Grace's We understand that Nolfilk has hen pl,ased SLlJmons, of 39, Opticians. It is stated that John Bowes, Esq., one of the Members for South Durham, has been seriously ill. The Hon. Gentleman is now somewhat hotter, and has bcen remcved to Richmond, near London, for charge of air. Tyne Mercury. Lord Northland, M.P., who has been making a tour in Egypt, Persia, &c., is expected home the fiat week in the ensuing month. Baron and Baroness Dimsdale have left Mivart's Hotel for Devonshire. Mr. Montefiore entertained his Excellency Prince Est,rhazy, his Excellency Baron Bulow, his Excellency the Russian Minister and Baroress Brunow, Countess of Tankerv,lle,_and a large circle to dinner, on Wednesday evening, in Great Stanhope-street. Viscount Combermere, after a short stay in town, returned to Brussels to join Viscountess Conibcrmere. The Noble and Gallant Viscount, with Viscountess Com barm-re, intends leasing that capital at the close of the wolith for this csuntry. The Earl and Countess of Ranfurly, with the Ladies Knox, and Mr. H. and Lady Louisa Alexander, are at Brussels, where they have been passing the "inter. Viscount Jocelyn arrived in town on Tuesday last from Ireland. -. 'TIE LATE COUNTESS OF SHELBURNE.....". WILTON HOUSE, THURSDAY.—The Esti of Shelburne re turns this day from Lansdowne House, and to-day the mortal remains of the eleccared Countess aro to be re movr.d from thence to Bowood Park, previous to their in trmc: tin the ancestral vault of the Lansdowne family is Bowoo'l Chapel. The Dowager Countess of Pembroke and the Earl and Countess Bruce, leave on Saturday or Monday for their town resijecca in Grafton-street, where of l erl the Countes s of Clanwiliiam, and Earl and Countess Dunmore, a r e s t a yi ng t ill a f ter t h e o b sequ iep. The ar d' Shelburne, Hon. Sydn e y Herbert, and Earl of elan t is not yet williarn, are to he arnorg the mourners, and d i w ill attends or known whether the Marquis of Lansdown not. Immediately after the funeral all the me mbers of the family ge to tmwe. __M r , Eliason took Pitußy-LANE THEATRE. house - was crowded his benefit here en Thursday. a r sons at the doors, anxious squeeze, and a concourse o u f P ,-avoidably refused, Shortly in every rrt ; inthte, to gain admittance, were anery , the old sixpenny on o , oil en im a a o n d o d d s • t w i ii n e s n o a s th t e l p : e e s r e, f c a e a s e s t o e en t E e celebrated music to Mae the were left vdcant. The over • crowd. Thi?, however, was aft r eight o'clock, s w o a o s n o fi p l e h n d e c:, a a n n d d ti a , tr e n :.. n r i d , c° and tare to Don Giors: as finely palmated. The effect pro allowcri, to a portion uo seats beth, by Loc,l!e. t omegas was very grand. The will b ducel by the ms r coe more performancean e : I t r i lt ev eni ng, a s ulle!h will be 11 ' sNi OF THE J D ISA BILITIES. EWS.--A meet i ng Tawn-council was convened on Tuesday, " ' t k to -1 0 0f the -,' thepropriety I •• • into corniderwoon o petitioning Parliament in favour cf a Bill now hefote the House r f Commons, to enshte persons professiag the Jewish Rag ion to subscribe the forma of declaration cont_iiied in the Act of the First and Second years of her present _Majesty, for the relief of Quakers, Moravians, and Separatists elected to Municipal Offices, and to affix the Common seal of the mayor, alder men, and burgesses, to petitions to the House of Lords and Commons ac cor di ngly, if the Council shall so think fit." Resolutions conformable to the requisition were una nimously ca4led. —Plymouth Weekly Jou-nal VALUE OF LAND IN MANCHESTER.—Judg in.g from th e enormous sums which are frequent l y pa id f ur sites for v. arehouses in Manchester, few would be uisposed to conclude that the trade of tie town is my other t 1 th i a e n i m pfi o r st prosp erous. A plot of landin George - s treet, near mary, I lls b een so ld i n two lots—ore of wlt'c •b fetched , ,000/. 10,0001. snd the other 15,000/. ; inalricg together 23 . )00 su erac' l quare The land eamptised only about 2, a" . builder and a -- yards. The property ofigioar T.wils i met raat is only (it is said) estal I', hnicnt. The awl a !Seed -ort Chronicle- . Is. per yard per annum. . 1 , April next is the day ' The 65h of ~;„„ o f t he London and Liv4rpool trains. On the acl e ' e f a- t rails will be conveyed that day also the rt!o Birkenhead lines, by which it is stated a the Chester and furt . ie. saviGg of twenty-five minutes, as compared with the Perent reute of the Gra n d Junction Railway, will be c e ffected .—Liverpool ct r e d ._Livapool Mercury. JEWS TO HOLD CORPORATE OFFICES.— The Bill for the reli,f of the Jews, enabling them to fill corporate offices, is to come on for discussion on Wednes day, the 10th instant. It is stated in the City that several p e ti.ions hi•ve arrived from corporate towns in favour of the ineaLure, and that a great tany more arc -eit-pected. i i i ~.~