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• IRELAN
NATIONAL .EDI.7C,
DUBLIN, HARM 20.—The Duhlin. r,-rermaisgy uto
afternoon, says—" We have an appalling conuninuargg
make to our readers and to the country—one resting upon
such authority, that its truth admits of neither question nor
doubt."
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This "appalling" statement is thus given, in the form of a
letter " from a. private correspondent :
" LONDON, MONDAY.—You may rest assured that the Pre-
mier himself has • addressed a letter.' to the Irish Executive'
upon the subject of national education, in which he distinctly
declares that no future patronage is to be bestowed on clergy-
men of the Established Church in Ireland, who not only are
not inimical to the system of national education, but who
will not undertake .to place all schools, in the parishes or
dioceses in which they may be promoted, under the imme-
diate management 'of Dr. lkfurray's Ilhard." •
"This (observes the Evening .21fai1)' may be considered in
the nature of a bribe. Or a threat, affecting he Protestant
clergy,ind with a:view ofcarrying out both the nuire effectually,
oureorrespondent adds that. Sir Robert Peel intimates an in-
tention of appointing English dergyinen (Puseyitus, we sup-
pose) to benefices.or bishoprics, as either may become vacant,
should the clergy in Ireland continue contumacioue • •
The Evening Mail, in its capacity of organ of -the Orange
Church party,-Is in a perfect' paroxysm of rage atth!s intel-
ligence, and threatens to turn out Sir R. Peel, by a com-
bination of the Irish Tory Members in the House of Com-
mons, aided by a formidable agitation amonst the,Tory clergy
of the Establishment in Ireland! The defeat of Ministers on
Lord Ashley's amendment, on Monday night, is relied upon .
as affording ground for hope that the feel. Ministry can easily
be dislodged.
IMPRISONMENT OF MR. O'CONNELL—" NATIONAL

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HUMILIATION AND 1711A.YER."-
The deepest anxiety has been Ogiressed furious and dis-
tant gnarters of the country, that some very marked and de-
cided mode- of exhibiting the sympathy of the Irish people
should be adopted, in the event of the incarceration of Mr.
O'-Connell.` 'No decision has been made-as to the course to be
adopteddeut-itha.s-heen.proposed:that Whit-Monday, the 27th
of May, should be fixed upon as a day of general prayer and
humiliation ; that the people should on that day assemble in
their places of worship, to implore the proteotion of. Heaven
for this country, and the removal of the evils that afflict her.
It has been also suggested that the Liberals and Roman Ca-
tholics throughout Christendom should be invited to partici-
pate in this °bled. It said' the adoption of this project
only xequireethe sanction of particular authorities, without
whose approval no step would be taken.

FIRE , AT LIVERPOOL.
(Ahridged from Gore's General Advertiser.)
On Wednesday. morning a fire was discovered in the back
part of the house Occupied by Mr. Robert Clay, chemist and
druggist, situated at the upper end of Bold-.street, Liverpool,
on the right-hand side. There were only• three persons
steeping on the premises, namely, Mr. Keane, Mr. Smith, an
assistant in the shop, and a servant maid. Mr. Clay resides
at Drerton, and knew nothing of the catastrophe for an hour
or two after it had taken place. The discovery of the fire
seems to have been made by Mr. Keane, 'Sir:, Smith, and
servant almost at the same time; for Mr. Keane, hearing a
noise, and finding his bed-room filled• with smoke, rushed
down- stairs, and found Mr. Smith On the staircase endea-
vouring to effect his escape. The lower, part of the premises
was so densely,filled with smoke and flume, that Mr. Keane
became dreadfully alarmed, and returned up stairs to the
two-pair front room, where he was speedily joined by the
servant maid. Just at this time some gentlemen, who lodged
in a house nearly opposite, were taking some refreshment,
after having returned from a ball, and hearing the alarm
they ran into the street, as did also a young man in the em-
ploy of Mrs. Brown, a milliner, next door. While they were
standing opposite Mr. Clay's premises, Mr. Keane and the
servant were observed at the window, Mr. Keane endeavour-
ing to prevent her from jumping out. She succeeded, after a
struggle, in releasing herself, and the moment she was free
she jumped into the street, a height of between 30 and 40
feet. One Of the gentlemen opposite, a Mr. Todd, seeing the
frightful descent, endeavoured to catch her, and succeeded in
laying hold of her arm, by which means he broke her fall,
otherwise her brains would, in all probability, hive been
dashed out. Her arm was found to be severely burned, and
she was otherwise so seriously injured, that at first her life was
despaired of. She was immediately removed to the house in
which Mr. Todd lodges, where she lay for several hours in a
delirious state, but at the expiration of that time she rallied,
Considerably, and was taken to the infirmary, where she re-
mains at present. Mr. Keane, almost immediately, followed
her rash example, by jumping out of the window upon the
cluster of gentlemen who were standing round the girl at the
time. He fell upon one of them—the young man from Mrs.
Brown's establishment, whom he pressed to the ground, and
who was considerably contused, though not to any very
serious extent, by the fall and pressure. :Mr. Keane himself
was dreadfully injured, to -such an extent indeed that his
life at first was considered in great jeopardy. He
was also removed to Mr. Todd's lodgings, where he was
placed in a separate bed, and where he continued for sonic
hours in such an excited state that it was deemed advisable
not to ask him any questions, or to allow any others but the
medical men near him. As the day advanced he became
calmer, and, to all appearance, out of danger. The greatest
possible care was taken of the patients ty-the inmates of the
house. With respect to the fire, we have only' to say that
the ravages were wholly confined to the manufacturing part
of the premises, to the staircase, and also to the front and
rear of the second or upper floor, and that neither the draw-
ing-room nor the shop, which, perhaps, was one of the hand-
somest druggist's shops in the town, has been burned. How
the fire originated is involved in mystery. Damage to the
house and property to the extent of 1,0001. or 1,2001. was ef-
fected; but we are happy to learn that no pecuniary loss will
fall upon Mr. Clay, as he was insured. There was a steam-
engine of five -horse power on the premises, upon which the
flames took little or no effect. It was supposed for a long
while that Smith was buried in the ruins ; and when the
smoke had in some degree cleared away, Mr. Dowling or-
dered some of the men to ascend the staircase, for the pur-
pose
of ascertaining his fate. While they were engaged in
this manner, tidings were brought that the young man had
effected his escape at an early period of the conflagration,
and that he had fled to the house of his uncle, in Preesen's-
row, in a state of alarm scarcely to be imagined. lie was
uninjured.

ANOTHER ESCAPE FROM NOT-
TINGHAM GAOL.

Norm:colt:km, MAncit 20.—Considerable astonishment has
been excited, and perhaps not without reason, by the circum-
stance of another convict (Thomas Shelton, under a sentence
of transportation for life) having escaped from the Notting-
ham county gaol. It will be recollected that no longer since
than last New-year's eve six burglars broke prison, after
making a murderous attack upon the turnkeys, one of whom
was so dreadfully beaten as to render it for_ some time a matter
of doubt whether he would survive or not. It would have
been supposed that every possible precaution would be taken
to prevent the recurrence of so serious a calamity as the let-
ting loose of such characters upon the community. This
certainly may have been done, but it is equally certain that,
at about half-past four o'clock, the prisoner Shelton, who is
60years of age, contrived to elude the vigilance of his keepers,
and to get clear away. He had been tried on the Saturday
previous for stealing a wether sheep, the property of Mr. W.
Bramley, of Arnold, near Nottingham, and convicted upon
the cleasest evidence. Two former convictions were proved,
for one of which he had been transported for seven years.
He had been for two or three weeks before the assizes in the
hospital ; and it appears that on Tuesday night the door was
by some means left open. There was a turnkey sleeping with
him in the same cell, but the prisoner managed to get out ofthe
apartment without waking him, and to let himself over the
wall with the assistance of a clothes'-line into the Unitarian
Chapel-yard adjoining. The prisoner had on at the time of
his escape the usual party-coloured dress worn by convicts.
He had, however, stolen a small frock, the property of one of
the debtors, for the purpose of concealm:nt. A. pair of trou-
sers belonging to the prisoner was found- in the chapel-yard ;
and it is said that he went to his house at. Arnold for a fresh
pair of trousers. Information has been given to the police,
who are making every exertion to effect his recapture.
Two O'CLOCIL—The prisoner has just been brought to
town in custody, and once more lodged in gaol. He was ar-
rested by the county police in Sansom-wood, near Mansfield,
which is about 14 miles from Nottingham.

THE CONFECTIONERY TRADE.
On Thursday .a numerous meeting ofthejonrneymen confec-
tioners who are engaged in the manufacture of hard confec-
tionary, was held in the large room oLthe Jacob's Well, Bar-
liken, for the purpose of memorialising the. 4ight. Hon. W.
E. Gladstone, President of the Board of Trade, relative to
the importation of confectionary from Halifax, Nova Scotia,
at the .nominal duty of one penny per pound ; Mr. John
Smith in the chair:

From the statements of the various speakers, Messrs. Hol-
loway, Hodges, Taylor,Paliner, and-others, it appeared that
the amount of duty paid by the wholesale hard confectioners
of the United Kingdom, for sugar used in the trade, is about
2,000,0001. annually ; and in this department alone, the enor-
mous quantity of from three to four thousand tons of sugar
are used in the metropolis. As only refined sugar can be
used in the trade, cost price to the manufacturer is 848. per
cwt. In 1842, a very extensive trade was carried on by
some parties in the Channel Islands, and as a very consi-
derable drawback was allowed, and the sugar re-imported
into England at a nominal duty, immense quantities were
solely imported for the uses of distillers, capillaire-makers,
and coffee-house-keepers, and it was bringing total ruin on
the journeymen confectioners. This led them to memo-
rialise the Earl of Ripon, the then President of the Board of
Trade, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer ; and upon an
interview, both the Noble President of the Board of Trade
and the Chancellor of the Exchequer acceded to tie wishes of
the journeymen, and upon the tariff coming into a law, the
ex portation .of confectionery was prohibited.. The result was,
the whole of the men got into fufi employ. The large profits,
coupled with the impossibility.of competing with the foreign
trade, caused, at a subsequent period, some factories to be
established at Heligoland, and from here the articles were
imported, at a nominal duty of one penny per pound, as
being the. production of a British possession, but this system
was exposed by the, journeymen to the present President of
the Board of Th.de, when that was stopped by an order in
Council. Sinecthan the manufacturer has directed his atten-
tion to Halifax, and as sugar superior in quality can there be
purchased for 305., for which the home manufacturers are
paying 845., and the goods in their manufactured state can
be brought over at a freightage of from 2/. to 31. per ton, it
prevents the possibility of a competition—for the. Ifalifax
lozenge is offered at I Id: per lb., after all expenses are paid,
which cannot be manufactured at home under 2s. or 2s. 2d.
per lb. ; and as sugar is not the produce of Halifax, the trade
cedisiderthat it is one of the prohibitory articles under the
new tariff, and unless British industry is protected, the result
to them will be disastrous in the extreme.
A memorial setting forth the aboe facts, coupled with the
ruin which would fall on the journeymen in general through-
out England and Scotland, was then agreed to, and the meet-
ing separated.

CHURCID.RATES.—On Thursday, at the Greenwich
Police-court, Mr. Jarman, one of the collectors of the church-
rates for the parish of Greenwich, applied to Mr. Traill, and
obtained his signature to orders to pay church-rates, which
had been refused to be paid by a great number of Dissenters
and others. By this proceeding, it is evident; after the dif-
ferent discussions on the subject, that the churchwardens in-
tend to enforce the rates by distress warrants, and not to
carry the matter into an ecclesiastical court.
On Thursday afternoon, a fine female infant, about
three weeks old,' was discovered lying on the steps of No.
1, St.. Agnes-terrace„ Bayswater-road. It had been left, no
doubt, on the step by a female poorly clad,. who. had been
seen near the house. The child was taken to Hammersmith
union.
LANDING PIER AT VAuxuallenßii)Gx.—On Thurs-
day a special_ general meeting of proprietors was 'held at the
George and Vulture, Cornhill, Mr. Barron 'in the chair, to
consider and -decide upon the propriety of constructing a
landing-pier at Vauxhall-bridge, for passengers by steam •
boats. The matter having been referred to the Directors,
the Secretary read their Report thereon. The Directors were
unanimously in favour of the project, which would prove not
only beneficial to the shareholders, but also extreinelyadvia-
tageous to the inhabitants on either''side of the bridge.. The
construction ofitha_pior...wenirl cost 900 i,
'Why is a bill-sticker like a gambler P—Bece,use
he does nothing but placartla (play cards).—firsich.

• - Now ready, at 1,11 the Libraries, in 3 vols.,
H A T SWORTH;
OR, THE ROMANCE OF A WEEK.
Edited by R. PLUMER WARD, Esq.
Author of " Tremaine," " De Vere," &c.
" Evert pale will read ' Chatsworth,' for it is a work so novel in
its design; so excellent in its general execution, as to be certain to
make an impression upon the public mind."—Court Journal.
Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

and of the dilatoriness in the other, is easily
accounted for. Those who live at the West-
end are all respectable folks—members of the
thriving family of the Somebodies, consequently
their wishes and interests must be treated
with respect; those, on the contrary, who vegetate at
the East-end are poor, helpless, vulgar operatives and
tradesmen—mere Nobodies—consequently, they can
afford to wait—indeed it is their duty to wait,
patiently, submissively, and thankfully, until it suits
the leisure and inclination of the official authorities to
pay attention to their wants. We allude to these cir-
cumstances in no invidious or carping spirit, but sim-
ply because we feel it our duty to take every opportunity
of urging the claims of the poor and defenceless,
which -we cannot but know are never too diligently
attended to even at the best of times ; and because
also we feel, in the present case, that the formation
of a " Victoria Park" is an absolute necessity in the
close, pent-up, ' neighbourhood of the East-end of
London, while the embellishment of Trafalgar-square
is a mere matter of taste and luxury, whose only
recommendation is, that it is pleasing in the eyes of
those who reside at the West-end.

Published This Day, Bvo., 4s. sewed.
AN INQUIRY into the CURRENCY PRIN-
CIPLE; the Connection of Currency with Prices, and the
Expediency of a Separation of Issue from Banking.
By THOMAS. TOOKE, Esq., F.R.S.
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman';
Of whom may be had, by the same Author, 3 vols., Bvo., 21. 85.,
A HISTORY of PRICES from 1792 to the present time.

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
THIS EVENING there will be NO PERFORMANCE, it having
been deemed emends' to have a Night Rehearsal of the Opera of
THE FAVOR! I'E, in order to afford M. uUPREZ every oppor-
tunity of sustaining the high reputation he has obtained in the Cha-
racter of FERDINAND.
MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 25,
Will be performed Donizetti's celebrated Opera, entitled THE
FAVORITE. Balthazar, Mr. Berrani ; Ferdinand, M. Duprez ;
Leonora, Miss Romer.
After which,
Will be repeated Albert's celebrated Ballet of THE BEAUTY
OF GHEN F. Marquis de San Lucar, M. Albert ; Benedict, M.
130guet Vestris; Beatrix, Mdlle. Fleury ; Agnes, Mdlle. Clara
Webster; Julia, Madame Petit Stephan ; Diana, Mdlle. O'Bryan.
Dress Boxes 75., Second Price 3s. 6d. ; Upper Circles of Boxes 56.,
S coed Price 3s. ; Pit 3s , Second Price 25.; Middle Gallery 25.,
S:oond Price Is.; Upper Gallery Is., Second Price 6d.
THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
MK. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LESSEE.
THIS EVENING, MARCH 23,
Will he repeated Shakspeare's Comedy. of The TAMING OF THE
SHREW. Petrucio, Mr. Webster; Orumio, Mr. Buckstone ;
Katharina, Mrs. Nisbett.
Atter the Comedy, Mr. JOHN PARRY will give his Operatic
Scene, Norma."
To conclude with JOSEPHINE.
Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, ss. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, 25.; Ppper
Gallery, Is. Half. price—Boxes,
_3B. ; 25.; Gallery, Is. • Upper
Gallery, 6d. Doors opened at Half-past Six, and the Perfoimances
commence at Seven.
Tickets and Places to be had of Sir L T. Archer, at the Box-
office, from Ten till Five.

An interesting and affecting case was heard at the
Queen-square Police-office, on Thursday. A Miss
ELIZABETH BURTON, seventy-nine years of age,
was charged with begging, when it appeared, to quote
the language of the Reporter, "that in the exercise
of their vocation as mendicants, she and her sister
were frequently apprehended, but' whether in the
streets of the metropolis, or within the walls
of a prison, they had always been insepa-
rable, until Thursday morning, when for
the first time the prisoner was found begging'
alone." The Magistrate having asked her what had
become of her sister, the following was her simple
and touching answer—" Oh, Sir, she's lying very ill
at home, dying! I was really obliged to go out and
beg this time to get the poor creature something. I
am sure I shall never live after she is gone." Greatly
to the credit of his good sense and humanity, the Ma-
gistrate, on hearing this artless statement, not only
dismissed the prisoner, but gave her some money, ob-
serving that "he could not think of separating the
sisters under such circumstances." We have alluded
to this circumstance, because it affords another
striking illustration of that inherent kindliness and
generosity of nature which is found not merely
among the poor, but the hopelessly destitute,
far oftener than your wealthy and respectable
folks imagine. It is easy to talk of the recklessness
and depravity of spirit which poverty engenders, by
way of justifying the indifference of the rich
towards the poor; but here we find—and we
have read lately of many similar cases the
warmest, purest, and noblest feelings of the human
heart surviving even in the midst of hopeless, squalid,
destitution ; and this, too, at an advanced period of
life, when callous selfishness, egotism, and indiffer-
ence too often gain the ascendant in the breasts both
of men and women, to the utter exclusion of every
healthy and generous emotion.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFOR D.STREka.
LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX.
THIS EVENING, MARCH 23,
Will be performed an English versim of OTHELLO. Othello,
Mr. Allen ; Elmiro, Mr. Weiss; Roderigo, Mr. Gardner; Lig°,
Mr. Burdini; Desdemona, Madame Eugenia Garcia; Emilia, Miss
E. houner.
To which will be added GONE TO TEXAS, in which Mr. and
NTS. Keely willperfonn.
To conclude with a Ncw Grand Ballet, entitled LEOLA; or, the
Mayday Bride. Patr cis, Mc. Chicheiey; Phelim, Mr. Gilbert ;
Rhona, Miss Charleton ; Leola, Miss Bailin.

THEATRE ROYAL. ADELPHI.
THIS EVENING, MARCH '23,
Wilt be performed a Me,o.drama, called HENRIETTE, THE
FORSAKEN. Principal Characters by Messrs. Lyon. 0. Smith,
Maynard, Forman, and Wright, Mrs. Yates, Miss Woolgar, and
Miss Chaplin.
To be followed by ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA MARRIED
AND SETTLED. Antony, Mr. Wright; Cleopatra, Miss Woolgar.
To conclude with, by permission of Charles Dickens, Esq., THE
CHRISTMAS CAROL. Principal Characters—Messrs. 0. Smith,
Wright, Lyon, Maynard, Forman, Miss Woolgar. Mrs. F. Pilathewit,
Miss Chaplin, and Miss Lee.
Boxes. 4s. ; Pit, Ss. ; Gallery. is ; Second price at Nine. Doors
open at Half-past Six, commence at Seven o'Clock.

DAtrIDOE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
THIS EVENING, MARCH 23,
NOR be performed a New Drama, entitled THE LAST SHIL-
LING, supported by all,the Company.
After which, a Favourite Interlude.
To conclude with ABELARD AND HELOISE, revived with
New Scenery and Dresses.
Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box-
office. from Eleven to Four.

THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, MARCH 22.
THERMOMETER, Lowest, 33 ; Highest, 46 ; Noon, 46.
BAROMETER, 29.8 —Wnin, S.S W.

NOTE .—Tho number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the
freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is
usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29.

liIGII WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE T 1413 DAY.
'Morning •• 19 minutes atkr 4 I Evening .. 34 minutes aster

Madrid papers of the 14th have been received, but
they furnish no fresh intelligence, or any later
accounts from Carthagena, than those published
yesterday.
The Three per, Cents. were done at 32 11-16 for
cash, and at 33i at 60 days ; and the Five per Cents.
at 23 5-16 at 60 days.

The division in the French Chamber of Deputies
on the Secret Service Money Bill, which took place
on Tuesday, is much more favourable to the Ministry
than was anticipated. Towards the close of the
debate M. DE LASTEYRIE moved an amendment to
reduce the grant to 950,000 f., which was put to the
vote and immediately rejected. The main question
was then put that the sum of 1,000,000 f. be voted for
the Secret Service, when, on a scrutiny being taken,
there were—
For the grant .. 225
Against it
Majority for Ministers —s6
This is the most decisive vote of the session, be-
cause the amendment was brought forward by the
Opposition as a " vote of want of confidence" and ac-
cepted in these terms by the Ministry. The result has
excited much rejoicing among the friends of the Ca-
binet. The Opposition journals deplore the event,
and evidently regard it as the last trial of
strength for the session. This debate, which lasted
two days, possesses considerable interest from the al-
most unanimous feeling. displayed by the Chamber
against the encroaching and rebellious spirit of the
Bishops and clergy. None but the Carlists had
a word to.say for them, and a very general opinion
therefore, prevails that the pilgrimage to London and
the attack on the University were concocted by these
advocates of bigotry and despotism. M. D uriii fortu-
nately was in a good humour on the occasion, and made
an excellent speech against the rebellious ecclesiastics.
It was received with shouts of approbation by the
Chamber. We rejoice in such a demonstration, be-
cause it shows that the French people take a rational
view of the subject, and are determined to support
the Government and the legal institutions of the
country against encroachments of the Jesuits. The
following is a brief outline of M. Durix's speech :
" lie would assert that a factious, nay almost, insurrec-
tional movement had of late been manifested in the clergy.
The public mind was, his would not say alarmed, but cer-
tainly disquieted by the conduct of that body. This move-
ment was particularly manifested by a kind of crusade
against the University. If the clergy thought tit to
object to anything connected with that establishment,
why did they not express their opinion moderately
and charitably 2 Firmness and genius ought to be ex-
pected from the mouth of a Bossuet ; charity should
be expressed in the language habitual to Fenelon ; and
plain good sense should always be seen whenever a priest de-
' livered his opinion.—(Approbation.) It was the unexampled
violence of the priesthood that he condemned, and it was
on it that he called the judgment of the public. The
, Archbishop of Lyons, occupying one of the first sees of France,
I and calling himself Primate, had adopted in this contest
r a measure known to:them all ; he had thought fit to adopt

the extraordinary means formerly employed as a threat
against men and even kings, but never against chil-
dren.—(Hear, hear.) What could be more improper
than the collective complaint of the Bishops? The right
of petition might be exercised collectively, but never
by public functionaries, and there were cases where the
elevation of a man's position greatly aggravated the dan-
ger which was likely to accrue from his acts, and where any
improper conduct was doubly reprehensible. He would add,
that the publication of the Bishop's protest was not only con-
trary to the Concordat of year X., but even to the canons of
the Church. Another very serious proof of the spirit which
actuated the clergy might be seen in the conduct of the
Bishop of Chalons towards the Abbe Combalot. That eccle-
siastic had been condemned for a libellous publication, and
the Bishop, already himself under the weight of a censure
from the higher authorities, thought fit to write him a letter,
condoling with him on his condemnation, and praising
M. Combalot's condllct in giving a noble example of resist •
once to the conduct of the University—the declared enemy
of the principles of the Church ! All that was wanting
to make this farce complete, was to find AL Combalot
writing back to the Bishop to congratulate him on the con-
demnation pronounced against him by the Council of State.
He (M. Dupin) appealed to the country, and demanded if
such conduct was to be tolerated. He declared that the
Bishop had committed a most rave offence, and he main-
tained that he. ought to be punished for it most severely.—
(Hear.) He would ask the Chamber whether it approved of
such acts on the part of the Bishops--whether there was any
one in France who could believe that the servants of a con-
stitutional Governinent could be in a humour to allow them-
selves thus to be braved in the name of a religion which
prescribed obedience to the constituted authorities ?—(Ap-
probation.) The clergy must well know that they had no
longer a peculiar . privilege, and that if priests committed
offences they might, like other citizens, be prosecuted before
the ordinary tribunals of the country. When, however,
no crime had been committed, where there were only repre-
hensible acts to take notice of, it was for the fimctionary
invested with the surveillance of the clergy to take cogni-
zance of it. Discipline was necessary in all 'hierarchies.
What would be said of a military body, if they
were to concert together to praise a soldier who had just been
censured for some fault in an order of the day—(Move-
ment)—or of an advocate who should congratulate a brother
barrister for having incurred the censure of the council of
their order? The law furnished arms for the repression of
faults,e and, wcofearittshheetytthheeemsy-en without arms, were there not
mi gleastlaftoorrsthteo them? He ehcilLderntoot rpearprsooaed,ch
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not acted with impatience; but, for the time to come, let
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clergy, the government mustmnLetthe
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the clergy be made aware that livede under a constitu-
tional Government—under one of they
would not tolerate the practice of confessors. Governments who
had been always protected, and more since 1830
The clergy
thanTnder
the Restoration and the Empire. Let them obtain
pre-
serve the respect and consideration to which they werean enti-
tled, but he, at the same time, conjured the Government to
be inexorable towards their eccentricities.—(Acclamations.
THE BOURSE—WEDNESDAY, M&acu 20.
First Highest Lowest
Price. Price. Price.
French- F ive pereents. div 122 15 122 25 . • 122 10
Four per Cents. exdiv 105 50 .. 105 50 • • 105 50
Three per Cents••• • • 83 40 • • 83 40 • • 82 25
Bank of France. •.• • • • • • 3207 50 • . 3207 50 -3200
Laftitte Bank, I,ooof. Sharcsllls .. 1115 1115
5,000 f. 6haressloo -5100 ..5100
Belgian Bank •
1841.... • • • .1.080 -1080
.-1080
Belgian FifPl, 1840........ 100 .. 1081 . 10A1
• 1842
Spanish Active • g3i „ 33i .. 331
Threes
Portuguese Five per Cents 471 • • 474 • • 471
Neapolitan • •• 102 65 .. 102 65 102 60
Roman
RAILWAY SHARES.
Versailles, R. 8.• • •• • • • • •• • • 387 50 • • 387 50 .. 387 50
L.B. •
ROllOll ..... . . ...... • • • 910 • • 910 .. 910
Rouen to Havre
Orleans
..•••• • • • • 897 50 • • 896 75 .. 697 50
Strasburg to Bale • .
Avignon to. Marseilles....• 770 .. 772 50 770
RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT.
Versailles, R.8.............387 50 • • 387 50 .. 347 50
L. 8.• •••••• • • • • • 180 •• 180 •• 177 50
910 . 915 .. 910
Rouen to Havre. •
Orleans • • •
Strasburg toPle•• •• •• 247 80 .. 248 75 247 bp

Last
Price.
122 25
10510
83 25
3200

5100
660
1080

. 102-65

387 50
177 50
910
685
898 75
247 50
772 50

• 387 50
• 177 50
• 915
• 686 25
• 202 50
• 24$ 75

E SUN, LONDON, B.ATURDAY Al-,0AN,1 NG, MARCH 2a, 1844.

. . , _
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MONEY AND COMME ItCIAL NEWS IiAMBURGH MAIL.
CiTY, kRID.II.If EVENING. I kItiNKFORT, kiicii id:—Tine dOcnififtg from Greece '
Consols did not close quite so good this afternoon, are melancholy ; to ,be brief, persons who in geneidl
being 984 to 4; but the flatness, no doubt, was merely judge correctly, expect to see KinglOtho shortly in Ger-
temporary. The Unfunded Debt continued firm. New 1 many. The ohief point in question is said to be, whether
Three-and-a-Half per Cents. brought 1024 to 4; and his brother will think fit to accept the Throne of Greece.
India Stock advanced again to 292 to 2934. SWEDEN AND NORWAY.
There was a rise again in Mexican Deferred, which STOCKHOLM, MARCH 12.—0 n Saturday, at 9 o'clock
were called 15 to 4. Brazil Bonds left off at 82i. Spa- in the forenoon, the heralds, accompanied by a detach-
Dish Actives were 25, the Passives 64, and the Three per meat of the Horse-guards, read, in the principal market-
Cents. 35i. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. realised place of the city, the following proclamation:—
57ito 574. • " We, Oscar, by the grace of God, King of Norway
The additional bargains in Railway Shares were at and Sweden, and'of the Goths and Vandals, announce
these rates:—Bristol and Gloucester 145, Edinburgh and by these presents :—lt having •pleased the Almighty,
Glasgow 134, Great Western Half 20, Harrowgate and yesterday afternoon, at half-past 3 o'clock, to call away,
Knaresborough ito 4, Lancaster and Carlisle 24, South- by a tranquil and happy death, his Majesty Charles
Western 414, Midland Counties Quarter 7/4, Paris and John XIV., King of Sweden and Norway, and of the
Rouen 151, South-Eastern Scrip 114, and York and Goths and Vandals, we have, therefore, by virtue of
North Midland Scarborough Branch 18 premium. North the Constitution, entered on the government of the
Midland 9, and South-Eastern 134 discount. Union kingdom, as King of Norway, Sweden, &c., andwe are
Bank of Australia Shares were 4 premium. assured that all the inhabitants of the kingdom will,
The rate of exchange on Faris and Hamburgh was with all loyalty, obedience; and zeal, obey us as their
rather lower this afternoon; but Amsterdam, Frank- rightful King, and faithfully perform all their, duties as
fort, and Trieste much the same. subjects. " OSCAR.
(From The Sun of Last Night.) " Palace at Stockholm, 9th March, 1844."
The Cotton Market at Liverpool was steady yesterday; After the reading was finished, the people loudly cried
sales 4590 bales, of which speculators and exporters each " God save the King." At two o'clock in the afternoon
took aboUt 300: Prices were id. per lb. lower than before the garrison assembled in front of the palace, and the
the Hibernia arrived. The sales comprised 500 bales Surat, King, with the Duke of Upland, appeared on horseback.
at M. to 44d. •, 150 Bahia, at 6%d. to 61d. ; 150 Maraham, The King took from each regiment the oath of fidelity.
at 6d. to 61d.; 200 Egyptian, at 74. to 71d, and the rest
He addressed the .soldiers, who loudly cheered him.
American, at .51d. to 61d. per lb. Shares were dull, ex-
Wherever his Majesty appeared, he was received by the
cept French, which improved. Birmingham and Gloucester
were 854 ; Chester and Birkenhead, 6/ Eastern people with the most unequivocal marks of affection and
Birminghamlla reatWQesutae erandCartlen,leis; attachment. The marine has also taken the oath of
Lancaster
and Birmingham, allegiance.
474 ; Paris and Lyons, 21. 15s. 3d. ; Ditto and Orleans, 35 ; The opposition papers themselves attest that the pub-
Paris and Rouen, 361 ; and South Eastern, 354. lie have the greatest confidence in our new King, and
rrnterrf2t9h4s,;l9l4an;
The remarks made in the House of Lords last night with that a perfect calm is happily manifest among all classes.
respect to the short time allowed for dissents to the plan for It has also been observed with satisfaction, that no such
converting the Three-and-a-Half per Cents., has attracted at- extraordinary precautions are taken as at the death of
tention,te-day. , It is singular that so many parties into- Kine. Charles Xlllwhen drawn before
~ chains were the
rested should still mistake the course to be pursued with re- -=,
spect to the Stock of 1818 ; and the observations of Lord palace, the Custom-house shut up, &c. On the con-
Campbell tended to increase, rather than decrease, a want of trary, the people passed to and fro through the palace
knowledge. Holders of the Three-and-a-half per Cents. of court-yard till night. when the. gates are usually closed.
1818 must assent to the plan, or they will be paid off at par. The King has made a declaration in the Swedish
Now we believe very few assents have been entered in the Council of State, in which he solemnly promises to
Bank books, and but three dissents to the reduction of the govern the kingdom according to the strict letter of the
interest upon other Stocks bearing the same rate of interest Constitution, and to do his utmost to promote the good
as that now payable upon the 'Annuities of 1818. As to- of the kingdom and of each of its inhabitants. His Ma-
morrow is the last day when holders must make up their •
jesty afterwards made the same declaration in the Nor-
minds, it nay be as well to remind them of the circumstance. , • Council of
wegit.tn.hisState.
The information which we previously received as to dissents
was nearly correct, it being announced last night that, only It is said that Majesty has not left any will.
three holders had entered their names at the Bank of CHRISTIANA, MARCH 12.—T0-day we received the
England.
•• " ' • afflicting news of the death of the King. In the pro-
There are no colonial arrivals this morning. The West clamation announcing the accession of King Oscar 1.,
India Mail is looked for almost hourly. The Continental ar • t which was read to-day "by the herald, he styles himself
rivals possess but little interest. • King of Norway and Sweden (not Sweden and Norway);
The purchases of the Government brokeri amounted to and it is added that, as the reasons which prevented the
about 30,0001. Consols this morning, at 984. This settled some late King from making this alteration no longer exist
bets made yesterday that they would be compelled to give for his successor, the King's title in all Norwegian
99 (or 1 per cent. discount, as it is facetiously termed). For doe eats shall be as in the Hamburgh
proclamation.
Account as well as for Money, the price has receded from 974 Papers, March 19.
to 984, sales having been made to invelt in the Three-and- •
Half per Cents. Bank Stock has reached 2004 ; India StoCk
2931; and Exchequer Bills 71s. premium.
Spanish Stock is heavy at 24% for Account, and at 354 to 4 for
the Three per Cents. ; Portuguese Converted are at 46 to 461;
the Russian Bonds have receded to 117 and 1174 ; Dutch
Five per Cents., at 1014 ; the Two-and-a-Half per mits. at
571 to 4 ; Mexican at 35% to 36 ; the Deferred at an improve-
ment to 15 ; and the Neapolitan Five per Cents at. 1034.
In the Railway and other Shares the variations have been
but slight this morning, as our list of prices will show.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 21.—We have
bad a very good market, and a large business done at the
following prices :—Bolton and Preston, 301 ; Dublin and
Drogheda, 604 to 61; Eastern Counties, Registered, 131 to
113 ; Do. Perpetual,l7s 6d., prem. • Edinburgh and Glasgow,
63 ; Liverpool and Manchester Halves, 1101 ; London and
Br qhton, 444 ; Manchester and Birmingham; 48 to 471 ;
Paris and Lyons, 24 ; Sheffield and Vanchester, 68 ; Chester
and. Holyhead, 7 ; South Eastern, New Creation, 44 prem. ;
Union Bank of Manchester, 8%.
CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.
Bank Stock
4 per Cent. Red. Ditto Bonds .........
3 per Cent. Cons.
3% per Cent. Eel Ditto New Annuities... 97%
New 3% per Cent. 102% Ex. Bills, 1,0001.1%ct„ _ pm.
New 5 per Cent. --Ditto 001.!............ pm.
Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small...* ... .. . ..... -- ; pm.
Jan. M 0..... . , .... Bank Stock for Acct.... 200
Oct. 1859 ,Consols for Acct 96%
Jan. 1860....„...... 12% 'lndia Stock for Acct 293%
FOREIGN FUNDS.
AUstrian, 5 per Cent .... ..... .Portuguese, 5 per Cent 79%
Belgian, 5 per Cent.... ...... .. !Ditto, New Ditto
Brazilian Bonds 82% Prussian, 5 per Cent
Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent... 'Russian, 5 per Cent.--
.
Chllian; 6 per Cent ... . ... ..... 104% Ditto, Metallic
Colombian, 6 per Cent ...... 14% Spanish, 5 per Cent 25
Ditto, 1624 Ditto, 3 per Cent 35%
Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent 93 iDitto, Deferred ; *
D.mish, 3 per Cent
Greek, 18.5,5 per Cent ;Exchange ,f. —c,
Mexican, 5 per Cent ' 35%'Freneh, 3 per Cent. —f. —e.
Ditto, 6 per Cent., 1837 (Dutch, 2% per Cent...... 57%
Peruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent — 'Ditto, 5 per Cent ........3011
SHARES.
Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) 63%
Great Western (75 paid) •
Ditto-Half Shares (50 pal
)
Harrowgate and Knaresboro'
Hull and Selby (50 paid)... .... '
Ditto Quarter Shares C 6 pi
Lancaster and Carlisle ( spa
London and Birmingham, (St
Ditto New Quarters ( 2 pa
London and South Western 1
Midland Counties (000 paid)
Ditto Quarter Shares (151
North Midland (100 paid) .
Paris and Rouen (20 paid) ,
South Eastern and Dover (SC
Ditto Scrip (25 paid)
- York and Scarborough Bran
COURSE OF EXCHA7

THE LATE KING OF SWEDEN.
Bernadotte was one who never forgot the place of his
nativity, nor suffered an opportunity to escape of rendering
service to his countunien. After the disastrous Russian
campaign, when Bernadotte, then the Prince Royal of
Sweden, commanded the Swedish contingent, a Prench
officer of Engineers—now a Deputy for the departments of
the Basses Pyrenees—was made prisoner, and conveyed into
Russia with the sole propect before him of inevitable death
amid the ice and snorts of the north. He happened to
discover that his escort was,' passing near the headquarters
of the Prince Royal of Sweden, and claiming to be his
countryman; he assumed a name which he felt assured was
known to the Prince, before whom, he was immediately
summoned. "I entreat the pardon of your Royal High-
ness," said the officer, " for borrowing a name that does
not belong to me : mine is probably unknown to you,. and I
feared I should not obtain the honour of being presented to
you." "You were wrong to do so," replied the Prince, with
severity, "are you not a Bearnais? That title would have
been sufficient You have not dime well." Then suffering .a
benevolent smile to escape him, he addressed' the prisoner in
the Bearnais dialeet—" You are in want. How much money
do you require? I will take care of you. Have you any
news from our country? What is doing there ?" Having
received satisfactory answers to all his questions, the Prince
immediately ordered the young officer to he set at liberty.
He admitted him to his table, and after loading him with
kindnesses, he caused him to be sent back to Paris in one of
his own carriages, to tell his countrymen that Bernadotte,
• though no longer a French subject, was, in his affection for
her sons, a Frenchman still.
The King of Sweden continued to the last to give proofs
of his affection for Pau, his native city. A few years since,
he received a Bearnais deputation in Stockholm, and the
result was, the bestowal of numerous charities in Pau, be-
sides public endoiVments and private pensions. One of the
latest acts of his mnnificence was a subscription of 500 f.
towards the .monument of bespourrins, the celebrated Bear-
nais poet. One instance of his generosity is rather amusing.
At Gan, a small town, not far from Pau, lives an old woman,
eighty -,years of age; whom Bernadotte had known when
young, as the prettiest girl of the district. • He was told that
she was still alive, and he immediately settled on her a pen-
sion for life. When the old'wonian heard the news she ex-
claimed,—" Lou prailbm ne dounepas oubligade ;si ere
minion, queu heri diis poutons coum aiitescops." (" The
pretty fellow has not forgotten me then ; if he were here I
would give him two kisses, as I used to do formerly.")— Post.

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91
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ch (.26 paid)
G (YESTERDAY .)
Gibraltar
Leghorn 3O 65
Genoa 26 5
Milan
Venice 47
Naples 384
Palermo, per ca ll7
Lisbon 53
Oporto 53
Rio Janeiro 23
Bahia 23
Buenos Ayres
NewYork,2ldys sight
Philadelphia —
rnicEs or BULLION, PEE OZ.
Foreign Gold, bars..X3 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5
New Doubloons..... 0 0 0
New Dollars 0 4 91
Silver in Bars 0 4 11

WESTMINSTER LITERARY AND
SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION.
Mr. Charles Field, the tenor singer, delivered a discourse
at this Institution, on Thursday evening, descriptive of some
of the most renowned instances of British military heroism.
The lecture was illustrated; or rather we might say, inter-
spersed, with a variety of popular songs, celebrating the
valorous deeds of many a " tented field," and strains of mar-
tial music apt to fire the soul with military-ardour. Mr. Field
introduced his lecture by a brief sketch of the offensive wea-
pons of the ancient Britons, Saxons, &c., and proceeded to
notice the destructive efficacy of the archers among the
the Norman infantry, and the achievements of this branch
of the force of the country on the memorable fields of Creasy,
Poictiers, and Agincourt. In expatiating on the lofty
enthusiasm of the days of chival, and the devotion of the
crusaders in the so-called Holy War, he took occasion to in-
troduce the fine descriptive and impressive scene. from
Oberon, in which the transitions of style in the music, re-
spfflisive to the sentiment, ren*lers the two languages as one,
and we have only to transcribe a few of the opening lines to
give a vivid idea of the varied composition, to which it is due
to Mr. Field to say that he did ample justice :
• " Oh, 'tis a glorious sight to see
The charge of the Christian chivalry,
When thundering over the ground they go,
Their lances levelled in long, long row.
One shock, and those lances are shiver'd all.
But they shiver not in vain :
They have raised for the foe a rampart wall
With the bodies of the slain."
The introduction of gunpowder, as the great agent of modern
warfare, was illustrated by diagrams of some of the cumber-
some pieces of ordnance that seemed much more fitted to
perplex the gunner than annoy the foe, and the complicated
matchlock, as far beneath the long and cross-bow in effect and
execution, as the latter are inferior to the flint, to say nothing
of the percussion musket. A notice of the stirring events
which ruthlessly pioneered "the route to Magna Charta, not
inappropriately introduced Bishop's pleasing air, " The Birth
of Liberty." A well-merited tribute to Caledonia's brave
sons, for their uncomproinising spirit as enemies, and their
devoted loyalty as friends, both displayed in many a well-
fought field, could perhaps atone find utterance in song in the
rallying appeal :of the Bruce, " Scots wha hae wi' Wallace
bled." After expatiating on various noble instances of valour
and magnanimity in the last war, Mr. Field concluded his
discourse by narrating the circumstances under which one of
our most distinguished generals fell in the very hour of vic-
tory, and sang Braham's thrilling recitative and air, so
vividly pourtraying the " Death of Abercrombie." To com-
pere Mr. Field's singing of this with the impassioned musical
reading, or rather declamation of Braham, would be unjust
to both ; but we are bound to acknowledge that the audience
listened to it with breathless attention, and rapturously IT—
plauded the performance, -and, we may add, that we know of
no English vocalist who could have executed the forte por-
tions with such daring energy, without wholly impairing the
purity of the tone, which in Mr. Field's voice appears to be
quite equal in the softest strains of melody and those requiring
the utmost exertion of-its power, which is very considerable
too. In his singing of
," Scots wha hae," we would remind
Mr. F.—as, indeed, we might nearly every English vocalist—
in executing Scottish music, that a compromise between
andante and jig time is neither national nor appropriate to
the sentiment ; it is a bremish too commonly and justly
alleged by our Caledonian friends, and most devoutly say we,
"Reform it altogether." Altogether the lecture and its vocal
embellishments appeared to give very great satisfaction to a
very full audience, and the announcement of a second dis-
course was received with marked applause.

Amsterdam CF. 12 641
Ditto, at sight l2 4i
Rotterdam 2U. 12 7
Antwerp 26 0
aamburgh M.B. 14 0
Altona l4 0
Paris, 3 days' sight 25 75
Ditto, 3 months 26 0
Marseilles
Bourdeaux • 25 5,
Frankfort on Maine
Petersburgh, 3Us 36i
Berlin . • 7
Vienna, effec. fl. 3M. 958
rieste, ditto
Madrid. ........
Cadiz
Bilbao ... . ...
Barcelona ..:••••......• 36
Seville

Queen and Prince Albert walked yesterday in
• COURT CIRCULAR.
The
the royal gardens of Buckingham Palace. •
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, rode out on
horseback, yesterday, attended by Sir Edward Bowater,
Equerry in Waiting.
The Royal Family were taken airings yesterday in
the royal gardens.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yester-
day afternoon at a meeting of the Commission for pro-
moting and encouraging' the Fine Arts. in the re-
building the Palace of Westminster. The Commissioners
present were, the Marquis of Lansdowne,. Lord John
Russell, Viscount Palmerston, Lord Colborne, Sir Ro-
bert- Harry Inglis, Mr. Gaily Knight, Mr. Henry
Hallam, and Mr. George Vivian.
The meeting was held at Gwydyr House, Whitehall,
at hall-past two o'clock, and-sal until a quarter past four
o'clock, when Prince Albert, attended by Sir Edward
Bowater, went to the new Palace of Westminster, and
after inspecting the new Houses of Parliament returned
to 13uckingharn Palace.
The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace yes-
terday evening included her Royal Highness the Duchess
of Kent, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, and the Duke of
Wellington.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester took
an airing yesterday in a carriage.
The Ecclesiastical Commission for England held a
meeting yesterday at the office in Whitehall-place. The
Commissioners present were the Bishop of Exeter, the
Bishop of Hereford, the Chancellor of the Exchever,
the Earl of Besborongb, and the Right Hop. Sir George
Grey.
Sirgames Graham, Lord Stanleyt the Chaneellor of
the Exchequer, and the Right Hon. W. Pi. Gladstone,
had an interview with Sir Robert Peel yesterday.
The Countess of Uxbridge, we regret to state, expired
yesterday' afternoon, at her residence in York-street, St.
James's. Her Ladyship was the daughter of the late
Right Hon. Sir Charles Bagot.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
AYLESBURY STEEPLE CHASES—Tnuasomr.
The Piece .of Plate, presented by Baron Rothschild for
Farmers, &c. horses, 12st each, three miles, was won by Mr.
Perrin's Telegraph (Mr. W. Golby), beating Mr. T. Wesley's
Irish Girl (owner), Mr. E. Lucas' Partizan (Mr.W. Eustace),
and eight others, in a canter.
The Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each, with 20 added, 12st, were
won by Mr. Manning's Tom Tit (Mr. G. Carrington), beat-
ing Irish Girl, Telegraph, 12st 71b, Paddy, and three others,
easily.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
HOUSE OF _LORDS, Mardi 22.
The House sat to-day to hear appeals. The Peers
present were Lord Brougham, Lord Cottenham, and
Lord Campbell.

MURRAY V. MURRAY.
Tho arguments in this appeal were resumed to-day,
but not having concluded at four o'clock, the further
consideration of the case was adjourned till Thursday;

HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.
Mr. Murc's hounds Monday,'Balsham ; Thursday, Euston
Park, 101—Mr. Archer's hounds Monday, St. Ive 'Village ;
Thursday, Camiton Inn—Tiverton hounds Monday, Warni-
combo, near Tiverton ; Friday; Dulverton, 101) Cheshire
hounds Monday Kingsley Windmill; .Wednesday, Dunham;
Thursday, Norton Priory ; Saturday, Castle Mills, 10i—Sir
W. W.,Wynn's hounds Tuesday, 'Trotting Mare—United
Pack Monday Witlingslow Turnpike Friday, Stretford
Bridge, 8---Shropshire hounds Monday Patton ; Wednesday,
Stoke Heath—Albrighton houndsdonday ' Sheriffhales—
Ludlow hounds Tuesday,- Sunny-hill, Whitcliffe ; Friday,
Hopton Castle--Wheatland hounds Monday,- Kennals—
Herefordshire hounds Tuesday, ,Thruxton ; Friday, Cornet's
Bridge—Doning.ton hounds Monday, Hathern Turn ; Wed-
nesday, Tickuall ; Saturday, Clifton Village, IN Cambridge-
shire hounds Monday, The White horse, Southill ; Friday,
Staughton Bridge, 10i—Essex Union hounds Tuesday,
Til-
; Saturda, Tiptree Fair-green—Brighton harriers
Monday, Thunders Barrow ; .:Wednesday, Patcham ; Friday,
Dyke, 11—Brookside harriers. Monday*, Newmarket Hill ;
Thursday, Tilscombe Tye--Crawlev and Horsham hounds
Monday, Charlwood Village ; Friday, Pound Hill, 10--
Essex and Suffolk hounds Tuesday, Bradfield-street; Friday,
Tattingstone White Horse, 10i—Warwickshire hounds Mon-
day Chadshunt •; Tuesday, Mitford Bridge ; Thursday, Smit-
terfield ; Saturday, Princethorpe, IN—Mr. Candler's hounds
Monday, Willey ; Wednesday*, Crow's-nest ; Friday,'Crowle,
104—Last Kent hounds Monday, Walham-street ; Wednes•
day, Stouting Common ; Friday, Woolwich Wood. 10i—Mr.
Farquharson 's hounds Monday, Buckland Wood ; Tuesday,
Chalmington ; Wednesday, Short Wood—Somerset Subscrip-
tion hounds Tuesday, Fairfield ; Friday, Slowly Wood—Mr.
Trelawney's hounds Tuesday, Marley; Friday, Tolche Moor
Gate, 10i---Sir R. Sutton's hounds Monday, Grimsthorpe ;
Tuesday, Ayston ; Thursday, Manthorpe Saturday, Col-
sterworth, 11—Earl Fitzwilham's hounds Monday, Barnwell
Wold ; Wednesday, Warboy's Wood, 10—Mr. Hellier's
hounds Monday, Tothill ; Tuesday, Ilirsington Mill; Thurs-
day, Girsby ; Saturday, Well, ll—Mr. Drake's hounds Mon-
day, Chesterton Village ; Tuesday, Charlton Town ; Thurs-
day, Waddesdon Town • Saturday, Trafford. Bridge,Lord Redesdale's hounds Monday, Ranger's Lodge; Wedwa-
day, Ditchley ; Friday, Lougbrough Gate, 14

COURT OF CHANCERY, March 22.
The Lord Chancellor took unopposed causes and
lunatic petitions to-day.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

NORFOLK ClRCUlT.—Huntingdon, March 20.
(Before Lord ABIRGER.)
Gifford White, aged 18, was indicted for unlawfully,
knowingly, and feloniously sending to one Isaac Ilett a
letter, threatening to burn him and the other farmers of the
parish of Bluntisham in their beds, and also to burn their
property. i The prsoner pleaded Guilty.
The prosecutor is a farmer living in the parish of Blun-
tisham, in this county, and the prisoner in December last
was a labourer in husbandry in the same place. On the
morning of the 28th of that month one of the female servants
of the prosecutor found a sealed letter inside his farm-yard,
directed—'• To the Farmers of Bluntisham, Hunts." She
took it to her master, who opened and read it ; it was in
these words:—

" Bluntisham, Hunts.

"TO THE FARMERS.
" We are determined to set fire to the whole of this place
if you don't set us to work, and burn you your beds if
there is not an alteration. What do you think the young
men are to do if you don't set them to work ? They mug
do something The fact is, we cannot go any. longer. We
must commit robbery and everything that is contrary to
your wish.--I am, " AN ENEMY."
Lord ABrNGER, having ordered that the plea of the pri-
soner should be recorded, proceeded to peas sentence upon
him. The prisoner, his Lordship observed, had pleaded guilty
to the commission of a crime of the greatest magnitude and
enormity, and one of which the Legislature had most pro-
perly marked its sense by, the severity of punishment it had
annexed to it. Of what use u was it that men should join to-
gether in the •bonda of.. civil society, if there was no security
for life and property, if men could not sleep in peace and a
sense of security, but were to live in a state of constant ter-
ror and alarm? The conduct of the prisoner was calculated
to hold the districtin which he lived in continual terror, and
it was not to be endured in a country in which law prevailed
that men should endeavour to compel others to do that which
might be against their interest or their duty by threats of
suffering from loss of property, or of submitting to death by
the most horrible torments. The offence was of a most atro-
cious character, and it might, indeed, almost be said, that
the ienduig of litters threatening to bum the property of the

HASTINGS ELECTION.--The reason for Mr Planta's
resignittion of his scat is continued ill health. The Tories
have a monopolist candidate ready in the person of Mr. Mus-
grave BriscoLof CogUurit.

41f
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411110. -47,11,NA
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