The Sun. — London, England, 1844-03-23 00:00:00

• - Now ready, at 1,11 the Libraries, in 3 vols., H A T SWORTH; OR, THE ROMANCE OF A WEEK. Edited by R. PLUMER WARD, Esq. Author of " Tremaine," " De Vere," &c. " Evert pale will read ' Chatsworth,' for it is a work so novel in its design; so excellent in its general execution, as to be certain to make an impression upon the public mind."—Court Journal. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. and of the dilatoriness in the other, is easily accounted for. Those who live at the West end are all respectable folks—members of the thriving family of the Somebodies, consequently their wishes and interests must be treated with respect; those, on the contrary, who vegetate at the East-end are poor, helpless, vulgar operatives and tradesmen—mere Nobodies—consequently, they can afford to wait—indeed it is their duty to wait, patiently, submissively, and thankfully, until it suits the leisure and inclination of the official authorities to pay attention to their wants. We allude to these cir cumstances in no invidious or carping spirit, but sim ply because we feel it our duty to take every opportunity of urging the claims of the poor and defenceless, which -we cannot but know are never too diligently attended to even at the best of times ; and because also we feel, in the present case, that the formation of a " Victoria Park" is an absolute necessity in the close, pent-up, ' neighbourhood of the East-end of London, while the embellishment of Trafalgar-square is a mere matter of taste and luxury, whose only recommendation is, that it is pleasing in the eyes of those who reside at the West-end. Published This Day, Bvo., 4s. sewed. AN INQUIRY into the CURRENCY PRIN CIPLE; the Connection of Currency with Prices, and the Expediency of a Separation of Issue from Banking. By THOMAS . TOOKE, Esq., F.R.S. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman'; Of whom may be had, by the same Author, 3 vols., Bvo., 21. 85., A HISTORY of PRICES from 1792 to the present time. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING there will be NO PERFORMANCE, it having been deemed emends' to have a Night Rehearsal of the Opera of THE FAVOR! I'E, in order to afford M. uUPREZ every oppor tunity of sustaining the high reputation he has obtained in the Cha racter of FERDINAND. MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 25, Will be performed Donizetti's celebrated Opera, entitled THE FAVORITE. Balthazar, Mr. Berrani ; Ferdinand, M. Duprez ; Leonora, Miss Romer. After which, Will be repeated Albert's celebrated Ballet of THE BEAUTY OF GHEN F. Marquis de San Lucar, M. A lbert ; Benedict, M. 130guet Vestris; Beatrix, Mdlle. Fleury ; Agnes, Mdlle. Clara Webster; Julia, Madame Petit Stephan ; Diana, Mdlle. O'Bryan. Dress Boxes 75., Second Price 3s. 6d. ; Upper Circles of Boxes 56., S coed Price 3s. ; Pit 3s , Second Price 25.; Middle Gallery 25., S:oond Price Is.; Upper Gallery Is., Second Price 6d. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. MK. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LESSEE. THIS EVENING, MARCH 23, Will he repeated Shakspeare's Comedy . of The TAMING OF THE SHREW. Petrucio, Mr. Webster; Orumio, Mr. Buckstone ; Katharina, Mrs. Nisbett. Atter the Comedy, Mr. JOHN PARRY will give his Operatic Scene, Norma." To conclude with JOSEPHINE. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, s s. ; Pit , 3 s. ; Gallery, 25.; Ppper Gallery, Is. Half. price—Boxes, _3B. ; 25.; Gallery, Is. • Upper Gallery, 6d. Doors opened at Half-past Six, and the Perfoimances commence at Seven. Tickets and Places to be had of Sir L T. Archer, at the Box office, from Ten till Five. An interesting and affecting case was heard at the Queen-square Police-office, on Thursday. A Miss ELIZABETH BURTON, seventy-nine years of age, was charged with begging, when it appeared, to quote the language of the Reporter, "that in the exercise of their vocation as mendicants, she and her sister were frequently apprehended, but' whether in the streets of the metropolis, or within the walls of a prison, they had always been insepa rable, until Thursday morning, when for the first time the prisoner was found begging' alone." The Magistrate having asked her what had become of her sister, the following was her simple and touching answer—" Oh, Sir, she's lying very ill at home, dying! I was really obliged to go out and beg this time to get the poor creature something. I am sure I shall never live after she is gone." Greatly to the credit of his good sense and humanity, the Ma gistrate, on hearing this artless statement, not only dismissed the prisoner, but gave her some money, ob serving that "he could not think of separating the sisters under such circumstances." We have alluded to this circumstance, because it affords another striking illustration of that inherent kindliness and generosity of nature which is found not merely among the poor, but the hopelessly destitute, far oftener than your wealthy and respectable folks imagine. It is easy to talk of the recklessness and depravity of spirit which poverty engenders, by way of justifying the indifference of the rich towards the poor; but here we find—and we have read lately of many similar cases the warmest, purest, and noblest feelings of the human heart surviving even in the midst of hopeless, squalid, destitution ; and this, too, at an advanced period of life, when callous selfishness, egotism, and indiffer ence too often gain the ascendant in the breasts both of men and women, to the utter exclusion of every healthy and generous emotion. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFOR D.STREka. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, MARCH 23, Will be performed an English versim of OTHELLO. Othello, Mr. Allen ; Elmiro, Mr. Weiss; Roderigo, Mr. Gard ner ; Li g °, Mr. Burdini; Desdemona, Madame Eugenia Garcia; Emilia, Miss E. houner. To which will be added GONE TO TEXAS, in which Mr. and NTS. Keely willperfonn. To conclude with a Ncw Grand Ballet, entitled LEOLA; or, the Mayday Bride. Patr cis, Mc. Chicheiey; Phelim, Mr. Gilbert ; Rhona, Miss Charleton ; Leola, Miss Bailin. THEATRE ROYAL. ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, MARCH '23, Wilt be performed a Me , o.drama, called HENRIETTE, THE FORSAKEN. Principal Characters by Messrs. Lyon. 0. Smith, Maynard, Forman, and Wright, Mrs. Yates, Miss Woolgar, and Miss Chaplin. To be followed by ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA MARRIED AND SETTLED. Antony, Mr. Wright; Cleopatra, Miss Woolgar. To conclude with, by permission of Charles Dickens, Esq., THE CHRISTMAS CA ROL. Principal Characters—Messrs. 0. Smith, Wright, Lyon, Maynard, Forman, Miss Woolgar. Mrs. F. Pilathewit, Miss Chaplin, and Miss Lee. Boxes. 4s. ; Pit, Ss. ; Gallery. is ; Second price at Nine. Doors open at Half-past Six, commence at Seven o'Clock. DAtrIDOE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING, MARCH 23, NOR be performed a New Drama, entitled THE LAST SHIL LING, supported by all,the Company. After which, a Favourite Interlude. To conclude with ABELARD AND HELOISE, revived with New Scenery and Dresses. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box office. from Eleven to Four. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, MARCH 22. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 33 ; Highest, 46 ; Noon, 46. BAROMETER, 29.8 —Wnin, S.S W. NOTE .—Tho number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. liIGII WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE T 1413 DAY. 'Morning •• 19 minutes atkr 4 I Evening .. 34 minutes aster Madrid papers of the 14th have been received, but they furnish no fresh intelligence, or any later accounts from Carthagena, than those published yesterday. The Three per, Cents. were done at 32 11-16 for cash, and at 33i at 60 days ; and the Five per Cents. at 23 5-16 at 60 days. The division in the French Chamber of Deputies on the Secret Service Money Bill, which took place on Tuesday, is much more favourable to the Ministry than was anticipated. Towards the close of the debate M. DE LASTEYRIE moved an amendment to reduce the grant to 950,000 f., which was put to the vote and immediately rejected. The main question was then put that the sum of 1,000,000 f. be voted for the Secret Service, when, on a scrutiny being taken, there were— For the grant .. 225 Against it Majority for Ministers —s6 This is the most decisive vote of the session, be cause the amendment was brought forward by the Opposition as a " vote of want of confidence" and ac cepted in these terms by the Ministry. The result has excited much rejoicing among the friends of the Ca binet. The Opposition journals deplore the event, and evidently regard it as the last trial of strength for the session. This debate, which lasted two days, possesses considerable interest from the al most unanimous feeling. displayed by the Chamber against the encroaching and rebellious spirit of the Bishops and clergy. None but the Carlists had a word to.say for them, and a very general opinion therefore, prevails that the pilgrimage to London and the attack on the University were concocted by these advocates of bigotry and despotism. M. D uriii fortu nately was in a good humour on the occasion, and made an excellent speech against the rebellious ecclesiastics. It was received with shouts of approbation by the Chamber. We rejoice in such a demonstration, be cause it shows that the French people take a rational view of the subject, and are determined to support the Government and the legal institutions of the country against encroachments of the Jesuits. The following is a brief outline of M. Durix's speech : " lie would assert that a factious, nay almost, insurrec tional movement had of late been manifested in the clergy. The public mind was, his would not say alarmed, but cer tainly disquieted by the conduct of that body. This move ment was particularly manifested by a kind of crusade against the University. If the clergy thought tit to object to anything connected with that establishment, why did they not express their opinion moderately and charitably 2 Firmness and genius ought to be ex pected from the mouth of a Bossuet ; charity should be expressed in the language habitual to Fenelon ; and plain good sense should always be seen whenever a priest de ' livered his opinion.—(Approbation.) It was the unexampled violence of the priesthood that he condemned, and it was on it that he called the judgment of the public. The , Archbishop of Lyons, occupying one of the first sees of France, I and calling himself Primate, had adopted in this contest r a measure known to:them all ; he had thought fit to adopt the extraordinary means formerly employed as a threat against men and even kings, but never against chil dren.—(Hear, hear.) What could be more improper than the collective complaint of the Bishops? The right of petition might be exercised collectively, but never by public functionaries, and there were cases where the elevation of a man's position greatly aggravated the dan ger which was likely to accrue from his acts, and where any improper conduct was doubly reprehensible. He would add, that the publication of the Bishop's protest was not only con trary to the Concordat of year X., but even to the canons of the Church. Another very serious proof of the spirit which actuated the clergy might be seen in the conduct of the Bishop of Chalons towards the Abbe Combalot. That eccle siastic had been condemned for a libellous publication, and the Bishop, already himself under the weight of a censure from the higher authorities, thought fit to write him a letter, condoling with him on his condemnation, and praising M. Combalot's condllct in giving a noble example of resist • once to the conduct of the University—the declared enemy of the principles of the Church ! All that was wanting to make this farce complete, was to find AL Combalot writing back to the Bishop to congratulate him on the con demnation pronounced against him by the Council of State. He (M. Dupin) appealed to the country, and demanded if such conduct was to be tolerated. He declared that the Bishop had committed a most rave offence, and he main tained that he. ought to be punished for it most severely.— (Hear.) He would ask the Chamber whether it approved of such acts on the part of the Bishops--whether there was any one in France who could believe that the servants of a con stitutional Governinent could be in a humour to allow them selves thus to be braved in the name of a religion which prescribed obedience to the constituted authorities ?—(Ap probation.) The clergy must well know that they had no longer a peculiar . privilege, and that if priests committed offences they might, like other citizens, be prosecuted before the ordinary tribunals of the country. When, however, no crime had been committed, where there were only repre hensible acts to take notice of, it was for the fimctionary invested with the surveillance of the clergy to take cogni zance of it. Discipline was necessary in all 'hierarchies. What would be said of a military body, if they were to concert together to praise a soldier who had just been censured for some fault in an order of the day—(Move ment) —or of an advocate who should congratulate a brother barrister for having incurred the censure of the council of their order? The law furnished arms for the repression of faults, e and, w cof e a ri t t s h he e t y tthhe e em s y -en without arms, were there not m i gl ea s t la f to or rs th t e o them? He e h c i lLd er n t o o t rpearprsooaed,ch for r e tGohevyehrand not acted with impatience; but, for the time to come, let , for, teee r e t h na bodythe them pay the utmost attention, clergy, the government mustmnLetthe w s r u on ch g. as the clergy be made aware that lived e under a constitu tional Government—under one of they would not tolerate the practice of confessors. Governments who had been always protected, and more since 1830 The clergy thanTnder the Restoration and the Empire. Let them obtain pre serve the respect and consideration to which they were an enti tled, but he, at the same time, conjured the Government to be inexorable towards their eccentricities.—(Acclamations. THE BOURSE—WEDNESDAY , M&acu 20. First Highest Lowest Price. Price. Price. French- F ive pereents. div 122 15 122 25 . • 122 10 Four per Cents. exdiv 105 50 .. 105 50 • • 105 50 Three per Cents••• • • 83 40 • • 83 40 • • 82 25 Bank of France. •.• • • • • • 3207 50 • . 3207 50 -3200 Laftitte Bank, I,ooof. Sharcsllls .. 1115 1115 5,000 f. 6haressloo -5100 ..5100 Belgian Bank • 1841.... • • • .1.080 -1080 . -1080 Belgian FifPl, 1840... ..... 100 .. 1081 . 10A1 • 1842 Spanish Active • g3 i „ 33 i .. 331 Threes Portuguese Five per Cents 471 • • 474 • • 47 1 Neapolitan • •• 102 65 .. 102 65 102 60 Roman RAILWAY SHARES. Versailles, R. 8.• • •• • • • • •• • • 387 50 • • 387 50 .. 387 50 L.B. • ROllOll ..... . . ...... • • • 910 • • 910 .. 910 Rouen to Havre Orleans ..•••• • • • • 897 50 • • 896 75 .. 697 50 Strasburg to Bale • . Avignon to . Marseilles....• 770 .. 772 50 770 RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT. Versailles, R.8.............387 50 • • 387 50 .. 347 50 L. 8.• •••••• • • • • • 18 0 •• 1 80 •• 177 50 910 . 915 .. 910 Rouen to Havre. • Orleans • • • Strasburg toPle•• •• •• 247 80 .. 248 75 247 bp Last Price. 122 25 10510 83 25 3200 5100 660 1080 . 102-65 387 50 177 50 910 685 898 75 247 50 772 50 • 387 50 • 177 50 • 915 • 686 25 • 202 50 • 24$ 75 E SUN, LONDON, B.ATURDAY Al-,0AN,1 NG, MARCH 2a, 1844. . . , _ .-.., ......, „ MONEY AND COMME ItCIAL NEWS IiAMBURGH MAIL. CiTY, kRID.II.If EVENING. I kItiNKFORT, kiicii id:—Tine dOcnififtg from Greece ' Consols did not close quite so good this afternoon, are melancholy ; to ,be brief, persons who in geneidl being 984 to 4; but the flatness, no doubt, was merely judge correctly, expect to see KinglOtho shortly in Ger temporary. The Unfunded Debt continued firm. New 1 many. The ohief point in question is said to be, whether Three-and-a-Half per Cents. brought 1024 to 4; and his brother will think fit to accept the Throne of Greece. India Stock advanced again to 292 to 2934. SWEDEN AND NORWAY. There was a rise again in Mexican Deferred, which STOCKHOLM, MARCH 12.—0 n Saturday, at 9 o'clock were called 15 to 4. Brazil Bonds left off at 82i. Spa- in the forenoon, the heralds, accompanied by a detach- Dish Actives were 25, th e Passives 64, and the Three per meat of the Horse-guards, read, in the principal market- Cents. 35i. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. realised place of the city, the following proclamation:— 57ito 574. • " We, Oscar, by the grace of God, King of Norway The additional bargains in Railway Shares were at and Sweden, and'of the Goths and Vandals, announce these rates:—Bristol and Gloucester 145, Edinburgh and by these presents :—lt having •pleased the Almighty, Glasgow 134, Great Western Half 20, Harrowgate and yesterday afternoon, at half-past 3 o'clock, to call away, Knaresborough ito 4, Lancaster and Carlisle 24, South- by a tranquil and happy death , his Ma j est y Charles Western 414, Midland Counties Quarter 7/4, Paris and John XIV., King of Sweden and Norway, and of the Rouen 15 1 , South-Eastern Scrip 114, and York and Goths and Vandals, we have, therefore, by virtue of North Midland Scarborough Branch 18 premium. North the Constitution, entered on the government of the Midland 9, and South-Eastern 134 discount. Union kingdom, as King of Norway, Sweden, &c., andwe are Bank of Australia Shares were 4 p remium. assured that all the inhabitants of the kingdom will, The rate of exchange on Faris and Hamburgh was with all loyalty, obedience; and zeal, obey us as their rather lower this afternoon; but Amsterdam, Frank- rightful King, and faithfully perform all their, duties as fort, and Trieste much the same. subjects. " OSCAR. (From The Sun of Last Night.) " Palace at Stockholm, 9th March, 1844." The Cotton Market at Liver p ool was stead y yesterday; After the reading was finished, the people loudly cried sales 4590 bales, of which speculators and exporter s each " God save the King." At two o'clock in the afternoon took aboUt 300: Prices were i d. p er l b . l o wer than before the garrison assembled in front of the palace , and the the Hibernia arrived. The s ales com p rise d 500 bales Surat, King, with the Duke of Upland, appeared on horsebac k. at M. to 44d. •, 150 Bahia, at 6%d. to 61d. ; 150 Maraham, The King took from each regiment the oath of fidelity. at 6d. to 61d.; 200 Egyptian, at 74. to 71d, and the rest He addressed the .soldiers, who loudly cheered him. American, at . 51d. to 61d. per lb. Shares were dull, ex- Wherever his Majesty appeared, he was received by the cept French, which improved. Birmingham and Gloucester were 854 ; Chester and Birkenhead, 6/ Ea stern people with the most unequivocal marks of affection and Birminghamlla reatW Q es u t a e erandCartlen,leis; attachment. The marine has also taken the oath of Lancaster and Birmingham, allegiance. 474 ; Paris and Lyons, 21. 15s. 3d. ; Ditto and Orleans, 35 ; The opposition papers themselves attest that the pub- Paris and Rouen, 361 ; and South Eastern, 354. lie have the greatest confidence in our new King, and rrnterrf2t9h4s,;l9l4an; The remarks made in the House of Lords last night with that a perfect calm is happily manifest among all classes. respect to the short time allowed for dissents to the plan for It has also been observed with satisfaction, that no such converting the Three-and -a-Half per Cents., has attracted at- extraordinary precautions are taken as at the death of tention,te-day. , It is singular that so many parties into- Kine. Charles Xlllwhen drawn before ~ chains were the rested should still mistake the course to be pursued with re- -=, spect to the Stock of 1818 ; and the observations of Lord palace, the Custom-house shut up, &c. On the con- Campbell tended to increase, rather than decrease, a want of trary, the people passed to and fro through the palace knowledge. Holders of the Three-and-a-half per Cents. of court-yard till night. when the. gates are usually closed. 1818 must assent to the plan, or they will be paid off at par. The King has made a declaration in the Swedish Now we believe very few assents have been entered in the Council of State, in which he solemnly promises to Bank books, and but three dissents to the reduction of the govern the kingdom according to the strict letter of the interest upon other Stocks bearing the same rate of interest Constitution, and to do his utmost to promote the good as that now payable upon the 'Annuities of 1818. As to- of the kingdom and of each of its inhabitants. His Ma morrow is the last day when holders must make up their • jesty afterwards made the same declaration in the Nor minds, it nay be as well to remind them of the circumstance. , • Council of wegit . tn .his State. The information which we previously received as to dissents was nearly correct, it being announced last night that, only It is said that Majesty has not left any will. three holders had entered their names at the Bank of CHRISTIANA, MARCH 12.—T0-day we received the England. •• " ' • afflicting news of the death of the King. In the pro- There are no colonial arrivals this morning. The West clamation announcing the accession of King Oscar 1., India Mail is looked for almost hourly. The Continental ar • t which was read to-day "by the herald, he styles himself rivals possess but little interest. • King of Norway and Sweden (not Sweden and Norway); The purchases of the Government brokeri amounted to and it is added that, as the reasons which prevented the about 30,0001. Consols this morning, at 984. This settled some late King from making this alteration no longer exist bets made yesterday that they would be compelled to give for his successor, the King's title in all Norwegian 99 (or 1 per cent. discount, as it is facetiously termed). For doe eats shall be as in the H a m burg h proclamation. Account as well as for Money, the price has receded from 974 Pa p e r s , March 1 9 . to 984, sales having been made to invelt in the Three-and- • Half per Cents. Bank Stock has reached 2004 ; India StoCk 2931; and Exchequer Bills 71s. premium. Spanish Stock is heavy at 24% for Account, and at 354 to 4 for the Three per Cents. ; Portuguese Converted are at 46 to 461; the Russian Bonds have receded to 117 and 1174 ; Dutch Five per Cents., at 1014 ; the Two-and - a - Half per mits. at 571 to 4 ; Mexican at 35% to 36 ; the Deferred at an improve ment to 15 ; and the Neapolitan Five per Cents at. 1034. In the Railway and other Shares the variations have been but slight this morning, as our list of prices will show. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 21.—We have bad a very good market, and a large business done at the following prices :—Bolton and Preston, 301 ; Dublin and Drogheda, 604 to 61; Eastern Counties, Registered, 131 to 113 ; Do. Perpetual,l7s 6d., prem. • Edinburgh and Glasgow, 63 ; Liverpool and Manchester H a lves, 1101 ; London and Br qhton, 444 ; Manchester and Birmingham; 48 to 471 ; Paris and Lyons, 24 ; Sheffield and Vanchester, 68 ; Chester and. Holyhead, 7 ; South Eastern, New Creation, 44 prem. ; Union Bank of Manchester, 8%. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 4 per Cent. Red. Ditto Bonds ......... 3 per Cent. Cons. 3% per Cent. Eel Ditto New Annuities... 97% New 3% per Cent. 102% Ex. Bills, 1,0001.1%ct„ _ p m . New 5 per Cent. - -Ditto 001.!............ pm. Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small...* ... .. . ..... -- ; pm. Jan. M 0..... . , .... B an k Stock for Acct.... 200 Oct. 1859 ,Consols for Acct 96% Jan. 1860....„...... 12% 'lndia Stock for Acct 293% FOREIGN FUNDS. AUstrian, 5 per Cent .... ..... .Portuguese, 5 per Cent 79% Belgian, 5 per Cent.... ...... .. !Ditto, New Ditto Brazilian Bonds 82% Prussian, 5 per Cent Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent... ' Russian, 5 per Cent.-- . Chllian; 6 per Cent ... . ... ..... 104% Ditto, Metallic Colombian, 6 per Cent ...... 14 % Spanish, 5 per Cent 25 Ditto, 1624 Ditto, 3 per Cent 35% Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent 93 iDitto, Deferred ; * D.mish, 3 per Cent Greek, 18.5,5 per Cent ;Exchange ,f. —c, Mexican, 5 per Cent ' 35%'Freneh, 3 per Cent. —f. —e. Ditto, 6 per Cent., 1837 (Dutch, 2% per Cent...... 57% P e ruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent — 'Ditto, 5 per Cent ........3011 SHARES. Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) 63% Great Western (75 paid) • Ditto-Half Shares (50 pal ) Harrowgate and Knaresboro' Hull and Selby (50 paid)... .... ' Ditto Quarter Shares C 6 pi Lancaster and Carlisle ( spa London and Birmingham, (St Ditto New Quarters ( 2 pa London and South Western 1 Midland Counties (000 paid) Ditto Quarter Shares (151 North Midland (100 paid) . Paris and Rouen (20 paid) , South Eastern and Dover (SC Ditto Scrip (25 paid) - York and Scarborough Bran COURSE OF EXCHA7 THE LATE KING OF SWEDEN. Bernadotte was one who never forgot the place of his nativity, nor suffered an opportunity to escape of rendering service to his countunien. After the disastrous Russian campaign, when Bernadotte, then the Prince Royal of Sweden, commanded the Swedish contingent, a Prench officer of Engineers—now a Deputy for the departments of the Basses Pyrenees—was made prisoner, and conveyed into Russia with the sole propect before him of inevitable death amid the ice and snorts of the north. He happened to discover that his escort was,' passing near the headquarters of the Prince Royal of Sweden, and claiming to be his countryman; he assumed a name which he felt assured was known to the Prince, before whom, he was immediately summoned. "I entreat the pardon of your Royal High ness," said the officer, " for borrowing a name that does not belong to me : mine is probably unknown to you,. and I feared I should not obtain the honour of being presented to you." "You were wrong to do so," replied the Prince, with severity, "are you not a Bearnais? That title would have been sufficient You have not dime well." Then suffering . a benevolent smile to escape him, he addressed' the prisoner in the Bearnais dialeet—" You are in want. How much money do you require? I will take care of you. Have you any news from our country? What is doing there ?" Having received satisfactory answers to all his questions, the Prince immediately ordered the young officer to he set at liberty. He admitted him to his table, and after loading him with kindnesses, he caused him to be sent back to Paris in one of his own carriages, to tell his countrymen that Bernadotte, • though no longer a French subject, was, in his affection for her sons, a Frenchman still. The King of Sweden continued to the last to give proofs of his affection for Pau, his native city. A few years since, he received a Bearnais deputation in Stockholm, and the result was, the bestowal of numerous charities in Pau, be sides public endoiVments and private pensions. One of the latest acts of his mnnificence was a subscription of 500 f. towards the .monument of bespourrins, the celebrated Bear nais poet. One instance of his generosity is rather amusing. At Gan, a small town, not far from Pau, lives an old woman, eighty -,years of age; whom Bernadotte had known when young, as the prettiest girl of the district. • He was told that she was still alive, and he immediately settled on her a pen sion for life. When the old'wonian heard the news she ex claimed,—" Lou prailbm ne dounepas oubligade ;si ere minion, queu heri diis poutons coum aiitescops." (" The pretty fellow has not forgotten me then ; if he were here I would give him two kisses, as I used to do formerly.")— Post. . 70 1 ( 3 paid) 3% aid) 9!‘ aid) 7 1 took) rid . es: 10d. paid) SJ paid) 22% 91 1.534 )paid) r 61 3% ch (.26 paid) G (YESTERDAY .) Gibraltar Leghorn 3O 65 Genoa 26 5 Milan Venice 47 Naples 384 Palermo, per ca ll7 Lisbon 53 Oporto 53 Rio Janeiro 23 Bahia 23 Buenos Ayres NewYork,2ldys sight Philadelphia — rnicEs or BULLION, PEE OZ. Foreign Gold, bars..X3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5 New Doubloons..... 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 91 Silver in Bars 0 4 11 WESTMINSTER LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION. Mr. Charles Field, the tenor singer, delivered a discourse at this Institution, on Thursday evening, descriptive of some of the most renowned instances of British military heroism. The lecture was illustrated; or rather we might say, inter spersed, with a variety of popular songs, celebrating the valorous deeds of many a " tented field," and strains of mar tial music apt to fire the soul with military - ardour. Mr. Field introduced his lecture by a brief sketch of the offensive wea pons of the ancient Britons, Saxons, &c., and proceeded to notice the destructive efficacy of the archers among the the Norman infantry, and the achievements of this branch of the force of the country on the memorable fields of Creasy, Poictiers, and Agincourt. In expatiating on the lofty enthusiasm of the days of chival, and the devotion of the crusaders in the so-called Holy War, he took occasion to in troduce the fine descriptive and impressive scene. from Oberon, in which the transitions of style in the music, re spfflisive to the sentiment, ren*lers the two languages as one, and we have only to transcribe a few of the opening lines to give a vivid idea of the varied composition, to which it is due to Mr. Field to say that he did ample justice : • " Oh, 'tis a glorious sight to see The charge of the Christian chivalry, When thundering over the ground they go, Their lances levelled in long, long row. One shock, and those lances are shiver'd all. But they shiver not in vain : They have raised for the foe a rampart wall With the bodies of the slain." The introduction of gunpowder, as the great agent of modern warfare, was illustrated by diagrams of some of the cumber some pieces of ordnance that seemed much more fitted to perplex the gunner than annoy the foe, and the complicated matchlock, as far beneath the long and cross-bow in effect and execution, as the latter are inferior to the flint, to say nothing of the percussion musket. A notice of the stirring events which ruthlessly pioneered "the route to Magna Charta, not inappropriately introduced Bishop's pleasing air, " The Birth of Liberty." A well-merited tribute to Caledonia's brave sons, for their uncomproinising spirit as enemies, and their devoted loyalty as friends, both displayed in many a well fought field, could perhaps atone find utterance in song in the rallying appeal :of the Bruce, " Scots wha hae wi' Wallace bled." After expatiating on various noble instances of valour and magnanimity in the last war, Mr. Field concluded his discourse by narrating the circumstances under which one of our most distinguished generals fell in the very hour of vic tory, and sang Braham's thrilling recitative and air, so vividly pourtraying the " Death of Abercrombie." To com pere Mr. Field's singing of this with the impassioned musical reading, or rather declamation of Braham, would be unjust to both ; but we are bound to acknowledge that the audience listened to it with breathless attention, and rapturously IT— plauded the performance, - and, we may add, that we know of no English vocalist who could have executed the forte por tions with such daring energy, without wholly impairing the purity of the tone, which in Mr. Field's voice appears to be quite equal in the softest strains of melody and those requiring the utmost exertion of-its power, which is very considerable too. In his singing of ," Scots wha hae," we would remind Mr. F. —as, indeed, we might nearly every English vocalist— in executing Scottish music, that a compromise between andante and jig time is neither national nor appropriate to the sentiment ; it is a bremish too commonly and justly alleged by our Caledonian friends, and most devoutly say we, "Reform it altogether." Altogether the lecture and its vocal embellishments appeared to give very great satisfaction to a very full audience, and the announcement of a second dis course was received with marked applause. Amsterdam CF. 12 641 Ditto, at sight l2 4i Rotterdam 2U. 12 7 Antwerp 26 0 aamburgh M.B. 14 0 Altona l4 0 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 75 Ditto, 3 months 26 0 Marseilles Bourdeaux • 25 5, Frankfort on Maine Petersburgh, 3Us 36i Berlin . • 7 Vienna, effec. fl. 3M. 958 rieste, ditto Madrid. ........ Cadiz Bilbao ... . ... Barcelona ..:••••......• 36 Seville Q ueen and Prince Albert w a lk e d y es terday in • COURT CIRCULAR. The the royal gardens of Buckingham Palace. • His Royal Highness Prince Albert, rode out on horseback, yesterday, attended by Sir Edward Bowater, Equerry in Waiting. The Royal Family were taken airings yesterday in the royal gardens. His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yester day afternoon at a meeting of the Commission for pro moting and encouraging' the Fine Arts. in the re building the Palace of Westminster. The Commissioners present were, the Marquis of Lansd owne ,. Lord John Russell, Viscount Palmerston , Lord Colborne, Sir Ro bert- Harry Inglis, Mr. Gaily K n i g h t , M r . H enr y Hallam, and Mr. George Vivian. The meeting w as held at Gwydyr H ouse , Whit e hall, at hall-past two o'clock, and - sal until a quarter past four o'clock, when Prince Albert, attended by Sir Edward Bowater, went to the new Palace of Westminster, and after inspecting the new Houses of Parliament returned to 13uckingharn Palace. The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace yes terday evening included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, and the Duke of Wellington. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester took an airing yesterday in a carriage. The Ecclesiastical Commission for England held a meeting yesterday at the office in Whitehall-place. The Commissioners present were the Bishop of Exeter, the Bishop of Hereford, the Chancellor of the Exchever, the Earl of Besborongb, and the Right Hop. Sir George Grey. Sirgames Graham, Lord Stanley t the Chaneellor of the Exchequer, and the Right Hon. W. Pi. Gladstone, had an interview with Sir Robert Peel yesterday. The Countess of Uxbridge, we regret to state, expired yesterday' afternoon, at her residence in York-street, St. James's. Her Ladyship was the daughter of the late Right Hon. Sir Charles Bagot. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. AYLESBURY STEEPLE CHASES—Tnuasomr. The Piece .of Plate, presented by Baron Rothschild for Farmers, &c. horses, 12st each, three miles, was won by Mr. Perrin's Telegraph (Mr. W. Golby), beating Mr. T. Wesley's Irish Girl (owner), Mr. E. Lucas' Partizan (Mr.W. Eustace), and eight others, in a canter. The Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each, with 20 added, 12st, were won by Mr. Manning's Tom Tit (Mr. G. Carrington), beat ing Irish Girl, Telegraph, 12st 71b, Paddy, and three others, easily. LAW INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF _LORDS, Mardi 22. The House sat to-day to hear appeals. The Peers present were Lord Brougham, Lord Cottenham, and Lord Campbell. MURRAY V. MURRAY. Tho arguments in this appeal were resumed to-day, but not having concluded at four o'clock, the further consideration of the case was adjourned till Thursday; HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Mr. Murc's hounds Monday,'Balsham ; Thursday, Euston Park, 101—Mr. Archer's hounds Monday, St. Ive 'Village ; Thursday , Camiton Inn—Tiverton hounds Monday, Warni combo, near Tiverton ; Friday; Dulverton, 101 ) Cheshire hounds Monday Kingsley Windmill; .Wednesday, Dunham; Thursday, Norton Priory ; Saturday, Castle Mills, 10i—Sir W. W.,Wynn's hounds Tuesday, 'Trotting Mare—United Pack Monday Witlingslow Turnpike Friday, Stretford Bridge, 8---Shropshire hounds Monday Patton ; Wednesday, Stoke Heath—Albrighton houndsdonday ' Sheriffhales— Ludlow hounds Tuesday,- Sunny-hill, Whitcliffe ; Friday, Hopton Castle--Wheatland hounds Monday,- Kennals— Herefordshire hounds Tuesday, ,Thruxton ; Friday, Cornet's Bridge—Doning.ton hounds Monday, Hathern Turn ; Wed nesday, Tickuall ; Saturday, Clifton Village, IN Cambridge shire hounds Monday, The White horse, Southill ; Friday, Staughton Bridge, 10i —Essex Union hounds Tuesday, Til ; Saturda, Tiptree Fair - green — B ri g hton harriers Monday, Thunders Barrow ; .:Wednesday, Patcham ; Friday, Dyke, 11—Brookside harriers . Monday*, Newmarket Hill ; Thursday, Tilscombe Tye--Crawlev and Horsham hounds Monday, Charlwood Village ; Friday, Pound Hil l, 10-- Essex and Suffolk hounds Tuesday, Bradfield-street; Friday, Tattingstone White Horse, 10i—Warwickshire hounds Mon day Chadshunt •; Tuesday, Mitford Bridge ; Thursday, Smit terfield ; Saturday, Princethorpe, IN—Mr. Candler's hounds Monday, Willey ; Wednesday*, Crow's-nest ; Friday,'Crowle, 104—Last Kent hounds Monday, Walham-street ; Wednes• day, Stouting Common ; Friday, Woolwich Wood . 10 i —Mr. Farquharson 's hounds Monday, Buckland Wood ; Tuesday, Chalmington ; Wednesday, Short Wood—Somerset Subscrip tion hounds Tuesday, Fairfield ; Friday, Slowly Wood—Mr. Trelawney's hounds Tuesday, Marley; Friday, Tolche Moor Gate, 10i---Sir R. Sutton's hounds Monday, Grimsthorpe ; Tuesday, Ayston ; Thursday, Manthorpe Saturday, Col sterworth, 11—Earl Fitzwilham's hounds Monday, Barnwell Wold ; Wednesday, Warboy's Wood, 10—Mr. Hellier's hounds Monday, Tothill ; Tuesday, Ilirsington Mill; Thurs day, Girsby ; Saturday, Well, ll—Mr. Drake's hounds Mon day, Chesterton Village ; Tuesday, Charlton Town ; Thurs day, Waddesdon Town • Saturday, Trafford. Brid ge, Lord Redesdale's hounds Monday, Ranger's Lodge; Wedwa day, Ditchley ; Friday, Lougbrough Gate, 14 COURT OF CHANCERY, March 22. The Lord Chancellor took unopposed causes and lunatic petitions to-day. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORFOLK ClRCUlT.—Huntingdon, March 20. (Before Lord ABIRGER.) Gifford White, aged 18, was indicted for unlawfully, knowingly, and feloniously sending to one Isaac Ilett a letter, threatening to burn him and the other farmers of the parish of Bluntisham in their beds, and also to burn their property. i The prsoner pleaded Guilty. The prosecutor is a farmer living in the parish of Blun tisham, in this county, and the prisoner in December last was a labourer in husbandry in the same place. On the morning of the 28th of that month one of the female servants of the prosecutor found a sealed letter inside his farm-yard, directed—'• To the Farmers of Bluntisham, Hunts." She took it to her master, who opened and read it ; it was in these words:— " Bluntisham, Hunts. "TO THE FARMERS. " We are determined to set fire to the whole of this place if you don't set us to work, and burn you your beds if there is not an alteration. What do you think the young men are to do if you don't set them to work ? They mug do something The fact is, we cannot go any . longer. We must commit robbery and everything that is contrary to your wish.--I am, " AN ENEMY." Lord ABrNGER, having ordered that the plea of the pri soner should be recorded, proceeded to peas sentence upon him. The prisoner, his Lordship observed, had pleaded guilty to the commission of a crime of the greatest magnitude and enormity, and one of which the Legislature had most pro perly marked its sense by, the severity of punishment it had annexed to it. Of what use u was it that men should j o i n to gether in the •bonda of.. civil society, if there was no secur ity for life and property, if men could not sleep in peace and a sense of security, but were to live in a state of constant ter ror and alarm? The conduct of the prisoner was calculated to hold the districtin which he lived in continual terror, and it was not to be endured in a country in which law prevailed that men should endeavour to compel others to do that which might be against their interest or their duty by threats of suffering from loss of property, or of submitting to death by the most horrible torments. The offence was of a most atro cious character, and it might, indeed, almost be said, that the ienduig of litters threatening to bum the property of the HASTINGS ELECTION.--The reason for Mr Planta's resignittion of his scat is continued ill health. The Tories have a monopolist candidate ready in the person of Mr. Mus grave Brisco L of CogUurit. 41f VF,nl •Acii. 4111 10. - 4 7 , 11 , N A --= " 87,0 • . illanim *nit LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 1844. In the House of Lords the Royal Assent was given to the ,Three-and-a-Half per Cent. Annuities Reduc tion Bills. No other. business. was transacted, and the *House adjourned at an early hour. In the Commons Mr. O'CONNELL presented several petitions from Ireland, complaining of the malad ministration of justice in that country, and praying for a repeal of the union. Li answer to a question from Dr. BOWBING, Sir ROBERT PEEL said, according to accounts received from - British authorities in China, many sailors and passengers had been put to death on the Island of Formosa. Sir H. POTTING ER had made a repre sentation to the Court of Pekin on this subject, and the EMPEROR had exhibited as great a desire to do justice as had ever been exhibited by a civilised State. He had disgraced all the parties concerned, and had also sent them to be tried, in order that condign punishment might be inflicted on them for such a breach of national intercourse. This, he thought, Was all that could be required. Several petitions were presented against the amend ment in the Factories Bill made by Lord ASHLEY. A. brief discussion took place between Colonel For, Sir J. Gnamtm, and Lord HENNIKER, relative to the incendiary tires in Suffolk, and it was dis tressing to learn from all the speakers that the crime of arson in that county is committed every day and and not one - of the incendiaries had been dis covered. Lord HENNIKER, .who represents the county, said it was matter of wondET when there were no fires in that district. In answer to a . question from Mr. GILL relative to the, detention of Capt. BREWSTER, of the 76th Regi ment, under arrest for eight months, without any charge being made against him, Sir H. HARDpIGE - said Captain BREWSTER had violated military disci pline by accepting a challenge from a young and in experienced officer. Ile objected to produce any papers nn the subject, but at the same time statcdthat, with this 'exception, there was no imputation against that officer. The House then went into Committee on the Fac tories Bill, and on the 2d clause being read, Lord ASHLEY said he would postpone the amendment of which he had given notice on this clause, and take the opinion of the Committee on the Bth clause. EGEBToi , I moved that the persons employed in silk manufactories should he ex.eroptod from the ope ration of the Bill. - Sir JAMES GRAIIIM objected to the amendment, and pointed out the modification which he intended in reference to that portion of the manufacturing trade of the • country. Mr. LABOUCHERE and Mr. GRIUSDITCII con curred in the measures proposed by Sir JAMES GRAHAM; and believed they would be satisfactory. The first seven clauses having been agreed to, Lord ASHLEY, on the Bth clause being read, moved that from the Ist of October next until the Ist of October, 1846, the hours of labour for females and children shall be eleven. The Noble Lord, in a long speech, urged the necessity and humanity of such a measure, and trusted that the Committee would not reverse a decision which had been made on a previous evening. Sir JAMES GRAHAM opposed the amendment, and, after a lengthened discussion, the Committee divided, when the amendment was carried by a majority of three, A division then took place on the question that. " ten hours" be inserted in the clause instead of "twelve," which was rejected by a majority of seven. The House then resumed, and adjourned at a Quarter to Two o'Clock. The works within the inclosure of Trafalgar square, says a Morning Contemporary, are proceedi ng rapidly towards completion, Mr. BARRY, the archi tect, having devoted much of his time, of late, to per fecting his arrangements, so that he may be enabled to throw the whole open to the public during the summer months. The artesian well is likewise fast advancing, the bore having been already sunk a considerable depth. The basins of the fountains will be eighty three feet in diameter, and are to be covered with Mmines patent Portland cement. Such is the brisk, active spirit, in which improvements are carried on at the West-end of the metropolis. There is no dilatoriness or indifference evinced—no vexatious opposition offered or permitted; the im provements once decided on are completed with the utmost zeal and rapidity. It is not more than four years; if so much, since the idea was first started of erecting a statue to NELSON, and adorning with suitable embellishments the interior of Trafalgar square ; and 10, the statue is already finished and set up on its column ; and the well, and the basins, and the fountains also are all to be completed and thrown open to the fashionable public this sum mer ! • how different is the spirit in which im provements are conducted at the East-end of Lon don ! In that remote, Uncivilised, plebeian region, all is neglect—torpor—cool, easy indifference. About the same time that it was proposed to embellish the interior of Trafalgar-square, it was proposed also to form a Victoria Park for the accommodation of the inhabitants of Bethnal-green, Spitalfields, White chapel, &c. The Square is to be finished this sum mer, the Park is not even to be commenced till this autumn I The cause o the activity in the one case, SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Vubitt Optitton. " Who runs may read." PORMIGN. On Monday evening the King of the French received at dinner the Apostolic Nuncio, the . Austrian Ambassador, the Minister •of I °reign Affairs, the Marquises de Dalmatie, de Gabriac, and de Roure, Count Rodolphe d'Appony, Generals Roussel, d'Hurbal,Courtot, and M. Persil.' The Cardinal Archbishop of Lyons, and the Bishops of Autun, Langres, St. Claude, Grenoble, and Dijon, have ad dressed a letter to the Minister of Justice and Public Wor ship, protesting against the Education Bill presented to the Chamber of Peers, and complaining of the power given to the University in public education. The Academie Royale des Sciences have elected the Prince of Canino (Charles Buonaparte) a corresponding member in the section of zoology, and Sir B. Brodie, of London, in the section of surgery. Seven more condemned malefactors were exposed on the pillory on Tuesday, in the Place du Palais de Justice. Among them was Courvoissie,r, condemned iu October last to hard labour for thirty years. The effigies of twenty others, condemned by default, were also posted on the same pillory. " We can state most positively," says the France, " that the negotiations for the marriage of the Count de Trapani with Isabella of Spain have been completely broken off." The. Municipal Council of Poitiers have just voted a guarantee of 3 per cent. interest on a capital of a million of francs, for. the railroad from Orleans to Bordeuux. Should the line be only partly conceded, or in portions, the vote is to be applied to the line between Tours and Poitiers. The Memorial of Rouen complains that a .considerable quantity of false money has been lately issued by the English workmen employed on the railroad to Havre. Two days back a couple of English labourers went into a wine-shop, and tendered a bad five-franc piece for what they had drunk. On being challenged with passing bad money, they took to flight and got clear off. The Universal German Gazette repeats, in a positive man ner, the report that the negotiations for a marriage between an Austrian Archduke and a daughter of the Emperor of Russia have been broken off, in consequence of a difference as to the religion in which the children of the marriage should be educated. We learn from Stuttgart that the King of Wurtemberg has authorised the construction of railroads from Ludwigsburg to Stuttgart, from Stuttgart to Cronstadt, and from thence by the right bank of the Necker to Esslingen. A letter from Stockholm, in the Journal de Frankfort, states that a treaty has been agreed to between Sweden and Belgium for the reciprocal extradition of criminals. The measure was published on the 21st ult. LAW AND POLICE. In the Court of Bankruptcy assignees *ere appointed in the matter of Joseph -Barwick, who bad been an extensive omnibus proprietor, plying between Dulwich and the City of London. On his examination the bankrupt stated that he had commenced ,business a few years back without any capital, and that his debts, contracted very shortly before his bankruptcy, were now about 3,000/. He had kept no cash book. Between the months of December and February last he had about three-and-twenty horses, half-a-dozen omni buses, and. other carriages, which were all sold under an exe cution, s put in by a person named Brown, of Crown street, Finsbury, for advances made by him at dif ferent times, to the amount of 474/. 13s. 6d. The bankrupt had bought thirteen or fourteen horses. of different persons, which he never paid for, and also 271 quarters of oats, between December and February last, for which he had not paid, but out of the part produce of which he paid a Mr. turner 301. He sold the oats at a small profit, and applied the produce to his business. Sir C. F. Williams expressed disapprobation of such conduct, and adjourned the hearing for further inv'estigation into the state of is affairs. William Brown, a welt-dressed man, who formerly kept a beer- shop in Nelson-street, Hackney-road, was brought be fore Mr. Bingham, at Worship-street, for final examination, charged with having been concerned in the commission of several daring burglaries that have been committed in the countienof, Essex and Cambridgeshire. He was fully com mitted. on four distinct charges. At the Surrey Sessions, William Bennett, a man of respect able appearance, against whom there were four indictments, was'charsed with stealing, on the the l3th of February last, a quantity of groceries,. the property of William Smith, grocer, of • the Old Kent-road.. The prisoner was convicted on two indictments and sentenced to twelve months' im prisonment with hard labour. At Bow-street, a young man named John Horne, who is employed as a money-taker at Drury-lane Theatre, was brought before Mr. Jardine, charged with having embezzled various Sums of money belonging to ,Mr. A. Bonn, lessee of that building, and his employer.. The Charge was fully proved, and the prisoner was committed for trial. At the Lewis Assizes' an action was brought by M. Lereux, a banker at Caine, to, recover alum of sixty-five thousand francs and, interest from the defendant; F. IL Berkeley, Esq., M.P. for Bristol. Witnesses were called to prove the facts, and one, M. Coup, in answer to a question from Mr. Baron Alderson, said, that if.parties chose to make an agreement to pay nine per cent. that the law of France did not consider such a transaction illegal. The jay, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict_ for the plaintiff for 6,6407., that being the amount of the principal suns, and the interest for IS years, at nine per cent. COUNT—FASHIONABLE. Viscount Beresford had a dinner party, on Thursday in Cavendish-square, which was attended. by the Earl of Aber deen, Earl of Jersey, Viscount Strangford, Lord Brougham, Mr. and Lady Georgiana Balfour, Mr. and Lady Mildred Hope, Lady Charles Somerset, Sir George Hamilton, Mr. Manes, and Mr. Culling Smith. Lord and Lady Combermere returned to Combermere Abbey oil Tuesday last. Lord and Lady Farnham have arrived at llivart's Hotel, from their seat in Ireland. Viscountess Palmerston's assembly this evening is her Ladyship's last soiree before Easter. Invitations for about 500 have been issued. The Dowager Lady Holland entertained Viscount Mel bourne and a small party at dinner on Thursday evening, in Great Stanhope-street. • The Marquis of Normanby returned to. the Clarendon Hotel on Wednesdav, from Mulgrave Castle, Yorkshire. The venerable Dowager Countess of Roden is passing the winter at Bath, in improved health. The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercern were to leave Baron's Court on Wednesday last for Shelten Abbey, to pass a few days with the Earl and Countess of Wicklow, from whence they' depart for the Priory, Staninore, for the season. The Earl and Countess of Enniskillen, Earl and Countess of Clancartv, Earl of Leitrim, and Lady Elizabeth Clements, Lord and Lady Dunsany, Lord James Butler, Hon. W. R. Maxwell, Hon. R. Meade, Colonel Clements, Col. Walcot, &c., have been among the recent visitors of Col. Conolly, at Cast letown, Donegal. The Earl and Countess of Malmesbury have arrived in Whitehall-gardens; • from Heron Court, near Christchurch, Hants, for the season. •--•-- • • • • •• • • - MISCELLANEOUS. The. Cork Examiner states that the dipner to Mr. O'Con nell on Easter Monday will be preceded by a public entry. All the traversers in the late trials will beinvited to dinner. The arrangements are proceeding-with greet energy. • The late 'Dowager • Countess of' Clarendon, it is said, left great property, which was entirely at her own disposal. She has bequeathed to the Earl of Clarendon an estate in Wales ; but all the rest (including her noble mansion in North Audley street, plate, jewels, &c.) is left to her twin-sister the Countess of Mornington ; after whose demise and that of Lord Morn ington, it will go to theirdaughters--viz., the Countess of Westmoreland, the Lady Fitzroy Somerset, and the Lady Mary Bagot. The Poor-law Commissioners have issued a circular to the authorities of the various parishes, calling upon them to give increased publicity to the inhabitants to comply with the Vaccination Act of 4th and sth Victoria, c. 29, for - the pre vention of the spreading of small-pox. Medical praCtitioners are appointed by that Act in districts throughout each parish; for the purpose of performing vaccination gratis. On Thursday a quarterly. general court of the members of the Caledonian' Asylum was held at the Freemasons' Tavern. Lord James Stewart presided. The usual business having beeu gone through, it was stated that the fund was accumu lating for the erection of an additional wing to the above building, intended for the accommodation of 100 girls, to whom the benefits of the Institution have not 'as yet been extended. There are at present 95 boys educated and main tained by the - charity. The Rev. Professor Buckland, at a public meeting held in Oxfordlast week, said that in the parish of St. Margaret,Lei cuter, containing 22,000 inhabitants, it appeared that one portion of it was effectually drained; some parts but partially so, and others not at all. In the 'latter the average duration of life is thirteen years and a half, while in the same parish, where the drainage is only partial, the average was twenty two years and a half; thereby showing the frightful effects of a bad atmosphere. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Marta! 22.—Wind this day at noon, light breeze at S. to S.W., with drizzling rain. • DEAL, MARC!! 21.—Wind N.N.W., moderate.—Sld. Dale Park, Port Phillip; John Panta, Algoa Bay; Governor M‘Donald, Gambia; Lady Caroline, St. John's, New Bruns - wick ; Pearl, Montreal. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 21.—Wind N.N.W. to W.N.W.— Arrd. Lloyd's, London, for Sydney, New South Wales ; Me diator, ditto, for New York. Sld. Phconix, Jamaica. DARTMOUTH, MARCH 21.—Sld. Siren, Newfoundland. FALMOUTH, • MAncu. 21.—Wind S.E., moderate.—Arrd. H. N. M. steamer Bromo Helvoet, for Batavia and Japan. OFF PENZANCE, MARCH 19.—Hercules, Welman, St. Jago 41e Cuba, for Bremen. BRISTOL, MARCH 21.—S1d. Governor Harvey, Newfound land.' GLOUCESTER, MARCH 21.—The sloop William, of and from Cardiff for Bullo, is sunk on the Noose Sand. ItAxsoATE, MARCH 21.—The Cowper, which sailed yes terday for London, has been obliged to put back this morn ing, and has beea hauled on the Patent Slip to repair. BELT.HAm, MARCH 21.—The Ann Elliott; Thompson, from Sunderland to Paimbeauf, which got ashore near Elbury 17th inst., has .been got off and in here (after discharging part of cargo), making very little water. CARDIFF, MARCH 21.—The smack Gazelle, of and from Milford, for Newport, is wrecked on Breaksea Point. SWANSEA, MARCH 20.—The Brothers, Davis, hence to Bridgewater, which was' driven on the beach at Mumbles , 17th inst., has been got off and in here. The Ann, of St Ives, must discharge to be caulked. The smack Charles, of this port, for Port Talbot; has been got off the shore at Mumbles without damage. All the other vessels which went ashore at the same time have been got off. LOWESTQFFE, MAncH2l.—During a gale last night several vessels drove from their anchors ; the weather is now more moderate, and some of the anchors have been recovered. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 21.: Wind N., moderate.—Arrd. George IV., Cornelius, Tabasco. Sld. Mary, Cape of Gold 1 1, 1 ,a o ic pe o. i ncs R d, h lit i o d ,u: a, rtenci P er a el r d, a ,. ; Racehorse, Brazil ; Orozembo, Sierra Leone ; Sovereign, Boston ; Dean, Newfoundland. The Ma tilda, Dawson, from Valparaiso to Buenos Ayres, sprung a ofl e vr C a o v as e, t An of g C r :il p os eguna at th ; e L en ig. d ey of , October, crew saved. Barbadoes. MR. BUNN'S BENEFIT.—On Thursday next this enterprising manager takes his benefit, and will have the assistance of the principal performers engaged at Drury-lane Theatre —among the rest the great lion of the day, M. Du prez. The first piece announced is Th e Bohemian Girl, in which Messrs. Borrani, Hudson, Harrison, and Miss Rain forth will perform the chief parts. In the cou l rs t e pti o p f r t e h z e ; evening will be introduced a miscellaneous consist ingconeebryt,Biadae. an Italian of—" Reminiscences , of Ireland," by Mr. Moscheles ; a popular ballad, by Miss Romer ; the English ballad, by I pi g an az o e fo o rt a e t s h , o t s o e d be ear pe ey rf e o s rm ," jb DB C onc e rtoa i t f i C e k ' e of , Scena, by Mrs. Alfred Shaw; " La Romance de Guido et ‘o‘ll ll l l Vl r hh . rißleeenedict, and Mr. Moscheles ; Ginevra," composed by M. Halevy, will be sung by M. Duprez. The evenings performances will terminate with a new divertissement, composed exrressly for this occasion, IT AL Albert. parties to whom they were addressed Wee Worse than the' putting the threat itself into execution, for when a Matt lost hip property by fi re he at least knew the worst; b ut he to whoTii mien flitter; were made was made to live in a state of continual terror and alifttl. Stith a state of society was in tolerable, and in order that the well dib - ptigeti part of society might sleep not only in security, but in a sense of scemity under a well-founded trust in the laws, and others be deterred from a repetion of the offence of which the prisoner had ad mitted his guilt, ke must receive the extreme measure of punishment which the law had annexed to his crime, which was, that he be transported beyond the seas for the remainder of his life. Allpress Catlin, aged 19, was indicted for stealing a sheep, the property . of Robert Dent. Mr. Gunning was counsel for the prosecution ; the pri soner defended himself This was a case of some singularity. The prosecutor is steward to Lady Olivia Sparrow, and has an " off-hand" farm some miles distant from his residence. The prisoner is a labourer living in this neighbourhood. Early in the morn ing of the 26th of January the prisoner knocked at the door of one of the Isle of Ely police, and on the policeman going to his window the prisoner desired him to " got up and take him into custody." The officer at first thought the man was drunk, or that he had roused him from his slumbers for the purpose merely of annoyance ; but the prisoner pro duced a handkerchief covered with fresh blood, and said lon had been sheep-stealing ; "he was sure to be taken, and he might as well give himself up at once." Upon seeing and hearing this the policeman went down stairs and secured him. The prisoner then stated that "he had killed a sheep in Mr. Dent's forty acre piece at Ram say, and had cut off the hind-quarters, which he carried in his handkerchief for four or five miles, when he got tired and threw them into the river close by the Forty- foot-bridge." He also gave the officer the knife with which he had killed the animal. Having left his prisoner in the custody of one of his men, the policeman hurried off to the farm of Mr. Dent, and in the field the name of which the prisoner had mentioned he found the head, skin, and fore-quarter of a newly-slaughtered sheep.: He then got assistance and went to the place where the prisoner said he had thrown the hind-quarters, and after much dragging of the river he fished up one of the legs and and a. loin. The prisoner also confessed his guilt when he was before the justices on the charge. The prisoner in Court to-day loudly protested he was inno cent ; denied having killed the sheep ; said the • knife which was produced was not that with which the sheep had been slain, and conducted himself in the dock in such a manner as to induce the Learned' Judge to inquire -of the gaoler, if the man's intellects were impaired. The gaoler, who ha d known him long and had him in his custody frequently, replied in the negative. Lord ABINGER having in few words- summed up the evi dence. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, Upon inquiry it appeared that he had beenin Huntingdon gaol 'alone on six previous occasions, and he was, therefore, sentenced to be transported for 15 years. He stepped gaily from the dock and bade the spectators " good by," leaving them astonished at his uncommon impudence. When he was before the magistrates upon the above charge, he confessed that he was the person who had, a few nights before the robbery in question, wantonly cut down a large quantity of young trees of the prosecutor, and he had the assurance to insist upon being paid 10 guineas by that gen tleman, being the reward which he had offered to ' any one who would discover the offender; The grand jury found a true bill against him for this offence also, but it was not ,hought necessary for the ends of justice to try him upon it. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) MANSION-HOUSE. George Gumm, the young man who was some days ago brought up on suspicion of having been concerned in the robbery of the City of Bolougne steam-vessel, belonging to the Commercial Steam r packet Company, was put to the bar, in the custody - of Daniel Forrester, for re-exa4- mination. A great quantity of gold, and a number of bank-notes, had been placed in the charge of Captain Tune, who, commanded the vessel, and several bags were missed upon the arrival of the vessel at the Custom house. The Captain was brought, soon after the rob bery was discovered, to the Mansion-house, but, after a very minute investigation, the Lord Mayor (Alderman Humphery) dismissed the case, being decidedly of opi nion that/ Captain Tuue, who had always been most highly respected, knew nothing 'of the circum stances. After the last examination, a ioL note, which proved to be one of the notes that had been stolen out of the vessel, was.traced to the prisoner. Mr. Child appeared for the prosecution, and a solici tor appeared for the prisoner. • A cashier in the Bank of England produced a 5/. note, No. 52,944, and dated 12th January, 1843, and a 51. note, No. 14,673, and dated 12th June, 1843. These notes bad been paid in at the Bank. Mr. Joseph Robinson, of St. Martin's - l ane, de p osed that the notes produced were of those which had been stolen on board the City of Boulogne steamer. Henry . Goldby, assistant to Mr. Plews, a shopkeeper, stated that on Saturday the 10th of February, the- pri soner called at the shop and paid to him the 5/. note, No. 52,944, and wrote upon it before he received the change the name and address of " G. Green, Board-road, Kensington." Frederick Baker, of No. 207, Fleet-street, tobacconist, stated that the prisoner called at the shop on the sth of March, and bought tobacco to the amount of 7s. 2d., and presented the note No. 14,673, having written upon the back of it " T. Thomas, Church-lane, Kensington." In answer to a question from Mr. Child, Daniel For rester said he thought it probable that other notes be longing to the parcels which had been stolen would in a few days be, produced. The prisoner was remanded till Wednesday. Alderman - HVNPUERY took occasion to say that the suspicion which had at first existed - against' Captain Tune was altogether groundless. A gentleman sent 2/. 2s. to the Mansion-house poor box, the contribution of a witness who had been subpeenaed in a case which had come on for trial. He begged that it might be mentioned in the newspapers that the contribution was the amount of his subpoena and attendance, and that he expressed's wish that gen tlemen receiving money in a similar manner might be induced to appropriate it to the poor. CLERKENWELL. William Sands, a little urchin, apparently not more than twelve years of age, was charged with the following daring street robbery On Thuriday evening Miss Wright, an elderly lady, was passing along Charles-street, Hatton-garden, where she resides. It was broad daylight, and the street was full of people, when the prisoner ran up to her, and, seiz ing her reticule, which hung from her arm, pulled it violently. He did not break the string by the first jerk, but with a second, more violent, became possessed of it and ran away. The reticule contained some silver and copper coin, and some other trifling articles. The pri soner was arrested on the following morning by a City officer. Although so young, the police described him as an old and dexterous thief.. He was committed for trial. Ellen Sullivan was charged with deserting her . infant child, by John Leary, the father of it. It appeared the prisoner had been married, and that she left her husband in Ireland, to earn her bread by servitude in this country. She was in a situation in this City when the prosecutor, who had known her in Ireland, induced her to leave it, and they cohabited for a while together, and lived in Spitalfields. A child, born abbut six months tw P o was the result of the adulterous inter= course, and this child, or its mother, the prosecutor refused to contribute a farthing towards the support of. She accordingly left the child in the prosecutor's residence in Daddy's-rents, Islington, and was running away when given into custody. The case was referred to the authorities of Spital fields parish. A lad, named Mountstevens, an apprentice to Mr. Fribben, a brushmaker, residing in Coppice-row, Clerk enwell, and John Wilson, a painter, were charged with stealing a quantity of brushes; - value 15s , the property of Mr. Fribben. Mr. Duncombe appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. 'Humphries for the prisoner Mountstevens. Evidence was adduced which left no doubt of the guilt of the prisoners. Wilson he been painting cm the prosecutor's premises when the brushes were stolen, but it did not clearly appear whether or not Mountstevens gave him the brushes on the premises, or at a distance from_ them. Upon this, Mr. GREENWOOII observed that there was a great de fect in the law in this respect. If a party were indicted for stealing goods, and it turned out they were given to him 100 yards from the premises, he would be acquitted on the ground of having been a receiver, for which he should have been indicted, and the prisoner, however guilty, would escape, for he could not be mdictid a second time for the same offence.—The prisoners were com mitted for trial. plan could be adopted, and the priso'ner replied "yes, in the pit ;" but he did not think any other pe4:80115 employed in the - theatre were in the habit of pursuing such it CO"se- On the : uignt of the 20th inst., being both in the some situation; witness received 20 full-price checks, which he b e i ng in pocket to return to the prisoner, and, about 8 o'clock; asked by a constable for them, he gave them Up ; an" d fatly the prisoner was taken into , custody. Witness i` . formed Mr. Parsons every morning of what h ad taken Fl_acel and he delivered to him the moneys in the sa me state be °A" received them. Mr. Parsons, having explained the directions he had the last witness on Monday, proved - that ke went irith edt officer to the prisoner, shortly after 8 o'clock, and desired h i would bring his money and check - box to M r. Buun'a The receipts were then found to be 5/. 18s., which ricetd% tallied with the remainder of the first-price eheckk; -- examining the half-price checks which should not hive used, there appeared a deficiency of 31, the last witness•bc_ ing 20, and the prisoner 8, on his person, w ith three M . were found in the box, the money for them not being: counted for. th. The prisoner said he would reserve his defence! and witnesses being bound over, he was fully committed CO '"). at the Central Criminal Court. 17IVN-HALL. Emma Shaw, a respecta lO ble-looking young female, .Yeeer; brought before Mr. Cottingham, charged with making a's -determined attempt upon her life. t no* It appeared that on the preceding night the defend/ i , - hil l found leaning against some railings in the Kent-road, i'rid Mr. Appleton, a medical student , seeing she was very her conveyed to the shop of achemiit;where it was dise ol "%,,, she had taken a large dose of laudanum. Medicine having be, ; administered, she recovered, and then described that she 1, a servant out of place, having quarrelled with her 0 : 1 0 tress, and that being reduced, had formed the resolidi°, of destroying herself. When before the Magistrate she has that the reason she lost her situation was in consequence 0 scalding her leg. She also said that she went to th and estrs. fir e one night, that her mistress found fault with her, this led to her discharge. After considerable ditficulti t o g unfortunate girl at length admitted to the Magistrate t * _ she had been seduced by a young man , and had contracted disease which rendered her truly miserable. Mr. CorrueGnAtr said that he should send the defen din 2 to the hospital, and in the meantime i n q uiries should be ": stituted into her case. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. .011 ROBBERY UT A SERVANT.—Sarah O'Meara, a midare-. Irish woman, of very decent appearance, was committed o f take her trial at the Central Criminal Court, on a Chan, jo stealing a valuable diamond and embossed gold ring Sn io , silver teaspoon, the property of Mr. Stephen Hagen; eof„4 16, Woodstock-street, New Bond-street, ladies' stay h corset manufacturer, in whose service she had lived is C O Oa for several months past. On Friday last, the proPer?„oB,' question was missed from an upper apartmen t of the , but not the slightest suspicion was attached.to the pri sePe ij It, however, appears she was the t hief, and had seer.iinet the property in the copper-hole , where, as she 1 1 5 4 ,.,,d the opportunity of taking it out of the hou se, it re 111470 until a day or two since, when tli during her absen ce Ot, chimneys and flues of the lower part of the house were so_i,,,,s; and amongst the soot, &c., the stolen articles were t r, e , away by the sweep, as he alleges, without his kn eels The prisoner afterwards applied to him, stating t he ring and spoon which belonged to her had ' been taken "-;.0 the copper-hole, and offered, if he would sell them, to t g o him half tke amount they fetched. He ha d found o amongst the soot, but fearing that he should get i n to trO treet, he gave information at the police-station in Vid e " which led to the prisoner's app The prisoner confessed her guilt, rehension . but imPlored - neatly forgiveness. - I • k MARKET NEWS.—( YESTERII.O' colarr-mmesitaitus. lots' Since Monday several fresh arrivals of English, e%bi have taken place up to our marks* a nd the atonal', „ ti r bited a full average number of samp les. Even the fin _ Aor lilies met a very dull sale, and prices had a dowun's4t oft dency. There were no buyers of Foreign Wheat, eice fet ti t° lower terms. The supply of Barley was not large:4 u 0 14 sale for it was heavy, at barely stationary pricaa._ t i B e at a decline of Is per quarter. The demand for Vali:, Peas, and Flour was extremely inactive. RRIV Wheat. A ' Ba A rley.. Osts. F 7, 141 ‘ 116 4,270 qrs, 4,140 qrs.l 1,410 40. ,iglish llll. Erich.. -- - Foreign 1,440 631 Malt, 5,660 ir,sso 7170 if. Ana • , Iri .. ,,t h 'ed Our market was . - soinewhat extensively KIPP' o striP,"( beasts, nearly 300 'of Vitie4 came fresh to band. DY ' o ce ' from Scotland, owing to IfVeil, and the thin atteD,.. o ,' A buyers; the Beef trade IVA'' in a very depressed Wiedpie. barely Monday's pi ices. Prinitiold Downs readily prod uc e dicgli vious rates; but in those of'other breeds of Sheep es to tell' little was doing, and their currencies had a _downil w j, t boo t dency. The Lamb trade was , on the w hole, stead', :',f-!'tAt alteiation in prices, wish about an average til-n e iv o 1 , supply on offer: Calves moved off slowly at bar!oirors rates. Pigs were unaltered in value. Much cows cola 16/. to 19/. each. - " "tv I ' Per 81hs. to sink the offal. F. do ts 5 4 . : s.. &to s. 1.1 a 2 1 Interior Beasts...". 2 26, Inferior Sheep ...... .. ~ 6, I Second quality ditto.. 2 1 2 1 , 1, Second quality ditto.. ; i g 7 e Prime S c o ts , n.... 3' 0 36, Coarge-wooiled dittn..:: g 2 Prime &c. 3B 3 10' Seuthdown Wethers 'r 6 'i , Large coarse Calv 3 8 441 Large Hogs. ............ t 6 p Prime small ditto .... 464 10 Small Porkers .......• t 0 Suckling Calves, each 18 11 28 0 1 Quarter old Pigs, each lo Lambs, 5s to 6s. • SUPPLY AT MA RICIT• rig. Bavitg. Sheep. Calves. 1 31 I 191 3,200 I 136 NTIWOATE AND x.nansmrsil lA ; r tel , We had a very dull trade, and prices were not suPP 0‘ e i' At per stone, by the Carcase 11 , g " 0. 1 4 s. d. toe. d., 2 6 2 d • Beef, Inferior 2 4 '2 6, Mutton, inferior ... ..-•' 3 0 3 j ---- middling ...... - 2 Illi ----- middling.... .„, ri 4 . -- prime large - prime ........ • .:., 6 j prime small "i ‘) 34( Pork, 1arge........"' 5 4 Veal ........ ........ Lamb. 4s t'd to Ss. 10d. BOROUGH HOP PILARICIar• , ~,gdor : i The supply of Hops being extremely small, the hil , l n 7,,,idt ei , is comparatively limited; yet the market must be cc:',,'" 61`,,.." steady on the following terms : East Kent in pec,, t clil t ; 61 16s; Mid Kent ditto, 61 12s to 91 10s ; East 0....,„„ en " 61„, ' 61 15s to 9/; Choice ditto, 101 to 111 10s; Susses. do -- __ air 6110 s; Farnham's, 8115 s to 111 10s • Mid Kent Dab" to 81 10s. - -, ...„. ~ . _ _ ' -41' COLONIAL'. • . SUOAR.—The market for West India' continua do, l 5 430 prices have drooped. The sales have been about ... sad tierces. ~ r l e l MAURITIUS AND BENDAL.-2,397 bags of the tou ll :, e, , , rather heavily, fine yellow at 66s to 685,„ an „dlui r A s o A '''' brown at 51s to 56s per cwt ; and 1,695 bags Beullin n g tr . not find very ready buyers, only a small portion bib le. t t . sold at 58s 6d to 63s for yellow, and 65s for good ivili tt 'i_ g a; FonErmi.-1,19 0 boxes yellow Havannah were tg . . teif Y e P t ; 18s to 21s 6d per cwt, being above the value. Pr ep bfg nilla has been in request, and one house took 20,vu- 0 speculation at 20s to 21s. rd Lue 3r6 REFINED. —The market has been dull, stands-. 7 ; - i 76s per cwt. v .., bril ll f COFFEE.—British Plaitation lies not been va ,, ,. c at. 64 casks 25 barrels Berbice were withdrawn at 80# ft t 33. 5 40 530 bags Singapore Java only about 30 bags sarlt o r the ,' to 345, the rest being taken in above the value. -''' s ci ' to ' bags Costa Rica were put up, but only part soldl Se lo : rest being taken in at 53s 6d to 54s per cwt. J d ue ind it , also 1,200 bags Rio taken in at 35s to 37s for Ps' ..- bsgt e d , ord. In Mocha 27 bales sold at 775, and "siove,:i, t# Domingo at 31s to 32s per cwt. In Ceylon there , t a` - no public sales, and the private business has be e° 6 ,erti 66s 6d for good ord. 1-, ves t° ''' COCOA.-238 bags Brazil have been offered , . 11- Os in at 29s 6d per cwt. P rice° Run. — The demand has continued good. O ld ' ca t firm. Per RICE.-150 bags Bengal went at, lOs to lOs 6d P 1 ea 1 tit li SALTPETRE.-3,158 bags Bengal were nearly a' ...t bii r 0 at 243 to 25s for 151 to lli per cent. refraction. ~,i 0 A I SPICES.—In Pepper 66 bags white sold at os tv t tia s s s , to lb, and 438 bags Eastern at 3cl to 3411 per lb, t . 0 ,1 1 , 1 0, common light. 115 chests Bengal Gin pr ' 4 ,'N 11 4 1, 6 039 140 s per cwt, 21 chests Nutmegs at 3s 5d to 4 " Mace at 3s 7d to 4s Id per lb. ~,,, Ccrrrox.—This article bas been dull. OW - TEA.—The market has been rather dull, ao- public sales declared for next Tuesday. on tbOr. TALLOW.—P. Y. C. is 41 s to 41 s 3 d per clot , to y w ; IL oil BRITISH AND FOREIGN INSTITUTE. ,, onil Ingham deliVered the concluding lecture e i iteisr, Palestine, on Thursday, at the Hanover-squ are irsaK num erous audience, who testified by t h e i r unbril., . e the interest felt in the subject. b 10' 4 t t il l; TIE BRITISH MUSEUM.—Within ti.e rented ~ rd -t ' weeks several valuable articles have been Pre se be - 11, 0 ,1 , a t national institution; among them is a Chhieser, b y lie h 'il, '‘ a Budhist temple, near Ningpo, and preseu t ": til e ',0..;:i Gracious Majesty. This bell, whicli,is placed i ll p tiou of el• the foot of the grand staircase, excites much str an d is c ;,, the visitors; in height it stands about four fee t ' kit, " with Chinese characters and figures. elfilodfi t i I. 's at r CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.—THere 1- Free o the possession of Katherine Robertson, residing,ded p a ring or virl of copper, which she found iffib„ e 'd til e piece of coal, the inside of which was quite fiw.", mineral. —Stirling Journal. 07; ell , ' BIRTHS. T.Tort li f e r. On the 17th inst., at Harrowden otifl,kor,,to Ju ° shire, the wife of Charles Hill , jun., E s q., of a__" er ,ii , On the 18th inst., at Brixton-hill, Mrs. _ daughter. t. 119 4.17 . 1 On the 20th inst., at Southwiek-cre,scen Hon. Mrs. Arthur Kinnaird, of a daughter. ,/- On the 20th inst., at Kingston-upon-Thaw mett, of a son. On the 11th inst., atill-SALRGReoirgEep's.llo3lr- -041-0)4414 Thomas E d mim d Rawson, Butler, t E o Frances sq.,ofic ~,,,,,, oc olar e 'jii lei On the 16th inst., at St.iPdPdeannli-eicalrPasi,7lllN'oarelit'silinuhre%;,,ll'bpe' a6::;:,t1:0, Robinson, Esq., of Old Broad-street, P.;;;N--,Voolflla eldest daughter of the late Captain S. C. P.,,".„'"," erl 0 1 40 0 On the 19th inst., at St. George's, "-....,.;51* ~e P , Honywood, Esq., of Evington, Kent, to J"'"i" rilt°' .. el youngest daughter of James White, E. 54 1, 0 ^ ir ..it,r 0 01 Devon. On the 19th inst., at Croydon, Mr. E.igtin'ilite /W ti' Great Queen-street, Lincol's nn-fielreroydo°' me. daughter of the late Mr. Thomas Boon , 0 7 _,.i 4 , , DIED. gew - -...., At Caen, the infant daughter of Moclarne Pr Marie. e, Joa' : A O In Greenfield-place, Newcastle- upcn-Tin 01;0( more, Esq., aged 43. c 4., o boll e Lfs , P 7 , On the 16th inst., at the Rectory, ‘-'-_,--,, Itor er Frederick John, fourth son of the Rev. Sub o r Frederick re, of that parish. On the 16th inst., John De gam., the Yards, Penrith, Deputy-Lieutenant and Jtlaniand. Jr' NlThelpdale, , c ,, of .. _flit for the counties of Cumberland and 117060130 r f ife ' to t, lo I. l of '-it P er ,' Ell O io n t, th m e .D l6 . th inst., at Neath, the beloved On the 19th inst., at Oxford -terrace ,-.1 e of ji Ithviarndadsawuogrhthte,rEosfqt,hAe. IldaetremCahnr.istopber 144 n tree e t :' a 90_.. ifir. Toe' og On the 16th inst., in Lower Berkeleyo John W. Commerell, Esq., of Strood, gussovilip, • t i i lli On the 17th inst., in Fitzwilliam-street, liotO , 6 wife of Edward Tierney, Esq. Voide r ' lg On the 17th inst., Miss Eliza Cooper ii p , Royal York-crescent, Clifton. ston e h 'i l el4,ll lo# On the 19th inst., Mrs. Charles P. John , ic P. Johnstone, Esq., of Newbold Manor, nea r Poo , On the 20th inst., at King's-road, Sloane-aq ,411 Clark, E s q., aged 6 4 . Vr rd, 94 ;;r6 . sr i i On the 20th inst., at Liverpool, W. - a ~..e ci 0 On the 20th inst. , at Gerrard -street, s°"" er to W a de, for many vears resident medical offic minster General bispensary. Londen: Printed and Published by SfUlw,ifie, No 112, Strand, Printer, at The 500 vi*- Strand, in the precinct el the Savoy, its th ° Middlesex, Saturday, ar ch 26, 1844. 130 W-ST 3EE7. Five able-bodied paupers were brought up from St. Giles's Workhouse, charged by the governor, Mr. Buxey, with re fusing to do the work allotted to them. The case was fully proved against them. The prisoners said they were not well fed, and they were compelled to do more work than their strength would admit of. Mr. Buxey denied this, and said the work had always been the same. With respect to the diet, he would be glad if the Magistrate would take the trouble to examine the diet table of the workhouse. Mr. HALL said he had done so, and he was quite sure that no ground of complaint could be found with respect to it. The prisoners were then discharged with a caution. Thursday, John Horne, a young man engaged as money taker at Drury-lane Theatre, was placed at the bar before Mr. Jardine, charged with embezzling various sums of money received by him for and on account of Mr. Alfred Bunn, the lessee, his employer. Samuel Spencer, who had been engaged for three months in the theatre ascheektaker, stated that he knew the prisoner, who had been in the capacity of moneytaker for the last two months. On the 15th inst., when he was passing the pri soner's box leading to the gallery, he addressed him and said, " We may as well make a shilling or two to get a glass of grog," which witness understood was to keep back a portion of the money taken at the doors, but he replied he would have nothing to do with it, and passed on to his check-gate. A few minutes before the house opened he came to the box in which witness was sitting, and said he would send him up four large round checks, which were used for half-price, and which he was to keep in his pock e t, but the witness refused again to have anything to do with them. and the prisoner went away, a third person having come up at the time. The next night, being stationed in the same gallery, the prisoner again invited him to take some checks, but he refused, saying, he could not think of committing a breach of confidence, and on the following Monday morning having communicated the circumstance to Mr. Parsons, the box book-keeper, he received directions how to act in future, and being again stationed at the gallery door, as the prisoner passed, he said he wished he could bring him to his senses, and upon witness asking "Do you think it's all right ?" the prisoner said, " I think it is," and then he assented to the proposal. The prisoner then told him he would send him up some round checks after the run of admission was over, at the same time directing him to put them into his pocket, as he received them from persons passing into the theatre, and give them to him. Before the half-price commenced on that night twenty checks were presented by persons who bad paid the prisoner, and witness put them into his pocket instead of the check-box, which was kept locked , and at the conclusion of the performance he gave them to the prisoner, who said it was all right, at the same time handing him 10s. wrapped up in a piece of paper, which was half the price of the cheeks. The next night the same scheme was pursued, witness receiving 10s. as his share—and, having gone to drink together, witness asked him if a similar CP:e is 1;, q 4 ofof ~~i X4X4 '' t' f th: 1 1 ," , 4irec ktk ;41.1' " !'r b C C o f t ; or. azu 11 4 c t ° 144:14 311 1 A LE ut .k 4.4 1 1,1 4 NI ~~.