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THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. JAMES ANDERSON. - EVE.Ni Will be presented, by her Majesty's Servants, The Tragedy of lON. Adrastus, Mr. Varidenhoff ; Medon, Mr. Diddear ; Phocion, Mr. Fisher; Ctesiphon, Mr. W. Montague; lon, Mr. J. Anderson ; Agenor, Mr. Cathcart; Clemanthe, Miss Vanden hoff ; Abra, Miss Wyndham. To conclude with HIGH LIFE BELOW STAIRS. Private boxes, al. 35., 21.125. 6d., 21. 25., ii. I ls. 6d., and N. la. Stalls, ss. each. 5. d. FIRST PRICE. Boxes - - 4 0 Pit - - - 2 0 Lower Gallery - 'l. 0 Upper Gallery - 0 6 Box-book-keel s. d. SECOND PRICE. Boxes - - 2 0 Pit - - - 1 0 Lower Gallery - 0 6 No Half-price to Upper Galley. ', Mr. J. Povey. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENING, Will be performed CHARLES THE TWELFTH. To be followed by a new Comedy, entiled THE SERIOUS FA MILY. Characters by Messrs. Webster, J. Wallack, Buckstoue ; Mrs W. Clifford. Miss Reynolds, and Mrs. Fitawilliam. To conclude with the Comedy of NELL GWYN... NE. King Charles Mr. Webster; Charles Hart, Mr. Vandenhoff ; Joe Haynes, Mr. Selby ; Orange Moll, Mr. Keeley ; Nell Gwynne, Miss Reynolds ; Mrs. Snowdrop, Mrs. Stanley. Tho Box-oilise is wider the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. TIIEA ME ROYAL, ADELPLU. ;vie- the Airection (.4 Madame THIS EVENING►, Wlll be performed a new domestic Drama, called THE WILLOW CC PSE. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Bed d, 0. Smith, Worrell; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. After winch MY PRECIOUS BETSY_ Characters by Messrs. Wright, Bedford, Worrell; Miss Harding, and Mrs. F. Matthews. To conclude with SLASHER AND CRASHER. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new comic Opera, entitled THE VALLEY OF ANDORRE. After which MOT AND COLD. To be followed by the Ballet of THE THREE STATUES. To conclude with MY WIFE SHAN'T ACT. NEW ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Sole Lessee, Mr. W. Watts, IS St. John's Wood. TH EVENING, Will be performed THE MERCHANT Oil' VENICE. Duke, Mr. Johnstone; Antonio, Mr. Ryder; Bassanlo, Mr. Conway; Grattan°, Mr. Wigan ; Lorenzo. Mr. Belcen ; Shylock, ➢dr. G. V. Brooke ; Launcelot Gobbo, Mr. Compton; Portia, Miss Fanny Yining ; vissa, Mrs. Seymour : Jessica, Miss Oliver. To conclude with THE DREAM AT SEA ST& JAMES'S THEATRE. FRENCH PLAYS AND OPERA COMIQUB. Last Week but Two of the Operatic Performances. Mr. MITCHELL begs respectfully to announce that the French Periormances at the St. James's Theatre will commence TO-MORROW EVENING, At Half-past Seven, when will be performed LES DIAMANS DE LA COURONNE. Le Comte de Campo Mayor, M. Cbateaufort ; Don lienrique de Sandoval, M. Lao ; La Catarina, Madlle. Charton. The Box-office of the Theatre is open daily from Eleven till Five. Boxes and Stalls at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond street. &UYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. ..-3a.er the Management of Madame Vestm. Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. r HIS EVENING, Will be performed CHARLES THE TWELFTH. After which THE ISLAND OF JEWELS. To conclude with BOX AND COX. Dress Boxes. 5... ;,per acmes. 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No half-price to any part of the house. Ali applications for PriTate Boxes must be made to Mr. Allcroft, 15 New Bond-street. ASTLE IavYAL 'roprietor, Mr. W. Batty- An entire change in the Scenes of the ♦rena. New Grand Spectacle. Continued success of the Dames of the Fox-hunting Chase, by Eight principal Eluestrian Ladies of the Fstablishment. Madlles. Gardoni and Amilie on the Dcuble Tight Ropes in a petite Ballet entitled The Hungarian Woodcutters. THIS EV blisi IN G , The performance will commence at a Quarter to Seven, with a ns w Grand Spectacle of THE CORSE DE LEON ; or, the Brigand o f Savoy. To be followed by a brilliant display of Batty's peerless scenes of the Circle, supported by the accomplished artistes of the establish ern. To delude with THE DESERTED MILL ; or, The Soldier's W Box-office open from Eleven till Four. tllOll WATER AT LONDON BRUNIE. Tate Dit —;rninp, 23 min. alter 6 I Evening, 45 rein. after 6 To- M'oaaow -3(ireing, 6 rein. after 7 I Evevn.. 33 min.. altvr 7 THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, MARCH 5. THEa.IIO.3IRTER, Lowest, ; 26 Highest, 44; Noon 44, BAROMETER, 3(F6. A sharp frost during the night. WIND S.W.—fine Apar weather. ''.:*, •," ..,^ 4.,.. : .144 ~,,74:7‘.4•6- .- 4 : 1 e .. . ,— . 72 4 .---,, , 1. ) , 74" -: ! 1 ..", ••:*;l' s'.. - .• ---;-: ---. 'fr.. \-: .. ••• '•4 ., $.3---•-, _ ,.. ,,, - .••• , =' ----.4 ?s , /W . ~..7 '-- •"'- ilk ~ - . '& 11 -2 , • ,- • CIF. ii ' , C 7 -., 5..: .--. .. ' ,t• .. . T _2 . 20 - -.- (.3."(::..;,...c o omia..l ti a 1 : ‘ ‘\".' `"',....7.,-' - i , , • ^y, ' • ;,„_•,. a (Stelling 7:ualt LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1850. Although the principal railway companies hav e endeavoured, to the utmost of their power, to meet the wishes of the Government, by appointing dele gates to determine the proper measures to be adopted fur additional legislation on the important subject of the efficient audit of their accounts, the matter is, it appears, to be taken out cf their hands. It was well known that not a single hour had been lost, and that the delegates hail made the greatest progress in the arduous task with which they were charged—that the leading points of a Bill had been actually agreed to, and that it would, most probably, be ready for introduction within the present week ; and yet, although the Board of Trade was fully ap prised of the great diligence that had been exhibited, we find its Vice-President, the Earl of Gnalivrtax, last night bringing furward an Audit Bill, and delibe rately stating in the House of Lords, that "as it was not very likely that any large number of railway proprietors would combine to bring in any Bill of that kind during the present session, it did not ap pear right in the Government to delay any longer the task of informing the public of the courae which her MAJINTY'S Ministers intended to pursue." This is neither fair nor just. It is casting a most unwarranted aspersion on the gentlemen who, at considerable personal inconvenience, took upon them selves the duty of deciding upon the provisions of a measure which would at the same time afford full security to the public and the different companies that an accurate statement of affairs was periodically published, and which would not deprive the share holders of the control and management of their own concerns. In arise er to this most unwarranted as persion, thus recklessly cast upon a body of respect able gentlemen by a Minister of the Crown, it may be well briefly to refer to the real facts of the case. Last year it was announced that the Go vernment was about to bring in a measure by which the different companies would no longer be permitted to appoint their own auditors, but that all the accounts should be submitted to gentlemen se lected by the Board of Trade, without whose sanc tion no dividend could be declared, and who would, in fact, be invested with paramount authority over every line of railway. Directors and shareholders were alike alarmed. They knew the evil conse quences that might follow if the principle of " Go vernment interference" were for a moment sanc tioned or tolerated. They knew that it would be im possible to say where it would stop if the sharp end of the wedge were once introduced. They believed that they had acquired sufficient experience to avid the errors into which they had formerly fallen, and they naturally objected to have new and valu- able patronage conferred upon Government, by the creation of lucrative offices, the salaries of which were to be provided out of the diminished funds of the companies. The project was, therefore, received with the greatest alarm throughout the length and breadth of the land, and directors and shareholders forgot all minor differences in exhibitin g an uncom to a " Govern men t audit. " promising hostility It was, however, felt that something should be done to restore confidence to the public mind, and certain directors were nominated by the boards of the leading companies to prepare a Bill, which it was hoped would be received with ge neral satisfaction. Many meetings were held, but it ultimately appeared that the parties selected were unable to agree among themselves, and that the Bill which had been prepared was abandoned on the part of directors. Nothing then remained but to bring the subject under the consideration of the share h alders, and the most fitting opportunities appeared to be the ordinary meetings that were held for the purpose of declaring dividends and transacting the general business of the coanp.lnie-. Delegates were accordingly appointed to consider the subject by the North-Western, G -rest Vt r estern, South-Western, E astern Couniies, Brighton, Blackwall, Great Non hern, Midland, and other influential companies, and, as we have already stated, considerable pro g • - r was made in the p reparat i on of a Bill which fl i'ght be consilered as emanating from the share holders—the parties chiefly interested in the welfare and prosperity of railway property—through their chosen representatives. Many of the meetings were, however, only held during the past week, a n d i t was obviously impossible that the parties then appointed could be prepared, within a few days, w ith fully-matured and Well-considered measure. All that was practicable was, however, achieved. The principles on which the contemplated Bill should be tubed were decided, and even the details of the mea- Olarc nearly clomphited, 'the Bill thus approved of is, we believe, actually printed, and will be fully sanc tioned during the present week. And we also believe that the Board of Trade is fully informed on these points. It is, therefore, we contend, unfair and un candid on the part of the Government to assert that "it is not likely that any large number of railway proprietors would combine to bring in any Bill during the present session," and it is inflicting an unmerited slight on the gentlemen who have so zealously and energetically exerted themselves to carry the wishes of their brother shareholders into execution without a moment's unnecessary delay. We shall not now enter into the merits of the Go vernment measure. It is undoubtedly, in many respects, an improvement on that of last year. But still we submit that, however desirable it may appear, it should not be considered until the Bill prepared by the delegates is ready for presentation, so that the two may be compared together. We submit that the parties whose property, to the extent of 200,000,000. sterling, is to be affected are entitled to a respectful audience, and that until their wishes be fully ex pressed any legislation on the subject is, to say the least of it, premature and uncalled for. While M. PONSARD is preparing for the first re presentation of his tragedy of Charlotte Corday, and wkile M. ADOLPHE ADAM is entertaining the Pari sian dilletanti with his conjecture that Madame SONTAG is not herself, but her own daughter—a notion about as ridiculous as that entertained by the venerable Rip VAN WINKLE on the occasion of his recovery after the gigantic game of skittles—France is silently getting in readiness for the election, on Sunday next, of sundry new representatives. Here it is that the infinite advantages of !collecting by ballot the votes of the population become peculiarly mani fested. With every possible material scattered about in abundance, capable of transforming at a moment's warning a street broil into a rebellion, the French, yea, even the French of this generation, children though they be of a Past and creators of a Present revolution, find themselves deprived of the capacity, or rather, shall we say it, of the opportunity of sounding the tocsin of a general rising. Every one of those explosives of demagogism which have, from one period to another, proved sufficiently powerful to raze the whole political institutions of the land to their foundations ; every one of those evil passions which have, at intervals, manifested their diabolical energies in the crimes perpetrated and the victories won by the multitude are still as fruitful, as vigorous, and as much at hand as ever—but through the beneficent operation of the ballot the most murderous conspiracies are, so to speak, rendered incapable of detonation. It were well for us, if in this particular, the Legislators of the British Parlia ment would take a leaf out of the Republican Con stitution of our neighbours. Not that there is much fear of any revolutionary excitement becoming mani fested round the polling booths of our different borough or county constituencies, but that there is an absolute certainty, that under the existing system of voting in these islands the possessors of the elective franchise are too frequently subjected to intimidation. Much as was said last evening in the House of Commons about bona fide votes being given to opposing candi dates, it is but too certain that as matters are at pre sent managed there is very little chance of a bona fide vote being given anywhere—anywhere at least where the aristocratic influence can be brought to bear against the democratic in the instance of tenant farmers and dependent tradesmen. We are not speaking now upon a dim or fanciful hypothesis. We are talking of an evil notorious to the whole com munity. Let us hope, that when the Honourable Member for Bristol brings forward his annual motion, on Thursday evening, the Liberal and Radical Mem bers of the House of Commons will bear this evil keenly in their remembrance. And let us hope, too, that while recollecting the perni cious effect of the polling-booth system as manifested with terrible distinctness among our selves, they will bear in mind the beneficial, and we may even repeat our previous and more emphatic epithet, the beneficent operation of the ballot-box system as shown repeatedly with the clearness of a mathematical demonstration among our neighbours. There, in France, the hot-bed of revolt, the vol cano of revolutions, the land of the Phrygian cap and the barricade, the people have been effectually " bound over to keep the peace" by the introduction of the ballot into the republican constitution. The utterance c f this assertion, strange as it may appear, is not the expression of a passing fancy, but the record of a great and all-important fact. It is a fact proved by no less than three most memorable occurrences, those occurrences being the election of the National As sembly, the election of the Legislative Assembly, and the election of the first President. Oa each of those remarkable occasions France was ripe for another political explosion, as irresistible, but, in all human probability, not as bloodless as that of the days of February—" those fatal days of February," ac cording to M. THIERS—" those glorious days of February," according to M. DE LAMARTINE. While the glorious days of February—for, as might be con jectured, we make no hesitation whatever in accept ing the designation of M. DR LAMARTINE—whiIe the glorious days of February .demonstrated the magnanimity of the vast majority of the French multitude, the calamitous days of June revealed, underneath that magnanimous majority, a minority as ferocious, as sanguinary, and as depraved as the knitters who applauded the Mountain in the Convention, or as the hags who danced round the tumbrils on the Place de Greve, singing the hideous verses of the " Carrnagnole." To strangle the atrocious passions of this minority, to save the lives, and the property, and the institutions of the people from its grasp was, of course, the chief object of those statesmen who were selected to administer the affairs of the Republican Go vernment. Signal as has been the abi lity displayed by them, by the Ministry of M. ODILON BARROT, and by the Ministry of M. FERDINAND BARILOT, under the presidential super intendence of the Prince Louts NAPOLEON, ;this much must be borne in mind to the depreciation of their achievements as defenders of the peace of the country, that the principal portion of the difficulty of this repression of revolt was already removed by that system of the ballot which bad been adopted in the framing of the Constitution, and the original adop tion of which bad been one among the many glorious acts of the Provisional Government. But for the protective influence of the ballot the National Constituent Assembly, notwith standing the dictatorial authority reposed by it in the hands of General CAYAIGNAC, would have found it impossible to prevent another great revolutionary ex plosion on the ever-memorable occasion of the elec tion of the 10th of December. Again, but for the assistance afforded to the Executive by the same felicitous arrangement, the Cabinet of the President BONAPARTE would have found itself incapable of maintaining tranquillity on the subsequent occasion of the election of the Legislative Assembly. At both periods the pub lic mind of France, it will be remembered, was pro foundly agitated, and yet at both periods, through the beneficent operation of the ballot, the elections passedcl7:tu off without disturbance. T hese e circumstances e the cant force in the discussion of the question of the ballot even among our orderly fellow -countrymen, even in this island, where, during a century and a half, revolution has been altogether unknown: for they proclaim in very audible language that our most volatile neighbours consent at last to an in convenient obedience and an irksome quietude, be• cause through the aid of the ballot they can sat i sfy themselves in their representatives. RETURN OF THE COURT TO BUCKINGHAM PA LACE FROM WINDSOR CASTLE (THIS DAY) : —ller Majesty and the Prince Consort, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Prince of IVales, Prince Alfred, and the Princesses Royal, Alice, Helena, and Louisa, and attended by the Countess of Idount Edgecumbe, Lord Byron, Lord Alfred Paget, the Hon. Colonel Charles Grey, and Colonel Bouverie, arrived at Buckingham Palace this afternoon from Windsor Castle. The illustrious party travelled by a special train from Windsor to the Great Western Railway to Paddington, and were escorted to the Palace . by a party of the 11th Hussars. The Court is expected to remain in town until after the royal !Iccouchement Prince Albert, on behalf of her Ma jesty, will hold a levee to-morrow at St. James's Palace. Our readers will not be surprised to bear that the petition against the return of Baron Rothschild as the Member for the City of London has been withdrawn. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The Constitutionnel has the following paragraph : " According to information communicated by Fuad Effendi to his Government, M. Nesselrode had sent orders to General Luders to reduce the army of occu pation to the amount provided for by the treaty of Balta•Liman, as the Turkish army has already done. The rumour of the retreat had reached Bucharest. It was, however, believed that the retirement of the troops would not take place until the spring, and that they would not begin to march during the severe season." A letter from Toulon of the Ist instant states that letters have been received; there from the French fleet in the Levant, which announce the approach of the squadron on the coast of Greece, with the exception of the Jupiter and the Psyche, which remained at Smyrna. These journals state that an energetic note had been written by Count NESSELRODE to Baron DE BEUNOW on the Greek question, a copy of which had been left by the latter with Lord PALMERSTON. The PRESIDENT of the Republic visited St. Cloud on Sunday, and was enthusiastically received. Thu Bourse was animated, and a considerable quantity of business was transacted. The Five per Cents. opened at 95f. 75c , and closed at 96f. The Three per Cents. closed at 5Sf.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 766 f. 25c.; Rosen, 547 f. 50c.; Havre, NV.; Great Northern, 450 f.; Avignon, 195 f.; Vierzon, 315 f.; Basle, 113 f. 75c.; Bordeaux, 405 f.; Paris and Strasburg, 347 f. 50c.; Tours and Nantes, 251 f. 25c.; the New Roman Loan, 78k. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, MARCH 4. Boulogne and Amiens, 636—Central of France ( Orleans and Vierzon), 12%—Northern of France, 13%—Orleans and Bordeaux, 3—Paris and Strasbourg, 6%. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 27th ult. have arrived. General ESPARTERO has addressed the following letter to the Senate:— " Logrono, Feb. 18. " I saw with pleasure in the journals received to• day that the Senate, over which your Excellency presides in so becoming a manner, has resolved to congratulate the Queen on the occasion of the happy event communicated by the Government to the• legislative bodies, and I deeply regretted not to have been present at that I act, in which I would have concurred with all the sincerity of my heart, in order to repeat to her Majesty the assurance of a devotedness that never belied itself, and of my constant patriotism. But, not having had the satisfaction of participating in so solemn an act, I request your Excellency to be so kind as to congratulate their Majesties in my name, and to convey to:them my unalterable sentiments. May God preserve your Excellency many years. (Signed) " The Duke of VICTORY." MADRID BOLSA, FEB. 27.—The prices on Bourse continued heavy, without any motive being assigned for their depreciation. The Three per Cents were done at 28 7-16 for cash; the Four per Cents., at 12i for paper; the Five per Cents., at 121; the Debt without Interest, at 3i ; and the Coupons, at 71. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 5, 1850 GERMAN Y. A dispatch from Berlin, of the 2d March, states that Prussia demands as a sine qua non of Denmark the acknowledgment of the Treasury notes issued in Schleswig-Holstein. The Federal Commission of Germany have invited the Cabinets of Vienna and Berlin to enter into ne gotiations with foreign Powers for the recognition of the German flag, naval and commercial. A letter from Erfurt, of the 28th ult., says : " Mr. Von Bodelschwingb, who is to preside at the meeting of the administrative council till the opening of Parliament, when he will resign that post to Mr. Von Radowitz, who intends to transfer the sittings of the Council to Erfurt in the course of a few days. The Nurenzburgh Corre.pondent states that from 8,000 to 10,000 of the 40,000 Prussian troops which are to be concentrated at Erfurt, are to proceed next week, with several batteries, towards the northern frontier c f Ba varia, and occupy the Saxon duchies. Coburg is to be the head-quarters of this corps, for the provisioning of which preparations are now making." There was an emeute at Dresden on the 26th ult. Some of the accused of last May, while being re moved from one prison to another, attempting to es cape, the soldiers fired on them, and a ball struck the hat of a peasant, whereupon a great crowd assembled, in which the workmen returning from their labours joined. It was not till the space of two hours, and after several arrests were made, that the crowd was dispersed. Accounts from Vienna state that the Cologne Gazette, the Wanderer, and the Constitutional of Prague have been seized for publishing KLaraa's letter to HATNAII, protesting against the violation by the Austrian Government of the capitulation of Co morn. The whole of Hungary has suffered recently from inundations. Presburg, Comorn, and Raab have suffered more severely than other places. ITALY. Letters from Naples of the 16th silt. represent the state of that kingdom as horrible. The Government of King BOMBA is an organized perjury, and a royal amnesty is a mere decoy to lure persons to destruc tion. General NIINZIAriTE, the Commander in the Calabrias, recently published a proclamation in the name of his beloved and most merciful Sovereign, calling npon those who had,taken flighton account of political offences to return, and promising them that no notice should be taken of the past. Several unfortunate persons, not remembering the faithless character of the Bourbons, and trusting to the promises of King Beaus, returned and became the victims of this diabolical ruse. Within two days after their return 82 persons were arrested in Cala bria, and 37 in Naples, and were thrust into dun geons, where the torturer and the poisoner and the assassin, all important members of the Executive Government of Naples are doing their office on them. One unfortunate youth has just expired in the dun geon of Vicaria from consumption in consequence of having been exposed all the winter to the punishment called "of the chosen.' He was kept in a dungeon for seven months, and was allowed as his sole food eight ounces of bread per day and as much water as he could drink. His dungeon was thirty feet below the level of the soil, he was allowed neither light nor fire, nor straw to lie on, ar.d during the most rigorous nights of winter his tormentors would throw on him at intervals buckets of iced water. His mother who is 80 years of age, and who resides at a distance, undertook a long and perilous journey through the Abruzzi for the purpose of seeing her son before his death. The goaler refused her permis- sion, referring her to the Minister of the Interior. She at once applied to the Minister, and at the end of three days she received the following answer to her communication : " Madam,—Your pres-nce in the capital compromises order and public tranquillity. You are granted 24 hours to quit Naples. if you do not obey you will be accompanied from post to post by Gensdarmes. " Naples, 7th February, 1850." The unfortunate mother, on reading this note, fell into a cataleptic fit, and her life is despaired of ; in vain her relatives applied for a postponement of the period fixed for her departure, and the dying woman was, in an insensible state, expelled from Naples by the authorities. Comment upon these atrocities is needless ; the blood of these and of many hundred other victims calls out to Heaven for justice against the oppressor, and will not long call in vain, upon Him who has declared himself peculiarly the avenger of the wrongs of the widow and the orphan. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) __ COLONIAL. _ SUGAIt.—The market for British Plantation is steady at full prices. Mauritius and Bengal at public sale mostly found bUyers at full rates; but Penang went at a slight reduction; white 36s 6d to 40s, yellow 34s to 365, and brown 27s 61 to 335. Privately Porto Rico have been sold at 37a to 41s 63 per cwt. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 93 hhds 30 barrels; there were taken for home consumption 938 hhds, 107 tierces, 245 barrels. The stock in the same places is 7,163 hhds, 1,399 tierces, 2,350 barrels. COFFEE.—The market remains dull. Plantation Ceylon at nominal rates. Privately rather a large par cel of Native Ceylon were sold at 595. Ram.—The quantity landed last week at the East and Wert India Docks was 203 puns ; there were taken for home consumption 244 puns 8 hhds, and exported 93 puns 74 hhds. The stock in the same place is 18,053 puns 2,187 Ude. SPlCE:E.—Cassia Lignea was dull, there being no buyers on formers terms. TALLOW.-1". Y. C. is 36s 6d t) 36i 9d per cwt. on the spot, and Town 38s 6d. TEA.—The market is steady, and with fair deliveries for consumption. TonAcco.—Purchases were generally of a more limited character during the last month, arising in a great measure from old imports of certain descriptions having gradually almost approached the quotations of new (a parcel of Kentucky strips, of very old imports, and in questionable condition having been sold at 70), and not from any disinclination on the part of the specu lators to continue their operations. Sales have, never theless, amounted to 1,800 hhds, exclusive of upwards of 200 hhds, sold by "middle men." We have been compelled to alter several of our quotations, more espe cially flu* spinning strips; sales having been made ut Sid; and all classes of Western strips, for which we quote an advance of id to id per lb. Holders of the finest parcels of the present import are asking 9id with out showing any i n di cat i on o f au abatement from this price; we may observe that this quality of strips is not suitable for manufacturing Shag to sell at 3s 4d per lb. I Stock, 25,647 hhds, against 25,253 hhds, in 1849. DET ERMIMED SUlClDE.—Yesterday, a person named Vincent, who lodged in the house of Mrs. Wells, a tobacconist, who carries on bubiness at 35, Regent-street, Westminster, committed suicide by shooting hi mse lf through the head with a pistol. The barrels of the weapon burst upon the discharge taking place, and in flicted frightful injuries upon the upper portion of his person. His death was almost instantaneous; and it is stated that the condition of mind which led him to com mit the rash act was produced by long-continued suffer ing from illness. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEW CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 5,000 balee, of which 500 American were taken on speculation, and 300 for export. The market was not brisk, but there was a better feeling, and more steadiness in tone.—ln Railway Shares a fair business was done at higher prices. The market closed firmly. The Hamburgh mail of Friday brings the rate of exchange at 13 10, being k lower. Gold was at 437. Not much was doing in bills. Funds and shares were dull, and not much was doing in Coffee. Among the items of intelligence noticed in the United States accounts, is the rapid extension of steam-ship building, as within three or four years the aggregate of the new tonnage amounted to 56,000 tons. It is stated that the steamers of Collins' new Liverpool line are the largest in the world, being of the burthen of three thousand five hundred tons. They will be fitted up in a style of magnificence and splendour without a parallel. No ex pense is being spared about them; and although we do not say that they will distance any vessel that may be put in competition with them, yet we do say that it will take something in the shape of a se am-ship that was never yet produced, and in all prebability will not I.e for some years to come, to beat any of them. In accounts from Buenos Ayres it is stated that the idea of General Rosas retiring from the dirt ction of public affairs had called forth energetic manifesta tions, and that the English n erchants joined in ex pressing their esrnest ho; e:that such would not take place. We.are further told that— " A report of the administration of public credit, which has been publshed within the last few days, an nounces the gratifying fact, that that establishment, pur suing the even tenor of its way, will be in a situation by the end of December, 1851, to redeem the balance of the domestic funded debt of the province, amounting at present to 13,533,244 dolls. 7kc.; the capital of the sink ing fund being already upwards of five and a quarter millions." The Nova Scotian journals received by the mail give a report of a debate in the Legislature upon the subject of reciprocal free trade:—" The Attorney-General laid on the table of the House various minutes of conference on the subject of reciprocal trade with the United States. He explained that the conference had taken place with the Hon. Mr. Lafontaine and the Hon. Mr. Merritt, from Canada; Hon. L A. Wilmot, and Hon. J. R. Partelow, of New Brunswick; Hon. Messrs. Hen 'thaw and Thornton, of Prince Edward Island, and the Executive Council of Nova Scotia. A very important topic had arisen in this conference—that was the ex clusive privilege over the fisheries of these colonies, which cas held by British subjecte, and which was re• quired by the United States in exchange for reciprocity. Canada was ready to give up all exclusive privilege—so was New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, because they contended the rivalry of foreigners would tend to the greater industry of our own people, and the greater prosperity of the country. On the part of Nova Scotia the council had abstained from giving any opinion. Even the fisheries of the Bay of Fundy, which were claimed by New Brunswick, on behalf of British sub jects exclusively, had been conceded to the Americans; and the only part now exclusively in the power of Nova Scotia was from the mouth of the Bay of Fundy, round to Cape St. George, including Cape Breton. It remained to be seen what would be the views of the Legislature on the subject ; and he hoped the whole question would be taken up at an early day, and disposed of s in a manner that would reflect credit on the wisdom of the Legislature, and promote the permanent welfare of this country. " Mr. Beckwith would ask what we were to get in re turn for giving up our right to the shore fisheries ? "The Hon. Attorney-General said that the papers when read would answer the question of the Hon. Gentleman. The report of the assembled delegates advocated the prin ciples of reciprocal free trade; it was for the House to accept or reject the proposed resolutions. " The dispatches and report were read, and embodied resolutions of the conference in favour of the home Go vernment negotiating for reciprocity with the United States in the productions of both countries—bread, flour, fish, &c." These are cheering evidences of the march of free trade opinions in the colonies. At Frankfort on the 2d inst. Austrian Metallics were 821, and Spanish Three per Cents. 27i. Amsterdam accounts of the 3d give the price of Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents. at 54 15-16. Peruvian Bonds had sensibly declined, the Active being 75 and then 73k, and the Deferred 32k to 33k. The English Funds have been more buoyant, and although there is as yet only a small advance, the tone favours the belief that an improve ment will speedily occur, if Continental affairs settle down. The transfer books are about to close for several of the principal investments, but there is no probability of money being scarce while the Bank of England will lend at 2 per cent, on Stock until the re-opening, and bullion comes forward in such large amounts from America and other parts. Con sols have bean 95k for Money, and since 951 le For Time they have been quoted 954 to k. Bank Stock is worth 207 k. Exchequer-bills have realised 545. to 575. and India Bonds 84s. to 87s. premium. The New Three and-a-Quarter per Cent& are 974 to 98k. The Foreign Securities have been rather better sup ported. Peruvian Actives have touched 74 and 754, and the Deferred 32i and 32k. Mexican Bonds have been called 29k i; Buenos Ayres are 52, and Venezuela 34 to Portuguese Four per Cents. have been quoted 32*, and Spanish Three per Cents. 36i to 4. Russian Scrip is worth 1 j premium. Dutch Two-and-allalf per Cents. are 55f. Railway Shares are all rallying again. North-Western are k to 1 higher; Brighton also to 1 dearer, and there is about a similar rise in Great Western. Caledonian have touched ill; Eastern Counties, 71; and South- Eastern, 18-1. Unitei Mexican Mine shares have gone tack a little. ONE ~ t ,,,, , --1 G P :It;Kt. .JF :,ItITIBII YIJNDS O'CLOCK. FiliorS. 'lank Stock 3 par Cent. Reduced Arils ...... 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9 5 1 /8 I A 95% Sew 31 per Cent. Anns.. ... Long Arms. to expire J an. 1860 -16 8% 8% Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10. 1859 — 8 7-16 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 8 5-16 8% ndia Bonds, 1,000/. ........ ....... Ditto under 1,000/.. . South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities :onsols for Account 95 is v 95 1 h x chequer Bills 1 lid. & 2d 1,000/. June 5001. June Small, June 57 54_p 54 p PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. 0"/ CE OLOSIN O'CLOCK. PRICES Brazilian Bonds New, Ditto, 1829 and 1839 BuenosAyresßonds, 6 per Cent.— Ditto, Account ..... ... _ . Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent .••• • tqua d o r Bonds ... — 3 3 / 1 ai ex lean. 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons— —. Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ........ Ditto. Account Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent .....,,, Ditto, Account Ditt o Deferred .................... 7 5 32% Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto, 4 per Cent. Ditto, Account ........ . Russian Bonds ..... 106% ex d 107% ex d Ditto Scrip 1;I4 % p 1% p Spaninh 5 per Cent. 184 U Ditto. 3 per Cent 3 6%% 36% Ditto. Account ....„ .. ..... . ..... 36% Venezuela Bonds, 2!ei per Cent Ditto, Deferred .............. Uividends on the above payable in London. B e ligan, 2% per Cent.. .. ...-__ 50 Duta. 21/6 per Cent., 12 Guild. _ — 551 55 1 4 Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates_ 86'4 'A PRICES OF p A i D. BUSINESS DONE C LOSIN lt ' A ILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES Berks & Hants Extens. (GtWest. Per.s per ct.) 6 Caledonian ...... Do. New lOL Pref..... 10 ..... 7.5/ 8 7 l /4 ......... 11 73 / 4 1 / 4 .......... x.d....... VA x.d appstoo6:7l4eNorCer;l.nriisittr.i7;f.as..zeiec.rn.c.e..: 1200 6 per Cent. ......... 50 Ditto. 5 per Cent... 50 49 3 / 4 914 25 6 per Cent. .. ......... 27% :rest Northern ......... 22 ••• - 774 8....._ EFTDstt°.LLaNinYlecewoalnh.s.ih.ria.r.e:,:g...u...a..r.... 1.53 ...... —6'4 • Do., %B 6 per Cent.. 71 / 4 •••••• s '4 Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 1N• 1 0 % 34 ........... 10% :rest South. and West (lreland) ...............50 •••••• ••• -... ..... 28 1 4 Great Western 100 ..... . 58% 59 x.d. _ 5 , x.d. Ditto, 1 4 Shares 25 ..... x.d....... 141,4x.d. Hull and Selby .. 5O •••••• ............... 97% Lancaster Do., Registered yee a eor n asn d 6et. Ca r l i s l e . • 54) ...... - • • • • • • • 53 Lancashire& Yorkshire 100 ••••• ............... Do. Quarters ... 2 3 1,4 ...... 10 . Do. Fifths.— ........ ... 10 ...... 2 1% 2; 6 Do. Thirds ....- ........18 •• ••• "i 2 7% Co. (W.Riding Union) 11'4 - ••• 4 4 7 ...... • London & Blackwall...l I L 68. 3d... 3, sx d. 3% x.d London, Brighton, and South Coast_ .....10 0 • ..... 79 '4 80 79 1 ,1 4 B o mt i x.d.. 121% x.d. Lo sl nd it o t n o, a F n i d it /s , Weite . r .. n . . 100 12 ..... ........ 104% x.d lo l l4xd London &S.Writern ..100 ..... 65 / 6 61%x.d - 64%x.d Manchehter.lluxton,and Matlock 6 ...... 7" • Midland _ . ... Do., 50/. Shares ..... 30 •• ••• 51 / 4 5 - ......... 5(4 Flirminft.. 6 0erct....100 ..... 1231/2. ........... 12 3 / 4 6. , ' North Staffordshire ... 17 1 /+...... ~,,"4 , ... 6% Scottish Central Shrewsbury and Bina.- 3 1 1 3: .................. 18 i34 ." • ..... 1. .. g —l B d %is Ditto ditto, Class B. S •••••• v South vlvßootho(ilierlaktur:a: ValleysDa,nnie,t t , r 7 1 ,4 per N . Cent. l.\y 4 .. 5100 ::::::: . : • • • • ...... . . 5; i mouth 4 i)o. N e l l ; . . e . ;, . 8 . :. 1 do. P ... a . n . . I d . . : 05 :.".: .. .. 32855% ............ ... : .. 37851/ Berwick..... .... 8 7 4 4 Do. Newcastle Exten. 20 ...... 8 3 / 4 %. 1 3 4 Do. G.N.E.l'refercnce 8 ••• ••• York and North Midland 50 ...... - 17% Ditto, Prefe rence FOREIGN RAILWA Yn. Boulogne and Amiens 2O •••••• Central of France (Or leans and Vi erzon )._ 20 .... .."; 23 Northern of France__ 16 . ....... i '4 73 '" Orleans and Bo r d eaux .. 7 --- " ..•...•• '' - 3 MINES. Brazilian Imperial ...... 24T 2 . ..... ....... ::::.:: 7 31/2 Do. St. John Del Rey it • .... — 5/1/Lz United lexican 28% ...... 7Aq 4/2 7 '!4 JOINT STOCK BAN Ka Autralasia , 4O ...... .. ..... ....... , 25 Tendon & 5% Weatminater. 20 ..... . -- ‘ LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MARCH s.—Wind :It noon, S.W., light pleasant breeze and fine clear bright weather. There was a sharp frost last night. The Trident steamer, lying abugside the St. Katherine-dock-wharf, caught fire, which was soon put out. P uRTAMOUTH, MARCH 4.—Wind. N.W. to E.N.F.— Sid. Westminster, New York; Scidian, Perth, W. A. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 4.—Wind N.—Arrd. Baron of Renfrew, Nourse, Calcutta; Petrel, Cahil, Bombay; Isabella, Thompson, Africa and Rio Janeiro; Sandford, Rio Grande; Sandbach, Bellis, Demerara; Kate Howe, Charleston. Sid. Teia, Havannah; Magnet, Cape of Good Hope ; Swordfish, Pernambuco; Three Sitars Para, Hartley, New Orleans; Medemsch, New Orleans; T. J. Roger, Philadelphia; Manhattar, New York; John Hancock, New York; Waterloo, New York; Pat back, Fanny, Fan Fr7ccisco. DEAL, MARCH 4 —Wind N.N.E., very strong—Arrd. Kepler, Kurth, New Orleans; John Gibbs, Valparaiso. Arrd. from the River and sailed, Athenian, Madras; Swan Crisp, Cape of Good Hope-, Ledy Marv, Jamaica. Sid. the Gambia. Atrd. from the River and sld. Bri tish Sovereign, Adelaide, South Australi-a ; Markus and Calcutta; Thetis, Asetni,ion; Ada, Moga dore. Sit!. the outward bourd. SHIELDS, MARCH 4.—ne Dart, of and from Whiff y, re,r Newcastle, sprang a leak off Sunderland, and foun d red; crew saved. HOUSE OF LOUDS.--(THIS I)AY.) The House sat to-day for the purpose of hearing S.rotch appeals. The Peers present were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, and Lord Wodehouse. THE DUKE OF ROXBURGHE V. MISS J. W. RAMSAY. Mr. BETHELL Opened the appeal this morning. The eaie came before their Lordships for the purpose of obtaining the reversal of the decision ef the Court of Session, which gave to the respondent the exc:usive right to certain fisheries on lands adjoining those of the Noble Respondent. The arguments appear likely to oc cupy a day or two. VICE-CHANCERY.--(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) TRANT V. DEFFELL. The further arguments in this part-heard case occu pied his Honour the whole day. No case of any interest came before the Vice-Chan cellors Knight Bruce and Wigram during the morning. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Lord LANGDALE, Master of the Rolls.) SOLODIONS V. LAING. The Court was occupied throughout the morning in hearing the further arguments in this, which was a part heard case. Mr. G. Turner was counsel for the plaintiff, and Mr. Malins represented the defendant. The question raised in the suit is whether the di rectors of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Rail way Company were justified in applying any portion of the funds in their hands belonging to the shareholders, in purchasing, as they bad done, shares in the Direct London and Portsmouth Railway. Mr. TURNER, for the plaintiff, contended that , tte di rectors of the South Coast Company held the moneys of the shareholders of that line in trust to be applied for the purposes of the line, and for those purposes only, under the terms of the Act of Parliament authorising the construction of the line; and that therefore they were not justified in expending any part of the funds in buying shares in the Direct London and Portsmouth line. Mr. MALINS, on the other hand, submitted that though that might he so, yet a Court of Equity bad no jurisdic tion over the transaction; and that if any misappropria tion of the funds bad taken place, the proper course was to sue the individual dir e ctors for a breach of trust. The case had not concluded when our report left. CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before the RECORDER.) Thomas Coker, 21, described as a labourer, was in dicted with feloniously breaking and ehtering the dwel ling-house of James Eader, and stealing therefrom his moneys to the ♦alue of 71. 2s. 6d. The prosecutor was a very old man, living at Ux bridge, and it appeared that while he was absent from home on the 12th of February last, some person broke into his cottage, through the ceiling, and abstracted 7/. 2s. 6d., which consisted chiefly of silver, and was the amount of some savings which he had hoarded up. Suspicion having fallen upon the prisoner, a police con stable was sent in search of him, and he succeeded in taking him into custody at Windsor, whither he had gone. On being searched several pieces of silver were found upon him, and among them a shilling with a hole in it, which was identified by the prosecutor as belong ing to him. The jury found the prisoner Guilty. The prisoner, together with Mary Ann Georgina Graves, was then charged upon another indictment with stealing a shift, the •alue of 6d., the property of Mary Ann Brown, but were both Acquitted. The RECORDER sentenced the male prisoner on the first charge to transportation for ten years. Joseph Easton, aged 18, described as a baker, was indicted with burglary in the dwelling•house of Andrew Jackson, and stealing therein two tea caddies, and other articles, his property. _ - A police constable stated, that as he was passing the prosecutor's kouse in Brixton-road, about a quarter past three o'clock on the morning of the 22d of February, he heard a noise, and suspecting that something was wrong, he went round to the back of the house, and on turning on his " bull's-eye" he discovered the prisoner standing on the garden-walk, with a dark lantern in his hand. He took him into custody, and found the property in question in his possession. The back kitchen door was open, and on entering the house he saw that a great number of articles had been dis turbed, as if it had been the intention of the prisoner to carry them off._ _ . _ Mary Ann Perkins proved having, on the night pre vious to the robbery, properly and securely fattened the door and window of the back kitchen. Mr. Jackson, the prosecutor, identified the property. The prisoner said he had nothing to say to the charge. The RECORDER having summed up, The jury found a verdict of Guilty. The prisoner was sentenced to be transported for ten years. _ _ Thomas Geary, 22, described as a labourer, was in dicted with feloniously wounding Joseph Smalley, a constable, in the execution of his duty, with intent to prevent his lawful apprehension. Police-constable Smalley said he was on duty on the 10th of February last in Rosemary-lane, and about a quarter-past twelve that night he was engaged in quelling a disturbance between a man and a w(nian, and while doing so a man came up behind him and gave him a violent blow in the eye, which knocked him down, and the man then ran away, but he could not say who he was. The pri:oner was afterwards taken into custody, and while witness and another constable named Duffy were taking him to the station-house they were sur rounded by a mob of people, and some one wrenched the staff out of Duffy's hand and gave him (witness) three violent cuts on the head. The prisoner was rescued from their hands and got away. Wituess could not say whether the prisoner was the person who struck the blAve. Mr. Lynch, a cheesemonger in Rosemary-lane, identi fied the prisoner as the man who struck Smalley. Other witnesses were called who gave similar evidence. The surgeon who attended Smalley said the blows were of a very serious character, and had prevented him going on duty since the occurrence. The jury found a verdict of Guilty, and the prisoner was sentenced to imprisonment for 18 calendsr months in the House of Correction, with hard labour. IV E W GO U BT. (Before Mr. Commissioner BULLOCK ) The Court was occupied this morning in trying Mini ewes, none of which presented the slightest feature of interest. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) A youth named Thomas Warner, whose head hardly reached the top of the dock, was charged before Mr. Jardine, with the following daring robbery:— A police constable of the City Detective Force deposed that be was on duty last evening, on Ludgate-hill, when he met the prisoner in the company with the most noto rious of thieves, a youth about thirteen years of age, and who hears the happy cognomen of "Daring Billy." Believing that they were bent on mischief, he followed them through Fleet-street into the Strand, where, when they arrived opposite the shop of Mr. Thomson, the large clothier, they began to think that that appeared to be a very likely place of doing business. "Daring Billy" was unanimously agreed upon to act the part of scout, whilst the prisoner was to appropriate to himself any of Mr. Thomson's property most suitable for removal. On his entry into the shop he removed the top coats which were placed upon the dummies which stood on either side of the door, and seeing three other coats lying on the coun ter, he could nut forbear from picking them up also, li e thus would have made his escape, as the parties who had charge of the shop were in a back parlour at tea, bad it not been for the vigilance of the City constable, who, the moment he came out with the property, pounced upon him. " Daring Billy" managed to effect his escape. Mr. Thomson deposed that the coats were worth about 51. He was quite unable to account for the manner in which the prisoner had got into the shop without their seeing him, as their eyes were always on the door when at tea. _ _ The prisoner, who proteste d that he was. quite inno cent of the charge, was committed to take his trial. THAMES TUNNEL COMPANY. (THIS DAY.) The annual general meeting of the Thames Tunnel Company took place this morning, at Ridley's Hotel, in Bridge-street, Blackfriars. The report, which was very brit f, announced a reduc tion in the expenditure. The receipts of the past year for tolls amounted to 3,480/. 13s. 2d.; for rents, to 906/. 18s.; and for bcoks of description, to 41. ss. 6d. The balance in hand at the close of the last year was 5411. 19s. 2d., making a total revenue of 4,933/. 9f. 10d. The expenditure consisted of 3,665/. Cs. 3d. for the cost of works, rates and faxes, management, &c.; and 6511. Os. 3d. paid to the Public Works Loan Commissioners; leaving 6171. 3s 4d. to be carried to the next year's account. The report was adopted, and the proceedings termi nat©d with the custom•iry vote of thanks to the directors. RINGING LORD CAMPBELL OUT OF LINCOLN'S IVN.—Lord Campbell having been appointed by her Majesty Lord Chief Justice of England in the room of Lord Denman, was, this morning, rung out of Lincoln's Inn. According to the ancient usage of the profession, every one before be becomes a judge must be sworn in a sergeant-at-law, and thereby become a member of Ser geants' Inn. Lord Campbell, as is well known, was a member and beadier of Lincoln's Inn, and his elevation to the bench, Nordin to the Rio of $ll9 iAlag off' wart, rendered the ceremony necessary, which was enacted this nnorning in the Bell Tow,-r of Lincoly,'s Inn [tali. EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE. —IO the year 1798, there were two men in the p , ,tish of St. Dominick, Richard fill and Richard Nattle, who became fellow-sm - vants at Halton Barton, ne:ir CallinlJon,and after having lived togethc4 fur three y, , ars, each to,k a wife of the maid servants of the same house (two sisters), and th- rna,t,r provided the wedding dirm , r for both parii.s. Since that time those men have laboured tt , gether for upwards of thirty years on Halton quays. They both joined a sick club in the pariah on the same day, and tiled both tit' sauce night, and were buried at St. Dominick on the same evening (of the 13th in: tint), side by side in the same grave, the one aged 76, tho other 73 years.—De vonport Telegraph. COLOSSAL BIRDS OF NEW ZEALAND.—At the last meeting of the Geological Society of London,Dr. Man tell, in illustration of a memoir on a !arge collection of fossils and rock specim,ns l trt ly t eeeived from his 1.'017, Air. Walter Martell, t f New 'Zealand, exhibd sore highly interesting remains of the col , s-al buds of that country; among them ‘tere dunks and wandih!es, ect - shells, cnd enormous bones o: the hirn'er ex , remitie>. The most rern,4l LAW we , e the t- dire srrie,s of noief, composing the legs and feet of the s, , ee individual, Dinoinas giganteus, found in a inn- a,s at Wai!:tn,tuti, on the Middle Island, standing erect, the one a yard in ad vance of the other, as it the bird Lad been rotted i n th e swamp, and perished on the spot. The entire length cf the foot of the original must have been 16 inzhe'S', and its great..-et breadth 18 inches, and the height of the bird nearly 10 feet. Some extensive caverns, lined with eta lactites, have been discovered in the North Island, and are said to contain bones of the Moa and other animal , . Among the rock specimens, are masses f linaestone, containing fossils like those of the lineliele chalk, and the stone itself is almost wholly composed of tonsil a.ni • malcules, like that of Dover. SCENE BETWEEN MR. RANISHAY AND MR. BARON ALDERSON.—Iii a trial at Lancaster last week, frt. an alleged robbery of a man by an abandoned woman, a stormy altercation arose between Mr. Ramshay and the Learned Judge, of which a Lancaster contemporary gives the follow irg account:—A question asked by Mr. Ram shay of the prosecutor relative to the place whither he accompanied the prisoner his Lordship characterised as " studiously ambiguous," and this formed a series of wranglings until the case was completed. His Lordship asking Mr. Ramshay, " for Heaven's sake to go on or else go out of court," and Mr. Ramshay rejoined that he had as "much right in that court as his Lord ship, and he would not go out," as well as a per fect chaos of " I have my rights as well as your Lord ship," " now go on Mr. Ramshay," " not while I am in terrupted, my Lord," ensued. In addressing the jury for the defence, Mr. Ramshay alluded to the allega tion of " studiously ambiguous question," and denied that he had ever asked a question of that character in his life, and he felt called upon, as a barrister of some standing on that circuit, to repel the imputation. Mr. Baron Alderson said he did not intend to use the word offensively. Mr. Ramshay—lt cannot but be offensive. His Lordship—Well, if you won't take any explanation, I can't help it. Mr. Ramshay, in continuing his address, said that a person who could use "studiously dmbiguous" ques tions was unfit to move in society. Reverting to the case, and the question which had pro voked the expression, he remarked that his Lorship and Mr. Milne might rake up the filthy details of the case, but he would not. Mr. Baron Alderson (repeating the words, "his lordship and Mr. Milne may rake up the filthy details of the case"): You have no right to insult me. I beg to say that I will not submit to any such insults. Mr. Ramshay : It was not intended, your Lordship, as au insult but a proper belief upon the fact.— In resuming his address, he told the jury that if they entertained any doubt whether the money had he -n feloniously obtained, they were to stick to that doubt, whatever was said by anybody. His Lordship, in summing up, commented on this expres sion, and the course pursued by Mr. Ramshay, which he attributed to his being in ill health. After a short de liberation the jury acquitted the prisoner. SUPPOSED HIGHWAY ROBBERY NEAR BARNSLEY.— Yesterday (Frida>) Inspector M`Mullin brought four pri soners up at the Borough Court (two men and two young females) whom he had apprehended on the previous after noon, on suspicion, as we understood, of being concerned in a highway robbery near Barnsley, in Yorkshire. On Thurs day afternoon information was sent to the Town-hall that the two w, men were trying to get change for a 51. note of the Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bonk, at a shop in a ansgate, and M'Mullin was sent to make inquiries as to how the women became pos sessed of the note. From their statement the officer hurried off to a public-house, where he found the two men waiting who had promised the women 10s. for getting the note changed, and on his seizing them, one dropped three other 5/. nut ss of the same bank under the chair on which he test. On M'Aiulliu's stating that it was Barnsley Fair on Wednesday, and that he had reason to believe the notes were t to produce of a robbery committed there, Mr. Maude remanded the prisoners until Monday next. Both men describe them selves as weavers from Barnsley.—Mandiester Courier. INTERESTING ARRIVAL FROM ITALY.—It having been represented to the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury that by a steamer expected daily to arrive at Liverpool from the Mediterranean, a package has been shipped at Leghorn, containing a work purporting to be the original design in oil by Michael Angelo, of the painting of the Last Judg ment, executed by that eminent master in the Sistine Chapel at Rome, and that it is desired, in considera tion of the great value of this work, assuming that its authenticity can be satisfactorily established, to avoid the risk of injury which the process of opening for the purpose of examination and re-packing in Liverpool would involve, their Lordships have been pit seed to direct that, under the peculiar circumstances of the case, and in consideration of the great probable value of the contents of, the package, it may be forwarded, under official seals, to London, as desired. We are happy to state that Air. Finch .NoyeF, who lately met with an accident while hunting, is rEcovering, and is considered out c f danger by his medical attendant. —Salisbury Herald. A little neat church has been erected at Monkton Wyld, one of the outlying hamlets of the ext,nsive pa rish of Whitchurch Canonicorum, near Bridport, which will shortly be consecrated by the Lord Bishop ot Salis bury, for the several offices of religious worship.—Salis bury Herald. FIRE NEAR SPITALFIELDS CHURCll.—Yesterday (Monday) morning a fire, which mused great alarm, and was attended with considerable damage, occurred in the premises belonging to Mr. J. N. Thompson, a wholesale and export shoe•manufacturer,. No. 8, Church-street, Spitalfields, a few doors from the parish church. .nfor mation being sent to the proper quarters, a strong body of police arrived, and two engines belonging to the parish, with four more of the London fire establishment. The mains afforded an abundant supply of water, from which the parish engineer and London brigademen set to work, but in spite of their most strenuous exertions the flames could not be got out until the lower part ot the premises was gutted and the upper part severely in jured. Mr. Thompson was insured in the bun and Anchor fire-offices. . _ The following is the correct list of the gentlemen who are promoted to the rank of Queen's Council:— Messrs. Peacock, Edwin James Prendergast, 0 Malley, noggins, Nlacaulay, Townsend, Greaves, Bliss, Grainger, and Carpenter Rowe. CANTERBURY ELECTION.—This election took place yesterday shortly after ten o'clock. There being n o other candidate Colonel Romilly was declared duly elected, having been proposed by Alderman Neame, and seconded by Mr. Brent, jun. COURT OF BANICRUPTCY.—The continued absence of Mr. Commissioner Shepherd from his court fur a period of three months, in consequence of illness end infirmities, has given rise to an expectation that the Learned Gentleman will not again resume his seat on the judicial bench. In the event of his resignation it is understood that the appointment will not be filled up, but that the number of courts will be reduced to five, in which case a saving of about 3,000 L a year will at once be effected. One of the practical inconveniences to bankrupts and creditors, consequent upon the protracted absence of any ono commissioner is, that a bankrupt's examinations almost invariably take place before one commissioner, and the hearing of his application for a certificate before another. In some cases adjournments of meetings take place, with a view to ohviate this ob jection, but such adjournments are necessarily attended with inconvenience to Lankrupts and all other parties concerned. MR. FEARGUS O'CONNOR AND THE LAND SCHEME. —On Sunday last Mr. O'Connor, Mr. Clarke, and Mr. Magrath attended a meeting of the members of this con cern, in the people's Institute, Aneoats, Manchester. Mr. O'Connor entered into a lengthened explanation of the various proceedings which have recently t iken place with reference to this plan, and, after detailing -t - le facts, assured the members present that the whole of the money sub.cribed should be refunded—every member should have the Lull 20e. in the pound paid. This statement was received with much chering. He also added, that the Committee of the House of Commons had reported in favour of his being allowed to wind up the affairs of the company without being charged the usual expenses in such cases. During the day a sub. scription was made towards defraying the expenses of the late trial, which amounted to 10/. 2s. 6d. The pro• ceedings terminated at a late hour. MARISCHAL COLLEGE, ADERDEEN.—Tho tin. wonted excitement which has attended the present election, terminated yesterday, in the triumphant elec tion of Sheriff Gordon, by large majorities, in the whole of the nations, to the seat which he has so worthily occupied during the past year. The meeting in the public hall yesterday Ras, as usual, opened with a Latin prayer by the Principal, after which Professor Cruickshank ordered the various nations to their respective halls. The following statement of the result has been furnished to us:—For Sheriff Gordon 136; for Carlyle 34. Pro curators unanimous for Sheriff Gorden.—Aberdeen Herald. THE JOURNEYMEN TAILORS OF LONDON. --Yes terday a general meeting of master tailors was held at Freemasons Taverr, to adopt measures fjr the sOlevia tion of the distress under which ro large a number of journeymen are suffering. Most of the principal firms were represented. Mr. Cartwright presided. Several gentlemen addressed the meeting in support of the resolutions brought forward. The speakers attributed the existing distress, and the moral and social degradation of journeymen tailors, to the practice which prevailed in many establishments of giving out door work. The prices given, especially to the women employed, were scarcely sufficient to keep them from starvation. Instances were adduced of individuals who for a series of weeks were obliged to work Lard to earn less than 2s. a week. Turning to the men, it a as stated that a man, to earn 12e. a week, should work 18 hours a day, and out of that he had to pay Is. for trimmings, 6d. for can dl es , an d 6 d . f or coals. The particulars of \ Mend gagriUlt Med a We gb9TO description Wm ------- ...n.„. given, and it was a1,.0 shown that from ocer-crow(7 the tell in tie it rceeins the irelisieeel.; cent-Toted with ‘ 4 .' e i re ish)'ietlly defilitieted trail reedered rf cul t ', Y. liable to attack., ef epidemic diseese. A resolution "as' Lade/eye ftn , p,g im por;ant 8,,s , tile, it was highly motes for the improvement of them oral, social, and I ) C sine," conlditit'n of the jeurneemen tailor' that all ws t ' ei .. men should he e ruployeel on the premises of the a "' I Toe nai v e e t e iiore p: E' eat, ineividually and collective Yd, pl. dged thern-eivee to carry out the are 'slues stigg ee.e ' and the meeting chaeenan. 'LIE separated af,er a vote of ,yank s to NEW STEAMER CITY of GLASG° II " -- bt observe that this fine 13L.W N essel has all erdy been breve , . up to the harbour for the purpose of having her in ft %, chirery put on board. She was towed up at h i g h w ' t ee eesterday afternoon, and ssfely moored in front a , ,_ ( ergs crane on the south side of the river, wherestinrnte boilers were lying ready to ho put on board ill ° . 11 b e (lei ing. The e engines fitre also cempleterl, t he a" I .1 ltlirlee (lett el up witheut lose e ime, iee order that se 3 ,1 first trip way be realy to t eke hi r dile riuri , en her lkerese the At ente: by the 1 16th a next ese'n tb.-- G/eseeee : te e d, f r oth • i : unr, PE:',NY lll:':K—Colitct.cci in , on es a ts-19, t' s 5,541 e e dep , ,„ v I r". ie lwe • n Ile l,' e l Augot , th, 28'n r f •b, 1; ,, , 1,207/. ii,. 2,1,1.-18 2 da./„.'• ~ ,,r A• ATTEMPTED FRAUD —TUE STATUTE or JA o ,t, Troes.—The Aire Of a te.ipc stalls termer, at Btrn t r t t i gt had teen committed for trial by the ireae,istriiteel"' ... 1 piece for telotii,u,ly her bt:, s i ory note, N aloe 1001., which had been drawn by i in,' in Jerre, 1844, at two mor,th; dote, otetrieine pse of a ef° r°l , apies had celled s•-veral times for psyn 3 e",` " e l ih ' ign seeing the drawer of the Lute. The prisonerset"ce ee ti a liriendraPee, mmed Deynee, for presee2intaatie;t.r.uh'e'l'r: to . let her see the note on each occasion, end herrole 1 _ 0 ( g him a visit at his own shop, he et last all° ~,„ee cl ,eument to pass out of his hands. the e"n ec t cl- , r it, a w n a d , a refusal on the part of the prisorier. t ., r e es h ' :the her detention until the matter was set figa t ''' authoriti. the a. Her object was to bring the case under statute ef limitations, by detaining the note 11 12til comber next. • 0 Yi as DOVER. —On Tuesday last a great protereed in front of the police-station house, bY 11 ' e re o fieee that Mr. Thomas Laker, the superintendent of th e e ,r,", wits had cut his throat, the report, as regarded ths rvii, of true, and three medical men were inemedise:./ a ct of tendence. It is said that Mr. Laker was in tu e i , - ;deee shaving himself at a glass, suspended in a trolA /1 .';" 0 1 when a dumb mar, Lamed Walker, came o ppoSl t i „aka , made such an extraordinarynoise as to alarra A- 1 , 1 ' . .„,i5f00, eensatio ors who let the razor slip, and made a most vidtlll," e a o f o h r i r b the left side of his neck. Hopes are enteronarobip recovery, should ho continue to go on b v° e " doing bn ' t it will be a long time Lefore he is eePa ble 01. duty, if ever.—Canterbury Journal. __The to rli ; ROYAL GENERAL ANNUITY SOCIETY. , • 00... versary yer festis at of the society, as will be seen oi id 00 tisement in another column, is fixed to b e n d be w ill,k e Wednesday next, at the London Tavern , tl,„ . kr . presided over by the Hon. Edward Henry , Stan' e q f eti la (eldest son of Lord Stanley), who has ust • rr : r otell' town, after a von age to the West Indies. The efr o v itr ing festival is likely to be one of more than ordintolgile .terest, and the greatest exertions are being instletpoot it effect. The following noblemen and ge r ' d t heir amongmany others, have already stit„,ntfi! Doi intention of being pre: eat:—The Earl row' s ' Dera Ashley, M.P., Robert Grosvenor, M.P , Sir M. It. Shaw S te Sir t., Sir John Heron Mexwell, Dart-tiorta Sir Robert Gore Booth, Bart.. Sir E. nolc he o r 'oor s ' ilood, Bart., the Mayor of Gravesend, the,'",,-ettri' Rochester, the Mayor of Rye, the Mayor th e, Sill' !Egg Seeriff of Sure ey, the ex•fligh Sh eri e 9. rey, C. N. Newdegate, Esq. M.P., Thomas G reetl r ' o oll 1.P., Richard Bremridge ' Esq M.P., G. ° . ° wattl e Leigh, E sq ., M P., J. C. i teno :;,' , D el. AK' , Mundy, Esq., M.P. ,:r Barber, oi,n,e, Sr. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD.—Mr. .11. ~7.rd, Y: d of the representatives of Castle 13aynard ", 7 1 for ~-, given notice of a motion in the Common C u i tin i l 1))' t ' i imrovement in front of St. Paul's Catbe 46 ,:losing - (removallarge ~p a o e f e t , li f e dwarf - wall and iron railing e f t, eat"; ral, and (,0 if re of coin and the west fronituot,tittuh; oblriei laying the same street. Ile proposes that the carriageeaa,.%lVe„l, f contracted, should be widened to the exo l " - oveiu— eet, or thereabouts, by which accidents will be coo r t oie n and a rep teion of thee° scenes of noise a il e d „ r oo d be n t that have been so frequent in the im proveneig h°°ale " , ll will e very ineonsiderable, as not a lc h ouse pr-' i:hoissi , tiqo u n i . red to be pulled down in carrying ou t of ter mOS FUNERAL OF SIR IVM. ALLAN.--The Fridoi r distinguished artist were conveyed on es ft ()-. their reserog-place. The funeral was, a w i uc i s h oe it Y le -d ° Bible, a urivate one. The academicians a nu • Wil litly of the Reyal Scottish Academy, was the president, assembled in 'the Royal I h tl es to tb: and proceeded from thence in mourning e°a c „ t , wh er e residence of the deceased in Great Ding" of they joined the other friends. Thep lace ot e r o f _which Str,sisuerie, 10/11 was the Dean Cemetery. c e tte c , LA CI, , DY -oTTENHAM'S SOIREE.--LadY reeide% pr i v ate - wo ve) had an assembly last evening, at the of the Lord Chaceller, in Pa.rk-lane. A ve " ' 1) 1 ) 10 06d ; ci r c l e of distinguished members of the fasbi°"cossialit; paid their respects to her Ladyship on thi e we llilte ! among whom were his Grace the Duke n t. e Lord and Lady Gough, Viscount- Hardinge:l'deeptitatii:oll LORD G - OUGII.--Yesterday' mor ning ' i nfer! et of ith members of the Oriental Club, h ad 911 'ft ur' c i , Lord Gough, at his son's residence i rool D s w B Lordship, 00-trect, (whathe pu b r f ascertaining iii,ooolo on da p e po c se old convenientil, to 1 the members with his y com ou n at a bang pubis oh given at the club house, in cpealabYration of nu G Ol4 , Dora h ., bit gallant veteran's return from the Et 43 ' and ' l OO l received the deputation with great courtesY, 0 0, 'el ti Lordship's request. Tuesday the 9th P rcl% t sticiu fixed upon as the day on which. the !Vague W. take piece. Tl,vv C ak o l ll. e o y NEß'S INQUEST.—On 1.4 Ao f SatOrdll9 be houi t o held an, ii quest at Hillingdon, °I I t i s cl o n be Hiram Vest. Tee deceased had been 0 011 ho rch • preceding Wednesday ; on returning frote iT C a ktO s i e . called on his son-in law, a man nslo e ,_ cl 1 - ",„1, plit oo - ; quarrel ensued between them, and a fiCtL°As " - to !hey were separated by a man named . 04 " p S ite s el s house which the wedding dinner was to take plancrai the deceased accompaniel Pop e ' pl y ro' he having sat down to dinner he arose hit s,sod d Wi l ted. table and left the room. Pope followed i e bte a lbs fell l and expired fief ire any a;sistenee collie' I T o eore '4, It appeared tt at Hopkins had been taken ought,`c, magistrates on Thursday, on a charge of W ri° ,l tbe 1 • 3 . o rne- otitr and was out on bail. The Coroner I,ol d gere e'" se' quest till yesterday, in order :hat a P °sl ' l r on sti b e ro l° nation of the body might be made, tip ; t tlo fall assembling w of the jury evidence was given tm a ves fele, 0. of red excessively coneeested, and the ! maile r t ee t he red blood ; the - death was attributedleteivier 'the At the suggestion of the Coroner, M. dhebadl, co t surgeon, made a farther examination Of i '''r, c e O f / f a ll result of which was the finding of a large P l ' o , erdy iri g completely ct, wedged in the opening of the thro ..A es ire e.c , bl 'king up the aperture of th • air-passage, o'',oli,,t Suffocation. The jury, after e'.xpressing th e e e ir a f e le tin at the exculpation of Hopkins, ret ere ils .. bi mss that "Death had been caused accideret:`;;f" e0011;00 lodgment in the throat of a large P`' t cated meat." The piece of meat Weig hed -11° $O O and a half. el ,. LA 5 , 1 , 7 ,, 0/ HUNDREDS OF ACRES OF MEA D- L CIW il COVERED WITH THE BEAUTIFUL PU P- f th e -e tio e (From a Correspondent.)—The admirers 0 a t he . ti t ties of nature, who have never witne ese to tbe r i ght meadows along the " Trent' Valley for raile d s s ettn e- t ion and left of Nottingham, in the spri"g w ith and eith airis es' each succeeding year, would be struck IA e cifi ti fel and astonishment to behold the splen did the " bets° ell hibited—thousands of acres covered, with , w ice e g o s& bloom in ' Aogo purple crocus, which spring up an d year. viz., in March and April and then 5 0 / be le st } , ee d an a) d s S h e a p v t i e n mber. The fine -gen'ild we . ° her t'f. i ' 4 1..° ° to sei g id s bulbs fuoerctehedthedetrthheettpurteyviorauuschreoesaitrlibiocerfisuvtieeervaibaGoir; s .Prings; arid never were those sweet anti 0 s piel :l , o de Dingers of spring known to be so fine, not ° t be‘" ro , ieNV fr°°' i colour as they now are. Taking a v the Meade o and other hills around Nottingham, vv ben b 40 rp ie diance • is full upon the spangled e aro, _ t e e .o - t of P u to De have the appearance of one expansive an a re pi and gold, on which thousand.: of human ' b he ° l s e ° finished yarieus seen athering the flowers. Before t bu tter ell- tb e yellow abY .og cboru i r n e g d daisies s ispringses of the 0 °/1 sweet and beautiful cowslip, so that many nor or harnshire meadows for seven months in th e i the I, lir then , of t i v n e d, if t continued bed of wild flowers. ADVANCES TO IRE A s.tateree-- jots - 0 0 LAND.- - - • 11 - r icy 1 ..,,,d, ~ bilities those being of each county and county e. 3 C rod V" 'vti ' respect of advances from the Coosolids ~ OW 0 0 „„ 00 , 00 been issued. The total amount of tnee'e-2,954h alt.' 3,349,6354, the principal items being 2 ' ° ' Irbil° Walt the account of labour rite 381,173/. fo r P 10 1 (0 104,802/ f I ; - river Shams . or gao s and bridewells; an d 93 ' on toe' t otr c i BIRTIIS. ) 3 0 0i9g w ife On th e the witfheeef2sFt]r. li. Harding, a a rd t i N hg o , rt E h sci C ., li o ff f -h a o s u e s n e . , rnzarie e. r 13. , On the 27th ult. et 13oeskennst, nea r dgug hte n f °l of A. 11. H. Mercer, Esq “ , 60th Rifles, of 3 - of It' '''. On the 2th ult., at Elgin, IC- 13 . , the fade F. V- On Esq., On of Findrassie, of a daughter. , of 00 et teV. the 28th ult., at Clapham, the wi f e n , f a Or-. Thornton, rector of Brown Candover, olle t. 9 Jo hn s i lt', MARRIED. joie d bete Lately , at Stoke Damerel, P/Ptwathn't nr,Cif°rdilarep tin ton Groves Esq., Lieutenant, It• IC ., - 1 : N. to ~,p e second son of ;he late Captain Groves, c • , ,g u 'lgre y Amelia, daughter of Major Fleming , (4 Plymouth. On the 27th ult.., at Stratton,i St. Dli";1;7:er ' aur lt,il. Sor.olgttr Carver,lion, agrdlg. half-pay surgeon of the Oa el. . %D ia HenryOn the 26th ult., at Pottobello, near Edinb,,rgn' isf, H Siddon of the Pe a l E o,•neer-. aged °7 " ife e f wOarins_tille:s7e,tlaisi'u,dltsee.licc(:?-I.,i,:clilila:tisd,e,nWilts,. Any, `Williams, l I n ian, the s 28th vicar t .6,thel‘ fsil'' of W b il l ' l eli t e h l e d' 2 E B ' l ' t a. i g' lt eadt He • nry Charles Fch°ll'berg' JOlO I Bet tws, Li r'. , shire, aged ", 2. fin Llizilivdeilbi i:targacenetac9 Oa the 28th ult., at Kilburn, Middlese%. 13e 1 V, A• h le of ' nett, EN , aged 73. On the Ist inst., at Maids-hill, Elizabeth' t he 'll .fr P) ... Davis, EN. tOndon, th,e.:111„1:30;41;11::: On the Ist inst in A Arlington -street, COI . ,hii i.ter • Wright, aged 60. .. On the 28th ult., Mr. John J bnsov of 10°1114 of . o , , w iclo if race, Bayswater. On the 28th ult., at Blph y heath, Ilerts, Saral,;,6. the late Mr. E. Johnson,-ole-111ile-end-road, ag ed 1 dortovit). I. 1 1$ i _ _ - guitP_ 44 L,ndon; Printed and Published by , c opPv o 112, Strand, Printer, at The ou ° ;„ the Strand, in the Precinct of the avet iddlepos t Tuticlay, Much 5, OW'