The Sun. — London, England, 1845-04-05 00:00:00

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The above reward will be paid for its restoration, on applying to Mr. De Bernardy, 21, Cork-street, Burlington-gardens. Payment of the Note stopped at the Bank. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed Bellini's celebrated Opera, entitled LA SON- N-4-MBULA. Amina, Madame A. Castellani. To conclude with an entirely new Ballet, by M. Perrot, entitled EOLINE ; ou, LA DRYADE. The Music by Signor Pugin. The Scenery by Mr. Marshall. Fruicipal Characters—Eoline (betrothe M. to Co uut Edgard), Mddle. L uc ile Grahn ; Rubezahl (le Gnome), Perrot ; Count Edgard, M. Toussaint; Prince of S ilesia (brother of Eoline), M. Gosselin. In the course of the Ballet the following Dances will be introduced : Waltze Selesienne, by the Coryphees of the Corps de Ballet. Pas de la Fiancee—Mdlle. Lucile Grahn and M. Toussaint. Pas de Cinq (composed by M. Gosselin)-3ldlles. Louise Weiss, Fer dinand, Demeliase, Cassan, and Moncelet. Mazourka D'Extase-Iledle. Lucile Gr thu and M. Perrot, Fourth Tableau. Grand Pas des Dryades by Mdlle. L. Grahn and the Ladles of the Corps de Ballet. Doors open at Seven ; the Opera to commence at Half-past Seven. applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box office, Opera Colonnade. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. It is respectfully announced that on FRIDAY NEXT, APRIL 11, will be presented a GRAND MUSICAL FESTIVAL, comprising the celebrated Work of FELICIEN DAVID, the SY3IPHONIE ODE ORIENTAL, entitled THE DESERT, with the original Melodic, Chorus, and Grand Orchestra ; to be preceded by admired Selections from the most classical composers. The Orchestra and Chorusses will include upwards of 200 Per formers, the whole under the direction of Sig. Costa. The programme will comprise selections from the works of Mozart, Weber, Mendlessohn, Gluck, David, Berlioz, and Beethoven. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Pit Tickets to be made at the Opera-ofilce, Colonnade, Haymarket. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public are respectililly informed, that there will be an Extra Night (not included In the Subscription), ON THURSDAY NEXT. APRIL 10, When will be performed Donizetti's Opera, DON PASQUALE. Norma, Madame Grisi ; Dr. Malatesta, Sig. Fornasari ; Ernesto, Sig. Mario ; and Don Pasquale, Sig. Lablache. After which, a New Divertissement, in which the celebrated Spa nish Dancer, Dona Manuelea Perea, known as La Nene, and the celebrated Bolero Dancer, Don Felix Garcia, will appear in various of the National Pas of Spain. To be followed by the Last Act of LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. To conclude with the New Ballet of EOLINE ; ou, LA Dryade. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. FIRST APPEARANCE THIS SEASON OF M. DUPREZ. ON MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 7, Will be performed GUILLAUME TELL. Arno'', M. Duprez ; Gesler, Mr. Weiss ; Rodolph, Mr. IL Horncastle ; William Tell, Mr. Stretton ; Walter Furst, Mr. Borrani ; Ruodi, Mr. Barker ; Lntern, Miss Poole ; Matilda, Miss Romer ; Martha, Miss Betts. After which will be repeated, a New Comic Ballet, entitled ROBER - r AND BERTRAND The Box-office is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six In the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Places, and Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. LESSEE, MR. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New and Original Comedy, entitled THE SHERIFF OF THE COUNTY. Principal Characters by Messrs. W. Farren, Strickland, Buckstone, Webster, Mrs. Glover, Mrs. W. Clifford, Mrs. Humby, Miss Julia Bennett, &c. After which, a New Grand Classical Extravagiviza, entitled THE GOLDEN FLEECE. Principal Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, J. Bland, Madame Vestris, and Miss P. Horton. To conclude with YOUNG ENGLAND. Major Martinet, Mr. Strickland ; Mr. John James Pooley, Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs. Pooley, Mrs. llnmby ; Mrs. Smiler, Mrs. Stanley THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New and Original Drama, entitled THE GREEN BUSHES ; or, A Hundred Years Ago. Cennor O'Kennedy, Mr. Selby ; George, Mr. Hudson : Wild Murtogh, Mr. 0. Smith ; Muster Grinnidge, Mr. Wright; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford; Geraldine, Mrs. Yates ; Nelly O'Neill. Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Miami, Madame Celeste. After which, will be repeated a New Grand Empirical Exposition, called ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. Principal Characters by Messrs, Paul Bedford, Wright, John Saunders Selby; Miss Woolgar, Miss Brooks, and Miss E. Chaplin. To conclude with MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL Mr. Snugsby, Mr. Lambert ; Lieutenant O'Scupper, R.N., Mr. Paul Bedford; Mr. Felix Fluffy, Mr. Wright ; Emily, Miss Fortescue. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, Will be performeZ Shakspeare's comedy of MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. Benedick, Mr. Walla& ; Beatrice, Miss Cushman. After which, Mr. HENRY RUSSELL will slug his popular com positions, " The Maniac," and " The Ship on Fire," Mr. SANDS and his INFANT BROTHER, MAURICE, will appear in their Plea lug and Wonderful Entertainment, DE SALON, FREAKS OF FANCY. To conclude with a New Grand Oriental Melo-dramatic Burlesque Extravaganza, in Two Acts, called TIMOUR THE CREAM OF ALL THE TARTARS. Thnour, Mr. Oxberry ; Zorilda, Miss E. Stanley. stage Manager, Mr. IL I. Wallack ; Stage Director, Mr. F.mden ; Machinist, Mr. Edmund Bradwell. superbiy decorated, and with extensive alterations! forming one of the most Elegant and Comfortable Theatres in the Metropolis ! THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. The Last Niht of " _Marti;: Chuzzlewit." THIS EVENING Will be performed MARTIN CHUZZBEWIT. Old Martin Chuzziewit, 3lr. R. Younge ; Mr. Pecsniff, Mr. Frank Matthews ; Mrs. Satre) , Gamp, Mr. Keeley ; Bailey, Mrs. Keeley. After which, a New Farce, entitled LOWTHER ARCADE. Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Meadows, F. Matthews ; Miss Dawson, and Miss Grove. To concht,le with a Burlesque of English History, Pourtraying Olden Ideas and Modern Notions—lnvested with all the Pomp and Display of Scene—Painters engaged exessly—Costumes according to Fancy—Mechanism, Ballet, Music, a pr nd Novel Stage Arrange— to be called, WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT Dick Whittington, Mrs. Keeley ; Muley Moloch, the Lien Tamer of the Dessert, Mr. Keeley ; the Cat, Mr. Collier, supported by Messrs. F. Matthews, and Wigan ; Miss Fairbrother, and Miss Grove. The Box-office is open daily, under the direction of Mr. Grogan from Ten till Four. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. (Under the Direction of Miss Davenport.) THIS EVENING Wilt be repeati.d THE GAME COCK OF THE WILDERNESS. Colonel Mereville, Mr. li. Mellon; Roderick, Mr. Dareie ; Samson, Mr. Marble Mabel, Mrs. Vritlith. After which, THE SEVEN CHAMPIONS OF CHRISTENDOM. To be followed by THE SECRET. To conclude with THE PLAGUE OF PLYMOUTH. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITIII,ATRE. FROPAIETOR, 31n. W. BATTY. Triumphant Success of the New Spectacle. TIIIS EVENING. The Perforwruices will commence with a Grand Military Equestrian Dramp., entitled TIIE MAID OF SARAGOSFA. Scenes in the atcle. introducing M. and 3Llme. Damos, the cele brated French Equestrians. To conclude with TIIE SLEEFItiCI DANIDOE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Miss Heron's performance creates roars of laughter—The Two New Pieces, real Surrey hits. TH IS EVE Will be repeated a New Drama, NlNG called MARGARET CATCH POLE. Supported by Messrs. H. Hughes, Hicks, Fredericks, R. Bonner, S. Cowell, Heslop, Lewis, Mrs. Daly, Mrs. Lewis, and MrS. It, Honker. After which, TIIE IRISH TUTOR, in which the Infant Power, Nis sHeron, will appear. To conclude with THE MOOR. MAIDEN, In which Messrs. Hicks, Neville, Fredericks, Lewis, Mrs. Hughes Miss Martin, and Mrs. H. - Vining will perform. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box office, from Eleven to tour. ROYAL VICTORIA THE THIS EVENING Will be repeated MARGARET CATCIIPOLE, The Female Horse stealer. Onna and Pechuana (Red Chieftains), Messrs. Cony and Blanchard ; Margaret Catchpole, Miss N:ltteent. - - After which, THE APPOINTED SPOT. To conclude, with THE BLOODHOUND ; or, the Orphan's Grave. In which _Messrs. Cony and Blanchard, and their celebrated Dog klector, will perform. ATTEMPTED SELF.-DESTRUCTION.—Between seven and eight o'clock this morning a journeyman tailor, named Jewis, nearly eighty years of age, in the employ of Mr. Young, a master tailor, residing in York-street, Queen square, attempted to put a period to his existence by shoot ing himself. It appears that the unfortunate man has been living, 11,r some length of time, in the house of Mr. Dodd, a farrier, in Craven-yard, Drury-lane, and has appeared much dejected in his manner. The inmates, having heard a report of a pistol, went into his room, where they found that he had tried to destroy himself. He was bleeding from the effects of a wound in the right side. He said that he had three bullets in his body. Assistance was immediately rendered, and he was conveyed to the King's College Hospital, where every x t e-essary medical aid was administered; but it is feared that from the nature of the injuries he has received that he cannot long survive. No reason can be assigned fcr so rash an act. We understand that a clerk of some standing and l e ngth of service at the Custom-house has been suspended from duty by the Commissioners for some alleged miscon duct. We forbear to mention the name of the party, as his case is under the consideration of the Board, and the exact cause of his suspension is not known with any degree of cer t a inty, though it is said to be in conse q uence of receiving pecuniary remuneration from certain person s connected wit t h e shipping trade of the pert, condition of enabling them to clear their vessel outwards, aster the legal hour of business has terminated, to the injury, of course, of other merchants unconnected with the affair. It is also reported that the in dulgence,being refused in one particular instance was the im mediate cause of the system being reported to the authori ties, and the affair thus brought to light. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING,' APRIL 5, 1845. THE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, APRIL 5. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 33 ; Highest, 62; Noon, 48. BAROMETER, 30.1 I.—WIND, E. NOTE.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the Thermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All ,he other observations are made at noon. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 43 minutes after 0 I Evening • • 6 minutes after 1. 1 , , , ,',,?A'. , " i v 7 .0 l. -- - ':- ° 4 T IPFiaftift, ,‘ . 1;.,.,:. _iir-- 4T : ',,,,,a› ;;;;,;:f;,..'llf4iii-V A .......,,,,,, , ItNE SECOND EDITION. :-c'' tofieniug :-';1111t4 LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 1845. The House of Lords met at Five o'clock. Lord BROUGHAM presented two petitions from Tao- Nas LUKIN and ANN WARD, who had been each com- witted to prison for a month, with hard labour, by the " insane magistrates of Leicester," as the Noble and Learned Lord denominated them, for non-payment of the costs of a summons which had been issued against hem for non-payment of poor-rates. He had understood that these magistrates had committed these poor per sons without a hearing. It was true Sir JAMES GRAHAM had ordered their liberation ; but he would put it to his Noble and Learned Friend on the woolsack whether it was fit that such magistrates should be longer employed in the administration of justice. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that if he should find that the conduct of the magistrates had been such as had been represented, he should remove them from the Commission of the Peace. In answer to the Duke of RICHMOND, The Noble and Learned Lord also stated that the parties aggrieved had a remedy against the magistrates IV action. The Earl of CLARENDON then proceeded to draw the attention of their Lordships to the Oregon question, and concluded by saying, that he considered it was the dnty of Government to maintain their rights westward of the Rocky Mountains ; and if the question could not be amicably settled, he trusted the Government would take such steps as might be thought necessary for vindicating the national honour of the country. Lord ABERDEEN, if he followed his own inclination, would at once lay all the papers relating to this matter on their Lordship's table, and he was sure they would give satisfaction to their Lordships and the country. But the time, he thought, had not yet arrived for adopting that course. He thought the late PRESIDENT had gone somewhat too far when he spoke so strongly of the amicable spirit in which these negotiations had been conducted. The inaugnral address of the new PRESIDENT had no official authority, and as the twelve months' notice re quired for annulling the existing treaty could not be given before December, there was no immediate neces. sity for the production of any papers. The Noble Lord then proceeded to vindicate himself from the charges of pusillanimity and neglect which had been brought against him. He was fully aware of the blessings of peace, and believed war to be the greatest crime and the greatest folly that a country could commit. Fortu nately for this country we need not be so very sensitive in the point of honour, as some people appeared to be, but with regard to Oregon he believed that we had rights which were clear and indisputable. The Government were quite ready to make every concession which would avoid the necessity of any extreme course, but if they were compelled to take it, they were content to rest upoi, these rights, and with the blessing of God and the as sistance of their Lordships he believed they were fully prepared and determined to maintain them. The Earl of RIPON then moved the third reading of the Income-tax Bill, and went into a long financial state ment, with little more than a repetition of the state ments already made in the other House by Sir R. PEEL in justification of the measure. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE objected to the impo sition of an income-tax as a permanent impost. Lord ASHBURTON regretted that so little attention was paid to the state of the debt of the country. It was the duty of every Government to do all they could to relieve the country from that heavy load. He disliked the income-tax, because it was a tax upon capital, and any tax upon capital was a check upon improvement. Lord STANLEY thought that his Noble Friend (Lord ASHBURTON) had scarcely done justice to the efforts which had been made by the present Government for the reduction of the debt. Lord MONTEAGLE objected to the financial policy of the Government, more especially as regarded the duties on corn, timber, and sugar. The Duke of RICHMOND did not object to the income tax so much as to the manner in which the surplus reve nue derived from it was applied. That surplus should have been applied in effecting reductions from which the agri cultural interests would derive some benefit. The Noble Duke complained much of the treatment which the ag ricultural interest had received from Sir R. PEEL, and concluded by moving an amendment to the motion. The House was' also addressed by the Marquis of NORMANBY and the Earl of RADNOR, after which the amendment was put and negatived, and their Lord ships adjourned. The House of Commons met at Four o'clock. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE gave notice of a motion for Tues day, on the subject of the Railway Department of the Board of Trade. In reply to Sir C. NAPIER, Sir J. GRAHAM said that he did not intend to persevere in the accusation which he had made against Mr. MAZZINI, on the subject of the assassination at RODEZ, and had, therefore, withdrawn it. Sir R. PEEL fixed Friday next for the second reading of the Maynooth Bill. Lord J. RUSSELL then entered into an explanation relative to his statement on a former night, on the sub ject of the instructions he had sent out to Lord SYDEN mim relating to the Madawaska settlement, and said that it was evident that Lord ASHBURTON had, in animadverting upon his observations, fallen into a mistake which he (Lord JoHN RUSSELL) could hardly understand, for if these instructions had related to diplomatic negotiations, they would have proceeded from the Foreign, and not from the Colonial Secretary. He asked the Government if they would produce copies of the correspondence between Lord SYDENHAM and himself on the subject. After a few words from Mr. HOPE and Mr. HUME, the latter of whom urged the production of all dispatches on the subject, Sir R. PEEL consented to produce such documents as could be produced without detriment to the public ser vice, although he considered their production unneces sary, as the negotiations on the subject had terminated. Lord PALMERSTON denied the right of Lord Asn- BURTON to quote from any dispatches which had not been laid before Parliament, unless Government had given permission to do so, and, if permission had been granted, it was contrary to Parliamentary rule not to lay the documents before the House. The question in volved an accusation against a Member of Parliament having made erroneous statements, and, therefore, was of importance. Sir R. PEEL replied that, if it were necessary, any dispatches which had been produced before the other House might be laid on the table. In answer to Mr. M. GIBSON, Sir R. PEEL stated that the Government made a proposal to the Government of Brazil, for continuing to British subjects in that country the privileges which they had enjoyed under the late commercial treaty of disposing of their property by will, and of enabling the British Consul to administer to the effects of British subjects dying in that country. Lord J. RUSSELL then rose to draw the attention of the House to the state of the Oregon question. If it had been left to be settled in the usual manner between the Executive Government of this country and that of the United Stat es h e s h ou ld h ave w aited in silence until the cl ose of the proceedings, but the new P RES IDENT of the United St ates had adopt e d a c ourse entirely new — a course wh ich, if not met by something decisive on the the two d ordinary i ntercourse Governments which hi :fh t pa d rt . of this country, thr ea t ene d to overt h row a ll the exist betwe en and lea the ve the decision of questions of great national importance to Executive be decided, on the one hand by popular addresses from t he Government to the people ; and on the other, by a course which would put an end to all peace andiamty The present course pursued by the Gov ernment of the. United States tended entirely to its own territorial aggrandisement, and was a direct contradiction of the declarations made by Mr. WEBSTER. The Noble Lord then went into a lengthened detail of the nature of the rival claims to the Oregon territory, provi ng that neither by treaty nor by priority of discovery had the United States any right to the possession of it. He might be told that the Oregon territory claimed by the United States was not of much value, and that it did not matter much who possessed it. " Yes, Sir," (said the Noble Lord), " but I say it does matter. A large territory cannot be a matter of indifference, particularly where our title is better and juster, nor should of the keepers. A fierce affray ensued in which either Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), 20f. ; Paris and Lille side sustained serious injuries. The Learned Judge, (Blunt), 501. ; Paris and Lyons (Blunt), 50f. ; Ditto both in the course of the examination of witnesses, and in (Calon), sf. 71. 50c. ; Ditto Ganneron), 17f. 50c. 201.; his suromirg up, directed their special atention to some Paris and Strasburg (Ganneron), 171. 50c. 201. ; Paris remarkable and important facts which clearly inferred and St. Quentin, 10f. ; Bordeaux and Cette (Esp-lette), (his Lordship observed) that the first" blow, or that 35f, of. provocation, out of which all the ensuig violence must be considered to have flowed—had beet given by one of the party of the keepers. not of the pouters." His Lord ship intimated, in significant and very ittelligible terms, that if the jury saw this point in the same light with himself, they would, of course, by theirverdict, give the prisoners the full benefit of so importatt a consideration. What did the jury do? Tney threw oveboard altogether the suggestion which the Learned Jelge had thought it his duty so emphatically to present :o them, they re turned a dry and unqualified verdict cf "Guilty ;" and the Learned Judge, having no option under this vet diet, upon all the couets of the indictment they had to try, sentenced the prisoners to about the highest penalty which could be awarded against them ender the existing law—namely, transportation for fifteen years I Now the Game-laws, being clearly in the nature not of crimes against the moral or Divine law, bit offences against mere municipal and conventional laws of artificial pro perty, are precisely those illegal offerces to which the accused are clearly entitled to plead—where they are in a condition to do so—the prior and iigher law of our common nature in their defence--vii., the law of self preservation. The wise and benevolent Judge saw all the force of the fact incidentally proved that the keepers committed the first violence. The jtry either could not or would not recognise this all important fact in their favour. Thanks to their verdict, the prisoners received the same full measure of punishment as if their case had been one of unmitigated atrocity. Did we need one ad ditional argument to those we have so often urged against these iniquitous and unequal laws, we should find it in this Chester poaching case. We now perceive that the Game-laws, not only brutalise their victims by the des peration they excite, and unhumanise your preservers of game by the premium they extend to the gratification of tyrannic and irritable temperaments, but stultify and obfuscate the rural solons who are called upon to admi nister them, whether as magistrates or jurors. When will this moral and social nuisance be swept from the land by the long delayed besum of public indignation ? THE LATE MURDER IN ST. GILES'S. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) EX AMINATION OF THE SUPPOSED MURDERER. The exterior of the Police-court in Bow-street presented an exciting appearance this morning, for a crowd exceeding at least two thousand persons had assembled before ten o'clock, for the purpose of seeing the prisoner conveyed from the station-house opposite. Their curiosity was, how ever, to remain unsatisfied, for with a wise foresight the au thorities had caused him to be taken into the Court as early as half-past eight o'clock. The prisoner, 's ho was kept till the opening of the Court in an adjoining room, is a thin young man, of middle height, perhaps five feet eight inches, with an appearance of heaviness in his features which seems to belie the existence of strong passions, such as the murderer of the unfortunate female may be supposed to have possessed. His complexion is very sallow, his nose unusually large, and the lower part of the face far from pleasing. lie was dressed in a fustian jacket and corduroy trousers, and wore a silk neckerchief. He seemed somewhat agitated while waiting in the ante-room, but evidently laboured to conceal it. His father is stated to be a respectable man, a working silversmith in Belton-street, now Endell-street, Long-acre. The accounts from Madrid are to the 28th ult. The journals are chiefly occupied with particulars of the late conspiracy, which, however, are contradictory. The number arrested is said to be much greater than was at first stated, and according to the Herald°, a Government journal, the object of the parties was to bring back ESPARTERO, and among persons of note implicated are Senors DELGADO, PINTADO, HUERTOS, ARENAS, and TORO. Three per Cents., for cash 321; for account, 34. Five per Cents., for account, 254. The prisoner was for some time a porter in Covent-garden Market, and has been employed latterly as a plumber's la bourer, in High-street, St. Giles's, where he is well known to many persons. Suspicion was aroused, we understand, by his absenting himself from his work, and that, conjoined with certain information received by Superintendent Pearce of the F division, led to his arrest on the preceding night. At half-past ten the magistrate, Mr. Jardine, having taken his seat upon the bench, proceeded to dispose of the night charges. At half-past eleven the prisoner was brought into Court, and placed in the dock. He WWI asked if his name was Joseph Connor, and he an swered in the affirmative. The first witness called was Bridget Honan, better known as " Irish Biddy." I know the prisoner, and saw him at half-past nine o'clock on Monday night last. I have been in the habit of seeing him once a week, and I saw him on the Saturday night before that in George-street. I asked him how he was, and he said, " I'm a good deal better." He said he did not wish his father or any of his friends to know that there was anything the matter with him. Mr. JARDINE—WeII, there is nothing particular in that. Go on, and tell when you saw him again. Witness—l saw him again on Monday night, at half-put nine, and he said he had been seeing the old b—, and blowing her up, and then he pointed out the woman that was after wards murdered. I have not seen her since, but she was Mrs. Tape. He then said " She will know me in these clothes ; I'll go home and take off my hat and jacket, and put on my cap and coat." He then left. He said he would serve her out for giving Lim an infectious disease. He came back again in ten minutes to the same piece, and said, putting his face close to me, " Do you think that she would know me now ?" I said, certainly she will know you, for you have been speak to her before. He said, " I've got someth ng at home that will pepper her." A person was coming by that I knew, and I went away. I was away about three-quarters of an hour, and came back again, when I saw a crowd in George-street. Mr. JARDLNE—Was he there ? Witness—No, he was not there. The Paris journals announce painful intelligence from Switzerland. Contrary to general expectation the volunteers against Lucerne have mustered in con siderable force in several cantons, in opposition to the Executive, and made every preparation to join a body of about 4,000 men from Argau, consisting of volunteers and refugees, who left that canton on the Ist inst. to invade Lucerne. Civil war, in fact, has commenced, and unless the Jesuits and the Government of Lucerne surrender at discretion, the result cannot fail to be of a most serious character. All the neighbouring powers are fully determined to interfere by armed force, ant crush the civil war. The following is the latest particu lars furnished by the Journal des Debats of the 3d inst.:—" We have received intelligence that on the Ist inst. the free corps of Argau, reinforced by volunteers from the Radical cantons, and the refugees from Lucerne, amounting together to four thousend men, had entered the canton of Lucerne. They had advanced beyond Surzee, a small toe n five leagues from Lucerne, near Lake Sempacher, and probably had gained possession of the city itself, which had only 2,000 men to defend it. A t B al e , all the men from 18 to 25 years of age had entered the Burgher Guard, for the maintenance of order and the protection of the city ; but at Berne, the proclamation against the free corps, instead of arresting the movement, had only excited the people the more. The agitation began to extend to all parts of the canton. At Nidau two cannon had been seized. In the canton of Soleure the same effervescence prevailed. According to the ac counts we had previously received, Lucerne was but in sufficiently prepared to resist invasion ; but it was ex pected that the smaller cantons of Schwytz, Uri, and Unterwalden would come to her aid, and thus render the success of the Radicals at least doubtful. A letter of the 30th ult. from Argau says :---‘ The Government of Lu cerne, instead of endeavouring to conciliate parties in its cantor, has redoubled its prosecutions. Fresh warrants of arrest are daily issued, and consequently we have daily arriving in this canton hundreds of fugitives, almost all armed. Two days ago the number of these fugitives amounted to nearly 2,000, of whom 1,500 at least are armed, and a great many have uniforms. The news they bring can only increase the irritation of the neigh bouring cantons, which are overburdened already with emigrants. The different governments have taken all the measures dictated by the conclusum of the Diet ; but they already find themselves inundated, and the Council of State of Argau would have been overthrown had it ventured upon energetic measures; for these could have ended in nothing, since the soldiery would have re • fused to act. In this state of things it convoked the Grand Council, which has this day sent to the Vorort a request that the Diet may be immediately convoked. This convocation, it is feared, will come too late. As soon as the news of the Government having put impedi ments in the way of the projects of the Lucerne refugees was spread abroad, free corps were at once formed at every point, and set out on the march. Even the more distant cantons have taken part in the movement. To-day nearly fifty men have arrived from Schaffhausen, in post or private carriages ; there are some also from St. Gall, the Grisons, and Glaris ; others are coming from Zurich and Berne ; Bille country is corning en masse; and in Argau and Soleure there is not a village that does not send out at least ten fighting men. This evening ail the free corps will be united at Zefingue and its environs. They will, no doubt , commence their o p eration s in the will, a h l e ler cantoes should come forward will meet with an y res i stance, night, and to•ni orrow morning, or at l e ast by m id-d ay , y in all probability , be at the g ates of L ucerne. I , i u s n l n e not expectedindeed, theth astmt In fact, they cannot sustain the asseult ; but still blood will be shed. If, on the contrary, the smAll eantorie do not come to the assistance of the Government or Lucerne, it is to be presumed that all will be brought to an end on Wednesday.' " The Constituronnel also gives important information to the effect that a number of officers and soldiers, called under arms by the Government of Lucerne, had refused to obey the call, and some who had j.tined had deserted to the free c orps. The majority of the initab.tants were greatly ieceesed against the Executive. Since the previous account was in type, we regret to state that intelligence of a still more distressing nature has been received from Paris by express. The following appears in a second edition of the Morning Herald:— - - " BATTLE ITT SWITZERLAND.--GREAT LOSS OF LIFE. PARIS, FRIDAY. " The Debats published th's morning the following most serious intelligence:— * From the accounts we have received, which are somewhat confused, we collect that the free corps pre sented themselves before Lucerne upon the morning of the Ist, and were received by a fire of musketry, and two attempts to enter the town were repulsed. It is added that the besiegers, believing in a capitulation, retired to the Faubourgs, where they were received by a fire of grape-shot so terrible, that from 800 to 1,000 were killed. Notwithstanding this terrible loss, the free corps mastered the town. On hearing of this loss, the Radicals of the other cantons put themselves in movement against Lucerne. Those of Bale Campagne left on the Ist. On Bale Ville there was the greatest alarm, and at Bale several incendiary attempts were made. On the other hand, the Catholic party of Argovia had risen to go to the aid of Lucerne, and the tocsin sounded t hrou ghout the canton. The Vorort had convoked 17 battalions and Berne 7; but it is not likely they can put down a struggle began in a manner so bloody.'" The domestic intelligence in the Paris papers is of little interest. The Opposition journals, with the excep tion of the Constttiaionnel, have articles on the discus sions in the Committees on the grant for fulling the fortifications of Paris, but we find no new arguments, though much violence, against the measure. M. Du LAMARTINE said the Chamber of Deputies must cease to exist the moment they had to deliberate under two thousand pieces of cannon. M. ARAGO and M. PARROT could not say much, for the latter had voted in favour of the fortification s , and also the former under certain re strictions. General PanwaNs, for the consolation, or rather in ridicule of the Parisians, assured them bat the two thousand guns with which they were to be presented, would not be more troublesome than the guns of Lille, Strasburg, and Metz were to the inhabitants of those towns. The Three per Cents, closed on the Paris Bourse on Thursday at 85f. 80c.; the Five per Cents. at 117 f. 80c ; Orleans shares, 1,303 f. 75c.; Rouen, 1,162 f. 50e,. ; Havre, 9721. 50c.; Avignon, 1,130 f.; Basle, 341 f. 25e.; Belgian Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 62f. 50c. ; Spanish Actives, 40i ; Ditty Three per Cents., 41; ; Ditto Passives, 7i. Mr. JARDINE—It was in reference to this disease then that you asked in the first place how he was ? Witness—Yes, sir. Mr. JARDINE—Did he tell you his object in peppering this woman, as you cr 11 it? Witness—He said it was because she had given him an infectious disease. Mr. JARDINE—Did he tell you before this Saturday that she had given him this disease ? Witness—Yes, sir. Mr. Burnaby— Did you know that the prisoner was at the hospital ? Witness—Yes, he told me so himself. Mr. Burnaby—Who did he say had given it to him ? Witness—Mrs. Tape. He said he would serve her out for giving him an infectious disease. Prisoner to the witness—l wish you would speak out, I can't hear what you were saying. Witness's examination continued—l was away about three quarters of an hour, and when I came back I saw a crowd about No. 11, in George-street. He was not there. I heard that a woman had been murdered in the house. The prisoner then questioned the witness—Did you say that I had something at home to pepper her with ? Wit" ness—Yes, you said so. Prisoner—lt is quite false. I never said so. He had no other question to ask. Elizabeth Hall examined—l saw the prisoner on Monday, evening in George-street and he asked how I was. I asked him hew he was ? II said, " Very queer. I have got the -- from that old b— that walks in George-street and Charlotte-street." I forgot to say that I saw him speaking some time before that to the woman herself in Charlotte street. I heard her say, "I didn't give it to you ;" but what it was about I don't know. Witness, in answer to Mr. JARDINE—I know the prisoner, and have seen him before. The first time I saw him on the Monday night was at quarter past nine. That was close to the chapel in Charlotte-street. I did not speak to him then, and he went up and spoke to Mrs. Tape, the woman who was murdered. He spoke to her but a very short time. He was speaking angrily, and I heard her say, "I didn't." He had a hat on him then. I saw him again in about a quarter of an hour, at the corner of Vine-street. He then said to me, " Well, old girl, how are you ?" I said, " Very well, I thank you, how are you ?" He replied, " Rather queer ; the old woman that walks in Charlotte-street has given me the —." I understood that he meant by the old woman, Mrs. Tape. He also said, " I've been home to put my cap on. I had a hat on when you first saw me." I then asked him for half a pint of beer, and he put twopence into my hand. Then we sepa rated, and afterwards, in ten minutes, I met him at the corner of the new street (New Oxford street), near the chapel. He had on a dark velveteen coat at the time and a cap. I saw no more of him. It might be half an hour after he went away that I heard Mrs. Tape was murdered. He did not say at any part of the evening why he changed his dress. I saw the people round the door of No. 11, George street, and I was told a woman was murdered. The prisoner did not question the witness. He said, "It is quite correct what she says." Mary Palmer sworn—l work for Mrs. Hall, No. 11, George street. On Monday night last, about a quarter to eleven o'clock, a man came to the door with a woman, and they asked for a threepenny room. I gave the woman a candle in the passage. The man was dressed in a velveteen coat, and he had a cap on. The woman I think asked for the room. I know that they called the woman by the name of Mrs. Tape. Ido not know what her right name is. They went into the middle room from the passage. I sat down on the stairs, and in about five minutes I heard the cry of " murder" from the room. The woman it was who cried out " murder." I got up and knocked at the door but I got no answer. I knocked a second time and still rece.vt.d no answer. Then I turned my back to the door and forced it open. On entering I saw the woman sitting on the bedstead, and the man was standing over her with his right arm up as if in the act of striking her. I said, " For God's sake don't beat the woman." With that he turned round and ran out of the room. I caught him by the pocket, but he loosed my hand, and pushed me over to the fire-place. He swung me round the body. The place where he caught me and my shawl was all bloody, so that his hands must have been all over blood. Before I could get down to the door to call Mrs. Hall, the woman got up from the bed, and came up close to the fire-place where I was. I saw her smothered with blood, all covered with it, and it was flowing from her. She never spoke, and when she came to the fireplace she gave a bit of a stagger, and fell against the fire •place. I ran out into the passage first, and the man was then running out of the door. I called to Mrs. Hall, "for God's sake stop that man; I think he has committed mur der." She got hold of him, but she is a little person, and he forced himself from her and got away. I went back into the room, and she was lying in the same place where she fell. I knew her to be Mrs. Tape. I think she was dead then. I saw the knife sticking in the back of her neck. It was a large carving knife. Several persons came into the room soon after the man left. They were all women lodgers. Mrs. Hall was there also. At that time, and before the police came, I saw the knife. I think she was dead. I went out afterwards and called a police man. I did not take much notice of the man. Mr. Barnaby (to prisoner)—Put on your cap. The pri soner did so. Mr. JARDINE—Now look at the prisoner —is he the man? Witness—The prisoner is like him, but I am not sure that he is the man. Mr. JARDINE (to prisoner)—Do you wish to ask any question of this witness ? Prisoner—l know nothing about it. Mary Hall sworn—My husband keeps the house No. 11, George-street, and I live there. On the Monday night, about eleven o'clock, I was in the parlour, and heard Mrs. Palmer call out Mistress, mistress, there's murder." I ran to her assistance, and the man rushed by me in the passage, and pushed me on one side. I got hold of his coat, and said, "For God's sake, what have you been doing of ?" He made me no answer, but be ran out of the front door into the street. I ran to Mrs. Palmer's assistance in the middle room. 1 saw the poor woman lying by the fire-place, with the knife sticking in the back of her neck. I did not examine her, I was so frightened. There was a great deal of blood about, and she was covered with it. I then sent Mrs. Palmer for the police, and they came immediately. I have seen the woman before. She lodged with me six month ago, and she was always called by the name of Tape. When the man brushed past me I had no light. The coat felt like velveteen. I could not see the man's face. The prisoner declined to ask any questions, and, as before, he said, " I don't know anything about it, Sir." John Allen, 159 E—l was on the evening of Monday last on duty at the station in George-street. I was at the en trance to the police-station, just three doors below No. 11. At a quarter to eleven Palmer came to me and said that a woman was struck in No. 11, and in company with another constable I went there. I found some women standing out side the door, and on entering the room I saw the woman lying on her against the fire-place. I saw the knife in it be yielded under such circumstances to what might be call the blustering announcement on the part of the PRESIDENT of the United States." He should not have interfered if the matter had been left to diplomatic ar rangement between Lord ABERDEEN and Mr. BUCHANAN, but he felt that a Minister, from his position, could not well introduce the matter ; and so he thought it right to tell the House and the people of this country what were their rights. With this statement he would leave the matter in the hands of the Govern ment of the country, and he would not express the smallest doubt that in all their proceedings they would duly consult the interests of the country and the honour of the Crown. The Noble Lord sat down amidst loud cheering from all parts of the House. • Sir R. PEEL was not surprised at, nor did he regret the course the Noble Lord had adopted, and he did not think the Noble Lord responsible for any consequences that might follow from it. As a Minister he must ne cessarily speak with reserve, but he felt it to be his duty on the part of her Majesty's Government to state, in language most temperate, but at the same time. most determined, that they considered their rights, in respect to the territory of Oregon, were clear and unquestionable; that they trusted still to effect an amicable adjustment of their claims, but if, having exhausted every effort to effect that, their rights were invaded, that they were resolved and prepared to maintain them. This announcement on the part of the Right Hon. Baronet was received with the loudest cheering from all prrts of the House. The House was then briefly addressed by Lord PAL MERSTON, after which the subject dropped. On the motion that the order of the day for the House resolving itself into a Committee of Supply be read, Mr. WARLEY moved for a copy of the warrant of the Secretary of State authorising the opening of Mr. T. DuNcossna's letters. The motion was opposed by Sir J. GRAHAM, and after a short discussion the House divided, and the motion was negatived by a majority of 51. After some observations by Mr. WILLIAMS and Mr. HuME upon the expense incurred in maintaining the Horse and Foot Guards, The House resolved itself into a Committee of Supply, and the Army Estimates were proposed by Mr. S HERBERT. Several votes were objected to and discussed, but ulti mately, the whole were agreed to, and the other orders of the day having been disposed of, the House adjourned at a quarter to One. The House of Commons has at last spoken out abou' the question of the Oregon territory, and with an unanimity which can leave no doubt that all parties are resolved, at every hazard, to maintain our indisputable rights. These rights were admitted on all hands, and the extravagant claims of the American Presi dent, made in his first inaugural address, and made too in such insolent language, met with universal reprobation. Lord JOHN RUSSELL showed, that in whatever point of view the question was looked at, our right to the greater portion of the Oregon, including the Columbia River, was unquestionable. Ii it rested on ancient discovery, England had a claim far superior to that of the United States; if on treaty, the United States had no claim whatever; and if on modern discovery, the discovery of the Columbia, made by regular officers of the British navy, and the subse quent settlement of the adjoining country by British settlers, gave England a title which could not possibly be displaced. Sir ROBERT PEEL was no less impressed with the fact, and (a rare feature in the speech of a Prime Minister) spoke his sentiments as openly and as firmly as the leader of the Opposition. I feel it my imperative duty," said the Prime Minister of England, "on the part of her MAJESTY'S Government, to state in language the most temperate, but at the same time most decided, that we consider we have rights respecting this territory of Oregon which are clear and irresistible. We trust still to arrive at an amicable adjustment—we desire to effect an amicable adjustment of cur claim ; but, having ex ❑austed every effort to effect that settlement, if our rights shall be invaded, we are resolved—and we are prepared—to maintain them." This spirited announce ment was responded to by loud cheers from all parts of the House. The language of Lord ABER DEEN in the other House was equally explicit and determined, and when he asserted our rights, with the unanimous resolution of the Government to maintain them at all risks, the Peers cheered with as much fervour as the more excitable Commons. The question is now brought to a fair issue. The Ameri cans make claims incompatible with British rights: ne gotiations may be still going on, fur since the accession of Mr. POLE, our Government have received no intelli gence on the subject, but if they have been renewed, and unfortunately should turn out u muocoegful, Crer.t Britain has only one alternative. We have submitted too long to the vain boastings and warlike threats of American senators ; we have even scarcely adverted to the hos tile pretensions of the late President, and treated these, and the wild and rabid effusions of the statesmen from the " Far West " with equal ceremony; but in that respect England has only shown her moderation and her power, and her enemies in any part of the globe will find that her " frightul silence " has not lost any of its terrors. But there is another Power besides this country that has affairs of import ance to settle with the Americans. The occupation of Texas is a flagrant breach of good faith. It is repro• bated by all civilised States ; and Mexico, weak and disorganised, will not fight her battles alone. Though she has neither fleet nor army that could make any great resistance, she can furnish letters of marque to the ships of other nations, and neither brave hearts nor willing hands will be wanting to curb a power dangerous to every peaceable and well-governed State. We have no wish to enter into the quarrel; we would avoid it, but only with honour. " Our honour," said Lord ABER DEEN, is a substantial property, which we shall never neglect, and fearlessly leave the judgment to posterity." Even Mr. HumE, the watchful, the trustworthy, and prudent guardian of the public purse —an office which he has now filled for little short of a quarter of a century—last night cast economy to the winds, and with a patriotic spirit, withdrew his motion for the reduction of the army. The crisis is one of fearful importance, but it is not of our seeking, and confident of the justice of our claims, and the integrity of our purpose, we are prepared to meet it. It is not the least of the niany grave cbjections which the experience of their operation every day establishes against the Game-laws, that the taint of their original institution affects their administration, even at the pre sent day. The Game-laws were, especially, a class made code for class objects ; and wherever country juries are impannelled to try cases arising under them, it but too often happens that their verdicts appear to have a class bias. The framers and affirmers ef this. oppressive statutes were ever the great landed pro prietary, nobles and commoners, directly interested in providing for their favourite sports, and reckless of the extravagantly penal consequences to which, in their anxiety to protect and encourage and preserve for their own use and pleasure the game upon their lands, they subjected all persons who might be convicted of infrac tions upon their enactments—committed in the absence of " qualifications" that could belong only to individuals moving in classes of society elevated above those of the poorer and lower sort. To classes, only, equally fortunate, could the property in. and rights over game, which were to be protected, belong. Does this community of class interests stop here? We doubt it. Country jurors who are to try indictments for Game-law offences, sit, as it were, on glazed boxes. They know well enough that their deliberations are transparent. They seem to think themselves ever in the presence of the great man, at the great house in the great park. It is well known that they are returned on the panel ; shall they be astute to connect the evidence with the guilt of the accused? or shall they show rather a disposition to give to the acts proved against the men placed at the bar a construction, if possible, which shall remove them out of the reach of these penal enactments? The tendency to propitiate those above them by affect ing sympathy with their prejudices, pursuits, and modes of thinking, in reference to such pursuits or prejudices, is natural, in an advanced condition of society, to its in. ferior sections, in all countries. But we believe it is most decided as actuating the lower ranks of an agricul tural community to gratify the assumed expectations of a landed aristocracy. We are far from imputing to juries, thus composed, at country assizes, for example, any absolute intention or purpose of giving a verdict, under any circumstances, contrary to their honest and conscientious views of the evidence that may have been tendered to them ; but we are arguing from the every day's experience of the unconscious bias acting on the impressions of such men—and the result of it—which is their practical, albeit unconscious, fallibility as jurymen. Cases to exemplify—and, we must add, to corroborate —our apprehensions on this score are of constant occur rence. Take, however, for a single and signal example the case tried at the present Chester Assizes, where some culprits were arraigned as reputed poachers for a very formidable attack upon certain keepers iu the em ploy of a Mr. Bitoox. The evidence, in this instance, was much of the usual character in these cases. The men were undoubt e dly contemplating, under the usual temptations, the commission of the usual offences of poaching, when they were interrupted by the vigilance her neck and drew it out. It has been in my possession since. She slightly moaned when I drew the knife out. She was covered with blood. I afterwards went for the surgeon, Mr. Fitzgerald, of High-street. About five or six minutes be fore the woman called me, I saw a man come from the house, No. 11, George -street. He passed me in the street, and crossed over to the opposite side. He was dressed in a dark velvet coat,and had a cap.-1. think a cloth one—on his head I thought he was running to hear a noise at the bottom of George-street. I have no doubt that that person is the prisoner, for I hhd seen him before several times. Prisoner—Can you swear it was me? Witness—l will not swear it, but I have no doubt of it. Henry Oldham examined—l reside, at 10, High-streets St. Giles's, and am a enttler. On Monday last, about ten minutes to ten, I sold the knife which is lying before me to a man. I believe the prisoner is the person to whom I sold it. He said, on coming into the shop, what is the cheapest small carving-knife you have ? I said I will show you s. - .me directly. I believe I've some second-hand ones. 1 then took three old knives out of a drawer, and he selected this one from the three. I said, " those are one shilling each." He put down the shilling and took it up. As he was going away, I said, " Stop, I'll wrap it up for you." I then took it from him, set the edge, and did it up in a bit of brown paper. I think he had aha on. He had on a coat—not a a jacket. _lt might have been a velvet jacket. lam sure be had on a hat. Prisoner—Can you say positively that I am the person hat bought the knife? 'Witness—To the be§t tk my belief, you are. Prisoner—Can you swear it? Wiiness—l do swear it. Emily Elizabeth Oldhanin--1, was ten years old on the Bth of last month. The last witness is my father. I was in the shop on Monday night last, and remember a person coming in to buy a small carving -knife. Mr. JARDLNE—Do you see that person now? Witness (after looking for some time at the prisoner)—That looks like him. The prisoner did not ask her any question. Michael Fitzgerald, of No. 57, High-street, St. George's, surgeon, sworn—l was called to sce this unfortunate woman at No. 11, George- street. I was called by a police-constable. When I arrived, about eleven o'clock, she was dead. I saw her in a room on the ground-floor. She was doubled up against the fire-place. Saw several wounds then about the neck. I saw that there was no blood flowing, and I knew she was dead. Since that time I have made a post mortem examination. (The witness produced a sort of drawing of the wounds upon the body.) There were sixteen wounds upon the body—the first was five inches in length on the lower part of the cheek, reaching to the centre of the neck. It was a superficial incision. The second wound was five inches and a half deep—a penetrating wound passing over the edge of the first rib near the spine, wounding the bone, and extending downwards between the ribs and shoulder blade. There was no important part divided there. The third was a penetrating wound, one inch and a half long, on the left side of the breast-bone, dividing the cartilages bf the second and third ribs, piercing the edge of the 16 0 :c lung and the pericardium, and piercing the PabLlP7intry artery for about a quarter of an inch. There 'eere about forty ounces of blood, fluid and coagu. ) .ated, by measure. In the pericardium and party surrounding the heart there were six drachm', of fluid blood. Number 4 penetrated the chest between the third and fourth ribs, breaking off a piece of the fourth rib, and entered the left lung to the depth of an inch. That would have been also a mortal wound. The fifth was a penetrating wound, about an inch and a half long, on the fore part of the left arm, near the shoulder. The sixth was a wound three inches below the last-named of smaller size. Both these wounds communicated with the bone of the left arm, dividing it com pletely by a smooth clean cut, five incites in length. The great blood-vessels and nt ryes of the arms were uninjured. The seventh wound, an incised wound about an inch and a half in length, about an inch and a ha .f above the right collar-bone. The eighth, a penetrating wound on the back part of the neck. The ninth, a superficial penetrating wound. The tenth, an incised wound on the back of the neck. The eleventh, an incised wound above the left shoulder blade, about six inches long. The twelfth was on the back part of the left hand, an inch long. The thirteenth was an incised wound, extend ing from the first joint of the fore finger to the end of the second joint of the left hand. The 14th, an in cised wound on the back of the right hand, three inches in length. The 15th, a penetrating wound on the left arm-pit, an inch long, going towards the direction of the arm. The 16th, and last, was a penetrating wound, in the left arm pit, about an inch from the other. He attributed death to the wound on the pulmonary artery. The prisoner had no question to ask Mr. Fitzgerald. Medical evidence continued—There was no trace to show that the deceased had recently suffered from disease. The body was in a perfectly healthy state, and free from all disease. Richard Partridge, 15, New-street, Spring-gardens—l am professor of anatomy at King's College. The prisoner has been an out-patient of that hospital. He applied on February 21, and subsequently on the 28th, and lastly, on the 18th of March, and was treated for a disorder of two days' standing at the period of his first application. After the examination of several other witnesses, Mr. Pearce said he had no wish to have the case remanded for further evidence. The depositions having been read, the prisoner was fully committed, and the witnesses bound over to prosecute. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT (THIS _DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met this morning at Eleven o'Clock, ROYAL COMMISSION. There was a Commission fur the purpose of giving the Royal Assent to the Income-tax Bill. The Com missioners were, the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Buccleuch, and the Earl of Shaftesbury. The Commissioners having taken their seats at the foot of the throne, directed the Usher of the Black Rod to summon the House of CO:2111011S to the bar of their Lordships' House. The SPEAKER, accompanied by several Members, then appeared at the bar. The commission was read, and the Royal Assent given to the Income-tax Bill in the usual form ; atter which the Speak‘r and the Alembers of the House of Commons withdrew. The Commissioners having unrobed, The LORD CHANCELLOR took hip scat upon the Wool sack. The Pudsey Gas Pill, the Birkenhead Company's Dock Bill, the Birkenhead Commisioners Dock Bill, and the Duke of Argyle's Estate Bill, were then seve rally read a second time after whien, their Lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Eleven o'clock ; , h..rtly after which the Usher of the Black Rod appeared at the table and summoned the Muse to the bar of the louse of fears to hear the Royal Assent, given by Coin. mi,sion to a certain oil!. The SPEAKER, accompanied by several Members, thou, left the House. On their return, "1 he :3PEAKER announced that they had been to the bar of the House of Peers and had heard the loyal Assent given by Comtrussicn to the Income-tax Bill. The House then adjourned. MONEY and COMNIhRUIALNENITS. CITY, QUAR7'EIe 7'o THREE, The accounts from Liverpool represent that Cotton has been decidedly active this week, the change of weather hav ing influenced it.-Shares were quoted as follows ;-Aber /leen Railway, 4% 5%; Barnsley Junction, 10% 10%; Ditto, Half Shares, 4%; Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire, 12 1 A 12%; Birmingham and Gloucester, New Shares, 5 5 1 ,4 ; Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington, 8% ; Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 4% 4% ; Belfast and Ballymena, 4 1 , ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liver pool, 13% 14% ; Caledonian, 134 ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 10% 94 ; Chester and Birkenhead, 48% 49; Ditto, Half Shares, 244 ; Chester and Holyhead , ; Churnet Valley, 8 1 4 ; Clydesdale Junction, 10% % ; Dublin and Belfast Junction, 9 104 ; Dublin and Galway, 54 ; Dundee and Perth, 3% ; Dublin, Mullingar, and Athlone, 38s. 6d. %; Dundalk an Enniskillen, 44 ; East ern Counties, 21 ; Eastern Union Extension, 755. premium ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, Quarters, 6 6%; Edinburgh and Northern, 1% 1, ,1 ; Ely and Bedford, 224 ; Glasgow an -,1 Dumfries, 215.; Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock, 1814 ; Grand Junction, Half Shares, 112% ; Ditto, Eighth shares, 19 4 ; Great Grimsby and Sheffield , 5% 614 ; Great North of England, 301. Shares, 22 % ; Great Western, Half Shares, 102 ; Goole and Doncaster, 395. ; Hudders field and Shefield, 7% 8 ; Hull and Selby, Halves, 224 ; Limerick and Waterford, 6% ; Liverpnbl and Man chester, 204 205; Ditto, New Shares, 38; Liverpool, Orms - kirk, and Preston, Sod. ; London and Brighton, 655. 4%; London and E nniskillen, 60s. 61 s. ; London and South W es t ern , 80 1 ,% ; London and York, 61s. 6d. 61 5.; Direct Northern, 6 ; Leeds and Thirsk, 5% 1 4 / ; Leeds and West Riding Junction , 74 % ; Lynn and Dereham , M anc hester and Birmingham, 61 ; Ditt o , New (inane; Shares, 74 7 ; Manchester and Buxton, 3% 34 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland, 10 10%; Manche s t er an d L eeds, ' 149 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 66 ; Ditto, Sixteenth Shares, 7% Midland Railway, 155 154 ; Ditto, 401. Shares, 19% Ditto, Fifth Shares, 4 ; Newark and Sheffield, 8%; N ew : castle and Berwick, 17%; Newry and Enniskillen 535. 6d. North British, Half Shares, 4% ; Rorth Union, A, 149 ; Ditt o , B, 91 ; North Wales Mineral,l6 % ; North- Western, 4% 5 pm North Wales, 3% f i g ; Preston and Wyre, 35%; Runcorn. Gap, 24%; Sheffield and Manchester, 123; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 16% % ; Sheffield and Lincoln, 23 5 . 265. 6d. ; Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 4% 1 ls. 6d. ; S out h - Eastern and Dover, New Shares, No. 3, 914 9; Scottish Central, 6% 1( 2 ; South Wales, 6% ; Trent Valley, 184 Ly ; Ulster, 45% . ; Worcester and Tring, 81s. 6d. 14; Yarmouth, Liss, and Beccles, 31. Is. 3d. ; York and North Midland, New Half Shares, 19 ; Austrian and Sardinian, ss. 6d 4s. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 21. lls. ; Lyons and Avignon, (English), 34 ; Louvain and Jemappe, 1 prem.; Northern of France ( English), 6%; Ditto (French), 5 1 A ; Paris and Lyons, Lafitte's ( English), 3/. Is. 6d 3 1 ,8 ; Ditto (French), 2%; Paris and Lyons (Ganneron's), 2/ 13s. 6d. ; Paris and Lyons (Calon's), 2% Bs. 6d. ; Paris and Rouen, 444 ; Paris and Strasburgn, 3 ; Sambre and Meuse, 6%; Tours and Nantes Olackenzie's Company), 3%; Verona and Ancona, 2/. Os. 6d. _ _ The declarations of the Ministry last night upon the Oregon question have afforded much satisfaction in the City " Nothing (said an old merchant) is like announcing your intentions boldly." As to the probabilities of a war upon the question, they are held to be remote indeed. We have not any late arrivals to announce from the British colonies to-day. The usual weekly statement of the operations of the Bank of England gives the following results:— An increase in the circulation of 257,885/. An increase in the Rest of 2,170/. An increase in the Public Deposits of 431,734/. increase in the other Deposits of 260,641, An increase in other Securities of 591,3001. A decrease in Gold and Silver Coin of 54,0591., and an in crease of Bullion of 203,7964 In general terms, it may be mentioned that the Notes issued are of the value of 29,471,4101., and that the stock of Bullion is 16,204,220/. A Trade Circular has the following remarks : " The business transactions in the early part of the last month were almost confined to the supply of the necoosary requirements of almost every branch of industry, in itonse queue° of the measures of relief in the Tariff of Duties,. pro posed by the Executive to the Legislature, on articles Iteces sary for manufacturing purposes; but when those measures were adopted by the House of Commons, orders were. imme diately sent to the officers of the Customs throup;noat the kingdom to deliver such merchandise free of duty, and the consequence has been such as to create an unusual activity." The Consols Market has been rather variable this. morn ing, 99% to 59% for the Account, and from 99% to % for the immediate transfer. The premium upon Exchequer-bills has advanced to 61s. ; and upon India Bonds to 755.. In the Foreign Market a good deal of business has been transacted. Colombian Bonds have been quoted, at 16 and. at 15% ; Mexican at 35 1 -A ; and Portuguese Converted at 66 1 4 and at 6514 just now. Spanish Consols have =ly fluctuated from 29 38 to 29 5 / 8 . The Share Market has presented a most active appearaxree. The Irish Railways are increasing, as well as the French schemes. The market fur all is generally firm. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Consols Anna 99%%% India Bonds 1,0001 73 75 - - - - Ditto multi- 1,0001 73 Bank Stock for Account Console jrf Account Exebtquer Bills. 1 3 / 4 d. I%d. 1,000/. 500/. •• ... .. ... 59 61 pm. Ditto Small — PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 1141%, Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent.... 43 41% Columbian Bonds. l6 15% Vexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent 35% Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent 32 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent BB Ditto Converted Ditto for the Account. Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent ll7 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1840 29%% Ditto for the Account. Ditto Passive Bonds 7% % Ditto Deferred Ditto 3 per Cent — Ditto for the Account 4l 40 Dutch 2 1 / 2 per Cents Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates PRICE OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER Sulam Aberdeen - 5% to 5 . `l l / 2 Armagh, Coleraine, P:irtruel.. 1% 1% 2 1 3 A to 2% Birmingham and Gloucrnter 100 1 3 :1 ,4 ... to Ditto, irri,f Share, ....., .. 3 Bristol and Exetri Ditto, New. Caledonian A to -- CambriO: ge an d Lincoln ... 1% Cliv'..er and Holyhead 5 . ..... 91114 1 / 4 iil t o 9 `iniurnet Valley Coventry and Leicester ...... Diss, Beccles, and Yarmouth 1% 2 /4 ...... to 3 rirect Northern Dublin and Belfast Junction 2% lO 1 to Dublin and Galway O l -Z 4 l / 9%... to Dublin and Mullingar 2q 2% to 3% Eastern Counties Do. Perpet. 5 per Ct. No. 1 3...... Ditto, ditto, No. 2. Eastern Union Ditto Extension Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto New M Shares 2 l; 5 3 /4 to 6 Ely and Bedford l% 2 1% to 3 Great Grimsby and Sheffield... 2% WA... to (~reat South and W. (Irish)... 5 Great North of England 100 199 ...... to Ditto New ... ............. .... 5 Ditto New Great Western Guildford, Fareham, Portms. 2 1 ,( 5 l /4 to 5% Harwich 1 I.an,aster and Car1i51e......... 15 London and Birmingham ...100 Ditto Thirds Ditto Quarters London and Blackwell 16% B% to -- London and Croydon... 13/. 15s. 9d...• 17%~ London and Greenwich... 121. 15s. 4d... 11 London and South Western.. 41% 80%...... to Ditto New 2% 114% to 14 Ditto, New 2 — ll to Lonuou and York-, ..... ...... 2 1 ,( e ...... 3% 274 to 3 Lynn and Ely Lynn and Deyeham :Manche., end Leeds Ditto Half Shares Manchester and Birmingham 40 Ditto Quarters Midland Ditto New Midland, Birm. and Derby ...100 ll5 116... to 1 14 Yi Nev. castle & Darlington ..iunc. 25 Ditto New Brandling Newcastle and Berwick Newry and Enniskillen ...... 2% 4 1,0 ( 3% to 4 Newark and Sheffield ......... 1% North British Ditto New 1 Norwich and Brapdon lO ... 16 1 ,4 to 17 Ditto New.. 1 .. ... 41% Rugby, Worcester, and Tring 1 - Scottish 'Midland Shrews.,Wolver., Dud., Birm. 2% 1,%... to South Devon South Eastern and Dover ... 33 1 3 43li, to -- Ditto New, No. 3 2 l/ 9 l/iy,... to —' South Wales Waterford and Kilkenny 1 ...... 3 3 4 Us 4 West Cornwall l l4 4% to York and North Midland ... 50 ......103% to -- Ditto Selby : ... 2O - Ditto, Extension FRENCH RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens - Bordeaux,Toulouse, and Cette 2 - Lyons and Avignon 2 - Orleans and Vierzon - Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 2 ...... 13 - Paris and Lyons (Laffitte) ... 2 - Paris and Lyons(Ganneron's) 2 ... .. 2% to ,•-, Paris and Lyons (Calon's)... 2 . ... 2% 1 A t4 •"*" Paris and Orleans... ........ .... 20 Paris mid Rouen - Paris and Strasburg... 2 ...;.. 2 7 - ,t th Royal North of Spain Sambre and Meuse - Strasburg and Bale l4 - Tours &.Nautes (Mackenzie) 2 - JOINT STOCK BANKS. London and Westminster ... 20 ...... 27 1 X 4 to --- National of Ireland 17% 16%..... to -- Union of London MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 4.—The _ 0 1? are :—Birmingham and Gloucester, New Shares, 4i,":„. Loudon and Birmingham, 235 ; Ditto, 321. Shares, 45 ; ,;34; Chester and Leeds, 148% ; Ditto, Sixteenth Shares,. ij . ,01 2 , Manchester and Birmingham, 62 ; Ditto, Quarter Saj e i, 11 1 / 1; Ditto, New Quarters, 7 1-16 6% prem.,- Manchek r Bury, and Rossendale, 16% % ; Midland Railway, ,t, 4 8, ferential, 4% ; North Wales Mineral Railway, New Si" o ,,, 6 3 4 ; Preston and `Pyre, 35 1 4 ; Ditto Extensions, 4 pr at '; Sheffield and Manchester,l23 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, l674 s i i id South-Eastern. No. 3,9% ; Birkenhead, Manchester , „sr Cheshire Junction, 12 1 / 2 ; Blackbnrn, Darwen, and In a . 5 1 4 ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 13% % ; Cal:El ie * and Lincoln, 9%; Churriet Valley, 8% A ; Direct North p 6 5 15-16 i Ely ard Bedford, 2 ; Lrewash Valley, l e ci i , Glasgow and Dumfries, 225. 235. ; Goole, Doncaster, Shed god and Manchester Junction, 2 Huddersfield 5-16 ; Great GrinisbYeste, Sheffield Junction, 6% 1-16 ; Huddersfield and Man cb e ltl Railway and Canal, 3 9-16 % ; Huddersfield and Shea ; Junction, 8% ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, ' - l i cl Liverpool, thinskirk, and Preston, 2 15-16 ; London ~.7/ . • W orcester, Oxford and Rugby-,44 AI; London and York, 0 71 Manchester and Buxton, 3% ; Manchester, Sheffield, t', Midland Junction, 8% ; Newark and Sheffield, 74 0 > ' North Wales, 3% ; N or th W es t ern , 6% % ; S Central, 5%; Scottish Midla n d, 4% • Sh e ffi e ld and Linoter_.,et shi; e Junction, 255. ; Sh rews b ur y, Oswestry, and Che.., Junction, 4%; Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, DudION T sg . 4 3 / N ; Trent `'alley, 18 1 % ex new ; Bordeaux and Tr:al° l ' - : 27 8 8 ; Paris and St. Quentin, 2%. BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY FOR APRIL..-.:B en tlSY 111 : merely maintains but increases in. reputatirin. We hi' v ,i e by the present number a humouroal story of" Ould Ireland, he " The Irish Whisky Drinker." In Mis s C ostello ' s " Sketc h y of of Ross, Tintern Abbey, Chepstow,' (a most choice sub-l_4o and well treated) notices of " Man of Ross" and g tied theure R at " egicide." ci bringsde . " " nb lh o ' ld e r Li e j ke f r y before us Retrospect sirT h o o f the Thomas L De nar p l o L' il c e ; Sir David Wilkie, and. Sir Francis Chantrey, o it vie'j o ir undress, but all t!t e more agreeable; and, in the " 31 „ e r btf, of the Rev. Si money Smith," we find many of the best thcl e t and sayit)•,• s s of the wittiest of parsons. " The Wet Blanc_,,i4 will tbund a good description of those odious charable;; wl'.'o delight to cast a shadow and gloom o'er all around .„ t t o 'instead of being happy themselves, and so tending happiness of others.— Glasgow Argus. ,olv IMPORTANT DISCOVERY OF MINES AT ol'm NEW SOUTIL WALES.—A letter has been received blio, gentleman in this City, dated Sdn November Oh io tell of which the following is an extract:-" lam hapPY near you that there has been a quicksilver mine diacovere tot Sydney, a copper mine at Brisbane Water ' an d a OR valuable mine of Fulle r ' s eart h i n ano th er di s trict, t o valuable and interesting discoveries added to the rise Taos price of wool, have raised the spirits of the settlers n ot a " as you ay suppose.— Cork Southern Reporter. YARMOUTH MURDER.—Friday two Grand Jury have just found a true bill against RePt i l, c ot. and Mapes—Yarham is a d m i tte d ev id enc e for the —Norfolk News. tea B/ FATAL OCCURRENCE TO A CHlLD.___lreS_ tro t, afternoon, as some children were playing in StanhO e- n s eigir Clare-market, a little girl, whose and reside in the, uoti bourhood, was thrown down, and before she could ir ki io hold of, the wheel of a cart passed over her head and her. It was stated that the man belonging to the cart 1v no way blameable. . raOTI V ANOTHER CASE OF POISONING: —Yesterday ing a young man named Ward, residing with a riiiptivibe.-d, Lesconibe, of Shoe- lane, Holborn, was tbund dead In 111 , • sa• having destroy e d hi mse lf b y po i son som e houri previ o u_ ici be As to the ca use o f t h e d rea d fu l act no i n formation c in obtained. Th e C oroner ' s i nquest w ill b e h e ld this e v e n ' NESISIOLBP BIRTHS. , 'Ado On the 31st ult., a t hi on k ton F ar leigh, the ladY o f Browne. Esq., High Sheriff of Wilts., of a son B F err* On the Ist inst., a t Leeds, the wB. wife of the Rev. T . of a son.--,-----. zielOthLt:vd I,p 43 4 At Boulogne-sur-Mer, on Frivay, the 4th inst., qty • - t - re et, year of his „ge, Mr. Thomas Clay late of 17, Dougs— ta3trilligbition-rssotq.u,tziria,hrh.eer,ouLduooLra,ed,on. e Es O ci e . n l : l L t e l fi o i e b u On the 2d inst., at Hod -Bs d ecr e il• his age. s o d n too d nn s , on Hin of Charles flal enc o e : , e.—, Mrs. aged 84. Ott the 2d iust, at her father's home, Castlebar-h ' ing, Carolip.b Frances Hunt, aged 25. ' Ortner, of th the 26th 45hotfhjldr. s N January, ia,a at Cannanore, , r L r. 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