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INDIA AND CHINA. THE INDIAN MAIL, No. 10, will be pub lished at Six o'Clock TO-MORROW MORNING. London z W. IL Allen and Co., 7, Leadenhall-street ; Agent, L. Wilde, yr, Catherine-street, Strand. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., THE BR 0 THER S. By the Author of "Oliver Cromwell," " Marmaduke Wyvil," &c. " This author Is destined to take a high rank among the writers of fiction. He has imagination, eloquence, a knowledge of human na ture, and the power of touching the heart deeply."--john Bull. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. In 3 Vols., post Avo. A SECOND EDITION of " WHITEFRIARS ; ..C1 OR, TIIE DAYS OF CHARLES THE SECOND." AN HISTORICAL ROMANCE. IS NOW READY AT ALL THE LIBRARIES. Henry Colburu, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING. FEBRUARY 8, Will he repeated a New Grand Opera, in Three Acts, called THE )30HEMIAN MILL Count Amheim, Mr. Borram ; Thaddeus, Mr. W. Harrison; Arline, Miss Rainforth; Queen of the Gipsies, Miss netts. After which, will be repeated a New Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime. entitled HARLEQUIN AND KING PEPIN ; or, VALENTINE AND ORSON - . Harlequin, Mr. Howell; Colum bine. Mks. Carson; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway ; Pantaloon, Mr. Blanchard. Dregs Boxes 71., Second Price 3s. 66. ; Upper Circles of Boxes 55., =mond Price 3s. ; Pit 3s , Second Price N.• Middle Gallery es., S voni Price Is.; Upper Ga ll ery Is., Second P rice 6d. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. M. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS. THIS EVENING, THURSDAY, Feb. 8, there will be no Per. romance. the Theatre having been let previous to M. Julliei's occupation. TO—MORROW EVENING, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY & Willbeperformed (first time) A Grand Descriptive FANTASIA selected from Roch Albert's Opera, entitled THE DESTRUC TION OF POMPEII. Soto, (7ornet-a-Piston, Herr Koenig. Solo, Flute , Mr. Richardson. boors Open at Halt.past Seven, commence at Eight o'Clock. Promenade, Is , Upper Boxes, h.; Dress Circle 2s. dd. ; Private Poxes. I!. Is. Tickets to be obtained at the box-office of the Theatre; of Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street; Mr. Andrews, New Butut.street ; Mr. Sam; St. James's-street ; and M. Jullien's Office, 3, Maddox street, Bond.street THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. MR. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LESSEE RE-ENGAGEMENT OF MR. JOHN PARRY. THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY S, Will he performed WHO'S YOUR FRIEND? or, The Queens berry Fete. Giles Fairland, Mr. Charles Mathews; the Countess of Rosedale, Madame Vestris. After the Drama, Mr. JOHN PARRY will sing "The Old Bachelor." After which, a New Comist Drama, entitled USED UP. Sir Charles Coldstream, Bart., Mr. Charles Mathews ; Sir Adonus Leech, Mr Tilbury; Wurzle Mr. James Bland; Mary, Miss Julia Bennett; Lady Clutterbuck, Mrs. Humby. To conclude with a New hairy Extravaganza, entitled THE FAIR ONE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS! King Lack rymoso, Mr. J. Bland; Prince Graceful, Miss P. Horton ; Queen Lucidora, Dtiss Julia Bennett. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, ss. i • Pit, Ss. ; Gallery, 25.; Upper Gallery, ls. Half.price —Boxes, Ss. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Doors opened at Half-past Six, and the l'erformance commence at Seven. Tickets and Places to be had of Mr I. T. Archer, at the Box. office, from Ten till Five. •. THEAIRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Unprecedented success of " The Merry Wives of Windsor," which 'will be acted To-morrow, and three times a week till further notice, thus cast :—Sir John Falstaff. Mr Strickland ; Slender, Mr. Charles Mathews; Evans, Mr. Webster; Ford, Mr. Stuart ; Page, Mr. Howe; Caine, Mr. J. Bland ; Pi s t o l, M r . Brindal ; Mrs. Page, Madame Vestris; Mrs. Ford, Mrs. Nisbett ; Dame Quickly, Mrs. Glover. The Lessee respectfully informs the Patrons of this Esta blishment that Mr. JOHN PARRY will sing this Evening one of his Popular' Songs—. The Old Bachelor." The New Fairy Extra. vagann of " The Fair One with the Golden Locks ' Every Evening -Graceful, Miss P. Ho r to n; L uc id ora , Mi ss Julia Ben.. nett. The New Conic Drama of "Used Up," will be repeated To-night, on Saturday, and three times a-week. " Who's your Friend? or, The Queensberry Fete," To-night. I. T. ARCHER, Box.book Keeper. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. The Best Pantomime of the Season—Gorgeous Scenery. THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 8, 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. After which, a New Play, in Three Acts, entitled JUDITH OF GENEVA. Principal- Characters—Messrs. Lyon, Wnght, 0. Smith, Miss Chaplin, and 'Mrs. Yates. To conclude. w 4 th the Grand Christmas Pantomime, called HAR LEQUIN BLUE BEARD, or, The Fairy of the Silver Crescent. Produced with Enormous Splendour and Wonderful Effects! -C'olumbine, Miss Bullet' • Harlequin Quicksilver, by the inimitable Wieland; Clown, b y _ the Grimaldi of the day, Mr. T. Matthews, from the Theatres Royal, Covent garden and Drury-lane; Pante. loon. Mr. Johnstone. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD.STREET. LESSEE, Mr. .1. AI. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY a, Will be repeated an English version of DON PASQUALE. Principal Characters by Madame Eugenia Garcia, Mr. Allen, Mr. Eurdini, and Paul Bedford. After which, the Petite Drama ' called THE GREEK SLAVE. atda <the Greek S'ave), Madame Eugenie Prosper. To conclude with the New Musical Burlesque spectacle, entitled THE MAGIC MIRROR. Sing. Song, Mrs. H. P. Grattan; Poo. Poo, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Sloe.Lcat, Miss R. Isaacs. • ASTLEY•S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Under the Management of Mr. Batty, Proprietor. Triumphant SVCCEM of the Equestrian Novelties and Pantomime. THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 8, Will be performed the Grand National Spectacic of THE BATTLE Of WATERLOO. Napoleon Buonapirte, Mr. Gomersal, his wi g mai character — New Scenes in the Circle, and Unequalled Feats of Horsemanship. To conclude with the Pantomime of HARLEQUIN TAM O'S}IANTER. Acting and S tage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. Stalls. ; es BoA, 45.; Upper Boxes, 3..; Pit, 2s. Gallery, Is.; Upper Gallery. RA Box-office open daily from Ten till Four. Stage Boxes, One Guinea ; Half-price to Ditto. Halt.a-Guinea. Private Boxes, Two G.,itsea4; Half-price to Ditto, One Guinea. Half-price. Half-past Elan. DAYIDGE7S ROYAL SURREY THEAIRE. Enormous hit of " Stella Rittersdorf"—more crowded than ever— Increased attraction of the best Pantomime in London, overflow ing with fun. THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 8, Will be repeated a New Drains, entitled STELLA BITTERS. I)ORF. SuPi , Otted by Messrs. Saville, Hughes Hicks, It. Honner, Neville Vale, Smith, Johnson, Lewis, estop, Mrs. R. Honner, Mrs. baly. S i rs. Hughes, Miss Terrey, and Mrs. H. Vining. After which, A CHRISTMAS CAROL, by " Boa," with splendid Appointments. To conclude with an entirely new Grand Comic Pantorairae, with Splendid Scenery, Superb Dresses, Inimitable Properties and Tricks, every thing new and of the m os t cos tly description, HARLEQUIN GRA hIMAR, or, Lindley Murray,and AEIO U. Harlequin, Mr. W. H. Harvey ; Grotesque, Mr. Stilt; Clown, Mr. Fuller • Panta loon, Mr. Hawkins ; Columbines (alternately) Miss M . Fair. brother and Miss Sharpe. Place" and M iss Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box o beelfirom Eleverrtti Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. - THIS EVENING, , Will be produced THE GNOME FEBRUARY 8 G OF THE OLD MINES. supported by Messrs. Freer, Nantz, Miss Vincent, &c. After which, THE FAIRY LADY ; or, The Cabinet of Bronze. To conclude with HARLEQUIN LINCOLN LUCKY OF LAM. 13 ETH ; or, The Three Signs of Witch Willow Dell. Harlequin, Mr. Chapino ; Clown, Mr. Scarbrow; Pantaloon, Mr. Morelli; Columbine, Miss M. Schmidt . NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS Having received complaints from many of our Subscribers, that they do not receive the THIRD EDITION of The Sun, containing the Debates in Parliament up to the latest hour Post, as well as the Gazettes on Tuesday and Friday ?veiling% containing Military and other promotions, the Betting at Tattersall's on Monday and Thursday, &c. &c., this is to give notice, that if any irregularity occur in future, it will be immediately rectified by parties forward ing the.names of the agents who supply them, to The Sun Office, 112, Strand, London. The THIRD Eprriox of The Sun is published regularly every evening at Seven o'Clock, in time for post, and may be had 300 miles from London next day, and all over the king dom within 36 hours. The Morning Sun, containing all the debates, &c., may be bad by the early trains at six o'clock in all large towns on the main lines within a circle of 120 miles by breakfast time, and further distances in proportion. Places more remote from the great lines will receive their papers by the Morning Mails. Orders received by alirnews-agents, and at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, London. THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, FEB. 8. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 30; Highest, 44; Noon, 40. 1 3 . 1 .BOZSETER,29.45.—Wrin, 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 THIS DAY. Morning .- 27 minutes after 4 Evening .. 46 minutes after 4. SECOND EDITION.. • ji,, f •', ..iii.i:mi, ' I.l' • (it •- - - N., . -;;,:,:%;....z.,.. w - iow 7: Ai ,-- .; . .r.+ - 4,1111. 1 .• A , i't:, ~- , , ..„•‘47qw.., - - -./- '- , zis li ~.., " ~ .4 1` • mos .. , v7itizi-xv - - ...... tit LONDON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1844. Fs. Lords'did. not meet yesterday, and the Com mons sat only for three-quarters of an hour. The few procee4ings thaA took place will be found in the Par liamentazy report. The case `-for the defence of O'CorsxmA, and his fellow traversers has now closed, and the Solicitor- General for li•eland has only to reply upon the evi dence in order t o ma k e the whole matter ripe for the summing 4P -- of the Chief J us ti ce . Thi s week, will therefsrt, in all probability, see the end of this most important trial, so far as the Court of Queen's Bench in Ireland is concerned. We have elsewhere com mented upon the speech of O'CONNELL—a speech Worthy the best day s o f t h e English or Irish bar, combining all- the oleagin ous nature of ScARLETT in his best days, with the for c ibl e eloquence of ' O'CoN NELL. And here let us pay a passing tribute to the matchless talent displayed by the ,Counsel for the de fence. We doubt whether any bar could ever have afforded such splendid specimens of genuine oratorical power as the Irish bar has exhibited on this occasion. SHEIL, MOOHE, ITATCHELL, FITZOIHBON, WHITESIDE, Iit'DONO[JAH, VENN,and O'CONNELL, will go d own to posterity, side by side, as having combined to show the very perfection of talent, and the happiest instance of useful combination upon legal record. Now comes the part for the Chief Justice and for the jury. The real trial of the accused is gone by, and the public mind is made up as to their guilt or innocence. For never was guilt more foully charged, more signally divrofed, and more utterly discredited, or innocence more clearly apparent, than on the pre sent occasion. The public has pronounced its fiat of not guilty, and no man in the three kingdoms, who is free to exercise an honest opinion, will or can pro nounce any other verdict. The tact with which the Crown officials have con ducted this trial—the - j►idgment they have displayed— Mr. WALLACE has followed up the notice he gave to exclude from the Committee on Railways all those L Members on the list given in by the President of the Board of 'Trade, who were directors of railways, or shareholders ; and the Honourable Member succeeded in so far as to stop the appointment of the Committee until the names 'should be revised, and a more fair selection be made. The Member for Greenock has done good service, by attracting the attention of the House of Commons and the country to the construc tion of Parliamentary Committees; and it will be the fault of the country and of the public press if the evils arising from the shameful manner of appointing Committees, in which almost always are to be found many who have direct pecuniary interests to protect, be not remedied. It says but little for the composition of the House of Commons, while it speaks volumes as to the notorious existence of class legislation, that men of all parties are always ready to become members of Select Committees in which their own interests are or may be concerned. Take the case before us. A Committee was to be appointed to inquire what changes should be made in the Standing Orders of the House of Commons respecting railways, and also to see how far the re .. gulations under which the existing railways are conducted are such as the public are entitled to. A more important question cannot be found ; for now the existing railways have superseded all other modes of conveyance, and having attained thereby a monopoly far more complete than even the most sanguine of their projectors anticipated, it is time that the system should be overhauled and thoroughly sifted by an impartially selected tribunal. Let us see how the President of the Board of Trade views this. Being officially called upon to select proper persons to place on this impor tant inquiry, he fulfils his official duty by select ing no fewer than six Chairmen of Railways to be of the number of the Committee, in addition to him self—a large shareholder of railway stock. Here are seven persons out of fifteen, all having a direct inten tion to protect themselves and their railway sharehold ing constituents, placed by the President of the Board of Trade on a Committee of the utmost importance to all ranks, and especially to the working classes! We do not know how many out of the eight remaining Members are concerned in railways. A new list of names must now be laid before the House of Commons at least one day previous to their being appointed members of the Railway Committee, and we trust that those who have so well defended the public from the infliction of an injury by a Committee evidently nearly all on one side, will take care that this principle of impartiality shall be carried out in the choice to be made—and that men of tried ability as well as integrity shall be entrusted with the discharge of the difficult and all-important task to be assigned to them. The English Catholics have resented the gross insult uttely offered to their Irish brethren in a manly and becoming spirit. At a public meeting held yes terday, at the Freemason's Tavern, the following, among other equally significant resolutions, was pro posed and carried unanimously, amid loud cheers : _ " That the officers of the Crown, in striking off every Catholic from the panel, in the trial pending in the Court of Queen's Bench in Ireland, have raised in the discretion which they have exercised, in trans ( ferring the seat of repeal agitation from the Corn Exchange to the Court of Queen's Bench—in publish ing to the entire empire in a legal form, speeches and proceedings which they denounce as illegal, and in allowing the arguments for, and in justification of repeal, to penetrate to the interior of every house in Great Britain, and to the firesides of every man in England, Scotland, and Ireland, speak for themselves. We need not make one remark, save that the atten tion of the world has been drawn to the condition of Ireland, to the real cause of this repeal agitation, and to the necessity of doing justice to Ireland, more by those prosecutions, instituted by the Government, than years of unchecked agitation could have accom plished. Thus Providence always ordains, that from ap parent evil, real good shall spring —out of the very depths of sorrow, comfort shines forth,—and if O ' CONNELL had wished to raise the character of his country, to call attention to its wants, and to place it on the very pinnacle whence it would attract the most attention, he could not have done half so much as the Attorney-General has done. Ireland now stands proclaimed as a country whose natural capabilities have been checked by artificial and unnatural means—whose union with England has produced only the results of ill-assorted unions, disquiet and discomfort and whose happiness must be sought by far different means to those hitherto employed. Ireland claims and must have justice—not in words only, but in deeds. She demands equal laws, equal privileges ; and then, when she has these, will she forget, in solid, sub stantial enjoyment of actual benefits, the injury in flicted upon her by centuries of misrule, terminated only by a corrupt annihilation of her separate Legis lature, to be again tortured by Tory and arbitrary rule. Let Ireland feel that she is truly a part of the em pire, and truly cared for in the Imperial Legislature, and no cry for repeal of the union will then be heard. Until that be the case, no wonder that " the captive leaps to break his chains." The public interest attached to the Irish State pro secutions which had been flagging for some time past, was revived in all its ardour on Monday by the an nouncement that the chief traverser, Mr. O'CONNELL, was on that day to he heard in his defence An im pressive speech was expected from him on the occa sion, and the expectation was not disappointed, for his defence was admirably conducted—skilful in its management of details—lucid and forcible in its lan guage—argumentative and, to a great degree, matter of fact in its tone—and characterised throughout by a temperance—a moderation—and even a deference to his legal opponents. Mr. O'CONNELL kept the strictest watch and ward over his feelings throughout his speech, preferring rather to convince the understand ing, than to rouse the sensibilities of the jury. He made out a strong case in his favour, and was , par ticularly happy in his comments on the " conspiracy'' part of the charge, on which, it maybe remembered, the mild and gentle-natured Attorney-General laid great stress in his opening address. " The entire strength of this prosecution,", observed the Hon. and Learned Gentlemen, " consists in that cabalistic word con spiracy.' If I look to the dictionary for its import, or if I ask common sense, I find it means a secret agreement among several to commit a crime. Really it is too hard for one to defend himself against any conspiracy committed in open day, and com mitted by public announcement with the ring ing of bells, to know who would come as wit nesses to the conspiracy. A conspiracy ! Where was the secret agreement made—when was it made —how was it made ? Was it made in winter or in summer—in spring, or in autumn ? When was it attended ?On a Sunday, or on a work-day ? Who was by—who made the secret arrangements— who moved and seconded the resolutions ?" Mr. O'CONNELL continued, at considerable length, to comment on the folly of his public agitation for re peal-being tortured into a secret conspiracy, and his pungent, apt, and forcible remarks will not, we sus pect, be without their due effect on the jury. This new doctrine of conspiracy, indeed, applied to public agitation that may happen to be unpalat able in Downing-street, is one that cannot be too strongly reprobated, for it strikes at the root of all freedom of discussion. Once establish the precedent in Ireland, and the malign consequences will not be slow of developing themselves in England. Such a convenient doctrine—so admirably suited to Ministe rial views—will be sure to cross the Channel ; and, Mr. O'CONNELL being _convicted of conspiracy for agitating an obnoxious question in Ireland s what is to prevent Mr. COBDEN being convicted of the same misdemeanour, for agitating the ugly question of the corn-laws in England ? Hav ing succeeded in the one country, Government— goaded on by the furious monopolists—will exhibit no great reluctance to try their chance in another; and should their efforts be crowned with success, a stop will be put to all public agitation the instant it reaches a point that may render it troublesome to a Tory Ministry. If there be a conspiracy in Ireland, it is not on the part of the traversers, but on the part of the Irish Executive, who, it is clear, have con spired together to bring the word into contempt, and drive common sense out of court. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 8, 1844 the Court of Justice itself a well-grounded suspicion of the violation of the Emancipation Act, and have thereby insulted our religion and endangered our rights, by an implied imputation upon our fidelity to our oaths." In bringing forward this resolution, the Hon. C. LANGDALE remarked that it was not the Crown Solicitor who was to be charged with such a de liberate insult, nor even the Attorney-General; it was the Government which was the offending party : and in this opinion we are strongly disposed to concide with the Hon. Gentleman. The insult wears a genuine Tory complexion, and is, therefore, just such a one as was most likely to proceed from the present official occupants of Downing-street. But was there ever a more ill-timed, suicidal blunder committed by a set of men taking credit to them selves for the possession and exercise of common sense and liberality ? At the very time when one would have supposed that it was more than ever ne cessary that they should conciliate the Catholics of Ireland, and detach as many of them as possible from the repeal banner—at this very time Govern ment have thought fit to disgust and alienate them, by casting a slur on their honesty, and putting it publicly on record that they are not to be trusted on their oaths ! Yes, despite the Eman cipation Act, whose avowed object, as pompously proclaimed by its author, was to put the Catholics on an equality in every respect with the Protestants, a Tory Ministry still regards them with distrust and contempt—still takes special care that the brand of their inferiority shall remain broadly stamped on their foreheads. What is the legal disqualification for sitting on a jury ? That a man is a convicted felon. Is not the inference then, inevitable, that, in the estimation of our sapient, tolerant, and equitable Government, the Irish Catholics are no better than so many convicted felons, and are therefore legally disqualified from acting as jurymen ? Well may these cruelly maligned gentlemen resent such a gross imputation on their character—and this in the strongest terms that the English language can supply! They would be deserving of the sove reign contempt of every honest man were they to submit in silence to such a deliberate insult; but greatly shall we be mistaken in our estimate of their sense of honour, if they do not promptly bestir them selves to such effect, in England as well as Ireland, as shall extort from Government, on its knees, a con fession of its illiberal conduct, and a distinct, positive pledge that such conduct shall never be repeated. Minis ters would not dare to treat the Dissenters in this con tumelious manner. And why ? Because they know and feel that they are a bold,ldetermined, wealthy, and in fluential body, who will not submit to injustice, and are impatient of even the semblance of insult ? But the Catholics are a different sort of men ; they, it is taken for granted, are comparatively powerless in England, and even in Ireland are only numerically powerful; consequently they may be insulted with impunity. Well, it is high time that this delusion should be dispelled, and Government be taught that the Catholic party can be as prompt to resent a slight or an injury as the Dissenters; and that they are re solved to stand on no other footing than that of per fect equality with the rest of their fellow-country men. Meanwhile, this egregious blunder on the part of Ministers has already, as might have been antici pated, recoiled on their own heads. It has destroyed much of the moral influence which it was the object of the State prosecutions to exercise on the minds of thinking people in Ireland; has added greatly to the number and strength of the Repealers ; and fur nished Mr. O'CONNELL with one of the most cogent arguments he could possibly urge in favour of that revolutionary measure. Truly Sir ROBERT PEEL and his congenial colleagues have displayed ineffable wisdom in their administration of affairs in the sister-country ! They found it tranquil, they have convulsed it from one extremity to the other—they found it willing to trust to English jus tice for redress of wrongs, they have filled it with distrust and despair—they found Repeal a dwarf, they have elevated it to the dimensions of a giant—they found a large portion of the Catholics desirous to become their allies, they have converted them all, with scarcely one exception, into bitter and inveterate enemies ! And yet when he next discusses the question of his Irish policy, Sir ROBERT PEEL, if we may judge from the past, will have the insufferable effrontery to get up in the House of Commons, and, with tha matchless, impenetrable, seven-fold face of his, pro. fess his great regard for the interests of the sister. Belgian Bank .. • • • • • • • • • • • • 670 Belgian Fives, 1840 • • • • •• • • 109 1842 • • ••• • • • 110 Spanish Active ...... •• 675 •• 109 i •• 110 •• 32 •• 670 •• 675 .. 109 .. 109 k 110 .. 110 •• 31k 32 .• 5k .. 5; .. 481 .. 49 •• 106 83 .. 106 85 •• 1061 • . 1064 Passive . •.• • • . • • . Portuguese Five per Cents. Neapolitan • • • • ...... • • • • Roman •• •• • • .•• • • . 4EI 106 85 106 f •• 5i •• 49 •• 106 85 •• 106} RAILWAY SHARES. 357 50 • • 3.57 50 • • 357 50 .. 357 50 187 50 190 .. 186 25 .. 186 25 840 . • 845 .. 840 .. 845 Rotten to Havre ••• • • ...... • 695 712 50 .. 695 .. 707 50 Orleans .•••• • . • • ...... •• • • 86 0 • • 860 .. 860 .. 860 Strasburg :to Bale • • Montpellier to Cette •••• • • • • 500 .. 515 .. 500 .. 512 50 Avignon to Marseilles ••• • • • 785 .. 787 50 .. 782 50 .. 782 50 RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT. Versailles, R.B• 355 • • 356 25 .. 355 356 25 L.B. •••••• • • • • • • 1 90 • • 190 • • 186 25 • . 186 25 840 .. 847 50... 840 • • 847 50 Rotten to Ilavre• •••••• • • • • • 700 • • 712 50 • • 700 • • 701 25 Orleans 857 50 • • 860 .. 857 50 .. 860 Strasburg: to Bale ........ A • 242 50 .. 245 . • 242 50 • • 243 75 Avignon to Marseilles ••• • • 785 .. 787 50 .. 775 .. 775 Versailles, nil... • • • • • • • • L.B. ...... • • • • AMERICAN NEWS. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The Yorkshire on her first voyage across the Atlantic arrived here this morning, in the charge of Captain Bailey, who has previously commanded some of the swiftest and most popular of the American liners. The new vessel is a beautiful specimen of maritime architecture; and although in every fresh vessel which is added to the splendid line of packets between this port and New York, perfection appears to have been attained, still improvements and new beauties are discernable in each, gratifying to the eye, and compli mentary to the taste and skill of the heads which planned and the hands which executed such elegant workmanship. The Yorkshire, which sailed on the 18th ult., has made her first passage in nineteen days. A Bill, consisting of some forty clauses, had been intro duced into the House of Representatives by a Member, named Hughes, the purport of which is to take possession of the Oregon territory. 'Whether the Bill pass or not is of little moment ; the object of the introducer was, doubtless, to di rect attention to his movements on this side of the Atlantic. The Cotton Market had sustained a sudden reversion in consequence of what was deemed the unfavourable news from England, and prices had receded a good deal. The feeling was also increased by a belief that the new cotton crop would prove more productive than the previous accounts had represented it. In all probability, however, when the accounts arrive out with the details of the astounding doings in this market last week, and recently, another fillip will be given to that taste for speculation which had been arrested when the packet sailed. The news from Canada give an account of various changes on the tapir in the Cabinet and on the Bench. Mr. Wake field was on the point, it is said, of returning to England ; and Mr. Lafontaine, to conciliate the French portion of the people, is to be raised to the Montreal bench, in the place of an old judge of French extraction, who retires because of the infirmities of age. But. these rumours, although positively affirmed, appear to be by no means certain. Congress had been opened in Texas by a message from the President, which alludes, in handsome terms, to the inter vention of Great Britain, in order to settle the existing diffe rences between that country and Mexico —to the fact of France being about to establish a line of steam communica tion with the " Young Republic"—and to the friendly feel ing which has always existed between Texas and the United States, until it was inadyertently interrupted by an infrac tion of the revenue laws of the former country. It is also stated that a Bill had been introduced into the Texian Con gress, recommending the annexation of the country to the territory of the United States. From Havannah, the details of an insurrection, by the black population, have come to hand; it is said that no less than 500 slaves were killed in the emeute. The remittances by the present packet are heavy. When she sailed the rate of Exchange on England was 108 i. LAW INTELLIGENCE QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco after Term.) JUDGMENT.-THE QUEEN IN THE PROSECUTION 07 HARRIS V. SMITH, In this case a mandamus had been issued calling on the de. fendant, a beneficed clergyman, to restore the prosecutor to the office of parish clerk, of which defendant had deprived him. The return to the mandamus set forth various acts of misconduct on the part of the prosecutor in the execution of the duties of his office, which, as the defendant alleged, justified him in dismissing the prosecutor. On the other side it was contended that the dismissal was illegal, inasmuch as defendant had never called upon the prose cutor to make his defence, but had Proceeded at once to dismiss him ; the prosecutor contended, therefore, that the return to the mandamus was invalid. Lord DENMAN in delivering the Judgment of the Court this morning said, that the Court held that removal f►om a freehold office ought to be preceded by some inquiry. It might have happened that the prosecutor might, had he been heard in his defence, have convinced the defendant that he was not deserving of dismissal. It mattered not that the misconduct of the prosecutor had come under the personal observation of defendant. Inquiry ought in all cases to precede dismissal. The return, therefore, could not be supported, and peremptory mandamus must issue. country, and take credit to himself for having treated it with such uniform impartiality ! Madrid Journals of the 31st ult. have been re ceived. The death of Donna.CARLOTTA had caused a great sensation, and its probable consequences formed topics of general discussion. " Yesterday," says the Herald, " the body of her Royal Highness was exposed in state. It is placed in a magnifi cent coffin in one of the rooms of the mansion which the Princess inhabited. The room is decorated with rich tapestry. The body of the Princess is covered with a fine white dress of lace and gold embroidery. On her forehead and neck thousands of diamonds or costly jewels sparkle. Two chasseurs of Espinosa and four halberdiers are stationed at the bed's head, and form the internal guard." A daughter of the deceased Princess had been attacked with measles, but was considered out of danger. Several parties had left Madrid to receive Queen CHRISTINA on her en tering Spain. The funds continued firm; the Three per Cents. having closed at 30 and 291 for cash, and 291 at 60 days; and the Five per Cents. at 201 at 60 days. The Paris papers are much occupied with the ques ion of railroads, and the affair of M. SALVANDY. On Monday a Council of Ministers was held, under the presidency of Marshal SOULT. The Ministers of Fo reign Affairs, the Interior, and Commerce, who were engaged at the bureaux of the Chamber, left them to attend the Council. It was stated ,in the evening that the question under consideration was the Rail roads, but that no decision had been come to. On Tuesday, however, a belief prevailed that Ministers had made up their minds on the subject, and the funds rose considerably, the Three per Cents. closing at 81f. 95c., and the Fives at 12M. sc. A very ge neral feeling prevails against the supposed plan for exe cuting all the new lines under the agency of the State. Even the Globe, a Ministerial paper, is strongly opposed to such a scheme, and justly remarks, " ought the State to become proprietors of houses in Paris, or manu facturers at Sedan, or merchants at Havre, or agricul turists at Beauce ? It is absurd to suppose so; and yet this is the very thing which those persons require, who urge the State to execute, exclusively, the rail roads, on account of the profits which are to accrue from the undertaking. With such a system the State would, in the end, monopolise in its hands all the un dertakings of the nation. Take, then, the English, the Belgians, the capitalists of every country of Europe, and let them have an interest, by their concurrence in the execution of pur railroads, in the prosperity and riches of France. Can it be supposed that peace and order in Europe will not be consoli dated by such a community of interests ? Allow English, German, and Belgian interests to touch each other, and the nations themselves will touch also ; and that future will be prepared towards which all parties aim, or pretend they aim —namely, the close union of European nations, on the common ground of peace and labour." The Chamber of Deputies have not had a public sitting for several days, as the Members are engaged in Committees on the different items of the Budget. It was said, however, that there would be a public meeting on Wednesday, when M. SALVANDY would make some explanations relative to the late misunder standing between him and the Court. Some of the Opposition papers express a firm conviction that the GUIZOT Ministry cannot last. The Courtier Francaiy, however, takes a different view, and says, before the Cabinet presented the Secret Money Bill, they wished to ascertain the dispositions of the Members of the majority. Several meetings have taken place, on the proposal of the Deputies most devoted to the Ministry, and it is affirmed that the majority has proved as numerous and as una nimous as previous to the late Parliamentary storms. The Cabinet is content, and its friends still predict it a long life. THE BOURSE-TUESDAY, FEB. 6. . First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents. • 124 85 .. 124 90 • • 124 85 • • 124 90 Four per Cents. •• •• 106 35 .. 106 35 .• 106 35 106 35 Three per Cents 81 85 .. 81 95 .. 81 90 81 95 Bank of France. 3280 —3285 —3280 • • 3285 Lalac Bank, 1,0001. Shareslll2 50 i • 1112 50 • • 1112 50 • • 1112 50 MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY HAT MARKETS. ---- - SurnmEm.—Coarse Meadow Hay , 3/ to 31 lOs ; useful ditto, 31 12s to 31 15s; fine Upland ditto, 3/ 16s to 41; Clover Hay, 315 s to 51; Oat Straw, llSs toll lOs ; Wheat Straw, 11 lOs to 1/ 12s per load. A short supply, and a Steady demand. Prices fully stationary. CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2/ 15s to 3/ 3s ; useful, ditto, 3/ 8s to 3/ 14s ; fine Upland ditto, 31 15s to 412 s ; Clover Hay, 3/ 5s to 4/ 18s ; Oat Straw, 11 8s to 1/. lOs ; Wheat St r aw, 1/ lis to 1/ 13s per load. Supply good, and trade firm, at the above quotations. IVIDTECILIPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 21 15s to 3/ Bs. ; useful ditto 3l lOs to 3/ 14s ; fine Upland ditto, 3115 s to 41; Clover Hay, 315 s to 5l 5s ; Oat Straw, 116 s to 118 s ; Wheat Straw, .11 8s to 1/ lis per load. Both Hay and Straw moved off slowly at Tuesday's prices. MEAT MARICETS. HAIiBiLt3I, FEB. 7.—Prime Stock was in steady demand, at very full prices, but in other kinds only a moderate amount of business was doing, at barely late rates.—Beef, 3s to 4s 2d; Mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 6d; Veal, 4s to 4s 10d; and Pork, 3s to 3s 8d per 81bs, to sink the offal. ARUNDEL, FEB. 6.—We had but a scanty supply of fat stock on offer to-day, yet the general demand was inactive, on the following terms :—Beef, from 2s 10d t o 4 s 2d ; M u tt on , 3s to 4s 6d ; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 10d ; and Pork, 2s 8d to 3s 8d per 81bs. CHICHESTER, FEB. 7.—Sheep were in short supply, and active demand, at an advance of 2d per 81bs, but otherwise the trade ruled dull.—Beef, from 3s to 4s 2d; Mutton, 35 to 4s 4d ; Veal, 3s 8d to 48 8d ; and Pork, 3s to 3s 8d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 17s to 28s; Quarter old Store Pigs, 15s to 19s ; and Alifeh Cows, with their small Calf, 151 to 18/ each. SOUTHALL, FEB. 7.—Prime Beasts, Sheep, and Calves, were in steady demand, at rather improved quotations. In other kinds of stock very little was doing, yet the rates were supported.—Beef, from 3s to 4s 2d; Mutton, 3s to 4s 6d; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; and Pork, 3s to 4s per 81bs, to sink the offal. Supply—Beasts, 38 ; Sheep, 1,240; Calves, 49; Pigs, 41. RoMFoRD, FEB. 7.—We had a very steady general demand here to-day, at fully previous rates :—Beef, from 3s to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 35 to 4s 4d ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; and Pork, 2s Rd to 3s 8d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 28s; quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 20s ; and Milch Cows with their small Calf, 16/ to 191 each. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Public Optitton. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. On Sunday evening Louis Philippe received the • new Spanish Ambassador, the Danish Minister, the Prefect of the Seine, General Viscount Sebastiani, General Durosnel, the Duke d'Ossuna, Viscount de Bastard, M. Dupin, and Madame Dupin. Baron Pasquier, President of the Chamber of Peers, has been rather seriously indisposed. On Monday M. Laplagne-Barris was installed as President of the Court of Cessation, in the place of M. de Bastard. The Patrie of Monday evening publishes, under summons from the Government, in virtue of the laws of September, the contradiction from the ,Moniteur, which has appeared in the Messenger, of the statement that M. Guizot, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, had been in office during the Hundred Days, as Secretary-General of the Interior. The ball which was to have taken place at the Tuileries having been countermanded, the Queen ordered the various dishes of meat prepared for the supper to be distributed amongst the various bureaux of charity in Paris. This divi sion took place on Monday, when 2501b5. of meat was sent for the poor to each bureau. The Lyons papers state that a great quantity o f snow h a d fallen on Friday and Saturday in the neighbourhood of that • city. It appears from other papers that immense quantities of snow had fallen throughout France. According to letters of the 27th ult., from Sardinia, the armed Sardinian flotilla against the Bey of T un i s sailed from Genoa on the 21st. It is composed of two ships of the line, the Angelo and the Tripoli, to which are to be added another first-rater, and twelve gun-boats. Captain Courtois has the chief command of the expedition. A letter from Presburg, of January 27, in the Augsburgh Gazette, states that the question of trial by jury had been adopted in the Second Chamber of the States of Hungary by a majority of seven. According to a letter from Naples, of the 20th ult., the borders of the crater of Mount Etna have become consider ably extended. Of the five new craters that had been formed, two were still smoking, and from the southernmost small flames were to be seen issuing in the night. From the furthest to the eastward thick volumes of smoke were emitted, and clothed the slope of the mountain as with a shining mantle of snow. Hence it is inferred that the volcano is not extinguished, and that there may still be some disastrous eruptions. A letter from Rome (20th ult.) states that the apprehen sions which were entertained of the Carnival being inter dicted are dissipated. The Governor of Rome, M. Zacchia, has issued the decree allowing it to take place according to ancient custom, but with some stringent regulations 7 ,a - ith regard to the sale of confectionery. On the 31st ult. the church of Mennecy, near Corbeil, was struck with lightning, which carried away a portion of the slates of the roof, and then descended into the body, split ting the walls of a chapel, and doing other damage. A pupil of the Military School of St. Cyr, named De Cas tellane, has just been accidentally killed, when fencing with one of his fellow-students. The button of his opponent's foil came off, and the point entering his eye penetrated to the brain, and produced instantaneous death. LAW AND POLICE. In the Court of Queen's Bench a case was heard which oc cupied the whole of the day; it was that of the Queen v. King and others. It was a criminal indictment against Wm. Hy. King, Emily Anne Birch, and Augusta Anne Birch, " for combining and conspiring to cheat and defraud certain of her Majesty's subjects, being tradesmen, of divers large quan tities of goods. The indictment h a d b een rem o ve d b y cer tiorari. King is a solicitor, and Mrs. Emily A. Birch, a widow lady, who for some years kept a lodging-house in Bedford place, Russell-square. The transaction from which this prosecution arose was the ordering, by Mrs. Birch, from tradesmen in all parts of the town, of a large quantity of the most elegant and expensive furniture, to the amount of nearly three thousand pounds. When it was lodged in the premises at Bedford-place, King put in an execution for a pretended debt, and seized the property, which was sold. He was restrained, however, from appro priating the money, by the creditors making Mrs. Birch a bankrupt in the meantime. The case was complicated by a labyrinth of legal proceedings, real and feigned, which have taken place between the parties. The jury returned a verdict of guilty against Ki ng an d M rs. Birch, and acquitted Miss Augusta Birch, expressing at the same time their surprise at the extreme want of caution exhibited by the tradesmen who supplied the goods. King was sentenced to be im prisoned in the Queen's Prison for eighteen calendar months ; and, with respect to Emily Anne Birth, her sentence was, that she be confined in the Queen's Prison for nine months. Mr. Godson intimated that she would move an arrest of judgment on the first day of next term. the Central Criminal Court Mr. Waddington, on behalf of the Crown, applied to the Bench to fix a day for the trial of Lieutenant Grant, who had given notice of his intention to surrender and take his trial, for being accessory to the murder of Lieutenant-Colonel-Fawcett, in the duel at Camden Town. The Judges refused to fix any flay for the trial while the accused should be at. large. At the same Court Charles Edwards was transported for 15 years, for attempting to fire a pistol at a widow, named Matilda Potter. In the New Court Eliza Mary Jones was found guilty on a charge of stealing an infant female child, with the intention of passing it as her own. She was sentenced to seven years' transportation. _ A respectably-dressed man, about forty years of age, who scarcely raised his head during his examination, was charged at Bow-street by Mr. Samuel Ries, proprietpr of the Grand Cigar Divan, No. 102, Strand, with stealing a quantity of cigars the evening before. He gave his name John Watson. He had been a frequenter of the Divan for seven years, but latterly had been suspected of pilfering, and on this Occasion was seen to put the cigars into his pocket from a box on the counter. He was immediately given into custody. The singular part of the case is, that in the pockets of the pri soner was found 26/. 15s. 6d. in money, and ten cigars in a case. His solicitor applied for him to he admitted to bail, as he held a lucrative situation of trust, and one day's confine ment in Newgate, even if he should be acquitted, would be his ruin. He was, however, committed for trial, and bail refused. COURT-PASHIONABLE. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland left Stafford House yesterday, for the Earl of Carlisle's scat, Castle Howard, Yorkshire, in consequence of the Noble Earl, her Grace's father, having experienced a relapse, and become alarmingly indisposed. The christening of the infant son of the late Duke and Duchess, to whom Prince Albert is to stand spon sor, is postponed sine die, in consequence of the Duke of Saxe Coburg's death, and Lord Carlisle's illness. Viscount Melbourne, who has been indisposed with a cold, at his residence in South-street, is convalescent. His Lord ship dined on Monday evening with the Earl of Auckland and the Hon. Misses Eden, at Eden Lodge, Kensington-gore ; and last evening with the Dowager Lady Holland and a small party in Great Stanhope-street. Lady Caroline Murray has entered on her duties as Lady in Waiting on her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, who has nearly recovered from her late severe indisposition. Sir Robert Peel has issued invitations for a grand Parlia mentary dinner on Saturday, the 17th instant, at his resi dence in Whitehall-gardens. The Duke and Duchess of Marlborough arrived at Far rance's Hotel, Belgrave-street, on Tuesday evening. The Duke of Devonshire arrived on Tuesday evening from Hardwicke Hall. MISCELLANEOUS. _ There has been, it is said, a very serious misunderstanding between the. Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and the Lord Chan cellor. The cause assigned. has reference to a fashionable party at the residence of the Chancellor. This matter has been much talked of in town for some days past. The Lord Chancellor or his family did not attend the late Drawing room at the Castle. It appears from a Glasgow paper, that the total amount of revenue drawn from the three ports in the Clyde, during the year just closed, amounts in round numbers to 938,502/. ; and should trade move on in its present improved course, there is no doubt that it will soon overtop the magnificent total of one million sterling per annum. There is a material increase in the export of manufactured goods from all the ports in the Clyde, in the .quarter just ended, as compared with the cor responding quarter which closed on the sth of January, 1843. On Wednesday, the 23d Annual Court of the Governors of the Seamen's Hospital Society, for the port of London, on board the Dreadnought, was held in the offices of the institu tion, 74; King William-street, City, JOhn Labouchere, Esq., in the chair. From the Report read and and adopted at the Court, it appeared that there were admitted into the Hospital from the Ist of February, 1843, to the 31st of January, 1844, 2,778 patients ; and that relief in medicine and medical stores bad been dispensed to 2,033 out-patients. The amount of receipts during the same period, from all sources, was 6,6081. 14s. 3d. ; and the expenditure amounted to 7,3174 10s., leaving a balance duo by the Society of 703/. 15s. 9d. A dinner in aid of the Female Orphan Asylum took place on Wednesday evening at the London Tavern, the Duke of Cambridge in the chair. On the health of the Duke being proposed by Mr. Kemble, M.P., his Royal Highness alluded feelingly to the recent death of Prince Albert's father, and alleged hie presence there, notwithstanding the lamented oc currence, as a proof of the great interest which he took in the charity. The Secretary read the first Report, announcing contributions amounting to 3501., among the most munifi cent of which may be mentioned that of the Royal Chairman of twenty guineas, and that of Messrs. Broadwood, amount ing to fifty guineas. T •- L I-I E FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES, BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. m 3 per Cent. C0n5...... 971 Ditt o Old Annuities 96 — l ' 3} per Cent. Red lO3l Ditto New Annuities.. 951 New 31. per Cent lO2l Ex. Bills, 1,000/. lid. 69 pm New 5 per Cent. Long Annuities to expire Ditto 5ma11.... • 69 pm Jan. 1860 Oct. 1859 Jan. 1860 ...... - 97/ FOREIGN FUNDS. A Istrials, 5 per cent.... !Portuguese, 5 per c en t. 751 Belgian, b per cent — !Ditto, New Ditto — Brazilian Bonds ... ...... Prussian, 5 per cent — Blenos Ayres 6 per cent. 35 Russian, 5 per cent — Cnilian, 6 per cent Ditto, Metallic ..... - .... Colombian, 6 per cent 124 Spanish, 5 per cent 241 Ditto, 1824 Ditto, 3 per cent 331 Cuba Bonds, 6 per cent. 93 Ditto, Deferred.... .. , 134 Danish, 3 pe r sen t Fren ch, tt per cent. ---f. —e. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Exchange. ..... .... —f. — c. Mexican, 5 per cent 341 French, 3 percent. —f. —e. Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 i Dutch, 2} per cent. b5l Peruvian, 1825,6 per ct. 261 !Ditto, 5 per cent.... 1011 SHARES. Gravesend, Rochester, and Chatham (21 p) 21 Great Western (75 paid) ••• 1121 Ditto Half Shares (50 paid) London and Brighton (50 pa d) .. 4s} London and Blackwall (16! 13s 4tl paid) London and Birmingham ( —paid) ..... ... Ditto New Quarter Shares ( 2 paid) 2B London and South Western (41/ 6s 10d pd) 77 Ditto Eighths (15s. plisid) London and Croydon Railway ( Trunk) „. 16 Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) ...... Manchester and Birmingham (40 paid) 39 Midland Counties Railway ( 100 paid) Norwich and Brandon (2 paid) ..... Northern and Eastern (45 paid) Ditto Scrip (15 paid) Ditto Quarter Shares (121 paid) North Midland (100 paid) Ditto Half Shares (40 paid).. South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) ...... .. 354 York and Scarboro' Branch ob paid) 2l DEVIZES ELECTION. CLOSE OF THE POLL. Tiniges - - • Temple - - • Majority. - 206 • ...i... 14 CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT: (Before Mr. Justice Coutainou and Mr. Justice CausweLL.) Elizabeth Todd and Sarah Trusskr were placed at the bar, charged with forging a receipt, for the purpose of dettauding the Rev. John Hume Spry and Robert William Shead. The indict. ment contained several counts varying the charge. Mr. Clarkson conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Wilkins and Mr, Huddleston appeared for the defendants. It appeared, from the statement of Mr. CLARKSON, that the prosecutors in this case were the trustees of the Marylebone savings' Bank. The bank had several thousand depositors, who deposited money in it to the amount of 390,0001. Amongst the depositors was a person named Mary Todd. On the money, was e: tr it appeared t o b e diff erent. su should procure the declarations 20th of January the defendant, Elizabeth Todd, gave noti ce he of her intention to draw the money d e p os it e d b y Mary Todd, to the amount of 116/. Sh e represented herself , to be Mary Todd, but on compari ng h er h andwriting but was told that as th ere s vo w an i with ht some e h m a e3 t 0 o t hf suspicion the she orai about Caineoi n u at for her, d r e, the of some respectable persons as to her identity. She said she was the person who deposited the money, and the defendant, Sarah Trussler, came forward and said she knew her to be so. The money was, however, refused, and in some time after the defendant, Todd, came to the bank, and said there was no use in denying the fact—that she was not Mary Todd, but her sister ; that she had before drawn 20/., and she now wanted the remainder. It appeared that the original depositor, Mary Todd, had died, and left Robert Todd her sole executor. He was produced before the Magistrate, and he declared that part of the money deposited in the bank belonged to Elizabeth Todd, and he was aware of her going to the bank to re. ceive the money. Witnesses were called, who Proved the above fact=. Mr. NVILKINS then addressed the jury OR behalf of Elizabeth Todd, and Mr. HUDDLEVTON on behalf of the other prisoner. Mr. Justice CoLzainoz summed up the evidence, and told the jury they ought, in his opinion, to find a verdict of guilty regardless of the consequences. The jury found the prisoners Guilty, but strongly recommended them to mercy. Mr. CLARKSON made the same request on behalf of the prosecutors. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE Sentenced each of the prisoners to two years' imprisonment in the House of Correction. He had no Period, but in all probability Pothew enmitigated upon application to the proper quarter. to sentence sentence o f the them Court f or would a u s l h d or b shorter er POLICE INTELLIGENCE. following heartless fraud : gEedL A poor: boy fell sma llpox the house of Mr. Begby, a beer.shop keeper in Chad's-row. The Prisoner:offered his services C C ha lj r/e E sC ß her K ry E l w ll a N s o c: V har in getting the lad into the Small-pox Hospital, Battle.bridge, and said he would go to the Hospital, for the purpose of obtaining his admission. On his return, he stated to Mr. Begley that a guinea was requisite to insure his admission. Mr. Begby advanced the money, and the prisoner having obtained an order from Mr. Caton, one of the overseers of St. Pancras, the boy was, on the 27th of wiLth--atthe(THlS DAY.) January, admitted into • the Hospital. There was no guinea re ceived, but Is. lid. was paid by the prisoner to the nurse. The sick boy's: father paid the guinea to Mr. Begby, but on learning at the Hospital that no money had been paid, accused Mr. Begby of the fraud. Mr. Begby indignantly denied it, and, on discovering that the prisoner had imposed upon him, generously gave the guinea back to the father.—The prisoner was committed for trial. UNION HALL.-(THIS DAY.) Mr. Pond, of No. 11, Water.lane, Tower.street, ship broker, attended to give Information of the mysterious disappearance of Captain William Jackson of the "Peace" schooner. The appli. cant said, that on Monday last, Captain Jackson was at his office in the afternoon, at which time it was known he had 1801. in notes of the Fakenham Bank. Atter quitting there, it was ascertained that he went into the " Ship and Shovel" Tavern, Thomas-street, East, near his own house, with the mate of his vessel, where they remained a short time and parted , with one another. Since then Captain Jackson has not been heard of, and fears are entertained that some fatal catastrophe has overtaken him, as he has not since been heard of by any of his relatives or friends. MA.RYLEBONE-(THIS DAY.) William Thorp, a man of respectable appearance, was placed before Mr. Long, charged with having been drunk and assaulting police constable 114 S. The complainant said that he had seen the prisoner at three o'clock this morning assault a young man in Wellesley-street, Euston.square, and on his (witness) taking him into custody, he struck him vi9lently on the breast, and twisted his thumb in the most savage manner. _ The prisoner said that he was struck in the first instance. Mr. LONG said that the assault was a most outrageous one, and he should therefore commit the prisoner for a month to the House of Correction. A gentleman in Court prayed the magistrate to mitigate the punishment, by inflicting a fine, as the sentence would ruin the pri. soner's future prospects. Mr. Lorre said that if he had sent a poet' hard-working man to the House of Correction no one would have raised his voice against the decision, but as, in this case, the prisoner moved in a higher sphere, the decision was called a severe one. The assault had been proved a savage one, and he (Mr. Long) was determined to pro tect the police in the execution of their duty. He would not, therefore mitigate the punishment. REPRESENTATION OF LANCASTER.—Mr. Marten states that the rel•ort that he was about to resign his seat for Len. caster " is mere invention.' BRIGHTON, FEB. 7.—Th e Duke of Rutland is expected in the course o f th e d ay at th e N or f o lk H o t e l. W e are sorry to learn that his Grace is in an infirm state of health. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland are expected in the course of the day at lcZo. 8, Eastern-terrace. The Duke and Duchess of Roxburgh, after staying a few days with the Dowager Duchess of Roxburgh, at the Norfolk Hotel, left this morning for London, with the intention of Proceeding on Friday to Scotland. Viscount Combermere has arrived in Cannon-place. A Bude light has been put on the Old, Steine, opposite the statue of George the Fourth. It was used last night for the first time, and shed a brilliant light around. The novelty attracted a large concourse of persons. THE CITY GATES. —Ludgate, Aldgate , and Crip plegate wer e p u ll e d down in the autumn of 1760. 'The materials were sold to one Blagden, a carpenter in Coleman street. Those o f L u d gate fetched' 1481., 'those of Aldgate the statue of Ki ng L u d and his two sons, and also of 1571. 10s., and th ose o f Cripplegato 911. On Ludgate stood Elizabeth. Queen, COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. I Beans Peas Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to s. s. to s. s. to s. I. to s. Abingdon—. 57 72 26 36 20 31 35 44 38 Andover 53 64 27 29 20 24 Banbury 56 (0 22 27 1i 21 36 40 Basingstoke 56 f 4 30 20 25 35 37 33 Cirencester 59 70 23 35 22 31 43 44 38 Coventry 65 24 29 20 26 ;43 40 Dar entry 26 61 2? 26 16 91 33 36 27 Derby 55 62 27 29 21 25 33 36 Bowden — 54 3e 19 33 31 Hungerford 44 56 29 32 20 28 31 42 38 49 Milton 5•1 68 26 32 22 34 Maidenhez;d 52 62 32 35 25 31 36 44 40 • Nottingham 50 60 27 28 20 25 22 36 Wastage -4i, 58 68 :48 34 30 32 36 46 Warwick Winchester 60 2; 202 41 York Per Bushel s.d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s.d. s. d. s.d, 5. d. s.d. s d Birminghoml 7 0 80 36 46 36 40180 00 01. 410 • CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVEItAGE PRICES OF BR( i'ISH CORN, For the Week ended February 3, 1843, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the diftretit Cities aad Towns in Englan , and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. GENERAL AVM+ For the Week ended n the Inspectors in the Wales. per Imperial Q 1 Wheat......... 526. 6d. 33g. 2d. Oats ~..., Rye ......, ~ 18, 111. 8ean5..„..... 29e. 9d 1.. 33. 10d Pea5e......... 30s. 8d LAST NI WEEKS. AVERAGE: Weeks ending WHEAT. :s or THE .... 114111111r. 1 OATS. RYE. BEANS. ( PEASE, 011•Mmg...• ,•••••••••••• Dec. 30 .. 49 9 32 3 18 5 31 4f 30 1 30 Jan. 6 49 10 32 7 19 3 30 8 29 5 30 7 13 50 9 31 0 18 9 33 5 29 8 31 0 20 5l 8 33 7 18 9 31 7 99 6 30 3 27 52 a 33 8 19 0 32 4 29 6 :0 10 Feb. 3 52 6 31 2 18 11 33 10 2/ 8 30 8 IMPERIAL AGORIOATX AVERAGES OW THE SIR WESKS Wheat... ...... 51. 2d. Oats Harley 33; I Od. Rye ...... 32; 2 Pea5e.,..... 30 10d. DUTISS ON FORZIGN C 02.16 Wheat ...,.....19 0.?.1 Oats Bari ev MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THR.EE. A large quantity of Cotton sold at Liverpool yesterday, but prices remained quiet. Sales nearly 12,000 bales of which half were on speculation. Shares generally were not so strong. Eastern Counties, 10% ; Brighton, 45% ; South Western Eighths, 3/. I ls. 3d. ; M anc h es t er and Brmingham, 39 ; Manchester and Leeds ' 113 ; Midland Counti es , 92 ; P ar i s and Lyons, 2 11-20 ; Paris and Orleans, 33 ; Paris and Rouen, 32% ; Rouen and Havre, 14% ; South Eastern, 35a ; Ditto New, 36%. The Yorkshire packet brings advices from New York to the 18th of January, and we find in reference to Cuba the following ample details of the state of the island : " Rumour speaks of an intended insurrection having been discovered among the negroes on one of the estates near Ma tanzas. It is, however, a mere bagatelle. "Things here are getting worse and worse every day, and it seems that a change must come very soon. The negroes in the country give a great deal of trouble. They rose a day or two ago, upon the estates of the Aldamas and the Al phonsos. It appears there was an extensive conspiracy, in which the best slaves were engaged. Nearly 500 negroes in arms were killed, and a large number of prisoners were taken. The Americans residing in Matanzas have asked for an American man-of-war to be in that port, in case they are compelled to flee the island. " It is said that about 4,000 negroes in the vicinity of Matanzas had planned an insurrection ; they were organised, and officers appointed, and designed to march on that city, where they were to be joined by 2,000 more. On Friday, last week, their plans were detected, and in the evening about 20 of the ringleaders were arrested, tried, and will probably be, executed. These attempts at insurrection arc becoming quite frequent on the island, and show plainly that there is some malign agency constantly at work, urging on the poor unfortunate blacks to attempts at insurrections, which necessarily must, from the nature of things here, fail of accomplishing their ends. The authorities are always on the alert, ever awake to detect, and willing and fully able to punish the deluded creatures, there being a large number of soldiers dispersed through the different parts of the island, and a numerous and efficient body of (nuinteros) mounted militia, always ready to co-operate with them, and whose means of gaining in formation are very great. The United States' ship Falmouth, Commander Sands, sailed for Matanzas yesterday morning, he having received a letter from the American Consul there, stating that the American population were in a good deal of alarm, in consequence of the large number of blacks said to have been . concerned in the designed insurrection, and of their intention of marching, on that place. I have no doubt, however, that the affair is now settled for a time, and• as little doubt but that in a short time we shall hear of another insurrection, which must always end in the, same manner, that is, with the execution of some sixty to a hundred o r more of the blacks engaged in them, justly or unjustly im plicated." "About six weeks since the negroes on three or four plantations in the vicinity of Matanzas rose, but were soon put down. Last Sunday -the news arrived here of another insurrection on the sugar estate of Mr. Aldama, and some thing more serious; it seems the negroes had orders from the workmen on the said estate to rise, burn, and murder all 'they found in their neighbourhood. Some say that the workmen,had orders from Mr. Aldama to advise them to do this. This can be believed, as said gentleman in company with, his relations, the Messrs. Alphonso, are known to be abolitionists ; at any rate this will cost them a great deal of money. Government has thought it prudent to be silent on this subject, -yet you hear of it wherever you go." Cotton at New York was not so brisk, and State Stocks had fallen, money being scarce. The West India Mail is hourly expected. The Commissioners bought 10,000/. Reduced Three per Cents. this morning at 98%. There has not been much busi ness transacted this morning. Consols for Account have fluctuated only from 97% to 97%; and for Money from 97% to 97%. The premium upon Exchequer Bills has rather de clined. For India Stock 278 and 277% has been paid, and for Bank Stock 193. An improved market has ruled for the Spanish Stock this morning. We are told that a fresh attempt is to be made to raise a new loan in this country ; but there is a small chance only of success. The Spanish Active Bonds have been advanced to 24% and the Three per Cents. to 34 %. There is not any variation worth notice in the other Foreign Stocks. The transactions in the market for the Railway Shares have not been numerous, and the prices have scarcely varied from those of yesterday. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List) Bank Stock 192 198 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 97 3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities li% W 314 per Cent. Reduced Annuities New 35 per Cent. Annuities .102 102 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 129 13.16 Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct. 1859 India Stock South Sea Stock. . Ditto Old Annuities 96% ..—... Ditto New Annuities 9sg Bank Stock for Account Consols for Account Exchequer Bills, INd. I%d 1,0001. 500/. _. -- 6'7 67 pm. Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Belgian Bonds. 5 per Cent log Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Columbian Bonds. 12334 Mexican'Bonds, 1537, 5 per Cent. 4.4••• 34% Ditto Deferred Stock II Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 29.: li Ditto for the Account 5 Ditto Passive Bonds. Ditto Deferred Ditto Three per Cent. i 3 % Ditto for the Account 3.3 3 3 Dutch 2% per Cents Ditto for the Account. Dutch 5 per Cents. lOl%l C PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAXS. PAID. PER SHARE. .. Birmingham and Derby '7l Birmingham and Gloucester 1 , 7 0, 691iN ... t o Bristol and Exeter 4 Eastern Counties 25 - Ditto New 12% Great. Western Ditto 34 Shares 5O 72% to ..... to -- Ditto Fifths l2 London end Brighton 5O ........ 459 e to % ... to London and Blackwall 16); ...... 6 London and South Western 4 1 ,% 77% 78... to 77% Ditto Eighths 2% ...... to %:. —. Landon and Croydon (Trunk)... A li Manchester and Leeds 7O • 16 ..... t 0......... Ditto % Shares ... Manchester and Birmingham ... 40 Midland Counties 100 ...... - ••••....• to Morth Midland Ditto Thirds 2l . 135 . 4cl. ......... 31 ......... to Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen 2O . ........ 32 gi to Rouen and Havre. ..................... 8 ......... 14 South Eastern and Dover ......... 50 ......... 35 Ditto Scrip ... . .. Ditto New 5hare5................. 20 JOINT STOCK DANES. London and Westminster .. ..... .. 20 MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 7.—We have no . material alteration to note in our market to-day. The quota tions are :—Bolton and Preston, 29 ; London and Birming ham, 46 ; Manchester and Leeds, Half Shares, 50i ; Ditto Quarters, 91; South East ern, 3 6 ; Ditto, Scrip, 36k ; East ern Counties, Perpetual, 1/. 8s 4d. INCREASE IN THE COAL TRADE.—It will surprise those interested in this important branch of our trade to learn that the quantity delivered last month is nearly double that delivered in the corresponding month of 1843. In January, 1843, 118,618 tons were imported, whilst the quan tity for January, 1844, appears to be 220,603 ! Of these, 96,917 tons were from the Tyne; 54,583 from the Wear; 47,707 from the Tees, and the residue fr o m Yo r kshi r e, W a le s , and Scotland.— Tyne Mercury. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge attended a meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society of England yester day, in Hanover-square. In the evening, his Royal High ness, attended by Colonel Keate, dined at the Hall of Com merce, Threacteadloitrot . ~~. COURT CIRCULAR WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—The Queen and his Royal niel e ness Prince Albert still continues in the stricte st privacy. Sir Henry Wheatley arrived to'-day at the \ Castle. :oa Henry wilidine this evening with the T;adies and 4entleine of the Royal Suite; and will also remain to slcVp at the Castle. and Mr. Thornton, Deputy Chairman of the Staters a Taxes, had an interview yesterday with the Chancellor (A the Exchequer. Sir Robert Peel has issued invitations fora grand rar li % mental.) , dinner, on Saturday, the 17th inst., :at hi s residen t in Whitehall-gardens. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, and Mr. Dean , Chairman of the Customs, had interviews with the Chan' eellor of the. Exchequer yesterday, The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat iest e ._ j day.- The Lords present were the Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's - Bench, 'the Lord Chief Justice of the Contn2T . Pleas, Lord Brougham, Lord Abinger, Lord Campbell, IT. Baron Parke, the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce, and Judge of. the Admiralty Court. The. Solicitor-General was heard oil an appeal Jr °-- Prerogative Court of Canterbury. The Right Hon. PP' ( Wilson Croker,.one of the executors of the late Marqu i3 Hertford, and also a legatee named in a codicil, dated 28t October, 1838, at Milan, v. the M os t H on . Richard Sey mour ~,,„, Conway. Marquis of Hertford, and also the Right I."ds William Baron Lowther, E. Hopkinson, Esq., • ji. Horsey, Esq., and H. Meynell, Esq. Dr:Harding followed on the same side. Lord Brntig h b then intimated that their Lordships - Would adjourn thefurt hearing of the case until Wednesday the 14th inst. Sir Charles Wetherell, Mr. Kindersley, Queen's Liuw --- and Dr. A.ddams, attended for the respondent. Baron Koller, first Secretary to the Austrian EMbasol, in Court during the proceedings. Far': The Duke and Duches s o f M ar lb orou gh arr ived ) 1t - - ranee's Hotel, Belgrave-street, on Tuesday evening. THE NEW GRESHAM CLUB. , I !The foundation stone of the ne w G res h am Cl u b, in King n rc Liam- street, was laid this morning at ten o'clock, by the 1,0 lion. the Lord Mayor, in th e p resence o f th e Sheriffs, sec' of the Aldermen, the Trustees of the Committee, and 01,7, other influential gentlemen of th e Cit y ; an d amo ngst irtwd we noticed Dr. Crolv, W. Tite, Beadenhall, of the hOtifiejr Smith, Payne, and to., Thomas La m i e Murray, Jose.e.,.ker derwood, Richard Westall, Andrew Caldecott, Henry Mayor, John Carter, IL Melvin, Ferguson Cali!"00, Wilkinson, Powell Davis, R. Jaffray, and ethers- Lordship having inspected the pl ans , an d approve d of thy' proceeded proceeded to deposit the coins, and a vellum scroll, indieswit of the purposes of the Club, and inscribed with 'the nam es ' g the trustees, &c., in a leaden box, which lies embedded I. well in the stone. The Chairman o f the C o mmittee, IT, Lamie Murray, presented his L or d s hip w ith th e s il ve r to w and the implements provided for.the occasion, who, ha be spread the mortar, the builders, Messrs. Cubitt, declared 11 stone to be well and prop e rly l a id. Th e Ch a i rman then r 1 dressed his Lordship—" My L or d, I h ave now t o thank ...,`" on the part of the members of the Club, for your c ondo% sion! on the present o c c as i on , i n the laying of the found s stone of an institutio n w hi c h, I trust, will be found to t. amo its rank amongst th e many whieb ornament our noble el: founded, as they all ha ve b een , b y t h e perseverance end!da terprise of the citizens, amongst the foremost of whom sfLA Sir Thomas Gresham, whose name the Club has bony, itself in taking." The de s i gn i s I ta li an, and i s by Isit Flower, who is the aithitect appointed by the Coirnitl;4 carry out the works,. and, when completed, it will add'- other ornamental feature to the City improvements. LAUNCH OF THE ' AN U STBAS FRIGATE 'AT CHATHAM. The launch of the Janus steam frigate took .. M is on Tuesday afternoon at Ch a th am Dock-yard- P70.,r;, a vessel of peculiar construction, designed by Admiral the Earl of Dundonald, who, es Cochrane, is universally known in the service9 gne might have been anticip a t e d, cur i os i ty an d the P. to weather led a vast number of persons to the sP °t n y, witness the ceremony and vie w the ship; but agreat r°s- le as usual on these occasions; were just too late t ° e . gratified. Among the number of professional men Chs sent were the Noble ',Ord most interested—.the Hon. the Earl of Dundonald ; the Right Hon. 11. eA Corry, one of the Lords of the Admiralty ; the n Commander in Chief at the Nore, Vice-Adm iral 0,, 0 , J. C. White, K.C.8.; Captain Si r W. S ymon ds, , Surveyor of the Navy ; Captain Brandreth, 8.E. , nt tor-General of Works ; Captai n Shirreff, S u perinten e nr , of Chatham-yard ; Colonel E. L awrence , all C° t he mandant of Royal Marines ; Commander Burton, of Poictiers ; Major Smith,-Barrack-Master, Ste., 80. The ceremony of christening the vessel was r i l e formed 'with great eclat by Miss Clara Sherrill, .. 0 daughter or the Captain-Supe r i n t en d en t, a nd the went off the stocks in gallant style, at a quar ter to w . P.m., the dock-yard b an d (which had been in attendre. time, performing sever a l na ti ona l a i rs , d ur ing toe'l paratory arrangements) pl a yi ng " G o d sa ve the 4:loee )0,0 ~ which was responded to with h ear ty go od will, an d the most loyal manner, by all the spectators. t o t , After the launch she was taken charge of by. master attendant, and was warped alongside the spec' hulk, to have her machinery fitted. A few particulars respecting this vessel, of so nove l, ' design, may be thought interesting. 'The form of bog.. which nearly resembles that of a wedge towards extremities, is precisely similar at both ends, and;;; consequently, capable of moving in either direction with equal facility; her capabilities of advancing And retrea t ' ing in narrow channels, for the purpose of offensi v e warfare, are thereby , made perfect. The following al * her particular dimensions:— Feet.. Inches. Length betw -- e - en•the perpendiculars 180 0 Length of keel foi: tonnage •• • 159 1 Breadth, extreme . 30 0 Breadth, moulded 29 4 Depth in hold ... 19 1 Tonnage, old measurement, 76153-94 Intendedload draught of water, with 260 tons of coals... ... 5... 11 '2 When launched her draught of wa ter (with 40 tons of ballast on board), was—Forward . 7 6 Abaft ... ... 7 2 The Janus is fitted with a rudder at eac h extremity'but on ordinary occasions one only will remainin pla c a The tillers work on deck. She has. two capstans , ,r o is provided with a pair of hawser-holes abaft as forward, but only one pair of riding bitts - and one 1" . " -- of catheads. Her armament will consist of a 10-inch gun at eac h extremity, throwing hollow shot of 86 lb. weigh t ' s o. she will also be capable of mounting two 42-poop guns. The engine by w hi c h thi s vesse l i s to be propell er . h e r.• en invention of the gallant Earl who has designe d ,. not It is to be a rotatory engine, which, it is said, w, n for occupy more. than one-sixth of the s pace reqterv - d , 0 the common reciprocating engine. It may be plac e . v o low as to, be • out of reach of gun-shot ; have no beams, cranks, s id e - ro d s , parallel 1 0(4 . r .. levers, &c. ; and it may b e fi xe d i n l ess than a ql; 9 . ter of the time now required for fixing marine e_1311„ be While its first cost is considerably cheaper, it ma y more easily kept in rep a i r , in the opinion of theb jector, than the st eam machinery now in use on iTssels of war. g os The Janus will be taken into dock as soon the Thames convict ship is ready to come out. - MORE BIGOTRY AND DESECRA TION OF THE SABBATH. A;nes The following d e t a il o f very di sgrace ful proeee' — t n in the Ch urc h o f T ar b at on Sunday last, h a s been s e us by a highly respectable correspondent :—" T he ir christian spirit among some of the rigidly li° l 7 ..°ll ll shire folks, commonly called Free Churchmen, th 0,11.1. slumbering somewhat, does not appear to be altogetei subdued, as the following statement of facts most ele ar tp l i proves. The Rev. Mr. M'Bride of Kilmuir En e " .. 4 preached on ...abbath last in the Church of Tabs • Camp lately vacated by the resignation of Mr. n.„ fish bell, and when about to commence the pag es . sermon, a "lumber of lads were seen ha p s n tlY ing from the Free Church shed (a place re e " bo put up in the immediate vicinity of the church)! l ie . joined a party who had previously been engaged 11.1 feud stroying the carriages of those who had come to atte. round t " church, assembled themselves • in a body ed t he church, commenced shouting and hooting, rester church, and --danced and whistled during the' e re: part of the service, while others of the pry w ere busily engaged thrOwing stones in at the doors athe windows. The Reverend Gentleman performed ~„( 1 whole services of the day in the most solemn and impresSive manner possible, and at no time seen le b u t, pay the slightest attention to what was going ell % as merely raised his voice (particularly at pr a y re the noise increased. It is pretty evident that the, aye . speciable part of the community in Easter Ross bare enter nettling, to look to, for the preservation of both lif e s eco, o property, but the strong arm of the law. The great head of God's law seems - to be quite unkkticod‘;ll't those ' Free Church people.' It way well be et as for . were the authorities about ? Have they reauY- the. atstteion ootfhEatdinasbsoisrtgahncaendheaidscoitehebree, o b ta ined from. pretensions o f th e F ree Churc h peo t p o public have a r i g h t to expect a l i tt l e more the part of th ose w h ose d uty i t i s t o prevent br ow of the peace, as we ll as restore peace and order. -- sh ire Adverti ser o f F e b. 2 . loch?ecksurtheelysintoihene Btrares F siI A n T g ALACCIDENT.—An accident of a vei l re • f l o t rji nature occurred yesterday afternoon, at fo e Barclay and Perkins' brewery, in Park-street, Southwark' p ia p n e , ar a s nd tlr oh t ntlsirteeeadminaidiiia-indculaTlsh:omialsenizillo,l9o al. yore, sisl they,i eeo e nln r l b e dkeeoen( a ftro b :ti o vhi hull:la:0d building,a t t o li iive thoroughly cleansea, fromo t t t which h i vat ch ain quantityt h e of ale had been .drawn about a fortnight since. It was the dutt ?, the foreman to see that the carbonic acid gas, which, it i f s vat,accumulates and that Roberts took the usual precaution of lowering A iightel dispersed,onflryofsbnuenfto,hireveoranfe, ryffiepentroatinondeo. candle, upon raising which, unextinguished,ll;:rre ols'besetr:_tee: it was g , all right," and directed Steadman to deseenet e" a ladder placed inside, and to remove s ome of the hops wine' had accumulated round the tap, in order that the dregs tol: be drawn off. Steadman at once descended, and after remsinl at the bottom of the vat for a . few m oments he was observe., to make for the ladder, and hasten up in a weak state, soul. nearly overcome by the noxious vapour. The v reached 18 feet deep, and the poor fellow had nearly the summit, when he suddenly fell back senseless. Harris , in!' mediately offered to descend and endeavour to rescue Ina companion, but Roberts would not allow him, and insisted et? going down himself. He reached the bottom of the vat, aa a caught hold of Steadman, raising him a few inches, but inffne; diately afterwards relaxed his hold, and like his deceasa; companion, fell lifeless. An ala rm was instantly given, an" Mr. French, the foreman of the works , and several other per sons hastened to the spot. One m an named Hicks vol un;" teered to descend if a rope we r e made fast to his body', a" ': ,-, 1 this having been done , he wa s lowered a few feet. _The Wan who had charge of the rope, however, observed that he Jot. sensibility, and on drawing him up he was found to be in all almost lifeless state. The inost active measures were imme diately adopted, and in a few minu tes both bodies were el" t r icated from the,vat. . Medical assistance being on the spok was endeavour W Made to restore animation, but in bot ealeB unfortunately without ouccui. .., -_- /___