The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-09 00:00:00

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LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1844.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER has brought
forward a most important financial measure, which
has been anticipated for some time by the country,
and which we are inclined to think will be received
with general satisfaction. It may be considered hard
by an annuitant to have his income reduced a quarter
per cent., and, ten years after, a half per cent. ; but
this is only the natural result of circumstances.
Money is so abundant that a high interest cannot be
obtained ; private individuals who can furnish good
security are yearly reducing the interest on their
debts, and the consequence is a rise in the funds ;
but it is not reasonable or just that the Government
should continue to pay the same interest for all time
to come while reductions are taking place in every
other quarter. The plan, proposed, therefore, cannot
be objected to, it has taken no one by surprise, and,
.on the whole, may be regarded as a measure
creditable to the Government and the country. It
will not increase the national debt; it will not throw
burdens on future generations for the sins of their
ancestors; and it will save the country from the
tricks and juggles of loan contractors. The amount
of stock to be reduced is 250,000,0001., about one-
third of the national 'debt, and nearly equal to the
whole-debt of France. This is certainly an enormous
sum to meddle with. It comprises four different
kinds lof stock, including the Three-and-a-Half per
Cents. of 1818, amounting to 10,000,000/. ; the Re-
duced•Three,.and-a-Halfs established in 1824, amount-
ing to 67,500,000/. ; the Five per Cents., established
in 1784, afterwards, at various times, reduced to
Three-and-a-Half (the amount is not stated) ; and
the Old Three-and-a-Half per Cents., created in
1787; amounting to 14,600,0001.—which makes a
total of 249,600,0001. The plan of the Government
is to place all these stocks on the same footing,
and to bring in a Bill to allow every holder of Three-
and-a-Half per Cent. Stock, a like amount of Three-
and-a-Quarter per Cent. Stock, the interest of 3/. ss-
per cent. to be paid till the 10th of October, 1854,
and at the end of that period the interest to be only
31. pei cent., which shall be guaranteed at the same
rate for twenty years, namely, till 1874. The saving
to the Treasury will be 625,000/. yearly by the first
reduction, and the same amount for the next twenty
years annually, making a reduction in the interest of
the debt, by October next, of 625,000/., and, ten years
after, a reduction of 1,250,0001. annually. A simpli-
ficatiOn also of the mode and times of payment is
propoied, for which we refer to the speech of Mr.
GOULBURN. Such a result is honourable to the
United Kingdom, and shows a marked contrast to
the financial conduct of many other nations, who have
broken faith with their creditors, who are shunned
by all honourable men, and who are driven
to .some.: desperate and disreputable scheme for
supplying even the immediate wants of the Executive.
We have pleasure, therefore, in quoting the conclud-
ing words of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER :
" Thii measure," said he, " shows the mighty advan-
tages which attend a sacred regard to the obliga-
tions of national honour and good faith. We have
had many arduous contests, many bitter reverses, to
contend against—difficulties which have made the
strongest minds to quail—but we have overcome and
triumphed over them all, and that by a simple, but
siered, adherence to the principles of national honour
and the obligations of public faith."

In the House of Lords, after some remarks from
the Lords and the Bishop of EXETER, the
Court of Privy Council Bill was read a second time
and ordered to be committed, with an instruction to
the Committee to make that part of it which related
to the law of divorce a separate Bill.
In the Commons the Sheffield, Ashton-under-
Lyne, and Railway Bill, was read a second time.

Mr. HINDLEY moved a resolution, in reference to

Railway Committees, that any Member whose con-
stituents are locally interested in competing lines,
may sit on the Committee without voting. The mo-
tion was opposed by every Member who spoke ex-
cept Mr. PETER BORTRWICK, and Mr. HINDLEY
withdrew his motion.

The Newbury and. Great Western Railway Bill
was read a second time, and ordered to be committed
In answer to a question from Mr. MA
CAULAY, Sir
ROBERT PEEL said the Government, in the course of
the day, had received official dispatches relative to
the events which had taken place at Gwalior, but
there *ere no less than seventy-fiVe inclosures, and
he had not yet had time to examine them. With
rogard to the question put by the Right Honourable
Gentleman about the proclamation, he could only
say that he had no doubt it was included in the dis-
patches. Mr. MAcAuLar said, under these circum-
stances, he would wait till Sir ROBERT PEEL was in
a position to give a distinct answer.
Sir J. GRAHAM postponed the second reading of
the Factories Bill till Friday next. _

In answer to a question from Mr. TURNER, Sir J.
GRAILAM said he did not intend to make any altera-
tion in the law relating to 'religious instruction in

union: workhouses.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then brought
forwaid his motion for the reduction of the Three-

and-a-Half per Cent. Stock, to which we have al-
ready adverted.
Mr. F. BARING, Sir JOHN RAE REED, Mr. P. M.
STEWART, and several Members on the Opposition
benches, expressed their hearty approbation of the
measure, which was gratefully acknowledged by the
CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER.
On the motion of Mr. EWART a discussion took
place on the disputes between Buenos Ayres and
Monte Video, and all parties seemed to agree in the
necessity of putting a stop to such an unseemly
contest.

On the motion for going into a Committee of Sup-
ply, Mr. S. CRAVVFORD stated his intention of giving
no farther opposition to the granting of supplies, on
the ground of want of proper support both in and out
of the House.

The Army and Ordnance Estimates were then
proceeded with, and a great many votes were agreed
to, one of which gave rise to a discussion on the re-
fusal of a pension to the widow of Lieutenant-Colonel
FAWCETT.

No other question of interest came on in the course
of the evening, and the House adjourned it a Quarter-
past Eleven o'Clock.

We have just cast
.our eye over the Bill to " facili-
tate the Inclosure and Improvement of Commons and
Lands held in common ; the Exchange of Lands, and
the Division of Intermixed Lands"—to quote the
formal language of the Preamble—and anything more
perplexing than this same Bill we have not perused
for many a long day. To say nothing of its extend-
ing to sixty-eight folio pages, it is so full of verbiage,
vague, technical jargon, and quaint, sprawling paren-
theses interweaved one within the other, so as to pro-
duce the most distracting state of entanglement, that
we are almost tempted to come to the conclusion
that it was drawn up for no other purpose than to
throw dust in the eyes of its readers, and conceal its
real object from all who may be interested in the mat-
ter. If so, its framers have most happily succeeded
in their intention, and may congratulate themselves
on having produced an enigma which it requires all
the ingenuity of an EDIPUS to solve. If we were
called on to define the character of this Bill—and far
be it frem us to speak irreverently of so striking
a production—we should be apt to say it was
one to take from those who have little or
nothing, and give to those who have much—
in other words, to benefit those who have
means, at the expense of those who have none.
One fact at any rate is evident—namely, that the
working out of the measure will be attended with no
little expense, for whole swarms of salaried commis-
sioners, assistant-commissioners, juries, valuers, as-
sessors, &c., are pressed into the service of the Bill,
and, as a matter of course, attorneys also are mixed
up with it, who, like locusts in a rice-ground, cows in a
clover-field, or aldermen at a turtle feast, will take
care to make the most of their delectable position, and
gorge themselves to within an ace of suffocation.
Here is a pretty little inventory of charges which we
find inserted under the modest head of " Expenses of
Inclosures :"—" And be it enacted, that the allowances
and payments to be made to and by the valuer, and
all other the expenses of every inclosure, except the
allowances and salaries to the assistant-commissioners,
secretary, assistant-secretaries, clerks, messengers, and
officers of the commissioners, and the travelling and
other expenses of the commissioners and assistant
commissioners, and, except any expenses which the
commissioner or assistant-commissioner, or any
Court under the power of this Act, shall order to be
otherwise paid, shall be borne and defrayed by the
several persons interested in the land to be inclosed."
The only Clause that we can find in the Bill,
which seems in the slightest degree to consult
the interests of the poor, is the following:—
"And be it enacted, that the valuer, in making the
several allotments hereby directed, shall haVe
due regard as well to the situation of the respective
houses or homesteads of the persons interested in the
land to be inclosed, as to the quantity and quality of
the land to be allotted to them respectively, so far as
may be consistent with the general convenience of
such persons ; and that such valuer in making the
allotments shall have particular regard to the
convenience of the persons interested in respect
of the smallest estates in the land subjected
to be inclosed under this Act." This is
but a sorry crumb of comfort, but—so far as
we can discover—it is all that the poor are likely to
get from the present measure; for though the Bill
states that they may, if they please, enter a protest
against any attempt to inclose their common lands,
yet we can gather, from significant indications that
peep out in many of the Clauses, that their protest
will be unheeded, and their opposition neutralised, by
the more influential residents in the neighbourhood.
As for. presenting, them with an allotment in lieu of
their old right to feed their ducks, geese, sheep, pigs,
and donkeys on the waste lands in their vicinity, this
appears to us at best but a doubtful compensation ;
the more so as it will be forced on them, whether
they like it or not. Under no possible cir-
cumstances can we bring ourselves to regard
a project for inclosing common-lands—that is to say,
the only lands that still remain to the poor—with ap -
probation ; and accordingly we shall watch the pro-
gress of this very equivocal Bill with the utmost jea-
lousy, for though it professes to be founded on prin-
ciples of justice and humanity, yet, if we mistake not,
it contains the seeds of serious injury to the interests
of the poorer and more defenceless classes of the com-
munity. We cannot believe that the respectable
Members who prepared and brought in the Bill have
any design to rob the poor cottager of his right, but
can they control the machinery of this Commission
when once set agoing ?

Whenever a topic arises of angry discussion be-
tween our Government and that of the United States.
:and it is to be deeply lamented that of late years,
such topics multiply both in number and in gravity),
the American. Press, we observe, is prone to become
excessively didactic. Like the " Gineral FLADDOCK,"
so happily described by CHARLES DICKENS, it expa-
tiates on the " inconceivable conventionalities " of
" those a-mazing Europeans," and gravely lectures
on the follies and the crimes which they give rise to
among us, but from which the social communities in
which they live are (if you will believe them)
eminently free. Let an American journalist once be
set a-going, by any pitch-note which will allow of
his striking into his favourite and never-ending
theme, the moral beauty and political perfection of all
American institutions,• domestic or civil; the virtues
and the morality of all American citizens, native or
domicilated ; and, till he is weary, let no man hope
for rest or change. Like the boy with the barrel-
organ, who is a fixture at the coritr of your street
throughout the live-long day—or so much of it as
you wish to devote to uninterrupted study—he grinds
" Happy land! happy land ! " till you wish him
swamped and drowned, full fifty fathom deep, in the
Bay of Fundy or the Gulf of Florida. On this side
of the Channel, it has occurred to us to note, how-
ever, such periodical and regular announcements of
excesses, crimes, and outrages committed in American
communities in defiance of all laws, divine or
human,—of all restraints, legislative or muni-
cipal,—that we have been sometimes tempted
to suppose they could only have happened from
being tolerated by the " conventionalities " of
American " society," and the unrestricted freedom of
self-will which the citizen of the United States is
given to exercise as his undoubted birth-right. The
unpunished crimes that stain, in a single year, some
of the southern States for example--the scandalous
and hideous vindictivenesss of " Lynch law ;" the
flogging and torture of negro slaves, their punish-
ment, even to death, for the most trivial offences
against property, under the eyes of the most brutal
masters ; or the edifying assassination-duels and as-
saults which diversify the commercial monotony of
New Orleans. These are matters, the frequency of
which are perfectly appAling ; the impunity of which,
so far as any visitation of the law is concerned, is
perfectly notorious. The bowie-knife and the rifle
have largely anticipated, it is trues the tar-and-feather
process, but we do not cease to hear of slaves
being hanged and burnt—or of native born subjects
of the United States being doomed to die for the
offence of conniving at the attempt of the slave to
escape from a servitude in which he is liable to be
the victim of such enormities. We lament to observe,
from the private correspondence published a day or
two ago by one of our Morning Contemporaries, that
our own compatriots seem affected by the general
dissolution of all religious and moral ties, and of the
salutary decorum and observances whick among us

throw the protection of social respect, in addition to
the sacredness of legal inviolability, around the powers
of judges and magistrates. We abstract from one
short letter the following catalogue of horrors :
" Mr. Sheppard, late of England, committed suicide
at Saco, Maine, a few days ago. Mrs. Loring French
also committed suicide at the same place, on the same
day. Mr. Edward O'Connor, late of Ireland, counsellor-
at- law; destroyed himself at Boston, on Monday night.
Monsieur Messemer, player on the cornet-a-piston, from
France, was assassinated at Mobile on the Ist inst., but
is expected to recover from his wounds. Judge Turley,
of Nashville, has been caned by Major Turner, for offer-
ing an insult to a lady; and Mr. Maxsey, Mayor of Nash-
ville, has been caned by Mr. Payne. Mr. R. Polhemus was
murdered near Freehold, New Jersey, on Friday, and a
neighbour of the deceased, Mr. W. Reed, has been ar-
rested on suspicion. Mr. Leech, believed to be from
England, was killed in a quarrel with Messrs. Lawson
and M‘Leod, at New Orleans, on the 23d ult."

Texas, it would seem, is learning betimes to emu-
late the " go-a-head " intensity of moral passion
which pervades the model Republic she is so desirous
of joining:—
" At Caddo, Texas, on the 10th ult., Judge Hansford
was barbarously murdered by Mr. Moseley and his son-
in-law, because his judicial view of a law suit was ad-
verse to their interests."

Accounts have been received from Stockholm to the
24th ult., when the KING remained in nearly the same
state. The bulletin of the 23d is as follows :—" His
MAJESTY bas again begun to express a desire for
some nourishment, and feels himself rather stronger,
after a very good night. The affection of the foot is
better, as there is an appearance of suppuration."
The Hamburgh papers announce the arrival of the
Stockholm mail of the 27th, but without any account
whatever of the KING'S health.

According to Madrid papers of the Ist instant,
the QUEEN-DOWAGER was to arrive at Barcelona on
the 2d, where she would remain till the sth, then
embark fdr Valencia, and reach Aranjuez on Tues-
day next. These papers furnish h 9 intelligence from
Alicant or Carthagena.
The Three per Cents. were done at so+ for cash,
and 30f at 60 days; and the Five per Cents. at 22+
for cash, and 22f at 60 days.

Most of the Paris papers give long reports of the
trial and conviction of the Abbe COMBALOT at the
Paris assizes, for a libel on the University of France,
in a pamphlet entitled " Memoir addressed to the
Bishops of France and fathers of families, on the war
made against the Church and the community by the
monopolist University." The prosecution, which
was instituted at the instance of the Minister of Public
Instruction, was conducted by the Procureur-General,
and excited much interest. The jury, after delibe-
rating for more than an hour,' returned a verdict of
guilty, and the Court sentenced the Abbe to impri-
sonment for fifteen days and a fine of 4,000 francs
(1601.) This is a significant proof that the middle
classes have no sympathy with those Jesuitical
Churchmen, who have been carrying on a war against
the public schools of France, and using every means
to recover,dominion over the minds of the people. The
Ministry have had another triumph in the Chamber of
Deputies. On Thursday the Committees for examin-
ing the Secret Service Money Bill were appointed,
and out of nine commissioners eight belonged to the
Ministerial party. The funds continued firm, the
Three per Cents. closing on Thursday at 82f. 50c.
and the Fives, without the Coupons, at 122 f. 40c.

THE BOURSE-THURSDAY, MARCH 7.

First

Highest Lowest

Price. Price. Price. Price.
French Five per Cents. ex div 121 75 .. 122:45 .. 121 75 • • 122 35
Three per Cents..... 82 35 • • 82 55' .. 82 35 • • 82 45
Bank of France..." •• • • .• .3265 ..3265 ..3265 • • 3265
Laftitte Bank, I,ooof. Sharesllo7 50 • • 1107 50 ..1107 50 • • 1107 50
5,000 f. BharessoBo —5082 50 .•5080 —5082 50
Belgian Bank. .......• 660 .. 662 50 •• 660 •• 662 50
Belgian Fives.: .

1840 ••• • • • • • 108 • • 109}
Spanish Active
Passive 5l .. 6
Neapolitan lOl 60 .. 102
Roman ........ ............ 106 .. 106
RAILWAY SHARES.

.. 108 ..
•• 33-t .. 34
.. bi .. 6
•• 101 60 .. 102
.• 106 •• 106

St. Germain .............. 830 830 • • 830 .. 830
Versailles, R. 8...
L. 8.. • ....... ... 177 50 . • 177.50 . • 175 • • 175
Rouen B5O • • 855 • • 850 .. 655
Rouen to Havre.
Orleans
Strasburg to Bale • . • • 242 50 .. 245 • • 242 50 .. 243 75
Avignon toililarseilles • • • 760 • • 760 • • 760 • • 760

RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT.
St. Germain
Versailles, R. 8.• • • • • • • • • • 367 50 .. 372 50 •• 367 50 • • 372 50
Rouen .
Rouen to Havre•......
Orleans 860 .. 867 50 .. 860 .. 865
Strasburg to Bale . ... 241 25... 243 75 241 25
~. 243 75
Avignon to Marseilles— • • 760 .. 762 50 •• 760 •• 762 50

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
MANCHESTER BETTING.—FRIDAY.
CHESTER CUP.
9 to 1 agst Pagan (t) 40 to 1 agst Reindeer (t)
13 to 1 agst Sir Robert 50 to 1 agst Tacita
20 to 1 agst Jamie Forest (t) 25 to 1 agst Celeste (t)
30 to 1 agst The Prior (t)
Offers to take ti to 1 about all the 3 yrs old.
DERBY AND OARS.—Nothing done.

BATH RACES.—The Race Committee, much to their cred
have adopted the regulations against defaulters.
COURSING.

LYTHAM, MARCH 4, v
S,AID 6.—The Great Clifton Cup
(24 subs., of 5L 10s. each), was won by Mr. E. Hornby's
Hermit ; Mr. Reade's Lavalette ran up. The Talbot Cup
(24 subs., of 31.55. each), was won by Mr. Bake's Kate; Mr.
Chew's Spring ran up. The Lytham Stakes of 2/. ss. each
(32 subs.) were won by Mr. Peacock's Gipsey Queen ; Mr.
Slaney's Shiney ran up.
LANARK AND RENFREW, MARCH 6.—The Champion Collar
was won by Sir J. Boswell's Major; the Darnley Stakes by
Mr. Langtrey's Doctor.
BROCKLESBY HUNT STEEPLE-CHASE--MorwaY.
This event took place on Monday, and although the club
has suffered by law proceedings, and consequently the amount
given was small in comparison with the now great stakes of
the day, the name of the 11rocklesby Hunt Race carried its
weight with it, and there appeared to exist the same ambition
to bear away the palm of that race as when the club was in
its zenith ; mainly, perhaps, on account of its being the nur-
sery of some of the best steeple race-horses in the world,
amongst others, Gay Lad, Peter Simple, and Crosby, The
betting before starting was 2 to 1 against Newcastle Tommy,
3to 1 against La Bat, and 3to 1 against The Miller. The
race was for

A Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added by the
Brocklesby Hunt Club; second horse to save his stake;
open to all England, for maiden horses ; four yrs, llst ;
five, list 9lb ; six and aged, I2st.
Mr. Nainby's gr g Newcastle Tommy, by Bob Logic,
6 yrs (C. Nainby) 1
Mr. Loft's b g La Bat, by Brunswicker, 6 yrs 2
Mr. Richardson's b g Guy, by Bachelor, aged
Mr. T. Marris's b g The Miller, by Little John, 6 yrs 0
Mr. H. Lambert's b g Whitelock, by M'Adam, 5 yrs 0
Mr. H. Skipworth's g m Molly Bawn, 4 yrs • 0
Won cleverly by a couple of lengths. Guy a bad third,
The Miller and Whitelock very far in the rear, fourth and fifth.

2he frequenters of Croxton Park Races will be glad to
hear that the stewards have caused a spacious stand, covered
over, to be erected near to the winning post, with rooms on
thZ ground floor, well warmed, and a large space around
fenced in, where the whole business of the races will be centred
and conducted; the whole being studiously arranged for the
comfort and convenience of sportsmen and all connected
with the Turf. Adjoining are refreshment-rooms, the sup-
plying of which will be entrusted to a respectable and com-
petent hotel or innkeeper. The races will take place on the
28th and 29th instant, and will be run on the New Course.
The following horses are named for the Billesden Coplow :
Tiverton, aged ; Europe, 4 yrs ; Giovanni filly, 4 yrs ; and
Humility, 6 yrs.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, MARcx 9.—Light south westerly airs, and cloudy.
DEAL, MARCH B.—Wind E.N.E. to E.S.E.—Arrd. Clau-
dine, Morris, China ; Berbice, Berbice ; Potomac, New York
for Hull.
BUDE, MARCH B.—About five tons of iron were recovered
on the 6th instant from the Alonzo, of Stockton, driven ashore
in October. She lies nearly under water.
OFF THE WIGHT, MARCH 7.—Palembang, Hockater, Ba-
tavia for Amsterdam ; Konig Willem 11., Rooper, Batavia
for Middleberg.
OFF BRIGHTON, MAncii 6.—Anna, Bremenfor New York.
PORTLAND ROADS, MARCII 6.—Arrd. Nueva Iberia, Tu-
bing, Havannah for Hamburgh.
LLANELLY, Mancii 6.—The Susan, of Cork, ashore near
the Mumbles, has been got off, and in here to repair.
YARMOUTH, MARCH 7,—The Lady Harvey, of this port,
which sank in the River yesterday, has been raised.
LIVERPOOL, MARCH B.—Wind S. S.E., light—Sid. Cameron,
Calcutta ; Alecto, Bombay; Globe, LIMA ; Lady Mary,
Buenos Ayres; Resolution, Maranham ; Konohosset, Ha-
vannah ; J. H. Shepherd, New Orleans ; Sus9uehanna, Phi-
ladelphia; Panope, St. John's, New Brunswick; Demerest,
Halifax. The Henrietta, Crede, from Loch— to this port,
with wool and pig iron, foundered this morning near the
Crosby light ship, crew saved.
CORK, MARcii 6.—Arrd. Olive Branch, Hannon, Buenos
Ayres ; Benin, Snow, Benin (80 days).
LEITH, MARCH 7.—Skl. Duncan, Grenada.
SUNDERLAND, MARCH ,7.—Ski. Lumley, St. John's, New
Brunswick.
FALMOUTH, MARCH B.—Wind S., moderate—Sid. Crane
packet, Brazils.
NEWPORT, MARCH B.—Sid. Maddison and Carl Justus,
Philadelphia; Falcon, Havannah; Pandora, Bermuda.
BIDEFORD, MARCH 6.—Sld. Wellington, Cape Coast.
PILL, MAncii 7.—Sld. Miramiohi, St. John's, New
Brunswick.

TILE NEW HISTORICAL ROMAMCE, " WHITEFRIARS."
—We are requested to state that Mr. Colburn, of Great Marl-
borough-street, has this day published a Third Edition of
" Whitefriars ; or, the Days of Charles the Second," in three
vols., which can now be had at all the Libraries. Mr. Col-
burn has also just published the following new works of
fiction :-1. Chatsworth ; or, the Romance of a Week.
Edited by the author of "Tremaine" and " De Vere," 3 vols.
2. The Secret Passion, by the Author of" Shakspeare and
his Friends," &c., 3 vols. 3. The Brothers, by the Author of
" Oliver Cromwell," &c., 3 vols. 4. Jessie Phillips, a Tale,
by Mrs. Trollope, Second Edition, complete in 1 vol., with
numerous illustrations by Leech, 12s. bound ; and, 5, Windsor
Castle, an Historical Romance, bythe Author of" The Tower
of London," &c., complete in 1 vol., with 110 Illustrations by
George Crikshank, &c., 14s. bound.
PRISON DISCIPLINE.—StoIzer, who was capitally
convicted at the Central Criminal Court last October, and
sent to the Millbank Penitentiary when reprieved, has be-
come insane,_ and has been sent to the criminal wing of
Bethlehem biosPital•

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH g, 1844.

CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIs DAY.)

(Before the RECORDER.)
THE QUEEN v. HODT.—Judgment having been prayed
upon the defendant this session, he was ordered to appear
in Court this morning, for the purpose of receiving it. The
defendant is at present a prisoner in the Queen's
Prison, under a sentence recently passed upon him in the
Court of Queen's Bench, for a libel upon the Duke of Brims-
wick. He was now brought up, in custody, from that
Prison,.and placed at the traverser's bar of this Court.
Holt had been found guilty on Monday last, at these ses-
sions, on an indictment preferred against him for a libel
upon Lord William Paget. The libellous matter complained
of had reference to the recent Paget and Cardigan
affair, and asserted that the prosecutor in that case had made
" a plant " upon Lord Cardigan for the purpose of extorting
money from him—in other words that he was guilty of the
two-fold crimes of conniving at his own and his wife's dis-
honour, and of trying by these unmanly means to obtain a
sum of money from the Noble Earl by way of compromise.
After an ineffectual effort on the part of the defendant to
have judgment deferred until next session, the Learned Re-
corder sentenced him to be imprisoned for four calendar
months in the gaol of Newgate—such sentence to date and
to commence from the period at which his present sentence of
twelve months in the Queen's Prison shall have expired.
The defendant was then removed in custody.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE

UNION HALL.-(THIS DAY.)
Richard Day, an architect, was charged under the sub-
joined circumstances :
On the preceding night, at a late hour, the prisoner was
.
seen in Blackfriars-road the company of a woman, who was
in a helpless state of intoxication. He was observed to take
a cardinal cape off her shoulders, and, when questioned on
the subject, he pretended to be acquainted with the female, and
said that he was helping her home. It turned out,
however, that he was quite a stranger to her, and threatened
that if he had a knife he would rip up the policeman's guts.
He was taken to the station-house. When brought before
the Magistrate he gave a very vague account of himself,
said that he was a married man, and that his wife being ab-
sent he was going to take the drunken woman to his house
for protection.
Mr. COTTINGIIAM said that instead of inflicting a fine on
the defendant he should commit him for seven days to the
House of Correction, and that when he came out he must find
bail for his good behaviour.

CLERKENWELL-(THIS DAY.)
A man named Jones, was charged with an assault of a very
violent and unprovoked character, on the person of Mr. Night-
ingale, a lodging-house keeper, in Saffron-lull.
Mr. Nightingale was sitting quietly in his parlour on the
previous night, when he heard a great noise in front of the
house ; he ran out, but had not advanced more than a few
paces into his own passage, when he was met by the prisoner,
who struck him a violent blow on the face. He had never
seen the prisoner before, and had not given him the least
provocation. His face was greatly swollen from the blow.
He cried out "police," and a constable came to his assistance.
The prisoner was in liquor.
Police-constable Ware confirmed Mr. Nightingale's testi-
mony, and added that the prisoner's language, when in cus-
tody, was of a most violent and disgusting character.
Waddington, the jailor, said the prisoner was a costar-
monger, and a fellow of very bad character.
Mr. GREENWOOD said the assault was violent, and altoge-
ther unprovoked: - .He would fine the prisoner 30s.
Prisoner—l have not a farthing.
Mr. GREENwoon—Then you must go to the House of
Correction for a month.

QUEEN-SQUARE.-(THIS DAY.)
Wm. Coltinan, sen., and Wm. Coltman, jun., were charged.
before Mr. Bond 'with assaulting Mr. Lucy, a tradesman re-
siding in Bermondsey, under the following circumstances
The complainant stated that he was passing along Mil-
bank yesterday, when he observed some boys washing a cart
in the river, and swearing because they could not get it out
of a hole. He remonstrated with them on the impropriety
of their conduct, and, in return, they asked him what busi-
ness it was of his to meddle with them? The younger de-
fendant threw a large stone at him, which struck him on the
arm, and caused him considerable pain. Shortly afterwards
the boy's father came up, and struck him on the head.
The younger defendant stated that the complainant struck
him first. His father said he did not strike the complainant.
Fined 30s. each.
Polly Smith, a prostitute, was charged by. John Dixon, a
ragged individual, whose professional pursuit appeared to be
that of a dustman.

He stated, in a voluminous and classical address to the-
Magistrate, occasionally raising his arms aloft, after the man-
ner of Othello, that a few days ago he received the sum of 5/.,
a portion of which he determined to devote to conviviality,
and the remainder, which he limited to Si. 155., he purposed
devoting to the purchase of a horse, being convinced that
for that sum he could procure a **" hanimal" suitable to be
the companion of his perambulations for dust. On Thursday
night he met the defendant, whom he had known for many
years as a respectable woman, but who has been several times
charged at this office with offences of a similar nature to the
one we are now detailing. He accompanied her to her
" apartments," and remained with her feasting on roast pork,
for which he appeared to have a passion, and drinking, until
his 5/. was reduced to U. 155., which he charged the de-
fendant with -stealing from his coat pocket. He admitted
that he was drunk, or nearly so, at the time, and the Magis-
trate dismissed the case, telling the defendant to be careful in
her conduct for the future.

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

COVENT-GADLN.

Notwithstanding we had a large time-of-year supply of
vegetables the demand was steady, at last week's prices.
Both English and Foreign Fruit were in good supply,
and sluggish inquiry, at late rates. Potatoes, from
2s 6d to 4s 6d per cwt ; Young Onions, 2s 3d
to 4s 9d; Coleworts or Greens, 2s 3d to 4s; Turnips, is 9d
to 2s 9d; Carrots, 4s to 5s 6d; and Leeks, 8d to Is 2d
per dozen bunches ; old Onions, is 9d to 2s 3d ; Spinach,
is 9d to 2s 3d; Apples, is 3d to 4s; Pears, 6s to 12s;
and Brocoli sprouts, is 6d to 2s 3d per half sieve ; Asparagus,
as to 8s ; French Beans, 2s 6d to 4d ; Oranges, 63 to 148; ant
Lemons, 6s to 123 per 100.
NEVTGATE AND LEA.DENNALL.
The supply of both game and poultry was rather extensive,
owing to which, the trade was heavy, at barely late rates.
Fowls, from is 6d to 4s ; Chickens, Is 3d to 2s 3d; Ducks,
is 3d to 2s 4d ; Geese, 4s to 6s ; Pigeons, 4d to 10d ; Tur-
keys, 4s to 9s 6d ,• Rabbits, 6d to is 6d ; Hares, is 6d
to 2s 9d; Partridges, -ls to 2s; Pheasants, 2s 6d to 4s;
Wild •Ducks, is 6d to" 2s-; Teal, 9d to is 6d; Widgeons, is
to is 9d; Snipes, 6d to Is ; Woodcocks, 2s to 3s 3d; Plovers,
3d to 6d, each; and Larks, is 3d to is 6d. per dozen.
The market was rather scantily supplied with each kind of
meat, the demand for which was firm, on the following
terms :—Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 4d ; Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s 8d ;
Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 8d; and Pork, 2s 4d to 4s 4d per albs
by the carcase.

WitZTECIEAPEL.
We had a steady trade at full prices :—Beef from 2s 4d
o3s 4d; Mutton, 2s 8d to 3s 8d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 8d;
and Pork, 2s 6d to 4s 2d per Blbs.
NEWPORT.
We had only a moderate supply of Meat, while the trade
ruled dull.