The Sun. — London, England, 1850-03-11 00:00:00

* . ‘liP7. 44 tlttO Mtittion SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. TATTERSALL'S—THIS EVENING Six o'cLocs. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 6 to 1 agst Osterley 6 to 1 egst Harriott 8 to 1 agst Mahratta 13 to 1 agst Belus 20 to 1 agst Bastinado COVENTRY SPEEPLECHASE. 4 to 1 agst Rat-trap METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 2 to 1 agst Cheerful 25 to 1 agst Testator 25 to 1 agst Bastinado CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Miss Ann 25 to 1 agst Cossack 50 to 1 agst Clermont DERBY. 7 to 1 agst Bolingbroke 12 to 1 agst The Nigger -taken 18 to 1 agst The L alian 18 to 1 agst Voltigeur 22 to 1 agst Clincher 22 to 1 agst Mayors 22 to I agst Mildew IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships assembled at Five o'clock. ILLNESS OF THE LORD CHANCELLOR. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that he had received a letter from the Lord Chancellor, stating that he was too unwell to attend this evening; and he there fore moved that Lord Portman do take his seat on the woolsack as Deputy Speaker. Lord BROUGHAM was happy to say that he had heard from the Lord Chancellor that his ailment was of a mere trifling nature, and that there was nothing alarm ing in it. • The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that the Deputy Speaker the Lord Chief Justice (Lord Campbell) was al-- srmt on circuit, and he therefore moved that in the absbnee of the Lord Chanchellor, of Lord Denman, of Lord Campbell, and of the Earl of Shaftesbury, the Woolsack he taken by Lord Portmac.—Agreed to. PARTY PROCESSIONS (IRELAND) BILL. Uesieng&rs from the Commons stated that the Com mons had agreed to their Lordships' amendments in the Party Processions (Ireland) SIR TEIMIAS - TERTON'S DEFALCATIONS. BROUGIIA3 . I presented a petition from ?fir. Brodie, the manager of the Bank of Scotland at Stir ling, complaining of losses incurred through the defalca tions of Sir Thomas Turton, by a person for whom the pstitioner w s trustee, which funds he hnd been cora per, d by law to place in Sir Thomas Turton's hands by Government, the defaulter having been appointed by the Judges of India, who were appointed by the Crown. lief thought the petitioners had a fair claim on the Go verrment fur compensation, and he recommended their cast, to the consideration of the Government. _ _ The Marquis tf LANSDOWNE admitted the hard ship of the ease. The Duke ot . WELLINGTON thought it was worth vrbile to inqure whether or not the judges who made the appointment were required by law to take security. Lord BROUGHAM had no doubt but they were by law required to take security. The Duke of WELLINGTON—Are they liable to make good the deficiencies?—(A laugh.) PEERS' OATHS. Lord BROUGHAIII presented a petition from the Eel of Clancarty and another Noble Peer, complaining that they could not take their seats in their Lordships' House, because they could not swear that, since the Act lately passed for regulating charitable trusts, no foreign prince did exercisa authority within these realms, altheagh they were willing to swear that no foreign potentate had any right to exercise authority in these realms. They prayed that a law might he passed altering the law, for it was contrary to tLe law of the land for any one branch of the Legislature to take upon itseif to alter the oaths without the consent of the other two branches. Suppose a Jew were to be elected to the other House cf Legislature, the Howe of Commons could not pass a resolution enabling a Jew to sit there. If that were law there would have been no necessity to pass the Act of Catholic Eman cipation, because a resolution of the House of Commons would have admitted them. Lie had heard a report within the last few hours, to which he did not attach credit, that an attempt would be male to admit a Jew to Parliament by .a resolution of the House of Commons. He regretted that the House of Lords should have kept Jews out of Parliament, but the front door of Parliament having been closed against them, it was perfectly -unconstitu tional to attempt to admit them by the back door, by way of resolution. The Earl of MOUNTCASHELL thought it would be advisable that the oath should be altered. Lord REDESD ALE had as tender a conscience as any man, but he did not put the same interpretatioß on the oath as the petitioners, and therefore he took the oath. After a few words from tho Earl of LONDES BOROUGH the subject druird. PETITIONS. The Earl of MALMESBURY presented a petition against any Post-office delivery on Sunday. He found that the petitioners did not understand the subject, for he was convinced that if the Government were to ac cord their request great inconvenience would be the consequence to persons residing in the provinces. Lord REDESDALE presented several petitions com plaining ofagricul:ural distress. / The Earl of POWIS presented a petition from several of the clergy against the consolidation of the Episcopal and Common Fund. The Earl of ST. GERMANS presented two petitions against the Sunday Trading Bill. RAILWAY AUDIT BILL. The Earl of GRANVILLE moved the second reading. of the Railway Audit Bill. The former Audit Bill had been so violently opposed in the House of Commons that the Government had been obliged to give it up although some of those who most violently opposed it were in fa vour of a Government audit. In the following session the Railway Audit Bill of the Noble Lord (Monteagle) was passed unanimously by their Lordships, but it was not carried through the Commons ,in con sequence of the opposition of the railway in terest. In the following session their Lordships had appointed a Select Committee on the subject, before which it had been stated by persons connected with railway companies that railway audits as at present con ducted were mere moonshine. A Bill founded on the report passed their Lordships' House, bet was withdrawn from the House of Commons because it would be impossible to pass it in the face of the determined opposition of the railway directors, without adding a month to the length Of the session. Some time since a Bill had been pre pared by the North-Western proprietors which they found they could not sanction, and therefore he had introduced the present Bill as a Government measure. He had this day had an interview with a deputation on this subject, but he felt bound in justice to that House, in justice to the Noble Lc rd, in justice to the public ,in justice to railway shareholders themselves, to persevere with his Bill, the object of which was to secure a just, a true, and an independent audit of railway ac counts. The great objection made to other Railway Audit Bills had been that they tended to increase the patronage &the Government. No such objection could be made to the present Bill, and he hoped that that circumstance Would facilitate its passage through the House of Cora inons. He had already explained the provisions of that Bill, and' he hoped their Lordships wculd consent to the second reading. _ _ Lord STANLEY ought perhaps to apologize to their Lords Alps for addressing them, as he had no prac tical knowledge on the subject, as he had never possessed a railway share. But he had that morning had the honour of receiving a deputation from the railway companies, representing a paid-up capital of 119,000,0001. Had they proposed to resist an audit he would have been the last to have assisted them, but within the last three or four days the delegates of the companies had prepared a treasure for securing an independent audit. The deputation had stated several objections to the Government Bill, and he was sure his Noble Friend would agree with him that it would be better, if possible, to secure the con sect of the the railway companies to the audit scheme and he now held in his hand a printed draught of a Bill emanating from delegates of these companies in which those benefits were secured, while the objections to the G overnment Bill was obviated. These gentlemen objected to giving to any other persons such control, over the railway property of this country as the audi tors would possess under the present Bill. They also objected to the degree of control which the Government would have over these auditors. They objected to the Government having the power of keeping these auditors in office, notwithstanding the opposition of the companies ; they also ob jected to the Government having the power of 'fixing the salaries of the auditors and their officers, and they also objected to giving the Government the power of fixing the quota which each company should contri bute towards the common audit fun:l. (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOOMMONS. The SPEA RE U SE R took O F C the Chair shortly before Four o'clock. CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS. The following reports were considered ßuilde end agreed t o :-- Architects', Civil E ng i neers ' , r', and General Fire and Life Insur ance , Annuity, ev o e ro r p s t a o n n y a ry under In terest Company (Incorporation andof . Reversionary c a different name) Bill. Birkenhead Improvement Bill. Bristol Waterworks Act Amendment Bill. Liverpool Cattle Market Bill. West Bromwich Rates Bill. PETITIONS. Mr. GREENE presented a petition praying for the establishment of county courts. Mr. PACKE presented a petition praying that the -: • .• • ' 7 ii ... indiction of county courts might be extended to 501. -- 1:, 3) .., eral petitions were pre:iented agairut Sunday la _ n the Post-office. •••-•„ ticiim 4e, t:%./. 2 : '. if: ::&:. ;Si I THOS. BIRCH presented a petition from LivEr .,4" . - --' ''-„::;-:'111444Eilrayi ng that no alteration might be made in the 3r; le a —.se of shippine sailors ~... ~ i r 1-_, v , ) ,, ,t: 9pt. PECIIELL presented a //1 ' 10111sion of the C • Co urt ju r is d ic t ion. 1 6 1 4. • ',WO' . ' tr. GLYN 1 petition praying for the County ..., •ir • , • _ presented two petitions for the este:- Q , a,,, . ht 0 . =wit of comity fiaaceiekbeard/. wle 1040 f • - ) ! I; Mr. B. DENISON presented two petitions from places in the West Riding to the same effect. Admiral GORDON presented petitions from the county of Aberdeen to the same effect. Mr. HEADLAM presented a petition praying for the extension of the jurisdiction of county courts. Mr. STANSFIELD presented two petitions praying for the establishment of county financial boards. Mr. W. BROWN presented two petitions from places in Lancashire, one in favour of the Ten Hours' Bill, and the other against the rating of small tenements. Sir J. WALMSLEY presented a petition from a place in Lancashire praying for the amendment of the Factory Act, so as to prevent the adoption of the relay system. Sir WM. CLAY presented a petition from White chapel praying for a better supply of water in the me tropolis. Sir GEORGE CLERK presented a petition against the Marriage Bill. Mr. CAYLEY presented a petition praying for a re duction of the duty on tea. Mr. MOODY presented a petition from Somerset shire complaining of agricultural distress. Mr. BANKES presented a petition from Bolton pray ing for an amendment of the Factory Act; also a peti tion from a place in Dorset praying for the extension of the jurisdiction of county courts. Mr. HUME pi esented a petition from a place in Wales praying for the jurisdiction of county courts; also two petitions from Leith against the Merchant Seemens! Fund Bill; also two petitions from places in Norfolk praying for the establishment of county financial boards ; and a petition from Montreal against the Marine Bill. Mr. COBDEN presented four petitions praying for the extension of the jurisdiction of county courts. Mr. MOWATT presented a petition from the inhabi tants of Edgeware-road praying for the repeal of all taxes on knowledge. Mr. M. GIBSON presented similar petitions. Sir R. H. INGLIS presented a petition against the Marriage Bill. Lord ASHLEY presented a petition from a place in Yorkshire praying for an amendment of the Factory Act. POST-OFFICE LABOUR ON SUNDAYS. Mr. SIMEON presented a petition from a place in the Isle of Wight against Sunday labour in the Post office. MONUMENTA HISTORICA BRITANNICA. Sir R. H. INGLIS, on behalf of Mr. Hutt, moved for returns of the cost of preparing for publication, and of printing and publishing, the work entitledr Monumenta istorica Britannica; or, Materials for the His tory of Britain;" of the number of copies: printed ; of the number of copies sold, and of the price at which sold ; of the names of the persois or parties to whom copies havo been given gratuitously ; of the names of the persons or parties who have applied for copies, but whose applications have not been cern plied with; together with the number of copies remain ing undisposed of : and also copies of the correspondence which took place in November and December, 1848, botwcen the Secretary of State for the Home Depart ment, the Lords cf . the Treasury, and the Master of the Rolls, regarding the sale and distribution of the said work. He (Sir R. H. Inglis) said the work hrd been pronounced by competent authorities to be one of the finest that had been published in Europe. LORD TORRINGTON'S CONDUCT. Mr. STUART WORTLEY said that he wished to draw the attention of the House to a circumstance with respect to the Select Committee on the affairs of Ceylon, which involved a branch of privilege. That Committee was a Select Committee, and the usual cus tom of Parliament was to take all evidence with closed doers ; but the Committee, with a view to make the inquiry as public and select as possible, hal allowed the admission of strangers. The consequence was, the printing of a portion of the evidence, in a very garbled state', in which. a portion of one poi son's evidence was altogether distorted and given in a way which was deeply injurious to the party concerned. What he wished to inquire was whether the Hon. Gentleman, thu chairman of that Committee, bad taken any steps to prevent a similar abuse of privi lege.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. BAILLIE said that having observed this abuse of privilege the Committee had only this day come to a se • solution to take the evidence with closed doors. LAW OF SETTLEMENT. Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR presented a petit;on from several parties in Middlesex for an alteration in the Jaw of settlement. PARTY PROCESSIONS (IRELAND) BILL. - Sir G. GREY said that he was about to afk the indul gence cf the House. The second order of the day was the Party Processions (Ireland) Bill, which had come down from the Lords with one amendment, among others, which he had desired that Members might hare an opportunity of considering, and agreeably to a motion of his the amendments had been printed and were now in the hands of the Members. TLe amendment was one relating to the penalties for being found in possession of fire-arms at meetings, and as the 17th of March was approaching, on which it was to be feared that some occurrences similar to those late de plorable ones might take place unless some Act of this sort were in force, he (Sir G. Grey) wished that this Bill should be accelerated as much as possible. The Lords' amendments to the Party Processions (Ireland) Bill were then agreed to. EASTER, RECESS. Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR said, in the absence of the Noble Lord at the head of the Government, be was in doubt whether to ask the question of which he had given notice, namely, to ask the first Minister of the Crown, whether he will move the adjournment of the House so as to include passion week - in the Easter recess. Ho bored the House would excuse him for bringing this subject forward, but he had done it at the request of many Members who wished to have the whole week preceding Easter Sunday en tirely free from the turmoil cf business. The House would be curious to know what had been the practice of the House in regard to the Easter holidays up to the present time. Ile had exeminoi the journals on the subject, and the resultof that examination had been to find that the longest duration of the Easter holidays had been twenty•two days, while the shortest had been nine days. The House would. perceive that even the shortest period would have included what was called Passion Week; but upon the average of twenty years the Easter holidays had extended over fourteen days, and if the House thought it would better promote the business of the House and the convenience of Honourable Members who came from Ireland and Scotiand, that it should extend to a given and curtain period, let them adopt a little longer time, and make the holidays sixteen instead of fourteen days.—(Hear, hear.) The present system of conducting the business of the House was by no means satisfactory, and in point of fixt they had rather lost than gained time by the manner of fixing the holidays, and he would therefore ask the Noble Lord the question which he had already mentioned as a matter of feeling on the part of those in whose name he now made this application —as a matter of convenience to Hon. Members coming from Scotland, Ireland, and a distance—and as a matter of convenience to the House generally, in settling the mode of conducting some of its business.—(Hear, hear.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL (who had entered the House whilst the question was being put, amid much laughter) said he proposed to MOW) the adjournment of the House on the Tuesday in Passion week, until Monday, the Bth. of April. His Noble Friend asked him to postpone the adjournment in order to include Passion week. That course, if acceded to, would be exceedingly inconvenient to the public business, as the Government proposed to bring forward the financial statement this year sooner than usual, and therefore the estimates and some other business would not be brought on on the day now proposed if the request of his Hon. Friend was complied witb. He (Lord John Russell) should therefore adhere to the arrangement he had already made, leaving it for the House in a future year to say whether the Easter recess should be farther prolonged than at present. NATIONAL GALLERY. Mr. OGLE asked the First Lord of the Treasury whether it was the intention of theltruatees of the National Gallery to persevere in cleaning the pictures of the old masters; and also, whether they contemplate removing the pictures of the Royal Academicians from that part of the building at present appropriated to them. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he understood'on inquiry that none of the pictures in the National Gallery had been ordered to be cleaned during the last two years. He was not prepared to say that the trustees would be satisfied with what had been already done. With respect to the further question, no arrangement had been finally made with regard to the National Gallery; but it was under the consideration of the Government to provide ad ditional accommodation for the pictures presented by pri vate individuals, especially those in the Vernon Gallery. AFFAIRS OF GREECE. In reply to Mr. SMYTHE, Lord PALMERSTON said a dispatch to the same effect as that which bad appeared in the public journals, and which purported to emanate from Count Neeselrode, had been communicated to the Government by Mona. Brunnow. In reply to another question from the same Hon. GENTLEMAN, Lord PALMERSTON said he wat preparing; a number of documents in continuation of those which had formerly been laid before Parliament on the affairs of Greece, and he should lay them on the table of the House when the proper time arrived for doing so. MOLDAVIA AND WALLACHIA. In reply to Mr. ANSTEY, Lord PALMERSTON said it was stipulated by the Emperor of Russia that all troops should, beyond the autnber of 10,000, be withdrawn from the provinces of Moldavia and Wallachia as soon as possible, and he had no reason to believe that any change had taken place in respect to that arrangement. GREECE. Lord PALMERSTON, in answer to Mr. E. Denison, said he did not think it would conduce either to the interests of the public, or give any information to the House on which it could form any distinct opinion, to lay the papers before the House while the negotiations respecting Greece were still incomplete. ARMY ESTIMATES. On the motion being again put that the House resolve itself into Committee on the army estimates, Mr. HORSMAN wished to inquire of the Secretary of War whether there were any regiments in India which had been there more than fitteen years; and, if so, whether it was intended to adopt any rule for their relief ? Mr. FOX MAULE said that a rule had been mado that no regiment should in future continue in India on uninterrupted service more than fifteen years. Measures bad been taken to tarry out this rule, and in future no re ;invent would be required to serve there longer than fifteen years. There were regiments now in India that had been there more than fifteen years, but they would be relieved as soon as possible. The House having resolved itself into Ccrnmittec, and the motion having been read, Mr. FOX MAULII said that the motion which he had placed in the hands of the Speaker was for a vote of 91,128 men for the service of the Crown and for em ployment under the East India Company. In bringing it before the House, he was sorry that the motion had not been made on Friday night, as it would have saved him from troubling the House with a statement which would be comparatively tedious. The whole number of men which he had to ask for was 99,128, while the number granted for the current year was 103,124, showing an excess of 4,126 on the former. The number of officers was 128, of non-commissioned officers 308, and of mon 3,690. Of the whole of the number now asked for 69,398 were for home service, and 39,730 for colonial service. Of these 9,088 were colonial forces. They had then 30,000 men of the Queen's service to be relieved from home in different parts of the world. Out of 59,000 men at home, if they subtracted the Guards, who were essentially troops for the home service, and cavalry to the extent of 8,000, they would have 45,000 men at home to_ receive the troops in the colonies. They had been told the other night by the Honourable Gentleman (the:Member for the West Riding) that he could effect a saving in the charges of 5,823,000/. of which he presumed one-third would be in the army charges, namely, 1,941,0001.; for he did not think the Hon. Gentleman meant to interfere with the non-effec tive branch which had been investigated from time to time. Now they asked for an establishment of 99,130 men, at a charge of 3,936,5821., subtracting [from which 1,941,0001., the sum which he presumed the Hon. Gen tleman proposed to save, there remained 1,995,5811. He turned now to the year 1835, which had been so pointedly alluded to by the Hon. Member for the West Riding. Ho found by a calculation made in that year, ' by taking the amounts voted, and placing them against the rank and file, the charge for each man was 42/. some odd shillings. Now, to say nothing of the honour and dignity of the country, that sum would give 50,000 Imen, a number that was considerably below i the standard of 1835, but his Hon. Friend complained Ithat since 1835 the army had been increased from time to time and that all these additions had been studiously [ maintained and we had never gone back. It was quite true that from 1835 down to the present time there had been repeated additions made to the strength of the I army both at home and abroad. He found that Ithe army in 1835 did not exceed 81,000 men, but in 1838 disturbances arose in Canada of a very formidable cha racter, and the consequence was, that the army was im mediately increased for the purpose of suppressing it. It was increased to 89,000, and it was afterwards further increased to 93,000. In 1840 the colonial I corps was raised, at the urgent request of several Honourable Members, and in 1842 additional troops were rrquired to serve in India and China. In 1846, the state of affairs in China had assumed such an aspect that the Government came down with a supply - mentary vote, and the Home willingly granted 8,000 additional men. In the years 1848 9 the army rose still further, to no less, indeed, then 113,000 men. That occurred under the supposition that India was to see no more war. If those five regiments had been re duced the moment they arrived from India, what would Ihave been the result? The very next year after their return they were re quired for India again, and if they I had been reduced im m edi a t e ly o n th e i r r e turn, the cost of 1 their re-equipment would h ave b een do u bl e the :um 1 their maintenance had cost after their return. After 1848-9, the Government went from 113,000 men down to 103,000 ; and this year, they were still retracing their steps, for :frem 103,0e0 they had arrie ed at 99,120. It was said by the Hon. Gentleman the Member for the West Riding, if the colonies were to have the power of self-governmer.t, it was but fair that those colonies should maintain the troops sent out in the form of military police. His Honourable Friend, (Mr. Labouchere) stated the other night, that as far as finding lodging and troops went, that principle was being gradually carried out in Canada, Australia, and several ethers of the colonies. That was at least a step in the direction indicated by the Hon. Gentleman the Member for the West Riding, and as the colonies progressed he had no doubt the principle of their maintaining the troops necessary for their own d. - fence would be still further carried out.— (Hear.) He (Mr. F. Maule) wag, however, prepared to maintain that scarcely any of our colonies were in thit position when it could be fairly said they could hear that expense from their own resources. His Hon. Friend then went on to say that the organiza tion of the British army was of a more extravagant nature than that of any other army is Europe; and he justified the assertion by observing that it was kept up in a discreditable manner. Now his (Mr. F. Maule's) experience enabled him to say that the officers of the British army were the worst paid and hardest worked of any class of public servants he knew.—(Hear, hear.) Take, for instance, a lieutenant-colonel, and view his position and his pay in a mercantile sense, as as to be perfectably intelligible to a mercantile man.—(Hear, hear.) Ile paid 4,540/. for his commission, and his annual pay amounted to 3651. Now, deducting 51. per cent. interest on the capital which he had sunk, it would amount to 2271. ; and to this sum was to I e added income-tax and other expenses, which would altogether make a total of 2581., so that the actital salary am lieutenant-colonel for all his services was only 107/. By the same calculation, a major would only receive 93/. 155., a lieutenant 85/., and an ensign 731., The aristocracy held a very small portion of the com missions in the army, so that the accusation that it was maintained for the aristocracy was unfounded. To reduce the number of officers as proposed, in the first place, would compel the Government to make retiring officers annuitants on the country, and in the next reduce the efficiency of the army In the second place it would tend very much to reduce the efficiency of the public services. With respect to the increase of the several grades of officers in different regiments he agreed with his Hon. Friend the Member for Manchester, that it would be a great evil, hilt it should be recollected that the efficiency of an army could only be sustained by the efficiency of the officers by which it wascommanded. Officers must of necessity:be men well trained and well supported, so that when it was ne cessary to increase the strength of the army, as, for in stance, suppose a regiment at the Cape of Good Hope required strengthening, they would only have to send out men to increase the corps to its proper numerical standard.—(Hear, hear.) What was the fact ? Thre were 30,000 men in the colonies, and 30,000 in India, leaving about 45,000 for various duties on the home service of whom 40,000 were imperatively required for home service, so that only 5,000 men were left to relieve 60,000. lie would not trespass upon their time, but he might say that the proportion of officers was far below what many might deem a proper average. Why, he found that looking at the army lists they had one officer to 20 men ; and on looking at the army of the United States, which the Right Hon. G en tl eman wou ld not say was kept on a larger establishment than was ne cessary, be found that in an army of 171,000 men there 775 officers, in the proportion of one officer to 21 men. Here, then was the argument which he adduced to the House in asking it to give them a force of 99,128 men forthe ensuing year. He had shown them it was necessary on the ground of providing relief for the forces abroad —a necessity which had been insisted upon in much better language than he (Mr. F. relaule) could use in his speech in 1845. A routine of ten years colonial service had been arranged, and if the house asked to preserve that routine it must giant them the requisite number e f men to maintain it. He thought some con sideration was necessary to the times in which they lived and to the position of the country. Looking at the state of foreign armies ho found that the army of France at the present moment consisted of 430,000 men, besides a great number of gendarmerie and national guards. The Prussian army consisted of 325,000 men, besides 450,000 of the first and second 1 class of landwher. The Austrian army contained 35 generals, 200 staff-officers, 16,549 commissioned officers; 49,000 non-commissioned officers, and 539,000 men. He thought, upon these grounds, he had shown sufficient reason why the House should grant the proposition of the Government to maintain 99,128 men during the present year. He came now to votes of money, but with regard to this branch of the subject he should not enter into any details, simply because the estimates were now before a committee sitting up stairs, who were carefully investigating every item, and would report the result of their inquiry to the House. He should therefore now give the House only an imperfect knowledge of each vote. The charge for the land forces during the present year was 3,562,431/., the same charge in last year's estimate was 3,656,388/. showing a decrease of 93,1571. upon this estimate. The next vote, which was for the staff, amounted for the year 1849-50 to 173,276/., and for this year to 164,916/., showing a reduction of 8,4601. He should here call the attention of his Hon. Friend who complained that the officers were not reduced in proportion to the men to the fact that in this vote there was a reduction of two general officers, two aide-de camps, six attached generals, one assistant quarter master, two majors and one quarter-master. The vote for the public department last year amounted to the sum of 94,199/., this year it was 92,684 L, showing a decrease of 1,515/. In the vote for the Military College there was a small decrease, amounting to 5131. The next vote was fur the Military Asylum, which comprehended the Educational Institution in England and Ireland. Upon that vote there was a decrease. There was an increase in the vote for the yeomanry corps in this year as compared with last year of 14,714/. The reason of that increase was that last year, the Yeomanry corps had not the opportunity of assembling for that convenient drilling, which was small at all times, which was absolutely neces sary to keep the corps in proper discipline. In the effective service this year as compared with last there was a decrease in the expense of 89,5271. The next was the non-effective service. The first was the re wards for military service. Last year it was 15,120/4 this year it was much about the same. For the pay of general officers the sum taken last year was 79,808/. ; the fund for this year was 58,000/. in round numbers, showing a decrease of 20,0001. in round num bers. He must say on this vote as compared with the vote for 1835, there was a decrease of no less than 55,000/. He now came to the half-pay list—formidable at all times—but still not disproportionate this year. In 1849 it amounted to 400,0001., but this year 386,000/. showing a decrease o f 14 , 000/ . ; and, since 1835, of 195,000/. The number of officers who had fallen off the list was 234, the number discharged 87, and no one was placed on the list who had not earned his position by risks in the service, by ill health, or by other circumstances of an equally objection able nature. On the widows' list there bad been a decrease since last year of 2,2421., and since 1835 of 22 6921. The decrease on the vote fir the main tenance if the children of deceased officers (as we understood the Right Honourable Gentleman) was 4,500/, and since 1235 68,000.. The pensioners' list in 1849 was 1,224,000/, and this year 1,333,000 Z, showing a decrease of 109,000/., but this in cre 2io could easily be accounted for, and the consequence was that he bad resolved this evening to diminish that vote, and he had accordingly estimated it at 2,000/., so that there might bo an excess for the ge neral benefit. The next fund to which he came was the super annuation fund, and that he had made a reduction of 3,0001. being the difference between 40,0001., which was the vote of last year. The whole reduction then was 122,814/. and upwards. He had been desirous of saving more, but he found that the office of Commander-in- Chief, which was one of great responsibility, involved large expenses, the expenses indeed were such that many of the senior of tiers had, he was sorry to say, run the thing so fine that many of them died shortly after. The result of the whole then was that the number of men voted for in 1849-50 was 113,847 at an expense of 4,358,7521, while in 1851 the number was 99,128, alith an expense of 3,534,582/., making a dif ference of 14,792 men with a reduction of 423,1681 comparing the armed establishment at present with 1835, there was a saving of upwards of 2,0001. Having. attained the service of 1835, he did not mean to say that the Government would stop there. they would do all they could to save more still. The ex pense of parties in the army that had been sent to prison was more than paid by the deductions from their pay, and he was happy to say there was a most visible decrease of crime in the army.—(Hear.) With regard to the health cf the army, he Was happy to say that the mortality had considerably de creased abroad during the last year or two. Considerable improvement had also been made in the military schools, and it was with great delight that he saw the men taking to it as they did. He was happy to see that the Commander-in-Chief was following that up towards officers as well as men. The Bight Hon. Gentleman after passing a high eulogium upon the army, conclu‘led by moving a vote for 99,128 men. Mr. HUME then rose, and was (LEFT SPEAKING.) ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—York, March 8. The judges arrived in this town at seven o'clock last night, and Mr. Baron Rolfe immediately pro ceeded in the High Sheriff's carriage to open the commission at the Castle for the county, and at the Guildhall for the city. Their Lordships having attended divine service to day at the cathedral, proceeded to the castle at twelve o'clock, and opened the business of the as sizes. The calendar contains the names of 106 prisoners, of whom three are charged with attempting to mur der, two with rape, five with manslaughter, 14 with cutting and wounding, seven with horse and sheep stealing, 12 with burglary, six with sacrilege, three with forgery, two with perjury, three with bigamy, and 23 with larceny. The cause list contains an entry for the West Rid ing of 38 causes, and of 21 for the East and North Ridings, of which 16 are marked for special juries. The Civil Court was occupied the greater part of the day with undefended actions, after which Mr. Baron Alderson, who sat in this court, tried several prisoners. March 9. NISI PRIUS COURT. (Before Mr. Baron ALDEB.SO?.i.) FOTHERGILL V. TODD. In this case is a member of the London Stock Exchange, and the defendant residea at Leeds, and is also a member of the London Stock Exchange. The action was brought to recover the difference in the price of 50 great Northern Railway shares sold to the defendant, and which he refused to accept. There were various pleas, amongst others that the shares sold had not been tendered. Mr. Martin, Q.C., Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, and Mr. Atherton appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Knowles, Q.C., and Mr. 11. Hill for the defendant. The contract of sr.le was given in evidence, and it was proved.that under that contract the shares in question had been transferred to the defendant in the books of the railway company on the sth of May last. It was also proved that a tender of the shares had been made in London about eleven o'clock that day, and also by letter the day after at Leeds. The de fendant refused then to accept them, and the shares were sold, the difference in price being 5571. For the defence a point was raised that the shares were not in point of•fact tendered. The objection was overruled by his LORDSHIP, who held both tenders to be sufficient, reserving to the defendant leave to move to enter a nonsuit on. the point raised. A verdict for the amount of the difference in price proved was then taken for the plaintiff. The other civil causes tried to-day were wholly de void of interest. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron ROLFE.) In the course of the morning the grand jury came into court, and by their foreman complained to Mr. Baron Rolfe that they had been waiting an hour and a half without any business before them. Mr. Baron RoLrE—Well, gentlemen, I am sorry for that; but I believe the officer has gone to see after it. One of the officers in court here said that the new printed regulations did not require the attend ance of witnesses in the cases fixed for that day until twelve o'clock. The Learned BARON referred to these regulations, and informed the grand jury that this was so. The Foreman—Whence, my Lord, do these regu lations proceed ? Mr Baron RoLrz—That I cannot tell, but they are framed for the saving of expense to the public. The Foreman—We think it very inconvenient. Mr. Baron ROLFE-If you ask for my opinion, I think that grand jurors ought to be in attendance during the whole assizes. —(L aug ht e r, during which the grand jurors seated themselves in their gallery.) After a pause the Foreman again addressed his Lordship—" I did not intend to trouble your Lord• ship with any observations, but if grand jurors get through their business satisfactorily, if they are not to be discharged then, we think it will tend to dete riorate the character of grand jurors, and a difficulty will be found in getting gentlemen to give their at tendance." Mr. Baron RoarE — Well, gentlemen, if you then again askeans my opinion, it i s thi s —th a t th ere are th e to compel grand j ur o rs t o p er f orm th e ir same m duties as there are to compel petty jurors. I re member in one county inflicting fines of 201. on many grand jurors for their non-attendance. I must say, however, that I think such a course not likely to be necessary in this county, where I have always found the grand jury list well filled up. Thomas Atkinson, aged 20, was indicted for having on the 15th of December last, at Leeds, assaulted and robbed John Fozard of a sovereign, four half-crowns, and ss. Mr. Ellis appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Campbell Foster defended the prisoner. It appeared from the evidence of the prosecutor, that on the afternoon of the 14th of December last he had received 1/. 1,55. in payment for a coffin, which he had made as a joiner ; that he placed this money in his watch fob; and that afterwards he went to a public-house in the Free Market, called "No. 2," where he remained drinking till about 8 o'clock. When be left there he was rather "fresh." On his wav through Regent-atreet be was suddenly seized by two men, one of whom pinioned his arms behind him, whilst the other cut away his watch fob and money. They also robbed him of his spectacle-case no t t h k e now either o f th e men, an d could pavement, and hi s f ace was muc h and tobacco - box. After this they knocked hiai down eount. He didhisface on not speak to the prisoner. Two boys were then called who stated that they saw the prisoner at about 8 o'clock in Regent-street have hold of one of the arms of the prosecutor, and another man have hold of his other arm ; that suddenly one let go his hold of him, and ran away, and the prisoner pushed the prosecutor backwards and forwards until he threw him down on the pavement. The witnesses assisted him up, and went with him home. His face was cut with the fall, and he complained of having been robbed. Th e y both knew the prisoner. For the defence it was elicited in cross-examina tion that the public-house called No. 2 was resorted to by persons of bad character, and that five persons were drinking in the room with the prosecutor; that the prosecutor had not seen his money from the time when he first put it in his watch-fob ; that he was very drunk, and that the two boys saw the prisoner and the other man leading him like a drunken man, when one gave him a push and he fell down. The Learned COUNSEL for the defence contended that there was no evidence to connect the prisoner with the robbery. The prosecutor might have lost his money in the public-house and have concluded he was robbed by the prisoner and his companion, or he might have been robbed by other two men prior to the boys seeing the prisoner and his companion lead • ing him along ; and that the evidence was perfectly consistent with the prisoner and his companion inno cently assisting th e prosecutor home, and wantonly pushing him a b ou t in bis drunken state. His LORDSHIP having summed up the jury Ac quitted the prisoner. Ann Healey and Elizakth Pazoson were charged with having, at Wakfield, on the 11th of last Decem ber, forged two orders for the payment of money. The prisoner Pawson pleaded * Guilty. Mr. Hall and Mr. Hardy appeared for the prosecu tion ; the prisoner Healey was not defended by counsel. It appeared that the prisoner Pawson, in December last, was servant to Mrs. Harriet Harrison, of Field head, near Wakefield, and that Mrs. llarrison kept her securities for money in a bag, which she placed at her bed head, and amongst- them was a deposit receipt for 801., which she held as an acknowledge ment for that sum deposited in the bank of Messrs. Leatham, Tew, •and Co., at Wakefield. Pawson having. stolen this note from the bag in which it was kept, induced the prisoner Healey to endorse "Har riet Harrison" on it, and also to writs a note in the name of Mrs. Harrison, requesting the bankers to pay 101. on the deposit note. The prisoner Pawson then took the note to the bank and received 10/., the note being exchanged for a deposit note of 701. Af terwards, on the 22d of December, the prisoner Pawson obtained a further advance of 101. on the 701. note, by a forged endorsement and note ,as before. The jury found the prisoner Guilty. His LORDSHIP sentenced the prisoner Pawson to be transported ten years, and Healey to be imprisoned two years. In the course of the case, his Lordship having made some inquiry as to the form of the indictment and the evidence to sustain it, from the Learned Counsel, Mr. HALL said that under the new economical re gulations which had been adopted, his brief had not been delivered until after the prisoner had pleaded ; he was not, therefore, so well acquainted with the facts of the case as he ought to be as counsel. Such a proceeding was very likely to lead to a failure of justice. HOME CIRCUIT, Chelmsford, March 9. The whole of the business for the county of 14s9ex was got through on Friday night, the Court sitting until a very late hour for that purpose. James Boag, who was convicted on Thursday of the offence of altering a marriage certificate was brought up for judgment this morning. The prisoner was recommended to mercy by the jury on account of his previous good character. He was sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for two years. This terminated the assizes. The commission for the county of Sussex will be opened on Monday at Lewes. MIDLAND ClllCUlT.—Oakhant, March 8. This quiet county town assumed the aspect of bustle and business this morning. Mr. Baron Parke arrived at an early hour, opened the commission, and speedily disposed of the few very ordinary cases pre sented. There were bat four or five prisoners, and not one of the cases calls for any particular notice. Lincoln, March 9. The Right Hon. Mr. Baron Parke arrived here about two o'clock to-day, and immediately proceeded to open the commission for the city at the hall, and try the prisoners committed within that jurisdiction. There were only four prisoners, all charged with offences of a very trivial character. Two pleaded Guilty, and the business in this court terminated within two hours. His Lordship then went direct to the County-ball and opened the other commission, appointing to sit at nine on Monday morning. The calendar will be rather heavy, there being about forty prisoners for trial, some of them for very grave offences. The cause list will also present some amount of business. Lord Campbell reached the judges' lodgings at six o't.loek. OXFORD CIRCUIT, Worcester, March S Five out of the six civil causes entered for trial at this place having been disposed of yesterday, and the remaining case having been fixed for to. morrow, Mr. Baron Platt assisted Mr. Justice Patteson to-day and tried prisoners in the Nisi Prius Court. CROWNCOURT—(Befure Mr. Justice PATTESON.) John Meek, George Robinson, and Henry Bayley were indicted for highway robbery upon Charles James at Wolverley ; and Mr. William Houghton was charged with harbouring and maintaining them, well knowing that they had been guilty of the offence charged against them. Mr. Best conducted the prosecution, and Mr. W. H. Cooke defended Mr. Houghton. The other pri soners were not defended by counsel. The facts of the case were somewhat singular. It appeared that Mr. Houghton, who is a railway con tractor, had been convicted upon the information of a person named Norbury, who is gamekeeper to Mr. esthead, M.P., of some offence against the game laws, and been fined 251. Houghton thereupon con ceived great animosity against Norbury, and on the 17th of November last, being Saturday, he went in the evening to the Park-gate public-house, at Wol verley, with the other prisoners, who were his servants, and said, "if he had got Norbury there he would give 255. ; " and after a good deal of conver sation be paid ss. down, and told them to go and give Norbury a good thrashing. The men accord ingly went in pursuit of Norbury, but did not find him, and as they were returning to the public-house where Houghton remained during the greater part of their absence, they met the prosecutor, a poor work ing man, who was returning home with his wages, and knocked him down, and robbed him of a sovereign and a half-crown, and of his bundle. They then re• tured to the public-house, and told Houghton they had been in search of the keeper, and had got their knives ready for him and his dogs, but that he did not come out to them ; but they said nothing of the robbery. Half an hour afterwards a man came in and said a person was lying in the road covered with blood. Some persons then went to look after him, and the prisoner Meek went up to the place where the prose cutor was lying, and said, " Come ' old fellow, I will help you up," and pretended to do so, but imme diately struck him in the face, and knocked him down again. Being remonstrated with, he said the prosy. cutor " bad asked for it, and it served him right." Houghton then called to Meek to get up in his cart, which he did, and being told that Meek had nearly killed a man, he merely replied, " The d-1 he has," and drove off, the other prisoners following in another cart. Information having been given of the robbery, some constables went to the Old Swinford-gate, through which the prisoners would have to pass, and apprehended them in the carts, and found all the pro perty stolen upon the prisoners Meek and Robinson. The jury Acquitted Houghton and Bayley (against whom the evidence was very slight.), and convicted Meek and Robinson ; upon which His LORDSIIIP sentenced them to ten years' trans portation. (Before Mr. Baron PLATT.) Isaac Adams, a young man about twenty years of age, was indicted for cutting and wounding Philip Johnson, with intent to disfigure him and to do him some grievous bodily harm. Mr. R. Kettle prosecuted, and Mr. Richards de fended the prisoner. On Saturday evening, the 15th of October, the prosecutor and the prisoner, who is the son of a butcher, were at the Talbot Inn, in Oldbury; a dis pute arose about the payment for some liquor. The prisoner's father struck the prosecutor, and the pri soner said, " he was not much of a fighter, but would have a round or two with him." The prisoner and prosecator then fought, and the prisoner was knocked down. He jumped up, and ran across the street to his father's shop, snatched up a butcher's cleaver, and returning with it, struck the prosecutor a violent back-handed blow on the cheek with it, which cut him severely, and knocked him down senseless, in which state he remained until the next morning. A surgeon deposed that the wound was of a very serious character, extending from the cheek to some distance down the throat, and that two im portant arteries were divided. Mr. RICHARDS, for the prisoner, said he could not deny that a very frightful assault had been com mitted, but urged that the fact that the prosecutor and prisoner were friends, and had been drinking to gether in a friendly manner but a few minutes before, negatived the presumption that the prisoner was ac tuated by the serious intents charged M the indict ment. The jury found the prisoner guilty on the count charging him with intent to do grievous bodily harm and His LORDSHIP sentenced the prisoner to be im prisoned and kept to hard labour for one year. William Waters, aged 18, was charged with feloniously shooting at John Overitt, at Claines, in this county, with intent to kill and murder him. Mr. Whitmore prosecuted ; the prisoner was de fended by Mr. Huddlestone. On Saturday night, the 9th of February, the pro secutor, before going to bed without a candle in his room, was about to shut his bedroom window when he saw the prisoner standingiin his garden, within '2O yards of the window with a gun in his hand, which the prisoner then pointed at the window and fired off. The shots broke the glass, and would certainly have struck the prosecutor, but that he dodged, " so that the shots could not go through him." He then went to the prisoner's house, which was next to his own, and finding the prisoner after some time he charged him with the offence, but the prisoner denied it. The next morning he went again to the prisoner, and brought him into the house, when the prisoner said he hoped he would not do anything with him for he was drunk, and that he would pay for the broken window. The prosecutor did not complain of the pri soner before a magistrate for nine days, but mentioned it the next day to his landlord, who said he would speak to the police about it, but neglected to do so. The only evidence of motive was, that the prisoner had frequently used opprobrious language towards the prosecutor and his brother. On the other hand, it was proved that the gun . went off easily at half cock, and that the prisoner had uniformly protested it went off accidentally. The jury, under his Lordship's direction, returned a verdict of Not Guilty. Mary Wood, a respectable-looking little country girl, aged 16, was indicted for having on the 24th of September, at Leigh, in this county, feloniously set fire to a stack of wheat, the property of William Nott. Mr. Richards prosecuted, and Mr. R. Kettle de•- fended the prisoner. It appeared in evidence that there was a hop-gar den near to the stack which was fired, and that 18 women were employed on the 24th picking hops. They all went to breakfast at the cottage of Betty Hyde, and then left together to resume their labour. The prisoner carried from the cottage a lighted brand to ignite a fire in the hop. garden, it being a wet morning. The rick was on the road from Betty's cottage to the hop-garden. A woman nerved Grif fiths swore that she was walking behind the prisoner, and that as the prisoner passed the wheat rick she pushed the lighted brand into the rick. In this she was corroborated by another witness, who said she had heard Griffiths say " Don't do that" to the pri soner as they were passing the wheat rick. On cross-examination it was elicited that a woman named Brooker had also carried a burning brand from Betty Hyde's cottage, and that she was one of the last of the hop-pickers who walked past the rick, whilst the prisoner was one of the first. It further appeared that Booker had been suspected of firing the rick. The two principal witnesses for the prosecution were cross-examined in the absence of each other, and there were facts from which it might be inferred that they had endeavoured to relieve Booker from the im putation of firing the rick. Mr. KETTLE addressed the jury for the prisoner, and called several witnesses to her character. After a very feeling and careful summing- up by he Learned JUDGE, The jury, almost without turning in the box, re• turned a verdict of Not Guilty. The verdict was received by a very crowded court with applause, which was immediately suppressed by the Learned Judge. WESTERN ClRCUlT—Salisbury, March 9. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice ERLE). Jane Lawrence was indicted fur having unlawfully exposed her female infant child, with intent to mur der it, at Ramsbury. Mr. C. Smith was counsel for the prosecution. The prisoner was a pretty young girl of 19. She had been for some months in the service of a Mrs. Edwards, at Ramsbury. On the 2d of November she appeared to be very unwell. Her mistress asked her what was the matter. The girl complained of pain in her side. Her mistress gave her some coffee, and went into another room. She shortly afterwards, about seven o'clock in the evening, again went into the kitchen, but the prisoner was absent. In about twenty minutes she went into the kitchen again, and then saw the prisoner leaning on the table, and she then perceived the girl was in such a state that some thing extraordinary must have happened, and she told the girl to go to bed, and she sent for a doctor. Upon the surgeon coming, he saw the girl and asked her if she had had a child? Pie then examined her,' and found she had recently been confined. She was then in a state of very great excitement, in mind as well as body. He then told her her child was alive and was taken care of, and that, as soon as she was better, she should have it. She then ceased to deny her confinement. A woman sat up with her all night, and the next morning the prisoner told that woman that she had been confined in the garden ; that she was much frightened, and had taken up the child, and had gone to the wall, but she didanot throw it over the wall, because she feared it would kill it. She then wrapped it up in the skirt and carried it through the house into the lane. She then tried to throw it over the hedge, but had not strength enough ; it rolled back. That she then put it through the hedge. so happened that that evening, about the time when the child was so deposited, a"man, named Pike, who was in the lane heard the cry of something in the field. He got through the hedge and saw something lying down. He went to it and found it to be a newly born child. It was quite naked. He took it to the house of a Mrs. Curtis, who kept it during that night. The next morning the girl was taken to the house of Mrs. Pike, and, according to her desire, her child was brought to her ; she nursed it, and exhibited great affection for it, but in about a week it died from natural causes. Mr. Justice ERLE, in summing in up, said that, in order to find the prisoner guilty of the serious pare of the charge, they must be convinced of the intention of the prisoner to murder the child, and that was at variance with her statement as to the reason of her not throwing the child over the wall. The jury found the prisoner Guilty of a common assault, and she was sentenced to one month's impri sonment. Eliza Smith was indicted for setting fire to an out house, the property of William Gosling, at Chiseldon. Mr. C. Smith was counsel for the prosecution. The prisoner was seen in a field in which the out house was situate in the evening, by a woman who asked her if she had any victuals; the prisoner said she had not. The woman asked her why she did not go to the union again ; the prisoner said she would be -if she would go the union again ; she would do something else. The jury found the prisoner Guilty. Mr. Justice ERLE said she had already been in gaol 10 times. __ The prisoner.—You may as well say 13 times, my Lord, at once. The Learned JUDGE then sentenced her to 10 years' transportation, Prisoner—Thank you, my Lord ; I hope you will stay here you grey-headed old till I come back, and then I'll bring you a ring-tailed monkey. The prisoner was muttering and swearing all the time she was in the dock, and in the midst of the trial a large heavy-nained shoe fell down from her clothes, but it was instantly seized by a turnkey. The prisoner said she had intended that for his Lordship. It would appear to be growing into a custom in this county to throw shoes at the judges, as it WAS done in this city this time twelve months. NISI PRIUS COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice TALFOURD and a Special Jury.) DOWLING AND UXOR. V. HITCHCOCK AND IVES. Mr. Crowder, Mr. Cockburn, and Mr. Lopez were counsel for the plaintiff :and Mr. Sergeant Kinglake and Mr. M. Smith were for the defendants. Mr. Dowling was a tailor residing at Westbury, in this county, and the defendants were surgeons. In August, 1847, Mrs. Dowling was thrown out of a foor-wheeled chaise and was most severely injured, having a concussion of the brain, three ribs broken, the lungs injured, the shoulder much damaged, and the leg fractured. The defendants were called in and set the leg. She remained under their care for eight weeks, and then she was removed to her own home, and attended by her regular surgeon. She was afterwards seen by Mr. Norman, a surgeon of great eminence at Bath, but she could not even at the present moment walk upon the leg. The action was brought for negligent and unskilful treatment. Three county surgeons were called, who gave it as their opinion, that the course pursued by Mr. Hitch • cock was not correct, and that the treatment had shown a want of skill. For the defendants, Mr. Norman of Bath, and Mr. Skey of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, were called, and they stated that Mr. Hitchcock had acted in the most judicious manner; that the injuries must have been of a most serious nature and very difficult to treat, and they did not think anything better could have been dyne. It was a regular smash. Mr. Skey said that Mr. Hitchcock had been a pupil of kis, and had gained a very high reputation at the hospital for sur gical skill. The jury retired, and then returned a verdict for the defendants. The case did not conclude till past 10 o'clock a night. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARYLEBOIVE. On Saturday a respectably-dressed young man, named William Boater was placed at the bar, before Mr. Long, for re-examination on the charge of having uttered forged notes. Mr. Denton, on the part of the Bank of England, requested that a remand might take place, as he had reason to believe that more cases against the prisoner would be . substantiated on a future day. The prisoner stands committed upon the two charges which have been brought against him ; and, in order to afford the Bank authorities time to get up other evidence, he will be brought up again on Wednesday next. LAMBETH. Mr. Alexander Timmins Hairby, a surgeon, re siding with his father, a medical man, in Marlborough place, Walworth, appeared before the Hon. G. C. Norton on an affiliation summons. Mr. Games, in stating the case on behalf of the complainant, said, that in all his professional experi ence he did not recollect one of a more dastardly or heartless description, and he was happy, to say that courts of justice were not often called on to exercise their jurisdiction on conduct such as that of which the defendant was guilty. In the year 1843 the young woman in the witness box, Rhoda Southgate, who was the daughter of most respectable parents, entered the service of the father of the defendant, a medical gentleman, carrying on his profession in Marlborough place, Walworth-road, and remained there till about six months ago, when her pregnancy was discovered, and when she was turned out of the house. For some considerable time the defendant paid his addresses to the young woman, and not only promised her marriage, but actually wrote to her father to obtain his consent to their union ; and under the most solemn assurance of making her his wife he succeeded in seducing her, and the result was the birth, during the last month, of a female child. This, however, was not the worst part of his conduct towards the complainant. The poor girl, from her wages of 101. a year, bad managed to save 301., and every farthing of this money the defendant borrowed from her, so that soon after she had been turned out of her situa tion she became penniless; and, being ashamed to return to her family and friends, the poor thing would have famished from want had it not been for the kind ness of a pocr old woman who afforded her a part of her bed, and the assistance of some benevolent indi viduals in the neighbourhood. The defendant having accomplished his object in seducing the poor girl, and also borrowing every farthing she had, completely deserted her, and ne ver ass i s t e d h er w ith a s i ng l e shil ling in her helpless situation ; and had it not been for the humanity of others, she must, as he had be fore stated, have perished from want. In conclusion, Mr. Games read a letter, which the defendant acknow ledged to be in his handwriting, and of which the fol lowing is a verbatim copy : "Marlborough-place, Wal workh-road. "My dear Sir,—l thought it my duty to write to you pa Is . . and ask for your consent to marry your daughter Ithot. —we should have got married before this —but I have two brothers in the army and they are stopping for a f weeks, for they are going to the East Indies your con the latter end of Januarv—iben I hope with sent to meke dear It'aoda my wife, as I have just launched into the world--se must conimence in a v° l economical way—but I think by kindness and behaving at hon3o as a husband should do I shall retain that strong lov e she now has for me. I cannot at first take her to so b home as she deserves, for she is the kindest, sifee tie r ate, and most amiable girl in the world, but I hope 3 1 ; industry sad perseverauce to make her happY ydli , Y ee% be so kind te send me an answer, but address it to Raw -with kind love to mother, fur I hope soon to call bee so—and except the same from " Your afiectionate son, . IlAisla• Mr. NORTON (t o the defendant Well, is it you; a p MOR • intention to fulfil your promise to the yowl W O Defendant (in a drawling tone)—NO, Sir ; 10° 1 circumstances make a great change in feelings all uii;pasitions. Mr. NORTON—Yes, I suppose the chang e took Piaci; in yours when you succeeded in seducing tbi'Trir„t: girl, and borrowing the whole of her money. " are you ? Defendant—l have been brought uP are. the medical profzs:doe, but I am, at present, s W e t r i ; houseman in Wood-street. I don't deny tha t child is mine, but the greater part of the gave back. d de' This the young woman denied on her oath, an d J. Glared she had not a siogle penny of the 301. retarller, Mr. NORTON (addressing the d e fe.ndan l ) --lhec f can be no doubt that you robbed this poor orov l3ll o her virtue, her money (for I call it a robl!ery),ABtict her honesty, iu refusing to marry her. Your nonu de r has been most heartless, and I shall make an for the highest amount allowed by Act of Parlit 071st money The vrcrthy magistrate also expressed a /I' t f o r proceedings would be taken in the County Cour mei the payment of the borrowed money, and 31r. G 4 replied he should lose no time in doing !0. THE (2,OUNTI, LIVERPOOL, MARCII 9.-1 day, and the gene' al demand is a. d. a. d 101E1'0. 'races are without alteration to" fair. s. a. Wheat, per 701 b : Barley, English, Pr 0 tos l., 0 English, white white , • 6 oto 6 2 imperial quarte r - Do. red .. 5 6 5 8 Irish, Scotch, and . 0 : Irish, new .. •• 5 2 5 4 M arx,per6olb.. ~ 0 _- 0, 0 Do., old .. • • 4 9 5 0 Barley, Needing•• 2 0 -- 25 ' Manx, red and wh. 5 4 5 9 Itye, per 480 W •• 2 " 0 Dantsic, high mixed 6 10 —. 7 0 Beans, English, Pr ri 0 ---31 Do., mixed .. .. 6 3 6 6 imperial quartr 3L, Rostock .. .. 64 6 5 Irish and Scotch, 0 --2 6 0 26 0 Haniburgh and per 4801 b • • 7 0 0 ••-• ' Lower Baltic .. 5 9 6 0 Foreign, duty Pu• 0 ° American, white 6 0— 6 2 European, per iill - 0 0 . -- Spanish and Raft , n, perialquarter.• 0 ~ red and white.. 0 0 0 C P English, Per English 3$ u 0 .....- 9 , Ilmigarlan and Mariaropoli .. 5 20 ~r 0 Odessa, Polish .. 5 6 5 7 Malt, English, Per 0 0 -- • .0 ° Do., common .. 5 0— 5 2 imperial quartz' 0 - -- 0 u 0 Do., hard.. • • 0 0— 0 0 Do., Irish • • „, 0 •--- _ 5 4 Foreign ini peri al q..uart. r . 3 2 1 8 0 ..._ 2 Egyptian • • .. 4 4 4 8 Do., brown • • ' 0 .2 1 Oats, per 451 b : Flour, English, Pr ,34 10 0 -- 34 0 . English, Scotch, 2801 b • • ' * .,3 0 • and Welsh, old 210 3 6 Irish, extra flne• •., 0 Irish, new, - best United States, per 22 0-- 1 1 0 3 0 mewling .. .. 2 3 2 4 barrel •• ' 1 - 9 0 "-- ' Do., mid and inf. 2 0— 2 2 Canadian • • •• ~ 0 Old .. .. • • 2 4 --2 6patineal, English , "A 0 ..... '' 0 Indian corn, per & Scoteli,pr24oll) 2 2 6 .... /1. 0 , 4801 b • . .. 27 6 28 6 Irish, new .. .. 20 n _. 20 to Do.Meal,perl96lb 13 0— 14 0 Do., old • •• 19 .. 1 - „,,, 6 2)' :f READING, MARCH 9.—Wheat, 30s to 525; b a " - '";33s P'" 30s; oats, 15s to 20s; quarter. Fat hogs, is 6d to 7s Eld ; porkers, 83 lift pet gee. Poultry—Fowls, .per couple, 3s 6d to 4s ed ;du for jr ' 3s 6,1 to 4s Od. Butter, lldto Is per lb. Eggs IS te ,,T io at i r MANCHESTER, MARCH 9.—The trade throng - , h , or week has remained unvaried in the general bearings,,,e'vdeoci mand for all articles being extremely inactive, with ' t L e l' irer towards lower prices. • The imports from Ireland 10 , __ et her pool and Runcorn consist of a fair supply of with moderate quantities of oats and jeur ; an d twineoasto eteol, are likewise fair arrivals of oats, barley, and maltzi saelt g , h , whilst from abroad, with the exception of I ' 2,t ' v f t ro„.„'" flour from France and 6,521 quarters of Indian cer n t . ° v" - eatmeakt7thee United States, the entries are only to a limited ainollubeet de; market this morning was again most lifeless and loff e ed lined Id to 2d per 701 b. Flour was nomin ' allY .rst wher court t than on this day se'nnigl,l . , but so few transa ctions in the article, and the rates were so irregular, that do 0 v p alter our quot a ti on s. In oats no material change: er loa d ' e n rent, whilst oatmeal further receded in value fully 3 - P o ober GLASGOW, MARCH 7.—At our market to-daY the , opq were —oxen, 585 ; sheep, 1,080. Owing to the Pe r k. leL of cattle they sold at fully better prices than last vee.,,a blew' ox beef 49s per cwt, current 44s to 465, inferior collsr ot eiali ais to 365, and all sold. Sheep much the same ' 9 , e wes* ket. Best aged wethers 50, current from 4 h d to yelr per ib. ma r 10,,,,s DALKEITH, MARCH 7.—The relative weight per ;,,-- end wii,, of the three prices of wheat were 18st 51b, 17st 11 ,1 1 60 IP,,s 131 b. Oats, 12st 10Ib, 12st ` l lb, and lOst 61b. Barley' ..,0,11'.1 15st l 31b, and 13st 131 b. Peas and beans, and 16st 51bs. lot' Int° Qrs. Best. Current. xlll 0 166 Wheat ... ...... £2 0 0 l 2 0 £1 16 0 0 1204 Oats 469 Barley l7 0 11 3 1 0 49 Peas and Beans 1 8 6 1 g 0 r Average of wheat 34s 80. ~A 40lb Il e a 1 U . ' $ ABERDEEN, MARCH 6.—Grain—Oats 13s to 13 , oci te o o 18 , 18st 61b, " bushel; oats, new, 00s od to 00s; foreign oats, 1° i ., PIO° od per qr.; barley, 18s to 193 Od, 521bs per bushel; be 6d t o 1,,, e f, tid,s2lbs per bushel; w heat. 38s to 4`2s; o atmeal , 11 . 8 i0 0--'64 per boll; flour, 31s to 32s per sack. Preriti ditt°'otl; 4d to 6d per lb ; mutton, ditto, 4d to 6d; Old to , e; to 8d ; pork, per lb, 3d to 5d ; lam b, per lb , i od to 'l, tallow, per stone, 4s to 4s 6d ; potatoes, per Pe c 1" h ares ' eett; bay, per cwt, Os to Os ; rabbits, each, 6d to 7d; i , s d to ' n o t3d to 2s ; grouse, per brace, Os to Os; butter, per ''', , hens,l o , eggs, per doz, 5d to 6d ; 'cheese, per cwt, 185 to 235 , 0e k50 tad pair, 4s Od to 3s 6d ; chickens, ditto, •is 6d to 35 Od ; " eac h, ; ro t 2s Cd to 2s 6d; ducklings, ditto, Os to Os Od; turlt e r t i e o (P r ~01 1 to 4s 6d; geese, ditto, 3s 6d to 4s; butter fur exPe rta „ er doz e , ijbo , cure), per cwt, 00s to 56s • to 5d ; 41b loaf, 6d ; 21b loaf, 3d ; pork, per otos 19 $11 ) - g . eggs, wholesale e, r B ork , 3s 6d to Os Od; pork fine, small, 5s 6d to Os Od ; Po, to ~j; 3s 6d to 4s 3d; ship pork per barrel of 204 lbs , 6 , 1 to . 'ja Meal—Oatmeal, Is 2d to Is 3d; barley do r eria ell, l . g r jel peasemeal, ,Is 8d to Is 10d; aids, 6d to 9d; P i e t° mod; ba to Is 2d; flour, is 81 to is 101; barley, per lb, lt i at rite' (l flour, ls 2el to Is 3d. Duararr, MARCH B.—We had an exceeding d ull r a tio o 6 0 , nuo . c ol our Corn-Exchange to-day, and we reduce out,2 4oc liau ~ to per_ cwt. for every description of grain and also, t t el l es 0 0 ., ; to White wheat, 200 Od to 23s Od ; /red th t e .',1,.. 8s ON 21s Od; barley, 9s Od to 12s Od ; oats, per b er i2 s 6 4 to , 10; Od ; oatmeal, 10; to 111 Od ; flour, second , o f 'lO 5 Indian corn, per 4801 b, 25s to 27s Od. 4 err' 4 )01 CORK, Almicu B.—We have to report sev er o " e 6 6 be r foreign grain. Owing to the fact that farmer t ~, t o occupied the supplies of home grain are very limited,ir at ) l A O4 ceipts for the week being only—wheat, 58 4 ,`' ne ; br; ;„ r i t ett 21s 3d per brl • barley, 790 brs at 9s to Ils 6 ' l r r - e n b - olef 2,632 brls at is 6d to 10s 6d per brl. In the..glt w ad; to rn notwithstanding the smallness of the supply ' e both t'',,. o oset are excessively heavy and dull of sale, and f e ed P" "'lris" cheaper. Oats, however, being looked for for reps red oo are lively and with O ut c h ang e in value. in P foreigf er is Wheat we have no bu s i ness o f any kind possi °ll• rice r at ' e tio° 6 is very dull, and meets the merest retail sa le at P_ to oss_o e ls favour of the purchaser. In prepared barley ,m_: . . ts , of % jo g e have taken place. The same may be said el,;i oes s P a ' cle we article not a single sale has been made. The u ore ir' it° a r e e in fine flour is confined to the supply of the g n e onli,,, e yer wants of the trade, and we have in consequenoarlie:o if stricted consumptive sale for the article. C° a . r6 Jodie' Mattis continues to sell pretty freely. The trade 11 1 so den" , languid in the extreme, and but very little busitte -5 ,'„ priee, 9 4 ted. on the most restricted scale, is passing in the arr` ite peg , ' o d; ever continue nominally unaltered. Indian mealsolea 1 4: 0 to a , Flour—First 125 Od to Vs Od ; d . t hirds , , I r bet o , seconds, Ils 01 to 125 ; households 9s to 115 pd; . 7 , 3d , r t on , per cwt. Oatmeal los to 1006 d; Indian meal i 7 t 035811 0 ,ge &an 3/12s 6d to 3/15sper ton. Hay—Farrue" stia v'', 2o , U.; meal, 103 to lOs Od per cwt. Indian corn 1 32 95 at to 366; erat _ i ers , _ „ 41. to ad; o 325; dealers 325 to 40s 01; average 36s per toe: 155 Od to 2{; ad ; average 215; dealers 2 0 ; f 6d t 8,1 to average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheatenh butter , c o ale ' household loaf 5d to sf i d per 41b. Fre . s _ ndee d, Dic oli 10d per lb Eggs-3s 101 to 4s Od Per ~hu . . , Best__ et* Newport 153; Lydney 17s; Landore 1 0 f , 00 , . pet gest Culm 145 per ton. Tallow 405 01, to , cr oon. 01 0 Whisky, 25 0. p., 5s 9d per i ro pen .. vea l ba p a. —Beef 4d to 6d ; mutton 4d to . 0 _ ~ .o sa ges, o per Od ; pork 4d to Od ; bacon 6d to 7 °„;, „76d to Di. re ecb lb. Hops 131 Os per cwt. Bangor slates 6 ' 1 ` . 4.1 to 01 ; „too!, ton. Bark—Barbary 71 5s to Valnitt_ to 12 , e!, ; re. 71 sa; English 0/per ton. Fleece Wool Iv!' _„ l 6, tO i . '„ i pet Hemp 32/ to CO/ per ton. Fish—Scotch hernro, to . 0' 1 0; a litY, n o ditto 20s to 22; per barrel ; Newfoundleu° first 9 2.g A e als, 45 t° lb. ton. Timber—Memel, 855 per ton; . _Market , A p er second quality, 16s per 100. Hi ens to 2; Gasa o-•:' salted 15s to 21s per calf skilt . s o. cil, 13d ;,.. cba aseo Potatoes, white tad to Did ; Minions lb'' Tir--A' Peruvian, 11l 10s; Icbaboe, 19s per barrel. . r a the A dliii ; 00 iro _ 0 04, One of the experimental bailo rirorkho ute, . 0 0 ,,j0ce . , . rally dropped near the Unlo o l abou t thre,, at a o e I.°l Stortford, on Thursday afterricliitersey Inst ly tra in.."'" 91 per ton' and after being exhibited in the by the 1 59 C a few hours, was sent to Lo udon Essex Standard. ' ................--- 00 O nn n t t ht h he e e 7 5 Alexander Rose, of inst., at Ivel At Cashel, on ' 49th Regi me nt, a -.- sßoiriß.. treilasa. sto , jogton, 3" the 6th inst., the wife daughter. iment of f W. Esq., of a son inst., at Walmer, the la. , ' ° On the Eth i.n t wife W r i g ht, Esq. J, at Richmond, Yorkshire, t On the 6th ' a son. of daughter. .0 tbe Samuel Soutter, Esq., of a son. a a t t ÜBpatornne..ps:re, s;erio's.ft• C:11111:3,ielatb113:::1' t t6 h ht k e I‘. e son O o n f elcl ° Govie r '. theJoh7nthLeilrsets.o,natGDowolive:T--e,rßßJ,hysa:p.Dt,;in Leveson _ , o bire, Harriet Jane, second daughter of°fCappi the Dragoons. Chs rl e. On the 7th inst., at Wallasey Church, Carruthers cli eldest son of Samuel Johnston, Esq., Olinda, Li 3esl Log y' shire, to Jessie Cleland, eldest daughter of tllaihnilol, ulailetr;r, ww, j af ues Esq., Dalmorton-lodge, in the same place. a lv On the 7th inst., at ' St. Marylebone Church, Helizeoetll se h, Esq. Emily, only daughter I the kite William G. Rae , ' Welbcck-s,treet.. ,of Queen-square, Bloomsbury, to ~,,q.,0 Jas ie° DIED• e On the 6th inst., at Ricearton, Mid-Lothian, Sir Gibson Craig. Bart. aged 81i Br i g ht O at tb On the sth inst., at the 'Catholic Chapel; Rev. Edward Cullh, fund 73. fttO c° On the 6th inst., .at Sawbridgevforth, Berta, Drane, aged 5~• We Cb t• On the 6th inst., at Sidmouth, the Rev. Char les o f CD"' rector of Staunton-on -Wye, and Canon Residential cheater, aged 5 5 • o arge sn ' On the 7th .inst., at Epsom, John Allan, Esq. , - R. N., aged 61: Wicl °" At York• terrace, Reg,ent's-park, aged 81, Isabella, of the late Richard Powell, M.D. A o f LaYlet Thames-street, etshtlelsetBreBtehtth,,aniiites.dt.3,:i.N.lr. Thomas D lieyvvoo,, 1 3, aged 51. Eliza, tl>e , life °E. Mr. Thomas K - 11., - ' London: Printed andPubliahedby -------- , ,,,e: l , 7-7----bitißDO v„,,, No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Bus Oc,e, .'-'. fil . -- o r O . Strand, in the Precinct o ' l the Savo , to tile O P h:Pdlenoz; Dlowitiy, March 11, 1830. Y THE SITN,i LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 11, 1850.