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THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY NIORNING, MARCH 13 , 1844. the exp ense of the rest of the community. The Hon. Mem- at anyrate he had stated it at two public meetings—that,he bad bey for R o xburghshire said he was the poor man's friend. So ; the means in his possession of proving certain heavy charges were they who supported the motion; it was to affect the poor which had been brought against the League, and that as a ma man's food that they were making exertions. H e , g i s t ra t e he was cognizant of facts which proved some men to be thought that the prosperity of the manufacturing and ; guilty of crimes of which, as far as the charge had been made sericulture] interest ought to go hand in hand public, they had stated they were innocent. If that Hon. and he was convinced, that what injured the one was d e t r i- I G en tl eman k new anyt hi ng o f t h at ki n d, h e (M r . B r i g ht) said mental to the other, for the removal of restrictions from trade ; that the Hon. Gentleman himself must be accessory to the had always a tendency—always enri c h e d— t h e b est customer of crime if he, as a magistrate, concealed such facts from the I the agriculturist. He concur re d w i t h th e H on. M em b er for knowledge of the Right Hen. Baronet the Secretary of State Stockport, that rents would not be materially decreased by the ; for the Home Department. It would be more honourable and operation of free trade. However, they ought to have the ' much mere becoming in the Magistrate and a Member of Par- Committee and investigate the truth, and if, after a careful in- !lament if he were to lay that statement before the Govern vestigation, they saw protection was necessarily just, and cal . ment, when it would be fully investigated, rather than making culated to promote the general welfare of the community, then it at a meeting where only one side was allowed to be heard, let protection be adopted; but if it should be shown to be un- and where the friends of the Hon. Gentleman and his party I jest, imp o liti c , an d ca l cu l ated to i n j ure a great port i on o f the were only allowed to be present. It might be thought that the He (Mr. community, then let it be done away with. They only asked Anti-Corn-law League excited the people . excite theßrig ht ) for justice, _ and he trusted the country would ultimately in- never denied that they did so. They peo ple , and they should continue to excite the people. The pamphlet, duce the House to give that justice to the country. Colonel WOOD said that if the Hon. Gentleman who had which had been written by the Rev. Mr. l. Osborne,. which .b had just sat down had, instead of confining his returns of the been often spoken of that night, gave f a ittle in sight t into l population to that of twenty-three counties, extended them to what amounted to the charg l e ab o exciting peop i e n . the United Kingdem, he would have found that instead of the The writer said that agricultural . ourers were dis cour ag ed proportions which he had detailed to the House of the agricul- every possible manner from attempting to set forth the gricv tural to other classes of the population, the proportion of the antes of their condition. Did the labourers find any:gentleman former to the manufacturing classes was as two to one, and he who might seek to bring to light any i njust ice towards him— ( Colonel Wood) was satisfied that they contributed to the ex- that friend met with nothing but remonstrance, and he was penses of ;the Government at least in proportion of two to ene told that he was endeavouring to set man against master, and as compared with the manufacturing classes. He deprecated endeavouringto drive t h e people to acts of violence. No m an agitation on the one side and the other, and he wished he could (continued the Hon. Gentleman) could go to the manufacturing see an end of all associations. When the Hon. Member for or agricultural districts, and address large meetings of the Stockport said that the expenses of cultivating 400 acres was people on the subject of their distress, and tell them what was 790/ and that the rent was 8001., he must be very little the fact, that that distress was attributable to certain acts of acquainted indeed with agricultural matters to have believed misgovernment, without incurring the censure of exciting the such a statement. He should like to know whether that was I people to insurrection. The Hon. Gentleman opposite had the statement of a man farming his own land, or of a tenant- charged the League with exaggeration, and the League charged farmer. them with exaggeration and w ith wrong-doing, and wrong- Mr. BROTHERTON explained that he had not included doing with a full knowledge of the circumstances.—(Hear. ) the great manufacturing counties of Lancashire and Yorkshire The Members of the Government were not able to settle the in his statement. public mind. At one of these meetings held in Yorkshire f o r After a few words from the Earl of SHELBURNE, the protection of agriculture, a speaker expressed very serious Colonel SIBTHORP said that the Hon. Member for Stock- misgivings of the fatal bias of the Right Hon. Gentleman the port was.included in the list of stewards who were to officiate President of the Board of Trade, and the agricultural gentle at .11 certain banquet that night with their white wands. man would not be surprised at any change in the Right Ho ( Laughter.) And if he (Col. Sibthorp) were honoured with nourable Gentleman at the head of the Queen's Govern. such an office at any assembly he would have thought it his duty ment. How could this question be settled if not before a not to be absent. Under the circumstances he (Col. Sibthorp) tribunal of the House of Commons. Why, his Honourable did not expect such a motion to be brought forward, found the Member for Stockport had given them the option of He trust e d th e H en . M em b er was not as h amed to b e present ; appointing a majority of protectionists on the Committee, and for his own part he would say with Sir John Falstaff, " I would that their witnesses should be agricultural labourers, indepen not march through Coventry with them."—(Laughter.) As dent landowners, and tenant-farmers. The case of the corn for the Association to which the Hon. Member belonged he law repealers was based upon facts and upon experience ; the knew not in what terms to speak of it. The lan g ua ge i n th e the case of the corn-law maintainers upon anticipations of organ of that Association, he meant, The Anti- Co rm -l aw ci r ., future evil if the corn-laws were abolished. The corn-laws of eular, was past endurance. The usual epithets applied by that 1815 were a continued fraud upon the finances of the country journal to the supporters of the agricultural interest were " re- He could show, from irrefutable documents—from reports of lentless demons, " heartless fiends," " inhuman, merciless, Agricultural Societies—that, i n 1815, th e l au d owners h a d foot-pads"—(Lau g ht er) — an d suc h lik e . B ut the farmers and legislated upon the anticipation that corn would be 80a. a labourers of England held the party in as much contempt as he quarter, and gave leases on that foundation ; but the average in his capacity of an humble Member of that House did. lie prices of corn, from 1815 to 1841 or 1842, had not been more was softy to say that, much as the agriculturists might be in than 60s. a quarter. The Hon. Member for Wiltshire declared favour of a conciliatory course, a different feeling seemed to that no rent could be paid unless prices were higher than they pervade the manufacturers. had been from 181.5 ; but yet high rents were maintained. Mr. VILLIERS said that the Hon. and Gallant Mem. Nay, the rent of lands in many parts of the country had in bee for Lincoln had alluded to the formation of certain societies creased—greatly increased. They prophesied that low prices within the last few years, and had said that some of those would threw land out of cultivation—they prophesied that societies were formed in self defence for the protection of agricultural labourers would be thrown out of employ- British agriculture. Now he (Mr. Villiers) thought that the ment—but the fact that additional land had been world must be astonished to perceive no sign of the practical engaged in culture sufficiently disproved this part of the pro utility of those societies in any of the numerous counties in phesy. Those agricultural law-makers were very poor sooth which they had been forrnell, and also to find that the sayers indeed.—(Laughter.) The Hon. Member then read Honourable Members for Dorset, Wiltshire, and those counties an extract from the Report of the Barnstaple Agricultural So most prominent for meetings, and at which strong language ciety, which stated that the Act, passed in the 55th year of the was used, and ardent professions of interest in the conditio n of reign of George 111., had not answered its object, inasmuch as the labourer and the tenant-farmer, had shown themselves per. it did not secure the grower 80s. for wheat, 40s. for barley, feet mutes, and never came forward to express their opinions and 275. for oats, as was promised ; and further, that the prices or make up their minds. When any one of those rose to ex- for corn were not one half as high as the agriculturists had a press their opinions upon this question, the whole gist of their right to expect. It was stated that seven-ninths of the discourse was simply nothing more than an expression of dig- people of this country were engaged in agriculture; but he trust and discontent of her Majesty's present Ministers.— thought it would be found, by the census, that the tenant ( Cric4 of " No, no," from the Ministerial benches, answered farmers did not comprise more than I per cent. of the whole by " Hear, hear," and cheers from the Opposition.) Hon. population of those agricultural labourers em ployed _ in the cut- Gentlemen cried " No, no," but why did they call upon the turn of wheat, or 1 pe r cen t. more . Th e Hon. Member for Government to go back to its allegiance, and to remember Haddingtonshire had, at a meeting of that county, told his from whom they derived their power? He approved of the m o d e constituents that if the corn-laws were repealed foreign corn in which his Hon. Friend brought forward the motion.. He would be sold at 20s. a quarter, Now, that waa absolutely (Mr. V.) had made a motion of a similar tendency upon untrue but if it were, did it never strike that Hon. Member the subject of the corn-laws for many years, and the reasons what a gross injustice he was inflicting on the great bulk of assigned by Hon. Members in that House for refusing a his fellow-countrymen by countenancing so vile a law?—( Hear. ) Committee was, that they thought the present law What was that but asserting that, when the farmer had the tended to serve the tenant-farmers and labourers. The Right law in his favour he overtaxed the manufacturer for the food lion. Gentleman, the President of the Board of Trade had said which he sold him. If he bought a larger quantity of the goods that it was invidious to seek an inquiry into the state of the of the trader and the manufacturer, he did so with their own tenant but not of th e l an dl or d . But he (Mr. Villiers) asserted money , and not with any extraordinary exertion of his own that it was no t a landowner's question. In another place a industry. The Noble Lord, the Member for East Suffolk, Noble Duke, w h o was styled the farmer's friend—(Cries of stated, on a recent occasion, that " the object of the free traders " Order, order," from the Tory benches.) He was in order. was to bring down the price of labour in this country to a level That Noble Duke had asserted that the landowners with the amount paid to the labourer on the Continent.--( Loud had not the slightest interest in this question, cries of " Hear, hear," from the Ministerial benches.) They and that it only affected the tenant-farmers, had, however, he believed, already gone in that respect farther What were protective duties? Nothing more than impedi. than the tree clever gentlemen who sat in Somerset House, merits to commerce, making scarce the articles of food and general and who, it was generally admitted, did not overflow with the consumption. They did not attempt to deny that those dutie s milk of human kindness. But with all their anxiety on the were injurious to commerce and manufactures. He remem- subject, and with all the aid of the poor-law guardians through bered an Hon. Gentleman some years ago saying that this was out the country, they were unable to keep the paupers in a a question of great national policy, and he (Mr. Villiers) said, state of health without incurring a greater amount of expense in reply, that they were bound to show some evidence of' good than the labourers could afford in their own homes. Was there, from such a great national evil. He therefore asserted that his he asked anything on the Continent worse than that, or ex- Hon. Friend was perfectly justified in seeking for this inquiry. hibiting a greater degree of human misery than they had that His object was togive Hon. Gentlemen opposite an opportunity night heard described as existing in Dorsetshire ?—(Hear, of proving that the tenant-farmers and labourers were well off, hear.) Could there be anything discovered on the Continent while, if they made such an attempt, he had ample more appalling than what he himself had been told while tra evidence to prove the reverse, and to show that yelling in Scotland two months ago? An extensive farmer in in no part of Europe were the agricultural popula- Kirkudbright told him that he was able to pro tore drains to be tion in a worse condition. The Right Hon. Gentleman cut in his land 19 feet in length, 30 inches in depth, and 18 the Secretary of the Board of Trade had said that the facts inches in width through a hard and stony soil, the labourer pro. stated by the Hon. Member for Stockport were isolated ca ses ; siding himself with spade, shovel, pick-axe, and crow-bar, at no but he (Mr. Villiers) said that they were most numerous and more than 3d. each drain.—(" Oh oh.") He would givegentle general through all the middle and northern counties, Why men further information of a like kind, if they required it, in what did a clergyman in the county of Dorset state, in a letter addition to that of the farmer, who, he might add, did not in one of the daily papers a short time ago? The Hon. Mem- agree with him on the subject of the corn-laws. That farmer her for that county had left the House immediately after the had told him that he had one workman who was able to cut speech of the Hon. Member for Stockport, because he felt the five such drains as he had described in a day, and thus earn facts to be true ; and consequently, as he would not vote 15d., but it was considered good work for a man to cut four of against his conscience, he declined voting at all. The Hon. them in a day. The Hon. Gentleman then read an extract and Rev. Mr. Osborne, to whom he had just alluded, was op- from an Oxford newspaper, as quoted in the Times of the 14th posed, perhaps, to the Anti-Corn-law League as much as any of February, in which some outrages committed on the property Hon. Gentleman opposite ; but he addressed a letter to the of three farmers in that county were described, and it was stated " great friend of the farmers," and proposed that in any Com- that a fragment of paper had been left on a plough that had been mittee which might sit upon this matter, that a certain number broken on the occasion, containing the words, " A full belly of witnesses from the agricultural districts should be examined, does not know what an empty one feels." He wished gentle and said that those most capable of giving evidence upon the men on both sides of the House, accustomed as they were to condition of those persons would be the medical officers of the good and comfortable living, would bear those words in their poor-law unions and the undertakers.—(Hear, hear.) The recollection. He also read several passages from a letter of same Reverend Gentleman, in the same letter, went on Dr. hlarsham, containing the result of various visits which he to say, that if they treated the agricultural labourers as well as had paid among the poor of Leicester, and describing the they did their catttle, their lot would be a happy one, but that abject poverty which he had everywhere met with, and also a no animal in England was worse off than the labourer. These passage from a newspaper with which, he stated, it was generally were the words of a clergyman, and yet they asked what con- believed the Hon. Member for Berkshire was connected, de nection there was between the agricultural population scribing the poverty existing among the agricultural labourers and this motion. Did any man mean to say that the present of Wiltshire, and likewise an account of a case at petty ses state of the country was satisfactory, or that there was nothing sions, where a poor man, earning but 6s. a week, was corn in it to excite alarm? For the last twelve years, from one mitted for a month to prison in default of paying 275. cause or another, agitation pervaded the country • and he felt penalty and costs f or t a ki ng a b ranc h of an ash tree for sure that they wou ld not put an end to it by re fusing an in- firing, at a time when his wife was in her confinement. quiry.—(Cheers.) They admitted that those laws restricted On that occasion the magistrates, including a clergyman, in commerce, and that some of those protective laws should be passing sentence, said, "If such offences as this were allowed curtailed. The Government proposed no means of increasing to go unpunished, there would soon be an end to the rights of the employment of the people, but said they would support a property." What could you expect that man to be when he law which tended to restrict commerce, and prevent the ad. come out of gaol? Ile would now state to the House a series mission of food into the country, and that because they were of facts which his Hon. Friend had omitted to lay before them. afraid of their own supporters. He did not approve of urine- There were gentlemen in the House connected with Hampshire eessary agitation, but still, if that House refused to grant an who could correct any error into which he might fall. The inquiry, they would be doing that which would promote agita- statement was, out of fifty tenants who were thriving before tion, but must also promote general anger, ill-will, a nd dis- the protecting duty was put on, the majority were ruined, or content throughout the country.—( Loud cheers.) nearly so, during the eighteen years of protection. Ten of the Mr. BANKES said, if he thought the Committee proposed tenants had died, arid their children were now labourers. by the Hon. Member for Stockport would do anything to pr o . Twelve o f th e tenants h a d b een sold up, and were paupers. mote the interests of the labouring classes, he would most cor- One was a bailiff, and one other had committed suicide. Thus dially support the motion ; but, when he saw that no such twenty-four out of the fifty were provided for.—(Hear, hear, result was likely to arise from it, and that it would tend to arise and a laugh.) But ten only of the whole number continued to expectations, which could not be realised, of a numerous and be tenants, and these were badly off.--( Hear, hear.) He most important class of p ersons , h e f e l t b oun d to exerc i se his would ask, was it not a fit subj ec t o f inquiry whet her the corn judgment, and notwithstanding the eloquent appeal of that law was not at the root of all the evil which these people had Hon. Gentleman, to give his cordial and cheerful vote against suffered ?—( Hear, hear.) The Hon. Member for Dorsetshire his proposition. He thought this Committee would be very had expressed his satisfaction at the altered tone of his Hon. likely to excite that feeling, which was now fast subsiding Friend (Mr. Cobden), but he had not attempted to throughout the country. He could confidently assert that, at contradict his statements respecting the condition of the the present moment, there was not the slightest feeling of people in that county,—( Herr, hear.) It was proved distrust towards her Majesty's Government in the minds that) the protection had not benefited Dorsetshire. of the agricultural classes throughout the country. He could He could not see how it had benefited Lincolnshire. He attri state most decidedly that such was the case with respect to the buted the superior condition of the people of Lincolnshire to county which he had the honour of representing. The Hon. their superior intelligence.--( Hear, and a laugh.) In the last Member then proceeded to read several documents, to show sixty years the population of Dorsetshire had doubled, and slow that wages in Dorsetshire anti Wiltshire averaged at least 1 ls. as was the increase that increase was still going on. Would a week, besides other advantages or perquisites ; and con- there be more farms in ten years more ? This was a matter eluded by avowing his determination of strongly opposing the which the Government ought to c o n s id er more th an con motion. eiliating those who asserted at public meetings that they Mr. BRIGHT said, that when his Hon. Friend introduced would keep them up to the point.—( Hear, hear.) It was his motion to the notice of the House, he felt convinced that said that the treatment of the manufacturing labourers was every possible party feeling would be for one evening driv en worse than that experienced by the Poles from the Emperor out of the doors of that House, and that there would be an of Russia, and the Secretary for the Horse Department had almost unanimous opinion in favour of the motion which had dwelt with rapture upon the enjoyments of the agricultural been submitted to the House. He believed his Hon. Friend's labourers.--( Cheers and a laugh.) But if there were not those statement to be perfectly accurate, and to be altogether un- long dull lines of towns at which the Right Hon. Gentleman answerable ; and whatever fate it might meet with in that sneered, what would become of the increasing population of the House, he was well assured of the fate it would meet with in agricultural districts?—( Hear.) This was ,a question which the country. He would not have risen to take up any of the the Government ought to consider more seriously. But every time of the House, had it not been for speeches which had ' thing else was attended to, and that was neglected. The been made since his Hon. Friend sat down. He, however, object of the motion was to prove that those tenants and la eonfessed that he found extreme difficulty in attempting to dis- bourers had been injured more than any other class by the cover anything further that could be said on the question then system of protection.—( Hear, hear.) He asked the House if under discussion. He thought nothing could be more reasonable they believed, whether the committee were granted or not, the than the case which had been submitted to the House, corn-law would be maintained, Did they believe that the that there s h ou ld b e a C omm i ttee of Inquiry into the alleged I Right Hon. Gentleman, the President of the Board of Trade, fact, that protective duties in general had been serviceable to ; with all his tendency in favour of free trade, would continue to the tenant-farmers, and the farm labourers of this country. I support these laws ; that the Right Hon. Baronet, who they e It was quite true that the questfon of sugar, and coffee, and it knew sprung from trade, would be so devoid of gratitude as t o litmight be of ti m b er an d e other articles, might come under continue to support th ose l aws w hi c h were laughed e consid erat i on of such a Committee ; but they did not heal- at abroad—(Loud laughter)—but were anything but tate to avow that the object w a thorough investigation into " thecially that there should be a subject of laughter at home—rather a subject classes of our eountrymen, bthe effect produced upon two of intense hatred to the greater portion of the community ? He law which was passed with the s' avowed of that particular I and the Hon. Member for Stockport would again go through twoelasses protection. Now, thatvrtehlisobject of giving these I the country and explain to the farmers how a motion for a importance, no man in tba r tion was one of Committee of Inquiry had been refused to them. The land extraordinarylts importance was admitted by Hon. House would deny. lords told their tenants that they had peculiar burdens to bear, cause they thought that the repeal of the Gentle mencorn-la w woul d be. yet when the Hon. Member for She ffi eld moved for a Com of productive great distress to the agriculturists cf this would be mitres of Inquiry into those alleged peculiar burdeny of the and to all persons connected with agricultnre. Out CinfuCl'try, landlords, it was refused. And why ? Because they were there were some who thought with those Hon. Gentlemen , and conseious that they had no case to make out. Passing from I n n t , ie town, and from county t o coun t y , h e an d hi s H on. it might be that the majority of the tenant-f armers of this IF) should explain to the constituencies of the empire that country, and the majority of the owners of land also thought i theirrepresentatives, fe g who had been sent t o th a t H ouse t o le with them. Th e y o f t h e A n ti-C orn -l aw L eague , on t h e con- g interests of the country, did not h es it a t e Crary, thought t h at the prosper i ty of t hi s country depended to vote as thouge= ere a corporation for the sole purpose on the repeal of that law, and upon the adoption lof supporting their ovlnw'n said d est in the rental of land. assertions Hon. Member for Durham of the principles of free trade, which they believed Mr. NEWDEGATE packed and exclusive to be the only just and honest principles upon which the Go- had accused him of making general and miscel he asserted was vernment could be conducted. Were there none out of that , meetings, which he would not r m i at s state that shortly House that agreed with them ?—( Hear hear.) Let them laneous assembly. To show that what na not suppose that because their numbers were few in true, with respect to the League, be wou that House, that therefore they were few everywhere ; before the disturbances which took place in 11 neighbourhood else. Let them not, deceive themselves by believing that if occurred, three persons who were connecte d the Anti their speeches were not the most eloquent arid their arguments Corn-law League were down there, and took part in the pro not the strongest, that there were not men in every part of the ceedings which occurred before the outbreak. He had been country as intelligent as any man in that House who felt con- unable to obtain their names, however, as he was not allo vicneed of the justness of the principle s w hi ch the Anti-Corn- to inspect the list of the Council of the Anti-Corn -law Leered law League espoused. Those men wh o b elieved in such Dr. BOWRING laid that when the Hon. Member mend; principles were not to be estimated by h un d re d s or thousands, the charge against the League, he called upon him to name the lint by, millions in Great Britain and Ireland. If they wanted parties that were connected with the League, who had been proof of it they should have that proof. There had been the objects of so grave a charge as that brought against them deputations to the Government from various parts of the coup- by the Hon. Gentleman. This the Hon. Gentleman was un try—not from the manufacturing districts only, but from the able to do. The Hon. Gentleman now repeated the charge, rural districts—deputations of 500 persons at a time—asking and said he could not get at the names of the parties without the Government to consider this question •ind to repeal this ' inspecting the books of the Leag ue . Now the Hon. Gentle law. They had had petiti ons w ith 500,000 s i gnatures one man could do this by subscribi ng 501. to the League Fund. year—a million the next, a million and a half the third, and Allusion had been made to a meetin g elsewhere.—( Cries of .between etween two and three millions the fourth. For all these peti. " Question," " Order.") A meeting held to express the sym tions they had cared little, but they had seen subscriptions patty of th e E nglish people in favour of an injured man.— three or four years ago amounting to 5,000/., to the ' (Renewed and vehement cr i es of "Question.") He repeated funds of the Anti-Corn-law League. The second year they i that there was a demonstration in another place that even came to 12,0001., the third year they amounted to 50,000/., ing which might have proved a most instructive lesson to her and this year they found that the League fund was r a pidly Majesty's Ministers. —(Laught er , and cries of " Question.") proaching 100,000/. That proved nothing with respect to the The Hon. Member had connected the Anti-Corn -law League truth of the principles which the Anti-Corn-law League had with that meeting, and he (Dr. Bowring) had a right to reply adopted—it merely proved that there was a great and growing to those observations" Question, question.") It might be opinion in their favour among nearly all classes of the popula- very well for Hon. M embers to disregard such demonstrations tion of this country. Now, they were charged with exciting of public feeling.—(Great uproar.) He was aware that some the people to violence and insurrectionary movements.— Hon. Members opposite had not their feelings under the most (Cheers from the Ministerial benches.) One Hon. Gentle- perfect control, but they should at least consider that it was man opposite, one of the Members of one of the divisions of not very becoming in them to refuse a Member the opportunity Warwickshire, and a magistrate of that county had, stated, and I of speaking on a topic which had been already mooted betore Ire (Mr. Bright) believed that he had stated it in that House— the House.—( Renewed cries of " Question, question.") He I repeated that he had a right to reply.—( Here the confusion became so great that the Hon. Member, after having three or four times ineffectually attempted to obtain a hearing, sat down amid much confusion. ) The gallery was then cleared for a division, but none took place. On our return to the gallery we found. Mr. W. 0. STANLEY on his legs. Although not a member of the . Anti-Corn-law League, he thought the motion of the Hon. Member for Stockport so reasonable, that he should give it his support.—( Hear, hear.) The statements which had been made, during the debate, on the sufferings of the agricultural labourers, were confined principally to the southern and south-eastern counties of England ; but as he knew the same distress to exist in the county which he had the honour to represent, he could not remain silent without stating the fact to the House. He was aware that fully one sixth of the whole population of that county were now receiv ing poor- law relief —( Hear.) The same distress existed in the neighbouring county of Carnarvon. He would feel him self guilty of a dereliction of duty if he did not state the matter to the House, and he should, therefore, give his vote for the motion of the Hon. Gentleman, though he, at the same time, should admit that he disagreed in many particulars from the Anti-Corn-law League. The House then divided, when the numbers were— For the motion Against it 224 Majority against the motion On our return to the gallery we found— Sir ROBERT PEEL stating that he had been charged by the Hon. Gentleman opposite (Mr. M. Gibson) with having made a mis-statement regarding the consumption of sugar. He ( Sir R. Peel) had only quoted from the returns laid on the table of the House. Mr. MILNER GIBSON said that he would not press the matter further at present, and that he would withdraw the mo tion respecting sugar, of which he had given notice. On the motion of Mr. W. GLADSTONE the House re solved itself into a Committee to take into consideration the laws for preventing frauds and abuses in the making of gol.d and silver ware in England. The resolutions upon which a Bill was to be founded were then agreed to in Committee, and the House resumed. The resolutions were then reported to the House, and leave given to bring in a Bill. Mr. GLADSTONE brought in a Bill to amend the law relating to international copyright. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Half-past One. THE NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE. In 3 vols., post Bvo., A THIRD EDITION of " WHITEFRIARS;' OR, THE DAYS OF CHARLES THE SECOND. IS NOW READY AT ALL THE LIBRARIES. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street, Now ready, at ail the Libraries, in 3 vois., II A TSWOR—TII; OR, THE ROMANCE OF A WEEK. Edited by R. PLI.J3IER WARD, Esq. Author of " Tremaine," " De Vere," &c. " Every one will read Chatsworth,' for it Is a work so novel in Its design, so excellent in its general execution, as to be certain to ina:.e an impression upon the public mind. The Author blends; in one work the ideal beauty of Tieck, the ever fresh simplicity anti charming nature of Boccacio and the sparkling descriptions of the manners of this age of; Mrs. (lore, amidst much to move our wonder and admiration."—Court Journal. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW WORK by the Author of "HENRY DE POMEROY," " WHITEHOODS," " TRELAWNEY," &c. Just ready, in 3 vols., post Bvo., COURTENAY of WALREDDON. A ROMANCE OF TIIE WEST. , - By Mrs. BRAY. Author of " Henry de Pomeroy," "Whltehoods," &c. " How hard It is to hide the sparks of nature! These boys know little they are sous to the King ; Nor Cymbeline dreams that they are alive."—Shakspeare. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, MARCH 13, Will be performed the Oper a o f GUILLAUME TELL. Arno'd, M. Dupre:, Gessler, Mr. G. Horncastle; William Tell, Mr. Stret on ; Lutern, Mfillle. Albertazzi; Matilda, 31iss Romer; Martha, hiss tietts, Aftr . Will be repeated Albert's ev e lebra which ted Ballet of THE BEAUTY OF (THEN l'. Marquis de San Lucar, M. Albert ; Bene.dct, M. Hoguet Vestris; Beatrix, Mdlle. Fleury ; Agnes, Mdlle Clara Webster; Julia, aflame Petit Stephan; Diana, Mdlle. O'Bryan. Dress Boxes 75., Second ,PSice 33. tid. ; Upper Carries of Boxes 55., S .cond Price 35.; Pit econd Price 'ls.; 11 dal Gallery 25.. Second Price Is.; Upper Gallery Is., Second Price tid. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mit. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LESSER. EVENI NG, 13, Will be prnduced a y New l'etite Musical Drama, called DER NECHT TEUFEL. Baron Gillestern, Mr. Strickland ; Oscar, Mr. Howe; Baroness, Mrs. Glover; Matilda, Miss P. Horton ; Ca. roline, Miss Julia Bennett. After which, FOREIGN AFFAIRS; or, The Court o f Mr. QtnenCo St unt . Louis, Mdame W eb st Baran titzst out ßarone z' Strickland ; Sir James Cou a rtall, Mr. ster; :s Fitzstoutz, Mrs. Humby. After the Drama, Mr. JOHN PARRY will s i ng " M ama i s so very Partieular,"accompanving himself cn the Grand Pi , noforte. Atter which will be repeated JOSEPHINE; or, The Fortune of War. Guillot, Mr. Buckstone • Josephine, Mrs. Fitzwilli To conclude with th e Farce o fi TOM NODDY'S SECRET. Mr Thomas Noddy, Mr: Strickland ; Inkpen. Mr. Buckstone ; Ga brielle, Miss Julia Bennett; Mary, Miss Mattley. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, ss. ; Pit :!s. ; Gallery, 25.; Upper Gallery, Is. Half-price —Boxes3B. ; P it 25.; Gallery, Is. ; Uppe r Gallery, 6d. Doors op ened at Half.past Six, and the Performance commence at Seven. Tickets and Places to be had of Mr I. T. Archer, at the Box office, from Ten till Five. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. , MARCH , Wi'l be performed THlS THE EVENING ANGE L OF THE 13 ATTIC, in which Messrs. Walton, Walter Lacy, and Madame Eugenie Prosper will perform. I o which will be added GONE TO TEXAS, in which Mr. and Mrs. Keely willperform. After which, a New Petite Comedy, called AGED FORTY. Sir Harry Wilder, Mr. Walter Lacy ; Mr Dapper, Mr. Oaten ; Lady Clifton, Miss Fortescue. To be followed by a New Farce, in Ore Act, entitled THE YOUNG SCAMP; or My Grandmother's Pet. Joseph, Mrs. Keeley; Mildew, Mr. Keeley. To conclude with a New Grand Ballet, entitled LEOLA; or, the May-day Bride. Patrick, Mr. Chicheley; Phenol; Mr. Gilbert ; Rhona, Miss Charleton ;- Leola, Miss Bailin. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, MARCH 13, Will be repeated, by permission of Charle s Di c k ens , E sq., THE R CHRISTMAS CAOL. Principal Characters—Messrs. 0. Smith, Wright, Lyon, Maynard, Forman, Miss Woolgar. Mrs. F. Mathews, Miss Chaplin, and alias Lee. To be followed by ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA MARRIED AND SETTLED. Antony, Mr. Wright; Cleopatra, Miss Woolgar. After which, ULRICA ; or, 'The Prisoner of State. Principal Characters—Messrs. Lyon, 0. Smith, Maynard, Forman, Wieland, and Hamilton ; Mesdames Yates, D. Lee and Chaplin. To conclude with DEEDS OF DREADFUL NOTE. Timid, Mr. Wright; Fright, Mr. Forman; Mrs. Fright, Miss Emma Stanley. Boxes. 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery. Is. ; Second price at Nine. Doors open at Half-past Six, commence at Seven o'Clock. DAY !DOE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING, MARCH 13, Will be performed a New Drama, entitl z d THE L A ST SHIL. LING, supported by all the Company. After which, DON JUAN; or, The Feast of the Spectre. To be followed by CRAMOND BRIG. To conclude with Three Comic Sceues from HARLEQUIN GRAMMAR. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box.. o lice, from Eleven to Four. TO CORRESPONDENTS. The letter addressed in June 2, 1836, to an agricultural asso ciation in a midland county, has been received, but we shall not be able to find room for it. THE WEATHER.-SuN OFFICE, MARCH 12 THERMOMETER, Lowest, 33 ; Highest, 52 ; Noon, 39. BAROMETER, 29.6.—W1ND, W. NOTE.—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 TH:S DAY. Morning .. 25 minutes after 8 I Evening .. 13 minutes aster 9. - U I • 0, 4 vh .4 4 ,re , ririp • •••• 41' • MOS •'''• • bßou • • atitilM LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1844 -..--- No business of importance was done in the Lords. In the Commons the Epsom and South-Western Railway Bill, and the Croydon and Epsom Railway Bill, were read a second time, and ordered to be committed. In answer to several questions from Mr. GILL, Mem ber for Plymouth, relative to the arrest of two officers of the 74th Regiment, now in Devonport, the arrest having continued for eight months, Sir 11. HARDINGE stated that one of them had been placed under arrest, being a junior officer, for carrying a challenge to a superior officer, which the latter had accepted, both having thus violated their duty. As a new measure was in contemplation with regard to such challenges, the Commander in Chief had allowed the arrest to con tinue for the time mentioned, but meant to release them after a suitable admonition. Mr. COBDEN moved for a Select Committee to inquire into the effects of protective duties on imports upon the interest of the tenant-farmers and farm labourers. In introducing the subject he said such a Committee as he called for was generally granted, and he had the more confidence that it would be granted in this in stance because he intended,-in case his motion should be agreed to, only to call persons connected with agricul ture. His object was to prove that what was called protection was delusive and injurious to the farmers. He illustrated this simple fact by various arguments and proofs, and left no doubt on the minds of impartial hearers that what was called protection to tenant farmers and labourers, meant only monopoly to the landowers. Mr. GLADSTONE opposed the motion in a long speech, Mr. VILLIERS, Mr. BRIGHT, and several other Members followed, when the House divided, and the motion was negatived by a majority of 91. The other Orders of the Day having been disposed of, the House adjourned at Half-past One o'Clock. A desultory conversation took place in the House of Lords, on M on d ay, on the subject of an anti-corn-law peti tion from the county of Somerset, in the course of which the Duke of NVELuisoTow, anxious—as in the memorable case of Mr.Husittssote s forced retirement from office—that there " should be no mistake," took the opportunity of repeating his opinions on t h e subject of the present corn laws. As his language on this occasion was singularly emphatic and explicit, we qu o t e hi s own words, as we y find them in our Parliamentary rep or t, f or we foresee that they will give rise to much stringent comment at the next meeting of the League :—All I can say is," observed the Noble and Gallant Duke, " I have not at all changed my opinion on the subject of the petition which has this night been brought under consideration. I voted for the existing corn-law, and I earnestly recom mend your L or d s hip s to leave it as it is. —(Cheers.) That is what I recommend to your Lordships, and to maintain the system which it is the object of that corn law to carry into execution." Just in the same spirit in which his Grace here expresses himself respecting the bread-tax, he expressed himself in the memorable year 1830 respecting Reform. He entreated their Lordships to allow of no alteration in the constitution of the House of Commons ; the representation was as perfect as it could possibly be ; and therefore he " earnestly re commended" that it should be left in this state unrivalled perfection. And what was the con sequence of his Grace's " earnest" entreaty ? Why ust this—that not four months afterwards a clamour for Parliamentary Reform rose from one end of the kingdom to the other; and, notwithstanding the Duke's "earnest" entreaties, the House of Lords were com pelled to consent to the Bill that deprived them for ever of their unconstitutional influence Os er the Commons ! Is it not just possible that his Grace's " earnest " en treaties respecting the corn-laws may be attended with a like result ? and that it may provoke an indignant spirit throughout the country that may sweep the bread tax at once and for ever from the statute-book ? If w e may judge from the past, we should inter that nothing was more likely than such an occurrence, and greatly should we be delighted to find that the Duke had become, however reluctantly and unconsciously, a second time our sterling benefactor. Of one thing his Grace may rest assured —namely, that it is no longer in his power, nor in that of any Minister of the Crown, to check the progress of the anti-corn-law agitation, no matter how " earnest" may be his convictions on the subject, nor how great his influence over the opinions and votes of their Lordships. The movement must pro ceed—the question must continue daily and weekly to gain an increased impetus, until it is brought to a satisfactory termination. It is not the passions merely of the people that are enlisted in the cause, but their judgment—their cool, deliberate, unprejudiced understanding. When, therefore, the Duke of RICHMOND accuses the League--as he did last night in the House of Lords—of appealing to the inflammable feelings of the multitude, he makes an accusation for which he has not the slightest warrant; fox this great national confederacy has no need to resort to any such appeals; its object is rather to calm the passions of those to whom it addresses itself, for it is only during such calm that men's understanding stands a chance of being convinced. But the League, it seems, if we may credit the Noble Duke, not only does its ut most to rouse all the worst and stormiest feelings of the mob ; but, what is infinitely more inexcumble, it " is vulgar to the last degree." It is here the shoe pinches. His Grace of RICHMOND might possibly be induced to overlook its intemperate appeals to the masses ; but he cannot pardon its hopeless, unleavened vulgarity. It does not daintily mince its words, as gentlemen should do ; it does not wrap up the truth in an elegant courtly dis guise ; but speaks what it thinks in the first, plain, straight-forward language that comes uppermost. Moreover, it has no white-waistcoated, kid-gloved Exclusives among its members. It is com posed of men whose bow is far from perfection, and who are by no means diligent in sacrificing to the Graces. For these reasons his Grace, like Thwackum, in Tom Junes, thinks it his duty to "-saddle" the League " with a judgment," and to proclaim to their Lordships, in accents of aristocratic disgust and dismay. his painful conviction that "it is vulgar to the last degree." We have often been curious to know what was the extreme point of vulgarity which it was possible for human nature to attain; and now we find, on the high authority of the Duke of IttcnmoND, that the " last degree"—th e see plus ultra of the vulgar—consists in being a member of the League, and speaking home truths once a w eek at Covent garden. .TONE Y AND COMMERCIAL NE NEV CITY ' TUESDAY EVENING. The English Stock Market did not vary this afternoon, Consols cl9sing flatly at 981 to The Three per Cents. of 1726, were done at 67i. Most of the Foreign Bonds were at the close a shade lower. Spanish Actives brought 25, and the Three per Cents. 35g. Mexican for account were down to 36 and 354. Peruvian were 29 to ; Chilian Deferred, 51 to 50h ; and Buenos Ayres, 38h to 33. The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these :—Birmingham and Gloucester were 15h ; Brighton, 5i ; Blackwail, 10h • Greenwich Preference, ; and North Mid land, 9 to 8 discount. Birmingham and Gloucester New were 3i to 3 ; Eastern Counties Extension, ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 12 to ; Ditto, New, 3h ; Great Western, 36 ; Ditto, Fifths, 7 ; Hull and Selby, 10 ; Lancaster and Carlisle, 24 ; Birmingham, Quarter, 25i ; Guildford Junction, 14 to h ; South Western, 401 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 5 ; Norwich and Brando n , 5 ; North Midland, Thirds, 81 ; outh Eastern Scrip, 10 ; and Yarmouth and Norwich, 7i prem. ; London and Westminster Bank Shares were 5i to prem. The rates of Exchange on most of the continental cities were steadily supported. The following is the official return of the exports of bullion for the week ending Thursday last : Silver Bars to Rotterdam „ Coin to ditto „ „ to China 17,000 „ 91 If to Mauritius ;From The Sun of Last Night ) _ A fair speciihitive and trade demand was experienced for cotton at Liverpool yesterday at steady prices. Sales 5,500 bags, of which 2,060 were on speculation. A very large amount of business was done in Railway Stock :—Birming ham, 831; Chester and Holyhead, 61; Eastern Counties, 11l ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 63 ; Grand Junction, 232 ; Great Western, 113 ; Hull and Selby, 611 ; Bi rm i ng h am, 242 ; 83 ; Midland C ount i es, 94 ; Eastern, 35i ; Ditto N ew , 36 . P ar Brig, ish tandon L 44 yt n ; s , S 2 o l u . t l h 4 a n . ; e s s o t e u r r i t h , It cannot be ascertained with any accuracy the amount of the dissents that have, as yet, been entered in the books now open at the Bank of England, opposing the plan of the Chancellor of the Exchequer for the reduction of the interest upon the Three-and-a-Half per Cents. ; it being etiquette, We think, when en tries have really been made, for the Governor and Deputy Governor of theßank to communicate the fact to the Treasury. Our information of yesterday was strictly correct, as it was no breach of the etiquette referred to to say that no entries had been made. There have been some assents to the plan, as respects the Stock of 1818, and of dissents to the reduction of the interest a in the other Securities embraced in the scheme of conversion. Probaby the real amount of dissentients will be communicated to the House of Commons this evening. However, the success of the plan general is held to be all but certain among practi ca l cap i ta li sts i n the City. The subject has already lost mu c h o f i ts i nterest any difficulty. opinion held th a t th e conversion without in the Stock Exchange, and for the reason s w hi c h we have just zll given, viz., 1' i Z., accomplishedthe There have not been any late arrivals of importance this morning. The Funds have been rather flat to-day. Consols at 98/ to 981 for Money, and at 981 for Account. Exchequer Bills have realised 70s. to 725. premium, and India Bonds 88s. to 90s. premium. The New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 102* to 1021. There is very little doing. The Com missioners have taken Consols at 988. The Foreign Market has been also a little fl a t, an d we quote some of the stocks lower. Spanish A c ti ves are 25* ; the Passives, 6* ; and the Three per Cents., 3 5 / 1 to 351. The proposed capitalisation o f the arrears of interest on the Actives into a new Three per Cent. Stock, makes the market no better, as it is not likely Spain can yet pay so much with regularity. Portuguese Converted are 46i to 461; Mexican have been down to 351 to 36 for the Actives, and to 141 to 14* for the Deferred. Colombian Stock has receded to 141 to 14*. Peruvian, owing to the accounts from Lima of the disturbed state of the Republic, have dropped to 29* and 29. The Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are firm, at 57 to 57*. There is not quite so much doing in Railway Shares, but they are well supported on the whole. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 11.—The market continues very good, and prices generally better. The trans— actions of the day are—Bristol and Exeter, 72 ; Eastern Coanges Registered, 131; Ditto Perpetual, IL 9 s . 10d .; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 621; Manchester and Birmingham, 45* ; Sheffield and Manchester, 71 ; Barnsley Junction, 31; CLOSING PRICES. South Western Eighths, 4* and 5. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock , Indian Stock — pm. m per Cent. Red 'Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent. Cons. . ...... .. 98% , Ditto Oh Annuities N per Cent. Red — ,Ditto New Annuities... New 3% per Cent 102% Ex. Bills, 1,0001. INd... pm- New 5 per Cent........ Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small ........ Jan. 1860 Bank Stock for Acct.... Oct. 1859 — IConsols for Acct. 96% Jan. 1860 lndia Stock for Acct.... FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per Cent .... ..... ..... Portuguese, 5 per Cent — Belgian, 5 per Cent — Ditto New Ditto — Brazilian Bonds ........»..... Prussian, 5 per Cent .. Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent... 38 Russian, 5 per Cent Chllian, 6 per Cent ...... ...... Di t t o, Metallic Colombian, 6 per Cent ' Ditto, 1854 ...... .... ....... ....... Ditto, li per Cent 3i % Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent 93 Ditto, Deferred Danish, 3 per Cent .... ....... —• ;French, 5 ver Cent....... —f —c. Greek, 18.5, 5 per Cent — :Exchange —f. —.c. Mexican, 5 per Cent Ditto, 6 per Cent., 1837. ;Dutch ' 2% per Cent 57% Peruvian, 1825,6 per Cent... 'Ditto, 5 per Cent lO2 SHARES. 5 8 5 13 Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid) Ditto New (17% d a id) Edinburgh and Glasg ow (5 0 pa i d) .......... ..... 62 Ditto Quarter Shar es (1 5 % paid) Great Western (75 paid) Ditto Fifths (12 paid) l9 Hull and Selby (50 id) 6O Lancaster and Carlisle ( 5 paid) 7% London and Brighton 50 paid) t% London and Blackwahl (161.135. 4dt) London and Birmingham (Stock) Ditto New Quarters ( 2 paid) 27% London and Greenwi c h (1 24 15s. ad. pa id) Lo U nd it o to n , a P n r d ef so ere u n th ee N o v r o P t Privilege /. 13i. 1 7s. 2d paid) pd London and Guildford Junction ( 5 paid) Manchester and Birmi ng h am ys Norwich and Brandon( 2 paid) 7 North Midland (100 p a id) 9) Di to Thirds (AL 13s. 4d.) 3O (6,101.) 18 6:i 89 South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) Ditto Scrip (25 paid) 3.5% Yarmouth and Norwich (16 paid) COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—(YESTERDAY.) Amsterdam CF. 12 6 Gibraltar Ditto, at sight l2 4 Leghorn 3O 65 Rotterdam 2U. 12 6 Genoa 26 Antwerp 26 Miln — L/amburgh M.B. 13 15 01 Venice 47 Altona l4 oi, Naples ........ .......... 384 -- ,--' - .ht 25 7" al, - .. 1171 Paris, 3 days' sig' 5 Ditto, 3 months 25 95 Marseilles Bourdeaux 25 Frankfort on Maine 122 Petersburgh, 3Us 36i Berlin 7 Vienna, effec. fl. 3 M 958 Trieste, ditto Madrid 363 Cadiz Bilbao 36 Barcelona 36 Seville Palermo, per oz Lisbon. 534 Oporto s3i Rio Janeiro 23 Bahia 23 Buenos Ayres — NewYork,2ldys sight Philadelphia — PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold, bars....£3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5 New Doubloons..... 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 9g Silver in Bars 0 4 11A The Newcastle and Darlington Railway is ex pected to be opened from the formerplace to Durham on the lit of April, itu d throughout-on the lit of July. 'SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Vubitt Optaton. " Who runs may read." POILEIGN. Owing to the severity of the weather the Paris mail of Sunday has not reached town. On Friday the King of the French presided at a Cabinet Council, which lasted for an hour. His Majesty afterwards took a ride in his carriage. The appeal of the National to the Cour Royale, against the decision of the Police Correctionnelle, by which the re sponsible editor was condemned to imprisonment, and ordered to pay a tine of 4,000 f. and 6,000 f. damages, for a libel upon M. de Lespe, was heard on Friday. The judgment was confirmed. In a will bequeathing property to a large amount, respect ing which a suit is now pending before the Cour Royale, there is the following clause which, it appears, is not disputed : " My express desire being that none of the domestic animals which shall belong to me at my death shall be either sold or abandoned, I apply to the person who shall have charge of them the annual sum of 750 f. for each horse, 150 f. for each dog, and 75f. for each cat, so long as they shall live." The Armoricain of Brest, of the 7th states, that a telegra phic dispatch has just been received by the Maritime Prefect, to urge on the preparations for the departure of the Ariane, and to fit her up to receive anAdmiral on board; her destina tion is supposed t,, be to Otaheite. A fire having on Thursday evening broken out in a chim ney of No. 16, Rue Poissouniere, M. Victor Lagrange, who was in the house, got on the roof to close the top of the chim ney with wet blankets, and thus stop the current of air. He succeeded perfectly, and the fire died, but as the unfortunate young man was descending his foot slipped, and he fell from ,rne roof on the pavement b e l o w, a h e i g h t o f s i x s t or i es . Wh en Mken up immediately after, he was dead. About ten minutes past two, on the morning of the 24th ult., an earthquake was felt at Barcelonetta. The sensation was like that produced by the passing of a heavily-laden waggon quickly over a paved road, and was sufficiently strong to rouse many of the inhabitants from their sleep. A letter from Presburg (Hungary), dated 27th ult., says: —" Arad has been inundated. In the morning of the 15th enormous blocks of ice from the Maros came down and accu mulated to a vast length on both sides the bridge. In the afternoon the water got over the embankments in several places, and at the same time entered the town by two chan nels. The bells were rung and the drums beat in alarm. By night many of the streets were underwater. On the 16th all the shops remained closed. At two in the afternoon of that day the ice below the bridge began to give way, and at five completely broke up and dispersed. The waters of the Seine continue to subside, and it is ex pected that the river will have reached its ordinary level in four or five days. A considerable quantity of wine in the cellars at Bercy has been destroyed by the inundation, the vaults having in several cases given way and crushed in the casks. LAW AND POLICE. Mr. Reed, of Ipswich, the owner of the Colina brig, which was stated to have been wilfully sunk off the coast of Holland according to an arrangement between him and the captain of that vessel, was bailed by two gentlemen at the Mansion house, in the sum of 5001. each, and his own surety to the amount of 1,0001., to appear for re-examination, when the witnesses shall have arrived. Captain Simpson, who was ap prehended by Daniel Forrester, remains in the Compter. The prosecution is at the instance of the Alliance Marine office, whose solicitors are Messrs. Pearce, Bolger, Phillips, and Hinckworth. Henry Smith Evans was brought up at the same office in the custody of Daniel Forrester, charged with having written two letters to Mr. Hutchinson, the Deputy-Chairman of the Stock Exchange, demanding by what authority the com plainant insulted him, and threatening, if satisfaction were not given, to post Mr. Hutchinson as a poltroon and a coward in the Exchange and in the Reform Club. He was required to find bail. Mrs. Earnshaw and Miss Wells, the lady shoplifters, who were lately charged with having stolen a gold watch, two gold pencil-cases, two finger-rings, and a brooch, and other articles, from the shops of various jewellers, were brought up at the Guildhall for further examination. Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Humphreys attended on behalf of the prisoners, who con cealed their faces to weep, and seemed more sensible of their position than before. Mrs. Earnshaw, it is understood, had a fortune of 20,0001. when she was married, half of which was settled on herself and issue. They were remanded till the let of April. George Lawrence, a young man of respectable appearance, was committed from the same office, for robbing several jewellers' shops of watches. Sir Simon Clarke, Bart., residing at Oakhill, East Barnet, was charged at Marylebone, by Mr. May, Secretary to the National Animals' Friend Society, E x et er H a ll and Mark lane, upon two summonses obtained against him, one of which was for cruelly ill-treating and torturing a horse, and the other for assaulting Henry Mander May, an officer belonging to the said Society. The cruelty consisted in driving a horse with a wound under its collar; and the assault was the consequence of the officer's interference. The charge of assault was not pressed, but Sir Samuel was fined 40s. for the cruelty. _ _ COURT-PASNIONABLE. The Duke of has quite recovered from the effects of his recent accident. The Marquis and Marchioness of Douglas are prolonging their stay at Holyrood House. The Dowager Lady Holland received a small party, on Sunday evening, in Great Stanhope-street. Lord and Lady Holland are still in Florence, where his Lordship is resident Minister. The Dowager Countess of Listowel and Miss Brooke are expected to return to Eaton-place at the close of the week, from Brighton, where they have been passing the winter. The Earl and Countess of Fingal, and Lady E. Plunkett, have arrived at Rome, and they intend to pass the season on the Continent. The Earl and Countess of Limerick continue in seclusion at Southill Park. The family are not expected in Mansfield street till after the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Brinsley Sheridan are expected to leave Lord Seymour's mansion in Spring-gardens at the close of the week for Frampton Park, Dorsetshire. Mr. Charles Sheri dan, brother to Lady Seymour and to Mr. Sheridan, is un derstood to have inherited the greater part of the fortune of his late uncle, Mr. Charles B. Sheridan. The contemplated alliance between Lord Newport, M.P., eldest son of the Earl of Bradford, and the Hon. Miss Selina Forester, sister to the Countess of Chesterfield and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, is expected to be solemnised at the close of the present month or early in April. The wedding trousseau of the noble bride elect will, it is said, be superb. PaXSCELL.a.NMOITS. A meeting of parochial delegates was held on Monday, at the Marylebone Court-house, for the purpose of taking into consideration the Bill now before Parliament for the Amend ment of the Poor-law Act. A series of resolutions condemn• ing the alleged interference of the proposed Bill with the af fairs of parishes under local Acts, was passed, and a Com - mittee appointed to wait upon Sir J. Graham on the subject. A statement has appeared in some West'bf England jour nals, that the packets are to be removed from Southampton to Plymouth. The place of rendezvous is named, and even the time of removal is stated to be in July next. There is no ground for such a statement, nor is it probable that any change will take place till the Railway from Exeter to Ply mouth is completed. The mail-box which was missing when the Overland Mail of last month arrived at the General Post-office has since been received, and its contents delivered. During the last month the number of passengers between France and England, who embarked from and landed at Bou logne, amounted to 2,545. At Calais the number during the same period NMI 969. Of the 2,545 passing by Boulogne 1,882 crossed to and from Folkestone ; 263 to and from Dover ; and 400 direct to and from London. A Tory paper asserts that there is no truth in the report that in the event of her Majesty's purchasing a residence in the Isle of Wight, Government would introduce a Bill to Par - 'lament, to dispose of the Pavilion at Brighton. The Newry Examiner states that Lord Wharncliffe is to succeed Lord de Grey as Lord-Lieutenant, and that Lord Langdale is to be the new Irish Chancellor, as successor to Sir Edward Sugden, who is still suffering from indisposition. Robert. Houlihan and Patrick Nunan, for the murder of Mr. Patrick Shine, are under sentence of execution at the county gaol of Limerick, on Friday next. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert walked in the royal gardens of Buckingham Palace yesterday forenoon. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode ont on horseback yesterday. His Royal Highness, attended by Sir Edward Bowater, Equerry in Waiting, paid a visit to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent at her residence, Clarence House, St. James's. - Viscountess Jocelyn has succeeded Lady Portman as the Lady in Waiting on the Queen. The Marquis of Ormondc has succeeded Lord Byron as the Lord in Waiting on her Majesty ; and Sir Frederick Stovin has succeeded Admiral Sir Robert Otwav, as the Groom in Waiting on her Majesty. Their Royal highnesses the Prince of Wiles and the Princess Royal were taken an airing yesterday, in the royal gardens. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and Lady Fanny Howard, Lady in Waiting, dined with her Majesty and Prince Albert, at Buckingham Palace, yesterday evening. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert did Mr. Moon the honour to inspect the finished proof of Mr. Don's line engraving from the portrait of his 'Royal Highness by Mr. Partridge, in the uniform of the 11th Hussars, which was highly approved, and gracious permission given that it should be dedicated to her Majesty. At the same time her Majesty commanded that the engraving in line by Mr. J. H. Robinson, of the portrait of her Majesty, should be dedicated to his Royal Highness Prince Albert. The Ecclesiastical Commission had a meeting yesterday afternoon at the Office in Whitehall-place. The Comniis sioners present were the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Bangor, the Bi s h op o f Chester, the Bishop of Hereford, the Bishop of Lichfield, the Bishop of Llandatr, the Bishop of Peterborough, the Lord President of the Council, the Earl of Besborough, the Earl of Chichester, the Earl of Harrowby, the Right Hon. H. Hob house, the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, and the Dean of Westminster. A Deputation of the Aborigines Protection Society, had an interview with Lord Stanleyyesterday at the Colonial -office to present a memorial on the subject of the Aboriginesgenerally, and with special reference to those of New Zealand. The Depu tation consisted of Dr. Hodgkin, Rev. J. Burnett, Mr. Henry Christy, Mr. J. Bell, Mr. A. Braithwaite, the Chevalier Dil lon, Mr. R. Young, Mr. A. B. Wright, Mr. Hatswell, and the Rev. J. J. Freeman Piri Kaw-an, a New Zealand chief, also accompanied the Deputation. - - FREE TRADE.---A number of inhabitants of Crip plegate Within assembled on Monday, at 68, Cheapside, for the purpose of forming a Free-trade Registration Society, Mr. Frost in the chair. Mr. Thomas Kirby moved, "That the meeting adopting the recommendation of the Metropolitan Anti-Corn-law League, do resolve itself into an associa tion, under the name of ' The Free-trade Registration As sociation, for the Ward of Cripplegate Without.' " Mr. Richard Tweedale seconded the resolution, which was carried. unanimously. Mr. Strood moved the appointment of a com mittee. Mr. Shee seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. The Rev. Dr. Warneford has presented a donation of 5001. towards the erection of a collegiate chapel in con nexion with the Queen College at Birmingham, an institu tion on which her Majesty has been graciously pleased to confer a royal charter of incorporation. The Rev. J. Wool ley, Fellow and late Dean of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, has been elected the resident warden. FIRE IN FLEET-STREET.---On Monday morning shortly before eleven o'clock, a fire occurred in the front cellar of Anderton's Hotel, Fleet -street. The cellarman, in taking down a candle, for the purpose of decanting some wine, accidentally let fall a spark among the straw, which instantly ignited, avid spread considerably before it was ex tinguished. Mr. Braidwood reports the damage as fol lows :—" Burnt and damaged two casks of wine, wood par titions, and joists of ground-floor in the front cellar severely scorched." LAW INTELLIGENCE. TIOUSE OF LORDS, lrqrrh 12. The House sat to-day to hear appeal.;. The Peer 6 were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, Lord Cottenham, Lord Campbell, and Lord Kenyon. THE DUKE OF BF-AUFORT v. TAYLOR, NEELD, AND OTHERS. This case 'came before their Lordships upon appeal from the decision of Lord Cottenham, when Lord Chancellor. The principal question in the case was, whether in the exchange of certain lands between the Duke of Beaufort and Mr. Neeld, a certain wood in Wiltshire, called Durnley Gorse, was in cluded? The Noble Duke contended that it was not; that his land-steward, Mr. Wedge, was not authorised by him to part with that portion of his land, and that, there fore, he was not bound by his acts. On the other hand, it was contended that the acts of Mr. Widge were the acts of the Duke, and that he was bound to abide by them. The Vice-Chancellor of England, when the case came before him, was of opinion that the Duke was not bound by the acts of his land-steward, and ordered accordingly, and from that de cision the parties appealed to Lord Cottenham, then Lord Chancellor, who discharged the orders of the Court below, and from that decision the present appeal was brought.' The Solicitor-General, Mr. Loftus Lowndes, and Mr. Camp bell, were counsel for the appellants, and Mr. Bethell and Mr. Parry appeared for Mr. Neck!. The arguments occupied their Lordships the whole of the day. VICE-CHAN'CELLOR'S COURT, March 12. The Vice-Chancellor of England did not sit in his Court to-day, in consequence of Mr. Bethel' being engaged in the House of Lords. SHERIFFS' COURT, March 12. (Before Under-Sheriff BURCIIELL and a Common Jury.) At the sitting of the Court this morning, the following un defended cases were disposed of. In each case verdicts for the plaintiffs were given :—Hudson v. Murray, Shaw v. Wil liams, Spragg v. Atkinson, Taylor v. Burrage, Yarndall v. Lass, Byrne v. Mills, Teddie v. Pratt. SECONDARIES' COURT, March 12. (Before Secondary KENNEDY and a Common Jury.) DANN V. TREMALNE. CAUTION TO TRADESMEN.-Mr. Medina, a solicitor, ap peared for the plaintiff; Mr. Thomas for the defendant. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a ladies' shoe maker, residing in Charles-street, Soho, to recover from the defendant, a married woman, the stun of 3/. Bs. 6d., for goods sold and delivered. The question was whether Mrs. Tremaine was a married woman or not, at the time the debt was in curred, and even supposing she was a married woman at the time, that under the peculiar circumstances in which the debt was incurred, the plaintiff was entitled to a verdict. Mr. Pails, clerk to the parish of All Souls, Marylebone, produced the register of the marriage of the defendant to her husband, in the year 1831. They were married by license, she being a minor at the time. Mr. T. M. Watkins, Mrs. Tremaine's brother, proved several letters written by the defendant's husband, and ac knowledging the debt. Mrs. Tremaine was not living with her husband. He was at present residing, and has resided for some time past, in New York. He believed that he did not allow her anything for her maintenance, or for that of her children. Robert Bell, an accountant, examined—He served a copy of the writ on the defendant, at her residence, 6, Randolph street, Camden-town. He gave her the writ, and she said, " I am a married woman now ; I have been married since I had the goods." Mr. Medina addressed the jury for the plaintiff, and con tended that, under the circumstances which had been de tailed in evidence, the plaintiff was entitled to their verdict. The SECONDARY differed from the view taken by the soli citor for the defendant. He admitted the case was one of considerable hardship to tradesmen, but they should ascer tain who were the parties to whom they were supplying goods. A married woman was not liable at law for goods supplied to her. The jury, who coincided in the view of the case taken by the Secondary, gave a verdict for the defendant. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—Ourham, March 7. (Before Mr. Baron ROLFE and a Special Jury.) TOPIIA.II AND WIFE V. M'GREGOR AND WIFE. This was an issue out of Chancery, to try the validity of a will, executed in favour of Mrs. Topham by her former hus band, Mr. Wrightson. The peculiar nature of the case, and the large amount of property depending on its decision, have excited very great interest in this county. The Court was crowded at an early hour. Mr. Knowles, Mr. Wortley, and Mr. Addison, appeared for the plaintiffs ; Mr. Fitzroy Kelly (who had been brought down specially in this case), Mr. Martin, and Mr. Crompton conducted the case for the defendant. Mr. KiiownEs stated the case for the plaintiffs. They were, he said, called upon to vindicate their claim to certain property, to which Mrs. Topham had become entitled under the will of her former husband, a Mr. Wrightson. The case was a very important one, not only on account of the amount of the pmperty, though that was considerable, but on account of other considerations, and other and still higher interests involved in its issue. The cause must necessarily be a long one; but it would not, he was assured, be to the jury a tedi ous one, as every point would receive at their hands a full and patient consideration. The testator, Mr.Wrightson, was the son of an attorney, but he himself, for some time, at all events, before his death, was of no particular profession, though in his earlier years he had held a commission in the North York Militia. He resided at Haughton, in the neighbour hood of Darlington. He had no children, and his mode of life, from his limited means and other circumstances, was necessarily quiet and retired. While there he became ac quainted with Mr. Newborn, a solicitor at Darlington. Mr. Wrightson's sister, now Mrs. M'Gregor, and one of the de fendants in this cause, had been acquainted with Mr. New born long before, and it was through her that the introduc tion took place. The acquaintance, however, between M r . Mewburn and the testator never became intimate. It con tinued, indeed, strictly of a professional character—that merely of solicitor and client. In the summer of 1829 Mr. Wrightson removed to the town of Darlington itself, and towards the end of that year a circumstance took place which made a very great difference in his circumstances and pros pects. There died in that year a lady of the name of Garth, who resided at Cockerton, near Darlington, and by her will she bequeathed to Mr. Wrightson a very considerable pro perty. This was the Ist of December, 1829, and immediately after her death, indeed that very day, lr. Wrightson removed to Cockerton, and he resided there until the following year, when he died. Mrs. Garth at her death had in the house a very large stun, amounting to about 4,0001. in notes and gold, aid the immediate removal of Mr. Wrightson to Cockerton was thought necessary for the purpose of protecting the property. At Cockerton, Mr. Wrightson found two persons who had for a great many years been in the service of Mrs. Garth— George Hind, who acted as bailiff, and Jane Fenny, who had been a servant. These persons. had been left each a consider able legacy in Mrs. Garth's will, and they continued to dis charge the same duties as before in the household of Mr. Wrightson. As a necessary consequence of so large an ac • cession of property, Mr. Wrightson had occasion more fre quently to consult his att orne y. Th ere was t h e pro b ate of Alit Garth's will to take out, certain rents of which Mrs. Garth was only tenant for life to be apportioned, and various other business to transact. Among other matters were two estates, one the Newhall and Fowlaw farm, which on Mrs. Garth's death came to Mr. Wilkinson, the pleader, of the Temple ; and another, Buttstield, the reversion of which was in a Mr. Grev t ille. Application was made to Mr. Mew burn by Mr. Wilkinson for his deeds, and after some corre spondence (which the Learned Counsel read in detail), it was arranged that Mr. Mewburn should at an early day go over to Cockerton, and examine and arrange all the deeds belonging to Mrs. Garth's estate. On the 26th of December Mr. Mewburn wrote to Mr. Wrightson, saying, that if he had no engagement Mr. Mewbum would have the pleasure of coming over on the Tuesday following, spending the day, and going through the deeds. Mr. Wrightson, at a former in terview, had requested he would, when he came out, dine with him, and take a long day at this business. To this letter Mr. Mewburn received a reply, stating that Mr. and Mrs. Wrightson would have great pleasure in seeing Mr. Mewburn, as they had no engagement. On the 29th Mr. Mewbum went over to Cockerton. He was engaged the whole day in the examination of the deeds. He stayed din ner and tea, and in the after part of the evening some conver sation, the subject being introduced by Mr. Wrightson, took place about his making a will. It was by no means an im probable occasion for such an idea to occur to him. The late death of Mrs. Garth, and the occupation in which they had just been engaged naturally suggested it to him. It -was natural, too, that in making such an arrangement, his wife should be the principal object of his bounty. Except his sister, Mrs. M'Gregor, lie had no immediate relation. She was married, she had no children, she resided at a distance, and there had not been between her and her brother any great cor diality. Wben the subject of the will was first mentioned, Mr.. Mewburn thought it would of course be one of considerable length, from the limitations usually introduced in such cases where property to so considerable an amount was to be disposed of. Mr. IN rightson, however, said it would be very short, as he intended to leave all to his wife. The Learned Counsel then went on to state the mode in which the will was executed, as subsequently detailed by Mr. Mewbum. It was attested by Mr. Mewburn, and the two servants, George Ilind and Jane Fenney. Mr. Wrightson died in December, 1830, and Mrs. 'Wrightson entered into possession. In 1831 she became the wife of Mr. Topham and the two persons, Fenney and Hind, continued in her service fur a considerable time. Year after year passed away, and it never occurred to any one to throw any doubt on the validity of Mr. Wright son's disposition of his property until so late as the year 1842, when a bill was filed by the present defendants. Mrs. M'Gregor, formerly Cordelia Wrightson, was married to Mr. M'Giegor a year or two before the making of the will, and had for many years resided in Edinburgh. When a party files a bill of this sort in the Court of Chancery, he is, as a matter of course, entitled to an issue, and the validity of the will is l e ft t o b e decided by a jury. There would be two main points in this case ; one was the will signed by the testator in the presence of three witnesses. On this point they would have the evidence of Mr. Mewbtu;n, the first attesting witness. If the other witnesses to the will were called to give other testimony, lie would again have to address them, and to comment upon that evidence. The second point would be, was the testator capable of making a will? He hardly thought his Learned Friend Mr. Kelly, after the evidence that would be laid before them, would deny his capability, though it might perhaps be sought to I show that some considerable time after the rule was made, and in the latter part of the year 1830, he bad in some de wgrenenld a fallenleNto t he t habits case in h of itnteoixr hands, icat ion a n I d for In the the m meantime he present detain them no longer, especially as, in all probability before the case closed, he would be under the necessity of again addressing them. Evidence to the effect stated by the Learned Counsel was then given, and the Court adjourned. March 8. The case was resumed this morning, the interest continu ing unabated. The case for the plaintiffs closed with the examination of a few more witnesses. Mr. KELLY then addressed the jury for the defendants, impeaching the validity of the will, on the ground that it was signed by the attesting witnesses, while it was a blank merely; and secondly, that the testator signed it while in a state of unsound mind from continual intoxication ; and that, in short, the making of the will was the result of a conspi racy between Mr. 'lopham and his wife, and Mr. Mewburn, their law agent. Evidence at great length was given in support of the state ment of the Learned Counsel, and the Court again adjourned. March 9. This morning the further evidence in the case for the de• fendants was resumed. Sarah Pattenson was called,who deposed that Mr.Wright son was almost always drunk, and that on the day the will was said to have been made she drove him out in a pony gig, and that he said to her that he wished to get away from the. quill-driver (Mr. Mewburn) and Mrs. Wrightson, who were always teasing him to make a will, but that he would not sign his death-warrant. Other witnesses were called, for the purpose of showing, by inference, that the signature to the will was a fabrication, and that the person who had written the testator's name had done it hesitatingly, and with a slowness itoplying imitation. It was shown on the other hand, that the real signature of the deceased (attached to some notices to quit) partook of the same character. At the close of the defendant's case, Mr. Kalowize replied in an able speech. Ho admitted '. that he felt anxiety, b u t it wa s lest the jury, eh") A doich' prejwlice to influence their minds CO give a 7rer (4 "„„ tDe ,Tli‘e.:t the lionc,lr of Mr. Mewhuril, who had ril• ,:„ w cii.sirateci, for a man of fairer fame cur hi g bet ciple did not exist. If they should decide that his w invalid, it w ou ld h e the first instance within his knr . bo x , d or, he believed within the knowledge of any one le° „ v o f • him, in which a will had been set aside on the testiPe. the witnesses attesting it. If it were believed thatjuneecwasir be persuaded to do so, how dang er mis would be t 1 2....,° o stil quences. Unpri nc ipl e d w it nesses t o a will might ":; l id, the witness of truth was dead, the witness vibe A doss living, mai n t a i n as h onest t h e h onest ac t which be and the property which a testator bad left to those be t og loved in life, and which had for years been eniqe d .. by .by be as his gift and the testimony of his affection , 'we,, e ,to wrested from them on the testimony of those who "7101 invalidate their own act, and to ask for credit frees while they , leclared themselves parties to a fraud. to ol His Lottnsiiii• h av i ng summe d up w ith great Win occupying nearly three hours, • . .„Aies • • The jury, after retiri ng fo ra s h or t time, returned a_. for the plaintiffs. This verdict affirms the validity of the will. POLICE INTELLIGEN CE' (YESTERDAY.) UNION-HALL. bora ) Eight young men, all i n th e wor kh o use garb, " -- c e r gorp• . before Mr. Trail with destroying their clothes in St. workhouse, and also with breaking epen the bread -ro t the The defendant s , w ith 17 others, were admitted m kt se workhouse as casual paupers on the preceding nig ets. early hour in the morn i ng a great no i se an d disturbsev-,_,44 • heard in the ward th e y occup i e d, an d on the P°der ot th there he found the defendants in a state of nuditY, garments in tatters scattered all over the place. e Leede , The defendants, one and all, said they came up ` ° ., ere in quest of employment, but not getting any, they ” dr o.llo duced to destitution, and their clothes being in .l,ers condition from vermin, th e y t ore tk em up to get c" their stead. _y Mr. num. pointed out to the defendants the 8 • 0 7 1 - 40.' thus leaving their homes and roving to a strange" C tie there were so many p ersons a l rea d y ou t o f Ivor'. o e'elw, committed the defendants f or t en d a y s e ach, a Nuts', • which they all seemed well pleased. al ay vf Four men were charged with assaulting the W t . -4 10 the Guildford Barge, and also with attacking the peoc a 'A i dy, they went to the rescue of the female. The 15r 1 ,70 had a severe black eye from a blow by one it "' tlie defendants, for refusing to serve him. W l 2 A e s tUA police were called, the defendants made a detertnin'" upon them, tore their clothes, and committed other ole • The defendants were fined 31. each, or in default of P ll . l committed for a month. CLERKENWELL. tr ofs A man named Fromey was charged with an a sh ersei"' very violent and unpro vo k e d c h aracter, on a pocr w named Smith. l os OP The complainant was standing in Fox-court, Vs 1,111 lane, when the prisoner struck her a violent hlow t • he jit!' jaw, from which s h e s till f e l t great pain. H. tempted to run away, but was taken into custody by an officer of the G Mr. COMBE fin e d th e p r i soner 10 s., or t en days' Isll* . - ment. Not having the money, he was locked up. The case had hardly been disposed of "rhea „ihe iot plainant again came before th e M ag i s t ra t e , and gai. •47; prisoner's mother had just th rea t ene d t o "s e rve • Of:c u f et e: the passage of the C our t. Sh e d ec l are d s h e was "• • her life. This testimony haying been confirmed, Waddino, door ' gaoler, said that mo th er an d son were two of the we" • hie derly characters in their neighbourhood, and that t•bii been frequently before the Court for misconduct. 'O ll , Mr. COMBE ordered her to fi n d b a il, w hich not bei l t i , to procure, she was sent to keep her hopeful son WO • • . MAR YLEBO NE. c,OlO Robert Sivers, a lighterman, was charged' by 0 ""' of 15 Wharf, Paddington, with embezzlement. TlitUr•• • • Mr. Collins stated that he had hired the pr i so ner up t , day last to conv e y a b oa t f u ll o f as h es to a farmer t r uer • Drayton, and paid him 2/., out of which he paid 190. .1 ot io nage, the balance wa s t o h ave pa id t h e f reig ht etbeiet charges. The prisoner, however, did not convey the 7ublic! directed, but left them on th e w h ar f, an d wen t to a.r dlng • house, where he g o t d ran k, an d commence d sign thee money. He (the complainant) gave inforntation lice, and went to the Red Lion, accompanied by C 'ete • . 134 D, when the prisoner said he would be , d . e i ,S a s • he would go to the station-house, and ir l A a t e . • throw the policeman on the ground, but foull'idse, he was overmatched (Callinghan is a powerful ~Irii to.o l4 , all bone and sinew) and received a heavy fall. l o f 4 11 , not have been so roughly handled, had not a mob OP' fellows and soldiers endeavoured to effect a rescue. co er. the prisoner was being taken to th e s t a ti on -house, c er. menced a savage assault upon Callaghan and anothettio stable, Bishop, who came up to assist. He was even lodged in the station-house. gs i/14 Inspector Black said that there was a warrant out l ot, the prisoner for an assault upon a policeman, in but in consequence of his absence from town, he cblh, be taken into custody. Mr. RAWLINSON said h e s h ou ld d ec id e t h e pros— „, lop' and the warrant could stand over. The prisoner I !_ i t ••' • 21. 10s. for the assa u lt on e ith er consta bl e, or in d . " . - • payment to be committed to prison. , • - A MARKET NE WS.—(YESTERm.'.T. ; ITATMANZETS. tie SsirrnnEw.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 21 12 s to 04.71 p ful ditto, 31 5s to- 3/ 10s ; fine Upland ditto, 1/11;' 3/ 16s ; Clover Hay, 3/ t o 51 ; O at S traw, 11 61 to Wheat Straw, 11 8s to 11 lO s p er l oa d. Both and straw moved o ff slowly, a t a b ou t l ast wee k' s . png "*— ," 01 10 '' CumnuaLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay 3/ to 31 lea; to 4 1 ; ditto, 3/ 12s to 31 16 s; fine Upl an d ' ditto, 31 : 161 Clover voleo - Hay, 31 5s to 4/ 16s ; Oat Straw, 1/7s to 119 s; i'; oo tlr Straw, 118 s to 1/ 12s per load. Supply moderatelf 1 and trade rather dull. "11; WnrrEcmApEr..—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2/ 1 0 110.4.0 • useful ditto, 3/ 3s to 3/ lOs ; fine Upland ditto, °` 1181; 31 16s ; Clover Hay, 31 to 5/ ; Oat Straw, 1/ 61 to „,_ ag d : • Wheat Straw, 1/ 8s to 1110 s p er l oa d . A g o od s upPil heavy demand. COLONIAL. 01 . SUGAR.—The market for British Plantation is rather h only about 150 hhds having been sold at barely P li twO:.` rates. The public sales have consisted chiefl' of 7, 57 ' 0 0 0 Mauritius and 2,752 bags Bengal ( c hi e fly w h i te).; the of the former found buyers, but in most instances at .1 .;„ lower prices. The greater Fart of the latter was le', •• • above the value, the remainder sold rather cheaper; : A ra.Of S', FOREION.—There is no change to notice in the val ue of of these descriptio ns ; th e only business done privors l ,4 Of, sists of a cargo of yellow H avanna h ( say 1 , 800 bosom quality, considering the l a t e p er i o d at w hi c h it was a ,l- which has been sold afloat a t 20 s ; h o ld ers, h o w e ver, SOP • main firm, and purch ases canno t b e ma d e a t lower P s t be The quantity of British Pla n t a ti on l an d e d l as t week : 45 bor East and West India D oc k s was 753 hhd s 3 tierces tbdir rels, and there were tak en f or h ome consumption 9311: tierces 36 barrels. The sto c k i n th e same p l aces is3,ow l, 353 tierces 775 barrels. k ' COFFEE.-580 bags Ceylon at auction were disPes - 4 taw 70s 6d to 71s for good ord quality, being an advance :',„ s telif '• • 2s to 3s. There is no material change to notice Pr_ 0 04 ' with the exception of Ceylon Coffee, which has been%.o1 s demand (in consequence of the news by the Overlap Id' very short shipments coming forward) and a large l i d t,07 11 hor s b ond doe, commencing at 68s 6d andending at 7 0 °_,„, 40 kble good ord quality. Nearly all clear descriptions at the high duty, have also been more inquired for (otir ig iv some expected reduction in the duties), but from c ii6,1 15 prices asked, and the want o f p arce l s o ff er i ng , the transt. o rs have been confined to about 1,500 bags good to fine 5 . 11 1110 Java, which have been sold at 40s to 455, being were not previously obtainable. num.—The quantity landed last .week at the re c es and West India Docks w as 176 puns 20 hhds. 111 e Cf: taken for home consumption 136 puns 36 hhds; ported 203 puns 56 hhds. The stock in tie some r 00• ,10u". 10,817 puns 1,756 hhds. A G overnment contrac t for 1 • gallons is advertised to take place on Thursday ne at' •e n lA SALTPETRE. -1,024 bags, at aucti on , we re a ll above the value. RICE.-312 bags were also taken in above the vali d'- • SPICES.-31 chests Cassia Ligne a so ld st ea dily " to 66s for good mid quality. • 410 3* • TALLow,—P. Y. C. is rather firmer, at 40s 6d to per cwt. on the spot; and T own a t 43s 6d per cwt. , A 1 ,, 'rb e THE LAST CAMPAIGN IN AFFGHANIST•'-,..,10, " Narrative of the late victorious Campaign , in A, K g",.:oo o° l •.' under General Pollock," from the pen of Lieut. u re T,lislieu of her Majesty's 31st Regiment, is, we hear, to be I ,ll : nr ocs immediately. The contents of this volume are likely to the most powerfully interesting to the English publi c s i n the ~ present time ; f or w hil e a l most every one has ree l '', o f 00, works of Lady Sal e an d Lieutenant Eyre, the sad t a l,,ea_t• disasters in Affgkanistan , no acco un t has hitherto 1 1 3 1 3 ` - o f S i! the glorious successes which crowned the advaciet va x George Poll oc k' s army. Lieutenant Greenvrood's. 010 0 we understand, an offhand soldi er ' s narrative, wil,l,t; %e ites it contains the most authentic information, warnilY - 0 0 the sympathies of the reader in the numerous stirring and adventures in which the author took part. 00 4 FIRE A T B ARBING .—A n aw f u l fi re is H OW _ Th or at the time of our go i ng to press, at Barking, near .N r. ,,,e‘"; market, the flames of whi c h ma y b e di s ti nc tly seen nched• town. The two S u ff o lk Fi re - o ffi ce ' eng i nes ar e and,the greatest anxiety p reva il s i n I psw i c h.—lPr' - press of Tuesday . BIRTHS. he °r. On the 6th inst., at Heavitree, Devon, the lady of t „ E. On W. the Michell7th i of a son. nst., at St. Bernard -crescent, E.- A; 11 b urgh ' thi lady of James Stevenson, Esq., of a son. 14 0 . 1°° ' On the Bth inst., the lady o f Thomas Fletcher BQ Esq., of a daughter. oft " wi f4 On the Bth inst ~ at Sutton Courtney, Berk the Rev. George Andrews, of a daughter. ______------"*. MARRIED. Am O ld° On the 26th ult., at the Hotel of the British b . Loci' at Paris, Nathaniel Armstrong Wells, to Georg ian- B*lc°' second daughter of Benjamin Price, Es q., of West 11 -T mi ghl ll _, On the 6th inst., at Adbaston, the Rev . E. Fiat/ „ - u riger '. Colt, Vicar of Hill, Gloucestershire, to Ellen Cotton, tr,.ffora- • daughter of F. H. Northem, Esq., DLD , of Lea H0u11e , g7;30.0, _ On the 6th inst., at Clapham Church, CharletArbite— Esq., architect, to Louisa, youngest daughter of w• • field, Esq., of Clapham. m ode On the 9th inst., at St. John's, Hampstead, e n a telr' Cotesworth, R.N., to Sus an M aria , daughter of th• Greaves, Esq. of Walthamstow. • 0410 4 On the 9thinst., at Charlton, Kent, John Carlyon _aso. Esq., to Ch ar l o tt e H e l en , eldest daught e r of Lie u" Colonel Wylde, Royal Horse Artillery, Woolwich. • DIED. vender, On the 3d inst., at Versailles, France, William !! Esq., a the 4th inst., at- Ipswich, Dawson Campbell 54' Tower-street, London, aged 37. ad, B a r ' On the sth inst., Mr. Daniel White, of Queen's-ro water, aged 62. ll l'Y di° On the sth inst., at Richmond, Surrey, Mrs. Sara Tribondet Demainbray, aged 82. On the sth inst., at Chesham-place,Belgrave-scluAr e ' rillilk Denison, Esq., Lieutenant, R.N. as Ja ck- On the 6th inst., at St. Leonard's, Exeter, Thom son, Esq., surgeon, R.N. _.,d. soli" On the Bth inst., Esther, the wife of Mr. Sh o w citor, Castle-street, Holborn. b la • to Ba On the 29th of January, on his passage from . Lisbon, Joaquim Jose Duarte Silva, Esq. Cl bon °.4 On the 18th ult., at Paris, Major H e n ry Jackson la of the sth Dragoon Guards, aged 61. .rb On the 22d ult., the Rev. C . H .R. Rodss, of Bar Hall, Dethe r 28 byshire. On th ult., Thomas Yard, Esq., of Backlandli , Bi de ' Isle of Wight7th. g . I ° l3° On the inst., at Chelsea, Mary Ann, wife r • of Shepard, of New Bond-street. ad 7 2 - On the sth inst., at Fairf or d, C. Crouch, Esq., _____i.............!:, G London : Printed and Published by M IIRDO YOTI O , he No 112, Strand, at Th e S ue Offi c e, N 0.112, Strand. la County of Middlesex, Wednesday, March 13.1 GR . b c ' k lca 1