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SOUTII WALES RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that the next II XLF-YEARLY OR DINARY MEETING of the Proprietors of this Company will be held, pursuant to tke Act of Parliament, at the Paddington Station of the Great Western Railway, on WEDNESDAY, the 27th day of Fe bruary instant, at Twelve for One o'clock precisely, for the ELEC TION of FOUR DIRECTORS and ONE AUDITOR in the place of the same number who wit' retire by rotation, and for the other ordi nary purposes of business And notice is hereby further given, that at the said Meeting the recommendations contained in the Report of the Deputation of Shareholders, dated the 15th December, 1849, will be taken into consideration , The Transfer Books will be closed on and after the 13th instant, and will not be re-opened until after the said rialitTearly Meeting, on the 27th inst. By order, FRED. G. SAUNDERS, Secretary South Wales Railway Office, 440, West Strand, . London, Feb, 5, 1850. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. JAMES ANDERSON. THIS EVENING, Will be presented, by her Majesty's Servants, The historical Play of FIESCO ; or, the Revolt of Genoa. Andrea Doria, Mr. Cooper; Prince Glanettino Doria, Mr. Fisher ; Marquis do Caleagno, Mr. Montague ; Fiesco, Mr. James Anderson ; Count Lomellino, Mr. Cathcart; Verrina, Mr. Vandenhoff ; Julia, Mrs. Ternan 5 Leonora, Miss Laura Addison. To conclude with a New Grand Historical, Metaphorical, Allegoriewl, and Diabolical Pantomime, by the author of " Bluff Xing Hal 'to be called HARLEQUIN and GOOD QUEEN BESS ; M&RRIB ENGLAND IN THE OLDEN TIME, Private boxes, 31. 35., 21.325. 6d., 21. 25., 11. I ls. 6d., and 11. Is. Stalls, ss. each. s. d. I FIRST PRIGE. Boxes - -4 0 I Pit - - - 2 0 Lower Gallery - 1 0 I Upper Gallery - 0 6 Box-book-keepe] s. d. SECOND PRICE. Boxes - - 2 0 Pit • - - 1 0 Lower Gallery - 0 6 No Half-price to Upper Gallery Mr. J. Povey. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. MT. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Bro'Lipton. THIS EVENING, Will be presented an entirely new and original Comedy, entitled LEAP YEAR ; or, The Ladies' Privilege. Sir Solomon Solos, Mr. Keeley ; Captain Mouser, Mr. Selby ; Mr. Dimple, Mr. Buckstone ; William Walker, Mr. Charles Kean ; Mrs. Flora Flowerdew, Mrs. Charles Kean ; Miss Sally O'Leary, Mn.s FitzwilliAna ; Mrs. Crisp, Ws. F. Matthews. After which THE CHRISTENING. To conclude with THE NINTH STATUE or, The Jewels and Th e G em . Principal characters by Mr. Munyard, Miss P. Horton, Airs. L. S. Buckingham, and Miss K. Fitzwilliam. The Box-office is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new domestic Drama, called THE WILLOW COPSE. Principal eharacters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Bed fore , 0. Smith, Worrell ; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. Arter which an entirely new Extravaganza, entitled DO MESTIC ECONOMY. John Gramly, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Grtlinly, Mrs. F. Matthews. To conclude with FRA).TRENSTEIW; or, The Model Man. Franken stein, Mr. Wright ; the What is It ? Mr. P. Bedford; Lamle, Mr. 0. Smith • Otto of Rosenberg, Miss Woolgar ; Tiddlewincz, Miss E. Chaplin ; Agatha, Miss Coveny ; Undue, Miss E. Harding. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madarnc Vest!". Solo Lessee, Mr. Charles Maths ws. THISI EVENING, Will be performed THE CAPTAIN OF THE WITCH. Atter which THE ISLAND OF JEWELS. To include with A PRACTICAL MAN. Dress Boxes , ss. ; Upper Boxes, 48. ; Pit, 28. ; Gallery, Is. No half-price to any part of the house. 111 applications for Private Boxes mast be made to Mr. Aileron, 15 New Bond-street. _ PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox. Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new c•mic Opera, entitled THE VALLEY OF ANDORRE. To conclude with KING JAMIE ; or, Harlequin and Magic Fiddle Harlequin, Mr. Bologna ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paul. ; Clown, Mr. Flea more ; Colurabine, Misa Fawcett. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. FRENCH PLAYS AND OPERA COMIQUE Mr. MITCHELL begs respectfully to announce that the French Performaiees at the ht. James's Theatre will commence THIS EVENING. At Half-past Seven, when will be performed UN TIGRE DE 'BENG lI.E. _ . . With Herold's Opera, in Three Acts, entitled ZAMFA ; ou, La Fiancee de Marbre. Zampa, M. Chollet ; Alphonse de Monza, M. Killy Leroy ; Daniel Capuzzi, M. Soyer ; Dandolo, M. Chateaufort ; Camille, Maellle. Charton ; xihta, Madlle. Guichard. The Zox-office of the Theatre is open daily from Eleven till Five. NEW ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Sole Lessee, Mr. W. Watts, St. John's Wood. THIS EVENING, _ Will be performed Shakspere's Tragedy of OTHELLO. Othello, Mr. G. V. Brooke ; lago, Mr. Davenport ; Cassio, Mr. 11011; Duke of Venice,' Mr. Johnstone ; Brabant, Mr. Ryder ; Roderige. Wl;aii ; Desdemons, ►Srs. Mowatt ; milia, Miss Richardson. After which a new Farce, entitled A DEAD TAKE IN. Captain Darchiurt, Mr. Wigan; Hector Poalet, Mr. Compton; Clara, Miss Oliver. To conclude with a new Farce calla LAW FOR LADIES. Mr, Pierey Twinleton, Mr. Wigan ; Mrs. Howard, Mrs. Seymour. ASTLE Y'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. A Grand ;Menne Night, commencing with the rantaulime will take place on Thursday. THIS E VENI N The performance will commence at a Quarter to Seven, with a new Grand Spectacle of THE KNIGHT OF THE EAGLE CHEST; or, The Tourney of Love, in which Mr. N.T. Hicks will appear. To be followed by a brilliant display of Batty's peerless scenes of .he Circle, supported by the accomplished artistes of the establish ment. To conclude with a grand Equestrian Comic Pantomime, by Nel -1 Lee, called HARLEQUIN YANKEE DOODLE, nho came to Town upon his little Pony. Boa-of ice open from Eleven till Four. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Pare Di —Vorning, 2 min. after 9 Eventing, 38 nin. after 9 to-goaxoW—M xramg, 15 mn. after 10 i Evening, 55 min. after 10 THE WEATHER.—Sux OFFICE, FEB. 6. T aBBNOMETEB, Lowest, 35, Ilighe.:t, 45. Noon, 42. BAROMETER, 28'95, now 29•11 i). An extraordinary fat; since y este rlay. WIND Westerly—fresh gales and squally. \'l - tfit1431,4 LONDON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1850. With extreme satisfaction we observe that inquiries have been instituted even thus early by Lord BROUGHAM in the Upper House of Parliament re specting the treatment of Messrs. GRAHAM and ELLIOTT, recently officers in her MAJESTY'S Royal Navy. Last evening the Noble Lord drew the at tention of the Peers to the undeservedly severe punishment indicted on those unfortunate gentlemen, est the same time demanding some explanation on that head from the members of her MAJESTY'S Go vernment. Although the Marquis of L.A.NiDOWINB evaded the question for the moment, by expressing his intention of referring the interrogation to his Right Honourable Colleague the First Lord of the Admiralty, we are sanguine that the first step thus made by Lord BROUGEIAM may be effectually followed up by that Noble and Learned Lore, insomuch, that before the close of the present session we may witness not only the revision of the whole plan of naval courts martial but the complete re-organization, moreover, of the entire system of military jurisprudence. To such legal reformers as Lord Baceteenam we look in truth with implicit confidence for the rectification of evils so glaring, so melancholy, so notorious, so utterly destructive to both our great national services. The inestimable improvements introduced into the laws of England through the aid of the untiring assiduity and the brilliant genius of Lord BROUGHAM must remain deplorably incomplete so long as the army and the navy of Great Britain aro subjected to the recurrence of such calamitous decisions as have lately disgraced the flag of this country. Never, it should also be observed, has any legal re-_ former obtained a more favourable opportunity for advancing his hopes of securing some actual amelio ration than tbat possessed now by the Noble and Learned Lord in reference to the subjects cf naval and military courts-martial. The two monstrous cases of injustice which during the last year, 1849, illustrated the miserable liability on the pert of those tribunals to arrive at conclusions fraught with the grossest violations of humanity, have demonstrated, beyond all poss ible cavil, the necessity for som e speedy and comprehensive innovation. Those two in stances of cruelty have, as our readers must very well remember, been repeatedly and earnestly referred to by ourselves ; nor shall we cease directing public attention to them so long as our great national pro fessions are open to their repetition. That Lord BROUGHAX will bring both one and the other for mally before the Imperial Parliament we are san guine, aware as we are, f rom a l ong observation of his conduct, that that Noble and Learned Lord is not usually disposed to allow such very favourable opportunities for the enforcement of his demands as a leg al reformer to pass by unno ti ce d . O ne o f t h ese unjust inflictio ns of punishment hag, as we have al ready observed, been commented on by Lord Baouomees in the House of Lords, namely, the case of Lieutenant GRAHAM, and his companion Mr. ELLIOTT, lately drive n i gnominiously from the naval Service of England, through the tyranny cf Mr. P ITMAN and the purblind severity of a navy court martial. The other occurrence to which we are most solicitous that the same Noble Reformer of the laws of Great Britain should direct th e special consideration of the Legislature is, if pos. sive, one o f y t t greater severity, i s , i n truth and in fact, one of yet greater harshness, w e mean, of course, the case of Captain GEO RGE DOUGLAS, late of her Maeesre's 16th Regiment How that unfortunate and honourable gentleman has been expelled from the service of his SOVEREIGIC, with his name branded as that of a liar, with his repute tetion blasted, his career blighted, his happiness, it may be, irretrievably destroyed, requires an eloquence such as that of a distinguished orator like Lord BROUGHAM adequately to recount and ap propriately to emphasise. The voice of the ex-Chan eellor we hope and believe may be raised, and that very soon in behalf of justice, violated in the person of this afflicted officer. He who has spoken so gene rously and feelingly in the cause of Messrs. GRAHAM and ELLIOTT will surely not remain dumb in allusion to the yet more lamentable treatment of Captain DOUGLAS, late of the 16th Regiment. At any period the interposition of Lord BROUGHAM in behalf of men cruelly ill-used would be certain to command the respectful attention of the House of Lords and of the Government ; but most unquestionably that attention would be redoubled in the present instance, and at the present moment, seeing the probability of the Noble and Learned Lord being very speedily ele vated to the position of a Cabinet Minister. Neither the case of Captain DOUGLAS, in regard to military courts-martial, nor the case of Messrs. GRAHAM and ELLIOTT, in regard to naval courts martial, can be passed over lightly as instances in which the punishments have been those of question able severity. Lord BROUGHAM himself observed last evening, in regard to the latter case, that the prisoners had " most unadvisedly pleaded guilty of desertior," most unad visedly, he said because it would otherwise have been scarcely possible to have brought about their conviction ! And that the treatment in the other instance before the military court-martial, held in 1849, at Guernsey, has been treatment of unex ampled harshness, and of unparalleled injustice, must by this time be sufficiently well recognised, seeing that in a remarkable pamphlet, already referred to several times by ourselves, it has been proved, logi cally proved, by an eminent and astute lawyer, that "the proceedings were wrong from beginning to end; wrong in substance, wrong in form ; wrong in fact, wrong in law ; wrong in the conduct of the inquiry ; wrong in the finding ; wrong in the sentence ; wrong in carrying it into effect ; wrong in the re- I cording of the proceedings ; wrong in the confirma tion of them before being submitted for her MA JESTY'S approval ; wrong in the rejection of an appeal from that confirmation ; wrong, in fact, in everything but intention." A case of such horrible and stupendous injustice most imperatively requires the in terposition of men gifted with capacities and sympathies such as those possessed by Lord BROUGHAM, and one moreover pre-eminently distinguished in the Legisla ture by his character as a legal reformer. To him, therefore, we look with confidence for the prosecution of the movement, the first step in which he adventured upon last evening, a movement which must inevitably end, sooner or later, in the thorough re-organization of the entire system of Naval and Military Courts- Martial. That eminently truthful and beautiful sentence in her MAJESY'S Speech, which declared that we should • lest evince our national gratitude to ALMIGHTY GOD for the cessation of the cholera by " vigilant precau tions against the obvious causes of sickness, and an enlightened consideration forthose who are most exposed to its attacks," gives an emphatic expression to the general feeling of all classes upon a most momentous topic. The time is now come when "an enlightened consideration" of the miseries and necessities of the great body of the'people—a consideration long urgently but vainly demanded —may reasonably be expected. The cries and groans which have long been issuing unheeded from cellars and garrets innumerable have now been re-echoed from the Throne itself. It re mains to be seen what response they will now receive. Anxiously will the proceedings in Parliament be scrutinized by every individual who rightly estimates the important influence which those proceedings are calculated to exert, an influence which, humanly, must affect the physical health, and perhaps the moral well-being, of tens of thousands, and in saying this we are guilty of no exaggeration. Such a reflection should impress upon our Legislators, individually and collectively, an awful sense of responsibility. With so much work before them, it is earnestly to be hoped that this session the public time will not be squan dered away in unprofitable bickerings, or continual " countings out," as has been too much the case of late years. There is a quiet but an unmistakeable reproof for last year's short-comings in this particu lar conveyed in that observation in the Royal Speech, some of the measures which were postponed at the end of the last session, for want of time for their con sideration, will be again laid before you." And yet last session, repeatedly, the House adjourned, having apparently nothing to do, and as repeat edly, when they did meet, and hold discus sions, the sitting was practically a dies non as far as any real business was concerned. This session we are led to expect better things. Taking for granted the individual sincerity and good-feeling of the Pro tectionists, mistaken as we consider their opinions, we conjure them earnestly to restrain awhile the vehemence of their party feeling, and let the ne cessities of the landlords yield precedence to the greater necessities of the people. If ever there was a time when the distinctions of faction should be laid aside, if ever there was a time when individual animosities should ba forgotten, it is surely at a moment like the present. A common danger is proverbially powerful for recon ciling mutual discord. If an enemy were at the mouth of the Thames, no one imagines that Peelites and Protectionists would prepare to settle their own private differences before ever proposing to repulse the national foe. The circumstances of the present case, although less imposing outwardly, are in reality out little less important. There are matters now awaiting the attention of Parliament which affect the vital interests not of classes only, but of the whole community. We have more than once referred to the articles of a Contemporary on the subject of the actual condition of Labour and the Poor in this country. The publication of these revelations has been a fitting prelude to the labours of a session which, it is earnestly to be desired, will be especially devoted to the amelioration of the lot of the poor and those who labour—terms which too often are synonymous. It is impossible to doubt that a very general spirit of philanthropy, or in this case it may rather be called common justice —a de sire to put an end to the many grievances so gene rally lamented, is now making itself felt among all classes. But such general sentiments are unavailing unless they can be reduced to practical realities. Sums of money have been readily subscribed on be half of some urgently needed charities, such, for in stance, as that emigration scheme of Mr. HERBERT'S, which we have again and again commended for its admirable characteristics. Nevertheless, the admis sion of the necessity for such charities is a public re cognition of grievous euils, and however much their temporary relief is to be desired, their ultimate remedy must not be overlooked. In watching the proceedings in the Houses of Parliament, we shall anxiously look for notices of motion on the part of the Government, and on the part of independent Members having for their object some real practical public good. Measures, however insignificant in appearance, judged by this standard b ecome Invested with importance. We shall again have occasion to consider individually the various remedies sufferings, physical, proposed and, fomr ora t l h , e of d t e h p e lo g ra re b a le t body of the people. In the meantime it cannot be too often reiterated, especially in these early days of the session, that much is demanded at the bands of the Legislature, and delays will in this instance be fraught with more than proverbial danger. CABINET COUNCIL THIS DAY.—A Cabinet Coun cil was held at the Foreign-office this afternoon at two o'clock. The Ministers present were, Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Lord Chan cellor, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Earl of Minto, the Earl of Carlisle, Sir George Grey, Lord Campbell, Sir Francis T. Baring, the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, the Alarquis of Clanricarde, Sir John C. Hubhouse, and the Right Honourable Fox Maule. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY MORNING.—It has blown a very heavy gale all night from the northwaxo, which still continues. A schooner (the Sailors' Home), a sloop, and two flats are sunk in the river. A large three -masted steamer, supposed from Dublin, with white funnel, i 3 ashore on Burbo Bank. The life-boat has gone to her assistance. Off Holyhead, J. P. Whit ney, from Philadelphia. Captain George Frederick Rich has been appointed Captain-Superintendent of the Royal William Victual ling Yard and Na•al Hospital at Plymouth, vice Captain Nicolas, euperseded. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at about 5,000 bales, of which 800 American were taken on speculation, and consisted almost entirely of American at 64d. to Sd. per lb.—Railway Shares were dull and prices had a downward tendency. A pamphlet, well in seascc, Las been written by Mr. Daniel Liardcastle, jun., a name well known in the City, upon the subject of railway audits, and although there is much upon other subjects which is interesting in the few pages before us, we must ho content with an extract that bears immediately upon the subject in hand. The writer observes—" An effective audit of all our railway and joint-stock transactions is absolutely needed ; but every man, who is not either weak witted, a place hunter, or a used up gambler, will eschew an audit by Government officers. At a time of crisis, and whenever it was worth while, they, too, would be corrupted; and in times of no crisis, they would surely become lax end inefficient. We oome thus to see that there is no security attainable but by giving the chief power to those whose interests are most at stake, that is, to the shareholders themselves. Expe rience shows that the machinery in use is defective; it is our duty and our interest to see that it is improved forthwith. But we must impose this obligation upon ourselves. It is our business, and not the business of Government. "It is with this conviction strongly impressed upon my mind that I venture to revise my plan of 1842, with some additions suggested by the subsequent course of affairs. " We want a short Act of Parliament to provide as follows: " 1. Every joint stock company, of every kind, shall appoint two auditors, who shall be neither shareholders nor bondholders, and who shall always have access to the books, and shall continuously audit the accounts of the company, made up to June 30 and Dec. 31. "2. These auditors shall, in every company, be ap pointed by the shareholders; and no director or officer, or other person employed by the company, shall 'rose or ho'd proxies for the election of auditors. . . " 3. The form in:which the accounts of these compa nies shall be made up, shall be prescribed from time to time by the Board of Trade, who shall advertise such forms in the London Gazette. " 4. Every auditor shall, after making out his audit in the form prescribed by the Board of Trade, go before a magistrate, and annex to the statement of accounts a solemn declaration, in lieu of an oath, deposing that the accounts have been accurately and faithfully audited, without any suppression or perversion of facts or figures; and every auditor, who shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanour shall be punished accordingly, with fine or imprisonment, at the discretioa of the judge. "5. The salaries of all auditors shall be paid by the company, proportioned to the labour of the audit; and in the event of any of the auditors cf the company being dissatisfied with the amount of the remuneration given to them, they shall be at liberty to apply to the Board of Trade, who shall order such ad dition to be made to such remuneration, not exceeding one-half the amount allowed by the company, as to them shall seem just." The very boisterous state cf the weather has delayed the arrival of the continental mails, neither have we any laters news from the colonies. The English Funds have been heavy again, and busi ness has been quiet. Consols are 95i to for transfer, and 95f to for Account. Exchequer•bills are only 550. to 58e. premium. Bank Stock is 2951 to 206 i. Consols are now 951 i f for Money, and 95 for Account. Peruvian Bonds have realised 79i to 81, and Mexican 29 to 294-. Grenada have been 18. Russian Scrip is 2} premium, and Spanish Three per Cents. are 56. Dutch Two•and-a-half per Cents. are 55i to Railway Shares are heavy. ONE O'CLOCK. cLoeiN ' ? it ICES. BOROUGH HOP ItTALNICET. Our markft continues very inactive for all kinds of Hops, at barely lt.f.t week's prices. The supply on offer is small. WHITZCHAPEL. For each kind of meat the demand ruled heavy, and in some instances the quctations had a downward ten dency. Beef, from 2s 4d to 33 4d; Mutton, 2s 8d to 3s 6d; Veal, 35 2d to 3s 10d ; and Pork, 3s to 4s per Sibs., by the carcase. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) DIMES V. THE GRAND JUNCTION CANAL COMPAXY. The Lord Chancellor and the Master of the Rolls sat again to-day in the Old Hall, Lincoln's Inn, to hear the further arguments on this part-heard motion. Mr. DANIELS resumed his argument on behalf of Mr. Dimes, and occupied the Court the whole morning. VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND His Honour the Vice-Chancellor cf England rat i 3 his Court at Lincoln's Inn to-day, and heard motions, several of which were obliged to bo postponed en ac count of the absence of Mr. bolt, in conscquenca of the lamented death of his lady last night. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) The Court sat in banco this morning, and took the new trial paper; but nothing transpired throughout the morning to call for a report. COMMON - PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prins, at Westminster, before the LORD CHIEF BARON and a Special Jury.) DOWNES V. CLAI TON. This action, which was brought by a husband to re cover damages against his fathetein•law fir an a ll ege d improper harbouring and concealing cf his wife, who had absented herself without the consent and against the will et her husband, appeared to have been possessed of features of considerable interest and attraction to many parties, for the court was crammed with visitors as soon as his Lordship took his seat upon the teach this morning, and among them were a considerable number cf the softer sex, who seemed to manifest considerable anxiety as to the result. Mr. Sergeant Byles and Mr. O'Malley conducted the case for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Wilkins and Mr. Lush appeared for the,defence. Ti e damages were laid at 500/. Mr. Sergeant BYLES briefly stated . the caso to th e j ur y. Looking at the situation and relation cf . the parties to each other, independent of the painful nature cf the inquiry, affecting as it did the unfortunate l a dy, w h o was the subject of the action; it could not but be re g • ret that the case had been brought before a court of tel - justice, but the circumstances were such, that the plain tiff was compelled to adopt this alternative, in order to vindicate his character and his honour. The rlaintiff had been trained and brought up for the medical prcfes siert, and had walked the hospitals for a considerable time, but owing to a series of severe illness, he did not complete his studio; fur the prof ssion, and ho became a chemist and druggist, and now carried on that business in Rathbone-place, Oxford-street. The defendant was a surgeon of great respectability, named Clayton, and the plaintiff had for some years been assistant in his surgery. The defendant had a daughter about thirty years of age, and an intimacy, which proceeded further than propriety allowed, sprang up between her and this young man, the result of which is as the birch of a child. After this event the plaintiff was seized with a dangerous rheu matic complaint, and when he recovered he immediately married Miss Clay ton. It appeared that she was con fined at her father's house. The birth cf the infant was premature, and soon after the accouchement it was sent into the country, where it died. Subsequently the plain tiff insisted upon his wife leaving her father's house, and returning to him; and ;he thought the least thing her family could do was not to throw any impediment in the way of her doing so; but although he made repeated requests for her return, the only answer he could get from the defendant was that he could not interfere in any way in the matter. Now ho believed that not one single circumstance could be alleged in derogation of his client (the plaintiff); but the defendant, he regretted to say, had thrown out certain dark insinuations against his character from which it was absolutely necessary he should clear himself; and if his Learned Friend (Mr. Sergeant Wilkins) would withdraw them he was ready to stop the case in its present stage. lie should prove in evidence that when the defendant denied that his daughter was with him, she was at the very time resid ing in his house at Rosherville, near Gravesend, where she passed by her maiden name until the arrival of fresh servants at the house, when she was called by the name of Miss Smith. The Learned Sergeant, who throughout his address seemed to hesitate in going more into detail, in evident expectation that a compromise would be tendered by the other side, said it might be alleged in defence that this was an attempt to extort money, but he felt persuaded that the jury would think otherwise when they had heard the whole facts, the plaintiff being simply desirous of obtaining the return of his wife, and clearing hie character from the dark in sinuations which had been cast upon it. Witnesses wore about to be called, when The CHIEF BARON said, there is n o thi ng , a pp aren tl y , in the case against the character of the plaintiff, unless it is the "dark insinuation" which you have not men tioned. The declaration simply states that she de parted from her husband and went to her father, who concealed and retained her, knowing that she had im properly absented herself from her husband. By pro ceeding with this case you, in fact, publish the unfortu nate circumstances of your own wife. The public would not have known anything about them if you had not published them. It does not appear to me that there are any aspersions upon the character of the plaintiff; at least you have not stated any, r ta a n w t dh infe rences foei you make ce s u f s r e o o m f thethe daughter words"darkliving insinuations," n u u a her m ti f o e n r father, merely e b r d u , all. I think nothing is more ill- a d v i se d t h an t h e plain tiff publishing to the world unfortunate circumstances about his wife. Mr. Sergeant BYLES—It is a very painful inquiry, and you will give us person a ll y cre di t f or f ee li ng so on the present occasion. CLEF JusncE—Certainly, Mr. Byles. Mr. Sergeant BYLEs—If; you will allow us five minutes, my Lord, perhaps we will be able to come to some arrangement. The pariles then consulted, but apparently without any satisfactory result. Mr. Sergeant WILKINS-A statement bas been made on the other side, but no explanation has been given of the conduct of the poor unhappy girl. Mr. Sergeant BYLES—My friend will do ma the justice to recollect that at the outset of my statement I said Mr. Clayton was a most respectable character. I believe no man in London bears a higher character. Mr. Sergeant WlLims—yes, -- Mr. Sergeant itYLEs—Every effort, my Lord, has been made to get a retractation of the insinuations to which I have aliuded. CHIET JUSTICE—When the daughter returned to her husband, as it appears she has since done, I should have thought the case would have been decided. Mr. Sergeant WILKINS— I have not (the least objec tion to withdraw a juror. Mr. Sergeant BYLES—I will consent to that if it be without prejudice to the case being referred to a gen• tleman of the bar to decide what shall be done. Mr. Sergaant]Wiums—l apprehend nothing remains to be done, for the husband and wife have been living to gether for a long time. It is painful to toe to resist any proposition thst my Learned Friend makes, but I can not consent to such a course. _ CHIEF JUSTICE—I don't wish to influence you, but I am only considering the woman's interest. You seem to be only fighting for costs, but by so doing you sacti flee the woman between you. Mr. Sergeant WILKINS—If that is the only question I have no objection to withdraw a juror without prejudice to costs. . After considerable discussion between the parties, which occupied nearly a quarter of an hour, Mr.lSergetuat Wrucuts said—My Lon), we have en tered into an arrangement. the result of which will be a separation between the parties. Mr. Sergeant BYLES —We cannot state to your Lord ship what the terms are, but we have agreed that the jury shall be discharged. The jury were than discharged, and the case termi nated. The announcement that there would be a separation between the pal ties appealed to create some surprise. CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice TALFOURD.) A revectably attired middle-aged man, name, Wil• liam Huazfreys, surrendered to take his trial on a charge of attempting to extort money by means of throws. Mr. Iluddlestone prosecuted, and Mr. Ballantine de fended the prisoner. The prisoner professes to be a common informer, while the prosecutrix gets her living by letting lodgings at No. 15, James-street,filaymarket. On the 2d cf January Ina the prisoner called at the residence cf the prosecutrix, and said he had got a policeman outside and a judge's warrant for her arrest in the name of Mary Smith on a charge of keeping a bro thel. The prosecutrix told him that her name was not Smith, and he could not therefore arrest her ; whereupon the prisoner said ho cared not for the mistake in the name, and he would take her up unless she banded him over 5/. The prosecutrix refused to comply with his demand, and then he called in the policeman, and gave her into custody. She was carried before a magistrate at Marlborough -street police court, and held to bail on a eutr charge of being a common brothel-keeper. The prose ix WAS severely erose-examined by Mr. Dallantine, with the view of showing that she had gone by variety of names, and of extracting from her an ad mission that her house, in Jamer-stt eet, was a house of accommodation for ladies of easy virtue, but under the direction of the Learned Judge, she declined to answer the latter question, a 3 it was calculated to criminate herself. She said she had been once married, her hus band was dead, and having fallen into disgrace after his d( ath, she changed her name to Ellis. She , had never passed as Mrs. Watty or Mrs. Mary Smith, but some t f her friends and neighbours were in the habit of calling her Watty Ellis, Welty being considered an abreviation for-Caroline, which was her real Christian name. Mary Taylor, who described herself as a housemaid at 15, James-street, was called to corroborate the evi dence of the prosecutrix. On her cross-examination she said that her wages as housemaid were 10s. a week, and board and lodgings.—(This created no small merriment in the court.) She never had served in that situation before, but had formerly been a dressmaker at Gravesend; her sister-in-law had introduced her to this establish ment, with a perfect knowledge of the•nature of it. Seffrin Elkins, who described himself us a painter and picture-cleaner, on being asked if he was at Mrs. Ellis's on the day in question, replied, " I were. I were look ing at two paintings by Herring, and one by Van Winkum, in company with Mrs.. Ellis, when the pri soner came in and asked for Mrs. Ellis. I was put out of the way into the next room, where I heard Humfreys say—' If you don't give me 51. I will swear that you are Mary Smith.' I live at 34, Ileasant•place, Valworth." John Williams, a policeman, who was passing by the house at the time was called in by Humphreys, who told him that ho had a "wild duck" for him to take., He was the policeman who had carried the prosecutrix to Marl borough-street. Mr. BALLANTINE addressed the jury fir the defence, but did not call any witnesses. The case had not closed when our report It fc the court. NEW COURT. (Before the COMMON-SERGEANT.) The cases tried here were of little importance, and presented no feature of interest. MARLBRO -STREET—(THIS DAY.) ROBBERY AT AN HOTEL.—Richard ✓ones, a servant out of place, was brought before Mr. Hardwick, charged with stealing six silver spoons, six silver forkr, and a carving knife and fork, the property of Mr. Wm. Esdon, hotel keeper, 58, Haymarket. The prosecutor ttated, that ye,terday afternoon the prisoner entered his coffee room, and, in a few minutes after he went out again, without stating , the object of his visit. Witness, suspecting the prisoner, followed him, and a 3 he was crossing, the street a carving- knife and fork dropped from his pocket. Prosecutor then mo tioned to a constable, who came and took charge of the prisoner; and on arriving at the station ho was searched, and the six spoons and forks were found upon him, which he (prosecutor) identified as his property. Barber, 59 C, proved taking the prisoner into custody and finding the property upon him. The prisoner, who did not attempt to deny the charge, was committed for trial. 4 -I kl • *lll , : •*.r DI Vr,.At P WlC's'- OF BEITISLI i UND6 [Link Stock ••• / 2 2 205 1 / 2_ i 3 per Cent. Rulaced Anns ..... 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 95 1 1,4 14 951,4 gevr 314 per Cent. Arm 5....... 9B 97% 97% India Stock India Bonds, 1,000/.... - 90 p Consols for Account .. 95t h N q 55% lilxchequer Bills. I'4. & 2d 1,0001. June 55 58 p 58 p PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. ONE CLOSI 1\ 0 O'CLOCK. rRICES Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent.... 59 Danish 80nd5,1825,3 per Ceut. .. Ditto 5 per Cent. Equador Bonds .. Grenada Boads, l', per Cent lB 18 1 4 Ditto Deferred Greek Bonds — Ditto ex Over- due Coupons VAN 6 74 6;6 Guatemala Bonds Mexican, 5 per Cent.lB46, with Coupons— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons .... — Ditto, Account 2 9 1/ 29 29 Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto, Account .BO 76/ 80 1 ,4 7814 81 7914 Ditto Deferred Ru4sian Bonds Ditto Scrip 2% p 2% p Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 lB% 18% Ditto, Passive 3% 3% Ditto. 3 per Cent Venezuela Bonds, 2% per Cent Ditto, Account Ditto, Deferred Dividends on the above payable in London. - Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. .. 55% % 55% Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates ... 86% PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES. p AID. :BUSINESS DONE CLOSING AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Buckinghamihire ...... 17 1 ,4 Caledonian Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10 Chester and Holyhead... 50 Dublin and Belfast Juno. 40 Eastern Counties... Do. New, Gua. 6 per ct Do. North. & Eastern, 6 per Cent. Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50 East Lancashire East Lincolnshire Brest Northern Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 12th 1034 , -;reat North of England.loo ...... Great Western 100 .... . Ditto, % Shares Ditto, 4 Shares Ditto, Fifths ..... Ditto, New 171........ 15 ... Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 Ditto, 1 ,4 Shares ...... 49 ... .. 27 Do. New Guaranteed 6 per Cent. ..... ..... 10 Leeds and Bradford Leeds and Think ...... 50 Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3% l% ...... ......... 1% Do., do. ...... No. 3 5 . 3% ... ........ .. 3% London, Brighton, and: _ _ . .... _ South Coast... .... 103 Do., New, guaranteed 6 per Cent . ...100 135 x. d. Dc. Prefer. 5 per cent. 50 Ditto ditt0...... 1852 50 .. ... 57 3 % x.d 5734 x.d. London and N Western 100 ll5 11514........ 115 Ditto, New Quarters.. 12 l3 %..... 13% London & S.Westcrn ..100 .. 67% . ... 67 34 D.:., New Preference. 5 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire —IOO Ditto, Gt. Grimsby ... 50 Ditto ditto . ... Midland ...... ........ ...1( 0 Do., do., 501. Sham 30 ... Do. Birm., and Derby 100 :2l . ... Do.Ccnsol.Bristol and Eirming., 6 per ct.... 100 ...... ... Norfolk ......... ....... ...100 North ,British ........... 25 ..... ...... Ditto, Halves .. North Staffordshire ... 17k 7 l /8 7 7 U.Kford, Worcester, and _ Wolverhampton '...... 50 sh:aw s b ur y and Birm... 12 1 ,E — ...... .. Ditto ditto, Class B. 8 Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 Shrewsbury & Cheater (Nor. W. Min.) _ ••• Do. 8 per Cent: Pref. 10 3hropshire Union South Easter - i Do., Registered No. 4 10 Waterford and Kilkenny 20 • — .. Wear Valley 6 per Cent. ~, 15;,i 3 19 1 / 2 6% lth Guaranteed ...... 50 Do. do. do. ... 25 lork, Newcastle, and Berwick. ... ....... 25 Do. Newcastle Extcn. 20 York and North Midland 50 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Dutch Rhenish ..... 8 .. Namur and Liege 20 ... 7 1 ,4 3 A Northern of France...—. 16 17i 7& 14% 3 % 23,A, Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 Paris and Rouen 2O ....A ••• •• 00000000 Nustralian 4 ...... E Brazilian Imperial ......244..... Do. St. John Del Rey 15 14 Cobre Copper - JOINT STOCK BAN Ks. London Joint Stock LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, FEB. 6.—lt blew a very violent gale all last night and this morning, with tremendously heavy squalls. Wind at noon this day West, fresh gale and squally. LIVERPOOL, FEB. s.—Wind W.S.W. to S.W.—Ba rometer falling rapidly.—Arrd. Autumnus, Vaughan, Calcutta; Mary Ellen, Porter, Mauritius; Princess Vic toria, Johnstone, Maranam. Sid. 3d January Manhattan, jdackstaff, New York. Ski. Georgia, Philadelphia. Put back Z,-.rah, Ceylon; Union, Honduras. The Olive Branch, from Newry has been beached to examine her bottom, having been aground on West Hayle. The Mary, from Africa, has been towed off West Hayle, and placed on the male. DEAL, FEB. s.—Throughout the day the wind has Leen strong and squally, trom W.S.W. to W.N.W., and now, 9 A.M., it is blowing hard, with very sovero squalls, thick with rain, from S.W.— Arrived Sarah, Bridges, Jamaica; Crusader, supposed, Honduras. Ar rived from the River, Lord Dalhousie, Calcutta. Put back, Thomas Lowry, P ort Philip. Arrd. Missionary, Popling, Maui ititip. PuRTSMOUTII, FEB. s.—Wind N.N.W. to W.SW.— Arrd. her Mijesty's steamer Hydra, Rio Janeiro, left Dec,. 4. COWES, FEB, s.—Wind W. and W.S.W.—Arrived 11.,nona, Lundgrove, Charleston._ FALMOUTH, FEB. s.—Wind W. to W.N.W. light.— Ski. Naomi, China. SWANSEA, FEE. s.—Wind W.S.W.—SId. Underlay, Cubs. MILFORD, FEB. 5. The Vulcan, of Cardigan for Liverpoo!, and the Adelaide of Workington, got in contact in working out of the harbour, and put back with damage. CLYDE, FEB. 4.—Arrd. Demerara, Fran, Demerara; CordeliN Wallace, Newfoundland. 111. t" REET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY. Since Monday the receipts of Engli.h Wheat for our market bare been unusually small, and the show of samples of that grain here today was chiefly the refuse of last week's supply. Veryifevv buyers were in attend ance, and the demand for all kinds of Wheat of home produce ruled exceedingly heavy at barely the late de cline in the quotations. Only 500 quarters of Foreign Wheat have come to band this week. Fine qualities were mostly held at full prices; but all other kinds were lower to purchase. We had a very dull inquiry for Barley, especially Maltblg parcels, at prices hardy equal to those obtained on Monday. The inquiry for Ma't was dull, at almost nominal currencies. Oats, Beans, Peas, Indian Corn, and Flour ruled heavy in the ex treme. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Malt. I Flour. Wheat, Barley. Oats. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. 240 820 910 510 English • • • • .• Scotch .• • • • • • • Trish .. ••• • • • Foreign .... • • THE HIGH. WIND-NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS. Last night, about nine o'clock, the metropolis was visited by a violent gale from N.N.W., which continued throughout the night, and up to twelve o'clock this day, with scarcely any abatement, accompanied at intervals with heavy rain. Large branches were torn from the tile: at Camberwell, Dulwich, and Norwood, and the wooden fences in various places were thrown down. Many of the streets were strewed with broken chimney pots, slates, coping -stones, &c. In George-street, Cam berwell, two stacks of chimnies were blown down. At No. 7, Walworth-road, near the Elephant and Castle, two large chimney stacks were destroyed. In Fleet st.-eet, at Honey and Skeltoli'9, the hair-di essors, a part of the side of the house which projects from the a-- joining house, was blown completely into the attic. About ten o'clock this morning, a coloured gas lamp, value about twenty guinear, was blown from over the door of Messrs. Paget', tea-dealers, corner of Charlotte stree', Blackfriars-road, and fell with a tremendous crash; Boers' persons were passing, who, fortunately, escaped without injury. On the ground of the New River Company, adjoining Sadiers-wells Theatre, an enormous elm tree, which bad stood for upwards of 60 years, was completely uprooted, and in falling forced out a great portion of the wall enclosing the grounds. At Rotherhithe numerous small boats were driven from their moorings, some of which were not recovered until completely stove in or seriously damaged. The whole of the mail trains which travelled during the night were so delayed in their progress, by the violence of the gale, as to Le unable to ri toll town within an hour of their usual time. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.-TUESDAY. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.-9 to 1 apt Rsttrap (t), 9 to I agst Sir John (t), 15 to 1 ag:t Knight of Gwynne (t), 16 to 1 agst Chandler (0, 18 to 1 agst Farnham, 20 to 1 agat Sir Arthur. METROPOLITAN STARES.-51- to 1 agst Cheerful (t), 15 to 1 agst Snowstorm (t), 17 to 1 agat Dough (t), 20 to 1 agst Testator, 20 to 1 agst Damask. THE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STARES.-9 to 1 apt Harriott. Nothing done. CHESTER CIIP.-16 to 1 agst Glance, (offers to take 17 to 1, laid once), 22 to 1 agat Whim colt (t), 25 to 1 agst Peep-o'-Day Boy (t), 1,000 to 20 agst Woolwich (t). Nothing else backed. DERBY.—Offers of 7 to 1 on the field. NEWMARKET COURSING MEETING.—TUESDAY. CIIIPPENHAM MELD.-THE DERBY. Lord Stradbroke's Merchant bt Mr. R. Bagge's Titus. Mr. Finch's Caesar bt Mr. Round's Lottery. Mr. Dobede's Douglas bt Mr. Round's Longwaist. Mr. Fyson's Forerunner bt Mr. P. Smyth's Sexton. Mr. King's Refugee bt Mr. F}•son's Fig. Mr. B. Smyth's Seville bt Mr. Gillett's Garnet. Mr. Dobede's Damian ran a bye. THE CUP. Mr. Round's Liberty bt Mr. King's Ruth's!. Mr. Gillett's Girl of Kent bt Mr. Fyson's Field Marebal. Mr. R: Eagge's Turquoise bt Lord Stradbroke's Mary. Mr. Dobede s Diamond bt Mr. B. Smyth's Sybil. Mr. Dobedo's Doron bt Mr. Buckworth's Bessie Bell. Mr. B. Smyth's Spring bt Mr. Buckworth's Baron. Mr. Fyson's Faithful bt Mr. Moody's Raby. THE OAKS. Mr. Moody's Rosebud bt Mr. B. Smyth's Sorceress. Mr. Gill( tt's Glauca bt Mr. Dobede's Diana. Mr. Buckworth's Beeswirg bt Mr. Round's Linden. Mr. R. Bagge's Truelove bt Lord Stradbroke's Menet°. Mr. Dobede's Dewdrop bt Mr. Fyson's Fair Queen. Mr. Buckworth's Barmaid bt Mr. King's Reokabite. Mr. R. Bagge's Tir.tu bt Mr. Fyson's Fortuneteller. Mr. Round's Littlego bt Mr. B. Smyth's Susan Nipper. IMPERIAL PA I tLIAINIENII. (THIS .11,)Ay.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair al.ortly af.cr Tvtolve o'clock. ANSWER TO THE ADDRESS. Mr. LASCELLES brought up her Majesty's answer to the Address, which was to the following effect:— " I thank you for your loyal and dutiful Address. "The expression of your deep sympathy at the dead) of the late lamented Queen Adelaide is very gratthel to my feelings. " You may rely on my cordial co-operation in your endeavours to promote the happiness and improve the condition of all classes of my subjects, and to preserve, under Divine Providence, unimpaired the Constitution of this great country." SUNDAY LABOUR IN THE POST-OFFICE. Several petitions were presented against labour in the Post office on Sundayr. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. The tragedy of Fiesco was repeated last evening, and its success was much greater than on Monday. It has been subjected to fresh excisions and condensa tions, and it now acts within three hours, which is a great improvement, as the attention is not fatigued. The consequence of the adoption of these judicious measures was, that last night the play acted closer, that it was re ceived throughout with loud applause, and that it will now have a run. The magnificence of the mounting of the tragedy is quite sufficient to di aw for some time. Nothing can exceed the beauty of the scenery, or the richness of the decorations and costumes. No expense has been spared in endea vouring to present to the public the fac simile of Genoa, in her proudest and palmiest days. At the conclusion Mr. Anderson was called forward, and thanked the audience for 'having shown more indul gence than had been shown on the preceding evening, and expressed a hope that, for the future, his exer tions might be more deserving of their encourage ment. Mr. Vandenhoff was also honoured with a call. THE VACANT SCOTCH JUDGESHIP.-It is very ge nerally understood that the Solicitor-General, Mr. Maitland, is to have the vacant gown in the Court of Session. This will render a new election necessary for the Stewarty of Kirkcudbright. Mr. Moncrieff will succeed Mr. Maitland as Solicitor-General.—Edinburgh Advertiser. _ _ ----- - DEATH Or A GREAT MINING CAPITALIST IN CORNWALL.—We have this week to announce the death of J. T. Teffry, Esq., of Place, Fowey, a gentle man well known throughout the West of England, and to the mining interest throughout the world. Few men have been more useful or more respected in their gene ration. Commanding an enormous capital, which never lay useless in its coffers, and possessing the skill where with to direct it into profitable channels, be has always been indeed the monarch of the district, but his king dom has shared in his good fortune. The mines and other works with which ho was connected, either as principal shareholded or sole proprietor, gave employ ment to, perhaps, upwards of 3,000 hands.—Co;ttwall Gazette. AIDE-DE-CAMP TO THE LIEUT.-GOVERNOR of PORTSMOUTH.—Major :Harvey, unattached, was pate:- day re-appointed aide•de-camp to Major-General Lord Frederick Fazolarence. Before :his promotion took place he held the situation cf aide-de-camp to Lord Fitzclarenco ; there was some difficulty about his re appointment, which has been got over. ALARMING FIRE IN ST., JOHN-STREET, CLEREAN WE►LL.—Last night, about ten o'clock, a fire broke ont in the premises belonging to Mr. David Tattoo. umbrella and parasol manufacturer, No. 20, Albemarle street, St. John-street, Clerkenwell. The flames were first discovered by one of the lodgers, who, on returning home, found the front • shop an fire. He instantly caused an alarm, and several engines promptly attended; but the fire was not put out until the whole of the valuable stock in trade was reduce.l. to ashes and the promises much damaged. The origin of the fire is unknown. POSTAGE TO BELGIUM.--A Treasury warrant ap pears in Mat night's Gazette, which orders that in fu ture a uniform rate of fourpence shall be charged on all letters not exceeding half en ounce in weight, and posted in this country for Belgium, or on such letters sent from Belgium to this country, or to any of the British colonies. ROBBERY IN A BANK.--A daring act of robbery has been committed during business hours at the Wor cester Old Bank, at Worc e •t 3 r. A tradesman sent his son with a quantity of gold and zilver to the hank to pay into his account. The youth, aged about 18 years, was engaged counting out the silver on the counter, and placed the gold on a piece of paper by his side. On opening the paper, however, a few minutes afterwards, be found that his little parcel of gold had been exchanged for less valuable coin, and that the thief had decamp]. No clue has been obtained to lead to his detection. CEYLON. Mr. HUME presented a petitition sigrei by 37,965 inhabitants of Ceylon, complaining of certain grievances, and stating that it was impossible for the petitioners to obtain justice as the Government of Ceylon was E t pre sent constituted, and praying the House to take the sub ject into its serious conch:oration. CORN-LAWS. Mr. ANDERSON gave notice (..f his intention on an early day to move for the appointment tf a Select Com mittee to inquire into the operation of the statutes for restricting the consumption of foreign corn in this coun try, which were in force from 1815 to 1849, and the effect that they had produced on the condition of the people. IKILRUSH UNION. Mr. MONSELL wished to ask his Right Honourable Friend the Secretary for Ireland whether it was his in tention to make any statement on the psrt c.f . the Go vernment relative to the course that had been pursued in the Kilrush Union? He thought it would be most desirable that some statement should be made on the subject, in order that tho matter might come formally befora the HousP. • Sir W. SOMERVILLE admitted the unfortunate condition of the Kilrush Union, but ho was not pre pared at that moment, on the [art of the Government, to make any statement to the House. THE LATE SECRETARY OF THE ECCLESIAS- TICAL COMMISSION. Mr. HORSMAN, seeing the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary of State for the Home Department in his place, wished to know whether it wa3 true that the late secretary of the Ecclesiastical Commission had executed a deed a assignment before he absconded, and, whether if he did, the Government had any objection to its being laid on the table of the House? Sir GEORGE GREY said, that when the defal cations of the late secretary were ascertained his Noble Friend at the head of the Government had placed the Solicitor of the Treasury in communication with the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, in order to preserve what he could. What further .ceps had been taken he could not say, but he would make inquiry into the subject. - Mr. HORSMAN said, that as the Right Hon. Baronet was not in possession of the whole facts, he would repeat the question to-morrow. SUPPLY. The House then went ii.to Committee of Supply, Mr. BERNAL in the Chair, and a resolution was agreed to that a supply should be granted to her Majesty. AMENDMENT OF THE LAW IN IRELAND. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL moved for leave to bring in several Bills to amend the practice of the law in Ireland. The first was t r regulate the process and practice of the superior courts of common law in Ire land. The House was probably aware tl at some years ago an Act of Parliament was passed for the purpose ef producing uniformity of process in this country, and the principal object of this first Bill was to extend to Ire land the provisions of that Act as far as it was possible to do so. A contrast between the practice of the courts of England arid Ireland would establish tho ne cessity of this measure for England. When a personal action is commenced, a writ of summons is issued without reference to the time of year, and upon the defendant being served, ho is bound to appear within four days and plead within eight. If he did neither, then judgment by default is signed against him, or if ho pleaded the case was soon carried into court f.a. trial,' and in both instances the results were si eadily arrived at. In Ireland a totally different system prevailed. The first step taken there is to issue a capita ad respondenchun, which is issued to the sheriff, requiring him to take the body of the defendant, and produce him on the first return day. Upon the defendant, however, applying to an attorney, he learns that he need not appear till eight days after the return day, and if in the mean jime the term expires, then he need not appear till eight days after the return day of the next term. The consequence was that much delay and many evils were occasioned, and it was, therefore, proposed to extend the same system of uniformity of process to Ireland that exists in England. Another provision in the Bill was to establish uniformity of practice amongst all the courts in Ireland. At present there was considerable disagreement between the practice of the various courts in Ireland, which, in point of fact, amounted to little more than a snare upon the practi tioner. It was also proposed to consolidate the .writ offices, and to make some alterations in the form (1 pleading, so that the pleadings might be entered in a book and made of more easy reference. It was considered in Ireland a desirable thing that there should be continuous Nisi Prius sittings, and it was proposed to effect that object by providing that all the puisne judges should sit each term in rotation, every term instead of in Banco, which would bring it to the turn of each judge about once every three years. Another object of the Bill was, if possible, to produce some equalisation in the business of the courts in Ire land, which at present was very disproportionately dis tributed. Those were the leading provisions of the Bill. There were various minor details with which he did not think it necessary on the present occasion to trouble the House. He proposed to allow some little time before the second reading, to enable persons most conversant with the subject to peruse and consider the provisions of the Bill. Ho had received the opinions of one or two of the judges in Ireland, which appeared to be objectionable to some portions of the Bill, but there was no great difference e f opinion among the judges as to its leading principles. The Member for the University of Dublin was preparing a Bill of this description in the course of last year, and having, heard incidentally that her Majesty's Government had it in contemplation to introduce the present measure, the Hon. and Learned Gentleman; in the handsomest man ner, wrote to him (the Solicitor-General), stating that the matter would be much better managed by the Go vernment than he could hope to deal with it, and that therefore he would leave to them the duty of intro ducing such a Bill. Mr. MULLINGS was understood to throw out a sug gestion to the Learned Solicitor-General that in framing his Bill some provision for the serving of legal process during the long vacation in Ireland, between the 12th of August and the sth of October, should be made in it. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said he would give the suggestion his consideration. Mr. SADLEIR said he felt, in common with a very large portion of those who were interested in law reform in Ireland, the great services which the Hon. and Learned Gentleman had rendered by devoting so much of his time, ability, and industry to the removal of those legal impediments which so seriously stood in the way of agricultural improvement and the advancement of trade and commerce in Ireland. He (Mr. Sadleir) quite agreed in the principles which had been stated this day by ,the Hon. and Learned Gentleman. if he had any thing to complain of with respect to the present Bill, it was that the proposed reforms were net more extensive. With reference to the question of service, he thought the Hon. and Learned Gentleman bad been happy in the selection of those parties to whom he intended to confide the service of law process in Ire'and. They were men who were appointed after a careful investigation into their previous life and conduct, and they were vigilantly watched over by the assistant-barristers in each county. But one of the greatest and most serious evils connected with the set vice of law process in Ireland was the gross injustice which arose from the fact, that, as the law now stood, it was wholly impossible to effect a service of law process on a certain class of debtors in Ireland. He al luded to those who might be possessed ef landed reve nues in that country, and who might avail themselves of the premium which the present rules of law held out for absenteeism. These was no speedy process for reaching persons a that description. With reference to the dreadful delays which took place in Ireland, and perhaps in this country too, with respect to the disposal f new motion trials, he wished the Honourable Gentleman could devise same plan by which those new motion trials could be taken in the first instance, and not hang on from year to year. He was happy that in the projected amend ment of the law the practice of compelling attorneys practising in the lase courts in Ireland to be continually making affidavits would certainly be diminished,_ and be could wish it were done away with altogether. With reference to actions of ejectment, he did not know whether it was contemplated by the present Bill to simplify the process by which parties proceeded by ejectment to obtain repossession of their land in cases cf non-title or ef non Payment of rent. Nothing could be more vexatious, more tedious, or more inconsistent with plain juetice than the present procedure in actions cf ejectment; and if it were possible for the I - ion. and Learned Gentleman to introduce anything into the pre sent Bill which would lead to the simplification of pro ceedings, by which parties could regain posses s io n e f their land when necessary, it would be conferring an immense advantage, net merely upon the landlord but the tenant-class in Ireland. Mr. NAPIER said that from the object and the details of the measure he felt assured that it would be received in all parts of Ireland as a great boon, He, therefore, her ed that the measure would be carried out in a fair spirit by the House, for he was convinced that if it was so that it would prove of immense benefit to Ireland. Mr. HE A DLA AI cordially agreed with the view which his Hon. and Learned Friend had taken of the subject of this Bill, and believed thet if he persevered in the same course that ho would earn as good a reputation for the promotion of legal reforms in Ireland as others had earned before him for the rectification of the govern ment of real property in that country. The Bill was then read a first time. COURT OF CHANCERY REFORM (IRELAND) BILL The SOLICITOR-GENERAL then rose to move for !cave to bring in a Bill to regulate the Court of Chancery in Ireland, with a view to reduce the expenses and shorten the proceedinga in that court.—(ilear, hear.) The Bill hadibeen laid before the Lord Ch an cellors of its principles, and Irel an d, a nd b ot h h eart ily approved of principles, but of course did not pledge themselves to all the details of the measure,—(Bear, hear.) Who first ,f object of the Bill was to get rid of the prolix spt,,m()ci, pleading now used in that court. The Hon. an'iP arne „ Geutleman then went at coesidertehle length into A SW , meet ef the various delays to which a bill in the Ce!ir: of Chancery is subject, and the numerous costs virllfh. consequently fell to the lot either r f the plaintiff or e a e_ fondant to pay, and then proceeded to say, that it . a.. I proposed to substitute the modriof proceeding for the present tedious process by Bill, giving to the judg e . in certain cases the power of taking viva voce evide nc _ r _ would'not he.nad, Such cases, however, he apprehended, e ilT merous, as when 'much viva voce evidence IVES V to 1 was evident that the best tribunal before which to g 11 , 4 7 .. it was a jury.—(Hear, hear.) It happened also that.l_s. many cases the only matter Lf dispute Lem( ea the pg . coun t*, ties lay in one particular instrument. In this a r the where such was the case, it was mut imare , ib ,„ i n to Chancellor to give an opinion alone, without goief , c i t o the whole of the circumstances, and they propog.. of give to the parties engaged in such case, the ri a gn! bo taking the judge's opinion, so far the matter reill'des by petitions decided at once, due care being taken that all the Par _„., were before the Court,:and that all matters involving ar) counts should ke referred to the Master.—(lle r, heceej„ The nest thing they proposed was to give th e C e ll i: e ting for, in particular cases, the power of atlinrci lie upon certain points, so that the suit In'g"e-.;ble. brouht to as early a te-minaon as Pe t o lie p g roposed by this Bill to give power to the C ee h r t t fi t, to d be in do s n om e direct an any inquiry to be instituted when it the &bat e n the scree ca : under r s it p e empowered parties aying s r eq w. u: e r_ e 00 also e ster did not think fit to grant the application. ai proposed to limit the time in which uPPe n ,. l9 ,f fb". be made from the Master to the Court, and,: l °, -- Oneral Court to the House of Lords. This was it „„id Le scope of the Bill; and he did not think that it ifsa obs necessary for him to go further int) the views n b " e Dill jects l of the measure until he went through t he pro clause by clause. With respect to minor details, til, posed to pay the secretary of the Chancellor 1 1 l o ot and not by fees, and he also thought it o ; 0 0 to give a secretary to the Master of tle thoughl3net judge in this country was without one, and be u s to it was quite impossible for the Master of the 1 10 get through his business without one. an y OW Mr. FRENCH conceived that if there wer e , - ,cous rations essential to be made in the pia:nice of t'"" t t heY of Chancery in Ireland, it was quite necessary til a vi o in should be extended to England, for there were no e, a t he the Irish Court which were nct quite as aPPsrent ,'., t he practice. of the English Court. He did not see 4 1 7 : , tte experiment should first be tried. upon them. 1i ",,,„. 5 WO new office about to be created, he did not see VV,, u e.' 001 .. . 16 three-fourths cf the business of the Master el t ';b00 10 ., was about to Le taken . from him, that an offine r f ajoria be created for whom there Lai been n° P— necessity. a 0 011 Mr. SLANEY considered it was a sob be would be eminently successful in Ireland, and:t-eo th e that that country was under much obligatwr i ' Solicitor-General for introducing it. Mr. SADLEIR said his experience woulditimihr to 5 boons that which Irishman had say that this measure would be a very benefiela'sree' h t eou ntrr eshi eb granted to t a .„ thought it would soon be extended to this coun"e'heti had T quite as much need of it as Ireland.--(llearoff hot There were three great defects in the practice he 00 0 be w e o n uld consider it one of the i, fie the Chancery Courts, in the mode of proof, 1 ,,,,, t i o f it ° of trial, and the mode of appeal. This Bill Dr: SolicitotaGeneral went a great way to remeoc a eV feet ee in the mode of proof by substituting viva v o te o tse ace for written depositions. The grea t n ea 001 which the Court of Chancery possessed ey" t b e t '; tribunals was simply concentrated in the fa ct ' i ii itet iP , and d d the pewee of probing the conscience of the P TO' di fondant by putting them on their o aths. c oo ,_,,, sac A power had been conferred with remark la d al i " in Irelar l 6 o a upon courts of quarter sessions had worked well also la the Nef in i i te sing Courts in England. With regard to the ne tn i;i o ed. L' u .' s of justice he conceived that the Bill, 0,1 - I , of 1 5 the Solicitor-General, would do away wit h he 3 it absurdities to which he had adverted , and be a -n e s e t i le a soon as the experiment bad proved successful, tha t 0 , elis power given in the measure would be este ade joeSP II common law courts, and th 1 d t the utter e%,,t . ii he of the Court cf Chance:. sinealreloand. Thet;oVibB thought, would confer great public advantagee 113 0 country.—(Hear, hear.) h t , Mr. PAGE WOOD said he witnessed with satisfaction and delight the commencement it was ae t h l c i of this importance, though for the presents - 1 - O a -If listened confined to Ireland.—(lleac, hea./ ii4ers,. and having made inquiries into the ntittireireloll:, procedure in the Court of Chancery' Bei s o Or d he knew that the defects which the -":- dote to remedy did exist. Now all tile s sse" — existed in England, and his satisfacti on at air this measure introduced was in proportion t° th s e d i t° , eou e ,_,,0, satisfaction which he felt at its not beinv e 2 t" ott'' England—(Hear, hear.) It vt as impossible to ° of i n the existing system of the Court of Ch t hat ! ll° England much longer, and he Unite' he et; Government would take into consideration, do , do , c' h priety of bringing forward a Bill to r emedy" f it t e d Wj i ' during the present session. Every one ee nn ea On e e'cl OW t 0 it must be grieved and pained to think of tie t. and ruin which the vexatious in P .t r iit nn heen e e . e ih jo e itio. : o o : delay, greatenormous i _ ltisie expenses created among suitors ''' the .°0 facetiously, ree machine Court aephe i o rn f e fCore Chancery ngtr.i nd Console h no a gn d sdoo b i w e e ,enn land compares,and by an able and most learned. ta - o a . o titrJ e i ing for costs. This was n o doe"' o f i l6 l a a g r g g e e r s a t t p i o r n a e , titi b o n ners in the court fr cl o u ni ring oooo P grtVl4l °. or 17 years. He concluded by expressing big grell " tisfaction at the introduction of thOmea.sure.. i ble, n e "';',C what had b H a E d NL ra E 3e Y ed sa i i n d t i h t at wou H ld be I n to o Pe t "i n O S Ai the benefits of the measure to, Ellg litli tnr ia tti l l the same evils and grievances prevailed 1 .. n. t he : n d as well as Ireland he could see no reason W.P o ,di Oil, should not extend to both branches of o t ur h_ ro e tu k t._ireio ll ; st s ii t tro: l l :b. ; unless some stron reason were urged eg a 7 e stiel l couldiatu nhdi L .ewn LowbmtelehaNarerks Gbteigt etnrholSreogaue,:tsdrthihnsi memefaori thatvp ffi l l eso t ni r n h n fc ea y e e gstt , where ir r :. .115 9 I 00 ps thelieor j u ew l n d ecre c dd er certainly n England.l ygettingpropose a beet a t o Mr. M`CmUgoLteLrAGofH the great difficult)" h it- biP7.O -e d• ine'nffif ee t c h o n n e se i que l y a o ster of dutehtires)Rug6belhlsintghee oteenes. . 0 his duties as president of thellacdourr A —l' Of 113 aslantPl - ;do . ina e n x e i Ll S Ste 'to in ce nt lreland ra lis e , t t h h e ft that lawit was and Ichgeuiintvtention njt. deal n o n f d d o ilatisfaction no foundation therefore, courts of aPo which fo r had - . riEe "ti effect o f convi n c i n g the s uh l c e i ret eo ah o nu le f sl .r sr l e t s r t o ße e g f r l li a v e l l a kes : lli a u lt g°11 : 74 : ; : 11 :: b; j :s o r el 8 :i onco 9 1 lit : j o t i robt s nahr e a ries which it gave rise to. 080 S iniP o od ii ti e o them being the abuses co a m bn e se u e nde w r i li .i i e s b ow e n xis l t s e n d ow l i e n d bie vied into eeb held a t erra -e'e r a) i o n u a nt st o li f t pirnofictbdauneeetoryt,haen d sleepingeventutk- Itinweerfroolni thetime a disPute.:ger, w car' h e t i l e d n the(muchi active 0 e e :giePli. ob e s , w r os i .n e l l e i ps: c o i i l i 1 1 0::: : ?. .: .,a : e sb : i : ettocial l twphharn B filnnrhanee 2 daedMtiecce 4 :ea:niftdhrm.ai. to 183 7 , when it was found was due to the plaintiff, the costs of e mounted up to 17,00(1—(10er hear.) not P re eat' Mr. WALPOLE regretted that he 0 ' 31 : stO ngli bie when the Learned Solicitor-General made lie state butt he could not help joining with other "I n e otrAos . Memeers who had taken part in this debate f the e() P e is t iu Government to extend the provisions e es Ode d eaEngland.ntry was The t h a g t r enaet publicity evil o f the wes :I n v : t o e t o o le i ts o io rle ' 0 thiset ti er , o e p ings. He hoed the discussion e n fined to 14 9;1 t Members geso i f n this the Bill Heit a w e o ; u andld not a gave ee it ;b r i o ; 110 04 or th l a re t 0; as f . Leave was then given to bring in the 13- ' isaunedh._a(BHilelawr,ahseaasr.m).uch necessary ;11 witch read a first time. R a o' . r e L p E e t t r As some incorre ct 011/ G o- 4 ,1 THE COM of ...ARP to this o ffi ce, vacant by the appointrnel4 Acitooder Houston we Stewart, C.B , to be a Lord o f the .qleos of may confidently • C taio " Ilet Ellice, R.N., state that sP o ptr° ..ber. who has filled the of fi ce of c peee'" of stsillaPre.iin TOilir:llCl:tiltOSO'ifiellijorlt „II t steam machinery, at Somerset House► Sin Ced in th tro ller 1846, and which o ffi ce is now to he absorbe ay.) the surveyor of the navy, becomes the D er/ cc) 0 1 general of the P r 03 0 coast uard.—Herald• TUE NEW NOUTH•WEST SEARCUING Eder . g 000 otio TION.—The Arctic Committee • ted t° ooc e cl appoin e a _ A best measures to be taken with the view 0, at the , o . a further search for Sir John Franklin not imilaiiii mirult Y3esterdaY. There were present t o `""f3., 4r , sit' pher, Rear-Admiral Sir F. Beaufort, 0 " -• eel '''' r. Sir Edward Parry , ut 0 John Richardson. Captain Sir J• If ic 0 for O i l tee ° QUEENST OWN.—Arrd. Janet, Chalebepthio -11 the Cl y de; Tynernouth Castle Mil'er 1311 d o n. Backer, St. John',, New ' 'L O I I Brunswick for (LEFT SITTING. t he O irB 4: ) 0 e n t t h h e e 3 3 1 1 es t t u e l i t t . ~ , at e the t s of W. H. Sutton, Esq., of a daughter. t the 13c1Y pi( / 1 a B L n i o d E d g T g a ll e te, AS tw . ,„ ei . , Tyssen, Esq., of a daughter. of t P' ;. On the Ist inst., at Brighton, the wife of P Vernon, of a son. wit ° of et the f ife On the Ist inst., in Lowndes-street, , tbe Jenner, Esq., of a daughter. Altor , On the 31st ult., at Westbrook-hou so y C. M. Burnett, M.D., of a daughter. Keteindo:sr, DeGlgs of .._.v... v. St. Jarn. B. _.es'a- H t S3Tsi:hu,lEt.s, On the 30th ult u ght at wocot Church, Thomas MABRIED. varre t e r 01 square, Bath, to Anna EliZar 0 fr. t c'eOrg gt G Ide T. I (l a c f il U ar P r i o a N n v d .ot uhsee: Lyndon, of Frith-street, Soho, to Elizabeth ii.Pcbeit' datighte r of Mr. J. T. NeatP, of 'Duke -street, square. e ----------------- .0050 DIED. W ife Of On the 31st ult. aged 23, Ann Isabella, the ~ ilargreaNes, Esq., Mai field, Bolton. j i a ldre e ',o l V i ldi On the Ist inst., in Charles-square, _Joshua „ .iionlx ,arg.eßdo2o7rm, t7 E yo ci ungest son of Mr. J. lialdren, °I P • nf 'fo - court, Basingliall-street. the Til On the ist inst., at Brixton. hill, Mrs. Doornugh . o i, deo ' ton , h i Col # On the n Ist inst., at Sydney-street, BrolP 1000 Duncan Ferguson, Esq., late House rbysician to Ole ° lege Hospital. TM „ On the 2d inst. 11 , •ndon: Printed and in F i ti r b a l r. WinstaVr• ' nley, Esq., eldest Q of the late Rev. , 67. ley, Principalof -on St. Alban's Ball, Oxgrfu.oaro r d e i , e s :v e oo d di; ,:r;:::01:1757:0: -....;;;1110, q ----------_-. - ,•,,-- /v - ... , • i -, t i4 t o r;m l d l , 2 in , StthreanprePcrininetterifaLttheTty.Scuy:siltro COlgi° laiddltlo,34 Wednesday, February 6, lq.•-• THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, Sacks 350 FEBRUARY 6, 1850