The Sun. — London, England, 1842-03-25 00:00:00

m.ow-N 101' ERN• IN THE TARO e ' t masters anjourne,' on Wednesday afteri )m of the:Cis:an an msideratiorr • S ir the duty on foreig l o ng before lihe hoco r 00 1. e business ale irman. took his sea ,000 persons preseat. Chair, and g so numer ous au, in doin( ° are He was well aw nd strong feeling 0° )gether. Ile would subject which had ,d trouble them w ttb e were a nutube r ;poken to by gentle' t he subject. re consider the pra' o n foreign., boo° ts, eep anxietlary p depihick ct . ling of a before lie sa id 0' ag was entirely coil?' was no otheihrunca present . duty upo n ,to this country 00 toes of foreign via' he r tion proposed by the (ley oa.boots Of shoes. to la.fila o;lft king on, boots le.ss 1 t Struck bin' t ike eve r y Van the woujd be to the e of boot and shue d vvere no less th an ere ' • boot and 'hoe luon I n do than 30,00° dePn alteration in su to c I an, - ht aplated, theY aa, at meat. Ile wouio ear, Of .thesn--,-oeo, ear hear, an ere 13 not, ones ov wha could N : and is , o f too byy . o j,_ 10e3? n i sald l e hopodtnei ore , for he was /610 .) ;reate enemies., ,1,•01, them to awryhei • sal tbat '1 that object , !Main as, it " ( 7 , n d be fair hearng', fitter , xtren e°° Dry calallusions. word that 13!,, polite ool some eeofli; ever ;hat tbey 1)°, ,heir ;ate ontidenea lOwould are that tbeihair, taken t hat , ure hey %could be . g t re. chr rn of the •opse tbe rgs th i e ari/jet! g d ,f teration the pa intake, b/ read that I 50,.1 i , to boots eis?e part ea et . thliroito differenceo t nro por; tin of a He wow' ';rieuce !v did not esP ( Actrer • tualiu t° oreign ott therefore, paioreo in ruin 0 1 g ee d ' the , $ O ,l as sure . wiles • gOOO nce. ding, the rel'eri, ee and jouroeYt°ocor s . met, w vie I,t proposed by cote boots and 54 r j 4 [adequate to tor At the ' ee trade, 0 , , i0 g ia . e was sotne... joi; was great aeb the, ry, under w,°',l, ) 143 being on‘ri;jo,l, e ight hunt( „i. two hundreo.,,„ )er of inhabita4;j ion to coolet:preli, .he month of s kero e o f the bootrorcios means of e° di f that ws9,iiiego, seventeen s b ' f tbo t months of duction vlo_,‘cooot k•ould be th77.,,,,nity !rceive the n'" to a tb e° It behove tbe city of retailnhe lemons1111111,10e:iog, idst loud ebea, 01; .esolutieo. t he sh ou ~ ld o °?o,elf o mld n ot tro an another to p__o, aestion, thathelerit,) l e vio ent ' their oup 0, ne for theiii,!,(o:: evelutliadretbe‘ jor oi rce : pe`i'°ne .I.:ftfked, celonies u iovie raga' the "nrs)le Diost der-- opt a the b :torenclition of thesocra i n the fast an t 3. se kites./ 00 3. ea 1,4( r employ lishment °rilY it A., trade toa,, ! xpti. _ It bad be en To. i j u t theY id to find his er artisans oafs 'r.: labouring f 7,1 bus th e " nt • ° ,4 'deny. lerge Nould not or d to 10f , reduce A ,isr , to men. of to lice %IV° red vas but odegfavil year 3 ago ''',, r oer rid, but Ii rest Tbe hon. icooth !oarse descr, wore Englan is is reductio,loo3 afac turera theuY used that contrie'ctiao to seek Pro t • / hl o ' ed it was rl port tone, this C3ll3e!_oi,/ !tit still coot,f,itisla On to the Y. O uc1 : t hat r o t ac t, i; subjec t s loo e t he Sydn e y t to ~0 resP ec tbs" tb n 3 are d a y, pe e r io o e 7:e oPea ker Pte j e ta' too k rush"" the° ,ere iepbtfo rra o up s se ell o e bta l io ted to uprose for the time, for so ta b in ,r herr°. „ e t of t por . _ en t a ' 7 ac ture and the lities t h e ne' ha t 19 • 'no °low t pit are n ° or° in° °" %e b e ' , n t to P 3u s gr t ts. g e et i to _ 0 a il he ra a r o sbu r ,l' bone, tor. a sePa r h a or ougl each "„ e the pu r rlievi' lain their le uprOar Of: cif th e ili :0 0 dra ° sortie re vent jou r "%tiO it a d e ff e nt p- ue o. porrt duty r u.vrgN s t the ok e Q u een ie P r bf thi s daY 0 o 0 0r n dlotLy 1 io" ) s d vcr see , '" Lette r) * ate along a ll B v ° ' oo ll, zvols. v fin, 2 eil . t k the Gr :ainPbe"' I Z a n th 0 ve nture . , Stage Thec 4— vivis 6 ; . „, e ears OF =r - ' . 0 w e stolli bot h sides °, h • red to „.fer g 0 u xury - on . Wir: ne to b,utlFP geJ til f Ire steaso 11.1 S p° ; ;01,566 ITHE WEATHER. —NOON, MARCH 25. .t,OVAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREEI herrnometer... 45 I Highest 49 1 Lowest Bar 34 14,, . 0111eter••• 30.26.—Wind W.—Freezing Point ;2 Deg- won Hig H V. --7 /Ti;Z;101 DON GE THIS DAY. minutes alter 0 1 Evening 3 minutes after 1 . ( re k ei t • C * RattoubXbtiton SUN OFFICE, Three o'Cloch. Th e publicans of London and the suburbs have w ig laboured under many gr i evances f rom w hi c h all g 2r trades and professions are exempted. They have T y ,' of all to obtain leave to carry on their trade, and that is obtained, at no little expense as well as • rnYance, they are constantly harassed by informa .lkl33Lrestricted in th e mo d e o f con d uct i ng t h e i r o f te 7 - m by the petty partial regulations of Justices subi tt .% t the most contradi c t or y c h arac t er, t h ey are not :ore to heavy fi nes f or ven i a l o ff ences, and c' los s • re q u ently ruined by the suspensio n or of their licenses. A great many of this e:7 are Placed i n th e greatest diffi cu l ty and , 7.0 n distress, by the present system. Repeated tae l 4 r tnatl ons are 3 Z' preferred against them by police ,the Magistrates rarely l ean t o th e s id e o f mercy tlti3etions of course take place, and when licensing corci/jes, and they apply for a renewal of leave to proda:enatikeir trade, a record of these convictions is dep r i, ril. as a plea f or re j ec ti ng the application and It i s 11 ., them of th e means of gaining a livelihood. It etaL ‘ t ie credit a bl e, therefore, tt, the Metropolitan .4 0 , 4 7 8 , that these gross instances of oppression jur e i, h are been a ll owe d t o ex i st, an d that this in req, cias s should have been compelled to apply for Ge e 23 to a comparative stranger amongst them—the r tt : Officer wh o now represents Westminster. He 1444 1 ' Practised in law-m a ki ng , and it is not sur g t hat his Bill sh ou ld be so defective, but -at all t 3 s hedeserves praise for an attempt, which turns Theßile many of his long-winded, talkative colleagues. kki however, does not go t o th e roo t o f th e ev il , vet: regret exceedingly to learn that the Go lits, ' ge nt, instead o f ac ti ng on t h e i r own responsibi -1.4.e',40 (1 making it a com p re h ens i ve measure, h ave tr a l, e d it for approval to the most objectionable gentl a uthorities, th e P o li ce C omm i ss i oners. These . even cannot be impartial judges. They saperfur years been carrying on, through their I,tilntendents and constables, a; systematic war wav:lisot he publi cans, h arass i ng them in every possible q res , ` i cing informations against them f or serv i ng ou t hee,ents to unfort una t e women, di rect i ng t h e po in .iet to act th e p ar t o f eaves d roppers, to enter houses war` clothes for the purpose of entrapping the un -land inform against th ose p u bli cans i n t h e 4 other 0 n rlioal of London who operj tea-gardens and tis h , Naves of ref res h men t t o h ar d wor k ing ar- Ive ek s a nd tradesmen on the only day in the aad when they can enjoy the fresh air itt_rest from their labours. The persecutions 4 ed by this eternal meddling with the custo m s 44:Insements of the lower class es h as become ab-: tb eL Y in sufferable, and instead of maki ng th e Sab i% a nd the Church resp ec t e d, h as cause d many k ith 14'ould attend Divine s erv i ce to turn away the rest it with indignati on , an d a l most d rea d ketrteturn of that day which th ey were once s i T edn ed to spend so happily w ith th e i r w i ves ti:,Nldren. Th ese are circumstances which a wise slat ure should not consider beneath their no b.hie a nd it would be much more honour to as Well as humane, for Sir JAMES GRAHAM Ve taken up the whole su bj ec t o f licens ,,nd regulating publi c -h ouses, th an t o l eave 14, 1 7 beneath hi s no ti ce, to t h e care of Captain tok s a nd Colonel MATNR. Let the publicans, there nrge such a step on the Government ; let them `, me etings for the purpose of pointing out these ti4 All ees, and laying them before the Home Secre -14) ' ti in due time they will prevail. They are a 14 ;41 . ' 0 powerful to be despised; but they may de \lira it they will get no help if they do not h e lp ves. lir: 4 o Preach Mi n i s t er o f Fi nance h as di str ib uted If lo ll g the Members of the two Chambers a Report i pci ttie of the bran c h es o f his Administration, which odes some interesting details relative to Savings' 4 41 t France. M. B ENJAMIN D ELESSERT, Pre tkqa" °f the Council of Di re ct ors o f th ese i nst i tu- N. re P° l- ta that they were ne v er i n a more pros sits 8 condition. Upwards of forty millions of de 1. ‘ . l "re made within the last year, and the num ;,lleW deposit ors exceeded thirty-f our th ousan d . .ittiCe'lnbursements for the year fell short of the de l'te4 bY upwards of thirteen millions of francs. 1 4i: e nineteen thousand of the new depositors ,kesti e 4ur ne3-men, and abo v e s even th ousan d do tof servants. Every increase in the num l'ortto the fi rs t ' c l ass o f : d epos i tors i s im rici„,tit. 8 - 1 arguing the growth of a grea t er ein the stability of the Government. The trainsl Were beginning to vie with the civilians in 111 th e g their sav i ngs to account b y depositing them eo this 3e b t/a nks. We cannot go through the whole net:'43Ort ; but the followi ng summary o f th e 'lrtvit7.l(4l of it cannot fail to interest the advocates o f 1 .041 41 Banks in England : C r tr(Che,cetaber 31, the 285 Savings' Banks in th e de (.;4 e is 4l , Indep en d ent o f t h at i n P ar i s, had i n the Ca i ss e Dr S:Vil et Consignations 157,988,602 f., being an in the edin 39,6 98,703 f. on the amount at the end of the . ht 4 Year. The system has been most successful in mtiNlitr).nie towns—Bordeaux, Marseilles , . and th:oti g V 4 ,_a before, at the head of this category. Lyons, in d ac z t ne second town in the kingdom , bnht r into emains In ktikektsr°elitll6l:mistisgbnaantikoihis having g y 4,83L000f., while Bor t.t.t'4a 15 , 441 in 9,134,000 f., Marseilles 7,767,0001., and ns was 11,000 f. The average of the payments at t • ii i till t 4 • 4 , 3 °llly . 33f, for each individual, while at Bor -1 ,Ztli l e t "as 9 8f., and at Paris 100 f. To rebut an opinion 4working classes did not form the most numerous th e Unt r',.sitnrs, the President referred to astatis of ` l %, \ _ ti lsti t :, ll .wil out by M. Prevost, the General Agent i tiritor.; 4l ,?n, in which he classed all the 34,000 new 1 414 1)e iqi `,." 18 41, according to their different stations , th wy , ,"rona Which it appeared that . the journe)men t14 t 1 1.18 amounted to 18,873 individuals, or more ti1i,Nr 4 ,,, 411. of the total number of depositors, and that kr e las °„! of their first deposits was 170 f. Among t vi4 4 2 t ilei:,:cre 928 shoemakers, 683 tailors, 576 carpen th,dear"ers, 321 locksmiths, 317 bakers, and 420 ' et s and their men. In the course of his Report, QN 41d ent ed of , announced that, on account of the grFfit the number of depositors, the accommodation Aivittie t oo the institution by the Bank of France had tile bilks' Ca confined, and therefore the Directors of the . Q 4ll k. had purchased a large building, No. 5, in k lat t wo t e r ,cl - 1 - le ron , which, when arranged for the pur- Oti4i,(4' the afford ample space for all the offices, and th,`urs reception, under cover, of any number of dr -treet Phout leaving any, as at present, to wait in , or their turn. 00e 1414toral letter of the Archbishop of PARIS, NZ44fl3ra3'erS to be offered in all the churches of his 1 ° ii i n the preservation of the Roman Catholic S Pain, in obedience to the injunctions of 44 t , 4 1 es s the Pop; is commented upon in all the : 4 (p le ttl als• In opinion upon this, as upon every It e ,, 1 11,1° 11 , they are greatly divided. The more of" I's contend, and most truly too, that the 114-.44'y to having forbidden the clergy of that )E.;;:ttlA" eve n co mply with the order of the Popz, and .l I, l ' s, ll Prohibited the circulation of his encyclical q t .C i khl y r'n, this step of the Archbishop of PAitis kl`4lte h44ecorous and offensive, considering the rttja ruSiti o NViti t ' Th e 1 1 of the relations between France and t he4 lll 4l l , ,Coirrier Francais treats the question 4 11 ih°lllish 4 r ,VitY. While it admits that the clergy of Nili 'ln rCh h ave a l ways c l a i med f or that church t he tle tl ' i t l 'e, i t e v il e e r e , of the St a t e i n ques ti ons o f f a ith, an d %li t 3 of 3 Properly makes a distinction . between , t(tt , am a priesthood appointed and paid by the N.PPaid one suPported by voluntary contributions. N 4 ett • "4 St t , la an a teappointed priests are to be re : e aP Th ey efB elal, as well as an ecclesiastical cha Public functionaries, and in this to h ave Public d u ti es to f u lfil . Th e F renc h t4head a 'l appoi n t e d by theling, who is vir -1; 41 % q the Gallican Church, and therefore ftitev'llonsibe to the State for the exercise of ti I°4B * " • ions. Is because," says the Courrier t th at ' te, Archbishop of Paris is a public func- Nq . roaice.e declaration which he has taken the Ar e h, 4 reaii ak in which against a neighbouring Govern ‘ve ,:lshop imPortant. It is in vain that the if h~ny th at tb °nly obeyed the orders of the POPE; obei -e P °Px has no orders to give to French degeS nt to the law. The Archbishop may, 1)4 t o ti ve a i o : 4 'se his hands to heaven, and pray for I A a to,(. SPARTERO, but he has no right to 'ltical Proclamation in the shape of a pastoral letter. It is against this usurpation of civil power that we protest, and if the Government knew what it owed to itself, it would not have waited for the warning it now receives to repress these mistakes of inconsiderate zeal." In our opinion the French Government is bound publicly to apolo gize to the Cabinet of Madrid for the gross insult offered to it by the Archbishop of Paris. As for the quarrel between ESPARTERO and the POPE, we cannot say that we are sorry for it. The RE GENT promises to be fully a match for the Holy See, and if he succeed in breaking the leaden sceptre of ignorance with which it so long tyranised over the finest race of people in Europe, the world will yet accord him a place in the number of its greatest heroes. What ESPAR TERO is struggling for, the common sense of the world has accorded him, namely, the supremacy of the civil over the ecclesiastical power. The prayers of the French clergy for the exaltation of the mitre above the crown are certainly calculated to provoke public indignation, on other grounds as well as on those of being insulting to the Spanish Government. On Wednesday the French Minister of Finance informed the Chamber of Deputies that the Govern ment had postponed the Sugar Bill till the next Ses sion of the Legislature. An angry discussion ensued, in the course of which Ministers were attacked for not bringing in the Bill earlier. The Railroad Committee heard yesterday Mr. C. Lafitte, one of th© Directors, M. Locke, the head engineer, and M. Thibandeau, Secretary of the Rouen Railroad. Mr. Locke was examined respecting the levels, curves, and principal conditions of execution propo se d by the Go vernment. The Journal de Rouen informs us that the Paris and Rouen Railway Company have offered to execute the line from Rouen to Havre, the expense of which is esti mated at 30 millions of francs, on condition of receiving 20 millions from the State, half as a gift and half by way of loan. The English shareholders of the Paris and Rouen Railway have, it is said, offered to subscribe one half of the remaining 18 millions. The Frankfort Journal, under the rubric of Hanover, 15th instant, says :—" Several journals have announced that the King intended to abdicate in favour of-the Prince Royal. This assertion is so absurd, that it is not worth the trouble of refuting. If the Prince Royal be invested with the functi o ns o f g O vern m en t during his Majesty's absence it is only from a desire to resolve, during the lifetime of the King, questions as to the ca pacity of the Prince. The Moniteur, of the 23d, publishes in in its official part, the following note :-- " The King has received a letter from the Emperor of Austria, announcing the death of the Archduchess Her menia Amelia Maria, daughter of the Archduke Joseph Palatine of Hungary. " The King will go into mourning on this occasion." We are assured that the Minister of Finance will propose to-day to the Chambers an outline of regula tions for the purpose of more effectually checking frauds, which are committed to the detriment of the Treasury, in levying the duty on the consumption of in digeneous sugar. BAYONNE, - MARCH 19.—The Spanish banker, M. Aquado, arrived here yesterday, on his way, as is said, to Spain. It seems that the Regent has or dered the most distinguished reception to be every .vhere given him in his journey ; that he has offered him the post of Minister of Finance, to approve all his hitherto disputed accounts, and to make him a Grandee of Spain with the title of Do las Marismas, for him and his descendants, if he will accept an office in the Spanish Cabinet, and then become again a subject of her Catholic Majesty. It is not said whether M. Aquado accepts these offers, but the fact is that he returns to Spain on the ostensible pretext of undertaking the working of mines in the Asturias on a great scale, near the port of Gijon. We shall soon see what truth there is in these reports. Memo? ial Bordelais. BOURSE---PARIS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23. First Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Price Price. tench S per Centr ...... 117 50 ... 117 50 ... 117 45 ... 117 Sll 4 per Cents lOl 50 ... 1..1 50 ... 101 t 0 ... 101 50 3 per Cents BO 50 80 50 ... Btr 45 ... S~l 4r Batik of France Lunde Bank 1,0001. Shares 1017 50 ...1017 80 ...1015 ...1015 5.000 f. Shares 5047 50 ...5047 5C ...5047 50 ...5047 50 , elglan Bank 1841 1157 50 ...1060 ...1 6 . ...1057 50 Belgian 5 per Cents. per Cent:., 1840 106% ... 106, ... 106% ... 106% Spanish Active......... Passive Portugueses per Cents. - Dutch 2yy er Cents. :.e.pon,an lO6 30 ... 30 MU 20 . 'tel s 0 Amman .... les ... 105 RAILWAt SHAItEn St. Germain ....... 840 ... 840 ... 840 ... 84e v e saints. R. ks 342 50 ... 342 50 ... 343 75 ... 341 75 L.B 215 ... 215 216 25 ... 216 25 Rouan .....».«»...«» 5O ... 525 • 525 ... 525 ... 105 -. 104 ... - orleans ........... 665 b 67 511 ... 565 ... 565 Strasburgtolale 241 55 ... 241 95 .. 240 ... 241 25 DISGUSTING ADVERTISEMENTS TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. BRISTOL, MARCH 24, 1842. SIR,—As a subscriber to your paper, accept my thanks for your having acted (as I suppose) on the hint conveyed to you in a former letter, viz., sug gesting your leaving out those disgusting advertise ments which so completely lowered the character of your paper. " The Sun" is now improved in this respect, and no subscriber need now fear its being left in the draw ing•room, for the perusal of the ladies of the family. Yours obediently, MONITOR. [Our respected Correspondent no doubt refers to advertisements of a certain character, which have been banished for some time from, and shall never again stain, the columns of The Sun. The " nuisance'' had been too long tolerated on the principle that other papers inserted such announcements ; and we take shame to ourselves for having so long hesitated in putting in practice a resolution come to for a con siderable time past. But " better late than. never." For the future our doors are closed against the dealers in those insidious vehicles of pollution, and neither respectable advertisers nor gentle readers need hence forth be afraid to refer to the pages of The Sun.] ED. Sun. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. A few men giants have appeared in the city, merely for the purpose of receiving their letters, but business Is of course wholly suspended. Some transactions were negotiated in the Foreign Exchanges yesterday, which generally had a tendency to decline—Amsterdam being 12 4, to 41 ; Rotterdam, 12 S ; Antwerp, 12 4- to ; llamburgh, 13 121 to 12 ; and 'aris, 25 80 to 85. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, MARCH 24.—Eastern Counties were in good request to• day, and sales to a moderate ext ant took place in the following shares also . Grand Junct ion Old Quarters, 44 ; ditto New, 24i •, New London and Brighton, 5L Bs. 6d. ; Manchester and Leeds _ Quarters, 41. 6s. 6d. ; East e r n C oun ti es , 91.8 e. 6a. ; De bentures, 11/. 4s. 2d. ; ditto New, 38s. 6d. premium. LIVERPOOL, Corrox MARKET, MARCH 24.—Business was very languid, and the sales amounted to only 3,000 bales, without alteration in prices. The sales of the week have hew 17,970 bales ; the consumption since the Ist of January is estimated at 255,500 bales, being 500 more than during' the like period of 1841 ; the export has been 12,800 hales, while in 1841 the quantity shipped was but 3,900 ba let;. The average weekly quantity con sumed this year 1 tas been 21,292 bales, being an increase of 42 bales per w( tek over last year. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 24. A degree of dulnt iss has prevailed in our Market, and although we have not had much Stock offering, we quote prices a sh ade lower, excepting for Old Lead*, Halves, Lancaster and Freston, and London and Bir mingham. Liver pool and Manchester, 173 ; Leeds, Halves, 34/. 175., tad 341. 17s. ex. div. ; Quarters, 4i, and 41. 6s. 3d. ex. !iv. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (RECEIVED THIS DAY. ) COVVISFORD RACES—TUESDAY. The Cottisford Stakes of 10 sm. each, with 25 added. Once round and a distance. Mr. Ravvlinso n's b I Coral, 3 yra Mr. J. Aplin' e ch f, by Ishmael Dewdrop, 3 yrs The Hunters Stakes of 10 sovs. each,l2 ft, with 20 added, for horses not thorough bred. Billesdon Coplow weights. About 2 milks. Gentlemen riders. Mr. Le gg's Stickler, aged, walked over. The Farmers' C.%) of 10/. with 40 added, twice round and a distance, was won in two heats by Mr. Savin's Dart, 3 yrs., beating Mr. W. Co wper's The Mite,4 yrs., beating two other'. The Ilprdle Sta kits of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added, for all horses, two miles, b Mr. G. Higgins' ch g Roulette, 5 yrs., beating Mr. J. Tollit t's Little Comberton, aged, and two others. The 200 sov.. Mat cb. was "off by consent." HOOTON STEEPLE-CHASE - TUESDAY. Sweepstak tm o f 5 r (J. Dawson) I sovs. each, and 50 added; 12 st each. Mr. Jone s ' s Ch a ll eng Mr. Smith's The Barb i 1r 2 Mr. Johnson's Lady GI *ey Mr. Ellis's Jack Hintot t Several others staff led. Wen cleverly by a length. A Sweepstakes of 2 a t mi. each, with 20 added, was won by Groggy, beating six otht rs. The late Dr. Wilson, senior Fellow of Trinity Col lege, Dublin, though a rery grave man himself, was very fond of quizzing and p uzzling the country people who came to inquire after their friends or relations in the college. One day seieiag i t man standing in the court with a letter in his hand, gang and staring about, and not knowing where to go, 1 i e• walked gravely up to him, and inquired what he want ed. .? The man answered, " Sir, can you tell me when e T way find Mr. Delahunte ? " " Yes," said the Does " do you see that building be fore you ?" " Yes." ' Then crucify this quadrangle and take the diameter of the plot beyond it ; enter the open ing before you, ar A 3cend the tigreous grades; then turn to your left, and you will find hun either peripatounting in his cubicle, ch mmits 'ling in his lectuary, or perreseo pounting throug;l his : fenestra." The poor man who un derstood nothin gof 11l this, and remembered not one word but the l as t, sa id, ."And pray, Sir, what is the fenestra ?" T. 3 which the Doctor replied, "Itis an p orifice in an e difi ce tog dmit luminous particles." " 0 thank you," : m id th e - fellow, and walked off more bperplexed th before. --- C a m ridge Advertiser. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING-. MARCH 25, 18420 the spot were an English 64 gun-ship was wrecked in the middle of the last century is now the centre of a field of corn. SPORG. The Queen's hounds had a ga TIN llant run on Wednesday after the stag Hampton. There were between 400 and 500 in the field, many of whom were of the Court and elite. COU RT-ra.surONABLZ. The 20th of the ensuing month has been fixed by the Lady Patronesses for the opening of Almack's. The Marquis and Marchioness of Sligo have been de tained at Bilton hotel, Dublin, on their way from West port-house, Mayo. The Earl of Mansfield leaves Scone Palace, for Lang ham House, on the 14th of next month. The Earl and Counteis Grosvenor mill remain at Mot combe park, until the return of the family to town. Lord Loraine left town yesterday for Denham, Bucks. Lord Newport is rapidly recovering from his •late severe fit' of illness. This day, emphatically called Good Friday, is a day of solemn fast. Our Saxon forefathers denominated it Long Friday, from the length of the offices and fastings; very anciently it was called Holy Friday. Also on this day, in 1688, London Charity Schools were first in stituted. The reports read at the meeting of the friends of the Licensed Victuallers' School, yesterday, at the London Tavern, stated that from the foundation of the school in 1806, nearly 1,000 children had been educated and clothed in it. Twenty had been admitted during the past year. The subscribers had, however, decreased during the past year by 700. The Reformers of Marylebone, and parishioners of St. Mary, Newington, both held meetings last night, when resolutions against the income tax were unani mously passed. The funeral of the Marquis of Hertford took place on Friday in the vault of Arrow church, which is in the immediate vicinity of Ragley Hall, the mansion of the family, situated about two miles from Alcester, on the Cheltenham road. Madame Taglioni, according to a St. Petersburgh letter, will quit that city at Easter, to fulfil her engage• ments in London and Naples. itulvzoons. There is a very current rumour in Dublin, of a pro jetted alliance between the Marquis of Waterford and the amiable and lovely daughter of a Scottish peer. INCOME TAX. BOROUGH OF MARYLEBONE. Last evening a very numerous annual general meeting of the Borough of Marylebone Reform Registration As sociation took place, at their rooms, in Warren-street, Fitzroy-square, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Managing Committee for the p as t y ea r, electin g a President, Vice-President, and ether officers for the year ensuing, &c. JOSEPH IVIMEY, Esq., in the absence of John Bag shaw, Esq., the President, took the chair. It was with pechliar satisfaction he had to state that the Reformers of Marylebone had determined that that Association should be maintained in all its usefulness to a cause which, although generally speaking, had been over cast by the cloud of corruption, still proudly maintained its high position in Marylebone. Of the necessity of Re form Associations all over the kingdom there could be no doubt, more particularly when they saw, day by day, the increasing boldness of a Tory Government, who dared, amongst other things, to attempt to renew that most ini quitous and inquisitorial measure, an income tax.—(Hear.) It was time for the country to shake off their apathy, for it was plain the corrupt majority of the present House of Commons were so emboldened by their success, that they were prepared to carry anything, however bad. It was laughable to hear the statements put forth by the Marylebone Tory Association, as to the cause of their defeat at the late election. One cause was, because it was wet weather.—(Laughter.) Another, that they had bad canvassers.—(Renewed laughter.) Notwithstanding this, they made a boast that since its establishment the Tory Registration Association had put on the register 473 claims, and had sustained 3,023 ob.;ections against liberal voters ; and, strange to say, with all that, the Reformers beat them by a majority of just 1,300. — (Hear, hear.) With regard to their amount of claims, it was exceedingly laughable, for that (the Reform) As sociation established nearly half that number at the last registration aloha.—(Hear.) Mr. ALLEN, the Secretary, read the Report, which at great length showed the operations of the Society during the past year, and congratulated the Reformers of the Borough on the determination to maintain it in carrying out its useful operations. Mr. BanmErr, in moving the adoption of the Re port, observed that, of all the disgraceful attempts to destroy liberty, the imposition of the income tax was the worst. It was a tax upon industry, and must, there fore, tend to clog the wheel of exertion.—'Hear, hear.) Its effect upon the small tradesman would be to destroy that faith and credit which now alone prevented hun dreds of honest and industrious men from sinking into poverty and destitution.—(Hear, hear.) It required strenuous exertion to resist the _imposition of so odious a measure ; and not only ought associations to be formed in every district, but every county, city, and borough in the kingdom, without regard to politics, ought to call upon their representative either to give his opposition to the scheme of an income tax, or at once resign his seat. This would be the best way to settle the question. Mr, B. 11. SMART seconded the resolution, which was adopted unanimously with acclamation. 1 - he CHAIRMAN Observed that there could be but one opinion throughout the country upon tilt: income tax proposed by Sir Robert Peel. As a proof of the feeling in Mary lebone, he held in his hand several lett ers f r o m . . influential members of that Association, the whole of which condemned in strong terms that obnoxious measure. Mr. HILL observed that the country was deeply in debted to the minority, who had in so excellent a manner defeated the indecent attempt of Sir Robert Pcel to hurry his financial scheme through the House of Commons without the slightest opinion on the part of the country being given. Several other gentlemen addressed the meeting ; and resolutions, condemnatory of th e con d uc t o f th e Govern ment in proposing an income tax, when other better modes psesented themselves, were unanimously adopted. On the motion of Mr. Smart, seconded by Mr. Baker, John Bagshaw, Esq., was unanimously re-elected Presi dent for the ensuing year ' • and the other officers having also been appointed, thanks were voted to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. ST. MARY, NEWINGTON. • Last night, at six o'clock. a numerous meeting of the , and which was Newin g t on , was h e ld i n th e Vestry-room of the .pari s h c h urch parishioners of St. Ma r y, ad journed to the Boys' School-room, Newington-butts, for the purpose of " taking into consideration the important question of taxation involved in the financial plan of her Majesty's Ministers, and to adopt such resolutions and petitions thereon as may be deemed expedient." Mr. W. Chamberlain, junior churchwarden, in the chair. Mr. GEYDE moved a resolution, to the efltct " that the vestry admitted the existence of financial embarrass ment, and considered it necessary to equalise the revenue and expenditure, and expressed great satisfaction at the prospect of any alteration in the commercial tariff ; it would cheerfully submit to the imposition of such addi tional taxes, to be equally and justly levied, as might be required to supply any temporary deficiency, but that, nevertheless the vestry was of opinion that the income tax now before Parliament was a most unjust and op pressive tax, and was not demanded or justified by the exigencies of the country ; that in the deliberate judg ment of this vestry an income tax should be resorted to only in the extremity of a formidable war, and that in such an event there should be a clear and broad Oistinc don between the amount to be levied Upon incomes de rived from property, and incomes which are the fruits of enterprise, skill, and industry." Mr. J. GOVER, seconded the resolution. Mr. SHAWE moved an amendment, implying that an income tax would be beneficial if it was made to fall on the rich and higher classes of the country. Messrs. Brown, Wakefield, &c., addressed the chaii , when, on the resolution being put, with the amendment, the former was carried almost unanimously. Mr. IRELAND then moved a resolution, that a petition, founded on the previous resolution, be prepared, to be presented to the House of Lords, praying them to refuse their sanction to the proposed income tax, inasmuch as the Speaker of the Hous e o f C ommons h a d declared that petitions could not be received in opposition to the tax ; and, in the hope that their example may be followed by other constituencies, they request their representatives of the county and borough to give their strenuous oppo sition to the proposed income-tax. The resolu - tion being seconded, w as a l so a d opte d . The vestry brake up, when the resolution and petition were ordered to, be advertised in variou s papers. and Shelling Is. per load WAKEFIELD COR N MARKET. Week' s -- rates. Barley last - h . b e at ::,a. t o W S Wheat th tine e s . 57 p . er ls. T quarter p h e e r s d q u e u p a a p r r e l t y r e , r : a other s oa v ts e r io d r ta : l dearer. Beans as before. No variation in26oet.hteor2a7r,t.ificl,ews.B,. W 'eat, Red. Essex and Rent —as; 5 5 , ...1i - o , alat. fineftne 11 57 18 , .. tspeiesr firm, to at nea. atone, and Yorkshire S. 5 21. to 545. tine 57,. White .. —B. 58.. to 60,. fine 63.. .---- Foreign, Red —B. —s. to 561. fine 60. White , Ne in tito a l i k id a c nd am Su . Ifblk ..... T . Barley, Norfolk and Su ff olk • s. to —s. tine 64e •—•-- Lincolnshire ----- Yorkshire Wold ...... ,•••• 2 55. to 28,. tine :01. --- Foreign —4. to ..4. fine —a Beans, New ........ ......................... Old . . 559. to .. —4. fine Stles Oats, Potato ............ ..... —s. to 20;. fine 225 . •—•.,— Poland ... .......... .......... --8. —I. to SO*. fine 225. 8d.,. to I LI. pet Stone. Shelling ....................... ......... ... So.. .L 0 27s Od. per Lotri Malt. _.. ,a _ 26 . s fine 4ts. per Load __-- Vri lt.ea ef i l u an g d and Small . .......... ....... i-5........ to mg. sue eat. Rapeseed • II•••••••••••• ....... •••••........ ' Ull .3°‘• 08. 391. 0 .. ver Last ship of a field of corn. A geologist, who has lately travelled i n the West of France, has made some curious observatio ns on t h e accre tions of the shores principally in Vendee an d t h e anc i ent Poitou. Their alluvial increase has been so great that the m s p i o d t d lewhereofa last n century EnglishE nglish is 64-gun nowthe hiepen as wrecked in the e The harbour of Pryny i s dry, and the port of Rabaud, where not long ago vessels of 170 tons entered easily, is now 3,000 metres from the sea. The port of St. Gilles is filling up, and the harbour of Gachere is barred. All this has occurred within a century, and has proceeded alto gether from accumulations of sand, for it has been de monstrated by numerous observations made at Brest that no change has taken place on the coasts of Prance of the level of the ocean. _ __. -- -- --- THE LATE A CCIDE NT AT WO MBWELL ' S MENA GERIE.-Mr. Martin, the unfortunate g ent l eman whose armdreadfully w m ass a o geriea tA l a cerated by th e t i ger in Womb. well's id-Le nt fair, Stamford, expir e d l as t Saturday from the effects of his wound s . Hi s arm was amputated, and everything that , human skill cou ld de vise was done, but ineffectually, to save his life. It was erroneously stated in some of the papers, that Mr. Martin was inebriated at the time of the accident, which was not the fact, as he was then perfectly sober, PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. ( From Me Votcs and Proceedings a! the House of Commons.) WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24. INCOME TAX. Motion made and question put, " That the Chairman do report progress, and ask leave to sit again."—The Committee divided : Mar 87. Aglionlay, H. A.—CockermouthMlNOßlTY Marshall, Wm.—Carlisle hunnerman ' A.—Aberd een Martin, John—Tewkesbury Barnard, E. G.—Greenwich Maule, Hon. Fox—Pertta Berkeley, Hon. F. M.—Gloucester Morris, D.—Carmarthen Berkeley, Hon. H.lF.—Bristol Moatyn, E. U. L.—Flintshire Bernal, R. jun.—Wycombe Murray, Alex.—Kirkcudbright Blewitt, Reginald—Monmouth Napier, Sir Charles—Marylebene Bowring, Dr.—Bolton O'Brien, Cornelius—Clare Brocklenurst, J.—Macclesfield O'Brien, J.—Limerick City Brodie, W. B.—Salisbury O'Connell, M. J.—Kerry brotherton, J.—Salford O g l e, S.—South Northumberland Bryan, Major—Kilkenny Co. Paget, Frederick—Beaumaris !Instead, William—Bradford Pechell, Captain—Brighton Hvng, Right Hon. G.S —Chatham Philips, Mark—Manchester Cave, Robert Otway—Tipperary Pinney, W.—Lyme Regis Colborne, Hon. W.—Richmond Plumridge, Captain—Penryn Colebrooke, Sir T. E.—Taunton Powell, C.—Limerick Co. Cowper, Hon. W. F.—Hertford Power, J.—Wexford Co. Craig, W. G.—Edinburgh Pulsford, Robert —Hereford Curteis, H. 13.—Rye Rennie, G., jun.—lpswich Dalmeny, Lord—Stirling Ricardo, L—Stoke-upon -Trent Dalrymple, Capt.— Wigtonshire Russell, Lord E.--Tavistock Dashw -cid, G. H.—Wycombe Scott, Robert—Walsall Dawson, Hon T. V.—Louth Co. Scrope, Poulett—Stroud D'Eyncourt, Right Hon. C. T.— Seale, Colonel—Dartmouth Lair heti'. Sheil, Richard Lalor—Dungarvaa Duncan, G.— Dundee Smith, Benjamin--Norwich Duridas, C. W. D.—Greenwich Somers, J. P.—Sligo Dundas, Hon. J. C.—Richmond Stuart, Villiers—Waterford Co. Easthope, Sir J.—Leicester Strutt, Edward—Derby Ellis, Wynn—Leicester Thornely,Thos.—Wolverhampton Elphinstone, H.—Lewes Troubridge, Sir E. T.—Sandwich Ferguson, Colonel—Kirkaldy Tufdell, Henry—Devonport Fitzroy, Lord C.—Bury St. Edna. Villiers, C. P.—Wolverhampton Gibson, T. M.—Manchester Villiers, F.—Sudbury Granger, T. C.—Durham Wakley, Thomas—Finsbury Hall, Sir Benjamin—Marylebone Ward, H. G.—Sheffield Harris, J.—Newcastle under Lyme Wason, Rigby—lpswich Hastie, Archibald—Paisley Wilde, Sir Thomas—Worcester Hawes, B.—Lambeth Williams, Williana—Coventry Howard, Hon. J.—Malmsbury Wood, Benjamin—Southwark lumphery, John—Southwark Wood, G. W.—Kendal Jardine, \V.—Ashburton Johnstone, A —Renfrew, &c. Leader, J. Temple—Westminster Marjoribanks, S. —Hythe TELLERS. Cobden, R.—Stockport Duncombe, T. S. —Finsbury MAJORIT Acland, T. D.—West Somerset Inourt, Captain—Tamworth Acton, Colonel—Wicklow Co. Adore, Lord—Glamorgansh ire Adderlcy, C. B.—Staflbrdshire Aldam, J. J.—Leeds Alford, Viscount—Bedfordshire Attic, J. P.—Cambridgeshire Antrobus, Edmund—Surrey Arbuthnot, General—Kincardine shire Arohdall, Gen. M.—Fermanagh A rkwrght, George—Leominste r l Ashley, Lord—Dorsetshire, Astell, W.—Bedfordshire Attwood, M.—Whitehaveti Ballot, Hon. W.—Denbighshire Bailey, Joseph—Worcester _ Bailey, J.—Herefordshire Baillie, H. D.—Honiton Saird, W.—Falkirk, Sic. Balfour, .1. ,L—Haddington, eac. Bankes, G.—Dorsetshire Barclay, D.—Sunderland Baring, W. B.—Thetford Baring. F. T.—Portsmouth Barrington, Lord—Berkshire Beck t, SirJ.—Leeds Benett, J.—South Wiltshire Bentinck, Lord G.—Lynn Bereslord, Major—Harwich Bernard, Visc.—Bandon Bridge Blackburne, Ireland—Warrington Blackstone, W. S.—Wallingford Bodkin, W. H.--Rochester Boldero, Henry G.—Chippenham Borthwick, P.—Evesham Botfield, Beriah—.Ludlow Bradshaw, James—Canterbury Braniston, T W.—Essex South Broad ley, Henry—East Yorkshire, Broadwood, Henry—Bridgewater ) Browne, W. D. —Kerry Brownrigg, J. S.—Boston Bruce, Lord E.—Marlborough Bruce. C. L. C.—Elginshire Buckley, E.—Newcastle-on-Tyne Bulkeley, Sir R. W.—Flint Roller, Edward—Stafford Charles—Liskeard Bunbury, H. -Carlow Burroughes, R. N.—East Norfolk Byng, George—Middlesex Campbell, Sir H.—Berwickshire Cardwrll. Edward —Clitheroe Carnegie, Hon. Captain—Stafford , Cavendish, Hon. C. C.—Youghall; Cavendish, Hon G. 1 - I.—N. Derby' Chapman, B.—Westmeath Chelsea, Lord—Reading Chetwode, Sir J.—Buckingham Childers. John W.—Malton Cholmondeley, Hon. EL—Mont. gomery Christmas, W.—Waterford City Christopher, It A.—Lincolnshire Chute, W. L W.—West Norfolk Clayton, It Clerk, Sir G.—Stamford Clive, IL H. South Shropshire Cochrane, A.—Br ldport Cockburn, Sir G orge— Collett, W. R.—Lincoln Compton, H. C.—S. Hampshire Coote, Sir C.—Queen's County Coneland, W. T.—Stoke-upon. Trent Curry, Hon. H. L.—Tyrone Co. Ceurtenay, Lord—S. Devonshire Cripps, Joseph—Cirencester Crosse, T. B.—Wigan Darner, Hon G.—Portarlington Darby, George—East Sussex Dawnay, Hon. H.—Rutland Denison, J. E.—Malton Dickinson!, J. H.—West Somerset D'lsraeli, B.—Shrewsbury said, G.—Maidstone D,.u,las, Sir H.—Liverpool Do rel.s, Sir C. E.—Warwick Douglas, J. S —Rochester Douro, Marquis—Norwich Duke, Sir James—Boston I)uncombe, Hon A.—East Retford Duncombe, Hon. o.—Yorkshire Du Pre, George—Bucks Last, James Buller— Winchester Eaton, R. J.—Cambridgeshire Ebrington, Lord—Plymouth Egerton, W. 'Patton—Cheshire Egerton, Sir P.—South Cheshire Egerton, Lord F. L.—Lancashire Eliot, Lord—East Cornwall Emlyn, Lord—rembrokeshire Escott, B.—Winchester Estcourt, T. G. B.—Oxford Univ. Farnham, E.B.—N. Leicestershire Fellowes, Edw.—Huntingdonshire Ferguson,Sir R. A.—Londonderry Filmer, Sir E.—West Kent Fitzroy, Captain—Durham Fitzroy, Hon. Henry—Lewes Fleming, John—Hampshire Ffolliott, John— Forester, Hon. G.—Wenlock Forster,M.—Berwick-onTweed Fuller, A. E.—East Sussex Gaskell, James Mil nes— Wenlock Gladstone, W. E.—Newark-on- Trent Gordon, Hon. W.—Aberdeenshire Gore, M.—Barnstaple Gore, Ormsby—Salop Gore, W R. 0 —Sligo Co. Goring, H. D.—New Shoreham Graham, Right Hon. Sir J. R. G —Dorchester Granby, Marquis of—Stamford Greenall, P.—Wigan Gregory, W. A.—Dublin City Grey, Sir George—Devonport Grimsditch, T.—Macclesfield Grimstow, Vise —Hertf , rdshire Hale, B. IL—Gloucestershire Raiford, Henry—Leicestershire Hamilton, W.—Nesyport, Isle of Wight Hamilton, Lord C.—Tyrone Harcourt, G.. G. V.—Oxfordshire Hardinge, Right Hon. Sir H.— Launceston Hardy, J.—Bradford Hawker, Thomas—Dudley Hayes, Sir E.—Donegal Heathcote, Sir W.—Hampshire Heneage, G. W..—Devizes Heneage, Edward—Grimsby Henley, J. W.—Oxfordshire Hepburn,SirT.—Haddingtonshlre Herbert, Hon. S.—South Wilts Hobhouse, Right Hon. Sir J. C.— Nottingham Hodgson, Rd.—Berwick-on-Tweed Hogg, James Weir—Beverley -NOES, 290. Holdsworth, J.—Wakefield Holmes, Hon. W.—lsle of Wight Hope, Charles—Linlithgowshire Hope, G. W.—Weymouth Hornby, J.—Blackburn Houldsworth; T.—Nottinghamsh. Howick, Viscount—Sunderland Hutt, W.—Gateshead Ingestre, Viscount—Staffurdshire Inglis, Sir R. H.-ox. University Jermyn, Earl—Bury, Suffblk Johnson, W. o.—Belfast Jelliffe, Sir W. J.—Petersfield Jones, T.—Londonderry Co. Kemble, H.—East Surrey Knatchbull, Sir E.—East Kent Knight, H. G.—Nottinghamshire Knight, F. R.—W. Worcestersh. Knightley, Sir C.—Northampton shire ,Labouchere, Right Hon. Henry— ' Taunton Langston, J. H.—Oxford Law, Hon. C. E. —Camb ridge Un v. Lawson, A.—Knaresborough Legh, G. C.—North Cheshire Leicester, Lord—Bodmin Lincoln, Earl of—Northampton shire, South Lockhart, Wiliam—Lanarkshire Lowther, J. H.—York Lyall, o.—London. Lygon, Major-Gen. Hon. H. B.— Worcestershire %Vest. Macauley, 'l' B. Edinburgh M.Geachy, F.—Honiton Mahon, Viscount— Hertford Mainwaring. T —Denbighshire Mangles, a D.—Guildford Manners, Lord J.—Newark March, Earl of—West Sussex Marsbam, Lord—West Kent Martin, W.—Newport, L of Wight Martin, Thomas—Galway Co. Martyn, C. C.—Southampton Master, Colonel—Cirencester Masterman, J.—London Maunsell, T. P.—Northamptonsh. Meynell, Captain H.—Lisburne Milnes, R. M.—Pontefract Mitchell, T. A.—Bridport Mordaunt, Sir John—Warwicksh Morgan, o.—Monmouthshire u orison, William —Kinross-shire Morrison, J Ames—lnverness Mundy, E. M.—South Derbyshire Murray, C. S.—Bucks Neeld, John—Cricklade Neville, a—Windsor Nicholl, J.—Cardiff Norreys, Lord—Oxfordshire Slorreys, Sir Denham—Mallow Northland,Viscount—Dungannon O'Brien, A.—N.Northamptonshire O'Brien, W. S.—Limerick:Co. Ossulston,Lord—NorthNor thure berland Owen, Sir John—Pembroke l'acke, C. W.—Leicester, South Paget, Lord W.—Andover Pelmet'. Robert—Berks Palmerston, Viscount—Tiverton Patten, J. Wilson—Lancashire Peel, Rt. Hon. sir R.—Tamworte Peel, Col. Jonathan—Huntingdon Pemberton, Thomas—.Ripon Pigot, Sir Robert —Bridgnorth Polhill, Frederick—Bedford Pollock, Sir F.—Huntingdon Ponsonby, C. F. A. C.—Poolo Ponsonby, Hon. John—Derb) Pringle, Alexander—Selkirkshire Protheroe, Edward--Halifax Posey, Philip—Berkshire I tas hleigh, W.—East Cornwall Rawdon, John Dawson—Armagh Reade, M.—Waterford City Rein, Sir John Rae—Dover Repton, G. W.—St. Alban's Richards, Richard—Merienethsh Rose, Sir George—Christchurch Round, Charles Gray—Essex N. Round, John—Maldon Rushbrooke, Colonel—Suffolk Russell, Lord John—London Russell, C.—Reading Russell, J.—N. Staffbrdshire Ryder, Hon. D.—Hertfordshire Sandon, Lord—Liverpool Scarlett, Hon. R.—Horsham Scott, Hon. F.—Rexburglishire Seymour, Sir H. B.—Midhurst Shaw, itightHon. F.—Dublin Un. Shirley . E.—Monaghan Sibthorp, Colonel—Lincoln Smith, Abel—Hertfordshire Smith, R. V.—Northampton Somerset, Lord G. —Monmeuthsb Somerton, Viscount— Somerville, Sir Wm.—Drogheda Sotheron, T. H.—Devizes Stanley, Lord—North Lancashire Stanton, W. H.—Stroud Staunton, Sir Geo.—Portsmouth Stewart, John—Lymington Stuart, H —Bedford Sturt, Henry Chas.—Dorsetshirs • Sutton, C. M.—Cambridge Tancred, H. W.—Banbury Tfiylor, J. A.—E. Worcestershire Tennent, J. E.—Belfast Thompson, Ald.—Sunderland Thornhill, G.—Huntingdonshire 'l'ollemache, Hon. F.—Grantham Tollemache, J.—South Cheshire fomline, George—Shrewsbury Trench, Sir F.—Scarborough Trevor, Hon. G.—Caermarthensh. Trotter, John—West Surrey Tyrrell, Sir J. T.—North Essex Vere, Sir C. B.—Ea s t S u ffblk Verner, William—Armagh Co. Vernon, G. H.—East Rettbrd Villiers, Viscount—Weymouth Vivian, John Ennis—Truro Wilbraham, Hon. It. B.—Lanca, shire Wilshere, William—Yarmouth Wodehouse, Edmond—E. Norfolk Wood, Charles—Halifax Wood, Colonel T.—Brecon Wood, Colonel T.—Middlesex Wortley, Lord—Lincolnshire Wortley, Hon. S.—W. Yorkshire Wrightson, W. B.—Northallerton Wyndham, Colonel—W. Sussex Wynn, Sir W. W.—Denbighshire Yorke, Hon. E. T. —Cambridgesh Young, John—Cavan Co. Young, Sir W.—Bucks TELLERS. 'Fremantle, Sir T.—Buckingham Baring, H. B.—Marlborough int the Chairman do Pinney, W. Plumridge, Captain I Powell, Caleb Power, James Pulsford, K bert Rennie, George Ricardo, John Lewis Russell, Lord E. Scott, Robert Scrope, G. P. Seale, Sir J. Shell, R. L. Smith, Benjamin Somers, J. P Stuart, W. Villiers Strutt, Edward Thornely, Thomas Troubridge, Sir T.. Tamil, Henry Villiers, Charles P. Villiers, Frederick Wakley, Thomas Wason, Rigby Williams, Wm. Wood, Benjamin Wood, G. W. TELLERS. Berkeley, H.F. Curteis, EL B. I Knightley, Sir C. Langston, J. H.' Law, Hon. C. E. Lawson, Andrew Legh, Georire C. Leicester ' Earl of Lincoln, Earl of Lockhart, William Lowther, J. H. Lyall, George Lygon, General MacGeachy, F. A. Mainwaring, T Manners, Lord J. March, Earl of Marsham, Viscount Martin, C. W. Martin, T. R. Martyn, C. Cecil Master, T. W. C. Masterman, John Maunsell, T. P. Meynell, H. Milnes, R. M. Mitchell, T. A. Mordaunt, Sir J. Morgan, Octavius Mundy, E. Miller Murray, C. R. S. Neeld, John Neville, Ralph Nicholl, J. Norreys, Lord Northland, Lord O'Brien. A. Staftbrd O'Brien.7W. Smith Owen, Sir J. Packs, C. W. Paget, Lord W. Peel, Sir R. Peel, Jonathan Pemberton, T. Pigot, Sir R, Polhill, F. Pringle, A. Protheroe, E. Pusey, Philip Rashleigh, William Rawdon, J. D. Reade, NV. AL Reid, Sir J. R. Repton, George J. Richards, Richard Rose, Sir George Round, J. Round, C. G. Rushbrooke, Colonel Russell, Charles Russell, J. D. W. Scarlett, Hon. R. Scott, Hon. F. Shaw, F. Shirley, E. P. Sibthorp, Colonel SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Pttbttt Optuton. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. The sugar question, and " the persecution of the Church of Spain by the Spanish Government," as the French clergy denominate the measures resorted to by the Regent, are the chigf topics referred to in the French papers. The Univers mentions that the French frigate Eri gone, which reached Macao on the Bth of December last, had on board Colonel Dubois de Jansigny, " Envoy of the King of the French to the Court of Pekin." M. Duplessis do Grenedan, a member of the Parlia ment of Brittany before the Revolution of 1789, and one of the Royalist Deputies who contributed most to the overthrow of the Government of the Restoration by the extravagance of their retrograde doctrines, died at St. Ilellier on the 19th instant. Madrid journals of the 16th inzt. report that the mar riage of the Queen was beginning to be talked of in the Madrid circles. The English party, and at its head M. Mendizabal, openly declared against the pretensions of the Bourbon family. Another party would willingly accept a Prince recommended by Austria ; but the ma jority seemed to incline in favour of one of the sons of the Infant Don Francisco de Paula. The Constitutionnel Barcelona journal of the 17th inst. publishes a letter addressed by the Political Chief to the members of the Provincial Deputation, informing them that the Regent had acceded to their demand, and been pleased to decide " that the municipal councillors sus pended in November, 1841, and who were to continue in office during the present year, should be reinstated in their functions." PUBLIC OPINION. The Morning Chronicle contains the following re marks :—" When did the mind of Sir Robert Peel first become impressed with the stern necessity of resorting to that odious measure, an income tax, for the extrica tion of the country from its financial difficulties ? Was it before or after the late general election ? The question is not one of idle curiosity. It involves his character as a statesman, and his claims on public confidence. The proof of the alleged necessity is repeated in Sir Robert Peel's speech of Thursday night. It consists of the state of the public revenue, as compared with the amount of public expenditure during a period of six successive yeari. 'He had proved that there had been an increasing deficit during the last six years ; a rapidly increasing deficit du ring the last four years.' It was on this ground that he asked the country maturely to consider whether he did not establish such a position of financial necessity as called upon him at least to propose some vigorous step?' Any defence from a mere temporary emergency is disclaimed. We have had two years of cheap postage ; but that is not it. Nor is it the increased outlay occasioned by our operations in the East. He thought that the great majority of the Committee would admit that he had proved the necessity, the existence of which he had asserted. He had not proposed an income tax on account of the war in Atfghanistan, or the war in China.' The six steps in Sir Robert Peel's demonstration of the financial necessity are six years. Only thus has he arrived at that seventh of sabbatical rest on which he bestows his blessing of an income tax. The ex perience of that long period of time constitutes his pre mises ; of which an income tax is the inevitable conclu sion. In this fact there is nothing to fix the date of his conviction. It may be new born ;or it may be of long standing. It may be more than three years old, or less than three months old. All is uncertain beyond the alternative that he must have come to it either before or after the late general election. We will take each side of the alternative to reason upon. Five out of the six demonstrative years had fulfilled their course before the late contest. They had done their duty we as sume, on the mind of Sir Robert Peel. In that case he knew last year that the question of an in come tax was to be virtually decided by the division on the Whig budget. He was fully aware that there was no other alternative. He knew that ha was leading on his unconscious party to the vote for an in come tax. The elections were, in his mind, a struggle for and against the imposition of an income tax. His talk of inquiries and consideration was mere pretence. He was only keeping close the secret of his determina tion till a convenient season for the disclosure. Voters and candidates were doing his work like puppets. By undeceiving the .people he would have changed the whole face of things. He reserved the word that would have done so, and would then have scattered like a routed army his ignorantly zealous supporters, until he should be safely ensconced in Downing-street. Now all this may be vastly clever. We impeach not its ingenuity. We only ask whether the trickster who is capable of it can ever again, as long as he lives, deserve to be an ob ject of public confidence ? Has he not played false with a whole people ?" The Times thus alludes to the Income tax :—" If every income depending on personal skill and exertion were considered as a certain life annuity, if a business were always considered, without reference to its actual pro mise, as equivalent to an estate for a given number of years—set that number as high as you please—strict justice indeed would not be obtained—this of course is impracticable under any law—but very mnch injustice would be avoided ; and that in the case of a business, without any additional complication of the bill or in vestigation of circumstances—in the case of profes sional incomes, by merely demanding the age of the holder, and referring to a table of the value of life. But most persons would be satisfied with even a looser attempt at fairness. Mr. R. Palmer—the Member for Berkshire, a strictly agricultural county—and him self, as a landed proprietor, interested against this sug gested tax, ested reduction of the proposed, in a speech which _ e, did much credit both to his sense and to his equity, that a tax of only 2 per cent. should be levied on all incomes coming under the schedule of trades and professions. We have very little doubt that such a concession as th)s— involving no change of principle in Sir Robert Peel's Bill—no one additional clause in its enactments, or in quiry in its administration—would satisfy those who at at present conceive their interests arbitrarily set aside." The Post remarks that Government is determined to stand or fall by the income tax, observing :—" Upon the general principle of the measure—as a measure of finan cial necessity—the Government is resolved to stand or fall. For so far there can be no mistake. Either the country will have the proposed income tax or another Administration. This also is a bold, honest, and useful declaration. During the existence of the late Adminis tration no one could calculate upon what was to happen, for when the Ministers could not carry what they pro posed,-they- were in the habit of submitting to whatever the Opposition might dictate, and of still continuing to be in appearance dig - Government, though ceasing so to be in reality." The Herald makes the following observations suggested by the Income-tax :—" To apply the principles of equal justice to the case so strongly, and, we will add, so un fairly drawn, a graduated scale is the only expedient ; under that process the small fundholder' would con tribute from his poverty in a ratio conformable to the large profits' of the large manufacturer.' We do not advocate, and we know no Conservative who does, that the entire amount of the deficiency should be levied on dormant capital ; but we do protest against any taxation of the business of production; at a time when industry is oppressed with innumerable difficulties, to such an ex tent as will repress production ; and we confidently assert that to levy three per cent. on income derived from re tail trade and-struggling profession, will-be-to afflict in dustry in the middling classes with a one-sided paralytic stroke." We quote the following from the Advertiser :—" Sir Robert Peel's justificationof the resolution be has come to of maintaining unimpaired the principle of an equal rate of taxation upon every species of income, whether for life or in perpetuity—whether fixed or variable— whether certain or precarious —must have been felt by all who listened to it, as a most lame and impotent affair. He did not pretend—adept as he is in plausibi lity, and skilled as, he is in sophistry—he did not pretend to argue that the principle of his income tax is a just principle. He evidently felt it to be otherwise ; but he felt, also, the trammels in which the landed interest hold him, and lacking the courage to be just, lest he should incur the hostility of these marauders upon the public interests, he descends to the miserable expedient of trying to sustain a great measure by a piece of special pleading that would disgrace a third-rate practitioner at quarter sessions." LAW AND POLICE. At the Lewes Assizes, on Wednesday, John Pockney, Charles Briggs, and Stephen Steadman, all young men, were tried for what has been called the " Ringmer mur der." The Grand Jury ignored the indictment for murder, and the prisoners were therefore tried for steal ing some articles of little value from a woman whom they had abused, and who was after wards found drowned in a pond near the spot to which they had enticed her. The occurrence took place four years ago. Pockney and Steadman were found guilty; the first was sentenced to twa years, and the other to eighteen months' hard lal Sophia King, the milliner's apprentice, convicted at Cambridge on Monday, of stealing a Post-office packet, containing property of the value of 7801., was sentenced Wednesday to be imprisoned for eighteen months. At the Surrey Sessions, yesterday, Mary Lee, aged 21, a girl of the town, was convicted of stealing from the person of Daniel Good, on the 17th inst., 7281. 175., and sentenced to be imprisoned for twelve months. Mary Bromley, a girl of the same stamp, was convicted of stealing a watch-chain and seals from a man of the name of Burley, near St. Thomas's Ho s pit a l, an d sen tenced to be banished for seven years. On Tuesday the five men charged with the late bank robbery at Manchester, two of whom were arrested in London some time ago, were, after a lengthened exami nation, committed for trial at the assizes. At Guildhall yesterday, Richard Bates, formerly a draper at Wakefield, was committed to take his trial for endeavouring to extort 10/. from Mr. Carlin, a tobacco nist on Ludgate-hill, by threatening to make a charge of an infamous nature against him. From the return made to the House of Commons, the amount of fees received by the Clerk of the Affidavits in the Court of Chancery for the past year, has been 4,836/. 12s. 10d. ; and the number of affidavits for which these fees were received 15,561. PINE ARTS. The state carriage of the Prince Charles of Bavaria, intended for the occasion of his marriage with the daughter of the King of Prussia, is to be seen at the show-room of Messrs. Pearce in Long-acre, by whom it has been built. Its appointments are highly costly; the iron-work is plated with silver : the different ornaments of solid silver, in some cases intermixed or smoked with gold. Between s 301. and 40/. kvas paid for the painting alone. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC. The alluvial accretions on the shores of Vendee and the ancient Poiton proceed to so great an extent that Motion made, and Question put, " T 1 leave the Chair "The Committee dividt Aglionby, H. A. Bannerman, A. Barnard, E. G. l3ernal, R. Blewiti, Reginald Bowring, Dr. Brocklehurst, J. B Brotherton, J. Bryan, George Busfeild, W. Byng, G.S. Cave, B. o._ . Chapman, Benjamin Cobden, Richard Coll , orne, IV. Ridley Colebrooke, Sir T. E. Cowper, lion W. Craig, W. Gibson Dalineny, Lord Oalryaiple, Captain Dashwood, (i. H. Dawson, lion. 'l'. V. Eyncourt, C.'l'. Duft; James Duncan, George Duncombe, T. S. Dundas, C. W. D. Dundas, Hon. J. C. A'Court, Captain Acton, Colonel Adare, Lord Adderley, C. B. Aldan, William Alford, Viscount Allix, John Peter Antrobus, Edmund Arcbdall, General Arkwright, George Ashley, Lord Astell, William Begot, Hon. W. Bailey, J. Bailey, Joseph, jun, Baillie, Colonel Bankea, George Baring, W. B. Barrington, Lord Beckett, William Benett, John Bentinck, Lord G Beresford, Major Bernard, Viscount Blackburn, John I. Blackstone, W. S. Dothan, W. H. Boldero, Henry G. Borthwick, Peter 9etfield, Beriah Bradshaw, James Smedley, Henry Broadwood, H. Brewne, W. Brownrigg, J. S. Bruce, C. L. e. Bruce, Lord E. Buckley, Edmund Buller, Sir J. B. Y. Bunkury, Thomas Burroughes, N. N. Cardwell, Edward Cavendish, Hon. C. Chelsea, Viscount Chetwode, Sir John "Cholmondeley, H. Christmas, William Christopher, It. A. Chute, W. L. Clayton, It. R. Clerk, Sir G. niv , R. H. Cockburn, Sir G. Collett, W. Bickford Compton, H. Copeland, W. Corry, H. L. C ou rteoay, Viscount Cripps, J. Crosse, T. Bri ght Darner, Hon. Dawson Darby, George Dawnay, Hon. W. Dickinson, F. H. INORITY—AYES, East hope, Sir John Ellis, Wynn Elphinstone, Howard Ferguson Colonel !Fitzroy,Lord C. Gibson, T. M. Granger, T. C. Hall, Sir B. Harris. John Q, Hastie, A. Hawes. B Howard, J. K. Jardine, William Johnstone, Alex. Leader, .1. T. Marjoribanks, S. Marshall W. Martin. John Maul; Hon. Fox Mormon, William idostyn, Hon. E. M. Murray, A. Napier, Sir Charles O'Brien, C. O'Brien, 1. O'Connell, W J. Ogle, S. C. H. Pechell, Captain 1 Philips, Mark FORITY— NOES, Dodd, George Douglas, Sir C. E. Douglas, J. D. S. Duke, Sir James Duncombe, A. Duncombe, 0. Du Pre, George East, James Buller Eaton, Richard J. Egerton, Lord Fran. Eliot, Lord Emlyn, Viscount Escott, Bichkam Estcourt, T. G. B. Farnham, E. B. Fellowes, Edward Filmer, Sir E Fitzroy, Captain Fitzroy, Hon. H. Fleming, J. W. Floiliott, John Forester, Hon. G. Fuller, A. E. Gaskell, J. M. Gladstone; W. E. Gordon, Hon. W. Gore, Montague Gore, W. R. 0. Goring, H. D. Graham, Sir J. Granby. Marquis treenail, Peter Gregory, W. H. Onmsoitch. I'. Grimston, Lord Hale, R. B. }Salford, H. Hamilton. W. J. Hamilton, Lord C. Hardinge, Sir H. Hardy, John Hawkers, T. Hayes, Sir E. He;ith . cote, Sir W. Heneage. a %V. Heneage . E. Henley,j. W. Hepburn, Sir T. B. Herbert, Hon. S. Hodgson, R. Holmes, W. A'Cou r t Hope, Charles Hope, G. W. Hornby, John Houldsworth, T. Ingestre, Lord Inglis, Sir R. H. Jerrayn, Earl Johnson W. G. Jones, T. Kemble, Henry Knatchbull, Sir E. Knight, Henry Gaily Knight, F. Winn 225. Somerset, Lord G. Somerton, Viscount Somerville, Sir W. Satheron, T. H. Stanley, Lord Stewart, John Stuart, H. Sutton, Henry M. Tancred, H. W. Taylor, J. A. Tennent, J. E. Tnompson, Ald. Thornhill, George Towline, George Trevor, Hon. G. R. Trotter, John Tyrrell, Sir J. Vere, Sir C. B. Vernor, W. Vernon, Granville Villiers, Viscount Vivian, John Ennis Wilbraham, R. B. Wilshere, W. Wodehouse, Edmond Wood, Colonel Wotsley, Lord Wortley, J. Stuart Wyndham, Colonel Wynn, Sir W. W. Yorke, Hon. E. T. Young, John Young, Sir W. TELLERS. Fremantle. SiriT. Baring, H, B. 'AMOUS ASSAULT UPON A LADY. (From the Dublin Freeman's Journal.) Yesterday Mr. R. Caldwell, solicitor, of 191, Great Brunswick-street, for whose apprehension two arrests had been outstanding for many days, was brought in custody of police -sergeant ;Kennedy, 8 B, before the Magistrates of College -street Police-office, charged with having assaulted, with intent to commit violation, the wife of Mr. Corbett, of Fitzwilliam-place, barrister. Both parties move in the most respectable circles of society, and occupy high standing in their respective professions. Mr. J. A. Curran appeared for the prosecutor, and Mr. Fitzgibbon, Q.C., was for the prisoner. From the evidence of the prosecutrix, it appeared the prisoner had been on friendly terms with Mr. Cor bett for the space of a year and a half, during which they had had various transactions in the way of busi: ness. The prisoner had been frequently at Mr. Cor bett's house, his presence there being, however, occa sioned for the most part by professional affairs, though on two occasions he had dined there. O n Monday se'nnight he dined with Mr. Corbett and his lady, and on the Saturday following he proceeded to the house of the prosecutor in Fitzwilliam-place, under the pretence of -paying the visit usually exacted by etiquette, after the acceptance of such a compliment. Having knocked at the door, he inquired of the servant whether Mr. Corbett was at home. The servant answered in the negative, saying, that his master had just gone out, which, however was not the case ; but Mr. Corbett, being in deshabille at the time, had given directions that he should be denied. The prisoner then inquired whether Mrs. Corbett was at home, for that, if so, her presence would suit his purpose as well. The servant replied that his mistress was in the study, to which apartment the other was unhesitatingly admitted. The prisoner, having found the lady seated in an arm chair, saluted her courteously, and drawing ever his own arm chair in' the vicinity of the lady's, they conversed for a few minutes upon ordinary topics. Presently, however, his conversation assumed a different tone--he talked rapidly, and with great fervour, and began to praise the eyes of his companion, which he averred were bright above those of all other mortals. He then spoke more un disguisedly, and throwing himself on his knees lamented the situation of his fair companion, and assured her, with great .fervour, that he grieved that her heart was not at her own disposal, for that if she were single she should not be without an offer. Fired with indignation at hearing herself addressed in such a strain, the lady rose in high displeasure, and told the prisoner that such words were unfit for the ears of a married woman, and informed him that if he did not immediately leave the room, she should ring for the servant to tun' him out. She was proceeding accordingly across the room, with the design of summoning the servant with the bell, when the prisoner sprang from his seat with desperate vio lence, and spreading his hand over the lips of the lady, in order to stifle her, so effectually as to render utter ance 'impossible, he-told her that all her resistance would be in vain, for that she was in his power, and she must submit. The prisoner then proceeded to take liberties of the most infamous nature with the lady, the de tails of which are, of course, utterly unfit for publication. A severe struggle ensued, the fortune of which was as yet doubtful, when the lady escrying a large case knife lying in a silver b rea d-b as k et upon the table, seized it in desperation, and made a fierce plunge at the breast of her assailant. The prisoner, in his effort to elude the blow, which must have been fatal had it taken effect, with such excessive violence was it aimed, let go his hold of tho lady's mouth and sticceeded in wringing the weapon out of her hand. The lady, uttering the most clamorous shrieks, rushed to the door, closely pursued by her assailant, who brandished the knife in the air and had almost felled her to the earth, when Mr. Corbett, who was in the lower part of the house when his wife's screams first reached his ear, ran up stairs, having seized in the exigency of the moment a fork, the only weapon which lay at hand. On the in stant of Mr. Corbett's arriving his lady had effected her escape from the room, and having exclaimed in tones of agony, " The knife ! the knife ! Look ! look to Cald well ! ' she fell in the lobby almost lifeless from exhaus tion. Mr. Corbett stepped over her, and rushed in the direction of the study, where the prisoner yet remained ; but one of the servant maids, apprehensive lest blood might be shed in case her master and the prisoner should meet, ran past the former with the speed of lightning, and succeeded in entering the room before him, shut the door in his face, and bolted it from within. Mr. Corbett, conceiving that his lady was dying, so utterly devoid of animation did she appear, then turned to her assist ance, and having raised her from the ground, was leaning over her in the lobby, when the prisoner suddenly dart ing from his ambuscade sprang down stairs. Mr. Corbett seized a boot-jack, and hurled it at the head of the pri soner, whom he pursued down the stairs, and might perhaps have succeeded in overtaking, were it not that the same servant-maid, who had already interfered, threw herself in the course of the pursuer, and by tripping up his heels, terminated the chase, and secured the present escape of the prisoner. Mrs. Corbett, a young lady of very prepossessing manners, and great personal attraction, was examined at great length, and deposed in a very becoming manner to the facts detailed in the foregoing statement. The prisoner, a tall, athletic, well-proportioned man, aged about 36 years, and who was dressed in fashionable attire, when called upon for his defence, stated that the lady had made warm and repeated professions of attach ment• to him, and he was only presuming on the encou ragement he had thus received in acting as he had. The prisoner then produced four or fire letters, signed, for the most part, " Your affectionate Caroline," and all of which contained professions of the most passionate regard. Mrs. Corbett, being cross-examined by Mr. Fitzgib bon, denied in terms of the most unmitigated indignation, all knowledge whatsoever of these documents, the pro duction of which appeared to excite in no one more sur prise than in herself ; it was " false as hell" the asser tion that she had penned any such compositions ; she had never given the prisoner more countenance than be came an honourable woman ; she never walked with him in the street, nor ever had interviews with him in private. Mr. Corbett deposed that he did not consider the let tets to be; any one of them, in the handwriting of his lady kr. Curran observed that there was no postmark whatsoever upon the letters, and many of them were written in different hands. The Magistrate said that such a case had been made out as left but one coarse open for him, namely, to take the informations of the complainant, and hold the pri soner in surety to stand his trial at the next Commission. The prisoner entered into his own recognizances of 1001., and two sureties of 50/. each, to stand his trial at the Commission, and was thereupon liberated. THE LATE SCANDALOUS AFFAIR IN PARIS. COUR ROYALE DE PARIS, MARCH 21. This case has been so frequently before the public, and has been so criticised in all its details, that it requires no additional comment from us. Mr. Lawson, the keeper of the Hotel Bedford, in the Rue St. Honore, stated his case as follows : Mr. Cassidy arrived at Paris at midnight in the month of January last, in a carriage drawn by six horses, con taining two ladies and th ree servants, an d al i ghted at the Hotel Bedford. As he did not wish to remain at the hotel, the proprietor, at his request, found him an hotel, at the rate of 2,500 francs per month (1001.) Lord W. Paget, however, arrived shortly after, and remonstrated with his friend against this enormous expenditure. This course of extravagance, however, still continued, and several dinners were given, at the rate of seven or eight hundred francs, when at last a scen e occurre d b etween Miss Bellew and Mr. Cassidy, which has already been made known to our readers. Mr. Cassidy first said that Miss Bellew, and latterly that Lord William Paget, was responsible for all the ex pense. Miss Bellew, however, after the unfortunate business •above alluded to, paid 4,400 francs, and Mr. Cassidy gave a bill for 5,000 francs. There was, however, a surplus of 723 francs still owing by Mr. Cassidy, but he suddenly left Paris in the public diligence. The police being informed that he had a false passport, followed the diligence, accompanied by Ir. Law son, and compelled Mr. Cassidy to return with The police took their prisoner to several prisons and spunging-houses, at all of which he was refused admit tance, for want of sufficient legal cause of detention, when, at the request of Mr. Lawson, he was arrested by M. Anselin, who sent him to the prison at Clichy, where, however, he only remained for three days, owing to a decision, which he obtained from the Tribunal de Pre mier Instance, to the following effect : " That Mr. Lawson was not in the enjoyment of those rights which were exclusively enjoyed by Frenchmen. " That out of 5,525 f. originally due, Mr. Lawson ac knowledges to have received 4,250 E, and that he is still the bearer of a bill which is not yet due. " That this prosecution is frivolous and vexatious. The Court, therefore, condemned Mr. Lawson to 2,000 f. da mages and all the cosls, and acquitted Mr. Cassidy." Against this decision Mr. Lawson appealed, and stated that Mr. Cassidy had escaped to Belgium under the name of Douglas, with a fals e p assport, f or w hi ch he had been arrested, and that he had been since declared bankrupt to the amount of several thousands of pounds in Eng land. On being arrested in Belgium he was sent to Lon don to meet the various demands of his creditors. The Counsel for Mr. Lawson showed the justice of his client's demands for 723 f., and declared the damages awarded to be unjust and excessive. The Counsel for the other side brought forward several precedents for refusing to foreigners the right of arrest. The Court, on the conclusion of the substitute for the Procureur-General, reversed the decision of the Cour Royale, and condemned Mr. Cassidy to the costs. t will be recollected that some weeks since we published an extract of a letter from St. Petersburgh containing some observations on the manners of certain members of the Imperial Family, which some of our contemporaries, without the slightest hesitation, and without the slightest knowledge, pronounced to be un founded. We referred, as a matter of course, to our correspondent, although convinced of his correctness, and have received his reply, re-affirming all that he had stated, but adding that the Consort of the Imperial Crown Prince had not yet taken her departure for :Munich.— Times. The General Steam Navigation Company's vessel the Ocean, J. Fife, from Rotterdam, arrived off the Custom house at twelve o'clock at noon yesterday, with the Dutch mail. ft / 11‘,ONEY MARKET &nd CITY NEWS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIMES. —Letters received from Bristol, of this morn ing's date, announce that the eminent firms in that city of Acramans, Morgan, and Co., and of D. E. and A. Acraman, have determined on calling their creditors together, An excessive outlay of capital, beyond the means of the parties, more particvlarly in machinery and ship-building, is said to have been the immediate cause of the stoppage. At their own request an exami nation into the state of their affairs has been going on for some days past, which is said to report very favour ably of the fival issue. SUN.—The absence of any particular reason for in fluencing the funds, and the approach of that period when a partial secession of business occurs, have caused the transactions in the Stock Markets to be extremely small to-day. The quantity of capital unemployed, and the want of means in which to invest, other than our own securities, occasioned prices to be firmly maintained. Consols for Money closed at 89k +, and at 89+ + for the Account ; Exchequer Bills, 27 29 prem. The price o B f l ß i el t g o 8 1ia1 2 7 103 to T to 104 w ; o- B an ra d z - i a l - ia ll n a , 1 7 f 0 pe t r o 71 ; Cents., 52 to 4, and the Five per Cents., 103 to The quotation of Spanish was 24+ to a ; Mexican, 41+ to ; and Colombian, 26 to I. Birmingham Railway Shares were quoted 85 to 87 prem. ; Great Western, 26 to 27 prem. ; South Western, 59 to 60 ; North Midland, 69 to 71 per share ; Black wall, 11 to I ex-div., and Eastern Counties, 131 to 124 discount. The holidays in the Colonial Market commenced to day, and will not terminate until the 30th inst., business will, of course, be suspended during the interval. VAN AMBURGH. We have had an opportunity of inspecting the esta blishment of the above spirited individual at his stable?, near the Horn's Tavern, Kennington, and, we confess, ' we had formed but an inadequate opinion of it. It is but partially known that Van Amburgh started a travelling collection of animals (including his own justly celebrated menagerie) in May last, and his suc cess has exceeded his most sanguine expectations, in consequence of which, he contemplates remodelling it on an extended scale. New carriages, of the most novel construction, additional animals, ten beautiful cream coloured horses (daily expected from America), in addi tion to his former sp'.t:ndid stud of greys, are among the nave:ties contemplated. The manner of exhibiting wild animals in this country has scarce undergone any change or improve ment in our recollection ; the same heavy, ponderous carriages, with their tasteless, uncouth decorations ; the sameinetlicient arrangements; and the same noisy, vulgar fellows, as showmen, have been the distingushing charac teristics (with but few exceptions) from time immemo rial. It remained for Van Amburgh to open a new era, to strike out a new system from the dull beaten one of his predecessors, and to raise for himself a pre-eminence by the taste and costliness of his appoint ments, the manner and appearance of his attendants, and the novelty and originally of his daring performances. Another improvement, and a must striking tine, is the method pursued with regard to his exhibiting. At the day advertised there is the collection, and the same punctuality observed in its departure ; thus enabling him to keep faith through the line of his route. To the strict observance of all these particulars we attribute his success, and which will, we have no doubt, in site of the sonum hat diminished attraction of tra- veiling manageries, ow rig to the establishment of Zoolo gical Gardens in various places), long continue to at tend him. SHOCKING ACCIDENT BY CLEANING WINDOWS.— This morning, between eight and nine o'clock, Thomas Madden, between forty and fifty years of age, in the em ploy of Mr. Broome, of Marylebone-lane, Oxfurd.street, linen-draper, while standing outside cleaning one of the first-floor windows, slipped, and fell on to the footway pavement in the street. Hs was severely injured, having received a concussion of the brain, and was directly taken to Middlesex Hospital, where he remains in a pre carious state. SHOCKING RESULT OF A PETTY PROSECUTION.— It will be recollected that in our police intelligence a few weeks ago we mentioned the case of a woman, who, with an infant in her arms, was committed to prison for cut ting a small quantity of birch at Bosbury, the damage which she did being valued at one halfpenny. We un derstand that the child died in prison on Sunday last, and that the mother stated at the inquest that it was her belief the child died in consequence of a cold which it caught in the Lcdbury Lock-up House. The wonder is that many inquests have not been the consequence of confining prisoners in such a damp and filthy den.— Wor cestershire Chronicle. GOOD FRIDAY.—This being the anniversary of our. Saviour's crucifixion is the most solemn fast of the Christian church. The cross-bun, Jiowever. has ceased in England to be the morsel ts . fi , which the Severity of the last days of Lent was mitigated. In the old time Lent was not " inure honoured in the breach than the observance." 'We find from the hoUsehold book of the Duke of Northumberland, which was kept in 1912, that throughout Lent, " beginning at Shrovetide and ending at Easter," the breakfast (a great meal in an ancient family) consisted, fur my Lord and illy Lady," ef " two"! pieces of salt fish, lour herrings, or a dish of sprats," in- stead of the customarly allowance at, other seasons of " half a chine of mutton ur a chine of beef ;" and the food of a Lenten supper was equally meagre. The transgressors of Lent were subject to eecleciastical dis cipline. Strype, in his " Memorials," records that a man did penance at St. Paul's Cross in 1555 for attempt ing to sell two pigs ready dressed during the fast. HAMPTON-COURT PALACB.---We are authorized to state that two new picture-rooms in Hampton-court Palace, in addition to those already shown to the public, will be opened on Easter Monday, next. We understand that these rooms contain some interesting and valuable pictures, and also that some very fine ones have been added to the already extensive collection in the palace. A new arrangement of the pictures has also taken place, and some ancient tapestries have now been brought forward, which cannot fail of interesting every lover of the fine arts. On the 6th instant, says the Toulonnais, as a painter, who had emigrated to Algiers was travelling in search of employment, he got enveloped in a dense fog, near Ben Ackoun, on his way to Dely Ibrahim. His attention was suddenly roused by a loud roar, which at first he took fur the lowing of an ox in one of the in closures ; but, on its being repeated, he found hiinself face to face with a monstrous lion. The poor painter, though more dead than alive with terror, retained suffi cient presence of mind to brave the' animal with his shouts, and, thus acting on the known nature of the beast, put him to flight- Having communicated his ad venture to M. Dumartin, the land-surveyor at Dely Ibra him, that gentleman, with permission of the colonel in command of the garrison, went out with about thirty officers and soldiers in chace of the lion, but did not fall in with it. A day or two afterwards the same animal was seen at Elbier, near Algiers, and a general battue was contemplated to relieve the country from this un welcome intruder, and of several others who have come down to the plain of Mitidjah, since it was deserted by the Arabs. DEATH FROM 'TASTILY EATING FISH.—SINGULAR CA sE.—An inquest was held on Wednesday night at the Uni corn, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden, before Mr. Higgs, on tha body of Charles Slater, aged forty-two. Hobert hledli cott said that be resided at the Queen's Head, Duke's -court, Bow-street, and the deceased occupied a room in the same house. Deceased had been a cornet in the 7th Hussars, and afterwards a clerk in the Excise-office ; but for some time past witness did not know how he had been em ployed. He was, during witness's acquaintance with him, in very distressed circumstances, and in want of the common necessaries of life. He was often without food and money to purchase any, and was upon those occasion supplied by his tellow-lodgers. On Monday morning last witness gave him a small quantity of bread and cheese, and that, with a potato, was all he bad to eat during the day. At seven o'clock in the evening witness, while drinking in the taproom of the Queen's Head, saw the deceased run to the bar, and make He e e persons there th b e l r e e ek un ie der t s h tan e f d eee b , y ee sitn e s x , h t i h b a it t ed he s W uch as Chokin g .. s symptoms, that it was deemed advisable to take him to a surgeon's. Deceased was then taken to the shop of Mr. Nicholson, a chemist, in Bow-street, where he was attended by Mr. Beale, a surgeon; but he died in a few minutes after they had attempted with instruments to relieve him of the substance in his throat. Witness heard that deceased had been eating by stealth some fish which belonged to another lodger, and that a bone of it, by sticking in his throat, was the cause of his choking. Had deceased lived another day, he would have re ceived a sum of 2501. from one of his friends or relations. Alexander Pryde, a lodger in the same house, said that on Monday evening last he bought some small flounders, and gave them to the servant to cook for him. He had not sat down to eat them many minutes, when deceased ran up stairs, saying that he was choked. . r. Lionel Beale, surgeon, said that he found the deceased on Monday evening last in a dying condi tion from suffocation, the effects of swallowing too hastily. By means of probing some fish was taken from his throat. He died in a few minutes), witness had no doubt from Suffocation, by eating fish voraciously.---Verdict, " Died from suffocation by eating food too hastily." GOOD FRIDAY.—A Correspondent calls attention to the ancient saying— When our Lady falls in our Lord's lap, Then let England beware a mishap. Now, this year, Ladyday and Good Friday both fall on the same day ! The old ladies, therefore, are tremblin with fear.— lircrcestershite Chronicle. Yesterday morning a dreadful accident occurred to Edward Rogers, a young man, seventeen years of age, in the employ of Mr. Barber, snuff-grinder, Church -street, Bethnal-green. The unfortunate young man was doing something to a steam-engine, when one of the sleeves of his shirt suddenly was drawn into the machinery, and before he could extricate it his hand and arm were dread fully fractured up to the elbow. DEATH OF THE HON. MRS. FRANCIS ERARINE.-• This venerable lady, who was relict of the late lion. Major Erskine, brother to the late John F. Erskine, Earl of Mar, died at Edinburgh on Thursday se'nnight. A JUDICIAL BULL.—Judge Ball, at Nenagh, con gratulated the Grand Jury " on the growing decrease of crime which had taken place in that division of Tippe rary?, THE CROWN JEWELS.—Orders were yesterday issued by the Lord Chamberlain for the immediate re moval of the Crown Jewels and Regalia from Messrs. Rundell and Bridges, on Ludgate-hill, to whose custody they have been intnisted since the great fire at tho Tower, to the new jewel-house in the Tower, which will be opened for public inspection on Monday next. We learn from Zurich that the storm of the 10th inst. was severely felt in that part of Switzerland. The lake was agitated in a way hitherto u nprecedented, and the grave stones of the burial ground were thrown down by the force o f the wind. An intendant of the Marquis de Monlezin has been sentenced by the Court of Assizes for the Haute Pyrenees to imprisonment to live years, for having m ade u se o f f orge d do. cuments; and a rich banker , the son - in - , , aw of a General, has been condemned to the like punishment, for giving false testi. mony in the same affair. Ii di, . -2