The Sun. — London, England, 1849-03-01 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 1, 1849.: was then taken to the station -house. The pri lsoner went there, and made a charge against me. w,” asked my name an d I sa id " A m I o bli ge d to g i ve I was told I was not obliged to give it then, but I .T.‘ould have t o g i ve i t, an d I reed. I think I was told w ould be obli ge d to g i ve i t i n t h e morn i ng . I was s earched. I had a watch upon me. I have that watch „. 1:1° w (producing it), and I had some bank notes and fn ° ce - .Y. 1 was detained that ni g ht a nd t a k e n to the police ?-* I gave a name at the station-house before I v ent to Bow -street. I said, when asked for my name, b ' I think you may say Henry Sadler. " When I got to a vr - stre e t I first gave the name of Henry Sadler to the Zagistrate, who asked me if that was my real t ne• I said "I am a c l ergyman ; am I o bli ge d I 4 , & ,: i e my real name?" He said " Yes, you are." w.„'",t l gave it, and my address. The prisoner a r i A tnen examined in support of his charge, © and I was d e or i e e " °Pon to find bail. I was confined till that was b o . • It was a wet night on the previous night. '6ght a cigar on my way and lighted it. russ-examined by Mr. BALLANTINE—I got the l' ar in Princ es s t reet . I h a d no b us i ness a t the Trea- It tt.rY. I merely went for a walk, and turned back. w h w as drizzling rain. I had not an umbrella. i tto , T 1 I got into the court-yard I found it rained more, returned from the portico. At first I stood some thistance from the soldier, and when I spoke to him I „ss`Pled round. I was not altogether more than three i':!loutes under the portico. When I spoke f u the prisoner, I was about half a yard A e' r rn ,, h im. I cannot recollect how my hands to I don't know that I was so near him as ue able to touch him. I don't think it is pos -i9a; tn, Y hands touched him accidentally. I should t e ,, r— , 4 l say I did not touch him. I could not have t hi -e ,"aci him but intentionally. I knew it was the lf eue ss f Kent's house. lam not a stranger to London. r• Middleton did not expect me. He is not a married a e n ; he is a b ac h e l or . H e i s no t li v i ng w ith a f am il y i n th.ton-street. I did not send for him that evening. When tt ' c harge w as ma d e I did no t sa y I was go i ng to see a r. Middleton. This matter must have occurred about a li t o'clock. I was going to call upon a gentleman so I e as that, and intended to return to my inn afterwards. h ad not intended to call on Mr. Middleton when I came tip o town. ha4e-Examined by Mr. BODKIN—I did not place my ‘0 1 : under the prisoner's coat, and could not have done it bY accident. I merely asked the question whose house as we were standing under, for the sake of conver- A o l uri, and not for information. I was curate at St. , 8 Soho, for two years. It ; ° lin George Middleton—l am son of the late Ad- Cal Middleton. I live at 6, Upper Eaton-street. I av a • O the prosecutor for twelve years. I have ti sited A b u n at Send recently, before tbis occurrence. tl co nstantly visited me on his coming to town; he di at at difft•rent hours in the morning and evening. I I ti e at th e Parthenon Clu b usually, in Regent -street. as c r a hly spend the greater parter of the evening there, 131 , return home after ten o'clock. Mr. Sellers would 0)4131 Y be acquainted with that fact. h t f rus s - examined—He had visited me so late as that l i' r e; he did so on t h e n i g h t b e f ore t h e f unera l o f t h e ca of Sussex. I had not expected him on that occa th:- I live al one i n a p artmen t s . I h a d no t di ne d a t th' P arthenon on th e d a y i n q u e s tion. I dined at home at d ay. I` ti wil hana Price--I am a private in the 2d battalion rs Mlles Guards. The prisoner is also a private in that Mil e r On the 9th of January I was on duty as la ti ," h 'Y at Sir H. Wheatley's door. That is between the 6 - „ e3B of Kent's and the guard-house. I saw the about having hold of a gentleman on that night ge ut. twenty minutes after ten. He passed close by me g eot c ild not say anything to me. He caught hold of the Tli; e man by the collar, with his gun in his right hand. s ettin rule when a soldier is assaulted on duty as a tea r is to call en the next sentinel. I was tiis e nough to him on that occasion for the m uner to have called on me. I would have heard s ei T t l i and then I would have called to the next sav - n nel • A soldier is not allowed to quit his post on ts; eatence. I w en t off guard about 20 minutes after pri s e • I went then to the guard-house. I saw the ti e o ner ther e; h e sa id h o was verr y sorr y th a t h e h a d te t ° a gentleman in charge. He said the old had h~v~qfered him anything; if he had he would be h itcl let hi m gone. H e sa id b e w i s h e d h e the re en on some o t h er po s t, the colour post, where base,were not so man y p e opl e pas s ing, or he would had all the b-- things he had upon him. He said e 5 0 ,41 a beautiful gold watch of the size of half-a -thinp,ll* , I said a watch was a dangerous Pleo, to take. He then said, " I would have sw, d t rat out of sight for two or three days; I would have na t ,,, s3l : . 'ed it." Th e gent l eman b a d r e f use d to g ive his he said; and he mentioned that some notes and fro " h a half-mourning ring, and a watch had been taken im Or so tto es a- examined by Mr. BALLANTINE—There were wh on other so ldi ers s i tt i ng round the f i re b es id es myse lf abo t h i e prison er sa id a ll t hi s . I ma d e t h e o b servat i on Ni t ! t ue Watch being a dangerous thing, on the sup / 1 1 0 a that th e p r i soner h a d got t h e watc h di s h onest l y . h‘re been in the re g i me nt e i g ht years and upwards ab se 4 been myself several times in trouble for being Yea r ti „ t and drunk. I am upwards of twenty-five !ay u t f age. I have not been in trouble on 14. ' A uer account than absence or drunkenness. A ° n ever quarrelled with the prisoner, nor said that pii e pd do for him some day. I swear I have never ap• Pas sed ° the prison e r f , r money. When the prisoner say rem rna' k sentry-box with Mr. Sellers I did Lot make J .,,ar. to t i l ' u n Stewart—l a m a p r i va t e i n th e same b a tt a li on ,jai Prisoner. Prisoner. I remember a day or two after the 9th of sabi ti . a rY, having a conversation with the prisoner on the otlZ e t of this charge in the barrack-room. There were ; ; B _,oldiers present besides the prisoner and myself. e (i, 4 t ," l he was on duty near the Duchess of Kent's. — "ft trial was proceeding when our reporter left.) ol e f, NEW COURT. "to Mr. Ald erman M OO N and the COMMON SER- jog GEANT.) 28, e Ph Smith, 26, a chemist, and Thomas Callingham, ;,°tit Et i cab rnan, were both indicted with stealing a bale, unlg fifteen dozen of shoe-threads, the property of tarere Bark er an d anot h er , w h o are tw i ne msnufac- T6 i Watling -street. „„ 8 ~.as another example of the daring audacity gob . ,9 1 eh robb er i es are somet i mes comm i tte d i n Lon sery„,t appeared that during the brief absence of a the OA the Bth of February, about eight o'clock in n eu ing, a cab was seen to drive up to the ware `As 8 0 ° et', and two persons to get out of it, and carry A ith;L .° in queition out of the passage, and to place it, psis t he assistance of the driver, upon the cab. The Ng i l e r Smith was one of the parties, and Callingham robb" driver. The cab immediately drove off, but the tv ert er L Y being soon discovered, it was pursued and t hat 4 ,, Qu in St. Paul's Church-yard. On discovering i lk t hey were followed the parties increased their 4 ier.!,.but, after a hot chase, were stopped in the Black ad. so d ta d PALLANTINE defended the prisoner Callingham, he apt. nai tted that he was not a guilty party, but had Dtp, o u'red in the ordinary way by Smith and another who had not been taken into custody, and was A ninocent of the robbery. the b . , ; lt uess was called, who proved having engaged B ad " I "ees cab the same evening about six o'clock, 14ieveral witnesses gave him a good character. htith. a Jury found Smith Guilty, and Acquitted Calling , itheteal w a .Ls sentence to seven years' transportation. William Stevens aged 13, was indicted with Pert,, - "g 75 0 yards of fishing line, value 21. 10s., the pro kad".l),lSusannah Reynolds and another of his employers, 11104,4 iteedere Tucker, aged 25, a porter, with felo heen7torieeeiving the same, well-knowing them to have Th e h e n. „. ; "°Y Stevens pleaded Guilty, and was the prin llot be tress against the other prisoner. He said he had Ng ' e n in the habit of stealing fishing line until he 44,1 requested to do so by Tucker, who lived near him, lok ai em he h a d k nown f or some time . H e first stole Der a ‘ . 4s t summer, Tucker promising to give him some cop- Qt di he could get, and he had s t o l en quantities ' e reat times. t h ek jury found him Guilty, and recommended araoter him to I,e, a Y on account of his s previous alsoindicted for stealing frior. good character. 29 c !)risone t Tucker wa type, value 65., the property of Messrs. the y t : founders. 14',.. 11 e jury found p him guilty also upon that charge, and h " 48 sen tenced to 18 months imprisonment in the of Correction, with hard labour. Si THIRD COURT N i , t t ee last sessions a very neat and commodious Third I,sw - ",,, h as been fitted up immediately contiguous to the fl ew °um and would have been opened for the first (1 4 4 , - 6°4 morning, but for the non attendance of some al. Iv (t • 4 tild The arrangements are as excellent as the space hr ern lit, ample accommodation being afforded for it 4 ; -1 7, the barristers, reporters, short-hand writers, .0 11 1 . t. 84 1 11 ,nd. others, whose business it was to attend the th e hi th inconvenience of the grand jury room which th e a uh . e rto been used as a Third Court, has long been for n i ce , t , of frequent complaint, and was a reason for —B '"on of this court. IRELAND. t 1) 1 (8 Y ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) S1(1111,•-111. WEDNESDAY EVENING.—Lord Clarendon attend a iieeond levee for the season this afternoon. The 4 „blvw, ati c, owi ng to the hold i ng of the circuits, and the -e Pf Irish M embers of Parliament, was extreme l y The , Wholer e ceremony did not occupy an hour. s - ", ed -,2 *aminer, a weekly national journal, sus t the " " publicstion last week, owing, it is said, ahatnPS. t horiiies h av i ng re fus e d the usua l su ppl y o f ThN B Nes eat h grand jury, now assembled at the s p r i ng fish m petitioned Parliament against the present ;; cl4 and denounced the projected " Rate in measure calculated to reduce all to one . B p (l r t4 „ ° Ou r f e ; lel by taxin the energies and industryi ot I: ; vid P° ,"` ° n 3 °t the kin g gdom ort the indolence and °f others. Meath is the first county in -e s u e "nich has pronounced against the Government M s r. 'Ve!Sits, A. Hamilton one of the members of the Uni c i `",in addr ' ess to his constituents, denoun h c . e l tts "tie tb ,7 9 in Aid" a n'ust and inexpedient. W e i"ltt wit, —" at g the agitation for Repeal, Mr. Hamilton says -kr ests i s Wanting for the promotion of the true itdi tath,r- of Ireland is - a com lete union with Engler . ' , tilatzleow subsists. to th " the description of imperfect connexion A Conservative Deputy-Lieutenant the 411 Ps.cr Union declares that the only alternative now left for is to agitate for and insist upon a repeal of R EDS I- , ()r id o b t ? 4 1t , FEE. ' . 4i 28.—The A utumn°, o f S toc k ton, f rom 4 eo to U artlepool, got on the rocks to-day, and has ea ed . l4lll t) itild it is feared will become a wreck; crew MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. There was a quiet market for Cotton at Liverpool yesterday. The sales were estimated at 6,000 to 7,000 bales, including 1,500 on speculation. The market closed tamely, but full prices were paid.—Railway Shares were dull and heavy again. The foreign news reads better to-day, and the many statements about army movements in Italy, Russia, &c., have been softened down, if not wholly disproved. In the mercantile and money markets there continnes to be a wholesome feeling. The state of the Money Market is described with tolerable impartiality in the March number of the Banker's Magasine, and we give the following extract : " There has been considerable excitement, during the last four weeks, in nearly all the great markets more directly under the influence of capital. On the 25th January, 1849, the market price of Consols was 91 ; on 13th Feb. it had been raised, by a variety of methods, to as much as 944—an advance exceedingly beyond the ordinary rate of fluctuation, and scarcely such a one as could be accomplished without the help of an organized system of operations among the jobbers directed to pro. cure a higher price. Since the attainment of this high price, there has been a reaction ; and at the time we write the market rates are 14 or 2 per cent. below the quotations of the 13th February. The rationale of these movements is not a difficult question. The dealers took advantage of a favourable turn in the market, and they carried it beyond its legitimate mark." By her Majesty's ship Petrel accounts of January 14 have been received from Rio de Janeiro. There was no alteration in the state of political affairs, and the rate of exchange on London was much the same. The Funds opened at about the closing values of yes terday, or perhaps a little higher, Copilot , ' being 914 for Transfer and 914 I for Account. Since the second French mail has arrived, the market looks better again, and there is more disposition to support values. It almost invariably happens that when stock is offered freely on account of the money being wanted for other purposes, there is the best use made of any little circum stance which appearing adverse may be made to " tell" upon the market, and thus enable the jobbers to get the stock offered at decidedly lower rates, with the chance of a subsequent rally. Consols have been done at 914 to 924 for money, and 92 to for account. Exchequer bills have realised 398. to 425. premium. Bank Stock has been firm at 194 to 1954, and India Stock at 243. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 924 to 934. The Foreign Securities are looking up. Spanish Five per Cents. have been 181 to 4; and the Three per Cents. 29 to 4. Portuguese Four per Cents. 254. Mexican have realised 264 to 4; and Brazilian Small 83. Dutch Two and-a-Halt per Cents. have been 49 to 50. Railway Shares have been without any decided change. Most are quoted ex-dividend. Eastern Coun ties, Midland, North-Western, and the other of Hudson's lines are mostly lower. The French shares are in some instances rather cheaper, but with a good busi ness doing. ONE CLOSING P 1. f' 'l . 'S (F ' , RITIBII FUNDS) O'CLOCK. PRICES Bank Stock 194 195 1 ,E 195 1 4 s i;er Cent. Reduced Ar_ns ...... .. 91% % 92'A 92 1 % 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 914% 92 1 % 8 91% 92% New 3% per Cent. Anns.... . uong Anna. to expire J an. 1860 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10.1859 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5,1860 Bl4 8 3 / 4 India Stock 243 243 ndia Bonds, 1,0001. Ditto under 1,0001... _. Consols for Account 9 2 3 / 4% 92 1 ,E 92 92 - - xchenuer Bills. 2 1 ,4 d. & 2d. 1,000/. June 39 42 p 42 p 500/. June Small. June: 42 40 p 40 p Ditto Advertised, June 33 36 p 86 p PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. ONE CLOSIN - O'CLOCK. PRICES. Brazilian Bonds Ditto, Small B3 83% Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 25 1 4 Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent — Ditto, 5 per cent. Scrip, 1849 7 14 7 3 / p 8 p Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 — Ditto, Account Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 49% 50 Portuguese 5 per Cents. — Ditto, Account 2 5 3 /4 25 3 / Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account l9 18% Ditto, Passive Ditto 3 per Cent — Ditto, Account ••••• •• 29 1 4 Venezuela Bonds, 2 1 A per Cent... 26 26 3 4 Ditto Deferred — 7 1 A Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2 1 ,E per Cent., 12 Guild.... 49 50 4111 3 4 Ditto, 4 per Cent Certificates 79% 79% PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING ,t AMWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen Do. Preference Birmingham and Ox ford Junct., calls duly paid, or with a guaran. 20 Buckinghamshire ... 161. 4s. Caledonian Ditto, Quarter Shares 1114...... 5 Do. New 104 Pref..... 10 ... ... 11 1 4 1 4.. ...... Chester and Holyhead... 50 ~ .ast Anglia, 254, L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 Do., 18/., E. & 11.... 18 Do., Si. Ms. Eastern Conaties... .. ... 20 ...... ioN i z ; A t I OA Eastern Union, Class A ' (late E. U. Shares) 25 Do. Scrip (6 percent.) 20 ..... 18% East Lancashire Ditto, New East Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... ..... Great Northern D 0.,% B 6 per Cent... 6 1 h Great Western 100 ......99 97% x.d...... 97%x.d Ditto, % Shares" Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 -__ Do. Fifths Do. Thirds Leeds and Bradford 5O lO4 x.d............ 104 x.d. London &Blackwall...l3/.65.8d 'Y s ....... 5% x.d. London, Brighton. and South Coast 5O . _ Ditto, New 51., guar. 6 per cent. .. London and N. Western 100 ..,.,138136 x.d.. l37x.d Ditto, New Ditto, Fifths ..... .. .. 2 ... 9 1 . (4 x.d. ...... ... 9% x.d Loud. &S. Western 5O ...... Manchester,Buxton,and Matlock 4 1,4 — Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire ..:100 Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10 Midland 100...85 84 1 ,E 85 83% x.d.... 85 x.d. Do., do., 501. Shares... 25 ... .. 18% Do. Birm., and Derbyloo Do.Consol.Bristol and Birming.,6 per ct.... 100 125 Norfolk .......... ........ ...100 Do. Guaranteed 5 I ,x' pc. 5 North British ........... 25 ...... ...... ........ Ditto, Halves .. Ditto, Quarters Ditto, Thirds ........ 8 1 74 .... North Staffordshire 17% l4 ~..... ......... 14 3 / 4 Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Scottish Central Shrewsbury and Bina... 10 Ditto ditto. Class B. 6 Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Alin.) Ditto Halves ... ditto 9 ...... 9LA ex.div 9 l4x.d Shropshire Union South Staffordshire 7 1,4...... 4!.4 __ . South Eastern - Do., N 0.2. Do., Registered] No. 4 10 ...... Do., Scrip No 4 South Wales .. Sheffield, Rotherham, & Goole (N. Div.) Gua ranteed 5 per cent York, Newcastle, and Berwick. .... .. 25 .: ... ... .... Do. Original New and Berwick .. ...... . 25 .... . 25% 25 ex.div 25 x.d Co. Newcastle E xten. 20 ...... 1 9'i4 1/ g ex.div. 19 Li t x. d Do. G.N.E.Preterence 8 ... .. 8 1 % 8 8 Y )rk and North Midland 50 ...... 49 50 Ditto, Preference ...... 10 Do. East and W est Rid- ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 9 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) ... 18 Luxembourg..... Ditto .....7. ....... ..... 10 Namur and Liege Northern of France Orleans and Bordeaux... 7 Paris and Rouen ... Paris and Strasbourg ... 10 Rouen and Havre . ..... 20 Sambre and Meuse 2O ... .. 5 Tours and Nantes 9 ...... 2% ......... ..... 2% MINES. Brazilian Imperial ...... 241/2 — Do. St. John Del Rey 15 JOINT STOCK BANKS. NationalProv.England. 35 Lord Stanley had a Parliamentary dinner last even ing, at his mansion in St. James's-square, at which the following noblemen and gentlemen, Members of the House of Commons, were present:—The Earl of March, Viscount Bernard, the Right Hon. J. C. Herries, the Hon. Colonel George Rice Trevor, the Hon. Captain Harris, Sir William Joliffe, Sir John Yarde Buller, Sir Charles Knightley, Sir John Walsh, Colonel Hall, Al derman Thompson, Mr. Forbes Mackenzie, Mr. Thomas Baring, Mr. C. Goring, Mr. J. V. Henley, Mr. Godson, Mr. S. H. Walpole, Mr. E. B. Farnham, Mr. W. Forbes, Mr. P. Miles, Mr. L. W. Buck, Mr. J. Floyer, Mr. E. Grogan, Mr. C. G. Dupre, Mr. Hilyard, Mr. C. N. New degate, Captain Rthhout, &c. Covers were laid for twenty-eight guests. OPENING OF THE lIAWICK RAILWAY FOR PAS SENGER TRAFFIC.—The Government inspector passed along the line on Monday week. He examined most minutely the principal works on the line, especially the two tunnels, the skew bridge at Buckholmside factory, and the bridge across the Tweet, all of which met with his unqualified approval. On the following morning the line was opened for passenger traffic as far as Newtown. —Border Advertiser. One of the daughters of the postmaster at Carmar then is now in gaol awaiting her trial for stealing money letters. It is stated that about 2001. in bank notes were found in possession of the prisoner; and other property, such as purses, .jewellery, and different fancy articles, amounting in ♦alue, on the aggregate, including the cash, to about 6001. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MARCH I.—Wind at noon, W.N.W. Fresh gale and fine clear weather. It blew a heavy gal© of wind yesterday, at S.S.W. to N.W., accompanied with tremendous squalls, from five to six P.M.; from seven to nine calm, but heavy fall of snow. At four this morn ing it recommenced blowing. Greatest pressure of the wind, since yesterday at noon, (five to six o'clock), 201bs. per square foot. Least ditto, 21bs. At noon to day, 1 fibs. per square foot. OFF FALMOUTH, FEB. 27.—Johan FrederickMoting, Charleston, for Bremen. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 28.—Sid. 27. Ababama, Havannah ; Ann Hope, Santa Martha. 28. Arrd. John Cumming, Dwight, Mobile ; Waverley, Robertson, Apalachicola ; Infanta, Quebec and Holyhead. The Avenger, of Bris tol, from Glasgow to Runcorn, laden with iron, was boarded this morning by four boatmen, in Bootle Bay; awl no person being on board they brought her into George's Bason. Off Port. William Fisher, Wash ington Irving, Susan. DEAL, FEN. 28.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Albina, Voss' Amsterdam; Ann Elizabeth, Deweerd, ditto; and both sld. for Surinam. Arrd. from the River Nautilus, Burrell, Sierra Leone. All the morning it has blown a severe gale from the S.W., attended with heavy squalls and thick rain. Six P. M.—The gale is increasing to a hurricane, and thei e is a very heavy sea in the Downs. The Janes, brig, Mainland, for Barbadoes, drove into a very dangerous position very near the Brake Sand; she has since proceeded to leeward, supposed with loss of both anchors and chains. The Nautilus, for Sierra Leone, has driven a considerable distance, and is riding very heavily with both anchors down; also several brigs and a schooner. The Active, French barque, anchored this afternoon, but shortly after went adrift from her anchors and proceeded to leeward. SALCOMBE, FEB. 27.—A long black smack was seen to founder about six miles west of Bolthead (crew saved by another smack) by the Cato, Hardy, arrd. here. SHIELDS, FEB. 28.—The Isabella, of this port, from London, was in contact this morning off Tynemouth Castle, with the brig Sarah, of Wisbeach. The latter sank, and lies with her masts above water; the former arrd. here with loss of bowsprit and foremast. HARWICH, FEB. 28.—The Elizabeth Ann, of Bristol, from Antwerp to London, has been assisted in leaky, after being on shore on Stone Beach, off this place. HARTLEPOOL, FEB. 28.—The Robert and Mary, of Scarborough, struck against the pier of the West Har tlepool Docks to-day, and went to pieces; master drowned. WEYMOUTH, FEB. 28.—The Prince Regent, New castle to Teignmouth, has been towed in with damage in a gale off Portland. A brig is reported at anchor in West Bay, with masts cut away. MARYPORT, FEB. 28.—The Irene and the Little, both from Ireland, are on shore to the northward, and the Tug is on shore north of the harbour. It blew a severe gale here last night, at S.S.W. TORBAY, FEB. 28.—1 t is blowing a gale at W.N.W. BRISTOL, FEB. 28.—Wind N.W.—Put back, African Queen, for Africa. PETERHEAD, FEB. 27.—Wind S.—Sld. Superior, Greenland. HULL, FEB. 28.—Wind S.S.W., strong gale.—Sld. Swallow, Greenland; Sarah and Elizabeth, ditto. PORTSMOUTH, FED. 28.—The wind suddenly shifted this morning from S. to S.W., and soon after blew a gale, which increased to a hurricane this afternoon, with heavy rain. Several vessels have run for Spithead. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 28.—The yacht brig Avienis is a total wreck. 11.1.318 GATE, FEB. 28.—The Antigua Planter, New castle to St. Ives, struck the Pier Head, received damage, became leaky, &c., and sank. The Eppin, of Pekela, from Amsterdam to Liverpool, also struck against the Pier, and drove on shore on the main, with damage and leaky ; crew saved; pilot drowned.—lt blew a heavy gale here from eight A.m. to eight P.M., at S.W., when it suddenly veered to the northward, with thick snow. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) Mr. Ridgway's Deerstalker beat Mr. Deakin's Prisurus. Mr. Baker's Gin beat Mr. Brewer's named Leeway. Mr. A. Graham's Dupe beat Mr. B. B. Robinson's Ge neral Chasse. Sir St. George Gore's Queen Mab beat Lord Sefton's Syntax. Mr. J. Robinson's Morocco beat Sir. J. Boswell's Marianne. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CRANCERY, Feb. 28. SHARP V. ARBUTHNOT-SHARP v. GLADSTONE. The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment in these two appeal causes to-day. Both appeals involved the same question, and arose out of the same transaction, and came before the Court from the decision of the Vice- Chancellor of England, who granted injunctions, re straining actions at law brought by the respective de fendants upon two bills of exchange. The plaintiff, nho is a merchant and shipowner of Liverpool, made pur chases of cotton of Messrs. Ewart and Co., of Bombay, through the house of Arbuthnot, Ewart, and Co., of Li verpool. He accepted bills to a large amount, and these were sent to Arbuthnot, Latham, and Co., of London, the defendants in the first -named cause, and bills of plaintiff were also passed into the hands of the defendant Gladstone. Disputes having arisen about the cotton, the matter was referred to arbitration, but in the meantime actions at law were brought against the plaintiffs upon the bills he had accepted, and to restrain these law pro ceedings the Vice-Chancellor of England granted in junctions. Hence the present appeal. The LORD CHANCELLOR, in giving judgment, agreed in the view taken of the cases by the Court below, and dismissed both appeals. IN RE BYCE SOMBRE. The further hearing of the argument upon the petition in this case, for superceding the commission of lunacy issued out a considerable time ago against Mr. Dyce Sombre, was then proceeded with. _ _ Mr. ROLT, who was part heard in support of the peti tion on Saturday last, went on to address the Court in support of its prayer, and at great length reviewed the evidence which has been given for and against the commission. Mr. ROLT having concluded, was followed on the same side by Mr. Roundel Palmer. The Learned Gentleman not having concluded at the rising of the Court, the further hearing was adjourned till Friday. SUPPOSED MURDER OF A GEN- TLEMAN AT ISLINGTON. Yesterday morning, shortly after six o'clock, the body of a gentlemanly attired man, between fifty and sixty years of age, was discovered lying in a pool of blood at the entrance to a field in the Caledonian. road, Islington, within a short distance of the East India Dock Junction of the London and North-Western Railway, under cir cumstances which lead to a belief that he had been mur dered. _ The discovery was first made by a man named Eli Deaver, who states that he went to work in Mr. Dennis's brickfield (in whose employ he is), at a quarter -past six yesterday morning, and, on entering the field, his atten tion was attracted by the whining of a dog, and on looking in' the direction of the sound, he saw a little black and white curly dog sitting at the feet of the body of a man lying imme diately behind the palisades. On going to the spot he observed at the southern end of the pallisades a large pool of blood, at a distance of about twenty feet from where the body lay, and on going up to the body he found the face and neck covered with blood, and another large pool, in which it lay. The dog growled and snapped at him as he approached, and, seeing the blood on the body, he knocked up the man at the hut, and some of the other workmen having arrived, they made a more minute investigation. About four or five feet from the spot where the first pool of blood was discovered was a purse, entirely empty, with the exception of a small key, and in the mud of the pond, about thirty feet from the place where the body lay, they found the blade of an old razor, which, with the exception of about two inches of the broad part of the blade, was bound round with strong cord in order to give a bold, and answer the purpose of a handle. Between the place where the first pool of blood was discovered and the place where the body lay is a wooden bar, fixed into the ground at one end, and passing in a slanting direction towards the top of the pallisades, in order to support them. The top of this bar is covered with tenter hooks, and on one of the hooks the right band glove (the other being on the deceased's left hand) was found suspended. There were several marks of footsteps and a track of blood between the first pool of blood and the place where the Cody lay, as also bloody finger marks on the bar; but the question is, how the deceased managed to get from the place where the act was first committed to the spot where he was found, as it was impossible for him to have done so without stooping down to pass under the bar. The extraordinary distance of the razor from the body leads to a strong suspicion, coupled with the fact of the purse being found empty and nothing being found on the person of the deceased, that he has been the victim of some foul play. It appears that the man residing in the hut believes that during the night he heard the barking of a dog, but that he paid no attention to it and went off to sleep again. The night was, however, rather boisterous, and he much doubts, had there been a struggle, whether he should have heard it. The appearance of the body on its discovery is described as truly dreadful. It is that of a man about six , years of age, with. grey hair, and cbcut 5 feet If, 111 s. tsjp , atldersty between the bar and the Srots mentio.ori pool of blood. His attire consisted of a light coloured silk handkerchief, black waistcoat, trousers, and body coat, and a dark green great coat, and he wore cloth boots. On the police being made acquainted with the occur rence, the body, under the orders of Inspector Thatcher of the N division, was removed on a stretcher to the vaults of Islington church, and during the afternoon it was identified as the body of Dr. Crook, of 11, Bayham• street, Camden-town ; but nothing hue transpired to show how he came to be in the place where his body was discovered. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. APPOINTMENTS. Commander Charles Henry Beddoes (1845), a lieu tenant in 1832, who was with Sir C. Adam, when Com mander-in-Chief in the West Indies, has been appointed to the command of the Racer, 12, at Davenport, to have a complement of 125. Lieutenants—Henry Bacon (1841), re-appointed from command of the Racer, tender; T. C. Bruce (1846), late of the Excellent; T. D. Atkinson and W. E. Stone, to the Caledonia, 120, at Devonport; W. Cecil de Vere, to the Racer. Master—Thomas Huss, to the Racer. Paymaster and Purser—G. G. Nelson, to the Racer. Mate—Jonas Rowley, to the Caledonia. Second Master—W. H. Drysdale, to the Caledonia. Clerks—W. E. L. Peale, to the Racer; J. M. Foster, to the Caledonia. Midshipmen—W. Arthur, Jardine, H. E. Crozier, W. Menzies, H. Hall, to the Caledonia; Sydney Metcalfe, to the Racer. Master-Assistant—Benjamin Connor, to the Racer. Gunner—W. J. Latham, acting, to the Racer. Boatswain—W. Metherell, to the Racer. Carpenter—James Burnett, to the Racer. The Caledonia, 120, Captain Carter, as we have be fore stated, is immediately to fill up her complement to 950, and to proceed to the Mediterranean, to take the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker, Bart., G.C.8., from the Hibernia, 104, Captain C. Wise. The Rodney, 92, Captain Collier, C. 8., will be paid off at Portsmouth on the Bth instant, when as many of her ship's company of good character as may choose will have the offer of keeping their names on the books of the flag-ship at Portsmouth for six weeks, whilst on leave, at the termination of which period if they return to the ship they will be continued in the service, and will be paid for the time they have been absent. If they do not return they will not be considered as de serters, but their names will merely be struck off the fi,g• ship's books. The Sappho, 12, Commander Michell, will not be ready for sea at Spithead before the 6th. The Crane and Linnet, packets, will be paid wages at Devonport, this day, after which they will sail for Fal mouth. The crew of the Locust did not disembark at Devon port, as was reported, but sailed in the Rodney. Her pay-books were received at Devonport, from London, on Sunday, and were sent on to Portsmouth on Monday. The Gladiator, steam-frigate, 8, Captain Robb, ar rived at Devonport, from Gibraltar, Malta, Paler mo , and Naples, on th e 27th u l t . Sh o had expended all her coals, and went into harbour for a supply, after which she sailed for Woolwich to be paid off. As we have already stated, she has on board the crew of the Volcano steam-vessel, left at Malta, who will be paid off at Wool wich. The Rattler, screw-sloop, was taken into Barnpool on the 27th ult., to have her compasses adjusted by Mr. Walker. She will be ready to sail with the mails for the coast of Africa on the 4th inst. PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—There is a vessel ap parently a corvette, at anchor at S. Helen's, looking very like the Electra, 14, Commander Bouverie. The glimpses are, however, so indistinct, and occur so seldom, that nothing certain can be safely said of her. A tremendous gale, with heavy squalls and constant rain, has prevailed all day, and still continuer. Wind S.W,, strong gales, with heavy squalls of rain. FALL OF A CLIFF ON THE SOUTH-EASTERN RAIL FAY.--Last night information was received by tele gra ph at the Lond on -b r id ge term i nus that a portion of th e c liff in the Me rs th am cutt i ng h a d f a ll e n in and blocked u p the line so as to impede the traffic. Every available person at the statio n was i mme di a tely dispatched by s p ec i a l engine to clear th e li ne f or the last up train, which had been detained at Reigate as soon as the accident was made known. Merstham is between Croydon and Reigate, and nineteen miles from London. EFFECTS OF THE STORM IN ST• JAMES'S PA RE ._ yesterday evening three large elm trees within the en closure were uprooted by the violence of the storm. One in falling smashed the iron railings opposite the steps of the Duke of York's column; another fell across the iron gat e c l ose to t h e Chi ne se lodge facing the Horse Guards, The trees which have been torn up are all sound. MONET MARKET.—The premium on gold at Paris is 7 per mille, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10Id. per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex change of 25.32; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.20, it follows that gold is 0.47 per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 435 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10id. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.10; and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13.91, it follows that gold is 0.11 per cent. dearer in Ham burgh than in London. MAGAZINE DAY. BLACKWOOD. All the mystery about Augustine Caxton is ex plained. Through the melancholy :speculations of Uncle Jack Tibbets he has been very nearly ruined. His liabilities to Mr. Peck, the printer of the Capi talist, and to the printer also of the great Anti-Book sellers' Publishing So c i e ty, th rea t en a l mo st to absorb every sixpence of his very moderate fortunes. But through the instrumentality of Mr. Trevanion's attorney, stimulated by the activity of Pisistratus and Mr. Squills, a compromise is arranged, and a poor fragment of the scholar's property is saved from de struction—about 8,000/., which, placed at:mortgage at four per cent., yielded just 3721. 10s. a year. In consequence of this Sisty is compelled to give up all thoughts of returning to Cambridge, and glorious old Uncle Roland makes an offer of his castle as a general rendezvous in the misfortunes of the family. There seems to be a tacit understand ing that the offer will be accepted ; and we are right glad of it. Sir Selby Beaudesert is revealed to us again in a new and beautiful light—as a warm hearted, generous creature, however exquisite in his habitual refinements. He who refreshed himself by a pinch of the celebrated Beaudesert mixture with a grace no other snufftaker ever had since the days of Pope, offers his services to any amount to clear the father of Pisistratus ! In his: elegant apartments we are introduced to a stripling sage—one Lord Cas tleton, heir to fabulous El Dorados, and head , of one of those few houses still left in Eng landl that retain feudal importance. The pencil ling is perfect. The original of the portrait is still living ; there is no mistaking it for a crea ture of the imagination. We might as well regard Mr. Trevanion himself as not intended to represent one of our leading living statesmen. This same Marquis of Castleten is betrothed, it appears, to Fanny Trevanion—so at least poor Pisistratus learns with horror from the gentle intimations of Beaude- Bert. One evening we obtain just a peep at Mr. Peacock behind the scenes of one of the minor theatres. On another we find that incorrigible, abo minable, impertinent, selfish, self-sufficient, egregious, vulgar, detestable, and in-every-way-to be-kicked and-buffetted John Tibbets coolly walking into the family quietude of the half-ruined Caxtons, and making himself as much at home as a cat on the hearth-rug. At last, at last, at last, however, the " pummy" is softened by the charm of the brave, kind, forgiving:old scholar's amenity. Uncle Jack is moved to tenderness ; and, at the close of a beauti ful incident, Mr. Squills whispers confidentially to Sisty, that it all comes of the fine organization of his father's—liver ! One incidental remark, apparently of little importance, must not be overlooked. We are told that, as a sort of under or deputy-secretary, Mr. Trevanion has obtained one Gower—a clever, good-lookingyoung gentleman, who is a great favourite with him. It is not difficult to detect through the alias the evil genius of the story—Vivian, otherwise the reprobate son of Uncle Roland. Besides this continuation of our favourite serial, the magazine is rich in contributions. " The Sycamine," by Delta, is indifferent. Indeed, in the rhythm we need the in tonations of the author's voice to show us the music of the verses. "M. Proudhon" is flayed alive in a horribly cutting and excoriating criticism on his Contradictions Econorniques. "The Green Hand" we don't like; the humour of the thing is altogether too circuitous for our taste. " After a Year's Republi canism" is, of course, replete with exactly such poli tical reflections as might be looked for in Blackwood; and the same may be said, in like manner, of the closing article on the " Opening of the Session," which is immediately preceded by a careful and in teresting review of the history of "Peter the Cruel," by M. Merimee. a summary of some of the wonderful caprices of Fashion : " Fashion is the younger half-brother of old Custom, sometimes assimilated with him in his pursuits, and often associated; but of a more gay and lively character, and a far greater tyrant. In times gone by, he pre vented men from appearing with their natural head of ' hair, and placed on the fountain of knowledge a wig that would have served as a dormitory for fifty dormice; he furnished them with a small three-cornered hat, which they wore under their arm, as the Irishman said, to keep their wig warm; and he placed swords at their sides, when there was nobody to kill, except their inti mate friends. " With the ladies, he took them by The hair which be trussed up on the top of their heads, having loaded the pyramid with grease, and emptied over it a peck of flour; he painted their faces like sign boards, and stuck over th, m bits of sticking plaster, that'made them sppear as if they had been bitten by musquitoes, or bad injured the epidermis while shaving. Wich themedern daughters of Eve, his tactics have been different; he no longer points their flowing locks to the zenith, they fall in corkscrews in the direction of Nadir; "he has unmerci fully stripped their arms naked, in the coldest weather, and pulled their clothes half way down their backs; he has swollen out one part of their persons with wire and catgut, and screwed in another portion, by tight lacing, in order that the dear creatures should gain the figure of a wasp without wings. Fashion's workshop for the ladies is Paris, for the gentlemen London ; in the latter capital little chaps have been rigged out like Chinese dolls, bigger boys like mannikins, and gentlemen have been dressed as grooms and coachmen. Amongst the latest freaks of our period, he stripped off the pea jacket of the weather-beaten pilot, and placed it on the backs of dandies; it was consequently transported to France, and not being so pronounceable as biftick, railroad, or even the Joakee Cloob, they have converted it into Paletot, given it the form of its winter compeer, and sent it back to us for summer wear; this mode and the Frenchified word we have in the spirit of free trade accepted. " Fashion has cut off the tails of horses and dogs, and cropped their ears, simply because it is unnatural; he has sent people to church, which no ,other inducement would have done, and kept others from the theatres, who were dying to be there: in short, a large volume might be filled with his freaks." " Perils of the Past" is a very interesting account of the narrow escape of a Sepoy from a band of robbers in an Indian forest. " Half-pay on the Pave "is continued, and leaves the hero and heroine in most perplexing and interesting situations. " A Week in Boston " begins by observing that " the tide of em pire has slowly followed the sun in his course from east to west. It first arose on the banks of the Euphrates, and, after having traversed the regions of Egypt, Greece, Italy, and Gaul, has arrived at Britain." The inference is that it will now proceed across the Atlantic—nous verrons. Besides the articles enumerated, the United Service for March contains a variety of interesting and useful papers. - FRASER. In an elaborate notice of Mr. Edward Gibbon Wakefield's recently published " View of the Art of Colonization," Fraser gives a succinct resume of the various plans of colonization which have at different times been adopted by this country, and comes to the conclusion, in which every man who has studied the subject cannot but agree with him, that of all the plans that have ever been proposed, the plan, or rather the no-plan of attempting to govern distant colonies through the medium of the Colonial-office, in Downing-street, is by far the worst. In the days of yore, our forefathers, " those thoughtful men," ;a Mr. Charles Buller called them in his great speech in 1843, whenever they planted a colony took care before leaving their native shores to secure by char ter the right of local self-government, and the full ' enjoyment of local municipal institutions, in the English home across the Atla n ti c w hi c h they were about to found ; the only condition imposed on the full exercise of self-government being, that the laws they should enact for the government of the colony should not be contrary to the honour and dignity of the Crown of Great Britain. In return, the colony undertook to defend itself by means of its militia, thus saving the mother country the expense of keeping up enormous garrisons to defend the fron tier. A colony thus planted offered so close a resem blance to the Home Government that colonists of a better class willingly settled. Then noblemen were, in many instances, the founders of colonies, and the emigrants included capitalists, professional men, traders, mechanics, and labourers. Society was gra duated from the first almost as in the mother country, save that in the colony it was much more easy for the enterprising and industrious to ascend a step or two in the social scale than it is in England. In fact in the colonies ascent in the social scale was the rule, not the exception. It was thus that the colonies now constituting the United States were founded. It is upon the principles con , tained in the original founders' charters that each state is now governed, and the superiority of the old plan over the new centralization system becomes manifest on comparing the progress of the United States (either as colonies or as independent states) with that of any one of the British colonies under the rule of the Cvlortial-effiee,— Ws shall -perhaps-be \ told that a-militia force would be utterly inadequate to the defence of the colonies. In answer to this we point to the example of the United States as British colonies. By a militia force they not only defended themselves against the French on the northern fron tier, and against the Indians on the south and east, but they actually conquered and kept Canada, for the handful of regular troops which formed portions of the army of Wolfe and Amherst were as nothing in proportion to the colonial militia, and when, previous to the appointment of Wolfe to the command, the regular troops had been de feated and compelled to retreat, the colonial militia, under 'Washington, drove back the French Canadians across the frontier, and successfully invaded them in turn. It was this militia which, under Washington, defeated army after army of regular British troops, and compelled George 111. to acknowledge the inde pendence of their country—an independence they would never have sought to obtain, had not the British Minister endeavoured to introduce among them a Co lonial-office system of centralization, and to deprive them of the right of local self-government in violation of their charters. It was this militia that subsequently baffled the veterans of the Peninsular war at Balti more, and defeated the elite of the British regular army at New Orleans, and recently in less than two years overran the whole of Mexico, defeating army after army and general after general that were opposed to them, and dictating their own terms of peace to the enemy in his capital. This alone is sufficient to show the admirable adaptation of the militia sys tem to the wants of the Anglo-Saxon colonist, and we think that the day is not far distant when we shall see it adopted in ail our colonies (as contradistin guished from military garrisons and plantations) both on the Atlantic and the Pacific. It is evident that if we wish to have colonies which shall be an aid to, instead of a burden on, the mother country, we must emancipate them from the irresponsible and inefficient but at the same time capricious and annoying rule of the Colonial-office, and leave them to govern themselves so far as their internal administration is concerned, and to preserve the peace and defend the fron tier within their own territory ; treating them, in short, as separate states un it e d with England in one grand imperial federation for imperial purposes, and for imperial purposes only, in the same manner that the separate states of the Ame rican Union are united in the federal Government of Washington. With regard to colonization for the future, it would be well to revive the old plan of colo nixing by charter, securing to the colonists the right of local self-government before they leave the shores of England ; and it cannot but be regretted that the authorities of the Colonial-office should have been so careless and incompetent, and utterly ignorant of everything with which they ought to have been ac quainted, as to sacrifice Vancouver's Island, which was of all others the place the most admirably adapted for colonization after the manner of our forefathers. The importance of this subject has led us far beyond the limits which we had originally prescribed for our selves, and we have only space, therefore, to bestow a general commendation on the remainder of the arti cles in Fraser for March, and to point out as espe cially worthy of perusal a biography of Catullus (we might almost call it an autobiography, as his own works furnish the materials), which is a model of classical criticism. We hope the author will be in duced to do for the other Latin poets that which he has so admirably done for Catullus. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) REMOVAL OF THE COURT TO TH WIGHT. ISLE OF COWES, FEB. 28.—Her Majesty and pecti d to arrive at Osborne on Fridaynext. The royal suite are NC tradesmen, the select few, have re ce ived day. o The Royalrders to supply l articles fer the royal table on that Family ate expected to remain at Osborne about a fort night. East Cowes Castle, which has been taken by Mr. J. H. Smithhers for a hoar di ng -house,. has a good many hands employed mil it to roy . prepare it for the al and noble Nisitors for the c oming ) s u ea o so N n. ROYAL YACHT SQLTAI INTELLIGENCE, , h 0 secretar y has sold John Quantock, Esq.'s cutter yacht Naiad, of 70 tons, to Robert M'Andrew, Esq o f Li v erpool ; and Sir Harry Bold Hoghton, Bart.' s cutter y ac ht No...an, to J. C. lieresford, Esq., of C o l era i ne; Lord Seaham's schooner yacht Coral Queen, 117 tons, to Lord W. Beresford; Captain C. H. Williams's cutter yacht Lark, 65 tons, to Juhn Tot:Mine, Esq.; and R. Alexander,Esq., M.P.'s cutter yacht Eudora, 59 tons, to Peter Fitzrobert Row, L q . We have this day been visited by a tremendous gale of wind from the S.W. The ships in the roadstead ride well, being under cover of the land, but there has been a woful destruction of tiles and chimney-pots on shore, and much danger of broken heads. Only one steam packet has arrived from Portsmouth to-day. The subscription commenced by her Majesty Queen Adelaide to aid the widows and orphans of the two pilots who were drowned in Freshwater Bay, amounts to nearly 2001. HER MAJESTY'S LEVEE. The Queen held a Levee (the second this season) yesterday afternoon, in St. James's Palace. Her Majesty and Prince Albert arrived from Buck ingham Palace shortly before two o'clock, attended by the Duchess of Norfolk at,d Lady Portman, Ladies in Waiting, Lord Camoys, Lord in Waiting, Lord George Lennox, Lord in Waiting to Prince Albert, .Mr..R. Ormsby Gore, Groom inWaiting, Colonel Wylde, Groom in Waiting to the - Prince, Colonel the Hon Charles Grey, Equerry in Waiting, Colonel Seymour, Equerry in Waiting to his Royal Highness, and Messrs. Crofton and Gordon, Pages of Honour in Waiting. At St. James's Palace her Majesty and his Royal Highness were received by the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, and the Groom of the Stole to the Prince. His Royal-Highness the Duke of Cambridge was pre sent at the Levee, attended by Major Baron Knesebeck, Equerry inWaiting. His Royal Highness the Heredi tary Prince of Parma also attended the Levee. The Queen and Prince Albert entered the Throne room, accompanied by the Duke of Cambridge and the Prince of Parma, and attended by the Ladies and Gen tlemen in Waiting. The Levee commenced by the introduction of the Foreign Diplomatic Circle ' when th e f o ll owing presen tations to her Majesty the Queen and his Royal High ness Prince Albert took place:— By the Neapolitan Minister, Prince Petrulla, a Sici lian nobleman from Palermo. By the Danish Minister, M. de Treschow, Conseiller de Confdrence, Plenipotentiary of his Danish Majesty; and M. Hopfner, Conseillor et Attache. By the Peruvian Minister, Le Colonel Beltran, Secre tary of the Peruvian Legation; and M. Henry Caravedo, Attach 6 to the Legation. The following noblemen and gentlemen had the honour of being presented to her Majesty:— Sir William Curtis, by Sir John Lubbock. Dr. Fetherston Stonestreet, LL.D., by the Queen's Advocate. Mr. Edward Backusll Estcourt, by his father, Mr. Bucknall Estcourt. Mr. William Alexander Tinkler, on his appointment as one of her Majesty's Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at- Arms, by Lord Foley. _ _ _ Mr. Augustus de Pentheny O'Kelly, on his appoint ment as one of her Majesty's Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at- Arms, by Lord Foley. Mr. Palman, on his appointment as Clarenceux Xing of Arms, by the Earl Marshal. Mr. Francis Bennoch, on his appointment to the Court of Lieutenancy of London, by Mr. David Williams Wire. Mr. Bunbury, by Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Napier, G.C.B. Viscount Templetown, by the Hon. Col. G. Upton. Sir Henry Light, K.C.8., on leaving the Government of British Guiana, and on being made a K.C.8., by Earl Grey. Sir Beiesford B. Wllabon, by Lieut.-General Sir Thomas M‘Mahon, K.C.B. The Hon. Algernon Annesley, 16th Lancers, by Lieut.-Colonel Smyth, C. 8., 16th Lancers. Mr. Peter Wells, by Major-General Werayss. Lord Ashburton, on succeeding to the title, by Sir Francis Baring. . _ Mr. Jervis Amos, by Sir Thomas Pelham Hayes. Mr. George King Thornhill, by Sir Thomas Pelham Hayes. £tr. Thorton, on appointment as Deputy Chairman of the Ireland Revenue Board, by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Rev. J. H. Gurney, on his presentation to the Rectory of St. Mary's, Marylebone, by Lord John Russell. The Rev. Arthur Clive, by Mr. Clive. Mr. W. H. Holmes, civil service, British Guiana, by Earl Grey. _ _ _ Mr. Alexander Clark Forbes (barrister-at-law), by Dr. Forbes. Mr. Peter Maze, jun., High Sheriff of the city and county of Bristol, by Mr. P. W. S. Miles, M.P. Mr. John H. Haire, surgeon, Royal Navy, on service since promotion from the Royal Yacht, by Sir William Burnett, K.C.H. Mr. Quintus Vivian, Major, Northamptonshire Militia, by Colonel Sir J. M Wilson, C.B. Mr. John Wood, on appointment as Chairman of the Board of Ireland Revenue, by the Chancellor of the Ex chequer.... I. Philip Crawley, Coldstream Guards, by Colonel Chaplin, Coldstream Guards. Dr. G. H. Junes, Deputy Lieutenant of Hants, by Sir James Clark. The Rev. George Augustus Frederick Hart, on being appointed Chaplin in Ordinary to her Majesty, by the Duke of Norfolk. The Rev. John G. Angley, M.A., by the Right Hon. the Earl of Besborough. The Rev. Henry Mackenzie, Vicar of St. Martin's-in the-fields, by the Bishop of London. Lieutenant Buckley, Scots Fusilier Guards, on his appointment, by his father Colonel Buckley. Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles Rowan, on being no minated a Civil Knight Commander of the Most Hon. Order of the Bath, by the Right Hon. Sir G. Grey. Lieutenant-General Sir James Caldwell, on his in vestiture of Grand Cross ;of the Bath; Major-General Sir Archibald Galloway, K.C.8., on receiving the ho nour of Military Knight Commander of the Bath ; Lieutenant-Colonels Bloomfield and Sandhouse, on pro motion; Captain Burrows, on return from foreign ser vice; Captain Elgee, on return from foreign service and promotion; Lieutenants Milman and Miller, on promo tion; Lieutenant H. Benny, on promotion; Lieutenants Paget L'Estrange, Grylls, Boyle, F. L'Estrange, and Irvine, on receiving their commissions, Royal Artillery, by the Master-Genera] al the Ordnance. Lieutenant-Colonel J. M. Cameron, on his return from India; Captains George Clarkson and John de W. C. J. Moir, by Sir John C. Hobhouse. Lieutenants R. Inglis and W. Morris, by Major-Ge neral Llewellyn, C.B. Vice-Admiral Dacres, on his return from the com mand at the Cape; Rear-Admiral Falcon, on his promo tion; and Captain Charles Eden, R.N., on his appoint ment as private secretary, by the First Lord of the Ad miralty'. Lieutenants G. H. L. Boynton, Lester Garland, W. S. Brinkley, and Cornet Eyre Coote, 11th Hussars, by the Earl of Cardigan. Captain John Kingcome, R.N., on his return from fo reign service; Lieutenants Henry B. King, John Cart wright, and Christopher, R.N., on return from foreign service, by Rear-Admiral Dundas. Major Walpole, on promotion; Captains Jervois and Robert Laffan, by Sir John Burgoyne. Lieutenant-Colonel Willes, on return from service in Ireland; and Second Lieutenant Pryce, on appointment to the Royal Marines, by Colonel Owen. Colonel James Campbell, K.H., on his return from Ceylon and China; and Lieutenant Orde, on promotion, by the Adjutant-General. Commander G. Napier, by Vice-Admiral Dacres. Captain Thomas Henderson, R.N., on return from foreign service, by Captain Pechell, R.N. Captain Lord Burghersh (Scots Fusilier Guards), by Colonel Berkeley Drummond. Lieutenant Pasley, on receiving his commission to the Royal Artillery, by his father, Major- General Sir Charles Pasley. Ensign W. Henry Cecil Pechell, on appointment to 77th Regiment, by Captain Pechell, R.N. Ensign D. A. M'Neill (15th Regiment Madras In , fantry), by Mr. Lockhart, M.P. Cornet T. Puget (15th Hussars), by Lord Radstock. Lieutenant Lowndes, 47th Regiment, on promotion, by Major• General Dalmer, C.B. Ensign Gawler, 73d Regiment, on appointment, by his father, Colonel Gawler. Lieutenant Pitt Bontein, on his appointment to the Hon. Artillery Company, by the Postmaster-General. Captain Augustus Hotham, by Lord Hotham. Captain Ellis, on his appointment to the Hon. Artillery Company, by the Postmaster-General. Lieutenant Heaviside, 16th Lancers, by Lieutenant- Colonel Smyth, C. a. Cornet Puget, 15th Hussars, by Lord Radstock. Colonel Sir buncan M‘Gregor, on being appointed a Knight Commander of the Bath, by the Right Hon. Sir George Grey. Lieutenant J. M. Taylor, 9th Regiment Madras Na tive Infantry, by Major-General H. G. A. Taylor, C. B. Lieutenant Bampfylde, 49th Regiment, by Lieutenant- General Sir E. Bowater, K.C.H. Lieutenant Bowden, 22d Regiment, by Sir Charles J. Napier, G.C.B. Lieutenant F. G. Whitehead, 7th Royal Fusiliers, on his return from foreign service, by Lieutenant-General T. A. Paul Macgregor. Lieutenant Robert W. B. Hant, Royal Marines , on appointment, by Rear-Adm ira l Sir Thomas Fel lowes, C.B. Lieutenant James C. E. Taylor, Royal M arines, on re turn from foreign service, by L ie utenant -General Sir John Buchan, K.C.B. Lieutenant H. P e rcy 9 th Reg iment, by Lieutenant- General Paul Macgregor . Lieutenant-General A. Paul Macgregor, on hi s re turnLi I Thomas Lieutenant-General Sir eutenant-Gener M‘Mahon, K.C.B. Clement Strong, Coldstream G uards, by from id bj J Captain Colonel Chaplin. C a ptain Richard Clement Mood y, Royal E ng i neers, on his return from t he Government o f the Falkland Islands, by Earl Grey. ColoneCornet Rob h ert Goff, 16th L ancers, by Lieutenant taromyt, C.B. Cap Gowan, 97th R eg i ment, by Major• General Sir A. Galloway, K.C.B. After the Levee Captain Phibbs bad an audience of the Queen iu th e R oyal Closet, kissed hands on his ap pointment, an d received from her Majesty his Silver - Stick of Offi ce es E xon of the Body Guard of the Yeomen Guard. Captain Phibbs was presented to the Queen by the Marquis of Donegal, G.O 11., Captain of the Yeomen Guard. Lieutenant BAlairs was presented to her Majesty at an audience in the Royal Closet, by the Matquis of Donegal, G.C.11., and had the honour of kissing hands on his appointment, and receiving from the Queen his Silver Stick of Office as Exon of the Body Guard of the Yeomen Guard. Captain Augustus Hotham had an audience of the Queen in the Royal Closet, and delivered to her Maj, sty the Ensigns of a Knight Grand Cross of the Most lion. Order of the Bath, worn by the late Admiral Sir William nothain. The Queen and Prince Albert afterwards left 'St- James's Palace on their return to Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were conducted to the garden entrance by the Lord Steward, Chamberlain, and th e officers of the Royal Househo ld on duty. the`Lord AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATIZ-011 the night of the / 23(1 inst., Captain D. M'Adam, of the 49 th Regiment, stationed at Templemore, went to. bed in his usual go o 7 l health, and was found dead on the morning of the 2 when his servant went to call him. T. O'Meara, 4th, coroner for the district, held an inquest on th e 2s' th a respectable jury, %hen a verdict of D eat h lent fit of apoplexy" was returned. ..)37a no win .t NEW GATE AND L7EsBDE&RAZZ These markets were heavy, today, at barely the late decline in the quotations. Beef, from 2s 2d to 3s 2d; Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s 8d; Veal, 3s. 8d to 4s 8d; and Pork, 2s 10d to 4s 2d per 81bs by the carcase. HAT 101.11.31ZETS. SMITRFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 105 to 3/ 12s; Clover ditto, 3l lOs to 41 12s ; and Straw, I/ 25 to 1/ 9s per load. A moderate supply, and a sluggish trade. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 121 to 31 145 ; Clover ditto, ill 101 to 41 lOs ; mid Straw, 113 s to 1/ lOs per load. Supply moderately good, and trade rather dull. W HITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 10s to 31 12s ; Clover ditto, 31 lOs to 41 15s; and Straw, 11 2s to 1180 per load. Both Hay and Straw moved off slowly, at our quotations. MEAT MARKETS. SOUTHALL, FEB. 28.—Although our market was by no means largely supplied, the demand for each kind of stock was in a slugglish state, at drooping prices. Beef from 2s 10d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s Rd to 4s 8d; Veal, 4s to 4s 8d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 10d per gibs., to sink the offal. ROMFORD, FEB. 28.—Generally speaking, the trade was heavy to-day. Prices ruled us tollows:—Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 3d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d; Veal, 4s to 48 6d; and Pork, 3s 6d toss 10d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, IBs to 235; quarter old store Pigs, 15s to 235; and Mulch Cows, with their small Calf, 13110 s to 171 5s each. - , HAILNIAM FEB. 28.—Exceedingly little business was transacted in our market this morning. Prices were Beef, from 2s IOU to 3a ad; MattoJa i as Li, 4s 8d; Veal 4s to 4s 6d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 34 8d per 81bs. ARUNDEL, FED. 27.—We had a dull trade on the fol lowing terms:—Beef, from 3s to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d; Veal, 4s to 48 6d; and Pork, 3s 6d to 3s 8d per sibs. CHICHESTER, FEB. 28.—Each kind of fat stock was heavy, and prices had a downward tendency. Beet, from 3s to 3s 10d; Mutton, Is 4d to 4s 8d; Veal, 45 to 4s 4d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 8d per 81bs. Suckling Calves,'lBs to 235; and quarter old Store Pigs, 16s to 20s each. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Feb. 22,1848, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towas in Eatland and Wale., per Imperial Quarter. I WHEAT. I BAYLEY.' OATS. I WTI. I BEANS. I PEAS. PRICE .. I 45s id I 29s Id I 17. id I 27s 8d I 30s 10i I 324 10d DUTIES ON FOREION COlll4. 111111 AT. MARLEY. OATS. I £TI. I BEAM. PRAM. lls Od is Od Is Od I Is Od Is Od is Od SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETING.—WEDNESDAY. The Trial Stakes of 10 son. each, h ft, and 50 added by Lord Sefton; three yrs old, 6st 61b; four, Bst 41b; five, 9st; six and aged, 9st 41b; mares, &c. allowed 41b. Mile and a quarter. (9 Subs.) Mr. Duncan's Ada Mary, 3 yrs ... (Osborne) 1 Mr. W. S. Halford's bc by Sir Isaac, 3 yrs... ... 2 Mr. G. Watt's Sir Richard, 3 yrs ... 3 Lord Chesterfield's Ferule, 3 yrs ... 4 Lillie and Psalmsinger also started. Betting-2 to 1 each agst Ada Mary and Sir Richard. Won in a canter by a length. The Liverpool Spring Cup of 100 sous., added to a Sweep stakes of 20 sous. each, h ft. Mile and three-quarters (14 Subs., 6 of whom declared). Mr. Watt's Mogador, 5 yrs, Bst 71b . . (Meehan) 1 Mr. Bowes's The Flapper, 3 yrs, 4st 81b ... ... 2 ..._ . ._. .. _ .. Mr. Gray's Reality, 4 yrs, at 71b ... 3 Even on Reality, 6 to 4 agst Mogador, and 3 to 1 agst The Flapper. Won by a head. The Knowsley Stakes of 10 Boys. each, h ft, and 30 added; two yrs old, 7st; three yrs, 9st 41b; fillies, &c. allowed 31b. T.Y.C. (6 Subs.) Lord Chesterfield's Penthesilea, 3 yrs... ...(Nat) 1 Mr. G. Barton's Treasure, 3 yrs ... 2 Mr. G. Watt's Sir Richard, 3 yrs ... dis Betting-5 to 4on Penthesilea. Won easy by a length. Sir Richard came in second, but was llb short of weight. The Sefton Welter Cup of 100 soy& &c. Two miles. (6 Subs.) Lord 'Waterford's Postilion, 4 yrs, 1 Ist 2lb, walked over. The Grand National Steeplechase Handicap, of 20 soya. each, h ft, and 100 added. (67 Subs., 29 of whom de clared). Mr. Mason, jun.'s Peter Simple, aged, 1 Ist (including 61b extra) ... (Cunninghame) 1 Captain D'Arcy's Knight of Gwynne, aged, lOst 71b 2 Mr. T. Mason's Prince George, aged, lOst 101 b ... 3 The following also started but were not placed:— Chandler, 12st 21b—The Curate, 1 Ist 111b—Proceed, list 111b—Wolverhampton, list Mb—British Yeoman, 1 Ist Mb—Arab Robber, list 51b—Mulligan ' list 51b— Kilfane, 1 Ist—The Victim, lOst 111b—Sir John, lOst 101b—Tipperary Boy, lOst 91b—Napoleon, lOst 81b — Chatham, lOst Mb—Coriander, lOst 61b—Alfred, lOst 61b—Jerry, lOst 41b—Ballybar, 9st 121b—Equinox, 9st 121b—Khondooz, 9st 101b—Sparta, Bst 121 b. Betting-4 to 1 agat Prince George-6 to 1 agst The Curate-6 to 1 agst Knight of Gwynne (taken)-10 to 1 agst Proceed-12 to 1 agstWolverhsmpton-13 to I agst Alfred-20 to 1 agst British Yeoman-20 to 1 agat Chatham-25 to 1 agat Jerry— 20 to 1 agst Peter Sim ple—and 50 to 1 agst Napoleon. Peter Simple took the lead, made all the running, and won in a canter. WATERLOO COURSING MEETING—TUESDAY. The Waterloo Cup. Mr. Webb's Wicked Eye beat Mr: Green's Hotspur. Mr. Robinson's Smut beat Mr. Watt's named Barrister. Lord Sefton's Syncope beat Mr. Atkinson's named War Eagle. Mr. E. Taylor's Oliver beat Mr. Slater's named Crenoline. Mr. Brewer's named Blank beat Mr. Ballard's Major. Sir J. Boswell's Venus beat Mr. Long's Cineraria. Sir St. George Gore's Magician beat Mr. Ridgway's Cicely. Mr. Deakin's Drinknought beat Mr. O'Grady's named Denunciation. Mr. Dunlop's Kderman beat Mr. J. Turnor's Binglet. Mr. J. Turner's Tom Spring beat Mr. Barnett's Well- I• never. Mr. J. Robinson's Merry Legs beat Mr. Loder's Czar. Mr. Heath's War Eagle beat Mr. Bradley's named Bessy. Mr. Maxfield's named Merry Lad beat Mr. Stirrup's Mr. Baker's named Jamie Forest beat Mr. Sutcliffe's named Blueskin. Mr. T. Booth's Landseer beat Mr. Sutcliffe's Spy. Mr. 'Ample's named Forward beat Mr. A. Graham's Greenwich Time. _ First Ties—Wicked Eye beat Smut, Syncope beat Oliver, Blank beat Venus, Magician beat Drinknought, Kelerman beat Tom Spring, War Eagle beat Merry Legs, Jamie Forest beat Merry Lad, Forward beat Landseer. The Waterloo Purse. Mr. Webb's Wrestler beat Mr. Watt's named Spot. Mr. Sutcliffe's Bang-up beat Mr. Temple's named Figheldean. Mr. Slater's named Conceit beat Mr. O'Grady's Op pression. BENTLEY. The " Coroner's Clerk" seems to delight in scenes possessed of a thrilling and terrible interest ; his " note-book" this month, in addition to its fictitious reminiscences of crime, contains a chapter on the recent Stanfield-hall murders, which, without doubt, will form the most attractive portion of its contents. Among the poetical contributions to Bentley is a legend of Aix—" The Dyer and the Dominican," which vividly recals to us the glorious lays of Thomas Ingoldsby. This writer's style is more finished and elaborate than the careless, dashing, spon taneous versification of Barham, but equally em phatic, and almost equally delightful. The subject matter of this legend is not particularly attractive, and is, moreover, an " old story," with fiction writers—the "Dyer" being jealous of the "Domini can," his wife's confessor, but the manner of the nar rative renders it most amusing. The continual variations in the metre, the occasional Hudibrastic rhymes, and the ridiculously happy metaphors by which it is characterised keep the reader's attention continually excited, and his risible muscle in full play. The legend is prefaced with the following exordium, which, while apologising for the unsancti fied portrait of the Dominican, contains, unfortu nately, too much truth • - • " Though the Church has produced, and continues to grow For the flock, many pious divines, high and low, Sill the mass of mankind, notwithstanding their lore, Will continue as bad, if not worse, than before. E'en our Protestant pastors are, seemingly bent On dismissing their sheep to the fold of fis - sent, For 'twixt cursing tho Pope and a leaning to Rome, All assist in producing schismatics at home, Thus enacting the part of the tipsy boats' crew, Who, disputing their course, and from whence the wind blew, Pulled against one another, astern and a-head Until " Davy Jones" tucked them all quiet in bed. Our priest, be it known (though we fear that he'll prove Not a little remiss in his labour of love), Could point out the true path to each 'wandering elf ; Though he failed, strange to say, to pursue it himself; Yet his Church he abused not, nor slandered a brother, But enjoined perfect charity one to another, In condemning his crimes, which will clearly be shown, Gentle reader, be just, and remember your own." The legend then commences by introducing to us the " Dyer" Mority Sterne : " Mority Sterne was a dyer of Aix-la-Chapelle Where he dyed for his living, an d c h ron i c l es tell, That he stuck to his colours remarkably well." One of the most ludicrous passages in the poem is the comparison of Madame Sterne's grief, when her husband has acquainted her with a misfortune that has befallen him, to a ship in a storm. The continued succession of similes, so incongruous, and yet appro priate, renders the passage most ridiculous and effective : " At the terrible tale Over her beam-ends she went like a ship in a gale, Sorrow's pumps worked so hard that they seemed to be choked, Ana her canvas was drenched by the brine they evoked; Not the aid of a • consort' could render relief But she righted at last by discharging her grief. When the tempest had ta'en a more prosperous turn, She came round with her head and saluted her Stern." This legend-writer will, doubtless, prove one of the most amusing contrib u t ors t o B ent l ey. Th e " Way side Pictures through France, Belgium, and Ger many," are continued; one of the most interesting chapters of which recals the perilous adventures of the Duchess de Berri. " Professor Bungle's Victim," gives an amusing account of an unsuccessful attempt of two amateur artists to take a plaster-cast of the head of a victimised friend. The nervous anxiety of Professor Bungle, and the execrable gaucherie of his unskilful assistant are most happily pourtrayed. Sylvanus continues his sketches of the " By-lanes and Downs of England," with their turf-scenes and charac ters. One of the " characters" here introduced is a convivial host, whose importunate hospitality is almost as appalling as was that of the Grand-Duke of Schoss- Johannisberg, from which Vivian Grey had so much difficulty in escaping. " A Cruise in a Slaver," " The Cellini Cup," " The Happy Valley; or the Emi grant's Home"—a glimpse of Kafirland by Mrs. Ward, &c. &c., and a variety of interesting literary criticisms fill up the remaining pages of Bentley, for March. Among the poems, " The Ideals," trans lated from Schiller, is rendered peculiarly interesting by the recent publication of the German poet's familiar correspondence. His apostrophe to Friend ship, and his eulogium on Employment in this poem will be especially appreciated by all who have had the pleasure of perusing the correspondence of Schiller and Korner. UNITED SERVICE. " A Medical Staff-Officer" has written a chapter upon the connexion of punishment and crime, begin ning with the very correct observation, " Human nature now is, and undoubtedly ever was, the same," in which he expresses a strong disapprobation of the attempts of " meddling philanthropists" to abolish capital and corporal punishments. Basing his own theories upon religious grounds, he quotes in favour of the gallows and the lash, Scripture texts enjoining " blocd for blood," and not "to spare the rod." As regards capital punishment much may be urged on both sides of the question ; but as for the system of flogging, it is hardly possible to conceive how it can have one consenting advocate. The text quoted by the " Medical Staff Officer" has nothing to do with the subject. Parents are there enjoined to chastise their children, but it says not a word about one man laying violent hands upon his fellow. The " Medical Staff-Officer" declares that " terror is possessed of a stronger impulse, and has more influence in deterring from crime, than any system of reward ever devised." Even allowing this supposition to be correct, we would ask the "Medical Staff-Officer" if the prevention of the recurrence of any of those particular offences for which the lash is applied can compensate for the deteriorated character of men hardened by public shame, and only rendered dutiful by the m ost enervating of human passions—fear ?," Regime ntal Messes" begins with a very felicitous definition of two abstract personages who exercise immense authority over human kind— Mynheer Custom and Monsieur Fashion. Here is f'. - . .Y!~ ause, ; for icta- Eng ween con- Lion ; dis the :once ium acts. cl by re of isted with 3 for lever e, in ,ving con ount that LING ,ting te of arge Pa war nd a Y.) 2 6, a 3 in- >ech- do- and bite- The ,and t the room ound was , t up the from his the said ra his was e in who the to be pt to IM E. the Rev. de a , the ;h of caso 'hese rreah [ de- ser th of utor nor, atoll the 3VOIL not bite lade ate wit- lied dice lin- St. ee's Ted rho )re- F~.~