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TiU tiN N SATURDA EVENING, APRIL 18, i 846.

THE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, APRIL 18.
THERMOMETER, Lowest, 45; Highest. 59; Noon, 50.
BAROMETER, 29.95.
WIND N.N.W.; morning, rail: afternoon, fine.

marauding, shooting those who resisted or in any way
thwarted his despotic will ; and it was equally a part of
the system, a matter of arithmetical calculation, to ob-
tain his object at the cost of one-half of the conscripts
dragged, like felons, from their home to fill up his plun-
dering cohorts. One of his own generals has admitted
these facts. " Our countless armies," says General Fov,
by their mere passage destroyed in a few hours the
resources of a whole country. They generally bivou-
acked, and where they happened to halt, our soldiers
demolished houses that had stood for a century, in order
to construct with their materials those long uniform
villages which were frequently destined to last but for
a day or two. Where forest timber was not at hand
fruit-trees of the most valuable kind, such as the olive:
mulberry, and orange trees, were felled for fuel ; had our
soldiers waited for supplies, till the a dministration of
the army served them with rations, they might have
starved." ATTILA, the 46 Scourge of GOD," did not
create half so much misery and ruin as this " man of the
age." Can the Germans ever forget such scenes, or
permit, but with their death, the march of French
troops through their territory ? There are, besides,
other material points to be taken into account. Al-
giers requires an army of at least 150,000 men. That
number, in the event of a continental war, would
not suffice ; and supposing that costly appendage given
up, what sort of an army would be let loose upon
Europe?—men inured to cruelty, glorying in razzias and
plunder of the worst description, and allowed by their
officers, nay, by the Commander-in-Chief himself, to
commit crimes which are a disgrace to the age, and
which have roused the indignation of all France. Would
the Russians welcome these as allies in compelling their
Sovereign to keep his word and grant them a constitu-
tion ? Would they be more welcome in Bavaria, or
Saxony, or even in Lombardy, where the dull, mo-
notonous, and modified absolutism of Austria has
become supportable ? But it is needless to dilate
further on the small chances of success which
the enemies of the present French dynasty could have
in obtaining any one useful object in exciting France
against the rest of Europe. They are palpable to every
common observer, and are the best security that the
assassination of Lours PHILIPPE would make no mate-
rial change in the destinies of Europe. Using the
words of M. TRIERS, with the necessary alterations as
applied to the Queen of ENGLAND, " His life is precious
!o all ; and if fate, jealous of such proofs of prosperity
in France, should strike this aged Prince, his death
would cause profound regret—it would be a subject of
alarm to none."

awn WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY.
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have no particular affection for the Coercion Bill; it
carries with it no prestige in our eyes, indeed we care
not one straw if it be never revived after the first read-
ing. But earnestly and solemnly we conjure the Irish
representatives to meditate Ni ell upon the course they
are at present pursuing almost in defiance of all pr. ce-
dent ; we implore them to bear in recollection
the devastation already made in their native land by
dearth and sickness, and the certainty there is of its ex-
tension unless interrupted; and with these facts before
their eyes to behold the fearful responsibilities which
devolve upon them in their Parliamentary capacity.
Unless they view the matter in this rational light, Nye
dread to dream of the consequences.

The proceedings of the meeting which was held yes-
terday at the London Tavern, for the purpose of hear-
ing the statement of Lieutenant WAGHORN respecting
the advantages of the overland communication with In-
dia, and thence by that route to Australia and New
Zealand, will be read with great in terest. Lieutenan tWea-
MORN proposes to go to Australia by way of Singapore,
and he divides the distance, 4,450 miles, into fourstages;
first, from Singapore to a port in Java ; thence to Port
Essenden, in Batavia ; thence to Wednesday Islands, in
Australia ; and thence to 'fort Jackson. A committee
was appointed to report and take evidence as to the
merits of the plan, which it was stated had met with the
approval of the Government. It is impossible
to estimate too highly the advantages, social,
national, and commercial, which must accrue both
to the colonies and to the mother country,
from the carrying out of the propositions of Lieutenant
WAGHORN. Already has he brought India within one
month of England. It is owing to the exertions, the
almost unaided exertions, of Lieutenant WAGHORN that
we are aware of the successful termination of the cam-
paign on the Sutlej, at a time when, according to the
old system, we should have hardly received infor-
mation of its commencement. It was entirely owing
to his exertions that we were enabled to repair the
disasters of Caubul, for had there been no overland
mail, the summer—during which Sir GEoRGE PoLLocE
made his advance and relieved SALE, and retook Caubul
and released the prisoners—would have elapsed before
the intelligence of the destruction of ELPHINsToNE's
army could have reached England and orders have been
transmitted out to India, and the Affghans would have
had twelve months in which to concentrate and discipline
their forces. And what has been his reward for services
which are above all praise ? The Government have given
him the rank of a lieutenant in the navy—that is
absolutely all that has been done for him. Now this
is really disgraceful to us as a nation ; and we call
upon the Government to wipe out this disgrace
by recommending to her MAJESTY to bestow
upon Lieutenant WAGHORN some substantial mark of
favour. But if it is disgraceful to us as a nation
generally, still more deeply disgraceful is it to
the commercial body of the nation. That body has
derived immense pecuniary advantages from the facility
of communication with India, which has been
opened by Lieutenant WAGHORN, and as yet they
have not shown their gratitude to their benefactor
in a manner befitting either him or themselves. Still he
continues hiscareer of usefulness, and is now about to add
to the obligations under which he has laid his country by
opening for her a safe and speedy communication with
her magnificent Australian colonies. Should he succeed, he
may with truth say that he, too, like CANNING, has
called a new world into existence. But while
he does his duty, let us not neglect ours ; and it
is our bounden duty to present Lieutenant WAGIIORN
with such a testimonial of our gratitude as shall be
worthy a great nation, and which, while it discharges
a small portion of the debt due to him from his
countrymen, shall, at the same time, act as a stimulus
to others to follow his example. For our own sakes we
should do this, and do it quickly, for there cannot be a
doubt but that our ungrateful neglect of the services of
Lieutenant WAGHORN has already operated as " a heavy
blow and a great discouragement" to enterprise in other
quarters.

Our worst fears as to the upshot of last evening's dis-
cussion upon the adjourned debate have been most mi-
serably realised. The opposition of the Irish Members
to a mere first reading of a Bill for the Protection of
Life in Ireland continues, if possible, with more intole-
rant, unrelenting, and unaccountable virulence than
heretofore. From the procastination of public busi-
ness consequent upon this opposition, we think
the parties in question are culpable beyond
measure ; but for the increase of woes which
the delay must " per necessitate" entail upon their
fellow-countrymen they will be most grievously respon-
sible. What, however, is the precise nature of their
conduct ? They actually retard the introduction of such
proceedings on the part of Government as would apply
an instantaneous remedy to the evils at present devastat-
ing the population of Ireland, and they do this by an
intolerably fractious opposition. Yes, we cannot but
repeat it, the obstacles raised by the Irish Members in
the course of this discussion are dictated by a spirit of
absolute inconsistency and animated by feelings of the most
frivolous antagonism. That such is actually the case is
demonstrable by two questions. Do the Honourable
Gentlemen dread the consequences of such a Bill being
permitted to pass the first reading ? They cannot ;
the supposition is preposterous. Would there not be
ample opportunity for analysing its clauses and pro-
testing against its influence, upon the second reading—
in Committee—at the final stage of the enactments ?
Looking dispassionately at these facts, every one must
acknowledge that the promoters of this opposition are
inexcusably captious ; and when we hear them announcing
their anxiety for the amelioration of the want experi-
enced across St. George's Channel, and behold at the
same moment the terrible addition of poignancy which
must accompany those privations in consequence of
that same opposition, we cannot but accuse them of the
grossest inconsistency. Declamation against anything
they may consider as productive of a great na-
tional grievance is reasonable, is allowable, is noble, is
patriotic. But let that declamation be uttered a t
the right time—let it tend, if such be possible ,
to modify the operation of the enactment,
or even to cause its expulsion from Parliament. Let it
not, however, in GOD'S name, interfere between a
people racked with the mad agonies of hunger and the
provisions by which that hunger might be allayed ; let
it not assume to itself as exclusive sympathy for the suffe-
rers at the very instant it is the chief cause of the con-
tinuance and enhancement of their sorrows ; let it not,
with a mock aspect of susceptibility, place itself as
a barrier between a population already goaded to des-
peration by a dearth of food and the means
by which the deficiency might be supplied ! Possibly
they would arrogate to themselves a certain commenda-
tion for patriotism on the score of their present pro-
ceedings. Patriotism, indeed ! If a wrangling perti-
nacity upon a mere question of conventionalities be pa-
triotism, then are they entitled to that amount of praise.
Not otherwise ; as far at least as the present discussion is
concerned. Does any one question the justice of this
declaration? Let him take a more comprehensive survey
of the matter. Here is Ireland afflicted with a triple scourge
—famine, contagion, and organised murder. Every
additional scrap of intelligence only adds another to the
previous instances of calamity from one or other of these
dreadful visitations. From Clonmel, where sacks of
flour were actually torn from their military escort by a
mob, infuriated and reckless from extreme starvation,
we learn that the insurgents dared the muskets of the
soldiers, with the excl.mation that " they might as well
be shot as starved !" while the Dublin Evening
Post informs us that the town of Carrick-on-
Suir has been utterly rifled of its provisions by the
peasantry, the meal stores pillaged, the shops cleared of
their contents en masse, and that the town was, to em-
ploy the writer's expression, "just as if it had been sacked
by an army of Seikhs!" Yet it is for the benefit of this
population th4t the Irish Members are now compelling
Parliament to fritter away its time and energies
over a point of mere formality, instead of
combining with Government in forwarding such
schemes as would be most likely to alleviate
the real exigencies of their countrymen. Is not that a
second-hand species of legislative patriotism ? We think
so. But to analyse the matter still further :—What is
the object of Government in introducing the so-called
Coercion Bill ? Why, as the real heading of that Bill
indicates, for the protection of life in Ireland, the punish.
ment of agrarian marauders, and the suppression
of the most demoralising, the most bloodthirsty, the
most diabolical secret associations. That is a laudable
object, besides being a duty absolutely incumbent
upon the Legislature. But the next inquiry is,
can any reliance be placed upon the sincerity of the
Ministerial sentiments towards Ireland ? This is readily
perceivable from the measures already taken by Go-
vernment in her behalf. Those measures, scanning
them in retrospect, and coupling them with the engage-
ments already made, and the intentions already ex-
pressed by different members of the Cabinet, testify the
utmost sympathy for Irish suffering, and the utmost
activity for its removal. Most of the Ministerial fluc-
tuations, most of the great commercial innovations by
which a strong " party" has been dispersed, hinge
chiefly upon the anxiety of Ministers for the bene-
fit of Ireland. All questions having reference to
her affairs have had precedence in the present session
—grants have been extended—and Indian corn, together
with American oatmeal, has been specially imported
for the consumption of her inhabitants. Mr. O'CON.
NELL himself has acknowledged the efforts made by
Government in behalf of his unfortunate country ; he
expressed his gratitude towards Sir ROBERT PEEL only
a few days since in Conciliation Hall ; and last night
he declared that " the Government bad shown the
best intentions on this subject (namely, the allevia-
tion of Irish distress), and had successfully vindi-
cated itself from the charges preferred against it.''
Besides which the Home Secretary announced his inten-
tion, " at a future period of the s, ssion, to apply to Par-
liament with confidence for any advance which might be
necessary beyond the amount now specified in the Public
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pired simultaneously, though in another quarter, is
the opinions
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sisterhood, may be exorcised out of Ireland, by ".M. Thiers has remained a determined partisan of the
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It wculd appear from the following extract of a letter
from Naples, dated 31st ult., that the Empress of RUSSIA
and the Royal Family of Naples have had a narrow
escape : •
" Yesterday the Royal Family accompanied its Russian
guests, with the exception of the Empress, to Caserta, in a
special train by the railroad. At Castelnuovo, the first sta-
tion, the regular train came up, the conductors of which had
been duly warned, but from mismanagement or some other
cause, a shock was not entirely avoided. The last carriage
being still upon the rail was struck by the special train, and
some of the passengers in it were seriously hurt. The occu-
pants of the royal train escaped with only the fright, al-
though the windows were smashed and the wheels slightly
damaged. The carriagl was not driven off the rail. This is
the first accident that has happened on the Caserta Railroad.
The Queen and the Queen-Mother of Naples have been in-
vested by the Emperor of Russia with the insignia of the
Order of Sainte Catherine, richly set in diamonds. It is said
that two horses of colossal size are being cast in bronze at
St. Petersburgh, intended by the Emperor as presents to the
city of Naples."

The draft of the new constitution for the canton of
Berne is published in the Ami de la Constitution. It
proclaims the sovereignty of the people ; the right of
vote by all persons of good character, who have attained
the age of 21, and reside in the canton ; and the power
of dismissal of the members of the Grand Council by the
assemblies of the people.

A letter from Rogasen, in the Grand Duchy of Posen,
dated the Bth, states that during a fire which took place
there on the 7th, the cry of " Kill the Jews and the
Germans," was raised by the Poles of the lower order,
who committed great excesses, and dangerously wounded
several Jews. The respectable inhabitants, however,
acted w ith great energy. The mob was dispersed, and
six roles were arrested.
The Austrian, Russian, and Prussian Commissioners
held their second conference on the affairs of Poland on
the Bth, at Berlin. The nature of their deliberations
has not transpired.

The Royal Commissioners, appointed by the King of
SWEDEN to draw up a new constitution, held their first
meeting at Stockholm, on the 31st, under the presidency
of the Minister of Justice, and decided upon divid.ng
the labour into three sections ; the first, as regards the
critical history of the present form of the Sw, dish Go-
vernment ; the second, the analyses of the constitutions
of other countries ; and the third, the statistical infor.
mation required.

The news from Madrid is not of a later date than
that already given. A private letter had been received
in Paris stating that the Cabinet had been completed
by the appointment of M. CANEJA, as Minister of Grace
and Justice. The accounts from Galicia are very con-
flictive. On the one hand it is stated that the insurrec-
tion is completely put down ; while on the other, not
only is that statement declared to be untrue, but it is
averred that the movement is spreading. The Infante
Don ENRIQUE and General NARVAEZ had neither of
them left Bayonne on the 12th. The Infante has
taken a house there. NARVAEZ had called to pay his
respects to the Prince on the 11th. The report at
Bayonne was, that the insurrection at Lugo had been
completely put down, and that no other town in the
north of Spain had shown the least diposition to join
in the movement.

We have received the Paris papers of Thursday.
Since their arrival intelligence has been received by the
electric telegraph of the South-Eastern Railway Com-
pany that an attempt had been made on Thursday after-
noon to assassinate King LOUIS PHILIPPE, while return.
ing, accompanied by his family, from a drive in the park
of Fontainbleau. Fortunately no one was hurt, although
the KING appears to have had a very narrow escape.
Three balls cut the fringe which ornamented the char-a-
banc in which the royal party were riding, and the wad-
ding, which fell between the KING and QUEEN, was
picked np by her MAJESTY. The assassin, who was
immediately arrested, is named LECONTE. He was
formerly
a wood-ranger of the forest of Fontainbleau-
We have given the telegraphic dispatch itself in another
column.

The papers of Thursday are principally occu-
pied with comments on the speech delivered by M.
Timms in the Chamber of Deputies on the preceding
day, on the subject of the French navy. The speech
itself will be found in extenso in another column.

must be appl
"M. Thiers," says the Constitutionel, "by the luminous
speech so rich in facts, so elevated, so convincing, which he
delivered yesterday, performed his duty as a good citizen.
He brought forth that just, fecund, and practical idea, which
renovate our naval strength. He went into 0.
question, but with a simplicity Q-"' .
suitable to such sul-A—,d with perseverance if there be any di"-:-
plicatio-

considers ridiculous the figures of 36 and 40 ! For our part'
we confess that we find it impossible not to consider the
number set forth by M. Thiers as just as strange ; 60 ships
of the line would not place us in a position to struggle with
Great Britain, who possesses 100, and could arm still more.
The inequality would consequently subsist just as well with
60 as with 36 or 40. But let us pass to the fitting out of
these vessels. That is certainly a difficult problem, particu-
larly fur M. Thiers, who is not in favour either of free trade
or of an extension of the colonial system of France.
At the rate of 650 men per vessel, such a fleet would re-
quire 51,000 seamen ! But France at present only posses-es
46,000 men on whom it can depend. How, then, are the
frigates and small vessels to be provided for ? How are the
losses in war to be repressed? For any other mau but M.
Thiers that would be a grave dffficulty. But what are
difficulties to M. Thiers ? He laughs at them ! How do
you suppose he contrives to get rid of this one? Simply
by affirming that it would be sufficient to create a naval
force to create also a sufficiency of seamen to man it ! Let
us build vessels, said he, and seamen will come of them-
selves. That would no doubt be true, if the sixty vessels
of M. Thiers were to remain fitted up during peace as well
as during war. But could that be the case'? W hat could
France do with sixty ships of the line fully equipped in time
of peace? What, above all, could she do with them if she
renounced finding colonial establishments, as M. Thiers re-
commends? She could do nothing but send them to parade
at sea, nothing more! That would satisfy M. Thiers per-
haps, but would not be so likely to satisfy the rate-payers.
Sixty ships of the line would cost about sixty millions a
year ; in adding an equal sum for frigates, brigs, &c., the
budget of the navy would be doubled ! and the whole with-
out any utility, for our navy would not then cease to be in •
ferior to the navy of Great britain. What an able Minister
of Marine M. Tillers would make at a pinch I",

La Presse, it would appear, is for extending French
protection to the secondary maritime powers. " Those
who wish sincerely and seriously, and not lightly, for a
maritime France, make France the rallying-point, the
pivot, round which, at the first gun-shot, the secondary
maritime powers will assemble for the maintenance of
the freedom of the seas and respect for the neutrality of
the flag."
Lord PALMERSTON and Lord BROUGHAM were present
in the Chamber during the delivery of the speech of M.
TRIERS, and to their presence La France attributes the
moderation exhibited by the orator.

"It is to be regretted," says that journal, "that the presence
in the Chamber of Lord Palmerston and Lord Brougham,
should have prevented M. Thiers from declaring his opinions
fully. Evidently in this part of his speech, he used milder
expressions towards England; evidently he endeavoured to
make a little diplomatic display before the illustrious
visitors; and if more than once he laid down the casus belii
with Great Britain as a doubtful matter, and henceforward
almost impossible, it was clear that the future Minister
peeped forth from behind the orator. We pardon this weak-
ness in M. Thiers. Who can blame him in this period of
petty egotism, for having thought a little of his personal in-
terest,: ? But when once freed from these narrow considera-
tions, M. Thiers became what he usually is, the bold antago-
nist who fears nothing, who dreads no obstacles, and who,
without any attention to his own little person, bravely darts
forward and attacks bodily the questions the most grave, the
most arduous, the most colossal."

The debate was resumed on Thursday by M. LEVAS-
SEUR, who recommended the encouragement of the
French fisheries, as a nursery for seamen. He wa.
followed by M. LAMARTINE, who protested against the
assertion of M. THIERS, that France was a continental,
and not a naval power; and who supported the Govern-
ment proposition, because it would enable France to
keep two fleets constantly at sea, one in the Mediterra-
nean, and the other on the ocean. The debate bad not
closed when the post left.
The revenue returns from the indirect taxes, during
the first quarter of 1846, are published in the Moniteur.
The total amount of revenue is 198,429,000 f., showing an
increase, as c.,mpared with that of the corresponding
period of 1844, of 14,232,000 f., and of 1845, of
13,590,0001. The proceeds of the different items in the
present year are :

Francs.
Registry duties, mortgages, &c. ... 55,162,000
Stamps ... ... ... ... ... 10,917,000
Import duties on sundry merchandise 26,197,000
Ditto on colonial sugar 8,946,000
Ditto on foreign sugars ... ... 1,078,000
Export duties ... ... ... ... 483,000
Navigation duties ... ... ... 468,000
Sundry other duties ... ... ... 636,000
Duties on salt ... ... ... ... 14,494,000
Ditto on liquors ... ... ... 23,576,000
Ditto on domestic sugar ... ... 5,340,000
Proceeds of the sale of tobacco ... 27,822.000
Ditto of gunpowder ... ... ... 1,230,000
Post-office, &c. ... ... ... 12,497,000
Fares in mail-coaches ... ... ... 512,000
Ditto in steam-packets ... ... 205,000

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.

The only items exhibiting a diminution are colonial
sugars, of 1,071,000 f. ; foreign sugars, 857,000 f. ; navi-
gation duties, 28,000 f. ; tax on salt, 1,414,000 f. ; and
fares of mail coaches, 12,000 f. The receipts of the first
quarter of 1846, according to the monthly returns, were :
—January, 62,423,000 f. ; February, 63,793,000 f. ; and
March, 72,213,000 f.

The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 5,000 to
6,000 bales; but the market was not quite so active as dur-
ing the earlier part of the week.-In Shares an increased
business was transacted, but there was no advance in prices.
It Messrs. Lamond's auction of Railway Shares yesterday
afternoon a large business was done, but prices were hardly
so firm. The quotations of some of the principal lots are sub-
joined :-East Indian, 9s. 6d.-Bridtrewater and Minehad,
155.-Great Eastern and Western 14-Leicester and Bed-
ford, 9s. 6d.-North British, Carlisle Extension, 1/. 155.-
London and 3lancherter, Remington's, 18s.-London and
Croydon, 21/. 55.-Sheffield, Buxton, and Leek Potteries,
13s. 6d.-Welsh Midlund, U. 35.-Southampton, Manchester,
and Oxford, 11. 45.-Sh ropshire Union and Canal, 11.0 s. 6d.-
Direct Birmingham an,d Leicester, -Cornwall and Devon
Central, 1/. 11s. 6d.-V ale of Neath, 1/. 3s. 6d.-Louvain
la Sambre, 11.65.-Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby, 14s. 6d.
-York and Lancaster, IL 13s. 6d.-Reading and Reigate,
15s. 6d.-Essex and Suffolk, 138.-Northumberland and
Lancashire, 11. ls. 6d.-Great Eastern and Western, 1/.
The Bank of England return for last week shows more
distinctly the working of the dividend payments. The fol-
lowing is a brief analysis :-
Notes issued
Decrease
Public deposits , 4,210,976

The Moniteur Algerien of the 10th has the following
account of the movements of General LAMORICIERE and
the Duke D'AUMALE :-

"On the 30th ult. General Lamoriciere came up with one
of the emigrating tribes of the south, and after pursuing it
for a distance of five leagues, made seventy-five prisoners,
and took thirteen camels, 130 oxen, and between seven and
and eight thousand sheep. Colonel de Geraudon had pre-
viously, on the 20th, made a successful razzia on the emi-
grating tribe of the Assessnas. It was daily expected that
Colonel Tartas would enter the western part of the Dahra
with the column of Mostaganem. It is there, probably, that
lies concealed Bou Maza, whose wound in the arm has be-
come much worse, in consequence of an operation he per-
formed himself. It is now to be regretted that the troops of
the two neighbouring sub-divisions have not been able to
concert a decisive movement to put an end to this redoubt-
able chief. But the column of Orleansville has just marched
upon the Oued-Fodda, to assist in the chastisement and
pacification of the Kabyles of the Ouarencenis. The Duke
d'Aumale, who directs this important operation, has marched
upon Timaxouin. Ouled el Hadj Seghio is also con-
centrating in that quarter the contingents of the Chou-
chaouras and Beni Bedouans, so that the junction of our
two columns will not probably be effected without a combat.
We have no recent news of Abd-el-Kader. The informa-
tion from Teniet el Mad and Freada would induce a belief
that his return towards the east was only feigned, to draw
thither General Jussuf, and thus secure the passage of Mus-
tapha Ben Tami, who is said to have continued his course to
the west, with a convoy of money, wounded and dismounted
men, &c. It is even said that Abd-el.Kader was in hi, rear
and had crossed the Chnrt at Sidi Khalifs, with an escort of
150 cavalry. As to Kabylia, there is no longer any trace of
the recent agitation. The news of the check experienced by
Abd-el-Kader has brought about general security."
In another article the same journal says—

" We learn that the Duke d'Aumale bivouacked at Ti-
maxouin on the Bth. After some combats •f secondary im-
portance, but which, however, bad demoralised the Kabyles,
he had made a junction with the columns of Orleansville,
and the Oued Rouina. °tiled Seghio had recrossed the
Oued Fodda. The sojourn of csur troops on the Ouarencenis
cannot be prolonged en account of the weather, which may
turn to rain, and the uncertainty as to the movements of
Abd-el-Kader. The columns will return to their respective
sub-divisions, and then it is thought the Duke d'Aumale
will proceed to Medeah."

Tile European population of Algeria, according to the
official census, amounted, on the Ist January, 1846, to
9.5,321 inhabitants ; viz., 44,305 French, 424 English,
140 Irish, 7,620 Anglo-Maltese, 473 Anglo-Spaniards,
25,172 Spaniards, 178 Portuguese, 7,406 Italians, 4,299
Germans, 351 Poles, 81 Russians, 44 Greeks, 2,349
Swiss, 208 Belgians and Dutch, &c.
The prices of stocks and shares, firm at the beginning of
business on the Paris Bourse on Thursday, subsequently de-
clined in consequence of a report that unfavourable news had
reached, vid London, from America; and that Consols had
fallen one-half per cent. on Wednesday. The Spanish Do-
mestic Debt alone improved.
The Three per Cents. closed at 83f. 40c.; the Five per
Cents., 119 f. 80c. ; the Orleans Railroad shares, 1,215 f.;
Rouen, 1,027 f. 50e. ; Havre, 740 f. 50c. ; Great Northern,
752 f. 50c. ; Avignon, 905 f. ; Vierzon, 665 f. ; Bor-
deaux, 612 f. 50c. ; Boulogne, 707 f. 50c. ; Basle, 230 f. ; Dieppe,
452 f. 50c.; Paris and Strasburg, 520 f. ; Tours and Nantes,
542 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 571 f. 25c. ; Spanish Domestic
Debt, 303%.
The following are the quotations in the new lines :
Lyons and Avignon Definitive, 535 f. ; Bordeaux and
Cette (Mackenzie), 502 f. ; ditto (Espeleta), 509 f. ; Charleroi,
495 f.

LYONS, Amur, 14.—Marseilles and Avignon, 923 f. 75c.;
Paris and Orleans, 587 f. 50c.; Rouen, 1,040 f.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TME
LONDON STOCK USCHANGE, .A.rnth 17.
Boulogne and Amiens, 12—Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette
(Mackenzie), 1% —Dutch Rhenisk.6—East Indian, 14—Great North-
ern of France Constituted, 14N—Luxembourg,; 1% —Paris and
Rouen, 40—Paris and Strasbourg Constituted, 514—Rouen and
Havre, 29%—Sambre and Meuse, 5.

ATTEMPT TO
ASSASSIN ATE

THEJ
KING OF THE FRENCH

PARIS, APRIL 17, EIGHT A.N.
At half -past five o'clock on Thursday afternoon, at
the moment when the Ring was returning from a drive,
and was passing through the park of Fontainbleau, a
man mounted upon a wall fired at his Majesty.

Providence has once more watched over the di'—

;he King.
The Queen, tho "P"'

-1. Ot

_ ..acrnts Adelttele, tie budhees of
and the Printe anti Princees of fialemo were
in the Ding's nartittge-.

Nem'•"

No one was Mut.

Three balls cnt the fringe W7ll it'll Oinaments the char-
a-bants. The wadding, which fell between the King
and the Queen, was picked up by the Queen.

2,863,050
Decrease
Other deposits
Increase
Seven day and other bills, decrease 6,067
Other securities, decrease
Bullion
Decrease

There are no later arrivals to-day.
The Funds have been q aiet this morning, and there is not
much variation in prices. Consols have been 95%
for present transfer, and 95% to 96 for Account. Exchequer-
bills have been marked 265.. to 235. premium. New Three-
and-a-Quarter per Cents. a; 'e quoted 961,E to 96%. Bank
Stock is 205 to 206.

The Foreign Stocks are quite neglected, and are absolutely
nominal in price. Spanish Three per Cents. about 36% %;
Portuguese converted, 57 to 58.

The attempt on the life of Louis Philippe excites much
disgust among all parties hare, French er English, but it will
be seen that the Funds are inot affected.

There has not been a large business done in Railway
Shares, nor are prices very buoyant. The French lines have
receded.

The Dublin and Galway Railway Directors have an-
nounced that they will refute the statements contained in a
pamphlet, just published, and give every explanation to the
shareholders.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK
(From the Official List.)

Bank Stock 206 205%
Three per Cent. R educed Annuities .. 94% %
Three per Cent. Consols Annuities • 95%%
New Three-and-es-Quarter per Cent. Aims. 96% %
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .• 10 1-16 3-16
India Bonds, 1,009/. .. ..
Ditto, under 1,0001• • •• •• 30 25
Consols for Account 95% 96
Exchequer Bills. I%d. I%d.
1,0001. • 26 23
500/. .. •. • • 26 --
Ditto, Small 26 23
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Danish Bonds, 3 per Cent . • • • 87
Russian Bonds .. • . 110
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent. .. .•
Ditto, Passive Bond-, • • • • • • 5%
Dividends on toe above payable In London.
Dutch Twcr-and-a-Half per Ceuts. 59
Ditto, 4pe .1' Cent. Certificates .. 92% 92 92%
BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK
RAILWAYS, PAID. PER SHARE.
Aberdeen • • • • • •• 10 •••• • • 3%.... to 3
Buckinghamshire • • .. • • .. • • 425. • . dirt.. to
Caledonian .. • • • • • • 10 .. • • 6% to 5%
Ditto Extension •• • • • • .. 2% •• • • 1% •• • • to
Derby and Crewe • • • • • • .. 2% •• • • 3%%.. to
Direct Manchester (Remington's) • • 2% •• •• .. to
Direct Northern • • .. • • 2% •. • • 1M .... to
Dublin and Belfast Junction .. 10 .... 4% .... ti
Eastern Counties .. .. • . 14/. 16s. Od• •• • • 22 lA z.. to
I)itto, York Exteftsio n • • • • 10s. .... %.• to
Edinburgh and Glasgow .. • . 50 .... 71%.... to
Ditto, Halt Shares .. .. • • .. 10 15% .... to
Grand Union (Nat intham and Lynn) I% %.... to
Great Eastern and Western . • • • 2% IIA .... to
Great Western .. .. • • .. 85 ....146%...• to
Ditto Half Shares • • • - • • . 50 ••• • 85 ••.. to

I►itto, Quarter Shares • • • • • • 5 171,4
Guildtbrd, Fareham, .and Portsmouth 5 .... 41,2 .... to
[lull and Selby • • • • . 50 • • ..101 .... to

Ditto, Half Shares • • • • • • • • 7 •• • • 2434 .. • • to
Leicst., Tarn., Bir., &Trent Val. June. 425. . • 1 dim... to
Liverpool and Leeds Direct • • • • 2% •• • • 2% %.•to
London and Birmingham •• • • ..100 •• • •223% .... to
London and Brighton • . •• • • • • 50 63 .. to
London and Croydon .. • • 131. 15s. 9d. •• •• 213 %• . to
Ditto, Guaranteed Five per Cent... 9 .• • 9% to
London and South-We6terli 411. 63. 10d. • • 763¢ .... to
Ditto, New Consolidated Eighths 34 •• .. 50 .. • • to
Ditto, New •. . •• 123( 21% ••• to
London and York •• • •• 2%.... 1%%.. to
Lynn and Ely • • •• .. 10 .... 6 to
Lynn and Dereliam 10 .... 6 . • • to
Manchester and Leeds • • • - .. 82 .. • • to --
Ditto, Half Shares • • • • • • • • 38 .• • • 5534 .... to 5G
I iitto, Extension . • . • • • • • 425. p.. to
Manchester and Birmingham .. .. 40 76 .. ••to
Ditto, Quarter Shares (13) • . .. 2 .... 10 .... to
Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) .• .. 1 .... 8 to —L
Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock .. 425. .... par.... to % p
Midland
Ditto, New •• • • • • •• 18 .... 29% .. to
Newcastle and Darlington &traction 25 .... 4334 .... to
Newcastle and Berwick - - • • •• 10 .... 17%%xd to
North British • • • • .. • . 20 .... .... to
Ditto, Carlisle Extensiwr 1% 1%.... to
North Kent and Direct 'Dover • • .. 1 k .. to
North Staffordshire .. • • • • • • 425..... 2 p to 1% p
Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 1234 .... 734 .to
Portsmouth Direct • • • • .. .... 234 .... to
Preston andWyre .• • • • • 25 .... 34 .... to 53%
Richmond - • .. -. • • • • •• 10 .... 15% to
South Midland • .• .• • • .. 425. .... dis.. to
South Eastern and Dover .. • • 33% 3G U to
Ditto, New, No. 2 .. 10 ... 103& .... to
Ditto, New, No. 4 .. 234 .... 236 .... to
South Wales .. • • • • • . • • .. 5 .. 1%.... to
Waterford and Kilkenny • • • • 8 .... 4 to
West aiding Union .. 425..... lMj p.. to
York and Carlisle • •
York and North Midland .. .. 50 .... .• .. to
Ditto, Extension • .15 .• • • 32%% .to 32
Ditto East and West ItidingExtension 1 .... 8% .... to 9
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Dutch Rhenish • • . • . . 5 %..to
Great Nor them of Prance Constituted 5 .... 14% %.. to
Great Western Canada .. • • .. 3U . 4 ...• to
Louvain and Jemep,pe 4 .... 13¢ .... to
Namur and Liege
Orleans and Bore.eaux • • .. 6 .... 10% to
Sambre and Mcins. g 5t0.74
Tours and Na ,ntes Constituted .. • • 5 .... .... to
MINES
Real del Dlcinte, Unregistered • • .... 3

IN .... to

LLOYD'S SHIPPINti-(THIS DAY.)
T..mnnox, APRIL 18.—Wind this day at noon, N.N.W., moderate
breeze, and thick hazy weather.
Cowes, APRIL 17.—Wind W. S. W.—Arrd. Cybele, Matanzas.
SOUTHAMPTON.—hid. Clyde steamer, Symonds, West Indies.
TRURO.—SId. Paragon, Simons, Quebec.
BRISTOL. APRIL 17. Wind N.N.E.—Arrd. Eling, Trinidad.
OLOUCESTRE.—SId. Tenedos, Graham, Quebec.
LIVERPOOL, APRIL 17.—Wind W.N.W. to N.N.W. moderate.—
Arrd. Edward Bousted, Shanghae ; St. Lawrence, Newland, Bombay;
Medi erranean, Osborne, Amhriz ; Huskisson, Bonny ; Envoy,
M'Cattrick, New Orleans; Lord Ashburton, ditto; Sarah Sheate,
Sands, Apalachicola; Kestrel, Turner, ditto ; Ben Nevis, Heron,
Savannah ; Levant, Foulke, Philadelphia. Sld. Robert Parker,
Parson, New York ; The Duke, Dady, Quebec. Off, Amicus,
Mauritius; Agamemnon, Mobile; John Campbell, -- ; Rapphan-
flock, —; George Armstrong, —.
DUBLIN.—SId. James Fagan, Morris, Quebec ; Spey, Tulloch, do ;
Silkswortk, Smith, do ; Spray, Hudson, ao ; H. Duman, l-ampbell,
do ; Ocean Queen, Day, do.
KINGSTOWN.--Arrd. Funchal. Read, Barbadoes,
CURS.—Sid. Champlain, Millar, Philadelphia; Urania, Clark,
Quebec; Marian, Whitney, do; Importer, M'Laren, do; Sher-
brook, Sterling, do.
OFF CoaK.—Dunbray, Savannah, and sailed for Waterford.
DONEGAL.—Arrd. Tun, Nicholson, St. John's, New Brunswick.
BELFAST, APRIL 16. Wind S.W.-61d. Sir Henry Pottinger, Low,
Quebec ; Christina, Henry, do ; Mary Stuart, Mediterranean.
WHITEY, APRIL 16.—Sid. Mary Page, Quebec.
Cowes, APRIL 17. Fhe Herman Yes Krog, from Santos, which
arrived here yesterday, has received damage, and is come into the
harbour to discharge.
Coax, APRIL lb.—The Robert Burns, Moy, of and for Kinsale,
from Cardiff, was abandoned on the 13th instant after being in con-
tact with the Helen Hamilton, Nicol, from Liverpool to Trinidad,
which has put in here with less of cathead, anchorstock, part of bul-
warks, stancheons, &c.
YARMOUTH, APRIL 17.—The Lord Saumarez, of London, was
assisted Into the roads leaky, having taken the ground on Screby
Sand yesterday morning during a fog, but is expected to proceed with
extra hands.
KIRKALDY, APRIL 14.—S1d, Diligence, Davis's Straits.
LEITH, APRIL 17.—The Modern Athens steamer, whilst lying in
the harbour at Montrose oa the 12th inst., caught fire, but was soon
extinguished ; cargo considerably damaged by the water.

MARKET NEWS.-(TIIIS DAY.)
COVENT-GAADEN.
The supplies of both Fruit and Vegetables were again extensive,
owing to which the demand was somewhat inactive, at about last
week's prices.--Tetates frem 48 to 8s 6d per cwt; Turnips, 10d
to Is 10d ; Carots, 4s to 5s 6d ; Spring Onions, 1081 to 2s ; Greens,
Is 6d to 2s 6d ; and Leeks, 6d to Is 2d per dozen bunches
Apples, 6d to 5s ; and Spinach, 4d to 8d per half sieve.
New Pe'dntoes, 2d to 6d per lb ; Whit* Cabbages, 8d to is 6d; and
Cauliflowers, is to 4s per dozen. Celery, 8d to 2s ; Horseradish,
Is i)cl to 4s ; forced Asparagus, 4s to 6s ; and Rhubarb, 4d to
I.a 2d per bundle ; Oranges, 7s to 15s ; and Lemons, 7s to 10s per
hundred ; Sea-kale, Is 3d to 38 611; and Small Salad, 2d per punnet;
Turnip Greens, Id to 2d; and Brocoli Sprouts, 4d to 8d per bushel;
Radishes, 4d to 8d per dozen hands ; Coss Lettuces, Id to 2d ; and
Cucumbers, 2s to 8s each; Strawberries, 12s per small basket.
NEVITGATE AND LEADENHALL.
Prime Mutton, Veal, and Pork commanded a steady sale, at full
prices. Otherwise, the demand was in a sluggish state. Beef from
23 6d to as 6d; Mutton, 38 6d to 4s 6d ; Lamb, 5s 4d to 6s 8d ;
Veal, 48 6d to 5s 6d.; and Pork, 38 6d to 5s per 81bs. by the
carcase. The supplies of both Game and Poultry being more
than
ruled
adequate to meet the wants of the buyers, the general demand
heavy, at barely stationary prices.

Beef from 2s 8d to 3s NE
8d ; MWPORTutton, 3s 8d to 40 id; Lin''
to 68 8d ; Veal, 44 4d to 58 4d ; and Pork, 4s to 5s per fa" ,se 8d

liIINGERFOR.D. -.os.
The supplies of most articles on sale w•-
yet the general demand ruled hes,-
BiLI...arGSGATE.
at but little variation in prices,
in
the
Metr"°ll4
aret:"l/21b8,:dd tt: ill
Although tte supplies 'or Fi h were by no means large, the demand
was in a SPAgglsh B`..ote, and prices were with difficulty supported.
WHITECUAPrL.
, reef, from 2s 6d to Ts 6d ; Mutton, 35 4d to 4s 6d; Lamb, 58 44
':. 6s 6d; Veal, 4s to 5s 4d; and Pork, 3s 6d to 55 per albs,
lIREAD.
of Wheaten Bread
The prices
9d ;of Household do., 6;id to 8d per 41bs loaf.
Market Hides, 561blitoID641111b, M'ad Itic,33Lazcie. 6414 3%d ; do. 721 b to 801 b, 34 dto 336 d ; do. 8011) to 881 b, 3%
do. 881 b to 961 b, 3Nd to 4d; do. 981 b to 1041 b, 4d A.I t°
33
Skins, 38 9d to 6s 9d ; Horse Hides, 138 ; 1,-.. rs
• c'ff
6s 6d ; Halfßreds, 4s to 58 7d ; DP'^ xcl, , a 4s; Shearlings, 6d to 9d. - Sheep, 4s Gd to
..,,us, 35 to 45 6d; Lambs, 25 9d to

15141111M15.—Mettcloiv play, _3l3s to 41 Is ; Clover ditte, 4/ to
51165; Pat o`traik, 11 12s 11 14s; Wheat Straw, 11 14s to 11 lis per
foal .* fair avbrage supply; and a sluggish demand.
Ct*Eatinb.—lkleado* Hay, 3/ is to 41 106 ; CloVer ditto, 4/ lOs
to 51 14s ; bat Strati, 1/ 145 to 11 14s ; Wheat Straw, 11 14s to 1116 s
per load. Trade dull, at late rates.

WHITECIIAPEL.-31eadow Hay, 3/ 35 to 41 63; Clover ditto, 41 lOs
to 61; Oat straw, 11 12s to 11 14s ; Wheat Straw, ll 14; to 11162
per load. SUpplk gobd, and trade dull.

Woof

1 t.--:-Corr,inodore Sir trqn6s 4.
Collier, C B. and K.C.H., superintendent d her tiajestfs
Dock-yard at Woolwich; has received orders to hold himself
in readiness to ,•-•,,Ted to gnithead, to hoist his pendant on
one of the vessels intended to be experimenteci -.7lth in the
approaching naval trisjs of the merits of ships and steam-
vessels of war. The Lightning steam-iresd, ItilsBtgr4;B6l-
- Petty; has returned .from Whitby; and proceeded
down the river yesterdity3 with the Monkey steam-vessel,
Mnitei,-COmiiiiintler W. Bryentj ta tow the Trafalgar, of 120
gobs, to the Downs, that vessel being ordeted to forin one
of the experimental squadron. One lieutenant, one sergeant,
three corporals, and tbirty privates of the 20th Regiment,
arrived at Woolwich yesterday from the Isle of Wight, where
the dep6t is stationed, and embarked in the Scotia convict-
ship, as a guard, and they will remain at head-quarters of
the regiment stationed at Bermuda.
WEYMOIITH.—Our town wns in a state of great excite-
ment tree whole of Thursday I.st, owing to the non-
arrival of th, 1.,,nw0n wail. It .-,4,Nears that by sk,itle mistake
the Illdit-bag was stnu. to Rochester instead of Dorchester,
SD that we did not receive the mail till the arrival of the
Emerald, Southampton c,oacb, about Qi.lc o'clock in the even-
inge••s/litiorne Awns,.

The assassin was immediately arrested. His name
Lecomte. He is an old woodkeeper (ancien garde
general) of the forest of Fontainbleaub

DIED.—At Dorchester, on Thursday last, the 16th
init., greatly beloved and lamented by his bereaved family
and friends, Mr. George Clark, in the 80th year of his age.
GENERAL THEATRICAL FUND.—At the dinner at the
London Tavern, on Monday, April 6, Mr. Kiddie and Mr.
Berrell became annual donors of U. Is. as members of the
Histrionic Club. Mr. Kidd!, also preswed from the mem-
)vrs of that body 51, to the anti-
A PPROACHIXG ECLIPSE -- 0 Saturday next an eclipse
of the sun will be visible at Greenwich. It will commence at
sh. 32w. afternoon - greatest obscuration 6h.- 1442..aftemoon; and will end 7h, 4ml afternoon,

CHANCERY-(THIS DAY.)
LADBROOKE V. SMITH.
The Lord Chancellor was co xupied the whole morning
with the further arguments in this part heard appeal.

ROLLS' CO tRT.-(TH IS DAY.)
Lord Langdale sat to-day shortly after ten o'clock.

PRICE 1% IVATKINS.
This was a petition arising out of a suit by a husband and
wife, the plaintiffs, Mr. and Mrs. Prier, against the defend-
ants and others, who were trustees. It eppeared that Mrs.
Price had lodged in the hands of the defendants a sum of
9001., her property, which s;rie bad concealed from her
husband's knowledge. Mr. P.-rice, however, discovered the
fact, and compelled his wig to join him in a suit to compel
the defendants to give o:p the money, which they had refused
to do, being desirous, of preserving it for the sole use of
the wife.

Isis
LORDSHIP ordered that the money should be trans-
ferred to the credit of both the plaintiffs.

DAVIES V. DaviEs.
Mr. BOLT presented a petition from Mrs. Evans and Ur.
George. The husband of the female petitioner and Mr.
George were solicitors, and the prayer of the petition was for
a taxation with the view of payment of a bill of costs, and
for a lien on the property of the plaintiff till such payment
had been made. It appeared that Messrs. Evans and George
were employed by the plaintiff in the recovery of his suit.
The proceedings were extremely intricate and tedious, but
the petitioners succeeded in obtaining the cause. The plain-
tiff; however, had no sooner recovered his suit, than he dis-
missed the petitioners, and refused to pay the costs they de-
manded for the prosecution of the suit., which, of course, he
(the plaintiff) would receive. There were two objections on the
part of the plaintiff to the payment of the petitioner's demand ;
the first was,That there was not sufficient activity on the part of
the petitioners, and that an agreement had been entered into
by which Mr. Evans had undertaken to conduct the suit
without any payment whatever. It appeared, however, that
the plaintiff did not object to the payment of Mr. George's
bill of costs. (The Learned Counsel then read several affida-
vits in support of his case.)
His LoaDstur said this was one of the most extraor-
dinary resistances to the payment of a just demand that he
had ever heard of.

Mr. TURNER, on the part of the respondent, con-
tended that the petitioner had no right to call on
the Court for assistance. She had a right, no doubt, to
retain any deeds or other documents which might have
come into her possession, until her claim had been discharged.
But she was not warranted in instituting the expensive pro-
ceedines she had done, by which the debt was raised con-
siderably. The plaintiff had never received a farthing of the
costs which led to these proceedings. The petitioner also
possessed a bond for 300/. of the plaintiff's.
His LORDSHIP said, the case appeared to him to be simply
this :—Mr. Evans had been employed by the respondent, in
in conjunction with Mr. George, to prosecute certain
proceedings Mr. Evans died, and Mr. George was retained
for some time by tte plaintiff, and his bill was taxed, so that,
as far as related to him, the plaintiff was exonorated. The
case was different with reference to Mr. Evans. Considering
that the trattter which led to the proceedings on the part of
the peti`doner had at first reference only to a sum of 10/.,
he cc,-ald not agree that prcceeding by non-action, which
mirr;ot last as long as the siege of Troy, the best mode of pro-
ceeding. He wondered that those who concocted these
matters were not ashamed to come before that Court. This
was a case merely between client and client, and party and
party.
Mr. TURNER having offered a few observations,
His LORDSHIP ordered that the suit for the recovery of the
cost oriz.inally claimed should be entered into, the petitioner
giving up the papers necessary for the purpose of prosecuting
the same, and that the money thus recovered should be paid
by Mr. Davies to the petitioner in part payment of the debt.
The proceedings of both parties had been sufficiently wrong
to induce him: not to make an order respecting the costs for
either party.

CLARK v. TIPPING.
His LORDSIIII', in giving judgment in this cense, which
has been a long time before the Court, said, that though a
man was at liberty to make any use of his own profits that he
choose, he could not deduct from his employers an indefinite
quantity of goods consigned to him. It could not be legal
for a con3ignee, without the privity of his principal, to make
deductions lbr any incidental expenses. An important duty
devolved on the factor, namely, that of giving up the whole
of the profits to his principal, for the purpose of enabling him
to have all his means in his possession, which would regulate
his judgment as to his speculations. With respect to the
point raised in the course of the cause by the defendants, as
to the peculiar constitution of this suit, he considered it was
of no importance. Under all the circumstances, he would
order that a clause should be inserted in the decree, that such
should be without prejudice to the defendants.

VICE-CHANCERY,—(THIS DAY.)
(Before the VICE-CIIANCELLOR of ENGLAND.)
THE MAYOR, ALDERMEN, AND BURGESSES OF LOUTH V. THE
WARDENS AND ASSISTANTS OF THE FREE GRAMM.AR
SCHOOL OF LOUTH.—JUDGMENT.
His HONOUR gave judgment to-day in this case, which
was argued before him in and after llilary term for no less
than eight day. We have already given the facts of the
case at great length, and it will, therefore, only be necessary
merely to state the object of the suit. The bill was filed by
the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Louth, Lincolnshire,
against the Wardens and six assistants of the Free Grammar
School of that town, who formed the old corporation before
the passing of the Municipal Bill, praying for the declaration
of the Court that they were entitled, for the benefit of the town
of Louth to the several markets, and the tolls and profits
arising therefrom, held therein, namely, the ancient beast
market, held at the time of fairs, before the charter of Ed•
ward the Sixth ; the Wednesday market, for oxen, sheep,
and swine, created by the charter of Edward the Sixth ; the
piece of ground called the Quarry; the market extendedto
the sale of horses by the charter of James the First, with
the tolls enforced; and the Friday market, established in,
1802, for the sale of sheep, cattle, and pigs in spring and
'autumn.

His Ho/ft:mit, after going at considerable length through
the different charters, stated his opinion to be, that the filing
of the bill was a mere experiment, that it had f;iiied, and that
the parties that had made it must paythe
coats. The bill
must therefore be dismissed with c0...4-.4.
His Honour rose at half-past l i o'clock.
Vice-Chancellor WiGrtAx.)
(Before
EE CHARITY.
The trustees appea:ced by petition, to pray a reference the Master, to approve of a scheme for the administration the charity, in reference to one class of the objects providet
for by the benevolent founder. Mr. Smith, an alderman 01
the city of London, about the year 1605, founded, first by
deed, and then by his will, a charity, comprehending ayirge
number of parishes in the neighbourhood of London within.
its benevolent provisions; he left also a sum of money tor.
the relief and ransom of slaves, taken by Turkish pirates,
and he left the sum of 1,000/. for the use and relief of the
poorest of his kindred, such, namely, as were so conditioned
as to be unable to labour for their own support. The last
payment for the redemption of Turkish captives was made is
1760, with the approval of the British Government. The
money allotted for the relief of the testator's poor relatives it
laid out in the purchase of an estate extendingint o the parishes
of Kensington, Chelsea, and St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, and
called the Kensington estates, which was let in 1665 at a rental
of 1701. Since that time there had bees a large increase 0f
those dependent on this part of the charity, and this accord-
ingly brought the trustees into Court to have a new scheme
approved for the administration of the funds. In 1830 the
lease of the Kensington estates expired, and the rental had
then become 4,000/. ; at which time the trustees found that
Use poor relatives who were proper objects for relief emulate('
to 100, and entered into a new arrangement, according, to
which they disposed of 3,0001. in classified annuities, leaving
1,0001. to be applied to occasional relief. In 1841 the
nett
" income was 3,6001., and there was a new increase in ti'°
objects of the charity; the trustees, therefore, prayed a In ference to the Master, to have a new scheme approved for t"
administration of the charity.
An order was made, and the trustees were directed to sere
the poer relatives with a copy of the order and a notice of
the
proposed scheme.

QUEEN'S BEN, H.—(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco at Westminster Hall.)
MILLER V. BROOKS.
Mr. Sergeant MILLER
applied for a rule for a new triAl
in this case. It was tried at Reading, and a verdict for 204
had tOr the plaintiff, upon the grounds of a breach of CO,I,-
tract. The facts appeared to be that the plaintiff took a hew
in a vessel at Sydney, which was advertised to sail in Deceit':
ber, but did not sail until February following; and that 2'l
the voyage there was a breach of contract in respect to ow
quality of the provisions supplied.
The COURT considered that there had been a breach of
contract, and refused the rule.
ELLIS V. ABRAHAMS.
This was a case of malicious prosecution for perjury, aril
out of a sale of 50,000 Tourquoise stones, the facts of 'chic
have already been before the public in no fewer than doe!
trials. The present motion was for a rule for a new trial, 0_;
the grounds of rejection of evidence, and excessive damag"
at the last trial, which took place at Guildhall last terra.
Judgment deferred.
SIR FREDERICK ROE V. THE MARQUIS OF WESTMEATH.
In this case it appeared that Lady Westmeath built up a
wall at the rear of her house, in Piccadilly, by which some
of the windows in Sir Frederick Roe's house were darker nn
The jury found for the plaintiff, and the Solicitor-f:
~0;1
now sought for a rule for a new trial, on the gr-
direction. In his argument, he said that
....And of m
to build up a wall, or heighten hi- ' person hada right
the side or front of a street nouse, if it should be •
the effect of darkenir- _ even though that might biro
nt
with t narrowter
said this was ti• , the light of an opposite house.
he conti— first case of the sort that had occurred ; u„'"
vi:iencec.iofedinthaaltairtgwe otnolwdnb,e
perou-
having a house in that street, could not heighten it, elerl
of
though the opposite house might be damaged thereby.
Judgment deferred. greatp
streets,ublic in co..°
BAIL

COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings at Nisi Prius before Mr. Justice CotErimatio
The causes disposed of in this Court to-day possessed
features of any public interest.

in v
moved
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fora
roo.
Mr. Sergeant CgA(BNith-ttiLligma
C°3IIVION PLTrA.7-
S.--(THIS DAY.)
TOOTAL V. JOHNST
why' IAT • • .• • rule to show Ws;
.p ve lOt itl this ease thotild,inot he set aside,and a 136.-
tr.z.l granted on the ground of misdirection. Thaction
brought by Mr. Tootal, a broker, of Manchester, to recot
the price of fifty shares in the Huddersfield and Sheifil,
--
Junction Railway froth the defendant, who, it was
had instructed the plaintiff to make the purchase. The tree
took place at the last Liverpool assizes, before Mr. Just'
Coleridge, and a verdict was given for 4651.
Rule to show cause granted.
YITCH 'v. CUTTS. 44
Mr. Sergeant SnitA moved for a rule to show cause wwialt
verdict in this case should net be set aside, and a nevf,,st,,,g
granted on the ground of misdirection, or verdict AV"—
her
evidence. The action arose out of a sale of wines and nt',-„,
effects at Bower Hall, near Saffron,Wakion, stated to 1:03_;,,
property of a Mr. Stevens, and under the order of Ilia
cutors. The defendant attended the sale and made a Pfd
thase of some wines on the faith of the advertisement tae
printed caittlotoie; bet forth that the sale would
place at the residence of Mr. Stevens," by order of his s.
cutoffs," but subsequently he discovered that the Wilt an
not the property of Mr. Stevens, and he broil", of
action against Mr. Fitch to recover on the P" the
fiaiid. A verdict was given to the plaintiff, °.;,;aron,
direction of fhe Judge who tried the case (Mr. for,.
Alderson), who left, as the main point for the nont_ives.
tion of the jury, whether fair notice had lsio°,, Mr
at the sale that some of the wine was the prop to tke
Stevens and some was not. Evidence being givend:, and
effect that some statement to that effect had been styleit also being maintained that the advertisement didpv.....tr
the property to be sold was that of Mr. Stevens, the
ment only being that the sale would take place at the
drnce of the deceased,
The COURT t.ok time to consider.
COULTDAS V. THE REV. DR. RoWES.--CSDI.
o°ltirial 10
Mr. r-)ergeAut WILDE moved for a rule for a new Baron
this cast, tried at the last Bedford assizes before Mr.Zread
Parke, and a verdict given to the plaintiff, 'LIU
2001, Tho Action Trltt brought by tug wait olitwo"

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