The Sun. — London, England, 1845-02-26 00:00:00

MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (FrOm the London New Price Current of Feb. 25.) SuciAn.—To-day the merchants would not sell excepting they obtained the advanced rates of last week, but the de mand was limited. There was no public sale, but of Bengal and Mauritius large parcels were again brought forward. If a small reduction had been accepted for West India Sugar, it would have been the cause of several parcels being taken by the grocers. REFINF.D.-To-day there .was scarcely any business done in refined goods by the home trade, and prices are little better than nominal ; brown lumps at 70s, and standard lumps at 71s to 71s 6d per cwt. In Bonded Crushed Sugar there is only a partial business doing. Lkurirrius.-This afternoon the demand was less active, and 5,422 bags 24 casks at public sale were only partly dis posed of, at a decline of 13 per cwt. ; good and fine bright yellow fetched 60s to 61s 6d, good middling 58s 6d to 595, middling 56s to 58s, low 54s 6d to 555, middling to good grey 55s to 593, low 53s to 545, very low brown 435, syruppy 60 s, damp and washed 49s 6d to 58s 6d per cwt. EAST INDIA.-This afternoon three parcels of Bengal Sugar amounting to 3,020 bags were stibmitted to public competition ; buyers were less inclined to purchase, and a part only was sold at a decline on last week's rates of 6d to is per cwt; fine white went at 65s to 665, middling 62s Gd to 63s Gd, low 6ls 6d to 625, damp and washed 59s to 653, good strong sound yellow 595, low sls 6d to 53s Gd, damp and washed 49s to 545, middling damp brown 46s to 48s, and sound 495. Of Madras, 481 bags, duty paid, were only in part sold, at barely former rates, sound brown went at 48s to 50s, and damp at 47s to 50s. 116 bags damaged Jaggery were taken in at 40s per cwt for low heavy. MoLasses.-The demand has been very good for West India, and importers are obtaining prices is to 2s per cwt above those current two weeks back ; since this day week 400 puns have been sold at from 21s to 24s per cwt. In East India there has been more business done and at better prices. Of Bengal Treacle 95 casks at auction were taken in at 21s; there were purchasers at 20s per cwt. The duty on Molasses is to be reduced to 5s 3d per cwt. Cocoa.-This afternoon there was more demand for West India Cocoa-at public sale 164 bags of Trinidad Cocoa were sold at the full value, viz., ordinary grey at 43s 6d to 425, middling red 43s to 445, low 425. to 42s 6d, and sea damaged 38s-50 bags Bahia were taken in at 38s for fine red, and 36s to 37s for good bright red. 215 bags of Cocoa Shells from Dunkirk taken in at 15s to 16s 6d per cwt. FOREIGN.-This afternoon Foreign Sugar was inquired after, and disposed of privately at firm rates. Bahia at 18s 6d 9 for brown, and 22s 6d for white, yellow Havannah at 21s to 21s Gdfor mid and good mid quality, and 2,000 bags of yellow Manilla at 18s 6d to 19s 6d per cwt. COFFEE.-To-day the large quantity of 8,697 bags of Singapore Java was brought to public sale, of which 1,377 bags consisted of sea damaged ; these were all sold at stiffer rates, and fetched first class 27s 6d to 34s 6d, second class 25s to 32s 6d, third class 24s to 30s, fourth class 21s to 245, sea da maged and repacked 20s 6d to 26s ; the sound was nearly all taken in above the value, fine ordinary yellow at 42s to 455, good ordinay 35s to 40e, fair ordinary 31s to 335, but a few lots were _sold at 31s to 38s for fair to good ordinary; 92 bags sea damaged Padang taken in at 21s 6d to 22s ; 101 bags sweepings from Singapore Coffee sold at 21s to 255. Holders of Ceylon are free sellers, and 1,763 bags at public auction went at a further decline of is per cwt, but nearly the whole sold, good ordinary pale at 46s 6d to 475, very good ordinary 47s to 47s 6d, first class 46s 6cl to 475, second class 45s Gd, third class 445. Of Mysore, at the 4d per lb duty, 145 bags 38 bales were only partly disposed of at moderate rates, good ordinary_pale yellowish fetched 53s to 55s 6d, ordinary greenish 40s. There was little dis position shown to purchase Foreign Coffee ; good ordinary pale at 30s, good ordinary c(aoury 31s, the sea damaged partly sold at fair rates, first class at 25, 6d to 295, second class 93s 6d to 28s, third class 23s 6d to 265, fourth class 225, sea damaged and repacked 23s 6d to 2ss; Costa Rica was all sold at a fall of 2s to 3s, fine fine ordinary coloury went at 45s to 47s 6d, and a few lots of middling coloury 536 6d per cwt. TE.a..-Twankay was in good demand, and common fetched 9s 2id to is 3d per lb. Ilyson much wanted, buyers of com mon to good at 2s 6d to 3s. The market for Congou is, how ever, in a 'my dull state, common sound at Kkl, and good common 10Nd per lb, cash. Serciss.---This afternoon 31 casks of Nutmegs were offered at public sale, and sold at full prices-Batavia bold limed at 22 5d to 2s 6d, rather small 2s 4d to 2s sd, and I cask of brown from the Cape 2s 9d : 5 casks of Mace fetched is Gd to Is 7d for low. Pimento is still wanted, and 387 bags at public sale were all sold at very full rates, middling fetched 3d, and common mixed lid per lb. Rum, BRANDY, AND HOLLAND9.-Holders of Demerara Rum submitting to a further reduction in prices, occasioned buyers to operate more freely, and 180 puns 30 hhds were sold ; 33 to 41 overproof at 3s, and hhds at 3s Id per gallon. In Leeward., scarcely any business has been transacted, although there are sellers of proof at 2s to 2s ld per gallon. Jamaica of fine quality, being scarce, fetch full rates ; but all other sorts have been purchased sparingly, and prices are still going down : 21 to 26 per cent overproof 3s 3d to 3s sd, 26 to 29 over 3s 5d to 3s 7d, 30 to 36 over 3s 7d to 4s, fine 31 to 36 over 4s 6d to ss, superior and high flavoured 5s 4d to 7s per gallon. In Calcutta Rum, further reduced rates having been: taken, the sales amount to 200 hhds at Is 10d per gallon, proof with certificate. The business transacted in Brandy has been ass tremely limited, although upon further reduced terms :- Cognac, best brands of the vintage of 1838, hhds ss, puns 4s 10d ; 1839, hhds 4s 9d, puns 4s 7d ; 1840, hhds 4s 9d, puns 4s 7d ; 1841, hhds 4s Bd, putts 4s 6d ; 1842, hhds 4s sd, puns 4s 3d; 1843, hhds 4 s 3 d , p uns 4s cl, common 2s 7d to 2s 10d, mid to good mid 2s lld to 3s 9d, and Bour deaux 2s Gd to 2s 8d per gallon. Geneva has been taken sparingly at is 9d, home consumption sort at 2s 4d to 3s. The market firm for English Corn Spirits at 10a 2d per gallon, cash, and the demand good. RIiCE.-This afternoon Bengal Rice sold privately at for mer terms ; 352 bags at auction were disposed of at the full worth, good middling white fetched Ils, middling lOs 6d to Ils ; sea damaged, first class 10$ 6d, and second class 10s per cwt. WooL.-The market has a firm appearance for all descrip tions, and at previous advanced rates there has been a s ood business transacted. CWIILNEAL.-This afternoon Cochineal met with little attentioo ; 92 bags of Honduras at public sale were only partlysold rather lower rates, and went at 4s 9d to 5s for , - • A. Rd to 4s 9d per lb for low i!ack. Oms.-The market has been much better supplied with Southern Oil, and a decline in prices of 30s to 40s took place. Of 300 tiles offered at auction not silsove half found pur chasers ; fine quality at 281 to 30/, middi.i:s.g to good 261 15s to 271 15s, and low 25/ to 26/ per itin. Seal is dull of sale, and prices are still going down, 311 to 31/ lOs having been accepted privately for pale of first quality ; 12 tuns at auction went at 25/ 5s for brown, and at 29/ 5s for common pale. An improved demand for Cod at 29/ to 2915 s per tun. Holders of Sperm still manifest firmness ; there has been a good business transacted privately at 831 to 851 for British, and at 80/ to 821 per tun for American. Cocoa Nut is not so much wanted, and prices are easier; 16 tons of inferior at auction produced 9 4/ 15s to 25/ per tun. In Palm many transactions leave taken place at firm rates, good and fine at 25s to 26s 6d, and low to middling 22s to 24s 6d per cwt. The late advance is fully sustained for Rape Oil, pale fetch ing 37s to 37s 6d, and brown 36s to 36s 6d. Linseed Oil is still attracting attention ; prices rule firm at 25s on the spot, and at 25s 3d to 26s per cwt for delivery; although the crushers are working freely, still there is only a small quan tity of Oil offering for sale. Of Olive Oil many parcels have been sold, and merchants manifest firmness ; Gallipoli has been fetching 431 to 44/, Spanish 42/ to 42/ 10s, and Barbary and Sicily 41/ to 41/ lOs per tun. TALLOW.-Prices are on the decline for Russian Tallow; still there has been a good demand on the spot. P Y Candle of first quality 39s to 39s 6d, and other sorts at 37s to 38s 6d, for delivery in the last three months of the year 39s 3d to 39s Gd per cwt for first quality. Town Tallow is sailing at 39s to 404er cwt nett cash. For other kind of Tallow prices are still going down ; at auction 426 pkgs of South American went at 32$ Gd to 38s; 108 casks of North American 35s 9d to 39s 3d, and 44s casks of New South Wales 38s to 40s per cwt. TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FEB. 24, 1845. The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of Lord Fore.3ter. to appoint the under-mentioned gentlemen to her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms :—John Illenkarn, Neg., vice Jones ; and Thomas Richbell, Esq., vice Gregory, who, have retired. WHITEHALL, FEB. 22. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, granting unto his Royal Highness Adolphus Frederick Duke of Cambridge, K G., the (dice of Warden and Keeper of New Forest, in the county oi Southampton, in the room of the Right Hon. W. S. Bourne ; deceased. WHITEHALL, FEB. 22. • The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. Sir J. Parke, Kilt.; Sir E. IL Alderson, Knt.; Sir J. T. Cole ridge, Knt. ' • the Hon. J. S. Wortley; F. Kelly, Esq. ; W. 'Mateley, Esq.; J. Greenwood, Esq. ' • Sir W. Heatlicote, Bart.; E. Denison, Esq.; and T. G. B. Estcourt, Esq., to be her Majosty's Commissioners fer inquiring into the expe diency of altering the circuits of the Judges in England and Wales. CROWN-OFFICE, FEB. 22. ... _ mtithErs RETURNED TO SERVE LN THIS PRESENT PARMA. lIENT. County of Cornwall—Eastern Division—William Henry Pole Carew, Esq., in the room of the Right Honourable .Eiward Granville Eliot, commonly called Lord Eliot, now Earl ,Nt St. Germans, called up to the House of Peers. C o uhry of 13uckingliam—Christopher Tower, Esq., in the room ef 'aeries Robert Scott Murray, Esq., who has ac cepted the oftic.: of Steward of her Majesty's manor of Hemp holme, in the coum:- of York. w'Xii. s 9FFICE, FEB. 25. go , - ;:n Guards—Major G. Simmons, 7th Regiment of Dra l from half-par Unattached , t o be 3?r, vice T. Le Merchant, Ia "l who exchanges; Captain J. C. H. t':.: l3 e, to be Major, by purchase, vice Simmons, who retire s ; Ln:!itenant J. Crofts to be Captain, by purchase, vice Gibsone ; Corner C. E. Petre t o be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Crofts, Feb. 25. 4th Regiment of Foot—Captain E. Methold, fr3ln hal,,, pay 3d Dragoon Guards, to be Captain, vice Brevet Major ...- Chetwode, who exchanges; Lieut. C. S. Hext to be Captain, by purchase. vice Methold, who retires ; Ensign D. J. Gam ble to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hext ; J. N. M'Kelvey, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Gamble, Feb. 25. 14th Foot—Lieut. J. Dwyer to be Adjutant, rice Spence, solua resigns the Adjutantcy only. Feb. 25. 24th Feet—Captain J. G. Weir, from half-pay Royal Staff Corps, to be Captain, vice F. T. Maitland, who ex changes, receiving-, the difference, Feb. 25. 50th Foot —W. It. Farmer, Gent., to be Ensign, by Lour abase, vice Naugle, appointed to the 47th Foot, Feb. 25. 51d Feot—Sergeant-Major W. Knott, from the 60th Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice Williams, who resigns, Feb. 25. GOth Foot—Seurat Lieutenant B. J. Feilden to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Parker, appointed to Scots Fu silier Guards; R. 11. Robinson, Gent., to be Second Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Feild en , Feb. 25. Gilth. Foot—Ensign T. A. Mellsop, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Coates, whose promotion has been cancelled, Jan. 24. 72d Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel C. Gascoyne, from a ial lf-p y 6th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Lord A. Lennox, - who exchanges, receiving the difference, Feb. 25. Cape Mounted Riflemen—Captain J. Sondes, from half-pay U na ttachet!, to be Captain , vice 11. Y. Gold, who exchanges, receiving the difference, Feb. 25. .T.—Captain E. Methold, of the 4th Foot, to be • ii Jan. 10, 1837. __„.„, - - Commissariat-Clerk H. Curll to be De ll' .56SPF"'WZL-M.. issary General, - Oct. 17, 1844. kV ••• : a Ll / 4 : " i . f a)i_ ty \TATA. he Christian names of Staff-Sur eon of be ''' - •: ' , i , - , 41 , `r, ,i '' 2..5:.. 0:01 onald are John M'Cay, and not I'Coy,B Pi e‹.1' .. ., rai n 1 ' - . lazette of the - 24th January, 1845. . ° ..''''-' t: ' .'71 1111, : 4 8v„H t I n Clifton Hawkes, Gent. to be Ensign, • ill •...t 2 • , /. - ' , l ates, promoted, read, vice Mellsop, pro voterfi- *'„ - Gdmmiajon b the Lord-Lieutenant of Middlesex. West Middlesex Regiment of Milit ia—C. Ramsden, Esq., - .....— . . to be Major, Feb. 22. • '% - t4IMMMi THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENIN G, FEBRUARY .1845. WHITEHALL, FEB. 19. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Edward Hughes, of Ellesmere, in the county of Salop, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTS. John Henry Dansday, tailor, Regent-street, Westminster, to surrender, March 7, at one, and April 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basing hall-street; Sutcliffe, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars. James Brown, perfumer, Skinner-street, Snow-hill, March 7, at two, and April 8, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane ; Torkington, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars. Lovel Davis, wine agent, Ewhurst. Sussex, March 5, and April 9, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Gregson and Kewell, Angel court, City; Young, Battle, Sussex. William Holmes Sumner, grocer, lloxton Old-town, March 5, at one, and April 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane ; Murray, London-street, Fenzhurch-street. Charles Lee, miller, Wakes Colne, Essex, March 3, at half-past twelve, and April 4, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street; Marriott, Sew lnn, London, and Colchester. James Gray, upholsterer, Manchester, March 10, at one, and March 31, at twelve , at th e Manchester District Court. Stanway, official assignee, Manchester; Soles and Turner, London •, and Todd, Manchester. Cornelius Murcott, coal-dealer, Birmingham, March 7, and April 4, at half-past twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Tyndall and Sons, Birmingham. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. E. Gill, tinman, Chester—first div. of 6%d. in the pound, Feb. 27, or any subsequent Thursday, at the office of Mr. Cazenove, Liverpool. W. Whiting, landing waiter, Wallasca, Cheshire—first div. of Is. 1041. in the pound, Feb. 27, or any subsequent Thurs. day, at the office of Mr. Cazenove, Liverpool. J. H. Shanklin, landing waiter, Wallasca, Cheshire—first div. of ls. 2d. in the pound, Feb. 27, or any subsequent Thursday. at the office of Mr. Cazenove, Liverpool. J. Cuttell clothier, Holmfirth, Yorkshire—first and final div. of 2 1 4 d. in the pound, Feb. 25, or any subsequent Tues day, at the office of Mr. Fearne, Leeds. A. Ellis, grocer, Mexbrough, Yorkshire—first and fine . div. of 3s. 10d. in the pound, Feb. 25, or any subsequenl Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Fearne, Leeds. T. NVWilson, linen manufacturer, Barnsley, Yorkshire — first and final div. of 2s. Id. and 7-I2ths of a penny in the pound, and those who have received a former dividend may receive a third and final div. of 7-12ths of a penny in the pound, Feb. 25, or any subsequent Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Fearne, Leeds. D. Button, pawnbroker, Albion-place, Battle-bridge—se cond div. of 5M d. in the pound, March 3, and two following Mondays, at the office of Mr. Alsager, Birchin-lane. J. Pledge, bricklayer, Vauxhall-street, Lambeth—second div. of 43. 6d. in the pound, March 3, and two following Mondays, at the office of Mr. Alsager, Birchin-lane. I. Isaacs, army clothier, Chatham—first div. of 9d. in the pound, March 3, and two following Mondays, at the office of Mr. Alsager, Birchin-lane. H. Wiles, woollen draper, Southampton--second div. of 9d. in the pound, March 3, and two following Mondays, at the office of Mr. Alsager, Birchin-lane. E. Walker, auctioneer, Newman-street, Oxford-street — first div. of 3s. Sd. in the pound, March 3, and two following Mondays, at the office of Mr. Alsager, Birchin-lane. J. Piggott, jun., cabinet maker, Richmond, Surrey—second div. of 6 1 / 2 d. in the pound, March 3, and two following Mon days. at the office of Mr. Alsager, Birchin-lane. C. B. Bayley, draper, Abingdon—second div. of Is. ld. in the pound, March 3, and two following Mondays, at the office of Mr. Alsager, Birchin-lane. N. Blake, linen draper, Edgware-road—second div. of 6d. in the pound, March 3, and two following Mondays, at the office of Mr. Alsager, Birchin-lane. G. Rossiter, jeweller, Bridgwater—first div. of 2s. 4d. in the pound, March 3, and two following Mondays, at the office of Mr. Alsager, Birchin-lane. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. W. I. Welsh, attorney, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn fields, March 18, at eleven—J. Clay, draper, "Dewsbury, Y or kshire, March 19, at two — W. Notman, pianoforte maker, John—street, Tottenham-court-road, March 18, at twelve. In the Country. H. Whittaker, silk throwster, Macclesfield, March 19, at the Manchester District Court—E. Thornley, scrivener, Hinckley, Leicestershire, March 11, at the Birmingham District Court —W. Cochran and J. . obertson, merchants, Lima, South America, March 20, at P the ß Liverpool District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. J Hannen, tallow melter, Little Britain, March 28—E. Brentnall, builder, North Brixton, March 18—P. J. Meugens, broker, Dunster-court, Mincing-lane, March 19—II. H. Foot head, wholesale milliner, Fore-street, Cripplegate, March 20 —W. Notman, pianoforte maker, John-street, Tottenham court-road, March 20—J. Smith, draper, Liverpool, March 19—S. Peach, grocer, Nottingham, March 22—8. B. and B. G. Owen, tailors, Pall-mall, March 18—J. C. Petrie, miller, Bedlington, Durham, March IB—E. Hemming, needle manufacturer, Astwood-bank, Worcestershire, March 18— G. Alexander, innkeeper, Beaminster, Dorsetshire, March 18 —T. Shillito, chemist, Leeds, March 18—J;Leybourn, cabi net-maker, Bradford, March 18-11. Nichol}, worsted spinner, Halifax, Yorkshire, March 18—J. Yeardley, W. Yeardley, and E. Yeardley, flax spinners, Ecclesfield-mill, Yorkshire, March 18. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. T. and B. B. Whinney, job masters, Piccadilly—M. and J. Whitehead, oiners, Sheffield—J. and F. Haysom, builders, Upper Belgrave-place—R. and J. Firth, Cleckheaton, York shire—W. Parker and W. Houghton, builders, Birmingham —.J. Hammill and W. Thompson, m erchants, Liverpool—G. H. Rollet and E. Newmarch, builders, Gainsburgh, Lincoln shire—J. Sandbach, sen., and J. Sandbach, jun., wine mer chants, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Lancashire—J. Sharer, P. Sharer, J. Gibson, and J. Stokoe, drapers, Sunderland—J. Wilson, A. Pilling, and W. Milner, woollen manufacturers, Huddersfield (so far as regards J. Wilson)—W. Neale and H. Wright, carpenters, Leicester—S. Crispin, and E. Dow sing, tobacconists, Carlton-street, Regent-street—J. Bromley and J. Drake, window .glass cutters, Oxford-street—J. 11. Brinkworth, A. Silcock, and W. Eyres , c oal merchants, Chip penhain—W. Eyres and A. Silcock, iron founders, Chippen ham—T. Dakeyne and S. Jones, tanners, Ave Maria-lane— tr "r- G. Nr i si Maria-lane— drew 's-road, , Newington so far as regards . . Veers E. and A. Brook, grocers, Wakefield—J. Green, W. Watson, and A. 11. M'Dougall, wine merchants, Pall-mall—J. Stubbs and C. Rollings, attorneys, Birmingham—W. J. and A. Bun nett, blind manufacturers, Newington-causeway—NV. Rose, jun., and J. Searby, woollen drapers, Spilsby, Lincolnshire — J. Byrne and T. Anderson, silk manufacturers, Manchester — H. Mason and S. Fawcett, spinners, Great Horton, Yorkshire. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. John Davidson. baker, Currie, Edinburgh, March 3 and 24, at two, at the chambers of J. Nisbet, Edinburgh. James M'Laren, merchant, Coupar-Angus, March 1 and 24, at one, at the chambers of W. t,reig, Perth. William Jack, boot maker, Falkirk, March 4 and 25, at one, at the office of Russel and Aitken, Falkirk, Archibald Gordon Macdonald, coach contractor, Annat, Argyllshire, March 5 and 26, at twelve, at the Banavie Inn, Kilmallie. Hugh Kennedy, grocer, Content-upon-Ayr, Feb. 28 and March 28, at twelve, at the chambers of W. Kirkland, Ayr. John Kerr, merchant, Greenock, Feb. 27 and March 20, at twelve, at the White Hart Inn; Greenock. PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES ON RAIL WAY BILLS. SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. Buxuuc sustained a number of objections to the plans of the promoters of the Bill, on the ground of want of descrip tion in the plan of various buildings situated in the parishes of Sedgeley, Dudley, IlalesoWen, West Bromwich, Harboune, Handsworth, and Ilirmingham. He also sustained objections with respect to the omission on the plans and the books of references of certain pieces of land within the line of deviation in the parishes of Holy Cross and St. Giles, Salop, Wel lington, Shiffnal, and Tong. In all these instances the Com mittee decided that the standing orders had not been com plied with. The objections were not got through at four o'clock, and the Committee adjourned to twelve o'clock this day. COURSE OF EXCLIAI.) Amsterdam CF. 12 7 Ditto, at sight l2 5i Rotterdam 2U. 12 8 Antwerp 26 10 aamburgh M.B. 13 15 Altona l3 15 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 85 Ditto, 3 months 26 0 Marseilles Bourdeaux 26 15 Frankfort on Mains 122 IGE.—(YESTERDAY.) C4ibra1tar.....•...... .. Leghorn , . ........ 31 Genoa Milan . ..... ........... Venice ~..... 47 Naples ..... ..... 39; Pslurnto, oz 118 Lisbon 53 Oporto . . Rio Jantiro .. . . 23i Bahia Buenos A.ye , is.. — Newl'lo.k.=.!dyssight Petersburgh, 3Us 37 Berlin 7 Vienna, effee. 11.3 M 9 59 Trieste, ditto Madrid 36i Cadia Bilbao 36 Barslona . Philathiviiitt - PRICY:4 :7 , 9ULLION, PRA oz. Foreigm 41, bars. 43 17 9 Portu t , ,,c 4 :49ld Coin 3 17 5 New Deo'. ,00ns 0 0 0 New 04).2.ais 0 0 0 Silva: it' ran.— 0 0 0 Seville LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Feb. 25. (At Guildhall, before Lord DENMAN and a Special Jury.) TIIE QUEEN V. DOUGLAS. This case, after lasting the whole of Monday and to-day, was brought to a conclusion this evening. It was an information against the defendant for receiving presents from the Raja of Tanjore, at whose Court he was re sident, and from the neighbouring Princes of Poodoocottah, which by Act of Parliament was a misdemeanour. According to the Solicitor-General's statement, the de fendant had received a monthly allowance of two thousand rupees from the Raja besides other large sums, under the head of " ta'ole-money," and under various pretexts. Rumours of these proceedings having reached the Indian Government, Mr. Bayley and Mr. Kindersley (since dead) , s :re sent to investigate the matter, and the following is one of the Litters from the defendant to Mr. Kindersley M y Kindersley,--I have some hopes that you may be spared a dutf" which I am sure will be most disagreeable to you, from a otter :which I have addressed to Government, and tif which I enclose i.:1 1 a copy . Pra y show it to the official ; if you think proper , to Ilavie):, with my regards, if he pleases to accept them, certainly syrtl. l my respects. He has acted fairly and honourably to but me, 1,-..?ording e to coul th d e i m p res sions which he has received ; wish h have read my heart, or which would have answered the same purpose, the heart of the Raja, the ' bitterly de ceived !' No ; it is I that have been bitterly deceived. I have not the least intention of denying the fact of having lent myself to a system of sonic forty years' duration. The cruelty of Sir Fudom's measure, my deep and hopeless state of embarrassment, the refusal of the Court to grant the any redress, because I was employed out of the regular line of my profession,' though they acknowledged the injus tice I had met with from the Governor of Madras, the inat- tendon of Lord Elphinstone to their orders for my appoint ment to Travancore, by way of compensation, the reduction of my salary at Tanjore, when I did return there, of upwards of 500/. per annum, the entire failure of my health, and with it all hopes of release from the debts I had incurred for others. Oh I could add to the list , but tho u g h I did so for ever, it would' be no excuse. The best, the only palliative part of the proceeding is, that I did not deceive the Raja. l al i n e :,o v i r u as ar t l o s l o d , , I h N o v p oq in k g t u ag n a fl i i n n s c t h h in o g p l e y . perform my public duty, at low.l told him repeatedly greatea ve binsa sacrificeto h his fate, let t n h e e ve p r res to e r n e t tu w rn e , li a f n or d es l ee d n id ( s a o s , likely to ha s pe s n se ) rt roxarent ruin, to which Bayley's belief bye, I have been very s of the 'Raja' me and mine, testify, Good promises,' 'an ' h d op a ing t!mes even his sem against hope,' and misled by the Raja's t t{) ie pr . oceed in spite sta o ll f aton of blance of amendment. I£ your 7r .l. ° ' o u rr c ommence i 1 L q a u n wi drt is s s annuity of my letter, it should Sirfagee, in 1799, and Mr. per annum ; Colonel Blackburn ditto, Fife's ditto ; and, above all, to entertain the fact whether I have made any atm- these printed documents, extracted from a work called "Gathering from Grave-yards, p. 176." " Spa Fields'- barial-ground was originally taken for a tea-garden; the speculation failed, and a chapel was built upon it, in which some Ministers of the Church of England preached. The Bishop refused to consecrate, and it was ultimately bought by Lady Huntingdon ; she inducted one of her chaptains, and it is now much frequented. The burying-ground is very large, but • absolutely saturated with dead. This place offers a difficult pro blem for solution ; no undertaker can explain it except by a shrug of the shoulders. I can affirm, from frequent personal observations, that enormous numbers of dead have been deposited here." Mr. Watts, pawnbroker and silversmith, residing in Exmouth street, stated that he, as the representative of a large body of the rate-payers of Clerkenwell, many of whom were present, came forward to beseech the in terference of the Court, for the suppression of practices of a most abominable nature, which prevailed in Spa Fields -burial-ground: The burial-ground was not quite two acres in superficial extent; such a space was com monly estimitcd as being capable of affording a decent interment to about 3,000 human bodies ; but what was the fact—it had been a burial•ground for the last fifty years, and the average yearly number of bodies interred or brought into it was 1,500. There had been 36 burials in one day, but not a bone was seen on the surface. He oould produce evidence which would leave no doubt, hor rible as the thing was, that human bodies had been com monly burnt there. The stench proceeding from what was called the " bone-house," in the grave-yard, was so intolerable, that many of the residents in Exmouth street, which abutted on the place, had been obliged to leave it altogether. One lady was present who had been obliged to leave from the stench. Mr. CONDE—But the parties who practise these abo inations can be indicted ; that is, if what you state be correct. Mr. Watts said the parochial authorities of St. James, Clerkenwell, in which the place was, were fully aware of the nature of the nuisance, but they had taken no mea sures for its suppression. The custom, as I am informed, is to disinter the bodies after they have been three or four days buried, chop them up, and burn them in the bone- house. Mr. CoMaE—I think you shoted lay the matter before the parochial authorities. Mr. Scargill, clerk to the Board of Guardians, who wts present, said he doubted very much that parochial rates could be applied in such a prosecution ; the place was not rated, although in the parish. Mr. ComßE—lf the Guardians thought they could not interfere they ought to lay the whole matter before the Poor-law Commissioners, and if they did not feel them selves justified in interfering they would probably com municate with the Home Secretary on the subject. Inspector Penny, of the G division, came forward and stated that a petition, signed by 150 of the inhabitants of Clerkenwell, having been presented to the magistrate of this Court on the subject, his Worship put the matter into his hands. He went there, and in this " bone-house found a large quantity of coffins " broken up, and some of them burning. The wood was perfectly sound, and some of it appeared to be quite fresh. Had been there several times since, and had seen parts of coffins burn ing. The smell was shocking—intolerable. There were coffins of every size there, children's and men's. Reuben Boom, who had been grave-digger in the burial-ground in question, but left about two years ago, in consequence of a dispute, stated that he had been there as grave-digger for six years ; had repeatedly dug up dead bodies, interred but a short time, to make room for others. Had frequently dug up twenty corpses to make a grave of seven feet deep. The bodies that had been interred eight feet under ground were, a few days after, rooted up and just covered by the surface. The stench was intolerable. John Walters, engine-keeper of Clerkenwell parish, said that he went to extinguish a fire in the bone-house on two different occasions and did not obtain admission without the greatest difficulty. The last time was on the 2d of last month. In the bone-house he saw as many coffin-boards as three men could carry, and a great deal of pitch was fastened to the chimney, which one of the men there said resulted from the burning of pitched coffins. The smell was horrible, and seemed as if from burnt bones or flesh. An immense crowd as sembled on that occasion, who were ready to tear down the whole place. A lady, who lived in a house abutting on the grave yard, stated that she was obliged to leave from the in tolerable smell preceeding from the bone-house. They burnt the bones at night, and sometimes they began to burn at eleven o'clock at night, and continued at it all night. The smell was frightful. Mr. Watts--Two rate-payers of Clerkenwell have signed a declaration that last week they saw a human body tumbled out of the coffin. Catherine Murphy liven in a house from the rear of which there was a view of the grave-yard. Had seen the grave-diggers throw up parts of human bodies, and then chop them up with their shovels. Saw one of them seize the upper part of a corpse by the hair of the head. On this occasion, she could not refrain from crying out, " Oh, you villain, to treat the corpse so," upon which he threw it into the grave again, and threw the clay on it. The smell was horrible. Mr. CosinE advised the parties to lay a full statement of the matter before the Board of Guardians, who would, he felt convinced, bring the parties under his juris diction. The parties thanked the Magistrate and left the Court LLOYD'S SHIPPING. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals-Robert Small, Williams, from Bengal, in the Downs, sailed Nov. 14, Madras, Nov. 20, Cape, Jan. 8, and St. llelena, Jan. 18 ; Colombo, Thomson, from Bengal, in the Downs, sailed Oct. 13,;St. Helena, Jan. 7 ; Jack, Turner, from uok, nut.. the Downs. sailed Nov. 21, Cape, Dec. 25, St. Helena, Jan. 6 ; Me dusa, Purdie, from China, in the Channel, sailed Oct. 1, St. llelena, Jan. 6 ; Queen of England, Fishers, from Bengal, at Liverpool, sailed Oct. 24, St. Helena, Jan. 9 ; London, Michael, from Bengal, at Liverpool, sailed O c t. 22, St. Helena, Jan. 9 ; Harrison Chilton, Markham, fro m Bengal, at Liverpool, Sept, 30 ; Wild Irish Girl. Graham, from Bombay, at Liverpool, sailed Oct. 20, St. Helena, Jan. 2 ; Emma, Hartley, from Bombay, at Liverpool, sailed Oct. 10, Cape, Dec. 24; Achilles, Trivett, from Ceylon, off Folkstone, sailed Oct. 30, St. Helena, Dec. 31; Governor, Williamson, from Cape of Good Hope, at Liverpool, sailed Dec. -, St. Helena, Dec. 31 ; Earl of Liverpool, Wilson, from China, at Ports mouth, sailed Oct. 3, Anjer, Nov. 10, St. Helena. Jan. 8; E mma E u genia, Kettlewell, from Mauritius, in the Downs, sailed Oct. 29, Cape, Dec. 22, and St. Helena, Jan. 6. Arrivals at St. Helena-Hendrika, Jan. 8, from Batavia, and sailed 10th to Rotterdam ; Perseverance, Bth, from Mau ritius, and sailed 10th to London; Sarah, 9th, Laidmans, Surrey, and Bradshaw , 10 th; Eliza Keith, lth ; Hope, 12th ; Courier, Ann Lookerby, Eldred, Lavinia, 12th ' • King ston, Eliza, Magnet , 12 th; Ann, Haidee, Prince of Wales, and Br e o p o t kuen,e,lsth ; 13th; 15 Samuel Spyvee, Galway, Ark, Tecumsee, and N Horatio, 16th ; Charlotte, Lalla, Agnes, Margaret Johnson, Ancona, 17th; Solway, Express, 13th; Thirteen, 18th-all from coast of Africa ; Eulalie, 9th, from Bourbon, and sailed 10th to Bordeaux ; Pleiades, 10th, from Mauritius, and sailed 11th to London ; Veronica, 10th, from Batavia, and sailed 12th to Amsterdam ; Jane and Jeesie, Campbell, 11th, from Mauritius, and sailed 14th to Cork ; Pacquebot des Mers du Sud, 13th, from Bourbon, and sailed 13th to Bordeaux ; John Bibby, 14th, front China ; Velox, 14th, from the Cape; Thetis. 15th, from China and Cape Token, 16th from Calcutta ; Marquis of Bute, from China and Cape ; John Dugdale, 17th, from China ; Stanislaus, from Batavia. Bay, Cape of Good Hope - Tapley , and sailed 23d to London; Har alla Rookh, 24th, from Algoa 1 Dec.s 24th, in 2 Table.ofirnam Rio; China, Bay, and sailed 28th to Ichaboe; Bolivar, 24th, from Cal cutta, and sailed 31st to London; Derby, 25th, from Cal cutta, and sailed Jan. 2 to Liverpool ; George, 25th, from Calcutta, and sailed 27th to London ; Ludovic 26th, from St. Malo and Ichaboe; Rosebud, from Natal Lord Stanley, 27th, from Bombay, and sailed 29th to Liverpool; United Kingdom, 27th, from Bombay, and sailed 31st to London; Peru, 27th, from Madras, and sailed 29th to Liverpool; Jane Cumming, from Ichaboe; Countess of Miuto, 31st, from London; Ellen, Rodger, from China; Hamilton, Ross, 23d, from Liverpool ; Trinidad, 24th, from Manilla and Batavia ; Martha, 26th, from Liverpool; Enterprise, 30tb, from Fal mouth ; Maia Jans, from China and sailed to London ; Persia, from China and Cape, and sailed 6th to London ; Mercury, Ist, from China, and sailed 6th to London; West Indian, 2d, from Leith • Regalia, from Liverpool ; Delta, from whaling; Emerald Isle, from London; Cynosure, from Monte Video, and sailed 6th to Ichaboe; Tagus, 4th, from Ichaboe; Catherine, from London; Cleopatra, from China, and sailed 6th to London ; Tigress, from Leith ; Thomas Snook, from London; Telaire, 7th, from Bourbon; Princess Royal, from London ; Thames, from Ichaboe. Departures from Table Bay.-Regent Packet, Dec. 20, to Walvisch Bay, Essequebo. 21st, to Ichaboe; John Thomas Carr, 22d, to Saldanha Bay; Colon, 22d, to Bour bon ; Janet, to Mauritius ; Steadfast, to Ichaboe ; Henry Thompson, to Whaling; Helen, to Saldanha Bay; Thomas Jones, to Mauritius; Isabel, 25th, to Mauritius; Parkfield, 27th, to Port Philip; Artemise, to Batavia; Emma, to London ; Pacific, 29th, to London ; Marquis of Lorne, 29th, to Ichaboe; Skipton, to Mauritius; John Bartlett, 30th, to, Si nga pore. Departures from Simons Bay.-ller Majesty's steamer Thunderbolt, Dec. 22, to Ichaboe; Hyderabad, 27th, to Norfolk Island. Arrivals in Algoa Bay.-Barrvs and llarriet, Dec. 18, from Table Bay, Assame, from London. Departures from Algoa Bay Dare, 17th ; both to Mauritiu s. Arrivals Dec. 12 ;John William, Arrivals at Madras-Nort humberland, Dec. 28 ; John Line, 29th ; Diana, 30th ; Du ke of Roxbur g h, 30th ; Lady Flora, Jan. 1 9 ; Duke of Argyle, 13th ; all from London. Calcutta. Wellesley, Dec. 24 ; London, IL M. S. Fox, from Trinco malee ; Claudine, 14th, from Departures from Madraa 27th ; both to London. John Patchett, 29th, to Liverpool. Arrivals at Kedgeree-Blorenge, O'Herspool, and Lord Althorp, Dec. 24 ; Martin Luther, 27th ; Thomas AJan. rbuth ; from Liverpool ; Precursor st eamer, 26th, from Soathampton ; Hugh Walker, 27th, from B ombay ; Tudor, from London ; Queen, 7 not, 28th ; Susan, 28th ; Ma tilda, 29th ; Fire and Cape Mary Louisa 29th, from Leith ; Water Witch, , 31st., from Colombo ; Marian, Jan. 1, from Glas g ow ; S p iteful steamer, 4th, from Madras; Ann Milne at td Lanrick, sth, from Bombay. Departures from Bangor--North Briton. Dec. 17 ; John Punter, 19th; United, 21st; Reaper, 26th; Westminster, 24th; Claudine, 28th ; Maria Somes, 29th ; Lloyd's, Jan 3 ; Bolton and Diamond, 4th ; Earl of Durham and Judith Allan, 4th ; Royal Saxon , 5th -all to London ; Ellenbo rough (from Kedgeree), sth, to London. Arrival at Bombay-llerefordshire, Jan. 4, from Cork . FLANDERS MAIL. Brtussms, FRB. 22.—The cold continue s to be ver y seve re . The thermometer at Brussels is at 12 deg. of Reaumer, or more than 15 centigrade (30 deg. Farenheit) below freezin4 point. We have not had such severe weather since January, 1839, when the thermometer of the Royal Observatory at Brussels was at 19% degrees of the centrigade; but we must go farther back to find such a temperature at the end of February. CAUCASIA.—.FROM Tilt BLACK SEA.--AVe have received, from an authentic source, news from the Caucasia, coming down to the beginning of this year. The severe cold, which set in extremely early, and the heavy snow, which covered the .mountains, impeded all operations on both sides. The Russians remained in their forts, over their fires, and Schamyl, with his warriors, did not stir frova his Auls. It is thought that there will be no fighting till March, when the Terek and the Kuban are generally frozen, or have very little water. All the reports of great losses sustained by the Rus sians, in 1844, and of the capture of the fortresses of Chumak and Ternir-Hautshura, by the Circassians, which were spread in Russia and Turkey, were false. In this campaign, which was opened by the Russians with such a powerful force, there were but few engagements, and only two of them of much importance; but the Russians had the advantage, and their loss in killed and wounded was only 300 men. The Russians, however, look on the campaign as a complete failure, because no great blow has been struck. Schamyl, who had retreated to the strongly fortified Aul Buternao, situated on a steep eminence, would have been interrupted in his retreat, and probably ruined, if the Russians had made a rapid ad vance ; but the order to attack him caine from the Com mander-in. Chief eighteen hours too late. Schamyl seemed to perceive all at once his danger, and retired from his moun tain retreat by a defile, which the Russians occupied too late. This led to the recal o/General Neidhardt, who had no great talent for carrying on the war, but showed extraordinary activity in the government of the Caucasian provinces. Allgemeine Zeitung, Feb. 19. BELGIAX FUNDS.—Bansszts, FEB. 22 Actual Debt, 2% per Cent .. Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent • • • • Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Ccut Ditto Three per Cent • . • • • • • • • - • • Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto Ditto, ditto, 1840.. • • • • • • . Ditto, ditto, 1844............. Ditto of the City, 1843 .....• • Ditto, 1832 . • • • • Bank of Belgium Brussels Papers. Feb. 23. ) 78% .. . 103% 103V 2 ....... 101% .. . 628 GLASS DUTIES TO THE ED1T01? OF THE SUN. Mn. EDITOR,—You will greatly oblige me by inserting the following few lines in your valuable paper: — Being a commercial traveller in the flint-glass trade, and now on my journey, I have, since the proposed alteration on duties by Sir Robert Peel, met with great difficulties to convince my customers, and other parties, that there is any difference between the present duty ou flint and sheet glass, in consequence of Sir Robert Peel stating, in the House of Commons, that the present duty about to be taken off glass would reduce the price 300 per cent.; but the present duty on flint glass being only three farthings per pound, it is my wish that the public may be shown that the great reduction Sir Robert Peel named can only be upon sheet glass, and that it is un fortunate for the trade I am connected with, that Sir Robert Peel did not name the difference of duties between the two articles. I am, Sir, very respectfully, W. H. PARISH, Of Stourbridge, Worcestershire. Lincoln, Feb. 23, 1845. Runs, FEB. 20.—1 t was erroneously stated by one of the Paris journals that the two Englishmen, Parker and Williams, who were taken up here on suspicion of passing stolen Bank of England notes, had been re leased from custody. They are still in prison, and it has been proved that some of the notes which they changed were the produce of three distinct robberies, viz, one at Bethnal-green in 1843, and two in Manchester last year. Mr. Gude, solicitor, from London, and Mr. Beswick, chief superintendent of police at Manchester, arrived in Paris yesterday, and had an interview with Lord Cowley and the French authorities. It is a curious fact that the man who was tried for the Bethnal-green robbery, and sentenced to transportation, but kept in England for a year in the hope that he would make disclosures, had not left for New South Wales a month before notes derived from that robbery were in circulation here. The amount of money found upon Parker and Williams is not considerable; it amounts altogether to less than 7001. The money changers here, with whom these men had transac tions, are quarrelling as to who was really the cause of their arrest. They are as anxious for the reward as a Bow-street runner of the olden days could be. It is still hoped that some information will be obtained, through these arrests, of the parties concerned in the late bank robbery in England.— Correspondent of an Evening Paper. The Earl of Devon had an interview with Sir Robert Peel yesterday. tion in the method left me by poor old M'Lean. No excuse, I know it and deeply feel it. It does not signify whether it is the mere bite of the apple, or eating it all. Touch not, taste not, or the act of insolvency and the choice left me. And I was foolish. " 1 am faithfully yours, " A. DOUGLAS." The SOLICITOR-GENERAL, having concluded his address, proceeded to produce his evidence, which almost entirely consisted of written testimony sent over from India. The reading of these parchments occupied the remainder of yes terday and a great part of to-day. Mr. KELLY addressed the jury for the defendant. Lord DENMAN, with regard to the letter, expressed his clear and distinct opinion that the Learned Counsel who conducted the prosecution would not have been justly dis charging their duty to the public bad they not laid that letter before the jury. In his opinion the evidence adduced was admissible for the purpose of proving the charges which had been made, and if the jury believed that evidence, the ver dict must be for the Crown. The jurors intimated their belief of the evidence, and ex pressed their readiness to pronounce the verdict. A discussion then ensued as to the counts on which the verdict should be taken, and certain counts were selected fur that purpose. The verdict was then entered for the Crown. Lord Denman, on the application of Mr. Kelly, reserved to the defendant leave to move to enter a verdict for him, in case the Court should think that the objections taken in the course of the trial by Mr. Kelly were sustainable in law, or that the evidence was not sufficient to support the informa tion. His Lordship took the opportunity of expressing in strong terms his approbation of the conduct of Mr. Bayley, who had succeeded the defendant as resident at Tanjore, and who, notwithstanding any precedents Afforded by the con duct of former Residents, had positively refused those advan tages which they had accepted, and which had been likewise offered to him. Mr. Bayley had done himself much honour iu thus preferring the performance of his duty to the gratifi cation of his interests. - ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Carlisle, Feb. 24. The Assizes for the county of Cumberland commenced here this morning. The Criminal Court sat at ten o'clock, Mr. Justice Coltman presiding; Mr. Justice Wightman sat at twelve o'clock on the civil side. The calendar contains the names of 22 prisoners. Of these one, Jane Crosby, stands charged with the murder of her child, at Lammonby, the appalling particulars of which case have been very lately before the public. There are two cases of manslaughter, one of burglary, two of horse-stealing, and two of bigamy. There is one case of an indictment under the late Bankrupts' Act, against the bankrupt for illegally obtaining goods. On the civil side but two causes are entered for trial ; both were undefended, and were disposed of in a few minutes, when the Court rose. (Before Mr. Justice COLTMAN.) . John Gillespie was indicted for a burglary in the house of Joseph Grindal, at Wigton, on the night of the 10th of De cember last. Mr. Fawcett conducted the prosecution ; the prisoner was defended by Mr. Ramshay. Mr. FAWCETT stated the case, and called the following witnesses : Joseph Grindal stated, that he is engaged in business as a draper at Wigton, and that on the night of the 10th of De cember last the house and shop were fastened up in the usual manner. The witness slept up- stairs, in the same room with his assistant, Joseph Chadwick. About two o'clock he was awakened by a noise below stairs. He listened, but the noise had ceased. Being alarmed, however, he awoke Joseph Chadwick, and both went down stairs. On going to the door leading out of the shop, he found it open. It had been fastened the night before. Hea rin g a sli g ht noise in the shop, he endeavoured to close the door, but found that the lock was broken. He then saw a light for a moment, but it was instantly extinguished, and some person came out of the shop door. The witness caught him by the breast, but was instantly knocked down. He was insensible for some seconds, and on coming to himself a little, he found some one beating him on the bead and face. He struck at the man, and called for help. His assailant put his fingers into the witness's mouth, and nearly choked him. The wit ness caught the man by the ear, and the man let him go, and made off along the passage towards the back-yard. The witness pursued him, but. lost sight of him, and returning along the passage, found a blue cap, with something in it he supposed to be the lining, but which proved to be a handkerchief. At the shop door, out of which the rob bers had come, were found a crowbar and a hat, and on the counter a dark lantern. A large quantity of goods had been taken from the drawers, and put up ready to be taken away, but nothing apparently had been removed. The prosecutor was severely cut on the lip and nose, appa rently with some sharp instrument. The wounds bled for several hours. Joseph Chadwick stated, that he went down with Mr. Grindal along the passage to the back door of the shop. They found it open. Mr. Grindal directed the witness to bring a light, and he went towards the kitchen for that pur pose. Looking back, however, and seeing a light in the shop, lie returned, but the light was instantly extinguished, and some men rushed out. One of them passed him in the pas sage, and the witness felt he had a cloth cap. He ran along the passage, and witness pursued him into the yard. Ile got over into the yard of the Black Swam public-house ad joining, and witness followed, calling for assistanae. At this moment another man came up, and told the witness if he did not hold his tongue, he would blow his brains out, and both the men went off in the direction of a passage adjoining the Black Swan-yard, called Meeting-house-lane. It appeared that about daybreak the following morning there was found a pair of boots on a horse-stone in Meeting house-lane. These were of rather peculiar make. The right one was very much bent in the sole, and inside the heel was a piece of cork so as to raise that part of the foot about an inch. The prisoner is lame in the right foot, and wears usually a boot of a similar construction. A shoemaker was also called who had mended a pair of boots for the pri soner, and had put on the right boot a patch similar to that appearing on the boot now produced. The heel was raised in the same manner. The prisoner had been seen in Meeting house-lane about two hours before the robbery. It appeared from the testimony of a police-officer of the name of Hetherington, that he had had the prisoner in cus tody some days before the robbery ; that he then searched him, and to the best opinion of the witness the cap now pro duced was the one he then had on. Mr. RAMSIIAY addressed the jury for the defence. Lorcu.-... The jury immediately found the prisoner Guilty.—Trans ported for life. THE LAMMONBY MURDER.—His LORDSHIP stated that he had examined the little girl, the principal witness in this case, and that she was in such a state of ignorance that lie could not permit her to be sworn. It would probably be ne cessary to postpone the trial. Mr. TEMPLE said he was instructed for the prosecution, and that he did not think it would be proper to proceed to trial without the evidence of the girl. He had, supposing the trial to be postponed, an application to make to the Court on the subject of the custody in which she should be placed till the next assizes. She had hitherto been in the custody of the constable. He (Mr. Temple) admitted it was not desirable that she should remain in that custody, or in that of any one connected with the prosecution. At the same time, he did not think the father should be the person to whom she should be confided. He had, he (Mr. Temple) understood, sold all he was possessed of in the county, and there would be no security for the production of the child as a witness at the next assizes. Besides, the object of post poning the trial was, that the child might have an opportu nity of being instructed. It was not probable that abject would be attained by intrasting her to the person by whom she had been brought up in such utter ignorance. He would propose she should be put in the care of the gaoler, by whom she would be taken every care of, and where she would be instructed by the chaplain. Mr. Wirauxs said he was not aware of any reason for de parting from the usual course, or for supposing the father would prevent her appearance. He, however, should not oppose the application. The trial was postponed accordingly. Several prisoners charged with minor offences pleaded guilty. Francis Neale was convicted of an assault, with a felonious intent, upon the person of Elialbeth Dixon, and sentenced to four months' imprisonment. The particulars are unfit for publication. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (Y ES TER D AY.) MANSIOIV-HOVSE. On the night of the Bth of November, or early on the morning of the 9th, a draw. r in a room belonging to Messrs. De Lisle ann Co., No. 16, Devonshire-square, was broken open by Charles Smith, the footman, and robbed of property to the amount of upwards of 4601. in bank notes and gold. A reward of 501. was offered for the apprehension of the thief, and 100/. for the recovery of the money. Mr. Frederillt Jonville De Lisle stated that the pri soner was servant to his uncle. On the Bth of Novem ber the safe in which the cash was deposited for security was put into the well, and next morning, upon examin ing the well, he missed the contents, 2901. in bank notes, 201. in silver in a bag, 11. lls. 2d. in loose silver, 101. in half sovereigns, and a light half sovereign. On Monday, the 17th of November, witness received a letter from the prisoner, inclosing the bank notes for 290 L, part of the amount which had been stolen. Mr. George W. De Lisle stated that he had locked the safe on the evening of the Bth of November, and placed it in the well, and next morning, when the cash was missed, the prisoner was abzent, and there was a hole in the wall which communicated with the prisoner's room, through which hole the safe had been reached. Major Shaw, the Superintendent of the City police, said that he had taken steps for the apprehension of the prisoner, to whom he had obtained a complete clue, but a countryman who knew the prisoner popped upon him just before he reached the spot where he would have been seized by an officer. Richard Hales, a butcher, stated that he saw the pri sober near Rugby en Saturday. The prisoner went by the name of Scott, and witness said to him, " Ilolloa there, Scott, how do you do ? I want you for a robbery, committed in London." The prisoner said that he was not the man, and that he had been taken up by the police on suspicion, and had been discharged. Witness was present when the prisoner was searched, and heard him confess that he was the man that did the robbery. Robinson Webb, (policeman 658) stated, that he ex amined the premises of the prosecutor, and foun,l chisels and other tools there, which the prisoner ad mitted he had used in opening the wall, and forcing the safe. The prisoner also showed his hands , which were blistered by the use of the chisels. The prisoner said th4t he had committed the robbery. It appeared that the butcher who apprehended the prisoner oaed his good luck to the stubborness of a pig, which ha had been driving with a number of other pigs. It happened that this animal, which the butcher believed to be an Irish pig, from its excessive obstinacy in going the wrong way, detained him so long on the road, that the prisoner, who would have escaped his observation if no delay had takes place, overtook him, and while en. joying the fun which the piggish spirit of the brute was exciting, gave the driver an opportunity of examination. The prisoner was committed for trial. CLERKENWELL. MATROPOLITAN GRAVE YARDS.—Yesterday the Court was crowded with respectable tradesmen and other housekeepers, residing in Exmouth street, and its vicinity, in consequence of its having become generally known that an application would be made to the Magis trate rely ive to Spa Fields-burial -ground. Reports of the most revolting and disgusting character have been circulated for some time back throughout the neigh bourhood, and the most intense excitement has pre vailed in consequence. Printed circulars have been issued on the subject, calling upon the inhabitants of Clerkenwell to unite for the suppression of the nuisance, and the following history of the place is given in one of IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, Feb. 25. The L•RD CLlANcgt.tou took his seat on the Woolsack shortly after Five o'clock. Mr. O'Mera, the Clerk of the Crown in Ireland, presented papers. BAIL IN ERROR BILL. Lord BROUGHAM gave notice that, on Friday next, he skould move the second reading of the Bail in Error Bill. DIVORCE. The Nonax and LILARNED LORD also gave notice of his intention, on Thursday week, to introduce a Bill upon the im portant subject of the transfer of the jurisdiction in divorces to another tribunal. Earl FITZ WILLIAM presented several petitions from va rious parts of Wales, Westmoreland, and York, in favour of temperance. Lord BEAUMONT gave notice of his intention, on Thurs day next, to put a question to her Majesty's Government relative to the proceedings which had taken place with respect to Corfu and Calabria. BANKRUPTCY. Lord CAMPBELL wished to know when his Noble and Learned Friend en his left (Lord Brougham) intended to pre sent the petition with respect to the London Commissioners of Bankruptcy ? Lord BROUGHAM said that he could have presented the petition a week ago, but that he had put it off, in order that the subject might be fully considered. If the returns satisfied him that since he had given the notice the Commissioners had attended more to the business, he would nut present the petition. He, however, could net think it right that five of the Commissioners should be out of town during the summer, leaving only one Commissioner to transact the whole business. Their Lordships then adjourned till Thursday morning, at Ten o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Feb. 25. The House resumed at Five o'clock, when there was a con siderable attendance of the Members, and, from the conversation, there appeared considerable excitement. Several petitions were presented by Lord Pollington, Sir Douglas, Mr. Ewart, and other Members, for rail way and other private Bills, bat from the loud conversation of the Members the names could net be correctly ascertained in the gallery.. Sir JOHN YARDE BULLER brought up the reports of several railway Bills, and stated that the standing orders of those before the Committee had been complied with. CALEDONIAN RAILWAY BILL. This Bill was read a second time. Mr. MACKINNON presented a petition from 1,800 inha bitants of the borough of Lambeth against the extension of the South-Western Railway. A petition was also presented from 480 inhabitants of the borough of Lambeth for a free passage over Waterloo-bridge. Mr. BROTHER'ION presented a petition from Manchester against the sale of spirits on the Sunday. Mr. S. CRAWFORD presented a petition from the rate payers of Rochdale, complaining of the introduction of the New Poor-law Act by the Poor-law Commissioners into that district. The petitioners prayed that they might he heard by counsel at the bar in support of the allegations contained in the petition. The Hon. Gentleman gave notice of his intention to move to morrow that the petition be printed with the Votes. Lord M ANON presented petitions against the Medical Reform Bill. Mr. WAKLEY presented a petition against the Medical Reform Bill. NOTICES OF MOTION. Mr. COLLET T gave notice that he would ask the Right Hon. Baronet, the Frst Lord of the Treasury, whether he .ntended to appoint another Bishop of Bath and Wells during the life of the present incumbent? and in the event of his receiving an answer in the negative, whether, at the death of the present bishop, he intended to propose another Bishop of Bath and Wells, or to unite that diocese with the diocese of Salisbury. Mr. S. CRAWFORD gave notice that on Tuesday, March 11, he would call the attention of the House to the petition which he had just presented from the ratepayers of Rochdale, against the New Poor-law system. Mr. WALLACE postponed, from the 6th to the 11th, his motion with regard to railways. Colonel WOOD gave notice that, in the Committee on the Poor-law Settlement Bill, he should move that any poor person who had been resident in a parish for a year without receiving parochial relief, should not be liable to be removed. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. Mr. W. 0. STANLEY asked whether the line of com municatien between this country and Ireland had been agreed upon, and whether it was intended that the line of communi cation should be by Holyhead and over the Menai? Sir ROBERT PEEL said the subject was under the consi deration of the Board of Trade; and in the event of the plan being approved of, the Government would be inclined to make a grant for the purpose of carrying out that object. Mr. W. 0. STANLEY asked whether it was the intention of the Government to bring in a Bill founded upon the report of the Commissioners of Lunacy ? Sir JAM ES GRAHAM was understood to sty that he had not yet had time to peruse these reports. The Government would give the fullest consideration to the subject. Mr. BANKES moved for a return of all daty paid by per sons acting as auctioneers during the last three years, distin guishing the numbers who have respectively paid the different amounts of duty. Lord PALMERSTON asked when certain papers con necied with slavery would be laid on the table of the House? Sir ROBERT PEEL said they had been laid on the table last night. —( A laugh.) Mr. M. PHILIPS put a question, which was not heard, re lative to the sugar duties. Sir R. PEEL said he thought it better to reserve the opinion of the Government for the present on that subject. COURTS OF SESSION (SCOTLAND). Mr. WALLACEsaid that for the convenience of members of the Government he had brought forward that motion first which he intended to bring on second. The motion of which he had given notice had reference to the Courts in Scotland, and he hoped before he sat down that he should be able to prove from facts that the time had arrived when a regulation of those Courts was not only necessary but practicable. Hon. Members should know that there were in Scotland two Courts of Review. Now in his opinion there was no necessity for two Courts of Review. The Supreme Court of Scotland might be so con ducted that the whole of the business might be confided to one Court, without any detriment to the interests of the country. It was evident that since he had agitated this question greater attention had been paid by the judges to the businesa of the Court. In the first division of the Court of Session, in the year 1841-42, the number of cases which had been brought before the first division of session was 204. In the year 1843-44 it was 174, and in the year 1844.45 it was 270. In the second division of the Court of Session, in the year 1842-43, the number of causes was 216 ; in the year 1813-44, the number of causes was 145 ; and in 1844-45, it has diminished down to 82 ; therefore he had na hesitation in saying that that return proved that the people of Scot land, represented by their attorneys, had not such confidence in the legal knowledge and acquirements of the judges of the second division of the Court of Session, as they had in those of the first, inasmuch, as during the last year, while the number of causes in the first division Court amounted to 270, those of the second division Court had diminished to eighty-two. The next document to which he should refer, was a return of the number of causes in the Inner Court and Outer House. A number of causes were brought from the Outer House to the Inner House. The number of causes brought before the Outer House had considerably diminished. In the first division there had been 298 causes brought forward, in the second only 46. That was an incontestable proof that in the opinion of the in habitants of Scotland, as represented by the solicitors, the second division of the Court of Session was not an efficient court. The second division had fallen off, in which the Lord Justice Clerk presided. The difference between the Courts was, as he had stated, in the proportion of 270 to 82. Another return showed that only one-fifth of the business found its way from the Outer Court to the Inner. In three-fourths of the present session there had been but nine causes in the Inner Court of Review, and at the end of the session there will scarcely have been more than twelve causes. The sub ject was one rhich concerned all th; people of England, Scotland, and Ireland alike, for they all paid alike, and bore a great cost--no less than 25,000/. per annum—for the payment of their judges. He held in his hand the Act that was passed for increasing the salaries of those judges, in order to diminish the arrears of business, and to facilitate justice. He would read another extract to the house as to the state of the Scottish law, and that return showed that in the course of one session there were only eight vases adjudicated on. He (Mr. Wallace) had many facts in his possession, all bearing upon the question, but he would crr,fine himself to the particular matter of his motion. He had obtained, last year, a return, showing the number of cases adjudicated on in England, as also in Wales, in Ireland, and in Scotland. The result of that return he would lay before Hon. Members, and he requested their particular attention to it. '1 he return was for the season of ltr44, and the proportion of cases in the different countries was as followed :—To the thirteen millions of population in England there were 154 judges, thus showing one judge to every 100,000 inhabitants ; Ireland, with a population of eight millions, had 124 judges ; and Scotland, with above three millions, had 94 judges, thus showing one judge to every 27,000 persons. The people of Scotland complained most grievously of the two courts of law, and of their ever-varying judgments. The Scottish bar was now so much reduced both in the number of first-rate, and other counsel, that it was perfectly impossible that persons could get their cases conducted without a very great, indeed an enormous expense.—( liter, hear.) It appeared that in Scotland the vacations of the Courts of Session exceeded the time of the sessions themselves. One court sat 113 days, and the other only 103 days. By a re turn, which he had moved for in 1840, it appeared that for ten years there had been 813 appeals to the House of Lords. Out of these 598 came from Scotland, or nearly three-fourths of th • number of the whole kingdom. The Hon. Member then referred to several documents to show the comi arative expen diture of the law courts of Ireland. Scotland, and England, and the business done in each. He contended that the busi ness; in the criminal, as compared with the civil courts, was simple, easy, and disposed of with facility. He next referred to the time devoted to judicial business by the House of Lords, which, he said, did not average five hours a day. Then with respect to the Court of Quarter Sessions, he would beg leave to read a short statement upon that subject. Having done so, he then went on to say, that the reason he had brought this question forward was, because he had hitherto entirely failed in inducing the Government to give them a better system of jurisprudence. All over Scotland criminals were brought up time after time, and for a series of slight offenses might be convicted and sentenced to transportation. In England there was a frequent opportunity of trying prisoners, but in Scotland, they bad the old jog-trot system of holding an assize once in six months. They had wisely legislated for England and Ireland in this respect, for prisoners were tried at periods near to the time when their offences had been committed, and they had, therefore, a great advantage over Scotland towards the repression of crime. During the sitting of the Court of Session, and then only, pri soeers were tried once a week in Edinburgh. • Why was not that system adopted over the whole of Scotland? But, in stead of this, persons were kept in prison who might be inno cent, for four or five months, and this was so because the con venience of the judges was consulted rather than the proper administration of the law. He did sutanit that this was a state of things which ought riot to be suffered to continue. There was great inconvenience to the inhabitants of Scot land generally, under the present mode of proceeding. Ile believed that nothing could be more injurious to the morals of the people of Scotland, and to their right to have justice fairly administered, than the present system. With respect to the penitentiary system, that was found to be an entire failure. ti hen the criminals were discharged they returned to their old habits ; and he was satisfied that if the House adopted his recommendation, it would remedy the evils. If the proposal he had suggested met with the approbation of the House, there would be a great improvement in the general jurisdiction of the courts of Scotland. The Honourable Member con eluded by making the motion of which he had given notice :—" To bring before the House the amount of business done yearly by the Court of Session, and the nature and extent of the duties of the Judges composing that Court; and to ask leave to bring in a Bill to repeal so much of the Act 1 William IV., c. 69, as provides that there shall be thir teen judges in the said court ; and to extend the jurisdiction of the stipendiary county judges, called sheriffs, by giving them the power of awarding the punishment of transportation, in the event of the judges in the Court of Session being reduced below the number of thirteen." The LORD ADVOCATE objected to the motion. The Hon. Member had not made out any case for any alteration of the constitution of any of the Scotch Courts. In 1840 the Hon. Member had made a proposition very similar to this. At that time an investigation had taken place. That investigation had been full and ample, and what was the result ? It had then been decided, not that there should be a reduction of the num ber of the judges, but that the business should be so divided, that each case should obtain more of the time of each of those judges. Many of those views which the lion. Gentleman entertained at the time that investiga tion took place, he seemed now not to have taken. One of the two inner chambers of the court—those courts of appeal which reviewed the aludication of causes before single judges—has before it an excess of business. At the date of the Commis sion in 1840 the business of those courts was less than it had been for some years before. It continued to be. much smaller than it had been up to 1842, and during that and the following year it gradually increased ; but he believed no inconvenience had arisen from this circumstance, or to affect the result of the investigation of the Cemmittee in 1842. It should net be sup posed that because a greater quantity of business is at times performed in one court than another, that that court was inef ficient or useless. Still less should it be supposed that because a less number of cases was heard in one court than another, that Court was idle. A combination of circumstances some times threw a greater quantity of business into one court than another. In one of the divisional courts of Scotland there was at that moment a most fortunate combination of talent and legal knowledge.—( Hear, hear.) It was not wonderful, therefore, that such a number of causes were brought there. If two courts were wanting in 1840, which it was clear were required at that time, surely they could not in 1845 dispense with one of them. It frequently happened that causes of greater intricacy were brought into one of the cons is—the hearing of those causes was more protracted—and occupied a greater length of time. It would, therefore, be seen that the number of causes was a most fallacious test. But even with respect to the number to which the Hon. Member had so pointedly alluded, let him, instead of considering the mere quantity, look to the description of those causes. Now, those gentlemen who reported in the law courts, reported only those cases which were in some points of view remarkable. arid deserving notice. lie would read for the House, from as official return, the record of those causes that had been tried in the two courts. In the first division of the court in the }ear 1642, 108 causes had been reported. In the second 158. In the fist division, in 1834 (the year ending Nov. 4), there had been 98 causes tried ; in the second 111. The judges of both courts were almost continually occupied between the circuits and what was done in the ordinary courts and in the chambers. The whole period intervening between the rising of one session and the sitting of another, was in this manner occupied. The Hon. ;Wernher proposed to do away with the circuits of the supreme judges, and to vest in the sheriffs the power of passing sentence of transportation. lie thought that this would be an unwise and unsatisfactory measure. At present those who were sent to be tried before the circuit courts had their cases previously anxiously investigated. If they gave to sheriffs this power, what would ensue? There were thirty-one sheriffs, each of whom might arrive at a different decision. At all events, it was quite clear that with such a number there could be nothing uniformitylilts in the punishment, than which nothing could be more desirable. Here were thirty-one separate discretions, in addition to the judges; and, in short, he did not know of any course that would be mere likely to cast a blot upon their criminal jurisprudence. At present no man was tried subject to transportation without being defended by counsel. In the High Court of Justiciary every man was defended by counsel. If he asked for counsel, the request was at once con ceded, and he got any counsel: he chose to seek. If it were a serious charge, no counsel at the bar would refuse his assist ance, be the situation of the accused never so odious. One case of this nature, in which counsel had been asked—they must be all familiar with it—the case of Burke and Hare. The present Lords Moacrieff, Jeffreys, Robinson, and Cockburn, lent their assistance.—( Hear, hear.) After some further ob servations the Nob* Lord concluded by saying that without a ease of great necessity, which the Hon. Member had not made out, his proposition could not be maintained, and he therefore felt bound to oppose it. Mr. FOX M AULE said, that whatever opinion they might entertain as to the merits of the question before the House, they must all admire the ability, good temper, and moderation with which his lion. Friend had introduced it. He felt bound to say that he did not agree with him—( Hear, hear)—and en ly agreed with the Noble and Learned Lord that it would be unwise to give the inferior courts greater jurisdiction than they had at present. Such being the case, he could not assent to this motion. But it was possible that circumstances might arise to bring this matter under the notice of the Government, arid if such circumstances did present themselves means might be devised by which the business of the Court of Session might be so regulated that parties coming to that court might be redressed. He would not say what means ; but perhaps one of the most obvious was to give parties coming to that court the power of choosing their own courts. Should this means be devised, he believed it would be sufficient for the purpose; but, if not, there was little doubt but that other means would present themselves of obviating the difficulty. Mr. WALLACE, in reply, said that he understood that the opinion of the Lord Advocate was, that young persons who had committed an offence should go on until their tendency to offence was nurtured into habit.—(" No, no," from the Treasury Benches.) Either such must be the case, or else the offences which were daily committed must be stopped. What was the course pursued ? Young persons were seldom brought before the inferior courts. They were first subjected to the jurisdiction of magistrates, then of the shei ills, and then of the Court of Session. , There was no power that could inflict the punishment of transportation below the Court of Session. Now, it was well known that persons were frequently committed, respecting whom it was not known whether they were subject to the penalty of transportation or not, and no fitting adjudication of their case could be made. The Hon. Member for Perth had passed a Bill to remedy some of the defects of which he (Mr. Wallace) complained. But he believed that it was the opinion of all Scotland that that measure was a perfect failure, or if not a perfect failure, yet vs nearly so as possible. It did not, at arty rate, obviate the evil of which be (Mr. Wallace) complained. The real question was, whether prisoners liable to transportation should be tried once in six months, as was the system now followed in Scotland, or whether they should, as he desired, be brought to trial once in every ten days or a fortnight. The judges complained that their time was so occupied by reading papers that they had no sufficient oppor tunity of fulfilling their public duty. Now he (Mr. Wallace) wished that no papers should be read by the judges. If the judges were so oppressed, and had their duties to perform, he would put the Jurisdiction Act in force. lie believed that the judges acted on something the same principle as the Board of Trade. They were fonder of reading those papers at home than of doing their duty in the public courts. He had been led to believe that the custom of the Board of Trade was for its several members to take the papers to their own houses, and, after considering them there, to give their decision, when they assembled at the office. Now, in his (llr. Wallace's) opinion, it was perfectly absurd to go on to a certain position, then submit the papers to a judge, for him to put in his pocket, to consider at• his leisure at home. The Lord Advo cate had said that a remedy for these defects would b 3 to allow the people to choose their own courts. But, for his part, he believed that the true remedy would be to allow the people to choose their own judges, rather than their own courts. It was his belief that if the Lord Chief Justice Clerk, by any accident were to be removed to any other Court, ho would have as little business to transact as he had now. He was aware that he was using strong language, but he believed the facts of the case would justify the use of such language ; and he hoped, at least, that the discussion of the matter in that House would do some good. In the face of the opposition which he had experienced, he felt it would not be wise to pro ceed, and therefore he should withdraw his motion ; but he believed that the admonition to the judges would be of service, and he should consequently have the less regret in withdraw ing his motion. CONDITION OF LIBERATED NEGROES. Sir R. H. INGLIS said that his object in calling the atten tion of the House to the motion of which he had given notice, was simply one of benefit to the persons whom he -,.;,,„de sirous to serve; and he therefore 1 -24,5 a that the terms were such as would av:•:;, an y hostile discussion. When negroes weresported from Africa aced taken by our vessels, it was generally supposed that they were provided for. From the time the slave trade was abolished by law it was certainly bat the understood that their necessities should be supplied; ,a, st country would be surprised to learn that when a Spainrrot, Poi teguese slaver was taken by one of our vessels , an d „I for ferret! to British protection, their wants were as litt le car. ,40, as when on board of the vessels of their original captors.eatu.'re, ores was the case much improved when these unfortunate sseee were landed at Sierra Leone. By the narrative of Mr, io l Hill, whom he had not the honour of knowing, but whoule man would honour for his kindness and humani t y in see; partying a cargo of those negroes in the character Of s d a t i o t terpreter—by that gentleman's statement it app eare alt the horrors of the slave trade were not exaggers,oo and that they were such as to surpass the coneePt;,, of the most fervid imagination. These horrors were the ~ whether those unfortunate creatures were placed underefults command of a llritish officer, or whether under that ~,1 officer of a foreign country, for the hotrors appeared tot;s, part cf the system. The physical condition in which . negroes were landed at Sierra Leone was described as b e e t r e hd the extreme fi ightful. He would not speak of the °yr.' fate of those whose deaths were caused by their eufferge, that he would pass over ; his business was with the or, frets Colonel - Nichols had stated, that when they were landeetobj the vessels they looked like ghosts. Those who were se , at the Cape of Good !lope, he believed, were better in 11 7- 1,,J ante ; their lot was certainly preferable, but still it tva s siet t enough. He did not impute this as a chargeyb any Government, for in tllis matter be believe('shit and Tory to be equally blameless. All he wished °,95,,ice0 her Majesty's eksvernment would review the instructions a i b t to the Governor of Sierra Leone, and issued by hin t t l s hel 10 , h June last year. By those it appeared that negre!s; thei r liberated and carried to Sierra Leone, were to e xercis bot her discretion whether they would remain in the colony , or w w were they would be removed to the West Indies; but b e be per they able to exercise any such discretion? In t ipter , gresso, the vessel which Mr. Hill had joined IS, shoe prefer, out of the whole cargo of' 447 not 1 0 ,40 1 230 were boys. In a dispatch from the r t' b a u ers. te° office it was required that every able person who was sor at Sierra Leone should decide whether they woulti t `yeti themselves or whether they would emigrate to the of Indies. Now, in this direction, no distinction was ma de e fee t ' or sex. The child of six years of age was in the sam e th! tion as the adult. In the case to which he had orator': be Governor withheld the app . ication of this instructioit so", own responsibility, and restricted it to those children 0 4 i d! nine years old. Now, it was a perfect mockery to o:lso,atieif an alternative to those persons. They were laude ev en and destitute on the shores of our colony, igeoranbir g e ler every word of the language of their captors. He ( S x B4s ( I ° Inglis) did not think that he was a wiser man in r ise he was in 1842, but he bad yet the advantage ofexP,e_.,e, and he did not, therefore, feel himself bound t o abide icrle bi cision of the Committee in that year, notwithstandinc at re pel not at that time protested against it. At page 15 °ft n( 161 (1 ' 1 11 Hon. Members would find a provision which recornmeorces' if a liberated negro was able either to maintain himsel f t ote' s get any relatives or friends to undertake for his ° l lifte he was to be at liberty to remain at Sierra Leon e ' tbea. were without the means of maintaining hi mse lf,,, l4 l bl o must of necessity become an emigrant to the s s , e : a , to e s il d, He was tempted to deny the right of Governme nt ' te d ptrf force the departure of those slaves within such a lino , s e t for they must recollect that when that country tc' ° ;" (4 s ic° 1 1„ the carrying of them to Sierra Leone, they Prn, te ' s o te sl, th e ' only to protect but to provide fur them. Ele einnL, a fter e ; fore, how far gentlemen could be said to be at liber e T fo ro, ois tering into this engagement, to free thernsei l 0 01 0 a obligation to protect and provide for that P bt ,jbe t e it The expenses of maintaining them at Sierra Len ne w eetb e very considerable, and it was for them to considers foal, would be better to retain them on the coast of fil t. le d remove them to where labour was more abunda n t b e ting that that cost was 12,000/, a year, or, taking 0. Pe s o at 10,0001., whatever it might be, he (Sir „,0 0 , 40 . maintained, that up to that moment there had bee'erai r t ee of income above the expenditure of' the colonies. • aseityt clamation to which he had already so often referrenrefeet) authority of the King of England, and he held tr e it was not enough to say that they ( t 0 1°1' 0 were a burden on the local resources of the to i d They were pledged to France, to the world. Iftelyiy whole negro race to maintain and protect them' ba t of o tel been said against the state of Sierra Leone , b oll s ore [louse looked to the report of the Committee he ed c hsty from, and which had before it evidence of a tn ia „„ e as O m 04 —they would find that a large proportion of P e , ... t hee...4o, colony were liberally educated, more so, indeen , The "; other of the dependencies of this country. in tf, stated, that one-fifth of the inhabitants wer e , std education. if that were so, surely the foulnierfer the/ porters of Sierra Leone were entitled to cred it tbeo i ob i ertions. They at least were not responsible Or o f ii .d i o ei i nagernent of the affairs of the country. o oe a d 1 ) ; jections to the course which Governmen t ; t- tuna, was, that they had interfered with this l as td things.—( Hear.) In the month of July inthe a Government agent had gne throughout inailisel anti he would quote from a letter, written by as Ili detailing the effect produced by his interference. to tr ap tl had required many of the children to enligr at : the ° weir Indies, or to be put out among the cultivators 0f ee j, t' s lr i No less than 100 boys and girls had been ineinto les o s misrepresen.ation of the Government agen t ,', schools of education, and to embark for Jarron e- t obirly r not say one word which would imply the sligh te e erts i° l e ) free ingress into the West Indies, but he most jected that, in the plan proposed by Governinecnoilsbor„, giving the negroes a semblance of free-wi ll ' Dr. 00,1 that they could not exercise it. They were, " l a re cei s eji said, throwing them out of the window , at t he il; ing them, at the same time, not to fall °l t A ire, r o l They were in this manner depriving s IneV e of one of the means of improving its advantage i , ,,00e f 0, in a letter addressed by the Governor of Sierr a l itie, ) t i Stanley, in April, 1844, that such were the fa% blad e l o s ing the colony, that a very large number of th , fl o e, tion were quitting for other parts of the eountr t ha 141 always speak with respect of the labours 0 b ,tbs t hel da l Missions, but he must also speak of the good dOne fat, 100.,0 of the Church of England. In that colony /1" ., , r no less than ten pastors, two of whom, he ( S e s r to°, l ,oero4 had the honour of knowing. Those were eir s " -- ;l 4 7 r ies would benefit to the utmost degree the colon) sr s e t he t sons who were brought from the interior s s ,iili d t t o t liberated there. He (Sir R. H. Inglis) had n s jeoirSl4 emigration . to the West Indies, but he certainly me Majesty's Government should continue the ss a tittl e iilleeS had been pursued by their predecessors, and fo r- boot /1 00,re selves. If they gave to the black population s e for ter ts e ,l dom of will, and if then they chose to lea ° toci r e tie s e r re t v ", Indies or for other places, he should not desir, e ,,„ial' e r When the Noble Lord at the head of the Cn e r i'st. , f 0 . 501 at first undertook the revision of the policy 0 ' Sit s thril l he required that the proportion of the sexes T o t oi e dtll,o should be no less than one-third of the fernal e , o nteS ,tll e st alt the male population. Now, it could not he, ; dori S lo was impossible to preserve hat proportion, °'oootefstpiel few years the population in Sierra Leone a ° 1 0 gel s 11 6 s '20,000 males and about 17,000 females. be he t , the commencement of the observations whisP r bitn, he ir to that House, arid it was hardly necessary i s for 1 - 004 it, that he bore no to the Leg i s lature ran bey of policy upon this subject. But he knew t"eiee, and had accrued in consequence of this act of th he r ? le ; not conceal from himself that it migh t h otl e ie te ee 6 I evil consequences in their relations )11 froi s ‘ eos t ; He would recommend the Government to s et to r e ee ir t he' ( of their colonies in the first instance, and ti f the it tiat el ioS ° # doing that which was right, because some ° on e ee af,tos i might think it was wrong. Yet, at the w nit stb!„ should regulate their conduct so as to 0 5 44 01 e re.; offence to other powers. They had seen * 1 ,4 E. 0 0 s o r eye France looked upon the proceeding! se am , ' tt ieSi they watched the question of the right of au a tet fe e"; thing connected with the culture of stign thei t ,ol l/ 11 t lioration of the condition of that section t the', se e t , who were known as slaves. In the last repo' c o rw s e them of the proceedings in the 13rasiheaniotkod; distinctly stated that their right t 1 1 , "O A into America remained untouched. 01 m a l ie the, si4 $ therefore, from what he had stated, and frn_ t roa e tlalaS4 possession, but with which he would not the; st tor o f A" 014 that there was too much reason to believe st e osP ee for t e P o like a shove trade was peculiar to the d easnoadeta,tiefle as supplying the Mauritius. Among the cur N o re. it ss o he had moved there was an ordonnan° th at . oi l s te d Mauritius, and he had no reason to supPr efe reec v a rei „ t ot s ( withheld by the Government. There tv, i a: a r ur itios ti l ; al s ot regular importation of negroes into the io co t j ie d Slave Trade Papers of 1843 they would t o • the bi t l e s - ael the mode in which slaves had been taken n a so me t e e f e ; it tor:i Africa to supply that colony. There srs, s _ on the i se ar al s o phrase in the instructions emanating il, rb ot t t be wi eo l er t which authorized this slave traffic• te ing iticte were to pre dispose and to , ca pon V aa yst i e j the negro—they were to part „ to ~it ot o d the landscape of that island —they the % t e a the happiness and comfort whien„ .e we st c etn ig• r 4 All the evils which took place upon t" wa s an the ir Vio occurred in every part from which th ere , r , ill "if tFL e rty the labourers. The kings had a pron e c a d r at e e sc e 2 s oe r yi t and when labourers were wanted t° f their 1 0 0 0 2 could not find a sufficient number 0, _ lan ds e," v dispose of, they made incursions into teit7,lloplyierrS,,ef4 boors, and carried off their populationt t i t O°, It was true that this statement did noelere're-j, hand pi M p y i to which the first part of his motion l d , t he gel; f t , 'to the Mauritius, which was the object,. fo ll o w 9 , 7, he would not ask the Government r own ess, lor'. 4 „f) their predecessors, but to follow thie,rntr anby e se at ths. l ; e 4 ° d predecessors the Marquis of I s T so bject' he toi Russell had spoken distinctly caution could be taken which trotach!, o fa t eetti desi t t o the i s ibe infamy of the slave trade from b . ,e . it' d e s she ‘ n_ rin s• to j emigration." His Right. himself' t.e_" sird iar te_ ept ire.: o lo., vernment had expressed r v.is n ot T it we' dr; own part, he (Sir Robert Inglis), lo de, ~,bilitls tt ets j that the experiment should n od afford a pr.... owe off under circuinsmnoes which woe' 0 } _ iuo inle,'" to , t 4 cess. Rut they should sacrifices d t a itn ,be gre_lop r They should not keep the word n . ' it ;l e t hat in l it ir as_ si ,s o e f break it to the heart. Ile was sc?; ,0 0000/. , ,, the ci t te,„ riment for which England Paiey R er o " tli d resi th e ce r i t would take away from the Nestlabourer° was but t t coercion—that the bodies of the , 0 supp ly ' 1 : he'l l; ti bei t that the planters would only have s t r ot :`;, eg ro a_ ed . t. ; of the coercion which was take,ne adequacy 0 0 1 2 " of was no doubt entertained 0 f the a b°l Tes 0 ) ato u n t i tzbaotistdt h t e e bl dool :t' h i o l o c ,f the West Indies to compensated% west ' n ot eat Afr i e e_, hose h t ' I,:was 00 - t o r; ah e .ust bfiettleiedv'tdo tthhaetAtthreieacnlirnraaotee;ohf the net interest aid h o of t h th it e ik W t e h stln w ili e e t s secure fur , an d saerT - (ei barcr might come.—(Hear' hear.) n • f o r fo r b Y e se viduals and as a nation, a protection from the miseries ra , ,e- otiee th vo ee object of this country to rescue they had made so much etexerr.,t,ionrnin whieo at 4 or jer,,, dispatches and other Met • Ord er s' thefeir . r , moving for the returns s the Mauritius. d eries 0. een- r amidst loud • to se - ion rov Mr. HOPE rose, f.oartrhoinintkabg..teton sierra said that he rose two , et - 44 , ‘. Who seconds?"g it lie his Ri st in the e ul bsel e a —( Laughter.) He assuredlay deep i o ter s e thst he felt an el st irotest again s u , that boll jo wpa tbi t s .be persons for whom is used by his Hon. Friern-1. "u awakened. But he m h ! l i no :, F i r n i n en , t tr e e ' le t .s Z t e j ° o fhe bi, °:°i t i b h at th e l e ,:se ti of l: o ; dins of r nitheeetbl'O.ooudldofwetihgeh t A h f e ri l c u a t n er ; cst° , s c r i : e r very instead sth that good might ns the en on, ol , ts s , mote their by stat set s ltS course pursued by theeeen;e.rninent. a- deav eu- d• e vernment h ion ens' shiest On o' faith with _tlatiellbiebeenrattnetpl rn A Irma i.te _ au ban sunte I from o' as 1807 there was a provis from slave n viare 401 tection negroes liberated since tall the P e e r°c ssiVl rations and improvements hadcomrnvnt corntn esite e the ' s lier° t l ' e r time. His Hon. Friend vra a 3 to ieav nied a t eia tiel i l 'et°, o of the Governor in such a y dailitY thei 'err s i t / eate en "her •,, Si- yet' I from the slave -ships, in a . r o tion ir ) were required to make thei when those unfortunate persons were Is ° rid e °2 o° 4 l ,l ` ll l; suPpport the- - e s .,„, e riao -,e st io•-• grate to the West Indies or e ba d re o u' e,roe le in th o e e l a te o l by their own labour, befor tneY„, ea d tb .., t iee.i be —( The m r . l . Gentleman then a _ o s t o. t i t the •pegv-`r tor, of tion was only to w4r . but w ere t i e tecore i lt a own exertion% -.,porentraetnidenedwthhiaelti hhies.hHadonp„. tnFttr,ioeltidia l s m .a ., 0 ' 6' icet t ii o a , po t t o c ti: lock to their , • until fl a w t a ere 8 coo — to sustain themselves ; f they Wet ore recover their strength be Government from aulinagtitrthey rag , / ~