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Why, that out of the sums voted for education, 37,0001., had got into the hands of the two State Churches, and but one-tenth into the hands of the Dissenters, it was but fair to presume that a similar result would take place under this new plan. The ar i s tocracy found that the people of this country were degenerating, and that they would soon be reduced to a p o t a to dietary, and thinking that many connected with them would be thrown upon them for support, they wished to introduce this system of pensioning, in order also that the people might b 2 kept down to the starvation point.—(Cheers.) The Church wished to keep the people in the condition they were at present. If they did not, why did the Archbishop of Canterbury, in 1834, oppose the educational grant ? They had 11,000 parishes and 11,000 teachers in the schools, and now they wanted as many more masters and pensions— each master to have fire pupils and five apprentices. They knew if one member of a family were pensioned, that the family was secured for whatever support they might stand in need of. And if the teachers were kindly declared by the clergy not exactly fitted for their vocation, they would be made excise-men and custom house officers.—(oh, oh.) It was by these means that they intended for the future to work the Government of th e country ; it was an insidious attempt to obtain influ ence over the people, and those orthodox Dissenters who were in favour of it, were as narrow-minded as the priests themselves. Until they got rid of the influence of the Church, the education of the people could not be properly accomplished. Mr. KING cons i dered that there was no lack of the means of education, but that there was gr.-at unwilling.. ness on the part of the parents, when very poor, to wash and comb their children, and send them to school. The supporters of the schools did all they could to induce the c hild re n to attend them ; but they verified the old saying, " that you might take a horse to the water, but that you could not compel him to drink." Some localities were unable to afford much for education ; but many of them had powerful neighbours, who were willing to afford all the aid in their power. But the Government plan was one which was neither judicial nor just. To call a father in want of food to send his naked, hungry children, to school was absurd. The voluntary principle would always command subscriptions, and sufficient funds for education ought thus to be provided. He was exceedingly jealous of Government interference. Mr. LOWE said he was a Sunday-school teacher forty years ago, and that he considered Government inter ference would destroy the schools supported by volun tary subscriptions; they would always work better than Government schools, and would accomplish all that was required. Mr. HALL was of a similar opinion. He was strongly opposed to state interference,and considered that the mil lion of money proposed to be expended might be devoted, with far greater advantage, for the purchase of clothes for the poor naked children, to enable them to labour, and to pa) Id. or 2d. a- week to an evening school. After considerable discussion with respect to an ad journment, the further discussion of the subject was postponed until Thursday next. HER NIAJ E.wry's THEATRE. THIS EVENING will be performed Verdi's blichly successful New Opera I DUE FOSCARI. Between the Aets of the Opera will be presented the se!mired Di vertisement, entitled LE BACCHANTE. by Mdlle. Lucile Gratin Mdlles. Comm Honore, Sr Dor, ind Co^p , 3 de Balet. To conclude wit.h. the new successff Ballet, in Two Tableau; by M. Paul Ta,giloni, the music by Signor Pugni, entitled THEA ; OLT. LA FEE AUX FLEURS. Principal characters by Mcil;e. C. /instal, 31dlie. Marie Taglion!, M. Paul Taglioni, In the course of the Ballet will be introduced the following dances:— Le Moreska, Mdlle. C. Rosati. L'lnd'frefence, Mdlle. Rosati and 31. P. Taglioni. Solo of Le Fee aux Fleurs, mere Marie Taglionl, La Bouquet, Mdlle. Rosati. Mayerbier's Opera or ROBERTO IL DIAVOLO Is in, rehearsal for the first appearance et :Wile. Jenny Lind, who is immediately ex pected. Sigr. Vietti and Herr Standigl have arrived, and will appear forthwith. Verdre,ppera Ernani " will be repeated forthwith. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers, mid ruo!'c m*e respectfully in formed, that there will be an EXIT:A NiCHT On THURSDAY, AV IL. 15, !3'.*. When will be performed (J7st time this season) Bellint's celebrated Opera I PURITANI. Princip?' Characters: —Eivi ra, Madame Castellan ; Giorgio, Signor Lablaclie; Artura, Si:;aor C:artiori ; end Riccardo, Signor Coletti. Between tile Acts of the Opet a, a Divertissement, in which will be presented the following Dances :—Deutchen Rij n, by Corps de Ballet ; a iavourite l'as, by Millie. Rosati ; and a new Pas, composed by X. !). l'aglioni for MeWe. Marie Tagl.oni, eniiiled Posnania, or D-nee Polonaise. After the Opera will be presented an entirely New Ballet Dlver tissentent, t,y M. P. Taglioni ; tlc Music by Sim•. Pugnt ; the Scenery by Mr. C. Marshall, entitl__, Oritbia, ou, L:3 Camp des Amazones. Principal character Oriruin, Mtille. 1 . ..tc is Cra;,u. THEATRE ROYAL I)RUIIY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be perfor me d the Opera of M ARITANA. Charles the Second, Mr. Borrant ; Don Cm?ar de Itazan, Mr. D. W. King • Lon Jose, Mr. Sretton; Margit sda Santarem , Mr. Horncastle ; ' Laugh), Miss R. Isaacs ; Mar.tana, Miss Rainsforth. After which ihe New and Original Oriental Spectacle, called THE DESERT; or, The Imaun's Daugitler. In which the Two Elephants, upwards of Sixty Horses, and the Camels will appear. The Imaun Useph, Mr. Howell; Raiez. Mi . Rafter; Barck, Mr. W. H. Payne; Fuzel Oola, Mr. Harley ; Naleek, Mr. T. Mathews ; Ahabeck, Mr. Hutchison ; Kuziiraga , Mr. L. Lee; Princess Ipomaye, Miss Measent ; .Nilda, M.ss Collett ; Giroee, Hiss R. Isaacs: TIIEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed the new and original Comedy, called THE SCHOOL FOR SCHEMING. Principal characters by Messrs. Far ren, Stuart, Buckstone, Howe, Selby, Brindal, Mrs. Glover Mrs. Humby, Mrs. Yarnold , Miss Fortescue, Missßennett, Miss Rey. nolds, &c. After which the Grand Astronomical Extravagaasa, called THE NEW PLANET ; or, Harlequin eut of Place. To conclude with the Comic Drama, called THE LIGHT TROOPS OF sr. JAMES'S. Master Thomas Smallbones, Mr. Buckstone ; Maids of Honour to the Queen, Mrs. Clifford, M►s. Seymour, Mrs. Yarnold, Miss Carre, Miss Telbin, and Mrs. Caulfield ; Jane Roberts, Miss Reynolds. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. i nder the direction of Madame Celeste THIS EVEN iNG Will be performed the origins! Drama, called THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST ; a Gips% Story. Coca: , John, Mr. Wright ; Ishmael, Mr. 0. Smith ; the Kinchin, Mr. P. Bedford; Leybourne, Mr. Worrell ; Cynthia, Madame Celeste ; Lemuel, 31 ss Wooigar ; Starlight Bess, Mrs. Fitzwilllam; Lady Agnes, Miss Harding. To conclude with the Fairy Spectacle, founded on the :Ballet of LA (HSF.LLE, entitled THE PHANTOM DANCERS; or, the Wills Bride. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford, Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. Cullen:ord, Madame Celeste, his Marian Taylor, 2111.$ Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET, J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be presented Scribe and Auher's celebrated Comic Opera, In Three Act called TIIE I3ARCAROLE. The principal characters by Messrs. Walton, Dodda, Leffler, and Allen; Miss E. Honner and Miss Anne homer. After which, Shakspere's MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. The principal characters by Messrs. H. Hughes, Ryder, J. Vining, C. Fisher, NVynr, and Compton ; Miss Winstanley (her sixth appearance in London), firs. Stirling, Mrs. H. Hughes, Miss S. Flower, Miss Anne Romer, Miss Marshall, and Miss Smithson. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. THIS EVENING will be performed a New Drama, called THE CREOLE. Characters by Messrs. F. Mathews. Leigh, Murray, Emery, Kinloch, and Keeley, Miss Dickinson, Miss May, Miss M.:Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley. After which, the New Vaudeville Extravaganza, called CRUSOE THE SECOND. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Keeley ; Miss Dickenson, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with NEXT DOOR. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan Turner, Kinloch, Miss Villars, and Miss Arden. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. Fifth Appearance of Mademoiselle ROSE CHERI. TO-MORROW EVENING the performances will commence with LES GRISETTES• After which will be produced the popular Drame-Vaudeville, en titled CLARISSE lIARLOWE. Le Comte Robert Lovelace, M. Ithosevll; Macdonald, 31. Cartigny ; Clarisse, Mdlle. Rose Cheri; Boutou de Rose, Mdlle. Duverger. Boxes, 6s. ; Fit, 6d. ; Amr,hitheatTa, 3 , .; Gallery, 2s. Boxes and Stalls may .e engaged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Bond-street ; and at the Eox-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven till Five. ETHIOPIAN SiEIIE NADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING The celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, Pell, Barrington, While, Stanwood, and Gannon, will have the honour of Resuming their inimitable ENTERTAINMENTS, at the St. James's Theatre, and will give a grand day performance every Wednesday Morn ing, commencing at half-past two o'cloc:. - . The evening perfor mances will be continued every Tue , day, Thursday and Sakurday, and the day performances every Wednesday morning. Boxes and stalls at Mitchell's Royal Library 33 Old Bond-street. ASTLE Y'S ROYA L A MPIII THEA TR E, Under the patronage — of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal Family. Proprietor and Manager. Mr. W. Batty. THIS EVENING, AND DURING THE WEEK, Lord Byron's Dramatic Poem of THE BRIDE OF ABYDOS ; or, THE CORSAIR, introducing Mr. Batty's numerous and iiighly trained Horses and Fairy Ponies, living Elephants, Camels, Zebras, and ether Novelties, with magnificent Costume, Scenery, Panorama, and Appointments, forming one of the most brilliant Spectacles ever produced. Entire change In the Scenes in the Circle. Feats of Horsemanship Mons. and 31:-dame Dumos, Mr. Bell, Mr. Powell, Herr Ileurirme, and Laurents Wolff. To conclude with a laughable Afterpiece. Acting and Stage Ma nager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. Box (Mice open from Eleven till Four. Box Book-keeper, Mr, Sheffield. Performance commences every evening at Seven o'clock, doors open at Half-past Six. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Under the Management of Mrs. Frances Davidge, Lessee. SECOND WEEK of the truly wonderful BEDOUIN ARABS, from the Theatre Port St. Martin, Paris, their Seventh Appearance In England. THIS EVENING The performances will commence with a new Drama, called THE BRIDGE or NOTRE DAME; or, THE PARRICIDE'S CURSE. Noel Champinon, Mr. Neville ; Master Legris, Mr. Heslop ; Godfrey Merin, sir. J. T. Johnson; Melanie, 3frs. H. Vining. ItAtter which, a grand ORIENTAL FESTIVAL in the HALLS of tl)1-KADER (the Emir of the Desert), introducing the won attetilenn,el Feats peculiar to the Native Bedouin Arab Tribes, To tie idio'whedr Iblyaar' ',out! (Priests), &c. in their national costume. GOEs ByFa mom Farce, by Mrs. Studing, entitled KISSING ness de Lanny, I,,,,, R ' Nv puke de Bassompisre, Mr. Tindell ; Marchio- To conclude with (ev a , s' v . V.t, called THE D lm.:Atljp.b - i;7 l illg but gaturday), a New Drama, Fredericks ;;;Jolia, *ar — „`' UGLIT ER• Count Carsdorf, Mr. T. Boxes, as., Plt, Is, ;. 00. De';rs open at S'!x:, commence at Half-past - -- - ROYAL THIS PA, EIR i* 4T RE • JACK LONG OF TEXAS; or, THE to J ack Long, Mr. Hicks; Hinch, the itegni,t Si ,c 0 ,.. IRE EVF, Mr. Gardner ; Noah Gibbs, M r. Dale ; Wb ;Howard ; May Gibbs, Miss Vincent, Ike.. acc * -.0 .r. M, After which, DONZELLA, THE HEROIN E OF CAS-rr zella (commonly called the Rose of the Rock) 151;s, vi ne - 4,T;r.. Don- To conclude with TIIE FORGER'S VOW ; or, gIOI the BEDOUIN CHIEF OF JARRA.; Principal characters by°ll--i:' Vincent, Miss Lydia Pearse, Miss Julia Johnson, Mrs. G. Le - e . Ceoke ; Mr. N. T. flicks, Mr. Dale, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Scene, mi. Bird, tc. Boxes, Is.; Half Price, 6d. Pit, 6.1. ; Gallery, 3d, P r i vate Poxes Parties of F our, from 10s. Cd. ; and I'arties of El;ht, 11. Is. We understand that a new novel from the pen of the writer of " Temptation; or, a Wile's Perils," is about to make its appearance. The secret of the author. ship has at length transpired, and it seems that we are indebted to Mrs. Gascoyne, wife of Colonel Gascoyne, for that highly interesting production. The title of the forthcoming novel is "Evelyn Harcourt." FATAL ACClDENT.—Yesterday afternoon a sailing b)at, containing four young men, was upset in the river Thames at Battersea Reach, and JA n Somes, aged nineteen, son of Mr. Somes, of the King's-road, Chebiea, was drowned. The other three, bein g a bl e to swim, kept themselves afloat till assistance reached them from the shore. It has been computed that Mrs. Butler's d eman d of 1001. a night would, in the pa rt of Juliet, amount to four shillings a line for the repeating . of every Fine ; Sir Walter Scott, it is said, had halt-a-erowu for writing one. THE SUPPLEMENT to BURKE'S LANDED GENTRY being now in a state of great forwardness, it is earnestly requested that those lamilies to whom circulars have been sent, will reply AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE ; and that all who are desirous of contributing information, to ensure the correctness of this important national undertaking, will address the Authors (care of Mr. Coiburn, 13, Great 31arlborough-street), without less of time. N.B.—No communications will be available after the 15th of May. IsIEW WORK BY MISS COSTELLO. Now ready, in Svo., with Portrait, &c., 4s. MEMOIRS of JAQUES C(EUR, TILE FRENCH ARGONAUT, By LOUISA STUART COSTELLO, Author of the " Lives of Eminent Englishwomen," " A Summer _ amongst the Bocages and Vinca," &c. - -• • • " Not only a most interesting addition to our literature, tut a work which cannot but enhance the author's well-merited reputa tion." —Morning Chronicle. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EV7giNTING, APRIL 13, 1847. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE MESSRS. LAMOND and Co., RAILWAY SHARE AUCTIONEERS, • beg to thank their Friends end the Public for their continued vupport and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., lake place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the dali of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respeetftdly , equested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day previous to their being offered ; and advices of results will be brwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds imme diately disposed of according to instructions. OCces, Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street. London. TEE WEATHER.—Sint OrncE, APRIL 13. THERmomwrza, Lowest, 40 ; Highest, 58 ; Noon, 46 BAROILETER, N.N.E.; fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. minutes after —. 1 Evening .. 20 minutes after 12. , 1 4 •At ,r - 11 "!JAI , !irk 4•4 1- : . 4100ifr - • . moll - •- r 'k SECOND EDITION. p trienin LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1847. The House of Commons was last night engaged in making due provision for the service of the country, whether by land or sea. It is the especial duty of the representatives of the people, who are to provide the large expenditure necessary to maintain the exalted position which Great Britain has attained in the scale of nations, to examine with the most searching scrutiny every estimate brought forward, so that, on the one hand, no useless expense may be incurred, and, on the other, our naval and military establishments may be preserved in full efficiency, and full justice rendered to those who are now actively engaged in the service of their country, and to those who have devoted the best years of their lire to that service, and now look for the means of eejoy ng that tranquillity and comfort in their declining years which their past exertions have entitled them to receive at the hands of a grateful nation. All ex travagance is to be avoided, so that our burdens may not be increased without good and sufficient cause, while undue parsimony should equally be eschewed. The coctrol and direction of those important por tions of the state machine, pr•perly belongs to the Executive Government. Any undue interference would be productive of the most injurious results. But there is a constitutional mode by which the people, through their chosen representatives, are en titled to offer their suggestions as to any ameliora tions that may be required in either branch, and to curtail their proportions, if a more extensive amount is demanded than may appear to be necessary for the exigencies of the empire, and a just regard for its honour and dignity. The Executive may move as it thinks proper the bodies placed at its disposal. It may direct the place where, and the manner in which, they shall act, but the sinews of war remain in the hands of the people, and no course of aggression, nothing, in fact, of any description can long be carried on without their approbation being first had and obtained. The just and proper balance is thus maintained, and the best guarantee and security given for the continuance of our rights and liberties. It is now fully understood that the most certain way of main taining peace and avoiding war is, to be in a constant state of preparation for any contingency—to be "Ready, aye ready for the field ;" that] it is not consistent with true economy to spare any outlay that may be required to keep our naval or military forces in full efficiency. No desire could, therefore, be entertained in any quarter, to reduce our establishments below the proper standard, but the time of going into supply on the estimates is the fitting period for directing the attention of the Government to any abases or defects in the system, and offering any suggestions for improvements and ameliorations. The present Ministry have most honourably dis tinguished themselves by the alterations they have already introduced ; they have manifested their anxious desire to improve the condition, to elevate the characters, and increase the comforts of our military brethren. They are devoting the closest attention to many abuses and grievances, and we doubt not that many of the most objectionable will by degrees be re moved and a better state o'f things substituted. The required reforms cannot be brought into operation at a moment's notice. It is a subject that requires to be treated with a very delicate hand. The most glaring abuses should first be suppressed—the grievances mitigated. Those relating to the "of polloi," " the base of the pyramid," those by which the great body of the soldiers are affected, demand the speediest attention. The claims of any rank or class should not be neglected or slighted. T.he more helpless the parties affected, the less the power they may have of bringing forward their complaints, the more readily should they be attended to, when an advocate comes forward on their behalf. Everything that frets and teases the soldier should be banished, if not essential to the preservation of dis cipline. Many things, in themselves of trivial con sequence, are suffered to continue, that are calculated to make the soldiers uncomfortable, and thus eventu ally to produce crime. Sir CHARLES NAPIER has well said, that " small worries will so irritate an impatient and daring, but unstable spirit, as to goad the man into deeds that otherwise would never have been contemplated. Men give way to drinking as a resource against such harassing annoyances. To make soldiers comfortable and happy is among the best means of rendering de linquency rare and punishment effectual." These are truths that cannot be lost sight of. The removal of all well-grounded causes of complaint on the part of the private soldier is the first step to be taken. Sir DE LACY EvaNs last night brought forward no less than eleven topics, several of which related to the condition of the private soldier, and demand im- , mediate attention ; the improvement of the barrack accommodation (especially with regard to the sleep ing rooms) and the more suitable and decent quar tering of the married non-commissioned officers and privates is peculiarly urgent. It is impossible to sup pose that the condition of the soldiers can be ele- vated until we teach them to respect themselves, and to observe the decencies of life, which cannot be regarded so long as men and women are huddled together in the limited accommodation now afforded The regulations also respecting ration stoppages should be strictly investigated. The soldier should not for a moment be suffered to think that he is deprived of that which is his right, which is pro• vided for him by his country in return for his ser- vices, under any pretexsot whatever. " The world moves, as was said by GALILEO, but it moves in a circle." Upon that beautiful and once hypothetical rotation, the Wethninster Review professes itself a sceptiz as regards the physical, but a true believer as regards the moral sciences. Ex quisite cr e d u li ty ! DOGBEEZY sighed for the sexton t o ~ v rite hi m down anything but a sage . S ure ly th e auth or of th e u t" too Postscript," in th e W estm i nster Re h the he ar t to be be v the ew, must si ghfor th e sexton ! We could have his:x.vton to his DOGBEIIIIT, or the BORRACnto to scien?es, and minster Review n o t ri GES. sciences, decided ad- But the West faith in the alternate only acknowledges its gression of society in tt: g m re o ss 7 and retro consequently in the impossibility vancement in that noblest of it condescends to explain its theo°rrtiPehalles'f but by an illustration. According t o i t " t e ll y world careers onwards and onwards towards thee heaven of knowledge in its pursuit of the truth s of chemistry, and astronomy, and geology, and ine. chanics, and navigation ; but in its endeavour to attain something of an affinity to moral perfection, the world, according to the Westminster Review, is Yes. going on perpetually in one prescribed orbit. The Westminster Review may be morally revolving in one prescribed orbit, but the world is certainly not. Until we can revive the auto•da-fes of our medmval ancestors; until we can see the Surrey Zoological Gardens illuminated by the human flambeaux of NERO ; until the ingenious exhibition of Madame TUSSAUD is transformed into a theatre for the per formance of the Eleusynian Mysteries, or for the libidinous orgies of the Bacchant es , we s h a ll believe that spiritually the earth does not re volve, but that, in moral as well as in physical sciences, it rushes onwards and onwards. To the imagination of the Westminster Re view, however, society presents a spectacle as dis couraging, if not as ludicrous, as that of the Green wich pensioner who, in a moment of intoxication, got the stump of his wooden leg into a water-plug, and walked round it as a kind of pivot until morning under the deplorable delusion that he was going homewards. As we have already observed, that may be the moral progression of the Westminster Review, but it is decidedly not the moral progression of the civilised millio n . Why the very annihilation of a sanguinary idolatry, the very extinction of the creed in obedience to which, in the noble language of Lord BROUGHAM— " Benighted nations, blood and wine In vain libations poured !" the very obliteration of the doctrines of Paganism, the very establishment of Christianity, the destruc tion of the feudal system, the emancipation of the negroes, the abolition of the penal statutes ; the reduc tion of capital punishments—nay, the very establish ment of the principles of free trade, prove that the world advances as perpetually in its moral as in its physical course. As we quoted very re cently from a living poet, " the great world spins for ever down the ringing grooves of change." The Westminster Review is, nevertheless, obstinate in its hypothesis of the wooden leg and the water-plug, and it illustrates its hypothesis by the NEW FACTORY BILL ! We cannot but express our unfeigned asto nishment that our Contemporary should advance such very venerable and threadbare propositions. It is absolutely averse to any legislative interference with adult labour, because, for one reason, it is an indescrib - able sort of infringement of the liberties of the sub ' ject, but principally because it is fairly impossible. An infringement of the liberties of the subject ! IVas ever argument so enormously and irredeemably absurd ? As well might we cha racterise the imprisonment of any ruffian who throws vitriol into the eyes of the passers-by in a public thoroughfare, an infringement of the liberties of the subject. As well might we call the imposition of a fine upon the owner of any deleterious manufactory within the precincts of a populous city, an infringe ment of the liberties of the subject. As well might we term the prevention of unnecessary death, whe ther individual or multiple, whether sudden or pro tracted, an infringement of the liberties of the subject. Rut this is not the only objecticn ; the Westminster Review has a formidable reserve—the proposed inter ference with adult labour is impossible ! Here's a discovery i' faith. Our vaunted Legislature proves them to be after all impotent, and impotent, be it ob served, not in a remote colony, not among our anti podes the Australians, but within the narrow boundaries of these chalky cliffs. Jf the power of the Legislature cannot indeed extend to the factories, then it most certainly can never reach the lair of coiners, or the cellars of illicit distillers. And yet the power of the Executive does reach: the coiner and the illicit distiller. Why, what trash this continual wrangling is, about the possibility or the impossi bility of legislative interference (indirectly) with the adult operatives in the factories ! The Legislature has capacity enough to accomplish things of immeasurably greater difficulty than this. The flash of the shuttle or the twirl of the hand-loom are not such appalling movements as to deprive a Govern ment like ours of all energy; nor are the jaded deni zens of the cotton mills precisely the class capable of baffling the sagacity, or of eluding the penetration of an experienced and gigantic State. The Westminster Review is employing the stratagem of the ancient warrior, but the Parliament of England is not to be frightened by lighted straws I The seat of justice ought to be preserved as imma culate as possibl.e. Considering the infirmities of human nature and our complicated system of laws, owing, in a great measure, to the highly artificial state of society in which we live, the mode in which justice is ordinarily administered in this country has equally obtained the confidence and respect of the native and the admiration of the foreigner. For the excellence with which the laws are executed among us we are indebted less to the abilities (though these are, for the most part, consummate) of those who are raised to the bench than to the jealous vigi lance preserved by the public over the proceedings of the legal functionaries. If a judge goes beyond his province, or conducts himself in a way calculated to bring into disrepute the sacred trust reposed in him, he finds himself checked in his unseemly career either by the independent members of the bar, or by the full and unreserved remonstrance of public opinion, em bodied in its acknowledged channels ; and so effectually is this done, that the Secretary of State for the Home Department, or Parliament itself, is oftentimes saved the necessity of interfering to rectify for the future the particular abuse that may have en gendered public discontent. Of this we had an in stance, not a great while back, when the Chief Baron of the Exchequer was made sensible of an impropriety into which he had suffered himself to lapse. The Learned Judge on the bench cried peccavi to Mr. CocKnußN, who had so spiritedly taken him to task for having, by a strong extra-judicial remark, inadvertently warped the minds of the jury in the outset of the cause. The talents of a judge should be beyond question equal to the solemn duties he has to discharge ; but he should be also qualified for his office by a suitable temper and an appropriate de meanour. Where these latter are wanting the effect is very prejudicial both within and without our courts of justice. Above all, the judge should be scrupulous in the extreme that he does not himself set an example subversive of the principles of law and equity, which he would be bound to check in others. (It sometimes happens that in a prosecution counsel are not engaged for either the prosecutor or the prisoner. Under these circumstances, the duties of counsel devolve upon the judge. With the depo sitions before him, he has to examine witnesses on' both sides. If he puts what are termed "leading , questions" he is guilty of a practice which it would be his duty to condemn, were counsel so to deviate from the established rules of evidence. Again, if he should conduct the ex amination in so rapid and gabbling a manlier as to preclude the jury, or the public at large, from mastering the real circumstances of the case, be wantonly trifles with the ends of justice. By such a course the judge may save himself some time and trouble ; but, at the same time, he relinquishes that decorum which it is so important to observe upon the bench ; and, by flying in the face of the acknow ledged rules of justice, in the manner already inti mated, his judicial character becomes seriously affected. On Saturday last, in the Central Criminal Court, EMILY ELWOOD WI.; indicted for stealing a watch, ice. It appears that the COMMON SERGEANT exa mined the prosecutor and another witness in the following manner : " Well, you live in Clerkenvrell?" Prosecutor-- "On the morning of the 12th February, you found the prisoner in your kitchen ? Prosecutor— Yes. " (Llow she came there, whether she was his servant, or an utter stranger did not appear.) " Common Sergeant—You left her there for a mo ment, while you went into your shop? Prosecutor— Yes. " Common Sergeant—And when you went back she was gone? Prosecutor—Yes. "Common Sergeant—You gave information of the robbery to the police? Prosecutor—Yes. " Common Sergeant—And they found the next day that your watch had been pledged? Prosecutor—Yes. " Common Sergeant—Let the pawnbroker stand up. "Richard Nagin then got into ihe box. Nactiarseethuaotnp: "Common Sergeant—lt eras pledged with you by a i citFito.enlcrnlaoanr woman? Witness—Yes. "Common Sergeant—But you can't swear theprisoner torsounn d ? the " p ri r t i n so es n s e — r Guilty."No ;Setzt Sergeant—Gentlemen accordingof t t h o e h j i u s jury, the Lordship's case Comment on the foregoing would be superfluous.i Suffice it that such 1 and highly indecent. The proceeding s are manifestly unjust repetition of them. It public will not brook a 1 is to be feared, moreover, that Letters received in Paris on Sunday stated that Mr. O'CONNELL (who had not yet, on Thursday last, reached Lyons) had been unfavourably affected by the journey and the wintry temperature. The Minister of Finance has given notice, that from the 12th instant the interest on Treasury Bon , ls will be as follows :-4 per cent. per annum on honds at from three to five months' date; 41 per cent. per annum on bonds at from six to eleven months' date; and 5 per cent. on bonds at one year's date. This was held in Paris to indicate that no loan would be required, and checked the fall in the funds. The Madrid mail of the 6th inst. had not reached Paris on Sunday. The Three per Cents. were done in the Passage de l'Opera, at 77f. 921 c. MARSEILLES, Arm. 6. —Marseilles and Avignon, 788 f. 75e.; Northern, 627 f. 50c. Lror.is, APRIL B.—Paris and Rouen, 873 f. 75c. • Avignon and Marseilles, 793 f. 75e. ; Northern, 6281. 75 c . ; ' Paris and Lyons, 431 f. 25c. ; Orleans, 1,235 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Aran, 12. Boulogne and Amiens, 16 1 / 2 —Demerera, 3 3 4—Dutch Rhenish, 3%—East Indian, A—Namur and Liege, 4 1 4 — Louvain a la Sambre, Ik—Northern of France, 12%-- Orleans and Bordeaux, 6 1 4—Paris and Lyons, 4 3 / 4 —Paris and Ruuen,3s—Rouen and Havre, 26—Sambre and likuse,6_ LATEST from the UNITED STATES AND MEXICO. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY EVENING.—By the arrival of the Speed from Savannah, and the Princess Royal from New Orleans, we have later advices from both these places. The former is dated March 12, and the latter March 13. A conflict had been fought between the United States troops in New Mexico :and tke native soldiers. As usual, the arms of the former were victori ous. They had taken a mule-load of powder, besides several horses and mules. From New Orleans we find exchange on London was quoted so low as 2i to 3i per cent. premium. All kind of bread-stuffs had experienced a decline, and freight. remained without any variation. The low receipts of cotton at the several landing ports had caused this article to be firm in value, and in some instances prices had ad vanced, particularly at Charleston, where an advance of i 3. per lb. had been established during the week ending March 12. Corn was in good demand at that place at $B3 95c., and exchange on sterling bills, having sixty days to run, 3} per cent. MARKET NE WS.-(T HIS DAY.) HAY MARICETS. SIMITAFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 10. to 31175; Clover ditto, 31 lOs to 41 17s; and St raw, 1/ I2s to 1/ 16s prr load. N aßlTrade D 103 n LA to N dull, 4 .1 1- 4 at the abov e quotations. 15s; Meadow Bay, 2/ 12 s to 41 ; Cl over ditto, and Straw, I/ 12 s t o 1/ 16 s per E cu load. A moderate supply, and a steady demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Bay, 2/ 105 to 31 16s; Clover ditto, 3l 103 to 5/; and Straw, 11 125 to 11 155 per load. Supply good, and trade dull. COLONIAL. SUGAR. —The market for British Plantation is heavy, only about 70 hhds having been sold privately at rather lower prices. The public sales have offered 127 hhds Barbadoes ; 9,315 bags Mauritius ; 3,617 bags Bengal ; and 808 bags Madras ; which went off heavily, Barba does selling in some instances about 6d lower, whilst the Mauritius, Bengal, and Madras were nearly all withdrawn ; a small portion of the Mauritius (principally damaged) being realised at a decline of fully Is. The Bengal ehiefly found buyers, but at a further reduction of 6d to Is. Nearly all the Madras was taken in. The quantity of British Planta tion landed in London this year to the Ist inst. has been 8,539 hhds 1,138 tierces, against 11,503 hhds 1,272 tierces, to the same time last year. The consumption was 11,904 hhds 1,436 tierces, being a reduction of nearly 7,000 hhds and 700 tierces. The stock in London, on the Ist instant, was 3,098 hhds 481 tierces, against 5,472 hhds 727 tierces at the same date in 1846. The imports of Ilavannab, Brazil, Mau ritius, Bengal, and other East India, have decidedly increased, and there is also a material advance in the consumption. The stocks are larger, as regards Mau ritius and East India, but there is less Brazil. MOLASSES.-64 hhds Bengal realised 22s to 245 for mid to good quality, being lower prices. Rum—The quantity landed in London this year up to the Ist inst. was 3,443 puns 2,658 hhds, against 4,362 puns 1,910 hhds to the corresponding period cf last year. The consumption has increased about 500 h p u h n d s s, ; ag a a n i d n s t t h e l3 s ,s t o7c9k puns u i s L 2, o s n l d 3 o h n h d i s i t l o l , t 2 h l e 6 c o p r u r n e s s p 3 0 ,4 n 6 d 0 . ing date of last year. COFFEE.—.The quantity of British Plantation landed in London this year is 81 hhds 19 barrels and bags, g o o f ror F d i w it ho i i g vit e n : against 1,118 hhds 600 barrels and bags to the same period of last year. The stock is 1,219 hhds 1,314 bar rels and bags, against 2,058 hhds 1,728 barrels and bags to the corresponding period of last year. The imports home c onsumption. The stocks on the whole are _ b h e a i v n e g increased, ss well as the deliveries for scarcely so large as in April, 1846. RICE. -4,080 bags Bengal were taken in at 19s 6d for p.y.c th . e is pr 4 e 9 v s io 3 u d s value. to49s spot. Gd per cwt. on the TEA.—The market has been steady, and the deliveries last week increased. Devonshire, at an advanced officer, DEATH OP - -.• CAPTAIN COTESWORTII, R.N.—We service as midshipman,antreddaecgeea. have to announce the demise of this distinguished naval who . expired on the 7th instant at his residence in sed A o f ffi te e r e a r, p in rob ls a l tizn iv ar a y s appointed to a Li eu t e nancy, and in 1829 was advanced to the rank of Commander.' He was a midshipman in the San Jos e f at the s i ege o f C a diz, and, in 1810, while h"lding similar rank, he served in the Andromache, on the occasion of the capture of the United States frigate the PresLiest. Pis next services were on the occasion of the capture of Algiers. In 1824, when Lieutenant of the Thetis, he commanded the boats of that vessel in an action with the Ashantees. EXPRESS TRAVELLING ON THE GREAT WESTERN. —The twelve o'clock up express train on the Great Western yesterday was, owing to some derangement in the engine, upwards of half an hour late . at Bath. At Swindon the tr a in consisted of ten car pages, weighing 100 tons, and with this load the engine gained eight minutes in a run of 77 miles upon t he ordinary express speed of 43 miles per hour. The average rate at which this train of 100 tons, and conveying 320 passengers, travelled between Swindon and Paddington, was 52 miles per hour. the foregoing is far from being a solitary instar ice. We perceive that Mr. PAYNE, the Counsel, last wf :ek read a lecture to the COMMON SERGEANT in ope D court, and severely animadverted upon the " helter- (leiter" way in which cases were conducted before hit. L. Mr. PAYNE remarked, that " it was a long time s' . 'tee he had thought this with respect to the conduct:. of the Court, but that he felt obliged to say it then.' ' We hope we shall be spared the infliction of having; again to observe upon the administration of justice, in the Central Criminal Court. We have received the Paris papers of Sundr y. The .National has a long article on the ,alleged understanding between England and Spain ior the settlement of the affairs of Portugal, which of course it represents as an attack upon the interest of France, thus admitting by implication that it is for the in terests of France that the affairs of Portugal should remain unsettled. As we know from ex: perience that the French Government is not over scr, u pulous as to the means it employs to forward what i;: ima gines to be its interest, we may easily gut s who were the intriguers who first excited these t..uubles. The National thus concludes.— " Our interests, our friendships, our legitimat e action in the Mediterranean are attacked on every p Greece, at Tunis, at Lisbon, and in Spain. This might have been expected. The press ha ll often warned the Government against such a contii gency. What has been done to ward off the blow ? What measures have been adopted to avert it ? It was known that England intended to demand by fe;rce the payment of the Greek debt, and our Government , every where so prodigal, never thought of giving to Coletti the money necessary to deprive Lord Palmerstc 11 of all pretext to commit that act of violence. Thus, eNt ery fo reign state protected by the system falls to ruin; Chris tina weeps over her sins; Isturitz will shortly set k a re fuge in Paris; and nothing now remains of the : rilliant exploits which had raised so high the glory of M. Guizot. We are mistaken; there remains a dowry, and another signal illustration of the fact that the dynastic ;interest is necessarily the national interest." The Presse has an article on the recent chz :ages in the Palace of Madrid, which, from its style: and its violence, must, we should imagine, have been writte❑ by CHRISTINA herself, complaining bitterly of the conduct of the Spanish Ministry, " which be gins by ridding the Queen of SPAIN of her most faithful servants, because they have opposed the pret+ msions of the English embassy, and asking how it a: curred that at such a crisis France was no longer set ciously represented at Madrid"—a compliment which tivill' no doubt be properly appreciated by the D-uc DE GLUCKIRERG, the French Ambassador in Spa in, and also by his father, the Due DECAZES. The Journal des Debats says— " The importations of wheat and flour in Mpirch ex ceeded those of the preceding month. The impo stations at the ports on the Atlantic were 358,874 bee zolitres, at those in the Mediterranean 637,797 hectolitres, by the land frontiers 76,577 hectolitres, making a Total of 1,073,248 hectolitres. The importations from ;July to December were 2,465,069 hectolitres ; in Janu iry and February, 1,377,896 hectolitres ; making a totul since the last crop of 4,916,213 hectolitres. This is the largest importation there has ever been in :France. During the same period the exportation of wheat and flour to Algeria and the French colonies, akt other countries, has been—of flour, 8,074 quintals ; wheat, 1,621 hectolitres; meslin, barley, and rye, 42,811 hecto litres; Indian corn, 82,014 quintals." Notwithstanding these importations, the price of flour has risen in the Paris and Havre markets. The Inflexible, of 90 guns, has been ordered to sail immediately from Toulon for the Levant. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday was ani mated ; sales 8.000 to 10,000 bales, at id. per lb. advance in prices. Tho sales consist of about 8,000 bales : American at 6kd. to 7id., 400 remains at 6id. to 7id., 100 Egyptian at Id. to 8, 500 Surat at 3/d. to 4id. per lb. Railway shares were heavy. An improved feeling is apparent in the mercantile and monetary circles again to-day. It is true that the value of money keeps high, and that it may possibly rule more against those who require acommodation, even upon what are held but a shade below first class securities. But it cannot be doubted that matters will soon right themselves. People begin, in fact, to thick for what reason has Consols gone back so low as is the case. Public credit is good. Trade is good, though not speculatively active (and so much the better for ulterior results), and the demand for manufactures for exporta tion and home consumption has recently been on the in crease. Taking then all things into consideration, we think we are justified in representing that the recent monetary and other difficulties have passed their perihe lion, and are lowering to a more steady and safe con dition. A considerable degree of interest is taken in the in tended commencement of railways in the East Indies. Yesterday the first general meeting of the scrip holders in the East India Railway Company was held, and a most favourable report was presented to the subscribers. But it is still thought that over four per cent. ought to be guaranteed by the East India Corn. pany, and for a longer period than fifteen years, for the really immense advantage which will inevitably accrue from a train of rapid communication, per rail, in the lo calities marked out for this bold, and undoubtedly neces sary enterprize. The amalgamation of the East Indian Company with the Great Western of Bengal Company, hinted at yesterday, is considered a most wise and sound point to be acc...mplished. The scripholders in the latter projected line are to meet on Wednesday next, to consider the mode in which the amalgamation is to be made, which, without doubt; will be carried into full and entire effect. In the City there are no late arrivals announced this morning. A very considerable amount of business has been transacted in the public Securities this morning. Con sols both for Money and the Account opened at 86k, and subsequently receded to 858 for the Account. For Money the prices improved subsequently to 86 and 868. The Scrip of the New Loan has been sold at 3k discount. Exchequer-bills were at 4 discount, and East India Bonds at 7s. discount. Bank Stock is down to 192, a fall of 6 percent. since the Ist instant. In the Foreign Stock Market the Four per Cent. Portuguese Bonds have improved to 35. Spanish Five per Cents. have been sold at 25k ; the Spanish Three per Cents. at 36{ k ; Brazilian for the Account at 83 ; the Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at 58, and the Four per Cents. at 90. The Railway Share Market has not been very ani mated to-day. There was, it must he stated, symptoms of weakness in rnany of the lines completed, and, in operation as well as those in progress, still, upon the whole, there is a better feeling apparent. 13KITISII FUNDS TIIIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK • • (Front the Official List.) Bank Stock .. .• •• • . 194 193 195 192 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuiti e s •• 85 84% 854 Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. • • 86% 85% 865 86 New Three-anti-a-Quarter per Cent. Anna. 86%%% Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .• 98% Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 •• 8 13-16 India Bonds, 1,0001. • - • • •• 7 dis Ditto, under 1,0001. • • • • par Consols for Account .. • • • • .. • • 865 85% Three per Cent. Consols, Scrip.. .. • • 354 dis ExeLequer Bills. 1301. 2d. 1,0001. .. • • par 4 die Ditto. Small .. ... • 2p 3 dis PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent • • • • Ditto, Small .. • • • • • 83 Portuguese Four per Cent • . .. 345 35 Ditto, for the Account • • • • 35 1 A 345{ Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent. .. • . 2554 Ditto, Three per Cent .. .• • • 36% % Ditto, for the Account • • • • 37 Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cent. 965( Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 58 Ditto :4 per Cent. Certificates .. 90% 90 BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES Ar ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER suaax. Amber., Notting., Boston, & Eastrn Jn. 2% 134..,, to Birmingham and Oxford Junction • • 5 .. • • 135 6 54 .. to Birmingham, Wolver., and Dudley .. 5 10%.... to Caledonian .. • • .• •• 30 24 h% .. to Eastern Counties .. •• .. • • •• 20 • • 1834 34 .. to Do.,Perpetual,sperCt. No.l, 6/. 13s. 4d 56 % p to Ditto, ditto .. N 0.2, 61. 13s. 4d % p.. to par Ditto, York Extension ••••5%•.•• • 4% • • • to East Lancashire .. .. • • .. .. 17 .• • .. ••to Ditto, New .. .. • • .. 754 East Lincolnshire .. • • • • 4 .. • • 6 • • to Edinburgh and Glasgow .. • • •• 50 .. •. 70 .... to Ditto, Quarter Shares - • • • 125{ • . 175 .. • . to Ely and Huntingdon . .. • • •. 15 .. •• 15 •••• to Great Northern .. • • • • • . 3% •• • • 3 .... to Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 30 .. • • 24% 25 to 24 Great North of England • . • • • • 100 .• • • 231% .. •• to 230% Ditto, New.. .. .. • . 5 Great Western .. •• •• 85 .• .• 114 .... to 115 Ditto, Quarter Shares .. •• • . 12% Ditto. New .. .. • • • • .. 7% %.. to 7 Hull and Selby .. .. • • .. 50 •• . • 103 .. ••to Ditto, Hall Shares .. .• 25 Lancaster and Carlisle 80 • • 6134 .. to London and Blackwell .. 161. 13s. 4d. •••• 7% • to London, Brighton, and South Coast .. 50 ... • 51 y 4 A. • to Ditto, Consolidated Eighths • • • • 10 .... 114 .• .. to London and North-Western • • • • 100 .. 173 to 172 Ditto, Quarters .. •• L. and B. 7 •• to Ditto ditto New .. .. • 2 11 34 34 to Ditto, 401. Shares .• M. and B. .. 40 .... 66% ...• to Ditto, 101. Shares .• M. and B. (11) 5 .. •• 1054 .• •• to Ditto, 101. Shares • . M. and B. (C) 1 .. • • 6% .. • • to London and South-Western 411. 6.,. 10d. .. • . 63% .... to Ditto, Tenths (Consolidated) . 50 52 54 %• • to Lynn and Ely .. .. 20 .... 21 56 .... to Lynn and Dereliam • • •• 20 . 21 .. •• to Manchester and Leeds •• 82 •• .. to Ditto. Quarter Shares • • • • •• 12 .... 184 .• ••to Ditto, Thirds (Reg.) • • • • 71. 45... • • 1%4 pto Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock - • 421. .. • • par.... to Manchester and Southampton .. .. 2 .. • • 15C .. • • to 1 Midland •• •• •• •• •• —lOO —ll2 .... to 113 Ditto, New .. .. • • • • • • 2 .. • • 4 to Ditto, Birmingham and Derby • • 100 •• 90 ••• to Newcastle and Berwick 20 .... 25 24% to 2554 Ditto, New . .. • • • • . 5 • • 76%.. to 7 1 % Northern Counties Union • • • • • • 2% •• • • %••• • to North British •• .. 25 .. • . 3154.... to 32 Ditto, Half Shares • • .. •• 1254 ...• 15 •• • • to Ditto, Thirds •• • • • • 1 •• • • 2% •- • • to 3 North Staffordshire •• •• • • • • 5 •• • • 7 %•• to Preston and Wyre .. • • .. 25 .. 33% .. •• to 3454 Royston and Hitchin • . • • • • • I% •• • • 1% to Shropshire Union • .. 425.... 1%14 die. to iouth Eastern and Dover • • •• • • 331. 2s. 4d. -.to Ditto. New (do. 331. 6s. Bd.) No. S.. 12 .. • 12% to Ditto, New (do. 15/.) No. 4 .. .. 5 .. • • 5 .. • • to 4% West Riding Union .• • • • • 4/. 25....• p• • to 1 p York and Newcastle • • .. 25 .... •• • • to Ditto, Preference .• .. 4 .. • . 6%56 • • to York and North Midland 50 .... .... to Ditto, Extension .. 25 .. • . 3954 to Ditto, Preference 2 .... 9% •• • • to FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Central of France (Orleans & Vierzon) 11 14%.... to Demerara .. • • • • to Dutch Rhenish East Ind!an • .. .. .. 55. .... % .. .. to Northern of Franco .• .. • • Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg • • • . Sambre and Meuse 8 • • 12::, h, • • to .. .. 20 •• • • 3'04 h, • . to 5 • • .. • . to— .. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Union of London • • • • . • .. 10 .... 1234 —•• to MINES Real del Monte, Unregistered • • • • •• •• 3 !•47 .• • • to ILLOYD'S SHIPPIN G—(THIS DAY). LONDON, APRIL 13.—Wind N.E. to E.N.E., fresh gales, and dull hazy weather. , DEAL, APRIL 12.—Wind S.S.E. to S.W.—Arrd. Pre ciosa, Jacobsen, New York, and sailed for Rotterdam. Arrd. from the River, City o f P oonah, Madras ; Som: nauth, Bombay; Berbice, Berbice ; Margaret, Quebec ; Waterman, Quebec; Eapadarte, Madeira ; Mary noun sell, Rio Janeiro. DOVER, APRIL 12.—Wind S.W.—Sid. Grange, New York. Off port, Adelbaide (Danish ship), Ilavannah for Hamburgh. COWES, APRIL 12.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Ann Smith, Hogg, Cuba. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 12.—Wind N.W. to W.N.W., light.—Arrd. Sophie, Alexander, Honduras ; Princess Royal, Duguid, New Orleans, sailed from the bar 13th ult.; Hindu°, Lawrence, ditto ; Ambassadress, Banner man, ditto; Pollock, M'lntyre, ditto; Margaret, Black, ditto; Yorkshire, Tripp, Mobile; Lady Milton, Ha) es, ditto; Speed, Grundell, Savannah, sailed 15th ult.; Col chester, Withers, Charleston, sailed 16th ult.; Roanoke, Kelly, Baltimore ; Logan, Trent, New York ;Fidelia, Hacistaff, ditto, sailed 16th ult. Sid. Ann Maim, New York; Lord Sandon, New Orleans. Mem.—The George, fur Quebec; London, for Staten Island ; end Omega, for Boston, did not sail yesterday, as reported. SLIGO, APRIL 11.—Wind W.—Arrd. American Bill, Beatty, New York; Adna, Sh erman, ditto. Sid. Inventor, Philadelphia; Dromeheir, New York. ABERDEEN, APRIL 10.—Wind N.W.—Sid. Sir Wil- Liam Wallace, Quebec. DUNDEE, APRIL 10.—Wind N. to W., strong gale.— Arrd. Euphrates, Valparaiso. Put back, Ariel, Ritchie, for Montreal. SUNDERDAND, APRIL 11.—Wind N.W.—Sld. Gem, Quebec. LOUGH SwILLY, APRIL 9.—Arrd. R. H. Douglas, Norville, BAltimore, for Sligo. IIULL, 12.--Wind Wind W.N.W.—Sid. Fergus, Quebec; Llan, Humuey, ditto. WIIITEHAVEN, APRIL 10.—Wind S. W.—Sid. Richard. son, Quebec. OFF DONAGHADEE, APRIL 10.—Fleetwood, Richa-d. son, Mauritius, for Clyde. HARTLEPOOL, APRIL 10.—The Endeavour, Glasgow to Hull, was towed in here to-day in a sinking state, having struck on the Tynemouth Bar. PETERHEAD, APRIL 9.—The Rose, of this place, has been in contact with the Mullert, from Scaham, and has received considerable damage. The Ewarts, of Nairny went on the rocks last night, but was got oN to-day. BELFAST, APRIL 9.—tild. Caithnessshi re , Q ue b ca ; Chieftain, ditto ; S a b os , St. Thomas ; Abd-el-Kader, ditto ; Sumatra, United States ; Odessa, Windsor, Nova Scotia. CORK, APRIL 10.—Lord Bandon, Toneran, New Or leans; Montague, Wade, Norfolk; Victor, Clark, ditto ; Puritan, Amsburg, ditto; Sarah Johnson, ditto; Horatio, Hall, ditto ; Rambler, Hall, ditto ; /Eueas, Carroll, Carninki ; Mensagero, Sultana, ditto ; Nova Fel'z, Da Costa, ditto. Std. Agile, New York. LEITH, APRIL 10,—The Sarah schooner, of Yar mouth, was abandoned oil' the Humber on the Bth inst., and yesterday seen off Bridlington; crew saved by the Royal William steamer, arrived here. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) His Lordship sat to-day at Westminster, and was occupied in hearing cases which were of no general in terest. YY.CE-CHANCERY.—(:r S DAY.) (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) His Honour the Vice-Chancellor of England resumed his sittings to-day in his Court at Westininsttr. WALL V. WALL—JUDGMENT. His HONOUR gave judgment to day in this case, which was argued before him some time since on fur ther directions. By a settlement, dated in 1802, the Baroness de Thorin became entitled to a reversionary interest in a fund of 14,0001., contingent on the death of her lather and mother, of whom the former was now deceased. The lady had intermarried in 1835 with the Baron de Thorin, who. by the marriage, acquired an interest in the same fund contingent upon the event of his surviving his wife. By the will of William Wall, an opulent banker, in Worcester, which took effect in 1842, a sum of 18,0004 was bequeathed to the Baroness de Thorin, conditionally that she should relinquish the benefit received by the settlement of 1802, and a re ference was in consequence directed to the Master to inquire whether it was for the benefit of the wife that she should accept the provision under the will in lieu of that made by the settlement; hut on the Master reporting in favour of the bequest under the will, a difficulty arose by the husband refusing to surrender his contingent interest in the settlement of 1802, so as to sanction the wife's election. Application was, there fore, made to the Court for the purpose of having it determined whether the wife's election could stand independently of the concurrence of the husband. A second question strove under the same will. The tes tator gave to his widow an annuity of 1,8001., issuing out of certain real estates, vested in trustees, and the words employed in the devise were, that " she should have a yearly sum of 1,8001., clear of all taxes and de ductions whatsoever." The Income and Property Tax Act, schedule A No. 4, sec. 10, directed that the trustees in whom land is vested, charged with the payment of annuities, should deduct at the rate of 7d. in the pound on such annuities. The doubt was whether the widow was to take the 1,8001. unbroken, or less by the income tax. The Court was clearly of opinion on the second question that the income tax ought to be paid by the widow, but with respect to the question of election, his Honour thought that the record, as at present framed, did not give the Court jurisdiction to decide that. His Honour thought the best course would be to set apart the sum of 18,0001. until the Court was in a condition properly to decide the question. EVANS V. HUNTER.—JUDGMENT. His lioNoun also gave judgment in this case, dis missing the bill with costs, except so far as it prayed relief with respect to giving certain certificates, and as to that the Court granted the prayer of the Bill. MOSELEY V. ALSTCN.—THE OXFORD AND BIRMINGHAM JUNCTION RAILWAY The further arguments in this part-heard motion oc cupied his Honour the remainder of the morning. (Before Sir J. WIGRAM.) MALCOM V. SCOTT. This cause, the particulars of which have already appeared in this journal, was in the paper for judgment to-day, but his Honour, after going at great length through all the facts, directed a further inquiry. BUMBLE V. SHORE. We have already given the facts of this case, which turns upon the construction of a will. His HONOUR to-day gave it as his opinion that the terms of the will should be taken literally, but stated that he would go further into the authorities that had bean cited. BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) Mr. Philip b. Hay, the s , .n 2lajor-Gener a l H a y, was placed b efore Mr. Jardine, charged with cbtaining money under false pretences, by means of a cheque drawn by Hai upon his father, it was alleged, with out authority. Mr. Gardiner, the proprietor of the Golden Cross, Charing cross, said that on Christmas day, 1844, the prisoner requested him to cash a 51. cheque for him. He said that in an emergency, the banks being all closed, he would be obliged to him if he would advance him 21. on the spot and iet him have the rem.tinder in a day et. two. He at first hesitate,), but as the prisoner repre sented that his connections were highly respectable, and that he was the son of General llay, upon whom the cheque was drawn, he acted upon these representations of the prisoner, and advanced him 2/. The next day he received a note from the prisoner, calling his attention to the date of the cheque, and requesting that he would not present it until the 4th of January, when it would become due. Ile, therefore, did not present the cheque till that day, and he was then informed that it was a " swindling transaction altogether," and that several similar cheques bad been presented and reused. He left the cheque at the bankers, Messrs. Cox and Green- wood, for a few days, and he understeod that it had been shown to Colonel (now General) hay, and he dis honoured it. The prisoner called his father, General Hay, to prove that he bad given him, a general authority to draw cheques upon him for small amounts, and that if this one was ref used it was by mistake. The General stated, most distinctly, that his son had authority to draw not only this checque, but many others, and that, had this been presented to him he would have paid it. Ile was surprised that Mr. Gardiner had not applied to him be fore taking the course he had adopted. Mr. JARDINE said this was a complete answer to the charge. The prisoner was liberated, but was followed out by the officer engaged in the case, who took him into cus tody again on a second charge, to be preferred at an other Court. WORSHIP-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) Edward Parmeutum, 14 years of age, an a3pBp,reGnitoicsteerto. Mr. Newman, boot and shoemaker, N o. street, lloxton, Old Town, was charged by Serjeant James Godfrey, of the N division of police, with cutting and wounding his fellow apprentice, Alfred Fullum. aged 17, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm. Alfred Fullum, who appeared so weak as scarcely to be enabled to give his evidence, stated, that about four o'clock yesterday afternoon he was call ., d down stairs by his master. lie was absent only a few minut?s, and on his return he found the prisoner using his tools Wit ness complained, and told the prisoner he deserved a good thrashing. The prisoner said, witness dare noi, touch him. Witness, however, smacked his face, and the prisoner instantly rushed at him with the knife pro duc2d, and cut him severely across the arm A medical certificate having been put in. The prisoner denied the felonious n.:t.t of the charge, and said that it was purely accidental. The wound was eccasioned by his putting up his . hand, in w hi c h he held his knife, t o war d off the blow aimed at him by RIND). The Magistrate ordered that he should be again brought up previous to his committal, on the chr-ge of feloniously cutting and wounding with intent, &c. CLERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY.) A gentlemanly-looking young men, who appeared to be in an almost dying state, was led to the bar by Wad dinlton, the gaoler, and Mr. Wolff, his protessionri. adviser, to answer a charge preferred against him by John Kelly, a shop man in the emp l oyment o f W oo l ston - holme, pawnbroker, of Leather -lane, Holborn, of having stolen a quantity of Orleans cloth and liish linen. The prisoner, whose name was John Cooper, was Wien into custody on lest Wednesday, and placed in one of the cells at the station-house, and upon the officer on duty in the yard going round to the place where the pri. soner was confined he observed him lying in an apparently lifeless state upon the floor, and upon closer examination it was found that he had inflicted a fearful gash across NOTICE TO MARINERS —BUOYS ADRIFT. BROADSTAIRS, APRIL 10.—The East Tongue buoy on Margate Sand, and the Border buoy, on the Gulls, base broken adrift and been taken into Ramsgate. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor resumed his sittings to-day, after the Easter recess. His Lordship sat in his Court at Westminster, and, after disposing of several lunatic petitions in his paper, proceeded to hear appeals. APPERLEY U. PAGE. This ease came before his Lordship upon appeal from the decision of the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce over ruling a demurrer put in by the defendants to the bill filed by the plaintiffs on behalf of themselves and others, shareholders i❑ the Midland and Easter Counties Rail way Company, against the defendants, directors of the sail company. The bill stated that in July, 1845. this line was projected from the Northern and Eastern Coun ties Railway, at Cambridge to Worcester. That the capital was to be 1,500,0001., in 60,000 shares, at 251. a share, on each of which the deposit was 2/. 12s. 6d. The plaintiffs paid their deposits, but they alleged that they did so upon the faith that the whole of the shares would be duly and properly allocated, but that they subse quently learned the fact to be, that only 35,000 shares were allocated, and that of these 17,840 were not ac cepted. The total deposits paid amounted to 47,6701. At the date of the Parliamentary contract, the 29th of October, 1845, the directors well knew that the project had failed, and become impracticable by reason of the insufficient allotment of shares, and they incurred the expense of surveys and other charges, although having failed to raise the required capital, they were unable to apply to Parliament for an Act for the projected line. The defendants, however, applied last session for an Act for a small portion of the line, extending thirty-eight miles, from Cambridge to Weedon. The Bill passed the House of Commons, but was rejected in the House of Lords, and it has been since finally abandoned. Pursu ant to the standing orders, 39,0001. was lodged with the Accountant• General by the defendants, on account of tho Cambridge and Weedon line, which sum consisted of the deposits paid for the line to Worcester. The defendants obtained an order for the payment out of Court of the 39,0001. to discharge liabilities, but the money had not yet been paid out. The bill prayed, that as the objects and purposes for which the company was proposed, had failed, through the neglect sad mismanagement of the defendants, they might be declared not entitled to deduct expenses under the circumstances stated, and that an account might be taken of all proper expenses, and that the plaintiffs might be declared liable to said expenses in the proportion which the number of shares held by them have to the 6,000 shares originally pro posed ; and that after the payment of such expenses there should be a distribution of the deposits. On the part of the defendants it was contended that as the bill substantially pray ed for a dissolution of partnership, there was a want of parties, the majority of the share holders not having been made parties 19 the suit. On the case coming before the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce, his Honour ordered the demurrer to lca. , overruled, and from that decision the present appeal was brcught. The arguments occupied his Lordship the whole morning. MR. DOUGLASS and THE BRII,A - o R L AND NORTH AMERICAN ROYA .*"' k " . COMPANY. TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE SUA ▪ i c k Sui,—l regret to find th a t a l e t ter s i gne d " Yreuv", i 9 Douglass" has been p u bli s h e d , i n which my rlll3-er mixed up i n a manner t h at appears to me to be very traordinary and un j ust ifi a bl e. H av i ng b een aliseo f r lirt Liverpool f or a wee k on b us i ness, I had not trl 9 1 . 0 so opportunity of not i c i ng t hi s, wh i ch I shall now briefly as possible. et he first tim e M r . F re d er i ck Douglass sa- o r b with me was n o t, as h e states, before, but aft 0* Ito' agreed with my people to arrangements and se cc i l ich dation for his passage on board the Cambria, with.v i sr p he expressed no di ssat i s f act i on to me but the 40Ptr- 00 Mr. Douglass had no conversation w hatever with Ust except in the presenc e o f th ree or f our other int and the whole point of my remarks amounted to 0 01 that he (Mr. Douglass) when coming from the ta r o States some months a g o i n th e same vesse l , the Ca7the as a steerage passeng er , was i nv i te d b y som e of cabin passengers to ente r th e sa l oon , an d was thepf whether intentionally or unintentionally on hi:' oaf producing, by the ob servat i ons h e ma d e use o:F, seroof disturbance on board, which required the aut b • ce of the captain to que ll, in order to restore m e al and safety. Under these circumstances I ;00 Mr. Douglass, that had he not enter( d the arrangements which had been con3Pl e I should undoubtedly have considered it my duity, t ,°o4 quire of him, before allowing him to embark, c us , - tlie pledge that he would neither of himself, nor al, If desire of others, follow such a course as was lik e 9 lead to a repetition of such scenes of confusion ° at oll formerly occurred. I added that, from the con ver sed that had just taken place between us, it was untlec e : o r• ef Ifshould act or say mere upon the subject. I ine r `bsit told him that 1 should have taken the same collys s a i el his name been John Jones, or anything else, ills"; Frederick Douglass, or h a d he been the whitest r oil ie the world. These were my words. gli sS All I find fault with is, th a t M r . Frederick I)°tlisce has withheld the entire con versat i on which toe's 1. /00 between us, and by suppressing the most miaow& and giving a spurious version has misled the pEtbli c ,„' for I admit, to the f u ll es t extent, my accou ntabi""oo what was actually done, or actually said, to Mr.. Do ll ior by my people ; but, b e h av i ng so commence d by v? 0, presenting the convers a ti on I myself had w ith b l shall not discuss, th roug h the press, either no w or a 3,0 1, his allegations as to what took place with ot'aars. Sir, your most obedient servant, C yerVl3. HAS. MAC 1 '- British and North American Royal Mail Company, Liverpool, April 12, 1847. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. 00 ° SIR,—My accidental absence from town fox a c° „ o ut of days has occasi one d my see i ng at the same time jolt journal of the 7th and Bth in s t., th e f orme r of l oser contains a letter from Mr. F. D oug l ass, an d the 001 some observations of your own on the subj , sct communication. si You are pleased to s p ea k " o f your i ntense illsgust nh the conduct of the agents of the Cambria;" eeepre ss in my opinion, equally unmerited and strong. . o the Allow me, as oac o f t h e principal proprietorsr t he Cunard Company, an d as t h e person responsible f°o.l, directions given to its subordinate agents in thili c °- to place the matter fairly before your readers. , L ily So far as we ourse l ves are concerned, it is.' r e i3 eer s matter of perf ec t i n diff erence whether the 139'ss„--4er conveyed by our vesse l s are b lack, white, or cs coloured. Non olet nummus ; the fare of one good as that of another. But if there exists, 35 . n cibl e tincily affirm that th ere d oes, an a b solute and icv l- fe elli disgust on the part of a great majority of v rh ite ne lse' and particularly of w hi te women, not less i , than in America, to come into close contact w:i.thu - ;10 5 mores, are we the pr o p er parties to be blame ;d for aversion and loathing? Can it be expected I,y o r i rv iog, their ht. ° ea n a re b v l s e ehray b i e l b i u n ut g stienr t el h ys a s ,t annihilate,bt hy opposing proprietors no tt theh eofietr'e feelings nr m go o r s e r o c t i r t" fn b o ti o, cies, whatever they may be, of a eery great pre P ° ' t e i th 1 their customers? It is no longer back than the. ' OO ee' November last that 43 first class berths havin;; the gaged on board this very vessel, it so happene a t u f , - dte 9 44th and 45th were taken by a black gentle= in ' l ,'" wife, also a black woman. On this circumstan ee w - r e So il ing known only three days before the ship sailed, an °e' the London agents, who were without specific ii):oli°1 tions on the matter, having refused to cancel the t`• w ere issued tickets, no less than 29 out of 43 berth s ec ii4 thrown up, and the c om p any susta i ne d a l oss e'xce ths , 1,1001. Of the parties thus throwing up their ber' rio ef took the trouble to ascer t a i n t h at 10 on l y were Are e . t, to and the remaini n g 19 E ng li s h. A re we , I ref eat I et? blame for refusing t o resew the costly exip erirliceote When the sight and smell of the ajorit of ec r ec eale trymen are so much altered as that their eyes upon the colour, and their noses agreeably odour of a negro, we shall gladly welcome th e en' e , Until then we are compelled by our own into: rests " 4 .,10 commercial company to place upon the issue of ticke' ; 6, tallyblacks statedsuch restrictions u gt Of Mr. Douglass's H le e t has stated the matte r in disparagement. nott conditions wish as to s: were as spec' exaggeration nd er I ; though he, ough ..s ti e i c d o o ndi was originally issued by a mere lad in the absunce 0 1 1. 0 m sim us p t ly add a , n n d ot w t i o th h o a u v t eomtted mentioning that the t l ' t jo senior clerk, and that the instant the circum s tance f discovered he was pressed to receive back ,the Inc Pe u e which had been:thu s improperly:taken.—l auySir , I ci faithful servant, CHARLES M. BURRO?, (Of Asgill, Virginie, United S tes)l Head Manager of the Cunard Company - .0 1 Maidenhead, Berkshire, April 8. ----- r Tr ie a r MR. COBDEN IN ITALY, —ilie Osservatd .• e n 0 1 tino just received alludes to the flattering rece , ;Pt i ,%,,, ° which Mr. Cobden has been honoured by tis e Pi l ' e c c 'or Naples, and makes mention in general terms •of t fe lioir diality and good-will displayed towards 04 it italis° countryman by the rank and intelligence of t.I le Peninsula, ____ - - tb i BIRTHS. On Easter-eve, at Newton Bushel, Devon, the- wi re , °f Rev. R. S. Hutchings, Curate of Kingstei nton, ciS 3 3. °' On the 7th inst., at Ensemere-hill, Ull g swater, the l ad' J. C. Bristow, Esq., of a son. Ater,' On the Bth i ns t., a t Holbeacb, Mrs. E. Key, of al d a tre (''' On the 9th inst., at Inverness-road, Bayswater, the "'- Sidney Vardon, Esq., of a son. , pill° On the 9th inst., at Hanover-villas, Kensin gt ° " . " Mrs. M. Hall, of a son. A q oaf On the 10th inst., in Curzon-street, the wife of . - .**l • P' - IV•j , Esq., of a still-born child. . On the 10th inst., at Russell-square, the lady-- nf , Whyte, Esq., of a daught er . _.....---'' MARRIE. ; t 9 4 1 On the Bth inst., at Thorpe, No tt s, Theodore Pi foill.e„' n geo• of King's Heath, Worcestershire, to Louisa Joy..:e, daughter of the Rev. Charl es T ownsen d , Rector .of Tu r ,, ° "„ ` o e' ro On the 10th inst., at St. P ancras N ew Chu rch, ""i Howard, of Greenwich, to Susannah, second dau3hter 0 late Henry James Stevens, Esq., of Ralston. DIE. 0 On the 22d ult., at Rome, Lie D utenant-General Sir vfge Little Gilmour, K.C.8., Colonel of the 2d Battalion of Brigade. On the Ist ; late 01 'aria, Miss Katharine Wellings► le Ist inst., at A Upper Clapton. Of On the 4th inst., at M a id en h ea d , Ed mun d , second Son the late Richard Goolden, Esq. 1 -111 'e.l o On the 7th inst., a t Ch e l ten h am, C omman d er 1% co R.N., of Webbery House, Devon. w ife c i On the 7th inst., at Shipston-on-Stour, Amelia, the Commander Henry Story, R.N. ed 74; On the 7th inst., a t St am f or d-hill , J . T yr i e, E sq ., 6g io w el On the Bth inst., a t B rom l ey, K ent, Ch ar l ot t e , I w "Gloa' the Rev. Alfred S a nd erson , l ate Vi car o f A ston Bl a nc, cestershire. On the 9th inst., a t B e ddi ng t on, Ch ar l es F ranc i s . the : 114 / 1 3 son of Joseph Laurence, Esq. J O il On the 9th inst., in North AuTey-straet, 31r. Hebard, aged 62. On the 10th inst., at Upp er T oot i ng, Surrey,Sara f daub b ter of John Melbuish, Esq.. ____,.. • London: Printed and Published by AfUltDO YOUNG, of 1 , 1•0 e Strand, Printer, at The 'Sun Office, N 0.112, Strand, in the r L7 - 3f of the Savoy, In th e County of O P T Middlesex, Tuesday, O P T 1847. his right arm. Mr. Taylor, the divisional surgeon, ag instantly sent f or , an d a f ter t h e wound had b een dress! he was removed to the Boys! Free Hospital, in t 1 Gray's Inn•road, w h ere b e rema i ned until thilitoorria/r When Mr. Coomb e , the presidi ng mag istrate, r e '', ceiving the weak and dejected stat e i n w hi c h the prisoaer was, he most kindly ordered him to be taken into thiei private room and s uppli e d w i t h every attend on wh ic his position required. By some oversight, ivhe._l3 Ih, prisoner was fi rs t l oc k e d up h e was allowed tC. rei °° $ penknife by the officer on duty. The facts of the robbery as seated in evidence ar peared to be, th a t th e p r i soner entered the sho p Of i'Voolstonholme, and offered to pledge a piece • flan n ;; While the shopman was l oo ki ng at i t. the pri l ioner oherved to take down two pieces of Orleans ;loth ° n o Irish linen, which h ung near t h e d oor and con , : ell gled under his coat. When taxed with the robiziery h i he first denied it after having dropped the linen oP n ground. When called upon for his defence, he made three.:j four attempts to speak, an d at l engt h said, :ins fai i. voice, that he would say nothing at the present m° l2 ' e h't He was fully committed to take his trial suP° ll charge. A second charge was preferred against him of h avi t n e l stolen a waistcoat, b u t ow i ng to t h e weak and exhilllo.o state in which he app eare d to b e, t h e hear i ng of ,5 adjourned. SOUTHWARK.—(THIS DAY), Ann Sheen was charg e d wit h b e i ng concern e d plundering the h ouse o f M r. D r i ver, No. 16, square, Blackfriars-road, of jewellery and clothos. A hit) It appeared that on S un d ay l ast, Mr. Dr i ver an d of wife being from home, l e ft i t i n care o f the two j• servants. On their return the same night the bet h ":„ • g drawers were found open, and their contents, c onsis" er of jewellery and cloth es , t a k en . Among thee f° 11 : o f articles were a diamond ri ng an d a go ld c h a i n.. the servants was at home, but the other (the Iwisen e t be sister) had absconded. Th e ev id ence implies tang th e prisoner was, that on Sunday s h e was seen leave • house carrying two bundles, which were traced W e d house in the Lower Mar s h, th e landlady of which prove that the prisoner left them o n Sunday night, saying t belonged to her sister. She bundles were produced , L . , consisted of a variety of ex p ens i ve l a d y ' s dresses, -her all of which wer e id en tifi e d b y the complainant 0&h property. die The prisoner admitt e d s h e got t h e clothing h-at complainant's house, an d th a t h er s i ster told her '714 they were her own, and desired her to leave them S t place in the Marsh, Lambeth. : ef Mr. COTTIN GHAM sa id h e s h ou ld remand the po - a 6 n 3 until her sister was taken into custody, and then corn° l them both for trial. ~