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REVELATIONS OF PORTUGAL. Now ready, in 2 vols. small Bvo., AN OVERLAND JOURNEY TO AT THE CLOSE OF 1846; LISBON, With a Picture of the Actual State of SPAIN AND PORTUGAL. BY T. M. HUGHES, ESQ.. Author of " Revelations of Spain." Floury Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough strut. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND and Co., RAILWAY sHARS AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Friends Ind the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, Esc., sake Place every TtEsDAT and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commerce, ThreadneecUe-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are reSpectfhlly csanested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day previous to their being offered ; and advices of results will be Ibrwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds Imme diately disposed of according to instructions. Offices. flail of Commerce. Threadneedle-street. London. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The following outline of the ARRANGEMENTS for the SEASON 1847 Is respectfully submitted to the Nobility, Patrons of the Opera, &nil to the Public. It is presented with the confident hope, that the sticcessild exertions made to secure, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty, a company still more worthy of the first Theatre in Europe, and of its distinguished Patrons will insure the continuation their support. ENGAGEMENTS FOR TIIE OPERA. Ildne. Jenny Lind (her first appearance iu this country), Madame del Carmen Montenegro (her first appearance at this Theatre) ; Mdlle. Sanchioli, Mdlle, Fagiani, and Madame Solari (their first ap pearance in this country) ; the Contralto, Mdlle. Vietti and Mane. barbs Nasclo (their first appearance in this country) ; and Madame Castellan. Signor Fraschini, the great Tenor of Italy (his first ap pearance in this country) ; and the favourite Tenor, Signor Gardoni, now of the Italian Opera, Paris, having lately withdrawn, at a great pecuniary sacrifice, from the Academie Royale de Musique (his first appearance in this country) ; Signor Superchi, the distinguished Baritone (his first appearance in this country); Signor F. Lablache ; signor Borelia (his first appearance in this country) ; Signor Corelli ; the celebrated Basso Cantante, Herr Standigl (his first appearance); and Signor Lablache. In addition to the shove, arrangements are pending with Signor Coletti, of the Italian Opera at Paris. That great composer, the Chevalier Meyerbeer, has arranged to visit this country, to bring out the CAMP DE SILESIE, and another of his admired chefs-d'ceuvre ; the principal parts in the Camp de Silesie, by Mdlie. Jenny Lind and Signor Fraschini. The celebrated Dr. Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy will likewise visit England, and produce an Opera expressly composed for her Majesty's Theatre, the libretto founded on THE TEMPEST of Shakspere; written by M. Scribe. Miranda• • .. • • Ferdinand • • • Caliban .. . Prospero ..............Sig. Lablache. It is likewise annouiced, with great satisfaction, that Signor Verdi, laving recovered from his severe illness, has expressly composed for .his theatre a new Opera, of which the plot is founded on the ROB ERS of SCHILLER. Rossint's Opera of ROBERT BRUCE, lately produced at the Lea- Semis Royale, has also been secured. Mesdames Castellan, Sanchioli, and Montenegro ; Signora Gar toni, Superchi, and Fraschini, will appear betore Easter. Mdlle. Jenny 'And, whose engagement commences In March, and extends until the end of the season, will appear immediately after Easter. Director of the Music and Conductor, Mr. BALFE. In addition to the above, several Operas, new to this country, will be produced, and the repertoire will be selected from the chefs• nouvre of Mozart, Cimarosa s Rossini, Donizetti, Mercadante, Bel- Lint, &c. The steetest attention has been paid to all the details, so that an ensemble ntay be presented perfect in a .Iltqtarts. A NUMEROUS ORCHESTRA, . _ of the most distinguished talent and power, has been selected from some of the best Orchestras of Europe. THE CHORUS has been chosen with the greatest care from Italy, Germany, and England ; and will comprise upwards of Eighty Per formers. ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE BALLET. Carlotta Grist, Mdlle. Lucile Gratin, and Mdlle. Cerito; in addition to which an engagement has been made with Mille. Caroline Rosati (of La Scala, at Milan, and other great theatres of Italy), who will make her first appearance on the first night of the season in a New Ballet, expressly composed and arranged for iser, by Paul Taglioni ; Mdlle.NiTauthler, of La Scala (her first appearance 1* this country); Madame Petit Stephan, Mdlle. Honore, Mdlle. Ellse Montfort ; Mdlles. Thevenot, Julien, Lamoreux. Emile, Fanny Pascaies, and Bertin ; and Italie. Caroline Baucourt, of the Acadetnie Royale, and La Scala, Milan (her first appearance in this Country). In consequence of the enthusiastic manner In which this eminent artiste was received last season, hopes are entertained that 114,111 e. Taallonl may be Induced to appear for a limited number of performances. M. St. Leon, M. d'Or, of the Academic Roy-ale, Paris (his first appearance in this country), M. Gosselin, M. di Mattia, Sig. Venafra, M. Gemrlet, M. Paul Taglioni, and M. Perrot. Composer of the Ballet Music, Signor Pugni. Principal Artist, Mr. Marshall. kfalfreq do Ballet—M. Paul Taglioni, M. Casati, of La Scala ; and M. Perrot. Sous :Maitre de Balla, M. Gosselln ; Itegisseur de la Danse, M. Petit. An Original Grand Ballet will be produced, written expressly fbr ber ifsjetat3 's Theatre, by the celebrated poet, Henri Heine, on a subject selected from the Old Legends of Germany. A Novel and Poetical Ballet, for the subject of which the establishment Is In debted to the kindness of a popular and distinguished l'oete.s2, entitled EGERIA. The celebrated Pas de Quatre and Pas de Nesses will be revived, and an entirely new Divertissement, introducing another Grand Pas by IT. Perrot, which, uniting all the peculiar attractions of the Pas ties Dfesses and Pas de Quatre, will present a novel feature of strik ing originality, and will combine the talent of all, to be entitled LI CONSTELLATION. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be performed the new Grand Opera of TIIE BONDMAN. Marquis de Vernon, Mr. Weiss ; Floreville, Mr. Rafter ; Mothers, Mr. Honicastle; Ardenlord, Mr. W. Harrison; Mal-a-Propos, Mr. Marley ; Madame Corinne, Miss Romer; Grisette, Miss R. Isaacs ; Frivole, Mrs. Hughes. After which a new Ballet, called THE PRETTY SICILIAN. In Which M. Crooo, M. Blasts, and Mlle. Baderna will appear. To conclude with the Last Act of DER FREISCHUTZ. Adolph, Nr. King; Caspar, r. Stretton ; Zamiel, Mr. Payne; Linda, Miss litfeß;ent ; Rose, Miss Isaacs. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management •f Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will he performed a new and original Comedy, called THE SCHOOL FOR SCHEMING. Principal characters by Messrs. Far ren, Stuart, Buckstone, Howe, Selby, &hulal. Mrs. Glover, Mrs. Mumby, Mrs. Yarnold, Miss Fortescue, Miss Bennett, Miss Rey nolds, &c. Ti conclude with the Original Grand Fairy Extravaganza, called the INVISIBLE PRINCE ; or, the Island of Tranquil Delights. Principal characters by Mr. James Bland, Miss P. Horton, )firs. L. S. Buckingham, Miss Reynolds, and Miss Julia Bennett. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Comic Drama, called £5OO 111 , ,WARD. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Meadows, Emery, 11. Butler, Miss Tillers, and Miss Forster. fitter which a new Farce, called THE WIGWAM. Characters by Masers. Matthews, Oxberry, Keeley, Miss Arden, Miss Turner, Miss Foster, and Miss Mary Keeley. Ts be followed by the Farce of THE ETON BOY. Captain Popham, Mr. Wigan; Dabster, Mr. Keeley; Miss Fanny Carry, Miss Dickinson. Te conclude with the Farce of MRS. WHITE. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. UNDER TIIE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE, TINS EVENING Will he perfomed the celebrated Drama, called THE GREEN HUSHES; or, A Hundred Years Ago. Witla the original cast. T• conclude with the Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet Of LA OISELLE, entitled THE PHANTOM DANCERS ; sr, the Wills Bride. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford, Ur. 0. Smith, Mr. Cullenford,Madame Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor, Nisi Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. TIIIS EVENING Will he performed Bellint's Opera Seria, entitled NORMA. Pellio, 11r. Allen ; Oroveso, Mr. Leffler ; Flavius, Mr. Wynn ; Adelgisa, SI 'FBA. Romer; Clotilda, Miss Rourke ; Norma, Mss Hassan°. In the course of the evening Professor HEMMING and his ta lented CHILDREN will go through their wonderful performances. Previous to the Pantomime the Band will perform " The Arne tieau Polka," Introducing " The Itallroad Overture." To conclude with the Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, en titled The ENCHANTED BEAUTIES of the GOLDEN CASTLE ; er. The One-eyed Gent. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. ?aelo ; Columbine, Miss Burbldge ; Sprite, Mr. 11. Marshall ; Clown, Mr. Flexmore. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. THIS EVENING Will be performed th• popular Drama, called LE DOCTEUR Principal characters by MM. Lemaltre, Cartlgny, Pascal, Lucien, David, Duraery, Beros, Mdme, Grassau, Manes. Clarisse, Khln, and Vallee. Boxes, Gs., Pit, 3s. 6d. , Stalls, 35.; Gallery, 2s. Doors opened at Laif-past Seven, and the performances commence at Eight. Private Boxes, Stalls, and Places may be engaged at Mitchell's Library, 33, Bond-street; and at the Box-office. ETHIOPIAN gERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. The celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Germon, will have the honour of repeat- Istgl their Inimitable ENTERTAINMENTS, at the above Theatre, TO-MORROW EVENING, and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Doors open at Eight o'clock, and the Entertainment com mences at Half-past Eight. The Programme will be varied on each oecation. Due notice will be given of their next DAY PER FORMANCE. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Amphitheatre, fig. ASTLEY'S ROYAL ♦MPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. radar the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and other Members of the Royal Family. THIS EVENING Will be performed TUE ROYAL FOX-lIIINT ; or, Life's Course Of Men and Steeds. Entire change of the SCENES of the CIRCLE. To conclude with the successftil Comic Equestri an Fairy Pantomime entitled THE FORTY THIEVES ; or, Harlequin and Ali Baba and the Robber's Cave. Clown, Mr. Rochez ; Harlequin, Mr. W. Her trey; Pantaloon, Mr. Laffarini ; Columbine, Miss Louisa Waite. BOX-OffiCe open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six and commence at half-past slx o'clock.—Stage Manager, Mr. W. Broadfoot. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Drama, entitled BABY RATTLER; or, The Progress of a Scamp. Characters supported by the whole strength of the Company. After which, the favourite Ballet of L'AMOUR ET LA FOLIE. To conclude with TEMPTATION ; or, The Fatal Brand. Box-office open from eleven till four o'clock. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. TIIIS EVENING Will be performed THE BLACK DOCTOR. In which Miss Vin cent, Mrs. G. Lee, Miss L. Pearce, and Messrs. N. T. Hicks, Howard, Bird, Searle, Forman, &c., will perform. After whioh, BURIED ALIVE; or, The Illustrious Stranger. Bionjamln Bowbell, Mr. Forman. To conclude with TIKE RUINED HOUSE AT MILBANK ; or, The Murder at the Lonely Creek. Boxes, Is., Half-price, 6(1. ; Pit, U.; Gallery, 3d. THE WEATHER.—SIIN 01710 E, FEBRUARY 12. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 12; Highest, 36 ; Noon, 29. „,„ „, ZOKETXR, 29.9.- W IND IN. IV ~ frosty. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Yarning .. 58 minutes after 10. I Evening .. 39 minutes after 11 • ‘.4• 4 • 2 , k;k 'R V N, 4 m i tt • . 4004 .:tr;) 30, /stA a ,, "Y • • .2 NI 0 .1 - Jen' 1114 ,WATIL LONDON. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1347. The House of Lords met at Five o'clock. No business of public importance was transacted, but after the presentation of sever al petitions their bard_ shifts adjourned. - - The Commons met at Four o'clock. Several private Bills were forwarded a stage. In answer to Mr. THORNELY, Mr. MILNER GIBsoN stated that a Bill was in pre paration to enable joint-stock companies to wind up their concerns. Lord JOHN RUSSELL stated, in answer to a question, that it was the intention of the Government that the THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 12, 1847. Poor-law Bill for Ireland, and the Bill for lending money to the proprietors of land, should proceed pari passu, so as to go up to the other House together. His Lordship also stated that in a few days he would propose a measure for the organisation of the Poor•law Board in Ireland. Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD then moved the resolution of which he had given notice, the object of which was to secure to the tenant in Ireland a sufficient permanency of tenure, or full compensation for all benefits created by the expenditure of his labour and capital on the lands in his occupation. Sir D. NOAREYS thought that the stamp duties should be done away with, and that where leases wore given for less than thirty years, that all local taxation should be thrown on the landlord. Mr. MITE desired that the property of absentees was as well managed as that of the resident gentry. Lord CASTLEREAGH could not support the motion of the lion. Member for Rochdale, as it would be produc tire of the greatest mischief to the landed proprietors ' of L eland. Colonel CONNOLLY opposed the motion. Mr. LABOUCHERE acknowledged that the subject was one well worthy the attention of the llouse. Had the Hon. Member pursued the course he had pursued on former occasions, and proposed to introduce a Bill, the Goverranent would not have objected to its introduction, but he considered that it would be injudicious to agree to a general resolution on the subject, more particularly when, as in the present instance, the choice was given to the House of adopting two alternatives. He also ob jected to the resolutions as vague and indefinite. It would alter the law of property to give permanency of tenure, but he conceived that the House was already committed to the principle of giving compensation to the tenant for improvements. Mr. FITZSTEPIIEN FRENCH said that the tenant right was a most unfair and mischievous practice. In answer to Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN, it was stated by Mt. LABOUCHERE that the Government hoped to intro duce a Bill on the subject referred to in the resolutions before Easter. The motion was then withdrawn. On the motion of Mr. ACILIONIIT, leave was given bring in a Bill to amend the Commons Enclosure Act. Mr. SIIARMAN CRAW FORD obtained leave to bring in a Bill for the better collecting the poor's rate in Ireland. Mr. C. O'BRIEN moved for certain returns relating to the proceedings of Captain Wyane as an officer of the Board of Works, which, after a short conversation, were agreed to. Mr. STRIITT, as the Chairman of the Railway Com mission, then rose to move for leave to bring in a Bill for the regulation of railway business. With regard to new Bills, it was proposed that the promoters of them should deposit a sufficient sum to defray the preliminary expenses of a survey, and that then they should be authorised by the Commissioners to enter on the survey of lands, giving the Commissioners power to award damages for any injuries occurring in consequence of such survey. It was:proposed that stakes should be driven into the land to mark the lino of the proposed railway, and that a public officer should be sent down to receive suggestions from owners or occu piers as to any proposed deviations, which if the promoters were inclined to receive, they should have power to do, and to include such deviations in their deposited plans. He proposed that proofs of compliance with the standing orders, should be received by the Railway Commissioners, and that the officer sent down by them should report upon the deposited plans and sections. He proposed that counsel should not be allowed to be heard, or to examine witnesses before the Commissioners. He proposed that the Commissioners should have power to report to the House upon all matters relating to tolls, fares, engineering, amount of capital, construction of the line, number of shares, and power for borrowing money, to be granted to the com pany. He proposei that in Committee, with regard to questions of fact, which might be the subject of dis pute, he proposed that either party might complain, and have the Bill referred back to the Commis sioners, and if the complaint should turn out unfounded that the parties so applying should bear the expenses. lle did not propose to give the Commissioner power to authorise railway companies to borrow capital, or to amal gamate, without coming to Parliament, nor did he propose to limit the rate of interest on the dividends of railway companies. He proposed that the power of revising the rates of fares on railways, every ten years, should be given to Parliament; and he proposed that every existing railway company which came to Parliament for an ex tension of its powers should be subject to this revision of tolls and fares, and that the same power should be vested in Parliament with regard to all railways. Tie also proposed that when any company intended to make alterations in their fares, such company should give due notice thereof to the Commissioners, stating at the gams time their reasons for such alterations. With regard to the Post-office service, he thought that distinct and definite charges should be made for it, such rates of charge to be agreed on between the Post office and the Companies, and to be reported to the Companies in the same way as the rates of fares and tolls were reported to them, limiting the contract for carrying the mails to the period•of five years. To ensure punctuality, he proposed that bills of the times of arrival and departure of each train should be conspicuously exhibited at every station, that they should be forwarded to the Com missioners, and that they should make an annual report to Parliament of the speed of the diffe rent trains throughout the country, calling the attention of Parliament to the punctuality or want of punctuality in the different trains run by the different companies, and their influence upon the safety of the public. He proposed that, with regard to cheap trains, the time of arrival, departure, and stopping at tho different stations should be reported to the commissioners, and that at night there should be lights in the carriages ; and that in every carriage should be affixed a notice, stating the number of pas sengers every such carriage was to convey; and that any infraction of such rules should be punished by fine. He proposed also to give the Commissioners power to re gulate the time of the arrival and departure of third class trains where two companies meet, so as to answer the accommodation of the public, and to employ police at the expense of the company where their employment might be necessary to insure the preservation of the public peace. After a short debate, leave was given to bring in the Bill. On the motion for the second reading of Lord G. BENTINCK'S Bill, for advancing 16,000,0001. to the shareholders in Irish railways, Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN appealed to the Noble Lord. the Member for Lynn, to postpone his motion, in order to give time to the Irish Members to consult their con stituents, as the Government had held out an un. generous threat that they would resign should the motion be carried. A long and angry discussion ensued, in the course of which Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he would not consent to any postponement of the Bill. If it were too late to proceed with it that night, he would give ap to-morrow, which was a Government night, to the discussion of the measure. Eventually the second reading was adjourned till to-morrow (this day). The Brewing froin Sugar Bill was read a third time. The Railway Commissioners' Bill was read a first time, The House adjourned shortly after Eleven o'clock. Upon the decision of Parliament on the Irish railway scheme, introduced by the Noble Lord the representative of Lynn, the Prime Minister has an nounced his intention of staking the existence of the Government. Had Lord JOHN RUSSELL done other wise, he would, without question, have been charged by the Opposition with tenaciously clinging to office, after a possible defeat upon the grandest of all matters of Ministerial polity at the pre sent moment—namely, the salvation and resto ration of Ireland. Under any circumstances, indeed, the present Administration would have been liable either to invidious insinuations or to a pesitive impeachment—under any circumstances, it would have been pierced with the poisoned arrows of party rancour—under any circumstances whatever, saving the peculiar circumstances in which it is placed by Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S announcement. In speak ing as the Noble Lord the head of her MAJESTY'S Government has spoken, he has acted with a boldness and a candour most honourable to himself and to his colleagues. As a conscientious statesman, it was impossible for him to sanction the reckless ap propriation of an enormous loan of 16,000,0001. to any purpose, however benevolent, unless the applica tion of that amount w as pr ove d t o t a ll y w i t h t h e principle of the golden rule of legislation—" the greatest good t o th e greatest num b er. " Unless it was ostensible to the Ministers of the Crown that the effects of this gigantic piece of generosity and confi dence w ou ld inevitably be the r es t ora t ion o f t h e starv ing pe asantry to hel l and happi ness , an d at t h e emolument sixteen xt e n n_ of s those individ ua l s f rom wahnloemtitrilhee thereq uisite vwinesrew demonstrated to were borrowed— be the natural and necess ary result of Lord Gro unless this reciproc a l advantage rtoz I BENTINCeB proposition, it would have been criminal 1 in the members of the Government to give their coun tenance to any such stupendous venture. " Nothing risk, nothing gain," is all very well in the atmosphere of CROCKFORD'S, and might be emblazoned with some point on the lottery-wheel of the Art-Union, but in the conduct of a Legislature the proverb would be a sample of very paltry philosophy. The rulers of au empire are, by the assumption of authority, ipso facto invested with a vast and sacred responsibility. The national resources are not to be squandered away like the gold of a gamester or the reputation of a concubine. It is not just, it is not honest, it is not consistent with their characters as the guardians of one of the sublimest Constitutions of Christendom, for the Ministers of Great Britain to lavish sixteen millions at a time upon the suggestions of a political adventurer, aided by the clamours of an interested minority. Now, it is manifest to every sensible and dis passionate man, that the railway scheme of the Noble Lord, the Member for Lynn, originating pos sibly in a benevolent and patriotic sentiment, is one of the maddest games of legislative, hataard ever con ceived by the mind of the most speculative politician. Ireland is destitute. By a common and spontaneous sympathy the less afflicted people of the United Kingdoms evince a readiness to assist the sufferers, and, in accordance with that general manifesta tion of philanthropy, the Parliament, the Minis try, and the SOVEREIGN coincide in passing measure after measure for the relief of the indigent. For a while the unanimity which is exhibited is complete and uninterrupted; boon after boon is conferred upon Ireland; immunity after im munity ; advance after advance ; stimulus after sti mulus. The consequence of this splendid munificence is obvious. There is a pause in the distribution of bounties. A consciousness gradually insinuates itself upon the minds of the people, of the Parliament, and of the Ministry, that enough has been bestowed by Government—that an extension of this assistance would be injurious if not absolutely fatal to exertion on the part of the Irish multitude themselves. CURTIUS and his horse, armed cap-a-pie, had been plunged into the chasm, the sacrifice of anything beyond that was unnecessary, and would have been little short of insanity. As we have said, there was a pause therefore. The Ministry and the community at large felt more fully than ever the wisdom of that noble old motto, " GoD helps those who help themselves." And having shown the impoverished peasantry of Ireland an example of activity, and the landowners a model of timely muni ficence, they paused. The work which they had already accomplished in behalf of Irish penury was the verb of a great movement of renovation and re generation. More on their part would hare been un wise, and might have proved actually ruinous. That was the position of affairs when Lord GEORGE BENTINCK advances to the table of the House of Commons, and proposes the transfer of sixteen millions of money over and above all that has been done already, to Ireland, to relieve the Irish landlords of any burthen whatever, and to saddle the industrious people of England with all the woes produced through the mismanagement of those same landlords, and in accord ance with the all-wise dispensations of the DEITY. Six teen millions of money—to set business astir again in Capel-court, to impart its pristine importance to scrip, to pamper the able-bodied " navies" of Great Britain, to protect the agriculture of Ireland from the most reasonable liabilities—to sow new winds, in short, for the simple purpose of reaping new whirl winds. The alternative of the Government was visible. Lord Join; RUSSELL has acted with a wisdom and courage in this delicate position which cannot very quickly be forgotten. The clouds are gathering thick and fast anund the self-dishonoured Minister. The storm of public indignation, as we predicted would be the case, is ready to burst over the head of M. GUIZOT. On every side severe and justly-merited retribution threatens the man who descended from the high posi tion which he held, a short while since, almost uni versally, in the eyes of Europe, to become the servile minion of royalty. M. GUIZOT has betrayed his country and blasted his reputation. When he banished every sentiment of honour from his breast, which, in justice to France, should have punctiliously ruled his every thought and action as her high functionary for Foreign Affairs, he broke a sacred trust, and recklessly abused the confidence which a generous people had reposed, under the excusable delusion that his integrity was as pure as his ability was undoubted. Ills talents still remain unquestioned; but his integrity, without which the former are worthless, except for mis chievous and malevolent purposes, has been discovered to be nothing better than a skilful counterfeit. Now that the lacquer has been subjected to the healthy friction and trying test •f public opinion, the basis is found to consist of the coarsest metal. M. Guizor, in order to continue to bask in the royal sunshine, wantonly trifled with the interests, and shamelessly dimmed the lustre of the honour, of his country. The French Nation are profoundly sensible of the injury which has been inflicted upon their national cha racter, and are already loud in their murmurs against the perfidy of the Minister. We speak not of the French Chambers, which, as we have recently written, present no real constitutional type of the interests and sentiments of our chivalrous neighbours. The intelligence from Paris renders it highly ' probable that M. GUIZOT must almost immediately retire from the Ministry, notwithstanding that the Address will be carried in the Legislature by a strong majority. That M. GUIZOT should succeed in passing the Address in the terms couched by the Go►ernment, and yet be constrained to resign, is precisely the anomaly which proves how farcical is the representa tive system in France. It proves, moreover, that public opinion cannot be imperiously slighted, and it is a satisfaction to England to know that France can not be fairly judged of by the acts of her Executive or Legislature, between which and the people there is no real sympathy whatever. had any English Minister been guilty of such duplicity and dishonour able conduct towards France as M. GuizoT has ob served towards England, he would, in all probability, have been unable to have shown his face in the House of Commons. In the first place, his constituency would have immediately demanded the resignation of his trust into their hands ; and if this requirement had not been complied with, the House of Commons would have prevented any administration, associated with such a colleague, from carrying an address to the Throne, by moving a vote of direct censure, and immediately cashiering them from power. The speech of the Marquis DE MIRAFLORES, in Madrid, on the Ist instant, has completely put to the rack the mind of every honourable Frenchman. The Marquis has declared M. GUIZOT was " most inexact" in stating that he, when Minister, ever made any overtures respecting a marriage be tween the Duke DE MONTPENSIER and the In fanta. The Marquis denies it in toto—nay, he asserts that he told M. BRESSON such a marriage was quite out of the question, in fact, impossible; and that he could not understand the necessity of the nuptials of the royal sisters being simultaneously solemnized. The Marquis appeals to M. BREVSON for the truth of his assertions. The Marquis admits he was in Paris in July last, and had frequent interviews with the KING and conversed over the question of the Spanish mar riages. The Marquis does not deny that he sought to impress the KING with the desirableness of a Prince of COBURG being selected for the hand of the Queen of SPAIN, which Lord PALMERSTON alleged (as his belief) the Marquis was disposed to try and accomplish. The Marquis is silent on this point, but he declares that he went to Paris in a private and not in any of- ficial or diplomatic capacity. If he repaired to the French city at the instance of Queen Cuaisrms, he could not have gone officially, for the QUEEN- MOTHER, not being _ a member of the Government, could not have conferred any such authority upon the Marquis; neither could his mission have been a di- plomatic one, for ISTURITZ, the Minister, could alone have invested him with such a function. Therefore the speech of the Marquis DE MißarLoaEs completely bears out, in substance, _ _ _ everything advanoed by Lord PALMERSTON in his able dispatches, and henceforth no man can place the least reliance upon M. GUIZOT'S veracity. He will be offered up as a sacrifice by his wily SOVEREIGN to appease the offended dignity of France and of civilized Europe. Lotus Paurprz will have no feelings of compunction in being driven to take this step. His system has always been to keep down every man of talent in his dominions, and wherever, by the ful filment of his own wary schemes, a Minister happens incidentally to have acquired personal weight and celebrity, the KING .of the FaErircu invariably de signs a pitfall for the ruin of his official victim. May the fate of M. GUIZOT prove a salutary warning to the future statesmen of France ! Madrid papers of the 4th have arrived. Their con tents are unimportant. MADRID BoLsA, FRB. 4.—The Three per Cents closed at 32k; the Five per Cents. at 20i; Coupons, 19i. • We have received the Paris papers of Wednesday. The leading articles of almost all of them comment on the financial state of the country as developed in the de bate of the day preceding. A general feeling of uneasiness prevails in Paris on the subject of the differences between the French and English Governments, differences the gravity of which have been materially aggravated by the gross and wanton attack which M. GuizoT thought it right to make on the Marquis of NOR MANDY in the Chamber of Deputies. It was rumoured in Paris that the Marquis of NORMANDY had broken off all communication with M. GUIZOT, and had sent home to his Government requesting either to be recalled or to be furnished with fresh instructions. The letter of Lord NORMANDY on the subject, and the answer of Lord PALMERSTON, will be found in another column. The consequence of these rumours was a de cline in the value of public securities of every descrip tion. To increase the embarrassments of M. GUIZOT, the direct contradiction made by the Marquis of Ailee n-ORES to his statements arrived in Paris on Sunday; and that has shaken the faith of many who, up to that moment, believed that implicit reliance might be placed on any statement made:by M. GrumT. Marshal Soul.; it is said, has tendered his resignation, and M. DU CHATEL will be the now President of the Council. This change will necessitate the resignation of M. GUIZOT, who had been promised the Presidency of the Council, whenever Marshal SOULT should resign, and his place will be filled up by Count MOLE. Such is one of the many rumours is the salons of Paris —rumours which, however they may differ in other respects, all agree in representing Count MOLE as the " coming man." It is reported that, on Tuesday, a Cabinet courier arrived from Brussels, with a dispatch from the KING of the BELGIANS, expressing his astonish ment that the relations between France and Great Britain should be rendered additionally difficult of arrangement by a speech from his Majesty's Minister for Foreign Affairs, not merely because of its containing passages capable of being deemed contradictory of cer tain portions of tho dispatches of her Britannic Ma jesty's Ambassador in France, but because of the tone and air of defiance towards England which it displayed throughout. The debate on the financial paragraph of the Address WAS resumed on Tuesday, on which occasion M. GEAUDIN inveighed with great fury against the fres traders, and was replied to on Wednesday by M. BLANgui, in a most convincing and argumentative speech. The paragraph was ultimately adopted. I❑ discussing the paragraph relating to Algiers, the Mar quis DE CASTELLANE demanded explanations as to the mission of M. ALEZANDRE DUMAS, when the Ministerof War declared that the Veloce steamer had been placed at the disposal of M. DUMAS by mistake, and the Minister of Public Instruetion denied that he had sent M. DUMAS on a mission either to Madrid or to Tunis—it was to Algiers, and to Algiers alone, that he was sent. Accounts have been received from Toulon announc ing that a French iteet had left that port for Tunis for the protection of the BEY. The Presse and the National have, in their ardour against England, managed to place themselves in a most ridiculous position. Our readers will recollect their mageiloquent backing up of what they considered the protest of the Journal de la Haye against the occupation of Labuan by England, and their indignation against the Dlberts and the :Constitutionne/ for not perceiving that the Journal de la Haye was right in protesting against it as a violation of the treaty of 1824. It ap pears, however, that the article of the Journal de let Haye referred exclusively to Borneo, and not to Labuan. This is clearly shown by an article of the Dutch journal of the 6th, in which it corrects the error of the Presse and National, and adds:—" We claim our rights only where they aro well established. We have no claims over Labuan; the English, therefore, are at liberty to take possession of that island." There is some good-humoured banter in the Constilu tionnel on the subject of the absurd error into which the Prelate and the National hare fallen The Three per Cents., which fell early in the day to 771. 20c., recovered in a slight degree, and closed at 77f. 35c.; the Five per Cents., 117 f. 75c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,222 f. 50c.; Rouen, 8471. 50c.; Havre, 6771. 50c.; Great Northern 605 f.; Avignon, 816 f 25c. ; Vierzon, 565 f. ; Ilordeaax, 532 f. 50c.; Boulogne, 412 f. 50c.; Basle, 203 f. 75c.; Dieppe, 3401. ; Paris and Strasburg, 466 f. 25c.; Tours and Nantes, 467 f. 50c.; Paris and Lyons, 487 f. 50c.; Lyons and Avignon, 485 f. ; Cette, 455 f. ; Belgian Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 54; ditto, Three per Cents., 34%. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TUB LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FEartuear 11. Boulogns and Amiens, 14-Dutch Rhenish, 4%-Namur and Liege, 2%-Northern of France, 127-Orleans and Bordeaux, 7. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton-market at Liverpool yesterday was very flat. Sales 2,500 bales. American was I ,i d. per lb. lower, but Egyptian and Brazilian obtained about previous rates. Shares were in scarcely any demand. Although there can be little doubt of the ability of our capitalists to supply double the amount of the loan of sixteen millions sterling recommended by Lord George Bentinck, there should be some consideration for the other wants of the Government, and a little attention to the necessity of obtaining money for the public service at as cheap a rate as possible. Were a new loan for a large sum contracted at the present day in the open market, we should expect to see Consols decidedly lower, because it is the practice of speculators to operate for a fall in these cases, with the view of obtaining a profit upon their tender to Government ; and now whets upon safe bills at short dates a return of five per cent. can be obtained by our bankers, who are themselves taking in the surplus cash of their customers at 3 1 / 2 per cent., it is not likely that Stock at present prices would attract very eager com petition. The Chancellor of the Exchequer can get a loan, Yee know, but the question arises, will he not have to pay rather onerously for it? In 1842, when the minimum rate of interest at the Bank of England was 1 ,4 per cent. above what it now is, Consols stood at 89, and this too although Exchequer-bills then bore an interest of 24 per centum peg diem. That year was somewhat similar to the one upon which we have recently entered, since there was an excess of ex penditure over income, though to a much smaller amount than we are now threatened with. Mr. Spring Rice was no friend to open loans, and, as is well known, resorted to the plan of increasing the unfunded debt. Under proper restriction, and guarded strictly by Parliamentary " curbe," probably this is the most facile and independent means of rak ing money for the public service, and if the requirements of Go vernment can be spread over a sufficient period, a gradual issue of bills, and a funding at favourable opportunities, is the course which seems to meet approbation in many quarters. We have before stated under this head the objections that may fairly be urged to this mode, but we can also perceive some counterbalancing advantages. Great interest is manifested for the forthcoming Budget, more particularly as there is an idea that some of the Continental Governments may be coming into the market as borrowers ere long. The advices received to-day from the United States notice an improvement in the exchange, which is rather encourag ing ; and, should it continue, it may induce a slackening at least of specie exports from this side of the channel. The amount of specie imported into New York last year was about three-quarters of a million of dollars. The Funds have been depressed to-day, And we call them to 4 lower. The reports of M. Guizot's probable resigna tion, the weak comlition of the Paris Bourse, and the contest between Lord John Russell and the Bentinck party, have all their share in producing this state of things. Consols have been 904 to 1 ,4 for present transfer, and 00% % for account: Exchequer bills have been marked ss. to Bs. premium. The New 1 hree -and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 923 1 4. Bank Stock is worth 204. The Foreign Bonds have been very dull again. The half monthly account is going off easily. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been 35%, being rather flatter. Mexican are 21% to 22. Spanish Bonds are nominal. The Railway Share Market has been very quiet. Here the fortnightly account is but a small affair. We perceive that the question of allowing interest on calls is likely to be mooted at the next meeting of the North Staffordshire Railway proprietors, bat we think the directors have done right hitherto in not " robbing Peter to pay Paul," and that the line, when completed, will be all the more valuable, because lees costly. As many have a difficulty in tracing the couse of this and other new rail ways, we should recommend Tuck's last map as a very sex viceable guide. BRITISH FUNDS. ONE CLOSING Bank Stock O'CLOCK. PRI, a:S. .. .. .. • • • • • . • • 204 204 Three per Cent. Reduced A nnu i t i es .. .. 90X% 90% Three per Cent. Consols Arnulties .. .. 90 % 904 New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 92% % 92 1 4 Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1863 .. 9 9-16 9 9-16 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 .. 9 7-16 9 7-16 India Muds, 1,0001. .. .. .• .. .. 13 p 14 p Ditto, under 1,000/. .. .. .. .. 11 p 14 p Consols for Account • • •• •• • • • • 9 0 - %% 903 i Exchequer Bills. 1 ti d. 1 1, 4 d. 1,0001... .. •• • • 6 5 8 pm. 8 5001. ~ .. --7 .... 8 --- pm. 5 ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. FOREICN FUNDS. Chill= Bonds, G per Cent .. . Diito, Deterred • • .. 53% Mexican Bonds. 1816, 5 per Cent 21% Ditto, for the Account 22 Portuguese Four per Cent • . .. 35% Ditto, for the Account Sitioll . .• 88 Russian Bonds .. .. • • .. .. 113 Disldends en the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-o-llalf per Cent .. 58% Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 92 9t. PRICES OF PAID. L DO USINESS CLOSINGNE AT RAILWAY SHARES. PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. Aberdeen.. .. .. • • .. 25 .... 23 4 .......... 23% Amber., Notting., Beaten, and Eastern Junction .. ••2 .. • • 2%% . Birmint7., Wolver.,& Stour Valicy 5 ....• 7 . 7 Buckingham..)lire 845..... 4 p. ex Int... % p x.int. Caledonian • • .. .. 30 .... ..... 26 Dit,o, Half Shares 2% 2 4 . ....... 2 Eastern Counties .. 20 .... 21 ex dlv. .... 21 x.d. Ditto, New .. .. 20 .... 20% ex div. —20% x.d. Ditto, York Extension .. 4 .... 4;i • • .....• •• East Lincolnshire .. .. 4 .... 6% .• ...... 6% Great Northern (London & York Regd.) .. 2%.... 2% Great Western .. .. • • .• 85 • • ••• • • ..... •-•-- - • • Ditto, Xew .. • • • • 4 % •• • • 8 % •••• • • • • 8 •.. 50 '..06%.......... 106% L ll e u e llat dsa id n4 Se ß lb ra y •• Bradford ..1 35 80% Leicester and Bedford .. 165. % di5......• dis. Leeds, Dewsbury, & Manchester 27%...• 34;g.......,,, 34% Liverp., Manch., & Newc. Junct. 2% 2 ........ •• 2 London and Blackwall 16L 13s. 4d. ..... Ditto, New. No. 2 • • • • •• .... 1 07 1 , 1 , • ••• • • Ditto, Extension .. 7% .... 5% 6 London, Brighton, and S Coast •. 50 .. . 55 .......... London:and North-Western . • .100 ....168 189 .... Ditto, Fifths .. Ditto, 401. Shares M. &D. • • 40 .. • . 73 .......... Ditto, 10/. Shares M. &D. (C) -• • 7%• . •• London and South-Western • • 41/. di. 10d... 64 Ditto. New 22%.... 25,4 . Lynn and Ely .. '2O .... ...... Lynn and Dereham .. • • 15 .... 16% Manchester and Leeds .. .. • • 82 .• ........ Ditto Extension •• 425. •• 19% Mancl ester and Southampton .. 2 .......... Midland •• —lOO .. • 121 1203 x div. Ditto, Birmingham and Derby 108 .... Newcastle and Bet ick .. •• 20 •• 32 31% .. Newcastle and Carlisle .. 100 .112% ......... Newmarket and Chestcrford .5 • • 4 .• .• Norfolk .. •• .. • • •• ..100 Ditto, Extension • • .. 6 .... 6 1 4 . North British .• • • •• 25 • • 34% .... Ditto, Quarter Shares • • •• 2 1 4 4;g 1, 1 . ... Ditto, Thirds •• .. • • • • 1 .... 3% •• • • ..... North Staffordsh 4 re . • • • • 5 • . 8% 7% Oxford,Worcest.,& Wolverhmpth. 17% .... 1114 .......... ' Preston and Wyre .• •• 25 ~ Ditto, llalf Shares (A) .. • . 6% •• 1% ......... 10% Royston and Hitchin . •• • .Ali .... • • .• 2% Scottish Midland • • 17% .... •• 21% Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 3 .... —1q!•,,,,.• •••• • • • • 4 Shropshire Union .. •,, 42a. % 1 ets. x.i.•• I dis.x South Eastern and Dour .. • • 33;4 . . .. . Do., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 314 ~.. 4% . . . South Wales .. .• •• .. 10 .. •• ...... •• • • South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Taw Vale Extension .'. 4 .... •• • •• Vale of Neath 2 1 Wilts, Somerset, and Wey mou th 15 .... .. • • •• York and Newcastl e .. 25 •• •• •• Ditto, New.. .. 5 , 1114 .. Ditto, Prefe-ence .. 4 .... ....... York ead North Midland .. .. 50 .... •• •• • • Ditto, Preference •• 2 .... 11%% • • •.. FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Northern of France .. • . 8 .... 12 1171 • • ...• Orleans and Bourdeaux .. 6 .... 6% JOINT-STOCK BANKS. London Join-Stock .. 10 .... National Provincial of England 35 ... Provincial of Ireland .• .. 25 44 3" a MINES. Real del 3lonte, Unregistered 3Y, • LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(THIS DAY) LONDON, FEB. 12.—Wind, at noon, S.W., light breeze and fine, with a very hard frost. DEAL, FEE. 11.—Wind N.NW. to N.N.E —Arrd. William Gillies, Clark, China ; Maria, Howard, Boston ; Maranham, Jamieson, St. John's, New Brunswi c k ; St a i n ' s C astle, New South ales ; Bucephalus, M‘Donald, China; Helen, De merara ; Gladiator, Bunting, New York. Sld. London, Jamaica ; Alexander Baring, Calcutta ; Codrington, Antigua ; Velocity, Jamaica ,• Mysore, Matanzas; Sea Lion, New Orleans ; Dance Dance, New Orleans ; Sarah, Hand, New Orleans ; John Craig, Boston ; Christina Watson, Sierra Leone; Munez, Rio Munez ; Centurion, Pernambuco ; Isabella, Cape of Good Hope; gate, Bahia; Mary, Bermuda. OFF DOVER, Fait. 11. Buononento, New York for Ant warp. Lrvanroor, Fan. 10.—Wind moderate.--Acrd. Rowley, Campbell, Demerara; Trenton Cotting, Savannah; John Brooks, Lokland, Savannah ; Queen of the Wells, Llewellyn, Sid. New York, sld. 23d ult. Off port, Sid. The Outward Bound. OFF THE SOUTH FORELAND, FEB. 11.—Amboina, Lourer, Batavia, for Rotterdam, with loss of boats, bulwarks, tpc. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 11.—Wind N.N.W. to N. by E.—Sld. Sir Edward Parry, Baltimore. Cows, Fan. 11.—Wind N. by W.—And. Magnet, liams, Patagonia. Fet.mouvr, FEB. 11.--Wind variable.—Acrd. A us t ra li a, Gate, Callao. Sld. Tyris, Ceylon. WATERFORD, FEB. 10.-IVind N.W. to N.N.W.—Arrd. Altborp, Prince, Norfolk. CORE, Fa d . 9. Wind N., fresb.—Arrd. Roone, Harvey, Baltimore, with 300 barrels of flour thrown overboard. Sld. Susan, Greene, New York. Off port, dames iPtueen, Condley, Honduras. CARRICKFERGUS, FEE. 9 .--Arrd, Lucius Carey, Brown, St. John's, New Brunswick, with much damage. BELFAST, FEB. 9.—Wind N. strong.—Arrd. Nathera, Skates, Philadelphia. Sid. Robert Newton, New York; Conisbrook, New Orleans. I ' RELATING TO THE FRIENDSHIP, FROM LIVER POOL TO HALIFAX. A dispatch has been received at Lloyd's, from the Foreign office, enclosing copies of dispatches from her Majesty's Consul at Lisbon and the Cape Verd Islands, reporting the loss of the English brig Friendship, of Dublin, from Liver pool to Halifax. This vessel was abandoned at sea in a sinking state, lat. 36. 24 N., andlon. 45. 20 W., on the 26th of November last; crew saved by the United States ship Curties, and landed at the Cape Verd. The Secretary of the British North American Royal Mail Steam Company has forwarded a communication to Lloyd's, that the Hibernia steamer had not arrived at New York at four o'clock P.M., on the 22d of January, but that her time was not then due for arriving. T, RE RAJA or SATTARA.—A public meeting was held yesterday ev en i ng a t t h e National Hall, Holborn, in order to consider the case of the dethroned Raja of Sattara, and to determine as to the propriety of petitioning Parlia ment in his favour. At eight o'clock, Mr. Fuller was called to the chair, and after a few preliminary observations, called upon George Thompson, Esq., to address the meeting. Haring referred to previous meetings held on the subject under notice, Mr. Thompson proceeded to g iv e a full statement of the means which had been used to effect the Raja's downfall, remark ing that after hearing a statement of the accusa tions against that injured Prince, the Supreme Council had declared the charges to be so utterly worthless, that there was nothing in them by which his character could be impugned, and the Government at home had for a time held the same language. Mr. Thompson concluded with a powerful appeal to all present to sign the petition on b e h alf of the dethroned Baja. Rungo Bapogee, the Rgjh's agent, then addressed the meeting, and supported the ,--revious speaker in all his assertions. After some oth er speeches_ end the adoption of the proposed petition to Parliament, a v o t e o f thanks was passed to the chairman, which, h av i ng been re sponded to, the meeting separated. EnRATUM. — In our first leading arti c l e o f yester day, " a refutation of the fallacious arguments against non interference," should have been, " a refutation of the falla cious arguments against any interference." MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-FRIDAY. Up to our market this week, coastwise and by land car riage sample, the arrivals of English Wheat have been on a very limited scale, and we had a trifling quantity on offer. All kinds moved off readily, at an advance on Monday's quotations, of from lx to 2s per quarter. In Foreign Wheat— the supply of which on offer was small—a large business was doing, at an improvement in value of from is to 2s per quarter. Fine malting Barley was scarce, and was readily taken off at full prices. All other kinds were quite as dear. Malt was held for higher rates, which the brewers were very reluctant to give; consequently, comparatively very little was doing in it. Oats, Beans, Peas, and Flour moved off readily, at extreme currencies. ARRIVALS. Wheat. I Barley. Z 450 qr 3. 1,820 qrs. Englisk ...... Foreign ...... Oati 1 Flour 1,120 qrs. I 2,260 sk., 6,110 and I 900 2,260br1s 1,441 Malt, 2,870 era. STOIXTELPIELD. We bad a very moderate supply of Beasts, owing to which and the prevailing cold weather, the Beef trade was steady, and Monday's quotations were well supported. From Hol land we received 122 Beasts and 300 Sheep, and from Scot land 110 horned and polled Scots, nearly the whole of which found buyers. With Sheep we were scantily supplied, while the Mutton trade was firm, at late rates. The sale for Calves was steady, at full prices, with a moderate number offering. Piga moved off slowly, at unaltered currencies. Milch Cows were very dull, at from 16/. to 18/. each, including their small calf. Per filbs. to si s. d. to s. d. s. d. to m. d. Inferior Beasts.. ... 3 4 3 6 Second quality ditto 4 0 4 2 Second quality -• •• 3 8 310 Coarse-svoolled ditto 4 4 4 Prime large Oxen.. 4 0 4 2 Southdown Wether 410 5 0 Prime Scots ...... 4 4 4 6 Ditto out of the wool Large coarse Calves 4 2 410 L arge H ogs • . •• • 3 8 4 6 Prime small ditto .. 5 0 .5 4 Small Porkers • 4 8 5 0 Suckling Calves —lB 0 28 0 Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 19 0 Inferior Sheep ••• 3 6 310 Lambs . • SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. Sheep. I Calves. I Pigs. 829 2,290 127 290 NZVIGATII AND LEADENHALL. The general demand was steady, at full rates. At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. s . d. to s. Beef, inferior.. 2 6 28 1 Mutton, inferior •• 3 4 3 6 middling .. 210 3 0 middling.. 3 8 310 prime large .. 3 2 3 4 prime •. 4 0 4 4 prime small •• 3 6 3 8 Pork, large.... ••.. 3 6 4 6 Veal•• ••••••• • • • • • 4 4 5 2 5m511.... ••• • 4 , 8 410 Lamb. Os Od to Os Od. Ink the offal. SOILOITGII BOP NIALIZNET. We have no change whatever to notice in this market. Selected Hops, in pockets, move off steadily, other kinds slowly, at our quotations.—Sussex pockets, 41 to 41 8s; Weald of Kent ditto, 41 5s to 41 16s; Mid and East Kent ditto, 4115 s to 6/ lat. PRIVY COUNCIL-(THIS DAY.) The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat again to-day to hear colonial appeals. The Lords present were:-- Lord Brougham, Lord Campbell, the Master of the Rolls, the Judge of the Admiralty Court, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, Sir Alexander Hope Johnstone, and Sir Edward Ryan. WISE V. XISIIENKOOMAR BOUO. Their Lordships were occupied the whole morning with the further arguments in this case, which came before them upon appeal from the Supreme Court of Bengal. The Court rose at two o'clock, in order that their Lord ships might attend her Majesty's Levee. CHANCERY.--(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor sat in his Court in the Old Hall, Lincoln's Inn, to-day, and, after disposing of the unopposed lunatic petitions on his paper, proceeded to hear the further arguments in the part heard motion of the Electric Telegraph Company v. Nott and Gamble, which occupied his Lordship till the rising of the Court. His Lordship rose at an early hour to attend her Majesty's levee. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) His Honour the Vice-Chancellor of England took unop posed cause petitions, short causes, cause petitions, and causes to-day, but no case of any public interest came before his Honour during the whole morning. (Before Sir J. K. BRUCE.) IN RE BRIXTON SCJIOOL. The further hearing of the petition in this cause, in which the question at issue was as to the right of the trustees of this charity to remove the schoolmaster, was postponed for four weeks. MOSIWYN V. MOSTYN. This was a petition in the suit, praying for the payment of a sum of 4804 the residue of a legacy of 900/., w hi c h b ad been left by the testator, Sir John Mostyn, to a female chari table institution in North Wales. The petitioners were the stewardesses of the institution and their husbands, and their being no treasurer they contended that they were entitled to receive the money in question. The matter was ordered to stand over. QUEEN'S BENUH.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice ERIE and a Special Jury.) TOUTER V. GRANT AND ANOTSER. At the sitting of the Court this morning, Sir F. THEsicien said he was happy to inform the jury that their further attendance would not be required, as the de fendants had consented to a verdict being taken favour of the plaintiff. The parties had come to an arrangement. It was right to state that no imputation rested upon Mr. Dar nell (the author, and not the publisher of the book) with respect to the publication of the copy-books. The matter was a fair one for inquiry in a court of justice. The arrangement was understood to be this—that the par ties should continue to sell their respective books, and that they should pay their own costs. The verdict was then entered for the plaintiffs. Several witnesses were examined in support of the defence —that the copy-books of Mr. Foster contained nothing new, nothing but elementary principles which had been in use for upwards of forty years. Mr. Lewis, of 113, Strand, said he had taught writing for forty years, and that for nearly the whole of that time he had used the system (substantially) which Mr. Foster styled his own—the principles were merely elementary. Mr. J. Carstairs, Mr. Darnell, Mr. Frost, and Mr. Smart, of St. Ann's School, Soho, gave similar testimony. THE LINCOLNSIII&E AND EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY— GRIEVE V. LUMSDEU. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a lithographer, to recover from the defendant, who was a member of the pro visional committee of this railway, the sum of 331/. for maps supplied for the use of the company. The project was one of those of which the autumn of 1845 was so prolific ; bat, like the majority of them, the " panic " cut it off in its bloom, leaving most of its debts unpaid, and the directors most unwilling to discharge the remainder. An attempt had been made to get each of them to pay his share of the liabilities, but although a few of them had expressed their willingness to do so, and one or two had paid something, the defendant, who was and is the Lord Provost of Glasgow, had not paid anything towards them. It was proved that the defendant consented to become a member of the committee ; and that several prospectuses containing his name were circulated in the Stock Exchange of Glasgow, which the defendant was in the habit of fre quenting. Prospectuses were sent to him. Moreover, the Clydesdale Bank was appointed the Scotch bank of the com pany at his suggestion. No proof, however, of registration was tendered. Sir F. THESIGSR submitted that there was no case to go to the jury; there was no proof of registration, which was absolutely necessary to give ground of action. Mr. Justice ERLE considered that there was not sufficient evidence to go to the jury; but if it went to the jury, and they gave a verdict for the defendant, the plaintiff might tender a bill of exceptions. It appeared, however, that ,the defendant consented to become a member of the committee, that he took shares, and obtained the appointment of the Clydesdale Bank, with which he was connected, acting in the whole matter, no doubt, to obtain profit. If the verdict was for the plaintiff, he would give the defendant leave to enter a nonsuit, on the ground of insufficient evidence. Sir F. THESIGER p re f erre d to h ave the de cision of the jury on the matter. He addressed the jury, and contended that the defendant, with about 300 others, simply lent the use of their names to the promoters of the line, Messrs. Loveland and Beckett, solicitors, of Lincoln's Inn-fields, by whom, and by Mr. Smith, the engineer, the plaintiff was employed, but not with the intention of becoming liable, in any way, for the expenses that might be incurred. No proof of registration had been adduced : he had a perfect right, therefore, to assume, that it never was registered, and that, in fact, the company never had any legal existence; besides, the defendant never had the shares allotted to him for which he applied. It was impcssible under such circum stances that they could give a verdict for the plaintiff'. Mr. Justice ERLS told the jury that they must not look at the interpretation of the liability of a provisional com mittee-man in 1847, but at the time the defendant joined the project in 1845. It bad been considered that a provisional committee-man was liable for the debts contracted by a company, in the same way as a partner in a mercantile firm ; bat the Courts had differed on the question of liability, and the Exchequer Court had, after the most mature deliberation, solemnly decided, that the fact of a man consenting to become a member of a provisional committee was no evidence at all for a judge to submit to a jury that the party who had so consented had thereby given any authority to any person to make contracts, for that company on his account, #nd for which he was still held liable in law. The defendant had never attended any meet ings of the company, and there was no evidence to show that he took any part in contracting debts. It was for them, as men of common sense and business, to say whether they considered the defendant liable or not. (The jury had not returned their verdict when our report left. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) This being the last day of the Westminster sittings, the Court took common jury CALMS. None of them, however, were of any interest except to the parties concerned. SURREY SESSIONS.-(THIS DAY.) John Tfraller, were indicted for feloniously Charles Wil kinson, at Horslydown. T table 249 M, said that, on t h e a s li t e stealing and ha half a Thomaspi g, the property Edger, 16, of a c seize half a pi g t h at was evening of Nest,the police-constable, o ecutor, u li p l e t r e t o - imo, he saw the pr isoners approach the shop• door o hanging at the door, and run away. Ile pursued th em, and tookthern into custody, near Bermondsey Church. The prisoners threw the pork into a gateway which they passed, and knocked him down and endeavoured to escape, but another constable came to his assistance, and secured them. In their defence the prisoners said that they picked up the pork in the street, and intended to have delivered it to the inspector at the station-house, but the constable Caine to them so abruptly, that they were afraid of being taken into custody, consequently they ran away. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and the sentence of the Court was that they be imprisoned in the House of Cor rection for three months each. ASSAULTING A MasTEn OF A WORKHOKSE..- William - .Tudge, a powerful-looking man, was indicted for having un lawfully assaulted Richard Robinson, the master of St. George's Workhouse, Southwark ; also with threatening his life. The prosecutor said, that on the evening of the 3d inst. the prisoner applied to the board of guardians for relief. Having been often assisted by them to no purpose, and his character being bad, the guardians refused to assist him any more. As soon as he was told so, be rushed into the board room, and swore at the guardians, when he (prosecutor) at tempted to eject him, and in doing so the prisoner struck him onthe back of the neck, felling him to the ground,where he re mained insensible for several minutes. A police-constable, who was in attendance, assisted him, and took the prisoner into custody. • One of the guardians heard the prisoner threaten to mur der Mr. Robinson as soon as he should have his liberty, and he believed, unless he was res'ar4::.cd, that he would do so. In his defence the prisoner said that before he touched gr. Robinson, the latter threatened to knock him down ESCAPE OF DON MIGUEL FROM ITALY. A telegraphic dispatch from Marseilles of the 7th announ ces that Don Miguel has secr e tl y l e f t Rome. He went down to the port of Ostia, entered a b oat c ls r lti i t s i i n n off the siting for for himp, which put hi m on b oard a vessel u port, which imm e di ate l y set sail. It is believed that he inte nds to return to Portugal, w h ere , hhiosivever'he will probably arrive too late to fi n d any o f adherents in arms. CABINET COUNClL. — Summonses hays been issued to the Ministers to attend a Cabinet Council on Saturday afternoon at the Foreign office, Downing -street. INDISPOSITION OF O'CONNELL.—We regret to learn that the Honourable and Learned Member for Cot k was prevented, by illness, from attending in hi s place in Parliament last night. DEATII OF 1115 GRACE TUB DUKE' OF NORTHUAD. ELAND.--fie regret to state that his Grace the Duke of Northumberland departed this life at an early hour yester day morning (Thursday). The melancholy event took place at Alnwick Castle, Northumberland. liis Grace had been suffering from a slight attack of influenza, but there was no• thing to excite the suspicion of his friends. About seven o'clock on the morning in question, on one of his servants en tering the bed-room, he found his worthy master, as he sup posed, asleep. Hav i ng spoken to him, but without receiving any answer, the servant became apprehensive that his Grace had expired, and upon calling for assistance such was found to be the fact. His Grace was in his sixty-second year, and was universally beloved by all parties. MAILS DUB TIIIS DAY.--The following is a list : (alphabetically arrang ed) of the mails due at half- p ast elev e n o'clock this dal', viz. Abergavenny, Amersham, Bilston. Bishopscastle, Brackley, Brecknock, Builth. Bridgend, Car digan, Carmarthen, Cardiff, Chepstow, Crickwell, Chirk, Driffield, Hay Haverfordwest, High-Wycombe, Hereford, llorndean, flobspoint, Hungerford, Ironbridge, Jersey . and Guernsey, Kingston, Llandillo, Llandorrey, Llanga.. dock, Liphook, Llanelly, Ledbury, Merthyr Tydvil, sw town, Newport (Salop), Newport ( Monmouth), Milford, Monmouth, Warbeth , Neath, Nuneham,O es New try, Peterstield, Presteign, Pembroke, Rhayeder, Ross, St. Chard, Stokenchurch, Sheffield, St. Leonard's, Sw_an e s b ea, Salisbury, Shaftesbury, Shrewsbury, Shoreham, T n Tetsworth, Thame, Taibach, Usk, Whitely, Wednesbury, Worthing, Welshpool and Wellington (Salop). The follow ing Irish mails are likewise due: —Derry, Galway, Limerick, Sligo, Waterford, Wexford. Six mails due) esterday bays not arrived, viz Aberystwith, Cardigan, Haverfordwest, - Mil ford, Narbeath, and St. Leonard's, making a total of eight two bags due at the above hour. The Government contract for 100,000 gallons of rum for the navy was again taken yesterday by Messrs. dtoovh/iilN:e holiiisgiLnaotredashwipithwasos Lemon, Hart, and Son, of 59, Fenchurch-street. OXFORD, FEB. 11.—A fire broke out this afternoon at the Bishop of Oxford's, Cuddesden Palace, but was hap pily extinguished before much damage was done. It is said consecration of Tub ney Church. TUB FAMINE RELIEF FUND.--The subscription m ab e s w en a t rm at in th g list of the 12th Royal Lancers, at Hounslow, for the relief of the distressed poor in Ireland and Scotland, has just now closed. It amounts to over 601. theeapparatus newly l a id Six HARRY Sturru.—Upon the fame of the victo ries of Ali wa l an d S o b raon penetrating to the retired village of Whittlesea, in Cambridgeshire, the birth - p lace of Sir H. Smith, an address of congratulation to the hero of these two hard-fought fights was set on foot by those of the inhabitants who could remember the stripling cadet whom they now heard of as the distinguished ge neral. It was p re p a red by his old pre ce pt or , the Rev. G. Burges, who, in his 82d year, rejoiced in the glory of his gallant pupil. Sir 11. Smith's reply has b een on l y l ate l y rece i ve d. It is full of the kindest ' feeling, and evinces throughout that warm at tachme nt to home which l ong absence, however honoured, is seldom able to quench. -ROBBERY OF 1,5001.—0 n Saturday- a parcel, con taining 1,5211., belonging to the Tipperary Joint-stock Bank, was placed in th e b oot of the Nenag h a nd Limerick coach. On arriving at the Limerick coach-office the parcel was missed, although the lock of the boot in which it was placed was not disturbed. Suspicion at once fell upon a man named James Corboy, son to the former driver of the coach, who got up on the coach a short distance outside Nenagh, and left it on entering the suburbs of Limerick. Soon after the coach reached its destination Corboy made his appearance, and, althou g h none of the money was found on his person, he has been committed. SOUP KITCHEN FOR THE DISTRESSED POOR.—The soup kitchen , opened three weeks since in Liecester-square, for the distribution of bread and soup to the poor daring the inclemency of the weather, is relieving a t, o ut 300 individuals daily. About 4,000 n ecess i tous persons h a ve, since it s open - I participated in the bounty thus dispensed. 12(N 054 314 34 1 A 4 1 4 3 % 7% K% N~~ stairs and break his back ;he then pushed .him, net after wards said that he would do for him. k The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and the ClutA'rman sentenced him to six months' imprisonment, and at thie ex piration of the punish m e n t he was ordered to fin d of for twelve months. Mr. JARDINE said that he did not believe; this story. He believed that the handkerchiefs were stolen, and that the prisoner knew it. He would therefore send ,her to prison for one month, for having the handkerchiefs in her possession, reasonably suspected to be stoleQ. He thought the conduct of the pawnbroker in the highest decree laue,able, and if all pawnbrokers would act with the san:c propriety and dis cretion, he would be very well satisfied. CLERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY.) Two pugilists, named Smith and Smirke, were charged with a murderous assault on police-constable Warner, 141 G. On Monday morning the prisoners were pelting snow-balls in Gray's Inn-road, when the constable interfered, as several persons were struck by the snow-balls, upon which the pri soners fell upon and maltreated him in a frigh,tful manner, by beating and kicking him about the head, and bad it not been for the tim e ly arr i va l o f several other consta.'iles, the consequences would ha ve p ro b a bl y b een fatal. A s was, the the constable was in suc h a d angerous state from ti.. 1- juries he rec e i ve d th a t h e was unable to leave the hospittot Mr. COMBE decided upon comm i tt i ng them for trial, but remanded them until the medical gentleman should be ills; condition to pronounce Warner out of danger. CALEDONIAN SOCIETY'S ANNUAL BALL, This assembly took place last night, at the Queen's Concert Rooms, Hanover-square, where a very numerous and highly re spectable company attended. At one time of the evening there were upwards of six hundred persons in the rooms The dresses were of all nations, but that of the Highlands predominated. Those whose costumes were most admired were Captain Charles Forbes, James Davidson, Charles Davidson, George Bain, D. Brown, 'G. Hepburn, and Mr. Mouatt, jun. The members of the society were all in the garb, and with the members of the committee of manage ment were most attentive to the comforts of their friends and visitors. The rooms were tastefully hung with the dif ferent clan tartans, shields, and spears. Mr. Leigh acted si master of the ceremonies, and Mr. Guineas, with hit excellent band, played the most favourite airs- Mr. Angus Mac Kay, her Majesty's piper, attended by the assistant band-master to the boys of the Caledonian Asylum, played choice Strathspeys and reels, and the favourite reel of Tulloch w as smart l y danced byfour gentlemen in the Highland garb. The refreshment department was admi rably arranged, and everybody seemed to have enjoyed delightful evening. The active and attentive treasurer, Mr. Boucher, was, as usual, very efficient in tho performance of his duties. The Total Abstinence Society of Liverpool adopted a new plan of obtaining an audience for their lectures on Tuesday, having offered soup tickets to those who should attend. By this means a goodly concourse assenibled to hear the advantages to be derived from total abstinence; and at the close of the speeches 433 soup tickets were distributed- Viscount Melbourne entertained Viscount an d Viscountess Palmerston and a select party to dinner on Wed nesday, at his Lordship's residence in South -street. We read in a letter from Alexandria, Jan, 24 :-- " Since my last letter, announcing the a pp earance o f the cholera in the Hezas and its ravages, we have received other news. On the departure from Aden of the English steamer that town enjoyed perfect health, although i',B suburbs were infected. From Cairo, under date of the 20th ult., we learn that the Viceroy, in opposition to the advice of the physician Clot-Bey, bad ordered th e cor d on to be closed at Suez an d Cosseir, in order to prevent the return of the great caravan of pilgrims into Egypt, and bad sent provisions and tents to Akaba, where th e caravan was directed to stop. Sim ilar precautions had b een t a k en at Cosseir and Suez f o r t he _ pil grims arriving by sea. B y t h ese measures the run nop ed to prevent the cholera from entering Egypt. It appears, however, that after having made a great number of victims, the fell disease had completely ceased. The pilgrims th at have already arriv e d a t Al exandr i a say, that w hen,, about to perform the usual ceremonies at the tomb of the Prophet, a dreadful wind arose, which continued several days, and caused many persons to die of the disease. The Pacha of D.unascas and the Mollah of Mecca were amonmt the dead. The authorities had ordered the public criers to recommend the pilgrims to depart from Mecca, and they all immediately abandoned the place. It is stated that Geda. had not been visited by the pestilence." NOVEL HOAX.-A curious hoax was. played off on Mr. George Davies, of Oldbury, near Ddgnorth, last week, by some kind neighbours spreading a report that, in consequence of the severity of the weather, h e h a d g iven leave to the poo r peopl e of the town to gather turnips from one of his fields near the church. The consequ Brice of this was that a fine field of about eight acres of capital. swede turnips was densely thronged by parties availing their (selves of the opportunity, and it was not till full two acres had been cleared of the crop that the owner was apprised of what WAS going on. Great was his astonishment, and as great his vexa tion, particularly so as many parties who !nad benefited thereby informed him that a Mr. Fletcher, a baker, of the New Town, had told them of the matter. Upe n that person being applied to he said he had heard the:report, the same as others had, and had only mentioned it again.. Mr. Davies caused two women to be apprehended, and tn:ken before the magistrates, at their meeting on Saturday, •o hen the cue was heard; and as the proceeding bore no feionious intent, the parties, Sarah Adams and Jane Hurst, were severally fined in the sum of 6d. each, and discharged, ;with a caution in future always to ask leave of the owner previous to again going out on such a Quixotic expedition.---- Worcestershire Chronicle. ABOLITION OF SLAVERY IN TURRET.—The cor respondent of a French paper writes from Constantinople on the 20th ult. :—The Sultan yesterday presided at a sitting of the Suprem e C ounc il o f J ust i ce , all the Ministers and high functionaries being present. The Sultan himself pro- Eosed a measure w hi c h w ill produce a gre at sensation in urope, namely to issue an ordonnance for the suppression of the slave market. This is not indeed a suppression of slavery altogether, but it is a first step tolvards it. The Koran, it is true, admits of slavery, but it is only in to lerance, for it at the same time recommends the enfran chisetnent of slaves as a meritorious action and the rich Mussulmans, at their great family festivals, or before set ting out on a long journey, and, indeed, at any important event of their lives, believe they cannot do anythimg more agreeable to God than to give a slave his freedom. .The ob stacles to general emancipation arise rather from the customs and manners of the Turks than from religious prejudices; and from the mement the Sultan sets the example it will meet with ready imitation. The Bey of Tunis has already abolished slavery in his Regency, and Ibrahim Paella, on his return from Europe, gave freedom to all his slaves, without either of these acts producing the least mark of disapproba tion in the .'i ussulman states. All the world knows that in these states the slaves ;orm a part of the family to Which they belong, and that many reach important stations. Two of the present Ministers of the Sultan, Kosrew Pacha and Hafiz Pacha, are freed slaves, so were the late Governor of Trebisond, son-in-law of Sultan Mahmoud, Halil Patella, Mehemet Reschid Pacha, Commander-in-Chief of the ram , of Arabia , and many others. The mother o f the Sultan And all his' wives were Circassian or Georgian slaves who have been enfranchised. The whole questions turns on this paha, that no man can hold a right over the freedom of a fellow creature." DEATH IN TUE STREET.—Yesterday, Mr. G. 1. Mills held an inquest at the Churchill Arms, Kensington, c n the body of Elizabeth Jeffreys, aged fifty• two years, who was found on Sunday night, opposite the residence of tlass Princess Sophia, apparently in a dying state. It ap— peared that the deceased was a widow, carrying on the bust. ness of a laundress, at No. 13, Camden-street, Kensington I G , e r s a z e l - f p r i o t rn s . the A b e o ff u nects i no of which mo nt h a she g w o a s s h e b e b i i r e o v k e e d a t o bl h o : d x. recovered. On Sunday last she left home at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, to go and see her married daughter at WOW-. with. She left there late in the evening, and came from town in an omnibus to Kensington Church, and was seen about twenty minutes to twelve o'clock at night sitting in Church-lane, opposite the Princess Sophia's residence, on the kerb-stony. She appeared very ill, and complained of pain in her chest. She was promptly conveyed home by the police, and Mr. Cobb, surgeon, was sent for, but deceased had expired. Mr. Cobb gave it as his opinion that death had been caused by the rupture of a vessel on the lungs, from natural causes. The jury returned a verdict to that effect. On the 31st of D ece 81R2718. mber, at Demerara, Mrs. Ross, of a son. On the 9th inst., a t Stoke Newington, Mrs. William Ogilvie, of a son. On the 6th inst., at Rolf's Muhl, Great Marlow, Bucks, the wife of William Penn Gaskell, of a daughter. On the 7th inst., the wife of the Rev. J. A. Ross, Vicar of West well, Kent, of a son. On the Bth inst., at Oxford-terrace, Hyde-part, the wife of J. Bullan, Esq., of a daughter. On the Bth inst., at Portland-place, Mrs. Lees, of a son, still-born• MAK.fUED. On the 10th Inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, Benjamin Young, Esq., of Hertford, to Mary, eldest daughter of Fredirkz Gilbertson, Esq., of Egliam, Surrey. DIED. On the. 4th of December, 1846, at Churra Pconjee, in the East Indies, Lieutenant William Charles James Lewin, of the Bengal Artillery, aged 41. On the 27th ult., Miss Charlotte Goodson, of Peak-hill, Sydenham. Surrey, _ On the 6th inst., at Farm-hill, near Stroud, R. Cooke, Esq., aged Bo. On the 6th inst., at Blackheath, Maria, the wife of Rowland Money, Captain it.N„ On the 7th lust., at The Ifythe, near Tewkeabury, Mra. Elizabeth I)Illon, aged 94. On the 7th inEL, at Hallgate, Doleaster, Fanny, the wife of Dr• Fenton. t .n the 7th inst., at Manor-place, walworth, Miss Ann Townsend. On the 7th inst., at Dorking, Susanna, relict of J. Newman, Esq• On the Bth inet., at Weybridge, Surrey, J. Feetharn, Esq., aged 80. On the Bth inst., at Cambe rwe ll- grove. Alias Catherine B i rc h. On the Bth inst., at Victori a Cottage, New-cross, Esther, the wi fe of Mr. James Matthews, aged 48. On the Bth inst., at Reading, Mrs. Eleanor Dodson. On the Bth Init., in Cecil.atreet, Strand, Jane, widow of the late sir. George Karnes, a ge d 8 4. On the Bth Mst,, iti Soho-square, Mr. Georga Walker, 4it;e'l lc,: 'it , Publls; . by ', - TZ LK) YOUNQ, 9,f No. 11 2. Strand, Printer, at The Sun eftlew, N o. I 12, Strand ;in the Precinct of the Savor. in the County of Bliddloeex, Friday, Fe. willaZ7 120847. BOW-STREET.—(THIS . DAY.) Ehen Donoghue was placed at the bar befo to Mr. Jardine, upon a charge of offering in pledge to a pawnb sok er one linen and two cambric pocket handkerchiefs, map ected to be stolen. MAL% John Avant, foreman to Mrs. ffewby, pu wnbroker, of Drury-lane, said that on Tuesday, .the 2d inst., the prisoner offered the three pocket handkercLiefs vrodue zed in pawn. She said they were her own property. He aatt ed her it they were linen, and she said yes, they were lawn. As this was not the case—two being cambric and onl'v on lawn—he im mediately suspected that they were not her own, and told her so. She said they were her owl t, and had been her mother's. He told her they could not be her mother's, as they were not In tarked -with her initial, and she said it was her mother's b , :fore she ,vas mar ried. He asked what her mother's maid len name way, and she said Burke. The handkerchiefs were marked "Aland as it was clear that she did not know them, he refused to re.- turn them, but kept them in the shop. In.. the evening she returned with a young woman (now in coo rt), whom he had known as a customer, named Dempsey, who'told him thatthe handkerchiefs were her property, had been given to her by her sister's sweetheart," and were marked with the initials, "S. G." Thi s being ale) false, he told her they could not be her handkerchief , , and 'again refused to give them up. The prisoner and Dempsey 'relit away, and he saw no more of either of them till this morning, when they came together to pawn a gown. He then said they must go down to the station-house to expla in the matter, and calling a policeman gave the prisoner in 'charge. Mary Ann Dempsey, who was evideni - ly a reluctant wit ness, said that on Tuesday evening the pr.lsont.r told her she had found three pocket-handkerchiefs in t he street, and had taken them to Mrs. Newby's to pawn, awl that the foreman had refused to give them up. She asked witness to go with her and claim them, which she agreed to d. ). Mr. JARDINE said that the witness had I tad a very narrow escape from being sent to prison. The prisoner in defence said that she h. ad picked up the handkerchiefs in the street. NV