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proposition made. The letter written by Lord Stanley ac ceded to that proposition. These are the plain facts, intelli gible to persons not even conversant with the forms of business. A letter was written by the Chairman of the New Zealand Company. There was an answer. A proposition was made on the one hand and accepted on the other, and there the matter rested. An arrangement, a complete arrangement—com plete in all its parts—was entered into by the Government on the one side, and by the Company on the other. The Honourable Gentleman said there was no agreement, but an assumpsit ; bat I should think, though the practice of the Colonial-office may be a little sharp, that that sort of special pleading is now abandoned.—( Hear, hear.) There was a complete agreement. That must be ad mitted on all hands. Now, what takes place. A person is appointed to carry it into effect on behalf of both, mark that, on behalf of the Company on the one hand, and on the Go vernment on the other. That individual wrote to the Noble Lord to say he had doubts about the conclusion of the agreement. Does the house follow me ?—(Hear, hear.) Am I not right in saying that this was a complete agreement? Were there not two parties to it, the Government and the New Zealand Com pany? Was it not the duty of Lord Stanley, when doubts had been raised, to communicate those doubts to the Company ? Was not that the ordinary course in the common affairs of life? If A and B were about to enter into an agreement, which was to be carried into effect by C, and certain doubts had been raised by A, was it not the duty of C to make these doubts known to B ?—( Hear, hear. ) Would it be fair for Cto leave Bin com plete ignorance ? But what do you say to the word " confi dential." That word of great import and great potency. Yes, that word " confidential " was written at the head of a private interpretation of a public agreement.—( Hear, hear.) Was the interpretation private ? If not, why mark it " confi dential ?"—( Hear, hear.) The Under-Secretary of State had cot said why that word " confidential was written. A most extraordinary fact had been disclosed. My lion. Friend the Member for Cockermouth stated that on the Ist of February, 1543, the Company, for the first time, became ap prised of the existence of those instructions. Was not the effect of those instructions of a secret nature ? Were they secret then ? Was not confidence a most important incident in this matter ?—( Hear, hear.) Was it not one of the facts —was it not one of the res gest¢? But in the copy that had been issued from the Colonial-office to the Company, the word " Confidential" was erased.—( Hear, hear, and ironical cheer ing from the Ministerial benches.) Why, my Hon. Friend informs me that the word " Confidential" was originally written on that copy, and that with a studious but most in felicitous solicitude the word " Confidential " was erased.— ( Hear, hear.) Do you deny that 7—(" Hear, hear," from the Treasury benches.) Do you deny it ? (After a pause.) Then you don't deny it ? Tell me why? Is the House satis fied with the explanation that has been given? I think not.— ( Hear, hear. ) Will you tell me why the word was inserted? Mr. HOPE—I did. Mr. SHELL—Oh, then, it must be my want of perspicacity that I did not understand the Hon. Gentleman.—( Laughter. ) I certainly heard nothing—not even a plausible suggestion for the introduction of the word " confidential " in the interpretation of a public document. The interpretation was that upon which the Government was to act ; then why not convey it to the other party to that agreement—the New Zealand Company ? Did the interpretation of Lord Stanley differ from the agree ment? Surely, when doubts were raised, the other contracting party should have copies of the discussion which took place thereupon, and should be allowed to state his reasons and plead his case.—( Hear, hear.) Is there not a great difference be tween proving a title as plaintiff and defendant? I say, is there not a great difference ?—( Hear, hear.) If I agree to sell A certain lands, on condition that he won't dispute the title, would it nut be a departure from the agreemen t if A afterwards said, " You must prove your title." By the agreement of the 12th of May, the onus probandi was taken off the Company, but by Lord Stanley's interpre tation the onus probandi was thrown on the Company.-- ( No, no.) You say " No."—( The Right Hon. Gentleman read an extract from the agreement in proof of what he stated.) By the first agreement, I repeat, the onus probandi was removed from the Company, and by the interpretation —the clandestine interpretation—the interpretation behind the backs of the parties—the surreptitious interpretation—the onus was shifted from the shoulders of the Noble Lord and thrown upon the Company.—( Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") The Hon. and Learned Gentleman opposite (the Solicitor- General) would tell them whether there was not a difference between the lessor of the plaintiff and the lessor of the de. fondant. Is there not in this respect a distinct departure from the terms of the agreement? I was a good deal surprised by the Under-Secretary for the Colonies. He read a document, or rather the fragment of a document—of a public document—dated the 29th of June, 1844. It is impossible the Hon. Gentleman could have read the rest of that document, or that he would have taken care to convey to the House the information which it contains. He asked the House to accede to Lord Stanley's interpretation ; but the Hon. Gentleman did not read this part of the docu ment. It appears by this final instruction of Captain Fitzroy, recently conveyed, that the agreement was interpreted—at least in some of its parts—in a sense different from that which, in the first instance, attached to it.—(Mr. Hope—" Read on.") Why did not you readon?—( Hear)—why did you not read before you came down to the House ? Why is it that this hiatus valde delfendus occurred ?—( The Hon. Gentleman went en to read the document.) " With the hope that no practical evil had re sulted from this misunderstanding, yet it was not the less fatal to our utility as a Company, and it must be owned was most injurious to the interests of a colony which was then in its in fancy."—( Hear, hear.) Do you wish me to read any more ? The rest of the passage relates to the mal-administration of the colony. It has been stated that notwithstanding many de fects in the Government of the colony, the people of New Zealand had made a remarkable pro gress in civilisation. The Colonial-office has pub lished documents, one of which is of great interest. It is the speech of Napiera, one of the native chiefs, at a meeting of the chiefs. lie says—" Speak your words openly—speak as a man—do not say one thing and mean another." Sir, these words ought to be written, in letters of gold, in the Colonial office.—( Great cheering. ) The SOLICITOR-GENERAL commended the tone which had been used by the Hon. Member for Liskeard, and depre cated that of the Right Hon. Gentleman the Member for Dun garvon, who stopped much more suddenly than he had antici pated, and failed in giving the slightest elucidation of the question under the consideration of the House—in fact, the Right Hon. Gentleman had not furnished him with materials to comment upon. It did not touch the specific charge against the Noble Lord at the head of the Colonial Department. Now what was the question with which the House had really to deal? These were the instructions which hail been sent out by the Noble Lord in order to regulate the settlement of the country. It was necessary to state these instr uctions in order to under stand the dispute between the New Zealand Company and the Colonial- office. The New Zealand Company had purchased a very considerable tract of land, to which in the first place they were required to make their title good. The Noble Lord at the head of the Colonial Department had been exceedingly anxious to save the Company from uncertainty and expense in conveying their titles to whoever might be purchasers from them. It was true that the Noble Lord had professed to make good a prima facie title to the New Zealand Company. This would give no particular advantage, the House might say, to the Company themselves, but it was of immense advantage to the Company, in giving them an opportunity of preceding other proprietors of land. This title was preferred in 1842, and it gave them a selection of a very large tract of country. ;In giving them, however, this prima facie title, Lord Stanley required the Company should clear the native titles. The Company had remonstrated against this obligation, but yet they had proceeded to carry out the prima facie title which they had derived from the Colonial-office. But the terms of that title were such, that the Company refused to accept them without modification. But on the Bth of May, 1843, a letter was forwarded to the Colonial Office, which con tained a proposal precisely of the same tenor as that which they had previously refused. The Company were invested with a power over lands to a considerable extent. Those lands did not include Auckland or Wellington, but they chose to make settlements at those places ; and the only point which they particularly desired to reserve, was their ability to convey these lands without limitation. The Colonial-office re quired that the native titles to these lands should be cleared. fhe extent of the districts would be understood when he stated that it extended over five degrees of latitude, and 20,000,000 of acres. There was only one arrangement into which the Colonial-office had agreed to enter, and which at all affected the interests of the Company ; and that was—that they should expend 41. for every acre which they should dis pose of. The Government only required that the Company should make their title good. In doing this, it should not be forgotten that the Colonial-office had given a prima facie title to all the land which they possessed. Now it happened that Auckland was not within their district at all ; yet, so desirous were they of a settlement at Auckland, that in their proposal of the Bth of May, 1842, they made the proffer of 50,000 acres of land, 10,000 in the town, and 15,000 in the neighbourhood. The other '25,000 they took in dispersed lots in the country dis tricts. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman the Member for Liskeard had laid great stress upon the claims of the Company to 50,000 acres of land. Undoubtedly they had a claim by reason of their title to a certain number of acres within their own district. They proposed to exchange a portion of the land to which they were entitled. Mr. C. BULLER—That is my view. The SOL I CITO R-GENERAL—His (the Solicitor-Gene ral's) view was, that they were willing to give the Government 50,000 acres of their own land, but he held that they were bound to show their title to it, it being in fact compulsory on them to establish their claim to the land by a settled and com plete right. That was the proposition which was made in the letter of the Bth May, and to which the letter of the 12th was an answer. Here was the first question between the Govern ment and the Company. The Hon. Member for Liskeard took occasion to criticise the spirit of Lord Stanley's instructions, because he said that it would be his duty to see that the Com pany satisfactorily proved their title to the land. The question between them was, who was to prove the title to the land. He contended that it remained an open question now. The Go vernment maintained that it was the Company's duty to clear the titles to the land. These instructions were in the very spirit of every letter that had passed from the Government at home to the Governor of New Zealand. And, he w ou ld yen- ture to say, that so far from being different from the spirit of the letters, that they were most consonant with the agreement entered into with the Comyany. Lord Stanley, in his letter to Captain Fitzroy, first of all referred to the arrangements, and the principle inculcated was to allow the Company a prima facie title to the lands for the purpose of facilitating them in their settlement, and of enabling them successfully to resist the claims of other parties. If they lucked at the letter of the Sth of May, 1843, could they doubt of the intended meaning of the words therein ? They were to give the Company a prima facie title to the land, until a stronger and better title c o u ld be establi s h e d. But the Honourable and Learned Member for Liskeard said that these very words were full of ambiguity. There were five points of complaint against his Noble Friend, Lord Stanley. Three of these were disposed of by the admissions of the Company itself. The other two could be best under stood by the House from his reading one of their own letters, ir , oin which h e would show that they had created a baseless phantom, which he would presently lay.—( A laugh.) The letter of Feb. 1, 1e44, recited a by the Hon. Member for Liskeard, sh owe d upon the face of it t hat ' tt. concocted by gentu tene lemen who had, at a ll events, ingenuity s enough, and acss enough, to put a proper or an improper construction upon the agreement.._( Cheers, and indignant cries of " oh.") He had no wish to impute motives. (Ironical mom cheers.) He did not accuse the be sof the Com mittee of having wilfully misconstrued the agreement.( Heat)) 1 hey had the instruetio ns b e f ore them on the Ist February. was important that the H ouse s h ould remember this, for Hon. and Learned Member for Liskeard said the Noble Lord had eiolated the agreement in his instructions. The New Zealand Company, then, had the instructions before them on the Ist February, 1844. They knew what their agreement was —they knew what their rights were, and they knew all the negotia tions from be , rionieg to end which had taken pl ace b etween them and the Colonial Office; and having this knowledge,what did they do? On the 29th February, 1-44, they wrote to the Colonial Office in these terms : After giving a long and melancholy account of the affairs of their Company, and proposing that the Government should take the matter into their awn hands, they went on to state " We make these suggestions with a full reliance that they will be entertained by your Lordship in that spirit of candour and confidence which your Lordship has always evinced for the well being of the colony ; and we, therefore, rely with confidence on your Lordship's co-operation. We have felt it to be oar duty to the public to lay this suggestion before your Lordship, and we leave the matter in your Lordship a hands, with entire reliance upon the benevolence and justice which will influence your Lordship's decision." Now, had the Noble Lord,,, been guilty of a breach of good faith, did the House think the New Zealand Company would have written to him in these terms?—( Hear, hear.) Now this was the case, and these were the circumstances under which this charge was made against the Noble Lord in strong and unmeasured terms. Why did the Honourable Member for Cockermouth suffer the Noble Lord to sit amongst them a whole session without taxing him with this breach of faith? Whv did he allow the Noble Lord to remain there a whole session without bringing forward this matter ? The first time the Hon. Member brought the matter forward was when the Noble Lord had gone to another House —when the Noble Lord's back was turned.--( Cheers.) Now, he asked whether it was fair that they should have the matter mooted now ? But had he net satisfactorily shown that what ever unfortunate disputes had arisen between the Noble Lord and the New Zealand Company, the Noble Lord had always acted impartially and fairly in the matter ?—( Cheers. ) Mr. HUTT merely rose to correct an observation which the Hon. and Learned Gentleman had just made. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman said the New Zealand Company did not bring the matter forward until after the Noble Lord's back was turned. Now, so far from this being the case, the Committee was only appointed in April last, on the understanding that the Hon. Member for Cockermouth would refrain from saying one word in the House in relation to the disputes between the Colonial-office and the New Zealand Company.—( Hear.) It was too late to enter into the details of the case, but had he time, he would correct at least half a d,zen statements which the Hon. and Learned Gentleman had made in the course of his speech. Captain ROUS would pledge himself, when the question of New Zealand came before the House after Easter, that the Noble Lord at the head of the Colonial Department would be fully acquitted of all the charges that had been made against him, not only in the eyes of that House, but in those of every unbiassed individual. —( Hear, hear.) The fact was, the character of the New Zea landers had been totally misunderstood by the Committee that sat upon the subject. In 18.39 the independence of New Zea land was recognised by this country, and it was not until after certain persons had formed themselves for the purpose of trading and profit in that country, that a Captain was sent out by Eno land to prevent any quarrels or misunderstandings between the people of New Zealand and the new settlers, and, as by " the stroke of the enchanter's wand," the whole of the forests and minerals of New Zealand were made the property of the Crown. The New Zealander had as much right to his property as the people of this country had, and no Company had any right to interfere with them. Ile would undertake to prove that all that had been done with respect to New Zealand was at vari ance with law, equity, and common sense. Lord INGESTRE, having been connected with the New Zealand Company f.ir some years, felt bound to say that the acts of that Company had always met with his approbation, because he was convinced that they were for the benefit of the colony. He believed that the whale dispute bad arisen in a mis understanding ; but when he said that, he could not forget that that misunderstanding had affected the Company to a great extent in their endeavours to do good. Mr. AGLIONBY felt bound to say a few words, in con sequence of his being so pointedly alluded to by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman opposite. The Hon. and Learned Soli citor-General's speech was more like that of a retained advo case with his brief than the speech of a Member of that House. He (Mr. Aglionby) was sorry to hear the ironical cheer with which the Hon. Member for Liskeard was met when he said he was connected with the New Zealand Company. There were persons connected with that Company, as eminent as any person sitting on the Treasury bench. The Solicitor-General had totally misrepresented the affairs of thal Company. He was misunderstood by the Hon. and Learned Solicitor-General with respect to what he had stated as to the difference on the . agreement. He had said, if there was a difference of opinion about it, the concealment of it was wrong. If the Noble Lord were present he should speak at more advantage, because no man liked to listen to charges involving another in his absence, and this was the feeling he had now to contend against. He still maintained there was a difference between the agreement and the instructions, and that opinion the New Zealand Company had stated at the time, as publicly as they could do it. Sir ROBERT PEEL said, he felt he should declare that the impression on his mind was one which was shared in by the Noble Lord who had proposed the motion, and that was, that at all events there had been no intention of decep tion in this matter.--( Hear.) And from all that had been heard in explanation, from the Under-Secretary for the Home Department, it would appear that the same feeling existed on his part as well as on the part of several others who had since left the House.—( Hear, hear.) On the opposite benches he be held some Hon. Members who, he believed, held the same opinions, for they appeared to express assent, though three or four of them on the front benches were members of the New Zealand Company, and, if he mistook not, three or four of those who sat on the second bench were also members of the same Company.—( Laughter.) But the Hon. Member ap posite (Mr. Aglionby) had complained 'that while he had been put in possession of some letters from Cap tain Fitzroy, there were others which had been withheld. The Hon. Gentleman said he laboured under great disadvan tage because of the absence of the Noble Lord, and that had he been present the Hon. Gentleman would have spoken with more freedom. Mr. AGLIONBY never said that he would have spoken with more freedom. Sir ROBERT PEEL—The whole of the last session th_ Hon. Gentleman had an opportunity of referring. to this sub jest. The Committee did not examine evidence until the 23d of May, and the second examination was in the month of June. Surely, in moving for the appointment of the Committee, an opportunity was afforded of challenging the conduct of the Noble Lord. Mr. HUTT said it was understood that, in moving for the Committee, the question of Lord Stanley's conduct should not have been gone into. Sir R. PEEL—If they had thought his Noble Friend's conduct exhibited a want of faith, the duty of Gentlemen op posite, to the Company, was to ask for an explanation. They now said that such was the breach of faith which had been exhibited by Lord Stanley, that, had they been aware of it, they would have refused to hold communication with his Noble Friend on the subject of the affairs of New Zealand.—( Hear, hear.) He could not reconcile that declaration now with the communication made to Lord Stanley on the 29‘h of February. The New Zealand Com pany said, " We leave the matter in your Lordship's hands, with entire reliance oil the benevolence and justice of your decisions in the affairs of the Company." Mow could this be reconciled with their conduct now ? His Noble Friend was the natural protector of those who had a right to be protected. He had acted on the impression that it was his duty to do justice to the natives of New Zealand. He (Sir R. Peel) agreed with the Hon. Member for Cocker mouth (Mr. Aglionby) that the members of the New Zea land Company were entitled to great respect, as they were men of high honour and influence. His Noble Friend had run the risk of offending these parties in the course he had taken. He believed that the sense of justice in that House and in the country would put a fair construction on the acts of his Noble Friend. He did, therefore, trust that those statements would go into the country together with the observations which had been made upon his Noble Friend. Mr. AGLIONBY said he hoped the House would allow him one moment for explanation, for ho was anxious that the statement made by the Right Hon. Baronet ( Sir R. Peel) should not go forth to the country with the mark of his high authority without a statement of what really had occurred. Immediately after the discussion to which the Right lion. Ba ronet had referred, he went to Lord Stanley, and had then ex plained to him the circumstances which had occurred at that meeting; and he, therefore, thought that in this instance at least the Company were not to blame. Mr. MANGLES said that he should not have said a word in this debate but to express his opinion of the tone of the speech of the Hon. Gentleman the Solicitor-General. lie thought that it was quite unnecessary to threw so much acid into the debate as that Hon. Gentleman had infused into his speech. He thought that it would have been better to have imitated the tone and temper of his Hon. Friend the Member for Liskeard (Mr. C. Buller); but it should be recollected that the cheers of ,that House were not always to decide the merits of any particular question. Mr. RICE TREVOR would not have said a word but for what had transpired, which had a personal reference to his friend, Captain Fitzroy. It seemed to be imputed to him that he had had a secret communication with Lord Stanley between the Bth and the 12th of May. He could only say that the communication with Lord Stanley had been on the 26th, 27th, or 28th of June, and that there was nothing in this corres pondence of a clandestine character. DARTMOUTH ELECTION COM MITTEE. FOURTH DAY. The Committee sat at Eleven o'clock yesterday. Mr. Joseph Somes, jun., having been sworn, made deposi tions to the questions put him, which were in substance quite similar to those of his brother. He recollected that his uncle told him, about two months before the election, that he in tended to become a candidate, and should therefore part with his contracts, ships, &c., and said he would part with them to witness and his brother, which he (witness) was very glad of. The transfer took place, and certainly was not a colourable, but a bona fide transaction, and was to hold good, whether his uncle lost the election or not. Mr. Jackson, accountant, sworn—Has been employed by Mr. Somes for two or three years. He was the largest pri vate ship-owner in the world. Has also kept the books of Messrs. Somes, jun. They commenced on the Ist January of the present year. The cash-book was then produced, and the several entries read, and witness said that since the Ist of January last no entry had been made in those books to the credit of Mr. Somes, sem, or if there had it would be a mistake. Cross-examined—The transfer of the entries from the small books to the large ones took place about the 25th of January. Mr. Somes, sen., said to witness that he had parted with all his Government business, and instructed him to commence the accounts in the name of his nephews. AIL TALBOT then rose and s a id, h e was happy to announce that this part of the case had closed, and in the observations he would take the liberty of addressing to the Committee he would confine himself to comments on such points as he might have thought had been omitted by his Learned Friend, Hr. Colburn, and such other new ones as might have since arisen ; and would conclude, by endeavouring to speak fiy anticipation to the last words which he knew his Learned Friends opposite would have. He would commence by calling attention to a case now before him, which was quite analogous to that of Mr. Somes. He then read the case, which was in substance that of an army clothier having transferred his contract, and an action having been taken against him for non-fulfilment of his contract, it was decided that the party liable was he to whom the contract had been transferred. Ile then went OR to say that there was no evi dence of Mr. Somes being a contractor at the time of his election, though he was an owner of ships, but that would not disqualify him. It had been relied upon by the Learned Counsel opposite, that this transfer was an occasional trans action. Why of course it was, but there was nothing illegal in that ; for though an occasional qualification of a man to a vote would not be legal, yet a man could b e qualified as a candidate for a pla ce in Parliament upon the day of the election, and though he had that qualification in his pocket, with ink still wet upon it the day he went first upon the hustings, it would be as good in law as if it had been made out fifty years before; But all question as to Mr. Somes being an owner of the ships even, was now set at rest by a part of the release which he would now read, and which appeared to have been overlooked by his Learned Friend opposite. The Learned Counsel then read the part, which was to the effect that the ships had been released as well as the contracts. In addition, there was the fact of the nephews having been bound to fulfil those contracts, and to pay to their uncle a certain sum in consideration. It had also been suggested by his Learned Friend, that the nephews might have got into partnership with the uncle ; but that was im possible, for there was no evidence of any document in which the nephews and uncle had undertaken a joint risk. But even if Mr. Somes had given over all those con tracts and ships by a valid instrument to his ne. phews for no consideration at all, he was perfectly at liberty to do so, and could do so legally ; then there was the other additional fact, that the nephews were the parties against whom an action would be taken by-the Admiralty, in the event of any breach of any one of those contracts. The Learned Counsel then proceeded at great length to contend that it was impossible for the Committee to believe that this was a colourable transaction ; and having gone through the whole of the evidence, and commented upon it, he concluded by saying he now left the case in the hands of the Committee with great confidence, but he could not avoid saying, with some anxiety for his clients, but whom he felt assured the Com mittee would never pronounce to be perjurers, or parties to a fraudulent transaction by their decision. Mr. Sergeant WRANORAM replied. He said that although appeals had been made by some of his Learned Friends to the compassion of the Committee, by alluding to the ages, and position, and respectability of their clients, yet he knew the Committee would totally disregard that; and he in his pre sent address would endeavour to discharge his duty firmly, no matter how painful it must be to him to do so. Thequestion then, for the Committee, and the only question was this, was Mr. Somes a Government contractor on the 27th of Decem• ber 1844? He contended that it lay upon Mr. Soines's counsel to show to the satisfaction of the Committee that upon the 27th of December, " he did not derive any benefit or emolu ment whatever, directly or indirectly, from these contracts," for these were the words of the statute. He not only denied that they had failed to prove that ; but he hoped to be able to show the Committee, by and bye, that the converse had been established by the evidence, First, he begged to re mind the Committee, that his Learned Friend, Sergeant Kinglake, had stated from authority, that where there was a deed inter parties, or between parties, no release could be given by any who were not parties to that deed, and this was a fact that had not been attempted to be met by his Learned Friends opposite; but that was undoubted law and unquestionable authority, and the re f ore M r . Som e s, not being a party to that deed, could not sue or be sued, or could net give a release, or take one. It was true that, if on the 27th of December, any sum of money passed from the nephews to the uncle, as consideration for this transfer, then though that might not be strict in law, still in equity there would be a remedy ; but such was not the state of the case ; such was not the evidence of the nephews. It had been said in his Learned Friend's speech that those young men were so unbusiness-like in their habits as to be totally incapable of giving any succinct or satisfactory account of this transac tion; but surely he could not mean to place those young men, who were alleged to be now the largest contractors in the world, in that position • at least he (Sergeat Wrangha m ) would not consent to such a course, although the Messrs. Somes might not accept his advocacy. The Learned Ser geant then recapitulated the evidence of Mr. Frederick 'Somes, and contended that the important parts of it were at variance with that of Mr. Lackland, as to the conversation, in the month of December, at which any sum was stated to be named as that which the nephews were to pay their uncle for the contracts and ships, &c. Therefore he would call upon the Committee to take the evidence of the nephew, though as adverse a witness as the petitioner could have, as that upon which they should decide that Mr. Somes was disqualified at the time of the election. He would first ask this ques tion—was there a doubt upon the mind, either of y member of the Committee or of any reasonable man, that if Mr. Somes bad been beaten, and had gone to his nephews and said," Oh, I have been beaten, and I therefore don't wish to give up those contracts under those circumstances," was there a doubt, he would ask, but that the nephews would immediately relinquish all claim to them?—(Laugh ter.) It was quite clear there was not, if the confidence and good feeling represented to have existed be tween them really did exist. The Learned Ser geant then went on to comment upon the non production of the bills of sale, which he said be did not expect would be done ; but if th ey h ad been produced, it would then be seen if the ships had been registered according to the deed of transfer, and then, indeed, that transfer would be or disputing the f ac t, dg or bond fide co n t rac t ors ; irrevocable. He did thatnot wish t t h o b a understood o e 3oung non w as e r o de t n o y b i e n but he would ask what relevancy had that fact in any way to the question at issue? He contended it had none whatever. Again, then, he would contend that nothing what ever bad been done by Mr. Somes up to the 27th of December that would prevent him f rom resum i ng those contracts if he had lost the election, but that every such step had been studiously and cautiously postponed. Then as to the consideration ; he contended that the very nature of it was sufficient to disqualify Mr. Somes, because that consideration was to cover not only the amount of debts which had been ascertained, but also the amount of the value by estimate, which had not been ascertained. Having dwelt upon other portions of the evidence at great length, he concluded by insisting that it was quite clear that Mr. Somes was a Government contrac tor in law and in fact on the 27th of December, 1844. The Learned Sergeant concluded at a quarter.past Four o'clock, when the Committee adjourned to Twelve o'clock to-morrow (this day). - Mr. CHARLES BULLER asked whether, after the great carefulne-s which he had evinced to avoid any extraneous circumstances, it Ras quite fair for the Right Honour able Baronet (Sir R. Peel) to refer to these documents? The whole policy pursued by the Government towards the New Zealand Company would come before the House after Easter, and he would net now trespass further on the attention of the House than by saying it would be found that the conduct of the New Zealand Company towards the natives was humane and generous. Mr. MONCKTON MILNES quoted the words of Pro fessor Merivale, in his lectures on Political Economy, in the University of Oxford, relative to the New Zealand Company. Never in the history of civilised man has there occurred a commercial undertaking in which the love of gain was made so subordinate to every higher faculty of the human mind--never was there any commercial undertaking so continually guided by the laws of justice and humanity ? Sir R. PEEL said a few words in explanation, and as, serted that the conduct of Lord Stanley was solely actuated by a kind feeling towards the natives ; and that the Noble Lord had, at the same time, been desirous to discharge his duty in a manner consistent with the interests of the New Zealand Company. The question was then put and carried. THE PORTLAND VASE. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL obtained leave to bring in a Bill for the Protection of Property contained in Public Museums, Galleries, Cabinets, Libraries, and other Public Repositories, from malicious injuries. On the motion of Mr. SHAW, the following Members were nominated as the Select Committee to inquire into the merits of the atmospheric system of railways :—Mr. Shaw, Mr. Bingham Baring, Lord Harry Vane, Sir George Clerk, Mr. Francis Baring, Viscount Mahon, Sir Charles Lemon, Mr. Hawes, Viscount Howiek, Mr. Hodgson Hi n d e , Mr. Morrison, Mr. Pakington, Mr. Gibson Craig, Mr. Lascelles, and Mr. Wyse. On the motion of Mr, AGLIONBY a return was ordered of all claims for land preferred before the Commissioner of Land Claims in NeW Zealand, by or on behalf of any persors who were in 1838 missionaries, catechists, or schoolmasters of the Church Missionary Society. The Railway Clauses Consolidation Bill went through Com mittee and was ordered to be reported this day. The Customs Duties report was brought up and received. The other orders of the day were then agreed to, and the House adjourned at a Quarter to Two o'Clock. A SOCIALIST MARRIAGE.—The feelings of the re ligious public residing in the neighbourhood of Tottenham court-road, were considerably shocked by an announcement which was extensively circulated during . the latter part of the past week, intimating that a marriage a-la- Socialism would come off yesterday (Sunday) morning, at the place of meeting in John -street, belonging to the Owenites. One of the results of the new Marriage Act has been that this sect, under the false pl ea th a t they are a religious body, have recently got their place licensed under that statute, and this was the first fruits of it. A large meeting was collected to witness the ceremony—if that may be called a ceremony which was evidently go t up f or th e purpose o f bringing the peculiar doctrines of this sect before parties who could not be congregated together by any other means. The room, which might hold about a thousand, was three-parts full, of which number a very large proportion were females. The proceedings were opened by a person who was represented to be the President, delivering a short address on the beauties of the New Moral World, and stating that the new marr i age -law, though far from being up to the social mark, was, nevertheless, better than the old one, and one tei they partiesyh t g h wo e t y h oawwneoreterhege to o going nuf a more g n t d o e u use for temporary convenience go t blies', new idu p d in r a o r c i a es n s c o h f a r c matri monialter. cementation then stood up, and the requirements of the Marriage Registration Act were gone through. This done, the real object for which the assembly was called together was made apparent by a little matt with a pair of spectacles standing up, and . delivering a l ong h arangue against all " marriages of the pnesti," all religious ceremonies, and all the present institutions of society ; and, with this, the melancholy farce ended.—Morning Paper. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, MARCH 18.—Northerly, fresh breeze and cloudy, SHEERNESS, MARCH 17.—The Jane Easson, Bomress, from London to Newcastle, got ashore near the Garrison Point this morning, but came off in the afternoon without damage, and has proceeded. HARTLEPOOL, nitwit 16.—The Pilgrim, White, of Lon don, slipped her anchors at the entrance of the Tees last night, and went ashore on the beach, north of Seaton Snook. OFF WATERFORD.—Oxford, New York. KINSALE, MARCH 15. —Ruby, St. John's, New Brunswick. • liAnwictr, MARCH 15.—A brig, with topmasts about four feet out of water at two hours' flood, lies sunk in ton fathoms in the Swin, the sunk bearing S.W. V e , S. about 1 3 % miles. CROOKITAVEN, MARCH 13.—Arrd. Asia, Gascoin, Cuba. 14. Champlain, Miller, New Orleans. HULL, MARCH 17.—Wind N., moderate.—Arrd. St. Thomas's packet, Peterson, St. Domingo, for Hamburgh. WAINFLEET MARCH 17.—The Ann, Rhodes, of Hull, from Lynn to Wakefield, ashore on Wainfleet Sand, is discharging her cargo with damage, and is likely to be got off. YARMOUTH, MARCH 17.—The Findlater, Dunn, from Shields to London, was totally wrecked this morning, off Palling—only the mate saved. HARWICH, MARCH 17.—The Eagle, Page, of and from Ramsgate to Seaham, was in contact to-day, in the harbour, with the Sarah of South Shields. CLAY . , MARCH 15.--A quantity of wreckage, consisting of a mast, bowsprit, sails, rigging, &c., some of the sails marked " Taylor, Newcastle," have been picked up near here. SUNDERLAND, MARCH 16.—The William Dobson, of this port, in putting to sea, 14th inst., struck the Bar heavily, and has put into Shields leaky. RAMSAY, Ixt.x op MAN MARCH 15.—The Margaret and south but exp ec t e d o ff w ith little damage. Ann, of D oug l as, ashore near hers, has been got off without damage. The J o h n and Margaret, Cowan, i s as h ore b e hi n d the -pier, DEAL, M A a ctt 17.—Wind moderate.—Arrd. Camilla, Lawson, Ichaboe, for Leith ; Till, ditto. Sld. Zephyr, Cape and Valparaiso ; Candidate, Barbadoes ; St. Croix, Hondu ras; N ew Zealand, Jama i ca; Cl y d e an d L a d y Caroline, St. John's, New Brunswick. PLYMOUTH, MA RCH 17.—W i nd N . E . —A r rd. Louisa Camp bell, London, for .New Zealand. PENZANC E wind-bound vessels a " various parts_of the Bay. , MARCH 16.—Wind re bringing up fresh.—Se'reral in CARRORORGII, MARCH 15.—A piece of board, painted green, marked " Shepherd," was picked up on the 13th Mat., one mile to the southward. PORTLAND, MARCH 16.—The Joseph and Elizabeth, of Goole, with stone, was driven ashore in yesterday's gale a little to the westward of the Castle, on soft ground, bat is expected off without much damage if the weather mode rates. The barque Lee is also ashore, but expected off next tide. SIIEEnNEss, MARCH 15.—Artd. Carrs, London, for Sea ham, with damage, having been in contact below Gravesend, with the Theresa, Fawcett. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 17.---Wind N.N.E., moderate.—krrd. Dumfriesshire, Davies, Mobile ; Paul Jones, New York ; Hi bernia steamer, Hewitt, Boston, left Ist inst., Halifax 3d. Sld. Bellona, Montreal. Off, Susannah Collings, Corsair, Cynosure, and Betsy. The Cyrus, hence to the Havannah, was wrecked on Cayo Verde, near Neuevitas, Cuba, prior to the 15th ult. ; crew saved. The Lord Ashburton, nearly loaded, took tire at Charleston, 20th ult., and was scuttled ; 600 or 700 bales of cotton supposed to be damaged. The Curlew, from Havannah to Cienfuegos, was totally lost on the Jordines, Dec. 26, crew saved. The Coromando, hence to Boston, was abandon e d a t sea J an. 11 , i n a s inking state; crew saved by the Brothers, arrived at Halifax. The Dun can, Robertson, from Clyde to Savannah, was wrecked on Cape Sable, prior to 22d ult crew saved. In consequence of the recent notorious malpractices at a gambling-house in Canterbury, the magistrates have issued an order for the suppression of all kinds of gaming, and announced their intention of prosecuting persons either guilty of it themselves or allowing it by others.—Dover Telegraph. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 19, 1845. LAW INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS, March 18. The House sat to-day to hear appeals. The Peers present were—the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, and Lord Campbell. THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND V. M`GREQDR. The further arguments in this part-hoard Scotch ap. peal were resumed and concluded to-day. Their Lordships postponed their judgment. ROLLS' COURT, Aiwa 18. The Master of the Rods wa, occupied the whole day with the part-heard case of Ambles v. the Lancaster RtAilway Company, the arguments on which were not concluded. VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURTS, March 18. Nothing of any interest occurred in any of the Vice ChaliceHors' Courts. SHERIFFS' COURT, March 18. Several causes were heard this morning, but none of them possessed any point of interest whatever to the public. COURT OF RA.NK kUPTCY, March 18. (Before Mr. Commissioner SHEPHERD.) Ax ACTRESS LET Tnourstx.—This day Miss Prescott Ward, the well-known comedian at the metropolitan and provincial theatres, applied for her interim order. She described herself as Eugenie Bass, common Iv called Eugenie Prescott Ward, for merly of Ash Cottage, Old Brompton, and late of 36, Half moon-street, Piccadilly, comedian, out of engagement. The insolvent was opposed by a fashionable milliner for having obtained a dress in the name of Miss Johnson, the creditor swearing that if he had known that she was Miss Ward, the actress, he would not have trusted her. Her debts in the whole amounted to 2171. 10s. 2d., and she claims excepted ar ticles of the estimated value of 19/. 18s. She has no assets what ever. Her insolvency is ascribed to her having been for a lengthened time out of an engagement, during which time she states that she was supported by gifts from her brother in-law, Mr. Elderton, Secretary to the Commissioners of Police, and other members of her family. The Court granted her an order, but intimated that her petition would be dis missed when she came up for her final order if it was proved she had obtained goods by fraudulent representations from the opposing creditor. The case excited a good deal of in terest, and numerous theatricals were in atttendance. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the Howe of Commons.) MONDAY, MARCH 17. CUSTOMS ACTS. Order fbr Committee read ; Motion made, and Question proposed, " That Mr. Speaker do now l e a ve th e C hair:"—Amendment pro posed, to leave out from the word " That" to the end of the Question, in order to. add the words "it is the opinion of this House, that in the application of surplus Revenue towards relieving the burdens of the country, by reduction or remission of Taxation, due regard should be had to the necessity of affording relief to the Agricultural Interest," instead thereof:—Question put, " That the words proposed te be left out stand part of the Question." The House divided : MAJORITY—AYES, 213. Entwisle, William Napier, Sir C. Escott, Bickham Neville, Ralph Esteourt; T. G. Newry, Viscount Ewart, Willlans Nicholl, John Fitzroy, Henry Norreys, Sir D. J. Flower, Sir J. Oswald, Alexander Forbes, William Paget, Colonel Forster, Matthew Paget, Lord A. Fox, C. R. Pakington, J. 6. Gaskell, J. "M. Parker, John Gibson, T. M. Patten, J. W. Gladstone, W. B. Pechell, Captain Gordon, Captain Peel, Sir Robert Gore, Montague Peel, Jonathan Goulburn, Henry Pennant, Colonel Graham, Sir J. Plumptre, J. P. Greene, Thomas Plumridge, Captain . Grey. Sir George Polhill, Frederick Grimsditch, T. Praed, W. T. Grimston, V scount Pringle, Alexander Hamilton, W. J. Pusey, Philip Hanmer, Sir J. Veld, Sir John Harcourt, G. G. Repton, G. W. J. Hawes, Benjamin . Ricardo, J. L. Hayes, Sir E. Russell, Lord J. Hayter, W. G. Russell, Lord E. Heathcote, Sir W. Russell, J. D. W. Hepburn, Sir T. Ryder, G. D. Herbert, Sidney Sanderson, Richard Hinds, John H. Scrope, G. P. Hindley, Charles Shell, R. L. Hogg, J W Shirley, E. J. Holland, Robert Smithy T.B. C. Hope, Charles Smythe, George Hope, G. W. Smoilett, A. Horsman, Edward Somerset, Lord G. Howard, C. W. Somerton, Viscount Renick, Viscount Somerville, Sir W. Hume, Joseph Stansfield, W. R. C. Hussey, Thomas Stuart, Lord J. Hutt, William Stuart, W. V. James, Sir W. C. Strutt, Edward Jermyn, Earl Sutton, Henry Jocelyn, Viscount Tancred, H. W. Jolliffe, Sir W. Tennent, J. E. Kemble, Henry Thcsiger, Sir F. Labouchere, Henry Thornely, Thomas Lambton. H. Townley, John Langston, J. H. Trelawny, J. S. Legh, G.. C. Tievor, G. R. Lemon, Sir C. Trotter, John Lennox, Lord A. Tufnell, Henry Lincoln, Earl Turner, Edmund Lockhart, William Villiers, Charles Lowther, Sir J. Villiers, Viscount Lowther, Colonel Wakley, Thomas Mackinnon, W. J. Walker, Richard M`Geachy, F. A. Wall, G. B. M'Neill, Duncan Walsh, Sir J. B. Manners, Lord J. Warburton, Henry Marsham, Viscount Ward, H. G. Marsland, Henry Wawn, John T. Martin, John Wellesley, Lord C. Martin, C. W. Williams, William Marton, George . Wilshere, W. • Masterman, John Wood, Colonel Matheson, James Wood. Colonel T. Milnes, R. M. • Wortley, John S. antealfe, Henry Yorke, H. It. Mitchell, T. A. TBLLERS. Morison, General Young, John Mundy, E. M. Raring, Llenry Arland, T. D. Adderley, C. B. Ainsworth, Peter Aldam, William Antrobus, Edmund Arkwright, George Arundell, Earl Baillie, Colonel Batille, H. J. Baird, William Barelay,:Dayid Baring, F. T. Baring, Thomas Baring, W. B. Barnard, E. G. Beckett, William Bellew, R. M. lientinc.k, Lord G. Bodkin, W. H. Boldero, H. G. Borthwiek, Peter Boil'kid, Berndt Bouverie, E. P. Bowles, Admiral Barring, Dr. Bright, Jehn Broadrood, H Brotherton, Joseph Brace, Lord E. Bruce, C. L. C. Bruges, IV. H. Buller, Charles Buller, Edward Busfeild, William Campbell, Sir H. Cardwell, Edward Carnegie, Captain Chelsea, Viscount Childers, J. W. Clayton, R. R. Clerk, Sir 0. Clifton, John T. Clive, Viscount Clive, R. H. Cobden, Richard Cockburn, Sir Cr. Oolbornl, W. B. Collett, W. R. Collett, John Coote, Sir C. 11. Copeland, Alderman Craig, W. G. eripps, William Darner, Colonel Deedes, William Denison, J. E. Denison, E. B. Dennistoun, J. D'Eyncourt, C. T. Dickinson, F. H. Dodd, George Duff, James Duncan, George . Duncombe, A. Dundaa, Admiral Militias, Frederick East, J. B. Eastnor, Viscount Egerton, W. T. R. Hon. E. Ellice, Tdward Ellis,Wynn MINORITY-NOES, 78. Alford, Viscount Fitzmaurice, W. Palmer, Robert Allix, J. P. Fuller, A. E. Palmer, George Bagot, William Goring, Charles Itendleshain, Lord Bankes, George Granby, Marquis Richards, Richard Bell, Matthew Gregory, W. H. Rolleston, Colonel Beresford, Major Grogan, Edward • Round, C. 0, Berkeley, Craven Halford, Sir H. Round, John lilackstone, W. S. Harris, Captain Rushbrooke, Col. Braniston, T. W. Heathcote, G. J. Shaw, Frederick Broadley, Henry Henley, J. W. Sheridan, R. B. Brownrigg, J. S. Henniker, Lord " Sibthorp, Colonel Burrell, Sir C. • Howard, Henry Smith, Abel Chetwode, Sir J. , Ingestrie, Viscount Smyth, Sir H. Christopher, R. A. Long, Walter , Sotheron, T. H. Codrington, Sir W. Lygon, General "Spooner, Richard Colvile, C. R. Mackenzie, T. Talbot, C. It. Darby, Geofge 31acnamara, Major Taylor, Edward Denison, W. J. • Manners, Lord C. 3. Tollemache, John Diek,LQuintin Maunsell, T. P. Tower, Christopher D'lsraell, B. Miles, PW. S. • Tumor, Christopher Douglas, J. D. 5. Morris, David Tyrrell, Sir J. T. Do Pre, C. G. Neeld, Joseph Vane, Lord H. Eaton, R. J. Neeld, John Wodehouse, Edmond Farnham, E. B.' Newdegate, C. N. Worsley, Lord Fellowes, Edward O'Brien, A. S. TELLIES. Ferrand, W. B. Ossulston, Lord Mlles, William Filmer, Sir E. Packer C. W. March, Earl RAILWAY BUSINESS IN PAR LIAMENT. MONDAY, MARCH 17. The following Bills were presented and read a first time Cornwall Railway. Waterford and Kilkenny Railway. Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway. Erewash Valley Railway. The ebllowing Bills were presented and read a second time, and committed, and referred to the Committee of Selection Blackburn and Preston Railway. Launceston and South Devon Railway. Newark and Sheffield Railway. Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Railway. North British Railway. South Devon Railway (Tavistock and other Branches). Barks and Rants Railway. Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway. Clydesdale Junction . Railway. The tbllowing Bills were referred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders : Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway. Southampton and Dorchester Railway. North Woolwich Railway,—Petition for Bill reported, and Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. Ward, Mr. Bramston, and Sir John Tyrrell. Runcorn and Preston Brook Railway and Docks,—Petition for Bill ; referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. Chester, Manchester, and Liverpool Junction Railway,— Petition for Bill ; referred to the Select Committee on Peti tions for Private Bills. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE, Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester Railway,— Second Reading, Monday, March 31. Bristol and Gloucester and Birmingham and Gloucester Railway,—Committee on petition, postponed from Wednes day, March 19, till Monday, April 7. Kingstown and Bray Railway,—Committe on petition, Friday, April 4. Cork arid Bandon Railway,—Committee on petition, ad iourned till Friday, April 4. SATURDAY, MARCIE 15. Direct Northern Railway,—Committee on petition, poz,t poned from Tuesday, March 18, till Friday, April 4. Hull and Gainsborough Railway,—Committee on petition, postponed from Tuesday, March 18, till Friday, April 4. Eastern Union and Bury St. Edmund's Railway,—Com mittee on petition, postponed from Tuesday, March 18, till Friday, April 4. Easter* Union and Norwich Railway,—Committee on pe tition, postponed from Tuesday, March 18, tillFriday,April4. [ADVERTISEMENT.] ON the MORAL RESPONSIBILITY ATTACHING TO DOCTORS FOR HOLDING OUT TO THE WORLD THAT POISONS, SUCH AS PRUSSIC ACID, ARSENIC, &c., &c., ARE MEDI CINES WHEN ADVISED OR ADMINISTERED BY THEM. TO THE EDITOR. SIR,-It does appear to us of the first importance to the world generally to ascertain whether poisons, 'such as prussic acid, arsenic, &c., &c., have been introduced by doctors with the bona fide view to the cure of dis ease, or for the purpose of making a trade of medicine. Your readers vs ill bear in mind that of all the schemes that could have been devised in order to create a monopoly in medicine, that of doctors declaring to a confiding public that such poisons. as above mentioned were medicines fit and pro per for the cure of diseases when advised by them, was the most effectual. Hear the following passage given in evidence on Tawell's trial. It forms part of Mr. Champney's cross-exami nation by Mr. Kelly:—" The smallest dose which is reported to have caused deal h was the case of seven patients in one of our hospitals ; a dose of 7-10ths of a grain was given to each patient, and they all died in from 30 minutes to three-quarters of an hour." Here is a pretty specimen of the manner in which poor patients are experimented upon in the hospitals. We ask, is it not disgraceful? But why, after such expe rience of the deadly character of prussic acid, do our doctors still hold it out to the world as a medicine when " medici nally" administered by them, as they call it, which means after the fee has been paid for " advice." We feel satisfied that thousands are annually sent to their graves by such poisons in the hands of inexperienced medical practitioners. The more experienced know, perhaps, how to give them in doses not to kill at once, but as to their being a cure for any disease, it is, we feel assured, perfectly untrue. Is there not a noble-minded Member of the Legislature to be found who will step in and prevent the havoc which is made in human life by these poisons, administered " medicinally," by calling for a full investigation of the sub ject? Wicked persons (as in Ta well's case), when such poisons are found upon them, say, " Oh, I take them medicinally' by the advice of my doctor," and produce a pre scription to that effect, thus at once in a great measure setting justice at defiance. We repeat, let there be a full inquiry into this grave and important question—We are, Sir, your obedient servants, MORISON and MOAT, For, and on behalf of, the body of Hygeisk. British College of Health, New-road, London, March 17, 1845. . The reasons why doctors hold out to the public poisons as medicines, are made more palpable by the two prints showing the fallacy of the organic theory under all its forms. To be had of all the Hygeian agents, price 6d, or Is. coloured. No person who cares for his health should be without these prints. NEW WORK, BY EUGENE SUE.—The great po pularity of " The Mysteries of Paris" has made M. Eugene Sue's name familiar to all English novel readers; and his fame will be, doubtless, greatly extended by the appearance of his historical romance, entitled " De Itohan ; or, The Court Conspirator," an English edition of which, in three volumes, has just been published by Mr. Colburn. The Court of Louis XIV. has become proverbial for magnificence and political intrigue, and M. Sue could, therefore, have scarcely selected a better subject than the very attractive one of which he has made choice. The groundwork of his story may bc found in the details of the remarkable conspiracy in which the Chevalier De Itohan—the handsomest man and most extravagant prodigal in a Court where beauty and extravagance were the best recommendation—lost his life. The prominent characters are Louis XIV., his beautiful mistress, De Montespan, and most of the great Officers of State—the partisan Latr‘aumont—the philosopher Vanden Euden, and a great number of other well•known personages, who were either concerned in the conspiracy or held office under the Sovereign. The work affords the most lively picture that has ever been published, not only of the Court of France at this eventful period, but of the state of the kingdom, and will be looked upon as one of the most romantic narratives that ever came into the hands of the novel reader. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY.—The nomination of candidates for the office of Librarian in this University, is fixed for the 2d of April, and the election will take place on the 3d. The name of Mr. John M. Kemble, the celebrated Anglo-Saxon scholar, has, we find, been accidentally omitted from the list already published. ST. PATRICK'S BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. Monday being St. Patrick's day, the sixty-second anni versary of the Benevolent Society of St. Patrick was cele brated by a public dinner at the Freemasons' Tavern, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert/in the chair. There were also present the Earl of Devon, the Earl of Clanwilliam, Sir W. Chatterton, Sir Robert Campbell, Sir E. Campbell, Sir Bur gess Camac , Sir Ralph Howard, Captain Sir T. Herbert, Captain Kennedy, General Caulfield, J. Emerson Tennent, ' Esq., M.P. • Mr. Sergeant Murphy, M.P. ; Right Hon. A. R. Blake, Sir Edward Chester, and the Right Hon. Richard Lalor Sheil, M.P. After the cloth had been drawn, and the usual loyal toasts disposed of, The CHAIRMLN, in proposing the "Army and Navy," coupled with the toast the names of Sir Burgess Camac and Sir Ralph Howard, both of whom responded to the toast on behalf of their respective service. The CIIAIA3LUI proposed " Prosperity to the Benevolent Society of St. Patrick," and in doing so, he said that he felt his position to be a difficult one, from the circumstance of so many eminent men having occupied the chair, who had been in the habit of proposing this customary toast for so many years, and by whose speeches so many persons had been excited to contribute to the charity; but there might be some recruits present on this occasion, to whom he might more particularly address himself. He had had the great satisfaction of witnessing, during school-hours, the behaviour of the children educated by the charity, and in justice to those excellent men who sacrificed their time and attention to the education of the children, he felt himself bound to state that he never in his life saw a healthier or more well-con ducted body of children. The Society was in a state of prosperity. He called upon the meeting to enlarge that pro sperity, and to enable them to extend the benefits of the charity to many more of the children of Irishmen residing in the metropolis.—(Cheers.) The toast was received with universal acclamation. The following subscriptions were announced, together with many others,—Tile Queen, 1051.; the Queen Dowager, 35/. ; Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, 50/. ; the Archbishop of Dublin, 20/. ; the Duke of Northumberland, 30/. • the Marquis ' of Anglesey, 25/. ; the Marquis of Lansdowne, 20/. ; Earl of Errol, 201.; Earl of Shelburne, 101. • Earl of Porter lington, 101. ; Viscount Ebrington, 20f. ; Lord Morpeth, 51.55. During the ceremony the children were introduced and were paraded round the tables. They all looked remarkably healthy, and seemed all very well pleased. The singing arrangements were under the direction of Mr. Hobbs, assisted by the Misses Williams, Master Stephens, Master Sullivan, Messrs. Hawkins, Roe, Chapman, Brad bury and Hatton. The Misses Williams were honoured with an encore in the duet " We are two merry gay, laughing fairies," composed expressly for them by Mr. Hatton. The Coldstream band was in attendance and con tributed, by playing the national airs, greatly to the even ing's enjoyment. COLLEGE OF MAYNOOTH. A meeting was held in the large room, Exeter-hall, yes terday, "for the purpose of petitioning Parliament against the new endowment of the Roman Catholic College of May nooth." Though several days' notice had been given, the room, at the time fixed for commencing the proceedings, was scarcely half filled, and the meeting altogether presented a striking contrast to the great Protestant gatherings which preceded the overthrow of the late Government, and helped to usher in the present Administration on their accession to office. Amongst those who had seats on the platform were the following :—The Hon. and Rev. Baptist Noel, • Sir Cul ling Eardley Smith, Bart , the Rev. E. llickersteth, the Rev. Mr. Prest, the Rev. J. Burnet, the Rev. Dr. Holloway, and the Rev. J. Blackburn. The chair was taken a few minutes after twelve o'clock by J. P. Plumptre;Esq., M.P. The Rev. Dr. HOLLOWAY offered prayers on behalf of the assembly, and the object for which it was convened. The Rev. J. BLACKBURN, Independent Minister of Clare mont Chapel, Pentonville, read the 46th Psalm. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the meeting, commenced by saying that the post which he occupied was not sought by him, but being called upon to fill it, he felt that he should be shrinking from an important duty if he did not consent to take the chair. He was surrounded, on that occasion, by Protestant Christians of every denomination ; and ministers belonging to each would address the meeting. There was amongst them great difference of opinion on minor points, but they all agreed that there was one Book which was above every other, and that was God's Book.—(Loud cheers.) They were, at all times, called upon, as Christians, to protest against error; and that duty especially devolved upon them at the present period, when the Government pro posed to make a considerable increase in the grant which they had paid for some years with the greatest reluctance to the College of Maynooth. They were required to contribute out of the public purse to a large and liberal increase, as it was termed, of this obnoxious grant. As Protestants, they felt that their highest and holiest feelings were deeply wounded by such a proposal—(Hear, hear)—and they further felt that an insult was offered to their reason and common sense, if it were proposed by this means to conciliate those who had not been conciliated by similar measures in times past, and who, they had every reason to believe, were not to be conciliated by such means.—(Hear, bear.) It was one of the boasts of the Church of Rome that it was unchanged and unchangeable. They believed. that truth was unchangeable too. By their love for the truth they were called upon to oppose this grant. For the truth for which they had met to contend their fathers died ; and if their fathers could speak to them now their language must and would be, " Sell it not ; cleave to it with full purpose of heart." However in other matters they might differ amongst each other, he hoped they would all endeavour, in the spirit of union, con. cord, and love, to effect the object for which they had assembled. That it was their duty to do so did not admit of doubt. Events did not rest with them, but with Him who was above ; and they must persevere, in the assurance that " the Lord reigneth and will reign." The representatives of the different denominations would now proceed to address the meeting in reference to the important subject for the dis cussion of which they had met on that occasion.—(Cheers.) The Hon. and Rev. BAPTIST NOEL, on rising to propose the first resolution, said that if he had perceived in that meeting any intention to embarrass her Majesty's Government, he should have hesitated to appear on the platform.— (Heal, hear.) Whatever objections he might entertain to the proposed grant, he felt that no exclusive blame at tached to her Majesty's Ministers ; for they were sustained in their proposition by enlightened and able statesmen of all parties.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) In assembling there they were not actuated by any dislike towards their Roman Catholic fellow-subjects.—.( Hear, hear.) From his heart he wished them every kind of real prosperity.— (Cheers.) Neithetr did he blame the Roman Catholics of Ireland for asking of the Legislature of this land perfect civil and religious equality with their fellow-subjects. He agreed with Grattan and Burke that the penal code, which our an cestors passed for Ireland, could only be accounted for by the fact, that in those days the doctrines of a sound toleration, taught by the Gospel, were not un derstood because the medieval doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church had taught the countries of Europe generally that such toleration was inadmissible. He lifted up his voice that day, not against the enjoyment of secular and civil privileges by the Roman Catho lics, but against a proposed grant, the effect of which would be simply to endow and sanction the doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church. He drew a distinction very plain to his own mind between any encou ragement of the secular interests of Roman Catholics, and this sanctioning of their doctrines.—(Cheers.) On the civil ground alone, believing th a t th e Gospel of their Lord did not sanction their endeavouring to propagate the truth by means of penalties, he had nothing to say against the Roman Catholics; but he protested against the Legislature interfering to sanction doctrines which, as Protestants, they were bound to condemn. To do the first Minister of the Crown justice, he must state that the ground on which he proposed the grant was that Parliament had en tered into an engagement to provide for the domestic educa tion of the ecclesiastics of the Roman Catholic Church. It was represented that the Legislature were bound to furnish the means of education for the whole Catholic priesthood of Ireland in proportion to the wants ofthe country. Now, if the engagement could be made out, there might be some reason for pausing ere they refused to sanction the increased grant.--.'(Hear, hear.) But if that engagement were wholly fictitious, as it might be proved to be, then the Protestants of this country ought at this juncture to protest loudly against an increased grant. A slight reference to the history of the College of Maynooth would give instructive information re specting the nature of the alleged compact. Mr. O'Driscoll, an honourable and able Roman Catholic, stated that the endowment, in the first instance, arose from the fact that the State, having declared war against the French Government, the Catholic students were prevented from finding an education on the continent. An act of the State did them a misckief. and the Government of this country consented to indemnify them. Gif ford, in his " Life of Mr. Pitt," accounted for the grant by a desire on the part of the Ministers to prevent them from imbibing a mischievous education abroad ; and to this view Mr. Gladstone assented, in his work on the relations of the Church and State. If this were so, the grant was made with a certain specific object, and there was not the slightest intimation that it was meant either to be permanent or co-extensive with the Irish priesthood in every future generation.—(H ear hear.) The gi ant should cease whe n th e reason f or i t existed no more. It was not to be supposed that in 1845 there had suddenly arisen a necessity for an increased grant; yet they found that up to that time earliament had steadily refused any augmenta tion of the grant. The House of Commons had never, until that day, seen the grant in the light in which the first Mi nister of the Crown now saw it. The idea of an engagement came to them as a perfectly new principle; and if the engagement were, as he contended, wholly fictitious, the ground upon which Sir Robert Peel justified the proposed grant, of course fell to the ground.—(Cheers.) The fact that some Roman Catholic priests were paid in the colonies, in Australia, and Canada, was owing to the circumstance of its being so small that it had not attracted the attention of the constituencies of Great Britain, or they would long ago have loudly pretested against it. The fact that Mr. Gladstone, on the proposal of this grant, had felt it his duty to retire from the Administration, showed that in his mind it was Use introduction of a new principle for Protestant legislators to sanction the propagation of. Ro man Catholic error. Upon the same principle on which this vote was granted, they might expect, a short time hence, a proposal for the payment of the Roman Catholic clergy of Ireland.--(Hear, hear.) Let them not deceive themselves with the idea that this was a final measure ; it was only a prelude to that of the payment of the Roman Catholi* priests of Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) The reverend gentleman then referred to the sacrifice of the mass, the worshipping of images, and several of the ceremonies and tenets of the ,Roman Catholic Church ; and contended that Protestant senators were not justified in voting public money for the propagation and maintenance of such errors. The p ropose d grant ought, he said, to be resisted, on the ground that it was calculated to bring down the judgment of God on all who were concerned in it. He concluded by proposing the following resolution : " Resolved,—That this meeting, recognising the Holy Scriptures as the only unerring rule and standard both of faith and practice, and convinced by the testimony of that word that the doctrines of the Church of Rome, as defined by the Council of Trent, embodied in the Creed of Pope Pius IV., and exemplified in its general practice and teaching, are ' superstitious and idolatrous, and opposed to the best inter ests of society, and to the welfare of immortal souls, must re gard all support and countenance given to such a system by the State as calculated to bring down the judgments of God upon this Protestant country." The Rev. C. PitEsT, of the Wesleyan denomination, se conded the resolution, which was put and carried. The Rev. E. BicKErtsTETit, of the Established Church, proposed a resolution, in substance, denying that any com pact existed by which the Legislature were bound to take the course proposed by the Government. Mr. EVANS seconded the resolution, which was put and carried. Another resolution was proposed and agreed to, recom mending the Protestants of the country generally to adopt mea3ur^s to prevent the grant from receiving the sanction of the Legislature. WORCESTER STEEPLE CIIASES.—III consequence of the fall of snow on Sunday, these races were postponed until Wednesday and Thursday —all bets stancliDg good. SURREY SESSIONS. (Before Mr. PUCKLE, as Chairman, and a full of Bench of Magistrates.) The March Quarter Sessions for the county of Surrey commenced yesterday at the Court-house, St. Mary's, Newington, before a very numerous attendance of Surrey magistrates. _ The grand jury having been sworn, the Learned Chair man proceeded briefly to address them, after which they retired. Thomas Cooper, a youth about 17 years of age, was in dicted for stealing 155., and sundry articles of wearing ap parel, the property of James Hill, from his premises in Union street, in the Borough. It appeared from the evidence of the prosecutor, and the constable who took the prisoner into custody, that his parents lodged in his (prosecutor's) house, and availing him self of the facilities thus afforded him, he stole the articles named in the indictment, and disposed of the wearing apparel to a Jew for less than one-fourth of their value. It further appeared that the prisoner was a very idle and profligate boy, and was a source of constant annoyance to his parents, who were very respectable and honest people. The jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict of Guilty, and the Court sentenced him to six mouths' impri ment, with hard labour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. LAMBETH. A respectably-dressed man, whose name did not transpire, applied to Mr. Henry for his advice. He stated that he was residing at Brighton, where his wife had carried on a lucratiTe business as a laundress. Six months ago she eloped with a per son whom he had susequently been informed had cohabited with her for three years before. Sho took with her nearly all the property he possessed, together with a considerable sum in money, and a quan tity of linen, the property of her customers. He had lost sight of her since, but within the last few days he had ascertained that they were living together within the district of the Court, and having every reason to believe that some of his property was there, be was desirous of obtaining a search- warrant to ascertain if that was the case, and had come up from Brighton with that ob ject in view. Mr. HENRY inquired if he had any proof that the person who was cohabiting with his wile had taken any of the property ?—The applicant said he had not. Mr. HENRY said that a wife could not steal the property of her husband, and that he had no power to grant a search-warrant, unless to search the premises of a person whom there was rea son to believe had committed felony, and who had in pos session stolen goods. H e advised him to consult a so licitor. The poor man thanked the Magistrate, and withdrew. CLERKEIV WELL. As might be expected, there was a great muster of the sons of the Emerald Isle at this Court this morning. The districts over which this Court has jurisdiction includes St. Giles's, and those happy regions bordering upon Saffron hill and Smithfield; and recollecting that yesterday was the festival of Ireland's patron saint, the number of candidates for the House of Correction this morning was not at all won derful. There was no case of extraordinary violence, how ever, and the only sufferers seemed to be the prisoners them selves, some of whom had black eyes, others broken noses, and not a few with their clothes torn to ribbon. s. Mr. COMBE humanely discharged all, except a few who assaulted the police, on whom he imposed trifling fines. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Johanna Moriarty, a good-looking girl, between sixteen and seventeen years of age, was placed at the bar charged with robbing her mother,' a poor widow, and also with corn mitting a brutal assault upon her. The prosecutrix stated that the prisoner had for some time past been leading a life of the most shameful profligacy. Yesterday she stole a quilt from off the bed and pawned it ; and last evening she came again, and wanted more money; and on her (the prosecu trix) saying that she was unable to procure her any, she at tacked her, knocking her down, and beating and kicking her. The poor woman added, that she did not wish to press the charge of felony against her own child. The prisoner, when asked what she had to say, replied sul lenly that her mother had not stated the truth. Mr. MALTBY said he should fine her 40s. for the assault, or one month's imprisonment to hard labour. She was committed accordingly. Mary West, a very decently• dressed elderly woman, who stated that she was married, and the mother of a large family, was committed for trial on a charge of stealing a set of fire irons, value 65., from the shop-door of Mr. Wm. Lark, of No. 127, Tottenham-court-road, pawnbroker. She was detected in the fact, and the stolen property found on her. -F1 MARKET NE WS.-(YES -•• of SAY wrztauurrs.. 4/ 5 1 ;4 Smrrisalgur.-Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ as to Imo 1 01 ful ditto, 4/ 6s to 4/14s ; fine Upland ditto, 4/ 00 11 4 1 00 16 0 Clover Hay, 4/ 8s to 5/ 16s; Oat Straw, 11 Wheat Straw, I/ 18s to 2/ per load. Supply lnu .; and trade rather dull. Price s about stationarPo 41:0; CUMBERLAND.-COane Meadow Hay, 31 5 yto P`m; ass ful ditto, 4/ lOs to 4/ 18s; fine Upland ditto , to i/ 1 1, Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 5l 15s; Oat Straw, 1 11 _,. ° s . Wheat Straw, 1/ 18s to 2/ per load. A fa ir ere'''. 41 ° and a steady demand. lOs WHITECHAPEL.-Coarse Meadow Hay , 31 .. .. d Sitto , 2 l o useful ditto, 41 12s to 4/ 18s; fine UP°" l ,7l6sto , ' 5/ 5s ; Clover Hav, 4/ 8 e to 5/18s • Oat Straw, "., the a Wheat Straw, 11 18s to 2/ per load. Tra de .01 ' dull, at the above quotations. - Set esszesNl.A.Z. b ops.- se SUGAR.-The market for British Plantation ,0011,,, heavy, very little business having been done b a re To, with those sold by auction, about 500 ea s , a ffere 4 o disposed of. The public sales have 00 '1 E asttr casks 137 barrels St. L u cia, 1,857 bags I ate 'is (chiefly Madras and Bengal), and 476 cask s s. villa (admissible at th e new duty of 238 4 di Lucia and East I n di a was chiefly se. (s ay° prices for the inferior descriptions, but being I n v n attir' , )i lots and of low quality, affords little guide to thetes. Ade nerally, as the better sorts brought higherT e si o 1) 1$ Manilla was taken in at 15s to 22s for very " bo ft1: 6 " 0 1/ to good (clawed )yellow, but subsequently f 0 e a : 2 l - 5 .014 description have been disposed of for refiningio „ rt srer b s) transactions which have taken place privately Wytio),oo. consist of 200 chests white Bahia (of old irriPor ta eo lltil s oi have been sold, for export, at 22s 3d, and 3 00 b u i l sss sl ll %' varnish at 34s 6d, being for the former the pren-tta.74 the latter considerably d earer . The quantVri t atit not tation landed last ;week at the East and Iles ra ts loll ...it was 120 hhds, 8 tierces, 12 barrels, and there r e. .o io r home consumption 144 hhds, 5 tierce;, b arre ,77o b in the same places is 9,051 hhds, 695 tierces, woo RUAL-The quantity landed last week at A TW A e s. West India Docks was 104 puns, 188 h o b u h tda; taken for home consumption 170 puns, 2 ° - .gas ? ported, 128 puns, 4 hhds. The stock in the s -9,352 puns, 1,987 hhds. • 0 w ell re SAETPETRE.-3,077 bags Bengal at auction cest . taken in at 25s 6d to 27s 6d for 9% to 3 % P er - tyd tion, being rather above the value. the SP e4 TALLOW.-P. Y. C. was at 39s per cwt . e's ,, Town at The 425. per cwt. TEA.- market is steady, and the deliVeliesiev rather increased, being 495,000 lbs. S.) 500 4 (From the London N ew P r i c e Current 9 1 fflA p i of- , r SUGAR.-To-day the market for all descriPerli subject to the 14s. per cwt duty, Pre sent red al° pearance. There was a fair business transae to d t ol India Muscovado, and the rates were fag , ' Ili s e s so s of Friday, especially for bright yellow r a j / 411'01 purchases amounted to 430 hhds, in ch u 6 d f0r 15 ",,,, barrels at public sale, which were sold at 4 25 oft "'- grey St. Lucia, 40s to 41s for low, St. Vincents. a nd 415 Pc' ire st fi ed di e ° REFINED.-To-day some parcels of Be- n o 01, , orl• taken by the home trade, but prices further ga 67' riSe# lumps selling at 65s to 665, and standard lurnPl u e of Bastards are dull of sale at 33s to 435. Tb e t ,L o sr, ag c e is 48s to 62s per cwt. Treacle is again c s " -- ,.a . p I° ' t° selling at 17s to 17s 6d, patent and golden 4- ee per cwt. Aral aPP r itee t _A ; FOREIGN.--The market has presented a to daY for all descriptions of Foreign Sugar since this only one small parcel has been brought t write oope there is nothing pressing privately. For i dooc e lyo. there has been an improved demand, and fur nos' value has taken place. Prices have been s s . and a fair demand has e x i s t e d f o r all descriptioa7 2s 3d , si 19 1 transactions are 200 chests of white Bahia s iar Pe rt floating cargo of 340 c h es t s o f brown for a r isk!' per cwt. goo d del pobl A ie MAltrflue.-This afternoon there was a o g We a- 40 fested to purchase Mauritius Sugar, and 1, 2 " 1 10 at; 30. sale went at full rates-that is to say, fine Ye. o se" good/47s to 50s mid 43s to 465, very' low br0.:05 toaf 34s, mid 35s ' 6d to 38s, good strong gr e y sal° washed 42s to 45s per cwt. P ub °13 04 . EAST INDIA.-To-clay there was n largde g.„ so i , s ec dj9ptosed r 13,082 bags of Manilla Sugar, duty pai d, eis duty of 23s 4d per cwt, about half of whieu, o ce 15 . sin and, as compared with export prices, the au! cos iossi oi cwt ; the home trade were, however, the Pri n ,,,, r 4ss ISO -fine strong grey fetched 465, good ditto 455:5s t 0 to to strong greyish yellow 44s to 44s 6d, low ditto 4 ,l.ashe u ord rather bright yellow strong 43s to 435 6ul e ' 445, ditto and repacked 40s to 44s 6d per Oc t :, 57. MOLASSES.-This afternoon at public 87 "0, Mauritius Molasses were taken in at 15s per C o d st r; f eell RICE.-Bengal is still attracting attention' ads dal a s . (ll rates there has been a lively demand sin ee ,basel l 'isirs l 4 - the parcels offered privately all found P,0,04.." public sale 3,000 bags fetched lls 6d to 125 Ter i filsl7 lo o 4 ,. d lls to Ils 6d for mid, lOs for broken, and 9s tle r sea damaged; in importers' hands there is 1 and there is a very good consumption goirl i g ° fe ttle I cissar o thy of Madras Rice at market is not an2t e i nted..,4s 3l and prices are advancing. Java is ran" - Auer "" Rice is much in request at 13s 6d to 18s for F • 1 ,01 28s per cwt for Carolina. le ofd tsot; COFFEE.-To-day there was no public ea ere Coffee. Ceylon was purchased sparinglY,ld for anss P n t i bat holders were firm, and good ord. was l owa ; 1 1 1 00 ,i 0 475 per cwt. For Mocha prices are Pill a dd Y e t: vately having been made at 59s to 6 05 10 1 , to ots at 52s to 55s per cwt f or go od ord browa isu ilia 'res e t ow, TEA.-To-day there was less activity in t ooth. of Il i 7,888 pkgs were submitted to public col:0%0010A only 1,900 pkgs were sold, 700 of which c j a ns ef,s, thong, at a decline on those of the last linA"f°r fIYIO for Imperial and Gunpowder, lid to , 41 d *d to id per lb for Pouchong; but Con i .Ls" ..fflo aa , sustained the former value. Gunpowde r '2, I Gs u. ; o'l 2s id ; Hyson kind Se 4d to 4s ; IraP - a tch° 3 ld; " 0 00 Is 11 3 / 4 d to 2s Id ; Hyson kind 2s 9d i s ; s f to Po i if& good 4d to 8d ; Hyson, fair to good 25 674 - Congou common 10d per lb. For public sal e „, $OO4 pkgs of Tea are declared. Jarri_ s in ` - he Rust, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.." ,- t bo l business transacted has been extremely ulu' tra sle ot° 70 very few shipping orders, and the hen ° n g ea lt i 10 0 caution • 3s 3d to 4s is the value of cano n sp d 5.1 . .0e 0 per cent 0. P., 4s 2d to 53 for fine' The t•P.. SOO per gallon for high flavoured aorta- 2 e 9d 7bste,..r. in Demerara have been trifling at . . 40 0 . ; iti t e ; o 4 for strong. Calcutta was purchased with a:100 sellers at is 9d to is 9id with, and at lo ' for thqd. 11.P1 0 tificate. There are sellers of Brandy, vied of 1V:01 terms. Cognac, best brands, of the vol„,,'"'„ u as 6d, g n so 4s 10d, puns 4s 8d: ditto 1839, hhds ''' l sls 45 4 "Poi 1840, hhds 4s 7d, puns 4s 5d : ditto 184 1, s 1 0 4 !r id 4s 4d: ditto 1842, hhds 4s 3d, fl in it hfis pal m ; Si 1843, hhds 4s ld, puns 3s 1 Id ; ditto I , lls l l . ,sarin% fid_rgal 3s Bd, middling and good middling of Boy des e si% ,„"as 2s 8d to 3s Bd, low 2s 6d to 28 7d, and wool - or 0. 7d per gallon. Geneva is is 9d to 151 N ?„, o , bat ith . sort, and fine fit for duty 2s 4d to 35 per g s 4 ii i i'i ts been little business done. English C °lll P ttel t mand lOs 2d per gallon cash. e SPICES.-To-day Nutmegs met wit h b o ld bt ° ,,A to 3B le fII decline of id to 2d per lb. Penang , fin e o dd 3s 2d at 3s 8d to 3s 9d, good3s 6d to 3s 7d, gou t) 2 0 it" 1)0 141 middling 2s lld to 3s Id ord small 2s 8d t re,Ano_, ifeo j 0 11 d to 3s 4d, worm-eaten Is to is 7d, 3( 7 , 2 ;0 4 mid 3s 2d, mouldy 3s, and worm- eaten is s s fid,n / slostea a decline of 2d-Penang good at 2s 4d tOjelog or , 2s 3d, inferior 2s, Singapore 2s: 3 el lest : a d. at 2s 3d for fine, and ls 10d per lb. for g s „ n sarar i sss a -e saLstl' INDIGO.-The market has still a flrn l " r y shiPr,, itt l ;a, chases to a fair extent have been made u fpais o ppll os home trade in Bengal, Madras, Oude, an d oca ntilY e l e s sn, vance of 2d to 4d per lb. The market is sutto n, sa de bserso Ous.-Linseed Oil purchased with c 6 d . for o r fit ch ipg spot having been made at 24s 3d to 24s hs or the fet bo 24s 9d to 255, and for the last six Inn"' rising' P palt tl to 3d to 25s 6d per cwt. In Rape little p r o fts_ ..a d 23 1 0 ; 36s 6d to 375, and brown 35s 6d to 363 Pe r g." - er 9,4 a good demand, fine fetching 26s dto 2 2 e 4s 7; 0 265, and low to middling 233 tovi tn:4o, in Olive a good deal doing; Gallipoli , dr y to m o Spanish 40/ 10a to 41/, Scilly and Baru it ...6,ests l iti tssll - te in jars Si lOs to 6/, and Florence in hn, OI ina 01 1 ;0 Holders of common descriptions of F l s ll d strq o sa la s so ness, pale Seal 311 to 31l 10s, yellow .a sd soar „ is se s lo 30/, brown 26/ to 27/, Cod 29/ lOs to 304 1 7_ 1 _1 purra fine 26/ to 29/ 10s per tun. Of Sperm se,n:maeriofor '- been made at firm rates, British 83/ to 101 0 0 •10 01 " 82l per tun. Cocoa Nut Oil dull of salfv., • and from Sydney at 24s to 25s 6d per c -A, roe l'of CHESTER AN!) HOLYHEAD 0115-'1 01, _ tie theeJl i n l l . i r r . ai ß t, en i d n e t i en a d n s d st s ?n i d r down Conunission, _vidal, to report on the question at iSSUB reePccropoea bilaobi3le,heeffadecctsoomnpatinle..lllenai navigatieonngoi:etellf: way bridge over the Menai at the Britannia r t. c e che ote phenson will accompany them on the part of Joshua La.n.down-crescent,-----------CiliheTltß'enSh.an't, th e 1561 °f til t :7; b t i l l ua the N l a l ts tl o l n in o s f t. 3 s a o t n M ount Carteret, -,i'hrl, 6 ,, COlll3 i Ai ' or land, the lady of J. ' l'. Armstrong, Est' of 1.. e.- - f ., Of /3 On the 13th inst., the wife of Mr. T.A. .''.-- Orr gate-street Without, of a daughter. of' , On the 14th inst., lady ofj—BentleY'iltilf On the 15th inst., at AlberPplage,D-t'" street, Belgrave-square, a alliught er .,',..— 11 ' A. e nsipSt Oll _ P Al h r oi s ln . l i ( pt ; si l l t e a l r :l l s e og s t.h. D o e ifn h as i I; d a rd of adaug h t e r• Styr ' 0 ° AO i ctoth inst., at a, On the 11th inst., at Grove-road, North 1 30 t o lit , of W i Williams, E W. • • , sq., of a daughter. , ie o f Wig On the 11th lust., at Buekland Grange, Isi ~.00. lady of Alloyne C. Yard, of a daughter, still-born. On the 12th inst ,at llublin,the wife of . Pr r ,r.,eut P• On the 13th inst.,. Alts.Nir H Treacher, of D'i , `~'' H. 101/ of the tofti . On the 13th inst., at 3farine-parade, Brigbtorioo' ,otill' pr. Sir Claude Champion de Crevigny,l3art., of 3 10. S' Oa the 13th inst., at Eaton-square, the lady kips, Esq., of a daughter. dthauggl3l3tdelr.,:::::eretii vaos 4 MARRIED. , e, gr• .400 On the sth inst.., at All Souls, Langliarn-lr' f l 4 Meyer, of Leipsic, to Therese David, si ter O VA Dulcken. ILOin,altinheerl:Btahrti.n,sotf.Kaenturirea.mpten, John ' orf Rogreriaarg ;It ‘ ir ' eldest a d p es ta t i d n a i u n g t h h t e er l 0 7; h:Llanirecbebr,s, and third son °l,L.PrbCriVe ' tarsqli.:oDfllsbyleinsigcr, bobtol. DIED. Dt f tigev"'- of On the 14th inst., at Cambridge- str e- ' d 74. gez tof Major-General Sir T. Corsellis, 1i..6. 13., , li g e 4110 4 '. G►~l~ On the 13th inst., the Rev. Arthur tArr ,t Gil bePr Barrow, Suffolk, aged 64. ...., „,,, s°l) I, On the 2d inst., at Rome, the Rev. Ile'' , ei sl 3 Lie ° M.A., Rector of Cant/ev,in Norfolk. ... „ e o, f it rig. .. On the '2d inst., at Hedgetleld, near inver' hi inr;sfo Colonel William Matkay, late of the 68th Ligh t Dient e On the Bth inst.. at Southwood, Ilighgs . piatofi' General Thomas L'Estrange, aged 90. „gr. 13 10 On the Bth inst., Elizabeth, the wife 0 ' &c oon" , Lien' ,i chymist, Haymarket. On the 10th inst., at Budleighton Sattert °l3 ' of 0: Colonel Charles Bayly. t elde st dg"f On the 12th inst., at Bortsea, Bridge-, d the the late Sir Charles Forster Goring, Bart. ter, ssql ' On the 12th MA., at Dover, Godfrey l'Al tievto/(14 place, aged 60. ,_,,,, gen sri ison• c 4 On the 12th inst., at New Chapel -pm' „g g Maria, relict of the late Major Rudd, a shee s r'll t . — Jotq e ' 6 :, On the 13th inst., at Hamilton-terrniet.vii ServAlora Elizabeth, relict of Robert Grant, B en gal 0 ! in .. o ri, , On the 13th inst., Rosa, the daughter I‘ f g /l iii Roos, of Elder-street, Spital-squal e, aged 170Ackne,i'd, 01 On the 14th inst., in St. Thomas's the wife of the Rev. J. L. Farrer , Vi car ° Laxtield, Suffolk. -square i crattie No. _ yet , Printed Strand, P rin ub te ii r s . ho a d t o t t e s et::: Lpuclon- p • --- MVO iif 112, curi o Strand, in the Preciact of the sav TJje 0y... g • Mitidluer, Wednesday, Etch 19, 1144'0 THE CONVICT TAWELL. As yet no kind of confession is known to have been made by John Tawell, who was found guilty of the murder of Sarah Hart. On Saturday the culprit became exceedingly indisposed. Whether despair for a time had seized him, or his prolonged state of uncertainty and s.ibsequent trial had overcome his natural coolness—whether his mind or body was exhausted, the one overtaken by remorse, or the other by sudden ill ness—it is difficult to say. He soon rallied, and upon re covering himself requested to have an interview with the chaplain, the Rev. Mr. Cox. That gentleman was immedi ately in attendance, and remained for a considerable time with the prisoner. Nothing is known of what transpired upon that occasion. On Sunday he seemed to have improved in health and mind, maintaining his accustomed air of tranquillity or in difference. He did not attend Divine service in the chapel, but much of his time is said to have been passed in mental prayer—the devotion peculiar to the society to which he once belonged. It is reported that the unhappy man's in terview with the chaplain is likely to lead him to a state of mind which will prepare him for the awful doom that is fixed for him, and earnest hopes of his confession are entertained from this apparent change in his bearing. There are various reports as to the day fixed for his exe cution. Tuesday, the 25th inst., will, in all probability, be the day, although by some people the 4th of April is men tioned. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) The executiLM of John Tawell, for the murder o, Sarah Hart, is expected to take place in front of the County.hall, at Aylesbury, on the morning of Tuesday, the 25th instant. The whole of the property possessed by the prisoner was assigned over to trustees, for the benefit of his wife, for some time previous to the trial ; but, we understand, without any provision having been made for the two children (a boy and a girl), borne him by the murdered woman, and who are now of the ages of four and five years. The expenses of the prosecution amounted to nearly 4001. The number of witnesses sum moned to attend on the part of the Crown were thirty three ; the whole of whom had to travel between thirty and forty miles (and many a much greater distance), and to be kept at Aylesbury for four days, from Tuesday morning, when they went before the grand jury, until the conclusion of the trial on Friday. It will be remembered that the parochial authorities of Farnham (the parish in which the murder was com mitted), were bound over by the coroner, at the conclu sion of the inquest, at Salt-hill, to prosecute. As a great portion of the expenses (the whole of which were strictly necessary and legal) which have been incurred in bring ing the delinquent to trial and punishment will not be allowed to be paid by the county, a question is expected to arise whether the difference will have to be paid by the parish or from out of the pockets of the parties who were bound over to prosecute. If the difference to which we allude were to be paid out of the money raised for the relief of the poor of the parish of Farnham, it is stated by a high legal authority tqat the Poor-law Commis sioners would not be legally justified in suffering such an item to be passed in their accounts. The expenses incurred by the prisoner for his defence, including his outlay from the period of his apprehension, on the 2d of January, are stated to amount to upwards of 700 L Two female members of the Society of Friends, of highly respectable co nnex i ons , arr i ve d a t Aylesbury, from Devonshire, on Friday evening. The culprit having been locked up in his cell before they reached the prison, they called upon him early next morning, and had a lengthened interview with him in the con demned cell. The Quakeresses are expected to remain for some days at Aylesbury, it having been stated that the object of their long journey is to afford the prisoner spiritual consolation during the now brief period of his sojourn in this world. The miserable culprit (who has two men constantly watching him by night and day) maintains the same taciturnity which he evinced from the first moment of his apprehension. His appetite has greatly failed him since Friday. He is now, however, restricted to the prison allowance—a species of diet not of that character to which he had been accustomed up to the period of his conviction, he having, previously to Friday, been sup. plied with his meals from a neighbouring hotel. He is now attired in the prison dress. In deference to the wishes of the members of the So ciety of Friends, he will not be executed in the garb of a Quaker. The repeal of the coal duty came into operation on Wednesday last. The good effect of this measure has, we understand, already been felt, both by the shipowners and those engaged in the coal trade. Freights to foreign ports are both better and more plentiful at all the neighbouring ihippiug hartrox&-i-Purhatn Chronicle. ~~~ ~~~ ItoyAL Of p Tid RU MIETO ft... ‘ril,l3l4lltops of par s at ' 1;1 "cectriber 'TO* Anditor Diree i t ' c tyPgooutbY rotat Pak r e - cleetor k. candidatei o aBnif3' bid ' 7, f ourteen days 14tra• 14 N . Th,l4. vt 4,41* )4:!*i• • (14