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THE SITV,'I,OIVDON, SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 16, 1844; LITERATURE. TRE L A on Sf ma R n Y , L O on F do H n, I I S B T 44 O . I? Y The author, or rather compiler, of this work is Mr. Maunder, already favourably known to the public by his " Literary and Scientific Treasury," which con tained a prodigious mass of the most various infor mation packed up in the smallest possible compass. In the comprehensive volume before us, he exhibits the same scrupulous regard to sententious bre vity, and gives us a well-arranged digest of the history, from the earliest authentic records, of every country in the world. These histo rical digests must have cost a world of time and trouble, which, however, will not have been uselessly expended, for the volume is one that can scarcely fail to be well received by the public, being clearly and in the majority of cases, impartially written, and omitting no one fact of importance. The History of England, as might be expected, is the longest and most circum stantial in its details ; and we have been pleased with the uniform tone of moderation that pervades it, and the singular succinctness and simplicity of its style. THE ISLANDS ON THE EASTERN COAST OF AFRICA. TO THE EDITOR OF, THE SUN. SlR,—The interest that has lately been excited by what has been termed " French Aggressions in the South Seas" will perhaps be sufficient to induce at tention to the following statement, having reference to a quarter of the world somewhat distant, but not less important, than the scene of those transactions, and allied in character with them as well from their nature as the circumstance of their having been partially noticed in some of the articles of in telligence which have appeared in your paper. It is known pretty generally that the semi-bar barous nations of Madagascar, the Comoro Isles, Mo zambique, and the whole of the eastern coast of Africa extending from Port Natal to the Straits of Bab-el- Mandeb, are gradually • springing into life and in• creasingly becoming the objects of the observation and commerce of the civilised nations whose ships and trade approach the neighbourhood. In this state the progress of those countries is affected both in kind and degree by the nature of the traffic and in tercourse they have with superior nations. It there fore becomes a matter of no mean consideration, in a moral, political, and commercial aspect, that the in fluence of Britain should be such as shall sustain her character and uphold the strength of her power. We have had our eyes fixed for some time on the opera tions of French agents in different parts of the word, pursuing with avidity the occasions of aggran disement that time and circumstances have placed within their reach, either with the view to the exten sion of territorial dominion, or the increase of poli tical and commercial advantages for France. It• is regarded by many as the mere unauthorised acts of individual s , without the sanction or support of their respective overnments ; but, although to some small extent this may be the case, as respects the precise mode of action, it cannot be well admitted or con ceived that these proceedings are the spontaneous and unaided suggestions of the navy officers who become the operators in the affairs. Whether this be worthy of consideration or not, the present position of Britain demands that in every part of the globe, where ,her rivals are to be found, she'should give unequivocal demonstration of determination to preserve that position in the eyes of the world, and secure, in the ever-varying and multiplying transac tions of distant regions, the rights and advantages her commerce demands and deserves. And it is beyond question that, although the principal motive should arise from internal and independent considerations, the rivalry in -which she now stands, with the other - European nations, - and also with the Western 'Continent, s h o uld prompt us to pursue with spirit and a r acr ity th e op p ortunities of defending and advancing our political and commercial interests in parts of the •world where they are, with. ourselves, desirous of partaking- the benefits resulting 'from the progress of civilisation and the, increasing intercourse of nations. TheSe remarks are intended to apply to the locality first adverted to, namely, the eastern coast of Africa, the Comoro, and other small islands of the Mozambi que • C han nel, Madagascar, &c. ; and to the facts that have been commuicated to me by letter froM a gentleman who has lived 'at the island of Anjoan (exclusive of two visits to'England), seven teen years, and who is now on his, way hither, charged with . an embassy from, the Sultan of that island,and e ossessin g the most extensive and unequivocal Means of information on the subjects connected with the state of those countries, the position they occupy to each other, and their feelings towards the great powers whose ships and people visit them, and pursue the trade their productions and necessities create.- From his statement, it appears that, although the intelligence, that obtained: currency here, a short time since, that the French had taken possession of a port of Madaqascar, was , contradicted, they are exceed ingly active in extending their power in the whole of that neighbourhood; and, whether by consent or against the will of their respective Governments, succeded in assuming domination over some of the islands, and in some the direction of their international affairs. In this condition the surrounding islands feel the need of a protecting Power, and regard with regret the ab sence of British influence and authority, to check the advances made on their liberties and rights by other Powers. Igive you the words in which at one part, he Speaks of the wishes of the Sultan of Anjouan to culti vate the intercourse, and derive 'the improvement to his country by the civilised arts of European nations: " One powerful motive - that induces the Sultan of Anjouan 'to greatly prefer treating with English mer chants rather than with French merchants; is, 'that the French havinf already taken possession, unjustly, of the neighbouring island of Majotti, appertaining to the same Government; he now lives in fear that the French Government, with its present ideas of aggrandisement, will take possession of Anjouan, a a thing that would never" be attempted if Englishmen were interested or located in the place, because the Sultan would then place himself under the pr o t ec ti on of the British flag." . 1 will -not stay further than to remark that the productions of those countries are known, to be considerable, and that coffee, an article of the East, becoming every day more and more im portanta source of this country's supply, is capable of extensive increase. That the • surrounding interests of Britain—the Cape colony—Mauritius, and the Indian territories, the growing connexions with the countries by the Red Sea, and the friendly and improving dominions of Muscat, and that the slave -trade carried on, against which the efforts of British cruisers have been directed, and to which fact attention has lately been drawn by the publication of Mr. Pascoe Grentill Hill's pamph let of " Fifty days on beard a slave-ship," all encou rage the cultivation of a good acquaintance with those countries. • As the matter may before long come before you in a more direct form, I will not prolong this, But subscribe myself your obedient servant, S. HAYNES ANGIER. London, March 12, 1844. THE KING OF PRUSSIA AND MRS FRY. It may arise from his besetting uncharitableness of heart, but Punch was never in love with the King of 'Prussia. When his Majesty, under the auspices of good Mrs. Fry, went to Newgate, and when in the female pri soners' ward, his . pious _Majesty dropped upon his knees and prayed, We thought the King of Prussia, as the lawyers say, proved too much. The humility, if true, was too good to last, And so it has proved ; for though his Majesty 'veas'sO very good a Chrikian whilst in Newgate, he can, it appears, play the Nicholas in little on the Prussian :throne. Sweet and touching is it to contemplate a mighty potentate of earth down upon his knees, with Bet Sly, Suke Tagrag, Moll Flashly, and twenty 'other forlorn birds of Newgate,' "in trouble" for felony and misdeameanor ; beautiful, indeed, is the humility. ! The matron wonders, and the turnkeys cry, "Bless us ! what a pious cretur." The story is read and told at melting tea 'parties ; and the King of Prussia, Mrs: Fry's pet, i s received into the l arge a nd tender bosom of female philanthropy, He is a king of comfits—a king of sugar -candy! .His Majesty returns to Prnssia, and with almost the gloss of his Newgate benevolence upon him, he becomes Jack-of-all -work to the Emperor of Russia. He is Nicholas' most humble servant—a tool, a sconrge, a " Prussian knout in the hand of the IMperial executioner., A number of Poles, dignified by misfortune ennobled by suffering patriotism— take refuge in Prussia . from the bloody fangs of the 'Russian bear. • They are—in a holiday mood, it seems, of the Prussian- monareh—permitted by him to find a hoine in Posen. Their' country deittrOyed to them, their fortunes shattered by as wild and merci less a tyrant as Heaven ever permitted to in scourge humanity—th e y are allowed to find a Testing-place the soil ; when; l o ! Ni c h o l a S has ugly dreams about Prussia. They become, planted in them—they disturb his cheerful thoughts—and, as he can not have them back, first for the knout, and then for Si beria,why---h4 begs of his brother Prussia to banish them, accursed from the land. Whereupon Mrs. Fry's pet shows himself obedient to the greater son of Mischief, and, whether' or no, the' Poles must pack. The soil of Prussia is • not favourable to virtuous misery. Strange are the . symia.thies of Kings. His Majesty of Prussia could feel for and t pray with illegal pawning, .with lighway robbery, with embezzlement, with felony iri it s many Shapes • but for defeated valour, heroic suffering, patriotism its glorious.and glori fying nspirations—all such are nought, and must not find harbour in Posen. In Newgate, the King of Prussia was a Christian_; what a pity that he should have quitted it to act journeyman despot at home.—Puneli. On,tlie:everiing 'of Friday last, a violent thUnder storm swept , across various parts of Pembrokeshire. .• The lightning was exceedingly srong, and was very 'speedily followed by terrible bursts of thunder. During the raging Of the. sturnh the e l ectr i c fl u i d en te re d a cottage in the parish of Brawdy, near Solva, and instantaneously-destroyed two felnalea who wtoiu.tlietlimeci—Combrian. l 'dkfl LAW INTELLIGENCE. 110 USE OF LORDS, March 15. The House sat to-day, to hear appeals. The Peers present were Lord Brougham, Lord Cottenham, and Lord Campbell. .ELLIS V. HENDERSON. Their Lordships gave judgment on this case to day, which was argued some time since before the House. Their Lordships ordered the judgment below to be re • versed, with costs. STIRLING V. EWART. The arguments in this appeal were commenced to day, and not having concluded when their Lordships rose, the further consideration of the case was adjourned. COURT OF CHANCERY, March 15. The Lord Chancellor sat in Lincoln's Inn Hall to-day, and heard cause and lunatic petitions, none of which possessed any points of public interest. The remainder of the day was occupied with the further arguments in the part-heard appeal of " Smith v. Henley." VICE-CHANCELLOR'S .COURT, March 15. The Vice-Chancellor of England was occupied the whole day with short cases and unopposed petitions. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORFOLK ClRCUlT.—Aylesbury, March 13. CROWN COURT.—(Before Lord ABINGER.) John Hall, Richard Terry the elder, Richard Terry the younger, Joseph Terry, Wiiliam Adams, and Thomas Sprat ley, were indicted for having committed a brutal assault on the person of Ann Pepper. Mr. O'Malley and Mr. Power were counsel for the prose cution ; and Mr. Sanders and Mr. Wells defended the pri soners. The prosecutrix is a married woman, and front her evi dence (the general outline of which alone is fit for publica tion) it appeared that being in the company of her husband and three friends at Tuigewich- feast in August last, she met all the prisoners at the Rose and Crown. Being unable to procure lodgings for the night, from the influx of visitors into so sequestered a village on that festive occasion, the party of the prosecutrix repaired to a neighbouring cow-shed, where, fatigued with the pleasures of the - day, they soon fell asleep. In the course of the night their slumbers were disturbed by the entry of . two men, who were soon followed by . four others: Before many minutes had elapsed. the intruders developed ,their wicked purpose, and seizing hold of Mrs. ,Pepper, they forcibly tore her from her husband, and. ,commenced a furious attack on the rest of the party, who fled for the con stable, leaving the prosecutrix in. their power. No sooner were her protectors.out of sight than,the prisoners forced the poor woman into a building hard by,-where they all assaulted her in a manner, and with a brutality,. which beggars de scription. Suffice it to say that the distracted husband on his return, after the lapse of an hour, found his wife half dead, and scarcely able to detail her sufferings., She was taken to the village surgeon, and the authorities set out in persuit of the offenders;-who for some time eluded detec tion. Three of them, however, among whom were, two of the Terrys, who stood in the relation of uncle and nephew, were arrested. as they were on the point of embarking for India with a regiment into which they had enlisted on the day after the outrage, and the others were ultimately traced to various inland parts of the country, whither they had absconded in the vain hope of escape. Five of the ruffians were most clearly identified to-day by their victim and her husband, while the sixth was r ecogn i se d by his cap which had fallen.from his head in the scuffle at the cow-shed, and was now positively sworn to as having been worn by him on the evening at the public-house. The Learned Counsel. having severally addressed, the jury on behalf of their clients, the jury without snitch hesitation found them.all Guilty, and the.wretches were forthwith sen tenced to be transported for 20 years. .. 7 POLICE INTELLIGENCE. . (YESTERDAY.) CLERKENWEL. Alfred Divett, a poor Irishman, of wild and excited, appearance, was brought before. Mr. Combe, charged with threatening to murder Mr. William Berry, an. at torney, residing at No. 1, King's-road, Theobald's-road. The' complainant deposed that the prisoner,- who had formerly b een h is ' c li ent , came to his office on that morning, and threatened to murder him. He had re peatedly annoyed witness previously, and called him a ' . Mr. COMBE—What is the cause of all this ? Mr. Berry (smiling),-I don't know,l am sure ; I bave not given him any cause. • • The defendant; who seemed to Abe labouring under extraordinary excitement, declared• that he was now • wholly destitute.' He had been in the Spanish Legion for some years, and-when discharged received a certifi ' cate for a pension. He then enlisted 'in the 60th Rifles, and served With his regiment in Corfu, arid other 'places in the Medieerranean for four years, and was discharged for desertion at the close, of the last year: He came to London in the beginning of February, and being with out money or,friends borrowed I.L 10s. from Mr.. Taylor, a publican. at Rotherliithe,. leaving his certificate in pledge• for the payment of that sum, He subsequently had a difference with 'Mr. Taylor, who refused to give him back the ' certificate, 'which was -for the sum of 9/. 2s. 6d. ' lie employed a person named Williams, who promised to get back the certificate On condition that he would give him 4/. To this he agreed, 'but Williams failing in his endeavour defendant emPloyed the com plainant,. who obtained the certificate from Mr. Taylor, but refused to give it to him (defendant) unless 'he paid 2/. 10s., which sum he had not, Mr. CosinE (to complainant)—Had you the certifi cate ? Complainant—l had. Mr. Ctrbent —Where is it? Complainant—l gave it back to Taylor. • • Mr. ComnE—What is' this 2/. 10s. ? Complainant My costs. They should have 'been 4/. Mr. ComiE—Have you been paid this money ? Com plainant—Yes ; Taylor paid me, and I gave him the certificate. Mr. COMBE—What ! . Taylor paid you ? Why, ac cording to your own statement, you had no right to withhold the certificate from Taylor. Why should he pay you any costs ? It was' not he employed you. Com plainant (laughing)—True, but he did pay me, however. Mr. CONDE —This seems strange, very strange, indeed. I have heard of Williams, whom the defendent mentions, Sts having deluded some of these poor Creatures who were in the SPanish Legion. Who , would pay the cer tificate ? , The defendent said—Mr. Castenado, who was clerk to the Spanish Commission in London. He en treated of the .Magistrate to postpone the further hear ing of the case, and grant: him summonses for Williams and Taylor, when it would appear that he had been most unjustly treated. ; • The complainant said he was in fear of his life from the threats of the defendent, whose mind, he believed, was disordered. Mr. COspit said he could not grant summonses for the attendance of Taylor and Will4aniF, as he 'had no juris diction in the matter. . The defendant said he believed they would attend vo luntarily. • Mr. COMBE said that as the complainant declared he was in fear of his life, he ' should commit the defendant until 'the Bth' of April, unless he could find bail. The defendant declared he had no intention Of injuring Mr. Berry ; he had called him a swindler, but had not threatened to murder him. He 'had no friend or rela tion inLon c t o lon in w it h tel o would ecurity for him. lie was committed. An unfortunate girl, named M ary Ann Hartwell, was charged with breaking two panes of glass in the Clerk unwell workhouse. Tho offence was fully proved against her. She had not been more than a day or two out of prison, having been committed for a similar offence. The prisener; a very interest i ng-looking girl, declared that she was unable to perform the task assigned her— Ticking oakum, at whickshe could not earn more than' a few pence a day. She had been on the tewn; but what ever would become of • her, she, would ,never again be a prostitute., She broke the windows. to be brought be fore the Magistrate. - (Here the unfortunate female burst into a paroxysm of grief, and intreated of the, magistrate to send her to some asylum where she.might spendthe rernainder ef her days in tranquillity. , • Mr. Harnett, the master, said; unless an example were made of the prisoner, there Would be' no such thing as governing the other paupers. She had broken two squares of glass. • ~Mr.:Monro (the clerk) observed that the girl's deter mination not to. go upon the streets was highly creditable to her. . - • • , Mr. CONBE said that perhaps if she would promise to conduct herself well for a few days in the workhouse, he might be able to get her into'some asylum. • The prisoner thanked the worthy Magistrateheartily, and promised compliance. ' • ' - •• • Mr. Harnett said they could not receive her into the workhouse. Prisoner --(sobbing bitterly)-01i; Mr. Harnett, you are more cruel to me, than the Magistrate. She was then committed for five days. , , The worthy MAGISTRATE told her, that if she came to him when' she came out of prison on Thursday morn• ing, he would do all he could for her. • . The unhappy girl thanked the Magistrate heartily, and was locked up. Three men, named Cook, Murray; and Ilfgrston, na• lives of the north of England, were charged with begging. Police-constable 45 E deposed that he saw the pri soners walking in Bloomsbury square on . that day. When they saw witness approaching they commenced begging immediately, and declared to witness that they -wished to be sent to prison, for they had been walking about the streets night and day, in a state of starvation, for the last fortnight. Mr. CoknE sent them to the workhouse. Thomas Walker, a fe llow of ruffianly disposition, who has been.frequently before thip Court, was charged with &induct 'of a very outrageous character in the Clerkenwell Workhouse ; OA the previous ni g ht. . ' Mr., Hemet, the master of the workhoUse, depoied that at four o'clock on the previous evening, tbe prisoner came to the . workhouse ,and d eman d e d relief. The overseer told him to Foto work (pick oakum), and he should have food and money. The prisoner became very abusive of the overseer, and put himself' in a menacing attitude. The overseer directed wit ness to put the prisoner out, but, the prisoner , attempted to jump over the wicket and get into the office in which the overseer was. Witness repeatedly requested the prisoner to leave the place, but was at last obliged to use force to :expel him. He then put. his foot between the door and the jamb, so as to prevent the door from closing. li e called witness a b— Irish b—, said the pau pers must starve in the workhouse, and that there was not a shop in the parish but could prove his (witness's) villainy gict rObery. He then went roupd . to the 'hall-d oor ,. and commenced kicking at it, so that witness thought he would have kicked the panels in. His :Outrageous behaviour all the , paupers, and caused a crowd of sixty persons to assemble round the house. Witness sent fora policeman, 'and had him taken into custody. • The prisoner, in defence, said he was starving at the time, and as he_ had. not Weft a morsel of food for two days, he declinelwoTking until hs hid some food. Mr. Charle.s Aldberry, assistant-overser, deposed that, so far from the prisoner's statement being true, 13- hid abun dance of food on the evening previous. Mr. Coxix sentenced the prisoner to find ball• for the Middlesex sessions.—He Wad committed • , , . ;. . IVARLBOIidOGII-STREET. Elizabeth ,Williams, a good-looking ..young woman, very ospectably.drossed, char.gect,viith obtakiiaugoolls by CHILEAN LOAN.—The THIRD DIVIDEND expeditious. We doubt much whether any inter. due on this LOAN on the 3lst instant, will be PAID by ference on the part of the Legislature would have the Messrs. GEORGE and JAMES BROWN and CO., the Agents for the Loan, on MoNnAy, the Ist April, and on every succeeding Monday, slightest effect in repressing this pernicious practice ; Wednesday, and Friday. The Coupons, with lists, must be left two clear days for examina- on the contrary, we think it would be very apt to make ton, and forms of lists may be obtained on application. matters worse, by giving undue importance to a silly, N.B. In conformity with instructions from the Government of Chile, the Agents hereby notify that they only engage to retain the barbarous custom for which, among - other blessings, funds appropriated to the payment of the Dividends for the period of 12 months after they respectively become due, and that accordingly we have to thank the " wisdom of our ancestors:' they will not hold themselves responsible for the payment of any The question had much better be left to the good Coupons of the present Dividend after the 31st March, 1845. No. 5, St. Mildred's-court, Poultry, 16th March, 1844. taste of society, and the silent operation of that common sense which is gradually making itself felt among all classes. Even fashion—the despotic ruler of us all, who exercises a power far greater than that exercised by Sir ROBERT PEEL, with a majority of ninety at his back—even this arbitrary tyrant is beginning to set her face against duelling; and we may safely infer from this undoubted fact that the practice, like other absurd practices, must ere long fall into desuetude, provided Parliament will but keep a still tongue in its head, and make no more of the matter than it deserves. When a usage manifestly ridicu lous in its nature—more ridiculous, indeed, than dangerous, inasmuch as, in seven cases out of ten, duellists quit the field just as sound as when they entered :it—when such a usage is gravely and for mally discussed among Legislators, an air of conse quence, and even dignity, is imparted to it, which gives it a sort of sanction in the eyes of fools, and strengthens, rather than checks, the vulgar prejudice in its favour. As for Mr. COWPER'S remark that "he would suggest the appointment of a Court of Honour; a jury might be selected who were as nearly equal as possible in station to the parties concerned, and who would, therefore, be able to decide, in a satisfactory manner, upon the question brought before them ;" we can conceive nothing more ridiculous than this suggestion, to say nothing of its impracticability. Suppose, for instance, that two attorneys quarrel—for even attorneys are not wholly free from the frailties of humanity— how is .it possible for them to get twelve more of their amiable fraternity sufficiently disinterested to neglect their own business, in order to sit as a jury, and listen to the long story of the dispute ? Is it likely that a dozen attorneys will allow themselves to be called out of Court or chambers, in order to decide upon the wrongs of a brother, whose mishap it may be to have had his nose pulled, or a horsewhip shaken over his head ? Impossible. • They will pity him, no doubt; and if his story be not along one, they will, perchance listen to it with attention ; but as for going gravely and minutely into the merits of the case, they will repudiate the horrid idea of such a tax on their time and patience, and leave the injured man to get out of his quarrel as he got into it. Courts of Honour might be all very well in the olden time when Englishmen had plenty of leisure on their hands, but in these hard-working days, when time is money, it is not to be expected that any twelve men, no matter from what class, can be brought together to listen to the statements and decide upon the claims of a gentleman "in trouble." For our own part, if it be - found impossible at once to put a . stop to duelling, we should recommend that all quar rels. should, be. settled, as one was actually settled some years since' by a British merchant in Portugal, who conceiving himself insulted by some remarks con tained in a letter from a correspondent in London, wrote to the latter to " consider himself horse whipped." Whether the Londoner did so or not, we cannot say ;. but the conception was a bright one, and worthy of general imitation, for it would be an effectual preservative of human life, and prevent the unpleasant necessity of gentlemen getting up at day-break to be shot at, and carried on shutters into agonized interior of Chalk Farm. MR. LEVER'S NEW WORK. ILLUSTRATED by CRUIKSHANK. A Immediately, in 3 vols., post Bvo., BTHUR O'LEARY; HIS WANDERINGS AND PONDERINGS IN MANY LANDS, Edited by His Friend, HARRY LORREQUER. WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS BY GEORGE CRUIK- SHANK. Orders received by all Booksellers. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street NEW NOVEL BY TIIE AUTHORESS OF " THE FLIRT." In the press, in 3 vols. ' post Svo., THE WILFULNESS OF WOMAN, By the Authoress of " THE HISTORY OF A FLIRT," " THE MANCEUVRING MOTHER," &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Accounts from Madrid of the 7th announce that the QUEEN and her sister had arrived on that day at Aranjuez. The progress of the QUEEN-MOTHER through Catalonia is described as the triumphal pro cession of a conqueror, or saviour of the country. Al most divine honours are paid to her. She is styled " a great Queen," " a magnanimous Princess," and the " Mother of all Spaniards." Poetical effusions are ad dressed to her, some of which are ornamented with cuts representing her entering Barcelona conducted by an angel, and trampling the demon of anarchy beneath her feet. And this takes place in a city from which she was but three years ago glad to make her escape. The Three per Cents. were done at 30 for cash, and 30; 4 4 at 60 days, and the Five per Cents. at 224 for cash, and 223 for 60 days. The intelligence brought by the Paris papers possesses little interest. On Tuesday the Committees of the Chamber of Deputies were engaged in considering seve ral lines of railroad—namely, a continuation of the Or leans line to Vierzon ; the second from Paris to the Bel gian frontier, with branch lines to the coast opposite England ;, and a third from Montpelier to Nismes. The opinion of the Members was generally against the con strnction of the works by the State ; and, as regarded the northern line, seven out of the nine voted that it should be left to public companies, but with short leases. It is not probable, however, that companies will enter into such a hazardous undertaking with the prospect of a short lease, and little security that they shall be remu nerated for their outlay and risk at the option of the State. The Minister of Justice has addressed a circular to the prefects of departments, in which he recommends that in all eases full protection shall be extended to Pro testant congregations, whilst in the quiet exercise of a right respected_ by the principle of religious toleration. The Minister's circular has been rendered necessary by some attempts to throw obstacles in. the way of the public worship of Protestants. He desires that the principle . Of religioui liberty may be, at all times, acted upon with great liberality. The subscription for a sword to Admiral DUPETIT THOUARS is still making progress, and boys and girls who hate the English vie with each other in subscribing half a franc each. The boys of another Paris school have subscribed 51 francs. The Duke of NEHCURS had completely recovered from his late attack of illnegs; and, whether from this result or some other cause not stated in the reports of the Money Market, the Funds have had a considerable rise. On Wednesday the Five per Cents. advanced 45e., and the Threes 30c., and closed respectively at 122 f. 30c., and 83f. 10e. THE BOURSE—WEDNESDAY, Herm,' 13. • - First Highest Lowest Last Price. - Price. Price. Price. French Five percents. exctiv 121 70 • • 122 • • 121 70 122 ' • FourperCpptB.eNdiv 104 75 •• 104 75 ••• 104 75 •• 104 75 Three per Cents.... • 82 85 • • 82 • • 82 80 83 •Birilt of Trance • 3250 •• 3250 • • 3250 • • 3250 Laflltteßauk;'l,ooof - Sharesllos • • 1105 • • 1105 —llO5 5,000 f SharessoBs •.5085 • • 5085 ' • .5085 Belgian Bank ...•••......•• ........ 660 • • 660 • • 660 '• • 660 Belgian Fives .1840 1842 • lo9# lO9l • • 1091 • • 1091 Spanish Active •••••• • • • • • • 33 1 • • 34 • • 331 • • 34 Passive ....... . - •. • 61 Threes ••.••• • • • • 361 • • • • 361 •• • 361- Portuguese:Five per Cents 47f • • 48 361 • • 47,f .• • 48 Neapolitan ...... ••••• • • • • • 102 60 • • 102 60 . • 102.35 102 45 roman - ••• 106 ; ••' 106 •• 106 , ' ' • RAILWAY MARES. -: - St. Germain Versailles, R.B L. 8.• •.. . ....... 175 • • 176 25 .. 175 • • 175 Rouen :. ••• ••• • • ••••• ........ , 890 .. 890 • • 888 75 .. 8 8 8 7 5 Rouen to liavre• • • • • • • • • • • . 687 50 .• 687 50 • • 682 50 ... 683 75 Orleans B9O • • 890 887 50 • • 888 75 Strasburg to Bale 248 75 .. 248 75 . • 246 25 • • 247 50 Montpellier to Cette ••—• • • • 470 • • '470 • • 470 • • 470 Mulhausen to Thatm '3BO •• • 380 • • 380 '.. 380 _ __ RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT. Versallloß,R.Th L.B. ..... •••• • •• 175 x 175 ....175 .. 175 Rotten .......... ...... 895 •. 895 . 887 50 •• 895 Rouen to Havre— ..... 685 685 .. 682 50 .. 682 50 Orleans .. B9O .. 892 50 887,50 .. 887 50 Strasburg to tale. Avignon to Marsellles•• •• • • 777 50 .. 777 50 767 50 .. 167 50 8A8,84c116 (IRELAND).--A return has been made to the house of Commons, on the motion of Captain Bernal, of the expenses incurred in the fortifications of barracks and other stations for troops in Ireland in the year 1843, from which it appears that the total amount is 14,450/. The return includes five districts —Dublin Limerick, Cork, Athlone. an d B elfast. The expenses for barracks in the city of Dublin are the ltrgest, being 3,2481. ; for Limerick, 1,625/. ; and Athlone, 2,069/. The number of places where expenses .have been incurred is 75. „-----------,__,__— , DIE LATE DUKE OF WISSEX'S LIBRART.-- 1 :-By the will of the late Duke of Sussex it was di rected that if the Government did not purchase his library within one year after his Royal Highness's decease, it was to be sold by public auction. The King of Prussia is now in treaty for the purchase of this rare collection of books, which consists of upwards of 45,000 volumes, the whole of which have been catalogued by Mr. Pettigrew, the Duke's librarian, and the list transmitted to his Majesty. We have not -heard the value placed upon them by his Royal Highness's executors. Even at the low average of half a crown a volume they would realise 6,6251: ' rities, under the immediate direction of the-Hon. Chairman, Mr.'Wood, have recently been very active in• putting down the adulteration of tobacco by special inspections and prompt prosecutions, and conviction where the frauds hnve been de tected. The following cases have been brought before the local judicial authorities within the last few weeks, and the parties have been fined in the sums named, viz.:--Mr. .fickle, •of tolton, 1501.; Mr. Laffer,- of Liverpool, 300/. ; Messrs. Nichol and Gough, of Chester, 3001. ; Messrs. Wood and Son, ofDoncaster, .1501. ; Me ssrs . t artans, of Lincoln, • 250/. ; Messrs. Gamble, of Gainsborongh, 6001. The case at ' Gainsborough last referred to occupied the Magistrates the whole bf Thursday and Friday last, was conducted by Dr. Bateman, of London, for the Excise, and by Mr. Cartwright, of Bantry, for the defence. One of the witnesses for the Crown was .Professor Graham, of, the London University, whose -prod- of the analysis of the adulterated tobacco was complete and conclusive. 'SUMMARY OF NEW AND Vubltr Optuton. " Ino runs may read." FOREIGN. The King of the French on Monday, accompanied by General de Rumigny and two orderly officers, went to Neuilly and visited every part of the chapel of Saint Ferdi nand. His Majesty returned to the Tuileries to dinner, and among the party invited on the occasion were M. Guizot and Mr. Edward Ellice. The France of Wednesday says, that though the report of the Duke of Angouleme's death is not true, yet, that by ac counts of the 6th, received from Goritz, there was no doubt that he could not hold out for many days. "A letter from Madrid, of the 6th iustant," says the Commerce, "has been communicated to us, according to which Bonet had left Alicante in an English frigate, which anchored off Alicante at dusk, on the 29th of February•, and set sail about eleven at night, carrying away, it is said, large sums of money. The last letters from Italy are full of accounts of the armed bands which have of late re-appeared in the Appe nines and in the low country on the coast of the Adriatic; and it is said that all the troops the Pope has at his disposal at Bologna are not sufficient to prevent the nightly depreda tions to which that city is exposed. _ _ LAW AND POLICE. - At the Oxford Assizes, Edward Butler was tried for the murder of his wife, by kicking and beating her in a most brutal manner. The jury to the surprise of the Court, re turned a verdict of guilty of manslaughter only. The pri soner was transported for life. At the same assizes Keeling Richardson, aged 24, John Richardson, 34, and Joseph Starkie, 18, three of a desperate gang who have infested this county for some. time past, were indicted for entering in the night time certain enclosed lands at Clifton Campville, and for having feloniously 'wounded Thomas Harrison, with intent to murder him. The jury found all the prisoners guilty, and they were transported for 20 years. assizes on the 'Western Circuit were opened yesterday at Dorchester by Judges Wightman and Cresswell. John Hall, Richard Terry, sen., Richard Terry, jun., Joseph Terry, William Adams, and Thomas Spratley, were indicted, at Aylesbury, for having committed a brutal assault on the person of Ann Pepper. The evidence proved the inost shocking depravity on the part of the prisoners, who were found guilty, and transported for twenty years. The trial of the persons charged at Tullamore with the murder of Lord Norbury, has been postponed till the next assizes. .Two boys, named W. Matthie and Joseph Hood, both under 14 years of age, were committed for trial from Mary lebone, on charge of robbing Mrs. Cobden, the lady of the Honourable Member for Stockport, of her purse, containing 11/. 15s. 6d., while passing through Oxford-street. William Carnell, a tall well-dressed man, was brought before Mr. Cottingham, at Union-hall, for re-examination, charged with being concerned with another man, not in cus tody, in the robbery of James Forder of 110/. in Bank of England notes and sovereigns. The robbery was effected by the old trick of entering into conversation with him, advising to be very careful of his money from the number of Sharpers about, and then "ringing the changes!' by putting a bag of coppers into his pocket instead of his sovereigns. The prosecutor left town by the train for Brenchley, in Kent, 'immediately after the robbery, and did not discover his loss !till.the next morning. The prisoner was committed for trial. COURT—WASEEZONAIME. Prince Albert has deferred his visit of inspection to.her Majesty's marine residence, near Cowes, until Monday next, when the Bleak Eagle Admiralty steam-yacht is ordered to be, in waiting at Portsmouth on Gist day, to convey his Royal Highness to the Isle of Wight. The Duke of Wellington gives a grand entertainment on the 27th inst. to their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, at Apsley House, when her Royal Highness the Duchess of Glouceste r i s also expected to dine , ' with the' Noble . Duke. The Earl of Devon has left town for Dublin, intending 'from thence to go to Dundalk, when the Noble and Learned 'Earl, and the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the tenure of land in that country, resume the active duties of the Commission. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland and the Ladies Leve son Gower intend to remain at Brighton until the second week-. in April, and then return to Stafford House for the season. The Duke and Duchess of Somerset have arrived in Park lane from Brighton. The Noble Duke and Duchess com mence their elegant parties immediately after Easter. The •Earl of Haddington, First Lord of the Admiralty, held his first levee on Thursday, when thirty-seven officers otthe Royal Navy had audiences with his Lordship. MISCELLANEOUS. Mr. Murchison, as President of tke Royal Geographical Society, gave his third soirée of the season, at his residence in Belgrave-square, on Wednesday evening, which • was at-. tended by above , 300 noblemen and gentlemen, besides a great many ladies of distinction. Among the interesting objects inviting attention was the prow of a Roman galley, the property of Sir Howard Douglas, fished up from the bottom of the sea, near the promontory where the battle of Actium was fought. . . - iAtianti-League Meeting was held at Morpeth on Wednes day, to adopt -measures for • opposing the repeal of the corn laws. - The meeting was convened by a requisition from cer tain landowners and farmers, amounting, it was said, to eight hundred. Resolutions in accordance with the object of the requisitionists were adopted, and an Association formed, to be called the Northumberland Society for the Protection of Agri culture, the Duke of Northumberland President. — COURT' CIRCULAR. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen and Prince Albert:yesterday; ate Buckingham-palace, and partook of a dejeuad .with her Majesty and his Royal Highness.:' . • Th.:, Queen and Prince Albert walked-Yeiterday in the Royal Gardens. His • Royal Highness Prince Albert . presided, yesterday afternoon,..at a meeting 'of th e C or n i nissien for promoting and encouraging the Fine Arts in the rebuilding the Palace of Westminster: The meeting was held in Gwydyr-house, at' half-pkiSt two o'clock, and his Royal Highness arrived soon after.that.hour, attended by Sir:EdWitid Bowater. The Other Commissioners present were the. Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord Colborne, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Mr. Gaily Knight, Mr. Henry Hallam, Mr. Samuel Rogers, and Mr. Thomas Wyse. The. meeting broke up at half-paa.fOur o'clock, when the • Prince, attended by Sir E. Bowater, took his departure, and returned to Buckingham PalaCe. Her .Majesty and Prince Albert, ' accompanied by the Princess Royal*, left..BUCkingliam Palace in a carriage and four, escorted •by • a. party of Light Dragoons, at twenty minutes past live o"clock yesterday afternoon, for Claremont. The Dowagr Lady Lyttelton; -Colonel the' lion. Charles Grey ,Equerry in Waiting on her Majesty, and Major-General Sir Edward Bowater, Equerry in Waiting on his Royal High ness, followed in another Royal carriage and four. Her Majesty and Prince Albert :were Conducted to their carriage by ilielOrirChanibirlain, the.MaSter of the Horse, the Vice-Chamberlain,. the. Hon. Misses Liddell and Murray, Maids ot Honour ; the pf ()monde, Lord in Waiting, and Sir Frederick Stovin; Groom in Waiting. Thdir , RoYiinigiinei6.the PrinenorWalea and the Prin • cess Alice left..liackin.g.ham.Palic4 at three o'clock yesterday afternoon, for-Claremont ; ina carriage and four. Her Ateydt iiiptiess the Ducliess of Kent:took an ai r i ng in a carriage.yesteiUY: ' ,afternoon.:.: Lord Sandon, and Mr. Lockhart, M.P., accompanied by Mr. Tennant,-• from- -Glasgow, --and. some of the master coopers of London, had an interview with Mr. Gladstone, at the office of.the Board of Trade, on the subject of the griev ances affecting the. coopers' trade. Mr. Attwood a n d a d epu t at i on h ad an interview with Sir R. Peel yesterday, at his official residence in Downing -street. The'Chancellor .of the Exchequer also attended. the interview. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners fo,England had a meet ing yesterday afternoon at the office in Whitehall-place. The Commissioners present were the Bishop of London, the Bishop of. Lichfield, the Lord President of the Council, the Chancellor of the Exchequ er , the E ar l of Besborough, the Right lion. H. Hobliouse, and the Dean of Westminster. M. -Van de Weyer, the Belgian Minister, and Baron de Moacorvo, the Portuguese Minister, transacted. business yes terday at. the Foreign-office. Mr. Evanson had an interview with Lord. Stanley yester. day at the Colonial-office. .... A. model, illustrative of a n improved elf-,adjusting rail way switch, was submitted by Mr. Faram to the Earl o Dalhousie and. General Pasley, Inspector-General of Rail ways, at the office of the Board of Trade... FA • SHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Duke and Duchess of Somerset, at Somerset House, Cumberland-gate, from Brighton ; Lord and Lady Radstock ; Lord Cantilupe, from a visit to Lord and Lady Wilton, at Egerton Lodge, Melton Mowbray; Sir R. and Lady Hunter, in Stanhope-street, from their seat, near Arundel; Sir John and Lady B. Johnstone, in Grosvenor-square, f rom th e i r seat, Harkness-park, near Scarborough ; Lady Emily Marsham, in Grosvenor-place, from Kent; Lord and Lad Prudhoe, in Privy-gardens, , from Brighton ; the Hon. G. H. C aven di s h , M.P.; in Belgrave-square from Ashford Hall, Derbyshire ; the Dowager Duchess of Beaufort, from a visit.to the Hon. Frederick and Lady Charlotte Caßhorpe, at Westfield Lodge, Brighton ; Bff: - J:•and 1111; 'Wood,. at Icelson'a Hotel, Port land-place ; J.-Clarke; .Esq.; at. dittoT John Brown, Esq., at ditto ; W. P. Barall;•Esq:,•at•ditto; -Lord and Lady Duncan, in si'orth-street,.Berkeley-square ; from Bath; Lord and Lady Sarah'lngestre and family,- at Bute , House, Old Brompton ; the Right, Honourable -Sir George H. Rose, M.P., in Old PalaCe-yard, from- Ouffnellsv • Hants•;• Lieutenant-Genera Sir Loftus and •Latly- Otway, from Brigllton ; the Earl o Harrowby, in Grosvenor-square, from London Hall, near Lichfield. •• • • • • . . DEPARTURES. Mrs'. Murray, from Nelson's Hotel, Portland-place, for Ancoat's Hall, Manchester; J. Murray, Esq., from ditto, for ditto ; W. H. Wickey, Esq., and Mrs. Wickey, from ditto ; • T.. Mason, Esq., from ditto, for Aldenham Lodge, Elstree ; the Rev. Nicholson, from the Cavendish Hotel, jermyn street ; Mr. Curteis, M.P., for his seat, near Rye, Sussex Mr. Ricardo, 7th Hussars, for Brighton ; the Hon. Fred Ongley, for Leamington Spa; Captain Fane, 4th Light Dra goons, for Brighton. CHANGES. The Hon. General and Miss St. John, at Brighton, from their seat,, near Lewes; Lieutenant-Colonel Malcolm, C.B. froin Leamington Spa, on a visiting 'tour; the Dowager Countess of Sandwich and Lady Harriet Baring, from Nice, on a tour; General the Hon: Sir William and Lady Lumley, from'Nice, on a tour in the south of Europe; Sir W. Welles ley and Lady Knighton, at' Brighton, from their seat nea llorndean, Hants ; Vice-Admiral Tomlinson and family, a Brighton, from Middleton House, Sussex ; Lord Gifford, a Cheltenham, from a tour ; Earl Howe, at the Quee Dowager's, Willey Court, from Gopsall Hall, Leicestershire ; the Hon.' and Rev. James Torrens Cocks, at Cheltenham from Earl Somers','Eastner Castle. - - - - SOUTHWARK' LITERARY INSTITUTION.—MY. White delivered a lecture on Astro-Meteorology, at this Institution, on the evening of Wednesday last. • In his exordium he pro duced.a file of almanacks, from Moore's for Hannay and Co.'s, and dwelt upon them with critical exactitude, dividing the laurelS promiscuously amongst them. In•the course of the lecture he .took a wide and comprehensive view of his favourite - theory, which was illustrated by a:variety of dia grams. In this part of the lecture we began to discover the acuteness and profundity of a highly observant mind. That 31r. White is a clever man has been attested by the best authorities, and his intellectual and scientific acquirements might better procure for him the admiration of the world if less tinctured with egotism. Verbum sat. THE NAMUR MORTAR.—This •stupandous and sdirtrßop.hyGo,otdarkicekne4aitn thethe s r i e e i g gn e ooff ISW'amilluiarmbyanthdearrmany,.. andsupi d e n e w r d which was exhibited in the Armoury at the Tower pre vidns to the fire, when the carriage was destroyed, has re hceidntblyeebneseeniiilatnodbeedraatfitttheed.Toiwt er is firo no m w ' Woolwich, had wshiteerethiet Ordnance:office ; and from its iinniense'site, being 18-inch bore, ezciteslitucli interest and 'attractkii: false pretences of various tradesmen at the west-end of the town. It appeared that the prisoner, three years ago, quitted the service of a lady of fortune, named Wombell, re siding at No. 17, George-street, Hanover-square, where she had lived for several months as upper housemaid. Nothing further was heard of her until lately, when the discovery was made that for several months past she had been obtaining goods in Mrs. Wombell's name of different tradesmen in Regent-street, Bond-street, and the neighbourhood, to a very large amount. On Thursday she was accidentally met in the street by one of her victims, and given into custody. She was fully committed on two separate charges, viz., for ob taining in Mrs. W om b e ll' s name , o f M r . Lonsdale, oNo. 179, Regent-street, hosier, three pair of stockings, of the value of 355., and pf Messri. Lewis and Allonby, of Regent -street, silk-mercers, a quantity of velvet. She will be indicted on several other similar charges.' UNION-HALL. Thomas Matthews, a tall man of military appearance, was brought up for re-examination, charged with robbing seve ral public-houses in the metropolis. The prisoner a few nights ago went into a public-house in High-street, and having engaged a bed, slept there, saying he had come up from Dover, and was going to the theatre. The next morning when he got up, he was in the act of con cealing a pair of sheets round his body; when he was dis covered, and given into custody. Several persons attended this morning against the prisoner. The landlord of a coffee-house in Shoreditch said the prisoner visited his house at the period the State trials were going on. in Ireland, and, having engaged a bed, went off the next morning with a pair of sheets. He had, previously to leaving the house, ordered a rump steak to be got ready, but it is needless to state he did not return. Mr. TRAILL said that there were a great number of charges against the prisoner, all of which were pretty nearly of a similar character, and that he should commit him for trial. PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. TIMBER.—" A Return of the . several Expired Con tracts for British and Foreign Oak and African Timber, Thickstatf, and Plank, for the use of her Majesty's Dockyards, since the year 1825." (No. 60. On the motion of Mr. Forster, ordered by the Commons to be printed, Feb. 23.) A detailed return, with prices, of no less than 333,384 loads of timber. GRAIN, MEAL, AND FLOUR.—(No. 36. On ;notion of Mr. Hutt, Feb. 22.)—An Account of any Grain, Flour, and Meal imported during the years 1841--43, from each of the British Colonies (including India), stating the quantity imported in each year from each colony. These annual tables are made out in ten columns, show ing the annual exports respectively of wheat, barley, oats, peas, Indian corn, corn knd grain of all sorts ; of wheatmeal (or flour), oatmeal, Indian meal ; meal and flour of all sorts. The total imports were— For the Years. OfCorn and Grain. Of Meal and Flour. 1841 1842 1843 . The largest quantity of wheat imported in the first year of this series came from Canada-68,854 qrs. In 1842 and 1843 the quantities were, severally, 32,774 and 20,671 qrs. Of wheatmeal or flour, from the same country, the imports were in the like interval 594,124, 508,488, and 325,097 qrs. In the year 1842, there were brought into this conntry, from its possessions in India, 5,451 qrs. of wheat. EXPORTS TO ERAZIL.--(NO. 73. Mr. Labouchere, Feb. 29.)—An Account of the Declared Value of British and Irish Produce and Manufactures Exported from the United Kingdom to Brazil in the years 1841, 1842, and 1843, distinguishing the principal articles :-- 1841. 1842. 1843. Amounts... 2,556,554/. ... 1,756,805/. ... 2,140,1271. EXPENDITURE OF IRELAND.—Return showing present Total thereof, including Debt, Army, Pensions, Civil List, Miscellaneous Estimates, and all 'Disbursements payable out of the Public Revenue, for the years ending respectively— _ Jan. 1, 1843. Jan. 1, 1844. 'Payments for interest and ma-1 nagement of the Permanent 1 Debt, including Terminable } 1,192,735 .Annuities (601 • 1.18 s. in 1843 I and . 5971. Bs. in 1844) Other permanent charges on Consolidated Fund, exclu- 586,909 sive of advances for Public Works Army.... Ordnance... 97,050 Miscellaneous Services 398,504 ...... 332,683 • Total present Expenditure ~.f.3,212,698 .......£3,184,696 LONDON COAL MARKET.—(No. 74. Mr. Wawn, Feb. 29.),-" Return of the Sums of Money received and paid by the Chamberlain 'of the City of London in relation to the market for the sale of Coals, to and including the 31st December, 1843," &c.:—Total receipts, including 11,521/. 14s. _Amount of duty'of one penny' per ton on coals, but deducting , drawback of duty on coal exported (under Ist and 2d Vic., c. 101), 14,5171. 7s. sd. Total expenditure; including 1,000/. transferred to coal-whippers' account (6th and 7th Vic., c. 101), 5,8601.'175. Invested by virtue of , lst and 2d Vic.. c. 76 and c. 101, in Government Securities, on 31st March; and sth July, .1843, 9,3281. ' 35. Total sum, which had been invested on 31st December, 1843, 80,848/. Bs. Balance in hand on same day, since invested. 6,2661.75. COURT OF SESSION (SCOTLAND). Return, extracted from the Accounts furnished by the Exchequer of Scotland of Payments for the Maintenance of the Judicial Establishment in that country ; showing the number and names of the Judges of the Court of Session who have retired on Superannuation Allowances, &c. (No. 57. Mr. Wallace, Feb. 22) : Annual Amount NAMES. Date a Allowance Received to Retirement. granted. • Dec. 31, 1843. Charles Hope, of Grantoun, late Lord President of the Court of Session • • • • Oct. 7, 1841. 3,600. 7,131 David Moneypenny, of Pit niilly, late a Lord of Ses sion and Justiciary, and Commiasioner of the Jury Court • • • • •• •••• • • • • Oct. 10,1830. 2,400 33,567 Sir Andrew Campbell, of ;Succoth, late Lord of See, sion and JustiCiary •• • • Dec. 13,1824. ' 1,950 36,657 Sir William Miller, of Glen lee, late a Lordnf Session Jan. 18, 1840. 2,250 8,326 George Cranstoun, of Core- , , house,,late a Lord of Ses sion •• • • ••••• • • • • • AprillB,lB39. 1,500 , 6,676 Alexander Maconochie, of . Meadowbank, late aJudge No Payment ' of the Court of Session • • Nov: 3, 1843. 2,250 yet made. Present Annual To MARKE T Charge. • • I tal Paid. • • • .. 1 Z 13,950 £92,358 NEWS.-(YESTERDAY CORN-EXCHANGE. A very limited quantity of. English Wheat has been re ceived here during the present week, and the show of samples was, consequently, small. Although th e a tt en d ance of millers and others was scanty, the demand for the above article was scanty, the demand for the above article was steady, at fully Monday's quotations. For Foreign Wheat, free of duty, the inquiry was active, at very full rates. Beinded , Grain was much neglected. The Barley trade Was In a very dull state, the malsters buying sparingly. Malt had a drooping 'appearance, with an average quantity offering. Oats, Beans, Peas, and Flour•were very dull. • ARRIVALS. Bayley. (lam I P lour 2,180 qrs. 81,0 Vs I 1,290 sack e. , ......._ 1 ........-- Wheat.- EN;liah. ..... 1,410 qii. 1....... Malt, 1,770 qrs. • SMITHFIELD. • Notwithstanding our market was but scantil7 supplied;yrjth: Beasts, a large pbrtion of which was of middling and inferior: quality,,the Beef trade was in a very depressed state. How-I ever, thePrimest Seots sold at prices about equal to thOSO . obtahied on Monday ; but the value of all other breedshad'al downward tendency. > The fresh arrivalifroth Scotland con-. sistedsof 58 . Scot's. The numbers of Sheep were only 'lnode - rate,. 4 - while . the Mutton trade was tolerably steady at: abo'Ut, previous currencies.' In ,Lambs very . little' was doing, at barely late rates. Prime small Calves' commanded a steady, 'sale ; other kind's of Veal a'slow inquiry, at our quotations. A.; good business was transacted in Pigs. • Milch Cows were selling heavily, at froni 161. to 191. 10s. each. Per.Blba, to sink the oiTaL s. d. to s. s.' d. to s. d. Inferior " .... 26 - 2' 8, Interior Sheep .4. . . '2' 8 3 0 beeond quillty-ditto.4 210 3 0, Second quality ditto 3 . 2 • 3 8 Prime large Men 3 2 3. 8: Coarso-woollod ditto 3 I 4 0 Prime Scots. &c........ 310 6 0' Southdown Wethers 4 2 4 6 Large coarse Calves... 3 6 4 61 Large HOgs 2lO 310 ' Prime linen ditto - - 48 ' 410 Small Porkers • '3 10 4 4 SucklitisCalvel,each 18 . 0 28 0 [Quarter old Pigeorachli 0 21 • ' 'SUPPLY AT MARKET. Boats. Sheep. Calves. I Figs . 609 I 3,260 136 320 • annarciATE. AND LEADENNALL. The supply, of Meat was but moderate, while the demand was heav - y,•on the following terms:— • At per stone, by the Carcase a. AL to a. d.l s. e. te a. d., beef 2.2 2 4 Mutton, inferior 2 6 2 8 --- middling 2 8 28' -- middling 2lO 3' 2 - printelarge•..... 210 3 13` prime 3 4 3 6 3 2 3.4 4 Veal 00000000000 3 6 4 8 3 6 4'4 Lamb 4s 8d to sa. Bd. • BOROUGH HOP PLABZET. This market still continues very scantily supplied with both old and new «Hops. The demand, in consequence, is active, on very full terms: Weald of Kent pockets, 614 s to 6/ 16s; Mid Kent ditto, 6112 s to 91 108; East Kent ditto, .0/ - 138 . to 91 10s; Choice ditto, 101 to ill 115; Sussex., ditto, 6/ to 6l 13s; Farnhams,,9l .15s to 11111 s; Mid Kent bags, 158 to 61-10 s, • COX•OICEILX. • • -SUGAR.—The market for British Plantation has been dull this week, the supply not being large, and the sales were not above 550 hhds and trcs, exclusive of to-day's. Prices are barely so high. MAURITIUS AND BENGAL-4,651 bags of the former sold at 635.t0 66s for good to fine yellow, and at 593 to 64s for grey, being 6d to is cheaper ; and 9,568 bags of the latter were offered, but went also 6d lower, viz., 50s 6d to 51s for -damp 'brown, 66s to 69s for good to fine white, and 57s to 66s .for yellow ; there were also 1,387 bags in bond, which sold at 33s to 338 6d for yellow. • - FouzioN.--298 hhds, 2 tn.', 15 brls Cuba realised 19s to 20a per cent. • REFIXED.—Sugar has not quite supported its value. Brown Lumps have been at 753 6d per cwt. A cargo of llavannah has been sold ptivately. • COFFEE. —British Plantation has been firm. In Ceylon there has been a decreased business ;. the -auctions have coin- • prised 2,144 bags, which were nearly all, taken in at.7os 6d to 71s for food ord pale,. and 77s to 85s fori the other qualities. In East India sorts; 1,645 bags were mostly taken in at 33s 6d for Singapore, and 53s to 55s for Company's Java, being full -rates; Some Salem at 4d duty, was taken in at 85s for good yellowish ; 1,578 bags Costa Rica sold at 50a to 57s 6d per cwt; and 538 bags Manila at 40s to 455. ' , ' , ltum.—The market is firm. The Government contract has 'been taken at , 2s Oid per lb. for proof, half East and half West India. • ' RICE.-2,876 bagwßengal were taken in at 12s to 12s 6d for sound, 9,518 bags Java at 8s 6d to 9s per cwt, and 186 tres Carolina at 183.6 d for good bright white. The Java sold afterwards at about 8s 6d. SALTPETRE.—Of Bengal, 640 bags sold at 26s 6d to 27s 6d for '7* to 4ilbs refraction. Corral.—The market has been dull. TEA.—The market has been quieter, but holders generally . require former rates * which checks business. TALLow.—P.Y.C. is 41s to 41s 3d on the spot, and 24a 6d* for titres months. • SricEA--91 bags White Pepper were taken in. at 544 to. frill for-good bold diugypaud 41 bags Black 2id 44244p0u1b., Jamaica Ginger has realised 518 s to 1312 s per Cwt., ' riwr has been in moderate demand. of 11,,,arefilor i ) e't (From the London New Price Current . SUGA R.-To-day rather lower rates being scary" t this India Sugar, making the decline from tbe bighe.ste fo n r ord year is to Is 6d per cwt, tempted the refiners to CO more freely, but the groeers operated reluctantly , and t 7 t aid, ral appearance of the market was heavy ; 110 bbd' wet making the total sales for the week 500 hbds. detce i r Rxritestr..:-The demand has been trifling for „,, e e', tions of refined goods for home consumption during and a greater desire shown on the part of the refille r L t who have submitted to a reduction on last Fridafe,re'd g od e per cwt. To-day tho home trade purchased re fin e Ltaer cautiously; brown Lumps 75s to 753 6d, standar d let ter 76s 6d to 77s per cwt ; there is a good display of ° A IN gi safe. Bonded C rus h e d S ugar i s diffi cu lt of sale, an' per cwt is the value o f fi rs t sor t. • le de si° M Ma URITIUS.-This afternoon the trade evinced oa t rt to do business, and o f 3,993 b ags a t public sale, t ; Ent only was disposed of, at a further decline of 6. 1 Pe r p i ddling yellow went at 64s to 66 s 6d, • goo d 62s 6d to 63s 6 '.,"i d ii o g 60s 6d to 625, low 59s 6d, fi ne gre y 63 s to 63s 6d , u" good 6ls to 62s 6d, ordinary 59s 6d to 605 per ewt• 0 tso ° EAST INDIA.-This afternoon Bengal Sugar w aof t l ' e sparingly ; 331 bags 50 casks at public sale, the soan ini d c ilici former all taken in-good white at 65s 6d to 66 s 6dt bou t ye 645, damp and washed sold at 62s to 64s 6d, be in g a et e ft, terday's rates, damp low brown in casks went at 5 05 P being higher. FORRIGN.-Holders of yellow flavannah for the n ' ° ..' t r 14. a1 05 are not disposed to take lower rates. • This afteroooorroid, white sold ose 23s to 23s 6d for good dry, 225 to 2`266d f" et! dling, 21s to 21a 6cl for ordinary, being rather char r ; yellow taken in at 19s to 19 3 6d, an d tniddling 1 856 d Pf is Pe r of the other sorts, a small part only sold, at a d fi l in i ° a ged 14 1 ewt; Maceie, yellow went at 17s to 19s 6.d, and oa a 4 ; to 14a 6d ; Pernambuco, damaged•white 18 5 to "•. ; •;6ti, ° Maceio taken in, yellow at 17s to les, brown 135 to L is and yellow Pernambuco 1714 6d per ewti• Indi a Comm . -There has been no publicaale of West t. af ro week ; privately some parcels have been disposed 0 full rates.. Mocha has brought fill prices, aid the deni_ s . i ddlirig vately . is 'good ; sales made at 73s to 75s for. be tter quality. This afternoon Ceylon' Coffee was it satin demand by private contract, and 261 bags 5 . i siSe. sold at full rates ; good ordinary pale fetched 70Ht , too, 68s to 69s 6.1, and triage 63s ; other E° j a rs 5 " sorts were little sought after ; 478 bags Singsr re er i bre", Public sale went is t o 2s lowe r; goo d or dinary 00 Oil sold at 35s to 37 5 , g o o d green 38 s 6d to 395 6 ",;„ ofr" Padang taken i n a t 32 s f or m i xe d. Th e closing Pn c- ordinary Ceylon were 70s to 70s 6d per cwt. t his steei 'DIA.-There has been less activity in the market o,lol'' the purchases mad e by p r ii a t e con t rac t have been o PS 6 0 e 'i; scale only in black as well as in green Tea; good s t ' rst be . - seriptions are held with firmness, but in some • at e ; t op e lower lower rates taken for the inferior qualities, of which !"; t i P n f principally consists. To-day there was little Pe °3 ' n "o.4 Tea market ; some parcels of sound common C° o " t t h l money are offering at I s Oid per lb. w • MOLASSRS.--Weat India at a decline of Is Per, "to w" week ; Demerara fine 26 s ; St. Kitt s fair 24s 6 , 1 an d to 265. Bengal Syrup with o ut c hange. to .j7l 10 1° COCDA.-Trinidad fine red 58 s to 60s, good Foreg o • middling 515 t 0 .555, and grey 495 to 545 per cwt. p 1 4i 28s to 32s per cwt. SPICES. This afternoon at auction 59 bags of l'e- fcf f were taken in at 64 for good middling bold ; o l reli fl black Pepper is increasing, and it is difficult to MI Sumatra under 3 t id per lb. fer ill' cr e eti r RUM, , BRANDY, AN D H OLLA N D S.-- Th e t Contract for 10400 gallons of Rum, half East seO fetfi.; India, has been all taken by Messrs. Ruck, Son, an t ; JO lle f at the high price of 2s (lid per gallon, proof streng i t ,'" o 71 5 ( 1; very rich high flavour, 34 per cent over- pr00f , 2 r 0441 3 . 6 10 4 e r i, 20 puns, 27 to 32 over, rather foal, 35 the dealers have disposed of 150 puns at 3 0 ar 0 0 1,1 for low to good, 30 to 37 per cent. over. Leeteard' n - e me e ti t o f 2s 2d paid for small parcels of proof strength.. 3, 5 4 be 3s Id for 35 per cent. overproof, and fine 37 oar *"„ g th i dl gallon. Calcutta Rum at Is 10d for proof ° re f 13r ° , 0 e brought Is lld per gallon 2s is now asked for pro th e at the following rates :-Cognac, best brands or ',639 no of 1838, hhds Sc 11d, puns 5s 9d ; ditto 4 Z ; 0 0 5s f3d, puns 5s 6d; ditto 1840, hints 55 6d,' pLint b h s s 4a, 6 lp o l . r 1841, hhds 5s sd, puns 5s 3d ; ditto. 1842, ta1w,,,." 0 3 , jod 5s 2d, middling masks 3s 5d to 4s 6d, and 101, 0 .'11 0 16,0 gallon. Geneva of common shipping quality Is, Ai t h taken ; fine for duty is 2s 3d to 3s per gallon. r f a ilon Spirits lOs 2d per gallon, cash. Gin 8s 8d per per cent under proof. 180 e r ,° o° SAGO.-Good large bright Pearl at 17e 6d Tapioca at shd to 7d per lb for good to fine. 'lite, P rn Sago Flour at 20s to 20s 6d for middling greyish " , 00 W is to 2s per cwt higher. Rica.-The market for cleaned Rice is firm sn - to Ol o ci el sine's is doing ; Patna 14s to 173, and Carolina 2 1 . 0 01 , ,,,/ cwt. This afternoon the demand was limited for i7.' it ;selP i o f 351 bags at public sale went 6d lower, middling w „ on d at 115 6d, sea damaged first class 115 to lls 6d, e e "" third . and fourth 8s to 91 6d per cwt.. - P °l ` - INDIGG.-The market for East' India is in a -4 , r , 1 1 . 6° 4 the tendency of prices is upwards . Spanis h hes w for, but few parcels remain in first hands. :A ire A Of • TALILOW.--For Russian Tallow the rates P a id 41 , 3 cwt above those of this week ; on the spot 4 1 ° !(:' cwt currently paid for P. Y. Candle of fine q ualiT f to p livery 9 to 2e for the lat three months American s Tall d 4 s ow on the spat at ra th e r higher 1. 5-. ts ;th k ' Tallow at 41s per cwt nett cash. This a ft e rnoon _ ) e otr e ti; rican at 30s to 405 6d for low to fine, and one lot /Tyr.,lsy, Ibrail 40s to 41s 3d, and. New York at 38s to 39 !.- t i to Ou.s.-Olive Oil at advanced rates, . Gallipoli ; 1 1 e 4 Ol Spanish 43/ to 44/, and Barbary 421 to 4,31 p° Oil at 27s to 27s 3d per Cwt on the spots for soi nii to the prices are 5s lower than last year.. RepX t , st # 6 ,J to 36s for pale, and 34a 6d to 35s for brown. - -1 11 s t 28s 6d per cwt for good to fine. Cocoa ,ut '4llso's; 325. Cod is fetching 33110 1 . to 341 , pale SieS , SP ( ' t'.) and common to fine Southern 3 it to 34/ pe e ttrg oot hero to r 701 to 721 per tun for Briti s h. This afternoon 000 6 at 30/5s to 3215 s ; Sperm Oil 62/ to 71/, an d 7615 s to 771 10s. „g$ PROGRESS OF THE SUFFRAGE MOYLMSZIOSVI CITY.—CHEAP, CORDIVAINER, AND DOWGATF la'Weld meeting of the inhabitants of the above wards tc4 .„ B diate„,o , 68, Cheapside, for the purpose of taking i1n.,'",. - s oe,,a',,„` , llr, practical steps to put the register in a sonnu e ,,j„ev Mr. Harvey was called to the Chair. Mr. 5' 14 .4 , - ;ocio 0 ° , 8 ,0 Secretary to. the Metropolitan Anti-Corn - l aw ,„.h thei„. o o, addressed the meeting on the objects for deci, convened—the important changes effected h 1,1, - frsac o r of the Court of Common Pleas in extending " 1 „. 8 ` {al _ e ns .? the wide door that was now open fur the most — the re,i' Aaea tion, and the practical steps to be taken to farther,B of sions of the law. Mr. Harvey, the Chain/la n ' t ire of tbep_ ,ce, plained the necessity of such arrangements fo protecting the poorer class of voters from unduatoftercigls which he gave several instances, and extending the l dre 4 for which there was now such ample opportn nitl ,4 10 1 0 .0 ward of Cripplegate Without, containing thr-ie houses capable of conferring the right of v otiag , A cter r, t ioo occupancy be duly forwarded to the overseerS• observations on the organisation to be crested, !I d e a 1 . ) ,,f 0 ' was moved by Mr. Thomas Wilson, and 80; . „ocititi; Miles, that an Anti-Corn-law Registration ( „ nr oltt e " formed, which was carried unanimously. , t,t , 60 0 then appointed, and the meeting adjourned' e Ail AN ENGLISHMAN AND HIS PASSYDT"'"--.703:-"ree the following in the Boulogne Guardian of th_ t o f per' English gentleman has been tried by the Tribun,7tore tional Police of that town, for having insulted gA s .. t be of P° th li e 71(1 ;3 ° e tf , arr ii c tA e Beret and . Loisel, the commissioners port-office at the port, .in execution of defendant, when called upon to state win, cla' i te' say in his defence, said that on the nig li ,b i st ° l d f` lr he landed at Boulogne, via Folkestone ; sO e te r, was c j et e senting himself at the Custom-houee , the his passport ; that having been infornaed no o .a c op State's office, where he had obtained it, tha, o t itt ee_oil right to dispossess him of it,le had refused thel' Alta.; tier changed for another ; that from hence arose ee to ti ft t with which he was charged, which had gi ve rge e°,lor f for which he was marched off to prison• cad ole retiring for a short time to deliberate, senten le d o to pay a fine of 100 f and costs: The case el - 5 etre: s l," t able interest amongst. tlegEnglish residen",hate IP British Consul was in atteridance'during the s es.' t tiog tea t ce EMBANKMENT ,OF',UVYLEE 'RIVE.' t wits e t , Majesty's Coturnissioliere-15r-Sewers for f a . gel s ' t o 15 1 1 0 from East Moulsey-, in Surrey, to Ravensbornes,of ell e , to t o issued their warrant to. the several eeenP ier Than', 'of to premises on the southern shore then yer bait _ to o folloiving effect :••=" That, wheiea.s the Wal!,,, v i n the, U t v of river Thames within the parish of St. Savi, e h 'i• tea S h — c e t hr of Sinithwark, in -the county of . Surre3f , ' high tides become defective, and of instual o f th g° resisilik - waters from overflowing the chr e- ,;reto, s B s o ' i l s; bitantsoand the low grounds and places t e r within the said parish, to the great then d e trimen ora; 0 6 _, to owners and occupiers thereof," &c. It l e it rsi s 'tea cfr i ;c 6 the several resident tenants on Bankside sh! It is 0,0 bankment 18 inches eastward and WestwaPtsed B %r e ir be regretted that the embankment asp roPu tbe , A was so precipitately abandoned, particolaricio will fall very heavily on those wharfinge re w ill ow remises on lease only,. A public steel ing . P. 0 W 0 : advertised on the subject. A i ' ellO W 1111 tt ir4 SHOCKING ACCIDENT. -t). pOOF a ped r° net' for t ' Her, of Bishops Canning s, narrowly esc t osnl t ts p is throat, a few days since, in a rather singe i y en ifeir l ,eo was cutting hay in a field at Sp the e slipped, and he fell to the ground- with th a hand, the blade of which completely laidiotweries ila ttsr the jaw to the ear, exposing the pnnciyal A e el immediately attended by . Mr. G. way Sgt t . des 0.5 de care, going on well.—De Gazette. jfe BODY FOUND AMOMG THE r od , one of Sir G. M'Kenzie's gamekeepers Ir a ; D 5. 1011 upon the snow some miles to the south A loaf e i eso, t ies had been observed, a few hours before, Pig; c orr tho.'; : it4 followed by a dog; and when discoveredis sop po. v e sly gi ll to attended by the faithful animal. It i t icsa tip 11 d° :er ° cold had induced drowsiness, and that;6l. b i n tse tbe 5 1 way to the pleasant sensation, he had I as to P e sleep, not anticipating that that sleep death.—Perth Advertiser. , On the 9th inst., at eiftloTT,llbirS.s. jigg i V l ; Is i a 6 ) .°"ll( - - „ On . the 1 3 th inst., at Sydenh anl -1111 ' At the British Embassy , Florence, Firlio7rlence,l7.SenberYl3ol3fultl:::it's 'tiset'ler.: of Genoa, to Agnes, second daughter nit point Burton, Esq., Westmeath, Irelanw til orlt , - -14 015 6 _, '1 11, On the 4th inst., at St. Georgell,B°4 ocher Customs 13115LIL ustoms at Leith, 'qt's:':,oltlfaars°y,ne.ldestC°slda----rr°ller cond son of J. A. Lloyd, Esq., f Georg eo ughter 0 sdt(r U bl : eß, the 9th inst., at Tottenhsin Esq., of Rochester. Mr. °,,i'rildtB b , o f tb • Old Chi nuehter vtP,o, King, of Watling-street, to An onlY d3l3;iicing, 'io 5 4 _, , ,, In c t i t n io t n h y e Edmonds, Ettcti.otf. kioaxr3rford• faro , _. CAPtI., Co, Dstter:c(ii'll Chem' , E .N sq .,. , t o o f J o a ak ne . : H s o e u c s ozd j3a d t a t u o g rs es l;te , r g ' u f r; :e P , ' . 10 411 DIED. tiiddieto.- - )n the Ist inst., at Anglesey Hunt , J. ” d,P i i ce , Commander, R.N. o f rjoll4°lo ),° in the Bth inst., Thomas Howard, E 6 9,,'„,.' i . Tb° lll ._,' 'e, On the 9th inst., in the Rue d'Alger, - 1 . "" 4 ' _. V. 4 . Esq., late of Lauderdale House, Ilighatea.heittohtVitlf On the 10th inst., at Hotly Cott.ige, er , s .bill, : 0 , ISA' relict of the late H. Heyman, M5:04493'1c Chelt enb . ter On the 10th inst., at Pittville Villa s, , Art riP uo rlis -, swith , • P ' 14,0 George Henry Hutchins, late of the Beug3' c.qq., ° On the 11th inst., at Dover, John 0.00 4, at-law, aged 62. Jolin'r 10 Cunningham, son of J. Feot, Eigl-t./.. 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On Sale, at N 0.82, Newgate-street. The former Parts can be had, each at a double postage. - . . - J. D. invites particular attention to tho . exclusiVe cheapness of the. various copies of the Encyclopmdias, Annual Register, Parliamentary History and Debates, in this Catalogue. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, MARCH 16, Will be repeated a New Grand Opera, in Three Acts, called THE BOHEMIAN (mu. Count Arnheira, Mr. Borrani ;• Thaddeus, Mr. W. Harri son; A r li ne , M iss R a i ntort h ; Queen ot - the Gipsies, bliss Betts. . . After which, Will be repeated Albert's celebrated Ballet of THE BEAUTY OF GHEN I% Marquis de San Lucar, M. Albert ; Benedict, M. Hbguet Vestris; Beatrix, Millie. Fleury ; Agnes, Millie. Clara Webster; Julia, Madame Petit Stephan ; Diana, Mdlle. O'Bryan. Dress Boxes 75., Second Price is. tid. ; Upper Circles of Boxes 55., STond Price 3r. ; Pit 3s , Second Price Middle Gallery 25., 32tond Price is.; Upper Gallery Is., Second Price 6e. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. MK. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LESSER THIS EVENING, MACH 16, Wilt be revived Shakspeare's Comedy of R The TAMING OF THE SHREW. Petrucio. Mr. Webster; Grumlo, Mr. Buckstone; Katharina, Mrs. Nisbett Atter the Comedy, Mr. JOHN PARRY will give his Descriptive Scene, " Whittington and his Cat." To be followed by a New Petite Musical Drama, called DER NECHT TEUFEL. Baron Gillestern, Mr. Strickland Oscar, Mr. Howe; Baroness, Mrs. Glover ; M a t i ld a , Mi ss P. Horton; Ca. rolizse, Miss Julia Bennett. To conclude with MAKE YOUR WILLS. Joseph Brag, Mr. Buckstane. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, ss. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, 25.; Upper Gallery, Is. Half.price —Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 28.; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, fid. Doors opened at Half-past Six, and the t'erformances commence at Seven. Tickets and Places to be had of Mr I. T. Archer, at the Box office, from Ten till Five. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. , MARCH la Will be repeated tha THIS Grand EVENING Opera of the MAID OF JUDAH. Ivdnhoe, Mr. Wood; Friar Tuck, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Rebecca, Mrs. Wood. In which will be added GONE TO TEXAS, in which Mr. and Mrs. Keels wiilperform. To conclude with a Niw Grani Ballet, entitled LEOLA; or, the May day Bride. Patrick. Mr. Chicheley; Phelim; Mr. Gilbert; Rhona, Miss Charleton ; Leola, Miss Bailin. RINESSS THEATRE. Mr. ALLEN begs P respec C tfully ' to acquaint his Friends, his Pupils, and the Public that his FIRST BENEFI will take place on THURSDAY EVENING, the :21st of March, on which occasion ROSSINI S OPERA. 0 [HELLO, will be performed for the FIRST TIME on the ENGLISH STAGE. Private Boxes and Places may be had of Mr. Msssingham, at the Theatre. Tickets may also be obtained at the principal Music-shops, and at Mr. Allen's residence, 19, Baker-street, Lloyd-square, Pen tonvil e. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING MARCH 16, Will be repeated, by permission of Charles Dickens, Esq. THE CHRISTMAS CAROL. Princip a l Ch arac t ers —M essrs . 0. 'Smith, Wright, Lyon, Maynard, FOrman Miss Woolgar. Mrs. F. Mathews, Miss Chaplin, and Miss Lee. • To'be followed by ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA MARRIED AND SETTLED. Antony, Ili. Wright; Cleopatra, Misr Woolgar. Atter which, ULRICA;. or, The Prisoner of State. Principal Characters—Messrs. Lyon, O. Smith, Maynard, Forman, Wieland, amt Hamilton ; Mesdames V3tes, D. Lee. and Chaplin. To conclude with DEEDS OF DREADFUL NOTE. Timid, Ml... Wright ; Fright, Mr. Forman; Mrs, Fright, Miss Emma Stanley - . Boxes 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; Second price at Nine. D oors. opeir at dial =past Six, cosninetice at Seven o'Clock. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING, MARCH ICI, Will be perforthed a New Drama, entitled THE LAST SHIL LING, supported by all the Company. After which, FEMALE ASSURANCE. Captain olding, Mr. J. T. Johnson.; Charle s , Mr. Morrisol; SoAia, Mrs. H. Hughes. In conclude with THE FOUNDLING OF THE FOREST. Count de Valmont, Mr. H. Hughes; Florian, Mr. J., T. Johnson ; Bertrand, Mr. N. T. Hicks ;. E ugen i a, Mrs. H.Vining. . Places and Private Boxes to be bad or Mr. Kerschner, at the Box.. o fire, trom Eleven !o Font-, THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, MARCH 15. THERMOMETER, "Lowest, 39 ; Highest, '4B ; Noon, 46. BAROMETER, 29.56.—WDrD, W.S.W. NoTE.—The number 32 -on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is asually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. LEIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TIES DAY. Morning 3 minutes after 0 I Evening .• 31 minutes atter O. 're. - 4 .,. t, • . A...A l 9. . 4•:".• 11 7 .., , i•. • A4 ji \ • ' ''' oNI 4 .I•MAi . ....-.1 44 , • 1,,, 4.. ti. ,„ 2; ..iii." libilli s ',,11i. ...1 1 F 9 7.44113445'iad'W I" i • -. • ~.........'" . ~, . 4,. ;!, 42.. m o'4 ' - I,„,.liiii • ' 1 .111......,L, . ' 0/ F v n '" ..,,,,A,'," 0,., 'llliNP "-- ...... ..,.....— et . .-.A.::,,-,-,-, p• —,-,-- . ........ ° ' fir t LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1844. o buSiness was . done in the House of Lords last evening;but Lord CAMPBELT; made a few remarks on the affair of the Rev. Mr. MARSH, which show the use of l3ishopS. He - said th e Bi s h op o f P ETERBOROUGH on a fo rmer evening had stated that he could not interfeee,"beCause the offence had been committed out , of his diocese, but, on referring to an Act of Parlia ment he found - that the Bishop could bring the case before the Court of Arches. The Bishop of PETERBOROUGH thanked the Learned Lord for the information, and excused him self for not carrying out the law to its full extent on the ground that the'-delinquent's mother resided at the parsonage, in a 'delicate state of health, and any agitation might have - been fatal. The Bishop made soine.other .remarks, which showed the most kindly disposition, towards his frail brethren. He concluded by saying, that the greatest care was taken in examining the character and qualifications of the candidates for the sacred ministry. The House adjourned at an early hour. After the presentation of petition's in the Commons, Capt. Potnn.r. gave notice, that on Mr. TURNER in troducing a Bill for the Abolition of Duelling, he shot d move an amendment to the effect that the pre sent laws are sufficiently stringent. Mr. S. Cnawioan gave notice, that on an early day after Easter, be shoUld move Tor leave to - bring in a Bill to extend the Parliamentary Suffrage. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the Ex- CHBQUER the Three-and-a-Half per Cent. Annuities Bill, and the other. Bills connected with the reduction of the interest on the different Stocks, were read a third time and passed. Sir ROBERT' IN GLIS put several questions to Sir ROBERT PEEL about idolatry in India, and especially inquired whether steps had been taken to stop the pen sion to the idol of Juggernaut. , Sir ROBERT PEEL said, that on the arrival.of the next Indian Mail he should be able to inform the Hon. Member for Oxford of the steps taken by the _Government of India on the subject, and would lay all the correspondence before the House. After questions from Mr. BELLEW, relative to the exclusion of Roman Catholics from juries in Ireland, to which Lord ELIOT gave no satisfactory answers, Mr. WALLACE put the six questions relative to railways, of which he had given notice, to Mr. GLADSTONE. They are briefly given in the,Parlia mentary report, and it is needless to repeat them, or - the answers, as they cannot be made shorter. We may infer, however, from the Right Hon. Member's statement, that he is satisfied with the present system of railways. In answer to a question from Lord J. RUSSELL, Sir, J. GRAHAM said that, on Monday next he would give notice of the day when he would introduce a Bill relative to the Irish franchise. 'After some observations by Mr. ESCOTT, on the illegality, of, fees, taken by clerks of the peace from defendants, in which Sir JAMES GRAHAM concurred, _ the House went into Committee on the factories Bill. On the second clause being read, Lord ASHLEY moved an amendment, to limit the time of labour to ten • hours in the day, and_ en tered at length into the hardships of the operatives in cotton' manufactories. A long discussion ensued, which was terminated by Mr. IVAEBurroisr moving that the Chairman report progress. This motion was agreed to; and, after disposing of the other busi ness on the paper, the House adjourned at One o'Clock. The subject of dOlftta. again brought under 'the notice of the ptattWrOptivi* • Thursday by Mr. Tuarna, Aylto to the effect that the practiC o i P‘ immoral in its t4Adency, that it brings into colfteMpt the laws of the country, is con trary to the Lte command, and ought to be abo-, fished.' The on. Merhber lyith sense and spirit on this quatio9,and co . b . prodiifeby expressing a hope that an Act wdild be pa*ted - .‘hich .would ren-_ der the punishment for duellrng nicte'%-erfititritnd