The Sun. — London, England, 1844-04-17 00:00:00

On the 25th of April will be Published, VOL. VII. of MISS STRICKLAND'S LIVES OF THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND. Containing IfIE SEQUEL or the LIFE of QUEEN ELIZABETH, and the complete. LIFE of ANNE of DENMARK, First Queen Consort of Great Britain. Also, Just Published, LETTERS of 31.1.1tY QUEEN of SCOTS, Illustrative of her Personal.: history. Edited, with an historical Introduction and Notes, by AGNES STRICKLAND.- - New - and Cheaper• Edition, with numerous Important A,dditlorts, the 3 vols. of the First Edition being comprised in 2, prier 21s. bound. " 'Undoubtedly the most valuable, and by far the most interesting' work, illustrative of the 1 f and cln,raeter or Mary Stuart, ever given to tlio world."—Edinbufgh Ev.ming Post. llemy Colhuni, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-Street. ; • HER MAJESTY',S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are re— anectfuls Wort* that there will be an extra Night (not included in the Sllrception) TO-MORROW EVENING, when will be pre. sorted Rossini's Opera Stria; in two Acts. entitled SEMIRAMIDE, Sernirarnide, . Mad. Grisi ; ATSICe, Male. Favanti ; Idreno, Corclli ; Assn!, St. For nasari; and Oroe, Sig. Libliche (for this et:futon only). In the 'comae of the evening the celebrated Polka, by Mdlle Car., tette Grisi and M. Pe , tot. • To conclude with the Balet of GI SELLE. Principal Characters —Giselle, Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi ; Bertha, Madame Copere; MJIle. Ferdinand ; Myrtha, Mdlle. t-cNeft',..r; the Prince of Courland, M. Gosselin ; }illation, M. Coulon; Waifi,t; M. Gantlet ; Noblemen, MM. Yenafra and Bertram; and the Duke of Siiesi., M. St..l.eon. A pp,icat ioni Tor Boxei, Stalls, - and Tickets to be made at the Box ()thee, Opera Colonnade. . - - _ THEATRE ROYAL. DRURY-LAN& THIS EVENING, APRIL 17, Wit be performed IHE LADY OF THE LAKE. James the Falb, Mr. Rai ker ; Douglas, Mr. Stretton Allan •a e, Mr. G. HirricaStle; Ithotlerick Ohn, Mr. W. Harrison ; Murdoch , Mr. Pings, Malcolm Orwme, Mrs. Alfred :haw; Ellen Douglas, Miss To be follo - a ed by M WIFE'S COME. A Pet which mil be repeated a NeW,Oallet, entitled LADY HEN RIETTA; or, The statute Fair. - "L'yOrni Silvain; Walter, Mr. Howell ; Sr Tristram, Mr. O'Bryan ; Queen Anne. Slits (YBryari ; Lady Henri tta, Mdl Grahu, Nancy, Miss C. Webster ; Mina, Miss Carson. Diem; Boxes is., Second PriC , :is. ext. ; Upper Citeles of Bbstesso.. &yowl Pries ; Pit Second. Price Gallery es., 8 zeolid• Pr i ce Is.; Upper Gallery Is 4 Second Trace dd. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKP:T. Mtt. BENJ AMIN 'AV EBST ER. LESSEE. THIS EVENING, APRIL 17, Will be performed a New Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. Sir Charles Coldstream, Bart., Mr. Charles Mathews; Sir Adonis Leech, Mr Tilbury ; Wurzle, James Bland; Mary, Miss Julia I3ennett ; Lady nutterbucli, Mrs Humby. Atter which. a New Comic Drama, entitled GRIST TO THE M Marquis de Richerille, Mr. uks Mathews ; Francine, Madame Vest ris. bo be followed by a New, Original, Occasional, and Local Extra. vaganza. founded on Fact, entitled THE DRAMA AT HOME; or, An Even.ng with Puff: Principal Characters by Mr. C. Mr. J. liLnd, Mr. Caulfield, Mrs. Glover, Muss P. Horto,i, and Miss Lee. To conclude with the Extraordinary Performances of Professor RISLEY and his I NFANTSON surnamed " Le Petit Mercure." Orchestra Stalls, Ss. ; Boxes, se. ; Pit, ?s. ; Gallery, Is.; Upper Gallery. la. Half-price—Boxes ,a. ; Pit, 9.5.; Gallery, is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Doors opened at Half-past six, and the Performances e.mme4ce at Seven Mr. W. Farren will appear oh Monday, April 22, as Sir Peter Tear'e, in the School for Scandal. rickets and Places to be had of Mr I. T. Archer, at the Box slice, from Ten till Five. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE.Ir." J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, APRIL 17, Will be performed an Eng ish version of OTELLO. Otero, Mr. Allele; Elrniro. Mr. 'Weiss; Roderigo, Mr. Gardner ; lago, Mr. Burdini; Deg:lemons, Madame Eugenia Ga cia ; Emilia, Mi a E tlOnner. To which will be 'added, the Farce of the SPEPALFIELDB WE MIER. To conclude with a new Fairy Burlesque Ex' ravagan za, cal'ed FAIR STAR or THE SINGING APPLE, AND THE DANUING WATERS. The principal characters by. Me4Sl 4. Wright, Paul Belford, Oxbnry, Mrs. H. P. Grattan, and Miss Fortescue. - . THEATRE ROYAL LYCFAIM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA. HOUSE. • Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. • THIS EVENING, APRIL 17, .Will he repeated the ,New Comedietta, in 'lwo Act:, entitled 11 A Y CONCLUSION& Principal Chat actet sby Mews. Diddear, F. mithew., F. Vining. Emery, Miss Fairbroi her, and Mrs 'Keeley. After which. MY WIFE'S OUT. Principal Characters by Mr. Keeley. Mr Wigan, Miss Chaplio,and Mrs. Keeley. Fe I,e folkwed by . New Drama, in One Act, railed THE POST OF H../NiSUtt. t'haiacters by Mess's. Keeley, Turner, Kinloch, J Colier, St •nton, Yarnold, Miss Woolgar (from the t heatre Royal, Adelph i, her first appearance at this 'theatre). and Miss Grove. Td conclude with an entirely new timid Bulge que hairy Extra- Mama, called 4iPEN SESAME; or, The Forty Thieves. (ha. racteis by Miss Woolgar, Miss K Chaplin, Mrs. Woollidge, Mi.s Turner, Mi-s Grove, Mi s. Wig in, Miss James, Miss Paitbrother, and M.'s. Keeley, Messrs. F. Mathews, 'limier, Yount, Wigan, Yarnold. and Chaplin. PRICEs OF AD AISSION.—First Price—' oxes, 45.; Upper Poxes, 3s. ; Fit. 2s. • Gallery, fitl. Second Price -Balcony Boxes, 2s. ; Upper Boxes, Is fxi. ; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the Balcony 1 ier ((holding eight pnrson.), guineas, Private Boxes on the Second (ho 4.ing eight •peiso4s), (hie Guinea and a.Half. Private Poxes on the Pit t ier (holding fix per.ons), One Guinea. Free Ad mission Tickets (for the tint forty night.;), One Guinea. Nightly ansferrable t ree Tickets (for the first forty nights% hree Guineas. Doors open at Half-past 'ix Performances begins it Veven o'clock. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BATTY. Teumphant Success of the Grand Natiors4l Spectacle. ' - - *THIS EVENING. APRIL 17, Will be reratcd the Hi•torical Spectacle of the INVAS" ON OF ENOLAND BY WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR; or, the Batt'e fH. stings. With al'. the effects of the Norman Conquest, Death of Harold, &c. • Monsieur Plege rn the Tight Repe, New Scenes in the Circle, by eminent Frenco and Bri ish Art rtes. To conclude with a Favourite Fare • _ MT. Batty (the rrop rietir) bets respectfully to :cquaint the Nor,' (lento , . and' public that, encouraged by the flattering Su daring the' past year, and finding the theatre not suffi ciently commodious for its numerous p trona, he entered into an extensive arrangement w,th Messrs. Harvard and Nixon. the erni nent builit?rs of Lamir_sth, for the re-cons ructing on a magnificent and novel prineiple, the whole of the interior of the Theatre, which has heex rebuilt; dress b^xes enlarg,el, upper boxes widened, and pit and galleries extmaively improved bourteeti glass lustres are added, a.,d a tirecian dome ceiling, with entirely new sp eniiid clalsic decorations, and gorgeous art.!, meats, which,.with the fi•st-ratc taint to be offered, he presumes cannot tail of obtaining that support so liberally bestowed on his endeavours during the seas..n. The grand Easter national Spectacle will combine all the splendid hister,cd effects of the Norn,an Conquest of England, produced by Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. The Cirque Olyropique will in troduce un quailed equestrian taleat, and the dou le company com prise mien• of the highest order. 'the do , ir will open nightly at six o'clock, and the performances commence st s'ven. Box-office opened daily from ten till four. The private boxes have Leen reconstructed and decorated with care and splendour. Acting and stage-manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. UWE'S ROYAL SURREY THEAI Kt This Esta liniment again takes the lead—Whiteriars, with its tp endid effects, and the t'capegrace of Paris;are the theme of ad. soimtion. 'the '1 hentre has been more crowded than any former Easter Hoffdays. THIS EVENING, APRIL 17, Will be repeated an entire New Drama, embracing all the ittriong efts of the celebrate d work, eutitled WHITEFRIARS, in which the entire Company will perform. After which. THE SCAPEGRACE OF PARIS, sup it rted by all the lending Favourites of the EstablishmenL To which wi I added the Wonderful Performanc: of Herr BENGLER on the Corile Fatigue, and the Carlo Family in their Unrivalled Glmaastiques. To oenclude with, a New Drama of peculiar construction, entitled BARAK JollNS sN; or, The Blind Witness. Paces and 'Private Boxes to be had at Mr. Kerschner, at the Box. elite, from Eleven .o Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. 'rats EVENING, APRIL 17, Wil be performed the Popular - Play of THE STRANGER. The Stranger, Mr; Osbaldiston; Mrs. Haller, Miss Vincent. After which, the New ropalar Drama, called LEONTINE; or SIXTEEN YEARS AGO Fitzarlington. Mr. Gab:CcListon ; Ar. Mar, Mr. C.. 1. Bird; Mat, Mr. Freer; Paul, Mr. Coreuo ; Leon. tine, Miss Vincent. 'With the Grand Fairy Ballet of ONDINE; by Mr. Frampton and his Pupils. To conclude with A LUMPING LEGACY. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPH I. THIS EVENING, APRIL 17. If crowded, fashionable, and brilliant .stidieriees every night syn.ptorn. of surreal, the Pearrmances of the W . IZAR D NOR CH has made the greatest hit of all the LANIER NiVEL IES, for the Adelphi has been crammed to the ceiling; his mighty wonders are of to staitti g a nature, that the brill ant multitudes of cleighted • peciators sit, as if spell-bound, gaze with weauer and abs zrineot at the seeming soperhuman miracles of the MODERN FAUSTUS. 'lf the lovers of 1 . ottld Ireland," IrV'hmen, and Irish Music, wish to enjoy a treat, they will spend AN HOUR IN IRELAND with Mr. MALONE RAYMOND, at the Adelphl, whose tales, .ongs, and anecdotes of the Green Isle" have been tightly received with bursts,of lauzhter an I applause. He wi!l appear nightly, be tween the parts of the Wizard's performanucs. assisted by Mrs. MA LONE RAY MoND and Miss LINLEY. .The GREAT WIZARD OF THE NORTH will nightly prove that there are more strange things in heaven ant eaith, than arc dreampt of in mortals' Otitis , phy. ll Box es, as. I'it. Is. M. Gallery, eat. stezond Prica.at Nine o'clock. o..tors open at Seven, the Performances commence at half-past. ROBERT PEEL said he could not at present lay before the House the papers respecting negotiations between Great Britain and the Porte, with regard to the exe cution of criminals on religious grounds. Mr. WTsE moved for a return of the names, offices, places of birth, salaries, and ages of all persons hold ing offices in the thistoms, Excise, and Post-office Departments in the United Kingdom. The object of the motion, it would _ appear, was to asoertain how many Irishmen were employed, as compared with Englishmen and Scotchmen. Sir ROBERT PEEL had a good reason for refusing such a return. There were at least 22,000 persons included in the return required, and be satisfactorily showed that, so fur from any prejudice being exhi bited against Irishmen, most of the leading men in the late transactions in the East, which had conferred such honour on the country, were Irishmen, and among others, he mentioned Sir H. Govcu and Sir H. POTTINGER. Mr. HUME also opposed the motion, on the ground that everything that tended to keep up distinction in the three countries was wrong. The motion was negatived. Mr. Alderman COPELAND moved for returns rela tive to the working of the Anatomy Act. Sir J. GRAHAM opposed the motion. The Act had hitherto worked well, and he considered any dis cussion on such a subject could lead to no good. The motion was withdrawn. EGYP ILAN HAL L, • Pit:CADILLY. IMPORTANT NO'I1(E. Mr. HUME brought forward a motion for opening cathedrals and other national buildings to the public. Mr. WYSE seconded the motion, which was opposed by Sir R. INGLIs. After a lengthened discussion, Mr. lluma withdrew his motion. It would be difficult to give an outline of the speeches made on this motion, and we . therefore refer to the report, which proves that even in the utmost recesses of cloisters the pressure from without is not disregarded. Sir A. L. HAT then. moved for an address to the QUEEN, praying her to confer honours on the sur viving officers who served in the Peninsular war. It was opposei by Sir.'il. HARDING; and eventually withdrawn. , ONE SHILLING . Admission to TAP, NAPOLEON MU- - SEI7M, the most magnificent and extensive Collection of Histo rVeal Cnriosities and Works of Art ever known to hove been formed by Out Person, during Twenty-five years of elaborateresearch, at a co st of 01,000 guineas, and to completely illustrate, in the most in structive and interesting manner, the most Important part of Euro history Tl 7 —CH %RI FS • 1., OLTFER CROMWELL, and LOUIS Xlv., to. the deaths of GEORGE 111., and the EMPEROR NAPOLEON, in,1821. This unique Museum has been visited often, daring the last and present year, by the 'Royal Family, the Duke of Wei/Mg:toff, the FOTMVI Princes, Ambassadors, and their T,adies, *lst* many thousands of the Nobility and Public; and the Pro prietor has recently been able to increase, by several very fne pictures, &c., his previous almost incredible number_ and variety of MSS., Works of Art, and a multitude of valuable Relics, and other tinriosities, in this most instructive and, as hundreds have said it °nett to be, a National 3luseum. Many thousand have Inspected it. and. VIIRTY PRINCIPAL EDITORS of the PUBLIC PRESS have stated that It ought fo be seers by every One. The price of admis sion is rqinecti to ONE sim,LlNg. • The , NAPOLEON 1111SF,VM:is to be seen only at the " Egyptian HMV riccacHlly, daily froni Teri till. Dusk, . Lord EBRINGTON moved for a return of the num ber of stipendiary magistrates, and defended Earl FORTESCUB from the imputation of an improper exer cise of his patronage., - The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter-past One. • THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, APRIL IL THERMOMETER, Lowest, 45; highest, 62; Noon, 60. BAROMETER, 30.28 WEND, S.E. Nr)7ir.—The inunber 32 on the Therrnoineter denotes the f tein . g point, and 55 tempeiate. In Barometers fair is wally placed opposite 30, and rain at 23. • - _ IV GM WATER AT LOYDON-ni:IDGE TICS Morning ... 4t minutes alter 1 I Evening 0 minutes trete! 9. So, Mr. THOMO BARING, the rejected of the London constituency, and the champion of the mono polists in their great bittle with the free traders, is to be brought into Parliament for the close borough of Huntingdon l That,- which the •voice of the people would not do for him,- is to be effected by the means of priVate influence ; and the would have been repre sentative of the first commercial city in the world, is contented to creep into Parliament under the auspices of the protectionist nobleman, who has taken the dis comfited citizen under his guardian care. Well, this is as it should be—the merchant is rejected by mer chants, because of his anti-trade opinions—he is selected by agriculturists, because they cannot find one of their own body.to say a word in favour of the privileges they claim; and a BARING supplies their wants. It is not very clear, how merchants are interested in restrictions and prohibitions upon trade ; but the BARINGS have always had the happy knack of thinking one way and acting another; as Lord 'ASHBURTON generally spoke, on the contrary side to that on which he votod. It is no clear indication of the opinion of Mr. BARING, that he is now found supporting the sliding scale ; and at his srst coming forward for Londcn, it was for a long time doubted, whether he was not a fixed duty man? Far better fir the free traders that be should he what he is, than what he was believed to be ;—the fixed duty principle is the rock ahead of the anti monopolists, and they have far more cause to dread the trimmers who would support a fixed duty, than the thick and thin protectionists of the sliding scale, as by law established. Specious as are the arguments that may be brought in favour of a fixed - duty upon corn, • they sink into nothingness before the, touchstone of truth, of sound policy, of real benefit to the farmer, and of sub stantial justice to all classes. Why should there be any protection - for the landed interest of this country, in the shape Of a fixed duty upon corn ? Why should there be a fictitious and. not a real settlement of the corn-law question? Why should not a final and a permanent adjustment be come to, instead of a mere temporary and fleeting arrangement ? The farmer is interested, beyond all men, in knowing the state of the law upon which his welfare rests; he is anxious, above all things, for certainty and full assurance in his undertakings. A complete settlement is to him invaluable ; nothing else holds out to him any security; and he has no enemy so greet to fear, as uncertainty. A certainty of rental, without re-adjustment—a certainty in the corn market, subject - alone to the difference of price caused by the seasons, and, freed from theoperations of speculators—a certainty, that, as tenant, he shall reap all the benefits of his exertions and improvements,---will amply compensate the-farmer for a total and' imme diate repeal of the corn-law. But any fixed duty, be it at any scale, however small—be it 25., or more— is only a temporary expedient—it must and Would leave the certainty of uncertainty —the conviction of mere momentary arrangement—and all parties would - know that it was only a fancied settlement,"' to be unsettled at the very first-, opportunity. When Factory Bills for the limitation of labour are brought in—when they are supported, upon the necessity of watching over the poor, who are unable to take care of them selves—and when even: Whig legislators shall aid and abet them—it may well be asked, how is it, while all this care is taken to prevent the poor from labouring to excess, that laws shall be so carefully kept on the statute-book which make labour imperative, or dam ; tion certain ? Why shall the Legislature enact, at the same instant, a necessity for labour, and a re straint upon industry ? Why ?—because a landed aristocracy seeks to draw the uttermost farthing from the pockets of the poor - manufacturing labourer, and at the same momant' . to gain credit for a desire to raise the price of his labour, by limiting the number of hours that he shall be allowed to work. In plain language, to diminish his hours of work, and thereby compel an increase of price for the diminished supply 'in the labour market. Out upon such pretexts, be they urged by Whig or Tory. The plain, the intel ligible principle of leg,isla,tion is, to free labour from its shackles, and to allow free trade in every article of necessity or of comfort. But when Tories enact and support corn-laws, and Whigs join in abetting a fixed duty. on corn—when labour is sought to be restrained, by the one party, solely because it is sought to be left unshackled by-the other, we confess 'that we go not impute great honesty to either side ; but we regret that statesmen shall be found in these days, so totally ignorant of the - true principles of governme n t as to make bread dear, hard labour compulsory, an d yet claiming the merit of philanthropy,in seeking the good of the peopla in every direction,' save the only one in which it can be found. We believe we may . announce, without fear of con tradiction, that THE' GOVERNMENT HAS ABANDONED rue limn REGISTRATION BILL. In our yesterday's impression, we prepared the public mind for the pro bability of this occurrence ; for most certain was it that no such measure could pass, either this or any other session, whilA one independent Irish Member of Parliament sat in the House of Commons. But w c ih . a . t er a n G m o e N n -e t rum en t is this country blessed with !—a Nll but totall i y mnv : : _ u/ 7 —no, not even powerful for yetheatt'acnayntnboitn anything powerless for good. A Government ' The Holise of Lords Met yesterday for the first . y ain a s n t y t t h h e in ir g o f pp o o r n t e h n e t i s r . own party, nor A' number of petitions was 'time after the recess. And let us look beyond their Irish Registration ,preSented, and several Motions, were postponed, but Bill to their domestic ,it arrangements. trulyin Isotrreiorw,At earlytransacted," andhouserose hour. , torney-General, we say In the Commons the South-Eastern, Canterbury, , about to quit England for some months, to find,' Ritusgate, and Margate 'Railway Bill, was Passed the genial clime of Italy, tha l t l h ei e r al b t , h oi solicitor-General, i h to . r b - ' G en e r :I n , ..Ic.. i n thi s als . ) the Marehesterand Birminghath (including the country, _. .. he car.not regain. 111celesfield and Poynton branches). .„ . . oat of Parliament, however competent he may be in P . 'Nir. Tuotossitty gave notice that on the 30th of April Mr. Comex would move for a Comm i t t ee to II .h i o sto do the legal , business of the Go vernment? - inquire into th e etT e ct of protective duties on t h e 1 How is that to be carried on? The only man w h o 'national reven ue . c ould have done it, KELLY , was not deemed worthy to z it: „lii:-• 96-Aver: t 43 a queitim from Mr. frumE, Air. trusted with thela.k, although the Premier him -7::,--c.;.J.AnsTflut said' the . be en • Railway Committee were ex- . a close in a i. Th en, again, self has condukd With him, by letter, upon the sad ne . ;:.. 1 1mlete4 to being their investiga.i on t o - cessity u!hich preveniei il his appointment. ( 1 §401:1 time,. arid. then their report would be laid before . 'to India ? s i .true is : Sir JAMES GRAHAM going I 't ' that the Government, .o\''''''l6. - ..,llViit 014ia.u.r.' inoveil :Or vario and the India Beim!, and the East India House, ..611,-1.-: 'r l . ~ ''''.4 -- - US re t urns f' \\,....... guiß., wtgalown 'Jai-Cour and the King 6 t o „ tremble for the state . of affairs in ' India? .Is t os ri4ailway, which were ordered. .it true that the Indian army is unsettled, that at yer to a question front 201 r, 144455i' dissati s factionu p revails , 4 that WoriiisoloUG4- 12 u 1 4: 1 all SECOND EDITION. played his game, so as to bring general want of con fidence in his talents ? the limits of his duty, when he reps - med the insolence of the I English agents at Otaheite. We have only to read the re cital of the intrigues of Pritchsrd, shutting up Queen Pomare to prevent her from communicating with the representative of France, and to imagine the pliition of our seamen, when they saw M. 'coup landing soldiers and establishing signal-posts, and the flag of the protectorate obstinately replaced by an other flag, hoisted and lowered daily with that of the English frigate. Suppose, as the Admiral.has well observed, any Euro pean rower had conducted itself in the same way in China as England did at Otaheite, that such Power had induced the Emperor of China to remove the. outward sign of his alliance with England, and to hoist one showing that he had placed himself under the protection 'of that Power, would not Eng land in such case have felt that she had a right to demand from the Emperor of China an account of his conduct, and to chastise him, by deposing him if she had the power to do so? What England would have expected from her officers under such circumstances is precisely what our officers have done. It its not necessary, however, to. go so far as China to find striking comparisons. England exercises a protectorate over an archipelago almost at our gates—the lonian Islands. Let us send missionaries thither, and persuade the unhappy Greeks to hoist another flag thanl that of the Lord High Commissioner, and - which should correspond with the tri-colour flag, and see whether ourneighbours would disavow the Admiral who should convert the protectorate into poSsession. England. in such case could not stop there, and the' unhappy islands would soon be covered with scaffolds." . _ . Do these things reflect credit on the strong Go vernment of this clay ? And when we see this, can we avoid viewing it as retributive justice, Which, sooner or later, overtakes all Governments that take office by false pretences ? Sir ROBERT INGLIS. is a kindly, sincere, well- I intentioned man, who, never advocates any measure that he does not really believe is for the benefit of the ' people ; but he has a slight touch of intolerance in his nature, and is apt to be crotchety and led astray by prejudice on all questions wherein the interests — or presumed interests- s -of the heirarchy are con cerned. On every occasion of this sort, Oxford never fails to rise up like a menacing phantom before him, and scare him from the straight-forward path of obvious justice and common-sense. Were he to consult the unbiassed suggestions of his own reason, his votes and speeches would, we suspect, he very often different to what they are; but he is fettered by the necessities of his position, and entertains a lively and discreet recollection of the unceremonious manner in which Sir ROBERT PEEL was cashiered, when, on the memorable question of Catholic Eman cipation, he ventured to set up his own judgment in opposition to that of his rigid "Church and State" constituents. Sir ROBERT INGLIS has no inclination to exhibit similar independence. He has reached that sedate and unheroic time of life when a taste for martyrdom loses all its relish ; so is content to leave things as he finds them, and run tractably in Oxford harness. This is the secret of his decided and almost solitary opposition to Mr. Homes motion, last night, in the House of Commons,for opening the cathedrals to the public. Sir R. Iteous' judgment—at least,we infer so from the exceedingly lame, clumsy, and sophistical manner in which he handled the subject—told him that this motion was a rational one ; but his discretion compelled him to enter an earnest protest against it. If there was no struggle at work in his mind between his convictions and his sense of expediency, how are we to account for such shallow, inconclusive reasoning as the following, which he seems to have urged with no other view than to maintain his consistency at the expense of his good sense ?—" The Hon. Member for Montrose," observed Sir ROBERT INGLIS, "ar gued that the opening of the cathedrals would be the means of enlightening and improving the people ; but for his own part he did not believe that there was a necessary connexion between intellectual and moral excellence, and therefore he did not feel called upon to support this motion. At the brightest period of the intellectual world, they had found that there had existed the greatest masses of public and private corruption. Many were the instances of great taste being connected with great personal depravity ; and for these reasons he was satisfied that, to make the people skilful judges of statuary ar.d painting, was not the soundest mode of enlightening them in the doctrines of Chrietianity." This is a mere begging of the question—a palpable evasion of Mr. Ilumn's argument. No one evr dreamed of insisting, cer tainly not the Hon. Member for Montrose, that there is a " neees'sary connexion between intellectual and moral excellence," for great powers of mind has e in all ages of the world been occasionally found asso ciated with great vices ; but these are merely ex ceptions to the general rule ; in by for the majority of cases, virtue and morality have never failed to fellow in the train of mental cultivation. As regards the lion. Baronet's remark, that " at the brightest period of the intellectual world, they had found that there had existed the greatest masses of public and private corruption," ancient and modern history alike prove this to be erroneous. Was there more profligacy during the Augustan age of Risme, than during the later and more degenerate period of the CARACALLAS, the lIELIOGABALUSES, the GORDIANS, and their suc cessors, when the national intellect had become enfeebled and corrupted ; - when eloquence and poetry were mute; when public patriotism and pri vate worth were all but extinct ; and the " Mistress of the World," was indebted for existence, not to the high courage of her own citizens, but solely to the su ords of rude, foreign, mercenary soldiers ? Pass ing to modern times, was there a greater amount of corruption during the highly-intellectual period of the Grande Monarque's reign, than.during the coarser and more brutalising reigns of the Regent ORLEANS and Louis XV., when manners, intellect, and taste had all equally degenerated from the exquisite tone of refinement which they possessed but a few years before ? As regards our own country, was there a greater mass of corruption and profligacy during the Elizabethan period—our Augustan age—than during that of CHARLES 11., when small wits and dramatists, and still smaller poets and orators, were all that Great Britain had to boast, in the way of national intellect ? There is scarcely one epoch in history of any moment that does not prove the fallacy of Sir ROBERT INGLIS' assertion. But his argument is not merely fallacious—it is open to a still graver objection, for its obvious tendency is to discourage all attempts at civilisation, and indi rectly to insinuate the vast moral superiority of the dark ages over those which have been more enlight ened. In direct opposition to the crotchety Member Vv The Journal des Debats has no article on the sub ject, but the Globe, a Ministerial paper, thus defends the Government, and blames the Admiral : "There was wanting only to justify the conduct of the Govern ment in the affair of Otaheite, the report of Admiral Dupetit 'ThOuars. It will be seen by it-Ist, that at the time et' the occupation by the Admiral, the flag of the protectorate had not ceased to float over every point where it had been set up; 2d, that this -flag had •never been hoisted at the residence of Queen I'omare, and that, consequently, it was not neces sary to lower it in order to hoist the funcyjlay, composed of leaves of the pains tree,; 3d, that, independently of the ill feeling, not of the English G9Yernment, but of some Eng lish subjects, independently of the regret of the Queen, which is easily to be accounted for, if not justified, the Ad miral does not mention a single fact of a nature to compel him to act as he slid act, without waiting for instructions from his Government." - . _ _ ..... The Moniteur publishes returns of the last quarter's revenue, which show an increase of 1,007,000 f., as compared with the same period last year, and the large amount of 7,647,000 f. over that of 1842. There had been a decrease, however, in the customs' duties. On Monday the funds, with the exception of the Five per Cents., remained firm. Large purchases had been made in that stock, which brought down the price to 122 E 90c. The Threes closed at 83f. 40c. THE BOURSE MONDAY, Arm 15. First for Oxford, we are for throwing open our cathedrals and churches unreservedly to the public, for the contemplation of such imposing objects cannot fell, by the thoughtful and refined habits they engender, to make the people better citizens and better Christians. Within the walls of our grand ecaesiastical edifices, the man of even ordinary faculties may find the materials of poetry, of histcry, of religious and philosophical contemplation. The hallowed spirit of the past is about him ; voices, solemn" and affecting in their tones, speak to him from the tombs of the illustrious dead; his soul, in spite of himself, confesses the magic influence of the spot ; his very tread—and we have seen this not once but a dozen times—is that of awe and reverence ; and when he quits the consecrated walls, he quits them, for a while at least, an altered man. " Whatever," says old JOHNSON —we quote the passage from memory, and . therefore with hesita _ 'ion—" mhatever withdraws us from the power of our ordinary senses, and makes the past predominate over the present in our minds, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings." Now, none can deny that the contemplation of our cathedrals—those mag nificent monuments of ages long since gathered to the years beyond the flood—possess, in a high degree, this salutary—this ennobling influence ; and, there fore, we repeat, we arc zealous 'advocates of Mr. llumE's proposal for throwing them open, uncondi tionally, to the public. We have intelligence from Madrid to the 9th inst. The Gazette contains two decrees—one conferring the Grand Cross of the Military Order of San Fer nando on General RONCALI, who commanded at Ali Cant ; and the other the Order of Charles on the Minister of the Interior. The General was daily expected at Madrid. On Tuesday, the 9th, - the Bourse was open, .when the Three per Cents. were done at 361 for cash, and 37 at sixty days; and the Five per Cents. at 231 at sixty days. The Paris papers are almost entirely filled with the dispatch of Admiral DUPETIT TIIOUARS, and com ments on that singular document. It has been a God-send to the Opposition. They had got through all their stock of motions against the Gnizor Minis try, and had no hopes of bringing forward any sub ject that could lead to a division, when fortunately M. REINE arrives with the dispatch in his pocket. It shows great hostility to the English, and consequently is held in high estimation both by the Tunas party and the Legitimatists. They are determined, there fore, to make the most of it, and have entered into a coalition for the purpose of shaking the Ministry, and perhaps turning - them out. On Monday they met in one of the Committee-rooms of the Chamber, and, among other leaders present were MM. THIER9, BERRTER, REMUSAT, ODILON BAEROT, BILLAULT, and VIVIERS. After some discussion they agreed that one of them, probably M. BILLAULT, should,give notice of a motion on the subject; but as they had not agreed to the exact form in which it should be made, he resolved to postpone the question till the following day. In the meantime their journals are doing everythin g to excite the Chamber and the pub lic against the Court and the Cabinet. The follow ing extract from the National is moderate when com pared with the statements in some other journals ~ ,uppo,ing the report of M. Dupetit Thouars has undergone no change or mutilation in passage through the bureaux of the Ministry, and that it is published just. as _it was received, there is still twenty times mere than was nece;gry to prOTO that the Admiral cetfuleci himself Highest Lowest Last Price. nice. Price. Price. French Fire per Cents ••• • • • 123 .• 123 •• 122 85 122.85 Three per Cents.— 83 50 • • 83 55 • • 83 3.5 • • 83 40 Bank of France.-- ..... .• 3100 • • 3100 —3050 ••3100 Laffitte Bank, 5,000 f. lillarceslss ..5155 • ..5155 ..5155 Belgian Bank • • •• • • .. 710 .. 710 • • _7lO - —.710 1841.•••...•1115 ;•1115 ..111 5 ..1115 Belgian Flves,lß3l 1840 • • •• • . 1063 .. 1061 .. 106 .. 106 1842 • • 1071 .. 1071 1071 107; Dutch Two-and-a-Ilalf 6l .. 61 .. •61 .. 61 Spanish Threes •• . • ........ 371 .. 37/ • • 371 .• 371 New Deferred Neapolitan lO2 .. 102 10 .• 102 • • 102 Roman , g • alte,c 4 .4 , • • * • 4. -- - 4 - 4 ^e r v DRov t ' • THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 17, 1844, 1` bldflj fllt LONDON, WEDNtSDAY, APRIL 17, 1844. RAILIVAZ SIIAEES. St. Germain • —.. 82:5 82. .. 825 Versailles, R. 11.• • • • • • • . 375 .. 375 .. 375 .. 375 L. 8.• ...... 255 .. VG 25 • • 235 .. 235 Rouen •...... Rouen to Havre ...... .• 715 715 Orleans .• • • • • • • • • • . 9sg 75 .. 958 75 950 .. 715 • •• 952 50 _ Strasburg to Bale• • 290 . .; 291 25 •• 287 50 .• 287 50 Avignon to Marseilles 770 .. 770 766 25 .. 766 25 RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT. Versaille5,R.13..... L. 8..• • • • • • Rouen ••••••••••• • • • •• •• •• 977 50 .. 977 50 • 960 .• 960 Rouen to Havre.• ..... 715 Orleans •• •• ....... • •••. 960 .. 715 .. 960 .. 707 50 .. 710 .. 948 75 950 Strasburg to Bale ...... • 291 25 291 215 .• 295 .. 286 25 Avignon to Marseilles...... 770 , •• 770 •• 767 50 •• 767 50 PRIVY CouNcIL—A Privy Council is appointed to be held at three o'clock this afternoon, at Buckingham Palace. Summonses were . . issued to the Cabinet Ali ni,ters yesterday afternoon to attend the Council. It is expected that Lord Lonsdule wilt be sworn into office as Lord Lieutenant of the county of Cumberland, in the room of his late father., THIS DA ; Y'S NEWS. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY). BULWER V. ASIILEY-JUDGMENT. The Loan CHANCELLOR gave judgment to-day in this case, which was argued some time since upon appeal limn the de cision of the Vice-Chan c ellor England. His Lordship ordered the decree pronounced by the Vice-Chancellor to be varied, by directing the annuities to be valued, and the tenant to keep down the interest on 'such valuation,' instead of keep ing down the interest on the annuities as directed by the Vice-Chancellor. It was arranged that the matter should be mentioned again on Wcdnesdity next, in order to settle the minutes of the decree. The Court then proceeded to hear appeals, none of which possessed any features of public interest. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS..DAY), The Vice-Chancellor of England Watl occupied the whole day with cause petitions of no..gencral interest. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY). STRIKING OUT CAUSES In the course of the morning, Mr. Ro.GEns applied to the Master of the Rolls to permit a cause, in which the parties were not prepared, in cohsequenee of its having unexpectedly come into the paper, to stand over for a short time. Lord LANGDALE said it was very inconvenient to postpone causes that. were in the paper. Solicitors ought to be pre pared, and he must insist npOn striking out the causes if the parties were not ready when they were called on. If that course were persevered in for a short time, parties would be more on the alert. Mr. GDAY (of the firm of_Clarke, Metcalfe, and Gray) beg ged to state ca I.)elialf of the solicitors of the Court, that they were not altogether to blame. He kueiv of a , case that was yesterday postponed which would have laSted - three or four days, and, consequently, those cases that stood .after it had unexpectedly come into the paper, and much earlier than was anticipated. The parties in those cases, relying upon the =ties being taken regularly in their turn, were of course not prepared, while all the , extra labour to get the heavy case ready to which he had alluded, had been entirely thrown aw Loray. d LANGDALE- - Ther e is something in that, Mr. Gray ; but I think solicitors should be, prepared for every con tingency. QUEEN'S E —(rnis DAY). (Sittings NCit tn.BAnco.) THE CORPORATION OF sALTAsu V. FINNIMORE. This was an action brought to try the right of the Corpora tion to uOnevery vessel entering pbuoyage. The case was r and in g an and a special jury at tried pedm before levy s, p a llulnr. tolld Justicea ofs anchorage oe Exeter, and the verdict wasfound for the plaintiff. Mr. BARSTOW now moved for a rule nisi for a new trial, on the ground—first, of the improper receptio n of e v idenc a; and, secondly, of misdirection by the Learned Judge. At the trial the charters grantedtotheborough by Elizabeth,Charles the Second, and George the Third, were put in evidence. These charters confirmed • to the Corporation their lti n t u i l h io e r r a rtofore b ee n en titl e d to r e c eive. and buoyage, and to all other rigllt tdueso ieesh they ge from time imme morial a i i n nt t i b fl e 's e t h e l e i n utt p i r o o n ce o e f de t f i l i e t s o e sh d oz s.usa. put, in to support this usage there were a number of trades mens' bills receipted, taken - froM the muniments of the bo rough of Saltash, for repairs. dune to certain buoys. Ile ob jected to the admission of these bills, contending that they could not be given as evidence, that the work had been ac tually done, inasmuch as it would•be extending the,principle of the admission of hearsay evidence further than it had ever yet been extended. The Learned Judge, however, had ad mitted them to be given in .evidence, as was now contended, improperly, and the Learned Counsel quoted several cases in support of his argument. It further appeared that there had been given in evidence what was called a decree of the Court of .Chaneery in the time of Queen Elizabeth, in the case of Roodvard r. Cloburry and others. This was an action brougbt •tv certain persons who claimed these dues under a charter of Elizabeth, against the Corporation of Saltash, for persisting in collecting them. The Corporation contended .they had a right to these dues, and the Court confirmed them in that right by what was of fered in evidence as a decree, but which he contended was merely an interlocutory order. Now in that case there were two contending grantees for the Crown, each claiming the toll, and therefore each interested in assuming that there was a right to collect the toll ; but there was none to represent the • interests of the public, and therefore it could not be given in evidence in a ease brought to try tte right . to, the toll. The order itself was merely interlocutory, confirming the right of the b Corporation etter et aue to o s collect su t p h pe es rt their claim. It Was merely a e plaintiffs should show decision nisi, and could nut be given in evidence to show the immemorialitv of this claim on the part of the Corporation of Saltash. The misdirection.was, that the Judge having ad mitted this as evidence, treated it iu his suumung up as de cisive of the point. Mr. JuStice WIGIITMAN bad treated it as cogent evidence, but not as decisiVe. Mr. RAl:now—Very well, my Lord, then I will only ask for my rule on the two tirst , points: Lord DENMAN—Take your rule.—Eule nisi granted. BAIL COURT.--( • THIS DAY). THE QUEEN V. THE TOWN-COUNCIL OF STAMFORD. Mr. STEPHENS- applied to the Court for a mandamus, di rected to the Town-council of the borough of Stamford, com manding them to pay 197/. I9s. 3d. to the treasurer of the borough fund, to be carried to account of that fund. It ap peared that an order bad been made by three of the Town council for the payment of this sum out of the borough fund to an attorney for certain procee dings taken by him. This order for payment the Court of Queen's Bench had subse quently quashed; and the object of the present application was to have the sum in question restored to the borough fund. •Mr. Justice COLERIDGE said, that having doubts as to the proper course to be pursued, he should take time to consider his decision. HOARE v. :ANDERSON. In this ease Mr. Plattsamt Mr. Mills were for the plaintiff; and for the defendant no Counsel appeared. It was an action brought * by the plaintiff; a livery-stable keeper, to recover the sum of 71./. 2s. 6d., the balance of an account Of 142/. 55., from the defendant, a gentleman well known in the sporting circles, and brother-in - law to Madame Yestris. The account had been incurred by Mr. Anderson, t servants, fo a u n i t i s d , and by his wife, for the hire of carriag es, from Januar y to September in the last year, to c o n vey them to and from Ebury-street, Pimlico (the res id en ce of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews),. to and from the theatres , St . Alban's r aces, a nd various other places. The trips were proved by thre a e o nf t Mr. holm ,N d it d h r i i n ve th i e tl p ie eri d o e a fe s n t c a la te n d t ; or his family on various occa sions,a verdict for the plaintiff, for t h e balance of account claimed • 1e jury r i y i° a are's once e by him. EXCHEQUER COURT —THIS DAY . (Sitting's inTanco.) The following notice ivas posted in Court this morning:--- "It is ordered flint in future: the Peremptory Paper be called on the first 'day of each ternrafter the motions, and be progeeded with the_next day, if t iecesaary,before,theynotipus." In accordance with this order, the cases set dowd in the rtmuptory past were prmelol with to-day. Thep did not appear to be such as to call fur particular notice. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) FEARS Y. FILICA. Sir T. WILDE, in this case, moved for a rule to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside, on the ground of its being against evidence, and on the ground of misdirection. The cause was tried before Mr. Justice Coltman, and a ver dict was entered for the plaintiff to the amount of 302/. ss. The action was on a bill of exchange. It appeared that a person named Grand took a counting-house in the City, using the name of the firm of Howard, Grand, and Co. Grand had by some means obtained an introduction to the Commer cial Bank of Paris, and kept books at. his counting-house to show that he had transactions with that Bank, but there was not a single entry in them. The action in the present case was brought on a bill of exchange remitted by Pauli and-Co., of Milan, to Grand, and drawn on Gandolfi and Co , in the City, who were the real defendants. Before the letter covering the bill arrived, Grand shut up his counting-house and absconded. He was advertised, and a reward of 501. was offered for him, and a fiat in bankruptcy issued against him. He had, however, left a letter for a per son named Lonagan, authorising him to open any letter that came for him, and to endorse the bill in question. There was a letter also for a person named Lopez, stating.that the bill should be appropriated for the payment of any debts for which Lopez was liable on account of Grand. It was not so appropriated, but was applied in discharge of a debt due from Lonagan to a person named Daniel, which was said to have arisen by reason of an adVance of 300/. made by Daniel on a pledge 14 . 'Some wine warrants. Taking the plaintiff to be a boni fide holder of the bill through Daniel, the issue taken in the - ease was whether the bill was endorsed , by Howard, Grand, and Co. The first objection lie had was that the - letter might be construed into an intention to commit a fraud, and that Lopez and Lonagan were cognisant of fraud, having ab sconded. In the next place there was nothing in the letter of Grand' authorising the appropriation which had been made of the bill. He contended that the bill never belonged to Grand, and that the authority to appropriate it was revoked by the act of bankruptcy. The Learned JUDGE told the jury to consider whether the plaintiff was a bona fide holder, without reference to those circumstances, and the jury were of opinion that there was no act of bankruptcy when there clearly was one. Rule granted on both points. UNION HALL.-(THIS DAY.) Thomas Nicholson,. a Lancashire man, was charged with breaking the leg of a man named Watchorn on the preceding night. • It appeared the parties were tanners at Bermondsey, and living together at the " Crown and Cushion" in Page's-walk, they quarrelled and had a scuffle. .In the course of the affray the prisoner resorted to a very discreditable mode of attack on his adversary, and gave him what is termed a most violent "Lancashire kick," which broke his leg, and l►e was obliged to betaken to the hospital. . . . . . . Mr. Corm Glum said the defendant had acted in a most brutal manner, and remanded him till the injured man is able to attend. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. • (THIS DAY.) Thomas Sharpe, a genteel, good-looking youth, between seventeen and eighteen years of age, was placed at the bar, charged with stealing a silk purse, containing sixteen sove reigns, a half-crown, and two sixpences, under the following circumstances : The prosecutor, Mr. George Masters, a solicitor, residing at N 0.22, Duke-street, St. James's, stated that the prisoner bad been in his service from the 28th of December last as footboy, and had apparently conducted himself with steadiness and propriety. Last evening he (the prosecutor) returned home from the country, and being much fatigued, from having travelled two days and nights, retired to bed between eight and nine o'clock. About a quarter to ten he was awoke from out of a sound sleep by something occurring in his bed-chamber, but could not make out what it was, and therefore concluded he had been dream ing; but presently afterwards he was somewhat startled at perceiving, although very indistinctly, at the foot of the bed, the head of a person, who was evidently in a crouching posi tion. To assure himself that he was not deceived, he gently raised himself on his elbow, and, after the lapse of a few seconds, distinctly heaftl a rustling, as of a person moving cautiously about, on which he instantaneously jumped out of bed and ran against some person, whom he seized firm hold of, and, throwing him down, planed him to the floor, but it was too dark for h itn to recognise who it was. The hell- pullbeing within reach, he rang for his servant, who quickly came with a light, and he then perceived that he had captured the prisoner. On examining the room the purse and its contents were missed from off the drawers, where he had placed it just previously to going to bed, and on looking about it was found on the floor at the prisoner's feet. The prisoner afterwards begged to be forgiven, for the sake of his parents, who are very de cent people. Mr. HAnnwicri asked the prisoner what he had to say ? Tie said he had been drinking, and did not know what he was doing.--He was fully committed to Newgate. THE WILLS FORGERIES, CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. Mr. Justice Williams took his seat on the bench at ten o'clock, and immediately afterwards the prisoners Wm. Bar ber, Joshua Fletcher, William Saunders, Lydia Saunders, and Georgian Dorey, were placed at the bar. The prisoners, as before, were accommodated with seats. Capt. Foskett was recalled—He was questioned by the Court as to certain parts of his evidence which was given Yesterday. Ile did not recollect whether when he called upon barber anything was said about his residence. Ile did not recollect anything being said with respect to Miss Slack's residence. Wm. Phillipa was then called and examined by Mr. ERLE, and said—l am a stock-broker. I have been acquainted with the prisoner Fletcher eight years. I have also known Barber for Jive or six years. 1 remember seeing Mr. Fletcher in the Rotunda of the Bank a few days before the 7th of April. He said he had got a good job for me. He did not tell me what it was, but I understood it was respecting a transfer of stock. On the 7th April I saw the prisoner Barber at my office. A laply was with him, who was a stranger to me. Barber intro dffced her to me as Emma Slack. The prisoner Lydia Saunders is the person he so introduced. Barber directed me to sell 3,5001. Consols which were standing in the name of Emma Slack. Barber told me that -he expected Fletcher to call soon. I then proceeded over the way with the prisoner to the Bank of England, and went into the office of the Ac countant-General, which is the office out of which un claimed dividends are. taken. Applied for an order for the dividend on 3,500/. Consols, and obtained it. The course of business in that office is for persons apply ing for dividends to be identified by a stock-broker. I wrote the words "known to me" at the foot of the order for the payment of the dividends. When the order was obtained it was presented by me to the chief cashier, and from him I got an order to go down to the drawing-office. The order was given to Mr. Barber, and I left him and the prisoner Lydia Saunders in the drawing-office to take the money, and went to forward the transfer of the stock, having arranged with Barber to meet again in the Rotunda. I sold the stock to Mr. Clement Sinith, a stock-broker, for the sum of 3,3861.55., which sum was paid to me by Mr. Smith in notes and cash. 1 think there were three one thousand pound notes amongst them, but I do not recollect the other. When coining out of the drawing-office I saw Fletcher in the Rotunda. 1 told him that there was 1,100/. dividends being received. After I had transferred the stock I returned to the Rotunda, and there I saw Fletcher, Barber, and Lydia Saunders, and 1 bmve the money which I had received for the stock to Barber. 1 had a conversation, but I cannot say with which of the prisoners, about changing a 1,000/. note for gold. They then left me, and I went to my 91V11 office. Cross-examined by Mr. Gursiviss-4 have been at the Mansion-house but once. since Fletcher was under examina tion. I was there'when Mk. Barber was first examined, and on that occasion Mr.' Fletcher was examined as a witness. I furnished instructions to Mr. Fresh/Idd respecting his cross examination. I did so while Mr. Fletcher was being cross examined by Mr. Clarkson. I told Mr. Freshfield that Mr. Fletcher had told me that he could introduce me to "a good job." I will now swear that Fletcher had used those words to me. I will swear the word ",introduced" was used to me by Fletcher. I cannot distinctly recollect to-day what I said in my examination in chief. The witness, in the course of his cross-examination; hesi tated a great deal in giving his answers. Mr. Justice Wrwasais said he thought this was an ante diluvian mode of doing business.—(Laughter.) CrOss-;examined by Mr. SToxis—othing occurred in this case which might not - oceili' in the ordinary course of busi ness. Nothing passed between Lydia Saunders and• myself when the money was received. 1r I recollect rightly, the prisoner Lydia Saunders wore a veil when the transfer was made, but whether she wore it down or not I cannot say. I think she was dressed in. the same way when sheaves exa mined at the Mansion-house. I recollect nothing being said by the prisoners when the money was received at the Bank, except what was said about changing the 1,0001. note. There was nothing unusual in that. I dare say I have identified as many as 300 persons at the Bank for the purpose of receiving dividends. Cross-examined by Mr. WILKINS—My memory is not very good. I, can recollect some things and not others. I will not swear either one way or the other as to whether Mr. Barber took part in the conversation respecting the change for'the 1,000/. note. I think he must have heard the con versation. There were very few persons in the Rotunda of the Bank when the money was received. I was present at about four or live examinations respecting this case, which took place at the Mansion-house. I have had other trans actions with Mr. Barber besides the present one. On the 29th April, 1843, I sold out 100/. Reduced for Mary Anderson. On the Ist June in the same year I sold 1,210/. Consols for a person for whom Mr. Barber was attorney. I do not recol lect any other transaction with Mr. Barber. Re-examined by Mr. Emas—When I saw Lydia Saunders at the Bank her veil was up, and I saw her features. I do not recollect a case in which a female took so much gold out of the Bank at one time after selling stock. James Ballard examined by Sir J. BATLEY—I am a clerk in the Three per Cent. Consols office in the Bank of England. I produce the transfer-book in which the transfer of 3,500/. stock is entered in the name of Emma Slack, on the 7th of April, 1843. I was the at-testing witness to the transfer. Clement Smith was the purchaser of the stock. Mr. Clement Smith was then called and examined by Sir J. BAYLEI—I am a stock ;jobber. I purchased on the 7th of April, 1843, 3,500/. Consuls from Mr. Philpotts. I paid 3,282/. for thein. I paid for them in Bank notes--three notes of 1,0001. each, and the rest i n sm all notes. I received the large notes from a gentleman of the name of Mortimer. I received four from hint on the 7th of April. The other note 1 paid into Prescott and Co.'s bank. Cross-examined by Mr. GREAVES—I am quite positive as to the number of the 1,000/. notes I had in my possession on. the 7th of April, but I donut recollect the numbers or par ' ticulars of them. By the CounT—l frequently have 5,000 or 10,000 Bank notes pass through my hands in the course of a week. Charles Smith Mortimer said—l am a member of the Stock Exchange. On the 7th April, 1843, I lent the last witness 3,000/. I paid him Bank notes to the amount of 4,0001. They were four notes of 1,0001. each. Cross-examined by Mr. GREAVES—I haVe a great deal of money passing through my hands. I recollect receiving these 1,0001. notes, from a particular entry in my book. Edwin John Bruen was then examined by Sir J. BAYLEY —He merely deposed to having paid two 1,000/. notes to the last witness. Several witnesses were then examined as to the identity of the I,COO/. notes which were received by Mr. Philpots. Several clerks in the Bank of England were examined, who-had paid on the Bth April, in gold, a number of Bank notes. These notes were indorsed " Emma Slack," bits th e witnesses did not identify the persons who had received the money. Henry Alcock Grattan was then called, and examined— I am a clerk in the Southwark branch of the London and Westminster Bank. .1 am acquainted with Fletcher. He kept an account in the bank for upwards•of four years. The writing whieh_ is on -the ;note ,produeed f • Which is for 5001., " Lma, whack, Fraaci,3-street, Totteulaui-court-road," is in the handwriting of the prisoner Fletcher. The same en dorsement is on the 1,000/. produced,, and that is also iu Fletcher's handwriting.. On the 10th of April, 1843, the sum of 500/. in got] was paid by Fletcher into the bank, and placed to his account. On the 18th of the same month, Iletcher paid in to his own account the sum of 480/. in gold, and 20/. in notes. On the 13th, Fide er had paid in the sum of 1,000/. in gold, which was placed to his deposit account. Mr. John Miller deposed that he was a clerk in the Bank. On the 13th of April he paid 1,000 sovereigns for a 1.0001. note. (This was the note endorsed "Emma Slack, Fran cis• street, Tottenham-court-road.") Mr. Grattan was recalled, and several letters were pro duced. The witness said he believed the writing to be that of the prisoner Fletcher. The Court here adjourned for ten minutes. The next witness called was George Gorsuch, who said—l wan formerly in the employ ment of Mr. and 2,frs. Dorey, in Oxford-street. I liv Id with them three weeks in March and April, 1843. During that time I saw the prisoner Lydia Saunders at the house. She arrived in Oxford-stt eet, on the 7th of April, 1843, in a cab,. with Mrs. Dorey. She remained until the following Monday/ the 7th being on a Friday. Oa the Saturday morning I saw Mrs. Dorey produce a Bank of England note for 1,0001. It was shown to Inc as a curiosity, as I had never seen a note of that amount before. Shortly after that I saw Mrs. Saunders in the shop. She was dressed, and I saw her take an omni bus to the City. She returned in about two:hours, and brought a canvas bag, which from the sound appeared to ct ntain a large quantity of sovereigns. When she returned, Mrs. Saunders looked out several articles to take an ay with her. While she was in Oxford-street, I had an opportun:ty of seeing Mrs. ,Dorey write. The endorsement, " Emma Slack," on the note produced, is in her hand-writing. The dress produced is the one which Mrs. Saunders took away with her when she left on the Monday. Cross-examined—As Mrs. Saunders walked through the shop she seemed lame. She was introduced to me as Mrs. Dorey's sister, from Bristol. I breakfasted and dined at the same table with her on the Sunday. I was not dismissed from Mr. Dorey's service. I left on the 19th April,lB43. [The hid was proceeding when we went to press.] MONE AIM) COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 2,500 bales, at about former rates, all to the trade.—French Rail way Stock and Eastern Counties were in good request, but others not much noticed. Birmingham and Derby were 62, Chester and Holyhead 7i, Dublin and Cashel 5, Edinburgh and Glasgow 664, Great North of England 98k, Lancaster and Carlisle 74, Birmingham 230, Manchester and Birming ham 49, Manchester and Leeds 1114, Midland Counties 83, Paris and Lyons 3, Paris and Orleans 361, tiontli-Eastern 36. There is an absence of colonial or of foreign advices of any leading interest this morning. It is satisfactory to find that business is much more brisk in the China and East India trades, and the large imports that have within the last few days taken place from the East Indies and Hong-Kong, are likely to find a ready market. The transactions in the Funds' to-day have been rather in favour of a decline in prices. There is sonic anxiety among the Bulls as to the effect that may be produced in Ireland, should a sentence ofimprisonment be passed on Mr. O'Connell and the other traversers. Hence the fall in prices. Consols from 1001 have gone back to 9921. The Commissioners bought about 30,000/. at 991, and the price rose soon afterwards to par, fur immediate transfer, as well as for the Account. All the other portions of the Debt were lower by to 4 per cent. The New Three and-a-Half per Cents. have fallen very nearly 1 per cent. on the highest rates of yesterday. The premium upon Exche quer Bills has been pretty tirm. Bank Stock was yesterday 2001, it is to-day 1774 to 178. India Stock has receded fitnn 293 to 291. At length, something like a move has been made towards liquidating, at least, a portion of the loan raised in this country, for Guatemala, in the year 1825. That loan was for about l',400,0001.; and, from that time to the present, the interest has been in arrear. The Republic, it is known, has been divided into several minor States, and the loan disc tributed among them, according to the extent of laud possessed, and the numerical strength of population. The State of Costa Rica, one of the Republics coined out of Central America, has been the first in the field to otter terms to he bondholders. It proposed through its agents to pay 82A 'Der cent. on its share of the loan, or 11,5801. in full discharge Ripon it, on account of that portion of the debt raised here fur Gua temala. This is pretty fair; but if the resources of this new State can provide —a3 they have,• for the cash is in hand—so large a per-ceutage of of the demands upon it, the bondholders might take the offer as a first insta!ment, and wait till the amount of their claims are liquidated in full. It is a long time since there was any marked value tbr the bonds of Guatemala ; indeed, they have been excluded from the official list fur many months, and were reinserted towards the end of last week. It is to be hoped that the other new-born States comprised in the divi sion of Central America, will be induced to follow the exam ple of Costa Rica. In Foreign Stock the transactions have not been con siderable this morning. The result of the meeting of the Committee of the Spanish Bondholders yesterday was that an address was agreed upon to Signor Carrasco, expressive of their confidence in his policy in support of the national credit, and urging the necessitrof immediately carrying out the measure of Senor Gamboa for capitalising the overdue coupons, and also pressing on his attention the neglected claims of the holders of Spanish Passive Stock, at the same time pointing out the necessity of resuming at least a part payment of the dividends on the Active Stock itself, ulthout resorting to the expedient of augmenting the liabilities of the Government, by the continued capitalisation of interest, Spanish Consols have fallen front 26 to 258 ; the Three per Cents. from 37i to 36} ; and Colombian to 15. Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents. have improved to 6li. In the other Foreign Bends there, was but a trifling variation. There has been a busy market for Railway Shares, but prices were on the decline. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List) Bank Stock 199 197% 198 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities 10014% 094,1. 100 per Cent.tßeduced Annuities New 314 per Cent. Annuities lO4 ‘03%M4 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 12% 11-10 Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct. 1859 Ditto :10 Years, Expire sth Jan. 1E:60. India Stock 292 291 India Bonds,l,ooo Ditto under 1,000 9l Bank Steck for Account Consols for Account loo'4 99N, 100 Exchequer Bills, l%d. 1,0001. 500/ Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. ........ ........ ...... .- 8 % Columbian Bonds. 15% 15 Spanish Bonds. Five per Cent 1840 26 25% Ditto for the Account Ditto Passive Bonds. Ditto Deferred Ditto Three per Cent. Ditto for the Account Vetiezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent — Ditto Deferred Dutch 21. E per Cents 61 % 14 _, Ditto for the Account . Dutch 5 per Cents .............. ......---...., New Loan 1837, 5 per Cents.... PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAXS. PAID. PEA SHAWL Birmingham and Gloucester 100 Ditto New 17% 2 3 1,4 Caledonian Chester and Holyhead -- -. _._ . . - 2 5 N ... .:4, 5%, ... to Dublin mad Cashel Eastern Counties Ditto New Registered 13:. tis. tad. Ditto Perpetual 5 per cent Vs. 4d.... 1% ... to Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O 66% to Great North of. England lOO .. Great Western Ditto li Shares Harrowgate ay d Kratieshoro' Harwich (Braithwaite) Lancaster and Carlisle 5 . .... .... 744... to London and Birmingham. lOO .. ..... ..2271i 2.8 to 226 Ditto 4 Shares 2 26% -.... to London and Greenwich - to London and Greenwich (Preference) 18% London and Croydon (Trunk)... 13;4 Ditto Scrip Manchester and Leeds. '7o Ditto li Shares k 0 Manchester and Birmingham ... 40 • 5O to Northern and Eastern 45 5136 to North Midland Norwich and Brandon Sheffield and Manchester Dit o 4 Shares :4 ..... .... 8% South Eastern and Dover 32 35% to Ditto New York and NorthiMidland Paris and Orleans Paris and- Rouen Rouen and Havre. Stra.burg and Basic ... . ..... ...... 14 MANCHESTER STUCK EXCHANGE, APRIL IG.—The market has been buoyant to-day, and considerable business has been transacted at the following prices :—Eastern Counties, Re gistered, 15k; Ditto, Perpetual, 14 17s. ld. ; London and Birmingham, 233; Manchester .and Birmingham, 49* 491; Manchester and Leeds, 110 ; Ditto, Half, 47 ; North Union, 1081; Sheffield and Manchester, 73 73$ ; Ditto, Quarter, 8 7-16 ; South Eastern, 36 ; New, 6 premium ; Trent Valley, 1 premium ; 'Barnsley Junction, 3 1-16; Man chester Assurance, 10g. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-( THIS DAY.) LONDON, APRIL 17.—Fresh easterly breeze, and fine clear weather. _ _ OFF DARTmouni, Arm 15.—Robert Hecldle, Paddon, Cape Coast Castle. I'LYMOUTII, APRIL 16.—Wind S.W., light.—Sld. Adairo, New York ; Cato, Priscilla, and Sylvia' Quebec. FALmount, APRIL 16.—Wind N. to N.N.E., light breezes, and tine.—Arrd. Sylph, La Guayra. - Off, Wilhehnina Marie, Hamburgh fur Singapore. • • DEAL, APRIL 16.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Janet Wilson; Wil' son, Calcutta. Sid. Ellen Bryom, New York; Lady S 4 Montreal ; Cyrus, Quebec. a p, Pokrsitot:Tif, APRIL 16.—Wind W.S.W.—The Eleonore brig, of Jersey, is ashore on No Man's Land, but is expected off. WEYNouTH, APRIL 16.=-Sld. Astrea, Quebec. TORBAY, APRIL 16.—SId. Preston, St. John's, N.B. OFF SCILLY, APRIL la—Vesta, Elingers, Charleston for liamburgh. SWANSEA, APRIL 15.—Acrd. Alex. Robertson, Cuba. LIVERPOOL, APRIL N.—Wind W. to W.N.W., moderate.- -Arrd Enchantress, Brisett, BarbadoeS ; Provincialist and Calefornia, Culd, New Orleans ; Blonde, Crawford, Mobile ; Princess, Vaughan, Charleston ; Memphis, Collin, New York ; Enterprise, Jones, Halifax. Sid. Cordelia, Calcutta; Hope well anc Sarah, Cape of Good Hope ; Sarah Fleming, Angra Pequina ; Dynamene, Africa ; Pgmar, Rio ; Champion, Antigua; Crescent, Jamaica; Matthew Pearce, Laguna; Caspar, Baltimore; Thomas P. Cope: Philadelphia; Hebe and Hannibal, New York ; Albion, Pugwash. Off Lanercost Lima; Dumfriesshire, Mobile. SHIELDS, Arum 15.—The Hercules, of Aberdeen, which, got ashore in the Herd Sound, Jan. 14, has been got off and into the harbour. Sld. Earl Durham, Bordeaux and Calcutta. STROMNESS, ArItIL 12.—The King William, Ferguson, of Berwick, from Liverpool to Stettin, with salt, drove on the Island of Flotta yesterday, and filled. Assistance has been sent, to attempt to get her off. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE-WEDNES.I3AY The supply of English Wheat was but moderate, yet the demand fin it was in a depressed state, at barely Monday's quotations. So little was doing in Foreign Wheat that prices were almost nominal. Malting Barley was quite as dear; but grinding and distilling sorts - were a mere drug. Malt, and all other grain were unaltered. ARRIVALS. 3 S , ;7 2 h o ea q t r . s. . 13a1 1 1 0 .1 q . t.5. 41t o s. vs. Flo . u aoks Egish 13,090 - Foreign 690 8,750 - - alt, qrs. , . . WELITECHAPEL. We had only a moderate supply of meat, ^hile the de mand was somewhat inactive, at late rates :—Beef, from 2s 2d to •3s 4d; Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s 8d; Lamb, 5s to 6s 4d; Veal, 35 4d to 4.= Gd; and Pork, 2s 4d to 4s 2d per Sibs: ' LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY.—Tralfic for the weak ending Saturdv,. April 13, 1844:_-21,871 passengers, 4,3731, 23. 8 d.; gaQd3, 3454 N.—Total, 4,71/. Bcf. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BATH RACES.—YESTEIiDay. The Lan -downe Trial Stakes of 15 sous. each, 10 ft., with 100 added ; fur three yrs old colts, • Bst 101 b ; fillies, BSt 51b. Mile and a half. (17 Subs.) Mr. John Day nd Seaport (John Day, jun.) 1 Mr. Herbert's c by out of Odessa 2 Mr. M eek lam's Godfrey 3 Mr. Minor's Mulecatchcr 4 Lord G. 13entinck's Best Bower 5 6to 4 agst Seaport, 3to 1 agst Godfrey, and 4 to 1 agst Best Bower.—Won easily by a length. A good race for second. The Weston Stakes of 15 sm. each, 10 ft., with 2 5 added, for two yrs old colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 21h. Straight Half mile. (8 Subs.) Mr. John Day's The Maid of Orleans (J. Day, jun.) Lord G. Bentinek's Miss Elis 1- 2 Mr. J. Dixon's Chevy Chase .. Mr. Herbert's c by Elis, out of Charlotte Mr. E. Griffiths' Wild Rose 5 Mr Steven's filly, by Wintonian, out of Lucy Banks 6 6 to 5 agst the Maid of Orleans, and 6 to 4 agst Miss won by a length. The Somersk tshire Stakes of 25 sous each, 15 ft and 5 only, if declared, with 100 added. 2 miles and a dis. 62 Subscriber. Duke of Richmond's RcllDeer, 3 yrs 4st 11 lb (Abdale) 0 Mr. Griffith's Newcoin4 . , 4 yrs Bst (Crouch) .) Mr. Ramsden's Roseitts, aged ist 101 b 3 Betting.-7 to 1 agst Red Deer-5 to 1 agst New court-5 to 1 agst Naworth-5 to 1 agst Ben y-Glllo~ 7to 1 agst Greenfinch-8 to 1 agst Roscius —and 10 to 1. ( agst Young Lochinvar. A dead heat between 1 1 .e ct Deer and Newcourt, Roscius a good third. The dec k jag heat was not rua when the last train left. The first heat of the Members' Plate was won by Una in a canter, beating seven others ; the second heat was not run in time for the train. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) BATH RACES.—TUESDAY.--(CONCLUDED.) • a The Soinersetshire Stakes of 25 soya. each, 15 ft, a n 5 only if declared, &c. DEctoiNo HEAT. Duke of Richmond's Red Deer, 3 yrs, 4st 111 b (Abdale) 0 I Mr. Griffith's Newcourt, 4 yrs, Bst 9 . Even betting. Red Deer made all the running, and Ivo!, easy•by a length. The County Members' Plate of 501., added to a Sweepstak es of 5 soVs. each. Heats, one mile and a half. (8 Subs.) , Mr. Dan's Jack, 5 yrs (Sly) 6 1 4 ; Mr. Gough's Fausta, 6 yrs 5 2 1 „ Mr. J. DaY's Mechanic, 4 yrs Mr. Wilkin's Ima, 6 yrs Mr. Hook's Una, 6 yrs 1 3 dr Mr. - England's Spring Bok, 3 yrs Mr. Griffith's Haroldston, 5 yrs 3 dr Mr. M'Donald's Lottery, aged 4 dis. Won easy. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TVESDAY. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.. 6 to 4 on- The Ugly Buck—offered. CHESTER CUP. • Bto 1 agst Bramble—t 25 to 1 agst Sir Robert -4 9 to 1 agst Pagan—t 40 to 1 agst What—t 12 to 1 agst Red Deer 40 to 1 agst Xanthus--t 14 to 1 agst Cattonite—t 40 to 1 agst Rowland —t 20 tel agst Alice Hawthorn Nothing else named. DE 3 to 1 agst Ratan 3 to 1 agst Ugly Buck 25 to 1 agst Orlando 25 to 1 agst Cockamaroo OAKS.—Ni B Y. 27 to 1 agst King of th 6 Gipsies 30 to I agst Bay Momus. No others mentioned. )t an offer. HUNTINGDON ELECTION. FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) of From the enclosed you will perceive the hopeless Etat e pl the Liberal cause here, in consequence of Mr. Martin's refus to stand as the free-trade candidate. If he would have 031 5 sented, it is believed, notwithstanding the venal, corrupt, lut'id dependent state of the major part of the constituency, he 11 ` °1 , 1 have been pretty well supported, as he is highly esteeme d all parties here. Mr. Thomas Baring. the " rejected of London," the COs servative candidate, is likely to be unopposed now. Hunting - don, April 16. [Our Correspondent encloses, in the letter, a requisitiolil to Mr. Martin, signet; by forty-five electors, calling ti t ) ,. him to suffer himself to be put in nomination as a candida:i which he respectfully declines, on the ground that his eonse, to the requisition would involve such sacrifices of per3ollf: comfort, as, at his advanced age, cannot be reasonably pected.] MILITARY AFFRAY AT WINCIIESTER.—A sere oUg affray, which caused great alarm amongst the i n habitse took place at Winchester on Sunday evening last, 13Qu ‘ o f eight o'clock, between the privates of the Ist nth Grenadier Guards (recently from Windsor) and the - Regiment of Foot. A quarrel having occurred at a ttu t i, To 0 house between two men belonging to each regiment, the affair was taken up by their respective com ra des, to o number of between 300 and 400 on either side, and, f r° ; the severe blows which were exchanged, fatal consequee c i - t , were expected to ensue. Piquets from each regil l ' c ur amounting to 300 men, with fixed bayonets, under the co ed wand of captains and subalterns, were immediately ord e t r he out; but it was upwards of two hours before the whole of . 0 men could be captured and secured within their resPf c „ ti ,ii barracks. 'We understand that several who were sen.„ ° ",.- injured are now confined to the hospital. The 44th De,.l l r ment is 900 strong, and the Ist battalion of the Greuacoetg Guards about 700. It is expected that one of the regiM ell will be ordered into another district. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AND NARROW ESCAPE ° d INMATES.—This morning, between the hours of tvi° and three, a destructive fire broke out in the premises occurtt, by the undermentioned persons : —Mr. Barnes, Mrs. D u d , and Mr. Stoddart, situate at No. 5, Upper Rosamond-streio Clerkenwell. Police-constable G 149, in passing along beat, perceived smoke issuing out of the kitchen on the b tel ment floor. The officer immediately sprang his rattle , Cli o raised the necessary alarm ; but such a strong hold h au ii ts . , flames obtained, that they travelled with surprising reProo quickly enveloping the whole of the lower floor 0 ' to e building. At that time there were from twelve to foot' 0 . persons asleep in the premises. After some trouble, the e t l, s r stable succeeded in arousing the whole of the inmates, b a ti .0 the time he had accomplished that object the "" to had reached the staircase, and were fast ascending the the different apartments. At first the destruction of , er , whole of the imnntes appeared inevitable ; but %,, t i geant Clarke, with a number of private constales, ri ts w bo in le to the house, and succeded in saving, one by one, the „„ jo g of the residents. The flames during the time were Ivn it et rapid progress, and no sooner had the inmates taken sl"" in the adjoining house, than the fire broke through e s' windows, and illuminated the whole neighbourhood. .„iii sengers having been sent to the engine -stations with je" t be gence of the outbreak, with all promptitude engines fro l ! 00 .4, parish were at the scene with a number of brigade cei l v e st with Mr. Braidwood, the superintendent, and also the . 4 , of England and County engines, the former with Mr. Cen'atcr ton. An abundance of water being soon obtained, the gl e , es ta portion of the engines were set to work, and a great sti Cho of the antagonist element was thrown upon and int ° t ioe• flaming premises, which soon extinguished the conflab O t but not before the building and its contents were ahg os o l l tirely consumed. The total loss must be considerable ; toe d• to add to the misfortune, none of the persons were in s dot The origin of the calamity is unknown. Mr. Superintero to . Macey, with a strong body of police, renderedgreat sersl the inhabitants in guarding their property, &c. SUPPOSED SUICIDE OF A LADY.—Late last ev ing Mr. Higgs held an inquest at the Rising Sun, street, Grosvenor-square, on the body of Miss Elizabeth] pit sage, aged 69, a lady of property, stated to amount to n ot 1A Mr. Wm. Flower, of 3, Belgrave-street, Pimlico, said , t ste; half-past two p.m., on Saturday last, he was walking iu tifw sington-gardens, on the south bank of the Serpento le !qr observed deceased pass him in a hurried manner, and rently disturbed in her mind. The moment slie him he heard her say, "I'll never forgive him." S ho 3 ,he stopped, looked at lum, and he passed her. Aftersva r 0 0 ° turned round, and passed him again, still uttering t he Live sentence as before. She then went towards the SerFe"of 47' bridge, and he lost sight of her. Master T. W. Scott, C ooed Lincoln's Inn-fields, deposed to finding a parasol, sinc e rj tlO to have been deceased's, standing against the bottom , 5 " bridge near the water side, on the north. He afterwar",,,,to the body of deceased floating on the water in the .... ;;tiolt of the first arch .on the north side. He gave inf"Thirft at the teceiving-house . of the Royal Humane SocietY• Wodhop, chief boatman of the Society, proved gettilltV body out of the water at the spot indicated by the I ° o ol ness. Mr. Wooley, surgeon to the Society, tried to to life, but without succeeding. Witness was of opilli°ll to deceased had not accidentally fallen into the Ne ater: gl Samuel Clements, of No. 2, Conduit-,street, Bayswat e . l o ' t ree t ,' deceased was his sister-i n -l a w, and resided in Warren Fr i Camden-town. Deceased had slept at his house on t ost iP night, and after breakfast w ent o ut it was thought for.,etho The family had observed during the last four or fiv e T e sFif; a great alteration in her manner, accompanied by deP A of of spirits, which was attributed to hearing of the de s ': loOf brother at the time he was expected home, after _O,OOl sojourn abroad. Dr. Anthony Thompson, of Welbeck ; tor , said he had attended deceased about six week s s fp, ' found her labouring under deep nervous depression. „ c i t ti* scribed for her, and advised mental amusement. P"„..i pression as deceased's often degenerates into insanitY diet, " Found drowned." , EARLY FRUlTS.—Yesterday, at Covent-gaertl Ana. Market, there were displayed for sale, for:the 'first titimerseason; peaches at 60s. per dozen, and cherries at )rv• - .fic Hot-house grapes, strawberries, pine-apples, peas , beans, and new potatoes, were also very plentiful. .. . „..............--_- , ,:ii, BIRTHS. ICic On the 10th inst., at Maida-hill, the lady of S. •-• Esq., of a daughter. .1. On the 11th inst., at Alderholt-park, Hants, l'l rs ‘ • Key, of a daughter. Hug hes /3° On the 13th inst., in Curzon-street, Mrs. W. 11 11 - / 0 bant, of a son. i f e • of On the 13th inst., in Blackfriars-read, the 0 4 0 Robert Tebbit, surgeon, of twins—girls. ' if • On the 13th lust ,at Ipswich, the lady of Dia:P r . e go v Om" M. N. Sturt, Bengal army, of a son. C• g. . .On the 13th inst., at Nottingham, the wife of • v at Esq., Enniskillen Dragoons of a son. idna-r On the 13th inst., in Devonshire-street, rort,•-- oor, the wife of A. B. Chisholm, Esq., of a daughter. , j oy On the 13th inst., at Nonsuch-park, Surrey, th e ' , to F. Gamul Fanner, Esq., of a daughter. ~1 10 toir On the 14th inst., Mrs. henry T. Wright, II"' race, St. John's -wood, of a daughter, still -born. Atli' MARRIED. il• P* fiP ° On the 10th inst., at Danbury, the Rev. *, ter ° Vicar of Little Baddow, to Emilia, Lit youngest dace , Rev. Henr Brooke Bridges, Rector - of Danburt s t .l o- of On the 11th inst., at the Episcopal Chape l ° ,:p s 9 4 ,;tet Edinburgh, Fretcheville Lawson Ballantine t ante Dovenby Hill, Cumberland, to Ann Eliza, eldes_0010:•ot. of the late Joseph Gunson, Esq., of Ingwell, 1% ce, On the 13th inst., at Boreham E ss ex, Mr. e r pIY thews, of Knightsbridge, to Miss bram, of the folly:00 p te On the 13th inst., at Wandsworth, the the . Welldon, M.A-, of Tonbridge, to Elinor, daugh te ' 3lichael Turner, Esq., of Putney. -------"—_ rGoc e, DIED. a the On the 30th ult., Charles Chatfield, Esq ., - or , Camberwell. iciest a l t li eli er t er o On the 4th inst., at Strasburg, Eleanor , c 0— the late Alexander Begbie, Esq., Corataiss a ' ° or Bahamas. O r : rof A ll 6 , ton, o th n e do 7 n t , h ag h e ls d t. 6 , 9 C . arter Draper, Esq., solicitor, ' f. t o On the Bth inst., the. Rev. Roger Bass, 'Vice - , b te , Warwickshire. dglib aria , On the 11th in.t, at Hastings, Horatia M of the Rev. Joh:.; Kirby, of Mayfield, Sussex. CI olj ilyt London: l'rinted and Published by 111'CEDO, ei No. 112, Strand, Printer, at S avoy' 0 -cc eottli t i • Strand, in the Precinct of the , rli4clli4e3i Widasdar, itrril 17, 1844. ; , • 60 1 ' .ri kt Ali C. II Y. 1141 . tu rd Ti d ew keg, ~ •J t . - 1 • • ter • st o , -.1!4c Far Bup 4 , by . . .A.Q ( 4 41 Wit tlb tr a . ati , to r rati 4, 90 . eve, ' • 3!3, 801 1 • 4.04 ~~u .~ poi It It It It li k A 7 \ '1