The Sun.
London, England, 1848-02-17 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 17,

STRAND THEATRE. 1
NEW MANAGEMENT,
Under the Role Direction of Mr, Oxberry.
THIS EVENING,
The performances will commence with the Romantic Drama,
11/4star called THE DENOUNCE ; or, THE SEVEN CLERKS OF
MARSEILLES. Principal meters by Mr. E. Laws (his third
appearance), Messrs. Oxberry, iffnold,. Rogerson, Huntley, and
Miss Love.
After which (third time) a New Grand Burlesque Opera, by the
Author of the " Adelphi Norma," stalled LEVY OF LAI:111ER,
MOOR. Not with Mr. Bann's or M. Jallien's, bat with Oxberry's
powerfal east—Lacy, Miss E. Terry ; Qaptain Ashton, Mr. Oxberry ;
aid Edgar, Mr. Yarnold.
To conclude with the admired Comedietta of A ROWLAND FOR
AN OLIVER. Arincipal characters by Messrs. Laws, Rogerson,
Montague, Oxberry, Miss Egan and Miss Jane Coleman.
Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 4d. Half-
price to Pit and Boxes at a Quarter befare Nine.

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed THE KENT COAST SMUGGLERS.
After which, THE VICTIM PATRIOT.
To conclude with DOMINIQUE THE DESERTER.

i lIE WEATHER.—Strzi OFFICE, FEB. 17.
THERMOMETER, Lowest, 32 ; Highest, 41 ; Noon, 39.
BAROMETER, 30.35.—W1ND N.N.W.; fine.

kil,ll WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY.
Morning.. 46 minutest after 12. J Evening .. 12 minutes After 1.1

merely a right royal spirit such as that recently
syinced by FREDEP_ICE WILHELM of Prussia, 3-ad
CARLO ALBERTO of Piedmont—a spirit which
prompts him, as sovereign of some millions of the
human race, to afford happiness to his subjects by
certain judicious and beneficent innovations ; but,
combined with this nobility of heart and capacity of
intelligence, the POPE has on several occasions exhi-
bited a determination and a boldness such as were
alone compatible with a supreme respect for
the authority entrusted to his keeping as an
independent potentate, and as the head of
a great religion. When, for example, the
Austrian forces made their unjustifiable aggression
upon his dominions, Pius IX. demanded in peremp-
tory terms the instant withdrawal of the troops of the
KAISER, as well as an immediate and adequate com-
pensation for this very flagrant violation of his
neutrality. When, in like manner, the Cabinet of
Vienna suggested the transmission of an army from
beyond the Carpathian Alps to the succour of the
monarch of the Two Sicilies, it cannot be altogether
forgotten that the PONTIFF at once announced his
determination to allow no such Austrian armament
to pass through the territories of the Church. A
resolution quite as dignified and decisive was likewise
pronounced by his HOLINESS in reference to the
exchange of ambassadors between Rome and Lon-
don. Never, said Pius, shall a Papal Nuncio be
accredited to England while those cruel and inhuman
laws are preserved upon the statute-book of that
country, subjecting the ecclesiastics of the Roman
Catholic faith to the penalties of confiscation, trans-
portation, and imprisonment, and declaring the per-
formance of the rites of the Roman Catholic religion
to be felonies worthy of the most rigorous punish-
ment. Can any rational man feel astonished at such
a resolution as this, coming as it does from one who
is not only the Sovereign of the States of the Church,
but who is regarded by the Roman Catholics of this
country, and of the whole world, as being in his
capacity, as Bishop of Rome, the visible Vicegerent
of GOD upon earth ? The obstacle to the establish-
ment of friendly relations between St. James's and
the Quirinal is manifestly insurmountable; and it
would not be only a flippant provocation and an useless
squandering of time to propose to the Government of
Rome the acceptance of our Ambassador, and the
nomination of a Papal Nuncio to London, at the
very time when the Parliament of the United King-
dom determines upon the retention of the penal
enactments against Catholicism. Under all circum-
stances, therefore, it has become necessary, both upon
considerations of religious principle and political
expediency, to carry the measure introduced by Mr.
CHISHOLM ANSTEY through Committee, and to de-
clare through the three branches of the Legislature
the formal abrogation of the penal enactments.
A majority of thirty-two, in a House of 345
Members, rejected the amendment made last
night by Mr. LAW, that the Roman Catholic Relief
Bill should be committed that day six months. Ac-
cording to the curt phraesology of Parliament, " the
House then went into Committee pro formic: tho Chai-
rman reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again
that day three weeks." So far the measure has pro-
gressed steadily, and we think there can be no
longer any doubt that these vestiges of ancient into-
lerance, these laws (as the Member for Dungarvan
happily expressed it) "by which the impuissance of
fanaticism is made manifest," will, before the close of
the present session, be expunged and forgotten. As ex-
plaining in a very felicitous manner the uselessness of
these laws, and the utter impossibility of their enforce-
ment, the following passages from the eloquent speech
delivered yesterday evening by Mr. SHELL deserve a
separate consideration. After alluding to the per
fectly harmless position of the Franciscans, the
Dominicans, the Carmelites, and the Augustines, the
Honourable and Learned Gentleman came to the
Jesuits. " The Jesuits !" he exclaimed, with
all the fervour of a MONTALEMBERT. " The
Jesuits ! Oh, the Jesuits ! By the very ut-
terance of the word the phantoms of Father
PAYSONS, and Father GARNETT, and Father PERRE
are evoked. Now the jase I make with regard to
the Jesuits is this—l won't endeavour to overcome
your prejudices ; I won't tell you that you are in-
fluenced by a vague, an indefinite and irrational pre-
judice; I won't tell you that the enemies of the
Jesuits were the enemies of Christianity, and that
the conspirators against religion conceived that for
the achievement of their purpose the suppression of
the Jesuits was required; I won't tell you that your
own missionaries will bear no comparison with the
followers of LOYOLA, and that the Jesuit in the wil-
derness, lifting up the' cross, his only possession in
this world, to the eyes of the red men, who stood awed
and humanised before him, offered a far nobler spec-
tacle than the New Zealand emissaries of Protes-
tantism, by whom, with a lucrative piety, the tasks
of conversion and the enjoyments of appropriation
are combined. I will not tell you this. But I will
tell you that the enactments against the Jesuits are
utterly incapable of enforcement ; that they are
worse than worthless ; and as a security to Protes-
tanism in every regard, more than without avail. In
England and in Ireland there are plenty of Jesuits ;
the country is full of them. There is a great Jesuit
college in the north of England ; there is another in
the vicinity of Dublin ; the Jesuits are building a
third in this great metropolis ; yet the Attorney
General, if he were to institute a prosecution founded
on the statute of 1829, would be driven with shouts
of derison out of court. Suppose that my Hon.
Friend were to prosecute Father LYTHGOE, I should
take care to attend the Queen's Bench if it were but
to mark the smile of polished disdain with which that
eminent ecclesiastic would hear the speech of my
Hon. and Learned Friend." Upon the considera-
tion, therefore, that these monstrous laws are
of not the smallest utility whatever to the Pro-
testant, and that they are a hideous outrage to
the feelings of the Roman Catholic, the majority in
the House of Commons last night pronounced their
opinion in favour of the committal of the Bill; and
thus prepared the way for the arrival of a Nuncio
from the Quirinal.

The trial at bar, in the important case of BunoN v.
DENMAN, which has occupied the attention of the
Court of Exchequer, affords the strongest illustration
of the profound respect for the law, and the deep
sense of justice that exists in the heart of every
British citizen. Probably in no other country in the
world could a similar instance be shown of a trial
carried on with such calm impartiality, such even-
handed justice—where all the national feelings were so
deeply enlisted on behalf of the sacred cause in
which the defendant was engaged, and in abhorrence
of the unholy traffic in which the plaintiff avowedly
had been occupied. For more than half a century
England has carried on a crusade against slavery in
every part of the globe. She has spared neither her
treasures, nor the lives of her gallant soldiers and
sailors, in advancing the great object of banishing
the abomination from the face of the earth. Others
might regard her philanthropic labours as savouring
of Quixotism, and sneer at the feelings which induced
her to sacrifice the advantages that might be derived
from the trade, and the blood and wealth which she
has poured forth with so lavish a hand in her disin-
terested exertions for its suppression, but no English-
man ever regretted what had been done, or hesitated
to redouble the national efforts, if the good cause
could thereby be advanced or promoted. Twenty
millions of pounds sterling were freely granted by
the British Legislature in a single vote for this pur-
pose. What national monuments might have been
erected for such a sum! What extraordinary advan-
tages might have been derived from its expenditure
in a variety of ways I What taxation bearing on the
comforts and the happiness of large classes of our
fellow-citizens might have been remitted by the ap-
plication of that sum, and the average annual expen-
diture of 1,200,000/. sterling which has since taken
place ! The waste lands of Ireland might have
been reclaimed, and three or four millions of
acres now lying barren and unproductive,
converted into smiling homesteads, the abodes
of thousands of happy and contented families, and
a considerable surplus would have remained for
other purposes, or new colonies might have
been founded, and powerful nations created. But
the British people never repined or murmured
at the outlay when thoroughly satisfied that
the principles of immutable justice forbade that
man should hold his fellow-man in bondage, or be
permitted to retain a property in human beings ;
they devoted all their energies to advance the glorious

doctrine, to become the benefactors and liberators of
the Lelpiess and oppresged in all 'limes. For tilis
they incurred the risk of war, for this they conceded
privileges to other nations, and when they might
have stipulated for great advantages for themselves,
they waived every national benefit in order to induce
other states to sanction and tolerate their efforts for
the extinction of slavery.
After such acts it is hardly necessary to say that
prejudices must have existed in the minds of the
Learned Judges who presided, and the jury who
were empanelled to try a case involving so deeply
the principle for which we had laboured with such
zeal and energy. A verdict for the plaintiff must
have had the most injurious consequences, and given
a fresh impulse to the hideous trade which the ex-
penditure of millions would have been inadequate to
counteract. What naval officer, in the face of such
a judgment, could have ventured to act with that
decision and determination that is so essential to
success ? Half of that which has already been at-
tained would be undone, and we should again behold
slave factories erected in convenient situations along
the coast, and manacled slaves awaiting the hour when
they should be consigned to the dark and crowded
holds of the slave-ships for their perilous voyage
to the markets in which they were to be ex-
posed for sale; and yet, notwithstanding all
these circumstances, and although the case of
the plaintiff was based on the assumption put
forward by his talented advocate, " that he had
as much right to deal with black men as he had a right
to deal with black cattle," it cannot be asserted that as
much even-handed and unbiassed justice was not ex-
hibited as if a matter of the utmost indifference was
involved in the issue.

The facts of the case and the real questions were
included in a very narrow compass. The defendant,
the Hon. JOSEPH DENMAN, was stationed, in 1840,
off the Gallinas, in command of the Wanderer sloop-
of-war; he was the senior naval officer on the station,
and would, of course, have to conduct any proceed-
ings that might be considered expedient or necessary.
In the latter end of that year he received a commu-
nication from the then Governor of Sierra Leone to the
effect that a free woman and her child, inhabitants
of that colony, were unjustly detained in
custody by a son of the sovereign, King SIACCA ; and
he was directed to forward a letter to the King, and
to use his best exertions for the restoration to liberty of
the persons thus unjustly detained; and, if it should be
impossible to effect that object without resorting to force,
to do so, as far as might be necessary and the rules
of the service might admit. On an island in the
mouth of the Gallinas the plaintiff had established
factories, or storehouses, where the traffic in slaves
was actively carried forward, and a variety of goods
were there contained suitable for the trade in which
he had embarked ; and it was said that a determina-
tion had been expressed to prevent any communica-
tion from taking place between the war cruisiers
and the native chiefs, and also to hinder the
latter from affording any assistance to the
former when in distress. Captain DENMAN felt that
there was a necessity for decided action in the dis-
charge of his duty. He saw that it would be ne-
cessary to take a force sufficient to bear down all
opposition, and to repel any attacks that might be
made. He accordingly entered the river in com-
mand of the boats belonging to the squadron. The
Spaniards fled from the factories, having first driven
the slaves into the bush, but quantities of guns, mus-
kets, powder, &c., were found there. These were
destroyed, for it would be dangerous to permit such
weapons to remain in the hands of persons such
as those who are generally engaged in the traffic. A
communication was opened with the native chiefs, and
the result was a treaty by which, amongst other
things, the King SIACIA engaged to destroy the fac-
tories, to give up the slaves, to send the dealers out of
his country within a limited time, and never again to
permit white men to settle there for the purpose of
slave. dealing. 900 slaves were given up in pursuance
of this treaty, the factories, &c., were destroyed, and
the goods that were therein were takers possession
of by King SuccA and the native chiefs. For the
damage thereby occasioned to the plaintiff the action
was brought against Captain DENaIAN, the commander
on the occasion ; and although several issues were
raised in the pleadings, the really important questions
were, whether his acts had been fully adopted and
sanctioned by the British Government, for if so he
could not be held personally responsible, and the
demand should be made against the Government
itself; and, secondly, whether King SIACCA and the
other chiefs had authority to make, and did make, a
law authorising Captain DENMAN to take and destroy
such goods as he did afterwards destroy, and that
he did take and destroy them in pursuance of such
law. A verdict having been found on the first point for the
defendant, the Attorney- General withdrew the second
question from the jury. The Government being now
admittedly responsible for what has taken place, we
congratulate the public generally on the result of this
important trial, and we congratulate Captain DEN-
MAN on being freed from the annoyance to which he
was exposed for conduct which had deservedly ob-
tained for him promotion in his profession, the appro-
bation of Parliament, and a pecuniary giant of
4,0001., as a testimony of the high sense entertained
of his services.

A letter from Venice appears in the Risorgimento
of the 11th inst., in which the writer states, that on the
preceding evening a splendid demonstration was
made by the Venetians is honour of the granting of
a liberal constitution to Naples. The demonstration
took place in the theatre of the Fenice.
Count PIETRO DEGLI EMILU, lately arrested at
Verona by the Austrian police, is the son of Count
EMILIJ, who was shot by order of the French General
AUGEREAU, on account of his attachment to Austria.
At Padua the students of the University had adopted
the Italian costume, with the permission of their
rector.

In the St. Petersburgh Journal of the sth inst. is
an announcement that Baron Da KRUDENER, the
Russian Ambassador to the Helvetic Confederation,
had received instructions to communicate to the
Supreme Diet a note from the Russian Government
expressing its concurrence in the principles of public
law developed in the declaration addressed to Swit.
zerland, on the 18th of January, by the Courts of
Austria, France, and Prussia. Russia, considering
the last events in Switzerland as a violation of the
cantonal sovereignty, does not consequently feel itself
bound, at present, to defend the neutrality of that
country against measures which any of the neigh-
bouring states might think proper to adopt in its own
interest.

The news received from Upper and Central Italy
is satisfactory.

Pius IX. is said to have offered his mediation be-
tween Sicily and Naples.
LEOPOLD of Tuscany evinces every disposition to
follow the course recently pursued by the King of
SARDINIA. In reference to granting a constitution to
his people, the GRAND DOLE lately declared to the
Civic Guard of Florence that he merely awaited the
result of certain communications with Rome and
Turin. It was not known at the time that CHARLES
ALBERT had actually bestowed the representative
system of legislation upon his people. Immediately
that intelligence is received at Florence there is little
doubt that Tuscany will obtain a similar constitution
from its generous and enlightened ruler.
From the Official Gasette of Rome, of the ad, it
would appear that Cardinal Burroriur, the new
President of the Council of Ministers, had attended a
council on the Ist, at which council the POPE himself
presided in person.
Great rejoicings bad taken place both at Turin and
Genoa in celebration of the patriotic beneficence of
King CARLO ALBERTO.
The Reforma of Lucca announces that Austrian
troops are going to occupy Massa and Carrara im-
mediately ; 2,000 beds have been prepared at the
former place, and 1,000 at the latter.
The Patria of Florence announces that military
preparations are in active operation. Reinforcements
of cavalry are concentrating at Leghorn, Pisa, and
Florence. The various other garrisons are to be
strengthened.
Later news from Munich has arrived.

The flight of Lott MONTEB is described as having
been so precipitate, that she had not a moment to look
to her interests. Her house was sacked by the
students, and the Kma was compelled to yield before

the attitude assumed by his people. At the last mo-
ment his MAIIESTY consented to the expulsion of
the too famous courtecan from his capital—" a con-
cession," as our correspondent observe, " which
possibly saved his throne."

Madrid papers to the 10th have been received.
They mention a rumoured probability of a modi-
fication in the Cabinot, by the retirement of M.
BERTRAN DE LYS from the Ministry of Finance, and
the substitution, in his place, of M. Clanasco, the
Count de Santa Olalla.

The Duke of VICTORY had arrived at Logi.°ro,
was welcomed there with the utmost enthusiasm.

The Clamor Publioo says—

" The Montmolinist bands continue to invade the
towns in the principality of Catalonia. The Cakcille
ESTARTUS visited a few days ago Tortella, with two
hundred men, and at the same time he was joined
with a still larger number of facciosog, by MARsAL,
POSAS, and another, called MALSORIO, who lately
entered Catalonia from France, carrying with him
abundance of money for the Faction."
MADRID Boma, FEB. 10.—The Three per Cents.
at 281 at 50 days, 27i to 15-16 cash; Five per
Cents., 164 to 17 ; Passive Debt, 5i to i ; Coupons,
114 buyers.

The Paris papers of yesterday have duly arrived.
They are still full of the critical position of affairs
in that capital. The utmost excitement continues to
prevail respecting the intended banquet, which will,
under all circumstances, be held in defiance of the
Government. As no building of sufficiently large
dimensions could be secured for the occasion, a tem-
porary structure is being raised in the Champs
Elysees. It is expected to be ready by Sunday.
Of the Committee of 20 appointed to present the
Address of the Chamber to the KING only 12
attended.

Respecting the recent acts of the Ministry, the
Constitutionnel says-
The success of the cause of Parliamentary reform
is secured; let the Opposition persist with energy
and courage; it reaches the object of its constant
efforts. We have no longer before us anything but
a vanquished Ministry, its principal organ having,
yesterday, solemnly announced its perfect defeat.
And yet, what resistance, what anger, what
disdain did it not express towards us some months
since. M. Guizot judged the measure bad at
bottom, and opposed it on principle. Reforms,
cried he with irony ; there are some wise, useful,
and excellent ones; you shall be overwhelmed with
them ; you shall have penitentiary reform; reform in
secondary instruction, and in slave regulations ; but
there are also some which are senseless, dangerous,
and unjust ; these are political reforms, electoral and
Parliamentary reforms, and those, you shall not have.
While the actual President of the Council dogmatised
even against the principle of reforms, the Minister of
the Interior affirmed that the country was quite in-
different to this theme of the Opposition. The Journal
des Dibats blamed, as a caprice, those Conservative
Deputies who even consented to sanction the reading
in the bureaux, and the discussion in the Chamber, of
any proposition for reform."
At the banquet on Sunday no fewer than GOO
guests are expected.
From accounts just received at Paris it seems that
Lord MINTO reached Naples on the 4th.
The Moniteur Algerien of the 10th inst. announces
the arrival, at Algiers, of the Prince and Princess
DE JOINVILLE, on the 9th inst., in the Cacique steam-
frigate.
The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse
yesterday at 74f. 30c.; New Loan, 75f. 20c. ; the
Five per Cents., 116 f. 90c. ; the Orleans Railroad
Shares, 1,187 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 868 f. 75c.; Havre,42sf.;
Great Northern, 541 f. 2.5 c.; Avignon, 532 f. 50c.; Vier
icon, 510 f.; Bordeaux, 477 f. 50c. ; Boulogne, 361 f.
25c. ; Troyes and Montereau, 2401. ; Basle, 156 f,
25c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 405 f.; Tours and Nantes,
381 f. 25c. ; Paris and Lyons, 391 f. 25c. ; Spanish
Three per Cents., 32k.
MARSEILLES, FED. 11.-Marseilles and Avignon,
540 f.; Northern, 541 f. 25c.
LYONS, FEB. 14.-Paris and Rouen, 863 f. 75c.;
Avignon and Marseilles, 535 f.; Northern, 541 f. 25c.;
Orleans, 1,185 f.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TIIE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 16.

Boulogne and Amiens, 1314—Dutch Rhenish, 1 Tx—North-
ern of France, 1114—Orleans and Bordeaux 4%—Paris and
Lyons, 514—Paris and Strasbourg, 4—Sambre and Meuse, 6.

LATEST NEWS FROM SICILY.
PALERMO, FEB. 5.

The evaluation of ralertno by the Neapolitan
troops looked more like a flight than a retreat. The
evacuation was, in fact, hurried on so hastily that no
less than three thousand poor soldiers have been
abandoned in the open country, without provisions
and without ammunition. The main body of the
troops embarked at Solente for Naples three days
after. It was only on the castle that the banner of the
King of Naples fluttered. You are, perhaps, not
aware of the attitude taken by the English, an attitude
in apppearance of neutrality, but which, however, has
made them the arbiters of the struggle, and the re-
sult of which has been, that yesterday, at the moment
when the fire was the most tremendous, when castle,
town, and forts were covered with clouds of smoke,
two cannon shots fired from the Vengeance have
immediately put a stop to the fight, and the presence
of the Commodore on the shore, and a few words he
has uttered, have like a spell decided everything. A
few hours afterwards the castle, this bulwark of the
power of Ferdinand, capitulated and surrendered.
The interests of England in Sicily are immense
—its influence irresistible. I will give you pruof of
it. On the mcrning of the 8d instant a Neapolitan
frigate brought us the constitution granted by King
Ferdinand, the Palermitans refused it, and continued
their preparations against the castle. On the 4th
instant, at noon, the cannonade began. At a quarter
past four o'clock the English steamer fired two cannon-
shots, raised the English flag, and disposed for a
round. The firing ceased on both sides immediately.
The Commodore landed. This morning at five o'clock
the town knew that the castle had capitulated.
The conduct of the people has been superior to all
praise. I can bear witness to the number of actions
of courage and generosity, which impart the
greatest honour to the Sicilian character.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,
MANCHESTER RACES, 1848.
Acceptances for the Trades' Cup of 300 sovs. &c.
Chanticleer, 5 yrs, Bst 1016—Intrepid, aged, Est 1216
—lnfringe, 4 yrs, 6st—lnheritress, aged, Bst 81b—Mar-
quis of Conyngham, 5 yrs, Est 1216—Sultana, 4 yrs, 6st
—Lightning, aged, Bst 416—Marietta, 5 yrs, 6st 121 b
Lady Hylda, 4 yrs, 6st-I'autasa, 6 yrs, Bst 416—Bing-
ham, 4 yrs, 6st 1216—Brandyface, 4 yrs, 6st—Lady
Wildair, 6 yrs, Bst—Montpensier, 4 yrs, Est 1 216
Deloraine, 4 yrs, 6st— Grimston, 5 yrs, Bst—Gaiety,
4 yrs, Est 121b—Enchantress, 4 yrs, 6st—Giselle, 5 yrs,
ist 916—Sutlej, 6 yrs, fist 1116—Smuggler Bill, 5 yrs,
sst 131b—Foreclosure, 4 yrs, 7st 91b—Magnet, 4
yrs, Est 1116—The Squire of Malton, 5 yrs,
sst 81b—Newcourt, aged, 7st 91b—Maid of Mother-
well, 4 yrs, 6st 111b—Mrs. Taft, 3 yrs, sst 716
The Widow, aged, 7st 81b—Executor, 4 yrs, 6st 1116—
King of Kildare, 3 yrs, sst 716—Vanish, 5 yrs, 7st 71b
—Black Dwarf, 4 yrs, 6st 1116—Tuscan, 3 yrs, sst 71b
—Sheraton, 5 yrs, 7st 716—Malt, 5 yrs, 6st 91b—Mar-
iner, 3 yrs, sst 716—Joe o'Sot, 4 yrs, 7st 31b—Harry,
b yrs, 6st 91b—Meaux, 4 yrs, Est 61b—Good Boy, 3 yrs,
sst 316—Peep o'Day Boy, 4 yrs, ist 31b—Comme-il-
faut, 4 yrs, Est 61b—Miss Harrison, 3 yrs, sst 31b—Tom
Tough, aged, ist 216—Pantomime, 4 yrs, 6st 516
Swiss Boy, 3 yrs, sst—Woodpecker, 5 yrs, 7st 21b—
Chemisette, 5 yrs, 6st 416-6 f by Tory Boy, out of Maid
of Monton, 3 yrs, 4st 1216—Administrator, 4 yrs, 7st 21b—
Sally Maggs, 4 yrs, Cat 21b—Best-of-Three, aged, 7st—
Milliner, 5 yrs, 6st—Glen Saddell, 3 yrs, 4st 81b—
Gannet, 6 yrs, 7st—lonia, 4 yrs, 6st—Referee, 3 yrs,
4st 41b. _

I 848.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTI
The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday leas
quiet. Sales, 4,000 bales, at about previous rates.
American sorts realised 4kd. to 6+ll. per lb.—ln Railway
Shares there was no improvement. A moderate busi-
ness was done, but prices rather tended downwards.
There are no foreign arrivals with late news of any
interest, but it is satisfactory to learn from Havre
that the Commercial Bank of Dubois and Co. is expected
to resume payments very shortly.
In the general mercantile markets there is a moderate
business doing, sugar being the dullest article. Indigo
and wool have a brisk sale.
The quantity of grain sold in the provincial markets
last week was 102,448 quarters of wheat, and 99,972 of
barley.
The payment of a third dividend of ss. in the pound
by Messrs. Scholes, the bankers of Manchester, has been
announced by circular.
Some curious particulars, relative to the inadequate
pay of the minor officials in the Customs department,
are given by a mercantile writer. He states that—
" There is a theory known to mathematicians, called
' the compensation of errors,' by which it is scien-
tifically contrived that a gross blunder in one di-
rection is compensated by another in the oppo-
site direction; and it is upon this theory we
suppose, that the Treasury imagine that they repair the
inefficiency of the well-paid superior class in this per-
versely
organized department, by securing them the
assistance of a very ill paid subordinate class. 'These
latter are called weighers and lockers, to the number of
300, and although they must be capable of the same
duties, and are open to the same temptations, as
the superior class, their good conduct, effici"ncy,
and integrity is provided for in a very different
way. A weigher commences his career at 251. per
year and 2s. 6d. per day when actually employed,
and in the course of rising through a list of 180 his
salary becomes increased, at two stages, by a reward for
long service of an additional ten pounds I The next
stage of his promotion is to that of a lecher, commencing
at 80/., and finishing at 1001. a year; finally, he may
become the superintendent of lockers at a salary of 1101.
to 130/. per annum, beyond which all hope of bettering
his condition by an active, intelligent, and zealous dis-
charge of his important duties is prescribed by Treasury
practice, which is as if the Treasury were determined to
preclude the possibility of the superior class being adul-
terated by the slightest infusion of ability and experience.
As the lauding-waiter is generally supposed to be placed
above temptation by good pay and rapid promotion,
whether he deserves it or not, so the practised weigher
is supposed to be drilled into honesty by inuring him to
a stationary condition, let his merits be what they may.
Here is the illustration of the ' compensation of errors'
to which we have alluded, and how it works for the
protection of the revenue may be gathered from the fre-
quent labours of the Attorney-General, to say nothing of
the systematic evasions which do not catch the eye
of that sleepy avenger of the law. Why, if every
landing waiter could be supposed to become ex officio a
paragon of honesty the moment he received his ap-
pointment, the cruelty practised, and the slight passed
upon the subordinate' class would be almost a suffi-
cient provocation for them to play false ; and they have
just the same opportunities of doing so as their • supe•
riors.' We can hardly fancy any scheme so well calcu-
lated to corrupt a class of men as reposing great trust
in them, and, at the same time, doing them great wrong,
and thus making the sense of injury too powerful for
their sense of responsibility."
The English Stock market has been very dull to-day,
and opened flatter, though a slight improvement has
occurred since. Until the Chancellor of the Exchequer
makes known his plans it is not to be expected that
there will be much doing, Consols have been 89+ k for
Transfer, and 89+ to 89k 1, the present values, for Ac-
count. Exchequer-bills of June have been 245. to 275.
premium, and of March 17s. to 21s. Bank Stock is
quoted 200. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents.
have been 90+ to 90k, and are now 90k to 904.
The Foreign Securities have been very quiet.
Spanish Five per Cents. have been 204, and the Three
per Cents. 314 to 32. Mexican Stock is at 18k. Peru-
vian Bonds have been 35. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents. are 54.
In Railway Shares the transactions have been at
rather fuller prices.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock 200
3 per Ceet. Reduced Annuities 894%
3 per Cent. Consols Arms 89% ti
New 314 per Cent. Amts. 904 1,i14
Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 9 1-16 9
Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1859 8 13-16
Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 6, 1860.. 8 11-16
India Stock (
Do. Bonds, 1000/... ............... 13 p
Ditto under 1,0001
Consols for Account 89%1A1A
Exchequer Bills. 3d.

1

June. March.
1,000/.
500/. 27 p 17 p
Small — 17 p
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent lB%
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent 35
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent. ..
Dividends on the above payable in Londou.
French Rentes, 5 per Cent ll6l. 50c.
Exchange 2sf. 60c.
Dutch 21/2 per Cent., 12 Guild 54
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY iIIIARES AT ONE O'CLOCK
RAILWAYS. PAID. PTA SHARI.
Aberdeen
Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 31 — ...... to
Ayrshire and Galloway
Belfast and County Down .. 10 .. ..
dirmingham & Oxford June... 20
Birmingham, \Vol., & Dudley 10 ... .
Birnsing., `Vol., & Stour Val. 10/.145.... ..
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction..
Boston, Stamf., & Birming... S
Bristol and Exeter
Do., Thirds
Buckinghamshire..
Caledonian

Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 60
Chester and Holyhead 37%.....
Ditto, Preference
Clarence.
Do., Ist Class, 6 per Cent... 10
Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10
Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10
Direct London & Portsmouth 33/4 to
Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 25
Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 174......
East Anglia, 251. L. & E.,
aid L. & D., .. 25
Ditto, 181., E. & H
Ditto, 31. 10s., E. & H... 3% ...... to
Eastern Counties
Ditto, ditto (B)
Do. Perpet., 3 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d...
Do., d 0.... N 0.2, 61. 13s. 4d...
Do., Northern & Eastern... 50
Do., Quarter l2l/2 _ ..
Do., New
Easteron Union. SO
Ditto, Quarter Shares ...... 12% — to
Ditto., Thirds .. ......... ...13s. 4d — ...... to
Ditto (guar. 6 per cent.) ... 10 . —
Ditto, ditto ........ ......... 20 ..
East Lancashire
Ditto, New ... .......... .... • 13
Do., New Quarters
East Lincolnshire ... 16% — to
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares 121,E . er.
Edinburgh and Northern ... 22I,E
Ditto, New..... .. ...... ...... 33/4 — ...... to
Ditto, New p0rt..... l2
Ditto, ditto, New 214 — ...... to
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — ...... to
Ditto, New ... .. 2% — to
Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle-81. 65.8 d... .. to
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 — to
Ditto, New
D 0.14 Shares (5 per ct.gua.) 12% ..... .. ... to
Great Northern lO% — ...... to
Do. London &I York Exten. 2% — ...... to
Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 37% — ...... to
Great North of England 100 .. 231% to --•
Ditto, New 40/.
Ditto, Now 301 ... 80 ... .. .. ... to
Ditto, New 151.-- .... ..... Oh-- . ... to
Great Western
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares 17% 19%%... to
Ditto, Fifths 2O
Do. New 17/. 9l/2..
~. ..._
Huddersfield and Manchester 24 - _.
Di tte, Thirds 8
Hull and Selby SO
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% — .....1 to --
& 87-- St. Edraunds 171/

Ipswich . Jury, _. -uraunds 2 8 ...... to
Do. do. and Norwich
Do., do., Extension Scrip
(late (Camb. and Ely) 2% ...... ..... to
Lancaster and Carlisle.... .. 50 ...... 53 ex div to
Do., Thirds 1 e ....
Lancashire and Yorkshire .. 98
Ditto,—
ditto ............ . ..... 82
Ditto half Shares — 38 ...... 35
Ditto Quarters 14% l3 ... .. to 134
Ditto Fifths
Ditto Sixteenths .......... 614
Ditto Thirds (Reg.) ...i... 101.4 s .
Do. Liverpool and Bury... 38
Do. (Hudders. and Sheff.) 33
Do., Wakefield, Pontefract.
and Goole 47% to
Do., %Vest Riding Union ...41. 2a..... 2% die to
Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25
Do., do., Half Shares (A) 9
Ditto ditto
Leeds and Bradford
Leeds, Dewsbury, k Blanches 42% to
Do., Branch % Shares l5 ...... ...... to
Ditto, New Branch (blue) 2% — ...... to ..-
Ditto, Extension (green)... 21% —
Do., New Exten. (pink)... 21%c — ...... to
Leeds and Think ...-... ...... 40
Ditto, New
Do., do., Prefer., 6 per Cent 3%. .... ••••• • to —.
Liverpool. Crosby, and South-
port.
Liverpool, Manchester, and
Newcastle Junction. ...... ... 2% _
.... to
London )3c Blackwell ...181. 6s. Bd. .....
..... . to
Ditto New, No. 2 5l. 13s. 4d.... 78 dis. to
Do. Extension ........ ..... 171,e......
..... to
Lond., Bright., & South Coast 50...... 3614% x. ci.. to
Do. Consolidated Eighths... 30 ...... _
..... to
Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 - •••• --- -..... to
Do! Pref. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50
...,..
...... to

Ditto, ditto 1852 50 .....
~.Ices, snd Greenwich... 121.155. 4d... -
t:,. l'n-dtrence lB/ 17s 2d... —, ...... tr,
Landon la North Weatern.....100...1454 146 14i to 140 s
Do. Quarter .....L. and B. 22
Do. do. New ...... .... ...... 2
Do. do. Fifths -
Do. Quarters ...... ... G. J 25
Do. 40/. Shares L. &M. 15 ...... -.... to --
Do. 40/. Shares...M. and B. 40 ......
Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 7%..... -
Do. 101. .. M. and B. (B.) 7% — to ---
Do. 10/. ... M. and B. (C.) 1 -
London and S. Western...—. 50 .. ... to
Ditto, New 501.
Ditto, New 40/.......... .. - 80
Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 ...... 511,4 to
Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40
Ditto, Thirds 11/. gs. 8d ..• 2 die.... :0
Lendon, Salisbury, & Yeovil 114 — .„,... to
Londonderry and Coleraine... 27% — ......
Londonderry and Enniskillen 25
Lowestoft (guar. 4 per cent.) 20
Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 3 ...... -
Manch. Buxton, & Matlock 3 -
Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100
Ditto % Shares (No. 1) ... 13 ......
Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25
Ditto, % Shares (No. 3)... 71,x ......
Do., New 10/. Preference.. 7% — -
Ditto Grimsby 25 — -
Ditto, ditto.
Ditto, ditto -
Ditto, Sheffield, and Line. 714...... -.... to --
Ditto, Grimsby Dock
Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 4.1.16. ...
Manchesterand Southampton 214 — .. to —.,
Midiand 100 ll5 ...... to 11E4
Ditto, Consol. Preference...100
Ditto, 40/. Shares
Ditto, 50/. 5hare5........... 15 -
Midland, Eirna. and Derby...loo .....90 -
Midland, Consol. Bristol and
Birmingham 6 per cent.... 100 122 ex div to --
Midland, Bristol and Gloue. 36 ... — ...... to
Ditto ditto 11/. 35.6 d. ..
Midland, Lelces. and Swan-
nington (8 per et. gua.)....100 .... . -
Midld. treat Western(lrish) 35
Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ...... -
Ditto Quarter Shares
Newmarket and Chesterford 181
Ditto Extension
Newport Abergy., and Heref. 6 ...... ...... to
Norfolk lOB -
Ditto New 20/. ' 6 ...... to --
Ditto Extension -
Do. Guaranteed 51,4 per et. 5
Do. Scrip, 847, N. of Norflk 2

Do. do. . aveney 'Valley— 2
Newry and Enniskillen -
Newry, Warrenpoint, and
Rostrevor -
..4orthern Counties Union .... 14 -
North British -
Ditto Half Shares 1214 — --
Do. Quarters
Ditto, Extension
Ditto Thirds ... ......... -
North and South-Western... 2
North Staffordshire
North Wales 314 ..... . .... to
North Western 6
.... to --
Oxford, Worcester, and Wol-
verhampton
Reading, Guildfd., & Reigate 714 -
Royston and Hitchin
Scottish Central -
Scottish Midland .... ....... .... 20
Ditto. New... lO -
Sheffield, Rotherham, and
Goole 6 -
Shrewsbury and Birmingham 7
Ditto, ditto, Class B. 4
Shrewsbury and Chester
( Nor. W. MM.)
Ditto Halves, Ditto... S ... .. -- • •to ---
Ditto, Oswestry -
Ditto (New) 1 -
Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref li ...... 8% to --
Shrewsbury and Hereford ... 2
Shropshire Union . 4
...... to --
South Devon ....... ...... ... 40 -
Ditto, Preference 22% .. — ...... to --
South Staffordshire .... 4 ... .. 2%..... to --
South Eastern and Dover 33% ...... 81% -
Ditto, New, No. 1 -
Ditto, New, No. 2........ ..... 17 -
Ditto, New, Ne. 3 2O -
Ditto New, No. 4. ..... .... .. 7% — ... .. to --
South Wales -
South Yorkshire, Doncaster,
and Goole -
Swans. and Loughor and Ca-
meron's Stm. Coal ...... ... .. 4 -
rhames Have' Dock and
Railway 17% - -
raw Vale Extension
Vale of Neath - ... to --
Waterford and Kilkenny 1314......
Waterford and Limerick ... .. 46 ... .. -
Waterford, W exford,Wicklw,
and Dabiin .. 2 -
West Cornwall
Whitebaven and Furness l2 ... .. ..... to -4'
Windsor, Staines, and South

Western—. ............. ....... 525.
Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 30 ...... ... to ---
York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 ... . 34% 31 -
Do. Original New & Ber'ck 25 .. ~ -
Do. North Shields Parchase 25 .. ... -
De. Exton. No. 1 (Y. &N. ) 15 -
Do. do. No. 2, New &B. 16 •••••• 131,E to ---
Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 3 ... .. 101% ... -
York and North Midland .. 50 ...... 741% to ---
Ditto, Prefereeco le
Ditto East and Westßiding
e 1.140
Extension -
FOREIGN RAILWAY.
Boulogne and Amiens 2O ...... 13%...... to ---
Central of France ( Orleans
and Vierzon) -
Central of Spain
Ceylon .... ss. -
Demerara.
Dendre Valley i.... 4 ...... --
Direct Bombay and Madras ss. .... . -
Dutch Rhenish 7 ...... 1% to ---
East Indian -
Great Indian Peninsular 55. ..... . —. ,„... to --
Italian and Aastrian
Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 -
Louvain it la Sambre ..... .... 6
Luxembourg -
Lyons and Avignon (Con-
' stituted) -
Madrid and Valentia -
Namur and Liege... .
Northern of France. li -
Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6
Over Yssel .413s 4d - ..... .to
Paris and Lyons
Paris and Orleans 2O -
Pans and Rouen ..
Paris & Strasbourg ........... $ -
Rouen and Havre 2O -
Sambre and Meuse lB -
Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 ..... -
Tours & Nantes ... .. ...... .. 6 -
Tournay, Jurbise, Landen,
and Hasselt -
West Flanders Blh — ..... . to --
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
Australasia -
British North American .... 50
Colonial ..... ......... 25 -
Commercial of London 2O — ...... to ---
London Joint Stock ~...
London and Westminster... 23 -
National Provincial of Eagld. 85. -
Ditto, New
National of Ireland -
Provincial of Ireland
Ditto, New JO - -
Union of Australia 25 -
Ditto, New 2% to --
Union o:' London ....... . ..... 10
Union of Madrid 4O -

MINES.
Anglo Mexican lOO ....
Astrian Mining Company ... 11 ...... -
Australian ... 2 ......, -
Slaenarron Iron and Coal ... 6* . — -
Bolasos Scrip
•••=. -
British Iron -
Brazilian Imperial ..........24 .
...... to
Galvanized Iron ... lO -
Ditto, New -
Real del Monte, Unregistered . .. 1%..... to --

LLOYD'S SHIPPINQ--(THIS HAY.
LONDON, FEIII. 17.—Wind N.N.W., fresh bred.
and fine.
DEAL, FEB. 16.—Wind N. to N.N.W.—SId.
Graham, Ceylon ; Kandiana, Ceylon. Arrd. from trk
River and sailed, Waratah, Sydney, New Sou*.
Wales ; Elizabeth and Henry, Hobart Town ; M
Sparks, China ; Cape Packet, St. Helena ; ca
Lachlan, Jamaica. Sld. Ceylon, Aden ; Bangalot*
Africa ; Iris, Rio Janeiro ; Cleopatra, Demerara
Cumberland, Trinidad ; James Holmes, Barbadoes
Neptune, St. Thomas ; American Eagle, New York.
TORBAY, FEB. 16.—Wind N.N.E.—SId. Devonshire'
Cape of Good Hope.
LIVERPOOL, FEB. 16.—Wind 110,02
Butcher, Calcutta ; Ferries, Scott, Madras ; Amelle,7
New Orleans ; Stephen Baldwin, Borland, Mobile. Sr;
Velocity, Rio Grande ; Mary Worrall, RioGGradende
:
Lanercost, Rio Grande ; Calypso, Rio Janeiro ;
simus, ditto ; Unioa Bija, Havannah ; Susquelianne'
Philadelphia ; Governor Davis, Boston. Off port, Ft
senger, Rappahannack, Enterprise, Betsey, and Ipswich'
The Pym, Jopling, hence to Rio Grande, has been
wrecked on the bar of the latter port ; part of the call,
saved. The Midas, Begg, from Ardrossan, with te,
iron, struck upon Taylor's Bank last night send sun i' '
crew saved. The Clarinda, for Havannah, in I troceedhl
down the river, ran foul of the P. Dearo, for S myrns,:d
anchor off the Magazines, by which both vessels recta/
damage.
DARTMOUTH, FEB. 16.—S1d. Silvia de Grasse, 14°
York.
or DOVER, FEB. 15.—Catharina, Rolfe, Rio Plats'
for Hamburgh.
PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 16.—Wind N.W. to N.N.5...7'
Sld. Madaga,car, Bombay; Mary Ann, Cape and o'r
dras; Lydford, Launceston; Helen, Bahia.; Hindl
Bermuda; Glappyra, St. Kitt's; Ff.otor, Newport
Jamaica; Forester, Tobago; Palestine, Grenada; CatOr
St. Vincent; Sir Charles Napier, New Orleans; ye"L'
Lifford, ditto • Pilgrim, Savannah; Rickeys, St. Vince%
c)
with the whole . the outward bound, except the lII'
Palmer, for Valparaiso. 11,
COWES, FEB. 16.—Wind N. by W.—Sld. Corn
Trinidad; Empress, Ceylon.
, gal'
PORTLAND ROADS, FEB. 16.—S1d. CRAW
on
FRASERBUROH, FEB. 15. the Carron of ;Belfast
shore on Rattray Head 12th inst. it is feared will b'""
a wreck; crew saved.
FALMOUTH, FEB. 16.—A large vessel, bottom up.,weal„,
passed Ist ult., in lat. 30 N., lon. 70 W., by the r
pings, Mintosh, arrived here.
nneohue:
DUBLIN, FEB. 15.—The Thomas Dempsey,
ode'
hence to Trinidad, in putting back to Kingstown, gl this
outside the East Pier yesterday, but floated
morning, and has arrived here with loss of red tder. r.. 00
i` Bunn', Fs*. 15. The Janet, of this

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Clyde to Runcorn, was towed in here leaky, on the 311
i.nitnt, and mu S' Thf• sloop, Endeavour, ~{
ttlis port, which on shcte at the entrance of
Lower Lough, uu ttle Oth ult., has been got off, ai,d
towed to this port.
WIVENHOE, FEB. 16. The Indian, Urquhart, not
Marshall, as previously reported, for London, which
was on shore on the Gunfleet Saud, on the 14th instant,
has been assisted into this port, making a great deal of
water. The Mercury, of and from Sunderland to London,
has been on the Gunfleet Sand, but was assisted off and
prockeded.
PLYMOUTH, FEB. 16. Sid. Prince Regent, Sierra
Leone; Superb, Philivtelphia.
BRISTOL, FRB. 16. Sld. Maria Laure, Mauritius ;
Ada Mary, Barbadocs ; Perseverance, St. John's, New
BruhAwick.

NEWS.—(THIS DAY.)
rzzivTGATE ILDID
The supplies of Meat on sale today were by no means
large, and a steady business was doing, at full prices.
Beef from 3s to 4s ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; Veal, 4s
2d to 5s 4d ; and Pork, 3s. 10d to 5s 2d per Bibs. by the
carcase.

MEAT MARKETS.
SOUTHALL, FEB. 16.—The Beet trade was heavy, on
somewhat easier terms; but that for Mutton was active,
at higher rates. Otherwise the demand was in a slug-
gish state. Beef from 3s 6d to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 10d
to 5s 4d; Veal, 4s to ss; and Pork, 4s to 4s 8d per Bibs.,
to sink the offals.
ROMFORD, FEB. 16 —We had a steady general de-
mand to-day, and prices were well supported. Beef
from 3s 4d to 4s 4d; Mutton, as 8d to 5s 4d; Veal,
4s to ss; and Pork, 4s to 4s 8d per albs ; Quarter-
old Store Pigs, 18s to 245. each.
Hlmmalm, FEB. 16.—Prime stock sold freely, at full
prices. Otherwise, the demand was in a sluggish state.
Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 4d; Mutton, 4s 2d to 55 2d; Veal,
4s to 4s 8d; and Pork, 4s 2d to 4s 8d per Sibs.
ARUNDEL, FEB. 15.—Beef, from 3s 8d to 4s 4d; Mutton,
4s 4d to 55 2d; Veal, 4s 2d to 4s 8d per 81bs. A. mo-
derate supply, and a slow trade.
CHICHESTER, FEB. 16.—Mutton advanced quite 2d
per 81bs; otherwise, the trade was heavy. Beef, from
3s 6d to 48 2d ; Mutton, 4s 4d to 5s 2d ; Veal, 4s to
4s 8d ; and Pork, 4s 4d to 4s 8d per Sibs. Quarter-old
Store Pigs, 18s to 22s each.
HAY MARKETS.
SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 13s to 81 13s ; Clover,
ditto, 31 13s to 41 15s ; and Straw, 11 4s to 1/ 8s
per load. Supply good, and trade very dull.
CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 21 15s to 31 15s ;
Clover ditto, 31 12s to 4/ 12s; and Straw, 1/ 4s to 11 9s
per load. A moderate supply, and a heavy demand.
WnrrEcnApEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 12s to 31 13s;
Clover ditto, 3/ 12s to 4/ 15s ; and Straw, 1/ 4s to
11 Ss per load. Trade dull, at the above quotations.

COAL MARKET. --YESTERDAY.
Buddle's West Hartley 16s Od Ramsay .................. 13s Od
Dipton Tanfield ...... l3s Od Wharneliffe ......... ... 15s 6d
Hasting's Hartley l6i Od Eden Main .............. 178 s 3d
s Od
North Pontop .....
New Pelton Blain— ... 14s Od Bell
New Tanfield ...... . ..... 14s 6d Haswell lBs 9(1
Original Tanfield
South Peareth
Tanfield Moor . ..... 16s Od Stewart's
Tanfield Moor Butes... 141 6d Pease
Wylam ......... ... .. —.. 15s 6d Tees
Wall's End, Sce. 'Whitworth l3s 6(1
Harton ....... .... ...... 15s 6d SidneN 's Hartley
Arrivals, 401—sold, 83.

CORN AVERAGES.
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN
For the Week ended Feb. 17, 1844, made up from the Returns of tin.
Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Esti;land and \Vale,
per Imperial Quarter.
WHEAT. I BAILEY.' 01.TEI. I RTE. I BEANS. I PEAS. 4
PRICE 151 a ad 31s 2d I 20s 7d 30s 5d I 34s Id 43s 9d
The Duties on Foreign Grain are now suspended.

SHERIFFS' COURT.—(THIS DAIL .)
(Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCHELL.)
DE WINTER AND OTHERS V. FEAKE.
The plaintiffs in this action are bankers, and the action
was brought to recover the sum of 5811., the balance of
a banking account and interest thereon.
It appeared by the evidence that the accounts had
been balanced from time to time, and interest charged
thereon, the above amount being found due in June
last; since that period interest at seven and a half per
cent. had been charged.
The Learned UNDER-SHERIFF said he did not con-
sider they could charge beyond the 51. per cent.
The plaintiffs' attorney said. that money had been so
scarce that 9 per cent:could have been obtained.
The UNDER-SHERIFF said that as they struck a ba-
lance every six months they charged compound interest.
The plaintiffs' clerk was then examined as to whether
a bill of exchange for 3001., accepted by a Mr. Philip
Feake Martin, and drawn by defendant, had not been
paid. The witness replied that it was dishonoured and
returned to defendant, although it had been entered in
the account to plaintiffs' credit. The drawer had an
account with their bank.
A juror asked whether the bankers might not have
taken up the bill, and debited Martin?—The witness
said, not without instructions Defendant wished them
to sue Martin, but they did not thiak fit to do so.
The UNDER-SHERIFF said the jury might give what
interest they thought proper, say 5 or 4 per cent. or
less; it was discretionary.
The jury ultimately gave a verdict for the principal
and interest at the rate of 5 per cent.

BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
Ann Simpson, a woman of bad character, was charged
before Mr. Henry with stealing a pocket-book, contain-
ing seven 101. notes, and one 51. note of the Bank of
England, and one 100 dollar note of the United States
Bank, from the person of Mr. John Scones, a planter, of
Texas, but now residing at Spring-place, Bagnigge-
wells. road.
The complainant, it appeared, took a cab at about
four o'clock this morning, in the Strand, desiring the
driver to take him to Spying-place, Bagnigge-wells-road.
He was then slightly intoxicated. The prisoner came
up as the cabman was about to shut the door after com-
plainant got in, and without invitation, stepped into the
cab. The complainant allowed her to remain. On ar-
riving at Bagnigge-wells the prosecutor found that he
had no change, and ordered the cab to drive back to the
Strand and get change. The cabman drove back to
Brydges-street, where he stopped at the Falstaff, a
night house, and the complainant and prisoner got out.
The complainant then missed his pocket-book which he
had in his pocket when he first got into the cab. Having
some indistinct recollection of feeling the prisoner's
band in his breast pocket, where he had placed the
pocket-book, he immediately accused her of it. She
denied it, and the complainant spoke to the cabman, who
called a police-sergeant (Matthews, 10 H) who was pass-
ing at the moment. The sergeant, on hearing the charge
made by prosecutor, took the cabman in custody, and
gave the prisoner in custody to the constable on duty in
Brydgea-street. On the way to the station-house the
prisoner produc( d the pocket-book, and said she would
give it up at the station-house. She admitted that she
took it from Mr. Scones's pocket, and said she did so be-
cause he would not give her some money which he had
promised her, and she wanted "to pay herself." She
was detained at the station and the cabman was liberated.
The pocket-book and its contents (seven ten pounds and
one five pound note, English, and one 100 dollar note,
American) were identified by Mr. Scones, who thought
the notes were all he had in the pocket-book, but was
not certain.
Mr. Scones expressed a great unwillingness topress
p
the charge, as he had urgent business in Paris which
required his immediate presence there, and the delay of
attending to a prosecution would be disastrous toela him;
but
Mr. HENRY said, that for reasons which he should
hereafter explain he could not allow complainant to
withdraw from the prosecution of the charge. The pri-
soner must be remanded till this day week, and Mr.
Scones must then attend, or he would be compelled.
Remanded accordingly.

MARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY)
Wm. Jones, a sturdy young fellow, was placed at the
bar, before Mr. Bingham, charged with ,burglariously
entering the house of Colonel Albert Goldsmid, 2, Park-
crescent, Regent's Park, and stealing therefrom a pair
of gold epaulets, several gold ornaments, silver spoons,
and other articles.
John Lambkin, butler in the service of Colonel Gold-
amid, said he was in bed between three and four o'clock
this morning, when he was disturbed by hearing a
noise. The moment he awoke he saw the shade of a
light under his bed-room door. Fancying that some
person was in the house he got out of bed and opened
the room-door gently, and looking about him saw the
prisoner holding a light against the front door inside the
passage, examining the bolts. The prisoner subsequently
proceeded up stairs, and witness alarmed his fellow-
servant, who came to his assistance, and accompanied
him in searching the house. On searching the library
they found the prisoner coucbed down under the sofa.
Witness's fellow servant laid hold of the prisoner while
witnesa went and called the police, who came and took
the prisoner into custody. Witness subsequently saw
the articles produced taken from him.
Charles Dither, footman in the same establishment,
corroborated the evidence of last witness.
Mr. James Henry Goldsmid, nephew to Colonel
Albert Goldsmid, identified the property produced as
belonging to his uncle.
Rann, 249 S, said he was on duty in the New-road about
four o'clock, when he was called to No. 2,
entering the Park-creslibrarycent.
He proceeded to the house, and, on ,
saw the prisoner sitting on the sofa. s
coatearched d
htheim,
and found upon him four waistcoats, a ,an
other articles now produced. He also found some money
which had been taken from the footman's box, a
" jemmy," and a box of matches. He then took him
into custody, when the prisoner told him that he came
out with the intention of committing the robbery, and
was very sorry he had disturbed the butler.
The prisoner, who was recognised as an old offender,
seas committed for trial at the Central Criminal Court.
CLERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY.)
Perrrin, a man having the appearance of an
Irish labourer, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with
uttering counterfeit coin.
Mrs. Flack, of Berkeley street, Clerkenwell, grocer
and tobacconist, stated that last evening, being in her
parlour, she heard, in conversation with the lad who
was serving in the shop, a gruff voice, which she thought
she recognised, and thinking she bad some more than
common reason for remembering it, she looked out, and
at once knew the prisoner as the she to
who
some three months ago passed off upon her a very had
half-crown, in a style of great tact and impudence,
which the witness imitated with such dranditic fidelity
as provoked some laughter in the court. At the moment
when she recognised him last night he was acting in the
same " off-handi dash tiind of a way," pretending to be