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SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. /RON THE EVENING PAPERS OF THURSDAY. GLOBE.—The Camden Town duel, in which Lieut.- Colonel Fawcett fell by the hand of his brother-in-law, Limit. Munro, is again before the public. On the Learned Judges taking their seats in the Central Criminal Court yesterday morning, Mr. Waddington stated to their Lordships that " the Crown prosecutors had receivedjan intimation from Lieutenant Duncan Trevor Grant (the second of Lieutenant Munro) that it was his intention to surrender and 'take his trial on the charge preferred against him at a former session of this Court, for the wilful murder of Lieutenant-Colonel Fawcett. Under these circumstances he (Mr. Wadding ton) begged to apply to their Lordships to appoint a day for the tria He would suggest Friday next for that purpose." The appointment of Friday was re sisted by - Mr. Wilkins, as counsels for Lieutenant Grant, on the plea that " the interval would not admit of due preparation for the defenee: He would suggest that Monday be fixed for the trial." The Learned Judges very properly refused to fix any day i ; and intimated, pretty significantly, their opinion, that it was derogating from the dignity of the;lair to enter into any such arrangements with a party who had not surrendered himself to its process. As was very properly observed by one of their Lord ships, " there was no security that the party would surrender himself for trial." Two or three.sessions ago the same game was played off by Lieut. Munro and Lieut. Grant. The Crown prosecutors then received a similar intimation that they intended to surrender themselves for trial. The day was fixed for the trial. The witnesses were got together. The Attorney-General and the other counsel for the prosecution were present in Court. The Learned Judges came down specially to try the case. A crowded audience, drawn together by the notoriety of the facts connected with the affecting incident, waited in breathless expectation. At length it was announced that Lieutenant Munro, the principal concerning whom all this mighty stir and bustle of preparation had been made, had changed his mind, and declined to appear ; and Lieutenant Grant, who was only second in the trans actton, with becoming modesty, could not, of course, think of appearing in the absence of his principal. There was, therefbre no trial—for this obvious reason, there were no prisoners ! The whole affair was a mockery of justicea trilling with the administration of the laws, to which they ought not to have been exposed in the first instance ; but a repetition of which, had the Learned Judges assented, would have re flected upon the discretion of the Bench. Let Lieut. Grant surrender himself to the custody of the officer of the Court, and thus give assurance that he will abide his trial. The Court will then appoint a day for the purpose, and the justice of the country will proceed in its ordinary course. We do not mean to intimate a doubt of Lieut. Grant's sincerity in making the intimation he has done, through his counsel. He probably now intends to surrender himself for trial—that is, if the Court will compromise its dignity by becoming a party to an ar rangement to meet his convenience. Lieutenant Munro, his principal in the transaction, has withdrawn himself from justice. By the kind and considerate leniency of the Horse Guards, he was enabled to hold her Majesty's com mission while he was alternately evading the laws and co - queting with their administration—a six months' leave of absence from his regiment being granted to him, that he might have time to determine what course he should adopt; whether to take his trial for the murder of which he stood accused by the finding of the coroner's inquest, and suhsequentiy of the grand jury ; or whether, de clining the ordeal of a trial, he should dispose of his property, and retire to a distance, where the laws of his country could not reach him. The conduct of the Horse Guards in this matter we consider as an obstruc tion of the criminal jurisprudence of the country—a virtual sanction to military men to do that for which they have too often shown an inclination—a refusal to submit to the 'constituted civil authorities, from an idea that the army ought not to be subject to their con trol, but be wholly responsible to its peculiar tribunals. Since the trifling with the Court on the former occa sion, circumstances have occurred which may lead Lieutenant Grant to expect a favourable consideration of his case, if not by the jury, at least by the Govern ment, on the part of the Crown. Duelling has been defended in high places. The Ministers of the Crown have deemed it expedient to_extenuate, if not to justify altogether, the conduct of- Abel 'Attorney-General of Ireland ; who penned and _transmitted a challenge to a barrister, while that barrister was engaged in defending a client then under prosecution•bY the Attorney-General ! A practice which the laws of God and of the country condemn—which public opinion demands should be put down, as alike criminal and absurd—and the folly and (milt of which have been most forcibly exemplified in the' melancholy fate of Lieut.-Colonel Fawcett, and the circuinstanms out of which it 'arose—this sense less mode of settling disputes, the relic of a dark age, in which the life of one or both disputants is perillcd, and has been often sacrificed to what is as foolishly as falsely called the " law of honour"—this practice has been appealed to by the Attorney-General of Ireland in a Court of Justice. And this monstrous outrage upon the laws, and upon the sanctity of the temple of justice, has not only been allowed to pass unvisited by the Judges of that Court—who scarcely manifested disapprobation, ant 'abstained from marking the outrage with the slightest punishment of the oirender—but the Ministers of the Crown, in their places in Parliament, have declared that they see nothing- in the circumstances which calls for their interposition ! " They have neither taken, nor do they contemplate taking, any steps for the dismissal of - the .Attorney 7 General of Ire!and !" How, then, can the Attorney -Gene ral of England now press the charge against Lieutenant Grant, or even against Lieutenant Munro ? _The mortal result of the duel in which they were engaged was merely accidental. The " tiring with an intent to kill" is a capital felony ; the killing is nothing more than merely carrying out the intentions of the parties toward each other. when they agree to fire the loaded pistols with which they go forth armed to the selected place of combat. When the Attorney-General of Ire land challenged Mr. Fitzgibbon in open Court, and under the extraordinary and aggravated circumstances so often detailed, he contemplated the same results. to himself; or the gentleman he challenged, as followed the challenge transmitted by Lieutenant Munro to Lieute nant-t2olonel Fawcett. The Attorney-General was therefore not only guilty of a flagrant contempt of Court, but of a serious offence against the law, of which he is the chief officer in Ireland. If Attorney-General Smith escape scatheless ; if he be neither punished by the Court, the dignity of which he has insulted, nor by the laws, which he has defied : if the Government throw around him its protection, and thus tacitly approve, by defending, his conduct ; we really cannot see how the Government, by its Attorney-General, can prosecute Lieut. Grant ; or, if prosecuted and convicted, can allow him to be subjected to punishment. Sir B. Peel has deprived justice both of the balance and the sword. The Government has given a license to duelling—which was fast passing into desuetude by the contempt and odium that were accumulating upon the practice, and those who adopt it : it has thus counteracted the combined efforts of the sitarist, the moralist, and the divine ; and has i.hown that its c'a:ms to the character of a moral and religious Administration are as hollow as are its other pretensions to the nation's confidence. FUOM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—The case of the deposed and incarce rated Ameers.of Sinde was last evening brought under the notice of Parliament by Lord Ashley. The Noble Lord confined himself to a narrative of the facts and circumstances of his more than questionable stroke of State policy; for which no defence has been set up, except the hackneyed plea by which similar in fractions upon the rights of the defence less, by those who have the power of inflicting wrong, have been justified. Unadorned by eloquence, which, indeed, the subject needed not—alike free from the brilliant flashes of genius and the thunder-bolts of declamation, both which would have found a fit place in . a speech on such a subject—Lord Ashley con tented himself with a lucid exposition of facts, sup ported by the papers which had been laid upon the table of the House ; and left the subject to find its way to the hearts and consciences of his auditors. The end Lord Ashley sought to attain, perhaps to the full extent he anticipated, was secured. The utter absence of proof that the untbrtunate Ameers of Sinde had been guilty, or even contemplated the commission of the acts by which the policy pursued by the Go vernor-General toward them was sought to be jus tified, was forcibly dwelt upon by the Noble Lord, and made a powerful impression on the House. Had the strictures applied to Lord Ellenborourgh been employed by a Member of the Opposition, they would have been attributed to the virulence of party ; and thus their effect upon public opinion would have been diminished, if not altogether destroyed. Coming from a supporter of Ministers, they acquire a cha racter for impartiality which they would not have obtained had they proceeded from the opposite side of the House. They are not merely justified by facts ; but these facts prevail with double sway," when made the basis of that severe condemnation which Lord Ashley pronounced upon the conduct of the Go ornor-General toward these unfortunate Princes. The effective and much required aid afforded to our army i n 1841, by the Ameers whom Lord Ellenborough has deposed and imprisoned, and whose dominions he has seized upon and annexed to the British territory, was alluded to by Lord Ashley, for the purpose of exhibiting the baseness of ingratitude by which the Governor-General had heightened the turpitude of injustice : " Let them (said Lord Ashley) recollect what they (the Ameers) had done for them Let them call to mind their danger—their dismay—their terrible reverses in Caubul. Let them remember trembling t. and nervous anxiety which existed at thatethis • country, and the imminent danger of thei r i r n e t e ' r in pire in India ; and let them remember also the the Anteers and their friendly and ready co-operation. During all the year 1841 supplies were re( abundance for our armies ; those supplies were liberally . bestowed. Detachments of our army marched through th e ir country without control or objection, demanding and receiving everywhere every possible assistance." How have we rewarded these Ameers,who facilitated the march, and sustained, by supplies of food, our troops when in circumstances of peril and privation? Without adequate provocation, if assumption be taken as proofs—without any proved provocation; for no proof of provocation has been supplied—we have stripped these unfortunate Princes alike of their private possessions and public power ; and left them to mourn apart, in the solitude of distant prisons, over their own lost freedom, and severe and complicated sufferings! The close of Lord Ashley's speech is not more beautiful in its simplicity than it is fraught with matters for serious reflection, and motives to practical application by those I who wield the destinies of our Anglo-Indian pos- sessions : "The generosity of mighty power was safe and cheap, and honourable. Many men have been led to believe that the reward of a Christian empire in the East would be universal dominion. Whether by such means as these Great Britain would accomplish the empire of the East, would remain to be seen. He did not think we had made a very auspicious beginnin g . Let them, however, not lose what they had obtained, by injustice. Let them wipe out the awful imputation cast on them by the Ameer Moobaruck Khan, You tyrants—you Christians !' Hen pietas! heu prisca fide!' Now, we perceive there is no hope or justice for us, un til God Almighty shall sit in the last great, udgment.' " Mr. Roebuck undertook the defence of Lord Ellen borough; but did so by a most questionable line of ar gument. His Lordship, as Governor-General of India, had not acted in the case of Sinde worse than his pre decessors in that Government ! All who had gone before him were inferiot to him in mind, and exceeded him in carrying out an aggrandizing policy. For this purpose the Member for Bath referred to the conduct of successive Governor-Generals for more than half a century ; but reserved his peculiar powers for the administration of Lord Auckland, upon whose ex pedition against Affghanistan he poured the vials of his concentrated essence of wormwood and gall with his more than ordinary illiberality. Without re spect to the marked difference which exists be tween the two cases, both with reference to their origin and design, the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath persisted in withdrawing the attention of the House from the question before it, for the purpose of gratifying a taste, of which he seemed to be alone in the indulgence. He concluded a rambling, vitupe rative speech, with a string of resolutions for which, as no seconder could be found, the Honourable and Learned Gentleman has the sole merit. Sir J. Hobhouse's refutation of Mr. Roebuck's uncalled for and unsustained attack on Lord Auckland, was complete. Under any other circumstances the castigation it administered would have been deemed severe ; but the House seemed to feel that it was de served. Sir Robert Peel admitted the spirit and talent which Lord Ashley had evinced in bringing the question before the House. The Right Hon. Baronet did not venture to justify all that had been done ; but dwelt upon the extreme in convenience and embarrassment that would result from a vote of the House of Commons ; which would compel the Governor-General to libe rate at once the Ameers of Sinde, and restore them to power. He deprecated the effects which such a course might have on other native Powers ; and un dertook that, if left id the hands of the Government, every consideration should be given to the situation of the Ameers, with a view to the amelioration of their condition. Lord John Russell's speech, though short, merits regard, not merely for the sentiments it expressed, but also for the generous spirit in which it was conceived. Ills Lordship abstained from embarrassing the Govern ment by voting for Lord Ashley's motion—and thus showed himself superior to the narrow and illiberal spirit which actuated his opponents when a similar question arose respecting the Affghan expedition ; but refused to admit that the annexation of Sinde could be justified by the plea set up, that its former rulers were despotic, and that liberty and civilisation would be improved by the inhabitants being brought under British supremacy. STANDARD.—The debate on Lord Ashley's mo tion last night was highly interesting, but it is totally impossible to abstract it in any form in which the interest must not evaporate. The splendid speech of the Noble Lord was worthy of his most humane and generous motive, and both were worthy of his cha racter ; but to say this is not to say that the motion ought to have been agreed to. In the unhappily mixed condition of human affairs, though the highest degree of virtue ought always to be the ultimate object of our pursuit, and though we are bound to venerate those who inculcate it by their doctrine, and illustrate it by their example, the advance cannot always be made rapidly and with out interruption. It is, undoubtedly, our duty to make all men happy ; but whether we pursue this object upon a small or a great scale, if we pur sue it irrespectively of circumstances, we run a very great risk of ending by making many miserable. In the matter before us, it is impossible to doubt that the liberation of the deposed and imprisoned Ameers of Sinde—the purpose of Lord Ashley's motion—whatever the justice and humanity of the motive for the act, would result in years of war and desolation, and rivers of blood. The ques tion is . not whether these princes have been justly dethroned and imprisoned—a matter to be other wise decided—but a matter in which we do not disguise- an opinion, that no more than justice has been done—but whether they are to be let loose to kindle a new war, for the affliction of mankind. We rarely venture to differ from Lord Ashley, but nn this point we cannot agree Uith hiin, probably I,ecause we cannot reach his elevation of sentiment. lir. Roebuck's speech is as characteristic of the speaker as Lord Ashley's ; this is saying enough of it. The Member for Bath abundantly vilified all of whom he spoke, reserving as usual his most bitter reproaches for the people of England. We know not to what country or race Mr. Roebuck belongs, but we suppose that he is not an Englishman. The speech of the Premier, however, disposed of the whole question, by showing the impossibility that the Parliament could, without risking the most fatal consequences, undertake to prescribe the details of a government administered at a distance of five or six thousand miles—or adopting the Dutch mode of measuring distance, by time—at a distance of three or four months. There is one passage of the Right Hon. Baronet's speech which ought to be care fully remembered as often as our Indian policy comes under consideration—it explains a principle which some of our readers may remember to have been more than once advanced in the Standard : " Sir, it is very difficult to act upon abstract principles, which are applicable to civilised States, when we have to deal with barbarous States. In such circumstances abstract principles cannot by enforced. I think it would not be pos sible for us to rigidly adopt such principleswith respect to the States in India as we should be governed by were we dealing with the States of Europe. Take the case of Aithanistan for instance, assuming that it was believed that some unfavourable design were entertained against our Indian possessions by Persia or Russia, and that Sinde was to become a party in that design. Would it be possible for the Go• vernor-Peneral of India to dO his duty to his country if he did not take such steps as were in his power to thwart such a 'proceeding, when, by taking possession of Sinde, or subsidising the troops of that country, or the taking of such steps as should prevent the carryinc , into effect a scheme like that to which I have alluded ? If we look at civilised nations when they come into contact with barbarous ones, we find it impossible, from some cause or other, inherent to bar barous States, to carry out thoseprinciples which govern civilised nations." The reason of the difference is obvious—law, like like language, to be understood and observed, must be ex hatituto, and it would be as absurd to attempt dealing with men according to laws of which they know nothing, as to attempt communicating with them in a language that they never heard before. There is, indeed, the moral law, which is common to our unsophisticated nature ; but if human nature is unsophisticated anywhere, which we doubt, it certainly is not so among the princes of India, with whom cruelty and injustice are in daily practice, successfu' falsehood and treachery occasions of pride. " A stirring life they lead, who have such neighbours near." In dealing with them, treachery may not be retaliated for treachery ; but all those rights which are allowed among civilised nations, as resting upon the hypo thesis that they will not he perfidiously abused, may be lawfully withheld from those who will, we know, abuse them to our injury upon the first convenient opportunity. According to the proverb, " cords must hind those whom honour cannot." Hence it happens that a moral and civilised nation, placed upon the confines of immoral and uncivilised nations, must, in its own defence, subdue its neighbours if they do not enlighten and reform themselves by its example. Hence it is that Butler, in a passage referred to last night by Lord Ashley, includes lawful conquest among the means by which a purely Christian Go vernment could ensure universal dominion. The wise and pious writer saw that in the perverse nature of man were the seeds of occasion when conquest - might be lawful. Such oc casion surely arises when a nation is thrown, by any cause, itito contact with another which owns no law, and has no respect for truth or justice. It may be well for the rigid moralist in politics to avoid the difficulty of such proximity to evil; but we doubt whether the enlightenment and - civilisation of the world would gain by such prudent reserve; and it is certain that we can neither withdraw from India, nor maintain our position there, by a strict observance of the code of pub lic law recognised in Europe. Such a strict observance, indeed, would compel us to a more frequent, and a more fierce, course of aggression than any British Governor has ever pursued in the East, and so little would the native princes gain by it that they would soon have reason to say—sunouum jus mama infuria, The truth . that in Indian government , and in all distant governments, where the neigh bouring States aro uncivilised, the Governor must act upon his own discretion, according to circumst ances , w i th little regard to any fixed rules, and the attempt to fetter him by any, cannot be otherwis e th an m i schievous. The House o motion nsl for last the liberation nightwaso f it opinion,o the in fo e r g i r t s re jected t Cm e Commons a majority of 202 to 63. Died on Thursday, in Pot - ebester-place, Hyde park, aged forty-Dine, after ye4rs of health, and month s of severe suffering, Isaac Newton Wig*, FAco for several years ALP, for Brighton. ► IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF LORDS, Feb.'9. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool pack at Five o'Clock. The School Teachers' (Ireland) Bill went through Committee, and was ordered to be read a third time on Monday next. AFFAIRS OF SPAIN. Lord CLARENDON stated that in consequence of the illness of the Noble Lord, the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, he should postpone his question on the state of affairs in Spain until Monday next. ACTIONS FOR PENALTIES ON GAMING TILE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EvENING, FEBRUARY IA 1844. DISCONTINUANCE BILL. On the motion of Lord BROUGHAM several verbal amendments were made in this Bill, which was then read a third time and passed. PRIVY COUNCIL APPEALS. On the motion of Lord BROUGHAM, a return of the number of appeals heard, and remaining to be heard before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. was ordered. _ The NOBLE and LEARNED LORD had no objection to embody his opinion as to the constitution of the Com mittee in the form of a Bill. If it passed the Houses of Parliament, well ; if not, he should be free from blame. A Bill was introduced on the subject in 1834. Lord CAMPBELL could not help expressing some surprise that the Noble and Learned Lord should wish to change the constitution of the Judicial Com mittee. The Noble Lord had intimated on former occasions that this Judicial Corn mittee had worked so well without a head, in consequence of his (Lord Brougham) having himself acted as head of that body. No one felt more strongly than he did the obligation they were under to the Noble and Learned Lord ; but, at the same time, he must beg leave to remind the Noble and Learned Lord, that though they did very well with him, they also managed to get on tolerably well without him.--(Hear, and laughter.) The Noble Lord complained of the answer to the return of ar rears being nil; but one reason why there were no arrears was, that while the Noble Lord was at his chateau of Cannes, enjoying that delight ful abode, the Committee was sitting day after day in Downing-street, disposing of the arrears before it. He admitted the Noble and Learned Lord showed great liveliness over everything, but still, if they were to be deprived of his services, considering who the members of the Committee were, and the accession they had lately had in the person of Mr. Pemberton Leigh, the Chancellor of 'the Duchy of Cornwall, he thought they should be able satisfactorily to dispose of the cases before them, and that the return would still be nil. _ _ Lord BROUGHAM said the objection of the Noble Lord was premature. He did not know any thing of the plan of the Bill ; it was not anything like the Bill of the Government of 1834. He could not say that the Noble and Learned Lord shed much light on their discussions. But certainly he (Lord Brougham) had a very great scruple of conscience—he should say, delicacy, in calling upon his Noble and Learned Friend to come from time to time and give his hours and his labour, both in Court and at home, when he was a perfectly gratuitous ser vant of the public. He felt that very strongly. Since the Committee had been deprived of the ser vices of the common law judges, by reason of the Winter Circuits, and in consequence of the increase of banco business, the only person upon whose at tendance they could rely was Mr. Pemberton Leigh, towards whose attendance he had the same ob jection, as he had neither pension nor salary. With the exception of that gentleman and 1)r. Lushington, they had no one else. Having said so much, he pledged himself, in a short time, to lay his plan before the House, in the form of a Bill, which he would submit to his Noble and Learned Friend, to Dr. Lushington, and to the other Members of the Committee, in order to put it in the best shape possible, previous to its coming before their Lordships. The conversation here dropped. IRELAND. The LORD CHANCELLOR inquired of the Noble Marquis (Normanby) whether he intended proceeding with his motion respecting Ireland on Tuesday next. He thought it would be better to postpone it, because the result of the trials would hardly then be known. The Marquis of NORMANBY did not see what the result of the trials had to do with the matter. He had always understood that the ground of their silence was, lest anything said in Parliament should go to the jury. He thought it pretty certain that the jury would be shut up by that time, and he could not think that the decision of the jury would influ ence the debates in Parliament. Lord BROUGHAM thought differently from the Noble Lord on the subject; it would be of import ance that the result should be known, otherwise they would be discussing the subject in ignor ance. For his own part, he would he speaking quite in the dark without knowing the results. It was impossible to say what the law of the case might be until they learned what the opinions of the Judges of the Court of Queen's Bench were; and he thought it was very expedient that their Lordships should not go into a discussion on the subject until the opinions of the Judges were known. Lord CAMPBELL had certainly acquiesced in the propriety of postponing all discussion on the sub ject of the present state of Ireland so long as it was possible that the discussion should affect the result of those trials. But their Lordships should recollect that before the motion of his Noble Friend could come on, the jury would be shut up without food or fire, and precluded from communication with any person whatsoever, so that it would be impossible that even the echo of what was said in the House of Lords could reach them. The LORD CHANCELLOR wished to ask his Noble Friend what the terms of his motion would be? The Marquis of NORMANBY was not prepared to state the precise terms in which his motion would bJ worded, but its general purport would be that the House should inquire into the cause of discontent in Ireland. He did not feel that he should be justified in postponing his motion on the grounds suggested, especially as the same subject would be discussed on Monday night in the other House of Parliament, and he did not think that their Lordships should allow themselves to appear more indifferent than others to its importance. LAW OF SEDITIOUS LIBEL. Lord CAMPBELL said he had a Bill to lay upon the table, the object of which he should briefly ex plain. It was to enact that where a prosecution was instituted for seditious libel, and falsehood was charged in the indictment, then it should be lawful for the de fendant to give evidence of the truth of the alleged libel. There was a Bill brought in last session, in which their Lordships' attention was confined to libel upon individuals, or private defamation. But any libel from which a public wrong was likely to result required a different enactment. He had thought it more expedient to abstain during the last session of Parliament from introducing any Bill with reference to public prose cutions. Their Lordships had during that session agreed to a Bill on the subject of libel, which, in his humble judgment, very materially improved the laws of this country. Some of its provisions did not meet with the approbation of the other House of Parlia ment. He did not agree with the views taken of that measure there, but he did not at all propose during the present session of Parliament to revive the discussion between the Houses on this subject. The time might come when those provisions would be the law of the land. He could not help thinking that it would yet be consi dered that it was not right that in this country a min might, in the most public place, be denounced as a liar, a scoundrel, and a coward, without having any opportunity of appealing to the law either criminally or civilly. or that a female might have her reputa tion tarnished by the most opprobrious appellations ' without any redress. But for the present he would be content to leave the law under its present objec tions in that respect. The present Bill, which he submitted to their Lordships, was respecting what ought to be done when there was a prosecution for public libel. As the law now stood, the truth of a libel could not be inquired into. Suppose that a libel asserted that the Govern ment of the country had sent out troops on an ex pedition in an unworthy ship, whereby they were in great danger of going down. That might or might not be a libel, whether true or false. It was only where the guilt or innocence of the party accused might materially depend upon the statement made in the libel. There had been libels with respect to military flogging, stating that great cruelty had been perpetrated by the sentences of courts-martial. The guilt or innocence of the party in this case would depend upon whether the statement was founded in fact or not. Now he proposed that, at the time of the trial, the defendant should be permitted to give evidence of the facts which he asserted ; and, of course, that evidence should also be allowed to be given on the part of the Crown, to show that his statement was . false. It would then be for the jury, taking the whole matter into consideration, to return their verdict. He would not necessarily be acquitted, although it should turn out that what he had stated was true, nor would he necessarily be convicted alth oug h it should turn out that it was false. He might have fallen into an error without any malicious or seditious motive ; the jury being of opinion that he was actuated by a desire to confer a benefit on the public. In this case he did not propose to follow the plan which the Legislature 44 opted with regard to indictments 11 for a private libel, because there wap to by it justification put upon the record, and an issue expressly drawn upon the truth or false /RA of the statements. With regard to a public lib Plat Was 4905§iliielq, tribe t 1 distinct issue no upon the truth or falsoofi, 4ney fliefPftWP, allow all the circumstances of the ease to be laid be, fore the jury, who would say whether there was any bad intention or any tendency in the libel to produce public mischief. He proposed that the Bill, after being read a second time, should be referred to a Select Committee ; and that it should undergo the considera tion of his Noble and Learned Friend on the Wool sack, die NOble and Learned Lordlseliste hifia . Broughain), the Judges generally, and such Mem bers of the House as it might be desirable to consult on the subject. Lord BROUGHAM entirely approved of the course proposed to be taken by his Noble and Learned Friend. The LORD CHANCELLOR said the Bill had better be referred to the Committee of last session. The Bill was then read a first time. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Feb. 9. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'Clock, but as there were only thirty-five Members present the House adjourned until to-morrow. FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 9, 1844. The Queen has been pleased to appoint J. F. Davis, Esq., to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the colony of Hong-Kong. The Queen has also been pleased to appoint John Walter Hulme, Esq., to be Chief-Justice of Hong-Kong. The Queen has also been pleased to appoint the Hon. Fre. derick Wm. Adolphus Bruce to be Secretary to the Govern ment of Hong-Kong. The Queen has also been pleased to appoint Brevet Major Wm. Cain to be Police Magistrate, Sheriff, and Provost Mar shal for Hong-Kong. The Queen has also been pleased to appoint Robert Dundas Cap, Esq., Writer to the Signet, to be Registrar of the Su preme Court of Hong Kong. The Queen has also been pleased to appoint Alexander Gor don, Esq., to be Surveyor-General of Hong Kong, - The Queen has further been pleased to appoint William Pedder, Esq., Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, to be Harbour- Master of Hong-Kong. DUCHY OF LANCASTER, FEB. 7.-. The Queen has been this day pleased to appoint John Fow den Hindle, of Woodfold-park, Esq., to be Sheriff of the county palatine of Lancaster for the year ensuing. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Somersetshire. North Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry.-Cornet H. St. J. Mamie to be Lieutenant, vice Bruce, resigned ; W. H. M. Colston, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Miles, promoted ; J. E. Geils, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Ness, resigned, Feb. 3. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire. Newark Troop of Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry Cavalry.- J. H. M. Sutton, Esq., to be Captain, vice T. S. Godfrey, re signed, Feb. 3. WHITEHALL, Jan. 20. The Lord Chancellor has appointed James Clifford Newbold, of Maslock, in the county of Derby, Gent., to bo a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, FEB. 5. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Andrew Meggy, of Chelmsford, in the county of Essex, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. Hilary Term.-7th Victoria. Friday, Feb. 9. This Court will, on Saturday, the 17th day of February in stant, hold Sittings, and will proceed to give Judgments in Cases pending in the Special Paper and in the New Trial Pa per. By the Court. Read in open Court, this 9th February, 1844, Saml. Dare. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. OWEN WYNNE THOMAS, silk warehouseman, Milk street, Cheapside. JUKES COULSON and HARRY PHIPPS, shipping ironmongers, Clement's-lane. Lombard-street. BANKRUPTS. EDWARD MINISTER, tailor, Argyll-place, Regent street, to surrender Feb. 15 and March 19, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane ; Hodgson and Burton, Salisbury-street, Strand. FREDERICK JAMES SCOTT, apothecary, St. Alban's, Feb. 23, at eleven, and March 22, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee ; Clark and Davidson, Essex-street, Strand. JOSEPH HETHERINGTON, HENRY DOCKER, and CUTHBERT JOHNSON, lamp-dealers, Quadrant, Regent-street, Feb. 23 and March 21 , at twelve, at the Court of - Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry chambers; Clark and Davidson, Essex-street, Strand. CHRISTOPHER TEESDALE and RICHARD TOUL SON, furnishing warehouseman, Westminster-bridge-road, Feb. 20 and March 26, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury; Sole and Sole, Alder manbury. SAMUEL WALKER LEONARD, butcher, Frances street, Golden-square, Feb. 24, at one, and March 22, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abehurch-lane, Lombard-street ; Pain and Hatherly, Great Marlborough-street. IVILLIAAI LEWIS, builder, Bristol, Feb. 23, at half-past twelve, and March 22, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, o ffi cial assignee ; Gregory and Sons , Bristol. JOHN ALDRED, stationer, Nottingham, Feb. 21, at half past eleven, and March 18, at eleven, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Brad shaw, Nottingham; Motteram and Giddy, Birmingham. NOTICES OF INSOLVENCY. J. Blunt, Church-street, Newington, Surrey. • T. Elphick, horse dealer, Sutton, Surrey. C. M'Craight, engraver, Percival-street, Clerkenwell. H. N. Ginder, juu., warehouseman, Compton-st., Ball's-pond. H. Hemming, coachman, Birmingham. W. Hemming, coachman, Birmingham. G. Terry, saddler, Maidstone. Kent. C. Brown, miller, South Shields, Durham. J. Young, innkeeper, Rotherham, Yorkshire. J. Ogborn, butcher, Felton, Gloucestershire. E. M. Parsons, baker, Great Portland-street, Cavendish-sq. S. Seabrook, police-officer, Rochford, Essex. M. Bennett, milliner, Albert-street, Pimlico. R. Bacon and R. Wayman, wire workers, Barbican. J. Roberts, butcher, Hartlepool, Durham. T. Swale, surgeon, York. R. Lord, Lindley, Yorkshire. J. - Newsome, wool comber, Shipley, Yorkshire. J. Hemsworth, farmer, Alicklefield, Yorkshire. B. Sigrist, tin plate worker, Great St. Thomas Apostle, City. J. Bailey, farmer, Cullingworth, Yorkshire. H. G. Cramer, Regent-street, Lambeth. M. H. Russell, plumber, Union-street, Borough. W. Plowright, publican, Pinchboch, Lincolnshire. G. Chidlow, licensed victualler, Wem, Shropshire. G. R. Grove, Oxford. R. Steward, licensed victualler, Wych-street, Drury-lane. J. C. Leppoc, man milliner, Baynes-row, Cold Bath-fields. W. Pass, Jun., colliery overlooker, Sheffield. T. Crane, brewer, Greek-street, Soho. H. Jones, landing-waiter, Robinson's-row, Kingsland-road. W. H. Johnson, pork butcher, P ar k er ' s - row , B ermon d sey . J. Simpson, tailor, Manchester. J. Wilson, pt et. cattle-dealer, ; e h . doverseer, e l% yb l a ,b c ,Ns e . l oi e ar s tn fi he e : l p C t ohnesshhiirree.. Hammersmith. JS. . Simmons, wheelwrigh as t ß , eu H bg a b r r d oo in k g , st N on o e rt , h N am or p t t h o a n m sh p i t r o e n . shire. Tarry,J. Wheeler, s , o es soap -bailer, p a .. k b e a r n e a r l , C. Wood, bookbinder, Great Charlotte -street, Blackfriars.road. W. : Copson, hatter, Grantham, Lincolnshire. M. Westphal, commission agent, Woodstock-st., Hanover-sq. H. Carman, draper, Holywell, Flintshire. W. Thomas, stone merchant, Cardiff. J. Tummond, tea dealer, York. J. Lilley, grocer, Birmingham. C. H D ig a i s n o s n o , n s , a s d c d h le o r olm c a h s e t s e t r e , r F fie il l k d i . ns, Oxfordshire. W. R. Pool, clothes dealer, Manchester. W. Brown, baker, Waterloo-road, Surrey. T. Rolfe, jun., journeyman wine-cooper, Great St. Helen's, Bishopsgate- street. R. Williams, shoe manufacturers New Brentford. J. Hargreaves, shoemaker, Blackburn, Lancashire. H. Rogers, parish clerk, Melverley, Shropshire. J. Pritchard, tailor, South-row, New-road, St. Pancras. W. Ilinchliff, haberdasher, Chelsea. J. T. Morgan, butcher, Feckenham, Worcester. S. 13artram, licensed victualler, Whiteehapel. SECOND NOTICES. M. A. - Marshall, milliner, Newcastle -street, Strand, Feb. 14, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, officialassignee. G. Bogue, school-teacher, Chelsea, Feb. 14, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official as signer. F. F. Cooper, dramatic author, Walcet-place, East, Lambeth, Feb. 14, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whit more, official assignee. G. Danvers, coal merchant, Beaumont-square, Stepney, Feb. 14, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. J. Sherratt, card case maker, Berkeley-street, Lambeth, Feb. 14. at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. L. Gompertz, Upper Kennington-green, Feb. 14, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, offic;3l assignee. W. Pedley, dealer in bottled beer, Claremont-place, Penton ville, Feb. 14, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. It. Pettit, bricklayer, St. Thomas-square, St. John's, Hack ney, Feb. 14, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. S. Akehurst, jun., cigar -dealer, Brighton, Feb. 14, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee. W. F. Waller, ship agent, Great Carter-lane, Doctors'- commons ' Feb. 14, at half-past one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. J. Mews, jun., confectioner, Groat St. Andrew-street, Seven Dials, Feb. 14, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Ranks ruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. G. Callaway, grocer, Islington-green, Feb. 15, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. J. Joseph, clerk, St.- Peter's-hill, Paul's Wharf, City, Feb. 15, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. T. Hoile, Sandwich, Kent, Feb. 15, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. E. Tucker, discount agent, Upper Stamford-street, Surrey, Feb. 14, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Ai sager, official assignee. r official assignee. a F ss e i b g . n l e 6 e. , Court stage at oWne , I% a l t o o t r h e e , H. Bernard, professor of phalacromiasy , Re g ent- street , St. c o o f a ß ch a m nk a r n u , pt ll c u y r . y James's, Feb. 16, at one, at the Court of B ankru p tc y . Green , official assignee. B F t o ' l Follett, W, C. Newport, attorney's clerk, Little Mount -street, Wal worth, Feb. 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Fol lett, official assignee. W. Southon, grocer, Upper Seymour-street, St. Pancras, Feb. 16, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee. G. Dixon, bookseller, Margate, Kent, Feb. 16, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee. J. J. H. Lewis, omnibus proprietor, Brixton-hill, Surrey, Feb. 15, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. J. H. Crispin, clerk, Butteslandsstreet, Hoxton. Edwards, official assignee. A. H. Henn, tobacconist, Somerset-place, New-road, East. Edwards, official assignee. W. Swain, joiner, Manchester, Feb. 14, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson. official assignee. G. Lea, brush maker, Syston, Leicestershire, Feb. 14, at one, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official as. signee. M. Lea, Syston, Leicestershire. Feb. 14, at one, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, M. Sides, Ruyton of the Eleven fowns, Shropshire, Feb. 13, at half-past twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee. W. Wildsmith, warehouse Oak, Wolverhampton, Feb. 13, at one, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee. J. Berkeley, farmer, Lonedon, Worcestershire, Feb. 21, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee. J. Nicholas, iron -fitter, Dudley, Worcestershire, Feb. ,Iq, at half, a lt ° l l P , at the Birminghant Pistrict 3 , )tirt. Vulpy, °Mend assignee. B, a tWeb eleven,b, draper'sath t eassistant, Birmingham Wolsba i T tri on e , t Sctaoffuorrt. Christie,dshire,Feb 10, official assignee. J. Sandbach, book-keeper, Edge hill, Lancashire, Feb. 22, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee. D. Al. Thomas, surgeon, Cwm Amman, Carmarthenshire, Feb. 14, at half-past eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee. S. Miles, grocer, Cadoxtone, Glambrgatishire. Feb.l3, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee. J. Petherick, bootmaker, Ragland, Monmouthshire, Feb. 14, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee. L. West, attorney, Bath, Feb. 16, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee. C. Bradshaw, brace manufacturer, Halifax, Feb. 12, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee. W. Swain, joiner, Manchester, Feb. 14, at 12, at the Man chester District Court. Hobson, official assignee. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. J. Sewell, victualler, Charles-street, Paddington, March 1, at one—W. Carpenter, stationer, Southampton, March 1, at half-past eleven. In the Country. J. Porter, tailor, Nantwich, Cheshire, March, 2, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court—J. Bell, hosier, Notting.. ham, March 2, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—M. Harris, draper, Swansea, March 4, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court—R., Jas., and John Potter, cotton spinners, Manchester, Feb. 23, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court—R. Moon, sen., and 11. Moon, jun., merchant., Green field, Lancashire, March 5, at eleven, at the Manchester Dis trict Court—T. J. Whidborne, chemist, Liverpool, March 5, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court—T. J. Fehr, draper, Birmingham, March 4, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned. W. Carpenter, stationer, Southamptan, March I—J. Sewell, victualler, Charles-street, Paddingtnn, March I—H. Congreve, dealer in patent medicines, High-street, Peckham, March 1-- E. Munn, corn chandler, Stanhope-terrace, Paddington, March 2—J. Why, haberdasher, Holborn-hill, March 1-1-1. J. Nixon, upholsterer, Great Portman-street, 0 x ford•street, March Chamberlain, linen draper, Peckham, March 1 —H. Laybourn, ship broker, Hartlepool, Durham, March 1— J. Hill, grocer, Durham, March I—R. Greenbow, iron master, Wrexham, Denbighshire, March 4—J. Jukes, nail factor, Westbromwich, Staffordshire, March 6—J. Southern, grocer, Birmingham, March 6—F. Peters, wine merchant, Manchester, March B—T. Fawcett and J. Muir, builders, Hol lingworth, Cheshire, March I—W. B. M'Pherson, victualler, Rosemary Branch, Horton, March I—G. Z. White, stone mason, Southampton, March I—'l'. Martin, victualler, Pave ment, Moortields, March I—W. Rolfe, farmer, Therfield, Hertfordshire, March I—J. Swallow, sen., corn miller, Halifax, March I—T. Wright, cheesemonger, Blackmoor-street, Clare market, March I—J. Lumley, brewer, Kirkby-Fleetham-with- Fencote, Yorkshire, March I—J. F. Armstrong, coal mer chant, Blackheath. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. H. Lovett and R. Taylor, soap manufacturers, Liverpool— J. Green and J. Jubb, jun., woollen manufacturers, Basing hall-street—J., S., and H. Newbould, merchants, Sheffield— S. Reynolds and J. Woodhouse, pawnbrokers, Nottingham—. D. Duggan and R. Jacksoa, cabinet makers, Birmingham— !. P. Hall and T. Wright, apothecaries, Dudley, Worcester shire—H. Hamer and R. Jones, linen drapers, Blackfriars road—J. H. Galloway, E. C. Bell, and C. S. Todd, attorneys, Kingston-upon-Hull—H. Headley and J. L. Sudbury, sur geons, Cambridge—John, Jas., and H. Holden, farmers, Mitton-with•Crook, Yorkshire (so far as regards H. Holden) — W. H. Barber and M. B. Bircham, attorneys, New Bridge street, Blackfriars—K. and W. Liversidge, wine merchants, Liverpool—W. Sowden and J. Withers, dyers, Salford—R, and F. Parke, drapers, New Molten, Yorkshire—W. Pomfret, sen., and W. Pomfret, jun., rag merchants, Preston—W. Angus and A. Reid, coach builders, Brompton—W. and W. Warbrick, machine makers, Dukinfield, Cheshire—W. Good win and J. Fitton, spindle makers, Manchester—R. Bayley, and B. and P. Tingle, steel and wire drawers, Ecelesfield, Yorkshire—M. and A. Amhara, boot and shoe dealers, West bromwich, Staffordshire—J. Miller, If. Foy, and E. Kelly, coach builders, Huddersfield (so far as regards E Kelly)—J. Allen and W. Nicholls, carpenters, Bristol—D. and J. Metcalf, dyers, Leeds—J. Hands and J. Powell, ironfounders, Birming ham—J. A. Curme and E. Mondey, surveyors, Dorchester— W. Kerr and T. Hamilton, drapers, Truro—W. H. L. Corran and H. D. Sage, wine merchants, Liverpool—E. and G. Viecars, hosiers, Kingston-upon-Hull—S. Waimulf and D. Veit, merchants, Manchester—T. Robinson and R. W. Pearse, flour factors, Swansea. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. COLIN MUNRO, bank agent, Dingwall, March 6, at twelve, at the National Hotel, Dingwall. JAMES and WILLIAM GILLESPIE, merchants, Fal kirk, March 8, at one, at the Red Lion Inn, Falkirk. DONALD MACKAY and SON, merchants, Barnisdale, Isle of Skye, March 18, at twelve, at the office of D. Mackenzie, Portree. PRICE OF SUGAR. . _ The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the week ending Feb. 6, 1844, is 355. 101 d. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. --- MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of Feb. 9.) SUGAR.—To-day all descriptions of British Plantation Sugar met with ready purchasers for Grocery and Refining purposes, and, owing to the short supply, buyers were com pelled to pay a further advance of Is, making the rise for the week 2s for brown, strong grey, and low yellow sorts, and is per cwt for good and fine grocery qualities ; many of the brokers have not a board of Sugar on show. _ • REFINED.—To-day higher rates were paid for Refined Sugar, and the few parcels on show were readily disposed of at advanced rates; brown saleable Lumps fetehing 765, and. Standard Lumps 77s per cwt. Contracts have been entered into for delivery. Bonded crushed Sugar is wanted, and cannot be purchased under 26s per cwt. . MAURITIUS.—This afternoon the trade purchased Mauritius Sugar readily, and 2,747 bags at public sale were sold Gd to Is above the price& of the last auction ; fine yellow fetched 68s, good 65s to 66s 6d, middling Gls to 645, low 59s to 60s, middling to good grey 60s to 65s 6d. It wasli good Refining and Grocery parcel. EAST INDlA.—There has been no sale of Foreign East India Sugar; privately . the purchases made have been trifling, still holders are not Inclined to give way in price : the value of Java is I6s to 225, and Manilla 14s Gd to 18s id per cwt To-day there was no public sale of Bengal Sugar ; by private treaty some parcels were sold at high prices; middling to good white fetched 65s to 68s, and fine 69s to 70s ; low brown is wanted, and is with difficulty to be had at 51s per cwt. FOREIGN.—Holders of Yellow Havannali have refused to further give way in price. Prices of Foreign Sugar of all sorts rule moderate in comparison with those of previous years at this season. To-day there was no public sale ; yellow Havannah in small parcels was sold privately at pre vious prices. A floating cargo of white Malvin) (Brazil) was disposed of at 23s per cwt, deliverable at Trieste. MOLASSES.—For all descriptions of West India this week, prices have advanced Gd per cwt. Antigua, good at 28s ; De merara, fine 27s ' good 26s Gd, middling 25s Gd ; and St. Vin cent's 24s Gd to 25s per cwt. Bengal Syrup at 18s to 19s per cwt. RlCE.—Bengal Rice at Ils for good middling white ; lOs Gd to 10s 9d for middling white. Madras common yellow 8s 6d ; 8s Gd to 9s per cwt for low (lusty white. Java is firm in price. Patna at 13s to 16s, and in some cases at 17s per cwt. Carolina cleaned here at 26s for the best, and 21s to 24s per cwt for other descriptions. To-day yellow Madras Rice at 8s Gd to 9s, and common white Java at 9s 6d per cwt. COFFEE.—Of West India none has been submitted to public competition during the week ; the trade have been de sirous to purchase every clean description by private contract, and for the small parcels in the market holders were enabled to obtain stiff prices, but the quantity is fiaz below the wants of the trade. In Foreign Coffee little has been done, and prices are with difficulty maintained. To-day Ceylon Coffee met with attention, and prices of all sorts are on the ad vance ; sales made at 66s Gd to 67s per cwt for good ordinary ; there was no public sale of any kind. COCOA.—British Plantation at full rates. Foreign in small i p .o a l: r r c ßE e itA ls i.Li s a o T. ld he at in 2 a B r s ke te t 2 h ‘ 9 aa s f a o n r i l m 'a p r r a a , v a i nd ng 3 a o p s pe t a o r 3 a 3 n s ca pe f r nr cwt. all n necg to extensive nagilotit ti,y d an e nf n d i 2 a ,p l 6 l ro o d i l e i cs a shhesaspvtrseuhnaagttaqbni been beeynd sold at 2s 4d per lb ; the lower kinds have been in good p dr iNt, naied descriptionspe contractol.; )* re quest, and have commanded stiffer rates. I'o-day previous ; the ef°al large fia prices were paid for some parcels of black and green Tea. Sacio:—Prices have advanced 3s to 4s for middling to fine, and is to 2s per cwt for inferior sorts ; fine small white pearl 25s to 25s 6(1, good middling greyish 20s to 20s Gd, middling 18s to 18s Gd, middling brown 17s Gd; privately 13s to 14s paid for large parcels of common. Sago Flour is 18s to 19s per cwt. Tapioca at 3d to 7d per lb. This afternoon Ta pioca sold at 3d to 4d ; Mandingo Flour 1/d per lb. Rum, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—Business in the 'West Inds Rum market has been restricted this week by the scanty supply. Jamaica at 2s 8d for middling quality, 29 to 31 per cent over-proof; proof Leeward at 10d to is 11d, and fine strong Demerara 2s lld to 3s per gallon. Calcutta Rum at Is 7d per gallon proof with certificate. For Brandy prices are still looking up ; Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1838 has been selling—hhds at 5s 10d, puns 5s 8d; ditto, 1839, hhds 5s 7d, puns 5s sd - ; ditto, 1840, hhds 5s sd, puns 5s 3(1; ditto,lB4l, hhds 5s 3d, puns 5s Id; ditto, 1842, hhds 5s 2d, puns ss, and low to mid qualities 3s to 4s 6d per gallon; some parties are asking ld per gallon above these rates. Geneva at is 9d to is 10d, for fine pale 2s 4d to 3s per gallon. English Corn Spirits at lOs to lOs 2d. INDIGO.—For East India the prices paid have been from last sale to 2d per lb advance. Spanish has been sought after, and stiffer rates paid. OlLS.—Olive Oil at firm prices; Gallipoli fetching 46/ to 461 lOs ; Spanish 42/ lOs to 43/; and Barbary, 42/ per tun. Linseed Oil, 26s 94 paid for large, and 27s per cwt for small parcels on the spot. Rape at previous terms. Palm 28s to 29s for fine quality; Cod Oil, 33/ per tun 351 lOs is the value of pale Seal. Southern Oil 3:2/' to 36/ lOs for low to fine.. Sperm Oil at last week's rates. Cocoa Nut Oil, Ceylon middling fetched 28s to 295, good 29s Gd to 30s Gd, fine 31s to 31s 6d per cwt. This afternoon Palm Oil sold at 24s to 275, and very low 21s Gd; Sperm Oil at 67/ to 68/ 10s per tun for British, being lower; Southern Oil 33/ 5s to 36/ ; S ea l went at 321 lOs to 32/ 15s for straw, and 30/ to 30/ 15s for brown ; Cod Blubber and Dregs 251 lOs to 26/ 5s per tun. TALtow.—Petersburg yellow candle of first quality at 40s 9d to 41s per cwt. For delivery 41s 6d to 42s fir the last three months of the year. Town Tallow 42s to 42s Gd per cwt, nett cash. This afternoon, second sort St. Peters burgh Yellow Candle sold at 39s to 40s 6d ; Neiv York Tallow 39s to 40s 6d ; East India 39s 9d to 41s 9d ; Sydney 33s 9d to 40s 94 ; Beef Tallow 40s to 40s 9d ; South American 34s 6(1 to 40s; North American 35s Gd to 40s 3d; American Lard 33s 9d to 37s 3d per cwt. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—As politics have nothing to do with sporting, this English amusement being pursued by Whig, Radi cal, and Tory, I trust your columns will be open to a refutation of a letter signed "N. of Eltham," a short time since, wherein a charge of wanton cruelty is made against the " Surrey Stag-hounds." I am not about to take up your valuable space with a defence of hunting, or whether it is more cruel than fishing, shooting, coursing, driving, or any of those pursuits which, from their universal practice by energet►c men in all states of society, would seem to be inherent to our natures. Such an attack as that of "N." tends to cast an undeserved enigma on a set of men of as generous and humane feelings as any other. The answer to his individual attack, however, is best riven by the following extract of a letter from the Master of the Hounds, which will show " N.'S " G. B. W. statement to be incorrect. London, Feb. 5, 1344. EXTRACT VROM THE MASTER'S LETTER, " The simple facts are as follow;--The d eer was un carted on flay's-cumnen, and when she got to Lewisham, every endeavour was made to take her, but without success, and she went away and was not seer} again till they got to Eltham, when sale ran into yard, but there beinga gate open on the of ter. side, she pas se d throuh lyglt' into a pond, whe n aga i n every one g egrlPetP4 wit 1 WAs inckst 41ANit1114 She should he taken, 1310 ingtotnn4tPly they Weed unsuccessful, as the foot people drove her from the po id before she could be secured, and she went to Woolwich, where she was taken without injury of any hind, and would have been fit to hunt two days afterwards if required ; }gut we have a great number of deer, and very few haVe been hunted more than twice, some only once, during the season. You will therefore see the deer did not die on IY4Lolwich-common." 40.1, PRICES OF SHARES IN CANALS, RAILWAYS, BANKS, ASSURANCE LIND OTHER COMPANIES' STOCK. LONDON, FRIDAY, FEB. 9. Dividend per Annum. Amount Names of Com panies. Paid. Share. ti per cent. 11. Canals. Ashton and Oldham A sh Zouch.. ayr- Basingstoke ........ Breckneck & Alwrgay. Birmingham, 1-liith sh. Do. and Liverp. Jui.e Chelmer & Blackwater Coventry Crom fiord Dudley ........ Derhy......... .' ........... Danube and Mayne.... Ellesmere and Chester Erewash .. . ...... ........ Forth end Clyde Grand Junction........ Grand Union Grand Surrey Grand Western Glamorgansh., ay. cost Gloucester & Berkeley Grantham Huddersfie/ 0 .. .... .....av, Kennet Gad Avon —Ay Lancaster aV Leeds and Liverpool... Leicester Leicester & Northamp. Loughborough ...... ..av Monmouthshire Montgomeryshire Melton Mowbray Mersey and Irwell Macclesfield £s. il, . ,100 0 0 41 13 4 1.30 — 0 o - 1 100 0 0 Neath Oxford Peak Forest av Regent's (ot London).. Rochdale av Shropshire Somerset Coal • Do. Lock Fund Stock Stafford and Worcester Shrewsbury Stourbridge ......... Stratford .on. Avon...av Swansea Severn & Wye & Rail Trent & Mersey, 1 4 sh Thames & Medway-av Warwick and Birming. Warwick and Napton Worcester & Birraing Wilts and Barks ,av Wisbeach Wey and Arun Docks. Commercial East and West India London Ditto Bonds Bristol av Do. Bnds, var. amounts St. Katharine . Ditto 80nd5.... Ditto Bonds Southampton Bridges Hammersmith Southwark, new Subs. Ditto New of 7% pr c Waterloo Ditto Old Ann. of Si, Ditto New ditto of 7/ Ditto Bonds Vauxhall av Assurances. - Albion Alfred Life Alliance Brit. and For Ditto Marine Atlas Birmingham Fire.. British Fire . British Commercial Cler. Med. & Gen. Life County Eagle Economic Life ...... European Life Ditto New Freemasons Globe Guardian Hope Life Ditto Fire Imperial File Ditto Life Indemnity Marine Law Life Legal and General Life London Fire Ditto Ship National Loan Fun I Palladium Life Protector Life Provident Rock Life R yal Exchange Sun Fire Ditto University Lite Universal Life Union Fire and Lite Joint Stk Banks ...... Ditto New Brit. North American Commercial of London Colonial London & Westminstr Dittq ... ... London Joint Stoc . k..—, Metropolitan Provincial of Ireland Ditto New...... National of Ireland..." Nat. Provincial Englnd Ditto New Gloucestershire Union of Australia Union of London Gaslight 41k. Coke Bath British Ditto Provincial...— Birmingham Birming. & Staffordsh Bristol Brighton Ditto General City of London ..... Ditto New Continental Consolid Ditto New...... Equitable Imperial Isle of Thanet Independent Phoenix 00000000000 Rateliff: South Metropolitan.... United General ~.... Westmlns. Chartered.. Ditto New••• ..... Water Works. Birminghsin East London Grand Junction. av Kent Nw Itiv Lon. Bridg An Manchester and Salford Vauxhall, late S. Loud. West Middlesex .av Yrk Buldg Co. Les.Pr op Iron Railways. Birmingham & Derby Birmlng. & Gloucester Bristol and Exeter Cheltenhm & (It. West Clarence ......».....,..,.., Eastern Counties Edinburgh & Glasgow Ditto New. Grand Junctioo..,, Great North of Englnd Great Westeni Ditto Half Shares Ditto Fifths Hull and Selby ...... Leedi and Selby Liverpool & Manchestr Ditto Half-Shares....., Ditto Quarter-Shares London and Brighten Ditto Loan Notes London and Bl,ckwall London and Greenwich London and Birmingh. Ditto Quarter-Shares Ditto Thirds ..., London and S. Western London and Croydon Manchester and Leeds Ditto New Shares. Manchstr and Binning Ditto Extension Midland Con 'ties North Midland Do. )4-Sh., iu. 10 dis Northern and Eastern Ditto Scrip, iss. dis. Paris and Rouen... Stockt7a & Darlington Smith East. and Dover Ditto New, iss:26dis. York and N. Midland Ditto New Shares Mines. Albion Copper Alter' _ _ Anglo Mex., iss.sl. Ditto Subscription ... Bolanos Ditt , Scrip Brazil. Imp. iss.s/. p.m Do. Mocaub. & Coc. Do. St. John Del Ray British Iron Candonga Ditto Registered Cobre Copper Copiapo Columbian, iss. St p.m General Mining Hibernian Imperial Slate Coropy Mexican Mining Co. of Ireland Real del Monte, Uttreg Ditto Loan Notes." Rhymney Iron Santiago de United Mex., iss.2l. pm Ditto Scrip Ditto New Scrip Lit erary. Londn,with Sin.Tickct London University ..... Russell King's Collego Miscellaneous Anglo Mexican Mint Australian Agricultur Brit. American Land„ Canada Upper Canada Bonds—, Copper Miners' Comp. Glen. Steam Navigation Iberian Mercantile Co. Ditto Property Met. Wood Pay., lei. Max. and S. America's New Brunswick t Land) New. Zealand ..... Penins. & Orien. Steam -Royal Mail Ste.llll Reversionary Int. Soc South Australian Thames Tunnel Van Diemen's Lad 4 per cent. 4/. 404 Si. 153. 74 I/. 58. 13/ 12s. Bd. 15s. 1! 10s. 34'. 101. 51. 701. 171. Sal. 3)6 17s. (M. 6 percent. 28 15/. 20. 1/. 10s. 15/. 32Cios. 104 81. 108. 44 1!. 48. 3 per cent. IA per cent. 4 per cent. 4 per cent. 31. 10s. 5 per coat. 5 per cent. 13 per cent. 4 per cent. 4 per cent. IN percent. It. Os. 8.1. 18s. Id. per cent. I/. 70. 34, 10s. 4 percent. 6 per cent. 6 per cent. 13s. 6/1. pr sh 5/. 54. 4 per cent. It per allare 5 per cent. 5 per cent. & 30s. bds. 5% per cen►. 5% per cent. 5 per cent. 6 per cent. 5 per cent. 4s. 2s. &I. 12 per cent. • IN. 1. sh. bda. /. ss. 10s. Us. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. IL ss. 4e. 5 per cent. IN per cent. 11. 4e. 5 pe - cent. 10% per cent R per cent. 6 per cent. 5 percent. 5 per cent. 6 per cent. F per cent. 8 per cent. 8 per cent. 6 per cent. 21s per share 6a. per shale 10 per cent. 5 per cent. 16s. it. 50 14 7s. 5/. and bs. NJ. and bs. 10 per cent. 4 per cent. 81per sh 315 s per sh 21. 6 per cent. 5 per cent. 6 per cent. 5 per cent 6 per cent. 456 per cent. 31. 12s. 21. 10s. 21. 10s. 21. 10s. sper cent. 41. 16s. 11. 14a. 10s. per sh IL Is. 4 per cent. 2!. 10s. Bs. per sh. 2/. 58. per sh Is 10d per sh 10 per cent. I% per cent. IL ss. per sh 2341. per sh. 12s. per sh. 4 per cent. 10 per cent 10 per cent. 10 per cent. /%1. per sh 101. per eh, 11 144 &per share 3s4d per sh 51.175. pr sh 113 s par sh 11. 10s. IL ss. 11. Ile. 10,L 15 per cent. per cent. 10 per cent. 10 per cent. 1/. 11. 3/. 17s. GI 1. - 10 s. lOper cent. Ilk per sh. 11. 101. per sh. It. 4s. IL 15s. (per cent. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. a. Bs. mull fs.tld. be. 6per cent. 7per cent. .-- 4% per cent tiper cent, LIST ov SCOTTISH CO I] FEB. 7, 18, Bank of Scotland"... Royal Bank British Linen Cowpay. Commercial Bank Glasgow Union Bank Western Bank ...... Central Bk. of Scotland Caledonian InaurguCc. Hercules insllrance.„„ North ant. Insurance Insurance Co. of Scotl. Edinburgh Life Insur. Scottish Union Insur Standard Life Incur Dalkeith Railway Edin. and Was. !Wiwi Glasg. and Green. Ra Dtll)4Oginti 401_1141 (per cent. (per cent, tper cent. fyer cent. per cent, 1.64 cent. f per cent. taper cent. / per cent. 9 PeT cOnt , tiler ROL Oper cent. tper cent. iter cent. percent. 2 per cen t 100 0 0 Steck Stock 147 9 0 Stock se - e0 50 0 0 63 2 8 50 0 0 100 0 0 70 10 3 100 0 0 100 0 0 20u 0 0 40 0 u 50 0 6 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 N 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 40 0 0 20 0 0 77 10 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 75 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 SO 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 41 13 4 100 0 0 soon 100 0 0 63 12 9 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 1 00 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 12 10 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 16 13 4 12 15 4 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 70 0 0 90 0 100 0 0 23 0 0 50 8 0 12 10 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 15 0 0 50 0 0 12 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 100 0 0 2 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 41 6 10 13 15 9 100 0 0 50 0 0 70 0 0 70 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 TO 0 0 30 0 0 40 0 0 7 0 0 100 0. 0 100 0 0 40 0 ; 45 0 0 15 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 5 0 0 15 0 0 100 0 0 91 0 13 10 0 100 0 o 25 0 ( 150 0 0 150 0 0 35 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 21 0 0 25 0 0 15 0 0 75 0 0 7 10 0 7 10 0 40 0 0 13 0 0 55 0 0 20 0 0 10 10 0 3 0 0 50 0 0 7 0 0 20 0 0 55 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 60 0 0 96 0 0 50.0 0 25 0 0 40 0 0 130 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 40 0 0 2 10 0 75 0 0 100 0 0 95 0 0 ' lOO - 0 0 ,100 0 0 10 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 I 0 0 0 35 10 0 sz 10 0 100 0 0 15 0 0 5 9 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 3 0 0 14 0 0 1 10 0 5 0 0 3 1 0 7 0 0 75 0 U 25 0 U 50 0 0 so 100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 PAN lES' PRICES. 44. 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 12 10 0 1 0 0 2 10 0 50 0 0 52 0 0 25 0 0 25 9 0 POLIO INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) MANSION-HOUSE. On Thursday the Lord Mayor received the following note from tie British Consul at Boulogue-sur-Mer: — " British Consulate, Boulogne-sur-;tier, Feb. 7,18.14, "My lord,—l hare the honour to convey to your Lordship two infant children, named James Stephen,. and.l - tobert William, illegimate by Lydia Sanders, 0 1 Co3ydon, lately deceased in this place, and as they are totally destitute, I h ave no other alternative but to forward them to your Lordship, which I now do bi the stewardess of the Emerald steam-packet, who has kindly ;taken charge of them. Inclosed are the cer tificates of their baptism.—l have the honour to be, rni Lord, your Lordship's most obedient humble servant, " W. HAMILTON, ft " British Consul at Boulogne-sur-Me r. YeSterday Mr. Jopp, the relieving-officer of the city of London Union, caused the children, one of whom al ) ; peered to be about five, and the other between two and three years old, to be brought into the presence of the Lord Mayor, and stated, that having observed that a warrant had been issued for the apprehension of one Lydia Sanders. upon suspicion of being concerned it; one of the will forgeries with other parties, it occurred to him that it would be proper to communicate the fact of the remarkable coincidence to his Lordship, in or that some inquiry mi g ht b e ma d e a b out t h e mother, for the sake of the pendi ng i nves ti gat i ons, • a s we ll as wi t , ll . the view of relieving th e City par i s h i n w hi c h the el"' a lt dren were landed from th e b ur d en o f ma i nta i n i n g the By the new poor-la w it was regu l ate d t h at f ro m n' after the year 1834, ill eg iti ma t e c hild ren s h ou ld follow the settlement of the mo th er , an d as i t was probable th at the difficulty of ascer t a i n i cg t h e sett l ement o f t he ra,°; der ther in this case w ou ld b e very great, the ch ild ren woad be fastened upon the parish in which they were landed+ which was that of St. Magnus, London-bridge—au tolerable hardship upon that parish, into which almost all the steamers disgorged the poor and helpless Of all nations. The LORD MAYOR desired to know whether anything could be collected from the children themselves as to their father and mother ?—M r . J op p rep li e d that toe children could not speak a word of English, and 'e r e very bashful ; and all he cou ld un d e rstand from th e i r answers to the questions p u t t o th em w as, t h a t thel' .. mother was dead, and their father was in Paris. Mr. Goodman (the Chief Clerk to the Lord Mayo r, ? said it appeared from the certificate of baptism that cone of the children was baptised in 1839, and the other ill 1842. The LORD MAYOR expressed a wish that the British Consul had trans m itt e d to hi m a certif i cate of t h e death of the mother. His Lordship did not suppose there wes anything except the name to warrant a suspicion the: the mother of th e c hild ren was t h e person charge d Witte d having been concerned in the alleged will forgeries , e l . l , that the fact of th e admitted illegitimacy o f the chl'" dren confirmed the belief that th e deceased was n ot the individual about whom so much had been said, as t he former was a married woman. Mr. Jopp said that the younger child was evidently in a bad state of health, and had a sore head. T be f were both without more clothes than they •wore co vered with. The LORD MAYOR desired that the children shoultibe taken care of in the house, and that the parish officer 4 should forthwith write to th e F renc h C onsu l f or a eert:- cate of the death of the moth er , and every other ,infor mation that could be obtain e d, re l a ti ve to her, with th e view of ascertaining the p rec i se pl ace o f h er se ttlemen s,"- We believe his Lordship also directed that the elder WY should be taken to the Giltspur-street Compter, into the presence of Mrs. Dorey. Mr, A CASE OF . , GREAT DISTRESS.—M r . H arding Obbard, and - -several other gentlem en o f the Court o f Common Couhcil, waited upon the Lord Mayor to re,; present the case of four poor helpless children, Avh )o father, Mr. M ar k A n th ony H arr i s, l ately a res pecte m merchant in this city, but utterly ruined by the ne 7 . l, fires of Hainbur g h, p o i son ed hi mse lf i n a state of insa nt ; occasioned by extreme distress. The mother of th poor young creatures—the eldest of whom, they sin was not 12 years of age —di e d a b out s i x years ago, n,„/10 the - .unfortunate father, after h av i ng s t rugg l e d eg a T e a that heavy afflicti on , w hi c h was dreadfully aggc 3 ": 0 by the calamity which reduced him to such conditie, as not to be able to p rocure th em a morse l o f brea d ' sank under the wei g ht. O n t h e ta bl e o f hi s bed-ro% the following, in his hand- wr iti ng , as prove d u pon ° I Coroner's inquest, was found : "Christmas-day, 1843. " There is no hope ; no more. Oh God, forgive lam in despair ! What will become of my dear c h dren ? God will protect them—l cannot. But the l t r fortunate father can only bless them.—M. A. LI." s e The LORD MAYOR raid the circumstances of the i l t ch caused a most fearful sensa ti on i n t h e City, in ".0.0 the character of the deceased gentleman was well hne. oo to be respectable, and he should feel much gratificattr. in rendering the poor orphans any service in his pew e ia Mr. Harding declared that they had not a yelative, of this country, and they were without even a cheng i ' o s linen. There were three girls and one boy, and he lie sure that if the benevolence which so abounded in 4 metropolis were attracted to the d e pl ora ble con ditioilL . the destitute daughters and son of the unfortunate t; Harris, by his Lordship's charitable interposition , appeal would not be ineffectual. ore The LORD MAYOR—I shall most willingly rec subscriptions for the benefit of the orphans, and al! , other service in whatever form which the judiciou s !' directed benevolence of those who are constantly i n quest of deserving objects, may render ; and I have n ° doubt of the willingness of the public press to give it powerful aid even at this time of pressing a, r.l i m p o etsni business. The applicant thanked his Lordship in the name of the poor orphans, a n d stated that subscriptions we' lla be received, not o n ly a t-th e Mansion-house, but at nell som's Bank, No. 1,- Pall-mall East ; and by Mr. ile r ding, at 164, Fleet-street. CLERKEN IVELL. Joseph King, the d r i ver o f a ca b r i o l e t, b a dge 8,14 1 , 8 i ' Was charged with th e f o ll ow i ng outrageous condile, t Mr. Samuel Warren, a barrister, residing s at 35, Wn uti „ik Place, Russell-squa re , an d 1 2 , Kin B Kings ea Te A m lr p . le N . Varren deposed. that, o n M on d a y evening Teti he engaged the defendant in Ch ancery -l a ne to entiiir ed him to his house. in Woburn-place ; when they a ll ti n a there witness ha n d e d hi m a shilli his fare ' defendant mu rmure d , and used abusive s languag, c, Sa ul ing, " Th e nex t t i me I catch you in my ca b 1 141",:l'ate you. " more insolent, W itless was not exclaimingremonstra th te a d t with him, but he oes ug h for driVin g suc h, a di stance, and through t h e snow. 'd o ing ness asked him to s h ow hi s b a d ge , b ut l ie refused t d, so, and when the - footman seized the horse by the the defendant said h e wou ld cu t hi m w illi his ` l d ' h o l. : - 8 1; after much difficulty witness succeeded in tak ing; So. the number of the badge, and th e n the defenda nt ,ge, lowly demanded his card, w hi c h w itn ess refused w i lere telling him that wa s hi s h ouse , and that he kaelv2'doori to find him. Witness-was going up the steps t o n ts i ; as elf when the defend an t ran b e f ore . hi m, an d placing. i , l i tn ess in the door-way, re f use d t o a ll ow hi m to e nter. 7 ow ra asked if he meant to prevent him going into h' s us bed house, upon which he d eman d e d 4d. mo re, xed P ia w it' him, complainant, fro m th e d oor . Aft er a strag. h g; wife ness succeeded in getting i n t o th e h a ll, and, as "further was nervous, bolted the do o r i n or d er to preven t • ns t it annoyance. The, prisoner, _however, rushed ag al told shoulder fo remost , and burst it in. Witness was sorer ing near the door at the time, had he been an he believed he would have been killed by the hug in collision with his head. The defendant ren_ovoi his insolence, and a policeman was sent for, who rein him with much difficulty. cr ying The prisoner acknowledged the offence, t° bitterly, entreated of the Magistrate not to sent -1 8 , 1 1 .10 prison. His wife had been in Hanwell Lunati c "WW / for the last two years, and there was nobodY, " fl ed. care of his three little children if he were imPri s td the Boyson, the warrant officer, said he sto , man's statement was correct ; when lie served tn, apart" mons he saw three little children in the prisoner bu,roi withodt very ment in Eagle-street, Lion-square, body to take care of them. The place seem wretched. - ive s Holborl iss ino Mr. Wilkes, overseer of St. Andrew's, i %Oho: ecovvinei sent for, and he recollected having o b ta i n ed add for Sa ra h Ki ng , two years ago, at ll an well. ss •Mr. Warren sa id th a t h e did n ot wish to P re nc es. charge agai ns t th e pr i soner un d er suc h circumsta ers one The prisoner's master and other respectable P d gr. came forward, and gave him a goo d charaelg r ',l 3 , ll whi cil Cobtnu, in consequence, mitigated the penalty, ile CO"st he had in the fi rs t i ns t ance i m p os ed, to los. and' - ---- - 'GibraltarsGLGiecEigina pilau . G enoa i ...Y.......E........5........T.:. ................................................. 3 Venice ............. • ''''' SO Naples ...... . ..... :. • ••.. i 64 Palermo, per o¢"''•..• . i .1.:1. 1 ;Ann ....•- „ ..... .. ..... Sk.: Oporto .................. .• !.!:. Rio Janeiro ............. Bahia ...... : ......... . .... " r . B ueno s Ayres .... s s i r ' . ...I:: ...... . New York , 21 day ..... PRICSS Ohiladelphia ......... . .... ...., 0%. Pr Buti.1019.:11 g Foreign Gold, bog XI i 7 5 Portugal Gold Coln.. . ',", 0 0 New Doubloo ns ....* .. '‘; 4 9t New Dollars... ...... . 4 - 11 ---••• • .- . • -- 3 Silver in Bars... . • _. . __—____ •__ ____ , ,_:„' BIRTHS. , i 0. f CAPP' .... On the let inst. at Quimperle, France, the lady Hughes, late of the on. Bengal Artillery, o f* s On the 7th inst., Mrs. Henry Kingscote, of a Oil,' • 9 o f ii On the Bth inst., in Salisbury-square, Airs. -E' lll ' daughter. MlO.sultvh.eßSit.andilielyst,.,oaftaUdia)upgerhtCehr.m,•lotte•att.reet, -itsr ° 1" °''- Dot win; 01 1 ) 1 u s Oil the sth htst., in Neweastie-street, Dos. ** •- A of a daughter. • MARRIED. b ng olo , 1 0 L i On the 20th ult., at the Governme nt Cbape), d bter Arbouin H u nter, Esq., to Fanny Maria, third Samuel Christian, Esq., of Malta. es P ill o r On the Bth inst., at St. George' g r. Georges, Southwark, b Douglas, of Walworth , su r g eon, to Louisa, eldest daughter Mr. James Careless, of Cornhill. DIED. B• 1 ` 1 ' On the 26th ult., in Edinburgh, Captain T. Inne s '.b e Ks.st On the 26th of November, 1843, at Mussoorie, ill i Indies, Captain George Ellis, of the Bengal Artiller.):: o f tbs On the 6th inst., at Working, Surrey, Sophia, wile Rev. Charles Bradshaw Bowles, Vicar of Woking - d 29. On the 6th inst., Charles Mitchell, Esq., M.A., gage d On the Bth inst., in Manchester-street, Captain , Webster, R.N., aged 63. 1 --_ London • Printed -------0 YOTTS(44 ° . and Published by AIDED • tits No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, N 0.112, Strand , 1 County of Middlesex, Saturday, FebruarY 10, 1844* COURSE OF EXCHAN Amsterdam CF. 12 6 Ditto, at sight Rotterdam ...2 U. 12 6& Antwerp - 25 90 Hamburgh M. 8. - 13 15 Altona Paris, 3 days' sight 25 65 Ditto, 3 months 25 85 Marseilles Bourdeauz 25 90 Frankfort on Maine 122 Petersburgh, 3 Us 36/ Berlin . 7 Vienna, effee. 6. 3 M 955 Trieste, ditto 956 Madrid . Cadiz .... 8i1ba0.... 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