The Sun. — London, England, 1847-03-06 00:00:00

lIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. •.+ Nobility, Gentry, Subicriber3 to the Opera, and the Public, • ..mpecttblly informed, that THIS EVENING, Saturday, March 11, ')e performed Verdi'3 celebrated Opera, entitled NI NO. 1 9, Signor Coletti ; Idaspe, Signor Corelli Arotasphe, Signor Fenena, Mdlle. Fagiani ; Abigail, Mdlle.Sartehioli. .A.fter which, a new and original grand Ballet, in five tableaux, by M. Paul Taglioni, entitled COR ALIA ; ou, LE CIIEVALIF:It INCOITSTANT. Co - alia, Mcllle. C. Rosati; the Knight Ilul:lebrand, M. Paul Taglioni; Squint, M. Gouriet ; Bertha, 3ldlle. Petit ; Page, Mdlle. Honore ; Duke, M' Gosselin ; Fralsondin, M. Venefra; Fisherman, M. di Mattis'. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. On Thursday, March 11, a variety of Oper a tic Entertainments Will be presented, combining the talents of Mesdames Castellan, Paean', Solari, Nascio, and Sancbioli ; Signori Fraschini, Superchi, Coletti, Bouche, Corelli, F. Lablache, and Cardoni. The Entertainments in the Ballet will comprise the talents of bitilles. Rosati, P. Stephan, Bau , ourt, Vonore, Cassan. and M. Taglioni ; MM. P. Taglionl, L. D'Or, and the whole of the Ballet Department. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVEN I GARDEN, Established for the purpose of rendering a more perfect performance of the Lyric Drama than has hitherto been attained in this country. Under the Direction and Management of Mr. BEALE. The Nobility. Gentry, and Patrons of .Music, are respectiblly in formed that the Royal Italian Opera will open the fir, t week in April. It Is proposed to produce, in the course of the -eason, some of the established works ofeiniaro,a, Mozart, Rossini, Meyerbeer, and others of the more modern Italian School, including Operas by Bellini, Dont zetti, Mercadante, and Verdi, on a scale of the utmost perfect'on in every department ; to which intent the mans ement has assemb'ed a Company embracing the greatest and most varied 'Went in Europe. PR IMI SOPRANI.—Madame Grisi and Madame Persiani (her first appearance in London for three years), Madame Ronconi and MON. Steffanoni (of the Theatre La Scala, in Milan, her first sp• pearanee In this country). coNTRALT r.-- Signora Alboni (of the Theatre La Scala, Milan, and of the Imperial Theatre in Vienna, her first appearance in:this country), and Mademoiselle Corbari. TENOR I.—Signer 3lsrio, Signor Salsator L.: is (of the Imperial Theatre of St. Pwtersburgh, his first appearance in this country), Signor Tulli (of the Theatre San Carlo, in Naples, his first appear ance in this country), and Signor Salsi (ot the Theatre La Scala, In Milan, and of the Imperial Theatres in Vienna and St. Peteraburgh, his first appearance on the Italian stage in England). PRIME BASSI BARITONI—Signor Tamburini and Signor Giorgio Ronconi. PRIM! BASSI PROFONDI—Signor Marini (of the Theatres San Carlo, Naples, La Scala, Milan, and the Imperial Theatre, Vienna, his first appearance in this country), Signor Angelo Alba (of the Theatre Royal, Madrid, his first appearance in this country), and Signor Polonini (of the Imperial Theatre, Vienna, kis first appear ance in this country.) PRIMI BASSI COMICI —Signor Pietro Ley (of the Theatre Royal Madrid, his first appearance in this country), and Signor Agostino Lovers (of the Theatres Royal, Naples, Milan, Vienna, and St. Pe tersburgh, his first appearance in this country). Seconde Donne—Madame Antoinetta Mollidori (of the Theatre La Milan), Mademoiselle Amalia, Linarl, Mademoiselle Lulgina _ _ Seconde Tenore—Sloor Emmanuele Slano (of the Theatre San • ;xrlo In Naples). Director of the Music, Composer, and Conductor—Mr. Costa. A powerful and numerous CHORUS of chosen and experienced ingers will complete the Vocal Department. Chorus Master -.7gnor Bonconsiglio. Prompter—Signor 3fonterasi. The ORCHESTRA, formed of Artistes possessing the highest •xectitive powers, will comprise among its members Eighty distill gsfished professors. The Military Band of the Coldstream Guards will be under the direction of Mr. Godfrey. An ORGAN, of extensive compass, has been expressly erected in the theatre by Messrs. Flight and Son. Organist—Mr. V. Novell°. The BALLET, of a brilliant and costly character, will close the performance of the evening, and no Divertissement will be suffered between the acts of the Opera. The Director has the pleasure to announce that he has concluded an engagement with Mademoiselle Fanny Elssler ; and, during the season, the following eminent Danseuses will appear : —Premieres Danscuse—Mademolselle latre (of the Grand Opera, Paris), and Mademoiselle Plunkett (of the Grand Opera, Paris), Mademoiselle Bertln (of the Imperial Theatre, Vienna, her first appearance in this country), Mademoiselle Neodot (of the Theatre Royal. Madrid), Mademoiselle Marietta Boderna (of the Theatre La acala, Milan), and - Mademoiselle Fuoco (of the Academie Royale de Paris). Monsieur Petit,. (of the Grand Opera, Paris), Monsieur Gentle (of the Theatre Royal, Madrid), Monsieur Ferdinando Cro.c, Monsieur Delferier (of the Grand Opera, Paris), and Monsieur Auguste Mabille (of the Grand Opera, Paris). Meares des Ballets—Monsieur Albert (of the Grand Opera, Paris), and Monsieur Blasts (of the Theatre La Scala, Milan). Leader of the Ballet—Mr. Alfred Mellon. Regisseur de la Dense— Mr. O'Bryan. Composer—Signor Alessandro Cunni (of the San Carlo Theatre, Naples). THE THEATRE.—To render the Interior at once commodious, elegant, and comfortable, it has beets entirely reconstructed and decorated, under the immediate direction and after designs of U. Albano, Esq., C.E., with every attention directed to its proper ventilation. The Decorations have been executed by Mr. Ponsonby. The Management has happily secured the artistic skill of Signori Fern and Verardi (of the Theatre Hallett, in Paris), to embellish the ceiling and to prepare a New Drop Scene. The approaches to the Theatre will be found Improved, by a carriage way being formed inunediately under the Portico in Bow-street, whereby parties can leave or enter their carriages without exposure to the weather ; and by increased facilities for ingress amid egress. The Refreshment Room will be under the superintendence of Mr. J. G. Watson. Tickets, Stalls, and Boxes, for the night or season, to he obtained at the Box Office, Bow-street ; and at Messrs. Cramer, Beale, and Co.'s, 201, Regent-street. THEATRE ROYAL DRURT-LANE, THIS EVENING Will he performed the new Grand Opera, entitled MATILDA OF HUNGARY. Count Magnus, Mr. Borrani; Podiebrad, Mr. Harr'. son ; Mathias, Mr. Weiss ; Matilda, Miss Rainforth; Lillis, Miss It. Isaacs. o conclude with a new Pallet, entitled SPANISH GALLAN TRIES. Principal chars tern by MM. Croce, Adrien, Tell ; Mdlles, Baderna, Louise, Adele, St. Louin, and Renard. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Udder the Management of Mr. R. Webster, sole Lessee. TIM; EVENING Will be performed a new and original Comedy, called TIIE SCHOOL FOIL SCHEMING. Principal characters by Messrs. Far ren, Stuart, Buckstone, llowe, Selby, Brindal, Mrs. Glover, Mrs. Hamby, Mrs. Yarnold, Miss Fortescue, Miss Bennett, Miss Rey nolds, Ste. During the evening the Band will perform the Overture, " Lae des Fees," " Plantagenet," " Rose," and ' Helen" Polkas ; Waltz, by Lanner ; Galop, by Strauss ; and the " American Polka." To conclude with the Original Grand Fairy Extravaganza, called the INVISIBLE PRINCE; or, the Island of Tranquil Delights. Principal characters by Mr. James Bland, Hiss P. Horton, 11Irs. L. 51. Buckingham, Miss Reynolds, and Miss Julia Bennett. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. THIS. EVENING Will be performed the Drama, TO PAMENTS AND GUARDIAN'S. In which Mr. and Mrs. Keely will appear. After which, the Farce of THE ETON BOY. Characters by Messrs. Wigan, Turner, Keeley, Miss Dickinson, and Miss Turner. To conclude with the splendid new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled ENC HANTE D FOREST. In which Mr. and Mrs. Keeley w ill appear, sullorted by the whole talent of the Company. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. nder the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will ba perfo4ned tho celebrated Drama, called THE GREEN P.USIIE; or, A Bundred Years .Ago. Murtogh, Mr. 0. Smith; )entils, JI r. Cullentbrd ; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Grinnidge, air. Wright ; Captain Dartois, Mr. Worrell ; Madame St. Aubert, •,ladame Celeste ; Geraane, Mrs. Yates; Nelly O'Neil, Mrs. Fitz , wiam. After which the Comic Drama, called THE MAID WITH THE ILKING PAIL. Lord Philander, Mr. Cullenford ; Algernon, Mr. 'yea; Diccon, Mr. Wright; Milly, Mrs. Fitzwilliam. To conclude with, DID YOU EiTER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL ? Iloneybun, Mr Wright ; Crank, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mrs. Honeybun, Miss ILirding ; Mrs. Crank, Mrs Matthews. • PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed a Grand Opera, entitled ANNE BOLEYN. Henry VIII., Mr. Bodda ; Percy, Mr. Allen ; Itochford, Mr. Wal ton; Smeaton, Miss S. Flower; Harvey, Mr. Wynn; Lady Jane Seymour, Miss Rourke; Anne Boleyn, Miss Hassan. After which, a Concert by the New Orleans ETHIOPIAN SEE ENAD ERS. To be followed by the original Comedietta, called ADVICE TO lIUSBANDS. General Leslie, Mr. Granby - ; Frank Trevor, Mr. Vining ; Mrs. Trevor, Mrs. Stirling. To conclude with the Comic Drama, called THE TWO RAIN BOWS James Rainbow, Mr. Oranby ; Peter Rainbow, Mr. Compton ; Caroline, Mrs. Hughes ; Matilda, Miss llonner. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S TnEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. MONDAY EVENING Will he performed the Comedie-Vaudeville of MA TIIILDE ; ou, T a Jalousie. M. Darbert, M. Latont ; Mathilde, Mdlle. Fargueil. After which the favourite entitled LES DEUX BRI GADIERS. Rameandor, M. Lafont ; Francine, Mille. Fon,uet. To conclude with the Vaudeville of L l S(EUR DE JOCRISSE. Jecrisse, Mon. A. Tousez ; Charlotte, Mdlle. Fouquet. Boxes, Gs., Pit, 3s. fid.. Stalls, 35.; Gallery, 2s. Doors opened at half-past Seven, and the performances commence at Eight. Private Boxes, Stalls, and Places may be engaged at Mitchell's Library, 33, Bond-street ; and at the Box-office. ETHIOPIAN ;.f , :III.:NADERS, ST. JAM ES'STHEATI: E. The celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Gormon, will have the honour of repeat ing their Inimitable ENTERTAINMENTS, at the above Theatre, THIS EVENING (Saturday), and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Doors open at Eight o'clock, and the Entertainment com mence at Halt-past Eight. The MORNING ENTERTAINMENT will take place every MONDAY MORNING during Lent. The Performances will commence, each day, at half-past Two o'clock. The Programme will be varied on each occaoion. Boxes, as. ; Pit, 2s. ; Amphitheatre, 2s. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, • Proprietor, 111 r. W. Batty. Under the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and other Members of the Royal Family.—Mr. BATTY has formed an ar rangement (for twelve nights only) with M. Pablo Fatigue ; his first appearance in London with his highly-trained Steeds. The Fox-Hounds meet every Evening at Half-past Six. Tills EVENING Will be performed TILE ROYAL FOX-HUNT; or, Life's Course Of Men and Steed. Entire change of the SCENES of the CIRCLE. Box-0111c° open from eleven till flys o'clock. —Doers open at six an•t commence at half-past six o'clock.---Stage Manager, Mr. W. Broadfoot. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mre. Frances Davidge. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Tragedy of OTHELLO. Othello, Mr. H. Betty ; lago, Mr. Saville ; Cassio, 31r. Fredericks ; Desdemona, Mrs, Saville ; Emilia, Miss Richardson. To conclude with the new Drama, called BABY RATTLER; or, The Progress of a Scamp. Characters supported by the whole Comic otrength of the Company. Box-oftice open from eleven till four o'clock. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. Boxes, Is., Half-price, 6d.; Pit, 6d.; Gallery, &I. THIS EVENING Will be performed the MAGIC EARL' OF ALTENBERG ; or, The Grave of the Old Abbey Ruins. I which Messrs. Hicks, Dale, Forman, Searle, Miss Vincent, Miss Pearce, &c., will appear. After which, TIIE DUKE OF SHOREDITCH. Supported by the rntire Comic strength of the Company. To cenclade with GALE BREEZELY; or, A Talc of a Tar. MR. DISRAELI'S NEW WORK, " TANCRED ; OR, illli NEW CRUSADE."—The literary event of the Spring, Ays a contemporary, will of course be D'lsraeli's " Tancred," nt from the mode of advertising it, there is every probe that the preface will bear the usual "Coningsby ' and " heading—viz. " Grosvenor Gate, May morning." • •ar contemporary, however, appears to be a little at fault, we perceive the work is announced for immediate publi cation. The title would seem to forbid any suspicion of the applicability of the book to present politics; but, for all that, it is pretty generally inferred that the learned author would not come forth i n pr i nt at a t i me lik e t h e present, without u t er!ng something in his dashing way, that may serve as a rallying cry for his party. Guig COTTON AND MACHINERY. Isaac Mickle, Esq., of Camden (New .Jersey), is applying gun cotton to the propulsion of machinercy in his factory. The engine is constructed on the plan the ordinary steam-engine, only thrre are two cylinders, of working in the other. The gun cotton is ignited Anytieciwt degree ) , : f engendered and applied in a novel manner. A power may be obtained. It is safer than the ordinary st ea In- engine, and one person can run it. grand Celtic DESTITUTION IN TllisEalnintoGuEnteLeAdlitlnf•--A fan _%y and full. dress ball the the 11 th inst., at Wilw, Rooms, iiit,Rlcles!tmotnenTdhucrosl: lecting for the distressed llighlanders • advantage of Prince Albert's name at the hearoiri has patrons, who consist of some of the most distinguished our nobility, together with the Lord Mayor and several infif tial citizens, as well as Members of Parliament. We are h ap py t) state that from the number of tickets applied for, thaePie ceipts promise to be worth the eflbrt. SUSPECT E D INTANTICIDE. — Yesterday morning, a a labouring man was proceeding along the towing-path of the Surrey Canal, he discovered the bcdy offa newly-born female child floating near the house of Mr. Hayward, of the King's Arms Tavern. It was dragged ashore, and when examined, the hands were found to be tied with a stout cord, and the head was terribly mutilated by some weapon. A surgeon of the district has seen the body, and is of opinion that the child has been murdered. . Lady Charlotte Greville has t a k en a mansi on Lansdowne-square for the season. THE SUN, LONDON,. SATUitIiA Y :_,_ .EVENINCT, MARCH 6, 1847. NEW NOVEL, BY THE AUTHOR OF " SUSAN HOPLEY.' Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., T HE STORY OF LILLY DAWSON. By Mrs. CROWE. Authoress of " Susan Hopley." " Lilly Dawson is a heroine of quite as inte , est'ng a character as Susan Hopley ; and her adventures are not less romantic. Mrs. Crowe's style possesses a charm which renders her work irresistible." —Dispatch. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW WORK BY THE ACTHOR OF "THE RANSOM." Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., post Bvo., IRKHOLM 1 4 : or, Modern HeroisiptlOßY; By the Author of " The Ransom." Richard Bentley, New Burllngton-street. Just published, in 3 vols., post Bvo., price 31s. 6d. cloth, HERIDAN KNOWLES'S NEW NOVEL, GEORGE LOVELL. Also, In 2 viols , post avo., price 21s. cloth, MEMOIR OF THE REV. H. F. CAItY, Translator of Dante; with his Literary Journal and Letters. Edited by his son, the Rev. HENRY CARY. liE WEATHER.--Sun 01710 E, MALca 6. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 33; Highest, 41 ; Noon, 38. BAROMETER, 30 2.—WIND N.E , hazy. II [lilt WATER AT LONDON-151:11) 0F: TlllB DAY. Morning .. 22 minutes after 4. !Evening .. 3f, minutes after 4 obtain the remission of further punishment on the solitary condition of their instant emigration. Meanwhile, in these instances, the wages of their labour on the public works will have been accumu lating until the time has arrived for their conditional discharge. In all these provisions we recognise only the combination of rigid justice and a noble clemency. The only point, in the proposition laid before Parliament by the Noble Earl, her Majesty's Secretary for the Colonies, which to our thinking admits of emendation, is the one wherein is intimated the " total" abolition of the present system of transportation. Otherwise the scheme of secondary punishments undertaken by the Government is as sagacious as it is benevolent. 'We yesterday inserted an article from a corre • spondent on the deeply interesting subject of the liability of provisional committeemen. In fact, it is hardly possible to estimate too highly the great public inconvenience attendant on a doubtful and unsettled state of the law, particularly on a point in which such vast numbers are interested in one way or the other. A period of nearly fourteen months has now elapsed since litigation commenced between the cre ditors and individual members of the provisional committees of the several schemes which owed their origin to the temporary in sanity that prevailed so extensively in the year 1845. And it is not too much to say, that greater doubt and uncertainty prevails as to the legal effect of certain acts than at the commencement of that period. In fact, at the time when the debts, the sub ject-matters of the several actions, were incurred, and the proceedings instituted, and during the earlier trials, no difficulty was imagined ; the full responsi bility of every single person, who permitted his name to go forth to the world 'as a member of the committee, for every debt that was properly incurred in furtherance of the object for which he had consentel to act, was uni versally supposed, as well by the creditors as by the committeemen themselves ; on that faith the credit was given. No tradesman hesitated to trust a com pany that numbered amongst its promoters and managing members persons of undoubted solvency and respectability. Every such person was bound by law to have an interest in the company as a share holder; it was his bounden duty to see that no ex pense was incurred or debt contracted that could not be liquidated in due season, and if he neglected the duty he so assumed, and suffered the persons, put forward with his consent and approbation as the servants and agents of the company, recklessly to involve the company in debt—whether is it snore just that he should be the sufferer, or the innocent tradesmen who, without any hope of gain save the fair profit on the sale of his goods, delivered his property to the use of the company ? It has long been justly remarked, that in ninety-nine cases in a hundred the decision of law will be found to be according to that of common sense and common justice, and that a man of sound judg ment, wholly unacquainted with law, will arrive at the same conclusion, although by a different process of reasoning, to that which the most learned judges would come to. 'We should be well contented to leave the ultimate decision of the question to be tried by this test, and would have little fear of the result. In BARNETT V. BURDETT, the first of the cases brought forward, and which was tried on the 20th of January, 1846, the learned and eminent counsel who appeared for the defendant scarcely attempted to deny his responsibility, and Baron ALDERSON, the presiding judge, declared, " that there was not the least doubt about the matter that the defendant was responsible as soon as he became a member of the provisicnal committee, and that when a man becomes a member of a provisional committee, from that moment he is liable for the contracts of the i company; and the man who enters into those contracts for the company stands in the posi tion of agent for the committee." And this view was sanctioned and approved of by the Chief Baron on the trial of WILLIAMS V. BRADLEY, which took place the following month, and was unanimously confirmed by the full Court of Exchequer, who refused to set aside the verdict had for the plaintiff. This latter judgment, which was arrived at coolly and deli berately, after hearing full argument, and without the hurry incidental to nisi prius decisions, declared that it was well left to the jury to say whether the defendant, by joining the committee, had sanctioned the supply of goods from that period, and that there was no ground for disturbing the ver dict ; and yet, notwithstanding these opinions so strongly expressed, and at the time so universally received and adel on, we find the matter again in volved in doubt and perplexity; creditors tied up, and obliged to hold over the actions they have long since commenced, until the judgment of the Exche quer Chamber shall be obtained on the vexata questio ; and principles, the reverse of those then put forward, receiving the judicial sanction. We trust most sincerely that some ar rangement may be speedily made, by which uni formity of decision may be attained ; that it may be consonant with the principles of natural justice, and such as will merit the public approbation ; and that we may be spared from again finding a jury protest ing, as in the recent case of BARKER V. TAYLOR, against the direction of the presiding judge, and stating, "that if they were at liberty to consider the honesty of the case, they could not agree to a verdict for the defendant." Strange as is the proposition, and not less im practicable than novel in its character, yet has it not taken us by surprise, that, when the proper period - for sowing seed had arrived, some Member of the House of Commons should suggest and call upon the Government to undertake to furnish a wholesale supply of seed to Ireland, with the view of enabling the proprietors and occupiers of small holdings to invite the people to return to the culti vation of the soil. Such was the purport of the speech which was made last evening in Parliament by Mr. J. O'CoNNELL, M.P. for Kil kenny. The staff which would be required to super intend all the operations necessarily incidental to such a scheme for insuring the due application of the resources, which the Government were hereby de manded to place at the command of the impoverished landlords and tenants, would be enormous, and its expense proportionably great. The Government, had the suggestion been acceded to, must have taken a lien upon the crops. Mr. J. O'CoNNELL recom mended the Executive to compel the absentees to con tribute towards the heavy expenditure which would attach to his plan. The respective replies of Mr. LABOUCIIERE and Lord J. RUSSELL were precisely what we should have thought every one might have anticipated. Temperately, but firmly, and, we may add, most wiser•, they declined to entertain the sug gestion in any the slightest degree. Had they acted otherwise, they would have .undertaken not only what no Government ever did, not only what it is not within the power of any State functionaries to accom plish, but they would have engendered evils of an insuperable character. Private enterprise would have been effectually paralysed, and, from the loss of this motor of public wealth, the Irish nation would have been inevitably involved in national bankruptcy. Because there happens at this moment to be the ex traordinary spectacle of 700,000 persons being em ployed on public works, it appears specious enough to propose that this huge expenditure, with which the national treasury is, to a great extent, tram melled, should be directed and allocated to the tillage of the land. It must be remembered, however, that the existing gigantic operations, to which we have been beneficently impelled, to rescue thousands from misery, famine, pestilence, and death, are fraught with seeds of destruction to the social system. " The sys tem of public works," observed Mr. LABOUCHERE, " has grown to such a magnitude as to have become wholly uncontrollable and unmanageable." What may be defended upon the ground of temporary ex pediency, and has been rendered inevitable by the dreadful visitation which has spread throughout Ire land, could not be justified, but, contrariwise, would be held vicious in the extreme, if legislation were to be resorted to calculated, by measures of a per manent tendency, to supersede private enterprise by means of State interference. All that has been hitherto done we willingly concede was indispensable, sed revocare graduzn hic labor, hoc opus est. For this purpose, the first step taken by the Go vernment is to administer food in thq place of wages to the stricken population. This is sound policy. It will set labour free, which we horde to see w ill be rapidly employed in its primary ?. n d l eg i t i mate chan nel, the cultivation and improvement of the land. Whilst, therefore, we deeply lament the unavoidable displacement of labour that has occurred, and enter tain a natural anxiety to witness its earliest restoration to its proper sphere of action, we cannot too highly extol the decisive resistance which the organs of the Government last evening presented to the proposition of the Member for Kil kenny. Mr. LABOUCHERE well said, that upon such an occasion " doubtful, ambiguous language, which may lead to misconceptions of the intention of Government, is not true humanity, but is most likely to lead to deplorable results." The conduct of some of the Irish absentees, who have been liberal in their contributions, according to their means, was freely praised by the Irish Secretary, who, nevertheless, truthfully remarked, that "he would not compare anything that could be done by an absentee with that which it is in the power of a resident Irish landlord to do, for he is able to encourage and support those around him, both by his example and his advise." Of other absentee landlords Mr. LABOUCUERE did not hesitate to speak in terms of severe reprobation. " Some absentee landlords, I am bound to say, sadly and shatneful!y neglected their duty, and, I am sorry to add, I know many instances like those mentioned by the Hon. Gentleman, where the resident proprietors have come forward with their dine and their money to assist their distressed neighbours, and where there are owners of a very consider able property held in the district who refuse to come forward with anything whatever to relieve the destitution of the place. I assure the Hon. Gentleman that I agree with him in thinking that the proper place for an Irish landlord, under the present circumstances of dint country, is in Ireland ; but I must say, that if a sense of their duty to their dependents and of their public duty to their country does not operate with them to produce that effect, I am afraid that a resolu tion of this House would have very little efficacy to bring about that result." 'We seriously advise those landlords whose proceed ings have evoked this trenchant language not to impose too far upon the forbearance of Parliament. Selfish apathy may be persevered in beyond the limits of tolera tion, and, when too late, the landlords may be dismayed by the discovery that Parliament will be disposed to bring them to a due sense of their past and present errors, by something of a far more stringent nature than what could be embodied in the shape of resolu tions. Lord J. RUSSELL himself intimated, at the close of his speech, that, upon a future occasion, he should be prepared to express his views upon this subject. " Coming events cast their shadows before." The Augsburgh Gazette of the 28th ult. states that " after the departure of the Turkish Ambassador from Athens, the foreign Ministers in that capital waited in a body ou M. COLE TTI, and inductd him to write a letter of apology to the Turkish Minister for Foreign Affairs, whilst King OTHO should on his part write to the SULTAN to explain the subject of difference." The Paris Presse, however, which copies the above para graph, observes that " the fact stated requires con firmation." The Nuremberg Courrier states, that according to a rumour which was in circulation at Vienna, the Prus• sima Government was about to propose a general law relative to the press for all the states of the confe deration, and to which most of the Sovereigns of Ger many had already given their adhesion. It was added, that this Bill had been communicated to the Court of Vienna with an invitation to adhere to it. A letter from Berlin, of the 25th ult., announces :that the Council of State had just terminated the examination of the measures alluded to above, and that it was to be forthwith submitted to the KING, with the expres sion of a wish that it may replace the censorship now existing. A letter from St. Pacrsburgh of the 17th ult. says— " The EMPEROR. has just issued an ordonnance, which is to be annexed to the military code of the empire, and which orders all commanders of corps n t to require from such Jewish soldiers as may be under their com mand any service during the Jewish Sabbath or feast days, so as to allow these men to repair regularly to the synagogue." The jubilee on the occasion of the accession of Pius IX. to the Pontifical Throne is to commence in Paris on the 14th inst., and will continue to April 4. It is reported, that on the 18th ult., the POPE had an attack of epilepsy, but from which he soon recovered. It is said that the attack was brought on by grief at hearing of the decease of his brother, to whom he was much attached. We are sorry to hear that this excellent Pontiff has had a sudden attack, but we trust that it was epilepsy, and that it was occasioned solely by grief for the decease of his brother. We cannot, however, forget that every Poi% who has attempted to introduce reforms has been considered as an enemy by the Jesuits, and has died suddenly. Letters from the Romagna of the 23d ult. state that the POPE intended shortly to grant permission for the establishmt nt of a National Guard throughout the Pon tifical dominions. A collision had lately taken place at Faenza between the people of the town and the inhabi tants of the Borgho, who had been instigated by Austrian agents, in which six persons were killed and eleven wounded. The Lt gate of Ancona, Monsignor RUSCONI, had caused two clergymen, who were endeavouring to ex cite a popular movement, to be arrested and removed under an escort to Rome. At Sinigaglia another clergyman, who had preac h e d against the POPE, w as appre h ended, and, being considered insane, was confined in the lunatic asylum of Pesaro. Monsignor Ruscom had entertained at a dinner the captain and officers of the Neapolitan war-steamer Intrepido, which had been lying at anchor for some days in the harbour. This demonstration seemed to have greatly dissatisfied the commander of the Austrian squadron, which was cruizing off the coast. The King of NAPLES bad evinced of late more liberal sentiments. During the Carnival his MAJESTY appeared in the Corso, with hi s a id e -d e - camp, dressed after the Italia n fashion of the middle age, and bearing the banner of the Lombardian League. The Madrid mail had not arrived h Paris on Thursday. The Fomato of 13arcelona, of the 25th ult., publishes the following circular, addressed by MANUEL LESCALA, the Political Chief, to all the alcaldes within his district, which fully confirms the rumours which have been for some time in circu lation as to th e force and the success of the Carlists i n Catalonia. A band of rebels, com manded, as it a ppears , by the fero cious Mosen 13enet, having appeared in the p rov i nce of Lerida, I consider it necessary to give due notice thereof to the inhabitants of the province under my orders, in order that by their loyal conduct they may escape the terrible misfortunes which have already begun to be felt in other localities. Her Majesty's troops are ac tively pursuing those misdoers, and wia inflict on them the most exemplary punishment; but, in order to accomplish this, it is necessary that the inhabitants should lend their assistance. This is, moreover, for their individual interest. as that cannot but sutler from a protracted continuance of such disorders. In order to prevent such calamities to the extent of my power, I have adopted the best means of ascertaining the names of those who fail in this their duty, and they may rest assured that the guilty will not escape the most exemplary punishment. I charge you to give this circular the greatest possible publicity, and to assist its operation by every means in your power." We have received the Paris papers of Thursday. For a wonder, none of them comment upon Spain or Spanish affairs. The Debats mentions a repor t now current on the Continent, that it is the intention Of the King of SARDINIA to construct a railroad from Genoa to Chamberry, with a tunnel under Mount C 4 ds, eight miles long. Should this railroad be con structed, Genoa will become a formidable rival to Mar seilles, and the route by Genoa will, in that case, pro bably be found preferable either to that by Marseilles or by Trieste, for the conveyance of the Overland Indian Mail. The Constitutionnel has a long article developing a plan for the military colinization of Algiers, and the Presse sneers at the idea of our having a day of general fast and national humiliation on account of the famine in Ireland. "It is a calumny on PROVIDENCE," says the Presse, " to attribute to:it the deplorable misery which desolates Ireland." Doubtless the Presse would insinuate that the potato rot was entirely occasioned by the mis government of perfide Albion, and it might, in support of its argument, adduce the case of Poland, where, under the mild and paternal government of its especial pet, the Emperor NICHOLAS, the potato rot has not appeared. Clearly the potato rot is the consequence of misgovernment. In the meantime, if we are to believe the National, the distress in France is progressively increasing. It says— " By the admission of the ➢linister of the Interior, our necessities are progressively increasing, and it appears doubtful whether the last grant of 4,000,000 f. demanded by the Government will be sufficient for a situation which is really deplorable. The price of wheat continues to rise, and the consequences are felt by every branch of trade; whilst the greater number of our manufacturing towns are on the eve of a crisis. At Rouen, particularly, the operatives are me naced with an interruption of employment, and the conse quences of a suspension of the factories is anticipated with apprehension. The supplies voted by the Chambers are mere alms, insufficient for their professed purpose. We live unprepared, and when any serious circumstances arise, the Government only thinks of applying a temporary remedy, and when the crisis is passed we again fall into our habits of torpor until a new calamity awakens us from our lethargy. This is called governing I A nation so administered must necessarily within a certain period, arrive at a dreadful crisis." The Presse will in this case be scarcely inclined to proclaim that the distress of the governed is attributable to the faults of the governors. A compromise has been come to with theparti pretre on the subject of the appointment of M. HEBERT. That gentleman will be appointed Minister of Justice, from which the department of public worship is to be se parated. The Ministry of Public Worship will be con ferred on M. CARNE, who may be considered as the nominee of the Jesuits. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Thursday at 78f. 40c. ; the Five per Cents. 118 f. Oc. ; the Orleans Railway Shares, 1,2; 3f. 75c. ; Rouen, 867 f. 50c. ; Havre, 6901. ; Great Northern. 628 f. 75c.; Avignon, 8301.; Vierzon, 582 f. 50c.; Bordeaux, 535 f. ; Boulogne, 4001. ; Troyes and Montereau, 300 f. ; Basle, 2101. ; Dieppe, 3351. ; Paris and Strasburg, 465 f. ; Tours and Nantes, 467 f. 50c.; Paris and Lyons, 491 f. 25c.; Lyons and Avignon, 480 f.; Bordeaux and Cette, 451 f. 25c.; Spanish Actives, 33 ; Spanish Three per Cents., 35. LYONS, MAncx 2.-Avignon and Marseilles. 836 f. 25c.; Vierzon, 585 f. ; Northern, 6321. 50c.; Paris and Lyons, 491 f. 25c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAUCH 5. Boulogne and Amiens, 14 —East Indian, Northern of France, 12%—Orleans and Bordeaux, 7% —Rouen and Havre, 26%. ARRIVAL OF THE LISBON MAIL. A telegraphic message was received at Lloyd's this morn ing, anncuncing that the Ripon steamer, from the Mediter ranean, had arrived at the Motherbank at half-past three this morning. She reports that the Pekin left Gibraltar at 11 A.M. 25th February. The Pottinger, at Gibraltar, 25th February, all well, would sail 26th. Spoke the Oriental, all well, 26th, ninety miles west of Gibraltar, and saw the Erin, 5 P.m. 4th inst. off Uthant. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUAIr. I Eli TO TIM 1., E. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 4,000 bales, with a dull market. Prices were without change. Shares were flat. The following are a few of the principal sales of Railway Shares yesterday, by Messrs. Lamond and Co.:— Great Western of Bengal £0 7 0 East Indian Leicester & Bedford, Exchange Certificate 0 13 0 Northern Counties Union 1 4 - Boston, Stamford, and 1 irminglracu 7 2 6 Shropshire Union and Canal 1 7 6 North Staffordshire Northern and Southern Connecting Leeds and Thirsk, Preference Direct Northern (scrip) 2 16 6 Eastern Counties, No. 2 ... Reading, Guildford, and Reigate, ex int 4 19 0 North British Extension Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston Eastern Counties, York Extension 4 9 0 Manchester and Southampton 0 19 0 There are no late ship arrivals to-day. The principal variations in the Balance-sheet of the Bank of England during the week to Feb 27, were these Notes Issued Decrease - 108,645 Notes reserved 6,016,695 Increase Bullion ... Decrease Public deposits increase 58,964 Other deposits decrease 484,602 Other securities decrease .. 779,809 Rest, increase The ontinued decrease of bullion and increase of notes in the banking department indicate the restriction which the bank directors are compelled to put upon their issues, and should inspire due caution among the mercantile interest, especially as the exports of bullion continue both to the United States and to the Continent. The Money Market is in a disturbed state, and, contrary to expectation, the funds are more depressed than before the payment of the deposit on the new loan. The causes assigned for the sales that have been made are the unfavourable tenor of the accounts from France relative to the grain and money markets, the little difficulty that has arisen in Greece, the willingness of the Great Western and Birmingham Railway Companies to borrow money at 412 and 5 per cent., and the specie re mittaeces still in progress. This has been a heavy week, however, and the heavy payments for bills due and the loan, are quite sufficient to account for the reaction. Consols are as low this morning as 89 1 /.. 3 / 4 for transfer on Tuesday, and for April have been marked the same, though upon the opening of the market they were called 88% to 90. Consols Scrip has been % to % premium. Exchequer-bills have brought 3s. to 6s. premium, being steady. The New 3% per Cents. have been 91 3 / 4 to 92%. Bank Stock was firm at 204 to 205. The Foreign Investments have been depressed. Spanish Five per Cents. have declined to 22 3 / 4 %, and the Three per Cents. to 33% 1 ; 4. Brazilian Bonds have been marked 86 to 87. Dutch Four per Cents. are 92%. The market for Railway Shares has experienced a further decline. Sales have been made to some extent, and parties seem to apprehend, that in the event of money becoming scarcer, they may experience a difficulty in getting accom modation upon share property. As in all periods of excite ment, too, there are not wanting parties who exaggerate the difficulty, and by so doing, really create the pressure they predict. Such is our contemporary the Times, which is again at its old work to-day, never taking a pleasing view of any thing. Circumstances are unfavourable, but why make them worse ? BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock • • • . .. 205 204 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 89% % Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. 89% % % New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Auns. 9214 91% 92 Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 9%% India Bonds, 1,0001. Ditto, under 1,0001. . • • .. par Censois for Account. April 15 89% 90 89% Consols. Scrip • . •.. .. • • • • • • 0% %% p Exchequer Bills. I% d. I%d. 1,000/. •• 3 6 pm. Ditto, Small • • • • 10 pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent • • • • Ditto, for the Account .. • . 87 Ditto, New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 86 Chilian Bonds, 6 cer Cent. • • Ditto. Deferred • • • . • • 53% Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent. .. Ditto, for the Account .. .• 22% % 1)o., 5 per Ct., '3B, 9, 40, div. 1841 21% Ditto, Passive Bonds .. .• .. 5 Ditto, Three per Cent .. .• •• -- Ditto, for the Account .. • • 33% % % Dividends on the above payabl e in London. Dutch Two-and•a-Hall per Cents. Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 92% BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Aberdeen •. . .• .• • • •• 30 .... 28% 3l .. to Amber., Notting.,Boston, & Eastrn Jn. 2 %.... .. to Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham .. 5 .... 6% .. to Caledonian .. • • •• .. 30 .... 26% %•• to Eastern Counties .• • • • • • • 20 .... 20% %• • to Ditto, York Exteasion • • • . 4 4% .... to Eastern Union .. • . .. •• 40 •• • • 55%.... to 56 East Lancashire .• • • .. 14 .... 16% to Ditto, New .. .. • • .. .. 5 • ... to Ditto, ditto, New Scrip .. • • .. 1% 2% .. to East Lincolnshire .. • • • . 4 .... 7% .... to Edinburgh and Glasgow .. • • •• 50 .... 77 to Ditto, Half Shares 10 2014 .... to Ditto Quarter Shares .. • • • • 12% .... 18% .... to 18 Ely and Huntingdon • •• •• 12% 13% %..to Great Northern (London & York ltegd) 2%%.. to Great Western ....117 .... to Ditto, Quarter Shares .. • . .. 12% .... 19 .... to Ditto, Fifths •. .. • • .• 20 • 27 % .... to Ditto. New .. •• .... to Lancaster and Carlisle .. .. 50 .... •... to Ditto, New .. .. • • .. .. 5 .... 10%.... to Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester .. 27% .... 33% .... to Leeds and Thirsk .• • . • . 22% .... 21% .. .. to Ditto, New .. .. • . .. 5 .... 4% .. • . to Do., do., Preference, 6 per Cent • • 314 • • 4 •... to London and Blackwell .. 161. 13s. 40. •• •• .. to Ditto, New, No. 2 .. 1/. 13s. 4d. p.. to -- London, Brighton, and South Coast • • 50 .... 54% to Ditto, Consolidated Eighths • • • • 10 •• .. 13% •• • • to London and Greenwich .. 121. 15s. 4d. •• • • 93 .. ••to London and North-Western • • • . 100 .. 183 184.. to 182% Ditto, Quarters .. •• •• 2 .. •• to Ditto ditto .New •• • • • 2 •• • • 13 /4 •••• to Ditto, Fifths .• .• • • • • • • 2 •• • • 18%.... to London and South-Western 411. 100. •• .. 64 .... to Ditto, New .. 22% .. • . 25%.•.. to Ditto, New •••• •••• •••• 2..•.1.• • • to Manchester and Southampton .. • • Midland 30 .... 35 .... to ....120 .... to Ditto, Birmingham and Derby • .100 .. • • 943 : ••• to Midland, Birmingham & Gloucester..loo ....124 .. • . to Newcastle and Berwick .. •. 20 34% 35 34% 35 to 34% Newmarket and Chesterford •• •• 10 •• .. 10%4 to Norfolk .. • . ..100 . • • 140 •• .. to Northern Counties Union • • • • ,• • 2% •• • • IVA • • to North British .. .. • • .. .. 25 .... 34%.... to 35 Ditto, Quarters .. •. • • • • 24 •• .. 4% %..to Ditto, Thirds • . • . •• . 1 .... .. to North Staffordshire • • 5 8% .. • . to Reading, Guildford, and Reigate .. 5 5 to 4% icot tish Central .. •• •• .15 .. 224 %•• to I Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A) • • 3 .. • • 3%.... to 4 Ditto, ditto (B) .• • • 14 1;4 ••• to Shropshire Union • •• • • •• 42s •... %dis.• •to tiouth Eastern and Dover • • .. • • 331.25. 4d. 37 .... to 38 Ditto, New (do. 151.) No. 4 .. • • 3% 4;4 .. • • to South Wales .. •• • • • • • •• 10 .... 8% % % to Trent Valley Mid. and Grand J unc ti on 425..... p..to West Riding Union .. .• • • 425, .... 13434 p to York and Newcastle .. .. 25 .... 36w... to Ditto, New • • • • • • • • 10 .. • • 16%.... to Ditto, Preference • . • • .. 4 .... ...to York and North Midland .. • • 50 . •• 86% .... to Ditto. Extension .. .. 20 .... 36%,,.. to 373 q Ditto East and West Riding Extension 10 .. •• 22% .... to FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bord., Toulouse, & Cette (Mackenzie) 2 •• •• .... to Luxembourg .. .. .. 6 .... 2 .... to Namur and Liege .. .. . 10 .... to Northern of France .. .. 8 .... 12%.... to Orleans and Bordeaux .. .. .. 6 .... 7 ..., to Paris and Lyons West Flanders .. .. .. .. .. 6 •• . 214 .• •• to MI: Real del Monte. Unregistered .. COURSE OF EXCIIA' Amsterdam ......C.F. 12 3% Ditto, at sight ...... 12 1 Rotterdam .... • • 2U. 12 4 Antwerp• • ......... 25 80 Hanburgh .... • • 31.8. 13 10% Altona ..... ....... qG E.-(YESTERDAY.) Gibraltar......... Leghorn ..... ......... 30 20 Genoa 25 85 Milan •• •• Venice... ..... — Naples ...... • . 4034 Palermo, per 0z... . Lisbon.... ..... • .... Oporto ...• .......... Rio Janeiro Bahia Buenos Ayres ..... • • • New York, 21 days' sight Philadelphia ...... • • • • Paris, 3 days' sight .. • • 25 45 Ditto, 3 months...... '25 75 Marseilles ••••••• • • • • • 25 85 Bourdeaux....... • • • • '25 85 Frankfort on 31aine 121 . __ • •• retersburgh, 3 U 5...... Berlin •. - _ - Vienna, effec.t10...... 10 3 Trieste, ditto.... 10 3 Madrid ...... .• 36 Cadiz • . • .. : ........ 36% Bilbao.. ..... Barcelona PRICES OF BULLION, TIM 01. Foreign Gold in bars.. f 3 17 9 New Dollars • • 0 4 103 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 Silver ia bars ........ 0 5 0 % Seville ......... LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MARCH 6.—Wind N.E. by N., moderate breeze, and hazy. DEAL, MARCH s.—Wind N.N.E., moderate and thick. — Sid. Brilliant, Pernambuco ; Commodore, Rio Janeiro ; Agnes, Antigua; Harriot, Matanzas; Ocean, New York; Northumberland, New York. PADaTOW, MARCH 4.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Mayflower, Longmuer, Callao. BRI,TOL, MARCH s.—Wind E., fresh.—Arrd. Laidmans, Walker, Mauritius. LIVERPOOL, MARCH s.—Wind N.N.E., moderate.—Sld. Robert Kerr, Charleston; William Drowse, Hong-Kong; Centaur, Cape of Good Hope; Cosmopolitan, Africa; chief, Rio and Manilla; Marian, Antigua; Capricorn, New Orleans. Off port, Patmus, CLYDE.—Sid. Medora, New Orleans, and not for Boston, as reported; 4th, Prince of Wales, Calcutta; Courier, Porto Rico; Ann, Harley, New York. Coax, MARCH 3.—Wind E., fresh.—Sld. Senhora, Matanzas. WARREN POINT, MARCH 3.—Sld. Ayrshire, New York. SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 4.—Sld. Triune, Philadelphia. LErrir. —Sid. Exporter, St. John's, New Brunswick. GRANGEMOUTH, FSD. 27,-'—Std. Liverpool, St. John's, NOW Brunswick. . ~1 . 4, a, , • ~,,r _ _. i .... 4. -- • - ) . . 4 0 ....„,4_. ,. . 4016., , t 54 c , •-•.# a .:-- \: - .16 4 ;:'7:4 —.7' ~" .WA ',„.• ... N iii ‘A'.-_,.../*,,flbl" 4 a. ION,1" .7 • ''..` • L''''' r .. .., ~ _ • inl 4 `` ,, i ,, v .V . - • -"°.4.,,',1,..1.:..- ' i : M7` . ..W , ' ; " .1... , ... s .., ,i ,. .... 7., Z.- it57:: 1 • , :,,, 2 ' v .... SECOND EDITION. Edward Moion, 44, Dover-street. l I ENRY RUSSELL AT THE STRAND THEATRE. Composer of Woodman spare that Tree—lvy Green—The Gam bler's wife —The Maniac—Ship on Fire—The Life Boat—l'm Afloat —Newfoundland Dog—and other Popular Song;, will give his VOCAL ENTERTAINMENT THIS EVENING, AND EVERY EVENING. He will sing the Song of the Shirt—Paupers Drive— Gambler's Wife—Ship on Fire ; &c. &c.—Songs and incidents of Negro Life and Character. 'loxes, 3s. ; Stalls, 2t. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery 6d. ; Private Boxes, IT. I s. Box-office Op 4 n from One till Four daily. Otteniug Aitit LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1847. In consequerce of the great press of matter, we are obliged to omit our usual summary of the Parliamentary proceedings. CABINET COUNCIL. Summonses were issued to the Ministers to attend a Cabinet Council this afternoon, at the Foreign office, Downing-street. Legislation, from being the most complicated of sciences, admits of perpetual improvement, and re quires an almost endless modification. So compre hensive is this principle in government, that the whole business of the Legislature may be said to be : comprised in the labour of reconstructing, and re adapting, and reforming, and re-organising the Code of laws by which the body politic is bound together, and from the peculiar colouring of which the Con stitution derives its character and its individuality. Notwithstanding the genius which has been lavished upon the science cf good government from the re motest periods of antiquity, that science is every day proved yet more plainly to be in its very embryo and its adolescence. The philosophy of the heathen sages, the wisdom of LYCURGUS, the fabulous sagacity of POMPILIUS, the intelligence of JUSTINIAN, the assiduity of CONSTANTINE, the industry of ALFRED, and the generous and masculine powers of CHARLEMAGNE have been in effectual in sweeping away the vaster abuses of the social condition. After ages of experience and generations of experiment, the commonest evils still continue to flourish, the moral maladies consequent upon the congregation of men together in states and cities still remain unchecked, and, what is more disastrous and appalling than all these considerations, is, that crime seems to propagate itself with re doubled energy 'under the very punishments which have been contrived for its correction and eradication. In lieu of a diminution of depravity in consequence of the greater extension of civilisation, the licentiousness of the more abandoned classes of the community appears to thrive and deepen upon a ratio nearly equivalent to the advancement and elevation of their more prosperous and more fortunate neigh bours. We become satisfied with the alterations made upon the statute-book, we relap ;e into the lethargy of confidence; but the evils we conceived to have been either vanquished or provided against, accumulate in number and extend in enormity, until we are re awakened to a knowledge of their existence by a sense of danger and a consciousness that some more effectual measures of prevention and expiation must be administered. Just now we are precisely in that position. The deplorable inefficiency of our criminal regulations has loomed upon us in spectacles so rife with atrocity, that we are compelled, from sheer horror, to pause and scrutinise its details. From that scrutiny we have been latterly deriving a dread ful but salutary lesson in legislation. ‘Ve have looked into the abysses of sin which have yawned ibefore us in our penal settlements, and from the dismal disclosures of those abysses we have derived the experience of many centuries. The pernicious effects resulting from indiscrimi nate transportation have, however, been long since recognised. Even before the abolition of the assign ment system —a system that actually held out temptations to the destitute to become com paratively affluent by becoming felons, or, in yet plainer words, to become the favourite objects of the solicitude of the law, by becoming the flagrant de riders and infringers of the law—even before that wanton system of leniency had been thoroughly ex ploded, cries of indignation were raised against the bread principle of transportation as in efficient in preventing the commission of crime, and as inapplicable to all species of offences against the State. Now, however, that clamour for the re vision of our criminal code in reference to the inflic • tion of secondary punishments has penetrated the region, and, what is more, has reached the ears, and, what is more, has satisfied the judg ments, of our deputed legislators. Last evening the Earl GREY pronounced the doom of the obnoxi ous system of indiscriminate transportation. The complete re-organisation of the law in this particular, is, therefore, we take it, inevitable. The days of the old blundering system are numbered. Our annual number of convicts will not henceforth be shipped off in cargoes to the penal colonies to be pampered into irreclaimable ruffians by being surrounded by unusual luxuries, or to be goaded into the commissio n o f th ose h e i nous an d almost incon ceivable crimes that might well "fleck the skies with blood," and " turn the sunshine black." That transportation has always been a most un equal punishment is universally acknowledged. Both before and afteicthe a b o liti on o f the assignmenti system it has been unequal. To the outcast of the workhouses and rookeries the salubrity and purity of a tropical climate are immeasurably more than com pensation for the supervision. of an inspector, the compulsory labour of so many hours each day, and the banishment from a country in which his very existence is a misery and a degradation. On the other hand, transportation is a monstrously disproportioned punishment, to the less criminal and the more affluent members of the population. Satisfied as we are with the scheme proposed by Earl GREY in reference to the treatment of felons, re joiced as we are at the abandonment of a plan by which humanity is violated, and Norfolk Island transformed from an earthly paradise into a habitation of beings very little removed from demons, we are, neverthe less, persuaded, that there is much reason in the re mark uttered by Lord Buonanasr, that the total abolition of the system of transportation is undesirable, seeing that it is to many criminals the most awful of all the visitations of authority. According to the scheme traced out by Lord GREY, the present system of transportation is to be wholly and " totally abo lished." Felons, instead of being dispatched forthwith to the penal settlements, are to be retained at home for a limited period. During the prior portion of that period they are to be subjected to a rigid con fiorneeis con finement at Parkhur s t, a t Millb an k , a t P entonv ill e, where ; and i n th e subsequent portion of that period th ey are to be employed er nant g e of convicts on publi c m e n t s upon conn t e h c e ted pu w b i l t i h c works. It i s in the z this industrial employ works that th e principal merit o f the Noble E a rl' s working proposition consi s t s . H ere the B this hardened will have a final (opportuni ty inost of By honesty,ate and profligate out their social and physical redemptio n , assiduity, and sobriety they may stage of the expiation of their offences HULL, INlAncir s.—Wind Swallow, Greenl And. PADsTow,Alien 3 —The Busy has been got off the rocks, and into the harbour. FALMOUTH, MARCH 4.—The Lady Harvey, Yarnionth to Cork, got in contact with the Henry, of Bideford, and went on the Hard. CAS'I':.}:TCM 7 N, BEAIHAVEN, MARCH 2.—The Bidston, Soutter, Liverpool to Calcutta, has put back to this port, with pumps choked with salt. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT—GAM:MN. Pine Apples, 5s to 8s ; Hot-house Grapes, 5s to 8s per lb ; Dessert Apples, 20s to 25s ; and Kitchen ditto, 6s to 10s per bushel ; Oranges, 8s to 15s; and Lemons, lOs to 14s per 100; Filberts, 100 s to 120 s per 100 lbs. ; Savoys, is to 2s 3d per dozen ' • Greens, 4s to 6s Gd p er d ozen b unc h es ; llrocoli, 2s to 5s Gd per bundle; Forced French Beans, 2s to 3s per 100; Potatoes, 8s to 123 per cwt; Turnips, 3s to 5s ; and Carrots, 6s to 7a per dozen bunches ; Horseradish, Is to 6s per bundle; Rhubarb, Is 6d to 2s 6d per bundle; Brus sels Sprouts, 2s to 4s per half sieve ; Mushrooms, 2s to 4s per pottle ; Turnip Greens, 2s 6d per bushel; Leeks, 2s to 4s per dozen bunches ; Parsnips, Gd to Is Gd per dozen ; Onions, Ts to 9s per bushel ; Celery, Is to 2s per bundle. I%7I.II.VGATE 111%12) Pilule Mutton and Veal moved off steadily, all other kinds of Meat slowly, at our quotations :—Beef; from 2s 6d to 3s Gd ; Mutton, ;is 4d t o 4s 6d ; V ea l , 4s 2d to 5s 1d; and Por, 3s 8d to 4s 10d per Sibs by the carcase. Turkeys, 4s to 9s ; Geese, 4s 6tl to Gs; Ducks, is 6d to 2s Gd; Tame ItAkits, is 3d to is 8d; Wild ditto, 8] to Is 4d ; and Pigeons, 6d to 10d each ; Surrey Fowls, Gs to 9s; ditto Chickens, 4s to 6s; and Brandoor Fowl s , 55 6(1 to 6s per couple. ggs, lOs to 14s per 100; Fresh Butter, Is Id to Is 3d per lb; Hares, 2s to 33; and Wild Ducks, Is Gd to 2s 6d each. NEWPORT. Beef, front 2s 8d to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 64.1; Veal, 4s Gd to 5s 4d; and Pork, 4s 2d to 5s per 811)s. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 8d i o 3s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 43 4d ; 4s 4d to 5s 2d ; and Pork, 3s 8d to 4s 10d per 81bs. 13XLIaNGSGALTE. Turbots, 8a to 18s ; Brills, 2s 6d to 4s 6d ; Cod-fish, 2s to 7s; Haddocks, 8(1 to Is Gd ; Whitings, 4d to 8d ; and Lob sters, Is to 8s each ; Soles, 4d to 3s per pair; Eels, Gd to Is; and Crimped Scate, 8d to led per lb; Mackerel, 14s to 26s per 100; Salt Fish, 2d to 8d per lb. HUNGERFORD. Pair average supplies of most articles were on offer. Generally speaking the trade ruled heavy, at but little variation in prices. The prices of Wheaten B Br ß ead i EAD n . the metropolis are from 10d to 10%d; of Household ditto, 8d to 9 1 / 2 d per 4lbs loaf. 111.A.1C HET. Market Hides, 561 H bID E to 641 b, 2 1 / 2 d to 3d per lb ; do. 641 b to 721 b, 3 1 4 d to 3%d ;. do. 721 b t o 801 b, 3 1 / 2 d to 3 3 / 4 d ; do. 801 b to 881 b, 3 3 / 4 d to 4'4 d; do. 881 b to 961 b, 4%d to sd; do. 9Glb to 1041 b, 5d to 6d ; C a lf Ski ns, each, 4s Gd to Gs 6d; Horn Hides, 13s; Polled Sheep, 4s 6d to 5s id ; Kent and Half breds, 4s 4d to 5s 2d; and Downs, 3s 6d to 4s Bd.; Shear lings, 6d. HAY MATI WETS. SMITIIFIELD.—AIeadow Hay, 21 Ss to 3116 s ; Clover ditto, 31 8s to 4/ 16s ; and Straw, 1/ its to 11 14s per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. CUM I sERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 215 s to 31 183 ; Clover ditto, 3/ 5s to 41 14s; and Straw, I/ 12s to 1/ lfis per load. Trade tolerably firm, at the above quotations. WurrEcifArxr..—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31175; Clover ditto, 31 8s to 5/; and Straw, 1/ 12s to 11 15s per load. Supply good, and trade dull. ROLLS' COURT.--(THIS DAY.) Ills Lordship was occupied all the morning in hearing un opposed petitions and short causes, 'which were of no public interest. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice COLTMAN.) THE LATE ROBBERY AT TIIE CATHERINE WHEEL, IN THE BOROUGH.— William Burfeld, a porter, was indicted for stealing, on the 27th of January, a pocket-book, containing bank-notes to the amount of 3001., the property of Francis George Shaw Skipp. Mr. Ballantine and Mr. Wilde attended for the prosecution, and Mr. Clarkson defended the prisoner. Mr. BALLANTINE having opened the case, proceeded to call witnesses. Francis Shipp stated that he recently resided in Finchlev, and had since been in the Queen's Bench Prison, from which place he had come that morning. On the '26th of January he had received 3001. He was then staying at Drummond's Hotel, and his brother-in-law, Mr. Last, was staying with him. On that day they left the hotel at four o'clock, witness having previously deposited his pocket-book, containing the money, in his left boot, and strapped the trowsers down. About five o'clock on the succeeding morning they arrived at the Catherine Wheel in the Borough, where they asked for beds. The prisoner let them in and informed them that there was only one room unoccupied, to which they were shown. Wit ness sat down at the foot of the bed and asked the pri soner to pull off his boots. Last, who was much intoxicated, was then at the other side of the room. Witness felt his boot, and found that the pocket book was then quite safe. The prisoner pulled off his left boot, and witness observed him stoop for a second. He jumped up almost immediately, said he had left the gate open, and left the room, and at the same time witness discovered that his pocket book was gone. The prisoner returned in about five minutes, and witness then told him that he had lost his pocket-book, and that there • fore he (prisoner) must have taken it. Prisoner said, "Do you mean to say that I robbed you? because if you do you may search me." Witness took prisoner's cap off, but was not allowed to search further, the prisoner saying, " Keep your hands off me, don't be after putting any thing in my pocket." Witness said that he should call a policeman, on which the prisoner called up his master. The landlord, Mr. Gunder, said he was quite satisfied of the ho nesty of his servant. After some time passed, witness went out and called a policeman or two, who searched the room, but not the persons of those present. On leaving the Ca therine Wheel for the station-house, witness and his brother in-law walked in front ; the prisoner was nearest the shops. At the station-house the prisoner was searched, and nothing found on him. Witness and Mr. Last were also searched, at the desire of Mr. Gunder. Mr. CLARKSON cross-examined the witness at great length, and he was also re examined by Mr. Ballantine, but nothing material was elicited. George Last gave somewhat similar evidence. James Hall, 101 M, observed a cab stop on the morning of the 27th January, at the Catherine Wheel, from which Mr. Skipp and the last witness descended, and passed within th,e gate. In about half an hour, witness was called in, and in formed by Skipp that he had lost his pocket book, and would have the house searched for it. Mr. Gander said he should not allow his house to be searched, as it would disturb the lodgers. Witness then recommended Skipp to bring two more policemen, and he did se. Mr: Skipp said "it was no use searching the prisoner, as he (Mr. Skipp) had done so already." Some of the rooms were searched, and they after wards walked to the station. The prisoner and witness walked first, the prisoner being on his right hand side. Mr. Skipp and Mr. Last, with a policeman, followed, and Mr. Gander came after. They preserved the same order in passing the top ofAdams- court. . _ _ By the Learned JUDGE—A complaint was lodged against him for neglecting to search the prisoner at the Catherine Wheel ; but the decision on that complaint was deferred until the trial was over. Henry Assister, 30 M, said, that the prisoner told him when walking to the station that he had been searched. John Shelley Yates, inspector, produced a pocket-book handed to him by a person named Munro, containing four 50/. and one 100/. notes. The prosecutor and Last were sober when the eharge was taken at the station-house. William Munro, employed at the Phoenix Gas Company, received the pocket-book from a person named William Cox, and banded it over to the last witness. William Cox, servant to the Phoenix Gas Company, was passing down the Borough at a quarter to six o'clock on the morning of the 27th of January, and kicked against the pccket- hook, which lay about the middle of the pavement, nearly opposite Adams-place, and' in the way from the Catherine Wheel to the station-house. Mr. CLAIIKsort addressed the jury for the prisoner, and contended that nothing was shown bringing home the charge to him. Mr. Justice COLTMAN summed up, and the jury retired to consider their verdict. After an absence of half an hour, they returned into Court with a verdict of Guilty.—Sen tence deferred. NEW COURT. (Before the RECORDIR.) No case of any importance came on in this court during he morning. WORSHIP-STREET.-(THIS DAY. A man named Yarnell was charged on the police sheet with stealing a quantity of paper, valued at 3/. 18s., the property of Mr. John Knight, paper-hanger, of No. 190, Brick-lane, Spit altielea. From the evidence of police-constable Hanway, 118 G, it appeared that a man named Munro, was this last week tried and sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment for robbing Mr. Knight, the prosecutor in this present instance, of a quantity of valuable paper. Munro was duly conveyed to prison, where he at once made a communication to the authorities there, implicating Yarnell. The subject of the communication was transmitted to the Recorder, who or dered that Yarnell, who is described as an oilman, of No. 1, Earl-street, Finsbury, should be immediately taken into cus tody and conveyed before a magistrate. Twenty-two rolls of paper, valued at between 9f. and 101. stolen property, had already been discovered. Munro, it appears, was in the habit of calling with a horse and cart at various paper-stainers, with an order from Mr. So-and-So, for a quantity of paper, which was delivered to him at once, when he was met with on the road by Yarnell, who eased him of his booty. The prisoner was remanded, in order to have time for fur ther investigation. THE CASE OF LETITIA HANNAN.— It will doublessly be gratifying to many of our readers to learn, that the case of the young woman, Loetitia Hannan, the particulars of which appeared in The Sun of Thursday se'nnight, has been attended to by several distinguished, benevolent individuals, and the result has been that she will be enabled to carry into effect the laudable design she had in view, viz., that of opening a school on her own account. Mr. ARNOLD, in announcing further donations, said that the envelope of one of them contained a recommendation for her to apply to the Governess's Home Society. He (Mr. Arnold) had instituted inquiries respecting her, and the re sult was so satisfactory that he would be happy himself personally to recommend her. The Magistrate then desired Hayward, one of the warrant officers of the Court, to give her the necessary assistance, in the purchase of those articles required for the purpose of carrying into effect the object desired, and the recipient, having thanked the worthy magistrate for the assistance he had rendered her, left the office. CLERKENWELL-(THIS DAY.) Mary Clarke, an interesting -looking girl, about 16 years of age, was charged before Mr. Greenwood with having com mitted a number of robberies in the vicinity of Somers-town, Camden-town, and Kentish -town, The prisoner was deeply affected, and wept all the time she was in the dock. From the evidence of a number of witnesses who were in attendance, it appeared that a gentleman, named Lambden, residing in Albio n -t errace , Somers-town, hearing a noise in his hall, went down and found the prisoner concealed in the yard. She had with her a large bundle, containing a damask tablecloth, some sheets, and a qaantity of wearing ap parel, and said she wanted to see a lady named Smith. No person of that name being known, and the prisoner being unable to give any more satisfactory account of herself, Mr. Lambden gave her in charge to a policeman, when it was ascertained that the house of Mr. Rutherford, at No. 4, York-place, Somers-town, bad been robbed of several articles, amongst which were the sheets and table-cloths produced in court this day. The constable said that he had not as yet had time to make inquiries after the owners of other property which had been found upon the prisoner. Mr. GREENWOOD committed her for trial on the charge of robbing Mr. Rutherford, but ordered ber to be brought up again on Monday, when it was expected the policeman would be able to perfect other charges in the same neighbourhood against her. RAILWAY RETURNS. ItAttwar TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail• ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the data to whic h the respective returns are made, tog e th er with the receipts of the sawo week in the previous year:— .; tI V 0 CJ .4 * _ Week ending Last week. NAME OF RAILWAY. Feb. 27 Mar. 2 Feb. 28 Arbroath and Forfar . • •• •• •... Chester and Birkenhead. •• Dublin and Drogheda• • • • • • •• • •• •• Dublin and Kingstown •• •• • • • • • • •• Dundee and Arbroath ... • ... •• •• •• •• Durham and Sunderland... .. Edinburgh and Glasgow . •• •• •• •• Eastern Counties and North Eastern• • East Lancasihre • • • • •• • • Eastern Union • • • • .. • • •• • • • • Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr • • • • • • Glasgow and Greenock• • •• • •• • • Gravesend and Rochester • • • • • • • • • Great Southern and Western .• .. • • • • Great Western, &c ..... ........ Ipswich and Bury • . .. London and North Western, Sec.... London and Blackwall.... • • • • • • • • • • London and Brighton ... • • • • • • • • London and Croydon. • • London and South Western . .. • • • • • • Manchester, Bolton, aml Bury .....• Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Maryport and Carlisle Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham.... Newcastle and Car1i51e.............. Newcastle and North Skiields........ Newcastle and Berwick ............ North British ....... ..... Paris and Rouen . .. • ....... Preston and Wne •• •• • • • • • • • Shrewsbury and Chester ............ South Eastern and Branches ........ South Devon.. •.. . ............. Taff Vale Ulster . ........ York and Newcastle . ............ York and North Midland ......... 773 7,695 5,372 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) BETTING AT MANCHESTER—Fermtv. „„ n CHESTER CUP.-300 to 15 agst Mendicant (taken)--•°'; to 10 agst Punch (taken)-500 to G agst Silvauus (takes Tii DERBY.-6 to 1 agst Van Tromp (taken to 50ii . ? Offers to back three agst the Field for the Cov e ntry to' dicap. Nothing else mentioned. HOOTON PARK STEEPLE CHASES. The Hooton Stakes of 10 sovs. each, 5 ft. and 100 added. Mr. Abbott's Proceed (Owner) 1 2 Hon. R. Lawley's Roarer Forrester, Sir Abstrupus, Railroad, Othello, and Ballybart also ran. Won easy by seven or eight lengths. The Storeton Stakes of 5 soya. each, and 50 added. Three miles. Mr. Lockwood's Barmaid, lOst 41b Mr. Fowler's Beggarman, lOst 41b . ••• • Basquine, Maid of the Castle, Robin Adair, ( 13 2 111 .7 ;k "e.r13.).051 ' Yellow Dwarf, and Sir William, also started. Won in a easte! . ° The Hooton Hunt Stakes of 3 soya. each. Three miles. Mr. hind nd Jupiter, list 71b . (Mr. Thonlag) Mr. Willoughby nd Five-pou n d- no t e . ..... ; Mr. Lennard's Coal Black Rose ................................ Roland and Laudican also ran. Won by two lengthg• PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. 1 (From the Votes and Proceedi ngs o f th e R ouse o f C,oninsobi FRIDAY, MARCH 5. first The following Railway Bills w ere p resen t e d, rea d x time, and ordered to be read a second time : Manchester, Birmingham, and North StaffordshireJunal° ll ' Enfield and Edmonton Extension. Axholme (from the Leeds and Selby Railway to Gill °, borough, with Branches). Oxford, Worcester, and W o lve r h am pt on (No. I— E tea ' sions and Amendment). Parkgate and Chester and Birkenhead Junction. The following Railway Bills were read a second time, CO mated, and referred to the Committee of Selection : East Lancashire (Clitheroe, Mitton, and Padiham Brancb ei " Cambridge, St. Neot' s , an d Bedford Junction. Taw Vale Railway and Dock. Newcastle and Berwick (Cramlington and Percy main , and Killingworth, and other Branches). Edinburgh and Northern (St. Andrew's and Ne svburß Harbour, B ra n c h es , an d R oa d C ross i ngs, Newport I‘o4L" sf Extension). York and Newcastle (Hartlepool Dock and Rajiv/AP s fe Great North o f E ng l an d , Cl arence and Hartlepoo l Jul tion Railway, Lease and Purchase). t i o n London and North-W es t ern (Li me - street, Liverpool, o"'Gs Extension, &c.) London and N or th-W es t ern (P ortobello and Wolver hamp t o n Branch, &c.) [cr. OTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFIL The followi ng R a il way B i lls are appointed to be re a d second time : TUESDAY, MARCH 9. Great Indian Peninsula. WEDNESDAY, ISIARCH 10. Edinburgh and Perth. FRIAY, MARCIE 12. Edinburgh and NortherDn (Improvement of the Ferri I li tween Ferry Port o n C ra i g an d t h e N ort h ern Shore the River Tay). RAILWAYS. first The Committee of Selection h ave p os tp one d the meeting of the Select Committe es on th e Groups, Nos' Lt 9, 13, 16, and 19, till after the Easter Recess. t The Committee of Selectio n h ave di scharged the os;pe— d Committee to which they had referred the Group No. 9, ji n also the Panel f ro m w hi c h th e C ommittees on Groups -o°'", 13, 16, and 18 would have been selected. VACHER'S PARLIAMENTARY COMPANION. — The February edition of this excellent little manual furnishes, i° addition to its usual valuabl e con t ents, t h e reso l ut i ons o f the House of Commons with respect to Private Bills, and tb° alterations made, in the course of last month, ha the Steadina Orders. The lithographed plans of the Committee-01r Westminster Hall, with the position Courts ; and the House of Commons, with the various rooms abutting to it, cannot fail to be of infinite value to ' whom business or pleasure may lead towards St. Stephens.a Co FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE IMPERIAL ....AS of the differen t 1Z PANT'S Wouxs.—Yesterday Mr. Mills held an inquest, i s ' 6 " B, University College Hospital, on William Morris, cgT or late an engine driver at th e Imperial Gas and Coke l ee k pany's Works, Battle-bridge, King's-cross. At four o , c last Sunday morning deceased went into the gas-wor,k't six o'clock W. King, stoker, found him lying on mil Du close to the boiler, insensible. There were no externs 00 juries on his body, and he was removed to his lodgings• we d.. Monday he was admitted to th e h osp i ta l, an d di e d on 1, nesday. When the body was opened, two frightful fract of the skull, which were the immediate cause of deaths ' l / ,1; detected, but how they w ere i n fli c t e d i t was imposei.b4 conjecture. An open verdict was accor di ng l y returned- en HOUSE ROBBERY.—On Th urs d ay even i ng , bet° ip seven and nine o'clock, some thieves broke into a heur dni e Paradise-terrace, Lambeth-walk, th e res id ence o f a lady named Howard, and st o l e a quan tit y o f wear i n g alViee silver spoons, &c. In one of the drawers which was b r° i c h open there were eight sovereign s an d other mone,Ys h t he fortunately escaped their notice. They entered jib street door, and having rans ac k e d th e pl ace go t c l e ar o their booty. Of ETON MONTEM.—The Pro vos t an d H ea d Maste r d Eton feel it incumbent upon them t o a pp r i se Et on ian', ° o f those interested in the welfare of Eton, that the aboliti° l2 e e Montem has been erroneously represented to be still an °P question. That custom was abolish e d i n J anuar y last byLl i f Provost of Eton, in entire concurrence with the Head bil l . ter, when her dajesty the Queen had graciously left to Pre, sole responsibility th e d ec i s i on o f a quest i on upon w hich had fully made up their minds, after the strongest . cel lv , n i r tion that the evils att en d an t upon M ontem were irre_.o( diable, and much too ser i ous t o a d m i t o f a cont i nu anT o that custom.—Francis H o d gson , P rovost. Edward C. tre Master. The Lodge, Et on C o ll ege , M arc h 5, 1847- EXTENSIVE EMBEZZLEMENT BY A COLLECTOR' Cirr DUVAL—Yesterday, information was forwarded trr c i police stations, that Robert Albion Fellowes, who hadvu o r. the responsible situation at th e Custom-house of receivef i s wine duties, had absconded. He is charged with have., , various times embezzled moneys to a l arge amount. ef ward of 100/. is offered for his apprehension. The insioll":, 4 his defalcations is said t o b e near l y 7,000/ . Th e discotZe took place under the following circumstances :—ln the cone of the year 1846, the gauger o f th e c i ty o f London, "(hobo appointed by the Corp ora ti on t o gauge a ll t h e w ines t arrive within the port of London, and who is paid the se i l li the 4d. per tun, made a large dema n d, w hi c h f ar exc eede d amount in amount that ought to have been paid on th e duties lo h i f f, by the collector to the Chamberlain. Thi s l e d to an inqw•d no and a committee was appointed by th e C our t of Contt e Council to inquire into the matter, on which an apildirliba was made to the alleged defaulter to rende r an account(); o d moneys which had been paid to him. The collector re' ° 6 to do so, on which he was suspend e d, an d a gen tleman °L j o . name of Scott was appointed pro tem. to the office. Th e re . quiry, during the period up to the 11th of last montbleee ceeding, on which Messrs. Burn and Saloon, who had , 0 0 appointed, brought up a report, and in which they r e- J tote mended that proper legal proceedings might be a` t ey' against Robert Albion Fellowes for ernbezzlemeni, as found that the gauger's cha rge f or gaug i ng f or 1841, , : 45. per tun, amounted to 439 1; , and as th e City dues w er- t es per tun, it showed 5,268/. ought to have been paid int° re . office of the Chamberlain, whereas only 3,3581. bad bee n , t he ceived, thus showi ng a d e fi c i ency of 1,9101. for 184' cot deficiency for 1842 was 1,7351.; for 1843, 1,749/. ; an d 1844, 1,8181 ,• and they also found that the yearl, averses-or wine imported into th e p or t o f L on d on was 9, 0 00 t °l/4 es 17,000 pipes, and that the defalcations, in round numb er !, upwards of 1,800/. a year. Th e report was referred b s t h , the committee to amend, whi c h b eing d one , has l ed to present proceedings. Et ward THE REPRESENTATION Oa' LBWES.—Sir —° so d Elphinstone, Bart., is about to resign his seat for Lewe s 'Fot R. Perfect, Esq., a gentleman whose estates lie is a le Somerset, but who has spent a great portion of the last years in Brighton, and belongs to most of our local ch arite ar. institutions, will take the field on the Liberal interestcn,. Perfect is a gentleman in the prime of life, of great :I'oo gence and experience in public affairs, and has alWaY' - - r er iectl a decided part in politics on the Liberal side. Mc- t he . address to the electors of Lewes will appear today , election will, it is supposed, take place within a lor'r The town has been canvassed, and there is no doubt of Perfect's return.—Brighton Herald BIRTHS. On the 25th ult., at the Royal Hospital, Greenwich, the Wife o f the Rev. , 31. A of a son. On the James lst lllll inst., at Holland-road, Brixton, Mrs. Frederick Horne man, of a daughter. On the 3d inst., In Hans-place, Mrs. Philip MARRIED. On the Gth Inst., at All Souls' Chapel, Langliam-place. by the Rev 10 ' S. C. Lord, D.D Robert Gibson, Esq,, of Sandhurst Lodge, Wkse. El e anor Harriet, only daughter of Sir Benjamin Smith, of B e g street, Portland-place. raw.u'd On the 2d inst., at St. George's Church, Hanover-squa re. Edmonds, of Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square, to .Einnut lir widow of G. Bray, of Holborn. ni On the Ist inst., at Woolston. DlED near Southampton. Magaret" las surviving daughter of the late Arthur .701106, Esq., of Bath. of On the Ist inst., the Rev. George John Haggitt, leci u "" St. James's, Bury St. Edmund's, aged 57. On the Ist inst., at Hexworthy House, Cornwall, Li" tenant. Colonel William Webber, h.p., Royal Artillery. In Piccadilly, Dr. Adam black. .A7B. 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're es e tuar mit e Th gPle th er ei ne LA, WTAR, arid win na rY ] be little light to mod; its be desi red ta ''' a►a eontl Ten Itpvv_ b el d edh dlnes" :" i ir Tra d :ni t tY s F a f t tr e d n fth n t i r, Tee t eioa. to the T tt le 'trUier pri t io ‘nline. • el/ P° of p e rg et t eas trt i tte Royal Fa throughout favour in whi , CAUTION. liertars have e !Mired ow the Hatton-gi hen+ and by THE 4 4 , 4 , ,, Tx1 4 4 Prci a k th-e -and Aatt k AP Taa C 'f th Fitom el •uad Fite k e Ut t4l De at, Stric tera b a ant tht z ikitte :t4, att' b 7 relt,i 411 h tl, b uahei 0 0 t- 3etit l Le — m - stre ...a b y ys. l4.t e m orci Itl 1