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THE SUN, LONDON, SATITRIA `V_ EVENING, FEBRUARY 8, 18454

al] the conideration is for the Emperor, who made no sacri-
Bee at all."
It is singular enough that not one of the papers makes
the slightest tdlesion to that part of the QUEEN'S speech
Which recommends an increase in the navy estimates.
The 111'0541.:ur contains a report from the Minister of
•
ar, advocating strongly the advantages to bt, &rive(
frorn the definitive establisYment of a Normal School of
The bject of this cliool is stated to be princi-
pally to give efficient instructions to the various regi-
rnews, by which additional confidence shall be im
to the troop; parted
mproving their aim individu,lly. The
report states that as General IZOSTOLAN, who had been
4rnp,rarily at the head of this department, has been
Minuted to the command or the Polytechnic School, it
aPFeared athisable to nominat,:, definitively another ge-
neral officer to supply his place, concludes with re..
filending the Duke d'AumALE as a proper person to
4Pe
the vacant post. A royal ordonnance, dated Feb. 2,
the intin
g his Royal Highness as recommended, follows
report.

THE EOURSE-THURSDA V, FEB. 6

Pint algheV Luwas, Last
trtach p,„ P•••ice. Prix.: Pri•-•s ?rcc.
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-aril-a-1ia1f...• 113 .. 113 .. 113 .. 113
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—,TINION p:3-_,As ..,..(1 HIS DAY.)
(Sittings at Nisi Prius.)
(13sfore the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE and a Special Jury.)
Th• yearn v. LAWSON.—LIBEL.
when the jury were
ltakettiaetion for libel has been tried before,
ilischat.,,P 41 night, and, nut being
The bY consent. able to agree, next day were
Ilay htttrial being called on at half-past nine o'clock, the special
44Ver2a8 called over, when but five of. the
ordered the fine
Of 10E7 tO their names, The Lord Chief Justice
gentlemen summoned
The plaintiff'
Pt Ipl
be be enforced on each of the absentees.
'`tr.
sr ales, and a jury was made up.
"Es open d the loadings.
tlstgry•tritgoefant TeALFOURPDqated the case The plaintiff was a
ticti w the Charch of England, and the ltibel for which this
,charh as brou-
ght was calculated to do theinas
atter and feelings and to the dearest interests of
grievothnes itj
plaintiff.nry tn
Zl4 def.4'nant was m not unknown in the.cour,tasioifn latis,ve,
:tld,tieli°n with the greatest and mostimportaitiitbilis
of nowtrhlie 7.6" newspaper--as the. registeredbp h
ed)l'iler; of which
the 21 rne into this Court. The libel was p i in the Times
Phint'fpth July, 1843 The libellous allegation was, that the
Pera '", hei ' Church of England, was sus-
a 'see tang a clergyman of the
t'Sdet• "r rniscond t by the Bishop of London. The pleas which
, t 0 •
•"(11,,,,rit had beenue advised to make rendered it necessary for
,-" era "`roduce the libel to the jury, with a statement of
'es .-ectitristances in the life of the plaintiff. Mr. F,n,th wna:
t'ir.4lPcitne:t'oa gentleman a ho once possessed a considerablte.c.orstituua:
t:il atty.:" to the French Revolution, fitted.
al'aasitytt heart of Versailles. Na hilst serving
the
i t distinction
a diplomatic
in that
;pato? hecarne connected with persons of the
rin'r Ci:Land, amongst others, with the Duke oft Orleans, the
Clas as, le Present King of the French. He ad.vancoefd
v:ll,aricghe
k'ee 4,,,,w'Y.ofluan to that Prince, in cnnsidearatTins o„., tarat
t'f,C!.ti;aotit,l,i.les were to ho paid—on', t4,...ti1s tan,"`thlor tae life of his wife,
The Revolution
an'drolneo‘rfl. 1,0001.- fur the life
at" ori 'e Present plaint•ff, then a child..
re
Thiseriattnrl the family of the plaintiff we
bi,.l'fa' r!),"quence of having "placed too much trust in Princes."
trust
verely dis.
,htt4"7 oiflL y‘,,,,ekn. teren the army, , and served in Holland under the
*114:1)4 Cog But he afterwards left the army, and entered
lqa, he w, 'le, Oxford, to prepare himself for the Church, in
te,' a a'a ordained deacon by the Bishop of Winchester, in
yl'r:W^ rd"- °lest by the Archbishop of York, in 1806. He afterd-
:aiihe:l47'Ved as assistant-minister at Dulwich College,
somean
he4ii aisat:.'arlous churches in the metropolis. He teas 1
it•lCtlllenee'rit chaplain to she Philanthropic Institution,ie where in
resigned
age:i.tir,tion-. Qt. some dispute relative to the matron, he ,thirty
3, d
tie' It v, From this circumstance, which occurred
leant's
tie's a' mu h . . . imputation upon the p al -
Ft moral g t in this Ina Ito fix an
rt, ril What
erecter which would be proved to be wholly groundless.
tbta,ily : lea had already told the jury, theyt woere.aware that his
taa Peac. 7n_ red in the misfortunes of the I ay. lution ; and after
isi'rc, foe °r
1815 he applied to the Commissionedrs
dof
toßr.i,t.irdsh,
tia,kh watt aiic°lnPensation. A large suns was awarded
pressede uponll
la; St Lily Paid over to his creditors ; and he still
dice, alias t the Dtike of Orleans, when restored to their estates,
the For 0 the annuity fur his life, the arrears, and the interest
f
tIZ l'eliettnarne time after the accession of the present King o
ih Sk. 1 bp, resided in Paris, urging upon that Sovereign his
siotiii, earn' hire for the debt of the Prince, his father. i
tli 4 Wits'eation, he returned to England, and for some
ftimnemrceh-
wqrsts ii,i, his wife and children, in circumstances
.o
tifki' ila'" Wandsworth. In July, 1843, an altercationt
subjectok
Ltitile :tWeen him and his landlord
a,ngrh.n.t which he owed, and it . resultedon '
upon a charge of
1.05'44, and before Mr Clive, the magistrate, up the
ehe latter
raishita ~hat Bann' .on instead of dealing with thechargeboe.f
Ati ' Olt oia ern
' week to give him an opportunity
Abi
,13 01, to the case for a
l'atit" the
anneY to pay the rent due-20s This was a matter in
that' nextinagistrate had no right to interfere. However the
4 atheit day reported the case, and it was.
.only j. ustice to say
t a-"aliet,4Port represented the case of the plaintiff in so affedctihnigs
e'''hilY were-! that subscriptions for the telief of Mr. Forth an
week
i:t,vireci, forwarded by several correspondents. When
the
Irate
it t. aos
a; Forth did riot go to the police-affice. The magistrate tk4t1141,-arn and ;•
cent his order.re reprimanded
Forth apologised, but
nthe
to ti antie Wotild attend to nothing but the payment of the ahOu,s:i
pallJ ,:h as,tr. Forth could not pay that, Mr. Clive ordered.
iss':7l,,fotiofauc. the rasa, It, and In default, committed him to
ht
re aith"cteen days for the assanit, and this aged gentwlehmeattei
Os Nein t se days
off in the prison van to Kingston gaol,
•• td nrl h• • sirs Thi. i is wife procured his release bypayinghe 20s.
t,-„pthy, - za.4 reported in the Times, and excitedAit muchni greater
to kt,ra,,,,,
412tois..,eriptions were transmitted to
of
forwarding
them
wardiengfor the
to /'orth,
._er, but that magistrate, instead
stainve the
roo'nelit to require his attendance at the police-office to
~,e la cY• The plaintiff declined to expose his
asses
,k,tr'eViooB "e Public, as he was not then compe ei. to do its
ih that hoer 4• Mr. Clive, in commenting upon. his obstinacy,
tise c°flsetin had m:ide inquiries into his character,
,Z, 'l7
"sace °f which he would return the RI sc.r p.
tZt,,,,, tht.;-` donors whose address he had, The Times
'141,-"IY, the uriwarrantable remark; and added, upon its owns
1),
„„'e statements new charged against the deferdant . a,
late l'Lirl an The Learned er eant made a brilliant speech, in which krtsveiter
filtraPassioned tributeg to the memory of Mr. Barnes: theed
stat 'at papert.he Times, under whom he himself had been. enaag
Ne ~„,Xiliora ', tiPon which also, its vast influence. gigantic power,.
tendtoi,e'Ci tie b 'n the cause of the unfortunate, thepoor, and the op.
a'
by'r,rl,uced an eluent and elaborate eulogy. and itaa°-able d; "ng Upon the jury to give such fair, moderate, a.n
4 t -s,l°; agcs, as w ld compensate the
setaPtein ° "4 charact " ' plaintiff' for the in-
, uSa Abel it er and feelings.
sla cet in th °Use Dotten, examined by Mr. JAMES—,Had,been
Ciet
dont,
trite army.
Served in the same regiment into which
,trait' avitscr'd as a cornet in 1796. That was the Ist. Life
ksoe','ancti with lett the regiment in 1798. Renewed his ac-
• :of coa,ll Mr. Forth in 1835. Was then Member of the
hio,"tth is",,ll'ons tor Southampton, and brought the claims of
itouse h
lc' by th s'cicirsi the
laims were for debts due to
thoi 2'14 ate buke of orleans. Witness saw the articles in
atiuli.klit hothstating that
abut
its
plaintiff had been suspended, but he
i'g
as'ont it. Knew that plaintiff had entered the
tah(!ods,e,
.a' ate rnitiaat , -
• Mr. Forth
sir ' by Mr. EUMFREY-Istver raw .
htit,, • quaso„
tif It, aria registrar "a secretary to the Archbishops of York and Canter.
ointifr. to their dioceses, put In and proved the letters
~etit°i ste,ta.4clrricli nation.
fr'ta t° ofao. ed by Mr. lit:MFHEV Had never known 111 r.
tit_ ori,
bearish late,
It was necessary for a clergyman in going
tesv'ese,
ef to another to have a license from the bishop ot• the
44dcsusi °r.e be could officiate enad never known Mr. Forth re.
4._ a licence ~_
al,seate,__ froth any of the several bishops to whom witness
ci lsa,' %11, et,`"Y•
of at hcties, roller for Westminster and registrar of the diocese
cloha cc' PUt in
licence as curate
, Ctot. seta
and
‘_ and proved the plaintiff's. .
‘titi, •-•eeiso., chain
to the Philanthropic Institution.
tiq foUr cinett--Plaintiff' remained in tne Philanthropic Insti.
IteClata. '441 and since that time witness has not known him
or.eXarnine
t'istls. - Win,,, d--. Mr. Forth might have officiated in any diocese.
h tittUdet biZster without witness knowing it. Knew of nothing
ett
i• , Led
f_frofn doing the duty in any diocese.
Ct 'snow ,;rd Deputy of Farringdon Ward, deposed that he
thttat t air. r
s "rth since 1811 when that gentleman was
c ant •
' -ePUlchr i • ' regularly officiated
`rated
ll is t„ e s, Skinner-street, and
gsted' Allen '•
d Chtilattl,,f4'nerlY Warden and Master of Dulwich College,
thett;'...lao6 a_t'e were thrce Ecclesiastical Fellows in that College,
, Alia s gi'cl 1807 Mr. Forth frequently did duty for one of
tl• IN nnth, th
bisa,,t eaeenin e preacher, the, e beta, cd—iKtiew from Mr. Forth that there was some
‘,,at,. -eel', ma
3 'tits 'on, as • Forth and the Governors on the subject of
1414 .. Pes.th.`4lly knew it from a printed paper put into his hands
ill aied
no Mr. Forth either resigned or was dismiss • • ed at that
Stiti.,c'ertansin t known him to officiate since.
so "olit a. ed--laintff • • • day since
4 itne , I might have officiated every
11) r. Pori, ss a knowin it W
'.°Pie /char g. . as not aware of any imputai
tion
air lista,. acter, in relation to the disputes at the Phi an.
14 . C' Dr '°4'
eb:`tlr,c,, ate,
forraerly steward of Dulwich Collego, gave simi-
itaretea ' Witness never heard any imputation on Mr. Forth's
Nil )1' Par
I,la,t,.aien rnarson examined—Knew Mr. Forth when that
n,,, ,tifts oft: , c'ated in St. George's Bloomsbury. In 1816
11,4"cera hi 4`!(1 at the burial of witnes's's father. Witness had
here he
rb4e In fl)' other church but that of his own parish.
k lise.tvra, horn. any any other church, and lived now in the house
maws thke' 11l61; street, 41, t e mai_
t, • Bloomsbury, surveyortated that he had
"4411°1'4451a la
6°4' e years before I SIG, and believed that no
rifler
_3'. N.„, e a better character as a clergyman anal father of
issi.4liteh ha...neats had read the articles in the Tinics, and was
Orr eienefirt. them, as he knew the plaintiff did not deserve
Nt':_r, r witt witness knew him up to the last ten years.
alor: J, st. e,,sses gave similar testimony.
ofhttgetea h:°1111. Brooe, Parliamentary agent, stated that he had
had takes u
Plaintiff's application to Parliament' on the subject
Otor7ker,
t1:011 the King of the French. Mr. Law, the Recorder,
it cs,ente t,,n_e eaae in 1640 ; but witness did not know whether
Ne.was also ", Petition or not.
arttrthe viaio,Proved that the Commissionersappointed to i vesti-
bat, the pea•-c of British subject the French nGovernment,
144.ty thoue,e of 1615, subjects
as
largeupon
tt, icent 1-,.. 4" PO unds to 11
sum, between fifteen and
half' Peen` •Jebto„, co , . r. Forth. It was paid into the
ay Sir and in wt. That suns paid the creditors 20s. in
54 ,
of
" consequence of the exertions made on their be.
saret,lirapattb, they allowed him 5 per cent. on their claims.
.44 Isar they bl.,t.hen addressed the jury for the defence. Was
Iwiset,"_'B(lePiled:uneard with pleasure the eloquent speech of his
ete .
the
and they could only regret that such beautiful
not iAastso , 'le alrnost universaltalentshis Learned
in attenta. l.pot, suet, , b of
~..Which,` t° ifnitate the sa..ct. But he (Mr. Ilumfrey) would
I_4! aittett "e should
assuredly ralian display of his Learned Friend,
- - - ii4attczot. fail`; but would confine himself to
---'..s ''''a {l44.ticini Whettei it Were .148 t 04) the

jury should give the plaintiff's verdict for 405., which would enable
the a' torney to get his costs. That alone could be the object of
this act iatti ; for it could not be imagined that Mr. Forth, who, in
the former trial, blazoned forth to the world his misfortunes
and his claims, and after the jury had been locked up all night,
and discharged in the morning by consent, shou-ci again desire to
rstrade his distresses, if it were not to put costs in his pockets.
Although the evidence given on both these trials did not in any
way meet the statements against Mr. Forth, yet the defendant did
not wish to prevent his deli' ing any benefit which might accrue to
him from the statements made by the witnesses in favour of his
conduct five-and-thirty years ago. But the jury would observe
that no desire to injure the plaintiff hao been charged against the
Times. On the contrary, it was admitted that the Times,
in the first instance, regarded his case as in some degree
of oppression, 'and that the sympathy of the public
was enlisted in consequenc?, of what appeared there.
Hut it was the duty of a public journalist, won had induced the
public to confer its bounty upon a person who seemed to deserve
compassion and relief, to make known any matters which might

afterwards appear to prove the individual unworthy; so that the

public might be guaided against a further misapplication of its
bounty; and that is what the Times has done. With the excep.
tion of a single passage, to which he would call their attention—
with that exception, there was not a single line of which his
Learned Friend had made a shadow of complaint. He must be
here permitted to say, that his Learned Friend and those who sup.
ported him had adopted a very dexterous course. They had se.
lected that part which was now admitted to be a mistake, leaving
out ali that which the. could attempt to justify. How
stood the matter? Mr. Ford was a person to whom, from the
time he was ordained by the Bishop of Winchester, in
11,06, no license has been granted. He did for a time
it was true do duty, but they were acquainted sufficiently with ec.
clesiastical matters to know that when a person undertcok a curacy
he must have a license, and the object of that was manifest. When
the application was made for a license testimonials to his character
would be required.
The plaintiff—The ministers were all dead.
Mr. Humeacv—They were net dead then; and he would ask
the jury, if the proper way would not have been for a clergyman,
l.owever bowed down by misfortune, if his character were clear
from suspicion, if he came into a court of justice to vindicate his
character, to bring some friends to speak to his good name. He
was not seeking to throw imputations upon Mr. Forth, and the
Times in the same spirit, said " When in the spirit of liberality we
pointed out the plaintiff as a fit object for the charity of the public,
in the same spirit we, when the magistrate stated that he was an
unworthy character, feltbound to warn the public against him."—
(The Learned Counsel then read the extracts from the Times on
which the action was founded.) The inquiries made by direction
of the magistrate into the character of the reverend gentleman
were most unsatisfactory. He would read what Mr. Clive said
from the bench when Mr. Forth had failed to attend, although
solicited. He publicly stated that he had received many small sums,
and he would receive no more sums for his use, and in conic.
quenee of the inquiries he had caused to be made he (Mr. Clive)
declined for the future to have any communication with Mr. Forth
or his family. 1 hat was not, however, complained of; nor did
Mr. Forth bring forward any one person who knew him to speak
to character. if, instead of saying he had been suspended, the
reporter had said that he had never applied for a license, would the
observation have been a bit less objectionable ? Not one whit.
But the reporter slid make a mistake. The Rev. Gentleman was
not suspended. His Learned Friend, Sergeant Talfourd, said why
did the paper which inserted the error not insert also an apology ?
Why, the article was inserted on the 26th, and the writ was issued
on the 28th, just two days after. But would it not have
been better if Mr. Forth had written to the Times and explained
the mistake, which would no doubt have been inserted. But that
would not have suited the attorney, for he in that case could not
hays brought this action.

Sergeant TALPOURD—There followed an article on the same sub.
ject in a future number of the Times.

Mr. Hum Flier was not aware of it, but of this he was certain
that it contained nothing which could militate against the Ti" es,
or it would have been put into Court by his Learned Friend. His
Learned Friend said that the circumstances alleged to have caused
the dismissal of Mr. Forth from the Philantropic Institution had
no foundation in truth. That was very easily said, but why had
nut the Governor or some other of the officers of the institution
been calhd forward ? It was essential that the doings of the courts
of justice should be given to the world, and they ought not to visit
a slip with a severe punishment, and he implored them not to gra.
tify bad passions, but, by giving the smallest damages known in
that country, further the ends of justice and de:eat the objects of
artful men.

The LORD Culler JUSTICE summed up. The statement which
appeared in the Times newspaper was admitted by the Learned
Counsel not to be true, and therefore it was undoubtedly a libel,
and the jury would therefore have to find damages for the plaintiff.
What the amount of those dam,g,s should be would be left to
their own good sense, and he had no doubt they would give the
subject their best consid, ration. With the remarks made on the
character of the magistrate Mr Clive, he did not agree. If he
was in error at all, it was an error on the side of huma.
nity and kindness, for insted of going into the circum-
stances of the assault committed by Mr. Forth upon
his landlord, the magistrate hearing that be and his
family ware it, a slate of great aiatress, remanded the mat-
ter in the expectation that a subscription would be made to
relieve his necessities. He did mt, therefore, think that Mr.
Clive's conduct ought to have been so severely remarked upon in
this matter. The learned Chief Justice then briefly recapitulated
the leading events of Mr. For: h's life, with the view of assisting
the jury in their awird of damages. He did not think that
any malice had actuated the writer of the article or the
proprietors of the paper which gave it insertion. The matter was,
however, in their hands, to return what they conceived to be fitting
damages for the injury sustained by the publication of what was
certainly a libel. .

The jury, after very shortly consulting, returned a verdict—
Damages, Is.

Servant TALFOURD applied for a certificate to carry costs, but
;he application was refused by the Court.

CRIMINAL COURT_ (THIS DAY.)
OLD C()UR

(Before Baron PARKE and Justice Wttztams.)
Tun RUISLIP MURDER.—Charles Lamb was placed at the bar
at ten o'clock this morning, charged with the murder of a young
man named John Brill, in a wood at Ruislip, in the month of
February, 1837, He is a heavy sort of man, about 35 years of
age, and has the appearance of a labourer.

The indictment having been read, he pleaded Not Guilty in a
faint voice.

Mr Clarkson appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Wilkins for
the prisoner.
Charles Churchill was, in the year 1837, a fanner at Ruislip, and
had the deceased long in his service. He was sent on Thursday
the 16th February to a wood to prevent the underwood from being
stolen. The boy never returned, and at the end of three days his
body was found. His front teeth were knocked out.
James Lavender proved finding the body.
John Bray met the prisoner Lamb on the day of the
murder in a field, one mile from the wood ; and he accompanied
him to the Six Bells public-house, where the body of dc.
ceased lay. He was coining from the direction of the wood.
Robert Norton, a surgeon, examined the body. The mark of
a severe blow was behind the left ear, and on removing the scalp
there was observed a severe contusion. There was effusion of
blood upon the brain, and his opinion was, that the injuries were
inflicted by a fl ,t instrument, struck twice with great violence.
George Sibley deposed to a certain confession made by the pri-
soner to the witness of the murder of the boy, and he described
the place where the murder was committed (the whole of which
has been given at length in the former notices of this case).
Mr. WILKINS then addressed the jury for the prisoner, in a
lengthened speech, and contended that no credit could attach to the
evidence of the man Sibley.

Mr. Baron PARKE summed up. He said the duty of the jury
was a most serious one. The evidence in the case was of the most
circumstantial character, for the question of the prisoner's guilt
almost entirely depended upon the credence they gave to the
witness Sibley, and the confession alleged to have been made by the
prisoner about four month ago ; independent of that, there was
no evidence sufficient to cast anything beyond suspicion upon the
prisoner. If they believed the evidence of that confession, it would
be their duty to find the prisoner guilty of the crime of murder;
but if they did not attach credence to it, then they would acquit
the prisoner. The Learned Judge then commented upon the evi.
deuce, and concluded by leaving the case to the consideration of
the jury.
The jury then retired, and returned in half an hour with a ver.
diet of Acquittal.

!VFW CO"ia'T.
(Before the COMMON SERGEANT.)

At the sitting of the Court this morning, the following prisoners
pleads d Guilty of the offences charged against them, and received
the sentences afl:xed to their names :—Georgc Smith, 9 months;
Frederick Shepherd, 3 months ; John Williams, 1 year ; George
Brown, 4 months; Charles Chapman, 3 months; Robert Parker,
3 months; Ellen Conway (who had been twice convicted), 7 years
transportation; John Thomas, 3 months; Thomas Simpson, 2
months; Richard Townsend, 6 months.

William ClVford, a respectably.dressed young man, was con-
victed of stealing a box, containing 9s.
It appeared that he had been tried in that Court, under a"other
e, six years ago, wh:ch he admitted, and that he bad teen
lately summarily convicted.
The COMMON SERGEANT told him that he had been too lenient on
the last occason, and ought to have transported him. The sentence
of the Court was that he be transported for ten years.
On turning to leave the dock, he laid hold of the inkstand placed
there for the use of the prisoners, no doubt with the intention of
hurling it at the police, who had sworn to his having been pre-
viously convicted, but as it was fixed he could not carry his inten.
tion into execution, and he left the dock exclaiming against them.
It is expected that the sittings in this Court will terminate
to-day.

t_,LOVWS sH I - ('I'UIS DAY )

LONDON, FEB B.—Wind at noon, Nor hcrly, fresh breeze, and fine.
RAMS ATE, FEB. 7.---Irrd. Broadwood, Loudon, for 111.1ddhborOuh,
with damage, having been in contact. The steam-tug Sampson, be-
longing to this port, is ashore on the bank In Sandwich River. The
Risk, Kidd, of and from Sunderland, struck on the Galbard Sand this
morning, got off, and sank a mile from the Galloper; crew saved ; she
was bound to Portsmouth.

DEAL, FEB. 7.—Wind N.W. by W. ; r. Tunan-
dria, Skinner, Calcutta ; Earl of Leicester, Bullard, Rio Grande ;
Hortensia, Storey, Cape of Good Hope, loss of bulwarks, &c. Sld.
Bussorah Merchant, Sydney, New South Wales; Serlngapatam,
Ceylon ; Sophia, Rio Janeiro.
COWES, FEB. 6.--Sld. Sumatra, Sumatra.
PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 6.—Sld. Llangothland, Valparaiso.

LANCASTER, FEB. 6.—Arrd. Auroin, St. John's, New Brunswick,

DOVER, FEB. 7.—Arrd. Mary Hounsell, Ichaboe, for Dundee ; crew
mutinow. Off, Was. Forster, liillick, Nassau; Hostelling, Potjcl,
Charleston for Rouen.

PORTSMOUTH, FEB. N.E.—Arrd. Wm. Shand, London
for China ; Courier, London, for the Cape of Good Hope ; stern stove,
&c., having been in contact off Beachy Head last night with a ship
unknown; Medway steamer, Southampton. Std. Caroline for Mau-
ritius and Ceylon.
CLYDE, FEB. 6.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Christina, Pitcairn, Demerara ;
Franklin, New Orleans ; .Mary Ann and Rolla, Antigua, &c.
Duamx, FEB. s.—Arrd. Packet, Gill, Trinidad. Skl. Princess,
Savannah.
KINGSTOWN, FEB. 6.—Arrd. Culzian Castle, Ichaboe.
LIVERPOOL, FEB. 7.—Wind N. to S.E.--Sld. Duke of Wellington,
Calcutta ; Bolivar, Bombay ; Urgent, Rio ; Elizabeth and Venus,
Bahia ; Derby and Perie, Africa ; Melvina, Trinidad ; Brandon, Ja-
maica ; Enterprise and Wannau, La Gnayra ; Araminta and Mary-
land, New Orleans ; Nicholas, Biddle, Mobile ; Cumberland, Apala.-
chiola ; Leonard Dobbin, Thomas Bennett, John Barry, and Sheffield,
Charleston ; Medemsch, Philadelphia ; Liverpool, New York. Some
sails, three compasses, three muskets, three pistols, and a few blocks
have been landed here from the Thomas Laurie, front Ichaboe, aban-
doned at sea, by the Candidate, arrived here.

" THE SUN " NEWSPAPER. —We Were again
favoured last night with an early copy of the third edition of The
Sun, containing the whole of the proceedings in Parliament last
night, together with the last report of the Board of Trade on the
recently proposed railway schemes. This report will be found in
another column.—Railway Times.

THE QUEEN'S oFEECH —Northern Whig Office,
Thursday Morning, Twenty- minutes past Five.—We have just re-
ceived, through the Messrs. Johnston, Dublin, The Sun of Tuesday,
containing the Queen's Specch, which we annex. We received it,
in Lisburn, at ten minutes past five, and brought it thence to Bel.
fast, by a special train, in a little under ten minutes.
REPRESENTATION OF SOUTHWARK.—We believe
we are correct in stating that, on Tuesday last, Sir William Moles.
worth, Bart., received a requisition from Southwark, to succeed
Mr. Benjamin Wood as representative of that borough, and that
the talented Baronet has accepted the flattering O'er, —Tvca
Briton.

_
MILITARY MOVEMENTS.—On Thursday morning-
the 74th four company depot, under the command of Major Fordice,
left Chatham Barracks for Sittingbourne, on route to Canterbury,
We understand their place is to be suppliod by the four company
depot of the 46th Regiment, now in Ireland, and who are daily ex-
pected to arrive here to do garrison duty.

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

C'C';7ENT-GiI.7;LDEPT.

For the time of year we had a fair average quantity of
Vegetables on otter, while the supply of Fruit was rather
extensive. Generally speaking, the demand was active, and
prices were steadily supported.

' MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NE WS
6711", QUARTER TO THREE.
The Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday remained quite
firm, and a good business was done. Sales, 6,500 bales, of
which 2,000 were on speculation.—Shares were not quite so
brisk. Bristol and Gloucester, 554 2 ; Caledonian, 7!4 61,4 ;
Chester and Birkenhead, 401/i ; Ditto and Holy-
head, 714 ; Churnet Valley, 8a4.; Eastern Counties,
17%; Glasgow and Greenock, 13% :%; Great Western,
Fifths, 4014 ; Lancaster and Carlisle, 291/4 i 4 ; Lon-
don and Birmingham, 321. Shares, 431/ ; Ditto, Quarter
Shares, 291,4 3a ; Ditto and Brighton, 56%; Ditto and York,
71/4 634 ; Direct Northern, 21A3 ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 41 ;
4
Manchester and Birmingham, 61 ; Midland Counties, 129%;
Newcastle and Berwick, 17 161,,; ; North British, ;
North Wales, 114 ; Preston and Wyre, 2134 ; Scottish Cen-
tral, 44; Sheffield and Manchester, 1041/, ; Shrewsbury and
Birmingham, 61,i ;- South-Eastern, No. 1, 26; Ditto, No. 2,
21 : Trent Valley, 13%; Ulster, 431/, %; Paris and Rouen,
; Ditto and Strasburg, 3; Northern of France, 574 ;
Central Ditto, 11.
Tice Bank of England averages give au increase of
104,1751. in the amount of notes issued, of 89,2481. in the rest,
and of 78,758/ in the amount of bullion. The calculations
are for the week ending the Ist iust. The greater scarcity of
money does not arise, therefore, from any action of the Bank.
The West India mail is still due, thOugh it was yesterday
reported on 'Change that it had arrived.
The resolutions on railway Bills, agreed to last night by
Parliament, are considered satisfactorY, and will be in favour
of legitimate undertakings. The Caledonian line, by the
accounts from Scotland, appears to receive unanimous sup-
port. Irish lines are also in good repute, and another im-
portant, though short, 0116 is on the lapis—viz., from Armagh
to Coleraine and Portrush.
The Funds are quiet, but, as regards Consols, were not
quite so good as yesterday, upon a sale being made at 991,4,,
though now they are up again to 9934. Bank Stock has re-
ceded to 213% and 213. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per
Cents. are 103% 7x, ; and the Three per Cents., 100 to %.
Exchequer-bills have been 565. to 58s. prem.
There is scarcely anything passing in the Foreign market.
Spanish Five per Cents. are 27/1. ; and the Three per Cents.,
4074, being flat; Mexican are firm at 361 a to %; Chili= at
101 ; Brazil New Bonds have been 87 to 88. Dutch Two-
and-a-Half per Cents. were 6274 to 631 .
Shares in general are lower to-day, even South Wales and
the Shrewsbury and Birmingham having receded. It is
probable, however, that the reaction is only temporary..
South-Eastern are steady. Trent Valley hare improved ;
Birmingham and Gloucester are firm ; and also Brighton and
North British. Caledonian are fluctuating. Eastern Counties
are steadier. There are one or two other exceptions also to
apparent downward tendency.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock 2131/7213
3 perpe c
r Ceeinnt..
Consolsßeduced
AnA n ;Lit ti es
10014
3
New 314 per Cent. Annuties
Long_ Annuities,
fornnu ities,
Account Expire sth Jan. 1860 .19
921,
4,.;,
Consols
Exchequer Bills. 134 d. 11,0.
1,000/.
500/.

Ditto Small —