The Sun. — London, England, 1856-02-25 00:00:00

Cbtrb SUN OFFICE, Seem o'Clock. TATrERSALL'S.—(This , Evening.) LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. sto 1 agat Harry Lorrequer (taken) 9to 1 aget Emigrant (taken) 9to 1 agat Sir Peter Laurie (take 10 to 1) 20 to 1 aget Freetracrer (taken) 20 to 1 agst Forest Queen (taken) 4to 1 apt The Seaman and Jean du Quesne coupled (taken) LIVERPOOL SPRING CUP. Bto 1 agst Berezina (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 3to 1 apt Yellow Jack (taken) ito 1 agst Ely-by-Night 10 to 1 apt Polmoodie (offered) DERBY. 7to 1 agst VVentworth (taken) ,8. to 1 agst Ellington (taken) 10 to 1 apt Fly-by-Night (taken); 15 to 1 aget Regerthorpe (taken) 25 to 1 aget Polmoodie (taken) 25 to 1 agst Vandem6lin (taken) LIVERPOOL-MONDAY. The following horses are here :—Franc Picard, Jean d u Quesne, Pasha, Forest Queen, Potter, Black Swan, Spring, .Harry Lorrequer, Dangerous, Seaman, Jump *may,. Bonndaway, Master David, Willie Crawford, Xenerdy,. gulogist, Dresser, Lightning, Mary, Prince Plausible, Shelab, Hodham, Berezina, Baroness, Bird citcher f, Janet Pride, Gatkercole, Salmon, Goodgirl, Burgundy f, Alonzo, Pera, De Ginkel, Menzie, Stamford, Emigrant, Taffy, Freetrader, Little Char ley, Filly by Chanticleer out of Hopeful, Sir Peter Laurie,. and Alfred The•ground is in good order. • The following are scratched SPZING Cur. Cossey, Bolton, Gamekeeper, St. Clair,`and Staffordshire-Nan. AINTREE PLATE.—Assayer, Gamekeeper, and Genera Pictoc.• STEEPLECHASE.—Star of the West, Molly Bawn, and Escape. • ' HURDLE RASE.—Master David. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—(This Evening.) • The LORD CHANWILLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock.l LEGISLATIVE. JURISDICTION OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS. Lord LYNDU URST gave notice that in a few days he intended to call attention to the judicature in that house, with a view of supplying a suitable remedy. Lord DUNGANNON gave notice of his intention to morrow to put a question to the Government with re spect to the ticket-of-leave system. THE WENSLEYDALE PEERAGE. Lora, RBDESDALE having brought up the report of the Committee of Privileges upon the Wensleydale peerage, Lord GRANVILLE said it might be convenient '"for' him to state that her Majesty's Govern ` :tient considered it unnecessary to say "not content" to the resolution of the Committee of Prinleges, yet it was not their intention by any division to try to reverse, in a comparatively thin house, a decision taken in a very full one, and by a large majority. He had authority to state that Baron Wensleydale had put himself com pletely in the hands of the Government, and would not attempt to take his seat until the whole subject had been considered. Her Majesty's Government found them selves in some difficulty. Her Majesty believed she had the power to confer a life peerage, but this house had come to a contrary decision. If time were given he could obly say that her Mnjesty'a Government were most inxions to approach the consideration of the subject with a feeling quite apart from personal and party feeling. He . .thougitt.that spirit would be met w ith s i m il ar f ee li ngs on all sides of the house. . •LordCAMPBELL expressed his deep satisfaction at hearing the observation of the noble lord who had just sat down, and expressed a on - nifident hope that the house would come to the consideration of this subject in a cor responding spirit. The Earl of DERBY also concurred in reciprocating the same feeling as now actuated her Majesty's Govern ment, and proceeded to defend the course which he and the party with which be wits connected, had discussed the subject. He subipitted, that viewing the way in 'which the subject was pressed upon them, the House of Lards, in defending their own privileges, could not talte . any other course than that which had resulted in the resolution adopted by a very ►a►rge majority on Saturday nim'xiipg. The noble 'lord then proceeded at consider able length to discuss the whole merits of the whole queitien, contending that the Governnaent had acted most hurriedly in advising her Majesty to exercise her pre rogative in the creation of a life peerage. lie concluded by observing that he had sketched out a resolu tion- nn the subject, and if his noble friend did not press his motion he should bring - it forward next There- day. The Marquis of .14.14SbOWNE said he really be lieved -there was really an essential difference on this question between the parties who sat on the opposite sides of the house. The noble lords who set on the opposite side of the house had no objection that the appellate jurisdiction of the house should be strengthened, end he could firmly say for himself and her Majesty's Government, that there never was the slightest intention to create an immense number of life peeeagei% and by that means swamp their lord- ships' house. (Hear, . bear.) He was convinced there was a prerogative that would override the prerogatives of the Crown, which would override the privileges of that house, and that was public opinion which would prevent such' an abuse of the lower. He was not prepared to advocate the creation of ;a , number of life , peerages without such crea tion should embrace members of both the army and navy; and as fir the supposition that a life peer could only hold a subordinate position in that house, he for, one could not entertain such an opinion. Did their lordships believe that had Gene'ral Wolfe survived his victory at Quebec and received a life peerage that his merits And his tab nt s wou ld no t h ave raisedhim to a pre-eminence in that house. (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS—(This Evening.) The SPEAKER tool; the chair at the usual hour. The Sheriffs of London and Middlesex appeared at the bar of the house, and prezente4a-petition from the Cm - ',oration of London against the bill for the abolition of the !noel dues upon etlipping. Colonel FREESTUN pre,;ented a petition from the medical and surgical practitioners of Weymouth in favour of the bill now before the house to alter and amend the laws regulating the- medical profession. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following Lill; were read a second time and or dered to he committed :—Cieobury, North, &e., District `Roads ; Isle of Wight Stem-bridge and Appreacbes ; Stockton and Warrington Road ; Stockton and Darling. ton, and Newcastle apd Carlisle Union Railway. A number of petitions were presented in favour of the abolition of local dues on shipping. and also against the e.oening of the Crystal Palaco, British Museum, an 1 National Gallery on Sundays. NEW WRIT. A new writ was ordered to be issued for the county of Rutland in the room of Sir Gilbert J. Heathcote, who has accepted the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the conduct of Sir Henry Yining, in abruptly proroguing the Legislative Assem bly of Tasmania, pending the sitting of a committee appointed to inquire into the working of the convict system in that colony, had received the approval of her _Majesty's Government, and what steps had been taken In consequence. Mr. LABOUCHERE said the papers that he would shortly lay on the table of the house, would fully explain the transaction. The hon. gentleman then entered into a statement of the facts of the case, in the course of which he stated that he thought the Governor had acted wrong in not allowing the officers to attend and give • evidence as was required of them. .He trusted the new constitution under which the new legislature was assem bled would merit all the good that was expected of it. Mr. RER SEYMER asked the Government whether it was their intention to sanction the establishment of a 'dead meat market on the site of the late Smith&ld market The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the Government had come to no decision on the subject. They had subtnitted•the matter to the President of the Beard of Health, the 'tinder Secretary for the Home Department, and a Lord of the Treasury, who would report upon the subject. SEYMER—When tbe.report of these gentlemen *fie received, would there he any ,objection to lay it on table of the house ! • The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUE R said he could give no promise. about the report until he had 'seen it. He did not think there would be any objection to lay the report on the table. THE CRIMEAN COMMISSION. • Mr. ROEBUCK gave notice that in going into core. ,rnittee on F r iday sier t h e s h ou ld move th e f o ll ow ing r e • c)1 idiot& : " Platt to appoiut a caugnisiioe of general oairers to nport ou the report c Sic J. WNeil and Col. Tulloch s to sulestitute an inefficient for a very efficient means of investigation, and that such appointment will tend to strengthen the opinion already prevalent, that the real purpose of such a proceeding is to shelter incompetency • . a nd excuse the misconduct of those by: whom the various 'departments of our army haie been subjected to the command of proved incapacity." In reply to a question from ti r H . vir lyzarGast, Mr. MONSELL said thit cf the stun of 175,0001. I THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 25. 1856 Naval and Military Intelligence. Her Majesty's steam-trausport Himalaya, Commander B. Priest, R.N., arrived at Spithead on Saturday from the East. She left Malta on the 12th, passed Gibraltar, without communicating, before daylight on the Sunday after leaving Malta, and arrived at Spithead at 8 a.m; on Saturday ; almost constant head winds and heavy head sea retarded her voyage. The bottom of the ship has got very foul, so that her speed is decreased nearly three and a-half knots per hour ;so apparent is her di minished rate of steaming that even the Jura beat her nearly three knots in a run of 300. She wants but a trifling refit, and as soon as she is docked and cleaned she will again be as efficient as formerly. Since March last she has run 35,000 miles, and has carried 4,000 horses and 5,000 men, besides vast cargoes of stores. The et gines have performed nearly 9,000,000 revolutions dur ing this period. She left Portsmouth yesterday morn ing for Southampton. The Sprightly steam tender, Mr. George Allen, master commanding, went out to Spithead on Saturday, and brought in all the supernumeraries from the Himalaya. /Her Majesty's ship In3perieuse, 51, Capt. R. B. Wat son, C.B. ; Pylades, 21, Capt. D'Eyncourt ; and the Falcon, 17, Commander Pollen, all screw vessels, form ing a portion of the advanced squadron of the Baltic fleet, left Spithead for the Downs (where they will await fur ther orders) on Saturday, and the Harrier, 17, Com mander Derriman (which arrived at Spithead from Dart mouth on Saturday), was ordered to follow them yester day. They will be joined by the Euryalus, 51, Captain Ramsay, C. 8., and the Arrogant, 47, Capt. Lyster. The Blenheim, 60, screw hlockship, Capt. W. H. Hall (Nemesis), C. 8., left Spithead at daylight yesterday morning for Lisbon. The Dragon, 6, paddle frigate, Captain H. Stewart left Spithead on Saturday to follow the advanced squad- TOD. The steam transport Telegraph left Spithead on Satur day for the Thames. The Hawke, 60, Captain Ommanney, has left her berth at the 3lotherbank and returned .to Spitbead, leaving there, in charge of the gun-boat flotilla, the Colossus, 81, Captain the Hon. H. Reppel, C.B. The Thames steam-transport embarked on Saturday at Portsmouth the following officers and troops for the Crimea :—Ensigns Hunter, Johnson, Thompson, and Kershaw, and 88 men of the Ist Royal Regiment of Foot ; Captain Pownall, Ensigns Brace, Huyshe, Tor riano, and iHotchkin, and 136 men of the 31 (Buffs) ; Captains Tryon and M'Henry, Lieutenant Disney, and Ensign Franklin, and 37 men of the 7th Fusiliers ; Lieutenant Hackett, Ensigns Fitzroy, Walwyn, and Richards, and 70 men of the 23d Royal Welsh Fusi liers; and Lieutenant Hellyer, Ensigns Kentish and Carlow, and 120 men of the 46th Regiment. She went out of Portsmouth harbour, and direct for Balaklava. The Algiers, 91, Capt. Codriegton, C. 8., was taken into dock on Saturday at Portsmouth, and the Shannon, 51, taken out. The Fury, 6, paddle-sloop, was also docked on Saturday. The screw steam-ship Orion, 91, Capt. J. E. Erskine, left Plymouth Sound on Friday, for a cruise in the Channel, to try her engines. The hospital-ship Belleisle, 6, Commander J. Hosken, was towed from Plymouth Sound into Hamoaze on Sa turday by the Conflanoe and Zephyr steam-vessels. The screw steam-ship Nile, Capt. G. Mundy, and the screw steam-frigate Euryalu t s, 51, Capt. G. Ramsay, steamed from Hamoaze into the Sound on Saturday. The London, 90, Capt. A. L. Kuper, will be placed in the basin dock at Devonport to day. The Forrester gun-boat has arrived at Woolwich from Messrs. Pitcher's building-yard, and is commissioned by Lieutenant Inner. Sne is under the hands of the riggers. - the gun-boat Bouncer, 4 guns, 232 tons burden, launched at Blackwall, and taken to Messrs. Penn's to receive her engines, is expected at Woolwich in a day or two. A large number of 10 and 13 inch mortars have been proved at the butt at Woolwich during the last few days, which have passed through the trial 1-atisfactorily, with but two exceptions. A day or two since a 10-inch mor tar, loaded with the usual proof charge of 91lbs. of powder, &c., completely reversed its position, and pointed the muzzle towards the arsenal, when it burst into 10 large pieces. The shot had fortunately escaped when the movement took place, and no accident resulted. A 10-inch sea service mortar also burst under proof on Friday. The proofs are to be conducted in future in an experimental manner by firing the various pieces singly, in order to avoid any accident which might be produced by the fragments striking the other pieces whose fuses were formerly lighted to be fired at the same time. An Admiralty order has arrived at Sheerness promot ing Commander J. 13. Marsh (who has held the rank of Commander since the 20th of May, 1344, and Command er's command of the flag-chip Waterloo), to be Captain. It is resorted that Capt. Marsh is to be appointed im mediately to one of the new screw steam-frigates fitting to join the spring fleet. Her Majesty's order for the admission of strangers to view the trophies was on Friday issued t• the police at the Royal Arsenal-gate at Woolwich, and so great is the public curiosity with regard to the various articles cap tured at the seat of war that numbers of , persons are con stantly arriving. Her Majesty was so impressed with the Night of her brave soldiers thus surrounded by the Rus sian trophies that she resolved to retain some mementoes of her ♦isit to Woolwich Arsenal. An order was conveyed the same evening from Windsor Castle to the household photographer, Mr. J. E. Mayan, to proceed to Woolwich and produce several groups of faces and whatever he should consider most in teresting. Accordingly, the artist, with his assistants, was employed throughout Friday and Saturday in striking off the most prominent features of the trophy ground for her Majesty. An ambulance waggon was brought to the spot for Mr. Mayan's laboratory, and measures were taken by the police to prevent any ob struction by the crowd. Six Rus;ian prisoners of war, soldiers and sailors, have, at their own earnest rAquest, been sent on board the Waterloo from the Devonshire, having volunteered for the service. There are now only 25 prisoners of war, including merchant seamen, on board the Russian prison -ship Devonshire, Lieutenant-Commander John The officer commanding the depot of the 22d Regi ment, at,Chatham, has been directed to select a certain number of the non commissioned officers of that corps to be transferred to the 21 West India Regiment, where they will be appointed to the rank of company serjeant majors. They are to proceed to the West Indies imme diately to join that regiment. An' order has been received at Chatham garrison, from the Horse Guards, directing that the noncommis sioned officers and men belonging to the depots of the 74th Highlanders and 84th Regiment who have been instructed in the use and practice of the Enfield rifle at the School of Musketry, Hythe, under Brevet-Major W. Justin M'Carthy, are to embark Gravesend on Saturday next, in the Earl of Hardwicke, for the pur pose of joining the head-quarters of their respective corps. In consequence of the interest felt by the Secretary of State for War in the troops attached to the home sta tions acquiring a perfect knowledge of the use of the Enfield rifle before they are draughted to foreign sta tions, instructions have been conveyed to Colonel Henry Jervis, commanding the provisional battalion at Chtv ham, directing him to select a number of the officers, nen•coinmissioned officers, and privates from the depots of regiments on the British establishment, and to hold them in readiness to proceed to the School of Musketry at Hythe, for the purpose of being instructed in rifle practice, as well as perfecting themselves i❑ a thorough knowledge of that important weapon, in order to act as instructors to other troops: The first detachment of troops from the depots of the India regiments in Bengal and Bombay will leaae Chatham barracks and embark at Gravesend on the 12th of March. The following appointments were made on Saturday et the Admiralty :—Lieut: G. T. C. Smith, to the Urgent ; W. T. Tregidgo, master, to the Pioneer ; Joshua Whit ing, master, to the Euryalus ; Henry Hutchings, mas ter, to the Belleisle ; Charles A. Martin, acting second master, to the Nile ; Joseph Caldwell, surgeon, to the Colossus ; R. T. Easton, surgeon, to the Algiers ; Gerald Yeo, surgeon, to the Brunswick ; Richard D. Mason, surgeon, to the Sansparel ; Charles Harper, assistant surgeon, to Plymouth Hospital ; John E. Sands, acting assistant-surgeon, to the Exmouth. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS—Feb. 23. Before Mr. Witham. Ellen Lynch, a smartly attired young woman, surren dered to take her trial, with Mary Ann Sullivan, in cus tody, on a charge of having stqlen the sum of four shil lings from the person of John William Rees. Mr. Gent was for the prosecution ; Mr. Brandt for Lynch, and Mr. Itibton for Sullivan. The case for the prosecution was this. The prosecutor, who stated that he was an occasional waiter, and had been engaged in that capacity at Clunn's Hotel, Covent garden, for twenty years, was at a birthday festival given by a friend of his on the 12th instant, and be drank ten or twelve glasses of gin and water, a drink he admitted having rather a strong predilection for. At half-past two or thereabout in the morning he was in New-street, Covent-garden, quite sober, when he was accosted by the prisoner Sullivan, a girl of the town, who, after a short conversatio n , thrust her hand into his trowsers pocket, and took out four shillings. He seized her hand, and she let the money fall, and at the same moment two women, an old one and a young one, ran up to the spot, picked up the money, and got away. He gave Sullivan into custody, and subsequently on ex amination before the magistrate she was remanded. A number cf, persons had congregated near Bow -street police-court to see the prisoner put into the van for con veyance to the House of Detention, and it was suggested to the prosecutor that possibly one of the women who picked up the money might be among them. He looked about, and at last he singled out the prisoner Lynch as one of the two. He did not swear positively to her but from her appearance, face, and voice, he was of' opinion that she was one of them. Lynch said she was at the theatre at the time, and when told that that could not be, owing to the lateness of the hour, she said she was in bed at half-past twelve, and had not seen Sulli van since four o'clock-on the preceding afternoon. Mr. Brandt said his defence for Lynek was an alibi, which he should prove beyond all question, for at the time when this robbery was committed she wee in bed with a gentleman under whose protection she lived, and who had manfally come forward, throwing aside the feeling of delicacy which a man would entertain on such a matter, to rescue a girl from a charge of which he knew her to be innocent, and but for whom, no doubt, she would have been sacrificed and convicted as a felon, upon the mere opinion formed by the prosecutor, after he had imbibed a dozen glasses of gin and water. Though that person's conduct was not of the most moral charac ter, yet he (Mr. Brandt) claimed for him praise for un hesitatingly avowing his own immorality to save an in nocent person, and though the alibi could be proved without him, he was anxious to place the matter beyond all doubt ; he would add his oath to those of other', and the jury would not (the counsel thought) think the worse of a man for so doing. The circumstances were these : on the evening of the day in question she met her friend near Grosvenor-square, at half-past nine, and they pro ceeded in a cab to the Adelphi Theatre. They stayed there until the performance was concluded, and they went to No. 26, Charing-cross, where they passed the night as they had frequently done before. They were known there as man and wife, and were regarded as regular lodgers, as they stayed there sometimes two or three nights a week. They went to bed at half-past 12, and did not leave the house until 12 o'clock the next day, so that she cou'd not have been in Newe-treet, Covent-garden, at half-past two in the morning. It was true that she w as ac qu a inted with Sullivan, an hearing that she was in custody went to Bow-street to learn the particulars, when she was given in charge by the prosecutor, and committed for trial. Immediately her friend heard of this, he went to his solicitor, and subsequently, by application to Mr. Justice Wight• man, he was allowed to become bail for her appear ance, and she was discharged, but not until she had been three days in confinement. Under these circum stances, there could be no doubt as to Lynch being in nocent of this charge, and it was creditable to the man who kept her to come forward to rescue her from the peril she was placed in, though at the same time he would have to avow his own immoral oonduct. W. H. Knight, of 26, Charing-cross, said he kept re freshment rooms and let beds. The prisoner Lynch and a gentleman had been in the habit of staying there as man and wife for the kst 15 months. They slept there two or three nights a week, and were always regarded as man and wife. On the night of the 12th inst. they came there about a quarter past 12, and at half•past 12 the prisoner retired to bed, and the gentleman soon after. He saw them go away about 12 next day. He could not possibly be mistaken as to the night or the prisoner. - The - witness was crosa•exanained as to whether beds were not let at his house indiscriminately. He denied it ; he let them only to respectable poisons, and to none who did not stay all night, and after his shop was closed at night he admitted none but those he knew. Harriett Bidwell, chambermaid at Knight's, stated that on the night of the 12th inst. she accompanied the prisoner Lynch to her bedroom at half•past 12 o'clock, and on the following morning furnished articles for her use. She left with her friend at 12 o'clock in the day ; they gore always considered as man and wife, and passed as such. and were looked upon as regular lodgers at Mr. Knight's. They were respectable persons, and appears I to be man and wife, and she never asked to see their marriage certificate—that would have been absurd. The person alluied to as the prisoner's friend was then called. He eaid his name was Edward Rayble, and lived on his property. He passed most of bii time in the csuhtry. He bad been acquainted with Ellen Lynch five years, and bad been in the habit of staying with her at Knight's, at Cbaring•cross. On the evening cf the 12th inst. he met her in Brook-str,:et, and took her to the Adelphi Theatre. She afterwards passed the night with him at 26, Charing.eross. She went to bed at half past 12 o'clock and remained with him until a quarter past 12 o'clock following. When he heard she was in custody he went to the 'police court to became bail for her, but the magistrate who committed her was not there, and he went to the judge's chambers and got her liberated on bail by order of Mr. Justice Wightman. He would swear she was with him at 26, Cuaring-cross, when the alleged offence was committed. Mr. Ribton addressed the jury for Sullivan, urging that there were grounds for doubting prosecutor's accuracy. Mr. Witham having summed up, the jury found Sul livan guilty, and acquitted Lynch. The foreman asked if there was any former conviction against Sullivan. Mr. Ribton said such a question was a most infamous and disgraceful one ; such a question ho had never heard a jury put before. They were not fit to try the case, and had he been in court when they were sworn he would certainly have challenged some of them. The foreman said his object in asking the question was that the jury wished, if nothing was known against Sul livan, to recommend her to mercy. Mr. Witham said that was a very proper explanation. A juryman said ho thought Mr. Ribton's remarks altogether out of place, and totally uncalled fur. , Mr. Gent asked Mr. Witham if be did not deem such observations as Mr. Ribton had made contempt of court.. Mr. Witham made no answer. In consequence of the recommendation of the jury, he should take two months off the sentence which would otherwise have been passed. He then sentenced Sullivan to four months' hard labour. villa, Dalston, stated that about two months since the prisoner called at her house in the company of a well dressed youth, whom he represented to be his brother, and requested to be shown some furnished apartments, the hill relating to which was exhibited in her parlour window. After inspscing the room, with'which he ex icassrd himself perfectly satisfied, the prisoner and his companion left the honey, with an intimation that he would send "h.s mamma" on the following day to com plete the negotiation ; but soon after they were gone it was discovered by witness that two gold watches, of the value of twenty guineas, bad been abstracted from the mantelpiece of the breakfast parlour, where they had been left alone a few minutes while she proceeded into an adjoin;ng,room to procure writing materials to enable them to furnish her with their address, which turned out to be fictitious. A second charge was preferred against the prisoner by Mrs. Mary Ann Meade, the wife of a civil engineer, in Aehdown•villas, Dalston, Remanded for a week. In the course of the afternoon the prisoner's accom plice, a youth, named Samuel Bates, was brought up in custody, and having been recognised as a participator in the second robbery, he was also remanded until Satur day next. granted in a supplemental estimate the year before last, between 40,0001. and 50,0001. had only been expended. 125,0001. was voted last year, out of which 10,0001. were for lodging the militia in Ireland, and 250,0001. were taken in the army estimates for last year for lodging the militia, making together 385,0001., in addition to the 390,0001. voted. Increased accommodation had been provided during the year for 45,000 men and 3,000 horses, and in a month or so accommodation-*Ould be provided for 5,000 men and 3,000 horses. WAYS AND MEANS. This report was brought up by Mr. FITZROY, an was agreed to. THE M'NEIL-TULLOCH REPORT. Mr. ROEBUCK gave notice that to-morrow, on going into supply, ha should move that the names of the commissioners appointed in consequence of the re port of Sir J. M`Neil and Colonel Tulloch be laid on the table, anda copy of the report be laid on the table. LOCAL DUES ON SHIPPING, &c., BILL. . _ On the motion for the second reading of this bill, Mr. Watson, Mr. Headlam, Lord Hotham, and other hon. gentlemen presented petitions from various places affected by the bill against its second reading ; and Mr. Hadfield, Sir J. Duke, Mr. Lowe, and others in favour of it. Sir F. THESIGER moved an amendment, that this bill be read a second time that day six months ; and in doing so said he was justified in. his conduot from the absolute refusal of the Government to listen to those who were so mach affected by this bill. On considering, the arguments that had been made by the hon gentle man who proposed the measure, he was astonished at them as arguments on which to found such an act of confiscation, especially as it regarded muni cipal corporations. Ho was surprised at the Go vernment mode of dealing with the important interests of the country, and the bill was conveniently arranged under four heads—let, relating to the passing tolls collected at the ports of Dover, Ramsgate, Whitby, and Brid lington, and were it merely that this bill abolished pass ing tolls he should not have opposed it—(hear)--but he considered something of greater importance was at tacked by this bill. The fourth head had reference to mis cellaneous matters, which would not require any remark& The important parts of the bill comprised the other two heads ; the second, which proposed the transfer of all the rights, duties, and imposts leviable on ships, on goods Carried in ships within the United Kingdom, and which were possessed by corporate towns, should be transferred to the Commissioners of Customs, and to be applied according to the directions of the Board of Trade. Power was given to the board to abolish or re duce the tolls, and then raise them again, which indicated their retention. The third head had reference to the deferential dues levied onEnglish and foreign ships. After entering into the history of those deferential dues the hen. and learned gentleman then said that careful consideration was required as to the real nature of the provisions of the bill. It would be necessary in discussing this bill for the house to distinguish between the two classes of corporations that existed, and to direct their observations accordingly. Two classes of corporations had been distinctly established—one entirely for public objects and public purposes, and which might be dealt with for public objects ; and, on the other hand, corporations that had been established as a medium for conferring rights and privileges nn indi viduals, in which each individual had the right to share in the privileges and property of such corporations. The hon. member for Kidderminster, by his bill, had, however, indiscriminately classed these two different corporations together, and had ap plied the same rule to all. The hon. and learned gen tleman then proceeded to analyse the speech of the right honourable gentleman the President of the Board of Trade hi introducing this mea sure, and to comment 3n the same. With regard to corporations having individual interests, he cited that of the city of London, who purchased their dues under cer tain circumstances from Lord Molyneaux. He refereed to each of the charters of the seaport municipal corpora tions and was [LEFT SPEAKING.] COMMITTAL OF A CLERGY KAN FOR RE-MARBYIIVG A COUPLE. The Rev. R. M. Benson, M.A., student of Christ Church College, Oxford, and perpetual curate of Cowley, appeared on Saturday last before the county magistrates at the County Hall, Oxford, at the instance of Mr. J. T. Dobney, superintendent registrar of Oxford, to answer the charge of haring married Richard Pinnell Carey and Sarah Polley, his parishioners, without duly publishing the banns or without any license. Mr. F. Moire' at tended as solicitor for the xeverend defendant. From the evidence it appasrs that on the 23d of May, 1852, Richard Carey and' Sarah Polley were married at the office of the superintendent registrar. By this mar riage these parties had three children, the two first being twins. A month after the birth of the twins the woman applied to be churched, but the defendant declined to do until she bad been married according to the rites of the Church of England. The result was that Carey and his wife agreed to be re-married, and the ceremony was performed by the Rev. Mr. Benson on the 3d of May, 1855, no banns having been published, nor any license obtained. The defendant, when called upon for his defence, ad mitted the facts as stated in the evidence, but considered that he had done no more than was required of him NS a clergyman, and that he had' neither violated the spirit nor the letter of the law. He stated that he bad been advised to defer his defence until a future opportunity. The rev. gentleman was then fully committed to take his trial at the next assizes, but was admitted to ball, himself in 1001, and two sureties of 1001. each. The Rev. J. Slatter and the Rev. Venables offered them- selves as bail, and were accepted. The proceedings caused great excitement. The ma gistrates' chamber was crowded by clergymen of the high church party, and others anxious to hear the reiult of the examination. SHOCKING MURDER AT PORTSMOUTH, A very shocking occurrence took place late on Friday night at No. 15, Kettering-place, near the cemetery, in the Mile-end•road, Portsmouth. The person whose life has on this occasion been destroyed . was Amelia Ansell, life of Wm. Ansell, who is a steward in the navy, and recently returned to this country in the Albion, 90, on board which ship he was captain's steward. It appears that Ansell and the deceased had been out together on Friday afternoon, and that sbe returned home earlier than he did. Between IO and 11 o'clock a next door neighbour heard Ansell and his wife quarrelling, and soon after, the report of fire-arms. Some neighbours thereon went into the house and found the unfortunate woman lying on the floor quite senseless, and bleeding profusely from the temple. Medical assistance wee; immediately pro cured, but death ensued in about an horn. The police being informed of the tragedy, police-con stable Fendlon proceeded ..tcr - The home and took Ansell into custody. "The latter told the constable that it was an accident; he happened to have the pistol in his hand and his wife touched the cock. He did not know at the time whether it was cocked or not, and that when it went off he was so overwhelmed that lie did not hear the report. When he recovered himself he saw the blood gushing from leer temple, and he put out his arm and said, "Amelia, what have I done ?" He ran down stairs, he said, to send for medical aid. The ball entered just above the left temple, and lodged between the right jaw -bone and right ear. But there were some of the fingers of the left hand shot away, as though the hand had been raised to protect the temple. The prisoner was taken before the borough magistrates on Saturday morning, but nothing transpired before them, there being only a formal remand to (this day) Monday. 'lt is rumoured that one of the neighbours heard the deceased exclaim, just before the report of the firearms was heard, "Oh, William, give me time to make my peace." Deceased appears to have been in bed at the time of the pistol being discharged. There does not ap pear to have been any premeditation on the part of the prisoner, supposing the charge against him is true, for himself and his wife bad arranged to take possession, on Saturday, of a beer-house of which they had become tenants. In the possession of the prisoner was found a magnificent shrine, made of silver, and which had been taken by some sailors from a church'at Kertch, and from whom it had been bought by the prisoner. ATTEMPTED MURDER AND BURGLARY JR WALWORT.H. Last night the inhabitants of Walworth were thrown into a state of the greatest excitement, in consequence of the perpetration of the following diabolical act :—Abont 8 o'clock in the evening a servant girl named Mary Con stable, aged about 19, in the service of Mr. Notch, ap pared at her master's door, No. 15 a, Sutherland-street, South Sutherland-square, Walworth, with a gash in her throat, from which the blood was flowing, crying out "I am murdered, lam murdered !" Some persons passing by called the police, several of whom, with Mr. Price and Mr. Crisp, surgeonsiresiding in the neighbourhood, were promptly on the spot, and the latter gentleman examined the wound, which, though extensive, had for tunately not severed any of the principal arteries or windpipe, but it was considered necessary for her to be removed to St. Thomas's Hospital. The girl before her removal made the following statement :—" That her master and mistress had gene to church, and about 7 o'clock a ring came at the bell at the outer gate, and upon her going to the door she found it open, and the chain had been lifted up from the outside. Three per sons were there, who after some trifling remark rushed into the passage, overpowered her, and before she could give an alarm threw her down the kitchen stairs. A gag .vac then put into her mouth, and then her face was covered with a greatcoat. They left her in that condi tion, and then proceeded to rob the house. Atter which they returned, and she commenced to struggle a great deal to get free. One of them passed his arm round her neck, and with something sharp cut her, inflicting a's) a deep gash on her hand, which she had used to ward off the knife. One of them-also gave her a violent kick in the side, which rendered her insensible, in which state she remained for rear an hour. Th e police, on e xamining the premises, discovereq a skeleton key in the lock of the door, and a knife belonging to the house -Was found- in the kitchen covered with blood. The brutal ruffians contrived to carry away a Silver sugar basin and other valuable articles, to what - extent has, of course, not at present been ascer tained. In consequence of the above daring affair extra police have been placed on duty in the neighbourhood. POPULARVY 01. BERANGEI3.—..4.t a recent copyright trial in Pang, though the plaintiff, one 111. Vieillet, bad sold 250,000 copies of " La Lisette" by Beranger, as let to music by Berart, of which song he is the proprietor, more than a million pirated copies of it had been dis pelled of. MILITIA. An opportunity was given a few days ago to the Edin burgh County Militia (now Queen's Regiment of Light Infantry Militia) of volunteering into the line, when, after an address from the Duke of Buccleuch, colonel of the regiment, a body of men stepped forward and offered themselves, of which 44 were attested. The regiment has now contributed 321 volunteers to the army, and the recent addition places a fourth ensigncy at the disposal of its colonel. The three ,companies lately sent to Edin burgh Castle have had to return to head-quarters in Dal keith, the two Highland depots in the Castle now re quiring their whole accommodation in consequence of their increased numbers. One company remains at Mus. selburgh, the rest being billeted en the inhabitants of Dalkeith On Friday last volunteering from the Galloway Rifles into the Line took place at Newton Stewart, when 49 men offered their services. Although the establishment of the regiment is only 301, upwards of 100 have volun teered into the army within the year. DREADFUL SHIPWRECK AND Loss OP TWENTY•NINE LlVES.—Anothei lamentable shipwreck has occurred on the coast of South Wales, resulting in the total loss of a splendid vessel and the death of the captain and twenty-eight of the crew. The ship was a fine Ameri can, named the Great Duke, Captain Sampson, 2,000 tons burden, with a crew of thirty-tyro men. She was bound from New Orleans for Liverpool, laden with cotton and staves, and during a fearful gale from the S.S.W. she struck on the rocks under St. Gowan's•head, a few miles to the southward of Mil ford Haven, and immediately went to pieces. Of the crew only the chief mate and two seamen were saved, the remainder, including the captain, meeting a watery grave. The survivors met with every sym pathy and kindness, and from their /statement it ap pears that for some days they have not been able to make an observation, the weather having been so bois terous. Not a vestige of the ship remains, and though the cargo has been washed about the coast, yet, owing to the high cliffs that line the shore, it is feared little can be saved. She was laden with 4,500 bales of cotton, and was valued at 30,000/. The bodies of several of the crew have been recovered, and buried at Angle. A private letter from Constantinople, under date the 11th February, states as follows :—" Advices from Bu charest are to the effect that the French Consul has ad dressed to his Government a final report on the state of ithe Principalities, in which he advocates their union under a e hereditary authority of a foreign Prince. It is said that be points out Prince Stirbey OI th! cilY person eligible for this high post," __...-~ POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Feb. 23. GUILDHALL.-- Peter Briggs, who wag remanded from the previous Saturday, on a charge of stealing some brass work from oae of the doors of the law courts in Guildhall, was placed at the bar for further examina tion, when a gentleman came forward and identified the hat worn by the prisoner as one he had lost in the Bank ruptcy Court on the 9th of the present month. Combes, the detective officer, produced a quantity of property consisting of a great variety of articles of brass work, which he found at the prisoner's lodgings. Prisoner pleaded guilty to the charge, and said he had been out of employ for the last 12 months, but this was the only time he had been guilty of such an offence. The officer said he had frequently seen the prisoner hanging about the Bankruptcy and other law court•, and many complaints had been made of hats and coats belonging to gentlemen attending there professionally being stolen. Nearly all the brass work in all the offices in the Guildhall, as well as in the courts, had, within the last few months, disappeared in a most mys terious manner. The prisoner was committed for three months' hard labour. BOW-STREET.—Miss Lydia Wheatley obtained a summons against Henry Hollis, a costermonger, of Charles-street, Drury-lane, to show cause why he re fused to give up a donkey, which she claimed as her property. It appeared that the complainant, Mis 3 Lydia Wheat ley, was the daughter of a farmer at Shinfield, near Reading, and while living with her parents, nearly 14 years ago, first became possessed of the animal in dispute. It remained with her from the day it was foaled until the year 1851, and, being a very small donkey, was em ployed to draw her about in a little chaise when she was a child. It was cherished as a great pet, and became the admiration of the ;neighbourhood. It attracted the especial notice of Miss Mitford, authoress of " Our Vil lage," who resided in the vicinity, and another literary lady used to borrow it repeatedly. The discovery was made one August morning, in the year of the Great Ex hibition, that the donkey had been stolen. Complainant was at the time in London, where she now resided, in a house of business in Regent•street. No tidings of the donkey were ever received, and she had abandoned all hope of recovering it. On Tuesday week, while return ing t) Regent-street, she saw the defendant with the long-lost animal in his possession. She knew it instantly, but controlled herself sufficiently to prevent suspicion while continuing to get into conversation with the man about the donkey. She said it was a very pretty animal, expressed a hope that he used it well, and fed it herself with a biscuit. The donkey knew her directly. Having continued talking to the man till a policeman came in sight, she, stated her case to the latter, who took care that both the man and the donkey should be forthcoming. The father and mother of Miss Wheatley, and a young lady, a former schoolfellow, identified " Tuppy" (the donkey's name) and, the magistrate also took a personal inspection of the donkey, which bad been brought to the door of the court. For the defence a farrier in Short's-gardens was called, who said he had known the donkey for some years, and shoed it when it was a "bobby." It was now 8 years old. Another man named Jones was called, who said he bought the donkey at Smithfield in 1850 for 15s. The magistrate disbelieved these statements and or dered the restitution of thedookey to Miss Wheatl e y, who lefethe court w ith her 'Meads and the companion of her youth, much delighted at its recovery. WORSHIP -STREET. — John Crockett, alias .Rooke, a young man of stylish appearance, was charged with the commission of several artful robberies in the neighbour hood of Stoke Newington and Dalston. Mime Hazy Ration amaiden lady, residing in Albion. RAILWAY MEETINGS. The railway meetings of the week have included seve ral of the principal companies, the proceedings being in connection with the declaration of dividends. The Lon don and North-Western dividend of 21. 12e. 6d. for the half-year has been confirmed, making, with the previous payment a total of 5 per cent, for the year. The reports both of the directors and of the Committee of Consulta tion appear to have afforded satisfaction, the resolutions recommended by the latter having been agreed to. The amicable relations establishes' between the Great Wes tern and North-Western Companies and the competition by the Great Northern. Company were the principal topics taken into consideration ; but a beneficial media tion has been accomplished. According to the South- Eastern report, the balance in hand will allow of a dis tribution of 13s. 3d. per share, being at the rate of 4/. Bs. 4d. per cent, per annum, leaving a surplus of 6,9131. to be carried to the credit of the next six months. At the Londonderry and Enniskillen meeting the report was adopted, and it was mentioned that while the traffic exhibits a considerable increase, there has been a dimi nution in the working expenses. The payment of a divi dend of 6s, on the first preference shares is equivalent to about 3 per cent, per annum on the whole stock of the company, which is regarded as an indication of favour able progress, considering previous difficulties. A reso lution was passed to enable the company to raise the re mainder of the new capital. The dividend of the East Lancashire Railway is at the rate of 31 per cent, per annum, leaving 3,096/, to be carried to the reserve fur.d, which amounts to 61,3001. The report of the Dundalk and Enniskillen Company states that the directors are in a position to discharge the 6 per cent, due on the whole of the preference shares, besides the interest on the Government and other loans, and also to continue the payment of the usual dividend of 6s. per share on the ordinary share capital. At the meeting of the Madras Railway the report was carried, and a resolution was passed intimating that it was not desirable to enter into liabilities for a new line without the general con sent of the proprietors. The dividend of the Black wall Railway has been confirmed at the rate of 3s. 6d. per share, and the report was adopted. Since the com mencement of the year the passenger traffic has increased, and the revenue from other departments has also im proved. The report of the Monklands Company shows a dividend at the rate of 6i per cent. on the consolidated shares, after providing, in the usual manner, for the loan and guaranteed charges. According to the report of the Great Northern Railway, the dividend on the original stock is at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, making, with the former payment, a total of 44 per cent, for the year. The dividend of the Royston and Hitchin Com pany is at the rate of 6 per cent, per annum. The report of the Scinde Rail may has been received as satisfactory, the preliminary expenditure having been conducted with economy. The shareholders of the Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport Railway have autho rised the directors to settle the amount of the liabilities objected to by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company, as the earn is too trifling to be allowed to imperil the agreement. At the Glocester and Dean Forest Railway the report was agreed to, and a dividend of 121, per share was declared. The dividends of the Hull and Selby Company are at the rate of 21. 9s. 61. on the 50/. shares, 11. 4s. 9d, on the 251, shares, and 12s. 41d, on the 121. 10s. shares. At the Stockton and Darlington meet ing the dividend was at the rate of 9 per cent, on the ordinary capital, 5 per cent. on the preference shares, and 6 per cent, on the Wear Valley and Middlesborough and Redcar share. The shareholders have authorised the directors to carry out the agreement for working and maintaining the Darlington and Barnard Castle line. At the meeting of the Edinburgh and Batbgate Company the dividend dec'ared was at the rate of 31 per cent. per annum, and the report and accounts were adopted. The dividend of the Great Southern and Western Company will bo at the rate of 5 per cant. per annum, leaving a balance of 24,1581., of which 15,0001. is recommended to be carried to the reserve fund, and 9,1591. placed to the credit of the next account. The shareholders of the Ulster Railway have confirmed the dividend of 28s. per share, and the reserve fund will he increased by an addition of 4,000/. The contract for the extension line to Moeaghan has been taken by Mr. Dargan for 100,000/. Sporting Intelligence. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Additional Fixtures received sinco our last publication. SrAonotmns. Gunton Tues. Leuwade Bridge ... 11 30 Fri, Statham, Mr. Salmon's 11 3 Rothschild's, Baron Thurs. Littlecott 11 0 FoxitotyNDS. Bedale... Wed. Newton House ... 11 0 Fri. Scotton Village ... 11 0 Colyer's, Mr. Tues. Timberden 10 30 Thurs. Dartford Heath. ... 10 30 Sat. Meopham 10 30 Dacro's, Lord Bricket ... 10 30 Fri. Broadwater 11 0 Hambloton, Mr. Bell's Tiles. Sutton 0 30 Sat. Scawton 930 licythrop '... Wed. Bartell Gate 10 30 Fri. Bourton Bridge ... 10 30 Sat, Shiptou Barrow ... 10 30 Hursley Wed. - Winchester Race Stand by permission 10 45 Fri. Standon Gate... .. 10 45 Monmouthshire ... Thurs. Roekfield 10 30 N. F. H. Tues. Bolderwood 10 30 Thurs. The Union JO 30 Sat. Wellow Mill ... 10 30 Oxfordshire, South, Mr. J. S. ... Toes. Stow Wood ... 11. 0 Fri Holton Pits ... 11 0 Sinnington ... Toes. Oswaldkirk • 10 30 Fri. Nawton ▪ 10 30 Southampton's, Lord_ Fri. Foal ey... .11 0 Sat. - Hanslope Park ... 11 0 Stamford's, Earl of ... Tues. Stratton Hall ... ... 10 30 Thurs. Hunningtou ... 10 30 Sat. Castle Hill 10 30 Suffolk Tues. Norton Dog 10 45 Thurs. Moulton Village 10 45 Sat. Sicklesmere Toll-gate 10 45 Surrey Union ... Mon. Box Hill ... 10 30 Thura.Ewliurst Village 10 30 _ Sat. Kennel ... ~. in 30 Sasso; East ... ... Tues. Ninefold Stocks ... 10 30 Fri. Fuller's Arms, Brightl'g 10 30 Sutton's, Mr. Richard Mon. Holt 11 0 Thurs. Stanton ... 11 0 Sat. Great Dalby ~. 11 0 Sutton's, Mr. Francis Mon. Bunney 11 0 Fri. Wymeswo' d 11 0 Thomson's, Mr. A. Tues. Slielswell House 11 0 Thurs. Grendon Village ... 11 0 Sat. Cbipping Warden 11 0 Warwickshire, North Tues. Woodcote ... 10 45 Thurs. Stoneleigh Abbey 10 45 Fri. Monks' Path-street ... 10 45 Wheatland, Mr. Lloyd's Tues. Oldbury ... „. 10 30 _ - Fri. Linley ... 10 30 Willoughby's, Mr. ... Mon. Lhugton Wold . 10 30 _Wed. Windmill,St'kten Frst. 10 30 Fri. Hunmauby ... 10 30 Sat. Kirkham Abbey 10 30 Worcestershire Mon. Witley ... 10 30 Wed. Woodeot Green 10 30 Fri. Wyre, near Fladbui) 10 30 Wyndham's, Colonel... Mon. Bury Hill ... 12 0 Wed. North Lodge, Up Park 12 0 Fri. Heyshott Green ... 12 0 Wynn's, Sir W. 1V..., Mon. Broughton ... 10 30 Tues. Wood Gate 10 30 Thurs.Marehwiel 10 30 Fri. Ralston Toll-bar 10 30 Yarborough's, Earl of Mom Swallow Cross-roads 11 0 Wed. Rye Hill ... 11 0 Fri. Linwood Warren ... 11 20 York and Musty Tucs. Nun Monckton ... 10 30 Thurs. Raskelf Sat. Escriek HABILIEII.E. ~ ►0 30 ~ 10 30 Brookfield, Thanet ... Wed. Chislet Mill ... ... 1') 30 Fri. St. Peter's .11 10 30 Eastbourne ... Thurs.Suap Hill 10 30 H. H. , Rochester ... Wed. Sharual -street: -. • 11 Fri. N. Corner, Allhallows 11 0 Lonsdale's, Lord Fri. Rowsham ... ... 12 0 Norfolk, West ... Fri. south Creaks... ... 11 0 Worthing Tues. Stanin Post 11 0 Sat. Parham Post 11 0 SCOTCH. FOXIIGUICD6I. Buccleuch's, Duke 0f... Tues. Middell Thurs.Crailing Sat. Drygrange Forfar and Kincardine Tues. Carcary ... 10 30 ... 10 30 ... 10 30 ... 10 30 ... 10 30 Sat, Kintrocket ... Tues. Calder House Thurs. Larbert House Sat. ' Wallhouse Tues. Thurston House Thurs. Salton Kennels Sat. St. Germains IRISH. HARRIERS. ... Tues. The Grange ... 11 30 Fri Ross ... 11 30 Mon. 12th Lock, Grand Canal 12 0 Fri. Barberstown Bridge ... 12 0 ... Tues. Roundmount 11 0 Fri, Ballyhenry 11 0 ... 10 45 ... 10 45 ... 10 45 ... 10 30 ... 10 30 ... 10 30 REPRIEVE OF THE CONVICT CORRIGAN. In the case of W. J. Corrigan, whose execution for the murder of his wife was fixed fOr this morning, the 25th inst., the Secretary of State, after much anxious consi deration and discussion with the learned judge who pre sided at the trial, has arrived at the conclusion that pub lic justice does net call for the infiLition of the extreme sentence of the law. The suddenness of the act, the en tire absence of any evidence of premeditation, or of any possible motive for it, coupled with hie uniform kindness and good conduct towards his wife, distinguished this case from all those which have previously occurred, and in which the sentence of death has been carried out. The jury, upon further reflection, expressed in a memorial their opinion that the prisoner, at the time of commit ting the act, had been deprived of the use of his reason, and Mr. Justice Wightrnan inclined to the same view of his case. The safety of the public from the recurrence of a similar attack will be fully provided for by his imprison ment for life. _ It may be as well . to add that the authorities who have come in contact with the prisoner since his convic tion, as well as those who knew him best before, all concur in the conclusion that he was not a person likely to commit a crime so heinous under any other circum stances than iu a state of mental derangement. On Saturday workmen were employed in erecting the barricades in front of Newgate to keep off the pressure of the crowd in front of the debtors' door, in order to prevent accident at the execution of the convict Corri gan, intended to be carried out this morning. On a gulden the men left off placing the barriers. It soon transpired that a reprieve had been received fir the con vict C.irrigan, to which the gaoler replied in the affirma tive. It is unnecessary to state that the convict is greatly indebted for the Government saving his life to 11 of the gentlemen of the jury who tried him, to up wards of 2,000 individuals - who signed the petition, but more especially to the ancient order of Foresters, to which he belonged. Nothwithstandirg that it was generally known that a respite bad been received from the Secretary of State sparing the life of the unfortunate culprit Corrigan, for the wilful murder of his wife in the Minories, a vast crowd aisembled in front of the gaol to witness the pre parations already made to prevent accidents at the in tended execution appointed to take place to-day. The barriers still remained in the Oid Bailey facing the gaol, which impressed every one with a belief that the ex treme sentence of the la s, as intended, in spite of all that had been stated to the contrary, would take place. About half-past six on Saturday evening an official despatch was received from the Secretary of State for the Home Department, announcing that her Majesty had been graciously pleased to grant a respite to the cul prit under sentence of death. The sheriffs shortly after reached the prlson, when , the excitement of the populace and neighbours became more intense. The sheriffs, upon entering the gaol, were at once re ceived by Mr. Weatherhead, the newly appointed gover nor, who conducted them to the condemned cell in whiCh Corrigan was confined, where a painful scene took place. The convict, thinking that they had come to see him the last time but one before he should be hurried by the law of the land into the presence of his Creator, appeared more than he had hitherto been affected. When they entere.l, he began to weep, and exhibited every sign of having a broken heart and contrite A few minutes previously he had been praying most fervently, as he had done ever since he had been con demned to expiate his crime upon the scaffold. Tue sheriff; at once informed the condemned criminal that her Majesty had granted a respite, when Corrigan wept most bitterly, and it was leered that his feelings were so worked upon by the sudden and unexpected in telligence, that he would be seized with hysterics, and drop dead on the floor. Nothing could be more genuine than the feelings displayed by this unhappy man. Ever since his condemnation be has been most atten tive to the ipiritual advice of the rev. ordinary of the gaol, who has been most attentive to the culprit. To give anytling like a correct description of the scent when the interview between the sheriffs and the culprit took place, would be impossible. Yesterday morning he attended Divine service in the chapel of the gaol, paid gr,at attention to the spiritual instructions of the rev. ordinary, and took part in the responses. The unfortunate man owes the sparing of his life prin cipally to the exertions made by the jury who tried him, eleven of whom signed a petition for saving his life, to 2,003 persons in Manchester who also petitioned the Crown in his behalf, but more especially to the members of the Ancient Order of Foresters, who sent in petitions in great numbers, and who are raising a fun which it is thought will amount to 3001., for the support of the culprit's unfortunate children. ATTEMPTED MURDMI? IN THE SURREY TIiEATRE. The greatest excitement was created in the Surrey Theatre on Saturday night, in consequence of the follow ing diabolical attempt having been made by a man named Frederick Quennell; of No. 1, Park-road, Lock's fields, Walworth cousin of a man of the same name, who was executed for munler some few years since), to murder a man named William Hurcum, at the Royal Surrey Theatre. Friim the particulars obtained, it appeared that, dur ing the day, the accusni Quenneil and his intended vic tim were engaged playing a garna of dominoes, when some disturbance took place between the two parties, and from words they came to blows. Quennell was heard to say that he would do for idurcum, and hang for him like his cou:,in did. On the Saturday evening, a loud disturbance near the stage-door of the house was heard by the audience, in the theatre, which, being accompanied by a cry of mur der, caused some little confusion, and no little alarm in the house. Mr. Creswick, who was on the stage, at once addressed the audience, and stated that the con fusion was owsng only to one of the scene-shifters having taken too much cirink, when the performances proceeded as usual. Upon proceeding to the stage-door the re porter learned that shortly after Hurcutri had entered the long•r mm of the theatre, near the green-room, the man Quennell saw him, and having possessed him self of a heavy iron rod nearly three feet long, he came behind Hurcum and struck him over the head, inflicting such a wound as to cause the blood to flow, after which be beat him over the lege and other parts of the body with the same deadly weapon, and no doubt would have murdered him, had it not been for the ateistaucs ren dered by a person named Mr. Leonard, of Upper Gr,ee. street, who wrenched the weapon front the fellow's band. Polce-constable John Measures, No. 160, of the D division, at once went round and apprehended the man, who was forthwith removed in custody to the Tower•street police-station, where the charge was taken', and bail refused for the accused. The unfortunate suf ferer was attended by De. Donoghue, who said that the sufferer had received a very severe scalp wound besides other injuries on the body. The sufferer remains in a very precarious state. Twelve persons were executed at York, on the 12th of January, 1813, fur riot ; they were called " Lud ditw." Their names were Juhn Hill, Joseph Crowther, Nathaniel Hoile, John Dean, John Ogden, Thomas Brook, John Walker, John Swallow, James Haigh, James Hay, and Joseph Hay. In the early part of the p•ceent century nineteen persons were hanged at New gate at one time, George. 111., of 'blessed memory," had been ill or mad for some time, and unable to sign "death warrants," a process since placed in the hands of the judges. 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They are of larger awl all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly ; while their vary ing from 4 to 6 inches enable us to discover more than the above, and the Georgian, with his 6 Pttellites, &c.—The Royal Exhibition, 1851.—Valuable, newly-iuvonted, very small, powerful waistcoat-pocket glass,the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known 1i miles distant; they answer every purpose on the race-course, and at the opera houses, country scenery, and ships are clearly seen at 8 to 10 miles. They are invaluable for shooting, doer-stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera, race-course,. camp, and perspective glasses, with wonderful power. Newly-constructed Spectacle Lenses of the great est transparent power. The valuable advantage derived from this invention is, that vision becoming impaired is preserved and strengthened, and very aged persons ate enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occu pation- can see with these leases of a much less magnify ing power —and they do not require the frequent changes to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. Deafness—Now Discovery. —The Organic Vibrator, an ex traordinary powerful, small, newly-invented instrument for deafness, entirely different from all others, to surpass any thing of the kind that has been, or probably ever 'inn be, produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, is not per ceptible ; it enables deaf pergens to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears is entirely removed; and it affords all the assistance that possibly could be desired.—il9, Albemarle street, Piccadilly. Observe —opposite the York Hotel. [ADVERTISEMENT.]--It is ever a pleasing duty of a jour nalist to introduce to his readers some new discovery cal culated to benefit that vast portion of our fellow-creatures which has the strongest claims upon our sympathies. It is with this feeling that we call the attention of invalids to the following extract from Du Barry's interesting Report of Cures without medicine of Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Flatulency, ; Constipation, Nervous, Bilious, and Liver complaints, Cough, Asthma, Consumption, and Debility, by Du Barry's Reva lenta Arabica Food. Cure No. 180. —Twenty-five years' ner vousness, constipation, indieestion, and debility, from w hi c h I had suffered great misery, and which no medicine could remove or relieve, have been effectually cured by Du B arr y' s food in a very ;bort time.—W, R. Reeves, Pool Anthony, Tiverton. Cure No. 1,784.—N0t expected to live six days longer, I was cured by Du Barry's admirable Health-restoring Arabica Food.—Magdalena Purvis, Moffat, Scotland. Cure No. s,46l.—Sixty years' partial paralysis, affecting one-half of my frame, and which had resisted all other remedies, has yielded to Du Barry's Health-restoring Food, and I now con sider myself a stranger to all complaints excepting a hearty old age.— lie. Hunt, barrister-at-law, King's College, Cambridge. In canisters, tabs. lls. ; Mu-, 225. The 121bs. carr.age free, on receipt of post-office srder. Barry du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London ;, Fortnum, Mason, and Co., Purveyors to her Majesty, Piccadilly also at 60, Grace- • church-street ; 33J and 451, Strand; 4, Cheapside ; 68, Cornhill ; 49, Bishopsgato•streot ; 55, Chari4,g-crow ; 54, tins; Boka-ittoot; 63 and pt i oxfordiagot. Linlithgow and stir lingahire Lothian, The ... Clonardon Palmorstown ... Wicklow BIRTH • EXTRAORDINATLY.—O n Monday last, Mary, wife of Isaac Hughes, of Nantßyddion, was safely de lviered of four children—three girli and one boy. The mother and okl circa are doing we11..-Carmarthen JeurnaL , , Country Markets. :FIADDINGTON COM MARKET—Fzs. V. WIIRAY. BARLEY PATS. I , DEMO. First SSS oa 405 04 36s 6d 1 - 485 Od Second 705 1d 1 35s 104 )ns NW 44,-, 4a Third 5lB Od I 28s Od I 235 6d 1 36‘ vd Total quantity of wheat in market, KS qrs., 770 sold Pt Pt barley ~ - 505 qrs., a* 40 d t 0 tl oats ,; • 666 qrs., 65( sold „ „ beans' tt 194 qrs., 150 sold AVERAGES PER xturztrAL 411ARTER. Wheat, 3/. 10 1 1-12ths Barley, ll. 15 ` 10 4.12410 Oats, ... /1. 11 9 3-12 the I Beaus, 21„ 4 4 64201 DALICEITII GRAIN MARKET—FEL 21. Qrs. Best. Current. Info:for 534 Wheat 76s Od 1366 Oats 32s B.i OOs Od _, 661 Barley 'irs 6d OOs Od 72 Peas & beans 48s Od OO. Od ABERDEEN—FEB. 22. Potato oats 234 Od to 24s Gd Common oats —s Od to 22s Od 1 401bs per bush Bero 32110 d to :-14s Od- 1 631b8 Barley 32 4 Od t o 34 s Od • Wheat, red (spring)sBs Od to 658 Od „ white 6Bs Od to 72 8 Od 1 621bs „ Oatmeal 17s lid to lt , a 6d per boll. Flour 578 Od to 688 Od per seek. PROVISION MARKRT. ---- • - Beef, per lb 6d to 8 .d Butter, p lb. Os Od to ls Od Mutton, per lb 6d t o Bd' E ggs , p d oz . O s 8d t o O s 91 Veal, per lb.. 6d to 9d Hens, p pair 2s 6 ( .1 t o 33 Oa Pork, per st...bs 6d to 5s 9d Chickens,do.2s 6d to Os 04 Salmon, per lb Os to Os Ducks, do., Os Od to Sc Oa. Grouse, per brace Os to O s Ducklings,doOs Od to Go ?ii Tallow, p stone, —d to 4s 7id T ur k e y s , eac h3 s 6d to 44 uci, Potatoes, pr peck, 6d to 7d Ge ese , d o ., O s Od t o 0$ Butter for exportation (present cure) per ext.B4B Od to NI Eggs, wholesale price, per dozen 6d to 8#"1 RETAIL PRIM. Flour —s Od to 33,0 d Barley f10ur,14116.08 to 1110 1 Oatmeal,l4lb Os Od to le lOcl „ dust, Os toOs 10d Beremeal ....0s Od to Is 10d , per 1b.... ...... 2d to Sid Peasemeal... Os Od to 2s 1 d Bids, 4-Ib. 10af...&i. 12-Ib. 10af...4d. Cheese, per imperial 'tots, as 6d. to 4s. DUBLIN—FIu. 22. White wheat, 37s Od to 42s ; red ditto, 36s Od to 41s 01,1 barley, 14s 6d to 20s Od ; oath, 11$ 6d to 15s 3d ; rapiseeo; —s Od to —a Od per bit; oatmeal, 143 Od to 16a Od ; baker; flour, 22s Od to 28; Od per owt ; Indian corn, 33 1 61 t o 36i 0“, per 480 lba. 824 BORNE MAILS. (X signifies that the mails are sent from the deneral-Post ar e V the night—and M by the morning--despatch.) 0017 N Tlint,',i Day 'men bflao is General Poe- Office, London.* Prom woe. I Wt... Port due a DisPAtehe Liverpool Mar. 14 kmerica(byltrit.pack Every Frida:. , ' , merle" kby United 8 , 1. Acket) kinorice (by U. States packet) ..........N Australia (via South. Ampton) Ditto (via Marseille* N; Ditto (via Cape of toed .NI ..... Africa (West Coast) Wad of the month.. N 8,A24,1 1 / 4 30 of Liverpool Feb. 27 FtinuthatniAt , ,. Feb. 91 Southamptor, Dover .ItTneertai Plymouth , • Mar. 6 Dover .... Southampton • Southampton( Dover 'Dar!) Southamptm. msg., 16. Southampton Mar, 16 Tarim port iljnesrt.i. Southampter, Feb 26 SouthamptoniTu.Th.t 1 . 1 Southampto Mar. 4 Dover Southampton Dover .... . TWICedINV Dover Irwrie4 4 * iSouthamptoni "NIC; '''''''''''''' 4th Pc 20th of itabamas ...........M 17-h of the men:' Belgium ......... N Dall Y.. Brazil 9th of the month.. f3nenos Ayres 9th of the month .. Cape of Good Hope N Cape of Good Hope • N Cape do Verdi N 9th of the month Ceylon (see India) Ceylon N Channel Isles N IMOn ”Wed•lga r riA • ........., mid & 17th of mono, China . Once a month....' Constantinople N 8,13,18,2a,w4 . Censtantlnople _l4th & 20th of mon Cont. of Europe M N;Twice daily ...... Egypt (leo India) 1 France ........ M & NTsvice daily Gibraltar 4,7, 17.20, 27 iftn Greece (see India) a nytown 2nd & 17th of mon. HE ita)urgh N Tuesday & Friday Havannah st,2nd of the montt• Reiland • • •• • • •• ...• • • • • • • Honduras 17t.: t ithe month. India (viaSouthampt.)m 4th t 29th lir mon. India (via Marsoilles)Bl 9thBc 25th ofhtonth lonian Was (eoe 111(110'7. 17, & 27 of moil' Ireland ........M & N , Twice daily ...... 9, 17, & 27 of m. ‘ladelra 9th of the month flonthampion ' London Southatiptoli 'Feb. $ 6 • Dover ....„ Dal' , Southamptot,llothettn . " l'lrnouth .. 4 & 48 m Dover Dover.. . 111013 bud ...,Twlr 4 " n "Southamptot, Feb. 46 lgonthamp tor 'Liverpool , 23d of month .... Madeira • • - • . a• •••• Malta (see India) Malta ***** • •• •••• Mauritius (see India) Mauritius .. •••••• • •N 111oxie0 •• •• •• Naples •• •••• •• •• •• •• N New Granada •• •• •• Di New Zealand...• •• •• .• Papal States ........N Peninsula • • •• •• .• ••IM Peru •••••••••••• ••111 Port Natal —N •• •• •• •• •• ..N Tuscany •• •• •• •• ••N Venoznel .. van Diemen's Land ow Australia) West Indies • „To &28 of mon IDever & 10 01 114th of the month 21 . 1 , 1 of the month. . litbllith2Sthormon.. ',21 & 17th of month illy private ell' .. 2 1 5th 1 1 fith 2s thotmon . 1 thi7 th27thohnon. d & 27th of men. 3y 'private ship... I s thlattp2athofmon, Sth 1 a th2sthafmon. 2(14s 17th °knout; Soathampton ! Feb. 26 Dover ...... Southampton Various port• trseertaig Dover ...... Southampton Southampton Various ports trample. Dover ...... Dover Southampton 1 &16 Ino 12d* !7th oi montl P.onthimpten 1 4 1&16 When any of these dates fall on a Sunday, the mails will he do•. • spatched on the following day, With the exception of the Ind!' (T l . onthampton), and the )(Rita, both of which will be dosPlitoh'd preceding day. BITARE MARRIF2'II. LIVERPOOL, rim 23. STOCK tXCHANGE.—Tho tone of the market has been quiet to-day; and the prices closed with a firm solgo t ' Lancashire and Yorkshire, 812 k 4—Midlands, 701—: Blackburn, 54—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 25 41 —London and North Westerns. 101# i—South Fasten)► 195 lls. 3d.—North Eastern,.. Berwick, 194—Lancashire and Carlisle, thirds, nei►, 61 p.--Dutch Rhenish, P .-- Great Western, 591. MANCHESTER, FEB. 23. - - --- STOOK EXORANGE.—Tb.e market to-day has beer) del a moderate bu s in ess , and prices were fi rm . L oe d e , F 4 ' —Delvers, 19 13 — Midlands,70n—Berwick, 191.16- I° ll ' don and North Westerns, 1011 —Shen:hada, 24i- Ditto, Pref., 11. • . BIRMINGHAM, Fns. 23 STOCK EXCHANGE.—The tone of the market was brisk today, and prices generally advanced a shade. London and North Westerns were done at 104 (Bristol and Birminghams), 134!—South Staffords 21.130• 9d. d.—Midlands closed at 701—G reat Westerns, 591. LEEDS, FINS. •z 3. STOOK EXCIIANOL—MidIands, 70 I—North Wer terns, si. DUBLIN, F. 23. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Three per Cent. Consols, 91 ea . "' Ditto for Account, 7th March, 90$ 4—New Three Per Cont. Stock, POi—Ditts, fer Account, 7th March, Grand Canal Co.. for account, 38!—Great Southern ella Western, 531—Ditto, for account, 534—Bank Stock, 220 f —Dublin and Wicklow, si—Midland Great Western and Royal Canal, 50—Ditto, halves, 24i—Wicklow Copper Mines, 32/—Ditto, for account, 32i. CRYSTAL PALACE, SATURDAY.—FIVE SHILLING DO. —Admissions on payment, 136 ; ditto by season tickets, 1,430.—T0ta1, 1,566. [AnvEnTisEmarr.]—Holloway's Pills a certain Cure for Pains in the Head and Stomacb.—Miss Sarah Har greaves, of 3, Howson-street, Carlisle, states, in a letter to Professor Holloway, dated September 10, 1853, that she was afflicted for a number of years with severe pains in the head and stomach, dizziness, weakness in the eyes, and the other usual disagreeable accompaniments of a disorganised system. She tried every known reme'►l and had the best medical advice, but derived no benefit whatever. At last she resolved to give Holloway's Pills a trial, and, after using them for a short time, she Was restored to perfect health, which she enjoys uninterrept edly to the present time.—Sold by all druggists, *8 nd at Professor Holloway's Establishments, 244, Strand, Lon• don ; and 80, Maiden-lane, New York ; by A. Stamps. Constantinople ; A. Guidicy, Smyrna ; and E Muir, Malta. BIRTHS. Or A NON. On the 23d inst., the wife of George Thomas Jenkins'. Esq., of 32, Upper Avenue road, Regent's -park. Oa the 22d inst., at Beaumaris, the wife of Lieut.•Coie C. G. Fagan. Of A DAIIONTEB. On the 22d inst., at tLe Priory, Blackmore, Essex, Mrs. W. T. Longbourne. On the 22d inst., at "S. Harleyetreet, Cavendish•sgnsre, • the wife of the Rey. Edward Thompson, D.P., vicar of Kingten, Herefordshire. MARRIED. On the 1 Ath inst., at Christ Church, Cheltenham, Capt. Portal, 4th Light Dragoons, ♦.D.C. to Lieut.-General Lord G. Paget, to Eliza, youngest daughter of the late Lieut.-General Taylor, C. 8.-; Lieut.• Governor of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Oa the 21st inst., at St. Saviour's Church, Jersey, John Bethune Thompson, Esq., of Liverpool, to Rosa Emily, third daughter of Rear-Admiral Morrison, Claremont-term race, Jersey. DIED. On the 23d inst., at 22, Bryanston•sgnare, Walpole Eyre, Esq., aged 83. On the 22d inst., at 12, Coventrystreet, Mr. Franeir Lambert, of the firm of Lambert and Rawlings, aged 46. On the 21 et inst., in South Audley-street, Mary Anne, eldest daughter of the late General Izaae Gascoyne. On the 20th inst., at Poole, Dorsetshire, Thomas Salter, Esq., J.P., F.L.S., Fellow of the Royal College of Sur geons, aged 70. On the 19th inst., at Morwiek Hall, Northumberland, General Sir John Grey, K.C.B. On the 17th inst., at Mansell-street, Whitechapel, Mr. S. Salome, aged 44. • On the 16th inst., at Leamington, Louisa Manners Sut ton, eldest surviving daughter of-the late Rikht Rev. C. M. Sutton, Arcbbiehop.of Canterbury, aged 69. On the 22d jest., James Platt Swift, of Little Queen street, Westminster, formerly of Halifax, aged 73. LONDON : Printed and Published by WIRD() yOuNG I of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Th e Slot (Moe, t' 0.112, titrand, in the .Precinct of the Savoy, in th o cou nty o Middiosex t gensbr i Faraigi2s,4.l6 TO the : ELEC7 111 E CA E] GOOd -11 eive the -4 .t. .A TRE 128 G TUE )1e tom e Itisi ki ng. more Ile is of hi .t , us( Nth,