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On the receipt by his Right Hon. Friend of this placard, he (Sir James Graham) immediately called the chief officers of the Crown together, and the Lord Chan cellor of Ireland and the Lord Lieutenant were directed at once to proceed to Dublin. In the meantime the second placard had been issued, not altering the cha racter of the meeting in his opinion, but still so modify ing the language in which it was called, as to require from him and the Government every precaution and dis cretion in their acts. The two placards, differing though they did in terms, meant pretty nearly the self-same thing, and in his opinion it was mere quibbling to at tempt to establish any difference between them. He was disposed to treat one as he would the other. But not wishing to be too confident in his own judgment, he im mediately transmitted the second to the Government, to say if there was that substantial difference between the two that the coucoctors of them would wish the public to believe. 'This placard reached the Home-office on Wednesday, the 4th, the day on which the Lord Lieutenant and the Lord Chancellor were to leave Lon don for Dublin. It, of course, required deliberation ; for be (Lord Eliot) should like to know what Honour able Gentleman opposite, what the country at large would have said, if they had issued a proclamation to put down a meeting whose illegality they could not clearly establish?—(Hear, hear.) What would have been said of them to put cavalry, infantry, and artillery into motion, and take possession of ground to hinder a meeting being held which might have been proved con sonant with the law?—(Hear, hear.) This was a point of great nicety, and he felt it - as such; for, as he had be fore said, he had no doubt in his own mind of the intent of both the placards being the same ; still, what he, in these altered circumstances, had to ascertain, was the opinion which the law would attach to the second one. —(Hear, hear.) The Government, however, came to the same conclusion as to „the character of the two placards. They determin that the intention of the meeting was not altered by the issuing of the second placard—that, in their opinion, it was de cidedly illegal. This circumstance detained the Lord- Lieutenant and the Lord Chancellor until Thursday. By the post of Thursday morning Lord de Grey wrote to him to say they would leave by the train that evening, and directed him, on the receipt of his letter, to call a meeting of the chief persons of the Government. Un fortunately, that letter did not reach him (Lord Eliot) until after the disembarkation of Lord de Grey on Fri day morning. A meeting of the principal officers of the Government took place that evening, • and the discre • tionary power which Lord de Grey had been armed with by the Government it was determined should be exercised. Now, it was very easy to say a proclamation could be drawn up in ten minutes, but, in his (Lord Eliot's) opinion, all such documents, to be drawn pro perly and effectually, should be drawn thoughtfully. The proclamation was drawn up, and next morning it was submitted to the Privy Council, but it was nearly twelve o'clock before the members could be got to gether, for the purpose of signing it. It was two before the proclamation was in the printer's hands. The Hon. and Gallant Colonel (Rawdon), in introducing his mo tion, had read several letters, stating the time at which the proclamation was posted in the parts around Dublin, and founding from them an imputation upon the Govern ment. Now, he had two papers in respect to those letters which he wished the House to pay attention to. The whole of the Gallant Colonel's evidence was of a nega tive character. His correspondents did not see the proclamation posted about. Now he had a return from Colonel M'Gregor, the head of the constabulary, and one of the most honourable and able man that ever held office. With this return he had received a map of the _country thirty miles round Dublin, marked with all the principal police stations. The return pointed to the several stations, and stated at what hours the proclama tions arrived, and were spread around the country. At Howth they arrived at seven that evening; at Johns town, a distance of 20 Irish miles, they arrived at the same hour' ; at Bray, at five on the Saturday morning ; at Kildare, a distance of thirty-one miles, before daylight ; at Selbridge, between seven and eight; and so on. In fact, mounted policemen were dispatched to between 60 and 70 stations. Now, Hon. Gentlemen, in making these charges against the Government for delay in the issuing of the proclamation, had invariably kept in the back ground the important fact, that these meetings never took place till the afternoon. The placard ordering out the repeal cavalry did not require them to muster at Clontarf until twelve o'clock. Therefore there was none of the particular inconvenience that was complained of, nor was there danger. Why, he (Lord E.) nas himself there, and could spea of his own knowledge to seeing the pro clamations in the most populous and frequented parts of Dublin. The proclamation was at the Corn Exchange, and was being criticised and taken to pieces there before the hour of three o'clock.—(Hear, hear.) Where was the danger ? Hon: Gentlemen were constantly assert ing that the masses were always unarmed, and the Go vernment had covered the ground at an early hour with cavalry, artillery, and infantry, and had strong bodies besides stationed in every proper place, and was it to be supposed unarmed people would attack them? Govern ment had taken every precaution, and shown the highest humanity.—(llear.) Without disrespect, then, to any one he would assert that it was absurd to say that the people would have taken possession of the ground, or that there was any danger of collision. The Hon. and Gallant Colonel (Rawdon) had said that these meetings were safety-valves, and that people had a right to petition. Now he (Lord Eliot) saw no safety-valves in such meet ings as these ; and he begged to say that for the nine months during which they had been going on, no peti tions whatever to Parliament had been adopted.—(Hear, bear.) It should be remembered, too, that though the Government had no moral doubt of the impropriety and injurious tendency of these meetings, such were not the grounds upon which they could constitutionally act. It was necessary they should have legal proof of their danger to the peace and good order of the country before they would be in a position to put them down, or to pro s,cute the conveners of the meetings with any prospect of success. He believed he might appeal with confidence to the ' Attorney-General for Ireland, whether or not the first proceeding was taken the moment the Government be lieved they had evidence to prosecute the parties with effect. At the time of the Clontarf proclamation there was a strong case, but not such a case as to enable the Government to take the steps they afterwards did take. He would not now diverge into other topics, as there would be other and more fitting occasions for doing so. —(Hear, hear.) He would not go into the other charges • against the Government.—(Hear, hear.) He had con , fined himself strictly to the Clontarf proclamation, and he: could assure the House, notwithstanding all that had been said to the contrary, that there had been no intention on the part of the Government to entrap the people.—(Hear, bear.) He did not believe any danger had occurred to any individual from the issuing of the proclamation ; and under these circumstances, he did not think the House was called upon to express its censure of the- Government in the way asked for by the Hon. and Gallant Member. Mr. SOMERS would support the motion of the Hon. and Gallant Member. He deprecated the course that bad been adopted by the Government towards Ireland. They found, when the present Government came into power, Ireland peaceful and quiet, and what was its condition now ? The acts of the present Government . had alienated the feelings of the people of Ireland from them. - Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD could not allow some of the observations of the Noble Lord to pass unan swered. He had complained of this subject being brought forward at the present moment, after a nine days' Jebate. In his (Mr. S. Crawford's) opinion, the question ;:,ad now been properly raised and properly de bated. The grievances of the people of Ireland ought to be debated over and over again till they were redressed. It was said the meeting at Clontarf was illegal, because the notice stated that the parties were to assemble in a sort of military array. He denied that such a pro . ceeding was illegal, and he did so from precedents that had taken place in Ireland. When the Orange pro cessions took place in Ireland, the party appeared in military array; they carried arms, and shots were fired, and yet these meetings were not deemed ill gal. The Noble Lord said that he did not believe that a single petition had been got up at these meetings—was he in the House yesterday when the Hon. Member for Cork had a pile of them by him?—(Hear, hear.) He would give his decided support to the motion of his- Gallant Friend, and he hoped that other motions would be made on other points of the late proceedings. He hoped that some constitutional lawyer would take notice of the pro ceedings of the Irish Attorney-General, and the insult he offered to the Bench, thereby attacking the liberty of the subject. Mr. E. B. ROCHE would support the motion of his Gallant Friend, on the broad principle that they had not adopted a similar measure towards Ireland in the pre sent case, as they would, under similar circumstances, have adopted towards England. He would not attri bute motives to the Government ; but the effect of their acts was likely to lead to the worst of consequences. The Noble Lord must know that the publication of their proclamation, unless aided by Mr. O'Connell, would have been worth nothing. And all this risk was incurred on account of some gasconade put in the Nation newspaper • by some senseless blockhead. The Right Hon. Baronet must know as well as any man, that there were such blockheads to be found in every party. The Right Hon. Baronet had some brainless blockheads about him —(Laughter.) And what was to be done with them ? They could not reason with them—(Laughter)—and yet they ran the risk &involving the country in a civil war, on account of j a - tolish thing, not done ostensibly, and not acknhwflod • by 'the ' party. He felt that he was •in6i diSe_tissing a question already tolerably, threadliar the same time the importance of the ';was not lessened by their debating it. ' Ito otria - lustre the House that those who were trying to preis.' the Irish question on the attention of that house, and of the people of this country, were just as wearied and disinclined to do it as any person in the world. But 46 felt bound to say that he thought the Hon. and Gallant Officer was quite right in bringing such a question before the House. The question resolved itself into this--that the Government had done in Ireland what, in similat'thrcumstances, they would not venture to do in Englatid.—(Hear.) What ever course a certain body, then agitating the repeal of a certain Act of Parliament might adopt—of this he was convinced, that whatever might be the number of their meetings, they would not attempt to destroy the right of public discussion in England, without, at least, go ing through more of the forms of law t han the y had observed in Ireland.—(Hear.) It was this neglect of Irish questions, and the contemptuous treatment of this • ooantry by the people of England, that made him a firm and - "decided repealer ; and he should continue to be so, as long as he saw in England one measure of justice for Ireland and another for this country. He thought, froin what he saw, that there was but little chance of the people of England forcing the Government to consider this Irish question; and having that convietipn, he had still but one course to ▪ pursue - "; that was, in spite of the threats of • • tile HO% Gentlemen opposite, to continue the agitation i of the question of repeal as long and as ardently as he could, within the bounds and limits of the Constitution. !" --7 r, tr ; er - rfi 7 cr THE StTy, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 1, 1844. ( He hoped that the Right Hon. Gentleman would in future pay some regard to the Constitution, such as it was, in Ireland, and not again step beyond its limits. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the House divided. The numbers were— For the resolution 62 Against it Majority against the resolution COMMONS AND LAND INCLOSURE. Lord WORSLEYrose for the purpose of asking leave to bring in a Bill to inclose commons and land held in common, and in so doing it was not his intention to do any thing which would interfere with the 'rights of the poor. It was his intention that sufficient ground should be left for the recreation of the poor. An erroneous impression had gone abroad with respect to the subject, but his opinion was, that if the management of waste lands were put into the hands of a board properly con stituted, the result would be that the poor would find employment for eight or ten years in break ing up the land and inclosing it, and after this was done, that they would be employed in cultivating it. If this Bill passed, many persons who were out of employment at present, might obtain work. This was not only his opinion, but it was also the opinion of many persons possessed of much experience on the subject. But it might be said, if those lands were ca pable of improvement, why had not parties come to Par liament for power to inclose them? But the fact was that the expenses of obtaining an Act of Parliament for the purpose were so great that no person would be found willing to incur the expense. That was the rea son w'hy they did not apply to Parliament on the sub ject. He had received a letter from a gentleman in Nor folk, stating that 1,713/. 17s. were expended in pro curing an Act to inclose certain waste lands in that county. If there had been a Commission, this might have been done for less than 5001. He had a return showing the amount of waste lands in England and Wales, but it only referred to those places to which the Tithe Commutation extended. The summary of the return showed that out of 6,718,523 acres in England there were 1,358,419 acres common or waste land. In Wales, out of 1,897,502 acres, there were 501,815 acres common or waste land, a great portion of which might, under proper management, be brought under cultivation. He was yesterday in the county of Surrey, where he was told that there were 6,000 acres of waste land. , He did not inean,to say that the whole of this was capable of cultivation, but a great portion of it was. He would not only give fair portions of the waste land to the poor for the purposes of recreati, but also he would give them a right of pasturage. appeared by the evidence given by Mr. Mott before the Committee which sat last session, on theallotments to labourers, that not only was there a vast extent of un inclosed land, but that it also might to some extent be properly cultivated. The Noble Lord then referred to the evidence of Mr. Hibbert, of Yorkshire, on the same point. His opinion was, that great advantage would be derived by the poor from the employment given to them in bringing waste lands under cultivation. If the first expenses were got over persons would be ready to invest capital in cultivating the land. Mr. Mott stated in his evidence that in Lancashire there were 2,000,000 acres of uncultivated land, and he gave an instance of land sup posed to be incapable of producing any crop, which was so cultivated that it was surprising how much it pro duced. He said that if 301. were spent upon bringing an acre into cultivation it would, when improved, be worth 50/. What he proposed was, that there should be Commissioners appointed as Inclosure Commissioners, and that those persons should be the Tithe Commission ers ; but he would have no objection to leave with the Government the appointment of the Commission. He also proposed that if two-thirds of the parties who had an interest in the common land, or the land held in common, should wish to have it inclosed, an Assistant Commissioner should be sent down to inquire into the expediency of it who would take into consideration not only the interests of the landholders, but of the local in terests and the advantages to the neighbours of the land for recreation and other purposes. If he were of opi nion that it would be advantageous to have the land in closed, he should so report to the Commissioners, and the day would then be appointed for holding a meeting, when the claims of the parties would be heard; and after the different claims were heard, a cer tain time and notice would be given to enable the parties to object. He then proposed that if one fourth of those interested objected to the inclosure they should petition the House, and give notice of their intention to the Commissioners, and no proceeding should be taken till six weeks after the House sat. He proposed that the Commissioners should report twice a year, as to the progress they made with regard to en closures ; and the Reports should be laid before Par liament within six weeks after the sitting. of Parliament. He thought that would prevent any hardship being done to the poor. This would give the House the power of taking steps to have the land inclosed, and it would prevent parties from making objections merely for the purposes of delay. He had endeavoured to shape the Bill in such a way, that its provisions would not inter • fere with the rights of the poor; and he endeavoured to have their rights respected, at the same time that it would be for their advantage to have the lands in closed, and also for the advantage of the proprietors. He also proposed, that they should have a certain number of acres left them for recreation. The Bill was nearly like the one which he had introduced last session, but he thought it right to extend it more, because much inconvenience had risen in consequence of power being given by certain general and local Acts, which in some instances were not carried out at all, and in some instances were unfairly carried out. The Noble Lord concluded by moving for leave to bring in a Bill to facilitate the inclosure and improvement of commons and lands helds in common ; the exchange of lands, and the division of intermixed lands ; to provide remedies for the defective or incomplete execution, and for the non-execution of the powers of general and local inclosure Acts, and to provide for the revival of such powers in certain cases. Mr. AGLIONBY seconded the motion. Colonel SIBTHORP regretted that he should con sider it his duty to oppose this Bill from the outset. He had great respect for the Noble Lord's desire to support the agricultural interest of the county of Lincoln, and of the country generally, but when he looked at this Bill, containing 140 clauses, which would affect the country in a spirit of innovation, he must offer it his most strenuous opposition. At the present day there was a dangerous tendency to adopt innovations, such as railroads—(A laugh)—and there was the Reform Bill, which was an innovation that nearly revolution ised the country. One of his main objections to this Bill was, that it was of too general a nature, in his opinion, however highly .he might think of the character and motives of the Noble Lord, to be brought in by any in dividual Member of that House. He (Colonel Sibthorp) was as willing as any one to make sacrifices for the good of the country, and even if he thought railroads advan tageous to its welfare he would support their construc tion. But this was not a measure that would benefit the country. Why not, he asked, let her Majesty's Govern ment, with all their liberality for the people introduce a measure of this kind ? He, as well as other Honourable Gentlemen, felt for the poor, and therefore it was he opposed this Bill. For why should they deprive them of those .commons where they enjoyed inno• cent pastimes and open air ? He also objected to the measure on the score of its calling into existence a host of Commissioners and clerks, and thus furnishing grounds for a system of jobbing. The Noble Lord might say, why not allow the Bill to be in troduced and read a first and second time, and that then, in Committee, its provisions might be well and fully considered? But he (Colonel Sibthorp) had sufficient experience to know the evil of introducing an injurious measure of that sort. Vires acquirit eundo. Many a wicked man, if hanged in time, would have been saved the commission of many crimes.—(Laughter.) He should certainly oppose the motion. Mr. TRELAWNY supported the motion. He stated, however, that he did so in the hope that a pro vision might be introduced in a future stage of its pro gress, which would secure to the poor all the rights which they possessed, and leave them sufficient land to enjoy themselves.—(Hear, hear.) Lord J. MANNERS also supported the motion, re serving to himself the right of opposing the Bill in its future progress, if the equitable rights of the poor should not be secured to them.—(Hear.) Mr. S. CRAWFORD said he felt himself called upon to oppose the introduction of the Bill. From the ex planation of the Noble Lord it appeared that the Bill did not essentially differ from the Bill of last year.—(Hear.) He (Mr. S. Crawford) was of opinion that no lands should be inclosed without provision being made for affording allotments for the labouring classes. He thought that was a most essential element in their pros perity.—(Hear.) The recommendation of the Allotment Committee was not to be disregarded. It was contained in these words :=" The Committee recommend that in any general, or even private Inclosure Bill, which may hereafter pass into a law, facilities should be given for guarding allotments." The Committee also stated that the allotment system had proved a powerful means of improving the condition of the agricultural and manu facturing population; while in many cases it had been the means . of reclaiming criminals and reforming the dissolute. They ought not to consent to the inclosure o sianu f ntffid a r n : y idtehun l oc a tuel n yg d hka without considering whether this object was viewforLboyrt Lord this said pdframe rs urpurpose swe o uolfd rathert agreeh e thantßill;o et PhteNoble clause in lose his Bill, it was sufficiently evident that he was not favourable to the insertion of such provisions. With regard to play-grounds for the working-classes, he (Mr. S. Crawford) despised the idea. If they gave the working classes - allotments of land, they would care little about play-grounds. They would then be provided with pleasing occupation when discharged from the labours of the day, and at the same time they would be relieved from the necessity of applying to the parish for relief when deprived of employment. Considering, therefore, that the great object which ought to be kept in view was not contemplated by the Noble Lord ; and, considering that every Inclosure Bill which had passed that House had given a monopoly of the rights of the poor to the rich, he should oppose the Bill until he •should be convinced that full provision had been made in it for securing to the poor generally those advantages to which they were justly entitled.—(Hear, hear.) Sir CHARLES BURRELLL said it appeared to him that, according to the laws of England, no one had a right to take from one man the rights which he pos sessed, and give them to another. But he thought that the present Bill would be beneficial to the poor them selves. The cultivation of waste lands would afford em- ployment to numbers and be beneficial to the coii;itry at large. He thought that in times when they were called upon to repeal the corn-law, on the ground that the sup ply of wheat was at present insufficient, every facility should be given for carrying out the objects of. the Noble Lord.—(Hear, hear.) He should certainly vote for the introduction of the Bill. Mr. BRIGHT said that he looked upon this Bill with considerable suspicion, which was not diminished by the circumstance that it extended to 144 clauses ; but on the ground that Hon. Members should have an opportunity of examining its provisions, he should support the mo tion of the Noble Lord. He had been much pleased to hear the allusion of the Hon. Baronet, the Member for Sussex, to that great constitutional principle, that no man's property should be taken from him, and given to another. He trusted that at a subsequent period of the session, when the proprietorship of land was the subject of discussion, the Hon. Baronet would keep that princi ple in view. Colonel SIBTHORP withdrew his opposition to the motion. Leave was then given to bring in the Bill. At a subsequent period of the evening Lord WORS LEY brought in the Bill, which was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Wednesday week. PRISON DISCIPLINE (SCOTLAND). The LORD ADVOCATE moved for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the law with respect to prisons and prison discipline in Scotland. lie stated that previous to 1839 the laws of Scotland relating to prisons and pri son discipline had been very unsatisfactory. The prisons were not fit for the reception of any human beings, and there was no sufficient security for the safe custody of the prisoners. The expense, both of erecting and main taining the prisons, fell exclusively upon the Royal burghs, and the consequence was that very inadequate 1 provision was made. In 1839, a statute passed, to im prove the then existing state of the law. That statute had been in operation ever since, and it had caused a great improvement in the discipline of prisons. There was a general Board in Edinburgh, for the manage ment of prisons, and they reported annually on the subject. Their reports were most valuable documents. They showed that the new system had in general worked admirably ; but, of course, some defects had been found in it, and to remedy those defects was the object of the Bill. The report of last year stated that the system had been in operation four years, and that experience had proved the soundness of the system upon which it was founded, at the same time some imperfec tions might be pointed out. A Bill had been introduced last session to remedy those inconveniences, and for af fording additional facilities for• improving the manage ment of prisons. The measure which he was about to propose was essentially similar to the measure of last year, and its objects were to remedy those imperfec tions and to afford those facilities. He would not weary the House with details, but would content himself with alluding to two points. Since 1839 there had been a new census, and as the contribution of each district towards the expense of maintaining these prisons was regulated by y the amount of population, it was necessary to have an enactment authorising the authorities to take the last census as the basis for the assessment. It was also ne cessary to remedy some imperfections in the plan at pre sent used for the transmission of prisoners. The Bill, therefore, contained provisions for the better removal of prisoners. The Bill was, in fact, the same as the Bill of last year, with some few alterations. Mr. WALLACE would not propose the amendment of which he had given notice. He had now on the paper a notice for the appointment of a Committee to inquire into the subject, and he thought that would be a more convenient time for discussing the subject of prison dis cipline in Scotland than the present. He should not, therefore, oppose the motion of the Learned Lord Advo cate. He believed the system of prison discipline had been greatly improved in Scotland since 1839. The motion was then agreed to, and the Bill was brought in. and read a first time. AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS. Mr. M. GIBSON postponed to that day fortnight the motion of which he had given notice for this evening on the subject of agricultural statistics. The remaining Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House attourned at a Quarter before Eleven o'Clock. LIVERPOOL GRAND STEEPLE CHASE. (FROM OUR TURF CORRESPONDENT.) WEDNESDAY Nrcntr.—The disappearance of the frost, and the favourable state of the weather, this morning, sue ceeeding to several hours of heavy rain, removed all appre hensions of a postponement, and enables us to state, not only that there was an excellent show of company, but that the gratification afforded by two very sporting races was un alloyed by accident, wrangle, or mismanagement ; still, in speaking of the numbers present, we are forced to admit that the variable state of the weather in the early part of the week prevented hundreds from the metropolis and other distant localities from risking an expensive, fatiguing, and, it might be, bootless journey, and that the assemblage in consequence was somewhat below the average. We men tion this with regret, from a knowledge that the lessee's heavy responsibilities in the shape of rent, money given to be run for, and incidentals, must of necessity make any falling ofl a matter of serious anxiety. The start for the principal event was fixed in the cards at two o'clock, but as the precision observed at the legitimate races is not looked for in sports of this description, it was nearly three before the horses were in the starting field. Until the stated period for starting the weather had been favourable ; the sky then became over cast, and just before the race commenced the rain set in, accompanied by a mist, that rendered it next to impossible to distinguish the colours of the riders a quarter of a mile from the stand. For this reason we shall make no apology for confining ourselves to and official return of the starters and their riders, and a brief general " idea" of the manner in which the race commenced, progressed, and terminated. Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft, with 100 added, the second saves his stake. (41 subs., 19 declared.) Mr. Quartermaine's Discount, 10it 121 b (Crickmere 1 Mr. S. Crawfurd's The Returned, 12st (Scott 2 Sir T. H. Goodrick nd Tom Tug, lOst 71b (Rockley 3 Lord Maidstone's Ccesar, flit 101 b (Barker 4 The following also ran :—Mr. Ekins' Peter Simple, 12st 121 b (Frisby) ; Mr. Millbank's Robinson, 12st 71b (Parker) ; Lord Maidstone's Wiverton, 12st 41b (Oli ver) ; Mr. W. Scott's Heslington, 12st (Mr. W. Benett) ; Lord E. Russell's Lather, I Ist 2lb (Ball) ; Sir J. Gerard's Louis Philippe, list (Cowell) ; W. Hollinshead's Little Peter, lOst 121 b (Day) ; Mr. Moore's Nimrod, lOst 101 b (A. M‘Donough) ,• Lord Sefton nd. Ma rengo, lOst 101 b (Brotherton) ; Mr. Kennedy's Teetotaller, lOst 71b (Sharkey); Lord G. Bentinck nd. the Romp, lOst 71b (Byron) ; and Sir W. M. Stanley nd. Charity, 10st 71b (Powell). Betting-5 to 1 agst Marengo, sto 1 agst Discount, Bto 1 agst Heslington, 8 to 1 agst Wiverton, 12 to 1 agst Charity, 14 to 1 agst Robinson, 14 to 1 agst Nimrod, 15 to 1 agst The Returned, 20 to 1 agst Louis Philippe, and 25 to 1 agst the Romp. No sooner were they all fairly off, than Tom Tug, emerging from the crowd, took the lead at a middling pace, attended by The Romp, The Returned, Lather, and, after the first three or four fields, Discount, Heslington, Wiverton, Caesar, and a ruck of horses lying up. Except that Peter Simple found his way into a ditch, nothing occurred to give variety to the race until they reached the hurdle fence that inter sected the line a few strides below the artificial water jump. It was taken first by Tom Tug, followed by The Romp, at the next moment by The Returned, and afterwards, in quick succession, by Lather, Heslington, Discount, &c. ; in nearly the same order was •the Water cleared, without a mistake, except The Romp, who fell oil her knees, but recovered her self in an instant, arid without losing her place. Tom Tug went on with the running to about the fourth fence, which he refused, and The'Returned was left in advance. Toni, however, speedily resuated his position, and was first in the throng up to the lane; here he was joined by The Returned, The Romp, and Cesar, and the four raced together nearly abreast along the lower end of the course. Discount, who had waited on them, then drew upon them, and getting up inside as they entered the straight running, passed them one by one, was ahead at the distance, and, improving his advantage every stride, passed the winning chair at least 20 lengths in ad vance. The Returned headed Tom Tug at the distance, and beat him for second by about a length and a half. Caesar was six lengths behind, and was placed fourth ; Lather was fifth, Marengo and The Romp next, but all beaten off a long way Most of the others were pulled up some distance from home. Charity fell after jumping the water, and Lather broke down near the end. ' These, and Peter Simple's mistake at the ditch, were the only casualties. We s;.iould state, in conclu sion, that the ground run over was precisely the same as last year, with the exception of the walls, for which a hurdle jump was substituted ; and that the rain en Tuesday night had made it very heavy. The Champion Hurdle Race Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each with 50 added ; the second saved his stake. Two miles. (11 subs.) Mr. Raworth's Chance, aged (Bradley) 1 Mr. W. Scott's Heslington, 6 yrs (Oliver) 2 Mr. Milbank's Robinson, aged (Parker) 3 The following were not placed :—Mr. Dauber na Baronet, 5 yrs (Thomas) ; Mr. Ekins' Peter Simple, aged (Frisby) ; and Mr. J. G. Watson's Mudlark (Brotherton). Betting— Even on Chance ; 5 to 2 agst Heslington ; and 4 to 1 agst Robinson. Peter Simple made all the running to the last hurdle but one, at which he was passed by Heslington and 'Chance, the horse leading; the mare, however, was well in hand, collared him at the last jump, made him safe at the Stand, and won cleverly. Baronet and Mudlark were beaten off several lengths, Match, 300, h ft, Lord Maidstone's Wiverton received 1201. from Hon. S. Herbert's Arctic. Amongst the company present were the Earl and Countess of Sefton, Lord De Tably, Earl and Countess of Eglintoun, Lord and Lady Craven, Lady C. Townelev, Lord Curzon, Lords Macdonald, Maidstone, Cosmo Russell ; Sir G. Hous ton ; Honourables Stanley Fitzroy, F. Craven, Captain Stan ley ; Sir W. M. Stanley; Sir R. Brooke, Sir H. Brownrigg, Sir F. Bathurst ; Messrs. Payne, Errington, J. Stanley, Mill banke, F. A. Millbanke, Bagge, A. Graham, J. Bell, J. White, Mare, Heywood, Blackburn, &c. &c. The Waterloo and most of the principal hotels are full ; but time will not admit of our giving a list of their visitors. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—Certainly, the party in power are curiously chequered in ecclesiastical policy. On the one hand, they have a Stanley, a Graham, and (facilis descensus) Perceval directly charging, or indirectly insinuating perjury on the part of those Roman Catholics who show any disposition to help the Anti-Ascendancy Pro testants in their efforts to " subvert tae present Church Establishment, as settled by law within this realm," and " disturb or weaken the Protestant religion or Protestant Government of the United kingdom." On the other hand, they have the Monckton Milnes, John Manners, Smythes, and the rest of those tasteful Young Eng landers, who have " softened and elevated" their minds of late years by a sort of steeple-chase throughout Roman Catholic Europe, and are striving, sub rosu, to smuggle those ultra-montane doctrines into old England, which si milar geniuses, on thrones and off them, have been seeking, likewise, to revive on the Continent. Lord J. Manners thinks that if we had only an ambassador at the Papal Court, and free trade with Italy—not in corn, but in monks and nuns—there would be no risk of riots in Birmingham and Manchester. How he accounts for popular tumults and military precautions lately in Rome, we are not informed. Mr. Milnes thinks we should " soften and elevate"—by paying—the Irish priests. And we are credibly informed that one or more of the Cardinals of Rome have almost daily correspondents from Oxford. Thus we have one section of the Tory party strenuously repelling, and the other strenu ously promoting Romish agencies on our institu tions. And both these sections of this most united party profess themselves to be pulling these oppo site ways equally' out of pure love of the Church. What is it possible for plain men to make out of these opposite bents of Tory Churchmen ? The one set of them tend to reunion with Rome ; the other to war with Ireland. Each of them, as it appears to us, though by opposite routes, would travel towards re storing undivided ecclesiastical dominion over the spirits of men. The exclusive Protestant aims at this by main taining for Protestantism an universally marked as cendancy. The Churchman of the new Oxford school aims at it by edging towards Rome; to show her prestige and traditions. This is the party which has sought avowedly to un-Protestantise the National Church, and to which the payment of the Irish priesthood seems naturally only a sort of Church Extension. If Sir Ro bert Inglis thought as Mr. Milnes does of the Romish Church, he would consider his plan to subsidise it simply as carrying out his Church Extension views. Now zealous men of either school may rejoice in prospects of union in the Church, either by Protestant absorp tion of Roman Catholicism, or Protestant assimilation with it. We rejoice, for our part, to think that neither the one nor the other is possible by tlir me thods. Of ,course we hope for the ultimate triumph of truth ; and we have our own views of truth. But we deprecate the triumph of an undivided ecclesia tical power—and that is the triumph which Ascendancy Protestants on the one hand—Romanising Oxonians on the other—would achieve. We deprecate all assistance by the secular power to the ascendancy of any Church. A Church which is that of the majority of a people will naturally receive that treatment from its representatives which the feelings of that majority dictate. But we consider it a political advantage (we speak of no other here) that the several divisions of an empire should not belong to one Church. There is the less risk of success to that everlasting ambition of Churchmen to dictate the whole direction of mental training, of moral inquiry, and thence, in the end, of social and :political institutions. Two Churches are better than one ; three better than two ;—spaaking po litically. We are latitudinarian enough to think none of them may monopolise true religion ; and we 'are very sure that to aid one of them to monopolise establishment is no true policy. Such is the source of our alienation from an Anglican Church -ascendancy in Ireland. We rejoice that the Scotch wrenched it from our hands ; and we wish the Irish had done so three centuries back. But when Churchmen of the peculiar colour of Young England adopt the plan of State payment of the Irish Catholic clergy, we are forced to ask ourselves— Is not this tending by an opposite way from Sir Robert Inglis to the renewed ascendancy of one Church ? It is certain that the tendency is that way in. the minds of our Romanising Churchmen. Now, although we do not think there is much danger of their getting the upper hand, and establishing their mode of interpreting the Thirty-nine Articles into consistency "with the decrees of the Council of Trent," still, we must say distinctly, that 'the very motives which draw them near Rome, keep us farther from it. We should look upon what they would call the renewed union, and what we should call the re vived centralisation of the Church, as the greatest of all evils. We look on its existing outward divisions as the greatest of all benefits. Whatever course we would take, therefore (we make no pretension to unerring in sight in the matter), we should take from exactly oppo site motives to those which dictate the exactly opposite courses of old and new Oxford Divine-politicians. STANDARD.—" What is the League about ?" asks a Contemporary. Why " the League is about many things," we may answer. The League is holding meetings with closed doors in the manufacturing districts, where it has been long known—and handing over to policemen and gaolers all intruders on its privacy. In the rural districts, which it has but lately honoured with its acquaintance, it is getting handsomely beaten, and its,,esaissaries getting all but horse-ponded, as the other day at Thirsk ' • and in the metropolis, it is delighting to hon Our " Mr. Daniel O'Connell," the great father of the science" of " rent robbery," which it prosecutes with so great success. On the 12th prox. Mr. O'Connell is to be entertained at a dinner at Covent-garden Theatre, to which dinner the Leaguers will, of course, be the prin cipal contributors ; but surely this cannot be all that it is proposed to bestow upon poor old date ololum in the clay of his distress. A dinner, even a fortnight off, is a good thing, and it is on many accounts convenient to the aged mendicant to have an excuse for remaining in Lon don. In Ireland he must attend the Repeal Associa tion meetings, and, perhaps, say things that it would be inconvenient to have remembered on the 15th of April; besides, who knows? His bail is at present com paratively light, and the Folkestone Railway places Lon don within five or six hours of the French coast. There is a great probability that the collection of rents of all kinds approaches its end, and why should a patriot give his presences for nothing to an ungrate ful country, or place himself under the obligation of being strongly lodged at its expense ? These , are all advantages which Mr. O'Connell derives from the politeness of the Leaguers' promise of a dinner — an excuse for not attending the Association and an apology for fixin g himself within a five or six hours' run for the Continent ; but this is not all that the Leaguers ought to do for their old friend; why, even in the trifling business of the Factory Bill, he had 1,0001. from them for only changing sides—will. they do nothing for him now that he has almost given them the opportunity of a rebellion —to fish in the troubled waters? " What is the League about?" We never expected to rattle Mr. O'Connell's begging-box, but the shameful neglect of "the League " forces us to do so. TIMES.—Sir R. Peel is unrivalled at dropping facts into their right places. But it must be confessed that even he s° of m l e re ti l m an e d was an instance s, drops xe success in this de partment of political art. On Tuesday night he was not so them wrong. of unmixed His late speech on the state happy : he dropped his fact, to our taste, singularly awry. Mr. Turner, apropos, we presume, of the late unfortunate misdemeanour of the Iris h Attorney-General, begged to know isaPbeleeL in disclaiming any such inten tion,to take credit f or h av i ng re f use d whether it was the inte ntion of her Majesty's Government "to bring in a Bill fur th e more effectual prevention of duelling?"thaaa andthought it Sir d R v the usual pension to the widow of the unfortunate Colonel Fawcett. Sir Robert Peel does not often utter what is emi nently and completely ill-judged. But this, we think, is the least that can be said of his answer to Mr. Turner. "If the practice still existed," he said, and truly, "it was not from any defect in the law, and her Majesty's Government doubted whether any good object could be promoted by altering the law." We agree with him. The law is as severe as need be. To change it, even for the better, would not touch the root of the evil. The " leges sine moribus" are just what we have already. It is the feeling of society itself which has to be changed. Society has to learn that patience and forbearance are not mortal sins ; and we hope, with Sir Robert Peel, that society is learning this, and is beginning to re - zognize its own guilt and absurdity in attempting to en force upon all its members that foolish mimicry of ven geance involved in the " code of honour." " Duelling," he told the House, "was fast declining—the feeling of society was against the practice,-and would, therefore, produce a salutary effect." So far, so good. But the great Parliamen tary speaker—the watchful politician—could not be content with disposing of the question. He could not resist claim ing for Government the credit of moving along with the public feeling. " Her Majesty's Government had availed themselves of an opportunity during the recess of exercising their influence and authority in discouraging the practice as far as they could." Colonel Fawcett, he told the House, "was a man of great military reputation, and had distin guished himself in the service of his country. Ho was un fortunately killed in a duel ; and when his widow applied for that pension to which she would have been entitled had he lost his life in any other way than by the hand of his adver sary, her Majesty's Government felt themselves compelled to refuse to grant that pension. • • . . The widow of the deceased officer having been refused the pension, and the survivor superseded, he thought her Majesty's Govern ment had sufficiently evinced their willingness to exercise their legitimate power and influence against the practice of duelling. We are very far from wishing to revive a clamour against the Irish Attorney-General—still less to excuse the most unhappy affair in which Colonel Fawcett lost his life. We have spoken our minds on both cases, and abide by what we have said. But the merit of Government in this exer tion "of their legitimate power and influence" should really be illustrated by a comparison of these two cases. Mr. Smith, smarting, we allow, under a series of most ungenerous insults, but still, it must be remembered, engaged in the very act of solemnly vindicating the law by a Government prosecution of the deepest moment—himself a lawyer, and almost in the face of the Judges of the country—with everything around him to deter, and nothing beyond the mere sense of insult to force him upon such an act—flies in the face of every kind of law, moral and political, human and divine, by challenging the lawyer who has affronted him. What is the result ? . Mr. Smith's ability, integrity, firmness, knowledge of his work, and, finally, Mr. Smith's present success, and promise of future service, give him a claim on the defence of Lis party. Ministers made a brilliant and generous apology for his "indecorum." Tables are turned. He appears him self amidst the cheers of the Ministerial benches, lays before the llouse a manly exposition of his conduct and expression of regret for his misdemeanour, and sits down, not only un censured by those whose praise he courts, but triumphant-- absolved, by the " prolonged applause" of the House, " Non solbm culpi, verum, opprobrio quoque culpte"— and rather advanced than impeded on his road to the Chief Justiceship. We do not mention this to complain of it. .But let us look at the parallel case. An officer who has also, Sir Robert P eel sa y s, "distinguished himself in the service of his country," is challenged. If lie does not fight, he will lose caste in his profession—nay, lie will be lucky if he be not publicly disgraced by the formal decision of a military tribunal. The last West Indian mail brought home news Of a court-martial held upon an officer of the English artillery, against whom one of the charges was, that he had omitted to "take notice of insulting language." This " distinguished officer" then went out—whether he in tended or attempted to take the life of - his adversary, we ANOTHER. ACCOUNT. WEDNESDAY EVENING.—fhis crack affair came off to-day as fixed, at Aintree, and attracted, as usual, a very large concourse of spectators. The day was fine in the morning, but by the time the majority of the spectators had assembled, and just previous to the race, it began to rain heavily, but again cleared up before the race was ever. The race, as our sporting readers are aware, was for a Sweepstakes of 20 sove. each, 10 forfeit, with 100 added, and was run over four miles of ground which, from the very small number of falls and other mishaps, did not appear to have been of a very difficult nature. The ground was very heavy, owing to the late rains, but the pace throughout was capital ; the whole distance, we believe, being done under sixteen minutes. Sixteen horses started and the race was won by Mr. Quartermaine's Discount (Crickmere), beating The Returned (2d), Tom Tug (3d), Caesar (4th), and the following not placed :—Peter Simple, Robinson, Wiverton, Heslington, Lather, Louis Philippe, Little Peter, Nimrod, Marengo, Teetotnm, The Romp, and Charity.' Tom Tug took the lead, closely followed by Discount, The Romp, The Returned, with the " ruck," close at their heels. Tom Tug stumbled at the first fence, but immediately re sumed his lead, and went on. with the running at a capital pace, to the artificial brook opposite the Grand Stand (about fourteen feet wide), when Discount t oo k th e secon d pl ace from The Returned, with Marengo, The Romp, and two or three others well up, This order was continued to the great water jump, near the canal (the second time round), where Marengo went to the front. At the next fence Peter Simple fell, and Heslington, following in his track, jumped over him, and shortly afterwards gave up in toto. Marengo con tinued his lead till entering the course out of the lane, when Discount and Tom Tug passed him, the former leading. The Returned, The Romp, and Caesar came next, and to this lot the race was left. The latter died away on entering the straight running, where Discount took a decided l ea d, an d The Returned allenged Toni Tug. Discount retained his lead to the end, and won very easily by ten lengths, The Returned beating Tom Tug for the second place, after a capi bßuotmalpl, b a e n a d te ß n i o a fE rengo, were the next gt w o o n n , by Mr. Raworth's ntaalxrta th r e . a L a a ft t e h r e r c , je T 3a h r e , Robinson, Peter Ch T a h n e cer Ch ( a ß m ra t e n y) H , ü b rd e l a e tin ß g ace H w es a ii s n Simple, Baronet, and Mudlark. cannot know, for he fell at the first fire. Guilty as his act was, ►of " Dinn v. Dinn and another,' nearly the wisoli of winch no one can say he went unpunished. As far as he was con- consisted of proof of acts of ownership exercised by the de cemed, justice might be thought to have been even too ' fendants over a slip of ground nine feet wide, alongside a sadly, too grievously, satisfied. But here, what is the re- watercourse, but it also involved the right to the unrestricted suit'? The Government, which has just got off its lawyer, use of the water which supplied a large cotton factory of the Mr. Smith, comes forward ostentatiously to state, [that it has ' defendants, called the Denton Holme-mill. had the virtue to inflict an additional penalty on a woman The details were as uninteresting as such cases usually who, if she has erred at all in this matter (which there is no are, depending as they do upon the evidence of a multitude reason to suppose), has incurred at least a sufficient punish- of witnesses to a few facts of the same kind, rather than upon meat in the death of her Husband by the hand of her bro- a variety of incidents. ther-in-law. It is not on the seconds, who are, we believe, Mr. Watson, Mr. P. Thompson, and Mr. Hill were the still in her Majesty's army, that this righteous vengeance counsel for the plaintiff; and Mr. Knowles, Mr. Temple, and falls—scarcely on the principal criminal, who has virtually Mr. Unthank for the defendants. . . _ withdrawnhimself froni the service—but signally and directly on the widow of a man whose crime is this—that he allowed himself to be made a sacrifice to a false professional sense of honour, to which obedience is not only encouraged, but en forced, under pain of ruin, by the Commander-in-Chief's office, for the working of which that Government is respOn sible. It is actually the same authority with a different face which disgraces the officer if he will not fight, and fines his widow if he happens to fall. And for this Sir Robert Peel praises himself and his colleagues on the score of stern mora lity. We really wonder he did not proceed to eulogise it on the plea of economy. After summing up the jury shortly returned a verdict for the defendants. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. CLERKENWELL. Eight wretched looking creatures, some of them dressed in theatrical costume, were brought before the Magistrate, charged with being in an unlicensed theatre in Cumberland-row, St. Pancras. George and Mary Boulton, two of the prisoners, styled themselve come dians, the other members of the corps dramatique were costermongers and sweeps. Four separate batches, comprising in all seventy per sons of both sexes, the audience in Cumberland-row on the previous night, were charged with having been in an unlicensed theatre without lawful purpose. Many of the prisoners were recognised as convicted thieves, the greater number of them were sweeps and costermongers, and dust gatherers, and all, except three, were under the age of twenty years. Mr. GREENWOOD said it was no wonder there should be so much wickedness in the metropolis, when there were such schools of vice as that in Cumberland-row. The Magistrate then discharged all the prisoners with a caution, except Mary Davis, an elderly woman, who brought her two daughters to the play. She was fined2s. The puppets and paraphernalia of the theatre were detained by the police, and Mr. Macey intimated that he would issue a summons against the proprietor of the theatre. LAW INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE . OF LORDS, Feb. 29. The House sat to- day to hear appeals. The Peers present were, Lord Brougham, Lord Cottenham , Lord Abinger, and Lord Campbell. BYRON V. COOPER. Their Lordships were occupied the whole day with the arguments in this case, which came before the Court upon appeal from the decision of the Court of Exchequer. The question in the case related to the tithes of a parish in Lir►- colnshire. The Solicitor-General, Mr. Bethel], and Mr. Bacon, ap peared for the appellants; Mr. Simpkiuson and Mr. Ander don for the respondents. The case appears likely to occupy two or three days in argument. COURT OF CHANCERY, Feb. 29. CLURIN HOSPITAL V. EARL POWIS.-THE ATTORNRT-GE?iE- RAL V. The case came before the Court upon appeal from the deci sion of Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce. The Attorney-General, Mr. H. Twiss, and Mr. Wray, ap peared for the Crown ; Mr. L. Wigram and Mr. Lloyd for the noble respondent. The question in the case relates to a charity called the Clurin Hospital, founded so far back as the reign of James the First, by the then Earl .of Northampton. In the year 1837 this charity was certified, by the Charity Commissioners, to the Attorney-General, the effect of that • certificate being to make the Attorney-General competent to file an informa tion without a relator, and to institute proceedings for the regulation of the charity. In the month of July, 1840, a bill was filed by the warden and poor men of the hospital, against the Earl of Powis and the Attorney-General, praying that the accounts of the charity might be taken, and that a scheme might be approved for the future regulation of the charity. Subsequently, and without any knowledge of the filing of the bill, the Attorney-General filed an information against Earl Powis having the same object in view as the bill, and to that information no answer was put in till a decree was obtained from the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce in the suit filed by the warden and poor men of the hospital, and it was not until that decree was about to be passed that the Attor ney-General became aware that a bill had been filed. Upon this discovery he submitted to the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce that no decree for a scheme for the future management of a charity could be made in any case except where the Attorney-General was plaintiff. The Vice-Chancellor over ruled this objection, and from that decision the present ap peal was brought. After some short discussion, it was arranged that the case should stand over, to see if some arrangement could not be come to by the parties. SHERIFFS' COURT, Feb. 29. (Before Mr. Sheriff KENNEDY and a Common Jury.) WILLIS V. MALTBY. Mr. Thomas appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Lock for the defendant. This was an action to recover 41. ls. 2d., for work and labour, under these circtunstances The plaintiff, a cook, entered the service of the defendant, a gentleman residing at Brixton, on the 12th of August, 1843, on an understanding that she was to receive 151. a-year for her services. She quitted his service on the 7th of October, having been dismissed for alleged misconduct. The action, therefore, was for a month's wages, and for board wages. during that period. The plaintiff did not continue in the service of the defendant during the month, but contended, that by established usage, she was fully entitled to a mouth's warning, or a month's pay. ➢foreover, the case being ag gravated on the part of the defendant, he having given her in charge of a policeman, for creating a disburbance in his house, and on a trumpery charge of throwing some potatoes into the dust-bin. On reaching the station-house, he did not, however, prefer any charge against her. One pound, seven shillings, had been paid into Court. Mr. Locx for the defendant said, that the only parties who would derive any benefit from this action, should it be decided in favour of the plaintiff, would be the plaintiff's solicitor and his Learned Friend. The action was brought in the Queen's Bench in order to in crease the costs and to put the defendant to as much annoy ance as possible. It ought to have been tried at a Court of Requests or before a magistrate—in either case, the expense being trifling and such disputes as the one before the Court amicably settled. He contended that the plaintiff was a bad servant, that she behaved improperly and violently, and that the defendant was perfectly justified in abruptly. dismissing her. He also contended that the 11. 7s. which had been paid into Court was amply sufficient to compensate the plaintiff. Verdict for the plaintiff, damages 41. is. 2d. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Feb. 29. rc nu STEPHEN CROKER. In this matter the insolvent had been previously in this Court before the Learned Chief Commissioner, when it was ad journed in order to enable the insolvent to come to some arrangement with his creditors, and also to pay a certain sum of money into Court. He appeared now in Court, and stated his inability to com ply with the stipulations which he had proposed at his last hearing. " Mr. - Commissioner POLLOCK then read the judgment of the Learned Chief Commissioner, by which the insolvent was remanded for a period of eight months from the date of his vesting order, for fraudulently making away with property, to the detriment of his creditors. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT.--Hertford, Feb. 29. The Commission of. Assize for the county othertford, was opened on Wednesday, by Mr. Baron Alderson. Owing to the Special Winter Commission of Assize not having been extended to this county, the number of pri soners for trial is somewhat larger than usual, there being upwards of thirty on the calendar ; and some of the offences charged against them are of a serious de scription. On the civil side thirteen causes are entered, two of which are special juries, one of them involving a question of right of way being expected to last a con siderable time. Lord Chief Justice Penman sat in the civil side this morning at ten o'clock, and Mr. Baron Alderson pre sided in the Crown Court. Mr. Baron ALDERSON, on charging the Grand Jury, took occasion to allude to a charge against a clergyman named Blogden, residing near St. Alban's, of having feloniously shot at one of the county constabulary and wounded him with a gun, under rather singular circum stances. The case was not in the calendar, the defen dant being out on bail, but as the depositions in the case had been returned to the Court, he felt it necessary to address some observations to the Grand Jury respecting it. It appeared that some alarm had been created in the neighbOurhood where the defendant resided : and, at a late hour of the night, being disturbed, he got up, and discharged the gun out of his window, and thereby wounded the constable. His Lordship, in remarking upon the case, observed that it would appear that the gun had been fired at random out of the window ; and if this should turn out to be the case when the witnesses were examined, he thought the Grand Jury would not be justified in 'finding the bill, for before the present charge could be sustained, it must be proved that the ac cus, d party intended to shoot at some one. He, at the same time, observed, that a person was not justi fied in shooting at a thief, but he was bound to use all reasonable means to capture him before he re sorted to such a violent proceeding, and it was only in case every other means failed that a party might be jus tified in adopting the proceeding of discharging a loaded fire arm at another. Pelham Fos, 31, Joseph Shaw, 26, and William Ald ridge, 35, boatmen, were charged with a felonious assault upon Anne Reynolds; and Janies Cowdry, 22, also a boatman, was charged with aiding and assisting the other prisoners to commit the offence. The - case was clearly proved against the prisoners, and they were sentenced to be transported for life. George Hill, 34, a post-boy, was indicted for stealing a brooch, value 30/., the property of Charles Alexander Wood, Esq. Mr. Ballantine defended the prisoner. It appeared from the evidence that on the 16th Jan., the prosecutor, with his lady, went to visit Mr. Gaussen, of Brookman's-park, near Barnet, and the prisoner was the post-boy engaged to take them home at night. The brooch in question, which was of considerable value, was believed to be safe upon the dress of Mrs. Wood when she left Mr. Gaussen's, but upon her arriving at her re sidence in Hyde-park-gardens it was missed, and Mr. Wood, in the prisoner's hearing, directed a search to be made in the carriage, but it could not be f oun d. A f ew days after this, the prisoner went to a watchmaker at Barnet and produced the brooch in question, stating that he had found it; and wished to know the value; and, believing that it was only made of some base metal, the watchmaker told him it was not worth more than twelve shillings. The prisoner subsequently went to a pawn broker at Barnet, named. Thimbleby, and offered to pledge the brooch ; at the same time also telling him that he had found it in London. The pawnbroker tested it and found it to be gold, and he then advanced the pri soner six shillings upon it. The same night he received a handbill, giving notice of the loss of the brooch, and which also offered a reward of 51. The son of the pawn broker upon this went to the prisoner, aed asked him some questions, and the prisoner then told him that he had picked up the brooch near Brookman's-park. The pawnbroker then told him, that as he had found the owner he thought himself entitled to half the reward, and upon the prisoner assenting to the proposal, he went to Mr. Gaussen and returned the brooch, telling him that it had been found by a poor man, and he received the reward, and handed over half the amount- to the prisoner's wife,leeping the remainder for himself; but it appeared that he did not say anything to Mr. - Gaussen about the brooch having been offered in pledge, or that he was to have any share of the money paid as a reward. Mr. BALLANTYNE made a very able address to the jury, commenting upon the facts of the case, and also with considerable severity upon the conduct of the pawn broker. He then called a number of witnesses, who gave the prisoner an excellent character for honesty and ge neral good conduct. • Mr. Baron ALDERSON having summed up, the jury almost immediately returned a verdict of Not Guilty. The cases 3n the Court side were entirely devoid of interest. NORTHERN CIRCUIT. —Carlisle, Feb. 27. Mr. Justice Coltman was occupied to-day in trying several cases of rape, the details of which are unfit for publication. In the Civil Court Mr. Baron Rolfe was occupied till five o'clock in hearing the-evidence for the defelidaute.in.the case UNION-HALL. Elizabeth Falins was charged with robbing Daniel Nicho las, an apprentice on board the Lord John Russell brig, under the following aggravated circumstances :—The complainant, who is quite a youth, was going on board the Lord William Russell with a bundle, containing his Bible, shirt, and some articles, but the people of the vessel not hearing him when he hailed from the shore, the prisoner came up and offered her services to obtain for him a lodging for the night, as it was then getting late. The boy finding that he had no chance of getting on board availed himself of the offer, and the pri soner took him to a house in where she robbed him of his bundle and ran out of the house. The prisoner was taken into custody soon afterwards, and in the course of the examination it was stated that she had been frequently in custody on charges of felony.—She was committed. MAR YLEBONE. John Jud, living in Back Church-lane, Whitechapel, was charged with having been driving furiously, and thereby running the shaft of his chaise-cart into the chest of a young horse, belonging to Mr. Thomas Sandford, hay and corn salesman, of Market-street, Paddington, and causing its death. The evidence went to prove that, yesterday evening, between eight and nine o'clock, the defendant was driving at the rate of ten miles an hour along the green lanes which lead from Paddington to Kensal New-town, and that he came in contact with Mr. Sandford, who was driving his horse and gig in a contrary direction. The shaft of defendant's cart penetrated the chest of Mr. Sandford's horse,causing its death almost instantaneously. His cries of " police " brought a constable to his assistance, and the defendant was given into custody. Mr. 'Low; thought that driving at the rate of ten miles an hour along such an unfrequented road did not come within the provisions of the Act. He would, therefore, dismiss the case, but the complainant could, if he felt so inclined, enter into an action in another Court. He (Mr. Long) would, however, recommend that some arrangement should be made between them. The parties then left the Court. WORSHIP-STREET. HEARTLESS SEDUCTION.—CharIes Clare, alias Swinburn, a good-looking young man, who is supposed to be a deserter from the 12th Hussars, was charged before Mr. Broughton with having stolen a large quantity of wearing apparel and other articles, the property of a young woman named Eliza beth Keeley, and Ann Pain, a vendor of cat's meat and an alleged fortune-teller, was charged as an accessory to the robbery. The case excited considerable interest on account of, the number of unfortunate young women who had fallen victims to the perfidy of the male prisoner. , The complainant stated that she became acquainted with the prisoner some years ago,--"at which time he was a private in the 12th Hussars, and in lquarters at Hounslow. She afterwards entered the service,,of 'a family at Brighton, and saw no more of the prisoner, Until about a month ago, when she received a letter., from him . requesting to: see her, and stating that he was no longer in the army.• She unfortu nately complied with the requeSt, - and after a few meetings the prisoner induced' her to leaVe her situation and accom pany him to London, under a 'solemn promise that he would marry her immediately on their arrival. He failed to per.. form his promise, however, and after living together- at , public-house in Tooley-street, until her small stock of money was expended, the prisoner persuaded her to apply for as;- sistance to her friends, who resided at West Moulstiy, in Surrey. She accordingly proceeded thither, leaving three boxes containing everything she possessed under the pri soner's charge, but on returning back a few days ago, she found that he had left the public-house, and had taken the whole of her property away with him. After an anxious search she discovered that he was living at a coffee-house in Horselydown, with a young girl whom he had subsequently seduced, and that he had given part of her property to a third unfortunate creature whom he had brought up from Birming ham, and who was staying at the house of the female prisoner in Golden-lane. On repairing to the latter place in quest of her property, she accidentally met the prisoner in the neigh bourhood, and gave him into custody. Police-constoble Hayward stated, that in consequence of information lie had received that the female prisoner had caused the complainant's property to be removed from her house on hearing that Clare was incustody, he arrested her that morning as an accessory to the robbery. The two other young women who had been betrayed by the prisoner were in attendance to give evidence. Elizabeth Woodcock was then called, who stated that she was twenty-three years of age,,and had resided with her friends at Birmirtgham previous to the month of November last, when she became acquainted with the prisoner, who in duced her to elope with him to London under a promise of marriage, which he had never fulfilled. They performed the whole journey on foot, the fatigue consequent on which brought on a violent fever, which obliged her to go into the hospital. On her recovery she heard that the prisoner, Clare, had gone to Brighton, and she had since supported herself by making caps, and had lodged with the female pri soner. On Wednesday last the, prisoner, Clare, came to the house, bringing with him a quantity of female wearing ap parel, which he directed witness to pledge, and which had been since claimed by the prosecutrix. Soon after his arrival he was introduced by the female prisoner to a young servant girl, whom he invited out to take a walk, but neither of them returned to the house afterwards. Caroline Stiles, a very pretty and simple looking country girl, stated that her father was a farmer in Essex, and she had lately lived as a domestic servant in a family in Chis well-street. She left her place on Wednesday last, and went to visit the female prisoner, with whom she was slightly ac quainted. She was introduced by the latter to the prisoner Clare, who persuaded her to accompany him to the theatre, on leaving which he took her to a house where he effected her ruin. They had since then been living together at a coffee house in Horsleydown, until the prisoner was taken into custody. In answer to questions from the Magistrate, both the last witnesses stated that the female prisoner " told them their fortunes" on separate occasions, and said that they were des tined to be united to a tall, fair man, which was an accurate description of the •male prisoner. In answer to the charge, the female prisoner denied all knowledge of the robbery, and the prisoner Clare said that he was obliged to dispose of part of the property to enable him to defray the bill that had been contracted at the pub lic-house in Tooley-street, and that he meant to have re stored the rest of it to the complainant. Hayward, the officer, stated that the prisoner, on being taken into custody, denied that he had ever been in the army, and he, therefore, strongly suspected that he had deserted from his regiment. Mr. BROUGIITON desired the officer to make the necessary inquiries on the subject at the Horse Guards; and after some remarks on the flagrant nature of the case, he remanded the prisoners for a 'week, but consented to accept bail for the ap pearance of the woman. THAMES POLICE. Imicrr Distimsmos.—Elizabeth Reynolds, a girl about nineteen years old, was brought before Mr. Broderip, charged under the Excise laws with being found in an unentered place, where a private still was in full operation. Mr. Kay, an officer of Excise, stated .that he went That morning, in company with a brother official, named Jackson, to a small tenement, situate No. 4, Alfred-place, Stepney, where he found, in a back parlour, a large copper still, set in brick-work, with a fire under it. A quantity of spirits had just been worked off and run into a pan containing three or four gallons. The spirit-wash had also been drawn off, and the still was about to be charged again, as there was a pail of wash standing close by ready to go in. The bung was out, and the funnel in the still ready for the wash to be poured in. There were two tubs containing about forty gal lons of molasses-wash in a state of fermentation, and several other tubs, coolers, pans, and'everything necessary for car rying on illicit distillation on a large scale. He asked the prisoner, who was the only person in the house, to whom the still belonged? She at first said she did not know, but after wards said it belonged to a Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, and de scribed their persons to him. He asked her where they lived, and she said she could not tell him. She stated in answer to other questions, that she had only been at work upon the still for a fortnight, and she received three shillings a d ay for her trouble. There were a few articles of furniture in a front parlour, but the upper part of the house was quite empty, and it did not appear that any one had lately slept in the house. - . The prisoner, on being called on for her defence, began crying, and said she had nothing further to say, only that what the Excise officer said was the truth. Mr. BRODEEIP said he had no doubt the girl was an in strument in the hands of designing persons to work the still and defraud the revenue. The law gave him no alternative whatever, and every person found in an unentered place, where illicit distillation was being carried on, was liable to the penalty. He sentenced the prisoner to pay a fine of thirty pounds, and, in default, committed her to the House of Correction for three months, there to be kept to hard la bour.—The poor girl was removed, weeping loudly. • THE LIGHT COlNAGE.—Wednesday a Parliamen tary return was printed, showing the light gold coin delivered to the Mint for re-coinage, and of gold received in exchange ; of silver received from the Bank of England since the pro clamation respecting light gold, and of gold coin received by the Bank of England under the standard weight. Under the first branch of the return, it appears that the light gold de livered by the Bank of England to the Mint for recoinage, from June 1, 1842, to Feb. 5, 1844,was in amount 10,820,7311. 55., and that the gold received from the Mint was to the same amount. On the sth Feb. last, the light gold: lii the Bank was 316,4911. 15s. 9d. By the return ;hider the second head, showing the aggregate vab..4 silver coin coined and received by the Bank wi England from the Mint sinc e the Preelamati= respecting light gold, in June, 1842, it seems • tltarthe amount was 527,2001., and under the third branch, respecting the amount of sovereigns and half-sovereigns re ceived, under the standard weight, were 2,860,282 ozs., and the amount, 11,137,223/. It is added that the light gold having been purchased by weight, without reference to the deficient weight, the loss cannot be given ; but from calcula tions which have been made, the loss on light gold appears to be from 11. to 1/. ss. per cent.., or 21d. each s overei g n. LIVERPOOL POLICE.—Mr. Henry Miller, superin tendent of the Glasgow police, was on Tuesday elected almost unanimously to be head constable of the borough of Liverpool and superintendent of the fire police. THE CURRENC . ( A lecture, illustrative of the national currency and its dal 1 fects, was delivered on Monday evening, .by 'Mr. Csl 3 l 3 ' , 0 , the Marylebone Institution. The audience was numer°_, and the attention with which the remarks of the lecturer,Tn received was such as to evince the high opinion entert e rf; of his ability and profound knowledge of the subject; t",. , indeed, throughout the whole course of his observatln; there was an evident aptitude to appreciate the principles to had undertaken to develope, which gave excellent pow his statements. • tiiesk The supposition that the subject is of a dry and limn ...„,1 ing character, was, happily, disposed of, by showingils d i Z , t _ application to the concerns of every-day life. Mr. CaPP 9 , I 7 II :: took a view of the origin and nature of money as , e_r a :l o o f • of interchange, and particularly that of this K1D6T, 4 0 , showing the steps of its expansion by means of to) and and tallies issued anciently by the Exchequer, and recn,.„a. by the Government in the payment of taxes, until it asst iii . ' T it present extent. Under this system, it was observe& be , producer of commodities received a sufficient to{remuneratie ll ',, , cause the currency was kept at an amount equal to the vieir•o taxation, and thus corn, and consequently every other r i l lat , of merchantable property, obtained its fair price. A 51 !..;.g.' effect resulted from an approximation to this principle de..-0( the late war, when by Mr. Pitt's restriction Act the pePrerto: the Bank of was issued under the authority e.. the State to an extent commensurate with the necessity ?,,,,. di times ; and the industrial classes, by charging the ero taxation to the consumers, were enabled to obtain an- 7,; share of the necessaries and comforts of life. ' Jr.' The lecturer went on to describe the consequences 0 f _,,4a) parting from the plan which had been thus successfully tut, upon, and proved to demonstration that, by the wietl l it; 1819, the profits of our foreign trade gradually declin .e . i length disappeared, and that ultimately a loss of thirCir, millions annually was occasioned by the adoption of an,7o -, standard. And he very forcibly proved the inexpecllew''-.0 ] measuring the immense and vastly increasing aggreP it. ., ' our highly taxed commodities by a precious metal ef__.. A , A° • , production, which is not itself subject to taxation; aleP'' ewo 4 effect of this, it was alleged, was to make gold the cli",4 article in the country, and so induce the foreign trITS ' : 210 1 , take it in preference to our manufactures. But a much more disastrous consequence of the re 4 ~ the Restriction Act was to transfer the burden of the 111 #' taxation to the extent of more than. thirty millinne, P 44 - :` from the shoulders of the consumers to those of ,preci._,,t-0 and thus to depress wages to such a degree as to itivof:o l whole of the lower classes in their present state of I'.'. - 0 0. and distress. This was yery strikingly illustrated by:L. chanical apparatus, which is well entitled to the AyP e _2' of a currency clock. It Consisted of a dial, on wr# l 9P-__,'' ; described in several circles the comparative proporties.'r tween gold, corn, labour, taxation, and remunerativ.t . , • and having hands to indicate their various progress sue , bearings on each other. The confimation of this prur e e tA bt with evident effect upon the auditory, and completely . ; ;A oll lished the validity of all that the lecturer had prev— , , advanced. . reel We earnestly hope that his success the other evening j ost induce Mr. Capps to extend the sphere of his usefulnet o ssi diffuse more largely the valuable information lie. Pcnigg, for we are assured that, in . a right or a wrong apprehen;lti! the principles of the currency, the happiness or the myriads is involved. ~ NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH.—The new 90-gun ship Albion , C p s ;' Lockyer, C. 8., is ordered forthwith to proceed t° of bon, to remain in the Tagus, for the proteci° li ,„ of British interests during the present disturbed sitar ', that country. The Vernon, 50, Captain Walpole, after toucl!L ng es ti• Gibraltar, from Malta, will come direct to SP__„ l 'lo l and not to Lisbon, as reported. She will be disw" - • at Sheerness. 0 The America, 50, was 'commissioned etit SatllM to Devonport, intended to bear the flag of tfie suefr, 4 ,11 1 Rear- Admiral Thomas, C. 8., in the Pacific. ti,_ 4 l/ r for the Hon. John Gordon (brother to the Secrew. Foreign Affairs) is to have the command of her. 'VI Letters from the Vindictive, 50, Captain t oll Nicholas, of the 24th October, from Callao,_ 1 0_500 well, but expect to be detained in the Pacific °!,je, time, owing to the proceedings of the French'sgpel at the Society's Islands, whither the ship wil l . expected to depart, being held in instant readino service. Rear-Admiral Thomas, C. 8., was at A r The transport Prince George, in this banytki under orders to proceed to Bermuda. with part 20th Regiment, now at Parkhurst Barrack-%; Wight. The transport Pestonjee Bomanjee, agent, may be Shortly looked for from Barbado' the remainder of the 59th Regiment. ; r i i iblu The Indus, 80, Captain Sir James Stirling, nfitir 72, Captain Sir George Sartorius, and stearner- 0 vius, Commander Ommaney, are ordered home f r° , , Mediterranean, to be paid off. 1 0° A rumour is current that Vice-Admiral SirdOr Austen, K.C.8., of this neighbourhood, is to sur7lo4 lll Charles Adam in the North American and Vi r e, s : is command; and that the Hastings, 72, at this poi" be the flag ship, to relieve the Illustrious, 72. ___ - Ator , The Scourge, first class steam-ship, is ordeT cof . , forlhwith liiict down in this dock-yard, and - to ` 11 7 0 0 7 pled.-`ttatoon as possible. Th e D ar i ng , one Of , 12 gun brigs, will be launched here in a few tiseistt'i The Volage, 26, Captain Sir William Dioks °l4 .sl, f l ed , was at Cork on the 21st inst., and was about to_ Ai ig-t ! flag of Rear-Admiral Bowles, C. 8., Comma.: Chief on the Irish station. The corvette Lame, 20, Commander Brisb iter returned to Devonport, to complete for foreign It is reported the South American station- --sor Gazette. CORN AVERAGES. CO 4061 ff GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF Baia —. o Rior For the Weekended February 24. the Inspectors In the dlftbrent Mae. inull 4 1643. made upr in ns in 7Englar, Wales. per Imperial Quarter. Wheat......... 555. Id. Oats l9s. 7.1.1 8ar1ey..„..... 331. 7d. I Rye AVERAGES OF THE LAST SiT WEEKS. / 4 Weeks ending; WHEAT. LEARLEI OATS. RTE. ..<rj •• • • A Or I Jan. 20 5l 8 a; 7 18 9 31 7, ' r}./ 27 52 3 33 6 19 9 32 4 0 0 . Feb. 3 52 6 33 2 19 0 39 10 Fj. , ' prey V 10 52 7 31 1 19 1 32 9ls 54 1 17 ... . . 53 6 33 4 19 6 31 5 fI .59 I 33 7 19 7 32 10 " 30 IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES Of THE Olt 91114,. Wheat......... 52s 11d. Oats 19s. 21.1 Beant.....rido„, Ear1e,..„..... 333. 51.1 Rye ..... 321. 944 Peast...... DUTIES OX FOREIGN COAX* .11* - 0 1 ' Wheat 18s. NJ. 1 Oats ......... 7s. Od.f BeatIro••• • ..10V,. Barley MARKET NEWS:—(YESTERP IP al TIATICASCHETS. SiurrimELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2/ lOs t ° 2ll ;o ' ful ditto, 31 3s to 3/ lOs ; fine U p l an d ditto, " to ll 3/ 15s; Clover Hay, 315 s to 51; Oat Straw, 1 , 163 , 4 rup Wheat Straw, 11 8s to 11 lOs per load. A 50 ' . tot and a heavy demand. 3 /33; ; CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 21125 to to„ .o t ditto, 31 5s to 31 13s; fine Upland ditto, 3I ' t o Clover Hay, 315 s to 4/17s • Oat Straw, 1/ 7s to 11 , 8 , '-' Sttaw; 118 s toll 12s per load. Both Hay and P tt 31 ; slow inquiry, at the above quotations. „ to so WHITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2/ los e rp m; ' useful ditto,' 31 5s to 3/ lOs • fine Upland ditto' t'lo`lllo',l 3116 s ; Clover Hay, 315 s to 5158; Oat Straw, I l t s Wheat Straw, 1/ lOs to 11 12s per load. SLIPP .I trade very dull. ' - - du; brEAT "MATIUTS. " a c„b SouTHALL, 28. Although the supply - t hroue 4 0 ; fat stock wots on the, whole,good, the d e mand eral. scl t" o ti , steady on the following terms : —Beef, *on' sn dr eo th Mutton, 2s 6d to 4s 6d; Veal, 3s Bd . to 48 P 2s 8d to 3s 104 per Blbs, to sink the offal. SuPP itoc! 40; Sheep, 1,100.; Calves, 50; Pigs, 42. , tor fP,„41 1 ROMFORD, FEB. 28.—We had a steady sale 6d to-day at rather improved rates.—Beef, from .0 a k o l s r Mutton, 2s 8d to 48 8d ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s B ‘ l 4 2 30; (1 , 2s 8d to 3s 104 per Sibs. Suckling Calves, 18s with tar-old Store Pigs, 16s to 20e; and Milch Coos .40 small Cal 161 to 18/ lOs each. b oo to LEWES, FEB. 27.—There was only P , fr. o A ro de r )30 doing here to-day; yet prices were supp orted toi, stl; 2s 10d to 4s; Mutton, 2s 8d to 4s 8d; "Veal, " Pork, 2s Gd to 3s 6dper 81bs. THE WEATHER.—DETENTION OF T 8 >a On Tuesday evening the sky, which had prey? t he 'O O clear and frosty, suddenly became overcast, !; 11 " i rbee, changed from nearly due north to about lir.S." 1,0 14 ' air became much milder, the thermometer, Aclvri'ot• o'clock stood at 31 degrees, having at ten o'cle e Thag rop ° to 39, being a difference of 8, or _7 above the fte i e C t he o f; The frost, in consequence, rapidly gave way, an n f tto of skaters and curlers in the neighbourhon" o f DV" tropolis are again disappointed. During the bieo 0 0 , the greater part of yesterday morning, it eile from about W., with heavy squalls. aerated considerably about nine o'clock, ei t , r ;10,1 weather was unusually mild, with brilliel l '„ o o s iry sunshine, until about three o'clock in the at."'" d the the atmosphere suddenly became darkened , e i n, A slight rain shower, but in a short " time t he 00", peeped out, and continued to give its rays until 5 or iOt or noon the thermometer at the entrance of. the,. i e oi? ent's o ffi ce in the London Docks stood 'at 44 deg 38,'5,7 shade. Last evening, at six o'clock, it had tu tthoel;,,ou f ee s a cloudy atmosphere and a strong breeze from eu o tiog," The fears entertained for the safety of several c',jet, 1 0 . eels, known to have been at sea during the late : cb s .., l# unfortunately bee n realised in numerous instal li 'verA' number of vessels have been wrecked, and in e e .,,,,e 5 i - or the crews were drowned. As the weather is still tiro several steam-packets from the Continent, ho ..e ne t3 rt r sol wise, are overdue. Nearly all the snails froln : fr 00; arriving at the General Post-o ffi ce, St. Iklar„ L ' ll butfrol; considerably beyond their fixed time. In °' "O, the north of Scotland, there have been hen 7„ - Th e and many of the roads are completely blocke oh lye - , from. Edinburgh - Stirling, Glasgow, Perth, Inv, _ th e P A deen, Montrose, Arbroath, Forfar, Dundee, mi n due at the General Post-office 3resterday after° ils "0 arrived last evening. The Wick and T tiro than forty-eight hours overdue. Seve ra l °f t" e f ',di 0 are also long overdue. There was a he* , sus . evening shortly after seven o'clock--Eveninli 91 4 BIRTHS. / g. p ew Feb. 26, at Hampstead, the lady of iSydof of a son. Feb. 27, at Peckham, the lady of tor. Hsi of a son. Feb. 27, at Peckham, the lady of 15 r. i1i21....-- ------ ' °I4 - jai MARI . tIED. T 1 II 6 ti t er c Feb. 27. at St. Mary's, Brya ston-square, - - t luiag, 1 # Esq., of Mead Lodge,. ljerts, to Laura, y" l4°3- . AO: Joseph Waldegrave , Gunning, Esq., of BroroPt,..„°"'ossZt, j'' Feb. 27, at St. George's, Hanover-square, 1. " - ;,,Tor'''' f ' neux Montgonierie, Esq., of Garboldishain Ilall, a o ,te the Hon. Georgiana Foley, daughter of the late sr' 11 0 ' E ( the present Lord Foley. Willi' l lito t f, Feb. 27, at St. Mary's Chureb,_Paddington, - dog - 0 1 4 Esq., of Park-place-terrace, to Mary Annt eldeot.i.o-04,.. Thomas Chambers, of Upper S yin . ur-str eet, Por t l; io 2 `,l" l' 0' Feb. 27, at St. James's Church, M• Gusts de ,of '' the Chateau do Nob, Prussia, to Bertha , d 4u g he Lousada, Esq., of Bruxelles. ' :O f ' DIED: iesr 6 .ll , Jan. 15, at Georgina, Canada West, aged three W , ~os o tail' i'ill' half, Agnes Mary, youngest laugh ter of •AlPtain 1 Bourcbier, R.N. ;and on the 22d, - a i r (I -52 C li p' 1 ' i,,,e f D I Bourchier, R.N:, both of scarlet fever. ro oocit Feb. 23, the Rev. W. Oxenham, shire, and prebendary of Exeter Cathedral, gig,., c e ,d 63 ;A 5 ;.4 Feb. 23, at Ilfracombe, T. J. Arrnig!rr., vicar of CO a 75. .. , Feb. 25, in Great,Ormond-street , A U Feb. 26, in Torxington-square, Sarah, the wife v i ol 11:z.lile-P-!,, 1 pio . .‘ ... W P. `Winslow, Esq. wife of lu " Feb. 26, at Feltham, Mary Ann, - 0. Paine, aged 79. - 'iv' ' . RD --- - -kio. so - 00 London : Printed and Published by MV -- 0 No 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, 71611t.4-17-7'l C°ltutY of Middlesex, Friday, lldard-li'l a , tai :„7"f ;~; ;~ ~., ~. ~ k ll ' ! 3 %, 41) % I‘"l4te