The Sun.
London, England, 1844-02-17 00:00:00

E SUI 47, LONDON, SATVRDAY EVENING, _FEBRUARY 171 1844,

informationlhad been filed with respect to the frauds,
on the CustoMs.
In answer to a question from Mr. WILLIAMS, Sir
Ron Ear PEEL said the Navy Estimates would be
brought on before those of the Army ; and, for the
convenience of the House, he would postpone the
Committee of Supply till Monday.
"In answer to a question from Mr. HUME, Sir Ro-
nEnt PEEL said several communications had taken
place, between the Dean and Chapter of Westminster
with regard to the admission fees to the Cathedral,
but no final arrangement had yet been made.
Captain BERNAL resumed the adjourned debate
on the state of Ireland, and in strong terms
denouncei the policy pursued towards that country.
If they wished, to govern Ireland, he said, with ad-
vantage to England; they must govern, according to
Irish notions—above all, they must cherish the Ca-
tholic religion as a good, and not tolerate it as an
evil.

the session to apply for the funds necessary to execute
and complete the works."
The accounts from Stockholm of the lING'S health
are more favourable. A bulletin of the 2d announces
that the swelling in the legs had considerably abated,
and that the KING had eaten with appetite, and slept
occasionally.
A decree dated February 1, had been issued by the
KING, conferring the Regency on his son OSCAR,
until the Ist of March, It begins in these terms—
"We CHARLES JOHN, by the Grace of GOD, King
of Sweden and Norway, of the Goths and Van-
dals," &c.
The Madrid mail of the 9th had not reached Paris
on Thursday.
On the Paris Bourse the Three per Cents. closed
on Thursday at 82f. 40e. ; the Five per Cents. at 125 f.
80c. ; -Orleans shares at 847 f. 50c. ; Rouen 830 f. ;
Havre, 675 f. ;\ Avignon; 760 f. ; Spanish Active, 311.
THE BOURSE—Timm:ay, FEB. 15.
i Highest Lowest Last
-
Price. Price. Prico. Price.
French Five per Cents. .• 12560 ...125 70 .. 125 50 .. 125 70
Four-and-a-Half.. • 112 50 112 50 •• 112 50 .. 112 50
Three per Cents.• • 40 .• 82 35 •• 82 40
Bank of Francg,•• 3277 50 ..3280 ..3277 50 ..3280
Laftltte Bank, I,ooof. Sharesllos• .. 110.5 .. 1102 ,50 .. 115070 02 50
5,000 f. Sharesso7o ..5070 —5070' ..
Belgian Bank ...... .• 672 50 .• 672 50 •• 672 50 .. 672 50
1841 ••• • • —lOBO —lOBO ..1080 10
001
Belgian rives . ....... .• • lO7l .. 1071 • • 1071 .. 1071
'IB4O
1842 ••••',••• 1105 •• 1101 .. 1101 .. 1101
Spanish Active • • ..... •• • a 34 • • 311 •• 311 .. 311
- Passive . •• 51 •. 51
Portuguese Five per Cents 47 47 .. 46/ 47
Neapolitan • ..• •• • • •• •• •• • • 104 50 .1 104 50 .. 104 50'.. 104 50
1061 ;0(.4 .1061 .. 1061

Mr. D'IsRLnLI followed.
Mr. WARD, who has taken much interest in the
affairs of Ireland, made an excellent speech, andcon-
trasted the monster meetings which had taken place
in England with those for which Mr: O'CONNELL
and his friends had been convicted in Ireland.
Colonel CONOLLY defended the course pursued by
the Government„ and asserted that the Protestants,
and not the Catholics of Ireland, were the objects
of persecution.
He was followed by Mr. Sergeant MURPHY, Mr.
Escorr, Mr. C. BULLER, and Lord STANLEY, when
the debate was again adjourned.
The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of,
'and the House adjourned at a Quarter to One o'Clock.

RAILWAY SHARES. •
Versailles, R.B. •••••• • • • • • . 350 350 .148 75 • 348 75
• L. 13. ..... •••• • • • 175 • • 177 50 .. 171, • 177 75'
• 629
___

Rouen •
Rouen to Havre
(Weans .. •.•• .• • • ... -•.. •• 850 ..
Strasburg to Bale • • • • • •• • • 243 75 ..
Montpellier to Cette• •• • ...• 480
Ifulhausen to Tbsuin.• • • • • • 372 50 •
Avignon to Marseilles • • •• • . 760

830 .. 830 .-
673 75 .. 670 ..
850 .. 840 .. 845
243 75 .. 241 25 .. 243 75
480 .. 475 .. 475
372 50 .. 372 50 372 50
760 .. 757 50 .. 757 50

The death of Lord SIDMOUTH, who died on Thurs
day last, at the advanced age of eighty-seven, reminds
us that a peer of the realm has just passed from
among us who, by- sheer luck and the proverbial
caprice of fortune, attained those honours which are
often denied to-.talents. a. thousand times superior to
any of which he could boast. Without eloquence—
without statesmanship—without energy of character
or family connexions—without even a solitary claim
on the gratitude or confidence of his country—the
deceased nobleman gained the highest and proudest
post which a British subject can possibly gain—
namely, that of Prime Minister I And, as if
this fact were not of itself sufficiently astonishing, he
succeeded the second PITT as Premier—a statesman
who, whatever other -disqualifications he may have
possessed, was certainly not wanting in a certain
commanding energy and loftiness of mind, in which
his twaddling, common-place successor was noto-
riously—not to say, ridicutously-deficient ! Among
the many strange events that marked the commence-
ment of the present century, few are more strange
than Mr. ADDINGTON'S acquisition of supreme power—
at such a period, too, when the restless and enterprising
NAPOLEON was Chief Consul of the French republic !
and none more completely exemplifies the truth of the
old adage that " the race is not always to the swift,
nor the battle to the strong." The late Lord SID-
MOUTH was the son of an able Berkshire physician,
who had the honour of practising in the family of the
first Lord CHATHAM. In due time young ADDING-
TON was elected Member for Devises, in which capa-
city he exhibited not the slightest talent of any sort ;
being punctual, however, in his attendance in Parlia-
ment, and tolerably well acquainted with its forms and
usages, he was appointed, through the influence of his
patron, PITT, Speaker of the House of Commons, and by
all accounts discharged. the duties of his office witlrde:.
corum and impartiality. On the retirement of Mr.
PITT from place, Mr. ADDINGTON was appointed his
snecessor—doubtless as much to his own surprise as
to that of the whole country. The peace of Amiens
followed, but the distrust of the French Govern-
ment continuing as active as ever, hostilities
soon re-commenced;, and then came the Premier's
hour of trial. A very brief period sufficed to con-
vince both parties in the House of Commons of his
utter incapacity ; his measures were all marked by
imbecility and short-Sightedness, such as might be
expected from a mere red- tape official ; and the con_
sequence was that PITT and Fox coalesced in order
to drive him from the helm. On his resignation,
Mr. ADDINGTON was raised to the peerage
by the title of Viscount SIDMOUTH. Shortly
after he joined the .Fox and GUENVILLE party ;
and when, on Mi.l'irr's death,
.that party came
into power, he was made Privy Seal. On their re-
tirement, in consequence of their attempts to force a
Catholic Relief Bill on the KING, Lord SIDMOUTH
was once again dispossessed of office, notwithstanding
that he held the same sentiments as his Royal master
on the subject of Emancipation. His last official
appointment was that of Secretary of 'State for the
Home Department, which he held during many years
of the LIVERPOOL Administration. He finally quitted
public life in the year 1822, from which period to the day
of his death he lived in a state of tranquil, domestic
retirement. As Home Secretary, Lord SIDMOUTH
obtained just about the same amount of popularity
that he obtained during his dull, but brief, burlesque
of the Premiership. - His colleagues may have re-
spected him as a man, but they could not but have
contemned him as a Minister; and as for the coun •
try, it scarcely thought of him at all, except when
he came prominently forward with the thanks
of Government to the Manchester magistrates
for their conduct during the Peterloo massacre,
on which occasion he was visited with just and gene-
ral approbrium. We sum up our brief, hasty notice
of Lord SIDMOUTH by observing, that he was a use-
ful party drudge—a subservient, unhesitating Tory
tool—whom Prejudice confided in for his mediocrity,
and Bigotry for his narrow-mindedness. A capi-
tal office-clerk was spoiled when he first as-
pired to political diitinction. His proper place
was at a desk in the Treasury or Somerset-house,
with a pen behind his ear, and a bundle of red
tape-tyed documents under his nose. When, instead
of copying official instructions he dictated them,
he got completely beyond his depth—a notorious
fact, which furnished an inexhaustible theme for the
sarcastic wit of CANNING: If Lord SIDMOUTH be
ever remembered at all, it will be—first, as a prodigy
of political ineptitude, and secondly, as the hero of the
Anti-Jacobin's famous parody on Non VAL'S soliloquy
My name's the Doctor ; on the .Berkshire hills
My father bleeds his patients," &c.

RAILWAY SHARES, FOR
Versailles, E. 8.•• ...... 350 ..
L. 8.• •• • • • • • 177 50 ..
Rouen to Havre. •• • 670 ..
Orleans .. • ......... •• • • 842 50 .•
Strasburg to Bale.. ••••
Avignon to Marseilles• •• • 752 50 ..

THE ACCOUNT.
350 .. 350 .. 350
177 50 .. 175 .. 175
830 .. 825 .. 830
675 .. 667 50 .. 675
847 50 .. 841 25 .. 847 50
245 .. 242 50 .. 242 50
760 .. 752 50 .. 760

Owing to great press of matter we are compelled to
leave out several articles of intelligence, and among
others, an account of the admirable preparations made
by Mr. Lumley for opening the Italian Opera.

AMERICAN NEWS.

EXPRESS FROM LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY MORNING.

The splendid New York and Liverpool packet-ship,
Sheridan, Captain De F'eyter, has just arrived, bringing
New York papers to the 28th. She brings also nine pas-
sengers; and. made the voyage in twenty days. She
brings intelligence three days later, than the last arrival,
but it is, without interest. _ _

' • STATE OF TRADE.
AsiiEs:-;.;-We still continue to quote Pots at $4 62i, and
Pearls at $5 12i. The market is very dull, and purchasers
demand a reduction before operating.
Corros.—The market to-day was comparatively inactive
until two o'clock, and prices had a drooping tendency ; then
a few speculators entered the market, and upwards of five
thousand bales changed hands at very full rates. One list of
2,200 bales being taken at a higher rate than has been ob-
tained before this season.
,FLOUR AND GRAIN.--There is no change. All the markets
continue very steady and uniform. Here Genesee is held at
$4 75 a $4 81i.
WHISKEY.—Drudge is held at 23c., but we hear of no sales;
barrels are firm at $5 12i.
PROVISIONS.—There is so little doing in every article under
this head that, the quotations remain quite nominal. We
have no alteration to report.
BEESWSALES ATAX.—We notiTHEce triflingSTOCK EXCHAN sales of prime
EXCHANGE. llow at 29c.
$l,OOO Indiana 25 yr bds
2,000 N. Y. si's, '6l ....................
.2,000 Ohio 6's
2,000 Kentucky ti's.......... .......
11,006 6's; 70. ~ . . ..
25 Nor. and Wor. ... . ... .. •• . .
50 Mech. Bkg. Ass. . .... ... . ....... .
20 North Ame. Trust .. ;.. • ... • .....
150 Farmers' Loan .......... ............
50 Ohio Life and Trust .................
100 Vicksburg Bank ..............
25 Mohawk RR
125 Long Island RR. ..................
225 Harlem RR ,

...b 60 104
...b 30 96i

100

. 40;
suw 34

GO

,s 60 71

THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S
HEALTH.

LONDON, FEE. 16, 1844.
Field-Marshal the Duke of Wellington presents'his
compliments to the Editor of the Times newspaper.
It will save the Duke some trouble if the Editor will
be so kind as to announce that there is not one word of
truth in a paragraph of the Times tievVspaper of this
IGth inst:, headed " The Duke of Wellington." The
Duke has not been in better health for the last twenty
years than at present. Ho was not on horseback on
Wednesday. He went to and returnee} from the Horse
Guards on foot through the streets, followed by his
groom with his horse, which was not mounted, on
that day.
** The paragraph was copied from an Evening Paper, and
is manifestly one of those vile fabrications by which the press
is occasionally duped. We cannot, however, in this case
regret the error, as it has elicited from the illustrious Duke
so gratifying an assurance upon a point which must be one
of interest to all.—Times.

[The information upon which the paragraph in
founded, was communicated to us by a
pclaeuretesyr on
H was
hadwho received
se
veracity
we place the utmost confi-
dn i t from two informants who
had, as they stated, witnessed the occurrence. We
have made inquiries, and are satisfied there was no
intention to deceive us, but that a mistake as to
identity of the person has occurred. We are much
pleased to
Duke,fi lid "the 'paragraph unfounded as to the
T
in whose long continued health we shall
sincerely
rejoice.—ED. Sun.]
Noble
1y

DREADFUL CALAMITY. - LOSS
OF FORTY LIVES.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
HAVERFORDIVEST, FEB. 15.—1 write to inform you of a
most melancholy and awful catastrophe, which occurred
when no less than 40 lives were lost. The un-
fortunate man were at work in a coal-pit, belonging to Sir
John Owen, Bart., M.P., but having penetrated too far under
the bed 'of the river, the earth gave way, and an irruption of
water was the consequence ; thus 40 souls were hurried un-
prepared into eternity ; many of them were men with large
yineissteprdlnaeye) a
,t Landshipping (a village about five miles from
families.
(FROM ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT.))
A very awful calamity has occurred at the iandshipping
Colliery, 9
3in Pembrokeshire; the sea has broken in and
drowned persons.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
BETTING AT MANCHESTER-FRIDAY.
CHESTER CUP.
15 to 1 agst Merry Andrew (t) 25 to 1 agst Tacita
16 to 1 agst Sir Robert 30 to 1 agst What
18 to 1 agst Pharaoh 30 to 1 agst Y. Lochinvar
20 to 1 agst Freedom (t) 4() to 1 agst Rowland
22 to 1 agst Pagan
No othe
DE!

r change.
18Y.
27 to 1 agst T'Auld Squire
30 to 1 agst Loadstone
30 to 1 agst lonian
30 to 1 agst Voltri
35 to 1 agst Vat colt
50 to 1 agst Lancet.
N 3. Betting flat.
xs.

Queen CHRISTINA has at length, after much
wavering, left Paris for Madrid. She took her
departure on Thursday at one o'clock, and was ac-
companied in her travelling carriage by a daughter
of Don FRANCISCO DE PAULA, and preceded by the
Duke DE LA ROCA, the Countess RELASCOIN, the
widow of Don DIEGO LEON, and two other daugh-
ters of Don FRANCISCO. Her MAJESTY proceeds in
the first instance to Chalons, where a steamer is in
waiting to convey her to Lyons, and from that place
she will go by water, to Avignon, with the intention,
says the Courrier de- Lyon, of embarking at Port
Vendres for Spain, snless she should decide enter
ing that country from Perpignan by land. The
Constitutionnel, alluding to the QUEEN'S departure,
says :—" Only two days ago the resolution of
Queen CHRISTINA was still wavering ; but at
a grand dinner given on Monday at the Tuileries,
Marshal SOULT, M. GUIZOT, and the Spanish
Ambassador, expressed their joint opinion that her
departure should not be any longer deferred. All the
other Spaniards present thought otherwise, but their
adiice did not prevail." No business of importance
has been transacted in either of the French Chambers
during the week. On Wednesday the Committee of
the Chamber of Deputies, charged to examine the
demand for permission to prosecute M. E. DE Ga-
RARDIN for libel, decided that the petition was well
founded, and that the prosecution ought to be per-
mitted. The French Cabinet, not being able to de-
cide an any plan for the construction of railroads, have
resolved to refer the - question to the Chamber of
Deputies. " The Minister," says the Journal des
Travaux Publics, " ea,* no other mode of extricating
himself from the difficulty arising out of the question,
than by consulting the Chamber on the system advisable
to pursue. With that object he will shortly bring in
a Bill, containing no designation of lines, or bidders'
names, but merely indicating the basis of the plan
which he recommends as most eligible. The legis •
lators having terminated their task, the Minister, in
virtue of the powers vested in him by the Chambers,
will definitively treat with such of the companies as
acquiesce in the conditions stipulated
The roads for which no contractors shall
ispnhreatlshleenptrlaose
twpohe.
mselves are to be constructed at the public
expense, and tb Minister intends in the course of

30 to 1 agst Ford's lot
6 to 1 agst Ugly Buck
15 to 2 agst Rattan
16 to 1 agst Leander
16 to 1 agst Orlando
18 to 1 agst Cockamaroo
The rest as befor
OA

12 to 1 agst Princess (t) 114 to 1 agst Barricade
12 to 1 agst The Bee 1 20 to 1 egg Barbara filly
NEWMARKET COURSING MEETING.—FRIDAY.
Tun OAKS.—First TiesvFidelity beat Kitty Bolton—
Garter beat Faultless—Jessie beat Smart.
Second Ties.—Faultless beat Garter—Jessie ran a bye.
Tun Cur.—First Ties.—,Cruiskeen beat Dalgetty—J et beat
Foremost—Ferrand beat .Simoom—Duncan beat Knight

;Errau t.
Second Ties.—Duncan beat Cruiskeen—Ferrand beat Jet.
THE DERBY.—First Ties.—Dragonetti beat Garrick—
Auber beat Juggler—Viscount beat Donnybrook—Captain
ran a bye.
PORT STAKES.—First Ties—Vale beat Gate—Dolon beat
Jewess—Colonel ran a bye.
HEREFORD MEETING.—FEB 13.
THE Cur (16 Dogs) was won by Mr. W. Raester's Jeze-
bel—Mr; T. Davis's Daybreak ran a bye.
HEREFORD STEEPLE CHASE--ThumsnAY (CON-
CLUDED.)
Sweepstakes of 5 sous. each, and 25 added. Three miles.
(8 Subs.)
Mr. Clarke's Little Robert ......... (Mason) 1
The following also ran, but fell, and were " nowhere' :
Mr. Evans's Forester—Mr. Evans's Nottingham—Mr. J.
Bosley's Philosopher—Mr. C. B. Evans's Flight—and two
others.
uintin's Fairy Queen and seven
A Sweepstakes of 1 soy. each, with a Cup added, 1 Ist each,
A by Mr. Griffiths's Ungrateful
others.

THE FARMERS.—This class of individuals little
think how cunningly and fast the landlords are tying their
hands behind them, with the pro-corn-law petitions ; but
they will, when too late, discover the artful trap which was
laid for them, and exclaim, " Save us from our friends."
INCOMIC-TAX.—It is a positive fact that surveyors
and some others, have not vet been compensated for their
vast anxiety and labour in the performance of their duties,
under the Income-tax Act, for the first year, which ended
April last. This is not the best way to stimulate them in a
continuance of energy, nor rewarding public duty.
From the last report, we The distress distress and want of employment among
the poor of Sunderland continues to exist to as great an
trade... rhaedi
re .ei i Thisre o fact p
extent as at any period during, the late general stagnation of
res:pdpoerrted. indisputable by the returns of
the relieving officers of those chargeable to the parish for
serve the number of poor in the Union Workhouse was 262,
and the out-door poor 5,302, snaking a total of 5,564 of the
artiisal
inhabitants, or considerably more than one-tenth of the en-
tire population, in a state of pauperism. This is a most
lamentable state of things, when a sum of money exceeding
15,000/, per annum is absorbed in such a town as Sunder-
hind by the popfelac Apag,--4Yrovailk4dvertinr.

LAW IN

EN Cl, last night;
and that, on being conveyed to the atatton-house,
• and searched, the sum of one penny was found on the er, /sou
of the Male prisoner.
Cotter, with tears in; his vest- stated that he
came from Ainsworth, in Hampshire, a fortnight
ago, to endeavour to obtain employment in Lon-
don, being by trade a carpenter, and that, with that in'
tention in view, he had walked nearly 200 miles. He had sold
everything that himself and his wife could spare from their
apparel—that they were starving—and had only resorted to
begging when driven by stern necessity. He also said that
if the Magistrate would look over the offence they had CO'
mitted against the laws of their country, he would pawn hie
coat, which would probably realise 45., which sum he though
would take him home. He was afraid to go to the place
where he and his wife lodged, being unable to pay their land-
lord.
Mr. BURRELL discharged ,the- prisoners, telling theol
that if they were starving they should have applied to the
overseer. Surely at this inclement season of the yea!
funds ought to be placed at the disposal of the magistrare_
to relieve persons in such necessitous-circumstanc'es as Cotter
and his wife. The actual want of bread, or a place of shelte.r,
drove thousands to beg from door to door, thus violating,!ll
law and rendering themselves liable to imprisonment.to
distress existing in this district, which frequently leeds
..
the commission of petty theft and intemperance, regal''''
only to be known to the benevolent to be ameliorated.

CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)

THE WILL OF THE LATE JAMES WOOD, GLOU-
CESTER.

TIIE CORPORATION OF GLOUCESTER V. WOOD.-.ICDOMENT.
This cause, which has been so frequently before the public,
still creates the greatest excitement, and the knowledge that
it was set down for judgment this morning, caused the
Court to-be densely crowded long( before the Lord Chancellor
.
took his seat.
Precisely at ten o'clock his Lordship entered the Court,
and immediately proceeded to deliver judgment, from which
it appeared that the suit had originally been a bill
filed by plaintiff's against the executors of the late James
Wood, Esq., of Gloucester, with a view to establish the
validity of the two codicils, bequeathing no less a sum than
140,0001. to the Corporation of Gloucester. The matter was
fully argued, before Vice Chancellor Wigram, who
decided that the codicils were incomplete, not expressing
their precise meaning as to the appropriation of the amount
so bequeathed, and accordingly dismissed the plaintiff's bill,
who had appealed to the Lord Chancellor, and the matter
having been re-argued, his. Lordship, after due deliberation,
affirmed the judgment of the Court below, the question as to
costs to be re-argued on Saturday next.

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
CITY, QUARTER TO THIL";
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday, were 6,000 be.'7,
at former prices.—Shares were firm, with a fair bus
doing. Eastern Counties, Registered, 12/ ; Grand
227 ; Great North of England, 911 ; Great Western, Fif"l2l.
19; Birmingham, 235; Brighton, 424; Paris and Lyon',
15s. 6d. ; South Eastern, New, 354. . Tbe
The Sales of Cotton or the week are 40,510 bales. ,„I
Her de`"
Gladiator packet arrived at Holyhead yesterday.
are two days later. the
There is a quiet market for the public securities; but
quotations are supported. Consols for immediate trallihe,
have realised 971 to 4, and for the Account the sarne•
Juliet°, s
Commissioners have not taken any stock to-day. The P
and
chequer Bills at 14d. have been 70s. to 71s. premintn,,,;,,,e
the East India, under 1,0001., are 86s. to 85s. New `"..nd
and-a-Half per Cents. obtain 102 to 4 ; Reduced 103 k; ,
the Three per Cent. Annuities 984 to 4. Bank Stock w""
at
The, 194 and India Stock nominally is 278. of
intelligence from Paris of the departure for See"' be
Queen Christina, seems to have favourably affected to
market for e Stock, for though the Five per Cent. to
have only bethen 22i to 23, the Three Per Cents have too
ce
324. Portuguese Converted are 45 to 451. Mexican l'Bpr.
been flat, as it has been asserted that Messrs. Lizardi'erth-st
issues are all confirmed in a decree of Santa Anna's,
a further emission will even be attempted. The former ro
of the statement we believe to be correct, but have stIlL
doubts about the latter. The quotations are 34 to 34i. ro`',
it reported that the Goverment of Granada assents to thePrb
positions of the Committee of Spanish-American Bondholde2o
Colombian Stock has risen to 14 and 144. Peru ate
Bonds are rather slacker, being 31 to 31i. Buenos Ayres d.
steady at 38. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents realise
t5l
The Railway Shwa haVe bean 14 little brisker, but ;
has been occasioned rather by the disposition to meet :0•
buyers at Pf4§loV Wang. There is, however, no general %g•
ration. Great Western have been 81 iminlum, and Dirayitou
ham, 134 premium, each being rather cheaper. Brig 04
are 7to distvgnt, Pentit WtPteril gre p.fein„ 411104
meeting being moldered satisfactory, North Anctianii
been 4.PW.14 to 14 (li§c4ilot,
ItRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY Al' On O'CLOCg•
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock 194
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities
3% per Cent. Reduced Annuities
New 3% per Cent. Annuities 102.„
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1560.........
India Bonds, 1,000 96 05
Ditto under 1,000
Bank Stock for Account
Consols for Account Mei
Exchequer Bills, I%d.
1,0001.
5001.
Dltto Small

QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before Lord DENMAN and a Special Jury.)
PHILLIPS V. MORRIS.
This was an action for defamation of character, in which
Mr. Thesiger and Mr. Lee appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr.
Whately for the defendant. • The libel was contained in a
letter said to have been written by the defendant, conveying
an imputation on the plaintiff's character. There was a plea
of justification placed on the record, that on the night of the
day on which Prince Albert laid the foundation stone of the
Royal Exchange, the plaintiff had slept with a person of the
name of Waller, at the Sun Tavern, near Temple-bar.
Mr. THESIGER said the plaintiff in this case was a• young
lady who kept a respectable bearding-house, at No. 5, Foley-
place, and, as the jury most be aware, it was of the first
consequence for a lady so situated that her character should
remain above all reproach. The defendant, who was a widow
lady, living upon her private income, boarded with the plain-
tiff for some time. She, however, left that establishment, and
soon afterwards, in the 'early part of 1843, a letter was ad-
dressed to one of the inmates, containing the most abominable
insinuations upon the proprietress of it. . This letter
signed " M.," he was instruced, he should be able to
prove was in the handwriting of the defendant. The
annexed is a copy of that letter:—
" My dear Chap—Who do you think I meet yesterday but
Mr. Wollow, and told him that I had got the credit of a
bapi,;.:l Dolton of sending anonymous letter respecting his
intended Bri::4- Miss Phillips ; his answer was tell him to
take her to the Suu Tay ern, one door from Temple Bar, the
woman. he said, know kif- Nell; she sleep with him on the
night that Prince Albert bid the ferst stone at Exeter
change ; she accused the woman In the morning of stealing
her boa, and the consequenCeS was that the woman would not
give them a breakfast, and he had to take her bc,,,* to the
City to his lodging to get one for her ; eho had left her boa at
his lodging; this was, she• said, before she got her house in
Foley Place. She was lodgin at that time at a little china
shop in Paddington-street, and should wish you to show
this to Dolton, for Wollow is pow in town, and he can
take his lady with him—he is very Employ with her for
sending him a Bill which he returned he did not owe her a
shilling his wife got the letters he said that she sent to him
and unknown to him she Poor woman sent 35 Pellnds to a
friend of hers to go so pay her as she may thank Wollow
wife for that. think Wollow will write to Dolton himself
and told him so to do but what surprised me most was what
he told me respecting Mrs. Kibly,
" Yours truly,
The following witnesses were then called :
John Chaff said he resided at No. 5, Foley-place. In the
month of May, IRO, he lived as a boarder in the establish-
ment of Miss Phillips. There were about half-a-dozen alto-
gether. A Mrs. Morris resided there I she was about sixty
years old, and Miss Phillips probably about eight-and-
twenty. In this month he received a letter which he well
remembered ; it was in the hand-writing of Mrs. Morris.
Witness handed that letter.to Naptain Dalton, who was then
under engagement to be married to Miss Phillips. Some time
after this witness met Mrs. Morris, and told her there had
been many anonymous letters going about, of which she was
suspected to be the author. Mrs. Morris denied the
truth of the imputation, She afterwards wrote a note to
witness, begging him to send back this particular
letter, as she did not intend him to keep it.. She
often spoke to him of Miss Phillips' establishment,
telling him he would be much better away from it. His
answer to these observations always was, that he was
comfortable. Last spring witness PAW the defendant at
the Portugal Hotel, who introduced him toe Mr. Waller.
That gentleman repeated in part what had been previously
said in they letter alluded to, Mr. Waller said he had been
down to a certain house
_in the City, where he remained.
The defendant spoke Much in dispraise of Miss Phillips'
establishment. On cross-examination, witness said the de-
fendant told him she thought the anonymous letter was writ-
ten by Mr. Waller. Witness is an independent gentleman,
living on his own means. He still resides at Miss Phillips's.
Mrs. Elizabeth Lamb deposed that her husband holds the
office of auditor in the Insolvent Debtors' Court, She and
her husband resided for about ten months in the plaintiff's
establishment. Witness knew the defendant, who called
upon her shortly after she went to reside in the plaintiff's
house. She told witness she was surprised at her staying
there, as Miss Phillips did not bear a respectable character.
Defendant told her that Miss Phillips did not like her going
to her house. She also said Miss Phillips would -have a
letter.
Mary Telford deposed that lit the year 1842 she lived as
housemaid with Mrs. Barton, who resided at 51, Weymouth-
street, Portland-place. Miss' Phillips boarded there. No
one could sleep out of the house without witness knowing
it. Miss Phillips never slept out ,of the house. Witness
w armed her bed every night, and took away her candle. On
the 17th of January, 1842, the day when the foundation-
stone of the Royal Exchange was laid by Prince Albert, wit-
ness could swear that Miss Phillips was confined to her bed by
illness.
Jane Hughes deposed that she was a laundress, and used
to do the washing for Mrs. Barton's establishment. On the
day when Prince Albert laid the foundation-stone of the
Royal Exchange, witness went to Mrs. Barton's for the
washing, and saw Miss Phillips in bed, who told her she was
too ill to get up and sort her linen, and she must call again
the next day for it. •
Sarah Lewis said she lived in Mrs. Barton's establishment,
whilst Miss Phillips resided there, and would swear that lady
never once slept out of the house.
This was the case for the plaintiff.
Mr. WHATELY, after a brief speech for the defendant,
called three witnesses, but only one answered.
Sarah Shoobridge sworn—Lives in Doctors' Commons. Is
a widow, and has resided there 19 years. Has been a
widow five years. Witness knows a person of the
name of Mathew Waller ; he lodged with her three
different times. The last time was in the year 1842.
Witness knows Miss Phillips, who visited Mr. Waller three or
four times whilst he lodged in witness's house. The last time
of her visit was about a week before he left ; each time
he went to fetch her. The time he left witness's house
was about the end of January. On the first occasion when
she came, nothing particular occurred but taking tea ; nor on
the second ;en the third tea and wine. Saw them after this
when they were both quite tipsy. Miss Phillips was
sick in consequence of being . drunk. She went on
that occasion into Mr. Waller's room. The servant
had told her the door was locked, on which witness
_walked up, knocked at the door, and said it was quite
time for Miss Phillips to come out. Heard the door un-
locked, and saw Miss Phillips come out of the bed-room.
She and Mr. Waller afterwards stayed two hours together in
the parlour. He went away with her about nine o'clock. It was
on the day Prince Albert laid the first stone of the Exchange.
The next morning Mr. Waller returned about twelve, and
Miss Phillips about a quarter of an hour afterwards. Mr.
Waller ordered breakfast, but I refused to let him
have any. At length I allowed my servant to get
breakfast, tea and beef-steaks. Afterwards Miss
Phillips complained of illnbss, and went to Mr.
Waller's bed where she stayed until four o'clock. Whilst
in bed there Mr. Waller went to her twice. He has not
lived with witness since, nor does she know where he is.
Miss Phillips left her house in the evening. In cross-
examination, witness said she understood, when in 1835
Mr. Waller first came to reside with her, that he
was a married man, living separate from his wife. His
two sons then lived with'him; She understood him to be
out of business, but that he had previously kept an hotel in
Dublin. At the second time he came to live with witness
she believed he dealt in cigars. When he came the last
time he came from Blackfriars-road, where he had been, she
believed, in some sort of business. Witness had had two
husbands—her first husband's name was Shoobridge—her
second Shiers, but for the whole nineteen years she kept
her house in the name of Shotibridge. Her first husband
died in India in the year 1815. • She married her second hus-
band at her own house. 'He was a Scotchman. There were
two Scotchmen present when she was married. There was a
minister from Paisley, of the.nadie of Anderson, who married
them. Her husband found him out. Witness knew
nothing about him, save that once her husband
brought him home to drink tea. Spiers told her
he was a minister. Knew a man named Charles
Gould. Never had a Scotch nor an English marriage with
him. Knows a person of the name of Linton, a doctor, of
Durham. He lodged in witness's house when he was walking
the hospitals. Had never been in his bed-room at night or
any other time, except when he was ill ; for three weeks at
one period he was confined to his bed. From the time the
tea-things were taken away, about seven o'clock, until
witness had observed them both go out together,
witness did not go into the room, or see either of them ; the
wine was put on the table when the tea was removed; that
was about seven o'clock. Knew Mrs. • Douglas, but only so
from her visiting Mr. Waller. Knew it was Miss Phillips
who came to her house, from going to Miss Phillips' house
to say she (witness) had beeh subpoenaed. Saw Miss Phil-
lips at that time in her own house, and will swear that she is
the same female that was with Mr. Waller in his bedroom
at witness's house.
Mr. THESIGER replied.
Lord DENMAN summed up at some length, and, in the
course of his address, expressed his opinion• of the innocence
of the plaintiff of all the charges brought against her; and
denounced, in strong and indignant language, the attempts
too frequently made to throw slurs upon the character of
females struggling to obtain a virtuous and honourable
maintenance.
The jury consulted for a few seconds, and the foreman said,
" We find for the plaintiff—damages 400/. ; and we are unani-
mously of opinion, that not the slightest imputation rests
upon the character of the plaintiff." This was the last cause
during the present sittings.

„m.,,

Ditto Advertised — 79 pro. ocir,,
FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONN CrC4'sl
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 8 per Cent . ... ** • * •_,, la „.,.
Columbian Bonds
-.•
Mexican Bonds. 1837, 5 per Cent. .. . ...... mg
Ditto for the Account.
Ditto Deferred Stock ll%
Peruvian Bonds, 8 per Cents. 3/ slit
Ditto for the Account 31%
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent. -••••••••• ••• Zs
pittoitonverted ••
Ditto for the Account
Spanish I3onds, Five per Cent
Ditto tin* the Accoitnt 3, 23
Ditto Deferred•••
••
_...

Ditto Three per. Cent. - N
pito for the Account
Venettuela ponds, 2 per rent„,„ 3p4i
, Dutch 2% per Cents., r 55!2
Dutch 5 per Cents., lola
Nvvi LOAP 1e37, per. cents ~....., ~,,~,,
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT 0141 -
Ratimaxs. PAID. Pita MO t 0...
Birmingham and Derby
Bristol and Exeter,...„,„, . . ... ~,
Eastern Counties , , 23
~.. ... . to
Ditto New..~
pitt01xten5i0nn.,..,,,,,,....„ 13s, 4d„,,,, 44,, .... .
Great 'Western
W I
Hull and PelkY .
.• 50 " "
59i ......'to 42.
London and Brighton ~., , 5O ...H.,. 43 . .
""
....... to 0"
London and $i Ingham,..... Steak ...... %34 ......... to
Ditto % Shares 2 mi ..-" to.'
Ditto New Thirds.,..,
London and South Western ~.,., 41% 1. . . ... r,,,
LoDnditotnn aEnideherogizir 7Tru,n.k)... 11i...
152 :*::::i00,16
Manchester and Leeds„ 7O ll6 .....•". to
. ..
Manchester and Birmingham ,„4p ou ...... to 10
Midland foynties '.~ ..
..Norwich and Brandon 99 I .. 2 ..... Hoe 1"•. ... to
Newcastle and Darlington Junct. lb
•••• to
Mouth Midland
Ditto li Shares
Paris and Orleans EO II 71" .to ••••
Paris and Rouen
Rouen and Havre.
South Eastern and Dover 5O ..... ..".7 35 • ..... to t
Ditto Scrip
Yarmouth and Norwich
JOINT STOCK JUNKS. .t° ,'4 • _
Provincial of Ireland, -
Union of lAndon lO ..... ....' DA ." ...
PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, Fs.6. 1,•101%
„
Three and a Half Stock
................ its
Bank Stock
LAST PRICES OF SHARES. , SO°
RAILWAYS. PAID. rS 0
Dublin and K. Road _
Drogheda
Hibernian Bank
City of Dublin Steam Company 11:2:50 .............. ....
............... Ift,l i,et
British and Irish Steam Company
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 16.---.011,„r ,e, er_i,
to-day has been firm, and rather more business (1.04-)",a0,0,,
cially in Manchester and Birmingham, which arei.l ;id Ol'g:13
The sales are—Eastern Counties, lOi ; Edinburgapoo tel
gow, 59i ; Manchester and Birmingham, 40i ; pro'
Lyons, 28 ; Stieffield and Manchester, 64i to 1
~
Junction, 3

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS P - if
COVENT.GARDEN.
For the time of the year, we had a very,'
of both fruit and vegetables, while the general clerPotst°63i
on the whole steady, on the following terrns:d to ,6
from 2s 6d to 48 6d per cut ; Spring Onions, 2 vad tolLeit
Coleworts or Greens, 2s 6d to 3s 9d ; Turnips, ls,,"ner “„"A" to
Carrots, 3s to 5s 6d ; and Leeks, 8d to 13 2u},l 15 ~,o"
bunches ; old Onions, is 6d to 2s 3d ; SPinac7na Or:JO
2s 3d ; Apples, ls 3d to 4s ; Pears, Cs to 12s ; `-199
43
sprouts, is 6d to 2s 3d per half sieve ; Walnuts, 30 t°
per bushel ; Asparagus, 3s to 8s ; French 8ea1,t2,,,
Oranges, 6s to 14s ; and Lemons, 5s to 12s per lv`i,g,
plentifuol jaroV,oo
NEIVOATE AND MEADMSOIif 6310.04*
The markets exhibited full average supplies 4), s
Poultry, which sold heavily at barely late rai.e3a; ()DO
Is 9d to 4s ; Chickens, is 6d to 2s ; Ducks, Is to 25 $lO
4s to 6s; Pigeons, 4d, to 10d; Turkeys, 43 to I,t)4t'ridge,,s'p!
6d to is 6d; Hares, is 9d to 2s 9d ; 6tl lir
to 2s ; Pheasants, 2s 6d to 3s 9d ; Wild Puck°, 6c1;00
Teal, 9d to ls 6d ; Widgeons, Is to ls 6d ; SniPe P
Woodcocks, 2s to 3s 6d; Plovers, 3dto 6d, each ;
reoesacef,
Is 3d per dozen. Prime Mutton was scarce, and :1 0
very full prices ; but, otherwise, the trade rul yeas, e'
from 2s 4d to 3s 4d ; Mutton, 2s 8d to 3s 8d; rcase
48 8d ; and Pork, 2s 6d to 4s per Bibs, by the , fi°
11‘
RUNGERP'ORII. were 1)
Notwithstanding the supplies of most article,Sv,y,
means extensive, the demand was throughout a'
little variation in prices,
y
NEWPORT. week
We had a very inactive demand, and last 4a; yto
$ll
were barely supported. Beef from 2s 4d to 31, 2s 84
2s 8d to 3s 10(1; Veal, 33 8d to 4s 6d ; and Pori"
10d per 811 a.

, fit
SIZIMINGSCIATE. , witi active
The supplies of Fish were large, yet the sale "
.°
about last week's quotations.
V7IIZTECNAPNA. ~iir ae/Ire,lit;
Prime Beef and Mutton commanded a stte' twball'a,,64,:i,
full prices; but the value of other kinds of 31e" a 81'
lotto , 81.
ward tendency. Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 4d ; a 'to 43 P
froo
3s 8d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 6d; and Pork, 25 4' • are
BREAD.
The prices of Wheaten Bread in the met r°P°ll9
Bid to 94 ; of Household Gid to 8d per 41b 108'" fer*
a bei P
BIDE WIJIAMET viol
Raw Hides, at per stone of 141bs—Best steers
i 4 011 f
a...,felorito
5s Gd to 5s 10d; middling hides, 4s 8d to 53 pi ~ oily
14524t0 4s 6d. Sheep and Calf Skins, at Per 1.;3 94."
calf, 6s to 8s; long woolled sheep • 5s 0 t°
0.48'
do, 4s to 5s 9d; shearlings, 4d to Bh. each. si ; to
RAT IVULICIESTO•ni los 051 1,99;
SMITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, ..; tii t I t 1,04
fill ditto, 31 3s to 31 lOs ; fine 1;00" -11°0 ilaf
31 16s • Clover Hay, 31 to 511 Oat StraW,Doill pl
Wheat' Straw, 1/ $s to 11 10a per load. Ord ;
Straw were a 411 sale at barely late rates. 03/510, 'reo,
CUMBERLAND,—CoLrse Meadow Hay, 2116531 09 Wlii 0
ditto, 31 Os .to 3/ 14s; fine Upland ditto, , 11 991 , AP
Clover Hay, 31 5s to 51. Oat Straw, 117 s t ).. opP ) 5/ ;
Straw, 119 s to 1/ 12s per load. A nioderat. tO (~, ta
steady demand, 2/ 80 31 I,r, pi
WwiECHATEL.—Coarse Meadow 1-1,9Y4 aid% to leo% ~,i,
useful ditto, 31 3s to 31 lOs ,• fine I.lPlan,aw II --iy ,
3/ 15s ; Clover Hay, 3/ to 5/3s ; Oat Str" '$aPP
to
Wheat Straw, 11 8s to 11 lOs per
and trade dull,

POLICE INTELLIGENCE,

CLERKENWELL-(THIS DAY.
Thomas Tarren was charged under the following' circum•
stances :

Mrs. Philipps, of 31, Frederic-street, Gray's Inn-lane, was
going to bed,.between one and two on the previous night,
when she heard a noise at the back of the premises. She gave
the alarm, and police-constable 12.1 Gwent to the back of the
house, and in the water-closet found the prisoner, who had
been labouring to make a passage for himself from the closet
into the dwelling-house, and had taken out a portion of the
brickwork. A dark lantern, a screw-driver, two chisels, a
knife, a bunch of keys, and eight lucifer matches were found
on his person.
It appeared that the prisoner's mother had been working
with Mrs. Philipps for the last four or five years, and the pri-
soner used to visit the house occasionally himself.
Mr. GREENWOOD said the prisoner was very nearly com-
mitting the crime of burglary. He came within the mean-
ing of the Vagrant Act, and should go the House of Correc-
tion for three months.

it,Af' ptt
WAKEFIELD CORN BUBO Tti'd-11111cleitif 1E:01'11:
The Wheat trade is slow to-day, at 1112, clonal! elcrag),,
quarter; the improvement being &Inv i„in W,ast '' tiow
sellers caused less business to be done ti-noort Thera'
Barley is dull, and the best samples onlY slit,rial 'lee. rep
rates. Oats and Shelling are without illtheir vec1,004;5
either in price or demand. Beans supPortoom. 10 l' 01°0
Pero. °I. 00 0 0
/too 40 0
Wheat, Suffolk, Essex, and Kent" Red•.';::: --- OO,
Ditto ditto fai - , .-- 59 Or
Norfolk .....
....
55 0 0
Ditto ditto - 51 44 0
Lincolnshire and Carebridge." Red', , .-- 5,3 0 /
Ditto ditto ..... " - 51 , /
Yorkshire ...... ..
Ditto 'ago ....
fled.. .....
Foreign." ..... ins••••••••••••••
..ricr ;i
Ditto ditto ..........•• I' hi"Ver 4P''' y.I
''' 56 0
Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk .. ... .... ...".••••••:: ..- •,.. 59 pel,
Yorkshire and Lincolurhire ............... .
..
..... 55 00 so
Grinding ........... «io ....... •••••'"'" .......... -- I° tiv.s° °
..........
Foreign ....... ...... ................ r .......
qr.•,f
Beans,
TSmicakl.l lin.:
......................................
..................
.......................
.. 5.....311
14,
~.5":;:i
Foreign. ...................................... " ......... .--A.' lig_ 1,e,1,
Oats, Potato IRA rola d ... ..... . . ............ ~., A to -,-,7. per !I0 : ; ,
healing... ...... lei. to 11d., Ferrign -75. . to ..f.,, ~. I
Shilling.... ................ "•............. ....." ............ fin
,r. „,.vc,
Malt ••••,-..••••••••••••• ...
..,,,, os. P
~...,.- ,14
Wspeseed..... 231.08. ''' ' - be'
..... '
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-'---- DIED. woo, ,ak
On the 4th inst., at Little Walt am' l'
_dcu,
widow of the late 'William Napier, Esq.
e, opie-F-- pi,
On the 6th inst., at Cambridge- ifs of tbe
Barton_, aged 70, Wife (
On the 6tli inst., at Chesham, Bucks, Jan ..:-;0, 41
Oithorn e R -'................15hae) o s, Curate2___u_______;-,,,------iiititfos O.
London
11:21:sritnrtanedd,anadTP4u0blisbed by d ljltiPtrift4
,siNn OffiCe, No.
.try 17,
County of 7!tlifae,sex, Saturday, Feu .

QUEEN-SQUARE.—(THIS DAY.)
DEsTrrirrioN.--Two decent-looking, but wretchedly
clothed persons, Thomas and Charlotte Cotter were charged
before Mr. BURRELL, with the heinous crime of being in a
state of destitution, and begging,
The policeman wilg arreSte4 th prisoners stated that he
fouit4 them beallig lotinoitre e et, at half-past 6 o'clock