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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1844.

In the Lords the " Gaming Transactions Wit.
nesses' Indemnity Bill," was read a third time and
passed.

The Law- of Libel Bill, on the motion of Lord
CAMPBELL, was read a second time and referred to a
Committee. No other business was done, and the
House adjourned till Thursday.
In the Commons several Railway Bills were brought
up and read a first time. The Manchester and Ros-
sendale Railway Bill was read a second time, and or-
dered to be committed.
Lord PALMERSTON postponed his motion on the
Right of Search till this day fortnight.

On the motion of Mr. WATSON, a number of re-
turns relative to the Courts of Common Pleas and
Chancery of the County Palatine of Lancaster were
ordered.
Mr. llumE moved for a Select Committee to in-
quire into the extent of smuggling in articles that
paid a high duty, and into various malversations con-
nected with the Custom-house, and the expenses in-
curred for the protection of the Customs' revenue.
Lord SOMERSET suggested that the motion, for the
present, should be postponed ; and, as far as we can
judge from the report, Mr. HuME acquiesced.

In answer to a question from Mr. llumz, the
CHANCELLOR. of the EXCHEQUER said that the Post-
office authorities were in communication with those
of the United States, for the purpose of adopting re-
ciprocal Post-office regulations between the two
countries.

Mr. HAwEs resumed the adjourned debate on the
state of Ireland. His speech very properly was
almost entirely directed to the Established Church of
Ireland. To that he attributed most of her grievances.
The " N o Popery" cry could not now be raised. The
Protestant Dissenters had formerly been opposed to
the Catholics, because the Catholics 'ere opposed to
civil liberty. Now the case was different. The
Catholics supported the principle of civil liberty, and
they would have the Dissenters with them. He added,
if the payment of the Catholic priesthood should
be proposed as part of a great plan for
tranquillising Ireland, if it were joined with a mea-
sure for the extension of the franchise, then he would
sacrifice his pre-conceived opinions, and support such
a measure. All the old evils of Ireland were sure to
find fresh nourishment, to receive permanency and
strength, from the maintenance of the Irish Established
Church. The contest was between religious liberty
and religious intolerance, and he had no fear as to
the result ; but, in the meantime, the nation was
weakened by these unseemly struggles, and the
enemies of this great country were looking on with
hope, when theS, saw England weakened by the
misgovernment of Ireland.
Lord CLAUDE HAMILTON followed, and made a
characteristic Tory speech about the trial of the tra-
versers, Father MATHEW, and the peaceable state of
Ulster compared with Tipperary.
The O'CoNon DoN supported Lord JonN RUSSELL'S
motion, and expressed his conviction that if the House
entered on the .tat` of Ireland in the proper spirit,

the condition of that country would be speedily im-
proved. The principal speakers of the evening were
Air. GISBORNE, Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN, and Sir T.
WILDE, to whose speech we direct particular attention.
The debate was again adjourned, and the House
rose at a Quarter to Three o'Clock.

The Herald of this morning, alluding to some re-
marks made by Colonel YERNER and Mr. BUSFEILD
FERRAND, in the House of Commons, on Monday
night, respecting the Irish Protestants, of whose ex-
istence these bright senators seemed to take for
granted that the House was ignorant, says, "in
omitting to refer to the number, position, and rights,
of the Protestants of Ireland, the opponents of Lord
Jour( RUSSELL'S motion gave up the better part, if I
not the whole, of their case. Let us for a moment
endeavour to prove that there are Protestants in the
sister country, and by proofs that cannot be dis-
puted." Our Contemporary then adds—and by way
of impressing the remarkable fact still more strongly
on the minds of his readers, he prints it in italics—
" there are Protestants in Ireland Now, does the
Herald really believe that the country needs to be re-
minded of this fact ?—that it is at all likely to forget,
so long as the records of history endure, that there is
a fierce, bigoted, inexorable faction in the sister
country rejoicing in the title of Protestants, and still
more so in that of ascendancy-men ? Are not the
annals of this furious party written in the heart's-
blood of the Catholics ? Are they not associated with
the recollection of the pitch-cap and the triangle—
with the public flogging, by order of Rev. Irish
Archdeacons, of innocent women—with the noto-
rious BERESFORD riding-school—with the hangings,
and drawings, and quarterings of hundreds
of ignorant peasants—with the conflagration
of villages—the sack of towns—the revenge of an in-
furiate soldiery—the atrocious spy-system which
penetrated into every house and cabin, sowing dissen-
sion in the bosom of private families ;—and, in short,
with all the horrors of the rebellion of 1798 ? Whde
these things are remembered, can the existence of
Irish Protestants be forgotten ? But, 'granted that
even these atrocities could be expunged from men's
minds, still, is there not a wealthy, sinecure Church
Establishment, with its staff of bishops and deans,
prebendaries and archdeacons, canons and minor-
canons, to say nothing of the favourite tithe-
hunts of the parsons, to keep Irish Pro-
testantism alive in public recollection ? What
absurdity, then, in the Herald—with these facts star-
ing it fully and broadly in the face—to assure its
readers that " there are Protestants in Ireland !"
" Protestants in Ireland !" Aye, verily there are !
Else wherefore the late speeches of Lord STANLEY
and Sir JAMES GRAHAM, and the desperate cheers of
the Treasury Bench whenever any sentiment of an
Orange complexion falls from the lips of the Minis-
ters or their obsequious cads ? What the people require
to be reminded of is—not that " there are Protes-
tants in Ireland," but that there are Catholics in that
country—injured, insulted, oppressed Catholics, who
are left to wither in the cold shade of neglect, and
who on public trials of moment are not even thought
worthy to serve in the capacity of jurymen! This is
what the people need to be reminded of, for the policy
of Government is so studiously framed as to lead to
the inference that the Irish Catholics are a mere ag-
gregate of cyphers, on whom a serious consideration
is thrown away, and for whose imagined grievances
it is not worth while to legislate in a
kindly and enlightened spirit. To throw to them
from time to time a soft word or a specious promise,
just as you would throw a bone to a dog; to
endeavour to keep them in good humour by assuring
them that one day or other something shall be done
for them, when it is fully intended that the day of
relief shall never arrive ; to promote the antagonist
party to offices of trust, power, and emolument, while
professions are constantly made by those thus acting,
of moderation and impartiality, thereby adding insult
to injustice—this is the manner in which our Tory
Ministers treat the Catholics ; and then, when the
latter protest with vehemence against such treatment,
the former lift up their righteous eyes in perfect as-
tonishment at such ingratitude Gentle Herald, it
needs not that you remind your Tory readers
of the existence of Irish Protestants, for they know
it right well—too well ; enough that you remind
them that there are such beings as Catholics in Ire-
land, and that you impress on them also the whole-
some fact that these Catholics—notwithstanding that
they refuse to anathematise the POPE—are quite as
worthylas their Orange brethren, to share the favours
of Government !

The humanity and interest which had long been
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tion of general principles. Sympathy and charity
have not stopped short at the rounding
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few well turned periods, incul •
eating sentiments
of unexceptionable benevolence. They have vi-
sited the abodes—they have inspected the habits
—they have watched the incessant labours of their
unfortunate clients. They have scanned the amount
of their privations ; they have measured the protracted
efforts of their toiling industry; they have contrasted
the maximum product of their vigilance, dexterity, and
application, with the minimum wages received by
them. They have superintended the entire occupa-
tions of their physical existence, from the early close
of their short night's slumber, and the t scan y morsel
(hastily snatched in the uncertain daybreak, dimly
lighting the misery of their squalid homes) to their
morning's toil, in the mill or the factory, amidst con-
gregated masses offellow-labourers, pent up in spacious,
but unhealthy, work-rooms. This toil they have seen
the young work-people prolong, through the live-long
day, in the polluted atmosphere of densely crowded
chambers, and amidst the incessant uproar of steam •
engines in action, and huge revolving machinery—
through the afternoon, whose brightness and sunshine
never glowed or beamed for them—through the soft
evening, whose refreshing coolness was not suffered
to play upon their pallid cheeks—and far into the
night, whose solemnity and silence were properties
which they had learned only by report; for, how could
they know these through the din of wheels, the hiss-
ing of steam, the hurting of looms, and the flying of
shuttles ? From the monster mill or the labyrinthine
factory, the same disinterested philanthropy has
tracked the returning footsteps of the overworked
infant and the exhausted adult, perhaps through the
dreary buffetings of a tempestuous night to their
cheerless cottages. It has examined the discomfort,
it has glanced over the desolation, of those miserable
tenements ; it has tasted of the wretched pittance that
has awaited the factory people for their mournful
supper; and it has contemplated the more wretched
pallets to which they have betaken themselves for
their deep but feverish sleep of " a scant" five hours,
prior to the morning's renewal of their ever-recurring
and spirit-crushing toils!
It is certain that the spirited exertions of an active
beneficence, incited by the noble example of such
men as the late Mr. Tnosias SADDLER., and the present
Lord ASHLEY, have been successful with the master
manufacturers and millowners, to induce them greatly
to ameliorate the condition and to multiply the com-
forts of these hard-working children of labour. The
Legislature, at the instance of Government, has
assiduously addressed itself to the task of protecting
them frOm oppression—from overwork—from being
rendered, under various pretences and misrepresenta-
tions, accessories to their own wrong, by facilitating
evasions, on the part of the employers, of the
statutes touching the lowest ages at which children
may be employed, and the utmost daily time for
which they shall work. We are well pleased to see
that Sir JAMES GRAHAM, in his official capacity, is
lending a powerful aid to the furtherance and conso-
lidation of these sanatory measures of protection.
We have given, elsewhere, a notice of the Bill lately
introduced by the Right Hon. Baronet, and now be-
fore the House, "for regulating the employment of
children, young persons, and women in factories." It
is scarcely requisite for us to acid, that we wish, for
so just and humane a measure, all the success to
which it is fairly entitled ; and to its framers and
supporters, without distinction of party, all the credit
and praise that are due to those who step forward to
befriend the friendless.

The intelligence from Spain, which is to the I 3th
inst., has been anticipated by the French telegraphic

dispatches given in another place. General RONCALI,
it will be seen, has blockaded Alicant, and that town
would probably yield in a few days. Some accounts
say that he had refused to obey the orders of the
Minister of War to shoot the thirty insurgents made
prisoners at Alcoz, and would be recalled. This
report, however, has been officially contradicted.
The Three per Cents. were done- at 281 for cash,
and 29f at 60 days ; Five per Cents. at 20i at 60
days.

The French Government on Monday received the
following intelligence from Spain :

"TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCHES.
" BAY ON N E, FEB. 16

" The Portuguese movement has taken place at Torres
Novas, in the 4th Cavalry. Several arrests were ordered on
the 7th at Lisbon.

" General Roncali writes on the 9th from Villa Francasa,
that he has blockaded Alicant, with General Pardo.
" Several of the insurgents had surrendered to him.
" The address of the Deputies to the Queen has been sub-
scribed by seventy-two of them."

" FEBRUARY 17.

LAW INTELLIGENC

"We learn from Orihuela, whence the advice of the
9th, that the insurgents had abandoned that town, and shut
themselyes up in Carthagena.
" Baron Bomlin, who is believed to be the leader of the
late Portuguese movement, has been arrested at Yelvas.
" M. Olozaga has been sent by the Government to reside
at St. Übes."

The following telegraphic dispatch of an earlier
date appears in the 2lioniteur of the same day:—

" BAYONNE, FEB. 15.

" Forty senators, present in Madrid, have voted an address
to Queen Isabella, iu which they assure her Majesty of their
adhesion to her Government. They voted another address to
the Queen-Mother, expressive of their wish that she should
speedily return to Spain. The Deputies of the majority fol-
lowed the example of the senators.
"The disarmament of the National Militia of Lugo, Cadiz,
Seville, Ceuta, and of the whole camp of San Roque, took
place without any disturbance. Malaga and Almeria were
tranquil."

QUEEN'S BENCH.--(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings at Guildhall, before Mr. Justice WIGBTMAN and a
Common Jury.)
BUNNETT V. BREEZE.

The Court was engaged up. to the hour of our going to
press with this cause, which involved mere dry questions of
account, the validity or non-validity of a contract, and a dis-
puted liability; but presenting no one feature of interest or
Importance except to the parties concerned.

COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before Lord Chief Justice TINDAL.)
FRASER V. DAGLEY--CRIM CON.
At the opening of the Court this morning this cause was
proceeded with, by calling the following witnesses for the
defence :
Edward White examined by Mr. CIIAMBERS---I am soli-
citor to the Duchy of Cornwall. I prepared the marriage
settlemei.t between the plaintiff and his wife. The wife had
10,3001. fortune. Mr. Fraser got 4,300/. immediately after
the marriage. Mr. Fraser had no property of his own. After
the marriage they lived abroad for about five or six years.
After their return, I used to see them professionally. Mrs.
Fraser used to complain of the conduct of her husband. I
did not speak to him of any complaints she made. I
heard of something about a sale of the furniture
when Mrs. Fraser lived in Wilton-crescent. An ap-
plication was made to Mrs. Fraser's brother to become
mortgagee, but he declined. At a meeting which subse-
sequently took place, Mr. Bagley offered to advance the
money; at first he seemed disinclined, but ultimately he ad-
vanced the money. The object was to preserve the property
for Mrs. Fraser, whose property I believed the furniture to
be, and not Mr. Fraser's. About May, 1842, I saw Mrs.
Fraser with regard to the furniture. lair. Fraser was very
much embarrassed. I received Mrs. Fraser's interest, and I
paid it over to her.
To the Couar—The 300/. which was advanced by Mr.
Bagley was paid over to Mr. Fraser, who claimed the furni-
ture amongst others.
To Mr. CuA3thEits—An execution was subsequently put
in. 1 left directions to my clerk to settle the matter for Mrs.
Fraser. I received a letter from Mr. Fraser, dated the 18th
of July, enclosing one written to Mrs. Fraser, dated the Bth
of July, and addressed to her, at No. 30, Baker-street, Port-
man-square. There was merely an envelope round the letter
to Mrs. Fraser. (The letters were put in and read. The letter
to Mrs. Fraser was very long, and its reading occupied a con-
siderable time. It was full of charges of unkindness and
violence on the part of Mrs. Fraser towards the writer.) I
enclosed a letter from Mrs. Fraser, in answer to that letter.
It was dated the 26th of July, 1842. (The letter was read.
Another letter, dated the 23d of May, from Mr. Fraser to
Mrs. Fraser, was handed in and read.) lam not aware of
anything occurring between the 23d of May and the Bth of
July to account for the alteration in the tone of those letters.
Mrs. Fraser was in Brighton in July, 1842. She came to
town, and called upon me for my advice. I advised her to
take lodgings, instead of renting a house as she proposed.
Between July, 1842, and July, 1843, Mr. Fraser came to me
for the purpose of raising money, to enable him to go
to India. I saw him several times during this time.
I do nut recollect his asking where his wife and children
were, except when she was living at. Ramsgate. Mr. Fraser
wanted 2001. ; I urged Mrs. Fraser to advance the money
out of her means ; she consented, with some reluctance. I
proposed to Mr. Fraser that his passage should be paid, and
to give him a letter of credit for the balance when he arrived
at Bombay. He had to get a certificate from Lord Denman
to enable him to practice at the Indian bar, which delayed
him for some time. lie then said that he wished to go over
land to India, as he had to escort a niece of his and another
lady. I gave him 201. to buy some things ; he afterwards came
for the residue in October, and said he was going in November.
I objected, and told him I did not wish to trust him with
the money. He subsequently got the balance. Mrs. Fraser
visited my family when she came to York-buildings. 1 con-
sidered her manners were rather free. Mr. Fraser hinted a
suspicion to me with regard to the conduct of the defendant
and his wife. This was before he received the money.
Cross-examined by Mr. THESIGER—MV. Fraser told me
there were reports circulated to the prejudice of Mrs. Fraser.
I do not recollect telling Mr. Fraser that I would see Mrs.
Fraser on the subject. Ido not recollect telling Mr. Fraser
that Mrs. Fraser said lie had nothing to do with her friend-
ships or acquaintances since he had separated from her. I
believe Mr. Fraser said on one occasion that it was a pity
she had not some person to keep her in the right path. I
might have answered, that that was more easily said than done.
He expressed a wish that she should continue her acquaintance
with the Broughton family, and have respectable persons
about her. I do not recollect that I gave the address of
Mrs. Fraser to Mr. Fraser, which he asked for in his letter
of the 18th of July.
Re-examined by Mr. KELLY—If I did not give the ad-
dress of Mrs. Fraser, it was with no intention of concealing
it from Mr. Fraser. Mrs. Fraser has continued her ac-
quaintance with the Broughton family, and continues to
have respectable acquaintances. I do not know of her hav-
ing one disreputable acquaintance. Mr. Frazer continued
his negotiations for the 200/. after he expressed his suspicions
with regard to the defendant.
John Curtis, a clerk in the office of the last witness, was
called and examined by Mr. KELLY—The evidence of the
witness related to the bill of sale of the furniture, and the
money transactions referred to by Mr.jWhite.
Chas. Wood, examined by Mr. Worinsworrru—My mother
keeps the hotel, called Wood's Hotel, in Portugal-street, Lin-
coln's Inn-fields. I know Mr. Fraser. We have an account with
him, commencing in February, 1840, and ending September
3d, 1841. The amount for that time is 118/. Is. 4d. I got
two acceptance's for the amount. When they became due
they were dishonoured.
Captain Charles Hart—l am Captain, on half-pay, of the
60th Regimenr. I know Mr. Fraser. I knew him when he
became a candidate for the representation of Hytlie. I un-
derstood him to say he bad expectations of a large .fortune
from his father. I knew Mr. and Mrs. Fraser before and
after their marriage. Mr. Fraser used to ask me to dine.
Sometimes Mr. Fraser came home very late, and
sometimes he did not come home at all. He used
to tell me that I would always find Mrs. Fraser at home.
About 1840 they were living in Melcombe-place. I met Mr.
Bagley there at dinner sometimes. Mr. F. was present, and
when he was absent my daughter dined there. I never no-
ticed any particular familiarity between Mr. Bagley and Mrs.
Fraser. Mr. Bagley used to play with the children. I never
saw him play at blind-man's buff with them.—(Laughter.) I
never saw anything like unkindness on the part of Mr. or
Mrs. Fraser towards each other. After Mrs. Fraser left
Melcombe-place, she told me she lived at Lady Doyle's.. She
did not dress in a showy manner. As far as my opinion goes,
she is not an attractive person ; but that is a matter of
opinion.—(Laughter.)
Cross-examined by Mr. TIIESIGER.—I should not say, that
Mrs. F. was extremely mild.—(Laughter.) She was a mild
person. I never heard anything about family jars.—
(Laughter.) There was some talking as to Mr. Fraser's
extravagance, and his coming home later than his business
required. I never heard Mr. 1. raser use a harsh word to-
wards Mrs. Fraser. There was a constant upbraiding of Mr.
Fraser on the part of Mrs. Fraser, on account of his extra-
vagance, and his being absent from home.
Lady Catherine Hayes was next called, and examined by
Mr. WORDSWORTH—I am widow of Commodore Sir John
Hayes. I knoW Mrs. Fraser. I have known her about six
years. I knew her in 1839. I knew her when she removed
to Melcombe-place. It was not far from my house. I was
on intimate terms with her up to the time that I heard of
this trial. We saw each other frequently. I remem-
ber when Mr. Fraser slept at my house. It
might have been more than one night. It was
about the time she was removing to Melcombe-place.
I have known very little of Mr. Fraser. I never saw him
when I called. I saw him two or three times when I dined
there; never on any other occasion. I cannot say if they
livecLhappily together. Mrs. Fraser appeared to be a most
devoted mother. I should say her mode of dressing was ra-
ther shabby.—(A laugh.) She generally wore a cap. She
was tidy, but not so well dressed as a lady in her situation
might have been. I was often shown the picture of her
husband. She appeared to be extremely fond of it; more so
than she ought to be in my opinion:
Cross-examined by Mrs. TnEsioEn—Mrs. Fraser appeared
to be fond and proud of her husband. My husband was in
the East India Company's. service.
Mr. Dodd, a surgeon, residing at No. 12, Portman-street,
Portman-square, examined by Mr. Wonnswolern—l at-
teniled Mrs. Fraser in her last four confinements, on January
22, 1828 ; on August 7, 1839 ; on October. 6, 1841; ancton
December 9, 1842. I attended her on other occasions besides
those. She- appeared to be a very tender and affectionate
mother. I don't know whether the last child has blue eyes.
Cross-examined by Mr. HintriinEY—The last child has
red hair, and the child before the last. None of the others
have red hair.
Zephaniah: Davis examined by Mr. CHAMBERS—I was in
the service of Mr. Bagley as a clerk. I left the same night on
which Mr. Bagley gave a dinner party in 1840. Mr. Fraser
was there. Mrs. Fraser and another lady were there. The
party broke up at half-past ten. Mr. Fraser left with his
wife and Miss Birch. Mr. Bagley desired me to have the
chambers carefully arranged.
-Cross-examined by Mr. TRESIGER.—I was clerk to Mr.
Bagley about three months. I was recommended to Mr.
Hodges. Mr: Bagley is about 35. He has not red hair—he
has red whiskers.—(A laugh.) His hair is of a sandy colour.
I don't think it is sandy. I believe it is the same colour as
my. own. (The witness's hair being very black, his answer
created much laughter.) When I said the hair was sandy, I
was confounding it with the whiskers.—(Laughter.) I per-
fectly recollect Mr. Bagley's hair. I will swear it is not
sandy. It is the same colour as my own.
To Mr. KELLY—Look at this gentleman's hair (pointing to
Mr. Bagley's brother), and say is it as dark as this gelid e-
- man's hair.
Witness—Decidedly darker.
Eliiabeth Barrow, examined by Mr. KELLY—I am in the
service of Mrs. Fraser. I entered into it on the Ist January,
. 1839. I was cook. When I first went Mr. Fraser was
absent from home about • five weeks. When he
returned, he used to be very little at home. He
used to coine home about eleven or twelve o'clock at night.
I recollect the birth of one of the children, named Joseph.
,He came home very late at the time this child was born.
I used to open the door till a key was made for him. Mr.
Fraser went for the doctor. Ho left home after breakfast and
returned late at night. He did not dine at honee during
the confinemet of Mrs. Fraser. From what I saw going on
in the house, I gave notice of leaving. I thought Mr. Fraser
could not be the master of the house. I afterwards made
inquiries, and -found she was sister to Lady. Doyle.
I then remained. I did not know Mr. Bagley
until we had removed to Melcombe-place. He used
to visit frequently there when Mr. Fraser was at
home, and when he was not. On one occasion he came with
Mr. Fraser when Mr. Fraser was going to Exeter. He de-
sired me to take care of my mistress while he was away, and
that Mr. Bagley: was to sleep there. Mr. Bagley did not sleep
there. On one night he slept at the house when Mr. Fraser was
in town. It was a very snowy night. He slept on the sofa
in the drawing-room. Mr. Fraser slept in the house that
night. I recollect when Isabella was born. Some time
before, Mr. Fraser and Mr. Bagley came home together,
about eleven o'clock in the morning. They went up to Mrs.
Fraser's bed-room.. I saw them there. Mrs. Fraser
was dressed in a morning gown. She was sitting when
I saw her. The others were standing near her. I
do not know What passed. I heard Mr. Fraser frequently
say that he asked Mr. Bagley to dinner. This was mostly in
1842, about winter time. Mr. Bagley had been often invited
to dinner when Mr. Fraser was not there to receive him.
There used to be a lady there frequently. I remember Mr.
Fraser going away, and not coining back again. This
was in 1842. Mrs. Fraser went to Brighton. I
saw . Mr. Bagley at Brighton. I recollect on one
occasion that Mr. Bagley and Mrs. Fraser, and one of
the children, went out. I and the other servant went to
church. On our return home we found the street-door open,
and also the parlour door. Mr. Bagley and Mrs. Fraser wereo
in the parlour. Mr. Fraser returned to town, and went t _
York-buildings, shortly after she was confined. Mr. Bagley
culled after she was confined.
(The witness was under examination when our Re-
porter left).

The Paris Government journals make no com-
ments whatever on the intelligence brought from
Otaheite, and will probably continue to do so till a
commmunication on the subject tikes place between
Lord ABERDEEN and M. GUIZOT. Some of the Op-
position journals, on the other hand, praise in high
terms the conduct of Admiral DUPETIT TIIOUARS, and
call upon the Cabinet to sanction at once the occu-
pation of these islands in the name of the KING of the
FRENCH. The poor missionaries, of course, come in
for a great deal of abuse. "M. GUIZOT," says the
National, " whatever he may really think, cannot dis-
avow our brave Admiral, and we shall necessarily
learn, without delay, that he has ratified the defini-
tive and complete occupation of Otaheite. Let the
Bible-sellers cry out; their Government laughs at
our most legitimate complaints ; let us treat with
contempt the Methodist brawling of those preaching
folks, who, under the missionary's dress, cannot con-
ceal the political agent, and still less the trailer !"
The Siecle views the affair in a different light, and
is opposed to any scheme for colonizing "at great ex-
pense an island which cannot be preserved during a
time of war, and will not repay us in time of peace,
for the expenses imposed on our treasury. It will
therefore be necessary to give way to the intrigues of
this Mr. PRITCHARD, or get deeper and deeper in an
ugly affair." The Quotidienne says Lord ABERDEEN
" would with very bad grace exhibit indignation at our
taking possession of the island, and it would be but
too easy to remind him with how little scruple England
plants her flag wherever she pleases. The British
establishments in China, the encroachments on Gwalior,
the flagrant usurpation of Sinde, are examples
enough of what England does, but which French
honour would blush to imitate." Yet French
honour dethroned the Dey of ALGIERS, plun-
dered his treasury of several millions sterling,
and seized his dominions, and something more, be-
cause from accident or momentary irritation, he
touched the sacred cheek of the French Consul with
his fan.

The French Funds remain nearly stationary. On
Monday the Three per Cents. closed at 82f. 35c., and
the Fives at 125 f. 55c.

THE BOURSE-MONDAY, FEB. 19.

First Highest Lowest Last

Price. Price. Price. Price.
French Five per Cents. 125 65 .. 125 65 .. 125 60 .. 125.60
Four-and-a-Half 112 50 .. 112 50 .. 112 50 .. 112 50
Three per Cents 82 35 82 35 .. 82 25 .. 82 35
Bank of France .. 3280 —3280 —3280 ..3280
Laffitte Bank, I,ooof. Sharesllo2 50 ..1102 50 —llO2 50 ..1102 50
Belgian Bank
Belgian Fives. 107} .. 1071 .. 1071 .. 107 k
1840 ........ 1091 .. 109 f 1091 .. 1091
1842 •••••••• 110 f .. 1101 .. 110 f .. 1101
Spanish Active •••••• • • • • • • 31 .. 31 .. 31 .. 31
Passive 51 .. 51 .. 51 .. 5}
Portuguese Five per Cents • • 441 .. 46 .. 441 .. 45
Neapolitan lO4 50 .. 104 75 .. 104 25 .. 104 50
Roman ..
RAILWAY SHARES.
805 .. 805 .. 805 .. 805
170 .. 175 .. 170 .. 170
823 75 .. 823 75 .. 820 .. 820
670 .. 670 .. 655 .. 655
837 50 .. 837 50 .. 830 .. 830
242 50 .. 242 50 .. 237 50 .. 238 75
730 .. 730 .. 720 .. 720
380 .. 380 .. 380 .. 380

St. Germain ...••• ........
Versailles, L.B
Rouen ..
Rouen to Havre ••
Strasburg to Bale
Avignon to Marseilles....
Mulhausen to Thalia

RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT.
e'er allies, L.B.
Rouen .• —••.•..••• . • • •• • • 825 .. 825 .. 815 .. 817 50
Rouen to Havre.. 670 .. 670 .. 661 25 .. 661 25
Orleans
Strasburg to Bale 241 25 .. 242 50 .. 235 .. 240
Avignon to Marseilles...... 740 .. 741 25 .. 722 50 .. 730
Montpellier to Cette •

DODD'S PARLIAMENTARY COMPANION.—Mr. Dodd,
so well known for his useful information on subjects
connected with the two Houses of Parliament, has
just brought out a new edition of this work. It con-
tains many emendations and improvements, and fur-
nishes the latest statistical intelligence on the con-
stitution of the country. The details respecting the
louse of Commons are very copious, and include a
concise biography of the Members, their principles,
and pledges to their constituencies, their parentage,
age, marriage, &c. It furnishes also a statement of
the numbers polled at the last general election, the
population of each place, the registered electors, and
a general outline of the forms and usages adopted in
Parliament. The returns for all the vacancies caused
by death and resignations since the last prorogation
up to the present session are given, with the usual
historical and family notices. We believe this is the
only hand-book of the kind now published.

LORD HERTFORD'S WlLL.—Another hearing respect-
ing a codicil, claimed by the Right Hon. .). Croker, of
100,000 dollars in Virginia Stock, under the will of the
late Marquis of Hertford, was given this morning by
the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, to hear
the Solicitor-General on behalf of the Right Hon.
Claimant. Lord Brougham, although evidently suffer-
ing under the effects of lumbago, was present, as were
also Lords Campbell, Ahinger, Denman, and other Lords.
Sir William Follett having concluded, it was intimated
by the Court that judgment would be deferred to a future
period. Sir Charles Wetherell appeared on the part of
the present Marquis of Hertford, the respondent in this
Case.

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE--WEDNESDAY.

- - -
We had about an average supply of English Wheat. For
the finest parcels the demand was steady, at previous rates,
but in other kinds exceedingly little was doing. Foreign
Wheat was a heavy sale, but we can notice no alteration in
prices. Barley was quite as dear, but Malt Barley supported
Monday's figures. Oats, Beaus, Peas, and Flour were un-
altered.

ARRIVALS.
Earle,. Oat.. Flour
3,570 qrs. c 1,40 qrs. 3,450 Fack 6*
760 10,530 —1,%0
Malt, 1,730 qrs.
VIRITECH.A.PEL.

Wheat.
English 1,140 qrs.
Irish -
Foreign. 6OO

Although the supply of each kind of ineat was but mode-
rate, the trade was throughout heavy. on the following
terms :—Beef, from 2s 2d to 3s 4d ; Mutton, N 6d to 3s 6d ;
Veal, 2s 10d to 4s 6d; and Pork, 2s 6tl to 4s per Blhs, by
the carcase.

EAST INDIA HOUSE.-( (THIS DAY.)
IMPORTANT STAEMENT.

This morning a special adjourned Court was, held at the
East India House for the purpose of further considering the
papers relating to Sinde.
The Minutes of the last Court having been read,
The Chairman, Mr. CorrEn, said, the Court of Directors
deplored the course pursued by the Governor-General of
India, in relation to the Ameers of Snide. But they were
satisfied that he had acted conscientiously; and it was the
intention of the Court of Directors to give every aid and pro-
tection to the Ameers, against whom no charges had been
established. He thought it would be the better course to ad-
journ the Court without discussing the resolutions proposed
at the last meeting.
After this important statement, a discussion upon the point
oforder ensued, in which the Chairman gave way, and admitted
that the resolutions proposed at the last Court might now be
discussed.
Mr. WEEDING then addressed the Court and was left
speaking.

BURGLARY.—Between the hours of eleven on
Monday night and six on the Tuesday morning, the premises
of Mr. Lindsey, keeper of the Lewisham post-office, were
broken into and robbed of bank notes, silver, gold, and a
quantity of plate, amounting in value to about 3001. The
letter-bag, which had been dropped the previous evening by
the Hastings mail, had been broken open, and the letters it
contained opened, and their contents tore into fragments and
strewed on the floor.
TILE PRTCE OF BREAD.—The bakers throughout
the metropolis raised the price of bread yesterday. The firs-
rate bakers at the west-end now charge 91d. and even 10d.
for the 41b. loaf; the second-rate, Bd. and lid. Some of the
inferior ones in \Vhitechapel, Blackfriars-road, Westminster,
Drury-lane, and St. Giles's, only charge 6d. and 7d. Not-
withstanding that these is a plentiful supply of wheat in the
country of English growth, no less than 6,220 quarters of
foreign wheat have been received during the last week in the
port of London-1,500 quarters of which were from Dantzic,
and 1,000 from Odessa. Twenty thousand quarters were
entered on Monday last at the 19s. duty. The price of wheat I On the night of the 14th inst., as a small boat
at Mark-lane varies from 40s. to 60s. per quarter, and flour 1 belonging to the brig Maria was returning to that vessel in
of superior quality from 463. to 503.; second ditto, 40th to 463. the harbour of Granville, it upset, froni being overladen, :la
per Wk.. out of ten puma who were it were drol7ll.elp