The Sun.
London, England, 1851-02-08 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 8, 1851.

Those persons who thus would not allow any usurped
power to come into England were all believers in the
Roman Catholic faith. So also was it in the time of
EDWARD HI.; and this was not confined to mere
spiritual affairs, as Mr. BOWYER sal d, but because the
Roman Court sought to interfere in the ordinary
concerns between man and man. Times he had shown that
in the times of our Roman Catholic ancestors there had
always been a consistent and he:believed a wise jealousy
of the interference of the Court of Rome.
When the recent aggression had been made,
the law officers of the Crown had been consulted,
and they had given it as their op inion that according
to law the assumption of these dales was not illegal;
that the letter apostolic was contz ary to law, but that
the law prohibiting the introdesstion of bulls from
Rome had not for a long time Even put in force, and
this disuse of it would probably cause) a prosecution to fail
Under these circumstances it was not thought
desirable to institute a prosecution, besides he felt
a great repugnance to prosecute) persons for doing
that which had so long bee n permitted, with
out any notice being taken of it. No doubt
arose as to the propriety of makiatg a fresh statutory
enactment. They might enact :a declaratory enact-
ment, reviving the old law, or tin ey might adopt the
course of enacting that no BuL I should have cur-
rency until it had been submitted to the civil power.
According to the statutes of Richert I 11. the introduction
of Bulls from Rome was a grave offe nee; there was like-
, wise a statutory provision egaine t such an introduc•
lion in the Act 13th Elizabeth. Th te penalties imposed
by that statute had been repealed, 13 ut the introduction
of such Bulls was not thereby rei idered lawful. The
objection to the first course was tli at it was vague and
to the second that it would involve: the Government in
constant discussions with the Romeo 1 Catholic body, and
that it would be a great evil to inti 7oduce such an irri-
tating topic into Parliamentary de ate. Therefore the
Government had thought it best to adopt neither of
these courses, but while on the 03 e side they did not
relax any power at present given, them by law, they
did not on the other propose any which might lead to
further debate. He now came to tk e measure which he
was about to propose. On introducing the Catholic
Relief Act, Sir ROBERT PEEL had, proposed that the
titles of English Prelates should nest be assumed by the
Prelates of the Roman Catholic Church, and had intro•
duced a clause in the Act to prohibit such assumption.
In the following year, in a pastorale address, the Catho-
lic Prelates of Ireland declared, in :language which con-
trasted strongly with the langua g a recently used by
Dr. CULLEN, that the Sovereign and the Legislature
were entitled to the gratitude of hose Prelates, and it
would be well if Archbishop CULLEN, and Archbishop
M'HALE, would refer to the liengtesi;e there used, and to
consider if the example then set ti .em was not worthy
of imitation. It was thought, and to believed not with-
out foundation, thet one reason fen- the change from
vicar apostolic to bishops, a a,s to enable the
bishops to exercise control over lare: endowments, which
were i❑ the hands of Catholic trueeees. He proposed,
therefore, that no such titles sholL'd be permitted to be
assumesl by these bishops, and that. 411 property lett to or
given to such persons under twill titles should be
null and void, and forfeited to the Crown,
with power to the Crown te, appoint trustees
to administer such property. In n lacy cases persons
ho gad enjoyed property under r,:lese trusts had been
deprived chhe use of it by these p relates; and he pro-
posed to introdue.e measures to goat d the Roman Catholic
laity sgainstsuch aggression. The Questioe of theceeside
ration of the means which had been. employed to procure
these grants cf property he did =tot propose to deal
with. He proposed to prohibit the assumption of
any title for any place tee territory within
any portion of the United Kingdo :1, and this provision
had been approved of by the tsrehhiehop of Can-
terbury. Thus they prevented which was au
insult to the Crown, an in'Aerference with the
rights of the Church, and an infringement on the
liberties of the country. By the s snond provision, these
persons would be prevented from Aeriving any benefit
from the trusts left to the Catholac body. Whatever
might be the ultimate result of this legislation, they were
net at present in a position to proces d further. The indi-
vidual who had taken upon himself to recommend these
measures to the POPE had it in his I►ower to remove many
of these difficulties, and if he, a e?rince of the Roman
Church, bad any desire to promcta the interests of the
Roman Catholics in this country, le would at once re-
nounce the title he had assumed. But if other
councils should prevail and he should instil hopes
of revenge and ambition into the Court of Rome, no
doubt a struggle would take take place. In that case
his (Lord John Russell's) course was clear. He
was for the fullest enjoyment of religious liberty,
but he Ras against any interfcrmce on the part of
Ecclesiastics i❑ the civil affairs of the realm. In his own
Church he had always opposed any measure calculated
to encroach upon the civil supremacy in this realm. If
that was the case as regarded the Church of England, how
much stronger must be his opposition to any attempt on
the part of the Pope to establish supremacy in this realm

In recent times there has been put forth from the Church o,

Rome opinions abhorrent to every lover of civil and re•
ligious liberty. There were among the books prohi-
bited to be read by the Church of Rome such books as

Robertson's histories and Scapula's Lea icon. When he

saw such doings as these, his objections were aroused.
He drew a wide distinction between the Roman Catholic

doctrines and the Ultramontane doctrines. He.there-
fore proposed that the House should resist the
introduction of the Ultramontane system. He

knew that they were liable to be mit

represented, that they might bo accused of having
changed their opinions; but he had not changed
his, he still thought that Roman Catholics should
be admitted to all civil offices; the Acts exclud-
ing them from office in the time of JAS E 5 11.
were rendered necessary, because they could

not trust the Sovereign. Under ELUL/MTH, when they
had a Queen whom they could trust as they could now
—(Cheers)—no such exclusion was necessary, and he
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felt that they were all the more powerful now for having

repealed those laws of exclusion. Ho said, in the word;

of a Roman Catholic Parliament, which had opposed

an attempted act of Papal aggression, that he would like

them oppose it with all his heart and all his power.—
(The Noble Lord then i.st down amidst loud cheering.)
The House was subsequently addressed by Mr. ROE-
BUCK, Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL, Mr. DRUMMOND, Mr. E.
B. RocnE, Mr. MOORE, jr. BRIGHT, Mr. DISRAELI,
Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL, and Sir ROBERT INGLIS, and the

debate on the motion of Mr. flEyNoLus was adjourned.

Lord JOHN RUSSELL, last .night, in moving for

leave to bring in a Bill "to prevent the assumption of
certain ecclesiastical titles in respect of places in the
United Kingdom," most ably vindicated her Mt-
SESTY'S Government from the charge of being in-
clined to enter upon a reactionary or retrograde po-
licy. He clearly and distinctly pointed out the neces-
sity of the contemplated measure, by showing the true
character of the "aggression ;" that It was strictly
in keeping with the ancient pretensions of the Vatican

—pretensions which were so sturdily and resolutely
resisted by our Roman Catholic ancestors before the

Reformation, and that there is "no country in
Europe, however great or however small—no country
which values its own independence, upon which the
Pora would have attempted to pass the insult which
he has offered to this kingdom of England." He
strictly pursued the path indicated by the Royal
Speech at the opening of the session, exhibiting an
unflinching resolution " to maintain the rights of the
Crown and the independence of the nation against all
encroachment, from whatever quarter it may proceed,
and. at the same time to maintain unimpaired the re-
ligious liberty which is so justly prized by the people
of this country."

It is impossible to hope that the measure will pass
through they Legislature without encountering con-
siderable opposition from persons who entertain very
different views with respect to the Papal authority,
and the particular acts or assumptions that have led
to the introduction of the present Bill. It will excite
the encounter resistance from the
extremes indignation,of
e tll and
either party--from those who consider
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that° or, t
only unnecessary and uncalled that any interference with what they believed to be
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the undoubted prerogative of the PONTIFF
but is not
it is exceedingly miechie vow, being little
better than rebellion against
legitimate autho-
rity, and also from those who regard the
subject as affording a golden opportunity for the re-
imposition of those penal and restrictive laws that so
long encumbered the public statute-hook, and con-
stituted a blot and stain upon the national escutcheon.
By both classes the Bill will be impeded is its pro-
gress ; but, as we have already shown, for very dif-
ferent reasons. But it will, therefore, be no less
welcome to the moderate and reasonable members of
the body politic, who desire that which may be
considered strictly as a measure of defence, and not
of retaliation—a vindication of the perfect inde-
pendence of the United Kingdom against the
claims or usurpations of any foreign prince, pre-
late, or potentate, and not' of - intolerance . or

persecution against the professors of any creed or
religion.
In looking to the nature of the remedy to be
provided, we must consider the character of the in-
jury already inflicted, and of the dangers to be
guarded against at all future times. The insult—
the aggression which excited the just indignation of
the British people, and occasioned public meetings
to protest against the unwarranted and unwarrant-
able assumption, in every district and locality
throughout the length and breadth of the land—was
the mapping out and allotment of the English soil
into ecclesiastical divisions ; the conferring of terri-
torial authority and territorial titles of honour on
persons selected by a foreign prelate, without the
sanction or assent of her MAJESTY, or her constitu-
tional advisers, and doing that in the most contume-
lious and offensive manner. All recognition of the
domestic Government was studiously withheld.
There was not, as the Noble Premier justly remarked,
" the smallest reference to the United Kingdom being
an independent state; it was not made a question
from the beginning to the end whether there can be
any power existing in this country, the consent of
which ought to be asked, or whose lawful powers
ought to he respected." Dr. WISEMAN himself de-
clares—" We govern and shall continue to govern
the counties of Middlesex, Hertford, and Essex."

" What is this," said Lord Jour', " but an assump-
tion of territorial sovereignty ?" There is but one
answer that can be returned to such an interrogatory,
and that is an unqualified affirmative that it is such
an assumption. We may be told that it is a
mere " form," meaning nothing—aspiring to no-
thing—that it relates to episcopal administrations,

to spiritual jurisdiction over those in communion with

the Church of Rome. If so, it is an obnoxious, an
offensive, an insulting, and a senseless form—a form
utterly inconsistent with the allegiance due to our
beloved SOVEREIGN, whose unquestionable rights and
prerogatives her faithful and loyal subjects will not
willingly see invaded or usurped. The liberal
Dutchman might have complied with the forms of the
Japanese Government, and willingly trampled
on the crucifix, the earthly emblem of the
redemption of mankind ; but we do not
suppose that PIO NINO, or those who now speak of
the " mere form" as a matter of the most perfect in-
dif&rence, would feel disposed to deny their SAVIOUR,
or to heap contumely upon his name in deference to

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the dictates of a foreign power, although that power
were only exercised within the territory or dominions
of the monarch that insisted upon that form. We do
not believe that the English Roman Catholics would
be disposed to repudiate their religious doctrines, to
swear to that to which in their souls and consciences
they believed to be incorrect and unfounded, because
they were told that they were " mere forms." If the
plea thus set up were worth anything, the Emanci-
pation Act was an act of supererogation ; for what
objection could there be to " a form?" It is really an
insult to the common sense of the community to re-
peat such arguments, or to suppose that JOHN
BULL is so very gullible—so very easily led by the
nose as tot be influenced by such unmitigated trash,
such ridiculous twaddle.

The fitting answer to this usurpation is to prohibit
the assumption of these titles by the parties on whom
they have or may be conferred. This is in the true
spirit of the principle asserted by the Roman Catholic
Relief Bill, which was so gratefully received by the
Roman Catholic hierarchy of Ireland in the year
1829. The 14w is slightly extended to meet the pre-
sent exigency, for the prohibition will relate not only
to the assumption of the titles of Bishops of the Es-
tablished Church, " but from any territory or place
within the United Kingdom." The nature of the late
aggression shows this extension to be essential, and
strictly in accordance with the doctrine acted on
twenty-two years since.

There is a second branch of the new Bill relating
to the Roman Catholic endowments and charities that
might without some special legislation pass into the
power and control of the parties thus appointed
by the Papal re scripts. It appears perfectly
reasonable that while we object to the assumption
of the titles we should also object to the assumption
of any substantial powers supposed to belong to these
titles. We believe that it is the anxious desire of
every conscientious Roman Catholic to have these
" sacred funds" protected from any misuse or misap-
plication, and that they should ever be devoted to the
objects for which they were originally created. This
will be one of the objects of the new Bill, and on this
account, if on no other, we believe that it will

receive the assent arid approbation of our Roman
Catholic brethren.

Inopportune as the time may appear to be which
has been selected by the French Ministry—the
Ministry, so called, of Transition—for the presenta-
tion of the Dotation Bill to the Legislative Assembly,
—we look for ward most confidently to the ultimate
achievement, under every circumstance, of a triumph
over his antagonists by the Prince Louts NAPOLEON.
Supposing the measure to be reluctantly accepted by
the Assembly, that must manifestly constitute a
signal victory on the part of the PRESIDENT. Sup-
posing, on the other hand, that the Ministe-
rial requirement of an increased allowance to
the chief magistrate be rejected, the result
would be yet more advantageous to the
interests of the Elysee entailing upon the Prince the
necessity of a direct appeal to the country. Such is
the alternative presented to the representatives of the
French people—an alternative certain, under all
auspices, to bring about their complete discomfiture
—a discomfiture falling down on them either from
within or from without, either through the fact of
their own spontaneous concession, or through the
more terrible and more disastrous event of
an adverse decision pronounced against them
by the multitude. Suffering, as they are,
at this present moment under the ignominy
and irritation of a defeat, the Legislators of the Re-
p

blic cannot be conceived to entertain any very
generous sentiments towards its chief magistrate;
and the mere coincidence of the contention following
so immediately upon the growth of these acrimonious
feelings cannot fail very materially to diminish the
strength, the self-possession, the vigour, and the com-
bination cf political parties in the bosom of the
Assembly. Louts NAroLaoN is doubtless conscious
of this when he empowers his extra-Parliamentary
Administration to force the obnoxious Bill thus pre-
cipitately on the Legislature.

Briefly—the Assembly may be declared to have
got itself into a dilemma. Between the positions of
its present alternative it can find no loophole for
escape from a wholly unavoidable discomfiture. The
PRESIDENT has driven the rival power to this strait
with an adroitness most admirable, and we may add
most commendable also, from our appreciation of its
complete legality. Biding his time with a serene
reliance upon events, he has set aside as innocuous
even the enmity of the most redoubtable statesmen of
all shades and colours of political principle, and has cast
away those yet more formidable leaders of public
opinion who have contrived to acquire for themselves a
certain prestige and influence without any principle
whatever. TRIERS has failed in withstanding the
impassable resolution of the PRESIDENT. BAROCIIE has
found his vaunted strength to be equally impotent.
CHANQARNIER has dwindled into the insignificance of
a simple representative. The whole faction of con- ,
spirators, Legitimatists and Orleanists, Monarchists
and Counter-Revolutionists of all characters, have
experienced the force of an integrity against which
intrigue has proved altogether ineffectual.

Whatever may be the course pursued by the As-
sembly in regard to the question of an increased
Dotation, we may count with certainty upon the
sympathies of the people being enlisted in the cause
of the PRESIDENT. Gratified to observe that their
confidence in his patriotism, shown in his selection
in preference to so many other illustrious candidates,
was in no manner displaced, the electors through-
out France are exulting in the vigorous attitude
assumed by himself against the united and factious
opposition of an irritated and irritating Legislature.
There is nothing so peculiarly calculated to arouse
the interest of the French multitude than a display
of energy such as that which has been recently
shown by Louls NAPOLEON in his dealings with his
-ssaiiants. The manifest faithfulness of the adherence

shown by him to his oaths is another reason, for Their
being prejudiced in his beh H. While the circum-
stance of his contending singlehanded against the

most wily intriguers in Cbrist2ndon), and breaking
asunder, one after another, their plots against the Re•

public, confirms their joyful recollection of the
six millions of votes given in his favour in 1848, on
the ever-memorable 10th of December. Having him-
self broken none of his pledges to the nation, and
having demonstrated most clearly the insincerity of
his various antagonists, Louts NAPOLEON has earned
for himself a right to look forward in every emer-
gency such as the present to the plain-
spoken and decisive support of the popu-
lation. That support, we doubt not, will be
accorded to him on the instant of its demand—the
nation regarding not only his Presidential antecedents
with complacency, but viewing the conduct of the
most conspicuous Members of the Legislative As
sembly, his personal and unrelenting enemies, with
repugnance.

Upon the events of the next fortnight much of the
future of France is dependent. We must examine
the reported discussions of the Republican Legis-
lature if we would obtain an inkling of the probable
results of the present quarrel about the
Dotation. Meanwhile we may rest satisfied that no
weakness or pusillanimity will be visible in the ad-
ministration of the affairs of the country, so long as a
BONAPARTE grasps the reins of the government in
the capacity of a Democratic PRESIDENT.

SAMUEL MORTON PETO, Esq.
(From the Illustrated London News.)
Until within the last few years, the moving and seconding
of the Address was regarded as a piece of mere conventional
routine, assigned by Ministers to some youthful follower of
the Government, as a facile introduction to the practical for-
malities of Parliament. It was a duty entirely honorary,
involving little labour, entailing no responsibility, and
awakening no expectancy, for it was confined to the utter-
ance of the simplest platitudes in support of the trite nom-
monplaees of which then, as now, speeches from the Throne
are made up. Of late years, however, there has been a whole-
some innovation on the practice, and Ministers of either party
have been accustomed to look about them with yearly in-
creasing anxiety for Members of the Legislature whose abili-
ties shall not only suffice for a comprehensive amplification of
the topics glanced at in the Royal Message, but whose per-
sonal character and position shall guarantee, as far as possi-
ble, the honesty and disinterestedness of their advocacy.
These requirements are possessed in ,an eminent degree by
the Member for Norwich. Identified with the people, of
popular predilections, and, in his own person, a natural
type and exponent of the material progress of the coun-
try, the splendid amplitude of his fortune exempts him
from susceptibility to official blandishment; while the
pride of good old English descent, and an honoured Eng-
lish name, give him an abiding interest in the maintenance
of all that is worth preserving in our " territorial constitu-
tion." Hence the moral value attaches to the support of
such men as Mr. Peto—a value that, it must be admitted,
was greatly enhanced by the sobriety of view, solidity of
judgment, and manly tone which characterised his Tuesday's
speech. While necessarily putting a free and liberal con-
struction on the acts, and still more on the motives, of the
Cabinet and its leader, he abstained from everything in the
shape of indiscriminate panegyric calculated to compromise
the principle that has governed him through life—the sen-
timent so expressively apostrophised in Smollett's ode—
" Thy spirit, Independence, let me share,
Lord of the lion heart and eagle eye."
Mr. Peto, the eldest son of Mr. William Peto—who, until
the period of his death, which took place about two years
ago, resided at Cannon-court, Cookham, Berks—was born at
Woking, in Surrey, in August, leo9. He is, consequently,
out little turned of forty years ; and yet how familiar has his
name, during the last twenty cf them, been, as the operative
constructor of many of the greatest architectural and engi-
neering enterprises of the present century ! Even before the
attainment of his majority, the singularly practical aptitude
of his talents had so matured the fruits of his seven
years' experience, under the tuition of his uncle, Mr.
Henry Peto, that, on the death of that gentleman, in
1833, he found himself the successor to a moiety of his very
large business—his joint partner being Mr. Thomas Gris-
cell, another nephew of the deceased, and who had had a
share in the house for some five years previously. Mr
Peto also came into possession of a very large fortune by his
uncle's will. The seemingly precocious ripening- of Mr.
Peto's judgment will appear to be less inexplicable when it
is stated that, in pursuing the study of his business, he did
not confine himself to a mere acquaintance with its theory,
but gave a laborious and zealous devotion to the manual
pursuit of the three several handicrafts chicly required in
such establishments. He worked—and those who know his
character can judge of the energy he imparted to his labours
—not as the relative and future heir of one of the lending
contractors of the kingdom, but as if lie were destined,
during his whole lifetime, to earn his livelihood as a jour-
neyman, in the capacity of a carpenter, a bricklayer, and a
mason ; and there cannot be a question that, besides the in-
estimable utility he derived from the insight time volun-
tarily acquired into the mechanism of labour, so essential to
his calculations in its employment in vast organised masses,
he also thus became familiarised with what may be called the
idiosyncracy if the English mechanic, and he her, conse-
quently, been enabled to convert such knowledge to the ac-
complishment of the moral results observable on his works.
These render almost literally applicable to all his under-
takings of a like nature, the remarks made nearly six years
ago by the late exemplary Bishop of Norwich, who, on the
occasion of opening upwards of eighty miles of railway be-
longing to the Eastern Counties Companies, said :
" Mr. Peto is a Dissenter, and he (his Lordship) envied the
sect to which he belonged the possession of such a man, and
he would gladly purchase him at his own price; and heartily
he prayed that he would ere long become a member of the
Church of England. He was a Churchman, and holding
high office in the Church, and believed that in that Church
was the purest faith ; but he was still a Catholic Christian,
and, as such, would hold it as a dereliction of his duty if he
did not express his approbation, respect, and regard for the
exertions used for the moral benefit of the railway labourers
by Mr. Peto. He was always most anxious to see good
done, and rejoiced to see it from whatever quarter it carne;
and he could not, and would not withhold his pleasure of
gratification at the great good done by Mr. Peto. All down
the line he had met with his agents, and had found them
not merely giving directions and instructions, but also giving
to the men religious and school-books for the education of
themselves and their children; and thus showing them that
education can civilise the mind, reform the habits, and ele-
vate the understanding. The gin-shops were left deserted,
and the schools were full The good and exemplary conduct
of Mr. Peto's railway labourers under this system deserved
to be a tale told three times three, with one cheer more ;'
and let it be recorded as a fact, of which there could be no de-
nial, not one labourer in the Norwich district had been guilty
of misconduct that made him amenable to the law." The
allusions of the Bishop to the orderly conduct of Mr. Peto's
labourers were corroborated by the Dean of Ely at a subse-
quent part of the evening. " For," said he, "in my district
I have never had so little criminal magisterial business
during the period I have had a seat on the bench as during
the progress of the works on the Eastern Counties Railway
under Mr. Peto ; although for a period of two years three
thousand of his men have been in my immediate vicinity."
Lord George Bentinek, in his remarkable speech, recom-
mending, as an antidote to the effects of the Irish famine the
employment of twenty millions sterling in the construction
of railways in that country, also made highly complimentary
allusion to Mr. Peto's system of management among his
English railway labourers; and Mr. Peto's observations on
Irish labour in his speech on Tuesday, are particularly de-
serving of remark. The system pursued by him may be de-
scribed, in brief terms, as combining discipline, personal
freedom, moral admonition reduced to practice, and a total
avoidance of ostentatious purism, in a degree never before
exemplified in relation to the same heterogeneous and some-
what unmanageable materials. It is not, however, to be
supposed that his effective control over his dependants is owing
to any of that brusqueness of mien and domineering manner
which some masters believe to be essential to their ascend-
ancy. On the contrary, his demeanour to his inferiors is as
unobtrusive and considerate as his bearing to his equals is
courteous; polished, and self-possessed. He has also the
sent-et not only of attaching to him those immediately con-
nected with him in his vast operations, but of imbuing them
with the animus that impels himself to an ever-vigilant su-
pervision of the we:fare of the people or the interests com-
mitted to his care. Hence, though his works may be pro-
gressing in may different quarters, his spirit is equally
übiquitous, and with the like result in aIL To enumerate
those works, would be to name a large portion of the leading
railway undertakings in England, fur Mr. Peto has con-
structed above one-seventh of them.
The partnership subsisting between Mr. Peto and Mr.
Orissell was dissolved by mutual consent in 1845, the latter
gentleman continuing, on his own account, the erection of
the Houses of Parliament, the greatest of the many pub-
lic structures undertaken by the firm. Among such
structures may be mentioned the Model Prison at
Clerkenwell, Hungerford-market, the Reform and the Ox-
ford and Cambridge Clubs. It is also worth noting, at the
present moment, when the Aladdin-like celerity of Paxton's
Crystal is exciting such astonishment, that the Lyceum Thea-
tre was built by the firm in sixteen weeks, and the St. James's
in thirteen—two of the most perfect and elegant edifices of
the kind in the metropolis.
Though, as we have seen, in the very prime of life, Mr.
veto is gradually withdrawing himself from the more active
personal control o f matters of this nature, but finds a con-
genial coadjutor in the person of his present partner and
brother-in-law, Mr. Betts.
In our sketch of Lowestoft, in September last, we took oc-
casion to speak of the value and extent of benefits conferred
on that delightful watering-place by Mr. Peto, who, in ad-
dition to being the Lord of the Manor of the township on
which the New Town of Lowestoft is, or we should rather
say, has been, erected, is also the proprietor of the extensive
and beautiful neighbouring estate of Somerleyton, purchased
from Lord Sydney Godolphin Osborne, a few years ago.
Here he has re-constructed the family mansion in a style of
massive splendour and taste well befitting the ancestral oaks
surrounding it. Mr. Peto has recently still further added to
his landed possessions by the purchase of the extensive Lan-
cashire estates of Lord Suffield—a proof, by the way, of his
faith in the ability of British agriculture, under proper di-
rection, to sustain itself in its old pre-eminence, no matter
what may be the competition of the foreigner. He has,
since his first connexion with Somerleyton, been a magistrate
of Suffolk, and, more recently has received his commission as
Deputy-Lieutenant for the same county.
The connexion which the purchase of Somerleyton gave
Mr. Peto with Norwich, induced the Liberal electors, early in
1847, to solicit him to become a candidate at the then ex-
pected election—no small honour, when it is remembered
that for upwards of forty years previously the city had been
represented in the Whig interest by Mr. Smith, and subse-
quently by his son, Mr. Benjamin Smith. Mr. Peto was
Placed at the head of the poll by an immense majority. His
colleague in the representation is the Marquis of Douro.
Mr. Pato is married to the eldest daughter of Henry Kel-
tell, Esq., of Rochdale.

TUB QUEEN'S SPEECII.—We were indebted to the
courtesy of Mrs. Bingham, Broad-street, for an early copy of
The Sun, of Tuesday, containing her Majesty's Speech on
opening Parliament.—Bristol Mercury.

We have authority to state that Lord Norreys (as
well as Lord Nelson, and Lord Byron) has been incorrectly
announced among the recent converts to the Roman Catho-
lic Religion.

We are informed that without waiting for the pass-
ing of the new Bill, it is intended by certain parties to pre-
sent an indictment against Cardinal Wiseman, and that Mr.
Edwin James, Q.C., Mr. Hugh Hill, and Mr. Lush have
been already retained on behalf of the prosecution.
THE PAPAL AGGREStION DLEATF.—Alil(mvst
the occupants of the space below the bar yesterday evening,
during this debate, were the Duke of Argyll, the Bishop of
Oxford, the Earl of Carlisle, Lord Monteagle, and several
Roman Catholic Bishops.

TEE SHARE MARKETS.

BRITISH RAILWAYS

raid. I Nominal Prices.

Business d ono
to-day.

1214 to 13
% dis. x.l

5% —5% ells.

3i - 1 P.

29 -30
97 -28

8- 9 p
7- 8 p

10 -11

80 -82
1N - 17%
10% - 10%
5% -5%

18N( -18 N
15 - 15%

•• ••
21 —22 dia.

N -3%
2 -2%

1% —l%
1 —l3i
% —1
7b —7%

U 34 P
Par 14 P

11% - 11%

63 -64
56 -58
5 - 7 p

7 -7%

•4% - 5•

18% - 19
13% - 13%
2% -3%

32 - 32%
30 -32
6% -

..x_..36

17% - 18%
6% -6%
11% - 11%
13 - 1311,

42 -44

1
1242 is
245

1 90% 91%
1% —1% dia.
102 104
51 53

23 -24

- 73

6% -7% p,
29 -31 p
56 -57

10% digi
7 disc
l%— 1% db.

[3O - 135

6 a dia.
97 —99

141,2 - 15

3ri —2% dim.
3 3 Ms.
i% % dis.
1 —1% p

•• -
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7 7%

94X —9sXx.d.

10% —ll x.d,
57 —6O x.cl,

-- 60 x.d.

135 —l3B x.d.
11U 11% z.d
23k, 244
130% —l3l
5 —51 g
—b% P.
27it 354 p.
SS —B9

6% —5% dis
5% —4% die,
2% —2% p.

•• ••
lb —l6

4% air.

23% 30%
11% - 12%
11 - 106
%- %

3% —2% die,'
6G3i 87%

16% lqi disc
28 —BO

123 - 130

• •
• -• •
4 -4%

25 —27
143{ 1334 dis.
17 —lB
4% 5 % 1

8%-93(
5 —5(
7% —7% dim.'

%- % P

16 1634x.n.
42% 433
8 9 p.

21% - 21%
7%- 8
1%- I%p,
16% -17%
9 -10

6 -7%

5% 41( die.
4% a die.
[0 —lO%

12 —l4
7
10 —ll
1% 1 dls.
13% 14
3% 2%dv.
16 —l7
12 —l3
—3% db.
24% 24%

25 -26

4 3 dia.

• • •••• ••

•• T ••
9 7 dill.

7 -6
4 - 5
153 -16

•• .., ••
22% .- 2334

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20 -- 21

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- 20%

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16 -
4 -

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2% db.
17
4%

17%
10% %

18% % %
15%

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23% —24 k
1% 1 dig.

334 %
2y

7% %

P
% P

18 17%
6%
11%
13%

43 X
3 ki

91% 92 91%
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10 I 9%

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16% -If%

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6 154, 15%
8 4 —ls4 Os.
O 34 —36
0 27% —28 Ni
5 5.4 5 dill.
0 11% —ll%
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STOCK BAN S.
LO 29 3244
,0 424 42
t 5 9h —10 X
!O 25 —25
0 18% —l6 x.d
27% 274

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15 34ji - 35

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ON 57 %

98
14% li

7 li

94% 95 x.d

137% z.d.

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131 laog
22 %
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4
SS% li %

Commis
Ditto Account

3( U 30

dis.
57% 34 57 58
2 9 %

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16% 7

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x.d.

MINES.

Paid. Nominal Prices. ,Business don
to-day.
-----
Anglo-Mexican(is. 5/. p.) 100 .. —..
Asturian .......... •• • • 15 . ..
Australian .... •••. . • • . 4 3 —2%
Barossa Range ....... 113 0 3% —3%
Blaenarvon Iron and Coal 50 • • —..
I3olanos Scrip ..... . . . • • • .
British Iron .... 13 5 .. —..
Brazilian Imp. (is Si. p.) 24% .. —..
De. Cocaes and Cuiaba 30 2% 2
Do. St. John del Rey.. 15 14% 13%
Cobre Copper . ..... ... 40 32% 34%
Coplapo ........... •• • 14 5% 6
Genera 1.............. 2() 13% —l4
Real Del Monte, ITt.reg. U,
Do. Black Debentures. • •
Do. Red Debentures ..
Santiago de Cuba ... ... 10 9 —7%
Tin Croft .. ....... ..... 7 10% —ll
United Mexican— •••••• 28 2 8% 6% -5% '5% %
MISCELLANEOUS.
Canada •••.••• . • • • • • • 32% 42% —44
Gen. Steam Navigation . 14 26% 28%
Penin. & Oriental Steam. 50 68% —69 70
Royal Ni ail Steam •••••• 60 73 —69
IWe cannot be answerable for the errors of the Official Lists. and
will not be influenced by interested correspondents.]

Gen. Steam Navigation
Penin. & Oriental Steam,
Royal Mail Steam .....
I We cannot be answers
will not be influenced by

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS

CITY, TWO O'CLOCk:
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool, yesterday, were
4,000 bales, with a heavy market.—Railway Shares were
firm.

The principal feature in the meekly return of the
Bank of England, made up to the Ist inst., is a continued
indication of the abundance of money up to that date,
and of the moderated demand for discount accommodation.
The advances upon securites were lessened, but the cir-
culation was larger, as parties were making their own
balances available, hence a reduction in the oLber de-
posits. The amount of bullion was slightly drawn upon.
Compared with the previous week, the following results
are obtained:—
Notes Issued
Decrease
Rest

... 27,704,515
••• 86,665
_ 3;235,1:3
Increase ... ..„ 8273
Public Deposits ... 6,051,128
Increase 294.133
Other ])epesits
... 9,787 615
Decrease ... ... 933,694
Seven Day and other Bills 1,182,602
Increase ... 17,730
Government, Securities ... ... 14,145,696
Increase 540
Other Securities 11,946,360
Decrease ... 393,134
Notes 8,074,460
Decrease ... ,
224520
Bullion ... ..• ... 14,347,457
Decrease ... 83,109
Active Circulation 19,630,055
Increase ~. ... 137,855
Lower rates were accepted yesterday afternoon for
bills on Amsterdam, owing to the purchases of gold
made there this week by a great London firm. It is
understood, however, that this operation will not be
felt in its full force, as there will be an arbitration by
means of correspondents at Paris, where most of the
precious metal is forwarded and placed to English credit.
Ninety days' paper was taken at 11 16i to 17. The
rate oa Hamburgh was 13 6i to 7, on Paris 25 15
to 20, and on Vienna, 12 50 to 55.
The quantity of the precious metals exported from
Lention during the week to Thursday last, was 8,6071.,
and 11,745 ounces 'of gold, and 2,0001, and 53,930
ounces of silver.
The English Funds have been flatter, and the deal-
ings very limited. Consols have realised 964 Pre-
parations are making for the settlement of the account
on the 14th inst. by the more cautious speculators. The
New Three-:cud-a• Quarter per Cents, have been done at
98k to and the Tnree per Cents. 97 to 4. Exchequer-
bilis have been quoted 575. premium.
In the Foreign Mallet the dealings are in some in-
stances at lower rates, if we except Spanish Bonds,
which have improved to 181 Portuguese Four per
Cents. have been quoted 334 ex div. Mexican Stock
has been quoted set a decline to 33f. Equador Bonds
are 34 Dutch Two-and-a-Halt per Cents. bring 581
CO 59.
The Railway Securities have been but little affected
by the he Lvier tone of the Funds, but business is not so
brisk. This is usual on Saturdays.
QUARTER TO TARE
... 96i
94

ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF'CL
BRITISa FUNDS O'OCK. PRICES.
3 .43; ()ant. Reduced Anus. ... 97i., % ;7%
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities—. —... 96N% 96%
;Twee 31.4 per Cent. Anus.-- —...... 98%% Ai 98-pi
Lone Anns. to expire Jan. 1860 —7%
Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859. — 7 9.16
Irdiz Bonds, I,ooot
Uitto under 1,000/..
•••
3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751.......... 95%
• ousols ror Account 96.4
;4‘.‘ nehe qv ex Bills. 14d. & 2d
1.!1)001. June ...
Sin all. June 53 54 p
_____

6'4 p
95%
96%

ONE
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK.
r.razi nail 1:;ondt,
Ditto, Small
Danish Bonds, 1825,3 per Cent —
Do., 5 per cent
Equador Bonds 3%%
M Jxxan, 5 per Cent.lB46, with Couponi.—
Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ........ 33%
Ditto, Account
Peruvian Bonds, Oh per Cent —
Ditto, Account
Portuguese 5 per Centz.
Ditto,4 per Cent.
It isbian Bonds •••
Ditto, 414 per Cent .
S ),,,,,i3,.; !-. per a-mt. 1841) .........
Ditto. 3 per Cent
Venezuela Bonds, 2% per Cent
Ditto, Deferred. ll AA.
ilividends on the above poyable in Lot-den.
French 3 per Cent . 5Sf. 25c. 58f. 25c.
Exchange
MR:L. 23,A, per Cent., 12 Guild.
DittO. 4 per Cent. Certificates 91% 911/2

54 p
PRICES.

92%

1021,4
3%

33%
33

80 17.2

COURSE OF
Amsterdam 1115%
intl.% three months • • 11 17,Ni
Rotterdam ...... 11 17%
Antwerp ••.••••• •• • • • • 25 20
Brussels •• .. ..... 25 20
Hamburgh .... • • 31.8. 13 651
Altona

33% a d

57'js
191A3
38

' EXCHANGE.
Gibra1tar..............

60
,cregnhooarf.::::
.• . a2(5)
50
Naples .. •• •• •• • • 41%
Nalermo, peroz 125
Messina ...... •• • ..... 125
Li5b0n.......... ••• • •• 53
0p0rt0.......... •• •• •• 634
Rio Janeiro .........
Buenos Ayres
New York, 60 days'aight
Philadelphia ....
PILIC/I8 OF BULLION, PEI OZ,
Foreign Geld in t'ars .. £3 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0
Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0
New Dollars .... •• 0 0 0
- !Silver in bars • • 0 0 0
D'S SHIPPIN

Paris, 3 days'sight ...• 24 97%
Ditto. 3 months .... 25 22%
Marseilles •• •• •• .. • • 25 22%
Bourdeanx.... .
Frankforton Maine.... 118

Vienna, effec. f 10...... 12 55
Trieste, ditt0.......... 12 bb
Petersburgh,Bil. Rble..
Madrid • • .. • • ........ 49%
Cadiz • • .• ............ 61Iti

G.-(THIS DAY.)
noon W., fresh breeze and

LONDON, FEB. B. Wind a'
fine clear weather.
DUBLIN, FEB. 7.—The Cambria, Bristol to Nantes, which
put into Kingstown yesterday, picked up, twelve miles south
of IN icklow Head, a Greek seaman, floating on a spar, who
stated that he was the only survivor of the crew and passen•
gers, sixteen in number, of a Greek vessel, Liverpool to
Alexandria, with a general cargo, which had been wrecked
on Arklow Bank, on the night of the 4th instant. The
master of the Cambria could not learn the name of the
wrecked vessel, from the man saved not knowing English,
but large quantities of the wreck were observed floating
about. He was put on board the Etinea, a Greek brig, which
sailed for Cardiff. Mem.—The Maria Terpsithea, Wande-
rans, sailed from Liverpool, Feb. 2, for Alexandria.
DEAL, FEB. 7.—Wind S.W. to W.S.W., moderate., nig.,
thick.—Arrd. Plantagenet, China; Lydia, Calcutta; Ma-
cedon, ditto; Chieftain, Callao; Cleopatra, Demerara. Arrd.
from the River, Hero, Launceston. Van Diemen's Land.
LivicltPOOL, Frs. 7.—Wind W., fresh.—Arrd., Crown,
Calcutta; Apher, Charleston; Manhatten, New York. Sid.
Agathen, Buenos Ayres. Put back, Maria, Antigua; States
Rights, New York.

VVEXFORD, FEB. 7.—The Shamrock schooner, Liverpool
to Lisbon, struck on Biackwater, lost her rudder, and went
on shore sixteen miles north of this port, is full of water, and
not expected to be saved ; if the weather moderates the cargo
may be saved.
IiA.IIGATE. FEB. 7.—The Betsy, Limerick to London, has
put in leaky, having been on shore on the Brake.
SALCOMBE, FRB. 7.- The Sisters, Keitch to Falmouth, has
put in leaky, and with damage, and will have to come on the
ground.
MALTA, JAN. 27.—The Fairy, for Boston, arrived here
to-day leaky and with other damage.
PORT IsAAc.—Two casks of turpentine, branded " Sne-
don, l'eheoner, and Co., N. Y. No 35 and 39," and a quan-
tity of wreck, all barnacled over, have been picked up and
brought in here
ScnunonouGli, FEB. 7.- The crew of the Grace, of and for
Newcastle, from London, sunk off Tummingham, have
landed here. She had been in contact in the Wolds.
Cowes, FEB. 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Jeanua, Catherine,
Moulmein.

PLYMOUTH, FEB. 7.—Wind S.W.—Off port, Japan, Mau.
ritius.

Loci[ RYAN. Arrd. Captain, New Orleans ; Sir D.
Campbell, St. John's, Newfoundland, for Greenock.
QUEENSTOWN, FEB. 6.—Wind W.— Arrd. Isle of Wight,
Mauritius, and aid. for Greenock.
FALMOUTII, FEB. 7.—Wind fresh.—Arrd. Betsy,
Allen, Mauritius, for Dublin.
Ssiumps,, FEB. 7.—Wind S.W., fresh.—Sld. India, New
York.

GRIMSBY, FEn. 7.—Arrd. Elizabeth Barton, for London,
with loss of bowsprit and bows stove from contact in the
Wo

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)
COVENT-GA.IO)EN.
Fruit—the supply of which was comparatively small—
sold at higher rates. Ia Vegetables no change took
place.

Fruits—Pino Apples' 6s Od to 8s per lb; Hothouse
Grapes, 55 Od to Ss; Portugal, 8d to 13 Od per Ib;
Pears, 2s Od to 58 Od per dczon; ditto, 6s to 12s per
halt sieve; Apples, dessert, 6s Od to 103 per bushel ;
cooking ditto, 5s Od to 8s 01; Oranges, es Od to 10s
pvr 100; Lemons, 6. to lOs per 100; Pomegranates, 3d
to 6d each; Almonds, 6s Od to Os Od per peek; ditto,
sweet, 2s t'd to 3s Od per Ib; Brazil Nuts, lOs Od to 14s
per bushel ; Barcelona ditto, 205 Oct to 223 Od per
bushel; Filberts, 603 Od to 705 Od per 100 lbs.
Vegetables—Savoy Cabbages, 8d to is po dcz, It;
Greens, 13 ed to 2s 6d per dozen buncheb; Brown,
6s Od to 10i per dozen bundles; Potatoes, 603 to 1003
per ton ; ditto 33 6d to 4s 9il per cwt; ditto, is 9d to
25. 9,1 per bushel; Turnips, Is 61 to 23 Gi pr twelve
bunches;e Cucumbers, 6d to Is each; Leeks, Id to 2d
p
9d to Is 6d per bundle; Carrots,
r bunch;celery
23 od to 55 od per dozen bunches; Spinacb, IS Od 19

is 64 per half skve; Onions 2s Od to 2s 6d per hslf
sieve; Spanish Oitto, 16s Or; to 18s Od per box; Aril;
chokes, is 64 to 2s Od per half sieve; Endive, Is °
to Is 6d rer score; Horseradish, Is Od to 4s Od per
bundle; Led Beet, Gd to Is 04 per dozen; 141ushroonts.
is 3d to is 6d per pottle; Sea Dail, is 64 to 2s 64 per
punnet.
NEWCAT73 AND LEADEZIIIIMX.
Turkeys, 4s Od to 10s; Geese, 4s Od to 7s Od; DUcis"
h 6d to 2s 6d; Tame Rabbits, is Od tols 6d;
8d to Is; Pigeons, 9d to is Od; Roasting Pigs, 4s 6cl to 61,
each; Surrey Fowls, 6s to 8s Od; ditto Chickens, 3e .6a
to 5s Od; Barn-door Fowls, 3s Od to 5s Od per collPs;
6d ;
English Eggs, 9s Od to Os Od; French ditto, $e
and Irish eittto, 8s Od to Os Od per 100; Pbeassots,
Wild dittoo
2s 6d to 3s Od; Partridges, is 3d to is 9d; fiat,.4
2s Od to 2s 94; Leverets, 2s Od to 2s 9d; Pill:redo:o7
2s 6d to ss; Grouse,ls 9d to 2s 3d; Ptarmigan, le
Is 9d; Snipes, 6s to 94; Teal, 6d tole Od; Wild Duc.s!s
8d to is 6d; Widgeons, is to is 6d; and Plovers, 6d le
Is Od each.

WELITECn.aplez.
Beef, from 2s 2d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 2s to 3s -
et Blbs.
Veal, 3a Od to 4s Od; Pork, 28 6d to 4a Od p

NEWPORT.
Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 4,1; Mutton, 26 10d to 3111°4
Veal, 8s 4d to 4s Od; Pork, 3e 4d to 4s Od per Slbs.

EXLLINGSGALTS. Soles
Turbots, 4s Od to Ils Od; Brills, 8d to Is 4d;
6d to 2s 3d per pair; Haddocks, 6d to I s each; Flounder.'
b;
10d to 2s Od p-r doz. Cod Fish, 4s Od to 82 Od r escon
Whitings, 3s 6d to 6s 6d per 15; Eels, 6d to Is pe Od
Lobsters, is 3d to 3s Od each; Crabs, 6d to '..„L
each; Herrings, 2s to 4s Od per 100; common Orti,
6s to 12s per bushel; Smelts, is Od to 2s Od per 74
Salt Fish, 2d to 3d per ib; and Sprats, Is 6d S° 33
per bushel.

SU°
The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropoill
4ib
from 7d to 'lid; of Household ditto, 5d to 6id P9r
loaf.

BIDE ittaßliET.
Market hides, 501 h to 601 b, 2d to 20; ditto, 6°Al• pt°
70;1), 2d. to 210; ditto, 701 b to 801 b, 2d to 31d; milth
801 b to 901 b, 21d to 3id; ditto, 901 b to 1001 b, 3d to Ss b,
ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, Od to Od; ditto, 1001 b to %so,
3d to 4id. Calf Skins, light, is 6d to 36 6d; fAu rob
lull, 6s to Os Od; Horn Hides, 6s Od to Os Od; "id;
Skins, Os Od to Os Od; Polled Sheep, 5s 8d to 7:d p
Keno and Half-brods, 4s 10d to 6s Od; Downs, 33"
4s 11d; Shearlings, 6d each.
tgi®YVEL.A.MILIESTES. , C
S TIF
lELD —Meadow Hay, 2/ 10s to 410 s; -jg
51 Os to 41 Os ; and Straw, It is to 1/ 76 Per
A moderate supply and a stasdy trade. At 00
C“DIBERLAND. meadow El, 105 to -
Hay, 21 OW
Clover, 31 Os to 4145; and Straw, I/ Is to 11 75 per
Supply good, and trade dull. Olt
1
WHITECHAPEL. - Meadow Hay, 21 80 to 4
Clover, 3103 to 4145; and Straw, 1/ 15 to 11 70 per
A full average supply, and a sluggish trade.

CHANCERY.-(THIS 1r .„ippoo.
The Lord Chancellor having disposed of the uli;torthl
lunatic petitions on his paper, proceeded to pearGOP
arguments in the part-heard motion of "}big ".
which occupied his Lordship the whole morning.

ROLLS' COURT.—(THIS
The Master of the Rolls, after giving judgm,e-ait padio„
cases of " Brown v. the Monmouthshire RailwaYn—d
" Stevens v. the South Devon Railway Company, Ds'
re Northern Coal Mining Company," proceeded t 00.
causes by consent, and exceptions and further direct°
VICE—CHANCERY.—(THIS -n A_Y)
(Before the Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT Butrcir,:),o eait'
His Honour, after disposing of the unopposed petit: the
his paper, heard motions, which occupied the Oa •fr
whole day.
(Before Vice-Chancellor Lord CHArrivoßll6:),„oo
His Lordship having disposed of the cases of "Slis—pier
Rudall," and Field v. Titmus," which stood on open
for judgment, proceeded to hear the further argaJnb
the part-heard motion of "Lafeaux v. Marsh," "ic
pied the remainder of the morning.
QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS 1, -TN
A•—Y•pich .) of
The case of Ritchie v. Preston, which was for 81? li
o,'whic
promise of marriage, brought against a clergyman'tee
the damages were laid at a very large sum, excited t°,,bat it
terest in the court, owing to the general expectation.sliorf
would come on for trial, but no sooner had the spy' i OA.
been sworn, than the Counsel for the parties intimated fer
verdict had been agreed to by consent, for 500 L tboev
nonncement created considerable disappointment
who expected to hear the details of the case. hth trillaryt
The Court was occupied during the day Witz.-eheyess..
the case of Veasey v. Robinson and another, vilat di stew
a breach of contract, relative to the construction 01
vessel, but possessed no feature of any public interest
DAYS}
(Sittings PLEAS.—(THIS
„,
(Sittings at Nisi Prius before Mr. Justice TALEOII'-- '
Common Jury.)
The business which came before the Court this —l2
presented no feature of interest.

EXCHEQUER.--(THIS TI A ir•
Sittings at Nisi Prius, before the LORD CHIEF BOON
Special Jury.)
QuEEIr V. LONDON DOCK COMPANY. ,t likes
Tbis case was resumed this morning, and it Was
to terminate to-day.
-n AY')
CRIMINAL. COURT-(THINS

OLD COURT
(Before Mr. Commissioner GunNEi.) borer
ASSAULT.—John Driver, aged 17, described as 8.0,110018'
was indicted for feloniously assaulting Thomas Plea
with intent to rob him. geiOg
The prosecutor, late one night last month, was Lot
home towards Camberwell, when he was abruptly BtoPr- Asa
a female; but he would have nothing to do with bar;trcal
was hurriedly walking off, when the prisoner came cPt to rob
him a violent blow in the face, and then attempted „f tb°
him. He called out " Murder! police !" and 00 o tai;
force who beard the cry ran up and was just in ritativ
ture the prisoner. The female decamped immediately
the prisoner made his appearance. wile°
The prisoner denied the accusation. The fact
he came upon the scene the prosecutor was fightinttade
another man, and it must have been that maa
assault and attempted to rob. where Yti°ol
The JUDGE—.
Have you any witnesses to Prove When r
had been? Prisoner—No, my Lord, I have bard And fess,„i
policeman came up the gentleman
deckedwore " "a”.
pocks 'e"
that I had knocked him down p his he lstiv"
as he had lost nothing he afterwards withdrevi
charge.
sal ph
hd;
The JUDGE told the jury that it was for them to ed by
ther they believed the prosecutor, who was confirm
policeman, or the prisoner at the bar.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and the %gab% 117'
tented him to be imprisoned nine months with bard
(Before Mr. Justice CnEsswrinn.) d $
POST-OFFICE ROBZERY.—A young man, naiastOall
pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with Geis
a Post-office letter, the property of the Postraas'e of
and was sentenced to be transported for the term
years.

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We owe it to the enterprise and o,llr, t';'l3°,fil
Messrs. W. H. Smith and Co. to acknowledge We 7,10"-
dinary rapidity with which we were supplied last eveol-reviol
the London morning papers of Wednesday, and on °lilts; t.fti
evening with those of Tuesday. The Messrs. Sult:,6B f";
a special engine with papers and dispatches, o,P'fAft
al
London, on Wednesday morning to Holyhead. It A.— 5pet.,%1
don at 6 25, and reached Holyhead at 12 45' ;-ing 1-0-3
steamer had been engaged for the purpose of con°A.eac b
dispatches to Kingstown. It left Holyhead at 1 003
Kingstown at 5 45, and the dispatches arrived in Plid, het
6 30. Such was the feat, as far as Dublin is con '
Qb
the Messrs. Smith had another enterprise in
Cork train, which started at 7 30, carried this inte,orti
.0"
into the south, so that this remarkable express 035., c*
stan -
hours in advance of the usual mails, and in sonic 1-
twenty-four.—Dublin Daily Express.
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LATER INTELLIGENCE FROM BAHIA.--"'"J to
h'
eror, arrived at Queenstown, we have advices fronl glis
105
Dec. 31. Business was dull, and Exchange rernsiue A
quoted.
e-A7;
THE COMMAND OF THE WEST '
miral the Earl of Dundonald, G C.B , will in all Pc'ee ik_,,cl(l‘
be at Bermuda about the Ist of April next, when
miral Sir G. F. Seymour, C. B , G.C.11 , in the OIL" od ga
70, Captain G. 11. Seymour, Will relieve' the noble 9b•
lant Admiral in the Wellesle 72, Captain Golds,.llintriiee b.
Wellesley will return to Bermuda from the West 4"'
that time, and will then return to Devonport to rfar-P°
The Wellesley left Bermuda on the 9th of January
Royal.— United Service Gazette.
THE GREAT EXHISIITION. MEETING (),fesi 10:01
COUNCIL OF APPEAL.— Yesterday the Council 01/5, Pn'poibethe
to take into consideration the further appeals of cbsaro of
applicants for space. W. Tite, Esq., deputy-chairl
council, occupied the chair. There were preSe° SiCll3
fhe .0'
Adam, Sir M. Montefiore, Bart.; Mr. Aldertnell
M.P.; Mr. Alderman Wire, Rev. S. R. Cattley $0,,,„
Secs.); Messrs. Bohn, Crace,'Professor Cowper, gent lie
Barber, Knight, Drew, Greenwell, Cottam, and othereai
men. About 90 of the 120 remaining cases of aPP 05'1
disposed of. The consideration of the remaining `,L
1•00"ei
postponed to an adjourned meeting to take place on
next.
rO5
MEETING OF THE FINE ARTS Conti 1
Yesterday a meeting of this committee was held, nv'er from
many of the applications that had been standing °
the previous meetings were disposed of'.

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