The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-03-08 00:00:00

Off IWP, Pt4ll# ,itkil§, f f • • CHENE Tti VgANS, in TPWA.IIDB of 400 Yards DARK COLOURS, AT SIXPENCE PER YARD, 'so, the remainder of a very LARGE LOT, amounting to nearly 2000 Yards, of the same gaility, IN LIGHT-AND•OARK cot.cals, as have been selling at 2s. , 141. per Yard, Now Offering at Is. 34d. and le. 4d. • UNION HOUSE, OLDHALL-STREET. TO THE NOBILITY OF , GENTRY, & INILkEITANTS LIVERPOOL. f AND J. EDGLEY, with grateful experience of the • high and continued patronage which has been vouch safed to their Establishment, beg to propitiate their former Patrons in favour of their Successors, Messrs. WM. M EARNS and Co., who will continue the Business on the same Premises, and who are authorised to receive and pay the Debts connected with that Firm. WM. MEARNS and Co., in reference to the above noti fication, beg to intimate that arrangements are being made by them to render this Establishment interior to none in the kingdom land in order to achieve that important task, Wm. M. and Co. purpose SELLING OFF the present STOCK, at very REDUCED PRICES, so as to make room for every Fashionable Requisite connected with the SUAWL and CLOAK TRADE, to which they are determined to devote their assiduous and undivided attention. • The SELLING OFF commences To.. AIORROW, (Wednesday,) the Bth instant, and will continue for Three Weeks, when the Principal will visit the Manufacturing Towns, and every Novelty will be secured and faithfully submitted to their Patrons and the Public, without parade or ostentation, at the lowest remune rative prices. 44, Bold-street, Liverpool, March, 1842. CHENE CHUSANS, COMPTON HO 11,, f SE, 16id., and 21d. the Yard. BOTH LIGHT AND DARK COLOURINGS. A4ESSRS. HOWORTH, HAIGH, and GREGORY IV' beg to announce to their Friends an e Public that, on FRIDAY next, the 11th instant, they rpose offering, until the end of the month, at a very grea Reduction, the whole of their valuable STOCK of WINTER and FANCY GOODS. 60, Bold-street, 814 March, 1842. GREAT DEPRESSION IN PAISLEY MANU -FACTURES. ______ SHIPPERS and others are invited to inspect a large (pan tity of BRUSSELS LACE COLLARS, CUFFS, and other PAISLEY ORNAMENTAL WORK, which has been consigned to the Subscribers for immediate Sale. The Collars are as low as 4s. 3d: and ss. per dezetif Cuffs 2s. 6d. per dozen. Shawls. &c., proportionately laW. BENEVO LENT INDIVIDUALS, who sympathizeriwith the distress of the female portion of the industrious pool, will be supplied with a £5 assortment of these articles, by which means they will contribute to the employment of their fellow creatures, and possess themselves of Goods worth more than their real value. The Goods will be sold at the Invoiced price. No Commission. CHARLES MACKIE and Co., Wholesale -Agents. 6, Lord-street, March 3, 1842. PIANO-FORTE AND SINGING, MR. EDWARD LAURENCE RIME continues to give INSTRUCTIONS upon the PIANOFORTE and in SINGING. For Terms, apply to Mews. HIKE and SON. 57, Church-street, where may be ha. L. HIME'S SONG, THE IVY THAT GROWS ON THE OLD ABBEY WALL." SANCTIONED BY SEVERAL OF THE WELSH AND OTHER CLERGYMEN LECTURE ON WELSH MUSIC, AND MISCELLA NEOUS CONCERT. AIR. THOMAS VENABLES will deliver a LECTURE IVI on the REMAINS of the MUSIC of the DRUIDS, and the ANCIENT NATIONAL AIRS of ALES, in the - Lecture-room, Medical Institution, Mot.pleasant, on MONDAY Evening, the 14th instant. To com4nence at Eight The Lecture will be illustrated by the Vocal Performances of Miss SARAH VENABLES, Mr. VENABLZS, Mr. PRMBER- TON, &c., and will be followed by a short MISCELLANE OUS CONCERT of MODERN MUSIC. Resefved Seats, 2s. 6d. ; Back Seats, ls. 6d. Tickets to be had of Mr. Taos. and Miss S. VENABLES. Professors of the Piano-forte, Guitar, and Singing, No. 20, Grove-street, and at the Music Shops. MESSRS. JOHN BROADWOOD & SONS' NEWLY INVENTED EXTRA. SIZE, SIX-AND-A-HALF- _ . OCTAVE, PATENT GRAND SQUAB PIANO FORTES, with GRAND PIANO-FORT ACTION. ]/[ESSRS. HIME and SON respectfully • form the No -1-Vl. bility, Gentry, and others, that the lave added the above splendid Instruments to their alread immense Stock, to which they respectfully invite the atten on of the public. They have constantly on hand an exte ive assortment of Parent Semi-Grand, Bichorda-G rand, Sqi are, Grand-Square, Cabinet, Grand-Cabinet, French-fronted Cottege, Piccolo, Forte-Planette. and Microchordon PIANO-FORTES, by JOAN BROADWOOD AND SONS, COLLARD AND COLLARD, TOMXESON, and other London Makers. great variety of Second-hand Piano-Fortes on t out on hire, taken in exchange, Music received from London N.B.—A Sale.—Piano-Fortes tuned, repaired, &c RIME AND SON, 57, CHURCH-STREET HENRY DODD, iVIANAGER AND SUPERINTENDENT o THE LATE MARY DODD, BEGS respectfully to inform his Friend and the Public, that be has succeeded to her B mess, the oldest established Paper Hanging and Decor ive Warehouse in Liverpool, No. 17, BOLD-STREET where he hopes to have a continuance of the support s oug and generously given to his late Mother. He has now on hand for the ensuin , .;F season a most superb Collection of Swiss, German, French, and London Paper . . Hangings, together with an immense and very superior Stock of his own Manufacture, which, for elegance of design and workmanship, cannot be equalled out of London. H. D. also particularly wishes the public to take notice, that the greater portion of his Patterns cannot be seen in any other House in Town, he having made arrangements with some of the first Foreign and London Manufacturers to supply him alone with their new designs. In consequence of several and serious mistakes which occur daily, there being another of the same name and trade in Bold-street, H. DODD cautions the Public, as he particu larly wishes it to be understood that he has no connexion whatever with any other house in town. 17, BOLD-STREET, Three Doors from the Palatine Club-house. IREAT IMPROVEMENT IN "GENTLEMEN'S DRESS," )F FIRST-RATE QUALITY, SUPERIOR CUT AND WORKMAN- SHIP, AT THE CIVET CAT, No. 72, LORD-STREET, LIVERPOOL D. MYERS, NAVY AND ARMY TAILOR, TROUSERS MAKER, WOOLLEN DRAPER, AND GENTLEMEN'S OUT- FITTER. ~ MITE STOCK of this Establishment has jai been reple 1. nished from the first houses in London d Paris, with London every description of Fashi ona bl e Mater for Gentle men's Dress, suit a bl e f or t h e Wi nter S a, consisting of Patent Waterproof Cloths, Pilots and Beivers &c., for Top Coats, Superfine W e st o f E ng l an d Broad' Cloth's, of the most fashionable Shades and Colours, for Gentlemen's Dress, Frock, and Riding Coats; Cassimeres, Diagonals, Plaids, Tweeos, Doeskins, &c., for Trousers -, French and English figured Silk Plusher, V'elvets, Satins, Silks, and Shawl Vest ings, of the most approved and really beautiful designs, all of which having been purchased upon most advantageous terms, so as to enable the CIVET CAT TAILORING ESTABLISHMENT to maintain its fame of MA iii`' " FIRST-RATE ARTICLES OP GENTLEMEN'S DRESS 1T THE LOWEST FOSSIBLE PRICE D. M. tenders his sincere thanks to the Nobility, Gentry, Clergy, and Professional Gentlemen of Liverpool and county of Lancaster, for the great encouragement he has received, and begs to assure them that the advantages - which have so much signalized his Establishment (viz., that of making the best articles at a very moderate price), will ever be adhered to; and as experienced Foremen are engaged from the West of London to superintend the BUTTING DEPARTMENT, A TRUE, EASY, and SCIENTIFIC FIT is WAR RANTED. D. M. particularly solicits the attention of Gentlemen who ind it difficult to procure an easy and good-fitting Trousers, a Foreman is employed for this bratich.only, and whose ention is entirely given to this important part of .Gentte-: 's Dress ; and as every branch of this Establishment is separate Foremen, due and preper.,attention is given to all orders. D. MYERS respectfully submits the following List of his Prices for the ensuing Season Gentlemen' Travelling Coats Water Sp apr+ )of Top Coats Waterproof Velvet £1 0 01 2 0 0 In Taglioni D,Orsay, Top Corts, Collars and Cuffs . Best Waterproof Bea ver Top Coat, Velvet Collar, Cuffs, and Facings.. £3 0 0 to 4 4 0, k full-sized Spanish Cloak of Sn- Superfine Cloth, nteasuringfrota seven to nine yards roam the bottom, from 2 10 0 Chesterfield style. £3 10 0 to Xi 0 0 2 2 0 „ 210 0 Superfine Dress Coats Ditto, best quality,. West ofg hz land Cloth, wool-dye . . ...... Superfine Froc ks, Silk Lined .. The Best, any of the most Fashion able Colours, or Blacks 0 0 A Good Winter Trousers, all Wool 0 0 e , 310 0 Plaid & other Fancy Trousers, from 0 17 o 0 15 0 ress Trousers, of Doe- Th e best D 1 4 0 skins, Diagonals, waterproof, ma terials, and superfine _ 000 3 0 0 2 10 3 0 0 1 6 0 011 0 ~ 110 0 ~ 014 0 ...... _ n, and Turkey Pat- --- )es t Genoa Velv et Vests 16 0 " 5 0 " 110 0 i gur ed, or emb r o idered nst beautiful design. 18 0 „ 2 10 0 k Plushes, in every culour Rich —best qua! 1 6 0 ~ 0 0 0 in Liver- rzest assn; it of French, German, and ' - , •,,red and embroidered lemen's Spencer Suits Vest, and Trousers) of PORTUGAL. Advices have been received from Lisbon to the 28th ult The following is the list of the new Ministry gazetted on the 24th instant, new, all to the Duke de Terceira, who re mains in as Premier : President of the Council, and War I Duke of Terceira. Department Home Department Justice Marine Cam pello. Finance Foreign Affair (ad interim) Of the above-named individuals, Campello and Carvalho are new men, never having been in office before. The for mer was chief clerk at the Marine Department ; the latter is a lawyer. The admission of Costa Cabral to power is expected to re store tranquillity to the country. 016 0 ~ 11G 0 3 0 0 the best quality 10 0 Tunic Dresses, elegantly made... • 2 " A Plain Suit of Li ver y c omplete at 4 0 0 „ _ 0 0 0 11. M. bein g a p up il o f her Majesty the Queen's Habit Maker, Ladies requiring Riding Habits will find this estab lishment equal to any in London, and which are made in the most elegant style, from .E-I .Is. Od. to XS Ss. Od. Gentlemen contracted with by the Year upon the following terms : 2 10 0 3 Suits per Year., 411 14 0 4 Ditto ditto 15 4 0 5 Ditto ditto .... 1 8 10 0 Best Quality. 6 Ditto ditto 21 10 0 By returning the Clothes after the usual time of wearing. NAVAL AND MILITARY UNIFORM EXACT TO REGULATION. sclection of Gold Epaulette, Swords, Belts, Gold is kept in the Stock of this Establishment. is and Captains supplied with every article of able for all climates, at wholesale terms, not to be , any House in the Kingdom. greatest variety of Macintosh' s I ndia Rubber Fa knl of Patent Wate r p roof Cloths, Cash meres , & c. ri: is .11,slablishrnenl i Closed on S aturdays. T H E CIVET CAT, A. choice 72, LORD-STREET. 'lt; `1I? fiioM4 10194 ryrrliat: ,113f1-I , :rLL IVO dAqi PO 11.81 e R ESPCITULLY informs the Nobility, Gentry, kmd EXPORTERS FROM THIS PORT, that they can be supplied with the best -London-made Arti. cies at the same prices as charged in Loudon. Au estimate of the weight and cost per ounce of Silver Spoons. Forks, &c. will be given on application. 3), Bold street. LIVERPOOL MECHANICS' INSTITUTION TT is the intention of the DIRECTORS to open, during the next Midsummer Holidays, in June and July, a SECOND PUBLIC EXHIBITION of Objects illustrative of the FINE ARTS, NATURAL HISTORY, EXPERI MENTAL PHILOSOPHY, MACHINERY, MANU FACTURES, ANTIQUITIES, &c. The Exhibition which was held in June and July, 1810, having given so general satisfaction, and having been attended with so many excellent results, the Directors confidently ex pect that a repetition of the experiment will be warmly se conded by the public in general, and especially by those who possess articles of interest in any of the departments above enumerated. No exertion shall be wanting on their own part to render this Exhibition equal, if not superior, to the last in interest and utility. All expenses of carriage and removal will be paid, and the greatest care will be taken of all the articics lent, which will he returned immediately after the closing of the Exhibition. For the information of those who may wish to contribute either Gifts or Loans, a List of Articles desirable to form the Exhibition is subjoined NATURAL HISTORY Botanical Specimens, Woods, Foreign Fruits, Flowers, Minerals, Fossils, Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Insects, Shells, Eggs, &c. MACHINERY AND MANUFACTURES. Specimens of Glass, Spar, Earthenware, Porcelain, Silk, Cotton, Woollen ; Jewellery, Clocks, Stoves, Grates, Cook ing Apparatus ; Musical Instruments ; Models of Marine, Stationary, and Locomotive Steam-engines, Fire-engines, Boilers, Smelting and other Furnaces; Windmills, Mill work ; Mines, Roofs, Buildings, Bridges, Canal Locks, Railroads, Ships, Boats, Life-boats, Fire-escapes, Water wheels, Pumps ; Steam, Lithographic, and other Printing Presses, Hydrostatic Press and Balance, Apparatus Illus trative of the Mechanical Powers, &c. EXPERIMENTAL PHILOSOPHY. Hygrometers, Anemometers, Hydrometers, Pyrometers, Barometers, Thermometers , Saccharometers, Rain-guages ; Chemical, Optical, Electrical, Galvanic, Magnetic, and Electro-Magnetic Apparatus, Telescopes, Microscopes, Da guerreotypes, Camera: Obscurm, Camera' Lucidre, Prisms, Concave, Convex, and other Mirrors; Models of the Eye, Ear, &c. ; Orreries, Quadrants, Sextants, Planetaria, The odolites, Pentagraphs, Dividing Machines, Drawing and Mathematical Instruments, Solids, &c. FINE ARTS, ANTIQLTITIES, _ _ Works oigculpture, in Marble, Plaster, Wood, Ivory, or Terra-Cotta ; Oil Paintings, Water-coloured and Pencil Drawings, Architectural and Mechanical Drawings, Engra vings, Specimens of Penmanship; Castings in Bronze, Iron, Plaster ; Vases, Medallions, Antique Lamps, Candelabra, Papier Mache, "Paintings in Fresco, &C. Antiquities and Curiosities of every kind, such as Ancient or Foreign Armour, Dress, Agricultural or other Imple ments, Autographs, Illuminated Missals, Rare Books, Ma nuscripts, &c., will be gladly received. It is intended that LECTURES, and probably CON CERTS, shall be given, and EXPERIMENTS performed, at fixed times. As the general character of the Exhibitio n will depend greatly on the kind of articles contributed, it is earnestly requested that early information may be given by all who mean kindly to render their assistance. All communications addressed to the Secretaries will re ceive immediate attention. THOMAS RELY, }Hon Secs. JOS. MAYER, THE COURT.-SUNDAY Her Majesty and Prince Albert took a carriage airing along the Marine-parade to Kemp Town. Major-General Sir Ed ward Bowater accompanied the carriage on horseback. The Prince of \Vales was taken into the balcony, as also the grounds of the Pavilion, for an airing this morning. Her Malesty and Prince Albert walked this morning in the gardens of the Pavilion. Her Majesty and Prince Albert attended Divine worship in the lioyal Chapel. In the royal pew were the Duchess of Kent, Viscount Hawarden, the Countess of Dunmore, the Hon. Miss Stanley, and the Hon. Miss Devereux. The whole of the service was performed by the Rev. J. S. M. Anderson, chaplain in ordinary to her Majesty, who preached a sermon from Luke xxii. ver. 13. The choir sang the Ist verse of the 139th psalm, and an anthem from the 103 d psalm, by Mozart. The Duchess of Kent. attended by Lady Fanny Howard, took a carriage airing this afternoon. His Excellency Baron de Moncorvo, the Portuguese am bassador, took his departure from the Pavilion, this morn ing, for London. The Princess Royal was taken out for a carriage airing at one o'clock. _ _ Her Majesty and Prince Albert drove out in a pony. phaeton, this afternoon, attended by outriders in the royal livery. Two other carriages followed, one containing the Duchess of Kent, the Duke Ferdinand, the Princess Atreus tus and Leopold, and the other contained the Hon. Miss Stanley, the Hon. Miss Devereux, Lady Fanny Howard, and the Countess of Dunmore. . . . __ . Colonel Buckley, equerry in waiting to her Majesty, at tended on horseback. From the fineness of the day the cliffs presented the appearance of Hyde Park. The royal dinner party this evening comprised the Duchess of Kent, Duke Ferdinand, the Princes Augustus and Paul Leopold of Saxe Coburg, Viscount Hawarden, the Countess of Dunmore, Lady Fanny Howard, the Hon. Miss Deve reux, the Hon. Miss Stanley, Baroness Lehzen, Baron Stock mar, Sir George Cowper, Le Capitaine Count de Dagenfeld Schomberg, Le Capitaine de Zaitsch, Colonel Buckley, Major-General Sir Edward Bowater, Mr. Ormsby Gore, Dr. Praetorius, and the Hon. Mr. Murray. MURDER FROM POISONING IN NOTTINGHAM, NOTTINGHAM, MARCH 2.—A dreadful case of murder has just been inquired into and adjudicated upon by a coro ner's jury in Nottingham. It appears that a coal higgler, named Robinson, living about two miles from Nottingham, was in the constant habit of attending the market, and as constantly was he intoxicated. In his drunken sprees he would visit houses of ill-fame, and on Saturday week he was decoyed into a notorious house in Bel'founders% yard, while he was drunk. He there produced about twenty-five shillings in money, which the man and his wife who kept the house determined to get, and they there fore sent the servant girl out for some laudanum to mix with his liquor, and send him to sleep. Twopennyworth was administered, but it did not have the desired effect, and more was fetched and given to him, which completely stupified him, and he was then robbed by these harpies, and turned into the street, where he lay for some time, till some passers by found him, and laid him in a stable, from whence on being removed he died almost immediately. An inquest was held on the body, which was adjourned three different times, but the final conclusion was a verdict of " Wilful murder" against Benjamin Hurd and his wife, and the servant who fetched the laudanum. The guilty par ties, immediately on hearing of the death of Robinson, packed up their household effects and hastily decamped • and al though the police have been very vigilant after them, they have not as yet been able to detect them. It is clearly proved by the surgeons that the laudanum had been the cause of death, while a wilful and bad intent was likewise proved against the parties. They cannot long escape justice. THE SCHISM AMONGST THE JEWS. The Morning Herald of yesterday contains rather an ex traordinary correspondence relating to this subject. For some time past there has becn a continually increasing schism among the most wealthy and influential Hebrew families re sident in London—one party holding fast by the ancient ce remonials of the Jewish faith, and the other—" the new light"—repudiating many of those ceremonials as incompa tible with the march of intellect, and the present state of society generally. Much angry disquisition between the parties, and many painful estrangements, have been the con sequence, and, finally, the establishment of another synagogue by the " new light' party has led to the correspondence. The first letter is an application from Mr. Goldsmidt to Sir Moses Montefiore, to certify that Mr. Mules is the secretary of a synagogue recently established in Burton-street. Sir Moses replies that be cannot do so, as he does not recog nise the place of worship in Burton : street to be a synagogue. " Mr. Goldsmid in reply says, that " the committee are " as desirous that you should not be required to do any " thing really irreconcileable with your religious opinions, as " that you should not interfere with theirs; and I therefore " take the liberty to suggest 20 you, that you may, with as " perfect consistency, certify - that our place of worship is a " synagogue of persons professing the Jewish religion, al " though you may not consider ours to be the right kind of " Judaism, as (if I happened to be president of the London " Committee of Deputies of British Jews) I might certify " that the members of any existing synagogue profess the " Jewish religion, although their Judaism might not be, " as to all points, identical with mine." Sir Moses, however, persisted in granting the request, and Mr. Goldsmid then closed the correspondence by ra ther a lengthened communication, in which the following passages are interesting: — Knowing that members of this congregation can, in spite of Sir Moses Montefiore's refusal, celebrate and re gister their marriages with perfect validity, both legal and religious, the committee have been able to exercise a choice as to making (what but for this knowledge they would have been compelled to make) an appeal to one of the tribunals of the country, or to parliament, on the sub ject of Sir Moses Montefiore's proceedings. And being able to exercise a choice upon the matter, the committee shrink from exhibiting to the Christian public the spectacle of Jew contending against Jew in a court of justice. Still more do they shrink from affording a handle to the opponents of Jewish emancipation, by any course which would direct general attention to the fact, that an in dividual placed in a conspicuous position among the Jews, and who, on another occasion, has rendered an important service to the Jewish community, surpasses, in intolerant zeal, the wa rmes t o f t h ose opponents, since he refuses (as far as in him lies) to those who in some degree differ from him in religious opinion, not political privileges, but the b determined andee It n en e rrfi fi me t intendedyt athf theseeoti ) t er m h pa e rr m ceroisna b e gsnyiet,dtsthemhii considerations, hni e opoe g emnrn i no s stra l t, a o t d u e r e w , c f h s t o h l e e y m p n r ies prefer protest communicating asg e a o i ri E ngst m tht e i so t i committe e yr e to e ugi hothavetshsei Moses det ß e u rm t t i h n e a y ito h n a , ve to d s ir t e a c te te , d th m at e Montefiores refusal as illegal, and that they reserve to themselves the power, either of contesting its le-ality in whatever way and at whatever time they may think fit, or of applying to parliament to take altogether out of your hands the power which Sir Moses Montefiore has so ' greatly mis used. We are enabled to state that the Premier was received at the Palace last Saturday with a degree of marked kindness that must utterly silence the base lies propagated for their own factious and disloyal purposes by the paltry whigs, as to the supposed political predilections of an exalted personage. Sir Robert Peel came to Brighton by the especial invitation of her Majesty, and, as our readers are aware, remained at the Palace tilt Monday morning, by a coincidence worthy of mention, in the same room which the right hon. baronet had occupied, inanq years ago, on the occasion of his last visit to the Pavilion., —.Brighton Gazette. tiiiPti:ifli HOUSE 0 . 9 COMMONS TIIE EXCHE4UER-BILL FRAUD -TnuagpAy The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose, and, after a few introductory observations, said,—An extensive fraud has been committed by means of a forgery of public securi ties to a very considerable amount. That forgery was com mitted by a breach of confidence on the part of a public offi cer, and by one of those gross violations of duty, which happily are rare in the annals of this country, but which, in proportion as they are rare, create, when they do occur, general sensation and considerable alarm. The mode in which the fraud was committed was simply this :—au indivi dual in the department having had reposed in him the confi dence of his superiors ; having been in that department for 28 years ; being connected with parties who had distinguished themselves, both in the civil and military service of the coun try—an individual who had enjoyed the uninterrupted con fidence of a series of auditors and comptrollers in his de partment—who had received the strongest testimonies as to his abilities and honesty from Lord Grenville, Lord Auck land, Sir J. Newport, and until of late of the present Comp troller of the Exchequer, had been guilty of the deplorable crime of violating a most sacred duty, and abusing the powers which he possessed to defraud the public, in whose service he had been so long employed, and to whom he was under the strongest obligation of duty, to serve with honour and' good faith. The mode in which he committed the fraud was by possessing himself of papers entrusted to him in his official capacity, and having so pos sessed himself of those papers, by taking them from the office in which he served, in order to forge the name of the noble lord, whose signature Exchequer Bills were by law bound to bear. He then availed himself of these forged bills as nego tiable instruments. But this was an offence which if it had not been committed guardedly and with great precaution would have admitted of easy detection. The course this in dividual pursued, assisted by agents, whose crime, perhaps, did not equal, but certainly approached near to that of the principal in the transaction—the mode in which he conducted the fraud was to give those Exchequer Bills so forged as de posits for loans of money on condition that the very bills so deposited should be returned to him on payment of the mo ney, or on other Exchequer-bills being given in the room of these which had been originally deposited. Thus by con stantly at each successive change of Exchequer-bills forging new bills, with a view to replace those forged bills already outstanding, he contrived effectually to prevent the pre sentation of the forged bills at the Exchequer-office, and to hinder their general circulation among the commercial community of the metropolis. Thus, he committed in the first instance a breach of every honourable obliga tion ; and afterwards, by an artful concealment of the forged instruments issued, he succeeded in escaping , the detection to which a different course would have certainly exposed him. On the 20th of October last an in dividual called upon me at my office, and informed me that an offer had been made to him of ExChequer bills in depo sit in return for a loan of money, and told me that the rate of interest offered to him upon the loan had so far exceeded the market rate of interest, that he suspected the bills had been stolen, or that they were the property of some other person. Upon that information baying been communicated to me I felt it was my duty and I lost no time to inquire into the matter. (Hear, hear.) In consequence of the information given to me, as I already stated on the 20th of October, the result was, that, on the 25th of the same month, in consequence of the inquiry which was instituted, the guilty author was taken into custody. (Ministerial cheers.) Five days only had been occupied in bringing to light a fraud which had been so long perpetrating. '(Cheers.) Let it not be supposed that I mention that fact to gain any credit for the government, or for their activity. Far from it. But I do it for this reason :—it is surprising that when so many persons bad been engaged in the fraud—amongst the many persons who must have been cognizant of it, there was not one public officer who had given any information whatever on the subject ; and the result of the immediate inquiry instituted was, that this fraud, which was carried on from April, 1836, till October, 1841, had been detected in the short space of time I have already mentioned. (Cheers.) The right lion. gent. then took a glance at the conduct which the government pursued in the matter which is already well known to the public, and continued, I say, Sir, and I say it advisedly, that this offence could not have been committed in the midst of the intelligent community which inhabits the metropolis without the person being in communication of some persons, I will not say who were conscious of the guilty, but I will say who must have had some knowledge of the, transactions going on, and whose duty it was to have given information. Why, Sir, we gave the result of the first detection of the offence. No sooner were the pro ceedings taken against the individual Smith, than I re ceived from various quarters details of suspicious circum stances that had occurred. I understood from one gentleman that he had been offered Exchequer Bills for a loan, but he rejected them, as they were suspicious, and this gentleman gave me to understand that the same parties had a quantity of Exchequer Bills—these individuals devoid of character — that they were all ready for signature. These are circum stances, on the part of the public, which require to be en tered into, that we may properly understand the real nature of the subject. It is, therefore, with this view that I shall call upon parliament to institute a specific inquiry—Ooud cheers)—not to be conducted by a committee of this house—(hear, hear)—or by a mere commission appointed by the crown, but, sir, by a commission appointed by par liament to investigate the real nature of these several transactions, to see how business was transacted by these se ' veral persons, to know whether they were men of such sus picious characters that honest men would hardly be connected with them ; whether the money advanced on the bills received in return an interest beyond the market rate. (Hear.) These and a variety of other circumstances require to be rigidly and strictly investigated before the house can be cal led on to come to any final decision on the question ; nay, before we can be called on to understand the nature of the case with which we have to deal. (Hear, hear.) Sir, an inquiry of this kind requires the highest moral considera tion ; it is essential that the public of the country should know how business is conducted. To the claims for com pensation brought before me, I have, as I conceived it my duty to do, given the most decided refusal. The granting of claims for compensation, in a case of this kind, is to take away from the public the greatest security they have against I the repetition of such offences, and is to do all in your power to render such practices of more frequent occurrence. For if I - were once to give my opinion that a man taking these bills ; were to be compensated for any loss he might undergo, l what could Ido more, to remove all blame from him ? Or what could I do more effectual, to encourage a criminal • individual to seduce a public servant—being sure that the termination of the affair must be that he should receive any money that he had expended. I, therefore, sir, have chosen to given the least encouragement to propo sitions of this kind, and I do most decidedly advise the house ; and parliament to weigh well all the considerations of this • case, before they are led away by any statements of party or • individual hardship, or individual suffering, before they yield to claims of this nature. The hon. gentleman then argued that there was no distinction as regarded the claim of corn , pensation between the law as applied to forgery on indivi duals or the public, and briefly alluded to the amendment which an hon. member had given notice of. Mr. KEMBLE said.that many of the holders of those ex chequer bills were amongst the most respectable persons in the city, and he hoped, therefore, that the house would sus ' pend its judgment until the inquiry should have taken place. Mr. LEADER was of opinion that there had been great carelessness in the Exchequer Bill-office, and it would be very hard if the holders were to suffer in consequence of that carelessness. _ _ Mr. BLEWITT acquiesced in the motion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and withdrew his motion upon the subject which stood for last evening. _ . _ §ii.lll - INCiis was afraid that the Chancellor of the Ex chequer had rather prejudged the case as against the holders, but it was to be remembered that those exchequer bills were, to all appearance, in every respect perfect. Mr. F. BARING was glad that this commission was pro posed, and had only to observe, that while in office he had never heard a whisper of anything wrong about the issue of exchequer bills. After some observations from Colonel SIBTHORI' and Mr. RICARDO, Mr. WAKLEY said the public was prepared to indemnify the holders of those bills. Sir R. PEEL hoped that no principle would be established by the house until it should be in full possesSion of all the facts of the case. His right lion. friend (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) had been misunderstood when it was sup posed that he had charged all the holders of exchequer bills with negligence. It was, however, most inexpedient to enter upon any discussion until they had the facts before them. After a short conversation leave was given to bring in the bill. Mr. FRENCH moved that the house should resolve itself into a committee of the whole house, to address her Majesty with a view that such measures might be taken as might ap pear most likely to secure to Ireland the advantages of rail way communication._ _ Mr. SHAW seconded the motion, with the view of dis- suading his honourable friend from pressing his motion at the present time. (Great laughter.) He was sincere, and he meant to support his motion, but he felt, if now pressed, it must fail, as the governmerit would not be likely to do otherwise, in the present state of public affairs, than oppose it. Mr. ItuniNcrox said that a vast deal was due to Ireland, and a greater liberality should be displayed in furtherance of public works in that country. Considerable aid might be given by government, without making any advance of money. In one instance an offer of capital had been made to com plete a railway, provided government would secure 4 per cent. upon half the capital, taking into their own hands a mortgage upon the whole property. Lord ELIOT was fully alive to the importance of railways in Ireland, though he could not look upon it as a want, such as it certainly had been in a manufacturing country like Eng land. He was unwilling to hold out any expectations by saying thuovernment would hold the subject in considera tion ; for, in fact, the government were not prePaied to recommend any project of this kind, which would call for an advance of public money. He was of opinion that there was no reason whatever to despair of railways being constructed in Ireland by individual enterprise. Under all the circum stances, he should move the previous question. Mr. O'CONNELL was of opinion that it would be advan tageous to Ireland if railroads were constructed there under the inspection and with the responsibility of the government. He regretted, therefore what he had heard from th e no bl e lord, for the report on Irish railways had estimated the profit so low (only 6 per cent.) as to cast a perfect damper upon private enterprise. As the motion was opposed by the go vernment, he hoped his hon. friend would withdraw it. After some observations from Captain JONES and Mr. S. O'BRIEN, Sir R. PEEL said if the Government could honestly agree to the motion of the hon. gentleman he had no doubt that it would thereby conciliate great support for the ,Government in Ireland ; but in the present state of the finances of the countrv—even if such an interference by the Government were deemed advisable, the Government would not entertain the proposition. If private enterprise shrunk from such projects, he doubted the policy of forcing such speculations by the influence of the state. If the people of Ireland would forget party spirit and party animosities there was energy enough to carry out railways from Dublin to Cork, Water ford, or any other large town, the traffic of which might hold forth a reasonable prospect of a profitable return upon the capital embarked. There could not be any objection to Go vernment superintendence, and with that and the facilities which parliament would give to save the expenses of private legislation he felt assured that there was public spirit and en terprise enough in Ireland to furnish the requisite capital. After a few words from Mr. WAKLEY, Lord J. RUSSELL said he coi nc id e d i n very man y o f th e principles laid down by the right hon. baronet, but still he thought that a time might arrive when it would be right for Parliament to take measures for the construction of railways in Ireland. Mr. FRENCH then withdrew his motion. Sir R. PEEL said he did not mean, in declining to give pub lic money for such a purpose, to be understood that Ireland should not have the same advantage as was extended t o England—namely, the advantage of borrowing an amount of Exchequer bills, upon giving such security as might he agreed to. Lord MAHoN obtained leave to bring in a bill for the amendment of the law of copyright. HOUSE OF LORDS.—FRIDAY. The Earl o f ABERDEEN, in reply to a question from the Earl of Clarendon, relative' to the state of Spain, said that it was the wish of the government that the present govern ment of Spain•should b e ma i nta i ne d, an d be was ready to confide in the promises of the king of the French that he also was anxious for the preservation of its interests. Vari- wtwo Afirp4o Pit e, - r - r- - I▪ li 1• '414 fertherlpg pjana tri favour or von f_lcrios,-40 assay: Lion wholly withopt foundation, and repudiated by that chief himself. If any occurrences should take place in Spain that would endanger British subjects residing there, .ship's of war would be sent to their protection, and every justifiable means would be resorted to with the view to sustain the present government of the ancient ally of this country, be lieving.as he did that the maintenance of that government would be essentially beneficial to the Spanish nation. Lord BROUGHAM drew the attention of the government to the smallness of the pensions to the daughters of Sir R. Kennedy (X5O each), who had rendered such essential ser vices to the country, and whose honesty was so strict that he died in absolute poverty. The Duke of WELLINGTON said his attention had not been called to the subject. Sir R. Kennedy was a most de serving officer, and no individual deserved more highly of his country for the manner in which he had discharged the arduous office of chief commissary general. He had in the course of his services most satisfactorily accounted for sums passing through his hands to the amount of from 54 to 55 millions sterling. He would most certainly give his atten tion to the subject. Lord MONTEAGLE then brought forward his motion rela tive to the exchequer bill affair, and entered into a long statement with a view to show that in the frauds which had taken place he was wholly blameless. He rested his defence upon the fact that he had caused no material alterations to be made in the usual procedure of the office, and was therefore guilty of neither negligence nor misfeasance. All the regulations of the office had been in existence up wards of a century, and had been repeatedly before parlia ment. In the inquiry which had already taken place, there were five points only which would seem to imply anything in the shape of censure on his office, and to these he would call attention. The first was having only one instead of two counterfoils, but the second counterfoil system was long since done away with, and was really no protection. The second was, that the paid off bills had not been compared with the counterfoils. The hills were not paid off in his office, and it was not the fault of his department that such comparison had not taken place. The third point was that the counterfoils had been destroyed without an order from the treasury. This was true, but it had been the constant practice since 1828 to destroy them without treasury warrants. The fourth point was the signing of bills, of the same issue, ' by more than one person. This was also the case, and his fault was that he had signed a far greater number, in propor tion, than had been signed by his predecessor. The fifth point was the having signed bills without the presence of a clerk. This was also true, for after having worked during office hours, and finding that it was desirable to despatch bu siness, he had bud these bills carried in boxes to him to the House of Lords and the Privy Council, and hild there signed Them, taking on his return to the office a receipt from the chief clerk for the number thus sent to him from the plates where he had signed them.- °ht . of 137 cases in which be Had signed exchequer bills, in' 12 cases only had he thus' signed them away from his office, and this signing away from the office had also been done by Sir J. Newport, his prede cessor. The noble lord concluded by moving for an inquiry which would say "aye" or " no" as to ,whether his depart ment was to blame for these frauds. Lord BROU GHAM rose for the purpose of defending Sir J. Newport, and said that when that right hon. baronet was ill bills had been taken to his house for signature. But there was a most material differeuce between the two cases. Sir J. Newport signed deficiency bills only, which were payable to the governor and company of the Bank of England, and which, if lost or stolen, were utterly unavailable; whereas the bills signed by his noble friend-(Lord Monteagle) were ex chequer bills, of comparatively small amount each, and pay able to bearer ; so that, had the box been broken open, the party doing so might have raised thousands without any diffi culty, and absconded. Lord MONTEAGLE disclaimed any reflections upon Sir John Newport, to whom he was under the greatest obliga tions during the 20 years in which he had acted with him in his political career. The Duke of WELLINGTON did not believe that the com missioners or the government ever intended to imply the smallest blame to the noble lord, or to impute it to his ne gligence that these frauds had taken place. As the govern ment had proposed an inquiry in the other house of parlia ment, if the noble lord would say what points he wished an inquiry to be directed to, he would speak to the government about it, and on Monday he would give him an answer on the subject. There was really, in his opinion, no charge whatever either against the nobleiord or his office. Lord MONTEAGLE then withdrew his motion. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY. Sir R. PEEL brought in his bill founded on the resolutions for amending the corn laws which had recently been agreed to. He took that opportunity of stating, that it was found the proposed new mode of taking the averages would affect several of the corn inspectors, who would, if superseded, have a just claim for compensation. It was, therefore, resolved to retain such of them as were competent to the duty, and in the new towns to employ the excise. He was most desirous that the progress of the bill should be accelerated, and that, on passing, it should come•into immediate operation. He prOposed, therefore, that the second reading should take place on Wednesday next. _ _ Mr. CoiloE ' N adverted to the attack made upon him on a former evening by Mr. Ferrand, and said, that having made inquiry, he learned that there were but a few men employed in his print works by night, and only upon works which must otherwise have been suspended. The company with which he was connected regretted that it was unable similarly to employ more of the thousands who were idle in the neigh bourhood. They knew nothing at all of the truck system, and paid the men their wages at eight o'clock every Saturday morning. Mr. VILLIERs read a declaration from 72 of the principal manufacturers of Lancashire belonging to the Anti-Corn- Law League, repudiating the accusations preferred against them by Mr. Ferrand. Mr. FERRAND said he had not charged. Mr. Cobden with cruelty, nor had he charged all the members of the Anti-Corn - Law League with the practice of fraudulent manufactures, or with the abominable truck system. But the latter system was spreading, and he was prepared to prove it. Some warm language ensued, which called for the inter ference of the Speaker, after which Lord J. RUSSELL gave notice, that on the second reading of the Corn Law Bill, he would take the sense of the house upon the measure. Sir R. PEEL stated his wish, if possible, to make his finan cial statement on Friday next. In reply to a question from Lord PALMERsToN as to the rumours of the organisation of a conspiracy against Spain in France, Sir R. PEEL expressed a hope that the Spanish people would rally round the Government, and by their own energies defeat any conspiracies against it. Although in that case direct assistance could not be given, yet they would secure the strong sympathy of this country. Lord J. RUSSELL thought it was wise in the case of civil war to avoid interference, but not so in the case of other foreign interference. Mr. O'CONNELL complained of the conduct of Espartcro towards the Spanish clergy. Sir R. PEEL said it would be presumptuous in an English Minister to question the conduct of the Spanish Govern ment ; though, when the life of the Queen was recently in danger from conspiracy, they were justified in expressing their sympathy. After some further conversation on this point, the house resolved itself into a committee of supply, and Mr. S. HER BERT brought forward, the navy estimates. He stated that the number of ships in commission would be,' probably, slightly reduced, but he should not propose any decrease in the number of seamen ; by which means the Government would be enabled to send the ships to sea in the most perfect state of equipment. The estimates differed little from those of last year, there being in some departments a decrease, and in others a small additional increase of expense. In one in stance additional expense had been incurred in providing se curities against fire in the dockyards, and in another by carrying out the contract for the Halifax line of steamers. In fact, a large sum that came under the head of naval ex penses might more strictly come under the head of Post office expenses. The honourable gentleman concluded by moving that 43,000 men be voted for the service of the en suing year. Se'veral subjects came under discussion in the committee —the mode of building our ships of war, the manning of our ships, and the case of Mr. Elton. With respect to the latter case, Sir George Cockburn said that Mr. Elton's re lease was at the request of the admiral of the Mediterranean fleet ; and Captain Berkeley referred to the fact that he had been obliged, on a former occasion, to turn Mr. Elton out of the Thunderer. In'answer to Lord Ingestre, Lord STANLEY stated that it was not the intention of the government to send out any new expedition to the Niger, still less one composed of white persons. On the part of the government he disclaimed all wish to assert any right of sovereignty in that quarter of the world. It was not deemed altogether expedient to abandon the settlement already made, and although any persons going out to settle there must do so on their own responsibility, yet government would give them the protection of a small armed steamer, manned by nearoes. The vote of 43,000 men, including boys, was then agreed to for the ensuing year, as were also votes of rnongy for wages and other purposes. Sir C. NAPIER brought under the consideration of the house the impropriety of having a civilian at the head of the 'Admiralty board, and suggested a plan of his own to remedy the anomaly. Captain (:',ARNEGIE strongly supported the importance of having a naval man at the head of the Admiralty, and hoped that the many situations in the gift of the Admiralty might be conferred on naval men who had served their country well, rather than upon civilians. . . Lord Howler( said it would he inconvenient to lay it down as a rule that at all times a naval officer of high rank should be selected to fill the office of First Lord of the Admiralty. The practice regarding the army was urged as a precedent, but he hoped he should never form 911 - C of an administration where the cabinet must be so hampered as it could not fail to be under the present practice in the army. If time per mitted he could show that an awful waste of human life and treasure had taken place at various times, owing, not to the individuals who presided, but owing to the system which had prevailed, and which was still in existence. Sir H. HARDINGE said that the evidence of the Duke of Wellington, and of other persons of distinction in the army, before a committee, was directly opposed on this head to the opinion of the noble lord. He hoped he would never see the day when the commander-in-chief would be placed under the authority of a civilian. Sir R. PEEL, said he should be sorry to exclude any naval officer from filling the office of First Lord of the Admiralty, but on the other hand he should be also sorry that any reso lution of that house should interfere with the constitutional practice which had hitherto prevailed, and which had at va rious times placed most efficient civilians in that situation. Ile thought the plan proposed by Sir C. Napier much less likely to be efficient than the one now in existence. Sir C. NAPIER stated, as a proof of the mismanagement of the Board of Admiralty, that they were at one time obliged to send out secret orders to the captains of their ships to avoid engaging with A m e r ican vessels. With a view that a naval man should be appointed to the office, he moved that the sum for the service of the Admiralty Board should be reduced by the sum of £3,500, being the amount of the salary of the First Lord of the Admiralty. The amendment .was negatived without a division, the house resumed, and the report was ordered to be received on Monday. The death of the Hon. and Rev. Charles Bathurst, LL.D. Rector of Siddington, Gloucestershire, youngest son of the late, and brother of the present, Earl Bathurst, took place on Sunday night last at the Abbey, Cirencester, the seat of Miss Master, where he had been staying a few days on a visit. - - THE LATE MARQUIS OF HERTFORD. — The Marquis of Ilertford expired at four o ' c l oc k on Tuesday afternoon at his residence, Dorchester-house, Park-lane. The deceased peer, Francis Charles Seymour Conway, third Marquis of Hert ford, had nearly completed his 65th year, having been born on the 11th of March, 1777. He was the only son of the previous Marquis by that peer's second marriage with Isa bella Anne, the daughter and heir of the last Viscount Ir vine s of Scotland. Immediately upon attaining his majority, viz., in 1798, he was returned to parliament for the borough of Orford, in Suff o lk. F rom th e year 1802 to 1812 his lord ship (then bearing the courtesy title of Earl of Yarmouth) sat for Lisburne, which his cousin, Captain Meynell, now represents ; while from the year 1812 to 1820 he was returned for the county of Antrim. From the latter date, until his father's death on the 17th of June, 1822, he sat for Camel ford, and on the occurrence of that event he first entered the House of Lords. 'Ailt . frigLfittwr,ou.§ . The Overland Mali, icialch would leas,a Eambay on thp Ifit of February, is expected to reaph London on Wednesday or Thursday next. The Havre papers state that 150 more English workmen, for the Paris and Rouen Rilroad, were landed at that port a few days since. CURIOUS FACT.—A few days since, a merchant in Inver ness, received an anonymous letter, with three one-pound notes, being, as was stated, " for a debt not in his books." How the debt was incurred, it is impossible to say—pro bably goods to the amount had been abstracted from the shop by some person, who has thus sought to repay the in jury, and pacify his own conscience. • It is understood that Lord William Paget, who was elected as a " liberal" for Andover at the last general election, has formally seceded from the radical ranks, and joined the su-p -porters of the Government. The attendance of. Lord Wil liam at ministerial divisions is now regularly requested by,the customary Treasury summons. His lordship voted the other night with the Administration against Lord John Russell's motion for a fixed duty.—Evening Paper. MODE CF POTTING DOWN A NEWSPAPER.-It seems that the editor of the Tablet Roman Catholic Journal hav ing fallen out with its proprietors, lately started an opposition Journal, called the True Tablet. Determined to crusts this effort, the friends of the Tablet collected a mob of 200 or 300 partisans, and though they succeeded in very nearly making a wreck of the office of the True Tablet, the result was, sundry broken heads, which occupied the magistrates of Bow-street police, a large portion of Saturday last. THE MEDICAL PROFESSION.—The honourable member for Lambeth having, a few evenings since, in the House of Commons, inquired if it were the intention of her Majesty's government to introduce a bill for regulating the medical profession, Sir James Graham replied, that during the recess he had communicated with many parties whom he thought likely to give useful information on the subject, and he had it under consideration to bring a measure relating thereto be fore parliament during the progress of the present session. This intelligence cannot be otherwise than gratifying to those members of the profession who have, within the last few years, so perseveringly advocated the cause of medical reform. THE EMPEROR NICHOLAS.—The young and lovely Prin cess of Hesse Darmstadt, who has lately married the heir to the throne of all the Russias, was most agreeably surprised on her arrival at St. Petersburgh by a delicate attention, or rather a spontaneous effusion of real heartfelt kindness, from her imperial father-in-law. On being conducted to her apartments, she found them completely furnished, even to the most minute details of footstools, &c., exactly in the same style as the suite of rooms at the Castle of Darmstadt, in, which she had laughed away the happy hours of child hood. On the drawing-room table was placed a small silver bell. The emperor requested the princess to try whether the bell had the same sound as that which she had at Darmstadt. The princess shook the bell, when suddenly the doors were thrown open, and all the old and faithful servants to whom she had bid adieu, and who she thought were then in the Castle at Darmstadt, rushed in, and overwhelmed the prin cess with their acclamations of joy, at being still allowed to serve her whom they had watched over from the hour of her birth. The young princess was overcome with joyful surprise, and poured forth in glowing terms the expression of her gra titude to her imperial father-in-law. THE WINDOW TAX.—Of course much interest is excited with regard to the forthcoming scheme of finance, but no thing seems to be known of what actually is in contem plation. There is one proposition which we have heard men tioned, so simple in its nature, and which would prove, we think, so popular, that it would afford us pleasure to hear it propounded. It is to withdraw altogether the window-tax, and substitute a house-tax to an extent to cover the deficiency thence arising, as well as the deficiency in the revenue. The evil of the window-tax is very great indeed, without any adequate advantage. We speak not of the unhappy way in which it has interfered with the style of architecture throughout the country, but of the inconvenience, disease, and misery arising from people in the middling and lower ranks of society blocking up their windows, with the view of avoiding, or reducing the amount of, this tax on the air and light of heaven. In many parts of the country it is distress ing to look - upon, and still more to go into, the farm-houses, and other houses of respectable people, not only defaced, but made dark and unwholesome, from the operation of this tax. Of course, the number of windows was originally taken, and is still held to, merely as a test of the value of a house; and as equally good or better indices of that value, for the purposes of taxation, can otherwise be obtainecrove are dis posed to think, that the substitution to which we have pointed above, would be one of great and unmixed good, and would add very sensibly to the popularity of the exist ing government. TERRIFIC COMBAT. — The family of Pentrehydd. near this town, were disturbed one morning, before day, by the loud barking of a dog, and as be continued his noise, Mr. Griffiths got up, and after searching for a long time, found a large boar devouring a potatoe-pit. In vain did Mr. Griffiths and his servants attempt to drive him from there, immediate destruction seemed to be their lot; at last the clog was let loose, and a very severe engagement was the result, which lasted upwards of half an hour; the dog was dread fully wounded, his thigh being ripped open from one end to the other, and the boar planted his tooth in his throat till the blood ran in torrents. The dog seemed quite exhausted, and retreated for a short time ; but taking second courage, although his leg was nearly separated, and was hanging ap parently by a shred, he renewed his attack, and at last the boar was obliged to make his flight. The battle being over, the dog fell almost lifeless in the yard, but in a short time re covered, and is now rapidly regaining his strength.—Merthyr Guardian. BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY.—A full report of the proceedings of the half-yearly meeting of this company, held on Thursday last, will be found in another page. The an swers elicited from the chairman by Mr. Baker, appeared to give general satisfaction to the large number of highly re spectable proprietors who were present ; and the remarks which this gentleman made relative to the personal differ ences between the two engineers, Messrs. Brunell and Gra vatt, not only appeared to make no unfavourable impression upon the meeting, but Mr. Baker must himself have been convinced of the futility of them, in finding no proprietor ready to second his amendment. As regards the conduct of the directors in the management of the undertaking, there was no variance of opinion, Mr. Baker thrusting himself forward to second a vote of thanks to them. The future prospects of this concern must now be considered highly flattering. There appears not the slightest doubt of the line being further opened to Taunton before the day specified in the arrangement between the proprietors of this company and their lessees the Great Western Company. The alacrity by which the last call of 10 per cent. has been paid, shows the confidence of the proprietary in the concern; and the large balance in hand, it is estimated, will be sufficient to carry on operations beyond Taunton, without making ano ther call for some time to come.—Bristol Journal. An action came before the Court of Exchequei, on Tues day, at the suit of Mr. Thornton against Mr. Portman and others, to recover money had and received for his use. The case excited intersat in the sporting world. Mr. Thornton is a merchant in the city, who had laid divers wagers with Mr. Gurney, a gentleman well known on the turf. Mr. Portman and some other gentleman, with the sanction of the Jockey Club, became trustees for Mr. Gurney. By the rules of the club, a party who dois not pay his losses cannot claim the bets which he wins. Mr. Gurney had betted very largely at the Epsom Races, and was unable to pay his losses on the settling day. Mr. Portman had lost the sum of £1,350 to Mr. Gurney ; and when asked by the trustees to pay his debt, he refused, as Mr. Gurney had not paid him ; unless the trustees would undertake to pay in full all Mr. Gurney's debts on the Epsom account. The trustees signed an undertaking, accepting the money from Mr. Thornton on condition that they should return it if the debts were not paid in full by a fixed time. They had failed to do so ; and hence the present action. 'Witnesses were called for the defence, who proved that their claims had been satisfied by a part payment of the debts due to them from Mr. Gurney, and the trustees under stood that to satisfy the condition of the undertaking. Lord Abinger said that the debt due from Mr. Thornton, arising out of a transaction not sanctioned by the law, could not be held as legally due : but the undertaking was in a legal form, and could be inforced. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff with £3,330 damages. Mr. Thornton's counsel was desired to say, that he never meant to put the money in his pocket, but he should present it to Christ's Hospital. BANK FAILURE AT BRIGHTON.—On Friday morning the town of Brighton was thrown into the greatest consternation by a report that Wigney's bank (the principal partner being the member for the borough) had stopped payment. At an early hour crowds of persons had assembled in East-street, when, from the following announcement being posted on the door, the report was found to be too true :—" l .\, , lessrs. Wig ney deeply regret that they are under the painful necessity of suspending their payments. March 4, 1842." The shock will be severely felt, as the majority of their customers were the tradesmen of the town • and it is generally reported that only a small dividend will be paid. Amongst the sufferers are a great number of the Brighton fishermen, who have left here for the purpose of fishing for mackarel off Plymouth, and were in the habit of sending their money to the bank weekly for security until their return home. These poor fellows have from £2O to £BO each of their hard earnings de posited in the bank. In consequence of the failure a run was immediately made on the two other banks, the London and County Joint Stock Bank, and on Friday afternoon a highly respectable meeting took place at the Town-hall for the pur pose of expressing public confidence in the other banks. The failure has caused a general gloom throughout the town, as great confidence was generally placed in the bank, although it had been whispered about the town for the last four weeks that a stoppage was likely to take place. Numbers of per sons have made the bank one of deposit, consequently lost their all—a circumstance of frequent occurrence with country banks. Mr. Capps, the great coach proprietor, is said to be a large creditor. BANK LIABILITIES AND ASSETS.—There has been pre pared for parliament an account of the Bank averages of lia bilities and assets from 1834 to the present time, distinguish ing the circulation, deposits, bullion, and assets, which are re markable as showing variations to the extent of £10,000,000 between different periods. Thus the total liabilities, De cember 1834, were £30,560,000, assets £33,082,000; De cember 1835, liabilities £35,000,000, assets £37,674,600 ; December 1837, liabilities £28,193,000, assets £30,899,000; December 1839, liabilities £22,684,000, assets £25,651,000 ; being an extraordinary variation from 1834, &c. Nor is that the only curious dissimilarity ; for while, for December 1834, the notes in circulation were £18,304,000, and deposits £12,256,000, for 1839 the notes in circulation were £16,732,000, and deposits £5,952,000, not half the amount of 1834. The bullion in the Bank, in 1831, was £6,720,000; in 1839, £2,887,000. The amounts of securities run somewhat more parallel : for December, 1834, they were £26,362,000; for December 1839, £22,761,000; for December 1811, notes in circulation were £16,972,000 ; for February 1842, £16,636,000. Deposits, December 1841, £7,369,000; for February 1842, £8,506,000. Total liabilities, December 1841, £54,341,000; for February 1842, £25,136,000. Secu rities for December 1841, £22,768,000; for February 1812, £5,237,000 (only half the amount for March 1838). Total assets for December 1841. £27,254,000; for February 1842, £28,117,000. The account is prepared by Sir George Clerk, and is dated Whitehall, Treasury, February 18, 1842. CIVIL LIST PENSIONS.—The total amount of all pensions granted between the 20th day of June, 1840, and the 20th day of June, 1811, and charged upon the civil list, pursuant to the act of 1 Victoria, cap 2. is £l2OO per annum, as fol lows, viz. :—To the Rev. H. Barez, teacher of German to her Majesty, £lOO ' • to Signor Guiseppe Guazzaroni, teacher of Italian to her Majesty, £5O ; to J. B. Sale. Esq., teacher of singing to her Majesty, £lOO ; to Thomas Steward, teach ing of writing to her Majesty, £100; to Monsieur Francois Grandineare, teacher of French to her Majesty, £lOO ; to Miss L. Anderson, teacher of music to her Majesty, £100; to Madame S. Matilda Bourdin, teacher of dancing to her Majesty, £lOO ; to H. Williams, for services as constable at the Monmouth riots, £2O ; to T. Walker, for like services, £2O ; to E. Morgan, for like services, £2O ; to P. W. Dease, Esq., for geographical discoveries, &c. , on the northern coast of America, £lOO ; to E. D. Kennedy and A. M. Ken nedy, daughters of Sir Robert Kennedy, late Commissary- General, £lOO ; to George Burgess, Esq., in consideration of his services in the advancement of learning, as editor and publisher of various works of Greek literature, £100; to ,'Thomas Webster, Esq., F.G.S., for exertions in promotint , the science of geology, £5O ; to the Rev. Thomas Kidd, M.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge, in consideration of services in the advancement of learning, as the editor and publisher of various works of classical literature, £lOO ; and to B. Thorpe, Esq., for services rendered to literature, par ticularly in the Anglo-Saxon language, in addition to the pension of £l6O per annum formerly granted to him, £4O. —Parliamentary Papers. Wily 4 nopl with Itig Al 11iiteiato set, •Tu LATE pANK P4KOHL P.o4l3lMoit VF MAucius'inm. Thelwell, James Skerrett, and Bridget Jones, in custody on suspicion of stealing a leather box or pot tman teau containing £2OOO belonging to Messrs. Cunliffe, Brobks, and Co., bankers, on the Bth .ult., from the Perseverance coach, on its way from Manchester to Blackburn, were brought up for examination on Wednesday, at the Borough Court, Manchester, when a good deal of evidence was pro duced against them. When the examination was concluded, Superintendent Berwick applied to the court to remand the prisoners till Wednesday next, which was agreed to. • POPISH LIDERALITY.—We regret to have heard, says the Limerick Chronicle, from a correspondent in the west of Clare, that a priest has threatened froili the altar to denounce any one of his flock allowing accommodation, in ground or premises, for-a Protestant school about to be opened in-the parish, under the sanction of a clergyman of the establish ment, who has no other place but the church to instruct the children of his flock." [Will this open the eyes of Protestant gentlemen who occasionally demean themselves by laying the foundation-stone of Catholic chapels, and contributing li berally to their erection n ETHEROW VIADUCT ON THE SHEPPIELD AND MAN CHESTER RAILWAY.-011 Thursday, the 17th ultimo, the foundation stone of this viaduct was laid by —Chapman, Esq., of Broadbottom, one of the directors of this railway, in the presence of the contractor, Richard Hattersby,' Esq., many of the resident gentry, and others interested in this great undertaking, and a numerous body of workmen. The latter and the different agents connected with the works were afterwards regaled with a goOd substantial supper in the " good old English style." The length of this viaduct will be about 500 feet, and upwards of 130-feet in height. It will consist of three arches, the centre one being 150, and the others 120, feet each. The arches are to be composed of Memel timber deals similar to those erected on the New castle-upon-Tyne and North Shields Railway. Joseph Locke, Esq., engineer-in-chief, and Alfred S. Jee, Esq., resident engineer. THE LORD ARCHBISHOP OF DUBLIN AND HIS PRO TEGE.—The streets of. Dublin were yesterday placarded, and the newspapers in the Roman Catholic interest occupied, with the following announcement :—" The Rev. Thomas Maguire will preach in the church of SS. Michael and John, Lower Exchange-street, precisely at seven o'clock. The subject will be the Absurdities, Contradictions, and Blas phemies of the Thirty-nine Articles, being the Parliamentary Rule of Faith of the Episcopalian Protestants in these realms." The wording of which will be admitted to be very decisive. He will preach on the " absurdities, contradic tions, and blasphemies of the thirty-nine articles,"—that is to say, he will demonstrate that the clergy of the established church hold that which is "'absurd," " contradictory," and " blasphemous," that they are, in fact, promulgators of " absurdity," and preachers of " blasphemy "—in a word, BLASPHEMERS. Weil; all will allow that that is very plain talk. This is being quite honest, candid, and above board. He brands the clergy, as they walk through the streets, as BLASPHEMERS, and the' individual who is at their head, Dr. Whately himself, as, of course, an " arch"- blasphemer.—Dublin Morning Press. ANOTHER CONVERSION. — it is most gratifying to have to announce that another Protestant minister, the Rev. Mr. Sands, made a profession of the Catholic faith, in the Catho lic church of Maryborough, on Saturday, and publicly assisted at mass in the same church on Sunday last. When it is known that this reverend gentleman has been for many years officiating in the church established by law, it affords some evidence against those Protestants who, without inquiry or evidence, assail the religion to which such men as the Spen cers, the Masons, the Sibthorps, and the Wackerbaths have recently been united.,—Dublin Post.—lf the conversions of the Spencers, the Masons, the•Sibthorpes and the Wack erbaths, possess the same merits as that of the Rev. Mr. Sands, the Church of England can afford to make a present of all such worthies. The Reverend lr. Sands, referred to, is a degraded clergyman, who has for several years resided in a cabin at the road-side, between Maryborough and M ount rath, and• " officiated" as a " couple beggar," in which ca pacity he has been considered a very great nuisance. At the Lent Assizes for 1831, he was tried for the illegal solemniza tion of marriages, for which he was found guilty, and sen tenced to be hanged ! This sentence was subsequently com muted to imprisonment, after the termination of which he again commenced his former avocation, for which lie was tried at the Summer Assizes, 1841, and, but for his advanced age, would have been transported. This sentence was again commuted to twelve months' imprisonment, which has just terminated •, and as we have him now transferred into the Roman Catholic Church, there we shall leave him ! He was originally degraded for—with other offences—appearing in a state of drunkenness in the pulpit of Maryborough Church. —Dublin Statesman. DEATH HY A KICK—CAUTION TO BOYS NOT TO FIGHT. —An inquest ivas held at the Church Tavern, Bolton, on Thursday last, before John Taylor, Esq., touching the death of Matthias Crook, a boy of about twelve years of age, son of Matthias Crook, weavor, Pilkington-street, Bolton Moor. The deceased, it appeared, had met his death in consequence of a kick on the abdomen. Edward Thompson, serjeant of police, deposed—About 11 o'clock on Wednesday evening last, I went to deceased's house, which is in Pilkington street, Bolton Moor. I saw deceased's elder brother whose name is Edward, and was told by him that about three weeks ago, a boy named John Marsden, who is now in custody, ran away with his brother's cap, and that the deceased had thrown a turnip at the prisoner and blackened his eye, and that ever since Marsden had been plaguing deceased, and would never let him be quiet. He furthr said, that on Sun day morning week, he was going to school with deceased and met with Marsden ' that he took deceased's cap off , and said he must fight Marsden. He then said that the two boys ran at each other and the two kicks met, and that was all he saw. He said that his brother was hurt, and would not have fought had it not been for him.. His brother, he added, complained of being hurt in the belly. After some further evidence, the jury returned a verdict nf manslanghter against Edward Crook' and John Marsden. LAUGHABLE CASE : HOW TO PROMOTE THE G ROWTH OF WHISKERS.—An extraordinary application was made, on Monday last, to Mr. Maltby, at the' Marlborough-street Po lice-office, the ludicrous dptails of which not only kept the risible muscles of those present in the court on the full stretch, but even overcame the gravity of the bench. A sim ple-looking young man, the sides of whose face exhibited the effects of some adhesive stufrwhich had been applied to them, being completely raw, made the following cqmplaint :—A friend' of his had, he said, a magniticFut pair of whiskers, which rendered him the fav'ourite of all the girls, and he, wishing to be similarly adorned, inquired of his friend how he had contrived to acquire so manly an ornament ; his friend replied, that lie had purchased, in Paris, a small pot of oint ment, for which he paid 10s. ; it was so efficacious that it only required one application to cover the barest face with the most bushy whiskers ; he had already given some to two or three friends of his, who, three weeks after application, sported hair where all before was bald, and having a par ticular friendship for the applicant, he would give him a small portion. Having misgivings that the affair was a hoax, he asked his friend whether he was in earnest. He positively assured him that he was so. Therefore, on Sunday night he applied some of the vaunted medicament to his face in the shape he wished his whiskers to be, rubbing it, according to directions, well in, and then binding his face with a linen cloth. After the operation, he got into bed and enjoyed a brief sleep, too brief, alas ! for he was speedily awakened by the anguish he began to suffer from the effects of the invalua ble whisker ointment. Thinking that the pain was caused by the shooting of his incipient whiskers, he endured the an guish till daylight, when it became so intolerable that he jumped out of bed, and, tearing off the coverings from his cheeks,„to his dismay the skin came off with them, and he now despaired of having any whiskers at all. (Immense laughter.) Mr. Maltby inquired the complainant's age ? Complainant ` I am 21." Mr. Maltby observed, that it was strange a person of his age should not have known better than to believe that the ointment bad such extraordinary power. The complainant said, he had had medical advice, and had been told that it was common blister salve. (The truth of this the state of his face proved.) Mr. Maltby in quired of the complainant what he wished him to do? The complainant replied, that he wished the hoaxei• to be sum moned for his loss of time while being cured. Mr. Maltby replied, that he could not assist him. He hoped, however, that this event would bell wholesome caution to him, in after life, how he trusted to the representations of others. Tne affair was, no doubt, an absurd practical joke, and one which had inflicted great pain ; but he had no power in the case. INTERESTING DISCOVERY OF A ROMAN VILLA.—SOme workmen employed a week or two ago in digging gravel upon the land of Mr. Whittett, of Comberton, came upon a quantity of massive brick-work, and immediately communicated the fact to their employer. He, with that respect for other ages which it is to be regretted was not exhibited by those who caused the destruction of our ancient castle, suffered not the hand of spoliation to attack that which might prove to be a very interesting discovery, but caused the earth to be care fully cleared away from the brick-work, which now presents an admirable specimen of the masonry of the Romans. It forms the foundation of a building of considerable area; the portion already cleared is 24 feet long by 10 feet wide, and is in the direction of north and south. On the western side are two small compartments of different area, and the whole is paved with well-burnt tiles, 15 inches long by 104 inches wide, firmly embedded in the grout, or calcareous conglo merate so much used by the Romans. Upon these and in the small compartments are rows of piers, at irregular dis tances, each formed of ten .bricks, 11 inches thick, and 8 inches square. .The exterior and other walls are 3 feet thick, and 31 feet high, and cemented together, with a fair surface, by the same enduring concrete. They, as well as the foun- dation, arc composed of masses of stone, principally Ketton stone, chalk marl, and immense flints : this shows the in dustry and perseverance of the builders, fur these sorts of stone are not found in the neighbourhood of Comberton. Within the area the space was filled with fragments of tiles and the peculiar Roman bricks of various and beautiful patterns of stucco and fresco painting, exactly similar in thickness and composition to-those discoverectin-the ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum : the colours are quite bright, and although in distemper appear to be uninjured by the lapse of time. The tiles are of various forms and excellent workmanship ; many of them are in the shape of those used in the sudatoriuw bath, and their interiors bear evident marks of fire. Among the other articles discovered are fragments of window-glass, and one portion of a drinking-glass—frag ments of course sepulchral vases and pottery of various forms and manufacture, some of them very curious—hair-pins formed with much ingenuity of the Belemnite fossil—a piece of leaden pipe cemented into a large brick—an iron instru ment, somewhat like the skid of a carriage, the use of which has not been ascertained—quantities of oyster shells, of a species now little known, &c. The extent of area, the frag ments of window-glass, (an expensive rarity, only used in superior buildings,) and the painted fresco work, lead one to imagine that these interesting remains are those of a Roman villa of some pretensions; and this idea is further strengthened by the discovery of the tiles used in the bath.—Cambridge Chronicle. AFFLICTING CASE OF Il YDROPIIOBIA.—On Monday Mr. John Hvndman, city coroner, held an inquest at the house, 83, Mecklenburg-street, upon the body of a man named Michael Conran, aged 28, by trade a gardener. It appeared from the evidence, that about seven o'clock on the morning of the 6th of January last, the deceased was walking to the residence of Mr. Bushe, at Clontarf, where he was used to work, when his attention was attracted upon the road by a very small dog of much beauty. He stooped down for the purpose of patting it, and having played with it for a minute or so, he spat inadvertently upon it; the dog grew incensed, and springing towards the face of the deceased, who was still leaning over it, made a snap at him and bit him in the under lip. The deceased struck the dog down, who immediately ran away, and he never after saw more of it. The wound on his lip healed up in four or five days, and he thought nothing of it until Friday morning last, when he was going to his work he complained of feeling very ill. He continued at his work that day, but returned very much worse about 7 o'clock, when he complained of great pain in his lip and general illness. He called for a drink of water, saying that he was thirsty, but when it was brought to him he suddered at the sight and refused to drink, and said that there was something the matter with his throat which pre vented him from swallowing. All that night he raved in his sleep about the dog, imploring that it might be killed, a n d giving an accurate description of it. On Saturday his malady increased fearfully. Ile shuddered at the sound of water, and although he retained his consciousness and memory to the last, he occasionally leaped about so frantically that it was found necessary to call in the police to hold him. On Sunday morning he was conveyed to the Richmond Hospi tal, where he died about four o'clock'. As the hour of disso lution approached, his sufferings appeared to undergo much mitigation, And he died composedly in the arms of his mo ther, being at the time in the full possession of hi s mental drop faculties—Verdict, " Died of hyhobia."--Dubfinpaper. 1 4 14 rri I don, 11,3 try WOchitheYpe t LW. Ho had bald tha office be• twenty arid thirty year " M. P.'s" tri TExAs.- 7 -Messrs. Kaufman and Mayfield, two of the n'tembers of the Texan House of Representatives, had a tight in the streets of Austin, one beautiful day in January last, rev words spoken i❑ debate ! It resulted in Kaufman being dangerously, perchance mortally wounded in the upper part of the abdomen, by apiStol ball fired by May field. This is a fine specimen of congress life in Texas. - A PERLLOUS DESCENT.—A letter from Schaffhausen states that two Baden boatmen, a few days ago, became out of patience at waiting for a cart to carry their light skiff over the land below the falls of the Rhine, and, being somewhat excited by wine in celebrating a festival, determined to at tempt the fall in their boat. ravoured by the low state of the water, they succeeded, without either they or the boat sirstainfng the slightest injury.— Galignani' s Messenger. THE FUNDS.—SATURDAY EVENING.—The funds have fluctuated very little. to-day. There was an increased de mand for Exchequer-bills, in consequence of which their premium was quoted 31s. to 335. Consols for money closed • 891- to I, and . 891 to g for the account; New Three and a Halt per Cents. 98k; and India Bonds, Bs. to ' 10s. premium. The general business in the foreign stocks was transacted at rather firmer prices, the declarations of minis ters in parliament last night having given firmness to the Peninsula securities. Spanish Actives closed 24 to 25 ; Portuguese' Five per Cents., 33 to 1; and Ditto Three per Cents., 191 to 20. There was a re-action in the Mexican market to the extent of about A per cent., which was caused by sellers who were desirous of realizing at the advanced price: The highest price to-day was 3%, and the closing one 314 to 1. Colombian closed 2.V ! to i; Danish, 811 to 821; Brazilian, 66 to 67 ; Belgian, 103 to 104. Dutch Two and a Half per Cents., 51i to ; and Ditto Five per Cents., 1021 to 103. THE RUSSIAN COMPANY.—On Saturday night the Rus sian Company gave their annual dinner to her majesty's mi nisters, the Russian embassy, and the principal merchants in the city, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. The sideboards and tables Were decorated with golden salvers and a profusion of plate, silver gilt. It is but justice to Messrs. Bathe and Breach to say that the whole arrangements of the fast were admirable, and gave unqualified satisfaction to the distinguished assembly. Covers were laid for 120. Mr. Astell, the governor, presided on the occasin, was supported on the right by his excellency the Baron de Brunow, and on the left by the Duke of Wellington. There were also pre sent the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl of Ripon, Lord Fitzgerald and Vesey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Viscount Canning, Lord Londonderry, Lord Strangford, Count Alexis Strogonoff, Sir henry liardinge, M. de Kondriafky, M. de Gessler, M. de Eustaphieve, Sir Robt, Wilson, Sir E. Ktiatchbull, Sir Alexander Crighton, Sir James Leighton, Sir J. Pelly, Major-General Sir S. Lusli ingtori, Lieutenant-Colonel Thornton, Mr. Sidney Herbert, Mr. J. Masterman. M.P., Mr. Alderman. Thompson, M.P., Mr. B. Hawes, M.P., Mr. Murchison the traveller. &c. The health of her majesty's ministers was received with more than usual enthusiasm. HORRIBLE OUTRAGE.—For some time it has been ex-v pected that the sawyers of Cork would have committed a depredation in consequence of Mr John Wilson and Dr. Quarry having erected extensive saw and planing machines, worked by two steam engines. While they were building, and for some time after they were set to work, so threaten ing was the demeanour of the sawyers that it was deemed necessary to leave a large police force on the premises, and subsequently a police station was placed near the mills in King-street. Though the precautions taken have up to the present time saved the premises from dilapidation or total destruction, nothing could prevent the sawyers from threat ening the lives of the proprietors of the mills, of those whom they employed, - and of persons who had the hardihood to send their timber to be cut by the machines. Knowing the danger in which the proprietors were, and those whom they employed, the police had directions at all times to accom pany them when they had occasion to go abroad, besides, that they themselves were generally at med. However, it unfortunately happened that Mr. Wilson went out on Tues day evening without his firearms, and, when returning, was met by a party, who lay in wait for him, one of whom threw a quantity of vitriol in his face, from which it is feared he will lose the sight of his eyes, at least of one.—Cork Con stitution, (If Thursday.—The Constitution of Saturday says —" Though there seemed to be little hope, up to to yesterday morning, but that Mr. Williams had lost the sight of his left eye by the atrocious assault committed on him on Tuesday night, we are glad to state that in the course of the day. Dr. Quarry, his partner in the patent saw mills, endeavoured to raise the lid, when Mr. Wilson joyfully announced that he be discerned him, and on examination, Dr. Quarry was of opinion tnat the sight was not materially injured. Though Mr. Wilson is himself of opinion that the right eye is not in jured, still the inflammation is so great that it is impossible to examine the pupil. It is horrifying to look on the unfortu nate gentleman's face, it being one mass of purulent matter, from the top of hi s head to his mouth, the beard of his chin having resisted the action of the acid. The pain he endures from his mouth is most excruciating, a quantity of the vitriol having got on his lips, gums, and tongue, the discharge of pus from which is very great, and occasion , ally portions of the skin come away. Suppuration having set in, it is evident that the entire skin of the face will fall off, and therefore, under present circumstances, it is impossible to do more than speculate as to the conse quences that may arise—at present the patient is in a favourable state, considering the nature of the assault committed on him. There are at present eleven prisoners in bridewell, on suspicion, all of whom are sawyers." EXTRAORDINARY CASE.—At the Birmingham Borough Sessions, on Saturday last, Ann Latham (mother), Sarah Anne Latham, an interesting young girl (daughter), Edward Latham, and Thomas Latham (sons), were indicted for con spiring and confederating with one Henry Ashford, now out of the way, by divers false pretences, to cheat and defraud divers of her Majesty's liege subjects, to wit—RObert Hen derson and others, of large quantities of goods and chattels. The value so obtained was said to amount to upwards of £l5OO. Mr. Miller, as counsel for the prosecution, said the person Ashford formerly resided in Birmingham, and about 17 years ago was convicted of felony, and transported for seven years. Nothing was known of him until about a year ago, when lie re-appeared almost a new person, if not a new character. How he became acquainted with the family of the Lathams he (the learned counsel) was not aware, but no • doubt that would come out in the evidence for the defence. The Lathams were admitted up to the. time of these trans..: actions to be of good character, and of course this reputa tion might be turned to a good or a bad account, according to the disposition of any member of the family. The father of the present defendants, who carried on the business of a surveyor, died about 4 years ago, and since his death Edward, who resided with his mother and sister, maintained himself by the same profession. Thomas was by trade a steel pen manu facturer, and a married man. In the course of last summer the Lathams and Ashford were first seen together, and it was held out that Ashford and Miss Latham were about to be married. Ashford, who had travelled for his education, was repre sented to be a man of prepossessing and plausible address. He took a most respectable house in Malvern -terrace, in the Bristol road, and himself made his appearance in the town in the character of a man of fashion, of property, and of jewellery. Mr. Wright, a respectable upholsterer of the town, was applied to for furniture, and partly upon the re presentation of Edward and Thomas Latham, who stated that Ashford was about to marry their sister, and was a man of considerable property, Mr. Wright undertook to furnish the house; but, as additional security, he obtained a bill of sale, and a warrant of attorney for £4OO. Thomas stated that he made application to the prisoner's brother in London, and learned that he had £2600 in the Bank of England. Now, having obtained a well-furnished house, one part of the grand design was accomplished. Thomas Latham and Ashford next took a house and manufactory in Caroline street, which it then became necessary to furnish with goods. In the meantime, however, Ashford and Miss Latham, in company, honoured Mr. Henderson with an order for glass and china to the amount of upwards of £6O. The learned counsel, after enumerating the various frauds committed by Ashford, said it might be contended that the Latbams, at the time they made their various representations as to Ash ford's credit, might at the time believe them to be true ; but if they found that after inquiries and subsequent occurrences Miss Latham and her brother Thomas were assisting in carrying off the property by stealth, to prevent its being ap propriated for the benefit of creditors, he thought the jury would come to the conclusion that they were not - entirely guiltless. An explosion took place, Ashford decamped, and not a farthing was ever paid to his tradesmen. After stating other, facts adduced in evidence, the learned gentlemen con cluded by expressing a sincere hope that the defendants, who had hitherto borne a respectable character, might come clear out of the investigation. A number of witnesses was then examined in support of this statement, and the prisoners' counsel addressed the jury for the defendants, and a verdict of guilty was found against Thomas Latham, and the others were acquitted. The convicted prisoner was sentenced to six months imprisonment in Warwick gaol. FRIGHTFUL BRLTALITY.—We proceed to the case of ano ther, Cummins (a cowherd, in the employ of a Mr.. Salter), which shows, that to impede any of the measures concerted by the conspirators against any of the offending voters was as unpardonable a crime as even the vote itself. A couple of assassins had been employed to waylay Mr. Saltet, who was a tenant of Colonel Bruen. They placed themselves armed in a ditch, commanding the road by which, on a certain day, Mr. Salter was expected to visit his grazing farm, and were 'then perceived by Cummins. Finding themselves discovered, they produced their pistols, and swore him on his knees to withhold all intelligence of what he had seen from Mr. Salter, and endeavour to bring him within reach of their ambush. The faithful fellow, however, had no sooner escaped front them than he sent a special messenger by a different route with warning to Mr. Salter, who was on the road, riding towards the spot where the murderers were in waiting, when he met tbat messenger and turned back. Irritated at Mrs Salter's escape, the ruffians (who were strangers; and sup posed, from their clothing, to be Kilkenny men) - attacked poor Cummins while herding his master's cattle, knocked him down with a bludgeon, beat him on the ground, and cut off his ears, telling him as they went off that " he got that by breaking his oath, and warning his Sassenach master." He was found by his wife bleeding and insensible, and con.. veyed to his own house.—Reign of Terror in Ireland. BazA Aus.—A correspondent in the Manchester Courier gives the following account'of the origin of bazaars :—" Ba zaars, to the best of my recollection, have their origin in European Turkey, and were appointed for the general sale of merchandize accumulated from various parts of the known world, held periodically, when the manufacturers and con sumers were brought together, and their various commercial transactions effected. They were introduced into England with another object, having a more philanthropic tendency, at the same time being a source of benefit to the speculator. The first, I believe, was that at present in Soho-square, and the regulation of it redounds much credit upon the parties connected with it. Coutts Trotter, Esq., in the onset, esta blished it, with a view for the respectable employment of fe males, who otherwise (from the bad taste of drapers, and others, in employing young men i n their shops to dispose of those wares strictly within the province of the other sex) would have been driven to poverty, or, what is more, to prostitution. The general working of this system saved many hundred females from infamy, and furnished many more with the means of obtaining a respectable livelihood, in preparing various matters to supply the stalls of these fair vendors of light merchandize. At one time it was feared that these interesting places would be the lounges of the idle and dissipated, and such might have been the case but for a most excellent regulation in having a number of staid ma trons in various parts of the establishment, to report any indecorum which might creep in." How TO BOARD AND LODGE IN AMERICA.—The Phi ladelphia Chronicle calls the, hero of the following story a Yankee, but we will wager a sixpence that he was born in —" ' Pennsylvania. B u t no ma tt er , it's a good joke : What do you charge for board ?' asked a tall Green Mountain boy, as he walked up to the bar of a second-rate hotel in New York—' what do you ask a week for board and l o d g i ng ?' Five dollars.' Five dollars ! that's too much ; but I s'pose you'll allow for the times I am absent from dinner and supper?' Certainly—thirty-seven and a half cents each.' Here the conversation ended, and the Yankee took up his quarters for two weeks. During the time he lodged and breakfasted at the hotel, but did not take either dinner or supper, saying his businsss detained him in another portion of the town. At the expiration of the two weeks, he again walked up to the bar, and said, ' S'pose we settle that ac count—l'm going in a few minutes.' The landlord handed him his bill—' Two weeks' board at five dollars—ten dollars.' Here stranger, said the Yankee, this is wrong—you've made a mistake; you've not deducted the times I was absent from dinner and supper-14 days, two meals per day ;28 meals, at 37i cents each-10 dollars 50 cents. If you've not got the 50 cents change that's due me, I'll take a drink and the balance in cigars. "