The Sun. — London, England, 1842-02-26 00:00:00

deterrat cthoeytic.ase, le did n o t b elieve that even a Member of the Anti _l o . League would b e f oun d those excepted who were hi that who would ne t recogn i se n a t o t a l repeal, aime me asure a se ttl ement, as tar as it was Fos- ' and who would not desist from further agitation, I:hiyateihioserratisns, a/ give it a. full and fair and d liberate trial.—( Cheers. ) beenl. CHRISTOPHER, in reply, stated that he should have satisfied to have concluded he debate without making had it not been for the remarks of the Hon. M e et; far Finsbury. He would not imitate that l i inn h . in the was.unparintary and improper manner In A Il i e s. eoll,9Ctibeen t " lo ' ll. lti ;l ll ; 'epres eti ll t " Gentleman letsed, upon every occasion, to t. m ese Who for Fi e d n l . ff s ' e r e the d f r om r lew s ' and the motives of h him. The . Hon. Member ksm.. paced to , had been pleased to quote certainremafra booki putdi shec l Ilim (Mr. Christopher), on the authority (H eat \ . 1 )1 his (Mr. Christopher's) political opponents— himn h_/‘--observations which had never been submitted to anner in uhi ci r t tre . they were published, and which In the l titte red h ) . Were reperted in that book, had noton y r nnot been c eirecl / h 'in, but had never been even imagined" heor con- Amber'"--( Cheers from the Ministerial benches.) pste fur Finsbury bail been pleased to taunt ‘ix Mouth P h ") with having propounded sentiments which he woh ' i lgo he would not have ventured to utter. 1 , %' re not, - Priod; " ask, times and circumstances changed since that ,as it a matter -- ers and laughter from the Opposition.) N% e t to 4 nd th en . of no eonsequence to the agr:cultural f i o n r te a r s low Sa k i d 1 , power, two parties ono .if which was all saki In npo n mitt P were h otld n t such circumstances, of course, the agricultural bo a yi ,.ee ar.ci the other for removing rotee then 28 tand out !or maintaining the law unaltered. .- l a n n _ laughtaerniaterial alteration had taken place.—(Cheers owe n r to reist •) If it had been in his ( r. Christophe h r s n ) the _ i t tile existing law, he would do so rather t a o h_ P a_za a r y e_l the of legislation but both . Houses tn f re r v.se Ne on • arteg unanimously declared their intentior 1 h is au. sider the Co rn-laws, • he thought he was only discharging iesti,el fully t.Y.teowards those he represented, by bringing _tl he was e22 r their co nsideration —(Hear, bear.) . I ide so of Patiia.,llY acting in accordance with the implied . .o doing nje e an y al- If arid endeavou i r.ng to secure In that IN N . of the law which might take place, ntitl , d, f j , nin to which the agricultural interest was fairly e .e op ; . . 0 were iii bis power to " 1 k , the opinion of the House, ( lc) , cos t ; 2 Pon his elution, r es a ll * : would do so. "If he could . lt i u s - - 1 i nte e aY nvethod enabling the friends of the agricuhe she i k t i rst in that House to vote upon his . proposition,. but after all th 4"'V' the greatest satisfaction in doing it ; state of th It had been said, seeing the crowded )__ and seei ng e th behebes opposite— ( Cheers and laught a er ffirm his prep tititt at the tactics of those opposite were not to from the Op- Positt on n for a 255. duty—( Roars of laughter and e otrat et.. but to embarrass the Goo erment—( Cheering,tat in Z te of ti eeti ng )—he had no hesitation in ".)Ing• h e h ( Mr. ri s o „h! t aunts of the Hon. Member for Finsbury, Itithsthr"er) would not b- found going out into the b lobby what they Th.at Honourable Gentleman, let the consequences Opposition. , iltea.l"-(Cheering and laughter from the __ ,,use ) I ' l %l ' d a 43! Member conversant with the forms of the e l e l eea.. ir, t h lit !din in the way either then or on any . future a sit _ . stkiii.'„:Bl'ollld be very hay to submit his resolution by b Al theitot k Proposition t the consideration of the 11n the Hon. I.l,l4lbeneotild not have th honour of voting with he had '' ik h p . 14°,1* Finsbur , a h ve had e the satisfaction of feeling f A laugh ) '''LeC r e"niv duty to Y the e House and to the country- . other e.8114,48e it would have been impossible to adopt any _._ 0.• Istioti.)uan the one be had done.—( Laughter from the UPI h tlie , H 0 1 1: t y ing bald this much, he would conclude by assuring hes 4o Ho q • "'"anber fF• b ' that in spite of the ) would a ections of o th r t ins utriyeman, he (Mr. Christopher ye. seil t oe ll e ti a t • ga out with hir(Nlr. T. Duncombe) on the p ti, ll r• l', " " . UNCO_M RErose amidst loud cries of " Ques- Pfotoose,tiou," " Divide, divide." He said that he only rose eoueemPurpose of explaining and apologizing to the ith . 4.liist• - " att i who bad a lained of having been treated It Ice, tie ,_ _ T omp mbe) in what he was about . to ((!itteuiti e.. _, e l v alr. . Dunco t e h Hon. Member justice..— e (k e p ters a nd a u ,our to do Gentleman stated that h , • at . , gnter.) The Hon. he motion was saida ''ooesh ziuncombe) stated that t He as, blue had h km all tnotion.—(Hear, hear.) Hon. Member I 'd co • that had fallen from the . . to 1 " heed in that opinion— ( Cheer s i taugh te and confirmed him additional con paattion oft) r- -and if he had wanted any . he would °° to th* e moonshine character of the motion !eti Lie ot her side of the House for it.—(lmmense cheering h made ay h i Oghtee,) Hereport of a spee . c That Sisb 14,0aourable and Gallant Friend oppostte. and •Peal tti 4,1 be only made the day before yesterday,_ in.. e Ash 4e f ther e moti of the Hon. Member for North L ts b i re h e h d saidun was never intended 1, ebe a that that motion ..o t • ou g h t that it was , r, 1)0, for ward —(Cheers and laughter) 0 o.ition.) otth 2 fide motion (Loud cheers from the pp - ~ 1 4.,,e motion was • merely meant to gull the farmer.„ . e on, ' Ai and laughter,lle would quote the wprds h .— Th o ( cea- Natkii envber here d ed a paper from which t e, y 1 .,„„_, e pro uc e ll ded of the speech a u Nkeeoiotns..utentinc,ertain Passages s he went along% ) The a oala ti • Of Huck?: hvrmern was in the cha , ir. ''l4 . le them presently g the Duke of Buckingharn a opinion. 10 tighter.) Friend had said—" Now b, 4 der nu fir n and Gallant - -est that Air C hristopher's . amendment may be carried, it he al , be 6„ • Commons."—( Hear, w ott i ti and ". e i a t r u s t in the House of ~ _ e H believed it Si r k p 4ev er r be p n i f t ; laughte r.) because before that was put,... ~s l, eel's ipt 1,, ant p . Proposal must be negatived. t —( Continued tin e peed was right •it had not been . pu . _ es. I er rate ‘)f (1111 ; . ' " Air . Christopher's' proposal being for a o 4 04 --- (Cri e • the Sir R. Peel's, _ it I,,, t tliti at d . 8 of ' a higher')—tha n fthe lowest duty first, and tk ‘s oh' lapose of the motion .or ld substitute -gs -Yon th • - ' d that they cou . ~, 11ra1,0 at being rtegative ,_ I. f Str R. Peel. f that o a iti ,., l l . eu well : 1 0 o t : tikolr. Chrt3so.pher,f Iv Rea , d read ")--tht h kiad, ev e p t. ._ . say— (Cries o (Laughter.) The a line torall stit the n: the eµ speech.". vetted that Mr. Chris ti 4 tier L., ,re tleinan then said he reg tituents when that ,„ thei7__roade that speech to his con d s he could not but S a p o eet th ": i , as sent up—(Laughter)- 1; —(Laughter)—and was actuated 4 1 4 t iler eoo ,l Hon. Member for me desire to advance the he.aattet,,ll erattons, apart from his (Hear, ,*1..) liz' the as ,apart in takin- . a• that step."— as that. ki i li e ' b i'w he (Mr. D.) had said nothing so severe . had been d ( 41.1 " e ar h . .. for himself, although it 4 1 add ed th e ear. ) A s . ) that he was ng !as i t Hon. and Gallant Captain sine the scale of Oil HOO, iv!r!a: reduetio n of duty Lincolnshire,hi l s n an n s P w Pe er was, that with I,4 4 l*e :rot fh p i an,_ . for t he would not vote for any k e meat th hie constituents, (Cheers.) ltQ 4 fr. ji) , at was not of a bona fide character."— of the Hon. L'obr f ) was therefore right, and the speech . a ti;riaide'ar Lincolnshire proved that his scale not A c a o s ine to 11? o de Stte ••••-( Hear, heir.) Now he " oul : 1 Oh, ' oh.") hat e Memb '' v. k „ , tr out , er in the Chair—(Cries , of f • nd ?"—( Cheers " ci la u the h .. th e farmer sme to I, aghtes.., y!iot ear . dividual indebted fur his seat It4, i e Duk e , i, r , '% as there any in l ' ow refuse to hear , I), 1 (4 14 a roucktngham who wou o n The Noble i , -- ok e ~i 8 of that honest and independent man? to give ZPbali . ""` the C o , be altered, and you are ao t a • You r , rn-iaw s are to Id that this measure , th d h iit • protection. But we were to Then what s t lts sat tsfy the t of the Corn-laws. he o th apfi t ?„ , opponen s air. D ‘ 44 to L.: ---- (Cht ors.) Now this was what ( will it Ikt* ' ...iv Neither,said the Duke, II 1,/, as, vi.—( Hear, hear.) the Corn *, I'' s • "If it were a motion for the repeal of fri r •ould the Reeds ttuderst d il.—but this will please neither "e b 44, the an k r 4444 enemie s of the agricu • Iturists. And, considering by the farmers in „ t oer da , n whennd, the exigencies suffered . , t fair to call to th e fatllt" wheat was 51 . or 6/. a load, is i purpose than 'Dik e rimier to rnake such a sacrifice for no other . 0 pe hoott ,_ .4 new Corn For year a ear on fter y ) h*s ar s . 'villa._ -aw • • tt Hear, hear.) I wale flee further concessions. —( . true, for a 20s. kr,: w ould \ obis Duke said, and it was quite )) altered year ii, i ,,l• pat,:u satisfy no one, and it must e Lincolnshire rt i „‘, Le h ad ttlt the Honourable Member for . . This was klst 40f.op,ttot uttered the words attributed to him t . aken an op. 4„ n /nit,, `,allate; hut he ought sooner to have rinted in a Nnolarhi.W' repudiate them, for the speech was p 0 the book titsideksere Tory ~, paper, and thence transferred t had had 4,t, on0 0 „ 4 . 41 ‘• raolase •so that the Hon. Gentleman . n ~.. t - INI -81 " to correct his h (Cries of " Questa) . ti ts r, tims speec . iiat he tole co'm'bs) was sorry he should not have the plea- Hon. Gentleman; si. i., e (41.1.?,.?ut into the lobby with the against any duty last sq u ' l ! , 1114,4 uuneombe) having voted It, doing he so, kit 4, 014 .now vote against a 255. duta.. d ire accord had aith i I,n.consistence with his former , vo•e, an 44,;.cird ,I,lillions of his countrvmen.—(Cheers' ) as he It t O heefALMERSTON wished to say a few words, Honourable titrohtsgfreferred to. He had first to thank the mbar ht:alltit Or Lincolnshire for relieving him from the e th t (NI "e obotild I • 1b • ssurine the House a a iitt r, ehs,_, ot ierwise fee ~ 3' a • ' fit Hon. Baronet, rthotherefor,_2'Pher) would vote with the Rig with those atop a cre 0 e he would not be found in the lobby , _ tiler_ at '9O lO PPosed to the • otherwise he (Lord lal t tid uk t h e scale , for he should be ths, lest • "ave to give as explanation; Palmer pat li 'ln co . •rr into the lobby with . al, on, q ,nsrquence of his goin,, k - -il lto , entieznan, it might be supposed that he (Lord h Hon. i t e toli et a) had a preference for the scale moved by t e _ t e tta ppeared t proposed by the Right Hon. Baronet. R ett, had n Oo k ri aki t o that the skirmishers who were sent curtain was 0t d palv _ the again body.—( Laughter.) The real tne„ tit a “ al; now they were ready to meet theirl wished ill it ,•17-(Cheers.) lie (Lord Palmerston) also h eos' ue .14 be clearly • understood that he opposed Il k se Le 10a1, of the Right Honourable Baron . et, t n od o . the ,01,41.0 rd P almerston) preferred the la . w as itossedo to th ettp r i lie . against a slidino• scale, and being b oPP his vote Le b e km, 'P i e, he felt that he could not concur y - I might ahl,tteri o ilaw proposed. And though that scale se e nt _ aw, e t i tt oett„ s'une respects than the scale of the pre I for Lin 14tahire, si han the scale of • the Hon. Member the . 0 4 Prop„ ill ,l e (Lord Palmerston) would vote againstasbeing ira b „ ia tent „, e ., as being detective in principle, and ought to be "led `'Seth a hi h r lets than he thought 4 Poled ;i' r ,.,.( H„ e „ d g n e ~ ifitt:tteiste;l4°NllY, fearing that he might be charge.lwit t h o veh„ r etua r i, e Y if he voted in begged to say in reply f"' tot of t he 11 f Finsbury, that no Nob Ili t e d the • ~ on. Member or . of the Hon. Member ri oo aeerha,,,"lght before for the motion the Right foil ' 0at0 4 ,,'", Plon could now vote for the scale of t t ,,ge .o f h i. ...‘, that he (Mr. Aglionby) should always be the would te s i t he Ili ' °wit consisten y Hear hear.) He woul vo of Right la„. Barooe e ti .— lnit he ,( Mr. AglionbY) w aPillsall it,t° be t he l d b h hat mole he should - ked! rt e .. , r) y any one t ere w ti e ;411, ic e '' , 'mar.) Ile voted with the Noble Lord for a tau .tl tetl th e e "%e he thought it better than a sliding scale. v ot s ahe t h;, night before for a repeal of the Corn-laws, be t to. •-"2/Illt that bt f h tr • and now he would *5 lO, ra g h t fo ..,_ es or t e coun y,_ i f he": ne arest "'e scale of the Right ti Baronet, as it ". now get. ere t o e aoure to his own views he could toalath 'rote against th Proposition and the larger duty lad ertsfare b • is h h had net done 1 . ) 'lacy, e carried, he should feel tat e ~ . tefrasitio-;( Tory cheers and cries of " Hear, hear from the * o he shuffit He did not know very well hew the cards ought e 1"N, but"'"--(Cl;eers and laughter.) Perhaps he was ,ttlibtiene he was d oing what he thought best in his own e te fo e e ' and whether consistent or nailinctent, he would t he prop os i t • . .4, 1 i 11., p EEt. ion of the Right Honourable Baron.t•_ ..r. t!glil,,a Unh,,‘ h _ , t thought that the Hon. Gentleman.eer(sAalnd t,,,,•< "1,1 aken the most judicious course.—(Cheers tea d ' m 8 1 any question was before the House, it was but tvibe r Y of 20s and 255. Undoubtedly if the Hon. t ' t t . 9 0 ( Ni r• A l' in favour at' °p p at s dut g ienhy) voted at this stage It s.rPort u • Y, he would at a future stage have •'' b nay of 0 • • • '' he should find that q t . • ,no h it Pposing the entire Bill, it .. ( . )1 ,at the I,Provemet.—( Tory cheers, and cries of, 1, ~ likla,Rl '''PPesition.) For his part, he ( Sir R. Peei) had ii nole Lottislan""gion of the simile upont he of her side, when the r "itgh t i ,_ ~ Poke of skirmishers being thrown out, and being atoltry f or ZLit , s to the nvain holy. Now, he was not. ". t. % f.,,,Nberfo:orn which had been read to his . lion. Frtencltn r ;alt th e ( - L e' .th had thee, log and laughter ( c m, lit lerne `-' 4 P , l:o,ltatel he hoped his Hon. Friend and other le iit e ghte e a _ n , that side of the House would profit by it.—: vl _ 4 th at . 10 1 cheer s fi orn the Opposition.) 1 hey should 2 Other th ey were sending up pi•ot balloons which served !lere ,i, PUrpose but to indicate the course which they ie.i. thoiesry.likely to take.— ( foreat cheering and laughter. ) t t . ' lend That :t was sufficient the justification of his Hon. 1.?..e0„,„_,,te .hte Noble Lordoppostte (Lord Palmerston) would ) ow...h!serepiid .otvote with hi.m.—( Great cheers and laughter., op g ctri th e e _ i g m h he..the feelings of the Noble Lord in going skltle the reuepagnsy.o;ifi,his Hen. Friend, .he could well con tptiv m „ 101 l 1 1 , is .Hon. Friend an find ng himself 14i °. thre e t i' m PanY- . (Cheers and laughter.) Having , rie4,, tiles on this uestion, and having explained the Na tt y •on which he meant t * there ,_ 4 i .. e a. d o ct—first of all, that . she ,s__.o gra uated duty • , and then as to the scale which teurient Governnvent ro d he' • ' , ry r ot , him I , Pose , tip:eight It was unite, gents ,at twelve u clock at night to go again into k e ,, al d pcussion of the question ' The H ourable i n ether for Finsbury had vone him t;i:i e h on • ti e rthi„PiPZBlng that the course which he had m pr o e re os t elnw j a r e ; fiti:e considered the fairest to all pErtiesP and the tha tmo s I . to the country.—( Hear, hear. ) But if there were suf - I tt , T. strength to carry the proposition of his lion. Friend, 4( S ir Robert Yeet).could not be a part y.to an increase of present Corn-law.' Now, he said nothing; hat law, because he ricultural interest as ed that would give uld • upport it ; but ./ snd to diminish that , Murray) as one ar, and laughter)— ( Sir George) or ~,,1 Administration, he " iment. He never arted from them in' off', ty to which he was 4 ed, so long as that NO he same now as he „( i p.' too much shackled. .00 . 1.2 s in favour of the, , 0 4 lings to prevail to .; 1,7, his judgment:, upport his party. sceive him, and he . Gent., i n answer .0 3 would propose a tl at the carrying cnt Government, • much c onfidenc e ke to the Whigs, if two evils, line i. Baronet at the, • Member clainle a his Noble Frie nd party to which vening he heard abilities greatly ) must sal ey were prais ed Mr Duncombe) a complime nt ' mere in the trin• id laid upon the wou ld be told • that there-was o much in ad im to do. g e if it. He be' the measure y. He differed t the measure 11534, when • Lid upon that equally apply it he neve r former prio r an a p o state the sliding v, but in .1 0 " )se who WC oposed. ling better. Gov. rnmen t ' ad formerly Right 110"1 hen in 1 83 ' nment corn; oposing ha a not kno° occasion hi -vat ions 0 say that the ly of tha t the Menl" is with the Id r econcil e he measur e y. Nut to .nee t ed to tha t • a farthing s a great to be re' Id, for in' '.abinet.-' ought. 1 - nber ru` the Gam had been, position/never uP points, be le 51;( g s tater' •as not to M e mber it it was )lion re' d from iot so far k s they be set iow 01 whir, , bat v eo uld :17tuhl alb a ges To b e 111,° 11 ~ ion to ir ,e v ti ;4 5;„: 0 001 ; 4 01 vii was a ,al i p ) had . i isblo osti ~0 ersen t he e uced.lY the, , ible Pant :0 eons l AP / 5 d 'O ll5 4 8 , 0 4. 41 itito F r 4 had s r, iis- of r„ l iti tn , it ) " rui i t/ fleji! 0 1 ;0 ° 1 • 1, 1. 1 ! l , 1. Ot e s ep Is oh te, a 14, it, kh ore fit; duty. :He thought it was for the public advantage that, there should be no apprehension respecting the continu ance of protection to agriculture.—( Tory cheers.) But at the same time he thought that protection which he purposed to afford was amply sufficient. With respect to the manner of taking - the averages, he thought that the mode which he proposed would diminish the facilities of fraud, but if he found upon further exam nation that it would have a tendency to en crease the amount of protection, he would adopt some means (as we understoo ) of obviating that tendency.— ( Hear, hear. ) lie thought that in preparing a measure of this sort, it was ne cessary for a Minister to be secret until he had made up his mind as to the exact course he should pursue —(Laughter.) There was only one other point on which he wished to trouble the House. It was admitted by Honourable Gentlemen en the opposite side, that the price of corn would be greatly re• duced by this measure. They had shown that two million quarters might be imported at 455., and that a demand of one million would ensure an equivalent importation at a low rate. Honourable Gentlemen had shown that from 1,500 to 2,000,000 could be imported at the price.—( Hear, hear.) After.a few words from Mr. C. WOOD, in explanation, Sir R. PEEL said that he had taken down the numbers immediately, and he certainly thought. he ha.-1 so stated them. It really was very difficult to draw inferences from opinions he received as to what the effect of the measure might be, Lut he only asked Gentleman on the other side, now that the heat of the debate was over, to apply to the consideration of the details of the measure. He asked Hon. Gentlemen who were dis satisfied to remember that in making so great an alteration— an alteration that greatly affected the agricultural interest—it was impossible to please all parties. The miller came to him and complained that the measure he had proposed would cause a great importation of foreign corn, and would be an increased inducement to parties to introduce flour instead of wheat. The barley growers said he was about to injure them, and the tjowers of oats also complained; he rusted, however, that they would bear with him a little, and if they did, he felt no doubt that he should be able to vindicate the scale he had proposed. He believed the measure he had proposed would have the effect of regulating trade, and from the com munications he had received, he was strongly inclined to think that ultimately the moderation and good sense of the agrit.ul tural interest would prevail, and it would be admitted that his proposition was a great improvement on the existing law, and would meet with very general support.--(llear, hear.) He would conclude by expressing again a hope that in discussing the details of the plan he had proposed they would lay aside all party asperities. Sir D. ROCHE made a few observations, which were in audible in the Gallery ; after which the Committee divided, when there appeared— For the original Motion 306 Against it lO4 Majority --202 On our return to the gallery, we found Mr. BULLER about to submit his amendment to the Committee. Sir R. PEEL said the Hon. Gentleman was in a position to propose a reduction of duty, but no increase of duty then. Mr. HAVES said he hoped his Hon. Friend would not press his motion. It was quite clear that there was a decided majority against any alteration of this scale—( Hear, hear) — and he therefore thought it would be utterly vain to press the motion. Mr. BULLER said if it was the desire of the House, he would not press his motion. It seemed to be the wish of the other side of the House.—(No, no.) He would there fore postpone his motion, and brir g it forward at sow e future day. After a slight conversation between Sir R. PaEL and Mr. BULLER, the motion was postponed. The House then resumed. The CHAIRMAN reported progress, and obtained leave tr sit again. The other orders being then disposed of, the House ad journed at One o'Clock, till Monday. COVENT GARDEN THEATRE. A new comedy in five acts, under the title of Bubbles of the Day, was brought out last night at this theatre. It is from the practised pen of Mr. Douglas Jerrold, and hears tokens of its paternity in every scene. The plot, as is generally the case with this gentleman's dramas, is exceedingly compli • cated, and it is difficult to follow its numerous turns and wind ings ; so far, however, as we could ascertain, it is something to the following effect. Mr. Spreadweas-1 (Bartley), a rich old huncks, who has risen from small beginnings to a station of considerable respectability, pays a visit to the chamber of a briefless young barrister, by name Melon (Walter Lacy), who has been betrothed from early childhood to his daughter, Pamela (Mrs. Nisbett). 'i%hile waiting at his intended son in-law's chambers, Spreadweasel unexpectedly falls in with Lord Skindeep, M.P. (Mr. Farren), who after having some con versation with him, and hearing from another party that the old fellow is rich, invites him to his house to dinner—an invitation which Spreadweasel cordially accepts, having a high idea of the honour of an acquaintance with a Lord. A sense of mutual interest increases the intimacy between the parties, and ulti mately Lord Skindeep is induced to offer himself as a son•in law to the old man. This offer is gladly accepted ; but as his Lordship, knowing Spreadweasel's matter-of-fact notions of business, is afraid of being asked awkward questions touchirg his fortune, Jointure, and so forth, he endeavours to prevail on Pamela to elope with him in a carriage and four. The shrewd girl consents apparently to this proposal, though she has no intention of carrying out the project, being attached to a young M.P., Chatham Brown (J. Vining). The scheme is therefore artfully, though as if accidentally, frustrated, and while his Lordship is lamenting his disappointment, he arras that Pamela has united herself to the MU. P. ; and that Melon has taken, for better for worse, Flolentia (Mrs. Walter Lacy) the neice of a conceited authoress, Mrs. Quarto (Mrs. W. - West), who is distantly related to Lord Skindeep. To in crease the vexation both of his Lordship and Spreadweasel at this sudden frustration of their schemes, the for mer discovers a long-neglected son in the person of a clever, scheming, London adventurer, Captain Smoke (C. Matthews), vihom he is compelled publicly to ac knowledge as his natural child; and Spreadweasel at the same time makes the discovery that the girl whom Lord Skindeep had seduced and deserted years before, is no other than his own sister, who had died under the roof of a heartless miser, Malm sey Shark (Meadows), by whose means these strange disco veries are brought to light. Ultimately, all parties are reel:in • riled, and at the fall of the curtain they are—to use a hacknied expression--" as well as can be expected." Such is a sight hasty sketch of a plot, which is certainly by no means remarkable either for simplicity, or clearness of construction, or skill of development. By way of episode, we have certain love-passages between Sir Phoenix Charcake ( Harley), Alderman of the City of London, and Florentia, to whom he was betrothed, hut who resolves to have nothing to do with him, her resolution being quickened, not only by her attachment to Melon, but also by her having found out that, under the alias of Major Loo, the Alderman had endeavoured to corrupt the virtue of her own lady's-maid (Mrs. Orger) when she was residing at a finishing academy at Brixton. The characters of the comedy are cleverly and broadly defined—especially those of Skiiideep, Spread weasel, and Malmsey Shark the first is a mock-philanthro pist, one who is always canting about his benevolence and his " love of his species," while at heart he is the most selfish and egotistical of beings. In working out this portrait, Mr. Jer rold made several bitter, sarcastic hits at that spurious humanity and maudlin tenderness, which are so often mistaken for real philanthropy. Spreadweasel is a shrewd, ordinary man of business ; and here, too, the author was very effective in his delineation. But Malmsey Shark, the usurer, he has pourtrayed to the life. A truer, more spirited, or more caustic sketch than this, exists not in the modern drama. Not a feature in the portrait but seemed as though it were copied direct from some living original. As regards the females, Pamela is a clever, lively girl, with a dash of the hoyden about her, Mrs. Quarto a tiresome she-pedant, and Florentia a mere boarding-school Miss. The wit of the play is excellent. Indeed the comedy is studded with it, like Harlequin's dress with spangles. There is not, to be sure, the light, buoyant animal spirits that dance through London Assur ance : but there is far more strength and nerve in the dialogue— more meaning and caustic practical shrewdness and point, in the constant play of the satire. Indeed we know of no living dra•• matist who throws so much signiticarce—we might almost say, wisdom--into his wit and sarcasm as Mr. Jerrold. Some of his jokes remind us of the cynical, sententious aphorisms of Rouch foucault. They will bear consideration, and not only tickle the midriff, but make an irresistible appeal to the understand ing. The acting was admirable, with scarcely an excep tion, unless it be that Mrs. West as Mrs. Quarto was rather too boisterous in her vivacity, and scattered about her pearls with too much em• e hasis of manner. Mrs. Nisbet kept the house in a state of uproarious laughter while she was describ ing the humours of an election for the town of Longborough; and Mathews evinced more ease, and tact, and self-possession than he has yet shown. Farren played wi h his usual skill and care, ,nd enunciated his Joseph Surface. like sentiments with exceeding unction. Harley made the most of an indifferent part, and Bartley made an unimpeachable man of business, ex hibitingjust as much heart as usually falls to the lot of your dry, hard, grasping old codgers, who feel persuaded that they are sent into the world for no higher or worthier ob ject than to scrape together no matter by what means—as much money as they possibly can. The scenery was in excell?nt taste ; and the play was announced for repetition, amid deafening acclamations from all parts of the house. It cer tainly requires curtailment 9 • and when this is judicious l y ef fected, we have no doubt that it will have a run. At the close of the comedy, Mr. Jerrold was loudly called for, and made his appearance on the stage, in an evident flutter of excitement. The audience welcomed him with shouts of applause—a tribute of respect, which is no more than his due, for his comedy is a production which the ablest dramatist of the age might be proud to acknowlecge. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. A new play, in five acts, from the pen of the late Mr. Ge rald Grilin, entitled Gisippus, was brought out on Wednesday at this theatre. It was highly succes.ful, and deservedly so, for it abounds in passages of sweet and graceful poetry ; and the majority of the incidents are dramatic, without being forced or exaggerated, in order to produce effect. Gisippus, we un derstand, was writtsn by Mr. Griffin before he had completed his twentieth year, and was shown to two judges, both of whom pronounced unfavourably of it as an acting play ; fortu nately, however, it was afterwards submitted to Mr. Macready, who reversed this decision, and the reception the piece met with on Wednesday has proved the soundness of his judgment. Before detailing the plot we may as well give the east of the characters. It is as follow :—Titus Quintius Fulvius. Mr. Anderson ; Gisippus, his friend, Mr. Macready ; Medon, the brother of Sophronia, Mr. Graham ; Pheax and Chimes, Athenian youths, Mr. Elton and Mr. Hudson; Ljcius, a Phcenician and freedman of Fulvis, Mr. G. Bennett ; Davus, an usurer, Mr. W. Bennett ; Sophronia, betrothed to Gisippus, Miss Helen Faucit ; and Hero, her friend, Miss Turpin. Gisippus, in the opening of the first act, is presented buoyant an d j, yous i n th e ex t reme ; he is on the eve of his nuptials with Sophronia ; indeed, the scene repre sents the Parthenon, or temple of Minerva, on the Acro polis, with the hymeneal altar, whose sacred fire already blazes, preparatory to the ceremony. Fulvius, it appears, has loved Sophronia, who, however, has p. omised her hand to Gisippus. Fulvius and Sophronia meet ; they have neither of them understood each other ; Fulvius is all passion, but Sophronia tells him that it is too late, that she is not her own mistress—that, in short, she is betrothed to Gissippus, his friend. Mutual regret is expressed, but Sophronia, overflow ing with the highest regard for Gisippus, declares her attach ment to him unalterable. Gisippus has overheard this, and, after many and severe struggles, gives up his bride to his friend, her first lo7e, and their marriage is immediately solemnized. Meantime Davus, the usurer, pi esses certain pecuniary claims upon Gisippus; he cannot meet them, and in his exigency he applies to his richer friend Fulvius. Athens is up against c, is ippus, the popular clamour is, that he has sold his peerless bride for pelf. The usurer is inexorable, Fulvius is summoned by the Emperor to Rome; Gisippus, in agony, has made an appointment with him on the subject of hi s pecuniary embarrassment; but Full ins departs without keeping it, leaving Gisippus to deprecate the hollowness of his friendship. The claims of Davus are pressed; Gisippus, the scoff and scorn of Athens, is sold as a slave and sent to Rome. Fulvius has returned, covered with honour from his conquests in At menia ; an oration is awarded to him, and he is made a Praetor. in the sordid garb of a slave, Gisippus meets the Praetor, is struck down by his lictors, and seeks refuge in an adjacent burying-ground. Here Chremes is assassinated by Lycius, the freedman of Fulvius, between whom there had been anything but goodwill. Gisippus flies to the rescue; it is too late, however. Weary of life, he gives himself up as the murderer, and is condemned to death. Fulvius just arrives in time to stay the execution, Lycius having ad mitted himself to be the criminal. The result may be easily anticipated. The friends, convinced of their ino.. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNINp-, FEBRUARY 26, 1842 tuall honour, are reconciled, and the curtain fall.. The acting of the piece was excellent throughout. Mr. 3facready's Gisippus w,,s one of his chastest, most careful, and most spirited performances ; and not less successful was Miss Helen Faucit's Sophronia. 'Mr. Anderson was at times too h. isterous as Fulvius ; nevertheless, there were many points in his ak ting that deserve praise. The scenery was excellent, and the curtain fell amidst loud and general applause. As a sp, cimen of the poetry of the play, we quote the disappointed, and world-weary Gisippus's reflections in a burial-ground, where he has taken refuge at night : " This is his court, I ;ere does he hold his reign of stirless fear, Silence his throne—his robe of Majesty, • The hue of gathering darkness. Here, his minister-- The night-bird screams, and the hoarse raven iterates His warning from the left. Diseases flit Like srectrts through the giooir, clothed in damp mist And tainted night-air—yet the grim slayer Will send no kindly shaft to me. . (Ile leans on a tomb. Will the dead Afford me what the living have denied, Ilest for my weary limbs, and shelter ? Here At least I shall find quiet, If not ease, And host who do not grudge their entertaining, Even though the guest be misery. Colder hearts Than those which rest within this sepuichre I've left in all the health of lusty life Informing bosoms harrier than its marble; Then I will be your guest, ye silent dead, Would I could say, your fellow slumber er I" • SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—When a statesman builds up a party for himself of such patchwork and mosaic -work, to borrow a phrase of Burke, as Sir Robert Peel knowingly did, he has no right to throw on the inconsistencies of his position any part of the blame which attaches to his in decision of speech or action. Such as his position, is, such he has made it for the purposes of his own aggran disement, or (if he chooses to affirm so) for the interests of his party, which he identifies with those of the pub lic. That he cannot afford to take a perfectly open tone on a great question may be a fault of his position, but his position has been his own work. It was within his option not to supplant his precursors in office by making use of alarms at financial difficulties and fiscal reforms. And it' we are told that this was a stretch of virtue not to be looked for from a party leader, we can only say that such a leader, who has so raised himself, must not be suffered to make a sort of merit out of his false position, and to insinuate into the public mind an opinion about his ‘• intentions," as being better than his measures— which, it they are, we see not why we should thank him for them—since he has taken care, by his party tactics, to make it impossible either for himself, or any one else, to put them in execution. The present Prime Minister cannot otherwise make it apparent that his good intentions are good for anything (unless to enable him to take a large contract for paving a place lower than Palace-yard) than by giving it to be understood that he rallies and leads class-interests for no other purpose than that of betraying and forcing them to surrender at discretion. According to this construction a Peel Ministry is a sort of a Trojan horselby no means framed for a tutelary idol, as those imagine who have wheeled it into their citadel, but in reality packed with valiant red-tapists, every man of them armed to the teeth with reforms and abolitions of monopoly. Sir Robert, Peel is compelled to act his part, but he meditates mountains and marvels. We shall only say that a statesman who is compelled, all through his_ life, to seek credit with the public at the expense of his own party, must make the interest either of his party or the public, or both, hi:, mere. tool. The adroitness consists (like Macheatn's) in persuading each that it is the other who is humbugged. And the difficulty, as Sir Robert justly remarks, is in talking to both at once. STANDARD.—The proceedings in the House of Lords last night claim a consideration, indepen dent of the grave question which originally gave occasion for them. It is an occasion of Just pride to Englishmen to see the first house of the legislature, the assembled nobles of the nation, devoting themselves seriously, diligently; and with out a&ctation, to an investigation of the wrongs of the humblest of the people. No less just is the pride which, as members of the Church of England, we may indulge, when we witness such an investigation promoted by one of its:Prelates, one of the most distinguished of his order, for learning, ge nius, and zeal. The length to which the becoming pa tience of the House protracted the inquiry—this is sufficient to prevent our entering fully into the facts, even were we less pressed for room than we are ; we must therefore content ourselves with briefly mentioning the heads of the case. Two poor men, re spectively named Lock and Dart, had died in the union workhouse of Creditor, Devon, under circumstances which gave rise to a very general impression that their deaths had been accelerated, it not caused, by neglect. A gentleman, named Tanner, a soli citor, resident in the neighbourhood, who shared in the general suspicion, very properly represented the case, as one demanding an investigation, to the Poor-law Commissioners. The Commissioners met his representations with peevish rebuff's, or with pre tences of inquiry which were rendered nugatory in , the progress. Mr. Tanner, wearied out, caused a summary of the facts which he had laid before the Commissioners—conveyed in guarded and temperate language—to be printed in one of the most re spectable of our many respectable provincial journals, Woolmer's Exeter paper. The answer to this pub lication was a criminal prosecution in t:ie Queen's Bench, instituted, as it was suggested by a Sub- Poor-law Commissioner. The prosecution broke down upon a legal point, of which Mr. Wool mer's counsel availed himself, as his duty to his client, to the practice of the profes sion, and to his Own character and interest compelled hint to do—we will acid, his duty to the administration of justice ; for a man not accused in proper form is not accused at all, and to waive the defect of form in a case of criminal prosecution is really to obtrude an unaccused man upon a tribunal having no jurisdiction over him. This, however, by the way. After the failure of- the prosecution, Mr. Tan ner renewed his efforts to obtain an inquiry, but was again foiled by artifice ; on One occasion he was promised an investigation, and then, to render impossi ble his conducting it, he was himself summoned as a witness ; on another, after he had obtained a promise of permission to avail himself of the service of an advocate, he was allowed but twenty-four hours to provide one (in the country, let it be re membered), and when, contrary to all probability, the advocate was found in proper time, the investiga tion was conducted in private, as it would appear, with the plain purpose that it should be conducted imper fectly. Lord Wharncliffe made the b es t d e fen c e of the Poor-law Commissioners that their case ad mitted, but while, upon their Report, he denied that Lock and Dart had suffered from neglect, he felt compelled to admit the petulance and unfairness that the Commissioners had manifested in more than one instance. One phrase employed by Lord Wham-. cliffe is remarkable and significant :—" Before he entered upon the defence of the Poor-law Com missioners, he must say, that, called upon as they were to perform a most invidious and odious duty, one which often ran counter to the feelings of humanity, there was great danger of imputing to them, unjustly, blame which was not borne out by the facts." If the duty of administering the New Poor-law be iideed invidious, odious, and opposed to the feelings of humanity, surely the provisions of the law must be such, acid the law must be unfit for a civilised and Christian country. The proposition is Lord Wharncliffe's—the in ference is that which every one must draw. We must, however, respectfully differ from Lord Wharncliffe, in his implied acquittal of the Commissioners of all seri ous blame. MONEY MARKET und CITY NEWS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THURSDAY. CHRONICLE. —There have been one or two failures an nounced to-day in the City ; houses of some standing, chiefly connected with the Cape and Hamburg trade. A rumour has got abroad again that the Bank directors cont. mplate a reduc tion in the rate of interest. We do not give it as authentic, or as to be depended on, but there are several circumstances ..hich would tend to justify the Bank parlour in adopting such a course. They are, of course, desirous to give the Govern ment a lift in their present difficulties ; and any course calcu lated to make money more easy is likely to give an impulse to she dormant state of our labour markets. In the next place here has been a considerable and indeed forced export trade for some time past against limited imports. Our colonial markets have been glutted with British goods, which have been sold at ruinously low prices, and on long credits, but those credits are in course of being realised, while the prices at home for articles of foreign growth or manufacture are so much re duced, that they do not afford much inducement to foreigners to supply us. Hence the exchanges have become favourable. TIMES.—It is now some weeks that the Spanish bond holders have been in daily expectation of seeing the proposed capitalization of the interest on the Active Debt publicly an nounced, and unfortunately, from one cause or another, they hare been obliged to remain in continual suspense. First, there were certain formalities in the documents by which the capitalization was to be affected, which required to be settled; then there was a delay in M. Salamanca's arrival ; and then, when he did arrive, they were told that, as it was necessary to announce to the French and English bondholders timulta neously the day of conversion, it was impossible to make the long-desired announcement for a few days longer. It was on Saturday last that M. Bonajo represented to the Chairman of the Committee the necessity of this new delay, and then it was commonly expected that Wednesday (to-day) would be the day of public announce ment. Now, however, it appears that the day of announce ment is by no means so near at hand as was commonly sup posed; for the chairman of the committee has received from M. Borrajo, a letter dated Monday last, the contents of which are nearly the same in substance with the conversation of Sa turday, and in which it is said that it is impossible to make the announcement for " SOME days" more, en the pretext before mentioned of doing equal justice to London and Paris. These de'ays are much calculated to decrease the confidence of the holders, and to render them capable of believing any rumours against the Spanish Government, of which there are so many remaining still to be explained. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. POST.—The following notice was posted this morning at the Bank : , "f he Governor and Company of the Bank of England are ready, until further notice, to receive application for loans, upon the deposit of approved Bills of Exchange, not. having more than six months to run, Exchequer 13,11 s and East India Bonds. Such loans to be repaid on or before the 20th April next, with interest, at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, and to be for Sums of not less than 2,000!. each.—Feb. 24, 1842." As the present notice exhibits a reduction of 1 per cent. in the interest which the Bank has been receiving for a long time past, it did rot fail to give rise to the expression of various (pinions as to its propriety, for, although there are many who are disposed to applaud the liberality of the Directors, as cal culated to give an impetus to the mercantile operations of the country, there are others who seem to apprehend that the esta blishment is not sufficiently armed with specie to warrant so decided a change of policy for the present, and who are, conse quently, pretty strongly impressed with the idea that it must be p eparatory to the funding of a further amount of Exchequer Bills. On the latter point we have no judgment to offer, but it is usual. at this period of the year, when the collection of the rer nue must, in the natural process of the system, cause a scarcity of money accommodati on , t o l oo k to th e Bank for an increased issue of notes, and it is no secret, as we stated some time ago, that a lower rate of interest was deemed by our lead ing authorities expedient, as perhaps the most effectual means that could be adopted of stimulating commercial enterprise, which is desirable. The notice is not accompanied by any con dition wi , h re , pect to Exchequer Bills, as was the case upon the last occasion. TIMES.—The notice posted yesterday, it will be perceived, lowers the rate of interest to 4 per cent. instead of 5 per cent., the rate which previously existed, and has not been wholly un expected on the part of the monied interest, several of its leading members having been aware that such a measure was in contemplation, and having used very strenuous efforts to prevent its adoption. Their groun d o f com pl a i n t i s , that it intr. duces an unfair species of competition into the money market, when money was already sufficiently abundant for all useful purposes; and they are under apprehensions that, by increasing that abundance without any specific call for it, a false appearance of prosperity may be brought on by the com mercial interest, leading eventually to speculation, and allthose consequences which have held out so serious a warning on seve ral previous occasions. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 23, 1842. The Queen has been graciously pleased to nominate and ap point Admirals the lion. Sir John Talbot, Sir Robert Barlow, and Sir Henry Digby, Knights Commanders of the Most Ho nourable Military Order of the Bath, to be Knights Grand Cross of the said Order. The Queen has also been pleased to appoint Lieutenant-Co lonel Hugh Henry Rose to he a Companion of the Most Honour able Military Order of the Bath. DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 23. The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Snagg, Esq. to the office of Solicitor-General in the Island of Grenada. FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEB. 25. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Alexander Thom, as Consul at Aberdeen, and of Mr. John Cadell, as Vice- Consul at Leith, for his Majesty the King of the Belgians. WAR-OFFICE, Fan. 25. Bth Regiment of Light Dragoons—Assistant-Surgeon I. A. Blake, from the Bth Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Gaulter, promoted to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, Feb. 25. 32d Regiment of Foot—Capt. J. Salmond, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice E. O. Broadley, who ex changes; Lieut. W. Case to be Captain, by purchase, vice Salmond, who retires; Ensign W. Bellingham to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Case : F. T. Stanuell, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bellingham, Feb. 25. 49th Foot—Lieut. A. Mackenzie, from half-pay 30th Foot, to be Lieutenant (repaying the difference), vice Gibbons, pro moted ; Ensign C. Faunt to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mackenzie, who retires; R. Thompson, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Faunt, Feb 25. 2d West India Regiment—Ensign J. Hill to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice J. B. Davidson, who retires upon half pay, Feb. 25. 3d West India Regiment—Ensign T. Mowbray to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice J. R. Maxwell, who retires upon half-pay, Feb. 25. Hos erra r. STAFF —Assistant-Surgeon T. C. Gaulter, M.D., from the Bth Light Dragoon, to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, vice W. Smith, appointed to the St. Helena Regiment, Feb. 25. M moRA Nnum.--The commission of the under-mentioned officer has beeen cancelled front the date, inclusiye, set against his name, he having accepted a commuted allowance for his half pay—Paymaster J. Mackay, half-pay 60th Regt., Feb.2s. WHITEHALL, FEB. 12. The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Marshall, of Kingston-upon Hull, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Frederick Robin son, of Hadleigh, in the county of Essex, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. The Lord Chancellor has appointed James Benjamin Vickers, of Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, Gent. to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. JOHN LOCKLEY, plumber, Bilston, Staffordshire. WILLIAM BARNES, fire brick manufacturer, Shincliffe, Durham. FREDERICK PRATT, miller, Saredon-mill, Staffordshire, BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. THOMAS SCUDAMORE, chemist, Birmingham. JOSEPH smirk' NEEDHAM, banker, Ullesthorpe, Leicestershire. LAW INTELLIGENCE. DOUSE OF LORDS, Feb. 25. Their Lordships sat to-day to hear Scotch appeals. The Peers in attendance wcre the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, and Lord Campbell. DROWN N. ANNANDALE. The further arguments in this part-heard case occupied their Lordships the whole morning. VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURT, Feb. 24. (Before Vice - Chancellor WIGRAM.) CRAWFORD V. FISHER. MS HONOUR Wal engaged throughout the day in hearing the further argument in this part.heard cause. The points in dispute between the parties present no feature of public interest. BANKRUPTS. JOHN DOVER, merchant, Three Cranes-wharf, Lon don, to surrender March 8, at ha'f-past ten, and April 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, Basinghall street, official assignee ' • A r mstrong, Staple Inn. THOMA SH U RELL, cattle-dealer, Walthamstow, March 4, at half-past twelve, and April 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, Aldermanbury, official assignee; Wood and Wickham, Corbet-court, Gracechurch-street. JOSEPH DAKEYNE, lace-dealer, Edinburgh, March 8 and April 8, at eleven, at the George the Fourth Inn, Notting ham. Smith, Furnival's Inn, London ; Shilton, Nottingham. JOHN DAVID, maltster, Laugharne, Carmarthenshire, March 23, and April 8, at eleven, at the Ivy Bush Hotel, Carmarthen. Holcombe, Chancery-lane, London; Gwynn*, Tenby. JOSEPH BATE, iron-merchant , Dudley, March 9 and April 8, at eleven, at the Swan Hotel, Wolverhampton. Cole, Adelphi- terrace, London ; Dalton, Dudley-. RICHARD LAMPRELL, builder, Sherborne-lane, City, March 12, at one, and April 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; Sandell, Bread-street, Cheapside. HENRY GOUGER, merchant, Great Winchester-street, City, March 4, at eleven, and April 8, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, Basinghall-street, official assignee ; Simpson and Cobb, Austin-friars. GEORGE DODSON, wool-dealer, Boston, March 5 and April 8, at twelve, at the White Hart Inn, Spalding. Scott, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London ; Millington and Kenrick, Boston. N'ERE HARE and JOHN HARE, painters, Taunton, March 11, and April 8, at eleven, at the Castle Inn, Taunton. Whitaker, Gray's Inn-square, London ; Gillard and Flook, Bristol ; Trenchat d, Taunton. . . JOHN HOLROYD, cotton warp-maker, Wheatly, York shire, March 10, and April 8, at one, at the Commissioners'- rooms, Manchester. Milne, Parry, Milne, and Morris, Temple, London ; Caistor and Farnworth, Manchester. DI VIDENDS- At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. T. Waterfield, straw hat manufacturer, Dunstable, Bedford shire, March 18, at one—J. fdaughan, hardwareman, Percival street, Clerkenwell, March 18, at eleven—J. Robins and C. Williams, carriers, London-wall, March 19, at eleven—J. Marshall, boiler maker, Colchester -street, Whitechapel, March 18, at eleven—G. Dickens, surgeon, Hertford, March 18, at eleven—T. Bedford, carpente r , Goswell-street, March 18, at half-past twelve—C. Hall, upholsterer, Piccadilly, March 18, at one—A. G. W. Biddulph, J. Wright, H. Robinson, and E. W. Jerningham, bankers, Henrietta -street, Covent-garden, March 19, at one. In the Country. J. S. Daintry and J. Ryle, hankers, Manchester, March 21, at ten, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester—G. Last, general merchant, Birmingham, March 21, at one, at the Wa terloo-rooms, Birmingham—W. Horsnaill, carpenter, Dover, at the Sh a k espeare H ote l, D over —N. Li- Liverpool, M arc h 19, a t t wo , a t the Cla rendon-rooms, merchant, mouth, March 23, at twelve, at th e St ar T aver n, Great Yar mouth—W.Parker, grocer, H oc kl ey, N ott i ng h am , March 17, at one, at the George the Fourth Hotel, Nottingham—S. Evans, clothier, Road, Somersetshire, June 15, at twelve, at the George Inn, Frome Selwood. CERTIFICATES—MaRcx 18. A. Emerson, T. Tripp, and J. Benn, distillers, Brookfield —T. Burbey, R. Loe, and J. Loe, bankers, Portsmouth—T. Potts, metallic tube maker, Birmingham—D. B. and J. W. Smith, paper manufacturers, Alton, Staffordshire—M. Mar shall, money scrivener, Chew Magna, Somersetshire—'l'. Kitchener, engraver, Arund e l street , Coventry-street—W. Neils and J. Turlay, tailors, Manchester. PAR t NERSHIPS DISSOLVED. A. Gray, J. Losh, J. Spiers, and W. Cunningham, San Fernando—J. Smith and W. Pinto, furriers Old-change, City —J. Collis, M. Collis, and J. P. Whi c k e r, farmers, Chiekerell, Dorsetshire—J. Bagshaw, sen., M. Kendal, J. Bagshaw, jun., and J. Walker, earthenware manufacturers, Carr Hill, Durham _W. Tomson and R. Tomson, jun., wine merchants, Rams gate—J. Gwyn and C. J. Al. Winkworth, wine merchants, Ramsgate—J. Simmens and J. Pedgrift, brick makers, Reden hail, Norfolk—R. Mills and F. A. De Wilde, brass founders, Wells-street, Oxford-street—W. Alexander and J. S. Cas sels, merchants, Lime-street--J. and R. Phillips, plumbers, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire—W. Mursell and W. Drawbridge, ironmongers, Lymingto n , So u thampton —W. Harrison and G. Walker, jun., listing millers, Headingley, Yorkshire—W. and G. Perry, cut glass manufacturers, New Bond-street—P. Robinson and W. Oxley, common brewers, Warrington, Lancashire —J. and H. Schofield, timber mer chants, Bra ley, Yorkshire—G. and J. Millington, calico printers, Manchester—G. J France and J. St. G. Puckridgc, general salesmen, Ryder's-court, Leicester-square—R. Lever, T. Duffield, arid P. Whelan, wholesale yarn dealers, Manchester (so far as regards H. Lever)—T. Holliwell, J. Boumphrey, and G. Holiiwell, painters, Liverpool (so far as regards T. Holli well)—E. Grundy, E. Grundy, jun., S. Grundy, E. Grundy, tertius, and J. Williams, woollen merchants, Blanchester (so far as regardsJ. Williams)—R. and J. J. Thompson. coal mer chants, High-street, Wapping—F. Turner and J. Clench, ge neral dealers, Pages-walk, Grange-road—H. and E. Tootal, silk manufacturers, Manchester—J. Gray, W. Baron, and J. Blatherwick, raff merchants, Hebbarn-quay, Durham—R. Snare, sen. and R. Snare, jun, builders, Thetford, Norfolk— J. 1% ilson and S. Southon, linen drapers, Southampton. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. JOHN HENRY and JAMES FLU-CHER, wood mer . . elsants Glasgow, March 3 and 24, at twelve, at the Chambers r a a k v e e r r , n A A b b e e r r d d e e e e n n. , of J. Smith, Glasgow. JAMES AIIRRIELEES, merchant, Aberdeet:,aFiaerhe.h24Baanndd March 23, at two. at the Lemon Tree Tavern, Aberdeen. Edinbur g gh, M ar e 2 8 JOHN y o , A a at t U d t h R c e R o A . L emon Vg grocers, watchmaker , hrn n 3 and 7, at Edinburgh. one, at the Royal Exchange , ALEXANDER INNERARITY and CO., merchants, Glasgow, March 2 and 23, at eleven, at the Chambers of W. Steele, jun., Glasgow. JAMES GREIG and CO., merchants, Perth, March 4 and 25, at one, at the Office oHner and Conning, Perth. r SUGAR. The Average Price) oflCßErovv O n F o Muscovad o S ugar, computed from the Returns made in the W eek endin g F e b . 22, 1842, is 365. Lri. per Cwt., exclusive of t he Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the Import ation there of into Great Britain. 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Mr. Roebuck's name is not in the Division Lists on Mr. Villiers' motion ; neither is Mr. Macaulay%. The latter omis sion we expected, the former we did not. Mr. C. Buller, we see, voted for 3. arvation. The people seem to us to be oppressed by their enemies, and betrayed by their pretended friends, FRIDAY His Honor the -Vice-Chancellor of England was occupied the whole morning with unopposed petitions, short causes , and the part-hcard case of " Beautill v. Bridges." (Before Vice. Chancellor KNIGHT Baum) THOMAS V. JONES. This cause came before the Court on further directions and costs. The case was originally heard before Lord CottEnham. The object of the suit was to prevent the defendant from obtain ing certain slime and mineral 3 from a pool in Wales, called Llathedlm. His Lordship granted an injunction with respect to the mineral, and directed an issue with respect to the re mainder. This issue was decided in favour of the plaintiff His Honour now granted the injunction prayed by the bill, and di rceted an account of all mineral which had hitherto been taken by the defendant. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Feb. 24. (Before Lord Chief Justice DENMAN and a Special Jury.) RAINEY V. RAINBRIGOE. The Solicitor-General, Mr. Erle, and anther counsel were for the plaintiff; Mr. Hill, and another gentleman for the defendant. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, an eminent auctioneer, against the surviving trustee to an estate, for 3531., being costs out of pocket, and a commission of one per cent on 35,0001 the price of an estate which plaintiff had been engaged to sell. The defence was, that the estate in question, Brand Hall, in Shropshire, was sold by private contract by one of the trustees, the plaintiff having failed to sell it by auction ; but defendant had paid 2031. Ills. into Court, as a full liquidation of all plaintiff was entitled to, The question was, whether the plaintiff was entitled to I per cent, under the circumstances. It appeared that in 1837 the defendant, and his deceased col leagues, wished to dispose of four heavily mortgaged estates in Shropshire, including Brand Hall. Mr. Rainey undertook to sell them, agreeing with Mr. Mess the solicitor and the trustees, for a remuneration of one per cent. whether he should sell the estates by auction, or whether they, afte► availing themselves of his sur veys, valuations, and advice, should effect a sale by private con tract before the day fixed for the auction. All the estates had been sold by private contract, but the present question related to Brand Hall only. In 1837 plaintiff put up the Brand estate, but ' " " '• got no bidders. Next year the trustees sold it to Mr. Silli' to, a gentleman long resident in the neighbourhood for 35,0001, entirely without the knowledge of the plaintiff. Messrs. Hoggart, Wistanley, Lea, and Driver, eminent auc tioneers, were called up to prove, that according to the custom of the profession, plaintiff was entitled to one per cent., though he had failed in selling the estate. Mr. Hoggart thought the plaintiff entitled to Lis c aim. Wit ness had never got 1 per cent. under such circumstances himself, but he once demanded it when a property worth 200,0001. had been sold ; and his claim being disputed, he accepted per cent. sooner than go to law. Mr. Winstanley had been paid 1 per cent, in a similar case, the vendor making 'us objection whatever. Mr. Driver instanced a case in which Baron Rothschild paid without objection. Mr. Hill contended that these precedents did not prove the existence of a general custom. If such was the custom, it was not a reasonable one; but, looking to analogy, it would be seen by a recent decision in the Court of Common Pleas, that a broker having undertaken to charter a ship, but having failed, was entitled to nothing. Moreover, the plaintiff's own demands showed the distrust of any such binding custom. Mr. Breary, of Derby, an extensive auctioneer, who had sold estates for the Duke of Devonshire, the Duke of Newcastle, and other distinguished noblemen and gentlemen, said he had never be. fore heard of such a demand as this. Under the present cir cumstances, he thought the sum offered as compensation, namely, fifty guineas, ample remuneration for Mr. Rainey. Wit ness should consider himself very well paid at such a rate, and as for charging for a preliminary conference he should think himself sufficiently remunerated by the honour conferred, when a gentleman sends for an auctioneer to consult him.—(Laughter. A cause formerly gained by Mr. Rainey, When he claimed a commission on an estate sold before the day of sale was referred to. But it was proved that, so far from causing the purchase of the estate by Mr. Sillitto, Mr. Rainey, had continued to advertise it for sale after that purchase, being in fact first apprised of this transaction by Mr. Sillitto calling to ask what other estate near Market Drayton was to be sold. It was further argued for plaintiff that the trustees had availed themselves of his experience in offices and connexions, and that . . they had acted unhandsomely in closing with Mr. Sillitto unknown of the plaintiff, who might have got a better purchaser than Mr. Sillitto; and further that an auctioneer's time, as well as his actual services in such cases, i hould be paid for. In fact, his engage ment had not determined when the trustees sold Brand Hall to Mr. Sillitto. The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff to the amount of fifty guineas beyond the sum paid into Court. FRIDAY. Has Lordship was engaged the whole morning in trying the case of EVELYN V. CHIPPENDALE, a case involving several questions of disputed accounts. Various attempts were made during the course of the morning to induce the parties to refer the cause, but without avail. The case was of no public interest whatever. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Feb. 24. (Before Lord Chief Justice TtNDAL and a Special Jury.) SCOTT V. CRAWFORD AND CO. This was an action brought for the recovery of a balance of an account which extended over a number of years. The plaintiff is an extensive merchant in Manchester, and the defendants are also merchants, of great celebrity in the City of London. The details of the case were totally devoid of public interest. FRIDAY. (Sittings at Guildhall.) THE LORD MAYOR OF LCNDON V. THE PEWTERERS' COMPANY. This was an action brought by the Corporation of London against the Pewterers' Company, for an obstruction of light in a house in the neighbourhood of Leaden _ hall Market, the property of the Corporation. It appeared that in the year 1815 the house in question had been rebui.t with windows, which commanded a view of some adjoining premises of the defendants. Complaints were made in eonsequence by the Company a few years after, and negotiations had been pend. ing upon the subject between them and the Corporation up to the year 18'20, which remained unconcludeJ. In the year 1840 the Company renewed their complaints. and subsequently erected an obstruction, which shut out the light from the house of the plaintiff; and the present action was brought to try their right to take such a proceeding. These facts having been proved for the plaintiffs, and admitted in the opening speech for thedefence by the counsel of the Company, The Loan CHIEF JUSTICE said that it appeared that the Corpo. ration had been left for twenty years in undisputed yossession of the right to have the windows in the house in question, and there fore that right, according the statute, could not be disturbed. The case for the defence was abandoned in consequence of this declaration of the opinion of the Lord Chief Justice, and the Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiffs. Serjeant Wilde conducted the case for the Corporation, and Mr. Channel appeared for the defendants. SECONDARIES' COURT, Feb. 25. " Taylor v. Monk," " Waterman v. _____" These were untie. fended actions, in which verdicts were found for the plaintiffs. WYNYARD V. COLYEN. This was an action to recover tre .um of 51. 11a. Id., for work done and performed. The plea put upon the record was, that the defendant was never indebted. It appeared that the plaintiff is abuilder, and had been en gaged by the defendant to complete some houses in Hyde-park. square. The defence set up was, that the plaintiff was not the person engaged to do the work, consequently he wa, not in a posi- tion to bring the action. It was further alleged that the order was given by the foreman of the defendant, and he ought to be liable for the amount. This failing in proof, the verdict was taken for the plaintif for the full amount. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Feb. 23. RE THOMAS DUCRTON. The insolvent, who described himself as a japanner, carrying on business in Castle-street, Leicester-square, applied on his petition to be discharged. Mr. COOKE, who appeared on behalf of the insolvent, stated in explanation of a large debt which appeared in his schedule as due to Messrs. Jackson and Graham, that the insolvent's trade required the use of large quantities of combustible matter, and some short time back his house was burnt to the ground. Not being insured, he was left almost pennyless, when the Duke of Portland very kindly presented him with 1501, to help in rebuilding the house; and blessrs. Jackson and Graham advanced him the ba. lance necessary far the purpose, taking a warrant of attorney on the lease of the site of the house. Un. fortunately just as the building was finished, it was again burnt down, and Messrs. Jackson and Co. levied judgment and sold the lease for a sum far less than the amount of their debt. Mr. Commissioner HARRIS said he was perfectly satisfied with the state of the insolvent's accounts, as described in Ms balance sheet, and he should consequently order him to be discharged forthwith. IN RE LOUIS MARIE DELPLANQUFG The insolvent was a dancing master, and was opposed by a hotel-keeper at Richmond. His petition had already been heard in Court about three weeks ago, when the particulars were reported in The Sun. On that occasion the further hearing was postponed to this day, to produce certain documents, and for the attendance of a material witness. This person being unable to attend through illness, the case was adjourned to the Ist of April. IN THE NATTER OF CHARLES THOMPSON. The insolvent was opposed by Mr. Hughes, on behalf of Messrs. Heber and Son, for a debt contracted in 1833. The Learned COMMISSIONER said the opposition could not be supported, as the debt w•as debarred by the statute of limitation. No other creditors appearing in opposition, the insolvent was discharged. IN RE JAMES EDWARDS. Mr. Cooatz opposed the discharge of the insolvent, who was de scribed as a farmer and hop.planter at Lewisham. He was sup. ported by Mr. Humus. The Learned Counsel said the grounds upon which his opposi. Lion was founded were, that in the month of August last the insol vent received a sum of money out of the Court of Chancery, not one farthing of which went to his creditors; and that his wife was entitled to property under the will of her father, of which there was no account in his schedule. There were also two creditors left out, and a total omission of debts amounting to upwards of 300/. He (Mr, Cooke) contended that, under those circumstances, the insolvent could not be heard until he Sled a new schedule, and gave all his creditors fresh notice. Mr. Commissioner HARRIS said he should dismiss the order for hearing, and as it was evident the insolvent's conduct had been fraudulent, he should refuse to enlarge his bail until the next day of hearing. FRINIT. IN RE WILLIAM THOMAS WARNER. The insolvent in this case was described as a general dealer and ship agent. His debts and liabilities amounted to about 2,3001. while the assets available to his creditors, was 750/. Ills discharge was opposed in person, by a creditor named Gil. man, who was a bill discounter, and had had frequent transactions with him previous to the one upon which the grounds of opposi tion rested. It appeared that the insolvent had been in the habit of dealing largely in accommodation bills, many of which were endorsed by captains of ve.sels for whom he slid business, and the opposing creditor cashed those bills at a large discount ; and upon a further consideration that a quantity of wine should be taken in proportion to the amount of the bill. The insolvent accepted a bill of ex change drawn by a person named Walton, who soon afterwards went out as the mate of an East India vessel, and had not returned to England since. A writ was issued against the insolvent, upon which he was arrested at the suit of his brother.in.law, and the oppos ing creditor contended that the arrest was a friendly one, and got up with the design of defrauding the other creditor by enabling him to pass through this Court. The insolvent was subjected to a long examination by the Court, in which he stated that his insolvency arose from the severe losses he experienced by the wreck of a brig on her way to Sydney, to which place he consigned a quantity of goods. He likewise said he had been subject to long illness, which incapacitated him from attending to his business,. None of his other creditors appeared in opposition, when the Ccurt ordered him to be discharged forthwith, and appointed Mr. 'William Alexander Sampson to be assignee. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION HOUSE. ' James Lainchbury, a clerk in the banking-house of Messrs. Banbury and Co., of Lombard-street, was brought before the Lord Mayor, in the custody of Roe, the officer, charged with havin g stolen a bank-note for 101., the property of the firm. Mr. slush, the solicitor to the Committee of Bankers for protection against fraud or forgeries, appeared for the prose cution. Mr. William Adams, a clerk in the house of the prosecutors, stated that, on the Ist of the present month, he received at Messrs. Price and Co.'s, for his employers, the bank-note pro duced, so. 27,341, and marked it so that he could at once iden tify it, and on the same day he delivered it to the clearing clerk. Mr. James Bewick, also a clerk at Messrs. Hanbury and Co.'s, produced a book of accounts in which entries were made. Upo n referring to that book, he found that, on the 2d of Feb ruary, amongst other entries made by the prisoner, was one for the above-named 101. note, in the manner, "27,341, 10th De cember, 10." A few pages f urt h er i n the book there appeared in the writing of the prisoner, an entry of " No. 27,347," which writing witness believed to be a false one. He believed that the 1 had been altered into a 7. Some confusion having arisen from the state of the balance at the end of the day, in quiry was necessarily made, and the note numbered " 27,341" ss as missed, and afterwards it was ascertained that it had been changed by the prisoner. Mr. C. Browning, a clerk at Hanbury and Co.'s, stated that upon his return from c Ilecting on the 2d of February, he changed the Bank note numbered 27,341 for the prisoner for gold, and paid it over subseqnently to the prisoner, with the rest of the money he had collected, in order that it might be entered in the customary manner. Mr. I'. Banbury, of the firm of Banbury and Co., stated that on the 11th inst. the prisoner was called into the parlour and questioned on the subject. The prisoner at first said that he was wrong 10/., but subsequently stated that he was wrong to the amount of 110/. A. solicitor attended on the part of the prisoner, and took notes of the proceedings, but asked no questions. —The pri soner was then committed for trial. John Forrester, the officer, having been employed by the assignees of the bankrupt broker Cassidy, to go in search of that fugitive, who has been cutting so distinguished a figure elsessh,re, left London for this purpose on the 9th instant. Upon the arrival of Forrester at Paris, he found that the bank rupt, who had an immense number of bills in his possession, had been lately liberated, and had departed from that capital. Th e officer took with him an active assistant named Byron, from thence in pursuit of the bankrupt to Brussels, where he re ceived the most prompt assistance from the police and other authorities. He traced Cassidy from Brussels to Aix-la- Chapelle, where he arrived on Saturday morning last, and as certained that the bankrupt was safe in the town. Forrester soon found the hotel at which Cassidy resided, and laid his plans accordingly, having been introduced to and received every necessary aid from the Plesident of the Regency, the Procureur- General, and the Prefect of Police on the occasion. The bill upon which it was intended Cassidy should be arrested, was made over to a barris ter, to whom Forrester was recommended by a person who had rendered very great services in similar cases. On Monday he took possession of the bankrupt's tin box, containing between 13,000/ and 14,000/. in bills, also the bankrupt's papers. As Cassidy was absent, the door of his house was broken open by the authorities and Forrester, who soon learned that the bank rupt had entrusted the tin box to the care of the landlord. The landlord, again, hearing that his customer was a bankrupt, gave up the box to the authorities. It is believed that the bankrupt has little or no money, and it Is also thought that he will come to some explanation. The police have stopped his passport. The above intelligence was all that was known yesterday in the City, but we expect further information in the course of to-morrow. BOW-STREET. A buckishly-dressed young man, arrayed in a cut away green coat, a most magnificent satin stock, with union.pins,and the other addenda necessary to the making up of a buck, WAS charged with robbery, under the following circumstances : f The prosecutor, whose name did not transpire, said that about our in the morning as he was going home, in company with two friends, with whom he had been spending the evening, feeling rather dry they stepped into a public house at the bottom of James.strect. Whilst there they had a friendly bit of a joke together, in the course of which the prosecutor was thrown down, and in the act of falling his money, to the amount of 10s. fell out of his pocket, " which," said the prosecutor, " the prisoner at the bar picked up." With that I:says, says I, You're got my money. He then hands me over 3s. Says I, That's not all you're got ? " Yes, it is," says he. Now afore that he hadn't much money I know, 'cos he axed the barmaid to trust him for a pot of porter, but she would not; she said she didn't know nobody. lle then, however, when she wouldn't trust hitn, did pull out 6d. and paid for the beer, and I cer'nely drunk out of the pot with him ; I cer'nely did, as he put himself for'ard into our company, and made himself wet yen may call merry agreeable, certainly werry. When he said he had'nt got no more money I got a policeman, who took lihn to the station.house, where he pulled out half.a.crown and a sixpence, which I think belongs to me." The MAGISTRATE—I was perfectly sober, 'pon my honour; I was as sober as I am now The MAGISTRATE—You had been out all night, spending, what you call the evening with those two friends of yours, and then this practical joke going on. It certainly does not look like great sobriety. Another witness corroborated the statement of the prosecutor as fir as the scuffle, the display of the money, and the returning it were concerned, but he added, " that the whole lot on 'ens was jest half and half between drunk and sober." Another strange, dirty looking man, with a moustache, next ascended the box, and we were much struck by his apparent affa bility and excessive politeness ; there was a kind of idiotic expres sive manner about his owl-like eyes, with a lowering of the under jaw which excited our attention ; when he was pronounced to be quite drunk however by the inspector, and the Magistrate threatened to fine him ss. if he did not quickly make himself scarce, our surprise at his appearance vanished. The MAGISTR&TE, addressing the prosecutor, said he could place no reliance whatever on his testimony; it was quite evident from the testimony of the second witness that he and his friends were drunk, and it was not likely he knew what money he lost. Under these circumstances the prisoner was discharged. The next charge on the paper was against Robert Rouen, for stealing a quantity of paper from Mr. Bradley, his employer. The Inspector announced, however, that this charge could not be pro ceeded with at present, as the unfortunate young man had seriously wounded himself by cutting his throat with a razor whilst on the way to the station.house. He had in consequence been conveyed to the Charing-cross Hospital, and the house-surgeon had given i t as his opinion that it would be highly dangerous to remove him a t present. ONE OF TUE FAIR SEX.--A disgustingly coarse-looking woman named Johnson, about forty years of age, who bore in her coun tenance the evidence of a long career of debauchery and dissipa. two, was charged with being drunk and disorderly. Police-constable, 31 F, stated that the prisoner was one of the unfortunate class of females who having been early led from the paths of virtue, had plunged into the vortex of dissipaton and vice, and was now a prostitute of the lowest order Whilst going his rounds about four yesterday morning, he heard a great dia. turbance and sounds of riot proceeding from the neighbourhood of Newcastle court, Strand, where on arriving he found the prisoner in a beastly state of intoxication, surrounded by a number of women of her own class, with whom she was fighting, and snaking use of the most filthy and obscene language. He requested her once or twice to go away home, instead of doing so, however, she assailed him with a volley of abuse, and there and then declared her firm determination to remain where she was, in spite of all the b policemen in London. As she would not move on, but persisted, as it were out of bravado, in continuing her disturbance, the con. stable felt that he had no course left but to take her to the Station. house. The prisoner, who looked extremely miserable, and was no doubt suffering from the effects of previous excesses, expressed her sorrow at what had taken place, and assured the 'Ma'gistrate if he would '• only look over it this once, she would never come there no more, indeed she would not." Unfortunately for our heroine, however, there was not a constable in the Court but was intimately acquainted with Mrs. Johnson's pranks, and was well aware that if once dismissed, all her protestations of amendment would be for_ gotten, and that she would again commence her career of dissipa. "ion and crime. 'l•his having been intimated to the worthy Magis. trate, as well as another most material fact, which operated strongly against her release—viz., that she was bought to the police.office on the average at last twice a week on similar charges, he sentenced her to one month's imprisonment in the House of Correction ; at the same time reading her a well. timed admonition of the folly and wickedness of her conduct, and warning her of the consequences which might result unless she thoroughly reformed her conduct. There were only four other cases of a • trifling character on the morning charge sheet, which were not of the slightest imterest (per. haps NA e should add) except to the parties concerned. In each case the prisoners were discharged. MARLBOI?OlIGH-STREET. SPURIOUS CUAMPAGNE. —KarI Frederick ►farnotte, a Pole, was placed at the bar charged with stealing a thermometer and other articles, of the value of 31. and upwards, the property of Mr. Ber. nard Signes, the landlord of the Grapes public-house, in Old Compton.street, Soho. It appeared that the prisoner was recom. mended to the prosecutor about three weeks ago, as a lodger, and having run up a score, and no money being forth coming, he stated to Mr. Signet that he had made the dis covery how to manufacture a liquor, which the most pro ficient judge would not be able to tell from the best genuine champagne, and that the cost would be a mere trifle compared with the extraordinary high price at which that wine was sold, and that, consequently, the secret would be of great value to wine -merchants, and that if he only had the means of producing a sample, he had no doubt but that " some gentleman" would give him a very handsome " gratuity" for the information. He then prevailed upon Mr. Signes to purchase the apparatus he required for his experiment, and among which were the articles he was charged with stealing; also a quantity of quicksilver, tinfoil, Sze. Mr. Signet being dis appointed from tune to time of the prisoner's producing a " sample," was at last inclined to examine the apparatus, and then discovered the deficiency. Mr. HARDWICK—What was the tinfoil and the quicksilver for' The Prosecutor—The foil was to cover the neck of the bottle, as is usual with champagne wine, and the quicksilver was, as I suppose, to give the wine strength. Mr. 'hill/WICK—At all events it seems that a very gross fraud was intended on the public. The prisoner was remanded till further inquiry should be made. DARING ROlll3El2l' THROUGH DESTITUTION.—Jamcs Gill, a smart, intelligent, well-grown youth, between 15 and 1 6 years of age, de cently dressed, was charged with stealing a bundle of cigars and some money, from the shop of Mr. Vining, Tobacconist, 398, Ox ford-street, yesterday morning, and in answer to a question from the Magistrate, he said, " I took the money out of the till, and the cigars from the shop. I was starving at the time, and have nobody to whom I would apply for assistance. I did not care at the time I did it whether I was detected or not. Being sent to prison must be a change for the better to any person situated as I am. I had been wandering about the docks for the two previous days, without a morsel to eat, trying to get taken on board ship, but I found there was no chance for use, and I cared not what became of me." Mr. Ilatinwiest said that a stop must he put to a notion which seemed too generally to be entertained, that a person committing a robbery was in somewise excusable if lie was in actual distress. Nothing could be snore mischievous than such a doctrine. He should therefore commit the prisoner to take his trial at the Central Criminal Court, and bound over the witnesses to prosecute. WORSHIP-S7'REE7'. SEDUCTION ♦ND REVENGE.—A young man named George Smith was charged before Mr. Bingham with having committed a violent assault upon John Blake, a journeyman silversmith, in the employ ment of Mr. Mordan, the patent pencil manufacturer in the City. Road. The complainant (whose eye was frightfully swollen) stated that he was returning home on the preceding evening when he met the prisoner, who, without the slightest provocation, commenced a violent attack upon him, and struck him several severe blows on the face and body. Witness offere‘l no resistance, but called a policeman and gave the prisoner into custody. Ile had sustained such serious injuries that he would be unable for some time to attend to his employment. In his defence, the prisoner admitted the assault, but said, that he considered himself justified in committing it in consequence of the complainant's having seduced his sister, who was now with child by him. The prisoner's mother, a respectable looking woman, confirmed her son's statement, and added that the complainant before he suc ceeded in effecting the ruin of her daughter, had promised her marriage, but, on being subsequently called upon by witness, to fulfil his engagement, he refused to do so, and told her that her daughter and herself might both be d—d. The complainant was recalled by the Magistrate, and after con -s.derable hesitation, he admitted that the charge alleged against him was well founded. Mr, BIXUHAPI said, that he would make every allowance for the excited feelings ureter which the prisoner had acted, but no degree of provocation could justify him in taking the law into his own hands, and assaulting the complainant in the violent manner he had dope. He must convict the prisoner, bat he should impose the least penalty he dared to do, which was five shillings, and the prisoner must air find bail to keep the peace towards the complain ant for three moths. AN UNNATURAL MOTHER.—Sergeant Ellis, of the G division, made a report to the Magistrate of the following ease of neglect and cruelty on the part of a woman named Lams towards her three children : On the preceding night police constable Colee, G , 126, was on duty in Tobacco-roll Court, Long-alley, when he was in. formed by some of the inhabitants that three children were confined in an upper room of one of the houses, where they had been left by their mother, without food or clothing. They stated farther that the woman, who bore a very bad cha racter, was almost daily absenting herself from morning till night, and of leaving her children in the same wretched state. The con stable made his way up to the room, but finding that the door was locked, he procured a ladder and effected an entrance at the window, The place presented a most deplorable appearance, being entirely destitute of furniture, with the exception of a dilapidated bedstead without mattress or any kind of covering, and the policeman found the three unfortunate children lying on the bare sacking in a complete state of nudity. They told him that their toothier had given them some dry bread before she left home in the morning, but they had nothing since, and they were perishing from cold and hunger. Whilst he was questioning them the woman returned home, and on his expostulating with her upon her cruel conduct, and asking her why she did not apply for parochial relief, she answered him sharply, that whatever might happen she was resolved that no child of hers should enter a parish workhouse. The policeman immediately repaired to the station-house, and communicated the circumstance to Sergeant Ellis, who, by direction of the Superintendent, laid the facts of the case before the parish officers of Shoreditele Mr. BINGIIAM expressed his approbation of the conduct of the police, and said the parish officers would, no doubt, take immediate steps to punish the unnatural mother. UNION-HALL. _ _ Elizabeth Ilolbein, a young female of interesting appearance, was charge with deserting her i n f ant, b y l eaving it at the door et the reputed father. Mrs. Mary Sutherland stated that she lived at Dockhead, and that on the previous afternoon the prisoner knocked at the door, and without uttering a word, placed an infant which she carried in her arms, on the floor of the passage, and then ran away. She (witness) pursued her, and gave her into custody. In reply to the 111a0strate, the witness said that her son was ac. quainted with the prisoner, and that she said he was the father of her infant ; that her son lived with her (the mother), and that was the reason the young woman left the child at her door. The accused, who wept during the examination, said that Mrs. Sutherland's son was the father of her child, but he refused to con. tribute to its support, and the kept it as long as she could, until being reduced to the greatest distress, she was at length compelled to act in the manner she had done : she repeatedly applied to the father on the subject, but he peremptorily refused to give her the slightest assistance. Mr. COTIINOHAM said she was not justified in acting as she had done, but ought to take the infant to the workhouse of the parish in which the young man resided, and the parochial officers would proceed against him, and compel him to maintain his ofrpring. George Boone, a young man holding a confidential situation in the employ of Messrs. Christy, the extensive hat manufacturers in Itermondsey.street, was charged with stealing a quantity of beaver, the prcperty of his employers. . . - Mr. Christy stated that the prisoner had been in the employ of the firm for the last three years, and such confidence was reposed in him that he vas latterly employed in the beaver room, where a quantity of that article, to the amount of 20,000/. was deposited. On the afternoon in question, the prisoner on leaving the premises was suspected of haying property in his possession, and he was stopped, and when iken lack into the premises he made a voluntary confession, to she effect that for the last five weeks he wcs in the habit of roll ng his employers of beaver, and disposing of it to a marine store-dealer in Kent.street. On searching this man's premises the policeman could find n• beaver, and Mr. Duni. (after consulting with Mr. Christy) sentenced the youth to two 'months' hard labour in Brixton gaol. THAMES POLICE. Three stylishly dressed young men, who gave the names of George Michael Harrison, Chapman Harrison, and Thomas Price, the two former residing at Stepney.green, and the latter in Bean mont-square, Mile-end, were charged by the police before Mr. Ballantine, with having indulged in the very gentlemanly pas time of wrenching divers knoel-era frem the doors of the peaceable inhabitants of Blackwall, Poplar, and the Commercial-road, between the limns of two and four o'clock yesterday morning. From the evidence of the police, it appeared that the two Her risons were heard knocking at a door very loudly in the Commer cial•road, and when the police made their appearance, they ran away and joined their companion. They were overtaken, however, in Salmon-lane, ,and all three taken into custody, when three knockers were found upon Chapman Harrison. It had been since discovered that as many as six knockers had been forcibly removed in Blackwall, Poplar, and the Commercial.road. Mr. BALLANTINE said there did not appear any evidence to im plicate Price in the wrenching off the knockers, and he might be dischargvd. The knockers were then severally identified u hating been taken in the course of the night, and Mr. BALLANTINE asked the defendants what they had to say to the charge, when Mr. George Michael Harrison addressed the sfagistrate, and questioned the policeman, for the purpose of proving that he was not one of the party who were seen to run away, arid called Mr. Thomas Price, who had just been discharged, to show that they were together. Chapman Harrison asked similar questions, and said that they had been dining out with a party, and it was probable it might have been some of the party, but certainly it was not themselves. Mr. BA LLANTINE said Price had again convicted himself; and as it was his duty to protect the public from such depredations, he should :Inc Chapman Harrison 51. for having unlawful possession of the knockers, and should require Thomas Price and George Michael Harrrison to find sufficient sureties fur their good behaviour for six months. The fine having teen paid, and the required sureties entered into, the young men were allowed to depart in the care of their friends. CORONER'S INQUEST. Wednesday a very protracted inquiry was gone into before Mr. Carter, Coroner for Surrey, at the Sir Sidney Smith, Chester-street, Kennington, respecting the death of Mrs. Maria Morris, aged 42, whose death took place under most extraordi nary and singular circumstances, which will be gathered from the facts detailed below : Before the evidence was gone into, the Coroner and Jetty proceeded to view the body, which was lying at the residence of Mr. Morris, No. 11, Chester-street. It presented a tuo,t deplorable appearance ; the head was fractured in a frightful manner ; the left arm vi as broken, the right shoulder dislocated, besides other serious contusions on different parts of the body. It was next pointed out to the Jury where the lady had lea ed from a parapet of a house three stoner high, Old the 3 arc' wher,she had fallen. Mr. T. S. Morris w‘is first examined, and stated, that on Sunday morning last he left home to accompany a friend in his gig to Hoddesden, in Hertfordshire. He returned home about half-past twelve o'clock at night, and, as was his usual custom, first went to his stables to see that his horse had teen properly attended to. He was astonished to find the hors• had not been " put up." He went up-stairs to inquire of his wife how it was there had been so much neglect, 'but she would give no answer to his questions. His son was also absent, and he was naturally anxious to know where, at that hour, he could possibly be, but she would give him no information. He felt it his duty to make inquiries in the neighbourhood, and found his son concealed in an out house attached to the premises of Mr. Brett, a baker, and the lad's reason for doing so was that his mother had threatened to stab him, and, to save his life, he had run out of the house. Upon finding where his son was, he went home with him about two o'clock on Monday morn ing, and knocked at his door, but whilst in the act of doing this he heard a dreadful noise, which to him ap- Feared to arise from a heavy fall. He went up to the dining-room, but his wife was not there, nor could lie find her in the bed-room. He was then induced to go into the yard, and there found his wife lying lifeless on the flag stones. There was a pool of blood by the side of her head, which was broken in many places, in tact there was hardly a part of her bud ) that was not injured. He at once directed his son to get the attendance of surgeons, several of whom attended. A neighbour had also been alarmed, and with her assistance the police wet e sent for. The CORONER—Can you explain how the deceased got ow the parapet of your house ? Mr. Mot ris—She must have gone to the top floor of the house, and above the landing there is a trap-door which leads to the rt of of the house, The trap door was fastened by a cord attached to a beam, and she had taken a very high. backed chair in order to reach it. She could not have had a knife with her, for she had set fire to the rope, and then, having placed the candle by the chair, she made a ladder by which she got into the loft ; it was then easy to get on the parapet. The CORONER—It is your impression she leaped from the parapet ? It is a fearful height !—Mr. Alorris said, he could not tell ; she had repeatedly taken a razor in her hand and attempted to cut her throat ; not as he thought with an intention to destroy her life, but to annoy him. The ConoNa:n next inquired if she was in the habit of drinking to excess? Mr. Morris replied it was unfortu nately so. It was reported in the room that the deceased had drunk no less than halt a gallon of whiskey during the Sunday, and when under the excitement caused by spirits she was of a most delierate and dete•mined disposition. Mr. Croft, a neighbour, who had heard the noise of the fall, stated to the Coror.er that one of the deceased's :hoes was found in the next garden, and the other about. a yard from her body. The CORONER having remarked upon the shameful reports that had been circulated to the prejudice of Mr. Morris, said there could be no doubt this was the deceased's own act , and the only question was the state of her mind when she com mitted it. '1 he Jury, after a very short deliberation, returned a verdict That the deceased t.estroyed herself while in a state of erriporary insanity." UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, FEY. 17.—A congregation was this day holden for granting degrees, &c., when the following were conferred : Ma.iters in Arts--Rey. Henry Crawley, of Balliol College; Rev. William Hulme, of Balliol College; Borlase Hill Adams, of Exeter College ; Granville Edward Harcourt Vernon, of Christ Church College; Owen Jones Humphreys, of Jesus College ; Thomas Pearse, of Magdalen College ; Daven port, of Worcester College. Bachelor in Medicine•- Geo. Joserh Bell, of Balliol Bachelors of Arts—Charles Samuel Slocock, of Trinity Col lege ; H. Champernowne, of Trinity College. The next congregation for conferring degrees, &c , will be on Thursday, March 3. AUGMENTATION In order to facil tate Reliefs, to be augmented to twelve Coi each, with 1 Colonel 1 Lieut.-Colonel 2 Majors 12 Captains 14 Lieutenants 10 Ensigns 1 Pay-Master 1 Adjutant 1 Quarter-Master 1 Surgeon 2 Assistant Surgeons 1 Scrjeant-Major OF THE ARMY. six Battalions of Regiments are mpanies of 100 Rank and File 1 Pay-Master Serjeant I Quarter-Master Serjeant 1 Armourer Serjeant 1 School-room Sergeant I Hospital Sergeant 1 Orderly.room Clerk 12 Colour Sergeants 48 Sergeants 60 Corporals 1 Drum Major 24 Drummers and Fifers 1140 Privates. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FRom oint co It RESPoNDENT.) ROYAL VISIT TO THE ISLE OF WIGH T ' The greatest exertions are making at Portsmouth to get ready the Royal yacht, the Queen ; and all the wen of war are also fitting sip with every possible despatch, and her Majesty and Prince Albeit are expected to arrive at Portsmouth on Monday next, 14, tr i, whose health re quires a change of air, and the i ns Castle, it is expected, will be selec ted as a Royal residence for th e Princess Royal, breezes of the Isle of Wight have been thought likely to prove highly beneficial. Arr JO, lln1 In 7 C r eviffeFennell, in the na me o f M essrs. . De L. nue, had the honour on Wednesday to present the Queen 2 , ne l a borately finished case of playing cards with her Majesty's arms and supporters,:and those of Prince Albert, emblazoned la pure gold upon the backs.