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THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-L.L.N.TE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. JAMES ANDERSON. THIS EVENING. Will be presented, by her Majesty's Servants, The Tragedy of lON. Adrastus, Mr. Vandenhoff ; Medon, Mr. Diddear ; Phocion, Mr. Fisher ; Ctesiphon, Mr. W. Montague ; Mr. J. Anderson ; Agenor, Mr. Cathcart ; Clemanthe, Miss Vsnden hoff ; Abra, Miss Wyndham. To conclude with HIGH LIFE BELOW STAIRS. Prisato boxes, 31. 35., 21. 12s. 6d., 21. 25., 11. lie. 6d., and 11. Is. Stalls, ss. each. s. d. FIRST PRICE. Boxes - - 4 0 Fit - - - 2 0 Lower Gallery - 1 0 - Upper Gallery - 0 6 Box -book-keeper s. d. I sEco2, - D PRICE. -- Boxes - - 2 0 Pit - - - 1 0 Lower Gallery - 0 6 No Half-price to Upper Gallely. !r, Mr. J. Povey. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old BromptOn. THIS EVENING. _ ___ win be performed CHARLES THE TWELFTH. To be followed by a new Comedy, entiled THZ SERIOUS MILY. Characters by Messrs. Webster, J. Wallach, Buckstone ; Mrs W. Clifford, Miss Reynolds, and Mrs. Fltzwilliam. To conclude with the Comedy of NELL GWYNNE. King Charles Mr. Webster ; Charles Hart, Mr. Yandenhoff ; Joe Haynes, Mr. Selby ; Orange Moll, Mr. Keeley ; Nell Gwynne, Miss Reynolds ; Mrs. Snowdrop, Mrs. Stanley. The Box-offbe is ender the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. THEATRE ROYAL. ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new domestic Drama, called THE WILLOW C CPSE. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Bed ford, 0. Smith, Worrell; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. After which MY PRECIOUS BETSY. Characters by Messrs. Wright, Bedford, Worrell; Miss Harding, and Mrs. F. Matthews. To conclude with SLASHER AND CRASHER. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new comic Opera, entitled THE VALLEY OF ANDORRE. After which ROT AND COLD. To be followed by the Ballet of THE THREE STATUES. To conclude with MY WIFE SHAN'T ACT. NEW ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Sole Lessee, Mr. W. Watts. St. John's Wood. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. Duke, Mr. Johnstone; Antonio, Mr, Ryder; Bassanlo, Mr. Conway; Gratiano, Mr. Wigan ; Lorenzo, Mr. Behan ; Shylock, Mr. G. V. Brooke ; Launcelot Gobbo, Mr. Compton; Portia, Miss Fanny Vining ; Ne rissa, Mrs. Seymour: Jessica, Miss Oliver. To conclude with THE DREAM AT SEA. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. FRENCH PLAYS AND OPERA CO VIQUE. Last Week hut Two of the Operatic Performances. Mr. MITCHELL begs respectfully to announce that the French Feriormances at the St. James's Theatre will commence 10-MORROW EVENING, At Half-past Seven, when will be performed LES DI.IMANS DE LA COURONNE. Le Comte de Campo Mayor, M. Chateaufort ; Don Ilenriquo do Sandoval, M. Lac ; La Catarina, Madlle. Charton. The Box-office of the Theatre is open daily from Eleven till Five. Boxes and Stalls at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond street. VITAL THEA i'li . Cnder the, Managerierat of Madam; VeStrie. Foie Lessee. Mr. Charles Mathews. THISI EVENING. Will be performed CHARLES THE TWELFTH. After which THE ISLAND OF JEWELS. To conclude with BOX AND COX. Dress Boxes 55. : Upper Boxes, 43. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, le. 2.T0 half-price to any part of the house. Ali applications for Private Boxes must be made to Mr. Allem:1, 15 We* , Bond-street. ASTLEY'3 ttoYAL Praprictor, Mr. W. Batty. An entire change in the Scenes of the Arena. New Grand Spectacle. Continued success of the Dames of the Fax-hunting Chase, by Eight principal EluestriAn Ladies of the Establishment. Madlles. Gardoni and Amilie on the Dcuble Tight R ipes in a petite . . Ballet entitled The Hungariaa Wood cutters. THIS EVENING, The performance will commence at a Quarter to Seven, with a n 3 w Grand Spectacle of THE CORSE DE LEON ; or, the Brigand o f Savoy. To be followed by a brilliant display of Batty's peerless scenes of is a Circle, supported by the accomplished artistes of the establish e nt. Ts conclude with THE DESERTED MILL ; or, The Soldier's W Box-office o7en from Eleven till Four. UIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tnrs DAT —Yorning, 23 min. after 6 I Evening, 45 min. after 6 a-Mosaow—Morning, 6 mm. after 7 I Evenin, 33 min. after 7 THE WEATHEII.—SuN OFFICE, AlAnon 5. THERMOMETER, Lowest, ; 26 Highest, 44; Noon, 44 BAROMETER, 30 . 6. A sharp frost durirg the night. WIND S.W.—fine clear weather. timing anit LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1850. Although the principal railway companies hav e endeavoured, to the utmost of their power, to meet the wishes of the Government, by appointing dele gates to determine the proper measures to be adopted for additional legislation on the important subject of the efficient audit of their accounts, the matter is, it appears, to be taken out of their bands. It was well known that not a single hour bad been lost, and that the delegates had made the greatest progress in the arduous task with which they were charged—that the leading points of a Bill had been actually agreed to, and that it would, most probably, be ready for introduction within the present week ; and yet, although the Board of Trade was fully ap prised of the great diligence that had been exhibited, we find its Vice-President, the Berl of VrRANITILLE, last night bringing forward an Audit Bill, and delibe rately stating in the House of Lords, that " as it was not very likely that any large number of railway proprietors would combine to bring in any Bill of that kind during the present session, it did not ap pear right in the Government to delay any longer the task of informing the public of the course which her MAJESTY'S Ministers intended to pursue." This is neither fair nor just. It is casting a most unwarranted aspersion on the gentlemen who, at considerable personal inconvenience, took upon them selves the duty of deciding upon the provisions of a measure which would at the same time afford full security to the public and the different companies that an accurate statement of affairs was periodically published, and which would not deprive the share holders of the control and management of their own concerns. In answer to this most unwarranted as persion, thus recklessly cast upon a body of respect able gentlemen by a Minister of the Crown, it may be well briefly to refer to the real facts of the case. Last year it was announced that the Go vernment was about to bring in a measure by which the different companies would no longer be permitted to appoint their own auditors, but that all the accounts should be submitted to gentlemen se lected by the Board. of Trade, without whose sanc tion no dividend could be declared, and whO would, in fact, be invested with paramount authority over every line of railway. Directors and shareholders were alike alarmed. They knew the evil conse quences that might follow if the principle of " 4to yernment interference" were for a moment sanc tioned or tolerated. They knew that it would be im possible to say where it would stop if the sharp end of the wedge were once introduced. They believed that they had acquired sufficient experience to avoid the errors into which they had formerly fallen, and they naturally objected to have new and valu able patronage conferred upon Government, by the creation of lucrative offices, the salaries of which were to be provided out of the diminished funds of the companies. The project was, therefore, received with the greatest alarm throughout the length and breadth of the land, and directors and shareholders forgot all minor differences in exhibiting an uncom• promising hostility to a " Government audit." It was, however, felt that something should be done to restore confidence to the public mind, and certain directors were nominated by the boards of the leading companies to prepare a Bill, which it was hoped would be received with ge neral satisfaction. Many meetings were held ' but it ultimately appeared that the parties selected were unable to agree among themselves, and that the Bill which had been prepared was abandoned on the part of directors. Nothing then remained but to bring the subject under the consideration of the share. holders, and the most fitting opportunities appeared to be the ordinary meetings that were held for the purpose of declaring dividends and transacting the general business of the companies. Delegates were accordingly appointed to consider the subject by the North-Western, Gr ea t . Western, South-Western, .Eastern Counties, Brighton, Blackwell, Great Northern, Midland, and other influential companies, and, as we have already stated, considerable pro gress was made in the preparation of a Bill which might be considered as emanating from the share holders—the parties chiefly interested in the welfare and prosperity of railway property—through their chosen representatives. Many of the meetings were, however, only held during the past week, and it was obviously impossible that the parties then appointed could be prepared, within a few days, with a fully-matured and well-considered measure. All that was practicable was, however, achieved. The , principles on which the contemplated Bill should be based were decided, and even the details of the mea completed. sure nearly The Bill thus approved of is, we believe, actually printed, and will be fully sanc tioned during the present week. And we also believe that the Board of Trade is fully informed on these points. It is, therefore, we contend, unfair and un candid on the part of the Government to assert that "it is not likely that any large number of railway proprietors would combine to bring in any Bill during the present session," and it is inflicting an unmerited slight on the gentlemen who have so zealously and energetically exerted themselves to carry the wishes of their brother shareholders into execution without a moment's unnecessary delay. We shall not now enter into the merits of the Go vernment measure. It is undoubtedly, in many respects, an improvement on that of last year. But still we submit that, however desirable it may appear, it should not be considered until the Bill prepared by the delegates is ready for presentation, so that the two may be compared together. We submit that the parties whose property, to the extent of 200,000,0001. sterling, is to be affected are entitled to a respectful audience, and that until their wishes be fully ex pressed any legislation on the subject is, to say the least of it, premature and uncalled for. While M. PONSARD is preparing for the first re presentation of his tragedy of Charlotte Corday, and while M. ADOLPEIB ADAM is entertaining the Pari sian dilletanti with his conjecture that Madame SONTAG is not herself, but her own daughter—a notion about as ridiculous as that entertained by the venerable RIP VAN WINKLE on the occasion of his recovery after the gigantic game of skittles—France is silently getting in readiness for the election, on Sunday next, of sundry new representatives. Here it is that the infinite advantages of ?collecting by ballot the votes of the population become peculiarly mani fested. With every possible material scattered about in abundance, capable of transforming at a moment's warning a street broil into a rebellion, the French, yea, even the French of this generation, children though they be of a Past and creators of a Present revolution, find themselves deprived of the capacity, or rather, shall we say it, of the opportunity of sounding the tocsin of a general rising. Every one of those explosives of demagogism which have, from one period to another, proved sufficiently powerful to raze the whole political institutions of the land to their founiations ; every one of those evil passions which have, at intervals, manifested their diabolical energies in the crimes perpetrated and the victories won by the multitude are still as fruitful, as vigorous, and as much at hand as ever—but through the beneficent operation of the ballot the most murderous conspiracies are, so to speak, rendered incapable of detonation. It were well for us, if in this particular, the Legislators of the British Parlia ment would take a leaf out of the Republican Con stitution of our neighbours. Not that there is much fear of any revolutionary excitement becoming mani fested round the polling booths of our different borough or county constituencies, but that there is an absolute certainty, that under the existing system of voting in these islands the' possessors of the elective franchise are too frequently subjected to intimidation. Much as was said last evening in the 'House of Commons about bona fide votes being given to opposing candi dates, it is but too certain that as matters are at pre sent managed there is very little chance of a bona fide vote being given anywhere—anywhere at least where the aristocratic influence can be brought to bear against the democratic in the instance of tenant farmers and dependent tradesmen. We are not speaking now upon a dim or fanciful hypothesis. We are talking of an evil notorious to the whole com munity. Let us hope, that when the Honourable Member for Bristol brings forward his annual motion, on Thursday evening, the Liberal and Radical Mem bers of the House of Commons will bear this evil keenly in their remembrance. And let us hope, too, that while recollecting the perni cious effect of the polling-booth system as manifested with terrible distinctness among our selves, they will bear in mind the beneficial, and we may even repeat our previous and more emphatic epithet, the beneficent operation of the ballot-box system as shown repeatedly with the clearness of a mathematical demonstration among our neighbours. There, in France, the hot-bed of revolt, the vol cano of revolutions, the land of the Phrygian cap and the barricade, the people have been effectually " bound over to keep the peace" by the introduction of the ballot into the republican constitution. The utterance of this assertion, strange as it may appear, is not the expression of a passing fancy, but the record of a great and all-important fact. It is a fact proved by no less than three most memorable occurrences, those occurrences being the election of the National As sembly, the election of the Legislative Assembly, and the election of the first President. On each of those remarkable occasions France was ripe for another political explosion, as irresistible, but, in all human probability, not as bloodless as that of the days of February—" those fatal days of February," ac cording to M. THIERS—" those glorious days of February," according to M. DE LAMARTINE. While the glorious days of February—for, as might be con jectured, we make no hesitation whatever in accept• ing the designation of M. DE LAMARTINE—whiIe the glorious days of February ;demonstrated the magnanimity of the vast majority of the French multitude, the calamitous days of June revealed, underneath that magnanimous majority, a minority as ferocious, as sanguinary, and as depraved as the knitters who applauded the Mountain in the Convention, or as the hags who danced round the tumbrils on the Place de Greve, singing the hideous verses of the " Carmagnole." To straggle the atrocious passions of this minority, to save the lives, and the property, and the institutions of the people from its grasp wa., of course, the chief object of those statesmen who were selected to administer the affairs of the Republican Go vernment. Signal as has been the abi lity displayed by them, by the Ministry of M. ODILON BARROT, and by the Ministry of M. FERDINAND BARROT, under the presidential super intendence of the Prince LOUIS NAPOLEON, ',this much must be borne in mind to the depreciation of their achievements as defenders of the peace of the country, that the principal portion of the difficulty of this repression of revolt was already removed by that system of thg ballot which had been adopted in the framing of the Constitution, and the original adop tion of which had been one among the many glorious acts of the Provisional Government. But for the protective influence of the ballot the National Constituent Assembly, notwith standing the dictatorial authority reposed by it in the hands of kieneral CAVAIGNAC, would have found it impossible to prevent another great revolutionary ex plosion on the ever-memorable occasion of the elec. tion of the 10th of December. Again, but for the assistance afforded to the Executive by the same felicitous arrangement, the Cabinet of the President BONAPARTE would have found itself incapable of maintaining tranquillity on the subsequent occasion of the election of the Legislative Assembly. At both periods the pub lic mind of France, it will be remembered, was pro foundly agitated, and yet :at both periods, through the beneficent operation of the ballot, the elections passed off without even the slightest attempt at disturbance. These circumstances have a signifi cant force in the discussion of the question of the ballot even among our orderly fellow -countrymen, even in this island, where, during a century and a half, revolution has been altogether unknown : for they proclaim in very audible language that our most volatile neighbours consent at last to an in convenient obedience and an irksome quietude, be. cause through the aid of the ballot they can satisfy themselves in their representatives. RETURN Or THE COURT TO BUCKINGHAM PA. LACE FROM WINDSOR CASTLE (THIS DAT).—Her Majesty and the Prince Consort, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, and the Princesses Royal, Alice, Helena, and Louisa, and attended by the Countess of Mount Edgecumbe, Lord Byron, Lord Alfred Paget, the Hon. Colonel Charles Grey, and Colonel Bouverie, arrived at Buckingham Palace this afternoon from Windsor Castle. The illustrious party travelled by a special train from Windsor to the Great Western Railway to Paddington, and were escorted to the Palace by a party of the 11th Hussars. The Court is expected to remain in town until after the royal accouchement. Prince Albert, on behalf of her Ma jesty, will hold a 'time to-morrow at St. James's Palace. Our readers will not be surprised to hear that the petition against the return of Baron Rothschild as the Member for the City of London has bees withdrawn. 1'. 41 A, (\4 ). " -.(W-= 1., • - t - A , "?.,' , 1., ,v.a fr - *J4k . ,._4".•.1 kz---,1 ,7 ''''' s‘ .Rau -\ . - 4 1 / 4 —4.-- , .c.... -- .to - z „,,i, .iEv- , v #:,- - - - - ~~.. THE SUN, THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The Constitutionnel has the following paragraph : "According to information communicated by Fuad Effendi to his Government, M. Nesselrcde had sent orders to General Luders to reduce the army of occu pation to the amount provided fur by the treaty of Balta-Liman, as the Turkish army has already done. The rumour of the retreat had reached Bucharest. It was, however, believed that the retirement of the troops would not take place until the spring, and that they would not begin to march during the severe season." A letter from Toulon of the Ist instant states that letters have been received; there from the French fleet in the Levant, which announce the approach of the squadron on the coast of Greece, with the exception of the Jupiter and the Psyche, which remained at Smyrna. These journals state that an energetic note had been written by Count NESSELRODE to Baron DE Biturtow on the Greek question, a copy of which had been left by the latter with Lord PALMERSTON. The PRESIDENT of the Republic visited St. Cloud on Sunday, and was enthusiastically received. The Bourse was animated, and a considerable quantity of business was transacted. The Five per Cents. opened at 95f. 75c., and closel at 96f. The Three per Cents. closed at 581.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 766 f. 25c.; Rosen, 547 f. 50c.; Havre, 240'4 Great Northern, 450 f.; Avignon, 195 f.; Vierzon, 315 r.; Basle, 113 f. 75c.; Bordeaux, 405 f.; Paris and Strasburg, 347 f. 503.; Tours and Nantes, 251 f. 25c.; the Now Roman Loin, 78k. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, MARCH 4. Boulogne and Amiens, 67—Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 12%—Northern of France, 13%—Orleans and Bordeaux, 3—Paris and Strasbourg, 634. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 27th ult. have arrived. General ESPARTERO has addressed the following letter to the Senate : " Logrono, Feb. 18. "I saw with pleasure in the journals received today that the Senate, over which your Excellency presides in so becoming a manner, has resolved to congratulate the Queen on the occasion of the happy event communicated by the Government to the legislative bodies, and I deeply regretted not to have been present at that act, in which I would have concurred with all the sincerity of my heart, in order to repeat to her Majesty the assurance of a devotedness that never belied itself, and of my constant patriotism. But, not having had the satisfaction of participating in so solemn an act, I request your Excellency to be so kind as to congratulate their Majesties in my name, and to convey to:them my unalterable sentiments. May God preserve your Excellency many years. (Signed) The Duke c f VICTORY." - - . MADRID bOISA: FEB. 27.—The prices on Bourse continued heavy, without any motive being assigned for their depreciation. The Three per Cents were done at 28 7-16 for cash; the Four per Cents., at 12i for paper ; the Five per Cents., at 12i ; the Debt without Interest, at 31,-; and the Coupons, at 71. GERMAN V. A dispatch from Berlin, of the 21 March, states that Prussia demands as a sine qua non of Denmark the acknowledgment of the Treasury notes issued in Schleswig-Holstein. The rederal Commission of Germany have invited the Cabinets of Vienna and Berlin to enter into ne gotiations with foreign Powers for the recognition of the German flag, naval and commercial. A letter from Erfurt, of the 28th ult., says : " Mr. Von Bodelschwingli, who is to preside at the meeting of the administrative council till the opening of Parliament, when he will resign that post to Mr. Von Radowitz, who intends to transfer the sittings of the Council to Erfurt in the course of a few days. The Nurenzburgh Correspondent states that from 8,000 to 10,000 of the 40,000 Prussian troops which are to be concentrated at Erfurt, aro to proceed next week, with several tatteries, t)wards the northern frontier cf Ba varia, and occupy the Saxon duchies. Coburg is to be the head-quarters of this corps, for the provisioning of which preparations are now making." There was an erneute at Dresden on the 26th ult. Some of the accused of last May, while being re moved from one prison to another, attempting to es cape, the soldiers fired on them, and a ball struck the hat of a peasant, whereupon a great crowd assembled, in which the workmen returning from their labours joined. It was not till the space of two hours, and after several arrests were made, that the crowd was dispersed. Accounts from Vienna state that the Cologne Gazette, the Wanderer, and the Constitutional of Prague have been seized for publishing KLAPICA's letter to HAYNAII, protesting against the violation by the Austrian Government of the capitulation of Co morn. The whole of Hungary has suffered recently from inundations. Presburg, Comore, and Raab have suffered more severely than other places. ITALY. Letters from Naples of the 16th ult. represent the state of that kingdom as horrible. The Government of King BoawA is an organized perjury, and a royal amnesty is a mere decoy to lure persons to destruc tion. General NUNZIANTE, the Commander in the Calabrias, recently published a proclamation in the name of his beloved and most merciful Sovereign, calling npon those who had,taken flight on account of political offences to return, and promising them that no notice should be taken of the past. Several unfortunate persons, not remembering the faithless character of the Bourbons, and trusting to the promises of King BONIIA, returned and became the victims of this diabolical ruse. Within two days after their return 82 persons were arrested in Cala bria, and 37 in Naples, and were thrust into dun geons, where the torturer and the poisoner and the assassin, all important members of the Rix ecutive Government of Naples are doing their office on them. One unfortunate youth has just expired in the dun geon of Vicaria from consumption in consequence of having been exposed all the winter to the punishment called "of the chosen.' He was kept in a dungeon for seven months, and was allowed as his sole food eight ounces of bread per day and as much water as he could drink. His dungeon was thirty feet below the level of the soil, he was allowed neither light nor fire, nor straw to lie on, and during the most rigorous nights of winter his tormentors would throw on him at intervals buckets of iced water. His mother who is 80 years of age, and who resides at a distance, undertook a long and perilous journey through the Abruzzi for the purpose of seeing her son before his death. The goaler refused her permis sion, referring her to the Minister of the Interior. She at once applied to the Minister, and at the end of three days she received the following answer to her communication : " Madam,—Your prespnce in the capital compromises order and public tranquillity. You are granted 24 hours to quit Naples. If you do not obey you will be accompanied from post to post by Gensdarmes. " Naples, 7th February, 1850." The unfortunate mother, on reading this note, fell into a cataleptic fit, and her life is despaired of ; in vain her relatives applied for a postponement of the period fixed for her departure, and the dying woman was, in an insensible state, expelled from Naples by the authorities. Comment upon these atrocities is needless ; the blood of these and of many hundred other victims calls out to Heaven for justice against the oppressor, and will not long call in vain, upon Him whb has declared himself peculiarly the avenger of the wrongs of the widow and the orphan. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The market fur British Plantation is steady at full prices. Mauritius and Bengal at public sale mostly found buyers at full rates; but Penang went at a slight reduction; white 36s 6d to 40s, yellow 34s to 365, and brown 27s 6d to 335. Privately Porto Rico have been sold at 37s to 41s 6d per cwt. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 93 hhds 30 barrels; there were taken for home consumption 938 hhds, 107 tierces, 245 barrels. The stock in the same places is 7,163 hhds, 1,399 tierces, 2,350 barrels. COFFEE.—The market remains dull. Plantation Ceylon at nominal rates. Privately rather a large par cel of Native Ceylon were sold at 595. Rum.—The quantity landed last week at the East and Wert India Docks was 203 puns • there were taken fo r home consumption 244 puns 8 Ads, and exported 95 puns 74 hhds. The stock in the same place is 18,053 puns 2,187 hhds. SPlCES.—Cassia Lignea was dull, there being no buyers on formers terms. ts.u.ow.--P. Y. C. is 36s 6d to 361 9d per cwt. on the spot, and Town 38s 6d. " TEA.—The market is steady, and with fair deliveries for consumption. TOBACCO. —Purchases were generally of a.g in a more limited character du r i ng th e l as t mont h, aris ing great measure from old i m p or t s o f cer t a i n descriptions having gradually a l most approac h e d t h e quota ti ons c f new (a parcel of Kentucky strips, of very old imports, and in questionable condition having been sold at 7d), and not from any disinclination on the part of the specu lators to continue their operations. Sales have, never theless, amounted to 1,800 hhds, exclusive of upwards of 200 hhds, sold by " middle men." We have been compelled to a lt er several of our quotations, more espe cially fins spinning strips; sales having been made at Bid; and all classes of Western strips, for which we , quote an advance of id to id per lb. Holders of the finest parcels of the present import are a s ki ng 9 id with out showing any i nd ication of an abatement from this Price • we may observe that this q ua lit y o f str i ps i s not suitable for manufacturing Shag to sell at 3s 4d per lb. Stock, 25,647 hhds, against 25,253 hhds, in 1849. DETERAIIME D SUlClDE.—Yesterday, a person named Vincent, who lodged in the house of Mrs. W e ll s , a tobacconist, who carries on business at 35, Regent-street, Westminster, committed suicide by shooting himself through the head with a pistol. The barrels of the weapon burst upon the discharge taking place, and in flicted frightful injuries upon the upper portion of his person. His death was almost instantaneous; and it is stated that the condition of mind which led him to com mit the rash act was produced by long-continued suffer ing from illuese. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS'. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 5,000 bales, of which 500 American were taken on speculation, and 300 for export. The market was not brisk, but there was a better feeling, and more steadiness in tone.—ln Railway Shares a fair business was done at higher prices. The market closed firmly. The Hambargh mail of Friday brings the rate of exchange at 13 10, being i lower. Gold was at 437. Not much was doing in bills. Funds and shares were dull, and not much was doing in Coffee. Among the items of intelligence noticed in the United States accounts, is the rapid extension of steam-ship building, as within three or four years the aggregate of the new tonnage amounted to 56,000 tons. It is stated that the steamers of Collins' new Liverpool line are the largest in the world, being of the burthen of three thousand five hundred tons. They will befitted up in a style of magnificence and splendour without a parallel. No ex pense is being spared about them; and although we do not say that they will distance any vessel that may be put in competition with them, yet we do say that it will take something in the shape of a steam-ship that was never yet produced, and in all probability will not he for some years to come, to beat any of them. In accounts from Buenos Ayres it is stated that the idea of General Rosas retiring from the direction cf public affairs had called forth energetic manifesta tions, and that the English merchants joined in ex pressing their earnest hore:chat such would nut take place. Weare further told that— " A report of the administration of public credit, which has been publshed within the last few days, an nounces the gratifying fact, that that establishment, pur suing the even tenor of its way, will be in a situation by the end of December, 1851, to redeem the balance of the domestic funded debt of the province, amounting at present to 13,533,244 dolls. 71o.; the capital of the sink ing fund being already upwards of five and a quarter millions." The Nova Scotian journals received by the mail give a report of a debate in the Legislature upon the subject of reciprocal free trade:—"The Attorney-General laid on the table of the House various minutes of conference on the subject of reciprocal trade with the United States. He explained that the conference had taken place with the Hon. Mr. Lafontaine and the Hon. Mr. . Merritt, from Canada; Hon. L. A. Wilmot, and Hon. i J. R. Partelow, of New Brunswick; Hon. Messrs. Hen- I Shaw end Thornton, of Prince Edward Island, and the Executive Council of Nova Scotia. A very important topic had arisen in this conference—that was the ex clusive privilege over the fisheries of these colonies, which aas held by British subjects, and which was re quired by the United States in exchange for reciprocity. Canada was ready to give up all exclusive privilege—so was New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, because they contended the rivalry cf foreigners would tend to the wester industry of our own people, and the greats r prosperity of the country. On the part of Nova Scotia the council had abstained from giving any opinion. Even the fisheries of the Bay of Fundy, which were claimed by New Brunswick, on behalf of British sub jects exclusively, had been conceded to the Americans; and the only part now exclusively in the power of Nova Scotia was from the mouth of the Bay of Fundy, round to Cape St. George, including Cape Breton. It remained to be seen what would be the views of the Legislature on the subject ; and he hoped the whole question would be taken up at an early day, and disposed of in a manner that would reflect credit on the wisdom of the Legislature, and promote the permanent welfare of this country. " Mr. Beckwith would ask what we were to get in re turn for giving up our right to the shore fisheries ? "The Hon. At torney-General said that the papers when read would answer the question of the Hon. Gentleman. The report of the assembh d delegates advocated the prin ciples of reciprocal free trade; it was for the House to accept or reject the proposed resolutions. " The dispatches and report were read, and embodied resolutions of the conference in favour of the home Go vernment negotiating for reciprocity with the United States is the productions of both countries—bread, flour, fish, &c." These are cheering evidences of the march of frce trade opinions in the colonies. At Frankfort on the 2d inst. Austrian Metallic, were 821, and Spanish Three per Cents. 27i. Amsterdam accounts of the 3d give the price of Dutch Two-and-a -t Half per Cents. at 54 15-16. Peruvian Bonds had sensibly declined, the Active being 75 and then 731, and the Deferred 32i to 33k. The Et glish Funds have been more buoyant, and although there is as yet only a small advance, the tone favours the belief that an improve ment will speedily occur, if Continental affairs settle down. The transfer books are about to close for several of the principal investments, but there is no probability of money being scarce while the Bank cf England will lend at 2 per cent. on Stock until the re-opening, and bullion comes forward in such large amounts from America and other parts. eCon sols have bean 951 for Money, and since 951 jr. For Time they have been quoted 951 to is. Bank Stock is worth 207 i. Exchequer-bills have realised 543. to 575. and India Bonds 84s, to 87s. premium. The New Three and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 971 to 98i. The Foreign Securities have been rather better sup ported. Peruvian Activeshave touched 74 and 751, and the Deferred 321 and 320. Mexican Bonds have been called 29i t; Buenos Ayres are 52, and Venezuela 34 to i. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been quoted 32k, and Spanish Three per Cents. 361 to 1 1. Russian , Scrip is worth li i premium. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 55/. Railway Shares are all rallying again. North-Western are f to 1 higher; Brighim also i to 1 dearer, and there is about a similar rise in Great Western. Caledonian have touched 1l4; Eastern Counties, 71; and South- Eastern, 181. United Mexican Mine shares have gone back a lit:le. ONE G O'CLOCK. PRIPES. TUESDAY EVENING, P:!I , ;ES oF lIRITISII FUNDS Bank Stock _ . 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns ...... 9 5 3 4% 7 ,8 96 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 951 14 95% New 3% per Cent. Anus... .... 9B 97% 98 1 4 93 Long Anne. to expire Jan.lB6o -16 8% 8% Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10. 1859 .... _ 8 7-16 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860. .... : 8 5-16 -- - - 8% India Bonds, 1,0001 B4 87 p 87 p Ditto under 1,0001. . ..... 84 87 p 87 p South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities .......... 95% 95% Consols for Account 95 t z i v 95 th ,xchequer Bills. 14d. & 2d 1,000/. June 57 54 p 54 p 500/. June • •..••.•-.. 57 54 p 54 p Small. June 57 54. p 54 p PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. aim hLOSIN : _ O'CLOCK. nucEs . Brazilian Bonds " ..... . Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 ..• 88 Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent..„ ' Ditto Account •... ........... 52 52 Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent ....• ...... 101 Equador Bonds . .......... _ - ._ 33/4 A t ia K i ca n, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons.— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons .... _ Ditto. Account Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent ___ Ditto, Account . 74% 74 75% 75 Ditto Deferred Portuguese 5 per Cents. ...../4 /5 •••••• Ditto, 4 per Cent. Ditto, Account 3 2 14 33 Russian Bonds .... 106 1 ,E ex d 107% ex d Ditto Scrip ......... 1 3 4% p IYe P Sp a nish 5 per Cent. 1840 ............ ..... 17% Ditto. 3 per Cent .................. 3bl/8 % 36 1 / 8 Ditto, Account , 36% V enezu ela Bonds, 2 1 A per Cent 34% 34 34 Ditto, Deferred .6. ........... 131,E l in 13 Dividends on the above payable in London. B e ligan, 2% per Cent._ .. ~ . ... .-..... 50 Plata •24 per Cent., 12 Guild. — 6s!‘ Ditto, 4 Der Cent. Certafieatee... 86%44. 55 1 4 86% PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING R AILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES Berks & Hants Extens. 6 V s 11% 7 1 ,4 c(siasGroedtto.eW.ornnseisaecot-nwrninebrti.l...eB.sp. p :r: e i r f... c ..... t ... ....) . 512(0) 6 0 17.:1411,4... ••• • 1 A % x.d....... 7 1 ,4 x.d Do , New Pref,rence, 6 per Cent. • .... ----- 10 ........ 104 Do. North. & Eastern, . 5 ° 6 per Cen t. ........ Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50 —LA — x.d. Do. New ............... 43 East Lancashire East Lincolnshire, guar 6 per Cent. Great Northern Do., 4B 6 per Cent 74...... 51 4... ........... Do., 5 per Cent. Pref l2 L i i ....•. 10%34 ........... heat South. and West 273 8 5 1 4 10,4 (Ireland) Great Western 100 •••••• 58 % 58 x•d• 59 25 .. ... x.d....... .. 1434x x :C1: Ditto, 1, 4 Shares Hull and Selby 5O •••••• Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 ••• •• '••• —•— ••• 53 Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 ..... "" 10 Do. Do (i Fi ti A t s e . r . s .. .... .. ..... ... :: 10 14 ............ 1 2 0 li . - 2 is Do. Thirds ....—........18 •• •• •F. ;4 —7% 64:4 x o . lh d Do. (W. Riding Union) 11 1 4 ••• 4 * A 4 14 London &Blackwall...ll/. 65. 3d... 3% xd. 37 4.d South Coast... .....100 London, Brighton, and Lo D nd it o t n o,Z s ift .w hs London and N Western 100 ...... 104 105 104 t 4 x.d. 101 1 4xd estern ".. ng ." .. x.d.. ...... 12 1 4 x.d. .... . ...... 65%79 6801347x7d..... Manchestor,Buxton,and Matlock 5 . ..... Midland ...—. ....... ....ICO .. ~. 39 39 , 4 X. d... 39 1 4 x.d Do., 50/. Shares Birrn;np... 6 per ct 100 ..... 123 % .... ........... 123 L A , North Staffordshire Scottish Central Shrewsbury and Birm... 133 x ...... 7,, '• ...... •• •• dis Ditto ditto, Class B. 8 ...... - , *74•••••• •• 7 II °nth Devon South Eastern Do., Registered No. 410 .••••• —•—• ...... *• 534 . ~. Wear Valley 6 per Cent - - Guaranteed ••• ... 5O ...... 7, d wmiitsou,thsome o do 25 ...... 2 4 Somerset, et,aw.7.. 4 1 A ...... % York, Newcastle, and YorkDßßerwick w i l d :: cNw N . *OE .18 : . t Pt. h i re. M i dlan d e.E at en.fe.l 1.. e 5! 8 ..: . .::: .: ..: ..: 1 ! 1 L'3' 4 %141:::::. ........ 11 6 17 : 441 / 2 D:tte, Preference ...... 10 ...„... °A , s - FOREIGN RA 114WAY°- Boulogne and Amiens... 20 ........ —7% Central of France (Or_ leans and Vierzou)... 20 ...... Northern of France....,. 16 ....• 13 3 / 4 ... Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 - ..... 3 Brazilian Imperial ...... 241 •• •• 4 .... Do. St. John D e l R ey 15 ..... . 1 4 7 3 4 2 . ••••••'"'""'" 131 - , 4 United Mexican ...... 28 ...... 7 % JOINT STOCK BANLS ♦ tstralaaia ' .............. 40 ...... •••••"•••• "• Lyndon & 25 25% Westmillair. 20 —• LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MARCH s.—Wind at noon, S.W., light pleasant breeze and fine clear bright weather. There was a sharp frost last night. The Trident steamer, lying alongside the St. Katherine-dock-wharf, caught fire, which was soon put our. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 4.—Wind N.W. to E.N.F.— Sld. Vies:minster, New York; Scidian, Perth, W. A. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 4.—Wind N.—Arrd. Baron of Renfrew, Nourse, Calcutta; Petrel, Cahil, Bombay; Isabella, Thompson, Africa and Rio Janeiro; Sandford, Riu Grande; Sandbach, Bellis, Demerara; Kate Howe, Charleston. Sid. Teia, Havanna; Magnet, Cape of Good Hope ; Swordfisb, Pernambuco; Three Sisters Para, Hartley, New Orleans; Medemsch, New Orleans; T. J. Roger, Philadelphia; Manhat'a-, New York; Jot n Hancock, New York; Waterloo, New York; Pnt back, Fanny, San Francisco. DE&L, MARCH 4.—Wind N.N.E., very strong—Arrd. Kepler, Kruth, New Orleans; John Gibbs, Valparaiso, Arrd. from the River and sailed, Athenian, Madras; Swan Crisp, Cape of Good Hope; Lady Mary, Jamaica, Sld. the Gambia,. Arrd. from the River and sid. Bri. tish Sovereign, Adelaide, South Australia ; Essex. Madras and Calcutta; Thetis, Ascension; Ada, Mog.t dore. Sld. the outward bound. SHIELDS, MARCU 4.—The Dart, cf and from Whitty, fn r Newcastle, sprang a leak off Sunderland, and foun d Ted; crew saved. HOUSE OFEORDS.---(THIS DAY.) The House sat to-day for the purpose of hearing Scotch appeals. The Peers present were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, and Lord WodebonEe. THE DUKE OF ROXBURGHE V. 31ISS J. W. RAMSAY. Mr. BETHELL opened the appeal this morning. The caie came before their Lordships f)r the purpoeo of obtaining the reversal of the decision cf the Court of Session, which gave to the respondent the exchisive right to certain fisheries on lands adjoining those of the Noble Respondent. The arguments appear likely to oc cupy a day or two. • VICE-CHANCERY.--(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) TRANT V. DEFFELL. The further arguments in this part-heard case occu. pied his Honour the whole day. No case of any interest came before the Vice• Chan oellora Knight Bruce and Wigram during the morning. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Lord LANGDALE, Master of the Roth.) SOLOMONS V. LAING. The Court was occupied throughout the morning in hearing the further arguments in this, which was a part heard case. Mr. G. Turner was counsel for the plaintiff, and Mr. Matins represented the defendant. The question raised in the suit is whether the di rectors of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Rail way Company were justified i❑ applying any portion of the funds in their hands belonging to the shareholders, in purchasing, as they bad done, shares in the Direct London and Portsmouth Railway. Mr. TURNER, for the plaintiff, contended that the di rectors of the South Coast Company held the moneys of the shareholders of that line in trust to be applied fur the purposes of the line, and for those purposes under the terms of the Act of Parliament authorising the construction of the line; and that therefore they were not justified in expending any part of the funds in buying shares in the Direct London and Portsmouth lir e. Mr.MALINs, on the other hand, submitted that though that might ke so, yet a Court of Equity had no jurisdic tion over the transaction; and that if any misappropria tion of the funds had taken place, the proper course was to sue the individual dirt ctors for a breach of truit. The case had not concludrd whrn our report left. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Befure the RECORDER.) Thomas Coker, 21, described as a labourer, was in dicted with feloniously breaking and entering the dwel ling-house of James Eades, and stealing therefrom his moneys to the ♦alue of 71. 2s. 6d. The prosecutor was a very old man, living at Ux bridge, and it appeared that while he was absent from home on the 12th of February last, some person broke into his cottage, through the ceiling, and abstracted 71. 2s. 6d., which consisted chi e fly o f silver, and was the amount of some savings which he had hoarded up. Suspicion having fallen upon the prisoner, a police con stable was sent in search of him, and he succeeded in taking him into custody at Windsor, whither he had gone. On being searched several pieces of silver were found upon him, and among them a shilling with a hole in it, which was identified by the prosecutor as belong ing to him. The jury found the prisoner Guilty. The prisoner, together with Mary Ann Georgina Graves, was then charged upon another indictment with stealing a shift, the value of 6d., the property of Mary Ann Brown, but were both Acquitted. The RECORDER sentenced the male prisoner on the first charge to transportation for ten years. Joseph Easton, aged 18, described as a baker, was indicted with burglary in the dwelling, house of Andrew Jackson, and stealing therein two tea caddies, and other articles, his property. A police constable stated, that as he was passing the prosecutor's souse in Brixton-road, about a quarter past three o'clock on the morning of the 22d of February, he heard a noise, and suspecting that something was wrong, he went round to the back of the house, and on turning on his " bull's-eye" ho discovered the prisoner standing on the garden-walk, with a dark lantern in his hand. He took him into custody, and found the property in question in his possebsion. The back kitchen door was open, and on entering the house he saw that a great number of articles had been dis turbed, as if it had been the intention of the prisoner to carry them off. _ _ Airy Ann Perkins proved having, on the night pre vious to the robbery, properly and securely fastened the door and window of the back kitchen. Mr. Jackson, the prosecutor, identified the property. The prisoner said he had nothing to say to tho charge. The RECORDER having summed up, The jury found a verdict of Guilty. The prisoner was sentenced to be transported for ten years. Thomas Gat% 22, described as a labourer, was in dicted with feloniously wounding Joseph Smalley, a constable, in the execution of his duty, with intent to prevent his lawful apprehension. Police-constable Smalley said he was on duty on the 10th of February last in Rosemary-lane, and about a quarter-past twelve that night he was engaged in quelling a disturbance between a man and a womar, and while doing so a man came up behind him and gave him a violent blow in the eye, which knocked him down, and the man then ran away, hut he could not say who he was. The prisoner was afterwards taken into custody, and while witness and another constable named Duffy were taking him to the station-house they were sur rounded by a mob of people, and some one wrenched the staff out of Duffy's hand and gave him (witness) three violent cuts on the head. The prisoner was rescued from their hands and got away. Witness could not say whether the prisoner was the person who struck the Wows. Mr. Lynch, a cheesemonger in Rosemary-lane, identi fied the prisoner as the man who struck Smalley. Other witnesses were called who gave similar evidence. The surgeon who attended Smalley said the blows were of a very serious character, and had prevented him going on duty since the occurrence. The jury found a verdict of Guilty, and the prisoner was sentenced to imprisonmet.t for 18 calendar months iu the House of Correction, with hard labour. NEW GO U 177'. (Before Mr. Commissioner BuLLocK ) The Court was occupied this morning in trying Mini oases, none of which presented the slightest feature of interest. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) A youth named Thomas Warner, whose head hardly reached the top of the dock, was charged before Mr. Jardine, with the following daring robbery:— A police constable of the City Detective Force deposed that he was on duty last evening, on Ludgate•hill, when he met the prisoner in the company with the most noto rious of thieves, a youth about thirteen years (f age, and who bears the happy cognomen of "Daring Billy." Believing that they were tent on mischief, he followed them through Fleet-street into the Strand, where, when they arrived opposite the shop of Mr. Thomson, the large clothier, they began to think that that appeared to be a very likely place of doing business. "Daring Billy" was unanimously agreed upon to act the part of scout, whilst the prisoner was to appropriate to himself any of Mr. Thomson's property most suitable for removal. On his entry into the shop he removed the top coats which were placed upon the dummies which stood on either side of the door, and seeing three other coats lying on the coun ter, he could not forbear from picking them up also, fie thus would have made his escape, as the parties who h a d charge of the shop were in a ba ck parlour at tea, had it not been for the vigilance of the City constable, who, the moment he came out with the property, pounced upon him. " Daring Billy" managed to effect his escape. Mr. Thomson deposed that the coats were worth about 5/. lie was quite unable to account for the manner in which the prisoner had got into the shop without their seeing him, as their eyes were always on the door when ;it tea. _ _ _ The prisoner, who proteste . d that he was q u it e inno cent of the charge, was comm itted to take his trial. THAMES TUNNEL COMPANY. (THIS DAY.) The annual general meeting of the Tha mes T unnel Company took place this morning, at Ridley's Hotel, in Bridge-street, Blackfriars. The report, which was very brit f, announced a reduc tion in the expenditure. The receipts of the past year for tolls amounted to 3,4801. 13e. 2d.; for rents, to 906/ 18a.; and for books of description, to 4/. ss. 6d. The balance in hand at the close of the last year was 541/. 193. 2d., making a total revenue of 4,933/. 9e. lod. The expenditure consisted of 3,665/. 6s. 3d. for the cost of works, rates and taxes, management, &c.; and 6511. Os. 3d. paid to the Pullin Works Loan Commissioners; leaving 617/. 33. 4d. to be carried to the next year's account. The report was adopted, and the proceedings termi nated with the customary vote of thanks to the directors. RINGING LORD CAMPBELL OUT OF LINCOLN'S NN.—Lord Campbell having been appointed by her Majesty Lord Chief Justice of England in th( room of Lord Denman, was, this morning, rung out of Lincoln's Inn. According to the ancient asage of the profession, every one before he becomes a judge must be sworn in a sergeant-at-law, and thereby become a member of Ser geauts' Inn. Lord Campbell, as is welt known, was a member and bencher of Lincoln's Inn, and his elevation to the beach, wading tc• the rule of th 9 inno of wart, MARCH 5, 1850 rendered the ceremony necessary, which was enacted this morning in the Bell Tower or Lincoln's Inn Hale EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE. —ln the year 1798, there were two men in the parish of St. Dominick, Richard Hill and Richard Nettle, who became fellow-ser vants at Halton Barter, near Callington,and rifler having lived together for three years, each took a wife of the maid servants of the same house (two sisters), and the ma Arr provided the wedding dinner for both parties. Since that time those men have laboured together for upwards of thirty years on Halton quays. They both joined a sick club in the parish on the same day, and died both the sauce night, and were buried at St. Dominick on the same evening (of the 13th instant), side by side in the same grave, the one aged 76, the other 73 yeare.—De mew t Telegraph. COLOSSAL BIRDS OF NEW ZEALAND.—At the last meeting of the Geological Society of London, Dr. Man tell, in illustration of a memoir on s large c,ll.ction of fossils and rock specimens lately received from his soy, Mr. Walter Mantel!, cf New Zealand, exhibited sortie highly interesting remains of the colossal birds of that country; among them were skulls and mandibles, egg shells, and enormous bones of the hinder extremities. The most remarkable were the entire series of bones composing the legs and feet of the same individual, Dinonnis giganteus, found in a morass at WailcoLuici, on the Middle Island, standing erect, the one a yard in ad vance of the other, as if the bird had been mired in the. swamp, and perished on the spot. The entire length of the foot of the original must have been 16 inches, and its gN atest breadth 18 inches, writ the height of the bird nearly 10 feet. Some extensive caverns, lined with eta lactites, have been discovered in the North Island, arid are said to contain bones of the Moa and other animal=. Among the rock specimens, are masses of Hayssen-, containing fossils like those of the English chalk, and the stone itself is almost wholly composed of fossil ani malcules, like that of Dover. SCENE NETWEEN MR. RAMSHAY AND MR. BARON ALDERSON.—In a trial at Lancaster last week, fir an alleged robbery of a man by an abandoned woman, a stormy altercation arose between Mr. Ratnshay and the Learned Judge, of which a Lancaster contemporary gives the following account:—A question asked by Mr. Ram shay of the prosecutor relative to the place whither he accompanied the prisoner his Lordship characterised as " studiously ambiguous," and this firmed a series of wranglings until the ease was completed. His Lordship asking Mr. Ramshay, " for Heaven's sake to go on or else go out of court," and Mr. Rawabay rejoined that he had as " much right in that court as his Lord ship, and he would not go out," as well as a• per fect ctaos of "I have my rights as well as your Lord ship," " now go on Mr. Ramshay," " not while I am in terrupted, my Lord," ensued. In addressing the jury , for the defence, Mr. Ramshay alluded to the allega tion of " studiously ambiguous question," and denied that he had ever asked a question of that character in his life, and he felt called upon, as a barrister of some standing on that circuit, to repel the imputation. Mr. Baron Alderson said he did nut intend to use the word offensively. Mr. Ramshay—lt cannot but be offensive. His Lordship—Well, if you won't take any explanation, I can't help it. Mr. Rainshay, in continuing his address, said that a person who could use "studiously ambiguous" ques tions was unfit to move in society. Reverting to the case, and the question which had pro voked the expression, he remarked that his Lership and Mr. Milne might rake up the filthy details of the case, but he would not. Mr. Baron Alderson (repeating the words, " his lordship and Mr. Milne may rake up the filthy details of the case"): You have no right to insult me. I bog to say that I will not submit to :Any such insults. Mr. Ramshay : It was not intended, your Lordship, as an insMt but a proper belief upon the fact.— In resuming his address', he told the jury that if they entertained any doubt whether the money had been feloniously obtained, they were to stick to that doubt, sehatever was said by anybody. His Lordship, in summing up, commented on this expres sion, and the course pursued by Mr. Ramshay, which he attributed to his being in ill health. Aftsr a short de liberation the jury acquitted the prisoner. SUPPOSED HICURWAY ROBBERY NEAR BARNSLEY.— Yesterday (Friday) Inspector M•Mullin brought four pri soners up at the Borough Court (two men and two young females) whomhe had apprehended on the previous after- noon, on suspicion, as we Understood, of beit:g concerned in a highway robbery near Barnsley, in Yorkshire. On Thurs day afternoon information was sent to the Town-hall that the two wt men were trying to get change for a si. note c f the Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, at a shop in Deansgwe, and M`Mullin was sent to make inquiries as to how the women became pos sessed of the note. From their statement the officer hurried off to a public-house, where he found the two men waiting who had promised the women 10=. for getting the note changed, and on his seiz:ng them, one dropped there other Si. ni.t.'s of the 5t11330 bank under the chair on which he st:t. On M`Mulliti's statieg that it was Barnsley Fair on Wednesday, and that he had reason to believe the notes were the produce of a robbery committed there, Mr. Maude remanded the prisoners until Monday next. Both men describe them selves as weavers from Barnsley.—lllanchester Courier. INTERESTING ARRIVAL FROM ITALY.—It having been represewed to the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury that by a steamer exptcted daily to arrive at Liverpool from the Mediterranean, a package has been shipped at Leghorn, containing a work purporting to be the original design in oil by Michael Angelo, of the painting of th e L ast Judp,- ment, executed by that eminent master in the Sistine Chapel at Rome, and that it is desired, in considera tion of the great value of this work, assuming that its authenticity can be satisfactorily established, to avoid the risk of injury which the process of opening for tl:e purpose of examinalion and re-packing in Liverpool would involve, their Lordships have been pita,,ed to direct that, under the p;-culiar circumstances of the ease, and in consideration of the great probable value of ti,e contents of the package, it may be forwarded, under official seals, to London, as desired. We are happy to state that Mr. Finch Noyes, who lately met with an accident while hunting, is recovering, and is considered out cf danger by his medical attendant. —Salisbury Herald. A little neat church has been erected at Morkton Wyld, one of the outlying hamlets of the ext3nsive pa rish of Whitchurch Canonicorum, near Bridport, which will shortly be consecrated by the Lord Bishop of Salis bury, for the several offices of religious worshir.—Sulis bury Herold. FIRE NEAR SPITALFIELDS CHURCll.—Yesterday (Monday) morning a fire, which caused great alarm, and was attended with considerable damage, occurred in the premises belonging to Mr. J. N. Thompson, a wholesale and export shoe• manufacturer,` No. 8, Church-street, Spitalfields, a few doors from the parish church.infor mation being sent to the proper quarters, a strong body of police arrived, and two engines belonging to the parish, with four more of the London fire establishment. The mains afforded an abundant supply of water, fro m which the parish engineer and London brigademen set to work, but in spite of their most st►enuous exertions the flames could not be got out until the lower part of the premises was gutted and the upper part severely in jured. Mr. Thompson was insured in the Sun and Anchor fire-offices. The following is the correct list of the gentlemen who are promoted to the rank of Queen's Couraci!:— Messrs. Peacock, Edwin James Prendergast, 0 2dallc3, noggins, Macaulay, Townsend, Greaves, Bliss, Grainger, and Carpenter Rowe. CANTERBURY ELECTION.—This election took place yesterday shortly after ten o'clock. There being no other candidate Colonel Romilly was declared duly elected, having been proposed by Alderman Neame, and seconded by Mr. Brent, jun. COURT or BANKRUPTCY.—The continued absence cf Mr. Commissioner Shepherd from his court for a period of three months, in consequence of illness and infirmities, has given rise to an expectation that the Learned Gentleman will not again resume his seat on the judicial bench. In the event of his resignation it is understood that the appointment will not be filled up, but that the number of courts will be reduced to five, in which case a saving of about 3,000/. a year will at once be effected. One of the practical inconveniences to bankrupts and creditors, consequent upon the protracted absence of any one commissioner is, that a bankrupt's examinations almost invariably take place before one commissioner, and the hearing of his application for a certificate before another. In some cases adjournments of meetings take place, with a view to obviate this ob jection, but such adjournments are necessarily attended with inconvenience to bankrupts and all other parties concerned. MR. FEARGUS O'CONNOR AND THE LAND SCHEME. —Oa Sunday last Mr. O'Connor, Mr. Clarke, and Mr. Magrath attended a meeting a the members of this con cern, in the people's Institute, Ancoats, Manchester. Mr. O'Connor entered into a lengthened explanation of the various proceedings which have recently t ken place with reference to this plan, and, after detailing the facts, assured the members present that the whole of the money subscribed should be refunded—every member should have the lull 20e. in the pound paid. This statement was received with much chering. Ho also added, that the Committee of the House of Commons had reported in favour of his being allowed to wind up the affairs of the company without being charged the usual expenses in such cases. During ,the day a sub scription was made towards defraying the expenses of the late trial, which amounted to 10/. 2s. 6d. The pro- ceedings terminated at a late hour. MARISCHAL COLLEGE, ABERDEEN.—The un wonted excitement which has attended the present election, terminated yesterday, in the triumphant elec tion of Sheriff Gordon, by large majorities, in the whole of the nations, to the seat which he has so worthily occupied during the past year. The meeting in the public hall yesterday was, as usual, opened with a Latin prayer by the Principal, after which Professor Cruickshank ordered the various nations to their respective halls. The following statement of the result has been furnished to us:—For Sheriff Gordon 136; for Carlyle 34. Pro curators unanimous for Sheriff Gordon.—Aberdeen Herald. THE JOURNEYMEN TAILORS OF LONDON. --Yes terday a general meeting of master tailors was held at Freemasons' Tavern, to adopt measures for the allevia tion of the distress under which so large a number of journeymen are suffering. Most of the principal firms were represented. Mr. Cartwright presided. Several gentlemen addressed the meeting in support of the resolutions brought forward. The speakers attributed the existing distress, and the moral and social degradation of journeymen tailors, to the practice which prevailed in many establishments of giving out- door work. The prices given, especially to the women employed, were scarcely sufficient to keep them from starvation. Instances were adduced of individuals who for a series of weeks were obliged to work bard to earn less than 2, a week. Turning to the men, it was stated that n man, '0 ore 12.. a Sho(01 v. 0: k 18 413 day, and out of that he 11.11 to pay Is. fur trimmiti t .;:, 6d. fur candles, and 6d. for coals. The particulars of 6e Ter 4l flagrant cues of the above description were g in iv t e l n iCir ar' r d oo it m ------ .---------._ _.n_ ltllegegtelyte?e rooms s e also shown that from evee e r e t ia i r a ‘'‘ d 'e o l p e ted ph a y ffi sic sm all i y ng liable to attacks of epidewie disease. A resolution sa_e important a? , debilitatedthat it individuals w a sa cni dn highly n r e e c l t connected r ed with th e trail , means for the improvement of the moral, social, and P 1. .- mai condition of the journeymen tailors that all work. men should be employed or; the premises of the I n ' -tr. T pl i d e g m ed es t t b er em ta s i e l l o v r e s s p t r e et e e l a r t r , y in e , n li t vi t d b u e a m ll e y a a si n ir d es co s and the mewing separated after a vote of thanks to t" chairman. THE NEW STEAMER CITY OF GLASGOW.---Wre observe thss this fine new sessel has already been brought up to the harbour for the purpose of, having beer ma up chinery put on board. She was towed up at hign w '• he yesterday afternoor, and ssfly moored in front 0f ther large crane on the south side of the river, where eur boilers were lying ready to be put on board the se , - be evening. The et sines are also completed, and wilt I fitted up without less of time, in order that the lei e may be ready to take her departure, on he r first trip across the Atlantic by the 16th of next nioth"-- Glasgow Mail. s,s l 4 l l uL de L po P si r r N s,, Y b!CitwANe,K.n—tiCieolllsetecte,fdAtiingupence, from 1849, and the 28th (f Fe bruarv, 1,207/. 11s. el-el. -182 day`' ATTEMPTED FRAUD.—THE STATUTE Teoese—The wife of a respectable termer, at Buntv,9°_, had been committed for trial by the magistrates at tn .. a proall' . place for feloniously obtaining possession of her bns e , soy note, salue 1001., which had been drawn hy band in June, 1844, at two months elate, and entrus.t,ru. to a linendraper, named Davres, for presentation. .., Day rtes had called several times for payment with(uil; ' see•rog the tit awer of the mete. The prisouer asked I ' l . to let her see the note on each ocesl , ,ion and on 116 ,1 3 10 lug him a visit at his own shop, scion, last Ile' ve- t op, he at a 0 OF LISITst: decumeet to pass out of his bands. The conseque"t, era=, a refusal on the pert of the prisoner t° re' l4° 4 l l o , and her detention until the matter was set right bY e . „ althoriti , s. Her object was to bring the cas e under the statute . f limitations, by detaining the not e until De cember next. Dovza.—On Tuesday last a grea t sensatio n W I: produced in front of the police-station house, by a f e r e , that Mr. Thomas Laker, the super i nten dent of the Poilwa; bad cut his throat. Idle report, as regarded th e fauf„'vlat too true, and three medical men were immediately A .. , of tendance. It is said th a t Mr. Laker was in the ocdtom shaving himself at a gloss, suspended in a front 'T ill g el when a dumb mar, named Walker, came oproe lte 'esr, made such an extraordina noise as to alarm -ohwiiiis) razoro trhe l ec e o t ive t ef li rt e y slip, and wOftli i tlel of but it will side sho o u f id his h i e lee c l o r n . t i n l u T e o p t e o s a g r o e on entertainedfavoll rl; . be a long time before he is capable of del duty, if ever.—Canterbury Journal. The an n ii i. , ROYAL GENERAL ANNUITY SOCIETY.-- versary festis al of the society, as will be seen 1 1 . f c la %. vertisement in another column, is fixed to be held be Wednesday next, at the London Tavern, st°," - - g .r. presided over by the Hon. Edward Henry Stanieh die (eldest son of Lord Stanley), who has just arrivech. town, r fter a vo) age to the West Indies. The *Pr's, in, ing festival is likely to be on e of more than ordinal*, iee terrst, and the greatest exer ti on s are being m ade % g ien, it effect. The followin g n o blemen and gen_t,le,beir among many others, h a v e already signified 101 i a ieetion of lying pre- eat:—Tho Earl Fowls, Lo rd Ashley, M.P., Sir John Heron Maxwell, idert'rearte Robert Grosvenor, M.P., Sir AL R. Shaw Stewart, 1 " A e, Be l c her, S lr r o f Sir Robert Gore Booth, Bert.. Sir E. Hood, Bart., the Mayor of Gravesend, the °;° rf Rochester, the Mayor of Rye, Vt Mayer of rilu e d gur ' ' the l lip: Seeriff of Serrey, th exe•High Sheriff of vett. re-y. C. N. Newdegats, Rice, IMP., Thomas a thel e rs o . e , lo-1: Greene' - wa ll Lit h, , ( E lit: q h . a i rd Bremridgc, Esq., M.P•, G .;,, C a ° sTllie u/ M. P., J. C. Renton, Esq.; N l '" ..I AI of i S i : h I T ( e I : Y' I I:; 7 ;II. "' S AI e P IITJRCHYARD.-Mr. W r • resentativcs of Castle B3 Y l;ar e di3 r.. Wr'3 e rbtir , eCi f i r n :) s r°ll: t 3 o :l given !p ; 0 v n tlt lt l i e c n e ,, ofLa fm,omtitonefinstth.epaCuoir;soscon Connell' by th e r lda e rt m .g o e v , a p l a o c f e ' al, and t t h ,f e desert wall and iron railing o e public sy and laying the same In no w le street. Ile proposes that the carriagc-waY, u t ont' (peni g e r g ound before the west front oft the 0 contracted, should be widened to the extent nt . oi ded, and that a have rtpe feet, or thereabouts, by which accidents will be s v fo lon t i b t i e cen n of s n t h fee eeq sent scenes i n o ftbneonis: no d cow , be i m prely w ig effectually prevented. The cost of the nous° will he very • incoesiderable, as not a single the pre' be required to be pulled down in carrying 011 ..- e position. 01 FUNERAL OF SIR WM. ALL %N . —Th , j ay this distinguished artist were conveyed'. on .r ose h a° 1)- their resting-place. The funeral was, as In° , °e lates sible, a private one. The academicians And 1 11110 was the president, of the R,) al Scottish Academy,' of which Sir : , it iete to and proceeded from thence in mourning c eache e a bet e residence of the deceased in Great King- s treet, hone they joined the other friends. The place of 6°u was the Dean Cemetery. r e tel o „ ril e had an assernely last evening, LADY (1 -OTTENIIAM'S SOIREE. —Lady - -t -deity as'embled in the Royal lost- the of the Lord C,h.ieellor, in Park-lane. A very I,lr3oritlf igbhourhnsomego circle of distinguished members a o t f tthheefparsihviaotneaorei°sl::::l paid their respects to her Ladyship on thie ss f c i c e ll egte llt among whore were his Grace the Duke of l'y e " Lord and Lady Gough, Viscount Hardinge, 115 ' e 06 011 Brook-street , of LORD GOUGlL—Yesterday morning a d e ,P 0 040 1 , • UPC with Lord Gough, rt his son's sidence le ltie t • re . t r ots .. for the purpose of ascertaining woe - Lordship, on what day be could convenientlYt to be gallant g f e i n s ii a i t p,sre c ci l veteran's club the members with his company at a banq ue ,),lo e t] ; tubers (if the Oriental Club had an t °l ` er b e ir l t i : e t u u s r e n , i f n rom celebration the East. of tee Lo r ii dd - ? )1 0 a b g i ; fixed upon as the da T y u C received L the deputation with great courtesy, ell 0, 0 05 , take place. last 31. i CORONER'S INQUEST.—On Saturday last °- nsdawyb,icthhoth9ethbaptircio:ef shale VeZt i aliley held an, inquest at Hillingdon, on the In n 'tha p W rec il e i d a i m ng V ;e t d . Wednesday dec w o e n as n e r d e m t i u: n n l in b n g e a e m n ( ll : l ; o i r ea eiZ e ' o b : frora ebere's% • called on his sonsin y la ; quarrel ensued between liena, and a fig ht a; took P o . he se they were separated by a man named Pope' a nd 10 house the wedding dinner was to take plae °9 , a fter fell...Shortfl/00 the which the deceased acconapsniei Pope. having set down to dinner he arose stiddenlY from lie table a the n a d nd ex le p f i t red hefrooroema. any eistfuonllcoewed hiin, " b ' m i n d. It appeared that Hopkins had been couldtal‘e o b b ee° lf u r g e b te br: and was out on bail. The Coroner magistrates on Thursday, on a charge of 10°5 d - t he i t r a djourn° wine quest till yesterday, in order that a post M tel° the if: nation of the body might be made, Bud on the bra"; of red blood assembling of the jury evidence was given that vessel' Pl' was excessively congested, and the s maller 0,,10 0. At the suggestion of the Coroner, Mr. Jen n h i S, til e , sureon made a further examination of toe :et 0 3e ,t; blocking up; the death vas attributed to aP r_ t he result c of which was the finding of a large P"° entirely completely wedged in the opening of the thr,: d ' c etiei o C, suffocation. the Th ' e aperture of the air-passag e ' a ." E atieln their e edi° tion at the exculpation of Holint, returned a b l e th e Jury, of er expressing that "De ath had been caused accidentally' ,in'teasti: p i ec e of i - t oes lodgment in the throat of a large et . cited meat." Tho piece of meat weighed tw° and a half. el ( HUNDREDS OF ACRES or neer:tow I.'6i,oena''' COVERED WITH THE BEAUTIFUL PUBFLE, the t , et (From a Correspondent.)—The admirers 01 d t he tw h i ties of nature, who have never witnessetn tee roof meadows along the " Trent" Valley for nail e r; 002 0 and left of Nottingham, in the spring to" - ,1 11 , 0 ira 1.- each succeeding year , would be struck will' °"`"-. -n o 64; ti th- .fa, and astonishment to ' behold the splendid sig" b e aUt" e phyuiebariprt.eledvic—zr.o:lici s u m,f s o a ar n ty d: whichsht ha o en f si r a beautye res e r o a lf na e mdn r udeld:hh: With p 0 is ti .i b art e wi;jo. , eioin.leAla : e at h Y g e ooei r : l l, bulbs and Se d in A ing ri u l days • having succeeded the genialprevious frost, Ott o eorn ° September. The fine weather 0. t- d t oo leodid to springs; and never were those sweet and b e° bingersof ' colour as they now are. Taking a view fro tea . 0 , 0 ra spring known to be so fine, nor to m s PCas ile , , the sun dogi. and other hills around Nottingham, when e mes - ide diance is full upon the spangled earth, t he ° t of p urp le have have the appearance of one expansive narr as ore 1 ,0 and gold, on which thousands of buman hei °s ro cas d seen gathering the flowers. Before the ° to , an h tter e ' the finished blowing up springs the yellow ° pd 11,„ e various coloured daisies, those being fo ll ° w ` Nott l " - sweet and beautiful cowslip, so that inanY °f .„ t o b t e ir 100 °53. hamshire meadows for seven months in the e lir continued bed of wild flowers. t o f tlie ri in ADVANCES TO IRELAND.—A state n?" ; - jeels,°los bilities of each county and county ef a eitY ' l , l l Foe , ls respect of advances from the Consolidatelisbilities 00 been issued. Tho total amount of thes e . 9 0/. € 111 „ 9 00; account of labour rote ; 381,17 3 /. 3,349,6354, the principal items being 2, 69 `.,),,iic w - th• 104,8021. for gaols and bridewells; and 93 " river Shannon. for Pu i gh for ton' c i l° On the '2sth nit., .li 13tirli9g Otte at North Cliff- ouse, , lb° O the wife of E. B. Hardin Es of a son. ~,a nc , On fire 2 - th I g, k g.' On the 2 th ult., at Elgin, N. 8 ., i u t., at Boeseeena,_ near Peifieugeter. far BIRTHS. of A. H. H. Mercer, Esq , 60th Rifles, Of a u'l f S. P' t he lady 0 R ev f , y ! ter, Esq., of Fi n d rass i e , o f a daughter. t h son On the 28th u lt., a t Cl a pham, the wife ° f Thornton, rector of Brown Landover, of a son. IRV ° Sr MARRIED. Ja mes P, Wil h tg ' Lately, at Stoke Damerel, Plymouth, ~,,,raeforeeieeer ington Groves, Esq , Lieutenant, , ',',7 - to 11- n lac e ' second son of the late Captain Groves, Pe et ' ' ti 'lgraire''' Amelia, daughter of Major Fleming', o f '- Plymouth. Voriblif' 1. lico O n nn he 26th ult., at Stratton, St. Michael's, - ilstt iv Carver, Esq., 26t, h half-pay t p orsurgeonPortobello, H o o f , the nea : E t 11 1 ::: 13 Y f 1,,if . 0 , - 11et:ry ag S e i d dd 7 o 5 z . is, of the Bengal Engineers, Bgeu t b h : fg :if ' e l4: r On the 27th ult., at Cricklade, Wilts, An y ' Wakefield, ‘r L.q., ~gq•r of On th ''q" aged 76. Nliviarre.aqueeut:saeg,2Beat.dnhd7u3s.lete.ndllevlTiTts,Caligaerdle4ss.Schoinberg' Pl'o Williams,: the m 28th . ult., in C ' raven-street, —on 0 , po or ns.e , :t, ,,a vicar of Llandibio and 13etti vs ' '' 1". dl l t he it°.. t bell. ' rsif l 136 - On the 28th ult., at Kilburn, Middlesex. 130.13 f A• On the Ist inst., at Maida-hill, Elizabeth, the Wit ° ° Davis, Esq. gr . _O n the Ist inst. ; in Arlington-street, Cainden•toso, t r, AN right, aged 60. On the 28th ult M r. J race, Bayswater. ~ John Johnson, ~,,„0 , of 1-. ail"" On the 28th tilt at B h Herts, SsraP,,. ...„., the late Mr. E. Jol- • u'heY-!leat ' 1 Aged it''''. ✓' ci ....____ ',son, of Mile-eu17r.0t,>.....-00,-01,15 ' r - . ..-,,, huo,. : -curxd :la '',.l'-' b,:'' l'' ' . k 4;11-3111)° 11 1. o'l 0 112, :strand, Printer,:'"`" "'' ."-' Ofa ca ' 0 • Strand, in the 'P at The 6114 . tbe c o _._ __ , mallet at the Satroli la • felcitilegsx, 'Tuesday , Much 5, lam• of Sottiog-Dill- e .