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THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 10, 1847. that this was what was required. He trusted that the shipping I interest would not be ove r l oo k e d, an d preven t th e a lt era ti o n of this most important law. The shipowners had doubtless made out a case, and their grievance was evidently hardly inflicted and as hardly borne, and he did think that when his Hon. Friend behind him proposed this inquiry, in his very temperate and guarded speech, he thought that a sufficient case . for in quiry had been made out. Besides, he did not th ink that any impediment should be placed in the way of his mo tion, and for his own part, he believed that no Minister of the Crown ought to proceed to u t t he . alte ration of such important measures as this . withoinqu. He thought it was probable they would d i e t r t i e v e e . g rea t With regard advan tages from the appointment of t his to any measure that might resu lt from the in ir w y, hi h e e h c w o e u r l e d only say that it should be founded upon pr i n cip les likely to produce the greate s t possible good, with the least possible injury.—(Hear, he ar . ) Hitherto it had been said that the change they had made in the navigation laws had affected vat ions interests, and, amongst those, it was said those Some_changes had greatly affected the interests of the colonies. lion. Gentlemen, in times gone by, had ur ge d th at i t was hardly fair to ma ke large commercial alterations and leave the colonies subject to the navigation laws. Now, here would be an opportunity for those Hon. Gentlemen to adduce reasons in support of their statements. There was another part of the subject which also invited inquiry. It was with regard to the state and condition of the shipping interest itself. Hitherto several committees had been appointed to inquire into that question, but they were appointed with the view of going back again to restrictive laws. Protection was then supported on the ground of the expense of building and fitting out ships in this country being so great, that British ship owners could not hear competition. Let them hear now what these restrictions were, and let the shipping interest state bow it was they found their expenses so heavy, that they might make the most practicable modification of the existing laws, and keep up the stability of an interest to which this country was bound to look as one of the great sources of her political greatness, and by which it could be improved, and its prosperity promoted.--( Hear, hear.) He did not altogether agree with the argument that would carry them back to a system of protection; but if they were to do away with freedom, it was desirable that every interest, which wished for protection, should bo heard, in order thus to see whether it would not be much better to extend the bene fits of freedom to all who were in any way connected with the shipping interests. For these reasons he should cordially give his support to the motion for a Committee; and although he had not intended himself to propose any Committee on the subject, he was glad that an independent Member of Parlia ment, of so much intelligence and infermation, had brought it forward.—( Hear, hear. ) Mr. RICARDO replied that he had waited for years in the hope that some Hon. Gentleman would bring forward the ques tion, but as he was connected with a manufacturing interest who felt that they were greatly injured by these laws, he could not resist making this motion any longer. Still, however, if any other Hon. Gentleman more conversant with the question would take the inquiry under his control he should only be too ready to give way to him.—( Hear, hear. ) The House then divided, when there appeared-- For the motion 155 Against it Majority in favour of the motion -- 94 CATHOLIC PAINS AND PENALTIES BILL. Mr. WATSON moved for leave to bring in a Bill for the further repeal of enactments imposing pains and penalties upon her Majesty's Roman Catholic subjects on account of their re ligion. The measures contemplated in the Bill were founded upon the strictest justice, and not upon party feeling or pre judice. Sir R. INGLIS said that if one or two divisions of the House were to be considered as having any weight, then the last division, defeating by a large majority the motion of the Hon. Member, ought to be considered as decisive of the feel ings of the House on the subject. In the present age any measure which would at all produce the slightest change was sure to find numerous supporters, even if no other ground of support were wanting, they would support it solely upon the ground of change. He hoped the House would not allow, piece by piece, the constitution of the country to be destroyed by the passing of such measures as those now proposed. Sir G. GREY thought the better course would be to allow the Bill to be read a first time, and take the discussion of the merits of the measure upon its future stages. Mr. SHAW wished to know what was sought in the present measure beyond the provisions of the Act passed last session upon the same sleet. Jr. WATS°. said, the Act passed last session repealed those penal statutes against the Catholic clergy in particular ; the present went beyond that, and applied to other classes of Catholic subjects. Colonel SIBTHORP would oppose the introduction of every measure of this nature; he could not stand quietly by and see the constitution of the country—( Hear, hear)—undermined by any Government, or other Popish manoeuvre.—(Laughter.) Leave was then given to bring in the Bill. TENANT RIGHT. Mr. PUSEY moved for leave to bring in a Bill for the im provement of Agricultural Tenant Right. Leave given to bring in the Bill. IRISH ABSENTEES. Mr. GRATTAN said that he had given notice of his intention to move to-day for a return of the absentees from Ireland, stating their names, and annual incomes derived frem property therein ; specifying the counties in which their estates are situate, and distinguishing such as are temporarily or more than six months absent from Ireland; and that the guardians of the poor-law unions should furnish an account of the annual value of the property of all absentees in their respective unions assessed to the poor rate ; that the commissioners, under the Act 5 and 6 Vict., c. 35, should furnish an account of the aggregate amount of all property in Ireland taxed under the provisions of that Act, and other Acts continuing the same. Also, a return of the number of persons residing in England, or temporarily absent therefrom, charged under the Act 5 and 6 Vict., c. 35, and the Act for continuing the same, in respect of profits and gains arising from any alio .sance, annuity, stipend, or trade in Ireland ; together with the total amount of the duties levied in respect of such profits and gain. That the governors and directors of the Bank of Ireland should furnish an account of the amount of all annuities, dividends, and shares of annuities payable by the said company eut of the public revenues of the United Kingdom to or to the use or benefit of any persons not resident in Ireland. In consequence, however, of the lateness of the hour, and considering that the subject might probably raise some discussion, he begged to postpone his motion until an early day. CORPORAL PUNISHMENT IN THE NAVY. Mr. HUME moved for a copy of the returns of corporal and other punishments on board each of her Majesty's ships in the Royal Navy, in each year, from the Ist day of January, 1844, to the 31st day of December, 1846, stating the name, rating, nature of the offence, date of punishment, the number of lashes, and remarks of commander-in-chief, or senior officer, as to any excess of punishment or otherwise, accord ing to the schedules published, and ordered in the Admiralty instructions, dated the Ist day of January, 1844, for the government of her Majesty's naval service; stating also the number of seamen and marines employed in each year, and the average number flogged, distinguishing those with, and those without, trial by court-martial distinguishing the number of commissioned and warrant and petty officers, also specifying the names of her Majesty's ships Alai roses, and the name of the commanders, is which no corporal punishment have been inflicted in any of those years. These returns were highly important, and he hoped the House would grant him the returns. Captain BERKELEY could assure the Hon. Member that he did not wish to refuse the returns moved for by him, at the same time he was hound to say that this system, if persevered in, - would be likely to subvert the best interests of the British navy. He denied that the case of the navy was the same as the army—they were not analogous. The Hon. Member stated that he wished for this return, to show those who inflicted severe corporal punishment, and those who conducted the discipline ie their ships without resorting to it. If this House was =aide an appeal from the Admiralty, they would be putting a Znan on his trial again who had been honourably acquitted by la court-martial. With regard to the returns moved for, the -Admiralty would have no objection to grant them, but only for 'the first year. Admiral BOWLES prote. ted against the Government giving lip the authority which they exercised with regard to the *discipline of the navy. It was impossible, after the manner 5n which gentlemen holdi ng th e opinions f the Honourable Wernher who moved for these returns, proceeded—and seeing the unscrupulous and unconstitutional means employed of poisoning the minds of the public against any officer who en -leavoured to do his duty properly—it was impossible to regard *hem with any other feelings than the strongest jealousy and Suspicion. He protested most strongly against this proceeding, sand, if he went out alone, he should divide the House against the motion. Mr. WARD said, that as . the Hon. M em b er 1 d stated his determination to divide th e - a e House on th e motion, should be go out alone, he wa s b oun d to state that the Le li en ng of the Admiralty had been expressed with the same warmth with which he had spoken on the subject.—( Hear, hear.) He was bound, however, to state that what had been conceded with respect to the army should also be granted with respect to the navy, and as the returns of corporal punishment in the army had been granted, he did not see how they could refuse similar returns for the navy,h e and did not understand why the naval officers should not be prepared it to submit to the same ordeal. H e h a d no doubtthese returns were produced, that they wou ld h ave a most, wholesome and salutary effect. He believed th a t t h ey would have an influence on h as ty a n d impetuous men, and ma k e t h em have , af,rreater command iover their feelings. He had been directed, ttodassent to the motion, and to state that returns would be therefore,ran simi lar to those granted for the army, and would be laid u e pont table of the House by the Admiralty. He had no fear of the consequences, though it was a great change ; but he did not think they would have an injurious effect, for the good officer 'would not be made timid, but the hasty man more circum spect. He had a letter from the admiral of the fleet off Ire land, who had thirteen or fourteen ships under his command, and 430 supernumeraries, and though they frequently had oc casion to go from one place to another in the transit of the provisions for the different depots, not a single offence had been committed worthy of capital punishment during the last quar ter.—( Hear, hear.) In the returns made out for the previous tqcarter, enclitic , September, there had been only one offence,— (Hear, hear.) He therefore had no objection to grant the 'notion, under the restrictions as far as he had intimated. Sir CHARLES NA PIER said, that when the Hon. Mem- Ler for Montrose brought forward a similar motion on a for- FATAL ACCIDENT FROM THE FROST.—On Sunday sner occasion, he had promised to support him if he moved for night, about half-past eleven o'clock, as a woman named a general return. He objected to the return of the punish- Jeffries, living at No. 13, Camden-street, Kensington Gravel anents on board the Amazon, as Captain Stopford had been Pits, was returning home, she fell with great force on her unanimously acquitted; every one of the officers on the court- back. She was assisted home by two policemen, but she martial agreed that his conduct had been irreproachable ; by died shortly after her arrival, having ruptured a blood-vessel reason of that promise I e was bound to concede the present by the fall. motion, which he very much regretted. He did not FATE OF POPE'S SKULL.—Mr. Howitt, in his by any means agree with the Secretary of the Admiralty " Homes and Haunts of the British Poets," says that the an giving a return of the punishments from the skull of Pope now ornaments the private collection of a phre -.lst of January in the present year, as the etlicers nologist. Fifty pounds were paid to manage the transaction tied no intimatio f nof such . a proceedingat—( Hear, hear.) From with the sexton of the church in which the deceased poet leis knowledge () cer the service, he was perfectly certain that there waslists not i, z n E re e was buried. in the navy who would object to having his Mr. W ARD' nt submitted to the House. Mr. Dundas Thompson has ascertained, by experi- Sir. CHARLES' should NapiE be ft sorry to see it done. ments on a large scale, that in a sack of flour there is a difference in favour of bread made without yeast to the any severity on the would not be sorry. As to seeing Part of the officers, he was aware that there existPd in n la amount of 30 pounds 13 ounces ; or, in round numbers, a sack of flour would produce 107 loaves of unfermented bread, and .and in many ships riot and many inst aHees , a too great lenient-- tie h ad annpdlaedissoirtda t e i r o h n a i d n crypt saying in so, although a want due severity.only 100 loaves of fermented bread of the same weight. Inight have the effect of woui n d gli o irn in a very bad poaslitthioonugwhitiht Hence, it appears, that in the sack of flour by the common :persons with whom he to remain in a good one. process of baking, 7 loaves, or VA per cent. of the flour, are _But a very bad practice had existeicteinreresenting captains in driven into the air and lost. made , use of another ea the navy as tyrants. The Secretary EXTRAORDINARY SUPPLY OF GUANO FROM BATS.— viression, to which he would advert. Mr. Thomas Dickon, an eminent farmer in Lincolnshire, had punishments should be inflicted, that they c said, that before been induced to go to Jamaica as manager of some exten shoul,l be submitt e d sive estates in that part of the world, with the intention of sto the senior officer of the station. o ble. An HoN. 31E3IBER—No, no. introducing the best systems of farming where they had Sir CHARLES NAPlER—GoodGod,the Secretary for hitherto been unknown. Accounts have recently been re - Admiralty said so. How could could such a thing be 1) - o' the cowed from Mr. Dickon, by Mr. Joshua Wigfull, of a i l t isbro',s t t l a l t la i: that there is already every proba- Should they allow a man to go unpunished because he considerable increase of sugar being pro =ander of the vessel was not able to reach the senior officer of cured of oi s atbe estates, and that by applying a new through a stress of weather, ors hundred other guano () are said to the station, the rocks in that tropical climate. The it is the dung of large bats, Obstacles ? The British officers were most willing to do away Which frequent Dickon having observed many nagmobofeu:ieotoof m th y e ri n a u d m s in number Mr. c g w n t as h h e ft f v o Cr un ev d ic ete. with corporal punishment, but such constant interference would to be made and the lace caused an opening of these singular animals en retard their exertions, as it would teach the men that their officers did not constitute a final jurisdiction. l n o t r a e i d n . r o T c k h s e , Mr. WILLIAMS expressed his thanks to the Government e m ex ou for conceding the mot on. 20 to 30 feet high Th ' feet long, 20 feet broad, and from Mr. The interior Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT said that on two several gees. nocturnal anini I * contained thousands punishment had been introduced a s, which of these 'ions the principle of corporal lin for a government g ges- At the betto appeared to have been their dw 1 with the most beneficial results into their civil , , least four feet in thickness mof the cave, bats' e - necessary to pre- in ~ and and • dung, at and it could not;be denied, then, that it was weight, wasaliscovered and f nting to about GOO tens , ound to be gerve it in some degree in the military and naval Idaho guano.--Lincoln Tim e ,. equal to the best Mr. FOX MAULE said that the Hon. Member had over- ➢ublic opinion ; still their first duty was to maintain discipline in the army. This must be done at all hazards ; but if these returns were made and published, it would create an invidious distinction between the officers of different regiments and ships, and do much to impair the efficiency of the military and naval service. Mr. HUME, after what had fallen from the Noble Lord at the head of the Government, consented to withdraw his motion, and would ask for the returns in the mode suggested by him. Captain HARRIS defended the character of the officers of the army from the charges brought against them. Mr. FERRAND considered the question should have been settled as; once. RAILWAY LEGISLATION. Mr. STRUTT postponed till Thursday his explanation as to the intentions of Government with respect to railway business in the present session. POLICE FORCE IN IRELAND. Lord CLEMENTS postponed his motion for certain returns relative to the police force in Ireland. DESTITUTE PAUPERS (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. MORE O'FERRALL gave notice that it was the in tention of his Hon. Friend the Member for the University of Dublin, to move, on the third reading of this Bill, the insertion of a clause to ensure the more easy collection of the poor rates. The House then Adjourned at Twenty Minutes after Twelve looked the circumstances under which the returns respecting corporal punishment had been conceded by the Government at the close of last session. When they reflected that the sell ject was brought under the consideration of the House at a time when the deepest sympathy of the people, from one end of the kingdom to the othe r , was awakened, he thought that they would admit that the returns should be cheerfully granted.—(Hear, hear.) From his knowledge of the army, such returns could do no harm, and might effect a great good ; and he would be quite prepared to lay before the House a detailed statement of even the military imprison ments. Sir ROBERT PEEL said that he considered that it was quite right that the Neese should be put into possession of all information which would tend to show the progress made towards the abolition of corporal punishment. But he considered that it would be by no means advisable to state the names of the officers or the parties by whom, and on whom, punishment had been inflicted. And, in the event of a contrary course being pursued, the discipline of the naval service would be materially injured.— (Hear, hear.) The House of Commons ought not to have the power which the Board of Admiralty had at present.—( Hear, hear.) He very much agreed with his Hon. Friend that the Members of the Government ought not to object to any re turn of the kind, and they would be wrong in being a party to any mode in which the discussion could be interfered with. He must say, nothwithstanding, that the modification pro posed by the Hon. gentleman was a very dangerous one.— ( Hear, hear.) He would rather give the return retrospec tively than prospectively, as it implied a want of confidence in the officers. The Hon. Gentleman the Secretary to the Ad miralty said that he should not give the return for the two past years, but that he was willing to give it for future years, because the officers of the navy would then have notice of the measure, by which their names would be presented to the House of Commons. If they sanctioned such a measure they would imply a reflection, first, upon the naval service, and next upon the Board of Admiralty, which had the direction of that naval service. lie expressed his perfect conviction that, speaking generally, it was the desire of the officers of the navy to abolish this punishment. He dared say that there were some strong-headed men who would still inflict that punish ment, but it would not be fair to judge of the general body of the naval officers by that. The Noble Lord, lie be lieved, said that it was the desire of the naval officers to abolish this punishment, and he was sure also that it must be the wish of the Board of Admiralty. He ( Sir R. Peel) said that the Board of Admiralty had the means effectually to check any act of impropriety on the part of the naval officers, and let them do so, finding that their powers were abused. An officer could not maintain discipline without resorting to these severe punishments—that was to say, not carried to excess— for it was necessary to maintain discipline ; and that ought not to become a marked case against the officer ; but let the Board of Admiralty mark their disapprobation of any exces sive severity— let them mark the disapprobation of the Crown. They would tell the naval officers, if they wished to injure the service, to look to the House of Commons for favour or disap probation, instead of the Crown, with regard to what was right or wrong. Therefore he was for the retrospective return. He did not believe that power had been abused, and therefore the returns ought to be given. He did net believe that the retrospective return would discredit the naval service or the Board of Admiralty. The distinction was dangerous—most dangerous, to say to the naval officer that the returns should be given for the future, and not for the past ; in that they must lse aware that for the future their name should be printed in the House of Commons return, and that the House of Commons had the power to exert an authority over them. The distinction between the retrospective and prospective returns would, as he thought, in directly imply that the House of Commons was to have some direct control. He would infinitely rather that they should know all with respect to the last two years, and for the two future years, than establish this precedent. The Members of the Government would suffer no inconvenience from producing the return ; but, as he said before, he was willing to presume that they were the best judges as to whether they would grant the return as called for by the Right Hon. Gentleman for the two past years. It should be done in justice to the service and the Board of Admiralty, and remove suspicion as to the returns showing something that should lot be known. Mr. Cooper said that the returns in the army were essentially different front those it was proposed to produce with the navy, as they did riot contain the names of the officers, nor the names of the separate offences. He thought it would be advisable that these returns should not point out individuals. Mr. G OULBURN said, that it appeared to him, that amongst the members of the Board of Admiralty, such difference of opinion existed as to the returns proposed to be givers by them, and that proposed by the Hon. Member for Montrose, that it was difficult to say what return ought to be given. He did not think that the return ought to be given with such particularity as the lion. Member proposed. Lord J. RUSSELL said that he understood from his Hon. Friend at the head of the Board of Admiralty that though he was at the head of that Board that it was not with the concurrence of the Board, that he stated that there was no objection to give the return of the punishment of each ship, as the returns were made for each regiment in the army. He conceived that he had that intimation from his Hon. Friend who was responsible for the carrying out of that department, and who had no doubt seriously considered the question, that there was no objection to the granting of the return mentioned by the notice, but he did not imply of course that he was ready to grant the returns exactly in the shape moved for by the Hon. Member for Montrose, but that he was ready to con cede as far as he was concerned to the production of the returns of the offences and punishments of each ship. His Right Hon. Friend who was the Secretary at War was not only responsible for that department, he was not only aware of the official bu'iness which he conducted in that department, but he had served many years in a regiment of the line, and he knew the feeling of the officers and soldiers on this subject. He had great confidence in his Hon. Friend ; and in the; course of last year, after several discussions, in which the lion. Member for Bolton, and many others, urged the total and immediate abolition of corporal punishments, which was re sisted by the Government, his Right Hon. Friend agreed to a return, giving the punishment of each regiment, on the motion of the Hon. Member for Winchester. He thought, for his part, that there was more mischief, and more feelings of jealousy and odium revealed by the discussion on these returns and the refusal of them, than by their production.—(Hear.) He had seen, on many occasion, that the mystery of con cealment with respect to certain facts had induced the public in general to think that there was something wrong in the de partment with regard to the punishment of misconduct in the nay.ll service, and when all the circumstances were known, the department and the officers of the army and navy were entirely exculpated, and nothing disagreeable was discovered. There ore, in general, he was not a friend to conceal ment, and he did not think that concealment was in itself any advantage to the service, while it would have a serious effect on the Admiralty. The public would say that it was very true they had the returns with regard to the punishment in each regiment ; it was very true that they ' had introduced the returns of punishment in each ship, and of the different members constituting the court—why was any attempt made at concealment ? The public would say that there was something to in duce the Government to conceal the return, and, therefore, his Right Hon. Friend had consented that these returns should be given. He himself saw no objection to their production. He (Lord John Russell) had also great satisfaction in adding his testimony to that of the Hon. Member opposite, as t o the true character of the officers of the navy. They had been charged with undue severity. Such was the general impression when an officer of the navy was recently brought before a court-martial. It was then the opinion of the Board of Admiralty, as well as the public, that undue severity had been exercised. When the inquiry was made, however, this impression was over thrown and destroyed.—(Hear, hear.) This was one instance why the returns of 1846 should not be given in the way required by the Hon. Member for Montrose (Mr. Hume). He trusted the lion. Member would withdraw his motion, asking the names of the various commanders; vith the amount of corporal punishment inflicted by each, and he (Lord John Russell) would have no objection, as he was sure the House would not, to returns for the navy, similar to those for the army given last year. He suggested this as he did not think it would be just to give the names of the commanders, as the returns would not fairly represent the exact proceedings of each. Some of the commanders who had not employed corporal punishment were no doubt, in several instances, indebted to previous commanders for the improved discipline which pre vailed, while others who were not so fortunate were obliged to employ corporal punishment. These were the reasons why he suggested another course to the Hon. Member for Mon trose, as he was desirous, if corporal punishment was at all necessary, that it should 193 employed in a manner that would not prove derogatory to the character of the officers in the ser vice.—( Hear, hear.) Colonel WOOD said it seemed that the returns about the army were granted last year when a great excitement prevailed in the country, but he did not think much good had come from them. He admitted that officers should he amenable to LAW INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS, Feb. 9. The House sat to-day to hear appeals. The Peers present were —the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Manchester, and Lord Beaumont. WILSON V. WILSON. The arguments in this case were commenced to-day, and appear likely to occupy their Lordships for several days. The case came before their Lordships upon appeal from the decision of the Vice-Chancellor of England, decreeing the specific performance of certain articles of agreement entered into between the appellant and respondent, who are husband and wife, by which :it was alleged that the appellant was to give up to the respondent for her life certain estates, and he was to accept an annuity of 1,0001. a year, and to live separate from the respondent ; who, in consideration of the execution of the agreement, agreed to forego a suit she had instituted in the Ecclesiastical Court. As the facts of the case are of a delicate nature, and some of them unfit for pub lication, we decline in the present state of the case entering further into it. Sir Frrznar KELLY is the principal counsel for the ap pellant, and Mr. BETHELL for the respondent. PRIVY COUNCIL, Feb. 9. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat to-day, at the Council Chamber, Whitehall, to hear appeale. The Lords present were Lord Brougham, Lord Campbell, the Master of the Rolls, and the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall. IN THE MATTER OF MITCHELL'S PATENT. This case stood in the paper to-day for the purpose of having a day fixed for its hearing. On the case being called on, and no party appearing, it was ordered to stand over to a future day. ANSTRUTHER AND OTHERS V. ARABIN. Mr. M. C. Hill, Mr. Bethell, and Mr. M'Christie appeared for the appellants ; Sir Fitzroy Kelly and Mr. Lloyd appeared for the respondent. Mr. LLOYD applied that the case might stand over to an other day, in consequence of Sir Fitzroy Kelly being unable to attend, but their Lordships refused the application. Mr. HILL stated the nature of the case. It was a petition to her Majesty, praying for leave to appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the Island of Ceyl n. By the 52d section of the charter of Ceylon, by which legal proceedings there are governed, parties litigant have a right de jure to appeal to her Majesty in council, against any final order, judgment, or sentence, that may be pronounced by the courts in Ceylon, but not against an interlocutory order or any order or sentence not having the effect of a final order; and in the present instance the order complained of was neither a final order nor could it very well be said to have that effect ; hence the ne cessity of presenting the present petition under the fetid section of the charter to her Majesty for leave to appeal under the peculiar circumstances of this case. The plaintiffs were the administrators of the property and effects in the island of Ceylon of the late Right lion. Mr. Stewart Mackenzie, who was formerly Governor of that island. He died possessed of a large estate there, upwards of 300 acres of which were cultivated as a coffee plantation. It was alleged by the respondent that a sale of the estate had been made to him by the agent of the late Right llon. Gen tleman, and by some means or other he got possession of it so long ago as the year 1843. The appellants denied that any such sale had been made, and commenced an action of ejectment against the respondent in the early part of last year for the purpose of recovering the possession of the estate and obtaining damages. By the practice of that island all original proceedings must be instituted in the pro vince in which the property is situated; and from every interlocutory proceeding taken there, the parties have the right of an appeal to the Supreme Court at Colombo. The proceedings in the present case had therefore to be com menced in Kandy, and for nearly one entire year the road between Kandy and Colombo had been traversed with ap peal after appeal made by the respondent until the order now complained of had been pronounced. After the utmost difficulty on the part of the appellants, they obtained a judgment and verdict on the 31st of July, 1846, from the District Court of Kandy, by which the respondent was or dered to deliver up possession of the estate to the appellants, and to pay them 6,0001. as and for damages and niesne profits, together with the costs of the suit. The respondent had previously repeatedly moved for commissions to examine witnesses and parties in England, all of which, with other applications and appeals, in the shape of dllatories had been refused. lie appealed to the Supreme Court against the final order of the 31st of July of the District Court of handy, and, after having heard the case argued at great length, the Learned Judge stated :—" I don't intend giving my opinion to-day. I feel this to be a case of nicety, and would rather wish for time to consider it. We shall put off the case, therefore, till Thursday, if it will not be any incon venience for you assessors to come here then again. lam sorry to give you that trouble, but this is an important case, and the position oft lie Court is rather difficult, being a question not of law, but aljustice ; and there are so few rules to guide the Court in athninistering justice AS DISTIWCT FROM LAW, that I think it better to take further time to consider it. I shall give my opinion on Thursday." Accordingly on Thursday the Supreme Court, deciding upon its view of justice as contra-distinguished from law, set aide the judg ment and verdict of the Court below, and remanded the case back for a new trial, requiring further evidence to be given on both sides, and giving the respondent liberty to amend his proceedings, which would inevitably have the effect of causing the whole thing to be gone over again de novo. The appellants had been under the necessity of sending out his (Mr. Hill's) Learned Friend, Mr. M‘Christie, to assist in the conduct of the cause in Ceylon. That gentleman had now returned, and he had had the be. nefit of consultations with him, and his assistance on the present occasion ; he was able, therefore, to state with ac curacy the facts, for Mr. M'Christie had been present at, and taken part in, all the preceedings which had taken place in Ceylon. Mr. M'Christie objected to the Judge of the Supreme Court remanding the case back to the District Court, bat submitted that, if he did send it back, it ought not to do so except upon the payment of the costs by the respondent, a n d cer t ain ot h er terms being imposed. The Supreme Court, however, refused to impose any such terms, notwithstanding the respondent was residing in France, and out of the jurisdiction of the Court; and without any such, back it sent it, which the ap pellant considered and felt to be a very great grievance. With a view to appeal to her Majesty, Mr. M'Christie, after the judgment of the Supreme Court, now complained of was pronounced, moved that Court for a certified copy of its record of all the proceedings there in the cause. That motion was granted, and that record was now ready to be produced to their Lordships, so that every thing that cculd enable the Judicial Committee to arrive at a judg ment upon he rights of the parties was before it, and there fore he (Mr. Bill) submitted that this was a case in which the appellants ought to have leave to appeal. Lord BROUGHAM observed, that his difficulty was to know, bow the Judges or the powers of the Supreme Court of Ceylon had the ability between Tuesday and Tharsday to prepare a code of justice as distinguished from law, by which they could have been enabled to decide any question in this case.—(A laugh.) Mr. LLOYDD submitted that the appellants were not at liberty to come to her Majesty without having first gone to all the judges of the Supreme Court collectively, by way of review, as provided by the Charter. He also submitted that this not being a final order, the appellants had no right to come hero at all, and that they had not shown sufficient pressure upon.them to entitle them to call upon her Majesty for the exercise of her prerogative in granting them such an indulgence as they now prayed for. Lord CAMPBELL considered that it surely must be but fair that the appellants should have an opportunity of supporting the judgment they had obtained from the District Court; and it would be impossible for them to do that if liberty were not now given them to appeal. The MASTER of the ROLLS said that the necessity ofhaving gone to the Collective Court before the appelants came here only existed in the case of afinci/ order, which this was not said to be. Lord BROUGHAM called en Mr. 11I‘Christie to state if he thought proper, anything that might occur to him, from his local knowledge of the island, as he had been there. Mr. 151‘Ctintsmt. said the respondent had had every oppor tunity, on all occasions, of defending himself, that the whole of the proceedings, as certified by the Supreme Court, were now in London, and ready to be produced to their Lordships, and it was a well-known fact, both between the legal ad visers on both sides in Ceylon, and also to the judges there, that no decision of the courts there would be submit ted to by the parties in this case, without in the end coming to their Lordships; and, therefore, it was of the utmost im portance that the case should now be entertained here. Their LORDSHIPS were all clearly of opinion, that under the circumstances of this case, the appellants ought to be allowed to appeal, and liberty was graated to do so ac cordingly. cery—T _ command v9U to do your duty," Mrs. Folcroft said 4 he was not an officer of that court, anq mentioned his name. The party, however, who had been Join e d by o th ers f rom the street, proceeded to lift up the corpse ; she ran out of' the roots, and informed Miss Huggins of the proceedings, who came out of her room in her dressing-gowm but by that time the body had been covered with a black cloth, and strapped to a black board resembling a coffin lid. Mrs. Holcorn begged them to desist, and characterised the proceeding as a mock funeral. The windows were thrown up and assistance called for. The feet of the body were thrust against her, and the servant was knocked down and injured. They did all they could to resist the removal of the body, and Phillips (who was the driver of the hearse—for a hearse and two mourning coaches had been brought to the door), exclaimed, "If they will not let the body come down throw the b— over the banis ters" (meaning Watkins). The Misses Huggins clung to the feet of the body, and, in consequence, considerable disturb ance was created, and a man, named Hawkins, who also resisted, was nearly thrown over the banisters. Mr. and Mrs. Hale (the niece of the deceased) and their two sons, who were staying in the house, and several persons be longing to the town, also endeavoured to prevent the body from being brought down stairs. Mr. Haynes himself ex claimed " Throw the body over." They at length succeeded in their object, and took the body into the parlour. Very horrible and disgusting language was used. The coffin, which had contained the deceased, with the mattrass and shroud, which were stained with blood, were placed across the door of Miss Huggins's room, so that access could not be obtained without stepping over it. The magistrate, Mr. Williams, who was consulted by the defendant on the sub ject, declined to interfere, and ultimately the body was re moved and buried at Kennington. They returned in the evening, and stopped in the house till twelve that night, drinking and making a great noise. It appeared that the defendant had been in the house for some days before the occurrence. whom ceeded Ail . posed that in 1845, he • railway transactions. Among others, lie licitor to the North Western Trunk Railway. recollected in October having met the defendant in company with Mr. Bull, at the Birmingham station. They all travelled in the same carriage. and the conversation turned on this railway. Mr. Bull said he was going to attend a meeting of the directors in London. In the course of their conversation Mr. Bull said " Garbett, you may as well put the name of Walter Lyndon in the list of directors." The defendant said if Mr. Bull was in the company he had no objection to joining the company. Witness had a prospectus onihim, a number of copies of which had been struck off, and he wrote Mr. Lyndon's name down on it. He believed the defendant promised to attend the meeting next day, but he did not. A Mr. Wylie was also present, who likewise consented to become a provisional di rector. In pursuance of this, steps were taken by the witness to have the names inserted in the prospectus. The defendant asked when his name would appear, and witness replied that it would appear the next morning in the London newspapers, and in the country ones the week following. The shares of the company bad never been allotted; they were obliged to fall back on those who had agreed to act as directors of the company. The witness further deposed that the defendant had sent a letter, stating his intention to take 150 shares if allotted to him, but that when the affairs of che company got unsatis factory he had sent another letter, denying he had ever con sented to be one of the provisional directors. The cross-examination of the witness did not illicit any material point. James Stevens, the secretary of the company, proved that he had ordered the prospectuses of the company to be adver tised through Mr. Charles Barker. He gave the orders ge nerally in writing. He was in the habit of causing sum monses and notices to the directors to be issued, and among others Lyndon was several times written to. The list of names was made up from the printed prospectus. The written orders, authorising the insertion of the advertisements of the scheme, were then put in, signed "I. Stephens." Mr. Stephens, under examination, admitted the orders put in to be in his handwriting, for which he quoted the resolu tions passed at the first meeting of the provisional com mittee, on the 6th October, 1845, as his general authority, for the insertion of the advertisements, requesting all things necessary for the advancement of the scheme to be done. At a meeting of the 11th of October, 1845, the name of the defendant, along with twenty-nine ethers, was added to the list on the prospectus, by a resolution of the managing committee, in the absence of the defendant. The witness said he had a general authority to see that the matter was properly advertised, - except on one occasion, when he was or dered to advertise as little in the Times as possible, on ac • count of the opposition which that journal had evinced against railways. Mr. Sergeant BYLES said, the books produced by this wit ness had come upon him by surprise, and he was not prepared to go on with the case until he had an opportunity of examining them. These were the material facts in support of the proseoution, and were testified to by a great number of witnesses. It was elicited from some of them that the defendant claimed the body of his father as his heir, and in accordance with a wish, which he had expressed to him in a letter, to be buried near the grave of a child at Kennington. In his will, however, the deceased expressed his wish to be buried at Edgware. The case for the prosecution having been closed, Sir FREDERICK TIIESIGER. then proceeded to address the jury on behalf of the defendants. He submitted that the object of those who had instituted the prosecution was not so much to promote public justice as to prevent the de fendant from continuing the suits which he had instituted in the Court of Chancery and in the Ecclesiastical Courts, for the proper investigation of his father's affairs, and the resti tution of his own rights. It appeared that the unfortunate deceased had formerly been the inmate of a lunatic asylum, that he had conducted himself so strangely as to have estranged his family from him, and during the later period of his life to have admitted into his house strangers who had obtained so much influence over him as to have induced him to have left the bulk of his pro pert.y to them—Miss Huggin nearly 800/. a year, Mr. Burton, the prosecutor, 500/., and his own son, the defendant, but 100/. a year. They had arrayed themselves against the family of the deceased for the purpose of keeping all the de ceased's property in their hands. Executors had only to deal with personal property, and as the house at Edgeware was 'freehold, and, moreover, as he repudiated the competency of his father's testamentary acts, owing to his lamentable condition, he had a perfect right to take possession of the house at his death, and to take possession of his body for the purpose of sepulture. Then there could be no doubt that the defendant wished to remove the body down stairs for the purpose of having it placed in a coffin in the parlour; and that they were quietly proceeding to perform this task, when the interference took place, and the noise and confusion arose in consequence of that interference. The body was com pletely covered, and preparations had been made to inter it in a proper manner, so that the allegation of indecency could not be maintained. After some further observations, he concluded by confidently trusting that the jury would acquit the whole of the defendants. The jury acquitted all the defendants. The case was therefore postponed till to-morrow morning. when Mr. Sergeant Byles will proceed with the cross-exami nation of Mr. Stephens. BAIL COURT, Feb. 9. (Sittings in Banco before Lord Chief Justice DENMAN, ANDREWS V. I.OID LYNDHURST. In this case, ➢lr. Andrews, formerly a prisoner in the Queen's Bench, moved for a rule to show cause why Lord Lyndhurst should not pay over a fine of 5001. for refusing to grant a writ 6f habeas corpus while in possession of the great seal. The penalty was sought to be enforced under an old Act of Parliament. The defendant had entered a demurrer. Lord DENMAN observed, that it would not be necessary for Mr. Cowling, on the part of the defendant, to make any observations, as the Court had already come to a decision on the matter. In the opinion of the Court, the penalty could only be recovered in the event of the Chancellor refusing to grant a writ of habeas corpus in a case of felony or treason ; it did not apply to the case of a prisoner confined for debt. The demurrer put in by the defendant would, therefore, be considered valid by the Court. The effect of this decision is literally a judgment altogether in favour of Lord Lyndhurst. es-a. he could recover. The Learned Gentleman then pro- POLICE INTELLIGENCE. to call his witnesses. ""round Garbett, of Wellington, was called, and de- ree MANSION -HOUSE. ^sseeed as solicitor in several e LORD MAYOR, upo n t a ki ng hi s seat in the justice - ^ oint-so was room, stated, that i n consequence of the publication of the j ~„„ complaint by Mr. Austin, the :proprietor of Peele's Coffee 1-ense, of the unauthorised reference made to that establish es.- "eve who advertised for a wife, he had received ment by the following letter:— ' --se, Poole, Feb 2, 1847. " " Lytchett-n.,.._ —nts to the Lo r d Mrs. Greathed presents her compile.- e Mayor. She incloses a paper which will evince n.."r unfor tunate it is for the p oor woman t h at a paragraph has re.: n _ its way into a paper so extensively read as the Times, giving a report of hi s L or d s hi p ' s ment i on i ng that Corder btained his wife through an advertisement. It was natural the Lord Mayor should allude itp the circumstances, as it is men tioned in the trial in thff Annual Register' of 1828. If true, the poor widow has paid the penalty • but it is thought to have been an aspersion upon the widow by a near relative of the murderer, in order that he should not be en cumbered by her and her unfortunate son. Every inquiry has been carefully made, and the highest character is given of Mrs. Corder by those is the neighbourhood of Polstead. She has struggled during nineteen years for her support. At last everything has been seized and sold, and her mind is be come toe unsettled to do anything. The hope is to raise a sum which will be placed in the hands of a careful and well known person, who will dole it out for the maintenance of Mrs. Corder and her son. "Nothing can tend so much to destroy the impression at present made upon the public as the Lord Mayor and some of his friends kindly affording an addition to the subscription open at Hatchard's." The paper enclosed by Mrs. Greathed is as follows : " Appeal on behalf of Mrs. Mary Corder, widow of William :order, who was executed in 1828, for the murder of Maria Martin. Some ladies, to whom Mrs. Corder is personally known, and who have made careful inquiries as to her history throughout her iife, have (unknown to her) drawn up this appeal to the sympathy of the public. Mrs. Corder, previ ous to her marriage, was a governess, highly respected by her pupils and their parents. She is uow in the deepest dis tress, her mind being in some degree affected by her severe affliction, and being also a sufferer from almost total deafness. Her only son, born about the time of the discovery of the murder, is deficient in intellect, and his right side is para lysed. They are both in want of clothing and means to pro cure food, and capable of but little occupation. Mrs. Corder supported herself and her son for some time by hemming cravats for a shop, and letting lodgings, but owing to her state of health both these resources are at an end. The fund raised will be carefully expended for Mrs. Corder by a com petent person. " Donations will be gratefully received by Messrs. Hatch ard and Co., 187, Piccadilly, London; Mr. Baisler, 124, Oxford street, London ; Mr. Johnstone, 15, Princess-street, Edin burgh; Mr. Bowner, George-street, Hastings; Mr. Reeve, Leamington ; Mr. Simms, Bath." The list of subscriptions exhibited no more than the total sum of 51. 17s. 6d. The Loan MAYOR said, nothing was further from his ima gination at the time he alluded to the circumstance to which the lady who had done him the honour to write to him re ferred, than the idea that the observations he bad made would Have been prejudicial to an appeal based upon so unques tionable a claim upon the sympathies of the benevolent. In quoting the case, of which he had spoken merely upon the authority of hearsay, his only object was to caution females against being attracted by advertisements in newspapers to form such serious engagements, and be thought he could not more clearly mark his intention than by instancing what ap peared to him to be the strongest of all evidence of the ne eessity of peculiar circumspection. Much of the corres pondence which Mr. Austin had very properly taken posses sion of showed remarkable credulity, and was calculated to excite unmixed commisseration for the poor girls who were so eager to venture upon such perils, and he had observed, that that gentleman had expressed a most decided objection to the publication of anything which might point at any one of the writers. A gentleman who was in the justice-room when the Lord Mayor made the foregoing statement and remarks, said he bad been given to understand that no "matrimonial inquirers" had been referred to Peele's Coffee-house since the application had been made to his Lordship on the subject. The LORD MAYOR said he had felt that the press would at once put an end to the nuisance. He believed, too, that through the same powerful and b enevo l ent me di um, the un fortunate widow, whose case was in every respect one of most awful calamity, would find some friends, As for him self, he should certainly not forget the ingenious, but most humane suggestion in the concluding paragraph of his fair correspondent's communication. WORSHIP-STREE7. Yesterday Daniel and Mary Ann Dowling, husband and wife, the former stated by the police to have been before convicted of felony, were placed at the bar before Mr. Broughton, for final examination upon numerous charges of robbery and burglary. A poor Irish couple named Sweeney, living in Anne's court, Peter-street, Westminster, stated that in July last the prisoners called to visit the husband, who happened to be oct at the time, and had no sooner taken their seats than the male prisoner asked the wife (Mrs. Sweeney) to accom pany him up stairs to the room of another lodger, whom he said he had not seen for some time. She accordingly pro ceeded there with him, leaving her sister with Mrs. Dow ling, and almost immediately afterwards heard a loud crash in her own apartment when, on looking over the bannisters, she saw the two women has. toning down stars with a large bundle, which neither of them had upon entering the house. On examining her room she found that a trunk, containing some silver and all her husband's best clothes, together with a large quantity of her own wearing apparel, had been broken open and the whole of its contents carried off. On going up stairs to apprize the male prisoner of his wife's infamous conduct, she found that he had decamped also, and all trace of either of them had been entirely lost until she heard they were in custody upon other charges of a similar description. Sweeney himself added, that having discovered that the ac complice in the robbery had immediately gone to Ireland, he followed her there, and brought her back to this country, when she handed him about 238., which was her portion of the plunder, and so earnestly e n t rea t e d hi s f org i veness, on the ground of the peranaainn and indueomante held nut. UP her by the two prisoners to assist in the robbery, that he ulti mately consented to set her at liberty. The witnesses now identified numerous articles of wearing apparel produced by a pawnbroker, at whose shop they had been pledged the same day the robbery was committed, as being part of those stolen. Sergeant Sanders informed the magistrate that since the prisoners had been in custody, in addition to the quantity of duplicates he was already in possession of, he had discovered no less than forty more at a former lodging of the prisoners, from which they had decamped and left them behind them. Mrs. Sweeney's sister, a young woman named Norah Halpin, was then admitted a witness for the Crown, and having clearly established the fact of the robbery upon the poor Irishman, the prisoners, both of whom denied with the greatest effrontery all knowledge of it, were fully committed for trial, the male prisoner upon one, and his wife upon all three charges. SOUTHWARK. Yesterday William Barfield, the night porter at the Catherine Wheel Inn, in the Borough, charged with stealing a pocket-book containing 3001., the property of Mr. Skipper, under the circumstances already detailed; appeared upon his recognizances to hear the depositions of the several witnesses read over, preparatory to the case being sent for trial. When the name of the principal witness (Mr. Skipper) was called, it was found that he was not in attendance, and his absence from the court was accounted for by a gentleman named Burbidge, a solicit or , w h o s t a t e d that Mr. Skipper was prevented from being present owing to to the apprehen sion he entertained of being arrested an his leaving the court. Mr. Burbidge then applied for the restoration of the 3001., which was found, as already described, in the street near the Catherine Wheel, when the parties were going to the station house after the prisoner was given into custody. The appli cant then produced a written authority from Mr. Skipper for the whole of the above sum, describing that he was in much want of it to enable him to arrange some pecuniary matters, so that he could attend the court without the risk of being arrested. Mr. CoTTINGHAM, in reply to the application, said that he had no objection to order a portion of the 3001. to be delivered up to the gentleman who was empowered with the authority of the owner to receive it; but that he should retain the remainder in order to insure the attendance of Mr. Skipper to prosecute the charge. It was a case of much public im portance, and, in justice to the accused, was one which required the fullest investigation before another tribunal. He added, that if the prosecutor himself came forward, heard the depositions read over, and entered into the required re cognizances to appear at the Central Criminal Court, the whole of his money should be given up to him. Mr. Burbidge repeated that his client was fearful of appearing in consequence of the circumstances he had pre viously related,but that it was his full determinatien to pro secute the charge. Mr. COITINGHAX remanked, that he should issue a sum mons to compel the prosecutor's attendance, and that upon that process he would be perfectly free from arrest for debt while coming to that Court to give evidence, and until his departure. Mr. Burbidge said, that Mr. Skipper would be liable to arrest immediately after his departure, and that it was to avoid that casualty he was not present on that occasion. He added, that notwithstanding some imputations had been cast upon the character of Mr. Skipper, owing to the way in which he occupied himself on the night of the alleged robbery, in riding about and calling at different public-houses about sweepstakes before his arrival at the Catherine Wheel Inn with his relative, Mr. West, yet that he was a highly respect able young man; was possessed of independent property; had large expectations, and for the last two years, to his (Mr. Burbidge's) knowledge. occupied a residence, called Albert-villa, at Whetstone; that he was only 23 years of age, and, like 'many young men at that period of life, was rather gay and volatile in his habits. He again repeated that Me. Skipper was in much want of the whole of the money, and th a t he wo u ld be s u re to attend lee. the next ex amination if another adjournment took place. necessity of a thorough investigation Mr. Humphries, on the behalf of th i e nt a e cc t u h s is ed m , e u s r t g s e e d rie th a e s omnsissu arrests from this court would preserve thepe case, and at the same time observed thnastecants after quitting the court, on and, in the event of his captionourmfmro immediate liberation would be question but his there was no an application to a judge . detailing the facts of the case, ordered. fectly aware of that fact, and he The MAGISTRATS was e grounds before stated. declined to attend, fo r thwith issued a s ummons against the prosecutor, who, how ever,t' the 3 0 0/., offe rin g r. Burbidge subsequently a to pp l l e i n ed ve fo 2 r oo t i li . e io r t e h s e to h ra an tio d n s o o f f 1001. out o the clerk of the court. after some . !election, considered it so that he essential for the sake of public justice that Mr. Skipper should attend to prosecute the charge, the proposition, unless he was assured by the solicitor that the money was required for the purpose of enabling him to attend at the court to give evidence. Mr. li tir bidge, however, could not undertake to state that although he was confid en t hi s c li ent, who alreadythefact, given him iusi;:Stetions for the pro secu ti on, would Lad such .vas attend at th e After some further discussion on theNbjeCt, the magistrate said that the summons not being attended to, he should issue a warrant to compel On eemplainant's attendance. The depositions of the vrillsesses were then read °vs:: by Mr. Edwin, the chief clerk; and when he arrived at the evidence given by the three policemen, 101 M, 191 M, and 30 M, they stood forward and stated that they omitted to mention on the previous examination that when they were called to the Catherine Wheel to take the prisoner into cus tody, Mr. Skipper informed them that he had searched the man, and found nothing in his possession, and that was the reason they (the policemen) did not consider it necessary to institute another examination of his person. Mr. COTTINGIIAM expressed his astonishment that the po licemen should have neglected to mention so important a fact when before him on the last occasion, but he remembered having questioned them separately on the subject of search ing the accused before they left the Catherine Wheel for the station-house, and that neither of them said one word about that which they now asserted upon oath was said by the prosecutor to them. Mr. Humphries urged the necessity of adding tiiii testi ' 'l,' t" the deposit wow, •ind de':, ' l , a further adjournment of the case took place, in order to have the Prosecutor's evidence to ocenplete the oleo. • - COURT OF EXCHEQUER.—Feb. 9. HEWETT V. TURNER. ai This was an action i n w hi c h the plaintiff, who was the secre tary to the Tring an d Reigate Railway Company, sought to recover of the defend an t, M r. T urner, M . P ., a sum of money alleged to be due t o hi m f or serv i ces ren d ere d t o the railway in question, the defendant being at the time the debt was contracted a member of the provisional committee. Mr. Humfrey and Mr. T. Saunders were counsel for the plaintiff; Mr. Martin and Mr. Pearson for the defendant. It appeared that the managers of this company came to a resolution to wind up the affairs of the company, and for this purpose it was agreed amongst themselves that each party should subscribe a sum of 1751. towards a fund, to be placed at the disposal of a committee for the purpose of li quidating the outstanding claims upon the committee. The defendant, however, did not pay his share of the liquidation fund until some time after the resolutions were passed. Two actions had been brought against the defendant, of which:the present was one, the other being set down for trial at the Guildford assizes in the last term. A few days before the day appointed for the bearing of the cause the defendant made an arrangement by which, upon payment of his pro portionate share of the fund agreed upon among the di rectors, the action was to be stayed. The defendant now pleaded that the arrangement made upon payment by him of the sum of 1751. was in satisfac tion of the present as well as the former action. It appear. ing, however, from the evidence of the solicitor to the com pany, and several other witnesses, that it was only the pro ceedings upon the first action that were to be stayed, the jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict for the plaintiff for the amount claimed. WILLINGTON v. GOURNAY. This was an action brought for the purpose of recovering compensation in damages for a libel uttered by the defendant in a letter, which was calculated seriously to affect the character of the plaintiff. Sir F. Thesiger appeared to conduct the case on behalf of the plaintiff, Mr. Martin for the defendant. The plaintiff was, it appeared, a surgeon, residing at Twickenham, who had recently established himself in that town. The defendant, who had previously been an intimate friend of the plaintiff, was also a member of the medical profession, carrying on business at Madeley in Shropshire. The action arose out of the following circumstances :—The defendant addressed a letter to a Mr. Lichfield, a surgeon of considerable practice in the same town as the plaintiff, re questing to be informed whether the plaintiff was then residing in that town, adding, as a reason for his troubling him, he being a perfect stranger to him, that the plaintiff was indebted to him in a considerable sum of money, which he had advanced to him when at Warwick, and that since the time of the plaintiff leaving that town, he (the defendant ) had net been able to hear anything as to his whereabouts. The letter concluded by stating that any communication on the subject addressed to him, would be considered, as ho wished his own letter to be considered, as strictly confiden • tial. Upon the receipt of this letter, Mr. Lichfield showed its contents to several persons in Twickenham, which coming to the knowledge of the plaintiff, a writ was served at the suit of the plaintiff upon Lichfield, who subsequently de livered up the letters of the defendant, and further proceed ings in the suit were stayed. and the present action was brought against the defendant, as the writer of the letter in question and the originator of the libel. Mr. MARTIN, on the part of the defendant, contended that the communication was entirely privileged and confidential, summingthey thought that there was nothing libelloauspi perfectly fo the tt lhy b contents n t ty a , however, e r nt fi s de; if so, the verdict that theo ft letter,e to and the sole object th e defend ant had in writing, was to ob tain information of the residence of the plaintiff. The LORDc niEF BARON, lad ina be wassnSt however,n g up, deprecated the practice of laying actions for libels simply. because a ground of consider action whether defendantor the mustbe existed. fthe It wisheddefwletterwould w defendant; to Injure the character of the after a short consultation, returned a ver di ct for plaiatiff, then their ver dict would be for the plaintiff The jury,. the defendant. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Feb. 9. Before Lord Chief Justice WILDS and a Special Jury.) TILE LEEDS, FLEETWOOD, AND LTVERVOOL RAILWAY.—. GRIFFIN AND ANOTHER V. BEVERLEY AND ANOTHER. This was an action brought by Messrs. Griffin and T aun t on, acting engineers of t h e .‘ Leeds, Fleetw oo d, an d Li verpool Railway," one of the schemes of last y e ar , to recover for work d h abour done, y ere n p e a , preparatory preparing the pla ns an d spec i fications to an application to P ar l iament. T he sued as members of the provisional committ ee defendantsoa of tle line, ,poe of management. Mr. Sergeant Channell and Mr. Parry were for the plaintiffs; 'Mr. Sergeant Byles and Mr. Bramwell for the defence. indebted. the defendants pleaded not evidence adduced for the plaintiffs it appeared From the The sum sought to be recovered was about 2,4001., t o which that the company w as projected in the autumn of 1845 by engineer, who subsequently nominated .1!, ( 1 1. r . . A M le o x n a ta n g d u e e r , B a n Blackie as secretary, and Mr. H. Reginald Hill, solicitor. On the Bth of October the managing com mittee were appointed, and at the same time a long list of provisional directors was published, containing the names of Lord George Bentinck, and other well-known noblemen and gentlemen. In the published list of the committee of man agement appeared the names of Mr. B. Baldwin, M.P., as chairman; John Anders on, vice-chairman ; and the two defendants, Mr. R o b er t Beverley, and Mr. John Jackson, of Leeds, as members. The names of the p laintiffs also were attached to the prospectuses and advertisements as the act ing engineers. In the early part of 1846 the scheme was COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Feb. 9. altogether abandoned. (Before Mr. Justice ER LE an d a S pecial J Several witnesses were called to prove that the defenda nts ury.) STEALING A BODY AND CREATING A PI . 01 . ...... TH ---IC QUEEN v, went. The evidence, however, was not at all conclusive, as HAYNES AND OTHERS,of the This extraordinary case, which has been postponed had consented to be placed on the committee of manage it did not appear that they had attended any . . , h w e it h h adgi It was an i ndictmen N t . ch i rgi ng the defendants, Mr. Joseph from meetings of the the board, at which the preliminary . time to time, at length came on for trial this morning, at the sitting of the Court. measures for forwarding the scheme were taken; and Bailie Haynes, Mr. Edward Ilaynes, and persons named Thomas Haynes Smith, endeavoured to be proved b the fact that the defendant had Cullum, Sog, Porter, and iaamed Cole, Phillipps, Groves, received several newspapers y with his name announced as a regardvea hie M co r n . se J n a t clis to on b , e thaemreemwbaesr.noTehvtaideiice assent thatwas the late Mr. Joseph Haynes, others, a e with t i stealing the body of member of the committee, and had not dissented to the same. property, who at the time of 'his Lanthernan of considerable Mr. Sergeant BYEEB submitted that there was no case for and with creating a riot whilst forciblyresided at Edgeware the jury, more especiall as it rarded the defendant Jackson. carrying away. the body Mr. Sergeant Cann's? ? lie cl. ELL rep The Attorney-General, Mr. M. Chambers His LORDSHIP, after reviewing the case at some length, son were for the prosecution ; and Sir F. ..._, and . Mr. Clark- decided that there was not sufficient evidence adduced to Cockburn for the defendants. Thesiger and Mr. establish the liability of the defendants. It appeared from the opening of the Attorney_General Mr. Se rgeant C HANNELL tendered a bi ll o f exception, and, • and from the statements of th e w i tnesses for , in order to ad m it o f i ts acceptance by th e Court, a verdict prosecution—which will be better un d erstood in tulle was taken for the d e f en d ants. form of a narrati v e than as di s j o i nted pieces of VHS NORTH-WESTERN TRUNK RAILIVAY.—BARKEH V. evidence—that Mr. Haines died suddenly on Friday, the ThisLYNDON. 19th of December, 1845, and that arrangement had been t• • was an action brought by Mr. C. Barker, the adver made by his executors, r. Barton and Mr. Slater, for his t ' i s Ulg agent, to recover for work and labour done in adver interment on the 28th of the same month. Ills body, after . ‘% r e n s f the prospectus of a certain scheme called " The North. having undergone a post-mortem examination, was placed in was aern .Railway Trunk Company," of which the defendant a coffin in the usual way. He had been estranged from his provisional director. The latter is a hardware manu factur, family for some years, and the only inmates of his dwelling, M r. e. " residing at Birmingham. besides the domestics, were two ladies named Huggins, Mr. ockburn and Mr. James appeared for the plaintiffs, the youngest of whom was 18, and the eldest 28, Mr. Sergeantt Ryles and Mr. Kean for the defendante. whom he used to say, were his neices, but it appeared He statedcru" opened the case on behalf of the plaintiff. that they were not related to him. By his will he left his a person of t 'is scheme was projected in September, 1845, by son, the first-named defendant, about 100/. a year, and the bett, a s i the name of Mr. Brown, the friend of Mr. Gar reversionary interest of some property for himself and his who It solicitor, residing at Wellington, in Shropshire, children. The other persons named Hay•nes were related to line. It also connected with the Shropshire Mineral the family. Haynes Smith was an illegitimate son of the bett and ?%1I)i-Pealried that in the begining of October Mr. Gar. deceased. He left the eldest Miss Huggins 500/. a year, and attend a ineeti u g il were coming up to London to arrange to two houses for her lifetime. On Saturday, the 27th of De- pened to meet nu- of the provisional railways,director ADO,. ..hey hap cember the first-named defendant obtained the key of the room was the time whie defendant in the 'carriage. This which the body was deposited for the purpose, as he stated, of many, an d ,teh visions of Premium° floated in the minds of seeing his father for the last time. His two little boys parties, it conversation hav; n s. endedstarted between the were with him. Several persons came at the same a provisional di n the defends- 'Consenting to become time, according to their statement, for a similar purpose, and prospectus was issued,reetor. h ' t t ly after this a revised they were brought up in couples until the room contained as incorrectly, and .in a - stately e which his name a ea d many as fourteen. lie tried to induce Mrs. Halcorn, the quently he cons whicl ' proof of . PE re .., he caused to be corrected. Subse person who accompanied the party at the request of Miss being a ,*. ~ e nted to take 150 shares, in virtue of Huggins, to leave the room ; but she would not, as she had shares ..erector, but panic taking the received no direction. He excused the staying of the party re . were not issued. Eventually an arrangement was by saying that they were waiting for a lady named Davie- -ade to give up the line,and to meet the expenses gone t o . Immediately after the servant announced that the cofr .... I The defend an t , as oneof the directors, was written to, to arrived, ani Mrs. Halcorn requested them to to -,a had contribute his share of the expense, when he returned an Burton had given directions that as soon r - -.lye, as Mr. answer to the effect that h dnevergiven • ehad it should be soldered up. The coffin. 1 ..a the coffin came sanction to be a • • provisional director, and would one expected. The defendant 0 , ..owever, was not the have nothing whatever I to do with the matter.. Under after opening it said to a -aen went to the door, and thc.te air , ...ur. - .stssic e s ti e , ? p anainF haviii i ; goile t., cel2 , lLitrublu was William Haynes, " - person outside, who, it appeared, expense in advertising the scheme, and not being paid his I ,', You, from the High Court of Chan- account, he selected the defendant as a solvent person, from GEILS C. GEILS. This case came before their Lordships upon appeal from the decision of the Court of Arches. Upon the case being called on, Lord BROUGHAM, on the part of their Lordships, desired all parties except those connected with the case to with draw; he did so because the facts of the case were of so in delicate a nature that the public morals required that they should not be put forth before the world. Strangers then withdrew, and the argument on the case occupied their Lordships in private the whole morning. VICE-CHANCERY COURT, Feb. 9. (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND). HisHonour the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND sat in his Court in Lincoln's-Inn to-day and took motions, but no case of any public interest came before his Honour during the morning. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. _ . The February general Quarter Sessions for the county of Middlesex commenced this morning, before the Assistant- Judge and a full bench of magistrates, when the number of prisoners for trial was 90, of whom 83 were charged with felony. The Learned ASSISTANT-JUDGE charged the grand] ury in the usual form, and, in allusion to juvenile criminals, said it was with exceeding regret he perceived that out of the 90 criminals whose names appeared on the calendar, no less than 33 were children, in the true sense of the word—their ages varying from seven to fifteen years. John Williams was indicted for stealing two blankets and a counterpane, value 10s., the property of Thomas Page, Esq., of Hyde Park-gardens. it appeared from the evidence of two constables of the D division of police, that on the night of the 2d inst., about ten o'clock, the prisoner was seen coming out of Mr. Page's stables carrying a large bundle, and upon being challenged by one of them as to what it contained, he immediately threw it down, and succeeded for the time in effecting his escape, but was eventually taken into custody at a low lodging-house in St. Giles's. Upon examining the bundle it was found to contain the articles charged in the indictment, which the prisoner, with a daring and adroitness showing him to be an experienced hand, managed to take from some of the rooms up stairs, which were unoccupied, Mr. Page's family being out of town at the time. The prisoner, who cross-examined the witne sses f or th e prosecution with a lawyer-like tact, was found Guilty, and sentenced to six months' imprisonment with bard labour. Matthew Murphy was indicted for stealing a watch, the property of Jean Rodrigues, who gave his evidence through the medium of a Portuguese interpreter, and stated that he was at a public-house in Wapping, called the Jolly Sailors, when the prisoner came next to him, and managed to abstract his watch from his waistcoat pocket. To the evident surprise of the prisoner himself, he was Acquitted. Mary Anne Nicholson was indicted for stealing a purse, containing 9s. 6c1., the property of Thomas Carpenter. The robbery was one of the ordinary street robberies by females, and a verdict of Guilty was returned. The Learned ASSISTANT-JUDGE, in passing sentence, re marked upon the great increase latterly of this species of robbery, and sentenced the prisoner to six months' imprison ment. SURREY SESSIONS. BURGLARY.— WiIIiam Adams and Henry Parker were in dicted for breaking into the dwelling-house of James August, at Beddington, near Croydon, and stealing therefrom a waist coat, some cheese, and other property. It appeared from the evidence of the different witnesses that on Sunday night, the 31st ultimo, the house of the pro secutor was entered, and the property stolen therefrom. On the following morning the prisoner Parker sold the waistcoat to a man named Wright, a beer-shop keeper at Croydon, who afterwards pledged it. The prisoners on being apprehended denied all knowledge of the robbery, but Adams afterwards said that both of them went on the Sunday night to Au gust's house, being familiarly acquainted with him, but n o t finding him at h ome , h e (Adams) broke a square of glass in the back kitchen, and took away the property, not for the sake of stealing, but for a lark. Adams further added, that he gave the waistcoat to Parker for the purpose of selling it. It appeared - in evidence that both prisoners held respectable and responsible situations at Croydon, and were on familiar terms with August, who had on the same Sunday night been drinking together at a public-house at Beddington, where they separated at nine o'clock. August said that on his arrival home he heard a noise of some persons leaving the house, therefore it was alleged that it could not be the pri soners, but some other persons, as they were known to be at Croydon at the time. In defence, Adams said that he received the waistcoat from a man at 'W right's beer-shop on Monday morning, and asked Parker, who was with him, to dispose .of it. He denied that they were at August's house on Sunday night. He made that statement not knowing what he said. Both prisoners received excellent characters for honesty and general good conduct. The CHAIRMAN briefly summed up, and the jury returned a 'verdict of Acquittal for both prisoners. William Pollard, a farm labourer, aged 33, was indicted for feloniously stealing at Cranley one live sheep, the pro perty of Thomas Thomas Killick, the son of the prosecutor, said that about seven o'clock in the eveni ng o f t h e Ist inst.' he counted the sheep belonging to his father, and found the number (70) all safe in the fold. On the following morning, about eight o'clock, he again counted them, and missed one. He then looked about the fold, and in a ditch, at the lower part, found the skin, entrails, and head of the missing sheep. There were footsteps of hobnailed boots, and near the skin the marks of corded trousers. The whole of the sheep were marked with pitch, and the skin corresponded with the others. William Henry Biddleton, superintendent of the Godal ming police, said that on the morning of the 4th instant, he went to the prisoner's house, at Cranley, near Mr. Killick's farm, and searched it. He there found an old frock, covered with blood, a chopper with mutton fat on it, and a sack with small pieces of fat sticking to it. Ho then went up stairs, and on ascending perceived a curious screw on the top of the eighth step. He procured a screw driver, and having extracted the screw, di scovered a secret cupboard, in which a portion of a sheep had been deposited. His attention was afterwards called to a well at the rear of the house, and on looking into it perceived lumps of fat floating on the surface of the water. He procured grapnels, and succeeded in pull ing out the carcase of an ewe sheep, excepting two ribs, which had been cut out, and the head and skin. The carcase corresponded with the skin in every particular. He then took the prisoner into custody, and found the trousers he had on, and his boots, to correspond with the marks near where the skin was found. Mr. Whitburn, a farmer, residing near the proseentor said that he saw the prisoner, at 10 o' c l oc k of the morning of the 4th instant, carry a large bag to the well at the rear of his house, from which he took several pieces of mutton, and throw it into the well. He afterwards gave information to last witness. William Street, a labourer, said that on the night of the Ist instant he saw the prisoner, in company with three others, proceed towards High Hillocks (the prosecutor's farm) with a sack under his arm. The prisoner, who was undefended, said that he knew nothing about the sheep, it must have been placed there by other parties. lie declared that he was innocent. The CHAIRMAN summed up at some length, and the jury, Without the least hesitation, returned a verdict of Guilty. The CHAIRMAN sentenced him to be transported for the term of fifteen years. Mr. Biddleton received a high compliment from the Bench . for the acti v ity h e had displayed in furthering the ends of justice, NFORMATION UNDER f THE METROPOLITAN BUILD INGS Aar. case of Referees importanc47 Carne t o e n yes terdayt in a Court o held under the Metropolitan reesi3ullz, w A e ct be f t r ev a e, h breach of the ptovisions of this Act. The Court was held at the office of the district surveyor, Bermondsey-square, Mr. Simmo n ds , the registra r , presiding. The information was promoted by a Mr. Boulanger, a Frenchman, occupying premises in the rear of Bermondsey New-road, and there carry in g on the business of a japanaer. A Mr. Sugden, a bui l de r, havin g thought fit to form a new street in the vicinity of his pre mises, had built several houses, leaving but ten feet space between them and Mr. Boulanger's property, whereas the Act requires that no alley shall be constructed less than twenty feet wide, and no street less than fifty. Several wit nesses were examined, and these facts were sworn to in evi dence. The defence set up was; - that the land was private property, although it was admitted that it had been a public way for a great number of years. The official referees said they knew of no private interests, and that the Metropolitan Buildings Act was never intended to serve private purposes, but the interests of the public at large. After a very pro tracted discussion the proceedings were brought to a close, it bAng understood that the informant had folly made out, hi s case, which will require the demoii,lui: of the, houses , o r a su ffi c i en t compensation to Mr. Boulanger. The official award, , however, will be wade in a few days. SPIRITS.—To-day the purchases made in all kinds of TWO were small, and for all purposes, although the stock exhibits the large deficiency of 3,660 puns and 280 hhds compa:ta with this time last year, but holders refused to .take loiter rates for any sort. OlLS.—There has been a large business transacted in Oliver Oil, and holders manifest much firmness, although some parcels have been received. The consumption continues large, although prices are much above those of this time last season. Rape Seed Oil has been in extensive request, and prices are still rising, whilst the supply is on the decrease of all descriptions. Linseed Oil has been in excellent request by the home trade, and many purchases have been made for exportation. Cocoa Nut Oil is less wanted. For Palm rather lower rates having been taken, occasioned a good demand. In American Lard Oil a fair amount of business has been transacted. Of Fish Oils none has been submitted to public competition since our last report. There are further a rrivals of Cod, but of all other sorts they continue trifling, a - ed the deliveries being good, a further decrease has taken p lace iu Ow stock. Cod cannot be quoted higher. TALLOW.—Holders of Russian on the spot have been .eager sellers since our last report, and largely supplying the mar ket, produced a fall in prices of 9d to is per cwt. Other sorts of Tallow are offered upon lower terros, still the amount of business transacted has been upon a small scale only. The firm mentioned as having failed at Leghot n is that of Bo and Co., silk manufacturers. Their liabilities in London and Manchester are stated to amount l'o between 40,0001. and 50,0001. According to advices from Odessa the 'wh ell ,.. t market was mjntained with much firmness, but bu.scne ss , '" consequence of the high demands of holders, had ,fren limited. The latest sles of Polish, good s econ ds quali ,: tY , were at 27 3 / 4 to '2B l / 2 rouLlles. Advices from Riga to tL' e 30th ult. quote the exchange at 40%, which is a shade foal unfavourable for this country. SOUTHAMPTON, FEB. B.—The inquiry respecting the delay of the Trent for wantof coal between Havana ah and Jamaica has concluded, by the dismissal of the capti In and suspension of the first engineer, who is to be recomn )encled. to a junior engineer birth until he has had more expt Tir a o in e , The Oriental Company's steam-ship Tiber, Captain k liairg t - Admiralty Agent Lieutenant Inglish, left the doca..a, three rm. this day, for Gibraltar, with the usual In 115 cargo, and LboYe twenty passengers. Illation was - DARING Inc( STREET ROBBERY. 'r and 3 on Monday received by the p o li ce that, between o'clock uu isaLuraay afternoon, as Mr. 'vviiitaui J. Car wa ruin clerk, in the employ of Messrs. Wilsod and Comparu, Of Silver -street, Wood- street, City, was proceeAng from Me ears. Barclay and Company's, bankers, Lombard-s:reet, to the Old Jewry, by way of the Po u lt r y, h e was ro bi n 41 of a bl ack leather pocket-book, containing a bill of exchange tor 511-1 4s. also of a canvass bag containing 25/. in gold. The robbery was effected by the thief cutting through both Mr. Csrvfor dine's great coat and pocket of the under coat. WooLwicif, FEB. 8. The Odin steam-vessA under the charge of Captain Woodford J. Williams, with then officers and crew of the Amphion steam-frigate, is now ready for sea, and has her steam up to-day for the purpose of leav ing Woolwich this afternoon to have her compasses adjusted at Greenhithe, and will then proceed to Portsmouth to take on board meal and rice for Ireland. The Rosamond steam vessel, Commander John Foote, left Woolwich on Friday morning for Greenhithe to have her compasses adjusted, and will leave the latter place this afternoon for Portsmouth to be paid in advance at that port. The Antelope steam-vessel has been taken out of the basin, and will be tried down t he river in a few days. Captain enham, R.N., F.R.S., had an interview with Lord Clarendon, at the Board of Trade, On Thursday last, and immediately after proceeded on cotnada sion of inquiry respecting the loss of the Sirius steamer 0 11 the coast of Ireland. BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETIr.—M° II ( III 7 the annual general meeting of the supporters of the West City Auxiliary to the above Association was held at the London Coffee-house, Ludgate-hill. The Rev. 'Air. Charles worth having taken the chair, the secretary mead the report- Since the formation of the society, the members had con tributed the sum of 4731. for the distribution of the Scrip tures amongst the poor of the neighbourhood. The number of bibles circulated was 335, and of testaments 260, in addi tion to a few prayer-books. The Rev. W. Ellis moved the adoption of the report. The Rev. R. Monro, Chaplain of Bridewell, in seconding the resolution, stated that the present society bad distributed, since its formation, forty years ago , no fewer than 18,000,000 copies of the Holy Scriptures. II the n lather of copi e s c i rcu l a t e d b y f ore i gn soc i et i es were ill eluded, there would be found a total of 30,000,000. The re port was unanimously adopted, after which the usual formal res)lutions were passed, and the meeting separated. OLD.NICK, OR THE CHIMNEY SWEEP..--A short time since, in a pari , h on the confines of Devon and Corn wall, an honest and thrifty farmer engaged a sweep to come to his house, for the purpose of sweeping his chimneys and flues ; and as the worthy knight of the soot brush arrived late in the evening, he was provided with a warm supper and comfortably domiciled in the barn, in order to commence his operations early on the following mornitvg. Sooty bad wrapped himself comfortably in the winnowing-sheet,. and stretched his weary limbs on some clean st raw, and had just resigned himself to the arms of Morpheus,. -when, 10, man with a dark lantern, and another with a number of sacks entered the barn, and speedily began to fill the sacks w m h k t e h t. ire The oper s a w ti e o e n p s, with the wheat, which was l y i ng i n t h e barn-pc of just fit for the a without llay snug sayingug his d. a word of the thieves re mar k e d to hi s companion, that,: they should 7aiwtobreyliand e onteeadr get on much more expeditiousl3 in filling their ea cks, if they had got a third person to hold their candle. Sooty, with great simplicity, aroused himself from his rushic crib, and exhibiting his ebony figure to the astonished r&obers, coolly raid to them, " hold the candle for pat." The con science-stricken thieves in their excited imagin.s.tion readily conceiving the "gentleman in black," to be no :less a person age than his satanic majesty himself, hurriedly - threw down the sacks, flew through the doorway like a fl-ash of light ning, and in their terror and hurry to escape tl le clutches of Old Nick. actually took their departure, leavir.,g a horse and cart behind them, which they had intended hJr the transit of the corn, and poor sooty, the only actor lett on -the stage, speedily alarmed the sleeping inmates of the . ta rm-bouse, and put them in pursuit of the marauders , but w !t1 I what success our reporter does not inform us Western .1:u urinary. A society is about to be formed in North Shields, having for its object the prevention of the s awoke nuisances arising from steam-boats and manufactor Newcastle Journal. _ _ _ _.......- rADVERTISEMENT.j—THE EARL OF .ALDROROUGH AND HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.—An astounding cure by this miraculous medicine, after every other means had failed. Sre slx tract from his Lordship's letter, dated " Villa Messina, Leghorn Feb. 21, 184.5. Professor Holloway—Sir : I beg to acquaint you tha t your pills havo effected a cure of a disorder in my liver and start) Itch all the most eminent of the facility, at home and all over the cos 'anent, had not been able to effect; nay, not even the waters of ( 'a.rlsbad or Ma rienbad. (Signed) " ALosoßouou." These wono let rill Pill B I 'l l sure any disease of the liver or stomach.—Sold s Ist. ilell" ra Yl Ointment) at Professor H o ll oway ' s Establishment, 24;4, Strand, an by all medicine vendors throughout the civilised wor Id. BIRTHS. of York- On the sth inst., the wife of Thomas Alexander, : place, Portman-square, of a son, still-Dom. On the sth inst., the wife of Mr. John William Burr Div% of Upper Albany-street, Regent's-park, of a daughter. On the 6th inst., at Beddington, the lady of Josep h LarcrMee , E s q ., of a son. MARRIED. On the 4th inst., at St. Mathew's, North Brixton, Char lea uled'' , solicitor, Ryde, Isle of Wight, to Ellen, second daughter of the late Thomas Forster, Esq. DIED. On the 17th ult., William Thornton, Esq., late surgeon: of the 99th Regiment of Foot, aged 69. On the Ist inst., at Bayswater, Alexander Gordon Rose,. aged 24. On the 3d inst., in Old Cavendish-street, Miss Sarah Wrigbt. On the 3d inst., at Chester, the Venerable Unwin Cla eke, M.A. 4 rchdeacon of Chester and Canon of the Cathedral, aged 83. --- o h the 4th inst., at Kensington, Susanna, relict of the late lAeate. _ mint lust at Sion-hill, Bath, Harriet Margaret, rel id of the ral Charles Barters , agel 72. On the 4th . aged 69. " Denton Hall, Lincelnshire, Lady WeThy, wife Bart Csf Sir William Earle Wei Cy. aged I 5. late o On the 4th inst , at Gilston Rectory, George Moody, Esq., a ged 75. n li t a li j e or 4t l h )e it ' t. , On the 501 inst., at LarFs-eou:t, Brompten, Jane, the wits of Cap tain T. VT. Baldwin. Oil the s;ji inst.. Mr. Alfred Fisher, li.Ose-street, Newgate-market. On the sth InSt., Mr. William Pearce, of Clare-street, Lfeacoin's Inn-tlehis, aged 43. On the sth inst., at Thavies inn, Mrs. Ann Luke, aged 61. On the 6th inst., at Pitilly Brook House, Leyton, Essex, Sylph Henry Doxat, Esq., aged 46. On the 6111 inst., in Dorset-square, R. Fellewes, LL.D., aged 77 . On the 6th inst., at Well-street, Hackney, the Rev. George coat son, resident tutor of the Hackney Theological Seminary. Pr,bllo , o by MUItDO YOU NG . of No. 1.12. Priotter, At 1h burs. (Alice, No. lit Strand. in the Precimet of SP the ElsvoY, in tho Count; of KwAuelfa, Weductdar. brwari le. 1847. MARKET NEWS.--(YESTER DAY.) EAT 710113. - A IL 'lets. over ditto, SMITHFIELD.— Meadow B 2/ 5s to 31 15s; Cl 31 5s to 41 16s ; and Straw, 1/ Ss to li 13s per load , Supply but moderate, and trade dull. CUMMICLAND.—Meadow Hay,. 2/ 83 to 3/ 169 ; Cl(' Ver ditto, 3/ 5s to 41 14s ; and Straw, 11 9s to 1114 a per tom I. 4 f4ir average supply, and a slogOsh demand. 21 159 ; ; Clover WIIITECIUPEL.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 5$ to . ditto, 3/ Ss to 51; and Straw. 1/ Ss to , II Trade 138 1 ' 6l. to ad ' dull, at the above quotatim.l9. (From the London New Price Currea of E. ebr. nay 9 9. ) ,:, - 9.ait.—To-day there was a falling off in t 1 „ a te rand for all descriptions of raw Sugar for home consume tiot'e and the ..Uet!cling quantity broughi, forward being very large, an the wants of the grocers, refiners, 'brewers, ant whilst there was no specti)ative demand, a decline in p rices consequently took place. FOREIGN.—This afternoon Foreign Sugar meth VI little attention privately. At public said 2,596 bags of i 3 tru a qr buco aid under former rates. REFINED.—To-day Refined goods were purchased with caution by the home trade, although there were selle rs upon lower terms. Bonded Crushed Sugar met with a dr al sale at former rates. In Loaves a good deal has been don .e. 31auttmas--This afternoon the ,quantity of M auritiue Sugar submitted to public competition was very let ge, and ainc.unted to 20,204 bags, and 241 eas.lte, the chief part of w hich consisted of the better descriptions.. The tram:bents were eager sellers, but submitting to a fall on the 'sates. of Is to 2s on and brown, and 6d to is / Ner cwt for ge*Y kinds, induced t h e trade to purchase the ptinci nal !Jana velvet. EAST Imam--Thies afternoon at the public 's ales of Be. Val , consisting of 4,710 hags, the biddinga were lan h , ,tlid, and Ate rates accepted exhibited a cline of is to is 6d white,. Ba to is for grainy yellow, and Is ;: , er cwt for brown; bat net al/ the whole found purchasers. IriniGo.—The market has assure ed a brisker a ppeara nee for East India suited both for home consumption and ex portation, and prices have taken an upw,:rd tendency. 'srlse quarterly sales of East India commenced to-day, sisted of 9,509 chests. The sale has gone oh and con.' ' with spirit Aar the new goods, but those marks that were bouge.t in, in pre..- vious sales. have not sold quite so well. COFFEE.—This afternoon Plantation Ceylon met with laws attention, and 1,419 bags at auction were only in art sold;, but former rates were sustained. Native is less wan p t ed. OR Singapore Java 1,923 bags were submitted to public &ADP tion, and all taken in at 38s to 40s for good ordinary, and hte 32s to 32s 6d for damaged, which is above the value. Cocoa..—There.has been much inquiry after West India , and further advanced rates are offered. The pai•cele on offer 7 have been readily cleared off the market; indeed the' supply' is not sufficient for the demand. • TEA.—There has been more activity in the market Cat Black since the issuing of our last number; holders h.tmre shown firmness, and supplied the market less freely with. al descriptions. In Congou a good business has been transact( 4 by the town and country trade at the former currency. C)f New Tea many parcels have been disposed of, and the qualit) a is superior to that of last season. In Pouchong the operations are to a larger extent, add at firm rates. In Green Tea of good and fine quality a large business has been transacted, . and at firm rates, but in the lower sorts only a moderate business has been dane at present, notwithstanding the low - prices at which there are sellers. V.le arrivals of Tea have" been less than they were last year, whist the deliveries are larger, and the stock is much the same aa' it was in 1846 at this time; still all kinds are cheaper. SAGO.—The demand has been active, and stiff prices have been paid. Sago Flour is wanted. SALTPETRE.—To-day there was a good desire evinced to operate in rough, but stiffer rates being asked, checked business, and 729 bags of Calcutta at public sale were Aker' in rather above the value. FEE ' 7 th day ltdy erti , ed r LE ode or Er IN Moul Ro ust, 144 1 , 7 'daY " "Mar 4I)1 4 at tE, HE ~da TR E Inst trvu e Undo a Skilful rod, lndt rely avc are SIX - "orant an , 'Lleon's p EkA S t At AREEIC rusent, the 9t jilt tonal ,! 41 ,! the - , gt of si i t That th t. than -'rYnfaat. ............... I ,t tsho I) IF eSh ems. tl ! 1 411w w v a the a f t tint ClalL 5 8, Fa ~ICotice 41 -EETII l ield at tt °ll lNrapti for R ef -, the Di And [lc ,klant to uhr Order p tiready e t '. 4 n l Pany ," Aviv . 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