The Sun. — London, England, 1850-03-04 00:00:00

rptrb lEbition SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. TATTERSALL'S—THIS EVENING Siz o'CLocK. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 6 to 1 agst Osterley 6 to 1 agst Harriott 12 to 1 agst Belus METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 5 to 1 agst Cheerful 25 to 1 agst Eva TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 2 to 1 agst Bee Hunter DERBY. 7 to 1 agst Ghillie Callum 8 to 1 agst Bolingbroke 13 to 1 agst The Nigger 20 to 1 agst Mayors 22 to 1 agst Clincher 25 to 1 agst Mildew 33 to 1 agst William the Conqueror IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS Their Lordships a,s-mbled at half past Four o'clock LORD GOUGH: Viscount Gosms took the oaths and his seat. The gallant veteran arrived shortly after four o'clock, and proceeded to the robing-room. He then appeared at the table robed as a Viscount. He was introduced by Viscount Hawardeu and Viscount Hardinge, who were also robed. Having taken the oaths, the Noble and Gallant Lord took his seat upon the Viscounts' bench. The Lord Chancellor then approached him and shook hands with him cordially, as did several other Noble Lords. The Duke of Cambridge was present at the interesting cere mony. The Noble and Gallant Viscount appeared in excellent health. After remaining upon the Viscounts' bench for a short time, he (having previously retired and disrobed) returned and took his seat upon the cross benches. AFFAIRS OF ALDERNEY-CASE OF MRS. RILEY. Lord BROUGHAM moved for papers relating to the death of a woman named Riley, and certain papers re lating to certain transactions which had taken place in Alderney and Guernsey. He had received the opinion of certain grave and learned judges. Manslaughter, at least, bad been committed in that case, and if on the production of those papers matters should assume an aspect not only doubtful but debateable, not only debateable but detestable, then the slander would fall, not upon his words, but slander would recoil upon that service in which the guilty should be retained. RAILWAY AUDIT BILL. Earl GRANVILLE said, that as the railway cora panics had not taken any steps to introduce a Bill for the audit a railway accounts, he now would in troduce a Bill for that purpose, which he would move should be read a first time. He proposed that the Board of Audit should be formed in the following manner : That each railway company should, at a special general meeting, to be called imediately after the first general meeting, in 1851, elect one deleg ate to choose the rail way audit hoard. He propose that in the election delegates of companies which had paid up 2,000,0001. should have one vote, those of companies who had paid up more than 2,000,000/. and less than 5,000,000/. should have two votes, those who had paid up above 5,000,0001. and under 7,000,000/. three votes, and those who had paid up more than 10,000,0001. should have four ♦otes. The delegates on their first meeting should choose a chairman and two members, who should constitute the board. The members of tho board to be irremovable except by a vote of two-thirds of the delegates con firmed by a dtcision of the Railway Commissioners. The board to have power to inspect and audit the half-yearly report and accounts of aqy railway company, and to decide if the financial statement of each company had been properly made out, if the accounts correctly set forth the financial state of the company, if the entries under the separate heads of capital and r-venue were sufficiently distinguished —if the dividend proposed was in jurious to the permanent interests I f the:railway com pany if the accounts bad been properly passed, and if the state of the company was properly set forth in those accounts. The expense he proposed should be defrayed by a sum of 10,000/., to be p.id into the hands of the Com missioners of Railways, and by them to be deposited in the Bank of England to the account of the railway auditors. Ile proposed that the accounts of the railway auditors should be audited by the Commissioners of Audit of Public Accounts. Such were the principal provisions of the Bill, which he moved should be read a first time. After a few words from Lord MONTEAGLE, the motion was ag eed to. NATIONAL EDUCATION. Lord STANLEY presented a p( tition from some place in Monmouthshire complaining of the management clauses of the minutes of the Committee of Privy Council on national education. He had no wish to raise a dis cussion on that very large subject on the introduction of this petition. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE was perfectly pre pared to enter upon the discussion, and to lay before their Lordships a plain ttatement of facts, which would have t.,e effect of Eutting an end to the numerous mit rel resenta ions which had 13 , e❑ put forth cn the subject of the conduct of the Committee of Privy Council. Trte cf LONDON wished to avoid any dis cussion at the present mom( t. Ile considered that he stood in some degree in the capacity of a moderator, a d he suggested that th, whole ci,bj , ict should be rtferred to a Select Committee. Th e Arefiiiisfiop of CANTERBURY acknowledged that the Church nit do him duty in providing for the e lucati f the people without the assist ance of the State, and he acknowledged the libe rality of Parliament in affording that asisistance, but he contended ihat a satisfactory inspection of schools could be made only by the clergyman of that parish be caw e he only was constantly resident. Lord BROUGIIAM rose, and was (LEFT SPEARING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. ELECTION FOR THE CITY OF LONDON. The SPEAKER, said he had received a communica tion, stating that it was not the intention of the parties to proceed with the pctitio❑ which bad been presented against the return of Baron Rothschild for the city of London. GREAT CENTRAL GAS BILL. In reply to Mr. REYNOLDS, Mr. W YLD said it was nt t the intention of the rar ths promoting the Great Central Gas Consumers' Com pany (No. 2) Bill to interfere with the existing supplies t f gas in the parish of St. Pancres. The Bill was then read a second time. SECOND READINGS. The fAlowing Bills were read a second time, and or demi to be committed : Farrner's Estate Society (Ireland). Ip,wieh General Cemetery. ltailsvay Assurance Company. PETITIONS. Mr. REYNOLDS presented several petitions in favour of the reduction of the duty on paper. A considerable number of petitions were presented against Sunday labour in the Post -office. Mr. BROWN presented petitions from places in Lan cashire praying for a reduction of the duty on tea. Sir G. STRICKLAND presented a petition from Preston, signed by 4 ; 300 persons, to the same effect. Sir J. WALMSLEY presented three petitions from places in Lancashire in favour of the establishment of coot: ty financial boards. Mr: THICKNESSE presented a petition praying for a reduction of the duty on tea ; also a petition praying for an extension of the county courts. Sir R. IL INGLIS presented several petitions against the Marriage Bill. Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR presented a petition numerously signed by the inhabitants of Westminster, praying for better sanitary regulations in the metropolis. Mr, KERSHAW presented a petition from Stockport in favour of a reduction of the tea duties. Mr. HODGES presented a petition from Kent for a rc duction of the hop duty. Sir D. DTJNDAS presented a petition from Suther landahire in favour of the Marriage Bill. Sir 13. HALL presented a petition in favour of esta blishing superannuation funds for poor-law officers. Mr. GOULBURN presented a petition from the rural deanery of Hastings against the Marriage Bill. . Mr. M. GIBSON presented a petition signed by 8,000 persons, praying for a reduction on the duty on tea; also a petition iu favour of the establishment of county finan cial ards ; and a petition praying fora system of se cular education, to be supported by local rates. Sir W. MOLES WOR TH presented a petition praying fur the abolition of the tax on newspapers. Mr. FRE W EN presented a petition in favour cf county financial boards; also a petition praying for summary jurisdiction in cases of petty larceny. Mr. 4IIME presented a petition from ratepayers in the county of Stafford, agreed to at a public meeting, in favour of county financial boards. NOTICES OF MOIION. Mr, REYNOLDS gave notice of his intention to tncive aniendmrnts in Committee to certain clauses of the Irish Rkgistratihn Bill. Mr. MACGREGOR gave notice of his intention, on an early day, to move the abolition of the stamp duties on documents bills of lading, charter p ar ti es , an d other shipping Sir E. BUXTON gave notice of his intention, on an early duy, to move a resolution to the effect that it ti} as impolitic to expose the British producer of sugar in the home market t, the competition of slave-growing b 4! e EXPORTS. In reply to a question from Mr. WODEHOUSE, re la iva to the cxport3 of gr•ld from this country the 10"3r f ,car,ity 1800 and 18 01, and also of the previous year yen . 1 .• scarc ity, 1795, i n connexion with the import of corn and grsio of all kinds in the same period. Mr. LABOUCHERE said there acre no official ac cent, ti of the export of gold before the year 1800, while, with r,gerd to those of the year 1801, the accounts were e! a very meagre and incomplete character. It would, tier: fore, nor, serve the purpose of the Hon. Gentleman to la. them before the House. DANISH AFFAIRS. Mr. SANDARS observed that one day last week, he gave noticevi his intention to put a question to the Noble Lord at the head of the Foreign Department, relative to the Danish war, but the Noble Lord was not in his piece on Friday, and he was forced to renew his . notice for tn-hight,, Noble L o rd, h owever , being still not 14 Ili* Pl4OO l ha bogged leave to put him question to the Noble Lord at the head of the Government. Some arrangement had been come to between Prussia and Austria for a continuance of the Danish armistice, and he should be glad to know upon what conditions the renewal had taken place. Lord J. RUSSELL was not in a position to fur nish the Honourable Gentleman with the infor mation. The negotiations in the affair were still rending, and he was not in a condition to answer the question. Mr. SAND ARS did not consider the answer at all satisfactory, and gave notice of his intention to repeat the question some day this week, adding that if the Noble Lord the Foreign Minister were not in his place to answer it, he should move the adjournment of the House for an hour, to enable the Noble Lord to be in at tend ante. SIR F. COLLIER'S DISPATCHES. Sir EDWARD BUXTON asked Lord John Russell, in the absence of the First Lord of the Admiralty, when Rear-Admiral Sir F. Collier's dispatches, dated Septem ber, 1849, inclosing Commander Farquhar's report of his proceedings on the 31st July, 1849, would be laid before the House. He (Sir E. Buxton) wished to know whether those papers would be laid on the table before the House went into Committee on the Naval Estimates? Lord J. RUSSELL did not know whether or not the papers were ready to be laid on the table. Mr. HUME said the papers in question were the Sarawak papers, and it was cf the highest importance they should have that correspondence laid on the table of the House, because it turned out that Ler Majesty's Government ordered 200 of her Majesty's troops to go from Madras to the support of Sarawak, of which Par liament had no notice; and it was necessary to know on what grounds those troops were sent there. Mr. LABOUCHERE quite agreed with the Hon. Member that it was necessary that these papers should be laid before the House before any discussion was taken on the subject. TREATMENT OF PAUPERISM (IRELAND)— SCARIFF UNION. Mr. POULETT SCROPE begged to ask the Noble Lord at the head of the Government whether any measures, and if so what measures, had been taken to remedy the abuses which had taken place in the union workhouse of Scariff. He was credibly informed that during the last six weeks r i ot only had those paupers, who were under medical t r eatment, been deprived of the sustenance necessary for their con dition, but that also the 4,774 who were now, or rather ought to be, the recipients of parochial relief. They had none of the requisite enjoyments which were necessary to their condition, neither meat, milk, nor any of the other comforts which they required. Lord J. RUSSELL must confess that the papers which he had received were not quite so complete as they ought to have been, but it did appear that on the 16th of September, there were 2,546 persons who were recei►ing relief, and that 8,000 appeared on the books on the 9th of January. On the 29th of September, 20,0001. had been given from the Rate in Aid, and that since then not less than 13,0001. had been given in advances. In addition to this, 2,0001. had since been provided, and now a rate of 4s. in the pound had just been made. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVIIINING, MARCH 4, 1850 GOVERNMENT BUSINESS. In reply to Mr. SANDARS, Lord PALMERSTON said that no renewal of the armistice had jet been agreed upon betwt en Denmark on the one hand, and Frankfort and Berlin on the other, but her Majesty's Government had been in communica tion with many parties, with the view of obtaining a fixed prorogation of the armistice, as well as for the purpose of ob'aining a final settle ment. There were difficulties on both sides which had, as yet, prevented a renewal of the armistice, but the armistice continued de facto, and would continue until one of the parties gave notice of their intention to bring it to a termination. He did not, however, think that either party had any wish at present to give such a notice. ADJOURNMENT DURING EASTER RECESS. In reply to an Hort. MEMBER, Lord J. RUSSELL said it was his intention to propose the adjournment of the House from Tuesday in Passion week until Monday the Bth of April. GREECE. Mr. HUME wished t) know in what position our po litical relations stood with reference to Greece. Lord PALMERSTON said the state of our relations was thiP. It was thought necessary, after repeated ap plications, to make a peremptory demand upon the Government of Greece, but that being refused reprisals were commenced which his Hon. Friend would know consisted in taking certain property, which was held as security for the payment of demands.—(Hear, hear.) Those reprisals were carried on to a certain extent ; the good ( faces of the French Government had been accepted; but by the last accounts it did dot appear that the egent of the French Government bad arrived in Greece. The diplomatic relations of this country with Greece had, however, never been suspended; and Mr. Wyse, although he bad emba►ked on board a nran-01-Rar, had continued in diplomatic commu nication v. ith the Goverrment, and no courtesy was Omitted On his side. On tf. e anniversary of the birth or t!.e Queen of Greece, it appeared that our Am bassador had been saluted with all honours.—(Hear.) MERCANTILE AND MARINE BILL. In reply to Lord J. MANNERS, Mr. LABOUCHERE said that he would not be able to propose the second reading of that Bdl before Easter. Sir F. THESIGER wished to ask the Attorney-Ge neral whether the answer which he had given to the Hon. Member for Southwark was ene which he meant to abide by? The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that he never gave an opinion in that House which he was not pre pared to abide by. The law which expired on the 10th of August was only a temporary one, and gave the Crown the power to create a council for the order, peace, and good government, and he thought that taxation was a part (f good government. Sir W. MOLESWORTH said that the question which he bad asked, was one very different from that which the Attorney-General had answered. The ques tion was, whether the laws made by the council were legal, or illegal, and whether it had the power of taxa tion. Sir F. THESIG ER—Will my Hon. and Learned Friend allow me to ask him this question ? Has the council now power to make laws for the taxation of the coluny ? The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—Certainly ; or any other question my Eon. and Learned Friend may wish to put. IRISH FREEMEN. Colonel CHATTERTON wished to ask the Right lion. Baronet the Secretary for Ireland if he had any objection to introduce a clause into the Irish Registration Bill, giving unresident voters residing within the bounds of the county the right of voting. Sir WILLIAM SOMERVILLE was not prepared to give such an undertaking, bat it was open to the Hon. and Gallant Member to move such sn amendment, and take the sense of the House upon it. IRISH REGISTRATION BILL. The House then went into Committee on this Bill. On the question being put that clause second, as amended, should stand part of the Bill, Sir R. FERGUSON believed there was a very general feeling among the Irish Members that the introduction f a franchise for joint rating, in counties, would be a most mischievous and perilous institution. It would give rise to the most fearful subdivision of the land, and he hoped the Noble Lord (Lord J. Russell) would not press the clause. Lord J. RUSSELL was anxious to hear what :the opinions of the Irish Members mere. Mr. REYNOLDS said the Hon. Baronet (Sir R. Ferguson) had stated that a system of franchise from joint rating would be attended with great subdivision of the land. He (Mr. Reynolds) believed it would have a very different effect, and that effect would be, that where a farmer was rated at any sum that would give a double vote, his son would vote as well as himself in the same way that mercantile partnerships did in boroughs for the property which they held as partners. He trusted that the omission of this clause would still be made, and he was glad to hear that the Noble Lord had declared that he was ready to abide in all, or at least most matters of detail, by the opinion of the Irish Members. Colonel DUNNE would have been inclined to support the clause, but that he saw that it would inevitably tend to reduce instead of extending the franchise in Ireland, and he felt compelled therefore to support the amend ment. After a few words from Mr. FITZPATRICK in ap proval of the system proposed, Mr. FAGAN said that in his county there were a great number of joint occupancies, and unless the privi lege of the franchise were extended to those joint occu pancies the whole project of the Bill would be defeated. Mr. GROGAN said the effect of this clause would be the sub-division of properties in Ireland. Dr. POWER supported the clause. He could not in the least see that what was anticipated by the Hon. Member opposite would be brought about by this Bill. Mr. GRATTAN hoped that the Noble L or d would not be deterred by all this talk from carrying out the clause. - - Mr. FOX thought that this clause would give oppor tunity in many instances for farmers to subdivide their property in order to give a vote to their sons or brothers. Mr. CLENIENTS supported the amendment. Under all circumstances it was very desirable that this clause should be expunged. Mr. SADLEIR said the Noble Lord at the head of the Government must at once determine upon withdrawing or retaining this most important clause, as it was totally impossible to obtain anything like unanimity upon a subject of this nature amongst Irish Members. It was purely a politi cal question, and unanimity could, therefore, not be expected ; but he thought it was highly desirable that the clause should be continued. The Irish Reform Bill had failed to carry out the inten tions of the Legislature, and as, after all, this Bill would only give Ireland a stunted and meagre con stituency, they could not afford to sacrifice this clause. The 5L franchise in fee, irrespective of occupancy, and the occupatiou franchiet were both objecti9l2oole. In reply to Sir W. MOLESWORTH, as to whether it was the intention of the Government to proceed with the Australian Colonies Bill, on Friday next, Lord JOHN RUSSELL said the Government would not proceed with the Bill, as he purposed, on Friday next, to go into a Committee of Supply, and to take the first two votes of the Army Estimates; and he intended toafix Monday for going into the Navy Estimates. He hoped the Chancellor of the Exchequer would be suffi ciently recovered to make his financial statement on the 15th instant, the day which had been originally fixed for the purpose. In reply to another question from Sir W. MOLES- W ORTH, Lord J. RUSSELL said the Government would fix the 26th for the Australian Colonies Bill. DANISH QUESTION. could the House check corruption by enlarging the number of voters out of the land in connexion with actual occupation and residence? Under the operation of this Bill, even with the retention of clause 2, there would be a very scanty constituency afforded to the people of Ireland. The joint tenancy had been long enjoyed by the people of England, and who had heard of its being abused in England? Ho was aware how much these clauses were likely to operate to the disadvantage of the several tenants in Ire land, and how likely they were to work to the disad vantage of the joint occupants of land in that country. Clause 102 appeared to him useless and pernicious, and calculated only to do injury to the Irish tenantry, with out being of the slightest service to the English contributor. Mr. ROEBUCK said that there were few subjects connected with Ireland with regard to which any sufficient information was possessed by English:Mem bers, and he, for one, felt himse:f in considerable difficulty as to what he should do. All, then, that he could do was to appeal to the Noble Lord at the head of the Government to state what the effect of this clause was intended to be. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that he had received several suggestions from Irish Members that these claims would be very injurious in Ireland, but since the Bill had come under discussion he had seen so little agreement among Irish Members that he had resolved to abide by his original determination. Mr. STAFFORD congratulated the Noble Lord on the determination be had expressed of not taking any advice from that side of the House. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL considered that the evils pointed out by the Hon. Gentleman would not be remedied by the omission of the clause, but, on the con trary, would be rather increased. Mr. HERBERT observed that the case put by the Learned Attorney-General was where the landlord took no interest in his tenant, whereas the case put by his Hon. Friend the Member for Nottingham was, that of the landlord who did take an interest in his tenant, and was anxious for political influence. The clause if carried would open the door to jobbing, and result in dagger to the social condition of Ireland, and he should certainly oppose it. Mr. HUME said they were not dilcussing the pro priety of giving landlords votes, but of extending the franchise to the tenant, and as the small farmer was en titled to it as a matter of right, be should support the clause. Let the electors have vote by ballot and they might set at nought the (influence of landlords on the one hand and the priests on the other. He hoped the ' Government would persevere with the clause. Mr. SCULLEY thought this was a national, and not a mere borough, question. He contended the Bill, during its progress, had been opposed factiously. Viscount CASTLEREAGH opposed the clause. They were, by this Bill, altering the whole cons tit uenc y of Ireland, having no data to go upon. After some observations from Mr. ROEBUCK, Sir F. THESIGER congratulated the House on the consideration the point had given to the measure.— (Cheers and laughter.) He thought the Noble Lord at the head of the Government had given up this clause ; but finding that some of the Irish Members would support him, he had stooped down and picked up the clause that he had but shortly before thrown away ;—(Laughter,) He would seriously ask the Noble Lord whether or not great mischief would result from the adoption of this clause ? (Hear, hear.) Colonel RAWDON believed that the claulse would greatly increrse the constituency of Ireland, and he would therefore support it. He felt that the Bill would be good for nothing without it and he had sufficient confidence in the people of Ireland to feel assured that they would not abuse the benefit it gave them. Mr. C. ANSTEY objected to the clause, and was (LEFT SPEAKING.) FRANCE. --- The following paragraph on the affairs of Swit zerland is from the Napoleon :-- "The question at issue in Switzerland does not refer to the refugees—it is particularly Neufchatel which Prussia claims. The rights of the King of Prussia have, it is true, been acknowledged by treaties, but they have not been guaranteed by these treaties, as asserted in the circular of B aron de Schleit nitz. A revolution, moreover, has been accom plished at Neufchatel, and Prussia can only recover her rights by force of arms. In that case the entire confederation would support Neufchatel, and such a quarrel might produce incalculable consequences. For this reason we are persuaded that no Government would have recourse ti extreme measures for such an unim portant object. For, as we have already stated, France, although animated by the most friendly feelings towards the powers of Europe, would find herself constrained to take a part, and Prussia is too enlightened to wish at the present period to displease us.' GREECE. The Courier d' Athenes of the 18th publishes the following note, addressed by Mr. Wyse to M. Londos, on the 9th ult. : " The undersigned has the honour to announce to M. Londos, that he has transmitted to the Bitish Govern ment a copy of the note addressed to him by M. Glarakis, on the 17th (29th) Nov., 1849, in reply to the note of the undersigned, of the 19th July last, as well as others of Sir Edmund Lyons, dated the 27th October, 1839, 23d Sept„ 1841, 14th Sept., 1843, and 13th March, 1849, all of which contained representations to the Greek Government on the subject of acts committed by persons who pretended to be employed by that Govern ment on the islands Cervi and Sapienza, in violation of the rights of sovereignty exercised over those islands b 3 the lonian state to which they belong. By a dispatch from Viscount Palmerston, principal Secretary for Foreign Affairs, dated the 24th January. 1850, and received on the 7th instant, the undersigned was enjc.ined to ibform M. Londos, that previous to the date of the note of M. Glarakis on the 17th (29th) Nov. 1849, the British Government having seen the ne cessity of at once protecting the lonian territory against a recurrence of proceedings so unjustifiable as those which took place when the lonian prisoners were set at liberty at Cervi in the month of February, 1849, had given orders for measures to be taken for the removal of all foreign intruders, not being subjects of the lonian State. And, in fact, taking into consideration that the Geeek Government has not only not replied for several years to the different letters above mentioned, but that it has ever denied their reception, M. Londos cannot be surprised that the British Government should at last feel the obligation of itself proceeding to defend the rights confided to the protection of Great Britain. It results, however, at the pres en t moment, from the note of M. larakis, dated the 17th (29th) Nov., that, persuaded that the principal stipulations by which the extent of the territorial rights of the lonian State has been defined and fixed, are found in the treaty concluded in 1797 at Campo Formio between Austria and France, as well as in those signed in 1699 and 1778 at Carlo wi:z and Passarowitz between the Porte and. Venice, the Greek government maintains that the lonian state caa only pretend to the islands which belonged to Venice previous to 1683, the period at which the war began which terminated with the treaty of Carlowitz. The undersigned has been directed to reply to M. Londos that the title in virtue of which the lonian State possesses the island (..f Cervi and Sapienza, as well as the other small islands which are equally dependent on the seven principal islands of the lonian State is founded not on the treaties of Campo For. mio, Carlowitz, and Passarowitz, but rather upon the treaty signed at Paris on the sth November, 1815, be tween Great Britain, Austria, Russia, and Prussia; and that the only ether treaty which Great Britain can re- cognise to contain a description of the lonian State and its dependencies is that which was concluded in 1800 be tween Russia and the Porte, which describes the islands in the following terms : " The islands of Corfu, Zante, Cephalonia, Santa Maure, Ithaca, Palms, and Cerigo, and all the large and small islands, inhabited and uninhabited, situated opposite the coasts of the Morea and Albania, which have been detached from Vienna, and which have just been conquered." Ilia by virtue of the above-mentioned treaty, and of the special guarantee of Russia that the septinsular republic was organised, and its constitntion esta blished, and that the supreme legislative body of that republic undertook in 1804 to determine the principal islands to which the smaller ones which are particularly mentioned in the treaty of 1800 should be particularly annexed. In consequence, the lonian legis lative body declared, by its act of the 22d of January, 1804, Ist, shat the small islands of Strivoli, Maratho nisi, Pelusi, Prentanove, Prodano, Sapienza, Pone- Selinari, Venetia, and all the others scattered about the sea as far as Cape Gallo, should belong and should be morally and politically united to the island of Zante. 2ndly. That the small islands inhabited and uninhabited of Cerigoto, Poro, Paretto, Dragonera, Cervi, and all others between Cape S. Angelo and Caron, should belong and should be morally and politically united to the island of Cerigo. Thus when Great Britain, by virtue of the treaty of 1815, became the protector of the lonian State, it found the island of Sapienza and Cervi united to Zante and Cerigo by a formal and public act of the septinsular re public, and. Great Britain is consequently bound to maintain intact the state of the territorial posses:reins of the lonian Islands such as it was when those islands were committed to its charge by the treaty of 1815. The undersigned must further inform the Greek Government, that in 1819 the Porte, the incontestable sovereign of the territory which now forms the kingdom of Greece, formally joined the treaty of 1815, by an act of ratification, signed at Constantinople on the 24th April, 1849. It seems, however, that the Greek government pretends that Sapienza and Cervi continued to be occupied by the Porte until the period of the independence of Greece; that those islands were occupied by the Greek Government after that periot?, and that they are therefore included in the territory assigned to the kingdom of Greece. The undersigned must declare in reply, that bolt' Sapienza and Cervi were inspected by the lonian authorities in 1817, and found uninhab:ted, and that when Sir Hen r y W ar d , the present Lord High Com missioner of the lonian Islands, visited the same islands in the course of the summer cf 1849, the former remained uninhabited, while in Cervi there was only one house and 50 inhabitants scattered abroad and living in temporary dwellings. But if subjects of the Porte or of the King of Greece have ever occupied either the one or the other of these islands, they have in doing so committed an act of aggression on the lonian territory. While to the asse r ti on of M. Glarakie, in which he invokes the treaty which established the independence of Gr eece, and axed the limits of that kingdom, _ the under- . - --- signed begs to remind M. Londos that the insular limits of Greece were defined by the protocol of the conference held in London on the 3d of February, 1830, which after having described a northern line of demarcation for the continental portion of the Greek kingdom, and after having established that " all the territories and coun tries situated to the south of this line shall continue to form a part of the Ottoman empire," concludes by enu merating and specifying the islands which ought to be long to the kingdom of Greece in the following terms : " There shall equally belong to Greece the whole of the island of Negropont, with the islands of Drable and Skyro, and the islands f )rmerly known as the Cyclades, comprising therein the island of Amorno." It is evident therefore, that no island, except those which have been thus specified, could ever be claimed by virtue of the treaty as belonging to the kingdom of Greece. The undersigned has further been desired to declare to Mr. Londos that the Greek Government is not au thorised by any treaty or existing public act to claim the islands of Sapienza and Cervi, and that it is incontes tably proved by the treaties of 1815 and 1810, mentioned above, as well as by the act of the Septiatular Republic of 1814, that these two islands belonging to the lonian State. In concluding this communication, the undersigned can only point to the consideration and respect which the British Government have shown towards that of Greece, in Ito manner of treating this question; and must express a fear that the British Government may be much offended by the manner in which the Gret k Government has chosen to reply. In a pointed exposé, which the undersigned must consider, though with great repu,:nance, as emanating from the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Grece, it has been sought to creute the belief that the British Government had neglected to take into consideration Mons. Glarakis's note of the 17th and 29th November, 1849, and that it had peremptorily insisted on this question being terminated at the same time with those mentioned in the note which the undersigned addressed to M. Londos on the sth (17th) of January, 1850, and the British Government will be tae more astonished at this be cause the undersigned had given the most particular care to the note alluded to to confine his demand to the mere reparation "of the injustice and injuri es i n fli c t e d i n Greece on English and lonian subjects, and to recall the Greek Government (as had been done in several other former occasions) in determining those claims in the note of Sir. E. Lyons to M. Colvoetroni dated the 6th De cember, 1848. It would be useless, therefore, to ob serve to M. Londos that the occupation of the unin habited islands of Cervi and Sapi eraa d oes no t con stitute "an injustice or an injury inflicted in Greece on English or lonian subject," and that the note of Sir E. Lyons, dated the 6th December, 1848, does not contain the slightest allusion to those islands ; such an allusion would have been impossible, because the note was entirely devoted to questions on which representations had been submitted to the Greek Go vernment by order of the British Government, and because at the period when it was written no communication what ever had been made by order of the British Govern ment with respect to the islands of Cervi and Sapienza. On the contrary, the British Government had wanted with unexampled patience for a reply Ile m the Greek Government to the representations of the British mission at Athens ; and it is only after the lapse of . nearly eleven years—the date of Sir E. Lyons' note to Zographos was the 15th (27th) Octo er, 1839—and, after having lost all hope, that the British government enjoined for the first time th e Le gation to add ress a communication in its name to the Greek Government on the subject of the islands Cervi and Sapienza, and it was only seven months sub sequent to the date of the after-mentioned note of the 9th December. 1848, that the undersigned wrote to M. Glarakis the note of the 19th July, and in which he de manded the evacuation of these islands. " The undersigned, &e., (Signed) " Trios. WYSE." With regard to the occupation by British troops of the Islands of Cervi and Sapienza, Mr. Wyse, on the 12th Feb., addressed the following note to M. Thou venel, the French envoy : " NOTE ADDRESSED BY DIR. WYSE TO Si. TIIOUVENEL, case : A SSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Newcastle-upon-Tyn r , March 1. 1 NISI PRIUS COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron AL, . - DERSON.) BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE. - NICIIOLSON V. TURNBULL AND WIFE. Mr. Grainger and Mr. Udall were counsel for the plaintiff; Mr. Sergeant Wilkins for the defendants. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, who is an organ-builder in this town, against the defend ant and his wife, to recover damages for a breach of promise of marriage made by the defendant's wile to the plaintiff in the course of the year 1848. It ap peared that the female defendant was the daughter and only child of a Mr. Parkin, a respectable trades man, who died about two years ago, having be queathed to his daughter a considerable sum of money which he had amassed. She resided at Etherley, near Bishop's Auckland, and in the course of 1848 she met the plaintiff at the house of a Mr. Brother ton, who combines the two trades of grocer and music-master at Bishop's Auckland, to which place the plaintiff went continually for the purpose of erecting an organ in the church. The lady going twice a week to learn music of Mr. Brotherton, con tinually met the plaintiff, the consequence of which meeting was, that an intimacy sprung up which ended in an engagement, and the following letters, addressed by the female defendant to the plaintiff, were put in and read to substantiate the plaintiff's " Wednesday Afternoon, March 21, 1849. "My dear Jamcs,—l ought to have answered yours sooner, but I have been so busy, and still am, you must excuse vie. The ring was safe, but it is too large. I suppose it can be made smaller. You can get the licence at Durham to be married at Soutbehurch. I think it would be better than cowing over to Auckland on pur pose, as I believe it has got out about your being at Green's before. " You can get a waistcoat made such as you like, and I will make one such as I like, then you can wear which you choose. I wish I could persuade you nct to get much to the house until I come, I would feel far more comfortable if you would not. Mr. and Mrs. Bro therton do teaze me so. I wish all this anxiety were over. I write in haste, Miss Hall is working beside me. I don't know of anything I shall want from Newcastle. If anything should come into my head, I will write. With kind love I remain, "Yours, very affectionate "li. PARKIN, " 6, West Clayton-street, Newcastle." " Whitehall, March 30, 1849. " My dear James,--Before I received your last, I bad almost begun to think you bad forgotten how to write. You can get licence where it will be most convenient to yourself, it is no matter to me where. I have got your waistcoat finished to buttons, which you will perhaps be kind enough to send by Mr. Brotherton. I would like plated ones best; I enclose a bit of the material, and you must get buttons to suit. I have seen studs to take out when washed. If you can get them, they will be best. I am quite well but rather harassed in mind, but it will soon get over. I have no news. As you are so busy with Lancaster organ, you had better not come on Sa turday. It would be quite as comfortable to me one way as the other, but as you are working so hard, it is a pity to waste so much time. " Yours affectionate, " M. PARKIN." " April 6, 1849. "My dear James,—l received yours yesterday morn ing, and the stads, for which I am much obliged; but you will, perhaps, be kind enough to get the other two studs, as you only sent six instead of seven, and one has got broken on the road; I like them very much. Cousin Jane came last night, and we find it quite impossible to be ready on Tuesday. You must exercise your patience a little longer, and I will do my best to reward you when I do get ready—will that satisfy you ? If I was at Newcastle I think I could persuade you to be patient. I hope you will not feel disappointed more than is necessary on account of this matter ; it is unavoidable, and I can assure you I would not have deferred the day, as I am as anxious to be settled as you can be. When I write again, I hope I shall be able to fix the day that all will be com pleted in. " I shall be glad to find that you are not displeased. I should have been glad for you to have spent Laster Sunday with us, but as you will have to come on the Saturday after to be ready, I think it would be as well if you did not come till that time. I received the licence by Mr. Brotherten; he tells me you are in ca pital spirits. I have just received the box from Stock • ton with bonnets. I like them very much, and hope you will do the same when you see them. Mr. Bro therton told us that you did not intend to send or bring the cake ; please say when you write, as I have not understood from you whether you intend bringing it or not. I write in haste. Cousin Jane sends her love to you. She will not go into Lancashire with us, but will go with us to Newcastle to stay a time. She hopes you will make yourself as happy as you can. With love to yourself and the bairns, yours very affectionately. " M. PARKIN." After the writing of the last letter, it appeared that the defendant, who was a merchant captain, and who had been paying his addresses to the female defendant previous to the plaintiff, returned from sea, and shortly after, on the lath of April, it was intimated to the plaintiff that Miss Parkin did not intend to marry him, Mr. Nicholson, but was about to be mar ried to Captain Turnbull. The plaintiff was very indignant at this treatment, which was increased by his shortly after receiving from Captain Turnbull, the defendant, the following letter : " Etherley, April 21, 1849. " Sir,—ln consequence of not having heard from you, lam desired by Miss Parkin to write you, requesting to know the nature and amount of your claim for ex penses which you have incurred on her account, as she is wishful to reimburse you, as soon as she knows what are the expenses you have been at on her account. " Yours, respectfully, " To Mr. Nicholson." " THOMAS TURNBULL. The plaintiff was therefore tricked out of his wife, and had been put to great expense in taking a large house, and also in procuring a marriage licence; he had likewise been deprived of the property of the lady, and when he suggested that all should be set tled amicably by arbitration, he was cooly told by the defendants to bring his action. Several witnesses having been called, Mr. Sergeant WiLxisis addressed the jury for the defendants, and said it was one of the most extraor dinary cases ever presented to a jury, for, from the letters which had been put in to convince them of the amount of affection entertained by the young lady towards the plaintiff, Mr. Nicholson, when the love was put against the studs, plum cake, waistcoat, and pianoforte, the love bore the same proportion towards those commodities that Falstaff's piece of bread did towards his sack. Fortunately such ridiculous actions were not often brought on the part of a man. On what ground could the plaintiff demand damages ? Was his heart broken ? Fortunately there never was but one broken heart, and that was the broken heart men tioned by Sam Slick, which belonged to a Yankee blacksmith, who undertook to test his strength with an English blacksmith in the lifting of an anvil. The Englishman could not move it ; but the Yankee having raised it, said "it broke his heart, for he never went without a pain in his back afterwards." But the Learned Counsel for the plaintiff had let out the real grievances of the case, in saying that it was a serious thing for the plaintiff to be deprived of the young lady's fortune. If he had only obtained the poor girl's fortune, it would have set him well up in the organ-building, and have enabled him to carry on a roaring trade. The real truth was, that the Bro thertons suggested the match to the plaintiff, as the girl was possessed of money; and they had teazed and worried her nearly to death, for the letters proved that more than anything else, and did not contain the warmth of affection which love letters usually breathe. The plaintiff had proposed a reference. In the name of all that.was amorous, who was to be the referee ? What documents could he inspect? Was the award to be made a rule of court, and if so of what court, except of the court which could alone take cognizance of it— the court of Cupid and Hymen. The truth was that the lady's affections had previously been engaged to Turnbull, and having been induced to break faith with him by the plaintiff, he having returned from sea, the plaintiff was caught in his own trap, and the verdict most suitable to the case would be that returned by a Welsh jury of "serve him right." The young lady was only 20, whereas the plaintiff must be 40, having a child 7 years of age. Captain Turnbull was only 28, and much more suitable in that respect than the plaintiff, who was a man with three children. Elderly suitors should remember the advice— " Old men beware, Young wives will make you remember; They'll bring you to trouble and care, Like poor old Mr. December." With regard to the waistcoat, it must be admitted that a strait-waistcoat would be most appropriate for the plaintiff. But a promise had been made and broken, and so they must find a verdict for the plain tiff. No damage, however, had been sustained ; no love had been lost. It did not appear who paid for the licence, and the ring which had been sent might, for anything which had been shown, have been the ring of the plaintiff's former wife. It wasla disgraceful case, and the jury should mark their indignation by awarding the plaintiff a farthing damages. The Learned JUDGE left it to the jury to say what damages they thought sufficient. Verdict for the plaintiff, damages one farthing. His LORDSIIIF said that such actions should not be brought, and that he should, if requested, certify to Deprive the plaintiff of costs. CROWN COURT.- —(Before Mr. Baron ROLFE ) George Richardson and Thomas ;Orange were in dieted for shooting at John Smith, with intent to murder. Mr. Matthews and Mr. Otter conducted the prose cution ; Mr. Overend defended the prisoners. It appeared that on the night of the 24th of De cember, John Smith, who is gamekeeper to Oswin Cresswell, Esq., of Harehope, in this county, heard guns in the Burnmouth plantation at East Lilburn, and having obtained the assistance of two watchers George Dixon and William Thane, they all pro ceeded to the Fond plantation, and then into A turnip Mr. Sergeant Wilkins and Mr. Otter conducted the prosecution; the Hon. A. Liddell defended the prisoner*. _ It appeared that, on the night of the Ist of Novem ber last, John Roddam, gamekeeper to Mr. Riddell, of Cheeseburn Grange, in company with another man, was going his rounds through Mr. Riddell's preserves. O❑ reaching the Low Fell plantation they heard the discharge of an air-gun, upon which Roddam desired his companion Currie to lie in wait, while he went for further assistance. "While Roddam was absent, Currie saw the three prisoners come out of the plantation, two being armed with guns, and the third with a bludgeon. Roddam shortly, returned with Mr. Riddell and six other per sons. Some stopped at the Bog plantation, while others went in another direction. Mr. Riddell hearing the poachers in the wood, went with Roddam and a man named Havelock, towards them, and having got near to them, the prisoner Clouton asked them what they wanted, upon which Mr. Riddell was proceeding to take him into custody, when he was knocked by the blow of a gun into a dyke. Roddam then pro ceeded after Clouton, who cocked his gun, and point ing it at him, threatened to blow his brains out. Roddam said, " It's of no u3e, I have a gun as well as you." The two other prisoners then came up to Clouton's assistance, when Roddam was knocked down with the butt end of a gun and beat about the head while on the ground. The prisoners then re attacked Mr. Riddell, whose assistants having come to his succour, a regular melee took place, and guns were fired on both sides. Mr. Riddell was wounded in both legs, having seventy-four shot wounds in his left leg, and six in his right. Roddam, the keeper, was severely hurt in the back part of the head, and also on the neck and ear. The prisoners were like wise wounded in the affray. Mr. LIDDELL having addressed the jury for the prisoners, - HIS LORDSHIP summed up. Verdict Guilty. Sentence, ten years' transpor. tation. Mr. Sergeant Murphy tried the prisoners in the grand jury room. Richard Short, who was yesterday convicted of a Post-office felony, was this morning sentenced by Mr. Baron Rolfe to ten years' transportation, his lordship not considering the objection of the prisoner's counsel valid. March 2. Mr. Baron Rolfe sat in the Crown Court this morn ing to try the remaining prisoners, but none of the cases were of importance. The judges will proceed in the course of the day to Durham. WESTERN CIRCUIT, Winchester, March 2. CROWN COURT . —Before Mr: Justice TALFOURD. Thomas Harkey was indicted for having, while in the employ of the Post-office, stolen a gold signet ring, the property of the Postmaster-General. Mr. Rogers and Mr. Poulden appeared for the pro secution, and Mr. Saunders defended the prisoner. The facts of this case were very simple. In June, 1848, a gold signet ring was taken to the shop of Mr. Hewett, a jeweller, at Portsea, to be repaired. He sent it up to a Mr. Bird, a working jeweller at Clerkenwell, London, by post. Mr. Bird repaired it arid on the 14th of June, 1848, put the ring into a box, put it in a letter and posted the letter, which was directed to Mr. Hewett at Portsea, at a branch post-office in Clerkenwell. Thi s letter would in due course have passed through the post-office at Portsea on the 15th. In this office the prisoner was employed as a stamper, and the letter would in due course have passed through his hands. The letter, however, never reached its destination, and nothing was heard of the ring until June last, when, owing to some sus picion falling on the prisoner, :his house was searched, and in a secret drawer of the prisoner's desk the ring was found. On being asked how he came by it he said he had bought it of a jew three years before, and gave ten shillings for it. The defence set up was, that the ring was not clearly identified to be the same ring as sent by Mr. Bird through the post. Bird, however, swore dis tinctly to his work in the repairs of the ring. The jury found the prisoner Guilty. Sentence deferred. The Nisi Prius Court has been occupied the whole day in trying a right of way through a passage lead ing out of a street in Portsmouth. The case is not of the slightest interest, except to the parties immediately concerned. OXFORD CIRCUIT, Abingdon, March 1. Both Courts sat this mornin g a t n i ne . The Nisi Prius continued sitting till seven, and the Crown Court till eight in the evening. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron PLATT.) Henry Gosling, aged 22, a groom, was indicted for having on the 6th of February, in the parish of Fa ringdon, feloniously assaulted and cut and wo un d e d Henry Maskelyne, his master, with intent to maim, disfigure, and kill him. Mr. Cripps conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Carrington the defence. It appeared that the prosecutor was a surgeon, and the prisoner was his groom ; that on the day in ques tion the prosecutor, on returning home, went to his stables, and finding his horses grossly neglected, spoke in very angry terms to the prisoner, who was then under notice to leave, and that the prisoner, on the prosecutor turning his back, struck him with hi , hand on the head and knocked him down, and then beat him, when on the ground, in a most brutal and savage manner, till the family ran out and saved him. The prosecutor had only just recovered from a severe illness, and was therefore the less able to protect himself. He was insensible for a considerable time, and for some time his medical advisers feared that he had suffered a concussion of the brain. li e bled profusely, and there was also a large extravasa tion of blood in the head. On the close of the case for the prosecution, Mr. CARRINGTON submitted, on the authority of the case of "R. v. Stevens," 1 Moody's Crown Cases, 409, decided by seven judges against six, that the charge for cutting and wounding under the statute could not be maintained, as the prisoner had used no weapon. After some discussion, his LORDSHIP said that he was reluctantly obliged to yield to the authority of that decision. Mr. CARRINGTON then said that he could not struggle against a conviction for a common assault. The jury pronounced the prisoner Guilty of a bar barous assault ; and after a suitable addrress upon the barbarous brutal, and cowardly character of the as sault which he had committed, he was sentenced to be imprisoned for 18 calendar months. James Clark, aged 31, a sweep, was indicted for a felonious assault on one John Humphrey, at the borough of Reading, on the 19th of January last, and cutting and wounding him, with intent to maim and disfigure him. Mr. Carrington appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Williams for the defence. This case arose out of the protection meeting at Reading. The prosecutor was a farmer who at tended the meeting. On its being broken up he went homeward, down along Friar-street, followed by a mob of 300 persons, and when he reached the end of that street his hat was knocked off, and the prisoner came behind him, and gave him a violent blow with a heavy-handled whip on the back of the head. There was some difficulty in afterwards tracing the prisoner, and ono of the circumstances which led to hi s detection was the discovery at his house of th e whip with which th e bl ow was inflicted, covered with blood. On being convicted of a common assault he was sentenced to be imprisoned for six months. CIVIL SIDE.— (Before Mr. Justice PATTRSON and a Special Jury.) SCOTT V. BARON ROTHSCHILD. Mr. Keating, Q.C., and Mr. Gray appeared for the pl r aintiff; and Mr. Whately, Q.O , and Mr. Phipson fo the defendant. This was an action by the representative of Henry Scott, the celebrated racehorse trainer at Ascot Heath, against Baron Rothschild, for 2741., the balance of an account alleged to be due to the deceased for the keep, training, &c., of horses belonging to the defendant in the years of 1843, 1844, 1845, and 1846. Scott died in November, 1847, and soon after his death the plaintiff sent in an account to the de fehicndant, charging him with a b a l ance of only 661, wh he at opaid. Soon afterwards this was discovered to be a mistake, and the real balance was said to be 274/. 10s. 3d. The defendant paid 701. into court, and denied his liability to any greater amount; he also pleaded a set-off to the extent of 500/. The case had not proceeded far when it was re ferred to arbitration. The Court was engaged the rest of the day and night ; up to sem o'clock ; with an iuterpleAder ;sue. field adjoining, when they saw four men going along, the line of the plantation. Smith anti the watchers made a turn, ran before them and faced. them ; where upon the four men drew up, three bein4 armed with guns, and the fourth w ith a s ti c k. Th e k eepers ap proached, upon which one of the poachers said, " keep back, or we'll make your wives 'widows." They then put their guns to their shoulders and aimed at Smith. The prisoner Richardson pulled his trigger, but, fortunately, the gun did not go off. One of the poachers not taken then fired his gun, which black ened Smith's face, stunned him, and blew off his cap, the charge riddling it. The poachers then ran away, arid Smith let fly both barrels of his gun amongst them. The two prisoners fell among the turnips, though not from the effects of the gun, and were secured; but while being secured Richardson managed to draw his knife and cut the thick trowsers of Smith quite through. Mr. OYBREND addressed the jury' for the prisoners. Verdict, Guilty. Sentence, ten year's transportation. Alexander Clouton, William Rainshaw, and David .Ridley, were indicted for shooting at John lioddam, with intent to murder him. DATED FEE. 12. " The undersigned is anxious to remove the erroneous impression under which M. Thouvenel wrote the note addressed to me yesterday. " The slightest perusal of the note which the un dersigned forwarded to the Grecian Government en the 9th instant, will be sufficient to demonstrate that Vice-Admiral Parker had no intention what ever of taking possession of the Isles of Cervi and Sapienza, nor even of using his forces in order to se parate those places from intercourse with the lonian territory. Oa the contrary, it is expressly stated in that note, that her Majesty's Government had given orders in conformity with that intention before the date of the letter written by M. Glarakis on the 17th (29th) of November last, which is proved by the fact that the Greek government did not, during six yt are, either reply to the representations of the British legation, or deny the receipt of its letters; and that the execution of these orders was suspended immediately that the government of Greece had broken its extraordinary silence. " The before -mentioned note, which the undersigned ' sent to the Grecian G overnment on t h e 9th inst., is con fined simply to answering that of M. Glarakis of the 17th (29th) March, 1849, and to establish the right of the lonian State to the isles in question. It makes no demand whatever, and contains no reference to any measures which would be undertaken. It merely sub mits the proofs of the right of the lonian State to the consideration of the Hellenic Government. "The undersigned is happy that he can so easily re move the error which appears to have caused so much uneasiness to M. Thouvenel, and is glad of this occasion to renew to the Ambassador of the French Republic his high consideration. (Signed) "THOS. WYSE." CONFESSION OF THE CHILWELL MURDER. About twenty-three years ago a report was cur rent that a pedlar or packman had been murdered at Chilwell, a village about five miles from Nottingham. The circumstances attending the case were these:— In a lonely house, near the wood, there lived a garden labourer named Baguley, who was at that time thought to be in needy circumstances. His family three sons, and a daughter. The daughter w as approac hi ng to years consisted of himself, his w if e , of maturity, but the sons were all considerably under age. A travelling packman, smitten by the daugh ter's charms, frequently visited the house for the pur pose,One night he was observed goi ng i n t o t h e h ouse , b u t h fPayin g hi s a dd resses t o h er . is return, nor has h e bee n heard of e was it not wast seen believed, to c , since, and what most singular the debts owing to him by numerous customers in the n e i g hbourhood were never inquired after or called for. These cir cumstances, connected with t h e f act that soon after the paekman's disappearanc e B agu l ey remove d to a more commodious house, and invested a little money in the purchase of live stock, gave rise to va rious rumours at the time, w hi c h were not muc h heeded. We have heard a s t atement that appears to be the most probable version of the murder, and the reasons for it, but forbear repeating it at this stage of the affair. Baguley lived uncomfortably with his first wife, who frequently threatened him when quar relling, that she knew where his coat of arms was, and that he had better mind h ow h e b ehaved to her. This was in allusion to the coat he is supposed to have worn at the murder, kept secreted. She died ab ou t s i x years ago, and it and which it i s sa id she is said he never allowed a ny one to approach her during her last illness. Subsequently he married another woman. The cottage he bad quitted has been for nearly twenty years notorious as " the haunted house"—the villagers asserting th a t th e y fre quently hear strange noises in it, especially during the night, and many ghostly tales are narrated respecting horrilale apparitions. In consequence of these absurd rumours the house is forsaken, no one being bold enough to brave its terrors. A fortnight since the old man Baguley lay upon the bed of death, and before his spirit left its earthly tenement he confessed to his wife that he, " twenty-three years ago murdered a hawker of shawls, blankets, and other wares, w ith a p i ck, an d buried the pick at the bottom i of th e d y k e near t h e house." A great number of idle reports are afloat, and the consequence is that Chilwell is daily crowded with visitors. On Sunday there were some hundreds of people round " the haunted house," an d t h ey known pi pick, but the wanted havingin the been dyke fo made r the autho rities, they were prevented. Baguley,' but the cir cumstancess widow, who was married to him about three years, says she has lived most uncomfortably with him, for when a s l eep he was always v i s it e d b y an noying and painful drea ms , and he w ou ld f requent l y fi g ht with his hand s , as i f struggling w ith some one , an d j umping up would ex. claim in great terror that some one was about to sei ze him. The a ff a i r i s crea ti ng much gossip and sen sation, and during the present week hundreds of silly curious people have visited what they call the " Gh os t House," and m i nu t e l y i ns p e cted the premises. It is a singular fact that the cottage in which the murder i s said to have b een comm itt e d has never since found a tenant who dared t o s t ay f o r any length of time, and for many years there has been considerable excite ment in the neighbourhood, and a great alarm amongst the sup ers titi ous , by the singular and hitherto unaccountable noises that have been often h ear d on the premise s , de3ignated as "The Chilwell Ghost " and "The H aun t e d House at Chilwell. „ We have received a vari e t y o f commun ications on the subject, with the names of parties who have heard and seen strange things connecte d w ith his ghostship, but we leave it for the curious and marvel-seekers to ferret out the mystery —N tt• hams • o hire Guardian. GREAT WESTER N RAILWAY.—We regret to hear that a serious rupture is likely to take place between the authorities and th e eng i ne d r i ve rs of the Great Western Railway. The d r i vers comp l a i n that st pinching system of economy has for some time past been insidiously introduced for the purpose of effecting very petty re ductions in the locomotive expenditure, and that the saving even of the few bags of coke consumed in the lighting of an engine is allowed to interfere with that reasonable comfort and convenience which the servant has a right to clai m at t h e h an d s of his master. The most recent deter m i nat i on to i m pose additional labour, without addition a l pay, u pon the engine - driver s, is stated to us to be evid ence d i n a n alteration which is , on the Ist of March (y e s ter d ay ) to come into operation amonst the driver s o f t h e S ou th Devon line, which is worked by the G reat W estern Company.—Somerset Gazette. At the North Po o l m i n i ng mee ting, a dividend of 251. per share was declared, :and a balance of 5171. 15s. 3d. carried to next account, )M E elßcurr, Rord, 11( - CIVIL SIDE—(l3Jore Chief aif Justice WILD and a Common Jury.) MEAD (AN INFANT) V CHEER. Mr. I3ovill was for the Thiswas llowed a writ of injuirv, 'urigment being 0 by default, . __ i d by the • tiff• defendant, ' for having beaten and struck the plz" ni March 2. bers for tho def endant. This ~ t -Ow -c lon a';)peared to of a most trumperi _ des' meter 1 d' * be • ne ((fondant, who is a respectable tra 3 . t m is an in the town of lltn-tford, it seemed, had chfi, 11 the plintiff, 1 lad in wlo was a plaintiff, and Mr. DI. Cha.... sus'- in tnsolence ; .and, vvaL , - the castigation, the injury inflicted was W I the got bola of ) tr, alth9ugh some little severity tri• fling; but a London attorneyhaving case, an action-at-law was cotnmenced in of fir t h,' and the matter now came to be disposed ci " at i assizes. Mr. CIIANIBEI s, in mitigation of damage° , ill/ r e :lel upon the jury the real nature of the case, 0 0 ; c iv to upon them to give such a verdict as would be Il d e on 'ted repress such proceedings as the present being a r on any future occasion. i i n tiff- -ds ' ma T ge h s e 2 j o u: . y ; arnedturthneediaeaverddic Judge, fo d r ge the af P:i us ervii!g that the proper tribunal the COI case was Court, said he should not certify for cost`• for rn s e uch ati' rir b. , - ye KE A THE COUNTRY 111 A-• --- n obes °' • d large ' a, ' pier LIVERPOOL MARCH 2.—We have receive a las t d Indian corn and of American and French dour sir% wee k, 0 day. The corn market has been very dull th a reduction prices generally lower. On wheat there has been on iodise of 2d per bushel, on flour 6d per barrel and s ack ' • i tt ess. • . 4, corn 6d per quarter, w ith an exceedingly small , wu j . d . Wheat, per 701 b : s. d. s. d. Barley, English, Pr 27 0 tOO 0 English, old.. - • 6 4 to 6 6 imperial q uarter 3 4 Do. new .. 510 6 0 I r i s h, S cotch, and 3 0 •••' s $ Irish, new .. • • 510 6 0 Alanx,per6olb•• 2 10-- 0 0 Do., old .. • • 5 6 5 7 Barley, Feeding" 23 0 -- Manx, red and wh. 5 4 5 10 E ye , per 480 lb • • n 32 gt Dantsic, high mixed 7 2 7 4 Beans, Eng lish ' pr. 3l "-- Rostock .. .. Do., mixed .. .. 6 6—6 10 27 0 S q c u o a te rtr h , - 0 -•'' 1 0 Hamburgh and per 4801 b• • , 3 0 0 0 0 Lower Baltic .. 60— 6 3 Foreign duty Pd. ' im- 0 - American, whit& 6 2 6 6 European, per 28 Spanish and Italian, penal quarter.• red and white.. 0 0— 0 0 Peas, a 0 ° English. 3 2 . -"" 3 ) o 6 , _ 6 8 I, i i s m h p a e i r l i d a 1 Hungarian and Mariaropoli .. 5 4 5 6 Foreign • • ',. ~. _, 34 C' n Odessa, Polish .. 5 6 5 9 Malt, English, Pe r 50 v - 46 v Do., common .. 5 2 5 4 imperial „ pa w 40 0 -- 62 0 imperial quar tr 2 9 0 •-- Do., hard.. • • 0 0— 0 0 Do., Irish '• 50 0 '''" Egyptian ..• . 4 4 4 8 Do., brown I " 1 Oats, per 451 b : Flour, English, pn. 10 0 -- 34 ° • • -- English, Scotch, 2801 b • • • 33 0 and Welsh .. 210 3 0 Irish, extra fin e. ' ~ 23 6 Irish, new, best Unite d State?), Pet 22 6 l i 9 'pealing .. .. 23 2 4 barrel • • 91 3 "... n Do., mid and inf. 2 0— 2 2 Canadian •• •,* 23 " Old .. • • • • 2 4- 2 6 Oatmeal, Englts. , 22 0 .-- ni 3 Indian corn, • per St Scotch,Pr 24olb 21 0 _ i so ° 4801 b .. .. 27 6 30 6 Irish, new " .• 19 ° _,i, e l ! Do. Meal, per 196113 13 6 14 0 Do., old • '• 19 Vl , '"" Ider. MANCHESTER, :MARCH 2.—Throughout se an d; 0... ch stagnation has existed in the trade generallY , d ial W an ts having evinced more anxiety to sell, the few transa m i as l (PIA took place were at prices below the Prev ieus Iv of eagig tbl e t ions. With the exception of a moderate soPl a u s eor p sre teg e the arrivals from Ireland at Liverpool and Il a is i . t here . e !s eed week to a limited amount, but from abroaol import of States and French flour, particularlyese the 0 with a liberal quantity of Indian corn, and a L a of nhelsr wheat and beans. The decline noted in th e e fr i e a e r or - ora o t : ota l it ri s Wakefield yesterday had a very depressing ket this morning, and notwithstanding that lor e t icks of to have bee n su b m i tte d for most of the l e ading a r in duce , ' n , trade, the dealers and bakers could not be 0 0 0 e° lb operate beyond the merest retail extent for IS" per 1 60 sumption. We reduce our quotations 2d t to so d sls on wheat, is per sack on flour, Id per 451 b on ?elated as per load on oatmeal ; but they must still be coon Of to most nominal. ss , bsrlelSe s per READING, MARCH 2.—Wheat, 30s to a,s; ‘ , 2 , to .--...., . 30s ; oats, 16s to 20s; beans, 30s to 33s ; Pet - od per ' s ;Or quarter. Fat hogs, 7s 6d to 7s 9d ; porkers , u'' duck° , - le Poultry—Fowls, per , couple, 3s 6d to 45 Od ; o s for 3s 6d to 4s Pd. Butter, ild to is per lb. 1 4P 18 „ttenda ace tell WORCESTER, MARCH 2.—There was a f air - peek' ro e [ market to-day, but business was dull, and last A ne.` tis 6,1 P, were barely supported. Best English wheat 165 t b o ar J lo , es l e; bag inferior and red, lls4d to 153 6d. Orincli fl i pia , a , l n sts bushel;_ malting from 33 2d to 3s 4d per bushe l ' l. OW - 6,1 sale. Malt in fair demand at 7s to 7s 6d per bull"! i r isb, 9e i t s (English) 3e 3d to 3s 6d per bushel, and new, 3a ' ha e I ta l. to 2s 9d. B eans (E ng li s h ) 13s to 1 4 4 per 1 1 - e r b boiling p eas 4 s per b ushel ;grinding to - sa mples, 3 s d bits Winter vetches .5s per bushel. d, ntl d rola The Kidderminter market was well supplie to t. to wheat averaged 15s 6d per bag. B ea ns in slow r e q ly 35 0 oats 3s, a n d new 2 s 6d per bushel. Malting bar a the 3s 4d. lied , ° tile At IN olverh amp t on t h e mar k et was f u lly OP , ' n lo -s rates of last week were barely maintained for wheat. 104 grain no alteration. Friday' At Stourbridge and Stratford-on-Avon , ° II ' d 401 b Ptei Od week's rates were pretty well sustained. 5 6 , ABERDEEN, MARCH I.—Grain—Oats 13s 'O l3 o d too 6a os bushel ; oats, new, 00s Od to 00s; foreign oats, cos 0 8st 6,j per qr.; barley, 18s to 18s 6d, 521bs per bushel; b e , i s t o d to Il e f t 6d,521bs per bushel; wheat. 38s to 425; oatmeal, 11 . s ionsAr t ; 6d per boll ; flour, 32s to 33s per sack. P rev s i I, c l l ' 0d; 4d to 6d per lb ; mutton, ditto, 4d to Ede r lb, Od '''' to; to 8d ; pork, per lb, 3d to 5d ; lamb, P k, w e b,ioo is tallow, per stone, 4s to 4s 6d ; potatoes, Pe r ar ea, ~, gd; hay, per cwt, Os to Os ; rabbits, each, 8d to 9a; -i i, Pi w v el 6d to 21; grouse, per brace, Os to Os ; butter, Pee n ,, n -. bel;to, eggs, per doz, 6d to 8d ; cheese,' per cwt, ISs to . 1 •'" d ' oe ks, .04 pair, 3s Od to 3s6d•, chickens, ditto, 9 5 Od to 25 6d; eo h,4s eent 2s Gd to 2s 6d ; ducklings, ditto, Os to Os Od; turkeys (1' Od to ssod; geese, ditto, 3s 6d to 4s; butter for p e e d e s l 4lbs , cure), per cat, 00. to 518 - eggs. wholesale price , ol ;. i . g e, 3s ss 6d dd t 0 0 0 4 %1 s 3 O d d ; ; s p h o i i p k fine, pork to 5d ; 41b loaf, 6d ; 21b loaf, 3d ; pork, Per ar u ork "oss Meal—Oatmeal, is 2d to Is 3d; barley du st : n oel, L i t lef peasemeal, Is 8d to 28 Od; side, 6d to Id ; b i e A a 'l2cl; 1- - to is 2d; flour, Is 8,1 to is 10d , barley, lb, j- -(3 • per , ha helt flour, ls 2d to Is 3d. fou r w ! 160 DALKEITH, FEB. 28.—The relative w eight Pe r t , 2l h so° 0, small per haSrsr-e6ldotfo 2 O 0 s 4 °1"b1; , ix:: 7ti f d i of the three prices of wheat were 18st 121 b, 1 74 '1 114 9 15 1b 5 . t 12(1ta,t ands,l2ls t 4 5, t l b 0 , 1h 1 . 9s t r. O e l b a ,s and d d b lo ea st ns lib iBst r i b le , Y l7 6t 13 Inferlot, and 17st 3lb s . Qrs. Best. Current. xi 7 8 411 Wheat ... .....Z2 2 0 £1 15 13 0 10 0 1239 Oats 578 Barley 56 Peas and Beans 1 7 0 1 5 0 t to• 34s 4lia . rlie• t o Average of wheat day the numbers were —oxen, 803 ; sheep, ~ ott e On ;a g GLASGOW CATTLE MARKET, FEE 2.8.- - A` - Os' l . - - he 1,108. to °foto, the large supply of cattle shown, and the 51 ? u r g i g ee ia g h t!! d_ l e a f : tr io; market, it caused sales to be very dull, and ward tendency. Best ox beef 38s, current 435 to14,11;d o i l ; beasts from 30s to 36s per cwt., sinking the ofl a l a st w ee leo all sold. Th e supp l y of sheep was sma ll er that:i d, sod her t hi s i t was equa l to t h e demon B e st Offal, were slowly effected at ab out l as t w eek's prices sin - k` vu the mutton, s,id, current f rom 4d t o 5d per lb, to- DUBLIN, MARCH I.—Our supply ar ket f and all sold. : at 0 •es ° day was moderate. Wheat met a steady deman e dull, „ vs , of grain at pile a n d Tuesday ; but other descriptions of , grain we r nu otstr t o difficult of sale ; but we do not alter our igs 6 " to White wheat, 203 6d to 23s 6d ; red ditto , y s 61,,, barns ', ti to 3 ' 2ls 6d ; barley, lOs Oil to 12s 6d ; oats, Pe r lOs 6d ; oatmeal, 103 to 11s Gd ; tour, seco nd , Indian corn, per 4801 b, 261 to 28s Od. 12" la of r w Sil l"' OA CORK, MARCH I.—We have to report a ie „w ee, o d foreign grain. The receipts of home grain borne `: a t 16 3 „ s e receipts for the week being s .—Wheat, 759 P o ' s ts, 3 cg to 21s 6d; barley, 909 barrels, at 9s to lls tl rl ; 3 006 ° 1: s ee barrels, at 7s 9d to lOs per barrel. In the gr e , e 'L ' i l : e at b for to the small quantity coming in, the value of ..., s , loo k '/ /f ish tolerably well supported Barley and oats, bel":pared the for seed purposes, maintain full prices. °f2dr-so `„COs ilie wheat a couple of lots have been sold at IPe " 5 been 0 % of barrel. In foreign wheat the business doing b A a few pare e e dt, most restricted and retail scale at late prices. '''' o f last W We prepared barley have been placed at the curreneY ree° l4. es to but in oats we have not ' 1 ' blaess, led quote the value of the article 8s 9d to 9s for ~5 been e k. 936 d for white oats. The demand for fine flour ° O l. l a st if e ee s limited, and the trade is quite at the Pri ce s : ir e estP er n i t e beg Coarse descriptions alone are in much request. ,• t withst a a " r ise , a sing e transaistion to , and only a retail demand for Indian corn, whie" . ; : n ee th e Isel an attempt on the part of holders to au v- 6 / 15 5 ite • continues in value as quoted in our las t s . ve ry li re 6d; the top price. The inquiry for Indian mea l " 14 0 0 9s Flour—First 12s Od to 130 Od; extrtg'rds, 7liest seconds, 10 8 6d t o 12 s ; households Os to 105 fid; -1 7 11 a 3d ;* - t oes per cwt. O a t mea l lOs to 00s Cd; Indian mea l 75 to a 350 per ~.., meal, lOs to lOs 61 per cwt. Indian corn 13040(100;6r ave r Ts Bran 3 / 1 2s 6clto 3/15s per ton. Ha —Farmers 155 to toe ; g a rrO m 32s ; dealers 32s to 38s Od; average (Os per ton. S n t a to: 3°° 6l t d 9s Od to 26s Od ; average 20s ; dealers 246 sc ad to ~., 0 average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf ~ 169 _., household loaf 5d to sid per 41b. No p t, per lb. Eggs-4s 6d to 4s 8d per hund r B a st o pts Newport 15s; Lydney 17s ; Landore 154; per dear Culm 14s per ton. Tallow 40s Od to 7 11 1 00 . 0 Whisky, 25 o. P.. 5s 9d per imperial g „ e el 0 1 D er —Beef 4d to 6d ; mutton 4d to 6d; 40 5 5 , p er Od ; pork 4d to Od ; bacon 6d to 71 t tl ; °l t t o 3 1 40 lb. Hops 131 Os per cwt. Banor slates 31 2 , , 00 1 ; F re ya. ton. Bark—Barbary 7154 to 8154 ; Valonia 141 , r „. fie . s. re is 7155; English 0/ ton. Fleece Wool 105 to 1, r 170, p e per ,6, to , i Hemp ,) 3-/ to UO/ per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings ' to l' - ' Se• Os • 1 ' second quality, ditto 20s to 2 • 2s per barrel ; Newfoundland 9/ o w, 206 ton. Timber—Memel, 85s per ton; deals, fi rst Ike to o p Fresh bedut.te., eolith salted 15s to 21 P . 21c1 to xonore-0, 1 s per cwt • calf skins 4 ~,,,i : Potatoes, white 8d t ' 2d to ..- ' c jiting e ' o 90 ; Minions 1 . .... s er . Peruvian, 11/ lOs; Icbaboe 91 per ton; Tar , 16s er 100. Hides—Market ~ , ,ner 0.... 19s per barrel. w O iti n e3 t , h , 27t c e . ult th On the 27th m u l l n t g . se dial', John Cl 3 e W 1 e o f f the Ref. Jo h BIR . ,:a o: B a ri d g a h u t g o h n te t r h . e wife of W. zsq., o f a son. I of O a n da t ti h g e h 2 t B e t r h . ult. at Preston, Lancashire , lady ° the -- Mill • Duller, E sq ., o f a daughter.' James Fraogp► On the Ist inst. at Upper Norvecod, Ufa— Rickard Hart, of the ato 9% On the 28th ult., at Finchl , Joseph Page Em r . 'W I " On the 28th ult., at same lnlw AM place.ll :RIED. of Finchle3-, to Louisa Ann, eldeste daughter of n iile vt ' orth, Vro- ter Georf e t davgb nc i Esq., of Merton-bank, St. Helen's, to Ann' e l l,vorth , fi of J. Wilkinson, Esq., of T • k horn- ,ark, Ne n ' i o Inc t I wiilia late of Ridgwood, Chorle Lancashire. , ..., m. A ar on the 28th ult. at Trinity ' Church, Clapna"'' d daub ' Griftin, jun., of Colchester, Essex, to Ann, se con ----- of the late W. Collins, Esq. Henry John's ---------- rlt DIED b rt f' d ' '''' ' ' t eldestthe 19th "It' 's, Wembley Harrow-on-the - 80 . e gilton -f groll son of the he a v t . 18liodbienretultVil'. BatirerctioniG;intre e be l ' t '''' f & . v. On the 22d tiltl, Mr. F. Pike, jun., late o. a of ' ewse.Y, Wilts. c . „ r herr' On the 24th ult., Ann, thewife of El. W. '''' )--t Am es, llotherbithe, aged 70. J. J At Clifton, on the 26th ult., aged 79, the Rev' rector of Peinnaen, in Glamorgatishire. 1 1, 0 Og est On the 26th ult., at Winborne Minster, Harriette') daughter of the late W. Evans, Esq. f ib e lict ° On the 26th ult., at Atheratone, Elizabeth, re o.. ii, B i ; late J. Bourne, Esq., aged i. S. Jones, the 28th ult., at Leonard-place, St. John's;'hy: pd . ' Jones, Esq., many years es istaut secretary t° `" _, ---- i Board, aged 81. • cl London: Printed and Published by IktURR,.. ° 1t4 0 •,,pi No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Vrr h 7fotzav Otrand, in the Precinct of the Savo", i n BlidaNlol landaYe MArch 4 I 100 •