The Sun. — London, England, 1842-03-11 00:00:00

THE WEATHER.—Noori, MARCH 11. ROYAL GALLERY OF' SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. Thermometer... 46 1 Highest 46 Lowest 33 Parometer 30.05.—Wind N.W.—Freezing Point 22 Deg. HIGH WATER AT LONI)ON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Aforning ....ZS minutes alter 1 I Evening minutes alter 1 gh, ;„ it' v 3a1;11, A k i ; VOl kgrAvWr2l )t.4m '7 -4 or, ••-'1 SUN OFFICE, Thrce o'Cluch Of our morning contemporaries, the Times was the only Journal which on Weenesday last discredited the disastrous news from Arghanh.-tan. Why it did so is not very material. To-day, however, it implicitly be lieves the worst accounts reported in the Bombay corre spondence of the Ist of February. Vic quote the fol lowing from a leading article in that journal of this morning : The worst can no longer be doubted of the unhappy troops at. Cabool. Accounti have be cu received m town which can be 'mplicitly relied upon, and from which the following ;s an extract ; •6 On the 18th of January Dr. Beydon staggered into Jella labad, wounded and confused from soffe:ing and fatigue. He relates that our reople quitted Cabool under the Convention agreed upon by Major Pottinger, en the sth inst. The canton ment w as immediately occupied by the Affghans, and the Engllsh were almost instantly attacked. The march became end continued a constant fight. " At the Khoord Cabool Pass, about ten miles from Cabool, the ladies were sent back, under an esco, t of some of Ukbar Khan's people, who promised to protect them. "At Tezeen General Elphinstone and Colonel Shelton were made prisoners. The native troops became disorganized and scattered. At Jagdaluk four hundred of her Majesty's 44th, who had before kept well together, became disorganized also, broke and scattered. "Beyond this the Doctor knows nothing, having with the greatest difficulty preserved his own life. Ile gives the names of seven officers whom he knows to have fallen. Brigadier Anguetil, Major Ewart, and Lieutenant Sturt ate among them. " Some stragglers may have escaped, but there is little hope that the main body have been any thing but annihilated. We gave up six hostages before leaving the cantsnment— Webb, Walsh, Cottony, and three others—chosen, I suppose, by lot. There is more hope, perhaps, for the women than for any one elm." In the midst of disasters so terrible it is some conso lation to know that one Gallant sneer, reported to be dead, yet lives—we mean General ELPHINSTONE. But of the fate of British officers in the hands of the Affghans, we have much to fear. What the terms of Major POTTIN GE n's convention were is yet unknown; but they must have guaranteed, if anything, the unmolested retirement of our troops. 'lt appears then that convention was broken by the Affghans, the instant the British evacuated the camp, as they are reported to have fought every step of their way. Permission to fight for their lives could not 1 .be the subject of a conventional stipulation on the part of officers of the British army. Of that, with arms in their hands, no amount of numerical force—no degree of privations, could deprive a British army. There must, therefore, have been a breach of the convention on the part Of the Affghans. In a letter from Lieutenant-Colonel MOSELEY, COm. mending the 64th Regiment of Native Infantry, to his brother in London, dated the 7th of January, - from the camp before the Kyber Pass, that veteran offi cer states that, in about two months from . that date we should have thirty thousand men in Cabool, when the Affghans, _to quote his own words, should be taught - " such a lesson as they will not forget during .the present and succeeding generations." There is no-doubt that tho vengeance of England will be terribly felt in Affghanistan, but the sacrifices of blood and treasure which must be made to sate it, will likewise be dreadful... In the Affghans we have•the most formidable foes-ever encountered by us in India. An extract from Lieut.- Colonel MOSELEY'S letter to his brother, will chew that his anticipations of victory are not unclouded with ap prehensions of terrible reverses : I am now in camp before the famous ,Kyber Pass, leading into Affghanistan. The enemy, amounting to some 20,000 men are on the mountains, awaiting our attack. We hare 8,000 bayonets, with a park of artillery, and expect orders to commence operations in a day or two. We shall have hard work aid desperate opposition; but our troops (though small in numerical strength) have stout hearts, and we make sure of success, yet at the expense of the lives of many brave fel lows. The country through which we have to pass is of a most difficult nature, being rugged, through intricate de files,-and over stupendous mountains, all of which obstacles form natural fortifications. Our troops throughout AtTghanistan are in isloated portions, hemmed in by the surrounding forces of the Affghans, a nd we are apprehensive that all the British troops now in the Bala Hissar of Cabot)! will either be obliged to capitulate, starve, or be cut up ! A retreat is impracticabl-. A precious state of affairs ; but I regret to say that it is but toe true. Before converting Atighanistan into the theatre of a bloody and expensive war, it would be well for the British Government to examine carefully what may be the consequences of making the breach between ourselves and . the Affghans irreparable. We may burn the cities, towns, and villages Jellalabad to Herat, but we cannot by such means defeat he Affghans, who will retire to their mountain fortresses, ready to fall upon us whenever famin,!:, or the cold of a Siberian winter has broken the, spirit of our troops. Supplies could only be had - from India ; and to provision a force of thirty thousand - Men in AfFghanistan from that country would require, according to the. calculation of the editor of the Bombay Times, ninety thousand camels ! But supposing the Affghans in chains at our feet, what becomes of the polcy for which we have been negotiating and fighting for the last four years ? To occupy the country is morally and physically impossible. We could not hold a single city in it. - And with the Affghans, for deadly enemies, what becomes of our strong barrier against Russia ? The only justification for the blood and treasure which the' restoration of the SHAH Soo.r.tu cost us, was, that it Was requisite for our safety against the hostile intrigues of Persia and Russia to secure the friendship of the leading States west of the Indus. It is no* fur the Government to consider how far it ic• expe dient to'force the Affghans to invoke the assistance of those very Powers, of whose propinquity our Anglo- Indian,t;tatesmen have always expressed such a dread. When a lawyer in either House of Parliament has some sufficient reason for introducing a Bill to alter th" practice in any Equity or Law Court, it is amusing to sea' the extraordinary disclosures he makes to justify the proceeding. Though gross abuses had existed for cen turies, though enormous and needless expenses had been ineurred,•from year to year, and the public voice became almost exhaustedin denouncing them, they appear to on the mind of the law-giver all- at once, as new grievances whiCh require instant redress. The-abuses prat, • •tir'ed at Lunatic Coromission3 have l ong been known to all the world. The very eon- stiutiou of the Courts, in fact, formed chief causes of the evil—protracted ,inquiry and extra vagant expense, for it is too much to expect from huinan nature that twenty-four Jurymen, with a guinea a day each, ten Counsellors With twenty guineas, and three Commissioners with thirty guineas each, would be in any hurry to bring a job of this kind to a conclusion when the estate of the unfortunate lunatic was large enough to pay the performers. . The LORD CHAN CELLOR. now sees the matter in the same light as the public. He sees that one Commissioner can perform the duty of three, or rather six, the number who presided at the notorious Portsmouth inquiry; that twelve Jurymen are as good as twenty-Tour; and we hope he will also see that two Counsel on each side are as good as ten. Lu napes are under his keeping, and it is his duty to take care that their property as well as their per4ons are under safe guardianship. The following are a few instances of the present beautiful system. We give the fees of the Commis sioaersalone, without those paid to Counsel, Jury, She riffs, summoning officers, and twenty others. In the case of Da,vi, the tea-dealer, the fees were 346/. 10s. ; of Taylor (.hose estate was nearly consumed) 3461. 10s. of , Lord Portsmouth, 1,0711. ; and for a case which wa: heard in the country, 5,000/. for the expenses of a secolu, hettring, th e fi rs t, o f course , not having sufficiently ex hausted the estate. Even the little trifling affair of Mr. Gundry cost in fees to the Commissioners alone 226: This, however, was but a small portion of the expense, tl.r the jurors received 1511, 7s. ; the sheriffs, 36/. 15s. ; the 'unlmoning officer, 11/. 17s. ; the hire of rooms cost 441; the grant of the custody, 351. ; making altarether more than 50F1., independent of Counsels' fees, • nses of witnesses, solicitors' and many other it e e x m l) : which the most fertile i magination, unless excited b the thirst '' for gold ; could never have ins - ented. This shamdtl ractice has been .earried on from immemorial, yet r remedy for .such barefaced robbery was brought forward only the other evening. .llowever, better late than never. The public will be thankful to his Lordship for this praiseworthy attempt to put down a. crying abuse, and protect the property of those afflicted by the greatest of human calamities. who has already guff( l Mr. Baines, of .Le.icester, much from the harpies date Church is agai n riub .r . c et tt ' ( c i to their tender mercies, together with a number doether from conscientious moti ves , refuse parishioners, who, to pay Church-rates. It is painful to read an count of such proceedings, not only fn. the sak e of the sufferers, but for the injury caused to an E sta , Kishment *which, antler proper mansgement, might be .useful and respected.. Will these '%eyere—thes e wanton attacks, on men of irreproachable lives, and firm believers, too, in the truths of Christianity, in she - end benefit the Protestant or I'usejite ChurCh ? Will they not, on the contrary, make.her more and "titerni Irk-Dissenters, Catliolis, 11 /Id even many that profes s ter doctrines ? W • - will look at the o trust - the Government, put an end to subject . in this light, and without delay ;ma odious impost. SUMPAMII OF MEWS► AND Public Optition. " Who runs may read." roxtzumr. Private letters from India are now handed about, confirming the account cf the destruction of the British Army in CaVol. The Frenqh 311ai1 ha; not arrived this morning. PARLIAMENTARY. A number of petitions were presented to the Pcers for an al teration of the Poor-law, for the repeal of the Corn-laws,and for legalizing Presbyterian marriages. Another case of doubt as to their legality has come before the Assizes at Carrickfergus, and as a special verdict was returned, that case will be argued before the Lords about May next. On that account Lord Camp b:ll wished the Marriage Bill now in progress to be posipot ed. In reply to the Marquis of Clanricsrde, the Earl of Aber ' deen said he had received no further despatches from Paris con cerning the dlspute about Algiers. In reply to the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Duke of Wellington stated that the Government intended to continue the grant for national education in Ireland, and that no alteration is to Le made in the system. Earl Stanhope, in presen'ing a retition from a wcrking mut, declared that he was the advocate of the rights of man, as laid down at the commencement of the French Revolution, fur which and similar sentiments, Lord MonteaBle Ws the Noble Earl to task. The Loan Societies and the Apprentices' Regulation Bills wet through a Committee. Lord Dcnman laid on the table a Bill to enable Anabaptists to give evidence on affirmation instead of oath, which was read a first time. The Commons did not meet in sufficient numbe:s to consti lute a llouse. At four o'clock there leas only one Tory and thirty•one Liberals present, so the House stood adjourned. Sir Robert Peel, it is supposed, did not like Mr. Yard's motion for a Committee t ) inquire into the burden on land, and tht re fore shirked it. PUfILXC OPXNZON. The Times has an article on the subject of Sir Robert Peel's difficult position, wherein it observes :—" There is a feeling that Sir Robert Peel is the statesman of the (lay, and the man to whose practical skill and integrity the management of the nation can be most safely entrusted. So far, so good ; and if there were no further embarrassment, Sir Robert woud have nothing to do but to float down the current—to accept the Pre miership, and do his own will or the people's fancy upon the Corn-laws. But it happens that among that large majority who call him to office, an influential, if not a preponderating, party are utterly and entire!) opposed from feeling and interest to these alterations which the temper of the day demands, and unappeasably jeal , us of all its requisitions." The Herald states that it is the duty of Government to male the country immediately acquainted with the worst that has befallen the British arms in Cabeol ; and adds :—" The attempted subjection of Affghanistan being immoral in its origin, nothing that has occurred can deprive any future at tempt of similar immorality. The A ffghans are not rebels or insurgents; they owe no fealty or allegiance to the British Crown, and the endeavour of England to deprive them of independence is as monstrous as that of Napoleon to destroy the independence of Spain. The rising at Cabool—bloody, cruel, sanguinary, and brutal though it be—is a movement to achieve independence. It is not an insurrection—it is a war. The deadly revenge which animates each Affghan blow is rot without parallel in European struggles for nationality ; and the disgusting insult perpetrated on the remains of Sir NV illiam 3PNaghten could readily be exemplified during the recent civil war in Spain." The Chronicle says .—" It seems generally understood that the Corn Importation Bill will receive little further opposition, beyond attempts in Committee to improve its details. This affords noproof that the country is satisfied with the measure; the country neither is, nor ever can be, satisfied with any mea sure, of which the object is to promote the interests of a class at the expense of the community : It merely proves the pre valence of a conviction► that the proposed law, though equally objectionable in principle with the existing law, will be found less injurious to commerce." The Post, speaking of Lord Howick's speech on Wednes day, which the Chronicle declared to be worthy of Burke, says :—" We have sometimes had the honour of hearing Lord Howick speak in the House of Commons, but we own that it was not our happiness on any of those occasions to discover the germs of that philosophic eloquence wbieh was to burst forth as soon as he Lecame Member for Sunderland, and to bring back, as it were, the great Burke to this dull time of our Par liamentary history. Yet further we are bound to acknow ledge, that if we hat heard the speech of the Noble Lord on Wednesday night, we should probably (such is Tory obtuse ness) not have found out the excelltnee which it seems the Noble Lord possesses, and then exhibited." -. MONEY—TRADE—COIVIMERCZ. A meeting of the Proprietors of the West London Railway took place yesterday in Abchurch-lane, when the debts of the Company were stated at 37,0001., and an adjournment was made for a month, to allow time for further consideration. _ _ Yesterday the half-yearly meeting of the Proprietors of the London and Croydon Railway was held at the London Tavern. The Report stated a balance in hand of 1,073/. 17s. 6d. The repair of the late landslip had cost 21,0001. A dividend of 6s. Bil. was proposed and carried. ELECTIONEEnING. Among other candidates mentioned for the Brighton con :est, the Liberal party intend to beg the Marquis of Tavistock :o come forward. PVBLIC XIVIPILOVEMENT. The new Western Club-house, at Glasgow, was opened on Monday last. Sketches after Watteau, ornament the walls. The total expense of building and furnishing will not fall far short of 35,00C1. NIIVEIT., AND DIZI,ITIIZZY. The United Service Magazine, relating the visit of an officer on board the American line of battle shlp - ', Delaware, remarks on the peculiar manner of placing the shell guns, which were 10-inch; instead of being in the mithhips, as in our vessels, they are fore and aft, four in the bow and four in the stern, on the gun and main decks, and by means of railways may be transferred from the broadside to the bow or stern, and back again immediately. The great advantage of this plan over ours must be obvious. In a general action how often have ships exposed to a severe raking fire been unable to return it effec tually. But by the American plan they would be able to bring their formidable Paixhans to bear on an enemy in a few mi nutes, which would settle the matter much sooner than a few 32-pounders. Of the regiments said to be ordered to be immediately aug mented to 1,200 strong each, the following are the six stated : the 20th, - 23 d, 29th, 71st, 79th, and the 2d battalion of the rifle brigade. LAW AND POLICE, At the Antrim Assizes, on Monday, upwards of ninety Orangemen were arraigned for walking in procession, &e. They presented a goodly throng, filling the old dock, the front dock, the gallery, and every spot where a prisoner could be placed, and were tined from 21. to 10/. each. • - The trial of the two prisoners, Calgan and Doherty, for the attempt. to murder Mr. Biddulph, commenced at Tullamorc on Monday, and at a late hour on Tuesday the Jury had not agreed on their verdict, but an acquittal was anticipated. At the Lincoln Assizes, on the Bth inst., Ann Johnson, aged 33, and Amy Johnson Marshall, aged 17 years, were tried for the murder of Thomas Johnson, a farming bailiff, on the Bth of November. The elder prisoner was the wife of the de ceased, and the younger his illegitimate daughter. Clear evi dence was given that the unfortunate man had been poisoned, but the crime could not be proved against the prisoners, and the. Jury, after retiring for 20 minutes, returned a verdict of Not Guilty. Contributions to the amount of 471 have been, within a few days, transmitted to the sitting Magistrate at Marlborough street, f , r the relief of Mr. Annesley, whose case has excited so much sympathy. It. appears that he had been for years a regular contribut r to Biewster's Encyclormdia; In the case of Dawes v. the Baron de Feucheres, before the Pre,ogative Court, application was made yesterday for an order of Court to examine a witness at present a nun in the convent at Hammersmith, as she had bound herself by a vow not to leave the convent. Sir Jenner Fust granted the order. r 'NM ART s. A Collar of the Order of St. Patrick, made of gold, the produce of the county of Wicklow, has just been finished, by Earl De Grey's order, as a present to Princr Albert, lately made a Knight of that Order. zirrznarty AND S C XEITX7I`XC A shower of little stones. or petritisd rain, has lately fallen to the south-west of Neu-iedelersee, and the surreunding plains are covered with millions of them. If the earthquake-prediction of the Monk of Dree and the prophet of Ib9B be reckoned by the o'.d st)le, the 16th of this month would be in the last year 1841; and the 16th of the third month of 1842 will not arrive before next June. On Wednesday an unique copy of Shakspere's " Venus and Ad , mis" was sold at Evans's, which, singularly enough, .was printed, according to the title-page, at " Edinburgh, by John Writtoun, 1627," showing how generally the poet was known and appreciated in his own day. l t consi sts of only some doz .n small leaves, but fetched 371. 10s. COITZT-PASIIIONABLE. Lord Wharncliffo has a #oirce to-morrow evening, at Cu; zln The Dowager Duc'le!s of Cleveland has arrived at Cleveland louw. The Ma quis of Hertford arrived at Dorchester House, late on Wedne:!day night, from Paris. The Earl and Countess of Errol are staying with Lore Fre derick Fitzfilarence at Etal Hou e, Northumbe:l , o4. The French Ambassador entertained Sir Robert and Lady Peel, and a select party, at dinner yesterday, at Manchester House. The appr9aehii,g season is likely to be infinitely more brilliant thait.the last. A great number of absentees have re.urned from the Continent; and the Duke of Devonshi: e is expected shortly to renew the gaieties of Burlington House. Count and Countess Baptiste Metaxa have arrived in Bryan ston-square, for the season. • MIS C,'13674.42.7210 U S. On this day, in 1820, died Benjamin West, -President of the Royal Academy, in the 82d year of his age. He painted and sketched in oil upwards of 400 pictures of an historical and te -I;gions nature, and left more than 200 drawings in his purt The hurricane of Wednesday night bas caused great logs of life and properly, both in the metropolis e nd along the southern cuaq." The painful intelligence gill be found at length under the pro or 32.111VIOURS or THZ DAY. At the request of several Tories of distinction, Sir Robert Peel has generously consented to postpone his remedial free trade measures till the day of the earthquake. • We understand that among other alarms that the prophecy of the earthquake has weasioned, it has had the effect of frightening several attornics into fits—of honesty ! But this is so improbable a rumour that we cannot give credence to it. MAP OF TUE BRITISH IsLEs.—Mr.Wyld, of Charing cross; has just brought out a splendid map, which em braces the whole of the United Kingdom and a portion of France, extending to about seventy miles south of Paris. It exhibits the superfi c i a l geo l ogy of the coun tries, with the physical . and topographical features, the lines of railroad completed, showing the different ,tations, also those in progress of formation—in short, the general means of communication, including common roads, canals, and rivers. The steam-packet routes are also given, with the distance from port to port, in the tritiih Isles, as well as the distance to the principal ports abroad, as far south as Gibraltar. All the proposed lines of railroad. in France that can be made serviceable' - for communication with this country are, laid clown with the utmost minute ness, :and we have no doubt, 'also, cOrrectnes.% as they have been derived from authentic sources. The map of the British Isles has . been compiled from the Ordnance surveys, and as Mr. Wyld, from his appointment under the Crown, has acceess to these ex pensive and no bl e plans, we may. safely pronounce, this the most correct, as well as the ;wit, , COD l P" bellsi " Out yet published, LAW INTELLIGENCE. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TO'CLO CK. ~ WELVE LIVERPOOL COTTON 111AILKET, MARCH 10.-011 T market' still continues flat and dull, without the least indication of im provement. The supply to-day was abundant, yet no decided reduction was submitted to, and the sales consisted of 2,500 hales. ; viz , 200 Surat 35 to 4; 60 Egyptian, 7a ; 20 Bahia, 7; and 2,220 American, 4 to 65. LivEaroor. Swains MARKET.—A moderate number of Shares changed hands during this day, but, prices in several instances ,SOMeVI hat lower than last quoted. '1 he sales com prised London and Birmingham, 173 ; Do., Quarter Shares, 5V5; London and Brighton, 354: Eastern Counties, 94 ex. div. ; London and South Western, 585 ; Great Western Fifths, 91 2 * Grand Junction Half Shares, 90. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 10.—We can not report any improvement in the state of our market to-day. Our sales are—London and South Western, 585 ; Manches ter and Birmingham, 285; Manchester and Leeds Half Shares, 314; Manchester and Liverpool- District Bank, 103 ; Man chester and Salford Bank, 10 1 / 8 . There is but little dispOsition to deal in the Home Securities at present, and the market continues flat. Consols are 89h Money, and 895 a for the Account ; Exchequer Bills, 30s. to 335. premium. Messrs. Reid, Irving, and Co. having accepted the agency for the payment of the Spanish Dividends, has given more con fidence to the holders of these securities, and the Active Stock advanced soon after the commencement of business to 255, but has since receded a little, and may now be quoted at 245 255 ; Deferred, 12% t/ 2 ; Passive, 5 1 1- 5 ; Portuguese Five per Cents., 335 34 ; Ditto Threes, IN 205; Mexican Bonds, 371 • 385 ; Colombian, 245 z ; Brazilian, 66 67. There are no later arrivals to-day from any quarter, and no news of the least interest has transpired. The Wrest India steam-ship is now overdue some days; her ivll is anxiously looked for. The only arrival from the Continent this morning is one Dutch, mail leaving one French and one Flanders due; their non-arrival is attributed to the state of the weather. The Dutch Five per Cents. came 101 9-16, and Two-and= a-Half 52 1-16 5., Exchange on London had declined 25 cents. fer cash, being quoted at 12 125. PRICES Or SHARES 'FLITS DAY AT ONE. It A ILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Great Western London ane Brighton ......... 50 ...... 3555 to London and Blackwell ...... 25 Manchester and Leeds .......... , . 70 ...... 77 Midland C 'unties lOO - to C•lorth Midland ...100 South Eastern and D0ver......... 48 HOUSE OF LORDS.--(THIS DAY) The House sat to-day to hear Appeals. The Peers present were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, Lord Campbell, and the Earl of Dartmouth. HAMILTON V. HAMILTON. Mr. GORDON resumed and concluded his arguments in this part-heard appeal on behalf of the appellant. The Somerrott-GENERA t. followed on the same side, and bad not concluded when our Evening Edition went to press. Mr Peniberton and Mr. Kelly appear for the respondents. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY ) (13 , fore the VICE-CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND.) His Hosour. was occupied during the whole of the morning with hearing unopposed petitions and short. causes. (Before Vice-Chancellor WIGRA3I.) ARUNDALE V. BOWTER. His HoNotta was occupied during part of the morning in heating this case, his judgment in which he deferred till to morrow. CONSISTORY COURT (THIS DAY) (Before Dr. LUSIIINGTON.) SNOW V. SNOW. This was a suit for separation, proineted by the wife against the husband, 119bert Snow, on.the ground of cruilty It. appeared that the marriage was contracted in 1832, and that even in the honeymoon a ceurac of ill treatment and cruelty commenced on the ptrt of the husband, which continued down to the 21st of November, 1841, when the parties being in Paris, attack was made by him on the wife, orso vio;ent a character a 3 to place her life in peril, and obliged her to apply to other parties for protection. It was on these grounds that the suit was instituted. Sir Herbert Jenner Fust and Dr. Haggart, were the advocates for the wife, and Dr. Adams for Mr. Snow. Some doubt was expressed w:lethcr the wife had not debarred herself of her remedy, by returning to a partial cohabitation with the hus band tter the acts of cruelty referred to in the libei. Tll6 decision of the Coust had not been.given when we went to press. SHERIFFS' COURT.---(THJS DAY.) Both the Learned Secondaries sat this day, Mr. Potter at Basinghall-street, and Mr. James in one of the chambers of the Guildhall ; butthe proceedings in either Court were of a dull, tedious, and unimportant character. JOINT STOCK RANKS. Australasia 4O ...... 53 to National Provincial of England 35 15a tp PRICES OF' IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, MARCH 9. 3 per Cent. Consols .88k r ßank Stock Three and Half Stock 97i 'Grand Canal 5t0ck......... 5t0ck.........- Ditto Reduced ... 88i Ditto Debs. 6 per cent... - Ditto New 1830... 94 Ditto 4 per cent ... 31 per Cent. Debs. HALF-PAST ONE No intelligence of either the French or Flanders mail. There has been scarcely a bargain transacted in the Stock Exchange all the morning. Spanish Active Stock does not maintain the advance. It it now quoted at 244; Mexican Bonds, 3:1; Deferred, lot i ; Colombian Bonds, 244 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 52; Ditto Fives, 103,1 ; Consols are s9b Money, and 89i for the Account; Exchequer Bills are lower, they are now quoted at 30 prem. ; India Bonds 8 prem. The Share Market is flat, with but little doing. Great Westerns are 88 ; London and Brighton, 35b ; ditto Blackwell, 114; Manchester and Leeds, 77 ; North Midland, 704 ; South Eastern and Dover, 26. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols for Account, 89i ; Colombian, 24i 1; Mexican, 37i 38h ; Spanish, 24% Markets firm, and little doing. QUARTER TO THREE. We have had various inquiries again as to the West India mail-steamer, which was reported a day or two since to have arrived, but has not yet been beard of. It is true, indeed, that the Forth is mentioned in the New Orleans papers, as having arrived out safe, and that there would be some delay in her re turn to this country, but the Solway was to bring on the advices. Considering that the whole plan of operations is of such mag nitude, and can yet scarcely have been set in motion yet, we are of opinion that there is every reason to be easy upon the point of the steamer's non-arrival. DUTCH EUNos.—Aeurranneu, MARCH 8. .8. 113(511ii8. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. Amon Syndic,4% per cent 9• 2 1,4 92% Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent Commercial Company, 40 ; 4 per cent l5 ' 157 • Ditto (1835 and 1837) b per cent. ...... 110 jrON Loan ie37, 5 per cent. 9 Exchange on London, One month.... lino months iiamburgh, One month 35 56% Two monthe 33 31% Dutch Papers, March 8. CLOSING PRICES BRITISH FUNDS. _ _ Bulk Stock — 'lndia Stock,... 3 per Cent Red. Ditto Bonds 8 pm 3 per Cent C ons B9 (Ditto Old Annuities ... 38 per Cent Red 99i Ditto New Annuities... New 38 per Cent New 5 per Cent.. _ Ditto 5001......... 31 pix Long Annuities :.oexpirii Ditto Small 3O pm Jan. 1860.......... Bank Stock for 0pg,... Oct 1859..., ..... (India Stock for Acct.... Jan. 1860. .... ..... 12,1 Consols for Acct B9l FOItEIGN FUNDS. . . Austrian, 5 pei: Portuguese, 5 per cent. 591 Belgian, 5 pei cent Ditto, New Ditto 34 Brazilian 80nd5........., 66/ Prussian, 5 per cent. Buenos Ayres. 6 per ceat -- Russian, 5 per Cent....,, 6 per cent ... Ditto, Metallic ...... . Colombian, 6 per cent.. Spanish, 5 per cent„. e 244 Ditto, 1824....... ..... Ditto, Deferred.... . Danish, 3 per cent French, 5 per cent. —e. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Exchange Mexican, 5 rer cent.... 384 French, 3 per cent —c D_tto, 6 per cent. 1837 Dutch, 2i per cent. . 52 Peruvian,lB2s, cper et. Ditto, b per cent. ... . 1023 SHARES. Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) 9j Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ...... 421 Great North of England Railway (100 pd) 86/ Great Western Railway 65 paid) Ditto New Shares (50 paid) ... 611 Ditto Fifth (4 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) . :":5 London and Blackwall Railway (25 paid)... 114 London and Greenwich Railway 120 61 London and Croydon Railway (T;unk) 124 Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) ...... .. 77 Midland Counties Railway (100 p a id) North Midland Railway (100) Ditto Thirds ( paid) South Eastern and Dover (48 paid) 26 York and North Midland (50 paid) ...... 921 LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LosrnoN, Maness LL—Wind this day at noon S. to S. W. - WHITSTABLE, Mallen 10.—The St. Lawrence, from London to Malta, has been assisted itt here leaky, with loss of anchors and cable, having been on the Maplin Sand. DEAL, MARCH 10. Wi N. W., moderate.--Arrd, Fostei4ois Nassau. L frm a o st ntihgehrtiavnedr,tAhisshmeao'rnfoinrgßiti°l illiam lew:A heavy gale from S. S. W. to S.S.E., but moderated at 11 'A. At. 'I he Fort William, from London to Bombay, drove; and is reported to have lost two anchors and chains, and is being supplied. The Caesar from Ostend to Newport, drove ashore near San down Castle, with loss of anchor and ch a i ns , b u t i s e x p ec t e d to be got off to-night. A brig, name unknown, is riding at anchor, with mainmast gone; another brig has brought up outside the Goodwin Sand, dismasted. The .ISee from Whitby to Newport has lost two anchors and chain,. Zo diac, Caridahre, Mulgrave, Emigrant, and Inverna, rode out the gale, and rerrian well with the rest of the Outward bound. OFF NORTH rORELA NH, MARCH 10. —The Millman, Blayne, dismasted. ltsmsoare, MARCH 10. —Arni. Royal Frederick, London for Topsham, with loss of bowsprit and anchor. DOVER, MARCH 10.—The Nottingham, Courtman, from Yarmouth to Belfast, was driven ashore and totally wrecked this morning during a hurricane at S. ; crew saved. The Maria Cruz, from Santander to London, and the Marie, from Dunkirk to Lcon, arc totally wrecked at Dungeness; two of the crew of the former drowned. There is a dismasted brig in the offing, in tow of the Royal George steamer. HASTINGS, MARCH 10.—The Flower, Court, from London to We3mouth, was driven ashore this morning, and has be come a wreck ; crew saved. LITTLEIIA AUTON, MA lien !O.—The Economy, Barnard, drove from her anchors in these roads during a heavy gale at N. W. this morning and sank ; crew saved. The Sylph, Meehan; from Shields to Jersey, brought up off Telpham )t - erteiday at 10 r.m. ; the master and mate came ashore for provisions. The vessel is not to be seen this morning, and it is supported that she drifted or parted, and gone to leeward. SHOREHAM, MARCH 10.—The Sylph, Corlanshay, of Jersey, was boarded this afternoon by the crew of the life boat, who had not been on board ten minutes when she upset and sank ; a little boy was the only person on board. It appeared that she had been run aboard of during the gale. Bitic tiTos,lllAlecit 10.—A piece of oil turpentine, marked B L M L No. 13, also hall a piece of brandy, No. 38, 1' G, have been picked up. Livnaroor., Mancir 10—Wind W.N.W., very fresh.— The Rapide, from Bahia, and Santos, from Bilboa, got in con tact in the 'liver this morning. The former lost bowsprit, and the latter cut nearly to the water's edge. The Friendship, Davis, from Newport, grounded on her anchor last night off Woodside, and filled. Arrd. Irlam, Morphew, Barbadoes ; Papineau, Allen, St. Domingo; Madonna, Miller, Bombay. Foote, MAR 9.—The Juliana, Welsford, bound to Exeter, is on shore in Studland Bay, but expected off. . PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 10.—It came on to blow hard last night, at eight o'clock, from SS. W., and shortly af'crwards increased to a hurricane, which continued till early this m,rn ing, whet it suddenly shifted to N.W., and blew most furiously till seven A. 31., when it moderated. 'l i mo Kasihka, M•Clure, bound to , I amaica, drove on to the Landhead, and beat violently; but was assisted off this morning leaky, and into the harbour; will discharge to re- Lpair. Th e J ane an d B e t sey , Gri ffi ths, front Yatmouth to iverool, has been on shore on Noman's Sand. The George, Stone, from Sunderland, is on shore on Nornan's Sand, .and bilged. The Gun, St. Allard, is on shore to the eastward of Ryde River, and full of water. The Duff, Sweatman, broke adrift, and ran on board the, Union. collier,and till the didher latter. some ;damage, a t, ge t: c d . r , oavne t d h entnonogmobtansfato,rudal and a revenue cutter, carried away her b o wsprit then drove foul of the British Queen, and received some damage, and ultimately secured. One man and boy only on board. The whole of the other ships in the different ro a dsteads are riding w i t h two anchors down, all well. Off Port, Laura and Louisa, Rempard, Rig Janeiro. MILFORD, MARCH 9.—A brig, apparently north country build, waterlogged and abandoned, drifted on shore at Sheep bland to-day, and went to pieces. Had a white streak, and halt ports painted. Cargo timber. Pawl plates are marked Sunderland. YARMOUTH, MARCH lb.—The Rosa, Furman, from Shields to Southampton, has been assisted in, dismasted, having been run on board of in the Road,. ALDBOROUGH, MARCH 9.—The Newcastle, of Aberdeen, got on the outer shoal to-day, but came off without a'sistance. Several barrels of porter, some beans, and a quantity of wreck has drifted on shore. GREENOCK, MARCH 9.—The Culdell, Campbell, whi c h sailed N. edhe‘nve., three26th Frenchult. for Mau ritius,b arqu es , ohvaos,pbruitgsb,arakii,dhaanving Englishbeen on shore on Areklow B an k s . B,uxnAst, MAR CH 10. —During a heavy gale last night f barque were d r i ven out o f the al. . CHURCH-RATE SEIZURES. LEICESTER. - - On Monday, seizures for Church-rates were made upon the Proprietor of th e L e i ces t er shire Mercury ; Mr. Baines, (known for hia imprisonment for Church-rates); Mr. Winks, (ToivnXouncillor) ; and eleven other parishioners of St. Martin's, Leicester. The property taken amounted to more than three times the amount of the rates demauded. It will be sold by auction," n the Torn Hall, on Alouday next. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVI4.:NiNG, MARCH 11, 1842 TILE HURRICANE OF YESTER• D AY. FATAL OCCURRENCE. —The storm which set in on Wed nesday night, and which towards yesterday morning increased to a perfect hurricane, has, in addition to the - serious damage done to property in the north and north-western suburbs of the metropolis, to a large extent involved the loss of human life. About half-past three o'clock, when the storm was at its height, the family of Mr. Atkinson, an independent gentleman, re siding in one of two newly-built houses in St. James's-road, Holloway, were_ alarmed by hearing a tremendous crash, ac • companicd with violent shrieks, proceeding from the rear of the dwelling, which consisted of a bed-room, covered with a zinc roof, communicating with the house, in which apartment a young lady, on a visit to his family, named Feast, and Ann Taylor, the servant, slept. Mr. Atkinson rushed in the direc tion of the chamber, and burst it open. He still heard the stifled screams-of one of the females beneath the rubbish, and saw the hand of one appearing above it The entire of the roof had been burst in near the centre by the falling of a stack of chimnies eight feet high, and which had been blown from the summit of the house on :o it. He raised an alarm, and with the assistance of the police, the rubbish was with great difficulty removed, %shim the body of Ann Taylor was discovered perfectly lifeless, with her chest completely crushed in upon Lcr heart. by the whole mass forcing the centre beam of the roof upon her. Death must have been insL•ntaneous. Miss Feast was also apparently dead from suffocation, and had received severe contusions about the head and face, but had fortunately just escaped the beam alluded to, which caused the roof to fall hollow over her. She was removed to another apartment, and a medical man instantly sent for, but she still Tics in a dangerous state. The body awaits a Coroner's in quest. Immense damage has been sustained by the ce .1- merchants and lightermen in the loss of their ba ges and whtere, but the t h,pping h a s w h o lly escaped in the pool, ere the masts threatened to snap every instant with the violence of the storm. Above bridge a number of coal barges were sunk with their cargoes. There were three under water belonging to Messrs. Caper and Slaughter, nearly off the Temple, and a fourth filled with coals lying across them. At Irongate stairs, neat the Tower, several watermen's boats were swamped during the night, a n d there was much destruction among the craft at Horselydown. About one o'clock in the morning a lighterman named Hipkins, who was on his way to the East India Dock, to look after some barges, was blown off the pier -head at Blackwell into the river and drowned. His body has not been recovered. The fury of the hurricane in the Channel has been dreadfully severe. HASTINGS, THURSDAY, ELEVEN O'CLOCY.—This morning, about nine o'clock, a sloop was noticed on her way to this port from peachy-head, and from her keeping near the shore it was feared that something had occurred • which prevented her keeping the sea. Her name is the Flower of Weymouth, Captain Court. She left London on Sunday week, with a general cargo, and Ramsgate on Sunday last. When the gale came on yesterday she was off the Isle of Wight, and making five feet water. The crew were at the pumps all night, and being nearly exhausted, and doubting their ability to reach any other, port, they put her ashore at Hastings. We are happy to add that the poor fellows, five in number, eventually all got ashore. Captain Court and his men were received at Mr. Harman's, the Hastings Arms, and provided with changes of clothes, refreshments, and good beds. A rope has just been got out to the vessel, and the capstans are now at work to heave her in before the sea. Her bulwarks are all gone and we fear her damages are so serious as to render her worthless. No doubt the cargo will be saved. A FLOOR-CLOTH MANUFACTORY BLOWN DOWN.—Yes terday morning, about half-past three o'clock, the extensive floor.cloth manufactory of Mr. Moss Lyons, situate in King street, East-lane, Walworth, was suddenly 1 lown down. It was a wooden erection about twenty- five feet in height, and of considerable length and depth, occupying an area of nearly an acre of ground. While the hurricane was at its height, a sudden gust of wind entered between the lengthened avenues formed for the reception of the canvas, and lifted the uprights of the building which supported the roof from their sockets, so that the whole instantly came down with a tremendous crash. The damage sustained by the building, and the destruction of some thousand yards of canvas, will amount to a considerable sum, which cannot be ascertained until a clearance of the ruins. It is fortunate that the workmen, of whom there are a great number employed, were not on the premises. BRIGHTON, .11ARCH 10.—LOSS OF TEN LIVES.—At about 10 o'clock last night the wind blew with terrific strength during the whole of the night. The gusts of wind actually shook the buildings to the foundation, and the pattering of the rain sounded like the falling of marbles. A storm so severe, and of so long continuance, has not been known here for many years. Fragments of chimney-pots and tiles were to be seen this morning in nearly, every street, and several instances have come to our knowledge of houses being completely unroofed by the strength of the wind. At the residence of Mrs. Brisbane, 7, Dorset-gardens, a stack of chimnies was blown down, and fell through the roof of the house into the bed room of a female servant, just missing the foot of the bed. A similar occurrence took place at a lodging-house in the Grand Junction Road, kept by a Mr. Wilkinson. Here a stack of chimnies was likewise blown down by the wind, and falling through the roof just grazed the cheek of a man-servant, fortunately without further injury. The wrecks in the channel we are afraid will turn out to be very numerous. At present, we have heard of two, and in one of these cases, the whole of the crew, eight in number, and two pilots, who had gone on board to conduct the vessel into the harbour, hare. unfortunately met with a watery grave. The vessel was the brig Economy, of Littlehampton, belong ing to Mr. Thomas Isemonger, of Littlehampton, laden with coals from Sunderland, in burden about 250 tons. Four or five other coal-vessels were, yesterday, in the Littlehampton roads, and all succeeded in making the harbour. The Economy, flowerer, drew too much water, and was obliged to remain in the roads, waiting for the next tide. In the evening the hur ricane, as we have stated, sprang up, and, notwithstanding the efforts of the captain and crew, the vessel has gene to the'bot tom, and not one of the crew was able to reach the shore. The master of the vessel was Captain. Isemonger, brother of the owner. The second case occurred off Brighton, at three o'clock this afternoon. A schooner was seen in the Channel in the morning, about ten miles at sea. A Shoreham life boat put off to her assistance. At three o'clock the life-boat could be discovered returning, but no trace of the schooner was visible. It is conjectured that the crew have been taken into the life-boat, and that the vessel has gone to the bottom. The life-boat is at this moment returning, and is now (tour o'clock r.st.), eight miles distant from land. The wind has been very high this morning, but, at the time of writing this communica tion, is beco:ning more calm. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, MARCH lU.—This day a Congregatien was holden for granting degreeE, &c., when the following were conferred : Bachelors of Arts—Sir J. E. Harington Bart., of Christ Church ; J. H. Pollen, of Christ Church ; J. Soper, of Mag dalen Hall ; A. E. Whieldon, of Trinity College.: A Convocation was afterwards holden for the election of a Professor of Political Economy, when Dr. I'. Twiss, Fellow of University College, was chosen without opposition. Yesterday W. 'l'. Hutchins, of Worcester College, was elected a Vinerian Scholar without opposition. The next day appointed for conferring degrees will be on Saturday, 19th inst., being the last day of the present Term. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals this week have been good of all kinds of grain. Wheat very heavy on sale, and prices tend downwards. Barley and Oats extremely dull, and Monday's terms could be hardly obtained. Flour nearly unsaleable. ' SMITHFIELD. The supply was moderate, with a heavy demand for Beef and Veal ; but the demand for Mutton and Pork was pretty good. Beasts, 720 ; sheep, 2,540; Pigs, 315 ; Calves,. 118. Beef, 3s. 4d. to 4s. 4d. ; Mutton, 4s. to 55. ; Veal, 4s. Bd. to ss. Bd. ; Pork, 4s. 4d. to bs. 4d. COLONIAL MARKET. The public sales were of little moment, and privately few purchases were made, tut prices were su s t a in e d f or mos t articles, especially for five, which sold freely at stiffer rates; 71s. was the lowest rate for good ordinary good Ceylon. TEA MARKET, The market was dull, and prices looked down ; Company's Congou, Is. I I Jed. each. TALLOW MARKET. Russian Tallow sold slowly, but prices were firm at 48s. on the spot, and 495. 3d. for deltvcry in the last three months of the year. • ' SPIRITS. Brandy sold well, but Rum was dull of sale, and prices on ;he decline. Proof Leew ants, 23. 2id. per gallon. TAXES ON BREAD IN PRUSSIA.—The following information has been received from Ruitzic respecting the octroi (a municipal tax, somewhat in the nature of a police rate or borough rate) :—" A small loaf of wheat bread, weigh ing three ounces, bought at the baker's shop, cost half a silver groschen, which is equal to 3 143 d. per lb. English weight and money. A loaf of rye bread of the finest quality, such as is used even among the higher classes, weighing 1 lb. 10i oz. cost silver groschen, which is equal to 1 1-10 d. per lb. English weight and money. These are the prices, a little more or less, in 118 towns in Prussia, containing 1,728,376 inha• bitants, who have to pay the excise and octroi of 3s. per cwt. for wheat, and Bd. per cwt. for rye. The remaining twelve millions of inhabitants aro exempt from this excise, and cat their bread so much cheaper. The rye consamed by the sol diers, and by the people, is of a much coarser sort, and con siderably cheaper than that of the first quality above men tioned. The klassen stener or poll-tax paid by the 12.000,000 who do net live in the cities, subject to the above. excise, amounts on an average to Is. Bd. per head. It is levied under rates which vary from Is. 6d. (the lowest) to 21/. 12s. (the highest); the lowest rate is levied from the lower orders per head, with the exception of those under 16 and above 60 ; and the higher rates are levied from families."—Mr. James Meek's Report. A bold attempt at escape from the prison of Coucy le Chateau, in the Aisne, was made a few days since. Pestel, a soldier of the garrison at La Fere, having obtained a furlough for a few days, went to Coucy to visit a carpenter with whom lie had worked Iwo years, Unfortunately, on the. last day of his leave, be got Munk, committed acts of violence, and w a s sent to prison. His vexation was increased by learning that he was to he handcuffed, and thus conducted by gendarmes to Chattily, where his father and mother lived. Determined to avoid this disgrace, he contrived to get from his p' ace of con finement in the Hotel-dc-Vile up to the bell-tower, which is immediately above it, and, having reached the top, got out through a narrow window. Hen , e he jumped do,yn on the roof of the building, tivhich was 20 feet below, and then rolled or slid down the roofs of other buildings, until he fell into the street, a depth in all of more than 70 feet. Ile was stunned by the NI, but able to rise again almost immediately, and, receiving a glass of water from a woman near whose house he fell, he the next moment darted off at his utmost speed. He was, how. ever, unable to go far, and therefore returned and surrendered himself. His bruises were found to be severe, and he was of necessity placed in the hospital. A subscription is being raised for the benefit of the widows and families of those who met with premature deaths by the late explosion at D'Ernst's fireworks manufactory, to which her Majesty, it is said, has been graciously pleased to contribute 50/. One of the caves in the rocks near Saumur, in the Maine et Loire, which afford habitttions to numerous fami lies, fell in a few days ago, and buried a man and his wife. Their neighbours immediately set to work to dig them out, but after five hours' labour, their betties were foutsd crushed and lifeless. Another cave gave way, but the dwellers were fortu nate enough to escape. A LESSON FOR SCOLDING WIVES.—" And I dare say you have scolded your wife very often, Newman," said once. Old Newman looked down, and the wife took up the reply. " Never to signify—and if he has, I deserved it.' " And I dare say, if tie truth were told, you have scolded him quite as often." " Nay," said the old woman, with a beauty of kindness which all the poetry in the world cannot excel, " how can a wife scold her good man, who has been working for her and her little °ries all the day ? It. may be for a man to be peevish, for it is he 'who bears the crosses of the world ; but who should make him forget them but his own wife? And she had best, for her own sake—for .nobody can scold much when the scolding is all on one side."—Buhrer's Student. " The Infante Don Francisco," says a Madrid Cor respondent of the Presse, " hss requested of Espartero the admission of his second son, Don Enriquez, into the Spanish navy as a midshipman. The Regent is sa:d not only to have Iranted the request, b u t even t o h ave at once ma d e th e y oung nfante a captain." INSOLVENT CO U4T-(T HIS DAY RE EDWARD HARRIS. In this case the insolvent was described as a comedian, and late Manager of the Victoria Theatre, residing at 46, Walcot square, Lambeth. His debts were stated at 411/. Is. 6d., and his assets at 1:20/. His petition had been already before the Court, and reported in The Sun, when the final hearing of the ease was ordered to stand t for this day. A young female, named Sarah. Hooper, applied, to the Court, and stated that she had been in the insolvent's service for two year, antl:a balance of 5/. 93. Bd. remained due for wages. Her name had not been inserted in the schedule as a creditor. She was aware that Mr. .Harris had been labouring under great pecuniary difficulty, and consequently did not wish to throw the slightest obstruction in the way of his discharge ; but she was anxious to know whether she would be entitled to claim in case any assets might be available. The Learned CHIEF COMMISSiONER ordered the schedule to be amended by inserting the name and debt of Sarah Hooper, and said to the insolvent that he hoped, in case any future suc cess attended his professional career, he would not be unmind ful of the kind disposition shown by her, in not offering any opposition ; as if she did so, his immediate discharge could not have been obtained. The insolvent acknowledged the justice of the Learned Coin• missioner's remarks, and said he should take care her debt should be satisfied as soon as possible. The COURT then ordered him to be discharged forthwith. RE JAMES GILBERT. The insolvent was a bOOlcsefle;;cl - Pui)lisher, trading under the name of Gilbert and Grattan. His debts and liabilities were stated to be very large, while it was considered there was a quantity of assets which had not as yet become available to the body of the creditors. Mr. NICHOLLS, who appeared on behalf of Mr. Steven John Russell, printer, of Paternoster-row, and several other creditors, said the object of his clients was not so much to prof. cure the remand of the insolvent as to cause an inquiry to be instituted concerning certain mortgages and other documents which it was alleged, had been executed so as to give an undue preference to two or three creditors, to the almost total ex clusion of the rest. It appeared that Mr. L. Smith, of the firm of Smith and Chapman, 22, Paternoster-row, had supplied goods and ad vanced various sums of money to the insolvent, for which he got a mortgage on the copyright of two atlases and certain other plates, which he was about publishing, but which was allowed to remain in his (the insolvent's) hands, and the copies of ►which were worked or struck off it his name by Mr. Rus sell, the opposing creditor, who was also as,ignee to the estate, and claimed debts for work done, to the amount of about 7001. It was contended, on the part of the other creditors, thh al though some of them were aware that Mr. Smi h had sot security to a certain amount, yet that they were not informed of the fact of his having a mortgage on the property to the amount of 2,0001., and although no remand. was sought against the insol vent, yet that die interests of all the creditors required a close and searching inquiry. Mr. Commissioner REYNOLDS said that, under the circum stances, the insolvent would of course be entitled to his dis charge, but he (Mr. Commissioner Reynolds) should consider himself entitled to order the opposing creditor to be paid the coat of this application from the funds of the estate. POLICE INTELLIGENCE GUILDHALL. --stills DAY.) Edward Stakes was placed at the bar, charged with em bOazling certain sums of money, the property of his employers, Messrs. Reeves and Co., stationers, of Cheapsi&. The prisoner had Veen in the employ of Messrs. Reeves and Co. for seven years as collecting clerk, and it was his duty each day to account for the money received. Several witnesses were called, who had paid him different sums in the course of last year, none of which he had accounted for to his employers, amounting together to a very large sum. The prisoner was fully committed for trial. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) A SCENE IN LITTLE CATHERINE. STREET —Abraham Levy, Sarah So!oinans, and another man, were placed at the bar, charged with creating a -riot and disturbance under the following circumstances :—Police constable F 48, stated that about hallspast one this morning, as he was going his rounds in Brydges-street, he heard a great noise and cries of " Murder" and " Police," proceeding from Little Catherine street. He at once hastened to the spot, when he saw forty or fifty persons, principally prostitutes, with a small assembly of men amongst them, who all appeared to be fighting. They did not seem to have any specific obj e ct i n v i ew . The row was a general one. Blows were indiscriminately given, and as indiscriminately received, and each one seemed to be trying who could inflict the greatest number of strokes in the shortest possible time. Notwithstanding the confusion which prevailed, however, and the general character of the strife, witness singled out a diminutive woman (the female prisoner) as being the most desperate, and, at the same time, the most successful pugilist in the crowd; wherever she went she spread havoc and destruction around; the mast powerful fled before her single arm, aid the stoutest heart quailed at her appreach. Seeking a fitting object for her fury, she had seen the prisoner levy, who now stood by her side, him she attacked; and when a reinforcement of police enabled her to be secured, she was, in the words of the witness, " fighting at him like a tiger." Maria Levy, the wife of one of the prisoners, whose face was much bruised, and who mounted a large black eye, or, as it is more expressively, and perhaps more correctly, termed in Scot land, " a hlue eon," here stepped forward, to prefer a complaint against the ft male prisoner; she stated that, about one o clock this morning, as she was returning from the theatre, and pro ceeding up a certain court, not mentioned, but which the com plainant termed " our court," the prisoner followed her, and, without saying a word, struck her on the eye and lip, which knocked her clown, and, in her own words, " I lost my senses ever since." She called out " siurder," and her husband, who was in doors, sleeping by the fire, came out to rescue her. This was the commencement of the disturbance. The prisoner had struck complainant once before, some years ago, when she was taken before a Magistrate, and in consequence 01 this she had owed her a grudge ever since. Policeman, F 102, corroborated the testimony of his brother constable as to the violence of the female prisoner. The prisoner denied the allegations of Mrs. Levy is tote. She was the most harmless creature in the world, and would not hurt a worm. The fact was that Mrs. Levy bad struck her first.; and this was the way of it. Mrs. Levy and the prisoner, Solomons, both took in lodgers, and a young lady vs ho had previously lodged with Mrs. L. being desirous of leaving what the fair speaker called "dress lodgings" for " private lodgings,',' quitted Mrs. Is.'s apartments, and took up her a b o d e wish Mrs. S. ; Mrs. 1.. feeling herself aggrieved by the young lady's preferring Mrs. S.'s lodgings to hers, determined to make Mrs. S. suffer for it, and to this end she with her husband, son, two dress lodgers, and servants, fell upon the prisoner this morning. Finding herself attacked, and set upon - by so many, she very naturally did her best to defend herself ; how well she succeeded, though opposed to such heavy odds, witness Mrs. Levy's black eye and cut lip. The fact was, said Mrs. , olemns, " I am an English woman though I am married to a Jew, and that is the reason them Jewesses are always actin me ; they never lets me alone, and I never has no peace a single moment of my life." She concluded by calling what she called a strange witness, to prove that Mrs. Levy struck her first. The strange witness (a woman), was called, and said every thing that could be desired of her. Mr. JARDINE said these disturbances could not be allowed to go on, he should however discharge the two men, and he should hold the female prisoner to bail to keep the peace, her self in 101. and two sureties in 'al. each. lINION4IA LL—(TI118 DAY.) CII ARC E OF EM ZZIE M E NT. 'Valiant wharf.. clerk, it - 1111e employ of Mr. Dixon, the coal-merchant, of Bank side, was charged w ith embezzling divers sums of money the - property of his employer. 'the complainant stated that the Prisoner had been five years in his employ, and that within the last few days it was dis covered that he had received various sums of money from the customers, which he did not account for. Defalcations to the amount of 80/. had been already discovered, but it was sus pected that money to a much larger amount would be found to be missing when the accounts were examined. When the dis covery was made, and the prisoner questioned on the subject, his account was that he was robbed of 401. in a Camberwell omnibus, and that in order to keep it a secret from his em ployer he. had kept money back to make up the deficiency. The complainant asked the Magistrate to remand the prisoner for further inquiry, and he was remanded accordingly. WORSIIIP-STREET-(THIS DAY.) Thomas Burdon, a young man of respectable exterior, was charged before Mr. Bingham, under the following circum stances : A policeman of the N division stated that he was on duty at Hackney on the preceding night, when the prison er accoste d him, saying, that he had been accused of committing a rob bery, and wished the matter to be investigated, in order that he might clear his character. The: prisoner continued - talking in the same incoherent strain for some time, and a.; he insisted on being introduced to a Magistrate, witress conveyed him to the station-house. Inspector Barton, of the G division, said ti-at the prisoner called a few days ago at the station .house in Featherstone strtet, and stated that he was suspected of having committed a robbery at the house of Mr. Foxall, a publican in Museum street, Bloomsbury, and he wished to meet the charge, A messenger was dispatched to Museum-street, who ascertained that Mr. Foxall had really been robbed, but not the slightest suspicion attached to the prisoner, whose father. was a - man of .the highest respectability, residing in the neighbourhood. Mr. ITINGIIA7r.—Then there is no charge against him?- -The Inspector.—None whatever, Sir ; he is labouring under a ;delusion. Abe. Magistrate, asked the prisoner. if he . Wished to kay any thin. Prisoner.-0, no, I hive aatltiiik to say. 'lie Nagistrate..Yost are discharged. NAVAL IN TELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 10.—The Atholl troop-ship, Master Commander Bellamy, has arrived from the West Indies, and has broughto home some invalids belonging to the Artillery. At 2 .a.ar., on Monday last, when it was quite dark, she came into collision in the chops of the Channel with the Jane Clark, on her passage from Shields to Naples, heavily laden with coals, which, from the violence of the concussion, almost im mediately after foundered. Happily, the disaster was not at tended with any loss of Life, as the Atholl was enabled to save the whole of the persons on board the Jane Clark before she went down, and has brought them in safety to this port. The Atholl has' received considerable damage in her bows. The Winchester, 50, was commissioned on Tuesday by Commander Kelly for the flag of Rear-Admiral the Hon. Joseeline Percy. She is now in dock, and it is expected that it will be five or six weeks before she will be ready to leave ir. The time it wi 1 take in fully equipping her for sea will depend on her success in getting bands. She has already got several volunteers, and many of her old bands, who have just been raid off, have intimated their intention of volunteering again into Ler upon their return from visiting their friends and families. The Queen, 110, Cap Gin Rich, with the flag of Sir Edward Owee, will bail fer the igediterrancan. She is to be paid her advance on Monday. Sir William Symonds and his son are going out in her as far as Gibraltar. The "Vindictive, 50, Captain J. T. Nicolas, with the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir T. Cochrane, is now quite ready to proceed on her voyage to China. She will sail, if the weather permits, either this evening or to-morro X morning. •The Driver steam-frigate, Commander Harmer, will leave for China this afternoon. The Formidable, 84, Captain Sir Charles Sullivan, is getting ready for sea, with all possible de spatch, in order to sail at the same time as the Queen, to afford acropportunity of testing their respective rates of sailing, ken being new ships, and this being the first time that either of them haA b been fitted for service. She has had anew capstan, in liau 'OT the one she sprang when leaving Sheerness. APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS, ArrotsTstEriTs.—Rear-Admiral Hon. Josceline Percy to the Winchester, to proceed, as the Commander- in -Chief, to the Cape'of Good Hope. Captain 'Charles Eden to the Winchester. Commander William Kelly to the Winchester. Lieutenants.—William C. Aldham, from the jaseur, John APNeil Boyd, from the St. Vincent, John Wainwright, W. E. A. Gordon, and G. B. B. Collier, to the Winchester. Master.—J. Brown to the Winchester. Surgeon.—W. Jameson to the Winchester. Purser.—J. Lean to the Winchester. Chaplain.—Rev. Mr. Steel to the Winchester. Nav - al Instructor.—John Charles Bond to the Winchester. The following are the promotions consequent upon the Queen's visit to Portsmouth, and the ships from which the officers are promoted:— Her Majesty's ship Queen—Commander J. B. P. Hay to be Captain ; Lieutenants, Alexander J. Grreme, 11. J. Wel. lington (flag) to be Commanders; Mates, John Franklin and W. Mould to be Lieutenants. Her Majesty's ship St. Vincent—Lieutenants Charles C. Grey (flag) and J. Blair, to be Commanders; Assistant Sur geon Joseph Caldwell to be Surgeon. Royal George Yacht—Lieutenant William Sidney Thomas to be Commander; Mates, W. D. Carroll and John P. Palmer, to be Lieutenants. Her Majesty's ship Alfred—Commander John. B. Wood thorpe, to be Captain ; Lieutenant George J. Hirtzwell, to be Commander ; Mates Robert D. Aldrich and R. Wilcox, to be Lieutenants. It is undusiood that there art several other officers yet to be promoted. MILITARY MOVEMENTS. The 73d Regiment of Foot, now lying at Forton barracks, Gosport, will le ave f or W oo l w i c h ear l y next wee k. The depot of the 19th Regiment of Foot, now at Gosport, will also leave for Brighton at the sane time. The 16th Foot, now at Winchester, will succeed the 73d at Gosport. The newly raised regiment for St. Helena will leave Win chester in a few days, and take up their quarters at the Albany barracks, near Newport, Isle of Wight, where they will remain until they embark. It is supposed that the foregoing movements, before' the usual period for c h ang i ng quarters, are made in order to allow two regiments of the line under orders for foreign service to take up their quarters at Winchester barracks until they can be embarked at this port. REINFORCEMENTS FOR CHINA. The following are the arrangements, we learn, respecting the China reinforcements : The 6th Regiment Madras Native Infantry, at Ganjam, have received orders from the supreme Government to proceed to Calcutta, to be embarked for China. This announcement was received by the regiment on parade with three cheers ; a better selection could not have been made throughout the army. The 2d Native Infantry, and 17th Native Infantry, at Viza gapatam, are also ordered to China by the Madras Government, and two other regiments of Native Infantry are ordered to be kept in readiness to proceed if necessary ; the 41st Regiment will be one of these, and the 14th Native Infantry, now at Moulmein, is to be the other, if it is found advisable to with draw the 31st and 14th Native Infantry from thence ; should it not be thought right to do so, the 14th are to remain, and relieve the 31st, whose tour of duty will expire in May. A troop of Horse Artillery, with thirty horses, and one cum pany of Foot Artillery are also to go, and the two companies at present in China are to be made up to their full comple ment. The Sappers and Miners at present in China are to be completed, and a reinforcement of 200 men to be sent ; 500 gun Lascars are also ordered. It is supposed the 17th Native Infantry will be embarked in vessels sent from Calcutta, but the reinforcements from Madras will follow, Amounting to about 3,000 men. The Calcutta papers mention that Government have taken up seventeen ships from that port and Madras, for the convey ance of troops and stores to China. Major Blundell prcceeds in command of the Foot Artillery reinforcements, now under orders for China; Captain Hall, with Lieutenants Kinkaid and ANntire, accompany the Horse Artillery. The troop only take thirty horses, but are provided with spare harness for what cattle they can catch. Lieutenants Briggs, Macpher son, Collingwood, and Waddell, are attached to the company of Foot Artillery. Five hundred gun Lascars will be assembled at the Mount by the end of this month. Two hundred store Lascars, instead of one hundred, as at first ordered, are to ac compaby the troops. It has not yet been determined whether the Artillery take six or three-pounders ; but each gun is to be provided with 200 rounds of spherical case. shot, besides an abundance of other ammunition. The whole will sail about the first week in March.— Bombay Times. • PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. ORDERS 'OF THE DAY FOR THIS EVENING 1. West India Clargy Bill—Committee. 2. Colonial Passengers Bill—Committee. 3. Newgate Gaol (Dublin) Bill—Committee. 4. Exchequer Bill Loan Acts—Committee thereupon. 1. Corn importation Bill—Committee. 6. Municipal Corporations Bill—Committee. 7. Supply—Committee. 8. Que . eri's Prison Bill—Committee. 9. Ways and Means—Committee. NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR THIS EVENING. I. Mr. Sydney Herbert—Navy Estimates (in Committee of Supply). 2. Sir Robert Peel—To move Resolutiens (in Committee of Ways and Means). 3. Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer—Vot e of 6,000,000/. out of Consolidated Fund (in Committee of Ways and Means). 4. Sir Charles Napier—ln Committee on West. India Bishops Bill, to decrease the number of Bishops from three to two. 5. Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer—ln Committee of the whole House, Advances for Public Works. SUSPICIOUS DEATH OF A POLICEMAN. The following are further particulars relating to the case of the policeman Faulks, whose death we mentioned yesterday, and which appears to be connected with some further singular circumstances :—A short time after Faulks had been conveyed to the station-house the stretcher was again sent for, with in f rmation that Patten, 127 F, whose beat adjoined that of the deceased, had been found lying on the pavement in South. ampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, in a state of insensibility; lie was also removed to the station-house with all expedition, and immediately put to bed. Upon the arrival of Mr. Snitch, the surgeon who attended Faulks, that gentleman found Patten in a state of delirium, arising, in his opinion, from the effects of drink; and he also gave it as his opinion that the deceased's death was occasioned by the same cause. After the usual restoratives bad been administered, Patten became calmer, and slept for some time, but as soon as he awoke he inquired where Faulks was; and upon being informed that he was dead, immediitely became so violently excited as to require the assistance of four or five men to keep him in bed. He con tinued in that state for some time, during which it was found necessary to bleed him twice. After the paroxysm hadsubsided, and he had become sensible, he stated, as far as he would recollect, shortly after three o'clocka. gentleman went up to him whilst he was on his beat, and anxiously inquired whether he had seen constable No. 42. He (Patten) told him that he had seen him a few minutes previous,-and that he had gone round his beat. The gentleman made some observations respecting the severity of the weather, and then went away. As soon as he (Patten) saw the deccaFed, he told him what the gentleman had said, and asked him whether he knew him ? The deceased said that he knew very well who be meant: They walked together f a few steps, and in passing the shop of a druggist again saw the gentleman, who accosted them, and after some conversation said, as the morning was extremely cold and wet, a drop of something would do them good, and offered to treat them. Ile then invited them into the shop and gave them a glass of `whiskey and water each ; after they had drunk it, be wished them to take some more, but they declined, stating they were afraid it would overcome them. and if so, notice would be taken of it at the station-Imuse. The gentleman then said, " Oh, old fellow, never mind that, I will give .you something that will take it -ail away, and it will never be noticed that you have been drinking." He then took down a bottle, from which he poured something of a red colour into a glass, which lie gave them, and after drinking it they went away. Patten further stated, that he then left the deceased to go round his bea', bat did not know what became of him afterwards, neither could he recollect anything that occurred after that period, either as to where he (Patten) went, or how he got to the station-house. It is right -to state that Patten gave the above account in a very incoherent manner, and swooned away as soon as he bad concluded. Down to a late hour yesterday evening he con tinued in a very weak and excited state, but Mr. Snitch con sidered he was going en favourably. The deceased and Patten were both said to be very sober, steady men, and the Sergeant on duty, who saw them when he went his round between three and four o'clock, states that at that time they were perfectly sober. The deceased, who was apparently about twenty-six or twenty-seven years of age, has left a wife and three chil dren. We understand that this is not the only occurrence of a similar description which has lately taken plate in the same neighbourhood, though fortunately not attended with fatal con sequences. The Correo Naciohal of Madrid states that among the remains of the bodies interred in the vault of San Felipe el-Real, there has beer, found the body of a woman in a won derful state of preservation. It has retained its natural form, the deceasedApving been of remarkable embonpoint. Th e nails on the ands are still perfect, the countenance has under gone no change, the lips are half open, and show between them a double row of beautiful teeth. It should seem that the female must have died in the flower of her age. Even the clothes arc astonishingly free from decay. The robe, of a Clark green, is trimmed with silk, and of a richness that indi cates she was of a wealthy family. A thousand conjecture': have been formed as to her identity ; but whether she will be again bu.ied, or placed in a cabinet of ratural history, is not yet decided u; on, as the civil and religious authorities are at variance on the subject. -A letter from Gratz, of the 18th ult., announces the arrival there on that day of the Duke de Bordeaux, who lc6 Vienna on the 16th by the Neufkirchen railroad in a special train. His Royal Highness was In good health, and not at all fatigued by his journey. On the (lay before his departure from Vienna, the Empress, and all the other members of the Imperial Family, paid hi Royal Highness a visit to take leave. Two clerks of a cloth -merchant in the Rue de la Bourdonnais stifled themselves accidentally, two nights ago, by t casing the v a l ve o f the flue of .the stove in their room, ?, throw out the warmt h of the braise. They were both found dead in their beds nest morning. THE STARVING POOR. TO THE EDITOR OF SUN. your paper of Saturday last you have made i. 0 5 .. very just re mar k s on t h e impropriety of the Queen 1)011%, Pt miing money to b u ild Colonial Cathedrals, while thousand of poor people in this country are perishing for want. 1 0111 mention a cir cums t ance i n cornection with this town, to show, that you r remar k s were not. unmerited. When our Relief Fund was established in December last Earl Howe was written to, requesting his Lordship' to lay tbc deplorable circumstances of this town before her Majesty. TQ this letter no answer has ever been returned. — Af ter waiting some weeks a letter w,es. addressed to her Maj es ty di rect . After waiting some wee's,: an ans: er was returned, s t a ti ng h ow muc h her Majestyfem for the sufferings of the po er o f St oc kp or t, but as other p lace were in the same distress, and as her Majesty could not relieve all, it would be unjust to select a particular place. Nov' in this is not exactly the truth. Many places, no doubt, are. great diet cis, but whether any are in as great distress as this town let the following fact tell the last week in Februar! about 14,000 received relief in Paisley—the same w eek inorf than 15,000 received relief in Stockport. The fun d is no exhausted, and unless some assistance be received from ur or vernment, or some other quarter, thousands must peri sh t want. If her Majesty knew this, I cannot help thinking,o'gr. she would send us a trifle out of her hundred thousand a . 111 Stockport, March 10, 1842. A POOR 310. The following is from the Memorial E ~W e are positively informed that on the reiterated representatio,__ of the Court of Austria, excited by the .King of Naples, a, l e n c 7 French Gore nment has for several days been seriously eeg / 5 00 on the question of granting passports for Germany I : to i se d Carlos and his family. It appears that the obstacle , against this determination in the time of the Whig Cablrtio, longer exist, since the Tories have the direction of the ;r 1 s srshs• diplomacy. M. de Titian, the Aidesde-Camp receive-- the - Souk, the same who went to Bayonne in 18Z9, In sir Spanish Princes on the frontier, is now at Bourges, wl t " s (the ordelais pose's from the Government on the intended release_oLinet Spanish Royal Family. It appears certain that the .hip of her Most Catholic Majesty has been made olfiele" b oa quaintest with these proceedings. Espartero is said to coy shown 'a most unexpected i n d i ffe rence on th e subject ; p i es 4 trary to the policy adopt e d i n thi s respec t d ur ing tbe44 of Queen Christina. W e are to ld t h at F ran ce ha M try Don Carlos to give a pledge that he will not ag";i o 4o his fortune in ember nd endeavour to support hi s prete foo t t b o y g r i e v v e i v h i i n s g r t o b y e alword, n ot r e i e v n il te s r y ar i n ; t h o u taDn any Carlos has r t : t h a t effect. It is, moreover, stated, that M. de histro the to elicit from Don Carlos his opinions and sentiment* ° s ear following points :—First, as to--a matrimonial alliance; Tee secondly, as to a visit from Queen Christina in Par% a s he Pretender, however, categ wically declared, that as l eu n ro oly was detained a prisoner he would listen to no political P oo l tion, for he considered. his person r;olated, and the re IV was impossible for him to to at or act with freede rn i s see* august consort of the Pretender is represented to bale t l i te r Tiennagna g:_auslent uega large share in these discussions, and to base shown gg . ,:i st le ness and energy of character. The eldest ion of the e* eery is said to have been k e pt en ti re l y apart f rom t h es e eeme'roo although he appears di s p ose d t o concur i n an y arranga l y, that would restore him to his elevated position and his corefotik The young Infante is 24 years of age. Everything , t, he eir . dr seems to foretell that tbdse Princes will shortly take„ w es ed }texture for Germany, seeing th a t no one con ti n ues nwr" detain them any longer in France." from liAtst RoseDs.—A correspondent, who write of, 'Taunton, informs us that the road b e t ween S ou th lgelt... runt d en ts Tiverton, is in a most dang e r ous s t a t e , an d if the Tru s ec idente sot shut it up, or sp e edily commence repa i rs , fatal $ jail must be the result. Whil e t o ll s are l ev i e d for w aly t,e r roads, the Trustees mu s t p er f orm th e i r par t o f the °lt trie be liable to an action for dan.ages. 'ed gt A labouring man, na me d M u ll er, w as tr!re,lC Nancy a few days ago, f o r an a tt emp t to mur d er his ‘ Bt e age appeared from the evidence that 'Muller had a long tl e d her attempted to drown his wif e i n a r i ver . H e had PI 0 00 in, and, as the poor woman struggled for life, ha d s i t ig stones at her. to prevent her escape. His victim " s a' s a re' length reached the bank, he kicked her on the P e ', off' peatedly, and left her for dead. She recovered, hot eve t;ret P l ticiently to reach her home, and, notwithstanding this sigh' conduct, concealed the cau se o f h er ill ness f r om her s inoo hours, and continued to res id e w ith h er h us b an d, until usage compelled her to s eek sa f e ty i n fli g ht. On the * e l elite cember Muller met his wife in a wood, and, being arm pi O a a hatchet, made another attempt to murder her. P . m son° flicted several wounds, whe n th e cr i es o f hi s w ife brong" he re' persons to her aid, and, althou g h d rea df u ll y wounded , 9 1 .000er covered after a month's confinement in bed. Th e P t with was found guilty, and,recei ve d sen t ence t o ireprisornul,:, tl O hard labour for lif e ; th e J ury h av i ng , no t w ithstalglitten evidence, returned a ve r di c t th a t th e cr i me b a d been o w without premeditation. PooLE.---Intelligence has been received of T tb seis it : ls6s ' of the brig William, bel ong i ng t o M i ssrs. R. T. and found' of this port. It a pp ears t h at , w h en o ff t h e coas t of N ew 3 0 1 land, at eight o' c l oc k on th e even i ng o f S un d a y, Jelaaa,.e., and she struck n ear C ape S t . Francis, during a snose te , s r. eerel i was totally lost. Th e master (E. E w agen) and five of ,tat° were saved after considerable difficulty ; but we lamen t " - she' that six of the p oor f e ll ows on beard were drowne d. "' borne and Dorchester Journal. terd% Two deaths were ca use d th e 'day before It ch had in the Rue Coqu enar d, b y t h e eat i ng of mushrooms ie . been stewed and left to stand in a copper-pan badly tin e hi s side. The parties were a greengrocer, and a wa n ' a r t ;6o ll :, neighbour, who dined with hi m th a t d ay , on his i nv teo lr The greengrocer's wife, who prepared the dish and Oar it, is hardly expected to li ve , f rom t h e same cau se. li t te3' FATAL AND MELANCHOLY Ala d. see day morning last, th e Bth inst., Witham Robinson roekeeffs of Jervis Robinson, Esq., o f D ar li ng t on , res iding e t Farm, near Hurwi r th- on -T ees , having occasion to:!_ a ee father over the River Tees, at that pl ace at which ta e t par' ferry-boat, he ther e for e t oo k a h orse an d car t for tbvia pose, and took hi s son, a littl e boy, with him, and after , re lee; his father at the Yorkshi re side of the river, was re i l e ic se! when, we regret to say, th e water came d own i n a " e `; e ve'' overturned the cart. Robinson and his little boy wer e h - o rset seen afterwards, an d were d rowned, together w 7i t h the t heir worth about 30/. Their cries brought some persons to g ot h a y t t aornf renders r b hs u ot t rhs een accident et head, in da ed n t: tm stille but to me b od e , ei d o df noti a s t s a s v i avail. is succeed iOnein s a a l , : 10 0 , tit i e of Robins:oa was on one side of the river and his i s s tba y t i t i che i; the other, witnesses of the scene, and yet not able to rend * assistance. The bodies have not yet been found. ec oll DARING HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—The town of Br ot . e ic, was thrown into a state of great alarm on Saturday nig ht • rs tille by a rumour of a robbery having been committed under c r i ects of stances of a desperate character, almost within the i s t e „ au the town. On inquiry it appeared that Mr. Win. J .l, o lare' elderly farmer, residing at Neyadd, in the parish of C ric issage l ; who had been attending the market, left the Green 0 to" Inn, on hors e b ac k, a f ew m i nues b efore e i g ht o 'clock l o se/ i f evening, for the of returni ng h om e, but had i : e c- 1 ,07 passed th e l as t h ouse i n t h e street by mor e than fwe yards, before h e was s t ruc k o ff Ids horse by a blow from geon, and while stunned and bleeding on the gre e e 'v e f t ec li robbed of about 151. in notes and cash. In the cools : ses night the police, under the personal superintendence e l se s magistrates, pursued their investigatione, and took e persons into custody ! of whom Joseph Wichlow was b il e OS; mitted to take his trial at the approaching assizes_i „ no lips, Jones, and another person named Robert admitted to bail.— Cambrian, fi S 3ills The late tides have do ne ser i ous d a mage nea r otr . ,,t er Valery-sur-Somm e . At V eu l es, a sma ll town , a bout a of a league distant, a mill, which, from its elevated Polere seems to be entirely out of the reach of the sea, wW t a beee lti mined at the base of th e hill on which it stood, tha t segr e ' ,s, necessary to raise strong defences against its further P ci ti o Early in last week a house standing near it was wash' arse ° CO o and fell into the water, in the presence of a large ei e ti me s people, attracted by the catastrophe, which had for ore everel, been foreseen. The defence was carried away' a, owe s instant it was expected that the mill itself, far w hirl) ti t ' e sale; had not long ago refused 20,000 francs, would starer t riser on fate. The sea has advanced to within two yards of rue ,l which the mill i s pl ace d, an d a f ew more waves ' c ' eal pletely merge it in the channel. r;,„,, o or AMERICAN GENEROSITY.—We smut) f ' luded to th e su b scr i pt i ons ra i se d i n Amer i ca. f or hello;, n dia starving operatives, by-the comfortable inhabilol s e. republic. As a s a ti re on our i n f amous starva tioe 0 ) - i shic. other subscription has been raised i n th e c ity of Albaillt'assr I, from the letter we subjoin, it will be seen, is to be of our the shape of a rresent of provisions, to put the nt) o r rk Corn-laws further to the test, by ascertaining whe tbe : s ot o r the Government will permit the provisions thus f r ee'kile"/ ‘ef the inhabitants of a foreign state, to be admitted dot) 01'4 whether they will allow the people to die of starvatilei't erti j , than permit them to eat bread got for nothing , unto' t trs et ' ne t has paid tax as a bounty to our rich landowners. --J ' ss letter dated Lowell, the 29ih January, 1842, to .3Pais in Paisley :—" I am sorry to learn, that the distress, T ar a fre,, is still on the increase; the cry of the population i , e to r ea d the one end of the earth to . the other, and we f• ort' vs that those who have it in their power are co n ' i '''baell t e cheerfully in behalf of the suffering poor. I a'n 10 3 I ) inform you and my fellow -townsmen that their cos reel entered into with great spirit in Albany, State of n ye 309 dollars have been collected for the sufferers. A t tie been bespoke in New York foe the purpose of tak i9 g du ty '''d sum in dour to the Clyde, and it :s expected (eget i e he tact, ° • g o In Lowell, also, a subscription has been set on foot in the a• h ‘ a it for the same purpose, and it will be sent to Paisley wo- a tributed by Baillie Jame s Cl ar k. I cann ot tell )."”f dortaof ert °3 s o may be, as it has commen ce d only to day;_ but I u k, that 100 dollars have b e e n f orwar d e d t o New Y4 O ll 6 f " barrels of b ee f. I believe th ere i , muc h doing ie "" countrymen."— Gl asgow Ch ron i c l e. r 5 ,' pb " The prosecution Iminst the ST1111;5'1 1 A for cler one serves the Presse, " is still continued. The m etropo li tan ,oni ot r , ter of Lugo has been condemned to a month's imP"', 3o denying, asanti-canoni: al, the authority of the di °cc ie nor named under the influence of the Regent- t t oe le s ,: pro:ccutor called for sen t ence o f d eat h aga ir st two ' ke el hers of the chapter. T wo canons of Toledo ha ve rushed far right years for the same offeece." • an, be w About the middle of last month, a yquPg bees a lu i 7 longing to Issarils, in the Haute Loire, having t o ret er h i l s time absent from his family, became so anxi° 9s to that he set out on foot to make a long day's i" r j - ,hieh home, notwithstanding the rieour of the sras(T , e , to oitv. unusually great in that part of 'France. Ile reach, ti.atigu. ce, 50 yards 01 the house, when, overcome by cold i e ln2 , e ,„?..0 t : sunk clown, and was soon frozen to death. Ile , , I . ` as e s , a whole week, his fate unknown, until attention and the In! the spot by an unusual congregation of crows, and eaten oar fellow's body was found wills the whole of the fa 5 ' being only recognisable by his clothes. Peevor, Esq., of a daughter. 111 It - . On the 7th inst., at Broughton, near Newark. tl: b w it i e re , : 5 : e Gro/e' On the 7th inst. the lady of J. H. SehroJer, Es q., o' road, Brixton, of a ' daughter. On the Bth inst., at Croydon, the l.ady of James late Alderman of London, of a daughter. W. N . On the bth inst., at Liverpool, the lady of Captain Mol)neux, H.N., of a son. All* On the 9th inst., at Walcot-place Wes t, Lambeth, Wagstaffe, of a son MARRIED. late On the Bth inst., at Chevening , N . 8., F. Shave, FA" f f. Captain in the 17th Lancers , to Helen, second eaughter ° Pet king, Esq., of Chipstead-place, Kent. nli On the Bth inst., at Stokenchureh, the Rev. J. lia11017! 10 son of the daub J. Ballow, .of Woodeaton, in Oxfordshillhe Eliza, eldestter of John Fane, Esq., of Worinsleip in Fam c county. D. On the 28th ult. , at Dover, lE Flor D inda Fanny, wif e 01 Co°B Catesby Paget, Royal Fusileers. KW ° On the 7th inst., Alfred Hard( wile, Esq., of —8 /louse, Surrey, aged 51. 0 ° f On the 7th inst., Atherton Augustus Cuningbante, Edwai d Widis, Esq., late Captain of the 37th Regin le " t ;iedr; On the Bth inst., at R) e, Sussex, Richard "Wecden Esq., aged 76. rt ugh' On the Bth inst., at Winwick, Lancashire, Thomas ton, Esq., aged 63. UNv London: Printed * and Published by MURDO YO Is No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, str i° • the County of - Middlesex, Friday, Marelt.ll,lB42. f tr N:l:7 : 26 t1'. 5,4 ( ,f) 00 6 Y; ,srn'r