The Sun. — London, England, 1845-01-30 00:00:00

.~ - THE FEBRTJARY NUMBER OF COLBURN'S r, EIV MONTHLY MAGAZINE AND HUMORIST Contains the following interesting Articles: — I. Diplomatic Doings. 2. Ideal Love. 3. A New Chapter in the History of Napoleon Buonaparte. 4. A Forest Thought. By Eliza Cook. 5. Two Military Executions in Spain. 6. The Wolf and the Lamb. By the Author of " Peter Frigging." 7. Town Life in Italy. By L. Mariotti. 8. A Discourse of Yuppies. Part 11. 9. A Visit to a Circassian Chief. By H. Walter D'Arcy. 10. Lights and Shades in the Life of a Gentleman on Half-pay. By W. H. Maxwell, Esq., Author of " Stories of Waterloo." No. VIII. The Outcast's Confessions —Midnight in a Madhouse. 11. Traits of Corsican and Sardinian Character. By George DUP. dett, Esq. 12. The Rohertees on their Travels. By Mrs. Trollope. Chapters XXV., XXVI., and XXVII. 13. Bea Guile, &c., &e. Henry Culbarn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. WIT:; TWO ILLINTItATIONS BY LEECH. 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Prospectuses, with detailed Particulars, :and form of Application for Shares, to be obtained at the :office of the Solicitor, to whom application for Shares may be addressed. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be repeated Balfe's Grand Opera, THE DAUGHTER OF ST. MARK. 1 usignano, Mr. Burdini ; Adolphe de Courcy, Mr. W. Harrison ; Catarina Cornaro, Miss Rainforth. After which will be repeated the Grand Christmas Harlequinade, called PUCK'S PANTOMIME; or, Harlequin and Robinson Crusoe. Robinson Crusoe, Mr. W. H. Payne ; Clown, Mr. T. Matthews ; Pantaloon, Mr. Howell; Harlequin, Mr. Wieland ; Columbine, Miss Carson. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. LESSEE, MR. B. WEBSTER. Gist Night of " Gld Heads and Young Hearts." THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New and Original Comedy, in Five Acts, entitled OLD HEADS AND YOUNG HEARTS. Colonel Rocket, Mr. Strickla..d ; Littleton Coke, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Tom Coke, Mr. Webster ; Bob, Mr. Buckstone ; Jesse Rural, Mr. W. Farren ; the Countess of Pompton, Mrs. W. Cliford ; Lady Alice Hawthorn, Madame Yestris ; Miss Rocket, Miss Julia Ben: ett. After which, a New Grand Musical Fairy Extravaganza, entitled GRACI , XSA AND PERCINET. King Uxorius, Mr. J. Bland ; Princess Graciosa, Miss Julia Bennett ; Percinet, Miss P. Horton ; Duchess Grog ion, Mrs. Stanley. To conclude with a Grand MOVING DIORAMA ; or, PICTORIAL TOUR IN SWITZERLAND. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. Fourth Night of a New and Original Drama, by the Author of " Wreck Ashore," " Victorine," &c. THIS EVENING _ _ Will be repeated a New — and Original Drama, entitled THE GREEN B SHES ; or, A Hundred Years Ago. Connor O'Kennedy, Mr. Selby ; George, Mr. Hudson : Wild 3lurtogh, Mr. 0. Smith ; Muster Grinnidge, Mr. Wright ; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Geraldine, Mrs. Yatev ; :jelly O'Neill, Mrs. Fitzwillizun ; Miami, Madame Celeste. Atter which, THE CORPORAL'S WEDDING ; or, a Kiss of the Bride. Sir Fells Marmalade, Mr. Hudson ; Major Griskin, Mr. Selby ; Lady Arethusa Gr skin, Mrs. Frank Matthews ; Nancy Cobb, Miss Woolgar. To conclude with THE CLIIMEA. Toby Veck, Mr. 0. Smith ; Alderman Cute, Mr. Wright ; Tugby, Mr. Wilkinson ; Sir Joseph Rowley, Bart., Mr. Paul Redford ; Will Fern, Mr. Hudson ; Richard, Mr. Selby ; Meggy Veck, Miss Fortescue ; Mrs. Chickenstalker, Mrs. Frank Matthews. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. A Thorough Adeiphi hit !—Vide, " The Times," and Public Press, EVERY EVENING THE GREEN A Hundred Years Ago ; by the Author of " The Wreck Ashore," " Victorine," & Principal Characters by Messrs. Hudson, 'Wright, 0. Smith, Paul Bedford, Selby, Cul lenford, and Worrell ; Mrs. Yates, Mrs. Fitzwilllam, and Madame Celeste. With the New Farce of THE COItPORAL'S WEDDING; or, a Kiss of the Bride. And THE CHIMES ; A Goblin Story. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING Will be repeated MONSEIGNEUR; or, PARIS IN 1720. Mon seigneur, Mr. Wallack ; Germaine, Mr. Oxberry ; Rosanne, Miss E. Stanley; Annette, Miss Marshall. To be followed by THE IRISH WEDDING. Principal Characters by Mdlles. Caroline Roussel and Teresine, Miss Marshall, and Messrs. J. kousset, Marshall, and Gilbert. After which, a New Comediettn, entitled THE BRIGADIER. Principal Characters by Messrs. Wallack, Granby, and Compton ; Miss E. Bonner, and Miss E. Stanley. To conclude with JOE MILLER AND lIIS MEN. Grindoff. Mr. Compton ; Lothair, Mr. Oxberry ; Claudine, Miss E. Stanley; Ravina, Mrs. Fosbroke. Stage Manager, Mr. H. I. Wallaek ; Stage Director, Mr. Emden; Machinist, Mr. Edmund Bradwell. THEATRE ItOYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. Last Threa Nights of " The Chimes." THIS EVENING Will be repeated THE CRIMES. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Vining, Meadows, Diddear, F. Matthews, Collier, Emery, Turner, and Keeley ; Miss Walcott, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Grove, and Mrs. Keeley. After which, a New Farce, entitled A MODEL OF A WIFE. Principal Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, F. Matthews, and 31ea dows ; Miss Walcott, and Miss Fairbrother. To conclude with VALENTINE AND ORSON. Principal Cha racters by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, Wigan, Collier, Turner, Kisloch, Yarnold, and Keeley ; Mrs. Wigan, Miss Arden, Miss Fair brother, Miss Grove, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss James, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Keeley. Unequalled Success of ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. PROPRIETOR, MR. W. BATTY. First Week of the Southern American Minstrel& THIS EVENING - _ Will be repeated THE ROYAL FOX HUNT ; introducing a Real Fox-chase on the Stage, by Living Fox and Real Pack of Hounds. To be followed by the Melodies of the American Southern Minstrels. Entire Change in the Circle.—Unequalled Feats of Horsemanship. To conclude with the Pantomime of HARLEQUIN JOHNNY GILPIN'S RIDE ; or, The Black Witch of Edmonton. Johnny Gilpin, Mr. Wells ; Clown, Mr. Barry ; Pantaloon, Mr. Bradbury ; Harlequin, Mr. Lewis ; Columbine, Mrs. J. W. Collier. Acting and Stage Manager, Mr. 1). W. Broadibot. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. The Grand Pantomime every Evening, with Splendid Novelties, and _ Another Now Piece. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Three Act Drama, entitled WOLSZY, in which the whole of the Company will perform. After which, TILE WHISTLER. To conclude with the Pantomime of POUNDS, SHILLINGS, AND PENCE. Harlequin, Mr. H. Harvey ; Clown, Mr, T. Ridgway ; Pantaloon, Mr. Henry Corti ; Columbine, Miss Slaiter. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerseoner, at the Box office, from Eleven to Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. Grand Juvenile Week—PantNnline, Second Piece. THIS EY.ENING Will be repeated MARIANNE; or, The Child of Charity. Sup ported by Messrs. Osbaldiston, 11. Howard, J. T. Johnson, J. Her bert, E. Jones, and W. Searle ; Miss Vincent, Miss E. Torrey, and Mrs. E. Jefferson. After which, the Pantomime of HARLEQUIN HOT CODLINS. To conclude with BLACK WHISKER ; or, Tho Demon of Seven Dials. Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, is. ; Gallery, 6d. THE WEATHER.-SIIN OFFICE, JAN. 30. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 27 ; Highest, 33 ; Noon, 32, BAROMETER, 29.28.—Wirm, W. Norm—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and ' Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the Thermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All the other observations are made at noon. Water freezes at 32 ; 55 on Thermometers is marked "Temperate," and on Barometers "Fair" is generally placed opposite to 30, and "Rain" at 29 ; but there is no certainty of dry weather when the mercury falls below 30. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TILES DAY. Morning .- 59 minutes after 5 I Evening .. 21 minutes after 6, ~. ' 1-". ' 't-,.- -, • ' 7., Zr. 1i *. Ai - <,.. 4 ‘ .l. . :- •- „, • '." , !AZTr-Jac_ . • s r .'i - —llk ~ '",l , ** . - - 4•3:17V .. - P ~u,.,-. --i-- , •, '. . - SECOND EDITION: iteninrnt LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1845, can scarcely have been unexpected by the Premier, who knows the Protestant temper of Ireland quite as well, if not better, than any statesman of the day. He must have foreseen the brewing hurricane, when as yet it was but a distant speck on the horizon. But we do most confidently hope and believe that the storm which will soon be bursting and whistling about his ears, and which we foresee will not be in ferior to that caused by Catholic Emancipation, will have no other effect on him than to confirm him in his resolution of redeeming his volunteered pledges strictly to the letter. On no other terms can Ireland be even partially reconciled to England. By no other means can O'Connellism—which is nothing more than the embodiment of a spirit of just discontent — be extinguished. The times are peculiarly favour able for the Premier's experiment. The busy hum of industry is again heard in the manufacturing districts; the finances of the country are in an unusually flou rishing condition ; political parties seem, in a great degree, to have lost the fury and bitterness that once characterised them ; and, whether deserving of it or not, there is no question that, just at the present moment, Sir ROBERT Pan. exercises a very com manding influence, as well without as within the walls of Parliament. Now, therefore, we repeat, is the best time for his commencing the grand experiment of the pacification of Ireland. He will, of course, meet with much and violent opposition, but his chief opponents will be the Irish Orangemen and the English Tories ; and these, fortunately, are two broken and scattered parties—the forlorn-hope of Bigotry I—whose political ascendancy is for ever departed. But were it not so— were these factions much stronger than they are at present—still, there is a spirit of liberality in the House of Commons quite strong enough to carry the Premier triumphantly through all obstacles. To succeed, then, he has only to dare ; and though we are by no means among the number of those who entertain any very high opinion of his moral courage, yet, with so many chances in his favour, we can scarcely permit ourselves to doubt that he will fully and honourably redeem his last year's pledges. And what a fame will be his when he shall have succeeded in placing the national education of Ireland on a just, comprehensive, enlightened, and satisfactory basis ; thereby giving thousands who are now without a hope, involved in the grossest igno rance, a fair chance of rising in the social scale, and ranking among the future ornaments of their country ! There is no more exalted or lasting celebrity than that which attaches to the statesman who can con scientiously say, that he left general intelligence where he found nought but the intensest ignorance ; and encouraged the spread of true religion in a king dom where, hitherto, it had been little better than a party watchword. dredging vessels., or other suitable means. The " Small Downs" is an " anchorage of considerable. extent, lying between the Brake Sand and the shore northward of Deal." They notice various plans that have been furnished for increasing, extending, and protecting this anchorage ; and, among others, a design by the late Sir JoaN RENNIE for a break water, five miles in length, at an estimated cost of 3,280,0001. It has recently been shown that the "Brake Sand" has gone, since its last previous nota tion on our coast charts, " about 700 yards bodily in shore." For these and other reasons, and especially "considering the Downs at the present time an ex cellent roadstead, with Ramsgate Harbour imme diately adjoining, the Commissioners cannot recom mend any outlay ui.on the " Small Downs." Of Dover, they notice the geographical as well as political importance of the position. They hold that there is no place with greater advantages for the erection of a breakwater, from its having an inner harbour, an ex cellent dock, &c. But seeing that two objections have been suggested as likely to arise to its conversion into a harbour of refuge—namely, that according to some witnesses the holding ground is not good, and that " it would have a tendency to silt up ;" the Commissioners report they are satisfied, from the experiments made on the tenacity of the bottom by her Majesty's ship Blazer, that the former ob jeCtion is unfounded. As to the silting, they re commend that some of the water be taken under all varieties of time, season, and weather, for a whole year, then to be analysed by the proper officer of the Museum of Economic Geology, in order to test the nature of the deposits held in suspension by it; and they are clearly of opinion that it ought to be a harbour of refuge, " in order to give it that efficiency as a naval station which is necessary to pro vide for the security of this part of the coast, and the protection of trade." At Dungeness nature has done so much to make it an excel lent roadstead for ships, that the Commissioners do not at present recommend the construction of a breakwater there. As to Beachy Head, East bourne, and Seaford, they do not recommend any works to the east of Beachy Head ; but there is no place in the whole coast line, say between Dover and Portsmouth, where a harbour is so necessary as in Seaford Reach, to the west of the Head in ques tion. At Newhaven they do not recommend any outlay of public money. Of Portland Isle they re port in the most favourable and decided terms, as excellently calculated for the construction of a break water, harbour, &c.; having abundant supplies, also, of good water for the use of shipping. Added to all this, the execution of such works enable a squadron The vital importance of providing harbours of refuge in the Channel, and elsewhere on our coasts, with a view to making better provision for the safety of our commercial shipping during the prevalence of tempestuous weather or adverse winds ;—of construct ing forts and defences in connexion with these and other such stations for the assembling of our fleets and ships of war—and the extension and completion of a system of coast protection in the event of war ;—these topics, it will be in the recollection of our readers, have been repeatedly and urgently enforced in The Sun in the course of the last twelve months. On such occasions we have endeavoured to demonstrate the degree of even enhanced exigency which the de mand for these indispensable national works assumes in reference to the daily increasing efficacy, and con sequent employment, of steam force by all European Powers, as a main element of maritime strength and success. We have pressed these considerations so long and so frequently on the attention of the public and the Government, that we have perused with the deepest interest the "Report" we reprint from the Commissioners appointed by minute of the Lords of the Treasury, dated in April last. The "Blue Book has just been issued, and its Appendices, as well as the body of the Report itself, are full of extremely valuable matter. A Contemporary, who has justly remarked on the " penny wise and pound foolish" policy of being too niggardly of the public money, where the objects to be secured by its expenditure are of so vast and so beneficial a character, and of such indisputable expediency, enforces the ne cessity of promptitude in carrying them out into execution, and the wisdom of our being prepared in times of peace for any unhappy contingency of sudden war, in language which we have employed so often, that we are tempted to use it in this place, in order that we may not appear to re peat ourselves. He says— " Independently, however, of these considerations, we are bound by a consideration of the changes which steam may operate in any new warfare, to " take time by the forelock," and be prepared for the enemy long before he may come. This, after all, may be the surest and simplest coarse. It is not in any spirit of jealousy or distrust that such recommendations are put forward. The true friends of peace are those who are always pre • pared for war." _ _ We are glad to find our own anxious represents tions on these two points of a prompt commencement of such works, and the unspeakable advantage of timely preparation, thus supported. Nothing that we see in the political horizon modifies th. gravity of these views. Every cloud that steals over it imparts new force to them. The foreign news of even the last twenty-four hours is not without its significant bear ing on them. It may assist eur readers in forming their judgment on the contents of this very remark able document, rapidly to indicate some of its mere salient features. The Commissioners thus state the main objects of the investigation delegated to their care : • " Stationed at Portland to have under its protection, jointly with Dartmouth, all the intervening coast, and these places, with Plymouth, will complete the chain of communication and co-operation between Dover and Falmouth, a distance of 300 miles." Of Harwich Harbour it is said that " The Treasury minute, under which we act, gives for our guidance three principal objects, viz.:— " First—The formation of ports of refuge for the safety and convenience of vessels navigating the British Channel. " Secondly—That these should be calculated to be come, in the event of hostilities, the stations for ships of war. " Thirdly—The consideration of expense as compared with the public advantages likely to result from the con struction of such works." " This harbour, formed by the junction of the rivers Stour and Orwell, is one of the finest, and may be ren- dered one of the most useful havens in the kingdom. It ha a sufficient depth of water and good holding ground over an extent capable of containing many hundred ships." And again, that " It is remarkably well-situated for the convenience of anorth-sea squadron, and for the protection of the mouth Of the Thames. _ _ " It is the only safe harbour along this coast, and is in the direct line of traffic between the Thames and the northern ports of the kingdom, as well as of the trade from the north of Europe. " There is a dockyard, with building slips belonging to the Crown, and the property under the Ordnance depart.. ment is extensive." After recommending the construction of a harbour, breakwater, &c., at Dover, at Seaford Reach, and at Portland Bay, and going into some details as to the proposed modes of construction, the Report gives this "approximated estimates" of the probable cost of such works : Dover, 2,500,000/. ; Seaford, 1,250,0001.; POrtland Bay, 500,000/. ; Harwich Harbour Improve ments, 50,0001. ;—total, 4,300,000/. This is, un doubtedly, a very large sum of money, but not when weighed against the interests, the property, the honour, the safety, the independence which its outlay is so well calculated effectively and permanently to secure ;—which its non-expendi ture from day to day so deeply perils. If there be a difficulty under the, present shattered and manacled condition of our currency about advancing or disbursing se large an additional expenditure, we would remark,first,that that expenditure must neces sarily be diffused over some three or four years; secondly, that the same hand which has worked the existing disorganisation of our monetary system, may easily obviate any apprehended pressure upon its dimi nished resources of the nature we speak of, by issuing a co-equal amount of paper money,—call them Treasury-notes or small Exchequer-bills,—under the authority and responsibility of the Government, that Government engaging to receive them at its Exche - quer in payment of taxes, Customs' duties, &c., &c., and reporting every month the number so paid in, that the amount cancelled and the amount outstanding may be at all times within the cognisance of the public. Here would be "paper money" circulating, in the meanwhile, from hand to hand, which even the financial prudency of Sir R. PEEL could scarcely be scandalised at. We once more renew the expression of our deep solicitude that the recommendations of this important Report may receive the very earliest considerations of Parliament. They recapitulate the various aids and colleaguse in the different branches of their service which have been placed at their disposal by the Lords of the Ad miralty, the Trinity Brethren, the officers of the Cinque Ports, the Ordnance, the Board of Customs and their collectors, the officers of the Coast Guard, and other public and official functionaries, and the names of the parties by whom the numerous and ela borate surveys which that service called for, have been (very ably and satisfactorily) made. They then notice with high commendation the Report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons of last year on Shipwrecks ; and we are well pleased to see our estimate of the mass of important infermation, sug gestions, and evidence comprised in that volume, so emphatically corroborated by the testimony of the present Commission. In alluding to the " Harbour Commission" of 1840, which was appointed " to visit" the coast between the mouth of the Thames and "Selsea. Bill," for purposes strictly analagous to those of their own appointment, they remark upon the fact that their predecessors of 1840 were thus precluded, by the terms of their instruction, from examining the harbour of Harwich on the eastern coast; and they express their belief that had they been required so to do, they would have reported as distinctly and as favourably on Harwich as the present Commission is enabled to do. The Commissioners confine their attention and examinations to Foreness; Rams gate ; the Brake, or Small Downs; Dover; Dungene!s I Seaford ; Newhaven ; and Harwich Harbour. '1 he other heads of their Report are devoted to " Proposed Breakwaters," " Mode of Construction," and " Mili tary Defences." The Commissioners are—Admiral Sir B. MARTIN, chairman ; Lieut.-Gen. Sir H. DOUGLAS, Rear-Admiral D. DUNDA S, Capt. Sir W. SYMONDS, R.N., Capt. J. WASHINGTON, R.N., Lieut.-Col. COL QUHOUN, R.A., Lieut.-Col. ALDERSON, R.E., Sir J. H. PELLY, Capt. Fisurn, R.N., JAMES WALKER, Pres. Inst. Civ. Eng. As to Foreness, " which stands well in the fair way of the traffic between the Thames and the Downs," and had been favourably reported on by the Commission of 1840, they " think it unnecessary to construct a harbour there," Harwich being of far superior prete ns i ons an d ca p ac ity a s to all purposes which it was ever contemp l ate d to accomp li s h a t Foreness. Of Ramsgate they state that the harbour, on the average of the last three years, has accom modated 1,600 sail annually, their average tonnage upwards of 450 tons each ; that, by fully executing works already designed there, this harbour would accommodate at least 500 more ships; that it might be greatly improved by deepening the entrance by The Repeal question still contrives, " like a wounded snake, to drag its slow length along," though much of the prestige and quick vital power that once cha racterised it, have degarted from it—we trust for ever. In vain Mr. GRATTAN makes furious speeches cf an hour's length at the Conciliation Hall ; in vain Mr. O'CoNNELL throws off " soft aawder"—as Sam Slick would call it— with that inimitable adroitness so peculiar to him ; neither the furious philippics of the orie, nor the oily flatteries of the other, seem longer to exercise that magic influence over the national mind, that they possessed but one short year since. Cir cumstances that have hitherto served to favour the views of the Repealers in no inconsiderable degree, seem now at length to have declared against them. The late Papal rescript—the Catholic Bequests Act—even the vacillating, unintelligible conduct of Mr. O'CoNNELL himself on the question of Federal ism—which he honestly confessed he embraced with ardour, because be understood nothing at all about the matter, upon the principle of " omne ignoturn pro magnifico r—these and other minor adventitious cir cumstances have all had an adverse influence on Repeal, which at present, notwithstanding its would-be exulting swagger, wears no nobler aspect than that of a baffled and beaten bully. No agitator—not even the fertile and ingenious Tom STEELE himself— appears any longer to have any schemes to propound at the Association. Mr. O'CormaLL's crotchet of the Aristocratic Irish Parliament of three hundred—the exact number, by the bye, of LEONIDAS'S band of patriots—who were to assemble together in Dublin, with, each, a hundred pounds in his breeches pockets, for the express purpcse of checking the revolutionary tendency of the more plebeian Association—of this once favourite crotchet we hear no more ; it has passed away, like other fantastic conceits, into the Limbo of Vanity, and is scarcely likely to be revived. Then the Rent ! This is one of the unerring touch stones of Repeal—a sort of barometer by which its upward or downward progress may be estimated with pretty fair accuracy, and this, alas, is growing "small by degrees, and beautifully less:;" though now and then there is an evident rally iu the week's accounts, like the last quivering flash of the lamp when it is just on the eve of expiring. Mr. O'Comfam. appears to be perfectly aware of the present humi liating condition of Repeal; and to be still more keenly and anxiously alive to the fact that its conti nued existence as a popular and thriving source of agitation depends rather on Sir Ro BRUT PEEL than himself. If the Premier redeem the: pledges which he volunteered last session—and of wh:lch be cannot too often be reminded—adieu, at once, to all Mr. O'Cos sr ELL ' S hopes of obtaining a Parliamentb College-green until the advent of the Greek lialends. The Liberator clearly sees that the game is now in :a great degree out of his hands, hence his warningto his countrymen at the last Repeal Association meeting, that nothing was to be expected from the British DuTliament for Ireland, who " would only fling thf 3na the offal while they secured the carcase for •themselves." Mr. O'CoriNELL must entertain a yet; y poor idea of his owh cause, when, as the best means of defending it, he prejudges the policy of the Englis di Government in this ungenerous spirit. " The new movement against the Governm en t system of education," says the Times of this morn ing, " originating out of the recent declaration of the Primate and the other Prelates, is rapidly extending itself throughout the different dioceses of Ireland. Cork and Limerick have already pronounced, and this day brings the manifesto of the clergy of Ardagh% so that, whatever views Sir ROBERT PEEL may en tertain with regard to his promise at the close of last cession upon the subject of education, it is not likely that they will be carried into effect without an opposition which, perhaps, was not calculated upon at the period of their enunciation." This opposition Madrid journals of the 22d have been received. The Gazette contains a dispa s tch fr% n the Captain• THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 30 1l;45. General of Burgos, announcing the capture and exe cution of ZUABANO. VILLALONGA, with a savage bar barity, rejoices that, having had the good fortune to dispatch some fifteen " astute Carlists" in a similar wzy, it should have fallen to his lot to be the means of inflicting the last punishment on ZURBANO, and recommend , for promotion those who traced to his den the wretched old man, half dead with disease and mental sorrow. ORME, it was said, would be tried in a few days, for not showing like barbarity and dis patch towards his two sons. The Three per Cents. closed at 311 for cash, and 32/ at 60 days; the Five per Cents. at 24 at GO days; and the Debt' without Interest at 7 1-16 at 60 days. All the Paris journals put forth articles on the Ministerial crisis, the importance of which not one denias—not even the onlw two that support the GUIZOT Cabinet. The Journal des Debats admits that the Ministry have received a check which is by no means decisive, or shakes their moral force. It cannot be denied that the tone of this jour- nal is anything but satisfactory. It tries, how ever, to put the best face on the untoward result. " The Cabinet," it says, " has had only eight votes majority—what ought it to do ? Ought it to retire ? It must be allowed that nothing obliges it to such a step. To retire is a constitutional necessity only when one has lost the majority. Eight votes are a very small majority, it is true; but they are a majority ! With a majority of eight votes, the Whig Cabinet lasted three years in England. Let us add that the intrigue employed all its means in this last affair—intimidation, threats, seduction—and that the Ministry, on its side, obtained from the Chamber the most explicit and most complete approbation that justly said to MinistPra, Et nunc i telligite? or, according to an ohl translation, Is it ekat ?' The Ministry ought to comprehend that it is nit in vain that an appeal is made in France to the sentiment of national ',dignity ; perhaps a majority ever consented to give in France ! We know, in fine, the force of all the political consi derations which have been advanced to engage the the eonscit-nce uf the Parlianent satisfies etch a cry, or the echo of this cry, which int . :tad)) , resounds in the conscience of the country. After fouryeurs a system of humiliation , concessions, pusillanimous arraw-ements, and disavowals, the Cabinet of October 29 has not any longer permission to sport with the honour of France as with a toy that is out of fashion, which has no weight in the balance of its great policy ! The Chamber has spoken. What do you wait for ? Retire, or if you dare it, pronounce a dissolution ; appeal from the judgment of the Chamber to that of the country ; place your policy before the electors, and try I You will not venture it. You will drag on under the weight of your unpopularity, without either knowing how to redeem your faults or quit power. Your barque is reduced to place its flag half-mast high, but you will not abandon it, bearing, as it does, your fortunes and your portfolios ; you will wait until the opinion of the Chamber and of the country withdraws from you the last wave ; and rather than renounce the last hope of saving your wretched cargo, it suits you better to go ashore in the mud and be shipwrecked in the filth." The Siecle thus exults in the victory : " The result, under which the Ministry , remained as if thunderstruck, is known—an absolute majority of three votes, to which the support of the six Ministerial Depu ties contributed. And to the imposing minority which had just protested against the humiliation inflicted on France must be added, according to the avowal of M. Guizot and M. Dumon, the Conservatives who bad ab stained from voting, and eight or ten of whom, present at the sitting, remaining motionless on their benches, had protested in their manner by silence I The minority thus exceeded by several votes the number of the Ministerial voters ; it was a victory for the Opposition—a solemn protest in the name of France. Moved by the same impression, all comprehended it at the same time, and applause burst forth, the acclamations of the tribunes responded, and this enthusiasm was immediately communicated to the crowd which from the morning had besieged the doors of the Chamber i We shall not abuse the advan tage given us by yesterday's result to attack the decisiun of the bureau on Saturday. We believe that every one is now convinced of the necessity of introducing into the regulations a means of conciliating the certain verifica tion with a publicity of voting. This question will re turn before the Chamber ; and the Opposition will at a later period bring these party quarrels to a conclusion. At this moment, it is sufficient for it to have mortally struck a disastrous administration. To those English journals which exposed to the gaze of John Bull, three days back, in immeasurable letters, the triumph of M. Guizot, we send back as our answer the official bulletin of his defeat. Let us hope that this example will not be lost on his succt.ssora, and that it will remind foreign Governments of the respect, too much forgotten, of the rights and dignity of France." Queen CHRISTINA'S journal, the Presse, considers Ministry to keep its post. Its resolution is taken. State reasons have appeared to it to demand that it should attempt new struggles; we shall not abandon it; we shall support it to the end in its noble and glorious career. The majority is small, but it exists ; it is resolute and firm; nothing ought to be despaired of." The other Ministerial journal encourages the Cabinet to remain firm, and tells the Opposition that though they can raise an outcry against the present policy, and by intrigue among the Government of the KING, they have no chance for place, because they are com- posed of such heterogeneous materials that they cannot work together." " The Ministry will re- main," are the words of the Globe. "We do not say this to the Conservatives, with whom it is not and cannot be a question for a moment ; but we tell it to to the ambitious Members of the Opposition, in order that they may provide themselves with a stock of patience, because the places they besiege will not be surrendered to them. The Cabinet will remain, the fall of the Ministry sealed, and but kindly pro mises to show zeal and devotion in their cause if they would only have the goodness to walk out of office : " The political importance of the votes yesterday can not be concealed. We shall, however, leave to other journals the task of developing it ; for if we have not ceased for a single day during a period of three years to warn the Cabinet—to endeavour to restrain it—to check it on the edge of the precipice, down which imprudent flatterers were precipitating it, we have never had a thought or a desire of overturning it. We have on all occasions attacked only its faults, and if it should think itself bound to retire, the eminent men who compose it, whose character we honour, and whose immense talent we admire, will carry with them our regrets. The sincerity of our devotedness may have appeared doubt ful to them whilst in power ; but once their resigna tions given in, this doubt can no longer exist in their minds." because it has the majority ; it is its duty to do so, be• cause it represents a party and not a heterogeneous mass. Pardieu! it would in truth be too accommo- dating to surrender the power when it is well es tablished—when it has overcome all difficulties — when it has created prosperity at home and peace abroad! Opposition would become at once a most delightful trade. At once it would drive out a Ministry by its injurious attacks, and gain, at its expense, popularity among the lovers of disorder . And,after having thus done it wrong, its place would be taken ; its successors would glorify themselves with its works, and thus, at its expense, gain popularity among men of good sense. Being only stupid and pilfering drones, they would make themselves pass for industrious and skilful bees. We are very sorry, gentlemen, but this will not be. When you want a majority, you will make it for yourselves; when you wish to have the confidence of the Chamber, you must endeavour to deserve it ; when you wish to hold places, you must take them as you can get them ; but nothing will be given up to you. You must not expect to receive alms at the expense of the Charter and the rules of the Constitution." Against these two journals are arrayed all the other journals of the metropolis ; but the GUTZOT Ministry is not The France says, "The Cabinet may be regarded as overthrown, as an existence at its last gasp. It must not be forgotten, however, that there are people who are not to be turned out of doors by the most decided means of moral expulsion." According to the Revue de Paris, the dissenting Conservatives did all the mischief :—" Those Conser vatives who had seceded from the Ministry, remained firm in their resolution .to the last, with the exception of five or six. Fifteen constantly voted with the left centre. The Ministerial majority, on Saturday, against the amendment of M. DE CARNE, would not have been so considerable, if a fraction of the extreme left had not persevered in voting against it." To con clude the summary, we give the opinion of the Quoti dienne, the bitter enemy of the present dynasty : "As to us. it is of little consequence whether M. GuizA remains or retires. The country is warned ; it will not shut its eyes—at least if we can help it. Two hundred and five Deputies have firmly refused to sub scribe to the fresh shame which the system wanted to impose on France. From whatever part they come we thank them all, and we salute with gratitude this evi dence of a regeneration which cannot be far remote. French in heart as well as by birth, what we want above all is that our country shall never lower its flag ; shall never be wanting to her glorious destiny ; shall be always that which our fathers have made her at the cost (if so much blood and so many sacrifices, by so many heroic efforts, by so profound a sentiment of the mission which she holds from God himself;—grand, free, strong, and proud I" The following are miscellaneous extracts from the papers : " It was M. DupiP," says the Globe, "who, standing at the foot of the tribune, prevented the Oppo.ition Mem bers from voting, in order that there might be no Ad dress to the King. This was surely a very fine part to be played by a man who calls himself a supporter of the Constitution, and who, scarcely a month ago, solicited the Conservatives fur their votes to make him President of the Chamber." We read in the D,hats—." The _news which we gave on Saturday of Zurbano's execution was officially con firmed yesterday. He was shot in the town of Logrono on the 21st. He died with courage, like a soldier, and even with repentance, it is said, cursing his wife for having urged him to revolt, and for having caused his death, as well as that of his two sons." A letter from Lucerne of Jan. 24, in the Zurich Ga rat!, says :—" Dr. Steiger, who was arrested forty eight days back, was at last set at liberty yesterday. Although the hour was late when the news was made public, a crowd of persons hastened to manifest their sympathy with this courageous man. The Executive Council has replied by a decided refusal, to the applica tion of Berne to suspend the calling in of the Jesuits until a decision was come to on the wish expressed by Zurich, referring to the law on the veto and to the can tonnal sovereignty. The same authority has complained to Argau of the ill-usage which several persons from Lucerne have undergone in the canton, and has de manded, besides, that the refugees of Lucerne should be removed from the frontier." A letter from Constantinople, of the Bth, announces the death of Athanase, the Patriarch of Jerusalem, at a very advanced age. The same letter mentions a report that new troubles have broken out in Bulgaria, on the frontiers of Servia and Wallachia, at the very moment when the political agent of the Sovereignty of Servia was negotiating an amnesty with the Ottoman Porte for the individuals compromised in the former insurrectional movement in Bulgaria. A letter from Alexandria ' Dec. 27, says :—" The Viceroy has formally resolved to have the narrowing of the Nile executed. The engineer, Mongel, is charged with the task. He is to go to France on Feb. 20, to order machines. The Viceroy has invested Baron de Tossitsa to accompany him in the journey he is about to take in his dominions. The Baron sets out tomorrow for Cairo." THE BOURSE--TuEsnAv, JAN. 28. singular in that respect. It has more suppor from the press than even the FEU. Cabinet with a hundred backers in the Commons The Paris Opposition press, as compared with the Ministerial, is about as ten to two, while Sir IiOBEIT PEEL here has only one daily paper to sup port him. We subjoin, for the amusement of our readers, brief extracts from the motley press opposed to the Gutzor Cabinet, and begin with the journel patronised by the candidate for Guam's place. " The Ministry," says the Constitutionnel, " cannot, without dishonour, remain in office, after the declarations made from the tribune by MM. GUIZOT, DUCUATEL, and Dumost, that they would resign if the Chamber did not afford them a clear, firm, and complete co operation." "Let us now," says the Constitutionnel, "scrutinise the majority obtained to-day by the Cabinet. It consists of four votes, and there are six Ministers. In England, as well as in France, a majority so feeble is, for every Cabinet which respects itself, a signal of retreat. Some years ago Count MOLE gave in his resignati,m, and only withdrew it afterwards to dissolve the Chamber, because he had obtained but 221 votes against 213—difference, 8 votes ; majority, 4 ; pre cisely the same , number. On the day following the vote MM. GUIZOT and D UCHATEL declared that Count MOLE should either retire or dissolve the Chambers, or otherwise be wanting in all the condi tions of Parliamentary government and political ho nour. Nevertheless, the majority of M. MoLE was more clear than that of the present Ministry to• day, for nobody then abstained from voting. To-day nine Deputies present took no part in the proceeding. In these cases, to abstain was to blame. To the 205 op ponents must consequently be added nine votes to enable us to learn what the Chamber thinks of the Ministry. The indemnity was condemned by 214 votes against 213. The Ministry was consequently left in a minority. This vote is not accidental. On Saturday the opposing majority was certain. The day before another amendment had been rejected after a doubtful trial The majority, so far from being clear, firm, complete, and non-equivocal, as required, does not exist. The Ministry should either retire or dissolve the Chamber. This is the regular course ; the contrary would be a dishonouring and useless con tradiction given to themselves. Nevertheless, we have been assured that they will adopt this last dis graceful alternative. If we be correctly informed, M. GUIZOT said, on leaving the Chamber, should bave remained with one vote; I have three; that is three times More than I require !'" The National, though delighted at the result, has no great hopes from the amalgamation of parties. " V hen the numbers of the ballot were announced," says that paper, " the Opposition, en masse, set up such a shout of bravos that we thought the walls of the building would give way. What is the meaning of all these transports ? What have you gained? Who will replace the Cabinet expiring under your blows ?" It thus describes the scene : " The atmosphere on Monday last appeared to an nounce an unlucky day. A cold wind drove with it torrents of rain, and a thick fog covered the city. At the Chamber of Deputies all was movement and agita tion. Scarcely had the President taken his seat than an immense crowd rushed into the hall. After some words from M. Gamier Pages and M. Billault, M. Dumon, the Minister fur Public Works ascended the tribune, and demanded that the Chamber should declare its opinion, not indirectly or equivocally, but publiely, an d i n an explicit manner.' To which appeal his friends responded with loud applause. The Chamber was about to rote, when the President an nounced that twenty Ministerialists had demanded the secret ballot. At this announcement contemptuous laughter was heard from the Opposition benches. The names of the Members were called, the anxiety became extreme, the Deputies rose, andlthe balls fell into the ballot-box. The white advanced with the courage derived from their masks ; the black dashed for ward boldly, showing the colour of their balls. At length the ballots were cou nted , and the Pr e sident declared the result. On this we thought the walls of the Chamber would have burst, the Opposition, in a body, raised such a shout. M. Vivien having been called on to develop en amendment of which he had given notice, replied, 6ln the existing state of affairs I withdraw my amendment. The greater part of the Opposition Members abstained from voting. If about eight Deputies had not lent their aid to the feeble majo- rity, the final ballot on the Address would have been null for want of a sufficient number of voters. Such is the history of the sitting. The majority seen by the board on Saturday clearly consisted but of three, or d rather, there was no majority for Ministers, becaus e the members of the board should be deducted from it • and the n s decided id -lilei demanded by M.uizot o ght, of which six were este on energetic Monday of Ministers." The Courrier Francais, another Radical paper, says it is all up with GUIZOT, but fears he will cling to the sinking vessel to the last : " After the vote of the Chamber, might it not be _ _ _ _ • First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents•• .. 121 80 .. 122 .• 121 80 .. 122 Three pet Cents..... 85 10 .. 85 10 .. 85 5 .. 85 10 New Loau .......• 86 45 •. 86 50 .. 86 45 .. 86 40 Bank of Franco .. 3260 —3260 ..3260 ..3260 Gouiu Bank, I,ooof. Shares-1085 ..1085 ..1085 ..1085 Belgian •••••• • • • • • • 630•• 630 .. 630 .. 630 .. 630 Belgian rives, 1840 ..... 104% 104% .. 104% .. 104% 1842 ........ 10634 .. 10634 .. 10638 .. 106% Two-and-a-Half.. 62 10 .. 62 10 .. 62 10 .. 62 10 Spanish Threes.• •• •• 4034 •• 4034 .. 40►% .. 4034 Active •. Pa55ive............ 88 6X .. 6% .. 6X .. 6% Portuguese Five per Cents.. 59 .. 59 .. 59 .. 59 Roman ............... 104 105 105 1 5 5 RAILWAY SHARES. Versailles, R. 8.... 5OO .. 500 .. 500 .. 500 L.B. • . 383 75 .. 383 75 .. 382 50 .. 383 75 Rouen . . —lO7O ••1070 ..1067 58 ..1070 Rouen to Havre.. ..... 865 .• 865 .• 862 50 .. 862 50 Orleans ..••••••.•.•••.••••1131 25 ..1135 ..1131 25 ..1135 Strasburg to Bale 305 .. 366 25 .. 303 75 .. 306 25 Avignon to Marseilles•• •• .. 920 .. 922 50 .. 920 .. 922 50 RAILWAYS FOR THE ACCOUNT, FEB. 7. Versailles, R. 8..• •••• ...... 555 .. 4'..7 50 .. 495 .. 497 50 L. 8.......•••••• 382 50 .. 382 50 .. 380 .. 382 50 Rouen.. •••• .• .• •••......1072 50 . 1072 50 ..1066 25 ..1070 Rouen to Hevre •• 866 25 .. 867 50 855 .. 867 50 Orleans •• St ras b u r g to 305 .. 306 25 .. 303 75 . 315 Avignon WJAAuselles...... 925 .. 925 .. 921 25 . 925 A NEW POWER.—An ingenious manufacturer ad vertises, in the daily papers, for " a second-hand half horse power condensing engine !" We believe it has been generally understood that there could be no power at all in halls horse, because the very process of splitting him in half would instantly deprive him of all power, except the power of becoming very offensive to the olfactory nerves of her Majesty's liege subjects, in a very short time afterwards. We should be much obliged to any gentleman of the Veterinary College for his opinion thereon.—Grea SGun. THREATENED GENERAL STOPPAGE or THE MILLS AT HET WOOD.—The power-loom weavers, to the num ber of about 200, in the employ of Messrs. John Hilton Kay and Sons, at Heywood, who struck for an advance of wages six weeks ago, are still out. They hold meet ings almost every day at some of the public-houses. The masters have held several meetings at the Queen Anne Inn on the subject, and have received delegates from the turn-outs in order to arrange the matter, but without effect. The result has been that, on Friday and Satur day last, many gave notice , to their hands that in four teen days from that time they would close their mills. Yesterday it was rumoured that all the masters are in tending to stop their factories ii the turn-out at Messrs. Kay's is not seedily arranged.—Manchester Guardian. SIR W. FOLLETT.—We have more than ordinary pleasure in being able to state, on the best authority, that very favourable accounts have been received of Sir William Follett's health, and that there is every hope of his immediate return to this country, and of his being sufficiently re-established to undertake the discharge of his duties in Parliament at the commencement of the session.— WestCln Luminary. THIS N E kV CHANCERY.-($ HIS DAY.) TOLI. , JCH V. HAStILEY. The hearing of this part-htard appeal was continued during this morning. VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR Of ENGLAND.) His HONOUR disposed of a great number:of unopposed cause petitions and short causes, possessing no public interest. BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.) IN RE THE MIDLAND COUNTIES RAILWAY. Mr. DEVONPORT HILL moved the Court for a writ of certiorari, to bring up the inquisition on the body of Vernells, and also for a rule to show cause why the inquisition should not be quashed. He objected to the inquest on two grounds, on those that appeared on the fuce of it and on those that did not. It appeared that William Vernells was killed upon the line somewhere between Nottingham and Derby, and that an inquest was afterwards held upon the body. Sometime before another person, Mr. Dean, had also lost his life on the same railway, and in reference to the proceedings upon that occasion an article had appeared in a newspaper, which newspaper was carried to the second inquest and handed to the jury, notwithstanding the objection to such a course urged by the gentleman who attended there for the Railway Company. The neighbourhood was in a greatly excited state, the jurymen were also excited, yet when that gentleman urged upon the Coroner the impropriety of placing such an article before the jury at such a time, he declined to interfere, alleging, forsooth; that " the jurymen were in an awful tamper." Mr. hill then read the article in question from the Morning Post newspaper. It imputed blame to the Company on account of defective arrangements, and said that the driver in cases of that painful kind, blamed the guard and the station-master, anybody or nobody ; and in conclusion it found fault with the jury for not amer cing the Company in a heavy deodand. Another point, not on the face of the inquisition was, that by a late statute regulating the Coroner's Court, it was laid down that the jury should come from the county in which the inquest was held. That accident oecurred in the county of Nottingham, and yet he ( Mr. H.) held affidavits proving that, at least, one of the jurymen resides' in the town of Nottingham, which was a town and county in itself, and, therefore, as far as the legality of the case went, he might just as well have come from Wales or Cornwall. The Learned Counsel took several technical objections to the inquisition itself, and was proceeding with his argument, when Mr. Justice WILLIAMS intimated that he might take the rule. IN RE GILBERT. Mr. JERVIS said that in this case his Lordship might recollect that the Learned Solicitor-General had applied for and obtained a rule for a habeas corpus to bring up the bodies of two children of the names of Francis and Joseph Gilbert, on the application of the mother. The children were at the time in the custody of a gentleman, named Schwank, who had brought up the deceased father and his brother, one of the co-trustees in this case ; he having reason to believe that the moral- and religious education of the children were neglected while under the mother's care, and with the full approbation of Mr. Schwank and his wife, sent them to a most respectable school. It had been arranged, with his Lordship's approbation, that the children should, by a fiction, be considered before the Court, and that they should remain at school accord ingly. William Gilbert, while in possession of the chil dren, made a return to the Court, in obedience to his Lordship's direction, without producing the bodies of the children, the return, in effect, stating that he was appointed testamentary guardian along with the widow, and that believing their education not attended to, he had, with Mr. Schwank's approba tion, sent them to school. His Learned Friend Mr. Iloggins and himself were then prepared to show just cause why the children should still be kept at school ; but it now appeared that the mother of the children had learned where they were, and had gone there and obtained forcible possession of them. This was no doubtA con tempt of Court, and a warrant of attachment might in cons( quence be issued, but he (Mr. Jervis) would at pre sent content himself with filing certain affidavits. EXCHEQUER.--(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) LACEY V. BUNN. Mr. OGLE moved for a rule, calling on the plaintiff in this case to show cause why defendant should not be allowed to add special pleas to the record, in addi tion to the general issue. The declaration was on a contract between the parties, that plaintiff would at Christmas next following enter the service of defendant. as manager of Drury-lane Theatre, and would act and perform in light comedy during the remainder of the season, the defendant agreeing to retain to him for that time at a salary of nine guineas a week. In other parts of the contract plaintiff gave defendant the power of declaring it to be void, if he performed at any other house in the stipulated time, or refused, after a week's notice, to act in a piece which was not light comedy. Plaintiff having made default in some of these particulars, an application of the same nature with the present was made to Baron Rolfe at chambers, who did not :decide on it, but allowed three days, in which to obtain the opinion of the Court. `l he LORD CHIEF BARON—When was this condition made ? _ _ Mr. OGLE—It was a part of the contract, my Lord. Baron PARKE—I should like to see it. Mr. OGLE—Unfortunately, my Lord, I have it not with me. It does not appt ar in the plea, and we do not want to compare it with the original document. But de fendant is advised that -it would not be safe to go to trial -%•ith the record as it now is. Baron PARKE—There is a case in point, respecting contract and plea. Mr. OGLE—It is the case of Nash v. Burge, in the 11th Meeson and Welsby. The LORD CHIEF BARON—There the plea qualifies the contract recited in the declaration. Baron PARKE—The case I speak of i 3 of much earlier date. Mr. Com—Your Lorisl.ip, probably, alludes to the case of Smart v. Hyde, i I the 7th volume of the same report:. Baron PARKE—Just so. It appears to me a sufficient warrant for your application. Baron ALDERSON—What pleas do you want to add ? Mr. OGLE—It was part of the contract, that the de fendant could oblige plaintiff to play in a piece which was not light comedy, after a certain notice. Notice 'a 0,4 accordingly given him to appear in the character of Ferdinand, in the Tempest, which he refused to do. Baron ALDERSON—The principal issue then appears .o be, whether the Tempest be or be not a light comedy. Mr. OGLE—No doubt, my Lord, that question is suf .. ficiently prolific to give rise to an argument, if necessary, as abstruse as any in law. The question is, whether it was any part of plaintiff's duty to appear in the cha racter of Ferdinand after the regular Notice, and whether the contract had not been rendered void by his n( t hav ing done so. There are, however, other points with hich I will not now trouble the Court. _ _ Baron PARSE--DO you then mean to say, Mr. Ogle, that in the same document there are two conditions — first, that plaintiff shall play in light comedy when called upon to do so, and in other spßies of dramatic representation after a certain notice ? Mr. OGLE—Yes, my Lord; he en4aged to play in light comedy on demand, and in other pieces at seven days after date.—(Laughter.) Baron PARKE—I should like 'to know if these two conditions are really in the contract ? Mr. OGLE replied that as his time of pleading expired to-day, there would not be sufficient time. It was ultimately arranged that the rule should be drawn up, not absolute, and that plaintiff should to•mor row show cause at chambers, the time of pleading being in the meantime extended for three days. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS (THIS DAY.) (Before the ASSISTANT-JUDGE John Edwards, a boy, whose bead scarcely reached up to the top of the bar, was indicted for stealing ss. and a handkerchief, the property of Mary Ann Brown. It appeared by the evidence of the prosecutrix, that the prisoner, accompanied by a man who appeared to be his director, followed her along Barbican and into Worship-street, when, feeling a tug at her pocket, she turned round, and saw the prisoner with the handker chief in his hand, which he immediately dropped upon the ground. His companion made his escape, but some of the bystanders detained the prisoner, and handed him over to a policeman. In his defence the prisoner said that the lady had dropped the articles which he was charged with stealing. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty. The officer of the Court handed up to the Assistant- Judge no less than four previous convictions against the prisoner, whom the goalers described as an incorrigible young thief. The Learned ASSISTANT-JUDGE sentenced him to seven years' transportation, intimating at the same time that on account of his extreme youth he would be sent to Parkhurst Penitentiary. Mary Walsh, a girl about thirteen 'years of age, was indicted for stealing a coat, of the value of Bs., the pro perty of John Summers, her master. It appeared by the evidence that the prosecutor had taken the prisoner into his employment at a time when she was in the greatest destitution, having been deserted by both her parents. In less than a week after being taken into his employment, she committed the robbery for which she was indicted. The jury at once returned a verdict of Guilty, and the Court sentenced her to three months' imprisonment, the last fortnight to be solitary. BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) AFFAIR OF " Hot,oun."—A young man of gentle manly appearance, who gave his name as John Haig, and stated that lie was a farmer from the county of Meath, in Ireland, was placed at the bar before Mr. Twyford, charged with assaulting Mr. Ivimy, the soli citor of Chancery-lane. The complainant stated that the defendant this morn ing came into his office, and, on being introduced to him, said that he called on the part of Major Cartwright, to require that complainant should retract certain expressions which he had used in reference to the major's conduct. Complainant asked thedefendant if he knew the circumstances of the case between him and Major Cartwright? To which Mr. Haig replied, that the circumstance were of no consequence whatever, as he only wanted an apology. Mr. Ivimy answered that he would retract nothing until he was convicted that what he had said was untrue ; upon which the defendant told him to name a third person. This, be refused, and defendant called .--' .--------• ~. • . -.-- _ him a: c- . , -------------- 11,. jill '. struck r "(.. blows awiltal't defendanti b e e i f'gs tisrilicjirChialDrosriol' patent wh:Jebcnc u. 1 • u 1 ,• a nsed t he a,kinz-canes, wnic,, c to flow. tha il t li the cane lvhale i b v k a s.neegle manner,. so as to form not only very haadforae wstooB ridingproduced, and .Ir. Jag jo ", canes, but preparedin fiict in:rYverYfi°lorisili: w w e a a s pons, when used as that one was by the Prl o o e r ,„ Major Cartwright in connexion with this invention, ts'on Ftwright was procured by the comPlVtliob one j of his clients, on account of which he had th e O'i n h e e cessary to speak of the Major in the ter r i v if m !' celuesisdayis not r ef equired to retract. Two of .a..; ifor interposed, and the prisoner was g ive 1 , 4 a 0 3 sal Mr. TWYFORD, on . examining the cane , - 0 :0 00 invention was very ingenious, and one roigl i ! bs be the inventor success, even though there ling ,f cause of complaint on the part of Mr. 10 fike of' plainant—l wish him success fur the ', O Ol clien o r, but not in appl in his invention in lu .( 0 1 ' gentlemen's heads. y g l i ~t, i a coward, T he d he A as a coward. ef h e u n t d e a n n l t y s to a l i d d htihmatahaet did not es." i ,,tto Major Csr lwr ' thi4 1 ,. s aale," The MAGISTRATE Said that WAS much t."c„gliS . I bt He would not say judicially that an) othe r P '.714. as well as Mr. Iviiny, would have instanlil "0 0 ; person who gave him such an insult in h is °old nos e n tis t e het u h beu ou tw g wo h no t lud i l t dn v eh er natural that we ll sh :o sel' charge, t o hold decideprisoner F 1 sions, ,himself in 2001., and two sureties 0 . 0 R ith notices of bail. ondon, the summarily übpau.o? wooithei4), Th e d e h f n en t d s a i n r t F s e a l i i d x h ß e n k e n t h e . w no responsible r-"e°4 I ol L Mr. TWYFORD expressed his %ina ne° t°tAe lfitt f gentleman'snstiwarranta j. Major bail. r against N‘ C , ansrtwsurbigsherently granted icidr' .itl De r• William Dunn was charged before Air'eoperi' stealing sa a penknife and pencil-case, tb°.,tret.9l A rau h e e l Wti.ohrdclei,osage:vhienospkeeper at No. 1 8, 144) ,`"., eV he wasprosecutor toP l°) 1i0,,,t / ' this morning, a t elevenin the o tah 'c rec l idke, bwy:ehrissaebili:.ilibe°l;ll, been purchasing some articles of hinir si/ fo ril , `",f i t? had taker . a penknife away without pili n g - d °L, him, out the isoner. He pursued s, l ll 1100 him, and mentioned what the la dy WO 5 ,1 /- s . fda '4 O produced a penknife and pencil case, 0;61,00 ,pr just bought them, and paid len for them. ' t : i i ". ' ts .,:i .i i r gave him in charge. On being taken t° #lO 9 l house several articles were found upon billlilitieilcill ness identified as Mr. Ward's propertPeto fe llc. have been purchased andpaid - f r, but 1-- di; o and penknife had not. The lady who gave the information 01211°°rlitedriic; above evidence. oe#, s c ot The prisoner, who described himsel f ils lie l'' D fo '° ' board an American steam•vessel, said tbsit his"rd chased the whole of the articles found S li paici, 'illf,,' value of 75., from Mr. Ward. Ile bn'huttbir"", pencil-case which was found upon hir n ,,,,' ;het te t b rc t h ,,'" ' not n a good one, and wishing to take - din% . ): 1 1 dr' took for were th alike, e p pe a n n penknife. Mr. downexamiannedd i i i t , . l ; o ' o l3 . jig , 11 0 ft O il . Mr. HAIL had no other cour se but to en nal. ------------- 0,1•) l ied L A MBET 1-I._-( T II IS ~g re efile/ 14 4 A gentleman residing at Cambersreh h i, 50 5 00 0 Mr. Henry for his assistance to recoveretiee,o4,. eloped with a person last night. The a lto ge f e i t :, 'l'? fellow wore most luxuriant curls_, a P s ed tr 05 13 9 ' , large steel military spurs to his boots,bege til a.o o , oi accompanied with a bloodhound an d dee ms r i c ° generally carried in his hand a hands ci- t t oist i f 1 0 , riding whip, so as to give him the ra m ° a e f ,:th el , i t! pearance, while in reality be was -f ier " I slV 1 The applicant stated that his betel l e e►• Jr 014 sidence yesterday evening, he v ° o f a Pa i s this person, as they seen co ming.„e ut bea 01 ,7 0 :1 I'? together in the neighbourhood. o . e i , t _ bat L - 0 I been in search of his sister all illgß; e o r ti ke . fl traces of her. This person 11 11(1 ; 1 0 ;6bl ° , - 14 1/ ' about the house for a eoerreecollY4oo V and he had no doubt but he ha' ~, re r sl9 seduction of his sister. He had e l . r e i: o ova. lieve that he knew his name, and i t .ry e ° I ' 1 months ago that he had seduced the '' oe r i d 001 00,0 residing in Lambeth. ~IN A. . Mr. HENRY asked the applicant the ~I N o e) lady, and whether he was aware that, 5 . f bell s er:e; the house with her own consent, 0 11°1 bis 5 .,,' e f° . ip' alive ?—The gentleman replied thabter, 03 0 0 ior t , years of age ; she was residing W ith f an te he berwell-green, who was the widow 0 e to et a army, but it was impossible for ho t• i 01 elopd with her own consent or not reser; 0 1 i Mr. HENRY regretted that for till T ea " A circumstances, be was afraid b e cou to cant no assistance. , t 0 01 , 3 00 t i 1 ' l3 The applicant wished to know t"t o e ila" t is+ is sister, could he not give the Pe r- 4'o. the abduction. o ; offl4 ol , Mr. HENRY said that if the ladi wen t cow l of ii: ' 4 consent he could not ; but the apPb ° ,- - a a n l , l oi..,e te C• could apply to a Judge at Charuhefs'-;0 hie 0' 0 and if the gentleman obtained a• clu e ow prj treat, he might renew his applcatiee' • trl tll o , 9 would afford him every assistance. , io gli A re o p The gentleman then thanked the w 'the , r 0 (1, courtesy, and said he would rol h is b le 4 which the applicant, accompanied I)) ° f p" office. • • 'jou ° di 4 Mr. Inspector Topp, of the L dol'„stocli jp . , 04 that he bad a gentleman in hi s c v ,o is tbotrh being drunk, but unfortunately he -0 0 e" rr i ~ th os Ip , and had been removed to the Lare e i o 6 It beil l el he was now lying speechless, sli",:d ici!.,", 11 ; 1 ,64 state. On the sheet he was cherb a - s rcb l "o9., u orA but he thought it was a fit. 0° 6- re ife' ii Ore they found a gold watch, six sore 0 019; e t case, and also a card, on which vves..treetk,ll,,.o happens, " take me to 14, Clayton,: h e o inis . ? The gentleman's name turned out lueet:$11111:1 although he was a person of V,„'' l ,at b00. ,9 1 ( residing in a small back room. •t„„' ith e il i t attaiding him in the worl-louie• 7,.. life ' „ell/ 1 stated that he was LO: INCree:ed I , ' •VA day. all 11 10 el tie° Aire Mr. HENRY said, should t h e g--. p. ,- A must hold an inquest. The ma; l9. ' to be marked" Discl y ilY C LE RKEN WELL. --( h rf o rgl sll :4 l A lad named Williams, wa s c a g ed . 1 F 1 ing daring act of shoplifting :, li . oil' ' A itor This morning the prisoner co°l o lil o f Cilir of Mr. Edwards, a tobacconist' _,- to% ;ow' .d i y ; Burton-crescent, took up a I¢ t ' a l was' f e l N i It. 45., and walked off with it. - e a to t y l e —Committed for trial. a o bergb of: 0 14 Daniel Cooper, a cabman► vi of 0 3° Ktir The fellow was the ringleader ° , f 0 6 0 0° ,1 1 4 l /s ' i Igl i i vagabonds in Islington, at the 1 3 " tl 'd yePi4l ) 00 ;;, o'clock last night their shouts on o bleA whole neighbourhood. Poriee'e9/I;is iAi 4 The prisoner swore he would sO t f o ther o r o p and carve him ; he made us ter, 0 as f o r° 4.) shockingly blasphemous character,to y —ln default of fine, he was not airll _,,-- OP/ ____.--------------(1,0, otie/ LLOYD'S sHIPPPIGN''' het ______/sfm,-4, LONDON, JAN. 30.--Wißd $. t° o o 01 " V, 1 1 ' ' 4" and cloudy. There was a slight fie 41:i nied with frost, last night. . 10 . s lg. t° , . ' IV DEAL, JAN. 29. breeze.—Arrd. Ann, --Wlcbilladboe'i: -11;e011111,4411111.1031° Ayres ; Northumberland, Gr ls Ooh'''pee,,,f9j Ranger, South Seas Rebeceopicutoi, K a ptyr tius, China ; Br Shia Castle, etroolev-; r,sl' Rambler and Eclipse, Iguritiusifpreitor ) Hope ; Layton, West Coast of ce • u tt T e it hr oll.)," Valparaiso ; Ruckas, St. A r in e _p er i l ot,?si c t 7 r es ° ' London and Nautilus steartra W.P. l os 00,0 DOVER, JAN. 29.—P•al• vv t e ncle ib t ive rll :o l g Fanny, Amy Demerara, te r , f o r A P ag e 1 ,41 , cbors, Scc. • Amy, Liverpom, c uilla;;l r moi bowsprit broken, and with ()the' Os Or.d• 1 early . t l. l , contact with a large barque 0 092, 1 1) 9 fel r i d geness. lir .; 29• e S • s OFF BEACHY HEAD, u,,,,--;., iiv• -• O ;, a Y FALMOUTH, JAN. 29.---1" s MP' ript Off, Edward, Schmidt. nue° tvaltso/ITIY, and proceeded for Antwerp. sat o° •i th o Ivectlielv BRIXIIAM, JAN. 28. Th e . bere it be t te ), to St. Ives, was brought sunken 11) „, c clo ° e ° / leaky, having struck on a su- 1,0.-.Aflr i Dartmouth. The NancY , f r°133 0 .0 1 1 0 P e ~,,,, has been brought in here, t' e 130 - itl mutiny. __, l iris, irsied" JERSEY, JAN. 26.—A m arso P o re P% lt land. Sld. Wm. Pitt, Rio Arrd, / 1 1 .,e ; 4 1 o SWANSEA, JAN. Wind 29.-:r 1 4.1 4 . r ots , 0 0 , 1 0 41 ' MILFORD, JAN. 28.- -- r ji)e oe f ollyi 0P Arrd. Isabella, Liverpool' l° oo lt e lo p sr ' FALMOUTH, J AN. 29.--tA 0 0 b ° _ .l io f d and burnt much, and mar c: i. t a$ 1 11 ( `I been picked.up off the Lil'e;:iarge t , JP CARDIGAN, JAN. 2 8 *"." P' tae ; .do tl C r Eybur, six miles frothls•-, s tr° l l o/ $1 I CORK, JAN. 27.-- wind G f o re.- 0 0 '1, ' 1 Leicester, Bullard, 13 10 411 )11",11 4 4; ' Crosbie, Porto Rico, vv-tra as tle , boo, r Halifax. Off, Chartley Li d. 13rot t o? ? i ..-Arr•pot t o e ft* LEITH, JAN. 28. New Brunswick. ch i. Stig o clre s ' f 14/13 i ii CLYDE, JAN. 25.--Poio, co bs e 6 0 t r 0 1 t vent, Bombay; Me r l lb 169 4 le ° e " James Ewing steamer, w l r e, 40 ,, t, Diamond, wrecked The;one,, ClLtsl;lo4 ra 0 tb° , 1. A , 0 00 AYR, JAN. 28.---jjet,ha r . 1 Dundee, from Water,fGirvall, •P•.,(00, : during a heavy gale a" tia e ' o ; G ° pol l / mains, filling with ev ery, Of d t: rt in ), Luke, of Waterford, 0 itobeord ~, sails gone. -stibilil Bailorie il f rv: s j )s •7 --The et e .' t/ y OBAN, JAN. 2. • ~ pus t.140001•01 to Leith, went ashorVin ot orle tv ' e rrioe re ot HULL, JAN. 29. asho re 0.6 0 0. Oil ° 0 , of and for this port, oe ndi sgerh ~, tr ing her cargo In g ° of 01$ to t, So Dunkirk, and the Lielt,„ , S.V . , lie)i•el . place, must also cliseheWintraer6rao'co ;,0,1,70 LIVERPOOL , JA I4. -(1 2 11i.5, P... e .1 0° UP —Arrd. Sandbacb, Pe_• witen!, , v 1 Domingo ; Lancashi .° e 'era.', ~ ~,, iliaP ' Arlo' / ,i9 l ` r‘ i , son, St. Marks • Ca s e w of i iell wick. Off, GoLdwin, be t 'on r 11 131 • P e a 1 _----- P ~,,,ot ‘,f 1 IP Owl' 'The..., , BRITISH 111175E0,1; 00 , 1 01.'1 0 Ow public rooms of th.lneree,se, ' 542,937, being a°, f g5 t 491. ce di ng year (184 3 ) , °