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his command.—(Loud cheers.) My Noble Friend has adverted most honourably to the asristance he received from another Noble Friend cf mine at this table during • the time he was Governor-General of that country which is under the control of the East India Company. —(Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, the united service are sensible of the services of Lord Hardinge, end they ronet now be sensible of the honourable conduct of the • 'Commander-in-Chief in giving him credit for that as - siqance which, both as Governor-General and in his military capacity, he gave to his operations.—(Cheers.) 'We have seen that, throughout the services carried on under the direction of my Noble Friend Lord Gough, he has himself afforded the brightest example of the highest qualities of the British soldier in the, attainment of the glorious successes which have attended the • British . army under his command.—(Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, having now had the honour of receiving Lord Gough in our own hall, and giving him the hand somest reception in our power, I am sure you will all join with me in hoping that he may long live to enjoy the favour of a gracious Sovereign, the affectionate re gard of his fellow-subjects in general, and cf the mem , bers of this club especially, for his great and noble ser vices in the cause of his country. The Noble Duke was enthusiastically cheered on resuming his seat. • The CHAIRMAN next gave "The First Lord of the Admiralty," who he regretted to say was absent through illness. He would ther‘fore call upon them to. • drink to the better health of the First Lord of the Admi t ral ty. The toast having been duly responded to, - The CHAIRMAN gave " The Master-General of the - Ordnance," the Most Hon. the Marquis of Anglesey, who held the proud position of head of the scientific depart - ment of the army, and was .besides the guardian cf its warlike treasures.—(llear, hear.) Ho spoke of him only , as a soldier—were. he. to refer to him in any other ca pacity, he might have mach more to say; but as a sol • dier, he would remind them, that although the Gallant Marquis left a leg at Waterloo, he brought home his - honours thick upon him.—(Cheers.) . The Marquis of ANGLESEY, in returning thanks, • expressed his great gratification at being present on that occasion to offer a tribute of respect and admiration to the services of their noble and gallant guest, and at the same time to express his pleasure at seeing at the table another noble and s gallant friend of his, who had fought by Lord Gough's side in India.—(Cheers.) That nobleman, after having attained the highest situation to which any subject could aspire. with exemplary modesty had thrown aiidis bis rank and offered his services to their gallant friend Lord Gough.—(Cheers.) With such a happy union of excel lent judgment on the one part, and determined gallantry on the other, a series of successful and brilliant cam - paigns had taken place. which hal ended in the attain ' ment of an honourable peace.—(Hear. hear.) Thus ended the first scene of the drama, and the Governor- General, in his political, military, and civil capacity, re ceived those honours which he so eminently deserved. Then commenced the second act of the drama, and here our gallant and distinguished friend and g uest, being thrown upon his own resources, and backd and sup ported only by the gallant army under his command, surmounted every difficulty, and accomplished success • fully a campaign which—l speak advisedly—is one of the'most memorable on record.—(Cheers.)- The Noble Marquis in conclusion said, he could not help expressing ' the pleasure he felt at their having been honoured with • the presence of their great Commander-in-Chief, who t was thus enabled to testify to the glory of his two illus trious pupils, who had won imperishable fame in a r (sentry which had became classical by their deeds— ' the soil of which had been the cradle of their great cap : tain's glory.—(Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN next gave "The East India Com pany," coupling with the toast the names of Sir A. Galloway and Mr. Shepherd, the chairman and deputy chairman of the Court of Directors. Sir A. GALLOWAY. in acknowledeing the toast, paid a well-merited compliment to Lord Gough, who, he said, • had been a faithful servant of the East India Company, and in the command of the noble army of India had added leetre to British arms and a kingdom to the, British Crown. • The CHAIRDIAN next gave " The Yeomanry of Eng land," coupling with th:i toast the name of the Earl de Grey, a munificent patron of the 'United Service Club, and the originator of the Yorkshire Hussars. The toast having been drunk with great enthusiasm, wa responded to in a most eloquent speech by the Noble Earl. • The CHAIRMAN then gave, as the last toast of the evening, the " Health of Lord Viscount Hardinge," prefacing his remarks with an apology for not having before introduced the name of the Nuble and Gallant General. The toast was very warmly responded to, and ac knowledged by Lord Harding() in an admirable speech, after which the Chairman rose, and the company imme diately separated. The banquet was furnished under the superintendence of Messrs. Bathe and Breach, of the London Tavern. NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE. Now ready,' at all the Libraries, in 3 vole., THEMCdTTISH CAVALIER. By JAMES GRANT, Esq. • Author of " The Gordon Highlanders," &c. "A very spirited performance. Its vivid and striking sketches, touching circumstances, and well-told historical c,9lsodes ought to endure to this romance a favourlte place in public opinion."—Literary Gazette. "This interesting romance bears the sermine stamp of the Waver ley school. We are much roistalen It this admirable work does not gain for Its author the first rant among the writeis of fiction - of the day."—United Service Gazette. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. HE ROICAL VISIT to IRELAND.—Messrs. _IL LLOYD (BROTHERS) and CO. have the honour to announce .hut. in Consequence of the great desire evince.). to view her Majesty's PICTURE" of the -Departure of the Itvat Squadron from Kings town Harbour, they will, by her Majesty's permission, retain it - until the en•) of the week, at their Gallery; 22, Ludgate-hid. - . ..... „ , C.u•ds of admission may be obtained on application to J. Cundall, 21, Old Bond-street ; E. Churton, 26, Bolles-street, Cavendish square; Ackertaann and Co., 96, Strand; Clark and Melton, Regent street; and at the Publishers. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The First Appearance of Mr. Sims Reeves. The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public are respect fully informed that A GRAND EXTRA NIGHT Will take place THIS EVENING, I: being the Last Night but One before Easter, on which occasion SIMS REEVES Will make his first appearanca in Verdi's Opera, ER NAT I. Ernani, Mr. Sims Reeves ; Ruy Gomez, Sig. Belletti ; Carlo V., 'Sig,. Lorenzo; Eivira. Madlie. Parodi. After which will be presented an entirely new and original Grand Ballet, by M. Paul Taglioni, entitled LES 'METAMORPHOSES. Tito Music composed by Signor Pugni ; the Scenery (entirely new) by Mr. Marshall : the Appointments by Mr. Bradwell : the Cos tames by Miss Bradley and Mr. Coombes, ender the superintendenoe Of Mo dame Copere. The Sprite (under the forms of 1, a Page-2, a Rustic Coquette- 3 , Folie-5, a Domino—G, a Cavalier), Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi ; Karl (a Student), M. Paul Taglioni ; Ida (his be trothed), Madile. Rosa ; Momus, M. Charles ; Madlles. Rosa, Auiandon, Julienne, Lamoureux, E. Pascales, and F. Pascales. iabscribers desirous to attend this extra performance will have the option of taking it in lien of a subscription night, by intimating their /attention in the course of This Day. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be male at the Opera Bo x-office, Colonnade, Haymarket. ROYAL ITALTAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN, The Directors of the Royal Italian Opera beg most re=pectfully to 11 form the Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers, and the Pablie that A GRAND MXTRA. NIGHT will take place THIS EVENING, When will be pry; .ntea Weber's Grand Opera of DELI FREISC RUTZ, With entirely new Scenery, Costumes, and Appointments. Agata, Madame CasteLan ; Annetta, Mdlle. Vera ; Una Paraninfa, Mdlle. Cotti ; Giulio, Signor Enrico Maralti ; Chiltern), Mons. Massol; Cuno, Signor Rommi ; ligo, Signor Luigi Mei ; Ereniaa, Signor Gregorle; Zamiel, M. Doering; Gaspar, Herr Formes. Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. The Scenery ty Messrs. Grieve and Telbin : the Dresses by • Mrs. Bailey and Male. Marzio ; the Appointments by Mr. Ina mire; the Machinery by Mr. Allen; the Spectacle arra,ge..l by Mr. A. Harris. ' The Doors will be opened at Half-past Seven. and the.performances commence at Eight o'clock precisely. Tickets fur Boxes, Stalls, or the Fit, may be taken for the night or season. N:B: Subscribers for the Season will have the option of paying their Subscriptions in advance (as heretofore), or by monthly in st a.linents. The terms may be obtained at the Box-office of the Theatre (cor ner of Hart-street and Bow•street), which is open item Eleven till Five o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. JAMES ANDERSON: THIS EVENING, ; • - Will tie presented. by her 31ajty'll Servants, The Comedy of THE ELDER RItOTHSR ; or, Love at Tint Sight. Lord Lewis, Mr. Ditlear ; llaramocint, Mr. Emuy : Brisae, Mr. Davtdge ; Charles, Mr. James .Anderson ; Emtace, Mr. Mon tague ; Angelina, Miss V andenhoff ; Sylvia, Miss A. Lonsdale. To be i'ellowed by A. DITERTISSEMENT, 'in whleh Madlle. Falser and Madame Louise will appear. To conclude with MARY STUART. ritrata taut 3 l. 35., 2/. 125.64., 2/. 23., li. Us. 6d., and 11. Is. Stalls, 53. each s. d. • FIRST PRECE. Boxes - 4 0 6) 0 Pit - - - - Lower Gallery -1 0 I Upper Gallery - 0 6 Box -book-keeper SECOND Pale, d. Boats - -2, 0 Pit - - - 0 Lower Gallery - o 4 o Ilalf-price to Upper Gallery. Povey. THEATRE ROY-1.1.,, HAYMAEKEI'. Mr. B. Webster, ‘..:.,1e Lessen anct 49naz,ar. u:d. kixondp , :dn. THIS EVENING, TIME WORK'S WONDERS. Characters by Mesrs. Webster, lipastone, licoley, Stuart, Howe; Mrs, Keeley, Miss Reynolds, Miss V. Horton, A. , Ta be followed by a new Comedy,. eutilel. THE SERIOUS r A MUT'. Characters by Messrs. Webster, J. Wailack, Buckstone ; ]Silts W. Clifford, Miss Reynolds, and Mrs. Fltzwilllam. The Box-office is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. ' THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI„ trnur the direction of l adrano THIS EVENING, Trill be performed a new domestic Drama, called THE MOTHER'S )IREAM. Principal characters by Messrs. llnghes, Wrigqt, i. Bed ford, 0. Smith, Madame Celeste, and Miss E. Chaplin. After which MY PRECIOUS BET3Y. Characters by Messrs. Wri4ht, Bedford, Worrell; Miss Harding, and Mrs. F. llatthews. To ba followed by GOING TO THE DERBY. 't'o con,nude with TILE DANCING BARRER: . , ST. JANES'S THEATRE. FRENCH PLAYS AND OPERA COMIQUE. Last Night of the Operatic Felton:runlet:S. Mr. MITCHELLL begs reiricctfully to announce Unit the French Performances at the St. ,Talies's Theltro will commence TO-Noxitow EVENING at Half-past Seven, precisely, with LE DEBUT ANT. . TO conclude with Aubcr's opera, exaitled LES DIAMANS DE LA COURO NNE. L Comte de Camp) 3fayor, M. Citateriefurt ; Don llenrigne do , 1 n Fa , aloval, M., • Theatre Is open dell from Eleven Lac • In Catarina. Mad*. Charto . till The Box-odlce of the Five 1 - Loxes and Stalls at Mr. 3.l.tche , ll's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond street. ASTLE Y'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATR.r.. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. An entire change in the Scenes of the Arena. New Grand Spectacle. THIS EVENING The performance will commence at a Quarter to Seven, with, it new Grand Spectacle of TILE CORSE DE LEON; or, the Brigs ad of Savoy. To be followed by a brilliant display of Batty's peerless scenes of the Circle, supported by the accomplished artistes of the establial went. To conclude with a favourite Altarpiece. Box-office opea from Eleven till Font. titage Manager, Mr. W. West. PRDTCESS'S THZATRE. "t 4 .r . M Maddox. Sole Lessee And "Afouts.air THIS EVENING will be performed Bellini's Opera, entitled LA SOMNAMIJULA. Count Rodoiph, Mr. Weiss; Elvino, Mr. Allen ; Alessio, Mr. Wynn; Therese, Madame Peron ; Liza, Miss Julia Atter which LIOT AND COLD. To be followed by Mr. Fiesmore's Imitations of celebrated Dancers To conclude with THE SPITALFIELDS WEAVER. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. . lnder the Manage - meet of Madame Vestrts. Sole Lessee. Mr. Charle. , Mehows. TFlIs EVENING, ' Will be Dertormed USED UP. To be followed by TEE ISLAND OF JEWELS. To conclude with PATTER versus CLATTER. Dress Boxes. b.. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pis, 25.; Gallery, IL, No half-price to any part of the house. All applications for Private Boxes must be made to Mr. Alleroft, 15 New Pond-street. TO .301tRESPONDENTS. We must decline altogether entering into the contro. versies of Mr. Harvey of Boulogne. 2(373 WATKH AT LONDON BRIDGE. TIM DAT —M Tiling. 42 min. after 6 j Evening, 12 min. after 7 To-qoaaole—Morning, 46 min. after 7 I Everting, 24 min. attar S THE WEATHEIL—SUN OFFICE, MA.RCII 21. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 35; Highest, 39; Noon, 40 BAROMETER. 30 . 18.", WIND N.N.l.—dull cloudy weather. A R. 0 11:›4TQL ., •ti 'A• elan , L s,*. LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 21. thso. After the discussion and division yesterday on the. Larceny Summary Jurisdiction Bill, we trust that the House of Commonf will see fit to reject it peremp torily in Committee. . s. ekmeassire so directly opposed to the principle of ttiarby jury should assuredly never have been permitted to pass through a second reading. Yet so it has done in consequence of that good-natured procrastination of opposition which cus tom is rendering somewhat too habitual in the legisla ture. Time after time we have witnessed the progress of some altogether impossible scheme as far as the third and most perilous of all stages for enactments—Committee. Then, but not pre viously, the House has revealed that resolute objec tion to its further consideration, which if only dis played before might very appreciably have economized the hours allotted for public business. For the cir-' cumstance of a Bill having passed uninterruptedly , through a first and second reading involves the ne cessity of a deliberate, and in some instances a pro longed discussion. Besides the leniency evinced by the opposing Members in the preliminary stages of the transaction unfortunately assumes the appear ance of the virtual acceptance by the House of the projected innovation. It was thus that the Hon. Member for North Warwickshire, last evening, presumed, from the fact of the Bill having reached Committee, that the House had thereby decided in favour of the principles it embodied. So far from this being the case, the very first objections made to it, those entered, we mean by the Hon. Member for Dundalk, and the Hon. and Learned Gentleman the Recorder, were cordially supported by a large ma jority, insomuch that, while merely 54 voted against, 124 voted in favour of Mr. LAW's amendment: . After, we will not say a very profound, but. a reflective 'consideration of that amendment, we are satisfied that a very large propor tion of the multitude will coincide in the opinions yesterday expressed in opposition to the Bill intro duced by the Hon. Baronet the Representative of Droitwich. What the Learned Recorder regards as the moat objectionable feature in the proposed enact ment is the extraordinary nature, of the power en trusted to county magistrates, whereby they will be enabled to deal summarily with adults as well as juveniles in all cases of petty larceny, when the value of the article purloined does not exceed one shil ling. According to this arrangement the old and" inestimable privilege of Trial by Jury—that right which has been termed, and not extravagantly, the Palladium of British Liberty, and which has nevertheless been recently depreciated by an anony mous pamphleteer—would be abstracted from the possession of a large portion cif the population. It is altogether a farce, to talk about the capability still afforded to the persons accused of those smaller acts of petty larceny—the capability of rejecting the summaryjurisdiction of the magistrate, and demanding in lieu of that abrupt and peremptory adjudica tion, a consideration of their guilt or innocence by twelve of their fellow-countrymen. Like the Honourable and Gallant Member for Bradford, we have " the least posible confidence in what has been styled the concurrence of the criminal." As the Honourable Gentleman the Representative of Oxford shire observed very pertinently, " what chance would the accused have at the sessions when the jury were told that he had objected to summary jurisdiction ?" Seriously as the Bill is calculated to affect the com munity at large, it is less the measure itself than the principle embodied in it that we are disposed to pro test against, for if carried through the Legislature it might be regarded thenceforth as an important and calamitous precedent. The first stab would be ad ministered to one of the most precious of the birth rights of every Englishman. Apart entirely from the question ai to whether or not the maintenance of the system of trial by jury is jeopardised by the in-. tended measure, we conceive that the Bill now in Committee is open upon a wider scale to yet stronger and more immediate objections. With the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Dumfries, we are averse to the notion of the mere possibility of the Legislature assenting to any new doctrines, defining crime by the amount of money involved in it, and the age of the criminal. So soon as any innovations of this character are adventured upon, so soon will the pro posed changes, and improvements, and rernodifica tions pour in in interminable succession and multi plicity upon the Parliament. Here, at least, we know we should have to commence, but where we should have to terminate it would be difficult for the most imaginative to conjecture. Age being taken into account—why not sex ? The vistas of altera tion opened by the movement would - prove, we fear, illimitible: Besides, as the Right Han. Baronet the Member for Ripon observed, " the law as ex pounded by Sir MATTHEW HALE, a law which has prevailed since the reign of ELIZABETH, is that fourteen is the age at which a distinc tion ought to be drawn between a juvenile and an adult offender." To propose the transference of this differential period from fourteen to sixteen is mere quibbling over ciphers, mere proposal for poli tical botch-work, and legislative pottering, alike detri mental to the maintenance of public morality and dep7eciative of the labours of Parliament. It is a proposition as idlo and perverse as it would be to pro pound a scheme for the change of the legal age of majority from twenty-one to twenty- three. While, viewing the notion in another light, it is hazarding a somewhat dangerous struggle for the next two years between thelaw and the young vagabonds in festing the more squalid neighbourhoods throughout the United Kingdom —perilous, we mean, in as far as it might tend to confirm and diffuse and disseminate the already large and lamentable amount of juvenile de pravity. One thin,e, however, affords uiencourage ment in the hope that this Larceny Summary Juris diction Bill will be rejected in Committee, notwith standing the sanguine expectations of Sir JOAN P AK INGTON, and t hat is the swee p in g and decisive Icsheatratheetelrlooufsethetadivis ion dulyupon the first am en d ment. into consideration the ifil portence of the principle at issue, and, in spite of the two readings, we shall no t have the misfortune of witnessing such summary s an d despotic jurisdiction over the Great Unwashed entrusted to the incompetent hands of the Great Unpaid. The various details of the Marriagcs Bill are to be considered in Committee this evening. After the decisive majority by which the principle of , the mea sure was affirmed on the second reading, we should perhaps have considered it unnecessary to offer any further observations until it bad been finally disposed of in the popular branch of the Legislature, were it not for thE+ determination manifested by its inveterate opponents to neutralize and emasculate the Bill, and render it worse than useless. Mr. ROUNDELL PatmEn,wh o has made the most strenuous efforts against its further progress on every, - occasion during the past and the present session, when it was brought under the consideration of the House, has given notice of several amendments,-all of which affect its general provisions. We shall not, however, at' present enter into any consideration of these proposed alterations, for, striking at the very root of the measure, no Hon. Gentleman who sup ported the second reading could, with any degree of consistency, vote for the amendments brought for ward by the Hon. Member for Plymouth. But there are others of a more insidious character, for limiting its operation by excluding the sister kingdoms, Scot land and Ireland, to which it is necessary that the attention of the House should be more pointedly directed. We cannot conceive anything more unwise and impolitic than to maintain restrictions affecting the civil and religious liberty of the subject, in any part or parts of the United Kingdom, which had, after mature consideration, been abrogated in another more favoured portion of her MAJESTY'S dominions. A most invidious distinction would then, indeed, be sanc tioned, of which the people of Scotland and Ireland would have just cause to complain in the strongest terms, and which, in the latter country especially, would give the strongest impetus to the " Repeal" agitation. Then, indeed, there would be a "grievance," of which the gentlemen of Conci liation Hall would not fail to avail themselyee, and which would furnish arguments ktronger than any . now in existence. What would have been said if it had been suggested to limit the Emancipation Act to England ?—to declare that Roman Catholics should be permitted to represent English constituencies, hile their disabilities should be continued on . the other side of St. George's Channel ? We can easily conceive the sensation that would be excited from Cape Clear to the Giant's Causeway if any pro position sC: monstrous had been brought forward. Then, indeed, it would be asserted that there was to be one law for England and another for Ireland— that the Irish were looked gpon as e alaves who could not be entrusted with privileges that had been freely bestowed upon their English brethren. The stability not merely of the honour, but of the connexion of the British Islands, would be materially endangered, and a speedy separation would be the probable result ; and yet we are now gravely told that such a distinc tion may be • enforced upon a question, of still more vital importance, on a dearer and more sacred fran chise, the liberty of selecting a partner and companion for life—that marriages which were fully recog nised and perfectly lawful in this country, should be, . ipso facto, void, if solemnized, in the sister kingdom ; that the woman, who would be a happy and respected wife in England, should lose caste, and be considered a mere • concubine in Ireland, whose nominal husband could put her away at any moment of caprice, and be at liberty to contract second nuptials with impunity. The criminal laws and the laws affecting inheritance would be completely altered. Here a person would be justly subjected to transportation for an act that would there be per fectly legal. Here the issue of the marriage would enjoy every right and privilege as children born in holy wedlock ; there they would be bastardised and deprived of the inheritance of their ancestors, which would pass away to- comparative strangers. The position of a second wife would be equally anomalous. In Ireland her marriage would be valid and binding, for the former nuptials with the sister of the former partner would be absolutely void, ab initio. Her children would be legitimate in one part of the country, while in another she and they would lose caste, and be subjected to the deepest social degra dation. Again, nothing is more injurious than the enact ment of laws which can easily be disregarded and evaded. A mere change of residence, a crossing of the narrow channel which separates the countries, nay, the crossing of the border, would enable partiei to set at nought the provisions of the criminal code, and to commit offences that would justly be regarded as of the most serious character, involving the highest secondary punishment—a prolonged banishment to- a penal colony—without any fear of incon venient results. " Bigamy" would become a mere trifle, that would have no terrors for any who could afford a mere temporary change of resi• dence. Under the existing law it is immaterial whether the second marriage be contracted in or out o f th e - t n,„,i,t. y i-provi.le4-tire-Trayty aectr3ed-be a Bri tish subject. It is justly considered that no man should be protected from the consequences of an offence against the laws of the country to which he owes allegiance, because it was committed in another clime. 'What then will be the effect if the amend ments of the Secretary at - War, or the Hon. and Gal lant Gentleman the Member for Cork, be carried ? A man may contract a perfectly valid marriage in England or in Ireland, and the moment he ventures to cross the boundary between the countries he be comes a delinquent, subject to severe and well-merited punishment. Or, if it should be held that the ille gality of the former marriage in the place where the second was solemnized would afford a sufficient an swer to the charge, what would there be to prevent a gentleman with a taste for polygamy from maintaining separate establishments, with a lawful wife at the head of each, and two se parate families of legitimate children, who would severally inherit the English and Irish estates of the father ? T here would, in fact, be no end to the litigation to which an exemption so mischievous would give rise. And yet we are called upon to en counter all these inconvenienco, merely to gratify the bigots who desire to bind the consciences of their fellow-men, and to compel others to entertain the same opinions on doctrinal points by which they themselves are actuated. This cannot, and must not be. If the matter be contrary to Scripture or to sound policy—if it be expressly prohibited by the DEITY in Ireland, it is so in England likewise. No argument can be alleged in its favour in one country that does not equally apply to the other. Let it then be carried in all its integrity, and be made applicable to every part of the United Kingdom, or let it be completely and 'peremptorily rejected. There is, there can be no alternative—no halting between two opinions. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The Moniteur announces that the PRESIDENT of the Republic has received a letter in which the Em peror of RussiA notifies the birth of a Grand Duke, son of his Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Cox- STANTINn NICOLARwITSCH. The Prince received the name of NICHOLAS at his baptism. The Putrie of Tuesday has the following : "It is stated that the Council of Minister; which as sembled to-day at the Elyse., before the public sitting of the Assembly, was engaged in the consideration of se veral important measures. Several ethinent Members of the majority wore invited to attend. The presentation of these Bills is fixed for to morrow." This Council was attended by MM. MOLE, Tin Ens, and BERRYBE, and the measures proposed are, the greater number of them, in direct violation of the constitution, and such as the Assembly has no power to render law. One measure is to put down all kinds of public •meeting ; such a proposition is a direct and positive violation of the droit• de reunion guaranteed by the constitution, which constitution the Legislative Assembly is forbidden by law to alter. Electors are not to • be permitted to as semble to deliberate on* the choice of candidates, neither are candidates to be permitted to address the electors. The caution money and the stamp duty on journals is to be increased; trial by jury is to be done away with in many cases, and there is.to be a measure proposed for restricting the exercise of the suffrage. These measures are dictated by MM. Lamas, Mote, BERUYER, DE BftoamE, and DE MONTALEM BERT, who, however, ref u , e to take upoq themselves the responsibility of proposing them as Ministers. reapedithou without ceremony, a s i ß d a o u therb opniias If they succeed the fruits of that success will be nenne sofasiol,otnheaspiat n ts c ' he w N ho opo w h i *o ll E shall siD N h T av a e nd se h r i v s ed m t i h n e . if they il :er P s ti w rP ir be ; alone responsible, and the real conspirators, ls‘ unless they are destroyed by the ungovernable fury of popular outbrttak will escape scut free.lt the fre is a old story of the monkey, the cat and the cheanuts. Six representatives of the Mountain have proposed an amendment to the budget for the reduction of 1,50,000 f in the allowance to the parochial clergy. . In the Assembly on Tuesday. M. Ducos opposed a clause in the Stamp Bill which proposes to tax trans fer of stocks and Treasury bills as an infi ingement of the public faith. He said that no former Government had ventured to interfere with the transfers in the funds. If they took this step they would raise a host of enemies against the Republic in the small holders of rentes. The first Constituent Assembly had re jected a similar proposition, and the Convention, at a time when the Treasury of the Republic was ex• hausted, and commerce annihilated, never thought of imposing a duty of i the transfer of rentes.' He nid he considered that it amounted to spoliation. If they agreed to this clause, it would alarm the foreign cre ditor, who would withdraw his capital, and thus public credit would suffer. The law would press upon the small, and not upon the large capitalists. They had been disturbed by revolution, and all their institutions bad been shaken to the ground ; one alone remained—let them not assail that. To what ever party they belonged let them respect the great book of the public debt. He concluded by saving, that other Governments had perished from having threatened liberty—let it not be said that a free Government had fallen from having threatened its finances. The Committee charged with the task of examining the proposition relative to the foreign legion has named General Gaoucar president, and M. DE PL&NCQ secretary. The Committee has decided that it would apply to the Minister of War for all the do cuments which concern the legion. We find the following in the SiclO:—" Yester day morning, at eleven o'clock, pickets of the gen darmerie mobile were marched to the prisons of the Abbaye and Cherche-Mdi, in order to form an escort for the soldiers who are to be trans ported to Africa for their republicanism. From the prisons these unfortunate men were taken to the terminus of the Lyons Railway, by which they proceed to Chalons, and thence by the steamers on the Saone and the Rhone to the Mediter ranean. Several of the barracks of the capital have furnished their contingent; among others that of the 30th regiment, from which a sergeant-major,'a cor poral, and a private have been removed. At the mo ment when the men left the Abbaye the people assembkd, bourgeois, workmen, and women eagerly depoSited in the kepis of the soldiers all the money they could collect, and which, though the quarter is a very poor orie, amounted to a very considerable sum. The hawkers who were in the streets presented the men with- some of their merchandise; it was a general outburst of feeling. Some cries of " Vive la Republique" were raised. A letter from Cherbourg mentions that consider able activity was observable in that port. The ship of-the-line Henry IV., 100 guns ; the frigate La Forte, 60; and the steam-corvette the COlhart, and the Milan,' are in the coarse of equipment. Similar activity exists in the port of Rochefort. The Duguesclin, 90, is to be fitted out. The three-- decker Louis XIV. and the Ville de Paris, the : frigates Catinal and Bertholes, are also in course of preparation. The Ville de Paris, 120, will be launched in May next. 'The keel of the Ville de Paris was laid in 1807, under the) ; same name it now bears ; it was constructed on the plan of the celebrated natal architect Sas:B. Under the Restoration it was named the Comte d'Artois ; after 1830, Louis Philippe; and now it resumes its original appella tion. In the budget of 1820 it was announced as ready to be launched in 1821. This ship has been, therefore, forty-three years on the stocks. The Triton, 86, is in course of repair. The Triton was built at Rochefort in 1808, and launched in 1823. Letters from Toulon of the 17th inst. announce the arrival there of the transports the Perdrix and the Marsouin, from the Levant; they left the Gulf' of Smyrna on the 21st inst. They announce that the French fleet is at Naples. It was believed at Toulon that the Government bad resolvedlo disarm several of the steam-frigates in that port. The Moniteur du Soir says :—" It is stated that the commandant of the squadron on the western coast of Africa, has just entered into an important convention with GREZO-AFOJE, King of Dahomey, one of the most powerful countries in Africa. This Sovereign has for many years carried on a consider able traffic in slaves ; the presence of the French and English squadrons had recently caused him con siderable losses, and the fear of losing the immense treasures he possesses has induced him to enter into an arrangement with us." PARIS BOURSE, MARCH 20.—Latest Prices—Five per Cents. 911. 75e.; Three per Cents. 56r. 60e.; Bauk Ac tions, 2,220 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, MARcit 20. Dutch Rhenish, 2—Namur and Liege, 6—Northern of France; 13—Orleans and Bordeaux, TA. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 15th inst. have arrived. The Ministry, which had been considered for some time in a somewhat precarious position, is now, it is said, as secure as ever. MADRID BOLSA, MARCH 15.—The Three per Cents. 28i for account; the Five per Cents., at 12i for paper. Exchange on London, 90 days, 50 25. GERMANY. A telegraphic dispatch from Berlin states, in con tradiction to previous accounts, that the mission of General Rauch in the Duchies would have a more favourable result than had been anticipated, and that the rupture of the armistice on the part of the Pro visiotisl hwillisappeared. TlirdiSPatch adds that the negotiations which had been entered into for the marriage of the Duke of BRUNSWICK had failed, on account of the obstacles arising from the claims of the Duke CHARLES. A Berlin letter announces that, on the 13th, the Bavarian, Saxon, and Wurtemburg Ambassadors presented, in a collective note to the Prussian Cabinet, the treaty concluded .at Munich for the establishment of a new German constitution. A letter from Erfurt, of the 16th, states that the Deputies of the German Parliament had begun to arrive in that city. At Vienna, on the 13th, the anniversary of the re volution, the church of St. Stephen was crowded during the greater part of the day. In the apprehen sion of disturbances, extensive military precautions were adopted by the Government, and the people were prevented from, visiting the cemetery where the victims of the barricades were interred. A letter from Vienna states that the Government has decided that all apprentices under fifteen years ara bound to attend the public schools on Sundays, the parents or masters being responsible for their at tendance, under pain of fine or imprisonment, the Minister of Justice has also resolved to establish li braries in the prisons. The Austrian Government has decreed the, after the 31st of May, the Hungarian notes of two florins shall no longer be circulatedci•imbuintuttin in r o easury th b e ill p s ap a e re r circulation.tobeissued, to prevent any R SSIA. a eell ST. PETERSBURGII, MARc u lo.—Bv a ukase from the Senate it appears that an agreeme n t h as b een State, Count NESSEL ister for Foreign Affairs, Prince SCEIWARTZENBURG, by whi c h th e R uss i an an d Austrian Governments pledge themsel ves mu t ua lly t o s ß i o g ro ne E d , a n b d y thet the e A C u h st a rin Minister of Chancellor deliver up all Jewish subjects who sh a ll en t e r the ter ritory of either empire without a permit from their respective Governments. Accounts from every part of the empire speak of the remarkable state of the weather. The alterna• tions of thaw and frost have b een qu i te unusua l , an d severe cs the winters in Russia generally are, the cold has been more intense this year than in the memory of man. ITALY. In the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies of Turin of the 15th, the Bill on the verification of weights and measures, which had occupied the Chamber during the two last sittings, was voted by a majority of 129 to 3. To a question by M. Sams, the Mini ster of the Interior answered that he would, on the following Monday, give every information in his power concerning the measures of public security in vigour in the island of S srdinia. To another ques tion by M. PATER', the Minister replied that the National Guard of Moncalieri should, according to law, be organised within three months from the date of the decree of dissolution. The Chamber then gave leave to bring in a Bill on the improvement of the breed of horses, and another for rendering the stamp duty on periodicals proportional to their price. The Bill on military pensions was then proceeded with, and adjourned to the following day. We read the following in the Constituzionale of Florence of the 13,h :—" For the second time deplorable events have occurred at Pisa on the even ing of the 10th. Again we demand explanations of the .afonitore. A longer silence might give rise to injurious interpretations." Cardinal VIZZARDELLT, Prefect of the Sacred Con gregation of Studies, arrived at Rome on the 11 th from Portici. It was still believed at Rome at that date that the POPE would set out for his States on or about the 2d of April. The Nazionale of Florence announces from Naples, 11th inst., the death of Prince DENTICE, one of the Membsrs of the late BozzEnu Ministry, and who actively contributed to the granting of the Neapolitan 'Constitution. The Tempo of Naples, of the Bth, announces the arrival in that city of Viscount D . ...A.SILINCOURT, the well-known Legitimatist writer. TRYING PRISONERS. Tu TIIE EDITOR OF THE SUIT'. Snt.—As a Vega( nter of courts of justic«., I take the opportunity of offering a remark respecting trying prisoners. It not unfrequently happens that a prisoner, whose trial is very long, perhaps a whole day, standv in the dock during that period under, one may natarAy sup pose, strong feelings, and, consequently, the less able to endure such a fatigue. Ido consider that it amounts to piece of cruelty. It is right a prisoner should stand to plead, and a l so t o rece i ve t h e a dd re from the Court either on b e i ng sentence d or di sc h arge d ; b ut w h at soun d reason can be given against his being permitted to sit during the trial? - Excuse my troubling you, but my apology must be the desire I feel upon this subject.—Yours. & .., HUMANITY. 20th March, 1850. MONEY and COLtiIIERCIAL CITY QU IPTFR TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti- mated at 5,000 bales, of which 500 American were t iken for export. The market closed heavily at prices rather in favour of buyers.—Rail way Shares were quiet. We hear on all hands complaints of dulness of trade. The retailers are apparently working down their stocks of produce, &s. to the lowest extent possible, and there is an absence of speculative inquiry. Many parsons, however, are apt enough in such cases to draw wrong. conclusions. Although the dealers buy only from " hand to mouth," consumption must be progressing, and the actual sales of the year need not he inferior to what they would be were the markets, by fits and starts, much more active. The present effect is no doubt to occasion extreme inertness, but trade will always be safer, and less deceptive to importers, where the sales are gradual, and apportioned strictly to the wants of the population. A sudden rise and extreme briskness in env article in duce larger supplies, and than ensues reaction. Coffee affords us, even now, an example of this. Oa the other hand, we ascribe the existing dulness to various causes. There i 3 an uncertainty about the new experiment of the repeal of the navigation-laws, and the extent of foreign and colonial produce which will reach our shores now conveyance is cheaper. Then we have been fur warding too large supplies of manufactures to some of the distant markers, and must wait till a por tion is worked off. Further, the cotton jobbing has placed spinners in a disadvantageous position, and they desire to look about them, expecting a further decline in the staple. These are the real causes of the existing dulness in the commercial mirkets, and upon their re moval will depend the resumption more or less of acti vity. We have several favourable cireumstsnces to place against these adverse influences. Whatever may be said of the Budget, all further doubt is eased for this year, and mercantile men know what they have to ex pect. The accounts from the United States and Cali fornia are encouraging, money increases in abundance without a corresponding outlet, and there is a strong hope of peace being kept abroad. Upon the settlement of the Nicaragua question, we have the, following information from the United State : " All doubt about the settlement of the Nicaragua question seems to be dissipated, a treaty having been agreed upon b e t ween M r . Clayton and Sir Henry Bulwer, which went to England by the last steam-ship. There is some disagreenseet of opinion as to whether it will be ,ratified. s by the Senate of she United Sates, as it is alleged that Mr. Clayton has ceded away rights. or abandoned them—which is the same thing—that he should have insisted upon, for the honour and dignity of the country. Be this as it may, the extraordinary and high-handed 'proceedings of the fussy individual who represents the British Government in dist qearter, have been, as we have before stated, repadiated, and so have the acts of Mr. Squier, the American Minister, to a cer tain extent. " If this question is- settled, there is nothing to pre vent the Americad company, who obtained the right of way through the territory of Nicaragua for constructing a canal to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, from proceeding at once with the survey and other prelimi naries of that great undertaking. It is to be hoped that there will be no more delay than is actually necessary. The greatest difficulty which we apprehend the company will experience will be in obtaining the necessary capital with which to construct the work. " Various estimates of the probable expense•have been made, ranging from ten to twenty millions of dollars, the latter sum being probably nearer the mark than the former. There is no doubt that the investment will be a good one; for, in the nature of things, the commerce of the whole world, or the greater portion of it, must pass through it. As soon es it is completed, the United States, from our geographical position, will &rive more advantages from it than any other nation, and the impetus which it will Ova to our trade and commerce in the Pacific Ocean, will be immense." Merchants connected with the United Statee 4 trade will be glad to learn, from Washington, that the Secre tary of the Treasury has " directed the collectors to sus pend the operation of his curtailing circular of aprevi vious date. The revenue cutters are to be continued in active service, as heretofore. The expenses attending the appraisement of merchandise are no longer to be charged to importers, and the expenses for weighing, gauging, and measuring goods are only to be [ charged to the owners of such goods in cases where it is required that such charge shall be made by Mr. Walker's tariff law of 1846. The compensation of officers of the cus toms is to be no longer withheld." The English Stock Mai Ita has for the last three days been under the influence of speculative rather than of bona fide dealings, and there is no action as regards purchases for the reduction of the debt, to give them a present impetus. There have been also one or two ac cidental circumstance.] against a rise. Firstly, there were anticipations of a larger amount of the surplus revenue being invested in Consols, or Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents.; secondly, the state cf aff&irs at Paris has kept alive a little uneasiness, and the " failure of a large operator has induced greater caution. Lastly, a party connected with the turf has died within a few days, and is said to have left open a Bullaccount of nearly half a million Consols, which the brokers have since been closing. These are causes which more than account for the reaction, and neutralise for the time the influence of the proximate dividend payments, the influx of specie, &c. We should note certainly that the Danish loan, though small, has come at a period when it cannot but have some weight. Consols this morning have fluctuated from 9.5 f to 95-a for Transfer, and from 91 to 9.51- for Account, being now about 95i for the latter. Exchequer-bills have been 59,i. to 635. premium; and East India Bonds 86s. premium. In.the Foreign Market the New Danish Scrip is quoted 2to 2,1 premium. The first payment has to be male to morrow. Spanish Five per Cwets. are about 1G to 4, the Three per Cents. 35k. and Portu , uese Four per Cents. 33, with very little doing. Brazil" Bonds hive been 89; Mexican are 29k, and Peruvian about 72 to 73. Russian Bonds are 106 to 1. and the Scrip 11 premium. Buenos Ayres are 51 t > 514, and Dutch Two-and-a- Ihilf per Cents. 55 to 55k. Railway Shares have been neglected fir the most part. The last week's t ailway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are as under:— 1850. 1849. North-Western £40,144 15 9 £37,395 7 9 South-Western 8,706 6 0 8,181 2 6 Midland 21,047 6 4. 20,233 2 4 South-Eastern .... ONE CLOSING PRIQES OF BRITISH. FUNDS O'CLOCK. PRICES. 3 tw. 1 :111 , . (14 yrisolB A npuitles... _... 95% LA I % 95% 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 ... ..... 95 95 I tluia fioncLa. 1.000/ . - 87 p (lonfy,lg for Account 95% 3 ' 955 India Stock for Account 266 266 rtxchequer Bills. !IV. Sz 2d 1,0001. June 500/. June Small. June ONE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bram:tan Bonds B9 891-h Ditto, Account Ditto, Small Buenos Ayres Bonds, G per Cent - Ditto, Account 5l 5134 51% Chiller) Bonds 6 per Cent .... Do., 3 per cent Danish Bonds, 182.5, 3 per Cent. Ditto 5 per Cent..... — -- Ditto, Scrip. Grenada Bonds, IV, per Cent — Ditto Deferred Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons— - Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ... .., Ditto, Account .Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto Deferred Portugueae 5 per Cents. Dit to, 4 per Cant. ltusqian Bonds ... 106 10614 107 Ditto Scrip l l /2 p 1% p " 4 1,;,,51, 5 per Cent. 1840 — Ditto, Account Ditto. 3 per Cent Venezuela Bonds. 2 1 / 4 per Cent Ditto, Deferred i >ividends on the above payable in Londe.- French 3 per Cent Exchange utch 2 1 / 2 per Cent.. 12 Guild. .. 55 55% 55% Ditto, .1. per Cent. Certificate? BG t h 86 1 4 7 lIICES OT - PAID. BUSINESS DONE 0 LOSIN RAI ~vrAy. suAßlis AT ON ',4; (WM:C rIiTCE ; -, tier-deer]. .. 50 ... 10 1 4 . 11 1 / 1 Caledonieln Ditto. New . IC,'. Pref._ 1 0 'l.leqter snd Holyhead—. 50 Ditto, Preference l5 ...... 8 8 a.tern Couy ties—. Do , New Pr,- f.rence, F, •er Cent. ......._ _ 10 Cent., No.l 61.135. 441.... p 34 p Ditto ditto, No. 2...F.1. 13s. 4d... % p... % p Env. Lincolnshire, guar. 6 p¢r Cent. 'seat Northern Do., ?-, 2 A Deferred ... 1.2% Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 12 1 , rent -40nt: - t. and West_ (Inland) • 50 twit North of Englaud.loo ......220 Gran' We9t,lrn Ditto. Fifths__ - .. 20 - —. .. .. 11 _. Lanc.a.!hire & Yorkshire 100 Ditto. ditto . lOO ..... 37 ..... ..... ..... 37 Do. Fifths... Do. New,Gua.6 peret. 10 Le _:(1.; anci Thirsk ...... 50 L gt , loa, Bria:hton, :end 'gout', Coact__ 100 0 1., ,, ',^n an 3 N W.e..itern 100 lO5 105 v, London '-' -.‘ , "-st-zrn ....1.00 ... 62 63 Do, New 50/. . ....... 4214 23 . 23 '_ko. Now 4(11. .. 34 gan:lti , -,t;.:.r,1'.u; - :ton,and M it Ir:e 1 / 4 .... . 5 •••••• % /8 Midi ?..1 , 1 ...... ........ ....)10 Nl,,r;olk .... ,„,... 100 r. 4. ,ri..li 37H •.!, ... ~.. .... 25 .... ~, 874 ... .... Ditto. Quarters Ditto, 'lVr.?; ._ .. ... 8 .. ... ..._ North Sbtffnrdshire ... 17 1 / 1 6 1 ,.,% 6% Reading, Guildford, and Reigate S'eottilh Central !ihr , ,wshury 7.nd I3irni... 13 Dittil ditto. Gams 13. S Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 Soo th 1 , :1.94•Ar:1 Do., No. 3 ....... ..... . 30 ...... 13 1 ,h ISV :2 Do., Regi.stered No. 4 10 - 5 South W &in Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed Do. do. do. ... 25 York Newcastle, and Berwick. .... ... ...... .. 25 Do. Newcastle Exton. 20 Do. G.N.E.Preforence 8 ... York - and Northilx•ldland 50 ...... 16 7 4 1f174 xd Ott. Preforenca - 10 - FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Lu - &embourg ... 8 ...... Ditto lO North,rn of France Rouen and llavre Taurs and Nc.ntes . 13 • JOINT STOOK BAN KS. British North American 50 Union of Australia Union of London:— ..... 10 214, J 2% 9 41% :30 11% 4 ® 4111 Z-' F,t L 44. 7t, LEAMINGTON STEEPLE CHASE. (THIS DA.Y.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHO Grand Military Steeplechase for the Gold Cup. HAwkesworth Tre a iurer Meath ... No race for the Vk teran Stakes. LO YD'S SHIPPIN G—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MARCH 21.—Wind at noon W.N.W., light bre , . ze and dull hazy weather. Diar,, IfARCU 20.—Wind N.N.E., light.—Arrd. Richard Mount, Constantinople, with loss of head. and other damage. Arrd. from the River and aid., Orissa, Singapore; Australia, Valparaiso: DOVER, MARCH 20.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Christian, Hamburgh, for Vera Cruz, with damage, having been in contact with the Richard Mount off the South Forelar d. • SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 20.—Wind E.—Sld. Her mann steamer, New York. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 20.—Wind N.—Sld: 'Gauntlet, Buenos Ayrts; Emilie, Batavia; Creely, Bahia; _Eliza beth Wood, Barbadoes; Presto, St. Domingo; Phcenix, Havannah; G. W. Bourne, New Orleans; Philadelphia, New York; Princeton, ditto; Josephine, ditto; Palelma, Newfoundland. Off port, James, M'Queen, St. Domingo; and Constitution. ~ • PollTsMobfit; ' MARCH 2(N—The - Piiot, Sunderland to blarleilles, put in here to-day very 'leaky, haying struck on the Inner Gi!ibard on the 18th inst. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) NEU/GATE AND LEADENUALIG. Tnese markets were very inactive to-day, on the fol lowing terms:—B•ef, from 23 4d to 3s 2d; Mutton, 2s 8d t ► 3s 6d; Lamb, 4s 10d to 5s 10d; Veal, 3s Od to 34 10d; and Pork 3A to 4s per Sibs, by the carcase. EAT MAJZZLETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31125; Clover ditto, 31 Os to 41 lOs ; and Straw, 1/ is to 11 8s per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 Ss to 31133; Clover ditto, 31 Os to 41 8s; and Straw, 11 2s to 1/ 9s per load. Both Hay and Straw moved off slowly at our quotations. WHITECHIPEL. Meadow Hay, 21 5s to 31 103 ; Clover ditto, 3/ Os to 4/ 103; and Straw, 1/ Is to 1183 per load. A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand. CORN 'AVERAGES. No returns of the average prices of grain for the past week have been issued . by the Board of Trade to-day. This is not the only instance in which we have had to complain of the want. of .attention, not to say neg livsuce, on the part of those who3e duty it is to issue the returns in question at proper periods. We are compelled to pay . a heavy. amount annually to those parties, who appear to imagine that they are justified in meeting their subscribers' H ants at their own convu nieuce I SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (BAoze Mr. Under• Sheriff BURCHELL.) JARVIS V. UNDERWOOD. ' This was an action to recove:. damages done to a boat belonging to plaintiff. Defendant sulfured judgment to go by default. . It appaared by the evidence that defendant bad a barge, the Alert, moored off Gabriel's-wharf, Lambeth, where plaintiff had a boat lying. Defendant's men were warned not to slack the cable of the barge, but persisted in doing so, and the boat was damaged. The jury gave a verdict of 81. ls. HUGHES V. NEWLAND. This was an action to recover the sum of 701. for rent of a house in Greville-street, Hatton-garden. There was no defence; but defendant, on being applied to, claimed 71. Bs. as a set-off for rates and income-tax, and 121. 12s. for goods supplied. The plaintiff's Attorney said he would take a ver dict, :deducting 71. Bs., but as , t the 121. 125., the allowance of it, as a set-off, would, in his opinion, not be a bar to an action in the county court. _ _ Th• Learned UNDER-SHERIFF said there could be no doubt thit evidence could be given 'of the set-off, and by giving notice the record could bP put in. It would be better to give defendant credit for the amount, a'- though he had not pleaded it. A verdict was given for 00/. The other oases were on bins o' exchange uantende d SURREY SESsIOINS,—(THIS DAY.) (Before THOMAS PUCKLE, Eq., and a full Bench of Magistrate 3.) George Clark, for steal g a ham from the shop of Mary Hawkins, chuesetnongfr, High-stree% Southwark, was sentenced to four months',hard labour at Brixton. Cluulotte Foley, a resreJtable looking middle-aged female, was indtete I fur stealing two hat -erowns and other moneys, from the person of Ann James. Prosecutrix stated that on the evening of the 23d ult. she entered a butcher's shop in Lambeth-walk, for the purpose t. f purchasing some meat. While she was look ing at some beet; the prisoner put her hand in her pucker, and on turning round she missed her money. She im mediately taxed the prisoner with the robbery; but she stoutly denied it, and asserted that she had no money about her. A policeman was called in. when tho mon..y she had when she entered the butcher's shop was found in her right band. She then stated that it was her own, and that she intended to purchase her Sunday's dinner with it. The prisoner, who seemed deeply aff.-cted at her situa tion, stated in defence thait she did not .t-al the money. The fact was, she picked it up and off-red to return it to the prosecutrix, when the policeman came in and lock the money away. She was the mother of a large family and would not commit such an offence. The CHAIRMAN briefly summed up the case, and the jury returned a verdict of Guilty, accompanied with a strong recommendation to mercy. The CHAIRMAN said it was lamentable to see a female in her situation placed at the felons' bar. There could be ao doubt she committed the robbery, and the jury had with great kindness recommended her to mercy. Fie should therefore sentence her to the mitigated punish ment of four monthi at Brixton. BOW-STREET.--(THIS DAY.) Two gentlemen, who described themselves as Charles William Clifton and Julius Rae Aubriet ' were charged with creating a di s t ur b ance i n . t h e dress ciree of the Lyceum Theatre. Police Sergeant, A 11, stated that last night he was on duty at the theatr e , an 3 a b out 9 o ' c l oc k h e h ear d a cry in the dress circle of Turn him out." lie went up into the boxes and there found the two defendants creating a disturbance in the lobby. They were talk ing, and, to all appearance, quarrelling with a third party, whom he believed to be Mr. Robert Roxby, the stage manager. He endeavoured to ast ertain the cauee of the di4ute, but neither of the defendants would pay any attention to him, and he was ultimately compelled to tell them that if they did not make le ,s noise it would be his duty to remove them. This, however, made them more violent, and he laid hold of Clifton to remove him, when Aubriet attempted to obstruct him, and protested that his friend should not be removed. Some other con stables came up, and they were, after some considerable difficulty, removed. They appeared both of them to have been drinking. Two of the placekeepers of the house stated that the defendants came into the theatre a little before 9 o'clock, and were admitted into ono of the boxes. They wanted to occupy a front seat, but they were told that the front range of the box had been taken by some parties who had not yet arrived. This, however, would not satisfy them, and Clifton turned round abruptly, and asked 6 What business is it to you, you d—d fools?" Eventualiy they were compelled to retire. Mr. Clifton asked one of the witnesses if it was usual to keep the places till so late as nine o'clock? Witness —The whole evening. Mr. Clifton—ls it usual to pot persons into a box where there is not sufficient room for them unless they take the vacant front seats? Witness—There wete places for you. Mr. HALL—Do you put people into a box under the notion that there is no accommodation for them? Wit ness—No, sir. Mr. James Clay, the Member for Hull, stated that he was in the next box to the defendants, and his attentio n was drawn to tho defendants by hearing Mr. Clifton ex claim, " What, keep places at this time of. night, you d--- fool, you are without sense or position." This was loud enough to be heard on the stage, and imine diately afterwards there was a cry of " Turn him out," from all parts of the house : which led to their b e i ng ejected, but not until after Mr. Clifton had behaved in a most violent manner, making use of language, in which the terms h and b— were of frequent occurrence. Mr. Aubriet did not interfere further than to remaik that his friend should not be turned out. The Hon. Basil Wilson, who was in the same box with the defendants, corroborated the statement of Mr. Clay, and said the conduct of Mr. Clif ton was teost to - . justifiable, and language m ost fil t h y anti abusive. There were ladies in the box with them. Mr. Clifcon, in answer to the charge, stated that about nine o'clock he and his friend presented themselves the pay-box of the theatre, and tmule:ed money for the upper circle. They were told that there was no room in the upper boxes, but there were plenty of sea's in the dress circle, and upon this representation they paid for the dress circle. When they got into the theatre there was no r , :om in the back of the box, but there were vacant seats in front, and his friend got intl one of them, when the box-keeper celled out " You,have no business there; come out, sir; the places are taken." And there upon the disturbance commenced, several people calling out `Turn out the fat beggar." Mr. Clifton was rather stout. Both he and his friend were sober, and it was a long time before the parties in authority at the theatre could make up their minds to prefer.a charge, and then the charge against them was that of being "drunk and disorderly." Mr. Aubriet said the real cause of the dispute was the disgusting system - of demanding fees for seats, of parties after they had paid their money for admission into the theatre; bat he denied that he had behaved in any other manner then that which became a gentleman. Mr. Clay and Mr. Wilson admitted this. Mr. HALL said the conduct of Mr. Clifton was highly reprehensible; and he was stirprised that a man in his station of life could have indulged in such abominable language as that which had been repeated in evidence. Mr. Aubriet's conduct was not of so violent a nature, though he had obstructed the police, and a distinction would be made in the fine to be imposed upon him. Both parties had rendered themselves liable to be imprisoned for a'month, but, under all the circumstances of the case' he thought it better to fine Mr. Clifton 51, or three weeks' imprisonment, and Mr. Aubriet 3/, or fourteen days' imprisonment. The fines were paid. MARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY.) . , NOVEL SYSTEM OF ROBBERY. - Ellen Cliffor d ' 9 middle-aged woman, was brought before Mr. Bingham' charged with robbing several children of their cloak?, under the following circumstances:— Mrs. Jefferies, the wife of a tradesman residing 19 Carbinton-street, deposed that on Monday morning hart about 12'o'clock, she dressed her youngest sister and sera her oat for a walk. At that time the child had on a Pla id dross and cloak. in about an hour after the childie.' turned without her cloak, and witness had not'seell iC since. Mary Anne Woodgate, an intelligent little girl, eigli f years of age, sister of the last witness, said, on Monclol last she was sent out for a walk, dressed in a plaid cloak. She walked as far as Cieveland-street, when the prisoner came up to her and said," My dear, your godmother h BB sent me to tell you that you are to have a to % clot k, and that she wants the one you have on for pattern." The prisoner then took off witness's cloak , and requested her to wait at the corner of ClevelsOP street until she returned. The prisoner never woe s back, and witness went home and told her sister WWI' had happened. She was positive the prisoner was the woman. The prisoner was committed on this charge. The prisoner was next charged with stealing a cloak belonging to a child named Martha Wilkins. The, child said yesterday she was sent out for a walk dresse d in a plaid cloak. On arriving in, Norton-street, th e prisoner came up to her and gave her a pot, apparently containing pomatutn, and told her to take it to her mother, and say liar grandmother had sent it for her hair. The prisoner also said that her (the child's) grandmother told her to take back her cloak for a pat' tern, as she was making her a new one. The wows° then snatched the cloak from her shoulders and ran swat Mrs. White, the wife of a plumber and glazier resid ing in Norton-street, said, yesterday afternoon sbe vyat standing at her door, when she saw the prisoner pia with the cloak produced in her possession. Having see° a similar cloak on a neighbour's child, she stopped the woman and questioned her, and her answers being veil unsatisfactory, witness gave ber in charge of a police' constable, who was passing at the time. She had pre' viously beard of her neighbour's children being robbed. Offer, 68 E, proved receiving charge of the prisoner , and taking her to No. 11, Norton-street, the residence of the child Wilkins, who identified her as the woos° who gave her the pot of pomatum. The cloak was also identified by the child's sister. Several other charges having been proved against Jue prisoner, she was fully committed for trial. BANK OF ENGLAND-THIS DAY. MEETING OF DIRECTORS. A General Court of the Directors of the Goverpor and Company of the Bank of England was held in the court-house of the Bink of England this day, at twelve o'clock, for the purpose of considering a dividend. J. W. PRESCOTT, Esq., the Governor of the Bank, Oc . cupitd the chair. Ur. KNIGHT, the secretary, having read the minutes of the preceding meeting, The CHAIRMAN said he had to acquaint the Court tha t this was the half-yearly Court appointed under the bye' laws of the Bank to consider a dividend. He had great pleasure to inform the Court that the profits of the half' year ending the 28th February last had exceeded the usual dividend of 3} per cent. by the sum of 16,1061., en d that the amount of rest on which the dividend was to be taken was 3,583,4341. Now, a diffi' dend of 4 per cent. without any deduction on account cf income tax would require a sum 01 582,1221., which, deducted from the rest, would le*" 3,001,3121., or a shade above 3,000,0001., which the Court had decided the Bank should hold in the way of rest. -- (Cheers.) Under those circumstances, the Directors thought themselves warranted in recomm e n d ' ing to the Court to declare a dividend on the preseat occasion of 4 per cent. —(Applause.) He, therefore, begged leave to move that the Coutt should order * dividend to be made of 4 per cent. on the capital stook ( f the Corporation of the Bank of England, without any deduction on account of income-tax. Mr. DE WINTON felt great pleasure in seconding tel proposition, which he thought would go far to p eserVe the harmony which already subsisted lot tweiai the Dt.ectors mid the Proprietors. If they loolteCULthe st.to of their affairs for this — Ma-Year eud ng September last, they would find the ex cess in the banking department was about an eve' ra=m of 10,000 0001. ; but since that time there bad been no le;s than 12,000,0001. of unemployed capital in th.tr hands, From his experience as a banker for, 50 years, no thought of that 12,000,0001. the sum 6,0001. might have been legitimately used for deposit in tho Bank, which was quite sufficient to cover all the demands of the Bank of England ; and. according 10 the custom of bankers, in keeping one- thied of the de' posits in their hands, that would have increased the amount to 18.000,0001. Under those circumstances , 1 1 submitted that a profit should have tent made of the: 6,000,0001. which was in the hands of the Bank. If had made even two-and-a-half per cent., that wou l d have realized 150,0001., and enabled the Director s to have added another half per cent. 60 their dividend. In September they had 20,000,0 0 1 sterling in the Issue Department , and they h s , now got as much as 70 ,000.0001. st e r li ng i n t h a t depar t' meat Under the Act of 1844 th e y h a d t h e privilege 0 f issuing 11,000,0001. sterling of the debt owing to te e Bank by the Government, and 3,000,000/. on the sect': rides t.f the Bank. But as the whole of the issue papet of the Bank amounted to 90.000,000!, it consequeng l i followed that they had only as ailed themselves of.thq • privilege to th e extent o f 2 , 0 00,000 1. d ur i ng t h e l as t be' year. Under these circumstances he thought the Dire' tors ought to have been more liberal in carrying 011 their discounting business. He disapproved of submit' ting ► e very individual to the pressnt ordeal who weal to borrow money on discount at the Bank • . an he thought a sufficient guarant, e would be obtained requiring from such a person a reference to a respeW n able banker. He should also strongly recommend th e advance of money on promissory notes to a limited es:, tett with two good names, and with one good name a D A the deposit of title deeds. He would a l so ' recomme n d the advance of money to &ties, counties, and borough s for the purpose of building gaols, lock-up houses, lunatic asylums, or for sanitary purposes, on terminable annuities payable in thirty years, with ieterest irons 3/. to 4/. per cent. He thought that it would be a ease, pro' fitable mode of investment if carried to a limited extent' Tney might cli pend upon it that Consols would soon he at par, and if he might be allowed to make a suggettion he would say that, it the Government were to reduell th 4 Three-and-a- flaif per Cent. Consols to two-and-a -him per cent., the country would effect a saving of Or e. millions a year, which he thought might b e a pplied 1 : 'he reduction of the na Tonal debt. lie concluded by seconding the resolution which had been moved by 010 Chairman. Mr. FIELDER observed, a great deal bad been said re' spectlng the repairs and alterations which had been g e ; ing on at the Bank, especially t h e d e f ens i ve wa ll , w hif f ; he considered a very excell en t pi ece o f wor k mae sherf and he was desirous of knowing wheeber they bad bee° paid for, and, if so, whether the cost was included in tk e statement which had been read? The Govxnwon replied that the whole works had bet! ° paid for more than te elve months ago, and that the bow was included in the half-yearly accounts. Mr. FIELDER said there had been a great deal of ta lk , about the C ditornien gold dust which bad been bough' to the Bank, but the reason he as k e d th ese ques tions - to ahcertsin something about th e bri c kdust.—llear.) "' wished to know, furth er , w h et h er t h e wor ks were 11 7 1 ' going on to any great e x t en t, an d w h a t t h e y propose to do with the additional buildings when erected? The GOVERNOR replied that the works were draw( ing rapidly towards completion, and that the a dditiool l premises were con s id ere d necessary f or cen d uct i n g th e business of the Bank. Another reason for the alt e : s e ; tions was that th e ti m b ers o f a port i on c f t h e premise d in a state of decay and required extensive repan Mr. FIELDE R as k e d f urt h er w h et h er t h e Court eve Directors anti c ip a t e ) an y f art h er a l terat i ons of building beyond those of common reparation? The GOVELOR said he had no reason to think at Pr ea sent that any additional alterations would be required. Mr. FIELDER—Then I do hope that you wtll c \ °ll'. tinue to give us a dividend at fo ur p er cen t.—( ll ta r 'i Lt reply to Mr. DE WINTON, A I . ol' The GOVERNOR said the Court of Directors had ,„: lowed the course cf tho l e w h o preceded them. 111 ;i 0 including the Bank premise s i n the accounts , a nd 0 could not see that any advantage would be derived by.osn including them. In answer also to another Ve s " a from the same proprietor, he said no particular rule w, ac:opted with respect to unclaimed dividends. The en'Y answer he could give was, that the sum was very, trifiing,,, and that it had been made to form part of the funds 01 the Bank, and was employed for the benefit of the pro prietors. Mr. Alderman SALCMONS rose to make a few observe:, lions. Ile said it was evident by the fact of the "rest being kept at three millions, and not being allowed to enabledccum ii a t t o e w b e o y t t o c n t d h e t h e a s t t a h s proprietors; and notwithstanding the low rate of interest with the h d e l r h e e e fi t t o r s t w t e h r e e_ accumulate 30,000/. beyond what was required for theg. during the last y e ar, the directors had been enable d t l u i m shen lh en a t t ar, and I 6.0001. this half - year. Such bei n g the case, usual dividend of 31 per cent.—viz, 14,000/. last h ell they were going to receive the tenefits of their fortis; into position by au increased dividend this day , at th rate of 41. fee cent. Ile trusted, therefore, that tbe arrangement which It come to this time last year, n?,! to divide a further amount by breaking into the " to of three millions, would not be upset.—(Hear.) thought it should now be understood that the s um or three millions was to be a permanent " rest," and t hs ! no discussion respecting its alteration should be allowed to come on without a proper notice of motion.—(Pear.) He was the more inclined to recommend this ono., ! THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVF,NUNG, MARCH 21, 1850