The Sun. — London, England, 1847-03-15 00:00:00

GOVERNMENT SCHEME OF EDUCATION. A public nicetine.;:sceici;;iiiursday in the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle -street, convened by the central committee appointed to aid in opposing the measure of education developed in the minutes of the committee of the Privy Council. D. WIRE, Esq., took the chair, and in opening the business of the evening, he avowed that the object of those who had called it together was to oppose by all legitimate and constitutional means the plan of educa tion which had been put forth by the Government, which he considered to be fraught with imminent peril to the civil and religious liberties of the people. It was a plan by which it was proposed to levy a tax of not less that 100,0001. a year by the most unconstitu tional means. The G:vernment, through the agency of the Privy Council, were about to usurp the prerogative of Parliament, and if the scheme were fully carried out it would •altimatety create pensioners on the booty of the State to no less a number !han 80,000 individuals, at an annual expense of 1,730,0001. It was nothing more than a scheme o ens:ave the peo plait, and bind them over hand awl foot to the State. He did not olok•ct to any constitutional measure that might strengthen the Churs;h; but his objec tion was to the State c ,rui ng to the aid of the Church, by cs•ablirshing seho als all over the coon. try, that would have the effect or destroying the free expression of religious L. - ;litiment, by giving a tone and colour to the eihiions of those r ho were to be the teachers in such schools. The supporters of the volun tary principl,, without possessing either the revenues or the power of Government, had done three times us much for the promotion of education as the most strenuous supporters of State interference, who had hung back until they were shamed into ex•rtion by the laudable example which the Dissenters had set before them in establishing schools throughout the land. The learned Gentleman concluded by expressing a hope that a fair hearing would be given to all who might be disposed to address the meeting. The Rev. J. H. HINTON moved the first resolution as _ follows:—" That this meeting , deeply concerned for the welfare of the working classes, and especially for the sound instruction of the young, have with impartial at tention examined the minutes of the Committee of the Privy Council on Education of August and December, 1846 ; and feel themselves constrained earnestly to deprecate the adoption of the measures therein de scribed, as emanating from an authority not war ranted by the constitution, as proceeding upon a fallacious and exaggerated view of the educational necessities of the country, as adverse to civil and religious liberty, as calculated injuriously to increase the power, influence, and wealth of the established church, as imposing new grievances and disabilities upon dissenters, as involving a vast outlay of money, and as extending the sphere of government patronage. in a manner so highly detrimental to the public in terests." The rev, gentleman said that, after a lull of three years, it seemed they were to have another educa tion battle. Lord John gave note of preparation in hi, address to the electors of the city of London, on his re sumption of office, but people looked in vain to her Majesty' speech at the opening of Parliament far the announcement of any proposed legislative measure upon the subject, and whether the subject would be brought fora and at all during the session it was hard to say. This state of uncertainty was, however, termi na,ed by Lard Lansdowne introducing something on the subject in the shape of certain minutes of the committee of the Privy Council of Education, the most important of which declared that their lordships recommended the grant of mom- y to all schools which would submit them selves to the inspection of a government inspector. This recommendation was soon acted upon and 20,0001. was granted for the building of schools. The management of this money was intrusted to the council, which con sisted of a certain number of the ministers for the time being, the only fixture being Mr. Shuttleworth, the sec retary. To think that the great question of popular education should be confided to such hands was in itself absurd', :Ind to the people of England insulting. If iamb power sues to exit it should be vested in a man re sponsible for his deeds, for even supposing the measure to be a good one, it nut t, seduce them into the acknow. ledgement , )1 an unconstitutional principle. It was a step rewards potisLn, and one which ought to be re traced. For the air - ince:mut of education the plan was unnecessary, and would be found ultimately impracti cable, for if government undertook to support schools partially, few years wool.] elapse before they would be obliged to support them wholly ; and this would call for an expenditure of upwerds of 2,000,000/. a year. There would be 60,000 state officers, and it was no exagg , 7rivion to say th•►t this little matter would l e duce, half - a million of people to be slavish depend ants of Government. It was a scheme for extending clerical domination. The Bishop of Exeter had prop sed to in tke all the school mastere deacons of the Church. Now Sheffield would be divided into twenty-five districts, each having a schoelmaster ; thus there would be no less than twenty five newly ordained clergymen in that parish alone.- 4 :Ctieers.) Looking at the subject in all its aspects, he contended that the measure should be resisted, the Council of Education abolished, and that no minister ce public instruction should be suffered to exist.—(Cheers.) The Times complained of the phrase " Government in terference," and said that the expression ought to be. Government aid and encouragement ;" but the aid o the Government was an interference. and the terms were synonymous. The Reverend Gentleman concluded by suggesting that, as a general election was approaching. a letter should he addresf,ed to the electors of the city of London and to Lord J.Russell,telling him thatthey would not give him their vote if he persisted in the maintenance of this most unconstitutional measure. J. CONDOR, Eiq , seconded the resolution. He con ceived that the working man had an equal right with the rich man to sup rintend the education of his children; bat if the argument were sound that education was b Matter of government, then the edncation of the rid! a►► Nell as the poor ought to be under the Government. and he contended that it was- entirely the business of the parents. They fad heard much cant about igno ranee and crime being associated together ; but the blue books showed that there was a closer connexion between crime and poverty than be tween crime and ;gnorance. One thing was kept entirely in the bst'k ground—he meant the large endowments o: grammar -schools and trust-funds, which had been esti Elated by Lord Brou,gham to be not less than a million and a half a year. These endowments had been enor mously abused. Originally intended' for the benefit of the poor, they had been appropriated exclusively to the uses of the rich. Supposing this Government echeme to be good, still those who apprehended mischief from ii were entitled to previous discussion and inquiry. It ought net t') be forced upon the country by the uncon atituzion-.1 mode of an Act of the Privy Council instead tl that of the Legislature. A Tie rsto of the name of EDWARDS, who described himself to be a working man, here proposed an amend ment, the object of v. hick was to declare that it was the . duty of the Government to prevent crime and immoral ity by a general diffusion of industrial and unsectarian education. Living as he had done for many years in the haunts of the poor, he could testify to the horrors of ignorance, and to the long train of vices which it engendered, and to eradicate that ignorance he con sidered was a work to which the voluntary principle vas inadequate. He contnued addressing the meeting for a 0... n 1 ii.rable time amidst much interruptirn. Mr. (AusT secondi-d the amendwen+, Dr. CARLYLE having spolon in opposition to it, it was rejected, and the original resolution was carried, amidst iomil era. Dr. Cox moved, and the Rev. B. Woo Drano seconded. the two following. resolutions: --`• That this attempt to carry into eff. , ct s, extensive a measure, by virtue of the royal prerogative and without the intervention of the Legislature, considered in connrxion with the'charactei of the measure itself and with the liberal professions a the Ad3ainistra,tion from whieh it emanates, has a strong tendency to confirm the prevailing opinion, that the edu cation of tlutgeople is a matter in which the Government can neither ri4htfully nor usefully interfere. That, there fore, this meeting hail with satisl . t , .ction the manifest tokens of a general opp , dotion to this unconstitutional and clangProus , measure, rejoi ce i n t h e f ortrat i en of the cen tral cornnyttee appointed to aid in its defeat, and pledge themselves to promote th 4 object by every means in their power ; and that, for this end, the foregoing resolutions be embodied in the form of a peti tion to the House of Commons, praying that honourable pause. by express vote, to withhold its sanction from - the said minute, and to address the Crown. beseeching her Majesty to revoke the order in council in virtue of which the Committee of Council on Education bas :assumed so unconstitutional an authority." These were unanimously adopted, and the meeting - separated. • limn TIELIEF.—Vn Sunday morning, the 28th ult., after an excellent sermon by the Rev. William Bridgman Simpson, at the parisfrclurch of Badworth, in the county of Nottingham —a parish with but about 450 population—the sum of 871. was collected in accordance with the Queen's letter; and in the afternoon 25/. 7s. was contributed at the Ranby SchOol-room chapel, in the same parish. On Wednesday mcrning last a most disgraceful scene occurred in Barton market-place—namely, a sale of his wife by a man living a: Barrow. COAL. PIT EXPLOSION. BARNSLEY, THURSDAY, I.I . AACII 1 I.—Afier the inquest on Monday, Mr. Marshall, the clerk of the magistrates at Barnsley, forwarded to the Borne Secretary all the particulars connected with the me• lancholy occurrence, with a request that the Government arould send down an Inspector to ascertain whether the pit was in good working condition at the time of the deplorable catastrophe, and to see if proper means had been taken for the purpose of keeping the pit well ventilated. In accard ,?ce with the above request, Sir George Grey immediately dispatched Sir henry de la Beebe, Bart., and Mr. Smyth, ho arrived here yesterday and proceeded forthwith to ex alniae the Pit , and to inqufre , into the cause of the accident; t b i u o t n cads before r Damei witnesses will be examined as were ques tion of the ti eroner, it of course will only be a repeti pretty evident pile evidence. From all that can be ascertained, it is e cause of the accident is to be attributed to the carelessness ct W il i too, two of the untortun a i t am Mathew s an d Ab ra h am Wal that the explosi on must haev:ufferers, a s it i s c l ear l y proved ,they were w or ki ng. No ~ f et.c olrimenced at the h o l es w h ere An y part of the pit. 0.1 the i`uos e r caPe e l f iad been discover e d i n ?blind that 95 Fersons were itv the pit t""nquiry it has been of whom have at the time of the ex plosion ; 66 already been brought And it is calculated that out of the whole number 'up dead, escaped as sever • aonly ten ha.'e • unhurt, al he in the pit dangerously ill at the present time mema of whotn have not the slightest vAn explosion took place in chance of recover.. the same occasion three - pit i n July, 1845, upon which . lives were lest. , There are only two sufferers whose bodies have not yet bee n I recovered. LOCAL RLILWAYS.—The Portsmouth Extension of the Chichester and Brighton Railway is progressing very speedily. 4: Wei toderst:ind the directors contemplate opening the en'tlretni 3 oh the first day of May. The works on the iarebam Brapar•of the South-Western Railway were com menced on Friday last, the object of the director of the coin. piny being to geethe branch completed by the middle of the present rear, 3 , 4 . ( MI thi - '' r--- . : ~ : l i v ti r o e n pe atu afforded what e t ;re v s e e vbeerfalel said, n cyortemout. s r - 1 1:•. : ...,: provided with railways than an; 1 ti”ltta_! L' IL, , ...; • ampshire Independent. Ai - g THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 15, 147. CITY cf LONDON CORPORATION REFOR 11. The committee of the whole Court upon the Corpora tion privileges assembled on Friday. The proceedings testified a firm determination in the majority of the members who constitute ci the meeting to apply to Par liament for a limited interference in reconstructing the civic government. Mr. Richard Taylor was called to the chair. After the minutes of the proceedings of the last meeting were read, The CITY SOLICITOR reported to the committee that he had submitted the various questions propounded by it to the law officers of the Corporation, together with briefs ; that a general wi s h wa s expr e ssed by them for an enlargement of the time given for consideration, on account of their various engagements ; and that the Recorder mentioned his judicial obligations as likely to prevent him from deciding, when he should be able to give his opinion. Some of the members said the Recorder's "when" meant " whether." Sir PETER LAURIE stated his impression to be that the Recorder was not incined to answer at all. The CITY SOLICITOR said that all the other Learned Gentlemen had expressed their intention to answer the questions fully. He suggested that the time should be enlarged to the 12th of April, so that the other avoca tions of the officers might not interfere with the consi deration of the question. Mr. ASRURST did not object to grant further time, but he suspected that there might be in view the object of carrying the matter of reforming the Corporation over the session of Parliament.—(Cries of " No, no.") They were bound, in his opinion, to instruct a sub com mit tee to prepare a Bill, while the officers were preparing their answers, for the opinions of counsel as to whe her the necessity of going to Parliament were not required. That was a question of policy, not of law. Those who thought with him thought it would be necessary to go to Parliament, whatever rniehe he the opinion of the law officers, and it would be inexpedient to dt.l ly the preliminary steps, as the session of Parliament was rapidly passing, and a great deal of time had already been occupied in ineffectual efforts to advance the ques tion of reform. The proceedings of the other court strengthened the argument for decisive conduct. The Court of Aldermen agreed to appoint a committee with a view to reform—agreed unanimously. But the mo ment they saw their speeches in the newspapers they were frightened, and so complete was their repentance that they ridiculed tied jeered at the very proposition which they had all advocated.—(Laughter ) Sir PETER LAURIE assured the committee that there was not one member in the Court of Aldermen who wished to appeal to Parliament, whatever credit the committee might be disposed to give to the mover of the question alluded to, for sincerity.—(Laughter.) Mr. ASHURST said he was not mistaken in suspecting that he had given the Court credit for too much.— (Laughter.) That it was essential to eo to Parliament for the repeal of the 11th of George the First, there could be no doubt, as a preliminary step in improve ment. How monstrous was it that the Aldermen could get rid of any question that was unpalatable to them, by just popping out at the side door ; and that the Lord Mayor should have the power of disposing of the result of the deliberation of the great mass of the Corporation, by refusing to put, the questions.—(flear, hear.) It was incumbent upon the committee to lose as little time as posioble. If they allowed the 9th of November to piss without reform, they might have a Lord Mayor who would be disposed to act more in consonance with the Corporate body, than the present Chief Magistrate ; and the question might then pass away with the ap parent necessity, as was unfortunately the case after the Winchester Mayoralty.—(llear, hear ) Mr. Ash urst then moved that the application of the law officers, for an extension of time, be granted, the limit to be the 12th of April Mr. HALL seconded the motion, and wished it to be understood at the same time, that he by no means sup posed the law officers had any notion of causing delay, for the purpose of postponing the question. The motion was unanimously agreed to. Mr. HOLT—Iu the meantime let us prepare a Bill for Parliament.—(Cries of " No, no ") Mr. BURN believed they should be obliged to apply to Parliament, but they ought to apply with re,:ularity and consistency, and hand in hand with the Ceurt of Alder men.—(Elear, hear.) There was as yet no reference eade to get the authority to go to Parliament, but he hosed the Lord Mayor would call a Court to give the nithority to prepare a B Mr. W. JONES said it would be prejudicial to the in terests of the Corporation to prepare a Bill at the pre sent time. Sir PETER LAURIE Slid be was altogether against going to Parliament. lie was wit prepared for encoun tering such a danger. Lord Brougham said to him yesterday, " Whit! are you coming to us?"— (Laughter.) No, thank God," said he (Sir Peter), for he was of Palsgrave's opinion, that by going to Parliament the City would incur the guilt of suicide _ _ Mr. HALE said there wss a time when he concurred in the opinion just expressed, but he was nuw decidedly for going to Parliament. Mr. ASHURST then moved, " That the Committee pre sent a report to the Cou:t of Common Council that the Corporation requires reform which can only be effected by the aid of Parliament." Mr. HUMPHREYS a,sured the Committee the Corpora tion would get but little by going to Parliament, and they did not know what they might not lose.—(liitar.) They would certainly 1,),e the magistracy of the City. Stipendiaries wcu!d be the sulyltitutes or the Aldermen. :And every Government, whether Whig, Tory, or Radical, would be always ready to put their hands into the City purse. Mr. BowEn supported the motion, and hoped that the s-ssion of Parli:lment would not be allowed to pass with out bearing evidence to the sincerity of their long-ex pregs, d feelit gs. Mr. HALL was convinced that the Court of Common Council ought tn,t to decide upon going to Parliament wAtil the opinions of counlel were kn'.wn, end he should argue in the Court upon the expediency of not making my application to Parliament at all.—(Hear, hear.) It had ben said that the Court of Aldermen intended to triply to that authority themselves. That was an error. ['he Aldermen could not go to Parliament except as part and parcel of the Corporation, for they had in themselves a corporate capacity.—(llar, hear.) Mr. ANDEitTON was surprised at tho bugaboo lack a lantern mention of Parliament.—(Laughter.) It was like the big words used to frighten babies, and produced a corresponding eff.ct upon the great babies of the Cor poration. He did not believe that Government consi- tiered it to be their interest to do the Corporation of London any mischief, or that they even contemplated any imperious interference with the privileges of the body. If the Corporation carried union with them, no Government would make the experiment of taking away privtlezes which had been handed down to the citizens from time immemorial. He certainly apprehended dim ger from not going to Parliament, although he consi lered it perfectly safe to seek the aid of the L..gislature, snd he rej.iicei that Sir Peter Laurie's ward differed from their Alderman on the subject, and manifested so becoming a spirit. Sir PETER LAURIE—The wan] showed the utmost in- diff , rence. There were only 16 present. Alderman SIDNEY agreed in ti inking that some reform was re cossiry, but they ought to settle upon the points which ri quired remedy be'ore they proceeJed to I'arlia trent, and they ought to avail themselves of the expe rience en:l judgment of the Court of Aldermen in dis cussing the matters for consideration. Mr. HARTLEY contended that the Act of Edward 111.. confirtnatory of the Corporation, was conclusive of the power of the Corporation to wake all necessary reforms in itself, and rendered any application to Parliament worse than useless.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. ASHURST in reply, said he had not heard a word of argument against an application to Parliament. Could any condition be worse than that in which the Corpora tion was at that moment placed?—([tear, heir.) lie wished to test the sincerity of those who had expressed their disapprobation of the control to which they were 'ubjected. As to the points which required remedy, it was ridiculous to specify them, lc - lawn as they were to anybody in and out of the Corporation. Look at the Lord Mayor; look at the Aldermen; 1. ok at the constitu envy consisting of publicans. who were unjustly com pelled to take up their freedom before they announced their trade. Look at our long shore men, a set off always at command for a few hundreds to influence any elec tion.—(Hear, hear.) Was that a state of things to be longer endured?—(Loud cries of No, no.") It was for Parliament to give its powerful aid to rend in pieces so disgusting a system.—(Cheers.) The resolution was then carried. The next resolution, which went to restrain the Cham berlain for paying every sum of money by order of the Lord Mayor, &c., &c., was, after some discussion, nega tived evidently from respect to the Chamberlain, whose conduct since his appointment hail given the most com plete security that it would be absurd to doubt the judi cious and in4ependi.nt performance of his duties under any circumstances of doubt or difficulty in which he might be placed. The last resolution was, " That it is the right of this Court of Common Council, in Common Council assem bled, to regulate and control the business and proceed ings of that Court, and the order and course of its pro ceedings, and to regulate its paper of business." To this resolution, which was moved by Mr. Ashurst, the Committee agreed unanimously.—Adjourned. MARY LEBONE VESTRY. A POOR-LAW FOR IRELAND. On Saturday, at a very numerously-attended meeting of the Marylebone Vestry (the Rev. Dr. Spry in the chair), Mr. 11. C. Wilson, Mr. G. Daniell, and Mr. Potter, as a deputation on the part of the parochial committee, brought up the following petition to Parliament, pray ing the Legislature to pass a poor-law fur Ireland, signed by upwards of 5,000 ra•epayers— " To the Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal taid Commons of the United Kingdom in Parliament assembled : `• The humble petition of the parishioners of St. Marylebone in public meeting assembled, the rector of the pirish in the chair, '‘ Sheweth—That your petitioners consider the rights of property, however sacred, to be secondary to the right of existence and to the law of self defence ; that the right of existencn and of subsistence constitutes an essential and indefeasible portion of the social and reli gious compact which unites man to man ; that this corn ' most inhumanly hasl7.stthesoil ii been gross l y v i olated by some of the possessors Ireland,denied to who, theiri nt fellow absence of otfhelarwir; right t av to e live - , and that this monstrous and cryingevil he remedied by givi ng and eifeetive to o that unhappy coun t r y a per manentproperty of Ireland liable, Ir-which will make the is liable, to the supportas the property o f E ng l an d and maintenance and destitute. of the poor " Thatyour petitioners view with feelings of indignat i o n Bnd abhorrence Vae heartless co n d uct o f thos e It in Ireland, who, at a period of such dire privation, desti tution, and death from absolute starvation, passed reso lutions for the closing of the union workhouses, and re • fused, from motives of self interest, to collect and expend the rates designed for the maintenance of the poor, which, if properly applied, would have gone far to diminish the awful calamity with which the nation has been visited, and that they also view with feelings of in dignation the conduct of those in England, who, during a period of great and increasing misery, have sought to defeat the humane intentions of the Legislature, by de claring it to be inexpedient to grant temporary relief through the assistant overseer, and that out-door relief was injurious to the able-bodied labourer, even when exposed to the imminent risk of starvation and disease, that the exemption from taxation, hitherto enjoyed by the landholders of Ireland has been most unjust and bur thensome to the empire at large, and most injurious to our suffering fellow-subjects in Leland in particular, in asmuch as it has prevented both the levying and distri bution of those ftuals which ought, according to every principle of humanity and justice, to have been raised for their relief ; that in the opinion of your petitioners, the necessary expenses of State incurred in conducting the business of the nation, should be raised by the taxation of real property, without reference to rank or station; that the burthen of taxation should be equally borne by all and every portion of the empire: and that the inhabitants of this parish are especially called upon to give utterance to this opinion, inasmuch as they have to provide, not only for the maintenance of their own destitute poor, but also for a large number of their poor Irish fellow subjects in adlition. Your peti tioners, therefore, humbly pray your Right Honourable House that such humane and efficient measures may be passed es an Irish Poor-hiav, as will permanently relieve our suffering tellow-suhje'ets in Ireland, and your peti tioners will ever pray," &(. Mr. H. C. WILSON, in moving that the petition be re ceived, observed that it embodied the sentiments, he be lieved, not only of the people of Marylebone, but of every English constituency, and :hat he was delighted to find that her Majesty's Government were desirous of carrying out an efficient poor law for Ireland.—( Hear, hear.) He trusted that the measure brought forward by the Noble Lord at the head of the Ministry would be a poor law for Ireland based on the 43d of Elizabeth, every attempt to amend which excellent measure in this coun try had signally failed.—(Hear, hear.) At the present moment the emanation of such opinions as those expressed in the petition, coming from a great metropolitan pa rish like Marylebone, would be of immense service and support to the Government in carrying out their mea sure ; and he hoped to see every parish in the kingdom following the example.—(Hear, hear) In bringing this document before the vestry, he had great pleasure in bearing his willing testimony to the zeal and ability with which the Hon. Baronet (Sir B. Hall) had, par ticularly in the question regarding Ireland, represented the feelings and wishes of his constituents.—(Hear.) Mr. GEORGE DANIELL, in seconding the proposition, expressed his gratification at the extraordinary unity of feeling which the signatures to the petition exhibited amongst all classes of politicians in Marylebone. Amongst the minus were to be found those of Peers, Members of Parliament, and other parishioners, who although they differed not only in political, but parochial subjects, were yet united in demanding of the Legisla ture justice to Ireland in the shape of an Irish Poor law, which would compel the Irish landlords to support the poor on their own estates.—(Hear, hear.) He al ways viewed Irelanct as the little sister of England— (Laughter)—as an integral portion of the British empire —(Cheers)—and it was indeed gratifying to find the unanimity of feeling which the signatures to the Mary lebone petition displayed in a determination to rescue the poor of Ireland from the grasp of their oppressors. He sincerely hoped and believed that out of the evil and calamity which had befallen Ireland would come good, and he felt that the unanimous feeling of all parties in England augured a better state of things for that unfor tunate and unhappy country. Mr. JOHN WILLIAMS concurred in the belief that the presentation of such petitions as this to Farhat:lie t would materially assist L or d J o h n R usse ll i n hi s me e i sures for Ireland, but he diff e red w ith M r . Wil son, w o seemed to imply that Sir B. Hall was entitled to a vote of thanks for his conduct recently. He (Mr. Williams) thought the Hon. Baronet was not entitled to thanks for merely doing his duty to those whom he represented. Sw-h a berough as Marylebone ought not to be repre sented in P ..rliarnent by a mere automaton.—(Laughter.) The CHAIRMAN remarked, that if a man was rot thanked for doing his duty, he would never be thanked at all,—(Hear, hear.) _ 1 Mr. If. C. IV'mos explained, that he only made the rernarki. in re erenct- to Sr B. Hall, as his own feelings, he having taken a prominent part in condemning huts some time back. The resolution was put from the chair, and carried nem. con , and the Rev. Chairman having appended his signature. _ _ Mr. POTTER moved that the petition be placed in the hands of Sir B. Hall, for presentation to the House of Commons, on Monday (this) evening. This was also seconded, and ..arried unanimously. STATE OF PAUPERISM IN THE PARISH. Sir JAMES Hamrsirox expressed his gratification that during the past week there had been a great decrease of pauperism. The number of new applications for rel.ef on the sth of March were 620, and on the 12th of March 399. In the housc, last week there were I,6s7.persons, corresponding week last year 1,677 ; decrease 20. ( Loud cheers.) SiT WALTER STIRLING wit% sure the Vestry were much indebted to Sir James Hamilton for the trouble he had taken, but there was one most important point altogether omitted, and which was na ,, st satisfactory, namely, that there was a decrease of Itish paupers.—(Hear.) A week or two back, out of every eleven applicants for relief, there was only one English. Out of 2,000 pau rrs 1,700 were Irish ; and out of 2,500 no less than 2 000 were Ii islt. fie was hippy to say the ratio of Irish was diminishing, for had it increased, not only would the authorities be compelled to raise the rates, bit the pestilence, disease, and starvation, existing in Ire. land, must inevitably have extended itself to this c ,untry. HAMBURGH MAIL. BRM.SFA.S, Marton 9. —The average price of wheat during lie preceding week ending on the 6th inst. was— wheat, 36.94, rye, 26.03, being an advance of 4f. 12c. on wheat, and of rye, lt. 99c. At the opening of the sitting, the Chamber of Representa tives voted the project of law presented yesterday by the Minister of Finance, and which was seconded by Mr. Bra bant. This project of law exempts from the right of ton nage all vessels importing grain, and interdicts the distilling of potatoes and the feculee of the potato. The Minister who spite on this subject argued that it would be the best to :tajourn the discussion on the measures relative to subsistence which the Government has taken. The Minister of Finance stated that the Government was the best judge of the appropriation of the funds intrusted to it for subsidies, tee. M. Melon, in reply to a ques tion from Mr. Villeges, stated that notwithstanding the most active surveillance the exportations of provisions in our southern frontiers, which had been fraudulently made, could not be less than from 12,000 to 14,000 hectolitres. The Minister of Finance declared that the infringements of the Lire of custom on exportation of provisions are punished with all possible rigoar. The. g neral discussion of the project relative to the alte rations in the selections of the the number of members for the Chamber was resumed. Mr. Lehon, the Minister of the Interior, and M. de Broackere successively addressed the Chamber, and the latter member declared that it there were ens body unconstitutional in what they proposed it was not, as sl. de Theaux said, the lion. Member M. Castian, but M. de Theaux himself. He then entered into a rapid political discus sion k.tainst the Minister, and denied that any member of the opposition could be accused of having entered the assembly with an imperative mandate since the electors had no means whatever of being assured of the execution of the orders which they might give to a deputy. M. Durnotier resumed the discussion. After a few words exchanged between M. Rogier and M. de Theaux on electoral reform, the discussion was terminated. The Minister of the Interior, in reply to M. Bronchere, de clared that, according to his own showing, the amendment of SI. Castian was unconstitutional, because contrary to the re gulations of the Constitution; lie had regard to another object than the census alone to confer the name of elector. At the close of the sitting, M. amay spoke in favour of the amendment proposed by M. Cless, which tended to in clude the districts of Furnes, of Dixmunde, and Ostend, in the privilege of sending two members. M. de Breyne opposed this amendment, which was replied to by the Minister of the Interior. The communal elections which are taking place this clay at Brussels have presented a very remarkable fact. Two political associations have been formed; the success of either the one or the other will have a decisive result; the victory depends on the preponderance which the two associations dispute. Both have made great efforts, and have called forth all their resources and all their influence. What will be the result of this double agitation in the midst of an electoral party in our capital ? 2,000 electors were called together to take part in the voting ; 1,004 electors only replied to the call, and of these 1,004 electors 60 re fused to pass under the standard of either one or the other association. They proposed either to give no vote at all or to waste their votes on those candidates who had no chance whatever of success. 994 electors only obeyed the word of command which had been given them. Thus in the very heart of the meat populous section of our city, it is very evident that above half of the electoral body (1,066 out of 2,000) have held back from this contest, and by their silence have protested against the yoke which those associa tions wished to lay upon them. This result is a decided evidence which ought not to remain without its effects. We are assured by a person who is well informed that the Belgian Gavernment has given orders that a large quantity of grain shall be immediately purchased in London, to be carried to Belgium, and there sold at very reduced prices. The Government has thought to adopt this plan while waiting the arrival of 102 vessels which the merchants of Antwerp are expecting from the Black Sea, and which have been tinder sail three months. A good east wind will enable them to conic up in a few days with this considerable supply of provisions. and will cause an immediate fall in the price of provisions of every kind. A letter from Government, dated March 8, states :—Already, yesterday afternoon, a report was circulated in the town that the market en the following day would be the theatre of the most serious disturbances, and that the people Would seize and steal the wheat and potatoes. This morning, besides the buyers and sellers, a large concourse of people assembled at an early hour. Upon the exerbitant demands of the sellers, who asked as much as 62 sous for a qu irter of wheat (rather more than the seventh part of a hectolitre), and 24 sous for a quarter of potatoes, the murmurs rose very high. and notwithstanding the presence of the police and gend'armes, a basket of potatoes was scattered on the ground, and the whole, in an instant, gathered up by the crowd. A sack containing two or three quarters of wheat was seized, and carried off, without an at tempt to stop the depredator. Several country people who had come to sell, left the market with their goods, but at last the sale went on with less disturbance, and wheat was sold in small quantities at sf. 27c. the quarter. and rye at 43. A great fermentation was, however, remarked among the people, and serious apprehensions for the future were entertained. Menaces were thrown out against certain individuals who are suspected of purchasing grain on the account of monopolists, and it is asserted that even in this town there are several magazines amply stocked with grain, while there is a great want in the market. Dispatches from the Governor of New South Wales wen received at the celestial Office. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. WESTERN ClRCUlT:—Dorchester, March 12 , FILLILER V. PHIPPARD. This was a special jury case, and rather a singular action. It was brought to recover damages for the injury sustained by the plaintiff through the carelessly lighting and burning a fire on the defendant's close called Cary's Heath ; that the fire spread to the ad joining laud of the plaintiff, and destroyed a great many trees and otherwise damaged the premises of the Mr. Crowder, Mr. Cockburn, and Mr. Barston appeared for the plaintiff ; Mr. Sergeant Kinglake and Mr. Stock conducted the case for the defendant. Mr. CROWDER, in opening the case to the jury, stated that he should prove that the plaintiff's residence ad joined a heath of the defendant's called Cary's Heath, near Wareham, and that the defendant's shepherd. a man of the name of Watts, lighted a fire for the purpose of burning the heath and furze on Cary's Heath so carelessly that the five, spread, and did considerable damage to a number of trees, &c., in an ornamental plantation belonging to the plaintiff. The amo . ..nt of the actual damage done was about 291., but the plaintiff would scarcely be compensated for the injury which he had sustainthi by 100/., and in all probability the property, if would fetch less by that suns than it would if the fire had not token place. He would prove the negligence chiefly by two facts :—First, by showing that no suffi cient belt had been made around the heath and furze which were to be burnt, by removing a portion of the surrounding furze, so as to prevent the flame from spreading, as way usual end proper in such cases ; and secondly, by showing that there was no one to as-iist Watts in the event of any accident occurring, as there ought to have been according to the course invariably adopted in such cases. The plaintiff's case being concluded, Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE submitted that the plaintiff must be nonsuited, as there was no evidence that Wafts burnt the heath by the authority of the defendant. Mr. CROWDER • übtnitted that there was enough to go to the jury, as it was proved that Watts was a labourer in the employ of the defendant, and his shepherd. Mr. Justice CRESSWELL said that he would not atop the case, but that he should reserve leave for the de fendant to enter a nonsuit as in the present stage of the cause, and without reference to any evidence which the defendant might produce. Mr. CROWDER was quite willing that the defendant should have leave to enter a nonsuiegenerally, but would not consent to any condition sought to be imposed by the Learned Judge. Mr. Justice CitEsswEnn said he would consult Mr. Justice Williams as to what c9une he ought to adopt. The Learned Judge then withdrew fur the purpose of consulting with Mr. Justice Williams, and on his return he stated that that Learned Judge was of opinion that the case ought to be general, and not with reference merely to the plaintiff's evidence. He should adopt the course recommended by Mr. Justice Williams. Mr. Sergeant KINGLARE then addressed the jury for the defence, and called Watts and other innkeepers for the purpose of showing that the damage was not the result of negligence, but of inevitable accident. The defendant's witnesses assessed • the damage at only 71. The case for the defence clearly proved that Watts took the heath as the agent of the defendant. Mr. Justice CRESSWELL having summed up, The jury, after considerable consultation, returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 71. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—Yorh, March 11. MOWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron ROLFE.) The day's proceedings on the Crown side did not ter minate until a late hour, all the afternoon and evening being occupied in the trial of BURGLARY.— WiIIiam Uempsall, 38, was indicted for having, on the 22J of last December, at Stillington, near Yoik, burglariously entered the dwelling-house of Harry Croft, and stolen therefrom 200 sovereigns, a cheque for 1701, and other articles. Me. Sergeant Wilkins and Mr. Deersley were coun sel for the prosecution ; and Mr. Bliss, with whom was Mr. Overeud, defended the prisoner. The Learned COUNSEL, in opening the case, stated that on the night of Tuesday, the 222 of December last, Colonel Croft was the last person up in his house ; anti about half-past eleven o'clock on that night it would be shown to them that the windows and doors of the hall were fastened before the different members of the family retired to rest. On the following morning it was found that a burglary had been committed, and that about 2001. in gold, together with a cheque for 170/, and some clothes of the colonel, had been taken away, and that some clothes belonging to the other members of the family had been strewed about on the floor, and likewise id the garden. The evidence, he was bound to state, was almost purely circumstantial, and when they had that evidence, it would be for them to say whether the prisoner was the guilty party or not. Tne prisoner had lived in the service of Colonel Croft as butler for some length of time, which service he left on the - 22d o. November last. During the time he was in pkrniosownienrglwe left e h r i e s C ac o r l v o i n o e a l ho Croftkept was fora h o i o s o c s a i s d h o . rab A le ft l e e r ag th ol e that service he had fre qu e n t o p portun i t i es o f see i ng en d of time out of a situation, and for some time prior to the burglary exhausted all his funds, and was reduced, in point of fact, to a state of poverty. Upon the 22d of December last the prisoner went to a person named Robert Horsley, who is the ostler at Eldridge's Hotel, which hotel the prisoner well knew Colonel Croft was in the habit of visiting when he came to York, and he therefore made many inquiries of Horsley as to who was staying at Stillington Hall, and he was informed that no person was at the hall but the colonel. In the after. noun of that day the prisoner met a coachman named James Newby and a police-officer, to whom he stated that whom that h h o oe g se av hoe his saw carpet a ser vant he was going to the to wn o f Sheffield, by the th r e e o' c lo c k train. That statement, however, was n o t t rue , f or at f our o'clock he was seen at Dawson's publi c -h ouse, near to ifieYnoarne rklaAilwnany3,sitaatrii,hin: to Atw bag, a hat-box, and an umbrella. Between nine and en o'clock the same night he went again to Dawson's. took up the articles which he had left, and went away sufficient .y would time t o go to would perceive and left York on the following morning.; by the h a lts pest five o'clock train. Stillington Hall i s a b out ten miles from York, so that , bearing in mind that b e t ween nine and ten o'clock he left Dawson's, and left Y o rk at thathalf- past ho five would Stillington Hail, and have committed the burglary with the next ample m or a n n i d ng ! , which he stood charged. He is next shown to be at Sheffield, somewhere about half-past eight o'clock. The prisoner, ocuarriving at that town, engaged a nab of et man named Yates,: and ordered him to drive to- a person named Sanderson, whose house is situated in the Wicker. He got out of the cab there, and presented to Sanderson a:r-gun, with the folloeing remark a bl e an d str i ct in j inction .—" I give you this gun, but you must not let any living soul know , that I gave it t o you. " That gun belonged to Colonel Croft. After that the cabman drove him to the shop of Messrs. Levi, clothes dealers (and he might here state that the prisoner had a day or two before been heard to say that he was penniless', and that he had not m one y enou g h to pay for a glass of ale), w h ere he bought a coat fur the sum of 21. 155., a f r ock coat he. 41. 10e, aril a shooting coat for 21. 15s. 6d. Thee) things, it wsuld be proved, he paid for in gold. There was another circumstance to which he would call their atten tion. Mr. Henry Levi, of whom the prisoner bought those articles, observed that he (the prisoner) had a very large sum of money in gold, namely, two or three hun dred sovereigns, which certainly were very likely to at tract the attention of Levi. A portion of the articles which the prisoner ordered were not complete, and he said he would call again for them, and on being asked hie name he answered " Wells." On leaving the shop, he told the cabman to drive him to a person named Pence, a groom, residing at 7, Smith street, and having arrived there, he paid the man for the cab, and gave him sixpence for himself. When he got to the house of Peace he appeared to be very much tired and jaded, and on being asked w h a t gave him that appearance, he stated that he came to Sheffield the previous night at so late an hour that he (lid not like to disturb them, and had passed the night in some very improper company. lie sat down and fell asleep several times during the day, and it was observed that his shoes were very dirty, and appeared as if he had been travelling on some very dirty roads. He retired to bed at. the Mermaid public house between ten and eleven o'clock that night, and on the following morning he was apprehended in bed by a police-officer, and on being examined 17s. 6d. was found in his possession, and upon the cor ner of the window was found five sovereigns in gold. The prisoner denied that they were his. The_chamber maid, however, said that could not be the case, as she palled the blind down, end had the gold been there at that time she must have seen it. :These were all the circumstances of the case which he (the Learned Ser geant.) Lad to lay before them, and it would be for them to say, under all those circumstances, whether the pri soner was the person who committed the blurglary with which he stood indicted. Colonel Croft was then called, who stated that on the morning of the 22d of December last he discovered that the hall had been entered by the drawing-room window, which might be easily effected, on account of the in secure fastening of the window shutters. Several other witnesses were examined; after which, Mr. Buss addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner, and submitted that it was improbable, nay, almost im possible, that the house at Stillington could have been entered from the outside. Ile did not wish to throw any imputation on the servants of Colonel Croft, but if suspicion alone was to be brought against the un fortunate prisoner at the bar, suspicion, and very great suspicion, might reasonably be attached to parties who lived in the house of that gentleman. He also suggested that it was not improbable that some person might have seceeted himself in the hall before dusk, and after the domestics had retired to bed committed the robbery. He then commented on the appearance of the dinin 5-room the morning after the robbery, and treated it as an ostentatious sort of a bur glary. He did not deny that a burglary had been com mitted, nor did he deny that a great sum of money had been taken away by the burglar, but contended that this was a case of suspicion against the prisoner, and that, under all the circumstances, it would only be fair of the jury to acquit his client of (so serious a charge. As to the air-gun, he did not think that it presented such a strong case against the prisoner as it at first sight ap peared. It might have easily been placed in his carpet bag, or he might have had it in his possession at the time he was at Daimon's, and it might have escaped the observation of the witness Ann Marsh. With respect to the large amount of money which the prisoner was said to have at the clothes shop of the Jew, the Learned Counsel thought , itt was impossible for any person to judge of the sum of money a man had in his possession by the jingle in his pocket or its apparent weight. The Learned Counsel then commented on the evidence of some of tie witnesses w . .ith much severity, and, in con- elusion, urged upon the jury to acquit his client, as the whole case w•as woun ! up in mystery and doubt. The Learned JUDGE then summed up the t vidence with great minuteness, when the jury consulted together for a short time, and returned a verdict of Nat Guilty. This prisoner is still detained in custody, and will be tried on another charge, that of larceny, connected with the same transaction. March 12. Mr.' Sergeant Murphy sat to-day in the magistrates' room, and there tried some of the prisoners. Ann Garbut, aged 20, was indicted for having, at South ampton, on the 30th of January last, endeavoured to con ceal the birth of her illegitimate child. Mr. Blanchard appeared for the prosecution. The prisoner had no counsel. It appeared that the prisoner had been living for a short time as a domestic servant in the family i f Mr. W. St. Quinton, of Scampston Hall, near Walton ; and had before lived as kitchen-maid with Lord Chelsea, at Put• ta•?y-heath. She had received a good character from her latter place. The principal evidence against the pri ,oner was that of some of the servants who had hvisl with her, and the melical man, who on coming to attend the prisoner tound the body of the child hidden in her bed-room. He asked her if the child had been alive when born, when she exclaimed, Good God do you suppose I could put it into the box alive ?"—Verdict Guilty. The Learned COUNSEL for the prosecution infornit'd the Court that he was instruct,- d to bespeak his Lod ship's merciful consideration for the prisoner, as she ha I borne an excellent character. Sentence, two months' imprisonment in York Castle. Ann Doolan, aged 22, a tzirl who had been working at the silk mill of Mr. lloldforth, in Leed,t, was indicted for a similar off6ence. In this case the body of the child had been chopped by the prisoner into a river. She was convicted, and sentenced to be imprisoned for two months. March 13. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr: Baron ALDERSON.) POLLOCK V. STABLES. This was an action on promise for 851., money alleged to have been paid by the plaintiff for and on account of the defendant, and also to recover another sum in the shape of brokerage on the purchase of shares. Mr. Baines, with whom was Mr. Ellice, appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Watson and Mr. Pasbley for the defendant. The debt claimed by the plaintiff was contracted in the month of September, 1845, the plaintiff and the defendant at that time both being share brokers in Leeds, and members of the association of brokers established there, and the defendant also was by profession an attorney. The first-mentioned sum now sought to be recovered was the difference be tween the cost price and the selling price of thirteen shares in the Manchester and Huddersfield Railway, which shares, as the plaintiff under:ook to show, he had bought from Messrs. Thurnley and Cooper, brokers, of Leeds, by order and on account of the defendant. It was proved by the clerk of the plaintiff that a Mr. Thomas Hogg, supposed to have been at the time the defendant's clerk, had come once or twice to the plain tiff's office in Leeds, •as from the defendant, and in the name of the latter commissioned the plain tiff to purchase the shares in question. They were bought of Messrs. Thurnley and Cooper for 281. per share; and she defendant afterwards refining to accept the scrip, the shares, after the usual notice given, were sold out, and then brought but 191. los. each, making the difference of 851. The plaintiff showed that he had been called upon to pay, and had paid the full sum of 2SL on each share to Messrs. Thurnley and Cooper, and also the reasonableness of the claim in brokerage, via., ss. per share. But on the objection being taken for the defence, his LORDSHIP expressed his own opinion to he that the plaintiff could not, as to the 851., recover anything in the present form of action. The Learned Judge questioned if the plaintiff's only remedy were not an action on the case, instead of assumpsit, as the plaintiff had not paid the money to Thurnley and Cooper on the plaintiff's account, but in discharge of a debt due from himself to them. It was eventually agreed that a verdict should be given for tl:e defendant as to the issue respecting the 85/, but that the jury might consider the question whether any • thing were owing to the plaintiff for brokerage • and on that question being put to the m by hi s Lord•hip, they t.innd for the plaintiff; the plaintiff, as we understood, to be allowed to enter a verdict also as to the other por tion of his demand. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. THE PARCEL POST COMPANY.—EXTRAORDINARY SEIZURE.—On Saturday, shortly after the public busi ness of this Court had commenced, a number of the employes of the Parcel-Post Company attended before the presiding magistrates, Sir Peter Laurie and Sir William Magnay, to solicit advice as to how they should act in the very unfortunate dilemma they were placed in. A gentlemanly-looking individual, who stated him self to be the superintendent of the Parcel-Post Com pany's office, in Fleet-street, said that in the course of the previous day, several of the company's vans, in passing through the streets with their contents, were seized by real or assumed creditors and detained. At present he had no lesa than 1,000 parcels at his office, and he was afraid if they were not sent out for distribu tion, they would share the same fate. Another unfortu nate circumstance was, that the servants of the company had not been paid their salaries, and should the parcels be entrusted to them it was possible they might help themselves and dispose of them. The directors had re signed, and the management of the company, in its present state of affairs, was entirely left to his own discretion. Under such circumstances, he applied for the magistrates' advice. It was his wish that the public should have their parcels properly delivered; many of them, no doubt, were of considerable importance, and probably their non-delivery might ruin several persons. Mr. Teague, the chief clerk, remarked that the Court during the last few days had been beset by a number of poor men who had advanced 101. or 121. to the company, in order to get employment in it. Roe, the officer, informed the Alderman that several of these men were then waiting outside the Court. Here a host of unfortunate fellows, dressed in the Company's livery were ushered b e fore the Bench. They stated that they had put in the company's hands sums varying from 91. to 121. 103, as a security for being en gaged as drivers and conductors to the vans. Thay had been unable to obtain their salaries or any of the money they had advanced; the offices were closed, the vans were ceased, and now what were they to do. Sir PETER LAURIE asked how many had paid the se curity money. He was told one hundred. A driver wished to know what they were to do with the vans and horses they had still left in their charge. Sir P. LAURIE said they were creditors, and probably they had the best right to hold possession of them. He would advise them to place the horses and vans in the green yard. As for the parcels, however, he would wish them to understand, that shouldthey dispose of them improperly, they would certainly be guilty of an act of felony. The superintendent remarked that he had as great a reason to complain as the drivers, for he and others had paid no less than 140/ to be employed as managers. It was, however, only an act of justice to observe, that there were several high minded gentlemen connected with the company. Sir P. LAURIE did not doubt the integrity of several of those gentlemen. He could not, however, but ex press his surprise that so many persons could be so foolish as to expend the little wealth they possessed in such hazardous employment. Sir W. Maosray, in answer to a question from the superintendent relative to the parcels in his possession, advised them to b' sent to the London Parcels Delivery Company, who would no doubt see them properly de livered. The Superintendent—But who is to pay the other company if they undertook to forward the parcels for the delivery of which we have been paid ? Sir P. LAURIE would advise the parcels to be returned to the receiving houses, the owners of which were to an extent responsible for them. The Superintendent said such should be done, as far as possible. The drivers begged the Alderman to direct them how to recover the moneys they bad advanced. Sir P. LAURIE told them to consult a respectable lawyer. The poor fellows said they would, but declared their intention to stick to what remained of the vans and horses. In the course of the afternoon arrangements were made by the London Parcels Delivery Company to for ward the parcels as directed. BOW-STREET. CHARGE OF FORGERY.—Benjamin Froud, described as a builder, was charged with being concerned with Fre derick Williamson, alias John Alfred Gallon, at present under remand with forging and uttering a cheque for 171. 65., under the following circumstances : Mr. Christopher Marsh, managing clerk to Mr. Nooks, timber merchant, Commercial Wharf, Lambeth, stated that on Saturday, 27th ult., the prisoner and another man came into the yard and looked at some goods, and having selected some deals, they said they would give an order if he would take a cheque on Messrs. Ransom's, Pall-mall, for 371. and upwards in payment, but witness refused ; the cheque was signed " James E. Green," and they wanted to have the balance, above 17/., out of it, or a cheque upon a bank fur the amount. Witness then handed the other man a blank cheque, and ho filled it up for the amount in question. The prisoner then wanted Bs. 6d. as discount upon the goods, but wit ness told him, when the amount of the cheque was paid he would do so, and not till then. They then left, say ing they would send for the goods on Monday morning. On inquiry, it was found that no such person kept an account at Messrs. Ransom's. Witness never saw them again until the prisoner was apprehended. The prisoner declined saying anything, except that he was not present when the cheque was written. A clerk from Messrs. Ransom's said that no such per sons kept an account at the bank. Mr. Henry Dearlove, a timber merchant, of the Com mercial-wharf Lambeth, who appeared on Thursday last, to prefer a charge against Williamson, for uttering another forged cheque for 121. 175. in the purchase of goods amounting to 6/. Bs. 91, identified the prisoner as being the person who a ccompanied him on the 27th of February. The signature was Chas. Kinnaire, an d upon Williamson writing his name and address,_ which was found to be fictitious, he received the difference in cash. The prisoners both accompanied wituess round the yard, selecting the goods they required, and when th e i r cheque was presented on the following Tuesday it was pronounced a forgery. Sergeant Thompson, 6-2 F. said that he apprehended the prisoner on the premises of Mr. Kinnaird, silver smith and jeweller, 16, Gerrard-street, Soho, where he was engaged superintending a building; and on asking him if he knew Catton, he denied that he did, but being confronted with the two witnesses they immediately identified him, tiabeequently he discovered he had deserted his family, and was living with a woman in Wych-streer, when the other prisoner was t. , lcPn into custody. Mr. - Kinnaird, who banked at Messrs. Ransom, found that nine cheques had been recently sLoleu iroin hib book. The prisoner denied having seen the last-named cheque passed, and he never heard anything of it before. Mr. Dearlove assured the. magistrate that the pi-i -f:ow- was with his companions in the counting-house during the entire transaction. The prisoner was then ordered to he remanded. WE S NS TE R. . IMPORTANT TO TRADESMEN —On Saturday John Fletcher Betts, 01 262, 02..4nd-street, grocer, appeared to a summons charging him with neglecting to supply a carriage and horses to remove the luggage of her Ma• jesty's regiment of Scuts Fusilier Guards, in obedience to a warr,.nt issued by one of the police magistrates of the metropolis. Sergeant Beckerson, 22 A, said that, in the latter end of February he r• ctuived orders to furnish 35 waggons to rt•move tag;4.ne of the Scots Fusilier Guards. Do fondant received a summons, (al the 26th ult.. t , ) supply a wagon and hor,es on the 2d inst. Although it would be sten by this that he had three clear days' notice, he did not supply the wagon and horses. In c4n,L quenee of this the regiment was put to considerable in• convenience ; and, atter waiting two hours in exiwcta tion of the arrival of defenda, , t's wagon and horses, the police had to go to several places to procure othcrs. aid were uniloanly met %Nith the reply that it r. as exce-d -ingly unfair to come to them without timely notice. Mr. Da!gleish, a coal-merchant, at Scotland-yard, very kindly took his horses from a wagon ladun with coat-, and supplied them for their use. The witntss addeo, that the defendant had offered him 10s. on a previous occasion not to leave the summons with him requiring him to supply his carriage and horses. The defendant did not deny the charge, but stated that, owing to the severe winter, his horses were so lame that they were unequal to the duty in qu,stion. Mr. BURRELL observed, that the charge against the defendant of offering a bribe to the officer was one of a very serious character. Under the peculiar circum stances of the case, he should fine detendant a and costs. Defendant undertook to send the money, and left the Court. LAMB ETH. EMBEZZLEMENT ET A NEWS-BOY.—Yesterday Wit /lam Lacy, a youth of seventeen years of age, servant in the employment of Mr. Tucker, a news agent in the Wandsworth-road, was placed at the bar before Mr. Norton, on a charge of appropriating money received on 4ccount of his master, Mr. Tucker deposed that he had latterly reason to suspect the honesty of the prisoner, who had been in his service for about 17 months, and upon making inquiry he discovered that he had received from Dr. Leach 9s. 4d., from Mr. Phillips 155., and from Mr. Evans, landlord of the Pine-apple public-house in Hercules building-s, 3s. 3d., for which he did not account. On making the discovery, he questioned the prisoner on the subject, when be stoutly denied his guilt. On mention ing the name of Dr. Leach, he acknowledged having re ceived the 9s. 4d., but he declared that this was the only sum he had received. He (witness) then asked him whether he received any money from Mr. Phillips or Mrs. Evans, and those sums before mentioned he also acknowlenged to having received, and added after each acknowledgment that those were the only sumo, Mr. NORTON—How was the prisoner employed by you? Mr. Tucker—By the week, Sir; I have paid him Bs. a week, and I tear he has received many other sums from my customers, and therefore wish for time to make some further :nquiries. Tne prisoner, who mtrely expressed his sorrow for what had occurred, was remanded until Thursday next. ALARMING INCREASE or SMASHERS. —There were no less than four persons charged with passing counterfeit half sovereigns, but though all were notorious smashers, and two of them had been tried and found guilty of that offi , nce, such is the lax state of the law at present, that they were obliged to be again turned loose on the public. Mr. NORTON regretted that the magistrates had not the power of dealing summarily with such notorious offender* as the prisoners, and expressed it as his con viction that such a power would materially tend to lessen the offence and protect tradesmen from the present im pudent system of pasiing counterfeit coin. 71-IAM6S. PUBLIC. NOUSE PROSECUTIONS.-Mr. Henry Colverd, proprietor of the Cherry-tree public-house at Bromley, was charged with keiTing his place open for the sale of beer and spirits at twenty-five minutes after twelve on Sunday week last. Peter M'Cardell, 339 K, stated that at the time on the above day the house was opened to a person, whom he immediately followed, and saw three persons at the bar, two of whom were smoking. There were eight other persons is the parlour, who were also drinking and smoking, and had before them a quart pot, a pint, and two glasses. Mr. Colverd said he had beCn in the house two years, and the manner in which it was conducted would bear the strictest scrutiny. The fact was that the constable, Mr. Cardell, accompanied by Mr. Davis, the landlord of the Beehive at Bromley, came to his house and had a a pint of scout between there. lie (defendant), cm sidered that the whole was a planned thing. Mr. BALLANTINE said, the only question was, whether the defendant had opened his house for the sale of malt liquors. If the officer had done wrong, any charge made against him would be fully heard, but he must not b., taken by surprise in the hearing of another mattt.r. The defendant was then fined los. RIOTING IN CAITHNESS AND IN ROSS-SHIRE. (From the Inverness Courier.) The presence of the military i H Thurso had the effect anticipated by us last week—the grain was shipped, and the mob dispersed, happily without any serious collision. On Monday afternoon, the military detachment, consist of 76 men, under the command of Captain Evans Gor don, marched into the town. Next day it was resolved to proceed with the shipment, when Sheriff Thomson had a large body of special constables enrolled, and the whole of the civil power then proceeded to the shore with several carts laden with corn. A determined mob had assembled, and barricaded the passage to the pier. Stones were thrown and other riotous manifestations adopted, when the Sheriff read the riot act, and the mi litary were brought forward. The crowd was forced back at the point of the bayonet, and the shipping of the grain was proceeded with without further interruption. One person was taken prisoner. Next day, shipping took place at Scrabster Roads, only a small party of constables being present. The detachment of the 76th has been relieved in Wick by a party of the 27th or Enni:killen Foot from Fort •George. Nu further tendency to riot has been dis played in %Vick. A gentleman in Invergordon writes us, Monday even ing, March 8—" All is quiet here, and the shipment of grain is going on. The same is the case at Fuwlis Point, in the locality of which the people were very excited and determined a few days ago, in opposition to any expor tation of grain. I reaily hope all is over. We are nut yet sure of Portanahomack." _REDUCTION IN TILE PRICE OF BREAD —On Friday morning a reduction of one haltperlby in the price of the 41b. loaf was made by the bakers generally. The price varies in the several parts of the metropolis. On the Surrey side, and at the east-end, inferior bread is selling at 7d., good house hold ditto 710., seconds ditto Wel., and the best bread 9 1 / 2 d., per 41b. loaf. In Oxford-street, Drury-lane, Clare and New port Markets, the prices obtained are generally one halfpenny more than thcse quoted—country and brown bread (t -weighed), selling at 6d. per loaf; flour (best) 9 2d., seconds Bd., and inferior 7d. per quartern. THE LIGHTING OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.— The complaint, which was made some time since by an lion. Member, of the inefficient lighting of the House of Commons, appears to have been wholly disregarded by the persons en trusted with the management of this department. Generally speaking, the light is so defective as to render it painful to write in the gallery; and in the course of Mr. Gregory's . speech last night, and for some time subsequently, the light was diminished to such an extent that the reporters fou-d great difficulty in taking notes of the proceedings. AN AMERICAN VETERAN.—The olde,t inhabitant died at Akron, Ohio, on the 3d inst. His name was John Shepherd, aged 118 years 9 months and 18 days. lie fought in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown Flats, and was wounded at the former: He never received a pension ! An ungrateful Congress denied him that boon, because he had the misfortune to lose his papers in a fire which con sumed his dwelling. His children provided for him corn fortably in his old age.—New York Sun. On the 4th instant the funeral of the unfortunate victims of the destruction of the Grand Ducal Theatre was solemnized at Carlsrhue. An immense crowd of the inhabi tants formed a double line to the cemetery gates. The ashes of the victims were enclosed in eight coffins, which were laid in two tombs. --- ----- SOCIETY FOR TUE PROTECTION OF LIFE FROM FIRE.—The committee of the above society have awarded to the youth, George Best, wbo was the instrument of savilg the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Grover and their three children at the late fire at Brentford, one of their silver medals and 20s. To another youth who assisted Best on the night in question, they have awarded a silver medal. llostEay.—The cotton hosiery trade, though a shade mended to what it was previous to Christmas, con tinues very dull. The Leicester Is worse than the Notting ham trade. Frames are constructing in that town 120 inches wide, being more than double width hitherto attempted ; G og and Magog," hitherto the widest frames known, being only 54 inches wide.—Nottingham Review. FATAL ACCIDENT TO JOHN SHIPWAY, THE STEEPLE CUMaER.—An inquest was held on Friday, at Bristol, on the body of John Shipway, the celebrated steeple climber, who has earned a reputation by his daring exploits in ascending l i for the purpose of adjusting, removing, or refitting the vanes of some of the loftiest steeples in England, among which may be mentioned those of Salisbury Cathedral and the church of St. Nicholas, Bristol. The poor fellow had been engaged to fit up some scaffolding at an elevation of sixty or seventy feet, in connection with the large sugar refinery of Messrs. Fingell and Co., now in course of erection, at Counterslip, Bristol, and while crossing a plank with the end of a large iron rafter which he and some others were supporting, the plank suddenly broke off in the middle, and Shipway and another were precipitated to the ground. He was taken up insensible and bleeding, and was carried to tie Infirmary, where it was found that he had ruptured his intestines and fractured his thighs. Medical aid was unavailing, and he died after lingering several hours in great agony. The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death." LEICESTER TRADE,—We are sorry to have to re port unfAvourab.y of the present state of trade. A general stagnation appears to prevail throughout the staple manufac ture of the midland counties,—and a very large number of the workmen are unemployed. The advance in cotton,which has only been partially realised in the yarns, cannot be ob tained in the finished goods, and the prospect for the next two e or three months is very discouraging.—Leicestershire if r - cury. A VETERAN MINISTER.—The Carlsruhe Gazette of the 6th inst. announces the death of the Nestor of the Baden statesmen, Baron Sigismond Von Reizenstei , n, Minister since the year 1809. The Baron was in his 8 2 d ?ear, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE• HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. • Her Majesty's gaghoonds meet on Friday, Twyford tion-1 Brighton hrrs., Wed., R a xecourse ; Fri., Dyke. Brookside lirrs., Thurs., Tclscombe-tye-11. Findon l:ds., Tues., Kennel ; Thurs , Dial Post-1 1 . Eastbourne hrrs., Thurs., Snap Hill; Sat., Willingdon Old to 11. Crawley and Horsham hds., Wed., Crawley V iligel Fri., Handcross Village-14 to 11. Worcestershire hds., Wed., Westwood; Fri., Wood-101. T idd e sley Lord Redesdale's hds., Wed., Broadwell Grove; Fri., GO* comb; Sat., Ranger's Lodge-10t/2, Ledbury hds., Fri., Colin Park-10 1 / Shrop, hire lids., Wed., Wytheford W00 2 d . ; Fri., Cloverly-4 to 11. • Wheatland hds., Wed., Moville ; Fri., Monkhopcon--:l°' East Essex lids., Tues, .Bellchainp Bells: Thurs., Floating' field Town; Sat., St. Ann's Castle-101/2. • Bit' Mr. Trelawney's lids., Tues., T o l c h inoo r Gate ; • ".' taford Bridge— 10 1 4. Cbini ne f Mr. Deacon's hrrs., Wed., Petatary; Sat., the on I>lackdown-10. Mr. Horndon's lids., Thurs., Chapman's Well-10i. Mr. Lumley's lids., 'lm‘s., Hill ; !tog ton Bridge. ; Fri., Myth Law Hill-101. gat ile n- Mr. 31. Ingram's hds., Thurs., Sp r e a d Eagle; hurst. Statl" D‘irrington has., Wed., Cavendish B r idge; Sat" ton Ilarold Quorn lids., Tues., Roccliffe Hall; Thurs., Boughton' on-the-Hill ; WidnierspoolL-1 1. 104' RutK.rd lids., 'Thurs., Cocking Moor; Sat., Cliostolle" 5 116 Bedale hds., Wed., Hutton Conyers; Fri., Herlihy G , —ll. • Mr. Brand's hds., Fri., Warden Hills-10i. Mr. Hildvard's furs., Fri., Trenhoinie Bar. Cleveland hds., Thurs., Marton-10 1 ,4. Sir C. Constable's stghds., Fri., West Newton-1 1 +, 20 k , Mr. Drake's hds., Tues, Bourton Village; Thurso nell Common; Sat., Farthinghoe Lodge-10 1 /i. Jjsr Durham County hds, Wed., Tunstali; Fri., Chi''' —lO4. F. B. lids., Wed., Roskeymer Bridge. 0 Earl Fitzwilliarn's hds., Wed., Old Weston Nv lE li Fri., Ashton Wold-10. Haydon hds, Wed., Coldwell Wood; Sat., TbreePyl° 4:4l :f Lord Elcho's hds., Tues., Cornhill ; Tollbar ; Fri , Cockburn ; Sat., Doddington. Mr. Horndon's hds., 'rues., Middleton One Row ; Eat . ' ton-10 1 / 2 . Rol fe° Col. Wyndham's hds. Wed., Westdean Park; Fri., Fri Atherstene lids., Tues., Overseal Village; Fri., Fr Sat., Churchover-10 1 A. Hirsell PP h Warwickshire hds., 'rues., Honnington Toll Gate; - era rs' - Ao a Harbury Village; Fri., t pwell Village; Sat., Cubbiob' Toll Gate-10'4. Mr. Lowndes' hds., Wed., Whaddon Common--I l .. th e Berkshire lids., Wed.; Little Wittenham ; Fri., Ba Hill. • Woad c°l Lord Parker's hds., Tues., Stow Wood ; Common. *- V.W.H., Tues., Aldsworth ; Thurs., Swindon; Sat., Ch ton. irbi r York and Musty hds., Tues., Red House; Thurs., / ley; Sat., Oulston—RP!,. e• Mr. Watson's lids., Wed., Kennels ; Fri., Nethe rwlt Raby hds., Wed., Kennels; Fri., Selabv Park. Sinnington , Tues., Lime Kiln House, Hambler" Fri., Tylass Bridge. Tindale hds., Thurs., Matfen Piers. • RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS' LIVERPOOL, Mama 13. 4 ,44 STOCK EXCIIANGE.-The sales are-Chester and Birkenhc••prtli' -Eastern Counties, York Extension, 6s. 3d.-- L on d o n and Western, 177--Ditto, New Quarters, II p.-Ditto, Quarter , t ate rO, 17 p.-London and South Coast, 53 1 / 4 -London and South - `ipal , 60 1 / 4 ex div.-Manchester and Leeds (lat e Hint and Shef.). 32l :, s (late Lxtension), 2 1 / 4 p.-Ditto (late and B.) 4% p.-311dla n wr Ditto, 401. Shares, 4p. -- Ditto, New, 3 p.-Ditto, Consolidated 1 3 y,:; t 411 1 ham and Derby, 90.--North British, Quarters, 11, p.-South•r"g:der. and Dover, Consol dated Thirds, 1 p.-York and Newcastle' •;,; once, 4 1 / 4 p.-Dublln and Belfa3t Junction, 9 dis.-flu due iji P' Canal, and Railway, 2% p.- Leeds and Thirsk, Preferenee,koer -Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Cheser, New, Is. 6d. dit , :c o nlOr gate, Nottingham, Boston, and Eastern Junction, % ham and Dudley, 5 1 / 4 p.-Birmingham and Oxford Junclictoi. - Great Northern (Nos. 1 to 108,000), IA dis.- Melton and coti r Junction, 18s. 9d. p.-- North Staffordshire, 2% p.-Northe r ' ! ties Union, 1% dis. -Shrewsbury and Birmingham, (A), S (B), % p. -Shropshire Union, 1 dis. West Riding Union, /x" Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 1% p.-South Yorkslil"' ' caster, and Goole, par -Paris and Lyons, 1 Sa dis. MANCHESTER, Alwacu 13. Rain, Old STOCK EXCM•NGE. -The sales are-Ambergate, NottinB lS lacX. Boston, 5-16 dis.-Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 8%. p oor burn, Clitheroe, and North-Western, Preferential,, 1% rot shire, New (scrip), 14 -East Lincolnshire 1 1 / 4 c.-Fleetwo oL ,,,dos ton, and West Sliding Junction, 5-16 c.-Great Northern ( I ' v y sn and York), Reg., 7-16-Huddersfield and Manchester Bail )I.l or Canal, 2% - Leeds and Thirsk, 2 1 4 -Leeds Dewsbury, rl n „,ottifi k cheater, New Branches Scrip (blue), 3 1 / 4 -London and North - ti p (Manchester and Birmingham), Quarters (A), 654 -Ditto (;)der Manchester and Leeds, 32/ Shares (late Extension), Ditto (001 ter, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 1, 3 ), 17 ' Grimsby 121. 10s. Shares), 1 - Ditto (Sheffield and Lincoltishireo, - istnchcster and Southampton, 15fi-North Statiordsh ire i b, 5.1 6 Preston and Wyre, 34-Ditto, Halves (A), 3N co' --scow h Central, 7% -West Riding Union, 1% -IVharfdalC, ie -Whitehaven and Furness, dis. LEEDS, Mxitcu 13. receded 4lnce STors ExcnaNcs.- Prices of Shar e s h a v e g radually - mp ber our last anti end, without exception, lower. '1 he sales are - =,,,,, lei gate, Nottingham, and Boston, ss. c. dis.-East Lancashire , oft. n p.-Ditto, New (s cr ip), 1 p. -East and West Yorkshire.le'roe 11 -Great Northern (hide London a n d Y or k), 4s. dis.-" 1( Sa l P and Manchester, 3% p.-Leeds an d Dewsbury, Branch, . ns. dis (blue), 3 p.--Leeds and Thirsk, 2 1 / 4 dis.-Ditto, New, 13 s . 14 0 * -Ditto, Preference, 275. p.-Leeds. Wakefield, and 1J1d 111 1„ . ' p. dis.-London and Brighton and South Coast, Fifteenths , _,7 Manchester and Leeds, 32/. Shares (late Extensions). Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 10s. c. Extensions (scrip), 10s. 6d. p.-Norik Staffordshire, 3 71 Northern Countiee Union, 355. dis.-North-Western, 25 r1 An' Ridintz UOIOO, 31s. p.-Wharfdale Junction, 2s. 6d. dis. -Yo Newcastle, Preference, p. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, Maacif 13. v oter , ' o u Thirds,nti e s 2. p o k_ D i i o, STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales OTC-Caledonian. petr---:vit C tOIP Extension, Quart O er s s . , 3 3l . s. d p is . Atiasen 13. an d STOCK EXCKANGti.-The sate s are - Ainbergate Notting harn. 111 Boston; 7s. di..-.Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Of i n • .-North British, 8% and Sheffield), 5 1 4 c. dis.-Ditto, 201. Share!, 325. c. dis.---Di t `%•enS I. s. Shares, 1 1 / 4 cis.-Ditto (Sheffield and Lineo:n), ir k , dis. Riding Union, I/. 11s. p.--Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 13 'S HULL, MARCH 13. accent Srocx EXCHA NGE. - This being the last day of the present o at hut a small business was transacted. The high rates of 1 1 1.. t. oft :red for loans by the leading lines have a very depressing eerie and the " Bears" are sanguine of extreme low prices. Still, hill! der bona fide holders show little disposition to part with their .N o ma being convinced that the depression is only temporary. _ 1 7„.; British, Carlisle Extensions, have realised to-day. I Is. 6 ,1 _ Quarter., 355. p. ; and West Riding Un ens, 3113. P.; Mal;°%rta Thirds, 41a. and p l . 7 ; s* N ti o d rt . h p ern . SM per share having been submitted to. EDINBURGH, 3foacn 12. ' 5l. STOCK EXCHANGE. - 'MC sales are-Aberdeen, ac;;dist,Are& Bathgate, 3i. 1 Ss. - Arbroath and Forfar, 28/._pitt0..., 0 "revs. 2 ; 4 3 %, -Ayr and Galloway, 2/. 55.-Caledonian, 261. --Pit- junc t "' Counties North - 6d. -Caledonian and Dumbarton, 2'. 75.--Clydesdale tin igatte, Pout; Whea'vt.ensiliftpearred; much.' 55.-Deeside, 31. 55.-Direct Northern, 21. ° g, and Callender, 1/. 12s. 6d.-Dundee and Arbroath , --- 7sevr• o f New, No. 1, 30/.-Ditto, New, No. 2, 301.--Ditto, 51.-Dundee and Perth, 33'.-Ditta, New Shares. 211' iOs mitt Sat Fife, 21. 165.-East Lothian Central, 21. 10s.-Edioburg.is swath gate, 5!. 152.--Edinb u r g h and 11.tigow, 7GL-Dltto, 117,0 201. 108 . 108. -Ditto, Quarter Shares, 19!.- Edi n burgh. Leit!' ton, 201. 2s. 6d.- Ditto, Preference, 211.-Ditto, Quarters, 15s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Northern, 161. : 45 . De 'ttO ) itto, sl. New Shares, 31. 165.-Ditte , Newport, 71. 1 Is.-Th ' (Se 4 ... 2!. fis. 6d.-Edinburgh and Perth (Old), H. 17s--.Ditto 651. • 153 U.-Ditto, Halves. 11. 2s -Glasgow and Ayrshire , t di." Ditto, New Stoe.... 341.- Ditto, Halves, No. 1, 61. jossiri No. 2,8/. lbs.-Ditto, Quarter Shares, 161. 103.-Gla l L ° tries, and Carlisle. W.-Glasgow and Gartikirk, osled' Terminus, 12/. 10s.-Glasgow and Greenock, 191.-Di'at? m dro , o l 91.-Ditto, Preference, 8/. 55.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, a nd .r.Tortn r san, 5/. 18s.- Great North' of England, 233 , . 10s.-Great '' slte Scotland, 21. 7.. 6d.-London and, York, 31. I2s. 6(1.- 1)1t „ t ?i t ,I; siozis (scrip), 2/. 55.-Manchester and Leeds, 10 81 . --i j„ teenths, 81. 55.-Newcastle and Berwick, 331. 55.-No r ,,'; 341. ha-Ditto, Halves, 16/. ss. -Ditto, Quarters, 3'. 18s. 7--pitP" New Quarters (scrip), 1/. ss. Gd.-Ditto, Thirds, 3/. 82. uu;.., fl etW k , Fifths, 71.-Scottis h Central, 231. 10s.-Scottish Grand 'rereforu, 1/. 7s. 63.- Scottish Midland, 251. 10s. - Shrewsbury and I/. 12s. 6d.-Shrewsbury, Gswestry, af,tl Chester, 8!. ds.-pltt_d 11 2s. 63 -Stirling and Dunfermline, 31. 17s. 6c1.-Stirllng so ; land, 2/. 95.-Wishaw and Coltness, 481. 15s. ex Newcastle, 361. 10s.-Ditto, New, 111. 155.-Ditto, 80% fe 17s. W.-Direct Bombay and Madras, 3s. W.-East Indliadr' Great North of India. 35.-Great Southern of Madras, 38. Notlore, and Arcot, 2s. GLASGOW, Mooch 12. P„..sgt r°l4 STOCK Ezell A Nog. -The sales are-Caledonian, New, .7;:, Bombay and Madras, 3s. W.-Direct Northern (sett ) ) , d _.: - '1114,; Lothian Central, 5114-Edinbur g h an d Gla sgo w, Quarter . %...ol l, Edinburgh and Perth (New Co.), 58s. W.-Ditto, Halves, 235• goy?. Kiimarnock, and Ayr, 63 1 4-Ditto, 311.-Ditto, polf, 2, BI A -Ditto, Q uar t ers (5 per cen t . guar .), 161 , 4 3111W tries, and Carlisle, 5/. 163. W.-Kilmarnock and Ayr Dille" O, Manchester and Southampton, 16s. 6d.-North British, N e nd Cu" tens (scrip), 245. 6d.-Scottish Central, 231.-Wishaw ness, 4' Jl. .4 THE LACE TRADE.—The weekly amoun t of sole. does not increase; things remaining here much in the 7 1 - si tig state as at our last report. A good number of buyers Bey been to market, but their purchases, though toleribl jte neral, have not been large. The home and foreign btts ol 7:l l e 6 alike conducted with much caution. Insertions, both. t and double warp, if of good patterns, meet with 4 , 1 . 1. 10 4 at reasonable prices. Fine plain nets are offering t a cht o rates. by a house which has put its machinery of L'7 t th e to work longer hours. Other things remain at sw 0 :010‘ , same prices as for some weeks past. Yarns are, if 2139 ate j heavier. Several manufacturers, holding in the agg re , g oll o large body of machinery, are shortening the time °' ins their mills very materially.—Nottingham Review- 0 0 0 ACCIDENT AT WINDSOR CASTLE.--A man D !IMMO 1, employed by Mr. Bates, carpenter to her 170 av In exe outing some works in the " red drawing: o° m ; tb i ; 'Win isor Castle, was yesterday morning found Vivi.: AtP., terrace, beneath the window of the apartment, with e_,.. 1 " v er7 fractured and other serious injuries, from which his r `r- ro ns is doubtful. He must, it is mipposed, have fallen J. - 0 0' plank while entering through the wi n dow, at a he'g nearly 30 feet from the ground. ENGLIsH BENEVOLENCE.—At a very —,, on meeting of the clergy of the Dioce se of Leighlin, he'" ln 0 3 ' 12th inst., the Hon. and Venerable the Archdeacon ;t. , iis z , chair, a vote of thanks to the Engli s h nation, PO "f t 1 47, exampled generosity in the present emergency ° c a ris" country, was most warmly adopted by the meeting. Sentinel. IRTS. per On the 9th inst., the wife of B Lieutenant-.3olenel Chase r Arr, bay Army, of a son. On the 10th inst., Mrs. Stephen Denison, of a son. ~..0 . cbarl e° On the 11th inst., at New Bridge-street, Blackfriful, A.' J. Thicke, of a son. ter- _,./i On the 11th inst., at Birkenhead, Mrs. C. Reade , o f a dap s _. a ery On the 1 lth inst., in Princes-street, Hanover-square, Sp HL. Cook, of a son. Levels' of On the 11th inst., at West Ham-lane, Essex, Mrs. Alfred a son. 101/ On Rev. thel William l un thinse., aptthcoe.Vbice, of a eon.arage,Crowle, Lincolnshire, t he of the of , .r, yea, On the 12th inst., at Clapham-park, Mrs. Wodehouse hol daughter. MARRIED. , 490 1 On the 9th inst., at Walmer, Henry S e y mour Michell, .sle'not• Regiment, to Hester Louisa , only child of the late Licu Colonel Coast, 21st Fusiliers. DIED. On the 14th in.t., Mr. William Rhodes, of the Cider Cellars Maiden-lane, In his 47th year. On the 27th of December, at Lahore, Lieutenant Charles 131•009° Tulloch, 12th Regiment, N. I. On the 7th inst., Mr. John Latchford, of Piccadilly, ag • 30. On the 9th Inst., at Armagh, the Rev. Robert Haig, M. !it tor d, On the 10th inst , Daniel Baxter, eldest son of Mr. John C• r" . of London-road, Southwark. aged 27. On the 10th inst., the wile of Major Simpson, of Cheltenha,..*. On the 10th inst., at Brideheatl, Dorset. Robert Williams. On the 10th inst., at Hastings, Ellen, the wife of G. T. Bra. Esq., ot Stockwell. Martha r me ' On the I 1 th inst., in Trinity-square. Southwark, relict of the late Mr. Robert Bocqu, ck t. Doeke tt ' On the , Henry rery Boett, Infant son of D. S. Esq., of Hampstead !IL London: Prulted .nd Published by IiPITHDO YOUNUI, 01 I‘° . ,,,M,et illuter, ?at rile Mi7a , 11E. Str , nd, in the of the Savoy. In the County at Middlesex. gondaY. 1847. N , E) ; Th at ?titan to eon ., cotTRT next, f n for th e Year en • kale c, kal pi 14th e Will also Charter) "soon I ante u.enverec 111., no not have "°ek to stock ahl b larrhtee "the el • I 'ol sto c c The Cc at the 11, ' "ica, tt p n iri ll be t N of %gels ' 7V be . & " ' clock, , • l ittanda. I llary cad b ear t4 , 4 n als, the L• 4O Persoi wuec eatr LE.CTUR • 11 . 03 moods w hich the 44 1, 4 aPpro 10 -412, 110.: , a ' —te nbig b eauti 1 114 bi v IMP] :erne Chary Andre Georg Georg Thog. P OUR-1 ~Bned to insure Inane ultim ex al 114°PITS 4 g.e 1 ,„ at 44 trY.I • It I 20 t 3o 40 , ! I 44,n essUran, t. 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