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

g applause, )laining for ed a dicta and Eng rs between y or a con mediation ; gilt to dis ties of the .td. Hence the trium -11 its acts. raised by [.s ; love of exhausted vied with crifices for had never aced, as is tion. The ) decide in ;end or not mbly. 011 [e, so that t variance; ey possess, rudent and f perfidious an declared decree, in ps, having ,ed to con :er amount states that r the Kyoto the sitting .?s, a vote of ).yr a large from Pa )ns for war cans and a DAY.) 7 . Justice , aged 26, s ic, was in• erick Sech y harm. 'as not da- ecutor and in Whito• last. The house, and irs, on the ipper room he found whom was )r west up ong in * 1 of laugh' iis greed) , ugly offal ator got up nduct, and be prisoner ball with 3 and struck the head, ken to the reeks from one of his When the latter said erver in his hat it wit* defence in rown, who riking the telling the :umstancea to kill the acquit the ald have to wound on , and whe. the blow• utting and arm, and soner to be be kept to , us env'& ier in the g the Rev. id made it him, the the 9th of ' the case tor. These ill be fresh found de' st eleven s had not d a white remember te. There I asked Tgymaii . l trate sai d name the a clergl nt which •osecutor, was then , In to fin d lers mad° 'he state• d by wit- denied he police omplain• li of Sr• Peace ' l preferre d (Th. not pre reside at e of that te there. im, near at Cata,; asu l I coo then She was Lull. pas t is rather, 3ell ied-roonl THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING MACH 1, 1840.'1- was then taken to the station-house. The pri soner went there, and made a charge against me. I was asked nay name and I said " Am I obliged to give it?" I was told I was not obliged to give it then, but I Would have to give it, and I refused. I think I was told I would be obliged to give it in the morning. I was searched. I had a watch upon me. I have that watch now (producing it), and I had some bank notes and ° Loney. I was detained that night and taken to the police °ince- I gave a name at the station-house before I went to Bow-street. I said, when asked for my name, "I think you may say Henry Sadler." When I got to Bow -street I first gave the name of Henry Sadler to the Magistrate, who asked me if that was my real name. I said "I am a clergyman ; am I obliged to give my real name?' He said " Yes, you are." I then gave it, and my address. The prisoner Wtis then examined in support of his charge, and I was called upon to find bail. I was confined till that was done. It was a wet night on the previous night. I bought a cigar on my way and lighted it. Cross-examined by Mr. BALLANTINE —I got the cigar in Princes street. I had no business at the Tree eEnrY• I merely went for a walk, and turned back. `„, t was a drizzling rain. I had not an umbrella. iv ben I got into the court-yard I found it rained more, and I returned from the portico. At first I stood some distance from the soldier, and when I spoke to him I turned round. I was not altogether more than three Minutes under the portico. When I spoke t° the p r i soner , I was a bo u t half a y ar d f rom him. I cannot recollect how my hands Were. I don't know that I was so near him as my tobe able to touch him. I don't think it is pos siblehands touched him accidentally. I should certainly say I did not touch him. I could not have touched him but intentionally. I knew it was the buchess of Kent's house. I am not a stranger to London. Ur. Middleton did not expect me. He is not a married . L , ln au; he is a bachelor. He is not living with a f am ily i n Eaton-str e et. I did not send for him that evening. When the charge was made I lid not say I was going to see a Dlr. Middleton. This matter must have occurred about !en o'clock. I was going to call upon a gentleman so late as that, and intended to return to my inn afterwards. I had not intended to call on Mr. Middleton when I came up to town. Re - examined by Mr. BODEIN—I did not place my hand under the prisoner's coat, and could not have done sel by accident. I merely asked the question whose house it was we were standing under, for the sake of conver sation, and not for information. I was curate at St. Ann's, Soho, for two years. John George Middleton—l am son of the late Ad miral Middleton. I live at 6, Upper Eaton-street. I h ave known the prosecutor for twelve years. I have visited him at Send recently, before this occurrence. lie constantly visited me on his coming to town; he Same at different hours in the morning and evening. I T "ine at the Parthenon Club usu a lly, in R egen t- street . 4 usually spend the greater parter of the evening there, and return home after ten o'clock. Mr. Sellers would probably be acquainted with that fact. Cross -examined—He had visited me so late as that before; he did so on the night before the funeral of the bake of Sussex. I had not expected him on that occa sion. I live a l one i n a p ar t men t s . I h a d no t di ne d a t 1 a Parthenon on the day in question. I dined at home that day. William Price—l am a private in the 2d battalion -Mushier Guards. The prisoner is also a private in that s gieeent. On the 9th of January I was on duty as sentry at Sir H. Wheatley's door. That is between the b ushess of Kent's and the guard-house. I saw the Ptisoner having hold of a gentleman on that night 11 ,1)011t twent minutes after ten. He passed close by me 'le did not sayanything to me. He caught hold of the gentleman by the collar, with his gun in his right hand. ' t ile rule when a soldier is assaulted on duty as a sentinel, is to call en the next sentinel. I was near enough to him on that occasion for the risoner to have called on me. I would have heard i mp and then I would have called to the next sentinel. A soldier is not allowed to quit his post on :nY pretence. I went off guard about 20 minutes after v ; e ive. I went then to the guard-house. I saw the prisoner there; he said he was verry sorry that he had hata gentleman in charge. He said the old had h n t offered him anything; if he had he would h ad let him gone. He said be wished he 'ad bee n on some other post, the colour post, where th ere were not so many people passing, or he would c h ave had a ll th e b— things he had upon him. He said ° bad a beautiful gold watch of the size of half-a wn• I said a watch was a dangerous t g to take. He then said, " I would have Pat that out of sight for two or three days; I would have li sw allowed it." Th e gent l eman h a d re f use d t o g i ve hi s silver, he said ; and h e m entioned that some notes and fr om him. ver, a half-mourning ring, and a watch had been taken so Cr oss-examined by Mr. BALLANTINE—There were me other soldiers sitting round the fire besides myself ~oeiethe prisoner said all this. I made the observation about the watch being a dangerous thing, on the sup ,ltiett that the prisoner had got the watch dishonestly. h ave been in the regiment eight years and upwards els a" been myself several times in trouble for being sent and drunk. I am upwards of twenty-five Years of age. I have not been in trouble on in,Y other accoun t t h an a b sence or d run k enness . have never quarrelled with the prisoner, nor said that ,° l lld do f or hi m some d ay . I swear I h ave never ap ..p.P_lalsesded th to the pri soner f , r money. When the prisoner sentr box with Mr. Sellers I did not make 41 ' 1 3' remark. y- John Stewart—l am a private in the same battalion 11 ,1 4 J he prisoner. I remember a day or two after the 9th of a i uharv, having a conversation with the prisoner on the -u ".iQet - of this charge in the barrack-room. There were „.°tber soldiers present besides the prisoner and myself. '° said he was on duty near the Duchess of Kent's. (The trial was proceeding when our reporter left.) IVEW COURT. ale fore Mr. Alderman MOON and the Co mmoN SEn- GRANT.) 2 R j° sePh Smith, 26, a chemist, and Thomas Callingham, e ' , a cabm an , were b o th i n di c t e d w ith s t ea li ng a b a l e , W illiam fifteen dozen of shoe-threads, the property of tti B ar k er and another, who are twine manufac turers in Watli ng - s t ree t. w i 'his was another example of the daring audacity d 01 .% which robberies are sometimes committed in Lon , It appeared that during the brief absence of a t i; r /ant on the Bth of February, about eight o'clock in 11 ""ug, a cab was seen to drive up to the the bale door, and two persons to get out of it, and carry w e, bale in question out of the passage, and to place it, lth the assistance of the driver, upon the cab. The it ,' l 'ltle t ier Smith was one of the parti es , and C a lli ng h am r 0 the driv e r. Th e ca b i mme di a t e ly d rove o ff, b ut t h e 0 ; ' l 7 being soon discovered, it was pursued and th ertak en in St. Paul's Church yard . On discovering epee they were follo w ed the p a rties increased th e ir l; bu , , after a hot chase, were stopped in the Black ro ad. 4 , 4 4 r• BaLL A NTINE d e f en d e d t h e pr i soner C a lli ng h am , su bmitted that he was not a guilty party, but had ," • hired in the ordinary way by Smith and another en Who had not been taken into custody, and was tir ely innocent of the robbery. the ▪ prisoner's witness was called, who proved having engaged prisoner's cab the same evening about six o'clock, l',,,several wit nesses gave hi m a good character. h ara 'he jury found Smith Guilty, and Acquitted Calling- Sn l i th eras sentenced to seven years' transportation. Bt .' 4 ,"n William Stevens, aged 13, was indicted with I ., a ite 750 yards of fishing line, value 2/. 10s., the pro ;,";,r,tY ot Susannah Reynolds and another of his employers, „'_`u Theodore Tucker, aged 25, a porter, with felo '.,oUsly receiving the same, well-knowing them to have b een stolen. noThe witness Stevens pleaded Guilty, and was the prin- Pal against the other prisc.ner. He he had tlnt been in the habit of stealing fishing line until he W5 B re quested to do so by Tucker, who lived near him, al ld Whom he had known for some time. He first stole sortie last summer, Tucker promising to give him some cop pers for what he could get, and he had stolen quantities at different times. The jury found him Guilty, and recommended him to mercy on account of his previous good character. The prisoner Tucker was also indicted for stealing 29 Pieces of printing type, value 65., the property of Messrs. 'iggins the type founders. The jury found him guilty also upon that charge, and I'a was sen t ence d t o 18 month s i m p r i sonmen t i n th e 4 0use of Correction, with hard labour. THIRD COURT T_ S ince last sessions a very neat and commodious Third uurt has been fitted up immediately contiguous to the purt, and would have been opened for the first d wns morning, but for the non attendance of some al. w e o ,, l4 l _, e n. The arrangements are as excellent as the space th e :1 1 Permit , ample accommodation being afforded for vei - ,Jury, the bsrristers, reporters, short-hand writers, teu - esses and others, whose business it was to attend the h u t. The inconvenience of the grand jury room which th e 'them been used as a Third Court, has long been f el lbiect of frequent complaint, and was a reason for orres.tion of this court. IRELAND. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) I don Lie hi is • - . l `t, WEDNESDAY EVENING.—Lord Clarendon a tt . " . , 1 11 second levee for the season this afternoon. The ab s '. 4 ,, ua llee, owing to the holding of the circuits, and the thi r ;"" of Irish Members of Parliament, Ras extremely Th e T r he whole ceremony did not occupy an hour. Dead ed ',l lBl l Examiner, a weekly national journal, sus 'ls publication last week, owing, it is said, sl: a uthorities having refused the usual supply of am ps,m h ave grand jury, now assembled at the spring uave petitioned Parliament against the present Aide Oor-law, and denounced the projected " Rate in coa l a s a measure calculated to reduce all to one eo rne lll ° l l level) by taxing the energies and industry of pr o jortion s of the kingdom for the indolence and ia —nc e of others. Meath is the first county in at ster which has pronounced against the Government Al s r u . r ,;* terai t „ ; A. Ilanailton, one of the members of the Uni t th e , Jr), as, in an address to his constituents, denounced eund ' ir ta !'e in Aid" as unjust and inexpedient. While t hat e y, — a laLu g the agitation for Repeal, Mr. Hamilton says tercets at is wanting for the promotion of the true in rathers of Ireland is a complete union with England, wh iel than the description of imperfect connexion in th s n ow subsists. A C onservat i ve Deputy -Li eu t ena nt all , _t d eclares that th e on ly a l ternat i ve now left for til e ti r "i r .cs' is to agitate for and insist upon a repeal of legp from 1. )4 , 1 AR, LB. 2s.—The Autatnno, of Stockton, has calco o s u to Ilartlepool, got un the rocks to-day, and Bay ed ; tink and 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 continues 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 941—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 bey end 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, Consuls being 914 for Transfer and 914 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 4 for account. Exchequer bills have realised 395. 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 928 to 934. The Foreign Securities are looking up. Spanish Five per Cents. have been 184 to i; 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 aro in some instances rather cheaper, but with a good busi ness doing. ... ONE CLOSING eni Es OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES Sank Stock per Cent. Reduced Arms ...... .. 91%% 92E4i 92 1 % 3 per Cont. Consols Annuities 9 1 1h% 92% 91% 92 New VA per Cent. Ann 5...... uong Anns. to expire Jan. 1860 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 B% 8% India Stock 243 243 ndia Bonds, 1,0001. Ditto under 1,0001. . ••• b 8 p Consols for Account .xehequer Bills. 2 1 ,4 d. & 2d. 1,0001. June 5001. June Small. June: Ditto Advertised, June 33 36 p 36 p FRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS ONE CLOSIN , : O'CLOCK. PRICES. Brazilian Bonds Ditto, Small B3 Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent — 83 % 25t4 Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent Ditto, 5 per cent. Scrip, 1849 7 1 4 73 4 p 8 p &lexicon, 5 per Cent. 1840 — Ditto, Account Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 4 9 1 /2 .50 Portuguese 5 per Cents. — Ditto. Account 2 5 3% 25% Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account l9 18 1 / 2 Ditto, Passive Ditto 3 per Cent — Ditto, Account — 29 1 / 2 Venezuela Bonds, 2% per Cent 2G 26 3 / 4 Ditto Deferred Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2 1 A per Cont., 12 Guild.... 49 50 48 3 / Ditto, 4 per Cent Certificates 79% 79 PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen 5O ...... —•....... ••••••••• Do. Preference Birmingham and Ox ford Junct., calls duly paid, or with a guaran. 20 bucking hamshire ... 161. 4s. Caledonian Ditto, Quarter Shares 11 1 A ...... 5 Do. New 101. Pref lO ... .. 11 % %.. ...... ... 11 Chester and Holyhead I , :a.st Anglia, 25/., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 Do., 18/., E. & 11.... 18 Do., 31. 10s. Eastern Counties........ 20 ...... 10- 4 1 / 2 % lO% Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 20 East Lancashire Ditto, Now ... 21 ...... . ...... —.... 1514 East Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... ..... ......... 44 Great Northern Do., 1 / 2 B 6 per Cent... 6 1 / 2 6 7/ 6% Great Western 100 ......99 97 x.d...... 9714x.d Ditto, i i i, Shares 5O ...... 4 9 1 /2 ad. Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 ..... --__ Do. Fifths... lO ..... Do. Thirds Leeds and Bradford 5O lO4 x.d............ 104 x.d. London & Black wa11...13/. 6s. 8d 5% 7 / 8 x.d 5% x.d. London, Brighton, and South Coast Ditto, New 51., guar. 6 per cent. .. London and N. Western 100 ..,..138 136 x.d l37x.d Ditto, New 12%%x d l2%x.d. Dttto,Fifths ..... .. .. 2 ..... 9', 4 x. d. Loud. & S. Western Manchester,Buxton,and Matlock.-- 4% - 13/4 —a, . 51anchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire lOO Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10 Midland ...... ....... .100...85 84 1 4 85 834 x.d B5 x.d. Do., do., 501. Shams .. 25 ... .. 18 LA . ...... Do. Birm., and Derbyloo Do.Consol. Bristol and . _ Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 ......125 Norfolk Do. Guaranteed 5 1 / 2 pc. 5 \'orth British ........ ... 25 ...... Ditto, Halves .. Ditto, Quarters Ditto, Thirds ........84 .. .. North Staffordshire Oxford, Worcester, and __ __ Wolverhampton ...... 50 Scottish Central Shrewsbury and Birtn... 10 Ditto ditto. Class B. 6 Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 Shrewsbury & Cheater (Nor. W. Min.) Ditto Halves ... ditto 9 ...... 9IA ex.div 9 14 x.d Shropshire Union S)uth Staffordshire 7 1 24 4 l /1 ..... ........ 4 1 4 South Eastern Do., N 0.2. Do., RegisteredjNo. 4 10 Do., Scrip No 4 South Walos .... 33 Sheffield, Rotherham,.. & , . Goole (N. Div.) Gua ranteed 5 per cent York, Newcastle, and Berwick. .... ........... 25 .. ... ... .... — Do. Original New and Berwick ...... .25 25 Y2 25 ex.div. 25 x.d L'o. Newcastle Ester. '2O Do. G.N.E.Prelerenee 8 8% 8 8 Y )rk and North Midland 50 ...... 49 50 Ditto, Preference Do. East and Westßid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. - - Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) ... 18 Luxembourg Ditto .... 10 Namur and Liege Northern of France Orleans and Bordeaux... 7 ...... 3%...... Paris and Rouen ..., 2O .... 21 20% Paris and Strasbourg ... 10 Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse 2O ... .. 5 ...... ......... 5 Tours and Nantes 9 ...... 2% ......... ..... 2% MINES. Brazilian Imperial ...... 24 1 h Do. St. John Del Rey 15 JOINT STOCK BANKS. National Prov. 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 ICnightley, 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 Rushout, &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 postmr.ster. at Carmar then is now in gaol awaiting her trial fur stealing money letters. .0 is stated that about 2001. in bank votes were found. in possession of the prisoner; and other property, such as purses, jewellery, cad different fancy articles, amounting in value, on the aggregate, including the cash, to about 6004 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 full 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, 11Ibs. per square foot. OFF FALMOUTH, FEB. 27.—Johan FrederickMoting, Charleston, for Bremen. LIVERPOOL, FES. 28.—SId. 27. Ahabama, 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; and no person being on board they brought her into George's Bason. Off Port. William Fisher, Wash ington Irving, Susan. DEAL, FEN. 28.—Wind 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 11.—The gale is increasing to a hurricane, and there 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. Tho Active, French barque, anchored this afternoon, but shortly after went adrift from her anchors and proceeded to leeward. SALCOIIIBE, FED. 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 Elisabeth 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. WEYSIOUTII, FEB. 28.—The Prince Regent, New castle to Teignmouth, has been towed in with damage in a gale otr Portland. A brig is reported at anchor in West Bay, with masts cut away. MARYPORT, FEN. 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.—Sid. Superior, Greenland. HULL, FEB. 28..—Wind S.S.W., strong gale.—Sld. Swallow, Greenland; Sarah and Elizabeth, ditto. PORTSMOUTH, FER. 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, F. 28.—The yacht•brig Avienis is a total wreck. RAMSGATE, FED. 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 r g., 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 Sr. George Gore's Queen Mab beat Lord Sefton's Syntax. Mr. J. Robinson's Morocco boat Sir. J. Boswell's Marianne. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CIiA.NCERY, Feb. 28. SHARP V. ARBUTHNOT—SHARP V. GLADSTONE. The Loup 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, who 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 bands 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 bad 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 Cow t below, and dismissed both appeals. IN RE DYCE 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 be en g i ven 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. --- YesterJay morning, shortly after six o'clock, the body fif a gentlemanly attired man, between fifty and sixty dscionvetrhce e dlyaiinedgonian. road, Islington, in a pool of blood at within a short distance of the Erst India D oc k J unct i on of the London and North- Western Ruilvvay, under cir cumstances which lead to a belief that he had been mur dered. _ w m en ad t e to by wo a rk in Mr. Denni s ' s man named Eli T Deaver,he discovery w ho states brickfield (in whose employ he is), at a q uarter - past s i x yesterday morning, and, on entering the field, hi s atten tion was attracted by the whining of a d og, and was that fi rhset 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 ead of the Fallisades a large pool of blood, at a distance of about twenty f eet f rom 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 dis covere d was a purse, entir e ly 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 hold, and answer the purpose of a handle. Between the place where the first pool of blood was discovered and the place where th e b o dy l ay i s 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 hand glove (the other being on the deceased's left band) 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 body lay, as also bloody finger marks on the bar; but the question is, how the deceased managed to got 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 reisor 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 sixty years of age, with grey h a i r , an d about 5 feet 10 inches in height. His hat lay midway between the bar and the first-mentioned pool of blood. Ilia 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 Ile police being made acquainted With the occur rencP, 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 has transpired to show how he came to be in the place where his body was discovered. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. APPOINTMENTS. Commander Charles Ilenry 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 Deronport; W. Cecil de Vere, to the Racer. Master—Thomas Russ, to the Racer. Paymaster and Purser--G. G. Nelson, to the Racer. Mate—Jonas Rowley, to the Caledonia. Eet ond Master—W. 11. Drysdale, to the Caledonia. Clerks—W. E. L. Veale, to the Racer; J. M. Foster, :o the Caledonia. Midshipmen—W. Arthur, Jardine, H. E. Crozier, W. Menzies, H. Hall, to the Caledonia; Syduey Metcalfe, to the Racer. Blaster-Assistant—Benjamin Connor, to the Racer. Gunner—W. J. Latha m , act i ng, to t h e R acer . Boatswain—W. Metherell, to the Racer. Carpenter—James Burn e tt, to t h e R ace r. 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 Port smout h f or s i x wee ks, whilst on leave, at the termination of which period if the) . , return to the ship they will be cont i nue d i n 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 serttrs, but their names will merely be struck off the flag• 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 d a y, a f ter w hi c h t h e y will sad 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 Alonday. The Gladiator, £team-frigate, 8, Captain Robb, ar rived at Devouport, from Gibraltar, Malta, Palermo, and Naples, on the 27th ult. She 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,lche has on board the crew of the Volcano steam-vessel, left at Malta, who will be paid o ff 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. PORTSMOUT H , W EDN ESDAY.—There is 5 vesse l ap• parently a corvette, at anchor at St..llelen's, looking very like the Electra, 14, Commander Bouverie. The glimpses ar e , h owever , so i n distinct, and oc cur so seldom, that nothing certain can be safely said of her. A tremendous gale, w ith heavy squalls and cons t ant rain, has pr eva il e d all day, and still continues. squalls of rai n . Wind S.W., s t rong ga tes, with heavy PALL OF A CLIFF ON THE SOUTH-EASTERN RAIL WAY.----Last night information was received by telegraph at the London-bridge terminus that a portion of the cliff in the Merstham cutting had fallen in and blocked up the line so as t o i m p e d e t h e traffic. Every available person at the station was immediately dispatched by special engine to clear the line for the last up train, which had been detained at Reigate as soon as the accident was made kno wn . M erst h a m is between Croydon and Reigate, and nineteen miles from London. EFFECTS OF THE STORM IN ST. JAMES'S P ARK .— Yesterday even i ng t h ree large elm trees wi t hi n the en . closure were uprooted by the violence o f the storm. One in falling smashed the iron railings opposite the steps of the Duke of York's column; another fell across the iron gate close to the Chinese lodge facing the Horse Guards, The trees which have been torn up are all sound. MONEY MARKET.—The premium on gold at Paris is 7 per mille, which, at the English Mint price of 31 17s. 104 d. 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 3/. 17s. 10id. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.10; and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13.9, it follows that gold is 0.11 per cent, dearer in I.l6m 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 Society, threaten almost 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 Alr. Squills, a compromise is arranged, and a poor fragment of the scholar's property is saved from de struction—about 8,0001,, 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 risistratus ! In his: elegant apartments we are introduced to a stripling sage—one Lord Cas tleton, heir to fabulous El Dorados, and Lead of one of those few houses still left in Eng land 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 Castleton is betrothed, it appears, to Fanny Trevanion—so at least poor Pisistratus learns with horror from the gentle intimations of Beaude sert. 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-looking young 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 Economiques. " 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. 111 eritnee. 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 vs hich he trussed up on the top of their beads, having loaded the pyramid with grease, and emptied over it a peck of flour; he painted their faces like sign boards, and stuck over them bits of sticking plaster, that made hem appear as if they had been bitten by mosquitoes, or bad injured the epidermis while shaving. With the modern 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, fur the gentlemen London; in the latter capital little chaps have been rigged out like Cl2inese 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 verrone. Besides the articles enumerated, the Vnited Service for March contains a variety of interesting and useful papers. ISUINVOILTB Axin r..a.Dlsbnalt.a.s.3. These markets were heavy, today, at barely the late decline in the quotations. Beef, from 25 2d to 3s 2d; Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s 8d; Veal, 3s. 8d to 4s 8d; and Pork, 2s 10d to 4s 2d per Blbs by the carcase. EAT MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 2/ lOs to 31125; Clover ditto, 31 lOs to 41 12s ; and Straw, 11 2s to 11 9s per load. A moderate supply, and a sluggish trade. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 12s to 31 14s ; Clover ditto, 3/ lOs to 4/ lOs ; and Straw, 113 s to 1/ 103 per load. Supply moderately good, and trade rather dull. WarrEcHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 103 to 3/ 12s ; Clover ditto, 31 lOs to 4l 15s; and Straw, 11 2s to 1/ 8a per load. Both Hay and Straw moved off slowly, at our Quotations. MEAT MARKETS. SOrTBALE, FEB. 28.—Although our market was by no nu Ins largely eupplied, the demand for each kind of stock was in a slugglith state, at drooping prices. Beef from 2s 10d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; Veal, 4s to 4s 8d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 10d per &lbs., to sink the offal. ROMFORD, FEB. 28.—Generally speaking, the trade was heavy to day. Prices ruled as follows:—Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d; Veal, 4s to 4s 6d; and Pork, 3s 6d to 3s 10d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 235; quarter old store Pigs, 15s to 235; and Mitch Cows, with their small Calf, 131 lOs to 171 5s each. HAILSHAN FEB. 28.—Exceedingly little business was transacted in our market this morning. Prices were drooping. Beef, from 2s 10d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s to 4s 8d; Veal 4s to 4s Gd; and Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 8d per 81bs. ARUNDEL, FEB. 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. Beef, from 3s to 3s 10d; Mutton, Ss 4d to 4s 8d; Veal, 4s to 4s 4d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 8d per Sibs. Suckling Calves,slBs 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 Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. I WHEAT. I BARLEY.' OATS. I RTE. I BRANS. I PEA R. PRICE • . I 46s 4cl. I 29s 8d I 17s ad 27s 8d I 30s 10d I 32s 10d - DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. BARLEY. OATS. I "C. 1 BEANS. I PICAS. AO. Od is Od is Od Is Od Is Od is Od SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETING.— WEDNESDAY. The Trial Stakes of 10 soya. 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, 33 rs ... 4 Lillie and Psahnsinger also started. Betting-2 to leach 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 sus. 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 Blb ... 2 Mr. Gray's Reality, 4 yrs, 6st 71b 3 Even on Reality, 6 to 4 agst Mogador, and 3 to 1 aget The Flapper. Won by a head. The Knowsley Stakes of 10 sovs. 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 ... die 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 sovs. &c. Two miles (6 Subs.) Lord Waterford's Postilion, 4 yrs, llst 21b, walked over. The Grand National Steeplechase Handicap, of 20 sovs. eaoh, h ft, and 100 added. (67 Subs., 29 of whom de clared). _ _ _ _ . . _ Mr. Mas - on, jun.'s Peter Simple, aged, llst (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, I Ist 111b—Proceed, 1 Ist 111b—Wolverhampton, list 51b—British Yeoman, list Mb—Arab Robber, list 51b—Mulligan, list 51b— Kilfane, list—The Victim, lOst 1 lib—Sir John, lOst 101b—Tipperary Boy, lOst 91b—Napoleon, lOst 81b— Chatham, lOst 61b—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 agst Prince George-6 to 1 agst The Curate-6 to 1 agst Knight of Gwynne (taken)-10 to 1 agst Proceed-12 to 1 agstWolverhampton-13 to 1 agst Alfred-20 to 1 agst British Yeoman-20 to 1 agst Chatham-25 to 1 agst 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 boat 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 Kelerman beat Mr. J. Tumor's Ringlet. 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 Stella. _ _ ............ Mr. Baker's named Jamie Forest beat Mr. Sutcliffe's named Blueskin. Mr. T. Booth's Landseer beat Mr. Sateliffe's Spy. Mr. Temple'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 Laitdseer. The Waterloo Purse. Mr. Webb's Wrestler beat Mr. Watt's named Spot. Mr. batelifie's Bung-up beat Mr. Teinp'e's named Figheldean. Mr. Slater'a named Conceit beat _Mr. OnrAdy's op. stoical. 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 Dissent, For 'twixt cursing the 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, and chronicles 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 contributors to Bentley. The " Way side Pictures through France, Belgium, and Ger many," ar e con ti nue d ; 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 SER VICE. " 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 " blood 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 most enervating of human passions—fear.? :"Regimental Messes" begins with a very felicitous definition of two abstract personages who exercise immense authority over human kind— Mynlifier CU/0M t nd Dionssieur Fazttion. Here is 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," as 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 Atlantic which 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 Cdonial-office. We 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 Minibter 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 all 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 united 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 nizing 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 utt e rly i gnorant o f 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, ther e f ore , t o 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 bi ograp h y o f C atu ll us ( we might almost call it an autobiography, as his own works furnish the materials), which is a mo del of classical criticism. W e h o p e th e au th o r will in duced be to do for the other L a ti n p oe ts that which he has so admirably done for Catullus. CO WES, ISLE OF W IGHT. ~ (FROM OUR OWN CORRESI ,O H IN E OND T ET , .) REMOVAL OF THE COUR T ISLE OF WIGHT. COWES, FEB. 28. Her iclay next. The Majes tyroyal and suite are ex pcct( d to arrive at Osborne on tradesmen, the select few, have articles for the royal table on received orders to suppl y n that day. The Royal Family aro expected to remain at Osborne about a fort. night.s East Cowes Castle, which has been taken by Mr. Jr. H. Smithhers for a boarding-house, has a good many h an d s e mployed on it to prepare it for the royal and no ble visitors for the coming season. ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. The secretary has sold John Quantock, Esq.'s cutter y a cht Naiad, of 70 tons, to Rob ert M' Andrew, Esq , of Liverpool ; and Sir harry Buhl lloghton, Bart.'s cutter yacht Noran, to J. C. Beresford Esq., of Coleraine; Lord Seaham's schooner yacht Coral Queen, 117 tons, to Lord W. Beresford; Captain C. 11. Williams's cutter yacht Lark, 65 tons, to John Tomline, Esq.; and R. Alexander, Esq., M.P.'s cutter yacht Eudora, 59 tons, to Peter Fitzrobert Row, Esq. 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 pacliet 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 early 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_ n ingham Palace shortly before two o'clock, a t ten d ed by the Duchess of Norfolk and Lady Portman, Ladies i Waiting, Lord Camoys, Lord in 'Waiting, Lord George Lennox, Lord in Waiting to Prince Albert, Mr. R. Ormsby Gore, Groom in Waiting, 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 ber 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 in Waiting. 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 the following presen tations to her Majesty the Queen and his Royal lligh ness Prince Albert took place:— By the Neapolitan Minister, Prince Petrulla a Sici lian nobleman from Palermo. , By the Danish Minister, M. de Treschow, Conseifler de Conference, Plenipotentiary of his Danish Majesty; and M. Hopfner, Conseillor et Attach& By the Peruvian Minister, Le Colonel Beltran, Secre tar,y of the Peruvian Legation; and M. Henry Caravedo, Attache to the Legation. The following noblemen and gentlemen had the honotti 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 Bucknall 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. ralr - nan on his appointment as Cl arenceux Ki ng 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 th© 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. M'Mahon, 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 Wernysa. Lord Ashburton, on succeeding to the title, by Sir Francis Baring. Mr. Jervis Imos, by Sir Thomas Pelham Hayes. Mr. George King Thornhill, by Sir Thomas Pelham Hayes. 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. 11. Holmes, civil service, British Guiana, by Earl Grey. Mr. Alexander Clark Forbes (barrister-at law), by Dr. Forbes. Mr. Peter Mazy, 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. _ _ M. Philip Crawley, Coldstream Guards, by Colonel Chaplin, Coldstream Guards. Di. O. H. Junco, 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 blackenoie, Vicar of St. Martin's-in the-fields, by the Bishop of London. Lieutenant Buckley, Scots Fusilier Guards, ou 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, 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 11. Renny, on promotion; Lieutenants Paget L'Estrange, Grylls, Boyle, F. L'Estrange, and Irvine, on receiving their commissions, Royal Artillery, by the Master-General of 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 IV. 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. 11. L. Boynton, Lester Garland, W. S. Brinkley, end 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-Colmel 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, Captain Lord Burghersh (Scots Fusilier Guards), by Colonel Berkeley Drummond. Lieutenant Palley, on receiving his commission to the Royal Artillery, by his father, Major- General Sir Charles Pasley. Ensign W. Henry Cecil Pecbell, on appointment to 77th Regiment, by Captain Pechell, 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 Delmer, 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.B. Cornet Puget, 15th Hussars, by Lord Radstock.' Colonel Sir Duncan M‘Giegor, on being appointed a Knight Commander of the Bath, by the Right lion. Sir George Grey. Lieutenant J. M. Taylor, 9th Regiment Madras Na tive Infantry, by Major-General IL G. A. Taylor, C. B. Lieutenant Bampfylde, 49th Regiment, by Lieutenant- General Sir E. Bowater, Sir Charles J. Lieutenant Bowden, 22d R eg i men t, by Napier, G.C.B. Lieutenant F. G. Whitehead, 7th Royal Fusiliers, on his return from f o r e i gn service, by Lieutenant -General T. A. Paul Macgregor. R o r a i Marines, on Lieutenant Robert W. B. Hunt,tment by Rear-Admir al Sir •' Thomas Feh appointment , i e ßoyal ute n a M arines, on Sirr - 1 owes, C.B. Lieutenant- General from foreign John L -L i i e e u u ß t t u e e n c n h a a a n n n t t , ll j l a s: . 7 ,: e :B r fi c C r - 7 0 1 , v : 1 9. . c. t e b 7; ab ß 3y' e l : Lr i ' m en t by A. Paul Macgregor, on his re turnby Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas from India, Clement Strong, Coldstream Guards, by Lieuteln'aanutl. Lieutenant-General J.. INl'Mah on, K.C.B. Captain Richard Clement Aloody, Royal Engineers, on his return from the Government of the Falkland C o C lo a n p e t l ai C n baplin. Islands, by Earl Grey. Cornet Robert Goff, 16th Lancers, by I L'eutenant- Captain Cowan, 97th Regiment, by Colonel Smyth, C.B. Sir A. Gall oway, K.C.B. Major-General After the Levee Captain Phibbs bad an audience of the Queen in the Royal Closet, kissed hands on his ap pointment, and received from her Majesty his Silver Stick of Office as Exon of theßody Guard of the Yeomen Guard. C a pt a i n Phibb s w as presented to the Queen b y the Marquis of Donegal, G.C.11., Captain of the Yeom en Guard. Lieutenant Bellairs was presented to her Majesty at an audience in the Royal Closet, by the Marquis of Donegal, G.C.H., 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 Hotlu.m had an audience of the Queen in the Royal Closet, and delivered to her Majesty the Ensigns of a Knight Grand Cross of the Most Hon. Order of the Bath, worn by the late Admiral Sir William Hotham. Tho Queen and Prince Albert afterwards left St. James's Palace on their return to Beckingham Palace. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were conducted to the garden entrance by the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, and the afters of the Royal Household on. duty. AWFULLY SUDDEN DEAru.—On the night of the 23d inst., Captain D. M'Adam, of the 49 th Regiment, i stationed at Templemore , w ent to b ed n his usual good health, and was found dead on the morni ng o f th e 2 4 th, when his servant went to ct ,ll him. T. O'Meara, Esq., coroner for the district, held an inquest on the 25th with a respectable jury, when a verdict of " Death by a Tic lent lit of apoplexy" WM xeturned,