The Sun. — London, England, 1844-03-09 00:00:00

FREE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. PUBLIC MEETING OF THE FRIENDS A of the 'FREE CHURCH of SCOTLAND will be held at EXETER HALL, on MONDAY, Mattes 11, at Six o'Clock in the Evening. I'. M. STEWART, Esq., M.P., will preside. The Rev. Dr. Makellar, late Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland ; the Rev. Dr. Buchanan, late minister of the Tron Church, Glasgow ; the Rev. Dr. Candlish, late minister of St. George's Church, Edinburgh ; the Hon. and Rev. B. W. Noel, M.A. ; the Rev. Dr. Leifchild, the Rev. George Cubitt, the Rev; James Hamilton, and other gentlemen are expected to address the Meeting. 41 .* Tickets of admission may be had on application at the Com mittee-room, No. 13, Exeter-hall; Messrs. Nisbet and Co., Berners street ;. Mr. Baisler, 124, Oxford-street ; Mr. Cotes, 138, Cheapside ; Messrs. Fisher and Moxhay, 5.5, Threadneedle-street ; Messrs. Roy ston and Brown, 40, Old Broad-street ; the Watchman office, 161, Fleet-street ; and the Patriot office,Bolt-court, Fleet-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Publi_o, are respectfully in formed that this Theatre WILL OPEN THIS EVENING, when will be performed Donizetti's Opera ADE LI A. Principal Characters by Madame Persiani, Signor F. Lablache, and Signor Corelli, cf the Italian Opera, Paris (his First Appear. ance in this Country). After which, will be produced an entirely New Ballet, by M. Perrot, entitled LA ESMERALDA. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, to be made at the Box.office, Opera Colonnade. THEATRE ROYAL, - DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING:MARCH 9, Will be performed the Opera of GUILLAUME TELL Arno'd, M. Duprez ; Gensler, Mr. Borrani ; William Tell, Mr. Le ffl er; Lutarn, Mdlle. Aibertazzi ; Matilda, Miss Romer; Martha, Miss I:ietts. To conclude with a New Farce, entitled MY WIFE'S COME. - THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. MR. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LESSEE. THIS EVENING, MARCH 9, Will- be repeated Goldsmith's Comedy of SHE ST OOPS TO CONQUER, Hardcaatle, Mr. Strickland; Young Marlow, Mr. H. Holl ; Hastings, Mr. How s e ; Tony Liimpkin, Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs. Mardcastle Mrs. Glover; Miss Hardcastle, Mrs. Nisbett After the Comedy, Mr. JOHN PARRY will sing "The Old Bachelor." To conclude with FOREIGN AFFAIRS; or, The Court of .Queen Anne. Count St. Louis, Madame Celeste ; Baron Fitzstoutz, Mr. Strickland; Sir James Courtall, Mr. Webster; Bareness Fitzstoutz, Mrs. Humby. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD.STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, MARCH 9, Will' be repeated an English version of DON PASQUALE. Principal Characters by Madame Eugenia Garcia, Mr. Allen, Mr. 13urchni, and Paul Bedford. To be followed by a New Farce, in One Act. entitled THE YOUNG SCAMP ; or, The Grandmother's Pet. Joseph, Mrs. Keeley; Mildew, Mr. Keeley. To conclude with a New Grand Ballet, entitled LEOLA ; or, the Mayday Bride. Patrick, Mr. Chicheley; Phelim ; Mr. Gilbert; Rhona,,Miss Charleton; Leola, Miss Baffin. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. • THIS EVENING, MARCH 9, Will •be repeated, by permission of Charles Dickens, Esq., THE CHRISTMAS CAROL. Principal Characters—Messrs. O. Smith, Wright, Lyon, Maynard, Forman, Miss Woolgar. Mrs. F. Mathews, Miss Chaplin, and Miss Lee. To be tiillo;red by ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA MARRIED AND SETTLED. Antony, Mr. Wright; Cleopatra, Miss Woolgar. After which, I. 7 LRIC*; or, The Prisoner of State. Principal Characters—Messrs. Lyon, 0. Smith, Maynard, Forman, Wieland, and Hamilton ; Mesdames Yates, D. Lee. and Chaplin. To conclude with the Tragedy of RICHARD THE THIRD. Ri chard; Mr. Wright; Lady Anne, Miss E. Stanley. DAYIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. EVENING, MARCH 9, Will be performedTHlS a New Drama, entitled THE LAST SHIL LING, supported by all the Company. After which, MONOMANIA. To conclude with A TALE OF MYSTERY, in which Messrs. Saville, Hicks, Neville, Johnson, Heslop, Mrs. Daly, and Mrs. Hughes will perform. THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, Menai 9. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 37 ; Highest, 47 ; Noon, 50. BAROMETER, 30.08.—WIND, S.W. NOTE.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is usually' placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. • HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning 44 minutes after 4 I Evening .. 5 minutes alter 5 , 44 A . \ • # l k s k , 4 • '; ~.,11111,6,4 • LI V h I • • „ ek1 ,1 3 ~ • storl • •• ZO O - • 011 4-0 SECOND EDITION. ebieninsrnt LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1844. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER has brought forward a most important financial measure, which has been anticipated for some time by the country, and which we are inclined to think will be received with general satisfaction. It may be considered hard by an annuitant to have his income reduced a quarter per cent., and, ten years after, a half per cent. ; but this is only the natural result of circumstances. Money is so abundant that a high interest cannot be obtained ; private individuals who can furnish good security are yearly reducing the interest on their debts, and the consequence is a rise in the funds ; but it is not reasonable or just that the Government should continue to pay the same interest for all time to come while reductions are taking place in every other quarter. The plan, proposed, therefore, cannot be objected to, it has taken no one by surprise, and, .on the whole, may be regarded as a measure creditable to the Government and the country. It will not increase the national debt; it will not throw burdens on future generations for the sins of their ancestors; and it will save the country from the tricks and juggles of loan contractors. The amount of stock to be reduced is 250,000,0001., about one third of the national 'debt, and nearly equal to the whole-debt of France. This is certainly an enormous sum to meddle with. It comprises four different kinds lof stock, including the Three-and-a-Half per Cents. of 1818, amounting to 10,000,000/. ; the Re duced•Three,.and-a-Halfs established in 1824, amount ing to 6 7,500,000/. ; the Five per Cents., established in 1784, afterwards, at various times, reduced to Three-and-a-Half (the amount is not stated) ; and the Old Three -and-a-Half per Cents., created in 1787; amounting to 14,600,0001.—which makes a total of 249,600,0001. The plan of the Government is to place all these stocks on the same footing, and to bring in a Bill to allow every holder of Three and-a-Half per Cent. Stock, a like amount of Three and-a-Quarter per Cent. Stock, the interest of 3/. ss per cent. to be paid till the 10th of October, 1854, and at the end of that period the interest to be only 31. pei cent., which shall be guaranteed at the same rate for twenty years, namely, till 1874. The saving to the Treasury will be 625,000/. yearly by the first reduction, and the same amount for the next twenty years annually, making a reduction in the interest of the debt, by October next, of 625,000/., and, ten years after, a reduction of 1,250,0001. annually. A simpli ficatiOn also of the mode and times of payment is propoied, for which we refer to the speech of Mr. GOULBURN. Such a result is honourable to the United Kingdom, and shows a marked contrast to the financial conduct of many other nations, who have broken faith with their creditors, who are shunned by all honourable men, and who are driven to .some.: desperate and disreputable scheme for supplying even the immediate wants of the Executive. We have pleasure, therefore, in quoting the conclud ing words of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER : " Thii measure," said he, " shows the mighty advan tages which attend a sacred regard to the obliga tions of national honour and good faith. We have had many arduous contests, many bitter reverses, to contend against—difficulties which have made the strongest minds to quail—but we have overcome and triumphed over them all, and that by a simple, but siered, adherence to the principles of national honour and the obligations of public faith." In the House of Lords, after some remarks from the Lords and the Bishop of EXETER, the Court of Privy Council Bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed, with an instruction to the Committee to make that part of it which related to the law of divorce a separate Bill. In the Commons the Sheffield, Ashton-under- Lyne, and Railway Bill, was read a second time. Mr. HINDLEY moved a resolution, in reference to Railway Committees, that any Member whose con stituents are locally interested in competing lines, may sit on the Committee without voting. The mo tion was opposed by every Member who spoke ex cept Mr. PETER BORTRWICK, and Mr. HINDLEY withdrew his motion. The Newbury and. Great Western Railway Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed In answer to a question from Mr. MA CAULAY, Si r ROBERT PEEL said the Government, in the course of the day, had received official dispatches relative to the events which had taken place at Gwalior, but there *ere no less than seventy-fiVe inclosures, and he had not yet had time to examine them. With rogard to the question put by the Right Honourable Gentleman about the proclamation, he could only say that he had no doubt it was included in the dis patches. Mr. MAcAuLar said, under these circum stances, he would wait till Sir ROBERT PEEL was in a position to give a distinct answer. Sir J. GRAHAM postponed the second reading of the Factories Bill till Friday next. _ In answer to a question from Mr. TURNER, Sir J. GRAILAM said he did not intend to make any altera tion in the law relating to 'religious instruction in union: workhouses. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then brought forwaid his motion for the reduction of the Three and-a-Half per Cent. Stock, to which we have al ready adverted. Mr. F. BARING, Sir JOHN RAE REED, Mr. P. M. STEWART, and several Members on the Opposition benches, expressed their hearty approbation of the measure, which was gratefully acknowledged by the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. On the motion of Mr. EWART a discussion took place on the disputes between Buenos Ayres and Monte Video, and all parties seemed to agree in the necessity of putting a stop to such an unseemly contest. On the motion for going into a Committee of Sup ply, Mr. S. CRAVVFORD stated his intention of giving no farther opposition to the granting of supplies, on the ground of want of proper support both in and out of the House. The Army and Ordnance Estimates were then proceeded with, and a great many votes were agreed to, one of which gave rise to a discussion on the re fusal of a pension to the widow of Lieutenant-Colonel FAWCETT. No other question of interest came on in the course of the evening, and the House adjourned it a Quarter past Eleven o'Clock. We have just cast .our eye over the Bill to " facili tate the Inclosure and Improvement of Commons and Lands held in common ; the Exchange of Lands, and the Division of Intermixed Lands"—to quote the formal language of the Preamble—and anything more perplexing than this same Bill we have not perused for many a long day. To say nothing of its extend ing to sixty-eight folio pages, it is so full of verbiage, vague, technical jargon, and quaint, sprawling paren theses interweaved one within the other, so as to pro duce the most distracting state of entanglement, that we are almost tempted to come to the conclusion that it was drawn up for no other purpose than to throw dust in the eyes of its readers, and conceal its real object from all who may be interested in the mat ter. If so, its framers have most happily succeeded in their intention, and may congratulate themselves on having produced an enigma which it requires all the ingenuity of an EDIPUS to solve. If we were called on to define the character of this Bill—and far be it frem us to speak irreverently of so striking a production —we should be apt to say it was one to take from those who have little or nothing, and give to those who have much— in other words, to benefit those who have means, at the expense of those who have none. One fact at any rate is evident—namely, that the working out of the measure will be attended with no little expense, for whole swarms of salaried commis sioners, assistant-commissioners, juries, valuers, as sessors, &c., are pressed into the service of the Bill, and, as a matter of course, attorneys also are mixed up with it, who, like locusts in a rice-ground, cows in a clover-field, or aldermen at a turtle feast, will take care to make the most of their delectable position, and gorge themselves to within an ace of suffocation. Here is a pretty little inventory of charges which we find inserted under the modest head of " Expenses of Inclosures :"—" And be it enacted, that the allowances and payments to be made to and by the valuer, and all other the expenses of every inclosure, except the allowances and salaries to the assistant-commissioners, secretary, assistant-secretaries, clerks, messengers, and officers of the commissioners, and the travelling and other expenses of the commissioners and assistant commissioners, and, except any expenses which the commissioner or assistant - commissioner, or any Court under the power of this Act, shall order to be otherwise paid, shall be borne and defrayed by the several persons interested in the land to be inclosed." The only Clause that we can find in the Bill, which seems in the slightest degree to consult the interests of the poor, is the following:— "And be it enacted, that the valuer, in making the several allotments hereby directed, shall haVe due regard as well to the situation of the respective houses or homesteads of the persons interested in the land to be inclosed, as to the quantity and quality of the land to be allotted to them respectively, so far as may be consistent with the general convenience of such persons ; and that such valuer in making the allotments shall have particular regard to the convenience of the persons interested in respect of the smallest estates in the land subjected to be inclosed under this Act." This is but a sorry crumb of comfort, but—so far as we can discover—it is all that the poor are likely to get from the present measure; for though the Bill states that they may, if they please, enter a protest against any attempt to inclose their common lands, yet we can gather, from significant indications that peep out in many of the Clauses, that their protest will be unheeded, and their opposition neutralised, by the more influential residents in the neighbourhood. As for. presenting , them with an allotment in lieu of their old right to feed their ducks, geese, sheep, pigs, and donkeys on the waste lands in their vicinity, this appears to us at best but a doubtful compensation ; the more so as it will be forced on them, whether they like it or not. Under no possible cir cumstances can we bring ourselves to regard a project for inclosing common-lands—that is to say, the only lands that still remain to the poor—with ap - probation ; and accordingly we shall watch the pro gress of this very equivocal Bill with the utmost jea lousy, for though it professes to be founded on prin ciples of justice and humanity, yet, if we mistake not, it contains the seeds of serious injury to the interests of the poorer and more defenceless classes of the com munity. We cannot believe that the respectable Members who prepared and brought in the Bill have any design to rob the poor cottager of his right, but can they control the machinery of this Commission when once set agoing ? Whenever a topic arises of angry discussion be tween our Government and that of the United States. :and it is to be deeply lamented that of late years, such topics multiply both in number and in gravity), the American. Press, we observe, is prone to become excessively didactic. Like the " Gineral FLADDOCK," so happily described by CHARLES DICKENS, it expa tiates on the " inconceivable conventionalities " of " those a-mazing Europeans," and gravely lectures on the follies and the crimes which they give rise to among us, but from which the social communities in which they live are (if you will believe them) eminently free. Let an American journalist once be set a-going, by any pitch-note which will allow of his striking into his favourite and never-ending theme, the moral beauty and political perfection of all American institutions,• domestic or civil; the virtues and the morality of all American citizens, native or domicilated ; and, till he is weary, let no man hope for rest or change. Like the boy with the barrel organ, who is a fixture at the coritr of your street throughout the live-long day—or so much of it as you wish to devote to uninterrupted study—he grinds " Happy land! happy land ! " till you wish him swamped and drowned, full fifty fathom deep, in the Bay of Fundy or the Gulf of Florida. On this side of the Channel, it has occurred to us to note, how ever, such periodical and regular announcements of excesses, crimes, and outrages committed in American communities in defiance of all laws, divine or human,—of all restraints, legislative or muni cipal,—that we have been sometimes tempted to suppose they could only have happened from being tolerated by the " conventionalities " of American " society," an d t h e unrestricted freedom of self-will which the citizen of the United States is given to exercise as his undoubted birth-right. The unpunished crimes that stain, in a single year, some of the southern States for example--the scandalous and hideous vindictivenesss of " Lynch law ;" the flogging and torture of negro slaves, their punish ment, even to death, for the most trivial offences against property, under the eyes of the most brutal masters ; or the edifying assassination-duels and as saults which diversify the commercial monotony of New Orleans. These are matters, the frequency of which are perfectly appAling ; the impunity of which, so far as any visitation of the law is concerned, is perfectly notorious. The bowie-knife and the rifle have largely anticipated, it is true s the tar-and-feather process, but we do not cease to hear of slaves being hanged and burnt—or of native born subjects of the United States being doomed to die for the offence of conniving at the attempt of the slave to escape from a servitude in which he is liable to be the victim of such enormities. We lament to observe, from the private correspondence published a day or two ago by one of our Morning Contemporaries, that our own compatriots seem affected by the general dissolution of all religious and moral ties, and of the salutary decorum and observances whick a mong us throw the protection of social respect, in addition to the sacredness of legal inviolability, around the powers of judges and magistrates. We abstract from one short letter the following catalogue of horrors : " Mr. Sheppard, late of England, committed suicide at Saco, Maine, a few days ago. Mrs. Loring French also committed suicide at the same place, on the same day. Mr. Edward O'Connor, late of Ireland, counsellor at- law; destroyed himself at Boston, on Monday night. Monsieur Messemer, player on the cornet-a-piston, from France, was assassinated at Mobile on the Ist inst., but is expected to recover from his wounds. Judge Turley, of Nashville, has been caned by Major Turner, for offer ing an insult to a lady; and Mr. Maxsey, Mayor of Nash ville, has been caned by Mr. Payne. Mr. R. Polhemus was murdered near Freehold, New Jersey, on Friday, and a neighbour of the deceased, Mr. W. Reed, has been ar rested on suspicion. Mr. Leech, believed to be from England, was killed in a quarrel with Messrs. Lawson and M‘Leod, at New Orleans, on the 23d ult." Texas, it would seem, is learning betimes to emu late the " go-a-head " intensity of moral passion which pervades the model Republic she is so desirous of joining:— " At Caddo, Texas, on the 10th ult., Judge Hansford was barbarously murdered by Mr. Moseley and his son in-law, because his judicial view of a law suit was ad verse to their interests." Accounts have been received from Stockholm to the 24th ult., when the KING remained in nearly the same state. The bulletin of the 23d is as follows :—" His MAJESTY bas again begun to express a desire for some nourishment, and feels himself rather stronger, after a very good night. The affection of the foot is better, as there is an appearance of suppuration." The Hamburgh papers announce the arrival of the Stockholm mail of the 27th, but without any account whatever of the KING'S health. According to Madrid papers of the Ist instant, the QUEEN-DOWAGER was to arrive at Barcelona on the 2d, where she would remain till the sth, then embark fdr Valencia, and reach Aranjuez on Tues day next. These papers furnish h 9 intelligence from Alicant or Carthagena. The Three per Cents. were done at so+ for cash, and 30f at 60 days; and the Five per Cents. at 22+ for cash, and 22f at 60 days. Most of the Paris papers give long reports of the trial and conviction of the Abbe COMBALOT at the Paris assizes, for a libel on the University of France, in a pamphlet entitled " Memoir addressed to the Bishops of France and fathers of families, on the war made against the Church and the community by the monopolist University." The prosecution, which was instituted at the instance of the Minister of Public Instruction, was conducted by the Procureur-General, and excited much interest. The jury, after delibe rating for more than an hour,' returned a verdict of guilty, and the Court sentenced the Abbe to impri sonment for fifteen days and a fine of 4,000 francs (1601.) This is a significant proof that the middle classes have no sympathy with those Jesuitical Churchmen, who have been carrying on a war against the public schools of France, and using every means to recover,dominion over the minds of the people. The Ministry have had another triumph in the Chamber of Deputies. On Thursday the Committees for examin ing the Secret Service Money Bill were appointed, and out of nine commissioners eight belonged to the Ministerial party. The funds continued firm, the Three per Cents. closing on Thursday at 82f. 50c. and the Fives, without the Coupons, at 122 f. 40c. THE BOURSE-THURSDAY, MARCH 7. First Highest Lowest Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents. ex div 121 75 .. 122:45 .. 121 75 • • 122 35 Three per Cents..... 82 35 • • 82 55' .. 82 35 • • 82 45 Bank of France..." •• • • .• .3265 ..3265 ..3265 • • 3265 Laftitte Bank, I,ooof. Sharesllo7 50 • • 1107 50 ..1107 50 • • 1107 50 5,000 f. BharessoBo —5082 50 .•5080 —5082 50 Belgian Bank. .......• 660 .. 662 50 •• 660 •• 662 50 Belgian Fives. : . 1840 ••• • • • • • 108 • • 109} Spanish Active Passive 5l .. 6 Neapolitan lOl 60 .. 102 Roman ........ ............ 106 .. 106 RAILWAY SHARES. .. 108 .. •• 33-t .. 34 .. bi .. 6 •• 101 60 .. 102 .• 106 •• 106 St. Germain .............. 830 830 • • 830 .. 830 Versailles, R. 8... L. 8.. • ....... ... 177 50 . • 177.50 . • 175 • • 175 Rouen B5O • • 855 • • 850 .. 655 Rouen to Havre. Orleans Strasburg to Bale • . • • 242 50 .. 245 • • 242 50 .. 243 75 Avignon toililarseilles • • • 760 • • 760 • • 760 • • 760 RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT. St. Germain Versailles, R. 8.• • • • • • • • • • 367 50 .. 372 50 •• 367 50 • • 372 50 Rouen . Rouen to Havre•...... Orleans 860 .. 867 50 .. 860 .. 865 Strasburg to Bale . ... 241 25... 243 75 241 25 ~. 243 75 Avignon to Marseilles— • • 760 .. 762 50 •• 760 •• 762 50 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) MANCHESTER BETTING.—FRIDAY. CHESTER CUP. 9 to 1 agst Pagan (t) 40 to 1 agst Reindeer (t) 13 to 1 agst Sir Robert 50 to 1 agst Tacita 20 to 1 agst Jamie Forest (t) 25 to 1 agst Celeste (t) 30 to 1 agst The Prior (t) Offers to take ti to 1 about all the 3 yrs old. DERBY AND OARS.—Nothing done. BATH RACES.—The Race Committee, much to their cred have adopted the regulations against defaulters. COURSING. LYTHAM, MARCH 4, v S,AID 6.—The Great Clifton Cup (24 subs., of 5L 10s. each), was won by Mr. E. Hornby's Hermit ; Mr. Reade's Lavalette ran up. The Talbot Cup (24 subs., of 31.55. each), was won by Mr. Bake's Kate; Mr. Chew's Spring ran up. The Lytham Stakes of 2/. ss. each (32 subs.) were won by Mr. Peacock's Gipsey Queen ; Mr. Slaney's Shiney ran up. LANARK AND RENFREW, MARCH 6.—The Champion Collar was won by Sir J. Boswell's Major; the Darnley Stakes by Mr. Langtrey's Doctor. BROCKLESBY HUNT STEEPLE-CHASE--MorwaY. This event took place on Monday, and although the club has suffered by law proceedings, and consequently the amount given was small in comparison with the now great stakes of the day, the name of the 11rocklesby Hunt Race carried its weight with it, and there appeared to exist the same ambition to bear away the palm of that race as when the club was in its zenith ; mainly, perhaps, on account of its being the nur sery of some of the best steeple race-horses in the world, amongst others, Gay Lad, Peter Simple, and Crosby, The betting before starting was 2 to 1 against Newcastle Tommy, 3to 1 against La Bat, and 3to 1 against The Miller. The race was for A Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added by the Brocklesby Hunt Club; second horse to save his stake; open to all England, for maiden horses ; four yrs, llst ; five, list 9lb ; six and aged, I2st. Mr. Nainby's gr g Newcastle Tommy, by Bob Logic, 6 yrs (C. Nainby) 1 Mr. Loft's b g La Bat, by Brunswicker, 6 yrs 2 Mr. Richardson's b g Guy, by Bachelor, aged Mr. T. Marris's b g The Miller, by Little John, 6 yrs 0 Mr. H. Lambert's b g Whitelock, by M'Adam, 5 yrs 0 Mr. H. Skipworth's g m Molly Bawn, 4 yrs • 0 Won cleverly by a cou pl e of lengths. Guy a bad third, The Miller and Whitelock very far in the rear, fourth and fifth. 2he frequenters of Croxton Park Races will be glad to hear that the stewards have caused a spacious stand, covered over, to be erected near to the winning post, with rooms on thZ ground floor, well warmed, and a large space around fenced in, where the whole business of the races will be centred and conducted; the whole being studiously arranged for the comfort and convenience of sportsmen and all connected with the Turf. Adjoining are refreshment-rooms, the sup plying of which will be entrusted to a respectable and com petent hotel or innkeeper. The races will take place on the 28th and 29th instant, and will be run on the New Course. The following horses are named for the Billesden Coplow : Tiverton, aged ; Europe, 4 yrs ; Giovanni filly, 4 yrs ; and Humility, 6 yrs. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MARcx 9.—Light south westerly airs, and cloudy. DEAL, MARCH B.—Wind E.N.E. to E.S.E.—Arrd. Clau dine, Morris, China ; Berbice, Berbice ; Potomac, New York for Hull. BUDE, MARCH B.—About five tons of iron were recovered on the 6th instant from the Alonzo, of Stockton, driven ashore in October. She lies nearly under water. OFF THE WIGHT, MARCH 7.—Palembang, Hockater, Ba tavia for Amsterdam ; Konig Willem 11., Rooper, Batavia for Middleberg. OFF BRIGHTON, MAncii 6.—Anna, Bremenfor New York. PORTLAND ROADS, MARCII 6.—Arrd. Nueva Iberia, Tu bing, Havannah for Hamburgh. LLANELLY, Mancii 6.—The Susan, of Cork, ashore near the Mumbles, has been got off, and in here to repair. YARMOUTH, MARCH 7,—The Lady Harvey, of this port, which sank in the River yesterday, has been raised. LIVERPOOL, MARCH B.—Wind S. S.E., light—Sid. Cameron, Calcutta ; Alecto, Bombay; Globe, LIMA ; Lady Mary, Buenos Ayres; Resolution, Maranham ; Konohosset, Ha vannah ; J. H. Shepherd, New Orleans ; Sus9uehanna, Phi ladelphia; Panope, St. John's, New Brunswick; Demerest, Halifax. The Henrietta, Crede, from Loch— to this port, with wool and pig iron, foundered this morning near the Crosby light ship, crew saved. CORK, MARcii 6.—Arrd. Olive Branch, Hannon, Buenos Ayres ; Benin, Snow, Benin (80 days). LEITH, MARCH 7.—Skl. Duncan, Grenada. SUNDERLAND, MARCH , 7.—Ski. Lumley, St. John's, New Brunswick. FALMOUTH, MARCH B.—Wind S., moderate—Sid. Crane packet, Brazils. NEWPORT, MARCH B.—Sid. Maddison and Carl Justus, Philadelphia; Falcon, Havannah; Pandora, Bermuda. BIDEFORD, MARCH 6.—Sld. Wellington, Cape Coast. PILL, MAncii 7.—Sld. Miramiohi, St. John's, New Brunswick. TILE NEW HISTORICAL ROMAMCE, " WHITEFRIARS." —We are requested to state that Mr. Colburn, of Great Marl borough-street, has this day published a Third Edition of " Whitefriars ; or, the Days of Charles the Second," in three vols., which can now be had at all the Libraries. Mr. Col burn has also just published the following new works of fiction :-1. Chatsworth ; or, the Romance of a Week. Edited by the author of "Tremaine" and " De Vere," 3 vols. 2. The Secret Passion, by the Author of" Shakspeare and his Friends," &c., 3 vols. 3. The Brothers, by the Author of " Oliver Cromwell," &c., 3 vols. 4. Jessie Phillips, a Tale, by Mrs. Trollope, Second Edition, complet e i n 1 vo l ., w i th numerous illustrations by Leech, 12s. bound ; and, 5, Windsor Castle, an Historical Romance, bythe Author of" The Tower of London," &c., complete in 1 vol., with 110 Illustrations by George Crikshank, &c., 14s. bound. PRISON DISCIPLINE.—StoIzer, who was capitally convicted at the Central Criminal Court last October, and sent to the Millbank Penitentiary when reprieved, has be come insane,_ and has been sent to the criminal wing of Bethlehem biosPital• THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH g, 1844. CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIs DAY.) (Before the RECORDER.) THE QUEEN v. HODT.—Judgment having been prayed upon the defendant this session, he was ordered to appear in Court this morning, for the purpose of receiving it. The defendant is at present a prisoner in the Queen's Prison, under a sentence recently passed upon him in the Court of Queen's Bench, for a libel upon the Duke of Brims wick. He was now brought up, in custody, from that Prison,.and placed at the traverser's bar of this Court. Holt had been found guilty on Monday last, at these ses sions, on an indictment preferred against him for a libel upon Lord William Paget. The libellous matter complained of had reference to the recent Paget and Cardigan affair, and asserted that the prosecutor in that case had made " a plant " upon Lord Cardigan for the purpose of extorting money from him—in other words that he was guilty of the two-fold crimes of conniving at his own and his wife's dis honour, and of trying by these unmanly means to obtain a sum of money from the Noble Earl by way of compromise. After an ineffectual effort on the part of the defendant to have judgment deferred until next session, the Learned Re corder sentenced him to be imprisoned for four calendar months in the gaol of Newgate—such sentence to date and to commence from the period at which his present sentence of twelve months in the Queen's Prison shall have expired. The defendant was then removed in custody. POLICE INTELLIGENCE UNION HALL.-(THIS DAY.) Richard Day, an architect, was charged under the sub joined circumstances : On the preceding night, at a late hour, the prisoner was . seen in Blackfriars-road the company of a woman, who was in a helpless state of intoxication. He was observed to take a cardinal cape off her shoulders, and, when questioned on the subject, he pretended to be acquainted with the female, and said that he was helping her home. It turned out, however, that he was quite a stranger to her, and threatened that if he had a knife he would rip up the policeman's guts. He was taken to the station-house. When brought before the Magistrate he gave a very vague account of himself, said that he was a married man, and that his wife being ab sent he was going to take the drunken woman to his house for protection. Mr. COTTINGIIAM said that instead of inflicting a fine on the defendant he should commit him for seven days to the House of Correction, and that when he came out he must find bail for his good behaviour. CLERKENWELL-(THIS DAY.) A man named Jones, was charged with an assault of a very violent and unprovoked character, on the person of Mr. Night ingale, a lodging-house keeper, in Saffron-lull. Mr. Nightingale was sitting quietly in his parlour on the previous night, when he heard a great noise in front of the house ; he ran out, but had not advanced more than a few paces into his own passage, when he was met by the prisoner, who struck him a violent blow on the face. He had never seen the prisoner before, and had not given him the least provocation. His face was greatly swollen from the blow. He cried out "police," and a constable came to his assistance. The prisoner was in liquor. Police-constable Ware confirmed Mr. Nightingale's testi mony, and added that the prisoner's language, when in cus tody, was of a most violent and disgusting character. Waddington, the jailor, said the prisoner was a costar monger, and a fellow of very bad character. Mr. GREENWOOD said the assault was violent, and altoge ther unprovoked: - .He would fine the prisoner 30s. Prisoner—l have not a farthing. Mr. GREENwoon—Then you must go to the House of Correction for a month. QUEEN-SQUARE.-(THIS DAY.) Wm. Coltinan, sen., and Wm. Coltman, jun., were charged. before Mr. Bond 'with assaulting Mr. Lucy, a tradesman re siding in Bermondsey, under the following circumstances The complainant stated that he was passing along Mil bank yesterday, when he observed some boys washing a cart in the river, and swearing because they could not get it out of a hole. He remonstrated with them on the impropriety of their conduct, and, in return, they asked him what busi ness it was of his to meddle with them? The younger de fendant threw a large stone at him, which struck him on the arm, and caused him considerable pain. Shortly afterwards the boy's father came up, and struck him on the head. The younger defendant stated that the complainant struck him first. His father said he did not strike the complainant. Fined 30s. each. Polly Smith, a prostitute, was charged by. John Dixon, a ragged individual, whose professional pursuit appeared to be that of a dustman. He stated, in a voluminous and classical address to the - Magistrate, occasionally raising his arms aloft, after the man ner of Othello, that a few days ago he received the sum of 5/., a portion of which he determined to devote to conviviality, and the remainder, which he limited to Si. 155., he purposed devoting to the purchase of a horse, being convinced that for that sum he could procure a **" hanimal" suitable to be the companion of his perambulations for dust. On Thursday night he met the defendant, whom he had known for many years as a respectable woman, but who has b een severa l t i mes charged at this office with offences of a similar nature to the one we are now detailing. He accompanied her to her " apartments," and remained with her feasting on roast pork, for which he appeared to have a passion, and drinking, until his 5/. was reduced to U. 155., which he charged the de fendant with - stealing from his coat pocket. He admitted that he was drunk, or nearly so, at the time, and the Magis trate dismissed the case, telling the defendant to be careful in her conduct for the future. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GADLN. Notwithstanding we had a large time-of-year supply of vegetables the demand was steady, at last week's prices. Both English and Foreign Fruit were in good supply, and sluggish inquiry, at late rates. Potatoes, from 2s 6d to 4s 6d per cwt ; Young Onions, 2s 3d to 4s 9d; Coleworts or Greens, 2s 3d to 4s; Turnips, is 9d to 2s 9d; Carrots, 4s to 5s 6d; and Leeks, 8d to Is 2d per dozen bunches ; old Onions, is 9d to 2s 3d ; Spinach, is 9d to 2s 3d; Apples, is 3d to 4s; Pears, 6s to 12s; and Brocoli sprouts, is 6d to 2s 3d per half sieve ; Asparagus, as to 8s ; French Beans, 2s 6d to 4d ; Oranges, 63 to 148; ant Lemons, 6s to 123 per 100. NEVTGATE AND LEA.DENNALL. The supply of both game and poultry was rather extensive, owing to which, the trade was heavy, at barely late rates. Fowls, from is 6d to 4s ; Chickens, Is 3d to 2s 3d; Ducks, is 3d to 2s 4d ; Geese, 4s to 6s ; Pigeons, 4d to 10d ; Tur keys, 4s to 9s 6d ,• Rabbits, 6d to is 6d ; H ares , i s 6d to 2s 9d; Partridges, -ls to 2s; Pheasants, 2s 6d to 4s; Wild •Ducks, is 6d to" 2s - ; Teal, 9d to is 6d; Widgeons, is to is 9d; Snipes, 6d to Is ; Woodcocks, 2s t o 3 s 3d ; Pl overs, 3d to 6d, each; and Larks, is 3d to is 6d. per dozen. The market was rather scantily supplied with each kind of meat, the demand for which was firm, on the following terms :—Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 4d ; Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s 8d ; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 8d; and Pork, 2s 4d to 4s 4d per albs by the carcase. WitZTECIEAPEL. We had a steady trade at full prices :—Beef from 2s 4d o3s 4d; Mutton, 2s 8d to 3s 8d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 8d; and Pork, 2s 6d to 4s 2d per Blbs. NEWPORT. We had only a moderate supply of Meat, while the trade ruled dull. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Opinion. , 6 Who runs may read." FOjitEIGIDT. On Tuesday afternoon, at three o'clock, the King of' the French left the Tuileries for St. Cloud, attended by General Friant and two orderly officers, and returned to dinner. In the evening their Majesties had a select party to dinner. The subscription for M. Dupetit Thouars amounted on Thursday to I,ooof. or 401. The National publishes a list ex tending to two columns, at the head of whi c h are 250 s t u d en t s of the Polytechnic School, who subscribe 125 f., or 10 sous (5d.) each. The Archimede, which sailed from Brest on the 20th ult. with part of the mission for China, was obliged to put into Lorient by contrary winds ; she, however, soon after took her departure, and was seen on the 24th off Cape Finisterre. Count de Lurde, Minister Plenipotentiary of the French at Buenos Ayres, has just been recalled, and M. de Marennes, appointed to replace him. For a length of time M. de Lurde acknowledged that he was unable to obtain satisfaction from Rosas, since the Guizot Ministry, refused him the means of acting with vigour. It is reported at Munich, according to a letter of the 2d inst., from that city, that in case .King Otho should happen to die without an heir, the young Duke of Wurtemberg, grandson of Louis Philippe, will be made successor to the Greek throne. The Gazette des Tribunaux contains the following relative to the murder in the Rue d'es Londres :—" The unceasing researches instituted by the auth6rities to pierce into the mystery attending the murder of the late Mr. Ward, have brought to light some circumstances that may lead to a dis covery of the truth. It appears that two days before the crime, the deceased passed the night in a lodging-house of bad character, and inhabited by men suspected of immoral practices. All those men, to the number of fourteen, have been arrested. They have undergone one examination, but all that we can say at present is that they protest their inno cence." On Sunday last the -motker of a young mantuamaker, living in the Rue de Valois, Palais Royal, came to Paris to visit her daughter, but could not gain admittance, though there was every reason to believe the young woman was in her room. The Commissary of Police having been sent for, ordered the door to be forced open, and the poor girl was found dead, and by her side the lifeless body of a non-com missioned officer of a regiment quartered at Meaux. They had stifled themselves by means of charcoal. A farm-labourer, named Robichon, has been condemned to death by the Court of Assizes of the Seine-et-Marne, at Me lun, for murder and robbery. During the absence of his mas ter and mistress, named Maltaverne, who resided at the farm of La Mare-Rouge, he broke open a cupboard, and stole a sum of 130 f., and in order to prevent evidence of his crime murdered three of Maltaverhe's daughters, aged 19, 14, and I 1 years, by beating in their skulls. A fourth child, an in fant of two years. was sitting at the door in tears, when another sister, who had been absent in the fields, returned to the house. Suspicion having fallen upon him, he was ar rested, and confessed his crime. _ _ The Augsburgh Gazette contains a letter from Constanti nople, Feb. 14, which states that a letter from Adrianople had been received there, announcing that a sudden thaw had caused a great inundation, which had destroyed 3,000 houses, and carried away a considerable quantity of goods. The loss is estimated at 3,000,000 piastres. A letter in the same journal, from the frontiers of Turkey, of February 21, gives the following :—" All the coasts of the Black Sea,. and particularly the ports of Sebastopol and Odessa, are in the greatest movement. It is supposed that the Emperor will himself direct the operations in person. Amongst others, General Yermoloff is named. The opera tions are not to be commenced until the arrival of the Em peror on the Kuban. A letter from Constantinople states that Circassian agents are purchasing up ammunition at any price." The General Diet of Hungary had adopted, by a majority of 41 votes against 8, a motion for the emancipation of the Jews. LAW AND POLICE. At the Central Criminal Court, Sarah Dickenson, charged with the murder of her two children at Deptford, was tried and acquitted, as being of unsound mind. She is to be de tained in safe custody during her Majesty's pleasure. Yesterday Mr. Wm. Read, an extensive ship-builder of Ipswich, and a member of the Town Council for that place, was brought before Sir Peter Laurie. at the Mansion-house, in custody of Daniel Forrester the officer, charged with having combined with Charles William Simpson, the master of the Colina brig, to cast away that vessel, with the view of defrauding the Marine Alliance Assurance Company of the amount of property for which she was insured. T he case was remanded for a week. Mr. Crawley, proprietor of the York Hotel, Albemarle street, was summoned before Mr. Hardwick, for refusing to supply "proper accommodation" to Sergeant-Major Jones, of the London Recruiting Staff, who had been billeted upon him. He was fined 3/. _ . . _ _ ...- A person named Edward Harpond, living in Park-road, Greenwich, and described as a gentleman, was charged at Worship-street with setting a ferocious dog at several chit-, dren, by which two of them were severely injured. Through his solicitor he expressed his regret at what had happened, and offered to pay the medical expenses. Mr. Bingham, however, would allow no compromise, and sent him for one month to the House of Correction, in addition to a fine of 405., at the expiration of the month to be brought up on a second charge. The prisoner appeared astounded at the de cision. COURT-rASZION.&BI.Z. All the embellishments in the State rooms in St. James's Palace, the Queen's Robing Room, the Guard Chamber, &c., are to be completed by Wednesday next, when her Majesty will hold her first levee for the season. The Duke of Cambridge, who has been suffering from an attack of the gout, which prevented him from attending the Countess St. Aulaire's first assembly at Manchester House, is rather better. Sir Robert and Lady Peel's grand dinner, this evening, is to a party of about thirty of the leading nobility. The as sembly to be held by her Ladyship afterwards, is likely to be attended by 300 of the rank and fashion at present in town, as the invitations gone out exceed 400 in number. The Speaker of the House of Commons holds his second sessional levee to-night, in Eaton-square. Previous to the reception, the Right Hon. Gentleman entertains at dinner a circle of twenty-eight Ministerial Members of the House of Commons. _ _ The Dowager Duchess of Bedford, and Lady Rachel Eve lyn Russell, are expected to remain at Nice till the advance of the spring, and then return to Campden Hill for the season. The Marquis and Marchioness of Downshire, accompanied by Lord Edwin Hill, arrived at Dublin on Monday last from visiting the family estates at Blessington and Edenderry. The Noble Marquis expressed to his agents and principal tenants the satisfaction he experienced in personally witness. ing the settled state and improving condition of all classes on his property. The Earl and Countess of Wicklow and Ladies Howard are expected in Cavendish-square, at the close of next week, from Ireland. The Bishop of *Peterborough, Mr. and Mrs. Davys, have arrived in Dover-street, from the episcopal palace, Peter borough. Earl Fitzhardinge arrived at the German Cottage, his villa at Cheltenham, on Thursday last, from Berkeley Castle. The Noble Earl's hounds are at the Cheltenham kennel, and will close the hunting season in that neighbourhood. Earl and Countess Ashburnham have arrived in town from Ashburnham House. Viscount and Viscountess Milton and family have left town for Brighton. MX CELLABrzotrs. The commemoration dinner in celebration of the landing of British army in Egypt, under the com man d o f th e im mortal Abercromby, on the B th of March, 1801, t oo k pl ace d on ist F in ri gu dar sh , ated o thffieceUrsniotfedboSteh ices rvsiecry sat down to a moste Club, when a number o f splendid banquet. The Society recently formed, entitled " The Medical Pro tection Assembly," has issued circulars to kthrecgendtlomy,garanppteeadlintgo the Royal College of foras e si v s e t ry ance me in di r cal e. s p l r s a t c i n t i g t i o t n h e e r c h i n a r t t h e e r Surgeons. An aggregate meeting of the profession is called for the 25th inst. The Rotunda, in Blackfriars-road, which was for some years occupied by the Rev. Robert Taylor, Carlile, and others of the same, school, and more recently by the Socialists, has at last been deserted, and is now shut up. Fomasari will leave Paris on Sunday, and may be expected in town - on Tuesday or Wednesday next. Grisi and Mario are expected in town, from Paris, shortly after the closing of the Theatre Italien in Paris, for the sea son, on the 31st. Henry Houghton, Esq., says a Stockport paper, owner of the Bold estate, near Warrington, issued an order, on the 7th of January last, that the hares and rabbits on his estate should be destroyed, except those within the park. Since that period upwards of eight hundred hares have been de stroyed ; one half going to the hall, and the remainder among the tenantry on whose land they have been fed. Sir Edward Sugden has been suffering from illness during the recent sittings in his Court, and since its rising has been much indisposed. His Lordship is now staying at Sutton, a marine village, near Howth. In some parts of Connaught, especially in Galway, the humbler classes are suffering great distress. The Galway Vindicator contains a very afflicting statement on this sub ject. " Whole families, (says that jOttrnal) are without any support except a few stones of potatoes amongst them, and hundreds of others have none at all. THEATRE ROYAL, Lirctney-LANE:—The following members of the haut ton were at this theatre on Thursday evening, to witness the triumphant cleinit of Monsieur Duprez :—The Duke of Brunswick, Duchess of Montrose, Marchioness of Aylesbury, Marchioness of Conyngham, Marquis and Marchioness of . Normanby, Marquis of Douro, Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, Earl of Pembroke, Lord and Lady Ernest Bruce, Baron and Baroness Brunow, the Turkish Ambassador C oun t Kielmansegge, Count de Talleyrand, Count de Noailles, Baron Hatzfeldt, Countess of Cardigan, Lord Castlereagh, Lord Elphinstone, Lord William Lennox, Lord Lowther, Sir T. B. Lennard, Bart. ; Mrs. Dennistoun, Sir Henry Webbe, Bart. ; Count de 'Wuitts, Hon. Mr. Bligh t Hon. E. Byng, Colonel Rawston, Major Gage, Charles Standish, Esq., M.P. ;R. Eden, Es q. G. Parnther, Esq. ; Hon. J. H. Lowther, M.P. ; Lord Henry Lennox, Sir William Curtis, Bart. ; Henry Baring, Esq., &c. HER MAJESTY'S BUCK. HOUNDS.—A field of up wards of 100 attended the meet, on Wednesday morning, at Salt Hill. Amongst those present we observed the Earl of Rosa lyn, Lord Sheffield, Lord William Beresford, Major-General Wemyss, Colonel Vyse, the Roo. Captain Lowther, several of the officers of the first Life Guards and the second battalion of the Scots Fusilier Guards, and a good s p rinklin g of sport. fag gentlemen from the Vicinity of the metropolis. At the usual time the stag " Wild Boy" was uncarted near Farnham-lane, and was taken at Mill-end, near Rickmansworth. Nearly the whole of the field, including the Earl of Rosalyn, Lord W. Berestbrd, &c., were up at the finish. The Royal buck.hounds (as intimated to the field out yesterday) will meet on Monday next at Ascot, and on Friday at Lyttleton, near Staines. FRIGHTFUL FALL.—Yesterday morning a brick• layer, named Thomas Burton, w hilst at work near the summit of one of the lofty and extensive mansions now in the course of erection at Bayswater. accidentally missed his footing, and fell from a height of nearly 70 feet, into a cellar beneath, in his fall striking against, but passing through, the numerous putlogs and scaffold poles of the building. His fellow-work men rushed to the spot, where they found him bleeding pro fusely from the nose and mouth. They lost no time in con veying him to St. George's Hospital, where, on examination by the surgeons, it was ascertained, to the astonishment of all, that not a bone in his body was broken. He had, however, sustained several bruises by coming in contact with the nume rous poles, &c., in his descent. There is, however, little doubt that he will be enabled to leave the institution in a few dap, quite restored. _ _ . . 13APk i t MILLs.-- - --ifr.Colquho un has moved fora return stat ing the name, description, and locality of every paper mill in England ; and also, the number of engi nes , machines, and vats in each of such mills ; and the uantily of paper made at each mill, and charged by the Excise; also a similar return for Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. BILLINGSGATE. The demand for most kinds of Fish,the supply of which was good, ruled steady, as follows :—Turbots, 8s to 178 ; Cod-fish, is 6d to 7s ; Brill, 6d to 2s ; Hallibut, 4s to 7s ; Haddocks, 2d to 6d; Lobsters, Sd to,3s 6d; Whitings, Id to 4d ; Crabs, 6d to 3s ; Scates, Is to 38 ; Gurnets, 6d to ls ; Plaice, 3d to is each ; Soles, 6d to 3s per pair ; Eels, 4d to 8d per lb; Flounders, is to is 6d per dozen; Oysters, 8s to 54s per bushel ; Red Herrings, 8s to 40s per barrel ; Macka rel, 18s to 40s per hundred. HUN GEFAPORD. The supplies of most,kinds of produce were only moderate, yet the general demand was inactive, at about stationary prices. BREAD. The prices of Wheaten B rea d in the metropolis are frost .Sid to 9d; of Household bid to 8d per 41b loaf. HIDE MARKET. Raw Hides, at per stone of 141bs—Best steers and heifer; 5s 6d to 5s 10d; middling hides, 4s 10d to 5s 4d ; inferior do, 4s 4d to 4s Bd. Sheep and Calf Skins, at per skin—Market calf, 6s 6d to 8s ; long woolled sheep, 415 6d to 6s ; short do, 4s to 5s ; lamb skins, 18 6d to 2s 3d ; and shearlings, 4d to Bd. each. HATIMLAILICETS. SmnuFLELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2/ 12s to 3/ ; use ful ditto, 31 3s to 31 lOs ; fine Upland ditto, 31 12s to 31 16s; Clover Hay, 315 s to 51 ; O a t St raw , 168 to 1/ 8s; Wheat Straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 103 per load. Both hay and straw moved off slowly at the above quotations. CUMBERIAND.--Coarse Meadow Hay, 2115 s to 315 s ; useful ditto, 31 8s to 31 14s ; fine Upland ditto, 31 163 to 4/ ; Clover Hay, 315 s to 4115 s ; Oat Straw, 117 e to 119 s ; Wheat Straw, 118 s to 11 12s per load. Supply good and trade rather dull. WurrEcuarEt..—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ to 3/ 5s ; useful ditto, 31 6s to 3l lOs ; fine Upland ditto, 31 12s to Si 15s ' • Clover Hay, 31 to 5/ ; Oat Straw, 116 s t o 118 s ; Wheat Straw, 1 / 8 s toll lOs per load. A full average supply and a sluggish demand. Prices about stationary. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.—FRIDAY. There is a good attendance of buyers at this day's market, and a fair extent of business passing in wheat, at fully last week's prices. Barley is slow sale, without any material va riation in value. The demand for Oats, Shelling, and Beans is steady, and each article fully maintains its price. Per qr. of 601 b. to the bushel. Our. NEW. Wheat, Sul%lk, Essex, and Kent Red —to 58 53 to 56 Ditto ditto White... 62 56 W Norfolk Red 56 48 54 Ditto ditto White... 59 52 56 Lincolnshire and Cambridge Red 56 48 b 3 Ditto ditto White... 58 52 55 Yorkshire Red 56 47 53 Ditto ditto White... 58 50 54 Foreign Red...—.54 58 —.— Ditto ditto White... 56 60 er quarter imperial. Barley, Norfolk am( Suffolk 36 32 33 Yorkshire and Lincolnshire 35 32 33 Grinding , Foreign 34 30 32 Per qr. cf 631 b. to the bushel. Beans, Small Cna - ... 31 35 32 33 i Ticks Foreign Oats, Potato and Pola , d...... s— •.. — l . healing lOl. to lid., Fcrcign —d, to —d. per Stem. S'ralling2l3. to 25.. per Load. Malt ....•......—.......•.• ....... Aos. fine 44.. per 1..,d Rapeseed.... ......... ....... ........ ... 23f.0s 24 , . Os. 251. Os. per 11.%,t. FATAL ACCIDENT FROM "A LARK."—Yesterday an inquest was held at the Duke of Wellington, Tenter ground, Spitalfields, before Mr. Baker, respecting the death of James Thomas Cousens, a fine lad, aged eight years, who was killed under the following circumstances :—From the evidence it appeared, that last riday afternoon the deceased left his parents' residence, No. 7, Flower-and-Dean-street, to go to school, and on his way he proceeded to call one of his schoolfellows, named James Riches, twelve years of age, who lived in the parlour of the same house. He knocked at the door, and, after waiting some time, and receiving no answer, he looked through the key-hole of the door, so as to see if any body was in the room, when at the same moment Riches, from the inside, passed a long iron skewer through the hole, penetrating with great force the deceased's right eye. He was immediately conveyed to the London Hospital, but left at his own request for his own home. On the succeeding day he became delirious, owing to the acute pain, and in which state he expired on the same afternoon. Mr. Smith, surgeon, deposed that he attended the deceased shortly before his death, and found the eye to have been entirely destroyed. The injury had occasioned effusion on the brain, and which had caused death. The father of the boy Riches observed that his child and the de ceased were on the most affectionate terms, and he was sure that the melancholy event was the result of pure accident. After some discussion, a verdict of " Accidental death " was recorded, he Coroner cautioning the boy Riches as to his future conduct. CHATHAM, MARCH B..—The Thames, fitting for a convict ship for Bermuda, is drawing fast towards completion. She is ordered to be put out of dock on the 23d inst. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. _ _ _ , The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday` were 3,000 bales, the market continuing rather quiet. The Share Mar ket was brisk, and a large business was done. Chester and Holyhead were 54 to 6* ; Eastern Counties, ex New, 114 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 604 ; Grand Junction, 230 ; Great Western, 112 to 1124 ; Lancaster and Carlisle, 51 ; Birming ham, Thirds, 40 to 41; Brighton, 444 ; South Western, 794 to 80; Manchester and Birmingham, 43/. 17s. to 44/. 10s. ; Midland Counties, 904; Paris and Lyons, 24; Paris and Orleans, 344 ; South Eastern, 36*. The announcement made ast night by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, as to the terms upon which it is intended to carry out a diminution of the annual interest now payable to the public creditors of the United Kingdom, was, as might have been expected, the topic of almost general conversa tion, in monied and banking circles. The almost general feeling is, that the Chancellor of the Exchequer will invite the aid of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England to enable him to carry out his scheme. It is not necessary for us further to refer to the statement of the Chancellor, a full report of which will be found in another part of The Sun. Our immediate object is to note the influence this proposition has made upon the Three per Cents., and more especially upon the Three-and-a-Half per Cents., the holders of the latter securities being affected by the measure ; and strange to say the Three-and-a-Half per Cents. early in the morning receded but a trifle. The Consol market too was pretty firm, but it has since receded, viz., from 984 to 984 for Money, and from 984 to 98* for the Account. The premium upon Exchequer Bills has been 725. and 735. Bank Stock for Account has reached 198, and India Stock is at 281. It appears that the receipts by the 'West India steamer for the Mexican dividends are much larger than they were stated yesterday, being at least 125,000 dollars. The mem bers of the Stock Exchange do not like such mis-statements, as they lead to undue preference, and aid speculative operations in favour of those who receive the authentic information. The affair has been talked of this morn ing in no mild terms, and it is hoped that such a deception will not be again practised. Mexican Bonds this morning advanced to 354, but they are, for money, worth but 354. The other South American Stocks are firm. Colombian ex Venezuela, at 15 ; Brazilian, at 81 ; and Buenos Ayres at 374 38. Spanish Stock has been quoted at 254 4; the Three per Cents. at 354; Portuguese Converted at 47 ; and Dutch Five per Cent's. at 1014. The Share Market is firm, and prices still continue to look up. The business done to-day is immense. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List) 3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities 98%%4 New 3% per Cent. Annuities 10234101% 102141 1 Bank Stock for Account Consols for Account ...... .....„ ....... .... ....... .... 98%1414 India Stock 7i Exchequer Bills, IN. 134 d. 1,0004 5003 .... ... .. .. .... ..... ....... 72 Ditto Small rii - pm. FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent ll5 Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Columbian Bonds. l5 Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent • ••• Ditto for the Account. Ditto Deferred Stock.... ..................... Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 30% Portuguese Bonds. 5 per Cent. Ditto Converted Ditto for the Account Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840 253( Ditto for the Account Ditto Passive Bonds. 2o lx _Ditto Deferred Ditto Three per Cent. Ditto for the Account - ... ........... Dutch 2 34 per Cents. 5 6%% Dutch 5 per Cents. lOl% PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. • PAID. Pan SHARE Birmingham and Derby Ditto Thirds 25 ..... .... 21 Birmingham and Gloucester lOO ......... 81 Bristol grid Exeter 7O Chester and Holyhead 5 6 % ... to Eastern Counties Ditto New 25 13 Ali to Ditto Extension l3s. 4d Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O 6•3 ( 1 . , " to Ditto IA Shares 1234 ..... 15 % ... to Great Western Ditto k Shares Ditto Fifths Harwich (Braithwaite) H arrowgate and Knaresboro' ... 3 Hull and Selby Liverpool and Manchester London and Brighton 5O 45 London and 81ackwa11...... ......... 1634 ...... 614% ... to London and Birmingham.... Stock ...... 263 241 Ditto New Thirds London and Greenwich London and South Western 41% B3 82 '... to 84 83 Ditto Eighths 34 London and Croydon (Trunk)... • 1334 Lancaster and Carlisle. ........ ...... 5 ..... .... 6 Manchester and Leeds 7O ll6 to Dit. o 14 Shares Manchester and Birmingham ... 40 Midland Counties Ditto 1 4 Shares ls North Briti.h 234 Norwich and Brandon Northern and Eastern 45 5714% ... to -- Ditto % Share. 1234 Morth Midland Paris and Orleans ............ ...... . 20 ......... 34 34 Paris and Rouen 2O 3434% ... to South Eastern and Dover 5O 36% .. ... to 36 Ditto Scrip 25 ......... 36)04% to West London, Old Shares 2O to Ditto Thames El' Ltension........ 2 Yarmouth and Norwich York and North Midland ..... .... 50 l2B Ditto New Shares 2O JOINT STOCK BANKS. London Joint Stock 13 14 - ••• to .. PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, M anor 7. Three and a Half Stock ....... Ditto New, 1830 Grand Canal Debs. 6 per Cent 83% sper Cent. new Pipe Water Debs l O- LAST PRICES OF SHARES. - RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHANE. Dublin and K. Road Drogheda 55 ..»..... 61 Hibernian Bank ........ ......... ........ City of Dublin Steam Company British and Irish Steam Comp any ... 5 0 MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH B.—Our mar ket to-day has been animated, and most stocks are in ad vance :—Bolton and Preston, 30 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 60; Ditto Quarters, 15 ; London and Brighton, 44i ; Man chester and Birmingham, 44i ii ; South Western Eighths, 4; Eastern Counties, perpetual, 28s. 4d. to 295. 4d. RAILWAY RETURNS. We extract from the Railway Magazine the sums received on the principal Railways of Great Britain for the week ending on the day of the month prefixed to each. The return includes the money received for passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and mer ehandise:— Week ended Name of Railway. Total. X. 8. d. Mar. Arbroath and Forfar — 2 Birmingham and Derby Junction 1,193 17 1,. 1 Birmingham and Gloucester 1,735 0 7 2 Brandling Junction 716 12 0 1 Chester and Birkenhead 4OO 16 4 5 Dublin and Kingstown 721 7 1 3 Dundee and Arbroath lB6 4 11, 2 Durham and Sunderland 5BO 14 3 2 Edinburgh and Glasgow 1,795 9 9 3 Eastern Counties and North Eastern 3,185 15 7 2 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr 1,079 6 2 2 Glasgow and Greenock 613 0 7 2 Grand Junction 6,911 9 11 2 Great North of England 1,166 10 I 3 Great Western 1 Liverpool and Manchester 2 London and Birmingham 7 London and Black wa ll 598 8 4 2 London and Brighton 5 London and Croyd on London and Greenwich — 2 London and South Western ....... Feb. 29 Manchester, Bolton and Bury 6BB 9 11 Mar. 2 Manchester and Birmingham 2,621 17 5 2 Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc 5,267 9 4 2 Midland Counties 2 Newcastle and Carlisle 1,294 15 1 3 Newcastle and North Shields 314 11 5 2 North Midland 1 North Union Feb. 27 Paris and Orleans 3,517 12 0 Mar. 4 Paris and Rouen 3,528 0 0 2 Preston and Wyre 2lO 10 8 2 Sheffield and Manchester 468 12 10 . 7 South Eastern 2 Taff Vale 3 Ulster 4 York and North Midland PARIS and STRASBURG RAILWAY. We have already noticed this project with some de gree of favour, being much impressed with its import ance to the mutual interests of England and of the Con tinent. We are glad to learn that in France the sub. ject is met with a sort of national enthusiasm— all the shares allotted to that country, amounting to upwards of one million sterling, having been disposed of within twenty-four hours after the publica tion of the prospectus is the French papers. This striking re-action of enterprise in France—for three years ago it was found impossible to complete one great line, for want of the necessary capital—is, of course, to be attributed to the great stimulus given by the co-ope ration of the Government to such undertakings. It is to to be understood that all the compensation for lands and buildings on the line is met by the State, conjointly with the Departments and Communes, while the State of itself is at all the cost of termini, stations, and indeed all the precarious portion of the investment. • The line is 286 miles in length; the total distance from Havre to Strasburg, a direct line across the French Continent, being. 430 miles, a " railway hour " further than from London to Edinburgh. FIVE MEN DROWNED.-011 the morning of Mon day last, during the continuance of the storm, five fishermen from Clogher were lost. They had proceeded to sea on the previous evening, and were overtaken by the gale. The boat which the unfortunate men were in was found drifting about at the Nanny-water. By this melancholy occurrence, 16 children are left fatherless and unprovided for.—Drogheda Journal. Yesterday morning the steam-boat Prince of Wales was placed in a most perilous sitution for nearly an hour, in consequence of getting jimmied between the shore arch of London-bridge and the new pier recently thrown out at Fishmongers' Wharf; the boat had a number of passen gers, who were in the greatest state of alarm from the ap prehension of the vessel breaking her back, in which case serious loss of life must have resulted. It is quite time that the City authorities should interfere, and not suffer piers to be run out into the river in places such as this, to the immi nent risk of life and property, as well as impeding the navi gation of the river. TIM COTTON MARKET.—During the last week not less than three New York packets have arrived, bringing advices from that city to the 16th ult. The state of the cot ton market, in the various parts of the Union, has been watched with a lynx-eyed curiosity by the commercial world here. On this side the " short croppists" have recently showed symptoms of drawing in their horns, which may be attri buted to two causes—first, the recent accounts show that the estimate of 1,800,000 bales for the present year's crop will be tolerably near the mark, which, with the stock now on hand in Liverpool and elsewhere, exceeds by nearly 200,000 bales the stock of the corresponding period last year.— Willmer and Smith's European Times.—[ This journal is published Ilt Liverpool in time for th e d eparture of the steamers to the United States, Canada, India, and the colonies, with the po litical and commercial i n t e lli gence up to t h e l a t es t hour. To themercantile men of the se p l aces t h e pr i ces c urrent of the London and Liverpool markets, which are admirably classed and arranged, will be tbund very useful.] 'Wallack, says the New York Herald, is lecturing and lying dramatic 9119 a at New Orleans. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert walked yesterday fare in the Royal Gardens of Buckingham Palace. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the pr in _a c t Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken an airin g yeSte2WV in S ir W Cr 0 4) Sir William . Ross R. A ,had the honour of submittal the Queen yesterday, on his * return from Brussels, the Mr t , tures of the Queen of Belgians and the Princess Char. of Belgium, which he had painted by command of her 31arsy. His:Royal Highness Prince Albert presided meeting of the Commission for Promoting and Encourogi"' yesterdal 11 `: the Fine Arts in the rebuilding the Palace of Westrninsteni, The meeting was held at half-past two o'clock at Gory.; House, Whitehall. The Prince was attended by Sir EctivaL- Bowater, Equerry in Waiting. The other Commissioners present were the Martuisbeft Lansdowne, Viscount Palmerston Lord Colborne , Sir totrl„ Harry Inglis, Mr. Henry Gaily Knight, Mr. Beni t; Hawes, Mr. Henry Hallam, Mr. bamuel Rogers, Mr, Ge" Vivian, and Mr. Thomas Wyse. Noce Shortly before five o'clock his Royal Ilighncs' "boa Albert took his departure, returning to Bucking Palace, attended by Sir Edward Bowater. left W itiel Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent eell Court, Worcestershire, the residence of her Majesty the glit.h, Dowager, at ten o'clock yesterday morning for Droit l l7, from which station her Royal Highness travell e d by 1.04 Gloucester and Birmingham Railway to BirminghaltAne from thence proceeded to town by the London and Birwq .. ,_ ham Railway. On arriving at the Euston-square ternalo_ the Royal Duchess immediately left for her resider; Clarence House, St. James's, where her Royal IliEhrter tny il rived at half-past six o'clock last evening. tier 4 0 01 Highness was attended by Lady Fanny Howard and Sir G. Couper. -a e bet A deputation on the poor-laws, consisting of Lo rd Grosvenor, Lord Ebrington, Mr. Williams, Mr. Scllal;01, Mr. Muntz, Captain Pechell, Mr. Langston, Mr. Mac Lord Alfred Hervey, Sir C. Napier, Mr. H. Browe tt, Duncombe, had an interview with Sir James Graham P terda at the Home-office. ' tor The Health of Towns Commission had a meeting Y,esns day at Gwydyr House, 'Whitehall. The Comm i t de present were the Duke of Buccleuch, Sir Henry T ho ll7ol3f la Beche, Dr. David Boswell Reid, Mr. Richard v oe g Hunterian Professor of the College of Surgeons, lifr• Ranald Martin, and Mr. George Graham. 0 Oat . ' Dispatches were received yesterday at the Celo olal- „ r ed from the Governor of the Mauritius, and from the 00 0 of Sierra Leone. Dispatches were received in the aft„'" from the Governors of the West India colonies. reel Sir James Graham had an interview with Sir Rob ert yesterday. -- ADULTERATION OF TOBACC v ' MANSION-HOUSE, DONCASTER, MAncli THE Q UEEN AGAINST ETROOD AND SON. jII This was an information for the adulteration of tobacc . o the detection of which the officers of excise have recentlZ„,d, very active 'under the immediate directions of Mr. ~r o f the Hon. Chairman of the. Board of Excise. Dr. Batemor'for the Excise-office, attended for the Crown, and Mr. Fi 6ll t e rs tes the defence. fter a long investigation,. the ISPlP„tted, convicted them in the penalty of 300/., which they lu";r d y of to one-half, with the condemnation of a large Va n "' tobacco, which will be destroyed. GUILDALL, LINCOLN, MARcil 6. ,_,„ In an information here for a similar otfenceo o ofAso attended by Dr. Bateman for the Crown, and Mr. "Amity for the defendant. The Magistrates convicted in the pm* of 500/., and the condemnation of a large quantity of tf l no. which will be destroyed. Professor Graham, of the University, attended to prove the adulteration. ARISTOCRATIC MORALIT (From the Cork Southern Reporter.) , the From the rather unenviable notoriety whic h Flea" parties in a case tried in the Court of Common „f i$ London, on Tuesday last have obtained, thorePotil )0 - bt• which we have transferred to our columns, w ill ; g l ee° less be read by many who have heard the sta, te-- „ of t which for some time past have been put forward °- 0 411 side with stern pertinacity, and met on the other r d. indignant denial. And before we advert more tce• cularly . to the object with which we make this refe''''i n i r e it is right that we should express our full and c o ol concurrence in the arguments of the Learned Co s od for the defence, in the verdict which was returned, b in the approbation with which it was received crowded Court. the i Since the occasion when the noble defendan t ' 00 Lord Brudenell, in command of the 15th Hussars oi r ol, garrison, brought Captain Wathen to a Court !ill' ion on charges of alleged breaches of military disc'? 01 which he was afterwards unable to substantistetco which recoiled upon himself with _no very sa tisfit uro conclusions, he has been anything but a public fa ve 1 50 Subsequent to that occurrence the command of thevra• was given to Lieutenant-Colonel Badcock, and his be si ship was transferred to the 11th Hussars, whic h th e present commands, and which we must also do hirewseo justice of admitting is considered to be at P e ther in as effective and creditable a state as ant n ee'' . cavalry regiment in the service. In hts ag ier command the Earl of Cardigan had serious on, r he standings with the o ffi cers of his regiment, an„a cumstances having been brought under c o Pt' their details tended still further to confirm Im-dtic' nion which prevailed as to his public 6.° so d while in a high and responsible positi° ° '. o dic e to excite, to say the least of it, a very strong P re i s tlii 7, against him in the public mind. Of this his o 1 ;64 Counsel seemed quite aware, and the Learned ot' t ,, tor General took occasion to refer to it in his arginr,e-of the to urge upon the jury that the "unpopularity' 0 the noble defendant was in some measure relied upon. c ote; other side to create a prejudice a g ainst him in t,'" th e With this matter we have, however, n o thing to jury acted, as it appears to us , w ith correc t disc ri t hel o ; tion, and in accordance with the e vid ence befor e „, t he' But it is in reference to the morale of the transaetw: e tor c , we purpose offering some observation s . What a P , i ' hie' does it not present of the shameless profligac y h ighe r prevails among that order to which the title `' hi gher classes" is supposed exclusively to belong ? jO 5l only from such revelations as those which hs% tb` , taken place, that we obtain an insight i . 1 , 1 . ` 0 0 : " social system," which rules and regulates- w e s pC o ' tocratic world. But we almost forget that ete,,, be . ;, of our rulers—those hereditary legislators `~ h a te long to that class which forms the second e s ' c 1 1 the Constitution—the Supreme Legislative C° °ll o o 4l the Empire. On the faults and follies of such pe,l'fey ;r e we must not look with too censorious an eye. -;_", of ° , l sheltered by that dignit y within which the " e . vile democracy" must not presume to penetratetroti among their own circle they lose no caste by the ll° of their vices. • °row SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.—HandeI S sit of San Twas given on Wednesday night at Exetee, 11 ne e in o id is strictly a dramatic work, and, abounding as it , u t jea clot citatives, it is somewhat heavy, and n o thing but t s - e, t ie 0 relieve the long scenes of decla ma ti on . Of "-- oft:4' night's performance, there were many Omissions, sooroth by no means judicious, such as the beautiful song , °f s ties& like youth," and the tenor song of "By Jordan s o fSio swear." We missed, too, the great oratorio scho u ;orb lc o f Hawes in David. There is no singer who can 0 11 ; 01,4.0 vocalist in this style. Miss Dolby sang with su'i dri many of the songs were out of her n a tural reg . ° -d? Rainfort.h and Miss Cubitt sang with great Purity, 0e and Phillips, in Bartleman's celebrated song of 0 . , 00 ; in my bosom," appeared out of hi s na tural eu a r e reltiff choruses were executed with general vigour sn„,,a s iiia particularly " Welcome David, mi g hty King!' in Part 2, which, in fact, is an organ concerto, Ws'''. On °' .1. 14 1 PRISONER KILLED IN APPLEBY GAOL. -- 0 .04 day last, Edward Relph, late of the village of o° 7 ) tosProt with T. Graham, J. Brown, and another, about tf ..bo o ott ago, was committed to Appleby gaol, to hard l a ie, oaf poaching in the preserves of the Earl of L O t s o ttallotf Thornthwaite-hall, in Westmo re l a nd, was , uesda&orei killed by the wheel of the treadmill. On I% A„ - an inquest was held on the b o d y , i n th e gaol, y e _A - 0 . 110 Thompson, Esq., one of the coroners for th! , ist in of Westmoreland. It appeared, from the facts gl` ed, ci f cart SS deuce, that Relph, at the time the accident o e of , or waiting near the mill, for the purpose of going °P e rae si Vi being a person of low stat u r e , hi s h ea d, by solo raf i ct , other„ came in contact with the wheel, which w Ves il revolving at the • time, and fractured his skuw Ole Accidental death. O ft 1 , GENERAL POST- OFFlCE .—Yesterday 10fetter! l - --e D. 7 ° following notice respecting the future transmissi on issu ri or and newspapers to Sydney and Port Philip, " I 'Lter" be' order of the Postmaster-General : -.-o Th e posun, &t ie? t or' ral having now ascertained that an overland Polk, all the tween Sydney, New South Wales, and Port l'iw i PLiv !_kg and newspapers posted hereafter, addressed to . P, , par.t o i towns in the settlement of Port Philip to to Sydney, unless specially marked ' by privat e i „.hee re' ters not so marked will be charged with the P" - :peed Is., &c. Newspapers will be sent free of postage:. id pie' gulation does not apply to letters and n ewspaPe;irefiet t to the other British Colonies in Australia, viz 'no t° men's Land, South Australia, 'West Australis , is Zealand." .n. fil /CP 0 THE DUKE Or LEEDS.—This with °- i r el Io considered to be a spirited rider, has met Nvi. ho will be sentitilyi. pent at Melton Mowbray, in consequence of his once o f 11 , with him, while hunting, from which place he lv l on es o der the Clarendon Hotel, in order to have the ast st reetl, t ba whose care ja ca ri r e e s, lii w s h G ic r h ac w e e n re ow su is p . medical attendant, Mr. M'Cann, of Parliame n ' tn les"- of s deriew fi rs t to ..g ter nature, are going on favourably. ch° llll 7 o6 abode" following specimen of the "s e s igh- 5 0 0 polsVede at t re haPPY be hangs in a conspicuous position in t r l i e hustY, of our fashionable town :—`• Lost 28th Day Ong - foal Winchcombe st a small red merocker Box e °l/ r bag .ve to Ring with Emmeral Set in Diamods. re 4el the same and will Bring it to the cryer's office ' I . t he gineas Reward."— Cheltenham Chronicle, . ient 0 Lord Castlereagh has become Presia_. ' Thames Regatta Club for the forthcoming sea o a f t hee_roi4 ALMACK'S.—The Ladies Patronesses o,:if semblies have determined to commence a s e the 25th ri Vi Easter. The opening . ball is appointed for _i n g-roe, i , tbs. on which day her Majesty is to hold her Draw os cine / e ft) dressdr James's. From there not being any Ain n eenl e llt Ansir l f night, and the influence of the mere nanou than first ball, the attendance is likely to be more Ol e numerous. The Ladies Patronesses remain Pre' S tat e as last year. Tiers ro' thatT THE E e R sub E s v c . rip l% t f io it n . g li ot E u A p p i — o d i efr h ceedings of the action in the Ecclesiastical' L° air Rev. Mr. Head, has been sufficient for the pul!: beeu As i o Bishop of Exeter's legal expenses in the suitn.Jrinosti, till charged ; they were not so heavy as was R eh l. c r i g "' ho is, c l; or further sum raised will go to Mr. Head hims elf, Ida sufferer to the extent of 1,5001. by the s e A ir defray Exeter th prived him of his living. • ed t h dep t thei r e f oi re er tres L s ionrgd intelligence d lli L ge a n di e Fitzroy overland Somerset n a rl e t Chea t -IP • son, Captain Arthur Fitzroy Somerset, ofryenerali:.:!e Guards, Military Secretary to the Govern() the b and Ellenborough, had been severel wo unded este da), m ir —st Pr Maharajpoor. Many inquiries were made Y fire la Or e , the day preceding at Lord Fitzroy's mansion, as coul d l° favourably • Vs t h a or- S st o r m ee e t r , se a t n , d at th t e h a a n d sw at e e r mo•fasthuandiaerstestotoadttitocibeae othr...--atepo, was considered to be going on as ti° pected. t e eti , t. he m ber 0 r a l PUBLIC PETITIONS.—The total nu t o pe si oe (l presented to the House of Commons agaius it to , 3 '„aes , existing corn-laws now amounts altogethertobacce ' 4 " - ti tioa hy 13,249 persons ; for a reduction of the A lter 00 petitions, signed by 5,975 persons ; and for the Poor-law Amendment Act, 3 3 petit ions?. g eed l '4 1,7 perm, T s., '1