The Sun.
London, England, 1844-02-20 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY
_2O, 1844.

tions, Mr. P. BORTHWICH gave notice that, in Com- '
mittee on the Poor-laws, he would move clauses to

prevent the separation of man and wife above sixty
years of age, and for out-door relief in certain cases.
Mr. HUME gave notice, that he would this day
move for a return of the number of Custom-house
officers discharged on the discovery of the late frauds,
and the penalties recovered.
Mr. LABOUCHERE said he would, on Thursday
next, bring under the notice of the House the exist-
ing commercial treaties with Brazil.
In answer to a question from Mr. HINDLEY, Sir
R. PEEL said he had not so much leisure to read the
newspapers as the Hon. Member, and had not seen a
paragraph which stated that the Queen of OTAHEITE,
had been deposed by the French Admiral.
Leave was given to bring in Bills for the forma-
tion of branch lines connected with the Manchester
and Leeds, and various other railways.
Mr. DUNCOMBE put a question to the ATTORNEY-
GENERAL with reference to political associations and
the press, but he got no satisfactory answer.
Mr. ELPUINSTONE put a somewhat similar question,
which met with the same fate. We cannot abridge
the report, and refer our readers to the fencing of the
ATTORNEY-GENERAL, which excited much merriment
on the Ministerial benches.

Mr. HORSMAN resumed the adjourned debate on
Ireland, and protested against the policy which her
MAJESTY'S Government had pursued towards that
country. He adverted with much effect, to the
anomalous proceedings of the Crown during the
State trials, to the present smothered hostility of
the Irish nation, and to the calamities which befal the
empire by refusing to treat the Sister Country as an
integral portion of the United Kingdom.
Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT, the Secretary of the Ad-
miralty, followed, and made a liberal and judicious
speech for a man in office. He thought the Catholic
clergy should be paid for educating the people. He
rejoiced to see the kind feeling which prevailed during
the whole debate towards the Catholics of Ireland;
and he believed he spoke the sentiments of the Go-
vernment, as well is his own, when he said they were
anxiously earnest, and at once, to effect the improve-
ment of their common country.
After a few words from Mr. SMYTHE, in favour of
conciliating the Irish nation, Mr. Joux O'CoNNELL,
one of the traversers, addressed the House, and was
listened to with much attention. He defended the
Irish Catholic clergy, and though a " convicted
conspirator," as he had been styled by some
Honourable Gentleman opposite, he would, _before he
returned to Ireland to meet the vengeance of his pro-
secutors, announce that he would continue to exert
himself with more ardour and zeal than ever to incur
their vengeance still farther by serving his native
country. His speech altogether showed much spirit,
and, at the same time discretion,
.and evidently made
an impression on the House.
The great speech of the night was made by Mr. MAc-
AULAY. When on a fit subject, and in a happy mood,
he has no competitor in either House for eloquence
and effect. Last night he was fortunate in both, and
his powerful denouncement of the wrongs inflicted on
Ireland, and the unwise policy of the present rulers
towards that unhappy country, told with more than
ordinary force.

Sir Wm. FOLLETT tried what he could to turn the
tide in a different direction, but was unequal to the
task.

The debate was again adjourned, and the House
rose at a Quarter to One o'Clock.

The monopolists anxious, as it would seem, to make
up for lost time, are at length beginning to bestir
themselves in right earnest. At a meeting which
took place at the Duke of RICHMOND'S on Saturday,
it was resolved that vigorous measures should imme-
diately be taken to counteract' the agitation of the
Anti-Corn-law League, with which view a proposal
was made, and agreed to, for the formation of a
" Metropolitan Society for the, Protection of British
Agriculture," of which his' Grace of RICHMOND was
to be president, and his congenial Grace of BUCK..
INGHAM, rice-president. There was a goodly exhibition
of Lordsitt this meeting, and country Baronets were
as numerous as prize oxen at .a Christmas cattle-show ;
moreover, there was a stray Colonel or two, and a
pretty considerable drove of M.P.s, among whom
BUSFEILD FEttaaNn—the celebrated discoverer of
mares' nests—was not the least conspicuous. We
infer from this numerous attendance of monopolists
that the squad are bent on doing great things in the
way of agitation, and are determined on th- point
that, whether willingly or unwillingly, Sir ROBERT
PEEL shall be made as desperate an Anti-Free-trader
as themselves. As the Herald, which announces the
meeting, is considerate enough to spare the speeches
—an act of generous forbearance on our Contem-
porary's part for which we can never be suffi-
ciently grateful—we can only form a guess as
to their temper and import; they were pro-
bably violent enough, and the arguments trite
and hacknied to a degree bordering on the
miraculous ; peradventure also there was some small
bullying manifested in them, intended for the express
solace and edification of the Premier, whom, we greatly
fear, the monopolists do not hold in the most exalted
reverence as a political apostle. Be this, however, as
it may, they are resolved, it is evident, to make him
their mouth-piece in Parliament; to set him up as
their scare-crow to frighten away the Leaguers from
the corn-fields ; and wring from his timidity
what they despair of obtaining from his con-
viction. Well, let them do so. They are perfectly
welcome to make what use they please of Sir R
PEEL, for we are quite sure that—notoriously vacil-
lating and inconsistent as the whole kingdom knows
him to be—he can do them no great good, but, on
the contrary, can only serve as a sort of wet blanket
to damp their ardour. Besides, they will not have
him long among them. Let but two bad harvests
follow in succession—let but another fierce cry of
distress come up from the manufacturing districts—
and away will go the 'Velocipede Premier—
off like a shot in the direction of free
trade—and though the monopolists may 'bawl
out " Stop thief !" till they are hoarse, they
will never be able to catch him! in his exceeding
hurry to throw himself into the outstretched arms of
the affectionate and forgiving Member for Stockport.
Trust to Sir ROBERT PEEL ! Rely on him for con-
tinuous and lasting support! The monopolists may
just as well trust to the steadiness of an April day ; or
believe in the truth of an epitaph which re-
cords the virtues of some defunct Saint, who swin-
dled his creditors six days in the week, and
got as drunk as a lord on the seventh. The Pre-
mier is one of those accommodating statesmen
whose favourite maxim it is to be strong on the
strongest side, and cry " Long life to the Conqueror,"
no matter whether he be the devil himself. He is
not one to play a losing game, or volunteer to head a
Forlorn Hope. The idol of his worship—the goddess
of his love, is Expediency. Just now, he is all for
the monopolists, because he sees that the current of
Parliamentary opinion runs in that direction, and
that a hurricane is getting up among the landholders;
but let circumstances change, and we shall
find him—as we observed just now—openly
siding with the Leaguers. Meanwhile, as a set- off
to the new " Metropolitan Protection Society," with
the Duke of RICHMOND at its head and Mr. FERRAND
at its tail, we may adduce the admirable letter ad-
dressed by the Duke of StyrusaLadvn--a nobleman
whose political influence is not less remarkable than
his political sagacity —to his agent at Dun-
robin, wherein his Grace emphatically re-
marks :—" My own feeling is in favour of
the free current of national industry —of un-
fettered commerce—of purchase and sale gene-
rally—without excepting any trade on which the
sustenance of the people depends." While we have
such intelligent and influential men as the Duke of
SUTHERLAND, Lord WESTMINSTER, and Lord
SPENCER on our side, we need not, in the long run,
greatly fear the opposition of the " Metropolitan
Protection Society," even though it be honoured by
the support of Sir R. PEEL.

The intelligence from Madrid, which is to the 11th
instant, adds little to that which we have extracted
from the Paris papers. The disarmament of the
National Guards was taking place generally through-
out the provinces, and met with very little resistance.
At Seville two battalions refused to give up their
arms ; but whether they were ultimately successful
is not stated. A number of Deputies, of what is
called the " old majority," had presented an address
to the QUEEN, expressing their devotion to the
Throne. The Qum thanked the Cortes thus repro•

sented (in other words, the lamp Cortes), for their
support, and praised the energy of the Government.
The same party also moved an address to Queen
CIIRISTINA, thanking her for returning to Spain.
'They should also have voted a similar ad-
dress to Louis PIIILIPPE. Accounts from
Murcia state that the insurgents of Carthagena had
retired from Murcia, carrying off all the public
moneys, together with large sums exacted from the
wealthy inhabitants of the place. The QUEEN'S
troops occupied it on the Bth.
At Madrid the Three per Cents. were done at 29
5-16 at 60 days, and 281 for cash, and the Five per
Cents. at 201 at 60 days.

The Moniteur of Saturday contains the following
telegraphic dispatch from Spain :

"The Queen's troops entered Murcia on the Bth, amid the
acclamations of the people. The authorities had resumed
their functions. General Roncali was, on the evening of the
7th, at St. Jean d'Alicant, with a part of his division. The
rest of his force was at Asp& An insurrectional movement
has just broken out in Portugal near the Spanish frontier."

We give the dispatch as it appears, but at the same
time place little confidence in any statements, except
mere facts, which cannot be long concealed ; for the
Liberal press in Spain is so completely put down, and
the Post-office so controlled by the Government, that
no impartial intelligence can be expected from that
country. The home intelligence in the Paris
papers is not of much importance. It appears
from what took place in the Chamber of De-
puties, on Thursday, that more money and
more men are wanted for Algeria. On that day
Marshal SOULT presented a Bill demanding a credit
of 7,673,589 f., as a complement destined for the pay
and other expenses of 15,000 men to be added to
the army in Africa, of which the effective force was
to be 75,000. The Noble Marshal, in his prefatory
observations, remarked that when the Chambers had
fixed on 60,000 men as the number of troops in
Algeria, it had been with the understanding that, if a
larger force were required to strengthen and conso-
lidate their conquest, the number of troops
should be increased. It was now certain that 75,000
men would be necessary for the coming year, and the
Government, therefore, without hesitation, applied for
the required addition of men.
Most of the papers advert to the conviction
of Mr. O'CoNNem, and to the debate on the state
of Ireland in the House of Commons. On
the former subject the Paris Globe says—" The
verdict has not in the least surprised us. It is clear
that the agitator raised masses of the people, orga-
nised them, represented to them that the English
Government was their enemy, and thus prepared all
the elements of civil war. O:CoNNEnn, therefore, is
justly condemned, and his acquittal would have been
an annulment of all the laws of order by which the
British empire is ruled. Nevertheless, two grand
questions still remain open; first, whether Ireland
has not good grounds of complaint—and next, whe-
ther England has done nothing to deserve reproach.
The agitator had a perfect right to proclaim the griefs
of Ireland, although he had no right to raise the
country, and organise the means of creating a civil
war. Ireland has every right to complain of the
manner in which she has been treated by England.''
But even the Opposition journals express little sym-
pathy for the traversers. Mr. O'Comum, very pro-
perly declined the aid of M. LHDRU ROLLIN and his
party, and for that they cannot forgive him. In ad-
verting to the speech of Lord J. RUSSELL, the
Journal des Debats says—

" The speech of the leader of the Opposition was such as
might have been expected from him—simple, firm, and oc-
casionally full of irony and bitterness. He attacked, for lie
could not do otherwise, the two great evils of Ireland—the
exclusive supremacy of the Protestant Church, and the con-
nexion between tenant and landlord ; but on those two points
he could not specify or determine any remedy. Nor is he
more explicit when he speaks of the kind of social war going
on between those who possess and those who cultivate the
land. All, in fact, that he says is, that he is obliged to ac-
knowledge that for so profound, so inveterate, so ancient an
evil, he knows ofno direct remedy."

The following piece of information appears in the
Journal de Havre, and we have little doubt will prove
prove too true.:—" The Elizabeth whaler has arrived
in ninety days from Otaheite, brings intelligence that
the French, on pretence of some infraction of the
treaty, by which it agreed to afford protection to that
island, had deposed Queen POMARE. The French
Rear-Admiral DU PETIT Tuomts had taken posses-
sion of Otaheite in the name of the King of the
FRENCH, and the national flag was hoisted in token
of sovereignty."
The Journal des Chemins de Fer, in contradiction
to the statement of the Journal des Travaux Publics,
which we have already given, says that the superior
commission on railroads, appointed by the Govern-
ment, has decided on recommending that there shall
be two branches to the coast from the northern line
at Amiens, viz.—to Boulogne by Abbeville, and to
Calais by Arras. Our Contemporary adds, that the
commission recommends a direct branch from Lille
to Dunkirk.

The French Funds on Saturday continued firm,
the Three per Cents. closing at 82f. 40c., and the
Fives at 125 f. 65c.
THE BOURSE—SATURDAY, FEB. 17.

First Highest Lowest Last

Price. Price. . Price. Price.
French Five per Cente. 125 65 .. 125 70 .. 125 65 .. 125 65

Four.and-a-lialf.. 112 50 . • 112 50 . • 112 50

112 50

• Three per Cents..... 82 40 .. 82 40 • • 82 40 .. 82 40
Bank of France 3'277 50 ..3277 50 —3277 50 ..3277 80
Lafiltte Bank, I,ooof. Sharesllos ..1105 • • 1105 ..1103
5,000 f. Sharesso72 50 —5072 50 —5072 50 ..5072 50
Belgian Bank ..• • • • • • •• • • • • 670 .. 670 • . 670 670
1841 ....• • • • • 1080 ..1080 ..1080 —lO6O
Belgian Fives, 1840
1842
Dutch Two-and-a-Half • • 561 • • 56f • • 561 • • 561
Spanish Active ..... • • 31 .. 31 • • 31 .. 31
Passive .• .. ••..• • • • 51 • • 51 .• 51 ..
Portuguese Five per Cents .• 431 • . 45 • • 431 • • 441
Neapolitan ......... ....... 103.25 • • 104. • • 103.25 .. 103 75

Rouian • ..•

. 104

.. 1064 • • 164

RAILWAY SHARES.

Versailles, L.B.•••••• • • • • .• 177 50 .. 177 30 • • 173 75 • • 175
Rouen • ..• 822 50 .. 825 .. 822 50 .. 825
Rouen to Havre •
Orleans .............
Strasburg to Bale ..
Montpellier to Cette... .
Avignon to Marseilles.- 750 .. 750 .. 745 .. 745
RAILWAY SHARES. FOR THE ACCOUNT.
St. Germain ....... 810 .. 820 • • 810 .. 810
Versailles, R. 8... ...... 347 50 .. 347 50 .. 345 .. 345
L. 8.••
Rouen••••••

Rouen to Havre..
Orleans ..•• •• ••.•• •••• •• •• 840 .. 840 •• 830 .. 835

Strasburg to Bale .
Avignon to Marseilles• ••• . • 750 .. 750 • • 740; • • 740
Montpellier to Cette • • • • • ... 450 .. 455 . • 450 .. 456

ACTIONS FOR PENALTIES ON GAMING DISCONTINUING
BlLL.—This Bill (brought down from the Lords on the
10th inst.) is entitled " An Act to discontinue certain
actions under the provision of several Statutes for the
prevention of excessive gaming, and to prevent, for the
future, the bringing of such actions." The preamble
recites the enactments of 9th Anne, c. 14, sec. 2 (•' an
Act for the better preventing of excessive and deceitful
gaming) " also, the provisions of 16th Car. 11., c. 7, and
of 10th Will. 111., c. 11; and the Ist clause is to the
effect that " Proceedings commenced by common in-
formers for penalties incurred by playing at, or betting
on certain games, shall be discontinued on application
to the Court, or a Judge." 2. The same as to similar
provisions under the Irish Acts. 3. No proceedings
to be commenced by any common informer, under
any of the above provisions after the passing of
this Act. 4. Actions not to be brought without
the consent of the Attorney-General. 5. Limits
the duration of the Act to the space of three
months next ensuing the passing thereof ; and nothing
herein contained to extend to authorising the staving
or discontinuing any proceedings which may be com-
menced after the lapse of such three months. The
schedule referred to in this Act, as recapitulating the
games in respect of which qui tam actions (founded on
the statute of Anne, prohibiting all persons from playing
or betting thereat, for any sum amounting in the whole
to more than 100 have recently been brought, or
threatened to be brought, comprehends the several
games following:— Horse-races, foot-races, boat-races,
regattas, rowing, sailing, coursing, and fencing matches,
golf, wrestling matches, cricket, tennis, fives, racquets,
bowls, quoits, curling, putting-stone.

SIGNAL FIRES.—We stop the press to announce that
the hills surrounding Nenagh are at this moment (eight
o'clock, Tuesday evening) all illuminated.—Nenagh Guardian.
GOVERNMENT CONTRACT FOR NEW STEAMERS.—
A circular has been issued by the Lords of the Admiralty
to the chief of our engineers, to send in, before the sth of
next month, tenders for four new steamers, two of the first
and two of the second class. The weight of the machinery,
inclusive of the boilers filled with water, is to be 350 tons
for the first class, and 300 tons for the second. The first
class coal chambers are to be capable of holding 400 tons of
coal, and for the second 350, taking each ton at 48 cubic feet.
After giving a variety of necessary directions, the invitation
to the engineers concludes by stating that those tenders,
however, which place engines of sufficient power in a space
less than 54 and 50 feet, and give the largest stowage of coals,
will be preferred.
CHATSWORTIL—We are requested to state that
" Chatsworth ; or, the Romance of a Week," edited by
R. Plumer Ward, Esq., author of i‘ Tremaine," "De Vere,"
&c., in 3 vols., post Bvo., is published this day by Mr.
Colburn, of Great Marlborough-street,] and may now be had
at all the libraries. Mr. Colburn has also just published :-
1. The Secret Passion, by the author of " Shakspeare and
his Friends," &c., 3 vols. 2. Whitefriars ; or, the Days of
Charles 11., an Historical Romance, second edition,3 vols. 3.
The Brothers, by the author of " Oliver Cromwell," &c., 3 vols.
4. The Stage Coach, by the author of " The Old English
Gentleman," &c. 3 vols. 5. Jessie Phillips, a Tale of the New
Poor-law, by Mrs. Trollope, complete in 1 vol., with mime-
rous illustrations by Leech, 12s. bound; and 6. Windsor
Castle, an Historical Romance, by W. H. Ainsworth, Esq.,
1 vol., with 110 Illustrations, by George Cruikshank, &c.,
price only 145., elegantly bound.

AMERICAN NEWS.

ARRIVAL OF THE BRITANNIA.
LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY EVENING.

At half-past eight o'clock this evening, we had the
satisfaction to hear the report of guns at the mouth of
the ➢Mersey, announcing the approach of the Royal
mail-steamer, Britannia, which had been expected
for four days past, and respecting which some anxiety
had begun to be felt.

We are happy to say that the detention of the
Britannia was owing to circumstances arising before
she left Halifax, from whence she did not take her
departure until the 7th inst., making the voyage to
Liverpool in a little over 11 days.

One of the most severe frosts ever known set in at
Boston, on the 27th ultimo, which very soon entirely
stopped the navigation of the harbour, as well as
greatly impeded the arrival of the inland mails, so
much so, that the mails south of New York were eight
or nine days past due, and from that city to Boston,
only the expresses came through, and those
occupied a considerably longer time than usual,
a canal of six or seven miles in length had to be cut
through the ice, to enable the steamer to get out.
The authorities in Boston behaved in a very spirited
manner, which shows they are justly proud of the
very beautiful vessels which make their harbour
their pout of destination ; and, knowing the import-
ance se dispatch, a public meeting was held, and a
subscription entered into by the merchants to defray
the cost of the labour necessary to cut through the ice.
It was, however, the 3d inst, before the Britannia
could start, and between Boston and Halifax she ex-
perienced very severe and squally weather, so as to
prevent her reaching that port until the 6th instant,
and on the latter part of that day the fog was so
thick that Captain Hewitt did not think it prudent
to go to sea until next day, when it cleared off.
The news by this arrival is of but little import-
ance. There has been no proceedings in Congress of
interest here. The cotton market was rather quiet,
but prices were sustained; the rate of exchange had
advanced to 109+. Business generally was in a favour-
able state on the 31st at New York. Owing to the
unfavourable state of the weather, the Britannia brings
news only three days later than the last packet.

INSURRECTION IN PORTUGAL.
',ISBON, TUESDAY, FEB. 13.
We have advit from Lisbon by the Lady Mary
Wood steamer, t 13th inst. The 60 dragoons,
who had revolted at Torres Novas, had proceeded
to Castello Branco, the chief town of the pro-
vince of Lower Beira, about eighty miles from Lis-
bon, and had there gained over another detach-
ment of the same regiment of Dragoons, 40 in
number, and 400 men, with their officers, of the
12th Regiment of Infantry. The insurgents were
therefore 500 strong, but the revolt was purely
military, and from no part of the kingdom had
the slightest echo arisen. The insurrection was then
ten days in existence, and not a town or village in all
Portugal . had pronounced against the Government.
The insurgents, in fact, were treated by the people
everywhere with profound indifference.
Baron Leiria, with his column of all arms, had
arrived at Abrantes, within a few leagues of Cas-
tello Branco, and troops were likewise marching
against the insurgents from Estremoz and Chaves.
A crisis must speedily ensue, and there seemed to
be little doubt that the insurgents would in a few days
be compelled to retreat across the Spanish frontier.
Count Bomfim had failed in his attempt to produce
insurrection in the garrison of Elvas.
Other arrests had been made at Lisbon, including
some leading Opposition Deputies.
Even at Castello Branco the people took no part in
the insurrection, and the telegraph announced tran-
quillity in every direction.—Times.

terested, or those that have invested, despair. The people of
this country can say to the nations of Europe we are able,
and will liquidate the last dollar of our indebtedness. The
cause—the direct cause—of the insolvency of the States
deeply indebted can be traced to the financial revolution we
are just emerging from. The whole country has, for years,
been struggling against the most desperate depression any
nation ever experienced."
The Commissioners purchased this morning 20,0001. Con-
sols at 974, and this gave a tone to the market for all the
British Securities. However, not a great deal of business, in
other respects, has been transacted, this not being regular
transfer day. Bank Stock has this morning realised 195,
though it is now %/her cheaper. The opinion, at least,
among the holders If, and speculators in, this security,
is, that the Charter of the Bank of England will be re-
newed without many alterations injurious to the Share-
holders. A point that will create great discussion, we are
told, is, whether one bank of issue shall be established. The
private banks were not represented at this interview, only,
we hear, the joint-stock banks. Sir Robert Peel promised
nothing, as already stated. The matter is much talked
of in the City this morning. Reduced Three per Cents. have
improved to 98k. Exchequer Bills to 70 to 71 premium, and
India Bonds to 88 premium. There was one bargain made
in Consols for money this morning at 97k.
In all the South American Bonds a great deal of business
has been transacted to-day. The correspondence in
a Morning Contemporary relative to Mexico is of
ancient date, still it has had an injurious effect
upon the value of the Bonds, which are at 34} to 11. Pe-
ruvian Bonds have fallen from 31i to 30 and 3011. Colombian,
ex-Venezuelian, have been up to 14k, but they are now 13k.
We believe there is something coming forward for the benefit
of the bondholders. Spanish Stock is to per cent. higher
than it was on Saturday afternoon last. In other Foreign
Stocks there was not much alteration to-day.
The Share Market was rather flat to-day, as our corrected
list of quotations shows :
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 17.—We have no
material alteration to note to-day in our quotations. The
inquiry continues fur Manchester and Birmingham, South
Eastern, and Manchester. The sales are—Dublin and
Drogheda, 55 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 40i to ;
Sheffield and Manchester, 64 to 65 ; South Eastern, 3.14 ;
Ditto Scrip, 35 ; Sheffield and Manchester, quarter shares,
7i ; South Western, one-eighth shares, 3j ; Barnsley June
tion, 3i.

CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.

Ineian Stock • 278 pm.
Ditto Bonds
Ditto 011 Annuities
Ditto New Annuities —
'Ex. Bills, 1,0001. I%d — pm.
Ditto 5011
llitto Small pm.
Bank Stock for A cct.
India Stock for Acct 27834
,Consols for Acct 97%
4 FUNDS.
Austrian, 5 per Cent — Portuguese, s.per Cent —
Belgian, 5 per Cent Ditto, New Ditto —
Brazilian Bonds
13uenos Ayres, 6 per Cent... Russian, 5 per Cent —
( hilian, l per Cent Ditto, Metallic —
Colombian, 6 per Cent
Ditto, 1824 Ditto, 3 per Cent 32%
Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent 93 Ditto, Deferred —
Danish, 3 per Cent 61: er Cent. —f —c.
Greek, 18.5, 5 per Cent — ,Exchange —f. —C.
Mexican, 5 per Cent
Ditto, 6 per Cent., 1837 ,Dutch, 2% per Cent. 55%
Peruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent 23% Ditto, 5 per Cent 102%
SHARES.
Bristol and Exeter (70 paid)
Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ........ .. ..
Gravesend, Rochester, and Chatham (2% paid) i %
Great North of England (100 paid) 94
Great Western (75 paid)
Ditto 1. ifths (12 paid)
London and Brighton (50 paid)
London and Birmingham (Stock)
London and South Western (411. 6s. 10d. paid)
Norwich and Brandon ( 2 paid) 4
Newcastle and Darlington Junction (15 paid)
Northern and Eastern (45 paid)
Ditto Scrip (15 paid) 23
North Midland (100 paid)
1 itto Thirds (014 13s. 4d.)
Rouen and Havre ( 8 paid)

Bank Stock ---iBl
3 per Cent. Red 9E%
3 per Cent. Cons
3% per Cent. Rel
New 334 per Cent lO2l
New 5 per Cent
Long Annuities to expire
Jan. 1860 19%
Oct. 1859 l2 11.16
Jan. 1860
FOREIG

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Feb. 19.
(Sittings at Guildhall, before Lord DENstAN and a
Common Jury.)
THE QUEEN V. GOODENOUGH.

This was an indictment against the defendant under .an
Act of Parliament sth and 6th Victoria, cap. 122, sect. 35,
and the first that has been brought under it. The Act pro-
vides, that if any bankrupt, within three months before his
bankruptcy, obtains goods under false representation of
his solvency, he shall for such conduct be held guilty
of a misdemeanour, and be liable to an imprison-
ment, for any term which the Court may think
proper to award, not exceeding two years. The facts of the
case are brief and simple ;—The defendant was a woollen-
draper, carrying on business at Newton Abbott, Devonshire,
and on the 10th of December, 1842, he came up to London,
and obtained goods to the amount of 1581. from a salesman
of the name of Porson, in St. Paul's Churchyard. These
goods were sent to the defendant's lodgings, in Wardrobe-
place, Doctors' Commons, and thence sent, in the name of
Graham, to St. Katharine Docks, and shipped on board a
vessel bound for Sydney. On the 3d of January in the next
year—within a month of the time when defendant had ob-
tained these goods—a fiat in Bankrubtcy was issued against
him. Suspicion was aroused amongst defendant's creditors
that there had been underhand dealing, and a Mr. Quilter,
an accountant in London, accompanied by the messenger of
the Exeter District Court of Bankruptcy, proceeded to Ply-
mouth, and boarded, in the Sound, the vessel, then starting on
her outward-bound voyage. They asked for defendant in
his proper name first, but no person by that name was
known ; and, after twice asking for a person named Graham,
defendant stepped forward. He was, of course, seized as a
runaway bankrupt, and the entire goods obtained from Mr.
Porson were found on board with the name of Graham
attached to them. They also were seized, and. were brought
into Court this day, and identified as the very goods bought by
the defendant under false representation of his circumstances,
and. within a month of the time when he was made a bank-
rupt. The facts were distinctly proved, and, in mitigation,
evidence was adduced to show that the defendant, deeply
penitent for his misconduct, had, subsequently, given to his
assignees every assistance possible to realise' his estate in a
way the most advantageous to his creditors. The jury found
the defendant "guilty," but recommended him to the mercy
of the Court. The defendant did not appear in Court, but his
counsel, Mr. Cockburn, desired that sentence might be passed in
his absence. In doing so, Lord Denman remarked that it was a
prosecution most properly instituted, and that if he had the
power—which at that moment he was not satisfied of—he
should assuredly order all expenses to be paid to the prose-
cutors. The Act was a new one, and a most useful one, for
the protection of traders, and its existence on the statute-
book ought to be universally known. There were redeeming
circumstances in the conduct of the defendant, and coupling
those with the merciful recommendation of the jury, ho
should sentence the defendant to be imprisoned for six months
in the prison of the Queen's Bench.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
BOW-STREET.

Three young men named Wright, Anderson, and Levy, the
last of whom was deaf and dumb, were charged with being
found in Clare-market on Saturday night last attempting to
pick pockets.
The case was clearly proved by a young man named
Morgan ; several officers deposed to having seen the prisoners
.attempting to pick pockets at the English Opera-house,
Exeter. Hall, and in Parliament-street, on the day Mr.
O'Connell went down to the House for the first time this
session. They had all been convicted in various names.
They were all committed for ,trial.
CLERKENWELL.
A respectable-looking man, named Pritchard, who described
himself as a tobacconist, was charged with the following sin-
gular offence :
The prisoner on Saturday evening went to the door of a
station-house of the E division and commenced knocking at
it. Police-constable Wilde, seeing he was under the influence
of liquor, told him to go away. The prisoner refused doing
so, and as soon as the officer turned his back commenced
hammering away at the door as fast as before. The com-
plainant asked him what he wanted, but he would give no
other answer than a whack on the door with his stick. At
length, finding remonstrance useless, he took him into cus-
tody, and locked him up.
The prisoner, who seemed' oroughly ashamed of himself,
was fined ss. The fine was paid at once.
John Wasty, a private in the 49th regiment of infantry,
was charged with stealing two silver forks, the property of
John Spurgin, Esq., M.D., 38, Guildford-street, Russell-
square, and Duplands, Bradwell, Essex.
The prisoner has lately returned with his regiment from
China, and wrote to Dr. Spargin, on his arrival in Ports-
mouth, where the regiment was quartered, informing him
that he was the son of his old coachman, and soliciting as-
sistance. The doctor replied in a favourable manner ; and on
Saturday morning last the prisoner came in his military
uniform, to Guildford-street, and having shown the prose-
cutor's reply, was admitted into the kitchen, where he was
hospitably treated. When Dr. Spurgin returned home at
four o'clock, the prisoner introduced himself to him, and
having been recognised as the son of an old servant, received
a sovereign. The prisoner stooped for the purpose of
placing the money in his magazine (a little pouch for per-
cussion caps) when the Doctor saw the handle of a silver
folk projecting from his waistcoat. He rang the bell, and
the butler, on examining him, found the two forks concealed
beneath his waistcoat.

The prisoner on his way to the station house was base
snough to say that Payne the servant had placed the forks
in his dress.

The prisoner said he was drunk at the time, and knew not
what he was doing. He produced his furlough, anddeclared
that his conduct as a soldier had received the approbation of
his superior pfficers.
Mr. GREENWOOD, after observing on the baseness of the
the prisoner's attempt to criminate an innocent man, com-
mitted him for trial.

John Evans, a stout-built young man, was charged with
creating a disturbance at the Clerkenwell workhouse.
George Smith, porter at the workhouse, deposed that at
eleven o'clock on Saturday night last, the prisoner came to
the door of the workhouse, and applied for a night's lodging.
Witness refused to admit him, because he had been insensibly
drunk on the Saturday before.
Mr. GREENWOOD—That was a very bad reason.
Witness—He transgressed very much on various occasions.
Mr. GREENWOOD-But surely a man should not be allowed
to starve to death because he behaved ill on the previous
week.

The witness then said the prisoner was drunk, and that he
witness had directed him to go to one of the overseers. He
said he would continue knocking until he was let in or taken
into custody, and as he commenced to knock afresh, and
with violence, witness gave him into custody. At the
station, witness perceiving that he was passing his hand
across his throat in a very strange manner, seized him, and
found that he had been endeavouring to cut his throat with
a case knife, which he held in his hand.
Police-constable, 112 G, confirmed Smith's testimony, and
added, that so determined did the prisoner seem to destroy
himself, that it required the combined exertions of three
polioemen to disarm him.
In answer to further questions from the bench, Smith said
the prisoner had been working in the Yard of Industry on
Saturday, and earned a shilling, ninepence halfpenny of
which he had in his pocket when arrested. Had never con-
sidered him insane.

Mr. GREENWOOD asked the prisoner why he attempted to
destroy himself ?
Prisoner—l would have cut my throat sooner than be put
in prison, where I never was before. I earned a shilling on
Saturday, but some days I do not earn more than sixpence
or sevenpence in the Yard of Industry. I was not drunk.
The prisoner having promised the Magistrate to go back
to the workhouse, was discharged, Mr. GREENWOOD telling
the porter that the prisoner's having been drunk was quite a
sufficient reason to refuse his admission. The Magistrate di-
rected the police to withhold the knife.
Joseph Murray, an ill-looking fellow, was charged with
violently assaulting Mr. Neville, a bootmaker, residing in St.
John-street, and committing a robbery at his house, in con-
junction with Alfred and James Beevy, now in custody.
On -Saturday morning police constable Redmond, G 24,
accompanied by Inspector Barton and another officer of the
G division, arrested the prisoner in bed in a house in Wych-

street, Strand. Redmond told him of the nature of the
charge against him, upon which he said, " Oh, that is it, is
it ?" On his way to the station-house, the prisoner, when
informed that two other persons were arrested tbr the offence'
said eagerly, " Who are they?" and having been told, in"
quired if any of them had turned Queen's evidence? Jn the
outer coat which the prisoner wore was a quantity of skeleton
keys ; an article of the same kind was in his trousers' pocket.
.
Inspector Barton found in a drawer in the prisoner's aPsrl
ment a life-preserver, similar to one which was produced ell
Saturday, and a large number of house-breaking implementsi
The prisoner at the station-house remarked that he must pet
out of it the best way he could. He was taken to Mr. ke"
vine, and the wounded man identified him as the person NI
had struck him twice with the life-preserver on the head, an
knocked the candle out of his hand. The prisoner quietly
' exclaimed, " Oh, yoti may be mistaken noW."
Mr. Macey, Superintendent of the G Division, produced
surgeon's certificate of the state of the prosecutor, and add
that the poor man seemed very ill indeed.—The prisoner Yr°
remanded.
Amelia Leman was charged with robbing her master, Mr'
Stephen White, a surgeon, residing at No. 1, Lamb's CA
n"
of plate and wearing apparel, to a very 1411.0"

amount.
The prisoner entered Mr. White's service about Wee
months ago, and from the very first week carried on an e%
tensive system of plunder • silver spoons, books, and eve
the very bhmkets off the bed, were transmitted to the It";
shop. The robberies were discovered last Sunday by
White, who found a large number of duplicates in a stootOl
underneath the prisoner's bed, which related to the
property. When arrested she gave up eighteen other dt.113,,,f
cates. She had brought a false character to Mrs. White, wd.
she subsequently confessed herself a married woman/ t 1
alleged that her husband's name was Reeves.
The prisoner was sent for trial to the Old Bailey.

TO THE EDITOR OP THE SUN.
Siit,—As a constant supporter of your valuable la by
beg you would insert that there is now in my house, a inau'4,sl
the name of Michael Gould, who was saved from the ROY
George, when she sank off Spithead, and he has nothing;
subsist upon but charity. His age is eighty-five; he is A°
with me with two of his old companions, one ninety-14"
and the other ninety-one. I remain, &c.,
G. COLE.
P. S.—l think that a few of the crumbs thrt fall froul
table of the Lords of the Admiralty, would do this old seri°
of the Crown a good which he is justly entitled to.
Rising Sun, Fish-street, Poole.

MARKET NEWS.—(YESTERDAY")
CORN EXCHANGE. eat
Fresh up this morning the arrivals of English
coastwise from Kent were rather extensive. For the Y~
finest qualities of both red and white hove-grown "„;cee
the demand must be considered on the whole firm, at Pt
about equal to those realised on this day se'nnight ;
middling and inferior kinds—which formed at least f.Dis;4
fourths of the quantity on offer—were a very dull sale,,o
in sonic instances the turn cheaper. The market c'
heavily. Of Foreign Wheat the imports have amounteu_le
nearly 7,000 quarters. To-day the show of samples ice
moderately good, but by no means extensive. We callutols
no alteration in the quotations. Bonded Grain was.rytial
yet the holders of Wheat under lock were firm.
._2abliget
Barley at fully last week's figures; malting and (o°_,`,/e•
sorts at barely late rates. In Malt we can notice no al
elf;
Lion in prices. The best parcels of Oats moved off (refer!
other kinds were dull. Beans and Peas commanded.
little attention.

CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Ito"
WHEAT—Essex & Kent, IMALT—Chevalier ..... .... di
red •! Is to 638' OATH—Yorkshire and
11s, to iv
Lin Ditto, white ... , .
Norfolk and L Potatoe .„..
coin, red
Ditto white 4ss to 58s1• black ..............• 0:71-
Irish, red 47a to 5081 Cork, white ......... . glj to Fel
Ditto, white its goi
BYE—Old
New 36s to 388 PEAS— Grey ..............o• sso to .11.1
BARLEY—Grinding 2sa to 295; Map'e ........ .. ........ tor ;•-•
Malting' 348 to 3761 White .....„ ...... ..... 52,.0,11
Chevalier 32s to 358 Boilers... ...... ..... .... of Wii;
MALT—Suffblk and Nor FLOUR—Town niade ... so Pio
folk s6s to 628 Sue° k ...... ._.., ..... .... 245 to
. Brown sos to 548 Stockton & ......

Kingston and Ware slis to 6251
10. FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLOUR IN BOND• goo
WnEar—Dantzic
Hamburgh 36s to 40s Pt• 5....." ....... 1.
BARLEY .... 30s to 33s FLoul—Anierican ......
OATS—New

Feed l4s to 16s! • •
-se
intarricrzioza.
Notwithstanding our market was, on the whole Verteringusti
rately supplied with Beasts, both as regards nuln „Art
quality, a great disinclination was exhibited on thei.r-iorge
the butchers and others to purchase, arising froth
arrivals of country-killed meat up to Newgate
ry
hall, and the unfavourable state of the weather fors i,jtisde
ing ; hence we have again to report an inactive Ben, 810,
at a decline on last Monday's quotations of quite 2d
The scarcity of really prime Scots must account fere; 4strf,
that a few a that breed found buyers at from 3s 10d '2.tie
81bs; but, as those figures were only realised in
instances, the highest general figure for Beef must
dered as not exceeding 3s 10d per 81bs. Although
ficulty was experienced in effecting clearances, but N 0917
left the market unsold. The trade in Sheep Was bs; SPA,
dull, at a depression in value of from 2d to 4d perl st v"
best old Downs at from 4s 2d to 4s 4d per 81bs.
CaWrosdilli
abatement of 2d per Sibs. Prime small Porkers sold
other kinds of Pigs slowly, at late rates. •
Per Sibs. to sink the offal.
S. d. to 5.1.; Is.
Inferior Beasts. ..... .... 2 9 2 10, Interior Sheep .... . . ••• .10
41
..econd qu3llty ditto,,. 303 2; Second quality ditto... , .
Crime large Oxen 4 36; Coarse-woolled ditto. 0; I
Prime Scots, &c.
Large coarse Calves 3 $ 4IN Large Hogs ...e. •.•• ;
rrtme small ditto •4 2 48: Small Porkers ...... -*p,
'kickling Calves, each 18 028 0 I Quarter old Pigs. o.c."h
SUPPLY AT MARKET. rj
Beasts I Sheep I Calves. I"
2.643 23,809 59 Sl.'
ENVGAMIZ AND LEADENN.,- got
The supplies of London slaughtered meat have u--iyora,A
though not to say extensive. Prime Mutton, P;ii
scarcity, has commanded a steady demand, at ‘4loll'
rates ; but, with all other kind* of meat, the trade,,,„'
inactive, at, in most instances, a decline of 2d per B'‘ aal.
At per stone, by the Carcase ilLt't
s. d. cl. •
1 I
deel, inferior—. tog
2 4 6 Mutton, inferior g 2 s
2 8 2 10; middling••••: 3 2
',rime large . 3 0 32; prime ..... II
-- pi ime wadi 3 2 3 4, Pork, !aige ...... 5
Veal
ARRIVALS DURING THE PAST WEE'" fly
I 00
Beasts. Sheep. Ca.vet..00
Scotland 39 6:0 "-
Yorkshire -
Norfolk ........... ...... 38 120 'OO
Suffolk 2B 90 tip
Essex_
18 80 ;01-
Essex
Surrey 7O 40 2
3120 ,142fi10 ,
Devonshire
Wiltshire
Other parts
----- 01
.h 72
Previous week's arrival....... 3!•5 2,170 2,088 822
Difference since our last... ISS 484 O, pot/
BOROUGHAND 9s AND lot*
The arrivals of Potatoes in the Pool since our fro op
have amounted to nearly 2,900 tons--700 being-oderA
land, •400 from the Channel Islands—the rem; dewot
different parts of England. Selected qualities erelo Or*
at full prices ; but the trade with other descriPtl°
heavy.

BOROUGH HOP M.6.3130Wri t b
In most kinds of new Hops a full average 10,.:ting Ty'ld oP
tress has been transacted since this day se'nnig" 0/
rates. Old Hops, the supply of which is moderate,
steadily at late currencies. tbg
WOOL 111ANZET• duro'' ea'
The imports of Wool into the port of London, witotil
week, have been confined to about 950 bales. :4°„,t 011.0
ing the stocks are seasonably extensive, the de"
I'.:, jor
descriptions is active, and the advance noticed
report is firmly supported.
TALLOW. gins 00'
This market is flat, and the demand limited. itieg,„(ls
is worth 41, and we believe (although there arL hsdnsll
tations) that first sort of good quality cannot yhero:ce fof
41s : good second sort Y. C. is 40s to 40s 3d. the Pi', f,,
little disposition to do business in new tallovf,,i; soh
the last three months is 41s 3d to 41s 6d se`""
buyers at 41s. Town tallow is 42s nett cash*

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0111wdittn.
HIGHLY HONOURABLE CONDUCT.---11',.6,
no doubt remember the protracted and exP,,,Rs'yis. "jete;
that ' took place a few years since between, nes-ele,ll ti 4„"
Co., of London, and Mr. Samuel James flaba"".il' in t° rig -
Edinburgh, the result of which was pecuniaqµl hter~a
parties concerned. A few friends of Mr. 1131„(taTr thfoseld
re-establish him in business in Edinburgh, `—t g ta-yd
nation of his legal troubles, subscribed abello he coefi
pounds to enable him to•make a fresh start, Is? 'es we'e,
Prince's-seet, taking a partner. This busi°_, speoe,,,(it"
ducted fort ome time, under the firm of Ilallopndoef,
Co. ; but did not prosper, and was eventually' aU'of
a loss to Mr. Hallam's friends of 769/. 11s• '9.,d." ,barge 13.4
they instantly gave him and his partner (-I°CantoeAarialt,'
Mr. Hallam then obtained an appointment ob°.,e
Spector of teas for a branch of the great house 01, e but eta
Brothers, and Co., of London. There he hae;it (thehe
time, but long enough to enable him t°
amount of his savings up to the date of renuttoney ol co, ce,
of 8561. Is. 7d., to repay, with interest, the nice, finurepe
by hiS friends to the firm of Hallam, Sp .d to the
five parties.—Caledonian Mercury.
Edinburgh. This money was last week Pa' OP
is .S A tO
There ef' t
METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS• fre..
before the House to embank the river iron' bo IP°
TO/ eh •Or
Chatham-place, to form a carriage road. ke inn„ be snew
accommodation to the public, as it win 1301 wi"l i3stot
thoroughfare from the Strand. A separate to
duced for.the embankment from Van„ I'-,
unn-bnubi. the
one 19"
sea-bridge. When completed it wi“
splendid rides in or round London.

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BIRTHS. 08 Du"' ,
On the 2d inst., at Florence, the lady of Chsrl iOl
laJ
of a daughter.
Arunde ,„.
On the 15th inst ,at Leominster, near . goa
the Rev. E. H. Ray. enhill, of a daughter. 440, Egi.' ,
On the 15th inst., the wife of Charles Ilan° h" eOl
citor, Thavies Inn, Holborn, of a daughter
Liverrwl'
On the 15th inst., at Mossley-hill, near
ark, lII*
of Alfred Smith, Esq., of a daughter. , „ent's-P
On the 16th inst., in Tichfield-terrace,
sob
Sheraton Baker, of a son, still born.

On the 13th inst., ------------ _lO6
MARRIED.Eq of nisho
asplirtolicor";
Thomas Part, S ,
Wigan, to Fannie, youngest daughter of Tholl _An oo
Esq., of Bank House. thirti."-hof
On the 15th inst., at Dorking, Thomas George,
od jog
Charles Barclay, Esq., of Bur" lin, to Emily, sec ° jet
of the Rev. James Joyce, Vicar of Dorking. ... dChil; ot
On the 15th inst., at Widford, Arthur, fourth sit:3l;loft
Tween, Esq., of Ware, Herts, to Jant, Ytnlngesi
the late Randal Norris, Esq., of the Inner Teri) e'

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nt
On the 16th inst., in Manchester-square, E.Plricic•
_,,,,,
Viscount Glensworth, grandson of the Earl ot 1,111"..t itofP,sr
On the 12th inst., at Paris, le Comte de 13eao.co_Li' milli,.
inure, father-in-law of his Excellency the goo ' ~
&Ode
at this Court.
On the 9th inst., Gertrude Angelica Mill* rungef"' /04
ter of John Mills, Esq. of Dris
On the 4th inst., at Paris, Henry Darlot, Egg., Apt
Sussex. 00,0'
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n the 14th inst., in Percy-street, Bedford-glu Ile,
von Hoist, historical painter aged 33. .dr pi,
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Of Air Job°
On the 15t41 inst., An. 4, eldest daughter oi ---'
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of Maryland-point, Stratford .„ A. oar-,
On the 15th inst., at
iajlto NhGn:fna°.ilMackenzie,skt-co
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gotta't ' s 170::: th e cl' i I a
John Francklin, Esq.

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