The Sun. — London, England, 1840-03-17 00:00:00

YEN NG EDITION IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS, iliaacxt 16. The Hoy.se resumed at Five o'Clock. The Dike of WELLINGTON took his seat just be fore the entrance of the Lord Chancellor. He ap geared-to be completely recovered from his recent ill ness, and looked as well as he has done for years. CORN LAWS. Lord Bt - N.LP.A" presented a petition from a place in Berkshire against any alteration of the Corn-laws. SUPILY OF WATER TO THE METRO LIS. The Marquis of WESTMINSTER presented peti tions from different parts of the Metropolis complaining of the insufficient and expensive supply of water at pre sect afforded, acid of its unwholesome quality, and praying for a legis'ative enactment to improve the BEVERLEY A D DRESSES. The following are the written replies of her Royal Highness the amiable Duchess of Kent to the addresses from Beverley, inserted in The Sun of Friday last : " To the Inhabitants of the Borough of B,vertey. " Gentlemen,—l thank you most sincerely for the cor diality of your congratulations on the marriage of my beloved daughter, and for your kind and affectionate ap proval of the fulfilment of those interesting and import ant maternal duties which devolved on me. " I beg that you will be assured that all sense of the cares and anxieties of those duties is effaced front my mind, by the gratitude so kindly expressed to me by you and the other loyal people of the kingdom," To the Reform Association of Beverley and East Riding of the County of Turk. " Gentlemcn—l receive your congratulations on the marriage of my beloved daughter with emotions of sin cere satisfaction. " I shall ever remember the kindly expressions you have addressed to myself with lively gratitude ; and I beg you to believe that all my mlternal responsibility and care are forgotten i n the ha pp iness of the Queen, and the gratitude of the people." CORN LAWS. Me Duke of 'WELLINGTON presente I a petition from Southampton, against any alteration the Corn ht‘rs , CHURCH PATRONAGE. 14ord STRA FFORD presented pe:itions from places in the County of Derry against intrusion of Minisiers. - Letd HADDINGTON presented a petition from a •place in Scotland, against the authority assumed by the General Assembly to reject or suspend ministers appointed by the legal patrons. Petitions in favour of the princip'.e of Non intett2ion were presented by he Duke of Montrose, the Marqus of Bute, and the Earl of Aberdeen. The !atter Noble Lord also presented one re gretting th e con d uc t l ate ly pursued by the General Assembly, and praying that no alteration might be made in the law of patronage. 'rhe Noble Lord said, that in consequence of some words which he had addressed to the Noble Viscount opposite upon that subject on a former occasion, he had re ceived communications from almost every part of Scotland strongly remonstrating wi th him for advisin g any delay in the settlement of that question. That was a step which he had never advised ; on the contrary, be had blamed Governm( nt strongly for their delay in coming en a decision. It was true that he apprehended precipitation more than delay, and it was his opinion still that after the Government had delayed so long, and pressed as they had been, he was afraid that they might decide tnorc hastily than was befittin g the importance of l the sujoct ; but, after all, the Noble Viscount had never yet said that the Government would positively bring in nny measure—all that he had said, as he (the Earl of Aberdeen) understood, was, that the Government would make up their minds as to the necessity or expediency 1 ofietroducing a measure or not. Certainly, as they had now arrived at the middle of March, the House and the ' cotbntry had a right to know the intentions of Government .upon the subject. He trusted the Noble Viscount would not• convert the Ides of March into the Greek Ka lends, but would at an early period inform the House what course the Government intended to take. Vi.couot MELBOURNE was certainly not pre pared to say what course the Government would think it their duty to take on this Sla ject. He thought that the House had a right to know from the Government whether they wouid bring forward a measure or not, in order that if they 1 declined i t , any one w h o fel t it hi s duty to do so might propose one. Unquestionably an early determination v.'eulci be come to by the Government, and immediate iatiraation would be given. SPAIN. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY begged to ask the Noble Viscount whether he had any objection to certain returns for which he was about to move ? In 1824, during Mr. Canning's Administration, a considerable sum of money was appropriated to Spanish refugees in that country, who were, he believed, the Liberal Constitutionalists of the present day. A considerable number of these persons were still in this country, and some of them rteei‘ing pensions, so that, in fact. they were eating the brca 1 of idleness here instead of returning to their own country. What he wished to move for was a return of all the money paid by the British Government to Spanish refugees since 184, distinguishing the amount paid in each year. Also a return of the pensions paid by Government to Spanish exiles. Viscount MELBOURNE, I have no objection to the returns. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY—I wish also to have a return of all monies and supplies sent to Spain since the last return Viscount MELBOURNE—I have no objection. The 'Marquis of NORMAN BY presented a petition from Liverpool in favour of the Irish Municipal Bill. VACCINATION. Lord ELLEN BOROUGH, in moving the Order of the Day for going into Committee on the Vaccina tion Bill, said he had had communications with the Poor-law Commissioners on the subject, and they had acquiesced in the amendment which he was about to propose. He feared there would have been no means of extending the operation of the Bill to parishes which had not yet been formed into Unions. The Marquis of NORMANBY had no objection to 'Rath a course, but he hoped the Noble Lord, at least for the present, would postpone including Ireland in tha provsiona of the Bill, the Poor-law Bill not having yet come into operation in that country. rho Poor-law Commissioners had not had time for communicating with that member of the Board at present in Ireland, Lord ELLENBOROUGH thought the Bill would be more favourably received in another place if it included Ireland, and, so, doing, would remove the imputation that that country was neglected. He was perfeat'y aware the Bill would be inoperative for the present, but it would gradually become so. If the Noble Marquis wisaed to strike it out he had no ob jection. The Marquis of NORMANBY would not make atiy further objection on the subject at present. He regret,d with the Noble Lord the Bill would be more fa vour ibly received in another place if it included Ireland. He wished to ask the Noble Lord whether he bad un derstood correctly, that he had under his consi deration another clause, which not only went to the promotion of vaccination, but the prohibition of innoculation by persons with no medical qualification. IL! (the Marquis of Normanby) had been in commu nicatlon with the President of the College of Physicians, a-A many others connected with the profession, and it was the unanimous opinion the Bill would not effect half the objects con:emplated by it unless some penalty were attached to prevent the very great evil which erase from this practice. Hy would suggest to the NAL Lord whether it would not be possible to frame a clause, which, without preventing innoculation altogether, did so with regard to persons who had not the proper medical qualification. Lord ELLENBOROUGH thought that by giving oveiy inducemeot to persons to practice vaccination, they should practically effect their purpose. He was not - ideiself prepared to introduce a clause inflicting peoalties. He wished it to be simply a measure to afford extensive failities for obtaining gratuitous vacci nation. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said it was the opinion of the most eminent men in the medical profession that the Bill would be ineffectual wi'lout restricting the propogation of ,he small-pox by innoculation ; and this was also the opinion of clergymen and others who had many opportunities of witnessing the mischief inflicted by ignorant persons who endeavoured 0 obtain a livelihood by empiricism. ) 1 The Bishop of LONDON said it was well known that in agricultural districts of the country there had not' barn for many years past the least difficulty in obtaining vaccination gratuitously, but many of the igt!erat.t poor were strongly prejudiced against it, and paid a \ much greater attention to em pi r i cs th an to the advice of the clergy. He thought the Bill would not do half the good that was in tended, unless those persons w ere prevented, by pe nalty, from practising innoculation. Lord 11 LLENBOROUGH would not oppose a clause calculated to prod uce t h e e ff ect desired by the Wglit Rev. Prelate. Lard ASHBURTON thought every one practisi ng innoculation should report the sa me t o th e Registrar of the district. The Marquis of NORMANBY had prepared a clause which he would propose, and have it pr ntad which, he thought, would effect the object desired. ' After a few words from Lord REDESD ALE, the Bill was committed, and reported with amendments. Lloyd's Divorce Bill was read a third time and passed. The - Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway Bill was read a third time and passed. • Tt i e East India Warehousing Bill was read a third time, and passed. The Earl of CHARLEVILLE said the peti;ion presented by the Noble Marquis from Livepool,. n favour of the Irish Municipal Bill was not a petition from the inhabitants, but was signed by Joshua \Velmsley only. , The Marquis of NORMANBY said, the petition 1 war agreed to a t a p u bli c mee ti ng , a nd was signed by t the chairman on behalf of the meeting. Lord HOLLAND said that the Noble Earl was quite wrong in his point of form ; petitions signed in the same way were constantly received by their L )rd sial p`• The Marquis of WESTMEATH said that if the proposed Bill were in accordan ce with the prayer of the pectitten, namely, giving th e f ranch i se to the moral worth, intelligence. and pr o p er ty o f t h e country, sup port it ; but did not thi n k t h e moral worthbe e n of should the coon try was senfined to the back streets of coy t o wns. Lord MONTEAGLE presented pap er s tie Exchequer (we believe), mov e d for on re lating a previous t o e vening. Their Lordships adjourned at Six o'Cl oc k. t l a. HOUSE OF COMMONS, MARCH 16. Tile SPEAK ER took the Chair at Four o'Clock. .1 - Lere being only thirty-four Members present the !-TOtise stood adjourned till tn-morrow (this day). SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE DAILY I'APERS OF YESTERDAY. (From the Globe.) Mr. Hume is about to apply a touchstone to the newly-kindled zeal of the Tories for economy and re trenchment : whether it will abide the test, may per haps be doubted ; it is, however, strictly proper, for various reasons, that the experiment should be tried. The test to which Tory consistency in the new course on which the party has recently entered is about to be submitted, is Mr. Hume's motion for with holding the grant of 21,0001. per annum to the King of Hanover. This motion Colonel Sibthorp will, of course, be delighted to second. The whole body of the Tory Opposition cannot, w ith th e s lightest pre tence to consistency, hesitate to support the proposition. They must all vote with Mr. Hume ; or their character as economists of the public money will be for ever for feited. They may be fettered by the want of precedent. The parliamentary annuity to Prince Leopold was not withdrawn upon his becoming King of Belgium ; although the resignation of his annuity by King Leopold furnished an example which his Majesty of Hanover might follow with considerable advantage to his character for generosity ; and which, if he would adept, would now sittle the question, and prevent a Parliamentary discussion any thing but honourable to his present state and dignity as an independent potentate. Ministers, as ministers, may also be restrained from supporting Mr. Hume by delicacy toward their Royal mistress, to whom the King of Hanover stands in the relation of uncle ; and may be rather disposed to leave to his Majesty's own reflec tions the decency and justice of receiving now, as a King with ample revenues, the money paid to him as a member of the Royal family, with no funds but those the generosity of the British people supplied to support his rank and station among them. On what principle, then, will the Tories maintain the justice or expediency of continuing the Parliamentary grant to the King of Hanover, in opposition to Mr. Hume and the Radicals? Not surely on the grouni of desert—of services rendered to the country by the Ex-Grand Master of the Orangemen. It would be a pleasant joke to catch them upon that ground—to hear them contend ing that the encouragement of bigotry, hatred, of secret conspiracy, and outrage almost amounting to anarchy, of the worst ends promoted b) the worst means, of all that maddened the Irish people and endangered the peace and integrity of the empire, must be considered as establishing a claim to a nation's gratitude and to a princely grant ! Neither can tilt) , affect to sneer, as was their wont in former days, at Mr. Hume's proposal, as being " a twopenny halfpenny saving." Their recorded speeches, by which only the other day they justified the reduction of 20,0001. a year from Prince Albert's annuity, and in which " justice to the country and security to the pub lic creditor," were urged as considerations which ought to influence the House in the reduction proposed by Col. Sibthorp—these very considerations possess a fourfold power when urged against the continuance of a grant to a foreign King, every shilling of which will be spent out of the country. Col. Sibthorp must second the motion for depriving the Ex-Grand Orangemaster of his 21,0001. a year. There is, absolutely, no alter native. (From the Standard.) It was, we think, in the last session, or the session preceding, that Sir Robert Inglis endeavoured to force the attention of the administration to the frightful ex tension and increasing atrocities of the slave-trade car ried on under the Portuguese and Spanish flags. Mr. Button has just published a work, condensing the evidence upon this serious subject, and stating the actual progress and circumstances of the trade with equal perspicuity, temper, and cau tiousness. Mr. Buxton proves, beyond all possibility of doubt, that the exportation of slaves from Africa is prodigiously increasing. He contents himself with con cluding that the present annual export amounts to one hundred andfilly thousand human beings, who are car ried alive to slavery in the New World ; but his pre mises, and they are indisputable, would afford twice the number. But this is not all—the number of slaves actually placed alive on the American shores —be it 1.50,000, be it 300,000—does not amount to more than one-third of the numbor actually captured, the deficient two-thirds being ?mink-red in one way er another in some stage of their progress to the chain and the whip. Here, then, we have half a million of our fellow-creatures sacrificed every year to the support of this execrable trade—and with what effect upon our own interests? Why, to enable the sugar growers of the Brazils, and of Cuba and the other Portuguese and Spanish slave plantations, to undersell and ruin our own emancipated colonies. Mr. CRESSWELL, Al.P.—Certain parties, we have heard it rumoured, have made the discovery, that a law- yer, and particularly a circuit-going barrister, is not the very best man to represent a great commercial community like Liverpool. The inconvenience of having such a man for their representative has forced itself on the attention of those par ties, more particularly at the present moment, when several Bills, important to Liverpool, are BOW before the House of Commons. The parties opposing the Liverpool Dock Bill, and those promoting the Harrington Dock and other Bills, feel the absence of the Honourable and Learned Gentleman from his place in Parliament very seriously. They were extremely anxious to have the benefit of his legal talents when the Bills should be under discussion : they even, it is said, requested him to refrain from going the present circuit, rather than be absent from his legislative duties. Mr. Cresswell, it is added, ex pressed his regret that he could not comply with the request, because he had made engagements for the circuit Is hieh he would not abandon, even to attend to the interests of his con- s t h t i e t u s e e n rumourst s . \ o v e not de , e o n f l c t o h u e r m s e , , h v , o ) ‘ u v e e h , e f r o r highly a e e p u r o r a b e a y b l e o . What. influence the experience of the present ' Session may have on Mr. Cresswell's future electioneering prospects we cannot undertake to say : a favourable influence is cannot have ; and, if he should lose the support of the mercantile Tories, he may bid farewell to Liverpool.—Liverpool Albion. INTERMENT OF THE LATE DUKE OF MARL BOROUGH. —BLENHEIM, SATI: RDAY. —The remains of the late Duke of Marlborough were interred yesterday afternoon in the private chapel of this splendid palace. The funeral was quite private, although a great number of persons were allowed admittance into the park to witness the procession from the malsion to the chapel, a very short distance. From an early hour the bell of Woodstock Church tolled, and a great many househeepers closed their residences, out of respect to the noble family of Churchill. The mourners and other followers left the grand saloon shortly after one o'clock, and at a quarter-past the procession was received at the steps by the Mayor and the Members of the Corporation, who formed in the line, and, on their arrival, took their station in the body of the chapel. The Duke of Marlborough, the Marquis of Blandford, Lord A. Spencer Churchill, Lord Allen Spencer, &c., were the chief mourners. "Lord Churchill was unable to attend the obsequie•. The chapel, which was hung with black cloth, is a neat build ing, and contains many objects worthy of notice, namely, Rys ltraeek's fine monument to the memory of John Duke of Marlborough and his Duchess, which forms a striking orna ment ; the altar-piece, " Our Saviour taken from the Cross," is by Jordaens, and is justly admired. 'I he service fur the burial delivered by the Rev. W. ( C i f a t r h li e sl t e l: a rt , l e N e 7 o s r voefrYWiomoljrsteosscikv.elyThe coffin was ultimately de posited i n the family vault, which was lighted with flambeaux. Blenheim and its unrivalled park is to be closed until May, in consequence of the death of his Grace. St. Lawrence's Church, in the Isle of Wight, near Ventnor, is the smallest in England, the interior being incapable of accommodatin:* more than from 23 to 30 persons ; and during fine weather it is cu,tomary with the congregation to sit in the church-yard, where they can distinctly hear the ser ,.acrAearnotnogtthhee, epitaphs in the church-yard is the following, recording c the death of a gentleman from the upsetting of his carriage, while on a visit to the island with his daughter : William .., spot, on the Gore, who 29th ~t: memory of Jones, of Kensington his. age. The ;let: Mirror. In death an accident near this August, j l2 - 6, in by the ninety-first year of w in is p s e u e e a d d b il y iy, O f o o od r aerl, In the Sheriffs Court on Friday, a \[r. Graham the keeper of the saloon and a cigar-shep being undefended, the . the price of a cigar-case. The action e jury of course found for the plaintiff. MURDER AND SUICIDE BY A LUNATIC.— nf m the wife melancholy Sarah Sheldric, a young woman,isea. andaholy fro m grief at the absence had been s en t by h er of a sailor, who had beenforost haer time husband nban a d state a tte soma father to St. Luke's Asylum, in Lond on , from whi c h t h ey gave him notice to take her home about three months confinement was hourly anticipated ; tn since, as h er home to Newhaven , where she gave birth a fathertook her ap parently recovered her reason and her health after that child, and On Monday week Mrs. Sheld ric l et her child fall,event. and be came greatly excited fr om the fear that she had injured it. Her father, to sooth e her, brou g ht a medical gentleman to infant, who ass ured her that it was not in the smallest see 1 d eg ree injured, and sh e became ealme 2.: On the f o ll ow . day, however, the idea seemed to possess her mind that she had seriously injured the child, and she became so greatly excited that her father sent for a married daughter to stay with her during the time lie was about his ordinary business. E ar l y on Wednesday morning the sister went otat for a quarter of au hour to market, leaving, Mrs. Sheldric quite calm and collected at home, and on her return she was horror-stricken at finding the headless body of the infant lying by the side of the mother, who had first cut off he r own child's head with a razor , and then cut h er own throat. The wretched woman was not dead on her sister's return, but died in about two hours. On Thursday the C oroner for Sussex held an inquest upon the bodies, when a verdict was returned, '• That Sarah Sheldric had mur dered her child whilst in a state of insanity, and afterwards committed suicide." —Brighten Guardian. . LAW INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS, MARCH 16. The House sat to-day to hear Scotch appeah. The Peers present were the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Roxburgh, and the Bishop of Peterborough. REID V. BAKER AND OTHERS. The arguments in this part-heard case were con cluded to-day. The case came before their Lordships upon appeal from the interlocutor of the Court of Session in Scotland, and the question arose out of an action of reduction brought by the appellant to set asi - e a trust deed and two codicils to a will executed by his father, who was blind at the time, through the instru mentality of two notaries public. The Lolly C HANCELLOR , a t the conclusion of the arguments, coAponcd giving judgment. ROLLS' COURT, MARCY 16. ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. KERR. The information in this case was tiled by the At torney-General at the relation of Henry Dykes, for the purpose of setting aside two leases of a piece of land situate near the town of Northampton, in the parish of St. Sepulchre, belonging to St. Thomas's Hospital, which were granted by the Mayor, Bailiffs, and Bur gesses of the borough of Northampton, who were the trustees of the charity, the one to William Dodd, dated the 4th of January, 1769, for the term of sixty years, at a rent of 90/. a-year, and the other to William Kerr, to whom the previous lease had been assigned for a term of thirty-nine years, to commence from the ex pirat ion of the former lease at a rent of 181., he cove nanting to lay out considerable sums in building, and also to set aside certain indentures of lease and release, dated the 28th and 29th of September, 1784, by which the Mayor, Bailiffs, and Burgesses conveyed the in heritance of the land to William Kerr, reserving to themselves only a tent of 121. a-year. William Kerr made his will dated the 24th of November, 1819, dis posing of the property in favour of his family, and died in 182.4. The information was filed against Mary Kerr and others, claimants under the will of the late Dr. Kerr, and also against the Mayor and Corporation of Northampton. The case was opened on Saturday, and at the con clusion of the arguments yesterday, The MASTER of the ROLLS gave judgment. After going through the facts of the case his Lordship ob served that, without entering into the question upon whom the onus lay of proving the propriety of grant ing the leases in dispute, he did not at all feel satisfied with respect to the first of the transactions mentioned in the information. He was cot satisfied with the evi dence adduced as to the state of the property at the time the lease was executed—he was not satisfied that the transaction was an improvident one, and therefore (lid not think that lie could set aside the lease o' 1769. Then as to the lease of 1754. Considering the evi dence brought forward of the value of the property granted under that lease—as long ago as 1763—the long-subsisting lease which existed at that time, and being of opinion it would not be prudent or advanta geous to the charity that, after the long reversionary term which had already existed for nearly sixty-three years, a further term of thirty-nine years should be added. His Lordship did not think the lease could be sustained. The conveyance of 1784, therefore, must be set aside, but the lease of 1769 he could not disturb. Then came the question as to what was to be done with re spect to the charity, and the great outlay of money that had been made on the premises. If there had been any expenditure in consequence of the extension of the lease granted in 1784, it would be no more than just to the estate of Dr. Kerr, that some compensation should be made in that respect. There must be an inquiry to ascertain what had been laid out with reference to that extended enjoyment which Dr. Kerr was led to sup pose he or his successors would have. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. 111Aitca 16. (Before Mr. Commissioner FANE.) MR. J. W. HAMMOND'S BANKRUPTCY. A meeting of Mr. then mood's creditors was held yester day for the choice of assignees. The Court was crowded with members of the theatrical profession, and others who attended to prove debts under the fiat. No oppo sition was offered. Mr. LEWIS, the solicitor for thefict, stated that there were various claims put in by the creditors beyond the actual number of nights which the Drury-lane Theatre had been opened. They claimed under a custom which prevailed that they were entitled to their salaries under the contract signed, whether the theatre was open or not. The COMMISSIONER said the custom must be ex pressed or implied. It might be implied by constant habit. Mr. LEWIS said :Mr. Elton claimed 431. 10s. up to the time of the bankruptcy, and he had an additional claim of 176/. 13s. for the remainder of his en gagement. The CoMmisstosEa asked what were the terms of the contract ? Mr. Elton—For the season 1539 and 1840. That was from October until June. Mr. LEWIS suggested that these additional claims should be admitted merely as claims, but not as proofs, and that the debts proved should he confined to the claims for the nights on which the creditors had actually performed. Mr. Elton said he had raised the point for the benefit of others rather than for himself. The contract was read. Mr. LEWIS submitted that as the terms of the con tract were that Mr. Elton should receive 10/. 10s. for every six nights he performed, whether the contract did not cease on the closing of the theatre. Mr. Elton alluded to the case of Vandenhoff v. Bunn. Mr. LEwis—That was a case of individual discharge, the theatre still remaining open and the performance continuing. The COMMISSIONER said he thought it would be useless to grapple with this difficulty at present, for it was the opinion of Mr. Canaan, the official assignee, who had greater experience than any person present, that there was no probability of there being any dividend. Mr. LEWIS, as Solicitor to the Fiat, trusted that Mr. Cannan had jumped to a hasty conclusion. The COMMISSIONER decided that proof should be of debts due for actual service, leaving the question under the terms of the contract for future consideration. After some further conversation, it was agreed that the parties should all meet on Wednesday next, at the office of the official assignee, and then proceed with an amica ble arrangement. The following proofs were admitted in the course of the day :—Mr. F. Vining, 33/. 13s. 4d. ; Mr. John Bowl:1nd Durant, 1,323/. Os. 7d. ; Mr. W. E. Elton, 43/. 103. ; Mr. E. Pepper, 2481. 2s. 9d. ; Mr. W. R. Kemp, 146/. ; Mrs. Waylett, 125/. ; Mr. R. Burnett, 1461.65. Bd. ; Mr. G. Wusfield, 243/. 12s. 9d. ; Mr. Alexander Lee, 2721. 2s. ; Mr. W. Dowton (the vete ran comedian), 36/. ; Mr. C. Selby, 39/. 13s. 4d., &c. It was stated that for many weeks during the bank rupt's unfortunate management of Drury-lane, while the expenses were always considerably above 1,000/. a week, the receipts were frequently below 600/. ; and it would be impossible to describe the amount of distress in which the subordinates of the theatre are involved by the abrupt termination of the season. The total debts and liabilities are generally supposed to be 8,000/. ASSIZE IN TELLIGENCE. 110 ME CIRCUIT, LEWES, MARCH le. The Judges, the Right Hon. Lord Abinger, and Mr. Justice Littledale, arrived in Lewes this day, and were met by the High Sheriff of the county of Sussex, and escorted into the town uith the usual formalities. After attending Divine service the Learned Judges proceeded to the Town Hall, where the Commission was read. The business of the Assize is heavy and will probably occupy the whole of the week. There are twenty causes in the list, and one case involving a claim to a very large property in this county, and in which Sir \V. Follett is specially engaged, attracts a good deal of in terest. There are forty-seven prisoners in custody for trial, and the offences consist of feloniously firing pre mises, burglary, highway robbery, horse stsaling, and passing forged notes. There arc also several cases of night poaching. Both Courts will proceed to busincEs to-morrow. act as I could have wished, would, if explained, excul pate me in some measure in your and their opinion. I shall do my best endeavour to avoid being of any further trouble or expense to the Union, and I take this early opportunity of returning my most respectful thanks to yourselt and Mrs. Smith, tor the uniform civility and consideration I experienced from you both, and as soon as I can do so with credit to you and myself, I will do myself the pleasure of making my acknowl e dgments in person. I beg you will be pleased to pardon this hasty scrawl which I write under every disadvantage, and with humble respects to Mrs. Smith. I am, Sir, " Your most obedient humble servant, " P. D. POWNALL." The Magistrates, upon bearing this letter read, re marked that the prisoner appeared to have received a good education, and asked what station in life he had formerly filled. The prisoner replied that he had formerly been a Lieutenant in the East India Company's Service. He was then asked what he had to say to the charge made against him He replied that when he went away from the work house, he had no idea or intention of leaving it alt o gether, but being desirous to release himself from the situation he was in, it struck him that he would go to Plymouth, where he had friends, and hoped that they would make some permanent provision for him, and render it unnecessary for him to 'burden the Union any longer. He walked the whole distance to Plymouth, but when he got there his expectations were disappointed, and he was compelled to return in greater distress than ever. With regard to the clothes, he assured the Ma gistrates they were nothing but a bundle of rags, and he sold the coat for eighteenpence, and the trowsers for sixpence, to get him food. The shoes certainly were good when he went away, but he had worn them off his feet by the journey he had taken. The Magistrates considered the charge proved, and ordered the prisoner to be committed for two months to the House of Correction. COURT OF REQUE6T-TOWER HAMLETS. TILE " WICTORIA" RAT TRAP.—Peter Gibbons, a chubby fellow, with a leather belt, ornamented with painted rats, on his back, summoned a chccsemonger, residing in the Mile-end-road, for the sum of 105. 6d., for which he agreed to rid his cellar of the rats who had established permanent quarters therein. Plaintiff—Beg yer Lordship's pardon ; but afore this hero case is gone into I vishes to impress upon yer Lordship's mind, as I'm a rat-ketcher of more nor 20 year standing at this here present time ; there arn't a rat in all Whitechapel but what's heerd of Peter Gibbons. COMNIISSIONER—Indeed ! then you must be a very celebrated person. Plaintiff—Jist ham, my Lord. Vy, I've hinvented the Victoria rat-trap, wot ull cotch 14 warmint at von and the same time, perwiding they thinks proper to wentur into it.—(Laughter.) CO3tMISSIONEIt—Have you taken out a patent for this ingenious invention ? Plaintiff—No, I arn't, my Lord, cos I've been pre cious hard up for tin, but I means to do it arter a bit. This here hinvention 'ull make my fortin some day or other, and I hexpects to get made a wicount or a mar kis on, or summat o' that sort o' thing. COMMISSIONER—No doubt. Pray, has the " Vic toria rat-trap" proved very successful ? Plaintiff—The most successful harticle ever hinven ted. Vy, arter settin' it, the rats valks into it by bin. stinct. The most hartful doper of the ole lot sneaks in as hinnocent as a babby. Its against the nater of the warmint to keep out on it.—(Laughter.) COMMISSIONER—It is certainly a most extraordi nary machine. What is the price of it ? Plaintiff—Half-a-bull the big uns, and a bob the little uns. COMMISSIONER—WeII, now, be kind enough to te us how this debt was contracted? Plaintiff—Vy, my Lord, this here's the vay it hoc curred. The gemman axes me vot I'd hexterminate the warmint bout of bis vault for. I told him I couldn't tell afore I seed the consarn. Vell, arter hinspecting it, and finding as how the rats was more numerous nor wot they is in the Parliament House o' Commons, I offers to storm their castle for 15 bob (155.) " Carn't afford so much," says he, " but don't mind standin half a su verin, perwiding you hexterminates all on 'em." " Bis ness arn't wot it wos," says I, "so I don't like to turn blunt away ; if so be then as you consents to make half a guinea on it, I'll undertake the job." Vell, arter a bit he agrees to that, and me, and Pincher (that's my dog, ycr Lordship), set to work, and wanquished a 'ole regiment on 'em the first day. Vell, I sets the " \Vic toria trap," at night, and cotched ten o' the long-tailed wagerbones afore morning. Vell, your Lordship, me and Pincher perseweres until we cotches the 'ole on 'em ; but ven I asked him for the money, he wery coolly turns round, and swears the warmint was as plentiful as ever, and vouldn't give zee a single mag. COMMISSIONER-Do you mean to say you destroyed theca all? Plaintiff—Safe as bricks, yer Lordship ; vot me and Pincher didn't get hold on, settles their accounts in the " Wictoria trap." CommissioNEß—You hear this, Sir. .Pray, what is your reason for refuting payment ? Defendant—Because he has done ti e cellar no good at all. The rats are as plentiful as ever they were. CommtssioNEß—Did he take much trouble about the job ? Defendant—Oh no, he raver came, except when he was drunk. __ __ Plaintiff—Yer Lordship, I begs to deny that 'ere sinivation ; he never seed me drunk in his blessed life. Defendant—Didn't you full do►vn the cellar stairs upon one occasion ? Plaintiff---%‘ cry likely I might ; but then, that vos becos I trod on Pincher's tail ; I vosn't in a state o'licker. The Commis SIONERS, after considerable deliberation, gave a verdict for the defendant, greatly to the chagrin of the inventor of the " \Victoria rat trap," who left the Court quite chop-fallen, followed by " Pincher," his coadjutor in rat warfare. KINGSTON PETTY SESSIONS SAD REVERSE OF FORTUNE.—A wretched looking man, named Pownall, was yesterday brought u. charged at the instance of the Board of Guardians Of ha Kingston Union with having left the workhouse, and made away with the clothes of the Union. It appears that the connections of the prisoner are Wghly respectable, and he himself formerly held a com mission as a Lieutenant in the East India Company's Service. From some sort of misconduct, however, it ap p e ared that he had lost his appointment, and had ul timately been reduced to to a most miserable state of distress, and had been compelled to accept an asylum in the Kingston workhouse, and having infringed iis re,T'ulations, the pre sent p rosecution was instituted. Mr. W. Smith, the master of the Union workhouse, deposed that the defendant was a pauper of the hamlet of Ham, and he had for a considerable time been an inmate of the workhouse. On the :2'7.(1 January he asked for and obtained permission to leave the house for half an hour, and he went away, and nothing more was seen of him until the 7th March, when he presented himself at the workhouse, with an order for admission. When he went away he had on the Union clothes, and a new pair of shoes, which articles were worth two pounds, but when he returned it appeared that he had made away with the whole of the clothes. The day after the prisoner left the workhouse he received a I letter from him, whioh he now handed to the Magis- Itrates. Th e f o llowing is a copy : " Sir—l am well aware that you must be very much displeas-A at my not returning last night according to my promise, but a most unlooked-.`or circumstance pre bm%l•eyellnnriilotetpydief nmatohnytedreturning keeping the y clothesw ord. I w a e m n t a l a s % o v a s c y n s w i t l h e that im m e d tely to yo u, Gtr uusatr d l t ih r a e an n ts d ceo(ul thought y s e il l u f rno l e i p a xe b pr l e e te t ot o e s di e n v fla e in r c e dt p iu u t n.n but tunate circumstance which put it out of my power to TRIBUNAL DE COMMERCE OF THE SEINE. FIR WILLIAM TWYSDEN, BART. v. v. M. GENELLA, JUN The present action was brought for the recovery o 7701., the amount of a bill of exchange, drawn by the plaintiff in London, in the month of July last, accepted by M. Genella, jun., and made payable in Paris. M. SCIIAYE appeared for the defendant, and spoke in the following words : " The moral character of the two parees is the main point to be considerel in the present question. The defendant is a young man of regular habits, and whose whole life has been spent in the bosom of his family. The plaintiff is a man grown grey in gambling-houses. Allow me, gentlemen, to give you a plain unvarnished tale of all the circumstances preceding and attending the bill of exchange on the merits of which you are now called to decide. " M. Genella left Paris on the 25th June last, for Boulogne-sur-Mer, in company with M. Sarzana, 'or the purpose of forming some mercantile connections in London. In the diligence there was a M. Bourbel, who soon scraped - an acquaintance with M. Sarzana. " The three travellers alighted at the same hotel at Boulogne, and after dinner sat down to play. M. Ge nella soon lost all he had about him, and remained with out a sous, excepting a bill of credit he had on London. At Dover M. Bourbel took a post-chaise to London, and the three persons played all the way to London ; and M. Sarzana and M. Bourbel, although they acted as partners, and dealt in turn, were constant losers, and when they reached London they had lost 20/. A few days after their arrival M. Bourbel introduced M Genella to Sir W. Twysden, who took them to a gam bling house. M. Genella soon lost all the money he had about him ; and Sir William, after having spoken apart for a few moments with the croupier of the table, offered M. Genella 401. worth of ivory counters, a very conve nient coin assuredly for gam bling houses. M. Genella accepted the offer, and, continuing to lose and to re ceive the said counters, found at the end of the evening that he had lost 7101., which, with (301. he already owed to Sir W. Twysden for anterior losses, formed the sum I of 7701., which the phintiff is seeking to recover. " M. G ene ll a , on f i nding that he had lost so coconsider ablea sum, we n t out of his se nses, and determined to m k avt y with himself. He rushed from the ga m bling house, wandered all night about the s treets, and did not get hom e till seven i n the morning. Having been un able to procure fire-arms he sent for some laudanum, which he swallowed. " MM. B our b e l and Sarzana, wh o inhabited thenearly same hotel as M. Genella, found th e latter in a dying state. A physicia n was immedi ately s en t f or ; an d, thanks to the mo st ener getic remedie s , M. Genella was soon out of danger. The first visit lie received was paid to him by Sir W. Twysden, who came for the purpose of settling the debt contracted at the gambling•house on the preceding evening ; and M. Genella, whose faculties were evi dently impaired by the cruel crisis he had just expe rienced, signed, without any remark whatsoever,liti ac ceptance of the bill of exchange for 770/., which the Baronet had had the precaution of drawing out before hand. The Coml. found the bill o f exchan g e re g ular, it being drawn out according to the law of England. But the debt a judgin g gambling transaction, which cannot be recovered by law in France, it declared itself incom petent, found a verdict for the defendant, and sentenced the plaintiff to costs. POST HORSE AND CARRIAGE DUTY.—The Postmasters throughout the kingdom, but more especially such as have to compete with railro.•ds, complain, and with much justice, that notwithstanding :he promises that have been held out to them, no measure has yet been adopted, or even intro duced, for their protection from the ruin which the present rate of duties on horses and carriages menaces them with. CHARTIST MEET' N G.—The Silurian states that there was a very large meeting of Chartists last Tuesday evening near Nantyglo. The object of the meeting was to provide funds for the defence of the Chartist prisoners for trial at Brecon Assizes, on the •34th inst. All passed off peaceably. EDINBURGH, MARCH 12 LIBEL.-SYME V. LIZARS. This case, in which Mr. Syme, Professor of Clinical Surgery in the University of Edinburgh, was pursuer, and Mr. Lizars, Professor of Surgery to the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, was defender, came on for trial to-day in the Jury Court, before the Lord Justice-Clerk, 'as President of the Second Division of the Court of Session, on the following issue : " It being admitted that, during the year 1839, the defender printed and published a certain work entituled A System of Practical Surgery,' and that the said work contains the following words :- 4 In every opera- ion for fistula, however unimportant it may seem, the ope- rater cannot be too careful in averting hemorrhage, as many have died from such neglect ; this was the fate, indeed, of a respectable apothecary in this city. Nor is it improper. as an additional warning, here to mention another case which was under the care of our Pro fessor of Clinical Surgery a few years ago ; he crderated on a gentleman for a slight fistula, left the part inade quately defended, and dreadful hemorrhage ensued ; the Professor was sent for, arrived, groped about with his knife, searching for a needle in a hayrick, I mean for a blood vessel to be tied ; meantime the life of the patient was saved by deliquium animi; but to this day the wound remains unhealed, and the unfortunate man a miserable nervous invalid from the excessive loss of blood.' Whether all or any part of the said words are of and concerning the pursuer, and are false and calum- nious, and to the loss, injury, and damage of the pur suer ?" The DEAN of FACULTY appeared for the pursuer, whose name and character, he said, as well as profes sional eminence, were well known to the public. The pursuer had brought the present action for the purpose of putting Mr. Lizars to the proof of the calumny against him in regard to the surgical operation men tioned in the Issue. This was the fair course for the vindication of his character, as it enabled the defender to prove, and dared him to the proof of any part of the statement he had made. The Dean commented at considerable length on the paragraph quoted in the Issue, both on its calumnious character and gross vul garity. He stated that although the defender might have got an Issue under which he would have been en titled to prove his statement, he had shrunk from doing this. It was not incumbent on the pursuer to prove the falsehood of the statements in the passage in question. This must be presumed if the defender did not undertake a proof tl the contrary. That they were calumnious it was not necessary for him to state. Every one who read the passage must be satisfied of this. The action was brought either that the defender might retract or apologise, or to dare him to the proof. The pursuer did not want damages to add to the ample emoluments of his professional in come. He wanted such a verdict as would establish the falsehood of the paragraph. He was still willing even now to accept of a retractation and apology ; but if the defender would neither retract air apologise, it was the business of the jury to mark their opinion of the calumny by their verdict. Dr. Davidson, Abercromby-place, being sworn—l have been a physician for twenty years. Dr. Syme is Professor of Clinical Surgery in the University of Edin burgh, and practises. I have frequently consulted with him, and seen him operate in cases of fistula and other cases. Fistula is often met with in consumptive complaints. The healing in such cases depends much on the healthy state of the patient. I have seen the passage in the Treatise of Mr. Lizars, which is the subject of this action. The statement in that passage must have an injurious tendency to the pursuer. It is an allegation of gross maltreatment and neglect, and also of not properly guarding against the alleged over sight ; and with those who might not otherwise have confidence in Dr. Syme, it might produce in them great distrust. Dr. TRAILL, Professor of Medical Jurisprudence in the University of Edinburgh, having been called, Mr. ROBERTSON, Counsel for the defender, said he would hold Dr. Traill, and all the other medical witnesses intended to be produced by the pursuer, as concurring with Dr. Davidson. The DEAN of FACULTY then stated, that Dr. Bell, of Dundee, Dr. Dewar, of Dunfermline, and Mr. William Wood, surgeon, in Edinburgh, were in attendance to give their evidence to the same effect as Dr. Davidson. Mr. ROBERTSON, for the defender, stated that Mr. Lizars's book was published in July, 1839, and the summons was executed on the 30th of August, the following month. No demand for apology was made. No sooner was the book out. than the sharp-eyed keen-edged Dr. Syme came with his ac tion. The paragraph was contained in a book on Diseases of the Rectum, as to treatment of which theta seemed to be a great war among the doctors, so much so, that they were divided into two parties, who might be styled Plugites and anti-Plugites— lint and ligatures being the opposing modes of treat ment ; and there was war to the knife on the great Plugging question. He hoped it would not end in a new College Row. The odium medieum had existed since the days of Esculapius downwards. After advert ing to the graceful style in which medical authors ge nerally indulged towards one another, and quoting a passage from a recent medical author in illustration of the great latitude which was in use in treating on me dical subjects, he said he might go through books, pas sage after passage, containing cases of hemorrhage which had occurred from inadequate defence, and to which exception might be taken in the same way as in the present instance. He complained that the de fender w s not asked for an apology out of doors. The pursuer said he wanted a public vindication, and he wanted no money—not be, he wanted his character vindicated—a man whose reputation for eminence in his profession was European—and he fires off his summons immediately after he sees the passage. He bottles himself up till the day of trial comes forward, and focuses the defender of gross calumny, and total d ;stitution of the feelings of a gentleman, and then asks for a retractation and apology. The action was con. temptible and ridiculous. The great fistula case would not raise the pursuer in the estimation of the public, nor gain for our University an extended reputation, directed as it was by a Professor against his rival, whom he con sidered more obscure—excluding by a summons one gentleman's explanation to another—demanding an apo• logy in a Court of Law after abusing the defender as a dog, and wanting the feelings of a gentleman. What damages the pursuer was to get he did not know ; but if anything could have sunk the pursuer, it would have been his coining into Court with a rival Doctor. The LORD JUSTICE CLERK summed up, and com mented on the paragraph, and the evidence led. That the passag e was of a calumnious and injurious tendency, no man o the slightest understanding could doubt. It was not the province of a Jury to award vindictive da mages. The pursuer here did not want pecuniary com pensation, but a vindication of his character. The Jury having retired and been enclosed, returned a verdict for the pursuer—Damages, 50/. THE JEW AND THE GENTILE As or.e of the most striking and signficant signs of the times in which our destiny is cast, we cannot avoid referring to a recently published appeal addressed to the Protestant monarchs of Europe, on the subject of the Restoration of the Jews to their own country of the Promise. This singular document recites the original covenant made with Abraham, and referring to the opening suggested by the present posture of Oriental al fairs, pleads the cause of the wanderers before the Princes of Europe, in every one of whose dominions the) were so lately a proscribed and denounced race, that it seems as if the world could scarcely have got so much older and wiser in the short interval. In the face of gene ral demonstrations so full of meaning, all partial at tempts to re-establish the reign of bigotry lose their terrors. If there be something striking in this a ppeal from the Jew to the Gentile on the strength of other arguments than his gold, there is, if possible, some thing still more strange to our antiquated notions of the Jewish character itself, in a fact which we fled stated elsewhere. It appears that the Hebrews of the town of Rosemberg, the capital of the district of Oppelen, in Prussian Silesia, understanding that the erection of the new Lutheran Church in that place was impeded for want of funds, subscribed the re quired amount for its completion, and accompanied the gift by a letter, expressing their earnest desire for the spread of the feeling of universal brotherhood, un disturbed by differences of religion. Verily, the Jex is another character lost to the page of European ro mance ! The foregoing facts are pleasantly significant of " progress." Another more whimsical indication of a disposition to re-consider the decrees of our forefathers, may here be recorded. A literary gentleman of Athens, named M. Sophianopoulos, a passionate lover of " pro gress," to whose service he has dedicated a periodical, among other methods of enforcing its cause has hit on the very original one of appealing to the tribunals of his caentry for a reversal of the decision pronounced 500 years before Christ, in re Socrates ! To this effect, he has actually addressed the King and the Court of ihe Areopagus, urging the iniquity of the sentence, the sympathy which all nations will feel in his (the nt . morialist's) motion for a new trial, the example of Louis Philippe in the case of Ncy, and concluding by a de mand that the judgment shall be formally set aside (the heirs of Socrates, of course, paying the costs). The Court of the Areopagus seems to be as impenetrable as it was 2,300 years ago. As soon as the President found out the drift of the zealous advocate. he very abruptly interrupted M. Sophianopoulos, who has taken nailing by his mc :ion. The sentence condemning thl philosopher to death, is, therefore, virtually confirmed. —Met:mum. We understand that Mr. Schomburgk had the honour of exhibiting to her Majesty (Thursday, the 12th), a t Buckingham Palace, the drawing of the magnificent flower ap propriately named the Victoria Regia, which that gentleman discovered in one of his exploring journeys up the river Ber bice. Her Majesty was graciously pleased to express her ad miration of the painting, and to take much interest in five views which accompanied it. representing the scenery on the Esse quibo and in the interior of British Guiana. A WOMAN SHOT IN HER BED. (From the Manchester Times.) Between five and six o'clock on Sunday morning the deceased was awakened by a noise in her bedroom, and saw Fleming in his shirt and trowsers beside the window, stooping down beside a bag which contained some mono ) belonging to her. She asked him what he was doing there, and, without speaking, he approached her, and immediately shot her with a pistol. She called out, " Oh, Fleming, you've shot me." He still ~id not speak, but put his hand on her mouth, threw her hack in bed, and tried to strangle her. She tried to put his hand away, and called out " Hannah," that being the name of his wife, who came, and said, "Oh, Catherine, he must be guilty, or he would not have done this." The poor woman then said, " Oh, Fleming, take me to the Infirmary, you've shot me ;" and he replied, " I will if you will not tell who it is, and say that it is a man with a white coat." One of them then threw her cloak over her head, and Fleming went with her to the Infirmary, she walking there, and having only, besides her cloak, her chemise and nightgown on, and one stocking. e be lieve that, when they arrived there, neither she nor Fleming stated how the injury was received ; but when he was gone she told one of the nurses that he had shot her, but no information was sent to the police-office. On Tuesday she sent for Ann Shore, a neighbour who washed for her, related to her the circumstances under which she had been shot, as given above, and requested that Fleming might be taken into custody. This woman gave information to the police, and Acting-Inspector Austin, we believe, went to the house were Fleming lived at the time the circumstance occurred, but he had removed, and no one knew whither. On Thursday, however, Inspector Lipsett, by employing a person to trace his sister from the Infirmary, found him in lodgings in Fetter lane, near Portland -street, and he and Superior Sergeant Burton took him in•o custody. On Thursday night, when they went to apprehend him, the people of the house denied him, but they found him up stairs ; and when isked if his name was Nicholas Fleming, he said his Christian name was John. On Friday he was brought up at the Borough Court, when Lipsett stated the cir cumstances above related ; and the prisoner, on being asked what he had to urge in his defence, stated that on Saturday night he went to bed with his wife, and went to sleep as usual, and he recollected no more till tae found himself by her (Denmanist's) bedside, and that he had fired a pistol, upon which he said, " Oh ! Catherine," lifted her out of bed, and said, " Come to the Infirmary." He did not recollect what he had done, nor did he know anything about it till the report of the pistol awoke him. She said at that time that she did ,ot think he was in his senses. He added that they aad lived together like brother and sister, and never lad a word in their lives. The prisoner was remanded ill Monday, when he was again brought up, and fur ;her remanded for a week. An inquest has since been held, when, after a length ened inquiry, more than once adjourned, the Jury brought a verdict of " Wilful Murder" aiainst the pri soner. HYDROPHOBIA. A lamentable instance of the effects of this fatal malady has occurred within the last few days in the parish of San don, in this county. Mr. Robert Booker Day, son of Mr. Christopher Day, a respectable farmer, occupying Mill Hill Farm, was in December last in the act of holding a stick be fore a yard dog upon the premises, when the Animal snapping at it slightly grazed t'te skin of the youth's wrist. Soon after the dog was shot, and Although the young man felt a presentiment that be should ultimately fall a victim to the insidious disease of hydrophobia, he studiously avoided all mention of his suspicions to his parents, anxious, as he stated during his sufferings, to prevent uneasiness in their minds on the subject. He continued in his usual health until Friday last, when he felt a painful sensation in the arm and shoulder, and in the evening other symptoms presented themselves which, exciting alarm in his friends, medical aid was called in. Mr. Hare, assistant to Mr. Foaker, surgeon, of Great Beddow, in the absence of Mr. F. attended in the first in.. stance, and subsequently the case was visited also by several gentlemen of the medical profession in the neigh bourhood. On Sunday morning the patient refused all liquids, and appeared agitated at the sight of his tea ; the symptoms gradually increased, and on Sunday afternoon he became so violent that it was found necessary to have recourse to a straight waistcoat and other means of restraint. He foamed at the mouth, his tongue being constantly in rapid motion, and his pulse at 120 ; still at times he was perfectly sensible, and appeared to be much comforted in the opportunity afforded by intervals of the paroxysms to ex hort the family, nine in number, to the observance of a re ligious course of life ; and in the expression of a con fident hope of salvation through the mediation of his Saviour, he breathed his last on Monday afternoon. It is a remarkable fact that two hours before his death he pre dicted that in the space of that time his sufferings would be so terminated. He was in the 19th year of his age, and respected for his steady and religious habits. Another member of the family was bitten, we understand, in the temple, by the same dog a short time before the de ceased's wound. was occasioned, but no serious consequences have yet ensued, and it is hoped that the animal was not at that time in a rabid state.—Chelmsford Chronicle. [A perusal of this lamentable case, in connexion with a consideration of the almost omnipotent influence on the human system of the imagination, will probably lead to the conjecture that poor Day's disease was occasioned by alarm, acting on a timid and perhaps weak-minded lad. Madness in dogs is extremely rare. Some medical men, indeed, have denied its existence altogether.] REJOICINGS IN ORKNEY AND SHETLAND ON THE OCCASION OF HER MAJESTY'S MARRIAGE. KIRKWALL, MARCH 2.—Our grand ball in honour of her Majesty's Marriage went off in the best style possible. It was most respectably attended, and created no little sensation. It took place on Friday last, and did us honour as well as the Queen. Dancing commenced shortly after eight o'clock, and was kept up with great spirit until a very early hour. LERWICK, FEB. 20 —An illumination took place here on the evening of the Queen's marriage, and a more agreeable and cheerful sight was not witnessed with us since the rejoicing for the last pace. We were all brimful of loyalty, and the feeling evinced was most delightful to behold. Nothing happened to disturb the general feeling of satisfaction, save and except the breaking of a window or two—the proprietors of which were determined not to be fashionable on that auspicious evening. A countryman of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, who was here, seemed to enjoy the scene, as well as the occasion of it. as much as any one amongst us. —John o' Groat Journal. PROGRESS OF TEMPERANCE tie GLasoow.--They musl be few in number who have not heard of the tee-tote' triumphs of Father Matthew in Ireland. We were not aware till lately, however; that a similar spirit had deve. loped itself so extensively in Glasgow ; but it appears that its influence is already beginning to be broadly appa rent, and that principally in the class which needed it most, viz., the lower Irish. We believe that fully 7,000 of all classes have enrolled themselves under the tee-total banner, and its effects are such that some hundreds of men, who were formerly a scourge instead of a blessing to their own families, and who were the pest and an noyance of the place, nave turned over a new leaf, and are characterized by an orderly and thinking demean our. The Bridgegate, and some of the Wynds, where, so often as Saturday night came round, '° Greek met Greek" in the mauling onset of Irish labourers, has become com paratively quiet, and the scenes of HiLernian fun are no more. We believe some of the leaders in this creditable work would hail the advent of Father Matthew to give the finishing touch to a change altogether so much deserving of countenance ; but there arc others who fear that the revulsion, which may come soon or late, from absolute ab stinence to the excess of indulgence, will do much to obli terate tee fair reputation of the whisky Lent. Let U 3 hope the best, however, and express our wish that a change so beneficial may be a lasting one.—Glasgow Herald. APPELLATE JURISDICTION OF THE HOUSE of Loans.—At the present time, when a Bill is before the Upper House for reforming the Court of Chancery, it may be useful to give an instance of another Court that re quires reform—namely, the Supreme Court of Appeal. It would be difficult to find any mode of deciding an appeal in equity more ridiculous and absurd than that which is practised in the House of Lords, of which the following ex tract is a faithful acconnt. It is taken from a pam phlet of Mr. Leahy, Barrister, published by Ridg way To constitute a House' for the hearing of appeals, three Peers only are necessary; and it very rarely happens, that more than that number are present upon those occasions. Of the three Peers thus appealed to, the Lord Chancellor is usually one; the other two are summoned in ro • tation from a list made out at the beginning of every Ses sion (6), and are different every day. As the Chancellor considers it his, peculiar duty to attend to the case before the House, the other Lords very justly look upon themselves as only present for the purpose nt producing the necessary quan tum of appellate authority, by adding a couple of judicial cyphers to the deliberating unit which is placed upon the wool sack. They accordingly endeavour to while away the dull period of their attendance by writing or reading letters, or en tertain themselves with perusing the accounts of political par ties in the Time:., or of fashionable parties in the Morning Post. These resources are not always effectual for the expul sion of ennui ; and I have occasionally seen one of the here ditary Judges go fairly to sleep even with his face to the bar. As the duty of attending appeals in the present time is the most laborious obligaton connected with the dignity- of the Peerage, it is distributed as evenly as can be done amongst all the Mem bers of the body whose services are available ; and there fore no individual Peer attends a second time, until all the other Peers then in town have had a turn at the work. If, therefore, the hearing of a case continues for three days, it is heard on the first day by Lords A. and 8., co-, more correctly speaking, they are present at the hearing. The Lords summit - led fur the second day will be Lords C. and D. ; and for th e thi r d, L or d s E . an d F. When the judgment comes to be delivered, the Lords present, besides the Lord Chancellor, will b o L or d s G. an d H . The Chan cellor on this last occasion recommends their Lordships to make a certain decree; and to this recommendation an imme diate compliance is accorded by Lords G. and H., who, in consequence : of the arrangements above stated, have not been present during any part (•.f the bearing, and are therefore entirely ignorant of the reason why they take away 5,0001. a year from one man and give it to another. If the Lord Chancellor be not trresent, and the Deputy- Speaker be not a Peer, as has been the case when Sir John L each or Sir Win. Alexander occupied the Woolsack during an appeal, the absurdity becomes a little more comical; for as the Deputy-Speaker is not a Peer, he cannot in the House ad dress their Lordships, and he is therefore obliged to whisper the decision into the ear of Lord G., who very gravely rises and recommends it for adoption to Lords H. and 1., who both agree with Lord G. in making an order of the foundation and mean ing, and perhaps even Of the terms, of which all the three Lords who profess to make the decree, are equally and totally ignorant. MEETING-ARNESBY. VILLAGE ANTI-CORN.-LAW It having been determined that a meeting should be held in the village of Arnesby, for the purpose of Com municating information, and gathering up the sentiments of the inhabitants on the vital question of Corn-laws, and that a deputation from the Leicester Anti-Corn law Association should attend, on Monday afternoon Mr. Winks and Mr. B. Fowkes, Mr. C. Billsnn, and Mr. S. Viccars proceeded to Arnesby for the pur pose of carrying into effect the above resolution. Otr their arrival at the Club-room, accompanied by the Rev. J. Webb (Baptist Minister, of Arnesby), and the Rev. J. Webb, sen. (Baptist Minister, of Oadby), they found it filled with individuals, obviously taking a deep interest in the subject, and anxiously waiting for the commencement of the proceedings. Mr. S. Viccars was called to the Chair. Resolutions against the Corn-laws were unanimously agreed to, after some excellent speaking, dissenting ministers we are happy to see taking an active part in the proceedings. We give the conclusion—the whole being abridged from the Leicestershire Mercury. Mr. W. W ALKER (an operative) expressed his grati fication at seeing an Anti-Corn-law meeting held in Arnesby. He could not speak ; but he could feel. ( Hear, hear.) He would move the following resolu- tion : " That petitions to both Houses of Parliament, praying for the total repeal of the Corn-laws, be now adopted, and that this meeting pledges itself to the persevering use of all constitutional means to aid in effecting the abolition of these abominable enactments." _ _ _ It was for the framework-knitters to consider what rqls their duty. He wondered that their forefathers had suffered such Acts to pass ; but the people had been asleep. Now they knew they were oppressed ; and they knew who were their oppressors. They must pe tition and use all constitutional means to repeal the Corn-laws. A few years ago, the people said they were determined to have the Reform Bill, and they ob tained it ; they must do the now in this instance. lie should be glad to hear that meetings of that kind were held in every village and every hamlet throughout the country. His fellow-workmen knew and felt the evils they were suffering from the Corn-laws. Their only property was their labour. He was pleased to see per sons present from the neighbouring villages ; and he hoped they would go home, and instruct their neigh bours ; and that meetings would be held elsewhere, for the same object. The room was densely crowded during the whole time, with a most attentive and deeply interested au dience, and many could not obtain admission. THE MARKETS:-(YESTERDAY.) PRICE O 1 The highest price of Bread in th Loaf. Good Bread may be had at BREAD. le Metropolis is 10Aid for the lib 9d. PRICES 0 Per Cwt. Per Quarter. New English Red Cloyer...sos.tBs. St. Foin .-s. 501 ':0 1 Old Ditto Ditto -s. -a. -s. Rye Grass .4. 285.. OA New Foreign Ditto ~,-s. 603.905. Pacey Grass -s. 455. 0 , Old Ditto Ditto ...... ...-s. -3. -s. Linseed, for feedings. 405.. 20 New White Clover ...50s. 60a. 70s. Ditto, for sewing -4. 545. 565 Old Ditto Ditto ...... ..,-s. -s. -s. Ditto, for crushing --s. 425. 461 'yew Trefoil -s. 16s 34t. Canary -s. 100 s. lail Old Ditto -s. I6s. 25s Hemp ....s, 335. 40s Trefolium s. 30s. 365. Per Bushel. English Carraway -s. 435. 525. White Mustard...lls. Od. 14s. 0d ... : Foreign Ditto -s. 50s. 565. Brown Ditto l 6s. Od. 215. Pa Coriander -s. Its. 20s. Tares Os. 01. 95.0 3 . Rapeseed, English fine (per Last) 241. 261. Foreign 211. 204 PRICES OF HOPS. Farnham Pockets (per cwt.) Ol Os. 0!. Os. to 01. Os. East Kant Pockets 4l 10s. Si. 15s. to 61. Os. Ditto Bags 31.105. 01.' Os. to 41. 4s. Mid Kent Pockets 3l. 10s. 41. 10s. to 51,12'. Ditto Bags 3l. 10s. 01. Os to C. Os. Sussex Yearlings Ol. Os. 31. 3s. to 31. 105. Old Olds PRICES OF LEATHER Per lb. d. to d Per lb. d. to d• CropHldes,3oto4olb.each 11 131. Horse Hides, German... 12 2i --40 50......... 12 16 ----- Spanish ... 13 21 -50 60. .... ... 13 18 Calf Skins,3o to 401b.,d0z.) 15 2 4 Bull Hides Butts, Vitriol ......... - English . ... 15 2a - 79 100 - - Foreign .. . l4 18 Seal Skins, large... Foreign Hides Dressing Hides ........... 11 14 Kips --- -Shaved... 13 17 Basile... Best Saddlers' H ides... .. 15 I6t Bellies .. ..... . Horse Hides, English ... 11 15 Shoulders l6 15 Calf Skins, if rounded 2d. to 4d. por b. more. SEEDS. PRICE I RapeOil,brown, per ton, 3W. Os.—l Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill WOO: PF OIL. lefined,37/.108-I.inseedOil, 24 1 . ), 13/.l3x.—Rape Cake, per ton;7l. - .. PRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP, &c. per 1121 b. Town Tallow 535. 6d. Yellow Soap... Yellow Russia • 535. 6d Mottled. --6. N. White Soap Ditto ...... Melting Stuff Ditto Rough 2ss Od. PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of 81h. Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Melters) 3l. Id. PRICE OF CANDLES. The price of good Store Candles in the Retail Shops is as follows t.. Candles, per dozen, Bs. Od. ; inferior, 7s. Od. ; Moulds, 95.6 d. Sixpence per dozen discount for cash. COAL MARKET. 6. d• s Adair's 6 C Walls End Pemberton ...... 19 _ Holy well Main )9 6 I Walls End Stewart's ......... 0 2 , 1 " 3 Original Windsor's Pontop 18 61Walis End Kelloe ..............,- ~ Townley l7 0 W..lis;End Ade1aide:......... 23 y., West Hartley 26 6 Walls End Barringt on Tees 16 u Wallslend Heaton Walls End Hilda 2l 3 Walls End Tees ...... ...—..... 22 I! 20 6 Walls End:Tees Hetton .... 1 8 . Walls End Kanineworth 2O 6 Walls Eud New Tee 5......... 21 8 Walls End Haswell ..:3 6 anthracite ' 30 6 Walls End Hetton - ... 24 0 Walls raid Locke 2 .0 6 Waits End Lambton 24 0 Ships arrived since I ist markeLday, CU. CO-OPERATION.—There is at present an exten sive association in course of formation at Paisley, for the purpose of supplying the members with provisions and groceries at a cheaper rate than k done with regular shopkeepers. We be lieve the Association at present numbers upwards of 500 mem bers. who have paid sixpence each of entry-money. Premises have been taken for carrying on the business of the Associa tion ; and, what is of still greater importance, Mr. Robert Kerr, manufacturer, has either advanced, or is about to do so, the sum of 1,000/., as a capital stock for the Company.— Gins" gozv Argus. DEATH FROM EATING A HARE.—A 19 bourer, named Luff, made a hare into a pie, of which he raid bit family partook. Soon after eating the hare two of the children became violently ill, and the younger one, aged nearly three years, died in extreme agony, which induced the parent to send for a medical man, by whose exertions the elder child vas saved. On Saturday an inquest was held upon the body, cube' the medical attendant gave it as his opinion that the death o_ the child was caused by a disease resembling cholera , i nduced by eating the hare.—Brighton Guardian. wo. THE NEW PORTABLE ALARUM size of a small Snuff Box, can be paced en the Dressing-t OlB and set to ring at any hour that may be required. Price Thre and a half Guineas. T. COX SAVORY, Goldsmith, Watchmaker, &c., 47, Cernhill (Seven steers fry Gracechurch-street), London. A Pamphlet, containing a list of the Prices of Silver SPI °IIS and Forks, Tea and Coffee Services, and other Silver Plate' Plated Ware, Plated on White Metal Spoons and Forlc:' Watches, Clocks, &c., with Drawings of the Articles, w ill forwarded gratis and post free, in answer to a post -pal application. SUPERIOR LONDON-MADE WATCHES' —A. B. SAVORY and SONS, Watcmakers, No. 9, Coi hill, London (opposite the Bank of England), submit for so" lection a very large STOCK of Highly-finished London-ma de WATCHES, the whole of which being manufactured un der their own inspection, on their own premises, they can :Seri t° sell at least 251. per cent. below the usual trade price for an ar-, tide of the same quality. A printed warranty is given With each Watch. PRICES MOUNTED IN SILVER CASES. Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, with double b acked engine-turned cases, warranted £4 4 Patent detached Lever Watches, jewelled in four holes, maintaining power, with seconds hands, and üble-backed cases, warranted 6 ' 6 Either of the above in silver hunting cases, 10s. 6d. exttli• A large variety of second-hand Silver Watches, which tar been carefully examined, and can be warranted at £2 3s. GOLD CASES, SIZE FOR LADIES. Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, in engine-turned gold case , , and gold dials, warranted Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, with double-backed engine-turned gold cases and gold dials, warranted 12 1: 4) Patent. detached Lever Watches, jewelled in four holes with double-backed gold cases and gold dials, warranted GOLD CASES, SIZE FOR GENTLEMEN. Patent detached Lever Watches, jewelled in four holes, seconds, and double-backed - gold cases, war- 14 14 0 ranted Patent detached Lever Watches, capped, jewelled in six holes, seconds, double-backed gold cases and 0 enamel dials, warranted Patent detached Lever Watches, canned, jewelled in six holes, seconds, double-backed - gold cases and 0 gold dials, warranted - Either o. the Gentlemen's Watche• may be had in gold ha nting cases, for 3/. 3s. each extra. N.B. Second-hand Watches purchased in exchange* BIRTHS'. On the 24th ult., at Rome, the C oun t ess Giuseppiaa Car ducci Genuense, of a son and heir. tfith On the Bth inst., the lady o f C a pt a i n H oo k e Pearson. tv.- Lancers, of a daughter. of the On the 12th inst., at Gilston Rectory, Herta, the w ife Rev. John Nelson, of a son, dal On the 12th inst., at Lalehain, the Countess of Lucas' , daughter. AIARRIED. On the 14th inst., at Upton-church, Bucks, Johnson e ldest Esq., of the Royal Artillery, to Mary Lydia, O el Ug h. daughter of William Butisey. Esq., of Bellevue House, S 1 On the 14th inst.., at St. George's, Hanover-square! G e° 4 rg u e Cochrane, Esq., of the Middle Temple, Barrister-at-Lawo ' "° Barrister -at-L ao An i l , of the late Hon. Basil Cochrane, •Portmfm-square. of Frances Smith. daughter of the late Colonel J ohn Snow' Coomb-hay, Somersetshire. DIED. On the 9th inst., at Kensington, Henry , th ird son o f C o lo nel Wood, On the 10th in ge st., at North Earle, near Wooler, N berland, Isabella Grieve, aged 21. ;e nv , On the 12th inst., at Clapham, Thomas Nicholas W" — er Esq., aged 82. r On the 13th inst., at. Park-road, Stockwell, Trypheo,,' rk . lict of the late Robert M'Clure, Esq., of Tiyeli-terrace, "ss,,t On the 13th inst.. at Wimbledon, Rhoda Mary, ravg child of Mr. Isaac Beeman, of Southwark. On the 14th inst., Robert Walter, only son of Julius P l ied Esq., of Langford-place, St. John's-wood, aged 3 Ye ars 10 months. % nig - On the 14th inst.., at Chiswick.grove, Charlotte Lydia '--- a beth, the wife o7Septimus Burton, Esq• Esq'' On the 14th inst., at Walworth, -George Parrons, Surgeon, RN. On the 14th inst., Felix Ladbroke, Esq., of H dley, Su rrey e orthuni aged 68. arnet. relict of the late Richard Parks, Esq H ., of Luton, 1 On the 14th inst., at illenhall ouse, East B :81; Beds, aged 1 7, r -1- f , 0 London: Printed and Published by MiTIIDO Yu" • e No. l 12, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 11% Stroud, county of lliddlesex.—Tuesday, March 17 184°' THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1840. EVENING EDITION