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SPRING ASSIZES. ~ 1 the title of Earl of BalearraS, and an English Peer by the title of COURT OF CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) Baron of Wigan ?—Yes. _-,.....—_____ . Mr,Williams—And your Lordship sits in the House of Lords, _-........--- ___ NURFOLIC CIRCUIT—HUNTINGDON March 'I and votes as an English Peer by the title of Baron of Wigan ? BUSINESS IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS. —I do, .5.1r,..b5r virtue of my right and title. CitICEIvED Tins iAtoiNitst; ) Mr. STARKIE submitted that the statement of his Lordship doSoirnEYsientidar. EN_ wished to know what his Derdship meant to F CHARGE OF-MURDER AGAINST THE LATE GAOLER sitting and voting in the House of Lords was no evidence to The LORD CHANCELLOR intended to tit in the House show that his Lordship was an English Peer. of Lords. . .'- , OF THIS COUNTY. Mr. WILLIAMS intimated to his Learned Friend that he was Sir E. SUGDEN was aware of that, but he was desirous of •:- (ireFoRE NiR. BARON VAUGHAN). Aware that the sitting in the House of Lords did not prove that knowing what was to come on in the House of Lords, because e his e ., The trial of the late Gaoler, fixed for this m ornin g , created his Lordship was an English Peer, but he was in possession of a the Bar never was in such a state of ignorance as itwas O great interest, and no sooner were the doors of t h e Court-house ,irrect co py of his Lordship's patent creating him a Peer of tt,e moment, respecting what was going on, or to be tak en, in t tthe In opened, than the greatest efforts were made to obtain seats, but realm. Lords. it was impossible to give accommodation to more than a small _qv. STARK IE said if that was the case, and the document The LORD CHANCELLOR—That's no business of mine. All H number of the app'ieants. The rush that took place was tre- sworn to, it would be sufficient. I know is, that lam to sit in the House of Lords on Monday. , PI menthols and it was some time before order could be obtained. The Earl of Balcarras having proved that the frank w a s a for. Sir E SUGDEN—Yes, but we wish that you will he s o goo. , Silence having been restored, the prisoner, Henry Russel, w. gery, eat down, the learned Counsel for the p r isoner declining to as to name some particular days on which you will take certain s , placed at the bar, and indicted for being accessary to the murder cross-examine his Lordship. cases there. of Sarah Wormsley, on the Ist of February last, in this county. Dr. C.. 1. Roberts sworn—ls a physician, residing at 31, Br idee- The LORD CHANCELLOR—Yes, hut it is most irregular tl The two sisters and the mother of the deceased Sarah Wormsley, street, Blackflies?, London. Knows the young man at the bar per- to have any thing said in this Court about the House of al were the first witnesses called, and their evidence went to prove fectly well . The letter produced in Court is the same w hich at all. It never was the practice before, and no Lord Chancellor ci that the deceased had lived as servant with the prisoner for some witness received from him on the 9th of S e pt e mber l a st, a nd h e who has sat before me ever would allow a word to be said here a , time ; that she was residing at home at the time her death took thinks it is in the prisoner's handwriting, but cannot swear that it about the proceedings in the House of Lords. si place; that the prisonercalled to see the deceased, and talked with is, having never before received g i .tter from him. The letter Sir E. SL'GDEN—Then I shall never do it again. tier on the road opposite their cottage on the Tuesday, and on produced had been out of the witness's possession some months, The LORD CHANCELLOR —I can't have complaints i made Wednesday the deceased died ; that the youngest sister observed hut he can swear th at it is the same. here every day against me , re s pecting the proceedings n the ii something white upon her lies the morning of her death ; that John Cooper, an officer of Wigan, said that he apprehended House of Lords. she denied having taken anything, oc being questioned, but that the prisoner, and, in returning from the Mayor's office, h e dc. Sir E. SUGDEN—Your Lordship quite mistake,' me. I am 5 she soon after got very sick and vomited ; that her lips and face tected him in a ttempting t o d o some thing w ith hi s wa t c h sea l. not complaining nor thinking of complaining of your Lordship, g were much swelled, and her eyes very red ; that the stuff she Witness prevented him, and took the watch and seals from him. nor shall I ever mention a word here again respecting the I pro- o vomited into the pot was carefully preserved, and was given to The seal upon his watch and the impression upon the letter ceedings in the House q , Lords, but I shall do so in another p ace. tl Dr. Ward. perfectly corresponded, with the exception of the impression The LORD CHANCELLOR—I cannot hear these corn_ plaints, nor can I take upon myself to discharge Mr. Dr Ward—l was shown a pot into which the deceased had being defaced a little. vomited, and observed some sedl • ent like wet chalk ; I ordered Mr. George Brown, of Wigan, knew the prisoner perfectly Crsurtenay's business. All I know is, that when we were last in a it not to be touched till it was brought to me ; I prescribed for well. Had often seen him wr it e , an d th e l e tt er pro d uce d is in the House of Lords t he re was a case part heard which was an. h the deceased, and wished her mother to bring the contents of the prisoner's hand writing. nuunced at the bar to begone on with when we should meet again. t , the pot soon after to me. I intimated to none in the house Mr. STARKIE, on behalf of the prisoner, begged to say Sir E. SUGDEN—WeII, we did not know that. my suspicions of what the girl had taken. I said she that, from the date in which the letter was put into the Post- The LORD CHANCELLOR—WeII, but the suitors knew it, i f) was dangerously ill, bet I expressed gm) opinion. In con- office, it could not be inferred that there was any intention and it is their business to instruct their Counsel. sequence of what the mother said I applied to the Magistrates to defraud the Post-office ; and as to thesuperscription "Wigan," Sir E. SU GDEN then observed that it had been the habit of the o to go to the house. I analysed the contents of the pot par- that was the name of the town from which the letter was sent, as Bar to inquire both of Lord Eldon and Lord Lyndhurst, while , tially the next day, and again on the 24th, in company with well as the title of the Noble Lord. sitting in this Court, what it would be convenient to go on with Air. Deck. Five grains of arsenic would, lam decidedly of A great number of witnesses were called to character, in the House •; and this was found to be a very convenient mode t opinion, kill the strongest man. The day after the deceased and amongst them the pnsoner's school master, and the Rev. of proceeding, inasmuch as the appeals there (particularly the c died, on the Od February, I analysed the stomach, and it ex_ Mr. Marshall, who all gave the prisoner an excellent character. English appeals) were generally very heavy, and the papers in hibited red patches on its mucous coat, produced by some irri- The Jury. after consulting for some time, expressed a wish to them required a great deal of reading. tating cause. 1 found no other morbid appearances in the body. retire, which they did, and having been absent a quarter of an The LORD CHANCELLOR was not aware of this, and he r The arsenic would be ejected from the stomach if the vomitt in g hour, returned with a verdict of ac q uittal on both counts. The certainly had thought Sir Edward's object was to complain of his I was copious and frequent. I ascertained that she was, to the verdict was received in Court by the clapping of hands. conduct respecting the proceedings upon appeals in the Lords, S best of my judgment, four months in a state of pregnancy. I Mr. Justice ALDERSON almost felt glad at the result of the should say that she was not quick with child, with regard to which he could not be answerable, and knew but , verdict, for if the prisoner had been found guilty, he should have very little of what appeals were or were not, and when or when } Examined by Mr. K ELLY—I am decidedly of opinion that passed upon him the sentence of transportation. not, to he brought on. arsenic was the cause of her death. A notion prevails among the The prisoner bowed respectfully to the Jury before he quitted lower classes that arsenic can be used for a certain purpose, but the dock. POTOSI MININGBACORTM.PAANNDY.—ONTVHAELRBSU. RN ts INGILBY, 1 I believe that arsenic cannot be used in the smallest portion William Andrew, who was yesterday convicted of killing bee. S . ir p E u . t SiUn defendantsGuptEhelerbailplpebyartedhefodreftehnedapnlatisntiff.TheA without endangering life ; even two gra ins w ill do s o. I saw the his wife Anne Andrew, was sentenced to-day to six months prisoner on the day the young woman was ill, before she died. imprisonment. It must have been near five o'clock ; the Magistrate was present George Phillips, convicted of sheep stealing on Saturday, was m gi u ve r n rer n , o a ti n e d e the e t Le th a e i y ne d d id c n o o u t n m se e l an ha t i o l had, therefore, apply 1 demurrer had ~ at the time. I saw him afterwards on his way home, and I saw this day sentenced to transportation for life. for the orderof the Court overruling the demurrer. 2 to sus onlyta sustain t t o ne d e _ no attempt on his part to run away. I was in the room at the Order made overruling the demurrer o n the usual terms. 1 time that some statement was made in writing , and after w ards ROBBERY OF THE ROCHDALE MAIL. Several cases stood for judgment at the rising of the Court. 1 two or three questions were put by the Prisoner to the deceased Greenwood, Wardlewcrth, and Taylor, were indicted for hay in the presence of the Magistrates. The deceased was much ex- in robbed the driver of the Gig Mail between Rochdale and ' hausted, and was not disposed to speak, and that state was the Manchester. ROLLS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.) nstural effixt produced by the poison. The case was fully proved, an the Jury found them Guilty.— This witness was re-examined by Mr. A NDREW9, for the pro- Sentence of death was recorded against them. His Honour the MASTER of the ROLLS disposed of secution, and stated that a paper was read over to the deceased DELICACIES FOR TRAVELLERS.—SIMPSON 11. DEAN. several Consent Cause Petitions of no public importance. After when the prisoner was present, and she was sworn to the truth The plaintiff in this action is a butcher residing at Blackburn, which, Mr. Pemberton proceeded to reply in the part-heard case of it ; and that the prisoner put some questions to the deceased. and the defendant is a market-looker for fish and flesh. It ap- of Blaquire v. Hutchinson. The Learned Counsel had not con. Isaiah oeck examined—Stated that he was a chymist at Cam- Peered that the plaintif killed a cow, which he exhibited for eluded his address when our Reporter left. bridge He described the several tests to which he had subjected sale in Blackburn Market. 'The market-looker thought, the contents of the put brought by the last witness, and from his from the appearance of the meat, the fat of which was exceed- VICE-CHANCERY several examinations he had no doubt that arsenic was present. in g l y y ellow, that it was unfit for human food, aid he seized as COURT.—(THIS DAY.) He aid he thought that there were 60 grains of arsenic in all. much as the butcher had upon his stall. The plaintiff was of .elattnew ensile, the turnkey of the gaol, was next examined opinion that the meat was good, and brought this action against This being the sixth Seal, his Honour the VICE-CHANCEL and stated that he recollected on Wednesday, the Ist of Fe the defendant for its value. An inn-keeper, for the plaintiff; LOR took motions to-day, but up to the hour of our leaving no bruary, receiving a warrant from Sir John Arundel for the pi-is said that he had purchased a round of beef off the same beast, thing of interest had occurred. toner. That he went with him to the cottage of the deceased's and it ate exceedingly well. Other witnesses proved that the parents, but did not tell Russel that he had the warrant ; that food was unfit for use, and the Jury returned a verdict for the he told him that they said Mary had been taking i oison, defendant. BANKRUPTCY COURT.—(THIS DAY.) and that he had given it ; and that the prisoner then asked if she The actions brought hitherto in the Nisi Prius Court this —.es-- - was dead, or if she had taken enough to kill her. One of these Assizes have been entirely void of general interest. Nothing occurred in this Court this morning worth eeporting. two things the prisoner said, but he could not positively say _—.......--_ which. He said there were no rats in the gaol, but there are some mice ; that he followed Russel from the cottage to the WESTERN CIRCUIT.—SALISBURY, MARCH 8. CHOLERA MORBUS, OFFICIAL REPORT. gaol, where he (the prisoner) remained all night in his house, John Holmes, aged 25, was indicted for having entered the or which is within the gaol. On his cross-examination the witness chard of Wm. Famor for an unlawful purpose ; and, on Fantor -----ellse- -- ___ acknowledged that he had had a quarrel with the prisoner about attempting to apprehend him, did maliciously cut and wound CENTRAL BOARD OF HEALTH. a week previous, and that the prisoner had then told him "to him with some sharp instrument, with intent to do him some look out for himself." bodily harm. COUNCIL OFFICE, WHITEHALL.—(THIS DAY.) An unsuccessful attempt was made to prove an alibi. DAILY REPORT of CHOLERA CASES. Mary Ann Wormsley, another sister of the deceased, was next called, and underwent a long examination. She stated having Verdict Guilty. Sentence of death recorded. - ... been called to her sister on the day mentioned, and was present Thomas Stanley, aged 20, Peter Tines, 19. and John Ellison, :17.; . 1 Ti ..; Z a •J 7 7 `4 - g g . when the prisoner came • that she was holding her sister's head, 23, were indicted for setting fire to a rick of straw belonging to c a e e, ..... .1 0 es o os 0 o when the prisoner stooped down, took hold of her hand, and Mr. Goddard, at Swindon. Places and Date. 'O oCO O • 1 e'cia 4ci said, " Don't be too harsh, Mary;" when she (the witness) took On their being arraigned Vines pleaded guilty ; but through ''" '1 1 ° 35 5 her sister's hand out of his, and said, " Let her alone." The pri- the persuasion of Mr. Justice Park, he retracted his plea, and p . f,: __. x ~.. ~. .a , v, 2 e soner told Dr. Ward to do what he could for her, pleaded not guilty ; and they were all acquitted of that charge in 0 . 1 5...:, lon les es 1 B ti r. , -.E .. Sir John Arundel, a magistrate of the county, and his clerk consequence of a defect in the indictment, which set forth that Mr. Sweeting, were next examined relative to the examinations they had set fire to a o rice o f s t raw ," whereas, it appeared by Sunderland, March 8 ... 0 2 1 0 1 1 538 '204 taken of the deceased. the evidence that it was a "rick of stubble." l Mr. Sweeting's evidence occupied a considerable time, and at They w e r e then indicted for havin g set fire to a cow-house be- Newcastle , March 8 ......3 1 0 0 4 979 303 its conclusion a long discussion took place between Counsel longing to Elisabeth Bradford, at Swindon, on the sth of No_ relative to the reading of the depositions. The Judge decided vember ;in support of which charge there was very little evi- North Shields, &c Mar. 826 0 0 3 23 1 337 96 that they should be read—and, in substance, they stated deuce beyond their own confession. that the deceased had received the arsenic from the prisoner ; Mr. GUNNING, for the prisoners, submitted that the charge South Shields, 'March 8... 2 0 0 0 2 14 6 that she did not ask him to give it to her, and that he did not tell did not come within the Statute, which referred to a dwelling her what it would ao ;that she was with child by the prisoner, house, a barn, or an out-house only. This was a cow-house, not Edinburgh, March '7 0 10 0 1 37 13 and that she had taken two teaspoonfulls of the arsenic in some within the scintillage of the dwelling-house. The Jury;Acquitted Stanley,and found the.other prisonersk, March 7 5 0 0 0 5 1 1 5 tea in the morning. two Greenock, Guilt The apprentice of Mr. Bates, the druggist proved con - proved the fact of y. Mr. Justice PARK deferred passing sentence until h e Glasgow, &c., March 7 the prisoner having bought the arsenic at the stop. 116 The case having been closed for the prosecution , a great num - suited the other Judges on the objection advanced b y Mr. Linn_ Per of respectable witnesses were called, who spoke in the highest ning ;he himselfhad a strong opinion in favour of its validit y. Goren, C :)larch 7 2 2 1 2 1 9 4 terms of the prisoner's character. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—LINcoz,,,y, MARCH 7. William Skiptoorth was charged with *-ng fire to four stacks P a i s ley, March 7 ..... The Judge commenced summing up the case at eight o'clock, and concluded about half-past nine, when the Jury retired. of corn, the p ro p ert y of a farmer of the n ame of Hill , residing It is doubtful whether a verdict will be returned to-night. at South Thoresb y , in the p arish of Lindse y , on the 19 t h o f April Falkirk, Feb. 93, March 7 5 4 2I 1 6 18 8 last. ______ sess epee e as..- The Jur) returned a verdict of Not Guilty. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—LANCASTER, March 7 . Kilwinning, March 6, 7 13 010 I 6 7 el 5 1 I—t-- —, -- BROTHERTON AND WIFE v. WHEIOLHOUSE . Total 1104 30 23 119 9•2 2361 855 Elizabeth Brotherton deposed that she was the daughter of the KILKENNY, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7. Total from places where the disease has ceased, plaintiff and his wife, and lived in Burnley-lane with her father and from which no returns have been t his da y ; and mother. Her father played the violin. About nine o'clock received 3645 074 in the evening of the 4th of March of last year, the defendant The trial of the persons in custody for the murder of the pc, —.•••••-•• --- knocked at the door. He then opened it and came in, asked lice at Kuocktopher, is to take place to-morrow at nine o'clock, Grand Totsdoe ..... Mrs. Brotherton how she did, and went past and sat down on the before Baron FOSTER. sofa. Mrs. Brotherton said, you have the advantage of me, 1 The prsoners were arraigned today at half-past four o'clock, ---reoe----_ LONDON —MARCH 9, FIVE P.M. do not know you. He said, "my name is William Wheelhouse, and p leaded Not Guilt y ; but Mr. O'Connell, leadin g Coun- and that the plaintiff had often asked him to call and take a glass sea for the defence, not being in Court, the trial was allowed to les e with him, and the last time they met defendant had treated plain- stand over till to-morrow...a . Si es tiff with a bottle of wine at the Holly Inn, and he must see the The Attorney-General and Mr. Greene have been s ent d own P. 1 k ll J ' a , 4 , 1 E 5 plaintiff that night." Mrs. Brotherton said her husband was not specially by Government; and Mr. O'Connell, who came from Districts. '' st L ' ' * .a -' `'t,' - `1 at home, but if he would sup with them she would send for him. T. London (specially retained for the prisoners), arrived about n i ne which he said .. No •he would take a glass of beer." 'Witness o'clock last night. He has not, however, made his appearance E n f 1 Z p, I§. -2 § was then sent to the No; of York for her father, to tell him that in Court yet. \Lel Z \ s'a' \ m \i-o::: `g \ ,r!__ , 4.^. t the gentleman was waiting for him with whom he had been It had been rumoured for some days past ,in this and the ad — ,-- —.— —— drinking abottleof wine. Witness went and told him. During jacent counties, that a Grand or Petit Jury could not be found City 0 2 0 0 2 4 n 9 the time of the conversation with h e r mother, witness held to perform the business of the county. This, however, is not the defendant's horse at the door ; after which they hung true ; for there appeared to be no want of Grand Jurors, and Afloat in the River 5 4 1 0 S 30 18 the bridle to the snitch of the door. The door was then a little though, on calling over the list of Petit Jurors, a great number open. Defendant said " shut the door." Witness was absent did not answer, there still seemed to be enough for public duty. Poplar 2 0 0 0 2 3 1 about twenty minutes ; her father was playing a tune when she It must be observed, at the same time, that Baron Foster gave went to him, and did not like to leave off till he had finished it. notice that he would have those gentlemen who may not appear Shadwell ... 1 3 0 0I 4 4 I 0 They both returned and went into the house together. The at nine o'clock to-morrow, called on heavy fines. horse was still standing at the door. When we got in, father was The state of the Calander is, 22 for murder ; 10 for burglary, Lioneho use 1 0 0 0 1 16 13 about to shake hands with the defendant, when mother said, and 21 for insurrectionary crimes. " Don't shake hands with such a villain as that, he has used me Rntherhithe 200 02 7 worse !than a harlot." My mother's cap was torn to pieces, blood was runing down from her, and she was bruised all over. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. Southwark 4B 21 15 10 46 9 26 183 Father talked very severely. Defendant said nothing but, "Do ----..."-- 9 2 1 0 10 43 19 forgive me—may I go home to-night ?'' Mother said " Begone, Newington Butts thou villain—begone," and flashed the door in his face. He semi BOW-STREET—(THIS DAY)) he would go down twenty times on his bare knees if they would Philip Barnard, a young gentleman , of elegant exterio r, re - Lambeth forgive him. Mother sail he might take the lash of the law. siding at Long's Hotel, Bond-street, was brought up ' charged Father went to the inn to fetch his fiddle, and I saw the blood with being found in the honse of Mr. Maclean, No. 14, Teen Christchurch 3 1 1 0 3 1 19 12 running down my mother's thighs ; she was bruised all over, stock-street, Covent-garden, at three o'clock this morning, and most about the thighs and arms. I washed her with warm water, with breaking sundry w i nd ows . Westminster 3 0 0 0 I 6 3 and got her to bed. She had no sleep all night. I was in her Mr. Maclean stated that he had unfortunately let the first floor St. George's, Hanover-sq. 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 bed ; she disturbed me many times, and was worse on the e stun - of his house to a tarty of a certain caste, and was unable to rid him day morning. self of her. This morning, at three o'clock, he was disturbed in Mr. JOHN WILLIAMS, for the defendant, declared it was his bed by a noise in the house, and on going en to the Merylebone truly the most extraordinary case of assault for a particular pur- staircase he perceived the defendant approaching thelady's room, pose which he had ever heard, according to the st or y of the p receded b y her maid servant with the candle. He demanded Paddington Canal. 0 11 1 0 0 1 1 plaintiff's daughter, upon whose testimony alone the whole of the what brought him there? when the gentleman flew into a violent ease rested, and which, if her evidence was true, re p resented a p arox y sm of p assion, and a stru gg le ensued between them ; in the S. Giles's 3 0 0 0 3 18 8 memnbarbarous state of society at Burnley which could only be course of which several windows were broken, amounting to 128. equalled by absolute savages. It reminded him of a certain Mrs. He (Mr. Maclean) called the police, and gave him into custody. Whitechapel .....- Waters, in the History of Tom Junes, who during a whole night The defendant admitted being in the house and breaking the lay as snug and as silent as the grave beside her male compa- windows. He had gone to visit the lady, and had been admitted St. Georges's East 3 7 4 pion, but when in the morning a stranger happened unfortu- into the house by her servant. The complainant behaved most et nately to pop into the room, and caught her in bed with a man, rudely to him. 6 5 S . Luke's n 1 0 1 0 1 then she immediately set up shouting murder, and rape, and The Magistrate told Mr. Maclean, if he allowed such ladies to —l-1-1-1-- ---- every thing else she could think of, as loud as she could. He live in his house he must abide the consequences. Total. lO6 149126 I 15 1114 457 I 232 would show, from the mouths of a number o f witnesse s , that no The defendant was then discharged upon paying the amount Cases from places before reported ouch violence, or at any rate no such resistance, could have taken of the damage done. place. MANSION-HOUSE. Grand Total ` 490 260 _..-. .....-“, c. a I\l Secretary. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—LANCASTER, March 7. BROTHERTON AND WIFE v. WHEvLHOUSE. Elizabeth Brotherton deposed that she was the daughter of the plaintiff and his wife, and lived in Burnley-lane with her father and mother. Her father played the violin. About nine o'clock in the evening of the 4th of March of last year, the defendant knocked at the door. He then opened it and came in, asked Mrs. Brotherton how she did, and went past and sat down on the sofa. Mrs. Brotherton said, you have the advantage of me, I do not know you. He said, "my name is William Wheelhouse, and that the plaintiff had often asked him to call and take a glass with him, and the lasttime they met defendant had treated plain tiff with a bottle of wine at the Holly Inn, and he must see the plaintiff that night." Mrs. Brotherton said her husband was not at home, but if he would sup with them she would send for him. To which he said " No; he would take a glass of beer." Witness was then sent to the uke of York for her father, to tell him that the gentleman was waiting for him with whom he had been drinking abottleof wine. Witness went and told him. During the time of the conversation with her mother, witness held the defendant's horse at the door; after which they hung the bridle to the snitch of the door. The door was then a little open. Defendant said "shut the door." Witness was absent about twenty minutes ; her father was playing a tune when she went to him, and did not like to leave off till he had finished it. They both returned and went into the house together. The horse was still standing at the door. When we got in, father was about to shake hands with the defendant, when mother said, " Don't shake hands with such a villain as that, he has used me worse !than a harlot." My mother's cap was torn to pieces, blood was coning down from her, and she was bruised all over. Father talked very severely. Defendant said nothing but, "Do forgive me—may I go home to-night ?" Mother said " Begone, thou villain—begone," and flashed the door in his face. He sae' he would go down twenty times on his bare knees if they would forgive him. Mother sail he might take the lash of the law. Father went to the inn to fetch his fiddle, and I saw the blood running down my mother's thighs ; she was bruised all over, most about the thighs and arms. I washed her with warm water, and got her to bed. She had no sleep all night. I was in her bed ; she disturbed me many times, and was worse on the s atur day morning. Mr. JOHN WILLIAMS, for the defendant, declared it was truly the most extraordinary case of assault for a particular pur pose which he had ever heard, according to the story of the plaintiff's daughter, upon whose testimony alone the whole of the ease rested, and which, if her evidence was true, represented a memi.barbarous state of society at Burnley which could only be equalled by absolute savages. It reminded him o f a ce rtain Mrs. Waters, in the History of Tom Jones, who during a whole night lay as snug and as silent as the grave beside her male compa nion, but when in the morning a stranger happened unfortu nately to pop into the room, and caught her in bed with a man, then she immediately set up shouting murder, and rape, and every thing else she could think of, as loud as she could. He would show, from the mouths of a number of witnesses, that no such violence, or at any rate no such resistance, could have taken place. William Satiliffe lived about 50 yards from the defendant. On be evening in question a man named Yates called him to look into plaintiff's window. The shutters were not closed, nor the curtains fully drawn. They heard shuffling about in the part of the room they could not see, and heard the plaintiff's wile talk ing to some one. A candle was in the room, and a horse at the door, which was a little open. Soon after plaintiff came, and wit ness saw him shake hands with defendant. The next day Mrs. Brotherton was out in her best Sunday clothes, going towards Colne, five miles and a half distant. She walked well enough. Ellen Howarth—Lived next door to plaintiff, and has a cup bo and separated from his room by only a thin partition. Could have heard any outcry if there had been any. Saw Mrs. B. out the next day. On the 'Tuesday following she set t for witness, who went and found her in her bed very ill. She said "Oh ! the villain ! I'll make it cost him a sum of money before I have done with him." No man had ever taken such liberties with her before. She said " How liked d you not come in when I struck and screamed ?" Witness said she did not hear her; to which she replied, " I struck and screamed as long as I could, and, if folk came to inquire, you must say so by all means." Witness said " I will not." .t few days after I was distressed for rent. Cross-examined—Brotherton put in a distress the next day for 91- 15 , I paid it, and left the house. Francis Anderton, a publican at Burnley, saw the plaintiff the Wednesday after, and told him that Wheelhouse wished to settle it with him: Plaintiff said it would cost defendant 1001., but they had forgiven him, and did not want his money. IJefendant asked if he might make a present to the little girl, and he gave her 51. Plaintiff then followed him to the door, shook hands with him, and told him to think no more of it. Sirs. B. said she wondered he had taken such an advantage of her. They after wards met again, and plaintiff said he could not settle it without his wife. They went to her ; she was in hed, and said she would have It/0/. W.en !3S offered her lel. on behalf of defendant. She said that was to, small ; it should cost him 10)1, She had made one parbefore, and would make him pay. Witness and a person named Baldwin went to the lied Lion in Burnley, where plaintiff came to them ' • but they could not settle it. He men tioned then 3 , 0/ and then '204 We then went to the Spar row Hawk, and he followed us. We settled it there for 181. fhe Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages is. Humphrey Blackburn was charged with battering and bruis ing Peter Row, cobbler, in his own stall. The assault arose out of a grudge of some years' standing, between Peter and a rival " translator," the defendant having fought the good fight—not on his own account, bat on his father-in-law's. Peter, it appeared, had set up an " hopposition" stall in Bell-yard, within one door of the defendant's father-in-law, upon which he had painted in conspicuous letters, " The Old stablished," to the unutterable indignation of his brother snob, who immediately assured the nubility and gentry, by placard, that his was the only original shoe-mending establishment in Bell-yard. From that time up to the present, an enmity has( existed as inveterate as it was pos sible-for rival cobblers to entertain ; anti the Magistrate has been m o re than once called upon to bind both over to their good, if not peaceable, behaviour. The present assault was detailed by Peter as follows :—I vas at vork at von o'clock on Thursday arternoon, vith my vinder open, yen this here chap shoves his head in and says, "Do you know ever an old man ?" Yes (says I), I does. " And do you know his sons I" says he. Says I, I knows no good on any on 'em. " You do'nt!" says he; "then I'll learn you summut ;" vith that, he ups vith his fist and knocks my head With such werigeance actin my lapstone, that I may say it's been almost twice as thick ever since. Being a sitting in my stall, I could not either tight or run away, so he leathers me till he was tired, and then he valks off: I suppose, said Sir C. MARSHALL, the old man you speak of makes shoes as well as yourself. He make shoes as veil as me ! said Peter, mistaking the ques thm ; vy, he arn't fit to hold a candle to the likes o' me. I flatter myself, for vetting a pair of Wellington's, or wamping a pair of tops, there arn't my fellow in the neighbourhood. The Worthy Magistrate settled the matter by giving suitable advice to both parties, and mulcting the defendant in the expenses. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. _ (Signed; Grand Total.., WM. MAC L 260 ,EAN, Secretary. PARLIAMENTARY PAPER. BREVET PROMOTIONS —NAVY . RETURNS of the Number of OFFICERS of the ROYAL NAVY and ROYAL MARINES, who have been PRO MOTED by BREVET since the Accession of his present Ma jesty stating the Number of each Rank, and the Amount of additional PAY and ALLOWANCES which the Officers of each RANK will receive in consequence of that PROMO TION, and the Total additional EXPENSE Annually by such Promotion. I.—ROYAL NAVY. Annual Increase of half pay by promotion Admirals, to be Admirals of the Fleet 31 Vice-Admirals, to be Admirals Rear-Admirals, to be Vice-Admirals Captains, to be Rear-Admirals Commanders to be Captains be Co- -Inlanders. d. s. 383 5 01 .z• 2 173 7 0 27 136 17 6 47 191 12 0 30 36 10 0 48 54 15 0 '4 01 301 Lieutenants, to . _ Midshipmen, to be Lieutenants B4, Total Annual Increase X 1 2.-ROYAI. MARINES. - Yesterday the coachman of the Countess de Grey attended before J. L. CON ANT, Esq., to answer the complaint of George Biss, a common informer, for drawing a caravan belonging to her Ladyship along Regent-street, without having the letters of her Ladyship's name on it in letters of the length prescribed by law. The defendant said that the vehicle in question contained some papers of importance belonging to Viscount Goderich and Lord Grantham, her Ladyship's nephews, which he was directed to convey to the seat of the Countess, at Putney, and the de fendant seized it just as he quitted the residence of her Ladyship in St. James's-square, and conveyed it to the green-yard, where it was there detained. Number of Officers Promoted. 1 Colonel Commandant, to be Major-Ge_ LANCASTER, THURSDAI; March S. (RECEIVED THIS MORNING.) FORGERY OF A PRANK OF A PEER OF THE REALM. James Park, a medical student of highly respectable appear ance and connections, stood indicted with having, at Wigan, in the county o f L ancas t e r, forged and counterfeited the Sand writing of the Ri g ht H on. J ames Lindsay, Earl of Balcarras and Baron of 'Wigan, on the superscription of a certain letter to be sent by the General Post, in order to avoid the payment of the postage, thereof; and in a second count with writing and sending t y the post, the same letter, the superscription thereof was so forged and counterfeited. Much interest was attached to this case from the recollection of the severe sentence of Mr. Halloran for a similar offence, Corn initted about eleven year s ago, i n forging the frank of Mr. Baron (farrow when Attorney-General, and the Court was crow ded by friends of the prisoner, and othe rs , anx i ous for the resu lt of the tr' al. Mr. WILLIAMS, the Attorney-General (with w h om w as Mr. AI)JLPHUSa stated the case fo r t h e prosecut ion, from which it appeared that the prisoner was most respectably cis nected, and was studying medicine as a professson. He resided with his uncle in the town of Wigan, and on the 6th of September last he put a letter into the Wigan post-office, addressed to Mr. C. S. Roberts, Medical Lecturer, 31, Blackfriars-road, London, which letter purported to bear on the left hand corner the super scription of Baron :Wigan, viz. Wigan, which would be: proved in evidence by his Lordship to be a forgery of his superscription. The letter, however, had not the effect of saving the postage, for the Post-mistress of Wigan, upon receiving it, doubted the super scription to be that of Baron Wigan, and especially as sent ord_ ship, a short time after the letter wasp ut in the post, tw o letters bearing his signature. In consequence of these suspicions arising in the mind of the Post-mistress, she enclosed the letter to Sir Francis Freeling, at the same time stating the circumstances under which she received it, which le d to the apprehension of the prisoner. The Earl of Balearras was sworn, and the letter alluded to was handed to him. The superscription, Wigan, was not his hand writing, but it was something in his style of superscription. Mr WILLIAMS—I believe your Lordship is a Scotch F:arl by Mr. CONANT inquired how it was that the informer had taken the cart to the green-yard ? The informer replied that the Act authorised hint to do so. Mr. CONANT'—The expense would have been much less had you taken it to the livery stable. I shall expect you to bring the caravan to the office, or otherwise how is it possible for me to decide unless I see in what manner the letters are painted. Biss accordingly proceeded forthwith to the green-yard, where he was required to pay 9s. or 10s. fees for the caravan, before he was permitted to bring it away. The Magistrate inspected the caravan, and found that the letters of the Countess's title were painted about the eighth of an inch under the size which the Act of Parliament required, and, under these circumstances, he told the defendant he should convict him only in the suns of half-a-crown. The informer looked aghast at this decision, and observed that he had paid 10s. for fees at the green-yard out of his own pocket. Mr. CONANT—I have settled the case; the defendant is tined half-a-crown. Fifteen-pence, the moiety of the informer's share of the penalty, was then handed over to him, and he walked away minus seven or eight shillings. LORD ERSKlNE.—Absence of mind is fre quently the heritage of men of talent. Lord Erskine was af flicted with this malady. He one morning called upon a friend, and was scarcely shown into the parlour when he exclaimed, " Curse those hackney coaches I seldom put my foot in one of them that I do not lose something." " What has your Lordship lost ?" "My great coat, and very provoking it is, for it was quite a new one." " Does your Lordship usually wear two at a time ?" inquired his friend, who perceived his Lordship had forgotten he was hearing the lost garment on his bark neral 3 Lieut.-Colonels, to be Brevet Colonels.- 3 Majors, to be Brevet Lieutenant-Colonels 20 Captains, to be Brevet Majors, at 2s. per day N.B —This officer by his promotion sus tained a decrease of pay th the extent of the difference between the full pay of his former rank and the Unattached-pay of Major- General ; the latter allowance, however, oc casioning an additional expense to the coun try of 11. ss. per day, or To each Class of Officers. .£ s. d. 1,149 15 U 3,814 50 3,695 12 6 8,586 7 6 1,095 00 2,628 0 0 7,665 0 0 (To each I Officer. X s. d. 36 10 0 Total Annual Increase of Expen: JOHN D' Xt ER, Chi 'To each Class of Ofticero. £ s. (1. 730 0 0 Admiralty-office, Feb. 29, 1832. 456 5 0 1,186 5 0 ief Clerk. HISTORICAL LITERATURE.—The follow ing important historical works have been lately published by Messrs. Colburn and Bentley, New Burlington street :.-1 Me moirs and Remains of Lady Jane Grey, by Sir Harris Nicolas, 1 vol. Svo.-2.. Commentaries on the Life and Reign of Charles 1., by I. D'lsraeli ; the 3d, 4th, and sth volumes, completing the work.--3. Memoirs and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, Esq., Secretary to the Admiralty in the Reign of Charles 11., and the intimate friend of Evelyn —new edition, 5 vols. Svo. 2/. 55.-4. Memoirs of the Life and Times of the great Lord Burghley, with extracts from his Private Correspondence and Journals : by the Rev. Dr. Nares, the second and third volumes, completing the work.-5. The Private Correspondence and Diary of the celebrated Dr. Doddridge, now first published from the original manuscripts, by his great grandson : the 3d, 4th, and sth volumes, which conclude the work.-6. Memoirs and Correspondence of David Garrick, now first published from the original manuscripts, by permission of his Executors : compltte in 2 vols., with 3 flue Portrait 128,634 0 0 ncrease ay. FRENCH EXPEDITION. PARIS, M►iccu PRO rE7,TATIOW OF THE POPE AGAINST THE IN . V ASION OF HIS STATES BY THE FRENCH, From the Chamber of the Vatican, Feb. 25, 1832. . . The undersigned Cardinal Secretary of State has received by express from the Pro-Legate of Ancona, and from the Com mander of that fortress, two similar reports of an event, which, in the very friendly state of the relations existing between his Holiness and his Majesty the King of the French, after the re peated declarations of the Government of his Majesty, that it wished to guarantee the integrity and independence of the States of the Holy See, and after the two notes addressed by the undersigned to your Excellency, bearing the date of the Ist and 13th of February, appears absolutely incredible. This oc currence is probably known by this time to your Excellency, and the undersigned has no doubt that you will be equally surprised at it. On the 21st of the present month the French squadron, con sisting of the Sufrress, of 90 guns ; a frigate, the Artemise, of 56 guns; and the frigate l'ictoire, of 44 guns, coming from Al giers (the latter having still a portion of quarantine to perform, not having accomplished it at Toulon), presented itself before the city of Ancona, at a few miles distant from it. On the day of the 92d of February the captain of the port went, in the name of the representative of the Government of his Holiness, to offer the commander of the squadron all that the latter might stand in need of, and also his own personal services. The commander of the squadron expressed his grate ful acknowledgments for the offers made him, and declared that on the morning of the Z.3d he would enter the port, and that he would not fail to fire the usual salutes, which were to be re turned by the fort. The etiquette to be observed in case the commander of the squadron should land was also agreed upon. Nothing occurred between the Papal authorities and the Com mander of the French squadron which did not denote the most friendly understanding. The commander of the squa dron manifested some displeasure, solely on account of the re maining portion of quarantine which the frigate La Victoire, had still to perform. On the 23d of February, at three o'clock in the morning, the French troops landed clandestinely, and placed ashore 1,5041 men, who began by throwing down the gate called Morello, which was not guarded : from thence they proceeded to make themselves masters of the gates of the city, disarming at the same time the Papal guards. They surprised, with about one battalion, the guards of the dwelling of Colonel Lazzorini, Commander of the fort and city. They then sent up to the gates of the Colonel's residence a Sergeant of the Papal guards, whose voice was known to the people of the house, and at whose de mand the doors were opened by them. Colonel immediately piesented himself to the Commander, and declared to him that he was a prisoner of war of France until such time as he ordered the fortress to be delivered up to him. The Com mander refused to do so, and the Colonel caused him to be conducted with the Adjutant-Major of the Papal troops, to the palace of the Pro-Legate, to which place the Colonel himself returned, to intimate to the Commander that he should not be set at liberty until the fortress was delivered up. Upon re ceiving another refusal, he declared that the Commander, as well as the officers, functionaries, and military employ - es, were prisoners, granting them, on the parole of the Commander, permission to consider the city as their prison. About the same time,—that is to say, at four o'clock in the morning—a superior officer introduced himself into the bed room of the Pro-Legate, accompanied by a Papal officer, who had been previously on guard on the place ; he declared to the Pro-Legate that he had occupied the military posts of the city, and he demanded the cession of the fortress, to avoid the shed ding of blood. The Pro-Legate, surprised at such a proceeding from the troops of a friendly Power, declared to the Colonel that he would not lend himself to such a demand, and protested both in words and in writing against this attack on the Sovereignty of the Pope. Such is the genuine history of the facts stated in the official reports which the undersigned has received. On being informed of all this, his Holiness, although per suaded that so serious an act against his Sovereignty cannot proceed from the orders of his Majesty the King of the French, nor from those of his Government, and that it has occurred without the knowledge of your Excellency, notwithstanding this, for the protection of his sovereign rights, he has com manded the undersigned to lay before your Excellency all the circumstances, and to declare as follows : His Holiness formally protests against the violation of the Papal territory, which was accomplished on the morning of the '-nd of February by the French squadron; against all the attacks committed at the same time against his sovereignty, and against the infraction of the sanatory laws by the squadron; and declares the French Government responsible for whatever consequences may be the result of these acts. Ilis Holiness demands that the French troops who have en tered in a hostile manner into Ancona do depart from that city immediately. Amidst the deep displeasure which his ' Holiness derives from such an unhappy event, he feels confident that he will obtain from the French Government the just re paration which he demands. The Cardinal Secretary of State takes advantage of this op ' portunity, &c. (Signed) T. C. BERNETTI. HALIFAX MEETING TO SUPPORT MR. SADLER'S FACTORIES' BILL. On Tuesday a most important meeting was held in the Piece Hall, at this place, agreeably to a requisition, signedby above 100 householders, addressed to the constable. The day was singu larly unpropitious—yet, at two o'clock. upwards of 7,000 per sons had assembled, including the Committees from Leeds, Hudder , fleld, Bradford, Keighley, Heckmondwike, and several other places ; there were also present several influential gentle men, friends to the measuae, from Manchester, for the purpose of gaining information prior to the great meeting which will be held there on Thursday. The chair was taken, amidst storm and tempest, by F. Brown, Esq., and several speeches were delivered, and resolutions passed, with a petition founded thereon, pledging the meeting to support Mr. Sadler's Bill : the petition to be pre sented by the County Members. During the meeting two very singular occurrences took place. When Mr. Oastler, of Fixby Hall, the well-known friend to this measure, was speaking, hundreds were in tears—and when Mr. Foster, another old friend to the Bill, was speaking, a thunder storm burst over the town, and the rain descended in torrents. Mr. F. begged the people to retire under the piazza of the hall Abut they positively refused to stir, but cheered him to go on, the speakers, be it remarked, being under cover. These two circumstances were great triumphs of eloquence, and such as are seldom witnessed. After the meeting the delegates and friends from the different towns dined together, and concluded a brilliant evening, which had for its sole object to rescue the infant children of the poor from worse than the lot of the felon or the West India slave. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when Captain Robert Cook Fowler was sworn in to the command of the ship Lord Lowther, consigned to China direct. Yesterday the despatches for Bengal and China, by the ship Reliance, Captain Charles S. Tirnins, were closed at the East India House, and delivered to the Purser of that ship. The Earl of Mulgrave has relinquished his intention of returning to Italy, and has taken possession of the family mansion in Lower Grosvenor-street. The people of fashion resident at Florence lament his Lordship's absence from that city, where, by his private theatricals and splendid parties, he so long contributed to their pleasures. The Noble Earl, several years ago, from the plans of Charles Mathews, jun., at that time engaged on a professional tour in Italy, built an elegant little theatre, for the performance of English plays and farces, and in these Lord and Lady Mulgrave, who are superior amateur actors, and her Ladyship's sister, Lady Hedworth Williamson, "played their parts." Admittance on these occasions was on a liberal scale, embracing all the re spectable English, and most of the Tuscan or other Nobility, residing or sojourning in " fair Florence." THE HON. AND REV. DR. GREY AND lIIS PARISHIONERS.—A vestry was holden on Thursday afternoon last in the Church of St. Botolph, Bishopsgate, when the fol lowing resolution was agreed to :—" Resolved, That after having read the report of your Committee appointed at a former vestry to communicate with the Hon. and Rev. Dr. Grey, re specting the return of a sum of money, amounting to inadvertently paid over to him, together with the correspond ence on the subject, this vestry deem it incumbent on them to mark their sense of the Rev. Gentleman's conduct on this important transaction. Although the task be painful, the vestry cannot on this occasion refrain from an expression of their deep regret that a dignitary of the Church of England, possessing so large an income, forgetting the wise precept Do as you would be done by,' and unmindful of the just and honourable exampled furnished by his Diocesan, should still insist on retaining money drawn from his necessitous flock,, to which he has no equitable claim, and which never ought to have come into his possession." A BOLD ASSERTION.—A London corre spondent, in writing last week to a friend in Sheffield, concludes his epistle with the following bold assertion :—" Remember there will be NO Reform Bill th is YEAR!! that is well known to a select few in the metropolis, and no mistake !"—Sheffield Iris. A B ERDEEN JOKES. — The followingfizcetice Aberdanenst s we extract from the last number of the Aberdeen Magazine :—" A venerable Aberdeen Bailie, long, long ago called to his fathers, had once, on a most extraordinary occa sion, to travel all the way to that g reat cit y , London. Ile was informed, before his depa rture, b y an econ omical friend, that a p yo c f ti l c i e ving in London was to dine a t a coff oo c the her ne accordingly adopted. S ea t e d in a coffee-room one forenoon, very hungry, he could by no This way practice mean s name to the waiters any dish which there was a possibi lity of procnring. At len g th, hearin g a gentleman call for coffee, lie vociferated, I'm sayin', waiter, I'll hae coffee, tee.' Coffee tea, Sir,' said the waiter ; sorry we've no b everage ee.ih. ape hi called that ere in the house.' Lord sake, min,' said the Bailie, canna ye gee's coffee, the thing the tither chap's gettin' ?' Oh, yes, Sir ; bring you a cup of coffee.' But when the coffee wa s produced, our townsman liked not the three miserable slices of toast which accompanied it, so, having crunched them all up, he vociferated, I'm sayin', waiter, I'll hae nae mail* o' them wafers, ye maun bring me a shave o' loaf at ante.' Yes, Sir, immediately.' But the waiter was not so good as his word ; for, returning, he stated, ' ve've sent and searched ev ery bake'ouse in the street, Sir, and can't find no such thing a s a shave o' loaf among 'em all.' Now this was truly perplex ing, and our townsman had still to rack his ingenuity for his dinner. At length a lucky thought struck him- He saw so me pigeons perched on a chimney close by, and he would have a doo tett ;' but what this meant all the learned men in the coffee-room could not discover, and he was at last enabled, by means of a series of signs, to make known that he wished a pigeon pie.' " COURT CIRCULAR. The Duke of Cumberland entertained the Hanoverian Mi. nista, the Archbishop of . York, Lord Burghersh, and the other Directors of the Concert of Ancient Music; at dinner on Thursday evening, at the Palace of St. James's, His Royal High ness being the Director of the Music for the evening. His Royal Highness and the whole of his party afterwards proceeded to the Hanover-square Rooms to attend the performance of the music. The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria walked for some time yesterday in Hyde park. The Duchess of Gloucester did not pass so good a night on Thursday night as •n the three preceding nights. Prince Talleyrand, the French Ambassador, the Austrian Charge d'Affaires, the Belgian and Buenos Ayres Ministers, transacted businees with 'Viscount Palmerston yesterday at the Foreign-office. Despatches from the Earl of Belmore, the Governor of Ja. maica, were yesterday received at the Colonial-office, Mr. Burge, the agent for Jamaica, the Commander of the Forces, Sir James Graham, the Earl of Mulgrave, Lord Sea ford, and Lord Sandon, had interviews with Viscount Gode rich, at the Colonial-office, after the arrival of the despatches. The Lord Chancellor visited Viscount Althorp yesterday at ;he Treasury. _ _ A very numerous meeting of Members of the House of Corn. mons was held on Thursday morning at the Foreign-office, the summonses for which were issued from the Treasury. Viscount Althorp, Mr. Stanley, and the other Cabinet Ministers who are Members of the House of Commons, attended the meeting. Mr. Lander left town yesterday, for the Palace at Windsor, to present a copy of his " Travels in Africa" to his Majesty. - - - ---- - THE ANTI-REFORMERS. The following is a list of the Conservative Club, the band of heroes who have dedicated their purses and their oratory (both weighty) to the defence of those glorious defects in the Constitu tion, which, to their experienced vision, are its brightest parts. What a pity that so much wealth, so much oratory, so much wisdom, are doomed to fight a fruitless battle ! One consolation they have—their names will be remembered when the English Constitution is forgotten : Abercorn, Marquis of F erand, NV. Aberdeen, Earl of Fitzgerald, Lord A'Court, Capt. Forbes, Viscount Ant robus, Sir E. Forbes, Sir C. Antrobus, G. C. Esq Forrester, Ford Arbuthnot, Rt.Hn. C. Freemantle, Sir T. Ashburnham, Earl of Gore, W. 0. Baring H. Goulburn, Rt.Hn. H. Bankes, H. Grant, Sir A. C. Bathurst, Earl Grant, Sir C. Bateson, Sir It. Grant, H,on. Col. Bastard, E. P. Graham, Marquis Beckett, Rt.lfn.SirJ. Gunning, Sir R. Beresford, Viscount Gower, Lord F. L 1 Beauchamp, Earl of Grantham, Lord Beaufort, Duke of Hamilton, W. R. Bell, M. Hanmer, Sir J. Brudenell, Lord Hay, Sir J. Bradford, Earl of Hayes, Sir E. Buccleuch, Duke of Hardinge, Rt. Hon.l Buckingham,Duke of Sir H. Buxton, J. J. Herries, Right Hon. Bute, Marquis of J. C. Burge W. Herbert, Hon. S. Cartwright, W. R. Hill, air R. Caledon, Earl of Howe, Earl Castlereagh,Viscount Holmes, W. Camden, Marquis Hope, J. T. Carnarvon, Earl of Hope, H. Chandos, Marquis of Hope, Hon. Sir A. Chesterfield, Earl of Hopetoun, Earl of Clanwilliam, Earl of Jermyn, arl Clerk, Sir G. Jersey, Earl of Clancarty, Earl of Kenyon, Lord Cole, Hon. A. Kenyon, Hon. L. Conolly, Colonel Kerrison, Sir E. Cooper, J. E. Kilderbee, J. H. Croker, Rt. Hn. J.W. Knatchbull, Sir E. Curzon, Hon. R. Knightley, Sir C. Dawsom, Itt.Hn.G.R. Lauderdale, Earl of Dalrymple ' Sir A. Lascelles, Hon. W. Dclawarr, Earl Leeds, Duke of Douglas, Lord Lewis, Right Hon. F. Doneraile, Viscount Lindsay, Lieut.-Col. Drummond, C. Londonderry, Mar.ol Drummond, Lt.-Col. Lowther, Viscount Dugdale, W. S. Lorton, Viscount Dugdale, D. S. Lonsdale ' Earl of Eldon, Earl of Longford, Earl of East, J. B. Lothian, Marquis of Eliot, Lord Lygon, Hon. Col. H. Egerton, W. Lyon, Capt. Eglintoun, Earl of Mansfield, Earl of Ellenborough, Lord Maitland, Viscount Enniskillen, Earl of Maitland, Hon. A. Estcourt, T. G. B. Murray, Right Hon. Exeter, Marquis of Sir. G. Egerton, Sir P. Maxwell, H. Newcastle, Duke of Payne, G. Peel, Rt. Hon. Sir R. Peel, \V. Peach, M. W. Pemberton, T. Perceval, Colonel Pigott, G. W. Porchester, Lord Pread, W. M. Pringle, A. Raikes, T. Rosslyn, Earl of Ross, C. Rokeby, Lord Roden, Earl of Rose, Captain Rutland, Duke of Salisbury, Marquis of Scott, H. Scarlett, Sir J. Sebright, T. Selkirk, Earl of Skelmersdale, Lord Stuart de Rothsay, Ld Sneyd, It. Stuart, W. Stopford, Hon. CoL Stanley, W. S. Stuart, H. Sugden, Sir E. B. Sydney, Viscount Thomond, Marquis of Thurlow, Lord Tomline, W. E. Tomline, W., jun. Trench, Colonel Valletort, Viscount Verulam, Earl of Vyvyan, Sir R. 'Villiers, Viscount Walsh, Sir J. Wall, C. B. Ward, W. 'Wellington, Duke of Westmorland,Earl of Whitmore, T. Wicklow, Earl of Winchilsea, Earl of Wilton, Earl of Wilbraham, Hon. R. Wortley, Hon. J. Wrangham, D. C. Wynne, J. Wetherell, Sir C. Worcester, Marq. of Yorke, Captain Young, J. THE MARKETS : -(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN MARKET. There was a moderately good supply at this7morning's market, with a steady trade. Prices nearly as on this day se'nnight. s.d. s.d sd. s.d. Potatoes (cwt.) ...... ... 2 6to 5 C Spinach (half.sieve) 0 6to 1 0 Ca' bagel (12 heads)... 0 0 0 0 Apples 4 0 10 0 Red ditto 3 0 5 0 Span. Chesnuts (peck) 6 0 10 0 Savoy ditto 1 0 2 0 French ditto 4 0 6 0 Horse Radish (bundle) 2 0 4 0 Spanish tlazlenuts 6OlO 0 Brocoli 1 0 2 0 trench Walnuts 4 0 6 0 Celery Carrots 12 bunches)... 4 0 5 6)Sweet Oranges (100) 7 0 14 0 Turnips Coleworts or Greens... 1 9 2 6 Lemons 10 0 17 0 Leeks 1 6 31. Endive (pummet) 0 9 1 0 For. Grapes (per 1b.).... 1 0 2 0 Sea Kail ..,,... 0 6 1 0 English, Forced 3 0 5 0 New Potatoes 0 9 1 6 Filberts 1 0 2 0 Radishes (hand) 0 4 0 6 Pine Apples (lb.) 8 0 10 Asparagus (bundle)... 5 0 10 0 Turnip Greens (bush) 0 6 1 French Beans 3 6 9 0 HAY MARKETS.—(At per Load of S 6 busses.) CUMBERLAND (LATE ST. JAMES'S.) Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 5 to £2 10 Kew Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0 Useful Old Ditto .. 2 15 8 10 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 15 4 4 Clover Hay 4 10 5 15 Oat Straw ......£1 12 to £1 14 I Wheat ~traro 1 16 1 18 Supply moderately good, trade dull, and prices stationary. SMITHFIELD. C)arse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 10 to £2 15 New Meadow Hay WO 0 0 Useful Old Ditto 3 0 ASA 3 10 Fine Upland Meadow and Nye-grass Hay ..... - 3 15 4 4 Clover Hay (extra tine)....£6 0 -Generally Oat Straw gl 14 to £1 16 I Wheat Straw 1 18 2 0 A good supply, and a steady trade ; prices stationary. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—The Lent musi cal entertainments commenced last night at this theatre. The selection was about as judicious as is generally purveyed for the public on these occasions. Of the sacred music the heaviest part consisted of Handel's Grand Overture to the Oc. casional Oratorio—Haydn's Grand Mottetto—the similar com position of Mozart, and Lord Burghersh's Magnificat. In the second and third part Rossini's overture to Semiratnidc and Weber's Euryanthc were added to the labours of the band. Mrs. Wood, Mrs. Bishop, and Miss Pearson, Braham and Phillips, Templeton, Seguin, and Bedford, were the chief vocalists. ADELPHI THEATRE.—Mr. Yates last night gave the first of his Lent performances. It was highly inter taining, and commenced with a monopolylogue, combining the most amusing and favourite portions of Mr. Yates's entertain ments of former seasons. This was followed by an excellently arranged tableau vivant, designed from a description in King John, and a tableau dansant, forming a particularly pretty and spirited ballet, in which there was some very amusing comic dancing. After this Mr. Yates continued his sketches of cha racters and peculiarities, and after two more cleverly managed tableaux cleans from Shakspeare, namely, the trial scene in The Merchant of Venice, and the Trial of Queen Catherine (the latter from Harlowe's well-known picture), the entertain ments concluded with Master Hughes's performance on the harp. The Court Journal of this day contains, among a great variety of amusing matter connected with the passing topics of the day, the following original articles : Two Interviews with Napoleon—A Papal " Bull"—Gros, Bras, et bete—The Carnival Unmasked—Music a cure for the Cho lera—lmportant to Hair-dressers— A Learned Pundit—The Old Young, and the Young Old—The Knights of St. John of Jerusalem—The Philosophy of Modern Criticism—New Work, by Prince Polignac—Talleyrand in other Times--The German Prince —High Life in the Country—Gaming at the Travellers' Club—A Party at Devonshire-house—A Dinner at the Guards' Mess—Adventure at the late Duke of York's—Portrait of M. Rothschild—All the FashionableiGossip of the Week—Parties in High Life, &c. &c. We understand that the Marchioness of Lans downe's party, on the 12th, is postponed to the 19th of March. DORgETSHIRE ELECTION.—The Commit. tee met yesterday at 11 o'clock, and decided on hearing that day objections to the votes for both parties out of the division of Blandford alone. Objections were accordingly taken to five votes for the sitting Member, and nine for the petitioner. But as they were grounded solely on defective assessments, and did not preclude objections on other grounds, no vote was finally determined either one way or the other. The decision of the special objections was also postponed, except in two cases, one of which was given against, the other for, the sitting Member. It was intimated by the Committee that they would decide on Monday whether the assessment admitted should be that of 1830-31, or of 1831-3'2. The question is of considerable importance A gentleman travelling in the United States, named West, besides the common ordeal, had to encountern an extra batch of inquiries, from the speculati on occasi. ed by a wooden leg. Wearied one day with a most pertinaciousbro. host, who had extracted from him his nam e, his country, 1? t any other question being put. "Oh S,i,r,"sy Well, well," says " I would just like to ask one more." and remember that clears , d , id you lose fess I will x iS i io N n v , est r , ou ,, te o , ne & n c i . r t e h traveller answ e r, positively e a g host,ains your cr all "Certainly, r t t o y h , S ! i m r , yleg many ; thanksv,. hit WPar,sa:igitrh.::tver leg " Nay, frie it ! nd, a stion and no more was bargain's a bargain, you know : one !I f o c c e in our agreement ;"--thus leaving Boni face than ever. possible P 4 Well, what could have bit it ? Casey, y mounted. regardless Shocking o f his his master, D. Case to to ascend a Brenan, was forced by and against his ' will, of course, chimney in Mr. Hardinge's house, tof the of e state the chimney, for he was afraid to clialb on account of course will m have to take A BOY SUFFOCATED.—thi Saturday morning a poor boy, about the age of eleven, c named James natural apprehensions, ly afterwards suffocated, and found to relate he was immediate y The cruel dead on the top of aster, we are o u k n e til he happy to find, as it was literally filledbewaittlbi him until his trial for his share in this nhuman transaction.—DuhNn Moriarig Register. j 3 int custody, iitod ch yin: andei. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red 3 per Cent. Cons. szi.i%i i ix 3% per Cent. Ditto Red.. shut tiew 3}6 per Cent 903( 1 3 per Cent. 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French Scrip DAT ♦T ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per share. pm.) £2O 39 15 5)4 12N. 91 1 2'2 £2O 4196 ♦NGE YESTERDAY. Leghorn 4 7 14 Genoa 25 85 Venice 4 7 14 Malta 4B Naples .... ............... Palermo per oz. 119 Lisbon 4B Oporto 48 Rio Janeiro Bahia W. Buenos Ayres Dublin. 21 days' sight 1 Cork lg -------- --- SULLIOX, PLR OL. s. d. Portugal Gold, coin 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 fee New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars Silver bars.standard 0 0 0 TO CORRESPONDENTS. We shall endeavour on Monday to do justice to such of our Correspondents whose communications are in arrear. The pressure of snore important matter is our only excuse. 44 . 4 . 14 .3. • LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 10, 1832. We are happy that the Commons have this day at length got through Committee on the Reform Bill. The Report will be brought up next week; and in the course of the following the Bill will be sent up to the Lords. Most of our readers are acquainted with the old story of the black slave, who, when under going his customary course of flagellation, could not by any means be disciplined according to his notions of the fitness of things. First his master flogged too high, then he flogged too low ; now the stripes were too frequent, now there was too protracted an interval between them. The Opposition just now are precisely in the situation of the unconscionable Sambo. Let Ministers do what they will, there is no pleasing the squad. They either flog too high or too low ; they either concede too much or too little. Do they make population a test of repre sentation ? They are wrong. Do they make wealth,and the influence thereby derived, a test? No matter, they are equally in the wrong. A notable illustration of this impracticable spirit was displayed last night in the House of Commons, in the discussion on the borough of Walsall, on which occasion Mr. CRoKER. personated Sambo. As, however, the Right Honourable Gentleman—though he poured forth as much Irish arithmetic as would have thrown COCKER into convulsions—had nothing in the shape of sound argument to allege against the en franchisement of Walsall, he very properly betook himself to a Lament for unrepresented Croydon. Now had the case been just the reverse ; had it been Walsall's destiny to lose a Representative, and Croydon's to gain one, Mr. CROKER'S ob jections—judging from the spirit he has hitherto shown—would have been precisely the same ; for his arguments are of an accommodating cha racter, and will apply to one borough with quite as much propriety as to another. Si r J. WROTTESLEY proved, to thesatisfac tion of the House, though grievously,' we fear, to the detriment of the Right Hon. Gentleman s arithmetic, that:in his statements respecting Will. sail he had been somewhat poetical in his prose ; or else he must suppose that he had "travelled over that part of the country at night, or while he indulged in a siesta." He accounted, how ever, for his blunders by the fact of his having a " poetic mind,"—a grave accusation, of which all those who have read his poem of " Talavera" will honourably acquit the Right Hon. Ex- Secretary. But Mr. CROKER, ilia now, may be allowed so me latitude in his speeches, for his Parliamen• tart' career draws fast to a close. Like the swan, and with similar melody, he is singing his last song. Yet a few weeks, and Reform will have c l a pped an ext i nguisher on his farthing rush-light intellect for ever. Still, even in this predicament, he will not be without his conso lations, for he has a fat salary to solace him, and the reputation of an author, as eminent for his editorial, as he is for his arithmetical abilities. An interesting discussion took place last night in the House of Commons on the subject of the recent despatches from the West Indies, when Lord HowicK stated that the late insur rection in Jamaica was wholly suppressed, though he feared, " not without a frightful destruction of life and property." Not content with the settlement of the Glove Question in the House of Commons, it appears that Lord STRANGFORD last night tried his hand at it in the Lords. That this was not done from any factious motive, We have the assurance Number of Officers Promoted. I To each Officer. 3: 22 27 47