The Sun. — London, England, 1850-02-19 00:00:00

,•••',r had had the ball in his own hands, showing that it had ' been fired from a musket in the hands of the Ribbonmen who were planted on the hill. The Earl of CLARENDON said he had qaoted the evidence of the sub-inspector, and the surgeon, who de posed that his skull had bsen battered in by some blunt instrument. Lord RODEN had ne doubt that that was occasioned by the troop passing over the body afterwards, when it was lying on the ground. He referred their Lordships to the evidence of some of the witnesses, who could have no interest one way or the other—namely, officers iu her Majesty's service, for the purpose of showing that the report furnished by Mr. Berwick was not so full or so complete as that furnished by the short-hand writer. The second charge brought against him by the Noble Earl was one of a mach more serious character —namely , that he was careless as to the preservation of the public peace, and indifferent to the safety of human life. He begged to deny distinctly that assertion; he had through out shown himself most anxious for the preservation of the public peace and the preservation of human life. Then with regard to the fact of his having attended the sessions which had been made so much of, it struck him that if he had absented himself it would have been an acknowledgment that he had some reason to do so. When these forty-two men were charged by the Crown solicitor with being concerned in an illegal assembly, he (Lord Roden) could not reconcile himself to believe them guilty. He could not think that the procession was illegal, or the Lord Lieutenant would most certainly have told him that it was so. He had attended the, sessions, and he bad gone there with the determi nation to do justice to every man. He was ready at the time to take the informations against any of those per- Sons who could have been shown to be guilty, and to convict any of them who were proved to have been guilty of those overt acts. He did not think that the ends of justice had been in any way compromised by the refusal of the magistrates to take the informations, and the proof of that—and what he could not understand, and which was, indeed, the most extraordinary part of the affair —was, that although they had been pressed to "take the informations in order to obtain the conviction ' of theirfriends, yet from that time to the present, al though two terms and two sessions had since passed, the ' informations remained untaken. The Noble Earl then heferred at some length to the evidence of the sub inapecttr and other witnesses who had been examined before Mr. Berwick, but in so low a tone of voice that it was impossible to catch distinctly the comments that he made upon it. He also referred to a letter which ho understood had been written to the. Lord Lieutenant, desiring him to advise her Ma jesty not to bring with her on her visit to Ireland a la:4 - a near relative of his (Lord Roden's); the object of the writer being, manifestly, to degrade him in the eyes of his countrymen, and to induce her Majesty to suppose that he was unpopular. He assured their Lordships that he had on all occasions, endeavoured, to the best of his judgment, to act fairly and impartially between both parties, and to show favour neither to one nor the other. He appealed, in corroboration of that, to those who knew him best; to those who know him not he need only re fer—and he did so with great satisfaction—to the very flattering testimonials and addresses he had received from various quarters—and concluded by assuring the Noble Earl (Clarendon) that he never entertained any feelings of personal irritation towards him for the part he had taken in reference to those proceedings. The Noble Lord, who was imperfectly heard towards the close of his address, resumed his seat amidst loud cheers. The Earl of CLARENDON explained, It was true the Noble Earl had written to him on the 21st July, stating that if his continuance in the commission of the peace was an embarrassment, ho was ready to with draw from it ; but though the offer was a most generous one, it never for a moment occurrel to his (Earl of Clarendon's) mind, to put the Noble Lord out of the oommission for the purpoan of saving himself trouble. The Precessions Act which was to have been brought in at Easter in that year was postponed through the pressure of other important Irish btoinesa, but on that occasion he had asked the Noble Earl what security he would give for the guarantee of the peace on the lath of July. The answer of the Noble Lord was, that he would be at home, end would exam himself to keep the pe ice among the Orange party in his own district. His Noble Friend had subsequently told him that the pro cession would come to Tollymore Park, and he had sent down, not because it was more illegal than any other procession, but because a peculiar obligation rested on his Noble Friend, at whose instance the Processions Act had been postponed. The Earl of ENNISKILLEN made some observe ' tions in reference to the chests of arms sent to Dublin for distribution among the Orangemen; but the Noble Earl spoke with his back to the gallery, and was quite inaudible. The Earl of WINCHILSEA said, after the speech of the Noble Lord who brought forward the motion, no man could do otherwise than honourably acquit his Noble Friend (the Earl of Roden) of having violated the law. So strongly was this felt that his Noble Friend had re ceived at the hands of 800 magistrates of all denomina tions a testimony of which any man might justly be proud. If, however, his Noble Friend was guilty of any breach of the law, in the courts of justice of the country, and in those alone, should his Noble Friend be tried. The Government then would have a right to pass sen tence upon him if he was found guilty; but the law and the Constitution of England did not sanction in vestigation by an agent of the Government, to be followed by condemnation, without a trial. It was a perfect violation of the Constitution. Nothing but accident had prevented him (Earl of Winchilsea) from being along with his Noble Friend on the occasion in question; and if he had been there he would have placed himself at the head of the lodge of which he was a member. Ho (Earl Winchilsea) maintained that Mr. Watson, who had been removed from the magistracy on a former occasion, was not guilty. The Processions Act had been allowed to expire, because it was known to be entirely confined to Orangemen, and not to extend ,to Catholics or Ribbonmen. Lord STANLEY said it extended to all parties. The Earl of WINCHILSEA said he always under stood that to be the case, otherwise he could not com prehend how meetings should be held for the repeal of the union without any interruption. The Noble Earl .(Clarendon) had found he had no ground to stand upon, and he had therefore exercised his power arbitrarily and in an unconstitutional manner. There were two parties in the case in question—the one the Ribbonmen, who were prepared to carry out the principles of James 11. ; the other the Orangemen, who were supporters of the principles of the House of Haeover. There could have been no appre hension of a breach of the peace on the part of the latter, because they had their wives and children along with them; but the Ribbon party were headed by two priests, and it was well known that the greatest portion of the men who formed it were brought from a distance; and it was also known that an attack was to be made on the Orangemen. Mr. Berwick, however, only inquired into the proceedings of' the latter. If the commission issued by the Noble Earl on that occasion was a legal one, then there was no further security left for the maintenance of the valuable liberties guaranteed to Englishmen by the constitution. He (the Earl of Winchilsea) considered that his Noble Friend had been most unconstitutionally and cruelly used; but he envied him the applause which he had received from a large and honourable body of men in this country. Lord BROUGHAM stood in the position of being a person totally void of all party feeling, party views, and party connexions, on the present occasion; and he came to the inquiry, as his Noble Friend had eloqueutly said, reckoning it in the character of a quasi-judicial decision. Ile agreed that no baseness or impropriety of conduct could be attributed to his Noble Friend (Earl of Roden); but it by no means followed that he con sidered all his proceedings in this affair of such a character as to entitle him to come to the conclusion that he was unjustly, unconstitutionally, and arbitrarily dismissed from the commission of the peace. In discussing the conduct of the Irish Government he thought they should take into consideration the volatile character of his fellow-subjects in that part of her Ma jesty's dominions—the violence by which his Noble Friend opposite (Lord Clarendon) was assailed at one time, and the profound admiration which was expressed for his conduct at another; nay, he was not only the object, of adiniretion, but of the most heartfelt respect, of veneration—he had almost said of adoration—with those very people who in a few weeks afterwards, when the lever had subsided, and the cold fit had set in, made this lately d e ifi e d o bj ect o f the i r hero-worship the bject of their most bitter vituperation.—(Laughter.) Those iconoclasts broke w ith th i mage which e,r own h an d s t h e a few weeks before th e y h a d formed with their own hands. hands. The different c i rcumstances of the two countries, then, should be considered when any com parison was instituted between th e con d uctn tiruerisaunddb the Government in England an d i n If they could get 20,000 or 30,000 persons assembled w i ti: ou t any rebellious or illeg a l purpose in re i g n, t hey were very apt. before the day was over, to turn their minds to an illegal purpose; for the very numbers of armed men Leeame in itself a danger—that which was icnocent and legal in itself, became a danger, and therefore illegal by its endurance—it became illegal by it t astonishing and terrifying peaceable subjects, and by endangering the peace of the realm. Without going into the particular details et the case, he should say that even the purpose for which the assembly took place made a collision eminently probable. Considering the state of the magistracy of this country, and the profes sion to which he belonged, he could not let the debate proceed further without stating thus much. With re spect to the dismissal of the magistrates, there could be no manner of doubt that it was cle ar ly c om petent t o the Keeper of the Great Seal to remove magistrates from the commission of the peace ; but it was his bounden d u ty to exercise his discretion sou n dly, an d, aboVe all, not from party en o or person a l mot i ves. H e was bound to sati s fy set name that there was good ground for the era sure of the amefro e m et t b h e e rceommeraveisd 'don. He denied th a t a person could froni the commission of the There e e unless he had ere instances of been convicted of an offence. removal without such convictions thisin nai country; end , stratss having he believed it was most ordinery___ , laepeal or Orang been dismissed there for attending meetings. lie contended also that it was by no means e R-- ; e s. unconstitutional to issue a commission to Mr. Berwic . --ifiti administer an oath. He himself had, when • Fes in p osses . -, 7 ';'4 1 H of the Great Seal, issued a commission, the result of - ee • e.a ao. Z. hale was the ground-work of the Municipal Ref orm • ,--T13,,_ iltsf 1835, and the commission was specially cm _ ,`' : 1 4 1 PQ-red to administer an oath, though ho admitted ' c:a, here were some doubts us to whether perjury could be ' te Vatted fOr a f a l se oat h t a k en befor e that commi ss i on. .. biot4bjezt of th e comm i ss i on was to sa ti s fy th e Govern ' ht ,So far as regar d e d t h e s h ort -h an d wr it er ' s notes, 4t er ' re ;vas - an end of .th e c h arge against the fair ess and honesty 11, of Mr. Berwick's report, and he rejoiced th at it was so. Under these circum eta:mere, he was of opinion that, though there were cir cumstances-in this case which , afforgedg round for re gret, upon the whol e su b stantial justice had been done, va.,e right course bad been taken—that no objection ~~ ~ ~' could he taken whatever to the conduct of his Noble Friend opposite, which was distinguished by great wis dom, in his opinion, as well as by perfect uprightness. One remark more and he had done. That his Noble Friend behind him (Lord Roden) had, throughout the long exercise of his judicial functions, never shown the slightest approach to partiality, whether political, reli giorr, or personal, he believed firmly ; and accordingly after this debate had been gone through, after an answer had been given, and explanation had been afforded, he was confident that the Earl of Roden, if he might be allowed to call him by his name in that House, now re tired from it to the country and to the world with a cha meter as entirely unimpeached and untarnished by any imputation of unfairness or partiality, as it was before the event of last July. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE deprecated the spirit of faction which still existed among certain parties in Ireland. He regarded it as humiliating and degrad ing, and expressed his deep regret that the circumstances which led to the discussion that night, and which caused lamentable loss of lifo and bloodshed, should ever have occurred. How could it be expected by the Catholics of Ireland that justice would be fairly administered, when they saw sitting on the bench for the trial of the Ribbon men, three magistrates who formed part and parcel of the Orange procession, whose marching led to the san guinary encounter on the 12th of July? He hoped sin cerely that this was the last occasion when necessity would arise for a discussion of the nature which had oc cupied their Lordships' time. Lord ABINGER said, that although he listened most attentively to the debate, he had not yet heard any sufficient reasons assigned, even by the Noble Lord- Lieutenant himself, for the dismissal of the Earl of Roden from the commission of the peace. Without some allegation of corruption he thought it most im proper that magistrates should be deprived of judicial powers. Lord STANLEY replied. He still adhered to the accuracy of the report furnished by the short-hand writer connected with the Newry Telegraph, notwith standing the statement of the reporter for a rival news paper, which Lord Clarendon had, for the first time, produced that night. The report was verified by the affidavit of the . short-hand writer, and no counter affidavit whatever bad been made. He was perfectly satisfied with the result of the present discussion as regarded his Noble Friend (Lord Roden), and he was sure that his Noble Friend must entertain the same opinion. The motion was then agrees to, and their Lordships adjourned at One o'clock. NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE OF SCOTLAND. On the 23d of February, in three vols., THE SCOTTISH CAVALIER. By JAMES GRANT, Esq. 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TIM DAT - - .lorn trg, 17 min. after 6 I Evening, 39 rrin. after 6 TO-NfoßTi o w —AL,rnmp, 4:min. after 7 I Even nv , :31 min. titer 7 THE SUN, of legislative improvement to our colonies. That:is the abrupt alternative presented to us by com mon sense, and its recognition and. acceptance are in cumbent upon the more patriotic among our repre sentatives. Otherwise the business of the session would be reduced to a mere succession of wrangling debates, like the one which last evening amused the loungers in the Lower House of Parliament. In illustration of the remarkable diversity of the opinions entertained upon the Bill which yesterday passed through its second reading, we may observe that while the lion. Member for Berwickshire pro tested against it as tending to the enslavement of the Australians, the Right Hon. Gentleman the Repre sentative of Taunton advocated its adoption as being calculated to secure their emancipation. Again— while the Member for Youghal vilified the measure as one certain to produce the most lamentable conse quences, the Member for Southwark called upon the House to hasten the Bill through its different stages, in consideration of the beneficent principles it em bodied. Yet more glaring than this in their antago nism—Mr. ROEBUCK directly assailed the Colonial office, and through the Colonial-office indirectly attacked the Goverment collectively, while Lord JOHN RUSSELL retaliated in sarcastic language of the most stinging explicitness. The very opening of the Premier's speech was the condensation into a single sentence of that satirical acerbity which, in a more diluted form, was perceptible throughout to its con clusion. " Sir, I think I never heard a speech marked by so many errors and mistakes, with regard to constitutional theories, with regard to history, and with regard to practice, as the speech just delivered by the Honourable and Learned Gen tleman." A pleasant exordium, that;!—pointed by " a laugh." The peroration of the Prime Minister's speech- of last evening was scarcely lass pointed. " On the principle," said he, " of allowing the people to govern themselves, I say we stand far more upon that principle than the Hon. and Learned Gentleman who, mistaking the history of the colonies, and mis representing the constitution of this coun try, would induce you to set aside the Crown, and the opinions of the colonists, and the Legislature, only on some fantastic notions !" An agreeable criticism, by the way, on one of the historians of the British colonies, emphasised by the " cheers " of the House of Commons. Throw ing, however, into the background this smart foil-practice of wit among the popular representatives, and considering the novelty of the measure submitted to the consideration of the English Parliament, we do conceive that the ad vantages likely to accrue from it not only to the Aus tralians, but to ourselves and ultimately to the whole mass of our colonists in both hemispheres, must present theniselves to the public judgment so forcibly as to defy oppesitien. Hence it is, therefore, that we cordially rejoice in witnessing the progress of a Bill so beneficent in its tendency upon the entire system of our colonial legislation, seeing in it a good fortune fee the people of Australia, if we cannot actually and altogether coincide with Mr. MONCKTON MtLNEs in declaring that we do not believe " any of the old Imerican states ever received a charter equal in liberty to the one now offered to the Aus tralian colonies," or that we do not believe that " in the history of the world a measure was ever passed which placed so completely in the power of colonists the conduct and choice of their future government." Without going quite to the length of the eulogium thus readily pronounced upon the measure by the Honourable Gentleman the Representative of Ponte fract, we confess to our having all along regarded the Bill with a very large share of satisfaction. As a movement en avant, we observe its progress with pe culiar pleasure—auguring well from its acceptance fur the cause of Colonial Legislation. Mr. RIGBY Wasoes is still earnest in his vocation. He is still labouring earnestly and indefatigably in the task he has undertaken, of bringing forward pro positions which, if duly carried out, would promote the welfare of Ireland, and elevate the social condi tion of the inhabitants of that ill-fated land. Uncon nected with the country by birth or residence, in fluenced by no motives but those of pure philantrhopy, he is, perhaps, better qualified to offer suggestions for its permanent amelioration than if more immediately interested in the result. He is perfectly free from the prejudices and passions by which every native Irishman must be more or less actuated.. He views the existing state of affairs through no ar tificial medium, by which his vision may be distorte or his faculties deceived. He brings a clear, intelli.- gent, and unbiassed mind to the consideration of th e subject, and great and successful experience in th e reclamation of waste lands—the mode by which per •- manent employment could best be provided for th e labouring population, and the regeneration of the sis ter kingdom properly worked out and accomplished. His propositions, in the present instance, are pu t forward in the shape of a pamphlet,' addressee to the Hon. Member for Manchester, on his recen t suggestions, for the improvement of the social condi - tion of Ireland. It is only through such a medium , or in the columns of public journals, that Mr WAsox can develope his views ; for, unfortunatel , for the country, no constituency has secured hi s valuable services in the Imperial Parliament, an( therefore he cannot embody his conceptions in the shape of a Bill, or force them on the attention of the e Cabinet by a direct and tangible motion. His s efforts will not, however, be disregarded, nor hiss propositions dismissed, without that full and! ample consideration which they, eminently deserve.• They will come fully before the public, and be wafted on the wings of the press throughout the length and breadth of the land, and will, we have no doubt, bring forth fruit in due season ; when the inevitable consequences of the condition of Ireland upon the welfare and prosperity of England, and . the imperative necessity of making a speedy atone- , ment to that ill-used and misgoverned nation fur the " crimes and blunders of legislation," is fully per- ceived and recognised. The present pamphlet is addressed to Mr. BRIGHT' in consequence of that gentleman having over- • looked what Mr. WAsoN justly regards as the chief, if not "the only possible means of regenerating" the sister kingdom—" the introduction of capital." The object to be attained is the employment of the people, the full industrial occupation of the labouring population—whose only capital is permitted to remain concealed, utterly useless and unproductive, when, by the adoption of a wiser and more judicious course cf policy, it might be rendered the source and foun dation of national wealth. Mr. WAsox considers that any economical, political, or ecclesiastical remedies— " however excellent in themselves and however essen tial to the well-being of every community" could scarcely alleviate, much less cure, the existing disease, and he therefore calls upon those who ac knowledge the legislative blunders and mistakes com mitted towards Ireland to aid him in carrying out a plan which would most assuredly , materially promote the desired end, and afford to the industrious classes the inappreciable blessing of " a fair day's wages for a fair day's work." _ _ The principal features of the present' plan have al ready appeared in the columns of The Sun, and the public attention was repeatedly directed by our selves to the project for raising a sum of 4,000,0001. sterling for the purchase and reclamation of waste lands in Ireland by means of A " Tontine," a mode singularly well adapted for the 'purpose, which would induce persons who had small sums not immediately required, by the investment of which they might make a handsome provision for their families, and where in any event the amount depo sited would be returned to the subscribers or their representatives, without loss or deduction, by an ar rangement which might easily be made with some one of the principal insurance offices. Mr. WASON ably combats the objections that may • be brought against his proposition by those • whom he terms the " One•eped Men" and the • " Tiolier-than-thou Men." The former being those who regard it as contrary to the stricti rules of poli tical economy to make any general and combined exertion for the employment of large masses of the people, who contend that such undertakings and efforts should be entirely confined to private enter prise, and who will make no allowance for exceptional cases, and who would prefer that their brethren should THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, FEB. 19. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 42; Highest, 441; Noon, 49. BAIWYIETER, 30'15. WIND W.S.W.—light breezy and illoudy. .. • C , V t cV: ' •.- "-' . ':t.,. '" ' • M og-, 'ir , A_ a'7,(7 .-- ) . ~ ..,:o ' q ~/ /L. kt . ..r i s''' %- 1‘kt..:,i..14 ... ,3.„9 ,i, , 44..,„ .... 4.. el. V P': -.4.-1 7 1 `:`• • v.', ,7, ••••• .., \ %- ,: • ,, -. . 4 , 4 ,_V A ,t? ' 4 7 • ft Ci.S ' . )146 es. , 14, ..,,,: (tit , *lntim g3int LONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1850. After a discussion characterised by the most extra ordinary differences and contradictions of ,pinion, the Australian Colonies Government Bill v ras read a second time last evening in the Commons. And, con sidering that the measure is, at any rate, tl to first step in an advance movement with regard t o Colonial Legislation, we cannot but experience souls a satisfac tion at the progress, however gradual, of this 4 prelimi nary enterprise in the way of wholesome it movation. Doubtless there are many particular details: to be re gretted in the Bill now before Parliaren n it—many the omission of whi c h unfor tunate,stipulations w ich we pro visions' and many could gladly have see. n modified. N riertheless, the initial effort in every novel and corn prehensive i m p ro vement must inevitably prove on exar aination to be fraught with errors such as time, refl action, and experience can alone rectify. Without ma! tang canal derable allowances for blunders of this I lescription, blunders arising from the very sense of tE e responsi bility of the undertaking, there could nev( be any chance of obtaining any large amelioration. t. That a Bill such as the present, the first of 2 gigantic series, of itself an enactment intro .ctory to a totally new policy in reference to the govern ment of our colonial possessions, that a mews; .13 of this prEfatory and inaugurative character, shell Id prove on scrutiny to be a perfect masterpiece in th 3 way of legislation, devoid of all oversights whatel er, and altogether immaculate in the influence of its oi , eration, is nothing less than a stupendous improbol is very little short of an absolute impossibility. Let us accept such concessions as these, correctiag a s many of their blea,ishes as is practicable, or lot us at once abandon the notion of affording tilt boon * " A Letter to J. Bright, Esq., M.P., on the Rome- • dies he proposed for the Relict* of Ireland, with a Sug gestion for the Introduction of Capitll into that Country." By Rigby Wason, Esq. Pp. 16. LONDON, TUESDAY. EVENING, FEBRITARY l9, 1850. perish miserably rather than that the dogmas of their favourite science should be in the slightest degree infringed upon ; the latte: being! those who " strain at gnats and swallow camels," and who startled by the name of a " Tontine," which they perhaps regard as little better than a lottery or a gambling transaction, refuse to participate in a pro ceeding by which the miseries and sufferings of thousands, aye millions of their fellow-subjects, might be materially mitigated and alleviated. Such persons do not possess the true spirit of Christianity, or re gard the benign precepts of its Divine Author. Theirs is rather the religion of the Pharisees, who looked only to forms, who grasped at the shadow, but disregarded the substance. To such persons, Mr. WASON shows that his comprehensive project is not fairly open to the objection ; that in place of being either a lottery or a gambling transac tion, when properly constituted, it rather partakes of the nature of those most valuable institutions—life insurance companies We regret that we cannot enter more fully into the details of this admirable project. It must be atten tively perused and maturely considered in order to be fully appreciated. Of this we can assure our readers, that it will well repay the trouble. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. Baron GROS left Paris on Sunday, on his mission to the Court of Athens. The Opinion Publique, having stated that M. NA POLEON BONAPARTE, the son of JEROME, had been appointed Ambassador to Naples, that gentleman has addressed a letter to the journals contradicting that statement, and declaring that his opinions were of such a nature as would prevent him from associating himself in any manner with the Government, which he bad never ceased to oppose since the expedition to Rome. He adds that he believes the Government would be quite as unwilling to offer him a mission as he was to accept it. The eldest daughter of M. GUIZOT is about to be married to M. DE WITT, the lineal descendant of the celebrated Dutchman, JEAN DE WITT. M. DE FALLOTX, sen., the father of the ex-Minis ter, died on the 15th, at Angers, after a long and painful illness. The National urges the Republicans not to illu minate on the 24th, lest advantage should be taken by the agens provocateurs of the police to create a disturbance as an excuse for a coup d'etat. The contracts signed by the Minister of Finance with the directors of the N orthern and Paris and Strasburg]] Railroad Companies have been submitted to the Council of State for their approval. The frigate Zenobia with 500 men on board, destined to form a portion of the La Plata expedition, sailed from Toulon on the 14th, the remainder of the contingent of 900 men to be furnished by Toulon for the expedition is also at sea. They are to join that portion of the expedition which is to sail from Brest, somewhere on the coast, and then sail in company for La Plata. The brig of war Olivier, arrived on the 11th, at Tangier. The Emperor of MOROCCO had not yet ac corded that satisfaction to the Consul-General of the Republic which had been demanded. A terrific hurricane raged on the coast of Algeria on the 27th and 28th Jan., during which 22 vessels were lost. The Evenement states that change is about to take place in the Ministry, which will place Count Move. in the Cabinet. The statement, however, was not generally credited. The Assembly yesterday resumed the discussion on the law of Public Instruction, and the Ministers obtained a victory over the united forces of the parti pretre and the Orleanists, commanded by MM. TRIERS and MONTALEMBERT. M. TRIERS wished to give the power of appointing inspectors of schools virtually to the Council of Education, composed of priests ; the Minister claimed the right of absolute appointment for the executive, and carried his point. by a majority of 300 against 266. On this occasion, the: whole of the Left supported the Ministery. PARIS BOURSE, FEB. 18.—Latest Prices:—Five per Ce nts., 95f. 40c.; Three per Cents., 57f. 90c.; Bank Ac tic ns, 2,300 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, FEB. 18. Boulogne - and Amiens, 7ex div.—Central of France (Or l&-Ins and Vierzon), 121i—Dutch Rhenish, 2—Northern of France, 14% —Orleans and Bourdeaux, sA—Sambre and Meuse, 2 lA,. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 13th have arrived. Some uneasiness had been created by the non appearance of the QUEEN at Atocha on the 12th, where her presence had been announced, and by the extraordinary precautions adopted by the authorities. Strong patrols of cavalry kept moving through the city during the day. The Captain-General of Madrid, attended by a numerous escort, rode through the streets to see that his orders were strictly obeyed. The troops were confined to their barracks, with orders to be ready to act at the first si g nal. M A DRID BOLSA, FEB. 13.—The T hree per Cents. closed at 29f cash ; the Five per Cents. at 13 paper ; Coupons, 71 paper; Debt without Interest, at 3 15- 16 paper. GERMANY. A letter from Vienna, of the 11th instant, states that STEPHEN GEORGE; the brother of the traitor, ARTHUR. GEORGE; has been forced to enter the Austrian service as a private soldier. The Wiener Zeitung publishes a law, which is to be added to the national code of laws, by which pri vate persons and others who attempt to seduce, or succeed in seducing, soldiers to break their oath of allegiance, or to behave insolently to their superior officers, shall be liable to imprisonment for from six to twelve months. . The Archduke ALBRECHT, the Commander of the Austrian troops in B o h em i a , arrived at Prague on the 7th instant, and imm e di a t e ly l e ft that city for the head-quarters of the army a t Th eres icnstadt. Baron JELLACU ICH , th e B an o f C roa tia, left Vienna on the 9th inst., for J as l ow i ez. A rumour was current at Vienna of the impending resignation of M. KRAUS. Nothing is known as to his successor in the Cabinet. SWITZERLAND. The Federal Council of Berne determined, on the 14th inst., to insist on having ita orders in relation to the refugees executed, and the Cantonal Councils of Berne and Geneva have, it is said, determined to sub mit to the Federal Council. Mr. PEEL had unexpectedly arrived at Berne. HOLLAND. T H E HAGUE, FEB. 16.—1 n the sitting of the Second Chamber yesterday th e Mi n i s ter for the Colonies was asked to account for the delay that had taken place in laying before the Chambers the usual report of the state of the colonies. The Minister re plied that the report was almost ready, but that some important documents respecting the trade on the coast of Africa and the West Indies were necessary before such report could be completed. The Minister of Finance announces that numerous foreign copper coins were being circulated at the Hague, and that, not being the correct coin of the realm, they were valueless.—Staats Courant. DENMARK. COPENHAGEN', FEB. 9.—The Mi n i s t er o f Fi nance, in submitting the Budget to the Chambers, said, if before the termination of this financial year we should succeed in obtaining the re-establishment of peace, it stands to reason that very considerable reductions will take place ; but if, on the contrary, the war should be renewed, and for this we must be prepared, the Government reserves to itself to propose to the Chambers to vote an extraordinary supply for what may be required.—Ham6urgh Correspondent, Feb. 14. RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURGH, FEB. 6.—The St. Petersburgh Zeitung of this day contains an imperial ukase, by virtue of which the EMPEROR makes over to his son, the Czarowitsch Grand Duke CONSTANTINE, the splendid Marble Palace, with all its fur n it ure an d appurtances, and permits him to designate it the Constantine Palace. The EMPEROR, by the advice of the Minister of Finance, has thrown open all the harbours of Livonia, Esthonia, and Courland, to the importation of potatoes from foreign countries duty free. ITALY. - Accounts have been received from Rome to the Bth instant. Romagna continued to be infested by armed bands. One of them, consisting of about 150 men, lately entered the district of Brissighella, the population of which amounts to 3,000 souls, and where posts of carbiniers and revenue officers are stationed. The latter were disarmed, and their muskets thrown into wells. The houses of the richest inhabitants were plundered ; and the banditti having entered a ball room in the town, forced a priest and a canon to join in a country dance. The. Courrier Francais says— " We learn by letters from Ancona, that grave agita tion has taken place among the population, and that the Consul of France is obliged to take most energetic measures to protect his countrymen." The Giornale di Roma publishes a new list of books prohibited by the Congregation of the Index. Among them are the letters addressed by INIAMIANI to the POPE /11:d to the electors of the Roman States. Cardinal Duron arrived at Naples on the Gth, and immediately proceeded to Portici to pay his respects to the POPE. A letter from Naples of the 9th gives an account of an eruption of Mount Vesuvius which has just occurred. According to this account it was one of the most magnificent ever seen. The Piedmontese Gazette of the 14th instant pub liahes the text of the treaty of peace concluded be tween Austria and Sardinia on the 6th August, 1849, together with the decree of the Sardinian Par liament, authorising the Government to carry it into effect. The Genoa Gazette of the 13th, states that the Turkish Government has acknowledged and guaran• teed the Constitution of the small Republic of Zagori, in Albania, near Janinina, and consisting of 44 vil lages and 25,000 inhabitants. The Tuscan illoniteur of the 11th instant announces that on that day the Marquis ANTONIO RIARIO SFORZA, Minister Plenipotentiary of Naples, presented to the GRAND DUKE, in presence of the GRAND DUCHESS and the Archduchess MARIA ISABELLA, daughter of the GRAND DUKE, a letter from his SOVEREIGN, demanding the hand of the young ARCHDUCHESS for Count TRAPANI, brother of the KING. The Statuto states that the appointment of Count DE STROGONOPF, a friend of the BONAPARTE family, to the Parisian Embassy, was not the only change likely to take place in Russian diplomacy, and adds that Count DE MEDEM is to be removed from Vienna, and Count DE BOUTENIEFF from Rome. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was quiet but steady; the sales were estimated at 3,000 bales, t f which 500 wore taken on speculation. The sales com prised 2,500 American at 6d. to Bd., 200 Pernam and Maranham at 6id. to 7d., 100 Egyptian at 7id. to Bd., and 200 Surat at 4 1. to 50. per lb.--Railway Shares were dull, without any material alteration in prices. The public sales of Colonial Produce declared for the present week are moderate in extent. Wool and Indigo have a fair sale. The Frankfort accounts of the 16th inst. quote Aus trian Bonds at 84k, and Spanish Three per Cents. st 29k. At Amsterdam, on the 17th, Mexican Bonds were 29, and Peruvian Deferred 36i to 371. In the Canadian advices received yesterday it is stated that a mercantile house of New York was calling atten tion to the question of fully reciprocating the privilege granted by the new Navigation Act, and it is remarked that should the United States laws be so amended as to authorise it, vessels might be advantageously, and more cheaply, built on American account in the British provinces than in their own ports. Messrs. Roberts, Brothers, the mer cantile house above alluded to, after quoting in their letter to Sir H. Bulwer the law on this point, call his attention to the fact, that British North American built ships might, at the present time, be advantageously sold in New York, provided they could legally be transferred to citiz , ns of the United States, and suggest how desir able it is to urge the Government at Washington to re ciprocato towards British shipping the advantages which Great Britain has already extendel to theirs. We have 11(ard so much about decay and ruin in Canada, that the following particulars may perhaps ex cite surprise, and should certainly afford satisfaction. By the annual returns made up by W. Hall, Esq., Col lector of Customs at Montreal, it appears that the value of goods entered at that port during the past year exceeds that of the previous year, by 138,0581. Bs. Bd. In exports the increa_e in value of 1849 over 1848 is 80,6741. 17s. 4d. In the same way the increase in duties is 42,0001. The meeting of Mexican Bondholders, held yesterday, was most numerously and respectably attended, most ( f the large holders being present. The Committee of Spanish American Bondholders hal called the meeting fur the purpose of annulling the appointment of the new and special committee, which is to watch exclu sively over the Mexican debt, but, upon the motion of Baron Guldsmid, it was proposed that the new commit tea should be added to the old one. This, after consider able discussion. was negatived by a largo majority, and thus matters remain as settled on the 23d a January last. It was intimated that Mr. W. P. Robertson, feel ing his position to be somewhat difficult until his fair claim for services rendertd as the late Commissioner in Mexico is adjusted, and which of course it will not be fully until it is ascertained what success ensues, will be perfectly willing to remain quiescent, and not act upon any committee. Now, with respect to the observations which from time to time we have felt it to be our duty to make upon this subject, we may state that the right of the bondholders to have a separate committee is so undoubted, that we really are surprised at the attempt to defeat if. Possibly, excep tion may be taken to the way in which the change was brought about, but every practical man knows the diffi culty of getting corporate or directorate bodies to reform themselves. The election of members of a board by those who are already members, is not a popular or even a proper course in these days, and as certain members of the old committee had the offer of joining the new, but declined because they deemed it easy to dissolve the latter, or by adding it to the existing body to reduce it to a nonentity, we heartily congratulate the bondholders upon the firmness and consistency which they yesterday exhibited. Nothing more damages a cause than vacil lation and want of self-reliance, and once let it appear that the new committee is confirmed, and men of influ ence will not be slow to join it, if required. We attach, however, no importance to great names, for we have seen enough of the indisposition to activity in such cases not to know that working men aro more useful. The Funds have been decidedly improving. Consols have rallied to 95i 1 for Transfer, and to 951 for Time. The more tranquil character of the news from abroad, and the statement of Lord Palmerston last night, as to the renewal of the armistice, have given confidence. Exchequer-bills have been 545. to 575. premium. Bank Stock has been 206 to 2061, and India Stock 265. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been quoted 97.1- to 981. In the Foreign Market, Portuguese Four per Cents. are dull at 34, Peruvian have declined from 79i to 80i, and Mexican have been done at 29i There is much leas speculation in Spanish American Stocks. Dutch Four per Cents. have been 554, Russian Scrip is 21 to f premium. Spanish Five per Cents. have been 18. Railway Shares are very dull, and rather lower again. B1;IT1SH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock - 206 206% 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 953 / 4 %%a 3 per Cent. Consols Anna 9 5%114 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1726 New $4 per Cont. Anis. 93 97 I 4 98 1 4 Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 B% 8 11-16 India Stock 965 India Bonds under 1,0001 South Sea Stock — Ditto Old Annuities 9514 3 per Cent. Annuities,l7sl..... ...... Consols for Account . . ..... ... ...... 95%% 5 Exchequer Bills. 1 1 Ad. 2d. March. June. I,COO/. PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Danish Bonds 1825, 3 Per Cent-- 71% Mexican 80ni5,1846,5 per Cent., Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto Account . 29%% Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent — Ditto Account Ditto Deferred Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent BO /2 84 Ditto 4 per Cent. Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent — Ditto Scrip Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent _. .2% P Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild ... 55 1 4 Ditto 4 Der Cent. Certificates ... IN% BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILwATs. PAID. Pea SiLetz. Eastern Counties Great Northern Do. % A Deferred .......• 12% 2% ...... to Do. 1 ,4 8 . 6 per Cent. - to GfGat Western 100 Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths Lancashire and Yorkshire ...100 ..... ...... to Do., West Riding Union... 10 .... . 3%.. ... to Loads and Thirsk Do.,do.,Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3%. Ditto, ditto ..... ... No. 3 5 Lond., 13right..& South Coastloo Do. Guerunteed sper Cent. 9 ..... 10%. to London and Greenwich—. 121.155. 4d... Ditto Preference London &North Western.....loo 110 109 1 4% to 109 Do. New Quarters. Do. Fifths l2 ..... 12%...... to London and S. Western M.anchr, Sheffield. and Linc.100 Do., New 10/. Preference.. 10 ... .. 7% to Mid1and........- .... ........ —.100 Ditto, 501. Shares ..... ...... 30 ...... 5% .... to Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 123 ...... to Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ...... 86 1 4 1 t o _ Iteading,Guildfd., & Reigate 15 Royston and Ilitchin Scottish Central"; 25 ... .. 14%..... to Shrewsbury and Birmingham 12%...... _ ...... to Ditto. ditto. Class B. 8 3hropshire Union 6 %— .. 27 / 8 to fork, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 Do. and Newcastle Exten. 20 Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 8 York and North Midland .. 50 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Italian and Austrian) 51 Q — to Northern of France.... ...... 16 ..... 14 to Sambre and Meuse 20 MINES. Brazilian Imperial to United Mexican JOINT STOCK I:ANKb. Commercial of Lr xdon ...... 20 London and Westmin3ter... 2ii ...... 25 1 4, to The important and valuable rectory of St. Andrew, Holborn, is shout to undergo a chat* of incumbents, the Rev. J. T. Robinson, who has been non-resident for the last four yelrs, having effected an exchange with the Rev. J. J. Toogood, vicar of North Pethorton. near Bridgewater, and rural dean in the diocese of Wells. The living*, of St. Andrew, which is in the gift of the Duke of Rucclouch, is of the value of 1,2001. a year. SOUTH WALES TRAINING COLLEGE.--The Car marthen Advertiser states, that Thomas Phillips, Esq., the benevolent founder of the Welsh Educational Insti tution at 141 - andovery, has liberally presented the South Wales Training College at Carmarthen with one hun dred volumes of books. The Bishop of Norwich had an interview yesterday with Lord Man Road. LLO YD'S SHIPPIN G--(THIS DAY.) DEAL, FEB. 18.—Wind W., moderate.—Arrd. from tho River, Mandame, St. Vincent. Std. Bella Marina, Calcutta; Joseph, China; Quintin Leitch, Bombay. Remains, Lady Bruce, Port Natal. LIVERPOOL, Faa 18.—Wind S.W.—Acrd. Cosmopo lite, Singapore; Hibbert, Buenos Ayres; Miry Winch, Jay, Callao and Rio Janeiro; J. Gardyne, Bahia; Peter Foulke, Tohasco; Ulysses, Laguna; Woodstock and Nestorian, Now Orleans; Florida and A:lenis, Mobile; Josephine, Charleston; Albatross, St. John's, New Brunswick; Ambassadress, Cardiff and Ilfracombe, leaky, aed stern start Al. Sld. Maria, Sydney, New South Wales; Reindeer, Hong-Kong; Boerhova ire, Ba tavia; Isaac Walt:,n, Singapore; Biorenge, Calcutta; Richard Cobden, Bombay; Clare, Guayaquil; Emma Graham, Rio Janeiro; Adam Smith and Leven Lass, Per nambuco; Springfield and Joshua Mauran, New Orleans; Josiah Bradlee, and Waldron, New Orleafls ; Scot'a, Baltimore ; Minerva, Philadelphia ; Siddons, New York; Squantam, Boston. Pat back, Rothsay, Africa. 19th, eleven A.m, The LZ, New York to this port, was abandoned 11th Jan., lat. 37, long. G 7; crew saved. SOUTHAMPTON, FEB. 13. Wind W.—Sld. Great Western, West Indies. PLYMOUTH, FEB. IB.—Wind W.—Off port, Otter, Bourne, Buenos Ayres. NEWPORT, FEB. 18.—Wind W.—Sid. Susannah, Bar badoes. CARDIFF, FEB. 18,—Wind W.—Sid. Champion, Vera Cruz. SHIELDS, FEB. 18.—Wind N.W. to W.N.W., strong. —Sid. Eagle, Gibraltar and Quebec. QUEENSTOWN, FEB. 18.—Arrd. Glencoe, Bower, Rio Grande. Sld. Swan, Barbadoes. DARTMOUTH, FEB. 18.—The Florinda, Newcastle to Algiers, and the Helen Martin, of Dumfries, Lisbon to Leith, got in contact 13th instant; crew saved. BERWICK, FEB. 16.—The Manly, of Montreal, got on shore at North Sunderland, and is much damaged. The Rose, of and for this port, from Glasgow, got on the rucks this morning, and has received considerable damage. The Margery, Newcastle to Dundee, which got on shore on the Ross Sande, 26th ult., has been sold as she lies. , HARWICH, FEB. 18.—The vessel sunk off the Cork proves to be the Newport Trader. The Friends, Wark worth to London, passed the harbour with loan of bulwarks and boat, and very leaky. The smack Bro thers and Sisters got in contact with the brig Sadarken, of Lonsberg, at anchor, and both received damage. The latter was obliged to run on the mud. BIDEFORD, FEB. 17.—The Rising Sun, Swansea, drove on shore, but is expected off next tide without much damage. PORTSMOUTH.—A schooner with blue topmast bead and round trunk, is sunk, the Sperm Light bearing S. by E., distance nine miles. BUENOS AYRES, Nov. 28, 1849. The national barque Condor is stationed between Point Indio and the eastern extremity of the Ortez Bank, to serve as a light hulk, a large lamp being every night ex hibited from her topmast; for the guidance of vessels in and out. The hulk lies from Point Indio N.N.E. by N. by compass, distance ten miles, and from the extremity of the Ortez S. by E., distance six mile', lat. 35 deg. 9 S., and long. 59 3W. of Greenwich. Pilots wiil be con stantly found on board of the hulk. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) MAY ":14.1t3LE.TS SMITHFIELD.--5/eTlclow Hay, 21 10; to 3110 x; Clover ditto, 31 Os to 41 lOs ; and Straw, 11 Is to 1/ 8s per load. Both Hay and Straw moved off slowly, at about last week's prices. CIIMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 2110 a to 3/ 12 ; ; Clover ditto, 3/ Os to 41 75; and Straw, 1/ 2s to 11 lOs per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull. WHITECIILPEL. Meadow Hay, 21 85 to 3/ 103 ; Clover ditto, 3/ Os to 41 10i; and Straw, 1/ ls to 1/ 8.3 per load. A full average supply, and a heavy demand. COLONIAL. SIG/lA.—The market for British Plantation continues dull, the sales being barely 350 hhds, at a decline of 6d per cwt. MAURITIUS. -5,710 bags offered by auction only partly sold at a further decline of 61 per cwt; low to fine yellow realised 36s 61 to 40s 6d., extra fine 43s 6d, and brown 29s to 345. Bengal sold at former rates for Benares; but other sorts went at a decline of 6d per cwt. Madras was taken in at 32s to 33s 6d for mid to fine brown ; Penang sold at a reduction of 6d to is per cwt, white at 36s 6,1 to 40e, and brown and yellow at 30s to 355. Pliva . :ely, good yellow Ha vannah realised 22s for export; and a parcel for home refining sold at 40s, duty paid. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 632 hhds, 72 tierces, 309 barrels, and there were taken for home c onsumpt i on 1,244 hhds 93 tierces 331 barrels. The stock in the same places is 8,578 hhds, 1,564 tierces, 2,770 barrels. COFFEE.—The market is buoyant, and a large business would have taken place had holders met the demand; the transactions in Native Ceylon are estimated at 1,000 bags, from 61s to 61s 6d. RUM.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 138 puns 70 hhds; there were taken for home consumption 444 puns 13 hhds, and ex ported 21 puns 32 hhds. The stock in the same places is 18,567 puns 2,293 hhds. RlcE.—Carolina sold steadily at 20s to 21s per cwt. TALLOW.— P. Y. C. is 37s 3cl to 37s 6d per cwt. on the spot, and Town, 39s 6J. , TEA.—The market is steady. The deliveries aro to a fair extent. JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL.-(TIIIS DAY.) (Before Lord BROUGHAM, Lord CAMPBELL, the Master o f the ROLLS, Dr. LUSHINGTON, Sir Edward RYAN, and the Hon. Mr. PE➢IBERTON LEIGH.) HAMMOND AND ANOTHER V. ROGERS AND ANOTHE2. This was an appeal, part-head, from the Admiralty Court. The respondents are the owners of a ship called the Marshall Bennet., between which and the appellant's vessel the Christiana, a collision took place in the year 1848, off the South Foreland. The Judge of the Admiralty Court was of opinion, that the crew of the Christians were to blame for the accident. The appellant now appealed from that judgment to this Court. Mr. Sergeant Adams and Mr. W. F. Channel, were counsel for the appellants ; Sir F. Thesiger and Dr. Bayford represented.the respondents; and the Attorney- General appeared for the Masters of the Trinity House. The case was proceeding when:we went to press. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) HUNTER V. NOCKHOLDS.-JUDGMENT. The Loan CHANCELLOR gave judgment to-day in this case, which came before him some time since upon appeal from the decision of the Vice - Chancellor Wigram. The principal question in this case was whether the petitioner was entitled to recover the arrears of an an nuity for twenty, or only for six years. In a former stage of the case the matter was referred to tho Master, who reported that the petitioner was only entitled to the arrears of the annuity for six years, and,upon exceptions being taken to that report, the Vice-Chancellor Wigram decided that they were valid, and that the petitioner was entitled to the arrears of the annuity for twenty years. Against this decision the parties appealed, and upon that appeal the Lord Chancellor now gave judgment. His Lordship was clearly of opinion that the Master had come to a right conclusion, and that the Vice-Chancellor Wigraw had not. Ile must, therefore, order the judg ment of the Court below to be reversed with costs. MILLER V. PRIDDEN'. The further arguments in this part heard case were then resumed and occupied the Court the whole morning. VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before the Vice-Chancellor of ENGLAND.) BELL V. REA. The further arguments in this part-heard case occu pied tho Court the whole morning. (Before the Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) EYRE V. GREE. The arguments in this part-heard case were resumed, and occupied the Court the whole morning. The Vice-Chancellor Wigram did not sit to-day. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Guildhall, before Mr. Justice ERLE and a Special Jury.) ♦USTIN V. THE MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LIN- COLNSIIIRE RAILWAY. In this case Mr. Hunafrey was counsel for the plaintiff, and the & fondants wero represented by Sir F. 'Thesiger and Mr. Hawkins. The action was brought to recover the sum of 9!St. as a compensation for the damage which the plaintiff aileged he had sustained by the injury done to four of his horses, which were being conveyed on the railway o f t h e defendants. The plaintiff is a large horse dealer, and having pur chased twenty-one horses in Lincolnshire was desirous of having them conveyed to London. He took them to the defendants' railway station at New Holland, in Line colnshire, where he contracted with the defendants to have the horses conveyed from thence to London for 221. 10s. On that occasion he signed a printed agree ment handed to him by the sta.tion•master, by which the plaintiff undertook to bear all the risk of injury t o th e horses by conveyance or by the contingencies of th e journey; the company setting forth that they would not be answerable for such injury or for any defect in their carriages or trucks. Horses are conveyed generally on railroads by what are called horse baskets, but on this occasion it was the wish of the plaintiff to have his horses conveyed in open trucks, the carriage in open trucks being much less expensive. The people at the New Holland station refused to carry the plaintiff's horses in open trucks unless he would enter into the special agreement with them, the substance of which hss been stated. That agreement was then signed by the plaintiff's partner on his behalf, the plaintiff himself being unable to write. During the journey to London a wheel of one of the trucks in which the plain tiff's horses were being conveyed caught fire and eNentually broke, and the result was that four of the plaintiff's horses were more or less injured, and one of the four ultirra'ely died. The plaintiff now brought the present action to recover the loss he had sustained, which he estimated at 951. On the part of the defendants it was contended that they were not responsible for the damage occasioned to the plaintiff's horses under the ordinary common law liabilit y of carri ers , th at common law l i a bili t y having been done away with by the special agreement entered into between the parties. The MO was proceeding when our report left. EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prins, at Guildhall, before the LORD CHIEF BARLiN and a Common Jury.) WOODS V. BIGGS AND ANOTHER. This was an action t) Obtain damages fir an alleged improper execution of a distteis warrant, and also to re cover 261, Bs, 6d , the balance claimed by the plaintiff of th e produce arising fecm a sale of godsnder the distress. Mr. Cockburn and Mr. James appeared for the p l o ll ' till; and Mr Ki owles and Mr. Pigott for the defendants; ~Uo h e plaintiff is the widow and administratrix ,e.,' !' 0 cis, a livery-stable keeper, who carrEel on businore landlord °f nii ti2eril premisesi South-streetiiard , i : go ' i e n we s tei b pr u ei r e yd the; and • Mr. Big g s , th o by defendants. her husband , I t a p tD* a:: qu.t t.;ra' rent, a:noti - :t n(T . to 1701., were in arres' nerti and Biggs put in a distress"war'rant upon all the prez p i in the yard, consisting of horses, vehicles, harne ss ' p ub but tie value of the goods seized up due. 13 much greater than the amount o f the den'c i ea A portion, however, of the property was Isb , o 'a 01 and the remainder was sold by auc tion on s-- 0 August, and produced 231/. 3s. The total 111; claimed, according to the a^count rendered , ,of 204/ 14s. 6(1., the rent being 1701. and th e eNPense ibis the distress, 34/. 14a. 6d., and the plaintiff sought wbionet action to recover the balance of 061. So. 6.1. whic h a a lso paid to her husband during his lifetime. It ti r os complained that the charge for executing th° in .- yea was enormous. The deceased, it appeared, we s ,, li c b in persevering and industrious man, and had WI 03 7 r t his creased o the business by his exertions; hut I , ilt 'ta the cc:mance nearly every customer left him, Ol t the aueoyance to which they were all subject° d bee° seizure of their horses and carriages which 13° that left in the yard. The consequence vi,!, 3 ,,„, air' the business was irretrievably ruined' r kith c tb urnstance so preyed upon the dcoaseci:o, p ith at shortly af.erwards he wa3 seiV ° t h and illness, which unfortunately terminated in his dca ' e t, of l g t th a ew v gave, is a is na already it l-111.1i ei t hadwns wanton and gross abuse of the power whi°ll this c are entitled to recover a full a a m rb o i rne party aggrieved, or those who represented hu u t i le fu' sufficientlyd e i o e n d t e h n i d ei c r d t - b t ie t e n t . b e rOen had e , P bb s eees : jury sustained. For the defe ut e rn c at o ryo i f t ad y nad a u r tghneaiifpol" ; d e vitheciet. distress was perfectly bona fide, and tbst ' . n 9 faneant had not been actuated by ail 1 " . "" cog ~, . ‘ „iii iigis i th e the deceased, and could not be blamed for tfo' l ie stli beneflt of the law in order to recover w hi te 9 je erl owing to him. It was true a great deal raoPr lait was taken than was necessary, but t ile d ° rec l ; n s 0 proof that tl - aa defo.ndants had o'6-alege; I t e o ssly or wantonly, an d t h e damage r n g th 6P , have been sustained by the parties wit/Orli-006 custom, arose not from taking an excess , . res s D° 4 under the executior, but from the Get that a ch i s , t i e 'a co?, been made fir arrears of rent, a proceeding " iti `''il i a 0% landlord was fully warranted in taking• at in 4. eyes of the law make the distress the t da a pp cou .. 1 : 1 : be cio: place it was contended that the excess re s si' th 1 1)6 they had to deduct from property- ste ble to , sold,l sst i elh. o bie r zi s eep e dfua s oro w urpdp h ot owhs i eneehhs hadwhich heef s,ct, these b leohj e ltord e yre n sna( e) sent tefs. t;t halenelgdp, t ha o rhle, icyc t . eb h w be e a:0 1 1,1,1 1 rial i et: v ghr e a.e r db l eafeit s 9 ;i l :ooo l: p l :f a 000 b pf l p B eeorre f te„ !_l i If 0 boo , had been exclu d ed from the inventory then h a was left would not have exceeded in valua w ",, - , t. are, (pared by the landlord in satisfaction of his —n o J';' e The Learned JUDGE having summed IP ci ' iat fa 8 after a brief consultation, returned aver plaintiff far 50/. BOW-Sr 7 1 1 o i w s i L n l g o Lloyd brutalw as rREET•...... , ------- -ei A 1( .) the p f e o n l Jam_es Mitchell deposed that he was i n the (• " 111tile°' :mwnaiimdtsg:elnaa opposite et hurryingtebhva direction, o ° s Mr. Thomas, the newsagent, of Calherforeeeen trand, and that his general occupation la t e l l: efel: u was to carry the second and third editions Ca' the ",ir papers o from his master's place of business to ', a/3 (W"; ti its were struck off only leaves Tee. The lateness of the hour at which the 5 ,, e ; fift e . e g h i to to or i; assault:— before rlltlMSr.ijJaral ae:: immense minutos to travel that distance, e a s bout a r e „, i ,,1;1 09 1 1 3 6 dispute d nearly erwho ra h n ad chargeet of u ; titi o tc st oog i over.Yi°lllle Yhovreleh" ris°ll-ii and delay, was about to ' ll 1 % 4411 e i-BPr 8151 eekgnapoioref cigsokr:neadp andaelrh,osinfmegoanr iini h gc i , sel3:7hsitsl. esdte;vre.oll-I:3;c'ol„.:o:soittoebitioi iv:: rushed t. at him and lashed him gseovor;l,F 1 1 1 ° at c : r o p p . r i s o A ne p r o w l i c a e s - c r o e n m s o t a v b e l d e w i t ti l a . os round the body with the thong of h's,„7,:00$0•11 the l to the s u t P ati a o t . l3 l ;_ b . il l h e e e ( e llii ; lC e ll secutor) was hardly able, from the 111) rirl A be „ 0 0 do his work. ihd he been late one seee l°l he 1/Itiv have had to pay postage on the of between 2/. and 3/. papers t ° t ''' I d fii hairnf, % A gentleman corroborated the abov e ', o o l II° 8 nested the assault, which he termed sa/ s5 treme. l oiSii 7le. ( Theltr JARDlNE brnises on the prosecutor were Pla i , ° ,4' it ' 1 4 .,1 13 1i in his . power to send the prisoner to gaol I: : °. it el3l. remarked that he was 6 0 '70 it - 5 would fine him 405., or three weeks' in l l o°°l g ...... AMERICANIC OI f ,0/04 ',4 —..— The following importaLntiTneE,Nß°9l3b°r°ililjglgonialitl3l:Vitc d an ay d s N later than our files, per agra was about to sail. Its Niagara, -- 110 5, ' private e 7, a a t in 141" r be . 11 ' etr, to correspon en . tB , t ti having York, has been forwarded fin 11° i r eoe l lf been telegraphed to Halifax J o id le high 1. resting- The letter of our corresponuex' follows : IT lift' % " ) (By Electric Telegraph Y . ork to A--t 8' from Nei' TT li 11% , F or lb " Telegraph-oilioe, ....a•- f ~, Ir $1 " I have telegraphed dispatches fro 1 4 ,,, e ha AO Boston . as late as 5 P.N. this evening. Ay , he cl ill important. " The steamer Empire City, f rom sti r ' , la 4/40i , rived • with California dates to the Ist of .1 ifr f tl from 2 000 i , _ / ,000 to 2,500,000 of gold clust• /0 4 °- g ol details are ~,..t 0 Operations had nearly ceased at trai t, l t i t t 0 ° season o . n account of the snow and w - ~1 The lately dr has been accepted news is not less satisfactory "'The ~S tate Legislature d fall,' ° ; 1 10°' New York b hbeena destroyedP ‘ was alrea y hi aitir had yteosoxfetoceori....ie. -1.000.9, r : 1. 0. 0 ;;: " Senators Members of Congress low end tir " There h Francisco, which 1,000,000 dollars. ie (Or • f the '" 11 10 " Our reports do not embrace the stale e reit. o declined /I to "The steamer Chat: / % Severn was waiting at & W. -II would • receive on board about 1 000 000 iil deist on British account., ' ttoo co tII " sincetheNiagara ma, // 0 le C tremendousitY property Icroeat:es;::00;11:1 sailed from 13°e'"ooller decline. i cent., and there a re fre° Nochange in flour or grain. : American stocks rather better. • Money-market buoyant." 3 ..._._...._ a0 ,0 09 ---------- ST. “.00 1 ' HER MAJESTY'S VIBET TO TO 1 th e his ll 6s 40 3 eft Tff:everßAElbeTtThhoneougreadeentheatF'drenneb rinsolngsi;lecit°olle presence la it evenine. 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Barwise, accountant. vs , r of 6 0 TLIE GREAT EXHIBITION Of: Ti!!.filigh,,llts 511,1 h C ta o ov u e r t i a c h u l e l t II f o ot i f i 1. 1 fund :rt the • r ° o ) pn i A N y o 0 l ot i o t t i. bl te i s isivo g o l o : ,t. national Bi T i h a i s. wellSE I G k E n A o N w T n ' S collectionßoors, oßairTrehtut,rstdhaeybo lastok, and print a uctierw e° s, a lici ° 's V ' ' the more remarkabl a o n l d ot t s w w o land and Wales, India proofs and o„,1e11171;'s ''',,fietil' folio, which sold fur 64 guineas; ,turner s,' ; f l , l Coast, India proofs and etchingrs 7° r e ttr ° ' 10, 1/j d a l s o following o:oipoyg d c f s ,.. Y . l;ra co r i , o ll ,o t r fi l copy of the same work, proofs before, Ap etto P 0 paper, 551. • the Illustrations to ' y r ta u" s tr atic ° :/. 11 Strutt's Manners proofs, 161. 10s.; Rogers's Italy Inas is ,, li r , We i proo v‘aL,nedep.cßursuttior3o4llerY' 3 v01e,,, Tv will' also a great number of boolPlates iu $ the Charlesc . n . 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