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THE NEW IHSTORIcAL ROMANCE. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., THE SCOTTISH CAVAL IER. By JAMES GRANT, Esq. Author of The Romance of War ; or, The Gordon Highlanders ;" • " Memoirs of Kirkalcly of Grange," &C. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Mariboroug,h.street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. JAMES ANDERSON. EVENINti, Wlll be presented, by her Majesty's Servants, Sha.kespere's Play of AS - YOU LIKE IT. Duke, Mr. Cathcart ; Amiens, Mr. Rafter; Javques, Mr. - Vandenhoff ; Orlando, Mr. Montague ; Adam. Mr. cooper ; Touchstone, Mr. W. 11. Angel ; Rosalind, Mrs. Nisbett Teb conclude, with CHARLES THE TWELFTH. Priv%to boxcs, 31. 35., 21. 12s. fid., 2/. 28., 11. Its. Is. 6d., and 11. Is. Stalls, ss. each. s. d. s. d. FIRST PRICE. SECOND PRICE. Boxes - - 4 0 Boxes - - 2 0 Pit - - -2 0 Pit - - 1 0 Lower Gallery - 1 0 Lower Gallery - 0 6 iriVer Gallery - 6 INo Half-price to Upper Gallesy, Box-book-keeper, Mr. J. Povey. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, N9le L.ssev and .wanager, illd Bromptou. THIS EVENING. Will be performed CHARLES THE TWELFTH. To be followed by a new Comedy, entiled THE SERIOUS FA MILY. Characters by Messrs. Webster, J. Wallack, BuckstOne ; Mrs W. Clifford. Miss Reynolds, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam. To conclude with the Comedy of NELL GWYNNE. King Charles Mr. Webster; Charles Hart, Mr. Vandenhoff ; Joe Haynes, Mr. Selhy; Orange Moll, Mr. Keeley; Nell Gwynne, Miss Reynolds ; Mrs. Snowdrop, Mrs. Stanley. ihe Rox-othse is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELVIII. Under tie direction vi Madame ..;eieste. THIS EVENING, . Will be performed a new domestic Drama, called THE WILLOW COPSE. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Bed lare , 0. Smith, Worrell; Madame Celeste, and Miss Weolgar. After which MY PRECIOUS BETSY,. Characters by Messrs. Wright, Bedford, Worrell; Miss Harding, and Mrs. F. Matthews. To conclude with SLASHER AND CRASHER. PRDICESS'S THEATI:E. Mr. J. M. Maddox. Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Opera, entitled CHARLES THE SE COND. After which I.IOT AND COLD. 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 NOBLE HEART. Characters by Messrs, G. V. Brooke, Davenport, Ryder, Johnstone, Belton, Lee, Howard ; aid Mrs. Mowatt. After which THE POET'S SLAVE. To conclude with DON CESAR DE BAZAN. Den Caesar, Mr Dayenport ; Lazarillo, Miss Marshall; Maritana, Miss Vining. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. FREtiCII PLAYS AND OPERA CONIIQUE. Last Night of M. CHOLLET'S Engagement. Mr. MITCHELL begs rtspectfully to announce that the French Performances at the St. James's Theatre will commence TO-MORROW EVENING, At Eight o'clock, when will be performed _ . . Herold's Opera, in Three Acts, entitled ZAMPA ; on, La Fiancee do 3farbre. Zampa, M. Chollet; Alphonse de Monza, M. Filly Leroy ; Daniel Cappzzi, M. Soyer ; Dandolo, M. Chateaufort ; Camille, Madlle. Charton ; Ritta, Madlle. Guichard. To conclude with the First Act of LE POSTILLON DE LONJUMEAU. Chapelou, M. Chollet. The Box-oltice of the Theatre is open daily trom Eleven till Five. _ _ Boxes and Stalls at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond. street. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Venlig. ote Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be performed A LADY IN DIFFICULTIES. Atter which 'LILLE ISLAND OF JEWELS. To conclude with TWO IN THE MORNING. Dress Boxes Upper Boxes, as. ; Flt, 4a.; Gallery, IS. No ball-price to any parbof the house. All applications for rrivate Boxes must be made to Mr. Allcroft, 15 New Bond-street. ASTLEY'r. , ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.. "roprietor, Mr. W. Batty. An entire change in the Scenes of the Arena. New Grand Spectacle. Madlles. Gardoni and Amilie on the llcuble Tight Ropes in a petite Ballet entitled The Hungarian Woed•cutters. THIS EVENING, 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 scenes of the Circle, supported by the accomplished artistes of the establish ment. To conclude with BESS OF THE BELL; or, The Love Story. nox-oflice optLi troin Eievea tau doer. WATER AT LONDON I.IRLDMiI THIS DAT opting, 8 min. after 3 I Evening, 30 min. after 3 To- %lottisow —ll 50 min. tutor 31 Evening, 11 ir.in. after 4 TIII WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, FEB. 28. TiIkaUIUNETER, Lowest, 33. Highest, 36, Noon, 37 BAROMETER. 30•21. WIND E.—dull foggy weather. 1:7 ;74 'tit* 4. t v 4 ) 5 , k N , ..•.1 ) $,,.. _ ..-,,> . t, ta 44 .„ 1,,,,,,,,,, ".7-1,,t,, --(1.--,,i :.•••:--1,7•1,-- ...- ~..," _ e.,:i,:- ••41-D__„,,,l-11 ,:-.- • n o , ' ' Inviting 21iltrcb LONDON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY M 1850. The second reading of the Marriages Bill was yes terday brought forward in the House of Commons by Mr. STUART WORTLEY, and although the entire day was consumed in the discussion, the debate was ad journed on the understanding that it should be re sumed on Wednesday next. The opponents of the measure have manifestly determined to adopt the Fabian policy. They will accept no compromise, be conciliated by no concession. They still desire to bind the consciences of their fellow-men, and to compel the community in general to be guided by the limited and narrow views by which they themselves are actuated. It is eminently a question of civil and religious liberty, affecting the most sacred relation of life—the right of selecting a partner for life, a com panion in sickness and in health, in poverty or affluence, through good report and through bad report. 3iro merely political disability can be tor a moment considered as of equal importance. In one case your honourable ambition may be thwarted, a grievous slight may be inflicted which can be easily submitted to "for conscience sake ;" but, on the other, the happiness of life may be blighted, the best feelings of mankind seared and slighted, and the supreme law of_nature controlled and set at nought. We should rather have said attempted to be controlled and, set at nought, for experience has shown, that no human legislation can have any practical effect in restraining them, and that the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the state acrd operation of the law of marriage as relating to the prohibited degrees of affinity, and to marriag€ s solemnized abroad, or in the Briti s h colonies, were fully justified in stating their belief " that the statute 5 and 6 William IV. had failed to attain its object," and in expressing a grave doubt " whether any measure of a prohibitory character would be effectual." No person can deny the Accuracy of the conclusion at v. - rich they arrived, after the must string , nt and seraching investigation into the entire subject, that " these marriages will take plare where a concu.aence of circumstances give rise to mutual attachment ; they are not dependent on lesidotion." The parties who still desire to retain these absurd, and inoperative laws are those who would _gladly repeal the "'Emancipation," and reimpose the Test and Corporation Acts, who would bring back the " good old times " when Dissenters were regarded as :rebels to the authority of the SOVEREIGN, as persons iplaced beyond the pale and protection of the law of .the land, who might be tortured with impunity, or -,put to death at their own thresholds, in the presence of their weeping and terror-stricken families, for the high crime and misdemeanour of worshipping their CREATOR in the =sumer which, in their souls and consciences, they dimmed most proper. Are the sentiments and opi- Irkons of such persons so universally recognised that they will now be acted on, or that they can be per initted to impede and obstruct the progress of a mea sure in which the welfare and happiness, the future position and standing in society of thousands and tens of thousands of their fellow-subjects are so deeply involved ? Most decidedly not. The -voice of public opinion has loudly proclaimed that thi s unjust and impolitic law must be repealed, and no Tarliamentary strategies of a minority can be suffered to defeat_ the clearly expressed determination of a large and overwhelmning majority of the people. But even the ministers and members of the Church by law established are by no means unanimous on the point. Some of the most learned, pious, and un- Rxceptionable clergymen have expressed their views in the most decisive manner in favour of the removal of the prohibi*.r. When such men as the Hon. and Rev. MortTe GUE VILLIERS, the Rev. THOMAS DALE, the Rev. W. W. CILAMPNEY3, the Rev. J. IL GURNEY, and a host of others of ahnost equal standing, have boldly come for..vard—when many of the m ost tmieble prelates have signified their decided opinion that there is nothing immoral or contrary to the law of GOD in such a connexion—when even the peti tioners from the University of Cambridge have abandoned the untenable ground, the ridi culous pretext that marriage with a de ceased wife's sister is prohibited by Scripture, and rested their objections to the measure solely on thv gr , ,5404 of social inexpediency— , -it cannot be as "WA with even a aetoblonoa of truth, that the law of the Church is clearly opposed to such unions, and, even were it so, how could the religious doctrines of one church control or affect those who owed it no al legiance, and who were strengthened in their own conscientious opinions by the unanimous judgment of their pastors—of the men whom they reverence and respect, and under whose Ministry they sit ? We regard the exertions of Mr. STUART WORTLEY in this cause with unfeigned respect. It is to him we are indebted for bringing the matter prominently before Parliament. It was on his motion that an address was presented to the Crown, that led to the appoint. ment of the Royal Commission that so fairly and impartially considered the entire question. We would not, therefore, willingly be considered as cast ing a censure upon the Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman. We must, however, emphatically warn him against the danger of procrastination and the pos sibility of the matter being postponed for yet another year, if he should lose a single opportunity of pressing torward the Bill through all its stages. Let him consider wha% occurred during the past session—the various frivolous pretexts which were made use of to retard its progress, and its consequent withdrawal at the very close of the session, after having been de tained from February until August on the table of the House of Commons. He must also be well aware of the inutility of any concessions, and yet he has yielded in one point of no ordinary importance, a vacillation against which we must enter our most solemn and earnest protest. We cannot conceive any grounds upon which the prohibition against marriage with the niece of a de ceased wife can be retained or justified, when that with a nearer connexion, a sister, is ratified. Such marriages are, undoubtedly, of rare occurrence ; they are few in comparison to those • which take place with sisters-in-law; but surely that is the very reason why our statute-book should not be encumbered with any useless law on the sub ject. If the restriction should be continued it would cast a certain degree of odium on the unions that were sanctioned and recognised by the Legislature; and it would prove utterly unavailing, for, to lase again the language of the Commissioners— " these marriages will take place where a concurrence of circumstances give rise to mutual attachment; they are not dependent on legislation." We trust, there• fore, that this ridiculous distinction may be abolished in Committee, and that marriage may be legalised with the neices as well as with the sisters of deceased wives. One Porcius has recently °haunted a most eccen tric Jeremiad on the fortunes, or rather, we should say, the misfortunes of agriculture. A pamphlet on a pamphlet,* has been the vehicle of his lamentations, and these lamentations are in tone, at least, if not in principle, so different from any that have hitherto is sued from the lips of the farmers of the United King dom, that they deserve a somewhat more attentive auditory. Even the title of this fantastic lucubra tion, its may be seen from our foot note, is an oddity, provocative of a close and scrutinizing examina tion ; and quaint though the garb may be, the form of argument concealed under it will be found one entitled to something more than a merely flippant or superficial criticism. For Porcius, though decked out for the nonce in the masquerade of comedy, has within him the sobriety of one authorised to preach the funeral oration of Monopoly. His voice and manner, it is true, have each their incentives to laughter, but all his conclu sions are as dismal as his prophecies are dolorous. At the outset our pamphleteer is more than usually humorous—setting out with a sort of spasm of fasce tiousness on his Quixotic adventures against the dragons of Free-trade doctrines. He begins, for example, by likening certain agricultural speculators with the " wonderful black fellow in the Deccan," who on inserting a seed in a pot of mould, • and muttering over it, "some hocus-pocus of charm or conjuration" could almost in the twinkling of an eye cause a plant to arise from the germ, its branches to sprout forth, its buds to expaad into leaves, its blossoms to open, and its fruit to ripen into the most delicious mangoes. Such men, says Porcius, as Mr. Maccut and Mr. CAIRD are kindred in ambition at least with the con juror of the Deccan. " They profess," says to in slntinuation, " to teach the farmer how he may grow wheat and feed cattle at prices and in quantities that have hitherto been unknown." Strange, in comprehensible, miraculous as these professions may appear to those who are resolved to be unbelievers, to us they are nevertheless perfectly natural and conceivable. Nor can we be charged with any very excessive incredulity when we reflect upon the yet more astonishing marvels that have been accomplished in our own times. To our thinking there is nothing whatever incomprehensible in the notion of increasing the fruitfulness of the earth by the application of chemical agencies —after the per formance of those yet more astounding marvels which have latterly come to be regarded as the every-day performance of scientific dexterity. Now-a-days, when we may be carried with astonishing ra pidity to any quarter of the land, nay, if we will it, to the very opposite extremity of the European continent at the tail of a fiery dragon of a steam-engine—when we can, out of the sediment of a transparent liquid grow a film of gold or copper upon the surface of a metallic substance—when we can soar into the clouds with the eagle aided by the science of aerostation—when we can convey our thoughts with the velocity of lightning along a wire stretching from London to Liverpool —when we can do all this, and more than this, is there any thing, we ask, so incredible or impossible in the notion, of increasing the abundance of our crops 'with the assistance and under the guidance of the, agricultural chemist ? And yet the bare idea of such a scheme in this year 1850 appears to be one of such utter extravagance to the imagination of Por cius, that he classes the believers in it with the trickstering conjurors of the Deccan. He admits, of course he admits—for not to do so would be a fla grant proclamation cf his ignorance —that " through the aid of chemistry we have gained an immense ad ditional and minute knowledge of the immediate fertilizing agents that we can now analyse manures and that we know what nitro gen is, and how it passes into ammo nia." Yet, while acknowledging that the storehouse of scientific knowledge has had of late a new and wonderful harvest of facts, be cannot, fur the life of him, credit how all these things can affect our national agriculture to the dissipation of all its dreams of ruin and desolation. Now to us we must confess there does not appear to be anything so very wonder fully rash in the assertion that " the conditions of wheat and turnip growing, of cattle feeding, and ma nure making are reduced within the cog nizance of fixed principles." To assert other wise would be as frivolous as to deny the fact that the electric current is incapable of passing along a metallic conductor to any con siderable distance, or as to gainsay that steam can be applied as a motive power. Experiments have been made and have proved eminently successful. To talk derisively of these " fixed principles," because of the possible recurrence of " a wet or ungenial Mr season" is mere uibblin mark th a t all qg ; and the derisive re • amount merely to HTJXTABLB'S professions this—" Follow my example, put your faith in pig's dung, rear pork, trea sure ammonia, and I promise you a large amount of produce"—is-nothing more nor less than so much perverse evasion of a truth that is beyond the reach of contradiction. Other pamphleteers, with all the earnestness of Poreius, but without a particle of his amusing eccen tricity, are just now industrious in bewailing the catastrophe of the fortunes of British agriculture. Among these the more noticeable are the writers of the series of brochures* now appearing under the authority of the National Association for the Protec tion of British Capital and Industry, in whose argu. ments it is impossible not to recognize, in spite of their abounding fallacies, the fervour of belief and the emphasis of conviction. So stubborn, however, is this belief, and so irretrievably blind this conviction, that it sets at nought the force of facts, the demon strations_h of logic, a n d th e p ersuas i veness o f e l oquence. T oy have eyes, but they cannot see. Alas! it were * " Mr. lluxtable and his Pigs." By Purcius. Bvo., PP. 30. Blackwood, Edinburgh and London, 1850. t " Tract s on Protection. No. 1. Introductory Tract. No. 2. The Occupations of the People. No. 3, An Ab stract of Political Opinion." Bvo pp. 46. 011ivier, London, 1850. vain to offer them any longer the spectacles of expe. rience, or the telescope of reason ; like the Scandina vians before Freya, they behold only beauty in the hideous idol of Protection. We call the attention of our commercial readers to a report of the meeting at the London Tavern of the "Benevolent Department" of the Provident Clerks' Association, and, in doing so, we concur in the al most unanimous expressions of regret at the slow progress made by this branch of the association. When we look back to the formation of this fund, in 1840, by the munificent donations of merchants and bankers, amounting to nearly 10,0001., it appears quite unaccountable that the clerks themselves should not have followed the example of their employers, and by this time have raised their permanent fund to treble its present amount. It was vary justly stated that all classes, :from the highest to the lowest, supported a benevolent fund for the relief of their distressed brethren—let us ask why the clerks should not do the same ? We have often commended the association, because we know that it has conferred great benefits upon clerks, their widows and families, and we now urge the body at large to exert themselves and raise a fund which will enable the association to dispense with certainty all the benefits to those who may re quire them. In order to avoid misapprehension, our remarks apply to the benevolent department, the mutual in surance department of the association continuing to progress most satisfactorily. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The Assembly on Tuesday voted the second read ing of the Bill for regulating education, by a majority of 436 to 205. It will be remembered that on Sunday, the anni versary of the revolution, several persons adorned with crowns of immortelles the column of the Place Bastile, beneath which the patriots who fell in defence of liberty in July, 1830, and in Feb., 1848, are buried. These crowns were removed in the night by certain officious agents of the police, and several of them were destroyed. In the morning of Monday M. CHARLES LA - GRANGES, accompanied by those who had deposited those crowns, waited on the authorities and demanded the restoration of the crowns, which they claimed as their property. The mayor and the commissary of police of the quarter did not seek to justify the act of spoliation, not to say of sacrilege, which had been committed; but, clothed in their official robes, they accompanied M. CHARLES LAGRANGE and his friends to the column, and restored the crowns of immortelles to their places. A collection was made amongst the crowd, and subscribed to by the inhabitants of the neighbouring houses, for the purchase of fresh crowns of immortelles and of laurels, and the railing was decorated with these emblems and with ribbons. In the evening a large crowd was assembled around the column, but the utmost order prevailed, the people continually observing to each other, "No impru dence; what we now want is tranquillity to ensure the success of our elections." In the Assembly, on Tuesday, M. FERDINAND BARROT, the Minister of the Interior, was questioned on the subject, and he declared that the removal of the crowns had taken place without authority, and that the police agent who had perpetrated the out rage should be dismissed. The Moniteur of yesterday publishes the following communications on this subject from the Minister of the Interior : " This morning the chaplets which had been deposited at the foot of the column of July, on the Place de la Bastille, had disappeared; they were taken away during the night without any order. The Prefect of Police, when informed of the fact, immediately gave direction that they should be replaced, and a commissary of po lice, in his insignia of office, presided over the opera- Con. An inquiry is ordered to ascertain the author of this unjustifiable act, and severe justice will be exercised on him. " A peace-officer, during last night, removed the chaplets which had been deposited on the 24th if Fe bruary round the column of July. The Prefect of Po lice, after demanding instructions from the Minister of the Interior, immediately dismissed this agent, who so far forgot his duty and acted contrary to his instructions. The chaplets were replaced during the day by the care of the authorities." Grievous complaints are made of the unconstitu tional conduct of certain of the prefects of depart ments in interfering with the elections, and the conduct of the Prefect of the Loire et Cher in pre venting the addresses of candidates from being posted up, was brought ,under the consideration of the Assembly by M. SALVAT. The Assembly, however, refused to entertain the question, and passed to the order of the day by 414 to 203. After this decision, we trust we shall hear no more complaints of the commissaries of M. LEDRU ROLLIN, or of the circu lars of M. CARNOT ; the present proceedings of the reactionary party furnish an ample ex post facto justification of the conduct of both these gentlemen. The following semi-official announcement has been communicated to several of the journals : " The Minister of Finance having been requested to attend the committee on the budget fur regulating the estimates of the receipts for 1850, he did so yesterday, and declared that he has no intention of proposing any new tax for these estimates, and could provide fur the public service without having recourse to a loan. He added that he would be able to arrive at an equilibrium of receipts and expenditure without applying for any new credit. The committee on the budget, wishing to preserve the principle of the uniform postage on letters, at the same time that it studied the interest of the Trea sury, has, in accordance with the Minister of Finance, modified the original Bill. It has confined itself to add ing 5 centimes to the present charge, making it 25c. in stead of 20c." The Patric has the following relative to the va rious rumours which were in circulation during the course of Monday : " A thousand rumours have been current since yes terday. This is the ordinary manoeuvre of the partisans of disorder at the approach of the elections. According to some we are on the point of a military occupation of the Swiss frontier to defend the territory and protect the Helvetic Republic against foreign aggression. War battalions had, it was said, received orders to march. We think that we can take upon ourselves to state that all these rumours are destitute of foundation. The re-, pert that M. Dupin has given in his resignation as Pre sident of the National Assembly is untrue. M. Dupin is indisposed with a hoarseness, caused by the fatigue of the sittings of last week, but it is hoped that in a few days be will be able to resume his difficult functions, which he performs with so much courage and talent." The reactionary journals have agreed to give their support to those of the three re -actionary candidates who shall obtain the majority on the preliminary scrutiny. 111. FERDINAND For is the candidate of the Orleanists. M. ARIGHI DE PADOIJE has published an address to the electors, in which he declares his complete adhe sion to the policy of the PRESIDENT of the Republic. Several rumours, says the Constitutionnel, were yesterday in circulation. In addition to that relative to the mobilisation of a corps d'armde, it was pre tended that M. FOUL]) had manifested an intention to resign -- a report which, it is unnecssary to say, rests on no foundation whatever. It was also said that the National Discount Bank had some idea of entering into a loan of 20 millions to the civil list, and that, if it did so, it would issue obligations of I,ooof. for the amount at 5 per cent., and reimbursable at I,loof. in ten years, by lot. If this assertion prove exact, it is probable that the first subscribers will be the creditors themselves of the civil list, and that they will exchange their vouchers for the obligations thus created. The report of the committee appointed to examine the proposition of M. ST. PRIEST, on the subject of usury, has just been distributed. The committee is of opinion that the present laws on the subject are capable of improvement, and it has, accordingly, drawn up a new Bill, in forty-four articles, founded on M. ST. PRIEST'S views. It declares. that every loan at interest, above the rate fixed by law, consti tutes the offence of usury, and that the persons so offending may be prosecuted by the law-officers of the Republic. The lenders can be condemned to re store the sums improperly taken, and may incur the penalty of fines with imprisonment, of from six days to eight months, as the case may be.! The Memorial de Rouen says :—" A strict search has been made in this place as well as at Havre and the neighbourhood, in consequence of the discovery of a Legitimatist conspiracy, the centre of which is said to be Amiens. Several arrests have been made, but the parties are men without any influence ; poor devils who have been led into a stupid intrigue.' , The insurgents of June detained at Lorient, in consequence of the late revolt at Belle Isle, have been removed from the prison at the former place, and taken to Vannes, where they will be tried at the ap proaching assizes. General CDANGARNIER on Monday reviewed the Ist and 2d Cuirassiers, the 2d and 4th Dragoons, the sth Lancers, and the squadron of Guides, in all 20 squadrons of cavalry, and 62d, 3,1, and 21st regi ments of the line, with a battery of artillery, in the Bois de Boulogne. A great concourse of people had assembled. The PRESIDENT of the Republic, accom panied by an aide-de-camp, who was taking a ride on horseback, arrived during the filing off, and stopped to witness it. PARIS BOURSE, FEB. 27.—Latest Prices—Five per Cents., 95f. 20c.; Three per Cents., 57f. 40c. ; Bank of France, 2,200 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, FEB. 27. Dutch Rhenish, 1 3 / 4 —East Indian, WA—Luxembourg, % -Namur and Liege, 6%—Northers of France, 13%—0r.. elms and Bordeaux 27—lioneu and Havre, 9%. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 22d have arrived. The Duke DE GOB. has been appointed Vice• President of the Royal Council. He will be obliged in consequence, to resign his embassy to Vienna. Several Carlists have been arrested. MADRID BOLSA, FEB. 22.—Three per Cents., 291 ; Five per Cents., 12k, both paper. Exchange on London, 50 20. GERMANY. An ordonnance of the Grand Duke of BADEN con yokes the States for the 4th March. The Legislative Assembly _.of the free city of Frankfort have adopted a proposition for referring to the Senate the demand for the accession of the city to the restricted federal state of Prussia. The Austrian diplomatists exerted themselves actively to prevent the adoption of this resolution. The Prince of PRUSSIA is prolonging his stay at Frankfort, where numerous fetes are given to him. The Senate of Frankfort have resolved to give him a dinner—an honour rarely bestowed by the • Republican city on Royalty. A Frankfort letter of the 21st states positively that Austria and Russia have addressed remonstrances to Prussia against the convocation of the German Par liament, but have not, as had been reported, employed threats. The official journal of Stuttgart states, on authority of a letter from Berlin, that Lord PALMERSTON has directed the diplomatic agents of Great Britain to the German Courts to abstain from exercising any in fluence in German affairs, as the British Government has not yet decided what line of policy to follow with respect to the complicated question of the organization of the German states. A letter from Berlin of the 22d states that the reports that have been current; of the recal of M. DE PERSIGNY, French Ambassador at Berlin, are unfounded. The ratifications of the treaty for the cession of the Hohenzollern principalities in Prussia were ex changed a few days ago. In the event of Bavaria, Wurtemburg, Hanover, and Saxony promulgating ,a new Constitution for Germany, in oppositon to that of,Prussia, the Parlia ment will, it is said, meet at Frankfort. SWITZERLAND. The Paris Comstitutionnel says—" Our letters from Berne of the 22d state that the sudden departure of the Prussian Minister after the official circular ad - dressed on the 15th to the cantonal governments had been the subject of general conversation. It was regarded as the commencement of a disagreement with the Cabinet of Berlin." GREECE. Letters from Syra of the 9th state that more than 1,000 vessels had been seized and confiscated in the different ports of Greece. The maritime commerce had suffered severely, and if the blockade continued much longer, there were few who would not be re duced to bankruptcy. ITALY. Letters from Rome of the 18th state that the as sassin of the French soldier of the 53d Regiment was shot on the day previous on the Piazza del Popolo, pursuant to sentence of court-martial. There were upwards of 10,000 persons present to witness the ex ecution. The man who had attempted to murder Lieutenant VESSIGNY has made disclosures, and, in addition to those already implicated, five others have been arrested. The Piedmontese Gazette states that two French steam-frigates arrived at Civita Vecchia on the 17th to embark fresh troops for France. Princess BEL GIOJOEO has addressed a letter to the POPE denying that the hospitals and ambulances at Rome had ever refused admittance to priests, or that priests had ever been prevented from administering the sacraments to the dying. The Princess reminds his Holiness, in support of her assertions, that as soon as the Papal authority:was re-installed at Rome, the new Govern ment immediately arrested and incarcerated the priests who had performed their office in the hospitals. The municipality of Ancona has, opened a loan of 30,000 scudi (150,000 f.) at 5 per cent. The Nazionale of Florence states that General BARAGTIAY D'HILLIERS has declared that some Aus trian regiments will shortly enter Rome. The Chamber of Deputies at Turin are engaged in discussing the civil list. Eight clauses have been adopted. General Count DELAIMAY, President of the Counci after the battle of Novara, died on the 22d. The Count DE MONTEMOLINO and his brother FERDINAND left Modena, on their way to Trieste, on the 16th. A letter from Florence announces that about 400 Austrian soldiers are suffering from ophthalmia in the hospitals of that city. The Milan Gazette announces that the ports of Venice, Pole, and Lissa, are , to be declared ports of war, and that no foreign vessel of war can cast anchor in them. The port and roadstead of Trieste, from the valley of Muggia to Punta Grossa remain open to the war vessels of foreign powers. The Venice Gazette states, from Ragusi (Dalma tia), 10th instant, that on the following day all the points of Zappa were to be occupied, in order to force the inhabitants to give up the ringleaders of the late resistance, as well as all the arms in their pos session. The individuals who had most compromised themselves had fled to Montenegro. There are about 6,000 Austrian troops in the circle of Cattaro. THE UNITED STATES. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY MORNING.—The packet ship Albert, Captain Gallatin, has just arrived in port, having left New York on the 7th instant. Her news is confirmatory of that received by tele graph via Halifax, per last steamer, with the excep tion that the price of cotton was n o t l ower , a lth oug h the business in that article was languid. STEAM TO AUSTRALIA, VIA THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. A deputation of gentleman waited on the Secretary of th© Treasury, at two o clock yesterday for the purpose of advocating " the Cape of Good Hope " route for the conveyance of the proposed Government mails by steam to Australia. Amongst those present were the following :—Sir James Esq.,Duke Duke, HansonM.P" J . P. W. Flower, Esq., P. Home, Esq., Captain C. D. H ays , an d severa l Watson, A Bag 8h Esq., aw e 1 E. $ 6 l O . re, Esq., W. Young, other merchants and gentlemen int erested i n the Cape, Mauritius, Australia, and New Zealand. The above gentlemen, who represent the interests of a large and influential body of the commercial com munity of those colonies, and more particularly the colonists themselves, argued in fav our of t h e Cape route grounds —first, that o h n t these e useful, impo r t ant , an d nat i ona l distance via the Cape to Aus tralia and New Zealand does not exce e d th e ot h er routes ijia that S t i h n e Cape gsspore o ro r a P d an is am u a lw , abyust opyen a comparative trifle ; to us, and that the voyage could be performed in the same time, and with less risk, taking into consideration the delays consequent on overland conveyance and re-shipment of mails by the other routes. That by the Cape the packets would leave fie mails en route to all our African possessions, more particularly the Cape of Good Hope, the new colony of Natal, and the Mauritius; and that facility would not only be thus afforded for a regular and speedy conveyance, of mails to all those colonies, which would be by any other route entirely overlooked, but would also offer the same facility for passengers and goods at as cheap a rate as by sailing vessels, a commercial interest which would prove to be of the greatest benefit to the colonies and to the mother country in future. That the same benefits that- the direct line would give for emigration and commerce to the Cape, would be ex tended to Australia and New Zealand, and it was argued that the Government should be urged to consider these benefits, in deciding on so important a matter, although it should coat a greater sum to convey th e mails by this route than by any other proposed, because while the mails would be carried with as much regu• larity and certainty by the Cape, the same packets might be fitted for the purpose of emigration and the convey. ante of merchandize. The deputation received an intimation that these statements woutd be laid before her Majesty's Govern ment, and that they would receive due attention. THE SOUTHAMPTON TOWN COUNCIL AND LORD GOUGH. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN Six,—Perhaps you are not aware that the Town Council of Southampton consists of forty members, and only eighteen were present at the meeting , so do not at tach blame to the whole body for the apparent slight to the illustrious and respected veteran. Had not business prevented many from attending, and the Council been hastily summoned (on a Saturday), a different conclusion would unquestionably have been arrived at. I am, Sir, &c., A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL WHO WAS ABSENT. Southampton, Feb. 27. NEW QUEEN'S COUNSEL.—We believe that the following gentlemen have been called within the bar by the Lord Chancellor :—Messrs. Prendergast, Bliss, Greaves, Townsend. Carpenter, Rowe, Grainger, O'Malley, E. James, Peacock, and Macaulay. THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO THE ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. —Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by his Serene Highness the Duke of Saxe Coburg, honoured the French Plays with their presence last evening. The royal suite consisted of the Countess of Mount Edge cumbe, Baron Apel, Lord Byron, Colonel Buckley, and Colonel Gorden. There were also present the Duchess of Sutherland and Lady Constance Gower, tho Marchio ness of Downshire and the Dowager Marchioness of Downshire, the Marquis of Ailesbury, Lord and Lady Rendlesham, Lady Frances Hope, Sir William Clay, Sir Ralph and Lady Howard, the Hon. Mr. Willoughby, Sir Coutts Lindsay, &e, MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEW S . CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 3,500 bales. The market was stoady.—ln Railway Shares a very limited business was done, and prices continued to decline. At Vienna, on the 2d inst., Austrian Metallies were 93 11-Ifiths. In the Amsterdam market the Dutch Funds were less firm and with limited transactions. The Two and-a-Half per Cents. were 55. Foreign Securities also were duller. Advie. s of the most recent date from Copenhagen ad vise us that the Belt and the Sound were entirely free of ice, and the mails had resumed their ordinary course. A new discovery is said to have been made at the Constantinople Mint of a combustible matter. An offi cial was preparing a mixture of nitrate of potash and other substances, when a startling explosion occurred, and the operator being unable to resume his experi ments, they would be prosecuted by the Academy. The speculation in Coffee at Hamburgh has resulted in the suspension of Messrs. A. Herbert and Co., with liabilities amounting to 250,000 mares banco. It is stated in the Corn Exchange this morning, that the failure cf an Irish factor, reported two days since by our morning contemporary, the Chronicle, is not correct. An interesting inquiry to City-men is made and an swered i❑ some observations by Mr. J. Toulmin Smith, headed " What is the Ccrporation of Louden, and who are the Freemen?" The writer desires to abolish the payment of fines and stamp duties on the admission of freemen of the city of London, and to make and keep a roll of tho citizens of the said city, and remarks upon points of some importance to our merchants and whole sale dealers. He says— . _ _ " As regards the question of residence raised by some persons anxious to maintain by any tortuous quibble the wholly illegal system of exclusiveness which now rears its head within the city of London, it will be sufficient, out of many authorities which might be quoted, to quote one, which I choose both because of its high authority and because it will show how long ago the idea has been scouted of its being necessary (as such arguers would persuade us) to con vert London or other places into prisons in order fur their cit'zens to be accounted free." The writer then quotes Coke's reports. Upon the question of taking up freedom in com panies, the author explains that " the term freeman,' as an exclusive one, grew into use, beyond doubt, in reference to particular trading companies which existed within the City, but which are altogether independent, as companies, of tthe Corporation, although all the members were and are, as individuals, members of the body corporate. Hence the continual question whether a man was free of this or, that company. This simple explanation clears many diffi• culties and inconsistencies that would otherwise appear ; and it is supported by many relics of forms which are still met with. We do not find a man ever described as a freeman and mercer,' 1. citizen or member of the body politic of the corporation of London, and free of the particular company; in re f-rence to which latter the term freeman' may be, therefore rightly enough used. "Besides such existing relics illustrating this point, I have referred to a long series o f private deeds in my own possession, running back to a remote period, and find that, invariably, individuals among my own ances tors who have been members of the corporation of Lon don are described unquestionably according to the then usual form, as 'citizen and goldsmith," citizen and mer cer,' &c. The term freeman' is not to be found." The following, from Aris' Birmingham Gazette, is rather an unsatisfactory statement upon the Iron trade: —" Within the last week or ten days an unwelcome lull has again crept over the market, and there appears but little anxiety to do business. Notwithstanding the re ported large influx of orders to different ports, but few of them seem to find their way here; in fact, the demand of the last fortnight has fallen considerably short of the previous one, and, though such ebbs and flows aro con tinual and unavoidable, yet, considering that the present and the next two months are usually the most busy period of the year, the confi dence in looking forward to an early improve ment in prices is becoming less sanguine. At present, however, this relaxation of demand has not reached such an extent as to induce any perceptible want of activity among our mills and forges; and if; as some suppose, it is only dependent upon the slight ru mours that have lately prevailed of threatened disturb ances among our continental neighbours, or re sults from the exposure of unsuccessful tactics among Scotch pig speculators, and the renewed indifference with which railway investment is again regarded by our capitalists, there is room to hope that the cloud will speedily be blown away, and we may yet look for the approach of the halcyon days' of free trade promise. But there are partiee, and those whose opinion on such matters are not in general to be disre garded, who fear that more powerful causes are in ope ration, and that it is scarcely probable that the future progress of the Iron trade in this country will again be marked by those attractive opportunities which in times gone by have been so well improved, and have led to the engagement in its undertakings of men of the highest station, ability, and capital. " The avowed attempts of our commercial politicians to convert this country into the workshop of the world,' are said to have aroused universal attention, and to have provoked the jealousy of other nations, lest the labour of their own populations, and the developements of their own industrial resources should be encroached upon. " In a long and able letter in one of the United States' journals, the position of the Iron trade there is represented as most lamentable, not more than two out of fifteen rolling-mills being in operation. This para lysis is referred entirely to the ruinously low prices at which immense quantities of iron find their way there. The remedy proposed is a duty almost prohibitory, a determined agitation for which is being carried on, and should it succeed only to a partial ex tent, it must prove a great discouragement to our connexions in that quarter. In France, al though on the other hand a relaxation of import duties has been granted, extraordinary efforts are being made to compete with the cheap productions of this country, and to substitute their own home produce for the supplies of foreign manufacture. The quantity of iron made, as appears from the official returns, has, within a few years, been more than doubled, and the cost of pro duction reduced one-half. The same progress is obtain ing in almost every country where the materials are found." The Funds this morning do not support the highest quotations which they touched yesterday, viz., 954 4; Consols having been 944 to 954 for Transfer, and the same for Account. The French rentes come lower, but this was to be expected after the flat reports received from London, and we find no political or others news of im portance to act upon prices this morning. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 974 to 971, and the Three per Cents. 954 to 954. Bank Stock has been 2064 to 2074. _Exchequer-bills are 545. to 575. premium. Foreign Securities have been very dull, this being settling day. Spanish Five per Cents. have been 174 to 18. and the Four per Cent. Portuguese Bonds, 314 to 328. Mexican Stock has been inactive at 29k. Dutch Two• and-a-Half per Cents. are 544 to 554. Railway Shares are still neglected. tililTlSH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 2071= 206% 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 8 per Cent. Consols Anna New 3M per Cent. Anna. 97'/ A l /2 Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, lii6o B% 8 9-16 Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5,1860 8 5-16 India Stock _ . Do. Bonds, 10001 B4 $7 p Ditto under 1.0001 South Sea Stock 104% Ditto Old Annuities 9 41 Ditto New Annuities Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 11,4 d. 2d . March. June. 54 57 p 54 57 p 54 57 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican 80ni5,1846,5 per Cent., Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent.. 7B 76% 7714 Ditto Deferred Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto 4 per Cent. Ditto Accountl . 32% Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent I7X Ditto Account Dividends on the above paayble in London. Dutch 2 1 % per Cent., 12 Guild, 5 5 1,4 54%55 1 , 4 Ditto 4 Der Cent. Certificates 1,0001. 500/ Small — DIMNESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCX RAILWAYS. rms. nib SLIARB. Caledonian Chester and Holyhead... 5O Ditto, Preference Eastern Counties Co. Exten., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 130. 4d .. p .to Do., d 0....... ......... N 0.2,6/. 135. 4d... 1 / 2 p..to Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do., 5 per cont. Great Northern Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. ...... 124. Great Western lOO ...... —.......— Ditto, Quarter Shares ...... 25 Hull and Selby 5O Ditto, Half Shares .. ...... 25 Lancaster and Car1i51e........ 50 Ditto Quarters 23 IA 1 0 1,4 to Leeds and Bradford 450 •—• 9 7 l ie to London & 81ackwa11...... 11 /. 6s. 3d ...... 37R x.d to Lond.,Bright.,& SouthCoast loo ..... 79% 79 to 7911 Do., New 5/., gua. 6pr CLIO° l3l ...„ . t o London and Greenwich... 121. 15s. 4d ...... to Ditto Preference London & North Western..loo... 102 102 1 ,4 x.d. to 1111 3 4 Do. Fifths l2 ..... IP/ 4 Y B x.d to London and S. Western lOO .. 63 62 1 / 2 x.d. to 63% blanch estc.r.Buxtcn,and Mat10ck.... Mid1and........... .... ........ —lO9 —.39% 39 x.d to 39% Ditto. 501. Shares ..... ...... 30 ..... 4 14, : ; . 41 ... to Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 109 .12 2L; ... ... to North British .. .. ...,..... . 25 lO to Ditto. Preference North Staffordshire..... ...... 17 1 ,4 - tcy Oxford, Worcester, and Wc-Z -yerhampton Shrewsoury and Birmingham 12IA Ditto, ditto, Class B. 8 3ou t h Eastern 3 3 1 /2 South Wales x ork, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 Do. and Newcastle Exten. 20 .. ... 8 3 4 %--- to York and North Midland .. 50 Ditto, Preference FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens 2O .. 6% to MINES. United blezicarl LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, FEB. 28.—Wind E., light airs and hazy. DEAL, FEB. 27.—Wind S. to S.S.W.—Arrd. from the River and sailed Bermondsey, Now South Wales; Prin cess Royal, Launceston, Van Dieman's Land; Stag, Adelaide, South Atnltralia; Cubs, Algoa Bay; Lady, Dominica; Prince Albert, Azoros. Ski. James White, Bombay; David Faye, Porto Rico. CowEs, FEB. 29.—Wind S.E.—Arrd , ,,Prpheus, Neill, Canton. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 27.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. Nile, Balderston, Calcutta; Princeton, Russell, New Orleans; New York, Marshall, New York; Nova Scotian, Can ning, St. John's, N.B. Sid. Patna, Shanghae; Ann Nelson, and Thomas Brockelbank, Calcutta; Brothers, Africa; Chemborazo, Valparaiso; Fatima, Rio Janeiro; Lady Charlotte Guest. Barbadoes; Elise, St. Thomas; Jane Smith, Santa Martha; Henry and Mary, Vera Cruz; Elizabeth llastings, Tampico; Chesapeake, Balti more; Switzerland, New York. Put back, Britannia for Wilmington, leaky. Off Port, Mail (telegraphed), Africa. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 27.—The Caroline Frances is aground at the entrance of Langston harbour; assis tance has been sent to her. Sid. Prince Albert, New York; Joseph, Havannah. Off Port. Crisis, Shanghne. PILL, FFB. 27.—Wind S. to E.—Sid. Elizabeth, Norfolk, Virginia. SCILLY, FEB. 26.—Some more casks of palm oil have been picked up off here, making in ull 250 or more; they appear to have been but a short time in the water. A brig and a schooner have also been seen collecting them. Part of the poop of a large vessel, apparently not long in the water, was seen off here on the 24th, and piece of the top sides of a vessel (fir), apparently a long time in the water, has been likewise picked up. REDCAR, FEB. 27.—The Bee, of and from Hull, for Stockton, and Elizabeth and Jane, of and from Ipswich, „for Middlesborough, got on the rocks off here yesterday, during thick weather, and were got off this morning. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 27.—Wind E.S.E.—Part of a log book of the Governor M•Lean, London to Cape Coast and back to London, has been picked up off the Start, and brought in here, dated from June 1 to December 4, 1849. Arrd. Cumberland Lass, Bovey, Patagonia. Sld. Jenny Lind, Adelaide. South Australia, Port Philip and Sydney, New South Wales. FALMOUTH, FEB. 27.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Frankea, De Boer, Figueyra for Hamburgh, leaky; Westmore land, Crawley, Pernambuco. NEWPORT.—Std. Cecilia,iHavannab. SWANSEA, FEB. 27.—Sid. Henrietta, Cubs. PETERHEAD, FEB. 26.—Wind S.—Sid. North of Scot land, Greenland. HULL, FEB. 27.—Wind Greenland. GOOLE, FEB. 27.—The Ea4le, Brancaster for Leeds, has arrived here, after being stranded on the Spurn. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) NEWGATE AND LEADENBALL, The general demand ruled heavy to-day, at barely stationary prices. Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 2s 10d to 3s 10d; Veal, 3s to 3s 8d; and Pork, 3s to 4s per Slbs, by the carcase. EMT DIAXILETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 2/ lOs to 31 10s; Clover ditto, 3/ Os to 4/ lOs ; and Straw, 1/ Is to 11 95 pet load. Both Hay and Straw moved off slowly, at the above quotations. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 85 to 3110 x; Clover ditto, 3/ Os to 4/ 6s; and Straw, 11 2s to 11 9s per load. Trade dull, at late rater. WHITECHAPEL. Meadow Hay, 2/ 8s to 31 105 ; Clover ditto, 31 Os to 4/ 10s; and Straw, 1/ Is toll 8s per load. Supply good, and trade dull. MEAT MARKETS. SOUTHALL, fn8.27.--- 17 11;:tVesupply of which was good, sold heavily at drooping prices. In other kinds of stock only a limited business was transacted, at late rates. Beef from 3s to 3s 10d; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; Veal, 3s 2d to 3s 8d; and Pork, 3s to 3s 8d per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, FEB. 27.—Our market to-day was fairly supplied with each kind of stock, the demand for which ruled heavy, on the following terms:—Beef, from 3s to 3s 10d; Mutton, 33 4d to 4s 6d; Veal 3s 2d to 3s 8d; and Pork, 3s 2d to 3s 8d per Sibs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 255; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 21s; and Mulch Cows, with their small Calf, 161 to 181 each. HAILSHAM, FEB. 27.—The general demand ruled heavy, and prices were with difficulty supported. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d; Veal, 3s 2d to 3s 6d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 8d per 81bs. ARUNDEL, FEB. 26.—Prime Sheep sold at full prices. Otherwise the demand ruled heavy. Beef from 3s to 4s; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 6d; Veal, 3s 4d to 3s 6d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 8d per 81bs. CHICHESTER, FEB. 27.—We bad a slow trade to day, yet prices were well supported. Beef from 3s to 4s; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 4d; Veal, 3s 4d to 3 s 8d ; an Pork, .3s 4d to 3s 8d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 265; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 19s; and Mulch Cows, 151 to 181 each. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Feb. 21, 1850, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Citiesand Towns mEmgland End Wales per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. BARLEY. OATS. RYE. I I BEANS. PEAS. PRICE •• I 37s lld I 23s 7d 1 15 s 6d 120 s 10d 1 24s 8d 26s Od DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. 1 RTE. 1 BEANS. PEAS. IS Od is Od is Od Is Od is Od is Od HOUSE OF LORDS.—(THIS DAY.) The House sat to-day to hear appealv. The Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, and other Peers were pre sent. Nothing of any interest came befire their Lord ships during the whole morning. ROLLS' COURT.--(THIS _DAY.) THIRNBER V. SIMARD. The further arguments in this ease, which has already occupied the Court several days, were resumed this morning, and occupied his Lordship the whole day. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) THE HAYOR AND CORPORATION OF BERWICK V. MURRAY. The further arguments in this case, which came before the Court upon a bill filed agaist the sureties of a defaulting treasurer of the corporation, were resumed this morning, and occupied his Honour the whole day. (Before the Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) DAVIES V. MUSBETT. The further arguments in this part-heard case were resumed, and cceupied the Court the whole morniug. l (Before the Vice.. Chancellor WIGRAM.) O'BRIEN V. LORD KENYON. The arguments in this part-heard case were resumed this morning, and occupied his Honour the whole day. The case came before the Court upon a bill Sled by cer tain creditors of the late Sir John Osborne against the defendants, Lord Kenyon and Mr. Metcalfe, who were the trustees under a deed for the payment of Sir John's debts, amounting to upwards of 46,000/. The object of the bill was to charge the trustees with the consequences of alleged acts of neglect in reference to certain schedules of debts, being interest and the policies of insurance on the life of Sir John Osborne. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Guildhall, before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE and a Special Jury.) SMALL V. NAIRNE. In this case, which was a new trial, the Attorney- General and Mr. Sergeant Shoe were counsel for the plaintiff, and the defendant was represented by Sir F. Thesiger and another lcarned gentleman. Tho action was brought by the owner of a vessel called the Susan, to recover from the defendant a consi derable sum of money for insurance. It appeared that the vessel left Madras on the Ist of October, 1843, on a voyage to Coringo. The weather was fine for five or six days after leaving Madras, but about the 7th or Bth of October it became very stormy, and on the 10th the monsoon, which was then prevailing, changed, and the weather became much worse. The result was that the ship pitched and leaked considerably, had her topsails and some of her masts carried away, and otherwise sustained considerable injury. The captain in the emergency ran his vessel into Masulapatam Bay on the 13th of October. The inhabitants of the bay were wholly unacquainted with the science of building or repairing ships, and the consequence was that the ship was obliged to remain there, being unable in her then state to proceed on her voyage to Coringo. The plaintiff now brought his action to recover a compensa tion in respect of his insurance for the damage the ship had sustained. The claim was resisted on the part of the defendant, on the ground that the captain ought to have known he could not get the vessel repaired at Masulapatam, and that therefore he ought not to have put her into that bay, but ought to have steered for Trincomalee. The case, which was likely to last the whole of the day, was proceeding when we went to press. SHERIFFS' COURT.—.(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCHELL.) ROBE V. BROWN. The plaintiff in this action is a manufacturing chemist at Chapel-le-Frith, near Stockport, and defendant is a commission-agent, formerly residing in Queen's-square, Goswell-street, and the action was brought to recover the sum of 2151. 18s. 3d. for money had and received on be half of the plaintiff. It was stated that the money had been received for goods sold, and on defendant being sued for the amount, he filed his petition in insolvency, and inserted plaintiff as a creditor. The schedule being put in, a verdict was given for the amount claimed. WOOLLEN V. BAILEY. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, Mr. Jos. Jonathan Wooller, and the defendant is a licensed vic tualler, in Warwick-lane, Newgate-street, and the action was brought toe recover the sum of 81. for eight{ weeks' board and lodging of defendant's wife. Mr. Parry appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Ballan tine for the defendant, who pica/led that he was net in debted. Mr. PARRY stated the case, from which it appeared that the d(fendant hal expelled his wife from his house on the evening of the 17th of September, between eleven and twelve o'clock, on some impression which he (the Learned Counsel) was instrnettA to say was erroneous, and had ever since refused tl maintain her, and she had been compelled to take refuge at the plaintiff's, who now claimed fur eight weeks' board, lodging, and necessaries. He considered that the law wus clear, that if a wife was compelled to leave in consequence of the ill-usage of her husband, either under an erroneous impression, or from wilfulness, or antipathy, he was bound to support her. It would no doubt be set up,by way of defence, that Mrs. Bailey had committed adultery, but as there was no special plea on the record, he should contend that evi dence to that point could not be received. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to call witnesses. John 'Fulgar, Sergeant City-police, proved that on the 17th of September last, he was on duty iu ;len*" 6 1 ma , ket wh, , rt he heard a noise in the house between 1. nid 12 o'clock, and went in. Mr. Bailey (defendant), Writi pery cited, and there was a disp ute with * Stopford, and defendant said he was determined that Sropf , .)rd should ; cave th e h ouse , for he bad h eard end ,een sufficient to prove that there was an improper con' Defendantt nexion hetwcei Stopford and Mrs. Bailey. ,truck nt Stopford, and Mrs. Bailey interfered to preven_ !aim. Defendant thee said he would charge SW with being there with an improper purpose. took the letter to the station-house, but the case pas dismissed. On returning to the house defendant to!!!: be was determined his wife should go out, and if she al" not go he would turn her out. She said it was too late g o toi to go out that n i ght as she did not know where to Stopfords Defendant said he did not care, and abs win l, up stairs and put on her bonnet and AO Witness said he must leave, and Mrs Bailey said, if 11 ‘ 2, ;he must leave, for it would be unsafe for her to retnsit behind. H e a ft erwar d s saw h e r to her sister% 1' Princes-street, Barbican. Cross-examin e d—K new Stopford by sight, andhad fricluently seen him com e out late from the house, some' times hair an hour after the house had been closed. , Mrs. Wilkinson, sister to Mrs. Bailey, proved that she went to d. fondant next morning, and he wa g ver7 much excited. He refused to give his wife any morn but sent a black satin gown. Mrs. Bailey rentsine with her for three weeks, and she afterwards wen t I° plaintiff.' aho resides in Carburton-street. Fitzroy square, and s h e h a d seen h er t h ere w ith the fami l y . Cross -examined—Plaintiff has an office in South anlP ton- buildings, an d St op f or d was a l so there. This closed the ca se f or th e plaintiff. id Mr. BALL ANTINE t h en addressed the jury , and Bs r that the ease r equ i re d f ew o b serva tions from hi would it be necessary for him to call witnesses, forLe appeared abund an tly clear from the evidenc e, thst,ifin., defendant's case had been made out by the P laipti ; evidence. He had no d ou bt t h at t h e jury would be n n ne - , o ' vinced that th e d e f en d ant h a d h a d no alternative hap act as he had d one , an d t h at t h ey cou ld not entertaisitne doubt on the subject. H e con t en d e d that there w as q u o . sufficient to show th a t t h ere h a d b een an improper 03,i. n exion between St o pf or d an d M rs . B a il e y, and it w as ', his dent that Stopford was i n rea lity the plaintiffo in i th , suit, but h a d s h run k f rom com i ng forward jt° would witness-box to be examined, although be, or have been a competent witness. Nor had Stopio7 i 0 Mrs. Bailey for a moment denied the assertion ma° presence of the police officer. r The UNDER-SHERIFF summed, up and said tha t t man causelessly turned his wife out ' of doors sha, vi ,: r i i n clothed with his authority, and he was liable to ow" - . her, but if she was impure ho would be justified in turn'in mg her out of doors at any hour. The real eitie lli°l:l this this case was, whether the jury were satisfied an they" evidence that the defence had been made out, if a e t he would find a verdict for defendant. In reference t° fact of the case a ga i ns t S top f or d b e i ng dismissed by 0 A police, the Learned U n d er -Sh er iff sa id be was of nP i° ,l, l° t that a man might be indi c t e d f or suc h a n offence 151) 'P charged against Stopford, but ho was not certeitt. The jury gave a verdict for defendant. - INSOLVENCY.—(THIS LY ' ) IN RE THOMAS SHERIFF JACKSON. w ith This insolvent, who had been in partuers"'Pt,4ot William King, as war e hou seme n, in Watling:r. o ; appeared to receive the judgm e nt o f the Court. 11 4 „ e opposed on the part of several creditors residing in 'i t a land. The insolvent had been a bankrupt and Sing ed been an insolvent. Without capital they fu ral ,ber partnership for a few months, from July till 0° ""bod last, and in that peri o d goo d s t o more than 2, 0001. oo been obtained from whol e sale h ouses . Very little. ( 111° ,00. had been paid to the credit ors , an d t o o ne house, lue- the Romanis, of Edinburgh, who were creditors to tort amount of 4161, not ono shilling. Th e insolvent's A s o was that he had been duped by King, who , 116 ono sconded. Among the gulls of th e " p a rtnership vr s- l o s to Swan and Edgar to upw a rds of 300/., on whic li ti -6 of 229/. had hie,' sustained. Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS now gave judgme i t e be was of opinion that th e i nso l ven t was no t the u u ri pretended of King. Th e r e h a d b een a reckless g ets of of goods from whol esa l e h ouses , an d a ma king a wn money in a fraudulent manner. For the sake 01 o il mercantile community h e was b oun d t o mark the e i ns o d a very severe one. G oo d s to more t h a n 2, o 9 ° " t here been obtained, a n d th e w h o l e h a d di sa ppeureu --- r°• was now nothing f o r th e cre dit ors . Hi s n o nour o P r , nounced a judgment of fift een ca l en d a r month s f was fraudulent disposition of property, and the insolvent taken to prison to be placed in the remanded is'srd. BOW-STREET.--(THIS DA lr. 2 a o e• A respectable-looking man, whose name did F° t pire, but who gave his address as 26, Brunswick-Wi and described himself as a win e - merc h a nt, was el l° before Mr. Hall, as follows: t he The shopman to Mr. Price, the proprietor o ' e d, Oxford and Cambridge Oyster-rooms, - in the sir deposed that about h a lf-p as t seven o ' c l oc k last evenitig, t i o a the prisoner came in in a terrible state of into%i c . a t bst and demanded to be served with a l o b s ter-salad, but for as he had eo money he would b e o bli ge d to owe t' e il i sed it. Witness seeing the dreadful state he was ie, „ per. to serve him, which greatly aggravated the Prl t v o iss The disturbance he created was so great tba t : l ;gier , found necessary to send for the police. The Pr ag r ees when being taken into custody, vainly essayed to Pl o w% a multitude of some 200 persons who were f° ll° ,, c - eoll him on the injustice of not being served in a 0 101 11 ill it was pretended that England was a f ree e° ll° which_ every m a n c o u ld d o us h e lik e d . He was fined Ws., which was immediately paid. MARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS ;fit ' s ROBBERY BY A SE RVANT. —Em iii/ KIICCk e r ' °l :3olo° brought before Mr. Bingham, ch arge d w ith having n - ve rtl one satin dress, one shawl, and a go ld ring, the P r 7rtel' of Mr. Henry John Ruddell, jew e ll e r, 22, Regen t ' s c i that Mrs. Ruddell, the wife of the prosecutor, der° ; a for the prisoner had be e n in h e r serv i ce a s a house rng ibee o about six months, during which time witness 1111,rors robbed of wearing apparel to a great extent. On . t . is od day last the prisoner r e que s ted t o go o ut for an h ° nes t remained out for the whole of th e night. On tui; over morning she returned, and b egge d w itness to i n° l o re* her conduct, and take her back t o h er s ervice. Tb is , 6 l e are° fused to do, as s he (pri soner ) h a d sta id o ut withou. bob Yesterday witness mi s s e d th ree d resses from a box:and no one had access to bat the prisoner, also shrove: ; o der kerchiefs, and other things. The box was 101) 1 '1 00 her bed; it was locked, and th e k ey was kept tot 1 - :04 wardrobe, which was iu the prisoner's departrao" to which she only had access. In answer to a qu es ti on f rom M r . B IN GLIAIi, , 111 0e r's stated that a gold ring h a d b een f oun d in the pohs'Ad to box. Witnes s h a d no d ou b t t h at t h e r ing hele b- „e Of her, as she bad four rings in her possessioc, 7; t he which was missing. The ring found answered description of the others. whi ch . Mr. Ruddell said th e r i ng was hi s , an d Iwas °-„ (3 rink 11 e sa his wife had by h er . H e p ro d uce d t he other thr o f 011e.ee m co e ns m ta a b k l e e . 358 said, from informatio n, P oota . re reived, he went t o th e p r i soner ' s lodgings,.l No. 16 , 1 ' rola. ston-street, Somers-town, where he found her. he rc her the nature o f th e charge agait.ist her, and eesciticed. her boxes, in one of w hi c h he found the ring pro d, 0 1 Directly he found th e ring the pr i sone r exchdraen t OO% purchased it in the street f or t w o He t h he- d bre ° . her into custody. Non e o f th e ot h e r pi operlY toad b e found; but if the prisoner was remanded, he t h futtir should be able to produce important evidence o n - tray. The prisoner was remanded till Monday ne2Lt. SPORTING INTELLIGBN C j:OY . LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETING.--%W:,7,-otiall The Liverpool Spring Cup of 100 sovs., by sillT o 7,ddea . of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, and only 5, &c., vs' llll . i 1 One mile and three quarters. ..„.. sh a rp/ g Mr. Meeson's Doubt, 4 yrs, 7st 51b ...... ( 11 ',gott) 3 Mr. Lawson's The Augean, 3 yrs, sst 31b .-.t.i . 6 , 3 0n) Mr. Hopkinson's Quiz, 6 yrs, Bst 71b.-(T eL "' ' ed:"* - The following also started, but were n ot lilac, Mr. Mangan's Porti a , 4 yrs, 7 st Il lb (Keega o ) 0 ). Mr. Green's Osbaldeston, 3 yrs, sst 121 b (Ni s " , t , Mr. Stewart's Wilmont, 3 yrs, sst (Clitt). t DO' Betting -11 to 8 ags t O s b a ld es t o n, 7to 2 ag s Won easy. Osbald es t on a bad third. d• 3flie The Trial Stak es o f 5 sovs . eac h, with 30 ad d e xr , 1 and a quarter. 1 Mr. Hesseltine's Andalusian, 4 yrs. ........ (L° ll g 0 . 0 10 3 x ti Mr. W. TheW A. ' following P t w s Emma,P oN o 3 n o ;r 3 s ( y A r s r n 0. were 1, . 12) . 1 . 0i . tt . c . :2p ( e l ( iaibic e ; : . : ; ...-- s a m lso on s t t e a z r u te m d a , , bu 3 t y w rs er Captain Mr. Pedley'a The Golden Lady, 3 yrs ( 13 e 115. ) " Mr. Mr. Watts na M Jci a h g n ic o mr t Tuaw, an Mr. Sharp na f by Lanercost, 3 yrs (Baa bafti ' . 3 3 y Y rs rs (C ( Mr. .Stewart na Tower, 3 yrs (Ellett). t v- 130P e). Mr. Wright na fby Coronation, 3 yrs (v , • h i s ll• Mr. Osborne na Nelson, 4 yrs (Fowler). midll' -la 3to 1 each agst Pio Nono, Emma, and '''" fl O Won cleverly. Magic Wand a bad third. ~ic e s 0 . ti p The Grand National Steeplechase, a SweeP A S * ol - dded; " g o ° lsa sb rl7 o7)).. soya. each, h ft, and only 5 &c., with I d u r to Pf l Y,.ds. second to save his stakes, and the win °e d 406 yo. sovs. toward the expenses. Four miles 0 0 1 (70 Subs., of w h om 26 d ec l are d, &c.) Green ) 1 Mr. Wilson's Abd-el-Kader, aged, 9st 1211 c ie ,,,, v rie) 3 Mr. Fort na Knight of Gwynne, l lst 8 1 b..• ( / ken) Lord Waterford's Sir John, aged, llst Bob ....L.ed:..... The following also started, but were not Pl i a: g b t ). o. Mr. Lawson na Peter Simple, 12st 211 (Cu li n n ib Mille Mr.J.Elmore's The British Yeoman, llst 1 "' by)• lh t ats le). Lord Strathmore's Rattrap, aged, 1 Ist 7. . 0 utt attrap, Mr. Mason na The Chandler, llst 311 ( PaP lo ta b l ott) . Mr. Mangan's Farnharb, 6 yrs, list 311 (~ „ a ‘,lor).. 1 ,.. Mr. liassall's The Victim, aged, Ilst 21b LJ_-_Tb(sfoiti. Lord G. Kennedy's Spring Buck, aged,10st.,1;"(110100) Mr. J. Bsli's the Iron Duke, 5 yrs, lOst I n .?_l! ie j . Mr. Harrison's Meath, aged, 10't 101 b ( I ` 4 ",d iv aer); Mr. Westropp's Mulligan, 6 yrs, lOst PO_ ,',-,,, iblab e ;:. Lord Lurgari s Rory -bL.-Aisy, 5 Yrs. lost G a lt (koarra ) Mr. Cunniegbrn'3 Quadruped, ; ,gad. 10 f b v (o ,,, i ,er). Mr. Butler's b g by Law ei, aged, 10:4 St _. ~,,.,,,,,. Mr. J. C. Renton's Rainbow, 6 yrs, 10.4.6.8.110,,(iv0. .u"..771 ). Mr. Lewis na Everton, rged, 1 " Sib '( s,lb (Ru ci "l Mr.,Treadgolcl's Maria Day, aged, 105t 5.. ~,r odi e y ) .. Mr. Williamson's Shinn-me, 6 yrs, 10 5 s_t_ , I j b .( j u spa yea Mr. J. G. Murphy's The Oaks, lOst lb ( (Olive r). Mr. Pocket's Columbine, aged, lOst 411 ov) , Mr. Staffer's Sobriety, aged, lOst 41b1( Theme , , parr). 1. Mr. F. Nicoll's Ftsticuff, aged lOst ( o . it (s. Dar ijagi Mr. Hughes' Tipperary Boy, age d ' l o w aer). , Mr. Hunter's Hope, aged, 9st 121 b ( b (Arc her). Mr. Vever a Vengeance. aged, 9st 101 _ ow . er , . lob Lord Sefton nd, Little Fanny, aged, 2sts(F,csirri)ed Mr. Laing's Johnnie Barrie, agetl, 9 t ( ) over) (Maitland). lb ° lcer. ). Lord Seahasn na, Pegastv, aged, Sst 10 _ ib , bos sey sir Mr. R. Brooke na The Pony, aged, Bst 7 . " ' to 1 i/ g s to 1 Betting-5 to 1 agst Peter Simple, . viot ip 3 , 12 x John, 9to 1 agst Rat-trap, 12 to 1 art ' ,—,_ ),5 SO KO Allighl a Gwynne, 15 pi, j, 00 gOrgiaw" TILE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 2B, 1850, ,✓