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TR DINNER to DANIEL O'CONNELL, Esq., ► On a question put by Sir WILLIAM HEATHCOTE, M.P., at COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE, on TUESDAY Chairman of the Colchester and Ipswich Railway NEXT, to :now the sympathy of Englishmen with Irishmen, and the admiration entertained in this country, for the constant advocate of Committee, relative to the claim of certain parties to the Eights and Privileges of Irishmen tOr more than forty years. TICKETS, ONE GUINEA EACH, may be had from the Stewards and act as agents before Committees, those part ies not . by them, or gentlemen recommended by them, at No. 3, Cleveland being Parliamentary agents, a discu ssion arose, which row The Stewards are requested to apply for their Tickets, without was terminated by the opinion of the SPEAKER, who delay, as they cannot be reserved beyond Friday. said that Parliamentary agents were the only . persons By order of the Committee of 3lannagement, JAMES COPPOCK. admitted by the Standing Orders of the House to appear before Committees. The House acquiesced in this decision. After the presentation of a number of petitions, Mr. WARD gave notice that, on an early day after Easter, he would move for a Committee of the whole House, to inquire into the present state of the tem poralities of the Irish Protestant Church. This announcement was received with cheers. Mr. WILLIAMS moved that no motion, if opposed, shall be brought on and discussed in the House after midnight. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER opposed the motion, and blamed the Honourable Member for Coventry and others for making long speeches, which led to the inconvenience complained of. Mr. BBOTHERTON said he never made long speeches, and expressed a wish that the QUEEN would imitate the example of her illustrious predecessor, ELIZA BETH, and admonish Members • not to consume so much time in making long speeches. The House divided, when there were for the motion 16, and against it 146. No other business of importance came before the House, which adjourned at a Quarter to Seven o'Clock. 3, Cleveland-row, sth March, 1844. NEW WORK by tli . ..nthor of "HENRY DE POMEROY," " WHITEIL;ODS," " TRELAWNEY," &c. .Just ready, in 3 vols. , post Bvo., COURTENAY of WALREDDON: A Novel. By Mrs. BRAY. Author of " Henry de Pomeroy," " Whitehoods," &C. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. • Preparing fpr publication, in 3 vols., post Bvo., HAMPTON COURT, AN HISTORICAL ROMANCE. BY A DISTINGUISHED NOVELIST. Henry Colburn, publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL NAPIER'S NEW WORK. Now ready, in 2 vols., small Svo., with Plates, 21s. bou nd, S WILD SP OR IN EUROPE, ASIA, AND AFRICA. By Lieutenant-Colonel NAPIER. Author of " Scenes and Sports in Foreign Lands," " Excursions along the Shores of the Mediterranean," &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. HER 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 FOR THE OPERA. Madame Grisl, Madlle. M. Favanti (her first appearance at this Theatre), Madame Bellini, Madame Dai Fiori, and Madame Persian!. Signor Mario, Sig. Correlli (his first appearance at this Theatre), Dai Fiorl, Sig. Felice (his first appearance at this Theatre), Sig. Fornasari, Sig. F. Lablache, and Sig. Lablache. Director of the Music, Composer, and Conductor, Sig. Costa. THE BALLET. Madlle. Carlotta Grisi, Madlle. Adelaide Frail, of the Teatro di Pergola, Florence (her first appearance at this theatre) ; Mad. Guy Stephan ; Madlle. Schetrre, Madlle. Ferdinand, Madlle. Planquet, Madlle. Barville (their first appearance at this theatre) ; Madlle. Fanny Elssier, and Madlle. Cerito ; M. St. Leon, M. Montassu (his first appearance in this country), M. Conlon, M. Gosselin, M. Gouriet, 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 cared for a limited number of representations. The persecution of the Jews, we regret to state, lif still continues with unabated virule hout the Russian dominions, as also in 'ices which once formed portions of Tur °find,' but which are now in a great degree under the direct influence of the CZAR. "Letters from Moldavia and Lithuania," says a Morning Contemporary, " give most harrowing accounts of the sufferings of the Jews in those countries. The Moldavian Government de sirous, why or wherefore we know not, of diminish ing the number of Jews resident in the State, has recently enacted that none shall be admitted without a regular passport, and that any one detected contravening this law shall be sent to the salt mines of Olma. In the town of Jassy a daily report is to be made to the police-officers of the number of Jews that arrive, and of each they are to require a carte de-sojour." When we read of these tyrannical acts of legislation, we are carried back in fancy to the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, when the Jews were treated worse—if that he possible—than the black slaves in the Southern States of America ; visited with fine—imprisonment—torture — death — according to the caprice of the great and petty despots of Europe ; and scarcely recognised as forming a branch of the vast, comprehen sive family of humanity. From the above accounts it would seem that the Moldavian and Lithuanian authorities—acting, no doubt, under Russian influ ence—look upon the Jews as a sort of moral pesti lence, and require them to perform quarantine, and bring a sound bill of health with them, previous to their being permitted to reside in those enlightened countries. We always knew that NicHoLas was a tyrant—a systematic, remorseless tyrant, utterly re gardless of the claims of humanity, when those claims interfered with any favourite project; but we little thought that he was a fool as well as a tyrant, without wit enough to see what was beneficial or other wise to his own interests. We could understand his policy much as we abhorred it, when he sacrificed Poles by thousands to his lust of arbitrary, irresponsi ble power; tore the mother from the son, the wife from the husband, and heaped up, like another TA MERLANE, but without his intellect, a pyramid of corpses on the highway as an awful monument of his Imperial vengeance—we could understand, we re peat, this ruthless, straightforward policy, emanating, as it avowedly did, from the CZAR'S desperate deter mination to strike terror to the heart of Poland ; but we must confess we are wholly at a loss to understand the motives by which he is in fluenced in his present persecution of the Jews, which seems to us the most suicidal act of atro city that ever yet was perpetrated, even by a Rus sian despot. As for the pretext that they are en gaged in smuggling, surely this is not sufficient to explain or justify the banishment of an entire people, many of whom are among the most enlight ened of the CZAR'S subjects, diffusing the arts of civili sation by their wealth, and fostering a taste for its en joyments by their example ! There must be some petty, corrupt, underhand agency at work; and NICHOLAS has doubtless been 'led to believe, by certain crafty, interested counseilors, that the Jews have been actively engaged in fomenting political disturbances in the king dom. Be the motives of his conduct, however, what they may, he has shown the most deplorable fatuity in expatriating his Jewish subjects, and the conse quences cannot fail, in the long run, to come home to him, and verify SJIAKSPEARE'S remark, that " the great Gods are just, and of our vices make instrument , to scourge us." Should Poland ever again threaten insurrection—should another such conspiracy break out among the Russian military as that which sig nalised the EMPEROR'S accession to the throne— should, in short, any event arise that may require a vast increase in his expenditure, from what quarter is the Sovereign of all the Russias to derive the means of replenishing his exchequer ? Will the Jews, the great bankers for ages of all the Courts of Europe, assist him ? Certainly not. They will bear diligently in mind his remorseless perse cution of their Russian brethren, and reject all his supplications for a loan with contempt, :.were he even to offer an interest of cent. per cent. for the money. Meantime, we trust that our brave and generous countrymen, always the advocates of the oppressed, will not fail to mark their sense of the atrocious conduct pursued by NICHOLAS towards the Jews. We trust that they will forthwith hold public meetings on the subject, and at these meetings express their sentiments of disgust and abhorrence in the strongest terms that the Eng lish language allows. A tyrant, even though he be a Russian tyrant, and call himself NicnoLAs, must not be permitted to trample on the laws of justice and humanity with impunity.. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LAN& THIS EVENING, MARCH 6, Will be performed Shakspeare's Play (as altered by Cibber) of RICHARD 111. Richard, Duke of Gloster, Mr. Charles Kean; Duke of Buckingham, Mr. Cooper; Duke of Norfolk, Mr. G. Horncastle; Earl of Richmond, Mr. Hudson • Elizabeth, Mrs. Warner; Duchess of York, Mrs. Selby; Lady Anne, Mrs. Stirlidg. After which, I'HE LADY OF THE LAKE. James the Filth, Mr. Balker; Douglas, Mr. Stretton ; Allan hare, Mr. G. Horncastle; Rhoderick Dhu, Mr. W. Harrison; Murdoch, Mr, /Singe, Malcolm Grwme, Mrs. Alfred Shaw; Ellen Douglas, Miss Betts. Dress Boxes 75., Second Pricc! :Is. 6d, ; Upper Circles of Boxes 55., Second Price ::s.; I'it Is , Second Price .25.; Gallery is.. S,•cond Price Is.; Upper Gallery Is., Second Price lid. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. M it. BENJ AMIN W EASTER. LESSEE. THIS EVENING, MARCH 6, Will be repeated a New Drama, called THE MARRIAGE OF REASON. General Bremont, Mr. Stuart; Edward, Mr. H. Hell; Bertrand, Mr. Webster; Pinchon, Mr. Buckstone; Susette, Ma dame Celeste, Madame Pinchon, Mrs. Humby. After whiuh will be produced JOSEPHINE; or, The Fortune of War. Guillot, Mr. B .ckstone ; Josephine, Mrs. Fitzwilliam To conclude with A i‘ISS IN THE DARK. Mr. Selim Pettibone, Mr. Blickstone; The Unknown Female, Miss Connor; Mrs. Pettibone, Mrs. W. Clifford. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, ss. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, 25.; Upper Gallery, Is. Half-pricerßoxes as. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, fid. Doors opened . atHalt-past Six, and the Performance cumnience 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. THIS EVENING, MARCH 6, Will be performed the Comic Opera of LOVE IN A VILLAGE. Justice Woodcock, Mr. Granby ; Young Meadows, Mr. Allen ; Hawthorn, Mr Nx ood ; Hodge, Mr. Keeley; Rosetta, Mrs. Wood; After which, a New Petite Comedy, called AGED FORTY. Sir Harry V l / 4 ilder, Mr. Walter Lacy ; Mr Dapper, Mr. Oxberiy ; Lady Clifton, Miss Fortescue. To conclude with THE QUAKER. Stea d y , Mr. Wood.; Gillian, Mrs. Wood ; Floretta, Miss Grant. THEATRE ROYAL. ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, MARCH 6, 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. Mathews, Miss Chaplin, and Miss Lee. To be tbllowed by ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA MARRIED AND SETTLED. An:ony, Mr. Wright; Cleopatra, Miss Woolgar. After which, ULRICA ; or, 'Hie Prisoner of State. Principal Characters—Messrs. Lyon, 0. Smith, Maynard, Forman, Wieland, and Hamilton ; Mesdames Yates, D. Lee and Chaplin. To conclude with the Tragedy of RICHARD [BE THI BD. Ri chard, Mr. Wright; Lady Anne, Miss E. Stanley. Boxes. 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. ; Second price at Nine. Doors open at Hal .past Six, commence at Seven o'Clock. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING, MARCH 6, Will be performed a New Drama, entitled THE LAST SHIL LING, supported by all the Cdmpany. Atter which. POLICHINEL IN ITALY. To conclude with THE KING'S RANSOM. Places and Private Boxes to he had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box ftice, trom Eleven to Four. We return to the debate of Friday last, the 2d instant, on the Navy Estimates, in order to direct attention more particularly to some of the important points, calling for the early attention of the Admi ralty authorities, to which our limits, on a former occa sion, did not allow us to advert. The result of our long experience as journalists is a conviction that no means can be employed for the remedy of abuses in any department of the public service, so effective as the pressing them on the public at large, rather than on any given branch of its executive service. We, therefore, make no apology for repeating Captain Psezu.'s remark, that when there is some difficulty in getting good seamen to volunteer, those boys who have already acquired some proficiency in gunnery ought to be kept in the service. They were, how ever, discharged at the expiration of their apprentice ship. Only those who were as much as 7 stones (of' 141 b.) weight were taken. Now, there may be some force in the answer, "that it would not be fair retain the boys, after completing their apprenticeship, seeing that others are always waiting to be admitted on ships' books in their places." But, on the one hand, the policy is obvious, of retaining the services of thoroughly drilled and efficient boys, after they have grown up, as it were in this very professional discipline, to manhood, and have attained a thorough acquaintance with the ships in which they have served ; and, on the other, the danger is. Immi nent, by discharging the boys just as you have made them sensible of their worth, utility, and handiness—of inducing them to enter into foreign service, in which no man can say how soon it might happen that their " gunnery practice" would be directed against our own fleet. The question of retaining them, it is true, is a question of expense: But that might be in a great measure obviated by some such arrangement as Sir CHARLES NAPIER suggested. The Gallant Commodore at the same time thus described the immediate consequences of their discharge on completing their apprentice term. " When," said he, " they came home and were dis charged, they were hobbledehoys,' neither men nor boys—(A laugh)—were caught up by the crimps, taken to houses, and spent their time in dancing with the girls, while some fellow fiddled away.—(Laughter.) That was the way in which their morality was ruined, and he thought that the Government, whatever might he the cost, should take THE WEATHER.-SuN OFFICE, MARCH 6. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 27; Highest, 40; Noon, 38. BAROMETER, 29.87.—WrND N. 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 THIS DAY. Morning 4S minutes after 2 I Evening •• 6 minutes after 3. 'lr 4 ..trr Jb ,ott (ILI • j , O P * • ! e ig gis f ( . • • „kV ' .hitorr SECOND EDITION. ettienins LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1844. OVERLAND MAIL EXPRESS FROM. PARIS. MOST IMPORTANT. MALTA, FEB. 28. MARSE ILL ES, MARCH 3. PARIS, MARCU 4. The Indian Mail of the Ist February announces the taking of Gwalior after two battles, in which the Anglo-Indian army lost more than 1,000 men in killed and wounded—the enemy sustained an equal loss. (Telegraph interrupted by the night ) THE GWALIOR. We reprint the following letter, which we received fi Om our Bombay correpondent by the last Overland Mail, in reference to the condition of our relations with the Gwalior Government. This document may serve to illustrate the important intelligence which reached us last night in anticipation of our expected dispatches from India. "BOMBAY, JAN. 1. " The most important intelligence of the month is that from Gwalior, where- one of those sudden turns which are so often occurring in the affairs of India has relieved us of the ap prehensions of immediate war, which a fortnight since seemed inevitable. The army of exercise, whose details were partly given in my last letter, having been called together with the utmost dispatch, was, by the beginning of the month, found complete in all its details. Lord Ellenborough left Calcutta on the 25th of November, and with the ptmost dispatch reached Agra on the 10th December, and reviewed the troops. On the 12th, the first brigade under General Valiant marched, the remainder following on the three next ensuing days. The left wing of the army, under General Grey, had meanwhile assembled at Jansi, and com menced its advance simultaneously with the force from Agra. The Gwalior chiefs, seeing themselves placedbetwixt a couple s s a magnificently-appointed - advancing armies, and also know ing that they had to deal with one not to be trifled with, at once lost heart. The malcontent chiefs were placed in cus tody, and afterwards surrendered to us. The Government of the country was placed in the hands of the chief most favour .able to our interest. " A question of peace or war continued still to be stoutly debated in the Durbar, when the approach of the British troops , frightened them into submission. Lord Ellen borough, it is said, still means to go forward, but with a 'small fragment of the army only, such as may be con ,sidered requisite to expedite the tranquillisation of the country. The terms agreed.. upon are, of course, as yet, scarcely known to - the public. Their general tenour is said to be to the effect that the Gwailor Government shall hereafter maintain a large con tingent force, and pay the whole costs already incurred on their behalf; and that an extensive piece of territory, in denting inconveniently into the Company's dominions, shall be ceded in perpetuity to the British Government in security for the payment of the contingent. When it is considered, that in reality the Gwalior States lapsed to us as heirs of the -King of - Delhi some eight months since, and that they only maintain a show of independence by our grace and favour, thew seem to have been treated with much leniency and con - sideration."—Herald. • In the House of Lords the Horse-Racing Bill and the Metropolitan Improvement Bill received the Royal assent. In answer to a que stion from Lord NORMANBY, the LORD CHANCELLOR said the law Lords were divided in opinion in tie case relating to Presbyterian Mar riages, but when a decision was given he should move the re-appointment of the Committee. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE put three questions to the Earl of DEvoN relative to the Irish Land Te nure Commission. They were, whether the Commis sion would affect leases already entered into; whe ther they had prepared any report as to the propor • tion of rent to the value of land; and whether the evidence taken before the Commission would be printed? The Earl of DEVON said the whole of the cases in vestigated would be reported, but he could not answer the other questions. The House adjourned at a Quarter-past Six. SUN, LONDON, 'WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 6, 15444. them on board the flag-ships, instead of letting them action, and expression. The' British Mu- may not join. Justice to Ireland, and full and corn seum is the proud depository of some of plete enjoyment of equal rights and privileges will be, the most sublime conceptions of that genius which the grand feature of the evening. About thirty has given to marble the all but immortal embodiment Members of the House of Commons, including the of heroic fable—the epic grandeur of its divine representatives of some of the largest constituencies in poetry. Surely the shrine, within which these pre- England, will attend the meeting, and the display of cious and costly relics of an age of intellectual in- English and Irish eloquence will afford a rich treat to spiration that has not yet been mated by its the great numbers who will attend. Every seat in the parallel, are congregated and preserved, should be dress and first circles, is already engaged, and none itself an edifice in some degree of kindred beauty or but ladies are admitted to the boxes. magnificenc6. But when it is considered that within the circuit of the same walls, which are thus destined to shield the honoured fragments that still attest the marvellous imagination and exquisite hand of a LYSIPPITS or a PEIDIAS ; the glorious productions of English mind, in all its infinite development, whether in manuscript or in printed records; in every walk of human learning, in every department of science, philosophy, and poetry, every sentiment of a genuine nationality must be interested in the dig nity and character of the edifice which is to be their honoured domicile. We perceive with mortifica tion—and we participate in all the aqonishment which our Contemporariesiare daily giving utterance to, in this matter—that no such relations are likely to be observed between the inestimable contents of the building and the building itself. Exertions, quite unknown hitherto in the sleepy history of the repa rations and additions that have been made, from time to time, in and about Montague House, since it became the British Museum, have indeed been put forth of late. The staff of workmen and artificers, largely increased in numbers, seems to have been incessantly and actively occupied for some time past, as if the selected architect of the new works were anxious to anticipate--(we are almost tempted to say) —the expression of any Parliamentary or public opi nion on the course of inviting public competition, to which we have alluded. So far as we have been able to collect from the aspects of the works in progress, or to judge from the design which we have seen, we cannot believe that in this instance the public will find that they have to boast of a fabric above the average of the more recent productions of the same professor. As we predicted, some months ago, the new structure is likely to be Greek enough in every feature—except adaptation or fitness, graceful combi nation, and elegance of detail. A small—subscription club-house front; sober to Quakerism ; plain to po verty ; simple to frigidity ; inexpressive, meaningless, unenriched—these will probably be found the true features of the design, whatever public expectation may have naturally looked for in their stead. Will nobody in the Committee for superintending the building and adornment of Mr. BARRY'S " Parlia ment Houses," make the necessary inquiries, from his place in the House of Commons, or elsewhere, to ascertain on whose responsibility the freehold, as it were, of all designs and works for the British Mu seum has not only been given for so many years past, —but seems destined to be continued during his life time,—to one and the same architect ? And why it is that, more particularly in relation to the build ing now in course of erection, the designs for eleva tions, plans, interior arrangement, &0., &c., have nol been opened to public competition ? shift for themselves." With regard to the complaints that masters in the Royal Navy were seldom allowed to attain the rank of lieutenant, although this was nominally open to them, the reply of Sir GEORGE COCKBURN does not appear to have been either conclusive or satisfactory. The professional and scientific skill, the theoretical and practical seamanship, the coolness, judgment, and other moral qualifications, as well as the technical ability requisite for the efficient discharge of their very responsible duties, would seem to give these officers an a priori claim to the advantages of promo tion as opportunities offered. We are much mistaken if the " masters" of the present day in her MAJESTY'S service, rate the point of honour so low as to find suf ficient compensation for their almost total exclusion from the rank in question, in Sir GEORGE'S apologetic defence of the Admiralty practice towards them, namely, " that, as it was, the master of a line of battle ship got greater pay than the first lieutenants, and other masters of different classes got the same pay as other lieutenants." How many a gallant BENBOW or intrepid BoscAwEN, even in the earlier period of his naval career, would have pitched into the sea a whole 1 year's salary of a First Lord of the Admiralty himself, to be allowed but " to pluck bright honour" in the well-earned distinction of an epaulette, from the hand of official patronage ! Each of those brave worthies, if we remember rightly, had been, in the toilsome course of his perilous career—" a master." Good fellows ! fine officers ! brave seamen !—these masters, it seems. But then, quoth Sir GEORGE COCK BURN, " they were persons who went through the mar er line of seamanship; and, though they were o p ot exc eamen, they were not the same class of. *perso s as lieutenants, who, it should be remembered, had to serve a considerable number of years before they got their commissions." This is " ominous stuff" to be uttered by a British Admiral, of Sir GEORGE'S distinguished bravery and conduct ; but he is of that new-fangled school—half civil, half mili tary—neither flesh nor fowl—that amphibious com pound of modern Admiralty Boards, the constitution of which is so distasteful to the gallant NAPIER What would some of the higher, thorough-sailor class of Admirals of the old school, GELL or RODNEY, STRACHAN Or NELSON, have said to this disparaging estimate of masters of the navy in general, and those of their own ships in par ticular ! " Coarse line of seamanship,"—we think we hear not Joust Rosin's " angry spirit of the water shriek,"—but the savoury spirits of tar and picked oakum venting their sighs of passionate indig nation, at this disdainful notice of these who, for merly, lived so much among them. But Sir GEORGE is unwilling to drive the masters to despair. In the lottery of promotion there may be, it seems, some half a dozen chances for their whole body : " The masters were 'eligible to be made lieutenants when any gallant act or particular good service was per formed by them." We have long concurred in an opinion professed by Sir CHARLES NAPIER, " that the standing of the petty officers ought to be raised, so that they might be more identified with the officers than with the men. If that were done, there never would be any mutiny, or if there were it would very soon be put down." For what we stated, in a former article on the sub ject of steam men-of-war, we venture to cite the un impeachable and emphatic authority of Captain Rots. This officer remarked—" It had been proposed to provide 200 steam-ships for our navy ; but had they 200 officers who were so well acquainted with steam ships as to be qualified to take the command of those vessels?" It was the same officer who, in common with Sir CHARLES NAPIER, insisted on the palpable disadvantage, as well as impropriety, of employing aged, to the exclusion of younger and more vigorous, officers in command. "He had told the House for two years past, that if the Admiralty persisted in ap pointing to the command of ships officers who had been a quarter of a century on shore, this state of things must continue." But perhaps the most striking feature in the whole debate was the protest against the further implicit adoption of all the plans of the present Surveyor of the Navy, Sir W. SYMONDS. We offer no opinion on the merits or deficiencies of this gentleman—the Government naval architect; but the question of his success in, or inadequacy to, that responsible office, well deserves the most profound attention of Govern ment. It is a matter as to which not a fraction of personal prepossessions or partialities should be allowed to influence the judgment of the authorities. Yet the authorities were broadly accused of over weening prepossessions on behalf of his models, and partiality in favour of his opinions, by Captain DUN DAS, out of the House, Captains PECHELL and Boys and Commodore NAPIER within it. Captain Rots said, "He saw by the newspapers that a number of what were called very magnificent frigates were in course of construction; but he believed that nearly all of them, before they were put in commission, would be found to be worthless. He believed that many of these ships, some of them built by Sir W. SYMONDS—ships upon which millions of money had been expended—would turn out to be fit only for firewood." It seems that for any officer to impute in his re ports to the Admiralty bad sailing, or other qualities, to craft that have been turned out by Sir W. SYMONDS, is a " damnable heresy." " But," said Captain Rous, " the officers were well aware that, if they reported unfavourably, there was at once an end to their hopes of promotion. When the 18-gun brigs were converted into ships, the officers in command were required to report on their qualities. This was known to be an Admiralty whim, and all the officers reported favourably, except Captain DUNDAS, a son of one of the Lords of the Admiralty, who said that his vessel had been a very fine brig, and had been made into a very bad ship. That officer, in consequence of expressing this opinion, was remonstrated with, pri vately and publicly, but still he maintained that his opinion was correct." In relation to this subject, the complete failure of the Water-Witch (built at West Cowes by Mr. WHITE), purchased from her noble owner, and con verted from about the finest, fastest, and most beauti ful two-masted yacht that ever sailed, into a very bad three-masted vessel of war, by the Government's ship-builder, was largely dwelt upon. Captain Rots did not hesitate to say, that no Government ship wright's reports were worthy of credit when they were made of vessels not built by themselves ; that all builders hated one another ; and those of our dock yards invariably disparaged the craft turned out of private yards. How this may be we know not; but the case of the " Water-Witch," which we saw our selves when on the stocks, whilst building for the Earl of BELFAST, afterwards on various trips, prior to her alterations, and subsequently, in the ruined state described by Captains Boys and PECHELL, did go far to show that a most searching inspection and reform are needed in this department of our naval adminis tration. The matter is one which, if the allegations we have quoted be well grounded, admits not of delay in providing a present remedy for past errors. and attempting to guard against the future peril to our navy, which the practices complained of cannot 1 but have incurred. o 1 ..._.-4.---. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. - These gardens, which have so long been one of the most pleasing sources of amusement to all persons' in the metropoli, changed owners on the Ist of this month. Mr. Cross, whose highly estimable character raised these gardens to public favour, has resigned the pro prietorship to Mr. Tyler, who, from the very com mencement of the gardens, has laboured to make them what they now are. All the animals, and some additional ones, w ill be exhibited as usual, whilst many new objects to attract public attention will be added. There will be every care taken to cater for the public amusement, and a grand spectacle is already in preparation, which will eclipse even the glories of Vesuvius and llecla, and put the Temples of Elora in the shade. We are informed that there is not a par ticle of truth in the paragraph which appeared in a portion of the public papers of yesterday, and which emanated from sheer envy, and from parties who had laboured to prevent Mr. Tyler from reaping the re sult of his long and arduous labours in the service of the public. We wish him that success which he de serves, and must achieve. Madrid journals of the 27th ult. have been re•• ceived. The Gazette publishes two dispatches from General RONCALI, announcing that on the 26th he would commence active operations against Alieant, and after the reduction of the place would march on Carthagena. Intelligence from that quarter, however, is not to be depended on, for in another account, at least a week previous, it was stated that RONCALI had opened his batteries and Ns as pouring in shot on the rebellious town. The Minister of Justice, at the re quest of the QUEEN, had left Madrid on the 27th of February for Valencia to receive the ex-Regent MARIA CHRISTINA. He was the bearer of an auto graph letter from the young QUEEN to her august mother, and was accompanied by Messrs. FERNANDO ALVAREZ and DOMINGO MORENO, two officers of his Ministry, and M. SALVADOR BERMUDEZ DE CASTRO, Secretary of the Council of Ministers. On the 27th the Three per Cents. sold for 29i at 60 days; the Four per Cents. at 20 for cash, and 20} at 60 days, and the Five per Cents. at 221 at 60 days. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) BETTING AT MANCHESTER—TUESDAY. CHESTER CUP. 12:to 1 agst Sir Robert (t) 25 to 1 agst Merry Andrew 13 to 1 agst Pagan (t) 25 to 1 agst Jamie Forest 16 to I agst The Prior (t) '3O to I agst Greenfinch 16 to 1 agst Pharaoh (t) 30 to 1 agst Martyr 16 to I agst Cattonite 35 to 1 agst What 25 to 1 agst Tacita 40 to 1 agst Polish 25 to 1 agst Freedom 8 to 1 agst Kent's lot (t) BY. 35 to 1 agst Loadstone 40 to 1 agst Campanero 40 to I agst Vat Colt 40 to 1 agst Apprentice 50 to 1 agst Telemachus 66 to I agst Sir Isaac 66 to 1 agst Sister to Grey Momus colt 6 to 1 agst Ugly Buck 13 to 1 agst Rattan (t) 16 to 1 agst Orlando 20 to 1 agst Cockamaroo 20 to 1 agst Leander 28 to 1 agst T'Auld Squire 30 to 1 agst lonian 33 to 1 agst Voltri 33 to 1 agst Running Rein The Paris papers have again reverted to the Ott,- heite affair, in consequence of certain articles in the London journals, but we find nothing new in their remarks, nor any account whatever of the sums sub scribed to purchcse a sword for Admiral DUPETIT THOUARS. A Ministerial paper, the Globe, thus adverts to this foolish scheme for annoying the KING and his Ministers The Opposition journals of yesterday contained the joke of a subscription being opened to offer a sword of honour to Admiral Du- PETIT THOUARS. We are perfectly edified with the patriotic subscriptions of the republic. It will be with the sword of honour, maximum 50c., as with the million of the Irish; and with M. DUPETIT THOUARS as with O'CoNNELL, who declared that if the million had been sent, it would not have been accepted. M. DUPETIT THOUARS is, in fact, a man of infinitely too much sense and too much tact, to let himself be taken in by the compromising nonsense of the Opposition. He will perceive that the nation is rather with the imposing majority of the Chamber, who have disap proved of his conduct, whilst they preserve to him all their esteem, than with those singers of the Marseillaise, who will come between two bacchana lian couplets, and bring their offerings to the office of the National." According to some of the papers, arrests have lately taken place in the garrison of Paris, chiefly in the 70th regiment of the line, but on what grounds we do not learn. " Yesterday," says the National of Monday, " and the day before, the report has been circulated at Paris, of a military conspiracy having been discovered. The information carried about by the news-mongers is rather vague and contradictory, but that which appears beyond a doubt, is that within a few days past several non-commissioned officers of a regiment quartered at Paris have been arrested. It is even said that sundry superior officers are compro mised among others, a colonel and lieutenant colonel. In a day or two we shall know more about this." The four!of the Legitimatist Deputies, namely, MM. de LARCY, BERRYER, the Duke de VALMY, and M. BLIN DE BOURBON, have been returned at Cette, Marseilles, Toulouse, and Doullens, by large majo rities, and no doubt remained that M. LAROCHEJAC QUELIN would also be returned. The funds on Mon day were a little lower than on the previous day, the Three per Cents. closing at 82f. 75c., and the Fives at 126 f. 35c. The following telegraphic dispatch appears in the Messager 10 to 1 agst The Princess 10 to 1 agst The Bee 12 to 1 agst Barricade At the Manchester Garrison Races on Monday last, the first match, one mile-and-a-half, was won by Mr. Crofton's Pocket Venus, 7st 71b (G. Francis), beating Mr. Moloch's Shrimp (Hobhouse), bolted ; and the second match, same distance, by Mr. Muloch's Shrimp, 7st 111 b (Hobhouse) beating Mr. Crofton's Pocket Venus, Bst 21bs (G. Francis). The Scurry Stakes, catch weights, 1 mile-and-a-half, 4 subs., were won by Mr. Crofton's Pocket Venus (G. Francis), beating Mr. Jones's Fair Maid of Hants (owner), and Mr. Mulcaster's Bohemian Girl. The Hurdle Race, list, two miles, was won by Mr. Crofton's The Fair Penitent (Mr. Humphreys), beating Mr. Adair's The Badger (Mr. Pratt), and Mr. Munro's Polly Peachem (owner) easily. The Half-Mile Race was won by Mr. Thelluson's Mise reri (owner), beating Mr. Jones's Fair Maid of Hants (owner). 17 to 1 agst Boarding School Miss INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, 1844. TUESDAY. Lord Normanby's Miss Morn's—Mr. Standish's Susan— Mr. Metcalfe's Spinster—Mr Dawson's Surety—Mr. Har. rison's Ferrous. "PERPIGNAN, FEB. 29. " Queen CHRISTINA arrived last evening at Figue • ras, where she was received with enthusiasm. Te Deum was chanted :on, the occasion. Her MAJESTY was to leave to-day for Girona." THE BOURSE--MoNDav, MARCH . 4. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents. •••• 126 25 .. 126 30 •• 126 20 ;• 126 20 Four per Cents. .••• 106 50 .. 106 50 .. 106 50 106 50 Three per Cents..• B2 75 .• 82 80 .• 82 70 •• 82 70 Laffitte Bank, I,ooof. Sharesl 107 50 ..1107 50 .. 1107 50 • • 1107 50 5,000 f. SharessoBo —5OBO ..5080 —5OBO Belgian Bank ..• •••••.• • . . • 660 .. 665 .. 660 .. 665 1841 ••.• . lOBO '..1080 ..1080 • •1080 Belgian Fivei .... -. .. lO4l .. 1041 • • 1041 .. 104 f 1840 .• •• lOB •.. 108 .• 108 .. 108 1842 Spanish Active Passive .• • 6 .. 6 • • 5.1 • • 51, Old Deferred.. • • Portuguese Five per Cents• • 46 46 • • 46 50 .. 101 50 .. 46 Neapolitan lOl 80 .. 101 80 .. 101 106 • • 106 • • 106 Roman .................... 106 • .. RAILWAY SHARES. Versailles, R.B. ••• • • ...... 35 5 .. 355 •. 355 355 ~ L. 8... •• • • ...... 177 50 .. 177 50 .• 17 5 .. 175 Rouen .• • • ... ......... .... 837 50 .. 837 50 .. 837 50 .• 837 50 Rouen to Havre. Orleans Strasburg to Bale .••• • • . • •• 247 50 .• 2 47 50 .. 246 25 .. 246 25 Avignon to Marseilles.. .• 760 •• 760 760 • • 760 RAILWAY SIIARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT. St. Germain .............. 830 .. 830 .• 830 • 830 Versailles, R. .. 762 50 .. 76.5 .. 37 50 .., 3 55 355 L.8.............182 50 .. 182 50 .. 176 2 5 .. 176 25 Mignon to MarseMes.• • • • • Rouen Rotten to Havre. ........ Orleans .. • • Strasburg 248 75 .. 24 8 75 .• 247 50 .. 247 50 to Bale. 6 7 6 62 7 5 5 0 0 .... 766850 .. 6 6 7 50 .. 675 Ro 460 460 .. 460 Montpellier to Cette •• • • ___:..-----n•- - ... • We, some months ago, urged upon the consideration of the Government the propriety, not to say, the duty—of opening to public competition, the designs for the new buildings to replace the old façade and quadrangle of the British Museum. With what signal success the latent genius of English art—un trammelled by the conventional intrigues, and favouritisms of incorporated associations—may be appealed to, when a worthy object of national emu lation is proposed for competition—was singularly evinced in the recent collection of historical cartoon drawings. The decoration of the halls and chambers of the New Houses of Parliament offered a fine scope to the talent of our native artists for design in the highest branch of pictorial composition. The result was most fortunate. It may be considered to have called a new era of art into existence among us, and will always be remembered to the honour of those who so worthily responded to the summons of the Legislature. If the British Museum appeals less forcibly to that enthusiasm which is based on historical associations and reminiscences, than the seat of our ancient Con stiutional Legislature, it has claims at least as powerful on the affection, the solicitude, and the respect of every British scholar and student; of the lovers of national science and philosophy ; and above all, of the admirers of Greek sculpture, with all its infinite varieties of idealized beauty, in form, peers, have signified Shrewsbury, sb le u a r rn y, I% t i h t a h t seLveorradlsothßeardnor, Kinnaird, and their approval of the dinner to be given to Mr. O'Con nell, next Tuesday ; and that th e feelin g s expressed by the promoters of this demon stration of En g lish concern for Ireland, find many responses in the House of Lords. One of the toasts is " The Seventy-eight a Peers who suprted Lord Normanbys motion," which will be acknowledged by Noble Lord. No sentiment will be given at the dinner in which overy friend to Ireland, be his political creed what it may, The Tyro Stakes for two-yr-olds. Mr. Merry's Collier—Mr. Ramsay's Mid-Lothian—Mr. Heseltine's Fitzallan—Lord Zetland's Sister to Co-heiress — Mr. Millbanke's f by Sheet-Anchor, out of .Lady Fulford— Mr. Stephenson's Wynyard. The Northern Oaks, for three-yr-old fillies. One mile. _ _ WEDNESDAY. Nominations for the Northumberland Plate. Telegraph, 4 yrs—Sir Robert, 5 y - rs—lrony, 5 yrs—The Shadow, aged—Deuce-Ace. 3 yrs—Arnagill, 6 yrs—Crikey- Billy, 4 yrs—The Squire, 6 yrs--Heslington, 6 yrs—Priscilla Tomboy, .5 yrs—Belle Dame, 5 yrs--Thirsk, 6 yrs--Queen of the 'l'yne,-5 yrs--Arcanus, 5 yrs—Polish, 4 yrs—Poussin, 4 yrs—Sister to Grey Momus colt, 3 yrs—Little Benton, 4 yrs—Lady Skipsey, 4 yrs—Misconception, 3 yrs—Parthian, 4 yrs—Saddle-Bow, 3 yrs—Armido, 4 yrs—A British Yeo man, 4 yrs—Beaufront, 3 , rs—Pagan, 6 yrs—Dog Billy, 3 yrs—Pompey, 4 yrs=Aristides, 4 yrs—Ermengardis, 6 yrs— Moss Trooper, 5 yrs--What, 4 yrs—Armitage, 4 yrs—The Attorney-General, 4 yrs—Dr. Sangrado, 3 yrs—Emilie, 4 yrs —Mania, 4 yrs—The Currier, aged—The Castor, 4 yrs— Advice, 3 yrs—Glossy, 4 yrs—Galanthus, 5 yrs—Quebec, 4' yrs—Jamie Fal6haw, 4 yrs—Naworth, aged—The Era, 4 yrs—Whistle Binkie. 5 yrs—Riot, 6 yrs—Aristotle, 5 yrs— Trueboy, 4 yrs—Broadholm, 4 yrs—Shocking Mama, 4 yrs —Merry Andrew, 4 vrs—Muley Moloch colt, 4 yrs—The Best-of-Three, 3 yrs —The Bashaw, 4 yrs—Winesour, 4 yrs— Benbow, 4 yrs—Smike, 5 yrs—Dumpling, 4 yrs—Mickey Free, 3 yrs—The Conqueror, 5 yrs—General Pollock, 4 yrs— Bee's-wax, 5 yrs—The Cure, 3 yrs—Spinster, 3 yrs--Free dom, 4 yrs—Alice Hawthorn, 6 yrs—The Prior, 5 yrs—Re triever, aged—Scalteen, 5 yrs—The Broken Down, aged— John o'Crannt, 6 yrs- 7 -Red Rose, 6 yrs—Granite, 3 yrs— Ameer, 4 yrs—Mustapha Muley, 6 yrs—Knight of the Whistle, 6 yrs—Attilla, 5 yrs—Reviewer, 4 yrs—Hippona, 4 yrs. The Corporation Plate. Quebec, 4 yrs—Telegraph, 4 yrs—The Era, 4 yrs—Glossy, 4 yrs—Flaggon, 6 yrs—Ravensworth, 4 yrs—Betsy Bird, 4 yrs—Hampton colt, 3 yrs—Smike, 5 yrs—Zara, 6 yrs—The Bashaw, 4 yrs--Dr. Taylor, 3 yrs—Beeswax, 5 yrs—Sir Robert, 5 yrs—Armagill, 6 yrs—Godfrey, 3 yrs—Poussin, 4 yrs--Northumberland, 3 yrs -Hippona, 4 yrs. THURSDAY.—The (sold Cup. Pompey, 4 yrs--Trueboy, 4 yrs—The Cure, 3 yrs--Mus tapha Muley, 6 yrs—Best of Three, 3 yrs—Attila, 5 yrs— Alice Hawthorn, 6 yrs—Advice, 3 yrs—Ermengardis, 6 yrs —Mickey Free, 3 yrs—Glossy, 4 yrs—Moss Trooper, 5 yrs— The Shadow, aged—Northumberland, 3 yrs—Queen of Tyne, 5 yrs—Polish, 4 yrs—Nutwith, 4 yrs—Galanthus, 5 yrs— Armitage, 4 yrs—Winesour, 4 yrs—Aristotle, 5 yrs. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MARcit 6.—Wind this day at noon, fresh, northerly breeze, and fine clear weather. PORTS3IOUTH, Mmicit s.—Wind, N. to N.E., light airs.— Arrd. Poictiei . s, London, for Madras. Sld. Colombo, Mau ritius and Bombay ; Richmond, Algoa Bay ; Vigilant, Cape of Good Hope; Prince George (transport), West Indies ; Princess Charlotte, Honduras ; Montreal, New York ; Milton, Mobile. Off. Cleopitra, Bothwell, Demerara. RAMSOATE, MARCH s.—Sld. Ida, Angra, Peguna ; Ana, Havannah. The Autumn, in going out, damaged her bow sprit against the East-pier, and put back. The schooner Kara, in leaving, got in contact with the barge Three Sisters, and damaged her sails, &c. DEA L, MARcit s.—Wind N.N.W., moderate.—Acrd. Sappho, Dunlop, China ; Makur, Karberg, Batavia for Hamburgh ; Tell, Keircks, Porto Cabello for Bremen ; Martha, Shields, for Madras ; Sld. Pekin, Madras ; Scotia, steamer, Malta ; Pleaides, St. John's, New. Brunswick. A large fleet of vessels from the north for the westward have passed during the day. YARMOUTH, Kiwi' s.—Wind S.W.—Sld. Meanwell, Rio. POOLE, MARCH s,—Sld. Steadfast, Honduras ; John Thompson, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Faith, Newfoundland. TRIGNMOUTH, MARCH s.—Skl. Rover, Newfoundland. SALCOMBE, Maucit s.—Sld. Patchina, for Africa. PLYMOUTH, 3/anal s.—Wind variable.—Sld. Amazon, Calcutta. _ _ _ FALMOUTH, MAncn 5 —Wind variable and light. —Off, Habneb, Hacgvil, Buenos Ayres, and sailed for London. The Royal William, Shepherd, from Newport to Venice, which put in here yesterday with cargo shifted, has commenced landing in order to restore the same. SWANSEA, MAncn 4.—Arrd. Pulla,Adams, Valparaiso. LIVERPOOL, MARCH s.—Wind northerly, moderate.—And Rival, Augra Pegrina ; Thomas Leech, Golding, Pernambuco, Jan. 25; Express, Maranham ; Denmark, Frost, New Orleans. Sid. Amelia, Buenos Ayres ; Brazilian, Bahia ; Nightingale, Pernambuco; John Heirocks, Berbice ; Victoria, Barbadoes ; Mary Jane, Hayti ; Arno,' Havannah ; Elizabeth and War man, La Guayra ; Adrian and Glasgow, New Orleans ; Da mascus and Victory, Mobile; Roger Stewart and Washing ton, Charleston ; Jefferson, Virginia ; P. P. Nevins, Bal timore ; South Esk, Boston ; Caledonia (steamer), and Adelaide, Halifax ; Caledonia, Montreal ; Creamore, New foundland. . • CAMPBLETOWN, MARCH I.—The sloop Success, of Dundee, went ashore on the Island of Gigher, 26th ult., and was ex pected to become a wreck ; crew saved. Sumns, 4.—The William, of this port, ashore on the Herd, went to pieces this afternoon, and the Evadne is expected to break up this evening. Dvnux, 4.—Arrd. Duchess of Kent, Atkinson, Calcutta. Ski. Demerara, Demerara; Garonne, Antigua. Hum,lll.micii moderate.—Sid. Constantia, Grayell, Greenland. LOUTH, MAucu 4.—Arrd. Pacha (sth ult.), Gibraltar. WORTHING, MARCH 4.—The Oswy, Pilbeam, came off the beach to-day, without apparent damage, and is expected to proceed to Little Hampton. GALWAY, MARCII 2.—lt is blowing a gale from N.N.W. The Josephine, Marseilles to Falmouth , was spoken with on the 23d ult., off Lisbon, by the Oscar, arrd. at Falmouth. THE LATE LORD WALLACE.--We learn from good authority that' his lath Lordship left, by his will, all his property to the Hon. Colonel James Hope, of the Cold stream Guards, and his son ; with the remainder to the Hon. Charles Hope. M.P., one of the Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital. The above honourable gentlemen are sons of the late, and brothers of the present Earl of Hopetoun, and nephews of the late Lady New castle Wallace. Chronicle. THE WOOD PAVEMENT IN CHEAPSIDE..---SEWERB COURT, GUILDHALL.—The Paving Committee, in their re port, having recommended that the paving of Cheapside should be forthwith commenced, orders have been given to Mr. Stevens to complete the street with wood, according to Per ring's safety system, of which a specimen was laid down last year, westward of Bow Church tower, in Cheapside, the work to commence this day (Monday). • The policemen on duty in Cheapside have kept an account of the number of accidents which have occurred to horses during. the recent alternation of rainy and frosty weather, upon the stone pave ment, and upon Perring's. Rankin's, and Carey's wood pave ments respectively ; and it is expected that the City Com missioner will forwith furnish a correct return to the City authorities. We regret to be obliged to state that the Com missioners of Sewers seemed to have adopted a resolute fancy for the filth and puddle of their streets, which are in several places impassable to any other individua T HE LOSS OF THE ELBERFELDT.—A petition to the Corporation of London has been prepared by the Captain and Mr. flush, the civil engineer, who were on board the Elbcrfeldt Just before she went down, on Thursday, the 22d of. February, about 50 miles east of the North Foreland light house, praying .that the Court of Common Council will bestow some remuneration upon Captain Mays, commander of the Charlotte, of Antwerp, and his crew, by whom the greater part of the crew of the former vessel were saved. The captain and crew of the Charlotte behaved with extraordi nary spirit and skill upon the occasion, and it is believed that the GoTpPPlti9n-lYill testify their admiration of such conduct in a manner the most 441;44;414 SUMMARY OF NEWS' LAW D Vubtur 01.411361 t. " Who runs may read." A telegraphic dispatch from Marseilles reached . Paris on Monday announcing that the Anglo-Indian army had en tered Gwalior after two battles in which`there, had been con siderable loss on both sides. _ _ On Saturday evening their Maisties the King and Queen of the French received the Minister of Public Works, the Austrian and Neapolitan Ambassadors, the Prussian and Danish Ministers, Vice-Admiral Dupotet, Generals Count Schramm, Aupick, and Grouchy ; the Bishop of Beauvais, the Marquis de Grille, and a large.nuarber of other persons of rank. Prince d'Ottingen Wallerstein, Grand Master of the Crown, and Counsellor of State in Bavaria, has arrived in Paris on an extraordinary mission from his Sovereign. The National and Gazette de France announce that the subscription for presenting a sword of honour to Admiral Dupetit Thouars is opened at their offices, and at those " of all the independent journals." The maximum of, each sub scription is limited to 50 centimes (25.). The Ministry, says the Courrier Francais, filled with con fidence by its 233 votes upon the last ballot, and wishing to take advantage of the favourable disposition of the Chamber, will, it is said, apply this week for a grant of 1,000,000 f. for secret service money. The Cabinet is completely reassured, and its leaders guarantee it a continued existence for several years. It cannot doubt of an increasing majority on all questions, after having such an inexplicable and unexpected majority on a question, in which the honour of our flag and the dignity of the nation was involved. " It is reported," says the same journal, " that the Govern ment is about to send out M. Agenor de Gasparin as the King's Commissioner to Queen Pomare of Tahiti." The Presse says, " The Directors of the Bank of France are engaged in considering the expediency of issuing notes of 250 f. The Bill for authorising this step will 'certainly be fa vourably received. Notes to this small amount are already issued from the branch banks, and their utility in the grand metropolis of business is incontestible. It is difficult, there fore to imagine any grounds for opposition to granting this accommodation to Paris, where, beyond all other places, it must be truly serviceable." The Phare of Bayonne, of Friday attributes the non-arrival there, on that day, of the mail from Madrid, to the state of the roads in the Pyrennees, which were in many places blocked up by snow. A letter from St. Petersburgh of the 20th ult., in the Berlin Gazette, contains the following:-" The chief of the frontier district near Kjachta, has reported that at Macmad schin, a few wersts distant from Kjachta, the local Chinese authorities discovered two Chinese who were smoking opium, which they said had been supplied by Russians. The Chinese chiefs immediately opened negotiations with the Russian authorities on the frontier, and the Emperor of Russia having been informed of the fact, has ordered that the .Ukase published in 1841 against the sale of opium to the Chinese shall be scrupulously enforced, and that all persons who may violate it shall be tried by a Court-martial.' LAW AND POLICE. At the Central &nin;lemTrt: Henry Jones and William Christie, convicted of Custom-house robberies, were sentenced to be imprisoned in Newgate for twelve months, and kept to hard labour. In passing sentence, Mr. Justice Patteson, af ter consulting with Mr. Justice Williams, said, that there did not appear to be any material difference in their cases. From the confession of Jones, it appeared that he had been in duced by Christie, to whom he was indebted, to' join him in perpetrating these frauds ; but still it must be recollected that he occupied a place of trust, and it was necessary that an example should be held out to all such as were similarly situ ated. And what an example ! • Here, men well paid for 1 • doing their duty, rob the public, and receive twelve . months imprisonment, while a poor starving man is banished for seven years for stealing food to satisfy his wants. About a dozen girls were brought up at the Mansion House, charged with having broken the windows of the union workhouse, and also the windows of the Mansion House. They said their object was to get admission into Bridewell. Sir Peter Laurie refued to send them to Bridewell, but or dered a couple of officers to take them to Peckham workhouse. It is now the constant practice of the refractory of both sexes to break the windows of the Mansion House. At Bow-street two men, named John Harrison and Daniel M'Carthy, were brought before Mr. Twyford, charged, under the provisions of Malicious Damage Act, with cutting and destroying a number of trees on York-terrace-buildings, Adelphi. Mr. Twyford said, as proceedings were pending in another Court (the Queen's Bench) respecting the rights of parties to the Terrace, he should not be justified in giving any opinion upon the subject ; and he should, therefore, order the defendants to he discharged, as they might have had a fair and reasonable supposition that they were not acting illegally. Ellen Herbert, a woman about sixty years of age, and com pletely deaf, residing at West-end, Hampstead, was charged at Marylebone with attempting to drown herself. Her hus band had been sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment for stealing. Prisoner bad no means of supporting her family, and under those circumstances resolved on self-destruction. The police were directed to make the case known to the officers of Hampstead parish. At Queen-square, Mr. John Grover, of Belgrave-street, Belgrave-square, surveyor, who has been in custody some days, charged with having defrauded Mr. J. Slater, of 42, Lower Belgrave-place, of a large sum of money, was again brought up. Several other charges of a like nature were pressed upon the attention of the Magistrate. Mr. Burrell said he should not entertain any new charges ; he was un willing to prejudice the other case, in which he bad consi dered it his duty to send the prisoner before a jury. Ho con sented to take bail in 2001. for the prisouer's appearance at the Central Criminal Court, but there being no sureties in at tendance he was locked up. Mr. Norton, the Lambeth-street Magistrate, acknowledged the receipt of a note from Mrs. A. Waddington, of Ely, en closing a draft upon a London banker for the sum of twenty guineas, to be distributed from the office poor-box. Mrs. Waddington had frequently been the kind benefactress of the distressed poor through this Court, and Mr. Norton acknow ledged one handsome donation with much gratitude. At the Thames Police-court, William Jackson, a notorious thief, was charged with breaking into the brig Rapid, lying at Hanover-hole tier, Rotherhithe, and stealing the wearing apparel of two seamen. Some of the stolen property was found in the prisoner's possession. He was committed for trial. OENC - t% CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY-) Tte Lord Chancellor sat in Lincoln's Inn Hall to-dsf BOOTH V. CRESWICK.—JUDGMENT ase, t°'s The LORD . CHANCELLOR gave judgment to-day in which was argued before his Lordship nearly twelve since. His Lordship said that the circumstances of tk..al'74/ actions that had taken place in the case were ex 'gr to complicated, but the facts which it was necessary for To ' • advert to, with a view to the question involved, wor° o 4 of prised in a narrow compass. Henry Creswick borrerel. the trustees; under the marriage settlement of num ,ff Creswick, the defendant, 6,0001. ; he also borrowedfrod Creswick himself 3,500/., and Henry Creswick execute d 7;4 gage deeds upon certain property to w hich he was e nt ot o for the purpose of securing the repayment of those Humphrey Creswick charged the mortgage securities Or be sum of 2,0001. in favour of a person named Sevier, a n t o also charged, by an instrument dated February, 182 8 9 an d same property with certain sums in favour of Mr.Broake,ods by a subsequent charge in the month of May, 1829, ft o a further charge on the mortgage securities in favou r s! same individual. Mr. Brooks became bankrupt, and P ly to signees assigned the property for a valuable considerati„p Mr. Booth, the plaintiff. Henry Creswick had la;'s,-0 gaged this property to the executors a a weed named Jones. Those executors, instituted Ingl ings for a foreclosure. The bill was fi led ill o b-r previous to the mortgage to Mr. Brooks. A decree Wa s The tained in that suit, and an account was direc ted. c it ; Master was proceeding to take those accounts in his °f ° ; flat the time when the mortgage was made to Mr. Brooks.. , bt Mr. Booth became possessed of these mortgage securiPt: A filed his bill for a foreclosure against Humphery Cresviiv`vr, decree was obtained in the foreclosure suit instituted by P• ob , Booth against Humphery Creswick, but that decree wa s gt tained by default, Humphery Creswick being in prisou._at, applied for a rehearing of the decree, and after some r e f t rd. sated proceedings the Court allowed the decree to bete' nor upon certain conditions as to costs, and the teaquestioa was as to the validity of that decree. It was a d eere, ttv of in the absence of the defendant, and on the responsil' the plaintiff; and the question was whether it ,sbould be 0 titsany, and what manner. Four objections were urged s t„,o l bar against the decree. First, that the deeds weretyairg viva voce in Court, which was an incorrect mode ofPre'' n per in this case, because the parties ought to have had an ° r tunity of examining the witness. Another objectiont that the securities to Mr. Brooks were given for e d. A future costs, and that as to future costs they were noa a 6 10 third objection was that certain costs the plaintiff was oblig,ere pay in the cause, to the executors of Jones and othero,, T bs ; charged in the decree against Humphrey.Creswick, to the decree in that respect was therefore incorrect. ,ads fourth objection was, that at the time when these nie r i3 7. o ot securities were executed, or were transferred, by e itie Mr' were to Mr. Booth, the plaintiff, certain personal secur delivered over to him, and that they ought to be the._ . .elios of account before the blaster. sow, as to the first 06,701 upon the deeds, his Lordship was clearly of opinion thal the could be proved viva voce at the hearing. As t° tha t security for costs, his Lordship was of opinie ll fole security could not be taken by a solicitor f0,,,r, d0 -ia costs. That question had been decided, by Lord -rh o tos. " Jones v. Tipp," and in several other cases before Sir f ire' Plumer, Lord Gifford, and the present Lord Chancellor 0.4 land. he decree'therefore to that extent must, be recno The third objection was this : Booth the plaintiff, la bl3flt of for a foreclosure, was desirous of obtaining the beaelot the proceedings in the case of " Jones and Creswick,”_, e, I t that purpose he made all the persons parties to that sw . rt be ties to the one he had instituted. Subsequently, 110/11, snd had them all dismissed except Humphrey CresvWdecrtg having to pay the costs of all those parties, he in the n 0$ charged them against Humphrey Creswick. N°e T :atio l4 point the question was, whether he was entitled °lei? such a course of proceeding. In the opinion of his 11° 0 1i 0 ; it was not necessary for Mr. Booth to make the other,,,e" duals parties to the suit, that he had improperly Aw"nt them before the Court, and therefore, that he ®as p><, titled to have the costs of doing so over again from tor.", Creswick. In that respect therefore the decree inust,"" Or, feed. The fourth objection was, that at the time vionolde securities were assigned to Mr. Booth by the assign ee !:,, 9 the bankruptcy of Brooks, certain personal secur,"lt it e handed over; it did not appear what they were , u t t i s stated that they were taken up by Mr. '`l:ter'''s It did not appear that Humphrey Creswick had alYi r oo,", whatever in those personal securities. The wbo' e pet ned action between Brooks and Humphrey Creswick it 0 0; be accommodation bills, of which Humphrey Crege lic t ot t paid one farthing, and it appeared to his LordsbiPoe 4 order an inquiry on that subject would be a 1 11 °, t .i e d ceeding. That objection to the decree therefore , ral' ais t the whole, therefore, his Lordship was of opini° ll re c0.13' decree must be rectified as far as it related to the futa uit 1;1,, and the costs of making unnecessary parties to the !„ os t ' by the plaintiff, and the other parts of the decree affirmed.—The Court then proceeded to hear appea l3 ' D A 1 VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS 1/ 4- ) (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR OF ENGL A N D ;s i, His HONOUR was occupied the whole morning :w" of no general interest. CRIMINAL COURT.—(THI— OLD COURT. to ot The Learned Judges, Patteson and Williams , t ° „Ai seats upon the bench soon after ten o'clock. f u lls P 3 , 101 CHARGE OF CUTTING AND MAISIING.—Jerenna" Pt" 0 11 was put to the bar, charged with having, on t h oss„ February last, committed a malicious and felonicel!,,, upon Daniel Morris with intent to do him some gr'e dily harm. a gr . 1 ,6° Mr. Doane was counsel for the prosecution, . 1 1 be lantine for the prisoner. The facts of the case W i ddtle'ph gathered from the following epitome of the evidence , o , l4r t e Daniel Morris being sworn, said he was 0° t 00'04 living at 23, King-street. Shad well. Knows ths 0 , 0 0 soner kept an office for the engaging of coal-vrhiPit g ° 'lll Thursday, the Bth of last month, witness was rete L :.ber s ,oo, work, near Coal-stairs, opp.,site Gold's-hill, „,,,'etroia stopped to talk with some friends. This was °"-.. s ee d it' o'clock in the evening, when up came the prison,te,r i el to him—" Walk about your business, you scouna', o fr, o d ness made no answer, but went on into the Prin„,,,`"; pris, ll public-house, and called for a pint of beer. I "„'",,j followed witness into the public-house, , T v , cl i p called him every name that he poss ib i Witness left the public-house, and prisoner foie go t cito s , when he (witness) said to him, Mr. Kelly, owill pence, and am going ; to have a pint of beer, ' O Ol,l and have home ?" Prisoner relied, c l and raising the stick now produ p ced, struck him 8 0 - 5 0 tP which went through his hat. He then gave lii blow, which felled him, and rendered him inseo st came up, and led him bleeding to a doctor's. 40 br Cross-examined—Did not hear witness eon ° je ° oo, breaking his gear. Was never in his life a part/ 0 44,r nation of coal whippers against the prisoner. enough of a cruel assault upon the prisonerq . e• ;4 '404 know his arm was broken by that a.ssallits 4114 ° ll l° when it took place. Was rick party tg thilt aSSA Sot his oath the police were never after him &Y r night nor that day had witness a drawn knee lvitg A e" and never threatened Kelly in his whole life. 19 11 "" drunk nor sober, but knew what he was shoe' t assault commenced. a0&1.,,,1r John Russell, being sworn, said he was a „Thef„, co,, and remembers on Thursday, the Bth e ai v seven in the evening, being near Gold's-hill. 0 4 0 , soner at the bar strike the prosecutor on his heo - d ' do 1 hat went . off; and then he struck him again, A n ifili went. Two women took him off to a doctor S. i cutor had no knife in his hand, nor any other wair s oiefs il IS T Cross-examined—Knows the prisoner was 5 _ 4 t oes' saulted some time back, and some of his own -"" ,„ A quaintance were transported for the offence. , bier to} Maria Alexander—On the evening in veglt with Hannah Smith, saw the prisoner potl4l4ll l .' b a, P. the prosecutor, who became tptally loselp t vbet roe ) covered with blond, Said to the prisonert , A " If to strike a young man SA ;" oa which he 0 1' 4 '01' 0 ,0 1f ' to _you next." Assisted the prosecutor to a 14 1 t he Hannah Smith corroborated the evidence ° oar ness. (, , 0 George Harris, a bookseller, living in the 0 1,4 gave a somewhat different version. On the 00. 0 1 2i: 5 0 , ' tion, went to his shop door, and saw the Wit° 6 l, ander and another woman 41148111 g the prisenehert ° ;,0411: . ? , called biro a vagabond, and prisoner replied T o oot wi l it the prosecutor said somethingwhich witneSs co ", DOI ! 0 0l or swear to,and then the prisoner at the her @trltQ l tber o ot the first blow knocking his hat ofr, and s itel i f t as es l fell down. Cannot say whether prosecuto r ao ,de e sober. A customer came up to witness's sh,Li b te d Tr' 1 more of the matter. Mobs frequently cou"" 0 0 , soner's house hooting and making a row. eihe „tor , A policeman gave evidence of wbet Pespv - r ose, e called; and the supgenn, to whose shop the P .1 di vo i takell3eStilied that though he bled a good dell was a very slight one indeed. The pros ectito fully intoxicated. Oa 141 11 141 , This was the case for the said , ony Mr. Justice PxeresoN the idea of I *' o o 0 1 the question, and the case must be treated as , 'assault. 04 40 ro ar r e Mr. BALLANTOTE (for the prisoner). 0f $ 7 O le It' ffe e r oc , : evidence of the witnesses DS 0 the oc c • I'. 0 1 `; wholly disproved by the testimony of mr; of t be h e op secutor himself was so drunk at the time, Av g' i s 10 1 .0 that he knew not the provocation he ha" t V e ref°; s oto nothing that took place, and his evidence 1e wito%. Court would be worth nothing. The fen' fir, totally unworthy of credit. The fact ws° su ffer° oil Li g victim of combination, and had alreadY tp t toe toed from the violence of the coal-whippers o f th° 9 oo obliged to appeal to the law, and for on° ,„ 0 0 1 is ,ge` assaults, in which his arm was broken , 0° 0 - 00,ii eir engaged in it had been transported. 11 L 5 tiOtsg?" t if . g constantly destroyed, and every effort l'ffw drive him from the neighbourhood. Mr. Justice PArrzstge summed up , , gi g was evidently great provocation, and the ,1001,0! " nothing but a knock with a stick." ~t „ e f .a nd The jury brought in a verdict of " Gu ti o l es tioo dol sault, being at the time under great prOV net 111,0 fore we recommend him to mercy." t h ev ir i 4Ali Mr. Justice ParrEsosr, after advising , rs° ~i • s t e,l o o to appeal to the law for protection, ill: 5 70:i , A) sent his wrongs, said he saw 10,1 ) 44 NP„%A.qp4,,e,, , ,iir t d, 9th of February, which lie alll ll 4qr e 1410 40? ;ant 411_4 1 1 4 it IPA O l oPl e C#4l - WP 4APE. ,, -Pgia"c4' i est e ci indicted for a rape on Mary Cook, the , r isone r ba c , v; tl tto 4 ; Doane were Counsel for the Crown; ..,, for, „O. AP , fended, Details in such cases are 'ants leu be r tS , - ,pe e i eumstances asserted in the e vidence ) . l ; ll ,7 o o' , _ l , }he On the night of Saturday, the 12th of who was in the employ of a person wztt to the otil et ' 4fl o cutrix lived as servant girl, wen by to Sadler's Wells Theatre, aecomPan i a 7 e citeet l yilou tr r e man and woman. There they h together, and after the performane_ e : , t t a b o eY diuc l e t :;lo, to the Eagle Tavern, and thence to herse lf 1 1 , 0 010J i l parted company, the prosecutrix S„,` ;0 1of ;0 r e joinedßr Britannia-tfields prisoner, herd rwechtowsazihrh t ‘ i,w a o i ttin, lit:l , bl iiiii pber,ocopoi her." She threw herself on his 131.9 d 'pothiug.4s had no friends the wide weri4i elo no fri e loto, meter to dope/144pp. lie replied be 0 . ,, e er_fi - - 4 e4 then dragged ber •by main replied h a (9s her e 7 t l Pit, and there effected his purposed her W a yle t , 'muted. He left her, and she Ilia d°al /Pr o but did not tell her mistress wheJ„ ila u to 100 01; 0 031; the Monday. morning, however ; the f en % vri c i, been with her to Sadler's W e n s , c alled qll t ii p itt; ieo ,s i i .e wc o she revealed the outrt?',o, which tig4 beo t 001. 'Wei ( l e' tion was imut44ely given tot P ra Pl o cost° 10 L 11 :9, 1 3 - f 4 aft, i f difficult was 01 01 Inand t e a t lot lotpeeil ii r o l 9 " 4 / / 4 A ?Frp4 ll P l6 iiil he evidence, „ le w ho s ''` PlO4 CR4441110 charsoter,o, to h 11 0 /V IP' iopsos, 4414 prsoner--av l or! bo o , grlingly familiar terms. verd ict Ufa af) .• • eptl j . es tl o s , (1 4 : e .4ci t ' SAVitliP HARMONIC SOCIET.:,,qi Ol g a p. Saul will be produced at Exeter 6 , p evening; ei in addition to the well-htof,"ot, chor us anest contains many of the greet r er'4 COURT -P.A.MIXONAII The Duchess of Gloucester's health continues to improve, and when the weather is sufficiently fine her Royal Highness is able to take carriage airings. • The Duke of Cambridge's dinner, at Cambridge House, on Wednesday next, will be given to the Duke of Wellington, the Archbishop of York, the Earl of Cawdor, and the Direc tors of the Ancient Concerts, being the 68th season. The Royal Director has engaged Madame Caradori Allan, Miss Ramforth, Miss M. B. Hawes, and Messrs. Hawkins and Phillips. Lord and Lady Poltimore, who was passing the winter at Rome, are not expected home until the end of the season. Lord and Lady Newark, who have wintered in the south of Europe, are expected at their seat, Holme Pierrepont, Not tinghamshire, late in the spring, after an absence of three years. The Prussian Minister and Madame Bunsen are expected to leave Lord Stuart de Rothesay's mansion on. Carlton terrace at the close of the ensuing week, for the Continent, when the Baron de Thile, Secretary of Legation, will be accre dited as Charge d'Affaires. itXXSCELMANZOTYS. Within the last few days a numerously signed requisition from the inhabitant rate-payers of St. Stephen's, Walbrook, has been presented to Alderman Gibbs, soliciting him, as churchwarden, to take the sense of the parishioners respect ing the adoption of the Act for the better regulation of ves tries, enacted in the second year of the reign of King Wil liam IV., and commonly known as Hobhouse's Act, whereby the interest of the rate-payers would be more largely repre sented in the parish vestry than they are at present In the select one. The Alderman has complied with the requisi tion, and there is no doubt that there will be a large majority of votes in favour of the alteration, and that it will come into effect at Easter. At the annual meeting of students held yesterday, says the Aberdeen Herald of Saturday, for the election of the Lord Rector of Marischal College and University, the votes were equally divided between the Marquis of Breadalbane and the Marquis of Bute. The result is, there' eau be no Rector for this year. The Archbishop of York, the Earl of Ripon, Lord Stanley, the Earl of Shrewsbury, and the Earl of Cardigan, are amongst the stewards for the approaehing dinner of the City of London General Pension Society, at which the Marquis of Clanricarde presides, on the Ist May: MARKET NEWS. -(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY. Although we had only a moderate supply of English Wheat, the demand for it was in a sluggish state, and Monday's quo tations were barely supported. Foreign Wheat, free of duty, sold steadily, but in bonded grain exceedingly little was doing. The Barley trade was very inactive, and prices were barely supported. blalt, Oats, and all other Grain moved off heavily, at late rates. ARRIVALS. Wheat. Eng1igh:......... 1- 1,350 qrs Foreign... .. Barley. ' Oats. kinur 800 qrs. 1,110 lrs. 1670.acks. 1 7,4.20 1 250 Malt, 300 ces: WHITECHAPEI. Our market to-day was very moderately supplied with meat, while the demand ruled heavy at the following prices : Beef from 2s 4d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 2s 8d to 3s 10d; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; and Pork, 2s 6d to 3s 10d per 81bs. by the carcass. PUGlLlSM.—Yesterday the long pending prize-fight between Cullen and Rowe was decided near Gravesend. The men were matched for a stake. of 501., and a good deal of betting took place, Cullen being the favourite. A steamer, provided for the occasion, started from Hungerford pier, with the combatants and a strong muster of the pugilistic fancy. On arriving at the appointed locality the men prepared for action, and, after shaking hands together in the usual way, they immediately commenced with great severity, when Rowe soon gave evidence of his being the best " general." how ever, the men continued the contest with great courage and science for fifty-seven minutes, when Rowe was declared the winner amidst the cheering of his friends. MAPLE WOOD.—lt having been the practice in taking the dimensions of maple-wood, for the purpose of charging the duty thereon, to admeasure the same singly, notwithstanding the planks or slabs may be under twenty one feet in length, on account of the unusually large inter stices which would be occasioned by the irregular forms of the plank, provided the same were piled for admeasurement in bulk, under the provisions of the 29th section of the Act sth and 6th Victoria, cap. 47, and the Board of Customs being of opinion that maple-wood, in'common with all other woods charged with duty by measurement, should, with re ference to the Act above adverted to, be measured in bulk, have ordered that the proper officers do govern themselves accordingly. EFFECTS OF LARKING.—A few days a frg, ftt Bed ford, a party of men were amusing themselves bY destroying a colony of rats in some old promises, Some of the Tway had guns to make more sure of their game, and one of them, in order to play a joke upon the rest, went inside the building, and pushed a dead rat through a hole. This was no sooner done than the guns were fired, under the impression that it was a live rat making its escape, and part of the charges passed through the hole, and shattered the man's hand off! A sad verification of the proverb that the " biter WfiPIN.O bitten."—Cambridge ciPrfict qpt PfriboliFP P. * ri ff , 1159, and Maxtan v PY,e, Wils. '409, it was held i thei laying above 101. on a horse race (though fur 4 leff 4 l P 444) Is an illegal h @ t, within tjip statute of Anne, on 'the ground that the statute ought to he extended to all sports as well 4§ games, in order to prevent excessive betting ktid in !.rnßil v. Longbotham, 2 Wils. 36, it . was 4l s c! 49SOSCI to 14,11 t, foot racing. INN re t , tit 0 , 11 !i lk the