The Sun. — London, England, 1842-02-19 00:00:00

. i 1 L. ee ........... ---ea. ' - " h " 1 taY that Mr. Clay intends resigning his seat in the - ARMY ESTIMATES and for :1(5 not re- '-..) Senate, betrn. Re will be e the close of the present session of Congress. Abstract ofthteheE-VtinAat:radf,ofrBE4ffLe,ettoive theA.rmy Set ices v . and that , 31 st March. 1843. , whose e l ' :.I) :: : ceea tl irethhea e ct d . by his o fo , rmer colleague, Dlr. Crittenden, Days, from y of the ' e at to tegard to the bankrupt law have undereoee a sudden and 111 st • Ireirn" • 1 • v; fecte4 M Y "'ens ehanov similar to that which has af :--- riab lt k i e, e ee e. Charge. vise to at an effort 'will yet be made to postpone the Services. tr - e -' = tipt L aw i = 0 Tower ..' ea that afnoutteiroelfY drtroc;ins(iginict.specific period, for the evident purpose ______ - -- . h sayie4 Such an effort may be made in the feetnil. a "ars, hut it is presumed that it will be inef- ---- he Ilon. ihe n e e • Votes 1 and 2 Kingdom 6511 4,575 95,628 3,644,6.37 t. The . ', soletk i r s :1141[1:atter of debate for this Meek will be the re- Land Forces Sa Colon. ----- 1 t7l4eU. . ' E. Indies p 2,805 1,233 2b,940 871,657 i b e g to hers are ' rafir ill 'ski "uri ne Mr. Adams err the presentation of the me -172,425 „H e y are sets of fl. ne the dis s olution of the Union. 1 here are _”vo Vot;3.-Sta f f Officers . ••• ... SALES solutions on thi s subject. 500 Dols. New I) A Y Vote 4.-Pnblie Depart mts ••• ... ... 82,467 l i ne d to . oisf 110 N s Vote 5.-Royal Mil. Col ... ... ... 18,450 AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE. see that 76 Vote 6. - Royal Al il. School MY- ?. er .. ... 15,606 - ' 1,000 Dino 0 e' Y . ork of F . ives '59 - - - lam and Hibernian S •3,000 Ditto Corporation Si per Cent. Bondi of ' 43 976(1 leo Sixes of 'O6 82,458 nonrable ••• • 4 6 0 DShi tatreall:nekehoaf °ies' America ßaxn keg,, end 61 -- -......e. i Vote 7.-Volunteer Corps. ... .., 9,316 5,808 122,568 4,887,700 el would • 2.5 Ditto Delaware and Hudson 5140 DDlitttiooo ..................... commerre s crip n of this .. e had the r. _ . Deduct Horses the aod Men o m o h f ors Legs of mperate 1 i Diu . 75 Ditto . 1-1- e - c - h - a .d ri l i t c t s ° ' Banking slO ds 9 ) 3: 87 ' Charge defrayed by the h am ptori 87 ments in India, and the r Salford 55 East India Company 2,805 1,233 26,940 871,657 made ,e e , 50 Ditto . : e---- --- ;he awn.' • • 40 Ditto .... a . ; ... ditto . Association ... 544 6,511 4,575 95,628 4,016,043 25 Is deeply " ' 40 ~,,, I! armors Life Life and Trust Company - - Ditto Ohio Life and Trust ...s 60 ds 52,i Deduct Apppropriations in Aid... 87,082 but he goo DiDitttoto.phdia.trtioi: '25 Ditto North R . Fire - ~ .1 0 Di tto 5104 .k River some e%' 53 Amount to be Provided to March 31, 1843 ...X 3,928,961 at sta t e Bank . , remin d .: H. HARDINGE. War•office, Feb. 8, 1841. at the b 0 Ditto ei e Ake ~. 0 ..aterattan Bank s9o 55 orn-la" - c'y 1,1110 Harlem re forth- • so . , Ditto ditto the Re' , 0 Ditto Sto • .. h " :365 days, from the Ist April, 1842 to the 31st March, 1843 2. 15 ld up 10 .„ D itto _ mngton Nos. of a 10 ds .52e At:wain-1- Amount s of beef o°2 1,-?ttlto Long . l , land ... Officers 524 had net 300 Di tto .- .. elites t d f o r the 8,0)0 ° 1 1 . ,3 i ~ Canton Aid. Provided. Men. , hear.") 5.00 0 Di % Indiana Bonds • •22 _ 2,00 0 n':, •••• : .ditto - 1 by he r £ £ £ 3,000 Dit to .... Illinois Sixes of '7O at w 20e n of t he 1,00 0 Ex o ,3 , ......... ditto 15,281 ... 15 ; 281 50 Ditto - L"S e A ,",lt'ee ot Philadelphia slo 21 Vote 8.-Rewards for 9 ., Military Service ••• ich th at 100 s iia ' - ' .e " . AI THE SECOND BOARD. , Vote 9.-Army-pay o f warn ton, Island beele 9e ..2 ds 534 Vote 10.-Full- pay for e .110 1 0 33 oil . , ... ditto 385 • 66,000 ... • 66,0(X) 6,000 D ol s , Mechanics' Banking Asseciat ion :ould not -(Hea t ' 5,0 001.1 ,'' ;) Indiana Bonds ' sn w 214 Vote 11.-Half-pay and al e of th.e. in ...... ...d.tto en w 2. a Military allowances.- 4,299 477,618 5,618 472,000 Itel - e, Vote U.-Foreign Half ir, hear./ u RN - ..,. 501 58,433 ... 58,433 , caine he / --`‘ ur THE 141,817 324 141,493 Vote 13.-V Mows' Pens. ... oral ;Mee* STEAM ER. Vote 14.-Compassionate .td that if We ~ LIVERPOOL, THURSDA Y . Allowances, .ertrty , ~.„..... ._... at alt. ttaik li ;egret ttsittsp. that the CaledViii a starrtrei,' which " Warrants, and Pensions , ~.., ...., .. ... 120,500 ie imm e- to hence Wounds. • • 1 ' 412(1° : 111 Pe3t ".the 4th ihSt , has experienced such very t sadd er ; at noe s ~ , repeat e'.lves deenvieattier, that, ' having damaged her rudder, of Chelsea at d Kil n. B a r t.• t i,, Ilth, a necessary to put back. This she did on Vote for 15. -In -Pensioners mainham Hospitals .. to shc' ehl ' e':'' lett er fr WI :the int Biz • - brought here by a e 15 ' l n one - ee e vnce "s e - off Cork Feb. (746) • and Out-P. n reed w ith , . 8 , and w h i h 0 ... ...el.' pitssengers, da t e d 0 . , . 75,455 1.259,104 7,690 1,251,414 that th e '' 414 e( tie e W aS received in Liver pool this morning. pilaf (74,709) 0,.... i title the 1 • ioner ' of Chelsea• Ho s, as it ex ' . , ,7 1 Tolyl ie :, ' e earn by the telegraph, that she arrived Vole •16.-Superatinua -41,455 455 41,000 his coin' •• Med i rig at 1 p.m. to-day, :and may therefore be ex- te m Allowances ..... •-• L____ ••• _ bear. ) ' ...- eXtr 11 the 1. ix, 3 4'4.4 f nlersey this evening. The following is assertion . , - -- , i ,./ • te the firs letter above mentioned :- Nur bers and Charge to he ( Sit "id fi l i th o fair erst ti ne ; , days after we sailed, we got on admirably, 4 087 ossed the _ , . 3 wind Deduct Appropriations 14,087 ['tighter.) ', ,e 4 -;, 1 tti ' , l) N , l re en '''n° , hut on the morning of the 7th, t he . Aid the 31st Al March,lB43 80,859 2,278,208 , .. in i i th,, s , di and commenced blowing very hard. On the W. writ . ' '''.: f ri ''d le "la in pelf ~' A i so a. I. creased from the westward, with a heavy TWO - - ~ ; Awe' '' ' e s, t AL continued throughout the 91.1 t. On the 10th the Amount to be prosithel * tee . 4 Thende es 1 • Ma rch, 1843 •.. 2,264,121 ... 2,264,12 . 1 the fi rst - - , 1 the , 4,111 Pl e. ,, b , am i ee.. ,_ , and earried away our to 3 st Services first ge is . i.. ;. ,,, t , wash e "uuse ; filled the fore-c with corn- Total of Effective . fereestai board bul alen water; a , . . ilr. "l th e '''' °lit the passengers, whose berths were Then be e e ,,, . tad e eeso, and -- ;; Is his : ?'.; and t i h r `a.'g th e thorough y saturated all the bedding, in that Non-Effective Services. or to 'l. Pr - h aw e ir c Noe' - , 1 rudder. Part ot the after- ar oar 6,193,082 Army Services .. sod 4, de imp on the tall all y were twisted off, the wheel- Th rn 'evd 1 b d bulwarks General Total of Effective and Non-Effective lays, • t r , t o e g,l, ~ and the paddle-box partly stove in. George IV. c. 71, a sum of MESIORANDUM. - By the Act . 4 . ~ , o that 1°- ',,,?; th. T he f '''''„/, t . qtr er by t, continued unabated during the 1 1 th. heWretulhdaear 60,000/. per ia ann o u m any, m is paid into her Majesty s Exchequer by s cale ? . - e l ll l et t l s r hiae, pilece.ertaps whilst endeaveuring tosecure ri t t _ e ease), on Account of the Charge for Re g fle (sr •., • 31 :1 liti e ' L l•I g eliai which was completely twisted i h i and other Expenses of that nature, h it, and ttihre4aie,.taylntaind7,en,fons,, Whitton. ' '/ , eer iti 1 - ' , el le , h ' round, , a sin iron bolts throw g . f at over the stern. At six, p.m., (lle,), being, then arising in respect of her Majesty's Forces serving in India. re gon e : c 1 :_' , J. I : l4l dit . i . 1 9, 20, longitude 29 W.,. the Captain and o ffi cers , This Sum is applied towards the General Expenses of the H. HARDINGE. ronet b.,. ..-etate. L:' , all : f -u 'd, not be safe to proceed on the voyage, as they War-Office, February 8, 1842. noted w it " ?._, he ,„"ts s,„„_oPinior, a- procee d 1..-1.1 A...... 1.1...... STEAM ER. W e i „ THURSDAY. LIVERPOOL, °aied regret tO4It6AY that the Calediiiiia starmet,' wh i ch twilx.:teatte ott the 4th inst., has experienced such ver itlv its du`tus Weather, that, having damaged her rudder, th e Iltl e i enma n tssary to put back. This she did on Ittt er t • ' And ghe e int llia• • was brought here by a 8 15 4 , 1) 4 4, 11 ( d r uiiii . e r of h e ; Passengers, dated off . Cork, Feb.. n t i was received in Liverpool this morm g. e ff 11 41 3 L - ',,Y , we learn by the telegraph, that she arrived Decter . i, l -441 , at I Pan. to-day, ',and may therefore be e ltraet4,.tne Mersey this evening. The following is I',r the 6r letter above mentioned : 'frith fair arst thre days after w a il e d, we got on admirably, (11 '1)pc 4 ,f 4ir ttd, but 1- e s nin of the 7th, the wind b t h . r ound on the mor . g herd th e st , and commenced blowing very hard. On the lea, It Increased from the westward, with a heavy 'ea wa. , • It continued throughout the 9tla. On the 10th the pplitla,:rt,4_,lsyfa:t,aed:ietede..nohduTse:}:.and carried_ awe • our fore-stai board bul filled the fore- Cab'n with water; corn atid th e ,esso, and passengers, whose - berths were in that thoroughly saturated all the 'Adding, b a l' o d th r :? r g , the rudder. Part ot the after -larboard bulwarks I , 4 'e da e „,,, n _,all on the taffrail were twisted off . , the wheel -Ihe main and the paddle-beta partly stove in. (4 'er 1, e Continued unabated during the I 1 th. We had i t lila; Y t he tails hit endeavouring to secure the rudder ilitittzshiFgpoleaiehl6frOvruhnvricdhl completely b w m a! sing t'latit h ''' over the bolts througn . it, and oi ll , (1 -( , e 4,20 Ion s!e ' rn i . At ix on mbo. Captain llth, being, then '29 W ', - t . he and officers b w : t, al t i :`,..' e ht tin ' t l.i• g . it f ude t o proceed on the voyage, as they i ti ' lL t t h s tt);`,T a n i i . o s a iaLe safe e der would n'•t hold together for two N i. er hea d ag o such a heavy sea. The Captain, therefore, th e 4 1 , ai r , ao.out, fo r the purpose of running auto this place eaptai • Lieutenant Parsons, R.N., also coincided with A Ot w • I ? a nd officers " t w r ::: : r i i ; e 2,, is ' it.i t " : 3 t t ttrn a n ofroo d rs t ' : , g i c all c. o ur, , misfortunes, bn.tfor si. l .e m r i o i d st e stlyrothogehCatlhee ','Pai"ke h ke a e xc el lent du.k Toose a -boat, a - m uch ' praise cannot be given to rageous m and seamanlike conduct through 1.1,,, y e5 t of s„,erns-(-).ftn fact,.. on all as ions; and I refer you to you . will see published, drawn t',p, e h e ~aLn gets, ti t ' Afl i trij,'7 g. 1 , acquitting him of all blame. th o o' d , 'ill be despatched hence on Saturdayafternoon, by4iltear; extra mail to . take the mail and . passongers. We understand , a mail will be made up in Liverpool to be forwarded t ' l ' ev ; :4-lile'li''atte.ngththee .energy . and promptitude of Messrs. Wive!, tf t i d n 'tY, we _ , dif fi cultie s inevitabl yatte . ndant upon this i tir ,-(k, , iiri :!!.} mentio❑ that the Ac adi a is now getting out. d i ' 4 l n ;( ,,, , AIII be in a state of the utmost efficieney .oc by . Sa t Y It k 'ling. Had h not been takers from !he d IC 4W : 4 4 4 , 1 1 1 d have been im e possible, from the neap tides, to have '3 2 11i, • ' mails f a week. c 'Al ' : (11. is mails onl; r eirciimstarce that has delayed any t am-ships formed 1)3 , 1 1 4 t srs, etilrexcellent line of b it oi, Simard and Co., between 6 this e port, Halifax, and running. They have ~i i; t o b teri they I C_ 1 commenced to a day, and when f t t h n e t t l ite3 i r ii llee is CPonsnideuraed almost one that might,. t!ndoout of , s ii i I),, r a t ilen. to the best appointed sailing 5 . 11 r Kib li , , .t, . -tight rather to increase than an dunitniAshilthe I l e • s"„e°afidence in steam navigation across the _ ~1 4 4 11 ; 1 ' 4 1 of her general. is deranged or dam . aged, 4 rtale .. , ti rras the opinion that a well equipped t ' P e i ttin - t ' equal in safety to a sailing ship under any eat ' lo b ' and superior in times of general difficulty. t,1 0 . ,, - ' n• and C. M'lver, the active agents at . this 'atti l 'e time in getting the Acadia steamer linine f°N4 Stj u r : t tlY for 503. She will proceed at two o'clock et au, f ',Y, to take the mail and passengers returned' - C a ledonia. liF te s ;;W 1 - n , , AI* s - 01, tt, °nR -LINER " SOUTH AMERICA."I—This fine n l) °l't i", Packet of the Ist inst., from Nev York, _wa g s I;ll4:.Ntt‘ ant, 1',, ,, . Telegraph, to have . passed Holyhead, . t ) sh, Iv. , -,- ollit Lynas at two , when off Great Vie,Orms -6tril) as taken in tow of . i e i r s e te t a h l i ner and may, there s e ' vening. She will tt, 4 n tws ,!) a ted to plater Vier " u y or two than that brought by the 1841-42 1842-43 Total or all ranks 121,121 122,568 Increase 1,447 Charges (with Non-Effective) £6,15',253 £6,193,082 Increase ' 34,829 ittee..in . 10 1 $ his mo t t io o , abjec t 'Fe , he gots: OO P - the sub t. sj c° as ' l ' a cp. 0 t he - e a ee ate h e d o ' mow n en th ' He )I°° it:ll, et•ll4ll'estigation was c 4I O;' I) ER IN WESTMINSTER. yesterday gone into before Mr. 1: 11 .4 )1 , 14 ,!, , r for Westminster, assisted by Mr. Higgs, tithe Ih t tili, o r f ri nees-street, Westminster, to inquire concerning in ttik lesi et s c ie til i t ee te' %ti n ; 4 arY Reid, aged 55, whose death took place Rosp:ta , l, on Wednesday evening, through his tail ra ad received by the violence of an itinerant ti t n . - VeatO-grinder, on Monday last, named James Bober s, tin the ' 1 44, 1. ' 9 0t, living at 34, Old Bye-street, Westminste i r. at chop, detea7enr 34, Castle-lane, Westminster, deposed be h er. i ti ' lived at the Fortune .of ar b d kr 1, ii , " I t - street, Westminster, with her hus , l an k , tee tv, - . " 55 0 n. On Monday, about seven o c oe in , 1, 44 1 1, ed .i sitting in the beer-shop, deceased came ttie tlie t d 8 "le one would go out and drive away a whoman dd Of a - ` - q, he . ,°°, r, but no one took notice of the matter, an . e- Ills t „ - u es.v t ,,;;:,' Went to the door, when witness heard a noise as ti1e,, 4 4 , P;', l ". arid deceased staggered back to the settle, Itord.itetti'°ll.lsely from the back part of the head. .1% itness 1) ,7 -ti g i h °lit i ! and sawman with a grindstone in his hand, rl k Zo ti t l ' o r m "! : ,the spindle a that went through it. It was stated Q.751 1 ,, t , 'ate, that he had struck the deceased with it. !li.co, tie F r 1 after taken to the station-house. . le t 9e u...aneis Crow, 54, York-street, Westminster, stated tili„ 4 : 9 (l 3 ,l ta n,din,, , * in the front of his shop on 3 . londay even t - ql4..`tahis-is" rtoberts coming along with a grindstone Lana hlie to 'llls insulting two females by using indecent % ' l l . y mard, them, and pushing them off the pavement. ileditsoueerrlards the deceased • wa . s coming the same way when She said that. 5 1 . 0 ,7 li thb c eoltted her in a similar manner. 441' b a n d "., s ' i tti been there he (the prisoner) would not have hi0: 41 4, ° ''''' Roberts then raised the machine he held in 4 1 ,' 1 )) , 141,1 struck at deceased, but she warded off the ‘thi c k t heri t pair of men's shoes she vas carrying. %,-^ R as ratt towards the house in which she lodged, ttil. ent (4 . 11 Y two doors off, and Roberts followed her. io. !1,,,•' fitted Into the house the front way, and 1 WN outside, wing the most dreadful imprecations, 444344 ''.nu1d beat he; brains out before he went away. It ta 4 to ,„ . tir eti bim to about his business, when he threa iitj'''lliii,'"e him the same. In about three minutes deceased te,;Lateh tB / 4 ,t'at of the door to go to the entrance of her own d th,'tds h er uY the side of the house, when the villain rushed The tiliti ßt( ' and struck her a dreadful blow on the head wit h i Ni Vet 41e* The poor woman fell back in the house. Itii_ it oarator then attempted to go off, but witness detained Ni t ' Re i —e ,ernan came, who took him to the station-house. k y ..laird.riald James house-surgeon , : at Westminster Hos dth;etiLaf i - n e s e e e n a : e b d• T aa;br . ought in on last, in 'ld --- 1 eta 1 ' 'tY, with a severe wound Monday n. eveninge side of can s t 1 Vied eontuSion of the brain. She never rallied, and NV death te sdaY evening. The injuries were sufficient to i illj a • t ta e 14 Jr. E the i,,, ll ,stody t Z 5 5, 58 B deposed. Zra RN , n 3 lontiay evening. The prisoner to'd witness on that. he took the prisoner .. 4 1 .rae n- i nt °rtling that, if he hail known that decea . sed d at t at: ''"erl him such a cold berth, he would have kale 0t... Qt - T his was said after being in the station-house fe w .... ,videt. ee co rroborating the above was given ; after a " W.," of a „ L tOr a the Coroner on the case, and in about a is li fUl NI " 'tour the Jury unanimously returned a verdict of - Ned ' arder 't o rm ,. against James Roberts, and the Coroner 1' t f__or his committal to Newgate. th, ALL A , th; a ties I,„ -I " OF THE FACULTY.—The apo iar3 c ohtr„.:: r eason to denounce this volume; the Chemists on iia nt_ t er nearicrstonfaffurd to praise it. If we may believe theicst. ( 1A4, 0 .._ ..or January, " the book is almost as entertaining nnt Fie'.e rdii'ch`°_oet_he .reader must be proficient indeed w o ill . aas at ~.,... rul tr iformation from it. Tait is right in saying i, "eh 4. 4 ,7 been fairly praised and abused int. fame," for a ersain -Rlat ion has just appeared in Paris, and the Revue de the eh e s tell s h in - otipt e „. , -11 the doctrines contained in it have already set eti,, 'at ni di 1 lim. very! ~,,, e ea Men by the ears. Dr. Dickson is a bo h ld . .. crs atm _ 7.essrs. Simpkin and Marshall, the London pu Ihtheeri,oreeign edF.i,tlliaochizoaf t w h e e ek Fa o c r u t lt w y o ,': expect to be prepared after .tid -Pe deliberations' tibitht d s "11"1PC of the Chamber of Deputies, after th get f or 1..., have concluded the examination . of t e d i e bill f or '", and have constituted the definitive Committee of bureaux eve, 4 4 'l°os be t e l' : o n ec e i c t e r ss ary credits. .In the lit and s . th ed bu fo r r ittet td " Ot several red on the additional sums required theoh. titt reh t° th e Paltr new Consulates. In the 6th, M.Denis the die of _ re y credit of only 50,000 fr., allowed for st, ~,,, P sents for Chiefs and Dignitaries of State in the he --. Pointm lir Bia , out the great pecuniary sacrifices which, I t ' .41It were made by England and Russia for in racy influ ence in the East. In the same bureau, te nde d Yah ee : !armly de fended the poli c y o f th e Mini s ter he had with regard to th e l ate loan, which, he con. i ep ecied t ) In concluded in as favourable terms as could t r eaievatie Po rt l°4 that the the ft bureau, M. Thicrs exp. essed his l_ . 4 an , ne. conduct of Government, in giving renewed sup oll uvit"the uragement to the clergy was highly proper, and ;cat r Court of Rome should be conciliated. He was ,"! p ot° _ . than for lowering the position of the clergy ; 'At the M u n ir the credits demanded for them, and he wished 11:4-,:eTannttxitailouoncfilofParis had dr ccird , on continuing to 15 ,000 f. , as an addition to the the shop s in e, e, accordi P ... sldy to the T p . ex r ug to its . former practice. M. Va d v! d n, h in t Arch. Itiv saute bureau tizeirrtehdies surprise t.odeo ~ t a h s a tw ewell as Government hothe 9 a atrb • Diathr?_,lC Operas and the Theatre F of the na, been elected President , French rancais.— M. Lac,ive La. ri C° ' 9ll •itter and M. Felix Real, Secretary, - ..,..• Ap . • kerousi .....1 NGTON, FEB. 16. A T. . Y signed wasrequisition, nu presented thi I l itta s' es ' Esq., to convene a •5 ' ay t° the High Bailiff, at once, tr Robeit Peel's Corn - lawTeeting to take into considera th,, and appointed three measure. Mr. Bowes assented ' raeetinght the Town- htll ° t °eic t°-morrow (Thursday) for Gentian,* to un l f: the dew - h e t the B i g Vedneseld: ,uld in that is )f; 3 °- 4 the 'ED ed at " - „f assage.. event" 1 ) ers t h ey , but th e ' f intel e t li f the 29 .. taint a d; k c10 5 ; )i , the z. Fo rt e e ,i i [iv th f ‘ j ar 'poiall; ss cts, a" 14 the O t he st a rice°, -11 was fir''' ror ifY in 'oir i ld f ha d lido° e l heir cc° s ere.' ' e re „ ere tru st • o F.gi s ti!h th e : the .1 4 4 4 . ' fur Rs; le ac e° „k ujit eiti ik, 13a— o' ad a t ot e r , - verY lice an. t tiena; jo e , to no /c of W lll ‘ , lid 'tot let' cidilbett top „ t ot R. P a ds ebokips I, 18;2► ia on--'"Satlir; sea re v i ii la a b t°ro o ; dr Stir re r o n , fora" of ch arge t that f" ; s,nor Cy for t oy ~c ust -e n teed• G . 1 11.°. or oer evident' ar. Y hag ode The l°Y d itself all an d coi . , pregentc" drift ° .bt a Girs" . 3; T h e re • 80; Y 75$ n or Wee" u r any 51 esent Of S . ' z. sett forgAti'''' - _ NAVAL EXPENDITURE. AMOUNTS by which the EXPENDITURE fell short or ex ceeded the SUMS VOTED in the Year ended March 31, 1841. EXPENDED. Lesss than Voted. More than Voted. £. a. d. 76,778 6 10 3,6'3 10 0 88 0 11 1,895 8 7 7,629 lb 4 2,756 6 1 15,381 8 4 74,533 0 4,206 9 5 Totals £ 215,020 10 0 180,892 5 7 Expended less than v0ted.... 1 ...... .£2B,liA 4 5 MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality in the Metropolis, SllO7. ing the Number of Deaths from all Causes Registered in the week ending Feb. LI, 1842." The Table is issued from the Office of the Registrar-General:— Weekly Average 1836-9-40-1. Total. r ---A---, Four Four Winters) CAUSES OF DEATH. Epidemic, Endemic, & Contagious Diseases 161 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 161 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration s_)seases of the Hea-t and Blood-vessels Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and ether Organs of Digestion .. Diseases of the Kidmsys, &c Childbed, Diseases of the Uterus, &c 7 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles 6 Diseases of the Skin, &c Diseases of Uncertain Seat ll3 O'd Age, or Natural Decay lO6 Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intern pei ance Causes not specified Deaths from all causes - Average Weekly Deaths Population Average Deaths enu.. Weekly in =rated Deaths the jail. 183--• —l'-1. AN eek. Four Four Ye r,. 1 Wint rs. 135 151 177 ..1042 HEADS OF SERVICE. Wages to Seamen and Marines..) Victuals fur ditto (exclusive of 6,50 e /. ) Admiralty Office Office fur the Registry of Mer• £. s. d. 141,848 16 3 1,590 5 01 chant Seamen Scientific Branch.. . Her Msjesty's Establishments at Home Abroad Wages to Artificers, &c. in ditto, Home Abroad. Naval Stores, &c. for the Buildift and Repair of Ships, Docks, &c. New Works and Improvements in the Yard., &c (exclusive of j 25,7411. 16s. sd. Medicines and Medical Stores .. Miscellaneous Services 1 Half-pay to Officers of the Navy' and Marines Military Pensions and Allowances' 18,645 10 3 Civil ditto Army and Ordnance Departments' ( Conveyance of Troops, Sze. ),I (exclusive of 17,0001.) . Home Department (Convict Ser-' Tice) 84 2 21 5,77112 1 812 10 01 2%151 11 DISTRICTS. West—Kensington, St George ( Hanover-square), Westmin ster, St. Martin in the Fields, St. James North— St. Mary-le•bone, St Pancras, Islington, Hackney 365,660 Central—Saint Giles and Saint George, Strand, Clerkenwell, Holborn, St. Luke, East Lon don, West London, City of London . 373,806 East—Shoreditch,Whiteehapel, Bethnal Green, St. George in the East, Stepney, Poplar 392,49; South—St Saviour, Si. Olave, St. George( Southwark ),Ber mond.ey, Newington. Lam beth, Camberwell, Bother hithe, Greenwich . —.438,060 Total 1,870;. 7 27 912 1017 1042 It is stated that under the term Metropolis are comprised the 32 districts herein mentioned, which include the City of Lon don with and without the walls, the City and Liberties of Westminster, the out-parishes within the Bills of Mortality and the parishes of St. ,larylebone, St. Pancras, Kensington, Fulham, Hammersmitl. Chapelry) , St. Luke (Chelsea), Pad dington, St. Mary ( Stoke Newington), St. Leonard (13rom ley), St. Mary-le-bow, Camberwell, Greeliwich, St. Nicholas and St. Paul (Deptford), and Woolwich. The population, as enumerated in 1831, was 1,594,890; and in June 1841, was 1,870,727. The weekly average for 1838, 1839, 1840. and 1841, was obtained by dividing the deaths in the four years by 208, and the deaths in the four winters by 52. TEMPERATURE IN THE WEEKS ENDING Feb. 5. Feb. 12. 49' 52' 3:3 :)2 41 41 17, 1812. Highest Lo — west Daily Mean .... ... General Itegister Office, Feb. PROMISSORY NOTES. (From Last Night's Gazette.) An Account of the Average Aggregate Amount of Promissory Notes payable to Bearer on Demand which have been in Circulation in the United Kingdom, distinguishing those circulated by the Bank of England, by Private Banks, and by Joint Stock Backs, in England and Wales, by the Banks in Scotland, by the Bank of Ireland, and by all other Bank 7, in Ireland. and of the Average Amount of Bullion in the Bank of England, during the Four Weeks ending the Bth day of February, 1842, pursuant to the Act of 4 and 5 Victoria, cap. 50. ENGLAND. Bank of England.. Private Banks ....... Joint .stock Banks ... SCOTLAND. Chartered, Private, and Joint Stock Banks X 17,402,000 5,531,524 3,068,901 2,922,882 IRELAND. Bank of Ireland 3,279,075 Private End Joint Stock Banks 2,534,039 Total.. £34,739,421 Bullion in the Bank of England .... £5,602,000 HENRY L. WICKHAM. Stamps and Taxes, Feb. 18, 1842, EXCHEQUER.—By a return made to the House of Commons, it appears that the amount of salary paid to Sir John Newport for a period of nearly five years, was 9,840/. 4s. 2d. and to Lord Monteagle, for two years and four months, 4,6591. 15 ,. lod., for their services as Comptroller of the Ex cliegivr. A pension of 1,000/. a-year was granted to Sir John Newport by her Majesty'swarrant, dated 20th November, 1639.. The planet _Mars may now be seen every evening in the West, of a dusky red colour, if Clouds do not intervene, from about half-past five to about half -past eight, and will so 0 3„atinue till about the middle of June. LAW INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS, Feb. 18. COMMITTEE OF PRIVILEGES• Their Lordships sat in a Committee of Privileges to-day at ten o'clock. The Peers present were—the Lor.l Chancel or, Brougham, Lord Cottenbam, Lord Campbell, the Ear of Kinnaird, and the Bishop of Carlisle. THE MARCHMONT PEERAGE. Sir William Beetham and Colonel Irwin were exa mined this morning in this Peerage o:i the behalf of the claimant, and the further consideration of the chim was ad journed sine die. The Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, Lord Cottenham, and Lirrd Campbell, then sat to hear Appeals. PARR V. THE-ATTORNEY-GENERAL. Mr. BETHEL resumed his arguments in the part heard ap peal on behalf of the appellant, who complained of a decree of the Court of Chancery, pronounced on an information filed by the Attorney-General, respecting matters arising out of a claim made by the omit Hoot, for compensaion for the loss of hi, office of Town-clerk for the borough of Poole. ROLLS' COURT, Feb. 18. DAVIES V. FISHER. The Court was engaged throughout the day with the argu. nients on this part-heard cause. The principal question turned ui-on the construction of a will. It did not present any feature o: interest. • _ . The decision of Sergeant Nicholl was "delivered shortly after t h e pass ing of the 'statute, and may be held conclusive. lir. ADDAMS, for the owcers_l am surprised that this op-non • • s hould be now brought f orwar d. I t i s distinctly op posed to all the authorities. The last edition of Mr. Abbott on shipping, contains a most positive opinion, founded on the dictum of Lord Stowell, that the reward far the preservation of life must be left to private bounty. If it were not so—if the pre servation of life formed a proper claim for salvage, how would the matter stand? Why the vessel, the property.of the owners, wuuld be arrested, and they Would have to pay for benefits conferred en other persons. The very principl. s on which salvage is founded necessarily confines it to the preserva tion of property. The Statine quoted does not mention the Court of Adm'ralty in the section referred to, and, in another it expressly sass, that anything in that Act con tained shall not alter its jurisdiction. The Queen Mab was not a case in point. It was a case of derelict —it was unoppesod, and the owners might have been unw filling to give a certain sum to the men who had saved the life of a feßow-ereature. Dr. LUsHINGTON—In the first plict,; what is the general law applicable to the present point? An unsuccessful at tempt to save yroperty, however energetic the conduct or laudable the motives of those making it, is no title to sal vage. So here is the simple ease of the preservation of human life, and since I have been in practice 1 have always underst:rod, as one of the first principles of adminivering law, that upon that no Maim for remuneration could be -here founded. But how is the general law affected by the statute 1 and 2 George IV., c. ? It giv es , b y the section quoted, authority in certain matters to the ( ommissioners of the Cinque P. its and to magistrates'; but, a: has been stated by Dr. Addams, it declares that the kwisdiction of the High Court of Admiralty should not be affssq . red .by its enactments. So still the principle remains the same, as far as I can see; but we must 10. kto the decision in Queen Mab. There, unques tionably, remuneration was given simply fur the saving of life ; but the ease was a case of derelict, and uno posed, and conse quently I cannot think the judgment in it of that solemn and coneusive nature which precludes me from acting on my own opinion. That opi. ion is, that this Court can give no remedy in such eases. I must dismiss the owners, but will not give costs. Dr. ADDAUS.—We do not wish it. It is but right to state that the owners, on first hearing of the salvors' claim, made them an offer of 351. Dr. LusIiINGTON.—I think it was very:handsome. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (Before Mr. Sergeant ADAMS, Chairman ) POLICE INTEPAAGENCE. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNINfT , FEBRUARY 19, 1841. charged.- He was supported by Mr. Cooke, and opposed by . Mr. Nicholls. It appeared that he had been for many years acquainted with a young lady, named Greenstead, to whom he paid his addresses up to 1.8;;9, and in that year had the banns of marriage pub lihed in Old Lambeth Church. He was Surveyor of Highways in the parish of Newington, and possessed an income from his father, bes'cles which he carried on business as a stone and marble merchant. Several letters passed between the parties, professing-the most ardent attachment; and although the parents on both sides were averse to their being married at first, yet they eventual:y ct•nsented to the match ; but the in solvent allegt.rsorne excuse for delaying the ceremony ; and in February, .1840, Miss Greenstead was delivered of an illegitimate child, of which he was the reputed father. Soon afterwards he married another lady, and an action for breach of promise of marriage and seduction being instituted by Miss Greenstead's next of kin, the Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, with damages of 250/ Mr. N scnost.s, on behalf of the opposing creditor, applied to have the insolvent's petition dismissed; that he be ord• red to readvertise before he could be again before the Court for hearing, on the grounds of having improperly described his name in his schedule. He was the illegitimate son of a gentleman, named Newman, and by the registry of his baptism at the church of St. Saviour's, Southwark, it appeared that he was baptised by the name of John Charles Newman, and three years subsequently when the father was about to marry another person, he executed a bond conveying a certain annuity to the insolvent in which deed he was described as John Charles Newman. He (the Learned Counsel) subm tted that under these circumstances the Court was bound to dismiss the petition, as it had been held an es'ablished rule that a misnomtr, where even a Christian name was concerned, would be fatal to the legal validity of the petition. He then cited several cases in support of his views, and was about to call the insolvent s mother, when— Mr. COOK E interfered, and said, that although that person was in Court, yet she was in such a bad state of heal'h, that he hoped the Court would not, under the painful circumstances of the case, deem it necessary to place her in the witness box. The Learned Counsel then contended that the insolvent, being illegitimate had no right to any name but that which he chose to assume himself. The Learned CHIEF COMMISSIONER said he coincided with the view of the case taken by Mr. Nicholls, as far as his (the Chit f Commissioner's) judgment was eoncerned, he should or der the petition to be discharged. However, if Mr. C9oke wished, he should reserve judgment until such time as a full •Court should be sitting. Mr.CooEE having requested that such might be the case, the judgment was then adjourned. The Rev. Frederick Sturmer, who wai curate of Hayes, whore he kept a board ng establishment (at which the melan choly occurrence which led to the trial of Mr. Medhurst teok place), appeared before the Court for judgment. The case was before the Court on a former day, when.the insolvent was opposed on the tart of two creditors named Ratcliffe, a butcher. and Gurney, a cheesemongsr. A long investigation occurred respecting' the sate of furniture, &c., at Hayes, and the dis posal of the money. It was then h&d that the opposing cre ditors ha.l canoe of complaint. and that the insolvent would be remanded. Yesterday the Rev. Gentleman again appeared, and evidence by affidavit was supplied. The CHIEF COMMISSIONER pronounced an imprisonment of five months from the vesting order. Mr. John Trehearne, a master baker, residing in Cleveland. street, Marylebone, was ind.cted for an aggravated assault upon Nelson Jones. The defendant pleaded Not Guilty. It appeared that the complainant called at the defendant's shop for the purpose of purchasing a half.quartern loaf ; but, upon its being put into the scale, the complainant said it was short of the proper weight ; upon which Mrs. Trehearne called him a good for.nothing vagabond for saying so ; and the defendant came out of the parlour into the shop, and said the complainant was a d—d liar for s aying it was short weight. Jones, upon this, observed, "Ifl am a d—d liar, I will have it weighed again;" whereupon the defendant seized him round the waist, and forced him towards the door, which was open. Complainant took hold of the door to save himself, and the def . ( ndant then forced his hand through the glass, and made him loose his hol I. Trehearne next took him in both his arms, and dashed him into the street, and his head came in vio. lent contact with the wheel of a cart that was standing at the door. The complainant fell under the horse, which trampled on his back, and injured him severely. He was much bruised about the body, and his head was laid bare to the bone. He was taken up in an insensible state, and conveyed to Middlesex Hospital, and upon the 23d of November it was deemed necessary by Mr. Rawlinson, the Magistrate of Marylcbone Police Court, to take the deposition in writing of the complainant in consequence of the dangerous condition he was then in. The complainant stated that he was confined to his bed for eight or nine weeks, and did not believe that he should ever properly recover, as he felt the injuries he had sustained up to the present day. John Mansbridge, 22 E, stated that he beard Mr. Vernon call " Police." Upon going up he saw blood running down the cow plainant's clothes. The blood came from his head, and he appeared to be stupified. He conducted Jones to the Middlesex Hospital. After some further evidence, the Chairman having summed up, the Jury found the defendant Guilty. The CHAIRMAN then addressing the defendant, said the Court were very doubtful if they ought not to imprison him, for it was a gross case. However, he was fined 20/., with liberty to speak to the complainant. The defendant speedily settled with the com plainant, and was fined a shilling and discharged. William Nicholson, a respectably-dressed young man, was placed at the bar, when police constable, No. 167, of the C division, stated, that about two o'clock yesterday morning, as he was on duty in St. James's-square, he heard a violent alterca tion being carried on at the entrance hall of the mansion of the Archbishop of Armagh, No, :30, Charks-street ; and on proceeding there, found the defendant attempting to forte his way into the hall, and the porter attempting to eject him. Both of them were very much intoxicated. Capt. T. Jones, R.N., who resides there, came down stairs, aed ordered the defendant to be taken to the station-house. The Archbishop is at present in Ireland. The defendant said be was a most particular acquaintance of the porter's, and that, as the Archbishop was not in town, he . was invited to have a " sort of jollification and a bit of supper with the porter ;" but unfortunately he had taken too mueb-wine, and did not know what he _ was doing. . _ - " The police constable said that Capt, Jones had informed him that the porter was discharged on the instant. The defendant was fined ss. fur being drunk, which he immediately paid. Yesterday Mr. Joseph Bond, the proprietor of the Junior St. James's Club House, St. James's-street, appeared on a summons, to answer the complaint of Mr. William Facon, for an assault. The complainant stated that he was formerly secretary to the defendant, at a salary of three and a half guineas per week, a g.-eat part of which, and other sums; amounting in the whole to between 2001. and 300/, were still owing to him. On the 4th instant he called on the defendant at the Club-house, to . ask for a settlement, and had an interview with him in the l coffee-room, where the defendant got into a violent passion on his urging his claims, and struck him with his clenched fist a violent blow in the face ; a scuffle ensued, and the defendant seized the poker and attempted to strike the complainant over the head with it, but the servants of the Club rushed in and prevented him. After an angry recrimination between the complainant and the defendant, the latter, in answer to the charge, stated that the complainant had first struck and then spit in his face, and called him a liar. These were provocations, he thought, which would justify any assault. Mr. HARDWICK, however, thought differently, and after imposing a fine of forty shillings on the defendant, which he immediately paid, ordered him to enter into his own recog nizance in the sum of 100/. to keep the peace towards the com plainant for the ensuing six months. MERCURIAL IMAGININGS. The Derby Reporter (saith the Mercury of yesterday) pub lished Sir Robert Peel's speech on the Corn-laws, and the Town Counc I forthwith voted a petition against the Alinisterial rr easure, and the populace burnt the Premier in effigy. The Sun, as our'readers are by one of thOse woriderltil efforts of reporting which -have, dissingui,hed that excellent paper, aided by steam both in printing and in transport, arrived at Derby shortly after two o'clock en Thursday morning, contain ing an able and accurate account, seven columns in length, of Sir Robert's speech. Anxious that our rtaders should have the earlie't intelligence—that their just claims on our prompti tude should be met to the fullest, we digested the report of The Sun, and by- fire o'clock published a correct and impartial, though hasty epitome of the document, in which, from its nature there was nothing to gloss, nothing to garble. The public appreciated our labours, so that we could scarcely print papers sufficiently quickly to supply the crowds that rushed to our office. Jealous of our success, our contemptible Contem porary, the Mercury, affects to call the verbatim report of The Sun " a meagre outline," and the digest of the Reporter " a miserable abortion,"—" in many respects a false, anti in all a garbled version." We tell him, what the public too will tell him, that in order to defame us he has asserted what he knows to be untrue, and that with a hardihood of exposure which proves his folly to be as great as hiik annoyance.—Derby Reporter. WARD of CRIPPLEGATE WITHIN. REFUSAL or THE PEOPLE TO PETITION THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. Thursday afternoon Alderman Sir M. Wood, Bart., M.P., convened a meeting of the inhabitants of the above ward, for the purpose of taking their sentiments on the Government Corn-law scheme. The meeting was held at the School-room, Philip-lane, and the worthy Alderman took the chair shortly after three o'clock. The room was densely thronged with the most respectable merchants and traders resident in the ward. The CHAIRMAN said that he deemed it his duty to call the meeting, in consequence of a requisition most numerously and respectably signed, having been presented to him for that purpose. It was true that the House of Commons had that morning decided against them ; an event that they might have expected, although the majority was a little more than that for which they were prepared.--( Hear, hear.) But when they knew the formation of that Home, they could not have doubted of having a large majority, with the Minister against them. But the question was not as yet decided, for the plan of a sliding scale had to go through a Committee, and Mr. Villiers's motion against any duty, was to be brought on. He (the Chairman) was from the commencement prepared to give his vote on the question.—( Hear, hear. ) Mr. FROST moved the first resolution—" That the duty on corn and such other provisions as generally absorb the poor man's expenditure was not just, and if viewed as a tax on in come, was a burthen on a class less able to bear it, &c." He said that the late Government would have introduced a plan for the amelioration of the Corn-laws if they were not aware that the opposition and the magnitude of the interests opposed to them would have rendered their plan futile—a conviction which the result proved to be correct.—( Hear, hear.) The present Ministers outvoted the late Government on those ques tions, although they had declared that they had no other plan prepared to relieve the distress of the country. Sir Robert Peel had not then received the fee, but as soon as he had, and after five months' gestation, he brought forward his scheme which was to be so useful to the country, and which was to be of such awful import.—(lmmense laughter.) Sir Robert Peel knew well that his plan would not meet the distress, nor please the supporters of the Corn-laws. His plan was an ap • peal and an apology to the landlords, but was never intended to meet the wishes, or satisfy the wants and privations of the working classes.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. Coorxa seconded the resolution, and said that the question was whether they sh ould p assivel y allow themselv es and the working classes to be robbed of one-third of their daily bread by lords and landlords whose sole object it was to feed their avai ice, without any regard for the privations of the suffering millions.—( dear, hear.) Mr. JOHN LA ST moved the second resolution, to the effect, that independent of its direct influence as a tax, the duty levied upon foreign corn inflicted an awful amount of injury by its shifting!, rendering the operations of merchants, manu facturers, and farmers futile, and deranged the monetary system and by throwing the manufacturing population out of employ ment, produced destitution, misery, and crime.—( Hear, hear. ) Sir Robert Peel admitted the advantage of a traffic in corn with America; but said that previous agreement with Denmark precluded any facility bring afforded for that traffic. Why, a repeal of the Corn-laws would remove all obstacle on that point.—( Hear, hear.) A sliding scale was an insult to com mon sense, as it would not reduce the loaf one farthing, while it was injurious to all classes.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Dzwart iq a very eloquent speech seconded the yew .ration. , VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURT, Feb. 18. Unopposed petitions and short causes o copied his Honour, the Vice-Chancellor of England, the whole morning. ( Bvfor Vice •Chancellor BaucE. ) • EASTON V. CATLING. The object of this suit was the administration, by the Court, of a - testator's estate. By the will the children of the testator, seven in number, were equally entitled, with direction that it should go, after their death, to their children. It app-ared that a fart of the stock had been sold by the trustees, for the payment of expenses incurred in the administration of the trust, snit in payment of the legacy duty, and that the residue had been brought into Cour. It was stated at the bar, that dis putes and differences had arisen between the trustees and divers parties interested in the fund, and that it was thought proper, in consequence of such differences, that the trust should be ad ministered by the Court. There was no allegation in the bill against the personal respectability of the trustees ; but Coun sel for the plaintiff stated, that the object of the suit was re move the necessity for further intercourse. His HONOUR Ordered that the rustees should hare their costs out of the fund in Court. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Feb. 18. GUEST V. THE SHEFFIELD, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, AND MANCHESTER Rt ILWAY COMPANY. _ This was an action brought by Sir John Guest, Bart., the gr, at iron master and owner of the Dowlais Iron Works, Gla morganshire, against the Sheffield and Manchester Railway Company, for the recovery of 541. Ids. 4d., alleged to be due for fifty tons of 50:b. rails, and the necessary fastenings, sup plied b ; the plaintiff to the defendants. Mr. Sergeant Wilde appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. ergeaut Channel for the defendants. _ Dlr. Sergeant WILDE briefly stated the case to the Jury, and read a letter from Mr. Vignoles, late engineer to the Cod pany, to Sir John Guest, containing the order for the rails, &c., which were the subject of the present action. lie then called— Mr. Caleb Griffiths, agent to Sir John Guest, who proved the shipment, at Liverpool, of 501bs. of iron rails and fasten-, ings, to the ( rder t f Mr. Vignoles, at three different dates, from December, 1539, to the 9th of Jar.uary, 1840, and pro duced the invoices. Mr. Gibson was then examined—ln June, 1840, made ap plication to the Sheffield Railway Company; at Man cheater, about certain iron raili, and went on the. works to a place called Woodhead, where he saw the rails (which were patent rails laid upon cross sleepers) laid down for the purpose of removing earth from a tunnel which was in the course of excavating at that place. Had a conver sation with Mr. Sidebotham, the Deputy Chairman of the arectors, who said the Company had not pa'd for the rails, because Mr. Vignoles had given the order fur them. Witness said he saw they had been used, and he hoped they would not object to pay fur them. Mr. Sidebotham replied that the con tractors were working the li. c, and not the Company; arid he at length said that. a general meeting of the Directors would shortly be held at Manchester, at which Lord Wharncliffe, their Chairman, would preside, and recommended witness to attend. Witness received notice of the meeting to be held at. Manchester. Went there on the day mentioned, but it happened that the meeting wes not held there, but at a place ik Yorkshire about thirty miles - off; witness, in consequence, was unable to attend. Subsequently saw Mr. Sidebutham, who said that these rails formed part of Mr. Vignoles' claim against the Com pany ; it was immaterial to the Company whom they paid, but if they paid Sir J. Guest, Mr. Vignoles might claim for them. Witness asked if they would pay him,•if he got an engagement front Mr. Vignoles, pledging himself not to c aim. To this proposition witness received no definitive answer, but was told he had better write about it to the Company. Was also told that the contractors claimed for these rails. The witness was cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant CHANNEL, but nothing new was elicited. • Mr. John „Smith, the contractor, was next called—Lie had laid down the rails now in dispute. They answered the pur pose very well. Mr. Sidebotham, Mr. Rhodes, and other of the Directors, frequeney went over witness's part of the work, and saw what was going on. Mr. Vignoles was engineer to the Company all the time that witness was contractor there. Never made any claim on the Company for these rails. The rails were laid down, some on stone, some on cross sleepers, and 501112 on longitudinal sleepers. Cross-examined by Sergeant CHANNEL—Never saw rails laid on longitudinal sleepers before on any line. Laying these rails in so many different ways looked as if they wi re experi menting with them. Mr. Vignoles once purchased iron from witness's partner on behall of the firm. By a Juryman—The rails were not mere contractor's rails. They were tit for the permanent way. Contractor's rails weigh about 271bs. a yard, these rails were about 501bs. a yard. Mr. Davis, clei k to the house of Guest and Co., in London, proved the sending of the invoices of the fastenings to Mr. Vignoles. This was the whole of the evidence for the plaintiff. Mr. Sergeant CHANNEL then addressed the Jury. 1-le stated that Mr. Vignoles -had been engineer to the Company, lint that he had resigned his office in - December, 1839. The rails were ordered previous to Mr. Vignoles's resignation, and the fastenings had not been ordered till after. he sum due for the fastenings being about 20/. was paid into Court. The Learned Counsel then called Mr. Charles Vignoles—Am an engineer. Was engineer to the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester Railway Company from 1836 to 1839. Know Smith the contractor. Addreised a certain letter to Sir J. Guest fo: some rails ; had not the authority of the Directors, for so doing, but did it in anticipation of receiving their authority. In the autumn of 1839 did obtain that authority in the shape of an order to lay half a mile of the permanent way westward from the tunnel. It was well understood that the rails now in dispute were those which were to be laid down. in November, 1839 I considered these rails to be the property of the Company; the Company considered them to be the property of the contractor. This was the whole of the evidence. Air. Sergeant Wilde did Lot reply. Chief Justice TINDAL directed the Jury to return a verdict plaintiff, observing to the Counsel f or the d e f ence — Afterthis evidence you are quite sa f e , as S m i t h h as on hi s for the oath disclaimed the rails being his property. h e Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for the amount sought for. • SECONDARIES' COURT, Feb. 18. TURNER V. GRAHAM The plaintiff and defendant in this ease arc both dead, and the action was brought by the representatives of the plaintiff against the executer of the defendant, for use and occupatiiin of certain premises situate at Westham, in Sussex. In appeared that in the year I 8•2.1, a lease was executed between the plaintiff and defendant, whereby the Vaintiff devised certain premises to the defendant at the yearly rent of 136/. A clause was introduced into this lease, providing that it should be renewable ever-7 seven or fourteen }ears, upon sufficient notice being given. In 'the year .1835. the lease expired, and was not again renewed, but the defendant. continued in occupation of the premises, and therefore this action was brought, not upon tie lease, but for the use and occupation of the premises, as by a tenant at will. On the death of the parties a suit was instituted in the Court of Chancery with respect to the plaintiff's pro perty, and the Court directed the present action to be brought. crater the Chancey y. suit a receiver was appointed by the Court for all moneys, rents, &c., belonging and due to the plaintiff. This was attempted to be proved in the course of the trial, but the appointment was not pro duced , therefore: the Learned Secondary hell that lie con d only look upon this person in the light of an agent oi the plaintiff for the receipt of rents. The acknowledgement by this person of rents up.to the year 1839, ft om the defendant, was put in, and the question for the jury to decide was simply, whether they believed the defendant to have been in possession of the pre mises since 1839, up to the time of his death in 1841, and if so, their verdict must be for the amount of rent due since that time. Evidence having been shown of the receiver under the Chancery suit having received rents from the defendant up to 1839, the Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages, 223/. We really tanned help adverting to the inconvenience expe rienced in this Court by persons who have to attend it. We are surprised at its being allowed to remain a disgrace to the City. '1 be inconvenience is telt by all parties, from the Judge on the Bench down to the spectator. Many costermongers would be ashamed to acknowledge it for their counting-house. do\iTeeertainly be % esoorttiouof the see somneammoe of a Law Court.reeommodiouselace provided which ADMIRALTY COURT, Feb. 17. THE HARRIET. Dr. LususNavoN gave judgment in this case. The Har riet was originally arrested at the instance of the owners of the Woodpark, in a cause of collision. The case was defended and argued, and was decided. The Court thought the Harri, t to blame, and awarded the owners to pay the damages of the collision ; as is usual in such cases, it was referred to the registrar and merchants to ascertain their amount. At tlis stage of the proceedings an agreement was entered into be tween the respective owners, and the damagts, were, by con sent, valued at 360/. Previous to the payment of the money, however, the owner of the Harriet, who was liable for it, be comes insolvent. To whom, then, do the owners of the Woodpark have recourse?—the parties who had become security for him in the original suit. But they deny their liability, and what is the ground of th.-ir de fence? They allege that their liability is removed by the private agreement between the respective owners. To that agreement they were not parties. They were not informed of it, they gave no consent to it, and consequently they were net bound by it. Thus it was argued on behalf of the bailors, and the argument Dr. Lushington thought a sound one. He held that from their liability they had been freed by the private arrangement of the bailee and the ether owners, and decided that against them the owners of the Woodpark could not re cover the damages which they hail sustained. THE DAVID. This vessel; of the value of 6501., laden with ballast, on a voyage from Ipswich to Newcastle, gets into a situation of some distress off Bs idlington, on the Yorkshire coast, is boarded by some fishermen, and relieved. For this service the salvors are offered 20/. by the owners, and receive 401. from the Court. THE ZEPHTEUS, This was another case of salvage. The Zephyrus was in distress off Yarmouth on the 18th of November. Some Yet mouth boatmen went out to render general assistance to the vessel ; but with the especial hope and object of saving the lives of the crew. They succeeded in doing this, but they neither saved the vessel nor her cargo ; and the question was whether the mere preservation of life ean, per se, constitute a claim for salvage, and the Court can reward the men? Dr. HAGGARD (for the alleged salvors)—Accordion to the old law, there might he a d übt whether tie Court of Admi ralty had the power of rewarding salvors, where life alone had been Filet ved, but according to the more recent statute 1 and 2 Geo. IV., cap. 75, it certainly had. One of its sections gave especial jurisdiction to the Commissioners of the Cinque Ports, and to Justices of the Peace in sea p ott t owns to reward the sal vors of human li f e , and if the Ma g istr a t es had authority to do so uis C r o d u i t c t ti o o f n A a d is m o. iral i ty, t o w h om there was an appeal, th ere was an ex press surely themust press decfsion in tavour of the doctrine in the case of the Queen Mab, decided by Ser g eant Nichol]. Dr. LUSH ING TON—But has not the oepo s it e d oc t r i ne b een have i h j distinctly laid down by Lord Stowell? Dr. HAGGARD--the question, I believe, never came di rectly before hirn in the form of plea or act upon - the petition. COURT OF EXCHEQUER_Feb. 18. (Sittings at Guildhall before Lord Abingecand a Special Jury.) THE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND V. TOM- =INS.-EXCHEQUER DILL FRAUD. This case, which from its supposed connection with the fraud in the issuing of Exchequer bills, appeared to have excited more than ordinary interest in the City, was entered upon at the sittings of the Court. The Attorney 'General, with Mr. Krni and Sir. John Bailey, appeared for the Bank, and Mr . . Erie aird Mr. Tomlinson for the defendant. The ATTORNEY:GENERAL in stating the plaintiff's case observed, that the present case, though it might be sought to confound it with the claims of innocent holders of forged Exchequer bills on the Government of the country, had really nothing to do with that question. It was unfortunately notorious that one of the clerks in the office of the Comptroller of the Exchequer (Mr. Beaumont Smith), who was now suffering punishment for his offence, had vio lated the trust reposed in him, and was a party in issuing a number of spurious Exchequer bills, of which those which formed the foun. dation of the present action formed a part. That some portion of the fraudulent issue of Exchequer bills had found their way into the hands of innocent holders he did not doubt, and how those holders were to he dealt with it was for the Government, or per haps the Legisla'ure, to determine. The present case, however, was not between the innocent holders of Exchequer bills and the Government, but between the Bank of England and a party who had deposited bills with the Bank as security for a loan. The bills thus deposited had turned out, on exAminatiod, to be forged, and the Bank, by this action, only sought to recover back the money ad. vanced en a security whioh proved to be of no value To this action he did not apprehend there could be any. real defence. The facts of the case were simply as follow : Mr. Tomkins, the defendant, in the month of September last, borrowed 11,0001. from the Bank on the secu city of eleven Exchequer bills for 1,0001- each, and the ad vance being for a month only. At the end of the month the Bank called upon Mr. Tomkins to repay the advance, and take back his Exchequer bills, and gave him a day beyond the time to which lie was entitled for that purpose. The defendant took away three out of the eleven bills before the credit had expired, but intimated to the Bank that the state of the market, or some other matter, rendered it inconvenient for him to take the remain der, and that the Bank must realise the amount to secure them. rely s. The bit's were accordingly sent into the market by the Bank, and sold in the first instance to a Mr. Scott, a stock broker. They were subsequently purchased by Capel and Co., the brokers, for Messrs. Coutts and Co., the bankers. The bills lay for some days in the hands of Coutts and Co., when rumours prevailed that spurious Exchequer bills had found their way into the Stock. market , and the bills in question were sent to the office of the Comptroller of the Exchequer fir examination, and it was then ascertained that the bills were forgeries. Coutts and Co. claimed the amount from the party from whom their broker purchased, and that party against his immediate vendor, and so on until these eight forged bills were returned to the Bank of Eng land, who claimed the amount, as they were clearly entitled to do, from the defendant, who deposited the bills with them. There were only two persons, at the time the. forged bills bore date and were issued, who had any right to sign, or did sign, Exchequer bills— Lord Monteagle, the Comptroller, and Mr. Dudley Percival, the Deputy-Comptroller. These two persons would be called as wit. nesses, and upon their sat sfying the Jury that the bills In question were forged, he apprehended he should be entitled, under the Lord Chief Baron's direction, to a verdict for the Bank of England for the amount advanced on the eight bills, which was 8,0001., with in terest and expenses amounting to 3431. _ _ The proof that the Exchequer bills produced were those de posited with the Bank by the defendant in September last, was of a formal nature, and no question arose on it. Lord Monteagle (who was accommodated a ith a seat on the Bench) was then examined, and stated at considerable length, and in detail, the manner in which Exchequer bills were signed and issued. The only persons authorised to sign those securities were the witness and Mr. Percival, the Deputy-Comptroller. The paper was made with a peculiar water.mark. The bills were engraved from plates, engraved in and kept in the custody of the office, ard there was an official seal attached. The bills came in a series of •560' t which was called a book. Each bill was numbered, and bad a counterfoil containing the number, and the - counterfoils were re tained after the bills were issued. His Lordship pronounced the eight bills produced to be forgeries. Cross-examined by Mr. Lane—The watermark, engraving, and seal were correct. In fact the bills now produced had all the in dications of genuine bills, but the signature was a forgery. No question had arisen upon any of the series of bills which had actu ally been signed by witness. The spurious bills produced Iv. re of the March issue, and that issue was signed by Mr, Percival. Wit. nets did not believe that the signature to the bills now shown was in the handwriting of Mr. Percival. When he was first shown those bills Mr. Percival was present, and he (Lord Monteagle) at once referred to that gentlemen as the best authority; but if he had been forced to act at once on his own judgment, he should have declared the bills in question forgeries, as they differed in many respects from the ordinary character of Mr. Percival's handwriting. Upon comparing the forged bills with the counterfoils of the corresponding numbers in the office, he was convinced the bills now produced were forgeries. There were counterfoils to all books of Exchequer bills, but when the bills were issued the counterfoils were sent to the Treasury. Mr. Beaumont Smith, as chief clerk, have had access to the counterfoils whilst they remained in the had an opportunity of getting at the paper and seal, and he might Comptroller's office. • Mr. Percival corroborated the testimony of Lord Monteagle in every particular. Witness signed the series of bills containing the numbers corresponding with the forged bills, on the Ilth of March, 1841. The numbers ran from 8,001 to 8,501, and he signed his name to the book to indicate that he had attached his signature tib that number of bills. The bills corresponding with the alleged forged bills were placed in witness's hand. Those bills he had signed on the 1 lth March, they were genuine in every respect. The other bills produced, eight in number, were forgeries. The name of the Comptroller was nnt in the hand• writing of witness, it differed from his hand-writing in many respects. Comparing the bills now produced, with the counterfoils, he was convinced which were the genuine bills and .which were the forgeries. Cross-examined. — W itnen signed about 058 bills on the 111 h March, 500 were of what they called the ten million issue, and the remainder of what was known as tho eleven million issue. The bills were not signed until they were wanted. The issues took place in a day or two after the signing. The issues were under dif. lerent Acts of Parliament. It occupied witness three-quarters of au hour to sign 500 bills. Some of the numbers were similar, but when the numbers were alike, the tenor of the bills were different. The bills specified under what Act they were issued. lle.examined.—The numbers could not correspond in any case where bills were issued under the same Act of Parliament. There were no two bills issued of the same number and th^ same tenor. Mr. FILE, for the defendant, could not conceive how the question which the Jury had to dispose of could be altogether separated from the claim which the holders of the alleged forged Ex. chequer hills had on the Government. The Bank of England claimed a return of advances from the defendant, on the ground that the Government refused to pay the amount of the Exchequer bills or acknowledge their validity. The Govern ment said those bills were forged, and Mr. Percival now stated that the signature was not his. It was impossible for the de. fendant to call witnesses to contradict Mr. Percival, but it was ad. milted on all hands, that the paper, the stamp, and the seals of the bills now produced, were the same as those found in and upon all Exchequer bills. It was also clear, that some of the counter foils mast have been destroyed. " If the counterfoils of the bills now produced, had been found In the office, could Mr. Percival have declared those bills forgeries? 'At all events, it would be a grevlous hardship on the defendant who purchased those bills fairly in the market as genuine securities, they having all the indications of being genuine, if he should now be; told that the se. curity in which he had invested his property was worthless, and that the Government would not acknowledge his claim. This, however, would be the consequence, if the Jury returned a verdict against the defendant in this action. ~....._, Lord ABINGER said the question as to the claims of the Ex. h there were other consi. gernment to chequer bill holders upon the Government was quite distinct from that which the Jury had now to consider, There were a thousand simply, whether the Jury circumstances which might induce the Gbyovtielrenaennkt of to England, and which were forged, when those bills were clearly shown to be in the hands of innocent holders, although such circumstances had no bearing on the present case. H e had no difficulty, however, in saying, that in his opinion there was no legal liability on the of Mr. Percival ; and thatupon examining the pay such bills. tt held by s db, G reeh o rl e r iae e ti r ,oed n n t Government questionet whichtil e t t e o ii i eight pattyh mighti f Es o .c r ca g ihs e ne d ed,:ht b i ico i ee l; bills, vihle a lesr l and deposited by the defendant, were forged ; and not whether the Government ought or ought not to pay Mr. Percival stated that the signature was not in his handwriting, and gave the elements on which he came to that conclusion. Lord Monteagle said he did not be. Ii both eve t hteh signaturesose counterfoils, they were convinced that the signatures to those bills were forged, and that these were not genuine Exchequer bills. Under these ci rcumstances, the Jury, if they believed the E x chequer bills were forged, must ‘viwitnesses u t e o s be d i e n c ltahreed, handwriting find for the plaintiff; if they believed they were not forged, they should find for the defendant. He might add, however, that if the Government were bound to paY the bills in question, the verdict in this case would not prevent Mr. Tomkins from recovering against the Government, nor would it interfere with his claim in an equitable point of view, if he satisfied the Government he was an innocent holder. Indeed, in no res p ect could Mr. Tomkins's claim on the Government be pr ejudicedby the verdict in this action. The Jury, without any hesitation, returned a verdict for the plaintiffs—Damages, 8,3431. --------- COURT, Feb. 18. T a O pq ß a S ri ' ll in Court on ins petition t n o o r a a C l n l h ol a h n t i l e s ie er s e lv n e t nt l s h er e apin g e supported the application. INSOLVENTI3E: DEB TORS' IN RE THOMAS H ASLAM. io y nn - s l :s a l i ve ie ehial a tt s teal a ns The insolvent carried on plumber and glazier, and now to be discharged. Mr. the latter being cast with costs Mr. Cooke opposed it, on behalf of Al r . groundsp H u at I 0 , faois,poloiscii: ion business et,t:r:eddi i t were,wh o resided th a tbneetx:ede.n)orttic:et opposing ver y trifling action arose from some act of trespass. Mr. agreed to resig❑ his claim under his feet on Mr. and the by Duncan's door-scraper; was arrested. A deed was Woodruffe described it as t P h i° e ns i si n ni s g : which Mr. Haslam, the insolvent's father, became and book-debt, on the ground of being a creditor for 550/. the deed, and leave the appropriation of the property in ti .e Mr. Haslam, son., having hands of an assignee, he (Mr. H• ) proving among the body of the creditors, the insolvent was ordered to be conditionally dis• charged. IN RE JOHN CHARLES NORTH. The insolvent in this case applied on his petition to be dis• Mr. Cases moved the third resolution to the effect, that as , members of a commercial community, they felt the evils of the present system, which chiefly affected the working classes, with whom they sympathised, and whose interests they felt bound to represent; they, therefore, pledged themselves to oppose the sliding scale, and would only support a fixed duty, subject to a gradual periodical extincti on . The fixed duty would be but an instalment, in the hope that it would secure free trade to the working classes, who were obliged to pay for their food by the sweat of their brow.—( Hear.) He wished to see a union of the working with the middle and upper classes, of which he did not despair when he beheld such men as the Earl Fitz the Duke of Devonshire, the Duke of Sutherland, and Earl Radnor, ready and willing to ca operate with them. Mr. flooLE seconded the resolution. Mr. STURT supported it. Mr. B. SMITH, as being on the corn-market, was enabled to state that it was the op nion of the principal corn-dealers, that a fixed duty was the best that could be adopted.—(Hear.) Mr. Moirrox, merchant of Fore-street, was astonished that the gentlemen compo,ing that meeting hal not further ad vanced. These resolutions, if all carried, will do nothing towards furnishing bread to the starving millions of this country. It was a waste of time to petition men who had not the slightest regard for the sufferings of the masses. He had just returned from Paisley, and could assure the meeting that there were 17,000 persons in that place living upon I id. per day, whilst the crimirals in the gaol were allowed 21(1. ; but what cared Sir Robert Peel, or his majority, for this, so long as it interfered not with their rent roll? What cared the Members of the House of Commons for the destitution of the people ? They represented land, and bricks, and mortar, and legislated for thems e l ves , an d t h emse l ves on l y , w hil e th e many and the productive classes have no power of protecting them selves. if that meeting was desirous of effecting anything for the people, it should pass a resoluticn for giving them a voice and proper influence in the Legislature; for until exclusive power was taken from the factions that had so abused it, there was no hope of justice for the working classes. It having been moved and seconded that a petition, founded on the resolutions, be presented by the Worthy Chairman to the House of Commons, Mr. STROUD said he thought it was an insult to the Chair man to ask him to do any such thing, whets they stated that it was useless to petition them at all.- ( Loud cheers.) He for one would certainly oppose it, and would move, as an amend ment, " That no petition be presented to the House of Com mons on the question of the Corn-laws from this meeting, as they leave no hope of obtaining justice from them." This, having been seconded, was carried unanimously. Mr. SMITH timed, and Mr. CASH seconded, a vote of thanks to the Chairman. Sir M. WOOD said, in returning thanks, (hit during the whole course of his life he had been opposed to the Corn-!aws, and, although an invalid, he had waited in the House that morning to record his vote against them—( Loud eheers)—and should always do so on any tax which pressed'upon food. A resolution having been passed, ordering the resolw ions to to be published in the Morning Chronicle, Herald, and Adver tiser, the meeting broke up. THE CORN-.LAWS. TO THE L ANDOWNERS ON THE BRITISH EMPIRE. MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, — When the countryman called out to Jupiter to come and get his cart out of the mud, the sensible answer of the offended deity was said to be—" Set your own shoulder to the wheel, and the cart will move, I'll warrant ye." I respectfully point out this fabled story as strictly analogous to your own case in conrection with the Corn-laws. That you should be apprehensive an alteration in these laws will occasion a reduction of rentals, is both natural and justifiable. Though differing from many of ye uas to the policy of such laws, I am far from believing that a reduction of the present rentals, if suddenly brought about, would benefit the public ; on the contrary if, by a proper union of means between landlords and tenants, two blades of grass can be made to grow where one only grew Lefore (an event by no means improba le) there will be little necessity for calling upon that es ential controller of a rent-roll, a det,se population, for an unpopular tax to enable the occupiers of your land to pay their present rents. The remedy would be much more securely a.,d cheerfully effected by the extra produce ; whil-t, as a nation, our hands will be strengthened with a full measure of corn, diffusing, as it must do, gladness on all sides ; because the consumers themselves will receive a direct advan tage by the expenditure of your ample and well-secured in comes. No stronger evidence can be required to prove that our present modes of cultivation admit of amendment, and that we possess extensive means, and a disposition to avail ourselves of them, than the number and character of our agricultural societies, comprised of individuals of the highest rank, talent, and experience in the country, and formed for the express purpose of effecting that most desirable object ; rendered as it is, so urgently necessary by the rapid increase of our popula tion. 'I hough all may not be gold that glitters, good has and must farther result from this • for as every real amendment in practice brings additional produce into the market, the com munity at large must reap the benefit of those exertions. This is not the place to enter largely into the details of culti vation ; but I would urge attention to two cardinal points in practical husbandry, hitherto only very partially adopted, but which, being at once simple, - efficacious, and cheap, are well calculated to add largely to our annual supply of food. I mean deep tillage on arable, and irrigation on our grass lands. Deep tillage is practicable in every place where the plough or the spade can be used, and will never tail to repay the cul tivator well for his labour. The Scotch farmers have taken the lead, touch to their credit, and profit too, in this practice; . and there is not an occupier of one hu n d re d acres o f la n d in' England, but would find his pocket benefited by making a journey into Scotland, to view the practice and judge for himself. Up to a recent period of time a very small portion only of the river waters could be stolen, as it were, by the husband man from the all-important miller, wt.ose indispensable duty it is to grind our corn. There was no choice in the matter; the cultivator of your soil could only be permitted to look at, and long for the water; to make bread the corn must be converted into flour, and thus the coveted element was strictly monopolised. Now, the master power of steam has r. ndered us independent of this stringent necessity ; and in nine eases out of ten throughout the empire, corn may be converted into flour as cheap, or cheaper, by steam than by water power. Here, then, we have two very ob• viorA and certain modes of increasing the produce of the country to a large amount, independently of what may rationally be expected from the exertions of our Agricultural Societies, seconded, as they are, by the zeal and industry of a class of men already distinguished as the most perfect culti vat,rs of land in the universe. As respects the possible benefit to be derived from the extended application of our waters:in husbandry, I think it not too much to expect, that by the com bined exertions of tbe engineer and the agriculturist, at least one-foot th of the hind may ultimately be fertilised by such means, at the discretion of the occupiers, creating at the same time a vast lund of employment for our honest labourers. But if you kill ask any 'occupier of land which he would prefer, the convenion of one-tenth part only of his farm into a water meadow, secured from summer floods, or a law which shall i give, or is intended to give him an extra ss. per quarter on his ~corn, in 19 cases out of 20 the former would be accepted. F Atter forty years experience as a land agent, I have been obliged to-admv, , like many others, that it would have been a blessing to a great majority of British farmers had they been encouraged, by leases and other means, to a better mode of cultivating their lands, instead of placing any dependance on the precarious working of a Corn-law ; the demands for, rent would have been more easily met, with an infinitely better security for future payments. Whilst acting, as I did for some years, in the capacity of agent to the late Sir Robert Peel, I had the satisfaction of knowing that his opinions entirely accorded with my own, as to the value and practicability of the particular improvements which 1 have here ventured to submit to public notice. Forti fied with the approval of a man so highly qualified to judge, I have less hesitation in calling your attention to the subject; and I have done so solely for the purpose of exc.ting inquiry to the important question—may there not be found a more sub stantial and permanent method of securing the existing rentals, one more consistent with the welfare of the occupiers of your lands, than a reliance on the artificial support of a Corn-law, and at the same time greatly improve our intercourse with foreign nations ? In a matter involving such great and conflicting interests, all change to be good should be gradual. If it should ultimately be determined that in the lapse of a few years the impost on fort ign corn should become stationary, at a rate nearly of the same amount as the direct taxation on our own corn, then the mode of charging it in the intetim will be divested of much of its interest; but a fixed rate of charge must certainly be the least liable to evasion. I have long felt surprised on seeing it so generally taken for granted, that there can be only one way to preserve the exist ing rentals, which way, at best, is a very vexatious one; and I offer the above remarks in the hope that they w►ll be received, as' made, in the genuine spirit of inquiry to elicit the best mode of-settlement on a question of vital interest to us all, and beset w ith difficulties. 1 have the honour to be, with great re-pest, my Lords and Gentlemen, your most humble and obedient servant, ROBERT BENTON. Nechell's-nark, Birmingham, Feb. 14, 1842. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM TILE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—It is not surprising that Sir Robert Peel should have ceased to be greeted by the applausive vociferations of the animal portion of his own party. Even these animali parlanti are not destitute of natural instinct. They feel they have .given themselves a master ; and they feel their master is leading them to the slaughter-house. This is felt, too, by the more rational irrationals of the Tory benches. " Its proper power to hurt, each creature feels ; " .and these ultras feel that Sir Robert Peel has pared 'their claws, and blunted their natural weapons. Wild animals indeed, just caught from the Yorkshire Hussars, or the quarter-deck—such animals as a Rous and a Fer rand—may feel nothing but their raw impulses. But all who have a method in their madness feel that their occupation is gone. All who attempted to make re striction and monopoly popular among the poor and the working classes, by clamouring for restrictions and regulations to please the Ten-hour Bill men, trades unionists, or agitators against the new Poor-law— all these feel how completely their guns are spiked, by the Premier's explicit rejection of them. Yet this section of his supporters were, in some sense, wise in their generation. They saw that if monopolies of the rich could be defended successfully, it must be by com bining their cause with monopolies of the poor—that if enhancement of price of food was to be rendered popu lar, it must be by affecting to legislate for enhancement of wages of labour—for muzzling the " money monster" —for decreeing short work for full pay, and lavish and unconditional parish pensions for no work at all. All these pretexts the Premier .has cast aside with cool withering scorn. He won't enact that ten hours' work shall earn twelve hours' wages in factories,_ He won't legislate for operative monopolies, or subsidize sturdy pauperism. But what is worse, he won't pretend to mean anything of the sort. This is a heavy blow and great discouragement to that section of his sup porters who have sought to enlist hosts of plebeian pre judice for aristocratic monopoly. It is quite certain, however, that in abandoning the pretexts of his party, S:r Robert Peel has rendered it impossible to maintain its interests. STANDARD.—We spoke yesterday of the good effect which the division of Wednesday night must have upon the interests of the country at home and abroad. Let us now offer a word upon the influence which must be exercised by the debate, and the arguments adduced in the debate. Of the arguments of the Opposition it is unneces sary to say anything. They may be disposed of in two classes, into which they were pretty equally divided—first, arguments in support of a fixed duty ;_ secondly, argu ments in condemnation of any duty. These arguments, like opposite qualities in algebra, plainly destroy each othex, and leave nothing for an antagonist to answer. On the other side we have the arguments of Mr. Gladstone, Sir Edward Knatchbull, Sir James Graham, and Sir Robert Peel, untouched by any thing upon which their opponents can agree, and therefore to be regarded as absolutely unas sailable. So the question goes to the public, and the public will know how to decide upon it. We must repeat it, that arguments upon a question so long, and so earnestly canvassed, could not be at once new and soun d , and, in fact, ' scarcely any argil.- ment was advanced uron_ the Ministerial side which had not been long made familiar by our invaluable correspondent, Mr. James M`Queen (whose name ought to have been quoted, and would have been quoted fifty times had he been a Whig, writi ng on the Anti-Corn lawand additi ona l strength side) and by ethpts. The m er i t of the Ministerial bspeakers which a t s h i e n yg the a c e iMdo i and the f orc ibl e e l oquence interest to familiar arguments. It is no mean benefit, also, that by adopting these arguments they gave them that weight which high. names canale!: s give, and which, we may be excused for saying it, is not given by Conservativ e statesmen to the reasoning of less exalted persons, as often as, for the sake of truth, : it ought to be given. It i s an injurious delicacy which rejects a decisive proof be cause it has been first advanced by an obscure pamphlet, or a more obscure newspaper writer. COURIER.—The prompt and manly declaration by Lord Melbourne in the House of Peers, tni the first day of the Session, that with Ahe,creation or the prevalence of existing distress the Corn-laws were in no respect chargeable, a de c l a r a ti o n t ar dily re-echoed since in the Commons' House by Lord John Russell, aprears to have been a " heavy blow and great discouragement to the Anti-Corn-law press, and to the Anti-Corn-law faction both within and without the House. For months byegone distress and Corn-laws figured daily in the close relationship of cause and effect with every radical writer condemned to the drudgery of one column or more per day ofleading and leaden matter, and with every ranter whose only chance of cheers at public meetings lay in the volume of rigmarole ringing the changes to the same tune. Nay, even with the reverend revolutionist it was the staple text from which ribaldry and ruffianism had to be preached, and under the standard of which the Rev. Mr. Spencer proposed to embody the picked corps of 1,000 Manchester desperadoes, who are peaceably to beleaguer the houses of the landed gentry, and assist_ Parliament to a right determination on the abolition of Corn-laws question. Until now these ominous repudiations by the two Parliamentary chiefs of the stock material of Anti-Corn law agitation have been responded to only by the sulky silence of the factious press thus slighted, and the agitators thus disowned ; but with the temporary termi nation of Anti-Corn-law debates and the decisive manifesto of a Ministerial majority, the rout of writers and ranters, finding their very craft in peril of extinction, are taking heart from desperation, op 4 are, 're-hoisting the old ban " ners under which ashowofeditorial fight could be made if victory were pa:schope, and itinerant Smiths and spouters pick up a living, if Anti-Corn-law bazaars forbade the hope 01 a fortune. The Chrmide leads the van of this forlorn hope, and commences by a clumsy attack en Sir Robert Peel for saying that which the .two hig Lords had said before. " When," says that veracious journal, "he ta'd the Corn-law was net chargeable with any portion of the existing. distress, he said that whi c h be did not himself believe." It is quite natural for dis honest dealers'in flash wares made, like Peter's razors, a- sale, to measure other people's consciences by their own standard. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. TlMES.—There is a general disposition among men of business, after the exposure that has taken place by the report of the Commissioners of the Management of the Exchequer Bill-office, to recall past delinquencies of the department, by vihieh much inconvenience has been produced, though in a manner different from those immediately under investigation. It is very material at this point to be able to show that the parties pres'eling there, though very unwilling to admit their respon-ibility to the public, have generally adopted towards the public pretty " sharp practice" themselves. With this view a sample of that practice may usefully be put forward; but to make it intelligible to ordinary readers it is necessary to state,' that at certain periods the Government calls in Exchequer Bi is of a particular date, and a day is named up to, and on which, the said bills will be received, and new bills givon in exchange for the old ones, and if the premium on Exchequer Bills is considerable, the holders suffer the loss. Some years ago a banking-house in the city had 50,0001. Excheneer bills to exchange at the periodical call. The bills were duly listed and prepared for delivery, but by an accident the last day for presenting them at the Exchequer 1301-office was allowed to pass over. Twelve hours had not elapsed before the mistake was discovered, and early the next morning the bills were taken to the office, with a request from the house in question that they might be received, and new ones given for them. This was refused, and though the case was urgently represented to the proper authorities, and the cause of the oversight (viz. the indisposition of the party whose duty it was to have taken charge of the operation) fully stated, a refusal was given, and the banking-house was compelled to receive the amount, and to purchase new bills at a loss of nearly 1,5001. It would be imagined that if ever a rule of office, which is always to be respected, might with propriety be relaxed, this was the proper occasion for doing so, but a different impression prevailed, it seems, at head-quarters, and if any advantage ac crued thereby to the public, there would not perhaps remain quite so much to complain of. But out of this case, probably not an uncommon one, arises a new temptation not to be Jost s:ght of, in regard to an office already convicted of great irre gularities. There was nothing to prevent a " sib" of that. office from putting the advantage of which the banker, in the case referred to, was deprived, into his own pocket. It is to be hoped, therefore, that when the general 'Wolin of the office, which is now held to be a matter of course, does take place, this " sharp practice" will be among the matters to undergo revision. GREAT BIRMINGHAM MEETING. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) FRIDAY EVENING, SIX O'CLOCK. A great and influential meeting took place this day in the Town-hall. Since the announcement of the Ministerial plan, the utmost ex citement prevailed in this town, and one general feeling of indig nation was exprr ssed by nearly all classes. Last week a requisition 't to the Mayor was presented, to call a meeting. The terms of the requisition was to consider Peel's scheme, but no sooner was the majority of 123 announced than the requisitionists met, amd resolv ed upon going for the Suffrage. At a meeting held last evening the following resolution was pro. posed :—" That for a long time past the trade and commerce of this town have been suffbring unprecedented distress, that the masters and working men have lost their profits and employment ; that the Ministerial plan is nothing but adding insult to intury ; that as the amendment will rcc.dve the support of the Mem bers of the present House of Commons, it furnishes irrefragible proof of the necessity of such an extension of the Suffrage as will give to all classes a full, lair, and free retire. sentation, to which, according to the principles of Christianity and the British Constitution, they are entitled." This resolution was made known to the Christian Chartists who assented to it. This morning, at an early hour, the doors of the Hall were besieged by thousands ; and thousands of handbills were distributed in all direc tions, denouncing Peel and his plan. At a quarter to twelve o'clock the doors of the Hall were thrown open, and in a very few minutes thousands of persons thronged in, and every inch of ground was occupied. The organ gallery was occupied by the re. quisitionists and a body of Chartists. Amongst the former were the Rev. Hugh Hutton, Alderman Hutton. Thomas Clarke, Esq., magistrate, J. T. Beale, Esq., Mr. Councillor Smith, Mr. Alderman Vannart, and many others. Amongst the Chartists were Mr. Feargus O'Connor, Mr. White, Mr. John Collins, Mr. O'Neil, Mr. Mason, and others. It was altogether the most imposing and anxious meeting I ever beheld. At twelve o'clock V. Beale, Esq., Mayor, took the chair, and opened the business by reading the re quisition calling the meeting. Mr. Aldermant WESTON then came forward, and moved the first resolution, and in doing so made a powerful speech, in which he condetnned, in the strongest possible terms, the plan proposed by Peel, and said, in reference to the Suffrage, that he knew of no other means by which they could get relief than by an extension of the Suffhge. Mr. Alderman VANNART seconded the motion, which was put and carried. T. ATrwoon, Esq., then came forward, on being loudly called for, and was received with the most tremendous cheering, which lasted for some time, after which he said—Whether the agi tation of the Corn-laws would do what they anticipated or not, it was very clear it would have the effect of uniting the middle and lower classes, which had long been wanting. He was glad to see the advancement of the Corn-law Association throughout the country. and that the middle classes had unbut toned their vests, and allowed their feelings to come out.—(Hear.) He felt convinced that they must alter the Corn-law. But let them not tilk :Acme, but do it. Mr. O'NEIL, of the Christian Chartist Church, said the condi tion of the millions had at last aroused a conviction that some thing must he done. The Suffrage was the only means by a hich they could obtain relief, and the sooner they went direct for it the better. It had been well. said by Mr. Cobden that if the working classes had been lit possession of the franchise in 1815, the Corn.laws would never have passed the House of Commons. He would say only let the Anti- Corn.law Association assist them and the Corn.laws would soon be repealed.—(Cheers.) Mr. F. O'CoNsroa next spoke in favour of a good understanding between all classes for the Suntage. His principles were Demo cracy—theter—u ter—but he w Charter—the asin whol e ivo.rof Charter—amid r t -- ra a d i c i d lnothingoye otter u t t h t e h e He would not _throw any obstacle in the way of union —(Cheers.) He hoped they would bring it about; he hailed the advance made as a good, and would not do any thing to mar it.—The resolution was then put and carried amidst the most deafening cheers. W. SCIIOLEFIELD. Esq., the President of the Association, and to whose great exertions and ability the town is indebted in a great degree for its present imposing attitude, next spoke, and was greatly cheered. He said he saw the necessity of an extension of the suffrage. He had long been convinced of the necessity ot' change. He was a decided advocate for free trade. He concluded by proposing a petition to the Queen in opposition to the scheme of Sir Robert Peel. Mr. JOHN COLLINS, the Chartist, seconded the motion, which was put and carried amidst tremendous cheering. Mr. JOHN MAsoN rejoiced that the middle and working-classes were now about to unite. The house of every poor man was now the seat of misery and woe, and they were resolved to change the scene.—(Cheers.) They were refused bread, but they would have it, and with it, all their rights.—(Cheers.) Mr. DOUGLAS moved that the petition be signed by the Chair man, and committed to his care, and that of the Borough Mem. bens, to be presented at such time and manner as they wished. Mr. Alderman MUNTZ seconded the motion, which was carried. It was the most imposing meeting ever held in the Hall. Every. thing passed off wel, and the meeting broke up in good order. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LoNnoN, FEB. 18.—Wind this day at noon S. 'W. RAMSGATE, FEB. 17.—S1d. Rowena, River Gambia. DEAL, FEB. 17.—Wind light.—Arrd. Emma, Shields, for Aden. Sld. the outward bound. LivEarooL, FEB. 17. Wind variable.—Arrd. Calista, Msnyers, Honduras, tkc. ; Elizabeth, Alexandria ; Talbot, Roe, Gibraltar. Sid. Lady Grant and Fame, Bunenos Ayres; Ellen Maria, Rio Janeiro; Elizabeth, Rio Grande ; Jessie Logan, Calcutta; Ellen German, La Guayra ; Athens and Eurotas, Havannah ; Jackson and Margaret, Trinidad ; Governor, St. Thomas's ; Claiborne, New Orleans ; Eliza beth Bruce, Mobile; Louisa, Baltimore; Commerce and Thomas Barnett, Charleston ; Aurelius, Savannah ; Alle gbany and Champlain, Philadelphia; Ann, Boston; Wsve, Azores; Peru, Africa. Arrd. off port, ;Pennsylvania, Nt'w Orleans ; Thomas Leech, South America ; Caledonia steamer, bonsai to Halifax, is off port, putting back with ma•n piece o f rudder sprung and twisted, having ofxrpen; rieneed a succession of heavy gales, bore up, 11( 11 i" f t "rno u on long. :29; Acadia steamer will 1. ave this on Saturdaya te ,,, ~ell for Halifax, with the CaledMiia's mail and pa ssen g ers, as all other lettera posted in time for her. v Sid W e stminster, PORTsIIOUTII, FEL 17.—Wind 8...-••• -- • 1 ,,,,, of i ron , New York. Five chain cables, have been landed from the Isadore, froni about the middle of An attempt will be made to weigh h n er be got at these neaps. next week. No more of the g and cargo can Durham, Singapore ab°l-at ear ie lff to London. OFF TORBAY, FEB. 14. . lii‘liiTm, Calcutta. Four of the Heinrich, for Bremen. BldLondon to Rio de Janeiro, having crew of the Newport, from is detained for hands. got off the bar, and brought into the har. refused to proceed, the v ess e l FL —Trevannance, Heman, from PORT 'I A Llior, ..- -.Wind S. ' PnyaaouTir, Fza. 17. —£..—A.rrd. the Lavine., Sierra Leona; 800 Pere, diarnasted. Sid. Mary, Sierra Leone. bSowuarnsstertli,nila-ei be"'