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W. ; Catarina Cornaro, 3iies Rainforth. After Which, will be repeated a Gma Ballet, entitled LES DANAIDES Dauaus, M. Hoguct ; Euricles, Mr. Howell ; High kr:est, Mr. o'Bryan ; Lynceus, MAL IL Vestris ; L'olyctor, M. Del ft:tier: Aleinenon, Mr. \Vebster ; Egyptian Chief, 31. Finart ; Ilypernmeiito, 31dtle. Maria; Automate, Madanie ' , Mart ; Amymone, Madame Guibilet ; Agave, 31(111e. O'Bryan. • THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. LESSEE, MR. B. wEBATER. ilis4 EVENING Will be repeated a Ziew and Original Comedy, in Five Acts, entitle OtD BEADS AND YOUNG HEARTS: t °lona Rocket, Mr. Striekli.d ; Little,ton Coke, Mr. Charles Mathews; Tom Coke, Mr. 14,bster ; Bob, Mr. Itucktdone ; .Jerre Leral,3lr. W. Eancn ; the Cppntess of Pompion, Mrs. W. (Int - a ;. Lady Alice Hawthorn, 316darrie Vestris ; Miss Locket, Ali=s JuliA Ben ett. , At'ter which, SOMEBODY ELSE. Hans Moritz, Mr. Charles Matins's; Minnie, Madame .Vest Tu con,ludo with YOUNG ENGLAND. Major Martinet, Mr. Strieiland; Mr. John - James Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs. rooky, 31"'• Ilunthv ; Mrs. Smiler, Mrs. Stanley. . . THEATaE ROYAL, ADELPHI. • UNDER *My, DIBECTIO OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Nr.ll he repeated a :New and Original Drama, entitled THE GREEN B SUES ; or, A Hundred Years Ago. Connor o•l(ennedy, Mr. Selby ; George, Mr. Hudson : Murtogil, Mr. 0. Smith ; Muster Griunidge, Mr. Wright; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford; lleraldiue, Mrs. Lite^ ; Nelly O'Neill, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Miami, Madame Celeste. •To be followed by a New Dramatic Anecdote, entitled THE SOLDIER OF FORTUNE ; or, The Irish Settler. The Duke of Anjou, 316 s Woolgar ; Captain O'Rotike, Mr. Hudson ; the Baroness Nliss Fortescue. After which, THE CORPORAL', WEDDINt ; or, a Kiss of the Slr Fell); Marmalade, Mr. Hudson ; Major Griskin, Selby ; Lady Arethusa Gr skin, Mrs. Frank Matthews ; ancy Cobb, Miss Woolgtu'. TIW.A.TttE ADELPIII. A Thorough Adolph hit " The Times," and Public Press. THIS EVENING THE GREEN BUSHES, or A Hundred - Years Ago ; by the Author cc " The Wreck Ashore," " Victorine," incipal Characters by Mesas. Hudson, Wright, 0. Small, Paul Bedford, Selby, Cul lenford, and Worrell; Mrs. Yates, Mrs. Fitzwilliam, and Madame 17elestc. After which, a New Drama, called THE SOLDIER OF FORTUNE; or, 'the Irish Settler. Characters by _Miss Woolgar, Mr. Lambert, Mr. Selby, Mr. fludFoil, and Miss Fortescue. To con clade with the New Farce of THE CORPORAL'S WEDDING; Co. a Kiss of the Br do. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. I.EsSEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVEN IN G Will be repeated MONSEIGNEUR; or, PARIS IN 1720. Mon seigneur, Mr. Wallack ; Ge.maine, Mr. Oxberry ; Rosaline, Miss E. Stanley; Annette, Miss Marshall. To be followed by THE IRISH WEDDING. Principal . Characters by ]Niles. Caroline Roussel and Tere sine, Miss Marshall, and Messrs. J. Ronsset, Marshall, and Gilbert. After which, a New Comedietta, entitled THE BRIGADIER. Principal Characters by Messrs. Wallack, Granby, and Compton; Miss E. Honner, and Miss E. Stanley. To conclude with THE-REAR-ADMIRAL. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. TINDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Comic Drama, entitled TAKING POS SESSION. Principal Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Meadows, Craven, Kinloch, A. Wigan, Yarnold, Bender, and Stanton ; Mrs. A. Wigan, Miss Arden, Miss Howard, and Miss James. After which, THE MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews, E. Vining, Collier, and Turner ; Miss Walcott, Mrs. Usher, and Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by a New Farce, entitled A MODEL OF A WIFE. Principal Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, F. Matthews, and Mea dows ; Miss Walcott. and Miss FairLrother. To conclude with VALENTINE AND ORSON. Principal Cha racters by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, Wigan, Collier, Turner, Klaloch, Yareold, and Keeley; Mrs. Wigan, Miss Arden, Miss Fair brother, Miss Grove, Mrs. WOollidge, Miss James, Miss Turner, and Mn. Keeley. ASTLEri ROYAL AMPIIITEP , ATRE. PROPRIETOR, MR. W. BATTY. Unequalled Success of the Southern American Minstrels. THIS EVENING WiII be repeated THE ROYAL FOX HUNT ; introducing a Real Fox-chase on the Stage, by Living Fox and Real Pack of Hounds. To be followed by the Melodies of the American Southern Minstrels. Entire Change in tho Circle.—Unequalled Feats of Horsemanship. To conclude with the Pantomime of HARLEQUIN JOHNNY GILPIN'S RIDE ; or, The Black Witch of Edmonton. Johnny Gilpin, Mr. Wells ; Clown, Mr. Barry ; Pantaloon, Mr. Bradbury ; Harlequin, Mr. Lewis ; Columbine, Mrs. J. W. Collier. Acting and Stage Manager, Mr. D. W. Broadfoot. DAYIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. The brand Pantomime every Evening : with Splendid Novelties, and Another Nev Piece. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Three Act Drama, entitled WOLSKY, in which the whole of the Company will perform. 4.iler which, DEN THE BOATSWAIN. To be followed by the Original Bohemian Polka, by Mr, Harvey and Miss Smith Yes. To conclude with the Pantomime of POUNDS, SHILLINGS, AND FENCE. Harlequin, Mr. H. llarvey ; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway ; Pantaloon, Mr. Henry Corti ; Columbine, Miss Slaiter. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box office, from Eleven to Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE, Continued Triumphant Career of " Marianne"—Two New Dramas, supported by the best Company in London. THIS EVENING Will be repeated MARILiT<IE;or, The Child of Charity. Snp torted by Messrs. Osbaldiston, 11. Howard, J. T. Johnson, J. Her bert, E. Jones, and W. Searle ; Miss V:ncent, Miss E. Terrey, and Mrs. E. Jefferson. After which, a New Petite Drama, entitle!, A NIGHT'S FROLIC ; or, Once in a Hundred Years. Ludovic, Mr. T. H. Niggle ; Nicksus, Miss Vincent ; Grechen, Miss r. Terrey. To conclude with an OrigivaA. Nautical Drama, entitled THE LIFE RAFT ; or, the Two reefers. With entirely New Scenery, Machinery, and supported by the entire strength of the Company. Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls. ; Gallery, Gd. THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, FEB. 6. _ TRER3IO3IETER, Lowest, 29 ; Highest, 40 ; Noon, 33. BAROMETER, 30.—WIND, N.N.W. NOTE.—The figures which follow the words " Lowest" and `` Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the Thermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. Al the other observations are made at noon. WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. 18 minutes after I Evening .. 43 minutes after 1 l' ? sib 'ct.: e ' 4, •ir , .., 4... iti , .• Nif S' .._ , ~ . „ . VI l ' ^" :‘,.:,:: : , 4r7 ; oi. ‘-•' 4 ,;•"7" 11 -. I- I ft -IX: - ' ..'" l3 ' ' \ SECOND 'EDIT 'lr to i - 11,4 anit, inflicted on parties interested in private Bills, and the great waste of time consequent upon the lengthy speeches of counsel, and suggested the propriety of counsel being excluded altogether. Mr. EWART asked if the Government were pre pared to introduce any measure to prevent Members from serving OR private Committees who had an interest in the questions submitted to those Com mittees. Sir R. PEEL was not prepared to make any such announeement. Lord Howicic complained of the injustice which would be inflicted on parties interested in those Rail way Bills, against which the Board of Trade had re ported, if no longer time were given them for the presentation of petitions for their Bills, than was allowed for the presentation of petitions for other private Bills. The Noble Lord complained of the system which gave such vast powers to the Board of Trade, and concluded by suggesting that the time allowed for bringing in Railway Bills should be twenty-one days after the report of the Board of Trade should be printed. Sir R. PEEL agreed with the Noble Lord that some delay ought to take place with regard to rail way Bills, and proposed that the discussion should be adjourned in order to consider the subject. A short discussion followed, in the course of and snuff-takers, the more industrious of our artizans, &c., have, all of them, by turns, been clamorous for the repeal of the malt-tax, the duties on raw cotton, on windows, on tea, on tobacco, on paper, and so forth. How to concede the application of A, without uniting B and C in confirmed hostility to him, would have been a sad puzzle for any Premier less fortunate, or less cunning than the Premier. He makes a virtue of necessity. " The income-tax will shortly expire?' A great fact that, and highly proper to come into her MAJESTY'S Speech. Her MAJESTY'S Government are very reluctant to do without it; so her MAJESTY is made to talk of the "expediency" of renewing it for a further period. Something more is thus gained ; the mind of the country is accustomed beforehand to contemplate a proposition, which, if it came upon them without so much of preparation, might prove too startling to be adopted. On the other band, it is at least as essential that much time should not be allowed for the agitation of the several schemes of remission. Therefore, Sir ROBERT fixes his Budget exposition for the 14th inst. If, on that day, he can carry the House of Commons with him, in voting that the income-tax should be continued, he can afterwards repudiate all remission applications in detail. "It is only through the income-tax I realize any surplus of public income over public expenditure You have already resolved that it is necessary that the revenue should exceed the charge of the current year. Her MAJESTY is assured,—' that it will be our determination to maintain an amount of revenue adequate to provide for the public service, and amply sufficient to meet the necessary expenditure of the country, and firmly to uphold that public credit which is indispensable to the national welfare.' If I give up th tax, I have no surplus. If, retaining that tax, I give up the taxes on malt, paper, cotton, tea, windows, or any two of them, I shall yet have no surplus. In the face of the resolution of Parliament and the recommendation of her MAJESTY, I cannot, by ac ceding to your wishes, leave myself without the means necessary for, and adequate to, the public ex penditure and services." This will be the Premier's ease, and it is difficult, upon principle, to gainsay it. But if this State necessity can really be shown for retaining this war impost (for such it should exclu sively be) in the thirtieth year of an unbroken peace, let us hope that Sir ROBERT PEEL will come forward with some wise, just, and indispensable modifications of its abominable inequality. To take seven-pence in the pound from the hard-earned income of the man with 1501. a year, is an infinitely larger demand upon his means than Si. per cent. would be on the man of from 6001. to 1,0001. a year ; or 71. 10s. per cent. on all incomes from 1,0001. to 5,000/. ; or 101. per zer.t on all incomes from 5,0001. to 10,0001.; and 121. 10s. per Cent. on all above 10,0001. The Premier would gain, we suspect, by such a conver sion for the country, both in the increased aggregate and the diminished coat of collection ; but this scheme would mulct far more heavily than the scale he has adopted, the redundant incomes of himself and his most influential supporters. We do trust he will carefully re-examine schedule D of his original Bill, with a view to see how far he can relieve the small salaried clerk, the little tradesman, the limited an nuitant, and the more moderately paid of our mili tary and naval pensioners from the liability to contri hum 7d. in the pound out of their scanty incomes. But we purp, - .se very silo:fly to recur more particu larly to this subject. The general proceedings of both Houses on Tues day night were not very remarkable for a character lof interest or excitement. In the House of Lords, we observe that the Duke of MONTROSE warned the Government of the serious embarrassment they were preparing for themselves, by their most uncalled-for attempt to force upon Scotland the PEEL currency motion of 1819. In the Commons, after the speeches of the mover and seconder of the address, the most notable matters were the animadversionl of Lord JOHN RUSSELL on the deportment of both i e French and English Governments in respect to the Otaheite affair, and the misunderstandings conseque7 t thereon; on the disgraceful condition of affAirs in Spain, for which credit had actually been taken, his Lordship observed, as the result of the good under standing between the Crowns of England and France ; the omission from the royal speech of all allusion to the beneficial extension experienced in our trade with Chir.a, in happy fulfilment of Lord PALMERSTON'S predictions as to the ultimate results of the policy he had, when in office, adopted; and of some very pointed reproba tion of the measures adopted by her MAJEsTx's Ministers in reference to the late State Trials in Ire land. The Noble Lord was very happy in rallying the Government for expecting that the Russian Government would be impressed, through the visit of the Emperor to Queen VICTORIA, with the necessity of improving the existing relations between Russia and this country, so long as we persisted in that anti free-trade system of duties which excluded from our ports the greater proportion of commodities that, under a more liberal system, Russia would be eager to exchange with us. Lord PALMERSTON spoke with his accustomed vigour and extreme acuteness on the important questions of the increase of the slave trade, and the blundering manner in which the right of search, established under the treaties of 1830 and 1833, had been both attacked and vin dicated. Before Lord JOHN RUSSELL rose, Mr. GLADSTONE made an impressive and interesting statement, as to the conscientiously differing views —on questions of religious and educational policy— especially in their relations with Ireland, which he entertained, and the necessity he had on that ac• c,mnt felt himself under, of retiring from the Go vernment, which (it seems) is determined to carry them. He distinctly avowed that he had not been influenced, in this resignation of office, by any misunderstanding whatever with his late col leagues, on commercial matters. The address in answer to the speech was passed unanimously, though some of the older school of Tories appeared to be much scandalised at the Premier's emphatic pledge that he would bring forward immediate measures for extending the advantages of academical instruction in the sister country, and for liberally extending the grant to the Roman Catholic College at Maynooth. Parliament will find business growing on their hands, if they waste as much time on extraneous discussions between this and July as they did last year. Let them look to it ! which Mr. VERNON SMITH asked whether the Govern ment was prepared to stand by the Board of Trade reports as official, and whether the House was to re ceive them as having the weight and authority of Government advice on one side or the other? Sir ROBERT PEEL replied that the House had acted in this matter by the advice of a Select Com mittee ; but it never was the intention of the Go vernment—it certainly never was his (Sir R. PEEL'S) intention—to devolve upon the Board of Trade the power of determining which railway plans should be • adopted and which should be rejected: It was his opinion that the influence of the reports of the Board of Trade upon the decision of the Committees would depend upon the weight of the facts and the value of the information produced on the inquiry. It was never his intention—nor would he ever consent to any course which would involve the Government in the determination of these questions between corn peting speculations. After a few words from Mr. F. FRENCH, Lord Flowicx withdrew his motion at the recommendation of Mr. GREENE, on the understanding that all those sessional orders which related to the subject should be postponed. The other sessional orders were agreed to. Mr. ESN - ART postponed his motion on the subject of the morning sittings of the House. The Library Committee was appointed. In answer to Mr. HumE, Sir JAMES GRAHAM stated, that be could not undertake to proceed this session with the County Courts Bill. Sir JAMES GRAHAM gave notice, that he should move for leave to . bring in the Law of Settlements Bill to-morrow (this day) sen'night. Sir R. PEEL, in answer to Mr. Ricr, said that the report of the Commission on Harbours of Refuge had been referred to the Admiralty. But the Govern ment had come to no decision with respect to any harbour except that of Holyhead, where some works would be carried on for facilitating the communica tion Frith that part of the United Kingdom.- The Right Hon. Baronet likewise announced that her MAJESTY would receive the address of the House in answer to her gracious speech, at half-past two o'clock to•rnorrow (this day.) Sir JAMES GRAHAM, in reply to Mr. Humn, said, that he intended to introduce a measure respecting the charities of England during the course of the pre- sent session. Lord JOHN RUSSELL put a question on the subject of the financial statement, in reply to which — Sir R. PEEL said that he had already given notice that he would bring forward- his financial statement on Platy se'nnight, and on Friday next he would state exactly what its purport would be. Sir JAMES GRAIIAM gave notice of his intention to introduce a Bill for the payment of the Clerks of the Crown by salary instead of fees to-morrow (this day) se'nuight. On the order of the day for bringing up the report on the address being read, Mr. Hume urged upon the House the necessity of relieving commerce by the removal of some of the oppressive duties to which it was now subjected. He expressed his approval of the manner in which the Otaheite affair had been settled. Mr. IVILLIAMS complained of the non-reduction of the national expenditure. Mr. S. CRAWFORD hoped that some measure would be introduced to regulate the relation of landlord and tenant in Ireland. Mr. WALLACE by voting for the address would not pledge himself to vote for the estimates. Sir R. PEEL said that his voting for the address in volved no such pledge. Mr. WAKLEY complained of the undue pressure of the income-tax, and of the hardships inflicted on the labouring classes by the existing law of settlement, and expressed a hope that when the Bill of the Go vernment on the subject of that law should be intro duced, a Committee would be appointed to inquire into the condition of the people. The Hon. Gentle man related a case illustrative of the cruelties inflicted by the existing law, and asked if it was surprising that outrage and discontent should exist under such a state of things ? He then expressed his approval of the foreign policy of the Government, and his disapproval of the manner in which the State trials in Ireland had Leen conducted, and suggested to the Irish Members the propriety of proposing measures for the redress of the grievances of Ireland, leaving to Parliament the responsibility of rejecting those measures if they should venture to do so. The report on the address was then brought up and agreed to. Just as the House was about to rise, a petition was presented from Mr. GEORGE MOFFATT, complaining of an undue return for the borough of Dartmouth. 1 The House adjourned at Eight o'clock. Her MAJESTY'S Speech on the opening of the present session, and the debate of Tuesday in both Houses, being now fully before our readers, they will be enabled to form a pretty accurate judgment of the general tendencies of the financial and commercial policy which the Government are intending to pursue. The very unusual announcement, by the First Lord of the Treasury, of his resolution to bring forward the Budget, or Government Financial Statement for the year, at so early a day as the 14th instant, is, in some respects, the most prominent feature of these opening proceedings. In the almost abruptness of this notice of motion, as given on behalf of the Right Hon. Baronet, we find the indications of a somewhat alarm ing alacrity to follow out the significant hint con veyed in the following passage of her MAJESTY'S Speech, viz. :—" The Act which was passed . . . . for imposing a tax upon income will shortly expire. It will be for you, in your wisdom, to determine whether it may not be expedient to continue its operation for a further period." Alas! for John Bull. He has no more doubt of the " wisdom of Parliament's" dis covering that lie is still too plethoric in the region of the pocket, and that it will be necessary still to reduce this tendency to make money, by continuing that venesection of his purse-strings which has been, now for three successive years, resorted to by his Tam worth doctor, than a corpulent schoolboy anticipates any division of opinion among his medical attendants, when one of them submits to the other the extreme propriety of repeating the nauseous doses that have already brought him to death's door. The Minister, to du him justice, does not get up the machinery of his measures amiss. When they are most obnoxious in character, he is most astute at devising the means of arise to urt ha ii getting over them quickly. When new difficulties is m y v p ec e ro r yn h ien e ratcs a h c ai t n io iel n iin.ayi o f his Government, he tI employssk an engine of Ministerial stra b c i ntoelet overcomele nt ofthem, weakness, because it is of obnoxious to o s c r l i l d a e ra c o t l e e r r , into oie obstacles offered to him b ground,his oNv al c l ar d e N e v r ell o in v g. er rth delaya t y di others, cul and to accelerate upon t whichand i s clangorousfraught with imminent peril t o hi s own po w er an office. We have seen the demand s upon illi tenure f of or re mission of taxes, which have b een e li cited on all hands by the knowledge that the last quarter's l returns demonstrated a surplus of revenue over ex penditure. The landlords, the tenant- farmers, the manufacturers, the householders, the poorer smokers Wre think Lord HowicK is entitled to the thanks of the public for the able manner in which he has , brought under the notice of the House of Commons some of the inconveniences and hardships that may result to parties legitimately interested in schemes for the construction of new railroads, if the Stand ing Orders with regard to the presentation of peti tions for leave to bring in the necessary Bills to give effect to such schemes, be allowed to remain in their present shape. His Lordship shewed very clearly, that after the new Committee of the Board of Trade have decided on reporting against a particular Bill, the parties are not allowed, at pre sent, anything like an adequate period for making up their minds on the grave question whether or not it can be worth their while, whatever the merits of their scheme of railway, to attemptto carry it through Parliament in the face of an adverse report from the Board of Trade's Committee. This dilemma, which it now appears is so probable, is the very re sult that we anticipated in the several arti cles published lately in The Sun, in which we have expressed our serious apprehensions as to the prejudicial working of the large discre tion, and too invidious influence on all such ques tions that have been devolved on this Committee. We trust that in the debate of this evening, on Lord Howic K's motion, the propriety of revising and re stricting the powers of the Board of Trade's Railway Committee will be dispassionately and carefully dis cussed. In some respects the anomalous indirect au thority of the official body we speak of is really greater, at present, than that of a Parliamentary Committee. LONDON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY G, 1845. The House of Commons met at Four o'Cl cc k. A g reat number of petitioLz for new lines of railway were prissented. In answer to a question from Mr. WALLtcn, Mr. W. E. GLADSTONE stated that all the railwpy com panies but two had ccmplied with the provisions of the Act of last session, in providing additional ac commodation for third-class passengers. Sir JAMES G RAH AM, in answer to a question from Mr. HUME, expressed his willingness to institute an inquiry into the operation of the Scotch Prisons Act. The usual sessional orders were then moved, and during the course of the discussion on them, Mr. WALLACE complained of the great expense We have observed with pleasure-that Mr. WAL LAcr, the Member for Greenock, is at his post again, and, as heretofore,. looking to the interest of the many in place of the few, which ►viil be best explained to our readers by giving copies of the two following notices of motion respecting railways, to which we h otblif t i t eont e iee. only to add our rEcommendation that th6se who have suffered from non-compliance with the provisions the h A im et . :7 the accommodation of the public in third-classslt Member en m; c se a ri r n r m i ‘ a ;va g yh e i h et oi the s d e b , ceae w sne i t‘ol.lifoouti violated,, delay,teedi, public l publish "To inquire of the Presitient,of the Board of Trade' THE EON, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 5, 1845. how many of the Railway Companies coming within_ the provisions of tho Act of last session had complied with the regulations laid down in the sixth clause, as to having seats and protection from the weather for the and also how many " To call the atte ntion of the House, to the several re had conveyfa fail n ports made by the Se lect C o mmittees on railways, to the e d c eio o f to third-class c comply." passengers, appointment of the Board constituted by the Board of Trade on the 24th of August, 1844, for the transaction of railway business, and to the nature a n d e ff e cts of its pu bli s hed decision!! on the interests of the country, with a view to the !elusion and amendment of the Railway Act of last session." We have received Madrid journals of the 29th ult. The Chamber of Deputies was engaged in discussing the Bill for the abolition of the slave trade, and after some progress, adjourned till the 31st. General Pam, who had been restored to liberty, was expected to arrive from Cadiz in a few days; and it was said the General SERRANO, who had been exiled from the capital, had been sent for, and that an important command was to be conferred upon him. General CONCHA had also been ordered to come to Madrid, and re-organise the cavalry on a new plan, after which he was to resume the command of the Basque Pro- vinces. The Three per Cents. closed at 32+ for cash, and 324 at 60 days, and the Five per Cents. at 23 15-16 at 60 days• _ senting in their true light the atrocity of Roses, and the necessity, of again placing the Banda Oriental under the protection of some of the great Pewersontty have ad- , vaneed the am.ognients which Lad aiready iy.en come to between the French and English Governments." The Revue de Paris states that letters were received on Monday by the Government from Captain BRUAT, Governor of Otaheite, in which he states that he had adopted measures for operating without any unplea sant complication, the transition from " absolute pos session" to the "protectorate." That journal adds:— " We have not heard if M. BRUAT mentions having completely succeeded in the accomplishment of his moderate and pacific intentions; but we apprehend that such has not been the case, for a report prevails that fresh scenes of revolt and collision occurred at Otaheite after the receipt of the dispatches en joining the immediate restoration of Queen POMARE." T papers are chiefly occupied with the appointment of M. DE SALVANDY to the Department of Public Instruction, and the dismissal of the two Members to which we adverted yesterday. M. THIEHS'S journal is highly indignant at these steps taken by the Ministry, though, strange to say, it re gards them as omens of their speedy downfal. Were the writer sincere, he would be the last man in the world to blame M. GUIZOT for a line of policy which must be so gratifying to the leader of the Opposition. The Constitutionnel regards the subject, however, iu such a serious light, that it devotes two columns to abuse of the Ministry, and concludes the article in these words :—" The fury of the Cabinet against the dissentient Conservatives produced yesterday a deep irritation at the Chamber. M. Duoussr DE LHUYS was surrounded by Deputies protesting against his disgrace. The Ministers were publicly questioned as to their intention of dismissing M. Durns, the Pro cureur- General at the Court of Cassation, and whether they would carry to its extreme lengths their ex treme political extravagance. Remarks were made on the strange contrast of this violence with the pro found calm which reigns in France, with the public peace, and with the remarkable moderation of the Opposition. It is no longer against the Left or the Left Centre only that war is proclaimed ; it is against the moderate Conservatives, who maintain the liberty of their votes. It was also remarked that this measure of the Ministers strangely inaugurated the entry of N. DE SALVANDY, and rendered still more ridiculous, more intolerable, the position of the new ministry of Public Instruction. Last year M. DE SALVANDY had also been dismissed for a vote ; he had complained of it loudly—had filled the two Chambers with the noise of his disgrace—and behold, the very day that he becomes Minister, two func tionaries of the diplomatic older are severely visited! The Olnniteur, in fact, informs 113 that Count DE ST. PRIEST, Minister Plenipotentiary at Copenhagen, has also been dismissed on account of his vote. These wretched acts of violence were regarded by all as the infallible symptoms of the last moments of the ex piring Ministry. It agitates itself in its impotence ; it attaches its hopes to expedients which are precipi tating its end; no violent means appear to it to be proper to be neglected ; it feels itself dying. Its terrors and agonic, are proved by its convulsive movements. The Chamber has judged it; it sees clearly that it cannot escape its sentence. It is THE BOURSE--TUESDAY, FEB. 4. First Highest Lowest Last Pride. Price. Price. Price French Five per Cents.. •• • • 122 50 .. 122 50 .. 122 20 .. 122 30 Three per Cents.•• • • 85 5 .• 85 5 .. 85 .. 85 New Loan •• •• 86 15 .. 86 15 86 15 .. 86 15 Collin Bank, I,ooof. Shares • .10 0 ..1090 ..1090 ..1090 Belgian Bank. • • 635 .. 635 .. 635 .. 635 Belgian Fives, 1840 1842 .• •••• 10614 .. 10614 .. 106% .. 10611 Four-and-a-Half 103 .. 103 .. 1027 .. 102% Two-and-a-Half.... 62 .. 62 .. 62 .. 62 Spanish Threes ..... ....... 41 14 • . 41% .. 41% .. 41% Active •• •• •• 384 .. 394 .. 38% .. 3914 Passive ...... • . • • .. 7 .. 7 .. 7 .. 7 Now Deferred • .•• 8M • . 8 1 A .. 8% • . 8y Portuguese Five per Cents.. 60 .. 60 .. 60 .. 60 Neapolitan • • •• •• •• .. 99 50 .. 99 50 .. 99 50 .. 99 50 R0man.............1054 .. 10514 .. 1054 .. 1a514 Le derider four (fun condamn. The Ministerial Globe of Tuesday, however, places the question in a fairer light :—" M. LHERBETTE 3 esterday," it says, " made a sort of demi-proposition relative to the dismisal of M. DROUIN DE LUHYS. In place of formally demanding an explanation, which the Cabinet declared it was ready to give, he inti mated that he should return to the subject when the Bill relative to public functions was brought in. As this Bill is to be discussed to-morrow, M. LIIERBETTE will not have long to wait. Unfortunately, M. LIIERBETTE will not have much to say to-morrow, unless it be that the dismissal of M. DROUIN DE Lnuys has been too long delayed. It as, in fact, no denied s l ee i rgn: i h niele t dpe scandaloossfibale publicly,t f 0 policyarb ne fora o af l nu d dn ae which,t amino consequently,an attachedl ardyrn tinoispt rrproperly eohrn e ley i a s Ilevpl served re t ef o dho the rie. o io n tung d oh e t l t delicacy :sy,aa said so that b t l o ig b e ae s When the will does not go on the same side as duty, it m a hi m s danuttyo-. quit ln his post. o a st c . ase A , n c d om le m t Deputy is inviolable in his convictions. Without doubt the conviction of a Deputy respected ; but a Deputy who accepts public functions ought to accept the obligations which he contracts. The first of these is to devote himself sincerely to the service confided to him; but how can one devote one's self to a work which one disapproves of, fights against, and endeavours to trammel ? In accepting public functions, a Deputy knows perfectly well that he will ought to expect such have to exercise them u n der various and successive Minis a tr m ie a s t . ter A un ta r n e g se e en of ;h policy e him changes ; and, if o ne of thes e systems of policy ap pears to him to be contrary to his principles, his conscientious duty orders him either to keep his opi nions and retire, or to sacrifice his opinions to the place which he holds and remain. No casuistry will enable a man to get out of this dilemma. The Journal des Debats contains the following reply to the animadversions of the Opposition press on the appointment of M. DE SALVANDY : ,t Th e appointment of the Count de Salvandy to be Minister of Public Instruction has surprised and annoyed the Opposition, insomuch that its jou rna l s h ave no t been able to suppress their spite. We ca n eas ily accoun t f o r this spite, and das eas ily conceive th a t t h e coa li t i on can not di s satisfaction that the C a bi n et should be seewithout thinking of its completing itself, and of rendering its existence more stable, when it was believed to be on the verge of falling. The adhesion of a man of so much im portance as the Coun t de Salvandy is a happy event for the Cabinet, and that the coalition should comprehend and be vexed at this is most natural. But what we can less imagine cate that it had azquired rights over M. de Salvandy l ? is the surprise of the coalition. Does it not seem to indi- Does it not seem to say that ho had entered into a com pact with M. Thicrs and M. Billault ? No ! M. de right to the coalition to has entered into any engage. Salvandy Rirelyen tupo withn has hi never y it. m ; he .\ will en g e v i v e e sr n a a y more : M. de Salvandy has never tampered with any coalition, an honour, by the way, in these times, too uncommon. This is a homage which we, more than any one else, have the right of rendering to the firmness of his convictions and the noble probity of his character. The coalition well knows that M. de Salvandy has kept himself completely aloof from all its manoeuvres. It cannot be ignorant that, in the debates on the Address, he voted against all the amendments, and associated himself without reserve or hesitation with the policy of the Cabinet. Since the discussion of the Address, he has taken the most open and active part in rallying and re •organising the Conser vative party. A conduct so loyal and patriotic gives un doubtedly no claims to the good graces of the coalition, and we can easily conceive its chagrin." The Railroad Police Bill pass3d the Chamber of Deputies on Monday. In the course of the sitting M. LIIERDETTE alluded to the late dismissal of M. DRoUIN DE LDUYS, which he declared to be a violent attack on the independence of the Deputies. M. Gum.; in reply, stated that he was ready to give explanations on the subject whenever the Chamber might deem it proper to demand them. The discus sion was, by common consent; postponed to the period when the Secret Service Money Bill is under delibe ration. Galignani's Messenger contains the following re marks relative to the affairs of Monte Video : " The Constitudionnel has a long article on the affair of Monte Video, in which it attacks M. Guizot with much severity for having so long tolerated the infamous cruelties of Rosas towards French subjects, and suffered the interests of French commerce to be compromised. From some of the remarks on this article we may regard it as the preliminary of a formal notice of the subject in the Chamber by M. 'Tiers, who has probsbly strengthened his case by some new and important facts which have reach e d hi m th ro ugh an authe ntic c hannel. The 7 obst , tat'orinel seems to think that M. Guizot has in this attair be en gu il t y 0 f the most c ul p able a p ath y , and observes that a single word from him would have put an end to the attack upon Monte Video, and de livered that plac e f or ever f ro m the persec utions of its FLemy. On this occasion, howeve r, and the circumstance is really a nov e lty, no attempt' is made to impute the conduct of M. Guizot to any fear of offending England. On the contrary, it would appear from the general bear ing of the article of the Cotit,,ronni, that M. Guizot has rath,r resisted than complied watt the w•shes of the English Government on thi s question. We have reason to believe, however, that some understaAirg has b come to between the Earl of Aberdeen and M. Guizot, and it is not improbable that the visit recently paid to the French Miaixter of Foreign Affairs by General O'Brien, who: acne to Europe for the purpose of repie- _ —.---- - tion, prohibiting parties from carrying on the business house to the distillery. They found a great variety s.,_ of rectifying within a quarter of a mile in a direct line from which might cut off the water in even' dies . ~ s., s ` ) n it o premises used -in distilling, adding that when the Act was plied' to Mr. Smith to know - *Vales 'ars . nlib' -Cc nseut. passed the Messrs. Smiths were exempted on account of the their experiments, to which Mr. Smith refused his _, loss which they would otherwise suffer lions the provision They observed, however, that the cock of the branch O' were with respect to the distance between a rectify- the sink and the cock of the spirit vat, No. 8, _, ing house and a distillery. But no distiller at nearly on a level. The officers proposed to o th*); " end the present day could set up a distillery within a experiment.' They got a small tin pipe and put he corn quarter of a mile of a rectifying house. With regard to into a tub of water, as a cyphon ; they stopped all t __ seas those persons whose premises were in existence at the time munication, and then, as they considered, the conunutii the of the passing of the Act, it was to be observed that they tion was complete between the vat No- 8 were within the benefit of the proviso, so long and distillery and the vat No. 17 in the rectifyingulla_nennse:e as long only as there was no way, opening, or The result of the experiments tried in const: c l u b s other communication, by which any spirits could be of the discovery which had been made was, that o,e _s conveyed from the one to the other, except by an means of this communication there were conveyed 3fo : open carriage or waggon. The object of . this regula- in one hour 658 gallons of proof skirits from tion must be apparent, when he stated that the premises of Bin the distillery to the vat ICo. 17 in the rectifyt,iline; Itl s f i i rectifiers were not exposed to the same constant supervision This experiment was made by persons not experien ce '. o f and visitation, on the part of the officers of the revenue, as passing spirits through water-pipes, and not as the jur s those of a distiller, and that the only charge which took passing it swiftly as those who, he thought, slved the place in the case of a rectifier was, when the spirits were now believe, were in the habit of doing so. This reduced permitted out to his customers. The premises of the mystery—this accounted for the excess of spirits P not for rectifier were closed from 'seven o'clock in the evening until above what appeared on the receiver. But it was m ations seven o'clock the next morning, and during that period no passing spirits through this pipe the present info! p ._ ss officer could have access to them, except by permission of were laid. The defendant was charged with having , _Wr e ` cap the proprietor of the concern. It was o b v i ous , therefore, through which spirits could be passed, and it was no t t t° " that if there were any communication concealed from supposed that for any other purpose the defendan as the the officers, frauds to an enormous extent might have rendered himself liable to such heavy penaltie?sdoin of be committed. Now the charge whi c h th e Crown law hsd fixed. It showed in this very case the wisdom ' r o oms preferred against Mr. George Smith was, th a t h e had carried the law in providing that persons in the busines s _ on his business of a distiller within a quar t er o f a mil e of his defendant, should not supply themselves with c th ectifiers brother's rectifying premises, in such a manner as to bring of transmitting spirits from the distillery to the r , . os . his hircself within the penal clause of the Act, there being a coin- He could not conclude his address without exPre, s Ud a st. munication between the two sets o f premises. The charge surprise at the course of pleading adopted by tbe defendant. defendant with brought against the defendant was grou nd e d on the fact that The first count of the indictment charged the esssra A there had been a way or communication between his distillery carrying on a distillery within a quarter of a mil "'s. Butt' -old premises and the premises of his brother, the recitifier, by rectifying house. To that he pleaded not guilty i ; _ hi d, he which spirits:could be conveyed from the one set of premises Smith ought to know that for the three y ears i " blc to the to the other. The object ofthe Act w as preventive and pro- had been carrying on the business, he had been lia_ esion is tective. It was not necessary that the officers of the revenue penalties, as he would see upon referring to the dve `*orris,s should prove that the pipe h a d b een used ;it was sufficient the case of Start v. Smith, in the Ist 13rainwell •• t assed at to show that it might be used for r the purpose page 194. He (the Solicitor- General) had tresP s. „,_ but of conveying spirits. They , cou ld no t show that great length upon the time of the Court and thed e " wou ld on; any particular occasion spirits actually passed. The the importance of the case would be his apology had sta ted i stock of the distiller was only t a k en by th e officer once a fort- now call witnesses to prove the facts which he ull atten night. The premises o f th e rec tifi er were sea l e d against and he felt confident that the jury would devote cater 9 safe him. During the night spirits might be clandestinely tion to the case. He was sure that public justi 11 the the ' conveyed while there was no person upon the premises in their hands, and that they would apply to watch the proceeding. This might be done case with impartiality and discernment. ress.) furtively, and so securely as to elude all observation. (The case was proceeding when we we nt to p He, therefore, at once charged the defendant, Mr. George Smith, with having, according to the express terms of the law, incurred the penalty of 5001. a week by carrying on his distillery business within a quarter of a mile of the premises of his brother, not being within the benefit of the pro viso of the Act to which he had referred, on account of the open way or communication which existed between them. The Learned Counsel then referred to the 15th and 16th sections of the Act of Parliament, contending that the term communication, as there used, applied to a pipe connecting a distillery with a rectifying-house. It was quite clear from the words of the Act, that by the word " communication" the Legislature meant, among other things, to include a pipe. Every word used in the 15th and 16th sections was applicable to pipes con necting different vessels and utensils with each other. Here, then, he made his stand upon the law. If he were right in the view he was presenting to the jury, the case was made out against the defendant. But now it might perhaps be said, that it was a harsh mea sure of justice to apply the penal provisions of this Act of Parliament so stringently and so closely; that to rest upon the letter of the law was hard in any case, while in this it would be overwhelming. He was not insensible to the feel ing that might be excited by this view of the case, and he was anxious to remove any unfavourable impression which might exist with regard to the proceedings instituted by the Crown. Although he was not required to advance a single step beyond the position which he had assumed, lie was anxious to satisfy the minds of the jury as •to the propriety of all that had been done in reference to that prosecution. Mr. George Smith was carrying on his business under an en try of his premises made on the 15th of September, 1840. Ac cording to the provisions of the Act, besides the entry of the place of business, and the utensils or vessels employed iu it, it was necessary to give a description or drawing of all the pipes and all the branches of pipes upon the premi:es, and to point out distinctly with what they communicated. The Learned Counsel then referred to the 32d section of the Act requiring this account. Mr. Smith's entry was accompanied, not with a drawing showing, the course of the pipes, but with a written description of them. The Learned Coun sel then quoted the words of the entry, which stated at the close that the . _. _ the contents Of the titensll; With which they were connected, and that the use of the said cocks attached to them was to open or intercept; as occasion might require, the communication by means of the pipes. - In order that the jury might un derstand his statement, he must shortly describe the process of distillation. They were aware that the materials usually employed in distillation in England were a mixture of malt and grain. These materials, after being ground, were put into a large vessel called the . mash tub. Hot water was poured into the mash tub for the purpose of infusion ; and then the mixture was stirred 'or mashed for the purpese of extracting the saccharine matter by the action of the water, upon the grain and m'alt. When th e 'i n f us ion • W as complete the result of it was drawn into a receptacle called the under-vat. • It then passed either Into cooling vats, exposed to the open air, or pipes . immersed. in cold water, for the purpose .of being cooled. From the frigerator it' passed into what were called wash-vats where the process of f ermen t a tion began. Up to that period the mixture was known by the name of Worts. In the wash-vats the process of fermentation took place by the aPplica- . Lion of yeast, or of a mixture which was known by the name of harm. In the course of the fermentation, by the decomposition - of - the saccharine and the deve lopment of the spirituous matter, the whole liquid became attenuated in its specific gravity ; and the first charge for duty took place at this stage of the proc ess, The Learned Gentleman referred to the Act of Parliament to show the mode in which the duty was charged. When .the fermentation was complete, and the duty had been ascertained, the liquid was run into what was called a wash-charger ;* and then that part of the process, which was called the brewing process, ended. From the wash charger the wash was conveyed to the still, and the apparatus now generally used was called Coffee's apparatus. By the Act of Parliament it was required that the spirit should be conveyed in a close safe into the receiver ; and when in the receiver the quantity of proof spirits was ascertained and charged. For the protection of the revenue, there was in the first place a notice given by the distiller of the working gravity of his worts. '1 hen there was the charge made after the fermentation process, which was called the wash, or at tenuation ; and, lastly, there.was the charge made when the spirits were perfected and had been conveyed into the re ceiver. (The Learned Counsel then referred to a model which was placed on the table in front of the bar, of the whole of the premises both of the distillery:and rectifying-house.) The defendant had been permitted to use a trough for the con veyance of water from the liquor vats across the distillery premises into the rectifying premises, near to the still heads, which was an open trough, visible to the • eye during the greater part of its progress, That trough was ostensibly used for the conveyance of water only ; whether it was used for any other purpose the jury . would presently be able to judge. They would bear in mind that there was a pipe communicating with the dwelling-house, the gra naries, and the stables. In the year 1842 a very intelligent supervisor, named Drinkwater, was appointed to this distillery, and his _attention was early directed to the state of the premises in general. The spirit receiver used on the premises by Mr. George Smith was a vessel of the dia meter of 15 feet, and of the depth of 45 inches, and its ca pacity was about 4,000 gallons. Mr. Drinkwater, at a very early period of his supervision, suspected that the drip of that vessel had not been correctly taken. It frequently hap pened that in vessels used for such a purpose there were inequalities at the bottom, or it might be that there was an incline, and it was necessary to take that into account in charging the duty. The drip was used to bring the spirits to an assumed level. When Mr. Drinkwater came to the premises, the drip of the spirit receiver had been taken at 260 gallons, and the . dip of that drip at 4 7-10 inches. It was quite obvious that if there was any mode of conve3-ing spirits which was not seen by the officer, he would be baffled in his attempts to charge the duty. Mr. Drink water determined to re-dip the vessel, 'and on doing so, he discovered that instead of the drip being 4 7-10 inches it was only 4 6-10 inches, and although that difference might appear trilling, yet on examination it would be seen that there were in that way 330 gallons abstracted during a single• week, and that .the. defalcation in one year would amount to 2,0001. On the vessel being dripped a second time, another tenth of an inch was gained. In the month of March, 1844, two surveying examinerif went to the premises. These examiners' discovered that the pump used for the purpose of pumping up the spirits from the receivers into the store vats was so loose, that water could by that means be let down into the spirit re ceiver. They, therefore, directed that a revenue lock should be put upon the pump. - On this being done, the drip was again taken, and the result was the discovery of two-tenths of an inch more. It was remarkable that the stock agreed perfectly with the charged spirits. Mr. Drinkwater was in duced to pay more minute astention to the proceedings of the defendants, and he then discovered a semi circular hole in the stop of the spirit receiver. He mentioned this circumsiance 'to Mr. George Smith, who exclaimed that that explained a statement made to him in an anonymous letter, that there were parties extracting spirits from his premises at three o'clock in the afternoon. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to state the particulars of the proceedings of Mr. Drinkwater in pursuing his inquiries. There were ten periods. A strict watch being kept on the 7th, it was discovered there was an excess of 981 gallons over six previous periods, an excess of the quantity of wort produced by the process. On the Bth the defendant was left to himself, and there was a deficiency of 1,551 gallons less than that produced in the last period. In the ninth and tenth periods a strict watch was again kept, and in the ninth there was an excess of 1,709 gallons, the duty upon which was 669/, and in the tenth, of 2,090 gallons, the duty upon which was 8181.. This led him to the very point of the inquiry before the Court. He would show that there was a way by which these spirits could be conveyed so as to escape paying duty, and the Excise would have been guilty of a gross dereliction of duty if they had not proceeded against the defendant for this gigantic fraud. On the 14th of October last, Mr. Drinkwater, who had been searching to discover what could have become of these spirits, visited the rectifying-house, and he then observed some water running from the end of a pipe in the distillery to the still heads. He went into the distillery premises to stop the cock of the pipes, which communicated with the liquor vats, and in a very short time the running of the pipe at the still had ceased. The officers of the Excise then called upon both the Messrs. Smith upon the subject, and expressed their determination to ascertain whether there were any concealed pipes. For this purpose they had the ground opened, and on this being done the course ofthe pipe was very distinctly and clearly traced. It came down to a sink which was opposite spirit vat No. 8. At the bottom of the pipe over the sink there was a . screw cock. The pipe then returned and went through the distillery. The Learned Cou nsel then illustrated his meaning by referring to the model. When they came to the corner they discovered a pipe, which ran off towards the rectifying premises, they discovered that a communication had been made by means of a hole being cut in the pipe and a branch pipe inserted there. The pipe was then carried on by the side of the rectifying premises, and was distributed among the various vats in the rectifying store. Now this branch was not entered by Mr. George Smith in any part of the description of the premises furnished by him. Ile represented to the officers that the pipe commu • Meeting with the distillery was connected with the main of the East London Water Works—a statement which was ut terly untrue, though it was a remarkable circumstance that the two sets of pipes were almost side by side. And further, that this being 'a . private pipe, laid down in 1836, there were put on some of the cocks the initials of the East Louden Water Works. It appeared on Inquiry that the piping was laid down - at the .request -Of the Siessts. Smith, in 1836, and he should be preparsd to show that they had paid for it. Whatever might be the intention, the Excise officers had not the slightest notion of there being any under-ground pipe conveying water, and capable of conveying any _ thine. else from the distillery to - the rectifying house. Suel t i being the aisle the officers were instructed to ascertain whether it was possible to convey spirits from the rectifying COURT OF BURGESSES. (THIS DAY.) WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. G A Court of Burgesses was held this morning at the lir. hall, Westminster, before Mr. Lightfoot, the Smedley, High Bailiff, and the Town-clerk and a full jail': The Annoyance Jury having given in their presnlo„: t ent persons fined for defective weights and measures, he tb l mg appeal came before the Court Dr THE MATTER OF M. P. DAVIS, OF ST. IgARTI N , 9 , B „,t 4 t, Sf- sait i Mr. EDWIN JAmEs, who appeared for the aPPe"" - A been that his client, Mr. Davis, of 63, St. blartin'a-laue, ba" "for amerced by the Annoyance Jury in the sum of,. 4°.3 Lgies) dealing with false weights," and so on. He ai r ' on, was aware that there was no legal appeal from that decision' and therefore he wished to know precisely in wb at d rh s at b e he stood before the Court. Mr. Davis apprehend, deei had been summoned there to show cause against tila''_flec sion, and he had in Court then a great number of mostrare-in table witnesses to prove that the Annoyance Jur , ' va tions error. He (Mr. James) merely threw out these obser Die to ascertain from the Chairman the exact standing client in that Court. A go t le The CHAIRMAN thought that the case leee - . 1 , - e ror. further, as he was of opinion that the jury were acc oni• Since the last day on which that Court had sat, he ' panied by the Town-clerk, had visited Mr. Davis's_69,liit the merit and inspected the scale in question, and be this error into which the jury had fallen arose from this b u t it stance, that the scale vibrated to one side or the c tber t ; r:ii t he they had placed the weights in it, they would 1 13 " equilibrium perfect. He was convinced there 'l% l 'l tional fraud or carelessness on the partDitY'l 4 . l l. paw° The foreman of the Annoyance Jury said that TheY himself had admitted the incorrectness of tile 5c 3 1 0 0 11611 had tried other scales of a similar construction ar,d ng correct. un w Mr. JAMES said that a discussion with the ac°, l " . seemly and indecorous, and what he would w S ,n Al ly or He had not been instructed to charge the jury 0 1 cetA ble tentional error, but Mr. Davis had borne a nlos t r , e „ s , P , e fort/ character as a tradesman for had nus years, ant witnesses to prove the error alleged against the Jur. . ;tie d tbe lie The CHAIRMAN repeated that he bad himself ex-el'" scale, and found' it as correct as it could po ssiblyb e ; t hen tb ° The foreman sald that if Mr. Davis w ere let oft, , other parties had been fined most unjustly. ca i e s trir The CtrAmmax—Then you ought to have th e 9 rem ittew in a business-like manner.—The tine was of course y.) ------ , ',- CRIMINAL COURT.-(11110 - 0 ) OLD COURT. CRIB` v (Before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS and'Mr. Justice as po or ADMINISTERING POISON AT .UXBRIDOE.--Than:,diClej gry, Dickman, aged 19, described as a baker, Iva: '' piclo g i e r feloniously and maliciously administering to N ar y t to tnu r ,: . his wife, a large quantity of oxalic acid, with inte , ':, i iltf,' 0,- her. The prisoner had pleaded that he was " 11( 1 51r. o a Mr. Robinson appeared for the prosecution, lug he P '* a son for the prisoner. The facts of the case app e-ti ten days, and must be fresh in the recollection c 4 gr . Jo' er e The case for the prosecution broke down, rijoner• r. '1 1 ? 600 Williams directed the jury to acquit the Pr i r„ n g e to P°. was another indictment against him for atten'lPLl-' 0 . n ort , eared in The Sun wit ourh-in re i ade. , ce i. his child ; on this also he was acquitted. described as a footman, pleaded guilty . forg ip t g t a o de,ea frso to Thomas Griffiths, aged 21, a genteelly-dressed yorludilelitterd guilty to ing an order for payment of 101., with inte g " a lga - Messrs. Barnard and Co.. the bankers, and w 39 - be transported for fifteen years. BOW-STREE T. —(THIS r William Barkhouse Iltartin Darl;ea•t rl5 landlord of the Coach 8 . 1. Dr it s aa—nri—ddJHo—honsemsenvt;PcbdteAirie,Y„ptd,'"Lioilat° sting a disturbance, and assaulting him ° g ;; ., brot's,, the evening. The evidence of the landlord and t';', ir evio u h' o ttle to the effect, that about eleven o'clock the niV"recl A in defendant Martin came into his house, and °rci tl e, P le stelY of soda-water, for which he gave a fourPl i j r ame d ' o ce payment. lie was very tipsy at the time, an a thil a rtio after he demanded change, asserting that it in:' o , tro cic he had tendered. On the landlord refl.'s' assailed him with the most horrid imps ecation,+ the is at him over the bar, giving him a severe blow r e f doe'be- Ins fist. The landlord then pushed him clu doing which the other defendant, Barbb?utse'the soti" hind, and thrust him (the landlord) also This o f iS Barkhouse then raised a stick he had in „ o h en'_ ts ble struck the prosecutor a severe blow, with the % ce .coo cit . over the head, laying bare his scalp• Tbe l e v d the s et on the beat came up at this juncture, an ° l lia d bee P r otie ll a second blow was descending. Barkhouse the s ite bar drinking with two women at the time of, deo! 0 ° la tter• to with Martin, and seemed a companion of tb f r booo r Mr. HALL said it was too serious a cas e ,: s e ssi°, 3 sitt er summarily with it. He must send littwtt2;sllLishbatthperelisso;,.• the prosecutor, however, expressing might be disposed of at once, as he did rel , n o a sl.ll use j 3 charge at the Sessions, the Bench consentea„i,havn,lri;ttec conviction, and Barkhouse, in consideration aLl' ose of t , the stick, was fined 51., or a month in the n tion ; Martin 3/., or in default, three weeks' ober of deaths, s RT d A t ing L : ITY the week .iltE MenEdTinagorsoaLtiusr.---:;--heyleit:r. iit;,ills: 1,011, b uring 28 below the winter average,o flot 351(0- • however, an increase in several cases uutleF tn , , i/3 3 ~ diseases n a ‘ v, " l v a- ! e i a a evl t e; a ogsmall e e -iPnog l x u n r4 g e2 i P anal measleseetiv e t I h Y e 13 0 :3 1C :21 : 19(si $(1)1id. 'irre-I:cli I:irt:i it i t'lL 1:3: diminution. with g n e24. exceptionArrhme(m(g) deathsf bronchitis,the I.firviolent from t t di h i se e at r e t iiii i si s s e l f 47 4 1 ; sf e rti r : e itei 3 d,e../4 5,; I murder, and 9 from burn 4 and scalde.s. 064%. deaths from small- pox occurred at the follovvil!t);5-1u ' eight under 1 year ; eleven 1-3 ; tA 3-:) ; ei g, c esr s ' four 10-20 ; six 20-30 ; two 30-40 : and one 4' j distwithinguished ,efiefsfulionneewss p___.--.............--------er sons honouredDrury. qourits, Marquis drquiMs ---------- 1 10 4111 ROYAL, DRURVIANE• la ne s t I ll e oc: --The f.° atro their aeotilifal Marchioness en n ct hA c oieLoesn DTuaensadjaydeslas....;....t,irtho ewpitulle eery , s 013;atiri ia T tin H t sk e : __l Pembroke, Earl of 'nn i Mare t;erl March' Keilmansegge, Count de .Nouialle,. Lords 111°'llfea 'Marchionessienosgsnbsadnna3ti,e, Ei )9,o:orurifig F I L figftn,z bdcao; r , dal:11,0;14,c c : i: i ii tereagh, Ranelagh, Duplin, Paget, the ,-`,;r'r chi-, -!t_ msahb l aoojru g ott , rn S etvvhs i s r eho ll gittu,e 7 xt ry aj W or e ß b n b n e , ha C in a , pc ta c i l l n un a e n l a co l‘yfer F i s h.oo er p Henrya n Baring, Sir John Lowther, B a rt.. 0•,,,,, 0 01e r BY I : II 07: : R CA: . s y ry E : 88: of E h iT :D L T ub s —. ---i spittingn e w i r o i:n i: b i o lt if y if: ,i;illn `rant I I f i o - , l r i n it t il i t e p e ho ft ee r r l : 9 , s ? i v : l i it t6 : s : , ,trijochkniss,hrnaeaanndd-gwacealieeral weakness of ins, tbhensisdeecsnsnudffefirtianPggaboilliranvfuculloufsru°lo6(o3olo,:edir not expected to live three mouths, when and s by th e o the use of Holloway's wonderful Pills, t 70,3 ~,el. l t.. means alone, he is now as strong, as b sile ' 81) j i/ °ll3 ever he was in his lift..—Sold (also o°ll oo olloici:,f; ment) at the Establishment of Professor . 5) an d ou t 244, Strand (where advice may be had gr at t i h r'o 4o almost all respectable vendors of medicine he civilised world. of Othnetßheev3.osth.cu.ltilaiatanL,BaunifslaidoTdwallau:phlteeeer. t ' Of Crem ' Wes Ba th ' tb e (OS 1 On ro4 . ell Neil utrlinee,3ooftahauuult.., at Dartrey, county of biongbilii' On the 2d inst., at Isabel -place, Cateberw Mrs. Joseph Thomas Millard, of a son., fsckt host', P in ' On the 2d inst., the wife of Andrew "..,oug-- be ,. of a son. Martin, o n th el 31st ofui ult . , , s a o t n A daeg b `if , On the 3d inst., at Herne-hill, blrs. Haresll, of ,„,is, of the o''' On the 3d inst., ia Hyde-park•sq, - t he •r e of t the w ' It f 1 osel ) Rev. Robert Collins, f a daughter. West-end, ilarapstead, lady ° On the Ist inst ., 'at Blackheath -park , the .10 f illi° Underwood, Esq of a von. On the Ist inst., in Harrington-square, the la"' ° s, Henry Wyatt, Esq., of a daughter, still -born. ~ the gef• ~. On the 1,,t inst. at Winchester, the wife 0 1 *- A 0 of Q. of a daughter. Savoy, the 13 ".' On the 2d inst., in Lancaster place, E. Michele, Esq., of a son. 411-411.1i11.,11. Vober'c'sve_l69ert' On the 3d inst., at St. John's, Horton, co, the yoccp Esq., barrister- at-law, of Manchester, to Fran.. Loon.. tool daughter of George Sow icr, Esq. surgeon, (2...,, Nottlore- On the 3d inst., at Trinity 'ChUrdi,. Just,. whieLl B!acknian, only daughter of Mrs. 1 31911' ' hill, to Thomas Jones, of Southagate. _ to wn , 11. D.1.P 3)- Cala cv On the 26th ult., at Camden Cottag,ce, -ell i en P e " Bashall, Esq., aged 86. Sle:' ,j en the 28th ult., at Boyden Ball, licr?._ _a„. Lys, F.,1., son of the late C'olonel Lys, o f Ala d• s,oit,r, o O r n i the 2 1 9th . ult., W. Ni‘i[t.tdtta, iefit,,heoi(.l..}l4.tigil.:;, o nver .•• • st inet., at y e, 5 f the l3te Esq., of the Exeisa. On the 16t lest... at 11:uxwell lial l , :‘,,..1.1-..,l:clict v 6 Oil' Henry G. 1 , kg., tif `..3crutoti ti till, ; i ~i.etior-plec ' On the 2(1 inst., air. William Phelps, Q 1 i' worth, aget.l6s. ~ a Of -"`-'-.---- London : Print , A. an ' oftic 1 No. 112, 1-tt.ltn,l. ?ratter .tr l',, - iii t o 1, 0, S-rand. in ;:-_, I; M i,ld3esva: Thur:;:a-ly'l,l2'Fbe---Ilisrfbc::::;b6T4,:11!j11111' a .e(;):.1:11::)it'lf .~i;:..: ... _ _ ... _... RAILWAY SHARES, St. Germain ..............1047 50 ..1047 50 —lOl7 50 ..1047 50 517 50 .. 532 50 .. 517 50 .. 532 50 398 75 .. 405 .. 398 75 .. 405 Rouen --- Rouen to Havre.. ••.• • ... • 905 .. 905 .. 901 25 .. 905 Orleans 1145 ..1152 50 ..1145 ..1150 Strasburg to Bale • Avignon to Marseilles....• 927 50 .. 935 .. 927 50 .. 935 RAILWAYS FOR THE ACCOUNT, FEB 15. St. Germain ..............1045 ..1052 50 . ..1045 —1052 50 Versailles,R.B.• 517 50 .. 540 .. 517 50 .. 537 50 400 .. 410 .. 400 .. 407 50 R0uen.......... Rouen to Havre ••• • • 900 .. 907 50 . 900 .. 902 50 Orlears ..... ..1155 —ll4l 50 ..1152 50 Strasburg to Bale— •... 315 .. 317 50 .. 312 50 . 313 75 Mignon to Marseilles.. •—• 932 50 .. 937 50 .. 932 50 . 935 THIS DAY'S NEWS. OVERLAND MAIL. TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCH. We have just received the following from our Parisian Correspondent : " PARIS, Two o'CLocK, WEDNESDAY. " A telegraphic dispatch has just been received announcing the arrival of the Indian Mail yester day morning at Marseilles. The dispatch being silent as to the contents, it is to be presumed that there is no political news of importance. " The Paris papers contain no news. The Madrid mail had not arrived, owing to snow on the roads. " The Speech of the QueQn of England had just been received by Extraordinary Express, and was considered most satisfactory."—Morning Paper. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met at Twelve o'clock. The LORD CHANCELLOR appeared at the table, aF.d announced that her Mjesty had appoiutcd half-past two to receive the Address, at Buckingham Palace. At a Quarter before Two, the Lord Chancellor, ac companied by the Marquis Camden and Lord Glenlyon, the mover and seconder of the Address, the Duke of St. Albana, the Earl of Shaftesbury, the Earl of Ellenbo rough, Earl Nelson, Lord Colchester, Lord Hawarden, Lord Redesdale, and other Noble Peers, proceeded with the Address to the Palace. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The Speaker, in his state carriage, accompanied by a number of the Members of this House. also waited uron IL-T Majesty with the Address agreed upon last evening. Many of the Members were dressed in uniform. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(TS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Lord DENMAN and a Common Jury.) • CHUCK V. BENNETT. This was an action for false imprisonment, brought by the plaintiff and his brother, who are brokers, against the defen dant, who resides at Limehouse, under the followingcircum stances :—The defendant let certain premises adjoining his own house to Messrs. Robson and Barrow. Those gentlemen dissolved partnership, and Mr. Barrow assigned the premises to Mr. Pontifex, of Shoe-lane, who sent a person to take pos session of the property and warehouse, The person sent for this purpose was locked out, and the plaintiff and his brother came after twelve o'clock at night and kuocked at the gate ; and upon Mr. Bennett asking who was there, they said that if they were not let in they would break in the gate. The defendant called a policeman, and gave them into custody, from which they were discharged the next day. There was a good deal of evidence as to who had the right of posses sion of the yard. His I.ortsnir having left it to the jury to say what da mages, if any, they would give to the plaintiff, the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 40s. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prins.) MANSELL v. PETO AND GRIsSELL. The plaintiff in this case is the proprietor of the well know•n coffee-house and hotel, called " Oliver's," at the Mid dlesex end of Westminster-bridge, adjoining Palace-yard, and this action was brought against the contractors under the "Woods and Forests, to recover compensation for the in jury done to plaintiff's premises by the defendants' excava tions for the new Houses of Parliament. The trial occupied the whole of the morning, and had not concluded when we went to press. EXCHEQUER -(THIS DAY.) (Before the Lord Chief BARON and a Special Jury.) TRIAL AT BAR. THE ALLEGED FRAUDS UPON THE REVENUE. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. SMITH. As early as nine o'clock all the avenues to this Court were beset with persons who were anxious to obtain admittance in consequence of the case of Messrs. Smith, the spirit distillers, being fixed for trial at bar this day. No case which has been tried for a considerable time appeared to have excited a greater degree of general interest. The Counsel for the Crown were the Solicitor-General, Sir T. Wilde, Mr. Jervis, and Mr. T. Wilde, jun. ; Mr. Kelly, Mr. Watson, and Mr. ➢lartin appeared as counsel for the defendant. The jury having been sworn, Mr WILDE said this was an information filed by her Majesty's Attorney-General against George Smith. The first count charged the defendants with using a distillery within a quarter of a mile of a rectifying-house ; the second count charged him with having a communication between the two sets of premises, wherby spirits might be conveyed from the one to the other ; the thiru, with using a distillery within a quarter of a mile of a rectifying-house, with an under ground pipe, by means of which spirits might be conveyed from the one to the other ; the foarth, with having a distil lery within a quarter of a mile of a rectifying-house, and having a trough to communicate between them ; the fifth count charged the defendant with using a distillery within a quarter of a mile of a rectifying-house, the distillery having been erected before the 6th of April, 1825, but having a com munication between the premises, by which spirits might be conveyed from one to the other. The penalties claimed by the Crown amounted to 9,0001. To the whole of these counts the defendant had pleaded not guilty. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL in opening the case for the Crown said, the magnitude and importance of the ease which was about to be tried had induced him to ask for the unusual solemnity of a trial at bar. Not that he anticipated that any serious difficulty would be found to exist, when the case was thoroughly understood, but knowing the large stake which was at issue, and feeling the important consequences to the defendant of the result of this inquiry, and being aware too that the defendant had secured the advantage of the greatest ingenuity and talent, and that they should be able to win their way to a fair and just result of the investigation through numerous objections, he had felt it neces sary to have the assistance of the united wisdom which presided in that Court, in order that they might be able to arrive safely and securely to the con clusion which the law required. On the 2d of November last year a seizure was made upon the premises of Mr. George Smith, the defendant, of his valuable stock in trade and uten sils, and the public ear was immediately filled with com plaints of the tyranny and oppression of the Excise ; and men's minds were filled with amazement at the consequences which must result from stopping a concern of such enormous magnitude. He would at once claim his fair share iu the responsibility of that proceeding. Was it to be said that be cause the fraud into which they were about to inquire must have been carried on, if carried on at all, on a most gigantic scale, they were to be deterred by the magnitude of the case from administering the law equally and impartially to all? lie distinctly_ avowed that the seizure had been conducted upon his advice and upon his responsibility, and he was de sirous to share in all the consequences which might attach to it, notwithstanding the attempts which had been made to excite public sympathy on behalf of the defendant. The Learned Counsel then referred to the application which was made to that Court in the course of the present term to corn pel the Crown to produce particulars of its charges, and for having since published the affidavits used on that occasion in order to excite public sympathy in his behalf. He then proceeded to say, that the defendant had for many years carried on, to an enormous extent, the business of a distiller, in Bucks-row, Whitcchapel. The duties which he had to pay the Government amounted to 1,000/. a day. He resided in a dwelling-house on the premises with his brother, Mr. James Scott Smith, who carried on the business of a rectifier on premises adjoining the distillery. The de fendant and his brother were not in partnership, the law prohibiting a distiller from carrying on the business of a rec tifier, and a rectifier from carrying on that of a distiller. But though such an union as partnership was prohibited by law they occupied the same premises, and lived in the same house, many of their workmen were employed in common, and lie believed the same horses and carts belonged to both. The jury were aware that, in order to protect the revenue, persons who dealt in excisable commodities were put under very strict and stringent regulations, which were p er f ect l y well known to the trade. Amongst other regulations apply ing to this particular case were those of the 6th of George 111., c. 80. By the 30th section it was required that, before commencing to brew, or make spirits, the brewer or distiller should furnish to the officer authorised to receive the sane, an account in writing, setting forth his. name and place of abode, and giving a true description of - the ve.sels and utensils intended to be used by him ; and by the 32d section it was required that together with every such account there should be delivered a drawing or description or descriptions distinctly showing the course, direction, and con struction of all pipes, cocks, or in s t ruments, to be used in the businees. The Learned Counsel then quoted the 35th sec- .