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HOUSE OF COMMONS.--(YESTERDAY.) (Continued from, our First Edition of last Evening.) Mr. WHITESIDE asserted that the Established Church in Ireland had never at any period of its history been so strong, powerful, and firm as it was now. What he wanted was to inquire, not into the fasts, discipline, and ceremonies of the Roman Catholic Church, but what were the relations between the priests of Rome and the foreign power—whether the doctrines taught at May nooth were incompatible with civil Government. Those he thought were fair topics to be enquired into. If there were a committee appointed —a fair committee— he would undertake to demonstrate to the satisfac tion-of the Roman Catholic laity that these were grave - and serious questions. The hon. member for Meath on the hustings had, in a long speech, maintained that an Oct of Parliament was not binding on Roman Catholics thont the consent of the Pope, and that, in fact, the Pope was more powerful than the Queen and Parlia ment. But the hon. member to-day had made a very different sort of speech. It was one thing for the hon. member to make a 'speech to the priesthood, and an other thing to address the British House of Comnions— there a very different doctrine was necessary from that which would make this free assembly slaves to the Papacy. He thought it was a fair question to in quire into whether or not these were the doctrines taught at Maynooth. What was the fact at this mo ment ? But a few weeks ago a gentleman of great learn ing and ability, a Roman Catholic clergyman, had been appointed by her Majesty to the vice -presidentship of the Queen's College. The Pope forbade it, and, with much reluctance, he was obliged to resign it. Whose subject vas the gentleman—the Queen's or the Pope's ? Then, again, he was informed that no gentleman could enter into the College of Maynooth without the I written assent of Dr. Mac Hale or Dr. Cullen. These two prelates were known to be the great advocates of ultra-Mon Lane doctrines, and he thought it was a prac tical question to inquire into, whether no one was al lowed to enter into the college unless he was known to be a heliever in these doctrines. Again, the commission which had formerly been appointed, and which had never reported, had been unable to ascertain whether tb,e order of Jesuits had an establishment in the heart Maynooth, and he thought that was another question for inquiry. (Hear, hear.) . Mr. Serjeant MURPHY deprecated the reintroduc tion of religious topics into this discussion. He spoke in no sectarian spirit, but rather could with pleasure testify to the alacrity with which the Protestant clergy laboured during the time of famine in. Ireland. At the last general election the priests so far from leading the people into the contest were dragged into it by them. A feeling had been created in Ireland, not only by the Stockport riots but also by the Government proclamation. BThe Bishop of Oxford had lately said on the Clergy Reserves e that a c l a i m o f j ust i ce was involved in the request from Canada, and he said that a similar observation worad apply to this que s ti on . H e d en i ed that the May ne oth grant was for religious purposes, it was solely to eYacourage education, and was not on the same footing 'as the Regium Danum, or any other grant of a like re ligious nature. (Hear, hear.) Mr. KIRK said he was the only Irish Presbyterian in the house, and therefore h e represente d no less than 700 ium, and hearooo of the I r i s h people. He could not sit the Regiu m Donum grant Mimed. The Reg Donum was granted by the Crown in considera tion of certain r i ghts which the clergy to whom it was hgranted gave ; but the continuing or discontinuing at but he under discussio rhe should have been prepared to defend it at grease o le gth. He was well acquainted with the views of the n Protestant population of the north of Ireland, and he knew that they would b were favourable to inquiry into the systeme unjust m u a st na t g e ementat Maynooth. They felt that it with draw the grant before that inquiry h a d n i motion to the ut been had, and though he should resist the original most, he was not directly opposed to the amendment. c luirn but this Mr. COGAN was not opposed to in was too great a question to be disposed of on an amend ment. Mr. O'BRIEN regretted that the tone adopted last week by the hon. member for Bath was not taken up by the hon. member for Enniskillen, and he was not sorry that this debate was drawing to a close. Of course, he could have no objection to a motion for inquiry into the state of Maynooth, though he deprecated some of the language which had been applied to that institution. The hon. and learned member for Cork had, however, fully expressed his views upon the whole subject, and he would not trouble the house further, seeing that the house was anxious to come to a division upon the question. - Mr. MUNTZ valued no religion that required the assistance of a Government grant, and he therefore voted aga i ns t t h e i ncrease of the Maynooth grant in 1845. lion, members who represented Ireland did not object to agitating the repeal of ministers' money, though they clamoured loudly against those who opposed this grant to Maynooth. He repeated that he was op posed to all grants for religious purposes, but it was hopeless to expect, as some hon. members did, that all these grants could be swept away at once. They must be removed piecemeal, and as a commencement in that direction, he vas ready to refuse the grant to Maynooth. Sir J. FITZGERALD complained of the continued agitation of this subject, as it had and was still creating considerable uneasiness in Ireland. berMro. SPOGNER replied. Th e hon. and learned mem- Tr Enniskillen had so fully entered into and dia.. I PARLIAAIENT. • 11IAYNOOTH. Mr. HUME considered that the property of the Church was public and not private property, given for the promotion of religion among the people ; but instead of being used for that purpose, it had been reserved for the support of the members of certain families. If they 'meddled with religious endowments at all, they should sweep them away altogether. Nothing would contribute so much to peace and unanimity among the people in Ireland as the adoption of such a course. He confessed he felt in a somewhat difficult position in regard to the way he should vote ; but, on the whole, he thought the best course would be to withdraw the amendment. Captain BELLEW said, though he approved of the rinciple of the amendment, he should vote against it, because it did not go far enough and include all religious grants. If the amendment was made to extend to the Regium Donum and the Established Church, he would have great pleasure in supporting it. Mr. STAPLE TON could not recognise any distinc tion between the income of the Established Church, derived from land or tithes, and that obtained from the consolidated fund ; the whole he treated as the property of the public, and therefore he could not see by what rule of justice the hon. member could omit the Regium Donum from his amendment. Mr. MAGUIRE also objected to the amendment because it was not sufficiently comprPlensive. Though he was a conscientious Protestant, he denied that the Established Church was either a blessing or a boon to Ireland, and he thought that a great benefit would be conferred on that country by its removal. Mr. W. J. FOX said. flat neither the voluntary prin ciple nor the principl e of the Established Church was involved in the amendment. To what it really related was, whether taxation drawn from the whole people should be applied for the benefit of particular classes, sects,- or dene , minations. To such a grievance the amendment 'was opposed, and he trusted it would obtain ever, the support of the honourable mem ber for worth Warwickshire, because it was as hostile to the Maynooth grant as his own resolu tion. lie might say it put the resolution in a better shape, and gave it a dignity which it did not formerly possess—it raised it, in fact, from an attack at a po,rticular creed into the dignity of an assertion in favour of a general principle. He was altogether op posed to all religious sects being equally supported by the Government ; for if clergymen, and priests, and ministers were alike in the receipt of Government money, it would be supposed they had an interest in supporting the existing Government, however oppressive might be its administration of affairs. It would be imagined that they did not preach against one another in order to at tain the truth, but to promote some personal and sinister objects of their own, and thus people would take an aversion to religion altogether. He should support the amendment, believing that all . grants to particular sects impaired the character of religion, and destroyed its in fluence on the population. Mr, J. BALL considered that the time was not far distant when the whole subject of religious grants must be considered by the house. He deprecated, however, making the house the arena for religious controversies, and trusted, when questions of this kind were again brought before it, they would be discussed in a different spirit. Sir J. SHELLEY hoped the hon. member for Bir mingham would not withdraw his amendment. He was in favour of ,even-handed justi ce b e i ng d ea l t out to all creeds and religions in the country, and, as a step in that direction, he would give his assent to the amend ment. Though the hon. member for North Warwick shire spoke so harshly of the oppression of the Roman Catholic Church, he believed that if he had it in his Power he would flay and roast every member of that Church. Mr. LUCAS denied there was the slightest ground for the assertion, that the Maynooth grant was diverted from the objects which properly belonged to it. It was said that the Roman Catholics should be ashamed to re ceive so paltry a sum, that the grant was a mere out post of the Established Church, and that they ought to co-operate with Dissenters in trying to get it removed. (Hear, hear.) Let the hon. member so frame his amendment as to raise the whole question fairly between all sects and classes of the community, and he should obtain the cordial support of all who acted_ with him (Mr. Lucas), not only on the present occasion, but on eve r y o th er occas i on when he brought it forward. What he now complained of was, that the whole question was not fairly raised by the amendment. It was not his object to obtain any undue advantage for the Roman Catholic Church, but to secure perfect reli gious equality in Ireland. Mr. PHINN deprecated all religious discussion as hurtful and mischievous to the progress of public busi ness. He had voted against the motion of the hon. member for North Warwickshire, because he thought it was founded upon itrinciples unfair to his Roman Catho lic brethren. He intended to vote for the present mo tion, because he thought that the time was come for the house to inquire into the religious endowments of the country. (Hear, hear.) He was afraid that the difficulty of supporting this amendment, however, would largely increase by the language which had been held in the course of this debate by the Nonconformist members, who had gone with some bitterness into the -whole subject of the endowment of the Established Church in this country. He believed that the inquiry proposed by the motion would be a great boon to the Established Church, because it would prove that that church was not so much more favoured as it was thought to be posed of the whole question that it was hardly necessary for him to say a word by way of reply, but an appeal had more than once been made to him to say something about the motion for inquiry, that he could not resist the desire to detain the house for a, - few moments longer. Last year all the Irish members seemed favourable to an inquiry, though then, as now, they did all in their power to prevent it ; and if they were really consistent and sincere in their professions, they could not suffer the charges against Maynooth to go uncontradicted, or to remain without an inquiry into their truth or falsehood. What he complained of was not so much the doc trines that were taught at Maynooth, as the circumstance of the Legislature granting money to assist the teaching of those doctrines. Of course the Roman Catholic Church enjoyed perfect toleration to teach what it thought proper, but it had no right to call upon the country to pay for the teaching of doctrines that were not only injurious to society at large, but were diame trically opposed to those Protestant principles which the Legislature and the Crown were bound to support. He would not, however, purchase the withdrawal of the grant at the expense of a principle, and he could not, therefore, adopt the amendment in preference to the original motion. (Hear.) • The house then divided on Mr. SCHOLEPIELD'S amend ment to the original resolution, when there appeared— For the amendment 6B Against it ~. 262 Majority MUTINY BILL This bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed to-morrow. MARINE MUTINY BILL. This bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed to-morrow. SELECT COMMITTEES. Mr. BARING- WALL moved for a return of the number of select committees appointed since November, 1852 ; distinguishing each ; showing the names of the members serving on each :—Also, the number of days on which each committee had sat, and the name of each member attending. Agreed to. • CLITHEROE ELECTION. Mr. GASKELL moved that Mr. Speaker do not issue his warrant to the clerk to the Crown to make out a new writ for the electing of a burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the borough of Clitheroe until Monday, the 11th day of April next. Mr. GOULBURN did not object to the motion, but the house ought to use some discrimination in these postponements. After a few words from Sir R. H. INGLIS, Sir G. GREY said there could be no objection to the motion, because it was made by the chairman of the committee, but in this and similar cases where there was no reason to suppose that the bribery or corruption had been of that nature as to justify ulterior proceedings, the delay in the issuing of the new writ ought to be as short as possible. The motion was then agreed to. NORWICH ELECTION. Mr. T. DIINCOMBE moved to nominate the select committee on the Norwich election petitions withrawal : Mr. T. Duncombe, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Drummond, Mr, Rolt, and Mr. Hadfield. The motion was agreed to. The other orders were then disposed of, and the house adjourned at half-past five o'clock. PARLIAMENTAR r DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-MARCH 2. ( Prom the Votes anti Proceedings of the House of Commons.) MAYNOOTH COLLEGE. Order read for resuming adjourned debate on main ques tion as amended :—" That this house do resolve itself into a committee, to consider all enactments now in force, whereby the revenue of the State is charged in aid of any ecclesiastical or religious purposes whatsoever, with a view to the repeal of such enactments :"—Question again pro posed :—Debate resumed :—Question put :—The house divided—ayes, 68 ; noes, 262. MINORITY—AYES, 68. Aglionby, H. A. Ewart, William Michell, W. Alcock, Thomas Fergus, John Muntz, G. Fr ederick Anderson, Sir James Forster, Charles •Pechell, Sir G. I Bell, J. Fox, W. J. Pellatt Apsley Berkeley, Craven F. Freestun, Colonel Phillimore, J. G. Biggs, William Gardner, R. Minn, Thomas Bouverie, E. P. Geacb, Charles Pigott, F. Brown, Humphrey Gooderich, Tu. Pilkington, James Challis,Alderman Goodman, Sir G. Price, W. P. Chaplin, W. J. Hadfield, George Scobell, Captain Cheetham, john Hall, Sir Benjamin Scrope, G. P. Clay, J. nestle, Alexander Seymour, H D Clay, Sir William Has tl e. Archibald Smith, John . B. Clifford, H. Hutchins, E. Stuart, Lord D. Cowan, Charles Jackson, William Thompson, G. Craufurd, E. Kershaw, James Walmsley, Sir J. Crook, J. ging, P. J. Warner, Edward Crossley, Frank Kinnaird, A. F. Whalley, G. Currie, Raikes Laing, S. Wilcox, B. • Duncan, George Lanzton, H. G. William% Ar. Duncombe, T. Laslett, William Dundas. F. Macke, John Dunlop, A. Massey, W. N. Evans, Sir D. L. Allan, E. TELLERS. Scholefleld, W. Shelley, Sir J. V MAJORITY—NOES, 2G2. Acland, Sir T. D. Freshfleld, James W. Newport, Viscount A'Court, C. 11. W. Gooch, Sir E. Neel, Gerard James Adair, Hugh E. Goulburn, Henry North, Colonel Ad , erley, C. Ti. Grace, 0. Oakes, J. H. P. A nnesley, Earl of Graham. Lord M.W. O'Brien, P. Arbutimott, Gencral Grtenaß, Gilbert O'Connell, Maurice A rkwright, G. Greene, J. O'Flaherty, Anthony Bagge, William Greiff( 11, C. Osborne, Ralph Bailey, Sir J. Greville, Col. Ossulston, Lord Bailey. H J Grey, Sir:G. Paget. Lord Ifred Baines, M. T. Guernsey, Lord Pak eAmm, Captain Bal I, Edward Ha ford, sir H. Packington, Sir J. Ball, John Halsey, Thomas P. Palmerston, Viscom Barrington, Viscount Hamilton, Lord C. Parker, R. Townley Bei - row, W. H. Hamilton, Geo. A. Patten, J. Bellew, Contain Half/airy, Hon. C. Peacocke, G. M. W. Bertinck, Geo. P. Hardinge, Charles S. Peel Frederick Berkeley, Adm. Heathcoat, John Peel, Colonel Biddulph, R. M. Heathcote, Sir G. Percy, J. Blair. Colonel Heathcote, Gilbert H. Phillipps, J. H. Bland, L. Henchy, D. O'Connor I hillimore, It. Blandford. Marquis Heneage, G. 11. W. Portal, Melville Boldero. Colonel Herbert, Sidney Portman, W. Bonham-Carter, John Herbert, Sir T. Powlett, Lord W. Booth, Sir R. Hervey, Lord Alfred Prime, R. Bowe*, G. Heywood, James Repton, G. W. J. Brady, John Ilignins, George Robartes, T. J. A. Bramston, T. W. Hialyara. R. Robertson, P. F. Brernridge, Richard Hope, Sir John Bolt, P. Brisco, Musgrave Boreal], Thomas B. Rushout, Captain Brooke, Lord Hotham, Lord Russell. F. C. H. Brooke, Sir A.B. Hutt, William Sadleir, J. Browne, Valentine Ingham, R. Sawle, C. B. G. Bruce, Lord Ernest Inglis Sir R. H. Scott, F. Bruce, C. L. C. Irton. Samuel Scully, F. Bruce, H. A. Johnstone, Sir J. Scully, V. Buck, Lewis W. • Jolliffo, Sir W. G. H. Seymour, H. K. Burghley, Lord Jones, Captain Seymour, Lord Butt, G M Joaes, David . Shelburne, Earl of Byng, G. H. Charles Kendall, N. Sibthorp, Colonel Cairns, 11. M'Calmont Kennedy, Tristram Smith, W. M. Campbell, Sir Arch. King, J. K. Smyth, J. G. Cardwell, E. Kirk, William Smollett, A. Centric, Sir J. R. Katchbull, W. F. Sotheron, T. H. S. Ctiarteris, F. Knox, Col. Spooner, }'lchard Chelsea, Viscount Knox, W. S. Stafford, Augustus Child, Smith Leifer., R. M. Stanhope, James B. Christy, Samuel Lewis, Sir T. F. Stanley, Lord Clinton,Ld Robert Lewisham, Vise. Stansfield, W. R. Cobbo,d, J. C. Liddell, H. G. Stephenson, Robert Cocks, Thomas S. Lindsay, Col. Stirling, William Cegan, W. Lockhart, A. E. Strut', Rt. lion. E. Coles, H. Beaumont Lockhart, W. Stuart H. Coote, Sir Chas. H. Loraine, Lord Sullivan, M. Corbally, M. E. Lowther, Colonel Swift, R. Cowper, William F. Lowther, Captain Tancred, Henry Wm. Davies, D. Lucas, F. Thicknesse, It. A. Davison, R. Mackenzie, W. F. Thompson, Ald. Denison, J. E. Mackinnon, W. A. Toliemache, John Dering, Sir Edward li`Cann, James Troliope, Sir J. Devereux, J. T. Macgregor, Jas. Turner, C. Drummond, 11. Maddock, Sir T. H. Tyler, Sir George Duckworth, Sir J. Maguire, John F. Vance, J. Duff, G. 8. Malin, R. Vane, Lord A. Dull, James Mandeville, Viscount Vane. Lord H. Duffy, CG. Manners, Lord J. Vernon, G. Duucombe, Hn 0. Masteiman, J. Villiers, lion. C. buncombe, I.ln. W. Meagher, Thomas Villiers, Francis Dipoles, G. Meux, Sir Hew Vivian, J. E. Dunne, Micha 1 Miles, William Waddington, D. Du Pre, C. George 31i ner, W. M. E. Walcott, Adm. Egerton, Sir P. Mitchell, T. A. Wall, C. B. Elliot, J. E. Moffatt, G. Walpole, S. H. Emlyn, Viscount Molesworth, Sir W. Wellesley, Lord C. Fagan, W. ' Monck, Viscount West, Frederick R. Fellowes, Edward MonseP, William Whatman, J. Ferguson, Sir R. Montgomery, Sir G. Whiteside, James Filmier, Sir Edmund Moody, C. A. Whitmore, Henry Fitzgerald, J. 1). Mo'gan, Octavins Wickham, H. W. Fitzgerald, Sir J. Morgan, C. It. Wigram, L. T. Fitzroy, Hon. H. Mostyn, E. M. Willoughby, Sir H. Fitzwilliam, G. W. Mul4rave, Earl Winnington, Sir T. E Forbes, W. Mullings, J. R. Wyndham, (en. Forester, Colonel Mute, Col. Wyndham, William Forster, M. Murphy, F. S. Forster, Sir Geo. M. Naas, Lord vartescue, Chichester Napier, J. Franklyn, George W. Newark, Viscount Berkeley, Granville French, F. Newdegate, Chas. N. Hayter, W. G. TELLERS. RAIL TrA. Y SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL—Menai 2. STOCK EXCHANGIL—The market for shares has been flat all day, and closed heavily at the following quotations : Caledonian, 324 ; Eastern Counties, 134 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 38 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 788 ; ditto Fifth shares, 4 d. ; London and North Western, 1198 ; Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 304 ; Midland, 7TB ; North British, 9 3-16 ; South Eastern and Dover, 24 ; York and North Midland, 29g. MANCHESTER-MARCH 2. STOCK EXCHANGB.—We had less animation and lower prices. The sales include—Dundalk and Enniskillen, 158 ; London and North Western, 1191 ; Leeds, 788 ; Midland, 778 ; Caledonian, 32 5-16 ; Blackburn, 7 3-16 ; Dover, 23 15-16 ; Preston and Wyre, 48i cum. div. ; Eastern Counties, 13 5-16. BIRMINGHAM, MARCH 2. STOCK EXCHANGE.—This market w as l angu id t o -d a y, and pri ces a fraction lower. Birmingham and Stour Val leys were quoted at 10i ex div. ; Shrewsbury and Bir mingham stock at 66; and North Staffords at 4i d. LE EDS — MencH 2. 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CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT,—March, 2, OLD poußTi • THE ALLEGED MURDER AT THE REGENT'S CA.NA-" On the application of counsel for the prisoner, the trial of Thomas Mackett, 30, labourer, who stands indicted for the murder of Eliza Lee by thrusting her into the Regent's canal, was postponed until next sessions. FORGERY. If illiam Henry King, 50, Thomas Wyatt, 35, and Charles Hildebrand, 69, carver, surrendered to take their trial on an indictment charging them with forging arid uttering a certain deed, purporting to be an assignment of a judgment debt of 5661. 55., with intent to defraud Mr. J. Jackson Lee, an attorney. Mr. Ballantine and Mr. Metcalf conducted the prose cution, and Mr. Parry and Mr. Repton defended the prisoners. On the application of Mr. Ballantine a verdict of ac quittal was recorded as to Hildebrant, in order to enable him to be examined as a witness on behalf of the prose cution. It appeared from the opening address of Mr. Ballantine, that King called himself a clerk to Mr. Lewis, a solicitor at Barnard's-inn, Holborn, but virtually carried on business as an attorney for himself, Mr. Lewis, who was a regu larly admitted attorney, living in the country, having merely allowed him to use his name, that being a prac tice which was not uncommon in the profession. Wyatt was a kind of clerk or companion to King. In 1846, Mr. Lee, the'prosecutor, hearing that Mr. Lewis had a deed to dispose of, entered into communication with him upon the subject, and at length called at the office at Barnard's-inn, where he saw King, who represented himself as the managing clerk of Mr. Lewis, and who told him that a person named Gibbons, residing in Piccadilly, had' a judgment debt for 5661. 58. against Lord Geo. Loftus, the son of the Marquis of Ely, and that if he (the prosecutor) was disposed to pur chase it, he would get Gibbons to make it over to him by a regular assignment. Though the judgment debt was for so large a sum, it was comparatively of little value to those who dealt in such securities, as Lord George Loftus was in very embar rassed circumstances, and as the prospect of obtaining the payment of the money was somewhat distant. Mr. Lee only offered, therefore, the sum of 701. This was accepted, and the debt was made over to Mr. Lee by a formal instrument, which purported to bear the signa ture of Mr. Gibbons, who was said to carry on the business of a carver and gilder in Piccadilly, the pur chase money being handed over to King by Mr. Lee, in three separate inst a l men t s o f 501., 101 . , an d 101. No suspicion as to the genuineness of the document entered Mr. Lee's mind until about 6 months' ago, when he made inquiries both personally and in the newspapers respect ing Mr. Gibbons, but could find no trace of him, and it turned out that he was entirely a fictitious person. Hildebrand would prove that King requested him to at tach his signature to the deed, and that when he was about to sign his own name, he told him to write the name of Gibbons, which he consented to do. It would be seen further that, in order to make the transaction appear a genuine one, King had entered Hildebrand in his diary as if he were a Mr. Gibbons. At the conclusion of the evidence for the prosecution Mr. Parry addressed the jury for the prisoner King, and Mr. Ribton for Wyatt. The learned Judge having summed up, The jury, after consulting for some minutes, returned a verdict of not guilty against both prisoners. CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER AGAINST A " HERBALIST." William, Hobson Palmer, 34, described as a botanist, was indicted for the manslaughter of Charlotte Cardwell. It appeared from the opening statement of Mr. Cooper, who conducted the prosecution, and the evidence of two or three witnesses, that the prisoner was what is called an herb doctor, and that he was in the habit of attending patients and administering powders, according to the recipe of a certain Dr. Coffin, the principal ingredient of which, it would appear, was an herb of a dangerous character, according to the medical testimony, called lobelia. The deceased was a person of very weak health, and suffering from asthma, and it would seem that the prisoner attended upon her, and administered powders and tinctures, and for some time she appeared to be getting better under his treatment, but at length died under on the Bth of February. A post-mortem examination took place, when it appeared that the lungs and stomach of the deceased were in a state of great inflammation, and the cont en t s o f th e s t omac h were sent to Dr. Letheby, the professor of chemistry at the London Hospital, for the purpose of being analysed, and a considerable quantity of the lobelia was dis covered by that gentleman in those contents, and it being suggested that the administration of this matter had caused, or at all events accelerated, the death of the deceased, the present charge was preferred. It was stated by all the persons who had been in attendance upon the deceased that the prisoner was very kind and attentive to her, and that she expressed herself perfectly satisfied with his treatment, and that upon one occasion 'she had stated that she was sure she should have re covered if sho had not taken a fresh cold. Mr. Clark, the surgeon who made the post mortal& examination, described the appearances presented by the lungs and stomach of the deceased, and he expressed an opinion that it was highly improper to administer lobelia to a person in such a state, and that it was calculated certainly to accelerate death, if not actually to cause it. In cross-examination, the witness said that he had ad ministered lobelia himself in some cases as a sedative. He also said that it would act as an emetic, and that it was used sometimes in cases of asthma to remove the phlegm, but only in small quantities. In answer to a question put by Mr. Justice Maule, the witness said that lobelia had only come into use during the last sixteen or eighteen years, but during that period it had been getting a good deal into vogue. Mr. Henry Letheby, professor of chemistry at the London Hospital, proved that he analysed the contents of the stomach of the deceased, and discovered in it 110 grains of the husks or shell of the lobelia seed, the whole of the active principle of the seed having apparently been absorbed into the system. This quantity, he said, was in itself quite sufficient to have caused death, and he had known cases where a considerably less quantity had done so. He added, that he had heard the description given by the medical witness of the condition of the lungs and stomach of the deceased, and in his opinion it was highly improper and dangerous to administer 'lobelia to any person in such a condition. A good many questions were put to the witness by the court and also by Mr. Ballantine, with regard to the particular qualities of the lobelia, and it appeared that it was used by the medical profession in some cases, but that they generally refrained from administering it as an emetic on account of its dangerous nature. He stated, however, that it was used in cases of asthma, and the when the system of any person became accustomed to i a greater quantity might be taken with impunity. Mr. Cooper said that this was the case for the prose cution. Mr. Ballantine submitted that there was no evidence to go to the jury. Mr. Justice Maule said he did not think there was. It was admitted that it was cueomary to administer lobelia in cases of asthma, and. that it tvas generally at tended with some good effect. The only question, there fore, was whether the prisoner had administered reck lessly an improper quantity to the deceased, taking into consideration the inflamed state of her lungs. There was, however, no proof that he, had himself administered any excessive quantity, neither did it appear that he could have any means of kno , wing that her lungs were in such an inflamed state as had been represented, as this was not ascertained until the post mortem examina tion. Mr. Cooper said that, upon looking over his brief, he had felt the difficulty that was: suggested by his lordship. The jury then, under the direction of the Court, re turned a verdict of not guilty. Mr. Justice genie observed that although the present case had failed in proof, yet it ought to be understood that lobelia was a very dangerous thing to deal with medically, and persons ought. - to be very cautious how they administered it. Mr. Ballantine said, if the. case had gone on, he had several persons in a tt en d ances as witnesses, who would state that they had taken it continually, and had derived great benefit from it. Mr. Justice Maule said th at might be, but from what he had heard that day and f rom what he knew before, he was satisfied that it was a very dangerous thing to be administered 'in certain ca se s, and that persons ought to be very careful in the use it. THE GREEN RICH BARBARITY. Mary Ann Oldham, 49„ was charged upon a coroner's inquisition with the mans laughter of John Gaywood. The circumstances cony iected with this case have at tracted a good deal of pi blic attention. The prisoner, it will be remembered, w as a nurse in the Greenwich union, and the deceased child was under her charge with others, and for some faul it or other it appeared that she had placed a burning c( 3: a in the child's hand and burned it severely. She was convicted of an assault before the Common Sergeai under these circumstances, and, to the astonishme a t of every one acquainted with the facts, was only s entenced to fourteen days' im prisonment. The chi gd, it appeared, died shortly afterwards, and the coroner's jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against tb to prisoner. A bill for the same offence was preferred be fore the grand jury, but they ig nored it, and the corona 3r 's inquisition now remained to be disposed of. Mr. Payne was abou t t o open the case, when The Lord Chief Ju' die a interfered, and said he had attentively read the e ,vikbence, and he confessed it ap peared to him that thi.ere was nothing whatever in it to connect the i:isoner with the death of the child. On the contrary, all the in edical men stated that they could not trace the death t o have any connection with the wound on the hand, but that it was clearly traced to another cause. The grand jury had ignored the bill, and it was contrary • to his experience in such a case fo r any evidence t o b e t ) ff ere d i n support o f t h e coroner ' s inquisition. Mr. Payne said he felt very strongly the effect of the observations of his 1 ordship, and he readily bowed to any suggestion ema lating . from such high authority. At the same time he felt he ought to state that the poor child whoa a death was the subject of in quiry was an orplial i and entirely friendless, and the guardians of the G l•eenwich Union were anxious to have it understc .o(.I that they had done everything they - could to ha vo Cle matter properly investigated, and to show tha - the children of the poor would be protected. TI Le -coroner's jury had returned a ver dict of manslaugh Le/ and the coroner had bound over the chairman of tb Le board of guardians to prosecute, and he now appeared ox ► his behalf for that purpose. He admitted that the : medical gentlemen did say that the death of the child cc .uld not be directly attributed to the injury on the hand ; but, as it appeared that after re ceiving the injury tl ie child drooped and became ill, and s_oon afterw ar d s di e( 1, i t was poss ibl e t h e coroner ' s j ury formed th e i r own conclusions upon these facts ; and, believing that the child's constitution had received an injury which ten nated in its death, they felt them selves justified in returning a verdict of manslaughter. After the intimation he had received from the court, however, he - shoia refriiin from offering any evidence in support of that verdict. The Lord Chief Justice said that the board of guar dians had no doubt done nothing but their duty in insti tuting an investigation;, but that duty had now ended. It was undoubtedly a very cruel act to burn a child in the manner that had been mentioned, but the prisoner had suffered such punishment as the court had thought fit to award, and he could not help observing that he entirely agreed in the observations made by the Recorder to the grand jury in reference to this case, that whether that punishment was sufficient or not, it was no ground at all for puttinc , the prisoner up on h er t r i a l on a c h arge which it was perfectly' clear could not be supported by the evidence. The jury then returned a verdict of not guilty. NEW COURT.—MARCH 2. (Before the Recorder.) Eliza Nash, 37, married, was indicted for feloniously cutting and wounding William Nash, with intent. It appeared from the evidence, that the prisoner and her husband, who rented an apartment in Eagle-street, Red Lion-square, had for some time past lived in con tinual strife, arising from jealousy upon her part, and that early on the morning of the 19th ult., while lying on the bed, the prisoner stabbed him in the face with a small table knife, injuring his eye, and cutting his nose and hands, from the effects of which wounds he was re moved, from necessity, to the Free Hospital in Gray's. inn -road, where he remained for some days. The officers who took her into custody deposed to finding her sitting by the bedside with the weapon in her hand, and to her exclaiming, " I'VE) done it—l've done it—take him to some hospital." She was not intoxi cated, but greatly excited. When in the cell she fre quently repeated her intention to do for him, and that she should be hung for it, declaring that it was in con sequence of his cohabiting with another woman. Mr. George F. Lane, surgeon of the Free Hospital, described the nature of the injuries, that of the eye being very dangerous, but loss of vision had not ensued. In defence, the prisoner, who wept during the whole of the examination, said she had been totally neglected by the prosecutor, who only visited her when he hoped to obtain money from her. The prosecutor denied this, but gave very unsatisfac tory replies to the interrogatories of the court and the jury respecting his conduct, admitting that he was fre quently from home, and residing at such times in a house at Mile End, where dwelt the - woman of whom his wife was jealous. The Recorder said it was a fearful case, and there could not exist a doubt that the act had been committed in excitement, arising from belief in her husband's faith lessness ; that, however, was no justification. The jury found her guilty ; and the court ordered her to 18 calendar months' imprisonment with hard labour. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—LINCOLN, MARCH 2. CROWN COURT.—Before Baron Parke. SHOOTING A POLICEMAN. William Musgrave was charged with having, en the 2d of August last, at Welton, shot with a loaded gun, Superintendent Constable Stephen Hardcastle, with intent to kill and murder him. Mr Serjeant Miller defended the prisoner. The case occupied unusual interest, from the prisoner's position in life, he being the son of a wealthy farmer, at a village five miles from Lincoln. It appeared in evi dence that prisoner's conduct had for-some years past been of a most disorderly character ; and on the 2d of August last he got drunk, quarrelled with his father, and, having loaded a double-barrelled gun, swore that he would shoot any one w h o approached him. He sub sequently effected an entrance into his father's house bj a cellar window, broke nearly all the windows in the house, and became so ungovernably violent that it was deemed prudent to send to Lincoln for Superin tendent Constable Hardcastle. On his arrival he found the prisoner in armed possession of the house, and declared to the prosecutor that he would shoot him if he attempted to interfere. He stood at one of the windows with the gun. Prosecutor entered the house, proceeded upstairs to the room where the prisoner was, and was about to seize him, when he turned sud denly round and fired at the head of the prosecutor, who, observed the attitude of prisoner, elevated his hand to his forehead, and received the charge on his face and hands, from which blood flowed copiously. He then rushed upon the prisoner, and assistance being at hand, he was secured, and taken to Lincoln Castle. Prosecutor was shortly afterwards insensible from the wounds he received, and was conveyed to the county hospital. The second finger of his left hand w as com pletely blown off, and h e had several cuts . on the right temple. It was proved that prisoner had vowed ven geance against Hardcastle, who had preferred a charge against him for mischievously destroying a tent in which divine worship had been held, and for which he was fined 151. Prisoner was a desperate dare-devil cha racter, and spent his time in drinking, fighting, and wrestling. e the Serjeant absence Miller o of intention laboured hard o to k e n, s t a b b u l t i sh thejury immediately fortheury d i e Baron Parke complimented the prosecut or f or hi s courage and indefatigability in the dischar ge o f hi s d uty, f n el i n e rc d . iately returned a verdict of Guilty. and ordered the sum of Si. ss. to be presented to him. The prisoner was sentenced to be transported for 14 years. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—James Dayton was brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with attempting to blow out his brains i n Hyde-park. Eleazer Deaning said he was in Hyde-park about three o'clock on the 7th of February, when he heard the report of a pistol. He turned round, and saw a quantity of smoke curling under one of the trees. He went for ward, and saw the defendant fall on his back to the ground. He had a gun-shot wound at his ear, and he was bleeding and insensible. Witness caused him to be taken to St. George's Hospital, where he had been ever since. It was stated that the cause of the dreadful act was that the defendant had committed a larceny, which had preyed upon his mind so strongly as to lead him to at tempt self-destruction. _ The friends of the defendant having succeeded in corn posing his mind, and inducing within him a proper feel ing of contrition for the crime he meditated, were allowed to take charge of him, and he was liberated accordingly. HAMMERSMITH.—.4Iice Scanlan, a young Irish woman, the keeper of a lodging-house in Hooper's , court, Knightsbridge, was charged with unl aw f u lly de serting a female child at the gate of Kensington Work house, whereby she had become chargeable to the parish. The prisoner applied to Mr. Beadon on Tuesday, and also to his colleague, Mr. Paynter, on Saturday, and she stated on those occasions 'that a woman who she allowed to live in her place out of charity, suddenly ab sconded on the 21st ult., leaving her infant child behind her. The prisoner did not know what had become of the woman, and she was unable to support the child, as she had three of her own to maintain. She bad applied to, the relieving officer of Kensington for an order for the child to be admitted into the workhouse, but he had refused to give her one. One of the summoning officers of the court was ordered to make some inquiries about the affair, and on Tuesday he reported to Mr. Beadon that the prisoner's case had been before the Board of Guardians, and they had ref use d t o i nter f ere, as t h ey believed that the applicant knew where the mother of the child had gone to. In this case Mr. Beadon told the woman that he could not assist her, and she then left the court with the child, and at the same time declared that she would leave it at the workhouse, as she could not support another woman's child. John Doward, the porter at Kensington Workhouse, said the prisoner left the child at the gate that morning, and he was directed to give her into custody. Mr. Beadon said he could not do anything in the mat ter, as it was not the prisoner's child. He could not compel her to keep another woman's infant. He knew all about the case, and thought the child ought to have been received into the house before, as it must necessarily end in that. The porter said he had had the child brought to the court ; and if the prisoner chose to take it back, he would give her the order for her to see the board on Thursday (this day). Mr. Beadon said he could not direct her to take th• child back, now it was in the hands of the parochial authorities. The porter said this was the second child that had been passed upon them under similar circumstances from the same neighbourhood. Mr. Beadon discharged the prisoner ; and said if the mother of the child could be found he should know how to treat her. RAILWAY PASSENGERS' ASSURANCE COMPANY.: The seventh half -yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday, at their offices, Old Broad-street ; Sir J. Dean Paul, chairman. After the usual preliminary pro- ceedings, the report was handed to the shareholders. It set'forth that the total amount received for premiums during the half-year was 4,3561. 4s. 5d., and the entire income for the year 1852, 7,422/. 12s. 6d. against 7,3521. 18s. for 1851. The latter sum included, however, 5491. 17s. 6d. f or insurance of railway servants, which had not been renewed, and which should be deducted in order to estimate the actual increase of business from passengers during the past year. The business since the close of the year, bore a fa vorable comparison with the similar period in 1852, shewing an increase of 2041. 4s. 3d. on the seven weeks of the present year over that of last year, exclusive of the term and life policies, the premiums on which are 2851., and warrants the belief, that notwith standing the numerous difficulties the company has had to contend with during its progress, it ix now firmly grounded in public estimation, and its sphere of use f u l ness will continue to be enlarged. The directors had great pleasure in stating that the di rectors of the London and South-Western Railway have consented to the company's tickets being issued at their stations, whereby a new and extended field is opened, from which they have hitherto been excluded. The chairman moved the adoption of the report. Tho direc tors who retired on this occasion were G. B. Harrison, Esq. ; J. Clay, Esq., M.P. ; -and the Hon. A. Kinnaird, M.P., who being eligible, offered themselves for re election, and on the motion of Mr. Beattie were re elected. The auditors T. C. Bates, Esq., and A. Scrut ton, Esq. also retired from office at this meeting, and were re-elected nem. con. After a vote of thanks to the chairman, the meeting then separated. THE AUSTRALIAA AND GAPE MAILS, (C.c., (Pc ANOTHER ACCOUNT. The Australian steam-ship, Captain Hoseason, RN., Commander, which sailed on Thursday last with the mails for the Cape of Good Hope, Australia, &c., in charge of Commander Curtis, RN.. put back on the fol lowing day at 6 p.m. It appears that some repairs were found necessary on the arrival of the ship from the Thames, which having been completed the vessel put to sea at half-past five on Thursday afternoon, and there was every prospect of a prosperous voyage, at least as far as the apparent capabilities of the ship were con cerned. She steamed well, making 10 and sometimes 101 knots an hour. About 10 o'clock it began to blow exceedingly fresh from the W.N.W. with a heavy sea. As the ship strained under these combined efforts it was found she was making water fast, which rose, notwith standing all efforts at the pumps, to 41 feet in the engine room, putting out the port-wing fires. At three o'clock, then 60 miles W.S.W. of the Eddystone, and the water still gaining, Captain Hoseason determined to bear up for this port. In wearing she shipped a heavy sea, carry ing away her port life-boat. Sh e re t urne d to the Sound, as above stated, at 6 o'clock on Friday afternoon—having then 3 feet water in her hold. Her return was immedi ately telegraphed to the Admiralty, and permission ob tained to take her into dock in the Royal-yard at this port, and on the following evening (Saturday) she was taken into the North Dock. Here she has undergone all the ne cessary repairs. The leaks in the hull were but few and slight, and the increase of the water in the engine room was rather the result of inattention than other wise, in suffering the water to rise to the height of the bed-plates of the engine-room before attention was paid to it. Then it proved too late as in the roll of the vessel the water washed the coal bunkers, the small stuff from which soon choked the pumps—hence all the great diffi culties. The water in the cabins, and much of that which found its way into the hold °tithe vessel, was the result of the bad caulking of the decks, which has now been completely remedied by the men of the establish ment, who did not fail to jeer these of the company who came near them on the state of a vessel the production of a gentlemen so very liberal in his remarks on the efficiency of the mechanics of the Royal Dockyards. There appears to be no slight blame attaching itself somewhere as regards this vessel, for though it has been proved that the leak was not so serious as from appear ances was first thought, yet there does not appear to have been the necessary attention paid to securing the engine bed-plates, the screws of which became stripped at sea, and the plate obliged to be fastened down by an upright timber from the beams to the plate. It is understood she will come out of dock to-morrow, and will no doubt take a trial trip under the inspection of Captain Lowe, R.N., the Superintendent of Mail Pac kets at this port, whose great attention tq his arduous and highly responsible duties ensures that the ship and engines will be most fully tested before she will be allowed to put to sea. Should this report be favourable as it may be anticipated it will be, then the Australian will proceed on her voyage, taking the mails, &c. ; but it is doubtful if she is to be detained longer than to-morrow or the next day, whether the mails will not be transhipped to the Hellespont, Capt. Watts, belonging to the Screw Steam Company now lying in Millbay for the Cape and the Australian Colonies. The Australian has a full cargo, and the total amount of specie shipped is estimated at 300,0001., including 30,0001. on account of th e O r i en t a l B an k - nearly 15,000/. of the Chartered Australian Land, Mining, Im porting and Refining Company, and 10,0001. on account of the Agra United Service Company—and similar sums on account of Messrs. Rothschild and the Great Nugget Vein Company. Among her passengers are the com mander-in-chief of the forces in New South Wales, Major-General Sir Robert Nickle, R.N., Lady Nickle, and suite - also the numerous staff of the Chartered Aus tralian Land, Mining, Importing and Refining Company —consisting of its manager, Capt. Henry Baker, R.N. —its metallurgist and assayist, Mr. Charles Watt, the eminent chemist of London—Mr. Charles J. Braith waite, engineer, and about 20 mechanics. Th ese p ar ti es are all under bond to serve the company for a given time, and are to share in the profits of the undertaking. The prospectus of this company sets forth clearly the advantages to be obtained by mining scientifically and upon a proper system. There can be no doubt that notwithstanding the large quantities of gold recovered from the auriferous fields—the mining so far has in most cases been confined to what is technically called " pick ing the eyes out," and that from what is at present wasted and neglected the greatest riches are yet to be recovered. The company in having Mr. Charles Watt's assistance is in possession of the knowledge necessary of success, of which there appears to be the fairest possible prospect. —Plymouth Mail. STATE OF MADE. ( From the Manchester Guardian of yesterday.) MANCHESTER, March I.—The receipts of cotton at the American ports in the week ending Feb. 14 were 131,000 bales against 117,000 in the corresponding week of last year ; and the total receipts since Ist September 2,066,000 bales against 1,564,000, leaving an excess of 502,000 bales. The total exports to Great Britain are. 848,000 bales against 526,000. The excess of receipts will be furtliei increased next week. The continued abundance of the receipts, holding out an en larging prospect of supply, still gave a downward bias to prices, in spite of sustaining advices from Liverpool. On the 12th, " middling" was quoted 84e. per lb. at New Orleans, where, however, freight had risen from id. to 4d. To estimate the total yield at 3,250,000 bags was to be on the moderate side. ROCHDALE. Feb. 28.—We have had a very good attendance of buyers in the, market to-day, and for coarse goods there has been a very good demand at > prices much the same as those of the previous week. The wool market has undergone little or no change for some weeks past, either in price or demand. MACCLESFIELD, March I.—We have a smaller amount to note the last week in the sales of silk manufactured goods, owing, no doubt, to the severity of the wea ther ; but preparation is being actively made for the spring trade, and the prospects for the future are con sidered good. Some scarcity of . weavers are experienced. Thrown silks are increasing in demand, and this remark applies now to all descriptions, from the best to the most inferior qualities. The market has not been so cleared of stock for many years. HALIFAX, Feb. 26.—Partly owing, perhaps, to the severity of the weather, there was a very slender at tendance, both of merchants and manufacturers, in our piece hall to-day, and but little business was transacted. The yarn market is much the same. The spinners are pretty well employed, but at rates that are not ade quately remunerative. In wools there is no alteration. HUDDERSFIELD, March I.—The market for woollens still continues brisk. There is not as much business through the Cloth-hall at present as was done lately, simply because makers have no goods to sell, being principally engaged in making to order. BIRMINGHAM, March I.—The struggle to obtain a re duction of prices in tire iron trace that commenced directly after the last preliminary mee:.ng of the trade is still continued ; but it is generally, thought with declining chances of success. Previously to that meeting, 11/. 10s. per ton for merchant iron had, in a few instances, been realised, and it was thought that 121. might have been obtained ; but after due deliberation 11/. per ton was decided upon as the limit to which the then dominant tendency to advance should be restricted. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING , THE WEEK. The return for the week ending last Saturday exhibits an increase, though not considerable, on the high mor tality of the preceding week. The deaths registered last week amounted to 1,344, of which 541 occurred from birth to 15 years of age, 427 at 15 and under 60 years, and 359 at 60 ye ars and upwards. The propor tions at these three periods of life vary in very trifling degrees from those of the preceding week ; but it may be mentioned that among persons dying under 60 years there is a slight increa , le, while the number of those who died at that age and upwards is diminished. In the ten correspondin g weeks of the years 1843-52 the average number of deaths was 1,053, which, if a correction is applied for increase of population, gives a mortality for last week amounting to 1,158. The actual number of deaths in the last week, therefore, exceeds the estimated sum by 186. While epidemic diseases become less fatal, those which affect the respiratory organs manifest a great tendency to increase. In the last five weeks the cases falling under the latter head have been 199, 250, 312, 331, and 371. The increase is discovered under bronchitis, which carries off the old ; the cases assigned to this complaint were in the same weeks 91, 110, 168, 184, and 212. These 212 deaths are thus distributed:-44 amongst the young, 65 amongst the middle-aged, 103 amongst persons who have turned their sixtieth year. Pneumonia (inflammation of the lungs), which produces more uniform results, was, fatal in 71, 95, 87, 90, an d 93 eases. Phthsis d e stroyed in the last five weeks 138, 151, 142, 167; and 147 ; influ enza 1,3, 7,4, 6 lives. Of 3 cases in which small-pox was fatal last week, one occurred to a gentleman aged 29 years ; the deceased, who was a solicitor, had been vaccinated. The son of a hawker, aged 5 weeks, died on the 11th of February at 4, Edgar-place, Mile-end Old Town, of " variola (not vaccinated), convulsions." Mr. Castleden states t hat the child was not buried till the 27th, as it was not con venient to inter on an earlier day. The body of an in fant that had died from this infectious disease was kept among the living 16 days. Last week the births of 846 boys and 816 girls, in all 1,662 children, were registered in London. The average number in eight corresponding weeks of the years 1845- 52 was 1,513. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.579 in. The mean temperature of the week was 33.8 deg., which is 5.7 degs. below the average of the same week in 38 years. The mean daily temperature on Sunday, when 'it was lowest, was 30.2 degs., or 9.1 deg. below the average of the same day; it rose by nearly constant progression till Saturday, when it was 37.2 degs., or 2.6 degs. below the average. The wind blew generally from the north, sometimes from the south-west. The mean dew point temperature was 27 degs. BOItKE'S LANDED GENTRY FOR 1853.—We are re quested to state , that Mr. Bu r k e ' s " Hi story of the Landed Gentry,' corrected for 1853, is just published, complete in two large volumes, including the Supple ment, price 2/. 2s. bound, and with separate index, gratis, of all the names (upwards of 100,000) mentioned in the work. We understand that the great expense at tending the production of this important and truly na tional work will preclude its being again printed in so extended and comprehensive a form, and the present opportunity will consequently be the only one afforded for obtaining it. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMO UTII, MARCH 2. The Duke of Wellington, 131, screw line-of-battle ship, Captain Henry Byam Martin, has had the lower metal frame which receives the sliding part of her pro peller fitted on to-day. She has also got a large number of her iron tanks on board. Her topmast rigging is well getting on with. The Leopard, 16, paddle-wheel steam-frigate, Captain Gee. Giffard, will be paid advance wages to-morrow at Spithead. The Banshee, 2, Channel dispatch-steamer, Lieut.- Commander James Hosken, has had her masts taken out of her. The foremast, on examination, was fount to be severely sprung in three separate places. She will have a new one. The London, 90, line-of-battle-ship, Captain Geo. R. Mundy. The order for this ship's departure from this port to Plymouth is countermanded for the present. The Plumper, screw-sloop, has had her fires lighted to try the respective strengths of several samples of anth racite and other coal. The Pitt, coal-depot for Spithead, has coppered seven streaks down from the 25-feet mark, and will soon be ready to take up her position. The Royal Yacht Squadron schooner Lotus, Master George Evans, arrived here this morning, 15 days from Gibraltar. She left this port in November last, and has been cruising about in the Mediterranean. She brings no news—has met with some severe weather on her passage home. Her noble owner (the Marquis of Bath) did not come home in her. NEW ELECTRIC FLOATING LIGHT.—This light, the in vention of Lieutenant Roberts, R.M.A., promises im portant advantages to the mariner. The frame-work of the floating light consists of wood work, 'having a sort of iron keel, and in shape like a mash-tub, with triangu lar irons on the top to receive the lamp ; to this is at tached a quantity of gutta-percha tubing, parcelled over with spunyarn, and protected by a chain. The electric battery is worked ashore, and with the submarine tub ing communicate s instant light to the " floating beacon." We shall witness the experiment this evening, and re port particulars in our next. The whole is very simple and inexpensive. We have had a very fine day ; wind N.W. The weather now (5.30 p.m.) is looking very wild, and por tends a snow-storm. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 1. We are sorry to learn that Captain Chambers had a severe fall at the time the sea struck the Desperate, in the gale, and that in consequense thereof the gallant captain is at present confined at his lodgings. The Diligence, transport, Mitchell, master, arrived this day, with stores from Pembroke. As soon as cleared of her present cargo she will load with ballast, for the James Watt, that vessel requiring 800 tons, for the pur pose of navigating her from Pembroke to this port. The Camel, lighter, Faben; master, arrived this day, with stores from Pembroke. The Australian has been out of dock since eight a.m., all right. She makes no water. WOOLWICH, MARCH 2. APPOINTMENT. Second-Master William Mayes (1847) to be Acting- Master in the Espiegle, 12, sloop, at Sheerness. Lieutenant Marryatt, appointed to the Phoenix steam sloop, arrived at Woolwich Dockyard to-day, and took up his commission. Clerk William T. (not P.) Richards, appointed to the Phoenix, only returned from the coast of Africa in January of the present year, having been serving as clerk of the Promotheus paddle-wheel steam-sloop on the West Coast of Africa station since June 3, 1850. Mr. Richards volunteered for the service in the Arctic regions, and will there experience as great an extreme of cold as he must have experienced of heat on the coast of Africa during his service of upwards of two years and a half on the latter station. Almost, if not all, the ap pointments announced yesterday as having been made to the Phoenix are of volunteers who applied to be em ployed in Commander Edward A. Inglefield's expedition to the Arctic regions in 1853. Captain Hon. Richard S. Dundas, C. 8.. returned to his official duties as one of the Lords of the Admiralty, from a visit in the Black Eagle steam-vessel, with several of the authorities of the other departments of the service, to the Channel Islands. The Firebrand steam-frigate, Captain Hyde Parker, went down the river at six o'clock, a.m., to-day, to Greenbithe, t o h ave h er compasses adjusted, and after taking her powder on board from Pm-fleet, she will pro ceed round to Portsmouth, and thence, according to present arrangements, to the Mediterranean, for service on that station. • The Fearless steam-vessel, Captain Frderick Bullock, had her steam up yesterday, and is again ready for ser. vice. THE ARMY. The freight-ships Lady Clarke and Andromache ar rived at Cork Harbour from Deptford, the former on the 22d, and the latter on the 24th ult., for the convey ance to Corfu of the two remaining divisions of the service companies of the 57th Regiment, now at Cork. The Andromache is to take the head-quarters division. The freight-slop Santiporo arrived at Cork Harbour from Deptford on the 24th ult., for the conveyance to Corfu of a division of the service companies of the Ist battalion 71st Regiment, now at Cork. Captain Broughton's troop, 3d Dragoon Guards, and two companies of the 14th Regiment, under Lieut.- Colonel Barlow, returned to Limerick on Friday, from Ennis, with the soldiers of the 31st, who leave on Mon day for Fermoy, to join the depot. Captain Dyson's troop, 3d Dragoon Guards, has re turned from Ennis to Gort, where two companies 9th Regiment were stationed during its absence. The grand division of the 9th Foot, under Major Elm hurst, arrived at Limerick on Friday, from Galway, and left next morning for Clonmel. Officers with head quarter division—Major Elmhurst, Captain Bethune, Lieutenant Lousada, and Adjutant Burden. With the 2d division, on Thursday last— Captain Lyster and Lieu tenant Daunt. Two of the soldiers of the 31st who were so severely wounded at Six-mile-bridge have suffered so much in their health that they must retire from the service. Thursday last the head-quarters of the 39th Regiment left Clonmel, under Captain Curry, for Cork. Two companies, under Captain Pedder, left on Friday, and two, under Captain Hudson, on Saturday. Captain Maude's troop of Royal Horse Artillery expect to leave Limerick to-morrow (Thursday), for Dublin. _ _ The artillery field-pieces, &c., in Clonmel garrison are to be removed to Limerick, and are not to be replaced. The entire battalion, undgr Captain Maryatt, and Lieu tenants Thrupp, Williams, and Langard, march from Clonmel for Limerick about the 23d inst. A cavalry barrack is proposed to be erected on three acres attached to the new barrack in Limerick. Major Johnston, formerly of the 23d Regiment, died on Saturday, the 19th ult., at Mountmellick, from the effects of a fractured leg, occasioned by a fall during the recent frost. lie was for many years an active magis trate of Queen's County. The officer commanding the 41st depot at Boyle has received orders to enlist 120 men, to be borne as super numeraries, in addition to the present strength—viz,, 340 rank and file. He is directed to use the utmost diligence in procuring recruits. The depot expects to move early in April to England. Ensign Dixon joins on appoint ment early this month. AIORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERE D IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, Fss. 26. Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases Diseases of the Brain. Nerves, and Senses 147 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 56 Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digeston Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles ........ 12 Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations Premature Birth and Debility Atrophy Old Age V S u i o d l d e e n n c . .. ........ and" Intemperance 5 7 0 Causes not specified' 36 37 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES Population Deaths in corre- Deaths • Enumerated, sponding week in the 11" ' of 1852. Week West Districts ...... 376,427 ...... 160 North Districts...... 490,396 Central Districts..... 393,256 ...... 173 East Districts ........ 485, 522' South Dist r i c t s ...... 616,635 7 lotals ......... 2,362,236 Males Females. 1,069 1,347 667 680 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK Males Females Total . 1,662 DREADFUL SUICIDE AND ATTEMPT AT MURDER.—A Most painful state of excitement has been produced in Ca nterbury, in consequence of a man, named George W or sley, a millwright by trade, having made an attempt up, pri the life of his wife, and then committing suicide by cut ting his throat nearly from ear to ear. It appears fro: m what we have been able to learn that the deceased hail evinced a slight aberration of mind for some days pa* t, but that he retired to rest with his wife on Sunday eve ning apparently much better than he had been. No thing particular occurred until shortly after five o'clock yesterday morning, when the wife of the un fo ri,unate man was awoke by his attempting to cut her th [mat with a razor ; she immediately cried out, " Oh, d. )ar George, what are you doing of;" and, rushing out of the room, ran to the house of a neighbour of the n: trne of Nott, the blood at the same time streaming pi •ofusely from the extensive, gash made in her neck. A .s.cristance was soon procured, when, upon proceeding t A ) the bed-room, a dreadful scene presented itself ; the man was lying a corpse surrounded by his own blood, having nearly severed his head from his body. ' ' SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM-HOUSE—MARCH 2. ENTERED INWARDS .—The Roxburgh Castle, from Syd ney ; Ab erge ldi e , Sh ang h a i ; C o met, Madeira ; Eclipse: do. ; Jacobus, Rotterdam ; Jersey, Oporto ; China, Wham poa • Agra, Calcutta ; Phanton, Caen • Magdalena, San tander ; ' Brilliant, Guernsey ; Lady Nugent, Madras ; York Town, New York ; Talavera, Madras ; Corazon di Maria, Havannah ; Don Colino, Guernsey • Iris, do. ; Pantaloon, Al goa B ay ; William Gladstone, ioreton BaY ; Express, Terceira ; Lightning, St. Michael's ; Alfred, Ter ceira ; Protheroe, Guernsey ; Delight, do. ; Copia, do. ; William, Rouen ; Alliance, Guernsey ; Fairy, do. ; Scud, St. Michael's ; Elizabeth, Guernsey ; Happy Return, Vil laviciosa ; Mignon, St. Michael's ; Daring, do. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING The Wabbina, for Brussels ; Dian a , A ms t er d am ; G en i, G re nada ;_ran' taloon, Algoa Bay ; C a i rngorm, H ong K ong ; York Town, New York; Eclipse, Madeira ; Emilie, Hobart Town ; Koning, Port Philip ; Elizabeth, Antwerp ; Oscar, Good Philip ; Orestes, Adelaid e ; M ary A nn , C a pe of (lona Hope. CLEAZRD _OUTWARDS WITH ,CARGO.—The 3faypo, {or Port Philip ; Meteor, Sydney ; Berend Wilhelm, Philip ; Helena, Altona ; Id as , Barbadoes • Margare t ' Gibraltar ; City of London, Dunkirk ; Moselle, Antwerp ; Emerald, Antigua. Port LIVERPOOL, March 2.—The Firefly, arrived from Buenos Ayres, was struck by a heavy sea, off Holyhead, during the gale of the 26th ult., which swept the deck, washed one man overboard, shifted cargo, and caused the vessel to leak. GRAVESEND, March I.—Wind, S.W. Arrived — T he William Gladstone, from Moreton Bay ; Roxburgh Castle, Port Philip ; Chowringhee, do. ; Abergeldie, Shano6l, China Whampoa ; Agra, Calcutta ; Talavera, Madam' Lady Nugent, do. ' • Ontario, Ceylon ; Investigator, M an ' ritius ; Pantaloon, Algoa Bay ; Corazon di Maria, LISV__In . nab ; York Town, New York ; E x p ress , Terceira ; All do. ; Mignon, St. Michael's ; Lightning, do. ; Scud, do. ; Daring, do.--March 2. Arrived—The Don Colino, Glom' sey ; Iris, do. ; Elizabeth, do. CALCUTTA, Jan. 19.—The Allan, hence to Liverpool, which was put on shore at Kedgeree, on fire, and scuttled, has been got off. PARIS, March 2.—The Maitre Jacques, from Courseljes, rn making for Port en Bessins, ran ashore, Feb. 14; Ore W saved. CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 12.—The Britannia, of Sunde r. land, dragged her anchors, struck and fell broadside on the rocks ; she was half full of water, and expected to become a wreck. KOWIE, Jan. 13.—There is a large vessel burning, ete°4' ing to the eastward of Fish Point, under jurymasts, dently dismasted in the late gales. She has a broad vilow streak, and looks like a transport. PALER3IO, Feb. 18.—The Combinazione, from Constan tinople to Queenstown, or Falmouth, got aground at the entrance of Marsala, Feb. 8, and on the 11th went to pieces; cargo lost; crew saved. ALICANTE, Feb. 21.—The Wilhelm sailed from Torre: vieja, Feb. 16, for Riga, put back the same day leak"' cargo discharging. MESSINA, Feb. 19.—The Ladovico, from Trieste to Marseilles, got ashore t wo m il es north of this port yester day, during a gale, cargo being landed, and the masts, ke. , expected to be saved. BOULOGNE, March I.—The Eliza, of Dundee, has re' ceived much damage from the fire in her cargo. Or Florida, Odessa to the United Kingdom, was stranded 1 ° the Black Sea,, previous to the 19th Feb., and expected t° become a total wreck. VESSELS SPOKEN. WITH. The John Spencer , from Canton. The Woodman, London to Pernambuco, Jan. 9, W. 5 N., long. 21 W. The Hindostan, outward bound, Jan. 18, off Cape S t ' Vincent. The Caroline, brig, Liverpool to Venice, Feb. 16, lat. 4 0 N.,long. 13 W. he Helen Stewart, of Scarborough, Jan. 29, lat. 36 N.' long. 8 W. The Jane Andson, barque, from Falmouth, Feb. 13, l lt ' 39 N., long. 12 W. The Sir John Falstaff, Liverpool to Jamaica, Feb. 23, lat. 46 N., long. 13 W. SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post-a" by the night—and M by the morning —dispatch.] Day when made up From what When COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port due I n Office, London. Dispatched. Englan d. - America(bylirit.pack)N Every Friday .... Liverpool ... Each Mon. America (by United Sts. packet) N March II Liverpool ... Arrived America (by U States packet) N March 18 ........ Southampton March 10 Australia (via South ampton) 3l 4th of March .... Southampton April 4 Ditto (via Marseilles) N Bth of March .... Dover April 1 Ditto (via Cape of Good Hope) .. N 22d of February .. Plymouth .. March 30 Africa ( West Coast) N 23rd of the month. Plymouth .. March 1! Alexandria N 8,9, 24, & 30 of m. Dover ...... March 1 6 Alexandria.. .. 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton March 4 Bahamas 2nd of the month Southampton lot of mon Belgium N Dover Daily Brazil 9th of the month.. Southampton March !6 !: Buenos Ayres M 9th of the month.. Southampton March r. Cape of Good Hone N 14th of th e mon th Plym ou th .. March Cape of Good Hope N 2nd of Aprd Plymouth .. March 30 Cape de Verds N 14th of the month Plymouth March 26 Ceylon (see India) Ceylon N 14th of the month Plymouth .. March 21 . 3 _ . Channel Isles N Mon ~Wed ,&Frld. Southampton To Tn.. ma Chi 11.... M .d & 17th of mouth Southampton March 1 China (see India) 10 Constantinople N 1,8,17,24,&27 of m Dover March Constantinople .. 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton March 4 cont. of Europe M& N Twice daily .. Dover ...... Twicedalif Egypt (see India) France ........ M & N Twice daily Dover Twicedall/ ' Gibraltar .... .31 4,7, 17, 20, 27 of m . Southampton March 6 Greece (see India ) Greytown —l4 2nd Sc 17th of mon. , outbampton March 1 liamburgh N Tuesday & Friday London ..... ties. sat. Havannah NI 2nd of the month Southampton March 1 Holland 11 Wednesday & Sat London ..... Mon. Thur Honduras M 17th of the month Southampton March 16 India (viaSouthampt.)M 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton March 2 0 India (via Marseilles)M Bth&24th of month Dover h 16 • • • • .. arc lonian Isles (see India) Ireland ........ II & N Twice daily „ Holyhead ... r w i nedaill Li :bon . • --Id 7,9, 17, &270 f m. Southampton March Madeira of the month Southampton arch Madeira............ N 23rd of the m on th Plymouth 3"..- Malta (see India) 10 C h Malta ...• 7,17,19,27, 30 ofm. Dover .....• M ar Mauritius (see India) „web 26 Mauritius 14th of the month Plymouth . • l oth Mexico 'ind of the month. Southampton I in' 2 Naples .. . N sth t 5 th2sthof mon Dover March i New Granada ...... M 2d & 17th of month Southampton March New Zea1and .......... By private ship .. Variotn portt h 2 Papal States ........N Sth 15th25thofmon. Dover Ma rc h " - b Peninsula .... ...... 51 1 thl7th27thofmon Southampton Mar c— 1 Peru M k. 17th of mon soutbampton March Port Natal 14th of tho month Plymouth .. Mar ch 26 Sicily 5t hl sth2sthofmon, Dover _ march 9 Tuscany ............N stblsth2sthofmon. Dover _ M a rch 2 Venezuela 51 2d & 17th of month Southampton March Van Diemen's Land (see Australia) .... West Indies .. M l2d& 17th o f mon th S ou th amp t on March 1 COUNTRY MARKETS. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET MAnon 1. There were in the market to-day, 5 sacks oatmeal, 03 , c4 weighing 2801bs i m p er i a l, w hi c h so ld th us -1 . at 11 and 4 at 1110 s. DALKEITH 'MEAL MARKET—FEB. 28. There were in the market to-day 40 bags oatmeal O a 2 bags of pot-barley ; sales ready. The top oatmeal 11 per bag up, second quality 9d per bag up ; no barleywe' in market. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs Fi rs t . S econ d . Third' PO imperial - Barleymeal, per ditto °a Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, per ditto .... . 00 Od --s Od Pot-barley, per ditt o -0 COAL MARKET—MARcu 2. Prices of Coal per ton at the close of the market : e. d. Carr's Harts .......... 19 0 Chester Main .. ..• 17 9 Howard's Wesi Hartley Netherton 18 9 Longridge4 3 W. Hartley 19 0 New Tanfield 18 9 Stewart's Hartley 18 0 Stobart's Tees Hartley 17 6 Tanfield Moor Butes 17 9 Wall's End, &c. Bell and Brown 19 3 Harton l9 3 I Flebburn lB 6 Lawson lB 6 Ships at market,. s. 0 :, , Bell 2O 0 Belmont 20 Braddyll 20 0 Hetton 2l a Pensher 19 a . Stewart's 21 0 n Cassop 20 Hartlepool 2 0 " fl Heugh Hall 20 'a South Kenos 20 " Trimdon Hartlepool ..... 2O A; Richardson's Tees 1 8 South Durham 19 v 21 0 Tees 90 1 Sold 52. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURN. THE GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffie return fl the week ending Feb. 20, 1853 (285 i miles) £12,441 9 Corresponding week last year (244 miles) 10,572 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY.—Trafn e ., -1 . turn for the week en di ng F e b. 27, 1853 £1 7 ,328 8 Corresponding week last ye ar 16,525 - - , CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—TraffiCretUrn for railway and steam-boats for the week ending Feb. 27, 1853 £3,036 a Corresponding week last year ___.... 1 m ------ 6 Increase in 1853 £4 B6 13 for tb• CORK AND BANDON RAlLWAY . — Tr a ffi c return 6 week ending Feb. 26, 1853 ~ £147 8 s Corresponding week last year l2l 10 BIRTHS. OF A BON. On the 27th ult., at Weymouth, the lady of Sir wow' Thomas Bart. On the 3d ult., at sea, on board the screw steamer L3r. riston, the wife of Captain H. P. Baylis. OF A DAUGHTER. tenan t. On the 3d Jan., at Breach, Candy, the wife of Lieu Colonel Jameson. MARRIED. si • On the Ist inst., at St. John's-church, Paddingt° l3 ; o3o R. Morel!, Esq., of Hampst ea d, t o Catherine FT roy . Margaret Warburton, eldest daughter of George 2 ' Warburton, Esq., of Holtby, Yorkshire. vor, On the 24th ult., M r . G eorg e Hewett, land s ur n , Oxford, to Catherine, eld es t daughter of the late Mr. o Shipley, of• Regent-street, London. DIED. Jo hn Bell, . On the 2d inst., a t 35, Old Bond-street, Mr. adod 58. reli e t of On the 26th ult., at Brighton, aged 78, Maria, John Mills, Esq., whom she survived only three clays.? On the 21st u lt., a t Edinbu rgh, A r thur Lake John- 1.. q; Captain H. M.'s 22d Regiment, third son of the late William Johnston, of that ilk, and Hilton, Bart. ex pert On the 28th ult., in Bedewell-park, Herta, James, second son of George Gay, Esq. , aged "' zawsrd On the Ist i ns t., a t 41 , U pper Harley-street , Goldgraid, Esq., aged 39. 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