The Sun. — London, England, 1844-02-05 00:00:00

We all know how much inconvenience, loss of pro perty, and even of life, and inadequate accommoda tioh, have ensued en some existing railroads from the want of such forecast and pre-arrangement as we desire to see established in these matters. It must never be forgotten that of all errors of mechanical P , ortstruction the most difficult and most expensive to -epair are those which are framed in substantial oak scantling, rivetted in iron, and imbedded, clamped, and embanked in the soil, by the incessant labour of hundreds of artisans, and at an outlay of hundreds of thousands of pounds sterling ! COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SUNDAY.—Her Majesty and Prince Albert, ac companied by her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, and attsnded by Lord Charles Wellesley and Colonel Wylde, ar rived bet evening at the Castle from town, escorted by a party of the Life Guards. The Countess of Dunmore, Lady Caroline Cocks, Hon. Miss Devereux, Viscount Hawarden, and the Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay, arrived from town by the Great Western Railway yesterday afternoon. The Royal party have remained in strict privacy, owing to the bereavement sustained by his Royal Highness the Pripce Consort. The reception on the Throne, by the Queen, of the Ad dress of the House of Commons on Saturday afternoon, was postponed, in consequence of the receipt at Buckingham Palace of the melancholy and unexpected intelligence of the death of his Royal Highness Ernest (reigning) Duke of Saxe- Cobourg, Gotha, father of his Royal Highness Prince Albert. The Right Honourable Earl Jermyn, M.P. Treasurer of her Majesty's Household, attended at Buckingham Palace .on Saturday afternoon. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge called at Bdtkingham Palace on Saturday afternoon, to inquire after Ms Royal Highness Prince Albert. Lady Caroline Cocks and the Hon. Miss Frances Devereux, Maids of Honour in Waiting on the Queen, left Buckingham Palace at three o'clock on Saturday afternoon, for th e t erm i nus 43f the Gres) Western Railway, at Paddington. The Countess of Dunmore, Lady in Waiting, and Viscount Hawarden also arrived at the Paddington terminus. The Royal party took their departure, via railway, for Windsor Castle. Her Majesty and Prince Albert left Buckingham Palace urdve o'clock on Saturday afternoon, in a carriage and four, for Windsor Castle. Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal 'vas taken in the next carriage, and the Equerries in Wait- Lord Charles Wellesley (Clerk Marshal) and Colonel Wylde occupied another Royal carriage and four. The Royal party quitted the Palace by the garden-gate, antl travelled post to Windsor Castle, unattended by any es cort from town. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester on Saturday. Yesterday morning his Royal Highness left town for Kew. The Messrs. Sarauda had an interview with Sir Robert Peel en,Saturday at his official residence in Downing-street, rela tive to the Atmospheric Railway. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office hen the Governor of the Mauritius. 'Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday. .The Archbishop of Canterbury had an interview with Sir R. Peel on Saturday. Dispatches for Sir Charles Metcalfe, Governor of Canada, and for the Governors of the other North American Colonies, were sent off on Saturday, from the Colonial-office. Sir Robert Peel had a Parliamentary dinner on Saturday, at his residence, in Whitehall-gardens. The company in cluded Viscount Castlereagh, Viscount Mareham, Lord Cour terray, Lord Ashley, Lord Sandon, Lord Mahon, Hon. R. Clive, Hon. W. Lascelles, Hon. H. Liddell,. Hon. S. Wortley, Right Hon. Sir George Rose, Sir Thomas Acland, Sir Howard Douglas, Sir C. Knightley, Sir Walter James, Sir Charles Douglas, Sir C. Burrell, Lieutenant-Colonel Rice Trevor, Mr. Thesiger, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Bodkin, Mr. W. Beckett, Mr. G. Bankes, Mr. Bramston, Mr. Ireland Black burne, Mr. Alexander ampbell, Mr. Beckett Denison, Mr. Escott, Mr. G. A. Hamilton, Mr. G. Harcourt, Mr. Lyall, Mr. Maunsell, Mr. Masterman, Mr. Neeld, Mr. Gaily Knight, Mr. Stafford O'Brien, Mr. Christopher, Mr. Pusey, Mr. Shaw, Mr. B. Palmer, Mr. Brownrigg, and Mr. Tatton Egerton. Sir Frederick Trench entertained his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge and a select party at dinner on Saturday, at his residence in Pall-mall. Lord Stanley had a dinner party on Saturday, at his resi dence in St. James's-square. • The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat on Sa turday. The Lords present were, the Master of the Rolls, Lord Brougham, the Judge of the Admiralty Court, and the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall. Messrs. Burge and John Stuart, Queen's Counsel, were hoard for the appellant, on an appeal from the Supreme Court AA' the Mauritius, " Heirs of Ribeiro 17. May." Lord Brougham, after alluding to the circumstance of the Court having to decide without the presence of both parties, the respondent not having chosen to appear, gave judgment on the part of their Lordships, reversing the decree of the Court below, and also giving effectual judgment for the debt and costs below. Mr. Charles Buller was heard on an appeal from Madras, " Xotiadry Valubha v. Valia Tamburah." DEATH OF THE DUKE OF COBURG On Saturday, at four o'clock in the morning, an ex press reached Buckingham Palace, announcing the de cease of his Serene Highness the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, the father of his Royal Highness Prince Al bert. The melancholy event was altogether unexpected, for no previous information of his Serene Highness's in disposition had been received at Court. So early as decorum would permit, this truly melancholy intelli gence was imparted to the Queen and his Royal High ness Prince Albert. At ten o'clock a telegraphic dispatch was received at the Admiralty announcing the same sad event. It is considered as a most extraordinary circumstance that no direct information relative to this important event should have been received from Germany. Ernest Anthony Charles Lewis, Duke of Saxe- Coburg-Saalfeld, was born on the :2d of January, 1784, and succeeded his father on the 9th of December, 1806. The Duke had been twice married; first, to Dorothy Louisa Paulina Charlotte Frederica Augusta, daughter of Augustus, the last Duke but one of Saxe-Gotha- Altenberg, from whom he separated on the 31st of March, 1826. On the 23d of December, 1822, the Duke married Antoinette Frederica Augusta Maria. Anne, Princess of Wirtemberg. By the first marriage the issue was Ernest Augustus Charles John Leopold Alexander Edward, hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, born on the 21st of June, 1818 ; and Albert, the young bridegroom elect of Queen Victoria, born on the 26th of August, 1819, and therefore not of the legal age of twenty-one until August, 1840. The Queen was born on the 24th of May, 1819, and is, therefore, three months older than her husband. When, during the war in Germany, which was ended by the peace of Tilsit, Napoleon found that the here ditary Prince Ernest, now Duke of Coburg, was at the Prussian head quarters, he issued a proclamation, declaring him his particular enemy, and caused formal possession to be taken of his territories. All the property belonging to the ducal family was seized, and a very heavy contribution imposed on the country, which had already suffered by the passage of the French army. During this period of distress Prince Leopold re mained with his mother, who, but for him, would have been entirely deserted, attentively watching over the in terests of his family. It was not till the peace of Tilsit, that by a particular stipulation, the house of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld was re instated in its possessions. Duke Ernest, however, on his return, found the finances dilapidated by the French authorities, the institutions entirely ruined, and his country to the last degree impoverished. Having re mained at Coburg time enough to put his affairs some ,what in order, Duke Ernest went to Russia in 1808, and resided there for some time, leaving his possessions to the care of his brother Leopold, now King of the Bel gians. On the 9th of December,lBo6, died the eccentric Duke Frederic of Gotha-Altenberg, by which event his estates 'came into the possession of Duke Ernest, by virtue of the Salic law, established by Ernest the Pious. He 'shared, at that time, the inheritance of Gotha-Altenberg with his cousins the Dukes of Meinengen and Hildburg hausen, and left the duchy of Saalfield to the Duke of . Meinengen. It was thus Duke Ernest exchanged .the title of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld for that of Duke of :Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. For some time after the demise of the sovereign Duke, Gotha remained without any regular succession, the :public administration being conducted in the name of _ the widow, until, by a convention, dated the 12th Novem • ber, 1826, it was agreed that the Duke Ernest of Saxe -Coburg-Saalfeld, brother to Prince Leopold of Coburg, • should take possession of the principality for himself and heirs. His Serene Highness, in consequence of that con . vention assumed the title of Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, as such, and made his solemn entry into Gotha • on the 25th of that month. • For the last few days we have had pretty sharp frosts, and yesterday morning a rather heavy fall of snow came on, which continued most of the day, and so far ' blocked up the roads as considerably to impede vehicles on common roads. It appears, also, from the same cause, the traffic was retarded on the South-Eastern Railway, as the • coaches from Folkestone to Dover did not arrive here in their usual order. The morning papers, which usually reach Dover by the railway about one o'clock, had not arrived here at ten o'clock last night.—Dover Chronicle of Saturday. . RIPON. —DEATH OF A CENTENARIAN.—On Mon- day, 22d ult., George Wharton, the oldest man in Yorkshire, ' paid the last debt of nature, having attained the patriarchal - age of 112 years. This venerable old man, having outlived . his annuity, in September last, changed his abode at Laver , ton, near Ripon, for the house of his nephew, a respectable farmer, on Masham Moor-heads, where he died, and from whence, on Thursday last, his mortal remains were removed for interment, according to his desire, in the parish church yard of Kirby Malzeard. Until within a few days of his death he retained the use of his faculties. His vivacity of spirits, the sprightliness of his p erson, and, above all, the piety of his mind, will l ong be remembered by those who had - the happiness of payi ng old Georgevisitin his cot upon the banks of the Laver.— York C ourt , SIGN.-BOARD EXTRAORDINAR Y . An American pa pe r publishes the following as a copy o f the sign-board , of an itinerant showman :—.et Rattel Snaic bee be Shoed. —Thee histry off this snaick i s as follors, e was ketcht on tun mounting buy a poore m an w i th a mely being sicks yer ould and very wenumous he it large nowfanin. a hocks and cant hirt no boddy whi c h i s much better than • too bee runnin wilde cause he don't want t o eat nothun. Admittance is sickpents for them what ple ese to pay it, and thrippents for them what dont, a libberall reduckshon for fammelees for more particklelars pleese to cawl on Old Di ck. T.N.—Take notiiss it was the poore man and not the snaick that had a large fammely . REMOVAL OF CONVICTS.—Ninety-nine male and three female convicts have been removed from Newgate to the Penitentiary, preparatory to their embarkation for the co lonies. The terms of exile are—for life, five (of this number is Captain Samuel Sidney Smith); for 15 years, four; for 14 years, four; for 10 years, thirty-six ; for seven years, 52. Frederick Charles Burnham Blackwell, a person respectably connected, was convicted of felony, at the January session, 1843, and sentenced to transportation for ten years. The matter has since undergone an investigation, the re sult of which was, that a free pardon arrived at Newgate last week, and the young man was set at liberty. WooLcomnEas.—We are sorry to say that the patentees of the newly-invented wool-combing machine have more orders than they can execute, though, on account of the high price of the machine, every exertion is made to pre vent its coming into general use.—Leeds Times. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 5, 1844. who look upon the man, who know what he has done, who know how eagerly the bloodhounds of Ire land thirst for his conviction, the position in which he this day stands at the bar of his country, is one of the deepest interest. May Heaven direct the jury in their verdict—may they show that an Irish and a Protestant jury, can yet give justice to a fellow -countryman although a Catholic—may they show that they can decide upon the case before them without bias, and in conformity to their oaths. Whilst with us, they may believe that a repeal of the Union would not be a good to Ireland, let them not be led to declare the seeking of that repeal a crime, when all the evidence laid before them has proved, that peaceable constitutional, and legal means alone, have been used, to compass a legal end, namely—the repeal of an Act of Parliament, at the hands of the Parliament of Great Britain. In the debate which arose in the House of Com mons, on Friday evening, relative to the State Trials now pending in Dublin —to the conduct "and infirmity of temper" recently manifested by the Irish ,Tz otAttorneyGeneral to the in his squabble with Mr. I BB affairs of I re l an d in general— ani incidental allusion was made to the Commission which has been discharging the very important duties confided to it, of examining thoroughly into the existing relations between Landlord and Tenant in that country. We are sorry to be obliged to confess that the tone and temper in which Mr. FFRENCII alluded to this body as the " White-washing" Com mission were in all respects emulous copies of the good taste and moderation so conspicuous in the defiance of Mr. c Attorne y- General SMITH. It must have struck every tt body wehoe r h a eard Mr. FERENC lI'S l com plaint that the " Head of that Commission and its stk Se cretary were Englishman," as a singular oversight in the Hon. Member, to have incorporated into his cata logue of the grievances, (those of English patronage more especially), under which Ireland really labours, —the best and most unexceptionable and least inter ested intervention which the Government has yet exercised on behalf of Ireland. Confident as we feel, under assurances given to that effect by the highest possible authorities, that the labours of the Commis sion must be productive of incalculable benefit to the agricultural peasantry of Ireland, and by the developement of all her great native re sources, to the market of her native labour ; we lament to see any Irish Member overlooking the admitted beneficial tendencies of this wise and salu tary appointment, for the sake of venting upon the Earl of DEVON and his colleagues a little of that atrabillious humour which may have been most un naturally excited by the deportment of other Minis terial functionaries in Ireland. In defending this Commission, Sir ROBERT PEEL said—" We appointed five Commissioners to inquire into that most important subject—the relation be tween landlord and tenant—the state of the law and practice respecting the occupancy of land. The whole of the five gentlemen composing the Commission are proprietors of land in Ireland. It certainly was desira ble that one of the Commissioners should have a know ledge ofthe English law as bearing on the subject. There was a nobleman who was willing to undertake the duties of Chairman—a nobleman, a large proprietor in the south 'west of Ireland, and who had been a Master in Chancery, and had had peculiar opportunities of ascertaining the law and practice touching the . oc cupation of land in England." Now, these facts would certainly show a strong prima facie case for the nomination of Lord DEVON to the head of the Commission, were there no other recom mendations to be predicated of that noble in dividual, in the high attainments, the practical talents, the legal experience, and the business like habits which have always distinguished him in private life, throughout his professional career, and ever since his entrance into the Legislature. Be sides, he is a popular and an "improving" Irish landlord, who is a frequent resident upon his Irish estates, and at such times a personal superintendent of their occupation, their farming, and ge neral management. Nor must the moral influence of his exemplary character in all the relations of pri vate life, nor the authority of his public reputation as a nobleman, enjoying the respect and confidence of all parties in the State, be set aside, as things in different to the justification of his selection, in this case, for the duties that have been delegated to him. After all, these are really not subjects for party feeling. They should be sacred from the bitterness and irritation that surround the purely controversial questions of contemporary politics. The inquisition into the vicious principles which—not one man in either of the two kingdoms attempts to deny—do, somewhere, exist, in the relation of landlord and tenant in Ireland, must operate to the application of a remedy; and the advent of a remedy for all that ation which their fatal produced, ganis ought to be hailed activityw socialith entire natural hithertosatisfaction r b y every Irishman who desires to see the prosperity of hisnative land consoli dated on the permanent bases of external or domestic equity and justice. In this spirit we have perused, with unmixed satisfaction, the prompt and handsome testimony which was borne to the value of the Com mission; to the public character of the objects they proposed by their investigations to accomplish ; to they -earnestness and impartiality with which they have conducted the business before them ; and to the mode in which they have hitherto fulfilled the pledges recorded by her MAJESTY'S Ministers o n which was borne by To the patri o ti c na tionality of this gentleman, in undertaking r taking SHAMANto appoint cßwr 0 t ß h D e . m , the zealous and de voted services which he is at all times prepared to perform on behalf of the Irish people, we adverted so recently as Saturday last, in an article on the impolicy of the amendment upon the Address', which was moved by him on the first night of the session. Our pleasure in recurring to the tribute of respect which we then offered is, surely, " an Engli s h ma n"—and t n h o a t t to E has confirmed our judgment of th e hi g h character of an Irish gen nbgelislhemsseannetdhebepcariurnsee Minister— tleman, by declaring, at the close of Friday night's debate, that " the lion. Member for Rockdale's must always be the highest and the most disinterested testimony on an y point of this kind." But we can as little conceive why, because at the head of the Landlord and ,Tenant (Ireland) Commission, there happens to be an Englishman, and that English man the Earl of DEVON—Mr. M p FRENCH should feel himself called upon to designate it by the contemptuous epithet of " white-washing." It is certain that the true. welfare and interests of Ireland have as often been sacrificed to the mere political antagonism of Irishmen, as to any other evil influence. Let not the same little objects com promise the working of so great an engine of improve ment as this Commission will prove, if it be left to its own unfettered and uninfluenced action. We can easily conceive why, with such an object of inquiry before it, the Commission should not be differently constructed, but the question of its propriety, or its utility may easily be tested. If these points cannot be made out in its favour, let its discontinuance be mooted in Parliament; but if Parliament affirm, as it has already sanctioned, its continuance to the com pletion of its labours, Parliament must be assumed to have stamped and recognised the national value of its results, by such affirmation. If the results shall turn out to be really thus valuable, of what importance is it to Ireland, whether they be realised to her by Irish, or by English hands ? We have perused,—as matter :of routine duty, rather than from any expectation of enlightening our selves or others by such perusal,—the usual " Stand ing Orders" of the House of Commons, in their usual printed form among the " Votes and Proceedings" of Friday last. There they are, as they have been, year after year, for the last 60 or 70 years, most sententiously announced, most technically worded, and with solemn gravity propounding constitutional axioms which are violated every week in the year, without even decent pretences to concealment, and with impunity as cer tain as the visits of Sir R. PEEL'S income-tax col lectors. Thus the world is seriously apprised that the House hath " Resolved—That it is a high in fringement of the liberties and privileges of the Commons of the United Kingdom, for any Lord of Parliament, or other Peer or Prelate, not being a Peer of Ireland at the time elected, and not having declined to serve for any county, city. or boron el of Great Britain, to concern liini3elf in:tla- election of Member; to serve for the Commons in Parliament." The Tory journals supply the illustration of the practical work- I ing of this " order," and the Opposition jour nals confirm that illustration, by the contro versy—not yet quite cooled—about the un toward return of Mr. BRIGHT for the city of Durham. "We have beaten you," (cry the Liberals and the Whigs) "on your own sacred ground. All the Church and Tory interest that used to be suc cessfully enlisted for the return of the thick-and thin-going Lord DUNGANNON, have failed against our Anti-Corn-law League ultra, Mr. BRIGHT:' " True," respond the discomfited Conservatives— "but your success is owing only to defection in our own camp." This defection is an admitted fact between both parties; and when asked wherein it consists, the answer common to both is— that my Lord LONDONDERRY, having taken offence (as he is very apt to do) at some previous slight, real or imaginary (which his Lordship is nervously acute in detecting), in neglecting to consult him about the choice of a former candidate (an abstinence implying more wisdom than one would readily ascribe to the ci-devant constituents of Lord DUNGANNON), "the Gallant Marquis declined to exert his influence with his numerous tenantry, tradesmen, &c., in the prebendal city." Can any commen tary more strongly demonstrate the general rule of violating the " Standing Order " we are now adverting to than this admitted exception ? It is evident that in Durham (and the case is the same in some hundred' other places) Peers of the realm do, customarily and notoriously, " concern themselves in the election of Members to serve for the Commons." This " Standing Order," then, in the shape of a "Resolution," has about as much moral reality or effect, in discountenancing the prac tices it is levelled at, as the stone corbels at the doors of the Treasury in intimidating the " men of silk" who defraud the public revenue ;—or the sculptured gothic effigy of the treasure plunderer on the entrance into the old Exchequer Chamber of Westminster Hall, in deterring such delinquencies as forgeries of Exchequer Bills. Then we find, in virtue of No. 33, that the Ser geant-at-Arms is strictly enjoined, " from time to time," to " take into his custody any stranger or strangers that he shall see, or be informed of to be, in the House or gallery, while the House, or any Committee of the whole House, is sitting. No per son so taken to be discharged out of custody without special order of the House." Again, specially " Ordered, that no Member of this House do• pre sume to bring into it any stranger whilst the House is sitting." Now, let us see how this " order" is ob served in practice every day throughout the session. In the first place, there are three galleries besides those for the resort of Members. One, calculated to contain about 100 persons, is appropriated every even ing to parties introduced, each by a written order —not " special" of " the House," but—of any indi vidual Member. A second, of less capacity and more eligibly placed, is devoted to parties introduced under order of the Speaker himself, by their names having been previously entered on the Speaker's list. A third is the Reporter's Gallery, filled every day of the session, from the commencement to the end of the House's proceedings, by the gentlemen who contri bute the reports to the London papers. Each and all of these galleries are occupied entirely by "strangers." Thus,—first the Members in their indi vidual capacity ; secondly, the Speaker in his ; lastly, the doorkeepers under the sanction of the Speaker,— are each and all of them daily, notoriously, and openly violators of this " Standing Order." But the impunity with which the Sergeant-at-Arms neglects the injunction of these " orders " is still more amazing. That he may have no plea of inadvertency or ignorance, he is not allowed to acquit his responsibility by one irruption into the gallery ; he is " from time to time " to take unhappy strangers into his safe keeping for their intrusion. Neither shall he plead that he "has not seen" such parties, for he must perform his duty if he be even "informed" of their presence. Therefore, unless the Sergeant habitually turns his back upon—the Order of the House and the galleries—so as not to see at all; —he cannot "from time to time" do what he is en joined to do. Unless he be as wilfully deaf, as he is technically blind, he must not hear when information touching such offenders is given to him. Unless the public be contented,.and their interests consulted, by these barefaced infractions and contempt of Parlia mentary orders, the orders must be periodically re newed, with all the solemnities that can consecrate dead letters 1 Such things are no better than tom fooleries in the year of grace 1844. The accounts from Madrid are to the 28th ult. The Gazette contains a decree for organising a Royal bank at Madrid, under the name of the "Bank of ISABEL II." In the Eco del Commercio is the fol lowing extract of a letter from Alicant The Government have determined to institute an inquiry into the cause of the insolvency of the British Mining Company in that City, which had been directed ex clusively by British subjects, having at their head the British Consul, WARING. In the month of April last, it was stated that the profits made by the Com pany had amounted to an enormous sum, equal to 61 per cent. on the capital subscribed, all of which had since disappeared." The Three per Cents. were done on the 27th at 27 cash, and 27 3-16 at 60 days, and the Fives at 20 for the 15th of March. We have received the Paris papers of the 2d and 3d inst. Both Chambers met on Friday. In the Chamber of Deputies, in announcing the death of General BERTRAND, the faithful companion of NA POLEON in his adversity, M. DE BRICQUE VILLE said, " his loss will be keenly felt by all well-thinking men. We have now a duty to fulfil—to unite his ashes to those of the Emperor. The Chamber, in so doing, will perform an act for which France will feel grateful. It is only just to bring together in the tomb two men whom history will not disunite. I appeal, therefore, to the Chamber to deliberate on the means of satis fying this desire, common, I think, to us all. With your permission, I shall draw up a proposition on the subject, and present it regularly." The motion was adopted by acclamation. In the Chamber of Peers the Minister of Public Instruction (M. VILLEMAIN) introduced a bill on secondary instruction. If we may judge from the papers it will meet with great op position on the part of the Church and its supporters. The Journal des Debuts adverts to it in favourable terms. " The principal question," it states "is frankly and literally and liberally solved, agreably to the promise of the Charter ; but it is solved at the same time with all the prudence and reserve which incorrigible passions and turbulent pretension have rendered necessary. The liberty of instruction is proclaimed; the right of families recognised ; but the right of . the State is scrupulously reserved ; the action and authority of the Government are guaranteed by the conditions, formalities, and se curities required of the directors of private schools. We remarked that those guarantees were more com• plete and more rigorous in the new project of law than in the one submitted three years ago to the Chamber of Deputies. We shall not undertake to justify in that respect the present project of law ; the occurrences of the last three years sufficiently account for the additional guarantees which the Government has thought proper to demand of those who claim, with a view and a tone known to all, the right of c oncurr i ng with the Un iversity in the education of future generations. Such is the bearing of the clause, in virtue of which every candidate pretending to the direction of a private seminary of education, is obliged to affirm that he belongs to no congregation unauthorised by the laws." It is viewed, however, in a very different light by the High Church party, as we learn from the following rabid attack made on it by their organ, the Univers :—" The odious con tends for precedence with the absurd. It is a law against liberty; it is the most completely injurious and perfidious monopoly of the present times. The University wishes to supply all the professors, to nominate all the judges, to burthen all the budgets, and thus force the dissemination of its doctrines. If such a law be established, then there will be an end to religion and to liberty; the Charter will become a fallacy—the Church a slave. We will not seek to characterise the consciences of those who can submit to this debasement. The project comes from M. VILLEMAIN ; his name is stamped on every line." Intelligence was received Paris on Satur day of .the death of Donna CARLOTTA, wife of Don FRANCESCO DE PAULA, which took NEW WORK BY MRS. LEE, AUTHOR OF TAXIDERMY. On Thursday, Feb. 15th, will be published, 12m0., Woodcuts, ELEMENTS of NATURAL HISTORY, for the use of Schools and Young Persons : comprising the Prin ciples of Classification, interspersed with Amusing and Instructive Original Accounts of the most Remarkable Animals. By Mrs. LEE (formerly Mrs. T. E. Bowdich), Author of " Taxidermy,' " Memoirs of Cuvier," &c. London : Longman, Brown, Green, ;and Longmans. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 5 Will be performed Shakspeare's Play (as altered by Cibber) of RICHARD 111. Richard Duke of Gloster, Mr. Charles Kean; Duke of Buckingham, Sir. Cooper, • Duke of Norfolk, Mr. G. Homcastle; Earl of Richmond, Mr. Hudson ; Elizabeth, Mrs. Warner ; Duchess of York, Mrs. Selby; Lady Anne, Mrs. Staling. After which, will be repeated a New Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN AND KING PEPIN ; or, VALENTINE AND ORSON. Harlequin, Mr. Howell; Colum. oine, Mis' Carson; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway ; Pantaloon, Mr. Blanchard. Dress Boxes 75., Second Price Is. 6d. ; Upper Circles of Boxes 55., Second Price Is.; Pit 3s , Second Price Middle Gallery 25.. Second Price Is.; Upper Gallery Is., Second Price 6d. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. M. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS. THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 5. Will be performed (first time) A Grand Descriptive FANTASIA, selected from Roch Albert's Opera, entitled THE DESTRUC TION OF POMPEII. The Programme will also embrace — A Grand Fantasia from Don Juan. Solo. Bassoon, N. Baumann. Solo, Ophicleide, M. Prospere. The English Quadrille—Jullien. New Quadrille, The Irish Echoes—Jullien. Doors Open at Halt past Seven, commence at Eight o'Clock. Promenade, Is Upper Boxes, Is.; Dress Circle, 2s. (id . ; Private Boxes, U. Is. Tickets to be obtained at the Box-office of the Theatre; of Mr. Mitchell, old Bond-street; Mr. Andrews, New Bond-street; Mr. Sams, St. James's-street; and M. Jullien's Office, 5, Maddox-street, Bond-street. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. MK. BENJAMIN WEBSTER. LESSEE RE-ENGAGEMENT OF MR. JOHN PARRY. THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY b, Will be repeated the Comedy of 'THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Sir John Falstaff, Mr. Strickland; Master Slender, Mr. C. Mathews; Mr. Ford, Mr. Stuart ; Mr. Page, Mr. Howe; Fenton, Mr. Caulfield; Sir Hugh Evans, Mr. Webster; Mrs. Page, Madame Vestris ; Mrs. Ford, Mrs. Nitett ; les. • Quickly, Mrs. G!over ; Anne Page, Miss Mattley. After the Comedy Mr John Parry will sing his Descriptive Scene, entitled " Blue Beard." To conclude with a New Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE FAIR ONE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS! King Lachrymoso, Mr. J. Bland; Prince Graceful, Miss P. Horton ; Queen Lucidora, Miss Julia Bennett. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, ss. • Pit, :s. ; Gallery, 2s. • Upper Gallery, Is, Half.price —Boxes, _341. 1 ; Pit 25.; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Doors opened at Half past Six, and the rerformance commence at Seven. 'Tickets and Places to be had of Mr I. T. Archer, at the Box office, from Ten till Five. THEAIRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Unprecedented success of " The Merry Wives of Windsor," which will be acted To-night, and three times a week till further notice, thus cast :—Sir John Falstaff. Mr Strickland ; Slender, Mr. Charles Mathews; Evans, Mr. Webster; Ford, Mr. Stuart; Page, Mr. Howe; Caius, Mr. J. Bland; Pistol, Mr. Brindal; Mrs. Page, Madame Vestris; Mrs. Ford, Mrs. Nisbett; Dame Quickly, Mrs. Glover. The Lessee respectfully informs the Patrons of this Esta blishment that Mr. JOHN rA,RRY will sing this Evening one of his most Popular Songs—" B:ue Beard." The New Fairy Extra. vaganza of " The Fair One with the Golden Locks," Every Evening -Grraceful, Miss P. Horton; Lucidora, Miss Julia Ben nett. To-morrow (by express desire) The Little Devil,"and a New Drama will be produced, called Used Up." I. T. ARCHER, Box-book Keeper. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. The Best Pantomime of the Season—Gorgeous Scenery. THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 5, Will be produced, by permission of Charles Dickens, Esq., THE CHRISTMAS CAROL. Principal Characters—Messrs. 0. Smith, Wright, Lyon, Maynard, Forman, Miss Woolgar. Mrs. F. Ma hews, Miss Chaplin, and Miss Lee. After which, a New Play, in Three Acts, entitled JUDITH OF GENEVA. Principal Characters—Messrs. Lyon, Wright, 0. Smith, Miss Chaplin, and Mrs. Yates. To conclude wqh the Grand Christmas Pantomime, called HAR.. LEQUIN BLUE BEARD; or, The Fairy of the Silver Crescent. Produced with Enormous Splendour and Wonderful Effects! Columbine, Miss Bullet' • Harlequin Quicksilver, by the inimitable Wieland; Clown, by the Grimaldi of the day, Mr. T. Matthews , from the .Theatres Royal, Covent-garden and Drury lane; Panta! loon, Mr. Johnstone. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD.STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. AL MADDOX. THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 5, Will be performed LA SONN A MBULA. Amina, Mrs. Wood ; Liza, Miss Grant; Elvinct, Mr. Wood. To conclude w►th the New Musical Burlesque Spectacle, entitled THE MAGIC MIRROR. Sing. Song, Mrs. H. P. tirattan; Poo. Poo, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Sloe.Leat, Miss R. Isaacs. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Under the Management of Mr. Batty, Proprietor. Triumphant Success of the Equestrian Novelties and Pantomime. THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 5, Will be performed the Grand National Spectacle of THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. Napoleon Buonaparte, Mr. Gomersal, his ori ginal character New Scenes in the Circle, and Unequalled'Feats of Horsemanship. To conclude with the Pantomime of HARLEQUIN TAM O'SHANTER. Acting and Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. Stalls. 55.; Boxes, 45.; Upper Boxes, 35.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is.; Upper Gallery. •;(1. Box-ottice open daily from Ten till Four. Stage Boxes, One Guinea ; Half.price to Ditto, Halt-a-Guinea. Private Boxes, Two G ineas; Half-price to Ditto, One Guinea. Half-price, Half-past Eight. DAVIDQE'S ROYAL SURREY THEAIRE. Enormous hit of " Stella Rittersdorr—more crowded than ever— Increased attraction of the best Pantomime in London, overflew, ing with fun. THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 5, Will be repeated a New Drania, entitled STELLA RITTERS. DORF. Supported by Messrs. Saville, Hughes, Hicks R. Honner. Neville, Vale, Smith, Johnson, Lewis, eslop, Mrs. R. Bonner, Mrs. Daly. Mrs. Hughes, Miss Terrey, and Mrs. H. Vining. After which, A CHRISTMAS CAROL, by "Roz," with splendid Appointments. To conclude with an entirely new Grand Comic Pantomime, with Splendid Scenery, Superb Dresses, Inimitable Properties and 'Tricks, every thing new and of the most costly description, HARLEQUIN GRAMMAR, or, Lindley Murray, and AEI() IL Harlequin, Mr. W. H. Harvey ; Grotesque, Mr. Stilt ; Clown, Mr. Fuller • Panta. loon, Mr. Hawicins • Columbines (alternately) bliss M . Fair _ brother and Miss Sha rpe. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING. FEBRUARY 5, Will be produced THE GNOME OF THE GOLD MINES. supported by Messrs. Freer, Nantz, Miss Vincent. &c. After which, THE FAIRY LADY ; or, The Cabinet of Bronze. To conclude with HARLEQUIN LINCOLN LUCKY OF LAM. BETH ; or, The Three Sisters of Witch Willow Dell. Harlequin, Mr. Chapino ; Clown, Mr. Scarbrow ; Pantaloon, Mr. Morelli; Columbine, Miss M. Schmidt . NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. Having received complaints from many of our Subscribers, that they do not receive the THIRD EDITION of The Sun, containing the Debates in Parliament up to the latest hour of Post, as well as the Gazettes on Tuesday and Friday evenings, containing Military and other promotions, the Betting at Tattersall's on Monday and Thursday, &c. &c., this is to give notice, that if any irregularity occur in future, it will be immdiately rectified by parties forward ing the names of the agents who supply them, to The Sun Office, 112, Strand, London. The THIRD EDITION of The Sun is published regularly every evening at Seven o'Clock, in time for post, and may be had 300 miles from London next day, and all over the king dom within 36 hours. The Morning Sun, containing all the debates, &c., may be had by the early trains at six o'clock in all large towns on the main lines within a circle of 120 miles by breakfast time, and further distances in proportion. Places more remote from the great lines will receive their papers by the Morning Mails. Orders received by all news-agents, and at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, London. THE WEATHER-SUN OFFICE, FEB. 5. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 28 ; Highest, 38 ; Noon, 32. BAROMETER, 29.5.—W0m, N.W. Nom.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning • • 36 minutes after 2 I Evening .. 55 minutes after 2, • . . ...-• i i k. ' ' ' lLT i., ' ' • . 4-1 4, `411: ~.4 42` de - . CtUf•,l4,, ~-',.•.'41 ..; z• —,l. :':,; - 1'..", DirE il " , 'Ckii,, , s . - ii; -' :Viiiii D R - ‘%.'4'- ' '' '' - ' - ,A, , OIT , . tb._. _ • ~, ,- .• , . , ~ P r,•-•...t4 , ...1„, , A illik. ...-..,,....4. s ~• SECOND EDITION. troth% LONDON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1844. Our Dublin Correspondent gives the following summary of the proceedings in the Court of Queen's Bench, Dublin, on Friday : Mr. WHITESIDE resumed to-day at the sitting of the Court of Queen's Bench. He adverted at great length to the Arbitration Courts, and submitted that it was monstrous to make them the subject of an in dictment, inasmuch as they were perfectly in accord ance with the spirit of the law of the land, and of the Constitution. With respect to what had been charged against Mr. O'CoNNELL, relative to the army, he said that the sum total of Mr. O'CoNNELL's obser vations on that head was that sergeants ought to be pro moted to commissions—a doctrine which had been pro pounded by a host of military writers—men high in station in the army, colonels and commanding officers. How, then, he asked, could Mr. O'CONNELL be in dicted as a conspirator for disseminating the very same doctrines ? Much had been said about the use that had been made of SAURIN'S words by one of the traversers. 'Why, those words were public property —they were the property of posterity, and why not use them as such. It is now rather too late to prosecute Mr. O'CONNELL for quoting those words, for during the last 34 years they had been scarcely out of his mouth. On the trial of Mr. MAGEE, the then proprietor of the Dublin Evening Post, for libel in the King's Bench, Mr. O'CONNELL cited those very words in the presence of Mr. Attorney-General SAURIN himself. SAuRIN lis tened to the utterance of his own words, and did he stand up and deny that he had ever used them ? Did he say that he regretted having so expressed himself, or that such language ought never to have been used ? No such thing. Mr. Attorney-General SAURIN sat by unmoved. The songs known as " The Spirit of the Nation" had been complained of, and one of them, "The Memory of the Dead," had been made the subject of an indictment. Why thus as sail what was but the impassioned outburst of a young and fervid mind in a moment of excitement ? Besides, had similar effusions not been published before? Had not SOUTHEY and MOORE written strong opinions in verse ? Could not the term violent be applied to some of the effusions of those celebrated men ; and yet was a prosecution their reward ? No ; one was made poet-laureate--the other was punished with a pension. The Learned Gentleman then pro ceeded with a powerful appeal to the jury to preserve the right of free discussion as they would their lives, and concluded a most powerful harangue amid the applause of the crowded Court. Mr. MDONOUGH then commenced his address to the Court, on behalf of his client, Mr. BARRETT, the proprietor of the Pilot newspaper, and contended that, if the speeches and articles published in that journal were fit subject-matter for a prosecution, Mr. BAR RETT ought to have been prosecuted for a libel, and not for conspiracy. The following is a summary of Saturday's pro ceedings : - - At the sitting of the Court of Queen's Bench this morning, Mr. O ' CONNELL addressed the Court briefly. He said he wished to state that, as the line to be taken by him would. not be precisely that taken by the other counsel, and as he knew the materials which Mr. M‘DoNoucu meant to use would occupy the Court the greater part of the day, he would ask their Lordships not to call on him (Mr. O'CONNELL) on that day. He promised the Court that what he had to say would not occupy much time, and he would be enabled still further to condense his observations if he were not called on till Monday next. Chief Justice—Certainly, Mr. O'CoNwELL. Does Mr. STEELE mean to address the jury ? Mr. O'CornIELL—No, my Lord. Mr. M‘DoNouon then resumed his address to the Court, by commenting on the various " monster meetings." With respect to the meetings at Baltinglass and Clontibret, he contended that there was no evi dence to establish anything like a charge of con spiracy, and as to the meeting at Tara, he submitted that the witness, whose evidence had been chiefly re lied on, Captain DESPARD, had been humbugged much in the same manner as Mr. TREVELLYAN, the author of the letters signed "Philalethes " in the Morning Chronicle had been humbugged by the carman, who told him that the letters G.P.0., marked on the mile stones along the high-roads were the initials of the words GOD preserve O'CONNELL. In allusion to the last of the " monster meetings," that at Mullaghmast, he told the jury that Mr. O'CoN NELL was desirous, and endeavouring to repeal the Act of Union by legal and constitutional means, and he reminded them that 'there was a large party in this country, and large societies, (the Learned Counsel alluded to the Protestant Operative Society, and the Conservative Association), that were equally anxious to repeal another im portant measure affecting the public interest, viz.; the Roman Catholic Emancipation Bill; and though the speeches and proceedings of those Societies were published from time to time in Saunders' News Letter, there never was any question made of their right to seek the carrying out of their purposes by illegal means. Why, he would ask, were not the members of those Societies indicted for conspiracy ? The Learned Gentleman then proceeded at much length to advert to the peaceable nature of all Mr. O'CoNNELL's proceedings. He pointed cut how fre quently Mr. O'CoNNELL had disclaimed everything revolutionary; and he laboured to impress upon the jury the perfect legality of the course which the Re peelers had adopted to effect their purpose. _ _ Mr. HENN next addressed the Court. He said he had been engaged, with Mr. SHELL as his senior, as counsel for Mr. JOHN O'ComiELL, but that one of the traversers, Mr. STEELE, who had appeared first with out counsel, had selected him as his advocate, and hence it was that it became his duty to address the Court and jury—a duty which, until lately, he did not think would have devolved upon him. The ques tion which they (the jury) were empanelled to try was, not whether the repeal of the Union was bene ficial or not to the interests of the empire—not whether the discussion of the expediency of repeal or otherwise was legal or illegal. That was not the question which the jury was empanelled to try; and he thought it necessary to say so, because he knew that the question submitted to their decision had been already, before the trials com menced, prejudged out of Court—because he knew that there was not an honest Repealer who had not already pronounced a verdict of "not guilty" in his own mind for the traversers, and because he equally well knew that there was not an honest Anti-Repealer who had not, in like manner, pronounced a verdict of " guilty," both under an erroneous impression of what the question was that was submitted to the Court and jury for trial. For his own part, he did not hesitate to say, that he differed in opinion from the traversers on the question of repeal. He was of opinion that the repeal of the Union would be prejudicial to the interests of the empire at large; and he claimed the right of holding that opinion —of en forcing that opinion by every legitimate means ; and if he found any great body of men agreeing with him in that opinion, he claimed the right of making known, by legal means, their sentiments on the question to the Government of the day, and the Minister who directed that Government. The right which the claimed for himself, he felt that he was bound to concede to others—nay, he claimed that right for the traversers now before the Court. The question, then, they were to try was not the legality of discussing the question of repeal ; but they were empanelled to try whether or not the traversers were guilty of the charge of conspiracy. The Learned Gentleman then defined what in law constituted a conspiracy, and proceeded to argue that there was no evidence what ever to sustain that charge. He went through each of the counts of the indict ment severally, and contended that neither in law nor by the evidence could they be sustained. The Learned Counsel then directed his arguments to the particular charges againt his client, Mr. STEELE, and concluded a short but able address, by imploring the jury to show by their verdict, that in no country on the face of the earth might the accused calculate with more certainty of obtaining justice than in Ireland, and at the hands of a Protestant jury. The Court shortly after adjourned at four o'clock till ten on Monday (this day). Whatever may be said or thought of the conduct of the Government officials in relation to, or during, the now pending trials—however the conductors of the prosecution may have disappointed the hopes of their principals, and proved unequal to the position in which they placed themselves, and incapable properly to discharge the duties which their position required —this much is quite certain, that never in the bright est days of the Irish Bar, were more brilliant powers of eloquence displayed; more devotion and energy, combined with judgment and talent, exercised than on the present occasion, in behalf of the traversers. The speeches made for the defence present a mass of oratorical beauty, of legal lore, and of logical skill un equalled. It is to the honour and credit of the Irish bar, that several of those who, in behalf ofthe traversers, have shown such identity of feeling with the accused, and who have so clearly and convincingly proved that no crime has been committed or attempted, are yet in politics, and in religion, opposed to the clients whose cause they have so gloriously advocated. It is de monstrated beyond a doubt, that the Irish bar, con tains many men in its ranks, who are now able to he the guardians of the liberty of the subject, and who are worthy hereafter to be the dispensers and the expounders of those laws, which can only be purely administered by men of clear minds and unclouded intellects. It is plain that there are hearts which beat as proudly, as devotedly, and as freely among the bar of Ireland as among the very first in the legal profession in this country. Mr. O'CONNELL now alone remains to address the jury, for with Mr. HENN'S speech 'on Saturday the Counsel for the defence concluded. The mingled re lations in which Mr. O'CONNELL stands, throw an intensity of interest upon him which all the magnifi cent efforts preceding, only tend to increase. It is the great Champion of Ireland pleading for Ireland— for his country—for his countrymen—for their right to proclaim and to discuss their grievances, and to endeavour, by peaceable means, to obtain redress. It is the Liberator of millions from the ban of exclusion on account of religion, contending for the rights of those millions to the possession of equal laws, equal justice, and equal freedom from civil disabilities— to the same franchises, and to the same enjoyment of ' Parliamentary privileges as their brethren of Eng land ; and pleading, and contending for the right to seek these ends by every peaceable, and every legal means. No feelings for self can, or will, mingle with the enthusiastic devotedness that O'CONNELL will throw into his country's cause ; the man will be sunk in the patriot ; all thoughts of private conse quences will be merged in public considerations, and lreland alone will b e hi s c li en t. B ut to those I I place at Madrid on the 29th ultimo. She had a severe attack of measles, which terminated fatally lon the third day. She was sister of the King of NA.. PLES, and consequently of Queen CHRISTINA and the Duchess of BERRY. Her death will cause much sdr, and some revolutions, too, in political circles at Ma drid. She was in her 34th year. The resignation of M. SAL VANDY formed the great topic of conversation at Paris, from the personal interest which the KING took in the division reipecting the London pilgrims. Report says that Louis PHILIPPE, in an interview with the ex-ambassador, laid his hand on the grand cross of the Legion of Honour which SALVANDT wore, and said—" I did not give you that to vote against my dynasty." On the subject the Debats says : " A report was current three days ago, that on Monday evening, on leaving the Palace of the Tuileries, after a pri vats conversation with the King, M. d e Salvandy sent to his Majesty his resignation of the embassy at Turin. This fact is true. On Thursday it was stated, first, that M. de Sal vandy was disposed to withdraw his resignation, and secondly, that he would shortly set out on his return to his post. It being found impossible to arrange the second point, a Council of Ministers was held yesterday morning by the King, at which it was decided that the resignation of M. de Salvandy should be accepted. Count Mortier is appointed Ambassador at Turin, and is replaced in the embassy at Berne by the Count de Pontois." The French budget for the year 1845 is calculated at 1,276,000,000 f., about fifty-one millions sterling. The Minister for Public Works demands an increase of 2,717,000 f. for the repair of high roads, rivers, &c. The budget of the Minister of War presents a reduction of 2,000,000 f. for the service of the in terior, and of 74,000 f. for Algeria. The budget of the Minister of Marine is 143,734 f. less than that of the present year. The reduction in the service of the different administrations amounts to more than 13,000,000 f. THE BOURSE—SATURDAY, FEB. 3. First Highest Lowest Las Price. Price. Price. Price• French Five per Cents. • 124 40 124 60 124 40 124 50 :Three per Cents.•• • • 81 55 .. 81 65 .. Si 55 81 60 Bank of France• • •• ••.• • 3280 •.3280 ..3280 • • 3280 La hti& Bank, I,ooof. Shareslll2 50 —lll2 50 ..1112 50 • • 1112 50 5,000 f. Sharesso7o ..5070 ••5070 —5070 680 • • 680 .. 675 • • 675 •• 107 .• 107 .. 107 107 Belgian Bank . Belgian Fives.•..... 1840 • • 109 • • 109 1842 Spanish Active • •••• • • • • 301 • • 301 301 • • 301 Passive...... Portuguese Five per Cents • Neapolitan... .. • • • •• • • 106 90 • • 106 90 • • 106 90 • • 106 90 Roman RAILWAY SHARES. - • - St. Germain Versailles, R.B 350 350 .. 348 75 .• 350 L.B lBO • • 183 75 . .• 180 •• 182 50 • • • • • • • 840 .. 840 .. 840 •• 840 670 .. 680 .. 670 .. 680 •••• 847 50 .. 850 .. 847 50 • . 850 • • 233 73 .. 237 50 .. 233 75 •• 237 50 • • 445 • • 450 .. 445 .• 450 • • 745 .. 755 .. 745 .. 755 Rouen .. Rouen to :Havre Orleans Strasburg .to 8a1e... Montpellier to Cette. Avignon to Marseilles RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT. Versailles, R. 8.• •••••• • • • • • 347 50 • • 352 50 .. 347 50 350 Rouen . - 840 .. 840 Rouen to Havre ..... Orleans •..... - 847 50 • • 850 Strasburg to Bale ...... 235 • • 238 75 • • 235 .• 238 75 Avignon to Marseilles. ••• • • 645 • • 660 • • 645 • • 660 QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) The Court sat in Banco to-day, and was engaged the whole morning in hearing the arguments in the case of Hilton v. Lord Granville, which came before the Court on demurrer. The case related to a disputed right to dig, be tween the owner of a mine and the owner of the surface. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY OLD COURP. The fourth session of the present Mayoralty commenced this day before the Recorder, the Sheriff's, Aldermen Gibbs and Sir Chapman Marshall, the Under-Sheriffs, and other civic functionaries. THE CALENDAR.--The calendar contains the names of 250 prisoners, distributed as follows :—Arson, 1; burglary, 4 ; child stealing, 2 ; unlawfully uttering counterfeit coin, 12 ; cutting and wounding, 7 ; embezzlement, 10 ; forgery, 2 ; horse stealing, 3 ; house breaking and larceny, 2 ; larceny, 121 ; ditto in dwelling-house 8 ; ditto from the person, 9 ; ditto by servants, 22 ; s t ea ling a post letter, 1; sending a threatening letter, 1; manslaughter, 1; murder, 1; misde meanour, 17 ; receiving stolen goods, 2 ; sheep stealing, 1 ; shop-breaking and larceny, 5 ; shooting at the person with in tent, &c.,l—total, 250. The rand Jury having been sworn, were charged by the Recorder. He said that the calendar contained the names of 250 prisoners, which, he had no doubt, would be increased before the end of the session. He regretted to remark that there was a great increase in the number of persons charged with personal violence. There was one charge of murder, one of manslaughter, and several of cutting and wounding. There were several also of assault. Amongst the charges of violence, there was one of a father assaulting his son with a fire shovel ; another of a husband assaulting his wife; another'of death on board of a ship, caused by violence. He did not, however, anticipate the grand jury would have any difficulty in dealing with the cases. It appeared from the depositions that there was enough of evidence to justify them in sending the cases before the petit jury. There was also a case of arson. It would appear the person who was charged with it was in a state of intoxication; in fact, did not know what he was doing; but it would be their duty to send the case before the petit jury, if they were satisfied he wil fully committed the act. There were also two cases of rape, and several of offences committed upon children under ten years of age, There was also a case of manslaughter. The death, in this case, occurred in consequence of the person being thrown out of a carriage by an omnibus, which, it was said, was racing, at the time, with another. If they were of opinion there was any guilty negligence on the part of the drivers, it was their duty to find true bills against them. After the usual general observations on their duty, the Grand Jury retired to their room. CLERkENWELL,(THIS DAY.) A young man, named Sullivan, who has been repeatedly convicted and punished for assaults on the police, was charged with violently assaulting police-constable 245 G, and another officer. It appeared from the evidence, that on the previous night the prisoner was drunk and riotous, when the officers at tempted to remove him ; he refused to go to the station house, and kicked both the officers so violently . that one of them, 245 G, said he still felt pain from the injuries received, —the prisoner having kicked him in the groin and in the abdomen. _ _ _ The prisoner, who had not the least excuse to make for his brutality, was sentenced to 21 days' imprisonment, with out fine. _ _ _ _ A young man, named Ward, formerly a pauper in the Holborn Union Workhouse, was charged with assaulting Be jamin Barlow, the porter of that establishment, and was sent to the House of Correction for seven days. A cabman, named Glover, was fined 51., for unlawfully act ing as waterman, on the Goswell-stre e t ca b- s t an d , on the complaint of Ratcliffe, inspector of cabriolets. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, FEB. s.—Wind fresh north-westerly breeze and fine olear weather. SWANSEA, FEB. 2.—Arrd. Criollo, Osborne, Cuba. JERSEY, FEB. 2.—The cutter Caroline, of this port, in working out of St. Bride's Bay, missed stays, struck on the rocks, and is ex pected to become a wreck. WIFENHOR, FEB. 2.—The Choice, of Newcastle, struck on the West BanTovis early yesterday morning. BEAUMARIS, FEB. 2.—The Randolph, Morgan, from Runcorn to Dublin, grounded off Beaumaris Green to-day, but is expected off. RTE, FEB. 2.—The Lamburn, Woodgate, of Hastings, which cap sized off this harbour 31st ult. has been brought in leaky. BRIDLINGTON, FEB. 2.—The Ophelia, arrived in the bay from FR lau, reports the loss of the Wave, of Hull. KINGSTOWN, FEB. 3.—Arid. Wilkinson, Hodson, Demerara. Coax, FEB. 3.—Acrd. Lady Napier, St. John's, New Brunswick. Hum., FEB. 3.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. Wilson, Jordan, Charleston. Sid. Woodhouse, St. John's, New Brunswick. RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN, FEB. I.—The Maria, Roberts, of Pwllheli, was driven on shore to the south of this harbour last night, but was got off without damage, after discharging part of her cargo. WORKINGTON, FEB. 3.—The Aurora, Alewyn, of Dordt, on shore near here, has discharged her cargo, and is expected off. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 4.—Wind W. to N.W.—Arrd. Chanticleer, London for Algoa Bay; Java (transport), Lock, Grenada, sailed Dec. 2.5. Sid. Bridget Archibald, Rio Grande. POOLE, FEB. 3.—Arrd. William Kelson, Robbins, Newfoundland. DARTMOUTH, FEB. 4.—Sid. Elizabeth Bentley, Savannah ; all the wind-bound. PADSTOW, FED. 3.—The Pomona, Cork, from Boscastie to Liver pool, put in here yesterday, during a heavy gale at N.W., with pumps choked, and is discharging her cargo. CowEs, FEB. 3.—Sid. Lotus, Barbadoes ; Cronstadt, Havannah ; Mejunticook, New Orleans. FALMOUTH, FEB. 3.—Wind N.E. to N., A.M. strong and squally, P.M. moderate. 4th, S.W., fresh breeze.—Arrd. Margaret Hardy, London for Valparaiso. Sld. Gloucester, Prince's Island. DEAL, FEB. 3.—Wind N.E. to N.W., moderate. 4th, A.M. N.W. to W.S.W., P.M. S.S.W., fresh breeze.—Arrd. Japan, Batavia for Amsterdam; George Armstrong, ditto for Rotterdam; Nautilus, Thomas, Mauritius ; Dorothy, Mauritius; Utile, Charleston for Ant werp. Sld. Agile, Cape of Good Hope ; John Willis, Demerara ; Duke of Bronte, Jamaica. It blew a strong gale last night from E.S.E., but moderated towards morning. The vessels in the Downs rode it out apparently all well. Sld. Natchez, Boston. ST. IVE'S;PEB. 2.—lt blew a strong gale from north yesterday, during which the Unanimity, from Cork to London, not being able to clear the Land's-end ran for this, but was afterwards obliged to slip her anchor in the Bay, and run for Hayle. CARDIFF, FEB. 2.—Sid. Lilia, Havannah ; Marquis Bute, Mobile ; and the wind bound. WHITBY, FEB. 4.—The Malta, of this port, on shore behind the East Pier, will become a total wreck. The Earl Bathurst and the Sy - ren, on shore to the northward, will probably be got off. SHIELDS, FEB. 3.--Sid. Ellida, New York. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 3.—Wind N.E., moderate; 4. N.N.W., fresh.— Arrd. Sunflower, Bahia. Sid. Uraguay, Inglewood, and Elvira, China; Patriot Queen, and Chatham, Calcutta; Windsor Castle and Larne, Bombay ; Mary Ann, Webb, Singapore ; Ada, Cape of Good Hope; Chalco, Monte Video; James Orr and lonia, Rio; Celt, Is istpha ; William Lushington, Africa ; Jane, Trinidad ; Lee, Barba does ; James Hunt, Antigua ; Victoria, Hairannah ; Sophia, Laguayra ; Camerton, Beloe, Georgiana, Franklin, Perdonnet, Caledonia, Bran der, and Essex, New Orleans ; Mountaineer, Mobile ; Marathon, Charleston ; John and Fairfield, New York ; Ashburton, Boston ; Cornish Diamond, Madeira. Loss OF Two VESSELS.—CALAIS, FEB. 2.—Yes terday morning some French fishermen brought into Calais an English three-mast vessel of 300 tons, called the William Ward, of Hull, which they had picked up, about ten miles off, at sea, abandoned by the crew. It is supposed she struck on the Goodwin, and floated off with the rising tide, the wind being strong from the northward. The cargo is com posed of flour, biscuit, and coals. This is not the only dis aster occasioned by the late heavy gales. Early on the even ing of yesterday, Captain Pashley, on his voyage from London to Calais, in the Belfast steamer, perceived a brig on the Goodwin. It proved to be the Jane of Sunderland, laden with coals from Harlieur. Fortunately the captain and crew altogether took to the jolly boat, having only two oars, and contrived to keep afloat till Captain Pashley, with his usual activity and exertions, took them on board his vessel. The brig sunk immediately after. BETTING ON THE BENCII.—At the Middlesex Ses sions on Saturday, in a case in which Ann Haggerty and Mary Ann Fitzgerald were defendants, and Louisa Buckworth was complainant, for an assault, it was alleged that complainant's husband had been poisoned by her, in consequence of giving him too much salad oil. The defendants were the sisters of the deceased, and committed the assault complained of. It turned out to be a regular Irish row and the Laurie, the defendants, in pending default of bail, were comm i tte d. Sir Peter guineas t t e alte altercation ti five on thatin C t o h u e r t, parties offered would o i bet ,sert tel t e h ut e ohae, Recorder matter overfifty that he did a glass of gin.—The Recorder not Lkai dy Taunton, such t o a n t , h h‘ilgidauslbvetotift.grlgtalo:teT_tlC ; Tuaounndatoyn,laadite,dinahtehre7rlastea3tte,arE.weline Hloaustel:Peill'Oclislariocrejd:Sihilirzrjjel:lotrnl: SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Vutair Optitton. " Who rune may read." roir.EIGN. The French funds again declined on Saturday. The Three. per Cents. closing at 81f. 75c.. and the Fives at 124 f. 55c. Orleans Railroad shares closed at 852 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 840 f.; Havre, 680 f. ; Avignon, 660 f. ; Sp anish Actives, 301. In consequence of the death of t( t ie Duke of Saxe Coburg, the concert which was to have been Oven at Court on Friday night, was put off, notices having vee,a sent in the morning to all the personages who had been invited. The deceased Duke was father of Prince Albert, of 1. 'viand ; brother of the King of the Belgians ; uncle of the I Zing of Portugal, the Duchess de Nemours, and Duke Augu, Itus of Saxe Coburg, son-in-law of the King of the French. General Bertrand, the faithful adherent cf Napoleon, died. at Chateawoux on the Ist inst. Donna Carlotta, wife of Don Francisco (le Paula, died at Madrid on the 29th ult. This event will pr, , ibably lead to a marriage between the Queen and their son, the*.Duke of Cadiz. M. Angellis, a distinguished Member of the A elgian Cham ber of Representatives, died, on Tuesday last, fry am a sudden stroke of apoplexy. The boiler of a steam-engine, at the paper-man. ufactcrY of Messrs. Callaud, Bellisle, and Co., at Veuze, in the .Charente, burst a few days ago; one man and a boy were kh'led, and another man was so severely injured that his life is ire. danger.. The roof of the engine-house was blown off. On Tuesday and Wednesday, at Paris, the weather wa s most tempestous, and on Friday there was the heavies t and continuous fall of snow that has occurred in Fr .111 C 4 during thirty years. The Courrier de Rhone states that the works of the rag- road from Avignon to Marseilles are prosecuted with inces— sant activity along the entire line from Barbentanne to Ta-• rascon. Six hundred operatives are employed on the road, and the expense of extracting one part of the rocks which impede the line has been estimated at 83,000 f. The Commerce says that the Cabinet has at length deter mined to bring forward the dotation question. It adds, that the King considers the question as one of vital impohanc e to his dynasty, and that, should it be rejected, he will dis solve the Chamber and appeal to the country. On Thursday, about five hundred students of the various schools waited on M. de Chateaubriand, and presented to him an address expressive of their admiration and sympathy. COURT-FASHIO NAXI A Court mourning for his late Royal Highness the Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha, will, it is expected, be published in the Gazette to-morrow evening. The State apartments at Windsor Castle were c losed theft public by command Of her Majesty, in consequence ofr : lamented demise of his Serene Hi g h ness t h e reigning of Saxe Coburg and Gotha. Viscount Melbourne, since his return to town from Brockettt Hall, has been suffering from indisposition arising from a collf- The Noble Viscount was considerably better yesterday. Lord and Lady Beauvale arrived in town on SaturdaY'r. from Panshanger. Viscount and Viscountess Jocelyn continue at Panshangerr. with Earl and Countess Cowper, till the 12th inst., when the. Viscountess comes to town to enter on her duties as Lady in-- Waiting on her Majesty. The Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, accompanied by Lord. Bernard and Lady. Mary Howard, leave town on their return. to Arundel Castle, at the close of the week. The Duke and Duchess of Argyll and Lady Emma CanW" bell, who- are passing the winter at Rome, intend to leave that 'city at the close of the month, for Naples, and to return to England early in May. The Marquis of Lorn, his Grace' s only son, comes of age on the 30th April. Lord and Lady Stanley entertained his Excellency the, French Ambassador and Countess de St. Aulaire, Duke of Buccleuch, Baron and Baroness de Langsdorff, Earl ana - Countess of Wilton, Duke of Richmond, Viscount and 1 15 " countess Canning, Lord Ossulston, Lord George Bentinck, his Excellency M. Dedel, Honourable Sydney Herbert, at dinner on Saturday last, at their mansion in St. James square. The Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Comlnne s commences his Parliamentary dinners for the sason on Saturi day next. The levees of the Right Hon. Gentleman are e° as yet appointed. Sir Frederick Trench entertained his Royal Highness t he Duke of Cambridge and a select party at dinner on Sattullat" at his residence in Pall-mall. MISCELLANEOUS. Mr. Sotheron, late Member for Devizes, has announct4 himself a candidate for North Wilts, in the room of the late' Sir F. Burdett, and Mr. Ludlow Bridges, in the same in: terest has issued an address to the electors of the borough' claiming their suffrages. They are not, however, to be allowed to walk over the ground, as Mr. Sotheron is to be opposed for the county by Mr. Edridge, of Bath,' and Mr' Bridges, by Mr. C. Temple, Q.C., on the part of the Liberall- The nomination for the borough is fixed for Tuesday, the 6th inst., and that for the county for Monday the 12th. The heavy falls of snow in different parts of the country appear to have thrown considerable impediments in the way of railroad travelling in some instances: but the application . of the plough and brooms have been found remarkably efficient in clearing off the snow so as to enable the trains to proceed. At an early hour on Thursday morning, the cutlery works known as the Soho-wheel, Sheffield, were destroy e d by fir e ,„; The estimated loss is 8001., and there is too muc h rea son '" fear that it has been caused by an incendiary. The Government, it is said, has appoint e d M r . C arr , solid tor of Excise in Scotland, to be s o li c it or o f E xc i se i n Eng" land, in the place of Mr. Deha n y, w h o h as b een compe lled to resign that lucrative o ffi ce f rom ill h ea l t h . Thi s o ffi ce had been filled for many years by the father of Mr. Carr. The organisation of the pensioners in Ireland is rapidlr going forward. More than 8,000 are already enrolled. The Royal Asiatic Society met on Saturday, at their room° in Grafton-street, Professor 'Wilson in the Chair. The' were present the Earl of A uc kl an d, Si r E. Colebrook% Hon. Holt Mackenzie, Major Oliphant, Dr. Phillimore , an ' 4 others. m ßu em ck b in er g s h af am te s rw hir a The annual meeting of the Agricultural Asso.ciationm,sfe in the chair. About r. The e, erdswasdinheedldtoagtelyelre,sbury on Satilruast ant eighty s a t down to manner. said, in refe in returning thanks for his health being drunk, efullY rence to the corn-laws, " If gentlemen would only ear peruse what Sir Robert Peel, as the head of the Government , _ a the Duke of .13 c ak had said upon the subject, there would be no difficutly ascertaining what Ministers really meant."—(Cheers) u . e of Rumour says it is the immediate intention of the 1) Richmond, Viscount Ingestre, M. 1?“ Philip Pussy, eq: M.P., and others, to form a metropolitam Society for the x - re tection of British Agriculture, in order to rival the League. In the course of last week Anti-League meetings li r f"" held at Lincoln, Amersham, Bucks, Camloridge, w e thereP Yorkshire, and Peebles, Scotland. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have proolu l ; gated an order that no tobacco is to be issued to seameo marines on board ship, while in port, in consequence of enormous extent to which smuggling in that article lately been carried on. MARKET ICTEWS.-(TI-IIS DAY') • CORN EXCHANGE-MO NDA lr * The demand for wheat'fresh up was somewlhat active. I te , parcels of both red and w hit e were taken o fl'readdY , , at t of advance in the currencies obtained on Monday A s t he• fully is per quarter, while the value of °rod. middling and inferior kinds was steat-li,-13" B ' l :f e lting Bonded Wheat and Barley at fully previous rates- ' Gr ind- Barley at an improvement in value of is per quaTte r • ov iotla ing and distilling sorts quite as dear. In lth dt L ' ldre aS figures were supported. Oats at full prices. Beaus unaltered. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURS• 635 to NHEAT—ESSeX & Kent, I MALT—Chevalier....._. to Q , IA red 43s to 6ls OATs—Yorkshire • .""": oss -e,.. Ditto white Norfolk and Lin Potatoe ..... .....,. . . 6 , coin, red 42s to 45s Youghall and Cork , 1 . 75 to ~t„., Ditto white 44s to 508 black . .........••• ' • I ps 0 !`': Irish, red 478 to 50s Cork, white ..••••••• 215 to f;c7 4 Ditto s white RYE—Old New 36s to 3 5 s huts- Grey . ........... ...• n' s to 3 . . BARLEY—Grinding 2ss to 29s Maple ................ ... Z s to 51 Malting Chevalier 32s to 358 Boilers... ...... ~ ..... •1 5 to b,, , ! MAsr—Suffblk and Nor- FLoun—Town roam ••• 345 to 3 0 : 3 folkto 3'3 Brown Kingston and Ware FOREIGN GRAIN A) WHEAT—Dantric 56 5056 s a g to ttoo 6518.1 StocktonS uto k .... k . .14..0.1. ji. ... th i t ... 34 s Hamburg h 36s to 40s BARLEY 3os to 33s ' OATs—New Feed l4s to 16s1 SMITHFIELD. _t D e vollB, 45 ‘ C "' The demand fort e primest Scotts Herefor d s, I to those ob • was comparatively steady, at prices fully . er„ r beasts lea tamed on Monday last. the middling and 1 were, „pporteet sluggish state ; notwithstanding previous rata , odder the Sheep.—Prime Old Downs were in deman , ,,d• we pa s ° . instances, an advance of 2d per Slbs ; 3 ' 4s 4d p er Blb highest general figure for mutton not to c:cce d 5 . cf. toe. d. Calves at full prices. Pigs at late rates- Interior Beasts ...... .... 8 2 . 8 ° 3 8 ' 4 01 Infei.' d ° r : u t eeP hty .......... i 14 : 3 : 1 1 0 Second qu4llly ditto... 3 2 3 4, Sec „oiled „ o il e d ditto.. , 0 4 s . Prime large Oxen i 6 3 8 Coars d -r• wn blethers 4 9 0 3 0 0 Prime Scots, &c. 3104 0 , Seoth Aogs ............ . 6 4 Large coarse Calves... 4 0 481 Large - Suckling Calves, each 18 0 26 0 1 Quarter old P igs, SUPPLY A T MARKET. trline small ditto 4B 5 0 ....zc.b.1.5 0 . s 0 Ple Bitaitut . I Sheep. I Calves. I go 2,705 1 24 . 400 65 iwaarct.ame AND MEADENZE.A.SaI a st re' Meat at prices about equal to those quoted in our tren oly port. The quality of the Scotch meat has been el eceivect good ; and the same remark may be applied to tha t r a tes of from the West of England and Yorkshi re , yet th e ' such have ruled miserably low. large N .... per stone, by the Carcase & d. Os. t o s. d. to 9 6 4 13_1f, r, l r n: m eri e o la r. r . 3 2 0 4 , Pzfuttol, p in d f m er e io . f .. ....:: : 3 2 0 : 3 2 middling ........ 2 6 2 is, _ middling• - " 3 6 : 0 2 2 10 2 - - ~ JD FLOUR IN BOND. 26s BEANS ........................ 2, to 0 Pdo .... . .....ri.. ..,••••• 235 t° 25$ —Ameca n CO 2. Baltic s. ........ 22; Fi.OUR 0 Veal .............................. 2 Uft 3 IN: ......"'" 3 8 4 101 --saw Pork, Tzi: l p a I.': e s . .; . WEER'. ..... . 3 4 Beasts. Sheep. " ef. riga. 1....... Scotland SOO Yorkshire - 700 1 p : e e v v oi Totalon Norfolk - 1 40 Suffblk is 100 -- 21 190 -- . 1 20 8° Cambridgeshire Essex SO 10J Surrey 4O 200 140 20013 0 70 340 0 0 70 Wiltshire u ah sw l r e _2B 6 0 15 133 10 0 Other parts .........._ -- --.----- 2 f'3 o ‘275 2,521 870 ~ , , eek's arrival ......• ... .....m.....• ......--..:-: Al 9 Difference since our last... 101 :30 6 7* ' BOROUGH HOP RCARILST is mark et in . There is only a moderate busi ness doing in t his any kind of hops, yet the demand may be consid er ed firT , at prices quite equal to th ose noted in our last report. Me show of samples is unusually small. TALLOW. jell We have nothing new to inform our friends of in cone with this market. The delivery is again smaller than in the corresponding week last year, and the price, in consequ ence ' is steady, at our quotation. In Tallow, for the Autumn. there is a little business doing at 41s 6d to 41s 9d. Town 131- low is 42s nett cash. WOOL IVEARICET. The public sales have b een well attended by the dealers, w ho have purchased lar g el y at an advance on combing qua lities of lid to 2 d , a nd clothin g , ditto, Id to lid per lb. BOROUGH AND SPITALPIELDS. Although the arrivals of Potatoes have been seasonevii good since our last, holders of the best samples have de manded, and, in some instances, obtained, a trifling dvance. __-.111•1............... • . THE Du OFBORPEAUX.—Accounts frow Insprock. announce the arrival of the Duke of Bordeaux in that town, Ile t r avelled day and night, but his p ro g ress had been but slo, trona the accumulation of snow in the p asses of the Tyrol. HOWas pected to arrive at Gorits on the 2.3 d ultimo. koN <Ne t „ price,. _t,r and \ ‘`4' ie;