The Sun. — London, England, 1839-02-08 00:00:00

for a repeal of the Corn-laws because they considered them unjust and oppressive, not only to the manufacturing and labouring population, but, on the long- tun, to the agriculturists thetroelvea. Fur the purpose of sh ' owine these he had t a k en t h e averages o f corn for a long period, tot fur five, or ten, tut for fifty years previous to 17i0.--( Hear, hear.) Ile had taken that 'year because ho considered that up to that period this country was more an agricultural than a manufacturing country.—( Cheers. ) The exports of the country up to that time consisted chiefly of woollen manufactures in Yorkshire and Nor folk. The great iron mines of the country were not then discovered.—( Hear, and cheers.) The average price of corn for fifty years previous to 1770 was 31s. Eld., but subsequent to 1770 the average price of corn for the fifty years fo!lowirg was Elf's. 61, and at that time there was no bounty of ss. to support the prices. It was therefore clear that until this country became a manufacturing country the home market for corn was a poor one ; but since its maeufeetures increased the earn grower had the highly roteunerating price of 625. 6d. From the manner in which the agriculturists spoke upon this subject they would have us belieee that they were the lords of the creation—(Cheers) —but if a census were taken, they would he found only to form a third part of the population if the country. The agriculturalists now had a much bet ter bounty than 5e., for they had the bounty of the menu factoring di:eriete. Mr. ATetIERLEY them rose to move an amendment, amid great uproar and confusion, which lasted for several minutes. The CUAMMAN requested (amidst loud cheers and much confusion) as en act of courtesy, that %Ir. Acherley of Lei cester-square be heard on this to. solution. —( Renewed cries. ) He wa; quite sure the object of the meeting would be pro moted by giving him their patient attentien. Me. ACIIERLEY said that the emendment he had to pro pose on the resolution was foueded under existing circum stances. In referet.ce to the fact that agricultUrcri held their land contrary to the constitution of England.—( Loud cries.) lie begged to be heard ; he had a t isk in the country ; he came forward to advocate prin ciples interesting to all, and not of one sect or ano slier. Ile did not come among them as a firebrand but for their real interests.—( Applause.) On such occa sions he liked to see age in the Chair. The elders of every congregation were the best able to reason on the circumstances. The principle of the amendment was plainly this, that all land, by the Act of the year 1760, was held by impeachment of waste. Under the enormities committed by these letters patent of George the First s the people could not hold land unless they held it tinder impeachment of waste. His amendment was base d upon the constitutional principles of the kingdom that elhery man should exercise the elective franchise.—(Loud deers.) Whether they were Tories, Whigs, or Radicals, they should all support that proposition. He contended that it was the cultivation of the land to its fullest extent that would give happiness and prosperity to the country.— Oh and hisses.) The manufacturer who had embarked a miiiien of money in trade, if he did not get a return fur it he could go to Belgium, Holland, or Switzerland. ;lelo man should be allowed to hold large tracts of land in parka while the poor were starving.--(" Question.") There. was the Marquis of Aylesbury, who had fifty miles of country in the County of Wilts, like a dog in the manger.—( Roars cf laughter ) He was heir to a large property, of 6,0001. per atrium himself, and he knew the value of that species property.of Why there were three commercial men now in Itslgiurn, who were formerly the rulers of the trade in London, and d— him if these men were not now un derselling their own countrymen in the market. (Laughter, and cries of " fleas, hear.") Mi.. Atcherly ter:eluded by moving his amendment. Mr. B. `liana, of Union-street, seconded the amend ment. He could not say, like its mover, that lie wes heir to 6,0001. a-year, for he believsd he would not be exag gerating if he said he was not worth sixpenny-worth of e:et ea l s Hear.) The gentleman who proposed the first resolution had told them that the repeal of the Corn laws would bring peace to the country, but had it done so in France, when the Duke of Orleans, with 50,060 men, was required to quiet the starving population of Lyons? Although they had some of the wealthy classes among them to. day who expressed a sympathy in their distresses, taken as a body the capitalists were the enemies of the working men.—( Hisses, and much upraas.) When any attempt was made by the starving artisans to obtain a small increase to their wages in order to procure the ne cessaries of life, how did these men act ?--4 Hear, hear. The Are hers for this borough be requested to give it their support." Mr. CHARLES WOOD said that he was sure the meeting would have ten times its effect when it went before the Legislature, supported by the signatures of the loner classes.—( Cries of " Working classes.") He begged to second the resolution proposed by Mr. Goidle. The resolution was carried unanimously. Mr. CLAY then rose to address the meeting, and was greeted with deafening shouts of applause, intermixed with hisses from that part of the crowd where Mr. Acherley, who again attempted to address the meeting, had taken his stand. When order had, in some measure, been restored. Mr. Clay prooeeded to address the meet ing. Since he had had the honour of being connected with the Tower Hamlets, he recollected no occasion of their coming together at which he felt more proud and gratified than the present.—(Tremendous cheering.) It would have been to him a deep mortification, both on private and public grounds, if the men of the Tower Hamlets had not taken that station which became them in the efforts that were being made through out the country to get rid of the present obnoxious system of Corn-laws.—( Cheers.) As their Member he should have fought the battle with less spirit if he had not had the sympathy and the assent of his constituents. He was glad, however, that the Tower Hamlets had been roused by the storm that was directed against the Corn laws, and he trusted that the time was not far distant when those discreditable enactments would be swept away alto gether.—( Cheers.) He had learnt with the greatest pleasure that the promoters of this meeting had deter mined that it should not be a party question, and when he first came there that morning he found men of the great est respectability, inhabitants of the Tower Hamlets—men whom be was proud to call his friends, but who differed with him on many political points, he found them ready to join them.—( Cheers.) In the adoption of the course they bad taken, in his opinion they had acted wisely, for if there was a single question that should be held apart from parties, it was the repeal of the Corn laws. They might rest assured that no party would ever dare to make it a po litical question.—(Cheers.) No Ministry, whether Whig or Tory, would move its repeal—(Cheers)--and it never could be carried but by. the exertions of the people— ( Cheers)—nor unless all classes, whether Whigs, or Tories, or Radicals, joined in one zealous and unanimous effort. Let them, therefore, hear no morel of party spirit on this subject—(Cheers)—but if there are to be parties, let them be called the Big Loaf Party and the Little Loaf Party. —( Laughter.) Now he was a Big Loafian.—( Increased laughter.) Let all struggle upon such political ques tions as they thought would tend to the good of the people, but fur God's sake let them have cheap bread first.— ( Cheers.) Men always quarrelled much more amicably with full stomachs.—( Hear, ar,d laughter.) Having said thus much he would say a few words upon the great and important question of the Corn-laws. He was bound, as the Representative of the Tower Hamlets, to state to his constituents what his solemn opinion was upon that ques tion.—( Cheers.) He believed there was not another nation upon the earth, with the exception of England, whose Statute book was disgraced by lawa more unjust or impolitic than the Corn-laws—( Cheers)—because their decided effects were to lessen the comforts, and limit the enjoyments of every class in society.—(Cheers.) It lowered the profits of the capitalists, the capital of the manufacturer, and the condition of the operative.— ( Cheers.) It lessened the demand for labour, while it en hanced the price of food.--( Cheers. ) He concurred fully in what had been stated by those who had preceded him, that to the operative the repeal of the Corn-laws was a quctionof the most vital importance, and he was astonished at the ignorance displayed by those who attempted to per suade the operatives that the working classes were not interested in the question, because they had been told that as the price of food fell wages would fall in the same pro portion. —( Cheers. ) lie would ask any one present whether when the price of food had risen wages had risen with it? Wages had not risen with the price of food, and they never would, as long as the Corn-laws existed. Why ? Because they enhanced the price of food at home and lowered it abroad. The master manufactu-ers there had every advantage over the master manufacturers here, and the result was that those as ticles were now manufac tured abroad for which they were formerly obliged to come to this country.—( Cheers.) Tire consequence was that the workmen there had plenty of work, and were giving at the same time a less price for provisions.—(Cheers ) It was ridiculous to say if the manufacturers here had plenty of work they must not give better wages. Was it common sense that, under such circumstances, they could come to their workmen and say, as we have got so much work to de you must take less wages.—( Cheers.) There was no class of the people that was so deeply interested in the abrogation of the unjust Corn-laws, and be the man whom he might who would attempt to persuade them that they had no interest in the subject, they might take it from him that he was the worst friend they had.--( Cheers.) What is wanted in this country ? There arc skilful manu facturers, operatives unequalled for honesty and industry. Did he compliment them? He scorned to do it. What he told them was notorious, an English workman would do twice the work of another man. \Vhat then is wanted ? Scope for their industry—a field for manufacturer and artisan. He would suppose that some miraculous inter position brought millions of acres of fertile land where the English Channel now flowed. Would hands be want ing to cultivate them ? A repeal of the Corn•laws would as effectually bring Silesia and America within the reach of the Englishman, as if by miraculous interposition they were brought home to their own shores. They had all the means of providing those countries to which he referred with the blessings of civilization, and those countries, on the other hand, had the means of finding soil and scope. What did their Legislature do ? It stepped forward to prevent the interchange of those blessings which it had pleased an Almighty Being to scatter on every family of ' man. Much had been said of the agricultural interests. It had been said that it formed a third of the population, while the manufacturing interest constituted a half. Now, there was no class of the agriculturers except the landholder who bad any interest. The farmer had no interest. The working man had only the interest of every other w or ki ng man. Even the supposition of benefit was confined solely to the landowner. If they persisted in their opposition to the repeal of the Corn-laws they would be worse off, because they would have to support those who would by their working be thrown out of bread. He would make an observation on what Sir Robert Peel had asserted in his speech of the night before last. The gentleman who seconded the Ad dress spoke of the increase of our exports. He had seen the paper from which it had been read. He never read a paper from which more fearful omens could be taken. What were those exports? The raw materials of manufactures, machinery, copper, and cotton-twist. Every year finer and finer qualities of cotton-twist were exported. With these views he should only say, he accepted with great pleasure the duty they thought fit to impose on him of presenting their petition to the House of Commons, and that 'it would be a source of great pleasure to him when his friend and colleague came back to second him.—( Loud cheers.) Dr. LusnINGTON said, that in whatever situation it might please God to place him—whether as their representative or in a more humble situation, his earnest hearty exertions would be employed isa support of that measure they were now convened to consider. He had had some opportuni ties of kno-ving the period of 1815, when the Corn-laws were imposed on the public. He remembered the prophe cies that were then made. and he would take the liberty of saying that there was no evil that has not occurred which was then foretold by the opponents of that measure. Lord Liver pool, then Prme Minister, had said that they would be contented when the price of a quartern loaf reached Is. Now, one of the arguments then brought forward was this, " What will become of you if you should be at war with various countries of the world, and yet depend on them for your supplies?" The answer was plain. The experience of the world had shown that you cannot starve a great country. The attempt had been made by no less a country than Great Britain. In 1791, when the war with France commenced, the proposition was made for starving that country. In the year 1794 was France starving ? What was the state of England? Tie fact was this, we, who had threatened starvation to France, were the first to give orders to our Navy to seize on every vessel laden with wheat and appropriate it. In 1814 Great Bri tain paid France two millions for her grain. Such was the result of her attempt to starve a free country. This great argument against the importation of foreign corn has been proved to be fallacious by all past experience. He would now give them an instance of what those laws had done in the Tower Hamlets, In 1831, a merchant imported considerable quantities of foreign wheat and placed it in bond. It remained wasting and rotting fur six whole years. The prices were not sufficient. The consequences of the keeping of that corn were, that the bonds were cancelled at the Custom House, and the corn sunk. At that time want and distress were plen tiful enough even here, but in the Western Islands their fellow-subjects were in a state of starvation. He would be brief, because the most important arguments had been al ready stated to the meeting. The subject of the petition was interesting to all the inhabitants of this country. It was the interest of the landed proprietors, if they knew their own interests. And now that he had stated to them some of his opinions on that subject, he would say that in none did he concur more entirely than in that entertained by the operatives throughout this country. He saw the price of corn was injurious to them, their wages could never keep pace with the price of bread. They had to contend against a great and miervibeiteing power, but they were not alto. gether withont friends among agriculturists, and those ex tensive landowners. He had read with pleasure the ex pressions of Lord Vernon the night More last—" My Lords," he had said, " I pray you to consider this ques. tion ; think of your responsibility—pause before you pro nounce this sentence on your fellow-men." There were others who held those opinions. But he did not rely on the names of this Nobleman or of that, but on the truth of our cause, and on his firm conviction that such evidence could be given of the bad effect of the Corn-laws on the manufacturing interests, that none could fail to understand to apprehend. But on this point they must be unanimous, sinking for the moment all little differences, reserving for other times all contests on other questions, however great and important. He feared not the result ;he had fought many more difficult battle; ' • he had been in minorities of 20 and 30, and had gained his eau.a.--( r i ogd cries of "friiree cheers for Lushington.") Mr. CLAW stint they had yet another duty to discharge, a most agreeable one, to move that a vote of thanks be given to the Hon. Chairman for bia admirable conduct in the chair. ile had never witnessed more ability, and to that he attributed the successful result of the meeting. The motion was put and carrind with applause. The CHAIRMAN rose to inform the meeting that the pe. tition would be left for signature at the Court, end the meeting then broke up. The following is the petition agreed to at the meeting : ":To the Honbneable the Commons of the United King dom of Great Britain ad Ireland, in Parliament as sembled. The petition of the inhabitarits of the borough of the Tower Hamlets, " SnEwEru, " That your petitioners q.re inhabitants of the largest borough in the kingdom, comprising the principal manu factories arid the great shipping interests of tire Metropolis, and are therefore deeply interested in the -prosperity of the commerce and manufactures of the country. That the present system of Corn-laws has encouraged the establishment of manufactories in various parts of Eu- were all aware of What their e2r.duct waF. when these men now came forward and stated they had. tile welf,:re of the labn9rng c!asies at he was net such a stupid as to swallow that down. —( Cries of" Ques tion.") M. 'niers, uho was President of the French Chamber of Deputies. and an Loncrary member of the Me chanics' Institute, bad stated that the mechanical power of Great Britain was equal to 500 millions of working men at the windlass.—( Loud et ies of " Question," " Off, off,' and much uproar.) The CHAIRMAN said that the speaker only claimed five minutes if they would give him their attention.— (Cries of " Go on.") Mr. Toms continued, that in consequence of the clamour he called on persons favourable to his principles to pi evemt a bearing on the other side.—(Cries, " Off, off.") Mr. LAWRENCE said that he had never seen a meet ing in the Tower Hamlets where a hearing could not be had. He }Aped they were not going to begin to-day. The gentleman from Leicester-square had rendered the terms waste lands and registered lands eery intelligible to them all. He saw clearly that a gen tleman like him with 6,0001 a-year must have a great inte rest in lieepieg up the price of corn, and would be desi rous of inducing the meeting to pass an amendment on Aar petition. —( Much applause.) Mr. SPENCER rose amidst loud cries of disapprobation. .--(Criea of " Hear Spencer.") He wanted to come as an honest man before them, and to be governed by no trick. Theiet was a statement abroad that the repeal of the Cone -laws had never been agitated until they agitated Uni, - ersal Suffrage. He was in favour of the b abolition of the Cortielaw''ut why should this lead them from the main olj-ct. ~I'P present House would not grant a repeal of the Corn-laws. Be would say, have practical men •do away with the property ;:ualification. It was time for ;hem to legislate for themselves. He saw about him mechanics, who were not remunerated for their labour. The Corn-laws were first agi. fated by the cotton manufacturers. He would not have them blinded by such conduct.—( Confusion.) It would become them as Englishmen, deprived of their rights, to insist on Universal Suffrage.—( Confusion, and ins of " Question.") Who would benefit by the repeal of the Corn-laws? The great and wealthy.—( Renewed uproar.) To support extravagant rents they put on the Corn-laws, A gentleman, a Tory of course, had said to him that the abolition of the Corn-laws would ruin the landed proprietor. The people had no protection agaiest mercantile men, unless they could legislate for themselves. N o twithstanding the repeal, how would they be protected ?—( Great confusion, applause, mingled with cries of " Off, off.") He hoped they would give no peace to t' e Gevernicent until they granted Universal Suffrage. (Cries of " Chair, chair.") The CHAIRMAN said it was the practice to read first the original motion and then the amendment. That, as his duty, he should do, but he must first observe that the ob jectof their present meeting was a Corn-law question. He went, perhaps, as far as they could with regard to Univer sal Suifrege, but it was foreign to the object of the meet• be'. He then read the original motion and amendment ; and on being put to the meeting the former was carried by a very large majority. Mr. GUIS ,- )N said that he was obliged to disapprove of the sentiments that had bean advanced.—( Hear, h ear.) To say that the progress of trade was of no im portance to the Tower Hamlets, was to say that they could exist if the light and air of heaven were ceded:id, It was upon the people as on a broad basis that all legislation Should rest. This was a plain simple bread and cheese question. They had been told that wages fluctuated with the price of breed. It was not so. The tendency of these taws was as ceriein as that of the needle to the pole. Ile would do all in his power to teach the owners of_ r the soil th a t th e peo pl e wou ld ne t g i ve th e i r l a b our d their skill without a fair return. He hoped they would always he inquiring how the social interests of the country were to be secured, but the sure means of obtain ing their end was not by leaving the object of the meeting togive their attention to another. Haley proceeded longer as The Legislatnre had proceeded since the year 1815, not only the sun of England would be set, at the aristocracy said, but the happiness and pt ace of the people would be lost for ever. Ho beg ged leave to move the following resolution : —" That Cleo repeal of the Corn-laws will benefit the manufacturer, , by extending commerce; and the landholder, by causing a greater and more steady demand for his produce, in the supply of the manufacturing population. That the Cern- Jaws do not make this country independent of foreign neply; hut endanger the sufficiency of food, when seasons ere ttefavourable." Mr. Hentann seconded the resolution. He trusted those attending the present meeting would not forget to sigru2l;... petition. The resolution was carried unanimously. Mr. LAURENCE moved the third resolution, which was to the effect that the repeal of the Corn-laws would give an impetus to commerce. In coming forward upon a sub ject like the present, they should take care to be under stood. It was a question whether the dear loaf did not prevent commerce, and no ono could doubt that it did. Were they prepared to say that, be the consequences what they might, the landowners alone were to he protected ? (Cries of " No.") Yet such was the effect of the present Corn-laws. They were driving all the commerce of this country to other shores; and it was only the other day that a friend of his told him he could not get 'some articles ma nalactured at Birmingham, because the mannLicturers of that town were employed in making machinery for foreign coun tries, to enable them to manufacture articles for which they Were obliged before to come to this country. Except the People came forward unanimously, they would never get a repeal of the Corn-laws.—( Cheers.) The working classes were peculiarly interested in having that law repealed ; and he trusted, notwithstanding all that been said by the gen tlemae from Leicester-square, that they would be unani mous in demsfhding its repeal. Mr. HINDLEY seconded the resolution. Dr. BORLAND was a friend to the repeal of the C and he trusted if they did not abolish these laws the 11 '°1 11 e would rise as a man. The worthy Doctor gauged "naiderable amusement in the meeting by producing two loaves, one made in France and the other in Eng land, asking them to look at the difference. The resolution was carried unanimously. ir• H ALL move d th e f o ll ow ing resolution :—" Th a t al aw, 3 made to prevent the importation of grain, are en de:.nnleuts by the few on the rights of the many, and i ine l s : e the labouring man of a fair return for his skill and t ry; and that th e p resen t una ni mous expressi t a l of , 'ani on throughout the manufacturing districts against the orm sv , 9 ,„ d proves that they injure the trade of the country, should no longer be tolerated." eaIIr•aFAIRRIE secon d e d t h e resolut i on, w hi c h was carr i e d aal ens l y. Als. ci th , s Lnie moved th e f o ll ow i ng reso l ut i on : —4 , As 0 1 boro ug h is peculiarly interest e d in the abolition of the a rn . laws, it ca ll e d upon the inhabitants to sign a petition kiir"Ying t h e foregoing reso l ut i ons, to be presented by r of this borough, and ton, in the event of hisbein g seconded by Dr. Cushing_ returned; and that the Mem. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, -EVENING EDITION -FEBRUARY S, 1839 rope, not only byfortia ' ners, but by nativcsof Great Britain, who have transferred to othei• countries, where food cheap, their skill, capital, and machinery ; whereby our manufacturers have been deprived of many markets, and even undersold at home. " That the repeal of the Corn-laws will benefit the manufacturer by extending commerce; and the landholder, by causing a greater acd more steady demand for his produce, in the supply of the manufacturing population : that the Corn-laws do not make this country independent of foreign supply: but endanger the sufficiency of food, when seasons are unfavourable. _ " That all laws made to prevent the free importation of grain, are encroachments by the few on the rights of the many : and deprive the labouring man of a fair return for his skill and industry; and that the present unanimous expression of opinion, throughout the manufacturing dis tricts, against the Corn-laws, prove that they injure the trade of the country, and should no longer be tolerated. " Your Petitioner:, therefore, humbly pray for the total repeal of the present Corn-laws." STEAM NAVIGATION IN INDIA- (YESTERDAY.) A meeting was yestc relay held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, convened by advertisement, and con nected with the formation of a Company for the prernotion of steam navigation in the inland rivers of India. The meeting was called for twelve o'clock, and about twenty minutes after that hour the Chair was taken by Sir ROBERT WILMOT HORTON, who explained the objects of the meeting. Having remarked that aggregate of capital was best obtained by a Joint Stock Company, he stated that a report had been published, and a pamphlet had appeared recommending the introduction of steam navigation on the Ganges and the rivers of India. The statements of that publication, however, had been con travened. Mr. Trevellion, in particular, had de nied the accuracy of the statements there put forward, and he again had been contradicted by another party. It was desirable the public should be satis fied as tothese contradictions, and should be made acquainted with the reasons from which the necessity of forming a company was urged : hence the call for a public meeting. The Report was laid before them, and it was for any gen tleman present to offer any information he might have on the subject, from which the public might form an opinion. Mr. CASTLES, the Secretary, next addressed the meeting. He commenced by strongly disavowing- a report which had appeared in a newspaper, and on which some remarks of Captain Henderson had been founded, in opposition to the formation of a society. He quoted the writings of Mr. M'Culloch and Mr. Montgomery Martin in proof of the number of persons visiting Calcutta, and thence urging the profitable field opened for steam con veyance, and consequently the advantageous prospects of fered for the formation of a Company. The worthy Se cretary was interrupted by Mr. Auber, who said the object of the Secretary, as well as of himself, and, he believed, of every one in the room, was the same ; the only question was as to the data. His wish was to shorten the proceedings and he was prepared with a rysolution. The Chairman thought it quite proper that Mr: Castles should proceed to give the meeting every information as to the data on which the foundation of this society was considered necessary, and that gentleman consequently proceeded at sonic length. He concluded by asserting that no plan was more cal culated to enhance the social interests of the inhabitants of India, and improve the communication with this country. Mr Auber next addressed the meeting, urging the necessity of appointing a Committee, several of whose names he mentioned, in order that every degree of suspi cion should be removed from the public mind, and that no delusive hopes of profit should be held cut. Ile would move a resolution calculated to meet that object. He then read a resolution to the effect that a Company for the purposes of inland steam-navigation in India should be formed on principles that would place it above suspicion, and secure the public from expectations of exorbitant profit, arising out of erroneous data. Mr. Roouns offered to second this resolution. A rather stormy discussion ensued, several gentlemen addressing the Chair, complaining that the report had not been properly circulated, and endeavouring to impugn the acts of the Provisional Committee. The Chairman inter fered, and said the object was to gain information as to the prospects of the proposed Company. Mr. MorT hoped the meeting would be allowed to pro ceed, and that no personalties should be indulged in. The object of all was the formation of a company. Mr. RIDGWAY addressed the meeting, warmly contend ing that the gentlemen named in the prospectus, were not such as he could approve of; he hoped the report would be thoroughly canvassed, and a committee appointed, that the public might have an opportunity of judging of a plan which might then be properly brought before them. [Our reporter left this gentleman addressing the meeting►. Abut 200 highly respectable gentlemen of the mercantile billy were present.] CRIMINAL COURT, FEB. 7. they made him tipsy, and then he married us.--( Laughter. ) The REcoarma—What, did they make the Friar drunk? Prisoner—Yes, my Lord, they had thrrebottles of whiskey and other commodities.—( Laughtrr.) Witness—We had no whiskey, not one drop—( Laugh ter)—and the couple was married in a private room, with other. ReconnEn—Hiw much money did the Friar receive? Witness-30s. a couple, my Lord.—( Laughter. ) Mary Johnston, 19 years, proved that she lived with her sister, in Bridgewater-square, and she became acquainted with the prisoner in 1835 and was married to him in St. Bride's Church on the 13th of January, 1836. On com ing of age she will be entitled to some property. She lived with the prisoner eighteen months, and had one child by him, but left in consequence of his ill treatment, and went back to her sister. Sarah Johnston confirmed her sister's statement, adding that the prisoner often came to her house, threatening her about her sister's property, which he said I.e wculd claim, and pretending that his family was of great respectability. The RECORDER then summed up, an d t h e J ury, w i t h hesitation, found the prisoner Guilty. The RECORDER, after commnting in the strongest terms on the prisoner's heartless conduct, sentenced hint to hard labour in the House of Correction for eighteen calendar months. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. Yesterday Anne Stephens, alias Huyghues, who stands charged for bigamy, was brought up by Keys, tho officer, for re-examination. A person who in this case represented the clerk of Stint Marylebonc parish, produced the certificate of the second marriage, which took place in 1837. M r . Humphries, who attended, as o n t h e f ormer exami nation for the prosecution, asked Mr. Huyghues where he at present resided, and what was his Christian name ? Witness--My name is Henry Angels Huyghues, and I live at 16, Tichfield-street. Mr. Humphries—How long have you lived there ? Witness—l can't recollect. Mr. Humphries—Will you be pleased to let the Magis trates know how you spell your name ? Witness—l really cannot recollect. - - - Mr. TWYFORD—Have you resided at your present place of abode for a month ? Witness—l can't say how lung it may be. Mr. Humphries—Were you married in the year 1837 ? Witness—l cannot recollect. Mr. Humphries—Have you ever been married at all? Witness—l cannot recollect that I have, or that I have not. Mr. TWYFORD—If you continue such a course of pro ceeding you must be committed to prison. Mr. Humphries—Have you been married to the pri soner at the bar? Witness—l cannot recollect that neither. Mr. Humphries—Do you know the prisoner? Wit ness--Yes, I think I know her. Mr. Humphries then addressed the Magistrate, and said that when the prisoner was brought up on a former day the first marriage was clearly proved by competent witnesses present ; and they also proved that the prisoner's first husband, Mr. Stephens, was still alive. He was prepared to produce the certificate of the second marriage, and as the witness neglected to obey the summons at the last examination, he thought it necessary to re-summon him Sand he now called upon him, on the part of the Crown, to give evidence., or take the consequence of his refusal. The deposition of James Kennedy, who was present at the first marriage, in 1824, at St. Marylebone Church, was read over. Keys proved that he served Mr. Huyglmes with a sum mons to attend and give evidence at the first examination ; but in consequence of his non-attendance a second sum mons was ordered and served upon him in the office, when he apologised to Mr. Minshull for not being present, admit ting at the same time that he was the second husband. Mr. TWYFORD—I3 it true that you admitted you were the prisoner's second husband? Witness —Can't recollect, indeed. Mr. Humphries observed that the charge against the prisoner amounted to a felony, and there might be acces sories. Mr. TwYFonn then directed such evidence as the wit ness had given to be taken down ; which being done, Mr. Humphries said that a Mr. Thalnere, who was pre sent at the second marriage, was not in town, but was ex pected in a week, and he hoped there would be no objec tion to remind the prisoner for a week. The prisoner requested to know on what grounds she was ordered to b remanded ; and having got an explana tion she was removed from the bar. PARLIAMENTARY Di VISION. ( From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commond.) Q ERN'S S PEECIL TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1839. made, and Question proposed,--" That an hmnble Ad_ dress be presentul to her Majesty, humbly thanking her Majesty for her most gracious Speech from the Throne: To assure her Majesty that we fitly appreciate her Majesty's par ticular desire to recur to the advice and assistance of her Parlia. ment, at a period when many matters of groat imporianee demand our serious and deliberate attention : To express our satisfaction that her Majesty continues to re ceive from Foreign Powers gratifying assurances of their desire to maintain with her Majesty the most friendly relations : To thank her Majesty for informing us, that her Majesty has z'oncluded with the Emperor of Austria a Treaty of Commerce, and to t..a.lari our participation in her Majesty's confidence that the pro visions of the Treaty will extend and improve the intercourse be tween her Majesty's subjects and those of the Emperor: To thank her Majesty, further, for acquainting us that her Ma je,ty has concluded a Treaty of the same kind with the Sultan, cal culated to place the communications between her Majesty's domi nions and the Turkish Empire upon a better and more secure foot ing : To thank her Majesty for having directed Copies of these Treaties to be laid before us : To acknowledge with gratitude the information, that her Ma jesty has been engaged, in concert with Austria, France, Prdssia, and Russia, in negociationa, with a view to a final settlement of the differences between Holland and Belgium; that a definitive Treaty of Peace, founded upon anterior arrangements, which have been acceded to be both parties, lb,s in consequence been proposed to the Dutch and Be gian Governments : To express the lively satisfaction with which we learn that the Dutch Government has already signified to the Conference its acceptance of that Treaty; and we trust that a similar announce mewt from the Belgian Government will put an end to that dis quietude which th e present unsettled state of these affairs has ne cessarily produced ; To assure her Majesty, that we agree with her Majesty in la menting the continuance of the civil war in Spain, and that we are satisfied that this subject engages her Majesty's anxious and undi minished attention : To assure her Majesty, that we feel deep concern to learn that differences which have arisen have occasioned the retirement of her Minister from the Court of Teheran, but that we hear with satis faction that her Majesty indulges the hope that a a satisfactory ad justment of these differences will allow of the re-establishment of her Majesty's relations with Persia upon their former footing of friendship : To thank her Majesty for the information, that events connected with the same differences have induced the Governor-General of India to take measures for protecting British interests in that quar ter of the world, and to enter into engagements, the fulfilment of which may render military operations necessary, and that for this purpose such preparations have Dean made as may be sufficient to re sist aggression from any quarter, and to maintain the integrity of her Majesty's Eastern Dominions : To assure her Majesty of our concurrence with her Majesty, that the reform and amendment of the Municipal Corporations of Ireland are essential to the interests of that part of her Majesty's dominions : To assure her Majesty, that we will apply ourselves to the prose cution and completion of those measures which have been recom mended by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners of England, for thepur. pose of increasing the efficiency of the Established Church, and of confirming its hold upon the affection and respect of her people: . . To declare our entire agreement with her Majesty that the bett& enforcement of the law, and the more speedy and certain adminis tration of Justice, are of the first importance to the welfare of the community ; and that her Majesty may securely rely upon our anx. iety to devote ourselves to the examination of the measures which will be submitted to us for the purpose of attaining these beneficial results : To thank her, Majesty for directing the Annual Estimates to be prepared and laid before us : To express our satisfaction that, adhering to the principles of economy, her Majesty feels it to be her duty to recommend that .adequate provision be made for the exigencies of the public service: That her Majesty may fully rely on our loyalty and patriotism, to maintain the efficiency of those Establishments which are es. sential to the strength and security of the Country: To assure her Majesty, that we heartily participate in the sa tisfaction with which her Majesty is enabled to inform us, that, throughout the whole of her Majesty's West Indian possessions, the period fixed by Law for final and complete emancipation of the Negroes has been anticipated by 'Acts of the Colonial Legislatures, and that the transition from the temporary state of apprenticeship to entire f eedom, has taken place without any disturbmce of public order and tranquillity : and to assure her Majesty, that we will give our careful attention to such measures as -may be necessary, in order to give full effect to this great and beneficial change: To assure her Majesty, that we share the deep concern which her Majesty has felt, in acquainting us that the Province of Lower Canada bas again been disturbed by insurrection, and that hostile incursions have been made into Upper Canada by certain lawless inhabitants of the United States of North America : That we rejoice that these violations of the public peace have been promptly suppressed by the valour of her Majesty's forces, and the loyalty of her Majesty's Canadian subjects That we hear with satisfaction that the President of the United States has called upon ,he citizens of the Union to abstain from proceedings so incompatible with the friendly relations which subsist between Great Britain and the United States : To return to her Majesty our humble thanks for gaving been graciously pleased to direct that full information upon all these matters should be laid bet Ore us ; and to assure her Ma jcety that we will take the present state of these Provinces into our serious consideration, and that her Majesty may rely upon us to support her Majesty's firm determination to main tain the authority of the Crown ; and to express our hope that we shall be able to adopt such measures as will secure to those parts of her Majesty's Empire, the benefit of in ternal tranquillity, and the full advantages of their own great na tural resources : To assure her Majesty, that it is with equal pain we have observed the persevering efforts which have been made in some parts of the country to excite her Majesty's subjects to disobedience and to resistance to the law, and to recommend dangerous and illegal practices; that for the counteraction of all such designs we en tirely concur with her Majesty in depending upon the eftic,eney of the law, which it will be her Majesty's duty to enforce, upon the good sense and right disposition of her Majesty's people, upon their attachment to the principles of justice, and their abhorrence of vio. lence and disorder To assure her Majesty that we will consider all these great interests, thus committed to us, and join fervently in her Majesty's prayer, that Almighty God may assist and prosper our counsels : Amendment proposed, at the end of the Question, to add the words—" And to astute her Majesty, that as the amendment of the Representative System, enacted in 1832, has disappointed her Ma. jetty's people, and as that measure is not and cannot be final, her Majesty's faithful Commons will take into their early'consideration the further reform of the Commons House of Parliament."— (Mr. Thomas Duncombe :)=Question put, " That those words be there added : "—The House divided ; Ayes 86, Noes 426. MINORITY—AYES, 86. Aglionby, Major F.—Cumberland] Hume ' Joieoh—Kilkenny Aglionby, H. A.—Cockermouth (Hutt,, W.—Hull Attwoott, Thos.—Birmingham Jervis, J.—Chester Barron, IL W.—Waterford City Jervis, S.—Bridport Blake, Martin .Johnson, .W. Augustus—Oldham 'Hewitt, Reginald—Monmouth !Langdale, Hon. C.—Knareslx, Bodkin, J. J.—Galway Co. roueli 13ridgeman, Hewitt—Ennis Leader, J. Temple—NV( stminster Brocklehurst, J.—Macclesfield lister, E. Canliffe—Bradford llrotherton, J.—Salford Lushington, Churles--Aslibraton Browne, R. D.—Mayo. Maher, Jno.— Wexford Co. Bryan, Maj. Geo.—Kilkenny Co. Martin, John—Tewkesbury Roller, Charles—Liskeard Molesworth, Sir William—Leeds 13ulwer, Sir E. L.—Lincoln Nagle, Sir 11.—Wes meath Butler, Hon. P.—Kilkenny Co O'Brien, Cornelius—Clare Chalmers, Patrick—lnverbervie O'Callaghan, Hon. C.—Dungar. Chapman, Sir M. L.—WeAmeatlil van Chichester, J. P. B.—Barnstaple O'Connell, Daniel. Dublin Codrington, Sir E.—Devonport (O'Connell, John—Athlone Collier, John—Plymouth .O'Connell, Maurice—Tralee Collins, W —Warwick !O'Connor Don—Roscommon Co. Con yng ham, Lord A.—Canterbury' Pattison, Jarnes--London Currie, Raikes—Northampton Pechell, Captain—Brighton Denistoun, J.—Glasgow !Power, John— Waterford D'Eyncourt, Right Hon. C. T.—•Protheroe, Edward—Halifax Lan teeth Ramsbottom, J.—Windsor Duckworth, Samuel—Leicester Roche, E. B.—Cork Co. Duke, Sir James—Boston Roche, William--Limerick 1./mtat., I% W. D.—Flint Rundle, John—Tar istock East hope, J.—Leicester Saiwey, Lieut-toi.— Ludlow . - Euston, Eial--.:Thetford EvAis, Sir G. Dc Lucy— Westmin2 'ter Seliolt;iield, Somers, J. P.--Sligo Slnerville, Sir W.--I)raghedu St)le, Sir Caarles—Si.artiorougli EyArs G.—Dublin County 'faillered, H. \V ~Bai,bury Fe , iton . John —lt oehdale Thor. ell,Thos.7Wolverliamplon Jc)1111 7 - . 01(Iliam Vigurs, N. A.—Carlow Co Finch, F.—Walsall GIHon, %Vm. D.—Linlithgow (:rote, George—London Hall, Sir Penjamin—Mar)lebone Harvey, D. %V.—Southwark P.— Wolverhamptom IVakley, 1 hcrnas—Finsbury (ill) Wallace, Rbbert—Greenock Warburton, H.—sl idport White, Andrew—Sunder Lind I lawer: Benjamin—Lambeth Williains, William—CGveutry Hector, Cointliwa.te Wood, Sir Matthew—Loudon tostield Hill, Lord A. M. C.—Evesham llindley, Charles—Ashton TELLER s. Ouncombe, T. S.—Finsbury Ward, 11. G.—Sheffield MAJORITY— Abercromby, G. R. -Stirlingshire, Arland, Sir T. D.-.N Devonshire, Acland, T. D.-West Somerset . 'Court, Captain-Tatnworth Ad re, Lord-Glamorganshire Ainsworth, P.-Bolton A ford, Viscount-Bedfordshire Alsager, R.-Surrey Alston, Rowland-Hertfordshire Andover, Viscount-Malinsbury Anson, Colonel-Staffordshire Anson, Sir G.-Lichfield Arbuthnot, General-..Kineardine shire Archbold, Robert-Kildare A rchdall, Gen. M.-Fermanagh Ashley, Lord-Dorsetsliire Attwood, M.-Whitehaveli Bagge, W.-West Norfolk Bigot, Hon. W.-Denbighshire Bailey, Joseph-Worcester Bailey, J. D. , -tiidbury Baillie, H. D.-lioniton Bainbridge, K T. -Taunton Baines, Edward- -Leeds Baker, Edward-Wilton riannerman, A.-Aberdeen Baring, F. Thornhill--Portsmouth Baring, 11. 8.-Marlborough Baring, W. 8.-N. Staftbroshire Barnard, E. G.-Greenwich Barneby, Joh i-Worcestershire Barrington, Lord-flerksh re itarr., G. S.-Cork Cg, Bell, 1114tillew-,,5. Northumber. land Bellew, R. M.-Louth Benett, J.-South 'Wiltshire Rowlock, Lord G.-Lynn Berkeley, Hon. F. H.-Bristol Berkeley, Hon. C.-Clicltenhatn Bertial, Ralph- Rochester Bethel', Richard-Yorkshire Bewes, T -Plymouth Blackburne, 1. J.-Warrington Blackett, C.-South Northumber land Blackstone, W. S.-Wallingford Blair, J. Wigtosishlre Blake, W. J.-Newport Blakemore, Richard-Writs Blandford Marquisol- Woodstock Blenlierhassett, A.-Kerry Bolder°, Hem y G,--Chippenhatn Bolling, W.-Bolton Bradshaw, James-Canterbury Bramston, T. W.-Essex South Briscoe, J. 1.-Westbury Broadley, Henry-East Yorkshire Broadwogd, Hellry--,l3ridgewater Brodie, W. 8.-Salisbury Bruce, Lord E.-Marlborough Bruges, W. H. L.-Bath Butler, K-North Staffordshire Buller, Sir J. Yarde-Devonshire Burr, D. H. D.-Hereford Burrell, Sir C.-Shoreliam BUrronok.4 }1;--East Norfolk Buifielof .-Bradf or d Bvng, Right lion. G.S -Chatham Calcraft, John Hales-Wareham Callaghan, 1).-Cork City Campbell, Sir John -Edinburgh Calming, Right Hon. Sir S. Lynn Cantilupe, yiscoupt-71-104tais Cartavrtirft, Win. 11.-South Nor. tbamptonshire Cavendish, Hon. C. C.-E. Sussex. Cavendish, Hon. G. H.-N. Derby Cayley, E. S.-N. Yorkshire Chetwysid, Major \V.-Stafford Childers, John W-Mahnn Christophoi; It. A.-Lincolnshire Chute, W. L. W.-West Norfolk Clay, W.-Tower Hamlets Clayton, Sir William-Marlow Clerk, Sir G.-Stamford Clive, Edward 8.-Hereford Clive, R. H. South Shropshire Cudrington, C. W.-Gloucester. -NOES 42q, Corry, 14m, IL L.—Tyrone Co. Courtetrity, P.—Bridgewater Cowper, Hon. W. F.-ITertford Craig, W. G.—Ediuburglishire Crawford, %V.—London 'Crawley, Samuel—Bedford Cripps, Jose..h—Cirencester Crompton, S.—Thirsk Dalmeny, Lord—Stirling Darby, George—East Sussex DOshwtkod, G. H.— W y combo Davenport, John—Stoke-tri.n. _Trent Davies, Colonel—Worcester De Horsey, S. H.—Newcastle. under I.vme D'lsraeli, B.—Maidstone Divett, Edward-.Exoter Dottin, A. R.—Southampton Dutigla4 ' Sir C E.— W arw i c k Douro, Marquis—Norwich Dowdeswell, W.—Tewkesbury Duff; James —Banflthire Duffield, Thomas—Ablogdon Dugdale, W. S.—Warwickshire Dunbar, George—Bella t 'Duncan, Viscount—Southampton buncombe, Hon. W.—Yorkshire Du ncombe, Hon. A.—East tier ford I )undas, Frederick—Orkney Dundas, Hon. J, C.—York Dtuulas, Hon. T.—Richmond East, James Buller—Winchester Eastrior, Viscount—Reigate Eaton, it. J.—Cambridgeshire Ebrington, Viscount —N, Devon Edwards, John—Montgomery Egerton, W. Tatton—Cheshire k:gertan, Sir P.—Cheshire Eliot, Lord—East Cornwall Eliot, Hon. J. E.—Roxburghshire Ellice, Capt. A.—Harwich Ellice, Right Hon. E.—Coventry !Ellis, John—Newry Erle, Wrn.—Ox ford Estcourt, 1' G. B.—Oxford Univ. Estt, 'l'. Junior —Deviz es Evans,cour William--North Derby Far B.—N. Leicestershire F'arr.did, Robert— Stattbrd Fector, John Minet—Maidstone Feilden, W. J.—Blackburn Fellowes, Edw.—Huntingdonshire Ferguson,Sir It. A.—Londonderry Ferguson, Robert —Kirka.tly Earner, Sir E,—West Kent Fitzpatrick, J, W —Queen's Co. Fitgsinion, Nicholas—King's Co. Fleetwood, P. H.—Pres• ou Fleming, John—Hampshire Forester, Hon. G.—Wenlock I Fort, J.—Clitheroe Fox, G. Lane—Beverley Fremantle, Slr Thomas—Bucks French, F.—Russoommon G Fr a c' sk il e ti llVL . e a s n' ll e l s il " tie ' s ill. . — W P e e n n loc rY k u Gibson, 'I homas—lpswich Gladstone, W. E.—Newark-on- Trent Glynne, Sir S. It —Flintshire Gordon, Robert—Windsor Gordon, Hop. W.—Aberdeenshire Gore, O. J. IL—Carnarvonshire Gore, Ormsby—Salop Goring, H. 13.—New Shoreham Goulburn, Right Hon. H.—cam. bridge University Graham, Right Hon. Sir J. R. G. Bt..—Pembroke Granby, Marquis cif—F.lainford 'Grattan; Jaines—Wicklow Co. Greene, Thomas —Lancaster Grey, Sir Charles Edwaro—'fyite mouth Grey, Sir George—Deeonport Griinsditch, Grimston, Viscount —Hertford shire Grimston, Hon. E. H.—St. Ai. ban's Tydvil Hale, B. R.—Gloucestershire Haiford, Hen ry—Lei zesters ire Handley, Henry—Lincolnshire Hartlinge, Right Hon. Sir H.— LauncestOn CP shire Cole, Hon. A WI ur H.—En ni.s i;len Coltitthodn,'..ldlin C -;;lteritkW Coiniifbn; 1-1. COmbe—Hampshire C° llOll Y, Edward M. - -llonegal Copeland, W, T,—Stoko.upon- Trent OLD COURT. George Smith, aged 27, a private soldier in the Ist Rifle Brigade, at present quartered in the Tower, was in dicted for stealing on the sth January, in the parish of Deptford, a coat, value 20s. the property of Samuel Murray. The prosecutor, who keeps a public house in New -street, Deptford, stated, that the prisoner came to his house on the 2d January, saying he was on furlough and wanted a lodging, where he remained until the Friday following, and on leaving the house he took the coat produced, leav ing his reckoning unsettled. He was apprehended on the Wednesday, and the coat was found in a pawn shop in the neighbourhood. The prisoner declined making any defence, and was un able to call any witness to speak to his character. The prosecutor applied to the Court to deal leniently with the prisoner, as he was born in the parish of Deptford, and had a wife and two young children. Mr. Sergea:it Attnetsr said he supposed the regiment would not take him again into the service. Mr. Cope, the Governor of Newgate, said he was au thorised to detain him as a deserter from the service. The Jury returned a verdict of guilty, and he was sen tenced to one months' imprisonment. James Kelly, aged 25, was indicted for breaking into and entering a warehouse of the East and West India Dock Company, and stealing therefrom eight pieces of printed cotton, six yards of calico, and a bundle of tape, the property of the Company. The prisoner, in his defence, sail lie was an American, and had only lately arrived in England, and being in a state of destitution, he was tempted to commit the offence of which he stood charged, as he failed to obtain work in the Docks, agreeably to his expectation. A person employed in the Decks confirmed the pri soner's statement, and said that he had often been at the gates for work. The Jury found a verdict of guilty, but strongly recom mend the prisoner to mercy. The Learned JUDGE sentenced him to six months' hard labour. John Edsell, 37, was indicted for feloniously and ma liciously cutting and wounding John Richard Carter, the common informer, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm.--Acquitted. John Keefe, aged twenty-three, was indicted for felo niously and falsely making and counterfeiting one of her Majesty's current coins, called a shilling. It appeared that three Hatton-garden officers proceeded to the lodgings of the prisoner, where they found him with his wife ; and the moment he saw them he dropped a mould in which a counterfeit shilling had only just been coined. They also found two other moulds in the room for coining sixpenny pieces, together with one for coining half-crowns. An iron spoon was also found on the fire, containing metal in a fused condition. On being taken into custody, the prisoner showed great resistance, breaking the mould which was first taken upon him. The prisoner's wife also behaved very violently, and on being secured, a number of Britannia mt.tal spoons were discovered upon her. The prisoner told the offic e rs that he could not see his family starving, and that was the reason why he became a coiner. The Jury brought in a verdict of Guilty, and he was sentenced to be transported for life. NEW COURT. ( Before the RECORDER.) Eliza Low, 44, was indicted for stealing eight silver spoons, a vast quantity of linen, carpets, and other acti c.es, tne property of John Ward, her master. Ihe prosecutor is a chocolate-maker in Kin , -street, Smithfield, and the prisoner was his servant. A r ' carpet, worth six pounds, was missing in December last, and on the prisoner being questioned about it she denied all know ledge of it, but immediately left her service without giving any warning, and a short time before her apprehension she sent back a number of duplicates relating to the property in question. The greater part of the property was produced by the pawnbrokers, with whom the prisoner had at various times pledged it. The prisoner declined saying anything, and the Jury re turned a verdict of Guilty. The COURT concurred in the verdict, as the offence was one of a very heinous nature, and ordered the prisoner to be transported for ten years. A respectable-looking young man, named Alfrdd Long ley, was indicted for stealing and embezzling the sum of 1/. ss. 6d., the property of Mr. Edger, his employer. There was another indictment, which charged the pri soner with larceny. Mr. BODKIN, for the prisoner, prayed that be might re tract his plea and confess judgment, as he had heretofore maintained an excellent character, and the prosecutor was anxious to recommend him to mercy. Mr. DoANR, on the part of the prosecution, said there was no objection to the application. The Couwr ordered the prisoner to be kept to hard la bour for two months. Charles Calton, was indicted for stealing two silver spoons and fork, on board a vessel in a port of entry and disebnrge, the property of Thomas L. Woolley, Esq. The prosecutor stated that hp had some trunks, Contain ing considerable property on board the Betty, which came into the port of London, only a few weeks back, and the property produced formed part of that on board. The .jury after hearing further evidence , ret urned a verdict of Guilty, but not of stealing i n the !g i rt of eritry, and the prisoner was sentenced to hard labour for six months. Thomas Callagher, 26, was indicted for feloniously in termarrying w4h Mary Johnston, his wife Maria being then and still alive. John Thornton proved that his sister Maria was married to the prisoner near the town of Galway, at which he was presont. They were married by the Rev. Mr. Haley, a Catholic priest, Fend they did not live together more than two or three months, when the ptisoner'carme to London, and his wife had a child, now three years old. In 1836, witness came to town, and having found out the prisoner, accused him of marrying another woman, but he said he only liked with liar and had a child. He then took his wife to live with hint. The prisoner qcclaiined tir4t he was not married by a • priest, but by a friar.--( Langhter . .) The witness said the Catholic Curate of the parish was the person who solemnized the marriage. Prisoner—No, it was not ; but they mhdo me tipsy, and when they brought in the Friar, as he refused to marry us MARYLEBOIVE. SIIOPLIPTING BY THE WIFE OF A TRADESMAN.--Yester day Mrs. Harriet Jones, wife of a respectable tradesman, residing at No. 10, Exeter-street, Marylebone, was brought up in custody, and place] at the bar before Mr. Hoskins, charged with having stolen a gown-piece from the shop of Mr. John Lawrence, 32, New Church-street, near Portman Market. It appeared from the evidence that on the previous evening the prisoner, who had in her arms one of her children, about three years of age, entered the shop in question, and after looking at some articles, made her egress at so hasty a rate as to cause suspicion that she had com mitted a robbery; she was accordingly pursued by the brother of the prosecutor, who, on overtaking her, disco vered beneath her shawl a gown-piece, which he identified as one which he had just before seen on the counter ; she cried bitterly, and implored in the most pathetic manner that she might be suffered to go home, but she was given into the custody of a constable, who, on searching her, found two duplicates for other articles of dress in her pos. session. The prosecutor begged to recommend her to mercy on account of her children and the respectability of her husband. Mr. flosuss observed that it was a very distressing case, but he had no alternative than to send the matter Wore a jury. She was accordingly committed to Ncwgate for trial. Q UEEN- SQ UA RE. CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.—John Peer, part proprit;tor and driver of the Southampton coach No. 2,779, was sum moned at the instance of Mr. Thomas, Secretary to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, to answer for the following act of cruelty. Bennett Barker, Esq., residing in Palace-road, Lam beth, stated that on the afternoon of Monday last he mounted the defendant's coach at the White Horse-cellar, with the intention of going to Kingston. They had not proceeded half a mile on their journey before the defend ant commenced lashing the wheel horses in a very severe manner, and this he kept up, in spite of remonstrances, until they reached Putney, when witness was so disgusted at the defendant's conduct that he determined to go no further. The next day he gave information of the circum stance to the above Society. Mr. WHITE inquired what defence the defendant had to make. Defendant said the horses were old, and required to be " touched up" to make them go at all. Mr. WIITTF,—The defence is a most scandalous one, and in my opinion aggravates the offence. Messrs. Gregorie and White consulted for a few mo ments, and then convicted the defendant in a penalty of 20s. and costs.—The fine was immediately paid. A DRUNKEN WATCIIMAN.—Robert Brown, a watchman of the " old school," and now retained as private watchman of the inhabitants of Tothill.street, Westminst, r, but yet "a most dis-artless man to be a constable," as the case will prove, was charged with being found dead drunk on his beat. Police-constable Fowler, 84 13, who apprehended the prisoner between twelve and one on the previous night, said he was so drunk that he was obliged to be conveyed to the station-house upon the police stretcher. Mr GREGORIE—WeII, what have you to say to th:s un watchmanlike conduct?—Defendant, whose delivery was that of "an ancient and most quiet watchman," said he had been householder and watchman in the parish for 26 years past, and norer had he been before so overtaken with liquor. lie was aware that he had disgraced his calling, and he was very sorry for it. Mr. GRROORIE ordered him to p y his discharge fee, one shilling. The " ancientDagbeiry" said he had'nt one, and he lost his lanthorn, which he would't have Inst for any money. The Magistrate afterwards remitted the fine. WORSHIP-STREET. CAUTION TO OMNIBUS MEN.—The driver of a Hack ney Omnibus, bidge 3,686, was chargrd witl• an ofnn, against the Statute, under the following ens un stances : Mr. Barber, proprietor of several Omnibuses on the Hackney-road, has lately stationed a time-keeper to watch the motions of his van and other drivers, and prevent their loitering beyond the prescribed time to ply for hire. The remedy has been most satisfactory ; but some of the drivers have occasionally proved refractory, and the time keeper has shown his impartiality by summoning all offending, without distinction as to their employers. The defendant had on this occasion stopped seven minutes each time. He had been before dismissed, and was now fined twenty shillings and costs. SPORTIN 0 INTELLIGENCE TATTERSALL' S-1 7 1C3TICADA Y. THE iikaar. The betting yesterday afternoon was not less dull than it was unimportant. Scarcely a bet was made on the favourites, not a word was said about the 9 0 and 25 to 1 class, and even the outsiders were left almost unnoticed. Most of the engagements entered into were between horses, and, as tho subjoined list will show, were withuut influence on the odds :- 3 to 1 agst John Scott's lot—offered 6 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's lot—take 7 to 1 9 to 16 to 1 a gs t M r. Bowes ' s E r i n-go -B ra gh—taken 1 agst Lo r d Jersey's Bro. to Bay Middleton 10 to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's Flambeau —taken 50 to 1 agst D uke of R i c h mon d' s M e unier-100 g N tn 1 agst Sir Q. Ileathcote's Oronooko — take n 1000 to 15 agst Si r G. Heathcote ' s Chi m borazo —taken 100 J to 23 agst B iz a 'd Vernon —ta k en 1000 to 5 ag . t the Derby, Reel the Brio-go-Bra; }I winning Oaks, and Commodore the St. Leger—Lken ziiicieven • " .L! ! . • - between Uhimbortizo and Oronooko—taken 50 even on 400 to 100 betted that the winner of the 2,00 ) Guineas Stakes does not win the Derby if in—taken 1541 Q even Iwtw ee H g ' ,l Lupus and Oronciokg—take.l4 THE RIDDLESWORT II. 5 to 4 on Brother to Bay Middleton —taken ''fit;`-OAFS Bl"l4lx s ,Wfl a T ll. fiderim past the Oeld THE NEW WORK orr RUSSIA.—We are requested to state, that Mr. Co!burn, of Great Marlborough-street, o : a t c i t , e e r and c P t e o s l s i e o y f of of Russia , including with Illustrations hag this day Pui?lisi44(l Nr.l4o'lo'4'l4 4! I.4cur,f,qpii into the Intptio; just R.A.rSekadt Colburn has alsoychfeso, Emperor Nicholas, sc enes st retersburgli," kc., in two vols. Bro., sow beeh Idler ad in nf Italy," al Book sellers. 2 sington's New cninhaished with a fine p ortrait of the Authoress, from a Drawing o i f ni t b b l e ica C ti l by Edwin Landseer, We are — a ' 1 t c'tate th-t there i 4 n ut griset . . 4 truth in the recent repot o f a change in the representation of the borough of Greenwich. Mr. Barnard, the present Liberal Member, Wrk wh enti tle d ca haring ite intention of retiring. Harcourt, G. S.—lucks Harland, William C.—Durham I la,tie, Archibaldyaisley lliwkes, Thomas— Dudley Hawkins, J. H.—Newport, Isle or . . Wight ilayter, W. G.—Wells I reathcoat, J —Tiverton Heathcote, G J.—Lincolnshire Heneage, G. \V. —Devizes Henniker, Lord—East Suffolk Herbert, Hon. S.—south Wilts Herries, Rt. Hon. J. C.—Harwich Hillsborough, Earl or—Down Hind; J. Hodgson—Newcastle. uoon-Tyne - Habhouse, Right Hon. Sir J. C Nottingham Hobhol.l3P, T. Benj.—Rochator Hodgson, Frederick—Barnstaple Hodgson, Rd.—Berwick-on-Tweed Nogg, James Weir—Beverley Hollond, Robert—Hastings Holmes, Hon W.—lsle of Wight Hope, Charles—Linlithgowshire Hope, H. T.— Gloucester Hope, G. W.—Weymouth Hotham, Lord—Leominster fleu•3on, G. J. —ltenfre‘vl;ire Howard, I,...7—Youghall Howard, P. H.—Carlisle Howard, R.—Wicklow Co. Howick, Visc.—Northumberlano Hughes, W. B.—Carnarvon Flumphery, John—Southwark Hurst, It. 1-I —Horsham Hurt, Francis—South Derby Hutton, Robert—Dublin I nestre, Viscount—Statrordshire Ingham, It. Soul' Shields Inglis, Sir IL 11.—Ox. Universityl Irton, Sainuel—Cumberland Jackson. Mr. Serj.—Bandon midge James, William—Cumberland James. Sir W. C.—King%to:l on- dull Jenkins, Richarel—Shrewsbury Johnstone. J. J. 0,-1-Marie& shire Jones, John—Catmarthmshlre Jones, T.-I, , ,inlonderry Co. Kelly, t itzroy— Ipswich. Kemble, H —Wc.st Surrey Kinnaird, Hon. A. F.—Perth Kirk, Pcter—Carrickfergus Knatchbull, Sir E.--East Kent Knight, H. G.—Nottingh:imshire Knightley, Sir C.—Northampton shire. Knox, iion. Tnomas—Dungannon Liscelles, Hon. W. S.—Wakefleld Law, tion,C. E. Cambridge Univ Lefevre C. Shaw—North Hants Lefroy, Rt. Hon. T.—Dublin Uni versity Lemon, Sir Chas.—W. Cornwall Lennox, Lord J. G.—West Sussex T.ennox, Lord A.—Chichester Laveson, Lord —Morpeth Laltiell, Hon. H.—North Durham ',Won, Edward—Coleraine _ ..- Llckh;trt, d. M.—Lanarkshire Long, W.—North Wiltshire Lowther, Colonel—Westmoreland Lowther. J. H.—York Luels, Edward—Monaghan Lygon, Major-Gen. Hon. H. B.— Worcestershi re West. Lynch, A. H.—Ualway Mackenzie, Thomas—Ross-shire Mackenzie, W. F.—Peeblesshire Mckinnon, W. A.Lymington Maclean, Donald—Oxford WI cod, R. — lnverness —lnverness M‘Namra, Maj. %V I , :.—Clare Co M'Taggart, John—Wigton, &c. Mahon, Viscount— Hertford Maidstone, Visct.—N. Northamp. tonshire __ _ Manners, Lord C. S.—Leicestersh Marshall, Wm.—Carlisle. Marslam, Thomas—Stockport Marton, Geo.— Lai.caster Master, Colonel—Cirencester Maule, Hon. Fox—Elgin Burghs Maule, W. H.—Carlow Maunsell, T. P —Northampt .nsb Meynell, Captain H —Lisburne Mildmay, P. St. John —Whiclie, tern Miles, William—Somersetshire Miles, Philip W.'Skynner—Tiristel Miller, W. H.—Newcastle under __Lyme . Milf•es, R M.—Pontefract Milton, Lord —Malton Monypenny, o.—Rye Mortiai.nt, Sir John—Warwicksh. Moreton, A. H.—Gloucester.,hire Horgan, C. M. R.—Brecon Nlori,etti„ Lord—Yorkshire Mor . ris, b.—Carniartlien Murray, Right lion. J. A.—Leiti Murray, Alex.—Kirkcudbright Neal, Joseph—Chippenhain Neeld, John—Cricklade Noel, W.Diam M.—Rutland Norreys, Sir Denham—Mallow Norrcys, Lord—Oxfordshire O'Brien, W. S.—Limerick Co. OTerrall, Richard M.—Kildare Ord, W.—Newcastle.upon-Tyne Ossulston, Lord—North Northum berland Owen, Sir J.—Pemb•okeshire Packe, C. W.—Leicester, South Paget, Lord Alfred—Lichfield Palmer, Charles Fyshe—Reading Palmer, Robert—Rerks Palmer, George—Essex Palmerston, Viscount—Tiverton Parker, John—Sheffield Parker, Montagu—Devon Take-, IL T.—Preston 'Parker, T. A. W.—Oxtord,hire ;Parnell , Sir H.- Dundee Parrott, .I:',•per—Totriess I:PAt.tell, J. Wdson—Lancashire Peel, Rt. Ilon.Sirll.—Tamworth Peel;Col. Jonathan—Huntingdon Pennberton,.Thotnas7-Rpon pendarves,.4 , .; W.—NV. Cornwall I Pereeval, Colonel—Sligo Co. Perceval, G. J West Surrey I Philipps, Sir 11.—Havertorthi'eat INlark—Manchestor Philips, G. R.—Poole Phillpotts, John—Gloncest-r Pigott, RObert—Bridgnorth Pinney, W.—Lyme Regis Planta, Joseph—Hastings rhimptre, John r.—East Kent Poltill, Frederick—Bedford Pollen, Sir J.—Andover Pollock, Sir F.—Huntingdon Powell, Colonel -Cardiganshire Power, James —Wexford Co Powerscourt, Viscount—Bath Praed, W. M —Aylesbury Praed, W. T.— . -t. Ives - - - Price, Sir a.--11creforcIshire Price, Richard—New Radnor Pringle, Atexander—Selkirkshire Pryme, George—Cambridge Posey, Philip—Berk-hire Rein, Sir J. Rae—Dover Rice, F.:! ward Itoycl —Dover Rice, Rt. Hon. 'l'. S.—Canthridge H —Knaresborough Richards, Richard—Wrionethsh, Bickford, W.— Aylesbury Rolfe, it li. M.—Penryn Flo Heston, Col.—S. Notting.am Round, John—Maltlon Round, Charles Gray—Fssex N. Rushbrooke, Colonel—Sul/krlk Rushout, Geo. Ttowles—Evesham Russell, Lord John—Stroud Russell, Lord C. J. F.—Bedfordsh. St. Paul, H.—E. Worcestershire Sanderson, Richard—Colchester Sandon, Lord—Liverpool Sanford, E. A.—Somjrsetshire Scrope, Poulett—Stroud Seale, Colonel—Dartmouth Seymour, Lord—TotneAs Shaw, Rt. lion. F.—Dublin Univ, 3 , 1ei1, Richard Lalor—Tipperary Sheppard, Thomas--Frome Shirley, E. J —Warwickshire S.nclarr, Sir George- Caithness Smith, J. A.—Chichester Smith, Abel—Hertfordshire Smith, Hon. R.—Wycombe Sm th, It. V. - Northampton Smyth, Sir 0. H —Colchest. r Somerset, Lord G.—Monnioutlish Speirs, Alexander—Richmond Spencer, Hon F.-51idhurst Spry, Sir S. T.—Bodmin Stanley, Edward—Cumberland Stanley, Lord—North Lancashire Stanley, W. 0 A nglegva Staunton, Sir George "I homas Stewart, James—l loniton Stock Dr.—Cashel Storniont, Viscount—Perthshire Stuart, Villiers—Waterford C. Strangways, Hon. John—Dor,et Strutt, Edward Derby Stuart, Henry—Bedfori Stuart, Lord J.—Ayr iugden, Sir E.—Ripon Fagourd, Mr. Serjeant —Reading reignmoutb, Lord— MArylebone Ferment, J. E.--.lielfast Thomas, Colonel—Kinsale l'hompson, Ald.—Sunderland Thomson, at. Hon. C. P. —Man. cheater 1 hornhill, G.—Huntingdonshire Tollemache, Hon. F.—Grantham: Townley, IL G.—Cambridgeshire l'rench, Sir F.—Scarborough Troubridge, Sir T. E.—Sandwich Turner, Edmund—Truro Tyrrell, Sir J. T.—North ESSei Vere, Sir C. B.—East Suffolk Verner, William—Armagh Co. ‘'ernon, G. 11.—East RettOrd Villiers, Viscount—Weymouth i'ivian, Major Charles—Bodmin Waddington, 11. S.—West Sufibik Walker, 11..—Bury, Lancashire Wall, C. Baring—Guildtbrd Walsh, Sir Jelin—Sudbury Welby,tGlynne Earle—Grantham WestenraAllon. J. C.—King'. ( o. Whitmore, T. C.—Bridgenortli Wilbraham, George—Cheshire Wilbraham, lion. It. B.—Lanca shire Wilde, Mr.'Serjeant—Newark Wilkins, Walter—Radiiorshire Williams, Riibert—Dorchester Williams, W. A.—Monmeuthsh. Wilmot, Sir J. E.—Warwickshire innington, H. J.—Worcestersh. \Vinnington, 'l'. K— Bewdley Wodehouse, Edmund—Norfolk Wood, G. W.--Kendal Wood, Colonel T.—Breckm,cksli. Wood, Charles—Halifax Wood, Thomas—Middlesex Wcrsley, Lord—Lincolnsidre Wr:ghtson,.W. 11.—Northallei ton Wyndham, Wadham —Salisbury Wynn, Right Hon. C. W.—Mont gomeryshire Yrir kc. lion. E. T.—Cambr idges h Young, John—Cavan Young, Sir W.—Bucks TELLERS, Steuart, Robert—liaddington, &e. Stanley, E. John—North Cheshire HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mercurii, 6 die Februarii, 1839. Resolved—That this house will not receive any Petition. for Private Bills after Friday, the 22d day of this instant February. Resolved—That no Private Bill be read : the first time after Monday, the 15th day of March next. Resolved—That this House will not receive any Report of such Private Bill after Monday, the 10th day of June next. Ordtred—That the said resolutions be printed. J. H. LEY, CI. Dorn. Co►n. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE, FEB. '7. CUXUAYEN, JAN. 23. A brig with " Patience, of London," on her stern, was driven on shore 21st ult., on Woes Sand, and is gone to pieces. FEB. 3.—The Hoffnung, Heins, arrived here from Bor deaux, Ist inst., was obliged to be run aground above the Grassen Stag, in consequence of the ice. AAISTERDAM, FEB. s.—The Cornelia, Beekenan, from this port to London, has foundered off Ilegmond—crew saved. STAVA NGER, JAN. 18.—A great deal of wreck stores, and some papers, belonging to the Fortitude, Moncrieff, from Leith to Ler. wick, have been driven on shore on the Jadder. CHRISTI ANSA ND, JAN. I S.—A schooner under Mecklenburg colours, with painted head and ports, making signals of cristress, was seen the 9th inst. off Jutland, by the Mina, Gass, arrived at this port, but in consequence of the heavy sea could render no assistance. The crew 'on board the schooner were at the pumps, and appeared to have corn on board, Am.noito, JAN. 28.—The St. Felix, Diedricksen, from Kiel to Hull, put into Frederickshaven yesterday, with loss of anchor, chain, &c., and it is expected must discharge. HAMBULW, FEB. I.—A vessel laden with grain, from Dantzie to Amsterdam, is totally lost near Kingkrobing ; greater past of the cargo saved, in a damaged state; crew (except one) saved. AMELANN, JAN. 26.—Several beams of northern timber, marked 84 MI I M and RA. Also part of the waist clothes of a vessel painted green, have drifted on shore here. The hull of a vessel, with traces of a white streak, the main boom of a brig, and a name board, with William Iluken on it, were picked up at Ballum, 24th inst. A name board, with John Seaton on one side, painted with blue and black letters, and on the reverse R. A., was picked up 25th inst. at the same place. NORDEN, JAN. 27.—The wreck of a gallcasse, laden with cork and fruit, has been driven on shore on the island of Langeroog. SCIDERMONNIKOOK, JAN. 9.5.---Sevcral pieces of wreck, and a board, with "Bonnie Dundee Lau" on it, have been washed on shore here. MALAGA, JAN. s.—The San Joze, Baquerlza, arrived here from London, is discharging her cargo hastily, in a damaged state. KINGSTOWN, FEB. s.—Arrived the Pearl, Pepperill, Liverpool. DUBLIN, FEB. s.—Arrived the Cadiz, 11PKinley, from London. WATERFORD, FEB. 5. Arrived the Martha Pope, Jones, Londo7 .. CORK, Fen. 4. Arrived the Louisa, Marshall, from 101 x, with loss of deck load, bulwarks, &c. ; Atlantic, II - P .. - ningbrook, S' John's, New Brunswick ; Francis Lawson '- nglish, St. Andrews Funchati, Pekin, Newfoundland- " f t' port the Royal William, Si Johns, New Brunswick, SHOREHAM, FEB- • ..—The Sarah Ann, from London to Cardiff, ..: on the Owers the 30th ult., but got off without da. ,e, and proceeded. riln on oho.- WHITEHAVEN, FEB. 4.—The Raeberry Castle, Inglish, from lluddon, in entering this harbour the 30th inst., grounded on her anchor and sunk. Sumns, Fzu Runsurck, Smith, of this port, one of the missing vessels, has put into Norway. HARTLEPOOL, TED. 2.—The Farmer, Anderson, of Newburgh in entering this harbour was driven on shore in the Channel, but assisted off and in without damage. SCARDOROUGII, FED. s.—Arrived the Henrietta, from Stockton ; Express, Lawson, Newcastle to Dundee, which was driven on shore near this port the 31st ult., has discharged her cargo. YAIIMOUTII, FEB. s.—The Brigand, Groom, of Belfast, bound to Newcastle, got on the Cross Sand yesterday, but was assisted off with. out damage and proceeded. GRAVESEND, FEB. 6.—Arrived the Lark, from Jersey; John ditto ; Arichat, ditto; Dido, ditto; Attwood, Rotterdam. Sailed the John, Dennison, for Bombay; Coquet, Rio Grande; Pomona, Rio Janeiro; Dale Park, Jamaica; Louise, Flambro'. VESSELS SPOKEN A brig, water-logged, dismasted, and abandoned, was passed on the 22d ult. in lat. 42, lon. 12 ; Courte netray, of London, 29th ult., lat. 45, lon. 14, by the Star packet, arrived at Falmouth ; James Ray, of Harrington, 25th ult., lat. 43, lon. 13, by the Alut, Gibson, arrived at Falmouth. VESSELS ENTERED INWARDS AT THE CUSTOM HOUSE, FEB. 7. Menai, Phillips, Cuxhaven ; John, Glass, Jersey ; Earl Liverpool, Lomax, Ostend; Alphonso, Monnier, St. Vatierie ; Charles Marie, Josse, Bordeaux ; Dido, Romerel, Jersey ; Sark, Seale, Jersey ; Bruges, Woodriff, Antwerp; Phcenix, Lefurt, Havre. ENTERED OUTWARDS —Cygnet, Bacon, Launceston ; Alkmaar, Heath, Rotterdam; Buunuyer, Antwerp ; Malvina, Buckell, Leg. horn ; Matilda, Perkins, Bordeaux ; Commerce, Mason, Rotterdam. CLE►RED OUT CARGO.--The Rosabel, Collins, for Bayonne; Braganza, 11.1`Leod, Lisbon; Python, Bunmeyer Antwerp; Green. wood, Leven, Guernsey. IN BALLAST—The Athol, Gleig, for Constantinople; Franklin Goodhue, Havannah; Swallow, Simpson, Antwerp. THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON ' S POLITICAL ELNQUNT.-A great many of the noble guests of his Grace on Monday evening, came to town in the afternoon of that day. The Duke of Beaufort did not arrive in town from Badminton until six o'clock ; the Marquis Camden, from the Wilderness, in Kent, until five; the Marquis of Downshire, from the Earl Amherst's seat in Kent, until five; the Duke of Rutland, Earl of Winchil. sea, Earl of Eldon, Earl of Wilton, Earl de Grey, Earl of Verulam, respectively arrived the same afternoon. Sir Robert Peel, Bart. M.P., had a long con ference with the Duke of Wellington, at Apsley House, on Monday afternoon. Sir Robett will commence his parliamentary dinners at the close of this, or early in the ensuing month. The Duke and Duchess of Leeds are expected at the Clarendon Hotel today, front Hornby Castle. The late Duke's , spacious mansion In S t. James's.square, which his Grace purchas ed of the exe cu t ors of the late Lord Hardwicke, is o ccupied by sun.in.law, M r. Lane F Mrs. Cantu will return to her mansion in Mans field-street the middle of February, for the season, from her resi. dents at Hastings. A deputation from the City Dispensary, headed by Sir Felix Bootle, Cart., waited upon his Royal Highness the buke of Cambridge yesterday morning, and were mast graciouhly re•eived. H a loyal Highness kindly sensented to take the chair at their coat anniversary dinner on the 21st of March next, at the Albion Tavern, being the lifti•th smniversary of the institution. Lady Tanker vile will give her second soiree to the foreign corps diplomatique on Saturday evening, at the mansion of the Noble Lord, in Grosvener.square. FASHIONABLE PARTIES —Lord and Lady Maryborough entertained the Du co of Beaufort, Lord -Fitzroy Somerset, Sir Charles and Lady Begot, Lady Burghersh, Mr. Drum mond, otid a select party, at dinner on Tuesday evening. L or d and Lady Holland had a dinner Party last evening, at Rolland House. Lady Catherine Barham gave a dinner to a select party on Tuesday evening, at her residence at Chelsea. „ A subscription has been entered into to present li of St. George's-in-the-East, some mark of approval 1 ) . for his ,o ' ipo Day siticn to the New Poor Law. PLYMOUTH-TUESDAY• (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) '' : - By the %I/vino transport arrived at Plymouth on Monday the sth inst., nine days from St. Sebasti.in, we learn that all was quiet, in that neighbourhood. Her • Majesty's brig Rolla had just arrived from'England. The Gorgon steam frigate was also at St. Sebastian• The-Alonzo brought home 20 of the British Legion in-` validee. On Saturday, the 3d instant, a man who had : deserted from the Bth Hussars in Dublin, and had en listed into the 85th Regiment, now lying in Plymouth citadel, was arrested as a deserter. On examining his things, papers were found implicating him and several. others in the commission of a most atrocious m urder, which occurred in Ireland a few years ago ; a strict ex-. amination took place, and it is thought that the man, . will turn Queen's evidence, when some disclosures of-ont. important nature are expected. ADDITIONAL CORONER FOR MIDDLESEX. Yesterday afternoon a special meeting of the Magi trates of the county of Middlesex was held at the Ses-, sions Mouse, Clerkenweil, to consider the p r opriety nt presenting a memorial to th e L or d Ch ance ll or , praying that he would issue his precept for the election Of third Coroner for the county. Mr. Sergeant A 13.0" i n the Chair. Mr. CARPENTER brought up the memorial, vili:ch was signed by fifteen freeholders of the county. Mr. POWNALL moved that the Court do 8/wetland e memorial, and forward it to the Lord Chancellor, will s an expression of its opinion that an additional Coroner was necessary. . Mr. LAURIE seconded the motion. Sir JOHN SCOTT LILLIE said he should like to know what new light had all at once broken in upon the Magistrates of the county, that they should lust at the present momen t, an d on t h e eve o f an electi l find out th a t a new C oroner was necessary ; the duties which had for years been discharged (ill addition to those of clerk to the Magistrates), by old man of 94, could not now be discharged by a young man of 40. He would not impute motives t t any Magistrates, but h e cou ld not shut his ears to what was passing out of doors ; and although he did not 511) : 4 that the prese n t p rocee di ng h a d re f erence to a par t ic u l a r candidate, there were persons elsewhere who h e ld a very different opinion. Mr. WALESBY sad a Coroner ought to be a mewe 8 t of the legal pr o f ess i on , ot h erw i se he could not properil draw 'up an inqui s iti on . Of a ll t h ose he had seen to ill ° course of his professional career there was not one in WO in - which there was not some informality. 'A MAGISTRATE—And yet they were till drawn u p by lawyers.—(A laugh.) Mr. BROUGHTON deprecated the motion at the present juncture. After a long discussion, the Chairman Put tb° question, when the numbers were-- For the motion Against it Majority for it —l9 Mr. WAKLEY, who had been present during t be whole discussion, and taken notes of the proc eeding' asked to look a t th e M emor i al. On its being 'lb w ': to him, he said—" I o b serve you have fifteen s i g n: tures to this do cumen t. I undertake, within twen tYl four hours, to present a counter Memorial to the Lb h ri e Chancellor sign e d by 10 , 00 0 o f the freeholders of till county. You are too late in your proceedings, o u find that th e wr it f or t h e e l ection of a Coroner ba °cv,;' been issu e d, an d th e d ay of election fi xed by the `'ret, riffs, you cannot get 'that writ superseded. In 81°dg, you can do nothing till after the election, s o that object of th e p resen t procee di ngs (which cannot bun i ir taken), will be altogether defeated. yetproceedings M ag i s t rates assured Mr. Wakley. thut - e t proceedings th ey h a d a d opte d h ad no reference w h a tcv to him. Mr. W AKL EY--It will just r e d uce t h e emoi°ll"ts of the o ffi ce by one -hale: Well, w e s h a ll see 0°..- o f Memorial th e L or d Ch ance l lor will attend to—that 15 or that of 10,000 of the freeholders. The Court then adjournel ACCELERATION OF THE LL' DON DAY MAIL. f • The following hgs been received by de Mer dian t b o e House, in answer t o t h e i r memorial on this subject to Lords of the Treasury : a. " Treasury Chamb ers, Jan. 28, 1 - 99 of " Gentlemen,—.l am commanded by the Lords Cenunie si llie d to • her Majesty's Tre asury, to inform you that they h a ve not t he give immediate con s id erat i on to your memorial resP eerirfn. dispatch of the Glasgow M a il f rom London, and have been " - on% munication with the Postmaster -General with a view o f 111 your wishes and obviati ng the o bj ection made by you to t he arr ant an ois ments respecting this mail , as far as may be within the power °f Board. „, 1 "It appears to my Lo r d s th at t h e great object of a day —Ji r o, '- t always been c ons id ere d to b e the conveyance of such letters as e .in London by the snail of the same morning, and that it wou ld De go consistent with thi s o bj ect to despatch the mail before the set.,Tand such letters. The Postma'stur-Gleueral, in communication wi" tinder the sanction of this board, has made arrangements, by n a y crease of the numb er o f sorters, so that the' despatch of th e e x mail, from the L on d on Post-office, should tak e pl ace at n i n e o'el by which the arrival of the mail in Edinburgh will be 514 OP'. and at Glasgow, 4h. 4m. at the present spied. " With respect to an y i ncrease of speed, my Lords have ee „over to enforce such speed as is suggested in some of the memorial, ' n ; gested to this board on the subject, but the Poatinastor. General not failed to communicate with the Railroad Companies wa h ,, view of obtaining a qui c k er conveyance of mails; and. in ad d ": i t to what has been before stated, my Lords are induced to hope another half.heur may be saved by increaso of speed. "I am further directed . to inform you, that the Postmaster-641Wa ral will continue his representations for the purpose further saving of time, if practicable ; but that my Lords so". 0, Postmaster -General have no power to interfere in the Ithie re „, which the Railway Companies exercise, nor do they intend tr. '" ci , vey any opinion how far the state of the works would jtlsti f loa Companies in increasing the speed as desired, with a due id" to the security of the lives of the passengers, and : " The Postmaster. General, In concurrence with m y Lor o . oo t the wi under their sanction, has thus made every ' effort to wee ge• of obtOixi A n g toe of the numerous and respectable memorials which have ceivcd, and my Lords trust that such arrangements will Bj ea T o w faction : but you will also feel that wills the introduction of a,. system it cannot b e expected that alt the advantages can be I mon diately secured, which, after a time, and with some ext rerience ,,, ' .oo l ' Lords cannot but hope will b e der i ved from the add i t i o nal a` .. modation aff.rded by a second mail to the North. " I um, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, 0. Ti, A RI A the Merchants o f G lasgow. " Glasgow Courier • DUTCH PAPERS. THE HAGUE P EE. 2.—T he Netherlands G 010" °Ve rn Rea has resolsed. io acc e pt t h e proposa l s which '.c has rece4. from '.''„,e London Conference. —Sleets Co:frreoo.ni:t were r e el _ b i c. :c y jr a i : THE HAGUE, FEB. I.—Yesterday te,, eil i r , late his Highness Highness the Prince of Orange returned In the course of the day important dispatches from his Royal Highness, which made it necessarY l e ' d i g . a Council of the Ministers. It is affirmed that thev_,isia patches related to the extraordinary circumstances at from the Belgian question. 0 , a t hi FRANKFOR T , JAN 30.._.-Yesterday evenin g, I n poi morning w e h ave accounts from various parts of th e A r o' sian Rhenish provinces, from Cologne, Dusseldorf, cor ye berg, Cobl en t z , & e ., o f t h e call i ng out of the war 10010 of the infantry. We learn fromun authentic source Le , re order was made out in Berlin, as soon as news had, been ccived from Cologne by telegraph, that France ha d li n - a w 0 to the last protocol of the London Conference. 7 00 00 organising a corps of observation on the northern fr o A . of France. The great Powers arc in perfect tier oicit very short time will be allowed to Belgium, vvi t h l k % p 0" it must declare whether it will or will not accept t " - n ..a 0, posals. Th e reserves i n the Rhenish provinces be e tck all join their corps on the 28th and 29th. Within a rr o w the Regiments will b e ra i se d to the complete: v .", t ae 4r blishment o f 250 men per C ompany. Thus we e ! l 'p r esSia le proof o f th e a d m i ra bl e m i l i tary organisation of the Be l g ian' Monarchy. Th e men are f u ll o f ar d our . Th,e Op tess popular l ea d ers f a l se l y ca l cu l ate on a fee li ng of ( " 9-, , katli 4 in the Rh en i s h P rov i nces : ; on t h e contrary e very 011 r e only for an o ccas i on t o j us tif y t h e Ki ng ' s con fidenct 10 00 people o f th e Rh en i s h P rov i nces are an i ma ted Y roe obedient, and truly German feelings. It is howe ve r board rally believed that the Belgians 'will not event ually their existence. , , igrraed he r CHRISTIANA, JAN. 22 —lt is posit i ve l y a-- -- .__,„ re t.- 1 that Her Majesty the Queen may be expected nu'" Spring on' a v i s i t to t h e N orweg i an cap i ta l . boat o Orders have been given to build an armed steam' seer 100 or 120 ho rse p ower , a f ter t h e drawings of Lieut. reckon W merfeldt, on th e mo d e l o f t h e M e d ea, which is rec of be the first armed steam-boat in Europe. the price HAMBURG, Fan. 3.—There is no change in s. Foreign funds to-day. —Hamburg Borsenhalle, Fe b ' DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTItaDAM, Fsn. 5. H aw Money. ‘l % A•Att.ll Debt, 2% per Cent Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. A mort Syndic, 4% per cent. o4)tt 7 p& Ditto, ditto, 3% per c e nt. 703 17 i 7 Commercial Company, 44 per cent l73Ni 10 I"i i Ditto (IKI2 M er l) 5 per cent, 101 1 ,0 °1 4 . ' Loan lfrafi, 1 cent. 01)1i Ditto 1837, 5 per cent. Exchange on London, One month l2 --- I 1 9 44- Two mon the 11 ELGIAN I , [lNDS—Mumma, Fee. 6. Actual Debt, 2t4 per Cent. ltoth.schild's Loan 5 per Cent. osli Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. '''' '' 1351 ) 3 per Cerro' .......:. t56%.1 Loan of ('its, 18:12. 4 per C ent. -' Society of Connnerce, 4%per c en t Hank of Belgium, 5 per C'.:nt ... il fi i .:. F .p u erc m s, D " . s. 'F .... eb v . 56 National ..... A Brusselsu s 1. Societ y.loo Five por Cent:,. Metalliques l'oNr per Cents. I 6 a .NNA, JAN, 29. 607 34 . ...... 0 Three S hares Cents Batik —AllgerneineZeitung, Feb. 3 The Anti-Corn-law I W l° has received 20,000 signatures. r the care of Sir Matthew Tiettiey, The Princess petition f from MarY e Augusta still continues und er odb er yet qUitt."--0,1 h a i l e cat ß ine , nt ; but Sir 1 • 4 4kkileve left word at the Lodge Yei te ,... rda „ l ;ditro• Royal Highness% couh was much better. Brighlos 0.- d n His Royal The Princess has not Lady Cecilia Um! 6 High n ess the Duke --erwood and suite , are expected to return sog at the end of the month, from ' . " be" 1411" n the seat of Lord Dolor , Park, St. Asaph, o °p His Royal Highness the Duke of Lucca, n ~, Ostini, Baron Lowenberg, Marchioness of AilesburY , C ,:ky s !Cowper, Countess of Eldon, Lady Lyndhurst, Countess Zavitu° we. Wore , ' . 0. , us Royal Highness the Prince of Caput' Countess Countess of Clanwilliam, Countess Brume. ;ere among Ole 14.51)1° Sussex, a abler in the gallery of the House of Lords on Tuesday last- t he Lord and Lady Maryboron,h entertained lv 4 Lod Duke of Beaufort, Lord Fitzroy Samersl, Sir Merl' i 01- ,. din- Bagot, Lady Burghcrsh, Mr. Ihnaimend, and a select rtl 0 " I , * ner, on Tuesday evening, „ .0 - 1118 A, Au. tribtit,o ?ERA ° N R IB o UT w I trih tio NIN E 11 ( e ) 0 1 ta nIPA son: .44 1 any ' t reatin g, V: -N ERAI ,T ekth ini ng 1 pqa,nee, he of Nam ' o as go %hole t c Tt a i4 r i o f a subse, THE 11 ‘ 11 LEQI Ckwn n ', KINI Cbvtrit liotiday Ttie 3 , l - v -- NINA a.' A 11 Thurcl !i t eon lu t vat 0 kio g d orn I ' l le Su n inttii,. l i er ibera c 41 e) can M 0 of 11eon, i Ani n Q ndon th e same to t S un S ecoitt e itrlian ie as /I r. F's FRI E The 11 4dinurned the C( 6 r NI nprel 41,1 0. 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