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people in that House were unwilling to hestiew the path of the Ministry with difficulties in addition to the many against which they had already to contend.—(Hear.) He should feel inclined to deny the position, even if the acts had been passed after the gravest deliberation—if they had re ceived the solemn sanction of a Parliament composed of men deeply imbued with the feelings of the people. But as it was, he could not conceive that any obligation rested upon a Par liament pledged to economy,—pledged to inquiry into every payment not justified by necessity, and sanctioned by individual merit.—(Cheers.) He begged to ask the Hon. Gentleman if those pensioners stood in a better point of view now than they did in the reign of George IV. ? Were they more de serving—more renowned more pure— more virtuous ? (Hear, and laughter.) No! All that Government could claim for them was, that they were no worse.—(Hear, and laughter.) Had not the House then the same right to deal with them now that it had when the Government was at that side, when the Noble Lord and his friends were in opposition ? —(Hear, hear.) But when the Hon. Member behind him moved in 1828 for an inquiry into this list, how was it put by the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir R. Peel), who had that night so consistently supported his own doctrines as put forward by his old opponents from the Ministerial benches ? The Right Honourable Baronet spoke of these pensions as a sacred fund, accessible only to the Royal hand, to be distributed by the Royal will, and in such sort as the Royal feeling might direct. Oh ! it was to be sacred from the vulgar scrutiny of the public, and the meddling interference of Parlia ment !—(Hear, hear, hear.) But what said the Noble Lord the Chancellor of the Exchequer ?—(Cheers.) He said that the Hon. Member for Middlesex did not desire to bring the House into unnecessary conflict with the Crown, but simply to know if certain sums of money were not improvidently dis posed of.—(Hear.) And then the Noble Lord proceeded to say, —in that plain, unadorned downright style for which he was remarkable, and which was far more forcible upon occasion than the most exquisite eloquence—(Hear, and laughter)—if there was nothing discreditable in the expenditure, wherefore was it that Government resisted the inquiry ?—(Loud cheers.) The Noble Lord convinced him.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) He voted with the Noble Lord—(Hear, hear)—and were they now to conclude that the conduct of the Noble Lord upon that memorable occasion was only a passage in the tactics of oppo sition ?—(Cheers.) Were the doctrines which the Noble Lord had advocated when out of the place to be flung aside, like in fected garments, the moment he made the haven of power ? (Cheers.) If not, why was it that he now seemed 'to regard it as his duty to cherish and defend that pension list of which he had strenuously demanded an investigation ?—(Cheers.) The Hon. Secretary for the Treasury had certainly displayed a most laudable zeal in the same good cause. Now, it was true he was not the representative of the corporation, but if not now, he would be so hereafter. The corporation would see that they had altogether mistaken him ; a member of a Go vernment half-Whig, half-Radical, he was naturally regarded with apprehension and distrust.—(Hear.) He was looked upon most probably as an ally of those travelling commis sioners who went about the country seeking whom they might devour—(Laughter)—hunting out every minion of corporation corruption, that they might drag him into light, and expose him to the public contempt.—(Hear, hear.) But now, after the Hon. Gentleman's vigorous defence of vested rights, the corporation of Cambridge would at once perceive their error, and joyfully exclaim, " This is the very man for us!—(Laughter.) This is just what we wanted—a representa tive who will see in every alderman a Peer, and in every com mon-councilman a Member of Parliament" (Hear, and laughter.) The Hon. Member next proceeded to disclaim all ungenerous or unkindly feeling towards persons on the pension list. If there were any on that list either so extremely young, or so stricken in age, that their helpless condition might ren der them objects of solicitude to the great, he was satisfied to permit them to be excepted from the proposed inquiry.— (Laughter.) And with respect to cases of another kind, he was quite sure that if there could be raised in favour of their exception from investigation anything which, if modesty might conceal, generosity would yet suggest, the Committee would receive it cheerfully.— (Hear, hear.) He remembered that the present Earl Grey, when a Member of that House, opposed it motion brought forward by Mr. Huskisson, touching the amount of pensions paid to retired Chancellors, and the time of their services. The motion was made with the view of at. tacking the pension of Mr. Ponsonby, who had only held pffice for some six months under the Whigs. But upon this question Lord Howick observed that Mr. Huskisson was not the best Man in the world to resist improper grants of the public money, when so many had been made to himself and his con nections. Now, if he (Mr. Harvey) were to describe the pensions of the most obnoxious person upon the list, he would not desire to employ other words than those addressed by the present Earl Grey to Mr. Huskisson upon that occasion, for he proceeded to say, " Got by what means the Lord only knew, and for what the Devil only knew."—(Laughter.) If he (Mr. Harvey) were to apply such language to the pension of anybody it would be declared a piece of gross vulgarity and low abuse.—(Hear, hear.) But yet Lord Grey was not ashamed of the expressions. Why, they embodied the sound Whig doctrines upon the subject—(Cheers)—and when Lord Howick, in the excess of his virtuous indignation against un. deserved pensions to the connexions of an individual in power, used these words to one who was present—to a man, and one so capable of defending himself, like Mr. Huskisson,—what would he not have said if he had to deal with the persons now upon that list, who were less capable of defending themselves, and who were, moreover, absent ? The Noble Lord opposite refused them inquiry ; but he promised them amendment. It was easy to give promises ; a stock of promises was one that never failed, it possessed the power of internal renovation. — (Laughter.) He aopealed to Hon. Members to remember the pledges they had given to their constituents, and he called upon the House, without inflicting injury upon the existing race of pensioners, to take care that the list should be more pure hereafter. If there was amongst us aught of military glory, of glory on the sea, of literary renown, or of philosophy in re. tirement, for examples of these we should be enabled to turn an eye of pride upon our pension list. In conclusion, he anxi ously demanded an inquiry, and besought the House not to in sult the sorrows of the people, or excite their indignation. Lord ALTHORP said he had one word to say in ex planation—not or anything he heel slid that night—hut of what he had said in the year 1828. The Hon. Gen tleman, in quoting his speech of that year, ma the motion of the Hon. Member for Middlesex, had only quoted a very short portion of it. He should have quoted his (Lord Althorp's) arguments on the subject, and not have contented himself with taking one sentence out of them. The Hon. Gentleman should have stated, that on the debate on the pension list, in 1828, be (Lord Althorp) did not contend that pensions should be taken away, but that persons should be called to account if it were found out that they had granted pensions improperly. It was upon that ground that he supported the motion of 1828, that had been so frequently alluded to. However, it was satisfactory to him that his arguments upon that occasion were judged convincing by the Hon. Member for Colches ter ; but it would be still more satisfactory to him, for the sake of the consisteney and veracity of the Hon. Member, if he (Lord Althorp) could find the Hon. Mem ber's name in the list of the division that then took place. ,--(Cheers and laughter.) 'The House then divided or the amendment l9O Against it 182 Majority in favour of Lord Althorp's amendment. —8 The result was received with three distinct rounds of applause. During the absence of strangers, we understood that Mr. HARVEY gave notice that he should at some future period of the session bring the subject forward in the Committee of Supply, and move for a call of the House on the occasion. Sir JAMES GRAHAM moved for leave to bring in a Bill kn . better regulating the receipt of his Majesty's Exchequer at Westminster. Mr. HALCOMB moved that the two petitions from the inhabitants of Leamington Priors, Warwickshire, for and against the extension of the borough of Warwick franchise to their hamlet, presented in the last session, be printed.—Ordered. Lord ALTHORP moved that Wednesdays should be the days on which orders should have precedence of motions ; which, after a few objective remarks from Colonel DA. VIES and Sir R. Notts, was agreed to. SUITORS' FUND. Mr. HUME reminded the Noble Lord (Althorp) that lie bad promised last session to bring the subject of the Suitors' Fund before the House, and hoped the Noble Lord would still do so. He viewed it as u nconstitutional, that such a fund should be managed without any control on the Pa. rt of the House. M r , BERNAL brought up the report of the Committee of Supply on the Navy Estimates, which was receive d and agreeu co. Mr. LITTLETON moved the second reading of the which, being read, was ordered to V: Irish Juries B ill, committed. The House adjourne'i at a quarter to one. SEDUCTION AND SUICIDE. —Yesterday an inquest was held in the City Bridetvell, Bridge-street, Blackfriars, on the body of Anne Bather, aged IS, a very fine young woman. Ellen Smith, a young female resid ing at a lodging-house kept by a man named Mordock, in Neweastie•court, Strand, said that about two months ago the deceased was brought to the house by a gentleman who, ske believed, was in tee profession of the law, and had chambers in one of the Inns of Court. Tbe deceased was afterwards in the habit of meeting him at his chambers; JattLatiast her friend abandoned ber, and she became re ,l (bad 41' g .`';worth, poverty. The deceased told witness that -;the' Vras to daughter of respectable parents at Wands -'''' ;w orth, and . that th e g entleman referred to came there to 44 ( recruit his health, and me etin g with her p ersuaded her to C....)r—\ seine her home.. The deceased was obliged to quit her G. ......,lotlgings on Sunday , in cense q uence of her inability to pay C... 1 ter-reat.l ;Mania six o'cicck en Monday morning slue was 0 i, . .nbservell osl,,PUckfriars'-bridge talkin g with a g entleman, * - . -ving -, -e ckt(e_ pules v ibina she went down the ste p s leading to the •'" . ....!ws,ter, and plunged into the r iver. EtY its were mad to \ 4 Tot Mr, butt without AVAIL Verdict—Flo de cc. • PKICBS 01, STOCKS TH; 1 OAT AT ()NI o'CLOCK. Bank &hex I 7 er Cent. 11+, 4 . 3 per Cent. Cons. Bl4 N, Ditto Bonds —2B pm. A per Cent. — South Sea Stock Ditto Red 98%:7% Old Annuitie5............. New 3% per Cent. 97 Mi New Ditto.... ...... ......... 87% 3 per Cent. Ann. 1726 ... —.3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 .... 4 per Cent. 15% Sank Long Ann. to expire Ditt0...........500 46 47 pm. Jan. 5, 1868 17 5-16 4 5-16 i Ditto Small 47 48 prn. Oct. 10, 1859 17 ;il,4lDitto Commercial ....... pm. Jan. 5, 1860 l6 15-16 17 , Ditto Advertised — pm. Jan. 5, 1880 - Bank for Account — April 5, ISAII ....... ....... —lndia for Account Jan. 5, 1870 — I Cons. for Account PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE 0 CLOCK. Austrian Bonds loolPeruvian Bonds Belgian Bonds 97%1 Ditto Account 2l Ditto Account C 7.4 i P or tu g uese Bonds Brazilian Bonds 735 4 1 Ditto Account 7214 11% Ditto Account 733( Ditto New 80nd5...72% 3 % iiienos Ayres Bonds — , Ditto Acconnt...7 21 321 31 Ditto Account 24% , Prussian Bonds lO2 Chili= Bonds 2 5 % i Ditto Bonds, 1822......... 103 Ditto Account 25% Russian Bonds, 1822 1055 Columbian Bonds Ditto Account. — j Ditto 11l 106% Ditto Bonds, 1824: 26g Spanish Bonds, 1891 ...32111i 4 Ditto Account 26>4 671 Ditto Ace... 331 3 111 41 4 Danish Bon a "4 ~ Ditto Bonds, 18)3 `}9% 30 Ditto Accrunt — ! Ditto Account 29% 30 Greek 80nd5.... ... ....« ..... • French Rentes, sp. c. 1061 25e. Ditto Bonds, IBFS. Ditto Account — H.---3 per cent. l. c Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent 29% !--- (Exchange —f —c. Ditto Accouß' Dutch, 21 p. c. 491 i 50 4914 Lsitt o, 6 per cent 4014 Ditto Account 49X, Ditto Account 40% Ditto, sp. c. 96% , i, Neapolitan B9 Ditto Account 96% PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT 02 , ;E O'CLOCK'.. Paid. Iten Miffing Company £7 Anglo Mex. Min. tAi. (isa. at 51. pm ) £lOO Bolanna Mining Company Brazilian Mining Company £s Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (za. at 51. pm ) £2O Ditto National ?2% Ditto St. John Del Rey - Cata Branca Mining Company :3% Vaitish Iron Mininv Company £so Columbizn Mininh Co. 'jig at 51. pm.) 51% English Mining Company . 12% General Mining Association l2 Hibernian Mining Co. £lo Mexican Mining Co £4B Real del Monte Mining C 0.... (unreg.) Vnited Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 2/. pm.) 40 Ditto New Scrip 5 Alliance Fire Insurance Comp lO Protector Insurance Comp. Australian Co. Canada Company ...... ......... ..... General Steam Navigation Co. l3 National Provincial Bank of England 15 Rio Doce Provincial Bank of Ireland 25 COURSE OF EXCHA Amsterdam C.r 12 5 Ditto, at sight 3 Rotterdam U 12 5 Antwerp 12 5 Hamburg M.B. 13 12 Altona 13 12 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 45 Ditto 2 U. 25 75 Bordeaux 25 80 Berli9 7 ran k fort on Maine, Ex. M.:51 E - ..tersburgli, ruble, 3 Us. 10 0 Vienna, effective it. 2M. 9 57 Trieste ...... do Madrid 16N Cadiz 971 Gilboa Barcelona 36 .3eville 36 Gibraltar 47 Per ~hare. 9 UW4 10 142 15 io X 934 9 25 5014 1 11 144 % 11 £1 5 ‘25 1 ,4 51 , 4 164 13N 2% 3 PRICKS OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, FEB. 15. Bank Stock 214% ISt. Patrick lnsur.(perShare Consols, 3 ner cent Gov. Stock, 354 per cent. 95% National Ditto — Ditto, New 95% Patriotic Ditto — 1 per Cent. — Hibernian Bank — Gov. Deb. 31,./ percent.... SR% Provincial Dittc Royal Canal Stocs 40% Royal Irish Mine Grand Canal 5t0ck......... —,lmperial Mine City Deb. 4 per cent. 7B Mining Co. of Ireland Ballast Office Deb. 4v. c. Commercial Buildings FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, FEB. 17. Five per Cents., 105 f. 95c. 90c. Four and a Half per Cents, 100 f. 90e. Four per Cents., 92f. 50c. Three per Cents., 75t. 99c 95c. 76f. 10e. Bank Actions, 1,770 f 1,777 f. 50c. Rente de Naples, 91f. 70c. The. Roman Five per Cents., 924 14. Bente ,l'Espagne, Five per Cents., 26 26U%. Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 38% % Royal Spanish Loan, 72 721 N. Rente Perdet. d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 60U 61 60%. Belgian Loan, 1841, Five per Cent, 994. Haytian Loan, 267 f. 50c. 270 f. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, 25f. 274 c. ; money, 25f. 27%c. Three months, paper, 23t. 12! 2 c.; money, 25f. 1214 c. —Coors Authentioue. .17GE YESTERDAY. rLeglicrn 48% IGenoa 25 6 ' Milan 91 Venice 47 Naples . 4O Paletrno per oz. 123 Lishon Oporto 5.914 Rio .Janeiro Bahia Bl Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight 1 i Cork IY2 BULLION, PER OZ. a. d. Portugal Gold, coin 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars Silverbars, standard 0 4 111 HIGH WATEK AT LONIYIN IsRIDOR TO-MORROW. Morning... 7 minutes after 14 Evening..A4 minutes after 11 NOTICE. [n a few days, when the arrangements for that pur pose are accomplished, The Sun will be conside rably enlarged, and printed with a new and beauti• ful type, cast expressly for this Paper by the cele brated Alex. Wilson and. Sons, of Glasgow. -n~v LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 19, 1834. The Pension List seems destined to be the bane of every Administration. It turned the Tories out of office, it has long vexed and an noyed their successors, and, at last, placed them in a dilemma of no ordinary difficulty. Like men engaged in a bad cause, and against their will, Ministers fought with great shyness in the contest last night. They knew not well whether to stand or run—they felt qualms of that sort of conscience that " makes cowards of us all," and but for the impulse which the cheers of their enemies gave to the faint cheers of their usual supporters, and the oaths of allegiance which they had taken, we verily believe they would have called out for quarter. Who can wonder at this ? Nothing is so disheartening as to fight in a bad cause. In such a case, even victory is regarded rather as a misfortune than a blessing. This dilemma has arisen from two causes—the usual practice of successive Administrations to continue the pensions granted by their prede cessors, and the Act of 1832, passed by an unreformed Parliament, and tacitly recognised by another of last session. The former, as a general rule, is good, but it ought to be observed only as a general rule, and exception should be made in all cases where no services had been performed —when the objects of the pension were not in want, or reduced to such a state as to entitle them to charity—and above all, in cases where the pensions were granted to undeserving fa vourites of either Sovereign or Minister. Ilad Ministers observed this rule—had they, on re vising the pension list, selected some of the most obnoxious cases, and intimated to the holders their unwillingness to recommend to the Sove reign a renewal of the grants, these pen sioners would, like the Duchess of NEW CASTLE, either have voluntarily resigned their claims, or been struck off the list by a vote of the House of Commons. This, how ever, was not done, and from a sense of false delicacy, and a dislike (no doubt natural) to pry into aumestic affairs, they allowed all to re main, and involved the deserving, the helpless, and the worthless, in the same odious charge. Something was afterwards done, hut not enough. Such half-and-half measures ate the most politic of all. They enrage one party without conciliating the other, and the authors of them have all the irksomeness of fighting an up-hill battle, without the cheers or ordinary rewards of victory. This was the original fault of Mi nisters, and it was followed up by another, in which the House of Commons had no small share—we mean the tacit recognition of the Act 2d and 3d of the present reign. That Act should never have been passed—it is a disgrace to a reformed House of Commons—and as they willingly walked into the snare, they must be left to get out of it the best way they can. No rea soning, no sophistry, can justify, or even palliate, that false policy which allows thousands a year to persons who have rendered no service to the state, and turns adrift those without interest or patronage who had been for years in her ser vice, and who naturally looked forward to pro tection. When Ministers hare cut down their own salaries, when economy and retrenchment are gradually making their way into every depart ment, and there is a cry for relief from one end of the kingdom to the other, the people will listen to no nice distinctions, or submit patiently to unjust claims, merely because it pleased CASTLEREAGH Or WELLINGTON or GREY to pledge the So vereign to acknowledge them. Ministers ought to take a hint from the large numbers against them last night. But for the support of their enemies they would have been left in a miserable minority, and their enemies, on a fitting occasion, will know how to make use of the advantage. Let them trust to their friends alone—let them regard as their paramount duty the welfare not of a particular class, but of the general body, and they may set their enemies at defiance. Mr. ROBINSON truly said that granting the motion would not injure Ministers, but the contrary. We are afraid, however, they have yet too much of the old leaven to listen to the advice, and, unless the obnoxious penzioners take the hint and resign, they will try the battle again. It will be seen that, in a House of 372 Members, they had 182 against them. How could it be otherwise, when they admitted that many of the cases were bad, and justified their conduct on a plea, which no one denies, that merit alone ought to be rewarded ? The question cannot affect the stability of the Government, but it will add nothing to its popularity. At the early sitting of the House of Commons yesterday, Air. P. SCROPE presented a petition against duelling, which Sir H. VERNEY had manliness enough to support, observing, at the same time, that the late Duke of YORK, when Commander-in-Chief, had always affo►ded pro tection to officers who, from conscientious motives, declined to enter into a duel. The practice is indeed an absurd one—a relic of the old days:of barbarism, which authority should always discountenance. There is no moral courage requisite to enable a man to fight a duel ; the moral fortitude is shown rather in his declining it. Among the most experienced duellists on record, are to be found the names of some of the greatest bullies and savages that ever disgraced civilized society. We shall hail the day when this practice is exploded, as a proof that intel lect is really on the march. On military men it bears with peculiar severity. If an officer engages in a duel, he commits a breach of duty, and is possibly wounded into the bargain ; if he declines it, he is instantly posted as a coward. Again, the duel , affords little or no chance of fair play. The inexpe rienced and nervous man—even though he may be brave to desperation—runs all hazards in such an encounter; the cool, collected, and practised marksman, tew or none. And this, we suppose, is what is called satisfaction,—na►nely, that one man should shoot another through the head, and then both parties be instantly declared to be placed on the same footing, as regards this very ambiguous term ! What an arrant absurdity ! Mr. O'CONNELL obtained leave last night to bring in a Bill to amend the law of libel. We are glad to see the Hon. and Learned Gentleman thus occupied. Here, he may be of some real service to the community, for the evil with which he proposes to grapple is one that concerns not the Press alone, but the whole vast body of the people. Well might Mr. O'CONNELL observe, " I never knew a man prosecute for libel who did not come off infinitely worse for the prose.. cution." He might have gone even further, and added that, in very many instances, the plaintiff is left at the close of the trial in a more pitiable predicament than the defendant. In fact, the law, as at present constituted, reverses the usual spirit of all wholesome legislation, and throws its shield over the . rogue, while it leaves the honest man unarmed and unprotected. There are exceptions, of course, but this is its leading, fundamental principle. Another evil attending this law is, that though incompetent—or all but incompetent —to work any practical benefit, it is omnipotent for all purposes of mischief. As no Judge ever yet was found able to define it, or circumscribe its power within reasonable limits, so every one interprets it after a fashion of his own. Thus, the same law which, left to the discretion of a temperate and sagacious Judge, might in some degree be crippled in its capabilities of annoyance, becomes, in the hands of an irascible and self-opinionated one, the deadliest (we will make no reservation) instrument of tyranny ever yet wielded by autho rity. For instance, what defendant could pos sibly hope for justice, or expect aught but the most preposterous visitation, in the way of fine and imprisonment, from the late Lord EL LENBOROUGH, when that Noble and Learned Lord defined libel as a something that " hurts a man's feelings ?" Why, upon this prin ciple, the Journalist who ventured in a thought less moment to impugn the omniscience of Lord LONDONDERRY—co question whether Dr. PHILLPOTTS was a miracle of consistency—or the present Lord ELLENBOROUGH the most accom plished equestrian he had ever seen—might, on the plea that he " hurt the feelings" of these eminent individuals, be subjected to a punish ment worse than that accorded. to the pick-pocket or the swindler ! Even the most innocent phrase, the most sportive remark, thrown off without the slightest intention to do injury, might, under such a definition, be construed into a crime, and visited accordingly. It is a pity that Lord Keeper GUILDFORD was not aware of the power of the libel law, when he ex pressed such huge indignation at the wags of the day insisting that he had " ridden a rhinoceros!' Pity that Dr. JOHNSON did not know that he had the same balm for his anguished feelings, when the witty TOPHAM BEAUCLERK accused him of taking lessons in dancing from VESTRIS ! But Baron BOL LAND'S definition, as we showed a few days since, arms the libel law with if possible, added terrors. According to this Judge's dictum, libel is, like the air we breathe, universal. Praise is a libel—blame is a libel — nay, any, even the slightest, allusion that bears, no matter how indirectly, on the slightest frac tion of humanity, is a libel. It is the sword of DAMOCLES, that hangs suspended by a single horse-hair over the head of every journalist— every pamphleteer—every reviewer—every news vender, publican, and coffee-house keeper, in the three kingdoms. He alone is safe from this horrid bug-bear, whose time being his own, en ables him diligently to sift the contents of every publication he may sell, or be otherwise mixed up with ; and who to his own trade or profession, whatever that may be, adds the tact and experience of a finished lawyer. But even then he is not wholly beyond its reach, for as libel is neither more nor less than a vague, abstract idea—a mysterious shadow with which there is no grappling—a sort of Proteus which can assume a thousand different shapes-- r it may lurk in nooks and corners, where no eyes save those of a perplexed Jury, can ',detect, or fancy they detect, it. To bring this anomaly within the limits of common-sense is Mr. O'CONNELL'S present task, and we wish him well through it. Let himnot be dismayed by difficulties,— but put his shoulder bravely to the wheel, and we promise him a speedy triumph. The alterations he pro poses in the law are as follow : 1. To fix the legal definition of the offence of libel, assimilat- [rig it to that of slander. 2. To determine the boundaries which separate public from private libel ; and, in connection with this branch of the sub. ject, to draw precise distinctions between principals and acces saries. 3. To do away with all ex-qtecio and other informations. 4. To deprive the Crown of the right of reply, unless when the defendant produces evidence; and in this case, if the pro. secutor avails himself of the right of reply, to confer upon the defendant the right of being further heard. - - 5. To confine the right of demanding a Special Jury to the defendant. 6. To admit evidence of the truth of the publication charged as a libel; the truth, when establi•hed, in criminal prosecutions to be deemed a vindication ; in civil actions to be for the con. sideration of the Jury. 7. To regulate the amount of costs in civil actions by the amount of damages. Less than 40s. damages never to carry costs, but, on the contrary, to throw some part of the defend. ant's costs upon the plaintiff. Any damages not exceeding 501. to limit the costs to an equal amount. Damages above 501. to carry costs to the full amount actually incurred. _ _ _ We have not the slightest fault to find with these .proposed amendments. They are all excellent. The two last, in particular, deserve the highest praise. We cannot agree with Lord ALTHORP that truth, in justification of libel, can ever, under any circumstance, be " injurious."' It may, indeed, damage the knave; but surely the law is not to be amended, solely for the benefit of men of doubtful character, whose sensibilities, as is usually the case, may happen to be somewhat thin-skinned ! The honest man has some right to have his interests con sidered ; and to such a one the promulgation of the truth never yet produced aught but good. Equally satisfactory is Mr. O'CoNNELL's proposal that no damages under forty shillings shall carry costs. At present, the plaintiff in a libel case, whose grievous wrongs the Jury think handsomely compensated ior by a farthing damages, has the power of saddling the defendant with the whole costs of the action, whereby the libelled party is enabled to share a profitable per centage with his attorney; and thus turn his very want of all character to better'account than other men turn their integrity ! Surely an injustice like this demands the promptest re medy ; for what possible right can that scamp have to the compensation of costs, whose moral worth is publicly estimated in a court of law at the value of the fourth-part of a penny ? SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY. FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, FEB. 18.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived from the River and remain, the Andromache, Andrews, for Bengal ; and Katharine Stewart Forbes, Anderson, for Madras. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 18.—Wind W. FALMOUTH, FEB. 17.—Wind variable, light breezes.— Ar rived the Renard packet from Rio Janeiro, sailed Dec. 19. BRISTOL, FEB. 18.—Arrived the Woodbine, Maw, from St. Petersburgh; and Thetis, from Riga. DUBLIN, FEB. 16.—Arrived the New Prospect, Knox, from St. Andrew's, New Brunswick. Coax, FEB. 16.—Arrived his Majesty's troop ships Romney, Jupiter, and Athol. PENZANCE, FEB. 17.—The Durham, Spenully, from Liver pool, which put in here on the 15th, with pumps choked, has commenced discharging. CUXHAVEN, FEB. Is.—There is much ice drifting on the river above here. HAMBURG, Fcs 14.—Thirty-six casks of tallow have been driven on the Island of Fanoe, the marks and numbers oblite rated by being a long time in the water. His Majesty's ship Snake captured and carried into Rio Janeiro, previous to the 15th December, the Portuguese brig Maria da Gloria, with 425 slaves on board. The Selitia, from Jamaica, is under - weigh, the leak having been stopped. HOLYHEAD HARBOUR. We have been favoured, by a gentleman who attended the Hunt Meeting at Holyhead, on Wednesday week, with a list of the vessels then lying in the Harbour, wind-bound, which were above 80 sail, cleared for different parts, viz :—The West Indies, South America, Africa, Alexandria, Mediterranean, Spain and Portugal, as well as Coasters and Irish Traders. It appears also that he has made himselfacquainted with whattook place at Holyhead Harbour during the many tempestuous gales of this winter, and the local advantages of the place as an asylum port to the trade of the Channel, and finds that the average number which annually take shelter within the Pier is above 1,000 sail, exclusive of his Majesty's packets, and that their tonnage some years exceed one hundred thousand tons. He further observes, that the security it affords has been proved, during the present month in particular, when so many disasters have occurred on other coasts generally throughout the chan nel, no damage whatever has been sustained in Holyhead har bour, or about its entrance. It should be known, to the credit of the commissioners, that no means are neglected for the safety of other vessels, as well as his Majesty's packets. A strong chain is laid down across the entrance, which grapples the anchors when they are driving out, and a storm-boat is kept continually afloat, with a most powerful cap stan, and warps to assist them in ; these have been the means of saving some vessels during the late heavy gales. The pre-eminent advantages of the harbour as a Packet Station are well known, and it is highly to the credit of those con cerned in the Post-office establishment, when the efficiency of the packets has been so fully proved, and which also de. monstr.tes the zeal and ability with which the com manders have performed their arduous duty, that the London mail has not been detained more than ten minutes in any one instance throughout the winter, but the packets have invariably started as soon as it was put on board, which is generally at eleven at night, consequently there has not been a storm throughout the present winter, without two of the Holyhead packets being out, exposed to its fury, which they have weathered without any damage whatever.— Carnarm Hera. COURT OF CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) LEES V. NUML. The LORD CHANCELLOR was engaged during the whole of the day in hearing this appeal from an order made by his Honour the Master of the Rolls. KING'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice J. PARKE and a London Special Jury.) THE KING ON THE PROSECUTION OF THE BISHOP OF HERE- FORD V. SMART. This case was opened by Mr. FoLtErr, and Sir J. SCARLETT stated it to the Jury. He said it was a prosecution, instituted by the Rev. Prosecutor, against the defendant, who was vestry.clerk of the parish of St. Botolph, Bishopsgate, for a libel which was published in the defendant's name. The Rev. Prelate was well known to the public, and from the very early period he (Sir James) had had the honour of his acquaintance, and from his own knowledge of him, he could state, that a more honourable, or pious and vir tuous man, never lived—he adorned the bench upon which he In t March, they then sat ; but, for a ll that, he had not escaped from the fate of resolutions mo st public men—from b ein g libelled. The Rev. Prelate had b een appointed to the rec tor y of the parish by the late Govern _ wen t . Previous to the app ointment, disputes had existed walmBe3roe2n,goantavhla vestry parishioners rsyetmt edeetbi meeting ga wn aAws Act th held,respectpassedi c6 t h o t ha t h e Geo. e r i t e i I t s h vo e . f s b u were passed, which reflected strongly upon the conduct of the Rev. Prelate, which were printed in the form of a handbill, and to which was attached the name of Mr. Smart; and in addition it would be proved, that, not content with that, the defendant had furnished such information to a reporter, as enabled him to obtained general circulation through the The defendant had refused to give up the authors of the libels,and therefore the Rev, prosecutor had no other alternative than to make up a report of the meeting, by whicmhetdhieumliboeflltohues mnamttee: bring forward the present prosecution for the purpose of clear. ing his character. The Learned Gentleman concluded by calling upon the Jury to put a stop to the tide of libels which was now setting in, by shewing that such conduct could not be pursued with impunity. Mr. WATTS, a Reporter, heard of the meeting of the entry, in question, and went up to attend i t . When he got there, he found that he had mistaken the hour, and that the meeting was over. He then went to Mr. Smart, and requested to be furnished by him with an account of what had occured. Defendant asked him for what purpose he wanted it, and he told him it was for publication. Defendant said he had no objection to give him the required information, but it must be in strict confidence. He then took down a book, from which he copied the proceedings and resolutions, and from which he made up the report which afterwards ap peared in the Times. Cross-examined by Mr. PoLLocK—He went to the defend ant because he thought he would from him get an impartial ac count of what took place. He had destroyed his notes, because he did not know, for several months after the publication, that any proceedings were contemplated. He was not a willing or volunteer witness, but attended upon a subpoena that had been served upon him. Mr. Bromley, solicitor for the prosecution, said that when he was furnished with one of the handbills he waited upon de fendant, and expressed his surprise that such a thing should have been put forth, when he well knew that the Bishop was clearly and legally entitled to all he claimed Defendant said there was no doubt that the Bishop was legally entitled to the money, but he certainly had no equitable claim to it. He re quired from defendant such information as would enable Dr. Grey to rebut the charges, by fixing upon the individuals who had made the statements. Defendant refused to give any infor mation, and said he only acted as vestry-clerk, and by its order. He was not the author of the offensive matter, and thought it very hard that he should be held liable, in place of those who were at the bottom of the whole thing. Cross-examined. —He was not aware till he came into the box, that it was not disputed that Dr. Grey was entitled to the money he claimed. He did not recollect that he threa tened a criminal prosecution when he saw the defendant, but he mentioned something of a prosecution at the time. The reason he did not do so was, that he had not then made up his mind what course to advise. Mr. White was a printer m Bishopsgate-street. He got an order for 1,000 handbills, containing the resolutions. The copy was brought to him by the beadle. He took the proof and the manuscript to Mr. Smart's house, where he left them. The proof was sent back, but he did not know in what manner. The bills were taken away by the beadle. He never saw Mr. Smart upon the question. John Hooker, the beadle, said it was his duty to take all parish manuscripts that were to be printed to the printer. He could not say whether he carried the one in question or not. He could not say whether he took it from Mr. Smart's desk or got it from himself. The libels complained of were then put in and read. They consisted of a series of resolutions, in which it was alleged that the Rev. Prelate had received money from his parish to which he was not entitled, and that, neglecting the honourable example of the Bishop of London, he refused to give it back to his poor flock. Mr. Ponnocx then rose to address the Jury for the defend ant. He said, as a warm friend to the Established Church, to say that he viewed that prosecution with regret was too mild a term. Speaking for himself, he said that he viewed that prosecution, instituted by one of its dignitaries, with indigna tion and alarm. He had waited most anxiously to see what motives his Learned Friend (Sir James Scarlett) would ascribe to the Reverend prosecutor. At last he said it was not for the purpose of punishing the defendant, but that the character of the Bishop should be cleared ; yet the Jury would remember not only the concluding remarks of his Learned Friend, but also what fell from Mr. Bromley the moment he entered the box—that till he came there he thought the right of his reverend client was disputed—and then they would see the real object of the trial. They wanted the opi nion of the Court of King's Bench upon that point—they had got it—then, for God's sake, let them stop there. It was said that it was for the purpose of clearing the charac ter of the Bishop ? Where was the slightest evidence for that purpose ? Was it from the reporter, or the printer ? Or was it from the parish beadle ? Why was not the Reverend prosecutor put into the box, when lie could have told them something of the origin of these disputes. The proceedings of that day had no more to do with the character of the Bishop of Hereford than they had to do with that of any person who had never heard anything of them. The question was, had the vestry a right to meet and consider of and discuss what they considered as a grievance ? What was the situation of the defendant ?as vestry clerk bound to do whatever he was ordered by the vestry in that capacity—liable to be turned off from year to year because he was subject to annual election, and yet he was the person selected upon this occasion to be sacrificed to appease the angry feelings of the Right Reverend Prosecutor ! Why not prosecute the actually guilty parties if any offence had been committed ? Was there the least shadow of pretence, to say that the defendant was the author. The Learned Gentleman proceeded with great force, and at consi derable length, in his address to the Jury. His LORDSHIP having summed up, the Jury, a few minutes before three o'clock, returned a verdict of—Not Guilty. The Rev. Prelate sat on the Bench during the whole of the trial. THE NEW BARON.—Sir William Horne raised a positive objection to his accepting the office of one of the Barons of the Exchequer, in having to go to th" Old Bailey and upon the circuit; 'hat objection has been removed by an arrangement (we understand), that be shall not have to take upon himself those duties, at all events not until after all the arrear of equity business in the Ex chequer has been disposed of. NEW NAUTICAL ROMANCE. —Cooper, it appears, is about to have a rival in the author of a romance called Makanna, which is on the eve of appearing, This descriptionsn e w production n f is maritime said t a o dv a e b n o t u u n re d nn the me Indianmost n pecan im ated ; while the romantic scenes of sava g e life, which it com prises, are rendered still mo re interestin g b y the p resence of a heroine, in the person o f the dau g hter of a British officer. KoLoCZA, JAN. 20.—Ever since the 6th of this month our town has been entirely surrounded by water, our streets are converted into navigable canals, and we are entirety cut off from all other places. The damage will be incalculable, and will be more felt, as all have not yet recovered the loss incurred by the inundation in 1830. —Austrian Observer. LIVERPOOL COTTON-MARKET, FEB. 17. The demand for cotton has to-day been extensive. The sales amount to 7,000 bags, of which about 2,000 have been taken on sp,culation. Prices of American have ad van,d id per'h, on the dly, nicking, with the advance on Saturday, id. since Friday. The Annoyance Jury for Westminster held an adjourned meeting on Thursday evening, at the Prince's Head, Prince's-street, to receive the report of the deputa tion (appointed at their former meeting), to wait on Mr. Robson, the Chairman of the Court of Burgesses, relative to the appropriAion of the fines imposed by the Court for non-service and non performance of the duties of Con stable and Annoyance Jury, and which fines, according to Act of Parliament, ought to be paid over (within fourteen days alter the receipt thereof) to the Ov.r seers of the respective parishes in which they were levied, for the use of the poor ; but the several Overseers on being applied to, denied all knowledge of any money ever being received by them from the Court ler that pur pose. The Chairman of the Court having refused to give any information on the subject, the meeting deputed several of their members to proceed to the House of Coto mons, and request an interview with the ifonouralt!e Members for Westminster, who advised an immediate application to Parliament, and kindly offered their 4,1-- vices and assistance in the case. The m:eting imme diately appointed a Committee to carry that advice into effect, and adjourned till to-morrow evening, to me,t at slim , house, and adopt what further measures tit ty it, necessary to enforce the application of a cocsidetable sun of money to its legitimate purpose. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) ----... (Before the CHIEF JUSTICE and a Special Jury,) FCRNIVAL V. STRINGER. • the defendant, the 1.,5; who had brought his action against damages taw Sheriff for the County of Surrey, to recover _,.... • during bra ~..nor.`"` severe and cruel treatment he had received aoL finement for an alleged debt in Horsemongerlanearg . that 00 the statements of the Learned Counsel, it appe ea lt Works IS 3 - plaintiff was the proprietor of two large s t-works ; an, Mr. Sergeant WILDE appeared in this case for the plai °64 ._. Cheshire, called the Walton and Marston Sal a __, ; , 0 01 . suit for a sum of 8,0001., and, in that having had some transactions with a perasorrn;srer a " t os France, which led to disputes, he anae a prisons able to find bail for so large an amount, he bec t in Horsemonger-lane gaol on the 28th of Augus , a l fi 7 edint bst this period until the 25th of September he was ccit on that ds/ part of the prison called " The Master's Side," bu he eeP erl he received a message desiring his attendance at t from tap house. On his arrival there he was informed, that ..A4 to susr mation that had been receved the Keeper had reason must be fe• he had formed a design to l es cape, and therefore he M I to o moved to the felons' side of the prison. Mr. Furniva pro against the adoption of so harsh a course, and V. be confronted with the party who had made s a charge, at the same time observing upon the , complied with ; he was not permittecl e°ll to swe r ag e su t transaction, and stating his belief that the sugg 4 from the party at whose suit he was imprisoned, ' apartments, ae.s.d 2p.slratbi :h u e dgt to was the 2 instantly 7t h of September conveyed adopted for the purpose of extracting from 1 101 ' eunrnceof not beio6 the justness of his demand. Mr. Furnival's re(P yard, and placed in a cell appropriated to the see any person but the turnkey. He requt. might have some associate, and mentioned a prison' of the name of Willis, as a companion he should twheitdhahyimbeifnorgtawlloowdeadytso, go at ttoh the however, was refused him, but a prisoner under Mr. Willis was permitted to be his companion. • of September, down to the 3d of January, he we of the prison, but compelled to return to the felon' deat hF th r i o s m cell, w.th From the 3d of January, however, to the 13th h throng' was d u g : totally unknown to the plaintiff, he was kept in felon's side of the prison in solitary confinement. 1 against the adoption of such a course were made plaintiff, upon mentioning the circumstance to when he visited the prison, telling him that his h, impaired by the treatment he had received, and lie might be allowed to walk in the open air, was him that there was the gallery between the two considered a very fine walk; at the same time stagy was not content with that, he should order him in the cell at the end of the gallery in which _ placed pi evious to their execution. This course was kept up from this period till the discharge of the plaintiff in the action that had been brought' the recovery of the 8,0001. for which he was DA nonsuited. Itwas in consequence of th i s treatment been compelled to bring the presen t action agaim who was now the only defendant, the keeper having died. The Learned Sergeant was happy _, complaint against public officers in this country were ve_! .. frequent; but, in a similar case to the present, it had b . e . ° l ! te m by a Learned Judge (Lord King) to a gaoler who had ill a u ed 9 prisoner, In consequence of a suspicion that he of tlf escape,. " Raise your walls higher then, for the la w ' , country will not allow a prison within a prison." ~. in a 1 0 Mr. W. Pyne, the solicitor of the plaintiff was called, - under examination when our reporter left. DUNGARVAN ELECTION. It was confidently and generally stated through town day that Mr. Jacob had been returned as the successful Cy' rii date for this borough. We believe, however, that Do P° sl information on the subject has yet been received. ~ u p The following is an account of the state of the r°" twelve o'clock on Friday : SECOND DAY'S GROSS POLL Mr. Jacob Mr. Barron Majority for Barron, 6. THIRD DAY'S (FRIDAY) POLL, AT MEL% ........ 57 E OCLOCE. ....... 238 ....... 244 Jacob'''''''''''''''''''''''''''' Monday. —Freeman's 3l\'lirr :J Barronon ............................... 12 Glorious majority for the Repealer, 45. Our Irish Correspondent informs us that, at the close of Poll, the Solicitor-General Crampton and D. Ronayne were in nomination ; seven or eight polled for Crampton, norie op Ilonayne. They started with a vie w of putting out J ac bribery, and it is said will succeed CHESS BETWEEN LONDON AND PA- ....d ps o ; The match at chess between the Westminster a. 0 0$1 . 1 Chess Clubs has begun, and excites great interest 1110/11 o i l f o llo ,A, the lovers of the game in both countries. T he ,,,,„ o lsr - are the conditions upon which the match is to "." o ' iS and we give them conceiving that they may appr°L:. 4 be adopted on similar occasions by the voioug P r° -I 1 Chess Societies : ' i v 'OA The match to consist of two games, to be P ^a ' ed 6i st . Oi neously, and the stake to be fifty pounds sterling . on e I __, F ' Should both games be drawn, or each partY w in he it st'Ol the match shall terminate, and each party will dray/ " e ss dcb ; The games to be played according to the law' - WO i down in the second edition of " Walker's Treatise on. ~, The Edinburgh Chess Club to be appointed unW ite ; ,4 A letter once posted cannot be retracted or alterey , 1 moves shall be considered as played on the letters be . t i f " ro e n ,, ir Should either party delay longer than a fortnig n „ obel l Ail receipt of the last letter to despatch their moves tn.7Zitspo7k adjudged to have lost the match. Provided alwaYtehewcoote! the delay have arisen from circumstances bey ond it either Club no penalty shall be inflicted. s i g ned 1 4 No letter shall be considered authentic Unless 0 0 Secretary, or Sec. pro tem. appointed by hit °, Ike 'bo the 01 It is further agreed on between the Clubs t the fig .1 to be begun by the English shall be called _ e w bigis i game in contradistinction to the French c g i a l i o u w ing te ° opened by the Paris Chess CIO. The folio are already pled . - ENGLISH GAME. 1. K. P. two sq. K. P. one sq. The move rests now with so give it when adopted, ufterw regularly. ~.ii °"'a& FasS- - 0 sq. 1. K. P' tvi I our countrymen, uo tliv e 0 , 'ards continuing ilie SPORTING INTELLIGENuP' 7,„a0 a e MANCHESTER, MoNPAr ' wo ol . 0 0 • hed the bail Before St. Valentine's Day had NM a th ose ho p/ night," we found most of our turf heroes, an" .„.tipg''',4lr penchant for coursing, again assembled in our s -o'o, pon t he b te" so ji full of the deeds of their favourite dogs u- edol nina_ ie di Chatsworth. But one opinion appeared to Pe dog that the able and truly.spirited patrons of he h di u spla yed justified in their style of supporting h e when the power, and must have been first or second •, in 0 01 0 was given had he not exhausted his streng!„" ir. Bea ttie o / 1 and killing more game than his shar e. w ere . Brand also shone "a trump," and many the ti ne, that " drops of brandy" ought to have been been sod the,' the Judge (hitherto spoken of most highly), bes" ) . „ n ap ir d y y to Spanker. Notwithstanding the extraordi nafYt unprecedented sums pending on the event, the wiIO PP he pears to have been of a somewhat harmless character o r I always a steady favourite, and never lost sight of $ indeed, lastthreeo dreams xpeo o expectation their ing and ready game " fieldsmen," so that they keP t l l , l l l on the right side. Had the Prince or the Duke eed have proved a " tower of strength" for contests y et , tile` For , , the would the gay days ion has hof hundreds, with books open, upon the Chester 100 ta n n uning urcou erto'adeo and the difficulty experienced its solving the " dee t oht forfeit," due on Friday last, has proved a great gap Our letters from Chester gives the following for /pr cl E TRADES CUP.—Lord Derby's Scheme r ' gr, wick's Trepidation ; Mr. Massey's Abelard ; an d Lady Stafford ; and for the Cheshire Stake s, ,r ley's Jemima : and Mr. Turner's Captain Ross. ay be f feits are also taken by Messrs. Weatherby, there ., t he two more, but we don't expect it. Until tlie",:re.sti state of the field is published, we can look for nu m b ler pBl Independencegains friends, and is decidedly Pr e her (W I reon has also a blooming look ; and poor Bird cat° 4oo 4, cognoscenti booked certain to pay two wee ks friends at our price on Saturday. fa° Our gentlemen have not in lota the London so d renipo does not go down with us at their Pri Ce ' o o was brought out here some weeks back, and teowype, the Hyde Park-corner quotations would even O e be too at. Bubastes in both markets appears (to us) to re r esteemed. The average prices of those events " the go," are as follow : CHESTER TRADES' CUP, p.p.-6 to 1 agst• !i l e gt°lf (t); 7 to 1 agst. Speculator (off) ; 9 to 1 agst. Briv;,); 9 to 1 agst. Controller ; 9 to 1 asst. Persever ance '0 to I agst. Mez:reon (t); 12 to 1 agst. Mona's Pride ; l a , Les Grace; 13 to 1 agst. Birdcatcher, or any oth,-100, tY THE MAGHULL CUP, p.p.-5 to 1 agst. Trepi,l%, pa THE AINTREE CUP.—No betting; but offers 1 field, v. 7. THE DERBY.-5 to 1 agst. Bubastes (t) ; SG 9 Bentley (off) ; 9 to 1 agst. Plenipo; 16 to I '7 0 00,4 16 to 1 agst. Delirium; 18 to 1 agst. Olympic ; Defensive; 27 to 1 agst. Viator; 22 to 1 agst . 22 to 1 agst. Comet. t aken) THE OAKS.-5 y, to 1 agst. Cotillon (freely '— taken asst. Bubastes winning Derby and Leger. , 12 O'CLOCK, Morie'e'refo It is just stated that Trepidation has paid; I tP his name at a very late hour. BIRTHS. On the 13th inst., at Merton, Surrey, the Marjoribanks Bond, Esq., of a son PRINTUD ANL) PUBLIYIIID RV MU RDO YO V N OftICK, 112, STRAIIPt; niva l Prv rcl t° a requ ° u oded unfoto c ruelty °f oe' tion c ..0 ugges dl3''' 4 ,3 . 1)16 L .9 and if 1100 1 . A , eqi%'eSt W o a ri S g r i lii : : : e e r tn e s u td tle d ' e ta n ih°: fo l: : f hwf r e l i t d ed br e: o l4'; ~ : ' ug.• r fel • isoner T d prefer.re rice. 2, From the; it was coni i % 0 # . • he clebt°:oill,., 1 vs side a" c ox h, from 3 t t° ' his cell 1 3 Rem3ristr , e in vain' • ' ) M r. strl ' h ea lth had requestine. T . : as informe d ) cells, whic h i tating that o 1 , nto be c°- • . p , i son e rsd rse of tre at i lls" , f Mr. Fu r ' °t hip. ll' aPgraiSin4ed tiff the P ia° st Dlr. Strl- •fl so * L . o f the P k :. ppY to,:,t,Yvool' astified in t their style of supporting him ; P hewsin-'he far''.far' '. ower, and must have been first or second vib e . , 1 n.th r A.,... 7as given had he not exhausted his s tren. 4 nd killing more game than his share. ~„a e of ° ) 1 at 3randy also shone "a trump," and many voiOes "' o riel/ h " drops of brandy" ought to have be en th'ed t he j, he Judge (hitherto spoken of most highly), hest°vl n ap I li o Spanker. Notwithstanding the extraordina r y' inprecedented sums pending on the event, the winning be j 4 mars to have been of a somewhat harmless charact er ; or? I I nn t n w aiugdcdtdre e d a k,ayot y n:hsr s eds:t a tttTrdhaew s erif fre t taeos e t iodplu a ferayi d rldudsdogt y : m;tatttym f ihhao a cerenne v e: d o , ep;eg‘ u ,esdaf r Atrfiayo i e: tyererrels.ndd, givestcer3sah eexmi n edaap d mesesnci n cseti,:hi e y, ,isoveeiosefisthloroionitllitrbhlnhi Cheshire s s ,ii, t atr trnth s thd:ga i :ue g el cu;: h yer nog t , as,kr orothrt i o,a di , so irni:oieut 1, 1 1, )n the right side. Had the Prince or the Duk e sv :fo ' ll,, ° I nd L save proved a " tower of strength" for contests r. e , n t the, r )f hundreds, with books open, upon the Cheste r ; la ratl v '' brfeit," due on Friday last, has proved a greet gap Vi 1 O THE TRADES Cup.—Lord Derby's Scheme r ' w Ley's Jemima : and Mr. Turner's Captain RosS• ma y De reits are also taken by Messrs. •Weatherby, the' t he o t Iwo more, but we don't expect it. Until then'rotCh ;tate of the field is published, we can look for o°..ig of p a t 1 Independencegains friends, and is decidedly Pr e '",.„, (t O . • I reon has also a blooming look ; and poor BirdeatC l ; o o, , 7ognoscenti booked certain to pay two weeks S i el oh • friends at our price on Saturday. fss b ' Our gentlemen have not in tote) t h e L o ndon an d P'enipo does not go down with us at their PriCe'oir „ ple was brought out here some weeks back, and Len a o e sv ol the Hyde Park-corner quotations would eve n nn ..„ too at. Bubastes in both markets appears (to us) to 4 esteemed. The average prices of those event s in'te e " the go," are as follow : ciepe4o' CHESTER TRADES' Cup, p.p.-6 to 1 ags t ' 11":, I (t) ;7to 1 agst. Speculator (off) ;9to 1 agst. Or la w; ' 9to 1 agst. Controller; 9to 1 agst. Perseverance ' agst. Mez:reon (t); 12 to 1 agst. Mona's Pride ; Les Grace; 13 to 1 agst. Birdcatcher, or any eth,-1011, „It THE MAUHULL Cup, p.p.-5 to 1 agst. Trepida", "„ 1 TILE AINTREE Cup.—No betting; but offers • field, v. 7. to • THE DERBY.-5 to 1 agst. Bubastes (t) ; 7 i ' l s Bentley (off) ; 9 to 1 agst. Plenipo; 16 to I a Si) 040<t1.‘ 16 to 1 agst. Delirium; 18 to 1 agst. Olympic ; "'" ' 0 Defensive; 27 to 1 agst. Viator; 22 to 1 ags t. A , 22 to 1 agst. Comet. .40) THE OAKS.--5 1 / 2 to 1 agst. Cotillon (freely " , J taken agst. Bubastes winning Derby and Leger. rO fe I 12 O'CLOCK, moNDA;refs ' It is just stated that Trepidation has paid; I his name at a very late hour. 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