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THE -BUN, LONDON,--IVIONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 6, .1 _ •. violence of language in the face of the Court ; I will seize this interval of adjournment, and use the opportu nity of this retired place, to put a stop to it sine stopiut. I will call upon Mr. Fitzgibbon to retract his insults, or at least to name a friend, with whom a friend of mine may remonstrate against such an intolerable persecution.. There is not a syllable in the note of the Attorney- General which will not bear this interpretation ; and why should we presume that a gentleman, unpractised in the affairs of duelling, must have designed a challenge in writing it ? We, indeed, are happily ignorant of the " conclusions" of " the code," and little read,. in Caranza or rareccio ; but though we have never shuddered at a "three-cornered note," Mr. Roebuck's acquaintance with the signification of the ill-omened rectilinear proves that he is aware when men are " tremera murmure Trinacria," and a Con naught friend assures us that he is altogether wrong in presuming a challenge, for that to write in such a case as the Attorney-General's, would be the most irregular thing in the world. In all such cases, says our friend, the gentlemen of Galway, Mayo, and Sligo, always proceed in the first instance by the voie de fait, of course with all considerate delicacy--or if the practical re tort be not altogether proper by reason of the place or any presence, as in church, a drawing-room, or in the company of a man's wife—they always send a friend to apologise for not having ap plied the usual remembrancer, and to arrange a comfortable meeting ; but they never write, for a written note is open to a written reply in accommoda tion, and this of course is not what a gentleman wants. It is not our province to pronounce an opinion in such delicate matters, but we must think that the Attorney- General, who may be as ignorant of etiquette in these affairs as ourselves, has had hard measure in having his note considered on all sides as a challenge. But, a challenge or no challenge, it is untrue to say that it was delivered in the face of the judges of the land. It was not delivered in Court at all, but in a room many yards distant from the Court . ; and the Court was ad journed at the time when it was delivered. TIMES.—The debate on the Royal speech has passed off quietly enough. In spite of two amendments which were proposed, and one which was withdrawn—in spite also of two or three attempts to involve the House in a discussion of general politics, Irish, continental, and domestic—the more convenient plan was taken of staving off discussion upon points of controversy until they should be submitted to con sideration in the shape of substantive motions. Yet, not , withstanding the almost unanimous assent given by the House to the sentiments expresied in her Majesty's speech, the partial comments which it elicited have not been with out their value. The Minister has taken his course. He has announced his resolution to preserve the sliding-scale of duties. He has reduced the elements and narrowed the ground of the controversy, at the cost of a hazard which we can hardly suppose him not to have appreciated. " Either a graduated duty, or no duty at all," is now the watch word of the Treasury benches. If the former is alma, doned, then repeal is to be embraced. That this declaration is a bold one, we freely admit ; but that it is a wise one we, with our known opinions on the principles of commercial policy, cannot affirm. It will doubtless give high satisfaction, to those supporters of the Cabinet who are employed in cutting away the scaffolding on which they stand from beneath their feet ; it will give great encouragement to the energetic spirit, and ambitious perseve rance, of the ultra free trade party ; but to the more tempe rate and discriminating of the Conservative party it is likely to suggest every other feeling but that of confidence or cheer fulness. We think that no one can look at the condition of England at the present moment without being convinced that the time for making a proposition which should reconcile the two conflicting parties by which the country is divided will soon have passed away. The passions of the people have been roused on one side • they have been be witched by the deceptive cry of " cheap bread."- All the ad captandum fallacies by which 'the - feelings of large multitudes are swayed have been prodigally brought into play ;.every imaginable artifice has been dexterously and repeatedly employed ;. there has been so much truth ' mixed up with much falsehood, as to render the absorp tion of the latter at once easy and pleasant ; and so much of sincere and disinterested principle blended with a mass of pretence, hypocrisy, and exaggeration, as to give force and impulse to the efforts of bad or unthinking men. On the other side are ranged men whose opposition is grounded on different but not irreconcileable motives—some claiming pro tection as necessary to agriculture ; some denouncing any concession, as a system of timid truckling to a confederacy which is fighting the battle of democracy under the standard of free trade ; others deprecating the notion of raising a re venue from the chief article of consumption ; but none making those professions, and lavishing those generalities, by which multitudes are charmed, and popular enthusiasm is inflamed. Nor has this party, respectable indeed, and influential though it be, that authority which is given by the approbation of:judicious and the assistance of wise men. Those who have studied the philosophy of commerce and the perplexi ties of finance are not indeed with their antagonists, but still less are they with them. The experienced and the judicious revolt from multitudinous gatherings of financial speculators, and suspect the clamours which greet virulent personality and intemperate invectives ;, but men of experience and judg ment are not enamoured of the sliding scale. Least of all, we fear, can the agricultural party reckon upon the cordial co-operation and sympathy of their own immediate depen dents. Had the sentiments of the rustic population been more favourable to the lords of the soil, the success of the-League emissaries in the rural districts would have been far less even than it has been. But for this coldness they may thank their own infatuation. Looking then at the state of parties at .the present day, we cannot but regret the occasion on which the Minister has chosen to display the virtue of con sistency; still less are we disposed to approve the validity of the reason by which he defends his policy. "If you seek to raise a revenue from corn," he argues, you should raise it from home-grown as well as from imported grain, as you do from malt. ' Strange argument for a Minister to use ; but most strange for one who so well knows the feelings of his own party. Is not every Excise duty more objectionable and unpopular than a Customs' duty? Is it not always levied with greater trouble, and paid with greater unwilling ness? Is it not always more difficult to impose an Excise than a Customs' duty? And has not the malt tax always been obnoxious to the odium of an Excise duty? Tins not its continuance been a subject of unceasing complaint with the landowners? And yet the Premier cites this as a felici tous illustration of the propriety, or the possibility, of raising a revenue from home-grown corn. We have averred our regret at the course taken by the head of the Government. e think that we can now discern indications of a readiness to neutralise the particular differences of the free-trade and the agricultural parties by a scheme of mutual concession. We believe that there are many on both sides who would willingly terminate the :unhappy dissensions which rend the country by a temperate compromise. But the same signs which indicate this tendency also tell us that ere long the season for making advances will have gone by, and that the alternative reserved by the Government will then hang on the will' of .an expectant people—" the present duties, or no duties at all." The terms in which Lord Morpeth's recent .address at Wakefield was received will typify the answer which the people will give when their sentence on this last proposition is demanded, of them.. But the Minister looks at his dense Parliamentary phalanx. He sees there present strength and confidence. He trusts, too, perhaps, to a continuance of prosperity, arising from brisk trade and renewed commerce, which may charm the grum blings of discontent into silence, or even change the growls of opposition into the melodious accents of applause. He knows, that with Englishmen abstract theory is of secondary importance to present prosperity ; and he trusts that when our marts of commerce are again thronged with the train of fortunate enterprise, and our seats of industry again resound with the din of awakened traffic, then the cry of "cheap bread " will be no longer heard, and the denunciations of the mob-leader will have lost their power. We would fain hope that this belief might be realised. The revival of trade cer tainly does hold out great encouragement for future hope. But, for our own parts, we think that the best use which a Government could make of it would be, to seize the opportu nity which it affords for settling a vexatious question, and ending unhappy differences. POST.—Our readers are aware that Sir Robert Peel's de claration against any alteration of the existing corn-law is no more than we expected, though we cannot say we felt as little anxiety upon the subject as some Ultra-Ministerialists either felt or feigned. But we expressly stated, some tune ago, when certain writers who pretend to great considerate ness in all they say, were proclaiming that, from the state of public sentiment, it was clear that something must be done, either of an immediate or prospective character, for the alteration of the corn-laws—we say we then expressly stated that we did not believe any such alteration would be proposed. But we then feared—nor are we yet free from that fear—that though no direct alteration of the corn-laws would be proposed, there would still be wanting that genuine and hearty support of the prin ciple of protection for native industry, without which, in our opinion, the Administration. cannot be faithful to w h a t were supposed to be its principles when called to office by the voice of the country, and by the favour of the Crown. Sir Robert Peel has declared, and, we are happy to say, with more em phasis and less reserve than is his wont, that he has not contemplated, and does not contemplate, any alteration of the corn-laws. Without going 'so far as to say that the nu merous meetings, which have taken place in the country, have made any alteration in the Ministerial intentions in regard to this subject, we • yet think it highly probable that it was the tone of these meetings which furnished the inducement for the emphatic, decisive, and unquali fied disclaimer on the part of the Minister of any contem plated alteration of the corn-laws. It is of importance to observe, however, that so far from the Minister making any declaration in favour of the principle of protection, he avowed a concurrence in what was laid 'down by Lord John Russell on the subject of that principle, namely, that it was in theory utterly erroneous, and that it was only on account of the danger which attends sudden transitions, even from wrong to right, in national affairs, that it would be impolitic to adopt the principles and the practice of free trade. It is of importance to observe, that notwithstanding Sir R. Peel's emphatic declaration that he does not contemplate any al teration of the corn-laws, yet his abstinence from interference with them is not based upon any degree of respect for the principle upon which these laws are founded—namely, the principle of protection, but from a sense of the inexpediency of interfering, under existing circumstances, with laws which are supposed to have, in reality, no sound principle to sup port them. We should be very sorry to misrepresent the views of the Right Hon. Baronet ; but, after the best con sideration we can give to the various points of his last speech, so far, as it regard. the corn-laws, we believe that what we have stated is a fair account of the views which the Minister appears to entertain. TBAFALGAR-SQUARE.—The contemplated improve ments in this square are, at length, likely to be brought to comple. Bon. The fountains were at first intended to have been supplied with water from the public companies, but the terms required were such that the Commissioners of Woods and Forests were in. duced to seek other means for effecting that object at a cheaper rate. In the course of last summer they applied to Messrs. Easton and Amos, engineers, of the Grove, Southwark, on the subject, and, after a careful survey, it appears these gentlemen re commended a mode for obtaining the necessary supply by means of Artesian wells, and which supply they likewise suggested the practicability of increasing to such a quantity as would be ample, not only for the fountains, but for all the public offices in the vici nity, together with the new Houses of Parliament, and for watering the roads when necessary ; at the same time they gave estimates for carrying the proposed works into operation. The Commis. 'loners, after most mature deliberation, determined upon adopting these suggestions to their fullest extent, and havegiven orders to have the works carried into execution forthwith. The water Is proposed to be raised by steam power into large iron reservoirs fixed over the engine-house, which will be sufficiently elevated to give the necessary pressure, so as to produce the effect desired by Mr. Barry in his design for the square. The site selected for the pro. posed works, and where they are not in progress, is the stone.yard, Orange.street, I.eicester.square, at the back of the National Gallety. MATRIMONT.—III the Isle of Man during the past week, no fewer than three young men have been incarcerated in Castle Rtishen, at the instance of their wives, whom they had severally maltreated; all of whom have been married within the last few months. Two of them were from Peel s and one from Ramsey......wona7 &rag, LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF Q UEEIV'S BENCH, F e b. 3. This was the second day of the Sittings in Banco after term. The Court took the new trial paper, and was occu pied the whole morning in hearing arguments in a case re lating to a disputed matter of account. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Feb. 3. (Before Lord ABINGER and a Special Jury.) ILLICIT DISTILLATION.-.—THE ATTORNEY -GENE RAL v . rim . . LIFO .A.ND .0111416. , The Attorney-Genera}, ' Mi. Jervis, and Mr. Wylde, ap peared fur the Crown ; Mr. Cockburn and Mr. M. mith conducted the case for the defendants. This was an information by the Attorney-General against the defend Ants, for the recovery of penalties for having in their premises a private still for the purpose of illicit distilla tion, and having spirits on their premises on which no duties had been paid to the Excise. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL stated the case to the jury. The defendants occupy a lone farm-h ouse a t S wan t on Abbott, near Norwich, Norfolk. The house is situated at a considerable distance from any other habitation, and is in every respect a spot where illicit distillation might be car ried on with considerable success. From information which had been received in June last year, by the officers of the Excise, a search warrant was obtained, and three officers proceeded to execute it. One entered at the front of the house whilst the others remained at the back. A still not actually at work, but having the appearance of having been recently used, was discovered. The top of the still and the worm, however, could not be found. One barrel, holding 25 gallons, containing spirits, was buried in the floor ; a smaller barrel, the importation of which into this country, containing spirits, is prohibited by law, and excellently adapted for the purpose of smuggling, from its small size, containing no more than three gallons, which has obtained for it the soubriquet of " half anchor," as it may be slung, with a cask of corresponding size, across the back of a horse or the shoulders of a man, was found by the officers. A sample drawer, possibly used to draw the spirits from the cask buried in the floor, was found ; also three branding ir ons h av i ng t h ese were found, stated H. e G r . e , C n 0.13 doubt intended . , and S. 8., which lettersthe Learned to be brandy-casks, containing " Hollands Gin," " Cog nac Brandy," and " Spirits of Brandy," as cas k s h av i ng them m ounsel these letters were found. The defence which would be set up was that the implements found were used for the purpose of brewing ; but the very fact of an hydrometer being found on the premises was conclusive evidence of the fact with which the defendants were charged, namely, that that utensil was never used in brewing ale or _porter. The Learned Gentleman here minutely described the whole process of distillation and brewing. The defendant and his sons were confused when the officer entered, and gave evasive answers to the questions put to them, stating that the implements were used for brewing malt; that the wort was used for feeding pigs; and that the cask in the floor contained poison for washing sheep, and was placed there to prevent accident. The officer, however, utterly regardless of the consequences, tasted the contents f the cask, but the poison had no deadly effect, as the officer was then in Court to speak to the facts which he had related to the jury. Robert Hudson, an Excise officer, corroborated the state ment of the Attorney-General. Witnesses were called to prove the sale of molasses to the son of the defendant, that they were mixed with chaff, and used for feeding cattle, the soil of the farm being exceedingly poor. Two witnesses in the employment of the defendant stated that the cask which contained home-brewed ale was buried in their preserves, because the defendant had no cellar, the sample-drawer being used to draw it up ; that they never saw any symptoms of distilling on the premises ; that the copperwas used to boil potatoes; that one of the branding irons ex pressed the initials of the mother of the defendant, Sarah Garland (S. G.), and that an impression from it was made on the " half-anchor;" that some coloured ingredient, sup posed to be used for.the. purpose of colouring rum and brandy, was in reality treacle .-and water, which was made for some children. . . Mr. COCKBCRN then addressed the jury for the defendant, and the Attorney-General having replied, Lord ABINGER minutely summed up the evidence, and the jury returned a verdict, for the Crown.—lire understand the penalties amount to 6001. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (SATURDAY.) MANSION-HOVSE. _ _ The young man who was on Saturday week brought before the Lord Mayor on a charge of forgery, was brought up for re--examination. It will be recollected that on Saturday last it was sworn that the signature purporting to be that of the firm of Howard, Grand, and Co., was not the handwriting of Mr. Grand, who was the only person that signed for the house. Mr. Mullens, of the firm of Bush and Co., attended for the prosecution, and Mr. Clarkson defended the pri soner. Mr. Clarkson then said, that although he was not in a condition to prove that the writing of the endorsement was by Mr. Grand, he could most satisfactorily show that it was written by Mr. Gilbert, the clerk of Messrs. Howard, Grand, and Co., upon Mr. Grand's authority. Mr. Laurence, a clerk of Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., bankers, was examined, and upon a letter being shown him by Mr. Clarkson, purporting to be written by Mr. Grand, authorising Mr. Gilbert, the clerk of the firm, to endorse the bill in question, the witness said he believed the signature to the letter to be that of Mr. Grand. It was then proved by Mr. Addison that the signature to the acceptance was in the handwriting of Mr. Gilbert. This witness said that the defendant had resided in apartments in his house, and sometimes went by the name of William• Powers, and sometimes William Nicholls. Mr. Clarkson called upon his Lordship to discharge the prisoner, as it was evident the charge of uttering a forged acceptance fell to the ground. Mr. Muliens submitted that the prisoner ought to he remanded, since the circumstances of the case were very suspicious, at any.rate that he should find bail. The LORD MAYOR said the circumstances were no doubt -uspiciou., but he did not think he should b, justified in remanding the prisoner, nor did he think it right to coll upon him to find bail. The case was there fore dismissed. lations of the hospital, but he - would - send an officer with her to ascertain the reason why they objected. 180 M was dispatched with the poor woman, and on his return he informed Mr. Cottingham that if the sove reign was paid they would pay all expenses, and bury the body in their churchyard, that the female and rela tives could follow, and see the coffin screwed down pre vious to interment ; but they could not part with the body unless a sovereign was paid. Mr. COTTINGHAM informed the poor woman that it appeared that the authorities could demand the sove rein, and unless that was paid her husband• would be dissected ; but he would allow her a sovereign out 'of the poor box, and he hoped she would allow the authorities to bury her husband, as that would save her a heavy expense in burying him, for she could see him safely interred in the hospital grounds. The applicant seemed perfectly satisfied, and received the sovereign. SPO - RTING INTELLIGENCE: - - BETTING AT lIIANCIIESTER-.-ImpAv. CHESTER CC:l'. •15to 1 agst Sir Robert (t) 30 to 1 agst Tacita (t) i 16 to 1 agst Merry Andrew (t) 30 to I agst Pagan (t) 18 to 1 agst the Prior (t) 30 to 1 agst Martyr (t) 22 to 1 agst Pharaoh (t) 30 to 1 agst Young Lochin 25 to 1 agst What (t) var (t) DERBY. 51 to 1 agst Scott's lot 20 to 1 agst Orlando 10 to 1 agst Col. Peel's lot 33 to 1 agst Voltri (t) 20 to 1 agst Ld. Exeter's lot 40 to / agst Apprantice (t 7 to 1 agst Ugly Buck 1000 to 12 agst Johnny 15 to 2 agst Rattan • Broome (t) 14 to 1 agst Leander The rest as before. ----,--- „........ _ Tux ANTI-LEAGUE AdtrAlift* *iiiiiiiiit - - of A' e -- 1 i InJ t I --- JOURNALS, AND THE CORN-LAWS. FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF SATURDAY. (From the Times.) GLOBE.—The House of Commons was last night We have been favoured with a copy of the following important principally occupied with a debate on the outrage upon utter from Mr. Jones Loyd, in answer to a request that he should decency, and contempt alike of the law, its Judges, and become a , nember of an Association formed for the purpose of the dignity and duties of his high office. which the COunteractine the designs of the Anti-Corn.law League. Attorney-General of Ireland showed on Tuesday last. It will be found well worthy of an attentive perusal. If the conduct of the chief law officer of the Govern- To J. W. SUTHERLAND, ESQ. ment in that country has provoked universal cou pes: 9114—1 beg to acknowledge your circular letter, inviting Me to Attend a preliminary meetin g o f t h e l an d e d proprietors, demnation, the defence set up for him by Sir Robert Peel—follovred, of course, by the subordinate mem oir:am, and others of the . Eastern division of the county of be ns o f th e Government--has Ad- Sunny, wi th the view to the form a tio n o f a g enera l " S oc i ety for drawn down upon the ghe Protection of British Agri cu lt ure i n opposit i on to th e Da i s . minisrration, whose servant heis, a similar ex ailerons designs of the Anti-Corn-law League ;" and further, re. pression of public disapprobation. The Attor questing "that in the eve n t of my being unable to attend I would ney-General for Ireland is a fortunate man. He oblige the Committee with my views on the subject." escaped committal for contempt of court from the Having been m meted, by my absence from home, and by the Judges; and he is now kindly screened from dismissal late period it which your letter reached my bands, from attending from his post by the Premier. The former would have the meeting in question, I proceed to comply with the latter part consigned any other individual to the prison of the Court at youz . request. . for contempt ; and have directed the Attorney-General The prosperity of British agriculture is a cause in which I to prosecute for the high offence, in order that all per should gladly enlist myself ; it is, I am convinced, indissolably sons might be warned against a similar interference Connected with the well-being of the community at large; for no with the calm and dignified administration of the jus great interest of this empire can suffer alone. The prostration of Lice of the country. The latter ought to have merged agriculture must inevitably involve a corresponding depression of *very other important interest of the country. This consideration, party considerations in what the public int eres t s impe m well as motives of a more immediately personal and selfish ratively demanded at his hands. The offence committed character, Would lead me cordially to co-operate with you in the forma- was of no ordinary description. To incite to a breach Mon of the proposed Society, could I bring myself to believe that the of the peace, which may involve the commission of a agricultural Interest Is at this moment menaced with any real injus. capital felony, is invariably treated by the Court as an tee, or that the m e asures by w hi c h it is supposed to be protected offence that calls for severe punishment ; , more es are really efficient for that purpose, and not inconsistent with the pe,cially when the alleged provocation has refe equal justice which is due to other classes of the community. rence to any act which the party challenged The maintenance of the present corn-laws is usually meant by has performed in connection with his public duty. In she eXpressit n " protection , to British agriculture," and if this is ' the purpose is which the efforts of the proposed Society are to be the Irish Attorney-Generals case every imaginable directed, I =tart at once declare that my views on this subject ar e ingredient heightens the enormity of the offence. The directly opposed to those of the Meeting which you represent. I challenger is the highest Law-officer of the Crown ; cannot acquiesce either in - the policy or in the juitice of any at. engaged at the time he pens and transmits the chal tempt to protect my own individual interest as a landed proprietor, lenge, in prosecuting a number of parties for conduct or to uphold the welfare of that class in general, by laws which tending to disturb the peace of the country. The restrict the * * et supply of the food of the people, and which are party challenged is one , of the counsel for these defen- Intended to emzipel them to purchase in a dearer market the notes- dants. At tl e time he is challenged he is in the midst series of life, which it is apprehended they might otherwise obtain of his address to the jury in behalf of his client. That from a cheaper source. To whatever extent the present corn-laws; he may be able to discharge his anxious duty with by producing that effect, protect British agriculture, it is clear that effect, it . is requisite that his mind be Doom- they must do so at the expense of the British consumer, that is—of , , . ett . rrasseu, 'in order that he may apply himself the people at•large. I hey .are made to pay more for their food than with unclouded judgment and fervid zeal to the cause would 'Otherwise be necessary; and the sum thus taken from them la roppOised se.go to the benefit of the agriculturist, or, more cola- he has undertak en t o d e fend. At suc h a ti me , i n suc h rectly speaking, of the landed proprietor. The difference between a'place, under such circumstances, the Attorney-General the natural Stara et article of general consumption, the supply —taking personal offence at something which the advo of whictils eetteeted 'S no legislative restraint, and the higher cate had uttered respecting the mode in which the pro price of a &Alai' irticks, the supply of which is restricted by pro. secution had been, conducted—pens, and causes to be tective lawt, is sr tax imposed upon the whole community ; and the conveyed, a challenge to the Counsel so engaged. He amount it that differebee either goes into the pockets of the pro- thus necessarily distracts the attention of the gentle ducers of tle: protected article, or is altogether lost, being produc ergot hew& to no claws. ' As a landed proprietor, I amnaturally man he challenges, and diverts it f r o m th e su bj ec t- ma tt er SOritlelle•to protect my own interest by all just means ; nevertheless, of his argument, to the obvious injury of the party li Shrink 'front the resposibility of seeking protection through this whose conviction the Attorney-General has employed protean. ' Thore seems to me to be injustice involved in it, against all his professional skill and power to secure. The cir which protec tion e ls indeed need e d, no t, h owever , t o th e British curnstances of the country, out of which the prosecution landowner, Let to 'he Britsh people, has arisen, called for the most careful abstinence from Protective laws,' a proportion as they are effectual for their in- everything which could detract from the cool and im tended purpose, me! st necessarily give the character of monopoly partial administration of the law. The Government has to the protected trs ie ; and monopoly, it has been most justly ob-. deemed it .necessary to impress the public mind with a served, Is the parent of scarcity, of dearness, and of uncertainty, conviction of its determination to put down agitation. The injury thus mufti', ted by these laws upon the British people as The majesty of the law was to be exhibited—its autho consumers scums to It rto admit of no question. But I would sub. P ity was to be upheld. With, or without, sufficient cause, mit to you, whether, as a preliminary step to any further proceed. Inv would: ,it Pe,: not be a all for us as landed proprietors to examine the Government had determined to teach this great lesson carefully Whether these 1-ma, thus at once offeniive and injurious to the Irish people. Intemperate speeches had been to other ',lasses Ara really productive of the benefit to delivered at the Repeal meetings ; and, as intemperate our particulsr at tts• which has usually been ascribed to words may incite to intemperate acts, and thus the pub them Tilts' r ,••• -mist is a dealer in the produce of the lie peace be broken, O'Connell and his co-defendants soil ; and flier. s ,: •- lily ct his, as of every other trade, must are indicted, and are put upon their trial for this alleged be dependent •••-•-- the prosperous condition of his cus- offence. The Attorney-General is instructed to conduct tomers. The ~ .e mass t f the population constitute the cos- the prosecution ; and, to say nothing more, has stretched tomers of the • rrisulturist ; and, therefore, whatever improves the his- prerogative to the utmost of its limits—we think i general condi' .on of the pro! !e, wh a t ever increases the demand for , uevonti them—to carry out the purposes of the Go their labour, .nd thereby causes a r i se -of their wages, must pro- vernment. In the exercise of his functions, this mote in the meet e ff ectual manner the prosperity of the agricultu. . . . functionary evinces a temper the most irascible, and list. Our porolmion is annually increasing at a fearfnl rate; if a ., . corresponding lane. ease of employment be not found, that popula. adopts a conduct the most ill iberal, towards the prose- Lion must tensest -.v become a charge upon our land, and thus cuted parties. Restrained at length by the strictures of prove ruirfoua so -le( interests as landowners; but if, by the re. the press, he for a time conducts himself with pro cnoval of the üb•ar actions which protective laws create, the eaten- fessional decorum. But he has only " nursed his wrath sion of ou. trade, sn , the 'consequent demand ter labour, be made to keep it warm." At length it explodes. Tho concen to keep paste with :he "scream of our population, then the number trated violence of his irascibility is discharged. A three and resources last t .ese who constitute the customers of the agri- cornered note is the missile emitted from the volcano. ...unwise will pray. essively increase. The counsel, who has applied the match to the combus- It is in the ea ‘lsion of the market for our products, and in tible matter pent up within the brain of this irate fu nc the improved t 0110 1.1.34 cif those who are our customers, we shall tionary, is required instantly to apologise for some find the best -ec.miti. inr the present well-being, and the only . thing he has said in his speech, or to "name his friend," safe ground of Irv( fu.- the further progress, of agricultural pro sperity. In this sr atvior it is, by a system of free competition, and vindicate the Attorney-General's fame and feelings and equal exemption nt all interests from pernicious interference, by reciprocal perforation with pistol-bullets ! Brought that • the welfare t, 'i r•-•h class is indissolubly bound up with the under the notice of Parliament, the Prime Minister, general prosperity ni all. Protective laws necessarily array the if he does not positively justify, so pares down the different classes op thv community in jealous hostility with each offence as to represent it as a mere accidental ebullition other; they dimint.:h the general wealth of the country, by inter_ of ill-temper on the part of his Attorney-General—a rupting the naturr i distribution of its labour and capital; they peccadillo so trifling as to be unworthy of notice. The tend•to diminish . out profits and wages, thus impoverishing the Attorney-General is a man of warm temperament. He markets in whio Cie products of a g riculture must be sold ; and the benefit whicl :,,e confer on the protected trade is in all cases is easily excited, and ought therefore t o b e e xcused. apparent rather lan real, securing to it a fitful and transient, not " The Attorney-General for Ireland had, it was true, a steady and per inanent prosperity. been betrayed, by a momentary irritation, into the act Prices forestay raised above their natural level by fiscal protec- which the Hon. and Learned gentleman (Mr. Roebuck) Lions are naltir- lly•fiuctuaring and precarious; they constitute a had referred to, and which could not be justified ; but very inadequate conmensetion for the real and permanent wealth for this he had been reproved by the Court." Reproved which we might otherwise find in the improved cultivation of our by the Court ! The reproof was of the gentlest cha land, augnienting the supply, whilst the simultaneous increase of ratter. A fond and foolish mother endeavouring to soothe the population and wealth of the empire extends the demand for, a wayward child could scarcely have expressed herself , aid by legitimate mcans•raises the price of, all agricultural produce, more mildly. The Chief Justice really seemed as if To relieve British agriculture fromthe odium which must ever he feared h e s h ou ld draw down upon himself the ire of 'leach to the allowance even of injustice ; to substitute for the the Attorney-General, and become the next victim of debilitating influence of artificial protection that steady and healthy v.t t our which can &rile enly from free competition and self-depend- his passion for pistols. The whole scene was scarcely s::Ce ; and to save the landowner from the danger to which he ex- more creditable to the Judges than it was to the At- VON hiniself, by seeking a delusive protection in measures which, torney-General. The Chief Justice descended from his by impoverishing his customers, are really undermining the founds. dignified position, and actually suspended the admi lion of his own proaptirityl—these are the avowed, and I know no nistration of the high functions of his office, out of reason for supposing that they are not the real and the only designs tenderness to the delinquent before him. Without of the Anti-Corn-law League. I cannot concur with you in de- solicitation or a single expression of regret from him, rignating them as mischievous designs. They seem to me to be he positively coaxed and fondled the offender into founded in reason ; they would, lam confident, be found to be a qualified admission of error. " His Learned really protective and beneficial to our interests ; and they are stip- Friends told him (be never once admitted that he potted by a weight of argument and authority which, in my judg. ment, will render all attempts to resist them utterly hopeless. concurred in their view of his conduct) that he had Under these circumstances I would submit to your calm consi- been betrayed into something wrong !" And then this titration, whether we shall not better prove our discretion, as well venerable and thus easily propitiated Chief Justice as our regard for what is justly due to others, by adopting their "trusted that the proceedings would be carried no views rather than by resisting them. They are calculated to est*. further." Sir R. Peel says that which is scarcely olish the interests of agriculture upon the sound and durable basis' borne out by the facts, as reported. The Attorney. , ot reason, of justice, and of freedom ; and in them alone I believe General did not " withdraw the letter." It was "tossed that true and effectual protection of our interests is to be found. In back" to him by Mr. Fitzgibbon. The only circum the laws, upon which too many of us at present rely, I can place stance by which Sir Robert Peel's assertion can be co confidence ; what is unjust and baneful to the rest of the corn- rnunity cannot be permanently beneficial to us. Our present in. explained, being, that the Attorney-General did not terests are placed by these laws in a precarious, because in an arti- " toss it back" to Mr. Fitzgibbon, and thus intim a t e Arial state ; our native energies are weakened by unnatural his continued determination for " trial by battle" with protection ; and the laws, which we so blindly and so fatally em_ that gentleman. The close of Sir Robert Peel's speech ;mice, by undermining the general prosperity, are endangering en the occasion is decisive in favour of the Attorney that which has raised British agriculture to its present condition General's retention of his office, for which he has given and the permanence of which can alone preserve it from the most such irrefragable proofs of unfitness—especially in the 'vinous :relapse. perturbed state of the country in which he is the first I have the honour to be, dear Sir, yours faithfully, . law of fi cer of the Crown :—" As to the suggestion of the S. JONES LOYD. ' *H on. and Learned Gentleman, he (Sir R. Peel) begged 31F.TRDER OF L O It'D gOltAtAri BY'S KEEPER.—Another at once to say that the Government had taken no step for the dismissal of the Attorney-General for irstance that proves the inefficacy of the present game-T=Blw. i stied on Tuesday last, the 30th instant, at two a.m., at Mulgrave Ireland, and had no such step in contemplation." This Castle, o le, f th m e i r g at of the Marquis of Normanby. It seems that the declaration was received bi loud cries of " Hear, hear !" Iterl rave has been entertaining a party of gentlemen at from every part of the House. We also say, " Hear, that mansion, and that after shooting on Monday, the keeper, at. hear !" "He that hath an ear, let him hear " the tended by six watcher*, went to watch the woods, as is customary. practical lesson which the Premier has given to the But perhaps a better view cif the case may be attained by our country, and especially to the people of Ireland. By reinter: if we give the evidence taken before' two magistrates who them it will not only be heard, but understood—and, happened to be staying at the house at the time :—Charles Low- we fear, acted upon in a way by no means likely to im ther, thirty-seven, for the wilful murder of William Moffat, keeper prove their civil and social state. to the Marquis of Normanby; and Matthew Pierson, nineteen, as STANDARD.—A foolish motion of Mr. Sharman accessory to the fact. Before T. Bell, Esq., M.P., of Thirsk, and Ed m und Turton, Esq., of Kildale Cleveland, two of her Majesty's Crawford, to the effect that the House should abstain Jtistices of the Peace for the North Riding of Yorkshire.—William from offering any opinion upon the inviolability of the Moffat deposed—l am a gamekeeper to Lord Normanby, and pro. union with Ireland, and thus leave the question of the ceded, as is my custom, to watch, accompanied by six other men. integrity of the empire an open question, gave occasion to About two o'clock, I heard some s h o ts fi re d i n th e direction Mr. Roebuck to allude to the late correspondence between of South-lodge, and we went thither. After concealing ourselves the Attorney-General for Ireland and Mr. Fitzgibbon, for some time, the prisoner and another man came up, and I the counsel for one of the traversers, Doctor Gray. went forward and said to him, " Halloo." He immediately Now, we do not pretend to know or to guess stepped back and fired at me, the shot entering my abdomen. the motives which , . urged Mr. Roebuck to dis (4t this stage of the evidence the prisoner kept crying out, tin D ish himself from the other 658 Members of the 51 0 Lord accept 'my soul ;" " 0 Christ, save him.") I imme. (Reidy fell, and cried out, " I am murdered." One of the House to whom the subject was open, by coming for watchers then limbed forward, and he knocked him down with ward upon this occasion. Perhaps it was a burnin.e . zeal , the butt' end of his g un. Two others then succeeded in captining for the Constitution and the integrity of the British him. The others escaped. By Mr. Turton—Were You armed empire that has " grown with his growth, and strength with guns I.—No, we had only sticks. Did you say anything but ened with his strength ;" perhaps it was an ex ee h a ll oo r—No. No words of intimidation P—No ; when I was cessive devotion to the interests of the profession lying on the bank ho said, "0, forgive me, and shake hands." of the law—such as is apt to grow ' upon men I laid, " I will, if you Will tell me who was the other man ;" and in the case of a profession in which they are v er y he said " Matthew Pierson, of Eskdaleside." This witness gave -, .• eminently distinguished ; perhaps it was an in his evidence in great agony, and lingered on till Tuesday evening, tense horror of the possible resort to personal when he died in excruciating pain. Three watchers then substan toted this evidence. Matthew Pierson said he would give vo. encounters, such as we may expect to find in a man luntary evidence :—He was a farmer's servant in Eskdaleside; that who has through life studiously avoided them, and Charles Lowther had taken him out poaching twice before ; that eschewed all occasions of offering personal offence. this night they had shot four pheasants when the sad catastroph e We will suppose any good motive rather than imagine happened. They were both committed to York Castle for their that he was imitating the party journals in an trial at the Lent Assizes. The murderer is the KM of respectable attempt to obstruct the course of stice by "" abusing parents, large farmers in Cleveland, but has long been a notoriously the prosecutor." But whatever the Learned Gentleman's bad character, and has repeatedly been convicted of poaching, and motive, we must think that his zeal carried him a little was taken up on suspicion when Mrs. Robinson was murdered, too far, in his reprehension' of the Irish Attorney near here, two years a g o. ' Generals conduct—carried him the length of pro- PARLIAMENTARY LIBRARY.—On Thursday the pounding (unconsciously _we are bound to believe) He of Lords nominated -a Select Committee to " consid e r cer t a i n two fallacies ; first, that the Learned Attorney-General matters relative to the libritry of the House, and to the papers and delivered a challenge ; secondly, that he delivered this documents delivered for their Lordships House," and the Lords following were named of the Committee—Archbishop of Canter- challenge (we quote the Morning Chronicle's report).— bury, Lord Chancellor, Lord President, Lord Privy Seal, Dukes "In the presence of the chief judges of the land, the ad of wi c hMond, Buckingham, and Chandos, and .Sutherland, Lords ministrators of the law, the maintainers of the p eace , Lansdowne, Salisbury, Devon, Wynfprd, Brougham, Denman, there had been one of the most gross—he would use no Campbell, &c. Their Lordships will meet on Monday. harsher word, for this reason, that the English language ' ST. GEORGE-IN-THE-EAST.—On Friday a meeting did not supply a stronger one for the purpose—one of anise parishioners of St. George.iu-the-East, was held in the Vestry- the most gross violations of common decency perpetrated room, Cannon.street-road, for the purpose of making a church-rate. by the Attorney-General . for Ireland, that had ever been A rattled not before been called for since 1840, and the sum at perpetrated." Now, we deny that the AttorneyeGeneral present required was about 5301. To meet this a rate of a penny delivered any challenge, although we are aware that in the pound was proposed, which was carried by a majority of 63 Sir Robert Peel, Lord Eliot, Lord Stanley, Sir James to 33. A poll, however, was demanded. Graham, and the other speakers who defended the absent Fneiscif PLAYS.—Her Majesty and Prince Albert, gentleman with a generous fidelity worthy of them, and attended by Lady Dunmore, Lady "Caroline Cocks, the Marquis of o ne which we respectfully assure them attaches even Exeter, Lord Ha war d en , Lord George Lennox, and Colonel their humblest adherents by new ties, seem to have VVylde i their Royal Highnes ses t h e Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge, the Baroness Ahlefeldt, Count Kielmansegge, the Duke admitted . challenge. that the note to Mr. Fitzgibbon was a and Duchess of Beaufort, the Earl and Countess "Chesterfield, The whole history of the affair will be found in an d m B a roness Brunnow, Lady P ollington, Lady William Paulet, article which we have borrowed from our excel- Lady Sinclair, Sir George and Miss Talb ot , Lady and Miss Quen . lent Contemporary the Dubl;n Evening Packet, and de, Lord Alexander Lennox, the Baron Talleyrand, and many whoever reads that history will, we think, agree Other distinguished personages, honoured the French p l ays with us that no challenge really was delivered. We do ASPIC presence on Friday evening. with Beiertsu AND FOREIGN INsTITUT B .--O n F rida not deny that a man of a very high but perverse spirit, this building, situate irrGeorgeastreet, Hano ver . square, was open ed and of more sensibility than discretion, might read the by a %rand dress soirtc, and it having been announced that his note as a challenge, but we certainly should not inter- Royal Highness Prince Albert intended to honour it with • his pret such an address to ourselves as a summons to the presence, the attendance of members and their friends was very field, and we are not willing to yield to Mr. Fitzgibbon , s orge . Some time before nine o'clock, the suite of rooms was either in the sense of honour or respectability of station. ' crowded with ladies and gentlemen in full dress, and at a quarter. We sometimes get such notes—we consider calmly the sub- pest nine o'clock, his Royal Highness, attendedby the Marquis of ject of them —and "if right we smile, if wrong we kiss the Exeter, arrived, and was r eceived a t the entranc e by th e presid ent rod." It would be a most dangerous doctrine to lay down, and Council of the Institute, who conducted his Royal Highness that every demand of an explanation though exla- Zrosigh the rooms, with 'which he appeared to be much pleased, nation, through a f r i en d s h oul d be sugg ' d in p i, Must , a I pausing several times, to examine the various works of art which be treated as a car t e l , a f atal Gent-cria este , that t would letters s t in the wh w ic 'o h rdp ofm aevgerryossco.mbiilintatihon should deceKated the walls or were scattered through the apartments. H . e il complaintfrogross in s ult rule e ou of Mopped nearly an hour, and entered into familiar conversation with be made.. Let us rather adopt the ninny of the literary ladies and gentlemen present. A concert took =luring his Royal. Highness's stay, in . which Madame Dulcken, legal interpretation — never to presume a .crime l and Signora F. Lablache,Bentdict, Goodbau, Ella, and where there is no expressd evidence of guilt. What passed in the min of the Attorney-General ItAngie had the honour to perform. Amongst the numerous per. ions present during the evening were the Marquis of Exeter, Lord mhen he wrote his note, within three - ,minutes G. Lennox, Chevalier Bunsen, Sir E. Codrington, the Earl of bevOn, Sir George Staunton, Baron Andlau, Lords Courtney, a f ter s ome months' baiting with systematic and premedi tated i nsult . been consummated bythat gross per had Radnor, and J. Stuart, Admiral Sykes, Miss Strickland, the Sici lia's:and Brazilian Ambassadors, Sir R. and Lady Hunter, Mr. sonal outrage which, as Mr. Wyse has very properly sug- Pick/mill, R.A., Count Wensieroski, Sir A. 13. Faulkner, Lady rested, was probably put by some of the traversers into Campbell, &c. &c. • M ',MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—On Thursday, the r. Fitzgibbon's brief — wh a t was p assin g in the Learned ,Attorney-General's mind during this agony of intellectual lit Instant, at Titehfield, Hants, by the Rev. Wm. Thresher, torment, it is impossible to say. He probably then re the lion. lion. Sir EdWard Butler, son of' the Right Hon. Lord fleeted —H an forbearance cannot endure this l on ge r, Dimboyre, to Urania Eli za b e th, d aug h ter o f the late Vice 6ttfairat the Right Hon. Lord lleury,Paulet, K.C.B. if it go en I shall be betrayed into some unbecoming _ .. .._. THE MARYLEBONE VESTRY. On Saturday, the Vestry assembled at the Court house to consider the propriety of taking steps for put ring down the newly-established Western Refuge for the Houseless Poor of the Metropolis, on account of such establishment being considered a nuisance to the rate papers and an injury to the parish. Mr. Arber, the Secretary to the Society for the Relief of the Houseless Poor, was present in the gallery to watch the proceedings. Mr. W. Clapp having been called to the chair— A deputation of rate-payers from Ogle-square (where the institution has been established) attended to present a memorial to the Vestry, praying them to use their influence in putting down the establishment, on account of the vast injury and nuisance in the imme diate neighbourhood, occasioned by the assemblage of large bodies of destitute and houseless poor waiting to be relieved by the institution. The members of the deputation, who appeared to belong to the industrious classes, added, that the poor congregated around their houses from all parts of the metropolis ; that the nui sance was so great, that they were obliged to shut up their shops, and the majority of their lodgers had given them notice to quit. The deputation then withdrew,. and— Mr. KIRBY said that he considered it to be the duty of the Vestry to protect the rate-payers by endeavOuringto put down at once the nuisance complained of. If the in stitution were a temporary one, to last only during the inclement weather, it might be tolerated ; but it was to be permanent, for a large body of nobleme❑ and gentle men had raised a considerable amount of money, and were still engaged in raising more for its support. The nuisance, therefore, was likely to increase rather than diminish ; and although the agent of his Grace the Duke of Portland had given the Committee of gentlemen notice that such an establishment could not be permitted to re main on his Grace's property, they had disregarded the notice, and persisted in completing their building. It was the duty of that Vestry to sympathise with the rate payers, and earnestly request the Duke of Portland to use stringent measures to abate the nuisance. Mr. JOSEPH regretted that they had no power undt.r the local Act to remove the nuisance complained ot. Ite would move, therefore, " That the Vestry forthwith apply to the Duke of Portland and his agent, and urge upon them the necessity of putting down the establish ment, and that copies of the memorial presented by the deputation be furnished to his Grace and his agent." Mr. SODEN seconded the motion, remarking that, although it might be said the Vestry were wanting in feelings of humanity in throwing obstacles in the way of an institution established to relieve the distresses of the poor, still, he thought, they were acting humanely in endeavouring to protect the poor and industrious rate-payers, who no doubt were and would be injured by the inconvenience created by the institution. Mr. WALTER denied that the institution was likely to prove injurious to the neighbourhood in the way repre sented. For the short period it had been open he had watched it narrowly, and had no hesitation in declaring it a great blessing to hundreds of poor and destitute persons. He considered that the institution had dimi nished by one half the number of street mendi-2ants i❑ Marylebone, and the recipients of the bounty of the in stitution entered and left it most order) , and quietly. Mr. DETTMER said the establishment ci applained of would affect all the rate-payers of Marylebone, because hundreds of poor persons from all parts of the country flocked to this new institution fur relief, and those who slept in it for a night could, by the new poor-law, be come a burthen to the parish for a period of 21 days. After some further discussion, the resolution was carried, and the Vestry broke up. FALLING IN of the EXCAVATION OF THE NEW GRECIAN CLUB-HOUSE, CITY. SEVERAL MEN BURIED. On Saturday morning at half-past eleven, while between thirty and forty men, consisting of carpenters and excavators, were en gaged in clearing out the foundation for the New Grecian Club. bouie, adjoining Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith's Bank, a large portion of the embankment next the Mansion-house Court gave way, burying several of the unfortunate men with it. All hands were immediately called to the spot, and, after great exertions, a carpenter and two excavators were got out, one of whom was so much injured that he was immediately taken to the hospital. It was then discovered that three others were still buried—namely, a carpenter and two labourers, who were engaged at the bottom in shoreing up the embankment. The exertions of the men were still continued with unabated vigour, notwithstanding the very im_ mint danger of the situation, from the shorting of the embankment (e hich is at that part from twenty to thirty feet) having all fallen with the earth, added to the very sloppy nature of the soil. One of the men who was dug out stated to our informant, that he had had his fears all the morning as to the safety of the shores. (LATEST ACCOUNT). The deplorable accident occurred shortly b, fore twelve o'clock, on the site formerly occupied by I )ove-court, Mansion-house-street, where some extensive excavations have befett going on during the last few weeks, prepara tory to the erection of the Gresham Club-house. In or der to render the loeality where the accident took place clearly understood, it will be necessary to explain that it is bounded on the north by King William -street and the banking-bouse of Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith on the west by Charlotte-row, a narrow turning east ward of the Mansion-house ; on the east by St. Swithin's-lane ; and on the south by George-street, one side of which has been r. mitly take* down, in order to tarry on the projects] improve ments in this part of the City, the whole area being enclosed by a strong hoarding. From inquiries made by the reporter, it appears that a number of men had bet-n engaged during the morn ng in excavating a deep trench, for the reception of concrete, on which the foundation of the southern wall was to be raised. The trench had been dug out to the depth of about twenty feet, and was considered nearly finish, d. The embankment a s d ho b r e i e n n g p u e p rf " or o m f t e h d e w upe i p thd r u p e or e t a io r n e of ; an t 4 h , e a e s m th bt e ink throw ing in of the concrete generally causes considerable vi bration in the ground, the foreman of the works gave directions that, before this was done, a second set of shoring posts should be applied to the lower part of the excavation. The navigators still continued to , ork in the trench while (his was going on; and one of the car penters, named Hillier, was in the act of placing a board against the embank int , nt, when a large quantity of eart:: bulged forwards from about the centre of the vutti g, and fell into the trench, burying not o:d% c'e unfortunate man in question, but severll others or derneath t. Three or four managed to effect their escape before the mass fell: but, in a few seconds, the whole embankment, to the extent of twenty fret, gave way, burying four poor fellows under its superinctimbent we ght. The men' were mustered and set to work instantly to rescue their unfortunate companions. Two of them were soon got out, but some time elapsed before the nt-xt poor fellow, a navigator, named John Pattisford, was extricated, and when he was found he was in so exhausted a state that it was hardly possible to say whether he was alive or dead. A stretcher having been procured, he was at once re moved to Guy's Hospital, and the exertions of the workmen were rednubled, in order to come at ihe unfortunate man Hillier, who was known to be still buried under an enormous mass of earth. Although the spot where he fell was accurately known, so m e time was lost through the caution which was abso lutely necessary to avoid injuring him by the spades and shovels used to throw up the earth. The men, however, worked with unceasing ardour, and, with a reckless daring of all personal danger, which it was almost painful to witness, for more than half an hour, and still no glimpse of Hillier had as yet been discovered. At length, about three quarters of an hour after the accident, the poor fellow was got out. The body being still warm, some hope was entertained that life was not quite extinct. Stimulants were at tempted to be got down his throat, and the temporal artery .was opened by a medical gentleman who had been sent for, and- was present, but no blood flowed, nor were there any signs of returning animation. The poor fellow was then conveyed by four of his com panions to Guy's Hospital, where the surgeon in attend ance pronounced that he had been dead some time.—The other poor fellow rallied slightly during the afternoon, and was pronounced out of danger last evening. The cittastrophe occurring as it did, in the heart of the City, -caused considerable exciti-ment, and the Lord Mayor, -having had the circumstances re ported to him, gave directions that the sufferers should be properly attended to. Messrs. Cubitt are the contractors for the erection d the club-house, and one of their foremen had the Management of the excavation. It does not appear, at present, that blanie is attributable to any party, though a mere glance at the soil, which is extremely dry and looSe, shows the necessity for the adoption of every pre caution for the prevention of similar disasters. The deceased had only entered on his engagement a few hours before his death. TIM whole circumstances in connec tion with the affair will be investigated at the inquest, which will be held before Mr. Payne this day. The Flintshire colliers hays struck work for an advance of wages, at a time when hundreds of working men are in a total want of employment.• This movement has been urged by the delegates from the North, whose meetings we have recently noticed. Thefollowing are said to be amongst the demands :—The colliers demand that what they are now paid 4s. for shall be advanced to 58. 6d. The drawers demand an advance of from 2s. Bd. to 38. 2d. ; and the tillers from 2s. sd. to 2s. lld. All others employed also demand an ad vance. The strike is not general, but still it is embarrassing to several large concerns. This combination will probably produces combination of the employers, which will eventually end in the depression of wages.—Shrewsbury Chronicle. We hail with delight the progress of the Anti- League-agitation in the agricultural districts. The L eague had succeeded in Putting the "farmers' friends" upon the i r trial; and every Anti-League gathering contributes a sort of , inquest for the elucidation of the local grievances of tenant farmers. In spite of the blandishments and frowns of land lords of the Buckingham and Richmond school, tenants will be found to speak the truth fearlessly, and to encourage their neighbours to hesitate before bearing a compulsory testimony to the blessings of tenantcy-at-will, rack-rents, and game laws. Most of them understand right well that the corn-law I question is a rent question ; nor is there an intelligent farmer in the north of England who would not gladly vote for the repeal of the corn-laws to-morrow, could he obtain in ex- I change for themtcorannt acid a good lease.—lliditidvertiser GUILDHALL. • On Aldermen Challis and Johnson taking their seats in this Court, a letter was, handed to them from the Lord Mayor, the purport of which was to the effect, that the order he had issued on Friday last with respect to the treatment of William Henry Barber, the princi pal in the lato will forgeries. in the Giltspur-street Compter, had been neglected, and:begged that the pre siding Magistrates would investigate the conduct of those persons whose duty it was to have obeyed his di rections. Barber complained of the harsh conduct that had been pursued towards him in the above prison, by placing him in solitary confinement. The Lord Mayor immediately gave direction that that order should be rescinded, and owing to the neglect in carrying his Lordship's desire into e&ct, arose the present pro. ceedings. Alderman JOHNSON remarked that it was a very se rious charge against the prison authorities, and dis patched a messenger to that gaol, commanding the at tendance of Mr. Whithair, the governor. After the lapse of a short time that gentleman attended, when Mr. Alderman Johnson made known to him the com plaint of the Lord Mayor, and inquired what was the reason that his Lordship's order had not been acted upon ? Mr. Whithair replied, that Barber had for some time had d t m ha o d ved th i e n asocie tyc'fa prisone r name d P ower, who respectable sphere of life, and therefore was an agreeable and fit companion. Power, however, had within the last two or three days been discharged, and the difficulty arose in providing Barber with a suitable partner. At the presem period he could only have common street thieves for companions, and he (Mr. Whithair) had refrained from associating him with them. That was the reason why the Lord Mayor's order had not been obeyed, and which still placed Barber in con finement by himself. Alderman JouNsoN hoped that no harsh influence would be exercised towards the unfortunate man. He trusted, therefore, as soon as an opportunity should oc cur, that Mr. Whithair would provide Barber with a companion. UNION-HALL. Henry Froud, a bricklayer, residing in James-street, Kennington, was placed at the bar for re-examination, charged with cutting and wounding his wife with a poker, with intent to murder her. It appeared that on Tuesday evening last, about seven o'clock, the prisoner went home, and had a few words with his wife respecting his supper. During the quarrel he seized the poker and broke it in two by beating her ovsr the head and body. A" lad named M'llugh wit n' sled the brutal treatment, and fetched a constable, who found the woman lying on the floor in the kitchen quite insensible from loss of blood. The surgeon who attended her sent a certificate, which stated that the wife was in a dangerous state, being enciente. Mr. COTTINGIUX, after hearing the above evidence, remanded the prisoner until this day. A The wife now att en d e d , an d a pared to be suffering severely from 'the p r i soner ' s violence; her head was covered with brui ses and dhesive plaster. On being sworn, she said that her husband came home rather in toxicated, when she irritated him by upbraiding him. She seized the poker, which he wrenched from her, and broke it by its coming in contact with the stones. She denied that it was broken by his striking her with it. Mr. CorriNcHAN remarked that she was a foolish woman by endeavouring to cloak her brutal husband's conduct. He could not believe a word of her statement, for it was positively sworn to by a lad, on the first exa mination, that the prisoner actually broke the poker by striking her on the head, and that she gave the lad two pence to fetch a constable. He inquired whether the. lad was now in attendance ? The officer replied in the negative. His parents refused to let him attend again to give evidence ; in fact, they were angry with him for coming at all. Mr. CorripicHADt said, that he should remand the prisoner until Wednesday next, , for the attendance of the lad, whose evidence was so clear on a former occasion. He should order the constable to take a summons for him; dile did not then &Wend he should issue a warrant, for it was impossible tat he could let such a brute escape. He then inforined the prisoner that he should then Commit him for attempting to murder his wife. Mr. Cottingham told the wife that it was extremely for tunate that she had not received such severe injuries as he expected. He certainly did not think she would have survived her husband' s ill-t rea tment. Shortly after the night c h arges h a d been died of, a poor woman attended b e f ore M r . c o ttiogh am to.make the following application:_ She stated her name to be Catharine Beech, and re sided in Kent-street, Southwark, where she gained a subsistence by going out charing. Her husband met with an accident about six months ago, by falling from a scaffold, and had been since then in Guy's HopitqL On Tuesday last he expired, and she had applied to follow her husband to the grave, which they refused to allow unless she paid a_ sovereign, when they would bury him on their own grounds, and pay the remainder of the expense. She had not the means of paying the sovereign unless she borrowed it from her friends, anti she did not like her.husband to be dissected. She, there fore, wished to know whether the Magistrate could not compel the hospital authorities to give up the body to her. Mr. ConINGILAX said he was not aware of the rep- LLOYD'S SH IPPIN G. LoNnoN, Fat. 3.—Wind light north easterly breeie and fine clear weather. DEAL, FEB. 2.—Wind S. to S.S.E. by E., strong.—Arrd. Anna Isabella, Faircloth, Sierra Leone ; Samarang, Madras. DEBLIN, FEB. I.—The Stephen Whitney, from New York, is re ported to be totally lost on the Skerries.—(Mem. The Stephen Whitney arrived at Liverpool Ist inst.) RAMSGATE, FEB. 2.—The Deveron, Christie, wkich was put on shore yesterday, near the East Cliff Lodge, has come off, and put in here leaky. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 2.—Arrd. Dutch transport Dordrecht, Guimatn, for Flushing. SW. Ocean, Trinidad ; Ralph Dental, Jamaica ; To ronto and Harbinger, New York. OFF WEYMOUTH, FEB. 2.—Montrose, New York (18 days). DARTMOUTH, FEB. 2.—And. Elizabeth Bentley, London, for Sa vannah. PLYMOETB, FEB. 2.—Wind S.S.E. to N.N.W.—SId. her Majesty's ship Volage, Westward. Fau. 2.—Wind N.W. to N.N.W., Strong gales and squally.—Ai - rd. Nayoden, Bury, for Malaga, with boats stove, and loss of sails. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 2.—Wind N.N.W., moderate.--Arrd. John Dug dale, Milwash, Singapore ; Argyleshire, M'Nell, Bombay ; Cumber land, Power, Maranham (Dec. 22) ; Grace, Ryne, Antigua (Dec. 29); Adams, Gay, New Orleans ; Formosa, Mobile; Thomas Bennett, Halsey, Charleston ; South Esk, Boston. WIVENHOE, JAN. s.—Arrd. Brodie, Kiel, for. London, with lose of anchors and leaky, having struck on the Heapa ; Paris, Shields, for London, leaky, assisted in, having struck on the West Barrows. BERWICK, JAN. 30.—Several spars, with a piece of a bowsprit and mainmast, all painted white, were fallen in with on the 24th inst. off Flamborough Head, and the topmast, jib-boom, &c., picked up and landed here, by the Border Maid, from London. A laden sloop brought up off the Pier Head last night, "apparently in distress ; a steamer proceeded to her, but could render no assistance, and she bore away to the southward. Coax, JAN. 31.—During a gale yesterday the Lady Napier, from St. John's, New Brunswick, was blown out to sea while the captain was on shore for orders. BanrroL, F. 2.—Arrd. Penn, Mauritius. Sid. Neptune, Nevis. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 2.—lt blew hard all last 'night from N.W., and has continued to-day from N.E., with sleet and snow. DARTMOUTH, FEB. 2.—lt blew a gale last night from S.W. to S.S.W., and still continues to blow hard front N. and N.N.W. FALMOUTII, FED. 2.—lt commenced blowing a Strong gale last night from the westward, and veered to the .N.N.W. during the night, and continues. PLYMOUTH. FEB. 2.—The Penryn Castle, from Southampton, is on shore inside the Battery, but will probably come off on the flood without damage. It blew a tremendous gale all last night from S.S.W. to N.W. RAILWAY RETURNS. We extract from the Ratlway Magazine the sums re t.eived on the principal Railways of Great Britain for the week ending on the day of the month prefixed to each. The return includes the money received for passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and mer chandize Week Total. Name of R a il wa y . ended Z. s. d. Jan. 27 Birmingham and Derby Junction.... 1,301 1 8 26 Birmingham and Gloucester . 1,650 7 1 27 Brandling Junction .. 6 t ,3 18 10 26 Chester and Birkenhead ..... ... 342 12 11 28 Dundee and Arbroath .. 27 Edinburgh and Glasgow... 1,786 6 l 28 Eastern Counties 27 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr....... 1,134 2 6 27 Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock...—. 683 610 27 (hand Junction, and Chester & Crewe 6,914 0 4 27 Great North of England 28 Great Western 11,698 3 2 26 Liverpool and Manchester 4,004 17 7 26 London and Birmingham ... 13,662 15 6 London and Blackwall • 27 London and Brighton 30 London and Croydon 230 12 0 Feb. 1 London and Greenwich ••• 660 15 3 Jan. 23 London and South Western 4,402 18 1 25 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury 713 0 1 27 Manchester and Birmingham ... 27 Manchester & Leeds & Hull& Selby 5,199 9 9 27 :.laidlanil Counties.... 27 Newcastle and Carlisle 1,311 14 1 28 Newcastle and North Shields .... Northern and Eastern — 27 North Midland 26 North Union. • 806 6 0 23 Parts and Orleans 3,125 10 0 Paris and Rouen ••• 27 Preston and Wyre 225 7 1 27 Sheffield and Manchester 466 6 1 Feb. 1 South Eastern.. Jan. 27 Taff Va1e..... 28 Ulster 558 12 10 27 York and North Midland 1,345 14 10 PUSEYISM. The following is the answer of the Chancellor, the Vice- Chancellor, and the Heads of Houses to th e Lay Address against the Tractarian party To the Right Honourable Lord Ashley, and other Lay Mem bers of the United Church of England and Ireland. We have received, and have had for some time under our consideration, the letter addressed to us by your Lordship and other gentlemen, in our character as the responsible Go vernors of the University of Oxford, on the subject of sentiments diffused by means of various publications, sent forth within the last few years, by several distin guished members of the University, the tendency of which, it has grieved you to observe, has beeti,to excite dissatisfac• tion with the principles of our Reformed Church, as em bodied in the Book of Common Prayer, and especially in the Thirty-nine Articles of Religion. After stating the opinion of your Lordship, and of the gen tlemen who with your Lordship have signed this letter, of the great national evils which will be the result of any devia tion from the Protestant character of the Church of Eng land, and the alarm with which you have observed symp toms of such deviation, which have appeared in the opinions avowed by some whose station in the University gives them extensive influence over the younger portion of the academi cal body; Tour Lordship, and the gentlemen who with your Lordship have signed this letter, call upon us, the Authorities of the University, to take such stops as are open to us for protect ing the youth committed to our superintending care from the dangerous influence referred to, and for securing to them, for the future, such tuition as is in strict accordance with the Protestant Church of England and the Constitution of these realms. It is true that, within the last few years, cer tain tracts or pamphlets have been published by eeveral dis tinguished members of the University, containing opinions and sentiments considered by many to be not conformable to, or consistent with, the doctrines of the Reformed Pro testant Church of England, as embodied in the Book of Com mon Prayer, and in the articlei of religion called " The Thirty-nine Articles." The opinions and doctrines contained in these tracts or pamphlets have been considered, discussed, and replied to in other publications, and those discussions have, at different times, attracted more or lees of the,public attention. Against the prevalence, however, of erroneous opinions among its members generally, the University possesses a safe guard in the statute enacted more than two centuries ago, which provides that every candidate for martriculation should subscribe the Thiq-nine Articles; and every candidate for a degree should again subscribe the Thirty-nme Articles, and in addition thereto, the Three Articles in the 36th Canon. The authorities of the University haie not lost sight of their duty in enforcing a strict compliance with this statute ; nor . have they shown themselves indifferent to the improve ment of religious instruction within the University. For„ when her Majesty was enabled, by recent Acts of the Legislature, to . provide for, the foundation, maintenance, and regulation of additional Professor ships of Divinity, the authorities of the University, with the assistance of Convocation, adopted every mea sure for which they were competent, to carry into execution the views of Government and Of. Parliament. And they trust that, by perseverance in a 'course of moderation and watchfulness, they will be enabled, under the Divine bles sing, to train up the youth committed to their care in the pure principles of the Reformed Church of England. • WELLINGTON, Chancellor, P. WINTER, Vice-Chancellor, On behalf of the Heads of Houses. RIPON.—DEATH OF A CENTENARIAN.—On Mon day, 22d ult., George Wharton, the oldest man in Yorkshire, paid the last debt of nature, having attained the patriarchal age of 112 years. This venerable old man, having outlived his annuity, in September last, changed his abode at Laver ton, near Ripon, for the house of his nephew, a respectable farmer,.on Masham Moor-headi, where he died, and from whence, on Thursday last, his mortal remains were removed for interment, according to his desire, in the parish church yard of Kirby Malzeard. Until within a few days of his death he retained the use of his faCulties. His vivacity of spirits, the sprightliness of his person, and, above all, the piety of his mind, will long be remembered by those who had the happiness of paying old George a visit in his cot upon the banks of the Laver. — York ,Courant. _ . ROYAL BENEFICENCE.—Her Majesty (as we last week announced) has been graciously pleased to contribute the sum of 20/. to the fund for the relief of the family of the late unfortunate Mr. W. Prichard.. The appeal to her Ma jesty's benevolence, and the readiness with which it was re sponded to, have somewhat of a romantic basis, which, under Iles afflicting circumstances, might serve for a superstructure to a work of Sction. It is painful to recapitulate facts which have alrealy attained local notoriety,, but as the sheet which contains the record of her Majesty's generosity may fall into hands which the anterior statements have not reached, it may not be amiss to premise that. Mr. Prichard committed self-destruction under circumstances, of a peculiarly db.. tressing character, and that his widow and family were left wholly destitute. It appears that on the 21st October, 1830, Miss Julia Prichard (the eldest daughter of the late Mr. W. Prichard), then three year's of age, was admitted by Sir John Conroy into the presence of her Majesty Qu een Victoria, on her then visit at Clifton, and was caressed and taken much notice of, and her Majesty most condescendingly presented Miss Prichard with a beautiful flower. The flower was carefully preserved, and, a few days since a com munication was made to Colonel Anson, the Aide-de-camp to Prince Albert, by our fellow-citizen, J. K. Haberfield, E q of the lamentable distress of this un f o rt unate family; and the flower so preserved was also t ransm i tted, with a state ment of facts; and in reply her Majesty's treasurer, Sir Henry Wheatley, forwarded to bliss' Prichard a cheque, with a note, of which the following is a proof d roo whi f which is most deserving of being recorded as anotherc°Peyran her Majesty's well-known kinflne - sa . and lib alit , z• :•.—“ St. James's Palace, January 25th, 1844.--411 H presents his compliments to Miss.JUlii Wheatley Baillie n gchard, and .begs to inform her that her petition kaa been submitted to the Queen ; and her Majesty having been graciously pleased to take into consideration the present afflicted state o f Mrs Prichard and he r numerous family, and also recollecting the . circumstance to which Miss Prichard refers, has commanded Sir Henry Wheatl e y t o f orward twenty pounds, as a donation towards their relief. Si r H enry begs - to: inclose a draft' for that sum, the receipt of which he requests Miss Priciiard will acknowledge at her earliest convenience. Sir Henry also - returns the flower and verses, in accordance with Med Prichard's request."— Weekly Chninicte. SIGN-BOARD EXTRAORDINARY. An American paper publishes the -following .as n copy of the sign-board of an itinerant showman ;—"1 Itattel Snaick too be Shoed. —Thee histry off this snaick is as follors, hee was ketcht on tung mounting buy a pooro man with a large fain may being sicks yer ould and very wenumous he is now In a bocks and cant hirt no boddv which is much hettNhan too bee runnin.wilde cause he - don't Want to eat nothun. Admittance is sickpents for them what please to pay it, and thrippents for them what dont, a: reduckshon for fammelees for more particklelarspleese to cawl on Old Dick. T.N,—"Take notiles it was the poore man and not the =sick that had • large (=only MARKET NE Vi'S.-SAT URDAY. COVENT-GARDEN. Owing to the frost the supply of vegetables was somewhat limited, while the demand was active, and, in some instances, at improved (potations. The sale for fruit was heavy, and late rates were with dilicult V supported. an.sel GATE Atha ii.E.II.23EATUALL. We had a full average supply of both Game and Poultry to-day, yet the demand was steady. on the following terms Fowls, 2s to 4s 6d ; Chi c k ens, is Gd to 2s ; Ducks, Is to 2s 6d; Geese, 4s to 6s ; Pigeons, 4d to 10d; Turkeys, 4s to 10g; Rabbits, Gd to is 4d; Hares, is 6d to 2s 6d; - Partridges, Is 6(1 to 2s; Pheasants, 2s 6d to 4s; Wild Duck, Is 9d to 2s; Teal, Is. to Is 6d; Widgeons, 6d to Is each; Snipes, Gd to is ; Woodcocks, 2s to 3s 6d ; Plovers, 3d to 6d, and Larks, Is per dozen. The demand for prime Mutton was ac tive, at an advance of 2d per Sibs. In other kinds of Meat very little was doing. Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 2s 8d to 3s 8d; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 10d; and Pork, 23 8d to 34 10d per Blbs l by the carcase. HTINGERFORD. 'We had a full average time of year supply of fish, yet the demand for it was tolerably active, at fully late rates. In fruit and vegetables very little was doing, at about previous =mei*. WHITECHAPEL. Most kinds of meat were in good supply and sluggish demand, at about stationary prices. NEWPORT. Although the supply of Meat was not large, the general trade was inactivo, at late rates. BILLINGSGATE. There was a good business deing in Fish, at full prices. BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are front Sid to 9d; of Household bid to 8d per 41bs =DE BTAXICET Raw Hides, at per stone of 14Ibs—Best steers and heifers, 5s 6d to 5s 10d ; middling hides, 5s 2d to 5s 4d ; inferior do, 4s 6d to ss. Sheep and Calf Skins, at per skin—Market calf, 68 6d to 8s ; long woolled _sheep, 4s 6s to 5s 9d; short do, 3s to 4s 6d. RAY MARKETS. SMMIFIELD.—Common Meadow Hay, 31 to 31 105; Useful Ditto, 31 12s to 31 16s ; fine Upland Ditto, 3116 s to 4l; Clover Hay, 3158 to 5l; Oat Straw, 1/8s to 1/ 10s •, Wheat Straw, 1/ lOs to 1/ 13s per load. A short supply and steady demand. Prices somewhat on the advance. CumßEßLANn.—Coarse Meadow ~ Hay, 31 to 3/ 12 s ; useful ditto, 31 13s to 3/ 16s ; fine Upland ditto, 31 17s w 414 s ; Clover Hay, 3/ 10s to 4/ 18s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 86 to 1/ 10s ; Wheat Straw, 11 12s to 1/ 14s per load. A limited supply and a steady demand. Both Ray and ,Straw com manded a fair inquiry, at the above quotations. WHITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2/ 15s -to 3 11 °?! useful ditto, 3l 12s t o 3/ 15s ; fine Upla n d ditt o , 3/ 16s to 4 1 ; Clover Hay, 31 lOs to 515 s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 8 s t o 1/10g; Wheat Straw, I/ 113 to 1/ 13s per load. Supply good, and trade tolerably steady. , . , WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.—FRIDAY. A considerable extent of business has been done in 'Wheat to-day, at rather improved rates. The best samples of Barley command fully last week's rates, but inferior sorts are dull, and scarcely support their value. Oats and Shelling are im proved demand, without material alteration in prices. Beans are is per quarter dearer. Per qr. of 601 b to the bushel OLD. NEW. Wneat, Suffolk, Essex, and Kent Red to 55 53 to 54 Ditto ditto ' White — 60 54 ,52 Norfolk Red ...... 53 47 52 Ditto ditto White... 56 51 51k Lincolnshire and Cambridge Red 53 47 MI Ditto ditto White... r— 55 51 5 2 York. h ire Red 53 47 5 2 Ditto ditto White... -- 56 50 54 Foreiv , rt..d 53 56 .-- --- Ditto ditto White... 55 58 --• Per quay a imperial . Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk gg Yorkshire and Lincolnshire - ... 36 32 Grinding Foreig — 35 92 34 leans, Small n Per qr, f 3163113 S 5 29 . th bud'el Ticks Foreign _ ..... .-" Oats, Potato a d Pola d • —.•—.. . CIO ""••• thealin, 10.: in 11d., Per , ign --d to e v, d. &., cu. Rhalling ..;11, 1, , 21.±.. pt.!' i.CO. ' , fait Rip,*,.ed. , . 23 "). ,'4 n,, 25:. ~n . i . ,, , L'• t• STATE OF TRADE. FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, FED. 2.—ln copse quence of the navigation of the Elbe being closed, the. stock' of German Wools in this market has been consi-,' derably diminished, and as the demand continues good prices are firmly maintained. ENGLISH WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, FEB. 2.—Sales of combing wools continue to be freely made at advarcing prices. Clothing wools are better sale than of late : prices are higher, and the tendency upwards although present quotations are much below the proportion of all other wools. • LEEDS.—There have been rather brisk markets at both our. Cloth Halls during the week, principally for lower priced goods ; this may be ascribed in a great measure to the advance which has taken place in the price of wools of low quality. Tweeds have also sold pretty freely, but fine goods still continue dull of - sale, and prices remain about the same. There have been several of the larger buyers. from London, as well as from Ireland, in the market during the week, and, in consequence, there has been rather more business done in the warehouses than for the last few weeks past. BRADFORD MARKET, THURSDAY, FEB. I.—There iS quite an average business doing in all kinds of cloth, particularly such as are suited for the Ainericans, for which market large. quantities have been purchased, and contracts 'entered into, which will prevent any accumu lation of stock ' • there is also a great degiec of wilting ness manifested by the Merchants to meet the manufac turers, seeing that both cotton warps and worsted yarns have been steadily advancing, and as there is no proba ble chance of any reaction, an advance is more readily complied with. Yarns continue in good request, both for home consumption and the de-laine makers; the shippers are also open, but there is no stock on hand, the spinners generally working to order, and unwilling to accept orders, except at a further increase in price. Wool "still keeps changing hands at a more rapid pace than usual for it at this season of the year, when the condition is always considered the most unfavourable to the con•y• sumer, and any lots that are not held for extravagant prices meet ready sale at an improvement on last week's quotations. Short-wool • and noils, though in, tolerably - good request, have not at all advanced proportionatily with the combing sorts, and many refuse to sell except at a corresponding improvement. HALIFAX MARKET, JAN. 27.—We have had another very busy mareket, both in the piece and yarn trades, and prices rather higher. The wool business .continues • brisk, and further advance is readily obtainable foicorab leg descriptions ; clothing 'sorts, too, are better to sell. and prices a little higher. Middle wetherg are worth 141. nods and brokes 9/. 10s. per pack. MANCHESTER, THURSDAY EVENING.—We have had almost a stagnation in our cloth market since Friday caused by a renewal of the speculation in'cotton. -and consequent advance. -There are, it is understood, many orders in town, but as the late advance on the staple not anticirted by the respinsible parties abroad, agents here cannot, or, rath• r, do not, choose to art at ' so much exceeding the limited figure. The busin'ess that has been done, therefore, has been untiraallY limited, still at higher rates. 'The market closes 'to -day in great uncertainty, with the exception of *printing cloths, hich are in good demand, and saleable at prices fully equal to the advance on c , tton, and in fact exceed that advance. The like remarks apply to wist; there i- little doing, and prices are unsteady—L6e(ls Mercury MANLY. STORTs- RELIEF BILL.—The Bill whial will be introduced by the Duke of Richmond, in the House of Lords, on the subject of the manly sports of Great Rritain, to the following effect :—The first section repeals the statutes 9 Anne, c. 14, 16 C ar. 11., c.. 7; see. 2, and 18. Geo. 11., , s. 8, so far a s th ey relate to horse-racing; and o therf'sports, , mentioned in the sc h e d u l e annexe d , an d so f ur a s they extend to persons fai r ly ; and without any fraud, trick, or deceitivP!_ ning or losing an sums sums of money, or s t other valuable chattel or thi ng , b y p l ay i ng at such sports or Pastiines; set' or - betting upon such as do. lay at the same. The Foecondchb:r dule forbid s th a t t h e Act shall not extend toe - Aempt tect from the p ena l t i es or pun i shments brthri said re7e rs t e l Acts di r e c t e d to b e recovered ' or inflicted / agsin, st July who, by pl a yi ng at, . or b y betting on snell as Play eh , * d e l games or sports,•win any sums •of money, or whatsoever, by any fraud, shift, cozenage, The deceit, or unlawful device or ill practice hatsolees, beat schedule referred to * contains horse races, fie:, oursing races, regattas, rowing matches ; sailing mattling matches, matches, fencing matches, putting stone, wres rn L golfrand cricket, tennis, fives, racquet, bowls, q uoits, cul °' a ' st i tne g,pr c i r c an univ r. entiom , any bona fide variety of any of the above sports' games, and any sport o f a lik e d escr i p tion to any of P t n he r a i lt ati ve' l sports, to whi c h a different 'name may by gener a usage be appropriated. For the last few days we have had pretty sha/P: frosts, and yesterday morning a rather.heavy fall of '94 1 ° _ vr . came on, which continued most of the day, and 04 blocked up the roads as considerably to impede vehicles common roads. It appears, also, from the same cause,. ! i n traffic retarded on the South-Eastern Railway,. as s 4 l: coachesfrom Folkestone to Dover did not arrive here in tilt usual .order. The morning papers, which usually. retc; Dover by the rail Way about one o'clock, had not 'yea, 7aer ' at ten o'clock last night.—Dover Chronicle of Saturdsli• BIRTHS. On the 29th ult., a t D over, the lady of Captair. Mann a - ro - , R.N., of a son. On the 29th ult., at Addington Rectory', naK i r MaidB"l°' the Rev. George Paulson, of a daughter. - MARRIED. tor On the 2d inst., M. Ferdinand, Hacault, of the 1""-`1'` ;on. Public Works at Brussels, to Catherine, second daughter the late R. Gilbert, Esq . On the 3d of November, DIED. 1843,"at the Cape of Goa'. 1 10 P .11 Charles, third eon of the R ev . Ch ar l es 11 . If a ll e tt, o f 1 ,,1igh 11114 , Kent. , ldest On the 13th ult., at V en i ce , L ewes Garland.' , Esq. . e.,.. son of the late P. G ar l an d, E sq ., o f S an d r idge .odge MONTHLY MILITARY OTARY. , A. Lieutenant-Generals—Sir 11. Lowe, K. ~ G.CIY - - , u u e of 50 F. ; Sir W. Johnston, K.C.8., Col. of ,F. ; Cut 1 4 1 0 1" ' E. I. Comp. Serv. . , / ..- Major-Generals—George Waha',,, E. 1. C o. Sorr.; E. J. T. Johnston, C.B. do. Coloael—G. Miller, C. B. trAtitt. Lieutenant-Colonelis—Dr;tikwater Bet:l.une. h. p. Coffin's* ,sariat Depart. ;R. White, um y.. ;C. tkie, late of B. t Majors—Sir Rob.pkr s iss, Bt,' vi k: ; parker, A Bernard, late 58. . • / / Captains—De It illand,:ss 7.; :TAAttrp!y, 81 F.; Lardinieur: 2 W. I. Reg.; if ernyhough, h. p. 40 F, (G o v. of the , ''',„„,.. Knights of I YMdsor)_; h. p. Brun.dW. Inf.; Hey la de a n Y ri l Th h , Lieutenants—Venour, 18 F. • Maclfachlan, 28 F.; 1 1 °"" . _ by, late of R. Art. ; 8utcher,. h ' .. ,,.. p. 19 4 1 1 .) ,ri n . ; e Von Bn. (nor. i tL eg y eT . 3'l ' I. I. T iteg ,• I`Vet. Bn. ;B. Mackay, h. p. 2A F W . Dl'Leod, 1 2 - P . . - . 1 Line F. ; • Tappe, h. p. 1 Lt. Dr. Ger. Leg. F. Schroder, h. P. -. • Bn. Ger. Leg.; Wolff, do. do. : ' • KW' Ensigns—Woodward, 40 F . Smith, 2W. I. Reg.; 'K s ; man, p. 60 F. M‘Lelland, last: Quartermasters—Houth' ' 1, .12 F. ; Ottey, h. p. 60 F.; g, late of R. Art. ; Mills, 88 . , Commissariat Departs tent—Dep. Conlin. Gen. Foote. ... Medical Department- n, h. p. 14 Dr. ; Swift, -I Surgeons—Tongue, lr F ..Surgeon Beck, • J a maica. "I" J . • Laing, , Surg.—Gross, h. p. 2 A Dr. ' ( =Surtzeortileck, h. pp. R. Art. As_s . is! Barrack- master- , < --:"-Stokes . , Tralee. ....le London • Prip' • od and Publish 11 by M YOUN9iit No, 112 c ' e 'otrantl, at The. Sun 0 flice, N 0.112, Strapd, is f lan evull%ef.igddleux, fJouda4, 7 February 5, Is 4. . J.'.f l ir the c 'Seth ! 1 9 , T0 witte to th: At ✓ebn 4 the . 4) • r, Yor Abe Pi which after bran c l bills 11 Uni.lns Yo u aiinuu ' You ally at Yo u pendi t and Cc thc. r , hat tn, Ass trallsa Th e have Fend th e The r Jervi s eleetiO; tALAN raid-u kesery bue I , r ( o X) ti U t ll Cash of Sgeurit rrelim Bran rent Dept w e !Jul ei;i 'ouch. Lond Culler and (Ice, baq 4. the pi 5.7 1 th e at Co rn , 9 te e 62' 7. the c, 8. Joim pe 4 M.,_ seve n 111 , ce ede Joh n Cory ; 711 f hi for hi 10 PER for a Prop ttY 'Mita