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YEW WORK BY MISS COSTELLO. Now ready, io 2 vols. Bvo.. with numerous Portraits, MEMOIRS OF E MINENT ENGLISHWOMEN. By MISS LOUISA STUART COSTELLO. Author of " A Pilgrimage to Auvergne ;" " A Summer amongst the thellocages and Vines," Ste. Including Memoirs of Elizabeth of Hardwick, Countess of Shrews bury—Arabella Stuart—Catherine and Mary Grey—Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia—Lucy Harrington, Countess of Bedford—Pene lope Lady Rich—Frances Howard, Countess of Somerset—Margaret, Countess of Essex—Mary Evelyn—The Countess of Desmond—The Duchess of Newcastle—Lady Fanshawe, &c. Richard. Bentley, New Burlington-street, (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty). ITER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. SEASON 1844. The following outline of the arrangements for the ensuing season is respectfully presented to the Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public. ENGAGEMENTS FOB THE OPERA. Madame Grist, Madlle. M. Favanti (her first appearance at this Theatre), Madame Be Hint, Madame Dai Fiori, and Madame Persiani. Signor Mario, Sig. Correlli (his first appearance at this Theatre), Sig. Dal Flori, Sig. Felice (his first appearance at this Theatre), gig. Fernasari, Sig. F. Lablache, and Sig. Lablache. Director of the Music, Composer, and Conductor, Sig. Costa. THE BALLET. Madlle. Carlotta Grist, Madlle. Adelaide Frasi, of the Teatro di Pergola, Plerence (her first appearance at this theatre) ; Mad. Guy Stephan ; Madile. Scheffre, Madlle. Ferdinand, Madlle. Planquet, Madlle. Barville (their first appearance at this theatre) ; Madlle. Fanny Elssler, and Madlle. Cerito ; M. St. Leon, M. Montassu (his first appearance in this country), M. Coulon, M. Gosselin, M. (lourlet, M. Venafra, M. Bertram, and M. Perrot, and a numerous and efficient Corps de Ballet. Arrangements are also pending with Madlle. Taglioni, and there is. every probability that the talent of this eminent artiste will be se cured for a limited number of representations. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING. MARCH 1, Will be performed Shakspeare's Tragedy of HAMLET. Claudius, Mr. Diddear ; Hamlet. Mr. Charles Kean; First Grave-digger, Mr. Harley ; Gertrude, Mrs. Warner; Ophelia, Miss Romer. After which, CINDERELLA. Felix, Mr. W. Harrison; Cin— derella, Mrs. A. Shaw. Dress Boxes 75., Second Price 3s. 6d. ; Upper Circles of Boxes 55.. Sacond Price Is. ; Pit 36 Second Price 215.• Middle Gallery Si. . Second Price Is.; Upper Ga ll ery Is., Second Ace 6cl. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. M. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS. PROGRAMME FOR THIS EVENING—PART L Overture, Euryanthe— Weber. Quadrille, Opera Stars, in which will be introduced the moat popular Opera Dances—Jullien. Solo, Cornet-a-pistons, Herr Rcenig, The Storm—Roch Albert. Symphony, C. Minor - Beethoven. Duet, Violin and Violoncello, by M. Pilet and M. Deloffre. Valse, La Valse a Deux Tems—Jullien. The 3estruction of Pompeii.—Rock Albert. PART IL Operaj Puritani, Grand Fantasia for four Cornet-a -Pistons—Bellinl Quadrille, The Irish Echos—Jullien. solo. Ophicleide, M. Prospere—Barret. !ho English Quadrille—Jullien. Doors Open at Halt-past Seven, commence at Eight o'Clock. Promenade, is , Upper Boxes, 15..; Dress Circle, .2s. dd. ,• Private Boxes, 14 Is. Tickets to be obtained at the Box-office of the Theatre • of Mr. Mitchell, old Bond-street; Mr. Andrews, New Bond-str eet; Mr. Sams, St. James ' s -street; and M. Jullien's O ff ice , 3, Maddox-street, Bon d street. • THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. MIL BENJAMIN WEBSTER. LESSER THIS EVENING, MARCH 1, Will be performed a New Comic Drama, entitled GRIST TO THE MILL Marquis de Richeville, Mr. Charles Mathews; Francine, Madame Vestris. _ After which, a New Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. Sir Charles Coldstream, Bart., Mr. Charles Mathews ; Sir Adonus Leech, Mr Tilbury; Wurzle, M r. James Bland; Mary, Miss Julia Bennett; Lady Clutterbuck, Mrs. Humby. To conclude with a New Malty Extravaganza, entitled THE FAIR ONE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS! King Lachrymoso, Mr. J. Bland; Prince Graceinl, Miss P. Horton ; Queen Lucidors, Miss Julia Bennett Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, se. ' • Pit, Os. ; Gallery, 25.; Upper Gallery, Is. Half-price—Boxes,3B. ; Pit es.; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Doors opened at Half-past Six, and the Verformance commence at Seven. 'tickets and Places to be had of Mr I. T. Archer, at the Box office, from Ten till Five. • PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. N. MADI)OX. THIS EVENING, MARCH 1, Will be per:ormed an Opera, in which Madame Eugenia Garcia will perform. - - After which, a New Petite Comedy, called AGED FORTY. Sir Harry VNilder, Mr. Walter Lacy ; Mr. Dapper, Mr. Oxberty ; Lady Clifton, Miss Fortescue. To be followed by a New Farce, in One Act, entitled THE YOUNG SCAMP; or The Grandmother's Pet. Joseph, Mrs. M Keeley. To Mildew, r. To conclude with a Comic Drama, called BLASE; or, The Man in Search of a Sensation. Monsieur Blase, Mr. Keeley; Grosfer, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Louise, Madame Eugenie Prosper ; Madame Pipou, Mrs. H. P. Grattan. THEATRE ROYAL. ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, MARCH 1, Will be repeated, 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. To be followed by ANTONY,AND CLEOPATRA MARRIED AND SETTLED. Antony, Mr. Wright; Cleopatra, Miss Woolgar. After which, the Tragedy of RICHARD 1. HE THIRD. Ri chard, Mr. Wright; Lady Anne, Miss E. Stanley. To conclude with THE DAUGHTER OF THE DANUBE. DAT IDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING, MARCH I, Will be performed a New Drama, entitled THE LAST SHIL LIN 0, supported by all the Company. After which, The Armenian Prodigy, or Wonderful Ariel Pole Dancer. To be followed by JINKS; The Man that couldn't help it. Jinks Mr. Sheppard. To conclude with THE PLEDGE OF LOVE. • TO CORRESPONDENTS. " A Subscriber at Scarborough" had better send his address, and he will receive an answer. The Post-office charge one halfpenny for papers posted after six o'clock. THE WEATHER.-SirN OFFICE, MARCH 1. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 41 ; Highest, 51 ; Noon, 50. BAROMETER, 29.55.—W1ND, 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 .. 15 minutes after 11 I Evening .. 51 minutes after 11 • 41` - . • . so moui•ai A , , • eio 4 0' ` l6 l . , 1 1k." NIP • s . , * 0 41 !;: . 4111101111 • 141 A • sy s t : Aga Ey • m o 'VS SECOND EDITION. b ~~~~~ ~;i =~ ~~ LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1844. Whatever may be said or thought of the late pro secutions in Ireland, it is quite clear that the feelings of the people of England have been roused from apathy and indifference, as to the state of the sister country. Never, at any period of his life, did O'CONNELL stand so high in the opinions of Englishmen as at this moment—never did sym pathy for the wrongs of Irishmen, and admiration for the constant champion of his countrymen, prevail to anything like the extent now exhibited, and never did persecution produce results more unfavour able to its originators than the persecution set on foot by the Irish Government, to crush the man whom it has tended to exalt. And we believe that Irish gratitude bears equal pace with English sympathy ; that conciliation rules where exasperation lately pre sided ; and tliat the very kindliest and best feelings have taken the place of bitter hatred, and undisguised detestation. The tone in both countries has changed, is changing, and will change still more, when the cause of Ireland becomes, as the late trials have tended to make it, the cause of the whole empire. The demonstration of English sympathy which is to take place at Covent-garden Theatre on Tuesday, the 12th instant, will increase the kindliness which it is so important to encourage. Seldom have we seen a list of names joined for such a purpose, equal to that which our columns this day show joined as stewards, for the purpose of fraternising with Ireland and O'CONNELL. May such meetings, and such feelings as they call into action, prevail ; and then England and Ireland united, happy, and free, may show the blessings which spring from good government, free from partiality, jealousy, and suspicion. The LORD CHANCELLOR and the Duke of WEL LINGTON were absent from the House of Lord.; last night, and no business was transacted. In the Commons, after the presentation of petitions, Mr. V. SMITH gave notice that on Thursday se'n night he would move for leave to bring in a Bill to alter the oath taken by Roman Catholics before en tering Parliament. Mr. S. CRAWFORD gave notice that, on the motion for going into Supply this day, he should move that the petitions presented to the House relative to the grievances of the people be referred to a Select Com mittee, and that till such Committee be granted the supplies be withheld. _ _ Mr. MACKINNON gave notice that he would on Thursday se'nnight move for a Select Committee to inquire into prison discipline. In answer to a question from Mr. HAWES relative to the Custom-house robberies, Lord G. SOMERSET said the inquiry was going on with all possible speed, but he could not say when it would terminate. In answer to a question from Mr. WALLACE, Mr. GLADSTONE said that in all cases when railways were brought before Parliament, in which any new powers were required, the clause recommended by the Rail way Committee would be brought into operation. He understood the clause would apply to the whole line in each case. The Earl of LINCOLN brought in a Bill for regu lating the building of houses in London and the neighbourhood. It applied chiefly to drainage, to the prohibiting the carrying on of dangerous trades, or trades noxious to health, in crowded districts, and the appointment of surveyors. Mr. RICE called the Attention of the House to the Report of the Committee on Shipwrecks, and moved for a Select Committee to carry the objects of the Committee into effect. Sir ROBERT PEEL said the subject was under the anxious consideration of the ~ government, but they --- ( t- Torernment, would propose nothing till the Report of the Commis sioners was completed and duly considered. Several Members spoke on this important subject and others connected with it, and finally the motion was with drawn, on an understanding that the Government would take the affair into their own hands. Sir V. BLAKE, after a brief discussion, withdrew his motion relative to a more speedy communication between Great Britain and America. Mr. WALLACE postponed his motion on railways for three weeks. Colonel RAWDOW moved, that owing to the late ness of the proclamation to prevent the Clontarf meeting, a risk of dangerous collision was incurred, and a precedent, therefore, established dangerous to the lives and liberties of her MAJESTY'S subjects. Mr. V. STUART seconded the motion. Lord ELIOT, in a lengthened speech, detailed the circum stances which led to the proclamation, and trusted the House was not called upon to express its censure of the Government in the way asked for by the Gallant Colonel. The House divided, when there were for the mo tion 62, and against it 90. Lord WoRsLEY brought in a Bill to inclose com mons, and land held in common. The LORD ADVOCATE brought in a Bill to amend the law with respect to prisons and prison discipline in Scotland. The House rose at a Quarter before Eleven o'clock All the excitement caused in France by the occu pation of Otaheite, and the bad feelings generated between the two countries by the late proceedings of Admiral DUPETIT THOIYARS, might easily have been avoided by common prudence. No spot on the face of the earth could have been selected which was less suited than Otaheite for a French colony. It is, from the education, the habits, and the aspirations of the people, peculiarly English. It was discovered by Englishmen, it was visited by English missionaries more than forty years ago, and these missionaries, or their successors, have ever since had ,a most powerful influence over the petty Sovereign and the barbaric chiefs who govern the country. Whatever intern ' gence they have acquired, and whatever religious ideas may have sprung up among them, are purely English , and Protestant, and they will suffer no amalgamation with another creed or another nation. What madness, then, to throw a firebrand among them, and exhibit in a new colony all the horrors of religious dissension ! If the French retain possession of Otaheite either as protec tors or supreme rulers, they must expel the mis sionaries, they must change the religion of the coun try, they must make the whole system French, and necessarily lead the people to believe that the men that come from the East are a selfish and degraded race, who have no settled points of faith, and who only vie with each other in disturbing a little peace ful community, which would have been tenfold more happy if no European had ever been amongst them. While the French remain protectors of that country, there can be no peace. Is it not, therefore, a matter of serious consideration for the Governments of England and France to do away with this French Protectorate, and find out some other islands in the Pacific, or elsewhere, which might equally suit the purposes of France ? England has no reason to be jealous, she has no reason to be niggardly, she has colonies in every quarter of the globe; and when the French Government has shown such a friendly disposition to this country, and the Cabinet has risked its existence to suit the views of the English Cabinet, ought we not in return to show some generosity, and assist the GUIZOT Ministry, not only in repelling the attacks of the Opposition journals, but in conciliating, by some acts of kind ness, nearly the whole of the French nation ? We have taken possession of New Zealand. The French were there before us, but they have been ousted from the country, or if any colonists remain they are subject to English dominion. We have added immense territory to our Indian possessions, we have taken the Falkland Islands, we have occupied the whole of Caffraria, and find a harbour in every quarter of the globe for our shipping, yet the British Government seems determined to grudge the French every inch of ground out of their own territory ! This is not the way to maintain the entente cordiale. There must be reciprocity of con cession, or the two countries cannot long remain at peace. Even Louis PHILIFPE, with all his skill, and GUIZOT, with all his determined bravery, must at last give way, if England will not virtually assist them in conciliating public opinion in France. England can afford to be generous, and shame to her if she loses the fairest opportunity that ever occurred of reconciling the two greatest civilised nations of the world, and securing universal peace. Mr. RICE called the attention of the House of Commons, last night, to his motion on the Report—to which we have, on two previous occasions, largely adverted—of the " Committee on Harbours of Re fuge." This motion urged upon the House the pro priety of addressing the Crown "for the appointment of a Commission of scientific and competent persons to consider of the best means for giving effect to the recommendations of that Committee." The Hon. Member, with reason, rested his appeal to the Legis lature on the main ground of its connexion with truly conservative duties of the highest order, inas much as they respected not only the security of our commerce, but the protection of life and property from losses at sea. We think Mr. RICE is fairly entitled to every credit for having divested his ad dress to the House, as much as possible, of all appear ances of local prepossession. He felt, as we do, that the interest of the topics embraced in his speech was national ; and he treated those topics, accordingly, in a large and general manner. On this point we are compelled to repeat the expres sion of our own feeling—that matters of higher im port—of nearer concernment—not merely to the trade, coasting and foreign, and to the commercial marine and capital of the country, but—to the safety, and consequent political independence and grandeur of the empire, cannot be brought under the conside ration of Parliament. It was obviously impossible for the Hon. Gentleman to avoid attributing para mount importance to the plans already submitted to the Select Committee by civil engineers, and sanc tioned by the very highest naval and military autho rities, for the construction not only of a harbour of refuge, but of strong forts and commanding batteries at the mouth of the Thames. Our only wonder is, how works of such indispen sable necessity and palpable importance can have been so long neglected, in the face of such earnest suggestions as those offered by the Report of the Select Committee in question. What have the Government been doing in the interval which has elapsed since that "first" Report (laid upon the table in August last) was issued out to Members? What has been " moved," in the business, by the coun cillors of her MAJESTY since the appearance of the second Report ? Absolutely nothing. No man can tell how nearly the moment approaches when reasons of State—not the mere suggestions of a wise fore-casting policy, but the imperative demands of some present, overruling exigency —may require that those works should have been deliberately planned— carefully constructed—completed —in an effective condition. Let us forbear to draw more distinctly the outline of unfortunate, but very possible, contin gencies which may arise to interrupt our present re lations with some of the Foreign Powers, from whom her MAJESTY, indeed, always receives "the most friendly assurances"—at the beginning of the session, and before the voting of supplies ! Grant the contingencies in question to be but "possible,"'—we ourselves entertain no notion that they are "probable :"—and there is case enough for the duty of at least preliminary preparations in such matters on the part of the Government. But what is the fact ? The various professional and civil wit nesses who gave their !valuable evidence before the Select Committee, with the Duke of WELLINGTON, and a dozen Captains of the Royal Navy—Mr. WALKER, and many other eminent engineers at their head—might as well have sat down with the Tam worth farmers, to dine off Sir R. PEEL'S imaginary Birmingham bull,—as to have calculated on any more substantial benefit resulting from all the pains they took to satisfy the inquiries of the Committee. d Our paragon of Premiers—whose self-appre ciation doubtless attributes to his own official individuality all the administrative sagacity of a C OLB ERT, united with the executive energy of PITT, and the dispassionate judgment of Fox, has not only done nothing in the business—he has not yet come to any determination, even ! To the 'temperate, sen sible speech of Mr. RICE, and the liberal offer of Sir Jour? REID, to raise any money which might be re quired for carrying into effect the proposition to make Dover a " harbour of refuge," he replied by a sorry joke about the singular coincidence of this motion having been brought forward by one Hon. Member for Dover, and seconded by another. Then he went into a rambling summary of the evidence given by some of the principal witnesses examined, in order to illustrate the conflicting nature of their views as to the preferable localities to be selected for the harbour of refuge ; and, by what we must denounce as a mere clap-trap to enlist a few cheers from Irish Members, hinted his own preference for Holyhead over Dover. Now, no parties can be more perfectly alive than we are, to the value of any undertaking which shall shorten and im prove the communication between the two capitals, Dublin and London; but really the best answer to all the balanced pros and cons of Sir ROBERT'S mystified oration—his sage discoveries that A. was for one point, and B. was clear that another was the more eligible for a new harbour ; and his tedious platitudes about the duties of the Scientific Commission, of which he gave a quasi promise,—is also the shortest,—Dover MUST BE made a harbour of refuge, and immediately. W e shall return to this subject in the course of a day or two. For the present we can only enter our protest against the withdrawal of such a measure as Mr. RICE'S, on account of a speech so jejune, feeble, and worthless, so full of plausible nothings, and slip pery common places, as the Premier's. The Chronicle of this morning contains some judi cious remarks on the subject of Parliamentary de bates. Our Contemporary—and no wonder—is sorely afflicted at their intolerable length and prosiness, and suggests the expediency of their being subjected to a rigid process of curtailment. " Why on earth," he asks, "do we repeat all the rubbish which no one listens to in the House itself ? The reporters should take the tone of the House in this respect ; one of the body might stay to make a brief note of all that passed between five and nine o'clock, and the rest might pair and dine. If it were once well understood that, on ordinary occasions, men who had got no footing in the House would get none in the newspapers, a great check would be placed on mediocre oratory. We invite our Contemporaries, without reference to party, to give a candid consideration to this project of Parliamentary Reform." There is no question— to parody the language of BURKE—that: a predilec tion for prolixity in the House of Commons " has in creased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished," and we trust, therefore, that the Chronicle's seasonable hint will be carried into practice forthwith. It will not, indeed, put a stop to that cacoethes loquendi in which many Honourable Members are so prone to indulge, and to which—it may be observed by the rl way—those are usually the most addicted, who are the least gifted with the oratorical faculty; but it will, at any rate, be attended with this beneficial effect—namely, that it will spare an inoffensive and long-suffering Public the infliction of perusing an almost interminable mass of, what our Con temporary felicitously calls, " rubbish." In some cases this infliction amounts to a positive calamity. Conceive, for instance, two mortal columns of a PETER BORTHWICK, such as ap peared in the Post the other day ! The effect of perusing a speech of this length, unrelieved by the slightest fancy, wit, sarcasm, or information of any kind, must be quite excruciating; and the Public will no doubt jump eagerly at the opportunity of being disembarrassed henceforth of such an appal ling 'visitation. In the extended form in which the debates at present appear in the daily prints, it is im possible for nine out of ten readers, whose leisure hours are necessarily restricted, to peruse them with attention; they must perforce skip every second column, as little boys skip the tall words in their nursery-books ; and the consequence is, that they glean but an imperfect and superficial view of the question in discussion ; and not seldom throw down the paper, • from sheer despair of being able to farm any sound opinion respecting the cogency or other wise of the different arguments urged in the course of the debate. Hon. Members should bear in mind that an English day consists but of twelve hours, and that the industrious portion of the community, who constitute the mass, can devote but a small portion of these hours to the perusal of their speeches. A very sound and argumentative oration may be commenced and concluded within a quarter of an hour, but not a few of our Parliamentary debaters take a whole hour to say nothing ; and, consequently, theyproduce no other effect on the House than that of setting it fast asleep, or occasioning a desperate rush of unsympathising senators to the door. But if Honourable Members must needs talk their full of " fluent nonsense," at least let them, in compassion to the Public, allow a respite of one day in the week from the visitation of their oratory. Let them give up 'Wednesday to peace and quietness—make it, in short, a sort of Parliamentary Sabbath—and thereby establish a claim to the undying gratitude of the vast majority of their readers. Surely if they get upon their " eloquent legs"—as Counsellor .Parmars would say —four days in the week, they have every reason to be satisfied with their good fortune, without encroach ing on the Wednesday ! Madrid papers to the 22d have been received, but they add little to the intelligence published yester day. The Corresponsal states that the English and French Consuls at Carthagena had proceeded to Mur cia on the 17th, for the purpose, it was supposed, of offering terms of submission on the part of the insur gents. According to the same authority, the blockading force before Carthagena consisted of 4,000 troops of the line and 6,000 National Guards. This is inconsistent with the fact stated in the Ministerial journals, that all the National Guards had been dis armed. The Three per Cents. were done at 30k at 60 days ; and the Five per Cents. at 23 for cash, and 221 at 60 days. The affair of Otaheite is the passion of the :day among our volatile and excitable neighbours. No one talks or writes about anything else; but, with the exception of a brief statement in the Paris Globe, by no means creditable to a French officer, there is neither argument nor news in the articles on this nine days' wonder. " It appears to us evident," says that journal, " that Admiral DUPETIT TROUAES, a seaman so distinguished, and so worthy of the esteem of all, was seized with a momentary hallucination, when he took it into his head that the flag of Queen POMARE, with its closed crown, was an insult to France. It does not appear to us less evident that this his first mistake generated a second, when the QUEEN, having written a letter addressed to the King of the FRENCH, prayed him to have the kindness to get it carried to its place of destina tion. The Admiral refused her his direct intervention, and referred the QUEEN to Captain BRUIT, who had been installed Governor of Otaheite, directing his letter with the address of— To MadamePomare! Thus, a French Admiral thought he owed no special respect to a Queen whom he had just dispossessed; he refused her, even on the ground of temporary respect, the qualification which he gave her the day before, and which was due to her at least until his acts had been approved of by his Government. It is difficult to comprehend how the Admiral, whose character is honoured by every one, did not perceive that Royalty always leaves an august trace on the brow where it has resided, and that the example of the brawlers of 1793, who called the noble and unfortunate MARIE ANTOINETTE Madame Capet, was not precisely of all historical examples the best and most happy to imitate?' The National reckons on a speedy change of Mi nistry, but unfortunately for its party the change would be of no service, as it would only substitute for the " man of Ghent," the man who has aban doned Ancona. The following are the only extracts of the slightest interest from the Journals : " The Aube frigate arrived at Breston the 24th inst., bring ing home M. Barroitd by th , theF e tiarnenacyhCn Governmentonsul-Genera as Consul-General at the in stalment' Ha3ti withl6 oil"fthe., pa indemnity to the colonists. As to the loan, the President, not being able to meet the payment, has, says the Moniteur Paramen, entered into a solemn engage ment, in the name of the Republic, to pay the three half years' interest in arrear on the Ist July next." " The Official Gazette of Naples, of the 16th ult., publishes a debtßoy f al ro d m ecr fi e v e e , reducing fduocuirngpetrheceinnt. tere T st he of h t o h ld e e .,: s ea ,% po ,h l o it p a r n et p e u r blic re imbursement to the conversion of their stock are to be repaid at par, gradually by lots to be drawn twice a year—viz., \ ',-- ' ~. _mss THE gUNP, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENI-NG, MARCH 1, 1144. June and December ; but they are to be allowed two months after each drawing to accept the conversion, if they should then prefer it to reimbursement. It is intended to extin guish the Five per Cent. Stock by means of the sinking fund ; but, as this amounts to only 800,000 ducats (about 3,400,0000 f.), it will require 33 years to effect the reim bursement, if the holders generally should object to accept the New Four per Cent. Stock." On Wednesday the French Funds were more firm, the Three per Cents. closing at 82f. 35c., and the Fives at 125 f. 75c. THE BOURSE—WEDxEstuky, FEB. 28. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Tents. .... 125 70 .. 125 75 .. 125 65 .. 125 70 Three per Cents..... 82 25 • . 82 40 .. 82 25 .. 82 40 Bank of France...• • • • 3260 • • 3260 ..3260 ..3260 Laftitte Bank, I,ooof. Sharesllo7 50 ..1107 50 .. 1105 .. 1105 5,000 f. SharessoBo ..5080 ..5080 ..5080 Belgian Bank Belgian Fives 1840 1842 •• • • 1091 1091 109/ •• 1091 Spanish Active .. • • •- • • 321 • • 331 .. 321 .• 334 Passive . • ..• ••.• • • • 51 .. 51 .. 51 • • 51 Portuguese Five per Cents.. 46 • • 46 .. 46 .. 46 Neapolitan ..... :.......... 103 25 .. 103 30 .. 103 15 .. 103_30 Roman .. .. .... •• 106 f .. 1061 .. 1061 RAILWAY SHARES. Versailles, R. 8... ...... 343 75 .. 343 75 .. 343 75 343 75 L.B •• • • 165 • • 167 50 .. 165 • • 167 50 Rouen 835 .. 835 .. 835 • • 835 Rouen to Havre.... ...... .. 673 75 .. 673 75 .. 673 75 .. 673 75 Orleans .............•..... 850 _.. 850 .. 847 50 .. 847 50 Strasburg to 8a1e.......... 247 50 .. 247 50 .. 20 .. 246 25 Avignon to Marseilles .. 756 25 .. 756 25 .. 756 25 .. 756 25 RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT. Versailles, L.B. 167 50 .. 167 50 .. 165 Rouen 837 50 .. 837 50 .. 835 .. 167 50 .. 835 Rouen to Havre• • ••.• • ....• 676 25 .• 676 25 .. 676 25 .. 676 25 Orleans 847 50 .. 852 50 .. 847 50 •• 847 50 Strasburg t0:8a1e.......... 247 50 .. 248 75 .. 245 .. 246 25 Avignon to Marseilles.-- 757 50 .. 757 50 .. 755 .. 755 Summonses were issued yesterday afternoon, for a Cabinet Council to be held this day at the Foreign office, Downing-street. All the Ministers are expected to . attend the Council this afternoon. NEWS FROM AMERICA. We have received, by the George Washington packet, Captain Allen, New York papers to the 9th ult. This fine vessel reached Liverpool yesterday morning, at eight o'clock, and brings intelligence six days later than that brought by the last packet. The discussion on the tariff was still going on in Congress, but without any result. One memorial was presented which is a good omen, and honourable to the Hud son's Bay Company. It stated that, from sixty to seventy emigrants to the Oregon had been driven from the territory by the Hudson's Bay men. We have no doubt the Hudson's Bay men will defend their rights, and allow no squatters in their dominions. We see no other intelligence of interest in the papers. NEW YORK MONEY MARKET, FEB. 8. Speculation in Cotton has been so high, and there is so deep a stake, both here and in the South, in the article, that great interest is felt, and the market is in a most excited state. The news, therefore, by the Roscius, being to the 13th ult., from Liverpool, was looked for and received with unusual interest. The market had begun to flag, and prices had fallen off from to per cent. This news being favourable, will have an important influence to revive the spirits of holders. SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE. $lO,OOO N. Y. 7's. '4B 1,000 Ohio 6's, '6O 6,000 Pa s's 5,000 Indiana 25 yr Bonds b3O 37 4,000 Illinois Special Bonds - 12,000 Kentucky 6's 34,000 Ohio 6's 140 shares North American Trubt Co l6 5 do. State Bank 450 do. Farmers' Loan 50 do. Harlem Railroad sls 44 5 do. Ohio Life and Trust 10 do. Eagle Insurance Company lOB 5 do. Auburn and Rochester Railroad 10 do. Long Island Railroad 7l. 50 do. New Jersey Railroad 93 75 do. Paterson Railroad 191 do. Norwich and Worcester Railroad 39 10 do. New York Fire Insurance Company 94 68 do. Howard Insurance Company lOB MONE Y AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool was very steady yester day. Sales 4,000 bales—viz., 200 Surat at 4d. to lid. ; 100 Bahia at 6d. ; 200 Egyptian at Md. to 7/id. ; and the rest American, at 54d. to 9id. for Orleans. There was no promi nent feature in Shares. The market was firmer. Great Western Halveswere 68i ; Liverpool and Manchester, 2211; Birmingham, 235 ; Ditto Thirds, 40i ; Brighton, 43i ; Man chester and Leeds, 111 ; Midland Counties, 88 ; Paris and Lyons, 21. 16s. ; Paris and Orleans, 32i ; South Eastern, 35k. We have intelligence to the 29th December from the Cape of Good Hope. One writer states :—"Since my last, infor mation has reached me of the release by Moeke of the Loyalist farmers, who had been arrested by him on their way as a deputation to the British Commissioner at Natal. Their papers were seized and copies taken, but the originals were returned to them, and they were allowed to prosecute their journey. " A fracas had taken place between one of Moeke's and one of Oberhanster's field cornets. The former went to the residence of the latter, by order of Moeke, to take into cus tody an individual charged with treachery towards him. The execution of this order was, however, resisted, a battle with yoke keys ensued, and the upshot of the affray was that the Loyalist field cornet came off victorious. " The locusts have destroyed all the crops of the emigrants between the Modder river and Philipolis district : Stennen -1 burgh Spruit has also suffered severely. The ravages of this insect in the Colesburgh district have been considerable, though partial." There had been a fight between the Tambookies and the the fortune Port Elizabeth as day considerable. Galekas (Kreili's tribe), in which 100 Tambookies, at least, hare fallen. It appears that for some time the conflict was sustained with equal success on both sides, when a party of Kafirs, armed with guns , who are also residing in that joining l t ,h h e value e Galekas, and putting the Tambookies to flight. The wool exports were likely to be very large, as the quantity country, decided at , and the quality is highly spoken of. is arriving g estimated at full 75,000/. The George Washing ton and the French packet both ad vise rather less furor in the cotton markets of America, and many are already anticipating serious consequences to the speculators who have come in more recently. The prospects for the holders of State Stocks appear rather better, but we should advise due caution before making investments. A seizure on a large scale had been made at New York on board the Oxford packet -ship, being of Woollen goods. The English Funds have been rather quiet to-day. The Government broker has taken 20,000/. Consols for the Com missioners for the reduction of the Debt, at 974, and the range generally upon private purchases has been from 97i to 974 for Money , and 974 to 974 for the Account. The Unfunded Debt is firm. Exchequer Bills have realised 695. to 71s. premium, and East India Bonds are 86s. to 88s. Bank Stock is worth 1954. The New Three-and-a-Half per 4 ; Reduced 1034 to 4, and In the Foreign mark et the re has been a fair business doing. Spanish Actives r ealise 25 4 the Cents. Three have per been Cents. 98 to l 4 o . t 024 to i ; the Three per Cents. have been 364 to 35 4. M exic an are 344 to 4 ; Colombian, 134 to 14}; and Peruvian , 30 to 31. The acco u nts from Madrid continue rather indefini te , nor has any decisive affair yet " come off". in the p ovinces. Portuguese Bonds have been firm, at 46 to 45 4. Dutch Stock is not so good. The Share Market is quiet, bud , the quotations South quota tion E s as a t re er s u l teadii 4, and South Western BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. 35i generally. to discount 3 5 ; 4 premium. Brighton Birminghamin iuin. are a r 6 e 4lu to to 135 (From the Official List.) Bank Stock ....... ............ ~... 1953( 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ......... .......... .. sou 3 per Cent. Consols. A nnuitie s lnfiK34 3)4 per Cent. Reduced Annuities lB3 3 4% New 334 per Cant. Annuities 1023{4, Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1900 I2A, N, Ditto 30 Years, Expire 11th Oct. 1559 .....____ _ India Stock .......................... .. .............. 279 '- Consols for Account E xc hequer Mills, 13(d. 1 )id 1,0004 - .....»..... '7O pm. 5001. Ditto Small... .", — Ditto Advertised......... FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent .•.....•• 36 3„ 36 C o l um bian Bonds Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent. Ditto for the Acc0unt....,.„„...... .............. . s4 A I4 Ditto Deferred 5t0ck................... .............. 12% 1.% Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents. 30% Ditto for the Account 3l 303{ - Portuguese Donis, b per Cent. — Ditto Converted 46 453 Ditto for the Account. Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840.-....• 25%% Ditto for the Account. Ditto Deferred Ditto Three per Cent Ditto for the Account Dutch 23% per Cents. 54%34 Dutch h per Cent 5..........•••••••••• .......... ...... 102 % 101 %Yi PRICES - OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SMARR Birmingham and Derby........... 160 .. '434 Ditto Thirds 25 59 18% Edinburgh and Glasgow ... ...... .. 5 0 Great North of Eng1and.......... ... 100 •......• 9534 London and Brighton ...... ......... 50 43%%... to Londonand 81ackwa11....... ........ 163 London and Birmingham. Stook 234_..... ..... to 235% Ditto % Shares 2 ...... 28 1 4 to London and South Western 41% ...... 7634,4 ... to Ditto Eighths ............. ••••„• Ditto Eighths and Brandon .... ....... . 3 il ..... .••• 5% Northern and Eastern 45 96 %34 ... to .... Paris and Orleans .....«..........».• 20 ••••••••• 33 ••••..... to ''' Paris and Rouen 2O 33 ..... to Rouen and Havre. South Eastern and Dover ......... 9 9 Ditto Scrip York and North Midland .......•. 50 ll 9 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, FMB. 27. 3 per Cent. Consols 971 14 Three and a Half Stock ....... Ditto New , 1830 ...... ........ ........... .......... 334 per Cent. Debentures .............. Bank Stock l9O Grand Canal Debs. 6 per Cent ........... LAST PRICES OF SHARES. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARI. Dublin and K. Road Drogheda 5O 5434 Hibernian Bank...—. ....... .... ...... •••••• 25 ••••••••• 29 City of Dublin Steam Company ...... 100 British and Irish Steam Company ... 50 - -- - MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 29.—There is no new feature in our ;market to-day, and business has been transacted in the following :—Bristol and Exeter, 68i ; Manchester and Birmingham, 40-I to ; Manchester and Leeds, Quarter, 9i ; Midland Counties, 87 ; Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter, 7i ; Manchester Assurance, 10 to 10k. THE BOSCAWEN, 7G t4uNs.--It has been finally decided, and orders have been issued by the Lords Commis sioners of the Admiralty, that this fine vessel is to be launched at Woolwich on Wednesday, the 3d of April next. The launch will take place about half-past one o'clock r.m. SCOTT MONUMENT.---NEW SUBSBRIPTION.—Mr. Wilson, the vocalist, has sent from London 5/ . 5 5. , bei n g one-half of his form er subscription. Mr. Tait, the publisher, and many other contributors, have acted on the same prin ciple; while Sir Thomas Brisbane, Lord Murray, Sir Adam Ferguson, and Colonel Ferguson, have repeated their former amount. Lord Montague has sent 20/. ; Coutts and Co., bankers, London, 21/. ; Sir Wm. Millar, of Glenlee, 10/. 10s. ; while the Earl of Stair has sent 101. more than the sum an nounced at the meeting, waking his two subscriptions now , 204—Edinburgh pap er . 1 SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Optuton. " Who runs uzay FOREIGN. The King of the French arrived at Eu on Monday morning at nine o'clock, accompanied by his staff. His Majesty was received at the chateau by the Prefect of the department, Lieut.-General Count Lalaing d'Audenarde, the Commandant and officers of the National Guard, the Municipal Council of Eu. the Mayor and Municipal Council of Treport, and the Colonel and officers of the 12th Regiment of the Line and the Ist Light Infantry. At noon the King went to Treport, and took a walk on the jetty. His Majesty appeared to be in excellent health. In the evening there was to be a dinner at the chateau, to which all the civil and military authorities were invited. The Commerce assigns as a reason for the King's journey to Eu his wish to judge of the progress made in the Victoria Gallery, which he ordered to be erected at the chateau in honour of the Queen of England's visit. The Ministerial evening journal, the Messager, says," Several papers contain on Otaheite, and the affairs connected with it, information and details which are utterly incorrect. We confine ourselves to a general contradiction. The discussion on Thursday in the Chamber of Deputies will rectify all these false notions." M. Durand, responsible editor of the Nation, was cited to take his trial on Tuesday, before the Court of Assizes, for an offence against the laws of the press, but, having made de fault, was condemned to six months' imprisonment and a fine of 6,000 f. The Seine continues to rise ; yesterday it had attained the height of 4 metres and a half (14 feet), by the scale attached to the bridges. Many of the wharfs are under water. A man, suspected of being an accomplice in the murder of M. Donon Cadot, has escaped justice by becoming his own executioner. After lzeing some days in the hospital, he was discovered by the police on Sunday last as a man under charges of fourteen robberies and three murders. He was to have been removed yesterday, but, being left free in his bed, he poisoned himself yesterday morning with some drug which he had contrived to secrete. A letter from the camp before Alicant states that the com munications between the General and the rebels are every day more frequent, and there is every reason to suppose that the surrender will not be delayed many days. According to a letter from Naples of the 10th, the Me teorological Observatory on Vesuvius is finished. It is in the form of a tower, in the style of the Renaissance, standing a little above the Hermitage, 2,082 feet above the level of the sea. On the upper floor, it contains a small but splendidly furnished apartment, for the accommodation of the Royal family, when they visit the mountain. This Observatory is placed under the same direction as the Royal Observatory at Naples. It will be opened in the course of the next month. The Augsburg Gazette states, from Constantinople, that the difference between the Bey of Tunis and the Sardinian Government is on the point of being arranged, by the inter vention of the Baron de Bourqueney and Sir Stratford Can ning with the Porte, which has declared that the King of Sardinia shall have full satisfaction, but will not allow of any direct negotiations between Sardinia and the Bey, whom it regards as its vassal. LAW AND POLICE. At the Excise Court Messrs. Child, the eminent distillers, were charged on an information with having an excess of spirits in their stock, over the proper quantity. It appeared that the increase arose from the negligence of the persons employed, and the mitigated fine of 251. only was inflicted ; the spirits were condemned. A young man, named James Baijent Tyler, a clerk in the employ of Matthew, Brothers, and Borer, brush-manufac turers, in Upper Thames-street, was charged at the Guild hall with having embezzled moneys received on their account to a considerable extent. He had collected several sums which he had never accounted for, or covered them by false entries in the ledger. He was remanded till the 9th of March. The whole corps dramatique of a penny theatre at King's cross, together with eighty-three persons, constituting the audience, were brought up at Clerkenwell, on a charge of acting and being present at acting in a place not licensed as a theatre. Several of the actors and managers were fined in sums of from 2/. to 205., and the audience were brought up in batches and discharged. Mr. John Grover, a surveyor, who has for many years kept a large establishment in Belgrave-place, Pimlico, underwent a lengthened examination, at Queen-square, on the charge of having defrauded Mr. oel Slater, of 42, Lower Belgrave place, butcher, of 160/.—Case deferred, but admitted to bail, if adequate parties could be procured. Thomas James, an old man, well-known to the officers of the Mendicity Society, was charged at Marlborough -street with begging in May-fair. When taken up he had 81. in gold in his pockets, and an out of date bill of exchange for 1001.— He was remanded. George William Bassett was charged, at Union-Hall with being concerned, with others, in breaki ng i n t o th e premises of Mr. Lindsey, keeper of the Lewisham Post-office, and steal ing bank notes, silver, gold, and a quantity of plate, amount ing in value to about 3001. The letter-bag, which had been dropped the previous evening by the Hastings mail, had been broken open, and the letters it contained opened and their contents torn in fragments and strewed on the floor by the thieves. The prisoner had given himself up to the police, and had stated that he was not concerned in the robbery, though he had accompanied a man named Baker to London, by whom he said the robbery was committed. He was re manded in order to give evidence against the other parties. COVET----rAsszONAII LE. The Queen has just patronised that excellent charity, the Indigent Blind Visiting Society, by contributing a donation of 501. to its funds. The objects and claims of the charity were brought under the Queen'snotice by her Majesty's Royal Consort. The Earl of Leicester is expected in town after the Easter recess from Holkham Hall, to meet the Dowager Countess 'and Mr. Ellice on their return from Italy, and to take the oaths and his seat in the House of Lords on his coming of age. The Earl of Kintore, in consequence, it is understood, of his recent domestic calamities, has disposed of his valuable pack of hounds to Mr. Ramsay. The Noble Earl is pdssing the winter in seclusion, at Keith Hall, near Aberdeen. The Earl and Countess of Zetland are expected to remain at Aske Hall, near Richmond, until the second week in April, and then return to Arlington-street for the season. Lady Charlotte Dundas, who has been visiting at Aske, has re turned to her seat, St. Nicholas, where her Ladyship will re main till her turn comes round to go into waiting on her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. The Earl and Countess of Albemarle are expected to leave Berkeley-square the first week in the ensuing month, to at tend the Craven meeting, which commences on the Bth of April. - The latest accounts from Howick Hall state that the vene rable Earl Grey continues convalescent, and is daily gain ing strength. His Lordship will complete his 80th year on the 13th inst. The Earl of Altamont, eldest son of the Marquis of Sligo, has arrived at the family mansion in Mansfield-street, Port land-place, after a lengthened tour in the East. His Lord ship left town yesterday for Southampton, accompanied by his brother, Lord James de Burgh Browne, who is going to join his regiment, the 9th Lancers, at Bombay. riaSCELLAPIrZOITS. The Caledonian Society's anniversary ball took place on Thursday evening, at the Hanover-square Rooms. Dancing was kept up with great spirit until an early hour on Friday morning; but the attendance was not quite so numerous as we have been accustomed to see upon these occasions. The Bishop of Salisbury has issued a circular to his clergy, directing them to make a collection in their respective churches on Sunday next, in aid of the fund for the endow ment of additional colonial bishoprics. About a century ago an insurance company at Madrid took the Virgin Mary into formal partnership, covenanting to set aside her portion of the profits for the enrichment of her shrine in the city. Not doubting that she would protect every vessel in which she had so manifest an interest, they underwrote ships of all sorts at such reduced rates that in a few months the partners were all declared bankrupts. The New York papers contain a letter from Mr. Webster, in which he declines the honour of becoming a candidate for the next Presidency. The month of March has come in with the finest weather, clear sunshine, and mild west wind. The thermometer at 2 P.M. had risen to 52 degrees. On Thursday evening the members of the British and Fo reign Institute held their third soiree at their rooms in George-street, Hanover-square. The attendance was very full, though not so crowded as on the occasion of the visit of Prince Albert at its opening. A meeting of the electors and other inhabitants of the borough of Finsbury was convened last evening at White Conduit House, for the purpose of considering the propriety of supporting the policy of Mr. Sharman Crawford, M.P., in withholding the Supplies until the grievances under which the people labour have been inquired into, with a view to their redress. The large room was densely crowded before seven o'clock, at which hour T. Duncombe, Esq., M.P. for Fins bury, Dr. Epps, James Duncombe, Esq., Mr. Moore, and several other leading Liberals arrived. After several speeches, resolutions in accordance with the object of the meeting were adopted. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY. LONDON, MARCH I.—Wind, moderate westerly breeze, and fine clear weather. RAMSGATE, FEB. 29.—Arrd. Anna Maria, Amsterdam, for Surinam. The Actif, Sjoberg, from Rio to Hamburgh, which put in here yesterday, leaky, has commenced dis charging her cargo. DEAL, FEB.. 29.—Wind W.N.W. to S.W., moderate.— Arrd. Earl Grey, Moßison, Calcutta. YARatouni, ISLE OF WIGHT.—Put back, Meanwell, for Rio. Tonnnv, FEB. 29.—Arrd. Funchal, Bean, Sierra Leone, with loss of sails, rudder, and other damage. DART3IOUTII, FEB. 29.—Arrd. Sylph, Corunna, for Guern sey, with cattle—experienced very severe weather, and threw seven head overboard. LIVERPOOL, F. 29.—Wind W.N.W. to S., moderate.— Arrd. George Washington, Allen, New York, 7th inst. ; Cla rissa Andrews, Colby, Commerce, Ashton, and Hope, Lorde, New Orleans ; Gun, itio Grande • Havannah packet, Bo nn y, sailed Dec. 16 ; Neptune, Reichbery, Charleston ; S overe i gn, St. John's, New Brunswick. Sld. Skylark, Azores. Manley, Laguna. CLYDE, FEB. 26—S1d. Grange, Mauritius; Mariner, St. John's, New Brunswick. _ OFF CORK, FEB. 27.—Elephanta, Ross, Manila, and sailed for London. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 29.—The Mariner, from St. John's, New Brunswick, to Dublin, was abandoned at sea, Dec. 29, with six feet water in her hold—crew saved. The Letitia, Hayne, bound to this port, was aground on the south-west bar of the Mississippi, about 27th ult. The Virginian, hence to New York, passed a quantity of ice o n th e Banks. A ship was seen ashore in Table Island, 3d inst., with masts standing, by, the Republic, hence to Boston. YARMOUTH, FEB. 29.—The Runcia, of Cullen, from Portsoy to London, got on the Barber Sand this afternoon, and remains. CASTLETOWN, FEB. 27.—The Majestic, M'Laren, of Kin cardine, from Marseilles to the Clyde, has put in here with considerable damage, having been on the rocks in Darbyhaven Bay, and must discharge. LOWESTOFIE, FEB. 29.—The Lord Howick, on shore in Kissingland Beach, has been got off and into this harbour. PADSTOW, FEB. 28.—The Brutus,Hutchings, from Sligo to London, has put in here very leaky, with loss of bulwarks, spars, &c., and must discharge. SCILLY, FEB. 28.—The Nickerie, Harvey, of, and for Rotterdam, from Semarang and Batavia, was wrecked during the night of the 20th instant on the Western Rocks off these islands ; crew (except two) drowned. Vessel and cargo totally lost. BIRTH ERTRAORDINARY.—OR Sunday, the 25th inst., at the Zoological Gardens, Regent's -park, Zaida, the cara sposa of the Giraffe Selim, of a third son. The mother and her offspring are doing as well as can be expected. MORNING MAILS.—The follorNing order has been posted at the General Post-office :—" On and after Friday, the Ist of March (this day), the following towns will be supplied with bags by the morning dispatch :—Barnsley, Belper, Chester-le-street, Darlington, Derby, Durham, Leeds, Leicester, Nottingham, Rotherham, Sheffield and York." , THE WILLS FORGERIES. MANSION-HOUSE.-(THIS DAY.) This morning having been fixed for the re-examination of the persons charged with being concerned in the late ex tensive wills forgeries, the Court was crowded as soon as the doors were opened. The Lord ➢layor took his seat upon the bench shortly after eleven o'clock, and almost immediately afterwards William Henry Barber, Joshua Fletcher, Thomas Gnyin, and Georgiana Dorey, were brought up in the custody of Forester, the officer. The male prisoners were placed in the dock, and the female prisoner was'accomodated with a seat at the table. Mr. Freshfield, the solicitor, attended on behalf of the pro secution; Mr. Parry appeared for the prisoner Barber; Mr. Hunifrev, the solicitor, for Fletcher, and Mr. Wolff, the clerk to Mr. Plower, of Hatton-garden, for Mrs. Dorey. Mr. Freshfield intimated that he did not intend to offer any additional evidence. Mr. Parry said, he understood from Mr. Freshfield that it was not the intention of the prosecution to offer any fresh evidence. He had stated on a former occasion that he be lieved the prosecution was suppressing a case which, if made public, would raise a strong presumption on behalf of Mr. Barber. It had not been stated at the time that Mr. Barber was not in any way connected with that case. He now, however, stated, and he trusted it would go forth to the public, that Mr. Barber was not in any way con nected with the transaction to which he had alluded. He wished that case to be brought forward, because it would ap pear that another solicitor had been entrapped in precisely the same manner in which Mr. Barber had been entrapped. A solicitor employed by the Government had been entrapped —the standing counsel of the Bank had been entrapped— the matter had been carried before one of the highest tri bunals in the country, and such had been the consummate art displayed, that all parties had been deceived. With that case Mr. Barber had not been in the remotest degree con nected. Mr. Barber's solicitor had been employed in tracing out the facts, and had communicated all the information ha could obtain on the subject to the prosecution, but Mr Fresh field had not thought it right to bring the case forward. The last fortnight had been consumed in making these in quiries, and there had not been time to prepare Mr. Barber's defence ; he therefore asked for a remand over the ensuing Sessions. Mr. Freshfield denied that there had been any desire on the part of the prosecution to suppress anything. With re gard to the case of Mary Hunt, Mr. Barber's then solicitor was in possession of all the circumstances of that case two months ago. If Mr. Phillips, who had been called for the proscution, was aware of circumstances favourable for the defence, whose fault was it that those circumstances had not been elicited upon cross-examination ? With respect to the supposed case of forgery to which Mr. Parry had alluded, the evidence amounted to this, that a person residing at a house, in the name of a person who had made an affidavit, denied that she had made such affidavit. That was all the evidence in the case. His own supposition was, that a for gery had been committed; he believed he knew by whom that forgery had been committed, and that individual was dead. Mr. Barber was not in any way connected with the case, and he could not see how it could possibly assist Mr. Barber to have that case gone into. If the request for a remand had been founded simply on the circumstance that there had not been time to prepare the defence, he should not have objected to it, nor did he object to it if it could be proved that delay was necessary. The LORD MAYOR thought he should not be justified in consenting to a further remand, unless he had the consent not only of the prosecutors but of the other prisoners. Mr. Humfrey, on behalf of Fletcher, would not oppose the application under the circumstances. Mr. Wolff, on the part of Mrs. Dorey, gave a very reluc tant consent. Mr. Parry then called Mr. Brumall, the solicitor to Mr. Bar ber, who was then examinedby Mr. Parry—and deposed that in order to conduct Mr Barber's defence it was necessary to call witnesses from various parts of the country ; that he had not had time to subpoena one half of them, and that there was one most material who was he believed keeping out of the way, in order to prevent his being subpoenaed. Mr. Freshfield having expressed his acquiescence, The Loan MAYOR remanded the prisoners till the 23d March. The depositions of the witnesses in the case of Mary Hunt having been read, the prisoners were taken back to the Compter in custody of the Foresters. LAW INTELLIGENCE HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY). The House sat to-day to hear appeals . The Peers present were Lord Brougham, Lord Cottenham, and Lord Campbell. BYRON V. COOPER. The further arguments in this part-heard tithe case were re. sumed, and occupied their Lordships the whole day. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor sat in Lincoln's Inn-hall to-day. WASTELL V. LESLIE.—JUDGMENT. The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment to-day in this case, which was heard before his Lordship some time since upon appeal from the decision of the Vice-Chancellor of England.. His Lordship said that the principal question in the case was, as to the mode in which the testator's debts were to be provided for, whether they were to be paid out of the corpus of the estate, or out of the income, so as to fall upon the tenant for life. The Vice-Chancellor of Eng land decided that they were to be paid out of the income, and from that decision the present appeal was brought. Now in his Lordship's opinion whether the debts were to be paid out of the corpus or the income of the estate depended upon the nature of the property, and the terms and construction of the testator's will. The will was to this effect :—The pro perty in question was an old established lunatic asylum at Hoxtou. The testator becoming embarrassed in his circum stances, made over his property to trustees, in the first place to pay his debts,Jbut reserving to his widow 700/. a-year, after his death. By his will he charged his real estate with the pay ment of his debts, and in the event of that not being suffi cient, then the personal estate was to make up the deficiency. He then disposed of the 700/., and he gave two lega cies, one of 3,0001. to Amelia Smith, and another of 5001. to Jonathan Smith, his son ; and he also gave two annuities, one to Amelia Smith of 800/., and the other to Jonathan of 1001., directing that they should be paid out of this property.; and he then devised this concern to trustees, the defendants in the suit, upon various trusts. The first was to pay out of the property his debts and legacies, and for that purpose to raise, by way of mortgage, and in no other man ner, the sum of 4,000/. He directs the trustees to carry on the concern, and also to employ Mr. Wastell, who had hi therto conducted it, at the same salary ; but, in the event of his not choosing to do so, they are to procure another competent person for that pur pose. lie directs the usual accounts of the concern, as hitherto taken, to be continued, and the expenses to be provided. for out of the profits, and the surplus to be handed ever to the trustees, who are to invest it ; and out of the in terest and profits of the concern the two annuities are to be paid, and the surplus was given over to Wastell. for life, subject to certain annuities on certain events to his two granddaughters, the children of Wastell. Now, under these circumstances, the question at issue depended upon the nature of the property, and the rule adopted by the Court in such cases. The rule of the Court was, where property was of a permanent character, yielding an annual income. in the case where it was charged with debts and an interest given for life to any individual and remainders over, the tenant for life kept down the interest of the debt, and the debt itself was placed upon the corpus of the estate. The question then was, whether this property was permanent or not. His Lordship was of opi nion that it was. It was an old establishment yielding 4,000/. a-year ; it had gone on for a long time doing so, and there was no reason to suppose that it would fail. Then the next question was whether there was anything in the will to induce the Court to depart from the usual course in cases of this kind, it did not appear to his Lordship that there was ; and upon the whole, after a most careful consideration of all the cir cumstances of the case, his Lordship, considering the judg ment below to be correct, ordered it to be affirmed, and the appeal dismissed with costs. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The Vice-Chancellor of England was occupied the whole day with unopposed petitions and short causes of no general interest. SECONDARIES'.._(THIS DAY.) THWAITES V. MULLETT. Mr. Thomas appeared for the plaintiff, ➢ir. Hughes for the defendant. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, an attorney, against the defendant, to recover the sum of 3L lls. 4d., part of a bill of costs, amounting to 51. 15s. 4d., 2/. 4s. of which had been paid into Court. About three years ago the de fendant was desirous of passing through the Insolvent Debtors' Court, and he employed the plaintiff to prepare the necessary documents for that purpose. Subsequently the de fendant found it to his advantage not to take the benefit of the Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors, and he accord ingly made a compromise with his creditors. The sum, therefore, for which the action was brought was for disburse ments and other legal charges made before the compromise, and were certified as correct by the officers of the Insolvent Debtors' Court. On the part of the defendant, it was contended that actions for such small amounts ought to be brought in a Court of Requests, and that the unlimited power placed in the hands of solicitorsgave them an opportunity of harrassing and annoying clients who were unable or unwilling to pay costs amounting to 101. or 12/., which were entailed upon them by actions in, Superior Courts. The practice was ex ceedingly reprehensible. If the action had been brought in a Court of Requests, the plaintiff would not have received costs, which was his sole object in bringing the present action in the Common Pleas. The SECONDARY said that whilst the law gave solicitors the option of bringing actions in a Superior Court, and by an expensive process, they were not to blame.—Verdict for the plaintiff for 3/. Ils. 4d. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. UNION HALL.-(THIS DAY.) Jane Grfffiths, a masculine-looking Welsh woman, was charged with assaulting her husband, under the following circumstances : The defendant, who is between fifty and sixty years of age, was married three months ago to the complainant, her junior by thirty years, he being her third husband. Soon after their marriage, squabbles arose between them, she accusing him of infidelity, and vowing that she would not maintain him if he did not carry out the milk to the customers. On the preceding day they quarrelled, and the wife attacked him with such fury that in a very short time, according to his statement, she ." closed up both his eyes," besides throw ing him out of the house "neck and crop." He added that ' she was of such a fiery temper that he was absolutely afraid she would do him some personal injury if she was not re strained, and that he had not the smallest control over her. The defendant, in a strong Welsh dialect, said that she deserved to be "hanged " for marrying such a booby as the complainant ; that he was an idle and worthless fellow, and no use on earth to her. The MAGISTRATE said that, the defendant having married the complainant, her property now was his, and that she had no right to turn him out of the house, or to assault him. A 3 she promised, however, not to repeat such conduct, she was discharged. His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, attended by the Hon. Captain James Macdonald, aide-de. camp, has returned to Corfu from a tour in the Neapolitan and Papal States. His Royal Highness passed three weeks at Naples. The Prince's establishment at St. James's Pa lace is kept up on a reduced scale, and his Royal Highness is expected on a visit to his illustrious relatives in this couutry late in the season. We understand that the Earl of Devon, who found it necessary to come to England for some time on urgent business, will set out for Dublin in a few days, to proseout the inquiry into the relations between landlord and tenant in Irelaud. iIfARKEY -- i4 - Evvs.==(`f Ali DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE.-FRIDAY. Although the arrivals of English Wheat this week hav e been very moderate, we have still to report an inactive.de mand for that article at prices barely equal to those obtaTed on Monday. In Foreign Wheat exceedingly little was doing , ou somewhat easier terms for the inferior descriptions. 1118 Barley trade was very dull, and the rates had a &Anwar.. tendency. The same may be said of Malt. All other gal ° as on Monday. ARRIVALS. Wheat 1 Barley. I Oats. I „ t l tt r c ka, 2,270 qrs. 2,9g0 qrs. 8,670 yrs. 7,710 --- Foreign 1 856 I en I Malt. 3,8e0 qrs. SMITII3I•IELD. The supply of beasts, owing to the non-arrival of the Scotch steamers, was unusually small, and of very middling quality. The few prime Scots on offer produced Monday's quotations, but those of other kinds had a downward tendency. 11 2: numbers of Sheep were s ca n ty, while the Mutton trade o n steady, at late' rates. The Veal trade was in a depres state, at drooping currencies. Pius moved of slowly at pre vious figures. Mitch Cows sold at from 161. to 191. 5s each. Per Sibs. s. to et sink the offal. P. • 3 d toL d ' P , d. to . Inferior Beasts 2 S 2 10i Inferior Sheep ...... ... 2 1 3 6 Second quality ditto 3 0 3 4 1 Second quality ditto... 3 2 g 0 Prime large Oxen 3 8 3 8,. Coarse.woolled ditto.. 3 a " 4 6 Prime Scots. &c. 3lO 40' Seuthdown Wethers 4 s g I 210 Large coarse Calves 3 8 4 6 i Large Hogs Prime small ditto 4 8 4 10; Small Porkers .......... 3 31 Suckling Calves. each 18 028 0 I Quarter old Pigs. eachl6 0 SUPPLY AT HARICIT. Beasts I 2 . I 5h,330 eep I 124 . Calves. 1 437 Pew XITEVTG.B.TE .&ND LEADENEALL• Prime Beef and Mutton sold freely at full prices, but other' wise the demand was heavy. At per stone, by the Carcase s. d. to s. d.l d. to,; g Beef, inferior...". ..... "2 4 2 6 Mutton, inferior 2 18 4 1 6 - middling $ 210 - middling 3' 2 i -prime large 3 0 32 ( prime ..... 3 1 0 -- prime small „...„ 3 2 3 4, Pork, Veal ..... 3 6 4 --small 2 u" BOROUGH HOP 112.A.M.KMT. Since our last report new Sussex Hops, in pockets, br4 been in active request at, in some instances, an advance of per cwt. All other kinds of Hops mo v e off stea dily at f prices. Weald of Kent pockets, 615 s to 61 16s; Mid ger.. ditto, 61 12s to 91 lOs ; East Kent ditto, 61 15s to 9 1 j'' Choice ditto, 101 to 111 lls ' • Sussex ditto, 61 to 6/ 12s • hams, Si 15s to 11/ 12s; Mid Kent bags, 6115 s to Si 160. COLON/AM. SUGAR.—The market for British Plantation has been Ir er i i firm this week, and prices may be quoted at an advancet s 2 compared with last week. The sales have been under 1, 1) "' hhds and trcs. BEICGAL.-6,783 bags 47 casks hare been offered, of whi to nearly all was sold at an advance, b ro wn b e i n g at 49 0 0 53s 6d; the rest was taken in at 68s to 70s 6d per cid good to fine greyish white. to MAURITIUS.-5,804 bags sold at 60s 6d to 65s for 10/ 1 good yellow, and at 54s t o 59 s 6d f or or d t o fine bro_,47, Privately there has been a good deal done in both thes° scriptions. COFFEE.—British Plantation has been firm, but not Pil l ,/ has been done at auction ; 10 puns 3 hhds Demerara mostly taken in at 63s for fine ord, and at 48s to 508 fot triage. A small lot of Jamaica went at 38s to 40s for triag In Ceylon there has been a good deal doing privately, but public sales have comprised only 690 bags, which sold bril, at 68s 6d to 69s ; for good o r d pal e , a t 70 s t o 80 3 for r u bi t r e tation sorts, and 20s to 60s for th e l o w er qua lities 97 v c i At Samarang, at the 4d duty, realised 70 s f or ye ll ow ish, a 0 87s 6d for fine ord ; 195 casks 4 bags Cuba were nogr l - 1 taken in at 65s to 85s; 1,467 bags C o sta Ri ca w ent Id a,, to to 52s 6d for good to fine ord ; 420 bags St. Domingo at 2_, l " ;s 30s 6d; 102 bales Mocha at 72s to 75s f o r m id to PIO small parcel of Singapore at 63s 6d ; some La Guayra Java sold at 35s per cwt. COCOA.—The demand for British Plantation has been a At auction, 103 bags 4 barrels Grenada realised 460 t 0 ere for dark greyish to good bright red; 750 bags Para , mostly taken in at 28s 6d for good mid red. Rux.—This article has been steady. fit lb ' SPICES.—Mid white Pepper has realised 5d to sid There have been no auctions of Cassia Lignea or Pinlan 4k SALTPETRE.-3,349 bags Calcutta only partly sold, WO 13 per cent. refraction, at 255, and 9i p er cen t. at 2 '" to 265. CorroN.—There has not been so much doing. TuA.—The market has an upward tendency. et , TALLOW.—P.Y. Candle is dull a t 40 s 3d t o 40 s a pet on the spot. FLANDERS MAIL.. u o r BRUSSELS, FEB. 27.—1 n the sitting o f the Chanl . ,T e d Representatives to-day, the Minister of Finance preliZar* project of law for the conversion of the loan of 100,ten,of at 5 per cent. into 4i per cent., by creating a new lot t. 94,836,000 f., to pay off the debt of 80,000,000 f., at 2i P er e t he The Chamber continued the debate on the article 01 t he budget of the department of public works, relative t ° iron railway. ink g•••• We receive from different quarters details of the o se tion of the valley of the Senne, which seems to have ele ir much damage ; the waters rose still hi g h er yesterday tb! ing. The causeway of the bridge of Lacken, leading. to .000 Palace, was already under water for a cons iderable t . We think it right to notice th e o b serva ti on s which daily made to us respecting the steamers belonging t° 0 1 English Company w hi c h pl y b e t ween b etween London t ii. Ostend, and vi ce versa . W e are as k ed why does 1100, English Company employ one of its steamers in PIP" je tween London and Dover? especially now that there ne e* railway by which the j ourney f rom D over to L o ndon I t s a rof formed in four hours. This observation appears t . . 0 00 more just, as many travell ers w h o suffer from 0441 .011 would certainly prefer a route whi c h wou ld diminish ten hours the time they would pass on board. u ntri The interest felt in the fate of O'Connell and his c o o llect has produced at Bonn, in some circles, a resolution to c raw all over Germany signature s t o an a dd ress t o t h e m an ill c ef erf English call an Agitator, and th e I r i s h, Lib er ator. In city a list is to be opened, headed—" List of subscribers. 0 0 addresstoDaniel r 0 0 f ' C , the h a f t an ßo o n f n lr . el rr an h c e i- ad " drea l l : A l eto to be forwarded by the end of March. We have the draVi s b address before us, but we do not think it proper to P llv: t belr till the persons from whom the invitation proceeds Si Ct e d is names to it. A similar s t e p i s sa id to be contentP other places, for instance in Ulm. • PEDESTRIANISM.—On Monday evening. a ao b Joe undertook for a nominal wager to walk roun d Lincol n Mutes' fields, taking the flagway for his course, in three b u t upo n The pedestrian performed the ta s k wi thi n th e time, 1)11 " its conclusion was some time extremely ill. m u of e GOING TO THE G REATEST LENGTHS. --"A“"; a ,' an account in the newspap ers , a s h or t t i me b ac k,. A13°,11 al 10 0 ' longest rope in the world." We k now o f on e wortP h the that ; for it has been ex cee d e d over an d over agait! "I,:blek " tremendous long yarn "on the state of Irelana g e! the House of Commons was a whole fortnight sP ilw-- Punch. A few evenings ago, at about half-past nin e bifoik, respectable landowner of Cusset (Allier), named Loin f use aged fifty-seven, was undressing to go to bed, a shot / 1 ,7 1 ; from the garden, and he was struck by three balls- ._ t ott, fortunate man was only able to exclaim " What 0 , 1 0 P . when he fell dead. A servant, who was warming In' e r the room, cried out for help, but it was too late. n e w, darmerie made immediate search for the murderer, 01 " out effect.— Galignani. THE FINE ARTS.—The following wer e toe r o ger at which some of th e b es t p i ctures in Mr. Peacoc: s WI tion were sold by Mr. Foster, in Pall-Mall, yesterdaY • corer, dale, landscape, 1401. 14 s . ; Claude, ditto, 73/. 1 0 E 4 ditto ditto, 162/. 15s. ; Poussin, ditto, 1111.65. ; Irelas4 l ` 7 6. l oor 105/. ' • Hobbima, ditto, 367/. 10 s . ; Domenichino , f ieff • 2251. 155.; Vanderveld, sea-fight, 184/. 165.; Wi154:44 Sion-house, 253/. ls. ; Terburg, interior, 221/. 11 8 . THE COLLIERS' STRIKE.—WIGAN, Fs tisicir, The colliers in the St. Helen's district have been, J c6 f o g weeks past, away from w or k, d eman di ng an i ncr ease ° one; The coal proprietors, unwilling to acquiesce, .ar e d y o°, o large bodies of mi ners f rom ot h er di stricts, and elr e4 !, t. lorila rioting bas ensued. To-d a y a ll th e efforts of the I I ; 1 00:2 to protect the men on th e i r way to t h e mines a,nsiliZio fruitless. The superintendent of the county constenly; v - o f two of his men have been wounded, the former sevl7tisae night and to-morrow are, it is feared, to be "Pt e o e r great violence and riot, as th e authorities see , * o : a ed to carry their point; and the operatives are Pr e perately to oppose every attempt. AsHIIT-DE-LA-ZOUCH.—Parry Szssiolun In 24.—William Edwards, Thomas Edwards, jun., 81/ 011 1 7 4 Fairbrother, all of Worthington, were charged b Led Peters, gamekeeper to Earl Ferrers, with hav in g c , s eclp4 on Sunday, the let of October last, not having _sk ea ce,_ a ji ficate. The parties absconded shortly after the um wer e they were not taken until the 17th inst. Th e Y.„ paYttis. fined 51. and costs, and in default of immediate sentenced to three months' hard labour. The P7f l ne.t. were then charged with the Sunday offence, r_tipri; l i s o and costs, and in default of payment three months w ere A O ment. William Edwards and Thomas Edward s one charged with a trespass in search of game, on the lnea t t and fined 40s. each and costs, and in default of PV c bsrge, d 4 months' imprisonment each to hard labour. 'L ar ds ,7,if assault was then preferred against William Ea,vl,„g John Fairbrother, by William Peters, which °T - o. :„ iudloo ept proved, they were convicted and fined ' '- e _ zsm ita and in default of payment two months' imp Leicestershire Mercury. ECU IS rtO 9III° RUSSIAN SAILING REGULATIONS FOR t or A copy of some new regulations to be o bserved vessels, and others, entering Russian ports, or w hen log at sea, has been forwarded to Lloyd's, but it is insertion, but can be seen on application Jo bls BIRTHS. _____ o f Of' On the 25th ult., at Upp er Cl a pton, the wil , e l ab' Robinson Gibson, of a daughter. the '.. On the 25th ult., at D orse t-pl ac e, Dorset-squa re ' .-. 0 of the Rev. Lewis P. Hird, of a son. f COO OF On the 26th ult., Mrs. William Newton, 0 / terrace, Hyde-park, of a daughter. 31. 0 1) n ., t o h f e ß l i 9 ch th m ul on t d ., , to at susa Pet n e , rs a h --------- rfr MARRIED. r.,1iak...,, g R e . C.. 0 7,;,. Xel, Thor=- , 610 r . CO h tet° On the 20th ult., at St. Saviour's, . J e rsey ' Agog - - Archer Abbott, R.N., to Mary Ellis, the eldest .- Captain J. Agnew Stevens, R.N. a a u m g , ht G er eo of r 0 ..0/1. Nl ocAll DIED. On the 29th ult., at his residence, Peckham - ' ' " „ le * Figgins, Esq., in the 78th year of his age. - sm bert On the 25th ult., in Great Ormond-street, a — , A Esq., On the o f 25 th ult., at Walworth, Mary, the T —if 6 . • Roffey, Esq. TA•H Z fil l ' MONTHLY MILITARY ORI„- ti U col. o Lieutenant-General—Sir G. H. B. Want , . m" e lf,/ I. Reg. C. .• P " .- Major-Cenerals—Heriot, C. 8.; Goodman' Nedham, of late 4 Vet. Bat. Colonel—Walker, 21 F. - s`•; 83' Lieutenant-Colonel—Knowles C. .R. Art . I 9- i tate 0 -_,2 PO ? Majors—Crofton, late of F. BF arse, -- gidre.- Rutherford, Unatt. • More, E. I. Comp. Serv; .. PP ; I' tinger, C.B. East hid. Comp. Serv. . n Vet. Captains—Brock, 20 F. ; D. Lee, late 9 I '7 _ i d Johnston, h. p. R. 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