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THE SUN, LONDON, SATITRIA `V_ EVENING, FEBRUARY 8, 18454 al] the conideration is for the Emperor, who m a d e no sacr i- Bee at all." It is singular enough that not one of the papers makes the slightest tdlesion to that part of the QUEEN'S speech Which recommends an increase in the navy estimates. The 111'0541.:ur contains a report from the Minister of • ar, adv ocat i ng strongly the advantag es to bt , &rive( fr orn the definitive establisYment of a Normal S c h o ol of The bject of this cliool is stated to be princi pally to give efficient instructions to the various regi rnews, by which additional confidence shall be im to the troop; parted mproving their aim individu,lly. The report states that as General IZOSTOLAN, who had been 4rnp,rarily at the head of this department, has been Minuted to the command or the Polytechnic School, it aPFeared athisable to nominat,: , definitively another ge neral officer to supply his place, concludes with re.. filending the Duke d'AumALE as a proper person to 4 Pe the v acant post. A royal ordonnance, dated Feb. 2, the intin g his Roy a l Hi ghness as recommended, follows report. THE E OURSE-THURSDA V, FEB. 6 Pint algheV Luwas , Last trtach p,„ P•••ice. Prix.: Pri• - •s ?rcc. Four ---6 Per Cents .... • 122 60 •• 122 GO .. 1'42 40 .. 122 40 -ari l - a - 1ia1f...• 113 .. 113 .. 113 .. 113 Foos, ...... ...... 114 . us ._ 118 .. 118 Three per Cerit4....• 85 3 .. ~ , 5 5 . s 4 95 • • "5 , . 11 44 :ow Loan .... •• .. s 6 25 .. 46 25 ~ 86 25 •• 86_ 2,3 b G %lti[ja h r j a4 , Ca •••••• • • • • . • :•280 - 2285 - 3289 • • 338 9 ' 4 lgi "'' I,oo of. 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L.B. ••....• • • • • . 425 -. 432 50 - 425 - 1 4 17 8 5 •.5 I tee to ~.• • • ......... ..1112 50 ..1115 -1112_ 50 - ~.,.._ t ojie 4 , 3 . .ZtVre .. ..... ... ~ 8 , i5 .. 900 .. 9,., • • w 1 ,.. ?. 1 441 )41 . 4 ' • t • •• • . ....••••••1157 , so _1137 50 .• i im) _ ..11,) 75 A‘l" ' -0 x . . 1 - 3410 " ••••• •• 3 75 .. 315 .. 313 ,5 .. 313 kOrd e : tn M11e5...... 930 •• 955 -"0 ••945 ' 414 . to Tes ........ 200 .. 235 .. 200 .. 235 St ot im kAi LwAy THE ACCOUNT, FEB 15. V r t 6 FOIL , i 0 ..1075 -1080 Nal"' 1 .1.i.:: ••••• • • • • • 12 ' 2.5 "19 '80 - 572 50 - 508 75 Itt ert L. 8... :' ••' • " " ' 4 ' s " ' 27 50 - 432 50 .. 426 '25 - 430 Bog en " •• •• ••• •• •• •• '2 50 1120 ..1112 50 -1129 NN t to Ro le .•••'' " " 11 ' . 950 . !95 - 89 7 50 •4b.- ••••• • ••••••••• ' 8 15 92 -1160 ..1155 • 1160 AN. 4o k r 4 g t) rial.•,... • • • • • ••• •• ' i 75t0 Marseilles:: •-• 313 - 315 - 312 50 315 969 940 .. 965 .. 940 Is N " —,TINION p:3-_,As ..,..(1 HIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius.) (13sfo re the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE and a Special Jury.) Th• yearn v. LAWSON.—LIBEL. when the j ur y were ltakettiaetion for libel has been tried before, ili sch at .,, P 41 night, and, nut being The bY consent. able to agree, next day were Ila y htttrial being called on at half-past nine o'clock, the special 44 Ver2 a8 c alled over, when but five of . the ordered the fine Of 10E 7 tO their names, The Lord Chief Justice gentlemen summoned The plaintiff' Pt Ipl be be enforced on each of the absentees. '`tr. sr a les, and a jury was made up. "Es open d the loadings. tlstgry•tritgoefant Te ALFOUR P Dqated the case The plaintiff was a tic ti w the Charch of England, and the l t ibel for which this ,charh as brou ght was calculated to do theinas atter and feelings and to the dearest interests of grievo th n e s itj plaintiff. nry tn Z l4 def.4'nant was m not unknown in the . cour , t a s i o i f n la ti s , v e , :tld, tieli° n with the greatest and mostimportai t i i t bi l is of now t r h li e 7.6 " newspaper--as the . registered b p h ed ) l ' i l e r ; of which th e 21 rne into this Court. The libel was p i in the Times Phi nt'fp th July, 1843 The libellous allegation was, that the Pera '", hei ' Church of England, was sus a 'see tang a clergyman of the t 'Sd et • "r rniscond t by the Bishop of London. The pleas which , t 0 • •"(11,,,,rit had been ue advised to make rendered it necessary for ,-" era "`roduce the libel to the jury, with a statement of 'es .-ectitristances in the life of the plaintiff. Mr. F , n , th w n a: t'ir.4lPcitne:t'oa gentleman a ho once possessed a considerabl t e .c .or s t it u ua: t : i l at t y.:" to the French Revolution, fitted . a l ' a a sity tt he art of Versailles. Na hilst serving the i t distinction a diplomatic in that ;pat o ? hecarne connected with persons of the r i n 'r Ci:L an d, amongst others, with the Duke oft Orleans, the Clas a s , le Present King of the French. He ad . vanc o e f d v :l l, ar ic g h e k'ee 4,,,,w'Y.ofluan to that Prince, in cnnsidearatTins o „., tar at t'f,C!.ti;aotit,l,i.les were to ho paid—on', t4,... ti1s tan,"`thlor tae life of his wife, The Revolution an ' d r o l ne o‘ rf l. 1,0001. - fur the life a t " ori 'e Present plaint•ff, then a child.. re T h i seria tt nrl the family of the plaintiff we b i ,.l'fa' r!),"quence of having "placed too much trust in Princes." trust verely dis. ,h tt4 "7 o i f lL y‘,,,,ekn. teren the army, , and served in Holland under the *1 1 4:1)4 Cog But he afterwards left the army, and entered lq a , he w , 'le, Oxford, to prepare himself for the Church, in te,' a a'a ordained deacon by the Bishop of Winchester, in yl'r:W^ rd "- °le st by the Archbishop of York, in 1806. He afterd :aiihe:l47'Ved as assistant-minister at Dulwich College, somean h e 4ii aisat:.'arlous churches in the metropolis. He teas 1 it•lCtlllenee'rit chaplain to she Philanthropic Institution, ie where in resigned ag e : i .tir , ti on - . Q t . some dispute relative to the matron, he , thirty 3, d t i e' I t v, F rom this circumstance, which occurred l ea n t's tie's a ' m u h . . . imputation upon the p al - Ft mor a l g t in this Ina Ito fix an rt , ril Wha t erecter which would be proved to be wholly groundless. tbta,ily : le a had already told the jury, they t w o ere . aware that his ta a Peac. 7 n _ red in the misfortunes of the I ay . lution ; and after i s i 'rc, fo e °r 181 5 he applied to the Commissione d rs d of to ßr . i , t . i rd sh , ti a , k h watt a ii c°ln Pensation. A large suns was awarded pressed e upon ll la; S t Lily Paid over to his creditors ; and he still d ice, al ias t th e Dtike of Orleans, when restored to their estates, the For 0 the annuity fur his life, the arrears, and the interest f tIZ l'eli ett n a r ne time after the accession of the present King o ih S k . 1 bp, resided in Paris, urging upon that Sovereign his sio t iii, ea rn ' h ire for the debt of the Prince, his father. i tli 4 Wits 'eati on, he returned to England, and for some ftimnemrceh wqrsts i i , i , his wife and children, in circumstances . o tif ki ' ila'" Wandsworth. In July, 1843, an altercationt subjectok Ltitile :tWeen him and his landlord a,ngrh.n.t which he owed, and it . resulted on ' upon a charge of 1.05'44, a n d before M r Clive, the magistrate, up the e he latter raishita ~h a t Bann ' . on instead of dealing with thechargeb o e. f Ati ' Olt oia ern ' week to give him an opportunity Ab i ,13 0 1 , to the case for a l' ati t " th e a nneY to pay the rent due-20s This was a matter in th at ' nextinagistrate had no right to interfere. However the 4 atheit da y r eported the case, and it was . . only j . ustice to say t a-"aliet,4Port represented the case of the plaintiff in so affe d cti h n i g s e'''hilY were-! that su bscriptions for the telief of Mr. Forth an week i:t,vireci, forwarded by several correspondents. When the Irate it t . aos a ; Fo rth did r iot go to the police-affice. The magistrate t k 4t11 4 1 , - arn and ;• cent his order.re reprimanded Forth apologised, but n the t o t i an t i e Wotild attend to nothing but the payment of the a h O u, s :i p a ll J , :h as,tr. Forth could not pay that, Mr. Clive ordered . i ss ' :7 l ,, f oti o f a uc . the rasa, It, and In default, committed him to ht re aith"cteen days for the assanit, and this aged gent w le h m e a t t e i Os Nein t se days off in the prison van to Kingston gaol, •• td nrl h• • sirs Thi. i is wife procured his release bypayinghe 20s. t, - „pthy, - za.4 reported in the Times, and excited Ait much ni greater to kt,ra,,,,, 412tois..,eriptions were transmitted to of forwarding them wardi e ng for the to /'orth , . _ e r, but that magistrate, instead stainve the roo ' n elit to require his attendance at the police-office to ~,e la c Y• The plaintiff declined to expose his a sses , k,t r 'eVio oB "e Public, as he was not then compe ei . to do its ih t hat h o er 4• Mr. Clive, in commenting upon . his obstinacy, tis e c°flsetin had m:ide inquiries into his character, ,Z, 'l 7 " sa ce °f which he would return the RI sc . r p. tZ t ,,,,, th t. ; - ` donors whose address he had, The Times ' 1 4 1 , - "IY, t h e uriwarrantable remark; and added, upon its own s 1 ) , „„'e statements new charged against the deferdant . a , late l' L ir l an The Learned er eant made a brilliant speech, in which krtsveiter filtraPassioned tribute g to the memory of Mr. Barnes : the ed st at 'at papert.he Times, under whom he himself had been . enaag Ne ~„,X il iora ', tiPo n which also, its vast influence. gigantic power,. tendtoi, e ' Ci ti e b ' n the cause of the unfortunate, thepoor, and the op. a' by'r,rl,uced an eluent and elaborate eulogy. and ita a °- abl e d ; "ng Upon the jury to give such fair, moderate, a . n 4 t - s, l° ; agc s, as w ld compensate the se ta Ptei n ° "4 c haract " ' plaintiff' for the in , uSa Abel it er and feelings. sl a cet i n th °Use Dotten, examined by Mr. JAMES— , Had , been Ci et d ont, trit e arm y. Served in the same regiment into which ,trait' avit scr 'd as a cornet in 1796. That was the Ist . Life k s o e ' ,' a ncti with lett the regiment in 1798. Renewed his ac • :of c oa , ll Mr. Forth i n 1835. Was then Member of the hio,"tth is",,ll'ons tor Southampton, and brought the claims of itouse h lc' by th s ' cicir si the laims were for debts due to t ho i 2'14 ate buke of orleans. Witness saw the articles in atiuli.klit hoth stati ng that abut its plaintiff had been suspended, but he i'g as ' ont it. Knew that plaintiff had entered the tah ( !ods, e , .a' ate r nitia a t , - • Mr. Forth sir ' by Mr. EUMFREY-Istver raw . h tit,, • qua so „ tif It , aria re gistrar "a secretary to the Archbishops of York and Canter. ointifr. to their dioceses, put In and proved the letters ~e ti t ° i ste, ta . 4 cl r ri cli nati on. fr 'ta t° ofa o . ed by Mr. lit:MFHEV Had never known 111 r. t it _ ori, bearish late, It was necessary for a clergyman in going t esv 'ese, ef to another to have a license from the bishop ot• the 44dcsusi °r . e be could officiate e nad never known Mr. Forth re. 4._ a lic ence ~_ al,sea te ,__ froth any of the several bishops to whom witness c i ls a ,' %11, et ,`"Y• of a t hcti es , roller for W estminster and registrar of the diocese cl oha cc ' PUt in licence as curate , Ctot. seta and ‘_ and proved the plaintiff's . . ‘titi, •-•eeiso., chain to the Philanthropic Institution. t iq foUr cinett--Plaintiff' remained in tne Philanthropic Insti. It e C lata . ' 44 1 and since that time witness has not known him or .eXar nine t ' is t l s . - Win,,, d--. Mr. Forth might have officiated in any diocese . h tittUdet biZster without witness knowing it. Knew of nothing ett i • , L ed f_frofn doing the duty in any diocese. C t 'snow ,;rd Deputy of Farringdon Ward, deposed that he t htt at t air. r s "rth since 1811 when that gentleman was c ant • ' -e PUlchr i • ' regularly officiated `r ated ll is t „ e s, S kinner-street, and gst ed ' Alle n '• d Chtilattl,,f4'nerlY Warden and Master of Dulwich College, the tt ;' . ..la o6 a_ t 'e were thrce Ecclesiastical Fellows in that College, , Alia s g i'cl 1807 Mr. Forth frequently did duty for one of tl• IN nnt h, th bisa,, t eaeenin e preacher, t he, e beta, cd—iKtiew from Mr. Forth that there was some ‘ , ,a t ,. -eel', m a 3 'tits 'on, as • Forth and the Governors on the subject of 1 4 14 .. Pes.th.`4lly knew it from a printed paper put into his hands il l ai ed no Mr. Forth either resigned or was dismiss • • ed at that Stiti.,c'ertansin t known him to officiate since. s o "olit a. ed--laintff • • • day since 4 itn e , I might have officiated eve r y 1 1) r . Po ri , s s a knowin it W '.°Pie /char g . . as not aware of any imputa i tion ai r lista,. acter, in relation to the disputes at the Phi an. 14 . C ' Dr '°4 ' eb:`tlr,c,, ate, forraerly steward of Dulwich Collego, gave simi itaretea ' Witness never heard any imputation on Mr. Forth's Nil )1 ' Par I,la,t,.aien rnarson examined —Knew Mr. Forth when that n,,, , t ift s oft: , c'ated in St. George's Bloomsbury. In 1816 11, 4 "cera hi 4 `!(1 at the burial of witnes ' s's father. Witness had her e he r b 4 e I n fl)' other church but that of his own parish. k lis e. tvra, horn. any any other church, and lived now in the house maws th ke ' 11l61; street, 41, t e mai _ t, • Bloomsbury, surveyortated that he had "4411°1'4451a la 6°4 ' e years before I SIG, and believed that no r i fl e r _3'. N.„ , e a better character as a clergyman anal father of issi.4liteh ha...neats had read the articles in the Tinics, and was Orr eienefirt. them, as he knew the plaintiff did not deserve N t ':_ r, r witt witness knew him up to the last ten years. a lo r : J, s t. e,,sses gave similar testimony. ofhttgetea h:°1111. Brooe, Parliamentary agent, stated that he had had takes u Plaintiff's application to Parliament ' on the subject Otor7ker, t 1: 0 11 the King of the French. Mr. Law, the Recorder, i t cs ,ent e t ,, n _e eaae in 1 640 ; but witness did not know whether Ne.was also ", Petition or not. arttrthe viaio,Proved that the Commissionersappointed to i vesti bat, t he p ea • -c of British subject the French nGovernment, 144.ty thou e , e of 1 615, subjects as largeupon tt, icent 1-,.. 4" PO unds to 11 sum, between fifteen and half' Peen` •J ebto„, co , . r. Forth. It was paid into the ay Sir and in wt. That suns paid the creditors 20s. in 54 , of " consequence of the exertions made on their be. saret,lirapattb, they allowed him 5 per cent. on their claims. .44 Is ar the y bl.,t.hen addressed the jury for the defence. Was Iwiset,"_'B(lePiled:uneard with pleasure the eloquent speech of his ete . the and they could only regret that such beautiful n ot iAastso , 'le alrnost universaltalentshis Learned i n atte nta. l.pot, suet, , b of ~..Which,` t° ifnitate th e sa..ct. But he (Mr. Ilumfrey) would I _ 4 ! ait tett "e should assuredly ralian display of his Learned Friend, - - - ii4attczot. fail`; but would confine himself to ---'..s ''''a {l44.ticini Whettei it Were .1 48 t 04) the jury should give the plaintiff's verdict for 405., which would enable the a' torney to get his costs. That alone could be the object of this act iatti ; for it could not be imagined that Mr. Forth, who, in the former trial, blazoned forth to the world his misfortunes and his claims, and after the jury had been locked up all night, and discharged in the morning by consent, shou - ci again desire to rstrade his distresses, if it were not to put costs in his pockets. Although the evidence given on both these trials did not in any way meet the statements against Mr. Forth, yet the defendant did not wish to prevent his deli' ing any benefit which might accrue to him from the statements made by the witnesses in favour of his conduct five-and-thirty years ago. But the jury would observe that no desire to injure the plaintiff hao been charged against the Times. On the contrary, it was admitted that the Times, in the first instance, regarded his case as in some degree of oppression, 'and that the sympathy of the public was enlisted in consequenc?, of what appeared there. Hut it was the duty of a public journalist, won had induced the public to confer its bounty upon a person who seemed to deserve compassion and relief, to make known any matters which might afterwards appear to prove the individual unworthy; so that the public might be guaided against a further misapplication of its bounty; and that is what the Times has done. With the excep. tion of a single passage, to which he would call their attention — with that exception, there was not a single line of which his Learned Friend had made a shadow of complaint. He must be here permitted to say, that his Learned Friend and those who sup. ported him had adopted a very dexterous course. They had se. lected that part which was now admitted to be a mistake, leaving out ali that which the. could attempt to justify. How stood the matter? Mr. Ford was a person to whom, from the time he was ordained by the Bishop of Winchester, in 11 , 06, no license has been granted. He did for a time it was true do duty, but they were acquainted sufficiently with ec. clesiastical matters to know that when a person undertcok a curacy he must have a license, and the object of that was manifest. When the application was made for a license testimonials to his character would be required. The plaintiff—The ministers were all dead. Mr. Humeacv—They were net dead then; and he would ask the jury, if the proper way would not have been for a clergyman, l.owever bowed down by misfortune, if his character were clear from suspicion, if he came into a court of justice to vindicate his character, to bring some friends to speak to his good name. He was not seeking to throw imputations upon Mr. Forth, and the Times in the same spirit, said " When in the spirit of liberality we pointed out the plaintiff as a fit object for the charity of the public, in the same spirit we, when the magistrate stated that he was an unworthy character, feltbound to warn the public against him."— (The Learned Counsel then read the extracts from the Times on which the action was founded.) The inquiries made by direction of the magistrate into the character of the reverend gentleman were most unsatisfactory. He would read what Mr. Clive said from the bench when Mr. Forth had failed to attend, although solicited. He publicly stated that he had received many small sums, and he would receive no more sums for his use, and in conic. quenee of the inquiries he had caused to be made he (Mr. Clive) declined for the future to have any communication with Mr. Forth or his family. 1 hat was not, however, complained of; nor did Mr. Forth bring forward any one person who knew him to speak to character. if, instead of saying he had been suspended, the reporter had said that he had never applied for a license, would the observation have been a bit less objectionable ? Not one whit. But the reporter slid make a mistake. The Rev. Gentleman was not suspended. His Learned Friend, Sergeant Talfourd, said why did the paper which inserted the error not insert also an apology ? Why, the article was inserted on the 26th, and the writ was issued on the 28th, just two days after. But would it not have been better if Mr. Forth had written to the Times and explained the mistake, which would no doubt have been inserted. But that would not have suited the attorney, for he in that case could not hays brought this action. Sergeant TALPOURD—There followed an article on the same sub. ject in a future number of the Times. Mr. Hum Flier was not aware of it, but of this he was certain that it contained nothing which could militate against the Ti" es, or it would have been put into Court by his Learned Friend. His Learned Friend said that the circumstances alleged to have caused the dismissal of Mr. Forth from the Philantropic Institution had no foundation in truth. That was very easily said, but why had nut the Governor or some other of the officers of the institution been calhd forward ? It was essential that the doings of the courts of justice should be given to the world, and they ought not to visit a slip with a severe punishment, and he implored them not to gra. tify bad passions, but, by giving the smallest damages known in that country, further the ends of justice and de:eat the objects of artful men. The LORD Culler JUSTICE summed up. The statement which appeared in the Times newspaper was admitted by the Learned Counsel not to be true, and therefore it was undoubtedly a libel, and the jury would therefore have to find damages for the plaintiff. What the amount of those dam,g,s should be would be left to their own good sense, and he had no doubt they would give the subject their best consid, ration. With the remarks made on the character of the magistrate Mr Clive, he did not agree. If he was in error at all, it was an error on the side of huma. nity and kindness, for insted of going into the circum stances of the assault committed by Mr. Forth upon his landlord, the magistrate hearing that be and his family ware it, a slate of great aiatress, remanded the mat ter in the expectation that a subscription would be made to relieve his necessities. He did mt, therefore, think that Mr. Clive's conduct ought to have been so severely remarked upon in this matter. The learned Chief Justice then briefly recapitulated the leading events of Mr. For: h's life, with the view of assisting the jury in their awird of damages. He did not think that any malice had actuated the writer of the article or the proprietors of the paper which gave it insertion. The matter was, however, in their hands, to return what they conceived to be fitting damages for the injury sustained by the publication of what was certainly a libel. . The jury, after very shortly consulting, returned a verdict— Damages, Is. Servant TALFOURD applied for a certificate to carry costs, but ;he application was refused by the Court. CRIMINAL COURT_ (THIS DAY.) OLD C()UR (Before Baron PARKE and Justice Wttztams.) Tun RUISLIP MURDER.—Charles Lamb was placed at the bar at ten o'clock this morning, charged with the murder of a young man named John Brill, in a wood at Ruislip, in the month of February, 1837, He is a heavy sort of man, about 35 years of age, and has the appearance of a labourer. The indictment having been read, he pleaded Not Guilty in a faint voice. Mr Clarkson appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Wilkins for the prisoner. Charles Churchill was, in the year 1837, a fanner at Ruislip, and had the deceased long in his service. He was sent on Thursday the 16th February to a wood to prevent the underwood from being stolen. The boy never returned, and at the end of three days his body was found. His front teeth were knocked out. James Lavender proved finding the body. John Bray met the prisoner Lamb on the day of the murder in a field, one mile from the wood ; and he accompanied him to the Six Bells public-house, where the body of dc. ceased lay. He was coining from the direction of the wood. Robert Norton, a surgeon, examined the body. The mark of a severe blow was behind the left ear, and on removing the scalp there was observed a severe contusion. There was effusion of blood upon the brain, and his opinion was, that the injuries were inflicted by a fl ,t instrument, struck twice with great violence. George Sibley deposed to a certain confession made by the pri soner to the witness of the murder of the boy, and he described the place where the murder was committed (the whole of which has been given at length in the former notices of this case). Mr. WILKINS then addressed the jury for the prisoner, in a lengthened speech, and contended that no credit could attach to the evidence of the man Sibley. Mr. Baron PARKE summed up. He said the duty of the jury was a most serious one. The evidence in the case was of the most circumstantial character, for the question of the prisoner's guilt almost entirely depended upon the credence they gave to the witness Sibley, and the confession alleged to have been made by the prisoner about four month ago ; independent of that, there was no evidence sufficient to cast anything beyond suspicion upon the prisoner. If they believed the evidence of that confession, it would be their duty to find the prisoner guilty of the crime of murder; but if they did not attach credence to it, then they would acquit the prisoner. The Learned Judge then commented upon the evi. deuce, and concluded by leaving the case to the consideration of the jury. The jury then retired, and returned in half an hour with a ver. diet of Acquittal. !VFW CO"ia'T. (Before the COMMON SERGEANT.) At the sitting of the Court this morning, the following prisoners pleads d Guilty of the offences charged against them, and received the sentences afl:xed to their names :—Georgc Smith, 9 months; Frederick Shepherd, 3 months ; John Williams, 1 year ; George Brown, 4 months; Charles Chapman, 3 months; Robert Parker, 3 months; Ellen Conway (who had been twice convicted), 7 years transportation; John Thomas, 3 months; Thomas Simpson, 2 months; Richard Townsend, 6 months. William ClVford, a respectably.dressed young man, was con victed of stealing a box, containing 9s. It appeared that he had been tried in that Court, under a"other e, six years ago, wh:ch he admitted, and that he bad teen lately summarily convicted. The COMMON SERGEANT told him that he had been too lenient on the last occason, and ought to have transported him. The sentence of the Court was that he be transported for ten years. On turning to leave the dock, he laid hold of the inkstand placed there for the use of the prisoners, no doubt with the intention of hurling it at the police, who had sworn to his having been pre viously convicted, but as it was fixed he could not carry his inten. tion into execution, and he left the dock exclaiming against them. It is expected that the sittings in this Court will terminate to-day. t_,LOVWS sH I - ('I'UIS DAY ) LONDON, FEB B.—Wind at noon, Nor hcrly, fresh breeze, and fine. RAMS ATE, FEB. 7.---Irrd. Broadwood, Loudon, for 111.1ddhborOuh, with damage, having been in contact. The steam-tug Sampson, be longing to this port, is ashore on the bank In Sandwich River. The Risk, Kidd, of and from Sunderland, struck on the Galbard Sand this morning, got off, and sank a mile from the Galloper; crew saved ; she was bound to Portsmouth. DEAL, FEB. 7.—Wind N.W. by W. ; r. Tunan dria, Skinner, Calcutta ; Earl of Leicester, Bullard, Rio Grande ; Hortensia, Storey, Cape of Good Hope, loss of bulwarks, &c. Sld. Bussorah Merchant, Sydney, New South Wales; Serlngapatam, Ceylon ; Sophia, Rio Janeiro. COWES, FEB. 6.--Sld. Sumatra, Sumatra. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 6.—Sld. Llangothland, Valparaiso. LANCASTER, FEB. 6.—Arrd. Auroin, St. John's, New Brunswick, DOVER, FEB. 7.—Arrd. Mary Hounsell, Ichaboe, for Dundee ; crew mutinow. Off, Was. Forster, liillick, Nassau; Hostelling, Potjcl, Charleston for Rouen. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. N.E.—Arrd. Wm. Shand, London for China ; Courier, London, for the Cape of Good Hope ; stern stove, &c., having been in contact off Beachy Head last night with a ship unknown; Medway steamer, Southampton. Std. Caroline for Mau ritius and Ceylon. CLYDE, FEB. 6.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Christina, Pitcairn, Demerara ; Franklin, New Orleans ; .Mary Ann and Rolla, Antigua, &c. Duamx, FEB. s.—Arrd. Packet, Gill, Trinidad. Skl. Princess, Savannah. KINGSTOWN, FEB. 6.—Arrd. Culzian Castle, Ichaboe. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 7.—Wind N. to S.E.--Sld. Duke of Wellington, Calcutta ; Bolivar, Bombay ; Urgent, Rio ; Elizabeth and Venus, Bahia ; Derby and Perie, Africa ; Melvina, Trinidad ; Brandon, Ja maica ; Enterprise and Wannau, La Gnayra ; Araminta and Mary land, New Orleans ; Nicholas, Biddle, Mobile ; Cumberland, Apala.- chiola ; Leonard Dobbin, Thomas Bennett, John Barry, and Sheffield, Charleston ; Medemsch, Philadelphia ; Liverpool, New York. Some sails, three compasses, three muskets, three pistols, and a few blocks have been landed here from the Thomas Laurie, front Ichaboe, aban doned at sea, by the Candidate, arrived here. " THE SUN " NEWSPAPER. —We Were again favoured last night with an early copy of the third edition of The Sun, containing the whole of the proceedings in Parliament last night, together with the last report of the Board of Trade on the recently proposed railway schemes. This report will be found in another column. — Railway Times. THE QUEEN'S oFEECH —Northern Whig Office, Thursday Morning, Twenty - minutes past Five.—We have just re ceived, through the Messrs. Johnston, Dublin, The Sun of Tuesday, containing the Queen's Specch, which we annex. We received it, in Lisburn, at ten minutes past five, and brought it thence to Bel. fast, by a special train, in a little under ten minutes. REPRESENTATION OF SOUTHWARK.—We believe we are correct in stating that, on Tuesday last, Sir William Moles. worth, Bart., received a requisition from Southwark, to succeed Mr. Benjamin Wood as representative of that borough, and that the talented Baronet has accepted the flattering O'er, —Tv c a Briton. _ MILITARY MOVEMENTS.—On Thursday morning the 74th four company depot, under the command of Major Fordice, left Chatham Barracks for Sittingbourne, on route to Canterbury, We understand their place is to be suppliod by the four company depot of the 46th Regiment, now in Ireland, and who are daily ex pected to arrive here to do garrison duty. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) C'C';7ENT-GiI.7;LDEPT. For the time of year we had a fair average quantity of Vegetables on otter, while the supply of Fruit was rather extensive. Generally speaking, the demand was active, and prices were steadily supported. ' MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NE WS 6711", QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday remained quite firm, and a good business was done. Sales, 6,500 bales, of which 2,000 were on speculation.—Shares were not quite so brisk. Bristol and Glouce s t er, 554 2 ; Caledonian, 7!4 61 , 4 ; Chester and Birkenhead, 40 1 / i ; Ditto and Holy head, 7 1 4 ; Churnet Valley, 8a4 . ; Eastern Counties, 17%; Glasgow and Gree noc k , 13% :%; Great Western, Fifths, 4014 ; Lancaster and Carlisle, 29 1 / 4 i 4 ; Lon don and Birmingham, 321. Shares, 43 1 / ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 291 ,4 3a ; Ditto and Brighton, 56%; Ditto and York, 7 1 / 4 634 ; Direct Northern, 2 1 A 3 ; C am b r id ge an d Li nco l n, 41 ; 4 Manchester and Birmingha m , 61 ; Midland Counties, 129%; Newcastle and Berwick, 17 161 , ,; ; North British, ; North Wales, 114 ; Preston and Wyre, 2134 ; Scottish Cen tral, 44; Sheffield and Manchester, 104 1 /, ; Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 61,i ;- South-Eastern, No. 1, 26; Ditto, No. 2, 21 : Trent Valley, 13%; Ulster, 431/, %; Paris and Rouen, ; Ditto and Strasburg, 3; Northern of France, 574 ; Central Ditto, 11. Tice Bank of England averages give au increase of 104,1751. in the amount of notes issued, of 89,2481. in the rest, and of 78,758/ in the amount of bullion. The calculations are for the week ending the Ist iust. The greater scarcity of money does not arise, therefore, from any action of the Bank. The West India mail is still due, thOugh it was yesterday reported on 'Change that it had arrived. The resolutions on railway Bills, agreed to last night by Parliament, are considered satisfactorY, and will be in favour of legitimate undertakings. The Caledonian line, by the accounts from Scotland, appears to receive unanimous sup port. Irish lines are also in good repute, and another im portant, though short, 0116 is on the lapis—viz., from Armagh to Coleraine and Portrush. The Funds are quiet, but, as regards Consols, were not quite so good as yesterday, upon a sale being made at 99 1 ,4,, though now they are up again to 9934. Bank Stock has re ceded to 213% and 213. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 103% 7x, ; and the Three per Cents., 100 to %. Exchequer-bills have been 565. to 58s. prem. There is scarcely anything passing in the Foreign market. Spanish Five per Cents. are 2 7 / 1 . ; and the Three per Cents., 4074, being flat; Mexican are firm at 361 a to %; Chili= at 101 ; Brazil New Bonds have been 87 to 88. Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents. were 6274 to 63 1 . Shares in general are lower to-day, even South Wales and the Shrewsbury and Birmingham having receded. It is probable, however, that the reaction is only temporary.. South-Eastern are steady. Trent Valley hare improved ; Birmingham and Gloucester are firm ; and also Brighton and North British. Caledonian are fluctuating. Eastern Counties are steadier. There are one or two other exceptions also to apparent downward tendency. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 21 3 1/7213 3 per pe c r Ceeinnt.. Consolsßeduced An A n ;Lit ti es 100 1 4 3 New 3 1 4 per Cent. Annuties Long_ Annuities, fornnu ities, Account Expire sth Jan. 1860 . 19 9 2 1 , 4, .;, Consols Exchequer Bills. 134 d. 1 1 ,0. 1,000/. 500/. Ditto Small — tO7-3 1 .K ETV AX. L. Although the supplies of each kind of Meat here was somewhat on the increase, a full average amount of business was transacted, and prices were rteadily supported.—Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 3s 8d ; Veal, 4s 4d to 5s 8d ; and Pork, 3s to 4s 6d per Sibs, by the carcase. We had a very large supply of both Game and Poultry here, owing to which the trade was heavy, and prices were with difficulty supported. NEWPORT. :each kind of prime Meat was: in steady request at fu; prices, while other qualities were somewhat inactive. 21XL -INGSGATE. Mere was a very i7ntiful supply of Fish, yet the demand was steady at late rates. I.F,3TFC _ _ Athough the supplies of Meat were rather extensive, a fair business - was doing at full prices. ntrNGEaronn. For prime Mutton, Veal, and Pork we had a steady de 'nand at fu,'l prices, but otherwise the trade was in a ver: sluggish state. 113 R MAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the Metropolis are from id to 7.1 d ; .cf Household ditto, 5d to 6id per 4lbs leaf. RIDE Iffillt.XET. Raw Hides„ at per stone of 141bs :—Best Steers and Heifers, 5s 6,1 to 5s ; Middling Hides, 4s 8d to 5s 4d ; Inferior ditto, 4s 4d to 4s 6d. Sheep and Calf Skins, at per akin : Market Calf, Cs 6cl to 8s ; Long-woolled Sheep, 3s 6cl to 4s 9d ; Sheari lugs, 6d to Bd. SAY MARKETS. SmiTHITELD..--Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/103 to 41155; use ful ditto, 4/ 163. to 5/ 48; fine Upland ditto, 5/ 5s to 5/ lOs ; Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 61; Oat Straw, I/ 123 to 1/ 14s; Wheat Straw, 1/ 143 to 1116 s per load. Supply rather limited, and traee dull. Cumnrcra.A.wa —Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 103 to 4/ 16s ; useful ditto, 4/ n's to 5/63; fine Upland ditto, 517 s to 5/ 12s; Clover Hay, 41 :103 to 5/ 18s ; Oat Straw, I/14s to 1/ 16s ; Wheat Straw, .1/ 16s to 1/ lfils per load. A fair average supply, and a steatdy demand. WIIITECHAP EL.--Goarse Meadow Hav, 3l 12s to - 41 163; useful ditto, 4/ 12s to 5/ 4s; tine Upland ditto, 5/ 5s to 51 lOs ; Clover Oay, 4/ 123 to 613 a ; Oat Straw, 1112 s to 1114 s ; Wheat Straw, 1r 14s to 1/ 16s per load. Both Hay and Straw moved off slowly at but little variation in prices. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.-FRIDAY. There is only t limited trade passing in Wheat at this market to-day, at barely the prices of last Friday. No altera tion in the price of fine Barley, common sorts very bad to sell. The demand for Beans is good, and they fully support late prices. We note no alteration in the price of Oats. Per qr. of 60lb. to the bushel. EXTRA. Wheat—Suffolk, "Essex, and Kent • • • • Bed— 44 to 45 to 46 Ditto ditto •• •• • White.. 49 50 51 I: , .rorfolk • - ...... •• • • ••• • • • Red.. •. 43 44 45 Ditto ditto ...• • • White.. 45 48 50 Lincolnshire and Cambridge.. lied.. . 42 43 45 Ditto ditto •• •• • • White.. 46 48 50 Yorkshire —• • ....... .• Red— 40 42 44 Ditto ditto English, Old •••••••• • • • • • • • lied .. •. 43 48 48 54 Foreign —• ••••••• • • • • • • • Red— 41 46 48 Ditto ditto ••• • • • White.. 48 50 52 Per quarter imperial. Barley—Norfolk and Suffolk— .. Yorkshire and Lincolnshire . - Grinding 2) 30 Foreign . 30 32 Per qr. of 631 b. to the bushel. 36 38 44 36 37 42 . • ...... . 35 40 42 10d, lld —d,l2d ••••••• • • • • .. 10d, lld —d,—d ..... 10d, lld —(1,12d ..... •• • • • 25e, 26s —s, 27s 40 42 43 Per qr. imperial. Pease—Blue and White Boilers. Grey and Feed .• ••••• • • • • • ..... ••• • • • 34 40 Rapeseed—English, per Last Imperial ••• .• • . 231., 251. Beans—Small tine Foreign Onts—Mealing, per Stone • • Feeding Foreign Shelling, per Load • •. • ... Malt, per Lowl of 6 Bushels Foreign • • • • 23/. SPORTING INTE'LLIGENCE. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—FRIDA.T. CHESTER CUP. 30 to 1 agst Zanoni 33 to I agst Ratan 35 to 1 agst Pride of Kildare 40 to 1 agst Extempore (t) 50 to 1 agst Fitzallan 50 to 1 agst Trueboy :BY. 10 to I agst Seiniscria 13 to 1 agst Obscurity 20 to 1 agst The Era (t) 20 to I agst Cataract 30 to 1 agst Strathspey (t) 30 to I agst Pug 14 to I ugst Redger 35 to 1 agst Annandale The rest as before. 35 to 1 agst Ironmaster 40 to 1 agst Fitzallatt Very little doing. OXFORD, FEB. 7. The following are the questions submitted on behalf of the Board of Head& of Houses and Proctors, respecting the proposi. tions to be brought before Convocation in the matter of Mr. Ward; and opinion of the Solicitor.fleneral, Sir Charles Wetherell, Dr. Addams, and Mr. Cowling : " QUESTIONS. I. Whether the University ha, any power of depriving a party fur any cause of any degree which has been conferred upon him ? "2. Whether the extracts given in the notice issued by the Board of Heads of Houses and Proctors contain sufficient cause to justify the degradation of Mr. Ward ? "3. Whether the House of Convocation_ has the power of de gradation in this case ? 4. Whether in proceeding to degrade Mr. Ward the Univer. sity will resider itself liable to a writ of mandamus at his suit ?" " •NSWER. "I. We are of opinion that the University has the power to degrade, and that that power is by no means limited or conflued to cases of prior conviction of an offence by a court of competent jurisdiction, rror to those particular cases enumerated in the statutes to which degradation is specifically annexed. " 2. Vs e arc of opinion that the extracts set forth in the notice contain sufficient cause to justify the House of Convocation, as representing the University, in taking cognisance of them, and coming to a decision on the subject, with a view to the degra. dation of Mr. Ward : but whether, in the result, the charge preferred against him shall appear sufficient to justify the house in degrading him is a conclusion which must rest entirely with, and be formed by, the members of Convocation upon considera. tion of the whole matter. " 3. Provided Convocation shall upon consideration come to the conclusion that Mr. Ward ought to be degraded. we are aware of no ground for impeaching or questioning the validity of the degradation. "4. If the determination of Convocation should be to degrade Mr. Ward, and he should apply to the Court of Queen's Bench for a writ of mandamus to restore him, we are of opinion that it s 4 ill be an answer to it, that her Majesty is Visitor of the Uni. versity, and that the subject lies vxclusively within the pro. vince of her Majesty as Visitor, and that any complaint against the proceedings of Convocation must be made to her Majesty in that capacity, and cannot be withdrawn from her jurisdiction. FRED. THESIGER. CHARLES WETHERELL. J. ADDAMS. JOHN CO \YUNG." EXTENSIVE FIRE AT RICIIMOND.—This morning, between twelve and one o'clock, a very serious fire broke out at the King's Head Tavern and coach office, situate at the corner of Bridge Rise. Engines from Richmond, Mortlake, Barnes, and Kingston, were prompt in arriving, but from a blunder on the part of some one, the turncock was not called up, and for the space of 20 minutes the engines were kept standing still for the want of water; meanwhile the fire continued to spread fearfully. Mr. Hen derson, one of the officers of brigade, with Mr. Cennorton, super. intendent of the West of England Company, were both prompt in arriving with their engines and firemen from London, The mains at length yielded an abundant supply of water, but the fire was not extinguished until the upper past of the extensive:piemises was destroyed, and the lower portion seriously injured. Captain Page, who was staying at the tavern, had a narrow escape; he had to be taken from one of the upper windows by the police and ladders. Fortunately the loss is covered by an insurance in the Phrenix office. The origin of the fire is unknown. TtlE MONEY MARKET.—There is still a very ir regular pressure in the money market in town, and we find it ne. cessary, to correct misapprehension, to repeat that it has arisen ex. elusively from the bankers holding the deposits of railway com panies providing for paying over the required percentage prior to the introduction of the Bills to Parliament. We have been mi. nute and speeial in our inquiries on this subject, and can fled no other mode of accounting for the demand in the best.in. formed quarters, and the conclusion, therefore, is that the matter is entirely temporary. There is no d►fficulty whatever in the commercial discount market, but, on the contrary, money has been rather less in demand in that direction than was generally expected by this perir:d of the season. The money for the deposits for Railway Bills is in many cases not yet actually required, but the banker's have generally received notice to have the necessary amount in readiness, so that the effect upon the market is nearly the &tine as if the payments were required to be simultaneous. The immediate effect has been to raise the rate of interest fully one-half per cent., measured by first class paper; and, as we previously observed, there is no question but it would have advanced consi. daably higher had it not been kept in check by the Bank of Eng land advancing im securities at the rate of twe and a half per cent. per annum —Morning Paper. THE LATE MURDER AT SALT HILL—The paro chial officers of Farnham Royal, in which parish the unfortunate woman, Sarah Hart, met with her untimely death, having been bound ever by John Charsley, Esq., the Coroner (who presided upon the jury which returned a verdict Against John Tawell of " Wilful murder"), to prosecute the accused at the ensuing assizes for the county of Bucks, they have re tained the services of Mr. Sergeant Byles and Mr. Prender gast on the part of the Crown. Mr. Long, solicitor, of Windsor, has been engaged by the parochial authorities of Farnham to con duct the prosecution. The trial is expected to commence on Wednesday morning, the llth of next month ; but from the num ber of witnesses to be examined, both for the Crown and the prisoner, the trial is expected to last until a late period of the fol. lowing day. There will be nearly twenty witnesses to be examined for the prosecution. The promenaders on the Boulevards were yester day attracted by the sight of a huge truffled turkey, lying in the window of the well known Maison dee Friand, at the corner of the Rue Choiseul. A ticket attached to this dainty intimated that it had been ordered far the Duke of Wellington, and that the price was 500 fr. The weight was stated to be 251b.—Galignani. SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A MASTER OF A VESSEL. —On Friday a warrant was issued against Mr. James Simpson, master of the barque Thomas Bell, lately arrived at Swansea, with a cargo of copper ore, from St. Jago de Cuba, charging him, on the information of one of the crew, named John b.dward Brown, with having, on or about the Bth of December, while on the passage homewards, violently assaulted a seaman on board his vessel, named Thomas James Graham ; " and that afterwards, on the 21st of December, the said Thomas James Graham died on board the said vessel, while at sea." On the evening of that day the defendant appeared at the office of Mr. T. Attwood, before the Mayor and Starling Benson, Esq. T. Edward Thomas and Thomas Penrice, Esqs., county magistrates, were also pre sent during a portion of the examination of the first witness, but took no part in the proceedings then or sub sequently. When the matter became known to the public the interest manifested was considerable. Mr. Tripp appeared for the defendant. No professional gentleman was in attendance on the part of the rosecution. After a lengthened examination, the (It fendant was then committed upon the minor cl arge of assault, the effect of which will be that the expense of the prosecution will devolve upon the friends ci the deceased, unless they successfully pre fk,r before the grand jury an indictment for manslaughter. In that case the jury can convict of the minor charge ..ttould they not be satisfied that the other is fully esta blished. The defendant gave bail for his appearance.— Cambrian. PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 87 88 87% Buenos Ayres Bond:, 6 per Cent.... . _ Chilian "fonds, 6 per Cent 101 Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent. Ditto for the Account. Ditto Deferred Stock l6 k Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent 11 9 34 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1840 27 Ditto 3 per Cent Ditto for the Account .. . 40;' Dutch 2 1 / 2 per Cents Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ..7 951% 1 / 2 % PRICE OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Birmingham and Gloucester 100 132 131 1 / 2 to 130 1 / 2 Ditto, tialf Shares ...... 3 Bristol and Exeter Ditto New Bristol and Gloucester Caledonian Cambridge arid Lincoln Cli:.ster and Holyhead ...... ... 5 Churnet Valley Cornwall Pirect Northern ... ......... .. 21 /S 2 1,4 to Eastern Counties to Di Do. Pe dit rpet to, 'N. 5 p o er Ct. No. I. 3N — to tto, . 2. ;a 0 : , ;...... to EastPrn Union to Ditto Extensiba Edinburgh and Glasgow Great South and W. (Irish)•• • 5 Ditto Additional . to Great North of England 100 l7O 171... to Great Western _ _ Ditto 1/ Shares ..„ 50 lO2 2 ..... to Ditto Fifths Guildford, Farnham, Portms. 21 - Harwich 1 - to Lancaster and Carlisle... London and Birmingham ...100 Ditto . ew Thirds ... 2 Ditto Quarter Shares ...... 2 London and Blackwall 16% 8 7 1 A 4 % to London and Brighton-- ...... &O Ditto Loan Notes lO - London and South Western.. 41Y g ...... 79 1 /, to London and Y0rk....... ...... 2 1 A...... 6 3 4%% to 6 Mancheio r and L ee d s 73 .....141 Ditto Half Shares - 32 ..... Manchester and Birmingham 40 Ditto Quarters Midland 100 12 6 1/ to 128% Ditto New Newcastle and Berwick North British 7 i I4V, to Northern and Eastern 45 6 9 Norwich and Brandon 8 ... 14 2 to Ditto New Shares Richmond an dWest End June. 1 Rugby, Worcester. and Tring 1 Shrews.,Wolver., Dud., Birm. 21/ , 2 South Devon South Eastern and Dover ... 33% 4 B l / 4 -4... to— Ditto New, No. 1 8 to rn — Staines and Richmond.... ,„. 1 South Wales Stevenson's Portsmouth Trent Valley ...... 2 Waterford and Kilkenny,,,,,, 1 ... 3 1 4 York and North Midland ... r . ,0 Ditto Selby Ditto, Extension ............ 14 12 % 1 X! ..• to s FRENCH RAILWAYS. 4 234 to 314 - Great Northern of Franca ..• 4 Orleans and Vierzon ....... .. 2 Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 2 ' 3/ to Paris and Lyons ............... 2 Paris and Orleans ............. .20 ....„ 44% to Paris and Rouen ... ..... - ..... 20 ......42 1 4 423,i to 43 Tours and Nantes ........ ...... 1 MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 7.—The market continues active, and prices are well maintained. Birming ham and Gloucester, New Shares, 5 414 ; Lancaster and Preston, 53; Manchester and Birmingham, 61 1 ,4 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, lei , Midland, 4 0 ! . Shares. 9 1 / 4 3 4. ; South- Eastern, 50 ; Ditto, New, 26 ; Ditto, Scrip, 9 premium ; York and Selby, 501. Shares, 72 71 ; Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire Junction, 7% 7 ; Blackburn, Burnley, and Accring ton, 6%; Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 3 9-16 11-16; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 7 ; Cambridge and Lin coln, 4 1 / 4 4 ; Churnet Valley, 9 ; Glasgow and Dumfries, 1/. Bs. 9d. to 1/. 7s. ; Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 476 5 ; Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 4%; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 5 1 A ; London and York, 71,4 67.4 ; Manchester and Buxton', 3 9-16 Central, VA %; Sheffield a n d Li nco l ns hire Junction, 11. V. 13s. 9d. to 1/. 12s. 6d. ; S ou th por t an d Euxton, 310 Trent Valley, 1314 ; Boulogne and A m i ens (E n glish), 5% Great Northern of France (English), 6. 5 4 / 3 ; Scottish DUNCII U RCH.—INC EN DIARISM.—On the evening of Wednesday, the 22d ult., a most atrocious attempt was made to burn the corn and other ricks of Mr. W. Blick, of the Dun Cow Inn, and of Mr. J. Gil lingham, of Tuft, in the same parish. In Mr. Buick's rick-yard were standing four large stacks of wheat and ot! - !er grain, in one straight line, also ricks of bay, &c. About a quarter before nine o'clock at night, it was discovered that one of the middle ricks of wheat was on fire ; an alarm was immediately given, and it being so early in the night, a large num ber of the inhabitants speedily assembled. and by their united and vigorous exertions, the flames, which had done but little damage. were in a short time subdued, and the danger of further mischief removed. But whilst all were uniting their energies to stop the progress of the fire, an alarm reached them that a wheat-stack of Mr. Billingham, of Toft, was on fire. Very providentially, but little loss was sustained in either case. On the Friday Blowing, it was discovered that an atteml.t had been made to burn a wheat-rick of Mr. W. Lawrence, of Thurlaston, in the same parish. A small hole was burnt in the rick, but (as it is supposed) before the flame was sufficiently strong to extend without fuel, the Lucifer matches, which had been thrust into the rick, fell out, as several were found upon the ground underneath the burnt hole in the rick. Rewards are offered in each case for the discovery of the author of these diabolical acts.— IV artrick Advertiser. DREADFUL OCCURRENCE AT DONNYBROOK.— On Monday morning the house of Captain Orson, late of the East India Company, residing at Donnybrook, was discovered to be on fire, and notwithstanding every effort to extinguish them, the flames enveloped the en tire house, which was soon reduced to ashes. At four o'clock in the day some workmen discovered the muti lated remains of four human bodies, supposed to be those of Captain Orson, his wife and two children. Captain Orson was reported to have been in great pecuniary embarrassment, and he is rumoured to have said, a few days ago, that he had rather set tire to his house, and die in the ruins, than permit his furniture to be seized for debt. Another singular circumstance is, that he gave his servant leave to go out on Sunday evening, but charged her not to re turn till Monday morning, when she should receive her wages; and it is also worthy of remark, that the bolts of all the door-locks appear to have been shot. A walk ing -stick, with a silver top, and two silk umbrellas, which have been fully identified as Captain Orson's property, were found by the constable in front of the outer gate. Captain Orson was a tall, powerful man, nearly six feet in stature, and is said to have been remarkable for his excitable temper. He was seldom seen out, owing, it is said, to his pecuniary embarrassments. The deceased was an Englishman.—Pilot. PrnoTs.—ln consequence of a correspondence between the Earl of Morley, Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce of this port, and the authorities at the Trinity House, two of the Elder Brethren, Captain Wheeler and Captain Bax, visited Plymouth last week, for the purpose of examining the pilots. They were as . sisted by the local Sub-Commissioners, Mr. W. W a lk er, Queen a s n l d i a 2rr , r i bo . u G r m e oarsgteer Jones,, Ai n Collector of h er Majesty'sW. Cumin g, Ll oy d' s Sur veyor,Customs. The Elder Brethren expressed themselves satisfied with the general appearance and qualification of the pilots, two or three of whom are to be superannuated, through age and deficiency of vision. The pilots have sent in an application for an increase of pilotage from the Channel to the harbour of Plymouth Sound, and for a modification of the rates when bringing vessels in the second time.--Plymouth Journal, MARY OF NEWS AND but t eptnton, " Who runs may read." rolizxcirr. The l'aris papers of Wednepday and Thursday make no mention of receptions at the Tuileries for some days, but the reason is not assigned. The Cherbourg Journal says :—" We are assured that the Forte and Rene Blanche, which tare now in this port, are to be imme diately fitted out to serve as the escort of the Prince de Joinville in the voyage which he is about to perform to Brazil. The Prince will, it is said, take the command of the squadron, of which the Mogadore of the line will form part. The object of this expedition is, it is added, the settlement of the affairs of La Plata. The Prin. cease de Joinville will accompany the Prince, who will leave her in Brazil during the expedition to La Plata." According to a letter front Goritz, the ex-Royal family have determined to remove is the spring to Frolisdorf, near Wiener Neustadt, and to fix their residence there. Several of the Paris Journals state that the widow of General Michel has sent to the Minister of the Interior a petition against the inscription of—La Gardc rneurt et rte se rend pas, intended to be placed on the monument to General Carnbronne at Nantes. These words, says the petitioner, were spoken by General Michel. It would be absurd certainly to attribute them to Cambronnc, who surrendered himself prisoner at Waterloo. Accounts from the interior of France give melancholy intelli gence of the effects of a snow storm. Marty lives had been lost. Nearly the whole of the posts intended to support the conduct ing wire; of the electric telegraph on the Rouen railroad are fixed. They are about 5 metres high, and from 23 to 23 metres distant from each other. It is supposed that the telegraph will be in a state to work about the end of the month. The opening of the Chambers of Wurternberg took place on the Ist. The King, in his speech from the throne, congratulated himself on the fact that, notwithstanding the extraordinary cx. pences of preceding years, caused by the construction of railroads, no deficit of revenue or augmentation of taxes is found in the budget. MAW AND POZICII. In the Court of Queen's Bench, Mr. Hod g son, a commission agent, recovered 201. damages against Mr. Gurney, keeper of the Mark et.house public-house, in Farringdon-street, as compensation for the injuries he had suffered in falling through a trap-door which bad been lett open through the carelessness of defendant's servants. Mr. Dotesio, late keeper of the Royal Hotel, Slough, passed his final examination before the Court of Bankruptcy yesterday. The bankrupt was complimented by the Court and several of his credi tors upon the accuracy of his accounts, and the ready assistance which he had afforded to his assignees for their full and entire inves tigation. In the Court of Common Pleas, Mr. Mansfield, the landlord of Oliver's Coffee-house, at the foot of Westminster bridge, recovered 780/. from Messrs. Orissa and Peto, for damages done to his house and stock in trade by their operations in erecting the new Houses of Parliament. At the Central Criminal Court, Mr. Craucour, the surgeon, whose case has been so freqeently before the public, was tried for burglary and acquitted. An alibi was distinctly proved. Haw. king, an engineer, who was tried with him, was also acquitted. In the New Court, John Lawrence Brown was sentenced to one year's imprisonment with hard labour, for bigamy. George Harris, a hanger.on at the Court of Bequests, was com mitted for trial from Marlborough.street, for having fraudulently obtained one shilling from Charles Richards, by representing that he had been employed by a milkman, named Thompson, to collect the money under a Court of Requests order. At Hammersmith, John Paine, conductor to one of the Ham mersmith and Brentford Conveyance Company's omnibuses, No. 2,028, badge No. 2,219, appeared before Mr. G. Clive, on summons under the Act for regulating hackney carriages (6 and 7 Victoria, cap. 86, sec. 33), for having refused to admit and carry at the lawful fare a passenger, for whom there was roon , and to whose admission no objection was made, He was convicted in a penalty of 20s. and costs. Mr. Ballantine committed a cab-driver, named Cohtn, for a month, for striking Henry Male, the leader of the band to Price's equestrian company, a violent blow on the face, and injuring his nose. In driving through the streets eight in hand, in Mr. Price's van, the driver slightly touched the defendant's cab. Ass obstruc. Lion shortly afterwards occurred; complainant, to prevent mischief, got out of the van and held the leaders by the head, and while thus engaged the defendant took the opportunity of committing a savage assault upon him. OTTSM-PZURNIZOWALIISAZIP. The Marquis of Lansdowne has left town for Bowood. The marriage of Lady Louisa Fitamaurice and the Hon. James Kenneth Howard, is definitively arranged to take place on Mon. day next. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford are not expected to arrive in Belgravc-square until Easter. The Marquis of Tavistock is passing the season in town. The Duke and Duchess of Lelnster and family are still at May. nooth Castle, and the period of their Grace's return to London is not known at present. Lady Isabella Howard, daughter of the Earl and Countess of Wicklow, who has been seriouslyin disposed at Stanmore, is con valescent. The Right Hon. Thomas Grenville entertained the Earl of liar. rowby and a select party at dinner on Wednesday evening, at his residence in Hamilton.place. r...gra.v, 2131.34,AL1Erni OVID. The Irish Land Commission Report will, it is expected, be ready in the course of a few weeks. Mr. Hutt, M.P., is expected in town next week. The Hon. Gentleman is, we are glad to learn, so much improved in health, that he will be able to resume his Parliamentary duties at an earlier period than was expoeteel by his constituents. . . • The Right Hon. G. R. Dawson, Commissioner of Customs, paid a visit to the St. Katherine Docks en Thursday afternoon, and visited the several departments of the establishment, Inspecting the official books, &e. These inspections or official visits on the part of the members of the Board of Customs, have become very fre quent since the discovery of the extensive frauds on the revenue, which took place some time ago, in compliance with the expressed wish of the Revenue Inquiry Commissioners; and scarcely a day passes without the different dock establishments and other depart ments, being visited by one or other of the Surveyors or Inspectors General. The annual meeting of the members of the General Theatrical Fund Association, established in 1839, for the granting of pen. mons and temporary relief to aged and. decayed members of the theatrical profession, their widows and families, was held on Ash Wednesday; Mr. Buckstone, the Treanurer, in the chair. It ap. peared from the report, read by Mr. B. Fairbrother, the Secre. tary, that this fund differed in principle from those of the pa tent theatres of Covent.garden and Drury-lane, for that it ad. mated not only actors and actresses, but dancers, pantomimists, chorus- singers, and prompters, who were excluded from the be. nefits of the funds of the larger establishments. The Chairman reported that the finances of the Association were in a highly flourishing condition ; that the receipts of the past year ex. ceeded those of the former by about 3001., and that the funded capital of the Institution amounted to 2,6151. Tinhgam most es. oNumerousf the low-lying Thursday and Friday the tid es rose unnsua l ly hi gh, overflow. embankments were on flooded,both sides but r the tu . elg a li t n er.sidepremises nately the damage done to property was not great. A petition to both Houses of Parliament has been prepared by the Council of the Metropolitan and Irovi • ncial Legal Association, and forwarded to every member, on the subject of the duty pay. able yearly on the certificates of attorneys, solicitors, and proc tors. The petition prays that the duty may be wholly repealed. The half-yearly meeting of the Hibernian Mining Company was held on Friday, at their office in Austin.friars. The chair was taken by J. H. Bradshaw, Esq., when the Secretary read the report, from which it appeared that as the working approached the surface the coal was found less free from faults. The sale during the six months ending the 31st of December, amounted to 7,027 tons, which by the increased proportion of small coal had only realised the sum of 2,224/. Since that period an improvement had taken place both in the quantity and the quality of the coal raised, show ing a present increase in the sales of upwards of 90 tons. The re. port having been adopted, the Chairman, Deputy. Chairman, and three of the Directors, were re-elected, and the meeting adjourned. PRINCE PUCKLER MUSKAU AND MEHEMET ALL —These two celebrities have never been seen under cir cumstances calculated to excite so strong a personal interest as in the details of a journey made by them, to gether, into Upper Egypt, narrated by the Prince, in his new work, entitled, " Egypt under Mehemet AIL" Neither has the " Napoleon of the East" ever been de scribed under so favourable an aspect. There is scarcely a topic of interest connected with his extraordinary and unparalleled career, on which he does not, in the confi dence of social intercourse, disclose his most secret thoughts and views, no less as regards the future than the present and the past. The narrative is, altogether, one of great interest. In pointing it out to the public attention, it is necessary to state that this portion of the Prince's new work is accessible to the English reader only through the translation published by Mr. Colburn. ROYAL. BANK or SCOTLAND.—A great sensation has been produced in our city by the removal of Mr. Thomson from the situation of cashier to the Royal Bank, which he has held for many years. It took place on . Wednesday, th e 22d u l t ., i n consequence of a resolu• ton, passed unanimously, by the Directors (only one of whom was absent), and recorded in a minute, which was communicated to Mr. Thomson. He had the option of re tiring upon an allowance, but declined to avail himself of it. No charge, we understand, was made against him in the minute, but simply the purpose expressed that his connexion with the Bank should terminate. The grounds of the step taken will probably not be disclosed till the proprietors meet some weeks hence ; and, till this take place, it is proper that the public should suspend its opinioa of the transaction. The office held by Mr. Thomson is the highest in the establishment, and we learn that he has been about twenty-eight years in the bank, in this and other situations.—Scotsman. EXTRAORDINARY AND SUCCESSFUL SURGICAL OPE RATION, PERFORMED BY MR. SMALL, VETERENTARY SUR GEON, ARMAGH, UPON A HORSE, THE PROPERTY OF MR. BOYLE OF TANDRAGEE, BY THE REMOVAL OF AN ENOR MOUS TUMOUR OF 29L8. WEIGHT.—The tumour above-men tioned was the effect of a collision with the shaft of a cart in the month of September last, which not only bruised and lacerated the pectoral muscles, but also fractured the sternum (breast-bone). The wound healed slowly, and as it closed up, the tumour formed and gradually enlarged in size, until the action of the fore legs was so much obstructed, that the horse was almost un able to move, and his owner deeming recovery hopeless, had determined on consigning him to the dog-kennel, when Mr. Small conceiving there was a probability of effecting a cure by excision, undertook the trial of that operation, as sisted by Mr. Mallam, jun. It proved to be a most difficult and intricate one, and lasted twenty-seven minutes, the carotid artery as well as several ramifications of the pectoral arteries having to be secured. The patient, however, is aow doing well, and the wound consequent upon the ex traction of the tumour, although actually appalling to look at its size and depth, is rapidly healing.—Ulster Gazette. SHOCKING AFTAIR.—A few days ago a young female from Borgup, gave birth to a child in a lodg ing-house in Maxwelltown. A rumour of the cir cumstance having gone abroad, and no child ap pearing, suspicion was excited, and search was made by the police officers about the premises, who in a short time discovered, in a dunghill, the remains of a new born infant shockingly mutilated, the head, arms and legs being cut off, and the body otherwise mangled in such a manner, that it was impossible to distinguish the sex. M`Cartney, the female who kept the lodging house, was immediately taken into custody, and the midwife who had attended at the delivery of the mother was examined. She stated that the child was still-born, and that she had dressed it in grave-clothes before leaving the house. The mother also asserted that she knew nothing further of the matter than that the corpse was removed from the apart ment in which she lay. M'Cartney alleged in excuse that the grave-clothes were hers, and that, as the mother had nothing to pay for them, she had taken them off the corpse and disposed of the body in the manner above stated. The mutilated remains of the child were then taken up and interred in the Tro9ueer church-yard and to female lelcartney retiat e d cuatody, NEW PROJECTED RAILWAYS. (From the Gazette of Friday Evening.) RAILWAY DEPARTMENT, BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, FEB. 7, 1845. Notice is hereby given, that the Board constituted by the Minute of the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, for the transaction of railway business, having had under consideration the following schemes, for extending railway communication in South Wales and Herefordshire, viz.: The South Wales Railway, The Monmouth and Hereford Railway (Great Western), The Newport and Pontypool, The Gloucester and Dean Forezt, have decided on reporting to Parliament in favour of the South Wales Railway, • Monmouth and Hereford (Great Western), Newport and Pontypool ; and against the Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway and the Board, having further had under considerati on ' the schemes, for extending railway communication to Shrewsbury, viz. The Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, Dudley and 'Birming barn Railway, The Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton (Grand Junction), The Shrewsbury and Stafford, have decided on reporting to Parliament in favour of the " Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, Dudley, and Birmingham; and against the Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton (Grand Junction), • Shrewsbury and Stafford : and the Board having further had under consideration the Waterford and Kilkenny Railway scheme, have decided on reporting to Parliament in favour of the said scheme. DALHOUSIE. C. W. PASLEY. D. O'BRIEN. G. R. PORTER. S. LAING. RAILWAY RETURNS. RAILWAY TBAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns arc made, together with the receipts of the saute week in the previous year:— Week ending Last week. c y aZ4 E l oo ti ,^* U. 9 NAME OF RAILWAY. Feb. 1 Jan. 31 Fcb. 1 Jan. 31 30 Feb. 4 Arbroath and Forfar ••• . • •..• ••• • • • Birmingham and Gloucester.. • • • • .... Brandling Junction . ..... . ..... Bristol and Gloucester Chester and Birkenhead . .......... Dublin and Drogheda.. ............ Dublin and Kingstown 2 Dundee and Arbroath 1 Durham and Sunderland 1 Edinburgh and Glasgow .• • • • . 2 Eastern Counties and North Eastern 1 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr •• .. 1. Glasgow and Greenock. • •• • ••• • • • 1 Grand Junction •••• • • . • •••••• • • • • • Jan. 31 Feb. 1 Jan. 31 Feb. 1 1 1 2 2 Jan. 31 Feb. Great North of England •• •••• •• •• Great Western Liverpool and Manchester •••. London and Birmingham . •• •• •• •.• • London and Blackwall•• •• •• •• •• •••• London and Brighton. •• •• ...... .• •• London and Croydon . ..... • •• •• •••• London and Greenwich. • . •• •• •• •• .• London and South Western. •• •• •• •• Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Manchester and Birmingham.. Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc. Midland Counties... •• •• •••• •• • Newcastle and Darlington •• •• •. •—• Newcastle and Carlisle.... •• ........ Newcastle and North 5hie1d5........ North Union and Bolton and Preston Paris, Corbell, and 0r1ean5.......... Paris and Rouen . •••. Preston and Wyre•... .... Sheffield and Manchester ....•. South Eastern. . Ulster 118 2,120 1,095 303 1,311 742 232 646 1,742 3,517 1,187 648 6,914 11,309 1,801 3,965 14,585 63(1 2,788 368 4,665 700 2,773 5,402 7,726 1,083 289 1,141 3,152 2,566 348 577 3,799 1136 580 260 2,085 207 447 2,281 482 551 Yarmouth and Norwich York and North Midland 1,371 i c ADVERTISEDIENT. SHIPWREC OF THE EDWARD ROBINSON EAST INDIAMAN. , TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN., SlR,—When we opened the extensive premises, No. 1, St. Paul's. churchyard, we pledged ourselves to keep none but pure teas ; to sell none but good teas ; and, after exposing the average amount of trash annually foisted on the people of this kingdom, bound ourselves to protect them from this long-hidden grievance. We therefore feel called upon to bring under their notice a sale of rubbish, misnamed tea, that took place to day at the Commercial Sale-rooms, Mincing 'lane; and to make known their pernicious properties, it is only necessary to state, that the teas were salved from the wreck of the vessel Edward Robinson (which perished off Sheerness, with 2,500 packages of tea on board), and that all, having been saturated by the sea water, are a fermenting mass of leaves. Nevertheless, in the face of this fact, every ounce of this decomposing trash passed the public auction, and was sold at the following prices :-171,360 lbs. sold from ld. to 24d. per lb.; 45,000 lbs. sold from 3d. to 40 per lb. The incalculable injury to health that must result from the consumption. of the above must be apparent to all ; and they will therefore see it their interest to support those who, se lecting only good and pure teas, supply them at an un paralleled smallness of profit.—We are, sir, pour obedient servants, DAKIN and CO., Tea-merchants, Feb. 7,184'5. No. I, St. Paul's-churchyard. DESTRUCTION OF A NEW MILL AND Two THOUSAND POUNDS DAMAGE AT BLACKBURN.—At about a quarter• past nine o'clock on Sunday morning, when the wind was howling with great force, a noise was heard throughout the town, as of the sudden dis charge of distant artillery, which was speedily discovered to have proceeded from the falling down of an entirely new and unfinished mill at Bank - -top, the property of Mr. William Dickinson, iron -founder, &c. The mill was what is called an " eight bay" mill ; the area of the spinning part of the premises being 60 feet by 80 feet in extent ; and the mill four stories high. Attached to the spinning m:11 was an engine -house ; next to that, a large boiler-room ; and then came an extensive foundry shed. The first floor of the mill was completed, the boards of the other floors were not down, all the windows were _in, and the mill roofed over. The engine-house was arched over, and the boiler-room covered in. In these two latter places the buildings were partly iron ; great iron beams, from 15 to 18 inches across, were erected in the engine-house ; the roof, &c., of the boiler room was supported by iron pillars, stout iron bars, &c. It appears that at about a quarter-past nine o'clock, some men employed upon the premises, and living close by, observed one of the walls of the mill to bulge out ; and they were discussing the readiest means of propping it up, when the gable end of the mill, against which the full force of the wind bore, was seen to bend inwards ; and becoming thus loosened from the roof, the latter was lifted up by the wind, and falling back again with great violence, went to pieces, and carried down to the founda tion every thing with it. The destruction was instanta neous and complete ; part only of some of the wails re maining. The roof, first floor, beams, supporters, and the walls that fell with the roof were all smashed to pieces. The roofs of the engine house and boiler room were destroyed, the thick iron beam ends being broken like glass. Part of the roof of the foundry shed was de stroyed; as also some premises adjoining another side o the mill, and belonging to Messrs. Livesey and Rodgett. The damage done to Mr. Dickinson's property cannot be calculated at less than 2,000/. Upwards of 300/. worth of glass was deatroyed. It is said that the whole building was not to be surpassed for strength and compactness in Blackburn. In a short time the three upper floors v,,:11 1 1 have been pnt ; end then :his 6iastrous accident could not have happened. In about two months the mill would have been at work.—Blackburn Standard. STATE OF THINGS.—When the confounding and stupid additional Poor-law Act was passed, at the close of last session of Parliament, Mr. Lumley, one of the Assistant Secretaries to the Poor-law Commissioners, and a barrister, framed a set of forms to be used by justices' clerks under the bastardy clauses, and those forms were copyright. Last Thursday, in the Bail Court, before Judge Wigbtman, the form of orders in bastard' was declared, in several r e sp e cts, bad. If justices' clerks prepared forms of their own, and had them printed (for Messrs. Shaw and Sons are the mono polist printers here again), the printer became liable— one was actually proceeded against! Is not this " a nice state of things?" Loss OF VESSELS IN THE NORTH CHANNEL.— On Saturday evening, and all day on Sunday last, a tre mendous gale of wind, commencing about south-west, and suddenly veering round to the north-west, swept, with fearful violence, along the north coast of Ireland. During the hurricane, two vessels went down, near Larne Lough, one laden with coals, and the other with lime. The crews of both are supposed to have perished. A large sloop, laden with iron, for Belfast. went down at Garron Point, near Cushendall, the crew of which escaped in the boat, and, after enduring much hardship were driven into Cushendun. A schooner was observed to go down between Ballintoy j and the Giant's Causeway ; and on Sunday, about three in the afternoon, a large 'brig, bound from Sligo to Liver pool,t laden with corn, was dashed on the rock , at the Bull, on the west end of Rathlin Island. Threes of the crew were drowned, the captain had Ins!k thigh broken, and was otherwise dreadfully in j ured lies on the island, with little hope of recovery ; for, unfortunately, there is not a ßa m t e a d e i e c n al ß m a c cas up ti o e n an it d , to render him any assistance l Portrush, feather-beds, Baltic in ted green ; topmast ,in • s;aacests, ship's round-house, pa tedetherhit we ; man planks, with other t wen ty-one feet in length, tog y articles, have been cast on shore, which leads to the con clusion, that much more damage than has been witnessed has been done by this gale.—Correspondent o f t44e Northern TVhig. BARNBTAYLE.—A melancholy accident occurred on Friday last, the 31st nit., at Mr. Puddicombe's limekiln, situate at Fremington Pill, about three miles from this town, which has spread a gloom over the whole of that parish. John Fairchild, one of the men employed at the kiln, having incautiously descended without the ladder, soon found that the sulphureus effluvia from the culm affected his respiration, and called to his brother-in-law, Richard Gayton, for help, who instantly lowered a rope, which, i n d raw i ng him from his perilous situation, unfortunately broke. Gayton then immediately descended to the poor fellow's assistance, but the exhalations proving too strong for him also, another man, named Shaddock, jumped down, and Taylor, a fourth man, stood ready to render immediate aid, should it be necessary, who, soon perceiving that Shaddock was overpowered, put a board and slid down. He happily succeeded in getting him up, and he ultimately recovered. By this time the neigh bourhood became alarmed, and Gayton and Fairchild being got out, medical a s si s t ance was p rocure d, b u t lif e was ext i nct . They were men of sober and industrious habits, and have each left a wife with a very large family. We are _informcc! . that eight of Gayton's children are under 13 years age, ... a ; the number of children thus suddenly ber ea v ed is a f y 20. DESTRUCTION OF THE PORT LAND VASE. 114 1,718 312 THE ROYAL VISIT to BRIG'H`TON. BRIGHTON, FRIDAY EVENING, HALP.PAST Six.--Th„l 11 1 4 d 4 ) train, conveying her Majesty and Prince Albert, and the 11070 , suite, was signalled as being in sight, on emerging :Join s Patcham.tunnel, at fourteen minutes to five o'clock. At this dna' a large number of Persons, who had been admitted by tickets, wetel assembled at the terminus, and great anxiety was displayed te. catch the first glimpse of the royal carriage. A splendid and spacious pavilion had been fitted up on the arrivalplatform, for her Majestyi reception, by Mr. Bridges, carriage -maker to the London and Brighton Railway Company, under the supeiintendened of Mr. Statham, the resident engineer. The building was solidly con structed ; the temporary walls were lined in a tasteful manner witb crimson drapery, fringed with yellow. It was lighted by an elegant bronze chandelier with three branches ; there were two splendid glasses on the walls, and on a table were same groups of flowers, executed in wax by the Misses Packliam, of East-street. An escort of the Enniskillene was in waiting at the station. The afternoon being delightfully clear and fine, the scene at the ter minus was most animated. Precisely at ten minutes to five the train stopped opposite the Pavilion, over which the royal stan. datd now waved; and her Majesty was received by Captain Kelly, R.N., and Mr. E. Crowley (two of the Directors), and by Mr. Statham (the engineer), and Mr. Pountain (the superintendent of traffic). The engine was driven by Mr. Benjamin Cubitt (eagi. neer to the Dover, Brighton. and Croydon Companies). The ar. rival of her Majesty was greeted by several hearty rounds of applause. Her Majesty in a few minutes left the station, and the royal cortege, escorted by the Enniskillens, proceeded at a foot pace down Trafalgar-street, and along St. George's place, Gloucester-place, Marlborough.place, to the northern entrance to the Palace. Crowds of the inhabitants and visitors lined the route, and bursts of loyal applause greeted her Majesty during the whole of her progress to the Palace. Carriages lined the road for above half a mile northward of the Palace-gate, at which place her Ma'esty was received by Mr. G. Chittenden, high-constable of the hundred of Whalesbone, and his head boroughs. The Scots Fusileers formed a guard of honour at the Palace-gates. The moment her Majesty alighted at the station was Indicated by , the hoisting of the royal standard at the terminus, from which place the signal was conveyed telegraphically to the various public buildings of thetown. A merry peal at once struck up at the church of St, Nicholas. In the evening, her Majesty's tradesmen and many of the inhabitants illuminated their houses. Some of the devices were very brilliant. THE LATE MR. STURGES BOURNE.—The deceased was son of the Rev. John Sturges, Chancellor of Winchester. He was born iu 1769, and married, 1808, Miss Bowles, daughter of Mr. Oldfield Bowles, of North Ashton, Oxon: On the death of his maternal uncle, he assumed the name of "Bourne," in addition to his patronymic. In early life ha was educated at Winchester College, and then graduated at Christ Church, Oxford. lie was brought up to the bar, but retired from the profession on the death of his uncle above alluded to. In 1798 he was elected representative lot Hastings. He was Joint. Secretary to the Treasury froth 1804 to 1806, under Mr. Pitt.; but, on Lord Grenville coming to the Treasury, he went out of office. From 1807 to 1809 he was a Lord of the Treasury in the Duke of Portland's Admi nistration. In August, 1814, he was appointed one of the Corn , mksioners for the Affairs of India, without salary, and was I then appointed of the Privy Council. He became two years aftirwards one of the three salaried Commissioners, and con tinned at the Board of Control till 1821. In 1827 he was for a short time Secretary of State for the Home Department.. and in July, when Mr. Canning resigned, he succeeded thS. Earl of Carlisle as Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests. ' which office he continued to hold until January, 1828. He sat. for a period of above 30 years in the House of Commons, having represented Hastings, Christchurch, Bandon, A5ll - burton, and Milbourne I'ort. On the passing of the Reform Bill, he retired altogether from political affairs. The de ceased was the author of the vestry statute which bears hiss name. " Sturges Bourne's Act." lle was Lord Warden of the New Forest, a sort of honorary situation, which he had held ever since 1827. Ile was also one of the principal mem bers of the Commission of Poor-law Inquiry, along with the Bishops of London and Chester, and Messrs. Senior and Chadwick. Of the merits of those Commissioners we shall say nothing in this place. BATHS AND WASHHOUSES TOR THE LABOURING f CLASSES.--Yesterday a numerous and importanto Smt.e;'tiannfraos the clergy and influential gentry of the pariah of for the took place at the Vestry-rooms, Gordon-square, ,la o f populous sad pose of carrying into effect the establishment washhouses for the labouring classes p° of the extensive district of the metropolis. Mr. J. Hares, gentlemen present we observed Hampstead-road, occupied s erced a t e he c ß hai ev r . , Dods an trO u rt gst h, t he e presented, from which it ap iNllferv.. J. Stebbing,Gibbons BE! Wilson, Ir. W. e po ß u e gl v. a. D. t L i ati r j e. pears that the least 130,000 St. was i'a P e H. Smith, &c. parish A ris r li epo of r s t and that in conseque nce o f a communi ;ouls, the far greater proportion of which consists of th e ca la ro u n ri h n a g v e it l i a gen sse be sl received from the Central Society for the Establishment of Baths and Washhouses for the Labouring (committeehat theliadesbtaebenlishamppeonitntoedf Classes, recommending the formation o f a b ranch association u a t i n coin ni t a t t o p a a r r es is 1 , 1 )1 , baths who hadan d washhouses was highly desirable for the comfort and cl • liness as well as for the health of the labouring classes, and they therefore cordially approve the formation of a branch society in the parish of St. Pancras to carry out that ob ject." Baths and washhouses for the labouring classes had been already established in Liverpool and other populons towns with most beneficial results, and there was but little doubt they would prove equally successful in London. The Central Society had met with very liberal support, but. when the extent of the metropolis was considered, it was manifest that in order to obtain for any particular district. the advantages of such establishments, local exertions must be made. 'Abe Committee, therefore, felt it their duty to make an earnest appeal to the inhabitants to furnish them with funds necessary for the erection of public baths and washhouses on a suitable scale in one or more districts of the parish. The report having been adopted, it was resolved that deputations should wait on his Grace the Duke of Bed ford, the Marquis of Camden, Lord Southampton, Lord Somers, and other great landed proprietors of the district, to solicit their aid and cooperation. Committees having been also appointed to canvass for subscriptions in the respective districts, thanks were voted to the Chairman, and the meet ing separated. THE GAME-PRESERVING MANIA.— Farmers an at last beginning to speak out respecting the destruction t ru committed upon their crops by "t and theeurplus"gdlFacera gameLc.: them go on in right good earr a s t e d By speaking out, preserving propensity will be a — even grasping and selfish , they need not fear di s charg es landlords will not like t o have farms upon their Own . • hands. F arme rs base only / to act independently to riro tect their own i n t e rests, not only as regards the injury by game, but in other respects. Depend upon it they way Wake Off their bcrudage if they wills • , - Shortly before the closing of Bow-street office, a tall young man, abiut twenty years of age, and of delicate appearance,' was brought before Mr. Jardine, in the custody of 149 A di vision, and placed at the bar, charged with wilfully and ma licicionsly breaking the celebrated Portland Vase in the Bri tish Museum. Sir. Henry Ellis, the resident librarian of the establishment, was on the bench. The prisoner, being placed at the bar, appeared very sullen and reserved, and seemed regar dl ess o f ! the charge preferred against him. Mr. Burnaby said—What is your name ? The Prisons (in a sullen tone)—l decline to give any name or adclzess. . Mr. Edward Hawkins, being then sworn, said,. baring heard that the Portland Vase had been broken, and that it visitor had come down stairs since the 'crash was heard; be went up, and finding four or five persons in the apartment , he asked them what account they could give of the circum stance. They replied, they knew nothing of it, and comizt to the prisoner, to whom he put the same question, he es- - plied, in the most deliberate manner, " I did it," without giving any reason f or suc h extr aordinary conduct. Wit ness saw all the fragments scattered about the room, and on looking about he found a- large sculptured stone on., the floor, with which the destruction appeared to have been committed. Mr. Jardine—Was any attendant in the room at the time!' Mr. Hawkins —The attendants were then in a small room ad- ; joiniog the Portland-room, in which the vase was situate. Mk. Jardine (to the prisoner)—Do you wish to say any thing at this stage of the inquiry respecting the charge Again a you? The prisoner (in a faint voice)—No. , . Mr. Jardine inquired if it was'not possible that such an lc currence could take place accidentally. ? Mr. Hawkins re plied it was quite impossible. - Bir Henry Ellis said the blow was so severe, that the glass- - shade by which it was covered Was totally demolished, and thi Vase, which seemed' to have been 'stuck at the bottom.. was dashed to pieces. Mr. Jardine, addressing the Prisoner, said—Have you any friends in London, for it is probable I shall require you to fuid heavy bail for the offence of which you stand charged ? The Prisoner (in a faltering manner)—None. Mr. Jardine—None at all? Prisoner—None Mr. Jardine said it would be necessary to bring forward at a future day the persons who were in the room when the oc currence took place. Mr. Hawkins said he would use every exertion to bring forward any person who could give evidence upon the subject. Mr. Jardine told the prisoner he need not make any state ment unless he wished, and as he thought proper to refuse his name and address, or to give any account of himssif, the inquiry should be adjourned for a few days. The prisoner was then removed from the bar. In the course of a few minutes the landlady of the Euro pean coffee-shop, in Long-acre, entered the Court, and in-- formed the magistrate that the prisoner, - whose name was William Lloyd, came to lodge at her house about two months back, representing he was a scene painter, connected with Covent-garden and other theatres, and came from Dublin, where his mother and sister resided, his father being dead. He kept late hours, and. she had no reason to doubt his state ment was correct. Mr. Jardine desired she would enter the cell and satisfy herself she was not mistaken, and on her return she said she had no doubt as to the prisoner's identity. Mr. Jardine directed constable Neal, who apprehended tlfe prisoner, to proceed to his lodgings, and bring any papers he could find belonging to him, but nothing was found to lead to the prisoner's name or profession. Before the prisoner was removed in the van to Clerken well, his landlady had a conversation with him, and he told her that he did not commit the offence of his own accord, but was persuaded by two others whom he would not name, as he did not wish to bring them into trouble. (FROM A CORRESFONnENT.) Just as this national institution was about closing yester day afternoon, a miscreant seized a piece of granite from one of the shelves, and dashed it against the case containing the Barberini Vase, better known as the Portland, from its having been purchased by the Duke of Portland for the sum of 2,000 guineas. It was deposited by his Grace in the British Museum for security, as well as to gratify the public with a splendid example of ancient art. The vase has been dashed into a thousand atoms, almost defying the possibility of restoration. The Portland Vase was discovered about the middle of the sixteenth century, enclosed in a sarcophagus, within the monument of the Emperor Alexander Severus and his Mother, Julia Mamma, commonly called the Monte del Grano, about two miles and a half from Rome, on the Frascati road. The sarcophagus itself still remains in Rome, and the vase also remained for more than two centuries in the Palace of the Barberini family, in the same city, of which it was the chief ornament. It was ultimately possessed by Sir William.' Hamilton, who about fifty years since sold it to the Dnke of Portland. It is undoubtedly the work of Grecian genius, and was, up to its destruction, as perfect as when it left the hands of its fabricator. Its dimensions were small, being; only ten inches high; its diameter, at the broadest part, only six inches. The shape was elegant. The material is a dark but transparent blue substance, undoubtedly a vitrified paste or glass. Upon this the figures, formed of a delicate opaque white substance, are laid in bas-relief, and so firmly united to the groundwork, that they seem rather to be part of itself than to be fastened on by art. Of the scene represented, no satisfactory explanation has yet been given ; but we may say, in general, that the figures are fashioned with admirable grace and animation, and are full of expression in every look and attitude. Every lover of ancient and classic art must regret the destruction of this splendid example. I