The Sun. — London, England, 1842-02-05 00:00:00

EVENING SUN “a - moral conduct and decency of bet aviour. The Jury consulted for a few minutes, and returned a verdict of guilty. lie was again indicted for taking iniroper liberties with the girl, and found guilty, when Baron Gurney sentenced him to be imprisoned for 18 months. At the sitting of the Insolvent I)ebtors' Court yester day', Mr. Vv'illiams, lung connected with the well-known beef-house, in Th Old Bailey, a pp eare d for adjudication. e. Chief Commissioner, on looking over the schedule, told the insolvent he was in great luck in not being op- Posed, and then ordered his discharge. s t Clerk enwe ll yesterday, William Whiting, a re pectable looking young man, appeared to answer a c harge made by Sir Henry Ellis of carrying off a volume of Garrick's plays from tlie British Museum. It would appear from the evidence, that the young man on giving the voucher, belived it entitled him to take the book out of the reading room. lie was remanded till the Magis trate communicated with the firm by which the youth 'was employed. Charles Dulledge, cad to some omnibus drivers at I'Vhitechapel, Was tined, at Lambeth -street, :q. fir exer- Ptyeiesninalgthe calli ng of a driver without a license. The and expenses were paid, as was Propri etors, as the defendant had beene s n e i l p )p lo e y se e i, by ld during the ririg the t emporary illness of the usual driver. It was, low ever, the second offence. The ' 001..M T -- TASHioNAELE. , sing of Prussia, after taking nd Albert, th e Duke of Wellington, and the eave mennobl n l Prince officers at Woolwich yesterday, embarked at two o , eloel, on boa r d the Firebrand commawled by Sir George Cockburn, to return to his own dominions. At a numerous public meeting, held in the Town-hall, Brighton, o n t h e 3d inst , it was unanimously resolved that the publi c authorities be requested to attend at the northern entrance to the town to receive her Majesty and her 11 0 ,,,i .y Consort on their arrival, and that there be a general il lumination and a display of fireworks on the Stey ee, mid a public ball at the Town-hall in the evening. buring the last fortnight considerable alterations have been made in the interior of the Pavilion at Brighton ; among others, the Royal Nur ser y i s to be immediately con nected wi t h her Majesty's apartment. stree The Earl of L ons d ale is expected to arrive in Charles t, Berkeley -square, this d ay. The Countess St. Aulaire was expected to leave Paris on Thursday evenin for Manchester House. The Co untess of Jhesterfield, ith her young family, arrived in town yesterday afternoon from Bretby Park. this he Visco untess Pah nerston recommences her soirees eveningmon T th. - will. hey take place every S a t ur d a y duri ng the The Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal will ac coofmKpeanntyAtillieliarlsßooeova.l parents to Brighton. The Duchess un one of the Royal party. The prin c i 1 171EATicacAm. too r hienit.Glzi pa ormament on Mr. Duerow's coffin is that us " e uPing over her favourite child 1” Begging , pardon, she must be a great fool to do any such The idea is an absolute burlesque on sensibility. The Kin.. of Pruis!ii ?t i nf k u i c v h E arifs S e . d yesterday with the curiou s of recently taken from the Chinese— ofp_ tritirswhich represented in form and marks, the skins Fr w in,g, and which the Chinese in their wars put on, upon all fours, at the moment of attack—on his nisPecting them in the Repository at Woolwich, subse quent to the • revi ew. To..d a , • di ed 3is the anniversary of the death of Cato, who _n before the Christian era in 46 : also of Galvani, kill whom Gaivanisin is named, in 1799. To-morrow 'Lill b .s e the anniversary of the death of Richard Lander, "nli expedition up the Niger in 1834. $A Morning C ontempOrary mentions the death of Mr. a a s rd , c iler, the Hypnologist, who, it may bo remembered,. amous for his remedies for producing sleep. His death , l. , , c we understand. was occasioned by the Bishop of ha 'rer's last published charge to his clergy, of which he brjashly taken an over-dose, in the hope that it would :inolittil temporary, instead of an eternal, sleep ! t r is ' tu ti thi occur the anniversaries of the death of ounee_biLke. of Kent, and the marriage of his daughter, -c en victoria the The Kentish *Observer states that some more officers of the a rnly have b een f i ned at Canterbury for indulging in cozistocratic pasti me o f wrenching knockers off street eivp: l This i s anot h er striking proof of the spread of nzation among the military. ~ 1 h___ FttrlvxoulS Or THE DAY. i. th at ," 0 Just heard," says a Dublin correspondent, re , 4 ' leyers reached town this morning, announcing the Tat ICIR of Lord Eliot." whi ch :Marquis of Abereorn is to get th . e Blue Ribbon, ' l l the Corn-law Duke, it is said, indignantly rejects. 1111.ERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) Their OF LORDS. hose 7 Lordships met to-day at Twelve o'Clock, for the pur ltddr°e; r° eeeding in state to Buckingham Palace with the and at s ' Prayers were read by the Bishop of Worcester, of the Peers re sen ,a quarter past twelve o'clock the names oe , were called over by the Deputy Usher of the Black toe and their Lordships left the House for their carriages in th r e l r c their names were called over d P a revious • kiik.ll: L ordships leaving, the House presente most alVtuaPpearance, Conservative aWhig Peers dressed either s otl en L ' a rY nr Court costume, buryingall party considerattons, th e 41'ersing in a most friendly with each other. Among of Ili e e t e l ts present we noticed the Duke of Rutland, the . Duke k' tho Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Dalhousie, the . of a's of Abercorn, the Marquis of Camden, the Marquis . . 1 41rd r i sde, the Earl of Morton, the Earl of Clarendon, threwaaYing, Viscount Lake, the Earl of Inneskillen, the 1 quis oholmondely, Lord d e T a bl ey , L er d H awar d en , T h e Normanby arid Lord Sidney. hous e adjourned at ' a quarter-past to Monday. h 1 10 US R. OF COMMONS. -..e R th e A , °use ntet this morning for the pur rring up pose of Gallerywere ope:‘odress to her Ma'est The doors of the on to:ed at twelve o'clt j ek, y a . t which hour there was l a s t t t r ire ti t h e " Of Ahniaterial Al embers present, who were al a l Depurtyl..oLiCeoutt dresses, military uniforms, or the uniformof the w utenant. The Members of the Government wore 4 4311 1 cop Uniform. Ihe variety of costume iparte a d w a_n_ Ward a Y gay appearance to the House, which, but for the k . 4 vord ta ."t'r in which some of the civilians managed their 4 ' l ' Ol m ig ht have been taken for a military mess-room. On koth PP''sitin benches we observed Mr. Roebuck, Mr. Th e e ' t ° l t, Mr. Villiers, and about half adc zen other Members. kroder-gelltlemen were attired in plain evening dress, and their variete aPPearatce contrasted as strongly with the gaudy diat pe Y i °I hues displayed on the opposite benches, as does e Pre sper d stat e of the districts which they represent, with the A t t i t r,of the landed aristocracy. 14 ' 1 444 1-144 TwelveS KER took the Chair, and im -I afterward the wPEA read. (1/21.}1‘141113PRIArTI(r)N e A re CT AMENDMENT. . thin jeee illolion of Sir GEORGE CLERK, the Appropria t° I:ken-411'447._ otiment Bill was read a second time, and ordered 'en n Monday. Lord s TA r , THE ADDRESS. hl et eelnia !zi --friNl'Y appeared at the Bar and said, " I have . it h a ll— gracio u d s ;r l l her Majesty tolsignify to this House, that it is l a Pal a , Pleasure to he attended by this House at Bucking- T he 4 e, at one o'clock, Pr tis d." tteeed e Pse then adjourned, h nd a t y ahe Speaker and Members in procession to the Palace. Ptyk___' .. ..............._____,.........--... Thisds; E RA'. OF MR. DU CRO W. eeieb,„ Ys about half- past twelve o'clock, the remains of this ret,,o47d. equestrian perfoimer atd theatrical manager, were 14 th e fr ° l •o his late residence ' No. 19, York-road, Lambet , o n f a l : t r a o raiat2e ' G A e s neral Western Cemetery at mi d th e er ° 9l B of persons had collected oapapeoisgithettoottchloechkouthseti: ;ko7ll;:eUetitesnll;lll:!ber continued to increase until about twenty Past twelve o'clock when many thousands were a dditi o n in the clock, neighbourhood ; and . in ate on -cb 1114 vast assemblage, Westminster-bridge, Bridge t; b e arid Parli ament -street, were densely thronged, so as huieeirered nearly impas , able At half-past eleven o'clock ~'Pector,nceridelot Grinnell, of the ' L division, assisted by lo "ireeti . "gluon, arrived ' with 160 of the force under his cel l ° lli to preserve order , and had very considerable &EH io tilt to the compact ' and close body the crowd formed, Thr tin g mac:lent space for the funeral cavalcade to draw up. sti)kiil2 krourite horses of the deceased preceded the hea e rs e e, tokheswr dro.ltin by six horses, and followed by four mourning * Loh • th ra 'wo by foktr horses each, and seven by two e irti then whole brought up by a long line of the private t the 'noes of the friend o f t he d eceased, and his own. Amongst It ..°lirriers s Yr tie were his three executors, r. 4/, ' and Mr. Anderson ; also Messrs. Westmacott, Gilmer log ree°,l,lner, Osbaldiston, &c. A very respectful and becora • Th e ' e ntg vvas evineed by the crowd. Miite satin c'fan was covered with purple velvet, and lined with 4‘ A ndre w tlie lose p ' n the lid plate was as follows •.- -rew Ducrow, di r e i d t 7 n tl a t Jan., 1842, aged 48 years. _ . SPOUTING INTELLIGENCE. NEw COURSING. ~_Sx,,, m ARKRT NEW MEETING.—FRIDAY. .. r II jat;vD TIES FOR. THE ALLINGTON H . ILL STAKES.-3I . rah ictorina beat Mr. Finch's Gossip ; Mr. In skip's Ills c „a bye. qt eo , fat m n TIES Pon THE CUP.—Captain Daintree's Knab V r D°l36lle's Dernallen • Alr • !Edward's Arsenic beat Mr. ,Pat's Vulcan ' r , . i ., St ec) , • 5i 0 1 i ,..,_, 1) TIES FOX THE ,HIPPENHAM STAKER.-I,lifr. li ai ,7 3 e a Defiance beat Ale. Edward's Arctic ; Mr. Aloo y's ,! o r ad beat Mr. Vipan's Victor. te e Rr R•rAxts. SECOND TIES. —Mr. 13agge's Telegraph A. at . l e ir . ' r lson's Fly , Mr. Fyson'sFinesse beat Mr. Edward's ~,, I s j a . LAN D .tUT STAKE!, TUESDAY. --Mr. Batt's Crucifix Dior P ran •Mr Gillett's Grecian Queen beat Mr. r,4l'. Frederica' ' ....r. N . by /.. DzsDALE CLux, JAN. 29 and 30.—The Cup was won A, °III Doaglas's Ardoch, the Champion Collar by Sir A. 1 '''ve'l'a Alusic, and the Hamilton Stakes by Lord Dou as s Kent aZitELer EST. B ETTING AT AIANCHESTER.--FRIDAY. STER CCP....-.9 to I agst Lanercost (taken)-12 to 1 t r 4larslaal Sect (taken)-14 to I agst Rory O'Nfore-14 2 7 1 to agst 13ellona (taken)-22 to 1 agst Alice Hawthorn— ..l a.gst Hillinghaus Lass—the rest as on Tueday. uck _ an _ % ~.41P3"..—.12 tot agst Chatham-23 to 1 agst A• I 3 d ["i 1 agst Wiseacre -27 to 1 agst Robert de Gorham-3 to . agst the Joanna colt -66 to 1 agst William Le Gros-40 to 1 'gat Aloss Trooper —the °A ks. NO "big dose rest as before. --.,„„„„„,..„..._...,........,_„_.__..... 1',Y01314G MAN MISSING. - -Yesterday the po- Z,;'' 'Qeeived information of the mysterious disappearance of . a i °4l} i about 10 years of age. He went from his place of re-1 7 b,. " '" , in good health. and spirits, on Thursday, to see the Royal als - a Q z v: :s: ton,land has not been heard of since: 1 - ," " ei ng about five feet five inches in height, with hair of a Ile is described had on a black cloth cloak, blue frock coat, how ` satin waistcoat., brow n t rowsers, Preach hat, and that ati mnni shee t . Hi s initials gre A.R., and any informat:on a d it y lead t o hi s discovery will be gratefully received by his ii ,,, r sizrestond relati ves, at No. 1, Melboum- s, tare, Vassal-road, I 1 HE LIVERPOOL POS T . OFFICE.—The frA" or o r ~,s mg extract from a letter, of yesterday's date, from Liver, r°ol, shows that the office of Postmaster in that great mart of t,',?lttrnerce is as little of a sinecure appointment as that of c l :eutie . r, in these placehunting and Corn • law -agitating days. ,fle Liverpool Postmaster cannot canale much of the bread of " ai eness, if in his daily reports he a u the followin hook make many suc h recor d s g:—" Th e Caledoniapacket sailed to dab lets et ti 101 bag s o f l etters and newspape that rs. The number of ters and newspapers by this despatch i 5 'computed at about .and that mails were a load for three waggons." LA WT INTELLIGENCE. QUEEN'S BF NCH-(THIS DAY.) THE QUEEN V. CHAPMAN AND OTHERS.—JUDGMENT. On the Attorney-General entering the Court, Lord DENMAN proceeded to give judgment in the above case, in which an application had been made, on the part of Mr. Grove, the Magistrate of the Greenwich Police -court, against the editor, printer, and proprietors of the S un d a y Times newspaper, for the publication of a libel reflecting on his character. Ihe Court had considered the affidavits filed in this case with the most anxious attention, and had come to the opinion that the rule ought not to be made absolute, but must be discharged on payment of costs. The Court was fully sensible of the great injustice which was doneto Magistrates by the making severeand unjust remarks on their conduct in the execution of the extremely delicate and unpleasant duties that frequently devolved upon them, and highly disapproved of the placarding the walls with these attacks on a Sunday, a day on which, more than any other, they would be likely to attract public attention, as they would be seen by so many more persons than on any other day; but still no Magistrate was entitled to a rule for a criminal information, who could not show that he had, in the execution of his duty, acted with proper caution and temper. He was sorry to say that, in the present instance, the Magistrate appeared to have acted with some degree of harshness in the execution of the warrant of ejectment, more particularly in his conduct to the medical man,w ho, it appeared, was a disinterested person, who had come forward to give evidence, to which he should have thought a Magistrate would have been glad to listen. Under all the circumstances of the case, the Court was of opinion that the rule .rust be discharged. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—DO I understand your Lord ship to say that the rule is to be discharged on payment of costs ; otherwise to be made absolute ? Lord DENMA w—Yes. The rule to be discharged on pay ment of costs, otherwise the rule to be absolute. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) BOLCOTT V. VVOODA M. This was an action for goods sold and delivered to the amount of 281. by the plaintiff, to which the defendant pleaded non-de livery of the goods and payment. The plaintiff, who is a timber-merchant, having received an order of the 15th Sept., 1839, for 100 pine deals from the_ de fendant, who is a timber-dealer residing in Holborn, sent them by a town carman of the name of Clements. This person, having said he lost the order of the 18th Sept., subsequently received a second 100 of pine deals from Mr. j3olcott. Both lots of pine were taken from the Hindostan vessel, and it was not till the vessel was cleared out, and the clerk of Mr. Bolcott had made up the accounts, that he found a mistake had oc curred to the amount of 100 deals, and finding, from the en tries, that 200 had been given to Clements, and that payment had been made for only 100, the plaintiff concluded that the defendant was the person with whom the mistake occurred. Mr. Bolcott's clerk called in consequence upon the defendant to arrange the matter, which he refused to do. Evidence on the part of the plaintiff was produced in support of these facts, which Mr. Thesiger, who appeared for the de fendant, finding to be at variance with his instructions and these of his attorney, both of whom it took by surprise, de clared that he felt it his duty not to prosecute the cave any fur ther, and a verdict was accordingly entered for the plaintiff. Messrs. James and Chambers were counsel for the plaintiff. ~Y EWS U♦ which we at - F r ance and it of the Oe,. sever al da” Cabinet 100, ?aty, and °I" ates that th e at his waY t : ii his dioceos. 'eminent, t _ 1 ; his episcoPlt: Sett &Vl ° le, Sara , for • dioceses. iv Chamber f deputy , a t having I° o l Ling a aer a te n the .n. ow, ry dls u . li tfr to but sub' his, ro e feeling P :co unt 0 O a l e tter h l w i , made su c A ll. as a the„ e . ho isa l l e d ter w i as n c i oer, the -L- -- ,•, a te i p the P' • the 44 d ,irquen e l a ad o f ToiL,• n st aition eg; f il 11 a ce, ll s ; i ch ibinet is 08 t uenees,: ie d 11 troow t ort r : th e 1° ren• a w,•-•of the le hotel cisop Dr. D a lel brut- 4 ' o oe' Rh, D r ' th e Leo gl e ,iea' vfessor Very 1131161 ' ijr with th e Co °lie a chan ge . 0, 011 0 a a tir 3 l o at one o r t another, were a t bil lp i ing sefq e ! o os l 9 us eaprlel At to thUg ht wh iC h i e 3ws o r o , , alike tb justice Tip i n the „f Spirit APpropriiilovve lea ver iv not, e of o r c r op ,t th e w bol h i c ll g ic1 i „, 1151 ,1e5 , I ;#' 0- 41 ; , e A s tj or oo. the y , t ;e‘ f t Y e c ich out 'je t)' " Ig t te an in I ,e t o 0 , ose 00 0 scret' c o loPoe the e pol i tt it, of cith t o l ie tiAl et ' - a5. erW fir C ° tO all th' is A 5 ) d oes 5 0 TheS e A , educe ins 3 , to br In p• 3sceteev 61. t be it c o 4 , „cO., t he ,r o °ll , e yem cs c ; oull re 'l,e I ts for t „„tryo,,e„ a e a ct re ' fo r e , op _ A to tl O C. ,„ 0.- v pSv• chli A die . h er''; ot' bo , ) oorz , gni t was J. rho o o re w)u ter -5q Ttt ti' ; t l/ A e 11 6 - e once hot ." I fool, r o istil e ,he 3 ni all. f al ro- tri cip ,jiticion Ls to b' t he D ' e eeu hv •e'ti s ;hecroY` so th • a t } th e be ,ughoti 0 11 ' y I 0 :t S° r oleriat .t rn,uetioct to, ot tins g i r l veil, 1° , a reil! s i he firs o~ejleu er evi o de' Lbie g e f r oo soner ter 0300 COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) STUART V. STEELE. Mr. RICHA RDS resumed his argument in the application for a new trial in this case, and was followed by Mr. WRA NG HA m on the same side, after which the further hearing was adjourned to Wednesday, 16th inst. The Court at Nisi Prius was occupied the whole day with an action on a bond for the sale of a medical practice. It was not of the slightest public interest, the whole question being as to the actual value of the business. INSOLVENT COURT.-THIS DAY. IN RE J. E. CAREW. This case was again brought on this morning, and the whole of the examination having been concluded on the previous hearing of the case, Mr. PLATT said he had the honour to appear before the Court that day on behalf of the executors of the late Earl of Egremont, who had felt it to be their duty to appear before that Court upon the application of Mr. Carew for his discharge, for the purpose of rectifying his schedule. It would seem that Mr. Carew, somewhere about the year 1823, being at that time an as sistant to Sir R. Westmacott, had attracted the attention of the Earl of Egremont, who was desirous of befriending him. It would seem that in consequence of this he changed his resi dence a few years afterwards to Brighton, and that from time to time he performed works either at Brighton, in London, or at Petworth, for the Noble Earl, and he (Mr. Carew) was en gaged upon some of these works in art at the decease of the Earl. During the whole of that time it was quite impossible to conceive that Mr. Carew did not from time to time receive mo nies from the Noble Earl. But it seemed that upon the occasion of the decease of the testator, Mr. Carew had conceived notions that some provision would have been made for him, and in con sequence of which disappointment was created in his mind, It would seem that at that time he (Mr. Carew) was in peculiar difficulty, and indeed it was difficult, in adverting to the evi dence already before the Court, to find any period of time in which Mr. Carew did not appear to have been in such difficul ties, because, at no time, it would seem, that he was posses s ed of any property not incumbered with a mortgage. It would seem throughout, from the beginning, that he was a man not in very affluent circumstances , and, therefore, not very likely to expend his time without remuneration. It seemed that after the death of the Earl of Egremont, Mr. Carew saw General Wyndham, one of the sons of the late Earl, and in consequence of what took place between them a letter was addressed to Col. Geo. Wyndha:n respecting the house at Petworth. ThelLearned Counsel then read several letters, which had been addressed by Mr. Carew to General Wyndham, relative to the transactions which took place between the late Earl and Mr. Carew, and a!so several letters relative to the various accounts sent in to the executors since the death of the Earl. Afier which he proceeded to comment upon the different items—the bill of particulars, as furnished by Mr. Carew to the executors, and ,ontended that the statues of Mr. Huskisson, which it was alleged had been executed by the order of the Earl of Egremont, was a private speculation of Mr. Carew's, and that he relied for payment upon the result of public sub scription, and his Lordship was no further concerned in the matter than as a person upon whose judgment those subscribers were likely to rely. (The examination was proceeding when we went to press.) CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS DAY ) OLD COURI. Joshua Kemp. 18, a cabinet-maker, and Thomas Puttock, 16, a baker, were convicted of stealing a bonnet, the property of blary,Ann Ht id, and sentenced to six months' imprisonment each and hard labour. Edward Asher:, a slater, was indicted with stealing on the 18th of January last, a silver watch and appendages, the pro perty of William Carpenter Maley. From the evidence it ap peared that the prosecutor kept a beer shop in the Harrow road, which was burnt to the ground on the morning of the 18th. The prisoner was seen to pick up the watch in the ruins, and upon information being given to the police, he was taken into custody. He at once gave up the watch, which was identified by the prosecutor. Mr. DOANE addressed the Jury for the prisoner, and called several persons who gave him an excellent character. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty, and Mr. Justice CRESSWELL sentenced him to one month's im prisonment and hard labour. Robert Barron, the keeper of a lodging-house for sailors in Poplar, was indicted for issuing, on the 27th of January last, a forged order for the sum of 21. ss. with intent to defraud Moses Miers. The wife of the prosecutor it appeared kept a sailors'-clothes shop in the neighbourhood where the pri soner resided, and on the day in question the pri soner, accompanied by a sailor, called at the shop of the prosecutor, and upon seeing his daughter he said the sailor wanted some clothes if she would change him the order he then produced. That order purported to be written by John Dalrymple, the captain of the Osnaburgh, and was for 21. ss. Miss Miers allowed him to have the clothes, and gave the difference to the sailor. She afterwards discovered that the order was a forgery, and had the prisoner taken into custody. Mr. PAYNE addressed the Jury for the pr . isoner, contending that no evidence had been produced showing that he was aware that the order was a forgery. Mr. Justice WILLIAMs summed up, and the Jury found a verdict of Not Guilty. NEW COURT. Thomas Hill, a marine store-dealer, was charged with felo niously receiving, on the 21st of Janua r y last, 56Ibs. of lead, value 95., the property of the Guardians of the Poor of the Barnet Union. Mr. HOWARTH, who conducted the prosecution, having de scribed the position of the lead which was stolen frLm the roof of the Barnet workhouse, and afterwards found in the posses sion of the prisoner, proceeded to state the facts of the case, which were briefly these. The lead having been missed from the roof of the workhouse, the parish authorities caused the prisoner's cart to be searched as it was crossing Finchley-common on the 21st of January. Previous to the search, the police-officers asked the prisoner what he had in his cart ; the prisoner answered " iron," and upon being asked if he had anything else, he replied " nettling." The officers then searched the cart, and found a quantity of iron, and 240 lb. of lead in a bag. The Learned Counsel was pro ceeding with the case when he was stopped by The COMMON SERGEANT, who said he was afraid the Learned Counsel could not sustain the indictment. If the pri soner had been indicted as a thief, he should have instructed the Jury that the probability was, (the letd having been found in the prisoner's possession so short a time after it had been missed) that the prisoner had stolen it; but he could not as sume that the prisoner had received it. The COMMON SERGEANT then instructed the Jury accord ingly, and they returned a verdict of Not Guilty. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY BY A SHOPMAN.—John Rickard, aged 31, who was described in the calendar as a draper, and Mary Welsford, aged 19, who was described as a " spinster," were indicted, the former with stealing at different times 4 1 / 2 yards of kerseymere and other articles, the property of John Hopkins and others, his masters; and the latter with felo niously receiving the same, well knowing them to have been stolen. The male prisoner pleaded guilty. Mr. Clarkson conducted the prosecution ; Mr. Ballantine appeared for the prisoner Welsford. The Learned Counsel, in opt fling the case, stated the pri soner to have been in the employ of Messrs. Hopkins and Co., the large drapers of 60, 61, and 62, High-street, Shoreditch, as walker, or foreman, at a salary of 60/. a year, which situa tion he had held only one month previous to his apprehension. He then called Wm. Carpenter, a pawnbroker, who produced a piece of broad -cloth and 19 handkerchiefs, which had been pawned at witness's shop, by the female prisoner, on Jan. 14th and 18th. Police Sergeant Day examined—Having received intima tionf of the robber from Mr. Hopkins he went to the lodgings n the femal e prisoner, Tarling-street, G eorge2s-i , n-the- East, and knock e d at the door, when the prisoner said • Come in. l• Witness entered, and the prisoner said, " Oh ! I tho u g ht it was Ricka r d ; h ave you seen him lately ?" Witness answered narndhis that he had come about some handkerchiefs which had been pawned at the shop of Mr. Carpenter. Prisoner exclaimed, m e , handkerchiefs, hope Rickard an dl h a d s , ( d i o g n e d e nothing tie.m wrong, w itn e h s se then gate searched the p r i ci e r e e ti r e four veils, a table cloths, two collars, another found the following property, viz.— twelve cambric handkerchiefs,linen, a piece of French cambric, marked " Rickard," n,ois,thwee.r:ie"ssWrse.lsHfoorpdk,':nas, shawl, six duplicates, 8“, three pairs.of gloves, two ino and lot of cambric handkerchiefs, some into custody, and went N itness then took the pri sonerere he found Rickard, burst into tears, and beg? d on being accused of the robbery, then took him into custoge forgiveness of his master. Witness yt red shop, m vi e • h r Harriet Kepple, who kept the h was next called, §be proved th ouse No. 11, Taring-street, at the house ; she thought he e visit s o f t h e ma l e p r i s oner and that •a marriage waswas in lye w i t h t h e f ema l e pri soner,woman bad conducted herself t t contemplated. The young as witness knew, during the time sheperfectly h ones t wa y as f ar Several other witnesses were had li ve d i n h er h ou i e . main po;nts pf the evidence. called, wh o cei ro b orate d th e Mr. BALLAN7INE then addressed speech, displaying considerable tale Jury in 4 lengthened talent, behalf' nf the' prisoner THE SUN, LONDON,_, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1842. Welsford, contending that she had received the property not with a guilty knowledge, but with the idea that it had been honeAly obtained by Rickard. The Cosimort SERGEANT then briefly summed up. The Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty against Mary Welsford. The Commow SERGEANT then sentenced John Rickard, on his own plea of guilty, to be transported beyond sea for the term of seven years. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, FEB. 4.—There has been more doing in the Cotton market this week, with rather an improved tone at the close of it. Prices of American and Su rat are the same as on this day week, but we may remark that ordinary qualities of the former description are slightly worse to buy. Brazils continue very dull of sale, but without change of prices. Egyptian the same. Sea Islands are with out change. '1 here have been taken on speculation '2,500 American, and for exportation 1,800 American, 800 Laguayra, 130 Maranham, and 100 Surat. Forwarded into the country unsold during January : —1,600 American, 220 Pernams, 20 Bahia, and 400 Surat. 700 Sea Islands are advertised for auc tion on Friday next. LrvxaPoon SHARE MARKET, FEB. 4.—The business of the Stock Exchange this day consist of transactions in— Grand Junction, 1851 ; Half Shares, 924 ; Quarter ditto, 20i. I Is. 3d., Liverpool and Manchester, 191 ; London and Birmingham, Thirds, 54; North Midland, 74; London and Birmingham, 170; London and South Western, 59i ; Man chester and Leeds, 76i: MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, Fee. 4.—The market is firm to-day, and Stock very sparingly offered, with more buyers. North Midland, Thi r d s , 16 1 1 ; London and Birming ham, 170 ; Ditto, New (32/. Shares), '2B* to 2t4 ; Manches ter and Birmingham, 284 to 28i; Manchester and Leeds, 75 1 / 2 to 7Ci ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 4 to 4i ; Lancaster and Preston, 29 1 / 2 to 30. THE " TIMES" v. SIR R. PEEL. We noticed yesterday that there were passages in the debate on the Add, ess in both Houses of Parliament, and especially in the speech of Sir Robert Peel, which we read with pain. Strong in the majoriy by which he is supported, and also in the consciousness of his own uptight intentions, the Conserva tive Premier doubtless feels, and ought to feel, that he may speak in a decided tone, and deal frankly with those whose views do not meet his concurrence. But no Minister can be strong enough to discard the sympathy and confidence of the greater part of the community. Barren expressions of regret for the presalence of distress, and acknowledgments of the for titude with which it has been borne, can do no good, unless some prospect of measures which may tend in an intelligible way to ameliorate the condition of the working classes is held out; and though it is both right and necessary to discourage chimerical expectations, and to insist upon the existence of limits beyond which legislative relief cannot be effectual, still it is over bold to thrust coldly, and almost contemptuously, aside, every plan of relief on which the poor have built their hopes of good from the accession to power of a Conservative Government. The Speech from the Throne indicates nothing but a change in the Corn-laws, and a revision of the duties affecting foreign commerce—at the hest only an endeavour to find new employ ment for British industry, by facilitating, to a limited extent, the increase of our forei g n trade. This was in principle the remedy of the Whigs, however objectionably they may have adjusted its details. We hail it with satisfaction, as a benefit, so far as it goes. But no one who has attended to the com mercial history of England during the last thirty years can suppose that such a measure will check the inroads made by the modern manufacturing system upon the physical well-being and the moral and domestic happiness of the operative class. No one can see in it even a tendency to prevent the recurrence of periodical distresses as severe as the present, or to mitigate the pressure of that distress, whenever or wherever felt, either upon the manufacturing or upon' the agricultural poor. The question then arises, are there not other measures be hind, or does Sir Robert Peel give up the case as hopeless ? Every one knows that there are measures, with:respect to which great expectations were formed of a Conservative Go vernment before its accession to power —measures, in the ad vocacy of which a more than common amount of deep feeling and high-toned principle is now engaged, and the adoption of which by Government would command the enthusiastic support of large and powerful classes of the people. Lord John Russell, in a tone half of sarcasm and half of tri umph, adverted to these measures. After reading his Lordship's speech, we turned to the speech of Sir Robert Peel, with the expectation of finding something very different from what we found there. It was an op portunity which seemed at least to call for some limita tion of Lord John Russell's assertions—some denial that an utter contrariety of feeling . existed between Ministers and the very large bodies among their supporters who are interested in the measures thrown overboard in this wholesale manner. But nothing could we_ find in the speech of the Right Honourable Baronet which con tradicted, or even qualified, a single syllable uttered by the Noble Lord. On the all-important subject of the Poor-law— " I think," he said, " the apprehensions excited in the mind of the Noble Lord by the declarations made in the newspapers might have been dispelled by the memory of the course taken by the Government during the last Session, and by the recol lection of that which had so recently occurred in the House." his statement indeed is but an indistinct and general an nouncement, yet we cannot but feel the strongest anxiety in consequence of the policy which it seems to indicate, We wish earnestly we could think ocrs,lves mistaken in the mein. ing we ascribe to Sir Robert Peel—still more earnestly do we wish that others may not ascribe to him a coldness of feeling— of which we indeed acquit him, but which may but too easily be suggested by his very guarded expressions.— Times, COURT CIRCULAR. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived at Buckingham Palace at an early hour yesterday morning, and joined the Illustrious Party at breakfast. The Baron de Humboldt, Monsieur le Conseiller de Muller, le Baron Meyerinck, Mons. le Docteur Grimm, and Mons. Frederic, who had been staying at the King of Hanover's residence, in St. James's Palace, arrived and joined the other Noblemen and Gentlemen of the King of Prussia's Suite. His Majesty took his departure at half-past nine o'clock, and was conducted to his carriage by the Lord Chamberlain, the Lord Steward, the Master of the Horse, and the Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert. The Queen and the Duchess of Kent accompanied the King to the Grand Entrance, and there t oo k t h e i r l eave of the August Visitor. His Royal Highness Prince Al bert accompanied his Majesty, and his Serene Highness Prince Frederic of Saxe-Cobourg also went in the same carriage and four. _ _ Their Serene Highnesses the Prince Augustus, and Prince Leopold of Saxe Cobourg were in the next Royal carriage. The King of Prussia's suite, consisting of his Excellency the Chevalier Bunsen, Baron de Humboldt, General'Natzruar, General de Neumann, Count de Stol berg, Le Cunseiler de Muller, M. de B. Meyerinck, M. de Brauchitsch, 1)r. Grimm, and M. Frederic ; the Earl of Hardwicke, Lord in Waiting on his Majesty, Captain Meynell, Groom in Waiting, and Colonel Arbuthnot, Equerry in Waiting on the King, Captain Francis Seymour, Groom in Waiting on Prinr:e Albert, and Co lonel Wyhle, Equerry in Waiting on his Royal High ness, also followed, in several of the Queen's carriages and four to Woolwich. A party of the Life Guards escorted his Majesty from Buckingham Palace. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Cambridge and Prince George left town yesterday morning for Wool wich, to witness the review of the Royal Artillery, a to take leave of his Prussian Majesty. On the embarkation of his Prussian Majesty at two o'clock on board the Firebrand steam-packet for the Continent, his Royal Highness Prince Albert left Woolwich Dock-yard for town, accompanied by their Serene Highnesses Prince Ferdinand, Prince Augustus, and Prince Leopold of Saxe. Coburg, and attended by Captain Francis Seymour and Colonel Wylde. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Cambridge and Prince George also took lave:9f tbe.King, and immediately left for town. His Royal Highness Prince Albert returned to Buck ingham Palace twenty minutes before four o'clo c k. The King of Pr ussia honoured Mr. Wyld yesterday, by accepting a copy of his large " Atlas of the Battles of the British Army," and expressing his approbation of the work:, Lord Granville Somerset, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, had an audience of the Queen yesterday. The Judge Advocate-General had an audience, yes terday, of .her Majesty. Her Majesty gave audiences to Lord Stanley and Sir James Graham. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard, joined the Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace last evening. Her Majesty and Prince Albert left the Palace a quar ter before. ten o'clock last night, to honour Covent garden Theatre with their presenee, accompanied by their Serene Highnesses the Prince Ferdinand of Saxe Cobourg, and the Princes Augustus and Leopold of Saxe Cobourg, and attended by the Royal Suite, includ ing the Viscountess Jocelyn, the Earl of Morton, Hon. Captain Duncombe, Captain Francis Seymour, Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, and-Colonel Wylde. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge visited her Majesty the Queen -Dowager yesterday at Marlborough House. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday at Gloucester House. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended by Lady Augusta So merset, honoured the British Institution with a visit yesterday. • _ The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes .terday. The Lords present were the Lord President, Lord Wynford, Lord Brougham, Lord Campbell, and the Judge of the Admiralty Court. Mr. Bush was heard on an appeal from Jersey," Tou zel v. Filleul," part-heard at a former sitting. Their Lordships affirmed the decree of the Court below. Mr. Burge, Queen's Counsel, and Mr. Turner, Queen's Counsel, were heard on an appeal, " Cameron v. Repre sentatives of Fraser," and " Cameron v. Representatives of Gelland." Mr. Turner, Queen's Counsel, commenced his address for the respondent. The Court rose at four o'clock. THE FUNDS. The English SecuritiWCoritinne - firm, with a further ten dency upwards. Consols are 893 for Money, and 89i g fur tie Account ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 89i 90 ; Ditto Three. and-a-Half, 991 ; Exchequer Bills, 17 19, and India Bonds, 9 11 prem. Spanish Active Stock opened at 2.4 A; Passive, 5i ; De ferred, 12a i; Portuguese Five per Cents. 33i ; Ditto, Threes, 194 20. Late yesterday afternoon Mexican Bonds advanced 1 per cent., closing at 31i at which quotation they opened this morning ; it is now the general opinion that a dividend will be forthwith advertised. The Quarterly Averaees of the weekly liabilities and assets of the Bank of England, pub:ished in the Gazette of last night, show a t'ecrease in the circulation of 2,000/., at.d an increase in the deposits of 558,000/., in securities 200,0001., and in bullion 458,000/., compared with the last returns. The Hamburgh mail has just arrived. Gold comes % schilling lower, 429 ' • Exchange the same, 136% . By the arrival of her Majesty's packet Linnet with a mail from the Brazils, papers from Rio de Janiero to Dec. 25 Lave been received at the North and South American Coffee-house, but they do not contain any political news of interest. No mention whatever is made of the insurrection which was stated to have taken place:—" Exchange has had a tendency to de cline throughout the month, and closed to-day, December 24, 2 1 / 2 per cent. lower than the first quotation of the month. The current rate to-day is 29 1 4. The Six per Cent. Local Stock fell early in the month to 71 1 / 2 and 71, in the anticipa tion of alfurther creation, but when the determination of his Excellency the Minister of Finance to supply the Treasury by the issue of Exchequer bills became known, the market im proved, and the closing quotation this day was 74. Specie has been in active demand throughout the month, both for export and speculation." By the same arrival papers from Buenos Ayres to the 3d December, have been received, from which we take the fol lowing : "The Postmaster-General has issued a notice that the communication with Chili and Peru, so long interrupted by the war in the interior,:has been re-opened. Pedernera, with the fugitives who escaped from the field of Monte Grande, have, it seems, taken refuge in Bolivia. As regards the fate of La Madrid the same uncertainty yet prevails, but positive informa tion is shortly expected. Exchange on London 3d." PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. R.IMSAYS. Paid. Per Share. Great Western Ditto New - Ditto Fifths London and Brighton 5O 37 1 4..... to 36i London and Birmingham 9O Ditto New 2 28: to 29 284 Manchester and Leeds 7O Ditto i Shares North Midland Ditto Thirds Northern and Eastern South Eastern and Dover York and North Midland. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—( . YESTERDAY.) Amsterdam CF. 12 7 ,Gibraltar . . . . Ditto, at sight Rotterdam ...2 U. 12 7i Genoa . 25 85 Antwerp l2 7 Milan Hamburgh Altona ~ Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 60 Palermo, per az 120 Ditto, 3 months 25 85 Lisbon Marseilles Bourdeaux 25 90 Rio Janeiro 27 Frankfort on Maine... 1501 Bahia Petersburgh, 3Us ... 37 Buenos Ayres Berlin-- ... ............ 7 New York, 21 slays sight *lb i Vienna, effec. fl. 3M. 953 !Philadelphia Trieste, ditto 9 54 'PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Madrid . _ _ _ Cadiz .al Gold Coin ...3 17 5 Bilbao 36 RAILWAY RETURNS. We extract from the Railway Magazine the sums received 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 T o t a l. ended Name of Railway. Opened. X. s. d. Jan. 23 Birmingham & Derby Junct. 384 1,090 18 7 28 Birmingham and Gloucester 55 1,476 10 5 22 Brandling Junction 25 774 19 9 30 Chester and Birkenhead .. 30 Dundee and Arbroath 30 Eastern Counties 29 Glasgow and Ayr .. .....••••••• 40 784 4 ,4 29 Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 224 635 17 3 22 GrandJunct , Chester &Crewe 1031 7,044 110 29 Great North of England 30 Great. Western 29 Hull and Selby 29 Lancaster & Preston Junction 204 420 8 10 28 Liverpool and Manchester 3 - 4,020 13 1 29 London and Birmingham ll4 12,98 S 14 1 Feb. 3 London and Blackwall Jan. 29 London and Brighton 29 Ditto Shoreham Branch Feb. 1 London and Croydon 3 L ,, ndon and Greenwich 34 765 5 10 !an. 30 London and South Western 93 3,445 1 104 27 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury 10 587 2 5 31 Manchester & Birmingham 29 Manchester and Leeds - 3,576 0 0 29 Midland Counties .. Newcastle and Carlisle ...... 27 Newcastle and North Shields 7 280 10 6 30 Northern and Eastern . 29 North Midland , 28 North Uni on 29 Preston and Wyre 191 1 169 13 8 31 Sheffield and Manchester.— 7 179 13 6 30 Ulster ' 29 York and North Midland 23 1,281 0 9 STATE OF TRADE. FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, FEE. 4.—We can merely confirm our last week's report, no perceptible alteration having taken place either in the amount of transactions effected or pr ieo •s obtained. We hear the Lo n d on an d B r i s t o l woo l sa l es, just concluded, have gone tff with spirit, a large attendance of buyers being present. WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, FEB. 4.—There is yet no change in the Wool market; the supply and demand continue to be equally limited, and prices have been without variation for some time past. TRADE OF LEEDS.—Nothing but gloom and despondency hang over our Cloth markets, and the question continually asked is when will this state of things alter for the better; but the best informed in the trade are quite unable to answer it. The state of the markets at our Cloth Halls, the bad state of business throughout the country, and the absence of anything like the usual demand for goods for Spring shipment, sets all calculation on this subject at defiance, although we have now entered upon the period when business usually sets in pretty brisk for the Spring trade, yet both in the Cloth Halls and in the warehouses business has been as dull as we ever knew it du rink the week. BRADFORD MARKET, THURSD•Y. Although the attend ance of merchants to-day in the Piece market has been less numerous, me cannot report any better market; nor can we learn that more has been (Line during the week. The manu facturers are hoping that after the a,rembling of Parliament an impetus will be given to trade, so as to enable them to re new their avocation Kith the wanted ability that they have been accustomed to. We are unable to report any better doings in the yarn trade. The manufacturers continue to buy with great caution, and the spinners, from the ruinous prices that the yarns are sell ng at, on l y pro d uce w h a t i s t o actual order, thus prohibiting an y accumulation i n stoc k . Th e de mand for %tool still c on ti nues on the deep stapled wet h er fleeces, and sorts of which th e market i s moderate l y supp li e d ; prices are without alteration. The public sales in London of Colonial wools appear to have realized full prices.—Leeds Mercury. MESMERISM.--A few days ago, Mr. Braid, of Manchester, delivered a lecture on Mesmerism before a very numerous audience at Liverpool, which was enlivened by experiments on several strangers, whom he reduced into a state of sleepiness. Mr. Braid explained his own theory at considerable length. He attributed the extraordinary and rapid rise of the pulse, during the mesmeric state, to the stoppage of the flow of? blood through those members in the cataleptiform state, and its rapid fall after demesmerisa tion to the rush of blood into its ordinary chan nels. He had proved the truth of this by the application of a tout niquet to the legs and arms of a person experimented upon ; and the same effects had resulted. One of the most important features of his system was its applicability to the cure of a number of diseases which had resisted every other curative agency, with present immunity from pain and the absence of any bad result. Ile had by means of it extracted teeth without the patient suffering any pain; he had re moved rheumatic pains, which had tortured the patient for months and years ; he had in eight minutes cured a case of tic doloreux, under which a person had been suffering fer eight weeks; he had restored paralytic limbs, which had been useless for twenty-four years ; he had given hearing to the deaf, and the power of speech to the dumb; and even in cases where the persons had been born deaf, be had caused them to hear the tick of a watch in the space of ten or twelve minutes. From experiments that he had for a short time been engaged in, he trusted to be able to show that by a modification of his method the use of opiates might be dia. pensed with. He would give his word of honour that in the experiments which would be exhibited to'the audience there should be no attempt at collusion or delusion.—(Cheers.) His wish was not to mystify, but to elicit truth. Mr. Braid then introduced two brothers, named Shelmadine, who had been deaf and dumb, to prove the curative effects of mesmerism. The elder brother, tdward, had never heard any sound in his life, mesmerised, except th e reportoeuldhear e ticking of a wa t c h at a di stance of three inches from the left ear, and one inch from his right. The lecturer cited, from the Medical Times, a case where another gentleman had restored a person to hearing on TH E DUKE OF CLEVELAND. plan. A certificate from the head -master of the operated on that before Mr. Braid had the brothers Shelma- A M l a r nc ß h . e 'a ster school for the deaf and dumb was read. It stated dine, they had been unabdlse Atofehiecaurryo.r articulate, but that they could now do b eth. —Lee were removed last t tpg e ht, at eight o'clock, in a —The mortal rLemOaiFns of the late Duke of Cleveland, who ex pired on Saturday last, the 29th ult.,. at his residence in St. t _ Liverpool and Birming ham The friends of the we . re t sen . b Ra lway, whence they cr y a special train to Dar lington, where they will renT a h b 0- h ni m t, and proceed tomor row, whom he was a kind hearse . o a w n s t ' o s and - t s : i e u four,af James ' s-square, Y will b Castle. The body will lie in state until Monday at ""' anduke e buried in the family vault, followed by the present and the other noble rela tives and tenantry of the lamentedlatee honrt peer, whose loss will be decided upon. By the death of re is no new de ceased wishing that the funeral cortege from town should be as irnstnandnaenudistsgien:rnmfnw,tiatnills_auersidpTlfor b. private as possible, only a few carriages of the nobility attended the procession to the terminus. It was at first intended to yesterday .morning, have removed the body but that it should his Grace several branches of the nobility have been put into deeply benefactor, f elt by ao t i a l o n ty u o be made private last night mourning. STATE OF TRADE. feature in business here. Manufacturers in the spring trade are maks ing a few more d goo_s as the season is near at hand, but the how es in the general trade are moving very c au ti ous l y. The di tress amongst the operatives is very great.—Leicestershire Mercury. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, FEB,, 2.—The supply of Sugar in first bands has been so very limited, that we have scarcely had a market since 4r lit uport. 'Whit little has bean done has been at extreme rates. The opportune arrival of two vessels from pesnerara with 900 hhds. will afford the trade an opportunity of partially supplying themselves, as most probably the importers will bring them forward im mediately. The intended railwav ti,irovh ~ , , .. . 44 Rn4l between .__ a ill soon e coro m Roche l / 4 ‘iiiici t rke . lib r.- t 1 med, The works ase kpeeteti to e complete in a we ve rnonth.—Kentish Ob server. • • The thieves are about to present a piece of plate to our police for their kindly forbearance and considera tion. The compliment will not be ill bestowed. Exeter is the western city of refuge te in;oliszlett tinctjon." fi r l.fo '7IM STORM IN THE NORTH. PERTH, JAN. 27.—The thas; through out last week had hardly cleared away the snow of the previous week when a fresh storm set in. It commenced on Saturday with a drifting wind from south-east, and continued for the next two days falling slightly, but con stantly, till Monday evening, when it again lay about six inches deep on the average, but drifted in many places to three times that extent. As usual, with a storm from that direction, travelling is most impeded on the east coast roads, although in this case the obstruction h extended over all the North Highlands. The Inverness Mail and Aberdeen Defiance pushed through on Monday with difficulty, particularly the latter, on the stage betwixt Stonehaven and Laurencekirk. On Tuesday travelling by the Strathmore road in that direction was entirely stopped, and the De fiance due here that afternoon has not yet appeared. The North Mail by the east-coast road the same night was also greatly impeded, and most of the road from Aberdeen to Perth had to be driven with six horses. A very melancholy and fatal accident occurred that night on one of the stages north from Dundee. The additional pair of horses put on for those occasions are ridden by a postilion, and his horse slipping, fell with him, and the rapid rate at which all were going, prevented the possibi lity of the coachman pulling up, the horses and coach went over him, and killed him on the spot. Monday night is described by the Inverness mail-guard as one of the most fearful he had ever travelled in. Major Hall, the Post-office Surveyor for the north of Scot land, happened to be in Inverness that day, and left with the mail for Perth. They had hardly gone a stage southward when it was found necessary to leave the coach, and Major Hall and the guard pursued their jour ney with the mail-bags on horseback. Fortunately the storm abated with the advancing day, and Dalwhinnie was at length reached, where the north guard was re lieved by Stewart, with whom Major Hall pushed on to Dalnacardoch, over Drummochdir Hill, where the wreaths of snow reached sometimes to the middles of the horses. Here a drosky was obtained, in which all arrived safely in Perth by midnight, the surveyor and guards have ridden upwards of sixty miles on horseback. A singular circumstance occurred to Major Hall and the guard to break the monotonous dreariness of the ride. During the height of one of the gales on the high grounds in Inverness-shire, a covey of grouse were carried, by the violence of the storm, right upon the horses and riders. One was killed by the shock and brought on by the guard to Perth, and some of the others might have been easily caught had the party wished. THE HOP TRADV—The following is from an opulent and respected agricuhurist, and confirms, we believe, the experience of most of our farmers and the public in general. Appended to an invoice of 19 pockets of Hops sold at 110 s., is the following letter from the factor employed to effect the sale:— " Sir,--We could do no better for you. We are quite convinced we shall have no improvement in the value of Hops this spring. The working classes are not half employed, neither have they been the last two months; consequently there is but little demand eiaier foi- Hops or Malt. The consumption of beer is very limited, and will be until trade revives in the populous districts. Our Correspondent adds:— " 1.20 th, 1842." " In Noveniber last Sussex Hops were at 1265. after the crop was gathered; and from the shortness of the yield it was confidently expected that they would be higher before another crop could be got in, the previous stock being completely exhausted; but owing to the depression of trade and manufactures, as suggested in the above factors' letter, the Sussex Hop-growers are again doomed to suffer disappointment. This is another illustration of the injury done to agriculture by . a system which checks our manufacturing and commercial industry and enter prise. Without prosperous customers the farmer cannot be prosperous himself." The price of Hops and of Malt, and consequently of Barley, will soon tell the farmers thai it is not even safe, much less wise, to injure the manufacturing classes.— Brighton Guardian. ATTEMPT ON THE LIFE OF E. C. LISTER, EsQ.—We regret to learn that about four o'clock on Wednesday morning last, the life of E. C. Lister, Esq., was attempted at his residence at Fairfield House. We believe the circumstances of the attack were as follow Mr. Lister was disturbed by some noise, and perceived a man with some instrument about to strike him. Mr. L. immediately sprung up and said, " You have no occasion to murder me—what do you want ?" He replied, he had come on purpose to murder him. Mr. Lister seized him, wrenched the instrument out of his hand, threw him on his back, and was about to strike him on the head with it, but threw it to a distance, and then let him get up. He immediately made another spring, and Mr. Lister again threw him down. One of the servants then came in and said, "It is the butler." Mr. Lister exclaimed, " Oh, James, what could induce you to do this ?" He replied a man, with large black whiskers, had haunted and tempted him to do it. Mr. Lister perceived that he was deranged, and had a surgeon sent for, who bled him, and he then expressed his sorrow, but reiterated the statement about the man tempting him. He was an old and confidential servant, and has for the last ten years been in connexion with the Wesleyans. He has since been removed to the York Lunatic Asylum.— Bradford Observer. NAVAL ARCHITECTURE.—We have seen a model of a vessel, of a curious and novel construction, to which we would direct the attention of nautical readers. The object is—swift sailing with facility of manoeuvring ; in order to accomplish which, the keel is made very deep at a point in the centre, and slopes upwards towards Oil lAqw &;14 stern in the form of an obtuse angle. The inventor supposes that a vessel with a keel so conOrubted, would sail very close to the wind, itiie it would obey the helm much mo re qu i c kl y w thin an ordinary vessel, as it would turn in the water as it were upon a pivot. There is also a peculiarity in the rigging, the masts , three in number, radiati ng f rom the centre, the main mast b e i ng upright—the foremast sloping forwaTd, anti - Oil) w i ze n having a similar rake backvvimt, Toi arrangement is to suit the form of t e, tßils,'Whiclt are, with the exception of icsme n r•thoits On the mainmast, triangular, with a view to have the principal pressure on the canvas as low as possible for the sake of safety, and also to facilitate tacking. It is impos sible to explain the plan thoroughl y w i t h out diagrams, anil we question whether even nautical men could venture a dectd&l *pinion on its merits without an e4erinxent kin 'lc lokrge Meanwhile we think the, invOr4klit''' , "ithi itteetton nf the i!lorttiern y4cht-pov, to t entiemen interested in naval xraiite*rg, The constructor o the model is Mr. Dempster, Kioghota New Doubloons 0 0 0 Barcelona _..0 4 9 Seville HALF-PAST ONE. There has been a fair business transacted in the English securities, and a slight decline upon the opening quotations has taken place. Consols are now t 4 9 14 for Money, and 6914 for the Account. Exchequer Bills are firm at 17s. 19s. prem. The principal business doing in the Foreign Market has been in Mexican Bonds, which have farther advanced to 311 32; Deferred, 9i ; Colombian Bonds are 22i ; Peruvian, 16% V e ; Spanish Active, 24 4 ; Dutch Two-and a-Half per Cents. 514; do. Fives, 1014. _ . 'there has been rather more business doing in Shares, and prices have improved. Great Western are 86i ; Ditto New, 60a ; London and Brighton, 38i ; Northern and Eastern, 34; Scuth Eastern and Dover, 27 ; York and Nor.h Midland, 94i. HALF-PAST TWO. Consols, Money, 891 ; Account, 89j ; Colombian, 22i ; Mexican, 31 32 ; Spanish, 2-1&i: QUARTER TO THREE. The arrivals from South America daily bring intelligence of more or less interest. The Argentine Republic is no•w all but restored to the enjoyment of perfect tranquillity, and it is to be hoped Rosas will turn his attention immediately to commer cial pursuits, more likely than the triumphs of war to advance the permanent interests of his fellow-citizens. The quarrel with Monte Video cannot but be injurious to British-com merce end which way it may. 'I he improved position of the Bank of England in regard to its stock of bullion gives much satisfaction in the City. --- LLOYD'S SEIIPPING—(THIS DAY. LONDON, FEB. s. —Wind this day at noon N.E., fresh. RAMSGATE, 4.—Sld. V enus, Ri o P lata, Leghorn. DEAL, FEB. ; FEB. .—Wind S. S.E., light.—Arrd. Reindeer, west ward. Sid. all the outward bound, except Warlock, for Syd ney; Emily, Calcutta; Superior, Demerara. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 4.—Wind S., light.—Arrd. Isabella, Thorpe, Demerara ; Margaret, Robinson, 13erbice. Ski. Mar tha and Alaypo, Lima; Diana, New York ; Windermere, Cal cutta; British Queen and John Moore, Bombay; Lady Adams, Valparaiso; Pt ince Albert, Rio; Elizab,th, Wood, Barbadoes; George Canning, St. 'Thomas's; Virginia, Mobile; o,ive Branch, Savannah ; Westchester and Asia, New York • Cale donia. steamer, Halifax. Ar r d. o ff, Patriot Queen, Calcutta. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 4.—Wind E.N.E. to E.—Sld. Brox bournebury, Bombay; Bengal Merchant, Madras and Calcutta; Henrietta Clwsina, Batavia ; Toronto, New York. COWES, FEB. 4.—Sld. Lewe Nyenten, Batavia; William Hyde, Bombay; Hannah Grayson, Rio. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 4.—Sld, Lady Katharine Barham, Ja maica ; Miranda, Antigua. FALMOUTH, FEB. S. to S.S.W.—Arrd. Linnet packet, Brazil, sailed from Rio, Dec. 26. Sld. Medway steamer, West Indies. Arrd. off, Susan Crisp, Cobden, Mau ritius; Maria, Van Wyk, Batavia. YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT, FEB. 4.—Sld. London, Jamaica. KIRKWALL, FEB. 27.—The Trafalgar, Ellison, from Banff to Wick, was totally wrecked on Papa Westray the 21st inst.; one of the crew drowned. OFF L 4 MINGTON, FEB. 4.—Arrd. Ambassador, Madras. NEATH, FEB. 2.—A boat, marked " Austral," was picked up off Milford Island by the Despatch, arrd. here from Wicklow. SHIELDS, FEB. 2. —The Tyne steamer, of Sunderland, in proceeding down the river at low water, grounded on an anchor and sank. NOTICE TO MARINERS. The following has been rec.'ived at Lloyd's : " Pilot's-office, Demerara, December, 24, 1841. " The Light-house of this port, which has hitherto been " white," is now . painted in " white and red stripes," alter nately, vertically, in conformity with a recommendation of the Lords of the Admiralty, of which this notice is given for general information. By command. "W. E. PIERCE, " Secretary to the Committee of Pilotage.' THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) NEWGATE AND LEADENH ALL. Meat was in pretty good supply, trade brisk, and at the following prices :-Beef, 3s. 4d. to 4s. ; Mutton, 3s. 4d. to 4s. ; Veal, 4s. 4d. to ss. 441. ; Pork, 4s. 4d. to ss. 6d. per stone of 81b. Of Game and Poultry the supply was good, the demand brisk, and prices were wed sustained. WHITECHAPEL MARKET. The supply was small, and the demand brisk, at the follow ing prices : -Beef, 2s. Bd. to 45.; Mutton, 2s. 4d. to 3s. 10d.; Veal, 3s. Bd. to ss. Bd.; Pork, 3s. Bd. to ss. 4d. Clover, 31. 10$. to 5/. Bs.; Hay, 2/. to 4/. 65.; Straw, 1/. 12s. to 1/. 16s. TEA MARKET. Holders of Free Trade Tea were firm, and the Market dull, Company's Congou Is. 103- 4 d. cash. ,S TALLOW MARKET. A fair demand for Russian Tallow, and prices firm at 453. 3d. on the spot, and 48s. 6:1. to 495. for delivery in the two next and last three months of the year. SPIRIT MARKET. Rum in fair request, and prices firm. Proof Leewards, 2s. per gallon. Brandy dull, and prices on the decline. Corn Spirits difficult of sale at 10s. 911. cash. MARRIAGES IN HIGEI LIFE. —John Sains bury Trelawny, Esq., eldest son of Sir William Trelawney, Bart., Lord-Li, utenant of Cornwall, was united on Tuesday to Miss Tremayne, daughter of J. N. Tremayne, Esq., late M.P. for the county.—On Thursday morning Lord Rayleigh led to the altar, at St. George's Church, Miss Clara Vicars, daughter of the late Captain Vicars, of the Royal Engineers. The bride was given away by her brother. Great rejoicings took place at Terling, and other estates of Colonel Strutt, in Essex, to celebrate the happy event. A public dinner took place at the White Hart Inn, and the bells of Chelmsford, Baddow, &e., rang merrily on the occasion —The day for the nuptials of Prince Nicholas Esterhazy and Lady Sarah Villiers is now de.. finitively fixed. It is to take place on Tuesday next, when the Countess of Jersey will give a splendid dejeuner on the pedthaitf this th inte resting occasion.—The marriage announced between the Earl of Morley, late Lord in Waiting to Prince Albert, and Mrs. Corytpn,pf Pentillie Castle, and sister to Mr. Montagu Parker, is expected to be solemnised early. iil q l O Pns4ipg ropoth. t;eaajp:fayareisfteo7airt;cs. bßen As the Croydon Line is again open, we under stand the Brighton Company are about to start a later train than four o'clock in the afternoon, for the accommodation of e g o h n to ti rF nu . B ed o d * u a ri y ng i t: r e o he Court during its stay at the Pavilion. It is it uch to be etcil:l.eePtreaPiObcr w'ho:ll;lll:lel'ievery CtOnside;ably gOnerally ';' , :unct, somewhatincreased. s The funds of the Royal Free Hospital for the um ii i ,ro d r im ill i e nis c h (li e b: Destitute Sick have just been most seasonably augmented by the receipt of a legacy of 5001., bequeathed to that Charity perli . itps, acy duty) by the late Mr. William Thomas, of East (free of leg . , . , . . stre4'SfoortisPuty,. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIMES.—One thing is certain with respect to the most contested point of the Queen's Speech ; and that is, that how ever taunted Sir Robert Peel may have been for the (what we think salutary) delay which he resolutely interposed in making any declaration of his intentions, he now amply compensates by the promptitude with which he is disposed to proceed. He is ready with his finances ; " he does not even intend to post pone the announcement of the budget to that period of the year at which it is usually brought forward :" and the corn question, the great and important corn question, is announced for Wed nesday next. The departure of the Duke of Buckingham from the Administration, of which he had just become a Member, is as yet the only outward sign from which we can judge—a sign which, though it betokens im portant modifications in the sliding scale, gives no reason to suppose that the Government are prepared to withdraw their expressed determination to support it. If that were a resolution that were to continue for ever, as mortals speak, or even for a long time, we should be sorry for it. But Sir Robert Peel is an enemy, and so are all prudent states men, to harsh changes ; and he may Perhaps consider that a recurrence ftom a variable scale of the most complicated cha racter, perplexing alike both venders and purchasers, to a simple and single calculation of so much par quarter, would be like taking horses out of the most confining and stringent har ness, and letting them run with a single rein and snaffle-bit. That he will simplify the present scale, however, we entertain no doubt. There will neither be so many variations of duty, nor so many positions assumed at which a fresh duty is to apply. But what, we would b eg t o as k, will be the result of all this simplification? It may probably be beneficial when compared with the present complicated Act. It may, we hope, also prevent corn from being kept back till the market can be flooded by a certain influx at a very low duty ; but still, such a simplification is obviously neither more nor less than an approximation to the fixed duty. And that, we should suspect, will be the final result—not this year, nor the next, perhaps, but still the final result—of all legislation upon the ad mission of foreign corn. If we come to it gradually, it may occasion less shock in the market ; but come to it, we verily believe, we shall. In fact, what was the ground of our opposi• tion to the late Ministry upon this point? Not that they ad vocated a fixed duty ; but that, in truth, finding themselves beaten in an important election, they tossed up the whole finan ces of the country, simply with a view t o crea t e m i sc hi e f an d confusion. Then did they blazon, also, with merely injurious clamour, their notion—never till then entertained—of a fixed duty. Had they never been defeated in the Not tingham election, and had they never, in consequence, found themselves in a minority of the House of Commons, we should have heard no more of a fixed duty from them, than of a fresh edition of the Koran or Talmud. They then took a useful measure, which till then they had never contemplated—made it the subject of a popular outcry—and now mean to avail themselves of it against the more cautious, perhaps timid, procedure of their political adversary. This is the history of the moveable scale and the fixed duty, as evinced in the conduct of the two parties : the one does not proceed so far, perhaps, as he might ; the other embraces the popular and useful act, but only as a pretext— only to blacken and defame his adversary. The one proposes what he can carry, in order to carry it : the other proposes what he cannot carry, in order to make a dust, and set two interests by the ears. However, therefore, we may approve, and however we may continue to advocate, a fixed duty, we feel we are in no degree approximating to those who are crying it up to excite clamour, and to raise an opposition to their politi cal opponents ,—a suicidal opposition, since by those opponents a more real approach to their own measure will probably be made in three months, than has been, or is likely to be, by themselves in ten years. ADVERTISER.—The position assumed by her Majesty's Government serves to prove that the several matters of policy now pending, rest exclusively between the people and the agri cultural monopolists; consequently that the Whig faction, or middle region of opinion between right and wrong, is extinct; and that the political struggle now in progress is strictly be tween the two extremes—of commercial and general freedom, and feudal and universal despotism. The people have reason to acknowledge a consciousness of their power even in the mere allusion to the Corn-laws in the Royal Speech. How comes it that a Tory Cabinet barely refers to their modification ? But last Session, in the mouths of Tories, ay, and of Whigs too, those laws were perfection. How is it the Tamworth Baronet appoints the ensuing Wednesday to introduce a motion concerning them in the Commons? Is it from his own benig nity to the cause of the people? Folly. But let the answer be broad and plain enough—it iS—THE POWER or Tam PEOPLE ! ! Here, then, is the country in a proud attitude. It is not only exacting, but enforcing justice from its head opponents. It is from the Tories--a very Government composed of Tories—it is wringing acknowledgment of its ma nufacturing distress, and accomplishing a Reform of the Corn laws ! But to refer to the subject merely as the exultation of comparative ascendency, were beneath and short of the popular sentiment and exigencies. The utility in adverting to it is to show how completely, on the exercise of that power, hangs the country's security. To parallel the present immi nency of the national interests were impossible in the annals of this kingdom's history. The balance is so critical, that either all shall be with, or all against the . popular cause. Of an approach to a medium condition there is now not even the pretence. Either Conservatism shall yield in its intimidation to the wants of the country, or popular exigencies, in the pu sillanimity of their advocates, tremble on the brink of lasting overthrow. In itself nothing were more ignominious than the position of the existing Cabinet. The very measures to which its members are on the eve of giving assent, are the identical grounds on which they founded their Opposition to the Government of their predecessors. The very slightest concession on the Corn-laws they ran corously opposed up to the last second of the Melbourne Ad ministration ; and now, forsooth, "the Corn-laws are to be altered," even as the Tory organ expresses it, " the earliest possible day has been fixed for the development of the Govern ment measure for the alteration of the Corn-laws, so that this absorbing question will be settled without loss of time." Of all bitter commentaries on the principles of the men new in office, none we are aware of ever exceeded this. But to point it out, to enable the people to judge how much of real concern towards their condition is comprised inthe tactics of their Conservative rulers, is the object in our exposing, and the goal at which we leave it. For, unless to that effect, it is with the acts, not the motives,of Sir R. Peel and his colleagues, as a party, in the country, we have to do. The measures which, out of the extremity of terror, may be dragged from them, w e shall support if really of beneficial tendency to the nation. We shall look purely to the measures, and forget the men. We shall remember that to bring into operation plans of essen tial benefit to the kingdom, will be to overthrow even the per nicious influences of Conservatism ; and, encouraged by this recollection, we shall consequently ever be at the post to sign enactments of worth with our approval. As to the counte nance or condemnation of their regularly quashed quondam rivals the Whigs, it must form a topic they will scarcely, we should think, be at much trouble of inquiring into. The advo cacy of good measures, by that blighted faction, unfortunately, to ensure for their opinions now any . respect, come too late. As we have observed, the partisans in the country at the existing crisis are two—the people and their enemies. Those who had not formerly sided with the Whigs are the men now the most probable to be of assistance to the popular cause. And for ourselves, we are of the opinion of Lord Brougham, when he said that " the best thing to be done with the Corn-laws was to repeal them— gradual, indeed, in progress, but total in result.' This posi tion is clearly also our own; and, when it is considered that, as the country has swayed the power of forcing a Tory Cabinet down to the Lower House, with propositions affecting those very feudal tenures described but so few months back as unap proachable to any forms of mutation, it may be owned it would be derogatory and abject, indeed; to suppose that the same om nipotence were not still capable of being exercised to an exten sion of the same essential and salutary purpose. At all events, one observation strikes intuitively, to the effect of Sir Robert's Government being founded on the principle of confederacy, whether, like Mr. Fox, in justification of the anomalous posi tion he himself stepped into with Lord North, Sir Robe rt , too, had not wisely be on the same side in exclaiming, " Ought we not, then, to confederate with him who can give us the greatest strength?" FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—The Speech from the Throne contains no single topic of national interest—beyond those which incidentally arose out of the event that has given an Heir Apparent to the Throne—which was not found in the Speech with which her Majesty opened the last Session. The recommendations are precisely the same : the rea sons which are assigned for such recommendations from the Sovereign to the Parliament are precisely the same —the language scarcely varied. The Speech is, in all its material parts a plagiarism. The " distress of the manufacturing districts of the country," the " continu ance" of which her Majesty is, in the present Speech, made to " regret," was in a state of fearful progress last year, and was by the late Government recog nized and referred to as demanding immediate at tention from the Legislature, and especially its taking into consideration the laws which, by restricting impor tation of corn and other articles of general con sumption, at once obstructcommerce, diminish trade, and thus enhance the price of food while they diminish the rate of labour wages. Sir R. Peel, rejoicing in the ma jority which the combined monopolists placed at his dis posal, on condition that he would uphold their monopolies, refused to comply with the recommendations of the Sove reign—repudiated the proposed plans of the existing ministration, as false in principle and destructive in ope ration—seized on the Government by dint of the mono polist majority—prorogued the Parliament without deign ing so much as to notice the frightful and daily-increasing distress of the country—asked for " tinto" to prepare his "measures"—and now comes down to Parliament with an intimation that the measures he designs to propose for relieving the commercial and trading interests of the country from the fearful pressure they have long sustained, and the labouring classes of the community from the privations they have suffered, as the natural consequence of that pressure upon their employers, are, in the general objects they will embrace, those which the late Government announced, and which Sir Robert Peel and his colleagues then denounced as false in theory and mischievous in their operation —at once chimerical and destructive ! Her Majesty was yesterday made to say, " I recommend to your consideration the state of the laws which affect the importation of corn and of other articles the produce of foreign countries." Why was this "recom mendation" introduced into the Royal Speech ? Be cause it goes on to say—" I have observed with de e p regret the continued distress of the manufacturing dis tracts of the country"—and further, that their "suffer ings and privations have," as a natural consequence, " resulted" from this " continued distress." Let any one read the language of the rromier-prompted speeches of the movers and 400nders of the Address in their re spective Houses last night, and compare it with that used by the impatient aspirants to office on these subjects on the first night of the last session, and say, was there ever so heartless an d unprincipled' a postponement c f the public int eres t s to party o b jects as is supplied by the comparison ! STANDARD,—It will be seen that Lord Melbourne and Lord 4 - Oin Russell, while acknowledging that the Addrvas was faultless in all respects, insidiously in sinuated that the new Government had adopted the prin ciples of the last. The falsehood a this insinuation will be seen on Wednesdab in the House of Lords Lord Brougham A 14430 one of his peculiar and charac teristic TeerUs, His Lordship's wayward display was , hoWiaVez, rendered graceful and valuable by the following just tribute to the Royal guest of England, who has so much gratified the nation by his visit " There was not in Europe At 11). 4 time-..he (Lord Brougham) believed tel‘e iketrer WaS—S, more philan thropic, Otspowct Prince upon any o f t h e thno r in 04, 14 *—:a Aim) of large and liberal views— a Prince universally beloved by his own people, univer sally rtispeoted abroad, and, unlike many Princes (at least in - Former times) of him it might be said WO he was the more beloved and the more respeOca os he was better known.—{Hear, hear.)" The e 0401.44 40114 e - Reo ih this extcagt: w ill find an 1 g l'lkt Ar - , ;,::_r:,,..-:,, ,:.:.• c', ';-:•:.:4 7 1D17,:.'4 41 0 4` , Ili answer in every breast. The King of P6s ''''W.li-t._,..retr . 2. an ceived with h onour and respect as the gms 1e , 41r , petz' loved Quee n an d the chosen sponsor for her i but the too sh ort period of his stay amongst u (a, cited a feeling far beyond the honour and respect rendere to the highest in his station. His Majesty is now regarded in every family of the nation as a personal friend, and his necessary departure to the great country blessed by the possession of such a Monarch, is a subject of regret in every private circle. Thus it is that great and good qualities force themselves so much upon admiration and love, that as they become known to us, we covet to do mesticate their owners. The Duke of Buckingham's ex planation, our readers will observe, fully supports the view which we have suggested of the real cause of his Grace's retirement from the Cabinet. His only hisdiffer t late obe colleagues proposed f related or to the revision thedetads of f f the e emeasurediffer ence with abolt to Corn-laws, and this difference apart, the Noble Duke o ( a l i o l ‘ l e g r i n v ol e e h i i l s t. fir T m he a o nd pp z o e s t i d t o io u n s j support to the Queen's accusation in this ; but men whose minds are free from the ee Duke's s t Buckingham and Ch a ndus will not incur the conduct.influence Like faction L io ord wi A ll s a h t ley o , nc t e he un D de t i t - k st e and odf responsibi lity due by the Member of a Government for all its acts and omissions—will not iaeur this responsibility in even do the slighte s t d egree , w her e con scientious conviction does not go the whole way with the act or omission for which responsibility is owing ; b u t to decline responsibility in a particular instance is a very different thing from de claring a general hostility, or even from separation upon points in which men are conscientiously agreed. It would no doubt serve the convenience of the Opposition to obtain the Duke of Buckingham's votes and the influ ence of his exalted character upon all other questions of free trade, because he differs from the Ministers upon the details of a Corn law Bill. Equally convenient would it be to enlist Lord Ashley in the ranks of the enemies of the Church and of the poor, because he differs from the Cabinet as to the policy of introducing a Short-time Bill ; but however convenient such accessions would be to the Opposition—how consonant soever the desired de sertion might be to the practice of a party that always transfers its conscience in gross to the side of interest, it would scarcely suit the character of men like the Duke of Buckngham and Chandos, and like Lord Ashley. COURIER.—IIer Majesty's most gracious Speech from the Throne, with the proceedings, for debates there were none, in both Houses of Parliament, on the propo sition and passing of the Addresses in acknowledgment, are now before the nation. Rumours had long been rife of mighty doings and unruly cormnotions on the first day of the Session. So terrific was th e ons l aug h t pre destined, that the Premier was to be put to the rout, or his " pinions fluttered" at the least,. and the very isle frightened from its propriety. flow, predicated an Evening Whig sage', will Sir Robert stand aghast when, on the very first night of the Session, " big with the fate" of Whig and Radical, Lord John, the doughty champion of a miscellaneous host, shall rise in his place to give notice of a mighty and mysterious motion " on the state of the nation," amid the exulting roar of deaf ening acclaims from—one side of the House at least. Well, the day at length arrives, the " day fore doomed by fate ;" the terrible Lord John himself arises, and expectation trembles ere. he speaks—the tempest seems lowering in the distance—the tiny speck of the gathering tornado, on the first sight of which the fearful mariners furl all sail and strip the vessel to its bare poles, is there on the horizon, or, as figuratively represented in his own person, on the floor, and what then ? Why, in faint breathings of not a zephyr's ' power, that " speck of the incipient hurricane" dissolves like the " baseless fabric of a vision" which leaves " not a wreck behind ;" the conquering Caesar is hardly heard to whisper in faintest tones, " Give me some drink, Titi nius, like a sick child." Such and so quiescent was the commencement of this stormy sitting, that was to be, and we would hail it as the auspicious opening of a new era in legislation, when boisterous pa ss i on an d fi erce party declamation hall give place to dispassionate discussion and well digested acts for the relief and regeneration of the whole diseased body politic. The sting indeed .of viperous intent was drawn at the outset, or rendered in nocuous, by the prescience with which the Government armed themselves, and the vigour with which they went to work. Let our readers but cast their eyes over the documents moved for, and the " notices of motion" al ready given, which we extract elsewhere from the daily records of the House, and they will find ample evidence already of the untiring industry with which the rece ss has been imprd'ved and publi c business matured for the early deliberation of the collective wisdom of the empire. EVENING S .(4 MONEY MARKET .nd CITY NEWS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. CHRONICLE.—The immediate improvement in the value of the Funded Debt proceeds upon the belief that the modifi cations to be proposed by Sir Robert Peel, both in the Corn.. laws and in the tariff of imports, will be of a comprehensive and vigorous character, sufficient to settle the question, bold enough to relieve the prevailing distress, and to restore manu facturing prosperity. These views will prove short-lived and fallacious if the Ministerial measure in regard to corn stop short of a moderate fixed duty. The Money Market can never be free from periodical convulsions and panics, while the impor tation of the necessary supplies of food from abroad are sub jected to the anti-commercial action of a fluctuating duty, based upon average prices. The currency of the country has never regained its soundness since it was thrown into derangement by the sudden drain of gold in the spring of the year 1839, after the bad harvest of 1838. A succession of bad harvests since that time has cawed a succession of specie drains to pay for foreign corn, and the circulation of the country has b een i n consequence disturbed from that period to the present. This ruinous state of things must necessarily occur again at the approach of the first de ficient harvest, unless we can previously establish a regular trade between the raw produce of the land in foreign countries in exchange for the manufactured goods of this country. Until that change be obtained the price of the food which we must import annually, will carry off a large amount of specie front this country, and to keep the exchanges healthy, prices must be kept at a very low figure, to tempt the sellers of foreign, corn to become bu}ers in our markets. There can be no " trade" in foreign corn under a sliding scale. Some benefit may be obtained ft ona clipping out the worst features of the present stale when the averages mount to 6Ss. and 705., but while a sliding scale exists at all, anything in the shape of a fair trade in foreign corn in exchange for articles of British, manufacture can never take place. SUN.—The tendency ton ards improvement in Publi c Securities, which we noticed last evening, became more developed to-day, and there was a larger amount of busi ness got through. We may remark, however, that, nearly everything depends upon the nature of the re forms in our commercial code which Sir Robert Peel may deem it expedient to propose, as to whether this improvement shall be confirmed. Consols were quoted 891 to for present transfer, and 89t to for Account. Exchequer Bills were 17 s. to 19s. premium, and East India Bonds 9s. to I is. premium. The New Three -and a-Half per Cents. obtained 98i to 98k. Bank and India Stocks were not dealt in. The Foreign Stocks, although in some instances bet ter, did not, upon the whole, participate in the improved tone of our own funds. Brazil Stock improved to 631 • owing to late ads - ices from Pernambuco, which make no allusion to the insurrection said to have broken out the Northern Provinces. Mexican Stock touched 301 and 31 ; and Colombian 22 to 221. Active Spanish. • kigian con ti nue d fi rm a ß t o l n o d 3 s + N . ver i e )t fl i t a c t h a l ll ,w d o ay an a d t .t 2 t.. 4A P..lf per Cents: were steady at 51+ to 511. In Shares there was - very little doing , but prices were fully supported. Yirighton Railway were 131, Northern and Eastern and South Eastern 21 discount. London and Birmingham were 80, and Great Western Fifths, 51 premium. London and Westminster Bank Shares were 2i. Bills on the principal Continental cities were taken upon rather more favourable terms this afternoon. On Paris at 25f. 724. to 77ic.; Frankfo r t 150 t o 150+ on llamburgh at 13 •on Antwerp, a t 12 4; on Amsterdam at 12 4 t o 41 ; and on Triest at 9 51. EMIGRATION .SCHEME. BRADFORD, WILTS, FEB. 4.—Pursuant to a retp:tisition to the churchwardens, who acceoded to the request, a public meeting of the ratepayers and owners of this parish was held this day at the vestry, to take into consideration the propriety of panting money from the poor-rates for the purpose of emigration. The trbeting was so numerously attend ed that an adjournment t oo k p l ace t o t h e c h urc h yard, where e Rev. H. Hervey, the Vicar, being called to the Chair, the proceed. ings commenced by the Chairman stating the object : it was then moved by Mr. Merrick, and seconded by Mr. Edwards, that the sum of 1,000/. be granted for the purpose of emigre, tion, to be raised by a mortgage on the poor -rates. An amendment was proposed by Mr. J. R. Jones, and seconded by Mr. A. Wilkins, " That large sums of money hav ing been already raised by mortgage on the poor-rates, and to carry out the New Poor-law Act; and it having failed in re ducing the number of paupers, but produced greater misery and want, this meeting is decidedly against any further grant, particularly for the purpose of emigration." On the question being put but few hands were held up for the original motion, whilst for the amendment hundreds were raised. Another motion, proposed by Mr. Edwards, that 500 i. s)•,euld be granted, was negatived in a similar manner. After thanks to the Chairman, the meeting separated. In reference to this subject, our Corralerailent makes the following remarks :—" The town had been in a state of great excitement until the matter was taken in hand by a few well known Reformers, when the result is as I have stated. The fact is we had strong stUipicions that this place was selected to try one of the Gove;enment's first schemes of emigration on ; and if it had sucAleeded here, no doubt other places wou ld h ave been tried." I DEATH OF THE " BRISTOL STANDARD."--. The final number of this journal was published en Wednes day last. The editor, in his farewell address, says that " the Standard was called into existence by the expressed wish of the Conservative party in this city ;" and gives as a reason for its discontinuance, that it has not met with that support which under the cireumntlnces it had a right to expect, Sr which would warrant the proprietors in continuing to publish it. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—On Wednesday night. between twelve and one o'clock, a report of a pistol was heard in Samuel-street, Woolwich, by Tyndal, 41 At, who intim. diately repaired to the spot, when he discovered that Pay master-Sergeant Hr'e, of the Royal Marines, had shot hirself in the mouth with a pistol. On throwing the light of hi•Aamp oa the unfortunate man's face, he observed a torrjet of blood running from his mouth, the flesh of which - was frightfully torn. With assistance, he removed lum the house No. e 5, and sent for the hospital surgeon, Tato attended, g et e clared that the wound was of so Serious a nature, t was not fit to be removed at that time. About five o ' cl ock _ hen he t wrs taken on a stretcher to the General HeaPital , d r he roo f was. discovered that nearly the whole of his teet.ithan of his mouth had been drtven in by the belle. pistol was charged. Medical as well as if= that the teeth. ren dered, he vomited the bullet, and it is 7irt - n - his throat, as and flesh toll' .com the jaw were driven own _ nothing but the bullet has been disgencereq • e unhappy commission frathe aw has not been able to utter a wan d sa w to that he had beet] drunk w w hi u le in a state of int oxiMtion. It t bls b in ie g hth is deed. His wife informed the d also stated that he had be Y took the pistol from a marina who had during threatenedthe toevieavenisoitia.haieseilft tang4lAV:bhiti toned to commit self-destruction. The poor i i p elAq vr a i• he ,;"witl...be re t it hopes of recovery : - The Chevalier Bunsen, Prussian Minister, on a special rS s sion, and Baron Schleinitz, Prussian Charge d'Af faires, returned to town last evening from attending their Sovereign to his embarkation at 'Woolwich.