The Sun. — London, England, 1842-02-21 00:00:00

not himbelf 9 rn-laws, a nd ,f that attesti ight bring ey could ; ,he .d them fully iupport would 34port in the . and he roust Ts in private,. 70 emained Prey . 094 ; and if th e y ' l O O lieve him fro:11040i ss seized these.iioV do as h e bid, •, o va ld do nothing . that he ?remier asited. the manufac- . 1 s speech being' s in the Noose .1 to have known ...ring the posh ;,.) aged, with the the ratifica treaty of L a view to the The Frenell Vet when these ellency had not r . a picture of the " There are at .0 ds of sixty Y . !nsuing assizes, crimes., gall' Lstinct murdera than was CO i ier to p e aceab le- Whig .A do-lit -1141 ,:sj commentary Ireland .has to IFci 1)e Gres Ged id in one 6' lolll. 3 O' 6' the progres, NEIVii! O'cLoCIL 19.—The Cotte! e sales ceinprisW change in price.. .• -The following ofj6 Edinburgh so' ialf Shares id Counties: 821% n, 141. 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F ri, ra te , : pc° oft- lit 6 0 ' rill a t 96' ol'd Te' Rz•os,:billid e ) oa f : bo e ~to vhicP a re ►pi lit eur, ii , is trl the 5 ,be ,nt t° grz- og et li her 0: • :i th e ;% oho° ' 1 bue 3 of J dg et es ` Pt iog hc , and Pt rise ic a credl_ of the do ted en. s 1 w i oted he suni.vitiotO plea 17„0tY'° Y prebrp'titti e l)"‘ yel itig o ° , fo r t e len ts $ a t 11,f Sta d f d P ellt 4VC ' r- olte °C S UMMARY OF NEWS AND thttntr eptitton. " IVho runs niay read." T he Co • FOREIGN.tpeat f o tutionne/ not i ces a rumour relative to the it is said, the suppression of the Slave Trade. M. Guizot, her o f )3,, immediately after the discussion in the Chem iself"gagraottiti applied to Lord Aberdeen for a pro afii°tellia:tliPit the period of delay granted for the exchange loinsesOf the treaty, and for the opening of new • tietionrSanotfsselheavz ionngesfor their principal objects the modi , and the limitation of the number zi.—_"arrrte,evidtt. to thoubvee granted to cruisers. Lord Aberdeen is replied that the British Government Teta dij t ° grant to France all the delay that the re liereesap . tta t s t° l l in the Chamber of Deputies rendered inedi fie 4. , but that it could not consent to the slightest lon of the treaty. The Nati ref otti anal states that several petitions for electoral M e e t , are been deposited in the Secretary's Office of the Rh a o lnb er of Deputies, That from the department of fr°,4:b:rbelloefiseitresab)..ys' i=l ,63 s s igned by 10,454 persons ; that 113 ,40 e. personsaltoge . thor the signateres to the petition in question were cri'::erihsseeronern,i'lfarinerce, in noticing the conversation in the tha t °f about Cabrera, mentions a report Rodil has espoused the cause of Queen 4 , 4 ' - against Espartero and that Cabrera has cons Ge o - to take part in a new' movement in her favour, TrealitVillereal having refused. mint s t e y ° ° ll e Papers mention that a Spanish Govern- P assa amen and two brigs of war are in the harbour o a to li r o S .,' General Goni had arrived in the Ba . stan, on s t. _!•TisPFction of the military post of the frontiers. eeelliev.Lnitstian some steps had recently been taken for p a u .'g the armament of that place. ' rts correspondent writes--" General Ramon ,r s ers wh o wa. oft th, implicated in the late conspiracy iu Spain, for souleFrench. capital (where ho had been sa)ourning elab ape ~t u ne) on Thursday, fel- London, where he will t t aiavie?r Portugal, in order to. assume the command itself f„: l °,4 of the Portuguese army which has declared w ith th e ' ,the Charter. General Narvaez was in Paris aenlltinknowledge and concurrence of the French u Pee,e l) ''ent- This intelligence may be implicitly relied a Tae !ar iporta elle des ; Pyrenees of the 15th instant says a . — , h e es oin • 14 events are preparing in the Peninsula for linos of o, s Pring. A Lion onspicy against the fre . e- Pes h a ,' 4 ' 4 is in finma The Carlists and Chris °' (lite eu Mpacted an alliance. Don Carlos, weary ra ie h.', as written to his Seides, calling upon them to i • d attt h i d - „ st andard again, and has appointed Villareal " of the Basque Provinces, with orders to -t ithe „ f .I'Ll in defence of their fueros. The moderados, e aciti„ - ' 4 er hand, assume the republican mask, and are e t i„ g Cat a l on i a, Valencia, and Andalusia, to insur asserond The refugees of October.declare that they are dir ect ofcthe support of the French Government—in- Wa " r st, but afterwards direct, as soon as it can seyerciiiranted by events. We must acknowledge that 'heir h f acts passing before our eyes seem to warrant a 'al ° Pes• Why have General Jaureguy (El Pastor), 1\ h at • ;s Ribed, of Painpeluna, returned within our walls? • m, a . t ,he notorious Aviranetta doing .here ? For inq for 'what purpose, are 11,000,000 of ear • th„ ',":„, e s i ng made in the arsenal of Bayonne ? Why 1 : :"Y Contractor secretly buying up large stores of ad v ? a a!i, and oats?" tatti c h'.is from T ur i n s t ate , t h at great preparat i ons are h'sv o 'g in that cap i ta l f or t h e marr ia ge of the Duke of pez,,jYNvith the Archduchess Adelaide of Austria. After rioe s ' b t !iree days at the Chateau of Stupinis, .the lam ella • r ale and bridegroom are to make their solemn . r eij e i l ri nt° the capital ; and a series of . fetes and public ?oth I gs will ensue. The Municipality of Turin has oee ksi ' OOO ,OOO francs for the expences of the joyous its f which 2e0,000 francs are for wedding pre icsito be offered to the young Princess. It is said that t ikk o r n g, will grant a political amnesty in commemora riatY 4 tne event, and will also concede a diminution of ous h ° 'ti s alt, for the benefit of the agriculturists. A grand "nt on th e Pl ace o f San Carlo is talked of. The l e runzic OPINION. Lesolo,i -Lv d r ning Herald says of Mr. Villiers' s Co rn -l aw villi eps ' °4 on Frid a y i n th e H ouse o f C ommons :—" M r. I to ts resol u ti on is f e l t by the House to be insincere ne s ; 4 thrown out by internal Radicalism to the eei7si, that deception, a . nd curing,' ltai lufa and agitation' making, which secti on ' l3 , he absolutely necessary to secure Liberal re la Westminster, Wolverhampton, Glasgow, and Ee ell '• The House resents the waste of public time . lla al a i th l e r se electioneering tactics cause ; and so, if at lit " ie lzhe.•:rs will obstruct public business, they have th," 7 , tl te e'estruction to themselves." 1 ,7 (' 1 .`,, i7 , 4 es condemns Mr. Villiers's recent speech on 41 e,, - *laws, in very summary terms, as follows :- 4ect s he s ` - ,, e eh of Mr. Villiers on Friday was in many re ; e s „ "tter for the Crown and Anchor than for the 't t e tl- 5 ' of Commons. A very considerable . proportion of yen l 'ha a- t i l t up with mere declamatory invemctoitvieon; was 5t0,44.._ was of argument pertinent his 1 1 1%Z of sophistries less skilfully disguised than we te,'lete 4s "ave expected. It would be difficult for any one tsi tt , Mr. Villiers's speech to discover whether he ad -1%4;1 ( '.deni e d th a t p ecu li ar b ur d ens are laid upon • property in this country?' ° Pite o • - h u°g• is pleased to entertain a somewhat different 0 2 Mr. Villiers as a Parliamentary debt:tier, ob kliP '-•-•" He seems to have no notion of the propriety I'ne• -, 4 essing him se lf t o th e com m o n sense and practical . *le dge of M em b ers o f th e House of Commons. H e l.C r cutting through every difficulty with . the word of leav'Dinfident theorism ; but, however aet",;faetory this lik e "), ° ; e to himself, and to shallow, sot-headed people seep, it seems to reasonabl; men to be mere froth as. . 4 ' 4 e gabble. It is not iti.telligible, and it has not the jlu, at of n ove lty. 'Take the orations of Henry Bent , the blackingseaan, and sprinkle them with, a few ami a few extracts from any of the pam all t 6• ° , 4 „free trade and political economy, and you have Itt)pears , -4 r- Villiers has said, and, indeed, a ll that he ~ rn o e capable of saying." Clironiele slates that the Coi;ri-law scheme of fir,;' 4s ,rs has nowhere satisfied tie people and that in ' 5 e, 4 „; Places the strongest feel ; :ags of dissatisfaction have ki t i,p "pressed with res - i iect to it. "A union of the h ns le, and Working classes," adds our contemporary, ford \ '',eeti created, in every town, at Stockport,.Brad rotit short, in all the towns from which ac fratitis,°a.v° yet . reached us. The people are said to be "?,ith rage and disappointment." d ,Alvertiser says that the bankrupt laws stand in '4.3-; "'amendment • but that it is the duty of a Mins k; ' c r ,' Pro Pose measures ' that will benefit the Many be au o e b" s ' a isultingth e interests of the Few ; and proceeds f e , r ,, r e :—" We should have been much better satis aar' ''`'e Speech from the Throne had nromised a mea notleri,-(4' making justice cheap, than wej are by . the, bet i 3ollelit of contemplated improvements, .which will NVO'" °illy particular classes of the community." r est quote the following from the Dublin Etentng t(iii'7--"This is the time for Orange plaire-hunters. 'llB4 de Grey and Mr. Blackburne, we are told, have ris p ', toyed eighteen barristers, who ste`..ed as Supernume- Pern'i',vown Prosecutoas on Cirgrait, and they have ap- Arli r L" , instead, ele ve n doz';, of Orange and Tory law tit'se\ii-tse3sl3.id, vo..a r r i .,y for a bach e c t o a un b ty r — inf an a d nd for tm eanch gn a i s n s e iz a e s 1, 1 • piece, d ey may get appears every reason to an "saPrrat:--'ihe c e ouiTtr a y s should become as disturbed . and r -etionary as it used to be in the old Tory times. tap Leeds Times says—" Though Lord John Russell 4} ' ' ''s " the mischiefs of the sliding scale of dnties, he 4/ 1 ° ,. (1 , that would alike impose a he was in principle as much a bread-taxer as tl oty 'inert Peel himself. Both wog t ax the People's food—the, one proposes a variable ae o n ' r oan 20s. t o l s . on th e qu arter of wheat, the other_ g i ih„ ll ‘4, 4 rYing tax of B s . p e r quarter. It is true that Lord fprinciples prof esses t o be in love with the 1 1)1 , 0 _ee Trade ; b u t i n th e ve ry same breath he demands to‘,*etlo4, fo r the agricultural interest, and proposes tio n x ' which i n most cases would amount to aph ell the first necessary of life." 411,1'1:lel, following. appeara in the Bolton Free Press— Atv i3 l , 4 = indignation against the sliding n of this in the ',Le form, has long been gath.eri . g sc s a tr le eng in th, ev a e n r d ), f44:;ore, the long cogitated modification .t tore, - machine' and 'mystery of iniqui as ,ward hY Sir R. Peel, ,14, barefaced mockery of the people has been e veryw y li n er n e7rep b u r di m a 'g te h d t la he W eis' n thus alludes to Sir R. r Minister at the ject ro uen 't o ra v a er the ills to which the country is sub he hY the misfortune of having a an . of of affairs, destitute alike of moral courage, d :sh rY ; r eat and st a tesmanlike quality. Sir Robert has • p,t114 himself a man o f m ere words, lavish indeed of The Ipll, but a niggard in performance." of re following is from the Glasgow Pest : —" The Duke .....on st -ievelwed, lately deceased, has left at least a milli tweirlin„.. to be divided amongst his heirs. Not more than It tY years ago, a hundred thousand pounds, left under , te • e Ti li _ cir cumstaiic'es, would haT been considered hho fortune. Let the workine• classes who hesitate wh o ut a uPPorthig the repeal of the Corn-laws inquire at Se expense this change has taken place 1' The 11.201'emY— COMMERCE. —COltqelpie.CE. P r r ". _Report of the Scientific Commission, composed of oth as °r ev Sir J. Herschel, Mr. Lubbock, and other dit , r • VA r • appointed to inquire into the Pre a , inguiseea li t erati, othp,,, tl t standard weights and measures, proposes among co 3' standard imporiant points :-1. A system of decimal r e , rn „P ° ' aition to be adopted in all weights, measures,. an tioa 2, the abolition of troy weight, and subs.itn d • of avoirdupois : and 3, correction of the local i t ,. ards of the kingdom, which are at present highly ''.Perfect, as also the laws relating to their examination '9 inspectors. thiAtit Bradford trade is still dull ; at Huddersfield no „.. g whatever is doing ; at Leeds, since the Govern- L.-tient plan for corn has appeared, the cloth market has n u "° lll e much worse ; as is also the case at Manchester. either at Leicester, or Rochdale, is any business doing. A requisition is in the course of signature . at South ampton, calling on the Mayor to convene a public meeting, that an expressio n ma • begiven from the towns of Hamir shire there, as to the opinion of 60,000 persons on Si Robert Peel's Corn-law scale. NAVAL AND The court-martial at Portsmouth on Captain Nicolas of the Vindictive, closed on Saturday, when he was ac quitted of a ll blame, and his sword returned him by St Edward Owen. The demise of Colonel Stretton, one of the heroes of 'Waterloo, has placed Viscount Castlemaine's family in mourning. Colon e l S tretto n married Lord Cast l emaine ' s siste r in 1830. LAW AND POLICE. At n. Commission of Lunacy opened at the Greyhound Inn, Old Kent-road, to inquire as to t h e soun d nes s of mind of Jacob Emmett, aged 51, the only surviving son of the late Mr. Thomas Emmett, the well-known exten sive cowkeeper, he was declared " to have been of un sound mind since August, 1837." - r ; ~. ~~ Mr, Mason's schedule exhibits debts to the amou❑ of 1 :05/3/. or rather under. There are 152 creditors am two'debtors. The debts owing to the Insolvent are 13C/ Mr. Eliason ascribes his insolvency to the heavy amounts in re-decorating and lighting the theatre, to the robberies of the money-takers, and tho heavy rent of the house. LICTERA7R,Ir AND SCLIENTIPIC, There has lately been discovered in an old chest, ameng the archives of Lyons, a map of that town in the times of Francis I. and Henry IT., which is of great historical value. THEATRICAL. M. Auber's new opera, entitled the Due d'Olonne. the scene eof which is laid in Spain during the war of tht succession, has appeared at Purls, and the grace am harmony of its music are highly praised. M. Scribe iL the author of the libretto. A most efficient company has . been selected for the German opera, which will be given this year at Covent Garden Theatre, and will be again under Mr. Bunn': management. COURT—rAsznorailimm. Loid William Russell has returned to town from Bad minton, the seat of the Duke of Beaufort. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Princes Augusta, left Belvoir Castle for town on Saturday. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford have retut ned tc Woburn Abbey, from Oakley House. The Dowager Duchess of Bedford tell - mins in Naples until the middle of April, The Marquis of Salisbury has returned to Hatfield House from Belvoir, The Marquis and - Marchioness of Lr_Aßdohderry art expected at lioldernesse House early in the week, for tht. season. The Earl and Counttga of Chesterfield are expected to leave Badminton to-morrow for town. Viscount, Ingestre is staying at Cuerkthmore, the seat of his brother-in-law, the Marquis of Waterford. Lord Stanley had a dinner party on Saturday in 'St. James's-square._ lITISCEIMILNEOVOs The Earl of Sefton's spacious nialision in Belgrave square is not expected to llnished before autumn, but the lower suite cat: Apartments will be ready to receive the family, wh are now at Croxteth nil, about the middle it April. When Queen Anne rat the question to her facetious Minister, what it would cost to enclose three Parks, h( replied, " Only three crowns, Madam,"—the crowns to wit, of the three kingdoms, so tetiacious are the English of their " rights." .A hostile correspondence has taken place between Mr. Peter Borthwick, M.P. for Evesham, and Mr. James Praed Ley, of Bideford, Devonshim, respecting some re marks that appeared in the Cheltenham Examiner last month. Fortuttately ti* grail has been terminated with out any serious results. Count Po*to di Borgo is said to have left a fortune of five millions of francs ; his 'Atrial took place on Friday, at St. Thomas d'Aquititts, in Paris. BRISTOL-FRIDAY NIGHT. —-- - - A great excitement has neentred here to-night. The dis cussion on Peel's " eliding humbug" and the attempts of Lord John Russell to insult the cduntry with his "fixed duty" pro ject has et cited the indignation of all the liberal-minded eititens. All parties were astonished that the wealthy Re formers did not call a meeting, and were glad to find that on Friday there was tin announcement that the Chartists were about to hike the matter up, and that a meeting would be het° on 13ra-don-hill, at seven o'clock hi the evening. It was ru moured that a deputation bka been sent to Bath, to invite the atterdance of Mr. Henry Vincent. Nothing could exceed the enthusiasm that prevailed. Groups of men were seen peram bulating the streets at four o'clock in the afternoon, crying v , Vincent on Brandon-hill at seven o'clock." Hundreds of persons were asAemble'd in the central part of the city, a band of music and several flags were provided, and the multitude h..v ing been joined by Dr. 111‘Dowal (one of the Chartist Exe eutive), moved off in the direction of the railway station to meet Mr. Vincent. In Temple-street Mr. Vincent was recognised and was most enthusiastically cheered ; a coach was provided in which Vin cent and M'Dowall were seated, and at the appointed time the procession moved off towards Brandon-hill, through the prin cipal streets. Thousands thronged the streets ; t' e immense crowd were extremely excited, cries of " Down with Peel and the Corn-laws"—" No Russell fixture"—" No Monopoly"— " Universal Suffrage as a means to repeal the Corn-laws," and the " the Charter for ever," rent the air. The residences of noted Tories were greeted with the most discordant yells, while cheers were repeatedly called for and given for " Vincent and M'Dowall, the.repeal of the Bread Tax, and the Charter." On reaching Brandon-hill the meeting, which consisted of all classes, among whom were recognised many Corn-law re peelers of this City, and which was composed of from 10,000 to 12,000 persons, was addressed by Mr. Simeon in a verb judicious strain, who was followed by Dr. M'Dowall in a very animated speech ; after which Mr. Vincent ad. dressed them in a spirited and eloquent manner for nearly two hours. The speakers all denounced Peel and his Corn-laws, and at the same time declaring diet the time was come when all classes should unite in favour of popular repre sentation, so that all monopolies may be abolished. Mr. Vincent very earnestly appealed to the Anti-Corn-law party to join in an attempt to remodel the representative system, so that an end may be put at once, and for ever, to class legis lation. The speeches were of a nature calculated to do much good. At the conclusion the dense multitude formed in pro cession, and returned to the 'city, displaying the greatest en thusiam in favour of democratic principles and free trade. In the centre of the city Mr. Vincent dispersed the people b!,; calling upon them to retire in quiet to their respective I , `anes. The Chartists and other Liberals appear to IN laf:Rely united in their denunciation of Peel and his toother conspirators against the starving millions. BURNING Silt it'. PEEL IN EFFIGY AT CARNARVON NORTH WALES (PROIM A CORRESPONDENT.) OikNARVON, SATURDAY.—Yesterday evening the inha /oltants of this town showed their detestation of Sir R. Peel's proposed measures, by burning the monopoly Minister in effigy. About eight o'clock, the effigy was carried in procession to the steps leading to the entrance of the Castle, and there an indict ment, setting forth the crimes of the culprit was read and sentence of death passed in the usual form. After the mock trial, the effigy was paraded through the town to the centre of Castle-square, when turpentine was poured upon it, and then set on fire. The figure continued to burn amidst the cheers of the populace for upwards of a quarter of an hour. There could not have been less than 4,000 persons present on the oc casion, everything passed off quietly. It is a curious fact that, the only person ever remembered to have been burned in effigy in this town, was the notorious Tom Paine. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR—A novel exhibition has just now been brought to a close, viz., the trial, condemnation, and execution of Sir Ro bt. Peel. His e ffi gy blazed admirably, while a dense populace pinned and hooted the while. The people were called toge ther by drum and fife an hour before the commencement, as also two or three days before by advertisement. The autho rities here (unlike the Northampton officials) had the good sense to suffer the people to vent their deep disappointment and execration on the stuffed representative of the sliding Pi envier, without taking any steps that might have been attended with danger to the peace and tranquillity of the town. While sus pended on the gibbet, holding in his hand the Tory Blackburn Standard newspaper, and having an .inscription on his hat printed with large type informing the bystanders that he (Sir Robert) was the determined advocate of a sliding scale, the multitude amused themselves with playing off their wit, and showing how detestable he and his measures were in their eyes. Within three hundred yards of the spot on which execu tion was done on the representative of sir Robert, stands the house in which his father drew his first' breath —Yours &c., AN ENEMY TO ALL MONOP OLY. Saturday, Seven o'clock r. at. The people after the affair was b rou g ht to a closequietly dispersed. How different it would have been had the civil or military force been called out, [The name of the town where this exhibit:on took pl ume it ace is is not mentioned by our Correspondent, but we pres Blackburn.—En. TO THE EDITOR .OF THE SUN. SIR,—In The Sun of Saturday evening, under the head cf " Court of Common Pleas , " a re p ort is given of the cause " Gibson and another v. Yemen and another ," in which we a re particularly pointed out as the defen dants. We disclaim all knowledge of the transaction, or the parties concerned therein, and we reque st y ou will, in your next pub lication, give the necessary contradiction to the report. We are, Sir, your obedient servants, T. Y. PAWSON and Co. 9, St. Paul's Churcb-yard, Feb. 21, 1842 . ______ The Queen Dowager, the Duchess of Kent, the outh fui Princes Augustus and Leopol of Saxe Cokourg, o blemen, have and a number of PeereSYCS, 3 Peer d ,s and leading 1N added their names to those of the Queen, Prince Albert, the Duke of Sussex, and the many other distinguished subscribers to the forthcoming s' Addresses to Youth." DMPARTURIi OF THE ACAMA.—LIVERPOOL, SA TURDAY.—The steamship Acadia, Captain Ryrie, left this port to-day, on her outward passage for Canada and the United States. She took the mails from the Caledonia, the largest ever despatched from this port, and an additional heavy one, made up since the return of the Caledonia. The Aas, cadinia, the alth course ough not intended to go to sea for some weeks, w of Friday, got out of duck into the river, provisioned, and equipped for sea, by the agents, Messrs. M'lver and Co., in the most efficient manner. All the passengers from the re turned steamer embarked on board the Acadia, with some ad ditional, and she steamed down the Mersey, a little past two o'clock, firing her guns, in sight of thousands who had assem bled to witness the departure of one of the line of these noble steam-ship s. au It is not generally known that Thomas Fane, ancestor of the present Earl of Westmoreland, and who died in 1771, was an eminent solicitor in Bristol. He married Anne, daughter of Swymmer, Esq., merchant, of Bristol. The roost remarkable circumstance attending, that nobleman's suc cession to the title was, that at ooe4ieriod there were no less than thirteen individuals living, either of whom would have taken the title before him. He survived them all, and thus ob tained the peerage.—Bristol Gazette. OUGHT THE CORN-LAWS TO EXIST ?—FOUT hundred and thirteen thousand persons, added every year to the popu lation of the kingdom, must be employed (says Baptist Noel). Emigration cannot employ them, agriculture cannot, manufac tures can. With the Corn-laws they must starve ; emanci• pated from them, they will prosper. Cheap bread and a regu lar commerce with other countries will feed the people, supply the Exchequer, promote morality, lessen the chance of war, and injure no one. STARVING CONDITION OF THE PEOPLE. — At a Petit Sessions held for this district on Monday last, before a bench of County Magistrates, a very decent, respectable-looking man, named Dowse, was charged with damaging an oak tree. In his defence he said, " 1 was driven to do this by distress; I have a wife and five children, and no week this winter have I earned more than 7s. Last week I only earned 6s. 3d., and out of that I paid ll we had to he keep need seven not per have wns." Is. 101 d, rent, and 9d. for firing, and what was left (3s.'7acl.) was a mOarnreied; and of the Magistrates him told that dis tressed condition did not authorise his stealing. Dowse replied, "No, Sir, but distress drives one to do what would not at another time. If I go to prison I shall have some vic tuals to eat, that's one comfort." A Magistrate. here remarked on his decent appearance, and said it was a pity he should resort to such practices—he looked an honest man. The evidence being co n e lusive against him he was con v icted and fined 10s., including costs. Dowse—" I could not pay 10 pence much less 10 shillings • I must go to prison." He was accordingly days. We would recommend Peel andv committed for fourteen Wellington to study this case; it is not an isolated one. The consideration of it might prevent their insulting the poor as they have of late done.— Wilt shire Independent. Mr. F. S. - Murphy, M.P., for the city of Cork, • is, w e hear, to be raised to the rank of Sergeant-at-law. Mr. Murphy i s a mer our of the Northern Circuit, laile StiN, LON D LAW IN TELLIGENC E. HOUSE OF LORDS.--(THIS DAY.) Their Lotdsitips sat to-day at ten o'clock to hear Scotch appeals. The Peers in attendance were Lord Brougham, Lord Cottenharn, Lord Campbell, and Lord Dutterin. LORD DUNGLAS D. THE DOKE OF ARGYLL. This ease catne before their Lordships upon an appeal from the deci4on of the Court of Session: in Scotland, declaring a Commission, granted by George the Fourth, appointing the appellant, Lord Dunglas, to the office of Chamberlain of Et►rick Forest, to be void, The ground on which the dom fission was declared to be invalid by the Court below was, that his Majesty Cie rge the'FOurth, having surrendered his here ditary revenues to the disposal of Parliament, had no power to ;rant the Commission he had done," Mr. Pemberton and Mr. Hope were Counsel for the appel lant, Lord Dunglas, and the Attorney-General and Mr. An drrson supported the judgment of the Court of Session, on behilf of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests. _ The arguments had not concluded when our Evening Edi ion went to press. CHANCERY COURT-(THS DAY.) The toltb CliANtEttoß sat in Linccln's Inn Hall to-day, and took appeal motions, this being the Second Seal after Hi lary Term. THo➢iFSON V. 1i tliAlt. This case came before his Lbrdship upon an appeal motion from the JudgtiMnt of Vice-Chancellor Wigram, refusing to grant an injunction to restrain the defendants, the assignees of three bankrupts, from parting with the funds in their posses sion, and making a dividend among the creditors of the bank rupts, until the decision of the Court in the suit. It appeared that in the tt.t. 1829, Mr. William Hinde, the testator in the (must, entered into partnership with three other gentlemen as worsted spinners and wool-staplers. Mr. Hinde was to find capital, and the other three persons were to be the acting men. The business was eirried on up to Mr. Hiride's death, it which tith it was ascertained that upwards of 40,000 i. was his share of the capital. Subsequent to the death of the testator, the other three partners carried on the business, rend two of those partners were exeeu ,ors under the Will of Mr. Hinde. In December 1839, the parties bit me bankrupt, and the defendants were appointed their assignees. In May 1840, tine present bill was filed by the parties beneficially interested under the will of Mr. Hinde, .nsisting that a breach of trust had been committed by the ex ecutors permitting the testator's property to remain in the busi ness, and insisting also that they had the equitable mortgage by the articles of partnership upon all the real property belong ing to it, and that they ought to be allowed to prove for the deficiency against the estate of the bankrupts. Vice-Chancellor Wigram refused the application for the injunction on the ground that lie had no jurisdiction in bankruptcy, and for that decision the preseut appeal was brought. The arguments were not concluded when our Evening Edition went to press. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) GORDON e. THE CHELTENHAM AND GREAT WESTERN UNION RAILWAY COMPANY, Lord LANGDALE pronounced his final judgment to-day in this cause; which had stood over from last week for further in vestigation and consideration on some reserved points. The facts have already appeared in The Sun. His Loansittr ' at the last hearing of the cause, was not satii fied with the evidence adduced at either side respecti, g the in convenience which might arise to either the plaintiff or the defendant, by the refusal or granting of the injunction sought to be obtained by the former. His Lordship had also reserved the point, whether, if an injunction were granted, there ought to be any condition attached to it. In giving judgment this morning, his Lordship said he had had two affidavits made by the defendants, and one by the plaintiff. Looking at :he former he feared that an injury; ion could not be put on +hose parties now without occasioning considerable iticonve nience—he would not say danger—to all sho made use of that tine of railway. In the affidavits he saw no limitation men tioned of the time during which the inconvenience complained of by the plaintiff should continue. That formed the strongest case against the defendants. In that matter their own option ought not to be alone consulted. The only difficulty his Lord ship felt in the matter was, the apprehersion which any Judge must haye in granting an injunction, lest inconvenience should arise therefrom to a great many persons. He should, therefore, direct an order for an injunction absolutely. The defendants not to consider themselves held by the order till after the last seal-day following Trinity term next; and undertaking not to make any additions to the buildings mt ntioned in the plead ings; as also to bring their petition in the meantime for re hearing before the Lord Chancellor or the House of Lords. The Court then proceeded to dispose of motions involving nothing of interest. VIDE-CHANCERY.-('PHIS DAY.) The Vice-Chancellor of England took m tions to-day, it being the second seal, but no case of any interest, except t. the parties concerned, came before his Honour during the morning. (Before Vice-Chancellor 13nucE.) BU URI OCR V. ROW. His HONOUR said, 1 hare read the .petition in this case, and I apprehend that it,does not seek to affect the bond fund ; it is the policy of insurance fund. The increase of the policy of in surance fund is payable to this lady for her life, and in the ori ginal settlement the trustees were to pay it in the same manner as the other fund. The other fund was for the whole of her life, but independently of the then husband only. Therefore it may be a question at least whether that singular deed, the second one, could have any operation in this particular. Mr. Srmnustsorr—ln reading over the petition it struck me that that singular deed was of no avail whatever—that she had no power at all during the coverture. The VICE-CHANCELLOR.—Otherwise the suit would be wrongly framed from the beginning. This does not seek to I :f:inch the bond fund. Mr. SDIPKINSON.—GnIy the insurance fund. His HONOUR (after reading part of the petition) said—Then upon this application the arrears of dividends upon this fund w ill be paid or transferred to her, and the dividends for the future paid upon her separate receipts until further order. The decree will be dated as of to-day. You must totally discard the language of the prayer of the petition in the language of the order. • (Before Vice-Chancellor WIGRAM.) SUTTON V. TORRE. His HONOUR gave judgment in this case. The question to be decided was the construction of the residuary clause of the will, so far as it related to that part of the testator's estate which was given to his daughter, Lady Harriet Manners Sutton, now Lady Harriet Everton. There was no dispute as to the parties mentioned by initials. Now taking tkc bequest alone, it was a bequest " To my daughter H. B. M. S., and her younger chil dren of the one part." What was the construction of those words taken simp'y hy themselves? If there were a be quest of personality to a number of persons, named A, B, C, and D, and nothing more, there would be no doubt that those persons would take as joint tenants. So also, if there were a class of persons described as children and grandchildren, or if, instead of being a simple bequest, a stranger were added, no doubt they would take as joint tenants. Ihe question was, whether, if the person who was not of the class expressed to be a parent, and there was nothing more in the will, the con struction would still be the same as regarded the joint tenancy. The cases fully warranted him in holding that it would. It had been stated at the bar that the Vice-Chancellor had made an adverse decision, and if that were so, lie should scarcely have felf himself justified in departing from it ; for there was no Judge whose opinion he respected more highly on such a question. He had since had an opportunity, how ever, of consulting him on the subject, and the Vice-Chancellor said that, so from entertaining any doubt as to what in the ab stract the construction would be, in a case which was heard be fore him, he had held that a child not born at the time of the death of the testator, but who was living at the time of the death of a tenant for life, took solely, all the other children having died in the interim, thus affirming tLe principle of a joint tenancy . to the utmost extent that it could be followed. The question was then, whether there was anything in this case to vary the construction of the will. Now, in the case of Lady Louisa Cater it appeared that the bequest was to her for life, with re mainder to her children ; in the codicil it was given to Lady L. C. and her children for their sole use and benefit; and, in the subsequentbequest of the share of the residue to Lady L. Cator and her children, it was given to her, &c. Whereas in the case of Lady Manners Harriett. Sutton, it was not given in any way to her sole use; it was given to her, and not to all her children, as in the case of Lady Louisa Cator, but to her and her younger children, and then he afterwards gave over the share which had been given to his brothers and sisters ; it was given to her and 'her younger children, repeating the same words. In this c ase , th ere f ore , h e had nothing whatever to 'justify him in departing from the literal construction of the words, excepting the circumstance that in another case, where the bequest materially differed from this, the Court had held that the construction should be different. That was not the case of the same legacy, but the case of its being given to an other child. The declaration which he must make wds, that they were entitled as joint tenants ; and, it being alleged that some act had been done whereby the joint tenancy had been severed, he referred it to the Master to inquire whether any such act had been done. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) Sittings at Nisi Prins at Guildhall, before Mr. Justice ,COLERIDGE and a London Common Jury.) UNDERWOOD U. KING. This was an action brought by t h e plaintiff, a livery stable. keeper, to recover the value of a horse which had been hired of plaintiff by the defendant, and which .had bean killed in consequence of defendant's negligence. It. appeared from the evidence that the defendant had hired a horse and gig of the plaintiff for the purpose of going to Croydon. The plaintiff's foreman brought the horse and gig to the Green Dragon in Bishopsgate-street, where the defendant was residing, and defendant then told plaintiff's foreman that he should return from Croydon the same evening. It appeared that he arrived at Croydon the same day, accompanied by a lady. They remained at Croydon that night, and the next day left at twelve in the gig, and returned at seven o'clock, having in the interval driven to East Grinstead and back, a distance of forty miles. On his return the ostler at the inn at Croydon observed thit the horse went lame, and on examination discovered that he had lost a ahne, and his hoof on the fore part had been worn down to the quick. The ostler informed the defendant of the state in which the horse was, and defendant ordered a shoe to be put on. This was done the next merning, and defendant set off to drive to London, the horse going very lame, on three legs only. Instead of returning to London, how ever; defendant drove to Richmond, and on his arrival there the appearance of the horse excited considerable attention ; he was examined, and it appeared that his leg was broken. The defendant at first denied that this was the case, but on examination it appeared that such was the fact, and ultimately the horse was shot. Plaintiff offered to enter into an arrangement with the defendant, and to accept of 151. to avoid litigation. The defendant refused to enter into any arrangement, and this action was brought to recover 251., the value of the horse. For the defence it was contended that the hiring was not as stated for one day, but for an indefinite period, and that the value of the horse was considerably less than the sum sought to be recovered. The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages 251. COMMON PLEAS.--(THIS DAY ----- V. LAWSON. This was an action on the case against the Times newspaper, to recover remuneration and compensation for the publication of extracts in that journal from a pamphlet written by the plaintiff, an exile, and late Captain in the Polish army, and en titled the " Eastern Question--Can it be satisfactorily settled?" It appeared that the plaintiff, in October, 1840, procured a friend to submit to Mr. Barnes, the late editor of the Times, for his approbation, a manuscript bearing the above title, of which Mr. Barnes expressed a most favourable opinion, suggesting, however, that the most convenient way to make use of it in the Times, was in the shape of a review. He proposed, therefore, that the plaintiff should get a bookseller to publish it in the form of a pamphlet, and promised that if that were done and a copy supplied to the Times, before any other paper, he would write a favourable notice ; and, at the same time, he requested to know what remuneration the plain tiff would expect? To the latter inquiry, the defendant wrote to say that he would accept any remuneration which Mr. Barnes would consider adequate. The letter of Mr. Barnes being shown to Mr. Ridgway, he unhesitatingly undertook the publication, not so much las he had this day stated in court) becaus# ha excted ' f av ourable report in the Times, for he eonsidVred the sale of a IN, MONDAY EVENT G', FEBRUARY 21 1842.4 a book as much promoted by an unfavourable as by a favoura ble notice, but because he relied on the judgment of Mr Barnes, and did not doubt that the pamphlet would prove attractive. However, a notice of nearly three columns, con taining copious extracts, having appeared in the Times, before the work was actually issued, no more than 25 or 30 copies of the book were sold. The plaintiff alleged that the copious ness of the extraes were the cause of the failure of circulation, and therefore claimed from the defendant the expenses of the publication, on the ground that he would not have undertaken it but for the purpose of accommodating the Editor, and with th e expectation of being compensated. The defendant referred to the plaintiff's own letters, and refused the claim. Upon this the action was brought, and the defendant paid 10/. into Court. After a few minutes consullation, the Foreman of the Jury said that they considered the 10/. sufficieLt remuneration, and therefore found for the defendant. INSOLVENT COURT-(THIS DAY) IN RE VAN 31ILLINGEN. The insolvent, who was a foreigner and general merchant, was opposed by Mr. Nicholls, on behalf of a creditor named Oran. He was supported by Mr. Cooke. The amount of debts appearing in his schedule was 7,5001., and the assets acailable to his creditors amounted to about 1,4001. A number of bills of exchange was placed to his credit in the London and Westminster Bank, and also he had lodged as security watches and jewellery to the value of about 4001. Mr. NICHOLLS said the circumstances under which his client's debt had been contracted was most fraudulent. They had been in the habit of dealing together for some time in the way of exchanging goods, and the insolvent purchased some to the value of about 601. for which it was dis tinctly understood ready money was to be paid. The insolvent had had some previous transactions with a person named Boutay, who traded under the firm of Williams, Boutay, and Co., in Paris, and held a bill of exchange drawn by him. The bill wos given in payment of the goods bought from Mr, Oran, and the Learned Counsel contended that this was a clear proof of fraudulent intention on the part of the insolvent, because M. Bontay had run away from his creditors with a large amount of money and property, and was now im pri -oned in the Cenciergerie in Paris as a fraudulent bankrupt. Insolvent consigned goods for sale to Sydney, and there was sti I a balance remaining in the hands of the consignee, which could be made available to the creditors. He had been twice a bankrupt, and under all the circumstances of the case, he ( Mr. Nicholls) contended that he must have well known, from the character of Boutay, there was no chance of the bill which he gave the opposi- g credit' r being ever paid. Witnesses having been examined in support of Mr.'Nicholls's case, • _ _ _ Mr. Coow addressed the Court for the insolvent. '• Mr. Commissioner REYNOLDS said it appeared from the evidence that M. Bontay was represented to Mr. Oran as a person who was just about setting up a splendid shop in Regent .street. Now, as matters went at present, that was, in his (Mr. Commissioner Reynolds's) opinion, the worst recom mendation a man could offer with respect to his solvency. In nine cases out of ten those persons who set up shops in Oxford street and Regent-street,with immense windows and expensive decorations, found themselves in a very short time inmates of a prison, or applicants to the Bankruptcy Court. He thought there had been enough elicited to open the eyes of the public with regard to some of those persons in the late bankruptcy ewe, bef , re Mr. Commissioner Holroyd. In the presenti n stancP the insolvent's conduct was not such as to bring it under the discretionary clause of the Act; however, he should allow the opposing creditor the cost of the opposition. '(LICE INTELLIG ENCE. GUILDHALL-(THIS DAY.) ROBBERY IN AN OMNIBUS. -James Rice, a well-dressed man, was placed at the bar before Mr. Alderman Wood, charged with stealing a purse and money from the person of Mrs. Freeman of Bristol, in an omnibus. It appeared that this case was one of those which have become so frequent of late, in which persons have been robbed by their fellow travellers in an omnibus. The prisoner got into the omnibus in the City, anion its arriving oppositeßell- vard,in Fleet-street, he alighted, and the prosecutrix immediately missed her purse. An alarm was given, and the prisoner was pursued up Bell's-buildings, and, upon being closely pressed. threw the purse from him. He was taken into custody, and immediately conveyed to the Guildhall Justice-room, but was remanded to this day. The prisoner was identified by several policemen as a well-known member of the swell mob, and as the associate of thieves. Mr. Alderman Woon said he thought the best course to pur. sue was to summarily convict the prisoner, and he was, there fore adjudged under the Vagrant Act to two months' imprison ment in the House of Correction with hard labour. There was another charge against the prisoner, together with his wife, of keeping a brothel and a disorderly house for the reception of thieves in the neighbourhood of Whitechapel, but this charge was abandoned. BOW-STREET—(T H►S /DAY.) SELLING FRUIT IN THE STREET.—A decent looking man, with a strong Irish brogue, well known in the neighbourhood of Hungerfurd Market as a vendor of " the very best oranges and apples" was charged with selling apples in New -street, Adeli hi, and causing an obstruction on the foot-path, so that passengers were obliged in passing to go off the p avemen t i nto the road. The policeman who brought up the charge said, that about hal-past four yesterday, the prisoner was standing on the pavement in New-street, with two sieves of fruit before him, and a crowd of boys around him. Witness had frequently cau tioned the prisoner that he was breaking the law, when he would go away, but would as often return. The prisoner, who was very deaf, stated that he was stand ing opposite a public-house, where he was well known, and the occupiers of which had given him permission to stand where he did. _ _ _ MAGISTRATE—You have no right to do that. The prisoner said Le had been in the habit of selling fruit in the street for nine years. He never went out on a Sunday, except on extraordinary occasions, when not having disposed 4 his little stock on Saturday; he was obliged to try and dis pose of it on Sunday, lest it - should be destroyed and rendered useless alike to himself and the public generaly. MAGISTRATE—You seem a very obstinate man ; to let you go would be to encourage you to break the law again. You are fined 2s. lid., or three days' imprisonment. The remainder of the morning charges were made up of drunk and disorderly cases. In every instance some plausible excuse was offered for the disgusting state in which the s• veral prisoners had been discovered. One poor man's wife had been brought to bed yesterday morning, in consequence of which he had been up all night, and, to use kis own words, " I tuk a dhrop too mt ch, till it tosticated me, and I got lushy." Others g h,Bydeadencbt Bacchus, un e s tah e needi with o uw l s d e nt f h r t i e e ny n n d bt s ,e , ctai a ml n l d e r enaeseodns ,sm insensible.us e s a t a wT s t ah e s e ; e ladies,u t p h e hd w o i v,b ne ever, universally had only just taken the slightest drop in ex istence, but being so unaccustomed to take anything, the rosy god knocked them down, and left them where the Police had found them. This universal statement from the ladies drew forth from the worthy MAGISTRATE the following remark :—" Yes, but you never can drink anything, and you always drink so ranch ; you're a great deal worse than the men." In almest every instance the votaries were fined in sums varying from is. to 55., according to their circumstances, and the number of libationt which they bad poured—not exactly upon the altar of Bacchus, but down their own throats. The fines were in most instances paid, and having received a salu tary admonition from the Magistrate, the prisoners were dis charged, probably to appear again next Monday in a similar degraded character, at this or some other of our Metropolitan Police Courts. MARLBOROUthi:STREET. (THIS DAY.) William Clarke, a journeyman tradesman, residing in the ncii,hbourhood,w as placed at the bar, charged with being drunk and disorderly, at nine o'clock on Saturday night last, in Co ventry-street, Haymarket, and on police constable, No. 85, of the C division, requesting him to conduct himself properly, making use of gross expressions, and behaving in a riotous manner. The defendant pleaded, as an excuse, his being excessively intoxicated. aware that, although dru n k, h e was s till answerable for his ac said that a person in his station of life must be Mr. MALTBY The defendant said he was very sorry, and hoped the Magis trate would overlook it on this occasion. Mr. MALTBY—lndeed I shall not. It is a practice which, although so disgraceful to humanity, I am very sorry to find persons of respectability degrading themselves by, and I shall, therefore, fine you 408., which I hope will be a caution to others. The defendant said he would not pay it ; he would sooner be locked up. Mr. MA LTET—Then I commit you for seven days to West minster Bridewell, to hard labour. The defendant was then led by the gaoler to the lock- up cells. WORSHIP-STREET—(THIS DAY). I Upon taking his seat on the bench, Mr. BROUGHTON pub licly announced that he had received a letter from the Domestic Chaplain of the King of Hanover, relative to the case of a woman named Harriet Rolps, the wife of a page in his Majesty's service, who was last month convicted at this Court of stealing a coat and other articles, and committed to prison for two months. The Reverend Gentleman stated that his object in writing was to contradict a statement made by the woman on that oc casion, to the effect that she was impelled to commit the offence in consequence of her having been deserted by her husband, and left in a state of utter destitution. It was true that her husband had been compelled to live apart from her, but it was in consequence of her inveterate habits of drunkenness, her ad diction to pilfering, and the cruelty she_ had been in the habit of exercising towards their only child, who was now with the father at Hanover ; and so far from her assertion that she was urged by distress to commit the robbery being correct, she had only a few days before received a remittance of 51., being a half-yearly allowance which her husband had regularly for warded to her out of his salary, which amounted to 50 guineas per annum. 'rho MAGISTRATE said that the intention of his Reverend would probably be best answered by Correspondent a publica tion of his contradiction through the same medium by which the woman's misstatements were brought under his notice. No other business possessing the slightest interest was entered into up to, the time of our reporter leaving. 9.--Tbere will be an examination on the d U a niversity they must not have UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. days, at Magdalen Hall, for a Lusby scholarship. This scholarship is open to all candi been elected to fill the office of Proctor exceeded their eiOth term. Candidates are requested to call on the Vice-Principal on or before March the 12th, with testimonials. d l4 a ? t, h e i s of r ; ° buts t a ' for the ensuing areye •--The Rev. W. Monkhouse, Fellow of Queen's College ; the Rev. J. S. Pinkerton, Fellow of St. r i cfFhlußiaent tubers ers following of the John's College. The following hav E Charles Reade s q ., Fellow of M ag d a l en College, was elected on Thursday a last a Fellow on th e Vi ner i an Founda tion and he being Senior Scholar a vacancy is occasioned in Sc on the same Founda'ion. • The examiners have given notice that they will hold an examination at the Clarendon on Friday, the 11th of March, for the election of a Mrthematical Scholar. There will be an examination on Monday, the *2Bth instant, and following d ays , for the purpose of electing a Scholar on Dean Ireland's Foundation. On Thursday nex t there will be an exam i nat i on o f candi dates for the aughan Exhibition in this University. The President and Fellovvs of Magdalen College have pre sented the Rev. F. J. Parsons, of their Society, to the Vicar age of Selborue in the county of Hampshire. The Lord Bishop of St. Asaph has presented the Rev. John Price, of Jesus Colleg e, to the p er petual Curacy of Treuddyn , Flintshire. The Rev. W. Chesshyre, cf Balliol C o ll eg e, has been pre sented to the Rectory of St• Martin, Canterbury. _ There has been latel y discovered, in an old chest , among the archives o f Lyons, a r n , b -- P of that town in the times of value; for, L on in s and Henryeg IL, which is fou nd to be of great historical c l e aned and rest ored, it proves to 136 that which was copied for Father Menetrier's " Consular History of Lyons." It is about 7 feet 3 i nches, by 4 feet iu dimensions, and exhibits all the houses, public s buildin g s, forti ficiifons, and other detai ls, upon an accuratt neatVt COURT-MARTIAL ON CAPT. NICOLAS. (CONCLUSION.) PORTSMOUTH, SATURDAY.—AIthough the only witnesses , called by Captain Nicolas were Lieutenant G. A. Leary, First Lieutenant of the Vindictive; Mr. Kingsworth, Pilot; and Commander Sheringham, the proceedings of the Court-martial did not close until between eight and nine o'clock. The last witness called was Commander Sheringham, who proved that between eight and nine o'clock, on the morning of the 26th, it was slack water, and that a ship two miles E. by N. of the Nab Light, with a W. N. W. course, would reach St. Helen's roads in safety, and that she must be at least four miles E. by N. of the Nab Light, before a W.N.W. course could carry her into danger. • At the termination of Commander Sheringham's examina tion, which was concluded by about six o'cloek, Captain Nico las intimated that it was not his intention to call any more wit nesses. The Court was then cleared, and continued in dilibe ration until nearly half-past eight.. Upon our re-admission, the Judge-Advocate (J. Hoskins, Esq.) pronounced the fol lowing sentence:— " Pursuant to an order from the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, dated the 14th day of February inst., and directed to the President, and setting forth that the several statements transmitted to their Lord ships relative to her Majesty's ship Vindictive having grounded on the Dean Shoal, on the forenoon of the 26th of January, 1842, had appeared to their Lordships on some points inconclusive and unsatisfactory, and they, therefore, deemed it right that all the circumstances attending the said disaster should be investigated by a Court-martial ; and di recting the President to assemble a Court-martial to inves rigate the circumstance under which her Majesty's said ship Vindictive grounded on the Dean Shoal, in the forenoon of the 26th of January, 1842, and te try Captain John Toup Nicolas, C. 8., the officers and ship's company of her Majesty's said ship Vindictive for their conduct on that occasion ; the Court proceeded to investigate the circum stances under which her Majesty's said ship Vindictive grounded on the Dean Shoal on the forenoon of the 26th of January, 1842, and to try the said Captain John Toup Nicolas, C. 8., the officers, and ship's company of her Majesty's aaid ship Vindictive, for their conduct on that occasion accordingly; and having so inquired into and investigated such circumstances, and having maturely weighed and considered the whole, the Court cannot decide with precision on the causes which led to the disaster—they appear to have rested mainly on some error in the supposed position of the ship when at anchor off the Nab on the morning of the 26th of January last, and in the conrse intended to be made good whilst under way ; but it is not proved by evidence that there was any material error or devia tion in the compasses. Taking, therefore, all the circum stances into consideration, the Court is of opinion that Captain Nicolas was justified in the attempt to move her Majesty's ship Vindictive from the exposed anchorage she was supposed to hold near the Nab light; and Captain Nicolas having so deter mined, the Court considers that he put the ship under sufficient and manageable sail for doing so; and that when the buoy of the Dean was made and the Vindictive's dariger discovered, the measures most expedient were adopted by him to prevent her falling on the shoal under the circumstances she was placed in then demanded. That when she was aground and striking, as well as subsequently, the conduct of Captain Nicolas was marked by propriety and energy, and was such as to inspire confidence in those around him, and that every possible exer tion was made to save the ship and to prevent worse conse quences than did occur. The Court cloth, therefore, fully acquit the said Captain John Toup Nicolas of blame on the occasion hefore referred to, and the said Captain John Toup Nicolas is hereby fully acquitted accordingly ; and it appearing that every exertion was made by the officers and ship's_ company of the Vindictive, under the orders of Captain Nicolas, and that he had no complaint to prefer against any of his officers or ship's company, with the exception of two men, who have been already sufficiently punished ; but as, on the contrary, he has commended their zeal and great exertions, the Court doth hereby acquit the said officers and ship's company of her Ma jesty's ship Vindictive of blame on the occasion referred to, and they are hereby so acquitted accordingly." The sentence was listei,ed to with great attention by all present, and there was a slight indication of applause at its terminal ion. The President of the Court ( Sir EDWARD OWEN) then rose, and with evident emotion addressed Captain Nicolas as follows :".•-‘6 Captain Nicolas, the most pleasing part of my duty still remains to be performed, and, believe me, I d. it with the warmest satisfaction—it is that of returning you your sword. May you live many years, by which your country may gain the advantage of its services, and obtain, if possible, aug mented honour for the wearer !" The Court then dissolved, and its members warmly congra tulated Captain Nicolas on the highly honourable issue of the proceedings. Captain Nicolas was assisted in his defence by P. T. Oake, Esq. His brother, Sir Harris Nicolas, was also present each day throughout the investigation. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. ORDERS OF 17.2 E DAY FOIL MONDAY, FEB. 21. Copyright Registrrtion Bill— set7find reading. Coin Importation Act—Committee thereupon. Supply—Committee. Duchy of Cornwall Bill—Report. NOTICES OF MOTIONS. Sir Matthew Wood—Select Committee, to take into considera tion any plans for the improvement of the metropolis, which they may deem worthy of consideration ; and also the petitions pre sented to this House in the last Parliament, for the purchase of the interests of the proprietors of Waterloo, Southwark, and Vaux hall Bridges, in order to their being immediately opened to the use of the public bee from toll ; and to report their opinion as to the expediency of adopting any of the said improvements, and also as to the best means of carrying the same Into effect :—Sir Matthew Wood, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Sir William Clay, Mr. George Palmer, Sir Robert Peel, Mr. Pendarves, Colonel Thomas Wood, Mr. Tufnell, Sir Thomas Fremantle, Mr. Barnard, Mr. Wakley, Mr. Planta, Mr. Alderman Humphery, Mr. Benjamin Wood, Mr. Rigby Wason. Sir Benjamin Hall, Mr. Kemble, Mr. Hawes, Co lonel Fox, and Mr. Masterman.—Power to send for persons, pa pers, and records ; five to be the quorum. Mr. Murphy—To call the attention of the House to the deten. tion and imprisonr:ient of certain British subjects by the authorities of Central America; and to move for copies of any correspondence which may have taken place with her Majesty's Government upon that subject; and of any despaches which they may have received from Sir Charles Metcalfe, the Governor of Jamaica. Sir James Graham—Bill to explain the Acts for the better regu. lation of certain apprentices. Sir James Graham—Bill for consolidating the Queen's Bench, Fleet, and hfarshalsea Prisons, and for regulating the Queen's Prison. Mr. William Williams—Leave of absence to Mr. Ellice (Coven try) till Easter. Captain Berkeley—To move for papers relative to the case of Mr. Elton. Mr. Cobden—To move for a return of the report made, and the evidence taken, by the commissioners sent to inquire into the state of the population of Stockport. Colonel Sibthorp—To call the attention of the House, and more particularly her Majesty's Government, to the policy of sub stituting the payment of the several duties on the importation of fort ign corn at the period that they are entered into, instead of the present system of payment of such duties when taken out of bo.d. Colonel Sibthorp—ln Committee on Importation of Corn, to move that the Duties on Corn be levied or paid at the period of Importation, instead of when taken out of bond. Mr. Christopher—ln Committee en Corn Importation, to sub stitute the following Scale of Duty 505. and under 51s. Duty 256. 51s. and under 525. - 245. 525. and under 535. -2 . 3 s 535. and under 545. - 225. 545. and under 550. 21s. 555. and under 565. - 20 s. 565. and under 575. - 19*. 571. and under 565. - ISA. 58s. and under 599, -17 s. 595. and under 60s. -16 s. 60s. and under 61s. - 14 t 61s. and under 625. -13 s. 625. and under 635. -12 s. 635. and under 645. -11 s. 641. and under 655. - 655. and under 665. - Os. 665. and under 675. - 89. 675. and under 68s. - 68s. and under 695. - 6s. 695. and under 70s. - ss. 70s. and under 71s. - 48. 71s. and under 725. - 3s. 72.5. and under 735. - 2s. 735. - Is. Mr. William S. O'Brien—ln Committee on Corn Importa tion, to move, That all sorts of Grain, the produce of the Colonial Possessions of Grcat.Britain, be admitted at all times at a duty of one shilling per quarter. Sir Valentine Blake—ln the event of Mr. Villiers' motion being rejected, and in consideration of the unexampled depression of trade and manufactures, to move, that Corn be admitted free of duty for one year, or for such other limited period as Parliament may deem fit and proper. Mr. Edward Buller—ln Committee on corn importation, to move the following seals as an amendment to that proposed by the Government : _ _ _ 58s. and under 598 l2s. 595. and under 60s lls. 60s. and under 61s los. 61s. and under 62s 9s. 625. and under 63s Bs. 635. and under 64s 7s. 645. and upwards ... Under 51s. duty 20s. 51s. and under 52s l9s. 528. and under 53s ... 18s. 535. and under 17s. Ms. and under 55s ... 16s. 555. and under 565.......... 158. 565. and under 575. 14s. 575. and under 58s TUESDAY, FEB. 22.—NOTICES OF MOTIONS , Mr. D'lsraell—To call the attention of the House to the Consu lar estatsgshment of the empire, with a view to its reconstruction. Mr. 'frlsiaeli—That it appears to this House that great incon venience and injury to the public welfare have arisen from the civil affairs of her Majesty in foreign countries being carried on by two distinct services ; and that, with a view of advancing those commercial interests which at this moment so much occupy our consideration, it is expedient that measures should be forthwith taken to blend the consular with the diplomatic body. Lord Francis Egerton—Bill to amend an Act, entitled an Act to render certain marriages valid, and to alter the law with respect to certain voidable marriages, and to define the prohibited degrees of affinity. The Chancellor of the Exchequer—To call the attention of the house to the subject of the late frauds connected with the issue of Exchequer bills. • WEDNESDAY, FEEL 23.—ORDERS OF THE DAY. Customs Duties (West Indian and North American colonies) — committee thereupon. Buildings Regulation Bill—second reading. Boroughs Improvement Bill—second reading. THURSDAY, FEB. 24.—NOTICES OF MOTIONS. Mr. Blewitt—Address for return of the total amount in value of the silver received from the Chinese for the ransom of Canton, and of the application or proposad application thereof. Lord Granville Somerset—Rill to provide for the more effectual Inspection of houses licensed by the magistrates in Quarter Sessions for the reception of insane persons in England and Wales. Lord Eliot—Bill to legalise marriages which have been solem nised in Ireland by Presbyterian Miwisters, between Presbyterians and members of the Church of England. Lord Elicit—Bill to amend the Act 1 and 2 William IV., in tituled, " An Act to empower landed proprietors in Ireland to sink, embank, and remove obstructions in rivers." FRIDAY, FEB. 25.—ORDER OF THE DAY. Municipal Corporations Bill—Committee. NOTICES OF MOTIONS. Sir Andrew Leith Hay—Before going into Committee of sup. ply, to call the attention of the House to the present state of the Church of Scotland. Sir Robert Fergusson—Amendments i the Bill for explaining the Act for the Regulation of Municipal orporations in England, so as to extend it to Ireland. In pream le, page one, line nine, after " Borough," insert " And whereas by another Act made and passed in the Session of Parliament held in the third and fourth year of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled, ' An Act for the Regulation of Municipal Corporations in Ireland,' it is (amongst other things) enacted, that no person shall be qualified to be elected, or to be a Councillor or an Alderman, or a Municipal Commissioner of any such borough, during such time as he shall have, directly or indirectly, by himself or his partner, any share or interest in any contract or employment with, by, or on behalf 1 of such Council, Commissioners, or charitable trustees of such borough," [3 and 4 Vic. c. 108, s. 58]. Clause 1, page 1, Incl 17, • for " enactment," insert " enactments." Clause 2, page 2, line 8, for " enactment," insert "enactments." Clause 6, page 3, at the end of the 13th line, atter "no," insert " Municipal Commis sioner." Clause 6, page 3, line 15, omit " the said Act," insert "either of the said Acts," Clause 6, page 3, line 16, after " such," insert " Municipal Commission: r." Clause 6, page 3, line 22, after " of," insert " Municipal Commissioner." - Last day for receiving petitions for Private Bills. ONEY MARKET a.nd CITY NEWS FROM THE MORNING HAVERS. OF _THIS DAY. POST.—Senor Salamanca, the Spanish Commissioner, has, it ail ears, at. last arrived in London. No announcement has yet been made upon the subject of the three per cent. capi talisation of overdue coupons, the reason' assigned fur which is, that it will be but fair and proper it should be .dime simul taneously here and at Paris. Senor Salamanca has called on Air. Thornton to present himself, and to assure him that the money for the pi omised payment is aeady. For the fact we should be sorry to have to vouch ; Lecause there are unfulfilled and far more sacred engagements lurking behind than the cou pon matter in question ; the same to which we have alluded above; and while these are designedly passed over, as we are quite sure they must be, it is evident to every one who watches what is passing, like ourselves, that dark treachery must be at work as of old. Salamanca and Borrajos' advertisement will appear, we understand, on or about Wednesday next, but nobody will have_ any faith in it, anti no one ought, for the Ambassador's " short delay" advertisement of 1e,37 is still fresh in the memory of the plundered people who placed confidence in it. It is thought but " fair and proper" that Paris should be informed of the consummation of the wondrous fivepenCe in the . pound affair simultaneously with London. Castilian honour is once mere at stake, and no partiality must be shown. A nice atten tion to etiquette had its effect in 1836, but now it is only scoffed at. The agency has been thrice declined, and is still vacant. Unfortunately for the actors in the forthcoming farce, too, it is now notorious that the syndicate at Pdris has inter- dieted the performance of it at the Bourse. TIMES.—The result of the trial in the Court of Exchequer yesterday, respecting .the spurious Exchequer-bills, has, of course, been construed l some parties so as to lessen the hopes of the `° innocent holders' that they may ultimately obtain jus tice. They do not, nor could not, venture to go so far as to assert that the claim of these holders was actually barred by case which really does not touch the point at issue between them and the Government, but the greatest care is taken to make the matter appear as unfavourable as possible, to make the hole ers believe, from the decision in the case, that they are mere suppliants for a favour, not claimants of a right—that is, that their position is as weak as it can be, short of an absolute defeat of their claims. And yet this case of "The Bank a'. Tumkins" contains nothing that should in the slightest degree alarm the bondholders. Directly it has nothing to do with their case whatever ; indirectly, if we are to reason at all by analogy, it is rather favourable to their claim than otherwise. Lord Abinger, in summing up Ow evi dence, was so afraid that by some ingenuity the decision in the case before him would he converted into a decision of the case between the Government and the holders, that he took every possible precaution to impress on the minds of the Jury that the two cases were totally distinct. Indirectly, the case is somewhat in their favour. The Bank of England were " innocent holders," and as such were success ful in their claim on Tonikins, and he, assuming him to be an innocent holder'' likewise, has a claim on intermediate parties and on the Government. 'T he Exchequer Bill-office remains at the bottom of the evil ; the Government is the party ulti mately liable ; and assuredly if one " innocent holder " can recover of another " innocent holder," as is proved by the present case, the party by whose negligence the whole mischief arose ought not to be the only one that escapes. As for the statement of Lord Abinger, that he did not. see how the Treasury could pay the holders without an Act of Parliament, that is not all hostile to their claim ; that merely concerns the form in which justice should be done, not the question whether justice should be done or not. Perhaps it is this expression which has induced those who seize every op portunity to disparage the case of the holders to say that they have, at any rate no more than a " grace " to expect. The holders rest their claim on broad principles of equity—on the principle that every just and honourable Government would indemnify the public for losses sustained by its own fficers ; and are not prepared to meet with legal technicalities. nor to consider it a mere matter of favour, if these are not resorted to. Whether or not a Court of Law can give them the compensa tion they demand, or whether recourse must be had to the Le gislature, is not their question; but, as a matter of equity, they conceive they are entitled to receive compensation for the losses they have suffered under the gross negligence which has re cently been expcsed. That they have a right, in the techni cally legal sense of the word, may be true or not; the acceptor of a bill given for a valuable consideration is not legally bound to pay it if be can successfully plead the Statute of Limitations ; but he is bound according to every principle of justice arid'mo ratify, and it would not be considered a favour if he paid his creditor and refused to plead the statute, but merely the fulfil ment of a moral obligation. It is on the highest principles of justice that the claimants on a Government have a right to ex pect that Government will act ; and therefore the " innocent holders," relying on the arguments which have.again and rgain been brought forward, and clearly show the equity of their claim, have every reason to expect justice in the present in stance. . . LIFE OF A MEDICAL MAN.—There is not any career which so rapidly wears sway the powers of life, because there is no other which requires a greater activity of mind and body. Ile has to bear the changes of weather, continued fatigue, irregulariiy in his meals, and brokers rest; to live in the midst of miasma and contagion. If in the country, lie has to traverse con. siderablc distance on horseback, exposed to wind and storm ; to brave all dangers, to go to the relief of suffering humanity. A fearful truth for medical men has been established by the table of mortality of Dr. Casper, published in the British Review. Of 1,000 members of the medical profession, 000 died before their sixty-second year; whilst of persons leading a quiet life, such as agriculturists or theo logians, the mortality is only 347. If we take 100 individuals of each of the classes-43 theologians, 40 agriculturists, 85 clerks, and 132 soldiers will reach their seventieth year : of 100 professors of the healing art, 24 only will reach that age. They are the sign posts o health ; they can show the road to old age, but rarely tread it hemselves.—Montreal Courier. M. 11., a gentleman of property, arrived a few' days ago, from Lisle, at Tours, and, after dinner, was taking a walk on the Terrace St. Julien, when he was accosted by a man, who made the most disgusting and insulting proposals to him. M.H., in his indignation, seized the fellow, and was dragging him to a more frequented part of the town, in order to get him ar rested; but, in going down some steps, the scoundrel disengaged himself from the grasp in which he was held, drew a poignard, gave M. H. a severe wound in the leg, made off, and has not since been discovered. N. H. was soon after found lying senseless on the steps, and carried to his hotel, where his wound was found to bis so serious, as to make it apprehensive that amputation will be necessary. M. Desrosiers, of Moulins, is at the same time editor of the Revue de Riom, and printer of the Journal du Bour. bonnais. In answer to an article concerning the late disturbances at Clermont, and announcing a fuller report, the Gazelle d'An vergnc made an attack upon the Revue de Rehm. The editor of the Journal du Bourbonnais proposed to reproduce the attack, adding comments greatly aggravating. The printer, who only a few days before had been brought before the Court of Assizes, and had since found himsef obliged to refuse printing an article fro:n fear of a fresh prosecution, conceiving that this new publication would be injurious to his own interests, positively declared lie would not put it to press. The editor of the Journal du Bourbonnais has accordingly commenced an action against M. Desrosiers. The city of Naples, which had already so many charitable establishments due to the care and philanthropy of King Ferdinand, has now a humane society for the rescue and relief of shipwrecked mariners and persons in danger of drowning. The Presidents are the Duke de Laurenzana, Minister of State, and the' Neapolitan Ambassador in Paris, the Duke de Serra-Capriola. M. Falcon is appointed grand treasurer. A letter from Naples 84.1,6 that great interest had been exerted there by a sermon in presence of the Court, the diplomatic corps, and the nobillty, wkich was preached by the Abbe Lefebvre, of Boulogne-sur-Mer, in favour of the Infant Schif This was the first instance of a foreigner being permitted, uncle such circumstances, to preachin the Royal Church of St, Ferdinand, NAVY ESTIMATES. - - - An ESTIMATE of the SUMS required to meet the EX.. PENSES which may be incurred in the NAVAL DE PARTMENT in the Year 1842-1843, under the following Heads, viz.:— Required to be Voted for the Service of the Year 18V-43. Last Vote for the Financial Year I=4l-12. ABSTRACT. X 1,436,629 1 747,2641 1 121,4491 2,950' 34,982 124,449 23,176 567,027 38,5301 1,253,7351 194,496' 29,375 44,825 !£4,618,917 716,799 497,157 177,00'3, 1 1\£6,009,875 '226,100 95,794 407,5491 £1,443,711 I 782,048 1 121,844 2,980 31,982 124,329 22,152 575,507 34,500 1,282,536 201,677 24,651 •ti4,3Bt *4,702,498 728,623 504,691 181,789 £6,117,50 . 190,987 76,262 *229,407 Grand Total Increase in 1842-3... . .4:6,739,318 1 1 i E6,614,157 The expense of the Contract Packet Service, included in the Miscellaneous Services in the Estimates for 1841-42, has been transferred to the Post Office Department in these Esti mates. ORDNANCE ESTIMATES. Amount ♦oted in 1841-42 ................. 1842-43 Decrease £58,998 SOMETHING IN A NAME. TO THE EDITOR OF TUE SUN. SIR,—As you are the "leading organ" of the " Go-a head Party," I shall recommend you to call things by their proper names. Nob, Sir, it is considered a great crime in working men to combine for the purpose of keeping up or raising the price of their commodity, which is labour. Landlords may do so ; but then the thing changes its name. It comes out under the glossy title of "protection to the landed interest." The thing is then considered one of our " bul warks," one of our " institutions." Called by the right name _it is " A Huge National Trades' Union," whose decrees are made compulsory on all its members by Act of Parliament. When you want to convince a working man that he will be better off with 2bs. per week than he is with 305., pray let him know whether the landlords have still their grasp upon the priee of the poor man's meat, his butter, and his bread. Sir, if you can find one little corner for my remarks, even only one sinner may be turned from the error of his ways. Your Every- day Reader, Norwich, Feb. 18, 1842. 0. P. Q. Great numbers of journeymen tailors in Paris are at the present moment out of work, and groups of them may be seen every day loitering about the Palaie Royal, the common refuge for the idle and the dest i tute, Wages to Seamen and Marine• Victuals for ditto... Admiralty-Office Office for the Registry of Merchant, _ Seamen .. Sci, ntific Branch Her Majesty's Establishments at Home' Ditto ditto Abroad Wages to Artificers, &c. employed in her Majesty's Establishments at Home . Wages to Artificers, &c. employed in her Majesty's Establishments Abroad Naval Stores, &c. for the Building and Repair of Ships, Docks, Wharfs, &c. i New Works, Improvements and Repairs in the Yards, &c. Medicines and Medical Stores ......... Miscellaneous Services Total for the Effective Service— , Half-pay to Officers of the Navy and loyal Marines Military Pensions and Allowances Civil Pensions and Allowances Total for the Naval Service For the SerN ice of other Department& of Government. Army and Ordnance Departments. (Conveyance of Troops) Home Departmeat (Convict Scrvice) l Post Office Department (Contract' Packet Service) REVOLUTION IN PORTUGAL OFFICIAL PAPERS--ROYAL PROCLAMATION. Portuguese This kingdom enjoyed the most complete , tranquillity; the Government you obeyed, and the Ministry, supported by a considerable majority of the two legislative chambers. It is under such circumstances that a fatal vertigo had disturbed public order, raised the banner of disobedience lo the laws and constituted authorities, and, in a word, exposed the country to the imminent risk of a civil war. " I appreciate the sentiments which have involved many of my suhjects in this revolt. The desire to avenge the memory of my august father, which they deemed to be affronted by the revolution that abolished the constitutional charter, may be a generous sentiment, tor the realization of which there exist legitimate means, but never shoul6 levt to , the criminal impru dence of effecting this 'counter-revolatims, as it is called, which is in fact a tumultuary a nd violent attempt to overthrew the Constitution of the State, accepted and sworn to by them and by the nation, and recognised by all foreign Potees's " Portuguese ! My aug ust father, for whose mem,ll7 no one more than I can or should be interested, would Ilium); refuse, if he were at the present moment alive, to assent to procusals presented to him with the illegal accompaniment of an arroed k.7ce, and would exhibit the same firmness which he knew how t o ex ;.ibit, in like circumstances, at a remarkable epoch of his life. " Portuguese ! Listen to the voice of your Queen. This revolution entirely unprovoked, whatever may be the illusions of those wlio actuanv promote it, would draw in its train, with out remedy, a new ser.'es of reactions, when all that we need is concord to heal the wou:74ls which remain from so many poly concord tical commot ions. " Queen of the Portuguese i ntion I shall always attend, as I am bound to do, to the wishes of when they shall be legally presented .0 me ; nevertheless I shall shall never consider, as the general wish of MI never accede to the exclusive pretens;Otli any party, and I the rnsjority of my subjects .. siNects, propo sitions having their origin in disorder, and sustas.. ^ed bY force, nor deem to be the true friends of my throne those‘. ' h° ' en ,t"' ' your by such means to dictate the law. Finally det..7l re si st therefore, to sustain the dignity of my Crown , I sh shit , ''' m w ith immovable resolution all pretensions soever which f etu '— change, or which may possibly compromise legal order. " THE QUEEN. " DUKE DE PALMELLA.' " Palace of Necessidades, Feb. 7, 1842." MINUTE OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS (PALMELLA GA. BINET) HELD AT THE PALACE ON THE NIGHT OF THE BTH FEB., 1842. " The Ministers united in Council, with the exception soled of Senor Jervis d'Athouguia,‘'..ho was not present, and presided over by her Majesty the Queen, taking into consideration She situation of public affairs on this eNys on account of the defer" , tion of the battalion of 2d Cacadore, 12th infantry, and part of the 10th infantry, and by the dispositi' openly manifested iii front of the palace by the battalions 7th, 16th, and 17th infan try, and by the 2d Lancers, as also by the declarations of the commanders and officers of the said corps, w,sre unanimously of opinion that the continuation of resistance would occasion a useless effusion of blood in the capital, and a disastrous conflict between part of its inhabitants and the troops of the garrison. In consequence of which, and in accordance with du' condition under which, in obedience to the desires of y our Majek-ty, they accepted office, they submissively beg your Majesty tai deign to give them their dismissals. " Palace of Necessidades, Bth Feb., 1842. "Duque de PALMELLA, President of CovZl*- cil of Ministers. Visconde de Sada BANDEIRA. " JOAQUIM ANTONIO DE MAGALHAES. " ANTONIO JOSE D'AVILA. " JOAQUIM FELIPPE SOURE. " I subscribe, and am absolutely in accord with the opinion of the above-signed Ministers. " ANTONIO ALENZIO JERVIS D' ATHOU•UIAo• " Palace, 9th February, 1842.' RE TORT OF THE TERCEIRA CABINET /N FAVOUR OF THr CHARTER, FEB: 10, 1842. (' Senhc;:`a,—Your Majesty's Ministers having had the g ood fortune to ea ,:se to disappear from the capital the dangerous e inconsiderate armament of part of its in ehYbidisastroul results, come now td declare to your Majesty that tteainntesn,tnainiidch\Wt7e Upon the point of producing the most they consider the moment arrived in which the public safety imperiously requires that your Najest:rs as Sovereign and lov ing mother of her people, should has,ten suspend, while there is yet time, the torrent of calamities that t:ireatens them, by your Majesty deigning to put in vigour t h, , " C,onstitutiona Charter of 1826, determining the convocation o• the Cortes as soon as possible under the charter , and orderi.eg P at the de puties may come to them , wit h all the necessa*ry , should i nowers to alter any of their articles, if by chance such alterat.'ons . be necessary for the good of the State. " The manifestation of this feeling by the provinces of tile north and centre of the kingdom, the expression of the same will, already evident by the majority of the people in the res., of the kingdom, mid by the greater part of the army, render re sistance not only dangerous but impossible ; and every procras tination in the decision will not be attended with less difficul ties or inconvenience!. This is not the occasion, nor is if the duty of your Majesty's Ministers at this moment to appreciate the causes that have brought public affairs to this extremity; .ealled to the councils of your Maji sty at the last hour, we can only set off from the fact in the state in which we find it. To av oid vii war, to save the dignity of the throne, not to compromise either the stability of the throne or the public liberties —such is our sir:s,s:e desire ; as also the obligation which lies up on us, and to which to sub' mit, is that of taking on ourselves the enormous weight 0. 1 re sponsibility which may rest upon us for this counsel, shekuld your Majesty deign to adopt it. " Duque DA TERCEIRA " Luiz DA SILVA MOUSINIIO D'ALBUQUERQUE... " Josx JORGE LoUREIRo. " Lisbon, Feb. 10, 1842." DECREE. " Seeing the report of my council of ministers, and convinced that the moment is arrived to provide for the public safety. I am pleased to declare in vigour the constitutional charter of 1826, as the fundamental law of the monarchy ; and in confor mity with the same charter, I ordain that Extraordinary Cortes shall meet on the 10th day of June, in the present year, the de puties elected to them coming provided with the most ample powers. The ministers, secretaries of state for all the depart ments, will thus understand it, arid cause it to be executed. " Palace of Necessidades, this 10th of February, 1842. (Signed) " THE QUEEN. (Countersigned) " Duke of TERCEIRA. "Lem DA SILVA MOUSIVHO D'ALBUQUERQUE• "JOSE JORGE: Lot REIRO." PETITION OF THE CORPORATION OF LISBON IN FAVOUR CAF THE CHARTER. " Senhora,—The Municipal Chamber of Llsbon presents itself before the Royal Throne of your Majesty, exposing that this day being united at its ordinary meeting at 'w e o clock, many citizens presented themselves, giving " viva?' for the Charter of 1826, and entreating the Chamber to represt:nt to your Majesty that the whole kingdom having adhered to tbe re establishment of that Charter, it became necessary that sour Majesty should consent to the general wishes. " The Chamber, Senhora, knows well what are its true at.- tribute's, and also the state in which the capital is placed, but. instigated by so many citizens, it con'idered that duty required it to present itself to your lajesty, representing to you this fact, in order that, taking it into your high consideration, you might deign to resolve as may be judged most advantageous to the general welfare of the nation. • " JOSE LA 11RENCO DA Luz. " J. M. LEITAO. '6 F. A. G. DA SILVA. " J. F. DE FONSECA, • " M. J. JORGE. " F. J. DEMIRANDA, " J. B. P. GUIMARAES. " A. F. FARREIRA. J. J. D. DE CARVALIIO. " J. A. P. BASTOS." QUEEN'S ANSWER TO THE CORPORATION. " Before receiving the representation that the Municipal Chamber of Lisbon has just presented to me, I had already re solved and decred, that the Constitutional Charter of .826 should be out in vigour as the fundamental law of the Monarchy.." " Office of the Secretary of State for the Home Department. 6t Having beCTI pleased, by a decree bearing date the 10th of this month, to dec,are the Constitutional Charter of 1826 to be in force as the fundamental law of the State, I now ordain that, for this reason, the 14th, 15th, and 16th days of the present month shall be days of grand gala, and that during those three days all public offices shall be closed, and that there shall be illuminations, joy bells, salutes of artillery, and all other demonstrations of public rejoicing. (Signed) "1 he QUEEN. • (Countersigned) "L.DE S. MONSINIIO D'ALBUQOXRQUE. " Palace of Necessidades, Feb. 12, 1842." COMMISSION OF' LUN AC Y.-SIN. GU LAR CASE. On Saturday a CornWission of Lunacy wa; opened before Mr. Commissioner Blunt, at the Greyhound Inn, Grange. road, Old Kent-road, to imrire as to the soundness of mind of Jacob Emmett, aged 51, the only surviving son of the late Mr. Thomas Emmett, the well- known extensive cow-keeper and market-gardener, who resided on the farm near the Green Man Inn, Old Kent-road, Mos it one p eriod of his life es a proof, on one was possessed of immense wealth, and, . occasion he, for a wager, produced a half-a;-'bushel measure LO filled with guineas. At his death the property the two brothers of the unfortunate subje ct of thi: i.nequiry; but in the year 1836 a fire consumed t he whole of ti.' r o t:, stock, and other property, to the amount of several t sands of pounds, which was u ninsuree. This circumatat. so affected their minds as to induce them to neglect the bus, c .. e ness. Everything went to decay, and in the following year they were declared bankrupts. Before, however, the affairs could be wound up, Jacob Emmett was left without a pro- , tector, in consequence •f the death of both leis brothers (the bankrupts), which occurred in the year 1836, within a few months of each other. Ilia father had left an annuity of 601. a-year to take care of him ;in addition to which there will be, it is expected, a handsome surplus arising from the procerty after the creditors have been fully satisfied, eighteen shillings in the pound having already been paid. In order to protect ibis property and provide for the care of the lunatic, the commission was issued. The Jury was composed of fourteen freeholders of the county of Surrey ; amongst whom were T. Puckle, Esq., the foreman; eight other Magistrates; Mr. John Brown and Mr. Henry England, of the Old Kent-road ; and Mr. W. J• Pierce, of the Grange. road. William Humphreys, solicitor to the Commission, had ext. mined Mr. Jacob Emmett on several occasioi;s, between the early part of 1837 and.the present time. He was able to read the Bible, in which he appeared to take delight , anj he also attended divine service ; but he seemed incapable of coi.'W"' hending anything about religion. He could not cast figures in any way; he could not count fifty, or tell whether it was mom or less than sixty. lie knew the several coins by name, but was totally ignorant of their value; for instance, he would say there were three sixpences in four shillings, and fourteen shil lings in a sovereign ; and, as regards time, though he said his own age was 51, he would, when speaking of persons whom he knew, say that he had been acquaintcdvvith them 60 or 70 years. Charlotte Gigg, of Prospect-place, Old Kent-road, stated that she was cousin to Jacob Emmett, who was now living with her, and had done so for years ; he had been in the same state of mind ever since she could recollect. He was per fectly harmless, but he was ignorant of the value of money, or how to lay it out properly. Whenever he went to buv any thing he could only recollect one article at a time, and did not know when the proper change was given to him. He was no doubt of unsound mind, and incapable of taking care of hims elf or his property. Several witnesses gave similar testimony. The Learned COMMISSIONER summed up, and the Jury, without hesitation, found "That Jacob Emmett was of unsound mind, and incapable of taking care of himself and his properfYs and had been so since the Ist of August, 1837." A barliarons murder was committed, on the Ist inst., in the district of Olaliccia (Corsica), by an uncle on the on p ac. er. son of his nephew, against whom he entert ained a grudge count of a disputed inheritance. lie laid in wait for his victim, and shot him in broad daylight with a double-barrelled gun, caus. ing his instantaneous death. The murderer then made his escape to the forest, and has not yet been apprehended. d Esq. to , at th c e oa l t a e t , e Ch F is r e e ld n in h , WILFUL MURDER.—AII inquest was on Wednes. day week held before W. B. Whitmars i b le , near Swindon, in this county, on the body of Sarah Crook, forty. two years of age, who died from the blows s ed he a : , : i i a ‘ r •e s cl eil f i r e o s in frout her husband, who is a shoemaker at Liddington. A verdict of wllll4 murder was returned by the Jury, h a u nd t a h r e riv prisoner was comniitt9d EforrrAbtoiri.asykl.,--170"Filitens:::raie,vhfasnodepl ase, Painter,n de r t a r ttac. in the FA. _ 911, ~.