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CAUTION. - " THE KEY TO 111 W LE TOM'S CABIN." By Mrs. STOWE. LOW, SON, and Co., as agents and publishers for Mrs. IL arriet Beecher Stowe, give notice that this work has been legally se cured to her. Editions will be shortly published by them, by / dr. Bos worth, and by Messrs. Clarke, Keeton,n and Co. Any pe rat di in fringing the above title, or any of the work, will b)( pro ceeded against. 47, Ludgate-hill, Feb. 22, 1853. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Farewell Season of Mr. Benjamin Webster as Lessee and Ms mager THIS EVENING, FEB. 24, Will be perfovned the new and original Comedy, in five acts, called NOT SO BAD AS WE SEEM ; or, Many Sides to a C harac ter. Supported 1)3 , Messrs. B. Webster, Barry Sullivan, I .eeley, Buckstone, Leigh Murray, Stuart, Howe, Miss Rosa Bennett , Miss A. Vining, Mrs. Leigh Murray, &c. To conclude with, at second price, the Comedy of MASKS IND FACES; or, Before and Behind the Ctutain. ROYAL LYCEUM TREATER. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. THIS EVENING, FEB. 24, Will be performed A PHENOMENON IN A SMOCK- I 'ROCK. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Ho; i 'castle ; Miss F. Baker and Miss C. Mitchell. After which, the popular new Fairy Extravaganza entitl ;c1 THE GOOD WOMAN IN THE WOOD, in which Messrs. F. 34 :s &hews, Suter, Horncastle, and Templeton ; Madame Veatris, Miss J Ellie St. George, Miss Robertson, Miss Martindale, Miss Ellis, Mi if; Wynd bam, Miss Eglinton, and Miss Rosins Wright will appear. To conclude with LITTLE TODDLEKINS. Sole Agent tor the Private Boxes, Mr. W. Allcroft, 15, New B ;nd-street. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Cel. tsti THIS EVENING, FEB. 24, Will be pettormed THE CHILD OF THE WRECK, by it Tessrs. Emery, Parselle, and Cullentord ; Madame Celeste and Mrs. eeley. After which, at snond price, the Drama of SLAVE ; or, Uncle Tom's Cabin—by Messrs. Alfred Wigan, O. Smith, S. Emery, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Miss Keeley, Miss Collins, a nil Mrs. Keeley To conclude with the Comic Ballet of THE DANCING SC DTCH MA4.V. - ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREE T. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean. FOE THE BENEFIT of Mr. HIILINE, the Clown. THIS EVENING, FEB. 24, Will be performed THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Principal character by Mr. C. Kean. After which, THE SPITALFIELDS WEAVER, in which Mr. Wright will appear. To conclude with the new and original Grand Comic Christ mas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN CHERRY AND FAIR STAR ; or, The Green Bird, the Dancing Waters, anu the Singing Tree. ROYAL OLYMPIC; THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. THIS EVENING, FEB. 24, Will be presented LIFE IN AUSTRALIA, FROM ourn OWN CORRESPONDENT, supported by the entire strength of t: m Com pany. - Alter which, the Farce of A DEED WITHOUT A /C.. ME, in Which Mr. Compton will appear. To be followed by the TYROL - ESE MINSTRELS. To conclude with CHAMBER. PRACTICE. Chuny Chumks, Mr. Compton. Box-Office open from Eleven till Five, under the superi atendence of Mr. .E. Cbatterton. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. LAST WEEK BUT TWO of Mr. BATTT'S IILtN.A.GEMENT. THIS EVENING, FEB. 24, And daring - the, Week, ti,e Entertainments will commence with the superb ..pectaele of Ma.ZEPPA AND THE WILD HORSE, reproduced with all its splendid and startling effects. After which, a brilliant Routine of Scenes in the Arena, sup ported by the fir%t native and continental talent. To conclude with a Laughable Farce. Doors open, at halt-past .vcioek. To commence at Seven. Box-ottice open daily from Eleven to Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. Wet. MGR WATER Al! LOND lON BRIDGE. Ina DA —Morning 25 min. after 2 1 Evening 45 min.aft. 2 o-Moaaow—Morning 5 min. after 3 1 Evening 22 min.aft. 3 DAILY WEAIHER TABLE. THURSDAY, Frs. 24, 1853. State of the wind and weather at each of the following places at nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations are arranged ill order of latitude. HASTINGS—N.W., gentle breeze—overcast. SOUTHAMPTON—W., gentle breeze—overcast. FOLKESTONE—W., gentle breeze—overcast. "ITNBRIDGE—W., strong breeze—overcast. GREENWlCH—Calm—overcast. STmooD--N.W., gentle breeze—overcast. SWINDON—W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. LEIGHTON—N.W., gentle breeze—rain and sleet. CAMBRIDGE—N.., gentle breeze—cloudy. YARMOUTH—N.W., gentle breeze—overcast. HOLYHEAD—N., strong breeze—rain. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the weather on Tuesday morning at nine o'clock : YARMOUTH— W., gentle breeze—snow. WHITBY—CaIm—rain. DARLINGTON—W.N.W., strong breeze - overcast. Snip—N.W., gentle breeze—rain. THE WEATHER.-SuN OFFICE, FEB. 21. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 38—highest since noon yesterday. 23—lowest this morning and during the night. 33—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29•85- T a great rise since yesterday._ WIND, W. by N.—Fresh breeze, and cloudy weather. A most extraordinary change took place in the weather yesterday. The morning opened with a rapid thaw and a much higher temperature, which increased during the day, accompanied by occasional showers of rain until about six o'clock, when the rain suddenly changed into snow, and a sharp frost set in, which soon converted the mud and water whidli had accumulated in the streets into firm ice, upon -which it was most difficult for horses to maintain their footing- , An almost complete cessation of traffic was occa sioned, and the frost has not, as we write, shown any symptoms of relenting. TtEE PUBLICATION oy "TII E SUN" COMMENCES EVERY AFTERNOON AT THREE O'CLOCK, AND THE LATE OR THIRD EDITION, CONTAINING THE _'J-.R4 a PARLIAMENT THE SAME EVENING, With all other News arriving up to the hour of Post, AT SEVEN O'CLOCK. EXPRESS EDITIONS will be forwarded after the Post is closed by the Latest Trains. 4 „rove t.32, _ Mat LONDON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1853. We do not rejoice in iniquity, but when the iniquity, though difficult of detection, yet un doubtedly exists, we and all men rejoice in its exposure. We confess, therefore, that we peruse the proceedings before election committees with no-small degree of zest. The existence of abun dant bribery no one doubts ; the villany of the thing no one denies ; yet when it is the interest of both the parties implicated to conceal the fact, it must generally be very difficult to establish it. It is, therefore, a real pleasure when reasonable evidence, as at Lancaster and Canterbury, can be obtained of what was perfectly certain without the evidence. Of course, every instance of bribery proved is but a sample of hundreds or thousands, which nothing but a St. Alban's Commission can bring to light ; and sincerely do we hope that the Rouses of Parliament will readily grant the com missions. It was a most mischievous cone-A.sion to require the co-operation of the House of Lords inorder to get one. ,What have the Lords to do with the election of Commoners ?—what, in theory and equity, we mean, for DOD informs us of the extent of their " influence." Even the Lords, however, cannot refuse the inquiry demanded by the two cases already decided. " The pawnbroker" at Lancaster) and the "colour-men" of Canterbury already bid fair to become additions to " W. 8.," cc F r o," " Safe Man," and the rest of the elec tioneering classic vocabulary. O n ly think, i n this land of liberty—in this land where Cabinet Ministers reproach the electors of France with lying proStrate at the feet' of a single man—only think of our electors at the mqey of a pawn broker's ticket !-- of " colour-men” finding sovereigns in bed-coverlids ! and of " colour tickets," payable the day after the poll, b e i ng purchaseable in the market at 20 per cent. di, count, in any number ; " you might buy them like sprats !" Sir FRANCIS BURDETT was held guilty of a heinous libel on the House, in 1810, for describing it as " a part of our fellow -subjects collected together by means which it is not necessary to describe." Unless elections were much more pure under the old system, the libel must have been grounded on the motto, " the greater the truth the greater the libel." Norwich, we see, has escaped for the present. Yet a corrupter constituency, either municipally or electorally, does not exist in ;the kingdom. And though there was no direct bribery, we believe, in the interest of the sitting members at the late elec tion, yet means were adopted by which large numbers of n on - e l ec t ors , an d e l ec t ors , t oo , were the ITtter, Pecuniarily, for " a contest." Espe cially a vast " Watch Committee" was organised, whose business was t o see to . every suspicious voter, and to " watch" the movements of every TH Tory agent. Of course a committee of poor voters and non-electors did not act the political " CHARLIE " for nothing. One Liberal member has been unseated for want of a proper qualification. Every reasonable man must regret this. Mr. CARTER was one of the outspoken ones, of whom a few are indispen sable to the House ; and there is something shabby in a man's being ousted for want of an antiquated feudal qualification —a qualification scouted in Scotland, and which even Lord. JOHN RUSSELL himself has proposed to abolish. Mr. CARTER, too, had a majority of 65, in a constituency of 349, over Mr. PBILLIMORE, who, the committee declares, ought to have been elected. It would certainly seem but reasonable, bard as the case is upon Mr. CARTER, that there should have been another election. It is not impossible that Mr. CARTER might in a few days have acquired the requisite feudal qualification--a requisite destined, however, to speedy abolition. It is to be borne in mind, that, difficult as it is to brilig home bribery to the parties, it is still more ap to convict of intimidation. Not only can this most cruel mode of bribery be practised by modes the least tangible of any, but to force the victim to betray his oppressor even upon oath, might be the ruin of the poor man and his family. The hint may have been so given that it has all the force of a threat without the form of it, and the victim would be strongly tempted to real per jury, excusing himself on a matter of form. We lay it down for certain, that intimidation—i. e., voting under the fear of displeasing some one—is far more general than gross bribery. Whatever case for the Ballot is made out, therefore, by the revelations of bribery, must be considered as ba*ed by a much stronger but unproveable case of intimidation. It is very instructive to the op ponents of the Ballot, if they are disposed to learn from facts, how, even in the few instances which could be come at, the bribers were deter mined to get the vote before they paid the money; in one instance, indeed, losing a vote in conse quence. EDWARDS and the " Safe Man " ma naged better. Nothing we regard as more certain than that bribers never could trust bribe-takers without the receipt which the poll-book fur nishes. Mr. BER' KELEY will certainly have a splendidly infamous addition to his stock of arguments for his all-important motion, but we would venture to offer him a suggestion. Should Parliament "in its wisdom" refuse to adopt his proposal, may it not be worth his while to bring it forward again thii session in connexion with Lancaster, Canter bury, and all such boroughs as can be laid hold of ? There will be a reluctance to disfranchise in one case 1,400, in the other 1,900 electors, if electors they ought to be called. Might it not be proposed to unite with these towns some one or more constituencies—we should prefer borough unions thatmake up 5,000 electors at least—and require them all to vote by ballot. It would be a trial where even opponents would own that the ballot could not make things worse. We do not mean for a moment to concede that the Ballot would not be an advantage everywhere. We believe that even where there may be little either of bribery or of intimidation, the Ballot would be productive of a degree of order and quiet unknown before. Indeed, we have little doubt that were it granted but to a few places, its results would be' such as to lead all upright and peace-loving people to demand its universal adoption. A more important question of Constitutional Law has seldom if ever been brought under the consideration of a legal tribunal than that which, peithaps., at this moment is under discussion be fore the going Judges of Assize for the Munster 04-cult, and. a Jury of the County of Clare. Whether the military are justified to any and what extent in repelling the insults and outrages to which they may be exposed in the discharge of their duty, and under what circumstances they may be warranted in resorting to the deadly weapons with which they are entrusted, will be fully and ably debated. It may appear that the soldier is placed in a position of extraordinary diffi culty—that there may be a conflict between the civil and military codes, so that he may be subjected to punishment whatever may be his conduct—that in sone case he may be convicted before a Court- martial for disobedience of orders—while, in the other ) his obedience to these very orders may ex poe him to an indictment for murder. Some Jurists assert that obedience is the primary and indispensable duty of a soldier—that his civil is altogether merged in his military character, and that, if he were for a moment permitted even to hesitate about obeying the .orders delivered by competent authority, there would be an end to all subordination, and that the service could no longer maintain the efficiency for which it has been so honourably distinguished during succes sive ages. Acta non. verbs should be his guiding principle—he is "to act not to reason." It would be impossible to calculate the amount of mischief that might arise if soldiers were to can vass the propriety of orders delivered during an emergency before they obeyed them. On the other hand, we are told, and the charge of Mr. 'Justice PERRTN, an experienced judge of profound knowledge and extensive research, ap pears to corroborate the view—that soldiers have no privileges beyond civilians, and that the com mands of their superior officers afford no justifi cation for any illegal proceeding on their part. They cannot clear a way for themselves through an opposing crowd ; and, unless their lives be actually endangered, are not warranted in using the weapons placed in their hands by the authority of Parliament. If this view be correct, the situation of a private soldier is by no means an enviable one. Ho is tossed on the horns of a very unpleasant dilemma—the only alternative being corporal punishment, with, perhaps, im- pris;nment and hard labour ; or possibly trans portation as a felon, for disobedience of or ders on the one hand, and a painful and igno minious death upon the scaffold, as a murderer, for too fatal an obedience, on the other. Need the Peace Society adduce a more powerful argument to dissuade young men from enlisting than a simple statement of the law relating to collisions between the military and the people. We are not prepared at this moment to dispute the law laid down by Mr. Justice PERRIN, and certainly any opinion deliberately put forward by that eminent and learned Judge is entitled to re spectful and attentive consideration. Nor is it necessary to allude to the circumstances of the melancholy transaction. They are but too well known to our readers, and we have already, on seve ral occasions, expressed our opinions in reference thereto. The broad question of law is that to which we must now exclusively direct our atten tion ; and in commenting thereon we are mate rially assisted by the elaborate charge of Judge PERRIN, the substance whereof will be found in another part of this day's impression. The first point laid down by the learned Judge is, that the defendants were present with arms in their hands, in obedience to their orders ; but that " such, orders would not justify any unlawful conduct or violence on their part." Now, this places the issue on the broadest foundation. Con flicting laws are at all times impolitic and inexpe dient, and if a soldier is bound to obedience by one code which has received the Legislative sanction, it appears strange, indeed, if he should under another law, emanating from the same source, be punishable for that which is enjoined by another and equally valid enactment. It seems but reasonable, that a per son armed with authority to issue such commands should be himself responsible for their execution, and that the instruments of his will should be ex empted from any liability for acting in accordance therewith. The responsibility should be placed o n the right shoulders, and the anomaly got rid of as speedilyaspEpßuz b os it sible. e c i o f rr t e h e e t, l a aw le , g a is s lat la iv id e down by Judge re medy for the evil will be indispensable. The next point laid down by the learned Judge may be regarded as part and parcel of the former, a corollary from the proposition there put forward. lie says, that "soldiers have no right to force their way_ through a crowd by violence, or by arms, an d still less by the discharge of deadly weapons. They have no right to repel an assault or trespass on SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING-, FEBRUARY 24, 1853. themselves, or the party escorted, by firing or mortally wounding." In fact, in accordance with the doctrine of Lord MANSFIELD, that " there is no distinction between soldiers and other subjects, in that respect." If this, indeed, be so, the standing army is but an useless incum brance, and a very large proportion of the national expenditure may be saved, by disbanding our army and turning our soldiers into cotton-spinners or agricultural labourers. We shall, closely watch this exceedingly im portant case, for whatever may be the result, principles are involved which should be forthwith placed upon a sound and satisfactory foundation. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday, were estimated at 6,000 bales, of which 500 American and 1,000 Bahia were taken for export, and 500 American on speculation. Prices of American under sld. per lb. were ird. lower than on rriday last, other kinds without alteration. The sales comprised 4,500 American, 1,100 Bahia at 6d. to Gid., and 300 Surat at 31(1. to 4id. per lb. Rail way Shares were firmer. The total number of acres under cultivation, in 3,697,. Of Canada West, Of these 782,115 itnh were etheforty-two yearsow sown w 8 countieslth wheat, was 3 6c90 the produce of which amounted to 12,792,852 bushels. The great staple of Western Canada is wheat, and the enormous quantity above-stated may be increased ad libitum. The probability is, that even this large amount is set down at too low a figure. But assuming it to be correct, and the price per bushel to be 3s. 9d., the respectable sum of 9,519,639 dollars was rea lised from this branch of agricultural industry alone. Canada may well be called a great country. The amount of bills drawn by the Honourable East India Company during the fortnight ending this evening, was 61,5431. on Bengal, and 8,3751. on Madras. Nothing was taken on Bombay. At a meeting of the Governor and Company of Copper Miners in England, held this day, a bill for the amendment of the company'S act of 1851 was submitted to the proprietors for confirmation. This was a clause for putting by a reserve fund to the extent of 100,0001. as soon as the preference and other shareholders was paid their dividends. The whole of the new capital of 200,0001. was said to have been paid up, bearing a preferential interest of n per cent. The bill in tote was approved by the meeting. The course which the Bank of England may pur sue is still watched with considerable interest ; but the prevailing impression seems to be that, in order to facilitate the operations of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, loans upon Stock and Exchequer Bills will be made during the " shutting" of the transfer books at 2 per cent. There certainly ap pears to be greater ease in the Stock Exchange, and buyers are supporting the market for un funded securities, which, like Stock, are not so abundant as might be supposed, look ing at the quotations. The fact that the weekly statement, to appear in next Friday's Gazette, is expected to show a further decrease of over half-a-million in the bullion, is commented . upon by the speculators, but it was known that such would be 'the case, because the Australian Banks are sending out part of their capital. As to the Continental demand, it is subsiding, and the exchanges are becoming- more favourable, while specie is arriving from the United States, where bills on London were last quoted as high as 110. The vessels which left Sydney and Melbourne in October last are now dropping in, the Three Bells, which left Melbourne on the 27th of that month, having on board 77,803 ounces, or say . 310,0001. We have now the Bloomer, the Orien tal, the Alert, and the Roxburgh Castle to expect, the total sum they have on board being about 900,0001. As to the freight of the steamers, they may bring two or three millions, and altogether our receipts, within a few weeks, may probably amount to five or six millions sterling. In the face of this, and with the knowledge that every pound sent to our colonies fructifies and brings an increased amount in return, it seems puerile to regret the temporary abstraction of two or three millions of gold. If it were taken for foreign loans, then would there be sincere cause for regret. The English Funds have been very firm, but there is not much doing. The foreign political news is rather more tranquillising, but the main cause of the existing steadiness is a present scarcity of stock. Consols have been 99R- / for Transfer, and 99i alternately buyers and sellers for Account. The New 3i per Cents. are 103 k g, and the 3 per Cents. 1001 to 11-. Bank Stock is at the previous rates-226 to 227.4. Exchequer Bills are looking up, and less is heard of an intention to demand payment rather than exchange them. The old bills are 12s. to 175., and the advertised Bs. to 14s. premium. An influential broker bid for a consider able parcel. The Foreign Market is quiet, but well supported. Spanish New Deferred Bonds have been 23 to g. The Swedish Loan is at lf-; discount. The Turkish has been firm at the advance to 1 and 1i premium, on the belief that the arrangement for a *compro mise will be carried out. A new loan, on the terms of the firman of last August, might prove a temptation ; but after recent experience, we think our countrymen will do best to keep out of the affair altogether. Mexican Stock has been at 231 to 24. Brazilian New Bonds are 97i. Dutch FOur per Cents. are .09 to i, and Russian Five per Cents. 121. The Railway Share Market is tending upwards in respect to some lines. Better prices have been obtained for Caledonian, Great Northern, Great Western, North, Western, South Eastern, and York and North Midland. In French Shares there is nothing doing, but it is understood the Bears are oversold, particularly in Strasburgs and Northerns. The Upper India Shares have been done at 1 premium. The last week's railway receipts ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under :- 1853. 1852. 15,471 14,439 41,193 39,190 Great We5tern..... .... , North We5tern..... .... 8,994 8,933 6,955 7,430 21,677 20,507 9,533 10,021 8,462 7,838 South Western Brighton Mid1 a nd.............................. South Eastern Caledonian 1 - Cmat Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire 16,550 15,660 York and North Midland Newcastle and Berwick 8,994 8,933 These traffics, considering the severe weather, are to be regarded as very encouraging. The Gold Mine Shares are looking up • and the Copper Companys of South Australia also incline towards an advance. The Land Companies Shares are very firm, and there is more doing. In the Joint Stock Bank Shares of Australia there have been numerous transactions at rising prices. The following is from Messrs. Tredinnick's cir- cular " The statistics of sales of copper ore in Cornwall last Thursday, and that of the corresponding sale for the previous month—from which it will appear that 1,216 tons of ore, and 84 tons of fine copper, was the produce of the former over that of the latter ; this is a forcible and telling fact upon the divi dends to be declared - during the present and next month by these mines. The rise in the standard during the past few months has enabled many an old and tottering mine to hold its head up, whilst others just meeting the cur zent cost of working, have commenced to pay divi dends from profits realised. Lodes can be wrought and tribute pitches set, which formerly remained idle from the low price of the produce, and all of the tribute bar gains pay better, whilst most of them yield double of the profit to the adventurers." BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. (From the Official.Lizt.) Business done. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 31 per Cent. Annuities... - .. ............ Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 6f India Stock C on sols for Account 10th March . 904 Exchequer Bills lid. £1000................ ......................... 12 17 £5OO l2 17 Small 0. l2 20 Ditto Advertised lO 14 8 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto New, 1852, 4 per Cent 97 Mexican 3 per Cent.. Ditto for the Account 24 P e ruvian Deferred 3 per Cent 63 Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent 23 i Spanish Passive (Converted) si $ S w edish Loan 1 2 d Turkish Loan, 6 per Cent., 1852 1 i p Dutch Exchange 2i per Ceut Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates..._ ..... 4 THREE O'CLOCK. Consols Ditto March Account 99g i SINGULAR SUICIDE IN THE WAKEFIELD HOUSE OF CORRECTION.—On Monday night a suicide was com mitted by a lad in the Wakefield House of Correction. The lad was about 14 years of age, named Henry War rasa, and he had been committed to that house for two months as a rogue and vagabond. Shortly before half past seven o'clock, the usual time for mess, he hung himself at the handle of the bell in his cell, with a small piece of cocoa fibre. On the attendant visiting him at half-past seven he found him suspended, but not quite dead. He died a short time afterwards, though he was immediately cut down and means were tried to restore him. The deceased had gone to York to witness the execution of the murderer Waddington ; he had also seen the body of the child for whose murder Waddington was executed, and was an associate of a lad who has since that execution committed suicide in the workhouse at Sheffield. It cannot be known whether Warrass intended to commit suicide or not. Since his admission to the prison he has given no evidence of a vicious temper, and the circumstance of his choosing so shortia time before he would be visited by the attendant contributes to produce the impression that he was only trying had a fatal result. Th e deceased was confined in a cell an experiment—one which, unf ortunatel y , has by himself, and with the exception of three hours each afternoon for instruction, his confinement Wan altogether solitary. ELECTION COMMITTEES-(THIS DAY.) CLITHEROE. The committee re-assembled at eleven this morning. The examination of witnesses in support of this peti ion was proceeded with. ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY (THIS DAY.) SUN OFSICE, 3 P.m. An accident occurred to the up-express train from Bristol, near Ealing, caused by an axle being broken, by which Mr. Gibbs, one of the directors, was killed, and another, Dr. Prichard Smith, had a rib broken. Mr. ANuff, a passenger, had his finger broken, and two other passengers slightly hurt. Two other directors were in the same carriage as Mr. Gibbs and Dr. Smith, but escaped without injury, as did all other passengers in the train. THE LATEST ARRIVAL FROM THE DIGGINGS. The Three Bells arrived in the Downs yesterday from Port Philip, whence she sailed on the 28th October with 77,803 ounces of gold, worth fully 310,000/. Other ves sels, bringing large quantities of the precious metal, must also be close at hand. Several weeks back we pub lished a statement of the total quantity of gold actually known to be on its way home from Australia, which we now repeat, viz. : Where from. Date of sailing. Chowringhee Melbourne Oct. 23 Three Bells Ditto Oriental Sydney Oct. 21 Alert Ditto Nov. 1 Bloomer Ditto Roxburgh Ca..stle....Port Philip Total ounces Gold. on board. Oz. 63,713 77,803 7,119 43,132 10,700 108,000 Nov. 3 ... Nov. 15 ... . 370,467 The value of this at 41. per ounce is 1,481,868/. O. hese vessels the Bloomer and Three Bells have arrived the Chowringhee put into Pernambuco, and sailed thence on her homeward voyage on the 21st January ; and it may be fairly assumed that the whole of the out standing vessels will come in almost immediately. Con siderable interest is now expressed to learn the amount of gold now afloat and on its way to England, but as the above sums include the entire shipments as yet ad vised, it is clear that any further shipments must form the subject of mere conjecture. Between the present date and the end of the first week in March, it is con fiently expected that the Sydney steamer will be in, and that she will be quickly followed by the Great Britain ; but it must not be forgotten that all vessels, whether sailing craft or steamers, have to encounter the most serious difficulties in getting away, and that consequently the period of their arrival is involved in uncertainty. Some people estimate that the Sydney and Great Bri tain steamers must now be on their way home with fully three million sterling in the precious metal, and pro ceeding to enumerate the sums known, and others pre sumed to be shipped up to this date, they arrive at the conclusion that thena cannot be less than from five to six millions sterling worth of gold actually en route. COURT CIRCULAR. His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yesterday afternoon at a meeting of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851. His Royal Highness arrived at the New Palace of Westminster at a quarter before three o'clock, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon. The other Royal Commissioners were :—Earl Granville, Lord Overstone, the Right Hon. Henry La bouchere, M.P., the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, M.P., Sir Alexander Spearman, Bart., Sir James W. Hogg, Bart., Sir Richard Westmacott, Sir Charles Lyell, Sir Charles L. Eastlake, Sir William Cubitt, Sir Charles Barry, Mr. Baring, M.P., Mr. Coulson, Q.C., Mr. C. W. Dilke, Mr. T. F. Gibson, Mr. Pusey, and Mr. John Shepherd. Mr. Edgar Bowring, secretar to the Royal Commission, attended. The meeting brc up at twenty-five minutes before five o'clock. The Queen had a dinner party last evening at Buck ingham Palace. The company included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, her Serene Higness the Princess Adelaide of. Hohenlohe, the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, his Excellency Count Kielmansegge, the Marquis of Anglesey, Lady Fanny Howard, the Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of Cam bridge, the Baroness de Speth, Viscount and Viscountess Mandeville, the Earl of Mulgrave, Lord George Len nox, the Bishop of London and Mrs. Blomfield, the Right Hon. Edward and Mrs. Cardwell, the Rev. Mr. I Birch, Mr. Gibbs, and Major Baron Knesebeck. The band of the Coldstream Guards was in attendance, during dinner, and played the following music : March of the Coldstream Guards Costa. Chorale, "Unto Thee, 0 Lord"( St. Paul) Mendelssohn. Overture, "A Legend of Montrose" Sir H. R. Bishop. Selection, " Le Prophete" Meyerbeer. Polka, " Echo Du Mont Blanc" Jullien. Valse, " The Thistle" Laurent. Her Majesty's private band was in attendance in the Palace on Tuesday evening, and performed the following selection : Overture, " Op. 15" Terzetto, " Ti prego" Curschmann. Aria, " Acteon" Auber. Bolero Dessauer. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse back yesterday morning, attended by Lieutenant:Colonel she Hon. A. Gordon. A deputation, including Mr. Wilson Patten, M.P., Mr. Robert Hopgood, jun., and Mr. Thomas ugda had an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. A deputation from the Local Board of Worcester had an interview yesterday with the General Board of Health at their office, Whitehall. The deputation consisted of Mr, Richard Padmore, (Mayor of Worcester), and Messrs. Redford, Hughes, and Minchall. The deputation was attended by Mr. John Hill, the town-clerk. Sir Robert Inglis and Mr. T. J. White had inter views yesterday with the Duke of Newcastle at the Co lonial-office. The Lord Advocate had an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday ; the Hon. Francis Scott, M.P., had also an interview with the noble earl at his official resi dence in Downing-street. The Earl of Clarendon held a diplomatic levee yester day afteenoon, for the reception of the Foreign Ministers at the Court of Great Britain. The reception took place at the noble earl's office in Downing-street. OUTLAWRY OF THE DUKE OF BRUNSWICK THE QUEEN ON THE PROSECUTION OF THE PROPRIETORS OF THE " WEEKLY DISPATCH" NEWSPAPER, AGAINST DUKE OF BRUNSWICK AND OTHERS. The indictment in this case arose out of an action re cently brought by the Duke of Brunswick against Mr. Harmer, in which the Duke obtained a verdict, with 5001. damages, upon the oath of one Charles Casimir Reinhold, that a number of the Weekly Dispatch of the 19th September, 1830, containing an article respecting the Duke, had been sold to him at the Dispatch office shin-0y before the commencement of the action, thereby taking the case out of the Statute of Limitations, which Mr. Harmer had pleaded. It was afterwards clearly established that Reinhold had committed perjury, and upon a new trial of the action the verdict was in favour of Mr. Harmer. The Duke and Reinhold having ab sconded, and refused to appear to the indictment, pro ceedings of outlawry were taken, and the fourth procla mation of outlawry was made this day, in the Sheriff's County Court of Middlesex, against the Duke, by the name and description of Charles Frederick Augustus William Guelph, late of the parish of St. Marylebone, in the county of Middlesex, Esq. ; and also against Reinhold. THE VACANT BISHOPRIC.—It was stated last night, in well-informed political circles, that the Bishopric of Lin coln, vacant by the death of the Right Rev. Dr. Kaye, had been offered, by Lord Aberdeen, at the . spe g e s wE t i METROPOLITAN T n R o o f r t o h L e l TA Sovereign,ruc IMPROVEMENTS. i t E h N e T sRev..D Yesterdayr . Peel, t c h l Dean special sug gestion Go vernment of Worcester b , i a ll nd N:g b a r s o p th ri e o r to o d f th to e l a a u t t e h S o i r r is ß e o a b d e v rt ao P othe e se el o . ut of the o f Consolidatedththe land revenues Fund t o of discharge the for es o t n h e purpose forsecu ritythe Cr o m w o n n paymento f metr o metropolitan istuaenh advances improvements,and of certainand monies charged female ghlo tnuo l ueat r s l spht F e pefamthioiel thear n e dd i ny t ftnr E hgtoeooi mi Y fi te Islingtonehrtg illegitimate . t teei rna r v d viea2 a dnt on the London-bridge Approaches Fund. the-osiftt r H ewde a a ste r? ea e s antusdsesuspected Butler. chw taeatde, t Y o . oenh r n, k o r 4en; o r s u tu a s that the prisoner had been delivered during the night. Upon a search being made, the body was discovered, offspring fnaN:tte, ra oknl ey a held ne w newly-born b rn partially burned. Mr. Bellinghurst, surgeon, described the state of the body, which presented a horrible spec tacle, and stated that, the mother havin g failed in an a ttempt to burn it i n the kitchen g rate, had afterwards. concealed it. From the state it was in, he could not say whether it had lived.or not. The. jury returned the following verdict : " Deceased was found dead with marks of violence by fire upon the body, but whether she was born alive or not there is not sufficient evidence to prove." , FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER. —Yesterday after noon an inquest was held at the Clapham and Battersea Union, before Mr. W. Carter, the coroner for East Surrey, upon the body of Samuel Howell, aged 17, an apprentice to a surgical m instrumeaker and gas tube manufacturer, who w as upset aut nt of a boat at or near Battersea-bridge, on Sunday afternoon last. Richard Dalton Miller knew the deceased well ; he was a mem ber of a rowing club. Last Sunday morning the de ceased called upon him,' and they proceeded to the boat house of Mr. Wentswell, boat-builder and landlord of the Ship Tavern , Fore-street. They hired an out-rigger of him for practising, as they were going to row a match. They had returned to Battersea -bridge, and witness said, " Sam, you've made the arch," and he replied, " All right ;" but directly afterwards he said, " Oh, Dick," and he fell into the water, as did the witness, and both sunk. He rose soon afterwards, and got on to the cross piles of the second he was there arch on the Surrehe s y aw deceased side of Bat tersea-bridge. Whilst rise, and hallooed to him to make but for the boat , tu w rn hich ed was bottom upwards ; he did so, the round, and he sunk again, but rising again be appeared to be trying . to make a motion, but he could not, and sunk, and he saw no more of him alive. An eight-oared boat took him off the piles of the bridge, and being at his back he .did not see the accident. might It have been the oar slipping out of the rowlock, or i a crab." They had rowed' last Sunday week in an out rigger, but not the same one. The jury returned a ver dict of "Accidentally drowned." MINES.---We have on several occasions draw on Northatten tion to the probability o f the copper regions f America being called upon to meet the increased demand for this metal, especially since the late S advance Several ass ciations have lately been brought forward with this view, and to-day we are informed of the formation of a company, which, under the title of the Nova Scotia Mining and Copper Smelting Company, pro poses to work the larger copper mines on Indian Point, a promontory in the Bay of Funday, distant only nine days by steam from England. The capital is fixed tit 500,000/. in 50,0 00 sh ares of 101. each, with a deposit of Si. per share. The conditional purchase of a terri tory of 20,000 acres, excessively rich in metal, has been concluded, the purchase money for which will be 13,500 shares fully, and 20,000 shares half paid up, leaving on the first call a working capit al 82,5001., which, it is believed, will be sufficient for working the company' without further calls. Sur veys on a most extensive scale, and reports on the ores, have already been obtained from a great n umber of prac tical and scientific men, including Sir Ure, Mr. Adam Murray, and others. Th e re p ort pre sented by Mr. Adam Murray is of the most extraordi nary character, as reg ards the value of the property, which he estimates at u p wards of nine millions sterling, with the price of copp er at 601 . per ton only, the present price being 1401. Iron ores are also stated to exies i st in g reat abundance on t he property, and the orfacng, &cilitin the shape of fuel water-power, ease of a r e described as being peculiarly g reat. The great line of railway from Ha lifax to Quebec, already surveyed, is also to pass through the district. A charter has been applied for, and, if not obtained, application will be made for a colonial act, limiting the liability of the shareholders. —Daily News. SINGULAR OCCURRENCE. —On Sunday morning last a most singular accident happened at Monk Bretton Church. It appears that on the Rev: A. Lambert tak in.- his place at the communion table, for the purpose of administering the sacrament, and on the wife of Mr. Thomas Wandsworth, who was the first command the cant, kneeling down, the floor beneath her g aie way, an may lady suddenly disappea red. The consternation, as be imagined, was very great. Assistan ce, however, was instantly rendered, by putting a ladder 'down' the' hole, and happily the lady was found at h en d e pth depth of eight feet uninjured; which was most provid. ORDNANCE ESTIMATES. The following is an abstract of the sums required to defray the expenses which will be incurred in the Ord nance Department, and come in course of payment dur ing the year ending 31st March, 1854 : Pay . , allowances, and contingencies for 17,598 officep:, non-commissioned officers and men, composing the several ordnance military corps, 807,507/. ; decrease, 12,6421. Commissariat and barrack supplies for her Majesty's forces, great coats for the army, and clothing for the mili tia, &c., 373,2171.; increase, 71,5281. Ordnance office, 73,969/. ; decrease, 1,6111. Establishments, 291,6571.; increase, 3,3441. Wages, 141,437/. ; increase, 17,0911. Ordnance stores for land and sea service, 371,6971.; in crease, 181,2441. Works, buildings, and repairs, 695,655/. ; increase, 246,6271. _ _ Scientific branch, 127,213/. ; increase, 19,3061. Total effective services, 2,882,352/. ; increase, 539,1401. Non-effective services, military and civil, 171,215/. ; de• crease, 1,1411. Total effective and non-effective services, 3,053,567. being a total sum of 523,7461. more than last year. OUR SAVAGE CUSTOMS. (Front Punch.) To ensure peace with our French neighbours, we should not only mend our manners, but reform our customs. How absurd, as well as impolitic, is it of us to interpose a duty which is nearly prohibitive between their clarets and our ports ! To be linked with any foreign nation in the bonds of amity, we must hook the padlock of peace to the staple of production. Our harbours would be in small danger of French round shot, if we allowed them to throw in their grape. England is right in requiring Englishmen to do their duty in time of war ; but it is quite another policy to make Frenchmen pay it in time of peace. If it were generally known how good Chablis is with oysters, the force of the above considerations would be so apparent, that the Peace Society would transfer their pre sent exertions to the abatement of the duty on light wines; and that the motion to that end, about to be proposed in the House of Commons, would be carried by acclamation. SHIPPING RETURNS. The shipping returns of the Board of Trade for the past year present the following results : Tonnage entered inwards . 1851. British vessels 4,388,245 United States' vessels 778,6 6 ,1 Other countries 1,821,324 1852. ... 4,267,815 ... 863,660 ... 1,598,694 6,988,233 6,730,169 The clearances outwards were :- 1851. 1852. 33ritish vessels 4,147,007 ... 4,459,321 United States' vessels 788,406 ... 821,844 Other countries 1,547,731 ... 1,591,416 6,483,144 6,872,581 These totala show a decrease of 120,430 tons in the inward entries of British vessels—a circumstance to be attributed entirely to the detentions in Australia. In the clearances outward there has been the large increase of 31%314 tons. As regards foreign vessels, including those of the United States, there has been a diminution in the entries of 137,634 tons, and an increase in the clearances of only 77,123 tons. Further striking evidence is therefore afforded by the present tables of the tendency of British shipping to gain largely in the struggle of competition. With respect to the coasting trade, the tonnage entered inwards was 12 , 394 , 902 in 1851 , and 12,475,401 in 1852. The clearances outward were 13,466,115 in 1851, and 13,441,815 in 1852. The figures of the previous year showed a considerable de crease both in entrances and clearances, consequent upon' the competition of railways, and, as this is still going on, the present totals may be regarded as satis factory. THE CABS OF LONDON. ( From Punch.) The dirty cabs of London ! How lazily they stand About the public thoroughfares, Or crawl along the Strand; The omnibuses pass them by With a contempt supremo ; E'en the coal-cart overtakes them With slow and heavy team. The crazy cabs of London ! How wretched is the sight Of one of those old vehicles That ply for hire by night ! There, cracked is every window-pane, The door is weak and old ; The former lets in all the rain, The latter all the cold. The shakey cabs of London ! How impotent the powers Of one poor nervous female fare, When fierce the driver lowers, Swearing, with impudence sublime And ruffianly frown, He can't afford to lose his time; " His fare will be a crown." The dear, bad cabs of London ! In vain the public call For a better class of vehicles That can't be got at all. Extortion must for ever thrive, Cabs must be bad and dear, Till Legislation looks alive, And deigns to interfere. THE GREAT NORTFIERN RAILWAY COMPANY'S COAL TRAFFIC.—In pursuance of the notice given by the South Yorkshire Railway Company to the Great Northern Company, to the effect that—" On and after Tuesday, the 22d instant, and so long as the Great Northern Company continue to deny the validity of the agreement of the 26th of February, 1852, and until the same be legally affirmed, the Great Northern Company's trains will not be permitted.to use the South Yorkshire Railway in any other manner and to any further ex tent than other companies and persons may be legally entitled to use the same under existing acts of Par liament," a formal blockade of the South YOrkshire line against the Great Northern Company's trains was announced on Tuesday morning by Mr. Bartholomew, the general manager of the South Yorkshire line, dis playing the stop signals to a Great Northern engine, having on it Mr. Denniston, the superintendent of the Great .Northern, and Mr. Middlemess, the mineral agent of the same company. The engine was stopped at the junction of the two lines at Hexthorpe, about a mile and a-half from Doncaster. Since then the Great Northern's coal traffic on the South Yorkshire line has been wholly suspended. By these proceedings a number of the Great Northern Company's hands employed at the pits—such as inspectors, train-sorters, labourers, &c.,— are thrown out o f emp l oyment; and a num b er of engines and waggons belonging to the Great Northern Company are detained at the same place by the South Yorkshire Company. Since the suspension of traffic, Mr. Middle mess has been actively engaged in making arrangements with the proprietors of th e D ur h a m pits for an increased supply of coal, a nd h e h as b ee n met in the most liberal manner by the coal-owners of the north, who undertake to deliver the coal at a stated price, carriage included, at the Great Northern Company's depot at 'ork this arrangement Mr. Middlemess will be enabled to fai r fi s t l a h ti i o s ns an contracts dthe metropolis and to supply with t he almost demand as much at the facility road caosablyisthhiegShoeurtthhaYnotrhkeshish Yorkshirer o e u l t ine. The price rice of Durham coal, but the muchof Lisbon sensationand about two years since, additional d ge on a a r l a c c o le s . t CYCLORAMA.—The is counterbalanced by the better quality the earthquake of 1755, Ntr moving hich is again produced, for ashort created P a nr so m a time, at this establishment. The recorded phenomena, by land and sea, a re given with, if possible, increased effect and apparently with undiminished interest, SOUTHAMPTON. The committee appointed to inquire into this petition against the return of Sir A. Cockburn, the present At torney-General and Mr. Wilcox, for the borough of Southampton, met this day at twelve o'clock—Mr. H. Herbert, chairman. The counsel for the petitioners were, Mr. Alexander, Q.C., and Mr. Sewell ; and the sitting member was re presented by Mr. Sergeant Kinglake, and Mr. James, Q.C. The petition set forth that, at the last election, the sitting members had been guilty of bribery and treating. Sir A. COCKBURN stated to the committee that the present case was entirely unprecedented, inasmuch, as the petition was against the return at the general elec tion, and that since then, upon acceptance of office, he had resigned that seat. At the last election a notice had been sent to the electors that he was disqualified for sitting for the borough. As to himself, hieseat in Par liament was of little importance. In the event of the petition being established, it would not at all affect his seat, inasmuch as he sat now upon a new writ ; and from this cause the case was a very anomalous one. As a public man, however, he desired to show that the alle gations in the petition were false. The course he would pursue would be to appear before the committee under protest. Mr. ALEXANDER, Q.C., said that the petition was against both the sitting members, although it was perfectly true that the Attorney-General would not on this petition lose his seat. Mr. ALEXANDER then made an application for an ad journment on account of the absence of Mr. Meehan, a most important witness, who would be able to attend on the 6th of March. Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE would by no means oppose such an adjournment. After deliberating, the committee adjourned till the 6th of March. BRIDGNORTH. The committee assembled this morning at eleven o'clock. Mr. ALEXANDER concluded his address on behalf of Sir R. Pigot, one of the sitting members. Mr. H. WHITMORE, the sitting member, was then called, and was under examination when our report left. BL ACKBURN. The committee re-assembled this morning at eleven o'clock. The examination of Mr. Eccles, the sitting member, was concluded this morning, and Mr. Merewether pro ceeded to sum up on behalf of the sitting member. CHATHAM. The committee reassembled at eleven o'clock this morning, and the examination of witnesses was pro ceeded with, but no facts of importance were elicited. NEWRY. The Committee appointed to inquire into this election assembled this morning for the first time. The com mittee consisted of Mr. D. Seymour, Mr. Moodie, Mr. Laslett, Mr. Repton. Mr. Lascelles in the chair. Mr. CALVERT, on behalf of the petitioner, announced, that after going carefully through the evidence, it had been determined not to proceed with the petition, and he had only to ask that the usual resolutions should be passed, declaring that Mr. Kirke, the sitting member was duly elected, and that the petition was not frivo lous and vexatious. The committee, after deliberating, refused to accede to this course ; and Mr. Calvert was proceeding to open the case of the petitioner when our reporter left. SHERIFFS COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Wm. Burchell.) BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE-1001. DAMAGES, HYDE V. BLENCOWE , This was an action to recover damages for breach of promise of marriage. Mr. Atkinson appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Wilkins and Mr. Lush for the defendant. The plaintiff's father was the only witness examined— the plaintiff having been subpoenaed on the part of the defendant, but could not be received as a witness, as in cases of breach of promise, the act of Parliament expressly prohibits the examination of the parties. It i.appeared by the evidence that the plaintiff ie the daughter of a respectable tradesman at Brackley, in Northamptonshire, and defendant is the son of a respec table brewer at the same place. The plaintiff and defen dant had been acquainted since childhood, and went to school together, after which an acquaintance of a more tender kind arose, and apparently continued up to the summer of last year, when defendant ceased his atten tions and married a young lady of Brackley. In 1847 it was discovered that the result of the acquaintance had been of the most serious kind, and she was prematurely confined. Up to that period plaintiff's parents had not the slightest suspicion of any impropriety between her and defendant, and after some time defendant was allowed to visit the house as an acknowledged suitor. In 1849 plaintiff's father was shocked one night to dis cover that his daughter had left the house clandestinely, by means of a ladder which had been placed underneath her bed-room window. A fruitless search was made for some time, but early in the morning she returned home, and 'admitted that she had been walking out with de fendant, but denied that there had been any improper conduct, and she subsequently gave up a gold watch .and chain which defendant had given her to take care of. Hyde did not at the moment take any no tice of the defendant, who, however, subsequently ap plied for his watch, and at an interview with Mr. Hyde voluntarily gave a written promise of marriage, and the acquaintance was again renewed, and continued up to the time of the defendant's marriage. Several letters were read, in which were expressions of the most devoted attachment ; but one commencing " Madam " evidently appeared to have been written to break off the acquaintance, unless plaintiff resigned herself wholly t o his wishes, hich she unfortunately did. Mi. Sergeant Wilkins, for the defendant, contended that it was not a case entitling for more than very simple damages, as both parties were of the same age-- both now being about twenty-three. There was not the slightest evidence of seduction ; and if that could be shown, plaintiff's father might bring his action to-morrow. The learned Serjeant contended that the plaintiff had lost nothing in reputation, for the cir cumstances had until now been kept out of public know ledge, and as to any pecuniary loss plaintiff had not met with any, for defendant was a mere clerk at a salary of 1/. a week. The Under-Sheriff summed up briefly, and after a short consultation, the jury gave a verdict for 1001. damages. BOW-STREET-(THIS DAY.) ROBBERY. — Catherine Lewis, a girl of the town, was charged before Mr. Hall with stealing two 101. and one 5/. Bank of England notes, and two 1/. nctes of the Bank of Ireland, the property of Mr. Michael Edwards, an Irish gentleman, residing at the Tavistock Hotel, Covent-garden. It appeared that the prosecutor met defendant in the street, last night, and accompanied her to 4, Hanover court, a common brothel, and while there she contrived to take the notes above mentioned from his trowser's pocket. He immediately detected the robbery, but thought it prudent not to mention a word about it to prisoner, and after they left the house he walked with her as far as Bow-street, and on arriving opposite the police-station, he called a constable and gave her in charge. The notes were subsequently found upon her. Prosecutor said he did not wish to press the charge further : he was obliged to leave London to-night for Ireland, and it would be a serious inconvenience to him if the prisoner was sent for trial. He had got the whole of his property back, and was perfectly satisfied. Mr. Hall at once discharged the prisoner. RUFFIANLY ASSAULT ON A COFFEE-HOUSE KEEPER. —William Mason, a sturdy vagrant, was brought before Mr. Hall, charged with assaulting Mr. John Osmond, proprietor of the Exeter Coffee-house, 84, Strand.. About twelve o'clock last night, prisond went into complainant's house, and offered something for sale, and on being told by prosecutor that nothing was wanting, and that he never made it a practice of buying of people in the streets, requested prisoner to leave the place ; the latter, instead of doing so, became very abusive, and on Mr. Osmond going to the door for the purpose of put ting him out, the prisoner broke a large square of glass, and subsequently struck complainant a tremendous blow on the nose, from which the blood flowed most freely. Prosecutor at length got him into the street, and gave him in charge to a police-constable. Complainant added that the value of the square of glass was 6s. Sarah Buck, the waitress, corroborated complainant's evidence. Police-constable 150 F said he took prisoner into cus tody. He was the worse for liquor, and exceedingly violent in his behaviour. Prisoner denied the charge, and said Mr. Osmond struck him first. Mr. Hall considered the charge proved, and fined prisoner 405., or 21 days, for the assault, and 65., or 8 days, for the damage done. EMIGRATION OF DOCK LABOURERS AND MECIIANICS. —During the last few days a great number of mechanics and labourers have left their situations in the London and St. Katherine's Docks, in which establishments many had been several years, for the purpose of pro ceeding to Australia. Some of the men have large families, and have been saving their hard earnings for a considerable period, which has enabled many to leave with their respective families with various descriptions of manufactured goods, which are intended for sale in the gold. regions. Others have purchas e d ma t er i a l s to employ themselves on board ship. Some of the females will be engaged in making straw bonnets —others trowsers and jacket work. The chief portion of the men are under 40 years of age, and mostly reside in the vicinity. of Wapping. THE LAW RELATING TO LIINATICI3.—Lord St. Leo nards has three bills before the House of Lords to amend the law of lunacy. They relate to the regulation of lunatics, proceedings under commissions, and to the care and treatment of lunatics. It is proposed by the last bill to amend the Act 8 and 9 Vic., cap. 100, on the subject. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. SPORTING NOTES. —No. CCCLXXX. THE DERBY LOT AT DANEBITRY. As next week will plunge us racing men into the th ick of the seaso n , w hi c h, from then till N oveL aber, with the exception of the week following Epsom —a necessary vacancy after the excitement of the Derby and Oaks- - presents an uninterrupted string of meetings, I must bring my Derby analytical notes to a conclusion as soon as possible, my attention being required oat more Pr es. ing matters. I shall now review JOHN DAY, Jurt.'w string of Derbyites, at Danebury, leadin s a off tri,t ll their crack, the redoubtable CINEAS, a 3 1). c., nY . Touchstone or Epirus, out of Velleda, nominated by Mr. Powney, who made his deb& a.t Bath on the 18th of last May, in the rac e for the Biennial Stakes, which he won in the mot it absurd of canters, beating Stella (second) and Content) neut. Th e latter was more than half distanced. Th .e first offer against him for the Derby was made at Ta ttersall's on the 3d of June, but being only 20 to 1 little ; or n othing was done. His second and last appearance i a public, up to the present time, was at Stockbridge, for the Trien nial Stakes, where, carrying Bst 71b, with 2 to 1 betted on him, he finished a bad fourth to Sylpli Me, Bst slb, Placid, Bst 51b, being second, and Cuckoo illy, Set 21b, an indifferent third. For very potential.. reasons this race must be set down as nil. He was -ery supported at about his opening price until Novemba, when a most determined demonstration wa; I made agains t him at the Turf Club. All sorts of odds b 3 all sorts oer f sums being laid against him. On the 20th X Novemb , he was actually without backers, and 1,0 00 to 30 w ent begging. Since then he has gradually r a ecove red kis former position • and within the last few -eeks, upon • steady outlay, has advanced to 12 to 1. His p resent price may be quoted at 15 to 1, having de. lined sligh tl y last week. He has been backed to •w in clos e u p on 100,0001. He is, without exception, of le of the finest horses in the Derby. He stands nearly, if not quitet 16 hands, has large quarters, with an immense stride, and is evidently a most dangerous ; animal to be against. The only point he is deficien *; in, an d that • only to a trifling extent, is speed. H c will, in a ll probability, be about the first favourite it the start. Mr. Hill's b c IRELAND'S EYE, by Ha rkaway out of Alma's dam has run thrice, and been defeated on each occasion. Is a small horse, and of n o use for the Derby. Mr. Hill's ch c LAMBAY by Harkawa: r, out of Fidget is out of training. Mr. Arnold's br c THE ADJUTANT, by' Touchstone out of Parade, nominated by Mr. Copeland, has never run, and is of no use for the race under consid cration. Mr. Featherstonhaugh's br c by Cotb kerstone out of Maid of Lorette, has never run, and is a u si better animal than the preceding. Sir J. B. Mill's ch c, by Hetman Plr 'toff out of In fidelity, nominated by Mr. Lumley, has run twice, been defeated each time, and is a most inferior • animal. A celebrity that was in this stable, nom mated by Lord Strathmore, yclept ELMSTHORPE, purchas IE4I of the nomi nator by Mr. Howard, and transferred by • the latter gen' tleman five or six weeks ago for 4,000 gui rieas, with con tingencies, died, on the Bth instant, of abscess on the brain. His forfeits are but trifling, am punting only to 1401. THE SPIRIT OF 151 E TURF• YORK SPRING MEETII‘ TUESDAY—WEIGHTS for the FLING- . DUTCHMAN'S HANDICAP. Yrs st lbi Cariboo 6 8 S' Bra.xey Ariosto Daniel O'Rourke 54 88 7 7 H Cl a e p v p elr j d c . m . : .......... 3 6 0 Nancy 5 8 3 Toosey Indian Warrior.... 4 8 11 The Twin Frantic. 4 8 01 Beechnut The Confessor 5 7 13' Corybantes ... .... 3 5 ,-'• n - King of Trumps . )- I ,'", Lucio 4 7 9 Tavistock ....... .... 3 5 , .-- Poodle G055amer........Y444rs 0 666 t lt oo 4 7 7 Grapeshot . . ... .... 3 i) 10 0 4 7 6 Katty Darling..,.... 3 5 3 5 5 Lough Bawn 5 7 2 Augusta r 5 Ammonia 4 6 6 Charity........ .... 3 3 '), 3 Little Davie 4 6 7 H o bby-horse._ .... '', 3 Pelopidas 4 6 41 Jacqueline......... •• 3 ' n Richmond 4 6 41 Alford 3 5 0 Forfeits to be declared by the Ist of A pril. WEIGHTS for the CHAMPION HANDIC, tP. Yrs st lb Yrs st lb 1 Truth 5 8 7 Sir Rowland Tren - Frantic 4 8 5 chard 5 7 I Hungerford. 5 Timid Fawn 5 7 9 Child of the Mist.. 5 7 - Gossamer 4 7 9 Pride ... 3 10 Trousseau 4 7 5 1 PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FEB. 23_ ( From the Votes and Proceedings of the H ousc of Commons.) MAYNOOTH COLLEGE. Order read, for resuming adjourned debate on. aniel' a " ment proposed to be made to question, " That tl si 's hous e , do resolve itself into a committee, to consider • the act ' 8 and 9 Vic. c. 25, being An act to amend tv vo acts passed in Ireland for the better education of persons professing the Roman Cath o li c rel i g i on , and f or the better government of the coll ege establis h e d a t Mi ynooth for the education of such persons' and also an act Pas, s , ed , in the Parliament of the United Kingdom for arc tending the said two acts,' commonly called the last M a yno° • act, with a view to the repeal of those clauses of the said act which provide money grants in any way to tho t said college :—and which amendment was to lei% ve from the word " consider " to the end of the quei Mon) ' ll order to add the words "all enactments now i n fore°, whereby the revenue of the state is charged in of al l ' ecclesiastical or religious purposes whatsoever, Arithf: view to the repeal of such enactments,"—insteadtho re° e d —question again pioposed, "That the words p:ropos to be left out stand part of the question :—debate sumed :--motion made, and question, "That the do t, be now adjourned," put, and negatived :—question f "That the words proposed to be left out stand partg the question :—the house divided ; ayes 162, noes lv' MINORITY-AYES, 162. Adderley, C. Forbes, W. Mills, A. .fr a. . Anderson, Sir James Forester, Colonel Montgomery, ipt. Arbutbnott, General Forster, Sir G. Moody, C. &. Archdall, Captain Fraser, Sir Wm. A. Morgan, C. Rod ifei Arkwright, G. Freestun, Colonel Morris, D. -mit Astell, J. H. Proven, Charles Hay Mailings J. Baile y ' Ball, Edward Gooch, Sir E. Mundy William Bankes, G. Grah am , Lord M.W. Muntz, G. F. Barrington, Viscount Greaves, Edward Napier, J. . Barrow, W. H. Greenall, Gilbert Nee ld, John Bennet, Philip Grogan, Edward Noel, Gerard Jain Bentinck, Geo. P. Guernsey, Lord Packe, C. Williala - Berkeley, C. F. Gwyn, Howel Palmer, Robert Blair, Colonel Raiford, eir H. Parker, R. T. Booker, T. W. Halsey, Thomas P. Pellatt, A ol r cn Bouverie, E. T. Hamilton, Lord C. Pilkington, ua•- - , Bremridge, Richard Hamilton, Geo. A. Repton, G. W•.:,J' ' Wise°, Musgrave Hamilton, J. Hans Robertson, P. F. Brocklehurat, John Hanbury, Hon. C. Rushoat, Captain Brooke, Lord Hardinge, Charles S. Sawle, C. B. O. Brooke, SirA. B. nestle, Alexander Scott, F. Bruce, C. L. C. Ilastie, Archibald Seymer, H. K. Buck, Lewis W. Ileathcote, Sir G. H. Smijth, Sir W. Burghley, Lord Heatheote, Gilbert H. Smith, Wm. Af• . Burrell, Sir C. M. Hope, Sir J. Butt, G AI Horstall, Thomas B. Cairns, H. 3l`Calmont Ingli s , Sir R. H. Stafford, A. ~, Campbell, Sir Arch. Jo nes , David Stafford, 11 arq t" ) S. , Stanhope, Ja Chambers, T. Keating, H. S. meg Cheetham, John Kendall, N. Stanley, W. 0 . , s S o mi tn t e h r, , e J t, John 3 a01,e113. tam , Child, Smith Ker, D. S. Stapleton, J. Christopher, It. Adam Kershaw, James Ta , lor, Colonel, Cobbold, J. Chevali er Ki ng, P. J. Thompson, Ge°... r *" Cedrington, Sir Win. Kinnaird, Arthur F. Tollemache, je'w" Coles, H. C. Knatchbull, Wm. F. Troliope, Sir J. Collier, Robert P. Knightley, Rainald Turner, C. Craufurd, E. Knox, Col. Tyler, Sir G. Crook, Joseph Langton, H. (I. Vance, J. Davison, It. Langton, W. G. Vane, Lord A . D D° l: l C ' an jo e h , n C W ha . rles Deedes, W. Lockhart, ikiLoaewta W. Verner, Sir W•„,.0.11. Long, W. Vyse, Richard ..• Dodd, George Walcott, Ada'• Duckworth, SirJ. Macgregor, James Warner, Edwa rd .a. Duke, Sir J. h rt e n r e ,, y C , a ga ptai . n Waddington, B• M'Taggart, Sir J. Whalley, C.:„."'' . Duncan, George Maddock, Sir T. H. Whitmore , r",,, , W• Duncornbe, H. A. Mandeville, Viscount Wickham , Be''''' Dundas, G. Martin, John Wise, ir• A• utuart Dundas, F. Masterman, J. Wortley. . 1 O. if• ° A W ' East, Sir J. B. M a theson, A. Wynne, .• • Ellice, E. Matheson, Sir J. Ewart, William Maunsell, T. P. T om, Farnham, E. Basil Meux, Sir Henry Farrer, James Michell, W. Ferguson, Joseph Miles, William Spooner, B' c /.1. Floyer, John Miller, T. J. Newdegate, • MAJORITY—NOE. Vise° l3° A'Court, C. H. W. Goderich, Viscount S, 192 Palmer ston, 21. W.. Adair, Hugh E. Good W, a w n,. Sir George Anson, General Atherton, Wm. Gower, F. L. Pere'', ''• , iy, Bailey, Crawshay Grace, 0. PhilliPP°, "•.r. Baines, M. T. Greene, John rhomorei 5 Ball, John Gregson, Samuel phinn , Tr i°l gra Baring, Sir F. Grenfell, C. Pinney, Wil _. A. Barnes, T. Greville, Col. Ponsoubl, ll° Bell, J. Grey, Sir G. po tter, Peel, o, 0 F. J B i,oo l W* Bellew, Captain Grosvenor, Lord R. Powlett, ... . Berkeley, Admiral Hadfield, G. Price, W. I: . • L. Berkeley, Granville Hall, Sir Benjamin Richard°, ~ u. Bowyer, George Harcourt, Colonel Richard °, Brady, John Headlam, Thomas F. Rice, B• ~ J, A. barteg, . • Bramston, T. W. Hancliy, D. O'Connor Ro ~,, c. E. Brand, H. B. W. lleneage, G. F. Rambo.' I Brotherton, J. Brown, William Il u e er n b e e a r g t e ;H G . e A o.. H. r is : I I I I : F L° . rd tz.... ''.:lii• Russell, F. iv.,.. Brown e I V. Herbert, Alfred efleld, rt Bruce, I. A. Hervey, Lord Sc.. t,l ° • c A pt. Butler, Charles Heywood, James Scobeli,_, . Cardwell, Hon, E. Higgins, G. G. 0. Scully,urr, iv. r),; Chaplin, W. J. Howard, C. W. G. S ham ° it, R. Charteris, F. Howard, L. E. S , Clay, J. Hutchins, E. She°, W. Earl °f Clay, Sir W. Hutt,-William shelburne, i i J 1 , . s• Clinton, Lord Robert Ingham, R . shone'' , it . B. , Cobbett, J. Morgan Jermyn, Earl Sherida n ' Abel Cobden, Richard Johnstone, Sir J. Smith, oil,. 0. Cockburn, Sir Alex. Keating, Robert s o theron , r ; r d Cocks, T. Somers Kennedy, Tristram Stan ie ,,,Y4d. W. B' Coffin Walter King, J. K. Coote, Sir Chas. 11. Labouchere, Henry • Statist.- ,vinial o . o , • ling , " n. ''''. stir Rt. Ho Corbally, M. Lacon, Sir E. Strutl. crrud 1). Cowper, W. F. Laslett, William Stua rt, L . Crossley, F. Laya r d, A. H. Su llivan, swift, It• It. A• Denison, J. E. Lewis, Sir T. Thickness T• Devereux, J. T. Locke, J. Divett, Edward L oc kh ar t, A. E. Tilorn el Y . C. Townele' Drunalanrig, Viscount Loveden, P. /1 ,11011, G. v IL Drummond, H. Lucas, F.. ' Duff, G. S. Mackie, John Vernon,on, c• relll Duff, James M`Cann, James Yillior s t ~ jl. Duffy, C. G. M' 31 ahon, P. Vivian , "'" ri. 13. Wall, -' sir j• Duncombe, T. Megan, WW. if. ilialli& e . r Dunlop,:A. Massey, W. N. Water - • Elliot, J. E. Meagher, Thema wevs, w. jan o Emlyn, Viscount Milligan, R. whatinse• s. Esmond°, J. Milner, W. M. E. . 14 ._,..b r ea.1. _ .., Evelyn, W. J. Milton Viscount 1 Jr• o ,lf. ' wilkillo.„ . Michell, T. Ferguson, Sir Robert Monck, Lord F FFFF P :oi i a tzt t rsre g zg z : wtt e eeilliy ri r aTd 3l . , W . .R. S. Moncreiff,.James .wWWllll.julcoic:":4.3'llr,'Sir Girl; a C liat h e a 'n r r( l j e s. W. . Fortescue. Chichester Gibson, Thomas M. Fox, R. H. Fox, Mute, Col. Musgrave,mMm o s o u o : y !l e, y : i li Ir . .ll ms . .. Earl Gladstone, William I.° o ',°C f r .;a nne a Y i li t L y ' Wilson, ~.,..athew . :I:ll.urice 0 5 y-ter i.l , I'-- -...' v, twin, ."- „ s er..., winrog tol v ,. v• . wrighl° °° ' Wilii sl6 WYndliain, W •vill M. ~. , 'h'ir . 1.(1w. Oakes, J . . B. P• young , .1,". Gladstone, Captain Osborne, RSV b.:: . ..,, , x Q usell 01 Y14 George Carr Paget, Lord 4 111 w s iv ii. a• ~-, -