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ettrlY Vattion SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.; (Sittings in Banco.) CARPUE V. THE LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY COMPANY. -.7 lIDGMENT. This was an action to recover compensation from de fendants for the injuries plaintiff had received, in conse • quence of the terrific accident which happened to the down train from London to Brighton, near Mertsham tunnel. The jury found for plaintiff, and a rule nisi had been obtained for an arrest of judgment and a new trial, on the ground that defendants had not received the no tice of action required by the Act of Parliament incor porating the Railway Company. Lord DENMAN this morning gave judgment. The Court was of opinion that the defendants had been sued, not as proprietors of the railroad, but in their capacity of common carriers; that therefore notice of action was not necessary, and consequentl that the plaintiff was entitled to retain his verdict .— Rule discharged. EXCHEQUER—(THIS DAY). (Sittings at Nisi Prius before Lord ABINGER and a Common Jury.) 'ROBINSON U. MASON. This was an action to recover compensation in da mages by reason of a trespass and illegal distraint, alleged to have been committed by the defendant. The plaintiff (Mrs. Robinson) occupied a room in the house of the defendant, in which there was property valued at 1201. Some differences arose between the plaintiff and her landlord, which ended in an examina tion at a police-office. On the return of the plaintiff from which with her daughter (to whom it was alleged that a portion, if not the whole of the property be longed), she was refused admission. The plaintiff alleged that the room was engaged on a quarterly tenantry, and that at the time of the trespass their oc cupancy had not terminated. The defendant, however, contended that the room was engaged at a weekly rent, and that the seizure was legal. Lord ABINCIER summed up the evidence, and the jury returned a verdict for the defendant. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.—The case of the deposed and incarce rated Ameers of Sinde was last evening brought under the notice of Parliament by Lord Ashley. The Noble Lord confined himself to a narrative of the facts and circumstances of his more than questionable stroke of State policy; for which no defence has been set up, except the hackneyed plea by which similar in fractions upon the rights of the defence less, by those who have the power of inflicting wrong, have been justified. Unadorned by eloquence, which, indeed, the subject needed not—alike free from the brilliant flashes of genius and the thunder-bolts of declamation, both which would have found a fit place in a speech on such a subject—Lord Ashley con tented himself with a lucid exposition of facts, sup ported by the papers which had been laid upon the table of the House ; and left the subject to find its way to the hearts and consciences of his auditors. The end Lord Ashley sought to attain, perhaps to the full extent he anticipated, was secured. The utter absence of proof that the unfortunate Ameers of Sinde had been guilty, or even contemplated the commission of the acts - by which the policy pursued by the Go vernor-General toward them was sought to be jus tified, was forcibly dwelt upon by the Noble Lord, and made a powerful impression on the House. had the strictures applied to Lord Ellenborourgh been employed by a Member of the Opposition, they would have been attributed to the virulence of party ; and thus their effect upon public opinion would have been diminished, if not altogether destroyed. Coming from a supporter of Ministers, they acquire a cha racter for impartiality which they would not have obtained had they proceeded from the opposite side of the House. They are not merely justified by facts; but these facts prevail with double sway," when made the basis of that severe condemnation which Lord Ashley pronounced upon the conduct of the Go vernor-General toward these unfortunate Princes. The effective and much-required aid afforded to our army in 1841, by the Ameers whom Lord Ellenborough has deposed and imprisoned, and whose dominions he has seized upon and annexed to the British territory, was alluded to by Lord Ashley, for the purpose of exhibiting the baseness of ingratitude by which the Governor-General had heightened the terpitude of injustice : " Let them (said Lord Ashley) recollect what they (the Ameers) had done for them. Let them call to mind their danger—their dismay—their terrible reverses in Caubul. Let them remember the trembling and nervous anxiety which existed at that time in this country, and the imminent danger of their empire in India ; and let them remember also the ready aid of the Ameers and their friendly and ready co-operation. During all the year 1841 supplies were required in abundance for our armies ; those supplies were liberally bestowed. Detachments of our army marched through their country without control or objection, demanding and receiving everywhere every possible assistance." How have we rewarded these Ameers, who facilitated the march, and sustained, by supplies of food, our troops when in circumstances of peril and privation ? Without adequate provocation, if assumption be taken as proofs—without any proved provocation , for no proof of provocation has been supplied—we have stripped these unfortunate Princes alike of their private possessions and public power ; and left them to mourn apart, in the solitude of distant prisons, over their own lost freedom, and severe and complicated sufferings ! The close of Lord Ashley's speech is not more beautiful in its simplicity than it is fraught with matters for serious reflection, and motives to practical application by those who wield the destinies of our Anglo-Indian pos sessions :- 1 i" The generosity of mighty power was safe, and cheap, and honourable. Many men have been led to believe that the reward of a Christian empire in the East would be universal dominion. Whether by such means as these Great Britain would accomplish the empire of the East, would remain to be seen. He did not think we had made a very auspicious beginning. Let them, however, not lose what they had obtained, by injustice. Let them wipe out the awful imputation cast on them by the Ameer Moobaruck Khan, You tyrants—you Christians ' lieu pietas! heu prisca fide!' ' Now, we perceive there is no hope or justice for us, un til God Almighty shall sit in the last great judgment.'" Mr. Roebuck undertook the defence of Lord Ellen borough; but did so by a most questionable line of ar gument. His Lordship, as Governor-General of India, had not acted in the case of Sinde worse than his pre decessors in that Government! All who had gone before him were inferior to him in mind, and exceeded him in carrying cut an aggrandizing policy. For this purpose the Member for Bath referred to the conduct of successive Governor-Generals for more than half a century ; but reserved his peculiar powers for the administration of Lord Auckland, upon whose ex pedition against Affghanistan he poured the vials of his concentrated evsence of wormwood and gall with his more than ordinary illiberality. 'Without re spect to the marked difference which exists bei tween the two cases, both with reference to their origin and design, the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath persisted in withdrawing the attention of the House from the question before it, for the purpose of gratifying a taste, of which he seemed to be alone in the indulgence. He concluded a rambling, vitupe rative speech, with a string of resolutions for which, as no seconder could be found, the Honourable and Learned Gentleman has the sole merit. Sir J. Hothouse's refutation of Mr. Roebuck's uncalled fur and unsustained attack on Lord Auckland, was complete. Under any other circumstances the castigation it administered would have been deemed severe; but the House seemed to feel that it was de served. Sir Robert Peel admitted the spirit and talent which Lord Ashley had evinced in bringing the question before the House. The Right Hon. Baronet did not venture to justify all that had been done; but dwelt upon the extreme in convenience and embarrassment that would result from a vote of the House of Commons, ,which would compel the Governor-General to line st;te at once the Ameers of Sinde, and restore them t o power. He deprecated the effects which such a courae might have on other native Powers ; and un dertook that, if left in the hands of the Government, every consideration should be given to the situation of the Ameers, with a view to the amelioration of' their condition. Lord John Russell's speech, though short, merits regard, not merely for the sentiments it expressed, but also for the generous spi r it in which it was conceived. His Lordship abstained from embarrassing the Govern • ment by voting for Lord Ashley's motion—and thus showed himself s u p er i or to the narrow and illiberal spirit which actuated his opponents when a similar question arose respecting o a n n expedition ; but refused to admit that the annexation of Sinde could be justified by the plea set up, that its former rulers were despotic, and that liberty and ci v ilisation would be improved by the inhabitants being brought under British supremacy. STANDARD.—The debate on Lord Ashley's mo tion last night was highly interesting, but it is totally impossible to abstract it in any form in w hi c h the interest must not evaporate. The splendid speech of the Noble Lord was worthy of his most humane and generous motive, and both were worthy of his cha racter ; but to say this is not to say that the motion ought to have been agreed to. In the unhappily mixed condition of human affairs, though the highest degree of virtue ought always to be the ultimate object of our pursuit, and though we are bound to venerate those who inculcate it by their doctrine, and illustrate it by their example, the advance cannot always be made rapidly and with out interruption. It is, undoubtedly, our duty to make all men happy; but whether we pursue this object upon a small or a great scale, if we pur sue it irrespectively of circumstances, we run a very great risk of ending by making many miserable. km the matter before us, it iS impossible to doubt that the liberation of the deposed and imprisoned Ameers of Sinde—the purpose of Lord Ashley's motion—whatever the justice and humanity of the motive for the act, would result in years of war and desolation, and rivers of blood. The ques tion is not whether these princes have been justly dethroned and imprisoned—a matter to be other wise decided—but a matter in which we do not disguise an opinion, that no more than justice has been done—but whether they are to be let loose to kindle a new war, for the affliction of mankind. `We rarely venture to differ from Lord Ashley, but on this point we cannot agree with him, probably because we cannot reach his elevation of sentiment Mr. Roebuck's speech is as characteristic of the speaker as Lord Ashley's ; this is saying enough of it. The Member for Bath abundantly villified all of whom he spoke, reserving as usual his most bitter reproaches for the people of Englind. We know not to what country or race Mr. Roebuck belongs, but we suppose that he is not an Englishman. The speech of the Premier, however, disposed of the whole question, by showing the impossibility that the Parliament could, without risking the most fatal consequences, undertake to prescribe in the details of a Government administered at a distance of five or six thousand miles—or adopting the Dutch mode of measuring distance, by time—at a distance of three or four months. There is one passage of the. Right Hon. Baronet's speech which ought to be care fully remembered as often as our Indian policy comes under consideration—it explains a principle which some of our readers may remember to• have been more than once advanced in the Standard:— " Sir, it is very difficult to act upon abstract principles, which are applicable to civilised states, when we have to deal with barbarous states. In such circumstances abstract principles cannot be enforced. I think it would not be pos sible for us to rigidly adopt such principles with respect to the States in India as we should be governed by were we dealing with the States of Europe. Take the case of Affghanistan for instance, assuming that it was believed that some unfavourable design were entertained against our Indian possessions by Persia or Russia, and that Sinde was to become a party in that design. Would it be possible for the Go • vernor-General of India to do his duty to his country if he did not take such steps as were in his power to thwart such a 'proceeding, when, by taking possession of Sinde, or subsidising the troops of that country, of the taking of such steps as should prevent the carrying into effect a scheme like that to which I hare alluded ? If we look at civilised nations when they come into contact with barbarous ones, we find it impossible, from some cause or other, inherent to bar barous states, to carry out those principles which govern civilised nations." The reason of the difference is obvious—law, like like language, to be understood and observed, must be ex institute, and it would be as absurd to attempt dealing with men according to laws of which they know nothing, as to attempt communicating with them in a language that they never heard before. There is, indeed, the moral law, which is common to our unsophisticated nature ; but if human nature is unsophisticated anywhere, which we doubt, it certainly is not so among the princes of India, with whom cruelty and injustice are in daily practice, successful falsehood and treachery occasions of pride. " A stirring life they lead who have such neighbours near." In dealing with them, treachery may not be retaliated for treachery ; but all those rights which are allowed among civilised nations, as resting upon the hypo thesis that they will not be perfidiously abused, may be lawfully withheld from those who will, we know, abuse them to our injury upon the first convenient opportunity. According to the proverb, " cords must bind those whom honour cannot." Hence it happens that a moral and civilised nation, placed upon the confines of immoral and uncivilised nations, must, in its own defence, subdue its neighbours if they do not enlighten and reform themselves by its example. Hence it is that Butler, in a passage referred to last night by Lord Ashley, includes lawful conquest among the means by which a purely Christian Go vernment could ensure universal dominion. The wise and pious writer saw that in the perverse nature of man were the seeds of occasion when conquest might be lawful. Such oc casion surely arises when a nation is thrown, by any cause, into contact with another which owns no law, and has no respect for truth or justice. It may be well for the rigid moralist in politics to avoid the difficulty or such proximity to evil ; but we doubt whether the enlightenment and civilisation of the world would gain by such prudent reserve, and it is certain that we li can neither withdraw from India, nor maintain our position there, by a strict observance of the code of pub lic law recognised in Europe. Such a strict observance; indeed, would compel us to a more frequent, and a more fierce, course of aggression than any British Governor has ever pursued in the East, and so little would the native princes gain by it that they would soon have reason to say—summum jus summa injuria. The truth islithat in Indian government, and in all distant governments, where the neigh bouring states are uncivilised, the Governor must act upon his own discretion, according to circumstances, with little regard to any fixed rules, and the attempt to fetter him by any, cannot be otherwise than mischievous. The House of Commons last night was of that opinion, for it re jected the motion for the liberation of the Ameers by a majority of 202 to 63. COURSE OF EXCHA. Amsterdam CF. 12 6 Ditto, at sight Rotterdam .........2 U l2 6i Antwerp -25 90 Harnburgh M. B. 13 15 Altona Paris, 3 days' sigkt ... 25 65 Ditto, 3 months 25 85 Marseilles Bourdeaux 25 90 Frankfort on Maine 122 I..VGE.—' THIS DAY.) Gibraltar Leghorn .... 3O 75 Genoa 25 95 Milan Venice Naples 3? 'Palermo, per oz 1181 i I isbon Oporto fr3 I Rio Janeiro 23 Bahia 'Buenos Ayres New York, 21 days sight Philadelphia PRICK OF BULLION, PER OZ. 'Foreign Gold, bars X 3 l 7 9 Portugal Gold Coin.. 3 17 5 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars. 0 4 94 Silver in Bars... 0 4 11 Petersburgh, 3 Us.: 36i Berlin 7 Vienna, effec. fl. 3M. 955 Trieste, late ... 9 56 Madrid Cadiz 36 i Bilbao ...36 Barcelona Seville . ...... - IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'Clock, but as there were only 35 Members present the House adjourned until to-morrow. HOUSE OF LORDS. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool sack at Five o'Clock. The School Teachers' (Ireland) Bill went through Committee, and was ordered to be read a third time on Monday next. AFFAIRS OF SPAIN. Lord CLARENDON stated that in consequence of the illness of the Noble Lord, the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, he should postpone his question on the state of affairs in Spain until Monday next. ACTIONS FOR PENALTIES ON GAMING DISCONTINT_TANCE BILL. On the motion of Lord BROUGHAM several verbal amendments were made in this Bill, which was then read a third time and passed. PRIVY COUNCIL APPEALS. On the motion of Lord BROUGHAM, a return of the number of appeals heard, and remaining to be heard before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, was ordered. Lord BROUGHAM said he had no objection to embody his opinion as to the constitution of the Com mittee in the form of a Bill ; if it passed the Houses of Parliament, well ; if not, he should be free from blame. A Bill was introduced on the subject in 1834. Lord CAMPBELL could not help expressing some surprise that the Noble and Learned Lord should wish to change the constitution. of the Judicial Com mittee. The Noble Lord had intimated on former occasions that this Judicial Com mittee had worked so well without a head, in consequence of his (Lord Brougham) having himself acted as head of that body. No one felt more strongly than he did the obligation they were under to the Noble and Learned Lord ; but, at the same time, he must beg leave to remind the Noble and Learned Lord, that though they did very well with him, they also managed to get on tolerably well without him.—(Hear, and laughter.) The Noble Lord complained of the answer to the return of ar rears being nil; but one reason why there were no arrears was, that while the Noble Lord was at his chateau of Cannes, enjoying that delight ful abode, the Committee was sitting day after day in Downing-street, disposing of the arrears before it. He admitted the Noble and Learned Lord showed great liveliness over everything, but still if they were t o be deprived of his services, considering who the members of the Committee were, and the accession they had lately had in the person of Mr. Pemberton Leigh, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, he thought they should be able satisfactorily to dispose of the cases before them, and that the return would still be nil. Lord BROUGH AM said the objection of the Noble Lord was premature. He did not know any thing of the plan of the Bill • it of the Go was not anything ' like the Bill Government off 1 834 He could not say that the N o bl e and Learned L * ord shed much light on their discussions. But t • 1 he (Lord Brougham) h a d a very gr. er eat scruple o conscience—he should say, delica c y, i n callin: o upon his Noble and Learned } riend to come from time to time and give his hours and his labour, both in Court and at home, when he was a perfectly gratuitous ser vant of the public. He felt that very strongly. Since the Committee had been deprived of the ser vices of the common law judges, by reason of the Winter Circuits, and in consequence of the increase of banco business, the only person upon whose at tendance they could rely was Mr. Pemberton Leigh, towards whose attendance he had the same ob jection, as he had neither pension nor salary. With the exception of that gentleman and Dr. Lushington, they had no one else. Having said so much, he pledged himself, in a short time, to lay his plan before the House, in the form of a Bill, which he would submit to his Noble and Learned Friend, to Dr. Lushington, and to the other Members of the Committee, in order to put it in the best shape possible, previous to its coming before their Lordships. The conversation here dropped. IRELAND. The LORD CHANCELLOR inquired of the Noble Marquis (Normanby) whether he intended proceeding with his motion respecting Ireland on Tuesday next. He thought it would be better to postpone it, because the result of the trials would hardly then be known. The Marquis of NORMANBY did not see what the result of the trials had to do with the matter. He had always understood that the ground of their silence was, lest anything said in Parliament should go to the jury. He thought it pretty certain that the jury would be shut up by that time, and he could not think that the decision of the jury would influ ence the debates in Parliament. Lord BROUGHAM thought differently from the Noble Lord on the subject; it would be of import ance that the result should be known, otherwise they would be discussing the subject in ignor ance. For his own part he would be speaking quite in the dark without knowing the results. It was impossible to say what the law of the case might be until they learned what the opinion of the Judges of the Court of Queen's Bench were ; and he thought it was very expedient that their Lordships should not go into a discussion on the subject until the opinions of the Judges were known. Lord CAMPBELL had certainly acquiesced in the propriety of postponing all discussion on the sub ject of the present state of Ireland so long as it was possible that the discussion should affect the result of those trials. But their Lordships should recollect that beforg the motion of his Noble Friend could come on, the jury would be shut up without food or fire, and precluded from communication with any person whatsoever, so that it would be impossible that even the echo of what was said in the House of Lords could reach them. The LORD CHANCELLOR wished to ask his Noble Friend what the terms of his motion would be? The Marquis of NORMANBY was not prepared to state the precise terms in which his motion would be worded, but its general purport would be that the House should inquire into the cause of discontent in Ireland. He did not feel that he should he justified in postponing his motion on the grounds suggested, especially as the same subject would be discussed on Monday night in the other House of Parliament, and he did 'not think that their Lordships should allow themselves to appear more indifferent than others to its importance. LAW OF SEDITIOUS LIBEL. Lord CAMPBELL said he had a Bill to lay upon the table, the object of which he should briefly ex plain. It was to enact that where a prosecution was instituted for seditious libel, and falsehood was charged in the indictment, then it should be lawful for the de - fendant to give evidence of the truth of the allegedl ibel. There was a Bill brought in last session, in which their Lordships' attention was confined to libel upon individuals or private defamation. But any libel from which a public wrong was likely to result required a different enactment. He had thought it more expe dient to abstain during the last session of Parliament to introduce any Bill with reference to public prose cutions. Their Lordships had during that session agreed to a Bill on the subject of libel, which, in his humble judgment, very materially improved the laws of this country. Some of its provisions did not meet with the approbation of the other House of Parlia ment. He did not agree with the views taken of that measure there, but he did not at all propose during the present session of Parliament to revive the discussion between the Houses on this subject. The time might come when those provisions would be the law of the land. He could not help thinking that it would yet be consi dered that it was not right that in this country a man might, in the most public place, be denounced as a liar, a scoundrel, and a coward, without having any opportunity of appealing to the law either criminally or civilly ; or that a female might have her reputa tion tarnished by the most opprobrious appellations without any redress. But for the present he would be content to leave the law under its present objec tions in that respect. The present Bill, which he submitted I ,to their Lordships, was respecting what ought to be done when there was a prosecution for public libel. As the law now stood, the truth of a libel could not be inquired into. Suppose that a libel asserted that the Govern ment of the country had sent out troops on an ex pedition in an unworthy ship, whereby they were in great danger of going down. That might or might not be a libel, whether true or false. It was only where the guilt or innocence of the party accused might materially depend upon the statement made in the libel. There had been libels with respect to military flogging, stating that great cruelty had been perpetrated by the sentences of Courts-martial. The guilt or innocence of the party in this case would depend upon whether the statement was founded in fact or not. Now he proposed that, at the time of the trial, the defendant should be permitted to give evidence of the facts which he asserted ; and, of course, that evidence should also be allowed to be given on the part of the Crown, to show that his statement was false. It would then be for the jury, taking the whole matter into consideration to return their verdict. He would not necessarily be acquitted, although it should turn out that what he had stated was true, nor would he necessarily be convicted although it should turn out that it was false. He might have fallen into an error without any malicious or seditious motive ; the jury being of opinion that he was actuated by a desire to confer a benefit on the public. In this case, he did not propose to follow the plan which the Legislature had adopted with regard to indictments for a private libel, because there was to be a justification put upon the record, and an issue expressly drawn upon the truth or false hood of the statements. With regard to a public libel, it was impossible to take a distint issue upon the truth or falsehood. They must, therefore, allow all the circumstances of the case to be laid be fore the jury, who would say whether there was any bad intention or any tendency in the libel to produce public mischief. He proposed that the Bill, after being read a seonnd time, should he referred to a Select Committee ; and that it should undergo the considera tion of his Noble and Learned Friend on the Wool sack, the Noble and Learned Lord beside him (Lord Brougham), the Judges generally, and such Mem bers of the House as it might be desireable to consult on the subject. Lord BROUGHAM entirely approved of the course proposed to be taken by his Noble and Learned Friend. The LORD CHANCELLOR said the Bill had better be referred to the Committee of last session. The Bill was then read a first time. Their Lordships then adjourned. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) DOWNING-STREET, Frs. 9, 1844. The Queen has been pleased to appoint J. F. Davis, Esq., to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the colony of Hong-Kong. The Queen has also been pleased to appoint John Walter Hulme, Esq., to be Chief-Justice of Hong-Kong. The Queen has also been pleased to appoint the Hon. Fre derick Wm. Adolphus Bruce to be Secretary to the Govern ment of Hong- Kong. The Queen has also been pleased to appoint Brevet Major Wm. Cain to be Police Magistrate, Sheriff, and Provost Mar shal for Hong-Kong. The Queen has also been pleased to appoint Robert Dundas Cay, Esq., Writer to the Signet, to be Registrar of the Su preme Court of Hong Kong. . The Queen has also been pleased to appoint Alexander Gor don, Esq., to be Surveyor-General of Hong Kong, The Queen has further been pleased to appoint William Pedder, Esq., Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, to be Harbour- Master of Hong-Kong. DUCHY OF LANCASTER, FEB. 7. The Queen has been this day pleased to appoint John Fow den Hindle, of Woodfold-park, Esq., to be Sheriff of the county palatine of Lancaster for the year ensuing. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Somersetshire. North Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry.—Cornet H. St. J. Made to be Lieutenant, vice Bruce, resigned ; W. H. M. Colston, Gent. to be Cornet, vice Miles, promoted; J. E. Geils, Gent. to be Cornet, vice Ness, resigned, Feb. 3. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire. Newark Troop of Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry Cavalry.— John Henry Manners Sutton, Esq., to be captain, vice Thomas Spaagging Godfrey, resigned, Feb. 3. WHITEHALL, Jaw. 20. The Lord Chancellor has appointed James Clifford Newbold, of Masloek, in the county of Derby, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, FEB. 5. The Lord Chancellor has appi)inted Andrew Meggy, of Chelmsford, in the county of Essex, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. Hilary Term.-7th Victoria. Friday, Feb. 9. This Court will, on Saturday, the 17th day of February in stant, hold Sittings, and will proceed to give Judgments in Cases pending in the Special Paper and in the New Trial Pa per. By the Court. Read in open Court, this 9th February, 1844, Saml. Dare. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. OWEN inisiNE THOMAS, silk warehouseman, Milk street, Cheapside. JUKES COULSON and HARRY PHIPPS, shipping ironmongers, Clement's-lane, Lombard-street. BANKRUPTS. EDWARD MINISTER, tailor, Argyll-place, Regent street, to surrender Feb. lb and March 19, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane; Hodgson axed Burton, Salisbury-street, Strand. FREDERICK JAMES SCOTT, apothecary, St. Alban's, Feb. 23, at eleven, and March 22, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee ; Clark and Davidson, Essex-street, Strand. JOSEPH HETHERINGTON, HENRY DOCKER, and CUTHBERT JOHNSON, lamp-dealers, Quadrant, Regent-street, Feb. 23 and March 21, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry chambers ; Clark and Davidson, Essex-street, Strand. CHRISTOPHER TEESDALE and RICHARD TOUL SON, furnishing warehouseman, Westminster-bridge-road, Feb. 20 and March 26, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury; Sole and Sole, Alder manbury. _ SAMUEL WALKER LEONARD, butcher, Frances street, Golden-square, Feb. 24, at one, and March 22, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, offi:ial assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street ; Pain and Hatherly, Great Marlborough-street. WILLIAM LEWIS, builder, Bristol, Feb. 23, at half-past twelve, and March 22, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee; Gregory and Sons, Bristol. JOHN ALDRED, stationer, Nottingham, Feb. 21, at half past eleven, and March 18, at eleven, at the Birminghnm Dis trict Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Brad shaw, Nottingham; Motteram and Giddy Birmingham. NOTICES OF INSOLV ENCY. J. Blunt, Church-street, Newington, Surrey. T. Elphick, horse dealer, Sutton, Surrey. C. M'Craight, engraver, Percival -street, Clerkenwell. H. N. Ginder, jun., warehouseman, Compton-st., Ball's-pond. H. Hemming, coachman, Birmingham. W. Hemming, coachman, Birmingham. G. Terry, saddler, Maidstone, Kent. C. Brown, miller, South Shields, Durham. J. Young, innkeeper, Rotherham, Yorkshire. J. Ogborn, butcher, Felton, Gloucestershire. E. M. Parsons, baker, Great Portland -street, Cavendish-sq. S. Seabrook, police-officer, Rochford, Essex. M. Bennett, milliner, Albert-street, Pimlico. R. Bacon and R. Wayman, wire workers, Barbican. J. Roberts, butcher. Hartlepool, Durham. Shipley, Yorkshi r e. JRT. Newsome,Swale, Lord, L s i u n rg dwl e eo o yo n i , York. Yorkshire. comber,s h J. Hemsworth, farmer, Micklefield, Yorkshire. B. Sigrist, tin plate worker, Great St. Thomas Apostle, City. J. Bailey' farmer, Cullingworth, Yorkshire. H. G. Cramer, Regent-street, Lambeth. M. H. Russell, plu — rnber, Union -s treet,Borough. W. Plowright, publican, Pinchbech, Lincolnshire. G. Chidlow, licensed victualler, Wem, Shropshire. G. R. Grove, Oxford. R. Steward, licensed victualler, Wych-street, Drury-lane. J. C. Leppoc, man milliner, Baynes-row, Cold Bath-fields. W. Pass, Jun., colliery overlooker, Sheffield. T. Crane, brewer, Greek-street, Soho. H. Jones, landing-waiter, Robinson's-row, Kingsland-road. IV. H. Johnson, pork butcher, Parker's-row, Bermondsey. J. Simpson, tailor, Manchester. J. Wilson, parish overseer, Macclesfield, Cheshire. E. Pither, cattle-dealer, Webb's-lane, Hammersmith. J. Simmons, wheelwright, Hardingstone, Northamptonshire S. Tarry, shoemaker, Alaseby, Northamptonshire. J. Wheeler, soap-boiler, Bugbrook, Northamptonshire. C. Wood, bookbinder, Great Charlotte-street, Blackfriars-road, W. Copson, hatter, Grantham, Lincolnshire. M. Westphal, commission agent, Woodstock-st., Hanover-sq. H. Carman, draper, Holywell, Flintshire. W. Thomas, stone merchant, Cardiff. J. Tummond, tea dealer. York. J. Lilley, grocer, Birmingham. C. Higginsen, schoolmaster, Filkins, Oxfordshire. W. Dawson, saddler, Chesterfield. R. Pool, clothes dealer, Manchester. W. Brown, baker, Waterloo-road, Surrey. T. Rolfe, jun., journeyman wine-cooper, Great St. Helen's Bishopsgate. street. R. Williams, shoe manufacturer, New Brentford. J. Hargreaves, shoemaker, Blackburn, Lancashire. H. Rogers, parish clerk, Melverley, Shropshire. J. Pritchard, tailor, South-row, New-road, St. Pancras. W. Hinchliff, haberdasher, Chelsea. J. T. Morgan, butcher, Feckenham, Worcester. S. Bartram, licensed victualler, Whitechapel. SECOND NOTICES. M. A. Marshall, miliner, Newcastle-street, Strand, Feb. 14, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, Birchin-lane, Cornhill. _ _ G. Bogue, school-teacher, Chelsea, Feb. 14, at half-past twelve, at the Court of ;Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official as signee. F. F. Cooper; dramatic author, Walcet-place, East, Lambetb, Feb. 14. at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whit more, official assignee. G. Danvers, coal merchant, Beaumont-square, Stepney Feb. 14, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, offici a assignee. J. Sherratt, card case maker, Berkley-street, Lambeth, Feb. 14, at two, at the Court of ankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. Iw Gompertz, Upper Kennington-green, Feb. 14, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. W. Pedley, dealer in bottled beer, Claremont-place, Penton ville, Feb. 14, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. R. Pettit, bricklayer, St. Thomas-square, St. John's, Hack ney, Feb. 14, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. S. Akehurst, jun., cigar-dealer, Brighton, Feb. 14, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. J ohnson, official assignee. W. F. Waller, ship agent, Great Carter-lane, Doctors's commons, Feb. 14, at half-past one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. J. Mews, ju^., confectioner, Great St. Andrew-street, Seven Dials, Feb. 14, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. G. Callaway, grocer, Islington green, Feb. 15, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. J. Joseph, clerk, St. Peter's-hill, Paul's Wharf, City, Feb 15, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, officia assignee. T. Hoile, Sandwich, Kent, Feb. 15, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. E. Tucker, discount agent, Upper Stamford-street, Surrey, Feb. 14, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Al sager, official assignee. W. Moore, stage coachman, Bury St. Edmund's, Feb. 16, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee. H. Bernard, professor of phalacromiasy, Regent-street, St. James's, Feb. 16, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee. W. C. Newport, attorney's clerk, Little Mount-street, Wal worth, Feb. 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Fol lett, official assignee. W. Southon, grocer, Upper Seymour-street, St. Pancras, Feb. 16, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee. G. Dixon, bookseller, Margate, Kent, Feb. 16, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee. J. J. H. Lewis, omnibus proprietor, Brixton-hill, Surrey, Feb. 15, at two, at:the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. J. H. Crispin, clerk, Buttesland-street, Hoxton. Edwards, official assignee. A. H. Henn, tobacconist, Somerset-place, New-road, East. Edwards, official assignee. W. Swain, joiner, Manchester, Feb. 14, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee. G. Lea, brush maker, Syston, Leicestershire, Feb. 14, at one, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official as signee. M. Lea, Syston, Leicestershire, Feb. 14, at one, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee. M. Sides, Ruyton of the Eleven Towns, Shropshire, Feb. 13, at half-past twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, officiol assignee. W. Wildsmith, warehouse clerk, Wolverhampton, Feb. 13, at one, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee. J. Berkeley, farmer, Longdon, Worcestershire, Feb. 21, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee. J. Nicholas, iron-fitter, Dudley, Worcestershire, Feb. 13, at half-past one,at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy official assignee. , E. Webb, draper's assistant, Wolstanton, Staffordshire, Feb. 16, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee. J. Sandbach, book-keeper, Edge-hill, Lanehashire, Feb. 22, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, o ffi c i a l a ss i g nee. surgeon, Cw m A mman, C armarthens hi re, ast eleven, a t t h e Br i stol Distr i ct Court. Fe D b. . l ll 4 l ; a T t ho h m ai a f_ s p , Acraman, official assignee. S. mil es , grocer, Cadoxtone, Glamorganshire Feb. 13, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee. J. Petherick , bootmaker, Ragland, Monmouthshire, Feb. 14, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee. L. West, attorney, Bath, Feb. 16, at eleven, at the iiristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee. C. Bradshaw, brace manufacturer, Halifax, Feb. 12, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. F reeman , o ffi c i a l ass i gnee. W. Swain, joiner, Manchester, Feb. 14, at 12, at the Man chester District Court. Hobson, official assignee. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, fOr the week ending Feb. 6, 1844, is 355. 104 d. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London Nw Price current of Feb. 9.) SUGAR.—To-day all descriptions of British Plantation Sugar met with ready purchasers for Grocery and Refining purposes, and, owing to the short supply, buyers were com pelled to pay a further advance of Is, making the rise for the week 2s for brown strong grey and low yellow .sorts, and is per cwt for good and tine Grocery qualities; many of the brokers have not a board of Sugar on show. REFINED.—To-day higher rates were paid for Re fined Sugar, and the few parcels on show were readily dispoi ed of at advanced rates, brown saleable Lumps fetching 76., and Standard Lumps 77s per cwt. Contracts have been entered into for delivery. Bonded crushed Sugar is wanted, and cannot be purch'ased under 26s per cwt. MAURITIUS—This afternoon the trade purchased Mawritius Sugar readily, and 2,747 bags at public sale were sold .6d to Is above the prices of the last auction; fine yellow fel ched 68s, good 65s to 66s 6d, middling 6ls to 645, low 59s to 60s, middling to good grey 60 to 65s 6s. It was a good Refining and Grocery parcel. EAST INDlA.—There has been no sale of Foreign East India Sugar ; privately the purchases made have been trifling, still holders are not inclined to give way in price : the value of Java is 16s to 225, and Manilla 14s ed to 18s 7d per cwt.— To-day there was no public sale of Bengal Sugar; by private treaty some parcels were sold at high prices ; middling to good white fetched 65 to 68s, and fine 69s to 70; low brown is wanted, and is with difficulty to be had_ at Ms yer cwt. FOREIGN.—Holders of Yellow Havannah have refused to further give way in price. Prices of Foreign Sugar of all sorts rule moderate in comparison with those of previous years at this season. To-day there was no public sale; yellow Havannah in small parcels was sold privately at pre vious prices. A floating cargo of white Alaroim (Brazil) was disposed of at 23s per cwt, deliverable atTheest. MOLASSES.—For all descriptions of West India this week, prices have advanced 6d per cwt. Antigua, goodat 28s; De merara, fine 275, good 26s 6d, middling 25s 6d ; and St. Vin cent's 24s 6d to 25s per cwt. Bengal Syrup at 18s to 19s per cwt RlCE.—Bengal Rice at Ils for good middling white ; lOs 6d to lOs 9d for middling white. Madras common yellow 8s 6d ; 8s 6d to 9s per cwt for low dusty white. Java is firm in price. Patna at 13s to 16s, and in some cases at 17s per cwt. Carolina cleaned here at 26s for the best, and 21s to 24s per cwt for other descriptions. To-day yellow Madras Rice at 8s 6d to 9s, and common white Java at 9s 6d per cwt. COFFEE.—Of West India none has been submitted to pubic competition during the week ; the trade have been de sirous to purchase every clean description by private contract, and for the small parcels in the market holders were enabled to obtain stiff prices, but the quantity is far below the wants of the trade. In Foreign Coffee little has been done, and prices are with difficulty maintained: To-day Ceylon Coffee met with attention, and prices of ail sorts are on the ad vance ; sales made at 66s 6d to 67s per cwt for good ordinary ; there was no public sale of any kind. Cocoa.—British Plantation at full rates. Foreign in small parcels sold at 28s to 29s for Para, and 30s to 33s per cwt. fur Balnk4, THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 9, 1844. TEA.—The markot has an improving appearance for all descriptions of Tea : an extensive demand has sprung up by private contract for fine Congou, and prices have advanced id to Id per lb ; the large quantity of 2,600 chests have been sold at 2s 4d per lb ; the lower kinds have been in good re quest, and have commanded stiffer rates. To-day previous prices were paid for some parcels of black and green Tea. SAGO.—Prices have advanced 3s to 4s for middling to fine, and is to 2s per cwt for inferior sorts ; fine small white pearl 25s to 25s 6d, good middling greyish 20s to 20s 6d, middling 18s to 18s Gd, middling brown 17s 6d ; privately 13s to 14s paid for large parcels of common. Sago Flour is 18s to 19s per cwt. 1 aptoca at 3d to 7d per lb. This afternoon Ta pioca sold at 3d to 4d ; Mandingo Flour lid per lb. Rum, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—Business in the West Inda Rum market has been restricted this week by the scanty supply. Jamaica at 2s 8d for middling quality, 29 to 31 per cent over-proof; proof Leeward at is 10d to is I Id, and fine strong Demerara 2s lld to 3s per gallon. Calcutta Rum at Is 7d per gallon proof with certificate. For Brandy prices are still looking up ; Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1838 has been selling—hhds at 5s 10d, puns 5s 8d ; ditto, 1839, hhds 5s 7d, puns 5s sd; ditto, 1840, hhds 5s sd, puns 5s 3d; ditto, 1841, hhds 5s 3d, puns 5s ld ; ditto, 1842, hhds 5s 2d, puns ss, and low to mid qualities 3s to 4s Gd per gallon ; some parties are asking Id per gallon above these rates. Geneva at is 9d to is 10d, for fine pale 2s 4d to 3s per gallon. English Corn Spirits at lOs to lOs 2d. INDIGO.—For East India the prices paid have been from last sale to 2d per lb advance. Spanish has been sought after, and stiffer rates paid. On-s.—Olive Oil at firm prices ; Gallipoli fetching 461 to 46/ lOs; Spanish 42/ lOs to 431; and Barbary, 42/ per tun. Linseed Oil, 26s 9d paid for large, and 27s per cwt for small parcels on the spot. Rape at previous terms.—Palm 28s to 29s for fine quality ; Cod Oil, 33/ per tun ; 35l lOs is the value of pale Seal. Southern Oil 32/ to 361 lOs for low to fine. Sperm Oil at last week's rates. Cocoa Nut Oil, Ceylon, middling fetched 28s to 295, good 29s 6d to 30s 6d, fine 31s to 31s 6d per cwt. This afternoon Palm Oil sold at 24s to 275, and very low 21s 6d; Sperm Oil at 67/ to 68/ lOs per tun for British being lower; Southern Oil 331 5s to 361; Seal went at 32/ lOs to 32/ 15s for straw and 30/ to 30/ 15s . for brown ; Cod Blubber and Dregs 25/ lOs to 26/ 5s per tun. TALLow.—Petersburg yellow candle of first quality at 4-0 s 9d to 41s per cwt. For delivery 41s 6d to 42s for the last three months of the year. Town Tallow 42s to 42s Gd per cwt, net cash. This afternoon, second sort St. Peters burg Yellow Candle sold at 39s to 40s 6d; New York Tallow 39s to 40s Gd; East India 39s 9d to 41s 9d; Sydney 33s 9d to 40s 9d; Beef Tallow 40s to 40s 9d; South American 34s 6d to 40s ; North American 35s 6d to 40s 3d ; American Lard 33s 9d to 37s 3d per cwt. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Feb. 8. (Nisi Prius Sittings before Baron GURNEY and a Special Jury.) THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. FONG. The trial of this cause, of which the opening was stated in our report yesterday, was resumed at the sitting of the Court this morning. Several witnesses were examined to discredit the testimony of the approvers Ritchie and Bird, produced on behalf of the Crown ; and other witnesses were examined, who explained or contradicted many facts of a suspicious nature, tending to criminate the de fendant. It appeared that twenty of the missing bales of tobacco were taken from the wharf by Scrivener, and it was also proved that if the cart and van separated at Stepney Church, as deposed to by the Crown witnesses, they arrived together, or nearly at the same hour, at the Thames Police-office, where the defendant de livered the 80 bales he had seized. • Mr. THEBIGER addressed the jary in reply, on behalf of the :rows, enforcing on them the necessity of making an example of the defendant, if they believed him guilty, as, being a police fficer, it was peculiarly his duty_ to protect the revenue against fraud. Baron GURNEY read over the evidence, which occupied a consi. derable time, and the jury retired at half-past three o'clock and remained in deliberation for some hours, but ultimately returned a verdict for the defendant. THE ATTORNEY-OENEHAL V. JOHN WOOD. In this case, which was an information filed by the Attorney. General for the recovery of certain penalties alleged to have been incurred by the defendant by means of his having unlawfully un shipped divers quantities of cigars without the payment of the duty, _ . Mr. THELIGER said the Crown had consented to take a verdict on the first count for the penalty of 2,1841. Verdict entered accordingly. THE /11.VORNEY-GENERAL V. H. ueanivEit. In this case, which was similar to the preceding one. Mr. THESIGEIL said that the Crown, by consent, would take a verdict on the same count, and for the like sum of 2,184/. The verdict was then entered, as in the former case. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. EDWIN WOOD, The defendant in this case was understood to be the brother of John Wood, and in partnership with that individual and Henry Gardner. Mr. THESIOER here too intimated that the Crown had consented to take a verdict on the first count for the penalty of 2,184/. Verdict for that amount entered accordingly. THE ATTORNEY-GENISRAL V. SKINNER. The defendant in this case, it will be remembered, was the foreman at Westbrook's Wharf, at which the tobacco was landed in Scrivener and Fogg's cases. A verdict was taken by the Crown, by consent, for the single pe. nalty of 2001. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL 10. PETTIT. This defendant was the carman of the same wharf, and, toge ther with Skinner, had concealed the 20 bales of tobacco which the lightermen Reekia and Bird had kept back as security for their payment. A verdict in this case was also taken by consent for the penalty of 200/. CENTRAL CRI VIINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before Mr, Justice COLURIDGE and Mr. Justice Causswittt.) John Davis, alias John Bligh, 22, and Henry Robinson, 40 were indicted for a burglary in the dwelling-house of Edwin Leaf, in the city of London, and stealing a quantity of ribbon, and some bandanna handkerchiefs, value 50/., his pro perty, and George Hirt, 47, was charged with feloniously receiving a portion of the property, knowing it to have been stolen. Mr. Clarkson conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Wilkins defended Hirt. The other prisoners had no counsel. Several witnesses were called in support of the charge against the prisoners, but it will be unnecessary to give their evidence in detail. The premises of the prosecutor, in Cheap side, were entered on the night of the 10th October last, by the means of a skylight, the glass of which was removed, and the property mentioned in the indictment stolen there from. It was proved that very shortly after the robbery, the prisoner Hirt was found dealing with a portion of the stolen property, which he sold for 25/. to a person named Mosenden, in the Minories. The other prisoners were taken into custody in a room in their joint occupation, and upon a search being made, a number of duplicates referring to other portions of the stolen property were found on their premises, as were also a quantity of skeleton keys, and other house breaking implements. Mr. Justice Cresswell having summed up, the jury almost immediately returned a verdict of Guilty against all the prisoners. Mr. Wilkins moved an arrest of judgment, on the ground that the indictment merely charged the first-mentioned pri soners with having burglariously entered the premises of the prosecutor, and stolen a quantity of ribbon, and did not charge them with entering the premises with intent to steal. The Court overruled the objection, and the prisoners were called up for judgment. Davis and Robinson, who were proved to have been before convicted of felony, were sen tenced to be transported for life, and Hirt was sentenced to be transported for ten years. The Common Sergeant sat in the evening, but the cases disposed of were of no public interest. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY, CHESTER CUP. 14 to 1 agst Mr. Collett's Cattonite 15 to 1 agst Mr. W. Dawson's Merry Andrew—taken 16 to 1 agst Mr. Lancaster's The Prior—taken 22 to 1 agst Mr. J. Tuting's Tacita 20 to 1 agst Mr. Bristow's Pharaoh—taken freely 25 to 1 agst Col. Cradock's Pagan—taken 25 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Martyr—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. Stephenson's Freedom—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Speed's Everton—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. H. Stebbings' Celeste—taken 1000 to 20 agst Mr. Igoe's Broken Down—taken 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Minor's President—taken. Nothing worth mention was done on the two leading fa vourites ; nor, in short, were any in request, except the Prior and Pharaoh, about whom the odds above quoted were not obtainable at the close. Business generally was very flat. DERBY. 30 to 1 agst Mr. Ford's lot—taken 6to 1 agst Mr. John Day's The Ugly Buck—t freely 8 to 1 agst Mr. Crockford's Rattan 16 to 1 agst Mr. Lichtwald's Leander 17 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Leander—taken freely 25 to 1 agst Lord Maidstone's Cockamaroo 35 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Apprentice 35 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Vat colt—taken 2000 to 40 agst Mr. J. Osborne's Mount Charles 1000 to 100 agst Orlando and Leander—taken 500 to 50 agst Leander and Cockamaroo—taken 1200 to 400 Ugly Buck and Rattan—taken The Buckites, fonder than ever, increased their invest ments to a large amount at 6 to 1, took 1,200 to 400 about their pet coupled with Rattan, and still were not "convinced." 11 to 2 was the closing offer on the field,: and Bto 1 against Rattan, whose friends stood out for 9to 1. Leander bad a numerous party against him, and so few to "bear up," that we cannot well quote him at less than 16 to 1 ; the only bets we heard were 15 to 1 in hundreds, early in the afternoon, and 1,000 to 100 against him jointly with Orlando, at least two points above the market price, and of course taken ea gerly. Orlando was backed freely at 17 to 1, and anything above 25 to 1 would have been taken about Cockamaroo. No other change. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. CAUTION TO MARINERS BOUND TO MANILLA. The Altip St. Paul, arrived at Salem from - Manilla, off Puneym, on July 11 last, saw white coral rocks under water, and found five, six, seven, eight, and 40 fathoms water, and then no bottom with 20 fathoms. These rocks are about three wiles S.E. by S. of Sand Island or Day Shoal, and are not laid down in the charts. VESSELS SPOKEN WlTlL—Gertrude, Lisbon to Harbor Grace, lat. 47, lon. 40, by the Zerilda, arrived at Milford. Blair, Calcutta to Leith, 4th inst., off the Dogger; James, Cape de Verds to River Elate, Ist inst., lat. 1 is., lon. 20 W., by the Blair, spoken as ^ above ; William Pitt, Marseilles to Mauritius, Dec. 24, lat. 24 S., lon. 26 W. ; Henry Thompson, London to Jamaica, 19th ult., lat. 26 N., lon. 23 W., by the Bee, arrived at Liverpool. Echo, Tobasco to Hamburgh, the master and three men sick, and supplied with provisions, by the Mercury, arrived at St. John's, Newfoundland. Jane, Hamburgh to Valparaiso, 16th ult., lat. 3 7, lon. 15 , by the Julia, arrived in the River. FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, FEB. 4.—We were not informed of the date of the death of the Duke of Saxe Coburg. We now learn that it was on the 2. Bth of January, i n con sequence of an attack of gout in the stomach. To-day, at noon, the King received, with the usual ceremony, the great deputations sent by the Senate and the Chamber of Representatives to off e r t o his Majesty the expression of their condolence on the death of his brother, the Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha. His Majesty returned very gracious answers to the ad dresses of the Presidents, and of the Senate and of the Chamber of Representatives, observing that, if he had lost a beloved brother, Belgium had lost a sincere friend, who loved that count r y, w hi c h l ie often visited, w atching with pleasure the improvement of its public works, its manufactures, and its advance in the sciences and fine arts, of which he was an enlightened protector. A great nutnber of Members of both Chambers had joined their respective deputations, and his Majesty seemed to be much affected by these marks of sympathy. RUSSIA.—(From the Agrant Gazette.)—A disagreeable event in the military school at St. Petersburg is said to have caused an extraordinary sensation among the Ru - shin Nobility. One of the masters, }lasing the rank of a general, who had something odd in his manners, was laughed at by the pupils in his class, all of them sons of noblemen. He complained, and at length laid the matter before the Emperor, who looked on it as a very serious breach of military discipline ; he went himself to the in stitution, and addressed the class very seriously. When he threatened all with severe punishment, five youths declared themselves to be the guilty parties. They re ceived each fifty blows with the cane, and were sent to serve as common soldiors in the army of the Caucasus. The nobles consider the first part of the punishment as a violation of their privileges." [ADVERTISEMENT.] SUPPLEMENTS GRATIS WITH THE " DISPATCH." Every Week during the GREAT NATIONAL TRIAL AT DUBLIN A succession of SUPPLEMENTS GRATIS WILL BE PI WITH THE DISPATCH. The First on SUNDAY, February 4, con taining Mr. Sheil's Speech, a gem of oratory... The Second (of the full size of the WEEKLY' DISPATCH) on SUNDAY, February 11, con taining the Speeches of Mr. Whiteside, Mr. O'Connell, and other Leading Counsel who may address the Court in the course of the Week, for which the services of several Short hand Writers of Eminence have been engaged._ The dimensions of the succeeding Supplements will be re. gulated by the importance of the matter; but the last Sup plement will - be also of the full size of the DISPATCH, and form the early portion of the trial, and embrace the proceed ings from the commencement to that stage at which the first begins, so that every subscriber to the WEEKLY DIS PATCH will be in possession of a complete and faithful re cord of this great national trial—a trial which must become a matter of history, and ever be regarded as an event of un usual importance. BUSHED Cols. A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH of MR. O'CO.NNELL will precede the account of the Trial, which will be written by a Gentleman intimately acquainted with the " great Agitator," and consequently one who has treasured up many reminiscences that will render the Biography a paper of general and absorbing interest. The SUPPLEMEN TS, forming a great number of columns, will be printed uniformly with the DISPATCH, and contain a quantity of information equal to at least au Octavo Volume of 1,000 pages. _ Orders received by every Bookseller and News Agent in the United Kingdom, and at the DISPATCH Office, 139, Fleet-street. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. .HOUSE OF COMMONS. Feb. 8. THE AMEERS OF SINDE. Lord ASHLEY (in continuation from our Third Edi tion of last night) said—The Ameers were defeated and dethroned. In the dispatches of the Governor-General the Ameers were spoken of as if they were responsible. The GoVernor-General, writing to the Secret Committee, said the Ameers were entirely masters of their own troops. It seemed to be doubtful even now that such was the case. The Governor-General admitted since then that the Ameers had not control over their troops ; and if this weak and miserable Government was unable to restrain even those who were said to act for it, was it not cruel that they should be held responsible for deeds 'over which they had no control whatever ? He careully abstained from touching on the original policy regarding the annexation of the territory of the Ameers. He did not hesitate to say that he still entertained very strong opinions on the subject, but he would consider the deeds of which he spoke in the abstract. It was utterly impossible that these Princes could be supposed to have entertained any hostile intentions to wards this country. Why, if they had, would they have left their women and their valuables in our power? would they not have taken the ordinary precautions ? (Hear, hear.) Would they have left those things which they valued most at Hyderabad—all their treasure, and their wives and children ? If they had intended to march out and conduct hostile operations, it was mani fest they would have disposed of them, and sent them westward. They had on former occasions done so ; why not do so then ? Was it consistent with common sense —was it in the course of common reason—that at a period when our troops were almost defenceless and in significant in numbers, that the Ameers :would not have fallen on them, but reserved their attack for a period at which our troops were numerous, and they had no reason able chance of overcoming them ?—(Hear, hear.) But even if the Ameers had been guilty, had they not been already sufficiently sacrificed ?—(Hear, hear.) Let the House consider the position in which the Ameers were placed. They had been deprived of their throne, of their rank, of their property, and of all inde pendent sustenance for themselves and their children. They had been imprisoned and exposed to the greatest privations. He would take the liberty of reading a portion of a letter which had been addressed to the Go vernor of Bombay, by one of the captives. The writer said—" I have received a letter from the ladies of my family complaining that 565 rupees per month, allowed by Sir Charles Napier, is not sufficient to keep up their establishment." The House must recollect that what would be a fitting establishment here would be consi dered as almost pauperism with the Ameers. This fact, contained intheletter to which he had referred, was con firmed by a private letter which he (Lord Ashley) had received from Bombay, dated the 28th of November, in which it was stated that the grant to the ladies was in sufficient, and although application had been made to increase it yet that application had not been attended to. Unless the accounts contained in the letters from Hyder abad were grossly exaggerated, the condition of the poor women was really wretched, without their hus bands, brothers, or sons, or any one to whom they could apply for consolation. As a prison allowance no doubt the allowance to the Ameers was liberal, but, as if it were any allowance to the same persons at large, it was contemptible. Was it the intention of the Govern ment that they should be treated as prisoners ?—(Hear, hear.) In a letter he had received from Bombay his correspondent stated that the Ameers had been thrown into the deepest grief, as they be lieved that they were to be prisoners for life. They were surprised that such a return should have been made to them for past services. —(Hear, hear.) They stated that while the Beloochees were in a state of insurrection, they remained quite tranquil, and they stated that they were entirely innocent of the charges laid to their account. It appeared that the two sons of Dost Mahomed had been confined in separate prisons, and their separation had plunged their mother into the deepest distress. She stated that it would much lessen her grief if they were allowed to be in the same.prison together. He would next refer the House to a letter of Sir Charles Napier, and in doing so he did not wish to cast any invidious reflection upon that gallant and dis tinguished officer. He thought that Gallant Officer was entitled to every honour that the Crown could bestow upon him, to the thanks of the House and of the country for his gallantry. But still, speaking for the Ameers, he felt bound to draw the attention of the House to this letter, in order to show the spirit in which the inter course with them had been conducted, and the insults and degradation to which they had been subjected. The letterwas dated on the 18th of March, and was addressed by Sir Charles Napier to the Ameers in captivity at Hyderabad. (The Noble Lord here quoted from the letter of Sir Charles Napier, in which the Gallant General stated that he was surprised at the false hoods the Ameers were telling him in their letters, and that if they continued to tell those falsehoods, he would not kill them as they had ordered their people to kill the English—an accusation, observed the Noble Lord, which has never been proved—but that he would put them in irons on board an English ship ; that Shere Mahomed was a weak man, and would soon be destroyed, and so would. they unless they abstained from a repetitiOn of their falsehoods. Was that language that ought to be used to defeated men ?—(Hear, hear. ) Even convicted felons were permitted to urge a good character in miti gation of punishment, and the House should not forget the services oT the Ameers at the time when we had experienced reverses in Affghanistan—when the country was in a state of the greatest anxiety—when our Indian empire was in danger, they had faithfully rendered us every assistance.—(Cheers.) In 1841, supplies were de manded of the Ameers, and were liberally bestowed. Detachments of our army were marched through their country, not only without opposition, but with their free concurrence and cordial co-operation. They had done everything they could to serve the British empire. If they had been our enemies only in our prosperity, it. should be remembered that they had been our friends in the period of our adversity ; and on those grounds he called upon, the House to interfeie in behalf of men who had been' stripped of their public honours, of their private property, and transferred to the solitude of a prison.—(Cheers.) He would not enlarge upon their love of hunting, or their treatment of their subjects; that had nothing to do with the question. The question was one of justice.—(Hear, hear.) Let them contrast the conduct of the present Governor-General towards the Ameers, with that of the illustrious Cornwallis towards the sons of Tippoo Saib. He, the hereditary enemy of the British in India, had delivered up his children as hostages, and, as had been recorded by Mr. Mill s i n hi s History of British India," the Marquis of Cornwallis had received and treated them like a father.—(The Noble Lord then read, amidst loud cheering, a passage from Mr. Mills' work, relating to the reception and treatment of the sons of Tipp oo Saib.) When, seven years afterwards, at the final overthrow of Seringapatam. those princes were taken with arms in their hands, how different had been the treatment which they had experi enced from that which had been experienced by the un fortunate Ameers ? A fortress had been fitted up for their reception, and a liberal allowance made for their support. Such was the treatment which they had ex perienced from the Marquis of Wellesley. They had been our hereditary foes ; they had been brought up in hatred of the British name. Their father and their grandfather had wrought as much mischief. They had been conquered in a conflict, the last of a long war. To the Ameers we owed much. If they had been once hostile, they had been oft times friendly, and if they had been conquered in one fight, that fight had been the beginning and the ending of an unwilling hostility.—(Loud cheers.) He had often been told that our empire in India was founded on opinion. He would ask, was it on the opinion of our justice, or of our force ?—(Loud cheers)—and he would appeal to the House to mitigate that despotic power which it was, perhaps, necessary to entrust to those to whose care was c mflded the Government of our Indian Empire.—(Loud cheers.) But despotic power might be generous and just, and many men believed that a really Christian empire would contribute to elevate and raise the people of India. Whether by such means as these Great Britain would hold the empire of the East, re mained to to seen. .At all events they had not made a very auspicious beginning.—(Hear, hear.) If they made_ no more accessions to their-empire, let them not lose what they had through injustice. Let them not we e p at the awful review ; Jet there be be no cause for,the° to regret their confidence, and to exclaim, • Heu pietas ! heu prisca fides I ' lod We perceive no hope of justice for us til Almighty, on the last day, pronounces his award (Loud. cheering.) The Noble Lord concluded by or s , ing for an address to the Crown, praying that her 11.7. jesty will be graciously pleased to take into her e° ll o/ sideration the situation and treatment of the Arose" Sinde ; and that she will direct their immediate reS toro, er tion to liberty, and the enjoyment of their estate s, with such provision for their future maintenance O. WI be considered a just equivalent. The motion having been seconded, to Mr. ROEBUCK began by j us tifying himself a s i , a the course he pursued with regar d t o Sinde. L ' s l s given a notice on the subject la s t s ession, but the psl ) ` s , relating to it were not then ready, and he gave the ea: a liest notice he could in the p rese nt s e ssion, but he b t been anticipated by the Noble Lord. He did not wS` e to complain of the conduct of the Noble Lord, b ut,, , e wished to justify the course he himself pursued. 4 0 thought the Noble Lord took too narrow a view 01 0 whole case—too narrow for so serious and so solenzat, proceeding. It was easy, no doubt, to produce us;, dividual instances of oprression, but it was the b ° ,, ri a ness of that House to begin with the beginning , :` o , to consider who commenced the affair, when it was see luntary, and when it became the inevitable conseque:tis of n hat had been done by the predecessor of the pr ose Governor-General.—(Hear.) It would not do to tak e ; view of the question at any particular point. He i ' s ! ° „,,sl take a short review of the history of Sinde, ant sear divide it into certain great epochs. Up to th e a or i t se 1834, the object of the English Government was i ve, fair and legitunate purpose of enlarging her con'''s t io and thereby diffusing the advantages of civili sa 0 , throughout the Eastern world. After that thei r ,P for ceedings changed when Lord Auckland departene,,, India.. Before coming to the immediate subject tios the House, he would give a brief outline of the P ° ''' t he of Sinde. It lay in the valley of the Indus from 0 Sea to the Sutlej, with an imaginary line Id eastward to where the Sutlej disembogues o f. westward of the mountains of Hindostan, and the tory of Gaulpoor was the boundary of the Eastern P o ds , tion. The Great Dourannee empire possessed Stn t! which was governed by the Golora tribe. About sevecw years ago the Sovereign of the country, whas e „ e rs scendant was still alive, was expelled by the A O- „ e r who since governed it. Th e w h o l e f am ily of the for of possessors were destroyed with the exceptior,l_4 one or two who escaped, and the descenaci. of the original possessors was actually inexistence at present moment. Sir Charles Napier, in one °. i letters, says that he had a letter from this inst ll t o _ offering to him half his revenue if he restored hhn o tt e kingdom.. His name was Timour, and he lived ijl t sel Punpub. Thus, if it was a que s tion ; o f humanity , • ought go back to the son of the legitimate sov ere do n ss The Ameers having got possession of the kin,g e st- England was desirous of ent er i ng i n t o commercia' t he tions with them, and a factory was established to. country which they thrust out from jealous f ee ,so', In the year 1809, the grand leading figure was, i -V t - tlia leon Bonaparte, and this country stipulated wn - en ts: Ameers that the French should not be allowed to qty the country In 1816, a treaty was entered ill . 00 01 them which was renewed in 1820, with the adr - s sb• stipulation that the Americans, as well as the tr e . e fis were to be excluded. When Lord William Bentina o ', o - • to India, he believed it would be a benefit to this c t he of try if he could enlarge its commerce by w 9 the Indus. He sent Lieutenant Burnes according to Court of Lahore, ostensibly for the purpose of tak',s The fine white horses up the Indus to Ru n jeet Sing'" s to, asserted object was one thing, but the real one w a s survey the Indus, thus showing the corrupt na t " B2 9 to English policy. When Lieut. Burnes went in,' t ty Sinde, he was met by every possibl e opp o sition' a n r ' efi cil tortuous and unworthy course, he was enabled to ssa to the Sutlej. So far, howe ver , th ere was little w n r P ot i, blame in any one. What next f o ll ow ed was a tcelo' the consequence of the negotiations .carried on by sell nel Pottinger. This treaty, mad e i n 1832, was , - fes tP important one. As all other tre a ti es , so did this ;eh) commence with swearing eternal friendship—(is„,itri —and with a mutual declaration never to loco' grasping eye upon each others power or defa% of In that treaty there were three condittolloose the utmost possible importance for . to understand, because, in reference to them, "s Maud Roebuck) was about to bring against Lord sta e p ub' charges of the most flagrant treachery that eve r ,l a id lic man had been guilty of. The first condition told the he called their attention was that which b° l . ,,itar English not to bring any description of arms or lau gh stores up the river or on the roads to Sinde- - (ss. s tes - the second condition bound the English not to ch? 0 5 any armed vessels or boats; and the third conditio I le is that no English merchants should be allowed to se t i r L ac s• Sinde, but come as occasion required, and having foss acted their business, they should at once return 0 yes; the country. Now, thus far, they had got to the 1834, at which period the British /authorities e ,.b t he into a treaty with the Ameers. In this treaty N'l.,` l . ls er Ameers they ratified all the conditions of the " ob j e ct treaties, adding to them certain new clauses. Th e e sslll in this—the object from the first, though kept as ear f in the back ground as possible—was the opening t Indus. In the last-mentioned treaty, it was arrang s :o l put duties and tolls payable in a particular way 00 5' now to the most extraordinary event in all these tr i , fi g actions. An idea at this time became prevalent as % i s the rulers of India of danger to the English detn,i''', s o in India from attempts on the part of Russia. was looked upon as influencing Persia, Persil'. ,d looked upon as influencing Affghanistan , 00 (1 for the purpose of defence, it was Pr ° F,ssO• to fit out and send an expedition against Afighaw br er This was in the year 1838. Whilst this idea was sott ifr ing in the minds of the rulers of India, Colonel-r_ ger was directed to undertake further negotiatio r t); ce d the Ameers, and proposals were made by him ° cou rse remarkable description. Hitherto in all our int er ,„, s rd , with Sinde, all had apparently been fair and above_r r ioto The play, however, was no w over —something s:their was about to be enacted—and, like the t i ge r ot had native jungle, it was found that though the 1 3 , a ;tril ° hitherto been velvet to the touch, it was soon , °. O t he with a terrific and crushing effect. Every ali i s h r' ! " House and the country knew the history of flg, s . 4 pr°' terference in India, how stealthily and carefnliY, s wt./ ceeded, step by step, till the precise moment !" ra ie arrived, when we did act indeed It was t ne he y this county Y 1" t/3 8 y never to interfere in India, 0r - ali vie s else, without getting n something by it. Vi r b at o. .0 1 * 0 , way Lord Auckland set about his designs , 0.'66 to to the Ameers of Sinde (s ee "Blue Book," P- .' tts 44. oo - 38), requiring their consent to raise a body 0 ' „Si / be stationed at their capital. Such was the Pll t 7 made to the Ameers of Sinde ; and in a ist r ora e r, yea r ' knew too well what they had to expect.-- - cr e6 „, r egia s € o l They had seen India overrun, province O r r t b e i "' OO kingdom by kingdom, by the British powe.,l*--baft tot seen her advancing steadily and stealth"Y,', in tig, ips . surely—they saw the finger of fate was P - A blr:S. them, and this was the last step in that inexol:e 1? 0.'4 tiny which was to bring their own unfortun at 400.' 4 The di pality under our sway.— (Hear, hear.) - wbst es which we made was denied. What matter? to s --1 0 , we do? Why we put the screw n1 9° , 11 , h 100 58 threatened them—we told th em w e would let at lee Sikh monarch amongst them. The Anle ers to our ' e t , well knew the consequences of not rece din g„h A Ve le , mands. They had got a commercial treaty w" ii , peoP o t and, as we called ours e lve s , a magnisaia' ° lose e They had entered into a treaty with u s, one e or se° 00' which especially prohibited us from hastingt, ms pro P sis or raising an army in Sinde—and yet was '"ss a ss, "; tion made to them. They had, previously t o e s rbe, e cepted a Resident of us. Now was therein tn tr, of advancing on Affghanistan, and t b e A wa O') origin of all the" evils—(Loud cheers fr° 1 , 31 ,,,,, e 0/ 0 „,,v terial benches)—herein was the source war l i e ° , - s t those waters of bitterness—(Cheers) -- a n- 130n i e charged Lord Auckland and the Right 11°11 ), sis the Member for Nottingham (Sir J. Liobh °llse r ta aj te cause of all the evils that had since 'beset oa of t t h , empire, of all the disasters in Affghsusista ° ,,,„„' aul n i • miseries which had befallen alike tjie the European community.—(L ou d c heers fromnislte out terial benches.) How did h e (Mr. Roebuck) a t he it t ' be that charge? One of hi s reso l u tions charg e o rds t al Governor-General, first, with injustice t°„ e d t?,, Ameers, and next, with conduct which d en°i si • D to want of anything like a sound, wise, or n emceed cos Well, he had said that in 1838 he had t h n ot, treaty with the Ameers of Sinde, and before r w as ' s e dry with which fact was written, before hungil to disf i t bis Lord Auckland ally took it upon ,' d id it w it . a ll of the whole principality of Sinde. And f e s „,. binla si e 4ion way. He set on Shah Soojah to relinquish w t i us con d o ht c o l f a t i h m e s p to ay s m up e r n e t m o a f ey sn o n v h er su th m e s country' °u what ?ca...;airisecceorifv7, e b a e rr d ie e d te o rm n determined under negotiations to be ,se whom?—carried on by the Br u a n olte 4 v , ; 0 . ment.—(Hear, hear.) Now, unsolicited, _op a n is undertook to make ourselves mediator be v ' utta st, v' tb s dependent country and a poor unfortunate 0 er elY lived on our charity, and whom we set 17 4 3 e 0 reve lau .'h' s . our own purpose. He had no allnY , b Soe i t a iti anything. The arm y wa s called S v h o ti r li s h, 1 0 4 but it was recruited by the 11 4 7 . Jo op by the English, officered by the Engn isf ing it° it was the English army, and we ' these bi one l power of this army to back us, laid down __, t, Col the Ameers, thus adding insult to injurpcl;:in the :T o Pottinger was now sent with what w 5 ' "let the M° ~voct partite treaty, but was warned not to w __ ready, Nhlch tiil`ei know anything about it until everything `then he was to announce the penalties would be subjected, in the event of their te t b " y 6 i be T ot the payments to Shah Soojah, as regula under t° l lish Government. Colonel Pottinaer then f° ' e e t ° mission, and in the transactions which injo tic_ eny n t o o the Ameers loudly exclaimed againns.etgillstlitti..oo.ocarchehrtnoel:: which they were subjected. The vthaellnoinnssohleanhtls iy ynpoiraohmitsoedredthuense, t w h o e u c kt iauns 1009.. e on the Ameers to a reasonable os a e ;o t un y t• 11 . 11 - s i er,:t u h , b n r o o t ug a n d t o d w o n w r n ig t h h t er i e n , s a u n it d thoavtehetoir huenadreerthstea,sn_eat'thaht4se of soiled on, as doubtless they would b 3, , off ,pri daredll Hon. common. to ss Baroneteetnsense ue(pSnai and dJmoahnn commona H s Hothouse), a k h o i v we dli Baronetornab lu?n t a P atf e i ow hre(et r ; e 9ei .r w et e ht :r o t 05 - . ment we did so, would have star en s oon no; Soojah would never have dared to op s" ble un th nr e .odn A y m uest e er ath s ned o f tßShiiegnhdwteorblHadtoanfososugrroliebariet aibe h t:sear4Gvioongitfs7hr Hobhouse) had the hardihood to palmtrns il s o ojah ll The next paragraph went on to say . n nd artily es had arrived with his own army. carrying out the palpable fiction". T ner t° re osi' gain sbu t at d raamPe time "advised '' suggestedth e Ameers that t t theo mi gh entermight 3e p t t i h o e n m a to o c n o g m ethieninto,tohitsheviro-ast,raa4,ihfitsheLorbrdwaoasbpeirrits as the would regard the demonstration of suc h " `.--. -_.. _ -