The Sun. — London, England, 1840-03-14 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, Munch 14. will be performed Sheridan's Comedy of THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. Sir Petv:r Teazle, Mr. W. Farren ; S.r Oliver Surface, Mr. Bartley ; Sir Benjamin Backbite, Mr. Harley; Joseph Sur face, Mr. Cooper ; Ch ar l es S ur f ace, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Crabtree, Mr. Meadows ; Moses,' Mr. Keeley ; Lady Teazle, Madame Testris ; Mrs. Candour, Mrs. Orger ; Maria, Miss Lee. After wkicla, the New Divertisement, entitled LES CJIAMPS ELY SEES. The Characters by Ala.ster W. Smith (pupil of Mr. Oscar Byrne), Mist Fairbrother, Miss Ryalls, Mrs. Gibson, Miss Kendal, Miss S. Mencle.l, Messrs. C. J. Smyth, Ridgway, Gib son, Ite. &c. To conclude with CHAOS IS COME AGAIN. Dress Boxes, 7.8. Second Price, 3s. 6d. ; First and Second Circles, Ss. ; Secor Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Doors to be , Jpened at half-past Six—the performances to commence at .''',even •'Clock. Tickets atVi plat ss for the Boxes to be taken at the Box-ef tee. from 'Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had upon application. Private Boxes to be had solely of Mr. Andrews, bookseller, 167, N ew Bond -street. - RYAL SURREY I mmense success of the City ApprentTHEATRE ice, which . has attracted crowded and delighted audiences. Will THIS EVENING, Alaitert 14. be acted, a Historical Drama, depicting England in 1664, Balbacloes . in 1665, o.d London in 1166, with a representa tion of the Great Fire of London, entitled 1 -HE CITY APPRENTICE; or, THE THREE LILIES. Supported by the entire strength of the Company. After which, LORD DAR` LEY. Darnley, Mr. E. F. Saville. To conclude with TILE JERSEY GIRL; OR, THE RED ROBBERS. v ; '.9 3 -raciers by Messrs. Hughes, Johnson, W. Smith, Mrs. Miss Grant, Miss Martin, &c. NEW STRAND THEATRE. w ue rightful Delusions—Paralysing Paraphernalia—Mighty Wizard Wonders—lnconceivable Incantations—Tre !"iras Transformations—Awe Attentive Audiences— Crowd- C r ekt;tng Cabalistic C ogency . Wh at ! w h en the P u b lic have . •ipportnnity of witnessing the disclosure of' the deep deposi t dries of earth, air, fire, and water, shall they nit come? Yes, ititd — thei do - come. Crowded houses testify the interest they reel in the Performances of the WIZARD of the NORTH, . 7 4iii6Nrill 'continue his marvels _ _ Oe MONDAY, MARcir 16, And every evening during the week, concluding with the cele brated GUN DELUSION. Boxes, 2s. 6d., Second Price, Is. 6d. ; Pit, Is. 6d., Second Price Is. ; Gallery, Is. No Second Price. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We are obliged to " A Subscriber" for pointing out a typographical error in Tattersall's betting report, which appeared in The Sun of Thursday. In the manuscript we find that the betting against Japonica is 20 to 1, and not 10 to 1, as printed. The other error was rectified in the Morning Edition. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW: Morning...... 0 minutes after 0 I Evening 2.1 minutes after 0 • j : ,. • i s ? - 4t. :R5;•44 , 4 - , • s Fry • LONDON: - SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 1640. 'The LORD CILANCELIOR. lei I on the table of the %use of Lords a Bill for recorming the Court pf Chancery, which was read a first time, but no day ftir the second reading was - Appoint e,I. Several petitions were presented, amongst which the' Nerr-intrus'ori petitions were numerous, as were petitions, pro and con. Lord 13,ED4SnaLE had a Bill for the enfrancbisemet , i; , ,reopyhoias read a first' time.' • A little further conver sation took place about the corn "notation of. LYNAM'S sentence, .and some of the ,Tory Lords will not be pleased because his blood has not lien 'shed. In the Commons a good , deol of' private business was -transacted, in:chiding the. postponement of the,.Londen' and Greenwich :Railway , Bill for a month. 'treat numberof petitions was presented, two OE Which, praying the House to inquire into th'e treatment br ,Igessrs,..Lovgri and , COLitr;s, - stated that an experi- Ment was makieg on tbipa to ascertain how much time k will take to starve two respectable men to death. " — Various notices were given, and questions asked, which are shortly given in the Report. We shall only notice here that Lord J. RUSSELL, in reply to Sir JAMES GRAHAM, stated that no official information had been received with regard to the hostilities between the British and Chinese vessels. There was no official communication by the last mail. The Printed Papers Bill, after some discussion, went through the Committee without material amendments. Those proposed by Sir R. INGLIS and Sir E. SIJGDEN having been lost or withdrawn. The petition of Messrs. HANSARD was then taken into consideration, concerning the fifth action brought against them by Mr. STOCKDALE, and Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved a resolution that Mr. STOCKDALE had bcten guilty of contempt and breach of privilege, and that all Sheriffs, or others, who might act or assist in the action would be guilty of a breach of privilege. Sir R. INGLIS, Mr. LAW, and Mr. DARBY, opposed the resolution, which was carried, on a division, by 98 tq 33. _Jord PALMERSTON then announced that since he had answered a question in the early part of the even ing, he had received dispatches from Cnina ; one dated the end of October, announcing a settlement, by which trade was to be recommenced ; and another, dated in November, announcing the rupture of arrangements made in October. Ina Committee of Supply several votes for the army were agreed to, without causing much discussion. There was some laughter at some observations of Mr. for which we refer to the report. The order for referring the Designs' Copyright Bill to a Select Committee was (Ls-charged, with a view of introducing another Bill, to originate, as the Bill con cerns the trade of the country, in a Committee of the whole House. The Commons sat tai Twelve o'Clock. The House of Commons, by ordering the last petiti on o f t h e M essrs. HANSARD to be printed, has contributed much, we think, to place the con duct of the Courts of Law in subserving Mr. STOCKDA LE'S purpose, and the law itself, in a Proper light. The petitioners mention that they have been served with a" writ of damages in the tifih suit commenced against them in the Court 01 Queen's Bench by JOIIN JOSEPII STOCKD ALE, • . EVEN ENG- EDITION. ....... BANK OF ASI A. Capital £2,000,000, in Shares of £lOO each, ( With a reserved power of augmentation). Cmakamaze,—The Right Hon. Sir GORE OUSELEY, Bart. DISPUTY CHAIRMAN—WM. JARDINE, Ezq. DIRECTORS. CThomas H. Brooking, Esq. , A. E. 3I Donnell, Eq., late has. Buller, jun,. Esq., M.P. Madras Civil Service , Sir John I ,.;ampbell, K. C. H.,; C. F. Middleton, Esq., late K.L. S., Madras Service / Bengal Civil Service .It)tin C l aapman, E s q. Jacob Montefiore, Esq. •Fame'4 Cockburn, Esq. I George Mone, Esq. - James B u ll er East, Esq., M.P. ,Willi am Novrt y ham, Esq., late • Charles Elliot, E.g., late Ben-I Bombay Civil Service gal Civil Service iChas, Norris, Esq., late Born- Aar9n Asher Goldsmid, Esq. bay Civil Service i 1 hom es G o ld sworthy, Esq. Samuel Prior, Esq. Colonel Sir Frederick Hank:ey,,Col. H. D. Robertson, Bombay Q. C M. G. Service ' Jose Hoare, Esq. Major-General G. A. Taylor, C. E. Bayard, Esq., late Coy- C. 8., Math as Service ion Civil Service i Thomas Weeding, Esq. Thomas Ch apman , EEq. AUDI James Dowie, EA. George Gowan, Esq., late Madras Civil Service. J. B. Montefiore, Esq. Hoares, and Co. ; Messrs. BArixEßF,—Messrs. Barnett, smith, Pe.yne, and Co. Sraxr,iNG CouNsEL—Francis H. Goldsmid, Esq. lett, Sotrotroas—Messrs. Crowder and May nar d ; D av id R ow- E Ts Compa n y h as b een f orme d f or t h e purpose of establish ing A Bank for the British possessions of India, and for other Parts of Asia, where, after mature deliberation and attention, Q-A) Directors feel satisfied that Capital can be securely and be raeficially employed in carrying on the business of banking. Application has been made to Government for a Royal Charter of Incorporation, limiting the responsibility of the Shareholders. The capital of the Company is divided into 20,000 s h ares , a Portion o f w hi c h w i ll be reserved for allotments in India. The general management of the Bank will be vested in a C ourt of Directors resident in London ; and the branches in India will he conducted b 3 local board, of manager., under ap pointment from the Directors .n London. A General Meeting of the Proprietors will be held annually in London, at which a full Report of the Company's affairs will be submitted. A deposit of 51. per share, to be paid on the allotment of the shares ; the futnre calls 'will be determased after the charter shall -be obtained. Application for shares to be addressed to the Secretary, at the temporary offices of the Company, 61%, Aloorgate.street, ROBERT MONTGOMERY MARTIN, Secretary. _ • and in order to ascertain correctly the cause - of ac tion, they caused the declaration filed bv the plaintiff in the Rik suit .to be *kVgut of the .. declaroioir - office), t! . .2 l .'iey append a copy of petilc,'6'n. The declaration being rty4de in Her to wit,. complains of the likessrs. HAN...SARI) that they did, on the or June, 1839, 4' publish, an ev:ll.6E\b published, of and coaicerning gr. JOSEPH STOCK DALE, in a cettAi'il bciok, purporting to be Reports of the Irisrctrt,tors of Prisons in Great Britain.," ter tarn,ym id sages "c on t r i v i ng a maiicidiisty in • trwizng to defame and it-;lure th.c4; said plaintiff ; and the declaration Futtivet sets forth that the Messrs, HANSARD " maliciously and ftifs.cts'" did publish " false, scandalees, mtaticious, and defamatory libel," " tc the injury of Mr. JOHN JOSE,PII STUCK - DALE in his trade and busi ness." The Messrs. HANsAttp state that the cause of 'action in the fifth suit is identical with the tIIISC of action in the former :suits, and is for printing reports and lettEls ordered to be printed by the House of Commons. The damages which Mr. STOCKDALE has suffered in his trade by the imputed and intended malice of the Messrs. HA N BARD, are laid in this fifth action at 50,0001. We presume, as the cause of action was identical in all the cases, that the declaration in all were substan tially the same, if not identical, and we call the reader's attention to the passages we have printed in italics. Now, are not tho e parts of the declaration made against the Messrs. HANSARD, on which judg ment has been, and will be again given by default, positively and notoriously untrue ? How could the Messrs. HANSARD, who merely printed what the House of Commons ordered them to print, have contrived and maliciously intended to defame Mr, STOCKDALE? How, too, dare any man say that they by printing and publishing an authentic and authorised Report of the House of Commons, did maliciously and falsely publish a false, scandalous, and malicious libel of Mr. STOCKDALE ? The declaration, we have no hesitation in saying, affirms a series of great and scandalous false hoods, and yet, acting on these notoriously scandalous falsehoods, the Court of Queen's Bench gave Mr. STOCKDALE large damages, and will again, if it act consistently and according to law, give him damages. Such a declaration, in stead of procuring damages, ought to have been kicked out of the Court ; it was a disgrace to the Court to entertain it, and a profound disgrace for it to give, or cause to be given, or to assess, or cause to be assessed, damages on such an averment. It may he law, but it is an awful perversion of justice, and a wilful denial of a palpable and a notorious truth. We hear a great deal occasionally about the ' Judges' oaths, but can there be a grosser perversion or neglect of their oath to do justice betwixt man and man—not togive their conduct a harsher term— than upon such a lying declaration as this, even sup posing no defence be made to it, to pronounce a deci sion that Messrs. HANSARD have contrived and maliciously and falsely published a libel on Mr. STOCKDALE? The Judges may have followed the customs of their predecessors, and by alleging that may shift part of the folly or the guilt of such a false and scandalous proceeding on previous Judges ; but that excuse for the existing Judges proves the whole tribe to have made war on rca• son, common sense, and justice. If Mr. STOCK DALE had gone into Court and made a declara tion in his own person, that the Messrs. HANSARD had cut off his head, the Judges would surely not have listened to the palpable falsehood, whether the Messrs. HANSARD attended to rebut it or not; and why should they have listened to his equally false, and equally impossible declaration, that the Messrs. HANSARD had contrived and maliciously published the Report of the House of Commons to injure Mr. STOCKDALE The lawyers will tell us that the malice is in ferred from the fact of the injurious publication. It is constructive malice, a constructive libel, and just as FROST and his companions were found guilty of constructive treason, and of intending to dethrone the QUEEN, so Messrs. HANSARD are found guilty, from the fact of publishing a book, of pub tish:ng, a constructive malicious libel. The Judges and the law infer malice from the fact of the publi cation, and falsely assume that an action is mali- cious which is perfectly innocent. The Judges and the law arc scandalously and ;niquitouslv unjust in so doing. The very point, and only point, which the Judges ought to investigate is, whethei a publication be malicious or not ; and it it be not maliciously contrived, and made, as this could not possibly be by the Messrs. Il ANS RD, it is their duty to exonerate the publisher. Throughout the whole case there was no malice exhibited by any parties towards Mr. STOCKDALF, no contriv- ance or intention to injure him, and the Judges, by constining the fact of publication into a malicious intention, grossly perverted truth and justice. We cannot excuse the House of Commons any more than the Judges. We now see by the declaration, that. they were informed that the law infers malice from the fact of publication ; that they were told by these proceedings, that the Judges were accustomed on lying declarations to decree injustice ; they were made to feel, by that injustice falling on the ser vants of the House, that such was the established law, and ye:, they have taken no steps to alter it. The Judges, with their fictions and their in- ferences, and constructions, do but follow the an cient practices of their craft, mystifying what is plain, and perverting what is true. It is the busi- ness of the Commons to make the law and correct the Judges. They have been told of its errors and of its iniquities, and they have left it unamended. We pretend not to decide which of the two parties is most to blame. The law is unjust and absurd, antt so is -- the conduct of the law-makers. "Eleven clergymen," says the, Anti- Corn-law Cir " sjgned the requisition to toe Mayor of Don caster, in favour of the Corn-law:" They are bribed; as.:we - yesterday , explained, by being i-e- Ceivers of tithes, or of a rent charge; which is high or low, in proportion as corn rises or falls, to become - the - advocateB' of the accursed bread-tax. "By basing," says the Circular," the system of tithe commutation on the high- price of food, the beneficiaries of_ the State Church are se cured a greater sum in lieu of tithe when corn is at as high price, and a smaller amount when corn is a} a low price." That co i nc id es ex-- actly witluour view,:,while the number of .clergymen who signed the Doncister requisition confirms our statement that the:Statepaid clergy are induced to adv - ocitte - the Corn-laws from pecuniary, selfish, and sordid motives. They sell Christianity for a mess of pottage. There are, however, a considerable nurnb:r of clergymen, such as curates,those whoofficiate in pro prietary chapels, and in the new district churches, with many of the incumbents in town parishes, whose present incomes do not depend on tithes, whatever they may hope for hereafter, and these gentlemen cannot see Christianity thus bartered away with any satisfaction. They must be aware, that by thus associating the State religion with a most unpopular and accursed law, the difficulties of their situation, which arc not trifling at present, will be very much enhanced. Surrounded as they are' by other sects envious of their worldly advantages, hated for the arrogance with which they have exercised the superiority conferred by the law, and exposed as they are to a keen com petition, the advocacy of the Corn-laws by the Church must be fatal to their influence. The Ro man Catholic priests of Ireland will eagerly em brace the advantage which this circumstance affords to attack the Church. Neither they nor their flocks have an interest in the Corn-laws, and they may at one blow weaken the Church and diminish the power of the Protestant landlords in Ireland. They are continually reminded by the Tory jour nals, that the land of Ireland is Protestant, and they will feel themselves undera religious obligation, by opposing the Corn-laws, to diminish the power of the Protestant landlords and the Protestant clergy. The Dissentin g minister s , w e have already given proof to our readers, are for the abolition of the Corn-laws, and both they and the Roman Catholic priests will find in those laws an irresistible weapon with which to attack the State Church. At present the bulk of the population take an in terest in this question, and read the Journals, or hear them read. Their worldly welfare is opposed to the Corn-laws, and they hate them intensely. The sufferings caused by those laws have already alienated them from our institutions, from the Church and the aristocracy. The present mission of the clergy is to win back the people to their 'old. For that they are making great ex ert i ons, arid demand new churches. But how can they ! Ej E UN,-_LONIRM, SAT URDA Y 4 1 1 / 1 .4_ RC I:LA.4, R4O. succeed alzaihl=t pei - SUlai• and powerful rivals, when it:re branded with - all the odium of the bread tax?; Their, sincerity will be douptedo. will be suspected an . scpu,§e'a :of hr'.!Liiiiig worldly liurpovF, not be believed. In their rivals, the working clergy, who do not share the profits of the Corn-laws, will be borne down by them. They mufq that the Cathl!ie rrie•t-^ r.r.cl the r)issenting minis ter!! t - O.t. Me the arms which the advocacy of the Corn-laws by the State clergy will give into their hands to assail the Church. We concluth! ttith the following quotatiou ffotli the Anti- Con -law Circular t. the secular-minded among the clergy are sufficiently shrewd to perceive that the repeal of the Corrizlaw would reduce the price of food, and with it au} amount of com muted tithe; wherefore, riot as Christians, but as tithe. worsbippo, they oppose such repeal. Be it so ; on their Judgment let the bread -cater bestir himself, for himself and for those dear to him. Let it be distinctly understood that the temporal int erest o f t h e State clergy Is at enmity with that of millions of perishing Christians. Thus may we turn even the hostility of a Church, which pleases to be dependent for its means of luxury on a core-rental paid by the bread -eater, to good account—as a stimulant to Corn-law rcpealers, whilst the bread-taxing clergy will find it extremely difficult to persuade even their own con gregations that starva!ion is necessary to salvation, or Corn-laws to Christianity. It will be seen that Mr. H E last night presented a petition in favour of Law Reform in Scotland. to which we must refer. We cannot understand how such an intelligent people as the Scotch submit to be bullied and plundered as they are by lawyers. The inhabitants of Pollokshaws are quite right in de mandin,g that the Sheriffa should work for their pay. It has often been proposed to occupy these sinecurists in holding ambulatory Courts of Re view, for which there is a direct precedent in their holding ambulatory Courts of Registration. We have no doubt Mr. WALLACE will see to this in the Committee he has obtained to look into the abuses of the Law Courts in Scotland, to which alone belongs the blame of the present state of Jury Trial. Letters and Papers from Madrid, of the sth instant, have come to hand. Accounts had been received there of the recovery of CABRERA, so often buried and reburie:i in the Spanish Journals. The state of siege still continued, notwithstanding the extreme tranquillity of the capital. The election returns continued to occupy the Cortes. On the l3ourse business was improvint , . The Five uer Cents. Active were done on the sth, at 281 for cash. The Paris Journals of Thursday continue to die cuss the probable result in the Chamber of Doputies of the expected debate on the Secret Service Money Bill. The question, as it now stands, is not of the slightest interest to an English reader. The France publishes a letter from St. Peters burg, dated the Ist inst., containing the following account of the success of the Russian expedition against Khiva : The Orcmburg mail, which arrived yesterday, brings news that, on January 23, General Pcrowski, with his whole army, and his Khirghi and Turcoman auxiliaries, arrived within fifteen leagues of Khiva. The Khan of the Usbecks, in high estimation as a warrior among the Orien tals, came to do him homage and tender service. Our cavalry made excursions right and left, but met with no ene mies, and were received with hospitality.by the inhabitants, who spoke of the Emperor of Russia as sovereign lord of the whole country. Upwards of 150 Russians, who had long been pi isoncrs in Khiva, were delivered up, and such was their joy, that on reaching the camp, they kissed the feet of the soldiers, and even embraced the legs of the horses. The snow is very deep, and the march of the troops is conti nually impCded by violent storms. At the same time the men are healthy, and provisions abundant. The General has sent Colonel 8.,i Mohamet, with his two aides-de camp, Prince Stcherbatoff and Rszumourdi, with an escort of 500 Cossacks and Khirghis, to reconnoitre the country up to the immediate environs of the capital. The Khan of Khiva has sent private emissaries to General Pcrowski, protesting that he does not wish to make any resistance, but that he is not master in the city, or even in his own castle. The expedition may be considered as crowned with success, and the principal line of communication fur commerce between Europe and Asia insured for ever." The French Journals bring advices from Alex andria of 24th ult., which state that the VICEROY is making the most active preparations for war. Re cruiting was going on in Alexandria, Cairo, and throughout the towns and villages of Syria. Among the enlisted were many men blind of an eve, and others varying from forty to sixty years of age. Te crews on board the Turkish ships were all to he clothed in Egyptian uniforms, and to serve on shore as land regiments, that their places might be filled with the subjects of the VICEROY. A quarrel between the crew of a vessel bearing the Russian flag and some :Arabs, created some stir in Alexandria on the 16th ult. The few par ticulars known are given in our City Article, to which we refer our readers. STORM ANC Less of LIFE AT PoNDICHERRY.-Thu ! Temps publishes accounts from Pondicherry of the 22d of January, and from Yanaon, a French factory about 250 miles along the coast from that city, up to the 7th of De cember, which contain numerous details of the dreadful hurricane and inundation of the sea on that coast. The) coincide instating the force of the wind to have been such as had never before been witnessed there, and the inroad of the sea as dreadful beyond description. Upwards of ten thousand corpses had been found, but many thousands more had, no doubt, been washed away. So many bodies lying unburied had caused a pestilence, and the con dition of the survivors, who had lost most of their property, was exceedingly distressing. Toe British authorities and settlers had shown the greatest kindness to the French sufferers, but the factory and town of lan +on, which alone had lost 1,300 inhabitants, could not recover from such a calamity for a great many years. The Government chest and most of the pub!ic records had been preserved. As instances of the extensive scale on nhich this great na tural calamity acted, it is mentioned that at Talarivou one house, in which 400 persons had taken refuge , was blown down, and m o st o f t h em kill e d ; w hi le at '4 l‘lallavoram, a village on the English territory, only 49 were slved out of 2,000 inhabitants. We said some days ago, from our Msdrid correspond ence, that, according to a report which was very ger:erally circulated, the minority,. of *he Peputiesju the Comes was disposerl...to withdraw, front the Parliamentary struggle, and not to sanction, by its presence,..theillegal proceedings Which' it i prestn'ed to' be intended by the Government. The minority, besides, considered the Chamber to be ille gally ConsfitiitM; on acccintit of the frandS' whiCh were openly practised by.the Alisistry at the time of the elec 'tions. :ft seems that this idea lias not been thrown out at forlthe Cai - reo,Nacional (a - Goyernnient Jout nal) discusses'it, and encli:avourS to disstiade the minority from the executionof such a project. The news from Aragon is of no importance ; only it is certain, as we said, yesterday,-on the authority of our pri vate Correspondent, that a small division ,of • the Royal army Of Catalonia has entered 'Aragon, - where it will soon be followed by the arrival of Ilalmaseda, who is coming with six battalions of-infantry ind-two squadrons of ca valry to reinforce the army of the Count de Morella.— La Gazette de France. The astronomers of the Observatory announce for Sunday,. .'text (the 15th of March), a remarkable and rather rare phenomenon. It is the occultation by the moon of a star o: the first magnitude. At nineteen minutes past seven (mean time at Paris), Regulus, the principal star in the constellation of the sun, and one of the most brilliant in the Heavens, will disappear behind the disk of the moon. The, emersion of the star will take place at thirty-two minutes past eight:. Thus the moon will eclipse the star for the space of one hour and thirteen minutes. The phenomenon is not common (that is, with re spect to stars of the first magnitude) and it will be observed with great ease with all the instruments: The observers will especially direct their attention to verify the singular cir cumstance announced by Sir John Herschel', of an appa rent encroachment of the star in the disk of the moon, before its occultation.—Le Constitutionnel. BOURSE-PARIS, THURSDAY, MARCH 12. irst Highest Lowest Price Price. Price. Price i reach 5 per Cents ll2 45 ... 112 65 .., 112 45 1.2 45 4% per Cents loti 106 ... 10 , 1 ... 106 4 per Cents lO2 20 , 12 102 20 162 20 3 per Cents B2 90 .. 83 10 ... 82 90 ... 83 5 Bank of Trance Lallitte Bank I,ooof. Sh lOl5 —lOO ...It 6,i ...1 60 5,0001. 519 , 1 —.5200 ...5 ;30 ...5197 50 911 VI.) 905 910 Belgian Bank -- 5 per Cents 3 per Cents 74 55 ... 71 55 ... 74 55 .. 74 55 United States Bank Loan - !Si ... 9 5 % .. 1T3•+.... 9344 Spaolsn Ac.ive - ... 29% ... 29% ... 29% Passive 7% ... ‘'.2 Old Deferred 1 ,4 ••• 6 % 81 4 ... 8% Portuguese 3 per Cents 9.3 ... 23%, ... 23y 9 ... 2354 Neapolitan It man 194 ... 104 ... 103% ... 193% RAILWAY SHARES. St. (ermai' ._ ... 05 ... 1135 ... (135 ... (353 ... .... _ Vcrsailles, It. B 550 ... 552 50 ... 5.511 . 55? 50 L.B. 38:1 50 ... 305 .. 362 :.,0 .. 36 3 , trasburg to Bale . 2 4 7 !,6 ... T . . 7 5" .. :47 50 ... ;'57 !..0 ASPHALTES AND BMIAIENS. tarn (Moberly '6) lIELSTON.-Mr. Basset has been returned for this borough in the Liberal interest, without opposition. Mr. Thesiger will be returned for Woodstock. Thus the Learned Gentleman, yAo was defeated at Newark as the nominee of a Duke, though he would not admit it, has eons• nted to be returned for a close borough as the nominee of another Duke. FATAL CAB ACCIDENT ---- This rnoinina, about nine o'clock, as a little boy named Greenfield, th e son of poor parents, living at No. 10, Newton-street, Holb orn, was ' crossing a sicratgb,Jaa,nodeso-nsetreoef the wheels pissed over hi s h ead. Thet' Covent garden, he w as k nocked down little sufferer was instantly conveyed to Charing-cross Hos pital, where he stortly afterwards expired. The landlords are exerting all their influence, in fmder to obtain a semblance of popular support to the Corn laws. On the other hand, Manchester, Glasgow, Leeds, Sal ford, and other towns of note, have appointed deputies to meet in London, before Mr. Villiers brings on his motion. Hull, we trust, will not expose itself to the remark, that the port which is, above all others, most deeply interested in the repeal of the Corn-laws ' is the least attive in demonstrati ng i ts oppo sition to th e m.--Hull Advertiser. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) -• • , ,•• • ,COYENT. GARDEN. • j file v.:ll:lies wen iphat pikes is;;th r.o 71'.0' , e,!t, 17! market, and t ra d e goo d . Strawberries, to 75. per ounce; foreign Grapes, Is. to 3s. 6d. per lb. ; Pines, 105. to I4s. and 20s. per lb. ; Rhubarb, Is. to 2s. per bundle; Asparagus, Bs. to 105. per bundle ; Sea Kale, 3s. to 4s. 6d. per punnet. Old Potatoes---ylues, 0F.,;,; 70. y •, to,9,os• i i.Swteb, Tns lievons, ; letv I 3. - -( 1 ,. 35. per lb. French Beans, 4s. to fis. per 100 ; Savoy Cab bages, Is. to Is. per dozen ; Apples, 4s. to Lis. per bushel ; Lemons, (is. to 12s. per 100 ; Oranges, 4s. 6d. to 12s. per 100; Turnips, 2d. Ter bunch ; Broeoli, Is. to 4 s. per to Os. don i to 63. per MbVc , .; Ceitry ; 6cl: to Is. tid. psr buddle ; Plants, 3s. to .ss. 6d. per doscn. NEIVGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies were good, dem hnd brisk; atilt prices much as btsldi-6t 11b e f s . Idtl. to is. lbd. Dllifton 'ie. toffs. Idtl; Veal as. Sd. to os. Pork 3s. 2d. to 4s. la 'r stone of 81bs. . orx 3s. 2d. to 4s. . .• Pe) HUNGERFORD MARKET. Fair supplies, and a good business done as last quoted. Tur bot, 6.,. to 21s. ; Cod, os. to 15s. ; Soles, 10d. to 45. Gd. per Bsir ; Salmon, 3s. to P s . 631. per lb. ; Lobsters, 2 s. to 3 s. ; eef, 'i")d. to 8 1 / I d. ; Mutton, 71,4 d. to ti l 4d. ; Veal, 6d. to 9d : ; Pork, 7%e1. to 8 1 /,d per lb. Vegetables in fair supply, prices as at Covent-garden. BILLINGSGATE MARKET. A good supply and a brisk demand, prices reasonable. Tur bot, ss. to 21s. ; Cod, 3s. to 12s. ; Salmon, 2s. Gd. to 3s. per lb. ; Soles, Gd. to 4s. per pair ; Lobsters, 2s. to 6s. ; Oysters, 245. to 603. per bushel ; 3lackerel, Bd. to 10d. ; Haddocks, 6d. to Is. ; and Whitings, 3d. to 6d. HAY MARK ETS. The supplies were not l arge; but the d eman d was good, and prices much as before. Hay 605. to 90s. ; Clover 900. to 1180. Straw short supply, and 345. to 423. per load. TALI:OW MARKET. This article was very dull, and P. Y. C. 51s. 3d. to Ms. 6d. Town Tallow 535. TEA MARKET. This department was very quiet, and scarcelyanything doing; prices firmer than they were. Company's Congous were quoted at 2s . 7d. per lb . money. A rise in p r i c es, in the share of a reaction, is expected next week. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY) DEAL, MARCH 13.—Wind N. W.—Arrived the Camp. bells, Robson, from the West Indies; Britain's Pride, Scott, Pat ras. LIVEPFOOL, MARCH 13.—Wind N. N. W.. fresh breeze. —Arrived the Tuscany, Smith, from New Orleans ; Hilah, Hamond, savannah ; Queen Victoria, Thompson, Natchez ; Menonghela, Philadelphia ; Napier, Sanford, New York ; Advance, Beale, Monte Video; Fanny Palmer, Esher, Smyrna. Off port, the United States, from New York ; Mountaineer, Jamaica; William Salt house, Porto Rico. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH I3.—Wind N.W.—Arrived her Majesty's ship Vanguard, from Malta—sailed 23i ult. ; St. Austin, Priaulx, Marsala. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 13.—Wind N. E.—Arrived, the Ellen Highfieltl, Douglas, from Ancona. Off port, the Penyard Park, Middleton, from the Mauritius. FALMOUTH, MARCH 13.—Wind N. to N.E., fresh breezes. —Arrived the Jane, Thompson, from the Cape of Good Hope, sailed 10th January. Off port, the Norfolk, M‘Gildowney, from the Mauritius, sailed 15th Dec. BRISTOL, Martell 13.—Arrived the Africa, Hammond, from the Mauritius ; Clifton, Walters, Trinidad; Rose, Richards, St. Michael's. Sailed, the Caroline, Brooks, for Tobago. CORK, MARCH 11. —Sailed, the Zorilda, Bryant, for Bar ba does. HASTINGS, MARCH 13.—Off port, the WincbeEter, Sal. mon, fr.m he ALturitiuri. LTNN, MARCH 13.—The Minerva, Barnard, from Stock ton to this port, struck on the Lynn Kewek Sand yester day, and sank in deep water in the track of vessels bound to this port and Wisbeach. Crew saved. LivaitrocL, MARCH 13.—The Richard Anderson, Ben nett, arrived at this port yesterday from New Orleans, with loss of jib-boom, head-rails, &c., having teen in contact with the Roman, late Salisbury, from Savannah to this port, uff Holyhead. The latter sank. Crew saved. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK The United States packet ship has arrived at Liverpool from New York ; sailed on the 15th ult., same date as previously received by the Scotland. ' Accounts from Lima in December state that Gamara was still in the President's chair, but his administration was held in contempt by the people, who were only wait ing the departure of part of the Chtlian army which still remained, on the 7th December, to rise in revolution to bring General Santa Cruz to the Presidency, who was at Guayquil, eagerly watching the course of events. Ia con- sequence of the distracted state of the times, business was at a stand. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, FRlDAY.—Nothing has occurred since our last to make any alteration in the posi tion of our market. It continues inactive, and is likely to remain so, so long as we are without favourable accounts from the manufacturing districts. There is little change in prices; if anything rather in favour of buyers, but still in a very trifling degree. Very little business is doing to day ; not more in the whole than 2,000 bales. Exporters have taken 500 bales of American, and 30 Surat; and speculators 500 bales of American. Accounts from Alexandria state that the Russian flag has been greatly insulted in that port by the crew of an Egyptian boat, who pursued the sailors of a Russian barque on the deck, and although the captain lowered his flag, they took the captain to the Egyptian Admiral's ,hip, who would not interfere in the affair. The Russian Con sul, on hearing of the insult to the Russian fbig, irnm!- diately demanded satisfaction. The Puha ordcr,i an in quiry to be made, which has lasted for these six days. We have received Montreal papers two s later of the Bth February, ako Quebec to the 6th February. His Excellency the Governor-General was expected at Montreal on Friday. Chief Justice James Sfuart arrived on Wednesday last. The abuse papers are void of interest. The Canton packet (an American ship) has arrived gt Cowes, laden with tea, THE FUNDS. Saturdays in general are dull for arrivals and genee ; thus it is this day, as aell as in the operations is the Funds. No speculations have taken place to the prc , sent time. Consols opened at the leaving-off prices of yesterday, 9(1 1 for Money ; and 90:1 i for the Account; Exche quer Bilk, 19 21 prem. ; Inoia Bonds, 1 3 prom ; India Stock, 247 249; •Bank Sock shut. In the Foreign Market as yet the prices arc nominal, Spanish Active. 281 294 ; D e f erred, 141 ; Pass i ve. 7 i 1 ' Portuguese, 331044 ; Three per Cents., 23i 244 ; Co lombian, 251; Mexican, 29k.; Dutch Two-anti-at i talf par Cents., 524 53-k ; Five per Cents., 1001 1014. I'llteEs tit , :,TUCKS Tuts DAY AT oNE O'CLOCIS. _ Bank Stu-k — India Stock per Cent. Red. ---- Ditto Bonds 3 per Cents. C0n.... . ....... 90% l,i . South Sea Stock 3t„ per Cent !fifth Red, --;• New Ditto N . cw 13lx, i4ei Celli. ( NI, I‘ • 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 New 5 per cnt. flask Long Annuities to.xpire ' Ditto 500 in 21 pm. Jan 5, t7qlo .. ..... ........ -- Ditto Small l9 I!, lin. Oct. 10, 559 - Ditto Commercial J:11. 5, , -4;11 . -- Ditto Advertised ..... - - pm. Jan. 5, .i , .0 , -Bank 'SLOok for Account ... 178 X, Aprils, 040 —- • India Sthck for Account .. Jan. '5. 870 ' • ----. Consols for Account 90% BRACES Of FOREIGN EU NDS InIS , DAI-- AT ONE 0 CLOCI. Austrian 80nd5,........,. .. , : Peruvian llon.4: Belgian Bonds Ditto Account , rorttigue,e Bonds 13raziliz 'i Bonds ......... ..... ~- Ditto New Bonds Ditto Account • - Ditto Accoup luenos , tytcs Bonds , , , '-- , Ditto, 3 per Cent. .......„ i'37.,, Ditto 1.c.c0 - .lnt - .'itto Account - ';hilian 30r.l • - Prussian Bonds - Dttz :c.:•..c,,nt ..., •-• Russian Bonds, 1:32' -. Cearit ian 2:lds --( Ditto Account...". ..... Dittyki:za6 tit - ! Ditto Metallic ........ ....... - Columbian 3: • (4,1024 11:r.: kr.raist 2 5 14% . Ditto Account. Danish Bonds Ditto t.: cm sit -1 Deferred 14% Greek Bonds -! French, 5 per cent. -f. -t. Ditto Bonds, 1825 - ' ----- 4 per cent. Ditto Account - , ----. 3 per cent. f. -c. Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent - ----- Excl - ange. -1. -r, Ditto Account - Dutch, 04 per cent. D 1 : ,., ii tier Cent. ..„ ..... - Ditto Account - Ditto Account Neapolitan — Ditto Account."... - PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share . Cata Br2nca Mining Company 834 8 ,:rwat Western dartway COlTlpaity N.,rth Midland Railway Company .. ICO 14% COURSE OF EXCHA N(SE i'k;:i . ei 4 l)A y. Amsterd•trn • CV. 12 41.7'1 tilbra:us -.... ' ........... mc Ditto, at 5ight............, 12 . 2. '[1...e ,. ...rn..........................ii 57 Rotterdam r'.• 'V. 12..5% . ben!, .. ..••• .......• . 25 7 5 Antwerp..:' ' • r ' - 'l2''-5 • 3 fi1ari:;.....:...:..—.....•...... ''', Hamhurg.......... MAL 13 :24 , Vone.e...-..:..... ..... ....., 47 minna . ..... ............ 1 1 J 3.. J N...pies ..,•••••••,••• ..••••••••••• • 40 9 e Parb, - 3 daysight... ' 25 45 l'alOrmo -4............. per as. 42% 1.)itt0........ ... . ;.. .3 Ms. :2.'70 Li50cn'. , ...................... 55 "sliveiller. Bourdcaux Frankfort on Main°, Ex. 51. 150% Kania.. - -.......-..................... VS I .' , terstnngh,rublc...3 Us. 57%, Buenos Ayres ........:.......... -. Berlin Vienna, oirective 11...3 M lc II Philzd . r;nnla ....... ........ itr Triv.tc ditto 'A 7 I'M: "f. ‘.../1' et Li.i's. ^s., rks. 02, ritadrid • '.36N ts,rtu,a. riy.ld, c•nri ....LC It 1.1 Cadiz.... 363 I c,r.T.tgn (•t.k . d.. ..• titts„.. h .7 t Nctv 1)(t0b)041$ ......... V c 0 BlreAflor, qfi ~ n..n. N- 0 --• ." •.............. t: 4 1 ..... 3/1 Silver ..., itars •- ..,....,. 0 0 0 icsillc PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, mart" 12 3 per Cent. Consols 3Y6 net Cent. Stock .... n e : , a 4 l, yi.urtnt. ........ Ditto Reduced City of Dul•lin s'" ...... : ........ Ditto New,lB3o ...... team Cote p. 9834 National Il'surance Company :1!„„ par Cent.Debcnturcs • NI City Debentures, 4 per cent. Bank Stock 244 Ballast Office Debentures, 4 Grand Canal Stock Royal Canal Stock HALF-PAST' ONE. A Baltimore paper received this morning gives a gloomy picture of the state of trade at New York. The following is the only extract worth quoting:— NAVAL DEPENcE. —The Navy Board have reported in favour of building forty armed steam-boats for coast and harbour defence; they also report that there are fit fbr service or worthy of repair eleven ships of the line, ove rasee, fourteen frigates, ,twenty sloops, and six smaller e stimate, to complete the force, an addi ve,sels, and they tion would be requited of fourteen ships of the line, fifteen frigates, eleven sloops, and twenty-four smaller vessels. The coat of building and arming this additional force is estimated at 19,200,000 dollars;; for the completion of the Navy yards 24,000,000 dollars is required. The business in the Funds is in the same stagnant state as in the catty part of the morning, although m oney i n the city and in the house is at eery rates. In commercial affairs in general little doing on Saturdays. The c,rgo of tea which has arrived by the Canton packet at Cowes cannot be landed, being in a foreign ship. It apprars that site touched at Cowes to receive orders for her destination to some foreign port. our China a ff a i rs b egins to sub- The anxiety respecting side, and it will be some months before we can have any intelligence respecting the operations of our naval force in that quarter, owing to the monsoon season setting in. The letters by the American packet. ship are not as yet delivered. Consols may be quoted at 90i Account ; Money, 901 1, as in the morning; Exchequer Bills, 19 21 premium. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active rather improved, Passive, 7i it ; Portuguese, 34 ; Colombian, 25 1 i ; Dutch Two and Half per Cents., 53 ; Five per Cents.lol. No further arrivals at present. FINE iii-if 4; HArtER'S PICTURE OF THE COlGit..4.' Mr. flayter's fine .`',,'Oto'n'afion - eif Queen Victoria is fully deservin g of all the rei;:, E tit.d.iv_ , 'n it h'as' acquired. We look upon it indeed as the greatest work of,art he has yet achieved. The colouring is rich and c r yihoi:tt: being nt .....3vdre, or offending the eye by tncretticYtt's Mare on the eontrarY, strictly tempered in its tone, .-t?.d altihlis several striking con trasts. The point of time which t9 , _t reititst has selected for his picture, is that interesting moment :thin the Cron !hit biers .ust placed on the Queen's head by tilt Archbishop of Canteibilfyi t. , n4 the Peers, previously to resuming their coronets, are greeV4 hlr Majesty with their most fervent acclamations. The ti en is, of dourse,i the principal figure in the paint ing. She is placed nearly ecntre, and is seated in the chair of Edward the Confosgor ; r:Tars the Dal matic robe, and bears, in her right hand, the iteptr!, of the cross, and, in her left, the sceptre of the dove. The expression of her countenance, which is in profile, has been preserved with admirable skill it exhibits much dignity and self-possession, and gill be at once re cognized as an admirable likeness. (in Ur itjesty's right hand stands the Duke of Norfolk, asHereditary tart Marshal; and next him is Lord Melbourne, who holds the sword of state, and is represented in the act. of re placing the coronet on his head. At a sight distance from his Lordship is the Duke of Wellington: --..--a capital portrait, but taken, we presume, previously to his recent serious indispositions. A skilfully arranged groupe of distinguished individuals extends from the Royal box to the altar, close to which stands the Archbishop of Canterbury surrounded by several of the highest Church dignitaries. Immediately behind the throne, is a group composed of her Majesty's train-bearers, some of whom arc among the loveliest women in the land. "Ile pot. traits of these beautiful females—especially that of the Duchess of Sutherland —are, we understand, remark able for their correctness. In the rear of this attractive groupe, stand the Marquises of Anglesea and Nor mauby, both of whom vie recognized at a glance, so skilful—we might almost say, startling—are the like nesses. It is one of the great merits of this clever pie ture the, though the canvass, as may be imagined, is crowded with figures, there is not the slightest confu sion ; and the space in the foregroond is so artfully eon trived, that the eye at once fixes on the persln of the Queen. Altogether, it may be pronounced the best painting of the Coronation that has yet appeared. I Lord John R usse ll w ill entertain a select party at dinner to-morrow (Sunday), in Wilton-crescent. General Lord Hill will give his first grand dinner to-day, in Belgrave-square, to a distinguished party. The Lord Chancellor's first grand dinner to-day, at Granville House, will be given to a circle of sixteen, in cluding Lord Melbourne, Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Mr. Macaulay; also the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, Lord and Lady Albemarle, &c. At ten o'clock La'ly Cottenham will hold her first assembly, to which all the 1 foreign Ministers and four hundred fashionable, are invited. Lady Lyndhurst's ball, on Monday next, is given in celebration of the natal day of the Hon. Miss Copley, who completes her 19th year on that day. The Marchioness of Ailesbury has a soiree on Thursday next, in Grosvenor-square. .1:;:e Dowager Countess of Clare has issued cards for a soiree on the 20th inst., in Belgrave-square. The Earl and Countess of Kinnoul have a grand dinner at Hampden House on the first of April. Lord Melbourne has appointed the Hon. Hugh Fortesque, eldest son of Lord Ebrington, to be one of his Pri vate Secretaries, in the place of Mr. G. E. Anson, who has been appointed Treasurer to Prince Albert. The Honourable Charles C. and Lady Catherine Cavendish have a grand dinner party at Burlington Heuse, on the 28th instant. Major Sirr has quite recovered his recent illness. He resumed his Magisterial duties at the Head-office (Dublin) at an early hour on Saturday last. MR. DRUMMOND.—His friends and the Irish public will rejoice to learn that Mr. Drummond will return to the active duties of his office, on Friday next, in renovated health.—Dublin Evening Post. TUE DUKE OF SUSSEX AND MR. BYNG.— We have heard it mentioned that Lord Marcus Hill, who re ceived the exceedingly interesting and impressive letter from thf. Duke of Sussex, and who read the same at the Byng Celebra tion, on Wednesday, in Drury-lane Theatre, has since thus ex pressed himself, that " he must ever consider it a great honour to have been the organ of the sentiments so worthily and feelingly expressed by his Royal Highness, who, while he rejoiced at the reception given to his own heart-felt sentiments, learned with the liveliest satisfactirin, on Thursduy morning, the honours rendered (to use his own felicitous diction)' to the true old English gentleman.' " LOR„ -----... D 131touGHAm.-Hi s Lordship at the last accounts was still at his seat at Cannes (Var), where he enjoyed the Italian breezes from the Mediterranean. Lord Glenelg was expected from Nice at Cannes on a visit to Lord Brougham. The Hight Hon. T. Lefroy, M.P., is fast reco vering from his late iMlisposition. He has paired off with Mr. H. Grattan till early in April. The Marchioness of Westmeath is arrived it Paris, on her way to England, much improve; in health. FRIGHTFUL Acct DEN T.—Un Friday forenoon, about twelve o'clock, as a man of the name of James Pattisen carman to Mr. Sadler Smith, timber-carrier, Chapel-street. Worsliip-s.treet, was turning a timber-cart into the yard, hi, toot slipped, the effect of which was that he drew the shaft horse towards him, when the near shaft entered the back part of the poor fellow's skull, penetrating three or four inches. h e horse, being alarmed, raised the shaft up, upon which the unfortunate man hung motionless. The horses were ,stopped, and Paulson was taken off, but without any signs of life. 'flit Imtiv was taken to the public-house opposite, to which place a sl:-oll was brought from Shoreditch workhouse, whither tilt body was removed. The deceased ha. left a widow and foul children. BOOKSELLERS' PROVIDENT INSTITUTION. —The annual general meeting of the Directors of and Sub scribers to this benevolent society was held on Thursday after noon, at the Albion Tavern, Aldersgate-street, Mr. .Nisbet, Berners-street, in the chair. This society, which has been onl) in existence three years, was instituted under the auspices of all the leading booksellers, printers, and literary men in Londcn. Its object is that of establishing a fund for the permanent as• sistance of booksellers and booksellers' assistance, being mem bers. and 'their widows, and the temporary assistance oi members, their widows, and children, when in necessi tous circumstances. The auditors' report was read b) Ale% Meyriek, the Honorary Secretary. The number o. subscribers on the books of the institution on the 31st of December, 1839, was as follows :—Honorary life sub scribers 16, annual life subscribers 4, life members 224. annual snetubers 148; total, 392. State of the funds, as re ported at the general meeting held in March, 1839, viz., amount of cash and interest invested in the hurts of the com missioners for the reduction of the national debt, 7,3291. Bs. 3d. ; balance in hand or treasurer, 561. 17s. 2d. ; making a total of 7,386/. ss. 3d. Amount of donations received during the year 1839, 1861. 2s. ; amount of annual and life suscriptions, 895/. ; interest allowed by the commissioners for the reduction of the natioual debt, 2961. 10s. 11d. ; total, 8,76h1. 18s. 4d., expenses incurred, 237/. 16s. 2d., leaving an accumulation of 8,5251. 19s. 26. Irons the first establishment of the society. Up to the present time there are no claimants upon the charity. The reading of the report ereateu the greatest satisfaction, and after some other business of no public interest had been trans acted, a vote of thanks was passed to the chairn tan, and the meeting serarated. MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF lIEI. MAJESTY'S FAVOURITE SPANIEL," CHERLY.;"-Yesterdm. at the Marylebone Police-office, a man named Thomas Beck was placed at the bar, before the sitting Magistrate, Mr. Raw !instil], on the charge of having stolen a spaniel dog, the property of her Majesty. Mr. Ainslie, a veterinary surgeon, on bein sworn, said, " I have frequently had th e c h arge a h er Majesty's dogs, and a favourite one, named " Cherry," was brought tt me about three weeks ago, and it was put into the drawing room ; the apartment was unfurnished, and my intention was to appropriate it entirely to the animal in question. Last night, at eleven o'clock, the servant maid fed Cherry, and having done so she shut the door. No other person could possibly have had access to the room but the prisoner, Did the accused know it was the Queen's dog which you had in the drawing-room?— Mr. Ainslie: Yes.—There being no sufficient evidence to sup port the charge, Beck was discharged. THE TYRIAN.--Tilts vessel, about which si much public interest has been excited, since her being dragged from the place where she sunk off the Terrace Pier, Graves end. has been lying off Rosherville Pier, Norahfleet, but two of the chains by which she was lifted on Frids y last, having slipped from her bottom, allowed her again to sink to the bed of the river. Nothing is at present doing in the way of re- corn• mencing operations, the workmen contenting themselves with keeping her in an upright position, and in securing the two chains now under her till two other lighters shall arrive from Sheet ness, and a couple of heavier and stronger chains to re place those that. have given way. Captain Cunningham, the master of the Tyrian, now lies at the house of Mr. Ross, the pilot at Gravesend, in a most dangerous state, and was visited on IVednesday by Dr. Blundell, who gave small hopes of his re covery. It is said that he has ruptured one of the small blood vessels of the heart. Lord liaddo, the eldest son of the Earl of Aberdeen, will leave town shortly, on another tour in the east of Europe. _ The Politique, a Brusselsiournal, says that the reported changes in the Belgian Cabinet will lead to the fol lowing appointments :—M. de Theux, the Interior • M. No thomb, Public Works ; M. Demaisieres, War ; 111. Fallon, President of the Chamber of Foreign Affairs • M. Dumon. ccaux, Justice ; M. D enn y, Fi nance. I t is added that M. Wilmar is intended for the Embassy to Berlin. These, reports, however, have no official character. MAD DOGS.—DREADFUL CASES.—The mad dog-destructive -cry has begun somewhat earlier than usual. Formerly the moon was supposed to have something to do witn man-madness, now the sun is said to occasion canine madness. Accordingly no sooner does Phcebus send forth a real ray of genuine sunshine, than the mad-dog cry instantly becomes rife both in town and country, and dogs, poor devils, not less sane than their slayers, are doomed to death without judge or jury. A LENGTHENED IMPRISONMENT.--An ap plication was made to the Insolvent Debtor's Court on Wednes day night for leave to file a petition on the part of a person who has been upwards of ten years in the Queen's Bench prison. lie had been a sutler, and was now anxious to be restored to liberty. Those who had carried on a business within the walls foundtrade very bad, from the diminished number of prisoners arising from the recent alteration in the law. The prisoner had had only two detainers against him, and both were under one hundred pounds. The application was granted. CAUTON TO MASTER BUILDERS AND OTHERS.—An inquest was held by Mr. Payne, the City Co rimer, on the body of a man named Davey, who, it appeared, died in consequence of injuries received by falling down an area of an unfinished house, which, it was stated, had been left un covered, and had been suffered to remain in that dangerous state for the last fortnight. The jury, atter hearing the evidence, returned a verdict of "Manslaughter" against the builder, and the Coroner made out his warrant of committal upon that charge. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' ASYLUM, --Friday was the appointed day for the admission of the candidates at the last election, and there was consequently an incidental meeting for the occasion. The different appointment s as regarded the particular houses vacant were decided by ballot. The Chair man then presented the new inmates with the keys of their houses, a copy of the regulations of the Asylum, and a large Bible. ATTACK UPON THE " NlCK."—About one o'clock on Tuesday morning the police made a success f u l attac k upon a gambling-house. No. 16, Leicester-square, known as the " Nick," and, in addition to the bank, containing 281. 10s., roulette-wheels, rakes, dice, dice-boxes, &c., they capt ure d the principal, the croupier, the porter, and no less than twelve of the players. On Thursday the principals were placed at the gar, before Mr. Long, at Marlborough-street. They gave their names John Wells, proprietor ; Lewis Franks and IVil limn Jones, croupiers ; and 'Thomas Williams, porter. The defendant 'Wells, without hesitation, admitted that he was the owner of the gaming-house, and that the other three were his servants, acting under his directions. Wells was fined 1001., Franks and Jones 501. each, and the porter 201. The twelve players were then ranged at the bar, and all except the foreigner were fined Si. each. Riviera was fined only 2/. A compJaint was made against the police 1:r having carried away the bil iiard-table. Mr. Long would not entertain it, as it was ev i 'lent for what purpose the b illiard-table had be en placed in th e - Mtn . I'HE MUSICAL PRODIGY.—On Friday last, Mr.Vinniuo, re cently of Falmouth, gave a concert, at th e Asumbly Room, Truro, under the patronag e o f w . H Bull mi.., slayor. The principal attraction in the per formances was his beautiful little daughter, only three years and five months old, who has the most astonishing ear for music that we ever witnessed in one so young. Sh e has a surpris ingly clear and melodious voice, with a compass far beyond a that of children generally of doubl e h er a music is evidenced by the gu s t o with which , shend her lov e o f pathos and action delight e d and astonishedevesry ing o s n . e, H an e d r she was repeatedly greeted with tremendous rounds of applause, which were again and again renewed. We have always had objeCtions to , ir h odigies, having mostly found them to fall very far short of v i. atwehad been led to expect. On this occasion we attended with indifference, and were con sequently the more gratified when we heard her beautiful tones , and witnessed the raptures with which she was anim ate d b y certain passages. Th e most plaintive notes called forth a cor responding mark of passion in her countenance, while lively passages excited her with delight. Sometimes she beat time with a wildness of enthusiasm that elicited the strongest feeling from the audience. No wonder that Thalherg expressed such delight on hearing her, or that he afterwards sent her father a letter commendatory of her performance. Mr. Vinn.ng played several of Mori's pieces on the violin in very fine style; and at the close of the performances, announced his intention to give another concert, which will take place on Tuesday evening next.— West Briton. On Thursday a numerous meeting of merchants, proprietors, and others interested in the West Indies, was held at Willis's Rooms, King-street, St. James's, for the purpose of considering what measures should be adopted in reference to a petition from the East India Company, praying a relaxation of the duties on East India produce. A petition was adopted by the meeting, and a Sub-Committee having been appointed t o watch the proceedings in Parliament, a vote of thanks w a; passed to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. • CASE OF MADAME LAFFARG.-.-.41 tumour is said, by the Univers, to be current that. some years ago, M. Laffarge, of Glandier, committed a forgery, and that it was by the hands of a young elerk, who was an accomplice in the act, that he was poisoned. The fact of thu forgery, it says, is positively affirmed to be tree. The Progres, crf the dlspartnar* of the Correze, states that Madame Laffarge is now solifitwd au secret under the surveillance of two gendarmes, sod Wit - the es no longer permitted to receive any visits, exoept with 6.314(7- eial authorization of the Procureur du Rai. Her health is said to be seriously affected. QUABTET•T CONCERTS. The 'Third of these instrnctive Cetestrf, ./ 4 141,..,Y0ve, Gat6e, Dando, and Lteca--., took place on Thursday nt the Hanorei-sonare Hoorn.% We were much gratifieP! to tr^ I , ' , large an assembly, the largest as have seen at these concert;. The ;* 4 4Thrtett which opened the ct - Jne?vt, exhibited all the great eharatN-ristics of Beethoven. tlevation of thought, grandeur of cC:rt...r.ption, with the profounel har mony, the exquisite light and slittcic, which is so essenti4; f o ~ !'cil.rit the compositions of the greatclK master, was most carefully alfc.nded to. and the loud plaudits L - Imovr ed upon the four gentlemen ; ertr , red that they had not been labour in vain, or scattering . "pearls before swine." „ . The teterna Lindley was received in a way that must have gratified trl: , oexceedingly. The trio of Corelli selected was No. 7 of the fourth Wit, in F major, three movements, was so admirably played by Lindley, Lucas, and Howell, that 1: was encored. It would be idle to say how admi rably Lindley' , pavformed bis allotted portion, or how well Lucas supported him, hut the third gentleman is not so well-known, and following after Dragonetti on the double bass, !!.ft Mr. Howell a very difeult task to perform. Mr. Howell, tiutrevsr, appears to have deeply studied this great master, and rightly understood him, and was fully entitled to share in the marked applause which so deservedly was bestowed on him and his talented associates. The Second Act introduced a new pianoforte player. a riarnz -.ve do not remember to have heard before, Miss egt . vvi.o, we understand, is the daughter of Mrs. Orger, the actreig. The trio selected was Beethoven's, in B flat major, upera 97, four movements The young lady ac critted hersctf well. The Scherzo, so exceedingly difficult, was sustati;‘ , d throughout, and the Andante in D major, shoWni thai the far performer entered into the cpiri! of the auth6r, Miss Orger made a most successful debut. 'be Concert terminated with a double quartett of Spobr. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BOSTON STEEPLE — CMASE—TimasnAr. A Sweepstakes of IV each, with 100/. added, for horses of all denominat.ons ; ... - inner to pay 10/. towards expenses, the second horse to save his' atehe. Horses to carry 1 Ist. 71b. ; mares allowed 21b. : the winner of a steeple chase to carry 71b. eitra. Distance not to exceed four miles. Mr. Davey's bay g. Gay Lad Mr. Marris's Peter birople This was a well contested rice, Beeswing (rode by Cart wrieht) taking the lead for about two miles, being challenged that distance by Gay Lad (rode by Whitworth); Beestving, missing a leap, thee , raye up. 'I he whole of the remaining dis tance was beautifully contested by P eter Si mp l e ( ro d e b y Walker) and Gay Lad, who came in first by four lengths. There were about forty leaps, and the distance (tour miles) was done in 131 minutes, the pace being tremendous considering the weight and fences. SECOND RACE For a Sweepstakes of 3/. each, with 201. added, for horses of all ages ; to carry 11st.; to be the property of an owner re siding within ten miles of Boston. Mr. Jackson's bay h. Smike Dr. F. Snaith's bay h. Shamrock 2 Mr. Dodd's bay h. Grasshopper HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Her Majesty's staghounds will meet on Monday at Dawley hill; Wednesday, at New-lodge, Winkfield ; Friday, at Iver. heath—at half-past eleven. The Liralikow and Stirling hire foxhounds Monday, at. Eassie-toll ; Wednesday, at Marcus-lodge; Friday, at Brax Cross-roads—at half-past ten. The Brighton harriers Monday, at Patcham ; Wednesday, at the Race-course ; Friday, at 6e Dyke—at a quarter -past ten. The Brookside harriers Monday, at Newmarket-hill ; Thurs day, at Teiscombe-tye—at half-past ten. The East Sussex hounds Monday, at short-gate—at a quarter to 61ereo. Mr. Archer's hounds Monday, at Horse-bridge ; Thursday, at Dolsiown—at half-past ten. The Marquis of Hasticgs's hounds Monday, at Coleorton- Hall ' • Wednesday , at Clifton-villag e ; S atur d ay, at Stanton by-Dale—at eleven. _ Mr. Meynell's hounds Monday, at Wicknor-park ; Thurs day, at Longford ; Saturday, at lngestre. The Whitehill hounds Monday, at Tickwood—at eight. '1 he Cheshire hounds Monday, at the Tabley-house ; Wed nesday, at Hurlstone-village ; Thursday, at Cholmondeley castle ; Saturday, at Ravensmoor-windmill—at half-past ten. The Monmouthshire hounds Monday, at Clytto-lodge ; Thursday, at Dingestow—at ten. The Northumberland and North Durham hounds Monday, at Branley ; Wednesday, at Alnwick ; Friday, at Lemmington branch ' • eaturday, at Newton-o n -th e -M oor — a t h a lf- pas t ten. Earl Fitzwilliam's hounds Monday, at Alaxew ; Wednesday, at Thrapston-b. idge ; Friday, at Thorney Toll-bar—at ten. Sir R. Sutton's hounds Monday, at Gate Barton ; Wednes day, at Stapleford-moor ; Thursday, at Blankney ; Saturday, it - Halfway -house, Newark-road— a t eleven. The East Kent hounds Monday, at Reinden ; Wednesday. at Gorsley ; Friday, at Tyler-hill —at half-past ten. ' The Tickham hounds Monday, at Lee's-court. Major-General Wyndham's hounds Monday, at Bignor wood ; Wednesday, at Lisgate-common ; Friday, at Sidney wood—at half-past ten. Mr. Cockburn's hounds Tuesday, at Castle Neroche. Mr. Tudway's hounds Thursday, at The Beacon; Saturday, at Hardington-pillars. The Somerset Subscripticn foxhounds Friday, at Couple crass—at half-past ten. The Nelmes foxhounds Tuesday, at Herongate ; Saturday, at Stock—at half-past ten. The Essex Union foxhounds Tuesday, at Steeple; Saturday, at Rayleigh—at half-past ten. Lora Adolphus Fitzeiarence entertainer] a fashion. able circle at dinner, last evening, at St. James's Palace. The Earl anti Countess of Clarendon had a select part• to dinner, on Thursday evening, in North Atlley itreet. Lord and La3y Man:borough entertained Lord Ind Lady Burgheish, Sir Charles and Lady Rapt, his Excel lency M. Dedel, Sir Charles Rowley, 111 r. and Mrs. Monte tiore, Dowager Countess of Clarendon, and a select party at. linner, Friday evening, at their residence in Saville-row. The llarquis and Marchioness of Douro, Lord and Lady Fitzroy Somerset, Earl and Countess of Essex. Lady Stepney, Captain Bagot, Hon. Captain Murray, Hon. Miss Somerset, Mr. Cul ling Smith, &c., dined with the Noble Lord and Lady on Thursday evenkg. MEYERBEER.--The late dramatic writer, M. Meyerbeer, brother of the author of Robert k Diable. •lirected by his will that the money for which one of his houses at Berlin might be sold should he invested in the pu!,lic funds of Prussia, and the income given to young painters and sculp tors of the Jewish persuasion, to enable them to travel into France and Italy, in order to improve themselves in their art. The exec u to rs , having sold the house and invested the money, is we learn from Berlin, have requested the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of that city to undertake the office of selecting the objects of the benevolent bequest. The Academy has accepted the trust, and decided tl.nt the allowance shall be awarded an- aually to the most worthy upon a competition, the first of which is to take place in the summer of 164 I . , SACRED HARMONIC SOCI ET Y.—" Israel in Egypt" was again performed on Friday evening in Exeter Hall, with the usual. strength of vocal and instrumental per ormers, and the usual grandeur of effect. Assuredly the sub lime conceptions of Handel, in the unrivalled choruses of this Jratorio, were never before realised as they have been at the concerts of the Sacred Harmonic Society. In the formation of a vocal chorus such as was never before permanently brought. together in England —nor, probably, in the world—they have created an engine of stupendous power ; hut do they now bring its capabilities, to anything like their full extent, into action ? They have confined themselves almost exclusively to the works of Handel ; and even of his numerous productions, they have contented themselves with the frequent repetition of four or five, some of winch, moreover, are by no means among his best or greatest. When we add to these Haydn's " Creation," Beethoven's " Mount of Olives," and Mendelssohn's " St Pau'," wills the not very judicious selection of anthems given at a recent performance, we include, we think, the whole matter brought forward by this S ciety since its formation. We make these remarks in the most friendly spirit, and more in the way of suggestion for the future than of censure for the past.' A marriage is talked of between the Hon. Miss Plunkett, eldest daughter of the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and a gentleman of great wealth in the sister country. THE SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES.—At a meeting of the Society held on Thursday evening, Hudson Gurney, Esq., F.R.S., in the chair, James Watson, Esq , " and It. Hussey, Esq., of Birmingham, were elected Fellows. Theodore Hook, Esq., was admitted on the same evening. A curious miniature of Oliver Cromwell was exhibited. A letter from H. Smith, Esq, on the paintings in the Gallilee of Dur ham Cathedral, was read, and copies of the paintings laid on the table. The last of an interesting series of papers on ancient buildings in Normandy, by G. Godwin, jue., Esq., F. R. S., was read by the Secretary. The tower of the Church at La Besse Allemagne is surmounted by a peculiarly high pyramidal roof of stone, which may be regarded as a foreshadowing of these feathery fairy-like spires " pointing heave n - war d," w hi c h afterwards be:ame distinguishin g features of the pointed style of architecture. EVENING EDITION', METROPOLITAN ANTI-COR LAW ASSOCIATION. Mr. Paniton lectured on Wednesday evening to a 1 1 / 7 i.:lre respectable and very rurnerous audience. itr the ele.:, , ast Asserribly-rocm attached to the Mermaid Tavern, HaekacY., There were annut 6001 persons present. The proc,e4l.. legs were of the most gratifying dex,tiptio:), audience participating in the spirit of thQ lecturer. mid uarmly tegifying aidr bynipat with to eakAlie 1)!• ro po.,ted ecelamations. The Chair was occupied by G. Smal:field, Esq.. who, in the strong expression of his cotivictions, as to the is.j:sa tice of Ic:4i:oi/icing for the benefit of the noblest .an 4 wealthiest, at the expense of the lowliest and the paoresz of the realm, was greeted by the hearty and honest plau dits of the whole meeting. A petition w a s a d o pt e d, which received several hundrrel signatures on the spot, and after a moot enthusiastic vote of thanks had been given to Mr. Paulton, the meeting broke up. O. Thursday evenin;, Mr. Paulson again lectured is one or the spacious floor; in the large granary of .1 um mete, E,q., of Rotherhithe. This gentleman had Der. aso deeply impreseed wish the importance of the subject learn a lecture he had beard during the previous week, that he vac detcrnnned, irpossible, to arouse his friends and neighbemrs to take tip the :;uestion with similar zeal. Ile accrordilOy offered to provide every accomsnodatien at. his own ..x -!tense, if Mi. Poulton would consent to his wishes. rite oXer being accepted, the room was fitted rp in the soft tasteful style, and formed as excellent as well as appro priate arena for the advocacy of cheap bread. Upw 'yds of a thousand persons were present at the lecture, is 101 was received with the most unbounded enihnsiat.re. 'the audience repeatedly rising to testffy by the warmest ac clamations their deep devotion to the cause. A pwitt!on was sanctioned and signed by the meetirg, which, after an unanimous vote of thanks to Mr. Paulton, • separsts , oel with three times three cheers for the Queen, and the Iced repeal of the Corn-laws. On Friday evening Mr. Paulton addressed about btlfo persons. in the Assembly Rooms. Theobald's-road. lrke lecture was listened to throughout with the utmost 'at ;err. tion ; and though a large proportion of the tweeting so m a composed of the advocates of the People's Charter, "we the smallest disposition to - disturb the proert- e -di ng , was evinced during the lecture. At its close, a cairn toad t perate discussion was commenced, the great bulk of 'be working men testifying their decided adherence to :the question of Corn-law Repeal. The discussion was ultimately adjourned till next. P ri day evening; and aft er a gene ral expression of (kaiaks to Mr. Paulton, the assembly dispersed, several hundtr a d names being appended to the petition that bay for signs Pare at the doors. HAMBURGH MAIL. ST. PETERSBURGH, FEB. 24.—h is generally rer!ted that Count ‘Vorolizow, now Governor-General of Soutth Russia and Bessarabia, will be in future Ambassador at/be British Court. The Coign passed his youth in Englai , d, and is perfectly acquainted with the state of the ceivitrir and the people. His father filled this post under severta Governments, and being at length relieved frotn this olio" at a very advanced age, he continued to reside in Eng:sic/- till his death, which took place in London. GOTTINGEN, MARCH 4.—The City has this day elected, by a majority of 26 to 7 votes, for its Deputy Dr. Wachs iiash of fiamburgh, who is reckoned among the defenders of the Constitution of 1833. BERLIN MARCH 4 —The negotiations at Copenha rea for a considerable reduction of the Sound toll, and carrying on with great activity, and leave no doubt of a final fa vourable result. lIAMBURGH, MARCH 9.—A letter from London, COMORtl nicated to the Leipzic Allgemeine Zeitung, speaks of marriage of Prince Ernest of Saxe-Coburg with the daughter of the Duke of Cambridge. It is represented as a favourite wish of Queen Victoria. PRTERSEURGH, FEB. 29.—We hear that a division of the Russian troops destined egainr , t Khiva has arri,e,i at Asterabad. (This must be the auxiliary corps which was to come from Daghestan and march round the Southern coast of the Caspian Sea, and is in the sequvl to join the Mein army, for Asterabad lies on the south coast of the Caspian) The communication respecting Khiva. by Major Gens, and the remarks of Count Von He Snares give the most recent and the best information respecting this country, which is now bceome so interesting. \9,• might, perhaps, have received more oomp:ete information respecting Khiva this year, through several t , •avellers ; but we now learn that in the spring of last year several foreign ers, said to be Englishmen, were strangled by order of the Khan, who had committed no ether crime than having tra vailed to Khiva —liamburgh Papers. HAMBURG BOItNiENHALLE, Mont n In. Bilis. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents. Rank Shares A tl,lo.Russian Loan... It wsian S per Cent. Ist s.efer, C.:rtitiente ...... 101% 104 'A Inscription, Ist Merias P.)..>>. Russian 5 per Cent. Hop t and Lo. 3d and 4th Sc i s Ditto in Certificates Dutch ..ettial Debt, 2)4 pe. Cent.... Ditto 'i per Cen' 9l Polkh [1011:14 Ncw ickct Anglo. t:atiisli Loan, 3 per Cent 74 33v 7114 Norwegian Loan, Is 3 I, 4 per Cent... ... 111 S,,anish, New 3 per Cents. EXCII AN(4:s 0 4 LONDON. lissintina, Marren 10.-13. 7)4—Two months, 13 5), IDIRIVTIANIA, Fun. iti —Three months. 4 1 le. 13U11,11, 3 1anct1 7. —Three months, 6. 21. DEATH OP LADY SOPHIA BUTLEI.---Ditd at Bologna, on the 30th of January last., Lady Sophia ThrtloY, daughter of Blindsley, Earl of Lancsborough, said Lacf7 :farm llochfort, of the Belvedere family. Lady Jersto Butler WW• born in Dublin, September 19, 1769. She war brought up usher own country, and afterwards accompanied her parerrt. 1,,f0 Italy, where she wag united in her 18th year to the Marche. e Luigi Mariseotti, of Bologna. She was most exemplary as A. wife and mo her, and of a peculiarly sweet disposition. Jolla Taylor, in his work Records of my Life," London. ":}B•3e , :. c:t.'d this excellent lady as one uniting uncommon attainmet; with extreme simplicity of character, by which she retained respect and affection of all rho frequented her house. Ste was very charitable, but. unestentatiotu, and on her death-bad bequeathed a large sum of money for the relief of the neigh bouring poor. She bore extreme sufferings with pious tesrt nation, and tranquilly resigned her spirit to her Marker, deeply regretted by her relatives and friends, but vspncially by her ue reaveil husband. Her funeral, which wrs suitahle to her rank, ff was numerously attended. • Lord and Lady Wilton, Lord and Lady Mahon, 'Lord and Lady Barghersh, and the Right Bon. C. • lsrhuthaet, composed the Doke of M'ellington'6 dinner party on Wednos day evening at Apsley House. His Grace, we hai - o the pleaest , to state, continues in the enjoyment of good h:alth, and }+ cos present at the Italian Opera on Tuesday evening'. • • EXTRAORDINARY MONOMANIA.—A . .. I. 4yous parr states that a man rather advanced in life was arre,ted a few days ago in that city, an a charge of mendicity. He had made a considerable collection, aided by certificates, from.va riom, ecclesiastics On his being searched his pocket-book was found to contain eight bank notes of I,ooof. each, arid in hie pockets was a considerable sum in specie. Ide was questioned how, with so much wean, he could venture to olc7atte himself be begging, and he reylied that he had a great, many grand- • children, to whom he wished to leave a handsome indepen dence. He was, in fact, a lunatic, with the monomania of mendicity, and has bean ascertained to be worth 150,000 r.. He has two sons established in a thriving manufactory near 11 , 111.1. j and two daughters, both advantageously ma-ried. His mai.-4 came upon him some years ago, and his sons took the preesi:- t ion of writing to the chief magistrates of the country, warning them of it, acd requesting that he might be sent back to his family. This has been complied with by the Procurzur du Roi of Lyons. EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF DitOWNiNO.- Friday evening an inquest was held at the sign of the Globe and Pigeons, High-street, Shat:well, before Mr. Baker, on tb,, body of George Hogg, aged 32 years, the ca l :tain of a Rich mend barge, whit, with a young married female named i' , fxrY Ann Smith, was drowned on the night of 1 7 i -idol, the ith 1 last month, in the river, a short distance from Loneom-bridge. From the evidence of Mary Ann Barker it appeared that on the evening mentioned she and the deceased Smith *ere together near London-bridge, when they met the deceased, who invited them on board his barge to have some tea with him. They went on board, and remained there arout two hours, when he offered to take them to the play, at , d they consented to go with him. They all three came out of the cabin of the barge, and the deceased got into a skiff ych:ch was made fast to the barge, and invited her com panion Smith to jump from the barge into his arms. She did so, and bein g rather heavy, the deceased on catching }, 7 - lest his balance, and lurched on one side, which caused the boat to upset, and both were precipitated into the water. Har ker, who still remained on board the barge, called out Mr stesirt ance, but it was too late, and both were drowned. The , witnese said she heard the deceased say, while in the water, Let go my leg, and I'll save you and myself;" and from this circum stance there could be very little doubt the female Smith clung 1 to him, so that he could not disentangle himself from her, for h a d h e do n e so, he being . an expert swimmer, ma s t h ave save d himself. The body rema i ned in the water until Tuesday mcku ing last, when it was picked up near Shadwell-dock. The ' ofed tmheano,thaenrd s h u a ff s e r l : f r t. h a as w e id e ° t;c g t w bo t e h n " d t i a family.ceased was T h a e b m e a d r y ri covered. s- DEBTOR AND CREDITOR.—=In tho latter end of the month of December, 1838, a mtea was brought from the country (a distance of upwards of 20 miles), and cointnittud to this gaol for failing in payment of the sum of 41. +4. 7d., and 9s. I Id. of mks. He applied to the Magistrabas, and was allowed an aliment of Bd. a-day. His creditor still keeping him in gaol, he applied for additional aliment, and was allowed 10d. a-day ; again he applied, and was allowed Is. ; again he applied, and on Saturday Baillio Forbes awarded to him an ali ment of Is. 6d. a-day, and he still remains in prison. He is maimed, and has a wife and family. His creditor has expended nearly 191. in alimenting this debtor, and that over and above his agent's charges bringing him from the conntry. So meek for the law of imprisonment for debt —Aberdeen Journal. THE PILOT AND THE TINIES.—Mr. Barrett, the Editor of the Dublin Pivot, has published a letter in his paper "in consequence of the insidious misrepres - entatioes which have appeared in the Times" regarding an article written by that gentleman on the subject of the Duke of Wel lington's recent illness. Mr. Barrett avows the authorship of the anti-Wellington article—ehatgesthe Times, flowerer, wits o re p t r t iet sa or y .., s, i i:l soi l: garbling it, expresses an opinion that " there is a false halo • 1 Ifame" round the name of Wellington, and denying that the t o h M w e n r sO rn le ß o i a n ir r ey_and wirit,er sepPudcuiictib;lfrsi Dublin is t i P' t 3 h , l' a , lr • o s a .i s h established a Cl i b i t l y :i s w np h e c a e lPe s d r t sr w:i Pa t t h l i t P e m earm y public estimation of the talent or fidelity with which it. may be deemed to be conducted. Mr. 'O'Connell never embarked or advanced a shilling in the tender taking ; n either did he contribute to, o r di c t ate au editorial 're ticle. H us e, then, is it Mr. O'Connell's paper ? Just so oar a; the Chronicle or Tic Sun is Mr. O'Connell's paper, because be often originates in these journals, as in the Pilot, his able and Patriotic letters, and because the editor of the Pilot feels towards that great man a sentiment which he is sure is partici pated in by the editors of the Chronicle and The Suva--a warm admiration of his private virtues, and a deep sense of bis public utility." Elmmediately~ in 2 vols Bvo ., with numerous Illustrations, LEVEN YEARS IN CEYLON; comißisma sKETc',HEs of the FIELD SPORTS and NATURAL HISTORY of that COLONY, with an ACCOUNT of its HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES. By Major FORBES, 78th Highlander's. filehard Bentley, New Burlington-street, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. IMPORTANT NEWS.--The ERA of TO MORROW will contain:—Exclusive and Authentic In formation relative to the Intentions of Government on the Boun dary Quest'ion— Astounding REVELATION connected with the Conduct o 1 Government and the Chartists—Triumph of Russia : England and Turkey embroiled in a Quarrel—The Real Bear ings of the Chinese Qmstion, and Secret Cause of the Out rages against British. Subjects--Illegal Character of the Blockad e o f Buenos Ayres, and Conduct of Lord Palmerston — Annual Exhibition of Mr. Hume, M.P.—The Thiers Ad ministration—Comparative Strength of the Navies of France and England. Together with all the Domestic News of the Week down to the latest moment. Office, 20, Catherine -stre e t, Strand.