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one of the most eminent of living authors—Lord Jeffrey. He pointed out, in the language of truth, the attempts which had been made to dissolve the union, and, advert ing to the struggles between the two countries, said that of course it would terminate in favour of the superic r power. But such a victory would be to England the source of unspeakable calamity, and the signal of her weakness and insecurity. Lord Jeffrey further said that the Govern ment was bound to make every possible sacrifice to 'diminish the grievances which afflicted Ireland—to do justice, and to show kindness to a people whom it was their interest as well as their duty to cherish and pro tect.—(Hear, hear.) The union, his Lordship said, must he made complete, or it would be broken in pieces and thrown in their faces.—(Hear, hear.) He asked whether England had done all that it could do to avert the im pending calamity, and whether it would not be prudent in the House to make a step in advance in the course of conciliation, and acquiesce in the motion ofthe Noble Lord? It was not merely measures that should be suggested, but the House should show a sympathy with the Irish people.—(Hear, hear.) That people wanted to see a Government' in which they could place confidence. — (Ironical cheers from a Member on the Ministerial benches.) The Hon. Gentleman cheered, but in order to cement the union a disposition should be evinced to conciliate the feelings of the people.—(Hear, hear.) What was the feeling in Ireland towards the present •Government ? Need he answer ? Measures good in Themselves had been• suggested, but the Irish people viewed those measures with distrust—they viewed their acts with reference to their past and present policy. W hat was the position they occupied with respect to Ireland ? Their professions were smooth as oil, but their practice sharp as the sword.—(Cheers.) He could not forget the language they used when sitting on the Opposition benches. They now looked upon Ireland, and be held the fruits of their past opposition.—(Hear, hear.) They had chosen Ireland as the battle-field on which they enlisted the feelings and prejudices of the English people, with a view to overthrow the former Govern tnent—(Hear, hear)—they remembered the conduct of the Members of the present Administration on the appro • portion clauses, and their refusal then as now to depart from the existing ecclesiastical system. They remembered their conduct with respect to the Municipal Corporation Act. and their determined op position to the municipal franchise—an opposition grininded on the belief that a large portion of the Itoman Catholic population would be thereby endowed with increased privileges.—(Laughter.) They remem bered, *hen that Bill had passed through that House, the resistance which it met, through the agency of those with whom they were in daily communication, and who sat in the same Cabinet with them.—(Hear, hear.) They remembered their conduct on the Regis tration Act. The Noble Lord (Lord Stanley) smiled ; he hoped he would never find it a subject for bitter regret and deep remorse.—(Hear, hear.) He now told them with all sincerity that, in order to Rove the reality of their repentance, they must retrace with:wider steps, and give more ample evidence than - those declarations in the appointment of a Landlord :and Tenant Commission and some improvements in the at Iteational system.—(Hear, hear.) Something else was necessary to convince the Irish people, to enlist -their affections, and to win back their confidence—to make the union a union of strength and of affection. The present moment, when, in the language of the Right Hon. Gentleman, the law had been triumphant, was not the least favourable for an advance in measures of con ciliation.—(Hear, hear.) The Irish people would look with a favourable eye on a disposition on the part of the Imperial Parliament to enter into a consideration of their wrongs. Such a step might Ere the means of uniting them cordially with the people of England. At least there were grounds for entertaining such an opinion, and no opportunity should be lost for attaining so desirable a consummation.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) For these reasons, and because he considered that the present crisis imperatively demanded the interposition of the House of Commons for the amelioration of Irish grievances, And the allaying of the excitement which at present prevailed in that country, he would give his cordial .assent to the motion of the Noble Lord.—(Loud and 'prolonged cheering.) Lord ELIOT said, that his Right Hon. Friend, the Secretary for the Home Department, had so ably vindi cated every act of the executive Government, that he might well content himself with resting the vindication of the 'Government upon his statements, but the situation which he held would not allow him to remain silent on this debate. The Right Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down had commenced his speech by adverting to a statement made by his Right Hon. Friend, regarding - the military occupation of Ireland. His Right lion. Friend had drawn a comparison between the years 11844 and 1834 ; and shown that there Was smaller -n - Olitary force at present in Ireland than before the accession 'of the present Ministry to office. In Sep tember, 1841, to November, 1843, there was a diminu tion to the extent of four battalions of infantry, and one regiment of cavalry; surely that showed no disposition OD the part of the present Government to take military possession of Ireland. But this he would say, that what ever amount ormilitary force was necessary for the se curity of life and property in Ireland, should be placed in that country. The state of Ireland at this moment was not worse, he was bound to suppose, than when the Coercion Bill was brought forward by the Noble Lord, a measure which the Right Hon. Gentleman said he would _not support if it were brought forward by the present , Vovernment. What was really the motion of the Noble "lord? Did he ask for a Committee to suggest measures for the amelioration of the evils of which he com plained ? Was it not rather a motion, having for its object, the taking the reins out of the hands of the pre sent Government and placing them in the bands of the Government to which he belonged? The Right Hon. Gentleman and the Hon. Member for Waterford spoke in vague and general terms of the grievances of Ireland, but they did not propose a remedy. They talked of the Church Establishment, and said it was not a question of money ; but if it did not refer to the revenues of that Church to what did the proposed change refer ? He now came to the question of the issuing of the proclama tion. The Noble Lord then read the conclusion of the Solicitor-General's address to the jury on the State trials, justifying the course pursued by the Government on the ground that a meeting per se did not constitute an offence; but that it was the frequency of those meet ings and their general tendency which called upon the Government to interfere. The Noble Lord then referred to the exclusion of Catholics from the jury, and read the declaration of the Crown solicitor, which affirmed that on e of the two Catholics rejected, although not a: member of the Repeal Association, had, in his -belief, signed the Carlow repeal requisition, and that the other he believed to have been a Protestant. Her Majesty's Government had been advised by the Law Officers of the Crown that this was a dangerous confederacy—dangerous to the peace of Ireland ; but that it was their duty not to interfere till it had deve loped itself. The Right. Hon. Gentleman talked of the peaceable state of Ireland. He had read to the House a letter which he had received from a Magistrate, and which described the alarm which was created in the minds of the Protestants, and stated that the well-dis posed Catholics were reluctantly obliged to join the ranks of the repealers. An Hon. MEMBER—Who wrote the letter ? Lord ELIOT said he had no objection to name the gentleman who wrote it. It was written by Mr. Saunderson, a Magistrate of the county of Cavan, who had been formerly a Member of that House.—(Hear.) The Noble Lord then read the letter, which stated that there were no soldiers in Cavan ; that the Protestants were preparing their arms in expectation of an outbreak; that if a simultaneous movement took place they would not be prepared to make any resistance, except a few Protestants, who were preparing for a conflict. An Hos. MEMBEE—W hat is the data of that letter ? Lord ELIOT—It is dated the sth of June, 1843. (Opposition cheers.) But military forces were being then introduced into the country. He would take that opportunity of saying that the Protestants of the north of Ireland were entitled to the thanks of the Government for their conduct. They heard the Roman Catholic peasantry using expressions which were calculated to arouse the most serious apprehensions. They believed that an insurrection was preparing, but not to create jealousy. Among those from whom they apprehended danger they maintained a perfectly passive attitude, which did them the greatest honour. They were accus tomed to assemble on certain days, but they at once yielded obedience to the law when the law forbade those meetings ; and they could not see the difference between their meeting with Orange flags and the repealers meet ing with green flags. He now returned to the Cloritarl meeting. There were circumstances attend ing that meeting which tended to give it an illegal character. The Lord Lieutenant had been absent in England for the benefit of his health, and the Lord Chan cellor was exhausted from the continual attendance in his Court, to which no person who ever sat in it brought higher ornaments. He also was absent. The placard which had been read last night by his Right Hon. Friend, Vi a s issued. and such were the circumstances attending the meeting, that lie was prepared to Venture to prohibit it on his own responsibility. He stated 'his views on the 'subject, and his Right Hon. Friend near him had con curred with him in the views he took of the subject. He believed it was then agreed that the proclamation should be issued. It arrived on the 4th day of October, the day on which his Noble Friend left London. He left on Thursday, with the Chancellor, and arrived in Dublin on Friday. The Right Hon. Gentleman ac cused them of having a proclamation ready cut and dry. It was left to the discretion of the Irish Govern ment to act as circumstances might point out, aad when the Lord-Lieutenant arrived they all agreed that the meeting should be prevented. (Hear, hear) It had been s a id t h at Chief Baron Brady and ' Mr. Blake, two gentlemen he was proud to call friends, were not summoned, and that this was an insult to the Ro man Catholics of Ireland. That observation had been made made by Mr. Sheil in his sp eec h i n Court, but heLord n Eliot) believed that the f ac t was, that Chief Bar on srady was a Protestant,' and he (Lord Eliot) took upon himself the blame of not summo n i ng t h ose individuals. He considered that it was an act of th e Executive Goa. vernment, for which they were responsible, and he did not think that it would be delicate to ask the political opponents of the Government to be present at the coun cil, where they would be in a small minority. Even if they dissented from the views of the Government, which he was not sure they would do, their dissent would not be recorded, and it could only be known that they did so through paragraphs in the newspapers. But it was from a feeling of delicacy that they were not summoned. -s-(Cheers.) The Right Hon. Gentleman had alluded to the risk which was incurred in notgiving more time for the suppression of the Clontarf meeting. Now he (Lord Eliot) believed that the people did not assemble at the place of meeting until after mass, and from an early hourthe whole of the ground was occupied by an over wbejsrozzg military force, and no mass of unarmed in dividuals vould have ventured to encounter such a force. Information had been sent of the proclamation to all the police-stations, and he believed that few persons were present at the meeting before the day on which it was to take puce, except, perhaps, an inconsiderable number. But from the display of military force. he be lieved that no collision would be possible. The Right Hon. Gentleman had said that the meeting'was not legal, but nothing could have been easier for Mr. O'Connell than to try that question by going with a few persons to the place of meeting and bringing- an action of trespass against those who prevented them from meeting. The Noble Lord proposed to go into Committee of the whole House, and then to propound resolutions condemnatory of the conduct of the present Government, but the Noble Lord cautiously abstained from propounding any reme dies except to increase the number of stipendiary magis trates. His Right Hon. Friend gave that Noble Lord such a lesson on this subject, that he believed he would not be in a hurry to propose such a recipe again.— (Cheers.) The Noble Lord spoke of the Established Church of Ireland, which he would break up into a tripartite division to make provision for the three Churches in Ireland, Catholic, Protestant, and Presby terian. But the Right Hon. Gentleman the Member for Waterford, repudiated any idea of making a State pro vision for the Roman Catholic Church. It was not worth while therefore discussing the subject, because the only object the Government could have in view in proposing such a State provision for the Catholic clergy would be to secure their good will and affections; and if they were told by Roman Catholics it would be injurious to their religion, it would be al together hopeless to attempt such a proposal. Then they came to the question, were they to subtract any portion of the revenues of the Protestant Church. In his speech the Hon. Gentleman disclaimed any such intention ; he said it was not a question of money. Well, then, it must be the actual existence of the Established Church which was concerned ; and though he believed that the great body of Roman Catholics would adhere to the declarations which they had made on this subject, yet he believed that there were men, there were agitators, in Ireland, who would not be satisfied with any measure, short of the actual subversion of the Protestant Church.—(Hear, hear.) He did not believe that that House, or any House which might be assembled, would consent to the subversion of the Protestant Church in Ireland. He did not know what might now be the opinions of the Noble Lord opposite ; but when he introduced the Church Temporalities Bill, be stated that he did so with a view rather of strengthening the Protestant Church ; and, therefore, though he might have been disposed to take a portion of its funds, as in the csse of the Appro priation Bill, for other purposes, he would not be disposed altogether to subvert the Establishment. The object in that case was to apply a certain part to general educe cation, and not to provide for the religious education of the people. Some references had been made to the de clarations that lie (Lord Eliot) had formerly made in that House. To those declarations he adhered, both in their letter and in their spirit.—(Hear, hear.) He did not remember the very words, but they simply imported that the Government, of which he had become a member, would conduct the Government of Ireland in a spirit of impartiality. Now, notwithstanding all the aspersions which had been cyst upon her Majesty's Government. be was quite unable to fix on any single act which required defence from him. The Government had been in power two years and a half, and during that time he had not heard any imputation except that which his Hon. Friend had expressed last night in reference to the jury. and, generally speaking, their exercise of Crown patron age; and he presumed the Right Hon. Gentlemen oppo site were not so ignorant of the Constitution of this country as to imagine that her Majesty's Government were bound to dispense that only to their political oppo nents. Now it did so happen, unfortunately, that a very large majority in the liberal professions in Ireland be longed to the Established Church. Take the instance of Queen's counsel. 'I he Queen's counsel were about sixty or seventy in nurtiber. How many Roman Catho lic Queen's counsel were there ? Twelve. Had it been said by any man in that ,House, or in Ireland, that either the late Lord Chancellor, Lord Plunket, or the present Lord Chancellor, had excluded from the honour of the silk gown any man whose pro fessional standing entitled him to it ?—(Hear, hear.) He denied that that had ever been the case. Eight Queen's counsel were employed by the traversers. It was to be presumed that they put into requisition the services of the most eminent men at the bar of the Ro man Catholic religion, yet out of the eight Queen's counsel five were Protestants. Could there be a stronger proof that the great majority of eminent men belonging to the bar were Protestants ?—(Hear, hear.) It was this circumstance which made it difficult for the Government to select for office men professing the Romaa Catholic religion.—(Hear, hear,) It was painful to him to enter Into these personal discussions, but he asked gentlemen opposite, who brought these grave charges against the Government, to consider in what position they were placed. He contended that the Government had con ferred honours on men who, by-the common consent of their profession, stood in the foremost ranks, and he db fied the Hon. Gentleman to produce any instance in which any unfit or improper man h a d b een raised to the Bench or appointed to any office. As so much had been said of the partiality of the English Government to English men, he had thought it right to state that he believed, since their accession to power, the Government had not made a single appointment which they had reason to regret. Her Majesty's present Government had ap pointed three stipendiary magistrates—a situation of very great responsibility. They had selected an assist ant barrister for a high judicial office, and that gentle man had conciliated to himself the good-will and affections of the inhabitants of one of the most important counties in Ireland. He referred to Mr. Sergeant Howley, who had received from the whole of the magistracy, upwards of 100, from private gentlemen, from the yeomanry, and from the inhabitants at large of the county of Tipperary, an expression of satisfaction at his appointment. He believed that Mr. Sergeant Howley was the only Roman Catholic whom the Government could have selected for the honour conferred on him ; but, at the same time, he must assert that there were many gentlemen at the bar, belonging to the Protestant Church, whose claims were quite equal to those of Mr. Sergeant" Howley, whose politics, though they had always been moderate, were certainly not those of the present Government. He thought he had said enough to show the House that, in the distribution of patronage, her Majesty's Go vernment had not been actuated by any exclusive or un worthy motives, but that they had endeavoured to seleot the men whom they thought best qualified for their re spective offices, without reference to religious distinc tions or differences.—(Hear, hear.) He did maintain, that in the whole course of their administration, the Government had been guilty of no dereliction of duty whatever, either by tampering with the administration of justice or by promoting anything like an ascendancy of one party over the other. He believed that the strictest impartiality had been observed, and he should be prepared, whenever called upon, to vindicate any of the appointments or any particular acts of the Irish Government. But it was very difficult to deal with these sweeping, vague, and general accusations. He had taxed his memory to the utmost, for instances in which some apology or explanation might be necessary, but he honestly confessed that he could not find one. He would not indulge in vague and general expressions of attachment to Ireland, but he said unaffectedly that he had always entertained a warm desire to promote the prosperity of that country, and his official connexion with it, the kind and hospitable reception which he had met with is the country, and the friendships which he was happy to say he had contracted there, as well as all which he had seen of the country and its inhabitants, had greatly strengthened and increased that desire. lie might be mistaken in the means which he thought adapted to that end, but he honestly declared that he would never be a consenting party to any measure which he did not seriously believe to be calculated to advance the welfare of the Irish nation.—(Loud cheers On the motion of an How. MEMBER the debate w a s again adjourned. Mr. FERRAND then moved for a copy of the General Order of the Poor-law Commissions, which has received the sanction of the Secretary of State, that no child of seven fears old shall be separated in any workhouse from its mother. Sir J. GRAHAM said that all that the Hon. Member had asked for had been placed before the House.— (Hear, hear.) It had already been printed in every shape and form.—(Hear, hear.) He must, therefore, protest against the re-printing of the Order alluded to by the Hon. Member. Mr. FERRAND said he only wished for that part of the order which related to the separation of mother and child. Sir J. GRAHAM said that he could have no objec tion, if the Hon. Member wished it, although he conk! now hand him up every information, to agree to his suggestion, but in doing so he must be allowed to say that it was unnecessary.—(Hear, hear.) The motion was then negatived, and the House ad journed at Half -past Twelve o'Clock. rnE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 15, 1844. • ADVERTISEMENT. FOUR SUPPLEMENTS WITH THE " DISPATCH."- The extraordinary demand for the Dispatch of Sunday last, Feb. 11, with a Second Supplement, extended to 165,000 impressions, and affords the Proprietors the gratification of finding that the exertions they made to furnish their readers with a perfect History of the great National Trial are Hilly appreciated. To render the Supplements to the Dispatch truly acceptable to their patrons, the Proprietors have been induced, by the length of the proceedings, to alter their original plan, and instead of presenting Two Supplements, they will extend it to FOUR, thus rendering the record of this memorable trial both ample and complete. The Supplements of Feb. 4 and 11 are still on sale ; but early applications are necessary to ensure the pos session of these portions of this invaluable historical register. Orders for the Dispatch are received by every News Agent and Book seller in the kingdom ; and by Mr. Wood, at the Dispatch Office, 139, Fleet-street. Mr. Bright will thank the Editor of The Sun to correct the report of the presentation of a petition by him last night. It was from Glasgow, and not from the Society of Friends, as reported in all the papers. REPRESENTATION OF LANCASTER.—It is said that George Marton, Esq., one of the Conservative Members for the borough of Lancaster, will shortly vacate his seat in Parliament, and that William Garnett, Esq., late High Sheriffof Lancashire, who has recently purchased the Queer more estate, in the vicinity of the borough, will offer himself as Mr. Marton's successor.—Liverpool Courier. SCOTT MONUMENT.—We are happy to learn that this subscription progresses favourably. Since the public meeting, Sir Thomas Dick Lauder has received a great many letters, enclosing remittances. Among those we have heard of are the Earl of Home, Lord Elibank, and Lord Kin naird. The cont r ib u ti ons in Edinburgh are also numerous and liberal. We may mention those of the Marquis of Lordßz r e e , a di Justice-General, 1 13 .8 n iicoe e r 2; e s n l as it; Campbell 5a 1 1 4 1m. 1 arqu is of Douglas, 10/. 10s. ; the ; D L be o l r l d J f eff t re i T t , h l s t. 0 ; od I : or l d 01 1V . I:K m en- Blackburn and family, Moray -plac e , 211.—Edinburgh A r d s .: vertiser. For several days past, in consequence of severe snow-storms in Scotland, the northern mails have not ar rived at the General Post-office until seve ra l h ours after their I stated time. _ _ _ A CRACK SHOT.—Mr. Bennett, a young gentle man, a few days ago, on Plumstead Common, Kent, under took, for a wager, to hit 140 penny pieces with a pistol, thrown up by another individual ; which feat, to the astonishment of a number of sporting characters present, he accomplished, without missing a single piece, but with the ball from the piece doubling the pennies up. ROYAL MARINE RESIDENCE. The treaty for Norris Castle has terminated un successfully. Rumour states that the great impedi ment was the high price required. If this be the case, a correspondent has suggested a plan admirably adapted for the proposed object, where the sum re quired is not likely to be an obstacle. Our readers must have heard a few years since very much about the Baroness de Feucheres, whose complicated law pro ceedings ended very triumphantly two years ago ; she however, was only spared a year or two to enjoy her triumphant success and her great wealth. It may be remembered she erected a splendid marine villa, in the New Forest, close to Christ. church, where the bathing is proverbially as good as any in England. We have been favoured, at Mr. George Robins's office, with a sight of the drawings, which were perfected by a first-rate artist of South ampton, when the sale was in contemplation, three years ago, and it gives a very just idea of the im posing character of the building. Some little notion may be formed by an intimation that this splendid abode cost twenty thousand pounds, quite indepen dently of the little park, of thirty-one acres, and the beautiful gardens and grounds that surround it. It is accounted the most attractive feature of the New For est ; and the accommodation, it is apprehended, is quite equal to the expectation the word " comfort" would imply in its most comprehensive meaning. Besides its great desideratum will be found in its approximation upon the sea, from which it is only distant a short five minutes' walk. This favoured property is consigned by the present owner to the fate of Mr. George Robins's hammer in the spring, but he will necessarily be but too happy to negotiate for its occupation by our good Queen and her lovely infants during the bathing season. Some faint idea of the sort of place we have been noticing, may be inferred from a very short but pithy paragraph of " the knight of the hammer," which we extract from his printed particulars of the sale :—" The Baroness has given unequivocal proof of her extra ordinary taste in the arrangement of this domicile ; and the accommodation is so perfect, as to leave no thing to be desired. Twenty-five beds can, on an emergency, be made up. The arrangement has evi dently been planned by the hand of an artiste, and one highly gifted. It very nearly .approaches per fection ; which, indeed, seems to reign triumphantly through ' these regions of splendour and klight.' The effect in the grand suite is absolutely electrical. The entree to the mansion is by a lodge of clever design, and a circuitous route through the prolific ics plantat . s and pleasure grounds leads to the novel scene of veral rural bridges across the meandering stream, w ich is seen pursuing its natural course until it is exhausted in the wide ocean." Such is a brief outline of Mr. George Robins's description. If Royalty do not previously fall in love with it, he will offer it for unreserved sale in the month of May, together with the elegant furniture and effects. It is a five hours' journey only from the metropolis. TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. G. Nettleton, tailor, Brompton ' Kent, March 7, at eleven— J. Harrison, coach bu i ld e r, Brighton, March 7, at half-past one—C. Marshall, brewer, Old Castle-street, Whitecharl, March 7, at one—G. Bishop, merchant, St. Mary-axe, City, March 7, at half-past twelve—F. W. E. Barandon, merchant, Philpot-lane, City, March 6. at half-past two—A. Mason, coach proprietor, Bury St. Edmund's, Suffolk, March 5, at half-past eleven—A. and C. Duncan, merchants, Tokenhoutc yard, City, March 6, at half-past one. In the Country. J. Brown, merchant, Sheffield, March 8, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—G. and W. Boyd, millwrights, Hull, March 7, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—St. John Cartwright, grocer, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, March 7, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—S. Ferris, J. H. Butler, and J. Butler, merchants. Liverpool, March 9, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court—W. Jacks, merchant, Bristol, March 6, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court—G. Holds worth, worstedspinner, Northowram, Yorkshire, March @, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—R. Hansford, grocer, Weymouth, Dorsetshire, March 7, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court—W. P. Georges, wine merchant, Devonport, March 7, at twelve, at the Exeter District Court—J. R. Mun den, flax spinner, Barwick, Somersetshire, March 7, at one, at the Exeter District Court—A. Webb, carpet seller, Liverpool, March 8, at twelve, at th e M anc h es t er Di s t r i c t Court—G. Hood, earthenware manufacturer, Burslem, Staffordshire, March 6, at one, at the Birmingham District Court—J. Bate, ironmonger, Dudley, Worcestershire, March 9, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court—T. W. Jones, draper, Wellington, Shropshire, March 7, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court—G. Wheldon, clothier, Dudley, Worcestershire, March 9, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned. A. Wells, surgeon, Wickford, Essex, March 7-1 M•Lean, statuary, Sun-street, Bishopsgate-street Without, March 7 J. Dobson, ship's carpenter, Old Gravel-lane, Ratcliffe-high way, March 7—P. Beyfus, steel-pen manufacturer, Hounds ditch, March 7—J. Gunton. butcher, Cambridge, March 7 E. Thompson, tailor, Southampton, March b—J. Andrews, licensed victualler, Guildford-street East, Wilmington-square, March 5—C. Willsmer, draper, Tillingham, Essex, March 7 A. G. Roussac, merchant, Austin-friars, City, March 5—W. Read, engraver, King-street, Covent-garden, March 7—H. Cotman, draper, Norwich, March b—A. W. and T. S. Low man, cheesemongers, Eastcheap, City, March 6—J. Wolland, turner, Exeter, March 6—J. Rowles, worsted manufacturer, Leicester, March 6—J. Baylis, victualler, Deritend, Warwick shire, March 9—F. Peters, wine merchant, Man c he s t er , March B—R. Prince, stuff printer, Manchester, March 6—J. Smalley, iron founder, Sneinton, Nottinghamshire, March 5 W. Dickinson, merchant, Bexley Kent., March 5—J. Web ster, newspaper proprietor, Sheffield, March 5. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. T. Knight and E. Cutress, millers, Preston, near Brighton —F. W. Edwards and J. Poy, commission agents, Alderman bury—T. Purcell and T. W. Nichols, tallow chandlers, Bat tersea—T. Littledale, H. Littledale, R. Aspinall, and T. Lit tledale, jun. tea brokers, Liverpool (so far as regards R. Aspi nall)—R. Richardson and J. Holliday, tailors, Liverpool—G. Barnes and C. Berwick, newspaper proprietors, Sunderland— Deane, Youle, and Co., general commission merchants, Per nambuco, Brazil (so far as regards W. Atkinson and R. S. Graham)—J. Ellerton and T. C. Knell, warehousemen, Law rence-lane, City—T. Hankey, J. A. H an k ey , an d T. H ankey, jun. (so far as regards T. Hankey)—W. Wilkinson and J. Adams, black ornament makers, Birmingham—F. Harrison and H. Shuckford, hosiers, Greenwich—J. Bradder and J. Wood, butchers, Stafford--R. Briercliffe, T. Briercliffe, and S. Barrett, cotton-waste dealers, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire --W. Adams and W. Pearson, spar and marble manufacturers, Matlock, Derbyshire—Ed. and Eh. Grainger, mercers, Dudley, Worcestershire—B. Slipper .and J. Cornick, builders, Little Britain, City—J. Marrian and J. Reynolds, 'tampers, Bir mingham—G. Rands, sen., and C. Rands, leather sellers, Northampton—E. and C. Margetts, brokers, Liverpool —W. H. H. Turner and C. Hunt, joiners, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Lancashire—J. Yeomans and W. Standfie]d, merchants, Shef field—T. T. Cattle) , and R. L. Young, lead merchants, Cousin-lane, Upper Thames-street—J. and W. J. Bryant, sur geons, Edgeware-road—D. Hoyle and G. Sykes, cheese factors, Huddersfield, Yorkshire—H, Linnet' and J. Tanner, boot makers, Alton, Hampshire—S. Hatfield and G. Brsailier, tailors, South Molton-street, Ozford-street—J. H. Crosland and J. Hemingway, painters, Leeds. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. DAVID STOCKS, farmer, Cameron-bridge, Fifeshire, Feb. 19 and March 11, at twelve, at Smith's Inn, Kirkaldy. TIIE SECRET PASSION.—Of the numberless illus trators of Shakspeare, no one has produced so animated a picture of the poet, and the highly picturesque age in which he flourished, as the author of those entertaining works called. " The Shakspeare Novels," now completed by the publica tion of " The Secret Passion ;" a production, the character of which can be best conceived by a summary of the chief fea tures of its extremely interesting story. The author com mences with his hero in the height of his fame, from his first acquaintance with the celebrated Countess of Pembroke, with whose son he is placed in the situation of travelling tutor; an office, as is well known, held at the same period by Ben Jonson. This arrangement enables the author to introduce some extraordinary scenes and adventures in which Shak speare and the younff heir of Pembroke are represented as engaged in whilst at Rome, Venice, and other Italian cities, and subsequei3tly at the Court of H enr i Q ua t re. Th e scene is then changed to the Court of James 1., and among the principal personages to be found there are the King. Henry Prince of Wales, Villiers Duke of Buckingham, Lord South ampton, Sir Hugh Clopton, Si: George Carew, &c. The last portion of the story shows the poet enjoying an honourable retirement in his native town of Stratford-upon-Avon, which cannot fail of being recognised as a most delightful conclu sion to a narrative of unrivalled interest. The Runcorn correspondent of the Chester Courant says—" There cannot be a doubt that Lord Francis Egerton is either, or will be shortly, in possession of Ellesmere port, docks and warehouses ; the term of proprietorship is not known, but we believe very great changes are immediately contemplated, both in the transit of goods and passengers between Liverpool and Birmingham." DEATH FROM DESTITUTION:OH Friday, Mr. Baker, the Coroner, held an inquest at the Black Horse, Kingsland. road, on the body of Johann Kuhulein, aged 4.9. John Smith, gate-keeper at the Shoreditch workhouse, stated, that at eight o'clock on Tuesday night last the deceased was found sitting on the step of a door, in Hoxton, by police constable Dean, No. 205. De. ceased was then in an insensible state, and the policeman had him taken to the workhouse. Witness had him placed in one of the wards, and sent for the parish surgeon. On the following day he recovered a little, but not sufficiently to be able to speak. In the night he grew worse, and at six o'clock the next morning died. Witness found in his pockets a pawnbroker's duplicate for a pair of shoes and a pistol, pledged at Dover, on January 15, 1844, in the name of Henry Curling, of Limekiln.street. There was also a book partly written and partly printed, and which contained a description ofJphann Kuhulein. The description agreed with deceased's appearance, and it was supposed from some writing in the book that he (deceased) had been a miller, and had travelled on business through Dresden, Hamburgh, and many other places on the Continent. Deceased was very poorly dressed in an old blue coat, canvas trousers, and old cotton socks. From a passport in his possession, and some entries in the book. witness thought the last place he was at was Rotterdam. Mr. James Clark, the parish surgeon, said that deceased was scarcely able to breathe when he saw him. He died next morning, and witness had no doubt that his death was caused by the want of food. Upon an examination of the body nothing whatever was found in the intestines. Ver dict, " Natural death, accelerated by want and destitution." DONATION BATTA.—On Monday, at twelve o'clock, a previous notice having been given by order of the Governor and Directors of the East India Company to the officers and seamen of the several men-of-war, frigates, steamers, and other vessels which had been engaged in the hostilities against the Chinese, that a distribution of donation batta would take place at the East India House, many of those who had shared in the glories of that war attended there for that pur pose. The donation batta, which had been ordered by the Governor-General of India to the military and naval forces, in consideration of the great services rendered by them, con sist of an addition of pay according to the time of service. The vessels serving in that war were the Wellesley, Blen heim, Melville, Blonde, Algerine, Alligator, Calliope, Colum bine, Conway ,Cruiser, Druid, Herald, Jupiter, Lara, Sama rang, Starling, Sulphur, and Volage, with the Nemesis and Queen steamers. The distribution was an increase of 6, 12, and 18 months' pay. This will cause an addition to the ex penses attending this war of several thousands of pounds. The military received their batta at Calcutta, the money having been taken there by the Calliope. The officers and men have yet to receive the prize money for that war which ,will be paid at Somerset HOUR. LAW INTELLIGENCE: COURT OF CHANCERY, Feb. 14. ' The LORD CHANCELLOR, who has not sat for some dap, presided in his Court to-day in Lincoln's Inn-hall. His Lordship took appeals, none of which possessed any points of the least public interest. VICE-CHANCERY COURT, Feb. 14. (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND.) THE NEW ZEALAND COMPANY V. DARNEWELL. The arguments in this case were commenced to-day. Mr. Bethell and Mr. Heslop Clarke were heard on the part of the plaintiff, and the further arguments of the case were post poned to this day. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Feb. 14. (Before Mr. Justice Wioirriu.sx and a Special Jury.) CHRISTMAS v. TUBBS. This was an action brought by Mr. Christmas, a hatter and fur manufacturer, residing in Burlington-arcade, against Mr. Tubbs, a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for the county of Middlesex, to recover the sum of 6/. 1 ls. 6d. for goods supplied to that gentleman's wife. The goods supplied were admitted to be of a proper and necessary character for a lady, and the prices charged for them were not contested. The point in dispute was the liability of the husband to pay, he and his wife, having been separated, by mutual consent, for many Years. The parties, it appeared, were married in 1822, at which time a sum of 5001. per annum was settled on the lady by her father. In 1829, by mutual consent, they agreed to live separately, Mrs. Tubbs, of course, being in the exclusive enjoyment of her 500/. a year, which, at a subsequent period, was in creased to 600/. a year, by a bequest accruing under the will of a deceased relative. Mr. and Mrs. Tubbs had one child, a son, who lived sometimes with one, and some-, times with the other, but in the earlier portion of his life more frequently with the mother. All three, Mr. Tubbs, Mrs. Tubbs, and Master Tubbs, dealt with Mr. Christmas, and their several bills were regularly paid. In the be ginning of the year 1840, Mr. Christmas sent in his previous year's bill to Mrs. Tubbs, and when he called for payment, found to his astonishment, not only that Mrs. Tubbs was dead, but also that for years she had been living separately from her husband. This was the very first intimation the plaintiff had of this fact. He then applied to Mr. Tubbs for the payment of his wife's bill, being only 6/. 1 ls. 6d. for the entire year 1839, and was referred by that gentleman to another party who would probably pay him. He waited on the other party, who, however, declined to do so, referring him back to Mr. Tubbs, who not only, as he said, was legally liable, but was also morally so, being in the receipt and actual possession of 5781., the dividends accruing to his wife from the period of her decease, in addition to a very handsome income of his own. Mr. Christmas then applied by letter to Mr. Tubbs (the letter being produced in Court) to pay his debts at once, expressing his surprise that, under all the circumstances above detailed, he should for one moment have hesitated to do so. ,This letter the plaintiff sent to the defendant by his own son; who was now produced in Court, and who distinctly swore that, in answer to it, Mr. Tubbs sent this verbal message by him to his father—" Tell your father I will call and pay him." This was the strong point in the case, it being contended by Mr. Erle, for the plaintiff, that even were the defendant discharged from his liability, by reason of a separation and of ample means on the part of his wife to maintain herself in ade quate respectability, yet, that the promise to pay, now sworn to, was, according to decisions given by Lords Ellen borough and Tenterden, amply sufficient to warrant the jury in finding for his client. Mr. Whately, on the other hand, questioned this promise very much, and strongly contended that after so many years of separation, and such ample means at the command of the wife, it would be impo ss ibl e f or the jury to give a verdict for the p laintiff, which would have the effect of encouraging trial on trial of this description. The JUDGE having summed up, the jury turned round to consider their verdict, but not being able to agree, retired from the Court to consult. After an absence of nearly an hour and a half, they returned into Court, and gave their verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount claimed. CENTRAL CRI VIINAL COURT OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE and Mr. Justice CaEsswELL.) CHARGE OF MURDER.—Charles Iff'Donald was placed at the bar, charged with the wilful murder of Thomas Green. The prisoner was charged in another count with aiding and abetting another person in committing the murder. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL conducted the prosecution and stated the case to the jury. The prisoner at the bar was charged with the crime of murder. He was the captain of the vessel Cleofrid, and the deceased was one of the crew of the same vessel. In August last year the prisoner was on the Coast of Africa, and anchored in a river not far from Fernando Po. On the 31st of August it was stated by the prisoner that the deceased had taken a cask of palm oil from the vessel in a native canoe. The prisoner seeing this ordered the,boat of the vessel to be got ready and to have his pistols loaded. He then followed in pursuit of the de ceased, accompanied by a person named Boyle. In a short time. some shots were fired, and there seemed to be no doubt that the deceased came by his death in con sequence of a shot fired from the boat, either by the prisoner or by Boyle, who died since. Green lived for four weeks and three days, but he died at last. When the prisoner returned to the vessel he exclaimed that he had shot Green. He expressed his regret for what had happened, and said he would not have done it for 5,000/. He afterwards denied that he had shot Green. The Learned Gentleman then explained the law of the case for the jury. If they were of opinion that he was the cause of the death of Green, they would consider whether their verdict ought not to be a verdict of manslaughter, instead of murder. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE said the Court had looked over the depositions, and they were of opinion that it might shorten the case, if the surgeon who attended the deceased was first examined. Mr. Thompson, the surgeon of the vessel Susan, then lying in the river Cameroon, was called, and examined by Mr. Adolphus. It appeared from his testimony, that the deceased was getting well of the wound, but having a chronic complaint in the lungs, the treatment for the wound might have ac celerated his death. The wound was found to have no con nexion with a vital organ. Under the direction of Mr. Justice COLERIDGE, The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. THE LATE FATAL DUEL—TRIAL OF CAPTAIN GRANT. Captain Duncan Trevor Grant was then placed at the bar, charged with aiding and abetting Alexander Thompson Munro in the wilful murder of David Lynar Fawcett, who was killed in a duel which took place in the parish .of St. Mary, Islington. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL stated the case to the jury. The prisoner at the bar was charged with the serious crime of murder. The prisoner was charged with aiding and abetting in the murder of Lieut.-Col. Fawcett, as second in the duel in which Colonel Fawcett lost his life. The duel took place on the first of last July in Camden -town, and on the abetting, bar lvere was guilty. It would be so present, and he 3d of that month Colonel Fawcett died of th e woun d h e re ceived in - that duel. The law was, that all w h o were presen t provedat the duel, that tht aiding pr sanonder at abettt would be traced from his lodgings to the place where the duel was fought. and he believed there would be little doubt as to his identity. If the jury believed he was present with the criminal intentioalol,uted to him in the indictment, it would be their duty.to find him guilty. He believed it would appear ,that the prisoner at the bar wore moustacheos when the duel was fought, though he did not at present; but they would consider upon the evidence, whether he was the same per son. He had a solemn duty to perform, and he would not go beyond the facts. It would be their duty to decide upon those facts. John Holland was then called and examined by Mr. WADDINGTON—I Nerd; in the employment of Mr. Coates, a livery-stable-keeper at Chelsea. On the 30th of June Colonel Fawcett ordered a carriage, and left directions that it should come to his house at five o'clock next morning. I went to Col. Fawcett's house and drove him to a house in Portland-street, No. 27 or 29. Col. Fawcett went in, and another gentleman came out with him. The gentleman asked me if I knew the Brecknock Arms. The gentleman at the bar is like that gentleman. I think the gentleman at the bar has darker hair ; I will not say positively that that is the gentleman. Another carriage soon came up. They all drove to the Brecknock Arms. I saw all the gentlemen coming out. I cannot say that the gentleman at the bar was one of them. They went into the field. I lost sight of them. I heard a report of a 'pistol. I heard but one report. In a short time two gentlemen came up. They ordered the driver of one of the carriages to drive them to the barracks. I was called into a field, and I saw Col. Fawcett lying on the ground. He was taken to tire Camden Arms. Cross-examined by Mr. Wiums---I did not know Mr. Munro before. I did not know Col. Fawcett. I only knew them from what occurred afterwards, Charles Longman was next called, and examined by Mr. CHAMBERS—I was servant to Mr. Munro. On the morning of the Ist of July my master ordered me to get the carriage ready, and to drive to the Brecknock Arms. I did so. Mr. Gulliver was with my master. They breakfasted together at my master's. When we got to the Brecknock Arms we waited for some time. A brougham carriage and a street cab came up in a short time. I did not know any of the three gentlemen who came in them. I only knew my master and lUr. Gulliver. I don't think I saw the gentleman at the bar there. There was a gentleman like him, but his hair was darker than the hair of the gentleman at the bar. Mrs. Amand, the person with whom Captain Grant lodged, was then called and examined by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL. —I know the prisoner at the bar; he lodged with me in Port land-street. I don't see any change in his appearance, ex cept that he does not now wear hair on his upper lip. He left my lodgings on the 30th of June. Mr. Munro was with him on that day. Mr. Munro was in the habit of coming to see him. He gave ins no notice of leaving. He left his things at my house for several months. Sarah Langham gave testimony corroborative of the last witness. John Wm. Hankey was called, and proved that on the 30th of June he saw Captain Grant, and a person who was pointed out as Lieutenant Munro, together. John Jones, a policeman belonging to the S division, exa mined by Mr. CHAMBERS—The witness was not able to iden tify the prisoner at the bar as being present at the duel. Davis, the toll-keeper, was called, but was not able to identify the prisoner at the bar. Mr. Gulliver, the surgeon, was then called and examined by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL—I know Lieutenant Munro. I do not remember being with him on the night of Friday, the 30th of June. I was with him on the following morning. I got up before five o'clock. Mr. Munro applied to me to ac company him. I did so. We went from the barracks. We started about five o'clock. We went to the Brecknock Arms. A brougham carriage came up after some time. lam not certain, but I think it was Colonel Fawcett who was in it. I knew Colonel Fawcett very well. Colonel Fawcett was there that morning. I knew Lieutenant Grant. I was acquainted with his person. He wore mus tachios at the time we are speaking of. I saw a hackney cab. I did not see any person get out of it. There were five per sons there, including myself, Colonel Fawcett, Lieutenants Munro, Grant, and a gentleman I understood to be Mr. Cuddy. They went into a field very near the Brecknock Arms. I followed them. I stood with my back towards them. I heard the words "Ready—fire.'» I heard a report of a pistol. I heard a shout of "Doctor. I then went to Colonel Fawcett. I found him lying on the ground, wounded in the right side. Lieutenant Munro was near him, and Lieutenant Cuddy. I don't recollect seeing Mr. Grant there. I heard some person Ba z " You had been levelling at him." Colonel Fawcett said I was not coolly levelling at Lieut. Munro. Lieut. Munro and Colonel Fawcett shook hands, and Lieutenant Munro said, "God bless you, Fiwcett." I put Colonel Fawcett in the best position. Lieut. Munro went away. I saw him leave Colonel Fawcett. I don't know that I saw Mr. Grant. lam not certain. I can not call to my recollection that I did; but it is possible I did. I saw Mr. Grant going down to the field. That was the last time I saw him, to the best of my recollection. Colonel Fawcett was removed to the Brecknock Arms, and after wards to the Camden Arms. I understood he died of his wounds. It was not possible for him to survive such a wound as he received. Cross-examined by Mr. WiticiNs—l was distant about twenty yards from the place when I heard the words, "Ready, fire." When I went up I heard Colonel Fawcett say he was not coolly levelling at Lieut. Munro. Lieut. Munro said he was. Mr. Liston, the surgeon, examined—He proved the death of Colonel Fawcett was produced by a bullet wound is his right side. He e`xtracted the bullet after the death of Colonel Fawcett. Mr. Matthew Leonard Coleman was called, and produced Lieut.-Col. Fawcett's commission. Mr. Isidore Blake, Assistant-Surgeon in the Bth Hussars, examined bythe Arromixv-GENERAL—He proved the name of Col. Fawcett. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said this was the case for Crown. The jury having retired for a short time, Mr. Wilkins ad. dressed the jury for the defence, and The jury, after consulting for a short time, found a verdict of Not Guilty. NEW COURT. IN THE MATTER of T. HOLT.—Yesterday . this de fendant, who stands charged with a misdemeanour, of which Lord William Paget is the prosecutor, was called, at the opening of the Court, to surrender, but he did not answer. Shortly afterwards he came into Court, when an application was made by Counsel for the trial to be postponed, on the ground that Mr. Holt required • more time to prepare his defence. Mr. Commissioner BLHALOCK granted the application, and his recognizances were enlarged to the next sessions, which will commence on the 4th of March next. The defendant was then re-conducted, by a tipstaff, to the Queen's Prison. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) CLERKENWELL. An elderly widow of distressed appearance came before Mr. Combe, complaining that excessive interest had been de manded from her on a pledge by Mrs. Sarah Condwell,' a pawnbroker, residing in Exmouth-street, Clerkenwell. Mr. COMaE, having heard her statement, sent Bingham, the warrant officer, to Mrs. Condwell's to inquire into the matter. Soon after, the pawnbroker's foreman and the poor woman came into Court. She stated that three years ago she pawned a petticoat in Mrs. Condwell's, which she had not been since able to redeem. The sum she obtained upon it was 3s. 6d., and by "backing" the article by the payment of interest, she had prevented the duplicate from expiring. On Monday last she tendered Bid. to the foreman as the yearly interest, but he refused to receive it, saying he would not take less than a shilling. Having never paid so much interest before, and being very poor, she declined complying with his demand, and came before the Magistrate. Mr. COMBE said the legal rate of interest would not en title the pawnbroker to more than what the applicant had offered. Why was it not received?—The .foreman said he asked the woman no more than he received from others. He was bound to ask what his employer wished, and not to take less. Mr. Comm? told him he was not bound to commit an illegal act, and nothing could warrant him in doing so. In this case an attempt had been made to charge an interest of fifty per cent. more than he was entitled to, and that from a poor widow. . - - The woman, in answer to questions from the Clerk, said she had lost a great deal of time, and been at much trouble and inconvenience, in coming before the Court, and waiting on Mrs. Condwell on several occasions. Mr. COMBE recommended the pawnbroker to allow her some compensation for loss of time. The foreman obsti nately refused, upon which the Clerk observed that Mrs. Condwell had rendered herself liable to a fine of 10/. for charging excessive interest, and that in case the applicant laid the information, she would be entitled to half the penalty. This useful suggestion brought the foreman to his senses, and he made ample compensation to the poor widow, who thanked the worthy Magistrate, and left the Court. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Charlotte Collins, very fashionably-dressed, and of lady like appearance, was brought up in custody of Inspector Dudley, of the E division, charged on suspicion of entering the shop of Mr.lWilliam Chickell Jay, of 247 and 249, Regent street, silk mercer, with intent to commit felony. The Court was thronged with tradesmen who had charges to prefer against her. Mr. Jay stated that between six and seven o'clock last evening the prisoner entered his shop and made a selection of goods to the amount of 28/., and directed they should be sent to a fictitious address in Bond-street. While .looking over the goods, however, she was identified as being the party who some months previously ordered goods in a similar manner to be sent to an address, which proved to be false, and on that occasion it was discovered, that while selecting the goods she contrived to steal a piece of valuable silk. Her ordering the goods was a mere ruse to afford her the oppor tunity of stealing. Mr. Wm. Poppy, of No. 285, High Holborn, silk mercer, &c., stated, that about five months since, the prisoner paid him a visit, and ordered goods to the amount of 12/., to be sent with the change of a 201. note, to Miss Parker, at No. 21, Charing-cross. Of course, no such person could be found there. Immediately after she had left the shop a valuable shawl, which had been shown her, was missing. Mr. Baker, of Ludgate-hill, silk mercer, was visited by the prisoner in a similar manner, and lost a piece of silk. Inspector Dudley said, that on searching the prisoner's lodgings, at No. 4, Upper Rosamond-gtieet, Clerkenwell, 21 duplicates were found, • which related, no doubt, to the pro perty stolen. She had been carrying on this system o f de predation to a very great extent for upwards of twelve months past. She was ordered to be detained in the custody of . the In spector until the property at the pawnbrokers should be examined. QUEEN'S-SQUARE. DESPERATE ASSAULT.—John Kale and Mary Beasley (his sister), were charged with violently assaulting John Beasley, under the following circumstances : The prosecutor (who is the husband of the female prisoner) stated that, from the intemperate and irregular conduct of his wife, he had been frequently obliged to leave her. At eleven o'clock last night, on his return to his mother's house, where he was in the habit of staving, Kale rushed into the room, and upsetting the table at which he was eating his supper, struck him a violent blo w across hi s h ea d ' w i th a shovel, which ' he had taken from the fire-place on his entrance. He then knocked him down and stamped on his chest, and would no doubt have murdered him, had not his cries of " Murder " brought several personi to his aid, who secured the prisoner. The female prisoner, it appeared, assisted in the assault. The Worthy MAGISTRATE said that it was his duty to make an example of those who resorted to the un-English practice of assaulting others with such dangerous weapons. He should, therefore, fine the male prisoner 31., or six weeks' im prisonment, and the female prisoner 305., or three weeks' im prisonment. UNION-HALL. George Elmer, a policeman, belon g i ng t o th e B r i g h ton Railway, was charged before Mr. Cottingham with stealing a gold seal and ring, .the property of a gentleman named Fisher. It appeared that on the preceding evening, the com plainant drove up to the terminus of the above railway in a cab, and in his hurry to get out he left a gold seal and a ring on the seat. The prisoner, whose duty it was to attend to the regulation of the different vehicles, was observed to take the articles out of the cab and afterwards conceal them. He, however, denied the accusation, but when the place where he had been previously seen to go after leaving the cab was searched, the seal and ring were found hidden under some earth. Inspector Baker, of the above railway, gave the prisoner an unexceptionable character up to the present offence. Mr. COTFINGRAM said that the offence was a most serious one, and that the prisoner, instead of protecting the property of passengers, had in this instance plundered one. He (the Magistrate) certainly should sendithe case for trial, but would remand the accused until the complainant came up from Brighton. Wm. Hardham was charged with wounding George Sey mour, who was very ill from loss of blood. The complainant went into the Crown public-house, West minster-road, on Thursday night, and having had some al tercation with the prisoner, the latter struck him under the chin with some weapon, and inflicted a serious wound. The complainant had been in the hospital since, and the Magis trate, seeing the case was of such a serious character, sent for the surgeon, with a view of having his evidence reduced to writing. FIRES IN LONDON. .IMPORTANT EXPERIMENTS.—A grea t many proposals ' having lately been urged upon Government, with the view ' of establishing in Lond on , an d a ll t h e large towns through out the provinces, a system for the more speedy extinction of fires, viz., by attaching hose or leathern pipes, with branches, to the plugs and mains laid down in the streets, so that the water might he thrown to a sufficient altitude by its own pressure, without the aid of fire-engines, an experiment a few days since was made by Mr. Quick, the engineer of the Southwark Water Company, in order to ascertain how far it could be made applicable. The Company not having the ne cessary apparatus to make the trial, the assistance of the Fire Brigade was granted to carry out the experiment, Mr. Braidwood, the superintendent of the force, being present on the occasion, the particulars of which will be found to be highly important. The report, which is extremely voluminous, states that it took place on the morning of Thursday last be tween the hours of four and nine o'clock, Mr. Quick selecting Old Gravel-lane, Union-street, and Tooley-street, as the most favourable spots to carry on the operations. During the whole period the pressure of water at the Company's works at Battersea was kept at 130 feet, and every service pipe or outlet was kept shut, so that the trial should be fairly made. The first experiment took place in Union-street, by hav ing lengths of rivetted leathern hose (two inches and a half in diameter, and 40 feet long) attached to six standcocks, placed Into plugs, all situate within the space of about 700 yards. The water was conveyed from the head at Battersea,,through 5,300 yards of iron piping consisting of 4,250 yards of 20-inch main, 540 yards of 15-inch main, and 500 .yards of 9-inch main. On one standcock being opened, the jet of water thrown from the copper branch (with i-inch hose pipe on) reached an elevation of fifty feet, and the delivery was at the rate of 100 gallons per minute. The next object sought was to ascertain the quantity of water that could be obtained from the plug. The branch pipe for this purpose was taken off, but the length of hose remained on. The delivery was then found to be 260 gallons per minute, showing that nearly two-thirds of the water was lost by confining it to a small jet. Had the standcock and hose been taken away, there would have been quite sufficient water to supply three fire enginei, each delivery being equal to the discharge from the first standcock. Another was then opened, and the jet from the former was reduced to 45 feet elevation. Other two were added, and the jet of the first was then 40 feet; and on three being opened, the jet from the first rose to 35 feet. The fourth was opened, and the jet of the first decreased to 30 feet. • The fifth was then brought into play (viz., six in all), and the jet from the first only measured 27 feet, fully show ing that there was a regular gradation in the height of the jets, according to the number opened. The next trial was made in Tooley-street, the standcocks being used as in the former case. Some slight difference was observed in the ele vation to which the jets were thrown, the first gaining 60 feet; and when the whole'were opened the height was re duced to 40 feet, the delivery of water being at the rate of 70 gallons per minute. Another trial was then made in a street leading into Tooley-street, where there was only a ser vice-pipe laid down, called a 5-inch main. The first stand cock threw a jet of 40 feet, and on the others being opened, the one furthermost from the first started only emitted a jet of 24 feet, and a delivery of 58 gallons. MR. SHERIISAN KNOWLES.—This celebrated dra matist has been lecturing in Manchester, on the genius of S hakspeare.—Liverpool Journal. FLOGGING OF PAUPER CHILDREN.—MOIIday an adjourned and lengthened investigation, opened on Friday last, was resumed before Mr. Carter, the Surrey Coroner, in the Board-room of Lambeth Workhouse, touching the death of Edmund John Lanworn, aged one year and seven months, who was alleged to have died from ill-treatment received whilst an inmate of the Lambeth Infant Poor Establishment, Norwood. The nature of the case and the evidence are ex plained by the verdict, which was as follows :—" That the deceased child died a natural death, and we (the jury) do re quest the Board of Guardians to investigate the circumstance of a rod being introduced into the infant ward of Norwood House of Industry, and whether that was done by the sanction of the mistress, Mrs. Crick, and that no personal chastisement be allowed on the part of any one to infants of such tender age as are placed in that ward." Mr. Churchill, one of the Guar dians, said that an investigation had already commenced, and the Board were determined to eift the whole matter. PRICES OF SHARES IN CANALS, RAILWAYS, BANKS, ASSURANCE AND OTHER COMPANIES' STOCK. LONDON, TUESDAY, FEB. 13. Dividend per Amount Annum. Names of Co: panics. Paid. Share. 5i per cent. 4/. Canals. Ashton and Oldham Ashby-de-la-Zouch..av Basingstoke Breckneck & Abergay Birmingham, 1-16th sh Do. and Liverp. Jut.c Chelmer & Blackwater ('oventry ......... Crom ford Dudley Derby Danube and Mayne Ellesmere and Chester Erewash ............ Forth and Clyde Grand Junction Grand Union Grand Surrey Grand Western Glamorgansh. ay. cost Gloucester & Berkeley Grantham Hudderstie,l ..........av Kennet a n d Avon ...av Lancaster 3.V Leeds and Liverpool._ Leicester Leicester & Northamp Loughborough . ..... ..av Monmouthshire Montgomeryshire Molton Mowbray Mersey and Irwell Macclesfield Neath Oxford Peak Forest ..av Regent's (ot London).. Rochdale qv Shropshire Somerset Coal. Do. Lock Fund Stock Stafford and Worcester Shrewsbury Stourbridge Stratford .on. A von...av Swansea Severn & Wye & Rail. Trent & Mersey, 1 4 sh. Thames & Medway av Warwick and Birming. Warwick and Napton... Worcester & Binning. Wilts and Berks av Wisbcach Wey and Arun Docks. Commercial East and West India London Ditto Bonds Bristol... ay Do.Bnds, var. amounts St. Katharine Ditto Bonds , Ditto Bonds Southampton , Bridges Hammersmith Southwark, new Subs. Ditto New of 7j¢ pr c Waterloo Ditto Old Ann. of S 1 Ditto New ditto ail, Ditto Bonds Vauxhall av Assurances. Albion Alfred Life Alliance Brit. and For Ditto Marine Atlas Birmingham Fire........ British Fire British Commercial Cler. Med. & Gen. Life County Eagle ...... Economic Life ...... European Life Ditto New Freemasons Globe Guardian Hope Life Ditto Fire Imperial File , Ditto Life , Indemnity Marine , Law Life Legal and General Life London Fire Ditto Ship National Loan Fund Palladium Life ..... Protector Life Provident Life Rock Life R yal Exchange Sun Fire Ditto Life.......... University Life Universal Life Union Fire and Life Joint Stk Banks Australasi7 Ditto New Brit. North American Commercial of London Colonial London & Westminstr Ditto New....... London Joint Stock Metropolitan.... ....... Provincial of Ireland Ditto New National of Ireland , Nat. Provincial Englnd Ditto New Gloucestershire Union of Australia..... Union of London. Gaslight & Coke Bath British Ditto Provincial Birmingham Birming. & Staffbrdsh Bristol Brighton Ditto General , City of London Ditto New Continental Consolid, Ditto Lew Equitable Imperial Isle of Thanet Independent Pllce= Ratcliff South Metropolitan United General ..... Westmins. Chartered Ditto Water Works Birmingham East London ..... Grand Junction. av Kent ........ . . ... Nw Rlv Lon.Bridg An. Manchester and Salford Vauxhall, late S. Lond. West Middlesex .av Yrk Buldg Co.Les.Pr op Iron Railways. Birmingham & Derby Birming. & Gloucester Bristol and Exeter Cheltentim & Gt. West Clarence Eastern Counties Edinburgh & Glasg ow Ditto New Grand Junction,. Great. North of Englnd Great Western Ditto Half Shares Ditto Fifths Hull and Selby ...... Leeds and Selby ... Liverpool & Manchestr Ditto Half-Shares...., Ditto Quarter-Shares London and Brighten Ditto Loan Notes London and Blackwell London and Greenwich London and Binningh. Ditto 42uarter-Shares Ditto hird5.”.••.....•• London and S. Western London and Croydon Manchester and Leeds Ditto New Shares Manchstr and Birming Ditto Extension Midland Counties North Midland Do. }4-Sh., iss. 10 dis Northern and Eastern Ditto Scrip, iss.s/. dis. Paris and Rouen Stockton & Darlington South East. and Dover Ditto New, iss. 25 dis. York and N. Midland Ditto New Shares Mines. Albicn Copper Alten .....«....« Anglo Mex., iss. 5/. p.m Ditto Subscription Bolanos Scrip Brazil. Imp. iss.s/. p.m Do. Mocaub. & Coc. U, Do. St. John Del Rey British Iron Candonga. Ditto Registered Cobre Copper Copiapo Columbian, iss. 5/. p.m General Mining ..... Hibernian Imperial Slate Compy Mexican Mining Co. of Ireland Real del Monte, Unreg Ditto Loan N0te5....., Rhymney Iron Santiago de Cuba United Mex., iss.2l. pm Ditto Scrip Ditto New Scrip Literary. Londn, with Sin. Ticket London University Russell Ring's College Miscellaneous Anglo Mexican Mint Australian Agricultur Brit. American Land, Canada Upper Canada Bonds Copper Miners' Comp Gen. Steam Navigation Iberian Mercahtile Co. Ditto Property Met. Wood Pay., iss. I/. Mex. and S. American New Brunswick (Land) New Zealand ...... Penins. & Orien. Steam Royal Mail Steam ..... Reversionary Int. Soc South Australian Thames Tunnel Van Diemen's Land 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 40 0 0 50 0 e 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 40 0 0 20 0 0 77 10 0 50 0 0 2000 20 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 75 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 25 0 0 30 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 25 0 0 IVO 0 0 41 13 4 190 0 0 30 0 0 100 0 0 63 12 9 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 12 10 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 16 13 4 12 15 4 [OO 0 0 32 0 0 41 6 10 13 15 9 100 0 0 .50 0 0 70 A 0 70 0 0 100 0 0 100 . 0 0 50 0 0 50 d 0 50 0 0 20 0 '0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 • 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 5 0 0 15 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 35 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 9.0 0 0 55 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 60 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 4(1 0 0 75 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 15 0 8 5 9 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 It/ 0 0 5 0 1 i e 100 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 1 100 0 20 0 50 0 20 0 i 0 10 0 0 0 'ANIES' PRICES. IC 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 12 10 1 0 2 10 50 0 50 0 25 0 25 9 O 2 , O 11 0► X s. cl ioo o'l - 10: 41 13 4 3] oo 1 I —1, 100 0 0 l' All paid 4 per cent. 401. Si. 153. 14 - ss. 131 12s. fid. 15s. U. 10s. 341. 104 171. 301. 33 17s. 6d 101. 6 pei cent. 26 151. 20/. 1/. 10s. 151. 3217105. 101. Si. 103. li. 4s. S per cent. per cent. 4 per cent. 4 per cent. Si. We. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. pet cent. 4 per cent. 4 per cent. IN percent. I/. Os. Sd 18s. Id. per eenl 11. 7s. 3.. 10s. 4 percent. 6 per cent. 6 per cent. 13s. 6d. pr sh 54 ss. 4 per cent. Ts. per share 5 per cent. 34 5 per cent. &30s. bds. 51! per cent, 5 per cent , per cent. 6 per cent. 5 per cent. 4s. Es. 6d. 12 per cent 'l9s. 1. sh. & bds, 11.55. 1014 10s. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. 1/. Ss. 5 per cent. 63 per cent. 14 4. 5 pe , cent. lON per cent S per cent. 6 per cent. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. 6 per cent. C per cent. Ei per cent 8 per cent. 6 per cent. els per share 6s. per share 10 per cent 5 per cent. 16s. 1/. ss. 11. 7s. 64 and bs. 4141. and bs. 10 per cent. 4 per cent. 81 per sh 315 s per sh 21. 6 per cent. 5 per cent. 6 per cent. 5 percent 6 per cent. 4% per cent 31. 12s. 21. 10s. 21. 108. 2/. 10s. per cent. 4L 16s. 11. 14s. IN. per sh 11. 4a. 4 per cent. 21. 108. Be. per sh. 2/. ss. per sh 7s 10d per sh 10 per cent. 3}6 per cent. 3L ss, per sh NE. per sh. 12s. per sh. 4 per cent. 10 per cent. 10 per cent. 10 per cent. IM/. per eh 101. per sh. 11.145. !Lper share 3s4d par sh 91.175. pr sh 113 s per sh 1/, 14 Ios. 11. 59. 'lss. 14 11s. 10d. 15 per cent. per cent. 10 per cent. 10 per cent. IL 11. SL 175. 6d. 10s. lOper cent. 10s. per sh. 11. 101. per sh. 11.44. LI. 15s. fper cent. per cent. 5 per cent. andl is.6d. ba. Ever cent. ?per cent. 454 per cent bper cent. LIST OF SCOTTISH COM FEB. 7, it Bank of Scotland Royal Bank British Linen Compny Commercial Bank .. Glasgow Union Bank Western Bank Central Pk. of Scotland Caledonian Insurance Hercules Insurance North Brit. Insurance Insurance Co. of Scot'. Edinburgh Life Insur. Scottish Union Insur Standard Life Insur Dalkeith Railway Edin. and Glas. Railwy Glasg. and Green. Rail. Dundeeand Arhr Rail. f per cent. tiler cent. per cent. f per cent. "'per cent ( pet cent. ( per cent !per cent. ?per cent. 9 per cent. bper cent. eper cent. tper cent. tper cent. ak per cent. 9% percent 10 0 30 0 35 10 32 10 ,3 0 14 0 1 10 5 0 3 0 7 0 75 0 26 0 50 0 e I I MR. CRRISTOPHER.-It is thought that Mr. Chris topher, in his urgent letter, to the Lincolnshire land holders and monopolists a few days ago, forgot to renew his hint about " ducking" the Anti-Corn-law Leaguers. What a pity !—From a Correspondent. 100 0 0 Stock Stock 147 9 0 Stock 5e 0 0 50 0 0 63 2 8 50 0 0 100 0 0 70 10 3 MARKET NEWS.-(YESTERDAY - 0 CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of English Wheat having been very scanP, r i since our last report, the sho w o f sam pl es was sm all. Ai descriptions met a steady demand, at fully Monday's ad vanced rates. In foreign Wheat, a fair business was tran sacted, and the quotations had an upward tendency. Th e Malt trade was somewhat inactive, yet previous rates wer e supported. Oats, Beans, Peas, and Flour were quite as dear. A R RIV A LS. Wheat. Rader.l Ott,. Flour 2,1'30 qrs. 7,440 qrs. 3,2C0 480 , ac" 9EIO I t7O 11,09.0 Malt, 5,390 qrs. WHITECHAPEL. We had only a moder a t e su ppl y o f eac h ki n d o f M ea t, whi le the general demand was steady, on the following tenni) Beef from 2s 8d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s 8d ' • Veal, 3 6 ° to 4s 8d ; and Pork 2 s 8d t o 3 s 10d per Sib s, by the carcaie. English Irish Foreign 1,9C0 (From the London New Price Current of Feb. 13 ) SUGAR.—There has been a lively demand for British Pla n. tation Sugar for grocery and refining purposes ; prices ill" further advanced for all descriptions, and rule is 6d to 2s above those of this day week for brown, grey and common yellowkinds, and 6d to Is p er ew t f or b r i g h t ye ll ow qualities. 1.°"(437 there was a strong d es i re s h own on th e part o f a ll pa rties t o purchase West India S ugar , b u t b uy i ng was c h ec k e d by tba scanty show, the business do ne on th e w h o l e may be consid ers good, 400 hhds and trcs fi n di ng b u y ers a t pr i ces equal to th ose of Friday, and in some c ases ra th er a b ove. RE FINED. —To-day the home trad e p urc h ase d R e fined go° a , ; readily, paying stiffer rates; brown L um p s f or th e sca le Mae 775, and standard Lumps 78 s t o 78 s 6d per cwt ; contra cts , have been entered into f o r f orwar d delivery. Bonded Crabbed Sugar was in ex ce ll en t request, an d first quality fetched 2 55 to 26s per cwt. Loaves are wanted; sales made of Terkel double Refined, 2i t o 41b s , a t 35 s to 38 s ; H am b urg h 61bs 3' 4 64 to 31s ; 9 to 101bs 30s to 31s. Al A U }uric s.—This afternoon the trade were disposed to buy Mauritius Sugar, brown, low middling, and grey sorts r°2`6.°d tained the former currency, but good and fine yellow went , per cwt lower ; fine brown fetched 57s 6d, good 56s 6(1, 1 1,7 1 yellow 65s 6d to 665, good 64s 6d to 655, middling 62s to to t 6,1, middling grey 59s to 61s, good 62s to 635; 20 casks 0 ' Ceylon fetched 583 for low yellow, and 60s 6d for middling bright. EA ST INDIA.—The brown and low yellow qualities of Bengal Sugar have been disposed o f to a l arge ex t en t at stif fer rates ; white and strong yellow sorts have been in good d; mand at the previous c u rrenc y ; M an ill a , b rown , 14s 6d t 16s 6d, and yellow 17s to 18s 6d ; Java 16s to 22s per cert. FO REIG N. —A better demand has prevailed for white de seriptions of Brazil, and full rates have been given. The tot": sactions in yellow Ha v a nna h h ave b een t r ifling, but purchas e ' cannot be made upon easier t erms . Whi te i s h e ld f or previou s quotations. Of F ore i gn S ugar none h as b een su b m itted ° public competition. MoLA SSES.—West India at an advance on previous rates ° f t 3 ) 4 6d to I! , per cwt. Bengal Syrup has been inquired for, 13° 1 3 the suppy is small. Honey has been in good demand, a' better prices paid for all descriptions. 1 Cocoa.—West India at full, and in some cases at better pr i ces; commis on sorts the previous currency :Para at 2 99 to and Bah at 30s to 33s per cwt. f u ll RUM, BRANDY, A N D H OLLANDS. .— Jamaica RUM at rates; 29 to 31 overpr oo f, o f m iddli ng qua li ty, 2 s 8d p e r g3ll OO, 3)4 IS fine kinds are worth ss. P roo f L eewar d s lOiel to Is r per gallon. Demerara, 2 s 10d t o 3 s i s th e wort h o f h ig h streng t tu i and 28 per cent overproof 2 s 8d t o 2 s 9d per gallon ; 0' 10 , 1 %, Rum at is 7d per gall o n, p roo f. F or B ran d y hi g er Pri e o f t 4 have been again given. Cognac, best brands of the vintar bil 1839 fetching—hhds 5s 11d, pun s , 5s 9d ; ditto 1839, ditto 5s Bd, puns 5s 6d ; ditto 1840, hhd s 5s 6d, puns 53 4d ; 1841, hhds 5s 4d, puns 5s 2d ; ditto 1842,111:6 5s 3d , P u „, 5s Id, and inferior marks 3s to 4s 6d p er ga ll on . G ene chiefly for Canada, at is 9d to Is 10d ; the home trade °T o been paying 2s 4d to 3s for small p arce l s o f fi ne pa l e . El i o t Corn Spirits at lOs to lOs 2d p er ga ll on , cas h. T o -dal „ er , India Rum at stiffer ra te s ; J ama i ca 30 t o 32 per ce nt. ol ne 14 proof 2s 10d to 3s, good middli ng an d goo d 3 s 3d t o 35 94 , , to 1% and superior 4s to 5 1 , and p roo f L eewar d s i s I Id. Ca° , proof at Is 7d per gallon. 71.1 COFFEE.—Business in West India Coffee has been restricted by the scanty and very indifferent supply at market ; there, s : 0 ready purchas ers of a ll c l ean qua li t i es at st iff rates , but th a t 101 • are scarcely any remaining in the importers' hands. This d 14 ternoon Plantation Ceylon Coff ee was i n exce lle n t deole o p r i 16 and full rates wer e p a id. Pl an t a ti on sorts a ll so ld, fioe dark fetching 71 s , fi ne or d pa l e 77 5, fi ne fine 6cl, Or d "' pale 80s, much mi xe d an d ra th er b ro k en 60 s 6d to t 3ls , ; 15 bold triage 55s 6d, i n f er i or 25 s t o 25 s 6d, an d l ow 155 to 2 ‘7 3 , wi the good ord wa s a ll t a k en i n a t 66 s 6d, 65 s o ff ere d. 21 ,. °c y3a 41 bought in at 68 s 6d t o 69 s f or m id pa l e ye ll ow, an d Rio at 5 for middling. 11N TEA.--To-day the trade were de s i rous t o p urc h a se Tea , t s i n t c : 23Z a good demand prevailed at the p u bli c sa l es; o f the qu an „ se a 40s. offered, amounting to 17,990 p ac k ages , 5,000 wer e di , l' o e ` O, . of, the lower qualities of Congou fetching full rates, bu t , e, declining Id per lb Pouchong brought very full P` a Gree and other kind's of Black Tea the former currency. Tea went stiffly. SAGO.—This afternoon Pearl Sago sold at stiff rates ; % 04 , 76 small white fetched 24s to 24s 6d, mid brownish 17s fidld g . mid grey 21s to 21s 6d. Sago Fl our so ld, mid 189, an roaged 93 to 13s 6d per cwt. Tapioca brought 34d to 4d pe c o d 7 RICE.—Of cleaned Ri ce s evera l parce l s h ave b een disq c , 3% of, Patna at 13s to 17s, and Carolina 2ls to 26s per cwt. 6J ) day Madras and Cargo Ri ce were di spose d o f pr i vate ly at a. 04 j to 8s 9d per cwt. ; middling white Bengal fetched 115 ' 1 % per cwt. good 11, 6d ]fee t INnico.—ln all descriptions of East India holders rul ln • 2,4 firmness, and nothing is pressing for sale. Spanish Indig wanted, but few parcels are to be met with. been TALLOW.—With Am er i can T a ll ow the market has, 6d 3% abundantly suppli e d. S ou th A mer i can b roug ht 3 4 5 . 6 4 1 45 to 40s for fair to fine quality ; North American 3 1 0 t 951 to 40s 3d ; New York melted 39s to 40s 6d ; Deg f 1 India 39s 9d to 41s 9d ; Syd ne y 33 s 9d t o 40s 9d ; ',e' re io% Tallow 40s to 40s9d per cwt. I m p or t ers o f Russian " submitted to rather lower p r i ce s o n the Y. ; the rates 7 0 , have been 40s9d to 41s pe r c w t f or P. Y. Candie of the is 2022 quality ; second sort at 39 s to 40 s 6d p er cw t. F or d e liver,' t. 24 the last three months of the year. at 41s 6d to 41s 9d per e a 20 Town Tallow is 42s per cwt nett cost. To-day P. Y• 87 on the spot at 41s per cwt. 22 36 OILS.—Cod Oil at 331 per tun ; other d escr i p ti ons at tilt() 7% former currency; Southern, 331 5s to 361 for middlinS fine quality; Seal, 321 lOs to 321 15 s f or s t raw , aril t 50 30/15s for brown ; and Cod Blubber a n d D reg s, 2511 0 * :t '261 ss. Pale Seal Oil, 351 10s per tun. Sperm Oil ho r p l o 67 with less attention ; British at 67/ to 68/ 10s per tun , go t SG Cocoa Nut Oil prices have fallen 30* to 403 ; Cochin , : to 20 quality, at 31s to 31s 6d, and second and third quality 28 0 ;Os 6d per cwt. Palm at 24s to 275, and very cotat ".4 n. ;1t 21s 6d, fine is worth 28s to 28s 6d per cwt. Rape Oil all ow, 9 for pale, and 35s per cwt for bro wn . Oli ve Oil at the f0,n, 0 , 3% ing rates : Gallipoli 461 to 461 lOs, Sp an i s h 431 to 43 1 , 6 3 'X and Barbary, 42/ to 421 10s per tu n ; Li nsee d Oil at 2 u P to 26s per cwt on the spot. The.frost in the early part of the present has supplied the fishing companies of this port with all t' N , ln er sl quantity of ice. The carry i ng was cont i nue d over seAlleti• days, and we unde rs t an d th e store h ouses are n ow The fishing in the Tweed commences on Thursday past Berwick Advertiser. JUDICIAL ADVICE TO MEDICAL PRACTITION.-Ael In the course of a case which Was tried at the Old s T' e l ' c - t he yesterday, a medical witness, in giving his evidence , u sa id, k) word " tumefaction ;" upon which Mr. Justice Colerid i e tri esi , " I suppose by tumefaction' you mean swelling?" I , oo lc l " Yes, my Lord," Mr. Justice Coleridge, " Then it '; so rt ogg be much better to use plain English than to speak in sg of mongrel Latin." 15 = t he .-- BIRTHS: oaf of )% On the 10th inst., at Pakenham L o d ge , Suffolk,. .., 4 ) Thomas Thornhill, jun., Esq., o f a d aug ht er . , Richard ) On the 10th inst., at Spring- gar d ens , th e l a dy of fili Brinsley Sheridan, Esq., of a daughter. v . 4 , VW' 254 On the 10th inst., at Wid more , K en t, M r s. • ,,e . , 0 of a son. • ,:,,,.. tl A On the 10th inst., at Castle Str a th a ll an , Perthsh ire ',. i lk lady of the Hon. William H enr y Drummond, of a W l ' -hie, °' a On the 11th inst., at Orsett, Essex, Mrs. MaconW" 5% a son. of WO' 42 On the 11th inst., the lady of th e R ev . G eo rge - 2 : 3 34 Sarisbury Parsonage, near South am pt on , o f a 'son..,_. Jot' 771 On the 11th inst., in Suss ex - square , th e H o n: Mme ' 16 Gellibrand Hubbard, of a son. 0 . • • )/ 11. 112 • On the 3d of Decemb er , a t T an k- square , C a l c ut* ,-, of gl i , • M'Cabe, of a daughter. ''' On the Bth inst., the lady o f J. Ri s d on B e nnett, 3•l'v ~,ga 91% Finsbury-place, of a daught er . of 22 , On the Bik inst., the l a dy o f B en j am i n Sh ar pe, '''''', *6 daughter. 3 55 23 On the 9th inst., at Cl emen t-l ane , L om b ar d-stree t, 32 1 4 Henry Bayn oth es, of a son. chil i° si 65 On the 1 inst., at Saville-row, Walworth, Mrs' .. to 34 4 Gedye, of a daughter. -c s selrl ! , 1 On the 10th inst., at the Rectory, Littl e Ilford, J -6% lady of the Rev. T. L. Ramsden, of her fifth son. ~e, of 14 • On the 6th inst., at Ken n i ng t on , M rs . J. H. Flor a ...' daughter. , GlA il o. 1 On the 6th inst., in Highbury-pl a c e , Mrs. G e°l**. I Sandeman, of a daughter. i lly elIA l9 ' —fl I On the Bth inst., at th e R ec t or y H ouse , Little 11. - --., °r ubAy ' I % Essex, the lady of Hen r y W oo d, E sq. , l a t e of the '-' En o gineers, of a daughter. Mrs. Cbsr". 6 11 in the 9th inst., it Chester-sq uare , the Hen. 12 Stuart, of a son. C lol°4 On the 9th inst., at Park-cottage, • K) Mrs. Edward Jenkyns, of a daughter. or e, 26 On the 9th inst., in B e df or d-pl ace , Russell-sgt 4 1 % Marcus Martin, of a son.ife d 6 On the 6th inst., at Upp er W o b urn -pl ac e, the. of ofiltt; T. Thornton, Esq., of Mill s fi e ld- p l ace , Highgate - Ps, bo ' On the 6th inst., M rs . Ed war d F u t vo y e , of Bedford-row, of a daughter. .4 MARRIED. inp eo' On the 12th inst., at St. George's, the Hon. Ca P t i e o Gre , c e ; ib man, Royal Navy, second son of Lord Derun an hi t tni youngest daughter of J. Watts Russell, EN? , ` 9 " 4 ' Staffordshire. 4 Ch'~ cb, f On the 20th of December, 1843, at St. Fete ter ° daub Colombo, George Crabbe, Esq., to Ellen, eldest 1 Captain Biles, H. C. S. of Hackney, London. t he To ; 34 On the Bth inst., at St. Maxtin-in-the-Fields, by o f *et 5 Septimus Ramsey, Henry Braddick Gule, o n 0 04 1 ; r Commander John Gule, * R.N., to Frances Rebecci,... foal 3 , daughter of Captain Byrne, formerly of the Sci . r. vs ,f o rd and 3 2 % Guards, and grand niece of the late Earl of Cr* Lindsey. lac e ' 034 On the 10th inst., at All Souls Church, rt to 1 the Rev. Sir J o h n H o b ar t C u l m e Seymour, - v 't - ii"Esrl• r- Louisa, youngest daughter of the late Charles Sinn clu tte ,f, 7 % On the Ist inst., at Llantarnam Church, Captain to 1 1 1( 1 .- Dm buck, of th e 38th R eg i men t Madras Native In fant daughter ofJohn James, Esq., of Llantarnam Cottag e ' er o nteP mouthshire. On the 6th inst., at the Church of St. Jamo'SM niosir Henry R. Watts, of Lincoln's Inn-fields, t only daughter of Mr. W. Fawcett. of, mondsev Crimscott-sre_>t, DIED. 000 4 On Dec. 19, 1843, at Ardingley, E a st Indies, „,.,pbelit Fraser Galbraith, wife of Lieutenant T homas Hay " Madras Artillery. -the -1114° On the Ist inst., at Homberg, near Fr ankfort-on v" John Mayer, aged 6 wife 1. arti On the sth inst., at Nice, Frances Julia, .01otit Harcourt Vernon, Esq., M.P. of ' At Milton, Margaret Mary, youngest child al& Milton. sg.— On the sth of October, at Australind , Western van. , 1. Robert Gordon Berney, the son of W. Hamilton, British Majesty's Consul, Boulogne-sur-Mer.Alec' In December, at St. Helena, Lieu tenant -C o lonel John. e ate ander Weight, late Comthandant of the St. Helena Reg' East India Company's Service. a g ed i* On the 6th inst., Charles Mitchell, Esq., M..A,, Pe On the 7th inst.. in Chandos-street, Cavendish-Iq—' • Dampier, relist of Thomas, late Lord Bishop of Eltr P On the Bth inst., at Rodney-terrace Bow, I•_,soy, Stephens, accountant to the Guardian Assurance Cel'otvgest• On the 9th inst., at Walworth, Louisa gaupab' daughter, of Deputy Commissary-General Arther. 74 ----------.---- 0 'Ali is G, London : Printed and Published by Ia.TRI3O Yv -- 1 1 3 OP No 4 112,-Strand, at The Sun Office, .c).112, strand, County of Middlesex, Thursday, February 1 . 5, 1844 ' February Price. 60 0 0 2: 40 0 0 2i 50 0 0 5 0 0 11 0 0 1 5 0 0 50 0 1 65 0 0 50 0 0 3 5 0 0 210 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 250 0 0 40 All paid 2,, 2 0 0 11 . 1 3 0 0 LS% 36 10 0 2 10 0 2 10 C 50 0 0 10 0 0 513 0 10 0 0 2 0 0 12 10 0 12 10 0 2 10 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 - 1 205 4: 5 0 0 6 0 1: 20 0 0 Is! 40 0 0 4 40 0 0 4; 50 0 o 200 0 0 IS 25 0 0 I. 20 0 0 2: 20 0 0 16 ö 0 710 0 25 0 0 4 10 0 • 17 10 0 1: 35 0 0 3 ; 10 0 0 10 0 0 1 2] 25 0 0 i 10 0 0 1, 16 0 0 18 0 0 19 0 0 54 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 75 0 0 31 5 0 28 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 30 0 0 39 0 0 80 0 0 25 0 0 48 0 0 [o — 0 0 I 7 25 0 0' _2; 0 0 6 O 0 7 • 0 tI O 0 2, O 0 O 0 II I 0 10 0 O 0 O 0 g O 0 111 • 0 71 O 0 11 O 0 5 O 0 O 0 2 O 0 11 O 0 O 0 O 0 100 0 0 2 0 0 32 0 0 O 0 O 0 O 0 0 o 0 o o O 0 o o O u O 0 O 0 O 0 O 0 _ O 0 12, O 0 of 3I 0 13 10 0 100 0 U 25 0• I' 150 0 0 21 0 0 25 0 0 15 0 0 75 0 0 7 10 0 7 10 0 40 0 0 13 • 0 55 9 0 20 0 0 10 10 0 3 0 0 59 0 0 7 0 e 150 0 0 50 0 0 •10 0 0 40 0 0 - 2 10 0 1 100 - 4; 0 100 0 0 10, 0 o 21 o 30si 1 0 O 4 O 4 0 4 0 O 52 4,i be 5914 14 22% A RE C 1 ITSUA , -LAw Ti l ' s ,The inectin Christie I II (l a , ( ;preei se l bo n u s of ad . at the C Tu e Ards ( Non( , 4 , a.ll PE hittj,ENEri 'V•R`; thQ s 791e.k1 other bY ireforriuttlett quested, NoTic ed ut the AUDI 9Nbps-, ~~~ th l : 4a tiOn L . n lit Y. foi Anrp o , 14, 4 friend r‘n,' 6 f Mr, Teteiy Ptls4, 4 n t' ti plLta to • , and thWe ha 4 heigi t.„ Fit 0 7' 'Va. t4 hQ lea : ~ to !.t, and s' • dow g ! cl ical 01 1 4 4 . d to ti einea, wi t 6 44 to chi (t oy t " Viol Ye., or 3 8 4 L3,,"(' t,i nely 444 `4411 a 1 B.,,ftae; 1e l~r '„ wilnei 4144 a te t. blll w 411, t tt ,.' 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