The Sun. — London, England, 1851-02-25 00:00:00

THE S IT N 5 ~_... taea . , e t , m that of the true causes which have led matters W. g a 'i a r , r _P re , seat position, nothing has been yet explained. t ea _ deemed it a solemn and a sacred duty earnestly k it Ppeal to the friends of the public cause not to be 1, d i G i . ) , taa instant to waver in the most perfect confidence o, na Stanley by a statement evidently made t o tit hi m, and to which his antagonist knew he coul d tia r , - 1 ) ,:Y• We protest we hardly thought even Lord J. '"atenetorions unscrupulousneas in servieg party v'euld have I, d him to give a version of vshat pass, e t t ?pri 7 i a another individual and the Sovereign wiehou a t , .g that other individual of his intention, that . he tie thought fit, seek her Majesty's permission a t , w a it n_als etatenaent upnn the subject. Nay, Russell w?t„ lik ed some surprise that when Lord John tith,t_aterviews either of his own or of Lord Stanley a d obi Sovereign, he did not state that he had sought kali, • al i ned the Q u e en ' s p erm i ss ion to make them lily ta It is quite true that this is in perfact keeping be en "Q whole tone of the Noble Lord. Nothing has 01a, e nl e ore !emarkahle in all the official papers of the tae :aura—even his state paper to the Bishop of Dur l'ales-etlaan, the manner—very grating to those anus tete traditions; of our ancient monarchy—in fts nt, h e ceastantly speaks of himself as the Govern ts liihout that respectful and deferential reference 'teats, l ac icy as the ruler, and the Ministers, as ser -51 th e i a u leb pervades the similar writings of statesmen ae e . 6 t generation. Whatever, however, be the cause, 4e r 4lll.l° t help being struck by the fact that when ,i /elt ted, with almost Republican freedom, what latie eB tY had said to him, or what he supposed cure rs to Id said to her Majesty—(a use we humbly yen ifsty, which never ought to made of her Ma trta4 sacred and honoured name) —lie never took the itat a t e °f telling the House that he had sought her ala tiel'etl Permission to make these revelations of confiden for u'llize munieatiens with the Crown—a mark of respect d with th monarchy which perhaps might have interfere Cale'hel..entlausiasna of the support which it appears Mr. d -- ilaireC: as promised to his revived—if it can be revive ap e , wh asstrati on. We decline, however, to speculate tit fun ~"a t is passed. A few days must, no doubt, give Bible `ll3lanation. Let ua deal with that which is tan atten,r,a,liti real, Lord John Bussell is engaged in an call a r" to Perform an operation, which he is pleased to to reconstruction of his Cabinet; that is, an attempt comb ineJar eea with some Members of that Cabinet Sir f c'tfuet a ;' rlitt aen and the few followers who adhere to the ' f or th e n °I that versatile chief. We verily believe, that, 411 h lta e atise of th e N at i ona l p a rty, the best thing that pep is the formation of such a Cabinet. We kar tof aotning worse to any Ministry than the acces tQa ta a h' i r James Graham. It is said that among the ?tat) Herbert, to accompany aa r ,h-aerbea. him are Mr. Cardwell, Mr. 'bi and the Duke of Newcastle,—and that , ' tane7 - "°wne, Lord Minto, Sir John Hobhouse, Sir ra ke a' Baring Mr. Labouchere, and that brilliant and t iller 44411 financier ' who holds the seals of the Exche • le e are a o ee n k i make way for the Peelite reinforcement. ucderstand a coalition between the Graham L ord - ,1 1 ,1 the Grey section of the Cabinet, excluding . eapo - ar rti Russell and Lord Palmerston; bat what is a l ltee tt n - a " -- , that which alone, it seems, the Queen has rre tai "--is the continuance of Lord John Russell as li a Pe., a -r. it is impossible to conceive a coalition founded Wh ich m o re odious oblivion of all past pledges than that m ere;; s uggested. To have Earl Grey and Lord Pal h - I t u erea, L° one Cabinet is bad enough; but how, wit 4fleetion of the debate on foreign policy of last 4 14 4 ° Sir James Graham and Lord Palmerston meet h ta a te r i o lit une Council board? With what face can te Puseyite Mr. Sidney Herbert look upon the lkipe as `ja who denounced his crosses and genuflexions as t ret Llt tous Mummeries? It is not merely personal .dif aliVhee,e6 that will embarrass this heterogeneous collection. laed"re they to do with the Papal aggression? Will fi ; tal t : , ll n Russell eat his Protestant words or Sir James _e k e ? a nd Mr. Herbert gulp down their Popish predilee `k,estif, :'°toriously those who are still by courtesy termed a "! I ,l e a - ra llr° opposed to any legislation on the suhject. ta -.4e3 Graham was as ready to form an alliance lt ite a Grey s as he is now W act under Lord John t hey lee „ If the new Cabinet could be formed, would C lar e a - la g r ee to support Lord John Russell's Bill—or Llar en rd John Russell agree to abandon it? Lord i c tti a a :I ll it will be seem, arrived iu town yesterday, to been busily engaged with Sir James Graham. with "I," be brought into the Cabinet to sit at the table 7igte t a -e , l3l en against whom he has been notoriously in "le aa t ag' he let us ask, to introduce into Ministerial With a of those D' üblin associates . whom he has honoured 4rtW e er , e°46 denee so munificently rewarded; or is he, 14 -C ' rni tl over here on the special invitation of, 41 e‘of eal L tc e , Sir James Graham, to be sent back like 1 41 th ° 'u "to his own place?" And let us suppose li traa a elle difficulties overcome—the conflicting claims the • fr e d, the snarlings of Grey to be silenced, and 'allel a ew lings of Graham to be suppressed—Lord Pitia`,:„ ll a s sell to compromise upon religious matters by Barnabas with Sidney Herbert in the morn :ate4n-",,' with Fox Mauls to Dr. Cumming's in the It a l a ) -- how does this alter the Ministerial position ? •eth il • e r i a l must have occurred to the acute mind Of Lord ~\atbi„,l l" ell that with all the shifting of Ministers the iar t ,,7 o w ill not have gained a single vote. If Mr. ea eop - s t " 3 motion repeated to-morrow, there would a f ' l trte - e tt a i . °l Y,,,a e o greater were ma'ority in their favour than 44 1r:e s t e " t"'h Graha atqutreitonwhelther populareminently individual, Sir reallymini bring to the cause of the Ad -°t Nr r l t °lll OA. vote. It is votes in the House, inistera in singleth Cabinet, that Lord John Russell tc) , nsiat as f act, the Premiers difficulty may be said to ,?tes s " """ a s much in too many Ministers as in too few , 4 1 1 1 y i ll 4 i 8 an indifferent way of minding this to mu - l bissi on e °no without increasing the tattoo. New com *hen a' to officers form but a poor expedient,. pink , the army wants sadly to be . recruited ( ita a nd file. These are, no doubt, the difficulties that shat struck the mind of the Premie h r. W n hi w le ot we lld repeatthe Lar tet very best thing that could whi ch I° r. of a Russell-Graham Cabinet— . . a Cabinet 41 i t ; Would most infallibly expire in the stifling breath lt tat unpopularity within three months—we must of Lora our apprehension that not even the rashness lf N I 'John Russell will succeed in forming ene. l he wil eo, what then? Why then Lord Stan e . y t eae a - a 7tY, as he has ever been, to obey her Maps y 1 1 4 4 7,7 11 d8; and while we write in ignorance of . what l the m between between her Majesty and that statesman, we feel (1 °1) , ( , -qst Perfect assurance that when it is known—as it tair ati ll ° be known from himself—it will add to the a .- vtli a . " 'which his country feels for his high-toned chi the' an d generous, and therefore wise statesmanship. d.to Bu tte cal question, however, now is, will Lord ? .l he able to recon struct, or rather form, a Cabin et raa lah , i l ea he shall con tinu e the head? To him the com res is L,°va entrusted.; We shall anxiously watch the ef• events. is lktl ,Y E RTISER.—We refer our readers to th.ehetxh withafPris and revelations which took place last night nis t , t aousea fl of Parliament, relative to the _existing )ti ot i the er isi°. It will be seen that in either branch Lord tat,,lPßislature the were far from being ample. _ e h im f~ w as paraie y ularly reserved. We do not blame sent r this, as he conceives he is bound, for . the 'Le a. t ti t e -llee rcey b his oath as a Privy Councillor o tnto e ka• Lord John Russell entered at greater length ttie future estate of affairs; but nothing farther, a that h e ro a to he learned from what fell from hism,, to the d ecli ned u al undertaken the task, which Lord Stanley W °f ctin a new Cbinet. It seems . to • n e -- a ` r4 tood on all ha g nds, that t canew Admin.istratig l 'are ll ' r liat of a mixture of Whigs and Peelites— neer being, in the proportion of two to one of the presetwhatever may be the ultimate results of the • 0, I't inisterial crisis, it behoves the people to vi °tile - their guar d, lest they be again made the wh eal • of that trickery from which they have prase day so much. The politicians o f the party " 1 3' have no other than their personal f „ or t he e ea ru Pesess to serve. The views anti wishes o ael e 4lie do not give them a moment's thought, it„eter tin so far as they affect their mere indiv idual In this respect there is no difference between Russell Tory. Both factious are alike. Lord John Zt t l i alit . ) ,!°dord Stanley are, so far, on a footing . o There is, to use a homely saying, six in the are t n al ha lf - a•dazen in the other. The nation at large aati o z r , - a a t tued from their thoughts, unless popular i.ratlig -0,7° feared, popular approval found to be indis dee i t a,`e to the success of their plans. As yet we do not 1: 1- 0 °Iel Y know what sort of new Government we are . ;Lee: lv- i v Nothing certain is known as to its composi have, it is true, rumours in abundance; but he events of one hour is very often disproved by t w 3 1, 0 ' the iv , laQXt. All that seems tolerably certain is, The e ta , - ; t ;. s a l id, that we are to have a Coalition Cabinet. Ittc/ 3' t of which that Cabinet is to be composed known. Ylie - te% - r tl t ° h t generallylt may, indeed, be doubted th a are known to those who are now acting ate k „a c apacity of architects of the new Ministterwiael than";',ltre• - Unless the country be willing the 4 3'taZ a h aVe another Government, who will have h no . rish`d7Y with the principles which are so fondly _c . e i t 3 e the people, it ought to lose no time in making ttfl_ sentiments and feelings known. This is justeh Ihnae apt for doing so, if it is to be done with effect.a fore composition of the new Cabinet may be. 1 1 11' jar, • Y affected by the expression, at this perm t ' 2 l f the popular will. Let the Noble Lord or w ;`,"on- Gentleman, who will have to form a ne . lo " i 4 e 'rY, he distinctly admonished, ' that the nation will lib ; S ea in no line of policy which is not thoroughly A at ,' If the p eo pl e only speak out, and insist that ;?•urninistration shall be formed which does not mean ~,ili7entify itself with the cause of popular progress, it or s• impossible impossible for Lord John Russell, Lord Stanley, last irJ aenes Graham to form a Ministry which will tire!' ill ° ll th. The Ministry may, it is true, bo so far i ns 'ni as to be d u ly gaz etted, and its members formally is , all e d i n their respective offices. But the question taie ll Z" long will they, in defiance of public opinion, re- ta n , t hose offices? What is to bo the term of their ee e , - " r n in Downing-street? Who would insure their vea a l l tieY for one little month? Certainly not us. Go the-g'ents are now entirely dependent on the breath of the t e °Ple- No Government can now-a-days withstand IThi v , (l r ree , of public opinion. When energetically and Lat ti, s2ll Y expressed, public opinion is omnipotent. the ";, e c ountry only now pronounce in favour of n an r A cL P I Y popular Government, arid we shall have at —ministration which shall faithfully reflect the di e k a and wishes of the nation. We know there are t„,ticultis in the way of procuring an instantaneous tit tle, 'nee a the national will. At least eight days must Pse before the necessary arrangements could be made 'Jr elieitin i l i,j eot. of g a a e ri e expression p ular feeling on the y But that is no reason why l t l i r o thing shou w ld not i b st e r done. The Ministry ruse, it is Will ; /3 ' formed before that time. In all probability it and , u o t though an expression of the public feeling the f o rm n will, consequently, be too late to prevent i ptawrtii c eiao a rt ti h o e n of a Cabinet of any particular complexion, too late to exercise its influence on w th . e . Puraue. course of policy which the new Cabinet will wh at the If the people give forth a certain sound as t haz ards Y require; if what they are determined at all i at to have, be stated in language so explicit, and a seluauer so energetic, as to leave no room for mis- take or mieconceptiol, the new Telinistry will. however reluctantly, accede to the popular wish. When they eleaely perceive that a contrary line of policy would be fatal to their existence, they ail carefully shun that . c ourse of policy. and chalk out for t hemselves a line of action which will harmonise with popular feelings and popular principle a. Before public opinion, if it be . only unm istakably expressed, all future Governments la this country must bow down. The day has gone by whoa Ministere could set public (minion at defiance. Go vernments have ceased to be the meatus of the people : the people have become the masters of Government!. The course which the country ought to adopt at this crisis is sufficiently plain. It is to meet wi thout an hour's unnecessary delay, and "pronounce" in favour of certain great political principl es. We would suggest that et the public meetings to be held a resolution should. be passed to the effect that n o Ministr y can be entitled or will possess, the confidence of the country, which is not prepared to base its domestic policy on the four great principles of househol d suffte g e, triennial Parliaments, the right of secret voting, and a rigid economy in the ed ministration of the financial affairs of the cuuntry. This would be decisive. Either the new Cabinet would re sign at once, or it would make up its min.lto carry out those principles. We appea l to the metropolis for a com mencement in this greet and necessary work. Let the city of London set the example to the country, and that example will be forthwith followed. We pledge our selves for this. We know enough of the character of our countrymen to justify us in affirming that the provinces would, in such a case, tread hard on the heels of the metropolis. Shall we appeal to the city of London in vain? We are unwilling to believe it. But if the event. shall prove that we have formed a too favourable esti mate of the patriotism and public spirit of the City, the only resource left for us will ba to turn to the men of Marylebone. They are never wanting in a great emer gency like the present. They contributed largely, by the promptitude and energy of their action against the Budget of Sir Charles Wood, to precipitate the Minis terial crisis which has occurred. If they only act with similar energy in declaring in favour of the tour groat principles we have named, the other lea tropolitan bo roughs will immediately tread in their steps, and before the close of the week we shall have the entire country in motion, to insure the triumph of an enlightened i © in politics, and a rigid economy, under the guidance of a sound judgment, in finance. DAILY NEWS.—After all their vauntings, then, it appears that the Protectionists were not prepared to form an Administration. According to the statements made by Lord Lansdowne and Lord John Russell last night in Parliament, Lord Stanley was invited to do so by the Queen in the afternoon of Saturday. By his own unqualified acknowledgment nothing could be more gracious than the manner in which that invitation was conreyed, and the advice which he considered it right to tender was received by her Majesty. Lord Lans downe concluded his narrative of what had occurred, however, by the statement that " the Noble Lord inti mated to the Sovereign that he was not then prepared to form an Administration;" of which Lord Stanley, in his graceful and decorous rejoinder, took no notice; but contented himself with promising, when the proper time should arrive, to detail fully the nature of the commu nication he had made to the Queen. A statement al most identical in every expression was addressed by Lord John to the House of Commons, and the same important phrase was used by the Premier that was, and that is to be—viz., Lord Stanley intimated to her Majesty that " he was not then prepared to form an administra tion." Unlike his chief in good sense and gopd taste, Mr. Disraeli hastily and clumsily contradicted the assertion; and hinted that Lord John would upon reflection feel that he stated of his rival that which the fact did not justify. In reply, Lord John, with dignity and temper, declared that having been so informed he had no doubt the account he had given of the matter was accurately true; and with provoking coolness he then added that he was sure Lord Stanley would concur therein. The want of judg ment and of proper feeling betrayed by Mr. Disraeli in this affair may well excite the apprehension and distrust of his adherents. For every one except the aspiring gentleman himself must feel that the contradiction thus awkwardly given applied not to the Minister but to the Queen. Nobody will believe that Lords Lansdowne and John Russell would venture (even supposing them willing) to invent so audacious a falsehood and attribute it publicly to the Sovereign. What passed between her Majesty and Lord Stanley conic' only have become known to them from the lips of Royalty; and upon a point so vital and conclusive, it would seem highly improbable that any mistake should have occurred. Supposing a misconception to have unaccountably arisen, it would have been easy for Lord Stanley,without entering into particulars, to have guarded himself from accepting Lord Lansdowne's version as in all respects correct, and thus have saved his own consistency in the estimation of his disappointed party, without hazarding a denial derogatory to the Throne. Friday next is but four days off, and he might have asked them to suspend their opinion on the entire transaction until then. But Mr. Disraeli could not contain himself so long. He who for the last two years has been feeding credulous country gentlemen with what Cebbett used to call "sweet bamboozle," and coaxing them to drop almost entirely the fond epithets of protection, in order to smooth the way to office, for which he assured them that he was " perfectly ready"--he could not afford to wait so long, or to endure even for tour days the reproaches of his disconsolate and disenchanted adherents. He claimed and was believed to be on terms of the most unre served confidence with Lord Stanley. Not to be aware of what his chief told the Sovereign would be an acknowledgment that his position in the party was in fact an imposition, and that he had been tolerated as self-elected leader in the Commons rather than trusted in counsel. This was too much to be borne by one whose pride of elo quence and wit has been of late so pampered with obla tions. And for sake of showing the completeness of his knowledge ho yielded to the impulse of the moment, and fell into the most lamentable of blunders that any man looking to high political office in this country could commit. To admit by his silence that he was not in the secret of what really passed at the Palace, would, he imagined, have been to admit that he had lost the lead; and to sanction the allegation that Lord Stanley had owned he was not prepared, when called upon, to form a Government, would have been, he supposed, to dissolve the discipline of his party. But what, after all, did Lord Stanley say? And where, if anywhere, has the mistake arisen? Nowhere, we believe, but in the brain of the inconsiderate and ambition-blinded Member for Bucks. When the story comes to be told we more than suspect that it will be found that all we have heard said about her Majesty having refused to concede a power to dissolve Parliament should it become necessary, is without justification. Had it been so, the duty of any constitutional statesman would have been at once to decline the task, for the per formance of which he felt that he was not trusted. No man of spirit or sense would daily with the offer of becoming Prime Minister upon such conditions, and we will do Lord Stanley the justice to believe that he is not in this respect an exception to the ordinary rule. We know that so far from absolutely declining the task, the Tory chief quitted the Royal presence under the impres sion, and with the hope that he would be allowed till Monday following to try what he could do. And this is confirmed by two facts of equal notoriety, that on the sam e day a special dispatch was sent to Mr. Gladstone, r equesting his immediate return to England; and, what is still more conclusive, that a letter was addressed to Lord Stanley by her Majesty within an hour after his leaving the palace. The contents of this letter we pre tend not exactly to divine; but certain it is that after its reception no further steps were ostensibly taken to fulfil the task ascribed to him, while other councillors wore summoned to take part in the deliberations of the Sovereign. Had Lord Stanley declared himself ready to attempt the duty of forming a Cabinet, it is impossible that a constitutional monarch should suddenly retract the offer thus made.. But if, on the other h a nd, the truth be that Lorct.Stanley admitted frankly his unpre paredness to submit the names of an Administration, b u t expressed a hop e that, if time were given to send fur Mr. Gladstone, then supposed to be at Paris, he might be in a condi tion to submit a list for her Majesty' s approval upon Mon da y , then the riddle is easily read. The Queen may hav e speedily come to the conclusion, that to suspend the whole government of the empire until a courier should be able to find a secondary per sonage like Mr. Gladstone, would hardly be considered a wise 'or seemly exercise of the royal discretion. To tell the assembled Parliament that they must adjourn their sit • bugs, and to tell the nation at large that its wants and duties must be suspended until the ambiguous represen tative of Oxford should be caught and coaxed back to England, could hardly fail of appearing rather absurd ; and the Queen, although she may have been unwilling to give a peremptory negative to the proposition when orally made, unquestionably acted with her usual judg ment in speedily apprising Lord Stanley of her senti ments on the subject. Small comfort all this , however, to Mr. Disraeli. If without Mr. Gladstone no Prote ctionist Cabinet could over be named to the Queen, it must be clear to whom Lord Stanley meant to delegate the office of leader in the House of Commons. But how commu nicate these ungracious and ungrateful tidings to the man who, while Mr. Gladstone was still a free-trader, invented "the country party," as it is called, and who made it out of dr oss and rubbish all that it is ? Did Lord Stanley shrink from prematurely revealing his real purpose to his too faithful lieutenant? Or did he think it prudent to be sure of Mr. Gladstone, before he ven tured to chasser Mr. Disraeli? POST. —Lord John Russell has r e d ee med his pro mise, anti has explained to the Hou se o f Commons the caus es of the existing ministerial crisis. The narrow ma jority which appeared in favour of the G o vernment on the first great di vision of the session, and the subsequent de feat on the m otion of Mr. Locke King, are the principal facts from wh ich the Premier appears to have inferred tho declining confidence of Parliament in his Adminis tration. Ho felt that "on other me asures , an d on o ther incidental questions, his Cabinet might meet with similar defeats." The fate of the financial scheme which had been just prop ounded b y the Chancellor of the Exchequer was no t p roblematical, and the difficulties, prospective,were not such as m i g ht b e honourable courage, or surm oun t e d present affronte d and h 3. . am by a justifiable perseverance. 'They indicated a parlia mentary support so feeble a nd uncertain, as to l eav e the Minister no constitutional , alternative from the one course of resignation. 'I he absence of Lord Lansdowne from town delayed this step for one day, and on Saturday morning, as we stated (not on Friday, as was alleged by some of our contemporaries), Lord J. Russell placed at her Majesty's disposal the offices filled by himself and his colleagues. Throughout this proceeding the conduct of Lord John Russell appears highly dignified and becoming. I t , evinces a just deference to the wishes of Parliament, and a proper respect for the principles of the constitution. There is neither a hasty impatience of accidental check nor a useless perseverance in a hopeless path. The course is left open and unembarrassed to the leader of the Opposition, to whom, accordingly, her Ma jesty proposes to confide the conduct,of public affairs. LONDON, Having tvcr il ;: e I at this point of his narrative, Lord John Re a'd—" I was informed later in the aftern sor ► quit I was required to proceed to Buck ingham Paine( ; and I was informed by her Ma jesty .hat 3 ,ord Stanley was re t then prepared to form a Go' ermnent. Her Majesty then asked me to under: if : e .'ho charge of reconstructing a Government which ight .`te able to obtain the confidence of this Hoes 6. and I t hought it my duty, :under these cireuna stanee.s, to attein pt that task. I have, therefore, assured her '.Majesty that I would undertake it." Whether the calif of Lord Se. tnley declining to form a Government tin Ser the circums, ances was a refusal on the part of the C rown to exercise t be prerogative in a dissolution of the 'earliament, or a feel:rig on the part of that statesman himself, that such a dissolution was not at the present t i me an a d v i sa bl e me asure, there can be little doubt that Lord Stanley's difficulty must have been with the pre sent House of Comntoes. The main fat's remain, that that Noble Lord was not prepared, under existing cir cumstances, to form an administration, and that the teak of reconstructing a Cabinet remains for the present in the h ands of Lord John Russell. Ic is, however, of' great importance that the truth should be known, and the country will wait with impatience the time when Lord Stanley may, with the permission of the Queen, explain precisely the state of the case, and the motives which induced him to decline the rnortentous task which had been assigned to him. In the meantime we are satisfied that he acted wisely and well. The movements of public men since Friday last have been characterised by greater activity than pro gress. This is not wonderful. As far as we are able to conjecture from the interviews of statesmen with each other, end from their several audiences with her Ma jesty, it would seem that the efforts of Lord John Rus sell in the execution of his arduous undertaking are di rected towards the remnant of the Peel party. The name of Sir James Graham occurs more frequently than that of any other public man in our chronicles of such pro ceedings. Lord Aberdeen is, indeed, als very often men tioned—but it does not appear in any instance, until last night, he had directly been summoned by the Crown. His advice, therefore, Seems to have been somewhat irre gular, and the mode in which it is reported to have been tendered, is hardly constitutional—either the accounts are erroneous, or this matter requires explanation. Bo this as it may, it is extremely difficult to see what strength Sir James Graham would add to any Cabinet. He is indeed distinguished by great power in debate, and consummate administrative ability—but on every question out of which the present embarrassments have arisen, his political tendencies are strongly in the di rection of additional confusion. His great speech on the occasion of Mr. Disraeli's motion was altogether in support of those financial principles which found so little favour with the House of Commons, and unless public belief is strangely misled, his opinions on the other vexed question of Papal agression are such as would ruin, in the estimation of the people of Eng land, any Cabinet, however otherwise strong, which should venture to avow them. If, then, Lord John Russell " knows the reason why " Sir James Graham could bring any weight to the administration which he has undertaken to construct, that " rea son why " must exist in some new and very remarkable modification of his political creed. The causes which led to the defeat of the late Ministry point out clearly enough the course to be avoided by its successor. The country will not, as we have repeatedly shown, and as recent events have fully proved, sanction the perpetuation of an income-tax, im posed on account of a great state emergency, and that under a solemn promise that it should be removed when such emergency should pass away. The redemption of this promise is a debt of honour which the Government owes to the people of England, and no Administration can stand which is based upon the avowed bad faith of attempting to evade its payment. We do not intend to pursue these remarks further on the present occasion. The extent to which we have already carried them may appear to some to bo objectionable. We are bound, however, to maintain the principles which we have ever advocated, and in which we conscientiously believe. Whatever may be the result, we will not be swayed from our even course by personal or party bias; we shall judge of public men by their acts, as the country will — more concerned that the country should be governed well, than that it should be governed by this or that party in the State. THE HOUSE AND INCOME TAX. A meeting of the ratepayers and inhabitants of the parish of St. Luke, Middlesex, was held in the British and Foreign School-rooms, Cowper street, City-road, yesterday evening, to consider and determine upon the propriety of petitioning the Legislature against the pro posal of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to substitute an unjust, odious, and unnecessary house-tax in lieu of the window-tax; and also to determine upon the pro priety of opposing a renewal of the income-tax; Mr. J. Tarplee, churchwarden, in the chair. The CHAIRMAN read the requisition for the meeting, and adverted to a former meeting held in the parish for the repeal of the window-tax. Since that time the Bud get had been made public, in which it was retained under another name, and only one-third of the tax taken off. It was a most obnoxious measure. He trusted that agi tation would be continued, and that they would insist on an equitable system of taxation—not one that fell on the masses. The Chairman concluded by reading letters of excuse for non-attendance, on the plea of having to at tend Parliament, from Mr. Mowatt, Mr. T. Duncombe, Viscount Duncan, Lord Dudley Stuart, Mr. C. Lush ing ton, Sir De Lacy Evans, Sir B. Hall, Mr. William Williams, Mr. Bernal Osborne; and also from Mr. Al derman Wire, Mr. RICHARD PHILLIPS moved the first resolution: — "'1 hat this meeting views with surprise and indigna tion the attempt of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to impose a house-tax instead of a window-tax, not only because it is vnnecessary in a time of peace with the present vuormous revenue of the country, but also be cause it is most unjust and unequal in its character; and this meeting pledges itself to oppose such a tax in the most energetic manner by every constitutional means, mad to insist on the unconditional repeal of the window tax." _ _ seconded by Mr. Hoax, and supported by Mr. PALLISER. Sir JAMES DUKE had much pleasure in attending the meeting according to the invitation he had received. He had gone down to the House ; but as it was adjourned, he had come with Mr. Wakley, than whom they could not have a better representative, and he trusted that he might long enjoy their confidence. He would only state that they should have his most cordial support for the repeal of the window-tax, and, further, they ought not to submit to have any other tax imposed in lieu of it, and he assured them he would oppose any Government that proposed any such measure. Mr. NICHOLAY, of Marylebone, then addressed the meeting. After which Mr. \VARLET rose, and said that ho hardly deserved thu kind expressions of Sir James Duke and Mr. Nicholay. Ho had been prevented from executing his duties for two years from causes that he need not mention, but he was thankful to his constituents for their forbearance. Towards them now he was placed in a very peculiar po sition; some were offended because he was ill, and others that his health was restored again. He wished to convey his thanks to the former. Well, what was the object for which they had met that night? First, for ever to get rid of that infernal window-tax; secondly, to oppose the imposition of a house-tax; and, thirdly, to decide whether the income-tax should be passed in its present odious form. But there was another subject of the greatest importance—an evil which was the source of many other grievances, He alluded to the present mock representation of the people. If the millions bad voices in returning members to Parliament they would not be here to complain, but would strike at the root of the grievance itself. Now, the Parliament had ad journed until Friday next, at five o'clock, in order to enable a Government to be constructed. His ad vice to them was to hold continual meetings between this and then for that purpose. He was at the House of Commons that night, and Lord John Russell had informed them that he had felt it his duty to tender the resignation of himself and his colleagues, and that her Majesty had received it. Well, he would tell them that afterwards Lord Stanley, the leader of the Protectionists, was sent for, but he could not form an Administration. Lord John was recalled, and he was now engaged in forming a Cabinet, and on Friday they were to hear what sort of one it was. Now was the time, then, for all intelligent constituencies to speak out, and not allow the new Ministers to take otfice without knowing what the people wanted. They did not care whom they selected for the Ministers, provided they would advance in a right direction; but if they were oppo.ed to elective franchise he should mistrust them from the commencement, and ho hoped the people would too. The aristocracy for the last few days had been in great confusion. Why? because there were places to be got and money to bo pocketed. But could they only be g )- verned by them? He thought in this business they had not only miscalculated their power, but were ignorant of the opinion of the people. He denied that with the energetic and masculine character of this age they could only be governed by puny lords. He trusted that the new Ad ministration would think of this. The old factions — Tory and Whig—were worn out, and he was of opinion that the people ought to be as much represented in the Cabinet as in the Legislature. He again earnestly ex pressed his hope that this would not be the only meeting held before Friday next, for they ought to let the new Government know that they demanded an enlargement of the franchise. In conclusion, ho begged to assure them of his most cordial support. The resolution was then put from the chair and carried. Mr. DALE moved a resolution to the effect -64 That a petition for the repeal of tho window-tax un conditionally be presented to the House of Commons by Mr. Wakley and Mr. T. Duncombe." He hoped the petition would amount to a command, as the Bei' , Ministry would find they must comply with it." Seconded by Mr. CHRISTIE. This was also carried. Mr. SHILLIBEER moved— " That this meeting, while it desires that the neces cessary revenue to meet the legitimate expenses of the State should be fairly levied, considers it a duty to use every proper:means to oppose the renewal of the income tax, as it cruelly tax es the variable and uncertain pro puct of the mental an d bodily exertion of a hardworking and industrious tradesman and professional man as heavily as the permanent income arising from real pro perty; and that the exigency which it was adopted to meet having passed away there is no necessity for its re newal." Seconded by Mr. 13esscoE, and supported by Mr. Pai.essan, who particularly objected to the in spection of their trade accoun ts by the Commissioners. Mr. NORMAN t h oug ht that if the income-tax were re pealed the property-tax would go, and he warned the working classes that the burden of the taxes would fall on theca. He thought that instead of taking these things into account they ought to be holding meetings about enlarging their franchise. He concluded by moving an amendment to the effect that direct taxation TUESDAY EVENING, ought to be continued as the source from which the re ven tin should be derived. Tilt , » was seconded by Mr. POMEROY ; but a'ter two or three attempts to count the numbers (some of the per sons holding up two liar,ds instead of one) the original motion was carried by a maj atity of 33. A resolution that a pttition, praying " for the re moval of the income-tae, but retaining tbe;property-tax," be presented, W 99 also carried, and a vote of thanks> to the Chairman terminated the proceedings. PUBLIC INCOME AND EXPENDITURE• According to a return issued yesterday the not public income and expenditure of the United Kingdom for the several years from 1842 to 1850 inclusive has been as follows: 1842. Income. Expenditure. Deficit. £48,192,373 ... £50,332,357 £2,139,954 1843. Income. Expenditure. Deficit. £48,745,459 ... £51,167,235 £2,421,776 1844. Income. Expenditure. Surplus. .C 52,835,124 ... £50,739,697 £2,095,427 1845. Income. Expf , nditurP. Surplus. £5l 417,615 ... £18,07_5,179 ... £6,342,436 1846. Income. Expenditure. Surplus. £52,009,324 ... £49,628,724 ... £2,380,600 1847. Income. Expenditure. Surplus. £54,473,762 .., £51.708,571 ... £2 ,765,191 1848. Income. Expenditure. Deficit. £52,052,757 £55.175,042 ... £3,092,255 1849. Income. Expenditure. Deficit. £53,017,733 £53.287,110 ... £269,377 1850. Income. Expenditure. Surplus. £52,916,918 . . X 50,378,417 £2,538,501 MINISTERIAL MOVEMENTS. Lord John Russell received Viscount Palmerston and other members of the late Cabinet at an early hour yesterday morning, at his Lordship's private residence, in Chesham-place. Lord John Russell subsequently proceeded to Buckingham Palace, and had an interview with her Majesty. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has commenced to remove from his official residence in Downing-street. Various articles of private furniture were removed in the course of yesterday afternoon. Letters have been received from the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, announcing that ho will arrive in town from Paris on Wednesday morning. The Marquis of Clanricarde had an interview yester day with Viscount Palmerston. Lord Stanley received visits in the course of yesterday from Mr. Disraeli, Mr. Forbes Mackenzie, and other leading members of the Protectionist party. The Chancellor of the Exchequer visited Earl Grey yesterday at his mansion on Carlton-house-terrace. Sir George Grey also visited the Noble Earl. The three ex- Ministers bad a long consultation. Sir James Graham visited the Earl of Aberdeen at noon yesterday, and remained in consultation with the Noble Earl for more than two hours. _ _ At 5 o'clock last evening her Majesty addressed a letter to the Earl of Aberdeen, commanding his Lord ship's presence at the Palace at 9 o'clock. This was the first letter written by her Majesty to the Noble Earl since the resignation of Lord John Russell, the former communications to his Lordship having been written by his Royal Highness Prince Albert. At 9 o'clock the Earl of Aberdeen proceeded to the Palace to have an intervitw with her Majesty. Lord John Russell and Sir James Graham arrived at the Palace about the same time, and joined the Noble Earl at the conference with the Sovereign. COURT CIRCULAR. Lord John Russell had an audience yesterday of hor Majesty at Buckingham Palace. The Queen and Prince Albert walked yesterday in the garden of the Palace. His Roy al Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse back yesterday morning, attended by Lieut.• Colonel the Hon. Alexander Gordon. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, the Princess Helena, and the Princess Louisa, took their accustomed pony and walking exercise yesterday. His Royal Highness Prince Arthur was taken an air ing yesterday. - - The local committee for Westmincter of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of the Industry of all Nations had an interview with Earl Granville yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. The members of the committee present were—Messrs. Smedley, Lavan chars, Hunt, Garrard, Lewis, Mann, and Crace. The Oxford University Commission met yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, Downing-street. Present—The Bishop of Norwich, the Dean of Carlisle, the Master of Pembroke, the Rev. H. G. Liddell, Mr. J. L. Dampier, the Rev. Professor Powell, the Rev. G. H. S. Johnson, and the Rev. A. P. Stanley (secretary). Mr. John Wood, chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official residence in Down ing-street. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the G overnors of Canada and the other North I An erican colonies. _ _ _ _ _ Dispatches were sent off from the Colonial-office yes terday to the Governors of Ceylon and Kong-Kong. The Marquis of Lansdowne and the Chancellor of the Exchequer had interviews with Lord J. Russell yester day at his official residence in Downing-street. REPRESENTATION OF BEDFORD SIIIRE. Yesterday the Sheriff attended, at the Shirehall, Bed "ord, to announce the state of the poll, when it appeared that the numbers were— _ For Colonel Gilpin For Mr. Houghton Colonel GILPIN then, having been declared duly elected to servo the county of Bedford in Parliament, came for ward and addressed the electors, and professed himself always ready to hear any suggestions which might be submitted to him by the constituency whose confidence ho had gained, and he trusted he deserved. Mr. HOUGIITON then presented himself, and was re ceived with cheers by his supporters. He would tell his brother farmers that there would be a time not far off when they would change their minds upon the question he had brought before tutu. The people would never allow any Government to tax their bread and cheese. —(Cheers.) Mr. Houghton then thanked those who had given him their votes; and Thanks having been accorded to the Sheriff, who ac knowledged the honour done him, the business of the election closed. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, FEB.22.—LINCOLN COLLEGE.—Two scholar ships and two exhibitions will be filled up on Tuesday, March 25. The scholarships are open, without limita tion. The exhibitions are for natives of the diocese of Durham (including Allertonshire and Howdenshire, in the county of York), or of the counties Leicester, Northampton, or Oxford. Candidates to present their papers to the rector on or before Friday, March 21. The new statute imposing a distinct and additional examination on all candidates for the degree of bachelor in civil law will be brought before the members of Con vocation for approval and ratification on Tuesday next. Dr. Max Muller will deliver his lectures on the His tory of Modern Languages at the Taylor Institution, for the remainder of this terovat two o'clock on Wed nesday and Fridays, instead of on Mondays and Wed nesdays. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE.—Tho ',Rev. L. Carden, 8.A., has been appointed to the curacy of Lengbridge De verill, with Crockerton, Wilts. BaLmor. COLLEGE. —The Rev, T. B. Coney, M.A., Vicar of Pueklechurch, has been appointed to the rural s ._ bu T ry h , o inth e diocese of Gloucester Rev. and Bristol. deanery beeonß aI Ep Lp o oc f no l I Lt (L, Li dE w otkocEC. J. Forster, 8.A. , has the curacy of St o ke-Abbas, Dorset. NEW h ad do C r I-EeckEs . of this College , h as been presen ted to the vicara g e of W C HRIST CHITRCIL—The Re v . C. Baring, AI. A., of Christ Church , rector of All Souls, St. Mar y lebono, has been appointed on e of the cha p lai ns in o rdinar y to the Bucks T he Rev. W . Pi gott , 8.C.L., Fellow Queen. - The Rev. J. L e Mesurior, IL A., of Christ Church, has been appointed to the perpetual curacy of Beni bridge, Lie of Wight. The Rev. W. D. M a cray, 8.A., chaplain of New Col lege, has been appointed to a chaplaincy at Christ Church. B ACHELOR S or ARTS.—BatbelOFS o f A rts s h ou ld re member that unless they have proceeded to that degree on or before Thursday, February 27 , their names can - n th o e t pbreesiennsetryteedanin the registerri, of congregation during Vie E-Cii A.ties.,' LLO ß S UOL RT.—A trifling case of debt was brought into the C)_unty Court a few days ago against a member Q f the Un7ersio, but his honour the judge, Mr. J. B. Parry, QC., decided, on inspection of the documents put in for the University—section 140 of the County Courts Act of 9th and 10th Victoria, c. 95—that it was untitled to the exclusive jurisdiction of the cause, and therefo re dismissed It from his own court. This being the first instance that had c ome t o th e know ledge of the University authorities of a resident member being sued in this court, it was thought right to claim it in order to prevent scholars from being drawn out of their proper court on other occasions. CAMBRIDGE, FFI3, 22.-- . -BELL SCHOLARSHIPS.—Thu Vice• Chancellor gives no!tee, that au election of two scholars upon this foundation will take place on Friday, the 4th of April, 1851. The members of any college (except King's College and Trinity Hall), sons or orphans of clergymen, who were admitted between the commencements of 1849 and 1850, may be candidates. The candidates are required to signify their intention of offering themselves on or before Thursday, the 6th of March in a Latin epistle, tobe presen te d to eac h of the electors, who are the Vice-Chancellor, the Regius Pro fessor of Divinity, the Regius Professor of Laws, Mr. G. G. Stokes, Lucasian Professor, and Mr. Bateson, Public Orator. The examination will commence on Monday, the 10th of March, at 9 o'clock in the forenoon, in the Sinate house. LECTURES OF THE PROFESSOR OF ARABIC.—The Arabic professor has given notice that he proposes to lecture on Arabic, Sanicrit, and Gothic, during the Easter term, in the Combination-room of St. Catherine's hall, beginning on Tuesday, May G. Arabic daily at FEBR UARY 25, 1851. 12 o'clock. Subjects—The Crestomathies of Kosegarten anti De Sacy, the Koran, Tuhfa':.o Iklivranis-Gala, the Maka ant of Hariri. Striscuit daily at 1 o'clock. Sub,jocts—Nals; the law.; of Mane; the Ilitopade3a; the Ramayana, Books I. and IL Gothic on Mondays, Wedoeuisys, and Fridays, at 2 o'clock. Subjects—The Gothic New Testament; tho affinities existing between the Gothic and other Indo- European languages. A srnoNomi.- - The Plurniar. Professor will commence a course of lectures on practical astronomy and astro nomical instruments on Monday, March 10, at half-past one o'clock, in the Observatory. MAGDALEN COLLEGE.—Mr. W. Raymond has been elected to the open scholarship at this college. LITERATURE. DAHOMEY AND THE DAHOJIANS. By F. E. Forbes, Commander R.N. 2 rols. Lonpnans. The enterprising Commander Forbes, who in 1849 and 1850 performed two missions to the Court of Daho mey, has now published the results of his experience, and presented us with a most vivid and interesting glimpse of Dahomey and the Dahomans. Many circumstances combine to render this work as valuable as it is inte resting. As affording another chapter in that " proper study of mankind," the history of man, these elaborate and evidently accurate retails of savage life cannot fail to be welcome to the physiologist and philanthropist ; while, again, its relations to slavery and the slave trade invest " Dahomey" with a peculiar importance. "As the King of the slave trade and its merchants," observes the author of these volumes in some introductory remark', " the Dahoman monarch has become a word of com mon use ; whilst the position of his kingdom, and the habits, manners, and customs of his people, equally with the resources of its Sovereign, are incor rectly, if at all, known. Lying inland on the Guinea coast, this great military kingdom extends almost from the banks of the Niger to those of the Volta, and domineers over, if it does not possess, the entire land that lies between the coast thus cut off be tween the mouths of these rivers and the bases of the Kong mountains." Thither Commander Forbes and some other Englishmen repaired in 1849, in conse quence of a conversation which took place one evening on board her Majesty's ship Cyclops, in which it was remarked by Captain Hastings, that "great benefit might accrue from the visit of a naval officer to the King of Dahomey at a time when the death of that King's chief agent and principal merchant, Da Souza, left him more at liberty to exercise his huma nity, and to listen to the oft-repeated appeal to sup press the slave trade in his dominions." Mr. Forbes, having long desired to visit the interior of Africa, volunteered his services; his offer was accepted, and the two volumes just published contain a journal of the wonderful incidents and discoveries consequent upon that mission. "It is the object of the author," we are told, " in giving publicity to these journals, to illustrate the dreadful slave hunts and ravages, the annihilations and exterminations consequent on this trade I have seen," Mr. Forbes goes on, " the slaves toiling in South America, and known that the labour of these was a matter of calculation to the master whether, by continual toil and short life, he would gain more money than by light work and protracted miserable existence. But what are all these to the tragic scenes that introduce the slaves to slavery ? A country living in peace with all around, and pursuing trade in the endeavour to become rich, is suddenly surrounded by a ruthless banditti, and how changed the scene! The old would be rejected if brought to market—they are sacrificed ; the whole nation are transported, exterminated, their name to be forgotten except in the annual festival of the con querors." Such horrible practices being the delight of the military Dahomans, who consider an annual war as a popular right, it becomes doubly revolting to find a considerable portion of the Dahoman army composed of women ! The Amazon regiments con. tain about 5,000 females, who glory in their en tire abnegation of their sex. "We are not !vowel), but men," is their motto and their boast, and in courage, severity of discipline, and cruelty they set an example to their brother soldiers, the Amazon regiments not unfrequently turning the fortune of battle. For an interesting account of these extraor dinary soldiers, as well as for many s i m il ar l y marvel lous peculiarities of the Dahomans, we must refer the curious to Mr. Forbes's attractive volumes —attractive volumes we may with justice call them, yet the themes of which they treat are occasionally most repulsive. Witness, for instance, the horrible picture of the human sacrifices. The most effectual, and, indeed, ,e only sure means of putting an end to those in quities, and abating the horrors of the slave-trade, is ;he introduction of Christianity and the encourage- ment of commerce. Commerce is not only the result, but the precursor of civilization ; and Mr. Forbes remarks, in furtherance of this argument, that the inhabitants of a vast extent of coast have been led to give up the slave trade, because they have learned the vast increase of the value of the palm oil trade over that in slaves. " There are kings in the Camaroons and Bonny rivers whose ledgers, kept by themselves, would grace any counting house in this country ; and whole minds, expanded by education, have made them bold enough to declare that the old superstition of the Eboe should no longer exist, setting the example of becoming Christians. When the slave trade is checked, other trade should be sub stituted, or it will soon revive. To insure success, education should be first planted, and then trade intro duced ; thus, becoming enlightened, the African would sicken at the horrors he has hitherto encouraged." Full of sound a©d practical wisdom are the remarks of Mr. Forbes on these matters. He illustrates the immense importance of education in effecting the suppression of the slave trade by the fact " that if a man spoke only a few words of English, he would be gladly turned out of a barracoon, being deemed by his unlawful master an educated and dangerous man." The self-esteem of the Dahomans as a nation is somewhat ridiculous. "how often," says Mr. Forbes, "have I been told in Dahomey, you make war on the Portuguese and beat them, we on the Attapahms and others with equal success." These,' said the mayo, pointing to two tumblers on the table, are alike in size, in make, in shape ; this is Dahomey, that England ! See, I turn round and looking again I cannot dis tinguish; they are co-equal, the greatest white and the greatest black nations. Your Queen can conquer all white nations, Gego can take all blacks !' " Leaving much unsaid, we have yet said enough to indicate the interesting nature of this work. The chapters relative to the manners and cus toms of the Dahomans will well repay the trouble of examination ; they are full of curious information. The appendix gives a vocabulary of the Dahoman language. The numerals seam to be arranged after a curious fashion; some are simple and concise, such as Woh-10, and Koh-20 ; and others are compounds of many numbers, such as 16 —Ah fau tong noo koo noo deh poh. No trouble or expense has been spared in the getting up of this work, which is illustrated by many curious coloured lithographs. Among these is a portrait of Gego, King of Dahomey. its sable Majesty is attired in a hat and feathers, and a magnificent blue mantle passing] over one shoulder, an attendant holds over him an immense crimson umbrella. Umbrellas of gorgeous colours and large dimensions seem the fashion at Dahomey; they are conspicuous in the representations here given of " receptions" and other public festivals. Another portrait in these volumes is that of Sarah Forbes Bonetta, the little black princess recently presented to her Mjesty, and brought from Dahomey by Com mander Forbes. THE GOLD MINES OF RUSSIA A letter from St. Petersburgb, of the Btb, says : " The quantity of gold produced in 1847 was 1,741 ponds, or about 95 millions of francs; in 1848, 1,726 ponds ; and in 1849, 1,587 ponds. The amount for 1850 is not yet known. In 1848 and 1849 the exportation of gold was prohibited, and in 1850 the position of the exchange did not permit it. On the contrary, a part of the loan in London was paid in gold and silver. Yet the circula tion of gold pieces does not seem more abundant, and gold appears but very rarely in the daily transactions at St. Petersburgh and Moscow. This state of things cannot be explained, except by the LW cumulation of gold in the fortress, and by the dis semination of gold coin to the most remote provinces of this vast empire. The contracts for articles fur nished in the army being generally paid in gold, Russian half-imperials are tolerably abundant in Germany. The increas.a of the population, and the greater amount of comfort and of luxury in Russia, explain also a more considerable absorption of gold. The production of gold in Russia has been decreasing since 1847, which circumstance is to be attributed to a progressive tax levied since that period on the produce of the mines. As the Go vernment exercises the monopoly of the smelting of the precious metals, the produce of the mines of private persons, which give more than three-fourths of the general amount, is always delivered up to the Government, which coins it, or otherwise disposes of it. The Government has naturally paid attention to the changes taking place in the circulation of gold throughout the rest of Europe. The recent prohi bition to export silver seems to intimate that it w' not interfere with the position of gold." The printing press of a daily piper in Boston, United States, is driven in a manner of which there is nu ex - ample in any other city in the republic. Through a two inch lead pipe, a stream of Chochituate water is introduced into the meter, which only occupi es twenty-four square inches. The fall of water between the Boston reservoir and this meter is about a hundred feet. 1 his two• inch steam stream will discharge eighty gallons of water each lower and and in passing through the mete r will giv a motive pow e equal to what is called three-horse power. This is mote than sufficient fur driving the press. It is less hazaraous than a steam-engine, requires no attendance, and is always in readiness. The subscriptions in support of the Manchester and Salford new educational scheme exceed 7,000/. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Three young men, named Illonstcas, Leo, and List were brought before Alderman Wire by George Scott, the etlicer, charged wi'h having prowled about the streets for the purpose of picking pockets, and appropri ating any property which might tempt their Skill and experience. _ _ . the prisoners had made various unsuccessful efforts upon the careless passers-by in the crowded streets, and at last they fixed their atlentions upon a shop-window in which there were several valuable articles, and one of them in an instant, with the hand of a master, " starred the glaze " (cut out a piece of glass) while the others covered him, but not from the vigilance of the officer. Just as the hand was introduced at the broken pa❑ _ e a young lady stepped down from the top of the shop. and the th ree thi eves slipped aside, but were im mediately secured. Alderman WIRE—Are these men known to the police ? Finnis and several other officers particularized se veral occasions upon which the prisoners had operated together in collecting silk handkerchiefs sod been coin mittid, and (ach of them was described as being rapid in his movements whenever an opportunity 1 - ,ccurred. The prisoners said they were hardworking men at trades very different from that which they were accused of exercising by the police, but they did not deny that they might have been falsely accused upon former occa sions. Alderman WIRE sentenced each of them to be impri soned for six weeks in Bridewell, and to hard labour. MARYLEBONE. Thomas William Thomas, alias Williams, alias Johnson, was placed at the bar, charged with the following rob bery:— Several witnesses were examined, and it appeared that about a month ego, the prisoner entered the shop of Mr. Harris, Union-place, New-road, and re quested to know what he should pay for the making up of a suit of clothes. He was told that the price would be 305., and upon his receiving that information he quitted the place, promising to call on the next morning and bring with him the cloth. In a short time after his departure a coat, value 3/. 103., was missed from the counter, and information of the robbery was communicated to the police. Tottman, 393 A, apprehended the pri soner on Saturday afternoon last, from private informa tion which he had received, and found the stolen coat upon his (prisoner's) back. The prisoner was asked what he had to say, and he alleged that he bought the coat of a man whom he met with in a skittle-ground. It was shown that the prisoner was an old offender, and had previously been convicted. He was sent to Newgate for trial. THAMES. Rosina Herbert, a sempstress, whose name has been so often before the public, was brought before Mr. Yardley, on remand, charged with pawning six linen blouses, value 4s. 6d. each, the materials of which were given to her to be made up by a poor woman named Elizabeth Mercer, of No. 10, Storer-street, Stepney. In answer to questions by Mr. YARDLEY, The prosecutrix said she first became acquainted with the prisoner last April, and gave her slop-work to make up. Last July the prisoner raised money at the pawn broker's upon a coat which the witness gave her to make up, and as she did not redeem it or make good the loss, she refused to employ her any longer, and lost sight of her until a few weeks ago, when the prisoner called upon her and paid the value of the coat which had been pawned, and said that, owing to the publicity given to her examination at this court on a charge of illegally pawning seven cotton shirts more than 201. had been sent her by various benevolent persons, which she had expended in providing a home and clothes for her self, her husband, and children. The prisoner also said that she was most anxious to obtain employment as a needlewoman and keep her home about her. The wit ness, who had just buried her husband, and was on the eve of her confinemeet with a posthumous child, took pity on the prisoner and gave her more work. Tho prisoner had made about two dozen blouses since the latter end of November, and on the let of February she had six on hand, which never had been returned. The prosecu trix had sent for them previous to and in the course of her confinement with her last child 20 times, and at last went to Somesford-street, Mile• end, where the prisoner and her husband had lodged, and found they had ab sconded. Subsequently to this the prisoner's husband sent a letter to Mrs. Mercer, intimating that the blouses had been pawned. The prosecutrix, who was in utter despair at the prospect of losing her employment, and who was obliged to give unexceptionable security, sought the prisoner in all directions, and met with her on Wednesday morning in Rosemary-lane, when she taxed her with her ingratitude. The prisoner accom panied Mrs. Mercer to her dwelling, and said the blouses were not pawned for much, but refused to give any clue to the place where they could be found, and the conse quence has been that Mrs. Mercer, who only obtained a profit of Id. each on the blouses, has been entirely de prived of employment. Police-constable Smith, 415 K, said, he had been un able to trace the blouses pawned by Rosina Herbert, but he had brought forward a woman, her landlady, of whom the prisoner bad borrowed a shawl under the pretence that she wanted to raise money upon it for the purpose of redeeming the blouses. The prisoner raised Bs. upon the shawl, sent her landlady the duplicate, and then absconded with the money, Mr. YARDLEY asked the prosecutrix if she had heard of the prisoner's conviction at that court in October last, when she last employed her and intrusted her with the blouses. Mrs. Mercer said she knew all about it, but as the prisoner had made good the less of the coat pawned last July, and had been originally recommended to her as a poor and deserving woman, she took pity on her, and gave her another chance. She was the more disposed to do this as she was very poor herself, and had just lost her husband. Mr. YARDLEY—Do you know anything of the pri soner's husband, or how he and his wife contrived to get rid of so much money in so short a space of time? Mrs. Mercer said she did not. The Herberts had only two young children, and the husband had been employed in the docks since his wife's last conviction. Mr. YARDLEY said the prisoner had committed this offence under circumstances of very considerable aggra vation. The prosecutrix, who was almost as poor as the prisoner herself, wished to give the prisoner another opportunity of getting her living, and had kindly forgiven a tormer wrong. The prisoner, however, who was de void of the common feelings f gratitude, pawned the property. The prisoner was a most shameless woman, who had repeatedly committed a similar offence, and was totally unworthy of the sympathy which had been ex tended towards her, or, indeed, of any pity whatever. The publicity given to the proceedings in October last, when the prisoner was charged with illegally pawning seven cotton shirts, caused a large SUM of money to be sent for her relief; but it was proved that she had been convicted more than a year before of a similar offence, and ho and his colleague did not think proper to bo made the medium of giving money to a woman twice convicted of crime, and therefore hold out a premium to others to commit offences. They withheld the money, which was transferred to the poor-box. Notwithstanding this, many benevolent but ill-judging persons—kind-hearted, no doubt, and disposed to do good, but very weak minded—had forwarded money to the amount of 201. through other sources, and clothes and food were also forwarded to her dwelling. Within a few weeks the prisoner was again found committing a similar offence, and acting with the most black ingratitude. Most pro bably she had done so under the idea—ho hoped a mis taken one—of again arousing public sympathy in her behalf. Sitting in that court as he did for the preven tion of crime, he felt bound to visit this case with great severity, and he sentenced the prisoner to pay a fine of 51. for illegally pawning, and 275., the value of the goods pledged, and in default of payment committed her to the House of Correction for two months, and to be kept to hard labour. LAMBETH. Edward Williams alias George Miller, the companion in several desperate robberies of George Hackett, who. effected so extraordinary an escape from the Model Prison, Clerkenwell, was placed in the dock before Mr. Elliott on the charge of stealing an easy chair, of the value of 2/, from the shop door of Mr. Charles Kedge, a furni ture broker and salesman, in the Kent-road, as far back as the 21st of September, 1849. From the evidence it appeared that the robbery in this instance was effected in the same daring manner as many others by the same gang, namely, by two men driving up in a light cart, a third man handing in the property, and all driving off at a speed that insured escape. In the month of November following the prisoner made an attempt to get a portmanteau from the top of a cab, in Bond-street. but having been closely watched by a constable, he could not effect the robbery, but succeeded in getting into the cart with his companions. In driving away at a desperate rate the cart came in contact with a lamp-post, and the prisoner, who was much stunned by the fall, was secured, but his associates, George and John Hackett, succeeded in getting off. For this offence the prisoner was brought to Marlborough-street Police-court, and sentenced to three months' imprison ment. At that time the prisoner was fully identified as being one of the persons who had stolen the chair from Mr. Kedge's, and it was the intention of the officer to have taken him when released from prison, but he mis calculated the time, and by this means the prisoner again became at large. On Friday night he was taken 111. Mint-street, in the Borough, on a charg e of being on c o rned with a young fellow named Good win . in to the old mission of two acts of sacrilege in breaking Protestant church and a Dissenting chaps On these charges the legal evidencecvaa s s discharged, but _0 his Croydonidentity was not sufficiently strong, ment. The testimony as tiller. f Kedge, was quite conclu the chair, the property o his companion was sentencedantthdoehtheprreiesomneornthhasvi' inmgprsittolenn- officer, in addtti on, said he was theJ o John rHmaecrk was e tt sentenced sive, and Storey , v in a rf i u s i o ly nm e e )m nt Mitted for trial. convicted f e when e thelo felony, ) a . p , prisoner e d - n e whenand to prisoner ihnee THE MARBLE ARCII.—The extraordinary exer tions which Lave been made to erect the marble arch in its Appointed place, at the Oxford-street entrance to Ilyde-p ar k, are visibly evident in a very remarkable degree. The arch is in a very advanced state, and is in fact fast approaching towards completion. The workmen have frequently been employed until a late hour at night, when practicable, and the operations have been visible, owing to the glare of light thrown around by the gaslights at the very top of the works. The works are so far advanced that the massive gates have been fixed in their places, and the whole of the superstructure is in a very forward condition. It is the generally expressed opinion that the arch shows to greater . advantage than its former position, in consequence of the present site being much mor e e l eva ted, and, owing to its prominent position, the elaborate ornaments and devices on the front of the arch are now seen to the greatest pos i sible advantage. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. WOOLWICH, FEB. 9 4.—Clerk Charles P. Fielon is appointed to the Apollo troop-blip at Portsmouth. The Black Esgle steam-vessel, Master-Commander Petley, and the Light n i ng s t em vesse l, Master- Cum 2.. - runder Allen, went down the river this morning shortly after seven o'clock to meet and aid, if necessary, the Governalli Sardinian steam-frigate, arrived in the 'Thames with numerous packages for the great Exhibi tion in Hyde-park. None of the vessels had arrived at WoolwiAi at six o'clock r.m. THE ELECTRIC TEL EGRAP.I.I IN FRANCE. The report of the Committee on the Bill presented on the 4th inst., by the Minister of the Interior, for opening the credits necessary for the execution of the law of the 20th of November, 1850, for organizing private correspondence by electric telegraph, has been presented to the Assembly. The Government has made known to the Committee the different telegraph stations where offices for the private correspondence will be established. The Northern line will have six offices:—Amiens, Arras, Valenciennes, Lille, Calais, and Dunkirk. The centre line six: —Orleans, Tours, Angers, Bourges, Nevers, and Chiv,eauroux. The Havre line will have two, and that of Strasburg one at Chalons. None are yet fixed for the Lyons line, but the Government will be prepared to or ganize them on the two last lines as soon as the electric wires have been placed. The Committee recommend that they shall be distributed in the same manner as those on the Northern line, promising the necessary credits for it. The following is the tariff of charges as decided on by the Government:—" For a dispatch of 20 words, inc4uding the name of the person sending and that of the person to whom it is addressed:— F. c. " From Paris to Amiens 4 80 Arras ... 5 64 Valencienue6 ... 6 36 If Lille ... 6 36 If Calais... ... 7 56 Dunkirk •• • 7 32 ft Tours Orlealis 4 54 ••• ••• 5 Angers ... 7 60 ee Bourges 5 SS 97 Nevers ..„ 6 72 19 Chateauroux 6 24 Chalons-sur-Marne ... 5 10 Rouen 4 68 ee Havre •.. ... 5 76" In order to calculate the char ge of a dispatch of the above number of words from one town to another on the same line, it will be only necessary to calculate the dif ference in the charge from Paris to the two places, and add 31. Thus, the charge from Amiens to Arras will be 3f. 84c., and from Arras to Lille 3f. 72e. For dispatches of more than 20 words a fourth is to be added for every 10 words, so that the above tariff will be double for 60 words. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. The following is the official statement of the quantiti corn, &c., received in the port of London from the poi Essex, from the 17th Feb., 1851, to the 22d Feb., 1 both inclusive : ies cf its in 1851, . . A Io a 4 V. Colchester 55 47 530 j 17 30 150 Harwich Leigh lBo' 200 I 12 8 9 Maldon 468 30 83, 25 137, 138 280 CHELMSFORD, FEE. 21.—Prices to-day were as follow: Wheat, white, old 42s to 468 ; new 4ls to 46s ; red, old 36s to 41s ; new, 36s to 40s ; barley, 25s to 29s ; chevalier 21s to :295; grinding 18s to 24e ; oats 15s to 20s ; malt 53s to 55s ; chevalier 54s to 56s ; peas, partridge, new 27s to 295; old, —a to —s ; white, new; 26s to 28s ; old, —a to —s; dun, new, 26s to 28s ; beans, tick, new 24s to 26s ; old, 248 to 273; harrow ticks, new 25s to 27s ; old 008 to 00s; ma zagan, new 23e to 25s ; old 00s to OUs per qr. COLCHESTER, FEB. 22.—Wheat, white 42s to 465; red 363 to 40s ; barley 22s to 28s ; beans, mazagan 22s to 235; middle and small 24s to 28s; peas 26s to 28s per qr. KIEKALDY, FEB. 22.—The following are the quotations for grain : Wheat. Barley. First 41s Od 25s Od Second 40s Od 23s Od Third 34a Od 18s 6d Oatmeal, per bag of 2801bs HADDINGTON, FEB. 21.—Th grain at our market to-day : Oats. 1 19s Od Is Od 155 6d imperial, Le followin, Beans. —s Od ---s Od —s Od 26s Od to g are the Peas. —s Od —s od —s Ord 27 Od. prices of First ... Second ... ... 46s Od ... 36s 10d Barley. 28s 6d 25e 6d Oats. 218 Od IN Id Bean c. 30s Od 26s 7d ... ... _ _ , fliird_ . ... .. 30s Od 1 19s 6d 1 17s 63 1 Total quantity of Wheat in market 541 qrs., Do. Barley do. 243 qrs., Do. Oats do. 338 qrs., 22s 3d 524 sold 236 sold 321 sold Beans 167 qrs.; 144 sold GLASGOW, FEE. 19.—Provisions—Cheese, 40s to 47s Od per cwt • retail, 5d to 6d per lb. Skim milk, 20s Od to Os per cwt. dountry fresh butter, Is Od to Os per lb. Irish pow dered, in lumps, 9d to sid; country powdered, wholesale, 841 to Od. Country eggs, is per dozen ; carried hen ditto, 6s 4d per 120, or Sd per dozen. Hens, 3s Od per pair ; Ducks, 2s Od. PERTH, FEB. 21.—Wheat, old, 00s Od to ()Os Od ; ditto, new, 35s to 39s ; barley, new, 19s Od to `lls Cd ; oats, 13s to 17s ; peas and beans, 22s Od to 24e per quarter. Oatmeal, per sack, OOs to 28s. KELso, FEB. 21.—Wheat, old, 2Ss to 32s 6d; ditto, new, ISs to 30s Od ; barley, new, 12s Od to 17s 6d ; ditto old, Os to Os; potato oats,oos to OOs Od ; ditto new, 12s to 14s Od ; common oats OOs Od to Oos Od ; ditto new, 12s to 14s Od ; peas, 19s Od to 20s Od; beans, 19s to 20s per boll of six imperial bushels. STIRLING, FEE. 21.—Wheat, foreign, 20s to 245; ditto, home, Os to Os; ditto ditto new, 16s 6d to 18s Od; barley, per boll of 6 bushels, 00s Od to Os Od ; ditto new, 141 9d to 17s Od. Oats, common, 00s Od to COs ; ditto new, 9s 6d to lOs 6d; ditto, Flemish, Os Od to Os Od ; ditto ditto new, 00, Od; malt, distillers, OOs to 001 Od ; ditto brewers, Oos Od to 00s ; beans per boll, OOs Od to OOs Od; ditto new, 128 Od to 14s Od; pease 00a Od to 00s Od; flour, new per sack, 31s to 33s Od; ditto commcln ditto, 18s 6d to 20s Od; oatmeal, per load, 00s Od to o,ls Od; ditto new 25s 6d to 27s Od ; ditto per peck of 71bs, 7id to 8.0; fresh butter per lb, 7d to 8d ; eggs per dozen, 6/ 1 d to 7id ; hay per ton, Os Od to Os ; ditto new, 83s Od to 841. 13suwicx, FEB. 20.—Wheat, 35, 4d ; barley, 22s 3d ; oats, I6s 100 ; rye, Os Od ; beans, OOs Od ; peas, 24s Od average per imperial quarter. HAWICK, FEE. 20.—Wheat, new, 28s to 30s Od; barley, new, 12s to 17s 6d ; ditto old, 00s Od to 0050 d ; potato oats, 12s Od to 14s Od ; common oats, lls Od to 14s ; peas, 19s Od to 20s Od ; beans, I9s Od to 20s Od per boll of six imperial bushels. FALKIRK, FEB. 20.—The supply of grain in this day's market was 521 bolls; wheat at 15s 6d to 18s 6d per boll; barley, 15s 6d to 17s 3d ; oats, Ils Od to 14s Od; beans, 13s 6d to 14s 6d per boll ; oatmeal, Os to Os per load. COAL MARKET.—YzErrutpaY. Huddle's W. Hartley.. 14s 6d South Kelloe lss Od Carr's Hartley ..... ... 14s 6d West Kelloe ... l4s 6d [Wield Moor Butes... 13s Od Whitworth l3s Od Wall's End, &c. South Durham l4s 3d Brown Bensham Stewart's RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, FEB. 24. Srocx EXCHAYGE.—We had again a fair business done to-day, with prices tending upwards. The transactions were as follow:—Great Western, 91 ex div.—llitto (171.) New Shares), 1% dis. ex div. Caledonian, 11 1 ,a South Wales, 27. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 24. STOCK ExcHA.NGE.—The share market opened with an _mproved tone this morning, and continued so throughout the day, closing very firmly. The transactions were as follow: Aberdeen, 13 3 4—iiirkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 9 1 ,4 dis.—Caledonian, 11 3 / 4 —Ditto, Preference, 5 3 4 —Chester and llolyhead, 20:y 4 —East Lancashire, 14!,,f — Lancashire and Yorkshire, 58—Ditto, Fifths, 7 3-16 dis.— Ditto (W. R. U.), 4 5 1 ', 4 dis.—Lancaster and Carlisle, Thirds, 8 3 4 p.—Liverpool, Crosby, and Stockport, p.—London and North-Western, 133 1 4—Ditto, New Quarters, 6 % p.— Ditto, Fifths, 6 p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 34—Ditto, Preference, 11 5-16—Matlock and Midland, 3% dis.—Midland, 62 Ditto, Halves, 15 1-16 dis.—North Staffordshire, 7 dis.— Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B), 5% —Shrewsbury and Chester, Preference, guaranteed 8 per cent., 14%—South -Eastern and Dover, 26 1-3—York, New castle, and Berwick, 21 3 4 c.—Dublin and Belfast Junction, 21 1 /g dis.—Dutch Rhenish, 13' s dis. MANCHESTER, FEB. 24. Srocic EXCHANGE.—There has been a good amount of business done to• day, and the market closes firm at the quo tations. The transactions were as follow :—East Lancashire, Preference, Quarters, 7 13-16—Sheffield, 3414 —Buckingham - shire, 17 7-16—North Staffordshire, 6 13-16 dis.—Caledo nian, Preference, sN—London Stock, 133%—Staffordshire , New Preference, % p.—Ditto (C), Quarters, 3 1 if3 South-Eutern and Dover, , 26 1 4 Matl&cks, die.—East Lancashire, 14%—South Wales, 27—Sheffield, Preference, 11 13-16—Eastern Counties, 7%. BIRMINGHAM, FEB. 24. STOCK EXCRANGE.—There was cernparatively little bu siness transacted in our share market to-day, but prices generally were steady at Saturday's q uotations. Old st ocks were in favour, and had an upward tendency. Mr. Howitt' s a bili ty and , Naw `Voss, “ MA.DA.M. DOR MR. HOWITT s Datuc:' — Fr om iIINGTON OF THE inter of country life, we were prepared for a painter reading of his new work. William Gainsborough in pen painting, and he has no whereHt is e charmingly exhibited his powers than in the 'nor described in the course of this most interest beautiful scenery g story. Bat the history of Madam Dorrington of the just t as fa a m nt e a a id a p . i D n ene displays other qualities than in the landscape art, and we have now to welcome the author as a fiction writer of high excellence. Mr. Howitt has evinced rare power in the por traiture of his principal character, the inimitable Madam Dorrington, one of those genial souls casting sunshine and gladness on the cold realities of the world. There is no heroine in modern fiction we should venture to compare with her. The characters of the sterner sex, too, are admirably drawn. Jeremiah Gould, the learned Vicar of Westwood, with his child-like simplicity and genial love for the whole human family, would have done no discredit to Goldsmith's pen. Indeed, there is a spirit of love and a descriptive power in setting forth country virtues throughout this work truly Goldemithean.— Weekly Chronicle. c ... A.DVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Pills for the Cure st of iver Complaints, Indigestion, and Disorders of the Sto mach.—Mr. maeli.—Mr. Richard Haynes, of her Majesty's Doc kyard p jym ent of a Plymouth, for several years had not had the day's good health, constantly suffering fro m indigestion . 1 advice from both liver complaints. He had the beat medic a l H o li no :s;' p s er l f ) e i e ll t s l , y a c n u d r t ed hi : flue an d eo and yielded not to these army and navy surgeons, but the disease e d Ir tried with a like treatment, and various other remedies all Druggists and at tone of his stomach, and M. medicine has so strengthenedatthee i, 244, Strand,A London. vigorated his constituti?np . th result. At last he began to us h Nor Apo* FAR ENOllOll member of the BE d , , h a ppening one day to meet two Oxford enjoys the best of health .—Sold of Frien them remarked to his companion that they scholars, one of t Pro fessor Holloway's Establis e sport with " Broadbrim " and immediately would have some saying,' &, him a s lap on the cheek, "Th Quaker, it is gav e Tif one smite thee on the right cheek, turn to him hm S° en i t, d by W ritte t n, er h also.' " " Thou bast not read far enough," said the 0 ° ur fr i en d, " turn thou over the oth er l ea f, an d there thou w ili.find that ' with whatsover measure thou metest, it shall be measured to thee again," at the same time giving the Oxonian a whack that cent him reeling to the other side of the road. Wheat. :11 It, i la i• le ce. ,be 60 1 jots 6