The Sun.
London, England, 1850-03-07 00:00:00

ITALY.

A letter from Rome contains the following curious
gossip on the subject of the expected return of the
POPE

'• A few days sirce, General Baragusy d'Hilliers
went to Civita Vecchia to receive his sister, the
widow of General Darnrement, who was expected
from France on a visit to him at Rome. The au-
thorities of Civita Vecchia, accompanied by the
municipality, having waited upon him in a compli-
mentary manner, his Excellency assured them spon-
taneously and repeatedly that the Pope would shortly
return to the capital of the Catholic world, and that as
soon as his Holiness arrived at Rome all the French
troops would retire from the Papal dominions. As was
natural, this news—coming from such an authentic
source—was immediately divulged, and being communi-
cated here to the bankers, was believed by many; so that
in the course of three days tbey refused to receive bills
upon England and France, because the exchange was
expected to go down considerably. The English Consul,
desirous of knowing the truth from the mouth of the
General himself, took alvantage of meeting• him at the
ball he gave that night to question him upon the
subjec'. But what was his surprise on receiving
a decisive negative regarding the supposed re-
turn of the Pope, accompanied by this ob-
servation, He does not come because he is afraid.'
' But,' observed the consul, they write from Civita
Vecchia that your Excellency assured them to the con-
trary.' The Civita Vecchia people . . .
'Came, come,' replied the General, with his sardonic
mocking laugh, the Civita Vecchia people ! and who
pays any attention to those poor creatures? I told them
the first thing that came to my mouth. Voila tout. I
repeat to you that the Pope will not come because he is
afraid.'

• " Oa the same night, and at the same ball, he said to
General Cordova, If the Pore does not come very soon
he will not come back, although be wishes it, for Iran),

years.' "
The whole of the Spanish troops are to leave the
Roman territority immediately.
The Opinione of Turin, of the 23, gives a letter
from Trieste, of the 28th ult., which states that the
Austrian Government bad sent a force of 25,000 men
into Dalmatia, in order to guard the coast of the
Adriatic. The object of this measure is said to be
to prevent any disturbances which might occur in
const quence of the proceedings of the English fleet
at the Pincus.

ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
FRENCH PLAYS.

Her Majesty, accompanied by his Royal Highness
Prince Albert, honoured these delightful perform..
ances with her presence last evening. The opera
was Les Diainans de la Couronne. Sparkling as the
jewels from which it takes its title, thiP, one of the
brightest gems of Auber, was last evening perfectly
rendered by all the artistes engaged in its produc-
tion. Mademoiselle Charton was in excellent voice,
and sung and acted with infinite taste and spirit.
She was admirably supported by M. Lac ; and the
orchestra, under the able conduct of V. Charles
Hans3ens, was perfect. The house was crowded by
the elite of fashion.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—Since the issue of the
last announcement an important addition has been made
to the opera company in the person of Madame Frezzo-
lini. The new tenor, Signor Boc irdi, who will be at her
Majesty's 11 eAtre, besides Mr. Sims Reeves, Gardoni,
and Ca!z)lari, is mentioned in letters from Naples as
Tocalig Of 010 highest order.

DR. ACHILLI AM) THE ROMAN
INQUISITION.— (THIS DAY.)
A public meeting of pc rsons holding the principles of
t! e Protestant Reformation was held this morning
Exeter-hall, to we'c-me the re turn of Dr. Achilli. The
subject of the meeting seemed to excite considerable in-
terest amongst the Evangelical portion of the metropo-
lis, and some time before the commencement c f the prc-
ccedings there was not a vacant seat in the great hall,
while the doers and passages leading t the hall were
thronged with disappointed parties who had been unable
to obtain admission. The galleries were fire] with
ladies, of whom there appeared to be a preponderance in
the meeting, and the platform crowded wits eminent di-
vines who have rendered themselves famous by the ec-
centricity of their manner, the depth of their learning,
or the eloquence of their preaching, Amongst them we
observed the Rev. Dr. Fl teher, the Rev. Mr. Binney,
Dr. Joining, the Rev. John Granville, the Her. John
Burnet, and the Rev. Baptist Noel.
At elesea o'clock precisely, Dr. Achilli ascended the
platform, and was greeted with enthusiastic cheering.
Immediately afterwards the chair was taken by Mr.
Bever, when three et trzas of a hymn were given out by
the Rev. Mr. Latrepp, and sung by the meeting, and
the Rev. Gentleman having then invoked the Divine bles-
sing on the proceeding of the day,
The CHAIRMAN prcceeded to address the meeting oe
the occasion which had called them together, regretting
that some person of higher station had not been called
upon to preside over it. The objects of the meeting
were—first, to congratulate Dr. Achilli upon his escape
from the jaws of the Inquisition, and, second, to take:steps
for advancing the interest of Protestantism. It was a
new sight to see one who suffered from the tyranny o'
the Romish inquisition, but it served the good purpose
of convincing them that Popery was the same now that
it had ever been. It was a disgrace to the nineteenth
century that the accursed Inquisition still existed, and
although the trickery of Popery might attempt to set up
the excuse that Dr. Achilli was imprisoned for a moral
and not a religious offence, yet there could be no doubt
that the Doctor's incarceration was attributable to hie
desire to promote religious truth. Now, if such tyranny
could be tolerated under a liberal and benevolent Pope,
what would have been the case had a Ply Idebr and in w
occupied the Papal chair.—(Cheers.) He would not de-
tain them further, but call upon Dr. Steven to explain the
measures which had been taken for seeming the re-
lease of Dr. Achilli.
Irr. STEVEN informed the meeting that Dr. Achilli
received his early education amongst the Jesuits, and at
the age of sixteen became a monk elect in the order of
Lyola, in the Dominicans. He obtained rapid distinction,
and while yet a young man he was nominated Professor
of Philosophy and Theology of Virturpo. Leaving
Virturpo, he went to Rome and was appointed a profes-
sor in the Minerva College, the chief home of she Domi-
nician order; but afterwards he was nominated to the
office of friar of a convent in Captia, where ho obtained
considerable celebrity as an elcquent preacher. Nor
were these all the distinctions he had obtained while yet
a Romanist. He had said enough, however, to
convince the meeting that even amongst Roman
Catholics the Doctor had been highly honoured and
reverenced, and was not the bad character which
his enemies had since attempted to paint him.—(Hear,
hear.) He now approached the period when a change
took place in the religious sentiments of the doctor.
There were amongst the Doctor's pupils at this time a
number if young men who had questioned him closely
on the topic if transubstantiation, and finding that he
could net answer them satisfactorily, he had recourse to
the writings of the Reformers. These convinced him of
the errors cf Remanism, and after% a-ds discovering
that the doctrires of Pope Pius IV. were a tissue of
falsehoods from beginning to end, his religious feelings
underwent an entire change. Ile superiors of his order
were not blind to this change, and in order to put his
sincerity to a test, be was nominated on one of the
Romish festival days to preach a sermon in honour of the
Virgin Mary. This the Doctor could not conscien-
tiously do, and the result was that he was summoned
before the Inquisition at Rome, who dismissed him from
all the offices he had held in the Romish Church. The
Doctor then sought refuge from the creatures of the In-
quisition in Italy in British possessions. He first went
to Corfu and then to Malta, where be wrote two letters,
one addressed to Gregory XVI. and the present
Pope, stating that subsequent research bad fully con-
firmed him in the truth of Protestantism; and in 1848
he came to England for the second time to at-
tend the Evangelical Alliance, which tl at year was
held in Bristol. During the holding of that conference
an arrangement was made for extending Protestanism,
under the direct'on of Dr. Achilli, in the Roman and
Italian Stetes, and when the Pope was driven from
Rome the Doctor repaired to that city. He tt ere com-
m. need his operations as a Protestant mission a-y, and
having circulated Bibles which he had brought with
him from England, ho took steps to have the Scriptures,
which had never been done before, printed in the verna-
cular language of the country. While thus engssgsd the
Roman Republic was overturned, and the Pope restored
to his throne by the French Government. The Doctor
scrupulously abstained throughout from t dting any part
in the political affairs of the stets. His mission he felt
was purely a religious one, but being a Prote3tant, he of
course was not free from the hatred of the Romish
Church, and eventually he was arrested by Italian col-
rs and thrown into the dungeons of the Inquisition.
Through, however, the instrumentallity of Mr. Freet all,
the British Consul, at Rome, the Doctor was removed
from these damp dungeons to the Caste of St Angelo.
A deputation was then appointed to go over to France,
to seek his release, who were readily aided by the Marquis
of Normanley, and they ultimately saisfied the French
Government that the Doctor was incarcerated for a reli-
gious and not a moral offence. Theyproved that the charge
against the Doctor of hiving seduced and murdered
a nun at Virturpo was a trumped up affair, and that the
re al cause of his imprisonment was his religious views,
and his having circu!otcd Protestant Bibles in Rome. A
portion of the deputation then went to Rome, and re-
tained a Roman lawyer of some eminence, whom they
sent to Virturpo to investigate the charge c f murder and
seduction against the Doctor. The charge was disco-
vered by the Lnerned Gentleman to b a malicious
slander, and the French Government now demanded the
liberation of the doctor. The Pope, however, who had
been a shuffler in the matter throughout, wished the re-
lease to stand over till he had returned to Rome and in-
vest:gated the question, but the French Government
would net stand this at all, and they sent a body of their
soldiers to the Castle of St. Angelo, and obtained pos-
session of the Doctor's person, on the pretence that he
was required to give evidence before a court-martial.
The Doctor now felt that he was free,land left alone it,
an apeittnent at Rome, he dressed himself as a French
soldier, and thus disguised, ho got without the walls of
Rome. He then re; aired to Paris, where he was gladly
received and welcomed by the British Ambassador, and
ultimately found his way back to the metropolis of Eng-
land. That was a succinct account of the doctsr's his-
tory, and the meeting esta`ilished the efficiency and sub-
limity of the Evangelical union which had brought about
the role eve of the doctor.—(Cheers.)
Dr. Acnieee then addressed the meeting in Italian.
The following, however, is a translation of the purport
of his speech :—I praise God that lam amongst you
again, and in the name of God I present myself before
you this morning. The Church of God is dear to me,
and I thank the Lord, tog. Veer with you, for my rile ISP.
You have prayed fur me, and in the solitude of my
prison I united my prayers with yours, which ascended
to he even, where they were accepted at the throne of
the Lord, and my liberation was decreed. I was
happy in my prison, because, although in prison,
I knew the Lord was with me, and I had
my Bible with me. Oh ! imagine, my brethren, how
often I was cast down in spirit and found cc retort in my
Bible. When I opened that blessed book I found con-
solation end comfort in it, and from thence I lilted up my
eyes to heaven, and s aid to the Lord, "Oh blessed are
those nations where the Bible is; Lord grant that this
book may reign in Rome ; also that this book may ap-
penreamengst the Romans." I look back with coal ,rt
and delight upon the important fact that the Bible has
been printed in Rome for the first time in our Italian
tongue. It is the last translation that has. ever been
made, but the man who translated it so well was perse-
cuted by the Pope till his death. The book was pro-
scribed because it was a faithful translation, and to this
hour it is called by the Roman Catholics the Protest-
ant translation, and under this pretext they forbid
it being read; but at the moment of the emancipa-
tion of the Romans, when they were first receiving
their liberty, they received also this book as a
gift from heaven, and delighted was every man who
could obtain it. I was sought after on all sides. My
house from morning till night was filled with persons
coming to ask for it. It was sought after because the
people knew they were seeking Christ. Yes; they said
to me, we wish to become Christians—Christians as of
old, and fashioned as our fathers were in
those days when Christianity was pure, and the
Romans were spoken of throughout the whole world.
We will return to those timer, and no obstacle shall
hinder it. By the grace of God we will obtain our libe-
ration, and receive this book within our walls as coming
from the hand of the Lord. These, my dear brethren,
were the sentiments of my countrymen. These were the
expressions of their feelings, and imagine to yourselves
how my heart leapt within me at seeing these things. I
was full of joy at the good work. My friends warned
me of danger, but my answer was, I did not fear. A
soldier of Christ has nothing to fear. I fear
not persecution; I fear not imprisonment; I
do nct even fear death. I will stand here face
to face with nay enemies, not my own personal enemies,
but the enemies of the cause which I lave in band.
Well, things took their course, and as my words were
tic t sufficient, perhaps it was well that I should be more
substantial than many to the truths I was preaching.
Christians must be practical men, and therefore they
must not avoid opportunities of putting into practice that
which they prefsss with their lips. I had not so much
ambition then as to suppose myself worthy of so much
honour, but I now look upon my imprisonment as the
greatest honour that could have befallen me, and with
this feeling on my mind I left the satellites of
the Government. I will say nothing of the
way in which I received them when the; came to arrest
me at my house, but you may be assured I was not cast
down. I received their intimation with pert', ct calm-
ness of spirit. I was in some sort prepared for it, and
so allowed myself to be taken away by them. Six
months I passed in prison blessing the Lord—thanking
him for the mercy he had shown rue, and believing also
that be would great me the favour of !iteration.
My peace was not founded on man, but on God. Man,
however, in the hands of God is a second
cause, and therefore my thoughts elm turned
towards you, lesatne I was quite sure that every-
thing you could do you would do fir my liberation. I
received no intimation of what you were doing, but I felt
within me that you were at work for me. I felt so in
that licit of coienzunion by which we ate united one to

form
another in Almighty God. It is thus that we _
one body. have yeu ever reflected, my
pun this subject—this evangelical alliance? I rejol.ce,a,
tn it in my very scul from the first moment I beard 7
'Poketi of. It was ides, it was sq. grca
my great
thou-ht
, , to see all Christians united son, so
one single body, to see it ex.end over all the work!, s
dear brethren/
hat we any all Le called by the one name of Christin,
In this ut ion I t ehe'd m own real Church when
quitted the Church of Rome.y I asked myself this
whatl is the visible Church to which I belong on earth, eh
ly answer was, the church of all Christians, Christiout
all sects throughout the world, and everyr
is my brother. Ido not like the little diffeznees th.!
separate one from another. I look at all in the tu,,
of their faith in their soul, qni
rality of their faith, in the pride of their doctrines, ?tse.`„
end th
rge
Christian life. Here is my church. lielt.,„lb,
their spirit,
my brethren, and I am now in the midst of my oul`-i.„
Blt•ssed be the Lord who has permitted us to call our"
selves by his name. Whom am I addressing ?-4°,,
`nit Christian!. It matters little to what nation,. *
what language a man belongs, so that he is a Chrisuane_!
We are brethren united in heart and soul, to be for be
united when we shall be in heaven. When we Oaf,
•ri heaven shall we ask one another to what sect 0!.0,..v
nomination do you belong? No; our que.,tions Wilt u:,
as to how much or how little we kvr Ted the Lola_
and honoured him on earth. Then, Is we are t 0,11:
In eternity, so let us endeavour to be in time
-(lleta)—n hat we shall be in heaven, s°
us or
be on earth; we are travellers v, alking this P° st
earth
but for a little while, and let us be united antm!gss
one another, that the enemy may not prevails lka.°l4
us—the ,
self into a who is like a roaring lion, !or
genial light; but let us recognise him 0 oe,
enemy whenever he draws us away from Christ; ldifnee
ever draws us away from Jesus Christ, let ty on°- is
him, be he father, mother, brother, or sister. Tihisfor
the precept we have, my brethren, .and
country,
this I have renounced even my . own 1
all that I delighted in and loved best in the Hebb.
~..
have renounced my 9
relations—the affection of my Moot;
i have
undergone persecution and calumny, but it "
, _ bil
all the work of the Lord, whose instrument I sw• i
brethren, I feel that the Lord has destined me for a grect
work. The labour he has committed to my hall •
will be a difficult . ministry, but I must cm3tiola
to work in my own dutieep and amongst 03Y do
countrymen. Ido not know what I go to
of
in the future, but I know I am in the hands is,
the Lord, and I am,therefore, wi to is,
, .4,1, to
blindly whatever
teach the truth to my brethren, to show them th. 70; be
'Ring
f the Lord, and to point out to them that they rj2.-100*
partakers of his great mercy. Oh, then, my dea,r „.„
three, blessed be the Lord now'
andthroughout all 115-1
be si
To him to all thanksgiving, and through him bts
honour and thanks given to you also for baring ?ib
mined and secured tome' my delivery from persecut.:o
The Doctor's speech was listened to with breathltbe
attention, and frequently applauded. Atoolool
end of his address other reverend gem' s
urged upon the meeting the blessing and advantlein
of Christianity and the duty they owed to the?„t ths
fostering and promoting Protestantism througuo'w
entire world. msdet
In the course cf the day a liberal collection WAS 7,., ac'
and the great hall not being sufficiently large„,i;isge
commodate more than- half of the e- th I'l
of persons whom the occasion had collected toge
bisch
meetings were held in the smaller rooms, and w
were also addressed by the Reverend Doctor. till a
The proceedings of the day, which did not close
tbarj ks
terminated late hour, te • with - the customary vote of
to the Chairman.

SIR JOHN FRANKLIN AND IiTS
CREW. o
(From the Third Edition of the Liverpool Corirler

y estcrda.) r•
We have just been shown a letter written 4 g I
Peck, of San Francisco, to his father in Liverreti;
which serves to strengthen the intelligence °f
safety of Sir John Franklin and his crew. Von'
The letter is dated Dec. 30, 1849, from San
cisco, and bears on it the Panama post-Mark Of 'lve
2, 1850, being one day later than the extract
tot
gave in our early impression. The subject is °.,st
mentioned incidentally, and it is to be hoped t"ii,
further
advices will show these hopes to be We
founded.
Tne writer of the letter states that be had
5101
a gentleman from Kamschatka, who informed
0,
that he had seen Sir John Franklin,
all the party were quite safe, and corning thro4
and that he 0 iith

the north-west passage. used i°
Of course a degree of caution must be ss
weighing the testimony, but it may still be takellei.
a second and brightening link in the chain of
deuce so desirable to be perfected.

Y'S
CHANCERY.—(THIS the
The Lord Cbancollor sat in his court to az/ 1 oil
Old Hall, Lincoln's Inn, and heard appeals an
appeal
motions.

WEAVER V. GRANT. e Were
The further arguments in this part-heard cs- jog•
resumed and occupied his Lordship the whole I°r°
ROLLS' COURT.—( THIS DAY) s
The Master of the Rolls heard motions tc-c" the
they were totvlly devoid of anyit.trst exceptt°
parties concerned.

rt A. ir•
VICE-CHAN CER Y .—(11-0S '''"--D) )
(Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAN-i'cog'
THE SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM I1"A., ROW
PA
NY V. TIIE LONDON AND ROUTH-WESTER., -
WAY COMPANY. •° 0 for ,
1100 u
The further arguments in thispart-heard ni°tt -or
an injunction were resumed, and occupied his
the whole day. ' the
Nothing of the slightest interest occurred i and
courts of the Vice-Chancellors Knight Brucea
Wigram to-day.

INSOLVENCY.—(`THIS DAY.)
IN THE MATTER OF MICHAEL DRENNAN - 0 tote-
trAnT• t
This insolvent, proprietor of the Teniperane._e the
ji.tnidgAinld:,trsgoaftettreet, was brought up to
times before the Court,e reel" eral
ourtaindTh
one ctLerehspadectibre
:noose:deli-1
it Rag urged against him that he had coneeale
comam or more thanto
the 20nOre1.d, a A 1
versionaryinterest in some 'Well "'es 1
wortli
Mr. Commissioner property w
g 6
. i.atnords:vhich would now. by the di.seofetir:
guilty
opposition would
judgment of
of a
comniestsatolinner PHILLIPS, in pronosnotin
vet,
petty was worth 270/t. ,_r_, but io. -
the Court, said the' insolvent bau„ the
not
of property, wpm... nrhe pro.
elletig
,have d beenttjort discover -11 8
ei
sop.
cats. The Court udjuged the insolvent to an iwirr for
ment of six calendar months from the vesting o.-
a concealment of property.

CRIMINAL Sk
DAY')
OLD c 0
un.47.-----!._(TH I
J(Eiciefeosrecuthmem,L.nyo
pigVeit n27).1
described
was indicted withs7OfLe(l'opiniiiEoCuF'Osli3yUAlßNtlfiriagnclail:s:cirt:ls--°:ndi:
Benjamin Matten, with intent to murder him•
that some tbe sti-e
e prosecutor and the prisoner lived in dit ar
which ultimately ended inaconeflxicisr, and is
bcololsictovtehretheh
neighbourhooddifferences of L i s.s otne
deg rbeeito;tellbee:
cetobueerrinnse;
series of severe in ' juries which rendered him -art%
and on being after*, hoed
takcn into custody shortly
far from regretting what he had done, he *Aid h° "
accusedead
withstrue struck tphoe_kef or,i
nientirsieesntisvni gb
Jo:
0
he had mureer ' e` wil
oychif.eootilltresheenaattin
ed htm hat •
In the ' ' '
pritoeer s defence it was urged t the el
0f intoxicated, and suffering under excitement at atilt tte
the occurrence, and had Leprovoked to OM
en
&t
by
the conduct of the
prosecutOr • dhe46 Ma
The jury found him Guilty (lan assault, all
sentenced to imprisonment for twelve month 9bdev
ATTEMPT TO DROWN.—Elizabeth Ilinfiss' &ha dool"
scribed as a married woman, was placed in 0 ADO,
indicted with feloniously attempting to dr(l/..h 0010
Elisabeth, and Matilda, her three children, olifeviste
to murder them; and, also with having unialr
tempted rown herself. of foirtf
Mr e 0•
. 0 Brieni conducted theprosecution; and'.
wee
def
Oended prisoner Oa, • 0
n the application. of Mr. Parry, the Prf's watt° '
deeply
affected at ter p
appeared to be
°1
a
was accommodated withseat. th at.
O'BRIEN said a ed wi be
the prisoner was chArg and t ,
tem t*
. P tag to drown herself and three children,noittea
werecircumstances under which the crime was eticy r. LIS,
of a most lamentable and deplorable chshrit 0: eig°;
o'clock
that on the 18th of February 1a5,t,!,,r°130 tad
b lock in the evening she was VAL../ _...h00
auks of the inthe neig bee-000
Regent's-Canal,
of St. John's Wood, with her three childreici; her
of whom, being an infant, ebe carried btoPfeli
!rale, and while doing so, sbe euddecli
threwthen the 11 h
-aey into the water, next the fenngediatdi
_ the &der child, and rushed in herself itc°,lo coca
afterwards. A woman who fertur ately earl too sec?
rence cried out for assistance, and A young teat be
Cation
upon the spot, who without the elig ~er 00.
_s!tion jumped into the canal, and succeeded, tosithe py'
difficulty, in rescuing all the children, 0 well as Per.
soner, who on being taken out of the watet.'__o sbog
fcctly insensible. They were taken to $ docTicedicsi
with the greatest promptitude where the asu.ilheite weie
remedies w ere applied, and ultimately all of 'owed to
restored to animation. The causes whieb•Leer Wfl.4
have led to the unfortunate conduct of the Pit' oppea:„ei,
of a very lamentable nature, inasmuch es 1," the Ile
she had been driven to commit the act ufrb,ps vi,
usage cf. her husband; and it would It she we
alleged on the part of the defence thetk-at if tile
unconscious of what she did at the time; f but eee,e;
jury thought, after hearing the facts °,. she was !
that the charge had been made out, and tht!_t_ °ti'leir jOllO
a perfectly sound state of mind, it would UU_ttsin iti '
notwithstanding any feelings they might Otto, 0 re-
the unhappy life which she led with her husband,
turn a verdict of guilty. neactiella
tree to
Ann West, the woman who witnessed the re
ts as to
was then called, and after detailing tho foe _ coe
by the Learned Counsel, said, when thfoolSO_Ler__oo 10
her senses she told her that she was a OiSb nr
obi
give the alarm, as she wished herself and her ev.
Cite
had gone to heaven. Oho CIO
Vrei4-exitualued—Wheu she reewored

'Where are my dear child:en?" and appeared to be in
!g'ed distress of mind. On asking why she ',tempted
t) drownabo the children, she replied et ter husbandas
her hu abit oF ill.
using her, end had knocked end beat
terribly
tr:Lhn R ,bins depotted that wh, n his ettrn'ion was atp-
r'et,d to the evil' by •ht• S witty; She saw 50u1...
rs"' I,le t eter, 'an'ciPhe im tle:tely to cle off
es{litt jumpt-d into the water, a:.d brought my the p!.li-1
°,,urier• Ile returned and brought out the eldest chi
10,-,1" been the bat) The water vt as 10 or 12 feet deep,
accent:nu 3.wimm• cz 11 the time; when ho got
Ottrit,sh`lre sth-J—re—wina—s aa.third child missins,oma td
elinr Swimming about ts,,ain for sotne time he felt
thi-og touch his feet, Which turned out to h, the otherte
1,1;:, and he brought it out, appre ntly in a cl,-ad sta. .
I.wer.e then ell convt y, d to a surgeon's.
14T Wiggin., Inspector of polies, S9l the ir.ir,nc:r,
tn, when kt.n t) the wet kliouse, that she n
leibt:rnitled the actainconssqneeee of the
,iii-hu,s.cage f tier
enoilnd, who ta I beaten her frequently ause she
witti'e not provide a dine: r f hitn wren she was 1,1
11 'ln 'nonty. She told him that her husband 0.1
1,14,1"yed her 7s. a week to ke p the hotee Kith,
*4that he kept the remaining 20s. of his
It° spend himself. She said she lived a verybedta.
(111'e with him; that he used to pull her out of
(I'. :Ono t I tell her frequently that 1 o would be ti ,e
oast SM the lo he*, a dding that her death should be a lingering
61.nger the better.
eell °tteexamired—She saic,, she thought she m ight as
rpe,reo etc-. The children were all girls, and
to be cl. anly kept. The risoner bore an
iof,trit eat Character as a bard working. seea} and
'P'etlliLnan, who was anxious to keep her fatuity re-
-4,1 v: 'tun, surgeon, said the prisoner was insensible,
lila 1," eer cild in a dangus stae when brou t to
reit'lhlitteir,ld but they recovered
afeer Lapplying theg usual
ue Panne, the mother of the prisoner, said st et had
tht,l:l;larried tight years, and had during that time to
htstiSk`e aßainst a great deal of misery owing to her hut-
4ts Jeenduct. The two eldest children were seven and
hs,;;peerli (.f age, and the prisoner had always shown her
Wit c","4211; the greatest kindness and affection, and
k andtn s
uckledies uch attathched
infant during
them. She
her confinement
d attendeie e g
ill.!r°4l witness that in consequence of her husbsnd,
s
ij4;ttbent she had been obliged to beg in order to get
Its .1' and was distracted, and did nut know what
the -51 about when she threw the. children into
Iteanal.
°4l4,l;•,ll4taltir then addressed the jury for the defence,
4110.'4 that no one could hay' heard the evidence
hichtlitl having been deeply moved, and the way in
,4rttii had been instructed would show that the
.mi-
I;he dee 40(1 sorrowful tale of the prisoner had excited
h his ssi
til '
commi_eration, for his brief had been placed
tsh-ti" by a benevolent gentleman who attended
'Ottinitiation at the police-court, and who had under-
is •;,?ciefend the prisoner in co-operatior! with the 5he-
.11,,,,,`",s ease presented one of those start'ingrevelattons
Wlll-uule life which seldom transpired, but which,
1,41,ftl c'llqa made known, we re greatly calculated to
44 ';(21 astonish people. There was no greater
than that of a respectable and hardworking
headtr fth a family,
struggling to keep a home over
~41a pe„;'„tot merely against the circumstances of her
gl -"°ft, but against a drunken. brutal husband,
'Cit), la guilty of every kind of debauchery and bru-
-41: affall Yet many poor creatures of this class went
'itbocaring until they reached a premature grave,
the Public being at all aware of it; but whoa
i"tiStir,,!,), this nature were disclosed, it was their
t;°to ea-„",tY to inquire into them; and it behoved. them
s-lte (31411 Y on this occasion to inquire into the
•Ltiotti tcbich led to the present unhappy po-
iri of fat, the prisoner. There were ample
ue thought, for returning a verdict that
t,.-"tstAhe seffering from temporary insanity at the me-
rl that
perpetrated the act, for they might easily
141,attr4i;11,4, that being unable to provide a menl for her
„ "Ildren she might have wandered out in the
li;tott.:":enutfitiding herself near the canal, conceived,
desperation, the feat ful idea of taking
sad bier ehildren's life, the carrying out of
da„,i'-• vs
aithas Providentia'ly prevented by the heroic con.
e Young man who had been cared before them.
a,'4l:b., hease character of her brutal, low-minded,
k„..ll4lhtlal husband, he bad only to mention that up to
f0i."44 not, although in the receipt of good wages,
N. ward to assist the prisoner, and that her defence
141%3h:1'11Y carried on by friends and strangers. If they
Ott „*'e Was not actuated by any premediatcd it-
-11 14 M sliceand it was shown that
aforethought,
41t4t both affectionate and attached t► her children,
ht,Ltelle,,, was suffering from a temporary aberration
xr. aot t'il'iltthen they would be fully justified in finding
ot, j yof the charge. •
%P,otitli,tktee WIGIITMAN baying summed up in a very
Cgs uat firm address,
tlit."Yf after a brief deliberation, returned a verdictd
11tatt„,stta Not Guilty on the ground of insanity, and
Jett -13°rdin 1 be kept in confinement during her
pl ding
easure.
'lll aunt,
t' WIGIITMAN said the conduct of the young
Assdice
the prisoner and children from the
6;:th,:lranit praiseworthy, and he had been looking
aitil-tatute to ascertain if be had power tod present
tteviti444ls4le suitable reward, but he regrett to say
° Power of which he could avail himself for
61(1, heo3e.
I,4i'autir,(l,!!-Sheriff WIRE. said the sheriffs would take
geprivaP'Y the defect in the statute.
Mier was then removed.

NR IV COURT.
(Before the RECORDER.)
,'01,4 Doss °on Frederick Smith was indicted for having
ht -peallinn forged certificates from her Majesty's
ki,"11,„ 'Anton, and from the Colonial Secretary at
P
41111 to brig Porting to authorise the captains of merchant
lOp ex, g home distressed searr en from foreign ports
IltileieeNe of the Admiralty, for which indemnitica-
lk e eireeertificates were to be the covenant.
414 istekutostances f the case have appeared several
Rh‘tr. ei,4, Under the head of Bow-street police:
ti r, °Wder, Q•C and Mr. Montague Smith ap-
):l`tk4l9l'...t %ha Proseclition; and Mr. Robinson for the
4,5511a4 roterned a verdict of Guilty, and the Learned
)e4h. katenced the prisoner to imprisonment for

AL GI, THIRD COURT.
e'°reCommissioner 13uLLocx.)
°NI Mr.
w- •t, was occupied with trying petty cases this
4141, ich presented no feature of interest.
Ott
ttk,-4111,4 RO'-sTREET—(THIS DAY.)
ktklqlbetf HYDE-PARK.— James Meegan was
114,!i4 ttore Mr. Bingham with picking a gentleman's
thget.,o Yde. park.
it'll.:,pre4l3table, A. 106, stated that about six o'clock
tau, us evening he was on duty in Hyde-park,
116 Vir7 gentleman running and calling out Stop
liNttip76lltterllll,Pla went up to him, and asked what was
4,'"uen he replied that the prisoner, who was
Pa the park, had picked his pocket of his
11744'4 thttli; _Witness and another constable, who had
Ntsti the Committed, went in pursuit of the pri-
to Inv latter seeing ho was I:kely to be caught,
I 4 IV th
tiLtttatabi• Ise handkerchief, and ran out of the park
-`ta IN°ltse in the Bayswater-road, where he
I.‘lv 'et° Custody. Witness added, that the gen-
nnt •
tilott now in attendance.
okt pro 4R said it was fortunate fur the prisoner
k.,llaP. trn'eeutor was net in attendance; had he been
14t114 atio--el!lia,..m) would have sent him (prisoner) for
04,„*ith h Ile should, however, commit him for a
114 Q ard
ilhePie IN°
• the a 11E ARMY AND NAVY CLUB.— T.Villiam.
11,qtq,,,,:"1 about sixteen years of age, was charged
h 40,, juR some bricks at the Army and Navy Club
!do at teriat,es-squftre.
1:14:14 bf %clock last night the prisoner was caught
444 tarovying- some bricks at the ornamental
so ~°ll being expostulated with by the butler he
11,44, 1it91214"4.8i,Ve that he was given in charge.
',/14 'as 4„" expressed his sorrow for his conduct,
4,111t!M -'exolY reprimanded by Mr. Bingham and
117, et ),..*
‘,ll4l'nri.,, `RE ARGYLL ROOMS.— George Stripe and
10,t1,1'ervi?' two waiters employed at the Senior
t4N'tter Club, were brought up before Mr. Bing-
%pi!, with creating a disturbance at the Argyll
dott4le, Great Windmill-street, and inciting a mob to
hok
441 'en 13.
le Ignell, one of the proprietors, deposed
t44o,'reahn,i'ten o'clock last night he was partaking of
101: (IN -Vit in his private room, when his atten-
15,°10„Ingtri t° a great disturbance in the street, and
A 1111,1,450 ~) see the cause he found a mob of from
k4aolo r°Ple assembled round the entrance to the
laeite"_,Prisoners were trying to force their way
I,tlr tk'toß r the mob to assist them, and on
~,el4l,lsed by the officers, they struck at them
trliytio lking sticks, which, were loaded with
tadj tarl,%; the officers had his hat broken and
iiith'sell %a cut, and it was not till several police-
Qtly and 1 there appearance that the prisoners were
ay' att 0.-I'o up at the station.
lltWit'acer employed at the room 9, produced his
so, 44 s liter
k Strum. .ft..y cut in two, anti proved that the
Ite C'iiat min two or three times, and pulled him
tote th. 1.130 snob.
tleiA.er, another cf the proprietors, proved
3,4 Cat Cil,nants strike tho last witness, and also
1,4 e„ e head them incite the mob to force their
itay Rik
tisrs de •
kuili tiled the charge, but
ttlyttNll:3l thought it clearly proved, and fined
lea ea and in addition required them to find
eh, to
-eep the pence for three months.
Okk
Vito,
1° BUENOS AIRES.—The Irish Poor
,tNiktstiosteners recommend Buenos Ayres as a field
41;1,1 from Ireland, the price of labour being
(, kin "to " an especial demand for that work which
I,"pi 4. is
itetti reenliarly adapted to supply, such as
tiZ, and other agricultur work, cattle
'1))
and the driving of flocks from district
tto It:
r, 01. IV
,`,\4ota srburton, the author of the "Crescent
lk' ik,•tte ' is, we her, about to essay the powers
'ti ork 1r1(1 vi
ek
1,7 " y gnrous pen as a writer of fiction. his
kOf a Taiethis new style is entitled "Reginald
es'ro,,r °I the Troubles in 16—."
.tttta ,lAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT.—Capt. Cook,
P Ltil 61 11 -`
4 h, Peei,,, 'e British barque Sarah, have been the
o. attention iu New York during the pat
tlikhttra and noble conduct in the re cue of the
te B'6oocrew of thepacket ship Caleb Grimshaw.
:i()4111t1(i di dollars ssas made up among the mer-
,411,411411, st,ributed as follows to the cfficers and crew
\kll4;t4„;4tt:CC,:ollathe captain. 5,600 dollars; chief mate,
~i edit the atemate, 400 dollars; carpenter, 350
'94(041'y —4,11 and able seance, each 125 dol-
d apprenticcP, each 100 dollars.
Ve dollars. . 6 an.

MONEY awl COMMERCIAL NEW'.
CITY, QUARTER TO THI?EE.
The Cotton Ma.ket IA Liverpool yesterday was
rather fl.t, rind prices generally were in favour of buyers.
The ,!,s w,.re estimated at from 4,000 to 5,000 bales,
ot which 500 American were taken for export and 500
os sp_culation.—The m'trket for Railway Shares was
firm, an,l prices slightly improved.
The saes of wheat last week in the markets which
regulate the averages were 95,801 quarters of wheat,
and 74,856 of barley.
Grew complaints are being made by the merchants
conr.eot(d with the American provision trade in London
of the difficulty experienced in oLtaining a ready Pale
f their produce, Irvin the circumstance of the leading
houses in the trade opposing the system of public sales,
whilst in Liverpool the sy stem finds every favour by
the buyers, nod tie public re ap all the advantages of the
:a.m.. This argument was strongly adverted to this
day by Mr. Keeling. of the firm of Keeling and
lluut, at a public sale of American provisions at Brewer's
ey, [tad who appealed to the trade, assuring them
tha., in the event of their promising support to periedi-
cat public sales, on the same principle as now in exist-
ence at Liverpool, the firm would le backed by several
f the leading American provision houses, who were
anxious to destroy the monopoly exercised by a few
firms in London.
Much less Tallow tray be expected to arrive in Lon-
don between this and the 31st May, than arrived either
last 3 ear or the year before, 1,200 casks only are known
to be on the way to London from Australia; perhaps
5,000 casks will be the outside arrival from all places.
Ttie last accounts from Odessa state that there were
only 1,500 to 2,000 casks on the spot ; but that the total
quantity will be much more than at first was expected.
By letters just received from St. Petersburgh we learn
that the market there vets fist at 108 Re., a.m.d. for
August, and 112 with 10 Ito. hard money. The guar.-
tity of New Tallow is variously stated from 115,000 to
130,000—probably for a safe calculation it may be stated
for shipment at 150,000 casks, including the quantity
left over the last season; this would make the supply for
1850 much the same as last year.
The St. Jo;aes (New Brunswick) Courier gives the
annual account of :hipping belonging to that port, and
its out-bay, Miramichi, which has been made up for the
home government, for the year ending 31st December,
1849. We learn from the statement, that the number
of now vessels built at St. John's during the past year,
for owners in the United Kingdom, and not registered at
that port, was 12, measuring 5,495 tons ; the number
built and registered during the same period
was 73, measuring 31,29 tons. The number
of vessels in existence, as far as can be ascertained,, be-
longing to S.. John's, on the 31st December last, was 505,
measuring 93,192 tons. As regards the shipping d
Miramichi, which includes all vessels built on the north-
ern shore of the province of New Brunswick, Miramishi
being the only registering port in that district,
we learn that the number of new v, ssels built there
during 1849 was 21, me asuring 6,763 tons. The total
number of vessels owned there on the 31st December,
1849, was 90, measuring 7,464 tons. And as a proof
that the ship-builders at dusts posts do not anticipate
much injury to their business from the repeal of the
navigation-laws, we gather from the statements that
there are now in progress of building in the St. John's
and North Shore districts 66 vessels, averaging in all
34,040 tons.
The quotation for Austrian Bonds at Frankfort on the
4th inst. was 814. At Amsterdam, on the sth inst.,
Dutch Stock was better, the Two-and-a-Half per Cents.
being 551 to 5-16.
The English Funds are still firmly supported, in the
absence ot foreign intelligence of any importance.
Consols have been 95f to 96f; the New Three-and-a-
Quarter per Cents., 98/ to 982; end the Three per
Cents., 962 to 96k. Exchequer-hills have been 555. to
58s. premium, and India Bonds 85s.
The Foreign Securities have been fluctuating. Peru-
vian have rallied in consequence of the intimation that
the Government of the Republic does not require a new
loan, but merely has asked authority from Congress to
anticipate sums due upon the guano contracts which ex-
pired last year, and which, in the ordinary course, would
not be payable until next June. The Active Bonds
are quoted 722 to 744, and the Deferred 302 to 31i.
Mexican Stock has been marked at 29k, and Brazi-
lian 89k. Portuguese Four per Cents. brought 332, and
Spanish Five per Cents. 172.
Railway Shares have been further advanced, and with
a steady business doing. Eastern Counties, and the
shares with small amounts paid up, are generally k
higher. Great Western have risen about 1, North-
Western 1 to lf, and Midland f. Brighton, South-
Western, and South-Eastern are firm. Foreign shares
are quiet, and there is less doing in mires and banks.
The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this
day, are in round figures asunder

1850. 1849.
North-Western ... £40,204 9 10 £36,436 5 4
South-Western ... 8,357 3 1 8,873 5 11
South -Eastern ... 8,003 4 1 6,090 16 2

ONE ...s>st G
P:ct.'E-• .tr ,RITISLI IUNIp , O'CLOCK. PRloits.
Bank Stock
per Cent. Roduced Arms ... 96%% 963 q
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities........ 96 961 A 957ig 95%
gew 3 per Cent. Arms—. ...
Long Anne. to expire Jan.lB6o -16 8% 8%
India Stock
._ waamoli 2 164
li, dia Bonds, 1,0001
Ditto under 1,0001.. ..
Consols for Account 96 961/s 95% 96 V 8
'',Rlhaquer Bills. 140. ix 2a
1,000/. June 55 5S p
Ditto Advertised
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. tniM
O'CLOCK.
'!razilian Bonds 89;4
Ditto, New, 1813 . 83
Danish 80nd5,1825,3 per Cent. ..
Ditto 5 Der Cent. .... —
Mexican, 5 per Cent.lB46, with Coupons—
Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ...: .
Ditto. Account
Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent
Ditto, Account . 74 721% 7414 74 74%
Ditto Deferred
Portuguese 5 par Cents.
Ditto, 4 per Cent.
33%
Aussian Bonds
Ditto Scrip —
_ _

58 p
1.1 p
nucEs
891,2
83

29 IA
29%

pa-iish 5 per Cent. 1840 —
Ditto, Account
Venezuela Bonds, 2% per Cent
Dividends on the above payable in London.
PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSIN(,
RkILWAY SHARES. PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES,
Bristol and Exeter 92 ...,.. 62
Ditto, Thirds ... ..... 2Si
Buckinghamshire
Caledonian ..
East Anglian, 25/., L &
E. and L. and D.....• 25
Eastern Coußties... ..... 20 ...... 7%1,4 x.d....
Do, New Prd.reoce,
fi per Cent... lO ...... 11% % ll%
East Lincolnshire, guar.
6 per Cent.
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... ......
kireat Northern
Do., 61 A Deferred ... 1214......
Do., 1,4 B 6 per Cent... 71,4 514...
Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 12%...... 10% %
Great Western 100 ...... 60% 591/4 x.d. 591,4x.d.
Ditto, 14( Shares
Ditto, Fifths
Ditto, New 171... ..... 15 ... _ 734- x.d.... 7% x.d.
Lancashire& Yorkshire 100
Do. Quarters ......... 231,4 9 ..-.... ......
Do. Fifths... ........ ... 10
Do. New, Gua. 6 per cL 10
Leeds and Bradford
Leeds and Thirsk ..... . 50
Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3% — ... .. 3% dis.
x
London &Blackwall...ll/. 63. 3d... d 3% x.d
London, Brighton, and
South C0a5t....... 100 ...... 80%1,4 ......
Do., New, guaranteed
6 per Cent ..........100 135 134 134
Do.Guarant. 5 per cL. 9 ...... 10%....
London and N Western 100...1054/4 107 10614 x.d 1053/ xd
Ditto, New Quarters.. 12 ...... 12 12% x.d. - 12% x.d.
Ditto, Fifth.
Do. 10/. (M. & B.) C. 1 ...,.. 1% .. ....... l%
London &S.Westorn ..100 .. ... 65 65%x.d 65% x.d
M anchester,Buxton,and
Matlock 6 %
...... ...... ........
Midland ...... ....... llO 39% 40 39% 4() x. •d
40 x.d
3A
Do., 501. Shares
Do. Birm., and Derby 110
Do. Consolid. Bristoland
Birming., 6 per ct.... 100
North British ........ ... 25 ..... ...
Ditto, Quarters
Oxfsrd, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton
Reading, Guildford, and
Reigate ls
Scottish Central
Shropshire Union
Solth Eastern ... ....... 33 %...... 1814
Do., N 0.9.
South Wales
outb Yorkshire, Don-
caster, and Goole l3 ...... 64
Wilt,,Somerset,& Wey-
mouth 5O
York, Newcastle, and
Berwick. .... ........... 25
Do. Newcastle Extent. 20
Do. G.N.E.Prefercnce 8 ... -
York and North Midland 50
9 ti- Preference ...... 10
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens... 20
Central of France (Or-
leans and Vierzon)... 20
East Indian
Namur and Liege ...... 20 ...
Northern of France...... 16 ...
Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 ...... 31i .. .....
Sambre and Memo 2O ... .. 2 'At ... .....
MINES.
United Mexican

17%
831 h

714

_
JOINT S'foCli BAN Kb.
Union of Australia

1%
12%
98

801,4

15
131,4
181/,
18%
16%

14%
874
1%
18
6%

5%
6'<
1”4
3,44
21A2

29%

LOYD'S SHiPPIING-(THIS DAY.)

LONDON, MARCH 7.—Wind at noon westerly.

DEAL, MARCH 6.---Wind W.N.W. to W.S.W.—Arrd.
Bakk,r, St. Domingo for Hamburgh; Palm,
Ughy, Demerara; Maria and Anna, lleyer, Laguna for
Bn men. Arrd. from the River, Chitftain, Matanzas.
511. Cce7ar, Demerara.
QUEENSTOWN, MARCH s.—Wind S.W.—Sid. Eliza-
beth Browne, Singapore; Askland, Boston.
OFF. PLYMOUTH. Sophia Elzabeth, Dorgan, La
Guayra, for limburgh.
CARDIFF, MARCH 6.—The San Georgeo, Swansea
to Messina, has put back to Penarth Roads, leaky.
LOSFIEMOUTH, MARCH s.—The Diana, of and from
Dundee for Dublin, was wrecked on Spey Bay, March 3.
The Dispatch of Beauly, Inverness to Westport, was
stranded on the Cones( a Rocks, same day, but got off,
with cargo much damaged.
TEIGNMOUTH, MARCH s.—The Erin, of this port, is
on the Bar, and must partly discharge to come off.