The Sun. — London, England, 1850-02-12 00:00:00

Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. SECOND EDITION of PASSAGES IN THE. LIFE OF MRS. MARGARET MAITLAND, Of Sonny Side, Written by Herself, " The most gratifying work of its class since the great delineator of Scottish manners ccase , t t• write."—Tait's Magazine. "We have read this book with anaseal pleasure. It has points of merit which may compare with Miss Ferrier, Galt, Lockhart, and Wilson." —Examine r. Henry Conell, Eublisker, 13, Great Marlborough-street. New Burlington-strest, February 12. NOTICE! The NEW ROMANCE of CA• NADA, THE NOMADES OF THE WEST ; or, ELLEN CLAYTON, a Romance, by S. D. Hayghue, is published this day, and may be had at all the Libraries and of all Booksellers. s„. Orders should be immediately sent to the Booksellers to se cure copies of this popular romance. To-Morrow being Ash Wednesday, the Theatres will be Closed. TREATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LAN. Lessee and Manager, Mr. JAMES ANDERSON. THIS EVENING, Will be presented, by her Majesty's Servants, Shakespere's Play of AS YOU MKS IT. Duke, Mr. Cathcart ; Amiens, Mr. Rafter; Jacques, Mr. Vandenhoff ; Orlando, Mr. Montague ; Adam, Mr. Cooper ; Touchstone, Mr. W. H. Angel ; Rosalind, Mrs. Nisbett To be followed by a New Grand Historical, Metaphorical, Allegorical, and Diabolical Pantomime, by the author of •` Bluff Hine Hal '' to be called HARLEQUIN and GOOD QUEEN BESS ; MERRIE ENGLAND IN THE OLDEN TIME. Prirata boxes, 31. 35., 21. 12s. 6d., 2/. us., 11. Ils. 6d., and 11. Is. Stalls, ss. each. s. d. FIRST PRICE. Boxes - - 4 0 Fit - - - 2 0 Lower Gallery - 1 0 Upper Gallery - 0 5 Box -book-keeper s. 4. SECOND PRICE. Boxes - - 2 0 Pit • - - 1 0 Lower Gallery - 0 5 No Half-priee to Upper Gallery. r, Mr. J. Porey. THEATRE AOTAL, HAYMABKET. Xr. B. Webster, z‘ole Lessee and Manager, Old Bromptoa. THIS ZTENING, Will be presented as entirely new and original Comedy, entitled LEAP YEAR ; or, The Ladles' PriTilego. Sir Solomon Solna, Mr. Keeley ; Captain Mouser, Mr. Selby ; Mr. Dimple, Mr. Buckstone ; William Walker, Mf. Charles Kean; Mrs. Flora Flowerdew, Mrs. Charles Kean ; Miss Sally O'Leary, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Mrs. Crisp, Mrs. F. Matthews. To be followed Sy a new Comedy, milled THE SHAME'S FA MILY. Characters by Messrs. Webster, J. Wallack, Buckstone ; Mrs W. Clifford, Miss Reynolds, and Mrs. Fltawilliam. The Box-off:lse Is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Nader the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EYESING Will be performed a new domestic Drama, called THE WILLOW OPSE. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Bed -311 • 0. Smith, Worrell ; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. Alter which an entirely new Extra - raganza, entitled DO ofESTIC ECONOMY. John Grimly, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Grimly, Mrs. F. Matthews. To conclude with FRANKENSTEIN; or, The Model Man. Franken stein, Mr. Wright ; the What Is It ? Mr. P. Bedford; Eamiel, Mr. 0. Smith ; Otto of Rosenberg, Miss Woelgar ; Tlddiewincz, Miss E. Chaplin ; Agatha, Miss Coveny ; Tndlne, Miss E. Harding. itcYTAL LYCIUM THZATELE. Lnder the Management of Madame Ventrie. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENUM, Wlll be perforated CHARLES THE TWELFTH, After which THE ISLAND OF JEWELS. To conclude with ♦ PRACTICAL MAN. Dress Boxes. 54. Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 21. ; Gallery, le. No half-price to any part of the house. All applications for Private Boxes must be made to Mr. Aileron, 15 ew Bond-street. PRLNCESS'S THEATAE. Mr. J. M. Maddox. Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING, Will be performed DON GIOVANNI. To conclude with KING JAMIE ; or, Harlequin and Magic Fiddle Harlequin, Mr. Bologia ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; Clown, Mr. Flea more ; Columbine. Miss Fawcett. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. FRENCH PLAYS AND OPERA COUIQUE. FIRST AND ONLY MORNING PERFORMANCE, On THURSDAY, Commencing at Half-past Two and terminating before Five. LE DOMINO NOIR. Lord Elfort, M. Chateaufert ; Juliano, M. Soyer ; Horace, M. Lac ; Gil Perez, M. Baguet; Angelo, Charton ; Brigitte, Madlle. Cotti ; Ursule, Madile. Danhausser ; Jacinthe, Madame Mancini , Gertrude, Madlle. Vigny. The Goa-office of the Theatre is open daily from Eleven till Five. NEW ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Solo Lessee, Mr. W. Watt•, St. John's Wood. THIS EVENING, Will be performed MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. Benedick, Mr. Davenport ; Degberry, Mr. Compton ; Beatrice, Mrs. Mowatt. After which a new Farce, wititled A DEAD TAKE IN. Captain Darcoart, Mr. Wigan ; Hector Poalet, Mr. Compton ; Clara, Miss diver. To conclude with TUB MIDNIGHT WATCH. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITILEATRZ. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Last Week of the Pantomime. An entire change In the Scenes of the Arena. New Grand Spectacle. rHIS The performance will commence at a Quarter to Seven, with a new Grand Spectacle of TILE CORSE DE LEON; or, the Brigand of Savoy. To be followed by a brilliant display of Batty's peerless scones of the Circle, supported by the accomplished artistes of the establish ment. To conclude with a grand Equestrian Comic Paatemime, by Nelson Lee, called HARLEQUIN YANKEE DOODLE, who came to Town apen his little Peny. box-efnee upe.i from Elev.' till Four. A rEtt Al' LONDON BRIDGE. rau DAY corning, 17 Mtn. after 11 Evening, 33 min. after 2 re- 4•azow M :7_,L ate,. 52 min. atter 2 Evening, 7 min. after 3 THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, FEE. 12. TdERMOMISTER, Lowest, 32; High•rt, 45; Noon. 41. BAROMMTEB, 29'33, a 'all of half an inch. Wiw variable from W. to W.N.W.—rain in the morning., now sunshine. TO CORRESPONDENTS. As the cornmun . catton of Mr. Tabberner would if pub lished lead inevitably to a controversy oa scientific matters, for which we could not possibly afford space a' preset - t, we must de,2line its insertion. public well-being, moral as well as physical, is more especially consigned—how do we find them co-operating in the education of the people ? In stead of facilitating they prevent the diffusion of knowledge, as Mr. GIBBON purposes, this evening, to demonstrate. They impede that life-diffusing pro gress by a multitude of onerous burthens. The evil consequence of one of these—the duty on paper— have been emphatically set forth by CHABLEs KNIGHT, in a recent pamphlet, to which we shall again recur. In the meantime we commend the proposition of the Right Hen. Member for Man chester to the serious attention of the House and the country—in other words, to all who;have at heart the diffusion of knowledge among the people. Turning for a moment from the subjects now im mediately under Parliamentary consideration, we would direct the attention of the community at large to a matter in their regard of very considerable, and in some extraordinary instances of supreme and para- mount, importance. The question is none other than the amount of responsibility imposed upon the con science of an advocate in the defence of any criminal whose cause may happen to be entrusted to his abili ties. Something in the way of discussion upon this has already appeared in our leading columns, at dif ferent, and we might almost say, accidental intervals ; but we are induced to refer agaia to the theme of so many contradictory opinions in consequence of its having very recently elicited from a legal organ of high character a dis sertation of remarkable excellence, and one which we cannot but regard as being in a great measure decisive. Our reference in this particular is to a masterly article upon an incident relating to the ex tent of the duties imposed . on counsel, the tenth con tribution to the current number of the Law Review• Than the argument comprised in this very admira ble paper nothing can be more lucid, more logical, more manly, more astute, or altogether more candid and conclusive. It places the subject, to our think ing, in a light such 24 removes it henceforth from all possible misapprehension. For this reason we would bring it directly under the scrutiny of the multitude, resolved that, as far as we are concerned, journalism shall not remain dumb in its regard; re solved, indeed, that at the risk of repetition, we shall bring " a thrice-told tale" again, for the last time, under the prism of popular contemplation. Setting out, therefore, from the very commence ment of the narrative, we would at once intimate that the argument . put forward by this able anony mous writer, in the professional quarterly, is illus- trated, in a most powerful manner, by the course adopted in the defence of the notorious murderer COURVOISIER. As the public cannot fail to remem ber, the circumstances of that memorable trial have recently been recalled to general recollection by the tardy—we cannot but still think the too tardy— re buttal of certain calumnies promulgated against the advocate of the assassin—a rebuttal emanating imme diately from the hand of that celebrated forensic orator. It is not, however, to the letter penned by Dir. CHARLES PHILLIPS that we would here for another instant beseech attention, having already, on one or two occasions, considered the question as to the value or sufficiency of that document. What we would at this moment earnestly submit to the judg ment of our readers is the impartial view taken of a matter of such infinite importance to every in dividual member of the community by one of the highest and most respectable organs of the great pro fession of the Law. The consideration of this par ticular paper in the Law Review appears to us, in !act, to he imperatively required of every unpreju liced person in the country, seeing that it is the final examinaticn by a competent and unprejudiced judge of a matter long under discussion, and still in a few instances, we lament to think, regarded as of A somewhat dubious character. Having pe rused, with the most scrupulous care and at tention, the argument advanced by the Law Reviewer, au argument which, in its sedate and measured tone, partakes slightly of the nature of a judicial " summing up," we are bold to aver that henceforth no rational mind can continue doubtful as to the verdict which s ought to be pronounced. The effect of the whole dissertation, in fine, is nothing less than the triumphant acquittal of the distinguished advocate of COURTOISIER, and the total crushing of his secret and implacable calamniators. A more con- elusive argument we have never had the gratification of perusing, an argument more exquisitely sequential in its style of logic, or one more manifestly definitive in its deductions. Passing over, as altogether irrelevant to our imme diate purpose, the vivid narrative of the murder of the unfortunate Lord 'WILLIAM RUSSELL, at 14, Norfolk street, Park-lane, a narrative epitomised in pp. 380- 387—we would transcribe from the Law Review one or two very brief but decisive passages, demonstrating directly the nature of the course pursued by Mr. CHARLES PHILLIPS, and indirectly pointing out the duties generally incumbent on the advocates of criminals. In doing this, it is necessary to bear in mind the precise nature of the charges preferred against the former by his assailants. He has been accused of throwing out the foulest insinuations against the female servant, SARAH MANSES, of directing the foulest aspersions agains the policeman, BALDWIN, and of having solemnly called on GOD to witness the innocence of the wretch he knew in his heart to be guilty, namely, Cora- VOISIER. The utter inaccuracy of these three terrible accusations is so glaringly exhibited by the Law Reviewer that we shall here, in this our last refe rence to the matter under consideration, quote from his arguments the three which he gives in disproof. First, that the advocate of COURVOISIEII did not endeavour to shield his guilty client by casting the suspicion of the murder on a woman he knew to be innocent, is demonstrated beyond all further cavil by the follow ing passage from his celebrated speech, as reported in the columns of the Times, the Herald, and the Chronicle. The orator had been alluding to the charge advanced against his client of having be trayed his guilt by his agitation; and thus con tinues : "' But when Mr. Adolphus called on them to mark the agitation of the prisoner, as a proof of guilt, what became (it the women, who showed the very same feelings? Ile THOUGHT THE BETTER OF THESE WOMEN FOR DOING SO: GOD FORBID HE SHOULD INSINUATX IT WAS A PROOF 01 THEIR GUILT : IT WOULD APPEAR TO HIM, oN THE CONTRARY, TO BE A PROOF OF THEIR INNO CENCE! He a ished his Learned Friend had been where be, Mr. Phillips, had accidentally happened to be,—in Hyde-park, some days since, when the murderous attack on the Queen was made ! He wished his friend could have seen the emotion of the bystanders when it became known; how the stoutest m an s t oo d appa ll e d ; and every face betrayed the most painful agitation. If THAT were a proof of guilt, there was not a man in the Bark who should not have been considered the murderer. Agitation, indeed !' The Morning Herald thus reports the passage above quoted in areal! capitals from the Times :---' But Mr. Adolphus talks of the prisoner's agitation being a proof of guilt. Let me remind him that the female servants, his own witnesses, were in the same state of agitation, and I THINE THE BETTER OF THEM FOR IT: for I hold, that in such a ease, agitation, so far front being a proof of guilt, is A 'moor OF INNOCENCE.' The Morning Chronicle gives it thus:--' But when Mr. Adolphus calls on you to say that his (the prisoner's) agitation was a proof of his guilt, what is to become of the women? They showed similar agitation. Mr. Adolphus says, agitation on the part of the man was a proof of his guilt. I SAY, THAT AGITA TION, IN THEM, WAS A PROOF OF THEIR INNOCENCE ; AND THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN Us!' " That, we take it, is irrefragable testimony against the truth of the first accusation. Secondly, that the advocate of the murderer did not make the foulest charges against the policeman BALDWIN, with out the fullest and completest justification, is shown quite plainly enough from the circumstance that Chief- Justice TINDAL, in his Summing up, told the jury t o place no reliance whatever on the evidence of that witness—that evidence having been marked through out by the grossest suppressions, the most shameful prevarications, and having demonstrated, moreover, that the witness, in the hopes of securing a p l ortion of the blood-money, had been guilty of the most culpable intimidation. Thirdly, that Mr. Prtruxes did not appeal to ALMIGHTY GOD to attest the innocence of the monster who had already made to him a plain confession of his guilt, is proven, we think, as clearly as the noonday sun by these two most important passages : "Taking the newspaper in which the charge was con tained, to the two Judges who had been present at the trial, he (Mr. Phillips) asked them whether he had ever used any such expression. 'You certainly did not, Phillips,' replied Chief Justice Tindal, ' and I will be your voucher whenever you choose to call me." And I,' said Mr. Baron Parke, ' had a reason, which the Lord Chiet Justice did not know, for watch ing you narrowly; and he will remember my saying . 4 ,., 14 ? lk;i ., A , !. .. *f , A ..‘,....- '..'....': ' 1 • kr v~ ."' ..* . •i, . .V . 4 0 -.: --.- ' 'l7:' a •'' ‘ ' t i . '-.• .", 4 ...- " ' ' _.-al . ' t4r.%• . '4 ,, . --' , , Aglllk -, ` • *-• • *--' 14fr lav rang LONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1850. We yesterday commented upon the grievousness of a tax which practically tends to exclude air and light from the dwellings of the people. This afternoon Mr. MILNER GIBSON brings under the consideration of the House of Commons a class of imposts which, in'a moral point of view, exercise a similarly baneful influence. Mr. Grinsosi very justly desires that a considerable re duction, if not a total repeal, shall be effected in all those duties which tend to impede the diffusion of knowledge among the people. It is unneces sary now in this book-loving age to at tempt to enumerate the beneficent capabilities of the Press. All classes have concurred in admitting (verbally at least) the truth of that maxim of the great pioneer of cheap literature—" By education men become easy to lead and difficult to drive; easy to govern but impossible to enslave." There has been acme talk recently about the cultivation of waste lands, and Utilitarians have (very reasonably) la mented that large tracts of good soil should he left barren as the desert, when a little labour might con vert them into fertile corn-bearing fields. But it want of cultivation be lamentable in this case, how much more appalling is that moral and mental dearth which characterises the great multitude of the Bri• tish people ! What a rich soil is here left waste, what countless multitudes of desolate hearts and brutalised minds ! Ind not only have we to lament such barren deserts—too often the rich soil which might have blossomed with the olive and the rose is fertile with poisonous weeds, spreading death and disease around. Such is a true picture of the mental and moral condition of the great multitude of the lower orders. The fact is so notorious that it is unnecessary to dilate upon it. To put an end to this moral dearth, to bring th ese waste lands into cultivation, is one o f t h e highest and noblest duties required of the legislator and the philanthropist. There has been for some time manifested, even among the lowest and most ignorant ranks, a craving for mental food, and this has been, to a certain extent, responded to. Publishers vie with one another in setting forth their wares at the lowest possible cost. We have "standard libraries," containing really excellent works, at a moderate price. The compositions of some of the best of our mo dern novelists are being issued in shilling . volumes. In addition to this some of the most popular writers of the day have assumed the office of journalist, viz., Eliza Cook's Journal and others, and the works issued under their superintendence are thus brought somewhat nearer the reach of the majority. Some persons may consider such an occupation as;a de gradation of the genius of the poet or the novelist ; but to our thinking the noblest pr erogat i ve and the highest duty of the intellectual few is to let their light shine in such a manrer as may best serve to dissipate the spiritual darkness of the million. T he million, whatever the exclusive sceptic alleg e t o t h e contrary, have may hearts and brains capable of responding to the touch of gen i tp . Let any who d ou b t the fact go to the public theatre, and notice whether SHABSPERB'S most enthusiastic, aye, and most judicious, applauders oc cupy the private boxes or the gallery. Do th ose touches of nature which make the whole world kin fall unheeded on the ears of the ign orant ? Do no hard disc o l ou r e d h an ds join in the noisy plaudits ? Are no seemingly stolid, callous, features suffused with a momentary softness ? Strong proofs these of the natural goodness of the soil. While we thus find authors and publishers in they several ways endeavouring to furnish cheap literature for the ma sses , how do we find our Legislators they to whose care the , THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 12, 1850 to hits, when you sate down, " Brother Tindal, did you observe how carefully Phillips abstained from I giving any personal opinion in the case ?" To this the learned Chief Justice instantly assented.' We have reason to know, independently of Mr. Phillips' putting forward this statement, that it is correct. Mr. Baron Parke is aware of it, and could have instantly contradicted, or can now contradict it, if it be in any respect inaccurate. If, then, this testi mony be true, in our minds it settles the question. It is mere drivelling to quibble about forms of expression, as against the evidence of two such men as the late Chief Justice Tindal and Mr. Baron Parke. The thing—the very substance of the matter so pointedly called to their attention was—whether Mr. Phillips bad expressed any opinion of his own, 'any personal opinion" in the case, as to Courvoisier's guilt or innocence—in whatever form he might have expressed it: whether as solemnly declaring the fact of guilt to be known to the Deity alone—or as declaring the speaker's belief that Courvoisier was not the guilty person. Mr. Baron Parke distinctly vouches, that, knowing as much as Mr. Phillips so unfortunately knew, he had for that reason ' narrowly watched ' him—doubtless weighing, as Mr. Baron Parke can and does weigh whatever is said be fore him, especially in his judicial capacity, every word and turn of expression of Mr. Phillip?. And on his sitting down gave expression to the result of his ' narrow watching'—viz., ' how carefully Phillips had abstained from giving any personal opinion on the case.' The Chief Justice 'instantly assented;' and this assent was given after he, also, had been made aware of the cruet position in which Courvoisier had placed his counsel. What but a perfect confidence in his innocence could have emboldened Mr. Phillips to make this pointed appeal to two judicial personage, whose answer in the affirmative, or silence, would have withered the appellant? " But did Mr. Phillips, in fact, use the expression? ['The omniscient God alone knows who did this crime.'] We verily believe that he did not, but one might be very easilyphunderstood for it. The report in:the Times is given in the third person, and not professedly verbatim; and tho slightest turn of expression, unconsciously, would make all the difference. We have made inquiries on this subject, and find that a member of the bar who was present at the trial—a gentleman of long standing in the profession—of ability, of high cha racter, and unquestionable honour—Mr. Fortescue, paid close attention to Mr. Phillips, and will state on oath, without the slightest hesitation, as he has ever since stated on innumerable occasions when the subject was mentioned, that Mr. Phillips' exact words were— ' But you will Fay to me,* if the prisoner did it not, who did it? I anwer, ask the Omniscient Being above us, who did it: ask not me, a poor finite creature like yourselves: ask the prosecutor who did it; —it is for him to tell you who did it; it is not for me to tell you who did it; and until he shall have proved, by the clearest evidence, that it was the prisoner at the bar, beware how you imbrue your hands in the blood of that yoang man.'" With these decisive quotations from the masterly article in the current number of the Law Review we close all further allusion to a question which is now for ever incontestably decided. The perfect truthfulness and morality of the course pur sued by Mr. CHMILES Fulmars in the defence of COURVOISIBIt has been now demonstrated beyond the reach of suspicion ; and while thus crushing his various calumniators, the Reviewer has clearly, although indirectly, pointed out the solemn duties and responsibilities devolving upon counsel. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday ___ The Committee of the Assembly has reported against granting the request of the Attorney-General for Bordeaux to prosecute M. Matto DUYRAISSB, re presentative of the people, for the publication of a seditious libel.": The steam•frigates Zenobie, Pomone, and Prony, have been ordered to join the expedition against La Plata. The troops of the expedition will be com manded by Lieut.-Col. BERTIN DUCIIATEAU. The iTloniteur du Soir officially contradicts the rumours so assiduously circulated, of an approaching modification in the Ministry. A mutiny broke out on the Bth in a company of the 11th regiment of infantry, stationed at Dinan in Brittanny, but it was speedily suppressed by the firmness of General DELAUNT, who caused four non commissioned officers to be arrested as ringleaders. The mutiny was not connected with politics. The Bourse was agitated yesterday, and several fluctuations took place in the price of Govern ment Stock. The Five per Cents. opened at 96r. 80c , rose to 97f., fell subsequently to 96f. 55c., and closed at 961. 65c. The Three per Cents. closed at 58f. 60c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE. Fms. 11. Boulogne and Amiens, 7 1 4—Dutch Rhenish, I%—Namur and Liege, 7 , ,i—Northern of France, Pt /I —Paris and Rouen, 23%. GERMANY. The following is the address presented to the KING by M. AUERSTIALD immediately after the Members of both Chambers had taken the oath to the Con stitution : " Sire,—lt is the voice of the country which now speaks to your Majesty through the mouth of its repre sentatives. History does not often record such days, when free resolve meeting the worthy and naturally neceseary yearning for that measure of freedom which, vrhil:t it elevates man, teaches him to acknowledge true freedom in law and order; yet never did the Crown's rays appear more brilliant, or the kingly power more self-acknowledged and firm, than when, free even from the appearance of compulsion, it admits paramount ne cessities, and follows alone the impulse of the spirit. A mighty sentiment fills all patriotic (valerlandisclie) hearts this day, as they look back upon the clouds preg nant with evil, which a short time past hung upon Prussia's star-spangled firmament. Yes, thanks to Pro vidence, the love and pride of the land, Prussia's King, can now soy to his people—Your wishes are mine. Union gives love. The import of these thanksgivings to a higher power, which rules the hearts of kings as well as the destinies of nations, indicates the extent of their thanks, and of the sentiments which the country this day offers to your Majesty. No further words are re quired to give expression to our loyalty." ♦t the conclusion of the address the KING rose and bowed to the Members, and was received with loud shouts of " God save the King I" in the midst of which his MAJESTY retired from the hall. HOLLAND. THE lIAGUE FEB. 9 —The Staats Courant pub lishes a royal decree by which the Bureau of Buml is open to the export trade of cattle to Belgium. The Governor-General of the Netherlands East Indies, Mr. Vox ROCaASSEN, has expressed his desire to resign his high post, as it is his desire to return to Europe. EGYPT. Letters from Cairo of the 9th contradict the report of the murder of Ilium Mu - . llAriz is, it appears, placed upon half-pay on account of his advanced age, and is treated by the Paca♦ with all the honour due to his rank. AMERICAN NEWS. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY. By the packet ship Washington, Captain Hallett, we have received advices from New York to the 25th ult. The Niagara arrived at Halifax on the morn ing of the 24th. The papers contain a correspond. ence of Mr. Potter, United States Consul at Valpa raiso, charging Mr. Henry Stephen bullivan, British Charge d'Affaires to the Governor of Chili, with having grossly insulted his wife, Mrs. Potter, whilst staying at an hotel in Callao. The dispute appears to have arisen about the right of certain rooms in an hotel. Mr. Potter states, in his report to the Secre tary of State, that he inflicted a caning on Mr. Sul livan. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY, FIVR, rat.—The Queen of the West has just this moment arrived, bringing two days' later news, her dates being Jan. 24 and 25. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, JAN. 24.—Money Market—There is little change to note. Although there was more money the stock market is quiet. Cotton—There is no change in the market to•day. We quote a decline from the highest point of last week of to ie. Spinners buy freely. The non•receipt of the steamer's news from Liverpool keeps basiness in abeyance. lireadstuffs—Market steady. Freights also have been taken for Liverpool at it, sub sequently at 3-16ths, and at the close f was asked. NEW ORLEANS, JAN. 23.—Ther© has been consider able excitement in the Cotton-market to-day, resulting in an advance of to ic. ever the prices of yesterday. W . e now quote middli ng 111 ; goo d ditt o , to 12; and fair, 121 to 121. The news by the Niagara is looked forward to with interest. ARRIVAL OF HER MAJESTY AND TUB COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE FROM WINDSOR CASTLE TOR THE SEASON.—Iier Majesty and his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, accompanied by their six illus trious children, and attended by the Countess of De sert, Lady in Waiting; the Marquis of Ormonde, Lord in 'Waiting; Colonel Buckley, Equerry; Lieu tenant Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon, Equerry to the Prince ; the Hon. Lieutenant• Colonel A. N. Hood, Groom ; and the Hon. Misses Stanley and Lennox, Maids of Honour, arrived at Buckingham Palace this afternoon from Windsor Castle. The Royal party travelled by a special train on the Great W es t ern Railway to the Paddington station, and the cor t ege , which consisted of six carriages and four, were escorted to the Palau, by an officer's party of the 11th Hussars. The Duke of Norfolk, Master of the Horse, and the Marquis of Breadalbane, Lord Cham berlain, received the Queen on her arrival. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Zent and suite also arrived at Clarence House this aft►moon, from Frog more House, for the season. MONEY and COMMEIICIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was quiet without alteration in prices. The sales were estimated at 5,000 bales, consisting of 4,000 Amerman, 600 Per nam and Maranham at 61,c1. to 7d., 100 Bahia at 54d. to 7,J., and 600 Surat at 44d. to 54d. per lb.—Railway Shares were dull at previous quotations. The B ales of produce declared for the current week are to a moderate extent, and the Indigo auctions com menced this morning. The colonial wool sales begin on Thursday. Accounts of the 9th inat. from Frankfort quote Austrian Metallics at and Spanish Three per Cents. at 29i, the intelligence of the Greek difficulty having had an unfavourable influence. At Vienna, on the 6th inst., Austrian Bonds were 94 13-10, and at Berlin, o❑ the 9th, the Three and-a-Half per Cent., Prussian Stock, was 888. The Amsterdam prices on the 10th inst., were 784 kr Peruvian, and 291 for Spanish Three per Cents. It is mentioned in accounts from Germany, that the Emperor of Russia, hearing of the pending stoppage of Mr. S., a banker at Warsaw, who has rendered great assistance to the manufacturing enter prise of Poland, has ordered assistance to be afforded from the public treasury to the extent required, vie., 'everal millions of florins. The Emperor, we are further told, has pardoned the banker's son, who had been banished for 'revolutionary intrigues ; and this laver act of grace being accorded, because Mr. S. constructed the first line of rails from Warsaw to Cracow, which so much facili tated the advance of the Russian army into Hungary. Information continues to reach us, of the great damage done by the high winds that have prevailed for some days past, and the losses at sea have occasioned much activity among the under writers at Lloyd I. In some cases where ships have not been heard of, and there is great apprehension concerning their safety, 50 per cent. or more has been paid, and in a special case 70 per cent., the latest in formation, however, justifying this apparently excessive charge, since the vessel is said to have been lost. The English Stock Market is still tolerably well main tained, but the Account to be wound up on Thursday al most entirely governs it. The explanations of Lord Lansdowne concerning French mediation in the Greek affair should be satifactory,hut it is pretended that the ter ritorial question will involve unpleasant controversy with Russia. Money is a little dearer in Lombard-street, and the approach of pay-day for the next instalment on the Russian Loan, together with the English and Foreign Stock Accounta, both ending on the same day, will, probably, account for this. It is asserted also that investments on English account aro being made in the French Rentes, and hence the steady rise in them during the last few weeks at a period when our own Funds have been declining. This version of the matter may or may not be correct, and is possibly in part a device of the Parisian speculators to keep up a buoyant tone and support their operations for a rise, large as they are understood to have been lately, but we cannot help remarking that British Securities, notwithstanding the difference in the market values, as compared with those of the Republic, are far preferable. Consols have ruled at 95i to 954 for Tran-fer, and at 954-i for Thursday, the "continuation" to March being about 3-16 per cent. Bank Stock has been 2051 to 206. Exchequer-bills are 555. to 585., and India Bonds, 863. to 88s. premium. The New Three-and-a• Quarter per Cents. have been quoted 98 to 988. Consols now are 954 4. In:the Foreign Market, South American Stocks have been variable. Buenos Ayres are 3to 4 per cent, lower than last week, being 59 to 59i, and Equedor have dropped to 4 and 38, owing to the information given at yester day's meeting of the bondholders by Mr. W. P. Robert son, who describes the country as being exceedingly poor, and quite unable to pay the full inte rest upon the Two-and-a-Half per Cent. of the Columbian debt which was assigned to it. Mr. Robertson, however, as the Consul-General of the Republic, has a distinct part to play, and the Committee of Spanish American Bondholders may fairly take an independent course, and leave nothing to that gentleman but the communication of their demands. Our own impression, especially seeing an extract in an Equa dor paper, is that Mr. Robertson as very anxious to do the best for his employers, and make out their plight as bad as he can. Peruvian have been well supported at 798 to 804, although coming hiller from Holland. Mexican have been firm, and done at 294. The Russian Loan has declined to 18 and 18 premium. Spanish Three per Cent& are dull at 37i, and Portu guese Four per Cents. at 35 ex dividend. Railway Shares have be en all depressed by the reaction in North-Western, the dividend causing some disap pointment. The fall in Birmingham is 1 to 3, in Great Western about Ito 2, and in North Stafford k. The Midland, York and North Midland, Brighton, and East ern Counties, are firm. Bank and Mining Shares con tinue to attract. ONE ilLi. , 4l‘ G PICCEs yr ,sitITISH FUNDS O'CLOCK. ?RITES. dank Stock 31.,er Cent. Reduced Anna ... 96 95% 95% 3 per Cent. Consols Annuitiee... ..... 95% 3 4 1 h 951 A, NTew 3 1 4 per Cent. Anna... ... Long Anna. to expire Jan.lo6o Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860. 8 5-16 8 5-16 India Stock — 2g6 India Bonds,l,ooo/. SDitto under 1,0001.. ....... 86 p 86 p Consols for Account 'xchequer Bills. 15i30.fs 2d . _ 1,1)00!. June 55 58 p 500/. June Small. June PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. MORIN' TRICES, 58 oN - . E O'CUser Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 59 5934 Danish 80nd5,1825,3 per Cent. — Ditto 5 Der Cent. Equador Bonds .. Grenada Bonds, 1% per Cent — Ditto Deferred Greek Bonds Ditto ex Over-due Coupons 7% 7% Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto, Small Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto. Account Ditto Deferred Portinruese 5 per Cents. Ditto, 4 per Cent. Russian Bonds .. ... 109% Ditto Scrip l 7il/4 p 2% p Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 lB% 18% Ditto. 3 per Cent Venezuela Bonds, 2 1 4 per Cent Ditto, Deferred Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. .. 55% PRICES OF ?Al BUSINESS DONE CLOSING rsAILWAY SHARES. I) * AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES lirmingham and Ox ford Junct., calls duly paid, or with a guaran. 20 Do, without guarantee 20 9ristol and Exeter...... 92 ... .. Caledonian Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10 ht,ster and Holyhead... 50 ••• ........ ••• Ditto, Preference l5 Fastern Comities........ 20 ....„. 71 1 , 2 ... •••• Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 Do. Scrip (6percent.) 20 ••••• .... . East Lancashire East Lincolnshire ...... 25 Great Northern Do., %B 6 per Cent... 71%. ..... 3 34% Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 12%...... 11 Great Western 100 ...... 65 3 4 1 / 2 66 64% Ditto. New 171 15 8% •• ....•• Hull and Selby ...... 50 Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 49 % Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Lsricashire& Yorkshire 100 Ditto, 14 Shares ...... 49 Do. Quarters ..... 23% • l2 t h ...... Do. Thirds 18 8 0 . Do. (W. Riding Union) 10 ........ Leeds and Bradford 6O London, Brighton, and South C0a5t........ 100 Do. Prefer. 5 per cent. 50 L , ndonandGreenwich l2lls s 4 d... • Ditto, Preferanr. .20 Lyndon and N Western 100-114% 114 115 112 1 4 Ditto, New Quarters.. 12 Ditto, ...... 12 . • Do. 10/. (M.'& B.) C. 1 ••• London & S.Western ..100 ... 67 3 / 4 ...... Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire...l oo Do. New 101. Pref.-- 10 ......... Midland .................1(0 ..... 44 3 4 Birming., 6 per ct..... 100 ......122% North British ... 25 • ...... Ditto, Quarters Ditto Preference North Staffordshire Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Shrewsbury and Biros 12%•••••• ••• Ditto ditto, Class B. 8 •..... Ditto, New Guaranteed ...... ......... **-- Routh Eastern Wear Valley 6 per Cent Guaranteed Do. do. • do. ... 25 ...... . York, Newcastle, and Berwick. 25 ...... 15% Do. Newcastle Eaten. 20 10% York and North Midland 50 ....... 1 9 19 3iNi Otte Preference ...... 10 ...... FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 71 4 East Indian Namur and Liege 20 ... 7 1 4 Paris and Rouen 2O 23 5 4 • . ........ JOINT STOCK BANKS. London & Westminster. 20 ...... 25 Provincial of Ireland ... 25 ...... Union of Australia Ditto,:New ..... 10 ...... ••••• MINES. Brazilian Imperial ...... 24% ...... ....... —•• *• Do. St. John D e l R e y 15 •••••• Santiago de Cuba... lO ...... 714 though the ceremory f une ral of the late Countess of Plymouth took pl ace o n Thursday last at Bisham , a n d with the decea se d lady's request, every possible mark of was strictly private , in co m p liance respect w as s h own b y the inhabitants of that village to the remains of ono whose loss they have so much reason to lament. Lady Plymouth was the eldest daughter of Thomas Copson, Esq., of Sheppey, was born on the 21st of August, 1774; married the 12 th Ju l y , 1798, Henr y , eighth and l as t Earl of Plymouth; died 30th January, 1850 .—Reading Mercury. M. liotcrsxr.—This celebrated violinist has made his appearance at the Italian Theatre in Paris with great eclat. Many of the most distinguished musical celebrities attended to sit in judgment, and by the warmth of their applause confirmed the title of this Ise• complished artiste to be called the favourite pupil of Yaganini, LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, FEB. 12.—Wind at noon S.S.W., moderate brc eze and cloudy. The Ennete, Trieste to London, has been wrecked at Ragusa, during a hurricane; crew saved. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 11.—The gale subsided last night, but it came on to blow again this afternoon at W.N.W. —Arrd. Eliz ibeth Wood, Barbadoes, lonian Islands; Roger, Savannah; America, Parsboro, Nova Scotia; William Pitt, Carnarvon; Margaret, St. Domingo; Upland, New Orleans; Queen of the West, New York, left 25th of January. Put back, Dauntless, Maranham. The Liberty, of and from Wexford, w ant on shore on Barb() yesterday, but was assisted off this morning. The forepart of the J. P. Whitt ey has been towed on shore. WELLS, Fxa. 11.—The Jane and Ellen, of this port, is on shore, discharging, and expected off to-night. CARNARYON, FEB. 11.—The Reindeer, from Aus tralia, was totally lost at Nevem this morning, and master and thirteen n en drowned. PORTRYLLAEN, FEB. 10.—The Arethusa, Liverpool to Bristol, has been got t ff the beach without damage. MILFORD, FEB. 11.—A quantity of wreck has been seen in Stuckpool, a.id the mast of a ship, supposed to be sunk. CAIRN RYAN. FEB. 10—The Maria, of Londonderry, drove on shore during !at) late gale, but Las got of without apparent damns'. PORT TALBOT, FEB. 10.—The Resolution, on shore on Margate Sands, is very much damaged, but still holds together. ARDROSBAN, FEB. 9.—The Margaret, of Girvan, fur Sligo, is on the rocks in the harbour. DUNGARVON, FEB. 10.—The Jamestown run into the Johanna 3d inst., and did some damage. The Victoria and Albert (schooner) caught fire 6th inst., but it was extinguished without much damage. QUEENSTOWN, FEB. 9.—Wind W., squally.—Arrd. Palermo, St. John's, New Brunswick. Sld. Monarch, St. Lucia. DEAL, FEB. 11.—Wind S.W. to W.S.W.—A gale, with severe squall'.—Arrd. Muner, River Gambia; Luconia, Apalachicola,: for Antwerp; Romenac, New York. Arrd. from the River, Clio, Demerara. Put back, Fortitude, Cape and Bombay. COWES, FEB. 11.—Wind S.W., strong.—Arrd. Glo nose, Bahia, for Altona. DARTMOUTH, FEB. 11.—Wind S.W., a gale.—Arrd. Virgi li a, Pot t-au-Prince, for Antwerp. NEWPORT, FEB. 11.—Sld. Favourite, Cuba; York shire Lass, Norfolk Island. SWANSEA, FEB. 11.—Arrd. Alice, Adelaide, South Australia. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 11.—It has blown a hard gale all day at from W.S.W., and there is every appearance of a dirty night. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 11.—It has blown hard during the whole of last night, and to-day continues. CARNARVON, FEB. 11.—The Mary, on shore in the Bay, has partially broken up; cargo may possibly be saved; wind S.W., hard gale. BEAUMARIS, Ii Es. 11.—The Britannia is on shore near the Friars. YARMOUTH, FEB. 11.—The Mabel, of Hartlepool, for Alicante, has been assisted in, very leaky. OFF FALMOUTH.—Laureena Rosa., Matanzas, and sailed for Antwerp. QUEENSTOWN, Fsn. 10.—Wind W.S.W., variable and squally. AYR, FEB. 10.—It blew another heavy gale yester day, at W. to W.N.W.—The Amity, of Sheerness, New castle to Dublin, came on shore last night, is full of water, but expected off when the weather moderates; crew saved. ABERAVON, FEB. 11.—It is blowing a gale at S.W. —A large portion of a wreck hat washed on shore. The Resolution, of this port, which drove on Marper Sands, sth inst., is breaking up fast. NEWPORT, FEB. 11.—It is blowing a complete gale at W. HARWICH, FEB. 11, 1i P.M.—lt is blowing a heavy gale at S.W. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY). NAT NI.A.3ICJILMICS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31 10s; Clover ditto, 8/ Os to 41 lOs ; and Straw, 1/ is to 11 Qs per 'oad. A full average supply, and a heavy demand. C UNISERLaND.—Meadow Hay, 21 10s to 3110 x; Clover ditto, 31 Os to 41 7a ; and Straw, 11 2s to 1/ 9s per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull. W HITECHAPYL. Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31 10s ; Clover ditto, 31 Os to 4/ 10s; and Straw, ills to 11 8 s per load. Trade dull, at the above quotations. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The marietTrl3rTiaPlantation continues dull, and the sales have been at rather easier rates. Mauritius at auction sold at full prices for fine grocery, but refining sorts went at a reduction of fully 6d per cwt. Brown and yellow Havannah were withdrawn at 17s 6d to 21s 6d per cwt. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 1,038 hhds, :53 tierces, 568 barrels, and there were taken for home consumption 1,197 bhda, 136 tierces, 131 barrel.. The stock in the same places was 9,190 hhds, 1,585 tierces, 2,798 barrels. COFFEE. —The market continues quiet. Plantation Ceylon and Madras in second hands were mostly with drawn for want of buyers at previous rates. Good ord Native Ceylon is 62s per cwt. Rune.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 416 puns 127 hhds. there were taken for home consumption 412 puns 11 hhth, and exported 14 puns 70 hhds. The stock in the same places is 18,913 puns 2,256 hhds. SAGO.—Good bold Pearl were withdrawn above the present market value, viz., 23s to 23s 6d. SPICES.—ZSDZIbar Cloves partially sold at 131 d per lb. TALLow.—P.Y.C. is 37s 6d to 37s 9d per cwt. on the spot, and Town 39. 6d. TEA,—There is a moderate business doing in green, and the deliveries are fair. JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL.—(THIS DAY.) The Council was occupied this morninz in hearing the arguments in the case of Amand Lal Singh Deo v. Maharajah Dherag Sing, which is an appeal from one of the courts cf judicature in Bengal. Mr. TURNER was addressing the Council on behalf of the appellant when our report left. The members of the Privy Council present were Lord Brougham, Lord Campbell, the Master of the Rolls, Dr. Lushington, Mr. Pemberton Leigh, Sir E. Ryan. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor Laving disposed of the case of Buckbaut v. Siddall, which st'od on the paper to be spoke to, proceeded to hear the further arguments in the part-heard case of 8 ANDERSON V. THE COCLERMOUTII ♦ND 'WORKINGTON RAILWAY COMPANY. This case came before his Lordship upon an appeal from the decision of the Master of the Rolls, refusing to compel the company to erect an expensive bridge fur the convenience of the plaint if, and approving of the offer made by the company to give the plaintiff a convenient right of way over land in their possession. Mr. ROUPELL and Mr. RENSHAW, who were counsel fur the appellant, were heard yesterday and this morning. Mr. MALINS and Mr. BoßTox addressed the Court on behalf of ihe company. The LORD CHANCELLOR, at the: conclusion of the arguments, gave judgment, dismissing the appeal with costs. CROSS V. SPRIGG. The further arguments on this part•heard appeal were postponed till Saturday next, in consequence of the in• disposition of Mr. Teid, the leading counsel in the case, THE DUKE OF BRAUrORT V. MORRIS. The arguments on this appeal from the decision of the Vice-Chancellor Wigraii were then proceeded with, and occupied his Lordship the whole morning. SITTINGS OF THE LORD CHANCELLOR IN THE HOUSE OP LORDS. The Lord Chancellor will sit on Thursday and Friday next in the House of Lords t) hear appeals; and also on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday in next week. It is generally understood to be the intention of his Lord ship (at least for the present) to sit every week on Mon days, Tuesdays, and Thursdays in the House of Lords, and on WednesdayP, Fridays and Saturdays in the Court of Chancery. It is also expected that his Lordship will shortly resume his sittings in his court at Westminster, instead of sitting in the Old Hall, Lincoln's Inn; and that the other Equity Judges, following his example, will also sit in their courts at Westminster. VICE-CIIANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR Of ENGLAND.) PRIESTLY V. ATLINSON. The further arguments on this part-heard motion were resumed, and occupied his Honour the whole morning. The question in the ease relates to a mill -stream near Leeds, and possesses no feature of interest, except to the parties concerned. 1 (Before the V ice -Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) Causes totally devoid of any public interest Occup i e d the Court the whole morning. (Before the Vice-Chancellor M4:flux) His HONOUR having disposed . of the case o f B urton v . Williams, which came before h im as a short cause, pro; ceeded to hear the further argument s on the p ar t-h eard case of Smith v. Smith , which occu pied the remainder of the morning. QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) Tho Court sat in banco this morning and took the special paper, but the arguments were on matters so purely technical as to render any report of the proceed ings unintelligible to the general reader. EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius at Westmi nster, b efore the Lord CIIIRI BARON and a Special Jury.) FORD v. ELLIOTT AND OTHERS, ASSIGNEES. Mr. Chambers, Mr. Lush, and Mr. Charles Pollock appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Cockburn, Mr. James, and Mr. Hawkins for the defendants. This was an action by which the plaintiff sought to recover certain property or its value, which had been taken by the defendants as assignees of a bankrupt named Halstead, and eon which the plaintiff alleged he had advanced the suns of 150/. to a person named Cottrell, to enable him to take a public-house, culled the Town of Leith, in the neighbourhood of Wapping. The defence was that the ce'endants were entitled to seize upon the goods in question as the a3sigreci of Halstvad, to who: e estate it was alleged they belonged. The details of the case presented no feature of the slightest public interest. The trial occupied a portion of yesterd a y, an d was n ot likely to conclude until a late hour to-day. COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.) ;sittings at Nisi Pries, at Westminster, before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE.); WAUGH V. ELLIS. The Court was occupied during the morning in trying this case, which was an action to recover the amount of a butcher's bill, but the facts were uninteresting, A verdict passed for the plaintiff. ----------- - BOW - STREET.—(THIS DAY.) An idiotic-looking youth was charged before Mr. Jardine with having created a serious disturbance in the stone-yard belonging to the Strand Union, and striking a superior officer while in the execution of his duty. The prisoner was brought up on remand. Meadows, an inmate of the workhouse, which is si tuate in Cleveland-street, Fitzroy -square, deposed that he and the prisoner were at work together last Tuesday, in the stone-yard, both of them being engaged in break ing stones. After they had been there fur some length of time, Bennett, the task-master, went up to the pri soner, and told him to work with greater energy, and to use in the hammering both bands. The prisoner having replied that he was doing the best that he could, the task-master rushed at him in a furious manner, collaring him forcibly by the neoker chief and nearly strangling him. The prisoner ex asperated turned round upon his opponent, and grappling with him both 111 together. A fearful scuffle then ensued he' we, n them, the prisoner having his little fin ger nearly bitten off by Bennett, who attempted to sever it from his hand in a paroxysm of rage. lie (Meadows) refused to allot. ethers to assist the task-master in his cruelty to the prisoner. Several witnesses were then called pro and cor, and Mr. JAnDINE remarked that Mr. Bennett was deci dedly wrong in using the inmates as cruelly as he had the prisoner, and ho would, therefore, at once discharge him. MARLBRO'-STREET-(THIS DAY.) EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF RAPE AGAINST A TRADESMAN.—Henry Joseph, a toiler, residing at No. 16, Tottenham-court -road, was placed before Mr. Bingham, charged with committing a rape on the person of Sophia Stanton, a poor looking girl under eleven years of age. The prosecutrix, who gave her evidence in a very intelligent manner, deposed that she lived with her father at 14, Warren-street, and that about one o'clock on the morning of Sunday week the prisoner met her in Tot tenham court road, and after speaking to her he gave her a penny pie, and took her home to his house, 16, Tottenham-court-road. Ho took her up-stairs into a room and gave her a piece of bread and some dried herring. After she had eaten the bread he laid her on the sofa and took very indecent liberties with her. She tried to holloa out, when he put his hands over her mouth and used very groat force towards her. (Witness her• described the natut• of what took place, which is unfit for publication.) About ten minutes after she got up, the prisoner took her up in his arms and carried her down stairs and put her at the street door, and told her to wait there fer him while he went and got some pies. She, however, did not wait for him, but went and sat down by the burial-ground, near the chapel. She then got up and a alked into the City. By Mr. BINGHAM—She did not go home. Th• reason she did not go home was that she had got some things from a chandler's shop in her father's name, and was afraid to go home. She had been absent since the Tuesday before the morning the prisoner met her. She had been wandering the streets ever since, sleeping at nights on the steps of dooro, but never in a bed. Sho returned home on Friday last, and on the following day she was so ill that she told her father of the prisoner's conduct towards her. Her father subsequently took her to the hospital. where she was examined by a surgeon. Mr. William Squire, surgeon at University College Hospital, said yesterday afternoon he examined the person of the prosecutrix, and found her in a considera ble state of inflammation, which left no doubt on his mind that great ♦iolence had been used towards her. James Stanton said he was the girl's father, and lived at No. 14, Warren-stre et, Fitzroy-square. His child had been absent since last Tuesday week up to last Friday, when she returned, and on the following day she complained of much pain, and on the Sunday night she told him what had occurred, and in consequenoe of that he went to the station, and having procured a constable went to the residence of the prisoner and gave him in charge. Witness added that his child ran away from home, in consequence of getting some bread is his name without his authority. She had been brought home twice, but managed to get away again. Mr. Humphreys, who had been sent for by the pri soner, here entered the court, and the evidence having been read to his•, Mr. BlNGnAisi decided upon remanding the prisoner for a week, on his own recognizance of 501. and one surety in 80/. Sono THEATRE.—The Western Dramatic Ama teurs gave their second private performance last night at this elegant little the atre. The pieces selected fur the occasion here the Merchant of Venice and the Rent Day, which were passably sustained by the various members of the club, none of whom, however, displayed any re markable histrionic ability, though their humble efforts succeeded i❑ pleasing a numerous and attentive audi ence. Perhaps it is ungenerous to view this pelf irmance with strict impartiality, since most of those who bore the burtben of it probably never snuffed the foot-lights be fore; but admitting as a whole that it never reached mediocrity, it may he fairly conceded to the club that they number amongst their body several whom study and practice may render fit for the public stage. The tedium of the evening was greatly relieved by the exertions of an amateur musical society, who laboured through a long selection of overtures, quadrilles, waltzes, &c., with con siderable energy ned enthusiasm, and seemingly with as much delight to themselves as satisfaction to the au dience. DARTFORD SAVINGS' BANK.—In consequence of the late exposures of the Rochdale and other savings' banks, the managers of this bank adopted means of having the books and accounts examined by an examin ing committee of managers a-id an accountant entirely unconnected a ith the bank. The first 'resting of the committee was held at the Bull Inn on Saturday, the 2.1 instant, when about 200 books were produced, and as far as they were examined no errors were detected. In the evening the secretary, Mr. Pain, calling on Mr. Jar dine, the actuary, saw a depositor's book lying there, which he opened, and found it to differ nearly 1001. from the ledger. lie charged him with the mistake, whoa the actuary confessed that he had committed fraud to the amount of about 1,000/. This becoming known to some of he managers, Mr. Jardine was allowed till Monday, the the 4th, to examine his books, on which day he said he wai a defaulter to the amount of 2,0001. A meeting of the managers was T h i e d l ( d i onl V Pratt w e dn a e s u s d s a e ) c , , a r e t d, and it w which the aat tendances of Mr. - ascertained that 17,559/. Is. sd. was safely invested in Government Securities, and that Mr. Jardine had con signed all his property to the trustees, which will produce about 7001. or 800/., and, together with 1,0004 the amount of his bond, will go towards the liabilities. A sub committee was chosen, consisting of Messrs. Hugh Johnston and John Taskor, and the Rev. James King, to investigate the matter, and to report the result as soon as possible. The business of the bank is of course sus pended. Mr. Jardine, with his father, have been actua ries of this bank for upwards of forty years, arid he has hitherto carried on the first drapery business in the town, and borne an irreproachable character. RAILWAY BILLS ON STANDING ORDERS.—Yes terday the standing orders were declared to be complied with in the following cases:—Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway, for extension of time as to the line bet "seen Castleblayney and Ballibay, fixing the capital at 406,8001., in 1,356 shares, at 30/. each, extinguishing 1,440 shares, w ith p ower to b orrow or e-third part of the' amount of the capital; the Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, for extension of time, abandonment of works, and reduction of capital; outh Staffordshire, for power to lease. The Select Committee cf standing orders, to whom all cases of non-compliance from the courts of demurrers were referred, report that the stand ing orders may be dispensed with in the following cases: —West Cornwall Railway, Cambridge and Shepre:h Junction Railway; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver hampton, and Birmingham and Oxrord and Great Wes tern Railway; South \Vales (No. 2) Railway; Shrews bury and Hereford Railway; Exeter and Crediton Rail way; LE and sA E L a s s t e A r U T nion i, B R o a l o w t T a a y HouSE.—The sale of the late Queen Dowager's effects was re -commenced yesterday. The company was fully as numerous as on any previous day, and a very large quantity of property was diposed of. The late Queen's private rooms were thrown open upon this occasion, and excited much curiosity. The bed room occupied by her late Majesty was opened among the rest, but a notice was displayed, to the effect that the furniture contained in this room had already been sold. The arm-chair in which William IV. died was bought during the day by Lord Adolphus Fitz clarence. The Marquis and Marchioness of London derry, Lord and Lady Feversham, Lord and Lady William Powlett, Lady Anne Beckett, and Colonel Sib thorp were among the visitors yesterday. THE LATE GALES.—During the late gale of the 28th December, the sea rose on the Bell Rock Light house to the top of the lantern, which is about 110 feet above the level of the rock, and 97 feet above high water. Several large stones were thrown about and injured the iron gangway which leads along the reef to the tower at low water; and after the gale had taken off, a portion of a ship's scupper was fund lying in one of the crevices of the rock. On the 30th a large schooner, whose masts and bulwarks had been carried away, was seen steering for the'Frith of Forth.—Caledonian Mercury. THE WESLEYAN CONFERENCE EXPELLING A NEWSPAPER EDITOR.—The IVesleyan Times, of Mon day, says—" Our columns to-day contain a fresh instance of ecclesiastical despotism on the part of the dominant faction of the Wesleyan Conference. The editor of this journal has been expelled, by one of the chief actors in the Manchester inquisition, for the crime of editorship. Our professional brethren, both in the metropolis and the provinces, will doubtless be surprised to learn ti.at editing a public journal is a crime of such magnitude as to merit the extremest penalty a modern ecclesiastical conclave can inflict—tt at of excommunication." The same paper gives a long account of the proceedings of the court at which this decision was arrived at. THE ARMY.—It is suggested that the reduction in the army will take place in the following manner :- 20th, 36th, 42d, 44th, 45th, 56th, 6701, 69th, 76th, 2d battalion Rifle Brigade, to be reduced from 1,200 men to 1,000 men, and to be made into one battalion. The offi cers liable to be reduced will be continued on full pay until vacancies may occur in their respective regiments. The men to be discharged will be permitted, if they pre fer it, to st ttle in the colonies. The 6th Regiment is also to be reduced to one battalion of 750 men. The 11th, 58th, and 65th Regiments, now in New South Wales and New Zealand (as it is not intended to send them on to ledia ), will be reduced from 1,000 mea to 750; and those to be discharged may become settlers, it they prefer it to returning home. The def ots of all the single battalions abroad in the colonies are to he reduced to the extent of about twenty men each. The above reduction to take place from the Ist of 58 p 58 p 58 p 100 3 ,i 4% 5534 25 65 11 3 / 4 9% 71/2 12 1 4 8 3 / 4 _3)iii 804 53 1 4 24 113 1 ,4 13 13 1 4 2iyi 68 7% 43% 122% 15'4 4% 17i 9 3 4 19% 25 15% 1044 19% Si 134 4 714 TO THE EDITOR OF THE SU-v• _. Sin,—lt may not be judged nta-tzpropos to the discussion which took place in the Hou,e of Com mons o n th e introduction of the Bill to reform the Irish Court of Chancery, to give you an instance of . the , delay a n d expense of our own Court in a mere tririai matter. I have just returned from a residence of some ea r n the island w g ' Anti ua and about th ree ) ears yin" i paid the e I find an aunt debt of nature , four A others 3001. each, the hard earnings of year: , As soon as the funeral was over, the lawyer who made the •ll d .wi a vised the trustees (Nsho are posses,. of more simlicity than determination) to take tb e , he termed opinion of the Court of Chancery on what " a doubtful point." leaving me end already amount to 2001. What the costs We are now in the Master's Office, and the expensbees, should the suit ever be terminated, Heaven nnlY knows. in I can venture to say, that the "doubtful point,,l five minutes have been denuded of all doubt, . 13 1 ' e loan with authority at starting, could have hearard 'O. ins and outs and adjudicated upon it; now it co ,0 findbrains out where the knotty point is to be pricked NI such an amount of written matter. , oltl I am not ashamed to say that, adopting 5" the will . bush, of a bird in hand being worth two in t 1 rab, I have sold my interest in the legacy, Y e i ~,, through cannot refrain from giving the public a " 14nlv t g li 0 end to your valuable columns, to agitate to e_ . to a system tinged with the grossest 00,010,30 a Excuse my perhaps rough diction ; I don't the Pretend to the "high style," yet I cannot help thinking e_ common sense decision of a half dozen practical men to be worth all the jargon of the lawyers put toget° I am, Sir, yours 80., Feb. 7, 1850. J. 1 3. l' to learn Our readers and the public will be aPPY,.,,oper• that Mr. Marcus, who for the last fi ve Years " - , s this, cessfully conducted the excursion trains bet" ,„te t o and London, has been re-appointed by the dir , c' ny to t in h a e n L ag o e ndo t z t %an e d xe N ur o s r io th n - Wtreasffiteernfolirailw aapYcirgr:rdenytdslitydiardt: During the past season upwards of 8, 0t0h : themselves of the facilities Mr. Marcus his well-known talent in these matters will, seekers pleas to ou r not, insure Lim an increased number of for the forthcoming trips. We can only say b e firer" sincere good wishes in his future undertakings pool Mail. , igo seCh A GRoss IstroslTlON.—Mr. Disraeli, in", o r pelt on the Address, declared that " W hat th e i te, bit wants is simple justice." We are no agricalta;etbirg we should say that the land was in waut el . . 6 et ioe• I d besides justice just now—we mean better calt'vrid wool this were carried out to a large ext 'nt, the i h s e ald b e i ll not have reason to complain even though it s'" good deal put upon. —Punch. we drieSi FALL Or THE CLIFF NEAR DOVEIL,--°acious r a il ° day last, owing to the sudden thaw, a troll er) „a Nig,; the cliff occurred, between St. Margaret's " ache', down. It is supposed that some thousand ton! wire have fallen; the road is entirely block ed up, heing‘, ,1 t he 0 P for a considerable distance from 20 to 30 feet, itly feet chalk extending from the base of the c liff 10 111 below high water mark.—Kent lierald. NO' i , TAO t •es• SUSPECTED CASE or„PoisorsiNG A' I iaves - '- c f On Saturday Mr. William Baker resumed th e cs use je ' tion at the Old Mermaid, Hackney, into tu,., , bow death of Richard Merritt, aged sixty-oue, 1 11-4 , eon! wi eßatTyreat:dntkhwrhubipctghety had been exhumed by order of the coroner,o'do les sequence of the extraordinary disclosures verotte,t, the inquest on the body of Jam es i I, , fe rri et '." 13, of the deceased, whose wife, "larYhipttre has undergone several examinations at Wo rs t i e stb II police-office, on the charge of causing h is r of ohs" c t arsenic. Dr. Letheby, lecturer and prefr - h s° l3 be O r. nistry at the London _Hospital, deposed t d t he l e received two earthen jars which contsi ne dalt , e l stomach, kidneys, and intestines of an A d ,Joft o f proceeded to aualyse the whole, a ti nte senc e n ic, the usual modes of searching for the' and arl3e.;"r, mineral poisons, copper, mercury, lead, the Arieslie There was some white appearances natural' t i as of chalk, which were perfectly toblo 0 i resorting to the whole of the testa, he w ils , the -5 0 f trace any appearances of n3itieral V iso ' 10 65 f,er poison that could, after so long 1 00 , of time, have been found. The Coroner leo to ra w, the evidence of Dr. Letheby it would be ut e ies tbt, t he the case further than to fix ' the cease n' ' ro deo - ,d Robert R. Welch, the surgeon, who bed s e " he dec ess t he deceased, then gave it as his opinion that the sio died from cholera. After some farther e :' fa Aw l jury returned a verdict of "Natural death ' l.° 0 1111 cholera." eer s'ol is ACTUAL STATE OF WORES AT '; 3 tbe sago, n an o d thin wer o e f th g e r PALACE.—We walked from or,e end ° dale io fi t ion mous building to the other, a fee dee c) ,: t ; sen thewilli which builder ey everywhere g h o e n r ee wrong, r p own r y e e v a a i l n e ivd d a that a t l i fi l : a nir 0_ s osbees : b6 i i e loy 4 oc. t t : ief ,should' ha"„frneger f" 0 hGebirlrdioseusregilihi.tedabout, as we 0 14 11 , 1 1 1 i Y s e h rY e uj P ti r e:r s e tt : e ee c e l f il t 4 l :: 1 the Court by the way, To been a whatevera v ii a ' r a y n h • a l:a f r larg e s t : u s P or t o i n ° ! n t f d eo i r e fo usli r r e m the r e . n s r I,the air ,0- ire ri_obst building nothing since, and which was to have years—there it stands in carcass in' t 65 ,1 ten if f i s is years ago. The first contract, commence- elete-,be been, c° „ ° ` In :01 three years, i -s positively not yet vronnu,itin'ti eerie Commons' lobby the scaffolding is t he n sts i r e la as it was eighteen months ago a°" net, tit no orders yet given for building the Commons' library there bad not been a t i) ,,. A ee or A s for two or three years till last weak, when tr ai l pre':l joiners were sent in to—take down some Peues undertlit'e which had been put up. Our read, rs wh°,J t he fl e c io afn t ao h sgur e aim s it e nsbwi: t xr h ii ; I nmoebgfxeosancwt exactly i lys l l. joiners laugh It The ew whene employed Commons' w i o e tell ed thirty. The House of Commons y haso 0 , S,,,'" ji t-c ° ," a as it , tt as one year and A b a s tb - e ° t ''' ' year and a half hence, unl es u l t y - ~" mons themselves one permit it to A 130 ,1 " - %100" . t A WEST INDIAMAN LOST • proceea -- lo p-. id -o'l4 r /I° I , Since eleven o'clock on WITH net tle- h ar-t / ' gale from the W.S.W. has Sunday night !„dits e l a rre; visited London "'," with hated and, up to ten o'clock last night, continue° illest',,re ing force. The wind-guage at Lloyds fii ll l,, tbe : ° ,,roe its fury, the pressure on the lace attached b ' e jag, ' i t' i b , talus on the summit of the Royal Exchale e ib - s t o I ,f :Y . , course suffieie of last evening, no less than f r oro ' - f r the ' - f d ee t hnebeee;trheetslhib,-;11-te:t14:113iglii°1'.11 sufficient to excite no ordinary uneakinesid %WY e -e e 01 of the la hiPPing. As . 11: a es rd t Indiaman,apreviously rer rte ent r°lj 'e 1° the river during th r c We f 0 0 m b aster, of bo h un r d . add a morecalamitous e -ccent hurricanet,,„ w reck s ° all ,°,, Margate-roads e i in tt; event, viz , th e • ce .ii , it is feared, the 10 0 4 j3r l tb , v,aitale ppdad in th e r i j o i t y of the ee ri o fie s f O r n em Tu jeasmdaze,athfeerSaLraeho,dof,')ireo3osodoehee cliihis wanhyd thein tlli,ertcetittuyrssete,onaf 11(1:riliactsortt f:ri g advanced the gale sprung with a d' ; '" s il 0 , 51 0 unfortunately too well known. T }o '11,,:r ci l ,• t iac e'‘ laboured the soresa n d , t between three am , .- - be s' , 3 - t V a'ternoon, when runnithrough I °I- bil eg r ,der, ;pi Channel, the tower hawser *mapped "' 1 ",ht ill' , " ‘ isa' ship got adrift. The tug immediately brol* The ' f e at r o hope that the weather might inoderote. bier s' Sri'''. however, continued to increase until It _ l . vi es A ose hurricane, and about ' ht the steatnu,or, ea' Istt mini A A DO' he s • from its anchorage. She d lost cable on,. 0 ,0 t.l pr ( compelled to run for safety. The Saralith r thi 4 ,3 O h s sight of, and from the tempestuous w eA " e an d P hours, ,th e w , veiled during the following tweety•fou seance' 0, fr fact that nothing of her OO . 11 to , 0 1 1 s h e w . has been seen as right in the tract of vessels trading , I , qn ,in ity ce that '' the river, couled with the circumstance „ t he ,pp of West India duP 1 " rec' 0: produce has been Picked of vs do of where she went adrift, as also pieces:, littl e J rita t parently of the same class of vessel, there t°,, o es u` the s e veral Co'vjlel hip, that she perished with all hands. a Or. /0 , r, have been seen floating about, an. c ol pp s " 0' master of the General Steam Navigation wreck ef ° be et s a Soho, reports having passed part ot the w c ' oe ks, s o d, ey a quantity of cocoa-nuts, and pit:sent% F,rels je se i c i dozen miles to the eastward of the Nnil lf , 6ara l ,, e teng e consequently almost in the very place ,t' wrecksvi, lerhg, petted to have been lost. Whether till ot tha ea t !"„ r to the Sarah or not, however, it is eri° e , t prelobete ship was lost in the neighbourhood. . J - _" (3, ti er number of the crew has not been ascertaine of go' there were any passengers on board. t.„ at e), o pol‘ e° WHALE FISHERY.--The Ofiley (LAT , to,u,i,dcliP:, bart Town, 6th October, with 360 tarre,s, o il ; P', With 5e v the Emu, clean; Lady Emma, with st e r lsed, , ;c o e ( . 0 with 580 barrels of sperm, and the Lt": f , P,„`lib v previ t s l' i s oat , " barrels of sperm, a few days (barque) from Hobart Town, eight in °ll barrels of sperm oil. --- ---- ' --------180 iiis C t f 01771,3. „ On the Ist inst., at Chalcot E -Yillas, L.311'," 0 3- IforilrJ' F. E. Streeton, of a son. , Av of lqi; We i r ', of On the 4th inst.. at Berlin, the IA-- , o f A tio4f, Isw Esq.. Secretary to her Majesty's Lega ti°D ' e ohir e ' ` su On the sth inst., at Olveston, Gloacest ' 10 e the Rev. M. M. Lanib, of a son. , ae Lit tle le oilifil On the 7th inst., at the Rector so n. Ilii , Essex, the wife of the Rev. J. Gisselee,.ot On the Bth inst., at Milner-street, Kershaw, of a daughter. Islingtoo, Aft./' Frazer a O z n e r t h 7t 11 E . t e uo n n z i e e tin , t 3 f , of E. now o : treet , S i. ;3 . o te e ry : P; Loader, t. pptri E i E l s n di q s 1.1 at t at tn o t t 'f A l e.c i e :o . : g l Edinburgh, to Ellen Harriette,. to, Brady,.) q., M.D., of Gweedore, cont.),lr pcj., J.fr Fanny, third daughter of the late J. Ibusse hou . se, county Donegal. P l° On'n, f' 1 Cr ° 't the 7th inst., at . Anne't4 t i burc fA , 0 tit, ,bter of ditoinis'elsl, Esq.:Jilind son of the late T. litissell, the I "rrey, to Henrietta, eldest dew, uritY bus-sell. Esq., J P., of Dunlerney-bouse, co --------------"-a 4 Sl ° On the 28th ill. at Dilwyci, Herefordshire' P'ir''. ,13, Hughes, aged 81. ' Pe r vaio ate of the late Hon . . ' Rose Herring DIED. On the zd rust , at Cilia's Gordon Urquhart, .•-: olio if 's On the 3d inst at Bath 'Letitia A.nu Trellovi-1,,; pijo i ' tilt fie l Council . in the island of Jamaica. brO ° On the 6111 inst.. Mrs. Heath, relict LeedsofAogea seijot Esq., formerly of Kirkstall Forge, near SoVhiP 011 On the 7th intt., at Hampton Court, Chao stool (laughter of the late T. A. Oakes, Et , q. , °f the lla r ' Service, aged :0. 1 A 10 j°" ,q b On the Sill inst., at 1)00v-street. Che°de-!:), ~1,-. or o ne, late of Down_street, Picea(' i I 1y,85.,e1001d: f;scl:!,! ° --'" i On tl2litt/ilis±2l2'll.22tow,l:)l lII_ !!-!._ ......-- -- , c orp.; ------ iatTADO 1 .0 l',, London: Printed and Published by' A l A .' OCel ty ' May, one of p No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Su A tie c ola Strand, in the Precinct ,t. the SkiV°,,V. ill rdititllosu, Tues,ltly, february 1 2 ! 184‘"