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Mr. Sergeant CLARKS moved for a rule calling on the - North Midland Railway Company to show cause why a mandamus should not issue, ordering them to build a bridge across a .certain road which was crossed by the line of railway. The affidavits stated that at the time when this portion of the railway had been first planned, the offic.,rs of the Company had stated it as heir opinion that such bridge ought to be constructed, and had agreed to construct it. They had,• however, neglected so to do, and were proceeding with the con struction of the railway to the injury of the road, and without constructing the hrldge. The app!ication «•as granted. THE QUEEN V. THE COMMISSIONERS FOR BUILDLNG NEN CHUM:RES.—MANDAMUS. Mr. KELLY moved for a rule, calling upon the defen dants to show cause why a mandamus should not issue ordering them to set apart a sufficient number of sittings in the new district church at flighgate, for the accom modation of the master, the governors, and guardians of Sir Roger Ch(dmondeley's Free Grammar School, together with their families, and also scholars of the sail school. Prior to the year 1830 there bad been a chapel attached to the school, capable of accommodating 700 persons. Under certain proceedings in Chancery, a scheine had been agreed upon, and an Act of Parliament had passed in 1830 to carry it into effect, under the pro vision: of which the chapel was to be polled down, and a new district church built upon its site, towards the building of which the school property was to contribute 2,0001, and what the governors were to receive in ex change fur their chapel and for their 2,000 L, was accoamodation in the district church for themselves and their families, for the master and his family, and for the scholars. The church had been built, and the Commissioners had set apart a pew containing eight sittings for the master and his family, and for the go vernors two pews, containing twelve sittings. The go verr,ors were six in number, and considered themselves as entitled to each a separate pew containing six sit tinge. At all events, twelve sittings cou'd not be consi dered as sufficient accommodation for six persons and their families. Lord DENMAN—Take a rule nisi. A pplication granted. LaqGHOVE V. BENHAM. — PICKERSCILL V. BENHAM. These were actions against one of the overseers of the parish of Windsor to recover penalties, to which he had rendered himself liable by neglecting to pay the plaintiffs the amount of costs which they had incurred in prosecuting to conviction a party for keeping a disor derly house. The plaintiff in the first case was the con stable, and in that case the verdict was in his favour. In the second, the plaintiff was one of the inhabitants, and in that case the verdict had been for defendant, the plaintiff having failed to prove a sufficient demand. In :Jodi cases leave had been reserved by Mr. Justice Wight man, before whom they had been tried, to the respective parties to move to act the verdict aside. . The Solicitor-General in the first case, on behalf of the - defendant, and Mr'. Platt in. the second case, on be half of plaintiff, now moved accordingly. - The COURT ordered the two causes to be argued as a epeeial case. EXCHEQUER—(THIS DAY). (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) (Sittings in Banco.) CLARKE V. KENDRICK. This case was tried at the London Sittings after last Michaelmas Term, and a nonsuit entered for the plain tiff. The plaintiff it appeared had discovered a mode of cleansing and enamelling cast-iron hollow ware, particu larly saucepans, to be used for culinary and che mical purposes, so as not to be injured by fire, for which he took out a patent. The invention turned out to be a highly useful one, and the defendant having interfered with the rights conferred by the pa tent, the plaintiff brought his action against him. On the trial an old patent, dated 1799, and granted to a per son named Hinckley for the same purposes, was produced by the defendant, under whom he alleged he worked, and a verdict was given in his favour, the plaintiff being iionsuited. It was proved, however, at the trial, that the saucepans produced by the plaintiff were far superior to the others produced under Ilinekley's patent, and that the materials employed were different. Mr. NIARTIN now moved for a rule to set aside the finding of the jury, and for a new trial. Rule nisi granted. loi1;11I1T of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAT. GLOBE.—The state of Ireland will, it is ()Tile rally understood, be brought before Parliament very early in the approaching session. If in the Speech from the Throne there be any allusion Ito the condition of the sister country—and it is scarcely possible to assume that the en grossing subject of Ireland should be alto gether omitted from the Speech of the So vereign at the opening of the Parliament—an amendment will be moved on the Address. If, aware of the embarrassing position in which they are placed by the State prosecutions, and the extraordinary proceedings by which the prepa rations for the trials have been marked, they be desirous of gaining a short respite from the con sequences of a discussion in Parliament on those iopics, and Ministers resolve on having an open ing Speech from which the most important and -generally interesting topic shall be omitted, then em an early day, of which notice will be given by Lord John Russell on the first evening of the Session, the Noble Lord will announce his inten tion of moving that the House resolve itself into .Committee, for the purpose of taking into its roost serious consideration the state of :.reland. The Ministerial organs already de ; In.witte Vie inquiry ; and complain of the course ivhich, it is understood, the Opposition will s dept iu forcing on a debate upon the policy of Mi x inters in Ireland, in the agitated state of public !eling in that country, and while the trial of ie Repeal leaders is yet pending. We cannot ,incur. is thc view taken by the objectors to (wiry. It cannot be forgotten that Govern qtt. last session refused a Committee. They 3 re ferred coercion to conciliation. They sought i s . intimidate, by a multiplication of *unitary force., a country which they, as a party, L a d exasperated by injustice. They point to tits, strong measures as a proof of the superi ayijy of their policy. Upbraided with their iocition, 'when promptitude was required to pre- Te at dissatisfaction from growing into disaffec tic,n, and agitation into open insurrection, Minis it es' became suddenly active. But it was • iscbievous activity. They had far better bwe remained, as they were, indifferent and • ,athetic. Their prosecution of ,O'Connell and c o-adjutors—instead of inducing the Ca tholic population to desert him, or the pro ject with which he deludes their hopes of e,taining relief from the pressure of varied an d accumulated grievances of which they c „ mt plain—has but increased their attachment to th e chief agitator. Enthusiasm for Repeal is xrised to a still more dangerous pitch than while p.trliament was sitting. Such being the state of things in Ireland—the country occupied by a tni bt; try force, as though it had been recently con q - 7 i sored • the people fevered by excitement ; $ State prosecution against the leaders of • , agitation , pending, on the trial of w hom the Government lib admitted—not by equivocal words, but y unmistakeable act*-they cannot trust a single Roman Catholic juror, although the members of that (3ommunity.number as seven to one of the entire TK;pulation ; an aggregate meeting of the Catho lics convened in Dublin to protest against this in'ury and insult to the religion of the bulk of the people, and to that of a very large number of the English—with these portentous appear avi:es, attributed to the policy of the Government, is there not a case for Parliamentary inquiry? Is it riot demanded by the country as the necessary result of such a combination of facts, which in volve the tranquillity, if not t he integrity, of an important member of the emp ire ? Will not a sefusarby Ministers to go into Committee on the *At of Ireland, amount to a virtual admission TILE SET N, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, ,JANUARY i 844. that they shrink from investigatio:i ; and thus condemn themselves by allowing judgment to issue by default? In 1828, when Sir Robert Peel was in power, Ireland exhibited a scene nearly similar to that which it now, unhappily, presents. That we may not be chargeable with distorting facts, or drawilio• upon imagination for , effect, we will quote Sir R obert s ' Peel's own testi mony to the effects of the policy of his own Go vernment at that period : " A dreadful commotion distracts the public mind in Ireland —a feverish agitation and unnatural excitement prevail to a degree scarcely credible throughout the entire country—social intercourse is poisoned there in its very springs—family is divided against family, and man against his neighbour. In a word, the bands of social life are almost dissevered—the foun tains of public justice are corrupted—the spirit of discord walks openly abroad, and an army of physical force is mar shalled in defiance of all law, to the imminent danger of the public peace." When excusing himself to his party and the country for not taking office in 1839, to which he was then called, be declared, " Ireland was my chief difficulty." In Nay last he confessed that the Whigs had kept Ireland tranquil, but which was again disturbed under his rule. "Ireland was tranquil two years ago [the Whigs were then in office], it is now most disturbed." Thus out of his own mouth we obtain proof of the failure of his Irish policy. - The disturbed state of Ireland is coincident with a Peel Ministry. Sir Robert Peel has admitted the fact; and Ireland supplies the evidence. On what imaginable grounds can inquiry be resisted by the Government? " Let Sir Robert Peel," says the writer of the pamphlet [" What is to be done ?") " compare the picture (of Ireland, drawn by himself in 1828) with the tranquillized state of Ireland under Lord Normanby, or Lord For tescue, and blush for the calumnies he sanc tioned in Parliament against their Governments. Let him compare the thriving and friendly state of Ireland in 1841, with that to which he has amain reduced it in 1813; and then ask himself, :here are the fruits of his Conservatism, his boasted statesmanship, and good government ?" STANDARD.—The Morning Chronicle will not lay aside the question of the Dublin jury panel, which it.is pleased to say has been packed. Our Contemporary has this day an article of a column length upon the subject. With all re spect to the Chronicle, we must say that in its argument it has, no doubt inadver tently, borrowed from the Repeal journals as impudent a falsehood as ever dropped from the lips or pen of man. The panel has not been packed in any sense in which the phrase has hitherto been used. The panel has been taken in strict conformity with the provisions of a law introduct'd by Sir Michael O'Loghlin and Mr. Justice Perrin, under the government of the Marquis of Nortnanby. This cannot be called packing. We will however tell the Morning Chronicle what packing is, by an example. Lord Plunket packed a jury for the trial of the Orangemen in 1823, when he set aside thirty out of the first forty-two names called—the panel, we suppose, consisting of 48. Now this was packing, and it may be aid pick ing, a jury. It was a gross and scandalous abuse of the prerogative—but we do not find in the Morning Chro . nietl of that day a single word of reproof of the then Irish Attorney-General. In the late case there has been no exercise of the prerogative whatever—the public prose cutor has simply complied with the terms of the law; he was to strike off 12, the defendants were to strike off 12. The law does not allow the parties to strike off the same names, even were they inclined to do so, and the natural course was for him to strike off the 12 whom the defendants would be most desirous to keep on. That they wished for a Roman Catholic jury is pretty plain, from the fact that though the process of reduction was, of course, progressive, they did not strike off one - Roman Catholic. But surely, if it was natural for the defendants to wish for a Roman Catholic jury, as likely to favour them ; it was no less so for the public prosecutor, who thinks them guilty, to dislike the jury they wished for. However we have been informed, and we firmly believe it, that the religious profession of most of those objected to was wholly unknown, though their political bias was not, until Mr. Cantwell, eagerly on the watch to catch a Roman Catholic juror, pro claimed in succession the sect of the rejected. If any one, therefore, has insulted the Roman Catholic body, it is Mr. Cantwell, who was the first, and indeed the only, person who made any reference to - religious distinc tions through the whole proceeding. He it is who has told that among the persons to whom, upon general grounds, the Crown prose cutors were compelled to object, ten or eleven were Roman Catholics. Does any one be lieve that Sir Robert Peel's Government wished to affront the Roman Catholics ? Nobody will charge such a folly upon it ; there is no one can doubt that the Ad ministration would be delighted to have the whole jury, or at least a considerable part of it, composed of Roman Catholics, if, for tunately the ballot-box had turned up the names of Roman Catholics, of whom wewillingly believe there are many in Dublin, who could he trusted to give a fair verdict; but as such, unhappily, was not the case, the Crown prosecutor could not dare to trifle with his duty in a case involv ing the peace and liberty of Ireland, and the safety of the empire. It is quite plain that the firmness and honesty of the Irish Attorney- General have deranged the whole plan of de fence, and miserably disappointed the expecta tions of the anti-Saxon. For the last three months the Irish Repeal journals have teemed with paragraphs warning the Crown prosecutor that he must not challenge a Roman Catholic —plain proof what was anticipated from a Roman Catholic jury, or from even one Roman Catholic upon the jury ; and we have no doubt that if the most notorious among the unprosecuted Repealers had been the single Roman Catholic among the forty-eight names drawn, to challenge him would have pro voked the clamour that we hear, because the ten or eleven like him, though per haps less notorious, have been challenged. The truth is, it was hoped that the Attorney-General would not forget, but that he would carefully remember, religious distinctions, and that in submission to the clamour of cant, he would leave unfit men—men whom, if Protes tants, he would challenge—to sit on the jury be cause they are Roman Catholics. He has pursued a wiser, a manlier, and a more honest conduct, in .otal oblivion of religious distinctions, and hence ie clamour. DEATH OF SIR HUDSON LOWE Sir Hudson Lowe expired last evening from the effects of the severe attack of paralysis of which he was recently the subject. As the officer to whom was entrusted the custody of the Emperor Napoleon at St. Helena, his conduct toward the fallen monarch was strongly cen sured ; although, as a military officer in com mand, obeying the orders of his superiors, he was merely the agent of others. Sir Hudson Lowe was an Ensign in the East Devon Militia, and served as a volunteer with the 50th Regiment in 1785 and 1786, nearly sixty years ago; and in Sept., 1787, was appointed Ensign in that regiment, and Lieut. in Nov., 1791. He served at Gibraltar six years, and subse quently at Toulon and in Corsica. He was pre sent at the attack of Martello tower, the storming of Convention Redoubt, and the siege of Bastia and Calvi. Whilst holding the ranks of Lieutenant and Captain he had in succession the following situa tions :—Regimental Paymaster, Assistant Pay master-General, Deputy Judge Advocate, and Assistant Inspector-of Foreign Corps. He next served in Portugal two years, and at Minorca one. He had then the command of a corps of Corsicans. He served in the expedition to Egypt, and was in the reserve under Major- General Moore. He was present in the princi pal occurrences of that compaign, and subse quently appointed Secretary of a Board at Malta for the adjustment of claims; he received a Majority in the Corsican Rangers, which was ante-dated the sth of July 1800, and, in 1802, was reduced to half pay. In April, 1803, he received a majority in the 7th Foot, and was appointed permanent Assistant Quartermaster-General in the Western dis trict. He was afterwards sent, at the desire of Lord Hobart, on a secret expedition to Portugal, and subsequently on a similar mission to Sar dinia. He raised and completed the corps of Royal Corsican Rangers, of which he was appointed Lieut.-Colonel Commandant, in June, 1804. He served in Naples under Sir James Craig, and afterwards, in Sicily, he was detached with five companies to Capri, and was stationed there two years and a half. The French attacked this post with 3,000 men, and after a resistance of ten days, the walls being breached, the guns dis mounted, and ammunition expended, Lieut.-Col. Lowe evacuated it, by a convention, which gave the right of free departure with arms and baggage. In the expedition to the Bay of Naples, under John Stuart, Lieutenant-Colonel Lowe com manded the first line of the advance; he was present at the attack and capitulation of Ischia. In the expedition to the Greek Islands he was selected to act as second in command to Colonel Oswald; he was at the attack and capitulation of Zinte and Cephalonia, and, subsequently, ap pointed Commandant and Chief of the Provi sional Government of the latter Island. ------- He was Quartermaster -General to the British Army in Flanders. In January, 1812, he re ceived the rank of Colonel, and the Colonelcy of the Royal Corsican Rangers ; the 4th of .Tune, 1814, that of Major-General. In 1814 the honour of Knighthood was conferred upon him, and in 1815 he was appointed to have the custody of the Emperor Napoleon at St. Helena, in which charge he continued until the Emperor's death. This is the event in his life which may secure him immortality. He was appointed Lieutenant-General in July, 1830, and obtained the Colonelcy of the 50th Foot, Nov. 17, 1842. He was K.C.B. and G.C., St. Michael and St. George. RECEPTION OF., THE FRENCH CONSUL AT CANTON. The Paris Messager, a Government paper, gives the following official account of the interview between the Count de Matti-Menton, the French Consul- General in China, and the Imperial Commissioner of the Emperor : "M. de Matti-Menton, who was accompanied by M. Fornier-Duplan, the Captain of the Alcmene, having arrived at Wampoa, addressed a letter, on the 31st August, to the Viceroy, requesting an interview. On the 6th of September the Consul, with his Chan cellor, M. Fornier-Duplan, and eight officers of the corvette, arrived at the country house of the Viceroy, where he was received by the Mandarin Yang- Quang- Tong, Judge of Canton ; Hum-Seu, the delegate of the Imperial Commissioner ; the Kwang-Tcheou- Fou, Prefect of Canton; and the Sub -Prefect of Casabranca. At noon the gongs announced the ap proach of the two grand dignitaries. After having taken their seats in the great hall they sent a mandarin, with blue crystal buttons, to inform the Consul that they would receive hi:a with pleasure. There were assembled in the hall his Highness the Imperial Com missioner, wearing the yellow sash, in token o:= his relationship to the Imperial family, his Excellency the Viceroy, the Kwang-Tcheou-Fou, and several mandarins of blue and white buttons. As the Consul and the persons with him entered the hall, his Im perial Highness and the Viceroy rose, and went to meet them. The Count de Ratti-Menton delivered in an enclosure of silk, a letter from M. Guizot,, Minister of Foreign Affairs, to the Viceroy. After having removed it from its envelope, the Viceroy pre sented the letter to his Highness, and read the transla tion which had been made of it. Nuemrous questions were then addressed by the two dignitaries to the Consul, and to the captain of the Alcmene, respect ' in.. the King of the French, the Royal family, and I. Guizot, and the relations existing between France and the other powers. The French Consul then presented to his highness the Imperial Commis sioner a letter requesting for France the same ad vantages as had been granted to England. The Imperial Commissioner replied, verbally, that as the Chinese Government had acted so generously to wards England, notwithstanding their ancient and recent differences, the Imperial Government did not think it could be less amicable as regarded France. Matters being thus settled; the authorities uncovered their heads, and invited the French to do the same (in China, it is required by etiquette that the heads should be covered whilit business is being discussed). There were then served at different small tables a variety of sweetmeats, and some of which the Im perial Commissioner presented to the French from time to time. Before the meeting broke up, M. Fornier-Duplan repeated to the Imperial Commissioner a request that had already teen made to the Viceroy, cor the liberation of a Chinese Christian, who was arrested two or three years ago, and branded in the face with a red-hot iron, for having been in the service of a missionary who had been taken in the interior of China. The Imperial Commissioner pro ;nised to write to the Minister of Justice at Pekin, and to recommend this request to him strongly. The reception, which was alike brilliant and cordial, lasted more than an hour. The same journal publishes as follows the corre spondence connected with the above : Ky-Ing, High Imperial Commissioner, &c., Ky- Kong, Viceroy of the Province of the two Kwangs, &c., to his Excellency M. Guizot, Great Minister of France, charged with the department of Foreign Affairs. " The 13th day of the 7th intercalary moon of the 23d year of the reign of Taou-Kwang, we received in audience the Count de Ratti-Menton, sent to Canton by your Excellency in the quality of Consul of the first class, and he transmitted to us direct the letter in which the illustrious Minister manifests to us such honourable sentiments of affection. Our hearts are filled with joy on the occasion, and we thank him for it. We have long known that the empire of France is one of the first states in Europe. Three centuries ago it carried on commerce with our empire. Between these two empires peace and friendship have constantly reigned. Never have there been dissensions, discord, or any subject of litiga tion. The merchants of France have always observed in their affairs a spirit of order exempt from all con fusion ; their conduct has always been regulated by the laws and justice. I, the Imperial Commissioner, have lately received from my august Emperor the authority to allow foreigners to trade in the five ports of Canton, Font-Chow, Amoy . , Ning-Po, and Chanlc- Hai, and consequently, and in accord with my col leagues, I have fixed and determined the regulations relative to commerce, as also the tariff. The mode ration of the duties which have been established proves incontestibly that we have been in this respect as open and generous as possible towards the foreigners who visit these distant countries. To the French merchants we grant the same privileges as the English and other nations have obtained from the approbation of our Emperor. M. de Ratti-Menton, who has just arrived at Canton in quality of Consul of the first class, furnished with official letters from the illustrious Minister, and who, besides, has already filled several posts in other countries of Europe, where he distinguished himself by his prudence, his affability, and his conciliatory spirit, will easily suc ceed in directing the French merchants, whom he will scrupulously cause to observe all the arrange aients relative to trade, and will thus enlarge our re lations of commerce and friendship. Such is the reply we have the honour to address to the illustrious Mi nister of Fra6ce, entreating him, in order to prevent all confusion, to employ the same terms as those which we have used to express his titles and powers —Canton, the 17th day of the 7th intercalary moon of the 23d year of the reign of Taou-Kwang. soon as the Government of Copy of a letter from M. de Ratti-Menton to his High ness the High Imperial Commissioner, dated Can ton, September 5, 1843. Emperor of th e French was informed of the ha ppy re-establishment of p eace, riziiigehsatyess c—he As his his first thought was to appoint a consul. He imagined that this measure might contribute to give snore extension to the relations alr ea dy so an cient „Lich exist between China and France, and every thing strengthens the hope that this desire will be realised. Nevertheless, in the present state of things, and notwithstanding the, harmony which has prevailed between the two e mpires for more than two centuries, his Majesty the Emperor of the French, my august master, desires only for his subjects a participation in the privileges enjoyed by other nations in the Celestial Empire. I have consequently the honour to request your Highness to have the goodness to give me a document, sealed with the great seal, similar in all respects to that which the English and the Americans have obtained, as regards their future relations with these countries ; this document will be sent by me to the Government of his Majesty the Emperor of the French, who will see in it a just reciprocity of thr sympathy which France has always felt for China." Letter of the High Comm Count deissioner aßatti-Menton. nd of the Viceroy High Imperial Commissioner, Member of the two Kvvangs to " Ky-Ing, of the Imperial Family, Viceroy of the Provinces of the two Kwangs, &c., &c.—Ky-Kong, President of the War Department, Viceroy of the two Provinces of Koang-Tong and Kouang See, &c., &c., send collectively this official answer. The 13th day of the 7th intercalary moon of the 23d year of Tamn- Kwang (Septemb er 6, 1843). We, the said Ccm missioner and his collea g ue, had the pleasure of an interview with the Honourable Consul of the first class, who presented us directly with a letter, which we have opened, read, and perfectly underetood. France is an illustaious and powerful State of the Western Ocean, which, for more than three cen turies, has entertained peaceable and friendly re lations with China, without the slightest dis agreement or effusion of blood. Having come to Canton by the express orders of the Emperor, my master, to there determine on a tariff and commercial regulations applicable to the merchants of all nations, and these regulations having been drawn up and agreed upon, and the tariff established and completed in a manner to abolish all illegal duty, and all exaction, I, the High Impe rial Commissioner, have respectfully submitted these two documents to the aro b a tion of his Majesty, whose answer, rece i ve d pp th r ough the medium of the Minister of Finances, contains his gracious authorisa tion to carry the said tariff and regulations into exe cution. Henceforth the merchants of all rations will superabundantly enjoy the kindness of the Em peror of China, who has condescended to manifest his kindness for foreigners, and to open to them an inex haustible source of profit. France , therefore, who. has so long maintained friendly relati ons of amit y with the Chinese, conducted themsel ves peacea bly, conformable to strict equity exempt from all disorder—France has a particular right t o b e reg arded with equal kind ness. No other coun t r y shall certainly be snore partially favoured. We, the said H i g h Im p erial Com missioner, and his co ll eague , have, in consequence , on the demand of the h onoura ble Consul of the first class, caused copies to b e made of the new t ariff, and the new regulations r e l a ti ve t o commercial matters, and have formally affixed to them the seal s of our office. We send them subjoined officially to the honourable Consul of the first class, inviting him to have them translated into the language of the Western Ocean, and to publish them in his country, in order that French merchants may knOw them and conform to them. In consequence of the opening, for the interest of commercial transactions, of the five ports of Canton, Font-chow, Amoy, Ning-po, and Chunk Hai, the im perial duties specified in the tariff, as well as the ton nage dues, will be alone demanded, all other duties being henceforth abolished ; the other provisions of the regu lations are the result of the good feelings of our great Emperor towards foreign traders. His Majesty, de siring to relieve them from all impediments whatever, and to open to them a large source of profit, his kind- ness and great consideration on this occasion may be said to have gone beyond ordinary bounds. To the arrangements relative to smuggling ; to the fraudu lent injury of the revenue; to the fixing of the rate of exchange ; to the confiscation of merchandises &c., &c., concerning the laws of the country, the agents of the other countries have given their consent, and the Honourable Consul of the first class should likewise oblige the merchants, his countrymen, to obey them implicitly, thereby avoiding every subject of dis pute or discussion. When merchant-vessels shall arrive in one of the ports, they can only place themselves and trade in a certain limited space, which they must not go beyond, nor can they go to any other points of China besides the ports above-named. The different regulations are now in course of fixation, and when the good pleasure of the Emperor shall be known it will be officially announced. The Hon. Consul being come on a mission to Canton, and having brought with him a letter from the Grand Minister of his country, we, the High Imperial Commissioner and his colleague, will treat him with the greatest courtesy and with all the required politeness, and will place him on a footing of perfect equality with the English Consuls.—lmportant official communica • tion made to M. de Ratti -Menton, Consul of France of the first Class, 23d year of Taon-Kwang, 7th in tercalary moon, 17th day (Sept. 10, 1843)." A CHESHIRE JURY. At the Chester assizes, on Friday, held before Mr. Justice Wightman, William Venables was indicted for killing and slaying his father, John Venables, by kick ing him in the belly and loins, on the 27th of September last. The father of the prisoner kept a beer-shop at Sandbaek, and the races took place on the 27th of Sept. The prisoner was at his father's house on that day, and, whilst in a state of intoxication, quarrelled with a man named Sutton. He was removed from the room, but re turned, and persisted in fighting Sutton. His father endeavoured to quiet him; and upon seeing, the prisoner said, " You old rogue, are you coming ? " He struck at his father, who fell on the floor, and the prisoner gave the old man a savage kick in the belly. The prisoner's brother immediately seized him, and prevented his doing anything more to his father. The old man was raised from the floor. He appeared to be in a very bad state ; was put to bed, and died on the following day. Upon a post mortem examination, it was proved that his bowels had been ruptured. The defence was that the rupture was caused by an accidental fall. jury retired to consider their verdict. After an absence of half an hour, they came into Court, and returned a verdict of guilty, with a strong recom mendation to mercy. Judge—Upon what ground, gentlemen, do you recommend him to mercy ? Foreman—We recommend him to mercy on the ground that it was done by accident. Judge—lf you recommend him to mercy on the ground that it might have been by accident, your verdict ought to have been " not guilty." It is only in case you think it was done wilfully that you can find him guilty. Fore man—We do not consider that it was wilfully done. Judge—Then you had better retire, and re-consider your rfadict. You must consider whether it was done by accident or wilfully. If it was a pure accident, then the prisoner is not guilty. if you entertain any doubt about it, you are bound to give the pris oner the benefit of it. If you think it was done wilfully, he must be convicted. If you think it was not intentionally done — if you think 'he had not the intention to harm, you must acquit him—Foreman—We do not think it was inten tionally done. Judge—You must go and consider your verdict. The jury seemed disinclined to leave the court ; but his Lordship dirt cted them to go back to the room, and reconsider their verdict. They then left the Court, and, after an absence of half an hour, returned. It then appeared that they had changed their foreman, who, in answer to the usual question from the Clerk to the Crown, gave a verdict of Not Guilty I POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) MANSION'-HO USE. Two commercial gentlemen of the name of Ett-tns were summoned before the Lord Mayor by Mr. Appleton, an attorney, who resides in Fenchurch-buildings, under the following circumstances: — The complainant said that a client of his had instructed him to proceed against the defendants for the amount of a debt, and he accordingly wrote to them, politely re presenting theclaim of his client, and requesting a cheque for the money ; not having received any answer, he called upon them a few days subsequently, when they apologised for not having written, and made a statement to him relative to the demand, which statement he soon afterwards communicated to the other party, who as sured him that it was s tissue of falsehoods, and peremp torily called upon him to proceed at law for the recovery of the money. Thus informed and instructed, he again wrote to the defendants, requesting the transmission of a cheque, or their attorney's name and address, and no satisfaction being offered, he went himself to their office for the purpose of serving each of them with a copy of a writ of summons. Upon arriving at the office he found that one of them was engaged with a gentleman, and he took particular care to deliver the message with which he was charged with as much delicacy as possible to each. Due credit, however, was not given to him for the gentleman-like manner in which he had acted, for he was not only rudely addressed, but pushed out of the office by the two brothers, who, in thus violently getting rid of him, knocked his hat down stairs. The LORD MAYOR—What language did you use upon' going to the defendant? Complainant—l said it ap peared, from what my client represented, that the state ment made by them to me was a tissue of falsehoods. I am not in the habit of serving writs, and I assure your Lordship that I acted on the occasion from motives of delicacy towards them, as well as of duty towards my clients, and I take this course on account of the outrage done to my feelings. The elder defendant described the transaction, on ac count of which the complainant had written to them, as one which by no means sanctioned any demand upon them, and stated that the particulars were distinctly de tailed to him..-and certain parties-referred to, who were ready to verify their representations of facts. It is under such a state of things extremely. aggravating that the complainant should, after having called at their office and served them with the copies of writs, declare that their statement was a tissue of falsehoods (an assertion which he had made, not from his client, but froin himself), and then continue to hang about the office, although the business about which he came was completed. The complainant, upon being told to quit the premises after all this, refused to move, and they had therefore pushed him out, but with less violence than they considered, since the affair bad taken place, they would have been justified in using. The LORD MAYOR, after having asked several ques tions of the complainant, said there was no evidence of an assault in the case before him. He considered that the language used by'the complainant was such as per sons who had the feelings and characters of gentlemen would find it very diffieult to endure,_ and that there was nothing in the statement made by the defendants to the complainant, relative to the client of the latter, which at all sanctioned the imputation or the suspicion of false hood, as regarded them. There were some individuals who would look upon a foundationless charge of having told a tissue of falsehoods • with silent contempt, others who a mild repel it with -indignation, while others would re sent it with vindictive anger. He considered that the defendants had adopted the middle course, and he thought the complainant would act prudently in letting the matter drop. The complainant seemed to be exceedingly unwilling to take the advice of the Lord Mayor, whom he endea voured to convince that his feelings had received a very formidable wound. He also submitted that as he no doubt shoald have some future dealings with the defen dants, it would be necessary that he should be secured • against ill-treatment. The LOUD MAYOR—I think I can take upon myself to state that neither of the defendants will offend you, if you take care not to give them provocation. The summons was then dismissed. CLERKEN W ELL. The Rev. John Harrington Evans, minister of the Baptist chapel in John-street, Bedford-row, made the following singular application to the Magistrate He stated that a gentleman named Seers, a watch-case manufacturer, residing in White Lion-street, Clerken well, was in the habit of disturbing his 'congregation whilst assembled at Divine worship. A few days ago, whilst the people were kneeling in the chapel, Mr. Seers suddenly stood lip in front of them, and addressed them in very unbecoming language. His words and manner disturbed some, and alarmed all. Last even ing the same gentleman created a disturbance in the vestry during the sermon, so that applicant could scarcely be heard by his congregation. A policeman took him into custody, but as the noise was made in the vestry, which adjoins the chapel, the police inspector at the station-house, refused to take the charge, and Mr. Seers, was again set at liberty. He trusted his Worship would protect a large and respectable Dissenting assembly from interruption during the hours of public worship. Mr. COMBE—What is the cause ? The Rev. Mr. Evans said he believed the unhappy gentleman laboured Under a delusion, for he said that he (Mr. E.) exercised a supernatural influence over the clergy, magistracy, and medical profession of the country for the last eighteen years. Mr. COMBE advised the Rev. Gentleman to give the intruder in charge to a policeman, if he should again interrupt the devotional exercise of his congregatior.. COURT OF COMMISSIONERS Of SEWERS, GUILDHALL. THE FILTHY STATE OF THE STREETS OF THE CITY. In consequence of the representation made by the Lord Mayor in the Chair at the Mansion-house, upon the subject Gf the condition of the streets, lanes, and alleys of the City, and his Lordship's declared intention to exercise all the authority he possessed as Chief Ma gistrate to compel the scavenging contractor to do his duty, the subject has been, at length, introduced in such a form in this Court as will be likely to lead to the im provement so long sought tor without effect, and even without notice, from those who ought to have accom plished it long ago• The Comnni,sioners having assembled on Tuesday, at their Chamber in Guildhall, a great number of complaints were made against the contractor, who attended by de- putt' to answer them. The result will be seen from the following resolutions, to which the attention of the citizens has been most par ticularly called by the authorities : At a public meeting of the Commissioners of Sewers for the City of London and the liberties thereof, in the Guildhall of the said city, Tuesday, January 9, 1844, John Gore, contractor for rakers' a ork, having been summoned to answer different complaints for neglect of duty, in not duly cleansing the streets and removing the dust, &c., from the houses of the inhabitants within this city, being called, his foreman attends on his behalf, and lays a letter from the said John Gore, and a sur geon's certificate of his inability to leave his house, be • fore the Court. The various parties complaining attend, and ate heard at length. Ordered—That the clerk do carefully- set forth the streets, lanes, and places severally complained of in the summonses, and that a fine be laid on the contractor for one week's neglect of duty therein. Ordered—That the clerk do inform the contractor of the fines so laid, and that if he (the contractor) does not pet form the duties required from him, according to his contract, this Court will, at the next meeting, serve him with notice to annul the contract. CORONER'S IN QUEST. (From the Cambridge Advertiser of Wednesday.) On Monday, at four o'clock, a Coroner's inquest . was held at the house of Benjamin Lambert, the Coach and Horses, Newnhatn, before Mr. C. H. Cooper, Coroner, and a jury, on the body of Mr. Stephen Crisford, formerly the worthy and respected host of the Bull Hotel, who came by his death as detailed in evidence : John Darnell, of Newnham, labourer, said he was at work near the Bull Leys, at about ten minutes past eleven o'clock to-day (Monday), when I saw a hat lying on this side of the water against a stump ; had not heard of any one being missed. I walked four or five yards fur ther on, and saw a body in the water. I called a man named Faircloth, who was at work with me and In e pulled it out. It was standing upright, the water just coming over his head. His clothes and gloves were all on, and his coat buttoned up, I think. The body felt cold. The face looked black. The coat was dirty in several places, as if he had been trying to get out. It appeared as if he had got in from Bull Leys side. A person might slip in the water, as it is very steep there. His back was towards the bank. The lads generally bathe there. The water is about 4 feet deep in the summer, and not more than 5i feet now ; part of the head, just the crown, was above the water. I had been at work there from about half-past nine. I saw some lads with some horses go close by, but they did not see the body. I am working in the Bull Leys. Any one can go in the field from where the deceased seemed to have got into the water. He hies an allotment of land close by there, part of the Bull Leys. I could see one foot mark by the bank. It was a firm mark, not as of a person slipping. He was about 21 yards from the bank. His legs were straight. His e iaebacixenooi accounts, about3ol si t tagn h e s . t eervi rs :c . ni r a o ltsi r e fi ,wh n ninfol ao, Fling hudnhri t ni a det gi quitep u b s:h 0(. d l tb e ei;:ensk i p i , epo : se. rihsaairesh.seeeosnedtto. deceased eltkefllel that eight ai .set e nihittal tessefserssthh add)eelieevslxebhi directedevemtuathaeetdh(sdtep) the deceased ldbnat b iadr:.io y tnedeesnageleeTyis t e.: l tai, l oh. sr e sapreeHenobr C s dteti( resided, pocket. satai dvss e ewmoj r toi t a2slh o ettt: e told her not to let his dogs come after him. He used to go to the Bull in a morning, and this morning she felt rather surprised that he did not take the dogs with him. He had been very poorly last night, and this morn ing she asked him how he was, and he replied, " better." When -he lived at the Bull, he used to go out for an hour's walk before breakfast, and return about eight o'clock. This morning she did not notice which way deceased went on leaving the house. He slept at the Bull for a month past. They waited break fast fur him this morning a long time. It was not quite ready when he went out. He mostly wore spectacles ; lout she did not notice if he h ad an y on - this morning. He did not wear a watch. She thought he appeared very strange in his manner yesterday. Charles Speed, labourer, of Newnham, deposed that he saw deceased this morning about.half-past nine, going along by Caius Closes, opposite the Bull Leys, the other side of the road ; was surprised at his being rather earlier this morning than usual ; his head was held rather down. After a short consultation the jury returned a verdict that " The deceased was found drowned ; but by what means he.became so there was no evidence to show." It was stated that the deceased, who was well known and universally respected, was sixty years of age. He gave up possession of the B ull Inn, Trumpington-street, of which he had been landlord many years, °a Saturday night, to Mr. Edlin, brother to Mr. Edlin, foreman and general manager of the business carried on by Mrs. I Greef, King's-parade. le I THE PRESS IN PRUSSIA.—The Universal Prussian Gazette of the 4th inst. in its official part publishes the following reply to the petition of the Provincial Diet re lative to the freedom of the press :—" It is impossible to realise the wishes of our faithful States, having for their object the establishment of the liberty of the press, inasmuch as such a liberty would be incompatible with the federal legislation, and that, moreover, it would not be fitting to make a special legislation for such of the provinces of the monarchy which do not belong to the Germanic Confederation. Neither can we modify the existing laws respecting the press, as they have been recently settled on fixed principles, and we have suppressed various enactments, of which the application was attended with inconvenience. The Jaw of censorship has been prepared in such a manner as to conciliate the interest of morals and of the public good, with the publication of opinions in writing. We have anticipated the wish expressed by our States that the office of censor should only be entrusted to enlightened and conscientious men: It is according to this law that censors are ap pointed. We cannot consent to the establishment of an authority appointed to inspect the press in each province of the monarchy, because this would be an arbitrary in terpretation of the law." THE LATE Btsuor OF CLOGHER.—In a recent number, we quoted from the Scotsman an account of the EARNINGS OF CONVICTS.—Among the Parlia death, and some circumstances connected with the re mentary papers of last session, several were presented on the cent history, of the once celebrated and infamous Bishop subject of treatment of criminal prisoners and their earnings. of Clogher, who finished his career in Edinbu r g h, under Two reports from Mr. Capper, the superintendent of the ships an assumed name, some weeks ago. On Saturday, we and vessels employed for the confinement of offenders under were a good deal surprised to find the subject revived in sentence of transportation, are very satisfactory documents a Glasgow Contemporary, under circumstances of a respecting the hulks, and the conductor the inmates. It ap. most extraordinary nature—the late Hon. and Rev. John pears that on the 31st of December, 1842, there were 3,954 Stapleton, so well known in this city, being declared no convicts on board the hulks in England, and of that number other than -the Bishop of Clogher, who had lived among 1,739 had been convicted fo before, f first ore offences. a nd 7l There dbhereene ere previously ll us for fifteen years under a feigned name. The Hon. transported th e 3 .954 . 1 ,8 w who could neither read nor write, and 1,044 's wh 4 o and Rev. John Stapleton was a resident in Glasgow of before the disgrace of the Bishop of Clogher was c on- could only read. 2 , 074 of the prisoners had not been instructed in any business. Of the whole number there were only four summated, and was all along well known as a member Jews. The " living voice" has reached the parties, of the noble house of Le Despencer, being and many have learned to read, and have partaken uncle to the present Baroness, who inherits the family of the communion ; their conduct is commended by honours in her own right. Mr. Stapleton died in Eglin- the chaplains. The expenses for the first six months ton-street, Laurieston, about the beginning of 1843, in 1842 of the eight stations in England were when his remains were transmitted to England to be in- 132,1471. Os. 5d., whilst the total value of the labour per terred in the family burying place. These facts, of formed was 37,699/. 2s. ; for the second six m o n ths n th e a a t nil e t r h m e o e d a a r n f i o n r g six 6 ths les. ex themselves, are sufficient to disprove the statement re- p! T h n e s e r ' os7 e o r f e t h 2 e 9. :s B ta B b l. li s .4‘ 7. m Bd e n . t , ferred to, seeing that the Bishop of Clogher, under t m h e e 12,684/. Bs. 4d., and the labour performed worth months w 2 a s! name of Wilson, died only a fews weeks ago ; and ' From the Report respecting the Millbank prison it appears, may add, that the appearance of the two men was ex that the Committee do nut approve of tlfe " silent system." ceedingly dissimilar. Having thought it right thus to It is stated, that "it is some satisfaction to know that, in do justice to the Memory of Mr. Stapleton, we may several instances, the privilege of intercourse has been employed state that there is no doubt whatever that the Bishop as the means of imparting and receiving good, arid that some of Clogher, under the name o f Thomas Wilson, did, prisoners who entered the establishment in A slate of deplorable 1 several years ago, reside in Glasgow, though evi s ra n ee have acquired valuable instruction from their corn (the circumstance appears to have been known to very panions in their daily walks." By a late Act assistance can be few indeed. He lived with an Irish family, near to the rendered to prisoners on their discharge, which provision has west end of Tradeston, and, so far as we have been able been productive of considerable benefit, by enabling the re cipients to return some honest employment. to learn, they were perfectly aware of his real identity,. METROPOLIS IMPROVEMENTS.--A meeting was and, indeed, seem to have been intrusted with the care of his person by his relatives. His habits were, as de- held yesterday in the Vestry-room of St. Paul, Covent-garden, to receive the plan and report of Mr. T. D. Paine, architect scribed by the Scotsman, exceedingly recluse ; he was on behalf of the parish, for the formstion of ii new street from seldom seen on the street, received no visizors, and tvery the rotor of o:t. alio tin't—lane. in coy' :,Auerii"" of the hue 1 movement went to snow that he was thoroughly ims : from Coy( rery.street to the end o: kin;;-street. Reto!ntious pressed with the propriety, it not the of humble the duty, of furgtujug in approval of the plan and report were passed, when it was his past dignities, and living a lit obscurity. determined that prior to proceeding in the ensuing session, a The reason of his removal to Edinburgh, about four years deputation should wait upon the Duke of Bedford, to request ago, we have not ascertained.—Glogow ;Argus. - his assistance in the advancement of the measure, Ordered—That the inspectors of pavements be di rected to make a weekly return, in writing, to this Court of any neglect of duty in the contractor, either to sweep the streets or to remove the dust, &c., from the houses of the inhabitants, as required by the terms of his contract. Ordered—That the clerk do transmit a copy of these resolutions to the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor. JOSEPH DAW, Principal Clerk, Sewers'-office. The foreman to the contractor pleaded, in excuse for the almost unpassable state of some of the streets, and the filthy state of all of them, that Mr. Gore in vain attempted to get the scavengers employed by him to work at Christmas, not one of them would consent to shovel a spoonful out of the kennel. In fact, it was quite a weakness to expect that they devote a single hour of that holiday period to work of the kind. The Commissioners said that the contractor, of course, paid these men nothing during the time they refused to work, and might have procured persons in abundance to do the business, his neglect of which deserved to be punished by immediate dismissal from the employment altogether. It is believed that the fines inflicted will amount alto gether to between 2001. and 3001. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTIL—The vacant command at the Nore is still discussed, and we understand that the successor to Sir Edward Brace will not be appointed yet. In the interim, the Superintendent of Chatham Dockyard, Capt. Shirreff, R.N., is acting Commander-in-Chief at Sheerness. The Albion, 92, Capt. Lockyer, C. 8., is nearly ready for sea, and is intended to proceed to Cork, to receive the flag of Rear-Admiral Bowles, vs hich is at present flying on board the Caledonia, 120. The free-trader, Zenobia, is to convey Sir Peregrine Maitland to the Cape of Good Hope, instead of the Ves tal, 26, Capt. Talbot, at Sheerness, the latter not yet ready for sea. The Hyacinth, 20, Commander Scott, having been f and overmasted in her cruise on the coast of Ireland, has returned to Plymouth, and is to be fitted for the Cape station, and to convey to Bona Vista, W. Macaulay, Esq., appointed Slave Commissioner for captures on the west coast of Africa. The Russian corvette store-ship, Irtysh, Captain Von Liarski, bound to liamtshateka, is still in the harbour, re-stowing her cargo and completing her fitments. The transport Pestonjec Bomanjee, Lieut. Still, agent, is to return to the West Indies, to bring home the re mainder of the 59th regiment, now serving at the island of Barbadoes. The corvette Larne, 20, Commander J. W. Brisbane, i; daily expected from the River ; but her destination is rot accurately known. The brig Lily, 18, recently returned from the west coast of Africa, is to be overhauled, preparatory to being I I re-commissioned: At Spithead—No vessel or war. In Harbour—St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent, Pene lope, Satellite, Echo, Fearless, Pestonjee BOinanjte, and Russian corvette.—BriOton Gazette. THE NEW NAVAL REGULATIONS. The long-looked-for new naval regulations have at length been issued by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, and are now in force. The beck contains many alterations, but the following which we enumerate form the principal : CAPTAINS.—The pay of Captains serving afloat, for merly, was according to six grades or classes. By the new regulations they are reduced to four grades, the pay of the largest rate being less, and the lowest rate more, viz.:—Captains commanding first-rates (not being flag ships) formerly received 61/. 7s. 4d. per month ; they are henceforth to receive 53/. 145., which is the highest pay now to be given. Captains commanding sixth rates formerly received 26/. 17s. per month ,• they are now to receive 30/. 135.8 d., being the lowest class of pay to captains serving afloat. COMMISSIONEDO FFIC ERS.—AII officers are now to be appointed by commission, including masters, surgeons, pursers, mates, and assistant masters. WARRANT O FFIC ERS.—The only warrant officers in the navy will be gunners, boatswains, carpenters, and engineers. PURSERS.—The designation of pursers is in future to be " pursers and paymasters." FIRST CLASS VOLUNTEERS.—VoIunteers of the Ist I class arc in future to be known as " naval cadets." ALLEGED HARSH CONDUCT OF WORKHO USE OFFICERS. Last evening a protracted and adjourned inquiry touching the death of E. Goldsmith, aged 34, a brick layer, was concluded before Mr. Higgs, at the King William, King William street, Strand. Sophia, the wife of deceased, said that on Saturday last, a little after noon, he was seized with a fit, whilst working on a scaffold in Great St. Andrew's-street, Seven Dials. He was taken to a neighbouring public-house, and two surgeons attended him, one of whom was Mr. Bennet, a parochial surgeon. They advised his removal to Charing-cross Hospital ; but witness objected, and in sisted that he should be removed to St. Giles's Work house. The surgeons assented, and the parochial one wrote an order for deceased's admission to the work house. She conveyed him thither in a cab, and saw the head nurse, on whom she urged the immediate re ception of deceased, lest he should die in the cab. The nurse answered, " Oh, you are in a very great hurry ! If you are in a hurry, I am not. You must go to the overseer and get an order before I can take him." She said the surgeon's order was of no use. Witness then went to the assistant-overseer for an order, and having told him all that had just taken place, he refused t o grant an order, saying that it was an accident, and that deceased should be taken to an hospital. Witness told him it was not an accident, for that her husband had had only a fit. The assistant•overseer still refused an order, and she had her husband con veyed to Charing-cross Hospital, in which he died at four o'clock the same afternoon. A young man, named Mitchell, employed by deceased, corroborated the above evidence. Elizabeth Elston, the head-nurse referred to, said, the reason she had not admitted deceased was that. his wife told her he had met with an accident, and she, therefore, referred the case to the overseer. A written order from the surgeon, though sufficient at night, she did not consider sufficient in the daytime, and therefore desired a printed order from the overseer. By a juror—Though a rate-payer should bring a dying man witness would not receive him, without an over seer's order. I deny having used; the unfeeling lan guage attributed to me by deceased's wife. Thomas Tucker, the assistant overseer, said he should have signed an order fur admission had not deceased's wife said he had fallen from a scaffold. Accidents are not admitted to the workhouse. The wife was recalled. - and asserted that she never said her husband had fallen from a scaffold, but on one, in a fit ; and that the overseer said they did not admit persons with fits. Two witnesses having corroborated the evidence of the wife, The jury consulted a long time, and returned a ver dict—" That deceased died from compression on the brain ;" adding, " We cannot separate without ex pressing our disapprobation of the conduct of the au horities of St. Giles's workhouse, particularly that of e nurse." rn, ! THE MEETING OF PARLIAMENT.—The following circular has been addressed to the Conservative Members of the House of Commons:—" Whitehall, Jan. 4, 1844. —As upon the meeting of Parliament, on Thursday, the Ist of February, public business of importance will be proceeded with immediately, I take the liberty of ' earnestly requesting your attendance in the House of Commons on that day.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient and faithful servant, ROBERT PEEL." FREEMASONRY.—The young man, who may not frequent church or chapel, if he be a brother, must obey the summons to attend his duties in Lodge, and he will there hear a sermon from the Chair, which, if he be a Christian, will most likely lead him to his place of wor ship; or, if not, he will equally be taught the duties of his station in life, the worship of his Creator, and the mutual aid we owe to one another, as brethren of one blood and flesh,—" to be pitiful—to be courteous." He may add to those sacred precepts, the improvement of his mental faculties in all the liberal arts and sciences, as a duty likewise inculcated froua the chair—the necessity of obedience to the laws of the country in which he lives, and how adverse to the glory of God, the goodwill of man, and peace on earth, are the actions of faction, fa naticism, bigotry, and intolerance. These are the prin ciples of Masonry ; these are the conclusions I have de duced from it as an intellectual science. Its text-book is Preston—its history and philosOphy the works of Oliver—its periodical of intelligence and literature the Freemasons' Quarterly Review. But it has been asked, cannot Christianity accomplish all this ? Aye and more I But while Christians are contending about _ _ the mode and the form best suited to execute the Mission of our elder brother, his followers, as Masons, are trying to ameliorate the hard lot of human nature, and mitigate, by ono universal bond of union, the asperities, political as d religious, which at present separate and dissever man from man in the social sphere.—. Rev. Dr. .Slade.—Free masons' Quarterly Review for January. Loss or LIFE. Yesterday the keel Castor, of Newcastle, while entering this harbour, struck against another vessel, and instantly sunk. One of Dennett's rocks is was immediately fired, and one of the crew got hold of the line, with which he was hauled on to the . pier end, and was saved. We regret, however, to add, that another man, who was washed off the wreck by the vie enee.of the sea, unfortunately perished. The wreck of the vessel drove up the harbour. The sea was very heavy, and the wind strong at S.S.E. Two other vessels were off, which stood out to sea. The life-boat put off, but as the latter did not attempt to enter, she returned up the harbour.—Tyne Mercury of Tuesday. HASTINGS.—SeveraI of our fishing boats have lately brought home a considerable quantity of fine mackarel. Yesterday Z. White made upwards of 321., and to-day he brought home about 3,000 fish, which sold at 31s. per 100. Two brothers Phumfrey, with two boats, cleared 1001. in two days.—Brighten Gazette. Cumous ir TRUE.—The Gazette du Midi relates the following anecdote :—" A few days back the Arles and Marseilles diligence contained amongst its pavengers:a stranger who spoke Frcnch fluently, but. with an English accent. The conversation turned on various matters of no great moment and a certain reserve was observed amongst the persons eecu ming the vehicle. At last one of the travellers turned to his neighbour, and said, Yon are an Englishman ?' The reply was in the affirmative. Well, when aro you going to hang your O'Connell?' An air of the utmost disdain arose en the features of the stranger, as he drew forth his passport, and showed to the questioner those words in it—John O'Connell, son of Daniel O'Connell. And now, gentlemen,' said Mr. John O'Connell, turning towards the other passengers, through respect for you, I shall make no ether reply to this man. Let him, however, know, that as long as O'Connell has sons he ;hall not be hanged.' It is easy to imagine the con fusion of the interrogator. The rest of the journey passed without remark." THE NEW AMERICAN SHIP PRINCE ALBERT. The splendid new American line-of•packet ship, Prince Albert, which arrived in the St. Katherine's Dock on Thursday last, has, since Sunday, been a source of very great attraction to persons who feel an interest in matters connected with improvements in ship building. The Prince Albert is the companion ship to the Victoria that was launched last year, and, although of the same rate of tonnage (1,000) she is considerably larger in every respect, ncha all her appointments superior. MONEY MARKET and CITY lA'aVYS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DA.7. CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING. TIMES.—At the special meeting of the Eastern Counties Railway shareholders, held to-day at the station in Shoreditch, the resolittions empowering the Directors to carry out the extension lines to Cambridge, Brandon, and other localities, and raise 960,0001. in the shape of a perpetual s.per cent. steel: for that purpose, were carried unanimously. Although a protracted discussion . took place on the various topics under deliberation, it even tually resolved itself into an expression of the desire of the various parties to promote the success and proa perity of . the general trunk lines. Cobbold's line to Ipswich, it appears, is not to be opposed by the Company, and Braithvraite's line to Harwich is to be leased in cone. nexion with the main trunk railway. It was also stated that a line from the station at Stratford to the River Thames is to be constructed and completed for 30,0004 and then to be leased to its promoters for seven years, at a minimum rent of 1,500/. per annum. The filarwich branch is to be constructed by an independent Company, and the terms of the lease are to be 10,5001. for three years, and 8,400/. per annum afterwards in perpetuity, the net profits beyond the latter rent being equally diet, sible between the lessors and lessees. At the half-yearly meeting of the London Joint Stock: Bank, which also took place to-day, a dividend at the' rate of six per cent. per annum was declared, to make , up which, however, it was found necessary to deduct: 1,5291. 3s. 4d. from the guarantee fund. It - appears that the profits for the period named amounted to 16,4701., a a sum so little short of the requisite means for disbursing the late rate of dividend, that the Directors felt them selves justified in again trenching upon their reserve to• continue such payment, considering at the same time that the interest upon that fund, now about 100,0001,, nearly replaced the amount they had withdrawn. In the.course of the business the question of the expediency of die continuing or reducing the rate of interest allowed on the 'minimum balance of current accounts was introduced; and ultimately referred to the consideration" of the Director's, who stated that they had already given it their best attention, and had not yet forgotten the subjec t . T he, sum paid during the last year as interest on these ac counts was elicited to be from 19,0001. to 20,0001., and the great argument in favour of a reduction at least the rate was, the present low value of money, and. he'. accession that the saving would make both to the divi dend and the guarantee fund. It is now officially stated that the amount remitted by the Clyde on account of the Mexican dividend is 72,000 dollars. SUN.—The market for the English Securities dosed. flatly again this afternoon, Consols being 96i to -1 1 -. Psitche. - quer Bills remained the same, but India Bonds advanced to 80s. and 82s. premium. The heavy stock remained about the same. There were not half-a-dozen additional baegains in.thet Foreign Market this afternoon, and we have only tO notice a slight rally in Spanish Bonds, the Vivo per' Cents. havine been done at 211 and the Three Cents. at 30i Venezuela, ter Account, were 361' ; utch Five per Cents., 100 k; and Portugtiese Convet to 1 1 r . 441. The additional transactions in Railway Shares 11,91 rt been these:—Eastern Counties Scrip were 41; Eiii.in••• burgh and Glasgow, New,. 1 ; Great Western, 31A to 321; South Western, 32k; Manchester and Leeds. Neon 15; Midland Counties, Quarters, 6i; Rouen and Havre' 58; and South Eastern Scrip, 11 premium. Bieminghoto2 and Gloucester were 36, and North 'Midland, 9 difitout Australasia Bank Shares were and Union A. tralia, premium. British North American, ex C 10" were 10 discount. MATCHES AGAINST. TIME. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN, SlR,—Tile kindness with which you gave ha" sertion, a short time since, to a few onservatio o6. of mine, elicited by the death of a pony, which.. had been killed by its inhuman task-----iilaster'•" Burke, in a match against a Bedford coach Me to hope that you maypermit some renierk . on " matches against time" to appear in The San^ 'ln every match against time, and upon the' issue of which sums of money depend, the must always be the probability of the ani le niar s bekg unable to accomplish the tack ; and the persons who stake their money on the result be come parties to the cruelty which they must ktiovr will be inflicted in the attempt to perform the feat which forms the subject of the wager. That such cruelty will be perpetrated, with utter d is: regard to the sufferings of the animals employ au in the task, the recent conduct of Burke rb° clearly shows. The persons, therefore, who knowing that great cruelty must in all probabi' lity be practised, encourage by their wagers reckless barbarian to undertake such feats, AT; pear to me to share largely in his guilt,.and richly deserve to be the objects of public in dir nation. I tear, however, that they genet-I%IIY belong to a class, which nothing short of a Le; O r lative enactment, inflicting- adequate penalt 2 l for becoming parties to wanton cruelty, Si l a . reach. But there is another and a numer c class, . who, without reflecting, or being ciently aware of the suffering that is caused ill these matches against time, unthinkingly e'A' courage them by being present when they take place, and by probably laying some trifling be on the result. To such I would hold up t" I spectacle of the poor pony, a creature, have' heard, of intelligence and docility rare even j tl . the horse; and who, that has bad this genero° animal under his observation and care, nee& tf", be reminded of his qualities. To such persons' would show the poor inadequately protectedaet noble animal, struggling even to death to aeon'''. plish a task to which its powers were unequal, and I would ask • them, and I would ask the public, whether it is not high time that such scenes should cease?--I have the honour to be , Sir, your most obedient servant, January 4, 1844. G. M• LONDON PEACE SOCIETY.—A public meeting in n icl of the objects of this society, was held in the Manger!' house Chapel, Camberwell, on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 18493 John S. Elliott, Esq., of Denmark- bill, presided, opened the meeting with an effective address in aid of the principles of the Society. Three resolutions were mo ved and seconded, and cordially adopted. The speakers we ° Mr. Rigaud, Rev. G. Rogers, Rev. H. Richard, Re. Burnet, _Rev. J. Jefferson, and Rev. J. Neller. The UNITED SERVICE MAGAZINE FOR JAIIITAIIig contains two articles relating to matters of colonials; i ci ; vertnnent, which are well deserving of attention. first is " A Voice from Caffre L und," written on spot, which (I,,erines, in powerful colours, the state o n anarchy anti insecurity which prevails in our colon,' °I, the southern coast of Africa. The other articles to we would call attention is one on the subject of " Sla very in Sinde," written by Captain Hart, of the Bouab4 Native Infantry. The gallant author writes in a c a n , and dispassionate spirit, and describes the peculia r ee dition of the slaves in Sinde, and the inconveniences t ll3 O , dangers which would result, ' not only to the new „ vcrnment, but to the slaves and their masters, from th sudden emancipation, a measure directed in an edict I tit , cently issued by the Governor-General - of India , 13 , which Sir Charles Napier, the local Governor of province, has seen it necessary to defer promulgatinl4. —Morning Chronicle. .11 ilig EXCISE PERMITS --The Board of Customs nv received a communication from the Commissioners of _2E Oi o f drawing their attention to the practice which prevails, to tobacco being delivered from the bonded warehouses, by to Customs' officers, without their paying sufficient atteptin is the limited time mentioned in the Excise permits, wh' c of allowed for the delivery of such tobacco into the preMisel o y c the manufacturers and dealers, and requesting that, toe would issue such orders as would cause more partl i attention to be paid to those documents in future; e a " law o ffi cers of the Customs having submitted, in answ er to' reference reference from the Board, that directions may be gi/ en . r e. the delivering officers of tobacco, at the respective 0 , ' c ol houses, not to deliver any tobacco, if the permits pro ds be to them which were granted to accompany the same shantbs out of force, or when there is any disagreement between to quantities expressed in the permits and the goods intendco be removed ; but that, in their opinion, the officers would th e be justified in refusing the delivery of tobacco if any part ?Ltd time expressed in the permit shall be unexpired: the o e co have issued directions to the several o ffi cers at th e tobn,,s, warehouses to govern themselves accordingly. NotwitheP":4 in g the Customs' authorities will not refuse the delivery !f o f portion of the time specified in the permit remain , it Ill' l ;00 course, be requisite that the tobacco should be delivered lilt the stock of the party within the limited time, otherwise be liable to seizure by the Excise. It is considered that P",bie cient time is always allowed in these documents for th e pee delivery of the goods, and the Excise regulations with ref e r to the same will be strictly enforced. esgloew'-- BIRTHS. On the Bth inst., at Cambridge-terrace, the lady of Pye, Esq ., of a son. On the Bth inst., at Grenville-street, Brunsw ick -o Mrs. E. J. Rouse, of ce r 6 a son. 1 14 On the 9th inst., at the Vicarage, the wife of the R el. Hurle, Curate of Aldworth, Berks, of a daughter. ore , On the 10th inst., at Caroline-place, Mecklenburgb -sel . Mrs. Henry Nlanisty, of a son. RIED, MAR_ On the 3d inst., at Pavenham. Bedfordshire, the Re l ;- 4 o eo , Foster, 8.A., to Rosalind, daughter of the late Henry Esq., of Titley, Herefordshire. ifo oug' On the 9th inst., at Northampton. Charles Gwillym h o i tbdi Esq., of Nore, Surrey, to Sophy, •the second daughte r late J. Collingwood, Esq., of Corby, Lincolnshire. rlro e6 On the 9th inst., at St. Marylebone, Mr. Williant sotto of Gray's Inn, to Mary Ann, widow of Frangois IV l o n Esq., of Thayer-street, Manchester-square. tn. it P i $ On the 20th ult., Rachel, relict of Hananel .--e°rio Costa, aged 70, of Bury-street. St: Mary Axe. Wi',,:„to flfr On the 30th ult., at Nice, Henry, eldest son of -- _, 6 Herbert, E s q. 6 telr gi On the 2d inst., at Upper Seymour-street, Cha rles Esq., of Ardsheal, Argyll, North Britain. C 0 ' e On the sth inst. , Major-General F. J. T. Johnston, : sr's' tb On the Bth i ns t ., at Ebury-street, Eaton-square, Dl ~ CO wife or Henry Eaton, Esq., solicitor. On the Sth inst.. at the Lower Ward, Windsor C il li t ' i ' u 'lite ° tarn Thi,mas Fernyhoogh, Governor of the Military s' l3-- Windsor. Sout ly On the 9th inst., Mr. John Goble,.c, bo th wark, hop-factor, aged 71. , 10 On the 9th inst., at Brixton-place , Airs. '.• Surrey, of High-street, p oia Pugh, aged 89. On the 9th inst., at Alillbank Vir t -street, es to os Shuter, Esq. , ! mar Cn the 9th inst., at Brighton, Sarah Louisa '—' , youngest dan t thter of Mr. R. l'hillius. of Twicl.enhaiThr„utet'' fin the Oil). iii t. , 1.0 11 1,a 0 r .,0 1 o f lir .Tliourt' ' of Stonefi, ld-s heel, Isl I ' ' ' er i . -4'...' • ilig.on iota, of cr ,u, London : Printed and Published by AItRDO „Y ° otrod t Ne. 112, Strand, at The Sun dffiee, o. llr 0 ,44. the County of Middens, Thuredeyr Janson' ibi la A C( TIES LINE Deposit c Orders of Par Messrs. D Alessrs. Mr• john I d 0 ioitat Ifl t . .NTTLE , oe n • ' l 'ty, for n° 4' 4 tPom friend r -°t4Pletely tf thig •f it. 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