The Sun. — London, England, 1850-03-07 00:00:00

h ty,xa been driven to commit t',e act by the tl4gp°,, of her husband; aryl it would perhaps be o ' n e " . th. Fart of the defenee . teat , s he wis seleus of what she did at the time; but if th e thac til "ght, af;er h ear i ng the leers of t':e case, "' e Charge harl been made ow, reel that she was Perreetl• it would be their duty ne, iol saind state of mind,st ,in a ; to the u stareeng any feelings they night ea., tu rn l ' h aPPy life which she led with her husband, ti, re At tu ver,dict of guilty. I 'M t i l l, 1\ es ' , 'he weenen who wi!neasee3 nra r, D .. E r fl ? e n , !, by th ' 4ll celled, and after det.ehree tee Lees es . 1 h r e Learned Counsel, said, v. hen the psis rt e: r a n, to gir,, 3 t B b ll s's she told her that she wit, a foolish woillan the gone larm, as she wished herself and her dear ba b y e r _: to heaven. '11,71,') to she recovered she cried . out,. n gre it e d r ? are my dear children?" . and apt eared to be i this lo 4 oe : st res of mind. On asking why she i.ttemp'ed th "n children she replied that her husband was t tar ag o of of usi , ng her, and had knocked end bee 4.0. n • terreily. te ct. n ci .11• hens deposed that when his attention somenwaa at t); the ~enee by th e witqe a h . a co at ';‘ 14 the water, and he imne deitely took his tote r P.'d into the water, and lir,,uv,ht out the nri atld 'le ret urn( d and bretieht t the eldest colilcl led the baby. The water was to or 12 feet deep, 01, 1 1 1 1° continued se irereling tho time; when he got i kfte ' r .°l.c ' he heard there was a third child mies'ng, wic ttin,B,,,witztuing about again for some time he felt sor ti e:- ehier e nch his feet, which turned cut to he the , ot NC and he brought it out, apparently in a d:ad state. )4 4 , /t w ere t• hen ell conveyed to a surgeon's. 181( 1 hC i ggin , , Inspector of police, said the prisoner %ate r°, when taken to the workhouse, that she had htel ) , lll ed the act in consequence of the ie-usege if she t etile ll „ d ' who ha 1 Leven tier frequently because h Nth „" t provide provide a dinner fir him when she wasleft 1114 13 111°11 '1. She told him that her husband only te r t 8.4 her 78. a week to kc'p the house with,. Itat e , 1 . 1114 he kept the remaining 20s. of Ins sPend himself. She said she lived a very See ""et lite with him • that he used to pull her out ef leete li c b , f d h t) tell her frequently that he would . be the ' 4O , kn . d uel ' , adding that her death should be a lingering e ro ee the longer the better. See I'd!'examined—She said, she thought she might and 1 1 ) prep le , at once. The children were . all girls, ,te te jfeu to be ch wily kept. The prisoner bore an d %e t e w ilt character as a hard working, steady . , an stet- rant who was anxious to keep her family re hit h 1 surgeon, said the prisoner was insensible, Netie elder child i n a d angerous state w h en b roug h t to ; tlB e, but th e y recovere d a f er app l y i ng the usua l rt it s rr a .Yne, • the mother of the prisoner, said she had S ltl st I led eight year', and lia,l during that time . to tpd,against a great deal of misers , owing to her bu, d I ,° e l et lll4 2cr- The two eldest children were seven an ago, and the prisoner had always shown her d 11 8e - „ -410 /ly the greatest kindness and affection, an t"Pse-:/emuch attached to them. She bad attended ? h tle ta l q suckled the infant during her confinement. l iter witneis that in consequence of her husband's li4n'alent she had boen obliged to beg in order to get i " h e 11 , and was distracted, and did not know what teti ll e l e j It bnilt when she threw the children into ' p - ; iee - ARRY then addressed the jury for the defence, *ith o ' l ng that no one could lave heard the evidence heving been deeply moved, and the way in . e itl S` o " B t ad been instructed would show that the . mi- Nee - and sorrowful tale of the prisoner had excited 111411/sell c ommiseration, for his brief bad been placed 414• e,,1 1111 s by a benevolent gentleman who attended 1-411fletion at the police-court, and who had under ,ol,;irefenel the prisoner in co-operation with the she th."eslen'e presented one of those stait'ingrevelati . ons , 4 4 • 111 , - ,,"'e life which seldom transpired, but which, „7, 1 11 -- ee made known, were greatly calculated to eet r e e and astonish people. There was no greater t hie4 then that of a respectable and hard working oar C a ' A wi til a family, struggling to keep a home over -I te e m not merely against the circumstances if her Pesition, but aeainst a drunken. brutal husband, 44 , 1 3' b0 118 ,11 111 4 of every kind of debauchery and bru w°3th t ;" ; Yet many poor creatures of this class went until they reached a premature ave, 1114!1 the Public being at all aware of it; but when . L' u llti e ci r f , - V' this nature were disclosed, it. was their one - „ 11 duty to inquire into them; and it behoved them ' ll ttu --14 ,eially on this occa , ien to inquire into the ;ee which led to the present unhappy po ,°,lotiree ° F the prisoner. There were ample %11 ti'' he thought, for returning a verdict that xaffering from temporary insanity at the mo•• 17de a . ,"e she ptr ted the act, for they might easily "14 that P being Unable to provide a meal for her ter , chi' d r might have wandered out in the h e " t a o ld tn o e n l e t io; d s d i h n e g h r e a rs ti e o l n f , near the canal, conceived, the feat ful idea of taking I t iL l ie tl l i i trl l ,, a nd her desperation, life, the carrying out of etel th 4 e s pro v id ent i nely prevented by the heroiccon- 414;Young man who had be el caked before them. ; th e base character of her brutal, low-minded, he unl husband, he had only to mention that up to tbe f e " a d ant. athough in the receipt of good wages, %Istlltand to assist the prisoner, and that her defence h i l' h ltae t -t s e ,TY carried oa by friends and strangers. If they u e was not actuated by any peemediated aforethought, and it was shown that of that ,u k ut ffectiona:e and attoched t ) her children, 'Lee! g`tc Was suffering from a temporary a . berration ePnr,,ett, then they would be fully justified in finding t e st'. :yg uoty of the' charge. ll'ecnTet.l;having summed up in a very ITilte but firm ad.i- cas t ar ti i ! t cr a brie de'ibe , ation, returned a verdict if! , */11 e ".., 4 2 r iNet Guilty on th . e . ground of insanity, and il tp styr s ' p `T elt d s ingly be kept confinement during her 1t,, 4 NVIGIITMAN . said the conduct of the young tr '''sr v „ 4 :e cued the prisoner and children from the i. B " Incst praiseworthy, and he had been looking „:,111b.,.itiiStite...tute to ascertain if he had power to pres. nt th a n Wa s 'roe suitable reward, but he regrettsd to say .Plar Power of which he could avail himself for ti fte it Pnee. to'ander Sheriff WIRE said the sher'ffs would take 4 110 113 1 31 37 the defect in the statute. Priaoner was then removed. NE IV CO UR T. 14 1 .414 1 , (Before the RECORDER.) Z lB p oQ "hn Frederick Smith WAS indicted for having f3 ," 8 t11 4 - i ts%ion forged certificates from her Majesty's Qlo ti kianton, and from the Colonial Secretary at 1C, 13 , 4 b; l o!Porting to authorise the captains of merchant e, r'ng home distressed seamen from foreign ports thelerl3e.of the Admiralty, for which indemnities erttficates were to be the co venan t. -Nes) reu ulstance s (f the case have appeared several COY, 6 . P. ), und er the head of Bow-street police. I ) ;,ted frowder, QC., and Mr. Montague Smith ap -I°P the pro secut i on; an d M r . R o bi nson f or t h e he l, . q tweOlittY r eturned a verdict of Guilty, and the Learned )ears' sentenced the prisoner to imprisonment for THIRD COURT. t iki lli a (before Mr. Commissioner BULLoc t x. tilitt.was occupied with trying pet y ) cases this 4 - which presented no feature ot interest. ' h A 114 41 , ":- ---- - - - -- - - e° 43 aCV-STREET—(THIS DAY.) 1 1 4) 1 : n 1 1' 1, 4 : v0r IN HYDE-PARK. - James Illergan was • e''tt . i r , „' a Mr. Bingham with picking a gentleman's ol,„ o lte , „,,"Yde.park. 1, 1 ,a 1Q -onstable A 106, steel that about six o'clock that 644 13e"i°' evening he was on duty in Hyde-park, saw tis running and calling out "Stop 4),, • w :. a gentleman h th,rtt ter Ine3S went up . to and a , k7ed what was h i No, air hen he replied th i a m t , the prisoner, who was le t .titi kerehjss the park, had picked his pocket ( f his ti the th ief ; Witness and another constable,. who had !isklll,:tinci-111,t committed, went . in pursuit of the pri kto*etv,.. _? latter seeing he was likely to be caught, N a p ub ?: ,tne handkerchief, and . ran out of the park ter-road, where he t i 4 il tlt iteri l.ho lise in the 131Y'Na added, that the gen t w _ into custody. Witness • tor, 1 4 , 8 not now in attendance. liZ t th e '`tAlst said it was fortunate for the prisoner 4.N pro secutor was not in attendance; . had he been L l4l t r. i n `barn) would have sent him (prisoner) for l itll- :i ti tL e ili; should, however, commit him for a .40,:tilAti'‘.1?ard labour. 1 0 114 /1 4, : i n THE ARMY AND , NAVY CLUB.-William kb h thr o .Id about sixteen years of ago, was charged .4 '' - " i g some bricks at the Army and Navy Club A , , t t fr _ o,oe4t,yarnes-square. Nisa c .,‘ e n o'clock last night the prisoner was caught_ V, 41 0 -",; _f throwing some bricks at the ornamental N e e ' " Ti u on hal g - expostulatid with by the butler ttitile-daenr.abusive n th - at he - was given in charge. ( lik L 4 s Iv," scant expressed his sorrow for Bingham conduct, '" 41 4 " a severely reprimanded by Mr. Ingham and J A It!". ,(1 41 Iv , llp.el 4 AT THE ARGYLL ROO3IS -George Stripp and i ted s'‘''robr, t wo w a iter s employed at the Senior kit'ell iti ,viee Club, were brought up before Mr. Bing -1411:4, i ll ged with creating a disturbance at the Argyll 04% Gr eat Windmill -street, and inciting a mob to li k ,'"ll„ . L t 4. - ' 4ll O ''' r t Bignell, one of the proprietors, partaking; hap t heat elelen o'clock last night bo was . f jt cs4 l 4 : 4l ts til r. b ment in his private room,. when his atten '% -I ket r- wn to a great disturbance in the street, from ! ' 5 " tei n i) R to thecause he found a mob of f '! 111111 ' i ,-- 1,. 4) Pe p s i " led round the entrance to the .4 ';d - "; e t w ° o - ri assembled were trying to force their way te t i k t 6 i, neit ed ip th sone mob to assist them, and on I t 4 the - ig repulsed e by the officers, they struck at them IliC 0 1. walking sticks, which were loaded with t a h . s 4 : of the officers had his hat broken and I tti tl-4 1 (1 e 3 - " tle h cut, and it was no , t till several police , i k t 'cl, Rh t n . ,ade their appearance tett the prisoners were 0 "(11 -", keel , I th e stution. V . .g , tv. .t t up at !klvlti ol g cattier employed at the r,)0.1. I', .p . r , ,,d 'lad his I tt 11 iti , was liter4;:y cut in two, and pr,,,e i tied t;:e Ore. °L,rill(l4t of h im . g' ill l'4 strUPl( two or Circe times, and fulled him I; i tlr.; jil,l''. Itr ye t r, c a l tlo u t i l . ier ( f ti .e proprietors, proved ~i ' vct i ti: defindants strike the last I h i4 . 4t bo heard them incite the m sv o A b ne t s o s io a rce their tf 1 ) ti 8 th,, . ti o t hem ners deni e d t h e c h arge, b et 4/. Ittni thought it clearly croveO, and fined 1 44 kb, utlW and in additi on rpiii el them to find - ' 1 " each, « to keep the peace for three worths. 1''.410 .1„-_..- ~ ttA T , '4 lv , 4tie. - .ON To ttußtios AT RES.-Tile MAI Poor vrili,_iant.issioners recommend Buenos Ayres as a field 1414181 Z tzen Irvin Ireland, the price of labour being hOlltillti 4, 1 arid air especial demand for that work which kC:it is peculiarly adapted to supply, such as tt l lt, e,,, l ning, and other ogriculter..l work, cat!le litlt . 'lg. MO the driving of flecks from district rsP)NEY and COMMERCIAL CITY, Q L'AR I'EIC TO THREE. Toe Cotton Ma Act at Liverpn...l. yesterelly was rather flat, and prices gcaeri.liy were in favour of buyers. The salys wore estimated at from 4,000 to 5,00) bales, of which 500 American were taken for export and 500 on speculation.—The market for Railway Shares was firm, and prices slightly improved. The sees of wheat last week in the mat kets which regulate the averages were 95,801 quarters of wheat, and 74 856 of barley. ri a cerriphin:s are being made by the merchants concoct , d a, ilia the American provision trade in London of the difficulty experienced in obtaining a ready sale f their produce, from the circumstance of the leading houses in the trade opposing the system of public sales, whilst in Liverpool the system finds every favour by the buyers, and the public reap all the advantages cf the sn-nc. This argument was strongly adverted to this day by BF - . Keeling, e f the firm of Keeling and Hunt, at a public sale of American provisions at Brewer's ry, and who appealed to the trade, assuring them that, in the event ot their promising support to reriedi c,ii public sn.les, on the same pr.ranple as now in exis:- once at Liverpool, the firm would he backed by several f the lea(iing American provision houses, who were anxious to destroy the monopoly exercised by a few ti; - ms in London. Much less Tallow may he expected to arrive in Lon don between this and the 31st May, than arrived either last , - err or the year before, 1,200 casks only are known to be on the way to London from Australia; perhaps 5,000 casks will be the outside rani , al from all places. The last accounts ft.( m Odessa state that there were only 1,500 to 2,000 casks on the spot ; but that the to:al quantity will be much more than at first was expected. By letters just received from St. Petersburgh we learn that the market there woes flat at 108 Ito., a.m.d. for August, and 112 with 10 Ito. hard money. The quae Bey of New Tallow is variously stated from 115,000 to 130,000—probably for a safe calculation it may be stated for shipment at 150,900 casks, including the quantity lift met: the last season; this would make the supply for 1850 much the same as last year. The Sr. John's (New Brunswick) Courier gives the annual account of shipping belonging to that port, and its out-bay, Miramichi, which has been made up for the home government, for the year ending 31st December, 1849. We learn from the statement, that the number of new vessels built at St. John's during the past year, fur owners in the Unitel Kingdom, and not registered at that port, was 12, measuring 5,495 tons ; the number built and registered during the same period was 73, measuring 31,279 tons. The number of vessels in existence, as far as can be ascertained, be• longing to S'. John's, on the 31st December last, was 505, measuring 93,192 tons. As regards the shipping of Miramichi, which includes all vessels built on the north• ern shore of the province of New Brunswick, Miramichi being the only registering port in that district, we learn that the number of new vt ssels built there during 1549 was 21, measuring 6,763 tons. The total number of vessels owned there on the 31st December, 1849, was 90, measuring 7,464 tons. And as a proof that the ship-builders at these ports do not anticipate much injury to their business from the repeal of the navigation-laws, we gather from the statements that there are now in progress cf building in the St. John's and North Shore districts 66 vessels, averaging in all 34,040 tons. The quotation for Austrian Bonds at Frankfort on the 4th inst. was 818. At Amsterdam, on the sth inst., Dutch Stock was better, the Two-and-a-half per Cents. being 551 to 5-16. The English Funds are still firmly supported, in the absence ot foreign intelligence of any importance. Consols have been 958 to 968; the New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. ' 98i to 984; and the Three per Cents., 968 to 96a. Exchequer-bills have been 555. to 58s. premium, and India Bonds 85s. The Foreign Securities have been fluctuating. Peru vian have rallied in consequence cf the intimation that the Government of tle Republic does not require a new loar, but merely has asked authority from Congress to anticipate sums duo upon the guano contracts which ex pired last year, and which, in the ordinary course, would not be payable until next June. The Active Bonds are quoted 721 to 741, and the Deterred 304 to 318. Mexican Stock has been marked at 29k, and Brazi lian 891. Portuguese Four per Cents. brought 334, and Spanish Five per Cents. 174. Raiiway Shares have been further advanced, and with a steady business doing. Eastern Counties, and the shares with small amounts paid up, are generally higher. Great Western have risen about 1, North- Western 1 to 11, and Midland 8. Brighton, South- Western, and South-Eastern are firm. Foreign shares are quiet, and there is less doing in mires and banks. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under ;-- 1850. 1849. North-Western ... £40,204 9 10 £36,436 5 4 South-Western ... 8,357 3 1 8,873 5 11 South•Eastcrn 8,003 4 1 6,090 16 2 BRITISH FUN DS THIb DAY AT ONE O'ULOUti. (From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9 6 5% 8 per Cent. Consols Auns New 3 , 4 per Cent. Anus. Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1460 8 9-16 Bt A i India Bonds under I,ooo' Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. I%d. 2cl. March. June. 1.0091. Ditto Advertised,.......... 54 p t'RICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent B 9 l/ Ditto, New, 1841 Mexican Bon ,t 5,1846,5 per Cent., Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto for the Account ..... 29 5 4 Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent- Ditto forthe Acc0unt........... 71 72 3 4 744 74 Ditto Deferred Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto 4 per Cent. Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto for the Account ...... 17% Dividends on the above payable in London. BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SIIARES AT ONE O'CLCOK RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Bristol and Exeter D0., Thirds 3uckinghamshire.. 43.ledonian Eastern Counties .... 2O 7 % 14 x.d. to Do.. New Pref., 6 per Cent.. 10 East Lincolnshire, guar. 6 per Cent. . Great Northern 22 ...... to Do. 1 4 B_6 per Cent. Do., 5 per Cent. Pref....... 12% ...... %to Great Western Ditto, Fifths 2O ...... 12 x.d. to Do. New 171 Lancashire and Yorkshire lOO ..... 43 Ditto Quarters 23% 9 to Ditto Fifths Lends and Bradford 5O ..... 984 4 ....•- to 98 Lond., Bright., & South Coast 100 ..... 80 , A to Do., New Si., gua. ti pr Ct.loo 133 to 134 De. Guaranteedsper Cent. 9 101 to London & North Western...loo-105 3 A 107 x.d to 106 1 4 Do. New Quarters l2 l2 x.d....... to 12% Do. Fifths l2 12%...x.d to Do. 10/.... M. and B. (C.) 1 Loadon and S. Western .......109 ..... 65 to 65 1 4 Vanch Buxton, & Matlock 5 Midland ...............100 391: 1 4039Nx.d to 40 30 Ditto; 50i. Shares ..... ...... ...... si i M to Midiand, Birm., and Derby...loo ... .. 18% Midland, Consol. Bristol and Birmingham, 6 per cent...loo ......122% STorth British .. .. ......... . 25 ...... Do. quarters 6M 2N, to i)xford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton ... .. .......... .. 50 11 , aJing,Guildfd., & Reigate 15 :,liropshire Uni0n......... 6% .. South Eastern Ditto, No. 2.* South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole ork, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 Do. and Newcastle Exten. 20 York and North Midland .. 50 Ditto, Preference FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and - Amien.s 2O .• ••• 7 Central of France ( Orleans and Vierzon) ... Northern of France l6 ..... 13 3 / to Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 7 ... .. 34 4 to Sambre and Meuse MINES. Anglo Mexican lOO ....••• - United Mexican LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MARCH 7.—Wind at noon westerly. DEAL, MARCH 6.—Wind W.N.W. to W.S.W.—Arrd. Zeiwart, Bakker, St. Domingo for Harnburgh; Palm, Digby, Demerara; Maria and Anna, Lleyer, Laguna for Bremen. Arrd. from the River, Chieftain, Matanzas. SM. Caesar, Demerara. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 6.—Wind N.W. to Sld. Essex, Madras and Calcutta. FALMOUTH, MARCH 6.—Wind variable.—Sld. Crane packet, Madeira and Brazils. Off Port, Edward, Schmidt, St. Jago de Cuba, and :ailed for llamburgh. GUERNSEY, MARCH s.—Wind E.—Sld. Laura, Jamaica. CARDIFF.—SIO.' Mercury, Vera Crux; Pallas, New York. LIVERPOOL.— Wind W.N.W. to N.N.W. Arrd. Fanny Ann. Carrigua and Maranham, sld. Jan. 11 ; Cornelia, Menehascr, Matanzas ; York, Roy, New Orleans; Alexander Grant, Alexander, ditto; Dibden Kean, ditto; John R. Skiddy, Shipley, New York; Concordia, llavannah; Parlecy, Demerara; Clarinda, Havannah ; William Wes , , Now Orleans. Off, Eliza Ann. The palm oil sten flJating off Scilly is a , ccrtained to have been the cargo of the Woodpecker, from Rio Benito to this port, QUEENSTowN, MARCH s.—Wind S.W.—Sld. Eliza- Letie Browne, Singapore; Askland, Boston. Ore flAmoum. Sophia Elizsbah, Jorgan, La Guayrn, f :r llamburgh. CAI:DirF, MARCH 6.—The San Georgeo, Swansea to Mes,ina, Lai put Penarth Roads, leaky. LOS:IEMOUTH, MALCH s.—The Diane, of and from Dundee for Dublin, was wrecked on Spey Bay, March 3. The Dispatch tf Beardy, Inverness to Westport, was stranded on tLe Cones( a Rocks, same day, hut got eft; with cargo much damaged. TEIGNMouTH, MARCH s.—The Erin, of this port, is on the Bar, and must partly discharge to come cif. SHIELPS, MARCH 6.--Wind W.N.W., strong.—Sid. Armatr, Carthagena and Havaunah; Defender, Paim berof, and North America. Mr. Eliot Warburton, the author cf the "Crescent and ihe'Cross," is, we hear, about to essay the powers oF hie vivid and vigorous pen as a writer of fiction. Hi s first work in this new style is entitled "Reginald 11§stings, 'ale of the IMMO ill 1671: AIARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) IVMMTGATE AND xpriitmENntAtz. ruartzets wire very fiat to-day, aid prices were vtich difficulty tupportei. .1.1,e, from 2,41t0 3% 4d; Mutton, 2s 81 t 3s 6i; Veal, 3s to 3s 103; aril Pork, Od to 4s per 81bs, by the carcase. PftE.n.lit IVI4 It2LETS. S.ouTHALL, MARCH 6.—Prime Beasts and Sheep wore in mod; rate request, at lull prices. In otter kin is stock very little business was trausncted. Beef from 3s t.) 35 104; Mutton, 3s Od to 4s 2d; 33 2d to 3s 8d; and Polk, 3s to 3 , ; 8J per Sibs. l'!omFoup, Maiicif 6.—Our market was heavy. In some instances prices ruled lower. Beef, from 2s 10a to 33 10d; Mutton, 33 01 to 4s 4d; Veal 3s 0:1 to 3s 6d; and Pork, 3s Od to 3s 8,1 per Blbs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 255; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 163 to 21s; and Mulch Cows, with their small Calf, 161 to 211 each. LEWES, MARCH 5 —We had a very slow trade tc-lay on the following terms :—Beef. from 3s Od to 4s Od; Mutton, 3s $d to 4s 6 I; and Veal, 3s 2d to 35 6d per 81bs. 71.8.1 r VX.O.7ILIKETS. :tivrTlTFlFLD.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 8s to 3/ 103; Clover litto, 31 Os to 41 lOs •, and Straw, 11 Is to 1/ 8q ; - ;e; load. Bah Hay and Straw moved off slowly, at barely Ltationary prineF. CupinEnLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 10s to 3: 10 ; ; Clover ditto, 3/ O.i to 41 7s ; and Straw, 11 23 to 1/ 8a pe; load. A full average upp ly, and a heavy demand. WraTEcuA ilay, 21 85 w 31 10- ; -lover ditto, 3/ Os to 4/ 10s; and Straw,ll is to 11 13J per load. Supply goud, and trade very dull. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH COI I; For the Week ended Feb. 28, 1850, made up from tin Returns of the Inspectors in the different Citiesand Towns in Emgland and Wales per Imperial Quarter. I WHEAT. BARLEY.' OATS. RYE. BEANS. I nu.. PRICE I 38s Gd I 23s 8d I I4s I 1 21s lid l 24s 4d I 25s 10d DUTIES ON FOREIGN COIIN. WHEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. AYE. I BEANS. PEAS.. is Od is Od Is Od Is Od is Od is Od MAGAZINES, &c.—(CONTINUED). DAVID COPPERFIELD. No. XI. By Charles Dickens. Great advance is here made in the development of the " plot" of " David Copperfield ;" and great changes will be found, on the perusal of the three last chapters, to have befallen its principal characters. Mr. Peggotty, " toiling on, poor pilgrim," wearily, after having accompanied Daisy to London, and after obtaining an ineffectual interview with Mrs. Steer forth, has set out upon a mysterious and incompre hensible search after his niece, the loved and lost little Em'ly. Mrs. Gummidge comes out bravely in the time of affliction, and our heart quite melts to wards her, like David's, with a feeling almost of veneration : the metamorphosis is beautiful. Even little Miss Mowcher turns out at last—be it said with all due respect for " three foot nothing"—quite a trump! Rosa Dartle, on the contrary, in the in terview already referred to, proves to be—what shall we call her ?—a hellkite, a belldame, or something of that kind—a sort of person 3 ou'd like to see sub jected at the close of a book, like that horrible old wretch Mrs. Pipchin in "Dombey and Son," to some exemplary punishment. Mrs. Barkis comes up to town, and lives for a while near her " dear boy" David—delighting under his guidance in all the sights of London—except St. Paul's, " which I think," says her companion and biographer, " from her long attachment to her workbox became a rival of the picture on the lid, and was, in some particulars, vanquished, she considered, by that great work of art. ' Mr. Murdstone is seen again for an instant on his way to purchase a marriage licence at Doctors' Commons preliminary to his union with a young and beautiful heiress. Traddles is living by himself in new lodgings, has paid the first little bill, is in hopes of getting over the second, and is purchasing back his little articles of furniture which had passed out of his hands in consequence of a distraint for rent on his furmer landlord, and which he longs to obtain again preparatory to his dim chance of wedlock with " one out of ten," "the dearest girl in the world." Changes too have befallen the immortal Mr. 'Wilkins Micawber, the partner of his bosom and the pledges of their affection—no longer owning to their right ful patronymic, but going under the designation of "the Mortimers." Mr. Micawber, we should say Mr. Mortimer, "in consequence of his temporary embarassments don't come out till after durh—and then in spectacles!" Copperfield himself has gone a great way towards the development of his destiny— baying made the plurge of life, and popped the ques tion to Dora Spenlow. They are betrothed. Their love passages are the most delightful and delicious descriptions in the number, and only comparable in humour and naturalness to the drunken adventure of David in a previous chapter. " There was dust, I believe : there was a good deal of dust, I believe." Red Whisker is perfectly eclipsed at the picnic ; and the Door horse hired fbr the occasion gets " the bark took of his leg" by the wheel of the carriage, " to the tune of three pun sivin." But the scene of pepping the question is the climax, Jip and David, "each iu their own way getting more mad every moment." In the midst of all this delirium of delight a thun derbolt falls down upon the upper apartments of Mrs. Crupp—Aunt Thtsy, Mr. Dick, the cat, two birds, and a few boxes arriving there suddenly from Dover. Aunt Betsy is ruined! So closes the last number of " Copperfield." NEW MONTHLY. Leigh Hunt and Horace Smith, as usual, fill the opening pages of the New Monthly. The contribu tion of the former is a graceful poem on " Godiva," inscribed to John hunter, " friend of Leigh Hunt's verse, and lover (fall duty ;" and Horace Smith has compiled, under the heading " Musings in my Study," sundry interesting pieces of information and suggestive thoughts. One of the most attractive articles in this number is " The Barricade of the Jager-Zeile, from the Rough Notes of One who Fought there" on this occasion we read • "Beco's activity was untiring. He allowed himself, after the most unremitting labours, but three hours rest at the utmost during the night, and he upheld the spirit of the Mobile Guard by his frequent and cheering peest nce when engaged with the enemy. Whenever an observation was made to him upon the numerical weak nets of the effective force at command, a fact which, without that, indeed, could not escape him, he always replied: If we have only the will, we are strong: In the latter days cf the siege he wholly neglected his open wcattds, the dressing of which fur years had 13( ea ne cessary twice a day, as this always occupied above an hour—a space of time which he felt he could not then give to them." Colonies and Colonization" is more liberal in its tone than might have been expected from the New Monthly. The following description of the gradual formation of the British Constitution is sufficiently correct, and perhaps accounts for its durable nature : " It is impossible to hear or read of the speculations of the doctrinaire constitutionalists without recurring to the history of our constitution. A leading feature of that constitution is, that never for a gnat ter of a century together has it remained the I.ame. For it is a very im peeect account of our system to define the functions of our executive and the conjoint powers of our tripartite legislature, and there leave the matter. Much of our constitution is in the shape of actual statutes, much in the traditions of common law—no little in the form of ancient maxims. Altogether, its perfection has con sisted in its very variability—its adaptability to chong• teg circumstances. It never was, like your modern con stitutional fabrics, a pre-arranged whole; but it has always, except at precise periods of transition, been in harmony with the social characteristics of the times. Our barons of old were depositaries of real power b►fore they came together as peers of the r( aim. When our citizens grew bold and wealthy it was time that they should share in the legislation of the country. When it became convenient the legislature separated into two; and no one can doubt that the separation was followed by special advantages, which, however, like so many of our constitional benefits, grew up, and fulfilled no pro phecy. When the Crown would retain or revive ancient powers which the growing intelligence of men voted irksome or degrading, the prerogatives of royalty were brought within safe limits. But that excellent balancing' supposed to exist in onr constitution can never be re ferred to the mere scheme itself. A British constitution, without Britons, and the social combination of Britain, might work very differently. The men and the ma chinery go together. In a royal power, a peerage, and a third estate, there might be as much antagonism as balancing—destructibility might be the characteristic in place of durability. All that we can say is, that such a policy works well with us. It has come to what we see it through a long history, by slow and almost imperceptible gradations ; and the depositaries of power, by wisely refraining from an extreme exercise of formal rights, at the same time that they keep them ready for use, Lave preserved us at once free and unrevolutionised." Among the lighter articles there is nothing worth especial notice; they will, doubtless, be found satis factory to those who read merely pour passer le temps. UNITED SERVICE. The first article in the United Service, " State Trials in 1549, and Courts-Martial in 1849," contains an ingenious parallel between the tyrannous practices of three hundred years back, and the recent proceed ings at a court-martial "in the enlightened and humane reign of Queen Victoria." Many stirring narratives and interesting articles are contained in the pages of this "journal." 111.1 , :T.ROPOLITA Under the head " Impressions of the Bar" the have a sketch of the career of Lord Brougham, literary, professional, and senatorial. The number opens with a romance entitled " St. Ilubert's Priory ; or the Dark Hour," with which the lovers of sentiment will no doubt be highly delighted. The . sportsman w ill turn with pleasure to Mr. Webb's biography of John Templeman, and the lover of poetry vsi.ll tied here a variety of songs and poems, some of which will no doubt suit his taste. WATERFORD, MARCH s.—The Janet, Liverpool to St. Thumas, was totally dismastedyff T!tskar yuterday, during a heavy squall; has been towed iw THE ROYAL GENERAL ANNUITY SOCIETY. Yesterday evening the anniversary festival of this excellent institution was celebrated at the London Tavern, when about three hundred gentlemen, inte.. rested in the prosperity of the society, sat down to :a sumptuous dinner, provid,d in the usual recherche: style of I‘lessri. Bathe and Breach, the spirited pro prietors of that etabli3hment. The Hon. Edward H. Stanley, M.P , occupied the chair. Among the company right and left of him we noticed—Earl Powis, the Hon. W. T. Campbell, M.P., Sir M. R. Shaw Stewart, Bart., Sir Richard Jodrell, Bart., Sir John Heron Maxwell, Bart., C. N. New degate, Esq., M.P., the High Sheriff of Surrey, the late High Sheriff of Surrey, Thomas Greene, Eq., M.P., Joseph Locke, Esq., M.P., William Cubitt, Esq., M.P., Richard Bremridge, Esq., M.P., Ss.. rnuel Gurney, jun., Esq., Stephen J. Aldrich, Esq., secretary of the institution, William Lcfr, Esq., George Sl:radars, Esq., M.P., Captain Sir Edward Belcher, R.N., the Mayor of Rye, the Mayor of B tnbury, the Mayor of Gravesend atd Town Clerk ; Henry Pownalt, Eeq., Thomas:King, &c. The vocal arrangements, which were of the most effective kind, were under the direction of Mr. llobbs, assisted by Miss Birch, Miss E. Birch, Mr. Francis, Mr. Young, Mr. Howc, and Mr. Seguin. The band of the Coldstream Guards was also in attendance, and played during the dinner. The gallery at the bottom of the room, and the open space immediately behind the chair, were occu pied by nearly two hundred elegantly dressed ladies. On the removal of the cloth, the grace of "For these and all thy mercies" was beautifully sung. The Hon. CHAIRMAN ' in givi ng "The health of her Majesty," said that be had the honour to propose to the company a toast which he was well assured would require few words of his to make it universally acceptable. Wherever or whenever a party of .Eng lishmen were gathered together, on any occasion like the present, for the promotion of the cause of charity, there was one toast which stood first, and which in cluded a name which never failed to draw forth the expression of English loyalty and affection.—(Cheers.) He gave " The Health of her Majesty the Queen," and he was ....Aire the company would join him in right goodwill in drinking "The Health cf her Majesty the Queen," with three timEs three. The appeal was enthusiastically responded to. The National Anthem was then sung with great effect. The CHAIRMAN then gave " His Royal Highness the Prince Albert. Albert Prinee of Wales, and the rest of the Royal Family." Glee—" Hail to thee, Albert." The next toast was " The Archbishop of Canter bury and the rest of the Clergy. The Rev. Mr. JONES returned thanks. Solo and glee—" Sound the loud timbrel." The CHAIRMAN having proposed " The Army and Navy," Sir EDWARD BELCHER, as the naval E querry of Lord Gough, in Canton, returned thanks on behalf of both services. " Rule Britannia." The CHAIR;ANsaid, that in proposing the next toast he was warranted, not only by custom, but also by inclination. He considered that he spoke not only to the distinguished assembly immediately around him, but also to those fair beings whom he saw, who had that day honoured the meeting with their presence —(Applause)—and without whom this meeting would be very different in its character from what it now was.—:(Cheers.) He had the honour to propose " Prosperity to the Royal General Annuity Society." He remembered to have heard it stated that it was the remark of a most distinguished foreigner, who, after a residence in this country, was asked what parti cular object most impressed itself on his mind, that it was not all the wealth of the land, it was not all the wealth and splendour of our cities, it was not all the comfort of our towns, nor the fertility of our soil, or the extent of our commercial enterp r i se , th a t had impressed him with such feelings of admiration as the number, the opulence, and the variety of our charitable institutions.—(Cheers.) That remark came better from a foreigner than from an English man. But they might be forgiven if it were matter of pride with some, and if all felt it, that while in other countries cases of distress were of more rare occur rence in comparison with their own, there was no country whose charity and bounty were more ready to relieve distress. He believed that there was hardly any great degree of human suffering which was not, at least, alleviated, if not removed, by institutions such as this.—(Applause.) On behalf of this society, he did not think it too much to say that among all those institutions which had dispensed good there was none which—looking to the funds placed at its disposal—had dispensed a greater amount of happiness, or had relieved more suffering than this society. It filled a void, which, until this institution was founded, no other institution met. Here there were many cases of those becoming an nuitants on the fund whose previous position had en abled them to subscribe to the funds of the society, perhaps ; and who, from a position of comfort, had been reduced to a state of poverty. These were a class of persons who were not there who had struggled through a long life with poverty—whose life had not been engaged in warding eft' distress and poverty, and who were prepared to meet it, but who, from no fault of their own, had fallen from comparative luxury to indigence. They were persons whose feelings re volted against soliciting relief as a matter of legal right. He felt that what he had said was sufficient; that every one whom he addressed was well acquainted with the objects of the society. He knew that the management of this institution was in no respect in ferior to the magnitude of its objects, and he thought it was unnecessary to do more than to ask the com pany to drink with as much cordiality as ever a toast which had been drunk in that room, "Prosperity to the Royal General Annuity Society."—(Cheers.) Mr. ALDRICH, the Secretary, read the first report of subscriptions. Song—" Youth and Age." Earl Powis said he was sure the company would deem the exhortation which they had just heard superfluous when he told them that the toast which he was about to propose was the health of Mr. Stanley, their chairman—(Cheers)—and'to that gen tleman he must add that their thanks were peculiarly due for his presence that day. This was not the mere formula and stereotyped mode of expression on such occasions, because it wa s pecu li a rly fitting to this day and to this occasion. It was from the summit of the Andes and from the shores of the Pacific that Mr. Stanley had hurried home to preside over this meeting.—(Cheers.) And w h en h e re fl ec t e d upon th e c harms of travelling in that hemisphere—on the scenery, which could not fail to attract the interest of every one, he felt that their Honourable Chairman could feel no ordinary interest in the welfare of this society, and that he evinced no ordinary determination t o di sc h arge w hatever public duty might fall to his lot, in hurrying home to be present with them that day.— (Cheers.) It needed not that he should call to the recollection of those whom he addressed th e anna l s o f th e f am ily o f which their chairman was a member. Whether they turned to the past grave pages of English history, or to those of lighter fiction, st ill we were ma de f am ili ar with the name of St an l ey as the heroes o f many doughty deeds ; and it was a matter w hi c h wou ld not be without its significance, that their Hon. Chairman had been able to be present from another quarter of the globe, and from anot h er hem i sp h ere , th roug h th e punctuality attendin g one o f t h ose grea t f ea ts of commercial enterprise o f th e merc h an ts o f L o nd o n, by which so rapid a communication was established over half the w or ld. Wh o t h at were present at t h e time had not dwelt with delight on the silver tones of matchless eloquence with which Lord Stanley had pleaded the c ause o f thi s c h ar ity. Th e N o bl e Ear l , in highly eulogisti c t erms , proposed " Th e H ea l t h o f the Chairman," and the toast was responded to with the most vociferous cheering. The CHAIRMAN returned thanks. He had little thought when he was in a distant part of the globe that he should have been able to be present on this occasion. He had written home to say it would b e impossible to attend on the day originally named. He was awar e th a t h e h a d filled the dutie s o f chair man inadeq ua t e l y —(L ou d cr ies of "N o , no ")— and his excuse mu s t b e th a t h o had only been in Engl an d 48 hours ; but he could assure them that no man could be more zealous in the cause of the society than he was. Mr. FRESIMELD, High Sheriff of Surrey, proposed " Mr. Newdegate and the Members of the House of Commons." Mr. NEWDEGATE returned thanks. HENRY POWNALI., Esq., gave the health of Mr. Thomas King, and the other Vice-Presidents of the institution. Mr. NEWDEGATE proposed the health of the Se cretary, Mr. Aldrich. Mr. ALDRICH thanked the meeting most sincerely for the honour they had done him. That was indeed a proud day for this excellent institution. He could show them by figures the results of the exertions he had made in its behalf. They had on this occasion the largest meeting that had ever assembled together on any of the preceding ftstivals of the charity.— (Loud chears.) They had not only the largest meet ing of gentlemen, merchants, and traders of this city present, but the amount of that day's subscriptions was nearly double the one announced on the last oc casion.— (Cheers ) The present was the largest col lection ever made at any anniversary of the charity; he was going to say the largest amount almost col lected at the anniversary of any charity, for it amounted to the sum of 3,215/.—(Loud cheers.) He was delighted to hear that the meeting felt so warmly in their good cause. They could boast of that which no (Alm charity cogld.baat—they had 4cl two living Stanleys taking the chair at the festivals of this charity.—(Cheers.) They had all witnessed the ad mirable manner in which the present Chairman had discharged his duties—(llear, hear)—and many of them would remember the brilliant and eloquent appeal made at a former festival by his distinguished father. —(Cheers.) From that time he (Mr. Aldrich) prin cipally dated the success of this institutior.—(Re newed cheers.) They were well aware that the in stitution slept for some years, and it was only by being supported by such men as Lord Stanley that it had been able of late years to make way in public favour. They were progressing day by day, and he hoped, through God's help, that when they met again they would meet in larger numbers, and that he should be able to announce to them a much greater amount of contributions.—(Cheers.) Several other toasts were drunk and responded to, and the company separated a little after eleven o'clock. Mr. Toole, admirably officiated as toast-master. Among the subscriptions of the evening, amounting to upwards of 3 2001, were the Master and Wardens of the Goldsmiths' Company, 521. 10:. ; the Chair man, 10/. ; Earl Powis, 101. ; Mr. Evans, M.P., 201. ; Mr. J. G. Lacy, 251., &c. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House If Commons./ WEDNESDAY, miticif 6. MARRIAGES BILL. Order read for resuming adjourned Debate on Amend ment proposed to be made to the Question (27th February), "That the Bill be now reld a second time:" and which Amendment was to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add the words " upon this day six months :"—Question again proposed, " That the word 'now' stand part of the Question." The House divided : ,MAJORITY—AYES, 182. Adair, Hugh E. Grenfell, Charles W. Parker, John Adair, R. Shafto Grey, Sir G. Pechell, Sir G. Aglionby, 11. A. Grey, R. W. Pelham, D. - A Anderson, Arthur Grosvenor, Earl Peto, Sainuelpf. Anson, Colonel Harcourt, G. G. Pilkington, James Anstey, T. C. Hardcastle, J. A. Power, Nicholas Armstrong, It. B. Harris, Richard Price, Sir It Arundel, Earl of Hastie, Alexander Rawdon, Colonel Bagshaw, John Hatchell, John Rendlesharn, Lord Baines, M. T. Hawes, B. Repton, G. W. J. Baring, Thomas Hayter, W. G. Ricardo, J. L. Barnard, E. G. Headlam, Thomas Ricardo, Osman Barrington, Lord Heald, James Rice, E. R. Bellew, R. M. HeAttheoat, John Rich, Henry Berkeley, Henry F. Heneage, Edward Romilly, Colonel Birch, h,ir Thomas Henry, Alexander Romilly, Sir John Blair, Stephen Herbert, H. A. Rumbold, C. E. Blake, Martin J. Herbert, Sidney Russell, F. C. Blandford, Marquis Heywood, James Rutherfurd, A. Bright, John Hill, Lord M. Salwey, Colonel Brocklehurst, John Ilobhouse, T. B. Sanders, George Brockman, E. D. Holland, Robert Scholefield, W. Brotherton, J. Howard, Lord E. Scrope, G. P. Bruce, Lord E. Howard, C. W. Shafto, R. D. Bunbury, E. H. hiume, Joseph Sidney, Alderman Busfeild, W. Hutt, William Smith, J. A. Buxton, Sir E. Jackson, William Smyth, J. G. Cardwell, Edward Jervis, Sir John Smythe, George Carter, John B. Keppel, G. T. Somerset, Captain Caulfeild, J. M. Ker,:Richard Somerville, Sir W. Chaplin, W. J. Kershaw, James Spooner, Richard Childers, J. W. Kildare, Marquis of Stansfield, W. R. Christy, Samuel King, P. J. Strickland, Sir G. Clay, James Labouchere, Henry Stuart,.Lord J. Clay, Sir W. Lascelics, W. S. Talbot, J. 11. Clifford .Henry M. Lemon, Sir Charles Tancred, 11. W. Cobden, Richard Lennard, T. B. Tennent. R. J. Cockburn, A. J.: Lewis, Sir T. Thicknesse, Ralph Colebrooke, Sir T. Lewis, George C: Thompson, Colonel Currie, Raikes Littleton, E..lt. Thornely, Thomas Dawson, T. V. Locke, Joseph Tollemache, F. J. D'Ericourt, C. T. Lushington, Charles Tollemache, John Dodd, George Mackinnon, W. A. Townshend. Captain Duncan, Viscount Mangles, R. D. Trelawny, J. S. Dundas, Admiral Marshall, J. G. Tuthell, H. Ebrington, Viscount Marshall, William Villiers, Charles Ellice, Edward Martin, John Waddington, H. S. Elliot, John Martine. W. Wakley, T. Enfield, Lord Martin, Samuel Wall, C. B. Evans, John Masterman, J. Walrnsley, SiriJ. Evans, William Matheson, A. Watkins, Colonel E wart, William Matheson, Colonel Wawn, J. T. Fagan, William Melgund, Viscount Willcox, Brodie Ferguson, Sir R. Milner, W. M. Williams, John Foley, J. H. Milnes, It. M. Williamson, Sir M. Forster, M. Milton, - Viscount Wilson, Matthew Fox, W. J. Mitchell, T. A. Wrightson, W. B. Freestun, Colonel Molesworth, Sir W. Wyvill, Marroaduke Frewen, C. 11. Moody, C. A. Gibson, T. M. Morris, David TELLER/. Glyn, G. C. Mulgrave, Earl Wortley, S. Grenfell, C. Pascoe Ogle, S. C. Denison, Edmund MINORITY—NOES, 130. Acland, Sir T. Forbes, Williamj Packe, C. W. Arbuthnott, Hugh Fordyce, A. D. Palmer, Robert Arkwright, G. Fuller, A. E. Palmer, Roundell Baillie, ii. J. Gladstone, W. E. Patten, W. Bateson, Thomas Gordon, Admiral Peel, Sir Robert Bennet, P. Goulburn, Henry Peel, Frederick Beresford, William Graham, Sir James Plowden,'.W. 11. Berkeley, C. L. G. Grogan, Edward Plumptre, J. P. Boldero, H. G. Guernsey, Lord Portal, Melville Bowles, Admiral Hall, Sir B. Pusey, P. Bramston, T. W. Halsey, T. P. Raphael. Alexander Brisco, M. Hamilton, J. H. Reid, Colonel Broadley, 11. Heneage, G. H. Richards, Richard Brooke, Lord Henley, J. W. Bushout, Captain Buck, L. W. Hildyard, R. C. Seyraer, 11. K. ..: Buller, Sir Y. Hildyard, T. B. Shell, R. L. Burrell, Sir C. Hogg, Sir J. W. Sibthorp, Colonel Cabbell, B. B. Hood, Sir A. Simeon, John Campbell, W. F. Hope, A. Smollett, A. Carew, W. P. Hornby John Sotheron, T. 11. S. Cayley, Edward S. Hallam, Lord Spearman, H. J. Chatterton, Colonel Inglis, Sir R. Stafford, Augustus Clerk Sir George Jones, Captain Stanley, Edward Clive, R. 11.1 Keating, Robert Stanton, W. S. Clive, Henry B. Law, C. E. Stuart, J. Cocks, T. S. Legh, G. C. Sturt, 11. G. Cole, Hon. 11. A. Lindsay, Colonel Sullivan, 11 Maul Coles, 11. R. Lockhart, W. Taylor, T. E. Compton, it. C. Lopes, Sir Ralph Teulson, E. K. Currie, Henry Mackenzie, W. F. Thornhill, G. Deedes, W. Mahon, Lord '1 ownley, R. G. Dick, Quintin Manners, Lord J. Trevor, G. Douglas, Sir C. Manle, Fox Turner, George Divett, E., Meux, Sir 11. Tyrell, Sir J. Duff, George S. Miles, P. W. S. Verney, Sir 11. Drummond, Homo Miles„W. Walpole, S. 11. Duckworth, Sir J. hloweli, William _ Wegg-Prosser, F. Duncombe, A. Morgan, 0. West, F. R. Duncembe, 0. Mull/rigs, J. R. Willoughby, Sir 11. Pandas, G. Mundy, William Wodeliouse, Edmund Dundas, Sir David Mure, Colonel Du I're, C. G. Naas, Lord TELLERS. East, Sir J. B. Newry, Viscount Thesiger, Sir F. Edwards, H. O'Flaherty, Anthony Wood, W. I'. Fitzpatrick, J. W. Oswald, Alexander ABOLITION OF THE VICE-REGAL COURT IN IRELAND. (From the Times.) The passage of the first railway train through the tubular bridge across the Menai Straits would seem to have suggested the propriety of at length disclosing a " secret" which has been long known to everybody —that the days of the miniature Court of the Lord- Lieutenant in Ireland are numbered. The commu nication between London and Dublin for passengers is now reduced to an easy day's journey. In any cases where a more speedy method of intercourse be tween the two cities becomes desirable, we have in the electric telegraph a very simple machinery at hand to convey orders and intelligence —at any rate as far as Holyhead—almost with the speed of thought. For any useful purpose the little pageant in Dublin Castle has now become a mere burlesque—a cere mony without a meaning, an expense without a result. It would be idle to waste words in showing the propriety of the change we are now announcing. The only reason for commissioning a subject to re present the Sovereign in any district or colony of the empire is, its being so ,far removed from the central seat of Government that its affairs cannot be conveniently administered without the borrowed majesty of a petty Court. Such a substitution is a makeshift, not a privilege—a memento of subjection rather than a symbol of independence. We do not place a series of Governors in the great towns of England. Liver pool, Manchester, Birmingham, York, Northampton, and Plymouth, are very well preserved from disorder by the local machinery of municipalities and magis trates, supported, in case of necessity, by the power of the Lord-Lieutenants and Sheriffs of counties, with an ultimate appeal to bead-quarters. But, take the stronger case of Scotland—a case not analcgous, but identical with that of Ireland. Can any one doubt that the presence of a mimic Court, which should rather ape the petty intrigues than imitate the grander features of its prototype, would be a curse, not a blessing to the Scottisb people ? Edinburgh, and Glasgow, and Paisley remain tranquil, although the threads by which they are governed are drawn from the centre of the empire. From Caithness to the Land's-end all is consolidated, without any approrch to that system of cen tralization which has been so just a subject of reproach to the Continental Governments. With them the element of municipal independence was wanting. The very meaning of our centralization is, the removal, not the imposition of constraint. No thing but actual necessity, arising from physical causes, could justify the continuance of a restraint upon Ireland from which the provincial districts of England, and Wales, and Scotland were exempt. The time has arrived for placing Ireland upon the same footing as Great Britain, and removing an invi dious distinction that was only justified by the diffi culties of dilatory and doubtful communication. There is one consideration only which could have made us hesitate as to the propriety of the abolition of the Lord-Lieutenancy. Had any strong feeling existed amongst the Irish themselves in favour of the retention of the pageant, certainly their feeling on the subject would have been entitled to respect. But upon care ful' inquiry the very reverse of this turns out to be the case. It is the earnest wish of the great majority of Irishmen to see every focus of political intrigue ex tinguished, and although the Lord-Lieutenant's office in Ireland was to discountenance seditious movements by, all the means at his disposal, yet whether he would or not, the " Castle" was turned into a centre of heart-burning and discontent. Men who live in the full tide of human affairs, and whose lot it Las never been to be mixed up with the petty intrigues of provincial majesty, can form but a slender idea of the ridiculous pretensions of the aspirants efter the ftvour cf Castle." Immortal wrath would he engendered in a moment of time by some imagined affront, whilst the re presentative of his Sovereign vainly imagined that his anxious exertions to please everybody had been crowned with something like success. The pen of the novelist, rather than of the political writer, would be requisite to portray what Ben Janson would have called the " Humours " of the Castle and its Courtiers, even before it had ceased to be a necessary institution. Not all the cordiality and dignity of Ireland's last Lord-Lieutenant could have much longer saved his little Court from falling before the force cf pure ridicule, when the country , had Me moverecl fxgsg the combined effects of famine and agitation. Besides, all question of the ludicrous apart, the presence of a Viceroy in Dublin actually ministers to agitation. So long as an arena is open to them, the representatives of Orargeisna and Ribandism will rush there to boast their influ ence, and struggle for a worthless triumph. A mare's nest will never be wanting to the Orangemen of the North so long as an unhappy Viceroy is forth coming, on whom they can fasten the conceits of their own addled brains. Dr. M'Hale is of course tco happy to have a vice-regal correspondent whenever his temper gets the better of his reason, and he is pleased to concoct one of those marvellous communi cations in which he connects the prevalence of easterly winds in March with the Rate-in-Aid. What is a Lord-Lieutenant to do ? If he is not guilty of discourtesy to a Roman Catholic prelate, the Ulster men take fire—if be turn the cold shoulder to the higher clergy of the great mass of the people, the affront passes like a galvanic shock through three of the four provinces of which Ireland is composed. We mention but one out of a thousand difficulties which a Lord-Lieutenant must confront at evs ry turn. Surely in such a case it is better to avoid all cause of offence by abolishing the (Ace altogether which is the innocent cause of so much theological and political animosity. It would ill-become us, however, to announce such a change as this, and to speak in terms somewhat de preciatory of an office once the most important that could be held by a subject, without adding a few short words in commendation of that nobleman to whose lot it has fallen to be Ireland's last Viceroy. Lord Clarendon has discharged an important trust with singular success, in the face of great difficulties, and of a very enigmatic future. We are writing in 1850, when the danger is past, and we are fully aware of the character of the opponents, and the value of the opposition with which he had to contend. But when thrones were crumbling round us in every European country, and the Irish demagogues were busily engaged in working upon the passions of a sus , ceptible people, then peculiarly exasperated by almost unprecedented suffering, it was a very different matter. In the face of these difficulties, however, Lord Clarendon did preserve the public peace, and brought the offenders to justice in the way most calculated to nullify the efforts of their disciples for the future. And this was done by a simple and most sparing use of the public force, without bloodshed, and without arming one section of the country against the other, as he was repeatedly advised to do. Ahmed by a press in many instances lamentably unscrupulous, denounced by the Protestant bigot on one side, and the Popish priest on the other, it was no fair-weather duty that Lord Clarendon had to discharge. Whether the re sult must be attributed to the wisdom of the states• man or the good fortune of the man, it is now a mat ter of history that he has completed his task with the most perfect success. Emergencies may possibly again arise in which the presence on the spot of an able and resolute man might ,be desirable, and no doubt such an one will be always forthcoming. But we will not anticipate such an event. Let us rather hope that the change will act in every way benefi cially on the interests of our Irish fellow-subjects, and that they may have no cause to regret the cessa tion of viceregal rule and the splendours of the vice regal Court. THE LATE WAR IN HUNGARY.—A third editoa of the little volume entitled " Scenes of the Civil War in Hungary, with the Adventures of an Austrian Off,, in the Army of the Ban of Croatia," has already made its appearance. " This," says the Naval and Militiry Gazette, "is a book of deep excitement—of soul-har rowing interest." In allusion to the late civil war in Hungary, the Times has remarked that " the recently quelled Hungarian rebellion has, in all its stages, excited the most lively interest in all parts of Europe, and pro bably no where more than in England." THE HAIDIOS—the Greek designation for " ever lasting"—has been given to a new black silk, which during its manufacture has been the cause of the re moval of many difficulties hitherto considered insuperable. It is well known to the producers of textile fabrics, that it is a work of much mental and mechanical application to obtain a plain silk fit fir general purposes, which should at the same time possess the qualification of novelty. In this instance such has been effected in a silk of great brilliancy of texture, with an assurance of lasting wear, while it has the further claim of economy of cost. The hue is said to be proof against acids and sea-water. It has been registered under the above title by the Messrs. Jay of Regent-street, who, we believe, are ever emulous to obtain novelties adapted to the pecu liarities of their trade.—Post. FATAL ACCIDENT.—OXFORD, MARCH 6. On Monday se'nnight an accident occurred in this city, which has since proved fatal to Mr. Edwin Giles Dan beny, a promising young man, in the prime of life, demy of Magdalen College, and nephew of Dr. DaubPny, Pro fessor of Chemistry, &c., in this University. It appears, from the evidence adduced at the coroner's inquest, yes terday, befote Mr. George Valentine Cox, that the de ceased, in company with some friends, were on their re turn from Godstow, and while walking along the unfinished Rugby ald Oxford Railroad, near Boncy's bridge, they heard one of their companions, who was in a skiff, crying out for help; they immediately ran to his assistance and extricated him and his boat, which had got among the pi;es of the unfinished bridge, when, on crossing a plank, one of them saw (recessed lying amongst some loose bricks underneath. Ho went to him, nod found that he was considerably injured. They after wards discovered Oat deceased, in (as they supposed, for it was almost dark) endeavourivg to render assistance to his friend in the skiff, missed his footing, and fell dr the plank, amongst some loose bricks, a distance of nearly sixteen fvet, and injured himself so severely that death ensued yesterday morning. A verdict of " Accidental death" was retuned. DISCOVERY OF A GREAT LAKE.—A great lake has been discovered in the interior of South Africa during a journey of exploration by two gentlemen named Mur ray and Oman. It is situated in longitude 24 deg. east and latitude 19 deg. south, and its limits appear to have been undi*cernible. According to the natives, however, it takes twenty-five days to travel round it. The veg( - Wien on its banks is tropical, and palms are abundant, but it contains no crocodiles, alligators, or hippopotimi. It is approached by a river, which for some distance is of small size, and which, sti it approaches the like, be comes as large as the Clyde. The lake itself has no islands in it, but it is said that there are many at the mouth of the river, and that these are densely populated by a race entirely diffal eat from those near the borders of the lake. Pelicans are numerous, as also fish, some of which resemble perch and carp, and • weigh between 401 b. and 501 b. There are likewise a great number of elephants, although of a much smaller description than those nearer the colony. The native?, whose language was unlike any known dial e ct spoken by the other tribes in South Africa, appeared to be of an inferior nature, and to be much afflicted with pulmonary disease. RAILWAY PASSENGERS' ASSURANCE COMPANY.— The first half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the offices, Old Broad-street, Mr. J. I). Paul in the chair. The report stated that assurance tickets both for single journeys and periods of time are now ob tainable on several railwaye. The directors trust that ere long the directors of the South-Eastern, the North- Kent, the London, Brighton, and South Coast, and the London and South-Wiestern Railways may be disposed to reconsider the applications made to them, and afford the desired facility of issuing the tickets of this company at their stations through the booking clerks. The revenue of the company to the 31st of December last produced 1,4211.; but since the Ist of January in the present year the increase has been most marked; the directors trust that it will go on steadily increasing, as the utility of the company becomes more apparent. In all cases which have received compensation, except two, the claimants have been persons in such circum stances in life, that it is believed the compensation afforded them has been both acceptable and satisfactory, relief being promptly conceded, and the amounts agreed to without difficulty, or any necessity fur recourse being had to arbitration. The single journey tickets, issued since the commencement of the company's business in August, 1849, to the end of the third week in February, amounted fur first-class to 15,710; for second-class to 24,586; third-class, 25,047; total, 65,343. The periodical tickets for the same period amounted to 1,683. Arrange ments have just been completed fur insuring guards, enginedrivers, _stokers, and all class es of ra il wa y servan t s who travel. These insurances are fur sums of 5001. or 2001. to be paid in cases of fatal accident, with propor tionate compensation for personal injury, at a premium of 11. and 10f. per annum respectively. On the motion of the Chairman the report was adopted, the retiring directors and auditors were re-elected, and after a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors for their gratuit ous services the meeting separated. TUE LISTON TESTIMONIAL.—A meeting of the subscribers to the fund fur erecting a memorial to the late Mr. Liston was held last evening in Old Burlington street. The Marquis of Anglesey presided; there were also present the Earl of Uxbridge, Lord Sydney, Drs. Grant, Forbes, and Skoy; Messrs. Crickson, Ferguson, Bransby Cooper, Rte. The honorary secretary, Mr. George, read the report, from which it appeared that the sum subscribed towards the object in view amounted to only 7501., which sum was insufficient fur the erection of a statue, as originally intended; that it was therefore proposed that four marble busts of Mr. Liston should be executed —one to be placed in the Royal College of Surgeons, an o th er i n U n i vers i ty C o ll ege , L o ndon, a third in the Royal Infirmary at Edinburgh, and a fourth to b- presented to the family of the deceased; and that the residue of the money should go to pay for a gold medal to be awarded annually by the Council of University e College, London, to the best proficient in h surgery. T report, and a resolution in accor dance with it, were car ried slynan o i f mo t u hern , the Dukes of e a e n ti d nr. a , c c o o m n in ,is it t t i e n e g to o t f 'arry out the in tentionßettefort and Buecleuch, the Marquis of Anglesey, Lord Kiimaird, end Count D'Orsay, formed, after which thanks were carried for the chairman, and the busiueL-s terminated. Her Majesty has honoured the Orphan Working School, Iliversteck-hill, by presenting to its funds the sum of 250 guineas fur the purchase of a presentation to the institution during her Majesty's lifetime. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchesses of Gloucester and Cam bridge are alto among its governors. LONDON IlosriTAL.—Yesterday afternoon a quar terly general court of the governors of this charity was held in the board-room of the institution, Mr. J. Davis household ea he x: u i t ! e o a u , in the chair. The reports of the house committ ee , t h e minutes of the provious meetings, hag andthe be pditre of the hospital, .fi eu chod, t u ho secretory submitted she usug itety men t o f the numbers of patients, from which it appeared that the total number admitted to the wards cf . the hospital since last quarter was 980,0 f whom there have been diFcharged cured 448, much relieved 395, and 87 had died. The in patients now on the books of the hospital are 329, the cut-patients, 1,796. The report acknowledged with thanks the receipt of a legacy of 5001. stock in the Three per Cent. Consols, from the executors of the late Mre., Elizabeth Duncan, and one of 100/. in cash from the late Mr. C. Bell. Among the donations was one of 51.45. 4d. from the workmen of Messrs. Tubbut and Co., Limehouse. The receipt of this :mall donation was particularly grati fying to the feelings of the committee, as the whole of it had been clubbed together in sixpences and pence, and thus testified the gratitude with which their exertions were regarded, and the estimation in which they held the be• netits which had been conferred upon some of them through the means of this charity. 320 beds are kept in constant occupation at this hospital, 220 of which are re served entirely for cases of accidents admitted without recommendation, so that, in fact, more than two-thirds cf the cases are :admitted free. Some idea of the ur,eful ness of this institution may be gathered from the fact of upwards cf 59,149 cages of accidents having been re ceived and treated there during the last eight rears. The number of persons suffering from accidental injuries admitted as in-patients during the year 1849 amounted to 2,370, while the out-patients for the same perbal were 6,641. Of the it:-patients, 2,107 were discharged cured or relieved, 99 died, and 164 remained in the hospital on the Ist of January last. The accounts for 1849 are ex clusive of other eases (not being accidents), W hi ch amounted alone to 11,895, making far last year a total ( f 20,906 in and out patients. These reports were re ceived an adopted, and some usual routine business hav ing been gone through, the meeting separated, after • vote cf thanks to the chair. THE WALHALLA.—Madame Wharton's exhibition cf Tableaux Vivans has recently excited a good deal of interest amongst painters, sculptors, and connoiseura of art, and her attractive gallery is nightly attended by numerous and fashionable audiences. There is a clas sical purity about her poses, both in concepti on and detail, that is really refreshing to the man of taste, a hale the beauty of the costumes and magnitude of the pe destal, gives a finish and delicacy to the entertainment that renders any tendency to coarseness either of imagi tion or feeling utterly impossible. ACCIDENT TO THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH WIRE. —We understand that yesterday morning an accident occurred by which about fourteen miles of telegraphic wires were thrown down, and the communication to that extent interrupted. We believe the wires were not coiled, as formerly, round fastenings on every fifth post, but were stretched at considerable tension for a length of fourteen miles. When a fracture occurred, the extreme tension and consequent sudden contraction of the wire caused it to run out of the grooves, and some cf the liberated wire, lying upon the rails, was caught by the wheels of a train, and dragged away from the posts for the remainder of the distance —Manchester Guardian. The wretched woman, Elizabeth Bradford, in the county gaol on the charge of drowning her children, is somewhat recovered, but she is not in a state, either mentally or physically, to warrant her examination by the justices.— Western Luminary. POTATOES.—The enormous quantity of potatoes lately brought into London from the Continent has re duced the price from 90s. to 70s. per ton. As many as 5,000 tons have been imported within the last week, principally from Dunkirk, Dieppe, Ostend, and Antwerp. THE CASE OF ALLEGED INCENDIARISM AT EXETER.—On Wednesday last Mr. Samuel Foote, who is now confined in the City Prison, awaiting his trial, on the charge of setting his house on fire, attempted to commit suicide. He tied his silk neckerchief tightly round his neck, and, by fastening one end of it to the window frame of his eel), attempted to strangle himself. He was discovered when life was almost extinct, cut down, and by proper means restored. LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY.-4110 half-yearly me et'ng of the proprietors was held yesterday in the large room of the Exchange, Manchester. Henry Houldswortb, Esq., occupied the chair. The report, re commending a dividend of 3 per cent., was agreed to, after an amendment, fixing it at 2i per cent., had been negatived by a large majority. The amount of dividend actually earned was stated by the chairman to be two and six-tenths per annum. The meeting was proceeding to discuss the question of the appointment of directors when our express left. Two or three special meetings had to be subsequently held. REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO COMMIT Stmcmp,— Sarah Bott was on Wednesday charged before the police magistrate at Richmond with attempting to drown her self. It appeared from the evidence of Sergeant Povory, 3 V, that on Saturday night, about eleven o'clock, he found the prisoner in Petersham Meadows, some two miles from her home, standing by the side of a pool of water which had accumulated from the overflow of the Thames. She had no bonnet on, and was in a most ex hausted state, and appeared to have been recently im mersed in the water. On questioning her she admitted she had made three attempts to drown herself, and would have made a fourth and final attempt in the river had not the sergeant interfered. Her failure of success in the preceding initances would appear to have arisen from the shallowness of the water, being only two feet deep. A certificate was produced, signed by a medical man, stating that the unfortunate woman had become of unsound mind from an attack of the brain fever. The husband promising the Magistrate that if his wife were released he would take such care of her as to prevent a similar attempt, she was discharged. Upon her arrival at home, and a nurse having been procured, she was conveyed to bed, and the nurse having imprudently left her patient for a short time, the unfortunate creature in stantly took edvat tags ot her absence, and precipitated herself from the first-lloor window, by which act she sustained injuries which will most probably terminate fatall). Several of her ribs and collar-bone are fractured, and her spine is seriously injured. EXPERIMENTAL BannooNs.—The largest of the balloons dispatched from the Admiralty, on Friday last, carrying with it 2,500 slips, or messages, has been very successful. The first lot of slips were liberated over London at an elevatien between 3,000 and 4,000 feet, and some of the slips fell in Lower Thames-street, some in Bethnal•green Cemetery, others were found on the Surrey side of the water, and down the river side to near Greenwich, affording evidence that the first lot were scattered over an area of several miles. From the numerous slips ot paper returned to the Secretary of the Admiralty from different places, the balloon appears to have taken the direction of Woolwich, Gravesend, and Rochester, and then crossed fcr a short period into E,sez ' and again altered its co urse f or M a id stone , Cranbrook, and Dungeness, which it left in the direc tion of the French coast. In travelling to Dungeness, according to the time it was seen there, it bad dropped 1,200 of the slips, and 1,300 remained for further die. tribution. Some of the parties who have returned the messages cf the Admiralty have particularly requested to be informed whether "it is all right," or "if some person has not been playing a joke upon them." One lady sta'es that her daughter found the slip of paper in her garden, and she was confident it was not there the night before; but how it came she did not know. REFORM MEETING AT HADLFIGEL—A very spirited and well-attended meeting took place at the Town hall, Hadleigh, on Monday night; and that being a thorough agricultural neighbourhood, many parties looked with peculiar interest to its results. Mr. I. Everett, a landlord and tenant-farmer, took the chair, and the large room was well filled with respectable agriculturists and me chanics. Exactly a week before a protection society had been formed in the same town; but it would seem that many of the firmers begin to think that financial and Parliamentary reform is a step in the right direction, for Several who h,td joined the Tory society attended the reform gathering on Monday. The following resolution was proposed to Mr. Thomas Hawkine, of Milden, a tenant-farmer: That the principles of the National Parliamentary and Financial Reform Association meet the entire approval of this meeting, and that an associa tion be now formed, to be called the Hadleigh Parlia mentary Reform Association." The resolution met with f a a r u m n e a r n , mu o d u e s a e o n dhe excellent ar y s reception. t h eMrr. red u cti o n S u o . t ou o f t Matthews,tax ation, ation, as the only measure likely to affect the interests of the farmer. Mr. M'Enteer also addressed the meet irg, and after a vote of thanks to him and to the chair man, three cheers were given fur the Financial Reform Association, when the meeting separated. A number of names were enrolled on the books of the new society. DEEP SEA FISHINGS.—We are glad in being able to report favourably of the success of these fishings, which are at present prosecut g ed yiht b het y hltae o hir u rge r me e r nb e toto s ea i rt d at e r n gai sr t r eee fi a b s rt hoe dis tance rpg- men with something like e ner w s u o r r a e t w e s r p e w r e a e r e d e . d u in s g ed a , a co n in d m th en e from the shore. The weather during the week has been very favourable, and the boats have returned every evening with great cargoes, for which a ready sale is obtained at prices considerably advanced,in consequence of the speedy transit we now enjoy to populous markets. On Saturday evening one boat arrived with 66 score of fish, the sale of which realised et los., another boat oh. tained 71., and others various considerable sums. As e th ac e h ap c e re ee w la c t o io n u sis w ts ill of he p rofitable oughttostimulate nature other parties to take up the employment—the supply and the demand being alike inexhaustible.—Berwsch Adm.. s a ix pp m ar e e n ti t, th a e nd The Essex County Lunatic Asylum to be built nea r Brentwood will be shortly commenced. The site d to be unequalled, and the building promises is declared to be second to any in t h e kin g d o m. I t will be in the Tudor style, and the cost is estimated at 50,0001. Sea JOHN FRANKLIN.—A San Francisco paper, The Public Good, of Dec. 29, publishes a vague stste. meat to the effect that Sir John Franklin had been die covered " by an English expedition." THE STANFIELD 'TALL PROPERTY.-••• Sinc e t h e family of the late Mr. Jermy have left their residence whocontrived have at Stan fi eld-hall, it has r e mai ne d tenantless, the the Larder, estate, ptereeioiousalyu gate keeper being left in charge. On S a t ur d ay last, however, put tw forward o mer'nam c e l d ai j iu g s rlu3 t o ' and entrance into the hall, and retained possession until the police were sent for, but the intruders prudently with drew before the arrival of the authorities. DIVORCES IN AMERICA.—The Baltimore Corre spondent of the .New York Herald states that the Legis lative Houses of that city are overwhelmed with appli cations for divorces. "It has," says be, " become a business with members of the Legislature to get those applications through, for which they receive pretty heavy fe e•e Each member, when he goes to Annapolis, has a half-d( zen cases of this kind in Land, and a kind of log rolling system is adopted among them, by which they agree to vote for each other's cases, let them be based on ever so frivolous a cause." One of the members, a Mr. Causin, introduced a Bill, said to be " a burlesque Bill," for the purpose of enabling parties to be legally divorced, on simply declaring to each other their wishes n dham's hunting stud pr o d uce d t , ) that effvet. Mr. Campbell Wy excellent price.. the nice horse. acid 7800 . Six of the animal. were bunters, two carri age S cam and one a shooting NU. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 7, 1850