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

'Where are my dear child:en?" and appeared to be in !g'ed distress of mind. On asking why she ',tempted t) drownabo the c hild ren, she replied et ter husbandas her h u abit oF ill . using her, end had knocked end beat terribly tr :Lhn R ,bins depotted that wh, n his ettrn'ion was atp r'et,d to the evil' by •ht• S witty; She saw 50u1 . .. rs "' I , le t eter, ' an ' ci P he im tle:tely to cle off es{litt jumpt-d into the water, a:.d brought my the p!. l i- 1 ° ,, u ri e r• Ile returned and brought out the eldest chi 10 , - , 1 " b e en the bat) The water vt as 10 or 12 feet deep, accent:nu 3. wimm• cz 1 1 the time; when ho got O t t r i t, sh ` lr e s th - J — re — w in a — s a a. third child missin s , om a td eli n r Swimming about ts ,, ain for sotne time he felt t hi - o g touch his feet, Which turned out to h , the other te 1 , 1 ;: , and he brou g h t it out, appre ntly in a cl , -ad sta. . I . wer . e then ell convt y, d to a surgeon's. 1 4T Wi ggin., Inspector of polies, S9l the ir . ir , nc : r , tn, when kt.n t) the wet kliouse, that she n l e i b t :r n i tled the act a inconssqneeee of the , iii- h u , s .c age f tier enoi ln d, who ta I beaten her frequently ause she witti 'e not provide a dine: r f hitn wren she was 1 ,1 11 ' ln 'nonty. She told him that her husband 0 . 1 1 , 1 4 , 1 " y ed her 7s. a week to ke p the hotee Kith, *4that he kept the remaining 20s. of his It° spend himself. She said she lived a verybedta. ( 1 11 'e with hi m; t h at he use d to pull her out of (I'. :O n o t I tell her frequently that 1 o would be ti , e oast S M the lo he*, a dding that her death should be a lingering 6 1 .nger the better. eell ° t t e e xamired—Sh e saic , , she thought she m ight as r p e , reo etc-. The childr e n w e re all girls, and to be cl. anly kept. The risoner bore an iof,trit e at Cha racter as a bard working. seea} and 'P'etll i L nan, who was anx i ous t o k ee p h er fatuity re -4,1 v : 'tun, surgeon, said the prisoner was insensible, lil a 1 ," eer cild in a dangus stae when brou t to rei t ' l h l i tt ei r, ld but they recovered afeer L applying the g usual ue Pa n n e, the mother of the prisoner, said st et had tht,l:l;larried tight years, and had during that time to hts t iS k `e aßainst a great deal of misery owing to her hut 4ts J e enduct. The two eldest children were seven and hs,; ; p e e rli (.f age, and the prisoner had always shown her W it c"," 4211 ; the greatest kindness and affection, and k an d tn s uckledies uch attathched infant during them. She her confinement d attendeie e g ill. !r °4l wit ness that in consequence of her husbsnd , s ij4;ttbent she had been obliged to beg in order to get I ts .1' and was distracted, and did nut know what th e -51 about when she threw the. children into I t e anal. °4 l4, l; •, ll4 taltir then addressed the jury for the defence, 41 10 . '4 that no one could hay' heard the evidence hi c h tl i t l having been deeply moved, and the way in , 4 rttii h ad been instructed would show that the . mi- I;he d e e 40(1 sorrowful tale of the prisoner had excited h h is ssi t il ' commi_eration, for his brief had been placed ts h-ti " by a benevol e nt gentleman who attended 'Ottinitiation at the police-court, and who had under is •; , ? c iefend the prisoner in co-operatior! with the 5he .11,,,,,`",s ease presented one of those start'ingrevelattons W ll l - uule life which seldom transpired, but which, 1 , 41 ,ftl c ' ll qa mad e k nown, we re great l y calculated to 44 ';( 21 astonish people. There was no greater than that of a respectable and hardworking headtr fth a family, struggling to keep a home over ~4 1 a p e „ ; '„tot merely against the circumstances of her gl - "°ft, but against a drunken. brutal husband, 'Cit ) , l a guilty of every kind of debauchery and bru -41: aff al l Yet many poor creatures of this class went 'itbocaring until they reached a premature grave, th e Public being at all aware of it; but whoa i"tiS t i r ,,!, ), this nature were disclosed, it was their t ; ° to e a - „",tY to inquire into them; and it behoved . them s -lt e (31411 Y on this occasion to inquire into the •Ltiot t i tcbich led to the present unhappy po iri of fat , the prisoner. There were ample ue thought, for returning a verdict that t,.-"tstAhe seffering from temporary insanity at the me rl that perpetrated the act, for they might easily 1 41 ,at t r 4 i; 11 , 4 , that being unable to provide a menl for her „ "Ildren she might have wandered out in the li; t o tt . :": e n ut fitiding herself near the canal, conceived, desperation, the feat ful idea of taking sad bier ehildren's life, the carrying out of da„, i '-• vs aithas Providentia'ly prevented by the heroic con. e Y o ung man who had been cared before them. a,' 4 l: b . , hease character of her brutal, low-minded, k„..ll4lhtlal husband, he bad only to mention that up to f0 i ." 44 not, although in the receipt of good wages, N . ward to assist the prisoner, and that her defence 141%3h:1'11Y carried on by friends and strangers. If they Ott „*'e Was not actuated by any premediatcd it -11 14 M sliceand it was shown that aforethought, 4 1t4 t both affectionate and attached t► her children, h t , L tell e ,,, was suffering from a temporary aberration x r . aot t 'i l 'i lt then they would be fully justified in finding ot, j yof the charge. • %P,oti t li , t k t ee WIGIITMAN baying summed up in a very Cgs uat firm address, tli t . "Yf after a brief deliberation, returned a verdict d 1 1 ta tt „, s tta Not Guilty on the ground of insanity, and Jett -13 °rdin 1 be kept in confinement during her pl ding easure. 'll l aunt, t' WIGIITMAN said the conduct of the young A ss d i ce the prisoner and children from the 6;:th,:lranit praiseworthy, and he had been looking aiti l -t atute to ascertain if be had power to d present tt e viti 4 4 4 ls4l e suitable reward, but he regrett to say ° Power of which he could avail himself for 6 1( 1 , h eo3 e. I,4i'autir,(l,!!-Sheriff WIRE . said the sheriffs would take gep ri v a P'Y the defect in the statute. Mier was then removed. NR IV COURT. (Before the RECORDER.) ,'0 1 , 4 Do ss °on Frederick Smith was indicted for having ht - p eall inn forged certificates from her Majesty's ki,"11,„ 'Anton, and from the Colonial Secretary at P 4 11 1 1 t o bri g P o rting to authorise the captains of merchan t lOp ex, g home distressed searr en from foreign por ts Il ti lei e eN e of the Admiralty, for which indemnitica lk e eireeertificates were to be the covenant. 41 4 ist e k ut ostanc es f the case have appeared several Rh‘ t r . ei, 4, Under the head of Bow-street police : ti r , °Wder, Q•C and Mr. Montague Smith ap ):l`tk4l9l'...t %h a Proseclition; and Mr. Robinson for the 4, 5 51 1a4 roterned a verdict of Guilty, and the Learned )e4h. katenced the prisoner to imprisonment for A L GI, THIRD COURT. e ' °re Commissioner 13uLLocx.) ° NI M r. w - • t , was occupied with trying petty cases this 4141, ich presented no feature of interest. Ott ttk,-4111,4 R O'-sTREET—(THIS DAY.) k tklqlb e t f HYDE-PARK.— James Meegan was 11 4 ,!i 4 ttore Mr. Bingham with picking a gentleman's thget., o Yde. park. it'll.:,pre4l3table, A. 106, stated that about six o'clock tau, us evening he was on duty in Hyde-park, 1 1 6 Vir7 gentleman running and calling out Stop l i N t ti p 7 6 ll tte r llll ,Pla went up to him, and asked what was 4,'"uen he replied that the prisoner, who was Pa the park, had picked his pocket of his 11 74 4 '4 thttli; _Witness and another constable, who had N t sti th e Committed, went in pursuit of the pri to Inv latter seeing ho was I:kely to be caught, I 4 IV th tiL tt ta tabi• Ise handkerchief, and ran out of the park - `ta I N°ltse in the Bayswater-road, where he I.‘l v ' et ° Custody. Witness added, that the gen nnt • ti lott now in attendance. okt pr o 4 R said it was fortunate fur the prisoner k., ll a P. trn'eeutor was net in attendance; had he been 1 4 t1 1 4 at i o -- e l ! li a,..m) would have sent him (prisoner) for 04,„*ith h Ile should, however, commit him for a 1 1 4 Q ard ilh eP ie IN ° • th e a 11 E ARMY AND NAVY CLUB.— T . Villiam . 11,qtq,,,,:" 1 about sixteen years of age, was charged h 40,, juR some bricks at the Army and Navy Club !do at t eri a t , es- squftre. 1:14: 1 4 bf %clock last night the prisoner was caught 444 tarovying- some bricks at the ornamental so ~°l l being expostulated with by the butler he 1 1 , 44, 1i t 91 214"4 . 8 i , Ve that he was given in charge. ',/14 'as 4 „" expressed his sorrow for his conduct, 4, 1 11 t !M - ' e xolY reprimanded by Mr. Bingham and 117, et ),..* ‘ ,l l 4l'n ri .,, `RE ARGYLL ROOMS.— George Stripe and 10, t 1, 1 'er v i?' two waiters employed at the Senior t 4 N'tt e r Club, were brought up before Mr. Bing %pi!, with creating a disturbance at the Argyll dot t 4 le, Great Windmill -street, and inciting a mob to h ok 4 4 1 'en 13. le I gnell, one of the proprietors, deposed t 4 4 o,'reah n , i ' t en o'clock last night he was partaking of 1 01: (IN - Vit in his private room, when his atten 15,°10„Ingtri t ° a great disturbance in the street, and A 11 11 , 1 , 450 ~) see the cause he found a mob of from k 4a ol o r°Ple assembled round the entrance to the laei te "_,Prisoner s were trying to force their way I,tlr tk 'to ß r the mob to assist them, and on ~,e l4l, l s ed by the officers, they struck at them trliyti o lking sticks, which , were loaded with tadj tar l ,%; the officers had his hat broken and i ii t h'sell %a cut, and it was not till several police- Qtly and 1 there appearance that the prisoners were ay' att 0 .-I'o up at the station. lltWit'acer employed at the room 9, produced his so, 44 s liter k Strum . .ft..y cut in two, anti proved that the Ite C'ii at min two or three times, and pulled him to t e th . 1 . 13 0 snob. tleiA . er, another cf the proprietors, proved 3,4 Cat Cil,nants strike tho last witness, and also 1, 4 e„ e h ead them incite the mob to force their itay Ri k tis rs de • ku ili tiled the charge, but ttly tt N ll : 3l thought it clearly proved, and fined le a ea an d in addition required them to find eh, to -eep the pence for three months. Okk Vito, 1 ° BUENOS AIRES.—The Irish Poor ,tNiktstiosteners recommend Buenos Ayres as a field 41; 1 ,1 from Ireland, the price of labour being (, kin "to " an especial demand for that work which I,"pi 4. is itet t i reenliarly adapted to supply, such as ti Z , and other agricultur work, cattle ' 1) ) and the driving of flocks from district t to It: r , 0 1. IV ,`,\4ota srburton, the author of the "Crescent l k ' ik,•tte ' is, we her, about to essay the powers 'ti ork 1r1 (1 vi ek 1 , 7 " y gnrous p en as a wr i ter o f fi c tion. his kOf a Taiethis new s t y l e i s entitled "Reginald e s'ro,, r °I the Troubles in 16—." .tt t ta ,lAL A CKNOWLEDGMENT.—Capt. Cook, P L ti l 61 11 -` 4 h, Pe e i,,, 'e British barque Sarah, have been the o. attention iu New York during the pat tlikhttra and noble conduct in the re cue of the te B'6oocrew of thepacket ship Caleb Grimshaw. :i() 4111t1 (i di dollars ssas made up among the mer ,411,411411, st,ributed as follows to the cfficers and crew \kll4;t4„;4tt:CC,:ollathe captain. 5,600 dollars; chief mate, ~i edi t the ate mate, 400 dollars; carpenter, 350 '94( 0 41 'y —4,1 1 and able seance, each 125 dol d app ren ti ccP , eac h 100 doll a rs. Ve dollars. . 6 an. MONEY awl COMMERCIAL NEW '. CITY, QUARTER TO THI?EE. The Cotton Ma.ket IA Liverpool yesterday was rather fl.t, rind prices generally were in favour of buyers. The ,!,s w,.re estimated at from 4,000 to 5,000 bales, ot which 500 American were taken for export and 500 os sp_culation.—The m'trket for Railway Shares was firm, an,l prices slightly improved. The saes of wheat last week in the markets which regulate the averages were 95,801 quarters of wheat, and 74,856 of barley. Grew complaints are being made by the merchants conr.eot(d with the American provision trade in London of the difficulty experienced in oLtaining a ready Pale f their produce, Irvin the circumstance of the leading houses in the trade opposing the system of public sales, whilst in Liverpool the sy stem finds every favour by the buyers, nod tie public re ap all the advantages of the :a.m.. This argument was strongly adverted to this day by Mr. Keeling. of the firm of Keeling and lluut, at a public sale of American provisions at Brewer's ey, [tad who appealed to the trade, assuring them tha., in the event of their promising support to periedi cat public sales, on the same principle as now in exist ence at Liverpool, the firm would le backed by several f the leading American provision houses, who were anxious to destroy the monopoly exercised by a few firms in London. Much less Tallow tray be expected to arrive in Lon don between this and the 31st May, than arrived either last 3 ear or the year before, 1,200 casks only are known to be on the way to London from Australia; perhaps 5,000 casks will be the outside arrival from all places. Ttie last accounts 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 vets fist at 108 Re., a.m.d. for August, and 112 with 10 Ito. hard money. The guar.- tity of New Tallow is variously stated 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. Jo;aes (New Brunswick) Courier gives the annual account of :hipping 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. We 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 31,29 tons. The number of vessels in existence, as far as can be ascertained,, be longing to S.. John's, on the 31st December last, was 505, measuring 93,192 tons. As regards the shipping d Miramichi, which includes all vessels built on the north ern shore of the province of New Brunswick, Miramishi being the only registering port in that district, we learn that the number of new v , ssels built there during 1849 was 21, me asuring 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 dusts posts do not anticipate much injury to their business from the repeal of the navigation-laws, we gather from the statements that there are now in progress of building in the St. John's and North Shore districts 66 vessels, averaging in all 34,040 tons. The quotation for Austrian Bonds at Frankfort on the 4th inst. was 814. At Amsterdam, on the sth inst., Dutch Stock was better, the Two-and-a-Half per Cents. being 551 to 5-16. The English Funds are still firmly supported, in the absence ot foreign intelligence of any importance. Consols have been 95f to 96f; the New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents., 98/ to 982; end the Three per Cents., 962 to 96k. Exchequer-hills 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 to 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 are quoted 722 to 744, and the Deferred 302 to 31i. Mexican Stock has been marked at 29k, and Brazi lian 89k. Portuguese Four per Cents. brought 332, and Spanish Five per Cents. 172. Railway Shares have been further advanced, and with a steady business doing. Eastern Counties, and the shares with small amounts paid up, are generally k higher. Great Western have risen about 1, North- Western 1 to lf, and Midland f. Brighton, South- Western, and South-Eastern are firm. Foreign shares are quiet, and there is less doing in mires and banks. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures asunder 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 ...s>st G P:ct.'E-• .tr ,RITISLI IUNIp , O'CLOCK. PRloits. Bank Stock per Cent. Roduced Arms ... 96%% 963 q 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities........ 96 96 1 A 95 7 ig 95% gew 3 per Cent. Arms—. ... Long Anne. to expire Jan.lB6o -16 8% 8% India Stock ._ waamoli 2 164 li , dia Bonds, 1,0001 Ditto under 1,0001.. .. Consols for Account 96 96 1 /s 95% 96 V 8 '',Rlhaquer Bills. 140. ix 2a 1,000/. June 55 5S p Ditto Advertised PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. tniM O'CLOCK. '!razilian Bonds 89;4 Ditto, New, 1813 . 83 Danish 80nd5,1825,3 per Cent. .. Ditto 5 Der Cent. .... — Mexican, 5 per Cent.lB46, with Coupons— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ...: . Ditto. Account Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto, Account . 74 72 1 % 74 1 4 74 74% Ditto Deferred Portuguese 5 par Cents. Ditto, 4 per Cent. 33% Aussian Bonds Ditto Scrip — _ _ 58 p 1.1 p nucEs 891, 2 83 29 IA 29% pa-iish 5 per Cent. 1840 — Ditto, Account Venezuela Bonds, 2% per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSIN(, RkILWAY SHARES. PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES, Bristol and Exeter 92 ...,.. 62 Ditto, Thirds ... ..... 2Si Buckinghamshire Caledonian .. East Anglian, 25/., L & E. and L. and D.....• 25 Eastern Coußties... ..... 20 ...... 7% 1 ,4 x.d.... Do, New Prd.reoce, fi per Cent... lO ...... 11% % ll% East Lincolnshire, guar. 6 per Cent. Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... ...... kireat Northern Do., 6 1 A Deferred ... 12 1 4...... Do., 1 ,4 B 6 per Cent... 7 1 ,4 514... Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 12%...... 10% % Great Western 100 ...... 60% 59 1 / 4 x.d. 59 1 ,4x.d. Ditto, 1 4 ( Shares Ditto, Fifths Ditto, New 171... ..... 15 ... _ 7 34- x.d.... 7% x.d. Lancashire& Yorkshire 100 Do. Quarters ......... 231,4 9 ..-.... ...... Do. Fifths... ........ ... 10 Do. New, Gua. 6 per cL 10 Leeds and Bradford Leeds and Thirsk ..... . 50 Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3% — ... .. 3% dis. x London &Blackwall...ll/. 63. 3d... d 3% x.d London, Brighton, and South C0a5t....... 100 ...... 80% 1 ,4 ...... Do., New, guaranteed 6 per Cent ..........100 135 134 134 Do.Guarant. 5 per cL. 9 ...... 10%.... London and N Western 100...105 4 / 4 107 106 1 4 x.d 10 5 3/ xd Ditto, New Quarters.. 12 ...... 12 12% x.d. - 12% x.d. Ditto, Fifth. Do. 10/. (M. & B.) C. 1 ...,.. 1% .. ....... l% London &S.Westorn ..100 .. ... 65 65%x.d 65% x.d M anchester,Buxton,and Matlock 6 % ...... ...... ........ Midland ...... ....... llO 39% 40 39% 4() x. • d 40 x.d 3A Do., 501. Shares Do. Birm., and Derby 110 Do. Consolid. Bristoland Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 North British ........ ... 25 ..... ... Ditto, Quarters Oxfsrd, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Reading, Guildford, and Reigate ls Scottish Central Shropshire Union Solth Eastern ... ....... 33 %...... 18 1 4 Do., N 0 . 9. South Wales outb Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole l3 ...... 64 Wilt,,Somerset,& Wey mouth 5O York, Newcastle, and Berwick. .... ........... 25 Do. Newcastle Extent. 20 Do. G.N.E.Prefercnce 8 ... - York and North Midland 50 9 ti- Preference ...... 10 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon)... 20 East Indian Namur and Liege ...... 20 ... Northern of France...... 16 ... Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 ...... 31i .. ..... Sambre and Memo 2O ... .. 2 'A t ... ..... MINES. United Mexican 17% 831 h 7 1 4 _ JOINT S'foCli BAN Kb. Union of Australia 1% 12% 98 80 1 ,4 15 13 1 ,4 18 1 /, 18% 16% 14% 874 1% 18 6% 5% 6'< 1” 4 3 , 4 4 21A2 29% LOYD'S SHiPPIING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MARCH 7.—Wind at noon westerly. DEAL, MARCH 6.---Wind W.N.W. to W.S.W.—Arrd. Bakk,r, St. Domingo for Hamburgh; Palm, Ughy, Demerara; Maria and Anna, lleyer, Laguna for Bn men. Arrd. from the River, Chitftain, Matanzas. 511. Cce7ar, Demerara. QUEENSTOWN, MARCH s.—Wind S.W.—Sid. Eliza beth Browne, Singapore; Askland, Boston. OFF. PLYMOUTH. Sophia Elzabeth, Dorgan, La Guayra, for limburgh. CARDIFF, MARCH 6.—The San Georgeo, Swansea to Messina, has put back to Penarth Roads, leaky. LOSFIEMOUTH, MARCH s.—The Diana, of and from Dundee for Dublin, was wrecked on Spey Bay, March 3. The Dispatch of Beauly, Inverness to Westport, wa s stranded on the Cones( a Rocks, same day, but got off, with cargo much damaged. TEIGNMOUTH, MARCH s.—The Erin, of this port, is on the Bar, and must partly discharge to come off. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 7, 1850 MEAT rSTARKETS. SOUTHALL, Mancu 6.—Prime Beaits and Sheep were in moderate request, at full prices. In oft or kinds f stock very little business was transacted. Bcef from 3s to 3s 10d; Mutton, 3s Od to 4s 2d; Veal, 3s 2d to 3s 8'; and Pork, 3s to 3s 8J per 81bs. ROMFORD, MARCH 6.—Our market was heavy. In some instances prices ruled lower. Beef, from 2s 10d to 3a 101; Mutton, 3s Od to 4s 4d; Veal 3s 01 to 3s 6d; and Pork, 3s (Id to 3s 8d per Blbs , . 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-Jay on the following terms :—Beef, from 3s Od to 4s Od; Mutton, 3s iid to 4s 6d; and Veal, 3s 2d to 33 6d per 81bs. HAY WIAMTEI. .SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 8s to 3110 s; Clove! Ditto, 3/ Os to 4/ lOs ; and Straw, 1/ Is to 11 83 pel load. Both Hay and Straw moved off slowly, at barely t•tationary prices. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 106 to 31 106; Clover ditto, 3/ Os to 4/ 7s; and Straw, 11 2s to 1! 85 per load. A full average &upply, and a heavy demand. WHITECIIAPEL. Meadow Hay, 2/ 8s to 31 103 ; Clover ditto, 3/ Os to 4l lOs; and Straw, ll Is toll 81 per load. Supply good, and trade very dull. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Feb. 28, 1850, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Citlcsand Towns in Emgland and Wales per Imperialguarter. 1 , WHEAT. 1 BARLEY. OATS. RYE. 1 1 BEANS. PEAL. PRICE .. f 38s 6d 1 23s 8d 1 148 I d 1 218 lid 1 24s 48 1255 10d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. vvnEAT. BARLEY. I OATS. I ATE. I BEANS. I PEAS. 13 Od Is Od Is Od Is Od Is Od Is Od MAGAZINES, &c.—( CON TIN UED) DAVID COPPERFIELD. Ne. XI. By Charles Dickens. Great advance is here made in the development of 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. Peggotly, " toiling on, poor pilgrim," wearily, after having accompanied Daisy to London, and after obtalting 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 Em'ly. 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 hellkite, a belldame, or something of that kind—a sort of person 3 ou'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. 'l'raddles 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 Mortimers." Mr. Micawber, we should say Mr. Mortimer, "in consequence of his temporary embarassments don't come out till qfter dark—and then in spectacles!" Copperfield himself has gone a great way towards the development of his destiny—. baying made the plunge of life, and popped the ques tion to Dora Spenlow. They are betrothed. Their love passages are the most delightful anti 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 duct, I believe." Red Whisker is perfectly eclipsed at the picnic; and the noor 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 o f 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." NEW 1110NT.HLY. Leigh Hunt and Horace Smith, as usual, fill the opening pages of the New Menthly. The contribu tion of the former is a graceful poem on " Godiva," inscribed to John Hunter, "friend of Leigh Hunt's verse, and lover cf 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 Jager- 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 ho upEeld the spirit of the Mobile Guard by his frequent and cheering peesence when engaged with the enemy. Whenever an observation sat reside to him upon the numerical weak- Deis 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 latter days cf the siege he wholly neglected his open wounds, the dressing of which for years had bum ne cessary twice a day, as this always occupied above an hour—a space of time which ho felt he could not then give to them." " Colonies and Colonization" is more liberal in its tone thait might have been expected from the New Monthly. The following description of the gradual fortnatton 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 of our constitution. A leading feature of that constitution is, that never for a quarter of a century together has it remained the mule. For it is a very im perfect account of our system to define the functions of our executive and the conjoint powers of our tripartite legislature, 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 chang ing circumstances. It never was, like your modern con stitutional fabrics, a pre-arranged whole; but it has always, excel t at precise periods of transition, been in harmony with the social characteristics of the times. Our barons of old were depositaries of real power bvfore they came together as peers of the resew. When our citizens grew bold and wealthy it was tune that they should share in the legislation of the country. When it became convenient tI e legislature separated into two; and 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 prerogaires of royalty were brought within safe limits. But that excellent' balancing' supposed to exist in onr constitution can never be re ferred to the mere scheme itself. A British constitution, without Britons, and the social combination of Britain, might Rork 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 of durability. All that Re 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, I are preserved us at once free and uurevolutionised." Among the lighter articles there is nothing worth especial notice; they will, doubtless, be found satis factory to those who read merely pour passerle temps. UNITED SERVICE. The first article in the United Service, " State Trials in 1549, 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 Vi c t or i a ." At iny st i rr i ng narratives and interesting articles ar e con t a i ne d i n t h e 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 " Si. Hubert's Priory ; or the Dark Hour," with which the lovers of sentiment will no doubt be highly delighted. The sportsman will turn with pleasure to Mr. Webb's biography of John Templeman, 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 s.—The Janes, Liverpool to St. Thomas, was totally dismasted.off Tuskar yesterday, during a heavy squall; has been towed in. THE ROYAL GENERAL ANNUITY SOCIETY. Yesterday evening the anniversary festival 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, E q., 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 institution, William Lofr, Eq., Esq., M.P., Captain Sir Edward Belcher, lt .N . , the Mayor o f R ye , th e M ayor o f George Sanders, B Aaiun the Mayor of Gravesend and Town Clerk ; Henry Pownall, Esq., Thomas:King, Eiq , &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 ber 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 great 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 Arc , hbishop o f Canter bury and the rest of the Clergy.' The Rev. Mr. JONES returned thanks. Solo and glee—" Sound the loud timbre]." The CHAIRMAN having proposed " The Army and Navy," Sir EDWARD BELCHER, 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 of 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 while in other 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 morelutfering 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 addressed 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 com pany to drink with as much cordiality as ever a toast which had been drunk in that room, "Prosperity to the Royal General Annuity Society."—(Cheers.) Mr. ALDRICH, the Secretary, r ea d 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 m o d e o f express ion on such occasions, because it wa s pecu li ar l y fitti ng t o this day and to this occasion. It w as f rom 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 herni-phere—on the scenery, which could not fail to attract the interest of every one, he felt that their Honourable Chairman could feel no 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 fiction, still we were made familiar with the name of Stanley 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 merchantaof 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 eulogistic terms, proposed "The Health of 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. FRESIIFIELD, High Sheriff of Surrey, proposed " Mr. Newdegate and the Members of the House of Commons." Mr. NEWDEGATE returned thanks. BENNY 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: ALnalcu 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 nearly double the one announced cn the last oc casion. —(Cheers.) The present was the largest col lection ever made at any anniversary of the charity; be was going to say the largest amount almost col lected at the anniversary of any charity, for it amounted to the sum of 3,215/.—(Loud 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 bad had two living Stanleys taking the chair at the festivals of this charity.—(Cheers.) Tney had all witnessed the ad mirable manner in which the present Chairman had discharged his duties—(Hear, hear)—and 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 be 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 of the Goldsmiths' Company, 52/. 10s. ; the Chair man, - 10/. ; E Powis, 101. ; Mr. Evans, M.P., 201. ; Mr. J. G. Lacy, 25/., &c. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS, (From the Potts and Proceedings of the Howe of Commons., wzDNESDAY, MARCH 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 word " 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, Charles W. Parker, John Adair, R. Shafto Grey, Sir G, Pechell, Sir G. Aglionby, H. A. Grey, R. W. Pelham, D."A Anderson, Arthur Grosvenor, Earl Peto, SarnuellM. Anson, Colonel Harcourt, G. G. Pilkington, James Ansley, T. C. Hardeastle, J, A. Power, Nicholas Armstrong, R. B. Harris, Richard Price, Sir H Arundel, Earl of Nestle, Alexander Rawdon, Colonel Bagshaw, John Hatchell, John Rendlesham, Lord Baines, 31. 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, 11. 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 Brocklehurat, John Hobhouse, T. B. Sandars, George Brockman, E. D. Holland, Robert Scholefield, W. Brotherton, J. Howard, Lord E. Scrope, G. P. Bruce, Lord E. Howard, C. W. Shafto, R. D. Btmbury, E. H. Hume, Joseph Sidney, Alderman Busfeild, W. Hutt, William Smith, J. A. Buxton, Sir E. Jackson, William Smyth, J. G. Cardwell, Edward Jervis, Sir John simythe, George Carter, John B. Kespel, G. T. Somerset, Captain Caulfeild, J. M. Ker,:Richarfl Somerville, Sir W. Chaplin, W. J. Kershaw, James Spooner, Richard Childers, J. W. Kildare, Marquis of Stansfleld, 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,:lfenry K. Lemon, Sir Charles Tancred, H. W. Cobden, Richard Lennard, T. B. Tennent, R. J. Cockburn, A. J. 7 Lewis, Sir T. Thicknesse, Ralph Colebrooke, Sir T. Lewis, George C: Thompson, Colonel Currie, Raikes Littleton; 8.R.: Thornely, Thomas Dawson, T. V. Locke, Joseph Tollemache, F. J. D'Eyncourt, 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. Tuthell, H. Ebrington, Viscount Marshall, William Villiers, Charles Ellice, Edward. Martin,:John Waddington, H. S. Elliot, John Martin,lC. W. Wakley, T. Enfield, Lord Martin, Samuel Wall, C. B. Evans, John Masterman, J. Walmsley, Sill.T. Evans, William Matheson, A. Watkins, Colonel Evart, William Matheson, Colonel Wawn, J. T. Fagan, William Me!gaud. Viscount Willcox, Brodie Ferguson, Sir R. Milner, W. M. Williams, John Foley, J. H. Mines, R. If. Williamson, Sir 11. Forster, M. Milton, Viscount Wilson, Matthew Fox, W. J. Mitchell, T. A. 'Wrightson, W. B. Freestun, Colonel Moleswerth, Sir W. Wyvill, Marraaduke Frewen, C. 11. Moody, C. A. Gibson, T. K. Morris, David TELLEZII. Glyn, G. C. Mulgrave, Earl Wortley, S. Grenfell, C. Pascoe Ogle, S. C. Denison, Edmund MINORITY-NOES, 130. Acland, Sir T. Forbes, Williaml Packe, C. W. Arbuthaott, Hugh Fordyce, A. D. Palmer, Robert Arkwright, G. Fuller, A. E. Palmer, Bounden Baillie, H. J. Gladstone, W. E. Patten, W. Bateson, Thomas Gordon, Admiral Peel, Sir Robert Bonnet, P. Goulburn, Henry Peel, Frederick Beresiord, William Graham, Sir James Plowden,,W. H. Berkeley, C. L. G. Grogan, Edward Plumptre, J. P. Boldcro, H. G. Guernsey, Lord Portal, Melville Bowles, Admiral Hall, Sir B. Pusey, P. Bramston, T. W. Halsey, T. P. Raphael, Alexander Brisco, M. llamilton, J. H. Reid. Colonel Broadley, 11. Heneage, G. H. Richards, Richard Brooke, Lord Henley, J. W. Rushout, Captain Buck, L. W. Hildyard, R. C. Seyraer, H. K. _ Buller, Sir Y. Hildyard, T. B. Shell, R. L. Burrell, Sir C. Hogg, Sir J. W. Bibtherp, Colonel Cabbell, B. B. Hood, Sir A. Simeon, John Campbell, W. F. Hope, A. Smollett, A. Carew, W. P. Ilornby John Sotheron, T. H. 8. Cayley, Edward 8. Hotham, Lord Spearman, H. J. Chatterton, Colonel Inglis, Sir It. Stafford, Augustus Clerk Sir George Jones, Captain Stanley, Edward Clive, R. H., Keating, Robert Stanton, W. S. Clive, Henry B. Law, C. E. Stuart, J. Cocks, T. W. Legh, G. C. Sturt, 11. G. Cole, Hon. H. A. Lindsay, Colonel Sullivan, Michael Coles, li. R. 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 ownlcy, it. G. Dick, Quintin Manners, Lord J. Trevor, G. Douglas, Sir C. lifaule, Fox Turner, George Divett, E., ?deux, Sir H. Tyrcll, Sir J. Duff, George S. Miles, P. W. S. Verney, Sir I/. Drummond, Home Itillos,:IV. Walpole, S. II Duckworth, Sir J. Monsell. William Wegg-Prosser, F. Duncombe, A. . Morgan, 0. West, P. R. Duncembe, 0. Mullings, J. R. Willoughby, Sir li. Dundas, G. Mundy, William Wodehouse, Edmund Dundas, Sir David blure, Colonel Du Pre, C. G. Naas, Lord TELLNES. East, Sir J. B. Newry, Viscount Thesiger, Sir F. Edwards, 11. O'Flaherty, Anthony Wood, W. I'. 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 tween 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 head-quarters. But, take the stronger case of Scotland—a case not analegous, 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 vvould or not, the " Castle" was turned into a centre of heart-burning and discontent. Men who live in the full tide of human af.rairs, 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 IT 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 WICO recovered from the combined e(fec4 Of famine and agitation. Besides, all question of the ludicrous apart, the presence of a Viceroy in Dublin actually ministers to agitation. So long as an arena is open to them, the representatives of Orangeism 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 unhappy Viceroy is forth coming, on whom they can fasten the conceits of their own addled brains. Dr. M'llale is of course too 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—if he 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 cause of offence by abolishing the office altogether which 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, without adding a few short words in commendation of that nobleman to whose lot it has fallen to be Ireland's last Viceroy. Lord Clarendon has discharged an important trust with singular success, 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 thesedifficulties, however, Lord Clarendon did preserve the public peace, and brought the offenders 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 sectiom of the country against the other, as he was repeatedly advised to do. Abased 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 man, it is new 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 hare no cause to regret the cessa tion of viceregal rule and the splendours of the vice regal Court. Cbtrtt M7arittott IMPORTANT NEWS of SIR JOHN FRANKLIN. OFFICIAL COMMUNICATION FROM THE ADMIRALTY.-(THIS DAY.) With reference to th• 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 Karnschatke, 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 hare 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 " ssEir" by any one. (COTT.) TO THE LORDS OF THE ADMIRALTY. Liverpool, March 6, 1850. Mr LORDS,—I hasten 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. Here%) ith 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 Kamschatke, with the news of the discovery of Sir John Franklin and all his party. They are all well, and hare 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 Captkin Askew, late of the barque Chillian, of Lpndon, who has kindly offered to post it for me at Panama, to clear the Yankee postage."—C. W. P. I have, &c., SAMII7EL PECK. TuaLATE WAX IN HUNGAItY.— A third edition of the little volume entitled " Scenes of the Civil War in Hungary, with the Adventures of an Austrian Officer in the Army of the Ban cf Croatia," has already made its appearance. " This," rays the Naval and Military Gazette, " is a bobk of deep excitement—of soul-har rowing interest." In allusio❑ to the late civil war in Hungary, the Times 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." THE limmos—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 plai❑ silk fit f,r general purposes, which should at the same time possess the qualificatio❑ of novelty. In this instance such has been effected in a silk of great brilliancy of texture, pith an assurance of lasting w( ar, while it has the further claim of economy of cost. The hue is said to be proof against acids anti 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, MARCH a. —On Monday se'nnight an accident occurred in this city, which has since proved fatal to Mr. Edwin Giles Dau beny, a promising young man, in the prime of life, demy of Magdalen College, and nephew of Dr. Daubeny 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. fie went to him, and found that he was considerably injured. They after wards discovered that deceased, in (as they supposed, for it was almost dark) endeavouring to render assistance to his friend in the skiff, missed his footing, and fill off the plank, amongst some loose bricks, a diet ince of nearly sixteen feet, and injured himself so seve re l y t h at death ensued yesterday morning. A verdict of " Accidental death" was returned. DISCOVERY or A GREAT LAZE.-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. eatt and latitude 19 deg. south, and its limits appear t) have been undiscernible. According to the natives, however, it takes twenty-five days to travel round it. The vege tation on its banks is tropical, and palms are abundant, hut it contains no crocodiles, alligators, or hippopotami. It is approached by a river, which for some distance is of small size, and which, ai it approaches the lake, be comes as large as the Clyde. The lake itself has no islands in it, but it is said that iher• are marry at the mouth of the river, and that these are densely populated by a race entirely different from those near the borders of the lake. Fe:icans are numerous, as also fish, some of which resemble p"rch and t a-p, and weigh between 401 b. and 501 b. There are likewise a great number of elephants, although of a much smaller description than those nearer the colony. The native?, whose languag e was unlike any known dialect spoken by the other tribes in Sout'i Africa, appeared to be of an inferior nature, and to be much afflicted with pulmonary disease. SHIELDS, 11SnncTI 6.—Wind W.N.W., strong.—Sid. Armate, Carthagenl and Hurannah; Deftindtr, I'aim• bceuf, and North America. LONDON HosriTAL.—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- Witig ORtemeat pt the fimed, 019 aecxetary Nboailted the numbers of patients, from which it appeared that the total number admitted to the wards of the hospital since last quarter was 930, of is hem there have been ditcharg cured 448, much relieved 395, and 17 had died. The in patients now on the books if the hospital aro 329, the out-patients, 1,796. The report acknowledged with thanks the receipt of a legacy of 5001. stock in the Three per Cent. Consols, from the executors of the late Mrs. Elizabeth Duncan, and ono of 1001. in cash from the late Mr. C. Bell. Among the donations was one of 51. 4s. 4d. from the workmen of Messrs. Tubbut and Co.,Limehouse, 1 The receipt of this small donation was particularly grati fying to the feelings of the committee, as the whole of it had been clubbed together in sixpences and pence, and thus testified the gratitude with which their exertions were regarded, and the estimation in which they held the be nefits which had been conferred upon some of them through the means of this charity. 320 beds are kept in consent occupation at this hospital, 220 of which are re served entirely for cases of accidmenetrseatdhmainttetdifew-tihthirodaut recomrcendation, so th a t, in fact, of the cases are admitted fre o. Some idea of the useful ness of this institution may be gathered from the fact of upwards of 69,149 cases of accidents having been re ceived and treated there during the last eight years. The number of persons suffering from accidental injuries admitted as in-patients during the year 1849 amounted to 2,370, while the out-patients for the same period were 6,641. Of the in-patients, 2,107 were discharged cured or relieved, 99 died, and 164 remained in the hospital on the Ist of January last. The accounts for 1849 are ex clusive of other cases (not being accident.), W hi ch amounted alone to 11,595. making far last year a total ( f 20,906 in and out patients. These reports were re ceived an adopted, and some usual routine business bar ing been gone through, the meeting separated, after a vote of thanks to the chair. THE WALHALLs.—Madame Wharton's exhibition cf Tableaux Victims has recently excited a 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, while 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 WIRIB. —We understand that yesterday morning an accident occurred by which about fourteen miles of telegraphic wires were thrown down, and the communication to that extent interrupted. We believe the wires were not 1 coiled, as formerly, round fastenings on every fifth post, but were stretched at considerable tension for a length of 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 cf 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 on the charge of drowning her children, is somewhat recovered, but she is not 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 has re duced the price from 90s. to 70s. per ton. As many u 5,000 tons have been imported within the last week, principally from Dunkirk, Dieppe, Ostend, and Antwerp. THE CASE OF ALLEGED INCENDIARISM AT 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 the 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 RaLWAY.--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 report, re commending a dividend of 3 per cent., was agreed to, after an amendment, fixing it at 2} 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 directors when our express left. Two or three special meetings had to be subsequently held. REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO COMMIT SUICIDE.-- Sarah Bott 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, he found the prisoner in Petersham Meadows, some two miles from her home, standing by the side of a pool of water which had accumulated 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 bad not the sergeant interfered. Her failure of success in the preceding instances would appear to have arisen from the shallowness of the water, being only two feet deep. A certificate was produced, signed by a medical man, stating that the unfortunate woman had become of unsound mind from an attack of the brain fever. The husband promising the Magistrate that if his wife were released he would take such care of her as to prevent a similar attempt, she was discharged. Upon her arrival at home, 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 advantage of her absence, and precipitated herself from the firs.-floor window, by which act she sustained injuries which will most probably terminate fatally. Several of her ribs and collar-bone are fractured, and her spine is seriously injured. EXPERIMENTAL BALLOONS. —The largest 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 cf the slips fell in Lower Thames-street, some in Bethnal-green Cemetery, others were found on the Surrey side of the water, and down the river side to near Greenwich, affording evidence that the first let were scattered over au 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 taken the direction of Woolwich, Gravesend, and Rochester, and then crossed fcr a s h ort per i od i nto Essex, and again altered its course for Maidstone, Cranhrook, and Dungeness, which it left in the direc tion of the French coast. In travelling to Dungeness, according to the time it was seen there, it had dropped. 1,200 of the slips, and 1,300 remained for further dis tribution. Some of the parties who have returned the messages of the Admiralty have particularly requested to be informed whether "it is all right," or "if some person has not been playing a joke upon them." One lady stases that her daughter found the slip of paper in her garden, and she was confident it was not there the night before ; bat how it came she did not know. REFORM MEETING AT HADLEIGII.—A very spirited and well-attended meeting took place at the Town hall, Hadleigh, on Monday night; and that being a thorough agricultural neighbourhood, many parties looked with peculiar interest to its results. Mr. I. Everett, a landlord and tenant-farmer, took the chair, and the large room was well filled with respectable agriculturists and me chanics. Exactly a week be fire a protection society had been formed in the same town; but it would seem that many of the farmers begin to think that financial and Parliamentary re form is a step in the right direction, for several who had joined the Tory 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 Hadleigh Parlia mentary Reform Association." The resolution met witk 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 after 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 of the new society. DEEP SEA. FISHINGS.—We are glad in being able to report favourably of the success of these fishing., which are at present prosecuted by our resident fisher men with something like energy, their enterprise reap• ing a commensurate reward. The large boats are being used, and the crews proceed with them to a great dis tance from the shore. The 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 sale of which realised 9/. los., another boat ob tained 71., and others various considerable sums. As each crew consists of six men, the profitable nature of the speculation will be apparent, and ought to stimul at e d bl B • the demand being alike inexhausti 0. be built other parties to take up the employme n t —th er ezp A p d ly d a t tr. County Lunatic a L h u o n rt a ky tic co ts m yl e u n m ced t . o The site Il is eaT d r e h c ße l r a e r Eu ed tswse° to x°d be unequalled, and the building promises to be second to any in the kingdom. It will be in the Tudor style, and the cost is estimated at 50,000/. SIR JOHN FR•NILIN.—A Lan Francisco paper, The Public Good, of Dec. '29, publishes a vague state. meat to the effect that Sir John Franklin had been dis covered " by an English expedition." THE STANFIELD HALL PROPERTY.-- bince the family of the late Mr. Jermy have left their residence at Stanfield-hall, it has remained tenantless, the gate keeper being left in charge. On Saturday last, however, two men, named Jermy and Lerner, who have previously 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. DITORCES IN AMERICA.—The Baltimore Corre spondent of the New York Herald states that the Legis lative Houses of that city are overwhelmed with appli cations for divorces. "It has," says he, " become a business with members of the Legislature to get those applications through, for which they receive pretty heavy feei. Each member, when he goes to Annapolis, has a half-dczen cases if this kind in hand, and a kind of log _. rolling syst, , m is adopted among them, by which they agree to vote for each other's cases, let them theme bailed lon ever so frivolous a cause." One o f t h e ~ m_e b rn rs, a Mr. Causin, introduced a Bill, said to be a burlesque Bill," for the purpose of enabling parties to be legally divorced, on simply declaring to each other their wishes to that effect. Mr. Campbell Wyndham ' s bunting stud produced excellent prices, the nine horses sold realising 7801. Six of the animals were hunters, two carriage horses anti one a shooting pony. 1% p MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) NEWGATE AND LEADENEALL. These markets were very flat to-day, and prices were Kith difficulty supported. Btef, from 2s 4d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 2s 8d t 3s 6d; Veal, 3s to 3i 10d; ani Pork, 3s Od to 4s per 81bs, by the carcase.