The Sun. — London, England, 1845-04-01 00:00:00

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TAIT'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE for APRIL, price Cne Shilling, contains :—Freiligrath's Poems and Politics—Nighean Ceard ; or, The Goldsmith's Daughter, a Tale of Celts and Saxons ; by Mrs. Johnstone—Letters from Edinburgh, by Niebuhr, the Historian —Nights in the Martell° ; No. IV. — Letters from Naples in 1843-4; by Madame Wolfensberger.—New Novels : The Improvisatore ; or, Life in Italy : HawkstOne, a Tale of and for England—Poetry — Literary Register—Politics of the Month. W. Tait, Edinburgh ; Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., London. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed Donizetti's Opera, entitled LUCIA DI LAM MERMOOR. Lucia, Mdlle. A. Castellon ; Alicia, Madame Bellini ; Enrico, Sig. Fornasari ; Edgard°, Sig. Moriani. To conclude with an entirely new Ballet, by M. Perrot, entitled EOLINE • ou, LA DRYADE. The Music by Signor Pu'gni. The Scenery by Mr. Marshall. 7.rinelpal Characters—Eoline (betrothed to Count Edgard), :kiddie. Lucile Grahn ; ltubezahl (le Gnome), M. Perrot ; Count Edgard, M. Toussaint ; Prince of Silesia (brother of Eoline), M. Gosselin. In the course of the Ballet the following Dances will be introduced : Waltze Selesivntie, by the Coryphees of the Corps de Ballet. Pas de la Flancee—Mdlle. Lucile Grahn and M. Toussaint, Pas de Cinq (composed by M. Go.3selin)—Mdlies. Louise Weiss, Fer dinand, Demelisse. Cassan, and Moncelet. Mazourka D'Extase—Mdlle. Lucile Grain and M. Perrot, Fourth Tableau. Grand Pas des Dryades by Mdlie. L. Grahn and the Ladies of the Corps de Ballet. On Thnrs%ay next, April 3, then - , will be an Opera, it being a Sub scription Night. Doors open at Half-past Seven ; the Opera to commence at Eight. .IpplicaLions for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Bex office, Opera Colonnade. suit of the experiment in England should have been ascertained. The House then resolved itself into a Committee of Supply, and Mr. CORRY brought forward the Navy Estimates. Mr. WARLEY, who had a motion on the paper on the subject of the opening of Mr. T. DUNCOMBE'S letters, was absent when the motion was put ; he shortly after entered the House, an 3 made an ineffec tual attempt to induce the House to resume, in order to enable him to bring forward his motion. The Navy Estimates occupied the House the re mainder of the evening. There is no subject on which we have felt for some time past a more painful anxiety than the alarming Increase of criminal atrocities. We concur with an able Contemporary in the strong opinion he has ex pressed that this increase must be mainly attributable to the comparative impunity with which—owing to the inexplicable charges of judges, and the astound ing verdicts of juries, in some very remarkable cases of modern date,—evil -disposed men have been led to conclude that they might perpetrate their most malig nant purposes. A large proportion of our readers may recollect the case of a ruffian (resident in White chapel), who, some 15 years ago, deliberately exe cuted a threat he had uttered, of cutting off the head of his own illegitimate and infant child with a carv ing-knife. The brutal murder was perpetrated in the presence, if we rightly remember, of the infant's own mother. It was distinctly proved in every par- THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. THIS EVENING Will be perfumed THE BOHEMIAN GIRL. Thaddeus, Mr, W. Harrlsou ; Arline, Miss Rainforth. After which will be repeated, a New Comic Ballet, entitled ROBERT. ANT) BERTRAND. Dances in the course of the Ballet : Pas de Deux, by Mdlles. Adele and Louise. Pas de Deux, by 3ldlle. O'Bryan and Mr. A. Webster. Grand Pas de Caractere, by Ildlle. Polin and M. Gasperini. A New Polla, by Mdlle. Polin and M. Gasperini. Bolero, by Mesdames Louise and Adele. La Esmeralda, by Mdlle. Polin, and A MAZURKA, by the Principal Ballet Performers. The Eminent Tenor, M. DUPREZ, is engaged here f or T we l ve :Sights only, and will make his app earance on Monday, April 7, in his celebrated character of ARNOLD, in GUILLAUME TELL ; and is also preparing himself for his unrivalled personation of EDGAR, in Donizetti's popular Opera, THE BRIDE OF LAMMERMOOR, f.. - r the Performance of which, an Engagement has also been ex pressly entered into with 3ldlle. EUGENIE GARCI The Box-office is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six in the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Places, and Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons. titular; but, after the evidenoe had been gone through, an objection that had been taken by the wretch's counsel to the indictment, which charged the murder as having been committed on an infant named " JOHN," whereas it was proved that, though the deceased might have been known by that name to the witnesses, it had been christened by another, as appeared from the parish register produced, this ob jection was held to be fatal. The jury, in that case, returned a verdict of "Not Guilty." The fellow was borne about the neighbourhood of the locality in triumph by some of his brutal companions, and then openly threatened the lives of the unfortunate mother and of the other witnesses against him. The neighbourhood was kept for two or three days in a condition of alarm and excitement, and the con stabulary seemed to be paralised, until the undoubted, though acquitted murderer, having, in the intempe rance of his conduct, after so unlooked-for an escapee committed some other, but less sanguinary outrage, was again apprehended, tried, and sent to prison under his sentence. Now that case was the imme- THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. LESSEE, %IR. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will he repegted a New and Original Comedy, entitled THE SHERIFF OF THE COUNTY. Principal Characters by Messrs. W. Farren, Strickland, Buckstone, Webster, Mrs. Glover, Mrs. W. Clifford, Mrs. Hamby, Miss Julia Bennett, Br,c. After which, a New Grand Classical Extravaganza, entitled THE GOLDEN FLEECE. Principal Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, J. Bland, Madame Vestris, and Miss P. Horton. To conclude with THE THIMBLE RIG. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHT. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New and Original Drama, entitled THE GREEN BUSHES ; or, A Hundred Years Ago. Connor O'Kennedy, Mr. Selby ; George, Mr. Hudson Wild Murtogh, Mr. 0. Smith ; Muster Grinnidge, Mr. Wright ; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Redford ; Geraldine, Mrs. Yates ; Nelly O'Neill, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Madame Celeste. After which, will be repeated a New Grand Empirical Exposition, sailed ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. Principal Characters • To conclude with MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL Mr. Sungsby, Mr. Lambert ; Lieutenant O'Scnpper, R.N., Mr. Paul Bedford ; Mr. Felix Fluffy, Mr. Wright ; Emily, Miss Fortescue. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, Will be performed Shakapeare's Play of AS YOU LIKE IT. Duke, Mr. Archer; Jacques, Mr. Graham ; Amiens, Mr. Allen ; Rosalind, Miss Cushman ; Audrey, 3liss Emma Stanley. After which, Mr. SANDS and his INFANT BROTHER, MAURICE, will appear in their Pleasing and Wonderful Entertainment, DE SALON, FREAKS OF FANCY. To conclude with a New Grand Oriental Melo-dramatic Burlesque Extravaganza, in Two Acts, called TIMOUR THE CREAM OF ALL THE TARTARS. Timour, Mr.. Oxberry ; Zorilda, Miss E. Stanley. Stage Manager, Mr. H. I. Wallack ; Stage Director, Mr. Emden ; Machinist, Mr. Edmund Bradwell. Superbly decorated, and with extensive alterations ! forming one of the most Elegant and Comfortable Theatres in the Metropolis ! THEATRE ROYAL. LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. THIS EVENING Will be performed MARTIN CHUZZAIEWIT. Old Martin Cbuzzlewit, Mr. R. Younge ; Mr. Pecsniff, 3lr. Frank Matthews ; Mrs. Sairey Gamp, Mr. Keeley ; Bailey, Mrs. Keeley. After which, a New Farce, entitled LOWTHER ARCADE. Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Meadows, F. Matthews ; Miss Dawson, and Miss Grove. To conclude with a Burlesque of English History, Ponrtraylng Olden Ideas and Modern Notions—lnvested with all the Pomp and Display of Scene—Painters engaged expressly—Costumes according to Fancy—Mechanism, Ballet, Music. and Novel Stage Arrange ments—to be called, WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT 1 Dick Whittington, Mrs. Keeley ; Muley Moloch, the Lien Tamer of the Dessert, Mr. Keeley ; the Cat, Mr. Collier, supported by Messrs. F. Matthews, and Wigan ; Miss Fairbrother, and Miass Grove. The Box-office is open daily, under the direction of Mr. Grogan. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. (Under the Direction of Miss Davenport.) THIS EVENING Will be repeated THE GAME COCK OF THE WILDERNESS. Colonel Mercy'lle, Mr. H. Mellon; Roderick, Mr. Binge ; Samson, air. Marble ; Mabel, Mrs. Griffith. After which, THE S e fo EVENllowe CHAMP HE lONS OFRET. CHRISTENDOM. To d by T SEC To conclude with THE PLAGUE OF PLYMOUTH. ASTLEY'ri ROYAL AMPIIITHFATRE. PROPItIETOR, MR. W. BATTY. Triumphant Success of the New Spectacle. THIS EVENING. The Perfermarees will commence with a Grand Military Equestrian Drama, entitled TiTE MAID OF SARAGOSSA. Scenes in the Circle, introducing M. and Mdme. Damon, the cele brated French Equestrians. To conclude with THE SLEEPING DRAUGHT. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. .111Fs Heron's performance creates roars of laughter—The Two New Pieces, real Surrey hits. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Drama, called MARGARET CATCH POLE. Supported by Messrs. H. Hughes, Hicks, Fredericks, R. Bonner, S. Cowell, Heslop, Lewis, Mrs. Daly, Mrs. Lewis, and Mrs . _ .llonner. After which, THE IRISH TUTOR, In which the Infant Power, iss Heron, will appear. To conclude whit THE MOOR MAIDEN, In which Messrs. Hicks, 'Seville, Fredericks, Lewis, Mrs. Hughes Miss Martin, and Mrs. H. Vining will perform. riaces an(l Private ;Imes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box office, from Eleven to Mexico at San Jacinto, when ho expressed a doubt whether Texas was from all eternity the property of the federal union, or was one of his own lost chil dren. Mr. POLK cannot be ignorant of the fact. The invasion of Texas by the Anglo-Americans is odious to Europe on account of the slavery which it draws in its train. As long as he does not reply to the repugnance on the part of Europe, his arguments lead to false con clusions. But he does not even allude to them. In reading the Message one would think that slavery was unknown on the soil of the United States, which, how ever, allows itself to be more degraded by that stain on humanity than all the other nations in the world. One is even astonished to find such phrases as this, that all the distinctions of birth and of rank there are abolished. We must not, however, deceive ourselves. The spoliation inflicted upon Mexico by the incorporation of Texas, however reprehensible it may be, might perhaps pass unnoticed ; but the systematic, audacious propagation of an institution so execrable as slavery, is a crime against civilization, for which the United States will never be pardoned." The proposed grant for mounting the fortifications of Paris with artillery still occupies the Opposition jour nals, and the discussion on the subject is looked for with much interest by all parties. A private meeting of the Opposition, it is said, has been held to decide what course they should pursue in the Chamber. It was attended by MM. TRIERS, BARROT, and other leaders. M. TRIERS was of opinion that it would be absurd to resist the vote for artillery, after the Chamber had granted a large sum for the works. M. BARROT took a different view, and thought independent Members should vote against a grant which was repudiated by the nation. The result was, that each Member was left to vote according to his opinion. At the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies on Saturday, Admiral MActA u, in the absence of the Finance Minister, who was away from indisposition, presented a Bill for authorising the Government to establish four lines of packets across the Atlantic. It is proposed to accomplish this by contract, either for steam-vessels or sailing vessels, to communicate between France and Rio Janeiro, Martinique, Guadaloupe, Havannah, and New York, with branch packets for La Plata, Guiana, and the Gulf of Mexico. M. VIVIEN brought forward a motion to repeal a law by which the Royal Courts have the right of inserting their decisions and law advertise ments in only one paper, with a view to order the pub lication of such notices in journals which have the largest circulation. The motion was opposed by the Govern ment, and rejected by a majority of 37. The French Funds were more firm on Sunday. At TORTONI'S the Three per Cents. were quoted at 85f. 60c., ' and the Fives at 118 f. sc. for the Account. THIRD EDITION OF «THE SUN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. diate precursor of a continued series of murders and attempts at murder, accompanied with maiming and violence, such as had been of very rare occurrence, prior to the monstrous acquittal of that delinquent. For many months past, by a similar imitative tend ency in crime, the notoriety attaching to some equally remarkable trials for murder, in which the delin quents arraigned have escaped conviction, contrary to all public expectation, and to the universal construction put, beyond the walls of the Court, upon the evidence delivered within it at such trials. We shall never feel any delicacy about reiterating the expression of astonishment, and something more, with which the ver dict of the jury who tried, not long ago, a man charged with the murder of his wife by administering to her prussic acid, was received by the universal British public. There is not a Court of law in this kingdom or in Europe in which that detested person could recover a verdict of damages against any one who should de nounce him, by name, as an escaped but not the less a guilty, cowardly, ungrateful, and inexcusable mur derer. His guilt was so transparent that even in this country, where more than in any other of the civilized world the majesty of the law is upheld, and its deci sions are implicitly respected, the community of all ranks expressed their amazement and indignation at his escape. And this feeling has continued, subse quently, so intense, that wherever this undoomed criminal, after having the effrontery to show himself in open day-light, is recognized, in whatever part of the kingdom, neither his person nor his property is respected. He seems destined from time to time to pass through narrow escapes from • a retributive but still more terrible fate, under that ban of so ciety which is yet more fearful than the ban of the law. But the material fact of his legal acquittal remains, in the meanwhile, unaltered ; its moral influence has frightfully developed itself in the otherwise unaccountable number of crimes, in which the modus overandi is more or less borrowed from F L ',Lull itc ilvtueu uy late acquittal aelinquent. To an extent unknown before in England, the crime of murder has lately prevailed ; the visibly greater proportion of these murders has been effected by poison ; and of the victims the larger number have been females. It is really impossible, as it seems to us, to disconnect this growing propensity to the com mission of a particular crime—in a particular man ner—after the specific precedent of a given example —with the fatal impunity which attached to the me morable case we have above adverted to. We have, on all occasions, consistently advocated mercy in the administration of the law, and are strongly disposed to uphold the expediency of miti gating, in many cases, still further the severity of our criminal code. But our sympathies do not ex tend either to such a case as we have been painfully compelled to dwell upon, or even to the recent con viction under which TAwELL has expiated his guilt by an ignominious end. Whilst the law for the repression of such dangerous crimes, so facile of per petration, so fatal to the unsuspecting confidence of affection and social intercourse remains what it is, — what we are still disposed to think it ought to be, — the true mercy in judges in charging juries,—the true and conscientious discharge by jurors of their sa cred duty—will consist in a fair unbiassed statement. of the law of the case on the one part, and an honest appreciation of the evidence on the other—will do more than the usual and salutary merciful qualifica tion of giving the accused the benefit of any reason able doubt. But we could name half-a-dozen cases at least, within less than three times as many months, in which, under some strange and morbid excitement, and we will say against the weight of evidence, against all rules of fair construction, against ail legal presumption,—culprits at the bar have been acquitted of charges of poisoning, on whose behalf neither the most acute legal subtilty, nor the most extreme be nevolence, could have suggested their innocence of the delinquencies imputed to them. It is high time that this unwholesome laxity in some judicial charges, to which we will not more particularly allude, and in many verdicts given under them, should be reformed. Otherwise we may expect that the torrent of crimes that has lately set in upon us, will overwhelm the character of the people with disgrace. We hope and believe that the last recorded verdict and its conse quences will not be without their beneficial results to the security of society. - _ SIR,—In Sour "Notice to Correspondents," contained in your impression of Saturday last, I am pleased to find that the irregularity attendant upon the forwarding of your Third, or Latest Edition, has at length excited the attention of some of your numerous subscribers. As regards myself, I am frequently disappointed, more particularly on Wednesdays and Saturdays, the days on which we expect to receive the Gazette and Market In telligence, to regulate our movements, a Second Edition being not unfrequently substituted for a Third, thereby depriving us of that information so valuable to commer cial men generally. As a warm supporter of your paper, as well as having been the means of introducing it to seve ral commercial inns, I am desirous that you should main tain the character of that publication, which, for early intelligence, has hitherto ranked second to none.—l re main, Sir, your obedient servant, AN OLD SUGAR TRAVELLER. Whitchurch, Salop, March 31, 1845. [We are rcuch obliged to our worthy correspondent. If other travellers will favour us by following his ex ample, commercial inns and other public places will be duly supplied with the Third Edition of The Sun, which will give them a day's news in advance.—ED. Sux.] THIS DAY'S NEWS. DREADFUL MURDER in GEORGE STREET, ST. GILES'S. Last night, about half-past i i o'clock, the inhabitants of George-street, St. Giles's, were thrown into the utmost excitement by the discovery of a dreadful murder which had been perpetrated on the body of a woman, 46 years of age, named Ann Tape, well known in the neigh bourhood for many years. It appears that the unfor tunate woman, accompanied by a man unknown, entered a house of ill-fame in George-street, St. Giles's, about 10 o'clock, and hired the back parlour, where the man remained a short time, and then quitted the house. The woman staying a considerable period afterwards without being heard, a woman belonging to the house entered the room about half-past eleven o'clock, and she was horror struck at finding the unfortunate creature lying on the bed, surrounded by blood, issuing from no less than six w st n a n b n s u i s n h th ad e neck s.n in °.n gic i ta a 's t til sticking a l hli r ‘ w her ich wb;bleatslit.' The woman immediately ran out of the room screaming for assistance, and Mr. Fitzgerald, a surgeon, residing in High-street, was immediately sent for, and promptly attended. On examining the body he pronounced life to be extinct, and that it had been so some time. In formation of the shocking occurrence was forthwith com municated to Superintendent Grimwood, of the E divi sion, who, with Inspectors Bell and Campbell, repaired to the house to obtain a description of the man who had perpetrated the murder ; but unfortunately little infor mation could be furnished, as the man was unknown to any person in the house. On examining the body, it appears that the murderer had] stabbed the deceased in the left side of the neck with such force, that the blade had actually penetrated through the other side. LATEST PARTICULARS—(THIS DAY.) (FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.) The house, No. 11, George-street, St. Giles's, where the unfortunate woman Ann Tape was so inhumanly murdered last night, and where the body still remains under the care of the police, was this morning completely surrounded by hundreds of persons anxious, at least, to look upon the place where the murder was committed. The deceased, one of that degraded class who earn a living upon the streets, was well known in the neigh bourhood ; and the miscreant, who has escaped for the present, is also sufficiently known as, we believe, to make his capture by the police not a matter of extraordinary difficulty. The murderer was dressed in a velveteen shooting coat or jacket, glazed cap, and knee-breeches. It was currently reported this morning at an early hour, that an individual answering the description of the person who committed the cold blooded and cowardly assassination of the unfortunate woman, had been ap prehended by the police, but, on inquiry, it unfortu nately turns out that there is no foundation for such a rumour. The circumstance which gave rise to this report origi nated in the fact that several persons, nearly resembling the deseription of the murderer, bad been brought to the station-house by the police ; but these persons hav ing sufficiently proved that they had no connexion with the circumstances of the murder, were at once dis charged. The details of the inhuman transaction having been extensively circulated by route through the different stations, the police were on the alert to trace every detail connected with it, and they have succeeded in as certaining when and where the weapon (a carving knife, not a stiletto, as has been erroneously stated) was pur chased. The period when the purchase was made is stated to have been about ten o'clock, only an hour be fore the murder, and Mr. Oldham, the cutler, of High street, St. Giles's, thinks he can identify the person who bought it, and whose description answers in every re spect the description given of the supposed murderer. We are enabled, from the courtesy of the persons c ,, nnected with the George -street station-house, to say that the constable Allen, 159 E, was called at a little after a quarter to eleven o'clock yesterday evening, and requested to go to No. 11, George-street (by the way, one of the relics of London tradition, being once tenanted by Oliver Cromwell, and the interior of the house presenting at least one feature of interest to the antiquary, namely, a magnificent oaken staircase, said to be the work of Inigo Jones), where he found in a back room the unfortunate deceased lying bleeding from a number of wounds in the throat and breast, and the knife remaining in the left side of the neck to a depth of at least three inches. The constable drew the knife out, and then, by direction of his inspector, hastened for Mr. Fitzgerald, of High street, who at once attended; but though he reached the place in five minutes after the police-constable had first been called, the woman was dead, so effectually had the murderer accomplished his purpose. The surgeon stated that a more frightful mass of wounds he had never witnessed, and no medical skill could have averted a fatal termination. The constable states that he saw a man run off who answered, in every respect, to the de scription of the murderer, but as he was not, at the time, aware of the circumstances that had taken place in that neighbourhood, the person passed unnoticed by him. Inspectors Haynes, Shaw, and Thornton, of the detece tivepolice, who have already shown themselves so efficient in similar cases, have been specially ordered to trace the murderer in this instance, and it is to be hoped that through their exertions the miscreant will soon be brought to the bar of justice. ROYALTHIS EVENING Will be repeated MARGARET CATCIIPOLE, The Female Horse stealer. Onega and Pechuana (Red Chieftains), Messrs. Cony and Blanchard ; Margaret Catchpole, Miss Vincent. After which, THE APPOINTED SPOT. conclnde eWith THE BLOODHOUND ; or, the Orphan'i which Mem " . Cony and Blanchard, and their celebrated Grave. Dog ector, will perform. Swiss journals of the 27th ult. have been received. Affairs continue in a very unsettled state, and one of the papers, the Federal Gazette, announces that Austria proposes a blockade of Switzerland by occupying the principalities of Lietenstein and the frontiers of the Gri sons. At Schwytz two battalions of contingents had been called ; General SONNEBERG, appointed to the com mand of the Lucerne troops, had withdrawn his resigna tion, and on the 27th the Executive Council of Zurich had assembled, in order to make preparations for antici pated contingencies. The meeting of the Council had been summoned chiefly on the receipt of dispatches from Laverne, but the result of their deliberations had not transpired. THE WEATHER.---SUN OFFICE, APRIL 1. THERMOMETER, Loweat, 35 ; Highest, 53; Neon, 43. PARomETxR, 30.35.—W1ND, S.E. . NOTE.-Tile figures which follow the words "Lowest" and Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the Thermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All the other observations are made at noon. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning •• 26 minutes after 8 j Evening .. 12 minutes after 9. The accounts from Madrid are to the 24th ult. The marriage of the QUEEN with the Count TRAPANI causesre much excitement among t h e Carl i sts, w h o , it is said, a organising themselves in Catalonia and the Basque pro vinces, to prevent a result which would destroy all their hupes. No doubt however remains that the marriage has been arranged, and that the King of NAPLES has gone to Rome to give his sanction to it. The KING, accompanied by the QuEEN, arrived there on the 17th. On the 24th, being Easter Monday, the Madrid Bourse was closed. Most of the Paris journals advert to the last intelli gence from America, and especially to the vote of the Senate for the annexation of Texas, but their remarks are very brief, and, with the exception of the sentiments expressed by the Journal des Deficits on the horrors of slavery, are without interest. After quoting the claims put forward by Mr. POLK to Texas, on the ground of previous occupation, that journal observes :—" It is a peaceful acquisition, says the President ; but after all it is not so peaceable, for the citizens of the United States who have taken possession of Texas entered that terri tory with arms in their hands, and it was with cannon that they vanquished the unfortunate President of - _ The Newcastle and Carlisle Railway Company have agreed to give fifty guineas towards the expenses of the Royal English Agricultural Society, should their meeting for 1846 be held in this town.—Newc astle Journal. TUE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 1, 1845 MONEY and COMMERCIAL. NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. There was nothing new in 'Cotton at Liverpool yes terday. The sales were 4,000 bales, all to the trade. Shares were firm, but there was not so large a business doing :-Barnsley Junction, 71. 1 ls. 6d. ; Barns ley Junction, Half Shares, 68s. 9d; Birkenhead, 74anchester, and Chester, 121. 111. 18s. 9d. ; Birming ham and Gloucester, New Shares, 3'A 795.; Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 4 1 / t ; Blackburn and Preston, 15% ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 12 12%; Caledonian,lo 104 ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 7 3 / 4 8 ; Chester and. Birken head, 49 47 ; Ditto, New Shares, 41 1 % 41 1 , ; Ditto, Half Shares, 24 1 4 23%; Chester and Preston Brook, 3 3 /e ; Churnet Valley, 7% ; Dublin and Drogheda, 91 ; Dublin and Galway, 3%; Dundee and Perth. 635. 3d. ; Dublin, M ullingar, and Athlone, 2 ; Dundalk and Enniskillen, 3 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 62 1 % 62 ; Ditto, New Quarter Shares, 5% 5 3 / 4 ; Ely anßedford, ; Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock, 18 1 % ; Grand Junction, Half Shares, 224 ; Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 4% ; Great Southern and Western, 16 ; Great Western, Fifth Shares, 40 3 / 4 ; Harwich, 214 ; Huddersffield and Sheffield, 63i ; Lancaster and Preston, 54; Limerick and Watertbrd, 4 3 / 5% ; Liverpool and Manchester, Half Shares, 101 ; Ditto, New Shares, 37%; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 2%; London and Birmingham , 233 ; Ditto , 32 /. Shares , 44y4 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 32 ; London and Brighton, 64% 64%; London and South-Western, 80; London and York, et% es. 3s. 9d. ; Direct Northern, 4% 4/. 13s. 9d. ; Manchester and Birmingham, Quarter Shares, 93( 4 ; Ditto, New Shares, 5% 5%; Manchester, Bolton and Bury, 164 165 ; Manchester and Leeds, Quarter Shares, 19 3 / 4 ; Mid land Railway, 151 3 4 ; Ditto, 401. Shares, 19 18%; Ditto, Fifth Shares, 76e. 3d. 3 7 4 ; Ditto, Consolidated Birmingham and Derby, 115 ; Newaik and Sheffield, 6 6% ; North British, Half Shares, ; North Wales Mineral, 141% ; Ditto, New Shares, 5 5 4 ; North Wales, 2/. 16s. 3d. ; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhamp ton, 1/. I6s. 6d. ; Preston and Wyre, 34 3 / 4 ; Sheffield and Manchester, 115 1 / 4 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 15 14 % ; Sheffield and Lincoln, 245. 235. ; Shrewsbury, Wolverhamp ton, and Birmingham, 5 ; Shrewsbury and Grand Junction, 5 3 / 4 ; Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Cheshire, 4% ; South- Easter* and Dover, 42 1 / 4 ; Ditto, New Shares, No. 1, 16 1 ,% 3 4 ; Ditto, New Shares, No. 3.8/_, ; Trent Valley, 17 ; Worcester and Tring, 815.44 Is. 6d. ; Whitehaven and Furness, 31s. 6d ; York and North Midland, 102 ; Austrian and Sardinian, 6s. 6d. Bs. prem. ; Bordeaax and Toulouse, 565. 6cl. ; Boulogne and Amiens (English) 12 1 4 ; Northern of France (Laffitte's), 6 13 ; Paris arid Lyons (English), (Laffitte's), 595. 3/. ; Paris and Lyons (Ganneron's), 2% 2%; Paris and Rouen, 44% ; Paris and St. Quentin, 455. 6d. ' • Saeibre and Meuse, 6%; Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie's), 3 1 4 ; Verona and Ancona, 425. 6d. 435. 6d. The first meeting took place yesterday, at the residence of Sir Robert Peel, between the Duke de Broglie and Dr. Lush ineton, on the all , important question of the right of search in connexion with the slave trade. We believe, from what we have heard, that the Government of France is prepared to make many concessions not hitherto acceded to. With re spect to the principlasupon which this double commission of inquiry, and we hope of ultimate mutually beneficial result, is to be conducted, there is no question as to the ability of the British Government to impart every means for the sup pression of the inhuman traffic. We think there are hopes of a satisfactory result, founded upon information that has been communicated to us. But as the consideration of the matter at issue is now strictly private, we are not at liberty to refer further to the subject. It is perfectly notorious that Great Britain stands pledged to useall its efforts for the sup pression of the slave trade. Without good and sufficient reason the commanders of our navy 'have, but in very few in stances, brought a foreign flag under control on the slave coasts. We are inclined to believe that the high principle of nationality, so much contended for by the people of France, will give way under the able inter-communications which are now in progress between that eminent jurist Dr. Lush ington and the Duke de Broglie. We shall have occasion again to refer to this subject. There appears to be an increasing desire on the part of the merchants and others in the City of carrying out the prin ciple that has been long talked of-restricting the hours of banking business. The Committee of the Stock Exchange have set the example, and there are abundant reasons why it should be followed by the City bankers. The most important feature upon this subject is, that so extensive are the operations in the Railway Shares that it is impossible, under the present Post-office rules, to get the correspondence connected with the rail way business done in time for post hours. It is not now an extraordinary circumstances that the employdes of Share brokers and of bankers, who formerly considered the day ended at five o'clock, have to be kept until nine, ten, and even eleven o'clock at night. There has been a heavy market for the Three per Cent. Consols to-day. For the Account the price has fallen from 993,i to 99 1 /, and for immediate tiansfer from 99 3 4 to 99%. The premium upon Exchequer-bills yesterday was 575. to 595. This morning it is 61s. to 625. India Bonds have been quoted at 695. to 725. The Three-and- a-Quarter per Cents. have been purchased at 10211 i, ex div., for the opening. Brazilian Bonds have been in request at 88 this morning, without the dividend. The interest upon the Dutch Four per Cents. is now in the course of payment, and the Bonds are at 97 1 , to 1 4. For Spanish, the price of the Five per Cents., is 30 1 4, and for the Three per Cents. 40 3 4. Not much business was transacted in the market to-day. A vast amount of business has been transacted in the Rail way Shares to-day, and in general the values are advancing. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. 3 per Cent. Consols India Bonds, 1,0001... 72 72 Ditto under 1,0001.. .. 69 69 Consols for Account...... ......... 99 3 / 4 1 , 991/ 2 Exchequer Bills, 1,000/., I%d 59 61 62 pm. 61 Ditto 500/. . Ditto Small ... 59 57 61 63 pm. 63 Ditto Advertised - pm. - CLOSING PRICES. 88 99 52% 15% 35 1 A 35% 33 cester, Oxford and Rugby, 4% ; London and York, 3 1 % ; Manchester and Buxton, 2 1 ; 9-16 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction, 4 1 / 2 512 ; Newark and Sheffield, 5% ; Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction, 4'j4 ; Southport and Euston, 2 9-16 ; Trent Valley, 16; 4 4 3 / 1 ex new ; Great Northern of France (English), 6% ; Paris and Lyons (Ganneron's), 2%. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, APRIL I.—Wind easterly, fresh breeze, and fine, but lather cold. ft. V. ., MARGATE, MARCH 31.—Cumberland, Carr, Demerara. 11 " 1 1)LYMOUTIL MARCH 31.—Arrd. Her Majesty's ship, Dub- La, Eastward. BRISTOL, MARCH 31.—Wind W.—Arrd. Eleanor, Reis Demerara. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 31.—Wind N.W. fresh.—Arrd. Lady Sale, Armstrong, Ichaboe ; Rival, Burnett, Maranham ; Sisters, Williams, Laguna; Java, Samuel, Sarah Ann, and Superior, Mobile; Olive and Eliza, Apalachicola; Envoy and Ottawa, Savannah. Sld. Great Western steamer, New York. Put back, Isabel, Africa ; Josephine, Tampico, leaky, in tow, cargo supposed not damaged. The Margaret John son, Groom, from Ichaboe to Liverpool, was abandoned, 15th inst., lat. 47 lon. 22; crew saved and arrived at Margate. BRIDLINGTON, MARCH 31.—1 t blew a gale last night at S.W., but has since moderated, and is now N.W. CORK, MARCH 29.—Arrd. John Brooks, Lockhart, Porto Rico. Sid. Pallas, St. John's New Brunswick ; Perthshire, Picton. HULL, MAncH 31.—Arrd. Plato, Chaney, New York. Sid. Janet, Tat:nagouche ; Llankumney, Quebec. REDCAP., MARCH 30.—The Ovid, Watt, of and from Sun derland to Margate, ran on the rocks off here last night, but got off with assistance, and has gone to Whitby. LOSS OF THE THOMAS LOWRY-SUICIDE OF THE PILOT. The ship Thomas Lowry, from Sydney to London, arrived eff Dartmouth on the 27th ult., and landed her letters and received a supply of provisions, and shipped at the same time one of the most experienced pilots out of that port. By some unforeseen circumstances the ship struck on some sunken rocks, became water-logged, and was run ashore near the harbour, where she filled. The pilot the day after put an end to his existence by hanging himself in his own house. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) 11.9.7 P/LEURALSITS. SMITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 lOs to 4/ 10s ; use ful ditto, 41 12s to 5/4s ; fine Upland do., 515 s to 5/10s ; Clover Hay, 4/ 103 to 61; Oat Straw, I/ 18s to 2l; Wheat Straw, 2/ to 2/ 2s per load. Both Hay and Straw sold steadily, at last week's quotations. Cumnunwn.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3l 123 to 4/ 12s ; useful ditto, 4/ 14s to 5l 5s ; fine Upland ditto, 5/ 6s to 5112 s ; Clover Hay, 41 8s to 5/ 16s; Oat Straw, 1/ 18s to 211 s; Wheat Straw, 21 2s to 213 s per load. Supply but moderate, and trade rather active. WHITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, Si 12s to 41 12s ; useful ditto, 4l 14s to 5/ 3s; fine Upland ditto, Si 4s to 5/10s ; Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 6/; Oat Straw, 1/ 18s to 2/ ; Wheat Straw, 2/ to 2/ 2s per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. COLONIAL& . SUGAR.—There has been rather more doing in British Plantation ; about 500 hhds having been sold at rather lower prices for the inferior and brown descriptions, but the coloury sorts have brought fully previous rates. The public sales have consisted chiefly of 1,906 bags Bengal, and 1,610 bags Penang Only part of the Bengal found buyers at 51s to 59s 6d for good to very fine bright crystalised yellow, being comparatively high prices ; .the remainder was chiefly taken in at 33s to 35s for low soft to good brown Khaur ; the washed sold at 295, which is a very low price. The Penang was mostly sold (for export the duty of 18s 8d being allowed) at 30s to 40s for very low dark to fine brown, and low yellow to middling greyish white at 41s to 51s. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 285 hhds, 35 tierces. 18 barrels, and there were taken for home consumption 769 hhds, 83 tierces, 174 barrels. The stock in the same places is 7,640 hhds, 578 tierces, 1,059 barrels. COFFEE.-1,038 bales Mocha at aucticn were all with drawn, there being no purchasers at firmer prices. Rum—The quantity landed last week, at the East and 'West India Docks, was 38 puns; there were taken for home conozimption, 204 puns 41 hhds; and exported, 150 puns 47 hhds. The stock in the same places is 8,858 puns 1,919 hhds. SALTPETRE.-2,000 bags Bengal and 461 bags Madras offered by auction only partly found buyers at 26s to 26s 6d for 6i to 34 per cent refraction ; Bengal, 10i per cent refrac tion ; Madras was taken in at 255, which are about previous rates. SPICES.-462 bags Malabar Pepper, and 150 chests Cassia T.ignia sold, the former at 3d to 3id for ord light to fair half heavy Malabar, and the latter at 52s to 62s 6d for ord coarse to good quality. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is dull, at 38s 9d per cwt on the spot, and town at 41s per cwt. TEA.—There has been a steady consumption going on and the deliveries last week increased. To-day public sales are in progress. ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. Brazilian Bonds Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent.... • Ditto Deferred 52% Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela. 15% Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 ... Ditto, Account 35% Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents — Po ro rt i u tt g . u , ege s,, h e n re ris a _ n n....." .. -- .. 161 y ~,, li ~bia.o nonds Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account 30% 30 8 Ditto 3 per Cent............. 40 3 4 Ditto Account Belgian Bonds, 4% per Cent — 100 3 4 Dutch, 2 1 / 2 par Cent Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific 97 % 14 97 1 4 PRICES OF II ITLIVAY SHARES PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. CLOSING Aberdeen Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush .................. 1% I% 2 Birming. and. Gloucester loo Do. New ..• ............ 17 % 3 4% Ditto % Shares ...... 3 Bristol and Exeter ..... 70 Ditto New ............... 2 Bristol and CaledonianG . l . o . . 5 10% %3% Gloucester.... ....... ..... 30 ...... 60 1 / 2 61 60 Caledonian Cambridge and Lincoln 1 1 / 2 ...... 7 8% Chester and Holyhead... 5 Churnet Valley Coventry, Bedworth, and Nuneaton ........ •••••• PA ...... 2 5a Direct Northern ......... 2 1 / 2 4 % 1 / 234 Direct Norwich Dublin and Belfast June 2% B% Dublin and Galway- • 21 / 2 •••••• 31 / 2 s {B % Eastern Counties ......... 25 ...... 21 1 A% Eastern D D i i t t t t o o E d u i x t n t ti o eo n , n s N i. 0. 0 . n... .................... Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 110315y2.4. 3%%% .d . ..... _ 7 Great Grimsby and Shef field Great South. and West. (Ireland) 11 Great D D i i t t t t No o 0 E Nr t x ehw t o e f n s E i o n En I a . ....... ... 00 2 % 1 2 20% Great Western ......... ... SO ...... _ Gu D il i d t f t o o rd % , F S a h rn ar , e m s ............. ss. 2 0 14_ .. I_ol Harwich 98 %•••••• K fl e u n ll ti a s n h d c S o e a l s b t y ............ 510 Lancaster and Carlisle... 15 Lincoln, York, and Leeds I% London and Birminghm (Stock) 233 1 4 0 d d . . . London and S. Western 41/ 01 6 5 49 27 1/2v2 Do. New Thirds Do. 1 4 Sh ares London, e a n n d d o ß re r e ig n h w t4 c )r h i.. 1. 2 5 1 80% 80 Do. New consolidated Bths 6 a s Do. New London and York ...... ... 2% 34 Lynn and Ely .Manchester and Binnin. 40 Do. Quarters 4 ...... 10% Midland... 100 156 157 156%... Do. New Midland,Birm.,Derby...loo ll6 . Newcastle and Darling ton Junction 24 ...... 49 48 Do. New Brandling... 10 39% 32 Newcastle and Berwick 1 1 / 2 l5 16 Newark and Sheffield ... ‘• 1% 57/,, Guth North British Do. New North Kent North Wales Norwich and Brandon.- 10 Do., New ... ..... ..... 1 Preston and Wyre Rugby, Worstr, & Tring 1 Scottish Midland l% 3% 2% Shrews., Wolverhamp., Dudley, and Birm 2%. .... 4 3 % South Devon South Eastern &Do ver 33/ 2s 4d... 42 /2% Do., No. 1..,............ 8 Do., No. 2. ............ 2 Do., No. 3 ............ 2% B% South Wales .... ... 2% 5 7/, 6% Waterford and Kilkenny I Yarmouth and Norwich. 20 York and North Midland 50 lO2 103 Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 20 Do. Selby Do. Extension ......... 1 1 % 1 5 14 16% 15 3 / 4 FRENCH RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens— 4 ...11X 1 12 11 3 / 4 12% Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette. ........ . ... ..... 2 Great North. of France.. 4 Lyons and Avignon 2 Orleans and Bordeaux... 2 Paris & Lyons, Laffitte's 2 Paris ard Lyons, Gan neron's, Paris & Lyons, (Calon's) 2 74 Paris and Orleans 2O S am Tours Lap N d antes, 3I eu s e ... 2 Mac kenzie's JOINT STOCK BANKS. London Joint Stock...., 10 MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 31.—The sales are :—London and Birmingham, 32/. Shares, 44 3 / ; Man- New Quarters, 5% prem. ; Midl an d R a i lway, 40 1 . Sh ares, n s e B w ex and new ex a d n i el v. e ; x D d i i t v io, c D h Di o, s t o t e , r Quarter i rlni n Shares, gh a in 2% 57 e 3 / 4x / 19 18 3 / 4 ,• Preston and Wyre, 33 3 / 4 ; Sheffield and Man chester, Quarter Shares, 153, % ; South-Eastern. 42 3 / 4 ex div. ; Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire Junction, 11% 12 ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 11 1 4 3g ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 7 1 4 y l; Churriet Valley, 7 1 4 7-16 ; Direct Northern, 4 3 / 4 %; ,rewash Valley, 15; Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction, 3% ; Huddersfield and Manchester Rail way and Canal, 312 ; Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 6%; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 7 ; London and Wor. 66 116,4 133% 34% 3 215/% 04 33 % 60Ih SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff KENNEDY and a Common Jury.) _ _ STRANCHAN V. HALL.-EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF ASSAULT AND ACTION FOR DAMAGES. 2% - 16% 11 195 21 3 / 4 101 474 98 1% 38 31 1 4 15i/ 6$ 1734 16 7 / 42 35 4IA 16 1 /4 2 1 / 2 6 3% 12 3% 24 21:, {- 50 1 6%. This was an action instituted by John Wilson Strang han, a captain in the merchant service, to recover damages for an assault committed by John Hall, a Lieu tenant in the Royal Navy. The damages were laid at 2001. The defendant had entered no plea to the action, thereby allowing judgment to go by default, and the question the jury had to decide was, the awount of da. mages to which the plaintiff was entitled. The parties to the action were joint owners of the ship Emerald, belonging to the port of London, and brothers in-law. The ship in question traded between the ports of Cadiz and London. The plaintiff was the commander, and the circumstances that led to the present proceedings took place as follows : On the 15th of July the ship arrived in the London Docks with a cargo from Cadiz, and the same day Lieut. Hall, being down at the docks, went on board. While there tne canin, and seeing the paint scratched, and several of the sky-lights broken, he remarked that she was " in a sad plight," that in fact " she was a perfect wreck." Capt. Stranghan observed, in reply, that having a large cargo cn board they had been obliged to stow a portion of it away in the cabin, which had occasioned the damage. A few more words passed between them, when Lieut. Hall in a furious manner lifted his fist and struck the plaintiff a violent blow on the face, which felled him to the ground like an ox. Not satisfied with this, he repeated the blows several times while the plaintiff lay on the ground, also pulled his nose severely, and other wise treated him with the greatest indignity. Captain Stranghan, though, a younger and a stronger man, did not return the blows, but preferred meeting the gross outrage by another course. On the defendant subse quently refusing to apologise, the present action was brought. William Rogers, mate of the Emerald, deposed to the facts, in regard to the assault, as herelset forth. Though subjected to a long cross-examination, nothing was done to shake the evidence as to the assault being not only unprovoked, but also very violent. The surgeon, who attended on the plaintiff, also gave evidence as to the face and one of the eyes being much injured. Mr. WORDSWORTH having spoken in mitigation of damages, The Learned UNDER-SHERIFF briefly summed up, and the jury consulted for a short time, and returned a verdict for 50/. 7 4 4 . 1 4' ( 'et ::-:",giii ,_, _ ......, 1 ..„ 0 --e. ',:. ~,,t , 4v,,,-, • af t . •,- A ~'''' '. * -4:o_!Z ik --....7(14baJ --t , ..; -- t--,- '''' t. ' 'I- ...,,,- .., ~, ~ftik3,fia . ( kA . V-...4 ,- _,.. dkvil or tememu. , 7. .... . . Is • .....--,, Ant LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1845. The House of Commons met yesterday afternoon at four o'clock, for the first time since the Easter recess. Lord Jon RUSSELL gave notice that he should, on Friday, draw the attention of the House to the passage in the Message of the American President, which related to the Oregon Treaty. In answer to Lord DUN CAN, Sir J. GRARAM stated c pr - t o , intend to propose any alteration in s.'4 th'e ' - „ ) 4...... i ion, on the subject of imprisonment AT *ght Hon. Baronet further stated , d bta i '..:Vatt Ana — ',, f WO 0 1 RAWDON, tha t he did no t in ,e:allat ilid eas ure to Ireland until the re- • - • - ,i,,::'; /-- .4; IMPRISONMENT FOR POOR RATES. We have reason to believe that the following gross cases of oppression will be brought under the notices of both Houses of Parliament in a kw days : THE CASE OF ANN WARD.—Ann Ward is a widow, now in her 58th year, residing at Whitwick, in the county of Leicester. Her husband was a collier, who was killed at the pits some years ago by an accident, leaving her with four children. She is very poor, and lives with tine of her daughters, as a lodger. In January last a demand was made upon her for 3s. for poor rates. She was unable to pay, and stated so. She was not a heusehelder, and had never had alevy made upon her, and had no property what ever chargeable to the poor rates. Ilensou, the collector, summoned her to appear before the Ashl , v Beach. She went there with Mrs. Lakin (the wife of Thomas Lakin, now in gaol for the same cause as lierselt). Ashby is five miles from ‘Vhitwick. When she arrived there, John Bales, a policeman, asked her if she had brought the money, and hearing that she had not, refused to let her see the magistrates, and she went home again. Shortly after this, the same policeman came with a distress warrant, and asked if she had any goods ? She replied that be knew she had none, that she was only a lodger, having nothing to do with the house. About a fortnight alter having been summoned to Ashby, a. mentioned before, the same policeman brought a commit ment from the Ashby Bench, and stated that she must go to gaol ; in consequence of which, she next day went to the constable, who brought her to Leicester geol. An unknown gentleman at Leicester paid the rate (35.), she was discharged, and went home to Whit wick. A fortnight after this she was told that she must go to prison again for the costs. She had had no de mand made upon her for costs ; she had not been sum moned again ; no further distress warrant was issued, nor was she taken before any bench of magistrates whatever ; she had heard nothing more of the matter until she was told that she must go to prison for a month to hard labour. She was accordingly taken to Leicester gaol on the sth March, and has continued there ever since. The Magistrates who committed her are R. G. Cress well, Esq., and W. W. Abney, Esq., of Ashby-de la- Zouche. THE CASE OF THOMAS LAKlN.—Thomas Lakin iS 44 years of age ; he is a loader at a colliery in Whitwick, in Leicestershire ; has a wife and four children, the youngest six months old, and entirely dependent upon his daily labour for subsistence. He is paid as a loader per ton. His wages are sometimes as high as 13s. per week, but this is very seldom, and at times as low as 4s. 6d. And as he is obliged from slackness of work in the summer season to incur debts which must be paid out of wages in the more busy season, he is always in extreme indigence. He pays Is. 6d. per week for a furnished tenement of two rooms, and was assessed to the poor-rates in the amount of ss. 4d. Henson, the collector, having made the demand, and being informed that Lakin was utterly unable to pay, he was summoned to appear before the Ashby Bench. His wife went to Ashby, a distance of five miles, but having no money to meet the demand, was refused ad mission to the magistrates. A distress warrant was issued, and it was found that Lakin had no goods to seize. In consequence of this, Lakin was committed to Leicester gaol, until the rate should be paid. He went on the 11th of February, and on his arrival there, an unknown gentleman, having heard of the case, paid the ss. 4d. He was discharged, and went home again. After this a summons was served upon him for the costs! He had no money to pay them, and a distress warrant was issued ; awl it was found, as before, that he had no goods ; he was then sentenced by the same magistrates to a month's hard labour in the House of Correction ; he was Wien there on the sth of March last, and is now undergoing his sentence. He h•s never heard from his wife and children since he has been in ga,,l , nor does he know how they are supported, or where they are. Has worked at Whitwick for fourteen years ; has never been to gaol before in his life, nor ever been before a magis trate. He confidently appeals to his master, Samuel Rade, of Whitwick, for a testimonial as to his honesty, sobriety, and industry during the whole of that term. The Magistrates who committed him are B. G. Cres well, Esq., and W. W. Abney, Esq., of Ashby-de-la- Zouche. The committal to prison for the rate is under the 43d Elizabeth, cap. 2, no 4 ; the committal for costs is under the 18th Geo. 111., cap. 19. It is believed that this statute does not apply to such cases as these, but only to misdemeanours ; this, however, is a question of mere law ; but it must not be overlooked that the ma gistrates have the power to commit for a term not exceed ing one month ; and in this case, as well as in that of the poor old woman, these Magistrates (Cresswell and Abney) have sent the parties to hard labour for the longest period that the laws would allow. FRENCH PLAYS-ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Mademoiselle Plessy, who is engaged for only six re presentations, made her first appearance for the season last evening as Hortense, in Cassimir Delavigne's co medy L'Ecole des Vieillards. This comedy is doubt less well-known to the majority of our readers, and the heroine, the young wife of an old husband, a cognate character to Lady Teazle, was admirably sustained by Mademoiselle Plessy. In la haute comedie she is unrivalled. Nothing could be more admirable, for instance, than the last scene of the second act, in which she urges her husband to permit her to go to the ball given by the Due de Delmar. She tries coaxing and tears, and the transition from the one to the other was exquisitely managed. She is, indeed, an admirable artiste. Our old friend Cartigny was Bonnard, me particular friend of the old husband (the Sir Oliver Surface of the piece), and he acted with vast quaintness and humour. The speech in the first act in praise of a bachelor's life was given with great gusto, and was much and deservedly applauded. The comedy was preceded by a new vaudeville, entitled Les Surprises. This vaudeville is from the pen of Scribe, and is such as Scribe alone could write. It is full of point and bustle. Mademoiselle Ozy, from the Theatre des Variet6', made her debilt in this piece, in the character of Mathilde. She is a very pretty girl, and a charming actress, and will prove an acquisition to Mr. Mitchell's corps dramatique. The house was well and fashionably attended. CITY OF LONDON THEATRE Mr. and Miss Vandenhoff commenced a short engage ment here last evening. The play was As You Like It, Mr. Vandenhi ff sustaining the character of Jaques, and Miss Vandenhoff that of Rosalind. Vandenhoff's sen tentious style is exactly suited to the melancholy Jaques. He acted with great tact and judgment. Miss Vanden hoff's Rosalind was a very lady-like performance. They were both much applauded: the play was very well cast. Mr. Cowie, as Orlando, was very good, and James Browne was the quaintest of Touchstones. Indeed bad he been otherwise than excellent it would have been un pardonable, seeing he was so admirably supported by Montgemerie, as Audrey. Her Audrey is one of the best on the stage. She is one of the few a! tistes who understand Shakspeare, and we hope soon to have the pleasure of seeing her in some more Shaksperian characters. The play was followed by the farce of Pat's - 1 7 aarifs, with H. Hall, as Larry Hoolagln; after which, in the farce of the Road-Side Inn, George Wild sus tainid poor Mathews' character of Buskin, with consi derable humour. The pieces were all put on the stage in an admirable manner. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the royal suite, are expected to arrive at Buckingham Palace at five o'clock this afternoon, from the Isle of Wight. FUNERAL OF THE HON. NV. FRASER.—The mortal remains of this highly respected and lamented gentleman were, on Saturday, removed from the residence of Lord Saltoun, in Great Cumberland -street, and deposited in the catacombs of the Kensal-green Cemetery. Among the mourners in attendance were Mejor-General Lord Saltoun and Captain Fraser (eldest son of the deceased), Sir John Bayley, Bart., Lieut.-General Browne, Major-General Sir James Law Lushington, G C. 8., Colonel Fraser (of Castle Fraser), Colonel Ellis, and several other personal and intimate friends of the deceased. The service was ,performed by the Rev. Mr. Scobell. A MINIATURE ELEPHANT.—On Thursday last, about five o'clock, a sow in the possession of Mr. William Higgs, pig -breeder, living at Phcenix• cottage, on the Tev:kes bury-road, farrowed twelve young ones. With reference to eleven of these, there was nothing remarkable, but the other was certainly a most extraordinary lu.sus nature—the head presenting exactly the appearance of that of an elephant. The lower jaw, the trunk, the eyes, the ears, all exactly cor responded. This singular little animal only lived for about oue hour and ten minutes. The owner intends to preserve the body in spirits as a curiosity. It is difficult to account for this freak of nature, and we must leave the explanation to others ; we merely record the fact which our eyes have seen.— Cheltenham Free Press. EXTENSIVE FIRE TIIIS MORNING IN THE MINO RIEs.—About one o'clock this morning a fire broke out at No. 83, in the AI inories, in the occupation of Mr. Kirby, oil and colourman. The inmates escaped with difficulty over the roof of the next house. Engines were promptly on the spot, but the result was the destruction of Mr. Kirby's house and stock. Mr. Ormer's house, next door, and other property, was considerably damaged. FOURFOLD ACCIDENT ON THE THAMES.—Yester day Mr. Baker held an inquest at the Spotted Dog, High street, Poplar, on the body of William Day, aged thirty-one, a fisherman. It may be recollected that on the sth of February the deceased and three other persons, named By ford, were drowned near the Gallions, off Woolwich, by the upsetting of their fishing-beat at night, during a squall. The body of one of the Byfords was found soon after the accident, and an inquest was held on it by Mr. Lewis, Coroner for Essex, at Barking. The verdict was " Accidental death." The body of the deceased man, Day, was found on Wednesday last, floating in the river, off Bow-creek. The bodies of two of the Byfords have not yet been found. The evidence yesterday proved that the men, at eleven o'clock at night, were coming up the river in a hatch-boat, laden with fish, and sailing in the wake of a brig. They gained upon the brig, and as they shot by its stern a sudden gust of wind, blowing off the shore, caught the boat's sails and upset her. Only one man escaped—a good swimmer, named Joseph Leach, who related the above facts. Verdict—" Acci dental death." THE MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, MARCII 31.—The Oriental Company's steam ship Royal Tar came into the docks last evening, with the Peninsular and Gibraltar mails, which, on being landed, were forwarded to London by 2 A M. mail train this day. She left Gibraltar on the 22d instant; Cadiz, 23d ; Lisbon and Oporto, 25th ; and Vigo, 26th. The Royal Tar has a fruit cargo and 14 passengers. The Fantome sloop-of-war, and Spanish line-of battle ship Soberian, wore at Gibraltar, and the Scout and Flamer steamers, the French corvette Trido, and brig-of-war Douro, were at Cadiz. The Tagus steam-ship, Captain Brookes, will leave the docks to morrow at three o'clock, with a full cargo of bale goods, Constantinople. The Tagus will take out the l -7, - st I n di a an d China mails as far as Malta, and thQn be forwarded, in the Iberia, to Alexandria. THE COUNTESS OF EGLINTON STEAMER.--We re gret to state, that this fine river steamer was driven from her moorings at Milport, during the storm of Thu rs d ay n i g h t, and thrown upon the rocks. She is said to have been seri ously damaged. No person was on board, — Glasgow Satur day Post. CLERKENWELL.-(THIS DAY. Edmund Saunders, was charged with furious driving. The prisoner, who was drunk, got into a publican's cart on the previous night, and drove away at the top of the animal's speed through Gray's Inn-lane, and some of the most crowded thoroughfares in the northern part of the metropolis. When, at length, stopped by Martin 144 G, he assaulted him, and conducted himself with great violence. Mr. CONBE find him 10s., or ten days' imprisonment. There was no case of any interest among the morning charges. RAILWAY COMMITTEES, (TIIIS DAY.) The Sub-Committee No. 4, consisting of Sir William lleathcote, Chairman, Mr. Packe, Mr. Shirley, Mr. C. Legh, end Mr. Ackland, assembled this morning. LONDON, CHATHANI, AND NORTH KENT RAILWAY. This case was adjourned from before Easter. At the sitting of the Committee this morning judg ment was given in two cases that had been postponed. The allegation in these cases was, that in respect of the alleged places of abode of two shareholders who had subscribed the Parliamentary deed were wh3lly fictitious and fraudulent. The Committee decided this to be so, and declared that the standing order had not been complied with accord ingly. FLANDERS MAIL. (RECEIVED THIS I)AY.) BRUSSELS, MARCH 30.—The Moniteur Belge of this date publishes the convention for the construction of the railway d'Entro Sambre and Meuse, between the Eel gian Government, represented by the Minister of Public Works, on the one part, and Messrs. William Parry Richards, of London, merchant, William Goodenough Hayter, of London, Member of Parliament, Thomas Hankey, jun., of London, merchant, John Peter Fearon, or, London, landowner, and Terielin Sigart, of Mins, banker, on the other part. The , Chamber of Commerce of Liege in its 'sitting of the 2Gth instant decided against the three pro positions relative to the corn, which are now under the consideration of the Chamber of Representatives.— Brussels Papers, March 30. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.-VIENNA, MARCH 22. 5 per Cent. Metalliques • • ••• • • •• • . 1121 4 per Cent. ditto• •• • • • • • • • • • • • ........ • • 102 3 per Cent. ditto.. •••••• • • • • • • ........ • • 'a.% Loan, 1834 • • • • ••••••• • • • • • • ........ • • • 155% Ditto, 1839 • • •• • • ••• • • • • • •• • • •• • • •• • • 132!4 Bank Shares • • •• • ...... • • • • •• • • ...... 1849 Esterhazy's Loan •••• • • • • • ••••• • • • • • 58 RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand • • •• • • • • • • • . 192 Cloggnitz •••• 149Y 4 Milan Leghorn • • • 131 • •• •• 126% —All gemelne Zeltung, Ma eh 26. LICENSING DAY IN THE CITY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. shall feel obliged by your correcting, in your next number, an error in last evening's paper ; a license was not refused. but GRANTED to me. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, JAMES CARELESS. Wellington Tavern, Finch-lane, April 1, 1845. TIIE PATRICK HENRY. ---A rumour prevailed in town yesterday that the fine packet-ship Patrick Henry, Captain Delano; which sailed from this port on Sunday last, for New York, with upwards of 300 emigrants on board, was lost in the Channel. The rumour was destitute of foun dation.. In passing the Tuskar, the Patrick Henry and Shakspeare (one of Mr. Kendall's vessels) came in collision, but little or no damage was done, and both vessels proceeded on their way—the Patrick Henry for New York, and the Shakspeare for Liverpool, where she arrived yesterday.— Liverpool Journal of Saturday. NEWS littblit eptaton. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. On Saturday Louis Philippe, attended by Colonel Dumas, Count de Strada, and two artillery officers, left the Tuileries for Versailles, and after remaining there for some hours, returned in the evening. The King and Queen of Naples arrived at Rome on the 17th, and the next day, accompanied by the count de Trapani, paid a visit to his Holiness. The Queen of Spain is expected to leave Madrid for Barcelona about the beginning of May. According to some of the Swiss journals the invasions of Lucerne by the refugees and free corps was generally anticipated. The Brussels Moniteur of the 30th ult. contains the royal sanction of the agreement between Messrs. Richards, Ilayter, Hankey, and Fearon on the one side, an 1 the Belgian Government on the ether, for the con struction of the Entre Sambre and Meuse Railway, with certain branches. The principal line will run from the Brussels and Namur Railway, near the Marchienne-att - Pont station. The maximum of the tariff for passengers is fixed as follows :-Ist class, 50c. per league ; 2d class, 35c. ditto ; 3d class, 25 ditto. The Turin correspondent of the Augsburg Gazttte states, that the efforts of the Austrian and French Courts to induce the Pope and the General of the Jesuits to refuse their sanction to the introduction of that order into Lucerne. have not hid the desired effec'. The Ga zptte du Simplon has made a similar statement, and it adds that the Jesuits will soon proceed to Lucerne, by order of their General. The general meeting of the shareholders of the Paris and Orleans Railroad was held at Paris on Saturday , under the presidency of M. Bartoliny. Accot ding to the report for 1844 the total receipts were 6,901,786 E; and the expenses 3,286,6621., leaving a surplus 0 1 3,615,124 f. More than 1,500,000 passengers and 127,00 0 tons of goods were conveyed in that year by the railroad. The dividend was fixed at 39f. 25c. per share (exclusive of the reserve for the sinking fund), being at the rate of 7.85 per cent. on the original capital of 500 f. MAW AND POLICE. Mr. Commissioner Pane, in the Bankruptcy Court, adjourned the examination of William Nawood, s bankrupt linen draper, of Kettering, sine die. In the case of Dobson v. Blackmore, an action, brought by the proprietors of the Greenwich stone pier against the owners of the watermen's pier,'and which was tried at Kingston, before Lord Denman, the jury found for th© plaintiffs, with a shilling damages, thus deciding against the legality of the watermen's floating pier at Greenwich. At Oxford, John Trilloe and Thomas Tudor were convicted of arson, and sentenced to fifteen years' trans portation. In several cases, in which men had been. robbed in houses of ill-fame, the Lcarned Judge refused to allow them their expenses. Thomas Vivian, Robert Dunnetts, and Mary Ann; Davis, were placed at the bar at Queen-square, chargiase with coining, at No. 1, Pump-court, Perkins's-rents) Westminster, having been pounced upon by the police while engaged in making counterfeit sixpences out of Britannia-metal spoons. The prisoners were committed for trial for unlawfully possessing counterfeit coin. At Southwark, John Williams, an elderly serious' looking-man, with his hair carefully combed down in front, was brought before Mr. Trail, charged with steal ing several spoons aud saucers, and also newspapers and pamphlets, from different coffee-houses on the south side of the water. He had that morning been detected it the act of stealing a teaspoon, two cups and saucers, and a knife, from a coffee-house in the Blackfriars-rond- He was remanded. Edward Sullivan and John Murphy were chit:gee" at Lambeth with burglariously breaking into the Gus Tavern, in St. George's-fields. It appeared by the evi dence that the prisoners had broken into the tavern' after the house aas shut up on Saturday night, and the family had gone to bed. They had lighted the gas is the bar, &e., and were making their harvest when they . were disturbed by the police, and eventually apprehended• Most of the things taken were recovered. The prisoners were remanded. William Hare, a middle-aged man, of respectable RP" pearance, charged with having embezzled various surd% of money. the property of his employer, Mr. M‘Learia stone-mason, of Sun-street, Bishopsgate, and also wath having uttered a forged acceptance for 101. 145., wit) , . tent to defraud Mr. Bonsor, a tradesman in Crosa-'street' City-road, was fully committed from WorshiP"' s t re et oa both charges. At the Thames Police-court, Sarah Hall was brought before Mr. Broderip, yesterday, on a chrage of stealing a silver tea-pot, a silver sugar-bason, a silver milk-petv twelve silver forks, and other articles of plate, together with a quantity of linen, wearing apparel, and other pro perty, valued at 80/., from the dwelling-house of ?Jr' William Penny, a lighterman, of No. 72, Lucas- - street , Commercial-road East. The prisoner, who had lived In the :service of the prosecutor as maid of all work, W 0 remanded. She had on her legs a pair of her master stockings at the time of her apprehension. COUILT-PASNIONABL,26 The Duke of Wellington has arrived at Apsley House, from Strathfieldsaye. The Marquis rand Marchioness 01 Douro have arrived at their resideote in Upper Belgrave" s tree t. The Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe and family do not leave Fleurs Castle, N. 8., until the close of die month, when the Noble Dukt and Duchess are expected at Tkomai's llotel. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland and the Ladies Caroline and Constance Levcson Gower, are expected to arrive at Stafford House to-morrow, from Trenthavi Hall, Staffordshire. The Marquis of Stafford and Lora Frederick Leveson 'Gower will remain at Trentham. , The Duke of H am ilt on h as i ssue d car d s f or a grand dinner-party on Sunday next, at his mansion in Port man-square, to meet her Royal Highness the Grayed Duchess Stephanie of Baden. The Countess Caeogan continues in delicate healt . li at Quetnsbury House. The Earl and Countess of Eldon and family are, pass' ing the holidays at Shirley House, near Croydon. The Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury have gone on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Somerset, at Wirnble don-park, with the int en ti on o f return i ng to Mivart'S Hotel at the end of the week. The Earl and Countess of Harewood have loft Hare" wood House, near L ee d s , f or B oug h ton H ouse, near Kettering. Lady M‘Naghten, accompanied by the Hon. Mil' Erskine and children, have arrived at Mivart's Hotel , from India. Her Ladyship, we are happy to state, eon sidering the sad bereavemee.i she has sustained, is in tole rable good health. The Countess of Warwick was presented last weep with an elegant vase, by the Members of the Surrq. Hunt, as a mark of their respect and regard for h e ' Ladyship's liberality in permitting them to hunt, over her estates in Surrey. The Bishop of Durham and Mrs. Maltby are e%- pected in a few days in Upper Portland-Once, from Auckland Castle. MISCELLANEOUS. A curious addition has just been made to periodical literature, remarkable as the first of the.family the lunacy of the contributors is frankly avowed. .- 1 1. Governor of th e R o y a l L unat i c A sy l um of t h e tow % Crighton, has conceived, as a means of appealing to the early sympathies and intellectual memories of the more highly educated among his patients, t'ne design of publication for their own amusement ; to be edited an d printed entirely by th emse l ves . Th e s i gn ifi can t title o this extraordinary publication is, The New Moon, a deli cate allusion to a suppos( influence of that luminary, over th, unfortunate beirlgs who are the preparers of this peculiar magazine, The Great Western sailed on Saturday last from Li verpool with a large number of passengers and a h e avy mail for New York. The Scotch and irish papers mention the destructive effects of the storm of Thursday and Friday last, vvhich appears to have extended to ali parts of the kingdom. IP Scotland, particularly, the gale appears to have Wert terrific. The body of a female, about twenty-three years . age, and five feet four in height, was discovered 11( Ating in the River Thames, near the Red House, Batliersest about one o'clock on Monday. she was respectably dressed, having the appearance of an upper servant, or respectable mechanic's wife. The only thing Temarlcable to lead to her identity was, that she wore two apronasen ° blue and the other black, and h er r i g ht leg had a Woun , round which was bound a red silk handkerchief. The body awaits a Coroner's inquest at the Red House, Battersea. In expectation of a vacancy in the representation or the Elgin burghs, two candidates have appeared in the field—Mr. Duff, of Haddo, who was a candidate in. 1 841, on the Tory interest ; and on the Liberal interest; Copt - Granville Gower Loch, R.N., son of Mr. Loch, ,ember for the Wick burghs. A meeting of the Austrian and Sardinian RiailwaY Company was advertised to be h e ld a t the George and Vulture Tavern, Cornhill, on Monday, at twelve o'clock.. At half-past twelve Hermann Henry, Esq., wias - called to the chair, who stated that there appeared to be no body present who promoted th e me eting, so that h e thought they had better adjourn. Mr. Cunliffe pro" posed that they adjourn t o th a t d a y week, whicb , being seconded by Alderman Vi c kers, was c.srried ntl" animously. Mr. Page, in company with Mr. Cubitt, on Friday , inspected the river to make an es ti m ate of the expense of the embankment from Vauxh a ll-b r idge to Battersea bridge. The Earl of Lincoln int en d s to bring a Bill into Parliament for that purpose in a few weeks. On Saturday night, about eight 0 clock, v circumstanc e that placed the lives of five inuivictuals (four men and a woman) in the greatest jeopardy, took place at Mr. Heath's calico-printing factory, in Garrat-lane, Tooting. In the course of the afternoon, the party had purcha sed some fish, with the intentio n of cooking them on the premises, and having them for supper. A man named Reynolds left off work before the others and prepared to cook the fish, but in doing EO used a , preparation of arsenic and starch, which he found about the premisea , and which he mistook for flour. All the party were taken extremely ill, and Dr. B.:,nbridge attended, wbo, by One use of the stomach pump and emeti cs , save:, - 1 them. woman, l eovhser, who is enciente, is still dangerously ill. TArP VALE RAILWAY.—The Directors of this Railway have determined, in consequence cf the increased and increasins traffic upon the line, to make the line a double instead of a single one. It is intended that this shall be effected as soon as circumstances will admit, but at present the double lice will only extend from the Cardiff terminus to the Taff Well station, a dista nce o f a b ou t seven wiles' Operations have already commenced.—Cambrian. MARY OF AND F( ta , II ti