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LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1845.

The House of Lords met at Five o'clock.

Th© LORD CHANCELLOR brought in a Bill to relieve
members of the Jewish persuasion from certain disabili-
ties affecting them in respect to the holding of muni-
cipal offices.

The Marquis of NORMANDY then brought forward
his motion for certain returns relating to the constabulary
force in Ireland, and complained that the recommenda-
tions of the Inspector-General (Colonel MACGREGOR),
with regard to promotions in that force, had been disre-
garded by the Government, although it had been under-
stood at the time of histappointment that all promotions
were to be at his disposal ; and although that under-
standing had received the sanction of both Houses of
Parliament, yet, notwithstanding this, Major PRIESTLEY
had been promoted, while Mr. BROWNRIGGB, an
older officer, who had been: recommended by
the Inspector, had been passed over. He should
likewise wish to have a return of the number of the
army serving in Ireland on the Ist of January
during each of the last ten years. He would there-
fore move for a return of the appointment of the Deputy
Inspector-General since the decease of the late Major
GALWAY, of the constabulary force in Ireland, and of any
communications from the Inspector-General respecting
the appointments that had been made, and also a return
of the number of her Majesty's army in Ireland, from
the Ist of January, 1835, to the Ist of January, 1845,
both inclusive.

The Duke of WELLINGTON contended
.that the right
of appointing to the constabulary force was in the power
of the Lord-Lieutenant ,and that it was his duty to exer-
cise his discretion in making those appointments. The
Lord-Lieutenant had a right to make those appoint-
ments, and he would not consent to a motion criminat-
ing the Lord-Lieutenant for the exercise of a right
which was vested in him by law. With regard to the
return of the forces in Ireland, he did not object to it,
but he would add a return of the number of
troops sent away from Ireland during the
same period. The Noble Lord would find nothing in
these returns to commit the Government, the Secretary
at War, or any other person connected with the army ;
nor would he find anything to support his argument
that an unlimited force had been kept in Ireland.
Earl FORTESCUE supported the motion.

Lord BROUGHAM thought no slight whatever had been
put upon Colonel MACGREGOR by the Lord-Lieutenant.
He had himself, while Lord Chancellor, disregarded the
recommendations of Lord-Lieutenants of counties in
making appointments to the magistracy.
The Marquis of NORMANDY replied.
The House then divided, when there appeared, Con-
tents, 12 ; Non-contents, 32 ; majority against the mo-
tion 20. The House then adjourned.
The house of Commons met at a Quarter before Four
o'clock.

MT. BRINSLEY SHERIDAN took the oaths, and his seal
for the borough of Shaftesbury.
Mr. DEEDES took the oaths and his seat fur Ease
Kent.

Several private Bills were forwarded a stage.
Among the notices of motion given, was the following
by Mr. WODEIIOUSE, to move as an amendment to the
motion of the Hon. Member for Stockport which stood
first on the orders of the day for Thursday next, for
a Select Committee to inquire into the ope-
ration of protective duties upon the interests
of tenant-farmers, the following resolution :
That an inquiry into the operation of protective duties
on imports, as regarded the interest of tenant-farmers
and farm-labourers, was objectionable in principle,
if the purport of it was to show that they had a dis-
tinct and separate interest from that of their landlords,
or those on whose property they chose to live ; that
the condition of tenant-farmers and farm-labourers
did indeed deserve the most serious attention of Parlia-
ment, and it was the bounden duty of the House as to
shape its deliberation, as to make known to the occupiers
and tenants of the soil the necessity for their having a
continuance of all protective duties; and that the removal
of all protective duties was averse to the general interests
of all classes of society.
Mr. STAFFORD o'l3fliEw also gave notice of his inten-
tion to move as an amendment, on the motion of Mr.
COBDEN, that a Select Committee be appointed to in-
quire into the extent of mortgages on landed property
in this country, and into the cause of agricultural
distress.
In answer to the same Hon. Gentleman,
Sir B. PEEL stated that the remission of the duty on
seeds would take place after the present sowing, and
that clover seed would not be included in the list.
In answer to Mr. S. Wortmxr,

Sir R. PEEL, on the part of the present, and Lord
PALMERSTON on the part of the late Government, denied
that there was any truth in the report that this country
had ever offered to purchase California of the Mexican
Government.

The report on the Property-tax Bill was postponed.
till Monday.
On the motion that the House do resolve itself into a
Committee of Ways and Means,
Mr. W. WILLIAMS entered into a long explanation on
the subject of the motion of which he had given notice
for the preceding evening, relative to the sale of the
Hafod estate.

After a few words from Lord LiNcoLN, Mr. HumE,
and Mr. MACKINNON, the subject dropped.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER gave notice that
he should propose going into Committee on the Customs'
duties on Monday, if time would permit.
Mr. COBDEN, on the question that the Speaker do
leave the chair, said that, as they were going to vote a
certain amount of protection to the colonial proprietors.
he thought there could be no objection to that amount
being ascertained. He calculated it at 2,500,0001., an
amount that would enable Government to repeal the
soap and window duties, and leave a surplus of half a
million to devote to other purposes.
A long discussion ensued as to the accuracy of Mr.
COBDEN'S calculations. Eventually the House went
into Committee.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then proposed
his resolutions on the subject of the sugar duty.
A long conversation followed, in the course of which
Mr. Hocc expressed his concurrence in the alterations
proposed by the Government, and in the classification of
sugars proposed by them. The East India Company
were satisfied with the measure as it then stood.

Several amendments were proposed by different Hon.
Members, and withdrawn. One amendment, however
—that proposed by Sir W. CLAY—the effect of which
would have been to impose a duty of 4s. Bd. per cwt. on
sugar instead of the duty proposed by the Government,
was pressed to a division. It was negatived, the
numbers being—for the amendment 69, against it 152;
majority against the amendment 83. The remainder of
the clauses were agreed to after a short discussion. The
House resumed, and the report was ordered to be re-
ceived on Monday.
The House adjourned at One o'clock.

Mr. COBDEN last evening, in the debate on the sugar
duties, made a very simple statement, rather by way of
hypothesis and with a view to information, than as a
matter of fact. His object was to ascertain, by a proxi-
mate calculation, how much the people of this country
would be compelled to pay the West India proprietors
by the proposed resolutions of the CHANCELLOR of the Ex-
CHEQUER. "The Right Honourable Gentleman," he
said, " assumed that we should receive 230,000 tons
of colonial sugar, and were to pay 101. a ton of,
duty, the amount of foreign sugar being reckoned
at 20,000 tons. He therefore thought it was evident
before we should have 20,000 tons of foreign sugar
we must have previously paid the 101. extra duty on the
colonial sugar. If he was right—and he was taking
the Right Honourable Gentleman's own proposition—
then the amount which the House was about to vote in
the way of protection would be about 2,416,000/. In
fact, taxCt,throewn,and t
wliicho
thethey
colonialwer p
were to
pvrooteri:'toasr3s:soo,oooL to
the
before stated, a tax of 2,416,0001., a sum whichas he
w ohuad
l d
have enabled the Right Honourable Gentleman to have
taken off the window-tax and the soap duty, and have
left him about half a million' to spare. If there was
any fallacy in what he had stated it should not remain
uncontradieted." The CHANCELLOR of the Excuxcluxa,
who showed he was unable, or speaking perhaps more
correctly, unwilling to answer the question, begged to

reserve the discussion of a general question fur a future .111A.RKET NEWS.--(THIS DAY.)
period. Lord Howicx. thought the question fJir, intelli- I COVMNT-G.II.II.DEN.
gible, and most, important, and contended that it involved On the whole, the supplies of Vegetables were tolerably
a point which should be cleared up before they proceeded good,(a ItNo-htilheotsheeotoillaen,llofuortthhiseTtaw.a,s.ste.7,c.ly, at prices. about
farther. Sir B. PEEL, at last urged by the general feelingi;eo
tnaituoix.,fromYr3usit6Ndv,:os 1.51;
of the House to make some reply, adopted one of his per cwt ; Turnips, 2s 6d to 38 6d; Carrots, 5s 6d to
sluggisheu request, but'not cheaper.
usual modes of explanation when ph.ced in a difficulty, •73 ; Coleworts, or Greens, 35 to 4s ; and Leeks,
by putting another question not at all applicable. In 81ss
.to lasn7 coriudnoszlen2s h
unt
oe 3s A
perptilleasli
sieves 4. ; Vueracresa Pc-
placet
of enabling the House to ascertain what the people tatoes, 8d; Pine' Apples, 8s to lOs ; and Filberts, Is to
really were to pay the West India proprietcrs, in is 6d per lb; Savoys! is 3d to 2s perdozen ; Forced Rhu-
addition to the twenty millions already taken out of 2sr
t73r2osc3oli; d2isttotuAsTsar.agtatus,d6s
'' Hlsorstuera3dsisleir
Cel ;
their pockets, he put an absurd question about corn. bundle; Oranges, 5s to 10s; and Lemons, 8s t o 12s ; and
Ile went off at a tangent to a different subject, and left French Beans, 2s ad to 3s per hundred.
the House as much in the dark as ever. Dissatisfaction SIINGERPORD.
still prevailed, :when Mr. GLADSTONE came to the Wfuellhad a steady.t ,Adeismeant,tiliefor
tradeiilost kinds of Vegetables,
atsluggish state,
rescue of the two Right Hon. Gentlemen, but at barely .weeosr quoiations. was
in
a
neither could he answer the question. He had NZVIGATIS AND LE.&DENUAIL•
recourse, therefore, to that mode of argument in which Prime Mutton, Veal, and. Pork sold freely, other kinds of
the Jesuits and their disciples, the Puseyites, are well at,,tlBled ftoull3oswBudg kr,icets :—Beef, from 2s 4d to
skilled. In their usual style he imputed bad faith 352 Bd'to 4sa 2odnp,e-raBlbs, by the' carecaas,s3.s iOd.i
eto
suppliess and o
fl'boot
to his opponents. He charged Mr. COBDEN with hay- Game and Poultry offering were extensive, owing to which
ing put a question, not for information, but for the sake the demand
iruled heavy, at 4 barely. last week's prices. Fowls,
of argument, and laid that down as a fact for hiss pecial cusutpol
u7s. ;llaCrensike2islsio 253 s to;
Rabbits,s, and
6Dduteuk Ducks, 2. s6d to 6s . per 2 s
pleading. His object was evidently two-fold—to shirk the to 3s ; 'Turkeys', 3s to 7s; Pheasants, 4s to ss'; and Partridges,ese, 5s
question, and throw ridicule on Mr. COBDEN. He sue •Ito 78 each.
ceeded in the first, but the discussion to which the ques-
tion of the Hon. Member gave rise, showed that he
failed in the second. The general feeling of the
House was in favour of Mr. COBDEN, and
against the ex-Minister—who, whatever may
be his abilities, and however skilled he may be in Jesui-
tical logic, will find it difficult to convince practical men
and men of honest intentions by any other arguments
than those founded on fact.

The Madrid journals of the 28th ult. have been re-
ceived, but, as usual, they are very barren of intelligence•
The Three per Cents. closed at 341, at 60 days; the
Fire per Cents. at 254, at 60 days; and the Debt withoat
interest at 71, at 60 days.

The foreign mail, which had been delayed by stormy
weather, arrived at a late hour this afternoon. The
principal subject of interest noticed in the Paris papers,
is the proposed conversion of the Five per Cents., which
meets with much opposition. The Peers, it is said, will
decide against it ; and the Finance Minister has re-
quested M. MURET DE BORA, who brought iu a Bill on
the subject, to withdraw it for the session, but he de-
clined. M. LACATE LAPLLGNE considers it a just and
expedient measure, but objects to the introduction of it
at present. " The Committee who recommended it," he
said, " had used its right ; but he would be wanting in
his duty if he concurred in the proposition until the
last instalment of the loan lately contracted was paid,
and the penal enactments, now submitted to the appro-
bation of the Legislature, should have put a period to
the existing scandalous jobbing in railroad shares.
Should the contrary opinion prevail, he knew the course
that a Minister of Finance ought to adopt." In answer
to a question in the Chamber, M. LAPLAGNE said it was
his intention to bring in a Bill for the conversion of the
stock next session, if it appealed then opportune.
The discussion in the Chamber of Peers on the Secret
Service Money Bill was still going on, but after the
speeches of Count Moms and M. GUIZOT there had been
no others of importance. The Duke of BROGLIE was
expected to speak.
The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Boarse on
Thursday at 85.20; the New Loan at 86 20; the Five
per Cents. at 120.55 ; the Orleans Shares, 1,322.20 ;
Rouen, 1,185; Havre, 975; Avignon, 1,112.50; Belgian
Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 62.60; Spanish Three per
Cents., 40i; Ditto Domestic Debt, 34k.

THIS DAY'S NEWS.

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
OLD COURT.
(Before the RECORDER.)
ROBBING FROM A DWELLING I'ol:SR.—Amelia Maydcw,
18, Selina Edwards, 17, and Susan Paulo, 28, the latter a
married female, were placed in the dock, charged with steal-
ing a tin box. containing eight sovereigns, the property of
John Greening, and a box, containing a watch and two seals,
the property of Hannah Maydew, mother of the first prisoner,
who is also grand-daughter to John Greening.
Paulo was defended by Mr. Hurry, Edwards by Mr. Robin-
son, and Maydew was undefended.
It appeared, by the evidence, that Greening's house, in
Upper North-street, Lisson -grove, had been entered on the
4th of February, and the property charged in the indictment
stolen. The police, discovering that that the grand-daughter
(Maydew) and her friend, Edwards, bad been spending a
quantity of money,
.in connexion with the prisoner Paulo,
went to the house of the latter, No. 5, Park-lane, where a
number of dresses, purchased by the two first prisoners, and
the boxes, which we-e stolen from North-street, were found.
The, watch was also discovered on Alaydew, and identified by
the old man Greening.
From a written statement put in by the prisoner Maydon,
and the character given by a number of respectable witnesses
to the prisoner Edwards, it appeared that they had both held
a respectable character as Hower -workers, until last year,
when they began frequenting the Yorkshire Stingo saloon.
Edwards was seduced, and, being about to become a mother,
was turned out of doors by her parents.
The jury returned a verdict of Guilty against all the pri-
soners. _ _

'1 he grandfather, an old man about eighty, who was obliged
to be supported into the w;tnesi, box, begged, while the tears
ran over his cheeks, for mercy for his grandchild.
The prisoners were then sentenced, ➢laydew to three
months' imprisonment, with hard labour; Edwards to nine
months' imprisonment ; and Paulo to twelve months, with
hard labour.

NEW COURT.
(Before the COMMON SERGEANT.)
Glary Ann Mitt:lull, aged 18, was indicted tbr stealing, on
the 22d ult., two account books and one handkerchief, value
10s. Gd., te property of Thomas Wallis. The prosecutor
went into a public-house; and, whilst drinking some liquour,
the prisoner, who was there drinking also, took the books,
which were tied in a handkerchief; and went away. The
prosecutor pursued her; and, on coming up with her, caught
her by the throat, and gave her into custody. The jury
returned a verdict of Guilty, and the Common Sergeant
sentenced her to two months' imprisonment.

lIAMBURGII MAIL.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
ST. PETERSBURGII, FEB. 15.—The city of Moscow having
been founded in the year 1147, will celebrate, in 1847, the
seventh century of its existence. The Emperor wishes the
iron railway between the two capitals of the empire to be
completed by that time; but there are great difficulties in
the construction. This is especially the case in respect to
the Waladi chain of mountains between Moscow and Tuere.
It is calculated, too, that besides the canals which the rail-
way will have to cross, there are six large, and twenty-four
smaller rivers, over which bridges must be built. Further
difficulties will be caused by the morasses between the river
Msta and \Volga. The whole length of the railway will be
400 (English) miles —Allgenzeine Zeitung, March 2.
PosEN, FEB. 24.—Yesterday the excommunication and
degradation of the Rev. M. Czerski, formerly a Roman Ca-
tholic priest, and now Pastor Apostolic of the Christian Ca-
tholic Church at Schnei de Muhl, was published in all the
Roman Catholic churches in this city. This measure, the
consequences of which were formerly so formidable, made no
great impression. People say, what now? And we should
like to know what the Consistory will answer.
ST. PILTEILSBUBGII, FEB. 24.—For nearly three weeks we
had excessively cold weather, the mercury in Reaumur's
thermometer being from 23 to 25 degrees below zero (28 de-
grees below zero, or GO below freezing point of Fahrenheit).
Yesterday we had an extraordinary fall of snow the whole
day, since which the weather has become less severe, the
cold being now only 10 degrees Reaumur below zero.
HAMBURGIL BORSENIIALLE, Mallen 4.
Money.
Austrian 5 per Cents .• .
Bank Shares
Anglo-Russian Loan .••• • ..... •• 114%
Russian S per Cent., Ilanab. Certificate. 105% 105%
Ditto Ist series Inscription • • ..... • 10534
Ditto, /lope and Co., 3d and 4th series.. 99%
Ditto, in Certificate . ....... ••• • • • 99%
New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. ...... 92 91%
Ditto Stleglitz •
Spanish New 5 per Cent.. 20%
Ditto 3 per Cent • • • . • • •
Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 234 per Cent 5B
Dutch Actual Debt, 234 per ent ••• • • • 6334
Ditto 3 per Cent.
relish New 4 per Cent. Loan. 1844. •• • 87%
Anglo-Danish Loan. 3 pa• Cent ... •• • 88 87%
National Bank Shares
Exchange on London.
Ilamburgh, March 4 ...... ••• • . • 13 11 %
Ditto Two months . • • 13 10
Christiana, Feb. 19, 3 M 4 96
Stockholm, Feb. 21, 75 D ........12
—llamburgh Borsenhalle, March. 4.

Died on the 6th inst., at New-street, Covent-garden,
aged 64, M. Nugent, Esq., for many years one of the Parlia-
mentary reporters of the Times. The zeal, fidelity, and ability
with which, through more than a quarter of a century, Mr.
Nugent devoted his varied talents and acquirements to the
service of that journal, meat justly secured for him the respect
and confidence of its conductors; while in private life his
manly, frank, and generous qualities deservedly endeared him
to his colleagues and a numerous acquaintance, by one and
all of whom his memory will be long cherished.
PIIILANTHROPIC SOClETY.—Yesterday the annual
general court of the corporation was held at the London
Coffee-house, Ludgate-hill, for the purpose of electing mem-
bers of the committee and other officers for the year ensuing,
and to receive the statement of the accounts for the past
year. The chair was occupied by E. Bilke, Esq. The re-
port was unanimously adopted. It appeared that the outlay
in this establishment has during these last few years mate-
rially exceeded the income, and it has consequently been
found necessary to touch upon the funded stock. The re-
ceipts of the past year, including subscriptions, donations,
dividends, ground-rent, &c., amounted to 3,860/. 11s. 3d., and
the expenditure to 4,176/. 2s. ad., being 315/. Ils. 3d more
than the receipts, notwithstanding 1,600/. stock had been
sold out during the year. In order to meet future contin-
gencies, it was decided to sell out 2,000/. more from the re-
maining funded property, which now amounts to about
15,0001., in addition to the freehold and other property be-
longing to the corporation. The committee and other
officers having been elected, thanks were awarded to the
chairman, secretary, &c., and the meeting broke up.
CAUTION TO YOUNG WOMEN.—One day last week
a young wothan took her place in the late train from Brigh-
ton to Hayward's Heath, and soon got into a lively conver-
sation with two of her fellow-passengers—gay Lotharios—
in which she became so absorbed as to notice nothing else,
so that the train passed Hayward's Heath, and went on to
London. When she got to the station there, she observed to
one of the officers that they had been a long time getting to
Hayward's Heath. " Hayward's Heath I" said the man,
" why you are in London." Such was the fact. The girl
burst into tears, and said she had not a farthing about her,
and was much distressed to know what she was to do to ob-
tain a night's lodging, or the means to return the next day
to Hayward's Heath. Our informant left her in this per-
plexity.—Brighton Herald.

NEWPORT.

There was rather an inactive general demand at our quota-
tions. Beef, from 2s Btl to 3s 6d; Mutton, 2s 8d to 38 8d ;
Veal, 43 to ss; and Pork, 33 to 4s 4d per Blbs.

sax. LrNasc.a.Tx.

An immense supply of all kinds of Fish was on offer;
hence prices were aga►n lower. Turbots, 7s to 18s ; Cod
Fish, 28 to 7s ; Plaice, 2d to 4d ; and Whitings, 2d to 5d
each ; Mackerel, 16s to 18s per 120; Soles 2d to 2s 3d per
pair.

IXTBITZICHAPEZ.
We had a sluggish general inquiry here, vet prices were
mostly supported Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 2s 8d
to 3s 8d ; Veal, 4s to ss; and Pork, 2s 8d to 4s 2d per Blbs.

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THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 8, 1845.

months. For the whole time they were in the boats to the
time they reached the shore (22 days), they tasted little, if
any, fresh water. The following are the
SURNIVOES —Mr. Adam Thompson, Mr. John Roy,officers ;
Henry Soame, John V. Nugent, Henry Harrison, John Win-
chester, Samuel Ambrose, Alexander Manson, Isaac Davis,
sailors ; Henry Hinds, boy.
DEAD—John Sprunt, carpenter; John Davis, steward ' •
Alfred Bridgewater, cook; Henry Campbell, Charles Webb,
Frederick Barnett, George Parrutt, sailors; John Shelverton,
boy. .

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY EVENING.—The match between
Culverthorpe and Agriculture will not be run, Mr. W.
Scott having paid a compromise for stakes and bets.
MANCHESTER, FRIDAY.—NO betting.
COURSING.
SOUTH LANCASHIRE MEETING. MARCH 5 AND 6.—
The Scarisbriek Cup (12 all-aged dogs) was won by Mr.
Bake's Buttt rfly ; Mr. Slater's Signora ran up. The
Fleetwood Cup (16 puppies) was won by Mr. Bake's
Highflyer ; Mr. Slater's Blossom ran up. The Church-
town Stakes (S dogs) were won by Mr.. T. B. Beneett's
True Briton ; Mr. Bake's Ben-y-Ghlo ran up. The
Claret Stakes were won by Mr. Bake's Zurich, and the
Champagne Stakes by Mr. Robinson's Phtebe.
HORNBY PARK (CATTERICK) MEETING.—The Hack-
forth Cup (16 dogs) was won by Mr. Maxwell's Sey-
mour; and the Hornby Cup (14 dogs) by Mr. Maxwell's
Agnes ; his Abbotsford ran up.
MORPETH (OGLE BARONY) M!.:ETING --A•The Great
North of England Stakes of 5 guineas each were won by
Mr. Fox's Fairy ; Mr. Shafte s Young England ran up.
The Kirltley Stakes of '2 guineas each (16 dogs) were
won by Mr. Fenwick's Bluebeard ; Mr. Arthur's Sligo
ran up.
DODDINGTON OPEN MEETING.--The Doddington Hall
Cup (32 dogs) was won by Mr. Brindley's Jasper ; Mr.
Ardar's Matchless ran up. The Walgherton Puppy
St:kes were won by Mr. Bake's Butterfly, and Mr.
Thomas's Marmion, n ho divided.
MID-LOTHIAN MEETING.—The Puppy Stakes were
won by Mr. W. Sharpe's Sting ; the Cup of 20 guineas,
for 11 all-aged dogs, by Mr. A. M. Inne s Gwalior ; the
Champion Cup by Mr. Maxwell's Monimia ; the New
Battle Abbey Stakes of 3 sovs.' each (16 subs.) by Mr.
Campbell's Coronet ; and the Buccleuch Stakes of 2 sovs.
each (8 all-aged dogs) by Mr. H. Maxwell's Maronette.
HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.
The Atherstone hds., will meet on Monday, at Kings•
bury Wood ; Wed., Seal Wood ; Th., Newbold Gate ;
Sat., Churchover-101.
Devon hds., Mon., Luscombe ; Wed., Killerton Lodge ;
Sat., Culver House.
Mr. Candler's lids., Mon., Monkwood ; Wed., Knight-
ford. bridge ; Fri., Croome Perry Wood-104.
Essex Union hds., Tues., Danbury, Griffin ; Sat., Brax-
ted, Green Man.
East Essex lids., Mon., St. Ann's Castle ; Th., Aldham
Hall ; Sat., Gestingthorpe, Compasses-104.
Warwickshire hds., Mon., Bearley Cross ; Mit-
ford. bridge; Wed. Wellesbourne; Fri., Reften Weed;
Sat., Farnborough-104.
Tiverton hds., Mon., Spring Grove Park ; Wed., Chip-
stable Village ; Fri., Hayne Moors-104.
Yogerdan hds., Mon., Crosswood-10.
Herefordshire has., Mon., Venn Wood ; Wed., Worm-
lowe Tinup ; Fri., Dornington-104.
Montgomeryshire lids., 'Wed., New Mills (Manafon) ;
Sat., Dollardyn.
Mr Roe's lids., Wed., Bridge End (Newton Ferrers) ;
Sat., Slils'on Gate.
Mr. Trelawny's hds , Tues., Cabilla,-on-the-Moor.
United Pack, Tues , Dinchope ; Sat., Ratlinghope.
Brighton hrs., Mon., Patcham ; Wed., Race-course ;
Fri., Dyke.
Brookside hrs., Mon., Newmarket- hill ; Th., Tels-
combe Tye.
Duke of Ch veland's hds., Mon., Durham-road, two miles
from Bishop's Auckland-104; Wed, Caldwell (a
stag)-12; Fri., Wukerfield-104.
Mr. Drake's lids., Mon., Menmarsh Guide Post; Tues.,
Middleton Toll-bar; Thuis., Trusmore Park-12;
Sat., Fenny Compton Wharf.
Lord Redeschale's lids., Mon., Bruen); Wed, Barton
Gate; Fri., Barrington; Sat., Ranger's Lodge.
Berkshire lids., Mon., Wadley House; Tues., Kingston
Inn; Fri., Burdcrop Park; Sat., Bagley-10f.
Mr. Archer's lids., Mon., Viverdon; Thurs., Red gate on
the Moor-104.
Oakley hds., Mon., Wavendon Hall; Tues., Bletsoe;
Thurs., Toddington Mills; Sat., Dungee Corner-104.
Durham County hds., Mon., Great Staieton; Wed., Hare
and Hounds; Fri., Whitton-104.
Hurworth Ms., Tues., Moor Bank; Thurs., Croft Bridge;
Sat., Middleton One Row-104.
Lieut.-Col. Hildyard's harrs., Wed , Acklam, Blue Bell;
Ft i., Nunthorpe-101--
York and Amsty hds., Monday, Naburn; Tues., Ask-
ham Bogs; Thurs., Providence Green; Sat , Brandsby
Bar-104.
Harewood hds., Mon., Ribston Moor; Wed., Cross•
roads, Bramhain Moor; Fri., Walton Village-104.
Sir T. Sykes's hds., Mon., Racathorpe; Wed., Weston;
Fri., Scampston Bridge-10)r.
Sinnington hds., 'rues., Cawton; Fri., Kennels-10.
Cleveland lids., Mon., Ilazlegrove; Thurs., Acklam, Blue
104.
Bedale hds., Mon., Wild Wood; Wed., Windmill Inn,
Walton Moor; Fri., Streatham Village-10f.
Boroughbridge harrs., Tues., Leckby Carr; Fri., Great
Oeseburn-104.
Norfolk stag hds., first open day at Coltishall Bridge,
Fri., Reepsham Arms Inn.
Baron Rothschild's stag hds., Mon., Fleet Marston ;
Thurs., Hogston-114.
Cambridgeshire lids., Mon., Hardwicke Arms ; Wed.,
Shearpatch Wood; Fri., Odsey-104.
Mathon lids., Mon., Somers Arms, Eaatnor; Fri., Mathon
Park Wood.
F. B. hds., Wed., Victoria Inn, near Roche; Sat., Truck
Fowlescombe has., Mon., Hanger Down ; Wed., Brent-
ford Hill ; Sat., Marridge Gate-10
Haydon hds., ed , Capons C_ lough ; Sat., Dinneth-8.
Prudhoe and Derwent hds., Mon., Eltringham ; Fri.,
Lintsford-104.
Sir M. W. Ridley's Ms., Mon., Saltwick Village ; Wed.,
Oakwood Gate Fri., Belsay ; Sat., Pigdon-104.
Staley lids., Mon , Hungshaugh ; Fri., Broadoak-10.
Mr. Watson's Ms., Tues., Ulgham Grange Wood ; Fri.,
Sturton Grange-104.
Brushford harrs., Men., Gulland ; Wed., Gutterhole ;
Fri., Kingabrompton Farm-10
Mr. Fane's hurrs., Mon., Wapsgrove ; Wed., Watling-
ton ; Fri., Tetsworth.
East Kent lids., Mon , Acrise Mill ; Wed., Blackmill ;
Fri., West Brabourne-9A
Duke of Buceleuch's stag' hds, Mon., St. Boswell's
Green; Tues , Carolside; Thurs., Hirsel; Fri., Mount
Teviot ; Sat., Blakelaw.
Glyndbourne harrs., Wed., Willingdon Mill Place—loi.
Whitecross
.harrs„, Tues., Marsworth ; Sat., Weston
Turville-10.

A FAIR OFFER.
(From The Struggle.)
Sir Robert, we will change with )ou, if you please. In-
stead of free trade in four hundred and thirty articles, let us
have free trade in four only, and we will not bother you nny
more for a long time to come. These are corn, animal food,
butter, and cheese. We ask no more, and we beg to say, we
will take no less.—Yours truly,
TWENTY-SEVEN ➢ZILLIONS OF PEOPLE.

REWARDS FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICES.—The
officers added to the list in the army estimates for the year
1845, are—Major-General Sir James Henry Revnett,
K.C.H., 2001. per annum ; Major General Sir Frederick
Stovin, K.C. 8., 2001. per annum ; Lieutenant-General
Henry Monckton, 1771. per annum ; Major-General Alex-
ander Thompson, 10C/. per annum ; and Major-General W.
A. Gordon, 100/. per annum : we annex the official record
of their services. Major-General Sir James Henry Reynett,
K.C.H., served on the expedition against Ferrol, in the
Mediteranean, and in Sweden, and on the Quartermaster-
General's Staff in Spain and Portugal, from 1808 to 1811 ;
and was present at most of the battles and sieges during
that eventful period; also in the Duke of Cambridge's Staff
in Hanover. Major-General Sir Frederick, Stovin, K.C.B.
served at Ferrol in 1800 ; Germany, 1805 ; Copenhagen,
1807 ; Sweden, 1808 ; battles of Corunna, Walcheren, in
the Peninsula, and at the battles of Salamanca, Vittoria,
Pyrennees, Nivelle, Orthes, and Toulouse, also at New
Orleans. Lieutenant-General Henry Monckton served on
the continent in Germany and Italy, in Ireland in 1798, in
India, Cape of Good Hope, and the Mauritius ; has been
fifty years in the army, and fourteen years in command of
the 72d Regiment. Major-General Alexander Thompson
served most zealously during the greatest part of the war in
the Peninsula, was present on seven general actions, and
three times wounded. Major. General W. A Gordon served
in Holland in 1799, and Walcheren in 1809, and during the
greatest part of the war in the Peninsula, and was three
times wounded.—Naval and Miitary Gazette.
NOVEL SYSTEM OF DOG STEALING.—For several
days past extensive robberies of valuable dogs have been
committed in the Regent's and Hyde Parks, also Regent-
street and Portland-place. It appears that, generally, two
well-attired elderly females, dressed in handsome cloaks,
walk in company in the interior of the parks, and are fol-
lowed by two men having the appearance of mechanics, each
carrying a market basket. When a lady passes, who has a
favourite dog running on the gravel walks, it is picked up by
one of the women and placed under her cloak, and though at
the moment close to the person they have stolen the dog
from, such is the respectable appearance of the females, that
no suspicion is attached to them. As soon as opportunity
offers, they carry the prize to one of the men, who quickly
walks off with the animal, which is kept until a handsome
reward is offered.

1315110 P PHILPOTTS' MR. COURTEN AT.--At the
Athenaeum Club, last week, there was a ballet for a certain
Mr. Courtenay, and some mischievous wag spread the report,
just before the balls were distributed, that this was the
Bishop's Mr. Courtenay, whereby the candidate ran a risk of
being black-balled. To avert this dreaded calamity, an
anxious friend went round to each member, whispering, " It
isn't the Bishop's Mr. Courtenay !" and coming upon
Bishop Phillpotts, who is a steady hand at the club, he
whispered, " It isn't the Bishop's Mr. Courtenay," whereupon
the Bishop's bowed gravely, and the gentleman seeing
whom he had coins down upon, blushed and went on.—
Western Times.

SUFFOCATION BY A SHIRT COLLAR.—Last evening
Mr. Joseph Payne held an inquest at the Blue Anchor,
Coleman-street, City, on the body of Mr. Harry Barrett,
aged fifty-eight, a stock-broker. It appeared from the evi-
dence of Thomas Day, the waiter, that the deceased lodged
in the above house, and on Wednesday night at about twelve
o'clock went to bed rather worse fur what he had been
drinking. The next morning an acquaintance called upon
him, and being unable to gain any answer to his repeated
knocks, the door was forced open, and the deceased was
found lying by the side of the bed, rolled up in the clothes,
quite dead. Mr. Edinburgh, surgeon, said that, from
the tightness of the deceased's shirt collar, he had no doubt
that he had died from strangulation. The surgeon thought
the deceased had got his feet entangled in the bed clothes,
and had fallen whilst walking across the room towards the
bell rope. Verdict—" Died from apoplexy."
LEICESTER STATE OF TRADE.—Trade remains
much the same as last week. Wools are still reported firm,
and fine foreign wool is on the advance. The spring trade for
hosiery and fancy goods is flatter than usual, owing to the
prolonged winter, but hopes are entertained of a brisk demand
as soon as the weather improves.—Leicester Mercury.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool, yesterday, were 8,000
bales, with a steady market.—A good business was done in
Shares, at firm rates. Birmingham and Gloucester, Quar-
ter, 33% ; Bristol and Gloucester, 59 ; Caledonian,
•, Chester and Holyhead, 8%; Dublin and Drogheda,
8014 ; Eastern Counties, 17%; Churnet Valley, 6%
Glasgow and Dumfries, 16s. 6d. ; Glasgow and Greenock, 15;4 ;
Grand Junction, Half, 111%; Great Western, Hall; 100%;
Lancaster and Carlisle, 331,h ; Lancester and Preston, 53 ;
Liverpool and Manchester, Half, 103 ; London and Brighton,
641,.,/!; London and York, 714 %; Manchester and Leeds,
Half, 66; Midland Counties, 129% ; Newcastle and Dar-
lington, New, 31% ; North Union, 1381/ ; Sheffield and
Manchester, 104% ; Shrewsbury and Grand Junction,
; South-Eastern, No. 2, 1014 ; Ditto, No. 3, ;
I'aris and Lyons, 3% ; Paris and Orleans, 49 ; Paris
and Rouen, 14%; Paris and Strasbourg, 575. 565.; Bou-
logne and Amiens, 11% ; Northern of France, 6% %.
There are papers to day to the 13th ultimo, from New
York. The exchange was 109% to 11014. Cotton was
rather duller than it had been. Stocks generally were more
in favour. Neither the United States nor England packet-
ships, from Liverpool, had been heard of, though more than
two months on the voyage.
The Bank of England during the week to the Ist instant,
increased its circulation by 272,5851., and its bullion by
276,761/. The rest is also materially larger—viz., to the
amount of 322,8911. The public deposits have increased
by 238,985/.
The English Securities are altogether nominal. Consols
realised 100 to 993/ for Money, being very firm. Exchequer-
bills are 635. to 655. premium.
The Foreign Bonds are all very buoyant. Spanish Actives
realise 30% to %—a further improvement ; but the Three
per Cents. are not higher than 41 to %. There is evidently
an impression that something is likely to be done for the
holsters of the former. Portuguese Converted have risen to
674 and 681, . Mexican Bonds have been 3614 to 361,4,
and Brazilian 90%. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have
been marked 63% to 63%. Russian are 1161,4.
There is a good deal doing in Railway Shares, but in some
instances prices are lower. Hull and Selby have risen again,
and also Churnet Valleys, Eastern Counties, arid one or two
others. The French lines are very firm for the present.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
3 per Cent. Consols Anne lOO 99%
Exchequer Bills. 170. 11/0.
1,000/.
500/.
pm.
Ditto Small

PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent 9Ol/
Columbian Bonds. l4
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent. 3641/1
Ditto for the Account. ' 364%
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent —
Ditto Converted
Ditto for the Account 673% 681% 673/i
Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent... 1161 h
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1840... 30%%
Ditto for the Account
Ditto 1841
Ditto Passive Bonds 7
Ditto Deferred -. l7
Ditto 3 per Cent 4IIAN 41
Ditto for the Account.
Dutch 214 per Cents
Ditto for the Account
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates

PRICE OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK.
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SIIARE.
Birmingham and Gloucester 100 134
Bristol and Exeter
Ditto New
Bristol and Gloucester
Caledonian I
Cambridge and Lincoln
Chester and Holyhead 5 ..,... 813 %% to
Churnet Valley
Cornwall ...
... Vi

Dublin and Belfast Junction 2112 to
Dublin and Galway .. to
Eastern Counties
Eastern Union

Ditto Extension
Great South and W. (Irish)... 5
Ditto Extension
Great North of England 100
Ditto New ... ... 5
Great Western BO
Ditto 1,4 Shares 5O IOO
Guildford, Farnham, Poems. 91% 514...... to
Harwich 1
Hull and Selby 5O lOO 102... to 100
Ditto 14 Shares 12% 201% 2114 to 211/2
Ditto Half Shares
Kendal and Windermere ll4 51% to
Lancaster and Car1i51e......... 15 ...... 34
London and Birmingham ...100

Ditto Quarters
London and Brighton
London and Croydon
London and South Western.. 419' 0
London and York... ..... ...... 21,4.-- 7%
Mancheito and Leeds 73 .....149
Ditto Sixteenths
•• 21A 7
Manchester and Blrmir.gham 40
Ditto Quarters
Midland 100 l2B 129... to 1273/4
Ditto, New
Newcastle &Darlington:Awe. 24 ......
Ditto New Brandling
Newcastle and Berwick
North British - to 17
Ditto New 1 .. .. - 414 to
North Kent
Rugby, Worcester. and Tring 1
Sheffield and Manchester B2l l7. .. ... to

Ditto 14 Shares ... S ...... 13
Shrews.,Wolver., Dud., Biren. 9% 3% iiiim to
South Eastern and Dover ... 331
Ditto New, No. 3 fit to
South Wales
Trent Valley
Waterford and Kilkenny 1
Yarmouth and Norwich
York and North Midland ... 50

Ditto Selby
Ditto, Extension
FRENCH RAILWAYS.

Boulogne and Amiens 4 ... 114%1/... to 11
Bordeaux and Toulouse
Bordeaux,Toulouse,andCette 2..
..
Dieppe and Paris Junction ... 2
Great Northern of France ... 4
Lyons and Avignon
Orleans and Vierzon
Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 2
Paris and Lyons
Paris and Orleans 2O ...... 50%14_ to
Paris and Rouen
Rouen and llavre l4 - to 31%
Tours and Nantes ... . 1

JOINT STOCK BANKS.
London and Westminster 2O -
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARC!! 7.—The sales
have been :—Loadon and Brighton, 64% ex new and ex div. ;
London and South-Western, New Shares, 12%; Manchester
and Leeds, 148%; Manchester and Birmingham, 65 ex div. ;
Ditto, Quarter Shares, 113 ex div. ; Ditto, New Quarters, 5
prem. ; Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale, 13% ; Midland,
40/. Shares, 9% %; Preston and Wyre, 29% ; Sheffield and
Manchester, Quarter Shares, 13 ; York and North Midland,
Now Shares, 15 ; Barnsley Junction, Half Shares, 3% ; Black-
bur.:, Burnley, and Accrington, 5%; Cambridge and Lincoln,
311, 5 ; Churnet Valley, % ; Dnblin and Galway, 3 ;
Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 4% ; Kendal and Win-
dermere, 434 ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 6%;
Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 31 5-16 ; London and
York, 7% ; Manchester and Buxton, 3 1-16 ; Newark and
Sheffield, 2%; Scottish Central, 4% ; Scottish Midland, 2;
Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 225. 6d. 275. 6d. ;
Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, Dudley, &c, 4% 3; Trent
Valley, 22 ; Great Northern of France (English), 6 13-16 ;
Paris and Lyons (English), 33%.

OLYMPIC THEAIRE.—MT. Alfred Ormonde takes a
benefit this evening at the Olympic Theatre, when Othello
will be performed by a most respectable company. Mr.
Ormonde acts Othello; Mrs: Davenport, Emelia ; and Miss
Davenport, Desdemona. The piece is well cast, and we have
no doubt the public will show their approbation of Mr.
Ormonde's talents by a numerous attendance.
THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN INSTITUTE.—The
dinner of the members of the British and Foreign Institute,
on Thursday evening, was presided over by Lord Brougham,
supported by Lord 3anies Stuart, M.P., Lord Dudley Stuart,
Mr. Wynn Ellis, M.P., and others of the Vice-Presidents
and Committee. The soiree of the preceding evening was
one of the most brilliant of the season, both for the number
of ladies present and the excellence of the music, which was
varied, well selected, and highly enjoyed by all present.
TAMAR SILVER•HEAD MINING COMPANY.—Yester-
day a special meeting of this Company was held at the office
of Mr. Stainsby, No. 44, Finsbury-square. The chair was
taken by Joaeph Grout, Esq., who spoke of the advantages
that would be likely to accrue from smelting at the works,
and proposed a resolution for that purpose, and for raising
the necessary capital for constructing the works necessary,
which was estimated at 9,600/. After a short discussion,
the resolution was passed unanimously, and the meeting ad-
journed.

MONUMENT TO THE LATE LORD HOLLAND.—The
political friends and admirers of the late Lord Holland have
subscribed 5,0001. for a monument to his memory, to be
placed in Westminster Abbey. . The Committe e of Manage-
ment, consisting of Lord J. Russell, the Marquis of Lans-
downe, Mr. Rogers, the poet, and one or two others of rank
and influence, have entrusted the execution of the work to
Mr. Bailey, the Royal Academician.
HANGING BY PROXY.—A stupid story of an Eng-
lishman having been condemned to death in England, but
permitted to be hanged by proxy if he could find a substi-
tute, and of his having offered an enormous sum by way of
inducing some person to take his place, appeared in all the
French journals two or three years ago. The same story—
if we are to believe the journals—has just been got up again
by a wag of Tarbes, who has announced that the sum offered
is 7,000,000 f., to be divided equally among seven persons, on
condition of one of them consenting to be hanged in the place
of the Englishman. 'We are gravely assured that the Prefect
of Tarbes has been beset by applicants for information on the
subject, in order that they may obtain the promised sum,
with a view of sacrificing themselves for their families, and
that he has had great difficulty in making them believe that
they have been hoaxed.7-Galignani. _

A.BERG AVENN T.—RICK BURNING.—On Tuesday
evening last, between the hours of ten and eleven o'clock, an
alarm of fire was brought to this town by a messenger from
Llangrwyney. The engine was immediately sent, but un-
fortunately did not arrive till nearly all of two ricks had been
consumed. They were the property of Mr. Window, of the
paper-mill, Llangrwyney, having been purchased by him of
the outgoing tenant, from Taylor's Hall Farm, in that parish.
The fire was discovered by a woman who was passing by
about nine o'clock. It appears to have been the work of in-
cendiaries, and suspicion attaches to two individuals, who
will, most probably, be examined. —/llosinotithshire

A woman of penurious habits, named Robins, who
lived at Mitchel Troy, and who, with her husband, were in
decent circumstances, last week died from the effects of drink-
ing acorn tea as a substitute for coffee. The extreme astrin-
gency of the preparation produced an illness which made the
misguided woman a victim to her parsimonious habits.—
Monmouthshire _Merlin.

The supply of mackerel this week has been large.
One boat brought in 9,000 ore Thursday, and another the
same number yesterday, which were sold at 17s. a hundred
for the London market. Both vessels belonged to Messrs.
Cheesman. The other boats have not been so fortunate.
The supply of soles has also been plentiful. They are caught
in the North Sea, brought to Hull, from thence forwarded to
London, and so reach Brighton, where they are retailed at
3d. per lb. I They are stated to be excellent. Our own catch
has been very small.—Brighton Herald.