The Sun. — London, England, 1851-03-04 00:00:00

............... I A Y*) I 17s 6d; II 7s per to 41 Olt s per load• 0 4 1 O s i 6 per load. is quiet : B. i on slarge Di Bt a nd ; g ood t° ,od yellow , 3,900 wale broil" Os, Du ces ag.„ were v and nu' h a s been uantitY Ea ° 1 11 :: 9 barre':: bbd 0 : es 3,80' D War° Eget so d ere w e " a nd er ie Pc" pd tbero 1 sta tog ' yoD d the at , IS 11°) the deli' Clif; „ t , o. .ding' a id 0 4 th e los. lin in 80 016 WAS cl the new Roll' Y.) , eta lOW DUS e floc MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) The March General Sessions commenced this morning et the Session-house, Clerkenwell-green. The calendar °° l , t a il i e lle the names of 86 been sworn, thsfea Macdonald pleaded not guilty to an indictment r;reing him with stealing a purse and two half-sove .lt,es, the prnperty of Jane Turner. ▪ Metcalf appeared for the prisoner. U Turner said, on the 27th of last month she was ug ed ti her to buy so me oran h ges. She refused and u at the me she felt the prisoner's hand in her pocket. mdoeitained the prisoner and gave him into custody. H oward corroborated thi s testimony. e jury at once found him Guilty. t,017. Sergeant ADAMs said that the prisoner had been tore noted twice before from that court, and it was there of th A n° , lls e to deal summarily with him. The sentence 1) 0 , 1 ; 4 k•ourt therefore was that the prisoner be trans. T 4 ', 4 , beyond the seas for seven years. knees prisoner, on hearing the sentence, dropped on his 4 08 , 3 Ktid prayed for mercy, and was taken out howling ' viol ent y. 41, 4NS IO - 1-110USE.—(THIS DAY.) •vo 44 rtir oN THE LONDON JoINT-STOEE BA tile Ph Luc tr e e as Horrochr, a man of hig . hly respectable ap iii"ce, was brought up this morning before the Lord trlilrto7lbaecfhaz of uttering a bill of exchange know etocit'letcli appeared on behalf of the London Joint the " 46 k, to whom the bill had been paid, and stated tkerentnstances of the case, from which it appeared It Dec em b er last the prisoner, who lives lh, G a uehest er , entered into partnership with 4 t th e ult ave Roeber, as general merchants, agreeing kDt,-:•flae time to furnish all the capital for the pre dee j flecordingly an account was opened at the L.on abieholtit Stock Bank, in the name of the firm,. into _ l 2eh t he prisoner paid 5001. in cash, and two bills o Th e l l'Re for the sums of 4001. and 201. respectively. 11 441 brat bill for 4001., purported to be drawn by a firm r i e n . St e a l/P R I on a firm in Dundee, and the prisoner !as t to o bank officials to make inquiries as to eillse7Pe et ability of these firms, as probably other kis 11,7_,t e same sor t wou ld h ave t o p ass th roug h ealle c i tiu k Subseque n tly, i n th e mo nth of February, h e ditet for I N at the bank t o reques t t h a t t h e bill mig ht b e it ward for l el discounting, which induced the to make some inquiries relating to the bill, deeper as then discovered that the signatures . of both w ertle e at tl acceptor were false, and that the bill w t a t s he a Itis oner ie forgery. Measures were taken to arre loo e „ and yesterday he was discovered . Manchester s Lo the directors, and refusing . to give any_explana- I P to l a ° the bill, he was given into custody and brought ona pc,-on last night. ' o ,to k ,"": 1 , 01 1 entirely exonerated the prisoner's partner Lctioo, - "„ Knowledge of the guilty nature of the trans pa "Wee "'ld that gentleman was one of the witnesses hto atibstantiate the charge. ,the e ing called on, the prisoner said he should take 4 ed f t i i ii ,eclurs e of pleading guilty to . the charge, as he 441 t e , dad in all the endeavours which he had been . Zit he to Withdraw the bill, and could now . perceiv d e Cael le - r ,: y es the victim of cunning, temptation, an ' l4 thrf' which neither he nor any other person could Th e -ate to the proper parties. 14 1) ,,1ded„"13 Mama ordered the prisoner to be re. -4 ° co t " Ti til Wednesday week, in order to give time for Pletion of the evidence. ,11 0 j ai th . "'Tit,EET.—(THIS DAY.) o r, le d ll , ing two young men, named John Butter -4401;',:"71, Reid, were 'barged with stealing a piece ette t - ,:,rota the larder, at Lord Palmerston's town re reTlie Prise 4, 4, Carlton-gardens. vatit,,,,,'snoers were seen tegether this morning near 114 de "Rarden s 1 64 h is arm Butterfield was carrying a parcel , and . when ho saw a police-constable be .f0r...7 Parcel into some gardens and ran off. The t kil 45 We re a rehended, and the parcel was found L A bacon. PP 0 3 0:. 0113 in his Lordship' s s e r v i ce id en tifi e d th e Zstei n sdld said it was hanging in the larder yesterday it I le saw B u tt er fi e ld on th e area steps t hi s ate, 31 a nd sOon afterwards missed the bacon. -14) /NE fully committed the prisoners for trial. 4 est e a`v TERS' PENSION SOCIETY. ec,ft,Y the annual general meeting, and twenty 170104ei,"en of the above institution, took place at the e 1 1 , 40 , ,:`, lt h v ern, Frederick Shepherd, Esq., in the chair, CeElltej".,the Whittingham Pension, seven pensioners - ,„ l thleb - ,:ut in addition to the forty-eight now on the Ole c 'ent, from a list of twenty-four candidates.. altrat te kt4 / I tlsiate at the close of the ballot, having p in ey e - i 4 teel the successful candidates, expressed syns ,7llo-44' encouragement to those who had failed on this e. -4°138 `47, the secretary, then read the report, recKe un animously adopted. It congratulated the k a t, having been honoured by Frederick Peel, • - ,„ 1 • 111 g the chair at the last anniversary festival, '" 0 0• s h- m r esulted in producing subscriptions and do ,th be , Y , ° ,nd the usual average, amounting to no li th i g t, 411 R " 6 ' 14 8s 6d including the handsome sum i 0.7 from "the Governor and Company of Olt f e w` England. The committee had to regret h. tr t 4 nl euiters attended the anniversary dinner, • w us o • - u t i u.future tha . t employers, .by their attend- Ve t give more aid to the exertions of tee corn at` 54 The annual and life subscriptions were 4971. the at ?early the same as last year. Notwithstanding cte: 'acreage of pensioners and amonnt of pennons, 0d,4, Payment of accounts due the previous year, had : 6 1/ e(1 it nee' essary to draw 60/. from the funds, yet 2* kh ,. 3 * 2d. bad been added to the funded stock, which b r4, c:Cilltited to 5,6641. Bs. 5(1. During the year seven 6. " L e P five and two women, tied died, one of I ,: 4 o.s e e be e m 2l e years on the funds. The total re z6/.1; 1,172/. Ss. 9d., and the gross expenditure e tkft e 110 leaving a balance of 4.5 i. 14s. Sid. iNtZ t h o appointment of the committee, treasurer, Itb a te f the year ensuing, thanks were un . a t* o nsi l r • and the meeting °its ttWarded to the chairman, ute Z'o 11. A — IL W ------- (V uk : , AY TRAFFIC RETURN. 'l ta , BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.— c<gers Pen , 1, 3 k) —Traffic for the week ending 4 Marc 10 h 1 : „„„ , 715 ••• ... 1,914 16 0 METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 12 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Rah) , 12 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's CREOUS 20 to 1 agst Mr. Mare's Gillyflower—taken The above quotations were the result of very moderate investment. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STARES. 11 to 10 agst Mr. Howard's Grecian 5 to 1 agst Mr. A. Nichol's Newminster-11 to 2 taken to 2001. 5 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Mountain Sylph colt DERBY. 11 to 2 agst Mr. Halford's Prime Minister—taken 6 to 1 agst Mr. Howard's Grecian 12 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Mountain Sylph colt —taken 12 to 1 agst,Mr. Nichol's Newminster —taken 22 to 1 agst Mr. J. Clark's Marlborough Buck—taken 1,000 to 30 agst Mr. Greville's Ariosto—taken 40 to 1 apt Sir J. Hawley's Confessor—taken to 601. 60 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Lady Geraldine colt —taken to 2001. 5,000 to 50 agst Mr. Irwin's Thunderbolt—taken 2,000 to 20 agst Mr. Wentworth's Azeth—taken The two favourites were at 6 to 1 each until near the close, when the odds quoted against the Prime Minister were taken to 2001, leaving him unquestionably first favourite. The Mountain Sylph colt, Newminster, Marlborough Buck, and Lady Geraldine colt, were also in favour, but closed at pretty nearly the prices we quoted last week. OLDHAM STEEPLECHASE.—MONDAY. Mr. Ormerod na Shinrone (Green) 1 Mr. Tiernan's Isaac (Carravan) 2 Mr. Newburn's Queen of the Wiske (Archer) 0 Mr. Taylor's Jesuit (Oliver) 0 Mr. Robinson's Old Jocko (Hopwocd) 0 Won cleverly. Run in 9 min. 30 secs. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. EPSOM SPRING MEETING, 1851. Nominations for the Beddington Free Handicap Steeple chase. Legislator, Scavenger, Anglesey, Trust-me-not, Qua druped, Mind-your- own- business, Good-time-corning, Don Juan, Miss Mowbray, Viscount, The Unlucky One, The Generl, St. George, Spring Buck, Rendsburgb, Buscot. Nominations for the Grand Metropolitan Steeplechase. British Yeoman, Spring Buck, Rendsburgh, Sir Peter Laurie, Rat-trap, Vain Hope, Maria Day, Jerry, Sir John, Peter Simple, Mulligan, Spectator, Lord George, Anglesey, tliss Coiling wood, Scavenger. EPSOM SUMMER MEETING, 1851. Nominations for the Manor Plate. Grist, 6 yrs—Forest Flower, 6 yrs—Ferule, 5 yrs— Beebee Bunnoo, 5 yrs—Gladiole, 4 yrs—Elthiron, 5 yrs —The Pilot, 4 yrs—The Moor, 6 yrs—The Swede, 4 yrs—Banker, 3 yrs—Charley, 4 yrs—c by Sir Hercules, out of Empress, 3 yrs—c by Sir Hercules, out of Miss Letty, 3 yrs—Teeswater, 4 yrs—f by Slam., out of Guz man's dam, 4 yrs—Pierre de Touche, 3 yrs—Brennus, 4 yrs—Bordeaux, 4 yrs—Woodlark, 5 yrs—Zadoc, 4 yrs —lmpression, 4 yrs—Jcc o' Sot, aged—Castenero, 4 yrs —Mogador, aged—Sisyphus, 4 yrs—Ella, 3 yrs—Sim plicity, 3 yrs—Salute, 4 yrs—Warwick, 4 yrs— The Marchioness, 5 yrs— Windbound, 4 yrs—lracundus, 3 yrs—f. out of Dark Susan, 3 yrs—Royal Hart, 4 yrs —Handsome Doe, 4 yrs—Mouse, 4 yrs—Souffle, 3 yrs —Miss Spring, 4 yrs—lanthe, 3 yrs—Rodney, 5 yrs— St. Patrick, 3 yrs—Flare-up, 4 yrs—f. by Slane out of Exotic, 4 yrs—Terpsichore, 3 yrs—Bushranger, 4 yrs— g by The Tulip, out of Rosalie, 6 y rs—Nutcracker, 4 yrs—Hcroine, 5 yrs—Old Fox, 5 yrs—Bullfincb, 4 yrs —Docility, 5 yrs—Juggler, 5 yrs—Wallflower, 5 yrs— Dulcet, aged—Seignor of Holderness, 4 yrs—Sir Charles, 4 yrs—Cora, 4 yrs—colt out of Dark Susan, 4 yrs—Utrecht, 4 yra—Narcissus, 4 yrs—Estafette, 4 yrs—Eva, 5 yrs—Gloom, 3 yrs—Calmar, 4 yrs—Laun dry Maid, aged—Strongbow, 5 yrs—Hazy, 3 yrs. Nominations for the Grand Stand Plate. The Ban, 3 yrs—Kathleen, 4 yrs—Bordeaux, 4 yrs— Valertine, 4 yrs—Nutcracker, 4 yrs—Narcissus, 4 yrs —Soufflé, 3 yrs—Borneo, 5 yrs—Si ignor of Holderness, 4 yrs—Elthiron, 5 yrs—Ballet Girl, 4 yrs—St. Rosalie, syrs—c by Lanercost, out of La Bellezza, 3 yrs—Agis, 6 yrs—Old Dan Tucker, 5 yrs—Sauter la Coupe. 5 yrs c by Sir Bercu'es, out of Empress, 3 yrs—Zadoc, 4 yrs—Utrecht, 4 yrs—Royal Hart. 4 yrs—Eva, 5 yrs —Clothwoiker, 5 yrs—Strongbow, 5 yrs. Nominations for the Two yrs old Stakes. Sir J, Hawley's br f Skelda—Major Pitt's ch f, by The Emperor, out of Peeress—Mr. Francis's b f Doro thea—Count Bathy-any's b f Queen 13.e—Mr. Carew's Little John—Lord Clifdeu's f by Bay Middleton, out of H. R. H.—Mr. W. Gulliver's b f Lady Blanche—Mr. S. Scott's b I by Gslipole, out of Gaiety—Mr. Greville's b f by Slane, out of Brington's dam—Mr. Forth's b or br c Whirlwind, by Sieroorn, out of Birthday. cn,... Total l Ol 1. Cp l Total Zek last year::: 47 716 ° 4 19 0 114:'14Ttte 0 ty; 1 1 - Wk r „. COUNTIES JUNCTION AND SOUTHEND held before Master Sir el it ',ltst r , i . j." - X esterday a meeting w IV% litinli, to arrange the list ae of contributories. The K,Altte.,..*uivided into five par and the one taken up on • t z 1.40 c.,0,,,55,c_9t5i0n contained h ts. names of forty-eigh . t pro s. Of t th e ose his Honour, after inv s e at kilejtg tia'n!dtee-tnen. O. l ei l ? it Y 1 ,7. ' s eta of each case s t eparately, fixed the er b tit srki ca.:_. contributories; a were struck 0., gr an . d t1i. 4 9 11 8 7 were adjourned. The ew first part , of the contn `ee,.. •• edlbra ces the names of twenty-one members of 4 1 . 'uldittee the ethers management, t e.TPlete er rten b em fi l n in al e l y be looked , upon as N I itaer. alkia'lm df th 6 hir cases elPonged or t e . settled,' an teat gtr, stated e day's proceedings MYr.pEoswtpaernt,edthe At the t!lel•disterie. t. that as regarded the remaining classes at citieuileati,,etle would, as respected two of them, submitd .. its th . of wh i llg to the Master one case out of each, the e the other cases in those lists, ot ig - se re ` l , l , would govern I 'llo ` 3 l)e re r"df a similar nature. The fifth class consisted the t l l l no d_'na . to whom shares had .been allotted, but by th e . e proeposit had been paid. The ' official manager said kleael,ale Posed to strike out all the names in this clas: - ., as by 41'1,..., Would not warrant their being retained. The tli -- "kt th - •ed in the course indicated il ~f a . at he fully acquiesced Yeats ltzigeli,al Manager. klaitklltAblNG, AND B . tsiNGsTORE RAILWAY.— % 4 14 1 V I :: Pr° ' cyedings relative to the application of Mr. kort e e pie,,°Mcial Cox,. the Master should make 1, 27 11- atr ee l' i ng the Messrs. .stockhrokers, of Throg telh- 411 4.4 '' on the list of con . t t ri o b f utories as transferees of which they had ob- Attie(' 410'1:2 and upon the depos e ' krVitari; dkr6lloo/.. from th company, were resumed. of the application, and i tr l l 'lt t ° ::s e t k e t s , e ,d the support p an t le of l t n he Messrs. Cox, his Honou t r ra sa ns d . at ..8. L -eli de to put ar those gentlemen on the list as th ' "' l t that Pol l °nigh t . , feeling very considerable doubt on the case, elfit„ lt r ight to afford to the official manager an op ' of bri ng the matter before the Court. e1•e,,,441,4, tip .4,4aTER, FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY.—Last Hotel k eo •t 4 tile • at the King's Arms d kiheNren ~ting. took place tlliiit_lPles ,er the purpose of explaining the objects an O t , p r (14 th e this society. Mr. George Wilson took the fltil'ed rren7kabsence of Mr. Hindley, IThi eli - " ei ng present), and pointed out . the great bene- M.P , who was pre tlttika to" Rociety was intended to confer upon the work- Ilt el l ,les Prit',,ls3'. enabling them to exercise the right of the li ti es r ef uchise. Mr. G. E. Dennes stated that the total eh l eg I,.,ineinbers of the society was now increased to 890, d had pur qd third shares. The society, Is„,tlit 4_3' acres of land at Moulse t y b n e ea e r Hampton Court, oe'n pr,'",,,nnil had been divided , in ei ' 2l2 allotments, vary titer la t r "' from 29/. to 401. The coi!imittee were more- Illt„ le he r . es tY for other estates situated in the various coun thegatio4; me mbers of the society resided.. After these ex ts,, s oci e , 4 resolution in accordance with the subscribers were beet h,. b "-1 WARD.—The aldermanic gown rendered h tt he eutthe decease of Sir John Pirie, Bart., bids fair to entirely leitiv4eedliect df a sharp contest. The strugglel Carter, 4,ll,tlb:hatir(iil)tia.nN:icol the late sheriff, and Mr. John , -- how'ever, of Mr. Jacob Emmanuel Urood 11 It i, ° Was sheriff two or three years since. Itt rk li a - nruklaured that an independent Member of D t() rn.- -"t4l t e re t ,..j s about to give notice of motion for an address Orateleatuk, th a t l ' ir n . , v vtae th a e a tt n to a rney General may be directed to misdemeanour - in the acceptance te,lita%lliePiscopaTsee erected in this country by a for i e s i t g . i f th rsel dlit,. ,and otherwise acting upon the Pope's t,,atisf - I .ast, in the objectionable parts not required br for .14°I i actie n of the spiritual wants of the English Roman It o t :' ,iika c t , ..,t S ARRRRS AND MINERS. WOOLWICiI, 4, th it b-,.--Clne sergeant, five corporals, and twenty privates 1. -I nch of the Ordnance corps, under the command of , 4 4 itpr ell atit p -,, • embarked at Ito s t reser, noyal .c.rigineers, At, eSiti,„ "alf•past 9 o'clock, A.m., on Saturday last, for P •k . ("P° Palace, to assist at the Crystal Palace a i r n r Hyde eIN/1,;1•10l-her large detachment is expectedt week, from e ath a T 11 Palace in the ccairse of the presen "I ' .I','AT, A, at `.tity . J‘ARINVS. WOOLWICH, MARCH 3. 1 ktleti tholesPriv of this divisionarrived at the Dockyard 4, 4, (.4 ,_ is re0,, ,, n b,il:7 4N.orth Kent Railway on Saturday afternoon t o "di b paid off from the Prince Regent, 90 . at f lay there th' ee drums. and fifes of the corps were in waiting H "a up to the Royal Marine barracks. Vi•it„"r Tap , . c, ti l , -- •er I rr - USER ED LAWYERS IN THE ISLE Corey's *a. ; 1 48 T I E G eol) OLD TimEs.—ln Sir George 11, hi s b y 1,;- . 6 03, an attorney coming to settle in the . isi island th ' e t?re,ir, ,oranland, with a pound of candles handing o t,, it Nand '!ghted, with bells about his legs, hunted out t chneadtsecilrelynla.Sp.iuch as our ancest, rs lived there so quietly rs,,_,er, as theting never tempted to go to London . nor Win 11,'11 as ...i.3 • seldom or never went out of the island, inas -0144 N,„"4e1l they went to London, thinking it an East 4.-44ble 1 4 1 4 3'4 a, they always made their wills, supposing some cillt . q to PreVad.—/goody's iVot es and Essays of hd Pte. THE SUN, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDA.Y. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE HANDICAP. 9 to 1 agst Lord Stanley's Legerdemain—taken 15 to 1 agst Mr. T. Parr's Cloth worker 20 to 1 agst Mr. Fuller's The Swindler 20 to 1 agst Duke of Bedford's St. Rosalia NEWMARKET HANDICAP. 15 to 1 agst Mr. H. Stebbings's The Cutler—taken and afterwards offered 25 to 1 agst Mr. Mare's Recruit—taken CHESTER CDP. 11 to 1 egat Mr. Treen's Rhesus, 5 yrs, 7st-12 to 1 taken 20 to 1 agst Lord Clifden's Wallflower, 5 yrs, fist—t 25 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Lady Evelyn, 5 yrs, 7st 81b 30 to 1 sgst Lord Eglinton's The Knight of Avenel, 4 yrs, 7st 31b—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. Harrison's Seaman, 4 yrs, 7st—t 40 to 1 agst Lord Enfield's Bee.hunter, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b —taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. T. Lister's Nancy, 3 yrs, 4sel2lb—t 50 to 1 agst Mr. Disney's Sir Richard, 5 yrs, ist—t Au improvement in the first favourite and Wallflower, and an outlay of considerable amount on The Knight of Avenel and Bee-hunt - a, were the "features" of the busi ness on this event. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, cont. discount; Commercial Bank, 18 per cent dis.; Agra Bank, 2 per cent. die. The Commercial Bank have paid a dividend at the rate of 7 per cent. per an num for the half-year ending the 31st of December, 1850. The business transacted during the past fortnight in our import markets has been small in extent, and at prices even further depressed than those prevailing at date of last report; and, from the great scarcity of money at present existing, there seems no prospect of any change for the better for some time to come. The tightness in the money market will be still further in creased by the decision in the great opium gambling case, news of which reached Bombay by the last mail; and as it affects a large number of dealers—not a few of whom will, it is expected, become almost bankrupts in consequence—they, as a matter of course, have been obliged to curtail their operations. Export produce has been very scanty in the market of late, but, as the new crop of cotton is beginning to arrive, business will pro bably shortly be resumed with activity, especially as the late accounts, both from the east and west, for the staple are considered favourable. , Cotton Piece Goods—Prices of nearly all descriptions of piece goods have further declined, and the demand has been exceedingly dell during the fortnight. Gray Goods—Shirtings have sold to the extent of 5,270 pieces, at from Rs. 4 4-6 to Rs. 4,3 per piece,—the inquiry being stiil confined to the better makes of 66 to 72 reed, those below this number being totally unin quired for. Domestics—Sales, 5,362 pieces, at skr. to lOir. per piece. Sales in all descriptions of these goods are very difficult unless at greatly reduced rates. Mada pollams—A sale of 6,366 pieces, at 2r. 4a. 9p. per piece, is reported, those in moat demand being the inferior qua lity of weight under three lbs. Longcloth—Sales, 1,500 pieces, at 4ir. to 4-14-9 r. per piece. In T cloth we have not heard of any sales. Jaccenets—Sales, 1,200 pieces, at lir. to lir. per piece, chiefly of th© better qualities, which alone are in any demand. Bleached Goods—Jacconets. Sales, 2,300 pieces, medium quali ties, at 2r. 9a. to 6r. 13a. per piece. Other descriptions neglected. In shirtings we only hear of a sale of 100 pieces 36 k4O, 66 to 72 reed, at qr. per piece. Of qualities below 60 there is a large stock in the market, but they are dull of sale. In Madapollams we have not heard of any' transactions. Twills—Sales, 1,560 pieces, at 6 7r. to 9ir. per piece. Inquiry moderate, and prices maintained. Fancy Goods—The demand for all descriptions is at present languid, and stocks tolerably large. The only descriptions of goods in demand are lappet scarfs, low lappets. bleached dhoties and mulls, of which some sales have been made. Dyed Goods — Turkey red mulls and plain cloth are in moderate in quiry, while twills are dull of sale. Cotton Yarn—The salos in all amount to 188 bales water and 40 bales mule twist, and. 44 bales orange yarn. The only number of the two former in demand is 20e, for which an increase in price has been obtained; all others are dull, at reduced rates. Dyed yarns are also dull and neglected. _ Metals—At the date of our last we stated that a further decline in price; oimetalsmiglit be looked for, which has proved correct. British and Swedish iron and steel of all kinds are now lower in price, and almost unsaleable, while the rates quoted for copper of all de scriptions are almost nominal. Lead, both sheet and pig, and tin plates, have declined in value, and spelter is dull of sale. Cochineal—No sales to report; quotations remain as before. Saffron has improved in value, owing to an increased demand, but we have not heard of any transactions. Woollens—The market for these fabrics remains as last reported on. Beer—The market is bare of both Bass's and All sopp's. A sale of 20 hhd. William Younger's, at 67r. is reported. Spirits—No inquiry, the only sale reported being one of 45hhds. brandy, at 2ir. per gallon. Marine Stores—Very little doing, and the value of nearly every article enumerated under this head has somewhat declined. The only sales reported are-80 bolts bleached canvas, at 13ir. per bolt; and 400 cwt. white paint, at 84r. per cwt. Manilla Cheroots-50 boxes of 1,000 each have been sold at 40r. per box. Ball Thread-15 chests coloured ball thread, 2001 b. each, have been sold at I la. per lb. AQUATICS, THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE THAMES.—Yesterday evening a fourth deposit of 10 soya. aside for the forth coming contest betwee❑ Robert Coombes and Thomas Mackinney, who are matched for 200 sous. aside, was made good at Mr. Mackintosh's, Red Lion, Westmin ster-bridge-road. The meeting was an important one, as at the time the match was made there was no day named for its coming off. The men tossed for choice of the day, which was won by Coombes, and it was then agreed he should name the day on the evening the de posit was made in March; and after the ceremony of posting the Vic.'s was gone through, Coombes named Wednesday, the 7th i f May. LOWESTOFT RAILWAY AND HARBOUR.—On Satur day last the half-yearly meeting of this company was held at the Harbour-master's offices, in Lowestoft; S. M. Peto, Esq., in the chair. Mr. Peto congratulated the shareholders on the completion of the harbour, and in the fact of its being completed within the capital, 320,0001. From the statement of the accounts, it appeared that on the capital account the receipts amounted up to Dec. 31, 1850, to 322,761/. 18s. Bd., and the expenditure to 352,5571. 65., but, deducting for sale of surplus lands, old materials, See., payments of Eastern Counties Railway, for steamboats, timber, rails, and other stores, the amount of expenditure was reduced to 320,191/. 18s. 6d., leaving a balance in hand of 2,5701. Cs. 2d. The revenue account for the half-year ending Jan. 4, 1831, showed that the receipts were 7,216/.1 , s , and the expenditure 4,858/. 145., leaving a balance of 2,357/. Bs. FALL OF TWO HOUSES.—This morning, shortly before eight o'clock, two houses, Nos. 9 and 10, Gray's Inn road, fell, carrying with them a large quantity of scaffolding. The houses, which were of great age, were undergoing re pairs, and at the tittle they fell there were only four workmen on the premises, who , on hearing a cracking noise, at once made their escape. ROYAL Sono THEATRE. — Last evening some per formances took place at this theatre, consisting of Lovell's drama of Love's Sacrifice ; or, the Rival Merchants, followed by Luke, the Labourer. The entertainment was for the be nefit of Mr. H. Birch, that gentleman enacting very cre ditably the somewhat difficult p art of Aylmer; and Miss Page, a very promising young artiste, performing , most charmingly the character of Margaret , Aylmer 's daughter. Of the rest of the dramatis persona we need say nothing. We were gratified to observe a very fair audience in point of numbers. DRAMATIC INSTITUTION, GOUGII-STREET.—Last evening. Mr. H. Green, the stage-manager, took his benefit at this institution on w hi c h oc c asion the Jealous W i fe, and the Vicar of Wakefield, supported by the Society of Old Western Dramatics, were performed. In the comedy Mr. C. Wilson sustained th e part o f M r . Oakly with great ability, and Miss Marsh as Mrs. Oakly, acquitted herself admirably. The house was filled to overflowing, testifying in a most marked manner the high estimation in which the exertions of Mr. Green are held. CASE OF STARRING AT BRISTOL.--At the Bristol police-court yesterday, man named M'Allister was charged with having stabbed a man named Christopher Connor. The prisoner and another man were quarrelling at a beerhouse in Graville-street, when Connor endeavoured to separate them, ul,on which M'Allister stabbed him in the left side with a chisel. The wounded man was immediately conveyed to the Bristol infirmary, where he now lies, and the prisoner has been remanded to await his fate. THEATRICAL" TEMPESTA" IN PARIS.---The French theatrical papers are filled with accounts of La 2"empesta and Lablache in the terrible Calibano ! not forgetting the charming Rosati in Ariel, who seems to have turned the heads and hearts of the impressionable Parisians. The witty and pungent Corsaire describes her success as unequalled since the days of Taglioni, and makes very merry with the state of trepidation into which the Grand Opera has been thrown by her engagement. "On the announcement of the fair Rosati" (says this paper) " whose reputation was well e d t i h l e y deter mined admi nistration known, though she had never been seen in Paris, thrown n av in e t nand o , eln°j' and it was speedily and th e po li ce, against te movew a tharil heaven, so pretty and dangerous a rival. A solemn protest was drawn up and duly presented to the Minister of the Interior against permitting so terrible an invasion. 'I he Minister, not a little puzzled, referred the document to the Commission des Theatres, who assembled and gravely examined the ques tion, and afterwards ordered a rehearsal of La Tempesta, which they all attended in solemn conclave. Here, it ap pears, the dancing and pantomime of the elegant Rosati confirmed all that had been stated of her dangerous rivality, and the enormity of allowing so formidable a proximity. The result was that she and her attendant sylphs were officially excommunicated, and the representation of the opera suspended. Things were in this state when Mr. Lumley, who had been absent in London, preparing for the important opening of her Majesty's Theatre, arrived in Paris, and Prospero himself, with his cabalistic aids , could not have removed all the difficulties and impediments more in stantaneously, and enfin La Tempesta was produced with a success which will rank with the great triumphs of the Theatre Italien in Paris. Youth scatters its affections with a liberal hand, like a young heir, ignorant as yet of the value of his pos sessions.—Eliza Cook's Journal. A committee of English gentlemen has just been formed at Calcutta under the title of the " Vernacular Translation Committee," whose object will be to promote the translation 9f standard works in general literature by English writers into the vernacular languages of Intlia.- 4,thencumi OVERLAND MAIL INDIA AND CHINA. We have received by express from Marseilles our dispatches in anticipation of the Overland Mail which left Bombay on the 3d ult. The following is the letter of our correspon- dent : " The Governor-General is making a progress through the Punjaub in great state, and would have ere this reached Peshawar, had not his march been impeded by heavy rains and bad roads. He has visited all the cantoninents near his line of march, and it is therefore hoped that his visit may lead to the improve ment both of roads and barracks. The Punjaub is perfectly tranquil, and likely to remain so, for Shere Singh, Uttar Singh, and Chuttur Singh, have been removed from the north-west provinces to Calcutta, and were safely lodged in Fort William on the 17th of January. " Assam and Scinde, on the eastern and western extremities of the empire, have both suffered from slight incursions of the adjacent predatory tribes. I mentioned in my last that a force had been sent from Assam against the Agami Nagas ; a party of these people have now retaliated by making an incursion into our country, murdering three British subjects, and carrying away 27 men, women, and children. It is supposed that a force will be sent against them under Colonel Lester, as the troops already sent do mot appear sufficient. " The affair on the Scinde frontier has afforded another example of the chivalrous daring of the Scinde Horse—a corps which many most experienced officers who have witnessed its performances in Scinde and the Punjaub unhesitatingly assert to be superior in efficiency to any regiment of British cavalry, the men being equal to English troopers in bravery and self•confidence, and superior to them in the management of their horses and weapons. The affair happened in this wise :—Oa the 24th of Dec., a party of mounted plunderers made a foray from the hills of the western frontier, and carried off a few scores of camels. As soon as the intellingence of the incursion reached ;fund Khote, Jemadar Doorga Singh, in command of the detachment of Scinae Horse stationed there, set off in pursuit, taking with him a Dufedar and fifteen troopers, with four Beloochee guides. After a long pursuit, during which several of their horses dropped from fatigue, the Jemadar and the few who had kept up with him got sight of the robbers (about fifteen in number), who thereon abandoned their booty and took to flight. Doorga Singh mounting a fresh horse and continuing the pursuit. On reaching the foot of the hills the robbers turned and showed front, having been reinforced by a fresh party of horsemen, and between 30 and 40 armed foot, while all of Doorga Singh's party that had been able to keep up with him were two of the Scinde horse and one of the Beloochee guides. The latter recommended the Jemadar to give up further pursuit, but he replied that the guide might go back if he was afraid, but that he himself could not face his commanding officer if, after sighting the robbers, he did not attack and kill some of them. He then went at them, followed by his two Sewers and the Beloochee. His party was of course surrounded and cut to pieces, and the finishing stroke was about to be given him when he had the presence of mind to call out God be praised ! here they come,' on which the robbers suddenly made off, as if panic•struck, without waiting to strip or plunder the slain, whose bodies were brought in by a party next day. The guide was brought hack by other parties of the fron tier guard who had been out in search of the robbers. The camels also were all recovered. " Other parties of marauders were still hovering around the hills, with the view, as was supposed, of making a descent upon the Nazzarees in that quarter, but a squadron of Scinde horse being sent to observe them occasioned the abandonment of their design. Some of them, however, made a dash at the camels about Boordeeka, and carried off a number of them— e circumstance the success of which is attributed to the death of Jemadar Doorga Singh, who guarded that portion of the frontier. " Mr. Hunter, late of the 24th Regiment Native Infantry, has been assassinated in the neighbourhood of Benares. He was found outside the fort at Chunar insensible from the effects of a deep sword cut OA the head, which fractured his skull and caused death in a few days. The instigators of the murder are said to be well known. Government have offered a re ward or 500 rupees for the apprehension of any party concerned in its commission. " Sir Charles Napier leaves us by this mail. He arrived at Bombay on the 28th of January, and was most enthusiastically received by his admirers at the Presidency, a large proportion of whom had served under him in Scinde. He was entertained by the Club on the 31st. In his farewell speeches in Kur rachee and Bombay Sir Charles spoke explicitly re garding the causes of his resignation. He said that When he first was made Commander-in-Chief, he thought he was to be Commander-in-Chief in truth, but that he soon found out that he was not to be Commander-in-Chief at all, but only a sort of mon ster adjutant.' He had been dictated to o❑ military matters by boy politicals who knew nothing what• ever of military science. 'lt is this, gentlemen, this,' said Sir Charles, that has caused me to resign my command. I have been thus explicit with you be cause I am among my own Bombay officers once more. It is this, I repeat, that has caused me to resign.' " No steps have as yet been taken by the Supreme Government for enforcing its just claims on the Nizam. It is rumoured that the Board of Control have for the present put a veto on the occupation of any portion of the Nizsm's territory in satisfaction for the debt, and it is surmised that Sir J. Hobhouse would prefer a species of commission (like the exist ing My sore commission) for regulating and settling the Nizam's affairs. It is certain that no movements of troops have taken place such as would be required br supporting a step of such gravity as the occupation of Berar. Meanwhile the state of the country is becoming daily worse—there is no Minister, and the Nizam secludes himself in his harem and indulges in strung drink to a very lamentable extent. An out break has occurred amongst the Rohilla prisoners confined in the Nizam's fort of Daroor. They have obtained possession of the fort. A force consisting of five breaching guns, 600 infantry, and 300 cavalry of the Contingent, bas been sent against them. "The affairs of the North-Western Bank of India continue to attract considerable attention. Serious disclosures, affecting the character of men in good positions are being continually made, and from the ['act of members of the board being in hostility to each other charges criminatory and recriminatory are occupying the columns cf the papers. The ad mission by the late secretary, Major Angelo, of very , large deficits has not been followed up by any ex planation, which is excused on the ground that the directors have refused to give that officer competent auditors. The real history of the alleged frauds has yet to be given to the public. "From the kingdom of Ava we have accounts of a very destructive fire, which took place at Rangoor on the 28th of December, and destroyed nearly the whole of the town. 2,000 houses were utterly con sumed, and the fire occasioned great losss to the ship ping in the river. " We have accounts from China up to the 29th of December. Sickness still prevails to a lamentable extent among the troops at Hong-Kong, although the shipping and civil community remain remarkably healthy. The 59th have lost upwards of 130 men within the year, and it is stated that scarcely 100 men in the regiment could be found in a really effective state of health. Commissioner Lin, whose seizure and destruction of the opium in 1839 led to our war with China, died suddenly on the 18th of November, while on his way to the insurrectionary district of Quan-si. The Government troops are reported to have obtained some success over the insurgents of that province, but another disturbance has broken out in the island of Hainan, where 10,000 insurgents are in arms. Two bodies of troops have been sent against them, but the first fraternized with the enemy and the second were beaten and dispersed; meanwhile cholera has broken out in Hainan, and after raging for two months to a frightful extent in that island, bas extended to the mainland, and commenced its ravages in the south-west of the Quangtong provinces. " Mr. Fast, a Swedish missionary, had been mur dered by pirates in the Min River, but the Chinese authorities, behaving with unwonted energy, bad captured the offenders, and beheaded twenty-eight of them. The appearance in your columns of the letter of An Old Indian has given great satisfaction to all here interested in the progress of the country. He has rather understated the deficiency of roads than overstated it. Out of the Island of Bombay (with the roads of which the Government have nothing to do) there is scarcely such a thing as five mile of con tinuous good road in the western presidency. In the harbour of Bombay there is not a quay alongside which even a collier could be loaded, and at the head of the great water carriage of the Gulf of Cambay there is no accommodation whatever for landing or embarking merchandise." COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Bombay Times.) BOMBAY, SATURDAY EVENING, FEB 1. THE MONEY AND SHARE MARKETS. We have little to say this time on money matters. Pressure and diArast are the prevailing features in the bazaar, and the decision of her Majesty in Council being in Rain Lall's favour, is not likely to improve affairs. Stecurities continue dull, snd the following may be given as the quotations of the day:—Transfer Paprr, 108 rs. to 110; bicea Fives, 102; bicca, Fours, 84; Company's Fours, 80i; C om p any ' s Fi ves , 97 ; Bank of Bombay Shares, 141 per cent. premium; Oriental Bank, 19 per EXPORTS. Cotton Wool—The total 'purchases during the fort night amount to 5,550 bales and 200 candies, chiefly new Dhollera to arrive, at rates varying from 110 i r. to 114 r. per candy. The bulk of the new Candeish which bas as yet reached the market has been bought up for export to China. Of new Surat a small quantity has been purchased at 120 r. per candy. The exports to China during the past mouth have been as five bales to one during the same month of last year, while to England the quantity exported is more than a half less than in 1850. Opium—During the furtuight the demand for the drug has been steady, and purchases have been made to a moderate extent. The Peninsular and Oriental steamer of the 10th tilt. took on some 1,850 chests. The present quotations are for Indoro Rs. 990, and Mslwa Rs. 1,020 per chest. Freights—The rates of the day are—to London, 21.55. to 21. 7s. 63.; to Liverpool, 2/. 2s. 63. to U. se. per ton; and to China, 13i rupees per candy. The harbour is filled with vessels, and there are now on the berth for London 6, for Liverpool 7, for Clyde 1, for China 10, for other ports 5: with 27 awaiting freight. Exchanges—A large supply of bills on London, re ceived by the last steamer from China, have sold at 2s, 2td. to 2s. 2'13 161., six months' sight, the banks' nominal rate being 2:4. 243. On Calcutta the rate is 971 r., and on China 216 r. per 100 dolls.— Times. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Captain Sir Everard Rome, Bart., having nearly re covered from the effects of the accident on board his ship the Calliope, 26, rejoined her in:Plymouth Sound on Saturday morning. On arriving alongside, the crew pontuneously manned the yards and rigging, and gave three times three hearty cheers, which much affected the gallant officer. The Calliope, and Fantome, 12, Com mander Gennp, were afterwards mustered and iespected and paid adv4nce, by Commodore Lord John Hay, C. 8., and on Sunday both ships sailed for Sydney and New Zealand at 2.30 P.M., with a fine breeze from the north. They call at Rio en route. Paymaster Thomas Shanks (1809), and formerly of the Vanguard, has been appointed to the Impregnable, 78, flag-ship at Devonport, vice Ozzard, whose term of service has expired. The Arab, 12, Commander Morris, lately paid off from the East Indies, tprung her foremast so badly that she was obliged to have a new one at the Cape; and now the Kingfisher, 12, Commander Harvey, having sprung her foremast on her passage from the Coast of Africa, is obliged to be paid off at Devonport instead of Woolwich. She has been towed into harbour. Powerful, 84, Captain Hon. R. S. Dundas, C. 8., went alongside the Portsmouth yard jetty on Saturday, and began to dismantle. Yesterday morning she got out her upper deck guns and her spare spars. She will be completely unrigged, and probably dismasted and cleared out, for, paying off on Saturday, if her books are ready. Prince Regent, 90, rehoisted her pendant on Satur day, when her new complement of Marines re-embarked. Captain Harris commissioned her. The Commander (Caldwell) will not join until the Powerful is paid off. The Prince Regent bas already 400 names on her books, including about 40 of her old crew, about 70 from the Powerful, and her officers and boys. Avon steam-tender, Mr. Veitch, in charge, returned to Devonport from Portsmouth, on S aturday morn i ng . Resistance troop-ship, Mast sr -C ommander Bra d shaw, having embarked her troops at Queenstown, on Satur day, sailed for the Mediterranean and West Indies. PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY.—The Cumberland, 70, Cap tain Seymour, flag of Vice- Admiral Sir George Sey mour, Commander-in-Chief on the North American and West India station, arrived at Spithead yesterday to receive advance. There are no movements to-day. PLYMOUTH, SATURDAY.--The Kingfisher, 12, Com mander Henry Harvey, which came in on Wednesday, with her mast sprung, from the coast of Africa, will pro bably be ordered up Hamosze• to be paid off, in pre tination. ference to going en to Portsmouth, her original des- -- Th - O - Alecto steam-sloop is to be paid advance at this port, prior to sailing with the mails for the coast of Africa. The General Screw Steam Shipping Company's pac ket Bosphorus, Captain Hall, is hourly expected with Good Hope. The late easterlythe firstm an a d il n f o r r o t m her t l h y e Cwainpdesofwili probably retard her homeward passage a day or two. On Tuesday afternoon the Red Rover trawling. sloop, Captain Brown, when lying about eight miles south of the Eddystone, with her trawl-net down, was run into by the John E. Adams, of New it"n L. - s outwardbound, with German emigrants, and would have sunk had not the fluke of the ship's anchor caught the sloop's main sail, which it tore into ribands, breaking th e ga ff , an d carrying away the mainsheet, topping lift, reef, pen nants, &c. The John E. Adams is accused of running into a mackerel lugger off this port last year, and drown ing one man. About three years since an American ship ran into the Ariel trawl-sloop, and drowned all her crew—four hands. On Thursday evening a pilot boat landed here Cap tain van der Borden, of the Dutch huker ragg (Tagus), belonging to Vlardingen, which port she left laden with tar and cheese, bound for Lisbon. On the 23d of Feb., at ten o'clock in the evening, she was run into by a.strange brig, which passed on; by the voices of her crew she was judged to be an Englishman. The huker showed lights, but the brig had none. The Tagg was struck en the bluff of the bow, and became very leaky. The pumps were manned, and several of the cases of cheese were removed aft, so as to get the leak out of the water, but these efforts were unavailing, a an d the crew were obliged to take refuge on board another Dutch vessel, the Welcome, from Lisbon, bound to Holland. Soon after joining her they saw the huker go down. Provi sions falling short, Captain van der Borden landed here to proceed by rail and steam to Holland. THE MEDITERRANEAN, We have correspondence frum the Mediterranean, dated Malta, Feb. 24, The commander-in-chief, Vice - Admiral Sir W. Par ker, G.C.8., was at Malta, with his fleet. The flag ship, Queen, 110; Ceylon, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Harvey; Calrdonia, 120, Albion, ao -a, Ganges, 84, Su perb, 80, Racer, 12; Terrible steam frigate, Scourge steam-sloop, Firebrand steam-frigate, and Medina and Antelope steampackets, were in the highest order, daily exercising their crews with sails and spars, field-piece:, great guns, and smell arms, and boats with guns mounted, frequently performing evolutions at the mouth of the harbour. Spitfire steam-vessel is ordered to he got ready for surveying service; Commander Spratt, formerly Lieu tenant of her Majesty's ship Beacon, is to have the com mand. The Porcupine was intended for this service, but was found to want a very extensive repair in her engines. 31r. rolisrd, second master of the Medina, has been, MARCH for the second time within six weelo, subjected to a court of inquiry. On the latter occasion (17th ult.) he was ordered a passage to England, and on arrival will to placed at the disposal of the Lords of the Admiralty. Mr. Cook, the second master of the Albion, had been appointed to the Medina temporarily, until the pleasure of their Lordships as regards Pollard is known. Racer, 12, Commander Beddoes, was inspected on the 21st. and was every day expecting to receive her orders for Corfu. where she will relieve the Frolic, 16, Com mander Vansittart, ordered to rejoin the Admiral. SHEERNESS AS A PORT OF DEFENCE, TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir, —ln consequence of the riot among the seamen at Yarmouth on the 24th of February, the Black Eagle and the Lightning war steamers were ordered thence from Woolwich, with directions to call at Sheerness to re ceive detachments of Royal Marines, consisting of 1 lieutenant, 1 sergeant, 1 corporal, and 25 privates for each vessel, from the Trafalgar and Ocean. When the order to prepare the detachments reached the Trafalgar a requisition was made by the cfficer com manding the Royal Marines on hoard for 60 rounds of ball cartridge for each man. The reply was, there were none on board! He then suggested an application being made to the garrison at Sheerness for some ammuni tion. The application was made, and the reply was, that as the whole ammunition the garrison possessed only amounted to 16 rounds per man, none could be spared. At last a small keg was obtained from the Ocean, which was handed over to the Trafal gar's detachment, as they were first ready, and they were dispatched in the Black Eagle before noon. The Trafalgar has not a single round of cannon ammunition on board, nor any other vessel in harbour except the flag-ship, which has a small quantity for the morning and evening gun. The garrison is equally destitute of ammunition. The nearest magazine is at Upnor Castle, near Chatham, 12 miles up the tidal river Medway, with no direct road to it by land. The Lightning had to remain at Sheerness till the Admiral's steam tender had obtained some ammunition for the detachment from Upnor Castle, before she could proceed to ber destina tion. Is not Sheerness, its important dockyard, and the valuable ships at the entrance of the Medway, in a de fenceless state2—l am, &c., AN OFFICER OF TWENTY YEARS' STANDING. Chatham, March 1. MR. MACREAD V'S FORGE I FULNESS OF BIS BROTHER ACTORS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING POST. Sir,—Living on the skirts of the world, it was once my vocation to bustle in, I now and then, from the " loop-holes of my retreat," observe the changes of the moon, and note the passing events. On more than one occasion you have done me the favour to give insertion to my impressions on the fleeting " bubbles of the day," and I now venture to trouble you with a few observa tions on Mr. Macready's dramatic death, his retirement from the stage. To use the words of our great Shak spere— " -nothing in his life Became him, like the leaving it : he died As one that had been studied in his death, To throw away the dearest things he ow'd As 'twere a careless trifle." This must be apparent to every one who reads the great man's speeches at Drury-lane Theatre and the Hall of Commerce, in neither (with the exception of an ambigu ous compliment to Mr. Phelps) is there the slightest al lusion to the brothers of his art, who had assisted him for so many years in ail his "Battles, sieges, and fortunes." Surely among the number of his old associates, some few might have been remembered with respect, and a kind word might have been found to hare recorded his appreciation of the efforts of the meritorious, although humble men, who, in his last campaign, enabled him to present his plays to the public with, to say the least, credit and respectablility. Not so, the great tragedian's sovereign contempt for the professors of the stage, the " beasts," * as he delights to call them, entirely swamps his gratitude ; he shares with his titled friends in the " prejudices against actors," and al though himself a very humble actor's son, cordially despises his less fortunate brethern (many of whom are his superiors in birth and education), and rejoices in leaving them. Of Mr. Webster, again, as you very justly observe in your p a p er o f to -d ay, some s li ght praise might have been recorded for his unceasing labours to support th e l eg i t i mate d rama for so many years, if worldly courtesy did not suggest a kind re membrance of the money that passed between them. When John Kemble took his leave, " His old associates, Tie partners of his toils, his feelings, and his fame," gathered round him and received his parting thanks and good wishes. At Charles Kemble's retirement, 'twas the same; and when Mrs. Glover left us, the whole pro fession mourned. With these bright examples before him, to glide out of the world without one friendly word to his fellow-labourers, proves that a great trage dian may be a very little am. Sir, your obedient servant, or AN OLD ACTOR. BroMpton, March 3, 1851. * Surely this must be an error.—ED. Morning Post. COURT CIRCULAR. Lord John Russell had an audience of the Queen yes terday, at Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert went yesterday afternoon, at a quarter before four o'clock, to the building for the Exhibition of the Industry of all Nations, in Hyde-park. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Pri❑ cess Alice, and ,were attended by the Viscountess Can ning(Ledy in Waiting), Lord Alfred Paget (Equerry in Waiting), and Colonel Bouverie (Equerry in Waiting to tee Prince). His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse back yesterday morning, attended by Colonel Bouverie. Their Royal Highnesse7 Prince Arthur and the Prin cess Louisa took a e,rriage drive yesterday. Their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred and the Prin cess Helena to* their usual exercise yesterday, in the garden of Buckingham Palace. The Earl and Countess Granville, Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. C. 13. Phipps. and Captain W. B. Hamilton. R.N., had the honour of dining with her Majesty and Prinee Albert at Buckingham Palace yesterday evening. The Queen's private band was in a,tendance in the Palace after dinner. A meeting was held at half-past ten o'clock yesterday morning, at the private residence of Lord John Russell, in Chesham-place. Belgrave-square. There were pre sent Lord John Russell. the Lord Chancellor, the Mar quis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Mint°, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, Sir Charles Wood, Sir Francis Baring. Lord Broughton, the Earl of Carlisle, the Marquis of Clanricarde, and the Right Hon. Fox Maule. Mr. Labouchere was not present at the meeting, the Right Hon. Gentleman not having arrived from Brighton. The meeting broke up about twelve o'clock, at which hour Lord John Russell went to Buckingham Palace to have an audience of the Queen. _ _ _ A meeting was held yesterday afternoon at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in Downing street. There were present Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, Sir Charles Wood, Sir Francis Baring, Lord Broughton, the Earl of Carlisle, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, and the Right Hon. Fox Maule. Mr. Fitzsteph&n French, M.P., had en interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. DEATH•OF THE EARL OF HARRINGTON. We have to announce the demise of the Earl of Har rington, intelligence of whose dissolution reached town yesterday afternoon from Brighton. His Lordship ex pired at half-past two o'clock yesterday morning, utter a short but severe illness, several of his Lordship's nearest relatives being present at his decease. The deceased Charles Stanhope Earl of Harrington, county Northampton ; Viscount Petersham, county Surrey ; and Baron Harrington, county Northampton, in the peerage of Great Britain, was eldest son of Charles, third earl, and Jane Seymour, daughter and co heir of Sir John Fleming, Bart. He was born Bth April, 1780, and was consequently close on the attainment of his 71st year. In September, 1829, he succeeded to the earldom on the death of his father, and on the 7th April, 1831, he married Miss Maria Foote (the celebrated actress), daughter of the lite Mr. Samuel Foote, by whom he leaves issue an only daughter, Lady Jane St. Maur Blanche Stanhope, his only son, Viscount Petersham, having died at the early age of five years. The late Earl was the intimate friend of George IV. when Prince Regent, and was a Lord of the Bedchamber to that Sovereign, also to his late Majesty William IV. The deceased peer entered the army very early in life, as did his brothers, the late lion. Major General Lincoln Stanhope, the Hon. Colonel Leicester Stanhope, and Sir Charles Francis Stanhope ' for his commission as ensign bears date the 2d December, 1795. He was lieutenant-colonel of the 3d West India Regiment, when he retired on half-pay in August, 1812. He attained the rank of captain Nov. 21, 1799; major, Jan. 24, 1803; lieutenant-colonel, June 25, 1807; and colonel, June 4, 1814. Since his marriage his Lordship has led a retired life, rarely mixing in those circles of fashion of which for many years he had been considered one of the leaders. _ _ By the demise ,of his Lordship, the earldom, and family estates in Derbyshire and Cheshire, devolve on his next surviving brother, the lion. Colonel Leicester F. C. Stanhope, C. 8., born 2d September, 1784, and married 23d April, 1831, Elizabeth, only child and heir of the late Mr. William Green. _ The families of the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, the Duke and Duchess of Leinster, Mr. A. and Lady Caroline Sanford, the Mcalpi3 and Marchioncia of Kil dare, Lord and Lady Southampton, Mr. G. Repton, M.P., at d Lady Jane Repton, &.e, are placed in mourn ing by the lamented death of the respenteci Earl. The progress of knowledge is slow ; like the sun we cannot see it moving, but after a while we perceive that it bas moved, nay, that it has moved onward. — Eliza Cook's Journal. THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AND LORD STANLEY. —A great meeting of the delegates of the Protection so cieties from all parts of the country assembled at the South Sea .1 - fouse yesterday. when a resolution e x p ressing a deter- mination to reverse the free-trade policy of the late Sir Robert Peel w a s unanimouely agreed t o. Another r.esolu tlon, expressing the confidence of the ass oc iatio den in ith n e policy of Lord Stanley, was also adopted, and a putat ion was nominated to wait on the Noble Lord to communicate the terms of the resolution. —Herald. FOREIGN Icr.—The first arrival of foreign ice this year has just taken place by a vessel arrived in the river from one of the Norwegian ports, with an entire cargo, cm- P 11 4 1 4 3 g orieral lagareciii of tens TrciSht 9f the Article. 4, lB5l. MINISTERIAL CRISIS. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. TlRES.—There are people in the East, so at least travellers say, who for a trifling gratuity will allow themselves to be buried for a week, or a month, or a , long as you have patience to wait, and who en being dug out and warmed up will be as much alive as ever they were. That is the very feat just exhibited in Downing -street. For the benefit of her Majesty and the British public a dozen statesmen have allowed them selves to be wrapped up end buried for eleven days,Oand were yesterday exhumed, apparently not much the worse for it. Where the feats are so similar it is not wonder ful that there should be some correspondence in the cir cumstances. In the case of the Eastern performers, it somewhat detracts from the prodigy that they never have been very much alive. It is, alter all, a torpid, cold, and toad-like animation that they possess, and the 3 improve on the natural poverty of their constitutions b 3 the habit of holding their breath, and keeping as low as, possible all their natural functions. Granting the feat to be real, it is not the inhumation of a healthy and vi gorous man, with his lungs in full play, and his blood leaping in his veins. Now, could the Whig Govern ment have suffered an eleven days' trance if it had been enjoying healthful and vigorous vitality ? It must have been reduced in condition, and have been an adept at spontaneous collapse. We are not told, nor is it likely, that the Ineian ori ginals come out of the grave stronger than they went in. Can we expect mdre of our own conjurors? Have Lord John Russell and his colleagues entered into a more po tential existence by having undergone the ordeal of eleven days' annihilation ? The process has occasionally been found a specific for preserving what life there was. "To counterfeit dying, when a man thereby liveth, is to be no counterfeit, but the true and perfect image of life indeed." But that is the utmost a man can do by shut ting his eyes and holding his breath. When he gets up and shakes himself he finds that he has the same aches and pains, the same encumbrance of flesh and weakness of lungs as ever he had. Whatever the exact nature of this mysterious interregnum—whether the Cabinet was frightened into hysterics by Mr. Locke King—whether it had inhaled chloroform for an operation on the Ec clesiastical Titles Bill, or had been mesmerized by Mr. Disraeli, there must be an equal absence of positive re sults, and the Cabinet must be the same thing this day that it was immediately after the division on the county 101. householders. But the public are to suspend their judgment to next Friday? Oa that day it appears we are to have an entirely new start. The world began again after the deluge, and the session is to begin again after the "crisis, " which is supposed to wash away all remembrance of the past. This is taking life easy. The sun-dials say tempts ,fugit, but her Majesty's Ministers flatter themselves that they can arrest the flight of time, and let five weeks slip away without any loss of position. But in order to bring us back really to the very point we stood at this day month, two things are necessary—first, that the past should be forgotten; then that all the parties concerned should re turn to what they were. The first condition could easily be fulfilled by reducing the preliminary session to a sort of antedeluvian antiquity ; Mr. Locke King must class with deinotheria, and Mr. Disraeli and his Irish brigade find their places in the saurian family. A few fossils must be all that remains of those portentous divisions that drove Lord John to despair. Unhappily the crisis will have no such Lethean power. The lessons read to us during the past month are still fresh in the memory, and will infallibly be acted on. If Lord John Russell is more alive to his situation than he was at the beginning of the session, so also are the Protectionists, the Peelites, the Papists, and the Reformers. This is the second round of a stand-up fight, and as the Government was beaten in the first round, its chance is so much the worse in the second. ,Unless we are very much mistaken, none of these parties think that any claim has been esta blished on their gratitude or forbearance, for it is not the habit of mankind—not, at any rate, of politicians —to lie on the ground to be walked over by their rivals. In Parliament, in particular, it is rare to find a morbid taste for the Opposition side of the House. On the whole, then, we venture to think that the experimental session just ended will not be forgotten, or lost upon faction. As little can we imagine that we all are what we were a month ago. So, although the greatest cap tain of his age has been employed to give the word of command, "As you were," we tear that obedience is im possible. The crisis has been graced with an unusual display of sentiment, and some of its passages have been really affecting. Compliments and condonations have been freely exchanged; so, of course, all parties are now expected to help in strengthening an Adminis tration which it turns out, by the process of exhaustion, is the only possible one. The disappointed candidates for power are told, " Sir, you have had your chance, and you could make no use of it; so be generous, and give us that strength which you cannot use for yourselves." This argument may be logical, but we are not so sure that it is founded in nature. As a matter of fact, whether creditable or not, people are not always anxious to assist their fortunate rivals. We ex pect a good deal of generosity of the feminine sort— more forgiving than forgetting. Sir James Graham will once more call Lord John Russell his " Noble Friend," but he will not forget that his Noble Friend has been reduced to ask his assistance. Lord Stanley will not forget that Lord John Russell has been nearly beaten by the Protectionists in the Lower House, and is always at their mercy in the Upper. Mr. Locke King will not forget, though he live ten thousand years, that he has beaten a Government by a majority of two to one. The Roman Catholics will not forget that they hold the ba lance of parties, and can defeat Ministers on almost any question they please. The Whigs, of course, would only , be too glad to pass an act of oblivion, if it could be reci procal, but there are some considerable parties in the Commons who have nothing whatever to do but to remem r, and whose memories have been sharpened to a pre ternatural accuracy. Aristotle describes the high minded man and the low-minded man, and very pro perly ascribes to the latter a long memory for disasree ables. But later moralists have detected that the virtues of his high-minded man required some assistance from fortune, and that his low-minded man was also some what the creature of adverse circumstances. A man who can avenge himself soon makes a clean memory, but a man who cannot is forced to keep long scores. Shylock could relate a long list of civilities that had doubtless escaped the recollection of the bestowers. His memory, indeed, was somewhat painfully overcharged, and longed for the opportunity of delivering its burden. Lord John Russell's numerous enemies may perhaps practise no other forbearance than that of the viudictive Hebrew when he said— " And for these courtesies I'll lend you thus much monies." How much is to be done next Friday ? All the mea sures far the session are to be reproduced, and the im provement is to be such as not only to make up for the previous failure, but also to create a stock of character for a falling Government. Lord John Russell is to have sown his wild oats for the session, and is to be actually better for that employment of so much valuable time. If their measures are still to be selected and elaborated, her Majesty's Ministers have to accomplish in three days what they have failed to do in six months. There are things, of course, which it is easier to do quickly than slowly. To get through a quickset hedge, to storm a breach, to take a dose of castor oil, or to snuff out a candle with one's fingers, requires precipitancy !either than deliberation; but in the present instance there are some other parties concerned, who will possi bly not consent to be carried out of breath. When Lord J. Russell asks Parliament to move the qnicker because it has lost time, it will be likely enough to ask for whose conveuience this is demanded, and what it is to expect in return for this partial surrender of its deliberative powers. His Lorthhip must not expect his credit to be increased by his late stoppage. There is no second lease of political confidence without additional claims to it. If the Cabinet, as it now seems, is to consist of the same men, it must present some decided improvement of measures; otherwise we shall soon find ourselves as we were a week ago. CHRONICLE.—The long Ministerial interregnum closes with a transition or tentative Ministry. The same individuals who have held office for five years with the general toleration of the country return to power as being the most negative and neutral of parties, and therefore exposed to the smallest amount of actual op position. Lord John Manners undertakes to promise them the modified support of the, Protectionists on all indifferent questions, though, perhaps, the Government would set a higher value on his political engagements on behalf of the Country Party, if he had not at the same time constituted himself, with little modesty, and without a shadow of reason or authority, the exponent of "the universal feeling of gentlemen on his side of the House." But, be this as it may, it cannot be doubted that the House in general will be inclined to facilita'e the operations of a Government which, for the time, contrives to hold office by a sort of apparent necessity. Having never wished to displace the late Ministers, we cannot be unwilling to give them even a more candid trial than their professed opponents can offer them. It was in some degree because they were blindly rushing upon destruction that we so strongly censured the suicidal policy which was forced upon them by their leader. Continuing steadily to denounce the s errors which we have hitherto denounced, we shall,naa heretofore, abstain from any factious opposition s, to Ministry which professes many sound principles, sion, to carry them out in its practice. which may, perhaps, intend, on some favourable ludicrous termination termination of the crisis had been foreseewna s i n c e of ep o t h w a e t r L h o a r d d evening. Lord John Russell was then aware Stanley's failure and his own tenacity sbe. of the Roman consuls, made any new combination impassible. Wellington's function was only The Duke of They could only transfer their t power consmisaion. Thu country when the ianddiicvtiadtuoarl. whosu name was inserted h it o it t e t r o re o g oa nu a r c u h u re a: s % , any means n d e a r (nj s o iacte en n tout . l and chronic anarchy. the cornea i l t i t e f a M there Ministerial i g w e r e i r a e l to fear that the restoration of the late Government is but extent, understood of a more otncielit The cosubiennacteiwouentof circumstances which has frus uautbtth,etfuoramagtrieoant Ministry was, and foreseen by Lord John Russell at the moment of his trated all attempts at resignation. Threats had recentlyt been held out that a re Parliament would, in c ase o f need, be punished r bv a dissolution; and the premature breakiint up of the Administration was represented, by the special partisans of the retiring Premier, as another form of a similar policy. Lazy supporters were to be frightened into activity, and uncertain adherents to be rallied into the Whig ranks by the panic fear of losing their accus tomed leaders. On trial the experiment was found to fail, although it proved, as was expected, that there was still time to recall it. The Liberal };arty in the House has had the opportunity of expressing a discontent and distrust which have been greatly increased by the wretched imbecility exhibited in an insincere with drawal from office, and by the new twist of the " Ag ' gressiels" policy. Out of doors pot a single meeting has been held, and scarcely an individual opinion has been expressed, in favour of the recall of Lord John Russell. A fortnight ago he was encumbered by his no-Popery pledges, and by an unpalatable Budget. Ile has now yielded to fear what he refused to reason, and has mutilated even his frivolous and inoperative Aggres sion Bill. A better Budget may be contrived, but it will be clogged with the recollection that it has been forced upon those who propose it. A dissolving party has been effectually shaken to pieces by the shock which was to startle it into reunion. For every good purpose the Ministry is weaker than when it was compelled to resign by the forcible feebleness of its chief. In one re spect it is possible that it may b e stronger in mere votes, as a large body of the Protectionists seems likely to sup port it as being the most helpless and squeezeable of an tagonists; but support from opponents can only be pur chased by the suspicion and alienation of former adhe rents. There arc many Members who hay.) voted for the Whig Government chiefly because it was threatened by the numbers and the union of the Prote c ti on i sts. But if an understanding is established between the opposite sides of the House, the advocates of progress and of free u-ade will feel themselves released from their allegiance. Oa the whole, we are satisfied that no advantage to the party will have been attained by the late resignation. The injury to the country produced by this barren agi tation is sufficiently serious and evident. The freshness of the session has already been wasted without any real commencement of business. The Budget, and the promised reforms of the law, are still to be produced, if cot to be prepared. It was sufficiently vexatious that the foolish Aggression disturbance should interrupt and . anticipate the business of the country; but, thanks to I Lord John Russell's management, even the No-Popery chimera has still to be hewn into the shape which it is dnally to assume. The egg, predestined to be addled, is sot even yet deposited. Lord Stanley's plan, for shelving the whole question in a Committee, may perhaps, after all, be adopted, as a pledge of the new alliance. That it is more statesmanlike than the blustering of the Durham letter, and not more dishonest than the retrectation of the pledges which were contained in that memorable document, and which were virtually broken by the intro duction of the sham Aggression Bill, will be admitted with little difficulty. But it will be well for Parliament cautiously to consider the consequences of such a mode ,f escaping from a false position. As the blunder must, sooner or later, be acknowledged and abandoned, it is inadvisable to prolong the agitation by a process which, after all that has taken place, must necessarily assume a n irritating and controversial character. Inquiry might have been practicable before the Durham agitation; but, After the appeals whi c h h ave b een ma d e on both sides to sectarian animosity, it could not possibly lead to profita ble results. Lord John Russell's characteristic inten tion of ascertaining from Archbishop Murray the maxi mum of persecution to which he is prepared to submit, is fortunately not the only alternative. If a prudent statesman could by possibility find himself involved in the difficulties which Lord John Russell has contrived to accumulate, it is by no means easy to say what course he would adopt to relieve himself. But, at least, it may be asserted that he would endeavour, if possible, !o bring the discussion on Papal Aggression to a close; nor, even if penal legislation was altogether unavoidable, would he consult the destined victims of his measure on its terms. While we admit and applaud Archbishop Murray's habitual loyalty and moderation, we can by no means allow that his virtues should be considered in legislating for the body to which he belongs. If he has been threatened with injustice, the Bill would have been equally unjust in its bearing on his turbulent colleague of Tuam. Some surprise has been expressed at the opinion declared, both by Sir James Graham and by Lord Aberdeen, that although the proceedings connected with the new hierarchy were offensive and insulting, they ought not to be met by legislative action. Yet it is scarcely the custom of England to reply to insolent language by Acts of Parliament; nor will Lord John Russell's mutilation of his Bill, in deference to the objections of a favoured individual, meet with the approval of sober-minded politi cians. Loyal subjects are entitled to no more than justice, and troublesome brawlers to no less. It is not difficult to perceive that the policy of the more am bitious portion of the hierarchy at present exactly cor responds with that of their most indignant opponents. The wish of zealots to persecute scarcely outruns the desire of their adversaries to be persecuted. In either case the object will be attained by concentrating the attention of Parliament and of the political world on subjects alien from their proper occupations. Since the return of the M;nistry to office, Lord John Russell has already made a false step in his Aggression policy. The second reading of the Bill is to be proposed on Friday, in the form in which it was originally laid on the table. But, as this is one of those measures, the entire principle of which is involved in its so•called " details" and as the mos t material of these are confessedly objectionable, there is an obvious impropriety in asking the House to suffer it to pass through so important a stage, even with a pro mise that its provisions shall be altered in Committee. The second and third clauses, as they stand at present, are represented by their responsible author, however in accurately, as acts of gross oppression and persecution. In consenting to vote for the mord reading the House will be affirming propositions which have been already aban doned by the Minister as unjuttifiable. It would have been better to introduce an amended Bill than to make this new and unnecessary demand on the confidence of en insulted ard imPutient Legislature. But it seems fated that eta ry step in this labyrinth of blundering shonldlesdto its own separate error. LIERsieLD.—It is recorded in the annals of the French Emil-ire, that when, about neon of that dry afterwards immortalised by the victory of Marengo, the Austrian columns had penetrated to the centre ef their position, and defeat seemed well nigh inevitable, Nspolei n, asking one of his moss crusted lieutenants " what he thought of the battle?" received for answer, "tithe battle is already lost; but there is time to win another before night." lioeury tells us how prophetic were ties words of General Desaix, end the anecdote has been preserved, not so much, we imagine. on account of its importance in irselt, as because it strikingly illustrates that general law, applicable alike to politics and to war, to the con flict of arms and to the conflict of opinions, which tells us that despondency in failure, or security in success, are equally misplaced where accident and fortune so often interfere to bring to pass the most unforeseen events, and to disconcert the profoundest calculations. " Ce qui arrive toujours c'est rinzprevu," and the last ten days have furnished no exception to the rule. Within that space a Government, feeble indeed and disunited, nor possessing in any degree the confidence of the country, but to which the differences of its opponents and the general disorganiza tion of parties appeared likely to ensure a somewhat longer duration of existence, has fallen in consequence of no assault from without, but by an act of political suicide. Within that space a statesman possessing un measured influence over the House of Lords, in the Commons supported by a compact band of more than 250 followers, and backed up by all the weight and power of the great agricultural interest. has been com pelled, after a struggle brief' in point if time, hut con ducted with ability end prudence, to which unwilling justice has been done be his most determined cpno nents, to abandon for the present the ten rept to foam an Administration. Net less mortifying, though far more easily accounted for, was the failure of that third party, the " trimmers" of our oge, who during five years have arrogated to themselves, and undoubtedly have at times possessed, the power of diclding the fate of eloubtful questions is the Lower Douse of Parlia ment. When permitted to try their hands at the work of Cabinet making, they found themselves un able to cnnecancl the assistance of a single indi vidual beyond the very narrow circle of their own pe s r t s r o a n n a g l e, s o u t p e p n o t e f t u e l r s h . singularity of all that went befere. In the dearth of iet N or o y r " i o s ut th o e f laketepsirt)aggewoitfh this advisers, and amidst the chaos of parties, there has re appeared the name of one iliustrioue person, whose actions in farmer days are inseparably connected with the history of his country, but who new to the public at large seemed as much permanently removed from the political arena as though gates of Westminster. Abbey lied already opened to the receive the remains of the greatest of modern generals. It was well worthy of that genuine and dis interested patriotism, which, even more than his military glories, has distinguished the career of Wellington, that, man easniutnarteivdaucd, and ales now at an age far more advanced than that of any other hich e. hithUernparty, now engaged in public life, and with a reputation % well entitled him to say, unequalled exnerience, " N Cu o tn ni f il a d m e tt e 7q t u t o r d v s it a a tis ci e u s ° t d , b ir i c e il d in to e is hitherto r b e s e u n eh e a c he Sovereignsh ould t h o not e n e h d a t v s e f t: of abilities once confesseatym' han ithwunee:: elafar-i nave vhceeriscrisis prospects. The first point Label,"reli to o m eat, offe P r e t i t t o , b their ea but little impaired by y not be amiss to exanern stances, however, causes which, remarkable on b Conservative and the degree to which may considered to have ao o : r et e h carefully a fro creectftuucaldlly position worthy of attention in this oseferoslitics is the novelty of the epis ode both sides, have been assigned for temporary ill-success. Notwithstanding the Ministerial disclaimers (which, in deed, however emphatically delivered, hardly amount to a denial), wo cannot reconcile it to reason or common which seems sense to believe that a Government like that over which Lord John Russell presided was, or could be, driven, we will not say from power, but from office, either by the accidental minority on Mr. Locke King's motion, or even by the more serious attack of Mr. Disraeli and his friends. With respect to the first, it has been often re marked that the number of these who demanded an ex , tension of the franchise had not, in any the Brightest de gree, increased since last year; that, therefore, the move ment in itself was not one whit more formidable than before, and that the real author of the 'Whig defeat was the Piime Minister himself, who virtually gave in his adherence to the principle which he professed for the u-isEnt tieresist. It is nut wonderful that the steeditat SUlipottets of Lis Government ehould have preferred go ing, quietly home to their dinners re fli ) or ) t c h , a o luoiteluteg to speeches of no particular interest, t it decided, nothing. Y 4 division. which meant, and which h ue, ing. It ',emus to us very natural that many shouldm a Vddin of lay objected to record their votes at the . g the Premier motion which, as he had told them, against that very in • they were n - xt yea r to be summoned up to support end carry . threugh. 'Still. more flimsy is en pr e t e x t p u t for war d in tho second place—to the effect that a majo rity of fourteen wa s not sufficient to enable Ministers to conduct the business of the country with success. For it is notorious that out of the large number of Members who went out into the Protectionist lobby, some, at least, were influenced in their vote—uot by any conside ration founded on the merits of the question beiore them, but purely by a desire to retaliate upon the Cabinet for their conduct on the Anti-Papal Bill. The Permier himself seemed conscious of the weakness of his ex cuse ; for he more than once repeated, that though mither the one event nor the.other.weuld separately have