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THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 2, 1854. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—March 1. EQUITY COURTS. (Before the Lord Chancellor and the Lords Justices.) RE TIIE SEA, FIRE, AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY EX PARTE GREENWOOD. The arguments in this part-heard appeal were resumed to-day. it is an appeal from an order of Vice-Chancellor Stuart reversing an order of the master, under the Winding-up Act, by which Mr. Greenwood was placed on the list of contributories to the debts and liabilities of the company. The ground on which the Vice-Chancellor Irdered that the name of Mr. Greenwood and others should be taken off the list of contributories was prin cipally that by the terms of the deed of settlement, all shareholders who paid the full amount of deposit on their shares were only liable to the extent of their shares. The case was proceeding when the Lord Chancellor was obliged to leave court on public business, and as it is expected to conclude and judgment to be given on Wednesday next, we def r our report in extemo. (Before Vice• Chancellor Kindersley.) ICITBURY V. BROOKING. Dr. Charles Maybury, a surgeon in the army, being desirous of purcha-ing 23 shares in the North American Bank, borrowed 1,2171. for that purpose from Mr. Robin son, a member of a firm of army agents, to whom he was already indebted to the amount of 1001., secured by pro missory note. Dr. Maybury, by his will, appointed his wife his executrix, and Wed. Mr. Thtbinson, subse quently to Mr. Maybury's decease, also died, and by his will released to Mts. Mrtybury, as representative to her husband, "the debt or sum she or the estate of her hus- band is now indebted to me," in addition to which he cave Mrs. Maybury 2001. Mrs. Maybury instituted this suit for the purpose of having this bequest construed by the court, she contending that the gift in cluded as well the 1,2171. as the DOI. debt. Mr. Swanston and Mr. Younge were for the plaintiff ; Mr. Bailey and Mr. Giffard appeared for the defendants. The Vice-Chancellor thought that, inasmuch as the larger debt turned out to be properly the debt of the firm, and not of Robinson alone, he could not be taken to have intended to release that debt, but only the smaller one of 1001., which was strictly and properly due to himself. ARCHES COURT. MONEY V. MONEY-JUDGMENT. The learned Judge (Sir J. Dodson) delivered his deci sion in this case yesterday morning. It commenced, he said, as a suit for the restitution of conjugal rights brought by virtue of letters of request from the Consis tory Court of Bath and Wells, by Mr. Edward Money against Mrs. Harriet Money, his wife. A libel had been brought in, pleading the marriage, which was ad mitted on the part of his wife, who asserted an allega tion setting up a case of legal cruelty against the hus band. Mr. Money's answers to this allegation were duly taken and read by counsel at the hearing, and he afterwards brought in a responsive allegation which was admitted as reformed, and, lastly, a further allegation was given in on behalf of the wife. Upon these allegations numerous witnesses had been examined, and, amongst others, the parties themselves, and many oftheir respective relations. Time marriage having been confessed as pleaded, the sole point for the court to consider was, whether the charge of what was called legal savitia had been esta blished against the husband to such au extent as to warrant the Court to pronounce a sentence of separation from bed and board and mutual cohabitation. The learned judge then went at considerable length into the arguments on each side, and concluded as follows : Under all these circumstances the Court felt it was jus tified in pronouncing for a sentence of separation from bed and board between these parties. In doing this he (the learned judge) did not wish to imply that Mr. Money was a monster, but that he was a man of warm and generous feeling who could not command his passions. The Court thought it could not safely send this lady back to cohabit with him, for his conduct certainly came within the definition of legal cruelty. The learned judge inquired of the registrar whether the usual bond had been given. The Re;iistrar—The bond has not been given. The Learned Judge—Very well, then, I shall not sign the sentence now; but, ha,vinz expressed my opinion, I shall sizn it upon another occasion. If I have done Lieut. Money any injustice in this case, it will be a great consolation to know that my injustice may be remedied by an appeal to a superior court. The Proctor for Lieutenant Money said that his client would enter an appeal as soon as the sentence was signed. ROBERTS V. ROBERTS. The arguments in this divorce case were not concluded at the rising of the court. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque.) IN RE WEBB. The bankrupt, E. J. Webb, was a silversmith in Leadenlaall-street. This was the certificate meeting. His debts were 2,5011. ; the assets had realised about 1,1001. The profits had been 1,089/. ; trade expenses, 536/. ; household and personal ditto ' 6711. Mr. Ring, for the assignees, stated that the books had been fairly kept, and that the bankrupt had rendered the estate all the assistance in Ins power. His expendi ture had been rather large—five guineas a week house expenses, and 101. a month personal expenses. Shortly before the bankruptcy, when unable to meet his engage ments, he had transferred a pianoforte, worth 301., to one of his creditors. His accounts commenced with a deficiency of 3121. _ _ Mr. Lawrence, for the bankrupt, stated that that deficiency was mainly composed of an old debt, which the bankrupt did not expect. to be claimed. There were many favourable circumstances in the case ; the books had been so well kept as to gain the approbation of the official assignee. He had given up property which had cost 1,827/., consisting chiefly of pianos. It was true they had only realised 8001. ; but this was not the fault of the bankrupt. His Honour said the general features of the caso were favourable. Good book-keeping he always took as a test of honest intention. But the bankrupt having been in a deficiency nineteen months ago of 3391., the case was not one for a first-class certificate. The trade ex penses included a sum of 1861. for interest, discount, andi law expenses. He had not conducted his trade econo mically; but he might have an immediate certificate of the second class. put a few questions to the complainant, Alice Leroy, asking her particularly whether before she left Brussels the priecter did not in some way give her to understand that it was not a house of business she was coming to? The answer was decidedly in the negative. Mr. Arnold—You said that before you had long been in the house in Denbigh-terrace, you saw for what pur pose you had been brought there. What was there to induce you to form that opinion I Witness—A gentleman, a Greek prince, first coming, showed me the purpose ; and hearing defendant's and Madame's conversation about gentlemen, I heard her tell him to take letters to the clubs. By the court—The reason I did not go out of the house before the Greek prince came was t .at Madame would not let me. I did not remonstrate with defendant for de coying me from Brussels, for I seldom saw him. I did not remonstrate with Madame, for I was afraid. The complainant was then examined by Mr. Parry, and said—Soon after the occurrences detailed in my last examination I went with M. and Madame Denis to Paris, to the Hotel de Valois, Rue Richelieu, 23. The day after our arrival Madame said some person would call, and that she had written to several parties for that purpose. She said, "You ought to have better man ners because I intend to pass you for my sister." The Saturday or Sunday afterwards, I telieve, a gentleman came, and she told me to take a book in my hand, and as soon as the gentleman came into the room, she told me to go into the bed-room, as she wanted to speak to me. After I had been in the bedroom about a quarter of an hour, Madame entered with the gentleman. The bedroom was quite arranged, and the window-curtains drawn. This was about five o'clock in the afternoon. When the !4 entleman entered, Madame undressed me, and said to the gentleman, "This is my sister." Then she turned to me and said, "These are my best friends." Madame then said to the gentleman, "Does she not resemble me You see she has quite the same physi ognomy ; she has the same breast as I have." Then Madame took me in her arms, and threw no on the bed. (The witness here minutely described a criminal assault that was committed upon her, Madame Denis holding her down.) This was the first time any person had had connexion with me. Wnen I was first put upon the bed by Madame Denis, I felt afraid and trembled. I had no power in my arms, and no force in my body. After it was done, Madame threw the dress upon my arms, and said, "Go away—what a fool you are." I left the room, and went to another little room near the bedroom to arrange my dress. I could not hear anything because I was near the window, and Madame locked me in. I after wards got out and ran away. The gentleman had con nexion with me twice afterwards. Madame Denis was present each time, and acted exactly towards me as on the first occasion. After this I once escaped from him. I heard Madame conversing once with this man when I was in the little room, Madame said " I have a bill to pay —my lord ought to give me that because I sold you my sister !" I could not hear the amount clearly, but I have heard disputes between them about money. The gentle man one day said he was going to his banker, if he could give so much. He said, afterwards he would send 301., which he did the next day. Madame Denis said to the gentleman, " When you came to the house and I sold you little Marianne, you gave her a necklace of much greater value tnan that. He said "If you will go with rue I will give you much more." Madame said, "I am to take my sister to the Palais Royal to buy some things." The gentleman then gave me eight pieces of gold. As soon as the gentleman was gone Madame put her hand in my pocket, and taking out the pieces said, "What, only eight !" He gave me a necklace and a ring, and afterwards a bracelet and a gold cross. Madame took them from me, saying that they were of no use to me upon my voyage. She kept the articles. I stopped at Paris two weeks. Nobody else had connexion with me. Only one gentleman besides, whom Madame called her brother, was introduced to me. Madame said no other person could come to her because she was there secret. I came to London, and on the evening of arrival I saw the defendant. Madame said to him, " I left my house in your care, and you have left it." Defend ant said he had been there all day. He had only left to take a message. He came to the house about 10 mi nutes after I arrived there. Defendant told Madame Denis that only the Greek prince had been once while she was away. Defendant afterwards came to the house, but not so frequently, through a dispute he had had with Madame. After my return from Paris, Madame once introduced me to the Greek prince. She pushed me to the bed where he was lying, and lifted up ray dress. She then took the hand of the Greek prince, and placed it upon my legs, and said to him, " Look here, what fine legs she has ; just like mine." He did nothing to me. No other person was introduced to me. Mr. Arnold—Did Madame Denis leave the room, or did she leave you with the Greek prince. Witness-1 left the room, and Madame stayed to chat to the Greek prince. Examination continued—When I came from Paris Madame said, " You have not a face clear enough. I will give you some medicine." Before we went to Paris, she gave me two bottles of black stuff, and after wards one. She afterwards gave me more, but I would not take it. I was sent three times to bed without food, because I would not take the medicine. I had my ordinary food after returning from Paris. I cried seve ral days together. Madame said that I ought to come down and do as the other girls did, and not to cry, because the servants would observe me. There was a young girl there to work. I spoke to her about my situation. I resolved at last to escape. I 113. d made up my mind to escape, and was always looking for the means to do so from the beginning. I could not escape. The door was always locked, and I could not get down to get out. Madame was afraid that some people coming to the house to M. Denis would see the girls. When we went down Madame made us go up directly. She used to sit down and watch in the dieing room. I agreed with the work girl to escape. I escaped about eight days after about half-past 7 in the morning. The girl opened the door for me, and went to - the corner of the street with me, where Antonio was waiting. Antonio was a servant who left a week before. When I escaped I had on only a woollen dress and a pair of slippers. I could not dress myself properly, because another girl slept with me. Elvire Cerckel, a work-girl employed for a few months past at Madame Denis's, was called, and stated that she had been working at Madame Denis's for about 16 months, and had seen about 20 young women there at different times. Had seen gentlemen visitors there, but did not know them. Sometimes Madame opened the street door for them herself, and sat in a room by the door. Saw defendant there very often. Saw a person there called the Greek Prince. Had heard them speak of an old mar quis. When gentlemen were there she had been sent out often for the change of 51. and 101. notes, and had been for cabs for gentlemen. Saw defendant come in with a woman one night and go up stairs. Remembered Alice Leroy going to Paris. Defendant was left in charge of the house for the fortnight. He managed the house while Madame • was away. The Greek Prince came while she was away, and defendant gave me a 51. note to get changed. After Alice Leroy came from Paris she looked very sorry ; she cried very often. She was crying every time witness went upstairs. She asked witness to help her escape from the house. Witness did, but was eight days before she could accomplish it, for Madame gave her or 'era to keep the door shut, as Alice wanted to get away, and if she saw her going, to come and tell her. On the morning of the 17th ult. Alice es caped, partially dressed. When Alice had left, witness put Madame on the wrong scent. The servants becoming however, the objects of suspicion, they were locked in the kitchen till they divulged the secret of her retreat; but having broken a window and called "police," a crowd assembled, when, for fear of exposure, Madame liberated them. Antonio Verbeck, another Belgian, late in the ser vice, of Madame Danis, corroborated the last witness, and proved waiting for Alice Leroy by arrangement on the morning of her escape and taking her to a policeman's house. Mr. Arnold remanded the prisoner till Monday, re fusing to take bail. A gentleman from Lieutenant Blackmore's Asylum attended, and proffered to take care of the unfortunate girl now, and make provision for her hereafter, but the kind offer was at present declined, the girl preferring to remain in the comfortable hosne provided for her by the magistrate. Madame Denis was indicted three years ago for keep ing a brothel at 64, Stafford-place, Pimlico. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETING. The TRIAL STAKES of 5 sovs each, with 30 added by the Earl of Sefton; three year-olds, fist 41b ; four, Bst 41b ; five, 9st ; six and aged, 9st 31b ; mares and geldings allowed 41b. Mile and a quarter. 5 subs. Mr. Moseley's Alonzo, by Alpheus, aged, 9st 31b, (G. Sharp) 1 Mr. Worthington's Phoebe, 3 yrs, Est (carried Est 41b) (Wells) 2 Mr. T. Bell's King David, 4 yrs, Bst (Basham) 3 Dick Turpin and Carrig were weighed for by Watts and Ashman, but did not get to the post in time to start. Betting.-5 to 4on Alonzo-3 to 1 agst Phoebe and King David. Alonzo went off with the lead at a good pace, and kept it to the turn by the bridge, where he was passed by Phoebe, and a spirited race ensued ; they were neck and neck from the half distance, Alonzo's stride ar.d size giving him the victory on the post by a head. King David was a bad third. The AINTREE PLATE, of 70 sovs., entrance 2 sovs, One mile. 18 subs. Mr. Megson's Songster, by Touchstone, 5 yrs, ist 61b (Well)s 1 Mr. Wilkins's Andromache, 3 yrs, sst 21b ...(Conroy) 2 Mr. W. H. Scott's Warwick, aged, 7st 61b (E.Jones) 3 Mr. Saxon's Sir Robert, aged, 7st 121 b (Kendall) 0 Betting—Songster was the favourite, at 5 to 4 agst, 3 to 1 agst Warwick, 4 to 1 agst Andromache. Songster cut out the work, followed by Warwick. Sir Robert ran out at the turn into the straight run, and pulled up before coming to the Stand. "Warrick drew near Songster at the half distance, but fell back, and gave way to Andromache, who took second place, and was beaten by three-quarters of a length—two lengths dividing the second and third horses. The TYRO STAKES of 5 sovs. each, with 30 added, for two-yrs old ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies and geldings, Bst 31b ; winners, 41b extra. T.Y.C. 6 subs. Mr. Harrison's br f by lago--Belle Dame, Bst 31b (R. Harrison 1 Mr. Croft's Yewtick, Bst 111 b (including 4lb extra) (Charlton) 2 After some delay, during which it was generally un derstood to be a walk over for Yewtick, two numbers went up, whereupon the speculative fraternity offered 4 to 1 on Yewtick. A very fine race, the favourite never being able to shake off " honest" lago's daughter, who won by a head, despite all Ch ar l t o n ' sskill. . . THE GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE (Handicap) of 20 sovs. each, h ft, with 100 sovs. added. The second to save his stake. Winners once 61b., and twice or more 101 b. extra. About four miles. 62 subs., 17 of whom declared, and pay 5 sovs. each. Mr. Moseley's Bourton, aged, list 121 b (Tacker) 1 Mr. Barber's Spring, 6 yrs, 9st 101 b (W. Archer) 2 Mr. Cotgreave's Crabbs, aged, 9st 21b ...(D. Wynne) 3 The following also ran : Capt. Little's Peter Simple, aged, I2st (C. Boyce) 0 Mr. T. Mason's Oscar, aged, list 121 b (S. Darling, jr.) 0 Mr. Linell's Peter, aged, lOst 12tb (Sly, jun.) 0 Mr. Bignell's Half-and. Half, aged, lOst 81b ...(Green) 0 Mr. Barling's Bedford (h b), aged, lOst 41b (Eatwell) 0 Mr. J. La Gazza Ladra, aged, lOst (T. Abbot) 0 Mr. Delamarre's Lady Arthur, aged, 9st 101 b (T. • Donaldson) 0 Mr. James's Maurice Daley, aged, 9st 101 b (T. Oliver) 0 Mr. Henderson's Maley, aged, 9st 101 b (Thrift) 0 Mr. Barry's Geraldus, aged, 9st 81b (Debau) 0 Mr. Oliver's Pride of the North, aged, 9st 81b(R. James) 0 Lord Waterford's Cockcrow, 6 yrs, 9st 81b (Maher) 0 Mr. A. Sait's Timothy, aged 9st 611i...(11. Lamplugh) 0 Captain Rhys's Royalty, 5 yrs, 9st 41b (Ennis) 0 Lord Sefton 's Shillibeer, by Faugh a Ballagh, 6 yrs, 9st (carried 9st 51b) (G. Southwell) 0 Mr. Slater's Burnt Sienna, aged, Bst 21b...(T. Burrows) 0 Mr. Blood's Star of England, aged, 9st 101 b (W. White) 0 Betting-4 to 1 agst Bourton ;sto 1 agst Maurice Daley ; 8 to 1 agst Half-and-Half ; 9 to 1 agst Crabbs ; 12 to 1 agst Peter Simple ; 13 to 1 agst Oscar ; 20 to 1 each agst La Gazza Ladra and Spring ; 25 to 1 agst Burnt Sienna. Although we have, de die in diem, given the scratch ings, yet, as often the period at which they took place is subject of inquiry, at the risk of repetition we repeat them, with the latest:--Abd-el-Kader was struck out on Monday, Feb. 27, at 9 a.m. ; the Colonel and Victress, on Tuesday, the 28th, at 6.15 p.m. ; Comeaway, on Tuesday, the 28th, at 11.45 p.m. ; Squire of Malton and Calmar, on Wednesday, March 1, at 1.20 p.m. ; and Miss Mowbray yesterday, March 1, at 2.35 p.m. THE RACE.—La Gazza Ladra, Maurice Daley, Bour ton, and the Pride of the North, were the four first over Beecher's Brook, and soon after Bourton had the lead, Burnt Sienna and Bedford taking second and third place ; they travelled through the plough and closr by the canal, where Burnt Sienna got well in front, Bedford second, Bourton third, Crabbs, Oscar, Lady Arthur, and Maurice Daley following. At the made fence and trench, opposite the stand, Burnt Siennaled, Bourton 2d, Crabbs 3rd, Spring 4th, Shillibeer, Cockcrow, Maurice Daley, and Half-and-Half forming a rear squadron. Going up by the barn field the tailing wis remarkable, still Burnt Sienna held in front with Crabbs, Bourton, and Spring well up. Bedford soon afterwards had the misfortune to break his leg, and Oscar fell before coming into the course the second time. After twice crossing the water, Bourton, Crabbs, Spring, and Maley, were the foremost horses coming into the course ; Bourton's ease of going strength and stride told. Crabbs tired, and Spring passed him ; the horses near were Maley. Lady Arthur, Cock crow, Burnt Sienna, and Geraldus. Bourton came home easily fifteen lengths from Spring, who was ten lengths in advance of Crabbs, Maley fourth, Lady Arthur fifth, Shillibeer sixth, after whom Peter Simple, Geral dus, and Maurice Daley, struggled in. These, with Petcr, were all that passed the post. LIVERPOOL SPRING CCP. Mile and three-quarters. 24 subs. Mr. G. Mather's St. Clair Mr. J. William's Kilquade... Mr. Fletcher's Escape Won by five lengths. Bad third. Six ran. THE SCRAMBLE HANDICAP. Half-a-mile. 9 subs. Mr. Harrison's Hyacinth Mr. Megson's Songster Mr. Merry's Dick Turpin Won by a head. Seven ran. OPTIONAL SELLING STAKES. One mile. Jullien Escape Maria Bell Won by a length and a half. Bad third BETTING ON THE COURSE. DERBY. 7 to 1 on the Field. ALLEGED TRAFFIC IN SITUATIONS BY IRISH REPRESENTATIVES. The committee re-assembled yesterday, when the evi dence of Dr. Gray was resumed. It was of a very gene ral character, and there was great difficulty in fixing him to any specific statement, the whole of the ground of his charges made at the Tuam dinner resting upon current rumour. Mr. Keogh (one of the committee), asked the wit ness over and over again before any direct answer could be elicited. In reply to the question, " had you the im pression as to the sale of places on your mind as against any one member now sitting in the House of Commons," the witness replied at length, "I had no distint impres sion upon my mind with regard to any member now sitting in the House of Commons." Mr. Keogh—Distinct or indistinct ? Witness—l had no such impression. Mr. Butt--Are you prepared to state any instance to the committee which brings any rational conviction to your own mind of the existence of such practices ? Witness—l have answered that already. lam not prepared to state any such instance. Mr. Butt—You have spoken of other kinds of corrup tion besides that of selling places--what corruption do you refer to ? Witness—l mean members voting for ministers when the interests of their constituents are directly opposed to them—those men either having got place, or expecting to get place, by voting for the Government. Mr. Butt—Can you mention any such instance ? Witness—Not being myself a member of Parliament, I cannot, but I know it was commonly said that Dr. Power, far instance, the member for Cork, obtained his appointment by a corrupt bargain with the Government not to vote with the Irish members. I have said nothing upon this subject more distinct than was said by the Solicitor-General for Ireland, at a public meeting at Wexford, and than has been said by him to me personally. Mr. Keogh—Did my words convey to you any idea that there was a bargain between the member and the minister for the member's vote? Witness—Oh, not distinctly, but you ought not to press me, because it was in the course of a very animated conversation. I remember that the words "base" and, " rotten" were used, and the expression " corrupt under standing with the minister." Mr. Keogh repeated his question. Witness—Oh, not a bargain between A and B—" will sell you my vote, if you will give me so much ;" but you said that Power acted with base corruptions—that he went and ratted with the Ministry, and had got his place as the reward. Mr. Butt— Were there other members besides the Solicitor-General from whom you had the idea ? Witness—Yes, several ; amongst others, were Mr. E. B. Roche, Mr. O'Connell, and Mr. Reynolds. Mr. Butt—Mention the name of any member, either of the last or present Parliament, whom you have heard mentioned as having disposed of places for their own per sonal advantage. Witness, after a good deal of hesitation, mentioned the name of Mr. John Reynolds, the late member for Dublin. The room was then cleared, and Dr. Gray was ordered to give in on Monday a complete list of persons whom he had ever heard implicated in these transactions. The committee then adjourned till Friday to-morrow. DWELLINGS OF THE WORKING CLASSES.—A society for improving the dwellings of the working classes has been formed in Paris on a large scale, in connexion with a committee in London. Its capital is to be 480,0001., of which 120,0001. is to be raised in the first instance by an issue of 30,000 shares of 41. each, the company, in consideration of that expenditure, receiving a subven tion from the Government of 60,0001. The first build ing-3 are to consist of lodgings for single men, to contain 1,890 beds, and of dwellings for about 600 families. Ultimately it is contemplated to extend the system to some of the principal provincial towns. pARDON OF SMITH O'BEIEN.--The Limerick. Reporter says :—" Nothing could equal the happiness which, the good news of the release of Mr. Smith O'Brien imparted to the family at Dromoland, where the Dowager Lady O'Brien, Sir Lucius O'Brien, Mr. Robert O'Brien, &c., are at 'present staying. In Several parts of Clare there wort) great rejoicivge REDUCTION OF POSTAGE OY LETTERS FOR MONTE VIDEO. The following Post-office notice has been issued : "General Post-office, Feb., 1854. "On and from the Ist March next, the British rate of postage upon letters conveyed by packet, to or from Monte Video, or any other part of the republic of the Uruguay, will be reduced to ls. for a letter not exceeding .1-oz. in weight. 2s. „ exceeding 1--oz. and not exceeding 1-oz. 4s. „ exceecing 1-oz.and not exceeding2-oz. and so on, according to the scale in operation for charging inland letters. "Newspapers conveyed by packet between the United Kingdom and the republic of the Uruguay will be chargeable with a postage of one penny each. "These rates of postage must be paid in advance upon all letters and newspapers posted in this country, ad dressed to the republic of the Uruguay. " Printed books, magazines, reviews, and pamphlets (whether British, colonial, or foreign) may be trans mitted by packet between the United Kingdom and the republic of the Uruguay, at the following reduced rates of postage, viz. ; For each packet not exceeding lb. in weight... Os. Gd. Ditto exceeding .& lb. and not exceeding 1 1b.... ls. Od. T)itto exceeding 1 lb. and not exceeding 2 lb. ... 2s. Od. Ditto exceeding 2 lb. and not exceeding 3 lb. ... 3s. Od. and so on, increasing ls. for every additioaal pound or fraction of a pound. " Provided, however, that the following conditions be carefully observed : "1. Every such packet must be sent without a cover, or in a cover open at the ends or sides. "2. It must contain a single volume only (whether printed book, magazine, review, or pamphlet), the seve ral sheets or parts thereof, when there are more than one, being sewed or bound together. "3. It must not exceed two feet in length, breadth, width, or depth. " 4. It must have no writing or marks upon the cover or its contents, except the name and address of the per son to whom it may be sent, but the printed name and address of the sender may be attached to the book. " 5. The postage must be paid in full by affixing out side the packet, or its cover, the proper number of stamps. "If any of the above conditions be violated, the packet must be charged as a letter, and treated as such in all respects. "To prevent any obstacle to the regular transmis sion of letters, any officer of the Post Office may delay the transmission of any such packet for a period not ex ceeding 24 hours from the time at which the same would otherwise have been forwarded by him." STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of yesterday.) MANCHESTER, Feb. 28.—1 t appears that a Mone tary pressure in the United States is causing the prices of cotton to give way. We find also, and no doubt partly owing to the same circumstance, that the receipts in the ports exceed those in the correspond ing week of last year. This is something new and per haps significant. The state of the money market had occasioned a fall in the rate of exchange to set against the decline in cotton ' • and there is a further disadvantage to this country in the high charge for freights.. These accounts have rather unfavourably influenced our market to-day, as well as that of Liverpool In a similar way we have been acted upon, too, by a telegraphic statement that the advices from Calcutta and Bombay show a dete rioration in the business of those markets. The failures that have occurred in this district have also tended to restrict operations by exciting distrust, and rendering every one increasingly cautious. Hence, the market is felt to be somewhat weaker, and prices slightly less steady than they were before, in such descriptions of yarns and goods as are not too much under contract to be thus affected. As a rule, articles for the home trade, parti cularly goods, suffer the most. However, under all circumstances, we must regard the weakness of which we have spoken as remarkably inconsiderable ; and more business continues to be done than might be sup posed with all the complaining there is. A good deal of surprise has been excited -by the failure of Mr. A. Vickers, a spinner and manufacturer in the neighbour hood of Disley. His liabilities are about 40,0001. A meet ing of creditors has been held, and postponed to an early day. Rumours of other stoppages have, as is usual when anything of this kind occurs, been current on 'Change, HALIFAX, Feb. 25.—There is no noticeable chanif e this week in any department of the worsted trade. Everything is dull, and all parties seem disposed to limit their operations as much as possible. ROCHDALE, Feb. 27.—The flannel market is more in active, and the demand for goods more limited than it has been ; but the prices obtained are much the same as those of the previous week. Wool keeps very firm, especially the low and middle qualities, which are be coming scarce. HUDDERSFIELD, Feb. 28.—The market has been quiet in nearly all its departments, though not more so than might reasonably be expected in the present unsettled state of political affairs, acting, as it necessarily must, to the derangement, more or less, of commercial transac tions. Prices are still maintained, without indication of a downward tendency, a result no doubt mainly attri butable to the steadiness of prices of the raw material exhibited during the wool sales just concluded. nounced to Parliament, with the view of having its opinion taken upon it. With respect to the second question, he had to state that no such general direc• tion had been given ; but there would be no objection to produce the papers in due course. GREENLAND FISHERIES. Mr. G. S. DUFF asked the First Lord of the Admi ralty whether, in the event of hostilities taking place, measures would be taken for the protection of British vessels enga , eil in the Greenland fisheries. Sir J. GitAIIAM said in the event of war being declared, due flare and proper measures would be taken riot only to protect the British fisheries but the whole of the British commerce in every part of the world. o:heers.) THE EASTERN ARMY. Mr. LOVEDEN asked the Secretary at War the number of clergymen of the Roman Catholic, Church of Engl tnd, and Preabyterian Faith, appointed to attend on the army d-spatchel to Turkey. Mr. S. HERBERT replied that there were four chaplains amnected with the Chinch or England, one ..v;tn the Presbyterian Church, and two Roman BANKRUPTCY CO NIMISSION. Mr. MURROUGH asked Viscount Palmerston when the report of the B:tnkruptcy Commission, and the evidence on which it was founded, would be laid on the table of 'he house. Lord PALMERSTON said the report had not yet been received. THE NEW REFORM BILL. Lord J. RUSSELL gave notice that to-morrow he would state the course which the Government intended to take with regard to the bill for amending the repre sentation of the people, the second reading of which Stow! for Monday, the 13th inst. Mr. DISRAELI - May I ask if the noble lord intends to make that statement on the usual motion for the ad journment of the house. Lord J. RUSSELL—No ; I shall make it beforegoing into the orders of the day. Mr. DISRAELI—WiII the noble lord make any mo tion ? Lord J. RUSSELL—Yes. uNsTAM PED PUBLICATIONS. Mr M. GIBSON, adverting to the announcment that it was intended to continue the prosecuti.in of Mr. Shaw, of Dublin, for publishing an unstamped news paper, until a verdict was obtained in favour of the Government, asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether it would not be better to do here what was done in the caQe of Mr. Charles Dickens ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ob. served that the question was rather an argumentative one, but he did not think it would be advisable to take the course suggested. EMIGRATION SHIPS, Mr. J. O'CONNELL moved fur a select committee to inquire into the recent cases of extensive loss of life aboard emigrant ships, whether by sickness, wreck, or other causei, and generally int ► the sufficiency or other wise of the ex►sting replations fur the health and protection of emigrants from the United Kingdom. The bon. gentleman gave a vivid description of the horrors which were gone through on board emigrant ships, and insiAed that something ought to be done in the shape of regulations for e•nigration vessels to miti gate it not to remove the cause of them. [LEFT SPEAKING.] CBIMTNAL COURT-(THIS DAY). (Continued from our First Edition.) CONCLUSION OF THE PERJLTRY CASE. Sir F. Thesiger then t sok several objections, which havisig been overruled, he proceeded to address the jury, and after cornmeliting upon the harshness of these pro ceedings, contended that there was no evidence of wilful and corrupt perjury, but the result of an error; that he evidently had souse authority, if we were to take the evidence of Mr. Curtis, and that he did not know that the money came from Mackinnon, and that he could not have had any corrupt motive, as the seat had been given up by Mr. Elwin James. The Recorder having summed up, and pointed out to the jury that the real question they had to try was not whether the prisoner had merely fenced with the ques tions put to him, but whether he had wilfully sworn to that which he knew to be false, with an intent to deceive the committee. The Jury having deliberated about five minutes, returned a verdict of guilty, Sir F. Thesiger then moved an arrest of judgment, and requested defendant might be admitted to bail. The Recorder said there was no point reserved, and he could not depart from the usual course, and the de fendant was ordered into custody. iTNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. Newmarket Worcester.— Lancaster Mansfield Liverpool Ipswich Brighton Brighton Club-, Wolverhampton Yarmouth Reading Odiham North Staffordshire Wolverhampton • ") wit'...),, ‘•'-----._ 1 7-4 .i:ssr. N' s '*% -- :z•-•*- ' It AdAU Sjq ag ~~ ~ Jam. ;,~ ~ -~/ RACING FIXT MA Doncaster Spring 7 Salisbury Coventry Spring l4 Warwick Spring , 21 API Croxton Park 4 Epsom Spring 6 Cheltenham Spring 12 Newmarket Craven 17 M. Newmarkot F S Chester Spring 9 Lothians & Edinburgh 11 Newmarket S S l6 Shrewsbury ... FACTORY TABOUR. Mr. COBBETT al , notice that on Thursday, the 16th inst., be should'inevoa r leave to bring in a hill to limit the hours o of rg l ab a. oduarnfomen and children in fae inspection of factories. an d to provide fur the better Mr. J. BALL wishe d toa a G , k g . e x •r t 1 I . e er. President o f t h e Board of Trade, whether any made with a view to ascertain wheit)ru t lents have bee n ducing the Voltaic Light, recentlyhe i r c hseoeymode of p ro - Rev. Dr. Callan, of Maynooth, ea„belitaaasered by th e lighthouses during fogs and snow-storms. available in Mr. CARDWELL replied in the negative. ORDNANCE SURVEY. Mr. RICH wished to ask the Chancellor of the Ex chequer whether the Report (of the 10 th July, 1851) of the Select Committee on the Ordnance Survey of S cot . land, recommending the abandonment of the 6 inch, and the adoption of a 2 inch to the mile scale, and the Trea sury minute thereon of the 16th December, 1851, had been set aside ; also, whether any steps had •••• 9 recently been taken for authorising a survey o f 14 Scotland upon a scale exceeding 20 inches to the mile ; and if so, whether he would submit to Parliament copies SEPT] War of any correspondence that had taken place re- Lichwfiicl'k '''' 5 specting such survey, together with an estimate of its w e d ............... cost. .stern Meetin .... 7 Rochester g The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in reply andChatham 7 to the Doncaster fast question, stated that the Treasury minute in p l2 question was set • aside by Lord. Derby's Government, ontefract .......... lB a r; ll, 4gi the present Government came into of- OCT( fi ' ther—kook steps to Cheater Autumn 3 the I.l3eicatt that ascertain what would be The'imnive • could be, adopted for the survey. Yorkshire Union Hunt 5 , - - re apt3,=lodica the experin3e?lts were still king on, J ,Wrexham 5 Mad 6 he ine figsKy , f k g e d, at woul d b e an ; nr.vm:rket 8 0.,. ~„ 9 AIII 2 4 7 8 9 OXFORD, Manor( 1. THE VACANT HEADSHIP or EXETER COLLEGE. A notice from the sub-rector (the Rev. W. Andrews) has been affixed to the chapel door, announcing that in accordance with the provisions of the statute, the elec tion of a new rector will be proceeded with on the 18th of March, 17 days from the clate of the notice. The elect4rs are the whole body of fellows, 24 in number, and it is lawful for them to elect any one to the rector ship who either is or has been a fellow of the college. The number of persons eligible is thus very large. The examiners applintel by the trustees of the Lushv scholarships have given fflitice that an examina tion will he holden in Magda!en-hall on Tuesday, March 21, and the following days, for the purpose of elective. a scholar on that foundation. The scholarship, tenable for three years, is open to all candidates, with out regard to place of birth or education ; if members of he University, they must not have exceeded the eighth term from their matriculation. Gentlemen who desire to offer themselves as candidates are requested to call on the Vice-Principal on or before Monday, March 20, testimonials from their respective colleges or schools, and also, if they be members of the University, to bring certificates of their standing. The examiners are the Rev. R. Mitchell, Vice-Prin cipal of Magdalen-hall ; the Rev. R. Gandell, Chaplain of Corpus ; and Mr. R. F. Hessey, Fellow of Magdalen College. CAMBRIDGE, MARCH 1. At a conqre.gation held this day the fAlowing degrees were conferred : BACHELORS OF ARTS. William Arthur Smith, Trinity College. George Crisp, St. Peter's College. Evan Alfred Jenkin, Caine College. Robert Harcourt Chambers; Frederic Le Clerc caught; • Henry William King Fardell, Queen's College. John Stiles Weston, Arthur Burton, Emmanuel College. George Rawlinson, A paper has been printed for the use of members of the Heb lornadal Board, and circulated widely among those engaged in the tuition and discipline of colleges, proposing certain alterations in the times and mode of the examinations. Responsions are to be held three firms in the year—viz., in Hilary, Act, and Michaelmas Terms, during the last fortnight of each. The number of the masters of the school. is to he increased to four. and these four are to sit continuously in two different schools, SO OA two sets of examinations may be going. on at mice. The first public examination under Mode rators is propo-ed to b held twice a-year, in the same terms as at present, hut the examination is to be ad vanced to the beginning of the Easter Term, and to commence on the ‘Vedoesday after Ea-ter week ; while in Michaelmas Term it is to be deferred to the latter portion of the Term, nod to commence on Nov. 20. The,t, changes are calculated to prevent the examina tions from iliterfering, as they do at present, with col lege lectures. Tney are likely to give general satis faction. The aggizes commence to-morrow. The assize sermon will be preached at St. Mary's, by the Rev. R. Eden, of Corpus Christi College. RES FOR 1854. ICH. Catterick 27 Northampton 29 Abergavenny 30 :IL. Catterick Bridge 19 Abergavenny _ 2(S York Spring 25 Mahon 27 Y. Lothians and EdinburghlB Lewes l9 Bata 23 Liverpool Hunt Spring 24 13 I Epsom 30 JUNE. branch ester Ascot Heath........ l3 Stockbridge ... ........ ..29 Newcastle-on-Tyne 20 Ludlow 30 Hampton 2l 1 Winchester 3O Carlisle JULY. 4 Stourbridge l7 4 Stamford 6 Nottingham 2O 11 ! Goodwood. 12 Ripon - 31 13 ;UST. Egbam York Hereford Eccles . Chelmsford Derby .... Plymouth . Lincoln .... MBER. Bedford .19 Leicester 2O Manchester Autumn 2l Lanark Newmarket F 0 ......... 26 Northallerton 2B , BER. Warwick Autumn 17 Caledonian Hunt 17 Newmarket 11 ..23 Worcester Autumn 31 22 23 24 23 29 . 29 30 IN RE KEILY.-CASE OF AN EMIGRATION AGENT. This was the first meeting under the bankruptcy of Richard Kelly, described as an emigration agent, of Ladbioke-terrace, Notting-bill. The liabilities of the bankrupt are large, somewhere about 60,0001., but a considerable portion of these are secured ; the un secured debts are estimated at between 6,0001. and 7,0001. The assets are chiefly of a contingent cha racter. The bankrupt has latterly been engaged in a speculation for sending out passengers to America. He was also connected with the Asturian Mining Company, and, some years ago, obtained the concession from the Spanish Government of a railway in Spain, the profit of which he estimated at 12,0001. At the general election i❑ 1847, he was a candidate for New Ross, in Ireland. Subsequently (he stated) he had been induce 4 to accept a bill for 1501., without consideration, for J. Birch, editor of The TWorld, who set up the plea of services rendered during the election. He had also been engaged i❑ a railway project in America, called the Savanna Railway, from which he anticipated a profit of 30,000/. ; and to assist him in carrying this out he had borrowed money on mortgage of land which he pos sessed there. This land comprised 200,000 acres in the state of Georgia, for which he had contracted to pay 2s. per acre, expecting to reap a large profit from re-sales ; hut being unable to carry out his contract, owing to the unsettled state of affairs on the continent, the purchase had been annulled. Mr. Fuller, coach-builder, of Mortimer-street, Caven disti-square, was chosen trade assignee ; Mr. Pennell is the official assignee ; Messrs. ][. wrance, Plews, and Boyer, are the solicitors under the bankruptcy ; and Messrs. Hart Brothers are the accountants. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT'.—March 1. OLD COURT. (Continued from our first edition of yesterday.) THE ALLEGED EXTENSIVE FORGERIES IN THE CITY. William Anderson, 30, a person of gentlemanly ap pearance, described as a merchant, was indicted for feloniously forging and uttering an acceptance for a bill of exchange for 2,480 g., with intent to defraud. Mr. Huddlestone and Mr. Billings conducted the prosecution ; Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., Mr. Prendergast, Q.C., and Mr. Parry, Q.C., were counsel for the prisoner. After the examination of a number of witnesses for the prosecution, Mr. Chambers proceeded to address the jury on be half of the prisoner, and after observing upon the im probability of a person standing in the high position he was proved to have done sacrificing all his prospects and committing an offence of so serious a character, he pro ceeded to urge upon the jury that, taking into conside ration the nature of the transactions between the priso ner and Messrs. Van Notten, he might fairly come to the conclusion that he considered himself justified in putting their acceptance to the instrument in question. If he had done so, he said, under a mistaken notion as to his rights, still, if ho had really acted so bona fide he would not be amenable to the present charge, and he urged the fact of the prisoner having applied to persons by whom he was well knowm, to get the bill in question discounted, and the certainty consequently of his being detected, was a strong proof' that he really believed he had the authority to accept th e bills on behalf of Messrs. Van Notten, and upon this ground he asked them to acquit the prisoner. The Chief Baron having .summed up, The jury, without deliberating more than five minutes, returned a verdict of guilty. An application was made for 6001. taken from the prisoner to be given up to Messrs. Overend, Gurney, and Co. This was resisted on the part of the assignees of the prisoner, who, since these transactions, has been declared a bankrupt, and the court declined to make any order. POLICE INT ELLIG ENCE. WESTMINSTER. —A dolphus 17arrison, alias Adolph Peichtel, residing at 116, Tachbrook-street, Pimlico, was brought up for re-elatriination, charged with the abduc tion of Alice Leroy, a young Belgian girl, from her na tive country, for the purposes of prostitution. The approaches t( ) the court were crowded with well dressed persons of I ioth sexes. There were several gen tlemen on the benc)a near the magistrate, amongst Whom was observed the :Duke of Leeds. Ai the connaert cement of the proceedings Mr. Arnold ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE. APPOINTMENTS. The Bishop of Hereford has collated the Rev. Edward H. Daniell, 8.A., curate of Upper Bellingham, near Hereford, to the incumbency of that parish, rendered vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Prebendary James Johnson, M.A. The Bishop of Lichfield has licensed the Rev, Frede rick Barker, 8.A., perpetual curate of St. Mary's, Liverpool, to the incumbency of Baslow, near Bake well, Derbyshire, rendered vacant by the death of the Rev. A. A. Barker, M.A., on the nomination of the Duke of Devonshire. The Rev. Alexander Campbell Irvine, M.A., per petual curate of Longfleet, Poole, has been appointed a surrogate for the diocese of Salisbury. The Bishop of Chester has licensed the Rev. Wilfred Levison, M.A., curate of Newport, Salop, to the curacy of St. Andrew's Church, Liverpool, on the nomination of the Rev. Thomas C. Cowan, M.A. The Bishop of Ripon has licensed the Rev. Nicholas Greenwell, 8.A., curate of St. Peter's Church, Leeds, to the incumbency of the church and district of St. Ma&, Holbeck, on the nomination of the parishioners. The Rev. J. B. Sellwnod, 8.A., has been licensed by the Bishop of Bath and Wells to the curacy of Bicknoller, near Taunton, Somerset, on the nomination of the Rev. William Phelps, M.A. VACANCIES. The incumbency of St. Mary's, Edge Hill, Liverpool, has become vacant by the preferment of the Rev. Fre derick Barker, M.A. It is worth 1001. a-year, and is in the gift of trustees. The curacy of Skerton, near Lancaster, has become vacant. It is worth 1001. a-year, and is in the gift of the Rev. Robert Simpson, M.A. The assistant curacy of Coseley, near Belston, Staf fordshire, has become vacant. It is worth 801. a-year, and is in the gift of the Rev. William Ford Vance, M.A. The curacy of St. John's Episcopal Chapel, Greenock, N.B. (diocese of Glasgow and Galloway), has become vacant. It is worth 1001. a-year, and is in the gift of the Rev. Charles Cole, R.D. The curacy of the parish church of Leeds has become vacant by the preferment of the Rev. Nicholas Green well, M.A. It is in the gift of the Rev. Dr. Walter Farquhar Hook. VIENNA.-At Vienna the panic in the money-market is increasing, and the rate of exchange on London was quoted on Tuesday 12,50, while the funds experienced a further decline, MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLTS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, FEB. 25 Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 59 Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration 262 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bo nes , an d Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations 9 Premature Birth and Debility 4O Atrophy Old Age . 54 Sudden Violence, Privation ' Cold, and Intemperance 62 Causes not specifi e d DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES Population Deaths in corm- Deaths Enumerated. aponding week in the 18111. of 1853. Week. West Districts North Districts 490.396 Central Districts 393,256 East Districts 485,522 . 275 South Districts Totals Males Females 1,328 1,344 657 677 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males B9l Females 904 Total . 1,795 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM HOUSE, MARCH 1. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Coq, from Cherbourg ; Char lotte, Canton ; Mary Lyon, Cadiz ; Trundine Mathilde, Swendborg ; Britain's Pride, Antigua; Tiber, Rodosto ; Palermo, Nassau, N.P. ; Queen of Britain, Berbice ; Adam Lodge, Callao ; Mysore, San Blas ; Racer, Port Louis ; Furet, Gravelines ; Shannon, Myldine ; Stephen Huntley, Salonica ; Index, St. Kitts ; Screens, Charente ; Zioavantina, Bilboa. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Maria Hay, for Geelong and Port Philip ; Mercury, Bremen ; Holding, Gothenburg and Marstrand ; Queen of Britain, St. Lucia ; Plantagenet, Sydney ; Typhon, Calcutta ; Amadora, Cuba ; Comet, Madeira ; Martha, Itzelroe ; Oscar, Stet tin ; J. J. Cobb, Melbourne ; Silva, Hamburgh ; St. Kitt's and Nevis; Osiris, Montreal ; Tijaretz Misr, Alexandria. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Wilhehnine Maria, Hobart Town ; Barbara, Valencia ; Lloyd's, Port Philip ; China, Sydney ; Panthea, do.; Phcenican, do.; Apollo, Grenada. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 1. The Orleans, which sailed hence Feb. 26 from New Or- leans, struck on the Calf of ➢lan same night, and capsized. She was subsequently fallen in with, bottom up, by the Mona's Queen (s), and towed into Douglas harbour; crew saved. _ _ _ _ _ Arrived—The Esther and Sophia, from Maracaibo ; Ma ravilla, Larache ; Queen of the Dart, Alexandria; Earl of Devon, Palermo ; Laura, Bahia ; Shamrock (s), Havre ; Karnac (s s), Constantinople ; Trident, Hamburgh; Har riet, Antwerp; Edina, Smyrna; Zebiali, Laguna. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Macedon, Calcutta for Adelaide, Dec. 1, lat. 6 N., long. 85 E. The Stella, Ceylon to London, Dec. 25, lat. 35 N., long. 21 E. The Logree, Jan. 18, lat. 2 N., long. 22 W. The Delia Chapin, New Orleans to Liverpool, off Charles. ton. A Portuguese schooner, Demerara to London, and sup plied with a cas k o f wa t er , F e b. 11, l a t. 39 N. long. 10 W. The Heather Bell, of Blyth, bound home, Jan. 14, lat. 36 N., long. 16 W. The Jessy Banfield, Newport to Genoa, Feb. 9, lat. 40 N., long. 11 W. A ship, with C H on her foretopsail, standing north, Jan. 27, lat. 32 N., long. 35 W. The Fillha Ciudad, of Lisbon, for Valparaiso , Jan. 26, lat. 18 S., long. 27 W. Tne Maria, Mauritius to Liverpool, Feb. 13, lat. 48 N., long. 19 W. The Celet, of London, for Rio Janeiro, Jan. 17, lat. 1 N., long. 20 W. The Retriever, St. John's to Melbourne, Jan. 20, lat. 5 N., long. 25 W. The Clarita Callao to Queenstow n, Feb. 13, lat. 48 N. long. 20 W. ; 'Annie Henderson , Valparaiso to Liverpool, same day. The Prince Albert, Dundee to Adelaide, Jan. 21, long. 20 W. The Grecian, Buenos Ayres to Liverpool, Jan. 17, lat 36, long. 52 W. The Ethelbert, London to California, Dec. 20, let. 19 N., long. 39 W. The Argonnub, Liverpool to Melbourne, Jan. 4, lat. 3 N., long. 22 W. The Acknel (Danish brig), bound south, Nov. 17, in Le. maire Straits. Tho Rivordalo, Rio Jamiro to Cork, 34n, 23 l i d I, RN , lops. 32 W. rs'bition, SUN OFFICE, Seven, o' Clock. TATTERSALL'S. (THIS EVENING.; CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 art Newininster (taken). NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 9to 1 agst Red Lion (to 501). 2,000 GUINEAS. 3to 1 ag,t Ruby (to 501.) DERBY. 13 to 2 agst King Torn (7 to 1 taken). 14 to 1 agst Dervish (Laken). 20 to 1 a.g,t Acrobat (taken). 20 to 1 agst Wild Huntsman (taken). 30 to 1 agst Marsyas. 35 to 1 ag,t 40 to 1 agst Bessus, 300 to 100 agst Autocrat and King Torn (coupled) IMPERIAL PARMA ME NT. HOUSE OF LORDS—{THIS EVENING.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. The Duke of ARGYLL presented a petition from Paisley in favour of a system of national education in Ireland. The Earl of CLANCARTY complained of the Go. vernment having only placed two Irish Peers on the committee which the land hills were referred ; and gave notice that to-morrow he woull move the addition of Lords Desart, Gllenlall, Gistlemaine, a-Id Court. MITITIAIN SCOTLAND. In reply to a N►►nLE PEER, The Earl of ABERDEEN said what he stated the other evening was that it was ❑ot intended to call out the militia in Ireland thi-i year. On the contr.-Tv, how ever, it was proposed in the present year to embody the Scotch militia WAR WITH RUSSIA On the order of the day for the third reading of the County Courts Act Extension Explanation Bill, Lord BROUGHAM took the opportunity of express ing his regret and surprise that the calamity of war should now menace the peace of Europe. In spite of the frequent proofs given by the Emperor of Russia that he was the upholder of order arid the advocate of the territorial arrangements of Europe, lie had to the grief and eta more to the indignation of trankind became the disturber of peace, and the in,tigator of wile-spread insurrection and confusion. (Hear, hear.) The noble and learned lord complimented the Government on the whole of their conduct throughout the difficult negt , tiations which they had carried on to maintain peace, and spoke of the forbearance which they had shown not only as praiseworthy, but as hiving been attended by the happiest results. His lordship then gave a brief ex planation of the provisions of this short bill, and moved that it be read a third time. After a few words from Lord CAMPBELL, the bill was read a third time and passel. The Earl of ELLEN BO ROUGH moved for a return connected with the mi'itia, and was (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS.-(THIS EVENING.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. Mr. GEACEI rose to move t:,at the 178th standing order be suspended, with reference to the Liverpool Im provement Bill ; and that the several petitions of mer chants, manufacturers, and traders, resident in Birming ham, of the directors of the Chattilm.s of Commerce, &c. of Manchester, and of the M inchester Commercial As sociation, which have been Presented ag . , :ainst the said bill, be referred to the committee appointed to consider such bill. Mr. W. PATTEN said the petitions referred to had not been lodged withii. the prescribed time —seven days of the second reading ; and he should strongly recom mend the house not to agree to the hon. thernbT's motion. Mr. HO i - ItiFALL said if the house were incited to stand by the existing standing orders, he should not press it ; but he bi-ggel to say that every required no tice had been given, both through the local ne'xspapers and the London Gazetti.` ' . Mr. GEACH then, after some further remarks, with drew his motion. SECOND READINGS. The following bills were read a second time :—The Caledonian and Edinburgh and Giasgow Railways—the Dnkinfield Gas. GREAT LONDON DRAINAGE BILL. On the motion for the second readinz of this bill, Mr. W. W ILLIA.NI.B objected to the second readirg, as, if the bill were carried, it: would entirely mar the great object of a. complete system of draina4o for the metro:iobs. He moved that the bill be read a second time this day ,ix months. Mr. WALTER thought it would be mo-t unfair to dispose of this important hill in the hasty anal incleside rate manner ju-t proposed by the hen. member, and in such a thin house. tVe ha l the fearful pia spect of the revisit of cholera in the spring, and that rendered the bill all the more important, in onler to have a good sys tem of drainage, and the river purified. Sir B. HALL sail this bill was got up as a private speculation, and though the comptuy who had got it up required 2,000,0001. to carry it out, they, had only, he believed, got 5001. raised •;is yit for that purpose - (hear)—and, therefore, he hoped the house would not sanction this bill. Mr. DRUNINIOND said, there was an assembly meeting in this metropolis infinitely more important in their own estimation than the Imperial Parliament, and that was the Marylebone Vestry— laughter) and though they did not issue blue-books, yet they issued very extraordinary documents. (Hear.) The hon. member caused a good deal of merriment by reading an extract from a circular issued by the Marylebone Vestry, which was couched in very inflaael language. The rate asked for this purpose was and yet the Maryle bone Vestry opposed it. (Hear.) Lord SEYMOUR said if we could have a scheme car ried out by the public, for which the public paid, it would be much more effectual than any other means. and he should recommend the house not to send this bill to a committee. (Hear.) Sir J. SHELLEY said though the hon. member (Mr. Drummond) had made a very jocose speech on the sub ject, it was no laughing niata - !r to the ratepayers, who had to pay the expense. (Hear, ficia..) The fact was this company came Wore . house as they did last year, and it was sent to a select committee, who refused to sanction it on the ground that the gu trantee was not sufficient, and the company now came forward again in precisely the acme circumstances, and asked for a second reading. But as the noble lord the Home Secretary had a bill ready to bring in for the general improvement of the metropolis, as regarded drainage, he thought this was certainly the wrong time for the company t,..) come forward with their bill. (Hear, hear.) Lord D. STUART said he believed the vestry of Marylebone did its duty when tiny endeavoured ti protect the pockets of the ratepayers front the guarantee of such a scheme as the one nosy h,fine the house. Mr. BOUVERIE a ki.l no new ground had been shown why this hill should he reeonsid,,red, and he limpid the house would r-ject the •ec,el readia4 . . Mr. A. PELLATr sail 25.0001. had been deposte.t by the promoters of the hilt as an earnest that they in tended to carry out the work if Parliament sanctioned it. It was only the north si le ol the Thames that op posed the bill, but tie south side was decidedly in its favour. Lord PALMERSTON said last year he was favour able to the bill, but since the Connuissi mere of Sewers was about to be reorgani,ed he thought the question involved in this bill ought to be left for the deei-ion of the new commission. All things consider e d, h e did not think it advisable - for the house to pass the second reading. After some further discussion, the second reading was negatived without a division. PETITIONS. • Mr. \V. BROWN p resen t e d a pe titi on f rom a place in L ancashire in favour of the establishment of refor matory sc h ool , oSeveral petitions were:presented praying that public la -uses and beer -shops may be ch'ired on Sundays. M r . MA-GAN presented a petition from a place in Ir . e k l l a r n d ~,PraYing for the repeal of the paper duty. • '-°R,STALL presented a petition from the mechanics of Liverpool in favour of a decimal system of coinage. COUNTRY MARKETS. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET— FEBRUARY 28. There was a large supply of straw of all descriptions ii the market. The prices were as follow : Oat straw, from 6s 6d to 7s 6d per kemplo of 16 stones tron ; wheat do., 6s 6d to is 6d ; barley do., 5s 6d to 65 Od. Hay from 10d to 12d ; new ditto, Od to Od per stone. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET—FEB. 28. There were in the market to-day, 22 sacks oatmeal, mch weighing 2801bs imperial which sold thus :-12 a t 2/. 7 s , 10 at 2/. Os Od, and 0 at 0/. Os. DALKEITFI MEAL MARKET—FEB. 27. There were in the market to-day 85 bags of oatmeal, 11 of barleymeal, and 2 of pot-barley. Sales dull. The top price of oatmeal was 6d down ; second 3d down, and the third is up. Barloymeal on the top same as last mar. ket. Pot-barley, the top price same as last market. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. I Second. Thi r d. imperial Barleymeal, per ditto Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, per ditto —s Od —s Od —s Od Pot-barley, per ditto LEEDS -FEB. 28. A moderate supply of wheat, which is held firmly at Friday's rates, but very little business done. Fine barley fully as dear. Beans steady. Other articles as before. DIII3LIN-FEB. 28. White wheat, 44s 01 to 46s Od ; red ditto, 41s to 441 Od ; barley, 17s 6d to 22s 6d ; oats, 14s Od to 17s Od ; rapeseed, 00s Od to 00s Od per brl ; oatmeal, 16s Od to 17s 6d ; bakers' flour, 24s Od to 283 Od per cwt; luuiau corn, 47s Od to 52s 04 per 4801bs. COAL MARKET.—MARCH 1. Prices of Coal per ton at the close of the market s. d.t Buddle W. Hartley 2l 0 Eden Main Carr'S Hartley 2l 0 1 Wallsend, &c. Chester Main 19 6, Hetton Davison's West Hartley 21 GI Haswell Hasting's Hartley 2l 6i St,ewart's Hartlepool West Hartley 20 0 Hartlepool Longridge's Wst Hartley2l 6 Hengh Hall Old Adairs 19 0 Kelloe Raveusworth Hartley ...21 0 Tees Tanfield Moor Butes 20 0 Cowpen West Hartley 22 0 Ships at market ...310 I Sold SO N. d. ~21 0 ~22 0 ~22 0 ..22 0 ..22 0 ..21 0 ..22 0 ..22 0 ..21. 0 RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 1. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Ihere has been a paucity of busi ness, by the absence of almost almost all the dealers as men " on 'Change " at the grand steeple-chase at Aintree. Quotations aro thus reported :- East Lancashire, 16} ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 68 ; ditto, West Riding Union, 41d ; Leeds Northern, 13k; Liverpool, Crosby, and South port, 12 ; Midland, 628 ; South-Eastern and Dover, 198, 1.16. MANCHESTER, MARCH 1. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business to-day is again small, but prices have gone up. The sales were—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 674 ; ditto, Fifths, 6,i dis. ; Manchester, Shef• field, and Lincoln, 22,f, a ; South-Eastern, 191.16. BIRMINGHAM, MARCH 1. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The general share market was firm to-day, and sellers of almost all descriptions of stock, par. ticularly of a local kind, were extremely scarce. BRISTOL, MARCH 1. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was dull throughout the day. The only sales effected were Taff Vale New Shares at 54 prem. ex div. SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post office by the night—and ➢i by the morning —dispatch.] Day when made up From what When COUN FRIES. in General Post- Port due in Office, London.* Dispatched. England. • America(bylirit.pack)N Every Friday .... Liverpool ... Each Mon. America (by United Sts. packet) .... N . • Liverpool ... America (by U States packet) ..........N Southampto Arrived Australia (via South ampton) ...... ....M' March 1. , Sonthampto Feb. 20 Ditto (via Marseilles) N March 8 Ditto (via Cape of Good' Hope) ............N Feb. •• i Liverpool ... Uncertain Africa (West Coast) N,'l3d of the month.. Plymouth .. March 6 Alexandria.......... N 8,9, 24, & 30 of m. Dover ...... Alexandria M '4th & 20th of mon. Southampton Feb. 20 Bahamas ...........M 17th of the month Southampton' Belgium .......... NI Daily Dover Daily Brazil ..............M9th of the month.. Southampton 'March 16 Buenos Ayres ........M,9th of the month.. Southampton Cape of Good Hope ..N 114th of the month Plymouth .. Arrived Cape of Good Hope • N il4th of the month. Southampton Cape de Verds ......Nl4th of the month Plymouth .. eb. 26 Ceylon (see India) Ceylon ..............N 14th of the month Plymouth .. Feb. 26 Channel Isles ........N Mon ~Wed.,&Frld. Southampton iTu.Th.Sat Chi1i................M,2d & 17th of month Southampton: China (see India) Constantinople ..17,7,8,17,21,&27 of m. D0ver...... Constantinople !4th Sr. 20th of mon. Southampton 'Feb. 20 Cont. of Europe M & NTwice daily Dover ...• .• f Twicedaily Egypt (see India) France ........ M & N Twice .. Dover ...• — l Twieedally Gibraltar .. --Al 4,7, 17, 20, 27 °fro. Southampton Greece (see India) Greytowu --TA 2nd & 17th of mon. Southampton Arrived Hamburgh & Friday London Havannah of the month Southampton March 1 Holland Daily.. .. • ....... iDover ....... Dally Honduras India (vlaSouthampt.)M,4th & 20th of rnon.lSouthampton March 4 India (via Marseilles)3l 811&21th of month;Dover lonian Isles (see India) 7, 17, & 27 of mon D0ver...... Ireland ........M & N Twice daily ......111olyhead Twicedally Lisbon Madeira •.....M,9th of the month Southampton Madeira .. ....Nl23d of month 'Plymouth .. Malta (see India) Malta .............N17,17,19,27, 30 of m. Dover Mauritius (see India) Mauritius 14th of the month Plymouth 'Feb. 26 Mexico .. 2nd of the month.. Southampton March 1 Naples ........N,sthlsth2sthormon.,Dover New Granada, ......M 2d & 17th of month :Southampton New By private skip 'Various ports ,Uncertain. Papal States sth 15th25thofmon. Dover Peninsula .. Peru & 27th of mon. Southampton Port Natal Ni 14th of the month Ply mou th .. F e b . 26 sta y N s th ls th2sthofmon, , Dover ......1 Tuscany ...........Xsthlsth2sthofmon.lDover Venezuela . 34 2d& 17th of mouthlSo n th ampton i Van Diemen'e Land (see W est Ind Austral i a) es 2d & 17th of monthlSouthampton March t 2d&. 17th of month 'Southampton' March 1 * When any of these dates fall 01 a Sunday, the mails will bo dispatched on the following day, with the exception of the India ti 4 Southampton), and the Malta, both of which will be dispatched the day preceding. rAnvEßrlsEmENT.J—Fifty thousand Cures havebeen effected by Du Barry's delicious RevalentaArabica Food, without medicine, inconvenience, or expense (as it saves fifty times its cost in otherremedies).- " Twenty-five years nervousness, constipation, indigestion, and debility, from which I had suffered great misery, and which no medi cine could remove or relieve, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's Food in a very short time. W. R. Reeves, Pool Anthony, Tiverton." " Eight years' dys pepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, for which my servant had consulted the advice of many, have been effectually removed by Du Barry's delicious food in a very short time. I shall be happy to answer any inquiries. Rev. John W. Flavel, Rid lington Rectory, Norfolk." " Three years' excessive nervousness, with pains in my neck and left arm, and general debility, which rendered my life very miserable, has been radically removed by Du Barry's excellent food. Alexs. Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross, Skibbereen." —" Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach, and vomiting; has been removed by Du Barry's excellent food. Maria Jolly, Northam Ling, near Disc, Norfolk." Copies of testi monials of 50,000 cures (including those of Lord Stuart de Decies, Major-General Thomas King, Drs. ITre, Shorland, and Harvey (gratis). In canisters, with full instructions, 11b., 2s. 9d. ; 21b., 4s. 6d. ; 51b., lls. ; 121 b., 228. ; super-refined, 511 a., 225. ; 1011 s. 335. The 101 b. and 121 b. carri age f ree. B arry Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; also, Fortnum, Mason, and Co.. purveyors to her Majesty. Piccadilly. [ADVERTISEMENT. I—A LIEUTENANT OF DRAGOONS CURED OF RHEUMATISM BY HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS.—This officer, who is in the Dutch army, states that Holloway's Pills and Ointment have cured him of rheumatism, which appeared to be incurable, as neither sea-bathing, vapour-baths, nor preparations vaunted as sure remedies, did him any good, and the trealment of the doctor, after several months' trial, was witho it sues cess. At this juncture ho commenced taking these pi n , and rubbing the Ointment into the complaining parts twice a day, which effectually cured him in the course of six weeks. The truth of this statement can be vouched for by Mr. J. B. Stratman, of Bois-le-Due.—Sold by a ll th., 32 .. Sfists ; and at ProfessOr Holloway's establishme n t, 244 , trand, London. BIRTHS. OF A SON. At the Government - house , Halifax, Nova Scotia, ori the sth ult., the lady of his Excellency Sir Gaspard Le Mar chant. At Brook-hill, Woolwich, on the 27th ult., the wife of B. 0. T. Nicolls , Esq. , 6 th R!giment Madra; N. I. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 27th ult., at Gillingham, near Chatham, the wife of Lieutenant F. C. Belson, Royal Engineers. On the 27th ult., at 4, Claremont-square Pentonville, the wife of W. Sheehy, E sq., surgeon. RRIE D. On the 27th ult., at Felton Park, Northumberland the seat of Thoma s Riddell Esq., Harriott de Trafford, youngest daughter of the late Sir Thomas de Trafford, Bart., of Trafford Park, L ancas hi re, t o C apta i n Canning ham, late of the 4th Dragoon Guards. On the 28th ult., at St. Marylebo n e Ch urc h, b y th e R ev . Roger Burrow, M.A., Richard Frankland Evelyn, Esq., youngest son of the lato William Evelyn, Esq., R.N., to Charlotte, youngest sister of Francis Evelyn, Esq., of Kynsharn and Corton, in the counties of Hereford and Radnor. DIED. On the Ist" inst., Mr. Daniel Phipps, for upwards of 50 years the faithful clerk of William Clowes and Sons, Duke-street, Stamford-street. On the 28th ult., at 20, Portman-street, Portman-square, Mrs. Ann Sedgwick, widow, aged 65. On the 26th ult., suddenly, at 5, Glocester-crescent, Re gent's Park, Thomas Theodore Campbell, Esq., late of the Audit-office, Somerset-house, in the 73d year of his age. LONDON: Printed and Published by MIIRDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The SIM. Office, No. 112, Sial,ud, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the cowity liiiddlea s Panda:, Minh 2s W. When due in England. '." Liverpool ... 'Each Mon. On Zama] Th 4 An at 4.2 7.15 y Ths 6.15 p tom. A at Int Th 4 At 10. 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