The Sun. — London, England, 1847-03-11 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers, and the Public, are respectfully informed, that a GRAND EXTRA PERFORMANCE will to ni- ke place THIS EVENING, Mar ch 11, when will be performed Do zetti's favourite Opera, entitled LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. Lucia, Mad.Castellan (her second appearance this season) ; Enrico, Signor Colettl ; Bldebent, Signor Solari ; and Edgard!), Signor Fro . klui (his second appearanceAfterwhich in this country). A DIVERTISSEMENT . In which will be presented a Pas de CarActere (composed by M. P. Taglloni, the music by Signor Pugni), entitled " La Slavonlenne ;" and " Galop a Sept Temps," by Mdl.e. Ros:ati and M. Taglioni. To be followed by the last act of Dordzettl's Opera, LA FAVORITA, Fernando, Signor Gardoni ; Boldacci,Signor Bouchi; and Leonora, Mdiie. Saneldoli. To conclude with the admi CHEVALIERnd Original Grand Ballet, CORALIA ou, INCO%;STANT. Coralia, Mdlle. C. Rosati; the Knight Hui debrand, M. Paul Taglioni; Main, M. Gouriet ; Berths, Mdlle. Petit ; Page, Mdlle. Honore ; Duke, M. Gosselln ; Fralsoudin, M. Venetia; Fisherman, M. dl Mattla ROYAL ITALIAN orERA, COVEN" GARDEN, Established :or the purpose of rendering a more perfect performance of the Lyric Drama than has hitherto been attained in this country. Under the Direct on and 31anagementooff , Mr. BEALE. Music, are respectfully in- The Nobilty Gentry, and Patrons. the firs formed that the Royal Italian Opera. will openweek in April. It is proposed to produce, in the course of the 'eason, some of the established works of Citnaro• a, 'Mozart, Rossini, Meyerbeer, and others of the more modern Italian School, including Operas by Bellini, Dont zetti, Mereadante, and Verdi, on a scale of the semo , t perfect in every department ; to which intent the mana. , ement has assemb'ed a Company embracing :he greatest and most varied , a'ent in Europe. PRIMI SOPRANI. --Madame Grist and Madame Persian! (her first appeara.nce in London fer three years), Madame Ronconi and Mdlle. Stellanoni (of the Theatre La Scala, in Milan, her first ap• pearance in this couutry). cosTuaLTl. Signora Alboni (of the Theatre La Scala, Milan, and of the Imperial Theatre in Vienna, her first appearance in this country), and Mademoiselle Corhari. TENORL—Signer Mario, Signor Salvator Levis (of the Imperial Theatre of St. Petersburgle his first appearance in this country), Signor Tull! (of the Theatre San Carlo, in Naples, his first appear ance in this country), and Signor Salvi (ot the Theatre La Scala, in Milan, and of tke Imperial Theatres in Vienna and St. retersburgh, his first appearance on the Italian stage in England). PRIMI BASSI BARITONI—Signor Tamburini and Signor Giorgio Ronconi. PRIMI BASSI PROFONDI—Signor Marini (of the Theatres San Carlo, Naples, La sc.ala, Milan, and the Imperial Theatre, Vienna, his first appearance in this country), Signer Angelo Alba (of the Theatre Royal, Madrid, his first appearance in this country), and Signor Polonini (of the Imperial Theatre, Vienna, Ida first appear ance in this country.) PRIM I BASSI COMICI —Signor Pietro Ley (of the Theatre Royal Madrid, his first appearance in this country), and Signor Agostino Revere (of the Theatres Royal. Naples, Milan, Vienna, and St. Fe tersburgh, his first appearance in this country). Seconde Donne—Madame Antotnetta Mollidori (of the Theatre La Scala, in Milan), Mademoiselle Amalie Liner!, Mademoiselle lasigiva Seconde Tenore—Signor Emmauuele Slano (of the Theatre San ()brio in Naples). Director of the Music, Composer, and Conductor—Mr. Costa. A powerful and numerous CHORUS of chosen and experienced Singers will complete the Vocal Department. Chorus Master— Signor Bonconsiglio. Prompter—Signor Monterasi. The oiteuzsTnA, formed of Artistes possessing the highest executive powers, will comprise among its members Eighty distin guished professors. The Military Band of the Coldstream Guards will be under the direction of Mr. Godfrey. An. ORGAN, of extensive compass, has been expressly erected in the theatre by Messrs. Flight and Son. Organist—Mr. V. Morello. The BALLET, of a brilliant and costly character, will close the performance of the evening, and no Divertissement will be suffered between the acts of the Opera. The Director has the pleasure to announce that he has concluded an engagement wills Mademoiselle Fanny Elssler ; and, during the season, the following eminent Danseuses will appear : —Premieres Danseuse—Mademoiselle Dumi lairs (ef the Grand Opera, Paris), and Mademoiselle Plunkett (of the Grand Opera, Paris), Mademoiselle Bertin (of the Imperial Theatre, Vienna, her first appearance in this country), Mademoiselle Neodot (of the Theatre Royal, Madrid), Mademoiselle Marietta Baderna (of the Theatre La Scala, Milan), and Mademoiselle Fuoco (of the Academie Royale de Paris). Monsieur Petipa (of the Grand Opera, Paris), Monsieur Gontle (of the Theatre ltoyal, Madrid), Monsieur Ferdinand. Croce, Monsieur Dellerier (of the Grand Opera, Paris), and Monsieur Auguste 3labille (of the Grand Opera, Paris). :nitres des Ballets--Monsieur Albert (of the Grand Opera, Paris), and Monsieur Blasis (of the Theatre La Scala, Milan). Leader of the Ballet—Mr. Alfred Mellon. Regisseur de la Dance — Mr. O'Bryan. Composer—Signor Alessandro Curini (of the San Carlo Theatre, Naples). THE THEATRE.—To render the Interior at once commodious, elegant, and comfortable, it has beets entirely reconstructed and decorated, under the immediate direction and after designs of Y. Albano, Ran•, C.E., with every attention directed to its proper ventilation. Tne Decorations have been executed by skill l' The Management has happily F secured the artistic skill of Signori errs and Verardi (of the Theatre Italien, in Paris), to embellish the ceiling and to prepare a New Drop Scene. The approaches to the Theatre will ba found improved, by a carriage way being formed iminedia , ely under the Portico in Bow-street, whereby parties can leave or enter their carriages without exposure to the weather; and by increased facilities for ingress and egress. The Refreshment Room will be under the superintendence of Mr. J. G. Watson. Tickets, Stalls, and Boxes, for the night or season, to be obteined at the Box Office, Bow-street ; and at Messrs. Cramer, Beale, and Co.'s, 201, Regent-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURT-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be performed the new Grand Opera, entitled MATILDA OF HUNGARY. Count Magnus, 2.1 r. Itorrani; Podiebrad, Mr. Harri. son; Mathias, Mr. Weiss ; Matilda, Miss Rainforth; Liliia, Miss It. Isaacs. To conclude with a new Ballet, entitled SPANISH GALLAN TRIES. Principal chara ters by MM. Croce, Adrien, Tell; Baderna, Louise, Adele, Ft. Louln, and Renard. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. U ider the Manxgement Mr. It. Webster, sole Lessee. Till* EVENING Will he performed a new and original Comedy, calle , l THE SCHOOL FOR. SCHEMING. Principal characters by Messrs. Far ren, Stuart, Bnekstone, Howe, Selby, Brindal. Mrs. (Hover, Mrs. ilumby, Mrs. Yarnoid, Miss Forteseue, 3liss Bennett, Miss Rey &c. _ During the evening the hunt win perform the Overture " Les Dtamoni de la Con:onne," " The Beaufort Polka," " Albert" Waltz, and " The Cornelius Polka." Alter which, the Original Grand Fairy Extravaganza, c.i'led THE IN VISIRLE PRINCE; or, the Island of Tranquil Dilights. Principal characters by Mr. James Illand, 7.lissP.Plorton, Mrs. L. S. DuckinAham, Miss Reynold,, and Miss Julia Beimett. To conclude with THE IRISH POST. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Maoag - ement of Mrs. Keeley. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Dranta, TO PA I.I,NTa A N D GUARDIANS. Iu which Mr. and Mrs. Keeley will appear. After which, the Farce of TILE ETON" BOY. Characters by Steam. Wigan, Turner, Keeley, Miss Dickinson, and Miss Turner. To with the splendid new Fairy Ext - avaganzei, entitled THE ENCIIANTED FOREST. In which Mr. and Mrs. Keeley will appear, supported by the whole talent of the Company. THEATRE ROYAL. ADELPIII. nder the direction of Madame Celeste TIIIA EVENING Will be performed an or,;;:nal Drama, called THE FLOWERS OF TILE FOREST ; a Gipsy *tory. Cheap John. Mr. Wright ; Ishmael, Mr. 0. S:nith ; the Kinclain, Mr. P. Redford; Leybourne, Mr. IVorrell ; Cyidhia, Madame Celeste; Lemuel, Miss Woo!gar ; Starlight Bess, Mrs. Fitzwilliam; Lady Ague.", Vies Harding. To conclude with DID Y:AI EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAM it ER W E ? Iloneyhun, Mr Wright ; Crank, Mr. 0. Smith; aim lloneylam, Miss Harding; Mrs. Crank, Mrs Matthews. PRINCES:VS THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox. sole I...ssee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Opera, tntitled THE NIGHT DANCERS, Albert, Mr. Allen ; Giselle (first time), Miss Anne Romer. Mier which, a Concert by the New Orleans ETHIMAN SERENADERS. To be followed by the Ccmcdietta, entitled THE WIDOW BE WITCHED. Furnival, Mr. Harris ; Lorimer, Mr. Granby ; Mrs. Lorimer, Mrs. Stirling. To conclude with Shalopere's Comedy of KATHERINE AND PETRUCHIO. In which Messrs. Vining, Compton, Cowell; Mrs. will appaar. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessle, Mr. John Mitchell. TO-MORROW EVENING, Will be performed the admired Comet:le-Vaudeville, entitled LA LECTRICE ; ou, Unc Folic tie Jeune Homme. Le Capitaine Sir Cobridge, M. Cartigny ; Caroline, Mtllle. Fargueil. After which, the Vaudeville of L SG:UR DE JOCIIISSE. Jocris+e, Mons. A. Tousoz. To conclude with the favourite Vaudeville, entitled LES DEUX BRIGADIERS. Rameaudor, M. Lafont ; Francine, Mdlle. Fouquet. Boxes, 1 s., Pit, 3s. tid. , Stalls, 35.; Gallery, '2s. Doors opened at half-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-oftice. ETHIOPIAN gERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. The celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and (lemon, will have the honour of repeat ing their Inhnitable ENTERTAINMENTS, at the above Theatre, THIS EVENING, (Thursday), and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Doors open at Eight o'clock, and the Entertaimmnt com mence at Halt-past Eight. The MORNING ENTERTAINMENT will take place every MONDAY MORNING curing Lent. The Perthrmances wi:l commence, each day, at half-past Two o'clock. The Programme will he varied on each occasion. Boxes, do. ; Pit, 2s. ; Amphitheatre, 2s. A3rtErs ROYA L AM PHITHEATRE, Proprietor. ai r. W. Batty. Under the patronae of the Queen, Prince Albert, and other Members of the Royal Family, TIIIS EVENING Will lyo, performed Sir Walter Scott's KENILWORTII ; or, The Golden Days of England's Elizabeth. Entire change o. the SCENES of the CIRCLE. The Royal Pa geant 01 Francis I. And the Performance of M. Pablo Fatigue and his highly-trained Steed, (his first appearance in Lokdon). To coneude wit t THE ROYAL FOX-HUNT; or, Life's Course of Man and Steed. Box-ffice open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six awl commence at half-past six o'clock.—Stage Manager, Mr. W. Broadfoot. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. THIS EVENING Will he performed a new Domestic Drama (founded on the Novel of the sumo nam,), entitled LILLY DAWSON ; or, A Poor t.irl's Story. Principal characters by Messrs. Lewi , Johnson, Ileslop, Saville, Phelps, Fredericks, Weba, Neville, Miss Te , rey, Mrs. Tilling, and Mrs. Saville. To conclude with the new Drawls, called RARY RATTLER; or, The Progress of a Scamp. Characters supported by the whole streni,th of the Company. Box•ottice open from eleven till four o'clock. RIVAL VICTORIA THEATRE. Boxes, Is., Half price, 6d.; Pit. W.; Gallery, 3d. PriTate Boxes, 11. Is. and 10s. 6d. THIS EVENING - Will be performed Ncril,l3Fl RE, THE GIPSY HORSE-STEM :ER ; or, The Fortunes and Chances of War. Characters by Messrs. Hicks, Dale, Searle, Bird, Raymond, Forman, Howard, Miss Vin cent, Mrs. Lee, Miss Pearce, &c. After which, TILE M tOIC HARP OF ALTENBERG ; or, The Grave of the Old Abbey Ruins. In which Mr. Hicks and Miss Vin cent will pertorm. To conclude with BLACK WHIGKER ; or, The Demon of Seven Dials. DRURY LANE TnEiittE.—Mr. Bunn continues to add, day after day, some fresh attraction for his benefit for Monday next ; for, in addition to Farren, Mrs. Glover, 11. Phillips, all his own artistes, and the foreign corps de lxdlet, he introduces the great Belgian violinist, M. Steveniere, and the far-famed Ethiopian Serenaders, obligingly lent by Mr. Mitchell. Mc DISRAELI'S NEW WORK, " TANCRED,” is ex pected at the end of the present week. The magnificent SMONIA, we understand, reappears on the stage, amid a ga las of new characters. LITERARY FITND.—The forty-seventh annual meeting of the members of this corporation took place yes terday, at the office, 73, Great Russell-street. Sir Robert !larry Inglis, Bart., M.P., presided, and was supported by Sir William Chatterton. Bart., Mr. Monckton Milnes, M I'., the_i Rev. D r . M a j or , D r . T ay l or , D r . F or b es, M r. Ni c h o l s, li r. !Unison, and ot h er ui gentlemen connected with literature. The seereatanri.ovu,nAtldr.:, distributed read . the report, which stated that the Laributed during the past year in relief to distressed authors , t heir widows, orphans,. Lo g was 1,407/., and that the total ths institution, in 1790, thus applied from the foundation of 3 3 , 8 3 CL The subscri o the 31st Dec. last, amounted to and donations during the past year amounted to 4091. P ebix°oolclire of a donation of 1001. from agreed John Barris, Esq., the St. Paul's Churchyard. The report having been a o, of Sir R. Inglis announced that the Chevalier tunsen,qhe consented to take the chair P russian Minister, had kindly festival. The Marquis of Lanstlowin e w ensu l in g . " ni ve"arY find Lord John Russell, the alar qu i w e 3 :7 e is l,ected Preident ; Normanby, the Earl of E ll e,borou g h -o r ha mpton and Brougham, and Sir Robert l'eel ; , vice-preside ; id;rtla Stanley nual committee were then . re-elected, with thesa.dd* e an. itiq n of Sir Roderick Murchison, Sir Percy St idieb Bart., and James Prior, Esq. Sir Thomas Hastings and Mr. Dampier having on Saturday concluded their investigat ion of the affair betwee n Major-General Napier and M r. li °oils, left Guernsey for Southampton by the packet of Sund a} . It is scarcely neces sary for us to state that no information on this matter has as yet transpired.—Guernsey Star. IniMill..lllMOMI THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY_ EVENING, MARCH 11, 1817. 13, Great Marlborough-street. 1“ - 11. HEWLETT'S LAST WORK, 111. " GREAT TOM OF OXFORD." By the Author of " Peter Frigging." A few copies of the above work may still be had, in 3 vols. post Rvo. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW WORK BY THE ACTIIOII OF " THE RANSOM." New ready at all the Libraries, 1M 3 vols., post Bvo., K IRKHOLME PRIORY; or, Modern Heroism. By the Author of " The Ransom." Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. LAST WEEK BUT ONE. HENRY RUSSELL AT THE STRAND THEATRE. Composer of Woodman spare that Tree—lvy Green—The Gam bler's Wife —The Maniac—Ship on Fire—The Life Boat—l'm Afloat — Newfoundland Dog—and other Popular Songs, will give his VOCAL ENTERTAINMENT THIS EVENING, AND EVERY EVENING. He will sing several new songs—The True Men of Old—lvy Green—Woodman spare that Tree—and the Demon Ship—Songs and incidents of Negro Life and Character. Boxes, as. ; Stalls, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery 6d. ; Private Boxes, 1/. Is. Box-office op, n from One till bar daily. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Mr. A. Young should apply to the Emigration Commissioners, or to Mr. Hawes, the Lnder-Secretary for the Colonies. ilk WEATHEIt.—SI7I4 OFFICE, MARCH 11. Tz2Enatomirrza, Lowest, 20; Highest. 36; Noon, 31. BAROMETER, 30.32.—Wind W., fine. WATER AT LONDON-IllainlE THIS LAY. Morning .. 33 minutes after 7. Evening .. 16 minutes after 8 mercy—the fairest prerogative of the Crown—it may be exercised in their favour. ' What we yesterday observed in reference to Por tugal might be applied almost without alteration to Mexico. The prosecution of hostilities has been so protracted in both countries as to indicate either a treachery that is as yet quite impenetrable, or an in capacity that is equally beyond our comprehension. According to the dispatches just received from Ame rica, it would appear that the Government of the United States is endeavouring to accomplish the dis memberment of the Alexican territories by a stra tagem more dastardly than was perhaps ever entered upon by the most unprincipled legislature. It will be remembered how the soldiers of this Republican Government violated the line of demarcation between Texas and the gigantic federation of which it was originally a portion ; it will be remembered how the invaders marched triumphantly upon the Rio Grande under the banners of General TAYLOR, how dissensions were fomented by American emissaries in the capital of Mexico, how SANTA ANNA was allowed to slip through the blockade, under the expectation of his delivering up his country into the possession of its assailants, how that distinguished captain repaid their guile by the declaration of his heroic patriotism, and how a questionable victory was obtained under the walls of Monterey, and its advantages sacrificed through a contemptible timidity. These circumstances cannot very speedily be forgotten ; and it will be equally difficult to lose a recollection of the paltry prevarica tion upon these transactions inserted by Mr. President Fora in his Message to Congress, or of the noble and emphatic proclamation written to his fellow-citizens by the first soldier of Mexico, SANTA ANNA. The conclusions which could be alone drawn from occur rences of this nature were, that by its geographical peculiarities, by the parsimony of the United States' population, and by the moral supe riority of the cause of the invaded republic, Mexico was safe from the possibility of its annexation to the already enormous dominions of its assailant. It might be conquered, it might be desolated, its pastoral scenes might be ravaged, its cities taken and sacked, and its people butchered in battues, but Mexico could never be permanently vanquished. Until the whole of its inhabitants had been extir pated, and its solitudes rendered populous by the in troduction and propagation of many thousand colo nists, that was impossible. Europe saw this—the World saw this—Mr. POLE saw this, and he acted accordingly. We repeat that expression—he acted accordingly. The forces were directed to pause at Saltillo. Cali fornia and New Mexico had already been formally transferred to the protection and direction of the United States—the embryo powers of their new Governments were placed in an apparent state of organization. General TAYLOR had bee❑ gathering laurels in the kitchen-gardens of Monterey, but the prying disposition of sundry re presentatives in Congress had prompted them to submit those laurels to a sort of distilling process in the course of the discussion, and, as is invariably the case, poison was detected in the leaves of victory— the terms of the capitulation at Monterey were inex plicable, exc?pting under the idea of something much more odious than undue precaution and a very little better than actual cowardice. The consequence was General SCOTT was nominated Commander in-Chief of the invading army of the United States. Coupled with this arrangement came a demand upon the citizens of that warlike and avaricious republic for an odd million or so of dollars to defray the expenses of the invasion. Thereupon the said invasion fell instanter into the worst possible repute. The purse strings of the nation were tied into a Gordian knot, and Mr. POLK was at a nonplus. Then comes the master-move ment of duplicity to which we would direct especial attention. Nothing, be it observed—nothing whatever which could be dignified with the term of success, has yet illustrated the American feats of arms on the Rio Grande. And although Mexico herself has gained no single battle in the conflict, her position is, if pos sible, stronger than it has been since the commence ment of hostilities. Precisely at this moment it is intimated to Congress that peace must be made at once with Mexico ; that Mexico must indemnify (! ) her invaders by making over to the United States the provinces of California and New Mexico ; that the United States, in consideration of this arrange ment, must pay into the exchequer of Mexico the sum of 3,000,000 dollars, and—NNhich is the very heart and vitality of the stratagem —that the Presi dent of the United States vouches for the fact of having received secret information from a high source that Mexico is prepared to enter at once into this ne gotiation. The meaning of this magnificent inuendo is obvious. But upon whose authority are we to believe this incredible statement ? Upon whose ? UPON THE VOUCHER OF MR. PRESIDENT POLE.I Surely the fair name of patriot never before depended upon thread so brittle ! The fame which SANTA ANNA'S recent conduct (his voluntary resignation of the Presidentship, his march, sword in hand, to the van of the protecting army of Mexico, his memorable words on taking the command of that army) has acquired cannot, however, be whispered away by a whole generation of Folks. Upon the personal and as•.;ertained acts of SANTA ANNA himself can alone depend his eternal glory as a patriot, or his lasting infamy as a traitpr. We have seldom risen from the perusal of a publication with greater pleasure than has been afforded us by the Rev. JOHN DUTTON'S pamphlet, re cently published, on National Education. Two things are aimed at in this publication ; first, to exhibit the character and extent of national education at present existing in this country ; next, what it ought to be come to render it worthy of the designation it bears. Great credit is due to the writer for the matter he has adduced, and the style in which he has accomplished his twofold object. No one can read the essay with out finding his judgment improved upon a subject to which the public mind is at length beginning to turn with feelings of the deepest interest. Mr. DUTTON'S views are given with clearness, his facts, with due fidelity, from authentic sources, and his reflections with correctness and moderation. His preliminary pages are devoted to an exposition of the fallacy of using the term " uneducated" in connexion with the human mind. Abstractedly considered, non-educa tion does not exist, idiots' excepted. We are born with minds which have been well compared to blank sheets of paper. It is the duty of parents and guardians, either of themselves, or through the instrumentality of competent instructors, to become the means whereby the cardinal outlines of religious and moral principles shall be carefully traced out on the virgin soil of the infantile intellect. If this duty be neglected, the child of tender years will take the initiative on himself, and become the architect of his own mind; the almost in variable consequence of which is, that prone by nature to what is evil, unaided by the lights of experience, unassisted by wise counsels, and influenced by bad example, he is hurried headlong into vicious courses, and carries with him the seeds of his ultimate ruin. Upon this subject, Mr. DUTTON appropriately intro duces the anecdote of a lady once telling Archbishop Suattrz that she would not communicate any reli gious instruction to her children until they had at tained years of discretion, when the shrewd prelate replied, " Madam, if you do not teach them the Devil will!" The mistake, then, is a palpable one which many people inconsiderately fall into, of imagining that the subject we are writing on resolves itself into the alternative of education or none at all. The human mind will not stand still any more than the earth will cease to range in her accustomed orbit; hence, in the matter before us, the choice simply lies between good education on one side and bad on the other. Mr. DIMON next adverts to the statistics which we possess relative to the education, or otherwise, of those who have been inmates of our prisons; and, though these are some what meagre at present, yet, as far as they go, he incontrovertibly establishes that the effect of even the most elementary knowledge has been to exercise a salutary influence in restraint of crime. Having settled the point that universal education ought to be promoted, as well in furtherance of individual happiness and prosperity as of national greatness, we are led to the considera tion of the means by which the end desired can be best attained. By whom, and upon what principles, shall this grand object be undertaken and developed ? Shall it be by the Church alone, by the principle of Voluntaryism alone, or,by the State alone ? Not by the first, for, though the Church some time since stoutly put forward her claim to sole 'governance in this respect, yet it is notorious that she now completely waives it. This was acknowledged by the Rev. Dr. iloox, the Vicar of Leeds, in the speech which he addressed to the large meeting held in that town on Monday last, to canvass the merits of the scheme recently breached by the Government. This admission is the more important as it was made by a member of the Church of England who has given much of his time to the consideration of this absorb ing topic. The Rev. Dr. HOOK is far from standing alone in his opinion. It is fully participated in by the Rev. Mr. DUTTON, who ably writes "that national education does not mean simply the educa tion of the poor, for the poor do not constitute the entire nation. A truly national system must be so comprehensive as to embrace every class of society. The Church cannot undertake the direction of such a system for many reasons, but most especially for the very obvious one, that the Church is not co extensive With the nation." Shall the education of the people at large be exclusively consigned to the opera tions of voluntaryism ? Like other agencies that have been at work in this field, voluntaryism has done much, but it has left much undone, and there are indisputable calculations, so notorious as to dispense with any necessity for our entering into them, showing that, anticipating the most favourable progression under the auspices of this principle, ignorance and its fearful concomitants, would still continue to characterise large masses, of the people, whose rapidly increasing numbers would aggravate, to the most alarming extent, the evils by which our social system is at present beset. But, from some who were formerly among the leading disciples of voluntaryism, we have the same confessions of its inadequacy to secure the education of the people, that have been candidly made by the authorities of the Established Church. The Reverend Dr. VAUGHAN, residing in Manchester, where voluntary exertion has far exceeded in its results,what has flowed from its adoption in any other part of Great Britain, has boldly avowed, that it is utterly incompetent for meeting the national exigencies. This we have from one whe, it must be recollected, is the earnest and powerful advocate of the voluntary system in the maintenance of religion. To the same effect were the remarks of Mr. JAMES GARTH MARSHALL, of Leeds, at the meeting to which we have above alluded. He there said " I will yield to no one in the value I attach to the volun tary principle, rightly understood ; I trust my actions hitherto have shown me to be a true voluntary, and I am not going to change now. I hope I am entirely incapable of knowingly joining i n an y ac t of intolerance or injustice to wards the conscientious religious convictions of any class of my countrymen. I do not think any such are involved in this measure. I would sincerely and earnestly entreat the voluntaries who object to this measure, for their own sakes, to reconsider the position they had taken up. They can join the rest of thei r countrymen in the great work of education on an equal footing, and yet maintain inviolate their prin ciple of the absolute independence of their religious com munities. That would be a strong and clearly defined posi tion ; their present one is weak and untenable." On the other side, we have Mr. EDWARD BAINES, who has taken a part more conspicuous for its ardour than remarkable for its judgment. Gratis anhelans, inulta agenda nihil agens. We shall resume this subject to-morrow. Intelligence has been received from Rome of the 25th ult. On the 221 Mr. COBDEN was honoured with a private audience of the Pops, and on the 24th his holiness granted a second private audience to the Turkish Ambassador. The Nuremburg Correspondent publishes a letter from Vienna of the Ist, which gives credit to a report that the Austrian Government, with a view to reduce its budget of expenditure, which has been constantly in creasing, has resolved upon a diminution of the army. The Augsburg Gazette states, that in conseqw-nce of the importance attached by some of the journals to the protest of Sweden against the incorporation of Cracow, the Government of that country has been asked by the three great Northern Powers whe ther it really intended that tl , e protest should be re garded as a menace, and has received in reply an as , urance that the proper sense to be applied to the protest is an expression of regret that revolutionary movements should have rendered necessary an infrac tion of th's treaties of Vienna, and a hope that no• thing will arise of a nature to lead to further modifi cations. Advices from Lisbon to the 3d inst. have been received. Count MENSDORFi, Sir H. SEYBI,IIII, and Colonel WYLDE, had renewed the offer of British mediation, but the QUEEN end the Government had shown no disposi tion to accept it. SALDANIIA had arrived opposite Oporto, and was waiting for CABAL, LAPA, and VINUAES, to effect a junction with him before undertaking further opera tions. Oporto was perfectly tranquil, and abun dantly supplied with provisions. DAS ANTAB had resigned the chief command of the troops to General Povoes, who had entered Oporto with a reinforcement of 2,000 men. The QUEEN'S troops had dispersed a small guerilla of 70 men in the neighbourhood of Coimbra. On the 26th Count D& MELLO had attacked Estremoz at the head of 1,080 men from Evora, and had been repulsed. It was reported, however, that he had on the next day renewed the attack, and succeeded in capturing the place. Should this turn out to be the case, it will be a heavy blow to the cause of the QUEEN. The Duque d'Oporto, steamer belonging to the Junta, was wrecked on the bar of Oporto the day after the loss of the Tiber, and all on board perished. Her Britannic DIAJEsTv's ship Superb has been ordered to Vigo to watch the proceedings of the Spanish authorities. Madrid papers of the 4th have arrived. The c af ,ta of that date publishes the royal decree appointing Senor ISTURITZ Ambassador to the Court of London. Tho discussion on the Address still continued in the Chamber of Deputies, th e Minister s carry i ng all b efore them by largo majorities. 31 ON and Pipe t , both dis tinctly declare th at the Spanish G overnment had no participation whatever in the expedition of General FLORES. Mr. I.ltTLwEa had announced to the D u k e o f S oTo - MAYOR that England was desirous of concerting mea sures with Spain to prevent the return of Dom MIGUELto Portugal. Connected with this object probably is the journey of her Royal Highness the Infanta Donna ANNA of Portugal, who on the 6th passed through Bayonne, en route to Madrid and Lisbon. There is reason to suppose that she is charged with a diplomatic mission to certain personages in the Spanish and Portuguese capitals. During her sojourn in London she had seve ral interviews with Dom MIGUEL, and highly disapproved of his attempt to dispossess the Queen of PORTUGAL. Her loyal highness travels incognito, under the title or Countess DE BARULLO. The Herald° declares that the force of the Carlists in Catalonia has beerfkl'e'atly exaggerated. By the ftllowing extr-ct from a letter published in the I'hare de Bayonne, it would, however, appear that affairs there are be coming serious. It is dated the 13t March, and the writer says— " The day before Yesterday the Carlist Burgo entered Lampourdan, with about twenty officers of Don Carlos's old army. They were all armed with muskets with percussiou locks. To-day proclamation has been issued at the Jun querie, calling on the inhabitants to take arms at the fourth sound of the tocsin. It is probable that this pub lication is the result of the return of Burgo, and that it has been circulated throughout the whole of Lampourdan. In Upper Catalonia nothing is spoken of but the return of Cabrera; the rumour was circulated that the whole country between Tarragona and Barcelona was for hie), and it was added that a party of Carlists had beaten the Queen's troops at ten leagues from Barcelona. If this be true, the demon stration by which the insurgents succeeded in drawing General Breton into Upper Catalonia was very able. A few days will show us the result of all this. We shall then know whether Cabrera has disembarked or not. It is abso lutely necessary to keep a good look out on the coast. It is only from abroad that real danger is to be apprehended. The Carlists in the interior may cause some disturbance, but nothing beyond." Ainaip - BonsA, MARCH 4.—The Three per Cents. were done at 30N f o r cash; the Five per Cents. at 19 ; the Debt i wthout Interest at 6 ; and the Coupons at 17. We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday. The Debats has a long article on the financial state of the country, in the course of which it admits that the uncovered debt amounts to 26,240,0001. sterling, which is to be covered by:a new issue of Exchequer-bills ; that this deficiency is constantly increasing; that last year the expenditure exceeded the revenue by 19,000,000 f. ; that. zthis excess of expenditure over revenue is the ordinary and constant state of the French finances, and yet, in the face of these a dmissions, it contends that France is at the present moment more rich, more inde pendent, and more prosperous than she ever Las been—all which is attributable to the admirable system of MLG utzoT. In consequence, however, of the financial working of this " admirable system," a great portion of the public works, including the railroads, for the construction of which money has actually been voted, will have to be stoptuded during the prima 7ar. M. HEBERT has been appointed Minister of Justice— the official announcement was to appear in the Moniteur of Tuesday. A petition, signed by the Bishop of Nancy and nine hundred of the clergy of France, praying for the total and immediate abolition of slavery throughout the French colonies, was presented to the Chamber of Peers, on Tuesday, by the Count DE MONTALE3IBEBT. DUFAURE, whose opposition to the system of the Ministers for the government of Algeria is well known, has been chosen President of the Committee of the Chamber appointed to report on the supplementary credits demanded for that colony. The price of corn is advancirg every moment. Every week for months to come 400,0001. in cash will leave France to pay for supplies of foreign corn. The Echo de l'Agriculture contains the following remarks on the food question:— •" During the last week the rise has made further progress in most of the markets, and the movement has all the ap pearance of a panic. Everywhere the petty consumers, who possess some money or credit, lay in a small stock of pro visions, as if we were threatened with a scarcity, and the quantities of grain thus withdrawn from circulation are very considerable. This is an evil, no doubt, but there is no possibility of obviating it; it is the evil of fear. Tne municipalities themselves, on different points, were the first to set the example, which was imitated by their subordi nates. These stores, however, are not buried for ever, and will be again available when necessary. They form a re source which will appear at the moment when the crops in the ground can be determined. Public opinion will then recover the confidence it had lost. We should also observe, that the holders of corn take advantage of the panic to raise their pretensions, and part with only a small portion of their produce, in the hope of selling the remainder at a still higher rate. The constantly increasing augmentation in the price is, no doubt, a misfortune ; but its result must be to bring provisions into the markets, and the great question, the principal question, whether we shall have a sufficiency of corn to meet the forthcoming crops, is no longer a matter of doubt to us. We see no cause for apprehension ; in no department will there be an overplus, but everywhere there will be a sufficiency." The price of the first quality of flour rose to 111 f. and 112 f. per sack at the Paris market on Monday. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Tuesday at 78f. 40 .; the Five per Cents. 116 f. 50c. • the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,2781. Mc. ; Rouen, 872 f. 50c. ; Havre, 690 E ; Great Northern. 630 E; Avignon, 8201. ; Vierzon, 572 f. 50c.; Bordeaux, 528 f. 75c. ; Troyes and Montereau, 3201. ; Basle, 210 f. ; Dieppe, 330 f. ' • Paris and Strasburg, 453 f. 75c.; Tours and Nantes, 452 f. 50c.; Paris and Lyons, 487 f. 50c. ; Lyons and Avignon, 480 E; Bordeaux and Cette. 451 f. 25c. MARSEILLES, MARCH s.—Marseilles and Avignon, 830 f.; Northern, 628 f 75c.; Paris and Lyons, 4921. 50c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TILE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Macs 10. Boulogne and Amiens, 14— Dutch Rhenish, 4 —Luxembourg, 2 —Namur and Liege, 4%—Northern of France, 123(—Orleans and Bordeaux, 7 %—Paris and Lyons, 7 % —Paris and Strasbourg, 3% —Rouen and Havre, 26.74 —Sambre and Meuse. 6%. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP I. This Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock, for the first time, in Room 25. MemberS present :—Lord Granville Somerset, chairman ; the Hon. NV. 0. Stanley, the Marquis of Chandos, Mr. Bannerman, and Mr. Hildyard. The following Bills, being those proposed for the accom modation of the South-eastern district, have been referred to this group. South Eastern (Mid Kent and direct Tunbridge). South Eastern (Croydon and Brom:ey Branches). South Eastern (Maidstone to Chart). South Eastern (Strood to Maidstone). South Eastern (North Kent Line). London and Brighton and South Coast Railway (Kent Rail way to Maidstone, Canterbury, and Tunbridge). Herne Bay and Canterbury Junction. Messrs. Austin, Q.C., Alexander, Q.C., Merewether, Laing, .and Burke, appeared on behalf of the South-Eastern Railway projects; and Mr. Talbot, Q C., Mr. Paget, and Sir W. Rid dell, in favour of the rival scheme promoted by the Brighton Company, and .in support of several petitioners against the former lines. The usual preliminaries having been gone through, The CnainstAir informed Counsel, that except in tpecial cases they would not allow any Learned Gentleman to cross examine a witness who had not been present at the exa►ni nation in chief. Mr. AUSTIN then addressed the Committee at some length in explanation of the South-Eastern scheme, contrasting, as he went over the details, the advantages which he alleged the branches of the company for which he appeared had over the branches of the rival umpany. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. , CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 2,000 bales for immediate use. The market was dull. The total ; sales yesterday were 4,000 bales. Shares were flat. The arrivals of shipping in the Thau'es have been less con siderable within the last two days,and this has served to give some firmness to the provision markets, especially as , as our consumption is still on a large scale, and the sales of grain keep up at a higher quantity than at this time last year. The supplies of many other articles, especially sugar, &c., are considerable, and this moderates prices. As to the proportion of payment, that will have to be made in bard cash or manufactures, this is difficult to determine, though we feel convinced that we shall receive very liberal orders from the countries whence we draw our chief supplies of food Where, indeed, should we have been without the timely repeal of the corn-laws ? There are more countries than are yet counted wpm which will supply us with articles of aliment, in addition to the staff of life, and take liberally of our manufactures in return. If grain from certain parts of America can be sent cheaper to the United States, sea-board, than by the St. Lawrence, thecolonists have other resources. A communication come to hand by a late arrival states— " If Canada should lose the transit trade of the American grain and flour to England, which as yet is by no means certain, other sources of profitable business are available, and we know of none that present such advantages and is so feasible as the dairy business. Our attention has been called to this point by a well-informed "settled inhabitant," who possesses, together with sound judgment, an extensive acquaintance with the province. The wheat growing districts of Canada are not of very great extent, and are limited in a great degree to the upper portion of the province; but all parts of the colony present capabilities for becoming one of the finest countries for the production of butter and cheese known. The climate being colder, it is better adapted for such a purpose than the warmer and more southerly latitudes of the United Stites; the voyage to England is shorter, and the articles do not undergo the injurious process of a voyage through the tropics, as all produce shipped from the Missis sippi and its branches necessarily must. Looking to Eng land as the great market for the sale of the surplus provisions of North America, it would seem that Ohio and the ad joining states are adapted for the export of beef, corn, and maize; Michigan, Winsconsin, &c., for the export of wheat and flour; and Canada for that of butter and cheese. Canada possesses tracts of the finest and richest land, either alluvial, or that which was once submerged by vast lakes; her climate, as we said, is comparatively cool, and, therefore, favourable for manufacturing these articles—for they are emphatically manufactured—and the voyage to England is short, and made entirely through the temperate latitudes. We grant that the more north-westerly portions of the United States are, perhaps, equally well adapted to dairy purposes, but the comparative proximity of Canada to the British market gives her great and controlling ad vantages. " A person commencing the dairy business in Canada, should keep steadily in view the three grand essentials for ' ensuring success. First, to secure a good and profitable stock ; for a cow with a small bag will eat as much food, or nearly sp, as the most productive Durham : secondly, to take especial care that the animals be kept in warm, dry, and clean stables : and, thirdly, that the food be good and plen tiful, varied, and sufficiently salted—for the farmer who starves his cattle, will, most certainly starve himself." The English stock market has been very agitated, and there is mach excitement still. The Bears are anxiously anticipating some further restrictive action on the part of the Bank of England, and have succeeded therefore in getting down Consols to 88 1 for Money, and 88% % for April, though the latest bargains have been about 1.4 per cent, higher. The scrip is reduced to % % discount. Exchequer-bills have been quoted par to 3s. pre mium. The New Three-and-Quarter per Cents. have been worth 89% 3g. There is no notice at the Bank. The few bargains made iii Foreign Stocks have been also at lower rates. Spanish Five per Cents. have been quoted 21 1 4 to 22%; Mexican, 21%; and Austrian, 109 1 4. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents, have been .57 1 4 to %. Shares are lower. BRITISH FUNDS. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRI,:ES. Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities ~ 88% 88% "three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. 88 34% ; % 58% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 87%% 87% Ditto, for Opening, ex div. 89% Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5,1860 • .„ Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 •„ 9 5-16 South Sea Stock •• •• •• •• •• •• Ditto, Old Annuities .. 87% Ditto, New Annuities , 87% 88 88 Three per Cent. Annuities, 1751 88 Consols for Account, April 15 . . • .. 88% % 88% Consols, Scrip • • • • • • • • • • • • 0% ps jB P exchequer 114 d. I%cl. 1,0001... .. •• • • 3 P par pm, 3 p 5001. . • ••• •• 3 pin. par Ditto. Small .... 4 p m . 4 p ONE CLOSING FOREIGN FUNDS. PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 1091 4 1094 Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent .. 40 40 Danish ; 3 per Cent • •• • • •• 88% 88% Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent .. Ditto, for the Account .. 21% 21% Portuguese Four per Cent •• •• Ditto, for the Account .. 33 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Ditto, for the Account • • •• .. 22% 22% Ditto, 5 per Cent. '38,39,40, div.lB4o 213 2134 Ditto 1841 21 21 Ditto . .. 1843 19 19 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-awl-a-Halt per Cent .. 57%4 % 5714 Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certiflea:es .. 91% % 9138 PRICES OF BUSINESSCLOSING RAILWAY SH PAID. DONE AT ARES. PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. Aberdeen.. .. 30 .... 26% 2734 • • 27% Amber., Notting., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2%.... 2%4 Birmingham and Oxford Junction 5 .... 13% %%• • .... 13% Buckinghamshire .. .. 6/. 45..... % p........ 34 p Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares .. .... 214 ... 24, Direct Northern Scrip .. •. 235 .... .......... 234 Eastern Counties .. .. 20 .. 19%3Q%...... 20 Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. 13s. 4d. %34 p ...... 34 p Ditto, York Extension .. 4 .... % •• •. East Lancashire •• .. 17 •• • • ...... •• • • Ditto Ditto, ditto New Scrip .. .... 2% 2% Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50 .... 74 ..... 74 Ditto, Quarter Shares 1234...• 17 .. • • ...... 1834 Great Northern (London & York Regd.) 238 .... 2%.... 2% Do., do (Direct Northern Regd.) .... 334 %•• • • • • 334 Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 2734 .... 233 ••• • • • .... 2338 Great North of England . —lOO Ditto, New .. 1 15 5 . Great Western .. 85 .... 114 112 ll2 Ditto, Quarter Shares .. .. 12% .... 16 17% Ditto, Fittlis .. 20 .... • • Ditto, New .. .. . • 8 734 •• • • Hull and Selby .. .. •• 50 ••.. . Ditto, Half Clare 25 .... 51 51 Lanc.Fter amid Carlisle Ditto, New . • . .. 5 .... 10 .... Leeds amid Thirsk • . 22% .... 20 • • .. 20 Lircrp., Manch., & Newc. 236 .... London, Brighton, and S Coast .• 50 .... 53 5234 • • 534 London an North-Western —4OO 178 179 • • 179 Ditto, Quarters . .. 2 .... 194 18% .... 183! 4 Ditto ditto, New Shares .. .. 2 .... 133 e 123 .. • • 123 Ditto, Fifths 2 .... 16% 17 .... • • 17 Ditto, 101. Shares M. &B. (C) 1 .. • • 6% 7. • London and South• Western ..4 IL 6s. 10d... 62 61 • .... 61 Ditto, New .. .. 2238 .... 24 ..........2411 Ditto, Tenths (Consolidated) •• 50 • • 53 .... ••• • • • 53 Ditto, Scrip • • .. • • • .. 5 .. • . 5% ••••• • • • • • 5 % Ditto, ditto • • 4 .... 4 • • ........ 4 Lon.lon and York Extension Scrip 23q • ... . 24 Lynn and Ely .. .. 20 .... 22 .... •• • ... 22 Lynn and Derehain .• .. 15 .... 16% 31 •• .. 16% Manchester and Leeds .. .. • • 82 • • ..105 . Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 12 .... 15% 1634 Ditto, 5 Ditto, Thirds (Reg.) 45..... p...... • • 2% p Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425..... p Midland .. .• .. —lOO .. • 116 114-- • • 114 Ditto, New 30 .• .. 34 3334 Ditto, New .. .. 2 .... 5% 434 54% 4% Ditto, Birmingham and Derby 100 .... 89 89 Midland, Binning. & Gloucest.• .100 12334 122-- Ditto, New (iss. at 7% dis.)• • 17% 31 30% 3u% Newcastle and Berwick .. •• 20 .• • • 32% 33 .... Newmarket and Chesterford .. 10 •• • • 104 ••..•• • • • • 10 Ditto, Extension .. 2/. 12s. Norfolk .. • • 105 —.137 ..... Ditto, Half Shares .. .. 10 . .. 13% •• • • Northern Counties Union .. •• • • North British . .. •• 2 5 •• • • 33 38 ••••• • • • • • 33 % Ditto, Halt Shares 12%.... 16 .. Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Extension .. • . .• %.... 1 u North Stattordshire .. '5 .• .. 7% 87%• • • • 7% Oxiord,Worcest., & WOlverhinpin. 1734 1 0%14 .. • • 1034 Preston and %Vyre 25 . . Ditto, Half Shares (A) • • • • Ditto, ditto (8) 14 •. ty, Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 5 •• • ........ • • 414 Seoi,,ish Midland 17%.... 23% 2 , 14 23% 2334 Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 3 .... 3 9 ;.......• • • 3% Ditto, c lass B •• • • 1 •• • • ••••• • • • • • 131 Shrol shire Union .. .• . 42s 1 % South Staffordshire Junction ..11.1:.s.141 3i p •... p South Eastern and Doyor 3338 •••••• • • • • _ Ditt ew (iss. at 321.) No. 1. 20 Do.. New (do. 30/.) .. No. 3. 15... 15% 16 .••• • • 16 140., 1 e vr (do 15/. ) .. No. 4. 3% •. .• • 4364 •••• • • .• 4 34 Swans. & Loughoz & Cameron's.. 2 •• .. • • 3 West Riding Union • • .. .. 1/. 2s. •• .. 13434 e•• •• .. 1% p Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth 15 .... 8 36 8 York and Newcastle .. .. 25 .... 35x4 34% •• •• 343 Ditto, New.. .. .. 10 ... 153454... • • 15% Ditto, Preference .. .. 4 .... 8% 7 A York and North Midland .. .. 50 Ditto, Extension • • .. .. 20 .... 36% % t , 4 •• •• 364 Ditto. Preibrence • • .. .. 2 .... 114 11 11 Do. E. and W. Riding Exten.•. 10 .• . 21 20% 21.... 21 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. •. .. 18 .... 13% %.••••• • • 13% Namur and Liege .. .. • • • • 10 •• • • 4 % Northern at France •• .. • • 8 12% ••.. • • • • 12% Orleans and Bourdeatix .. 6 .... 7 • • ...... Paris and Lyons • • .. g •• • • 7 34 6 ';:. •••• •• 6 7e Rouen and Havre . JOINT-STOCK BANKS. British North American .. .. 50 .... ••••• • • • • • 44 London Joint-Stock • • .. .. 10 .... ••••• .......... 1536 : 4 7,ii...'ci. ~.....).36,:,,,.ar . 45401\ A 4 1.11i t ' -):A > 1 " ~ . ' 7t .; ...' ?t. ' 4. , . Alb -:,, ..',..,'- 'rtaillik, `kg - '' ' ....!rr%.if. - ;,- 0 1,-. 01 , . mos, i, '.- •', • - 7- . 4 .-t , ~', • .-, . ,-_,-,:. • • . , __. . 4 LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1847. The Commons met at Twelve. The second reading of the Edinburgh and Perth Railway Bill was postponed for a week. Sir W. Bannoti moved the second reading of the Arrest for Debt (Ireland) Bill, the object of which was to assimilate the law of arrest in Ireland to the law in England, by abolishing arrest for debts under 20/. Mr. MONAHAN opposed the motion, as interfering with the rights of property in Ireland. Mr. SHAW paid a high compliment to the Solicitor- General for Ireland, fur the manner in which he had conducted his opposition to this 13111, and would support him in such opposition. Mr. M. MILNES supported the Bill, as did Mr. Sman- MAN CRAWFORD. Mr. GROGAN trusted the Bill would be withdrawn. A short discussion ensued, which ended in the with drawal of the Bill, after an assurance on the part of Sir G. GREY, that the subject was under the consideration of the law officers of the Crown, and a short consultation between Mr. LAnoncirEnz and Sir H. W. BARRON, The Drainage of Lsnd Bill passed through Committee. On the motion for bringing up the report on the landed propTrty (Ireland) Bill, various amendments were proposed by Viscount NEwRY and Lord COURTENAY, which wero negatived without a division, and the further consideration of the report was postponed to Friday. The Loan Bill was read a third time and passed, and the House adjourned. We yesterday stated our reasons for agreeing with the Home Secretary "that public opinion, so far from being in favour of the entire abolition of the punishment of death would be greatly shocked and outraged by the remission of that punishment." One of the few cases in which it may not only safely be retained, but in which the great majority of the people would in the strongest manner object to any alteration in the law, is that of wilful, deliberate, and cold-blooded murder, when the criminal coolly and with premeditation deter mines on depriving a fellow-creature of his existence, and hurrying him from this world without a moment's preparation for the awful change. There are, however, many cases, which although, in the eye of the law, they may be re garded as wilful murder, yet so closely approach the line of demarcation between that o&nce and the snore mitigated one of manslaughter, that a jury would be fully justified in bringing in either verdict. There is no crime for the punishment of which so wide a discretion is allowed to the presiding judge as that of manslaughter. He may sentence the de linquent to the highest secondary punishment known to the law, transportation for life, or to a mere nominal fine, or a few hours' imprisonment only. That extraor dinary power is conceded in order to provide a due and fitting penalty for cases of the worst description. The Right lion. Baronet truly stated' to the House, that although the punishment of death might still be inflicted in some other cases, yet, in point of fact, there has not been a single execution since 1841 except for murder. He might have added, that many persons convicted of murder had had mercy extended to- them, and their sentences mitigated when ever there appeared any favourable circum stances, showing that it had occurred in the heat cif blood, consequent upon sudden provocation, and ha 4 not been deliberately planned with malice afore thought; and in every such case the commutation was received with approbation. It was received with approbation by those who had a conscientious ob jection to the punishment of death in every in stance, and also by those who conceived its reten tion necessary for the well-being of society. Such a case was that of the man SMITH, who was pardoned the extreme penalty, last, summer, for the murder of his fellow servant at the Guildhall Coffee , house; and such we conceive to be those of the un fortunate men, WELCH and AlmnEws, who were convicted at Newcastle within the last fortnight, and who are now lying under sentence of death, and are to expiate their respective offences upon a scaffold on Wedneshy, the 17th instant. In either of these cases we believe that justice would have been satisfied, and the majesty of the law vindicated, had the juries taken the more lenient view. In the case of WELefr, it appeared that the pri soner and the deceased had been drinking, that sub sequently a quarrel ensued, that blows were struck on each side, and that IVEr.cti had been knocked down twice during the progress of the scuffle ; that PROUD, the man who lost his life, kicked him while he was down, and that subsequently, but be fore there was time for his blood to cool, Wzr.cir struck PROUD with a knife which he unfortunately had in his pos,ession at the time of the quarrel, and inflicted a fatal wound. Now it has been decided in the KING V. KRSSEL, reported in 1 Carrington and Payne, page 437, and in several other cases, " that if parties at the commencement attack each other upon equal terms, and afterwards, in the course of fight, one of them in his passion snatch up a deadly weapon and kill the other with it, it would be manslaughter only." Now here the quarrel had been commenced upon equal terms, the parties had fought, and the prisoner had been worsted in the encounter, and had actually been kicked when lying on the ground. The weapon, too, was unfortunately at hand, and the provocation was such as to excite the unfortunate man to the highest degree; and although we do not venture to affirm that the jury were not justified in returning a verdict of guilty of murder, yet we do not hesitate to say, that it would induce many to join the ranks of the abolitionists if the sentence were carried into execution. _ _ _ In the case of MATTHEWS, it appeared that there had been unfortunate disputes between the English and Irish labourers at work on the railway, the English complaining that the Irish used to work un der wages. The deceased man, DANIEL HIVES, had been drinking on the day of his death, in consequence of which another person was sent to assist him. It did not appear in what manner the quarrel had originated, but the prisoner and his companion, HUGHES, %lb() had a stick in his hand, were seen run ning away, closely pursued by HivEs, whose face was bloody from a blow he had received. After running away for a considerable distance, trying to escape, blArriiEws turned and stabbed HIVES in the thigh, which severed his femoral artery, and caused his death in a few minutes. From the evidence of Cap tain Parrs, it appeared that the deceased was in a very excited state, and eager to get at the other par ties, who did all in their power to get away. In this case also, then, although the jury were warranted in their finding, th e re a pp ears t o b e a t o t a l a b s e n ce of that cool premeditation which would alone justify the execution of the criminal. ,Most sincerely do we hope that both cases may re ceive the most attentive consideration from the authorities, and that if, upon due investigation, they, or either of them, should be considered worthy of GROUP XII. This Committee met to-day for the first time, at twelve o'clock, in Room 25, Mr. Lascellys in the chair. The following are the Bills referred to this Group : Norfolk Railway (Branch to Thetford, to join the Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's). Lynn and Ely (Extension to Bury St. Edmund's). Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's (No. 2.—Newmarket and Ely). Newmarket and Chesterford (Extension to Thetford). Newmarket and Chesterford (Extension to Bury St. Ed- mund's). Ipswich and Bury St. Edmunds (No. 3—Bury to Thetford). Newmarket and Chesterford Railway Act, Amendments, &c. NORFOLK (BRANCH TO THETFORD, ace.) This was the first scheme called on, but on inquiry it being found that certain returns required by the Railway Commis sioners were not ready, the Committee decided to adjourn tiff Tuesday next, when the Lynn and Ely (Extension to Bury St. Edmunds) will be proceeded with. The Committee accordingly adjourned. SPORTING - INTELLIGENCE. COVENTRY RACES, MARCH 10. The City Stakes, of 5 sous, each, and 20 added ; for 3 yrs old, Bst.; 4 yrs, 9st. 41b; .5 yrs, 9st 121 b; 6 yrs, lOst 21b; and aged, lOst 41b. One mile and a half. 5 subs. Mr. T. Parr's Trojan, 6 yrs ... ... T. Parr 1 Sir C. Cockerell's Congress, 3 yrs ... 2 The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. J. Stephenson's Rothersthorpe, Mr. Cowper's The Morsel, and Mr. Hope's Bletsoe Lass. Run in 3 min. 20 sec. The Craven Trial Stakes, of 10 sovs each, and 10 added. Once round and a distance. 8 subs. Mr. J. Lillie's Spitltead, 4 yrs, Bst ... Marlow 1 Mr. T. Parr's Icicle, 4 yrs, Bst 41b ... 2 Mr. Treen's Buttress, 4 yrs, Bst 41b ... 3 Run in 2 min. 29 sec. The Selling Stakes, of 5 sow. each, and 25 added. 2 miles. 7 subs. Mr. B. Austin's - The Wizard Mr. Barton's Reliance, 5 yrs ~. Mr. Johnstone's Betty Humphries, 4 yrs Run in 4 min. 25 sec. ... ... Crouch 1 .. • • 3 The Handicap of 10 sovs. each, h ft if declared, with 50 added, One mile and a half. 29 subs, 16 of whom declared. _ _ _ Mr. Goldsworthy's My Mary, 5 yra, 7st 13lb A. Day 1 Mr. Dawson's Pleasure Trip, 4 yrs, fist 121 b ... 2 The following also started, but - were not placed :—Ml.Meik - • lam's Godfrey, Lord Brooke ml Roebuck, Mr. J. Knight's The Jolly Beggar,' Mr. Tr€en's Buttress, Mr. F. Robbins's Duke of Richmond, Mr. Myttou nd Redstreak, Mr. Kitton's Auricula, Mr. Mangles's Golden Bee, Col. Anson's Treacle, and Sir C. Cockerell's Congress. Betting-5 to 2 agst Duke of Richmond (taken)-4 to 1 Treacle-6 to 1 each agst Godfrey, My Mary, and Redstreak. __ Won by half a length. Run in 3 min. 10 sec. Free Handicap Hurdle Stakes of 5 sovs each, and 30 added, Two miles, over six hurdles 4 feet high. 11 subs. Mr. B. Austin's Little Johnny, aged, list 61b King 1 Mr. Oakey's Valeria, list The following also ran :—Cavendish, Adrian, Antonio, and Deodara. The Licensed Victualler's Stakes (llandicap)of 5 sons each, and 25 added, one mile, were won in three heats by Mr. Barton's Hector, 5 yrs, Bst 41b, beating Gaffer Green, Bst 121 b, Carksium, Bst 10lb, Susannah, list 61b, and Pleasure Trip, Bst. DERBY BETTING.-1,200 to 100 and 2,600 to 200 laid agst Epirote. NORTHAMPTON - RACES. We understand that in consequence of the general fast be ing fixed for Wednesday, the 2.ttli inst., these Races will take place on Monday and Tuesday, the 22d and 23d inst. WILSON'S ENTERTAINMENTS IN PARIS. Last Monday Mr. Wilson gave his first entertainment in Paris, when the Scotch songs were received with marked enthu siasm. Those in the form of dialogue, such as " Saw 3e my wee thing," "llame earn our gudeman," Ste., which he gives in such a graphic manner, seemed to give great pleasure and amusement ; while the Jacobite songs roused his audience quite to a fareur. Immediately on Mr. Wilson's arrival he was engaged for several of the nobility and gentry's soirees. It is Mr. Wilson's intention, we understand, to resume his entertainments for the season in the Music-hall, London, on Easter Monday. VVILLIs's RcoMs.—The grand Celtic ball in aid of the funds now raising for the relief of the distressed High landers, will take place this evening at the above roome. The demand for tickets, we are happy to learn, has been un precedented, and upwards of 1,000 have already been ifsned. The splendid suite of rooms are being hung with new draperies, banners, and other appropriate devices, and no exertions has been spared to render the affair in every way worthy the benevolent object which its promoters have in view. We have heard it said that should Government not be able to find a purchaser for the Pavilion, her Majesty will in all probability convert it into a royal nursery.—Brighton Gazette. Low TIDE IN THE THAMES.—Yesterday after noon there was an extraordinarily low tide in the river; all the arches of Waterloo-bridge, excepting the two nearest the Middlesex shore, were perfectly dry. Several of the above-bridge steamers and craft grounded, and some diffi culty was experienced in bringing the steamers alongside the pier at the Middlesex side of It estminster-bridge from the shoal opposite Whitehall. ROYAL MARINER INSTITUTION FOR Bors.—Last evening the anniversary festival of the above institution took place in Freemasons' Hall, when about two hundred gentle men, attired in full mariner costume, sat down to dinner. Rowland Alston, Esq., presided, and amongst those present were B. B. Cabbell, Esq., M.P., Sir R. B. Phillips, M. A. Hoare, Esq., the Marquis de Melne, Sic., and also a very nu merous collection of ladies in the gallery. MUTINY AT SEA.—The barque Clydesdale, com manded by Captain Murchin, bound from Derry- to New Orleans, had proceeded on her voyage as far as Morille, where, on the 24th ult., eight of the crew, headed by the carpenter, refused to go out further on the voyage, alleging that the ship was not sea worthy and was leaky. The owners, Messrs. Osborne, Allen, and Co. of this city, being informed of the circumstances, requested Captain Ramsey, RS., and Captain Mason, of the Superior, now lying here, to survey the vessel, and to report whether any repairs were necessary. Both of these gentlemen having inspected the vessel the day after, agreed in declaring that the ship was seaworthy and ready to proceed on her voyage forthwith, she not making more water than was usual with vessels at sea. The seamen, continuing refractory, were taken before the Rev. J. M. Staples, J.P., Blorille, on Friday last, who, finding the charges proved against them, sentenced them to fifteen days' imprisonment. The sailors were afterwards conveyed to Lifford gaol. The Clydesdale remains at Morille until the complement of her crew can arrive from Liverpool, who are expected by the Maiden City steamer on Wednesday. We stated last week that several tons of china, glass, and earthenware had been packed up at the Palace, ready for removal. One portion of these has since been removed to London; and the domestics hays commenced packing the (lining-room turniture.--Brighten Gazette. MINES. Real del Monte. Unrezistered — 3 1 A • • •• ••• Erratum In Testerday's List—Read Newcastle and Berwick 33% instead of LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MARCY 11.—Wind S. by E., light breeze, and fine frosty weather. DEAL, MARCH W.—Wind A.M., N.W. to E.; P.m., E., snually —Arrd Irene M‘Dougal, Bahia. Sid. Plantagenet, Madras' and ' Calcutta; Hong-Kong, Dodds, Havannah ; Franklin, New Orleans. SHOREHAM, MARCH 10.—Wind E.—Sld. Charles, New York. . s .„ rORTSMOUTH, MARCH 10.—Wi nd De Hoop, Prouk, Batavia. Sid. Hugh Walker, China. FALmouTit, MARCH io.—Wind N.W.-9. Off port, Mary Gray, Henderson, Honduras, and proceeded for London; Amelia Fanny, Africa for London. SCILLY, MARCH s.—Arrd. John King, Martin, Mauritius. LIVERPOOL, MARCY 10.—Wind N.N.E., moderate.—Arrd. Tynwald, Ilarmer, Mauritius. Sid. Leonore, Calcutta; Arabian, Hawkins, New Orleans; Shaw, Baltimore; John Itavenal, New York; Gulnare, Newfoundland. Off port, Alice, —. WIIITEHAVEN, MARCii 9.—Wind N.N.E.—SId. Jana, Bal timore. LutErtrcE, 111.incll 9.—Wind E.— Sid. Clyde, Boston. SToctcros, MARCH 10.—Wind N. E.— Sld. Teesdale, Pam. bceut and Quebec. CLYDE, MAacti 9. —Arrd. Orbit, Larkins, St. John's, New Brunswick. Sld. James Campbell, Graham, Batavia; James Hunt, Antigua ; Argyle, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia ; Madonna, Newfoundland; Eurydice, ditto; Miramichi, New York. MAItCIt 10. —Wind N.—Sld. Anne, Greenland ; St. George, ditto. Butsrot., MARCH 10.—Wind E.—Arrd. Amelia, Africa. Bm.FAsT, MARCH 9.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrd. William Ken nedy, Martin, Philadelphia. Sid. Trinidad, Philadelphia. CORK, MARCH 7.—The Jane Lowden, Dodd, from Mar seilles to this port, foundered in a gale on the 27th ult., in lat. 48, lon. 10; crew saved, and brought here by the Feliz Union. OFF PENZANCE.—John King, Martin Mauritius. The Charlotte Harrison, Queen Pomare, New York Packet, Henry Gardner, and Independence, all received more or less damage in a heavy squall at New Orleans, 27th January. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY) HAY s MA IMT. S irriirm.D.—Meadow Hay, 9 / 8s : to 31 16s ; Clover 4,1 31 8s to 41 16s ; and Straw, 1/ 11s to 11 143 Per Tra le dull, at the above quotations. di jo tt d. ol CUMBERLAND.— Meadow Flay, 2 18 s to 41; 31 8s to 41 14s; and Straw, 11 12s to 1116 s Pe r A full average supply and a sluggish demand. ClOld WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 5s to 31 150 ditto, 3/ 10s to 5!; and Straw. 1/ 103 to 11 15301'1-- Supply good, and trade very dull. ZieZZAT ra.a.7l/.SETS. • g ALL, MARCK 10.—The supplies of stock boil , er i Clover Vian equal to meet the wants of the buyers, the gt . , demand was heavy, and prices had a downward teadeDdi Beef. from 2s 8d to 4s; Mutton, 4s to Sc; Vali,'" t ' s) and Pork, 4s to 4s 8d per 81bs. f Pr is" ItomFoßD, MARCH 10.—We had a steady sale Beasts and Sheep, but all other kinds of stock- werel"; Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s; Mutton, 3s ma to 58; yeah 43 4s 84 ; and Pork, 4s 24 to 43 6d per Slbs. Suckling,'"oll 188 to 28s; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 19e; in Cows, with their small Calf, 16/ to 191 each. hiettak LEWES, MAncx 9.—Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 4d; es at 48 vi. ` 4s to 5s 4d ; Veal, 43 24 to 4s 6d ; and Pork , 48 to 81bs. A moderate supply, and a steady trade. NEWGATE AND I.3O.a.nZATEOSa price' There was rather more business doing here, tin No vo* were well supported.—Beef, from 2s Rd to 33 61 ;, 0 4 6 ICd 31 44 to 4s 4d; Veal, 4s to ss; and Pork, 3 5 4u per 81bs by the carcase. CORN AVERAGES. as GENMEAL AVERAGE PRICES OF ef.un' For the Week ended March I 1847, node up from ttieL l Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in per Imperial Quarter. rso, 1, WHEAT. I BAILEY.' I OATR. ETC a 6, PRICE .. 174 s 4d 54s lid 32s 3d 55s Ild b 35 The Duties on Foreign Grain are now suependC SHERIFF'S COURT.--(THIS - (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BuacitaLL-) feI:CROUCHIER V. TIP)MAS. ILLEGAL DISTRESS. This was an action -to damages for an illegal seizure and detention of the P, goods. The damages were laid at 5001. CA 5 e" Mr. THOMAS, counsel for the plaintiff, stated the t, gpCk plaintiff is a gentleman residing in St. James'e 4 t ree ,idit i o n , ingham-gate, and the defendant is an auctioneer. 'l i do Leicester-square. The Learned Counsel said the .- be ho; was merely the agent of another party against ttrii ° ,_ ii _a t his remedy. The plaintiff had obtained his goo IP by lb , now sought for damages for the injury done to tl e O ,I. pUy removal, and also for the inconvenience caused by tu ft v o yjbo tiff and his family having been obliged to go iii lodgings until they recovered back the goods. ~e d lb Mr. J. H. Croucher, brother of the plaintiff, Prf,...' di at c' on the 3d of December a demand was made by &T o e 2251. for rent alleged to be due to a Mr. Michael ou .n o pC) Defendant was told that the claim was unjust, 18 „ 1 7 e coei ti person was known to plaintiff, but defendant said aloe do was to have a man in possession, and did so. ~.„,""jc ihr were afterwards removed. Plaintiff and his law to leave. Vea l° ° Mr. Ronsox, defendant's attorney, took an any evidence being given of any special damage. O ON The UNDER•SHERIFF held that the declaration n' for the detention of the goods. Mr. THOMAS asked what title Mr. Sump tien set up the witness could not say. had In cross-examination the witness said plaintiff op?, in the house for seven or eight years. Did not knoW rent was paid. A person had previously been i n P. 7 under a bill of sale, put in by Mr. Toplis, an auctioneeLdsk Mr. THOMAS said the defendant by not Pleadligjm— mitted the detention of the goods. n ot tn e ‘ S Mr. Ronsox, for the defendant, said that he did t for a moment to contend that the defendant was but the plaintiff had not shown that lie ever pai d re rbt one, and it was not at all unlikely that a person 1 0 0_, J i. an equitable right, although not a legal one, t° rent. There was no proof of removal, or of 11 0 , Aa r" done to the property, and it only came to the intab•—th tention of the goods by a man sitting in the kitchetgo, fore, he thought the very smallest damages would :iv r The UNDEE-SitzniFF said that the jury nutut damages for the detention. The jury gave a verdict for 1/. 19s. This, holfa it ' costs. SCOTT V. lIITCHENS. A aint The plaintiff in this case is a surgeon, and the .8 10 0 member of the Hall of Commerce. The action" ' to recover the sum of 41. 15s. for medicine supp' .I,a Or' There was no evidence of the nature or value of cines. The defendant's Solicitor submitted, that the s e. must be nonsuited, as he had not proved that he hi tificate of the Apothecaries company. 10 Mr. THOMAS said he would not be nonsuited. 01 0 _ 1 4 The UNDER-SHERIFF said, he thought it better t o ow,„# the jury ; but told them, that, in his opinion, they ° L oa '" give a verdict for nominal damages; but it waste r determine. pfd Mr. TnostAs said, it was proved that twenty bottles had baen delivered. O f The UNDEN,SMERIFF.Bat there is not A dence as to value. The jury gave a verdict for 11.155.' ed 114°1 The Arromitcy applied for the writ to be de l - text term. , f ig OL P ; The UNDER-SfIERirF said he would retain the Ant Thomas had refused to be nonsuited ,• but if thejd,"•ct so - knew when he was well off, he would take they stood. MAYOR V. EI.LIS. The plaintiff' in this case is the landlady of Head Inn, Pinner, and the defendant isa gentlernao I— o r the at the same place. The action was brought to re e ,%dset s° sum of 11/. 155., for beer, gin, &c supplied to the de" servants. brt' v Are It appeared by the evidence that in July last - „ in 0, out in the rick-yard of the defendant, at a tirne.r"; stio defendant was absent. The fire continued three, , fr itb three nights, during which time 144 gallons of , 010 spirits, and also rump steaks and cigars, were ad, the loideleirisl were now charged-for. laisl For the defendant it was submitted that the pe iff ts "'" 10 0130 be nonsuited , as any general order by s ervan ca ul , s. A taken as by the implied authority of the rnasiter. • be ght lobe The UNDEft-SIIHRIFF said that considered - u • implied in such a case where a maste c rwas absent, and sio , property would be destroyed it effleicet W.' : the rendered, and in this case refreshment was necess li l' r aot only question was whether the goods had been order ed by the defendant's servants. 14 4114 Gaffney, the defendant's servant, was c al " e -t fo r swore he did not give general orders to plaintiff , but elleg refreshment from other houses. There was neje " vagabonds" there who ordered beer, and sat i n the boor and drank it, but did not work. His wife was the keeper, and might have ordered some. .11 che r g el t,, The UNDER.SHERIFF said there were some sn l- / air for cigars, rump-steaks, &c., which perhaps the juri,, o ore think might well be given for assistance to persons not paid in any other manner. The jury gave a verdict for 111. , MIDDLESEX SESSION* (THIS DAY.) arofer. John Collins and John 2114Kenzie, two dock labour'. f job° indicted for stealing a quantity of fat, the property IVbeen and another. tone ° The prosecutors carried on an extensive business AS d Oro melters, in John-street, St. George's-in-the-Eas t ' ‘ , 1 1 1 11 4 men were observed on the night of the 3d inst. lea : ' 0 0'; premises, one of whom was fully identified by a P° lsc i e bollie l ,; the prisoner M'Kenzie. The other the constable t o PI was Collins, but he could not undertake to swell', o oll however, there was found the impress of a shoe in t",,otle ° of fat from which the piece was stolen, which corresroce, in every point with the shoe found upon Collins Wil e° into custody. s iiel tb e The jury acquitted Collins, and returned a ce Guilty against M'Kenzie, who was sentenced to t , i 4 11) imprisonm,nt and hard labour. John Gilbert, a native of St. Helena, and who sitreotl"" but a few years in this country, has been several lit o ed victed of felony, was indicted for stealing 35., the p r of Seik Gouri Abdulla. se l l The prosecutor, who was a native of Bombay, a dal upon the Koran in the usual form, and stated that P. so oef after he arrived in England from India, he met the P ri or in a public-house in Ratcliffe, and after treating him % e V.' thing to drink, the prisoner took a bag, in which was „`d b"l from his (prosecutor's) pocket, and said he would go a",gben him some clothes. They accordingly went out together' w bite the prisoner desired him to wait at the corner of a str eet D 1 he went to get the clothes f o r him, but he never se w afterwards until he was taken into custody. The jury having returned a verdict of Guilty, n otig i The ASSISTANT-JUDIZ sentenced him to be tra ps, for ten years. Oil A singular-looking individual, named Charles . o ' u ' r f d . Cook, was indicted for stealing a cushion, the prop er '' Thomas Thick. ttbr i _ v ' It appeared that the prisoner was met near New Brent carrying the cushion under his arm, by a constable, WP i t be' him into custody; and, upon inquiry, ascertained th.lettor is longed to the prosecutor, who is an omnibus prelns e " Brentford. The ur . y found him Guilty, and d 1 The JuDGE said to the prisoner, "I think you !M Ata - old acuaintances." Prisoer—Yes, we are. The q JUDGE.—And after you were convicted by M e the wrote me a letter, stating your intention to applY t .„ ° igbt Secretary of State, in order that the majesty of the law "'sof be vindicated. Prisoner—Yes, and as you did "t: an my liner you perceive I have come too see you aga'"',. o ula The JUDCE-1 think your condition requires that I so send you for a long time where you will be taken Ore The prisoner —Yes, you can send me to Pantonville. 1 The JUDGE—No, I think Hanwell will suit you betqot, shall sentence you to 12 months' imprisonment in the ", in minster Bridewell, when I trust the Governor will be ,, g f the mind my remarks, and take such steps as the state prisoTher's mind may r equire. ne prisoner made a low bow to the Judge, and th''' I _ SOUTHWARK.-(THIS DAY . ), f froin a tail 0 destitution, Henry Smith and Thomas King, young men in a etl-e e ° ll i b n a r i g , , e , o d i e 3 w . e w s e i• r h e op c tit il The prisoners were observed together lurking a b o ut a -street. a pair of trolo_ tailor's shop in the above street, and being • t died bi is a (.. _so policeman, one of them was seen to take a pair of tro w ne y from inside the door, and give them to his comnanion• " 0 ... were in the act of making their escape when they ''ere P sued and taken into custod y. hat n defence the prisoners said they were starving . and - t og they were compelled to steal. A small trifle of money be be found upon one of them, in accounting for it he said -thatbt. pawned his shirt to procure a lodging on such a sever e nig t it Mr. ~_, E CKER, said that it was lamentable to se e two sto_d respectable-looking young men placed in such a position, al!t averring that they committed the offence through distreaL Such a defence was no palliation, for if they were reducc.4 to such a condition as the) described , they would have obtao,ie.. at all events the shelter of a workhouse; or they had ano ri t! ) ,!; alternative rather than be dishonest, namely, to enlists 1 .."_,. army. The Magistrate then committed the prisoners fo aria St BAKERS' OPERATIVE SOCIETY.—Last seven o'clock, a meeting of j ourne y man bakers, at White Conduit House Tavern , f or the p ur p ose of taking into co. sideration what steps shou l d Le ado p ted for the purpose or s ho r tening the hours of labour . Mr. T. Wakley, -F" 1 0 presided. Mr. Ives m oved the first resolution, which 5 to the effect that night labour was highly injurious to the parties employed — th at it p revented them from enjoying those physical and mental benefits which fell to the des lot ot o th e r classes of society, while the system also was truc" five of the domestic happiness of all per sons connected w hich ith the trade. Mr. Williams seconded the resolution, w was agreed to nem. con. Mr. Reed move d the carry second reso lution, which was, in effect, to pledge the meeting to rea out the objects they had in view. The resolution was Ag to unanimously, when, after a few speeches the meeting broke up. .......•,,,....,. CO Ni (F 4 'CIDENT MARCH 10 4 ro m some u k eipal row tying away t one Man is k r• Cass, au PreaS to atter tent of the is The dreadful Ahe seaffuldi ups rnau's 151'!aking the