The Sun. — London, England, 1842-03-19 00:00:00

• LOOK OUT I TO-NIGHT, AND THE 20th. THE " CENTR'LISTS" as t h e S ound avow 'li sts of the Creator's Divine Law in instinct proportion, are requested to note the " Crowing of the Cock" at mid-night on the (21st) this preent " off " SPRING 2EQUI-NOX Epoch-circle of the Sun's passage equi-distant round the Earth, when equal 1:1y-light, and equal (" affiche de Texebnc ") darkness of Night-time, is made visible to the EYE and Ewe. The ancients, " our forefathers," of by gone philosophic scrutiny,. watched, this domestic BIRD* the two nights previous (namely, on this 19th and 20th), for the instinctive principle being manifested, and in festive homage to Nature's unique circle as a moral, " twice a year," to their children, " set their clocks" at midnight on the SPRING-I crow ing (21st of March and the AuzumN-al time of the " clear" aught home" chant on the 21it of September). The circular product (" ought and go one") revolution of the Sun "in CYPHER ring" being complete at these periods, of O'creative fecundity. Whilst the cequate mariner, as " magnetic observer," at the Noon-tide of Mid-day-light, a-verifies by the Sun's shadow-line the local mutability in the needle's variation from the Polar star-point as the only sure guide, across the path less ocean. Verbarn sat. C. ACKERLEY. 5, Swallow -street, Quadrant. Auth .r of the Asthmatic Lamp, or Vital Air-flame Magnet to breath—at the point of death ;by liquifying the Marrow in the bones. • Your pock must be in good health, and grain-fed. The lenten libra, or . " ought +.cross bun," is the only bye law or traditionary symbol of the epochs, but, as the old adage says, You can't have your " Cake," and cat your cake. IMPORTANT AND ASTOUNDING INTELLIGENCE FROM INDIA. - TBRITISII QUEEN of To-morrow AVM 1- contain exclusive and astounding Intelligence from Aff gbanistan—Withering Expote of Sir Robert Peel's Income Tax—Copyright Bill—Further Statement from Lord William Paget relative to the late Prrii Affair—Portuguese Cotnmis sion, &c.—Otlice, 59, Fleet-street. --- TO CORRESPONDENTS. The Communication from Bash is expressed in too strong terms, and we fear would only widen the breach. The sub stance of it, however, will probably appear on Monday. THE WEATHER.—NooN, MARC;t 19. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, A DELAIDE...STREET. nermometer... 40 ) Highest 47 1 Lowest 35 Barometer 29.75.—Wind W.—Freezing Point 22 Deg. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Marling...—. 57 minutes after 5 i Evening 22 minutes after 6. 40c, row: Si lA* • ,444.1 y. i:tronOXllttion SUN OFFICE, Three o'Cloch. Lord GRENVILLW SOMERSET'S Lunatic Asylums' Bi 1 is one of those measures which are always favourites with the House of Commons. It is a remedy falling , confessedly short of the evil to be removed. "In pro posing this measure," said the Noble Lord addressing the House of Commons on Thursday night, "I do not propose to do all that I could do, or that ought to be done ; but I do think that what I propose will be accompanied with very beneficial results, and will lead to broader and more comprehensive legislation on the subject." After such a state. want, was it to be expected that the House could refuse leave to bring in the Bill ? Assuredly not. True Mr. WAKnEv, and Mr. ILtwEs demanded a more exten sive measure ; but the House, true to its character, de clined to entertain such a proposal. What would become of jobbing in legislation—of the tinkering branch of the noisy business of Parliament, if laws were made as com prehensive and as perfect as even the limited capacity of some of their framers could make them ? " Any pot, and kettles to mend," cries the perambulating renovator of old saucepans ; " any more laws to tinker," shouts it. chorus the stationary collective wisdom of three king doms. Now in proportion to the magnitude of the subject of legislation is our vexation that it should be ap proached by legislators not prepared with com prehensive, and, so far as human ,judgment can devise final measures. The bit-by-bit system of legislation unsettles every thing, puts the country to constant ex pense, and effects very little real good. Now the ques tion of the management and government of lunatic asylums is a •ery important one ; and one at the saint time which more than any other calls for the application of a general, rule. That most dreadful disease, mental alienation, does not call for a different course of treat ment in a different district. So far, then, as the Legis lature assumes the guardianship of lunatic asylums its supervision should be co-extensive with the United Kingdom, and include every establishment, public and private, in which lunatics are, or may hereafter be confined. There is one class of the community whose interests in legislation are never overlooked by the House ol Commons, and that is the lawyers. Every new Bill is sure to provide some job for them. Lord G. So- NERSET ' s Bill vests in lawyers the Commissionerships of lunatic asylums, and appoints that patients previous to admission shall be examined touching their sanity by barristers. This is one of the strangest regulations that we eve: heard of. :Medical men are surely as competent judges of the presence of insanity as law yers, and should they make a blunder, their professional character is at stake. But . what injury will a lawyer sustain in his professional character, for mistaking a wiser person than himself for a madman ? Do not lawyers make such mistakes, with absolute impunity, ahuost nightly in the House of Commons? And are we not lawyer-ridden enough already without downing the poor insane victims of law—for it is law which drives half in mates of such asylums mad, to be haunted with the constant presence of its functionaries ? Should such a measure be adopted, we should not be astonished to hear next of a clause in some hospital bill. appointing lawyers to practice the obstetric art in all our public institutions. But. as Lord ASHLEY well observed, there is no ne cessity for any professional opinion to decide the ques tion of insanity. Wherever it makes its appearance men of ordinary capacity and common sense, never fail to perceive it quite as soon as physicians or lawyers, and very frequently sooner. F.r how many madmen has the law not ruined, whose insanity, plain to all the world, only became known to the lawyers when they had spent their last shilling ? And what physician ever pronounced a wealthy patient insane who was ready to pay handsomely for his visits, nnless he re ceived a larger fee from the friends of the patient ? The safest test of insanity would be made by inquest, sim plifying the process, so as to be invariably conducted on the principal of a coroner's court. But the question is one. which we can now only touch upon. We shall take frequent opportunities of returning to it. Thore is not a word of political news in the French Journals. Having expended their rage against England on the subject of the Slave Treaty, and said more than in their cooler moments they call desire to have said about our Indian reverses, and lauded to the very echo Sir ROBERT PEEL'S plan of an income tax, because they say, it shows that Great Britain is at the last gasp, they now devote their editorial columns to the domestic question of sugar duties. As this question does not at all concern us, we shall spare ourselves the trouble of any comment upon it. The Aloniteur of the 17th has no official part. The King and Queen of the Belgians are expected at the Tuil. erica in the course of this week. The apartments which they will occupy as already preparing for their reception. They will re. main at Paris, as well as the Princes of Saxe Coburg, till after the accouchement of the Duchess of Nemours.—Constitutionnei. The Sentinelk.confirms the statement of another journal, that a camp of 400,000 men is to be formed. It Ts said that it will be at Chalons.sur-Maine, under the command of the Dukes of Orleans and Nfmours, and that it will consist of four divisions of infantry, four divisions of cavalry and artillery, engineers, *c, &c. We have heard•only the names of the following Lieutenant-Generals:— Messrs. Dejeau d'Andenarde, Oudinot, and Larviestine, for the cavalry, one of the divisions of which will, it is supposed, be sta tioned at Laneville, and the others cantoned about Chalons, and in the neighbouring towns where several regiments are already in garrison.—Commerce. - BOURSE-P _ ARM, THURSDAY, MARCH 17. host Hlghest Lowest Last Price Price. Price.. Price. ?Nub 5 per 117 60 ... 117 65 ... 117 CO ... 117 50 4per Cent?. 101 5 0 ... 101 50 ... 101 50 101 30 S per Cents. ' 80 70 80 70 ... 80 65 ... 80 65 Loan . 80 90 .4. 80 DO ... 80 9,1 .. 80 90 amk of trance 3373 75 ...3375 ...3372 SU LaMtte Bank I,ooof. Shares IC2O —lO2O —lo'2o ...1C29 5,000 f. Shares 5045 ...5045 ...5045 .4015 !Celan 3. nt 1811 Belgian 5 per cents. Dutch 2 $ percents. : 1840 /06% ••• 106% ... 106) % er Ce nth kliinish Active 25% ... 9514 ... ;64 ... 25% % 5% ... 5% ... New Deferred Neapolitan .............. ..... 106 25 /4;6 25 ... 106 23 ... 31;6 15 ...... ...... 1855 i 103 w, ... 10534 105 56 RAILW Portugueees 2)% :. ... ,e 9 14 20!., Y . Nt... Germain .. 8 A 3H AREs to ain 840 840 Versailles. R. B 35 1 50 ... L.B 35 ., r,O ... 343 75 ... 348 7b ... 222 50 .. 220 ... 2'20 Rouen • ....... 5 25 5.2 23 Orleans . . ........ • 567 50 —. 567 50 ... 566 25 566 25 S seberg to Bale 245 ... 245 ... 243 75 ... 243 75 Tui INCOME TA X.—ln humble imitation of Dr. San grado, so well known to the readers of "Gil n it may be remembered, prescribed "bleeding i hot ater-" for every complaint, the Tamworth (.Zt a t ti c k has r r e scribed flu! Income Tax, which an swers the ‘purpose. oth of bleeding and hot water, inasmuch as it pleiiti fu}li bleeds John Bull in the chest, and keeps his temp er in a constant state of hot water ! This inquisitorial and oppressive impost is as remarkable for its boldness, as the remedial Curn-law measure is for its timidity. 'The former " goes the whole hog" as a burden ; the latter stops half-way as a relief. The one is a positive nuisance ; the other, a negative good. The Income- Tax will shortly overrun the country with a locust-cloud of tax-gatherers; the Corn-law Bill will just keep us in the same state in which it found us. And this is Tory justice and common sense—to let loose against us a whole any of tax-gatherers, by way of affording us the relief which we have been expecting for six months ! But, thank God, we have at least one ounce of sweets mixed up with our pound of sours t Though we are to be plunged chin-deep in taxation—though a burden is to be placed on our shoulders, such as might break the back of Atlas—still we have the proud consolation of know ing, that we are to have turtle and turbot cheap ! Yes, when we have no longer money to buy them with, then turtle and turbot are to be placed withi n our reach—un der our very nose ! `ti after thi s , s h a ll venture to impugn the sagacity of Sir Robert Peel as a Finance- Minister ? COLONIAL ASSES.—The instant Sir Robert Peel al luded last night to the Duty on " Colonial Asses," a loud bray was set up by his Tory supporters on the Trea sury benches, who evidently feared—as the Right Hon. Baronet was in one of his taxing moods that he was going to shift th e d uty f rom fore i gn to domestic asses, in which case they, of course, would have been among the chief sufferers, for who can doubt the length of a Tory's ears ? In consequence of the Duty being lowered on Colonial Asses, a prodigious importation of Tories is expected from the West Indies, and elsewhere. THE ELECTRICAL EEL.—The Tamworth Quack, so notorious for his - slippery qualities, is, we understand, known at the Clubs by the name of the " Electrical Eel," in allusion, of course, to the manner in which he has electrified John Bull by his Income Tax. PROPOSED NEW TAX.—AS Sir Robert Peel is resolved to lay on fresh taxes, we recommend to his considera tion the propriety of taxing Parliamentary Speeches, which would be a great boon to the country, for it would amount to a positive prohibition of superfluous oratory, and so save much valuable time. SABBATH DESECRATION.—TIIO total number of per sons who passed along the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail way• on the commencement of the Sunday trains was 878. The time occupied in r.mning from one terminus to the other was about two hours, and the arrangements were such as to insure the most strict order and propriety of con duct. What a dreadful rattling, and whipping, and shouting, there would have been had this large number been con veyed by coaches ! They would have required at least •25 coaches and 400 horses, allowing each relay to run two stages, 50 drivers and guards, 100 ostlers, and the goodly company would have consumed at least 150 bottles of whiskey—making the total num ber of men and horses employed, at least, 500, and by steam 20 men did all the work. The coaches, too, must have interfered with the hours of divine service, while all the steam travellers were at liberty to attend church forenoon and afternoon. We leave impartial persons to judge whether steam has not contributed more to the observance of the Sabbath than all the Agnewites together. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. QUARTER TO THREE. The speech of Sir Robert Peel is being canvassed in the City to-day, to the exclusion of almost all other business. The determination therein expressed to persist in the income tax meets with much opposition. The English Stocks remain firm, with but little business, Consols being 89% 3 4 for Money, and b9B 90 for the Ac count.; Bank Stoc4, 109 to 170 ; Exchequer Bills, 29 to 31 prem. Nothing doing in the Foreign Market, and the quotations are nut so high as yesterday. Mexican, 41 1 / 2 ; Colombian, 26 to 264, Portuguese Five per Cents., 344 ; Spanish, '25 to 25k. A slight improvement has taken place in shares, although the purchases have been but trifling. York and Midlatiii, 944 95; the New Shares, 32 ; Great North of England, 88 ; Great Western, 914 ; Brighton, 363 1 / 2 . A most disgraceful transaction has lately occurred in the Foreign Stock Exchange. A party purchased a numher of those Spanish Coupons which are about to be capitalized, but the individual of whom they were bought surreptitiously introduced a quantity which are excluded from the decree, and now refuses either to exchange them, or take them back. Application has been made to the Committee on the subject, I,rho . ha e not yet given a decision. . - The returns of the average circulation of the kingdom, dur ing the four weeks ending on the sth instant, show a decrease of 1,147,4961., of which 818,9841. is in England, 111,7731. in Scotland, and 216,7391. in Ireland. The Bank of Eng land has contracted its issues by 508.0001., the difference be tween 1ti,891,000/, and 17,402,000/. ; the private banks by 223,069/., the difference between 5,299,455/. and 5,532,524/. ; the joint stock banks by 77,9151., the difference between 2,990,980/. and 3,068,9011. The private and joint stock banks in Scotland arc less by 111,7131., the difference between 2,811,1091. and 2,922,8821. In Ireland, the circulation of the Royal Bank is less by 90,325/., the difference between 3,188,7501. and 3,279,075/. ; and the private and joint stock banks by 126,414/., the difference between 2,407,625/. and 2,534,039/. The circulation of England at present is .tated to be 23,184,441/. ; of Scotland, 2,811,1091. ; and of Ireland, 5,596,375/., being a total for the United Kingdo.n, of 33,591,9251. 7he amount of bullion in the Bank of England appears to increase steadily, having been on the sth instant 6,281,0001., and on the same day of February 5,602,0001. The average amount, according to these returns since July, 1841, has been 4,918,7501., the lowe3t point having been in November last, when it fell to 4,218,0001. PRiCES OP SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Claeltenhatr and Great Western. 72i lB . to Eastern Counties Lireat North of England ... ..... 90 Great Western London anc Brighton London and Blackwall . .._. London and Birmingham 90 Ditto New ... London and South Western 3BL 594 to London and Croydon (Trunk)... 131 134..... to York and PJurth Midland... SO Ditto N'w Shares ......- ..... 15 - JOINT STOCK BANKS. National Provincial of England... 35 COURSE OF EXCIIANGE—(YESTERDAY. Amsterdam CF. 12 8 Gibraltar . . . Ditto, at sight Rotterdam ...2 U. 12 8i Genoa . 25 95 Antwerp - 31 1 lamburgh M. B. 13 15& Venice Altona Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 70 Palermo, per oz 120 Ditto, 3 months 25 95 !Lisbon Marseilles Bourdeaux 26 0 Rio Janeiro 27 Frankfort on Maine... 152 !Bahia Petersburgh, 3Us ... 37 !Buenos Ayres Berlin-- ... ............ 7 Vienna, effec. fl. 3 M 954 Trieste, ditto 9 56 Madrid Cadiz .. Bilbao.. 36? 35i Barcelona Seville Philadelphia - 46 rRICEE. OF BULLION, PER oz Foreign Gold, bars.£3 17 9 . _ Portu - gal Gold Coin 3 17 5 New Doubloons 0 0 0 !New Dollars... 0 4 !Silver in Bars 0 4 11i PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, MARCH 17. - 3 per Cent. Consols Three and Half Stock 9BA ;Grand Canal 5t0ck......... Stock. . ....... Ditto Reduced Ditto New 1830.........1830.........984 Ditto 4 per cent I3i per Cent. Debs. o 1 f Royal Canal Stock LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, MARCH 18.—The market was rather dull, and most descriptions of Stock were 'n litee request. Some of each of the following Shares were sold at the prices annexed. London and Birmingham Quarters, 36 ; Great North of England, 84k, ex div.; Manchester and Leeds Quarters, 4,i, ex div. ; Great Western, 91; Grand Junction Quarters, 24. Livntiroca COTTON MARKET, MARCH 18.—A fair amount of business was done in cotton without any alteration in prices. Four thousand bales were sold. Three hundred Sea Island arc announced for public sale on Friday, and more will be brought forward. The sales of the week are 23,390 bags, and the quantity taken for home consumption between the Ist of January, and the 13th of March, 1842, was 241,500 bags, and in the same period of 1841 it was 243,500. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 17.—We have had a very inactive market ; and although Stock is offered more freely, very few transactions have taken place. North Midlands, 70; Manchester and Birmingham, 28k. LAW INTELLIGENCE. CHANCERY CO URT.-(THIS DAY THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. THE EARL OF STAMFORD. The ht aring of this case was resumed, and continued ;hroughout the day. Mr. BETHELL replied at great length for the plaintiffs. VICE-CH! ANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Vice-Chancellor WionAar.) LEEMING V. SHERRATT. This case, which was part-heard yesterday, and continued this morning, came before the Court en exceptions to the Master's report. The question in the cause turned upon the construction of a will, the clause in dispute being as follows :—" I give to each of my children, Joseph Francis, &c., 1,0001. each, to be paid respectively on their attaining the age of twenty-one, except such of them as are girls, in which case I order half to be placed out at interest, and to be secured from the control of any husband w ith whom they may intermarry, and the interest in the mean time to be paid to them, and the principal to be disposed of in such manner as they may direct to their issue; but in case they die without issue, I give each principal among the survivors of my children in equal proportions." The ques tion was, whether with respect to one of four surviving chil dren there. was a good executory bequest? His Honour, it is expected, 'will take time to consider his judgment. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY. LONDON, MA actt 19.—Wind this day at noon W. RA3ISGATE, Mancit 18.—The Messenger, from Newcastle to Bordeaux, has been assisted in here in a sinking state, having been ashore on the South Foreland. DEAL, MARCH 18.—Wind moderate.—Arrd. Lady Flora Hastings, Brown, Bahia ; Briton and Diamond, westward; Falsette, India. Arrd. from the River, Judith, Allan, for China; John Bull, Bombay, Olive Branch, Sierra Leone, D'Auvergne, Jamaica. Put back, the greater part of the out ward bound. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 18.—Wind W. N. W., fresh. —Arrd. Sutherland, Frecman, China; Athol, Trossack, Bombay ; Higginson, Hogg, sailed 10th December, and S. Helena, 29th Jan. ; Tyrian, Jackson, and Hannah, Cork ; Sprague, Natchez; Mars, Patterson, New Orleans ; Sterling, Savannah ; Morgiana, Charleston ; Splendid, Mobile. Put back, Querida, Manilla; llingdove, Trinidad. 1-)iars;rouTn, act! 18.—Wind W. to W.N. W., strong and squally.—Her Majesty's steamer Heell, Baibadoes ; Sul. livan, Charleston, for Hatnburgh. Put back, Northern Con ference, Bermuda. TOKBAY.—Sarah Maria Ann, for Algoa Bay. DARTMOUTH, MAKcit 18.—Put back Geneva, for Virginia. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 18.—Wind W., strong gales.—Arrd. Hervine, London, for Mauritius. FA Lsiourir, 114 A BCH 17.—Wind S.S.W. to S.W., fresh gales and squally.- - Sld. Thames (steamer), Madeira, West Mexico;lndies, Wilberforce, Trinidad. Arrd. off, Margaret, Dixon, Demerara ; Carl Henrich, Monte Video, for Antwerp, sailed Jan. 13 ; Celt, Crockett, Port-au- Prince, and proceeded for Antwerp; Olinda, Pringle, Sierra Leone, sailed Ist ult., and proceeded for London. SCILLY ' MARCH 15. —The Princess Victoria, Ellis, from Cape Vecchia to Falmouth, has put in here leaky, and is dis charging. l'oar TALBOT, MARCH 17.—The George, Tamplin, hence , to Bridgwater, reported to be lost near the Nass Point, has arrived a t her destination with loss of top.r.alt. STROMNESS, MARCH 14.—The Jane Christie, \Vemyss, from Leith to Australia, has put in here with loss of boat, bul warks, &c., having been struck by a sea. YARMOUTH, Afaacri 18.—The Attalla, Storm, from Har tlepool to London, carried away foretop and maintop gallant mast, off the Dudgeon, an d will proceed. The Times gives the following useful and expressive hints to Sir Robert Peel :—" Sir Robert Peel is a bold and honest man, and has a strong majority at his back; but with all his ability, all kis honesty, and all his present strength, if he goes on governing in the spirit of his late speech on Mr. Duncombe's motion, he will do much to shorten his tenure of power. The country will not go on for ever taking things upon trust, while each new disclosure of the intentions of Government discovers some new sacrifice and morti. fication for their supporters, without opening the prospect of any measure calculated to satisfy any influential party in the nation. It is astonistaing that a Minister who throws himself upon the pa. triotism of the people for an extraordinary effort of self.denial in time of peace, and would have them receive from his hands the most unpopular of all imposts, should venture, at the same time, to declare himself in favour of a narrow and oligarchical policy of encroachment upon their liberties. He came into office upon the full tide of popular hope and enthusiasm ; and if that tide shou'd desert him now, he will fail as signally as he then succeeded. He has proposed a Corn law, which has been accepted by the Conservative agricultural interest, namely us an evil from which (since he proposes it; they see no way of escaping. He still retains the votes of that body, but he has lost much of their confidence. On the other hand, the same measure has fallen very far short of the wishes of the commercial and manufacturing bodies, and has been by them received with indifference, even where it has not encountered oppo,ition. The table of the House of Commons is loaded with petitions against it, while few have been presented In its favour. The second act of Sir Robert Peel's Administration has been to propose an income lax. Such a measure, when viewed by itself, is calculated to provoke nothing but opposition from every quarter. New taxes are always unpopular; and this tax, from the inquisitorial nature of the machinery by which it must be collected, is peculiarly dis tasteful to all the vast interests which depend upon manufactures, commerce, and professional occupations, and has the additional defect of taxing incomes of limited or precarious duration at an equal rate with those which arc founded upon realized property--a clear injustice, alone almost sufficient to insure the hostility of those influential classes. The Minister who introduces such a measure must have very strong claims upon their good-will, or else must be prepared to find their influence falling more and more into the scale of opposition." The Herald expresses itself as follows on the subject of the in come tax :—" Sir Robert Peel's plan for collecting the proposed income tax is now fully before the public. The machinery by which it is proposed to be worked, is in the main, that which was found to b?, so objectionable when the tax was formerly in exist ence, with some amendments, however, for the purpse of dimi nishing the inquisitorial objections in reference to the profit of trade and professions. The powers intended to be taken are, of course, most stringent, and though great efforts are ap parently to be made to preserve secresy, yet those powers are apparently to be worked by the parties desiring con cealment; a person availing himself thereof will be compelled to make sacrifices therefore ; this is clearly most objectionable. If secresy be desirable, it ought to be attainable without any sacri fices ; and upon so hasty a perusal as we are able to give the de tails, the owners of landed and funded property seem much more likely to be protected from the curiosity of their neighbours than tradesmen, merchants, or professional persons. To allow all to compound for the three years, for which period the tax is, in the first instance, to be imposed, and so avoid any disclosures, will, we fear, afford very inefficient means of escape from injurious knowledge of their incomes for those persons who are most likely to suffer. MONEY—TRADE—COMMERCE. The trade of Leeds, Bradford, and some parts of Yorkshire, is improved. At Leicester prices are without alteration. NAVA.I. AND IVIIMITA.Rit. Twenty new powerful fire.engines have been ordered to be con. structed for the use of her Majesty's dockyards by the Lords Corn. missioners of the Admiralty. Nine have been completed, and sent to NVoolwich dockyard to be proved. Lieutenant-General Shrapnel, whose death we announced yes. terday, was the oldest officer in the Royal Artillery. He was dis. tinguished chiefly by his invention of the case shot, well known to military men as a most destructive engine of war, and capable of annihilating a whole regiment at once, called after him " Shrapnel Shells." The discovery was considered of such importance, that on its adoption by the service he received a pension of 1,200/. per annum, in addition to the pay of the respective ranks in the army he subsequently held. Be retired front active service as a general officer on the 20th July, 1625. LAW AND POLICE. At the Maidstone Assizes yesterday Mi.s Neatly, residing with her father near Margate, brought an action for breach of promise of marriage against Mr. Ellis, son of a gentleman of fortune living at Greenhithe. The damages were laid at 5,0001. The Jury returned a verdict for 4001. On Thursday, at York, Henry Noll was convicted of the murder of his wife on the 27th of November, and sentenced to be exe cuted. It appeared that the parties had lived ery unhappily for a number of years, and that the fatal deed had been committed in a fit of jealousy. Seven of the Jury recommended him to mercy. At Stafford, Smith Muchall was indicted for the manslaughter of Samuel Jarvis, his groom, on the night of the 27th of February last. It appeared that both the prisoner and the deceased had been alarmed by the barking of a dog at a late hour, and believing rob bers were about the premise., the latter, unknown to his master, stepped into the yard to ascertain the fact. His master, supposing him to be a robber, fired at him with small shot, three of which passed through the lungs, one of them dividing the pulmonay artery, and causing immediate death. The prisoner pleaded Guilty, and expressed great con aition, when Mr. Justice Creswell sentenced him to be imprisoned for three months. At the Northern Circuit, held at York, before Mr. Baron Parke, on the 16th instant, an action of ejectment was tried, in which the plaintiff; Mary Jackson, sought to recover the posses. sion of property, amounting to between 30,0001 and 40,0001., which she claimed under the will of her late husband. The defendant, Henry Jackson, was the testator's brother and heir-at. law. The case turned upon the assumed informal execution of the will, the identity of which, however, was unquestionable. The testator had signed in the presence of only one of the wit nesses ; but the case appeared so clear and satisfactory, that the Jury returned, "That the testator intended to acknowledge his signature, though he had not done so ;" upon which an absolute verdict was accordingly entered for the plaintiff. LITERAXLY AND SCIENTIFIC. At a late meetirg of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Mr. Payne gave an account of his new patented process. His method fills up the pores of timber with various substances, so as to render it almost like stone, and perfectly incombustible. SPOUTING,. The Queen's hounds on Thursday had a good run from Bray. wick, past Bisham Wood, Sir Gore Ouseley's park, and through the woods to Beacontield; the deer gave a two hours' chase, and was killed in a pond on Lord Boston's estate. The Cottesmore hounds, the finest of the Earl of Lonsdale's packs, are to be sold. COURT-FASHION ALE. The Duke of Wellington has a dinner party this evening at Apsley.house. Lord and Lady Stanley receive a distinguished circle at dinner this evening in St. James's-square. Lord Lyndhurst, as High Steward of the University of Cam. bridge, gave a grand dinner yesterday in George-street, Hanover square, to the Vice-Chancellor, &c. The Marquis and Marchioness of Aylesbury gave a grand dinner on Thursday, in Grosvenor-square. Lady Francis Egerton gave a musical party on Thursday night, in Belgrave-square.____ MISCELLANEOUS. Lady George Hill, widow of the late Marquis of Downshire, died last Monday, at her se..t in Ireland, leaving a youthful family of four children. The statute-book, to the present minute, contains an unrepcaled ordinance of the lith Edward 111., sec. 3, command i ng that no man shall be served t dinner or supper with more th an two courses, txcept on great holidays (those specified), at which he may be served with three. M. Cherubini, the celebrated composer, who presided over the Conservatoire de Musique ever since its foundation, during the Republic, until 1840, died in Paris on Tuesday. Heeren, the celebrated professor of Gottingen, has just died, in his 82d year. Sir Robert Peel, by his despotic conduct towards the silent and sullen country gentlemen, whom he has crinpelled, much against their inclination, to swallow the Corn-law Bill, has clearly brought himself within the limits of the statute regarding cruelty to dunth animals. . per Scinde, in his 20th year, Edward Darnley Hills , " DIED—On th e 11th of December near S ee b ee U p - Gth Regimert Bombay Niatie Infantry, the highly gifted and much loved son of Edmund Halswell, Esq., of Gore Lodge, Old Brompton. This talented and amiable young man was killed by the natives whilst out sketching, and his untimely fate will be long and deeply deplored by his afflicted family and by a numerous circle of friends. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 19, 1842 ELECTION COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) WEYMOUTH AND MELCOMBE REGIS. The proceedings went on in the same style to-day as yester day, three voters having been struck off the side of the peti tioners, and two off that of the sitting Members. The last argument was on the rote of George Newton ; he, a Tory voter, haring been objected to on the ground that the only " occupation" he had of the house, out of which he voted, was the permission of the landlord tokeep a bedstead, value 35., in it. Ihe vote of Newton was decided to be a bad one. The Committee then adjourned till Monday, having this day struck off three from each side. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. NEWGATE GAOL DUBLIN BILL. WEST INDIA CLERGY BILL. IMPERIAL PARLIANIE.NT. The Earl of Sit A FTESBURY, in the absence of the Lord Chancellor, took his seat upon the woolsack at three o'clock. The Bishop of WORCESTER read prayers. The Marquis of WATERFORD took the oaths and his seat, and signed the Parliamentary Roll. CONSOLIDATED FUND BILL. On the motion of Lord REDESDALE, the Consolidated Fund Bill was read a second time, and was ordered to be read a third time on Monday. The Newgate Gaol Dublin Bill passed through Committee, and was ordered to be read a third time on Monday. The West India Clergy Bill passed through Committee, and was ordered to be read a third time on Monday. The Stayleybridge Gas Bill, the Bristol Boundary Bill, together with several other private Bills were forwaded a stage, and their Lordships adjourned to Monday next. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND pubttc " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. The National, in a short article on the French navy, declares that the Government is. deterrnined to disarm almost completely, and complains that the 'N'avy Budget in France has been reduced to the extent of 37,278,000 francs, whilst In England the reduction is only 93,7061. sterling, being little more than two millions. The National remarks with groat warmth on this difference, and asserts that, by the conduct of the French Ministry in reducing t lie navy, whilst no corresp mdent reduction is going on in England, it is aiding that country in its views of ambition and preponderance. The leading articles of our other Paris Contemporaries are, with only two or three exceptions, and those of little interest, on do mestic subjects. A letter from Athens, 27th ult., in the Augsburg Gazelle, states that in consequence of the constant augmentation of Turkish troops on the frontiers next to Greece, the Greek Government has resolved to send a strong force to its own frcntiers. The letter adds, that the Benbow British ship of the line had been replaced at t he Pirteus by the Medea steamer. Count Bresson, the French Ambassador at Berlin. arrive.) at Frankfort on the 14th inst. Count Medem, the new Ruisian Ambassador at the Court of Vienna, arrived at his post on the Bth inst. Barcelona journals of the 11th announce that the Spanish Go vernment had granted the demand of the Provincial deputation that the Barcelona municipality of 1841 should be restored. The ultra.republicans of that town, by means of the secret sittings of the Supreme Junta of Vigilance, have thus resumed their sway. Madrid letters of the 10th bring a brief report of the debate in the Cortes ou the law for the administrative organization of the Basque provinces. Though the tone of one of the Basque members was plaintive, the Cortes paid little attention to sufferings caused by the October insurrection, and the project was voted. PARTAAMISiTZARY. No business worth notice was transacted by the House of Peers yesterday. In the Commons a considerable number of petitions were presented against one part or another of the Tory budget. Mr. Howard, who was taken into custody the evening before, was discharged on throwing himself on the indulgence of the House; and paying his fees. The Hon. Member pleaded igno runce of the fo: ms of the House. Mr. Illewitt gave notice of a motion, after the holidays, to resolve that property acquired in war did not belong to the Crown. In answer to Mr. Hawes, Mr. Gladstone stated that there were typographical errors in the tariff, and errors of statement, which it was intended to rectify. A corrected copy would be on the table of the House before separating fur Easter . On the motion for the House to resolve itself into a Com mittee of Ways and Means, Mr. Baring rose and made a useful speech in opposition to Sir Robert Peel's budget. We notice the debate elsewhere. The House was occupied with the sub ject for the remainder of the evening. The House sat till after midnight. PUISLIC OPINION. _ . The Morning Chronicle says that the great question for the consideration of Parliament and the country at this time undoubt edly is, " Are the necessities cf the country such as to demand an income tax, with all its unfairness and all its iniquitous machinery ? If it can be shown that the honour and security of the country can only be maintained by this objectionable tax, it will no doubt be submitted to, but this necessity must be proved. Strange, that no resource should be opened to us but a return to the most odious arid iniquitous tax with which a country was ever cursed The Post makes the following cursory remarks on free trade, in a leading article suggested by Lord Howick's late speech :—" Free trade gives unbounded scope to competition.' Competition crushes the weak ; and the weakest portion of the community is the labourers. Wages, under the influence of that ' competition ' which free trade creates, sink to the lowest possible level, and even with wages at that lowest level, employment can at times be procured with difficulty. This is the natural action of free.trade principles." G REAT MARL6W. The Committee met again this morning, at eleven o'clock. The room was immediately cleared, and the Committee, after some deliberation, came to the following decision :—" The Committee call upon the Counsel for the sitting Member to proceed with their objection to the vote of Joseph Harper." A great number of witnesses were called on both sides, and the examinatien was still going on when our paper went to press. CLITHEROE. The inquiry was brought to a conclusion this forenoon. On Mr. Austin announcing that it would not be prudent on the part of his client to proceed further with the investigation, The CHAIRMAN then read the following resolution : " That Matthew Wilson, Esq., was not duly elected a burgess to serve in Parliament for the borough of Clitheroe, and that Edward Cardwell, Esq., was duly elected a burgess to serve in Parliament, for the said borough, and that he ought to have been returned at the last election." The Chairman then pro ceeded to say that the formal course was for the Committee to declare that the petition was not " frivolous or vexatious," but under the new Act of Parliament he thought that was un necessary. The Committee then separated. WIGAN ELECTION. The Committee chosen to try the validity of the petitio against the sitting Members for Wigan, T. B. Cross and P. Greenall, Esqrs., met this day at Committee-room, No. 7, at eleven o'clock. The Committee was composed of the Chairman, Benjamin Hawes, the Earl of Lincoln, H. Tufnell, H. Kemble, R. Scott, Hon. James R. Howard, and F. A. M‘Geachy. Messrs. Hihiyard. Talbot, and Clerk appeared as counsel for the sitting Members ; for the petitioners, Messrs. Austin, Cockburn, and Slade. Mr. HILDYARD, on the part of the sitting Members, took a preliminary objection to the jurisdiction of the Committee. The ground of objection was an informality committed by the petitioners. Recognzances were entered into on the 26th of Atigust, and the jurat of Robarts, one of the recognizances, not having been made till the 27th, it was contended that the informality contravened the sth section of the Act of Parlia ment, which requires the jurat to be made at the time the re cognizances were entered into, and that being so that the peti tion was not regutirly presented, and that the petition being the foundation of the Committee it had no legal jurisdiction to try the merits of the petition. The Learned Gentleman cited several decisions on the point. Mr. A us rtN did not reply. The room was cleared, and the Committee decided against the validity of the objection. LEWES. The Committee met again this morning at 11 o'clock. Mr. TALBOT, on the part of the petitioners, said that it was not their intention, at the present time, to prosecute the inquiry with regard to bribery ; but that he proposed at once to go to the scrutiny. Some consultation then took place among Counsel on both sides, and it was agreed by them that the ca-e should not be preceeded with, and that certain votes be struck off the KAI for Messrs. Horrors! and Elphinstone, the result of which was that the Hon. Mr. Fitzroy was placed in a majority of one over Mr. Harforvl. The room was then cleared, and on our re-admission, The CHatamA N read the following resolution, to which the Committee had agreed:—" Resolved, that Summers Harford, Esq., is not duly elected a burgess to serve in this pre ent Parliament for the borough of Lewes. That the Hon. Henry Fitzroy is duly elected, and ought to have been eturned a burgess to serve in the present Parliamant for the said borough of Lewes. That the petition of Edmund Monck and Gabriel Egles does not appear to the Committee to be frivolous or vexatious; and that the opposition to the said petition does not appear to be frivolous or vexatious. That the Committee have altered the poll taken at such election, by striking off the names of certain parties." The Committee then separated. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) BETTING AT MANCHESTER. —FRIDAY. CHESTER Cur.-9 to 1 agst Lanercost, 11 to 1 agst Vulcan, 12 to 1 agst Soult, 13 to 1 axst Alice Hawthorn, 16 to 1 agst The Squire, 16 to 1 agst Cormorant, 15 to 1 agst Rory O'More (taken freely), awl 35 to 1 agst Ararat. DERBY.-L'7 to 1 agst Attila, 11. to 1 ag,t Chatham (off.), 17 to 1 agst Auckland t.), 35 to 1 agst Dirce e. (off.), 40 to 1 agst Lord of Holdernesse (t.) OAKS.—Nothing done. HURWORTH HUNT AND DIMSDA LE SPA STEEPLE CHASE.—THURSDAY. Sweepstakes of 2 soya. each, with 20 added; 3 yrs, lOst ; 4 yrs, Ilst 21b ; 5 yrs, llst 10lb ; 6 yrs and aged, 12st 31b ; mares, &c. allowed 21bs. Three miles. Mr. Applegarth's Neasbam Lass, 4 yrs Mr. J. Stonehouse's Sir Robert, 4 yrs.. 2 Mr. Dale's Gipsy Lass, 5 yrs Mr. G. Stockdale's Gipsy Girl, 6 yrs ... Two others started. BRETON ANNUAL COURSING MEETING.' MONDAY. Silver Cup of 20 guineas (14 dogs) were won by Mr. Web ster's Fencer, beating Mr. Smith's Tamburini. LEAMINGTON GRAND STEEPLE CHASE. (THURSDAY.) Sweepstakes of 20 sous. each, with WO added; 12st each, &c. Hon. F. Craven's Gipse3 (Hon. M. Villiers) I Mr. J. B. Phillipson ndMischief..., Mr. Maddocks' Creole Sir P. Mostyn's Seventy-Four Mr. G. Campbell nd Legacy The follwaing also started, but were not placed :—Mr. Ro bertson's Syphax, Mr. Dalrymple nd Memento, Mr. Moore's Anonymous, Mr. Jones' Bungaree, M. de Burgh nd Perfec tion, and Mr. Phillipson ndJim-along•Josey. Won by a length and a • half after a very fine race. OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE The following important correspondence has been recently trans mitted to us, by order of Sir Robe' t Peel, from the Treasury-office. We need hardly add that we have it exclusive. No. I. London, March 17th, The Earthquake presents its compliments to Sir Robert reel, and begs to suggest whether—as it has now answered the Tory purpose of creating an alarm, and so diverting the attention of the public from the Income Tax—it would not be adviseable that it should re main perfectly quiescent until some other and heavier scheme of taxation be projected, when it can again distract people's minds by threats of its immediate approach. No. 11. Treasury, March 17, 1842. Sir Robert Peel has this instant had the honour of receiving the Earthquake's polite communication; and, in reply, would ♦enture to observe, that it is absolutely expedient that it should still con tinue to agitate the public mind, by threats of its approach, which, however, can be conveniently postponed from week to week, until the Income Tax is carried, when it will be at liberty to remain as perfectly quiescent as it could desire. _ Sir Robert Peel regrets to add that there is no chance of the Income Tax being carried without an Earthquake! THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) NENVGATE AND LEADENHALL. All kinds of meat were dull of :a!e, the supplies moderate, and prices as follow :—Beef, 55. to 6s. Bd. ; Mutton, 3s. 2d. to 3s. 10d. ; Veal, 4s. to 4s. 10d. ; and Pork, 3s. Bd. to4s. 10d. per stone of 81b. Of Poultry and Game the sale was slack, supplies good, and prices unaltered. Eggs, large supply, trade dull -,ricer 4s. 6d. to 7s. 120. ; per WHITECHAPEL RIARKET. A very small supply, and trade was good at better prices. Beef, 2s. to 3s. Bd. ; Mutton, 2s. 4d. to 3s. 10d. ; Veal, 3s. 4d. to ss. 4d. ; Pork, 3s. to ss. 2d. ; Lamb, 6s. 4d. to 7e. Clover, 2/. 10s. to 5/. Bs. ; Hay, 2/. 4s. to 4/. 6s. ; Straw, 11 14s. to 1/. 183. TEA MARKET. There w•as little business transacted, but holders were firm and prices varied little. Company's Congou, Is. UV. per lb. Cash. TALLOW MARKET. The demand was steady, and prices firm. P.Y.C. on the spot 48s. 3d., and 495. 3d. for delivery. OIL MARKET. Olive Oil is in good request, and prices are higher. Linseed Oil, 335. 6d. per cwt. ; Fish Oils dull of sale. Pale Seal, 391. 10s. per tun. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKEr. The supply was moderate. Wheat firm at last week's rates, Barley steady, but the demand was confined to the best sorts. Oats and Shelling the tura better. Beans as before. No va• riation in other articles. Wneat, Red, Essex and Kent —a. 58s. to 60s. fine 61s. Norfolk and Suffolk ...... .“ —8.505. to 541. fine 565• .....••••••••.-....--... Lin. and Cain. ..------ Yorkshire —s. 523. to 54, fine Ms. ...--- White . —l3. 58, to Ear. fine 635. ...--- Foreign, Ned —a. —s. to 565. fine (Os. White —s. —a. to —3. nne 645, Barley, Norfolk and Sufl'olk .f.6s. to 475. fine 29r. i.--- .—. Lincolnshire -- Yorkshire Wold ..... 255. to 28:. fine :.0). Foreign Beans, New . 303. to —s. line 52a. ----- Old , • 353 to —a. fine 36s Oats, Potato —B. to 201. fine 225. .....-•-• Poland —l• —s. to 20s. flne 225. ..-- Friesland and Small .:................• —s. —a. to 18s. tine 20s. -- !sealing Shelling 255. i( 96 . Od. per Load Malt ... ....4.3 , 13. tine 4Cs. per load Rapeseed -.... ... .. ... --/.os 361.05. WI. Os. per Last of the 17th inst., a series of OF THE SUN. THE EARTHQUAKE. SIR,--Percei v ing R,..— T P O erc e T i l v i in E g in E y p eu i r i p f a ° pe i r i , bulletins, relative to the procrastination of a sublunary con vulsion of nature, in and around the metropolis, permit me to state (now superstitious timidity has abated), as a philosophi- cal fact, that there is no case on record of an earthquake taking place, except in the vicinity of volcanic strata, " qureque ipse miserrimm vide." That the rumour was a political job, ever was the opinion of your obedient servant, London, March 18, 1842. SENEX VIATOR. -- --- NEW MEDALS-Mr. N. Hymns, of Cornhill, has just published two beautiful medals, one to commemorate the christening of the Prince of Wales, the other a correct view of the intended new Royal Exchange, and, on the reverse, the old Exchange, destroyed by fire. On the reverse of the first are likenesses of the Queen and Prince Albert. 'That of her Ma jesty especially is beautifully executed and true to life. The view of the new Exchange is well finished and produces a fine effect. '1 hese medals do great credit to the skill and taste of the artist. This morning about half-past ten o'clock, a respect able man, about 45 years of age, who g ave his na m e Har ley , re siding in Sutton-street. 1 or k.road, threw himself off the Steamboat-pier, Waterloo -bridge, with an intenti o n o f drowning himself, but by the prompt assistance of M asterman, the Spotted p ßtr a a g og Admiralty s ns Awfatser'atvheedu' and cunve)ed t o t h e usual treatment for - nd e . a e t . e r , re storing suspended animation he was recovered, and given into the charge of his friends. PUSEYISM.---We learn from a correspondent, but can scarcely credit the fact, that during the present season of Lent the two ma ss i v e s ilver candlesticks at the communion table at Fro me Ch urc h are attired in raiments of black crape ' with a bla c k r ibb on or sas h tied round the middle of each. Th e writer who apprises us of this curious circumstance wishes to know what can be the meaning of it.— Salisbury Journal. METROI OLITAN POLICE FORCE.—According to the return to the House of Commons (1) of the ino:leys received and expended for all the purposes_ of the Metr o p o li tan P o li ce, mule up to the 31 s t day of December, 1841, amount i n t h e whole to 287,225/. les. 2d. ; as also (2) the number of men of each rank and class of the Metropolitan Police serving on the Ist day of January, 1842, amounts to 4,414, RSILWAY RETURNS. We extract from the Railway 1114azitze the stuns re ceived on the principal Railways of Great Britain for the week ending on the day of the month prefixed to each. The return includes the money received for passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and mer chandize : Week Miles Total. Name of Railway. Opened. £. s. d. Mar.l2 Birmingham & Derby Junct. 48 1,093 5 10 11 Birmingham and Gloucester 55 1,442 ES• 2 5 Brandling Junction 25 734 16 5 11 Chester and Birkenhead .. 13 Dundee and Arbroath • 164 198 6 31 13 Eastern Counties 12 Edinburgh and Glasgow „ 46 1,153 1 7 12 Glasgow and Ayr .. 12 Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 22/ 691 9 6 12 GrarTd Junct , Chester &Crewe 113 7,722 0 11 12 Great North of England 12 Great Western 5 Hayle 5 155 15 10 12 Hull r.iid Selby 12 Lancaster & Preston Junction 20a 4i 3 6 7 11 Liverpool and Manchester 3l 3,504 13 8 12 London and Birmingham__ 112/ 13,693 13 8 17 London and Blackwell 12 London and Brighton - 1,9":9 8 7 12 Ditto Shoreham Branch 15 London and Croydon 17 L , 'ndon and Greenwich 3i 840 1 9 13 London and South Western 10 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury 10 585 10 11 14 Manchester & Birmingham 12 Manchester and Leeds 12 '..lTidland Counties 12 Newcastle and Carlisle 6oi 1,263 10 10 10 Newcastle and North Shields 7 341 10 9 13 Northern and Eastern 12 North Midland 11 North Union 12 Preston and Wyre : . 19/ 136 16 8 14 Sheffield and Manchester...... 7 217 12 11 13 Ulster 12 York and North Midland 2B 1,829 9 7 ELECTION COMMITTEES. (YESTERDAY.) GREAT MARLOW. The Committee met again yesterday morning at eleven. The inquiry into the vote of Samuel Barnes was continued, and a great number of witnesses were examined. Mr. TALBOT having replied, The room was cleared, and the Committee after deliberating for some time, decided that the vote was a bad one, and should be struck off the poll. This decision has placed the sitting Member in a minority of one. Mr. COCKBURN, on the part of the sitting Member, then objected to the vote of Joseph Harper, on the ground of want of occupation and value. Mr. Sergesnt WRANOILAM took a preliminary objection to entering into the case, on the ground that the objection to the voter had not being duly served in the first instance. The notice of objection was served on the wife of the overseer, in stead of being served on the overseer himself. Mr. Cocxnuall, in repl), contended that as the objection had been discussed before the Revising-Barrister, that covered any previous informality. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) BOROUGH OF CLITHEBOE. The vote of Thomas Smithers slas next objected to on the ground that he had parted with his qualification previous to the election. Witnesses havine, been examined to prove that the voter had quitted the premises from which he derived his qua lification before that time, Mr. HILLIARD, for the petitioner, said it was in vain for him to defend the vote, which was accordingly struck off. John Alston was objected to on the same ground. Edward Alston (the brother of the voter) was examined to prove that his brother had ceased before the election to occupy the premises for which he voted. . _ Air. HILLIARD was about to cross—examine the wit ness, when a person, who afterwards gave his name as " John Ashworth," raised his head from the table, near the witness, on which he had been leaning with his head upon his folded arms, and exclaimed, " Answer no questions." This occasioned considerable interruption of the pro ceedings of the Committee. Ashworth being taken into custody by the messenger, and reprimanded by the Chairman, excused himself by saying that he " had been asleep and was not aware of what he was doing." The Chair man left then to consult(as was supposed) the Speaker, and re turned in about half an hour, when he told the Committee that their only course was to report the matter to the House, which would deal as it thought proper with the persons offending. The cross-examination of the witness Alston proceeded, and had not concluded when the Committee rose. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir.,—As I have observed in your columns the powers given to the police, and their method of using it noticed, I wish to call your attention to one instance at least in which their au thority is too limi!ed. am a tradesman and housekeeper in a much frequented thoroughfare. The lower part of my premises is a shop, which I occupy myself; the upper apartments I let out; and having a few days since given a female lodger notice to quit, she has ever since annoyed me in every possible way, and upon being remonstrated with, came down stairs to my parlour-door, assailed me with the vilest epithets, and by her violence caused a mob to gather round my door. I applied to a police-constable for assistance, but he could give me none beyond dispersing the mob, the offence having been committed within doors, nor could I obtain reiress at Ron•-street. It is our boast that an Englishman's house is his castle, but it never was contemplated by our legislators to render it a fortaliee for those who break through she bounds of deceney AN INHABITANT OF ST. PAUL'S, COVENT-GARDEN. Mar - eh 18. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. At the meeting of the Court on Thursday the freedom of the City was presented to the Duke of Cambridge, in a mag nificent gold box. Sir James Shaw, the Chamberlain, on presenting the box, made an appropriate address, to which his Royal Highness replied in suitable terms. THE OFFICE OF CITY PLEADER Mr. R.:TAa•t.oR, Chairman of the Secondaries' Committee brought. up the report relative to the terms and conditions on which the office of City Pleader should in future be conducted. It was the opinion of the Committee that it was injurious to the suitors that the City Pleaders should hold, or be considered to hold, an exclusive right to plead in any of the Courts of the City, and that candidates should be required to pledge themselves riot to set up or seek to enforce their right of ex clusive audience in any of the local Courts of the City against any other members of the English bar. The report was agreed to unanimously, and the Lord Mayor appointed Thursday next for the election of a City Pleader, in the room of Edward Bullock, Esq., lately ap. pointed Judge of the Sheriffs' Court. THE INCOME TAX. Mr. R. TAYLOR gave notice of a motion to consider the propriety of petitioning Parliament against the revival, in time of peace, of the inquisitorial powers of the income tax. THE SPITA I.FIE LDS' WEAVERS. The Chamberlain was instructed to pay 500/. from the funds of the City, in aid of the fund for the relief of the Spi talfields' weavers, and it was referred to the Coal, Corn, and Finance Committee to consider whether any, and, if any, what more should be subscribed in aid of the charity called the City Kitchen." '1 he Report of the City Lands Comrr ittee, respecting the ap plication of the Blackwall Railway Company to Parliament to purchase certain premises belooging to the City. was brought up, when the Court agreed to the Report, and resolved to petition Parlia- merit against the proposed Bill. His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury was honoured this afternoon with a visit from the Queen and Prince Albert, attended by the Royal suite. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness, after inspecting Lambeth Palace, partook of a thlen»e with his Grace and Mrs. Howley. The opposition to the proposed Income Tax begins to assume an appearance of strength, and we trust it will go on increasing. The first positive attack upon it emanated very properly from the meeting of props ietors of Bank Stock yes terday ; and we hear on all sides loud calls for a meeting of the citizens in general, to express their discontent with the threatened evil. We now only want a public-spirited man of influence to set the example, when he would be immediately joined by the whole body of citizens in remonstrating optnly against the injustice. THE MILLENIUM.—It is reported that all those anxious on the'; subject of the Milleniurn, residing at Hudders field, and other parts of the West Hiding, are about to assemble on Friday, the .25th instant, at High Hoyland, to consult with the Rev. Dr. Wolff, curate of that place, and late missionary to almost all parts of the world, on the time of the commence ment of this important period.—. York Cuurant. HER MAJESTY'S SLIPPERS.—The Queen wore at the levee a splendid diamond bracelet, containing a portrait of the King of l'russia. The diamonds in her Majesty's head, stomacher, and train were also unusually brilliant. Her Majesty wore a very beautiful pair of satin slippers, em• broidered by the Duchess of Kent, and made open at the heels in the eastern style. The Queen's feet arc so remarkably small that no lady has yet Leen found who cou ld wear th e nannon slippers of Queen Victoria. THE COUNTESS DI Rossi.—(Extract of .a letter from Vienna.) The Countess di Rossi, late the celebrated Sontag, has given a seises of brilliant concerts, during the winter, at her hotel, at Vienna. The fascinating Countess is in swill a delicate state of health, that she has becn confined to her bed during the whole winter, but she has notwithstanding received her fashionable friends, her bed-roam opening into the salon de concert, and the general direction of the music being confided to Mademoiselle Nina Sontag. It is remarkable that, notwithstanding her extreme debility, the voice of Sontag re mains as sweet and powerful as ever. IMPROVED TRADE IN PAISLEY.—We have much pleasure in stating that trade has presented a mote favour able aspect this week than • we have been able to report of it for many months past. A few of our principal houses have been taking on hands pretty freely, and hare felt pleased at having a call from their old steady weavers. Some of the houses alluded to have nearly as many hands engaged as in ordinary years; and, what is encouraging, the work is of rather a rich and su perior kind, affording better wages to the workmen, while the time required to work a square being considerable, there is less ' fear of overstocking the market. Of the lower kinds of work, for which secondary workmen are required, there is not much making; but, even in this case, a few hands are obtaining webs. Sewing is also much brisker, and several houses have added a third, and some nearly a half to the number of female sewers within the last ten days. Indeed, some houses have nearly as many as they can accommodate.— Glasgow paper. THE PROPOSED NEW TARIFF.—A meeting of the various branches of the leather trade took place at the Bridge House Hotel, London-bridge, last evening, for th e .p urpose o f considering the effect which thel new tariff of the Government would have on the h ather manufacture of this country, and to take such measures as might to the meeting seem advisable, Mr. Williams was in the chair. The opinion of the meeting was embodied in the following 'resolutions, which were passed : —That this meeting views wi , h alarm the new tariff proposed by the Government on the subject of leather, believin g th a t th e intended low rate of duty will not adequately protect the Bri tish manufaettser ; that the present depressed state of the trade will not allow increased imports from the continent, but that the meeting relies upon her Majesty's Government for a scale of duty high enough to afford protection to the British manu facturer ; that while the reduction, if carried into effect, will cheapen the price of boots and shoes purchased by the higher classes of society, those worn by mechanics will not be affected; and that a deputation be appointed to represent the opinion of the meeting to the President of the Board of Trade. A petition was also prepared for presentation to the House of Commons, after which the meeting broke up. It is pleasing to observe the variety of inventions for facilitating the " means and appliances" of epistolatory cor respondence. To write well, and to enclose and seal your letter with some degree of taste, is now of some importance. A self lighting sealing, wax has lat e l y b een i nvented by Messrs. Da vies and Co., the Poultry, simple in its operation, neat, and useful. EASTERN COUNTIEST AI LW A.Y.—On Thursday week at Chelmsford, occurred one of those scenes which have gotten railways the name of being common plunder. One Mr. Ka vannagh had sold the Company six acres of land, for which he received 1501. an acre, and 2,0001. as compensation for seve rance. In the conveyance he had secured a right of way over the land sold, and he now contended that he was entitled to a separate right over each t iece conveyed. The Court, however, thought he had had enough out of the Company, and found in stantly for the defendants, that is, the Company. Is this Ka. vannagh any relation to the ir.div'dual who found five separate bridges indispensable over the London and Birmingham Rail way, and at last di,covered that gold would furnish him with wings to do without them, one after anotim ?—Railteay Magazine. A servant girl of Mr. Jardine's, the chemist in Drury-lane, who was supposed to have fallen a victim to the flames which consumed his house on Wednesday night, was found on Thursday night in the coal-cellar under the street, to which she had run for security, and from which she had been unable to escape in consequence of the entrance having become blocked up with rubbish. We are happy to learn that Mr. Miller, the resi dent engineer of the Greenwich Railway, is fast recovering from the effects of the accident which we described last week. The party whose tender has been accepted for the completion of the joint station at London Bridge is I‘ll% Sa muel Grimsdale. T)se tender is under 37,0001. WEYMOUTH AND MELCOAIBE REGIS. The vote of Hackett (miscalled Packett) was decided to be a bad one, because, though he occupied, by the permission of the landlord, the house out of which he voted (the period for which he had taken it having for some time expired) he had not paid rates during that occupation. William Compton's vote was struck off. These two were Conservative voters. William Gay, a liberal, objected to and struck out. Richard Warren, liberal, objected to. Here the Committee adjourned. The result of the day is that the petitioners have struck off twelve from the sitting Members, and the latter five from the petitioners' side. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 16, 1842. The Qu:en has been pleased to appoint the Earl of Elgin and Kincardine to be Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief in and over the Island of Jamaica, and the territories depend ing thereon. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, MARCH 18. Orders for the Court's going into Mourning, on Sunday next, the 20th instant, for his late Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Mecklenburgli-Schwerin—viz., the Ladies to wear black silk, fringed or plain linen, white gloves, necklaces and ear-rings, black or white shoes, fans and tippets. The Gentlemen to wear black, full trimmed, fringed or plain linen, black swords and buckles. The Court to change the Mourning, on Thursday next, the 24th inst., viz., the Ladies to wear back si'k or velvet, coloured ribbons, fans and tippets, or plain white, or white and gold, or white and silver stuff's, with black ribbons ; the Gentlemen to wear black coats, and black or plain white, or white and gold, or white and silver stuff waistcoat?, full trimmed, coloured swords and buckles. And on Sunday, the 27th inst., the Court to go out of Mourning. NORTITERN CIRCUIT.—York, 3fard , 16 ' (Before Mr. Baron PAsuce.) SEDUCTION.—HUTCHINSON V. WHITE LOLK..., 00 In this case the plaintiff brought his action to reeg Yv aoi pensation for the seduction of his da ug ht er by the defer ? iff' Mr. Dundas and Mr. Bli s s a pp eale d f or the plain soi Knowles and Mr. Foot fa- the defence. r ale', Mr. Dundas stated the case. Th e plaintiff is a .a r t y, • resides on his property in the n o r th riding of this co un p ote Richmond. He had brought up a large family in res,_ o ,o ll lity and with honour ; and unt i l th e occurrence took Plog i1 1 ; which they were now to inqui r e, th ere h a d been og t t if i that family but happiness and dom es ti c p eace . The pla t° o ol a family of nine childr e n. 'lwo of the sons were grow n 'Dor, • had left their father's house. The one was stew ard t g og e, Bronlow, and the other his assi s t an t. Th e o ther 3 0 " 0 07, school. Of the daughters, one i s th e w if e o f a me dical c s ees , at Darlington ; the others, up to the time of this 1 0 0 4 _ 4 occurrence, being at home. Of these Jane Ann , t A „n lady who had been the victim of the defendant's eon", or get hr '' the eldest. The defendant. was a farmer and a gect' e f ort , to speak, residing on his farm near Richmond, not fare residence of the plaintiff. Ile had been for years, la' 4' his childhood, acquainted with the plaintiff's family , 1 . .. connected with them by relationship, the first "',4!_ t a i iett; Whitelock, his father, having been sister to Mr. tiu fi or d There was naturally a close intimacy between th e i t in ' and in 1837 the defendant became so much attache" 41m Whitelock, that he made her an offer of marriage., of t% then very young, and Miss Whitelock declineoal ing his addresses. She was now twenty-seven, a g ,„, 1 04 • two or three years younger. He resumed his attenserso later period ; their early acquaintance ripened into AO l ir j . affection, and, finally, in 1840, on a repetition of his w iailr e consented to become his wife. He be c ame her ackg g .a?' lover, was received in the family as such, and thus obtriti- opportunity of debauching the daughter of his friend, w e d,' .„ lady to whom he was betrothed—he deb a u c hed, betr ay deserted her. Previous to this the marriage lit, liel'i' on some pretence or other, been deferred. aw s e . was not ready, or some other reason was ire ,f for not immediately fulfilling his engagement. -1- 00 ,.. ~ tinued to visit the house of the plaintiff, however , m e„ honourable terms of an accepted lover, and though n ° )7 ' appointed for the marriage, it was looked forward tf the parties interested as a matter which was to faa g o at nu distant day. He came to visit the young WY: times a week, occasionally he remained all MO ~.. plaintiff's house; and the young people, on these I as might have been expected from the relation in noir e • stood to each other, were much together. I'Voil -1841, the Defendant succeeded in rendering hicg se dosV of her person—she bec a me p regnan t. The defe r ? i • not desert her all at on c e. li e ca ll e d on ce or tw;,:gto a she soon saw, with a wom an ' s sens iti venes s and _f er t_iS, keenness of perception, that she had lost his .'''' sp l i pr, and, stung by some marked neglect, she wrote hug i i ' in which she upbraided him with his conduct , a ° 0 ' that he had deserted her, and with a woman's eeir tt i i t _j . 4 up, and released him from his engagement. lo rep e reap a letter was received, referring to the return of a tmp e e recl , which he hail made her. Shortly after, she disco 1 .. situation, and wrote to the defendant once more, . relit , ettyP, her condition, calling on him to do her justice wi l '% i reeli s piti his power, and claiming the fulfilment of the contract ' ho el d ij he had entered, by which he was to become her ha, g rio efLi o . she his wife. To this appeal there was no answer. ",i00 0; " - o re , on, and in a short time her family discovered her snit Her father could not allow her to remain in has h°geolia_asC sisters, and he took a small place for her near 1 - ree le whither she removed, and h as s i nce b eco me th e e tte bra of a child. The defe n d a nt h a d o ff e red n ° be ot tion, no consolation, no help to her Ol e° $1 fill ruined—to her, an engagement to ich" tg ' ;rte, biss betrothed husband, was o n ce hi s hi g hest P r- i r , a id e Learned Counsel proceeded to read several lettered 10 5,1 the defendant spoke of his delight at being erg a g e o y . 5 0 4 and his hope of their having together many, titter 'lOO of domestic happiness, until removed to another alone true bliss is to be found. These were the ' a f e col case. It would be for them to say what amount g „el OK cation they would think just. For his part he eg is the imagine a grosser case. Mr. Hutchinson had brat t or" fendant into that Court as the man who had roM e n ,t °A of his family, and begun a bad example in an I , l° o - :ho_f, 0, house, and having so done it was for the jury " - a trirso. Whitelock at what cost he must commit such an °- i 01 c alla t' make him feel in his purse, if hi s f ee li ng were : 1, other infliction. laig i ,,, Jane 4nn Hutchinson, the dau g ht er of the P o ide I le young lady of a small, slight figure, and very ,la bli ' f personal attractions, di tailed the f ac t s as sta . the • Learned Counsel. She seemed hi g hly affected 11 the ~ 0 tion in which she was pl ace d. I t appeare d t a 10.. dant made her an offer o f m arr i age i n 1837. I.°r d te , " after she was with her brother, who was steall d it .i re' Brownlow, and on her re t urn d e f en d an t r epeat oh tombs! Her father did not know of it until nearly g nove re ,, While he was visiting at the plaintiff's, as he r .jool .1.00 . were frequently left up together alone in the a e - 01 - 7 e -f after the others had gone to bed. It was 0 0 ° :f hef;ftif occasions that the defendant obtained possession bor a ii!i? son. This never occurred but once. He very and e - told her he did not intend marrying for two ye arsr bo v, r e subsequent interview, sa id hi s s i s t er did no t " . i sh „iesf b i de',' there any more. She admitt e d th a t, at the im e 'i r y,'"',o o ' the eceurrence took place which led to this loll, st er . 7. fendant had said something to her of which sh e _ jot: notwithstanding which s he sa t u p a l one w ith him' defeceir Evidence was then given o f th e amou nt of rho e rtY o sief t , property. It appeared his f a th er l e ft hi m landed P r Or i n s _ t at! was valued at 6,0001. ; he had two and a half sh are :idae ‘fitt which were valued at ,2501., and a half of the 'I c ool. father's personal estate, which was sworn under 9, an.ount of the debts, however, did riot appear. . ..a. 14. Mr. KNOWLES addressed the Jury His LORDSHIP having summed up, the Al 406501 ''r. short time, and returned a verdict for plaintiff'' ''o „.........„...—...—. ifig7tli 1 k o n my INQUEST.—This morning at ten o'clock fir v iii was held in the Board-room of University Colleg e o f l i p , h ods' before Thomas Wakley, Esq., M P., 611 t g - 6 g °F ; l*, Mead, alias Dovey, a remarkably fine-grown Y ° h P e r e t es` It appeared that the deceased had run away from__ 00 1 0 for the de r le7; t ired OP who are residing in London, and had been for som th ` ey ps! A ii cohabiting with a shoemaker, named Dove), uri li ee r ie!, as man and wife, and residing at No. 1 2, ' - ' 0.4 5.35 3 40 0 W 0 s Somers -town. About a month since Dove,' a . he leg. -ea a , into Middlesex Hospital for an injury of t he ode,' air ; since then the deceased had been livine a most e a , etr l l4; debauched life, scarcely ever being sober. At her 14?" on Thursday morning last she returned home to . & Old' in a state of excessive intoxication, having been ou t „„.3, whole of the night, and between nine and ten 1 1 oca . vered that she had taken twopenny worth of arse t ri! _ de e:2! had by her for several days. Verdict—. Tha . .4: s i e s telt died from having taken arsenic while in a state 0 1 . 1 , g , be prer;ro week to travel by the Eastern Counties' e gi r nonY tg a -II Having bad ofoasion in the eours v e al o l f wa r y : sci e beo Pe i much gratification in being able to bear t mirable arrangements adopted in working the.. .' y of the , D o r and simplicit .._,„ especially to the extreme efficiency a . r ow'''. employed. They eeserve the attention of eve ry nagement.— Railway Tinies. ~,. Of boo ., 13 IR TII S. flot! a daughter. of Maie r ,- -ot On the 13th inst., at Edinburgh, the lady 11 , , ho e, . 4 ,0 On the 15th inst , at Exmouth, the Hon. Mrs. O. op of the Madras Army, ,oat a daughter. Durant li g ; Farnham, Surrey, vs - On the 17th inst iiwif tie ofth ar e so n n e s v g . e of a daughter. - se. ..eig e , MARRIRD. Arthur Wh alleY' C'i On the 10th inst., at Bath, the Rev. to AnOf roil o f her P t) 'second daughter of the late Major Audain, , •-,,„ i r gine, son of Charles Whaley, Esq , late of Calcutta, 16th Regiment. adingt°"l o On the 17th inst., at St. John's Church, Pa _" ve jla or taia J. Browntigg Bellasis, 9th Regiment p,i v rr o iefoß" Bombay army, to Louisa, daughter of the late d er ,R.W.Dreeercies ~ to p. of 6° ." - DT - ED. On the 14th inst., the Hon. Lidy Frances Al len , set Cottage, Isleworth, aged 76 6 1:1: London: Printed and Published by 3IURDO • Strom' No. 112, Stran.l, at The Sun Office, No. 112, 842. the Count Middlesex, Saturday, Marsh 19 ' 1 WAR-OFFICE, MARCH 18. Ist Regiment of Life Guards—Captain J. O'Meara, from half-pay 3d Dragoon Guards, to be Captain, vice Brevet Major E. C. Fletcher, who exchanges ; Lieutenant G. Rushout to be Captain, by purchase, vice O'Meara, who ret,res ; Comet and Sob-Lieutenant J. T. Clifton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Rushout; H. S. Chichester, Lord Templemore, to be Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Clifton, March 18. 17th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Cornet W. 0. Ham • mond to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice the Earl of Cassilis, who retires ; Alfred Crawshay, Gent., to be Cornet, by pur chase, vice Hammond, March 18. Ist Regiment of Foot—W. J. Bampfield, Gent., to be En sign, without purchase, vice Broadley, appointed Quartermas ter, March 18. 11th Foot—Captain J. S. Norris, from the 34th Foot, to be Captain, vice Lee, who exchanges, March 18. 12th Foot—Lieut. J. F. Kempt to be Captain, by purchase, vice Walhouse, who retires ; Ensign J. Maroon to be Lieut., by purchase, vice Kempt ; 11. Atkinson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Maroon, March 18. 34th Foot—Captain J. Lee, from the 11th Foot, to be Cap tain, vice Norris, who exchanges, March 18. 63d Foot—Ensign J. Hardie to be Lieutenant, without pur chase, vice Leatham, appointed to the 88th Foot; C. J. Parke, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Hardie, March 18. 78th Foot—Serjeant4lajor J.. M. Hewson to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Wemyss, promoted in the St. Helena Regiment, March 18. BSth Foot—Lieut. J. B. Leatham, from the 63d Foot, to . be Lieutenant, vice Adams, deceased, March 18. MEMORANDUM.—The date of Army rank of Lieutenant John Gaggin Cox, of the 2d West India Regime n t, i s 31st December, 1839, but that in his Regiment is to remain as at present, v;z., Bth August, 1840. ADMIRALTY, Mancir 15. Corps of Royal Marines—G. S. Dunbar, Cont., and J. Manger, Gent., to be Second Lieutenants., March 15. Win fEHALL, MARCH 10. The Lord Chancellor has appiuted James Pearse, of South molton, in the county of Devon, Gent., to be a Master Extra ordinary in the Iligh Court of Chancery. DECLARATIONS OF LNOLVENCY. HENRY WARNE, flax spinner, Diss, Norfolk. GEORGE WOOD, victualler, Portland-street, Poland street, Middlesex. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. DAVID DAVIES, jun., flannel-manufacturer, Glan clyvvcdog, Llanidloes,lllontgomeryihire. BANKR An'S. WILLIAM M'LEOD, merchant, Coleman-street-buildings, City, to surrender March 24, at twelve, and April 29. at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Basing hall-street ; Wilde and Co., College-hill, Queen-street. WILLIAM BATEMAN BYNG, engineer, Old Windsor, Berkshire, March 30, at two, and April 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Nield, Bond-court-house, Walbrook. RORER MILLS, iron founder, Heywood, Lancashire, April 5 and 29, at eleven, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Bolton le-Moors, Lancashire. Johnson, Son; and Wcatherall, Temple, London; Blair, Manchester. DAVID BIDM EA D, warehouseman, Bread-street, Cheap side, April 2, at half-past one, and April 29, at eleven, at the Court of Eankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's place. Old Jewry ; Jones, Sise lane. WILLIAM BARNES, fire brick manufacturer, Shincliffe, Durham, April 5 and 29, at twelve, at the Newcastle Arms, Durham. Maynard and Middleton, Durham. JOHN MATTHEWS, builder, Ledbury, Herefordshire, March 28 and April 29, at twelve, at the Feather s I n n, Led bury. King and Son, Sergeants' Inn, Fleet-street, London ; Ellis, Elliott, and Swann, Gloucester; Haywood and Webb, Birmingham. F K t:DE RICK AUGUSTUS Wfl EELE percussion- cap manufact urer, Birmingham, March 29, at twelve, and April 29, at two, at the Waterloo-rooms, Birmingham. Chap:in, Gray's Inn-square; Harrison, Edmund -street, Birmingham. WILLIAM ROBERT BAYNTUN, surgeon, Bath, March 29 and April 29, at eleven, at the offices of Mr. Drake Bath. Rickards and Walker, Lincoln' s I nn -fi e ld s, L ondon ; Drake, Bath. THONIAS WHYLEY WRIGHT and GEORGE WIL LIAM HYDE, dyers, Nottingham, March 24 and April 29, at twelve. at the George the Fourth Inn, Nottingham. Yallop, Furnival's Inn, London ; Parso ns , N o tti ng h am. JOIN PO WELL, grocer, Newcastle-under. Lyme, Staf fordshire, March 23 and April 29, at tw e l ve , a t the Wheat sheaf Inn, Stoke-upon-Trent. Smith, Chancery-lane, Lon don ; Hardin g , Burslem. THOMAS CLENT, victualler, Saint Helen, Worcester, March 24 and April 29, at twelve, at Mr. Charles Cresswell's offices, Worcester. Dryden, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London ; Cresswell, Worcester. JOHN WATSON, muslin manufacturer, Manchester, March 28 and April 29, at ten, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. Kay, Barlow, and Aston, Manchester. JOHN ANDERSON and WILLIAM GARROW, mer chants, March 26 and April 29, at one, at the Clarendon rooms, Liverpool. Duncan and Radcliffe, Liverpool ; AdLng ton, Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett, Bedford-row, London. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. P. Axmann and J. G. Christ, foreign merchants, Mark lane, April 1 1, at half-past twelve—R. Rendell, draper, New too Abbott, Devonshire, April 11, at half-past eleven—B. B. Parlour, victualler; Stepney, April 9, at eleven—P. W. Carter and J. Jackson, woollen drapers, Breiter-sta eet, Golden-square, April 9, at twelve. In the Country. A. Sedgwick, ironmonger, Macclesfield, Cheshire, April 16, at two, at the Macclesfield Arms Hotel, Macclesfield—T. Ward, victualler, Nottingham, April 11, at one, at the George the Fourth Inn, Nottingham—G. Shaw, grocer, Wakefield, Yorkshire, April 15, at one, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds—R. Drewry, banker, Penrith,.Cumberland, April 13, at three, at the Crown Hotel, Penrith—S. Algar, common brewer, Beading, Berkshire, April 11, at twelve; at the George Inn, Reading— W. J. Wardell, wine merchant, Piekering, Yorkshire, April 11, at eight, at the Angel Inn, Whitby —J. H. Heron, J. S. Heron, J. K. Heron, and A. Heron, cotton spinners, Manchester, April 26, at twelve, at the Commission ers'-rooms, Machester—E. Weatherby, J. H. Ford, W. L. Hilton, R. Addison, and R. Gibson, cotton spir.n.:Ts, Manches ter, April 22, atone, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. CERTIFICATES—APRIL 8. W. Baner, laceman, Oxford-street--E. Bend, livery -stable keeper, Blenheim-street, New Bond-street—T. Dare, builder, New -town, Exeter —H. Clark, brush mannfacturer, Fleet street—C. S. Evans, master mariner, Hammersmith—J. D. Wells, commission agent, George-street, City. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED, W. F. Bray, sen., and W. F. . Bray, jun., au c ti oneers, Hi gh Holborn—J. Wyke and J. Camm,iron founders, Newton moor, Cheshire— P. Pizzala and E. Norehi, alabaster im porters, Quadrant, Regent -street—J. K. M eadows, R. Tyas, J. 0. Smith, and J. T. G. Vizetelly, publishers. Paternoster row, —C. Freer and G. J. Mier, wine merchants, Liverpool —G. and A. Greenland, booksellers, Pcultry—D. and W. B. Edge, linen drapers, Evesham, Worcestershire—T. Smith and G. S. Taylor, commission agents—T. and W. Killingworth, watch manufacturers, Olney, B uckinghamshire —D. and T. Brooks, power-loom cloth manufacturers, t.:tock Dort, Cheshire—W. England, jun., and J. England, clothiers, Bratton, Wi tshire— J. Ainsworth and S. Lees, coal miners, Oldnam, Lancashire— R. White and 11. Toussaint, tailors, South :Dolton-street—W. T. and J. Mercer, clothiers, Kingswood, Wiltshire—T. and J. Holt, brewers, Broad -street, Ratcliff—J. Mills, J. Mlls, and J. Schofield, cotton -waste dealers, Scout, Lancashire—E. Morcom, M. Morcom, J. Morcom, jun., and A. Morcom, iron dealers, Charlestown, Cornwall—M. and M. Fothergill, dry salters, Upyer Thames-street—H. and G. Hanington, pork butchers, Reading, Berkshire—W. Notman and C. Blake, piano -forte manufacturers, John -street, Tottenham-court -road —II. Gelder, W. Sykes, and H. Wright, coal merchants, Hun slet, Yorkshire—W. Gresham and R. Carding, pawnbrokers, Liverpool—W. R. Wilcox and W. Jones, jun., drapers, Pontypool, Illontnouthshire—J. Nutter and W. Llliston: com mon bre wers , C am b r i dge —James and John Houston , engineers, Manchester. .;, SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. • 4 gow G , I A FL'E re N h , 22 H a A nd M A IL pr T il 0 1 N 2: a a t n t t t i vo C , a t JOHN twelve, at W theltl G O T , ri g ‘ arvnectenr,, Glargow.Glago, March 19 and April.% O at . 3, and Johnston, Glasgow. /Ito- GIFFEN, MACLEAN, and CO., cotton spinners, --„ hi . , th c e ot c to h n arn s gow, March 22 and April 12, at two, at the Chambers of 14e and Johnston, Glasgow. 1313, JAMES WEBSTER and JOHN SMELLIE B-- - As merchants, Greenock, March 25 and April 15, at twelrel - the White Hart Inn, Greenock. pbineit.:serts,i Giultalr: THOMAS BISSET, and GEORGE BISSET, grcSet, Edinburgh, March '23 and April 13, at twelve, at the ChanlDT of J. Robertson, Edinburgh. DAVID RUSSELL, maltster, Sauchinford, Stirlingbhire' March 23 and April 12, at twelve, at Gibb's Inn, Stirling. _ Ai DUNCAN M'CORQUOD A LE, b a k er , Greenock, 311 24 and April 14, at twelve, at the Office of Messrs. Willia °- . 0,3 and Glassford, Greenock. 1 • 2 3 JOHN MITCHELL, 3en., builder, Blairgocrie, lar' . and April 18, at twelve, at the Commercial lon, Blairgowrie. PRICE OF SUGAR. and The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, ecT9 's M I from the Reftirni made in the Week ending March 15, 181 "off 355. 1 lid. per Cwt., excllsive of the Dutie ' s of Customs 1 Igru.: payable thereon on the Importation thereof into Great Br 11.11" ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME C CU I T.—Maidstone, March 19. t he Tux Hoo UrrioN. —James Miles, the late master of lioo Union workhouse, was summoned to take his trial f ply ar:: two indictments charging him with assaulting two 0 4 1, fema'e inmates of the workhouse, during the period of ing ihe above dike. 4S e* The indiciments were returned at the last Summer but the defendant claimed his right of traverse, and 6 ' l l cordingly stood over to these sssizes. • 0 The prir.cipal chaTe against the defendant was, that b e eco it flogged girls of an a"dvanced age upon their naked P Both him and his wife had been dismissed in eollieq — c thitil • The defendants pleaded guilty. BARON GURNEYord , r e into custody and said he would take time to consider sentence should be passed. CIVIL Bing. (Before Mr. Baron ALDERMON and a Special JOY.) BREACH OF PROMISn OF MARRIAGIL—IVICAVE 17. a L I& t he o , This was an action brought to recover compensation front fendant for a breach of promise of marriage. red go! Mr. Thesiger, and another Learned Gentleman, aPP ea _,Eiak the plaintiff, and Mr. Platt and Mr. Chambers for the de/0'7,, The damages were laid at 5,000/. g Mr. TIIESIGER said the plaintiff in this action was a Y, ° ,„ 3 0010 4 . twenty.six years old. She was the daughter of -a genue . 7 o 4ll; ing on his property, near Margate, and was one of eight " P r olit and at the time of the first intimacy with the defendant, th e 40, tiff and her sister were on a v i s it t o th e i r brother, in 't ti an where they were introduced to the d e f e nd an t, who was thi,i;i nowt gentleman of fortune, living at Greenhithe, and who at t "i; was employed in the house of a merchant in London. in June, 1840, and after a short acquaintance, the de" wrote to the plaintiff, and made her an offer of marring ig# he was received as an accepted suitor by the family, and c lo)thi.- to correspond with the plaintiff until the m o nth of Alta l ` following year; when he addressed a letter to the Pl3(ll ar P :iii which he declared it to be impossible that he t. OS • li fulfil his promise, and he assigned as a re a son for it , ' i d 101 father was entirely opposed to the match, an d that he c 1 0 t1P9,„ .. disobey him. The Learned Counsel s aid h e s hould shoP 0 1 7 was a mere pretence on the part of the defendant. l' re " would see that it was only a false and hypocritical P 4 and that the defendant desired to break off the eni' d oti with Miss Neame, for no ether reason, th a n because ha .` oo oith he had an opportunity of making a more a d van t a geous Wl' . Olt another lady named Watkins, who, about this time O s of r• at his father's house, and who was possessed of some por her own light. ishe Witnesses were then called to prove those staternal r oll! the Jury, after deliberating for a qu a rt er o r An hour,r e ' verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 4004 el