The Sun. — London, England, 1850-03-07 00:00:00

t, j~ Ci uifre ar, to:, -• I.?'' L') in gte t eistrese. (0 rni%,'. kf;: •"" P tear • awe the chilaree she ee• ta.,t tier hu,bana thP t• - kett bent h,. ; u; warg ; e.., Kt; aat - alaut tenablytr l t) depoq4l th at wit , his wit` :e -ttct,d to the) • aaa,s With'he! saw :wale tt , r canal ;hr p. 'cas in th e water, and he iniintdniti•ly took off hii limp , into the w a t, r , upd br,•eght ou' the pre. a ° a - i r rt turn; d end brau.l ht oi.t the eldest child t,lan the baby. Tne water %las 10 or 12 :eet - ‘ 4 Le continued swimming all the time; when he got ° , r . l shere he heard there v. - as a third child missing, and t a h il ' er s wimming about again for s‘ln.2 , time he felt sore; teuch hie feet, which tut tied out to be the other and he bruught it out, apparr oily in a dead state. 1 Y ware thee all canveyt d to a surgeon's. toil r ' Wiggins, Insp ec t or o f p o li te , s a id the pr i soner "lin, when t a k en t r t h e wor kh ouse , that she had unti tled the act i n consequence of the ill-usage ef her e,n)Pd , , who La beaten her frequently because she i t t i h 7 ll llo t provide a (limn r f.,r him wi en she was left taoafy. She told him that her husband only and w 'd her 7s. a we, k to ke p the houre with, „" that he kept the reuarieing 20s. of his eir a gcs to spend hits Pl. She said she lived a very . ' led life with hint; that he used to pull her out I, of we d ` ti tell her f equently that I would be tie a t s. her, adding th a t her d ea th s hould be a lingering and the Langer the better. a l e r° " B- axarniaed—Sh e said, she thoualit she might as tp a die at once. The childr. n wt re all girls, and ea e l n i fed to be ch Italy kept. 'I he prisoner bore an s o b y r u 'at character as a hard working, at, a ly, and II "(mean who was anxious to keep her family re- Netaal a. 4 11 % Sturt, surgeon, said the prisoner was insensible, hthe eliler child in re dangearus state when brought to te ai ' l l i' l l e t;:, but they recovered after applying the usual h e t'. Payne, th e mot h er o f t h e prisoner, said she had attu married eight yeare, and hard during that time to la ta : s ale again s t a great dea l o f m i sery ow i ng to h er has aQ a conduct. Th e two e ld est c hild ren were seven an d ) , 04 3ears of age, and th e p r i soner h a d a l wa y s s h own h er tia a n v g e fa mily the gra atest kindness and affection, and tip o , ry much atteched to them. She had attended k e and suckl e d t h e i n f ant d ur i ng h er con fi nement: ill., t old witoess that in consequence of her husband's I la tei :atmetit she had b een o bli ge d to beg in order to get n sh e and was distraeted, and did not know what th e "s's about when she threw the children into ar eaaal. p ol utr *. ARRY then addressed the jury for the defence,. Ai th v uig that no ono could have heard the evidence a t h i Zet having been deeply moved, and the way in kaa a c i:j l 'a hal been instruct,d would show that the mi the see arid sorrowful tale of the prisoner had excited his Pest commiseratiun, for his brief had been placed •Itaobands by a benevolent gentleman who attended taa: l stninatio n at the police-court, and who had under- At,, 4 40 defend the prisoner iu co-operation with the Ole an, case presented one of those startlingrevelationa a4'llaable life which seldom transpired, but which, str ati ° nee made known, wt re gra ally calculated to r r rni, e e and ast on i s h peop l e. T l i tre was no greater R om e th a t o f a respecta bl e an d h ar d wor ki ng beer he os ao e nd, not merely against the circumstances of her *he Pcli tion, but against a drunken, brutal husband, tit. as guilty of every kind of debauchery and bru o ' a , t ind yet many poor creatures of this class went aitt,'neering until they reached a premature grave, tatt u t oat the public being at all aware of it; but when ers of this nature were disclosed, it was their am en , toore d uty to inquire into them; and it behoved them sata a . es Pacially on this oct %don to inquire into the 1 146; Which led to the present unhappy grooo Of the prisoner. There were ample the he thought, for returning a verdict th a t aettaas suffering from temporary insanity at the moo Gild w hen she p er p e t ra t-.d th e act , f or t h ey m i a l it eas il y aune rst and th a t b e i ng una bl e to p rov id e a mea l f or h er 11 1 7 child ren, she might have wandered out in the a l kand on fi n di ng h erse lf near th e cana l, conce i ve d, 4,4" Of mental de s perati o n, the f e arful id e a of t a ki ng 11 1li e h n and her children's life, the carrying out of To %et Of the providentially prevented by the heroic con -17 ble young man who had ratan culled before them. tad ho w the base character of her brutal, low-minded, ao„rasual husband, he had only to mention that up to Dome": had no , , although in the receipt of good wages, tra a - lcr ward to a, s i s t th e p r i sone r, a nd that her d e f ence f lle aa en a t irely carried on by f r iends and straugers. If they 0 ;"t she was not actuated by any premediated wil the or mali ce a f oret h oug h t , an d i t etas shown that 15 4 t w il a j both affectionate and attsched t> her children, °flaw; she was suffering fterm a temporary aberration 4ir ect. then they would bo fully justified i s finding If° , guilty of' the charge. L eta Jthtiee WIGLITMAN having summed up in a very Aerate but firm address, tlatt . e a jury, after a brief deliberation, returned a verdict aril was Not Guilty on the ground cf insanity, and ka"ld accordingly be kept in confinement during her itestra pleaaure. tskar',Justice WIGIITstAN said the conduct of the young Water h 0 rescued the prisoner and children from the sire Was M statute to ost praiseworthy an he had been oo "'r ascertain if he d had power to present th ere wit h Some suitable reward, but he regretted to say thatpuw.s3 O power of which he could avail himself for k r 'Parse. kip t Under Sh er iff W IRE sa id the sheriffs would take prisoner was then removed. NEW COURT. m i tt (Before the RECORDER.) ' L 'ol John Frederick Smith was indicted for having co Possession forged certificates from her Majesty's at Canton, and from the Colonial Secretary at *hip, n . Purporting to authorise the captains of merchant kt t bring h ome di s t resse d se am en Irom foreign ports ttsexPense of the Admiralty, for which inclemnitica , Th:ese certifi ca t es wer e to be the covenant. " t tlell,, eir euwatances f the case have appeared several bi t - " t elY, under the head of Bow-street dateCruwder, Q.O and Mr. Mont s gue Smith ap- Pti s ' for the ' prosec " ution; and Mr. Robinson for the o ti , r Th ; • ,* () :„.' 4 "Y returned a verdict of Guilty, and the Learned 4, 0 ~- " Eit sentenced the prisoner to imprisonment for !ea" THIRD COURT. Th. (Before M r . C omm i ss i oner BULLOCK.) kte tt s Cuurt was occupied with trying petty cases this In g, which presented no feature ot interest. otu RO'-STREET—(THIS DAY.) ed a - " ll itY IN HYDE-PARK. James Meegan was Dci t t, P t•i'd before Mr. Bingham with picking a gentleman's Hyde. park. et-20 nstable, A 106, stated that about six o'clock hehetkevious evening ho was on duty in Hyde-park, 1 ,1 14 1,4 4 e 'an' a gentleman running and calling out " Stop b , Witness went up to him, and a led what was ItlletiTatter, when he replied that the prisoner, who was %Alt across the park, had picked his pocket of his m ee hier. Witness and another constable, who had ,keeig 4 t h` ft committed, went in pursuit of the pri- L I N 14 the latter seeing he was likely to be caught, Ve *li i .,waY the handkerchief, and ran out of the park a er li blie-hotre in the BayAwater-road, where be 'ltti t ‘ • ""'" into custody. ' Witness added, that the gen- B. Atp ° ,,as not now in attendance. Zitt • INGRAB I said ' lt was fortunate for the prisoner p r osecutor was not in attendance; had he been 4 t t . ' 4 ingharn) would have sent him (prisoner) for ' 4o4 th - °l ice. He should, however, commit him for a D , ii EL *l tb hard lab our . I•4‘4°l N o TE ARMY AND NAVY CLUB. — William ei*Lti„--8 a lad about sixteen years of ago, was charged Na -4°1141 2' s ome bricks at the Army and Navy Club ! AL,'" Janes-s quare. 6'4 the -.." ten o'clock last night the prisoner was caught L t) rtfi lh , aet of throwing some bricks at the ornamental 'te rn . : 4 nd on being expostulated with by the butler he , 1 1 1 :,' 0 abusive that he was given in charge. mtl h - ` 4oe tdantexpressed his sorrow for his conduct, 4: 0 . '0.1 4 ,,is severely reprimanded by Mr. Bingham and "A i tc !ed• A I AT TUE APGYLL ROOMS.-- George Stripp and 11 -4.e8 01 - ' 4 "a two waiters employed at the Senior r d S ervice Club, were brought up before Mr. Bing -21°111.0d with creating a disturbance at the Argyll 4 7.41 41 b 8 1 e i 1l OTQ)t Windmill-street, and inciting a mob to Robert Bignell, one of the proprietors, .deposed_ tlite,-"-°et eleven o'clock last night he was partaking of Ott wrqreslonent in his private room, when his atten -1444411,,50d:rawn to a great disturbatic' in the street, and t ',ing to see the cause he found a mob of from i ll t mti# s . l ;'?t e ) people assembled round the entrance to the th) Itm" : two prisoners were try ing to force their way Oir br,-..licited the mob to assest them, and on 101 .11 , 1 th' in g repulsed by the officers, they struck at the . m 7 walk' sticks, which were loaded with tft 4.4 of the iDg officers had his hat broken and 4 , 411 t Q h - 7 much cut, and it was not till seleral police ea made their appearance that the prisoners were 4 4(1 locked up at the station. s i n , 4l " officer employed at the roomF, produced his t b — ,''Zi ll a . „"," was literaily cut in two, and proved that the 4 111 . ' 8 struck him . two or three times, and pulled him 4 4. 6 Midst of the mob. a• P. Bey er , an o ther of the proprietors, proved ;Ne'io defend an t s str ik e the last witness, and also . iti tha t he heard them incite the mob to force their 1 1 ,* mune • d the char but 1• • 13 / 1•8 en" it ' proved, and fined t Nolletal thought clearly e t 4i t "lob ad in required them to fi 11_ et; ,P. 'es each n , to keep addition the peace for three months. nd 111 ; 11°11 AT s AY Es.—The Irish Poor . ei bi ii lON TO B UENO R ression ers recommend Buenos Ayres as a field l k i Nt4 o l. "inn from Ireland, the price of labour being trisi ' an especial &mind for that work which ka i4 lfit, l4 , 4ll is peculiarly adapted to supply , such us r u itching, and oiler . agricnitur wor , cattle "'ming, and the driving of 11 .cka from district ! i !' it t' ; 'e °t Warburton, the author of the " Crescent r, ti'is : " 4 °. 1 3 " ' t eir about to essay the powers h t v iva , _ l , lt. is, we . pen ' as a writer of fiction. his 1 1 4 4 0 ,, and Yoloronue,w style is eatitl:A Regina s Tale of the Tr,uhles in 1 6—2 110 14, ANTIAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT .— Capt. Cook, t,„ l ,%t e ~v ' ew of tLe British bargee Sarah, have been the 'Pecial a tt ent i on i n N ew Y or k during the past A ti tet v ' for th e i r no bl e con d uct inthe - , cue of the 41httil ers and crew of th e p ac k e t ship i C'a lc- r b 'Grimshaw. tt k „ t lts, „ cl 8,600 d o ll ars was ma d e u p : . t non k , the mer h,`4B-11d distrib u t e d as f o ll ows t o t h e officers and crew do 11, c4: 4111- -To the captain, 5,600 e.olLers; chief mate, las 4 ita. -I. '; second mate , 400 chairs; carpenter, 350 ii'tin,,_the steeatdad able s( weer, each 125 dol -‘l,l9o;"srY, seamen and apprentices, each 100 dollars. it kiy, Feb. 6. •ee eire 1 :se le elete lei le - . S , t, r (7 es ff ! 'EI? 7'o flit?E. The Cotton Ms. hot at ,Liverpool yesterday -was rather flit, and pi ice% gate:rally were in favour of buyers. The salts es,-re estiinered at from -- 4,000 to 5,000 bales, or which 500 Americen were tiekee fir export and 500 u. speculatiere—Tree rnarlset fur Railway Shares was firae eue prices slightly improved. sales of wheat last week in the markets which reguirete the averages were 95,801 quarters of wheat, ued 74 856 of barley. Grew complaints are being made by the merchants convected with the American provision trade in London of the difficulty experienced in obtaining a ready safe f their produce, from the circumstance of the leading houses in the trade opposing the system of public sales, whilst in Liverpool the system finds every fevour by the buyers, and the public re ap all the advantages of the sane. This argument was strongly adverted to this day by Me Keeling, if the firm oe Keeling and llunr, at a public sale of American provisions at Brewer's Quay, and who appealed to the trade, assuring them the, in the event of their promising support to pencil:- cal public sales, on tee same principle as now in exise enee at Liverpool, the firm would be backed by several of the le cling /emetic:its provision houses, who we re anxious to di stroy the monopoly exercised by a few firms in London. Much less Tallow nay be expected to arrive in Lon• don between this and the 31st May, than arrived either last 3e ir or the year before, 1,200 casks oily are known to be on the way to London from Australia; perhaps 5,000 casks will be the outside arrival from all places. The last ireceunts from Odessa state that there were only 1,500 to 2,000 casks on the spot ; but that the total quantity will be much more than at first was expected. By letters just received from St. Petersburgh we learn that the market there was flat at 108 Ho., a.m.d. for Auguse and 112 with 10 Ho. hard money. The quer.- tey of New Tallow is variously settee from 115,000 to 130,000—probably for a safe calculation it may be stated for shipment at 150,000 casks, including the quantity left over the last season; this would make the supply for 1850 much the same as last year. The St. John's (New Brunswick) Courier gives the annual account of shipping belonging to that port, and its out-bay, Miramichi, which has been made up for the home government, for the year ending 31st December, 1849, Wo learn from the statement, that the number of now vessels built at St. John's during the past year, for owners in the United Kingdom, and not registered at that port, was 12, measuring 5,495 tons ; the number built and registered during the same period was 73, measuring 31,279 tons. Tee number of vessels in existence, as far as can be ascertained, be. longing to Sr. John's, on the 31st December lust, was 505, measuring 93,192 tons. As regards the shipping i f Miramichi, which includes all vessels built on the north ern shore of the province of New Brunswick, Miraraiehi being the only registering port in tbat district, we learn that the number of new ve ssela built there during 1549 was 21, measuring 6,763 tons. The total number of vessels owned there on the 31st December, 1849, was 90, measuring 7,464 tons. And as a proof that the ship-builders at Uses() posts do not anticipate much injury to their business trom the repeal of the navigation-laws, we gather from the statements that there are now in progress cf building in the St. John's and North Shore districts 66 vessels, averaging in all 34,040 tons. The quotation for Austrian Bonds at Fr ankfort on the 4th inst. was 84. At Amsterdam, on the sth inst., Dutch Stock was better, the Two-and-a-Half per Cents. being 55-k to 5-16. The English Funds are still firmly supported, in thee absence of foreign intelligence of any importance. Consols have been 958 to 96i; the New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents., 988 to 98e; and the Three per Cents., 96e to 96e. Exchequer-bills have been 555. to 58s. premium, and India Bonds 85s. The Foreign Securities have been fluctuating. Peru vian have rallied in consequence of the intimation that the Government of the Republic does not require a new loan, but merely has asked authority from Congress t, anticipate sums due upon the guano contracts which ex pired last year, and which, in the ordinary course, would not be payable until next June. The Active Bonds ere quoted 724 to 744, and the Deferred 304 to 318. Mexican Stock has been marked at 298, and Brazi lian 69e, Portuguese Four per Cents. brought 33g, and Spanish Five per Cents. 17g. Railway Shares have been further advanced, and with a steady business doing. Eastern Counties, and the shares with small amounts paid up, are generally higher. Great Western have risen about 1, North- Western 1 to 11, and Midland ie Brighton, South- Western, and South-Eastern are firm. Foreign shares are quiet, and there is less doing in mines and banks. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under :- 1850. 1849. North-Western ... £40,204 9 10 £36,436 5 4 South-Western ... 8,357 3 1 8,873 5 11 South-Eastern ... 8,003 4 1 6,090 16 2 ONE G P 'r>. 1c1T16.1 O'CLOCK. PRICES. dank Stock t eel Cent. Reduced Anns ..... 96%% 96% 3 ;ter Cent. Consols erse 3M percent. Anna....... 98%%%% 98;ee eong Anne. to expirsJan.lB6o -16 8% 8% India Stock Lion(l, 4 1,0001 B7 p Ditto under 1,0001... ...... 85:p 87 p Consols for Account 96 96% 95% 96% h3quer hills. 1 1 ,4 d. es 2a 1,0001. June Ditto Advertised. 54 p PRICES OF FOREIGN IILYNDB. 58 p /SI p OLOSIN rRICF.s 89 83 ONE O'CLOCK. ra2.ilian Bonds 89% Ditto, New, 1813 Danish Bonds, 1825,3 per Cent. Ditto 5 per Cent ..... — v cx i can, .-) per Cent. 1846, with Coupons— Ditto, Ea Jan. Coupons Ditto. Account Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent . Ditto, Account 74 7274 741 74 74 1 ,E Ditto Deferred Portuguese 5 par Cents. Ditto, 4 per Cent. Aussian Bonds Ditto Scrip -- - pa ush 5 per Cent. 1840 — Ditto, Account Venezuela Bonds, 2% per Cent ... Dividends on the above payable in London. cßicEs OF PAID BUSINESS DONE CLOSING . It SILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bristol and Exeter 92 ... _62 Ditto, Thirds • 17 Buckinghamshire ...... 17% Caledonian Nast Anglian, 25/., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 Eastern Counties........ 20 Do, New Prcf.rence, 6 (Air Cent.. East Lincolnshire, guar. 6 par Cent. Rdinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... 27 •:reat Northern Do., % A Deferred ... 12%..... 2% Do., 1 ,/, B 6 per Cent... 7%. ..... 5 1 4... Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 12 1 ,4 ..... 10% 74 Gr-at W(.stern 100 ... .. GO% 59% x.d. 59 1 ,4x.d. Ditto, % Shares Ditto, Fiftka.......~ Ditto, New 17/... ..... 15 ... - x.d.... 7 . %4 x.d. Lancaphire & Yorkshire 100 Do. Quarters ..- ..... 23 1 ,E t)0. Fifths.. Do. New, Gua. 6 per cL 10 Leeds and Bradford Leeds and Thirsk ••• Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3 1,4 ...... - ... .. 3 3 /a dis. London & Blackwall...ll/. 6s. 3d... x d 3% x.d London, Brighton, and South Coast... .... 100 ...... 80 1 ,4 %, Do., New, guaranteed 6 per Cent ..........100 .135 134 Do.Guarant.. 5 per et.. 9 ...... 10% lO% London and N Western 100...105% 107 1004 x.d 10 5 3/ xd Ditto, New Quarters.. 12 ...... 12 12% x.d. 12% x.d. Ditto, ENO > - .. 12% x.d 12% x.d. Do. 101. (M. & B.) C. 1 ...... 1% .. ....... l% London &S.W:ltarn ..100 ..... 65 654x.d , 65%x.d :ilauohostcr,Buxton,and Matlock-. Midland ... -.80 39% 43 39% 40 x. d 40 x.d Do., 501. Shares ..... 30 .. Do.Birm., and Derby ICO Do. Consolid. Bristol and Birming.. 6 per ct.... 100 .122% 12 2 1,E North British ........ ... 25 ..... ... ..... Ditto, Quarters Oxfsrd, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Reading, Guildford, and Reigate ls !::cottish Central ohropshire Union South Eastern Do., N 0.2. • 1.3 . South Wales -i outh Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole l 3 Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth 50 Vork. Newcastle, and Berwick. ....... 25 Do. Newcastle Eaten. 20 Di. G.N.E.Prefermce 8 York and North Midland 50 t if., Preference FOREIGN RAII. W A YS. Boulogne and Amiens... 2 0 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon)... 20 123 i 13 ........ East Indian Namur and Liege North , ,rn of Frtuice. l6 ... 1 37 4 Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 ..... . 31/4 ....... Sambre and Meuse 2O . MINES. United Nlexican JOINT STOCK BAN KS. Union of Australia 1% p 17% 33% 1134 1% 12% 98 80 14 2% 15'% 13% 234 18►,y 18% 16% 14% 87 1% 18 5% ...... 6 1 /. 13 3 / 4 3 1 /,, 21/, 29 1 A, LLOYD'S SHIPPING-( THIS DAY.) LONDON, MARCH 7.—Wind at noon westerly. DEAL, MARCH 6. Wind W.N.W. to W.S.W.—Arrd. Zeiwart, Bakker, St. Domingo for Hamburgh; Palm, Digby, Demerara; Maria and Anna, Hey er, Liguna for Bremen. Arrd. from the River, Chitftain, Matanzas. SW. Cesar, Demerara. QUEENSTOWN, MARCH s.—Wind S.W.—Sid. Diu.- beth Browne, Singapore; Asklanti, Boston. OFF PLYMOUTH. Sophia Rl:zabeth, Jorgan, La Guay ra, fur Hamburgh. CARDIFF, MARCH 6.—The San Georgeo, .9,%11135PR to Messina, has put back to Ptnarth Roads, leaky. LOSiIEMOUTH, MARCH s.—The Diana, of and from Dundee for Dublin, was wtecked on Spey Bay, March 3. The Dispatch of Beauty, Inverness to Westport, was stranded on the Conese a Rocks, same day, but got off, with cargo much damaged. TEIGNNOUTH, MARCH s.—The Erin, of this port, is on the Bar, and must partly discharge to come off, NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) IV EV/G.IITM AND LTI.IDENEL.A.26I.. Tht su umrliets were very flat te-thiy, and prices were 'v.ith difficulty supported. Bee", from. 2,4 d to. 3s . 4d; Mut:on, 25 8d t 35 6d; Veal, 3s to 3s 10d; aud Pori, 3s 0:1 to 4s per 81bs, by the carcase. MEJ.T SOUTHALL, M ARCH 6.—Prime Beasts and Sheep were iu moderate request, at full prices. In other kin le of stock very little business was transacted. Beef from 3s to 3s 10d; Mutton, 35 03 to 4s 2d; Vehl, 3s 2d to 3s 8J; and Pork, 3s to 3s 8d per 81bs. BOMFORD, MARCH 6.—Our market was heavy. In some instances prices ruled lower. Beef, from 2s 10d to 3s 103; Mutton, 3s 03 to 4s 4d; Veal 3s 03 to 3s 6d; and Pork, 3s Od to 3s 83 per Sibs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 255; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 21s; and Mulch Cows, with their small Calf; 161 to 211 each. LEWES, MARCH 5 —We had a very slow trade to-day on the following terms :—Beef, from 36 Od to 4s Od; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; and Veal, 3s 2d to 3s 6d per Blbs. EtltY WARS.E.TS. SMITIIIIELD.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 8s to 31103; Clover lilto, 3/ Os to 41 103 ; and . Straw, 11 Is to 86 p? load. Beth Hay and Straw moved off s:owly, at barely tationary prick r. CummaLAND.—Meadow 'Hay, 2l 10b to 3110., Clover ditto, 31 Os to 4! 7s; and Straw, 11 2s to 1/ 8 6 pe: load. A full average supply, and a heavy demand. WUITECIZAPEL. —Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 3/ 10, ; .;lover ditto, 31 Os to 4/ 106; and Straw, ll is to 1/ 8., per load. Supply gocd, and trade very dull. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN . For the Week ended Feb. 2S. 1850, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Citiesaud Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. BARLEY. OATS. RYE. 1 BEANS. ricAf. MICE .. I 38s Gd 1 23s 8d I 14811 d 211 lld 1 24s 4d 125 s 10d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. ' , CHEAT. I BAILEE. OATS. I E. I BEANS. I PEAS. Is Od Is Od Is Od Is OJ Is Od is Od MAGAZINES, &c.—(CONTINUED). DAVID COPPERFIELD. Charles Dickens. Great advance is here made in the development o the " plot" of "David Copperfield ;" and great changes will be found, on the perusal of the three last chapters, to have befallen its principal characters. Mr. Peggotry, "toiling on, poor pilgrim," wearily, after having accompanied Daisy to London, and after obtaining an ineffectual interview with Mrs. Steer forth, has set out upon a mysterious and incompre hensible search after his niece, the loved and lost little Dilly. Mrs. Gummidge comes out bravely in the time of affliction, and our heart quite melts to wards her, like David's, with a feeling almost of veneration : the metamorphosis is beautiful. Even little Miss Mowcher turns out at last—be it said with all due respect for " three foot nothing"—quite a trump! Rosa Dartle, on the contrary, in the'in terview already referred to, proves to be—what shall we call her ?—a helikite, a belldame, or something that kind—a sort of person 3ou'd like to see sub jected at the close of a book, like that horrible old wretch Mrs. Pipchin in "Dombey and Son," to some exemplary punishment. Mrs. Barkis comes up to town, and lives for a while near her "dear boy" David—delighting under his guidance in all the sights of London—except St. Paul's, " which I think," says her companion and biographer, " from her long attachment to her workbox became a rival of the picture on the lid, and was, in some particulars, vanquished, she considered, by that great work of art.. " Mr. Murdstone is seen again for an instant on his way to purchase a marriage licence at Doctors' Commons preliminary to his union with a young and beautiful heiress. Traddles is living by himself in new lodgings, has paid the first little bill, is in hopes of getting over the second, and is purchasing back his little articles of furniture which had passed out of his hands in consequence of a distraint for rent on his former landlord, and which he longs to obtain again preparatory to his dim chance of wedlock with " one out of ten," "the dearest girl in the world." Changes too have befallen the immortal Mr. Wilkins Micawber, the partner of his bosom and the pledges of their affection—no longer owning to their right ful patronymic, but going under the designation of " the Alortimers." Mr. Micawber, we should say Mr. Mortimer, "in consequence of his temporary etnbarassments don't come out till after dark—and then in spectacles!" Copperfield himself has gone a great way towards the development of his destiny— having made the plunge of life, and popped the ques tion to Dora Spenlow. They are betrothed. Their love passages are the most delightful and delicious descriptions in the number, and only comparable in humour and naturalness to the drunken adventure of David in a previous chapter. " There was dust, I believe : there was a good deal of dust, I believe." Red Whisker is perfectly eclipsed at the picnic; and the poor horse hired for the occasion gets "the bark took of his leg" by the wheel of the carriage, " to the tune of three pun sivin." But the scene of pepping the question is the climax, Jip and David, " each in their own way getting more mad every moment." In the midst of all this delirium of delight a thun derbolt falls down upon the upper apartments of Mrs. Crupp—Aunt Betsy, Mr. Dick, the cat, two birds, and a few boxes arriving there suddenly from Dover. Aunt Betsy is ruined ! So closes the last number of " Copperfield." N•. XI. By NEW MONTHLY. Leigh Hunt and Horace Smith, as usual, fill the opening pages of the New Monthly. The contribu tion of the former is a graceful poem on " Godiva," inscribed to John Hunter, " friend of Leigh Hunt's verse, and lover of all duty ;" and Horace Smith has compiled, under the heading " Musings in my Study," sundry interesting pieces of information and suggestive thoughts. One of the most attractive articles in this number is " The Barricade of the ager-Zeile, from the Rough Notes of One who Fought there" on this occasion we read "Bern's activity was untiring. He allowed himself, after the most unremitting labours, but three hours rest at the utmost during the night, and he upheld the spirit of the Mobile Guard by his frequent and cheering peestnce when engaged with the enemy. Whenever an observation was trade to him upon the numerical weak r eis of the effective force at command, a fact which, without that, indeed, could not escape him, he always replied: If we have only the will, we are strong.' In the larter days of the siege he wholly neglected his open worods, the dressing of which for years had been ne cesAary twice a day, as this always occupied above an hour—a spice of time which he felt he could not then give to them." '• Colonies and Colonization" is more liberal in its tone than might have been expected from the New Monthly. The following description of the gradual formation of the British Constitution is sufficiently correct, and perhaps accounts for its durable nature : " It is impossible to hear or read of the speculations of the doctrinaire constitutionalists without recurring to the history ot our constitution. A leading feature .of that constitution is, that never for a quatter ot a century together has it remained the came. For it is a very im p:rect account of our system to define the functions of our executive and the conjoint powers of our tripartite le A ilaturc, and there leave the matter. Much of our constitution is in the shape of actual statutes, much in the traditions of common law—no little in the form of ancient maxims. Altogether, its perfection has con sisted in its very variability—its adaptability to charig irg circumstances. It never was, like your modern con stitutional fabrics, a pre-arranged whole; but it has always, except at precise periods of transition, been in harmony with the social characteristics of the times. Our barons of old were depositaries of real power before they came together as peers of the realm. When our citizens grew bold end wealthy it was time that they should share in the legislation of the country. When it became convenient the legislature separated into two; arid no one can doubt that the separation was followed by special advantages, which, however, like so many of our constitional benefits, grew up, and fulfilled no pro phecy. When the Crown would retain or revive ancient powers which the growing intelligence of men voted irksome or degrading, the prerogatives of royalty were brought within safe limits. But that excellent balancing' supposed to exist in our constitution can never be re ferred to the mere scheme itself. A British constitution, without Britons, and the social combination of Britain, might work very differently. The men and the ma chinery go together. In a royal power, a peerage, and a third estate, there might be as much antagonism as balancing—destructibility might be the characteristic in place ot durability. All that we can say is, that such a policy works well with us. It has come to what we see it through a long history, by slow and almost imperceptible gradations ; and the depositaries of power, by wisely refraining from an extreme exercise of formal rights, at the same time that they keep them ready for use, base preserved us at once free scd unrevolutionised." Among the lighter articles there is nothing worth special notice; they will, doubtless, be found satis factory to those who read merely pour passer le temps. UNITED SERVICE. The first article in the United Service, " State Trials in 1.549, and Courts-Martial in 1849," contains an ingenious parallel between the tyrannous practices of three hundred years back, and the recent proceed ings at a court-martial "in the enlightened and humane reign of Queen Victoria." Many stirring narratives and interesting articles are contained in the pages of this "journal.' METROPOLITAN. Under the head " Impressions of the Bar" we have a sketch of the career of Lord Brougham, literary, professional, and senatorial. The number opens with a romance entitled " St. Hubert's Priory ; or the Dark Hour," with which the lovers of sentiment will no doubt be highly delighted. The sportsman will turn with plea. , ure to Mr. Webb's biography of John Templcman, and the lover of poetry will find here a variety of songs and poems, some of which will no doubt suit his taste. WATERFORD, MARCH 5. —The Janes, Liverpool to S'. Th. mas, was totally disroastedoff Tu skar yesterd a y, during a heavy squall; has been towed i n. THE ROYAL GENERAL ANNUITY SOCIETY. Yesterday evening th'e' ?estival of this excellent institution was celebrated at the London Tavern, when about three hundred gentlemen,' inte• rested in the prosperity of the society, sat down to a sumptuous dinner, provided in the usual recherche style of Messrs. Bathe and Breach, •the spirited pro prietors of that establishment. The Hon. Edward H. Stanley, M.P., occupied the chair. Among the company right and left of him we noticed—Earl Powis, the Hon. W. T. Campbell, M.P., Sir M. R. Shaw Stewart, Bart., Sir Richard Jodrell, Bart., Sir John heron Maxwell, Bart., C. N. New degate, Esq., M.P., the High Sheriff of Surrey, the late High Sheriff of Surrey, Thomas Greene, Esq., M.P., Joseph Locke, Esq:, M.P., William Cubitt, Esq., M.P., Richard Bremridge, Esq., M.P., Sa muel Gurney, jun., Esq., Stephen J. Aldrich, Esq., secretary of the institutior, George Sandari, Esq., M.P., C apta i n Si r Ed wai d 13r1cher, R.N., the Mayor of Rye, th© Mayor of Banbury, the Mayor of Gravesend and Town Clerk; Henry Pownall, Esq., Thomas:King, E‘q , &c. The vocal arrangements, which were of the most effective kind, were under the direction of Mr. Hobbs, assisted by Miss Birch, Miss E. Birch, Mr. Francis, Mr. Young, Mr. Howe, and Mr. Seguin. The band of the Coldstream Guards was also in attendance, and played during the dinner. The gallery at the bottom of the room, and the open space immediately behind the chair, were occu pied by nearly two hundred elegantly dressed ladies. On the removal of the cloth, the grace of "For these and all thy mercies" was beautifully sung. The Hon. CHAIRMAN, in giving " The health of her Majesty," said that he had the honour to propose to the company a toast which he was well assured would require few words of his to make it universally aceeptable. Wherever or whenever a party of Eng lishmen were gathered together, on any occasion like the present, for the promotion of the cause of charity, there was one toast which stood first, and which in cluded a name which never failed to draw forth the expression of English loyalty and affection.—(Cheers.) He gave " The Health of her Majesty the Queen," and he was sure the company would join him in right goodwill in drinking "The Health of her Majesty the Queen," with three times three. _ . The appeal was enthusiastically responded to. The National Anthem was then sung with greal effect. The CHAIRMAN then gave " His Royal Highness the Prince Albert, Albert Prinee of Wales, and the rest of the Royal Family." Glee—" Hail to thee, Albert." The next toast was " The Archbishop of Canter bury and the rest of the Clergy. The Rev. Mr. JoNEs returned thanks. Solo and glee—" Sound the loud timbrel." The CHAIRMAN having proposed " The Army and Navy," Sir EDWARD 3ELCHER, as the naval equerry of Lord Gough, in Canton, returned thanks on behalf of both services. " Rule Britannia." The CHAIRMAN said, that in proposing the next toast he was warranted, not only by custom, but also by inclination. He considered that he spoke not only to the distinguished assembly immediately around him, but also to those fair beings whom he saw, who had that day honoured the meeting with their presence —(Applause)—and without whom this meeting would be very different in its character from what it now was.—(Cheers.) He had the honour to propose " Prosperity to the Royal General Annuity Society." He remembered to have heard it stated that it was the remark of a most distinguished foreigner, who, after a residence in this country, was asked what parti cular object most impressed itself on his mind, that it was not all the wealth of the land, it was not all the wealth and splendour of our cities, it was not all the comfort cf our towns, nor the fertility of our soil, or the extent of our commercial enterprise, that had impressed him with such feelings of admiration as the number, the opulence, and the variety of our charitable institutions.—(Cheers.) That remark came better from a foreigner than from an English- , man. But they might be forgiven if it were matter of pride with some ' and if all felt it, that w hil e i n o ther countries cases of distress were of more rare occur rence in comparison with their own, there was no country whose charity and bounty were more ready to relieve distress. He believed that there was hardly any great degree of human suffering which was not, at least, alleviated, if not removed, by institutions such as this.—(Applause.) On behalf of this society, he did not think it too much to say that among all those institutions which had dispensed good there was none which—looking to the funds placed at its disposal—had dispensed a greater amount of happiness, or had relieved more suffering than this society. It filled a void, which, until this institution was founded, no other institution met. Here there were many cases of those becoming an nuitants on the fund whose previous position had en abled them to subscribe to the funds of the society, perhaps ; and who, from a position of comfort, had been reduced to a state of poverty. These were a class of persons who were not there who had struggled through a long life with poverty—whose life had not been engaged in warding off distress and poverty, and who were prepared to meet it, but who, from no fault of their own, had fallen from comparative luxury to indigence. They were persons whose feelings re volted against soliciting relief as a matter of legal right. He felt that what he had said was sufficient; that every one whom he addres se d was well acquainted with the objects of the society. He knew that the management of this institution was in no respect in ferior to the magnitude of its objects, and he thought it was unnecessary to do more than to ask the cons pony to drink with as mu c h cor di a lity as ever a toast which had been drunk in th a t room , "Prosperity to the Royal General Annuity Society."—(Cheers.) Mr. ALDRICR, the Sec retary, read the first report of subscriptions. Song—" Youth and Age." Earl Powis said he was sure the company would deem the exhortation which they had just heard superfluous when he told them that the toast which he was about to propose was the health of Mr. Stanley, their chairman—(Cheers)—and'to that gen tleman he must add that their thanks were peculiarly due for his presence that day. This was not the mere formula and stereotyped mode of expression on such occasions, because it was peculiarly fitting to this day and to this occasion. It was from the summit of the Andes and from the shores of the Pacific that Mr. Stanley had hurried home to preside over this meeting.—(Cheers.) And when he reflected upon the charms of travelling in that hemisphere—on the scenery, which could not fail to attract the interest of every one, he felt that their Honourable Chairman could feel ne ordinary interest in the welfare of this society, and that he evinced no ordinary determination to discharge whatever public duty might fall to his lot, in hurrying home to be present with them that day. (Cheers.) It needed not that he should call to the recollection of those whom he addressed the annals of the family of which their chairman was a member. Whether they turned to the past grave Pages of English history, or to those of lighter ficti on, still we were made fam i l i ar with the name of St an l ey as the heroes of many doughty deeds ; and it was a matter which would not be without its significance, that their Hon. Chairman had been able to be present from another quarter of the globe, and from another hemisphere. through the punctuality attending one of those great feats of commercial enterprise of the merchants of London, by which so rapid a communication was established over half the world. Who that were present at the time had not dwelt with delight on the silver tones of matchless eloquence with which Lord Stanley had pleaded the cause of this charity. The Noble Earl, in highly eulog istic ter ms , proposed "Th e H ea l t h o f the Chairman, and the toast was responded to with the most vociferous cheering. The CHAIRMAN returned thanks. He had little thought when he was in a distant part of the globe that he should have been able to be present on this occasion. He had written home to say it would be impossible to attend on the day originally named. He was aware that he had filled the duties of chair man inadequately—(Loud cries of " No, no")—and his excuse must be that he had only been in England 48 hours ; but he could assure them that no man could be more zealous in the cause of the society than he was. Mr. FRESHVIRLD, High Sheriff of Surrey, proposed " Mr. Newdegate and the Members of the House of Commons." Mr. NEWDEGATE returned thanks. HENRY POWNALL, Esq., gave the health of Mr. Thomas King, and the other Vice-Presidents of the institution. Mr. NEWDEGATE proposed the health of the Se cretary, Mr. Aldrich. Mr. ALDRICH thanked the meeting most sincerely for the honour they had done him. That was indeed a proud day for this excellent institution. He could show them by figures the results of the exertions he had made in its behalf. They had on this occasion the largest meeting that had ever assembled together on any of the preceding festivals of the charity.— (Loud cheers.) They had not only the largest meet ing of gentlemen, merchants, and traders of this city present, but the amount of that day's subscriptions was pearly double the one announced on the last oc casion.—(Cheers.) The present was the largest col lection ever made at any anniversary of the charity; he was going to say the largest amount almost col lected at the anniversary of any charity, for it amounted to the sum of 3,2151.—(L0ud cheers.) He was delighted to hear that the meeting felt so warmly in their good cause. They could boast of that which no other charity could boast—they had had two living Stanleys taking the chair at the festivals of this charity.—(Cheers.) They had all witnessed the - mirable msnner in which the present. Chairman had discharged his duties—(Hear, hear)-end many of them would remember the brilliant and eloquent appeal made at a former festival by his distinguished father. —(Cheers.) From that time he (Mr. Aldrich) prin cipally dated the success of this institution.—(Re newed cheers.) They were well aware that the in stitution slept for some years, and it was only by being supported by such men as Lord Stanley that it had been able of late years to make way in public favour. They were progressing day by day, and he hoped, through God's help, that when they met again they would meet in larger numbers; and that he should be able to announce to them a much greater amount of contributions.—(Cheers.) Several other toasts were drunk and responded to, and the company separated a little after eleven o'clock. Mr. Toole admirably officiated as toast-master. Among the subscriptions of the evening, amounting to upwards of 3 2001, were the Master and Wardens o' the Goldsmiths' Company, .521. 10s.; the, Chair-. man, 10/. ; Earl Powis, 101.; Mr. Evans, 201. ; Mr. J. G. Lacy, 251., &c. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS . (From the Totes and Proceedings of the House V Cumnumt. WIDNESDAY, 3tARCII 6. ' MARRIAGES BILL. Order read for resuming adjourned Debate on Amend. ment proposed to be made to the Question (27th February ), "That the Bill be now read a second time:" and which Amendment was to leave out the wot'd " now," and at the end of the Question to add the words " upon this day six months :"—Question again proposed, " That the word ' now stand part of the Question.' The House divided:— MAJORITY—AYES, 182. Adair, Hugh E. Grenfell, Charlea W. Parker, John Adair, R. ShaKo Grey, Sir G. Peel:tell, Sir G. Aglionby, H. A. Grey, R. W. Pelham, D."A Anderson, Arthur Grosvenor, Earl Peto, Samuellsf. Anson, Colonel Harcourt, G. G. Pilking ton, James Anstey, T. C. Hardcastie, J. A. Power, Nicholas Armstrong, R. B. Harris, Richard Price, Sir R Arundel, Earl of Basle, Alexander Rawdon, Colonel , Bagshaw, John Hatchell, John Rendlesham, Lord Baines, M. T. Hawes, B. Repton, G. W. J. Baring, Thomas •Hayter, W. G. Ricardo, J. L. _ Barnard, E. G. Headlam, Thomas Ricardo, Osman Barrington, Lord Heald, James Rice, E. R. Bellew, R. M. Heathcoat, John Rich, Henry Berkeley, Henry F. Heneage, Edward Romilly, Colonel Birch, sir Thomas Henry, Alexander Romilly, Sir John Blair, Stephen Herbert, H. A. Rumbold, C. E. Blake, Martin J. Herbert, Sidney Russell, F. C. Blandford, Marquis Heywood, James Rutherfurd, A. Bright, John Hill, Lord M. Salwey, Colonel Brocklehurst, John Hobhouse, T. B. Sandars, George Brockman, E. D. Holland, Robert Scholefield, W. Brotherton, J. Howard, Lord E. Serape, G. P. Bruce, Lord E. Howard, C. W. Shafto, R. D. Bunbury, E. H. Hume, Joseph Sidney, Alderman Busfeild, W. Hutt, William Smith, J. A. Buxton, air E. Jackson, William Smyth, J. G. Cardwell, Edward Jervis, Sir John sraythe, George Carter, John B. Keppel, G. T. , Somerset, Captain Caulfeild, J. M. Ker,:ilichard Somerville, Sir W. Chaplin, W. J. Kershaw, James Spooner, Richard Childers, J. W. Kildare, Marquis of Stanfield, W. R. Christy, Samuel King, P. J. Strickland, Sir G. Clay, James Labouchere, Henry Stuart,Lord J. Clay, Sir W. Lascelles, W. S. Talbot, J. H. Clifford,:klenry M. Lemon, Sir Charles Tancred, H. W. Cobden, Richard Lennard, T. B. Tennent, R. J. Cockburn, A. J. Lewis, Sir T. Thicknesse, Ralph Colebrooke, Sir T. Lewis, George C. Thompson, Colonel Currie, Raikes • Littleton, E..R. Thornely, Thomas Dawson, T. V. Locke, Joseph Tollemache, F. J. D'Eyscourt, C. T. Lushington, Charles Tollemache, John Dodd, George Mackinnon, W. A. Townshend, Captain Duncan, Viscount Mangles, R. D. Trelawny, J. S. Dundas, Admiral Marshall, J. G. Tufnell, H. Ebrington, Viscount Marshall, William Villiers, Charles Ellice, Edward Martin,:John Waddington, H. S. Elliot, John Martin4C. W. Waklcy, T. Enfield, Lord Martin, Samuel Wall, C. B. Evans, John Masterman, J. Wahnsley, Sir:J. Evans, William Matheson, A. Watkins, Colonel E wart, William Matheson, Colonel Wawn, J.,.T. Fagan, William MelguNci, Viscount Wilcox, Brodie Ferguson, Sir R. Milner, W. M. Williams, John Foley, J. H. Milnes, R. M. Williamson, Sir R. Forster, M. Milton, Viscount Wilson, Matthew Fox, W. J. Mitchell, T. A. Wrightson, W. B. Freestun, Colonel Molesworth, Sir W. Wyvill, Marmaduke Frewen, C. H. Moody, C. A. Gibson, T. M. Morris, David Glyn, G. C. Mulgrave, Earl Grenfell, C. Pascoe Ogle, S. C. =LEM Wortley, S. Denison, Edmund MINORITY-NOES, 136. Acland, Sir T. Forbes, William; Packe, C. W. Arbuthaott, Hugh Fordyce, A. D. Palmer, Robert Arkwright, G. Fuller, A. E. Palmer, Roundell Haillie, H. J. Gladstone, W. E. Patten, W. Bateson, Thomas Gordon, Admiral Peel, Sir Robert Bennet, P. Goulburn, Henry Peel, Frederick Beresiord, William Graham, Sir James Plowden4W. H. Berkeley, C. L. G. Grogan, Edward Pluinptre, J. P. Boldero, H. G. Guernsey, Lord Portal, Melville Bowles, Admiral Hall, Sir B. Pusey, P. Bramston, T. W. Halsey, T. P. Raphael, Alexander Brisco, M. Hamilton, J. H. Reid, Colonel Broadley, H. Heneage, G. H. Richards, Richard Brooke, Lord Henley, J. W. Rushout, Captain Buck, L. W. Hildyard, R. Q. Seynser, 11. K. _ Buller, Sir Y. Ilildyaril, T. B. Shell, R. L. Burrell, Sir C. Hogg, Sir J. W. Sibthorp, Colonel Cabbell, B. B. Hood, Sir A. Simeon, John Campbell, W. F. Hope, A. Smonett, A. Carew, W. P. Hornby John Sotheron, T. H. S. Cayley, Edward S. Hotham, Lord Spearman, H. J. Chatterton, Colonel Inglis, Sir It. Stafford, Augustus Clerk Sir George Jones, Captain Stanley, Edward Clive, R. HI Keating, Robert Stanton, W. S. Clive, Henry B. Law, C. E. Stuart, J. Cocks, T. S. Legh, G. C. Sturt, 11. G. Cole, Hon. H. A. Lindsay, Colonel Sullivan, Michael Coles, IL B. Lockhart, W. Taylor, T. E. Compton, 11. C. Lopes, Sir Ralph Tenison, E. K. Currie, Henry Mackenzie, W. F. Thornhill, G. Deedes,,W. Mahon, Lord '1 ownley, R. G. Dick, Quintin Manners, Lord J. Trevor, G. Douglas, Sir C. Maule, Fox Turner, George blvett, E.l !deux, Sir H. Tyrell, Sir J. Duff, George S. Miles, P. W. S. Verney, Sir H. Drummond, Home Miles; W. Walpole, S. II Duckworth, Sir J. Monsen. William Wegg-Prosser, F. Duncombe, A. Morgan, 0. West, F. It. Duncombo, 0. Dlunings, J. R. Willoughby. Sir 11. Dundas, G. Mundy, William Wodehouse,Edmund Dundas, Sir David Dime, Colonel Du Pre, C. G. Naas, Lord TELLERS. East, Sir J. B. Newry, Viscount Thesiger, Sir F. Edwards, H. O'Flaherty, Anthony Wood, W. P. Fitzpatrick, J. W. Oswald, Alexander . . ABOLITION OF THE VICE-REGAL -- --- COURT IN IRELAND. (From the Times.) The passage of the first railway train through the tubular bridge across the Menai Straits would seem to have suggested the propriety of at length disclosing a " secret" which has been long known to everybody —that the days of the miniature Court of the Lord- Lieutenant in Ireland are numbered. The commu nication between London and Dublin for passengers is now reduced to an easy day's journey. In any cases where a more speedy method of intercourse be t Neen the two cities becomes desirable, we have in the electric telegraph a very simple machinery at hand to convey orders and intelligence —at any rate as far as Holyhead—almost with the speed of thought. For any useful purpose the little pageant in Dublin Castle has now become a mere burlesque—a cere mony without a meaning, an expense without a result. It would be idle to waste words in showing the propriety of the change we are now announcing. The only reason for commissioning a subject to re present the Sovereign in any district or colony of the empire is, its being so far removed from the central seat of Government that its affairs cannot be conveniently administered without the borrowed majesty of a petty Court. Such a substitution is a makeshift, not a privilege—a memento of subjection rather than a symbol of independence. We do not place a series of Governors in the great towns of England. Liver pool, Manchester, Birmingham, York, Northampton, and Plymouth, are very well preserved from disorder by the local machinery of municipalities and magis trates, supported, in case of necessity, by the power of the Lord-Lieutenants and Sheriffs of counties, with an ultimate appeal to bead-quarters. But, take the stronger case of Scotland—a case not analcgous, but identical with that of Ireland. Can any one doubt that the presence of a mimic Court, which should rather ape the petty intrigues than imitate the grander features of its prototype, would be a curse, not a blessing to the Scottish people ? Edinburgh, and Glasgow, and Paisley remain tranquil, although the threads by which they are governed are drawn from the centre of the empire. From Caithness to the Land's-end all is consolidated, without any approrch to that system of cen tralization which has been so just a subject of reproach to the Continental Governments. With them the element of municipal independence was wanting. The very meaning of our centralization is, the removal, not the imposition of constraint. No thing but actual necessity, arising from physical causes, could justify the continuance of a restraint upon Ireland from which the provincial districts of England, and Wales, and Scotland were exempt. The time has arrived for placing Ireland upon the same footing as Great Britain, and removing an invi dious distinction that was only justified by the diffi culties of dilatory and doubtful communication. There is one consideration only which could have made us hesitate as to the propriety of the abolition of the Lord-Lieutenancy. Had any strong feeling existed amongst the Irish themselves in favour of the retention of the pageant, certainly their feeling on the subject would have been entitled to respect. But upon care ful inquiry the very reverse of this turns out to be the case. It is the earnest wish of the great majority of Irishmen to see every focus of political intrigue ex tinguished, and although the Lord-Lieutenant's office in Ireland was to discountenance seditious movements by; all the means at his disposal, yet whether he would or not, the " Castle" was turned into a centre of heart-burning and discontent. Men who live in the full tide of human aieirs, and whose lot it has never been to be mixed up with the petty intrigues of provincial majesty, can form but a slender idea of the ridiculous pretensions of the aspirants after the favour of the Castle." Immortal wrath would be engendered in a moment of time by some imagined affront, whilst the re presentative of his Sovereign vainly imagined that his anxious exertions to please everybody had been crowned with something like success. The pen of the novelist, rather than of the political writer, would be requisite to portray what Ben Jonson would have called the " Humours " of the Castle and its Courtiers, even before it had ceased to be a necessary institution. Not all the cordiality and dignity of Ireland's last Lord-Lieutenant could have much longer saved his little Court from falling before the force of pure ridicule, when the country had once recovered from the combined effects of famine and agitation. Beside s, Oil question of the ludicrous apart, the pres.c nee of a Viceroy in Dub;in actually ministers to agitation. So long as an arena is open to them, the representatives of Orargeism and Ribandism will rush there to boast their influ ence, and struggle for a worthless triumph. A mare's nest will never be wanting to the Orangemen of the North so long as an tinhai py Viceroy is forth coming, on whom they can fasten the conceits of their own addled brains. Dr. M`llale is of course tco happy to have a vice-regal correspondent whenever his temper gets the better of his reason, and he is pleased to concoct one of those marvellous communi cations in which he connects the prevalence of easterly winds in March with the Rate-in-Aid. What is a Lord-Lieutenant to do? If he is not guilty of discourtesy to a Roman Catholic prelate, the Ulster men take fire—it be turn the cold shoulder to the. higher clergy of the great mass of the people, the affront passes like a galvanic shock through three of the four provinces of which Ireland is composed. We mention but one out of a thousand difficulties which a Lord-Lieutenant must confront at every turn Surely in such a case it is better to avoid all came of offence by tibolshing the office altogether witieh is the innocent cause of so much theo:ogical and political animosity. It would ill-become us, however, to announce such a change as this, and to speak in terms somewhat de preciatory of an office once the most important that could be held by a subject, a ithout adding a few short words in commendation c f that nobleman to whose lot it has fallen to be Ireland's last Viceroy. Lord Clarendon has discharged an important trust with singular succes., in the face of great difficulties, and of - a very enigmatic future. We are writing in 1850, when the danger is past, and we are fully aware of the character of the opponents, and the value of the opposition with which he had to contend. But when thrones were crumbling round us in every European country, and the Irish demagogues were busily engaged in working upon the passions of a sus ceptible people, then peculiarly exasperated by almost unprecedented suffering, it was a very different matter. In the face of these difficulties, however, Lord Clarendon did preserve the public peace, and broughttheoffenders to justice in the way most calculated to nullify the efforts of their disciples for the future. And this was done by a simple and most sparing use of the public force, without bloodshed, and without arming one section; of the country against the other, as he was repeatedly advised to do. Abused by a press in many instances lamentably unscrupulous, denounced by the Protestant bigot on one side, and the Popish priest on the other, it was no fair-weather duty that Lord Clarendon had to discharge. Whether the re sult must be attributed to the wisdom of the states. man or the good fortune of the mar, it is now a mat ter of history that he has completed his task with the most perfect success. Emergencies may possibly again arise in which the presence on the spot of an able and resolute man might ~be desirable, and no doubt such an one will be always forthcoming. But we will not anticipate such an event. Let us rather hope that the change will act in every way benefi cially on the interests of our Irish fellow-subjects, and that they may have no cause to regret the cessa tion of viceregal rule and the splendours of the vice regal Court. Zbtrtt Xbtttots IMPORTANT NEWS of Silt JOHN FRANKLIN. ' OFFICIAL COMMUNICATION FROM THE ADMIRALTY.-(THIS DAY.) With reference to the article in this day's Morning Herald, in which it is stated " the writer of the letter states that he had seen a gentleman from Ramschatka, who informed him that he had seen Sir John Frank lin, that he and all his party were quite safe, and coming through the North-West Passage," we have been furnished with the following copy of a letter from Mr. Samuel Peck to the Lords of the Admiralty, by which it will be observed that no mention is made of Sir John Franklin having been " SEEN" by any one. (Corr.) TO THE LORDS OF THE ADMIRALTY. Liverpool, March 6, 1850. MY LOltDs,—l hssten to give the intelligence I have received regarding Sir John Franklin and his expedition, which I believe to be the first, and I trust will prove correct, as I can give full evidence to the honour and truthfulness of the writer, my son. Herewith a full extract of the letter, dated San Francisco Bay, California, Sunday, Dec 30, 1849 : - " There was a gentleman on board this ship yes terday that has just arrived from K tnschatka, with the news of the discovery of Sir John Franklin and all his party. They are all well, and have come through the North-West Passage. (Signed) " CHAS WILLIAM PECK." My son writes from on board the English ship Blakely, of Liverpool. I trust, my Lords, that I shall have been the first to give the intelligence of the missing expedition. The truth or erroneous information conveyed by the gentleman alluded to by my son, must shortly become known. I give also a postscript to my son's letter : " P.S.—This is favoured by Captain Askew, late of the barque Chillian, of London, who has kindly offered to post it for me at Panama, to clear the Yankee postage."—C. W. P. I have, &c., SAMUEL PECK. THE LATE WAR IN HUNGARY.—.A. third edition of the little volume entitled " Scenes of the Civil War in Hungary, with the Ad►entures of an Austrian Officer in the Army of the Ban of Croatia," has already made its appearance. " This," says the Naval and Military Gazette, "is a book of deep excitement—uf soul-har rowing interest." In allusion to the late civil war in Ilungary, the 7'inies has remarked that " the recently quelled Hungarian rebellion has, in all its stages, excited the most lively interest in all parts of Europe, and pro bably no where more than in England." TEE HAlDlos—the Greek designation for " ever lasting"—has been given to a new black silk, which during its manufacture has been the cause of the re moval of many difficulties hitherto considered insuperable. It is well known to the producers of textile fabrics, that it is a work of much mental and mechanical application to obtain a plain silk fit fir general purposes, which should at the same time posters the qualification of novelty. In this instance such has been effected iu a silk of great brilliancy of texture, with an assurance of lasting wear, while it has the further claim of economy of cost. The hue is said to be proof against acids and sea-water. It has been registered under the above title by the Messrs. Jay of Regent-street, who, we believe, are ever emulous to obtain novelties adapted to the pecu liarities of their trade.—Post. FATAL ACCIDENT.—OXFORD, MAR= i.—On Monday se'nnight an accident occurred in this city, which has since proved fatal to Mr, Edwin Giles Dau bony, a promising young man, in the prime of life, demy of Magdalen College, and nephew of Dr. llaubeny Pro fessor of Chemistry, &c ,in this University. It appears, from the evidence adduced at the coroner's inquest, yes terday, before Mr. George Valentine Cox, that the de ceased, in company with some friends, were on their re turn from Godstow, and while walking along the unfinished Rugby and Oxford Railroad, near Boney's bridge, they heard one of their companions, who was in a skiff, crying out for help; they immediately ran to his assistance and extricated him and his boat, which had got among the piles of the unfinished bridge, when, on crossing a plank, one of them saw deceased lying amongst some loose bricks underneath. He went to him, and found that he was considerably injured. They after wards discovered that deceased, in (as they supposed, fur it was almost dark) endeavouring to render assistance to his friend in the skiff, missed his footing, and fell oEf the plank, amongst some loose bricks, a distance of nearly sixteen fret, and injured himself so' severely that death ensued yesterday morning. A verdict of " Accidental death" was returned. DISCOVERY OF A GREAT LAKE.—A great lake has been discovered in the interior of South Africa during a journey of exploration by two gentlemen named Mur ray and Oswall. It is situated in longitude 24 deg. cast and latitude 19 deg. south, and its limits appear to have been undiscernible. According to the natives, however, it takes twenty-five days to travel round it. The ve•gt - tation on its banks is tropical, and palms are abundant, but it contains no crocodiles, alligators, or hippopotami. It is approa c h e d b a river which for some distance is y of small size, and which, a; , it approaches the lake, be ' comes as large as the Clyde. The lake itself has no islands in it, but it is said that the re are many at the mouth of the river, and that these are densely populated by a race en ti re ly different from tho=e near the borders ofof the lake whiciire . F semb e l l e ic p a e n r a are ciia numerous, ndtarp,and as % a .e ls ig o h fis b h, some etweeli 401 b. and 50:b. There aro likewise a great number el elephants, a lthough of a much smaller description than those nearer the colony. The native?, whose language was unlike any known dialect spoken by the other tribes in South Africa, appeared to be of an inferior nature, and to be much afflicted with pulmonary disease. SHIELDS, MARCH 6.—Wind W.N.W., strong.—Sld. Armate, Carthagena and llavannah; Defender, Paim• hceuf, and North America. LONDON IfosrlTAL.—Yesterday afternoon a quar terly general court of the governors of this charity was held in the board-room of the institution, Mr. J. Davis in the chair. The reports of the house committee, the minutes of the previous meetings, and the household ex penditure of the hospital, having been read and con fimed, the secretary submitted the usual statement of the numbers of patients, from which it appeared that the total number admitted to the v girds cf the ho.pitai sauce last quarter was 930, of horn there bare been dir charg cured 448, much relieved 395, and $7 had died. The in patients now on the books of the hospital are 329, the cu:-patients, 1,796. =The repot acknowledged with thanks the receipt of a legacy of 5001. stock in the Three per Cent. Consols, from the eat tutors of the late Mrs. Elizabeth Duncan, and one of 100/. in cash from the late Mr. C. Bell. Among the donations was ore of 5L 4a. 4d. from the workmen of Messrs. Tubbut and Co.,LiMeheute, The receipt of this s mall donation was particularly grati fying to the feelings r.f the committee, as the 'Whole of it had been clubbed together in sixpences and pence, alid ibui testified the gratitude with which their exertions were reqrded, and the estimation in which they held the-be nehts which had b: en conferred upon some of them through the means of this charity. 320 beds areirept ifs constant occupation at this hospital, 220 of 'atrial are te stired entirely for cases of accidents admitted . isithotit recommendation, so that, in tact, more than tsvC 2 ,hirde f the eases are admitted fee b e. tteee.gi 'B l t ,t. i bri m et e rs, i e d h e af e i s r lp hi e ee r t t r p s ,, s a o r f d t s h t is f i s rl 9 B , t l i t 4 u 9 t on cases m a o y f ' te cc-twit and treated there during 111" la iL`eight rears. The MI EL bet of tenons suffering from a,O c id es t. iujuri 'a admitted as itt patients during ;Le yc l ie' to 2 370, white :he out=patients ter the sag rii;il W. re 6,641. Of the in-patients, 2 107 were (14011'1:ger] cured or la-Hoed, 99 died, and 164 remained in the hospital oh the Ist of January last. The oecoutits'for 1849 ate eta elusive of other cases (nut b: in;; accident,), which amounted alone to 11,995, making far hist 3, ar. a Mal f 20,906 in and out patients. These reports were rt . ceived an adopted, and some usual routhei 'builneas Levi. irg been gone through, the meeting sepaiired; after ti vote of thanks to the chair. , • TnE WALHALLA.— Madame 'Wharton's. exhibition of Tableaux Yivans has recently excited's good deal of` interest amongst painters, sculptors, and connoiseurs of art, and her attractive gallery is nightly attended by numerous and fashionable audiences. There is a clas sical purity about her poses, both in conception and detail, that is really refreshing to the man of taste, villas the beauty of the costumes and magnitude of the pe destal, gives a finish and delicacy to the entertainment that renders any tendency to coarseness either of imagi tion or feeling utterly impossible. ACCIDENT TO THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH WIRES. —We understand that yesterday morning an accident occurred by which about foul t ?en miles of telegraphio wires s ere thrown down, and the communication to that extent interrupted. We believe the wires were not coiled, as formerly, round fastenings on every fifth post, but were stretched at considerable ten s i on f or a l engt h o f fourteen miles. When a fracture occurred, the extreme tension and consequent sudden contraction of the wire caused it to run out of the grooves, and some a the liberated wire, lying upon the rails, was caught by the wheels of a train, and dragged away from the posts for the remainder of the distance —Manchester Guardian. The wretched woman, Elizabeth Bradford, in the county gaol en the charge of drowning her children, is somewhat recovered, but she is rot in a state, either mentally or physically, to warrant her examination by the justices.— Western Luminary. POTATOES.—The enormous quantity of potatoes lately brought into London from. the Continent his re duced the price from 90s. to 70s. per ton. As nista), as 5,000 tons have been imported within the last week, principally from Dunkirk, Dieppe, Ostend, and Antwerp. THE CASE OF ALLEGED INCENDIARISM EXETER.—On Wednesday last Mr. Samuel Foote, who is now confined in the City Prison, awaiting his trial, on the charge of setting his house on fire, attempted to commit suicide. He tied his silk neckerchief tightly. round his neck, and, by fastening one end of it to tto window frame of his cell, attempted to strangle himself. He was discovered when life was almost extinct, cut down, and by proper means restored. LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY.--The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors was held yesterday in the large room of the Exchange, Manchester. Henry Houldsworth, Esq., occupied the chair. The repent, commending a dividend of 3 per cent., was agreed to, after an amendment, fixing it at 2f per cent., had been negatived by a large majority. The amount of dividend actually earned was stated by the chairman to be two and six tenths per annum. The meeting was proceeding to discuss the question of the appointment of direettori when our express left. Two or three special meetings had to be subsequently held. REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO COMMIT SUICIDE.—• Sarah Butt was on Wednesday charged before the police magistrate at Richmond with attempting to drown her self. It appeared from the evidence of Sergeant POvery, 3 V, that on Saturday night, about eleven o'clock, hi found the prisoner in Petersham Meadows, setae . two miles from her home, standing by the side of a pool of water which had alcumulated from the overflow of ' the Thames. She had no bonnet on. and was in a most ex hausted state, and appeared to have been recently im mersed in the water. On questioning her she admitted she had made three attempts to drown herself; and would have made a fourth and final attempt in the river had net the sergeant interfered. Her failure of success in the preceding instances would appear to have arisen from the shallowness of the water, beirg only two feet deep. A certificate was produced, signed by a medical man, stating that the unfortunate woman had become of unsoued mind from an attack of the brain fever. The husband promisine. the Magistrate that if Lis wife were released he would take such care of her as to present a similar attempt, she was discharged. Upon her artiv.il at hemp, and a nurse having been procured, she was conveyed to bed, and the nurse having imprudently left her patient fur a short time, the unfortunate creature in stantly took vino t ige of her absence, and precipitated erAelt from the firs . -floor window, by which act she sustained injuries which will most probably terminate fatsll3. Several of her ribs and collar-bone ate fractured, and her spine is seriously injured. EXPERIMENTAL BALL')ONS.—The lafg , St of the balloons dispatched from the Admiralty, on Friday last, carrying with it 2,500 slips, or messages, has been very successful. The first lot of slips were liberated over London at an elevation between 3,000 and 4,000 feet, and some of the slips fell in Lower T , amen-stredt, some in Bethnal-green Cemetery, others were found on the Surrey side of the water, and down the river side to neer Greenwich, affording evidence that the first. lot were scattered over an area of several miles. From the numerous slips of paper returned to the Secretary of the Admiralty from different places, the balloon appears to have t aken the direction of Woolwich, Gravesend, and- Rochester, and then crossed fcr a short period into E,sex, and again altered its course for Maidstone, Cranbrook, and Dungeness, which it left in the direc tion of the French coast. In travelling to Dungeness, according to the time it was se en th ere , it had dropped 1,200 of the slips, and 1,300 remained for further tribution. Some of the parties who have returned the_ . messages of the Admiralty have particularly retreated to be informed whether ccit is all right," or •• if some person has not been playing a joke upon them." One lady states that her daughter found the slip of paper in her garden, and she was confident it was not there the night Lefore; but bow it came she did not know. R EFuRM MEETING ♦T HADLEIGII.—A very spirited and well-attended meeting took place at the Town hall, Iladleikh, on Monday night; and that being a thorough agricultural neighbourhood, many parties looked with peculiar iLterest to its results. Mr. I. Everett, a landlord and tenant-farmer, took the chair, and the large room w„s well fill, d with respectable agriculturists and me chanics. Exactly a wcek be a protection society bad been formed in the same town; but it would seem that many of the farm( rs begin to think that financial and Parliamentary rt form is a step in the right direction, fur several who had joined the _Cory society attended the reform gathering on Monday. The following resolution was proposed to Mr. Thomas Hawkins, of Milden, a tenant-farmer: That the principles of the National Parliamentary and Financial Reform Association meet the entire approval of this meeting, and that an associa tion be now formed, to be called the Iladleigh Parlia mentary Reform Association." The resolution met with a unanimous and hearty reception. Mr. S. Matthews, farmer, made an excellent speech on the reduction of tax ation, as the only measure likely to affect the interests of the farmer. Mr. M•Enteer also addressed the meet- ing, and atter a vote of thanks to him and to the chair man, three cheers were given fur the Financial Reform Association, when the meeting separated. A number of names were enrolled on the books cf the new society. DEEP SEA FISIIINGS.—We are glad in being able to report favourably of the success of these fishings, which aro at present prosecuted by our resident fisher meng,Ty with t he t h l ta e h i r r ge me g nb to. 0 11; a p s r ga i s rt e ee b e r t e di a ni p sg - . with something lik e ene d r, iunsgeda, commensurate crews po reward.cee tance from the shore. Thu weather during the week has been very favourable, and the boats have returned every evening with great cargoes, for which a ready sale is obtained at prices considerably advanced,in consequence of the speedy transit we now enjoy to populous markets. On Saturday evening one boat arrived with 66 score of fish, the tale of which realised 91. 10s., another boat ob tained 7 L, and others various considerable sums. As other n o each crew consists of six men, the profitable nature of the oth the employment—the supply _a:id apparent, and ought to stimulate the demand being alike inexhaustible.—Beruna .Ad tr . will The Essex County Lunatic Asylum to be built ü be p is near r eclared to be unequalled , and the building promises B ren twood will be shortly commenced. The site the kingdom. It will be in the le and the cost is estimated at 50,000/. n to be second to any in Tudor sty , SIR JOHN FRANKLIN.—A San Francisco paper, The Public Good, of Dee. 29, publishes a vague auto s went to the effect that Sir John Franklin had been dis covered " by an English expedition." Tile STANFIELD HILL -PROPERTT.—iiinee the I % Saturdayer, who have last, previously howe v er, f a mily of the late Mr. Jermy have left th e i r rebidence at Stanfield-hall, it has remained t enant l ess, the gate k:veopinererbe, i n n a g m l e e d ft jionrcmhyaragnd La e . O put forward claims to the estate, contrived to gain an entrance into the hall, and retained possession until the police were sent for, but the intruders prudently with drew before the arrival of the authorities. DIVORCES IN AMERICA.---The Baltimore Corre spondent of the New York Herald states that the Legis lative louses of that city are overwhelmed with appli cations for divorces. "It has," says be, " become a business with members of the Legislature to get those applications through, for which they receive pretty heavy fees. Each member, when he goes to Annapolis, has • half-dozen cases of this kind in hand, and a kind of log rolling system is adopted among them, by which they agree to vote for eac h o th er ' s cas es, let them be based on ever so fri vo l ous a cause ." One of the members, • Mr. Cousin, introduced a Bill, said to be " a burlesque Bill," for the purpose of enabling parties to be legally divorced, on simply declaring to each othertheir wishes to that effect. Mr. Campbell Wyndham's hunting stud produced excellent prices, the nine horses sold realising 7801. Six of the animals were hunters, two carriage horses, and one a shooting pony. _ r.l Ot,ri