The Express. — London, England, 1847-02-13 00:00:00

tie majority and mole sensible of them, as is duo to Lord lone RUSSELL and his colleagues, as well as to the true interests of their country. But some gentle men from the sister country are very queer fish; they greedily snap at and swallow any bait, that the idle or insictous political angler may cast within their tenet One declares, he is bound to Lord GEORGE BENTINCN, whose one offer of sixteen millions out balances all the boons and all the policy of the Whigs to Ireland. Another excuses himself 6r voting against ministers by alleging that the po pular feeling in Ireland demands it. Are these Use principles of Irish politicians P These the measures of their gratitude and constancy? May the first Tory invent who displays the cockade, and beats his drum with promise of bounty, be sure of enlisting the poli ticians of the Irish party ? Are they at the service of the highest bidder, without any care for an examination of what is just, expedient, or fea rible ? Or are the Irish members so bound down, not merely by the prejudices of their constituents, —for these, though often abused, are at times disin terested —but by their avidity for English grants? This would be viler still. English and Scotch members upon Irish questions have always had the courage and manliness to brave the prejudices of their con stituents. Sir ROBERT PEEL'S vote for emancipation, despite of Oxford; Mr. MACAULAY'S far the May math grant, despite of Edinburgh, are not solitary instances, but bright examples of the fold generosity of liberal convictions. Is the Celt incapable of these Saxon virtues? We are no enemies of railways, and think that something might be done for Irish railways. Nay, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was perhaps too sweeping in his denunciations, when we reflect that the first English railroads in this populoua and wealthy country had the advantage of loans, and made good Hie of, and return for, them. But as a relief mea sure, and, above all, as concocted and presented by the Protectionist chief, the minister is perfectly justified, not merely in opposing , but scouting the present one. The defect of Lo rd GEORGE BENTINCK'S biU is, that it is a measure of neither temporary nor perma nent relief. Permanent good to the country it would be, but not of the kind calculated to lighten the labour market. On the contrary, whatever hands it took from agriculture, it would one day suddenly fling back. These hands, too, would be in small proportion to the capital advanced, and would not be those which it is the present object to employ. This is not all. Were Lord GEORGE BENTINCK'S bill to become law, and be immediately carried into operation, it would limit the power of government to afford immediate relief to Ireland. The lowest estimate that has been made of what it will cost first and last to supply the destitute Irish with employment, and to throw the requisite supplies of food into the country is ten or twelve millions. We do not believe there are half-a dmen individuals who believe that the expenditure will be ultimately expressed by anything like so low a figure. Now the prevailing scarcity throughout Europe has partially embarrassed our trade. The necessity of throwing large supplies of food into Ire land has further disarranged it by giving an artificial bias to its operations. The national income and ex penditure are so closely balanced that the millions wanting must of necessity be mined by lean : here is another element of disturbance, for government never enters the money market as a borrower without unsettling it. If in addition to all these government is to be compelled to raise imme diately a part or the whole of sixteen millions for the construction of railways in Ireland, a monetary crisis, with all its disastrous consequences, will be inevitable. When the credit of merchants and manufacturers is giving way on every side, where will the funds be &and upon the raising of which the power of this country to relieve Ireland depends? It is the wealth and credit of Great Britain alone that can procure the means of that relief; and both will be tried suffi ciently without such an additional strain as Lord GEORGE BENTINCK would place upon them. We regret exceedingly this protracted and idle de bate upon railways. The statement of the CHANCEL LOR of the EXCHEQUER should first come, in order to supply the light in which the legislature should view it. We regret that the temporary measures were not first voted, and then the Irish Poor Law brought on. The other measures are all supplementary to that. A full discussion of the poor-law scheme would prove the necessity of concomitant measures, and the house would then come to the discussion of those measures, convinced of the necessity of doing something. Whereas at present the great danger lies in the conti nuance of a kind of cross-fire debate between half-a-dozen parties and opinions, whose aim is to kill every pro ject not its own. And the final result of collective wisdom may unfortunately be a resolve to do nothing. It ie quite natural that the great Combined should feel very sore at present. Their quadruple alliance, with all the mesas and appliances of the Overland Mail, as forwarded by the joint efforts of the French and English_governments, been twice beaten by Lieutenant WAGHORN and the Daily News. This was mortifying enough. And, worse than this, the shabby subterfuge by which they sought to conceal the fact has proved so transparent as to expose them to the contempt of the public at large. While writhing under this twofold disgrace, large allowance can be made for their explosions of spleen. But this toleranoc has its limits. Apart altogether from the minor consideration whe ther this, that, or t'other journal has been most suc cessful in its efforts to serve the public, there are two important questions to be decided by the experiments now in progress to test the com parative eligibility of the Trieste or Marseilles routes from Alexandria:—one of national justice and one of national policy. With Lieutenant WAG- Bost, originated the plan of a regular overland con veyance of ,the Indian mail rid Alexandria. His energy and perseverance experimentally established the practicability of the scheme under every disad vantage. His experience and skilful combinations brought the system to its present grade of compare tgiztelierfection. Lieutenant Wsarrotte has sug an essential improvement on the line of com munication which owes its being to him. Gratitude for an important benefit received at his hands—sym pathising respect for inventive energy and enterprise —ought to ensure him candour and fair play from every Englishman. And without appealing to such graceful and generous sentiments, regard for our own interests ought to teach us the selfish wisdom to seek to learn the exact truth respecting the comparative merits of the Marseilles and Trieste routes. It is ludicrous, and at the same time painful, to see the spleen of the Timm and Herald prompting them to falsify the results of the experimental trials of these routes, simply to alleviate the mortification they feel at being detected in their dishonest attempt to conceal the defeat they have sustained. The simple facts are as follow :—the routes diverge at Alexandria. By order of the government, WAG HORN'S despatches are detained till the mails are on board the Marseilles steamer, in order that both may have a fair start. Both leave Alexandria together : the mails for Malta and Marseilles in the Ariel, WAG HORN'S for Trieste in the Ardent. Five experimental tripe have been made. On the first, WAGHORN beat the Marseilles express. On the second, the Marseilles express beat WAOHORN by a few hours. On the third, the Marseilles express beat WAGHORN by four hours. On the fourth, WAGHORN beat the Marseilles express by eleven hours. On the fifth, WAGHORN again best the Marseilles express by more than two days. The Times and the Herald do not attempt to deny that these results are in favour of Lieut. WAG- Roan's route, but they attempt to neutralise their effect by misrepresentations and cavils. " The truth is," says the Times of Wednesday, "that these experiments have been rendered, in a Feat measure, nugatory by the fact that one party has been left to struggle against all the difficulties of which we have just been complaining ; while the other has been favoured with all the advantages by which we would fain see them superseded." The difficulties of which we have just been complain ing" are thus summed up :—" The two routes are compared unfairly. It is assumed that they diverge from Alexandria under equal advantages, and that the obstacles encountered are only those respectively inherent in each, which it is the precise ob ?ect of the trial to ascertain. The oontrary is the fact. The voyage to Trieste is performed by a remarkably good steamer, while that to Malta is executed by a singularly bad one, and thus an inequa lity at a stage of the proceedings whore all things are mimed equal, neutralises the experiment, and utterly vitiates the result." To a similar effect the Herald last week affected to speak of the steamers icaployed between Alexandria and Marseilles, as " wretched tubs." THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 13, 1847. Bearer of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen -at-Arms ; the Solicitor-General for Scotland, Mr. Sheriff Cha2liri Mr. Sheriff Kennard, Sir C. Young, Garter; Lord A. i'Affet, Clerk Marshal; Sir H Nicolas, 0.C.M.0.. Chancellto• of the Order of St. Michael and St. George • Sir A. Clifford. Bart., Gentlemen Usher of the Black Rod; the Queen's Proctor, Major Hon. R. Doyle, Groom in Waiting Sir. J. H. PeUy. Bart, Deputy Mastic of the Trinity house; Sir F. Palgrave, K.K., Deputy Keeper of her Ma. jetty's Public Records; Mr. Lawrence, Surge in Ex traordinary to her Majesty; Major-General Brown, Deputy Adjutant-General; Sir G. Ilayter, Painter of History' and Portraits, and principal Painter in Ordinary to her Majesty, Col. Bouverie, Equerry to Prince Albert, Colonel Owen, A.D.C. to the Queen, Lieut.-Gen. Sir J. Macdonell, K.C.8., K.C.H. Honorary Equerry to the Queen Dowager; Capt. E. Somerset, Equerry to H.M. the Queen Dowager; Major Stephens, Equerry in waiting on H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge, Col. Berkeley Drum mond, Sots Fusileer Guards, Field Officer in Brigade waiting; Mr. Undersheriff Tilleard, Mr. Undereheriff Bay lis, Mr. J. B. Curling, Adj. of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at-Arno; Sir S. Hancock, Egon. of the Yeoman Guard; Capt. Sadler, Egon. in waiting, the Queen's Registrar, Sir B. Smith, C.S., Rev. H. Cobden, Lord Mayor's Chaplain, Capt. Green, Gentleman Usher in waiting, Major-Gen. Godwin, Gentleman Usher to H.R.H. the Prince Albert in waiting ; and the following _ Dram—St. All m, Buecleuch. MARGWMILA.—Artglesry, Granby, Worcester, Westmeath. Enms.—Delaware, lastowell, Clarendon, Auckland, Lincoln. Den bigh, Clare, Fitawilham, Roselyn, Itinioor, Ripon, Wilton, Ellenbo relish, Somers, Shefflekl. Alamo sm.—Anson, Folkestone, Cantilupe, Duncan, Sydney, !Celery, Gage, Goderich, Clements. &MOT. —Hereford. LOILM—S Wa'Abraham, E. Bruce, A. Atm'Armee, Rivers, Mahon, Camoys, li tanley, atheiton, Cokhester, llotharn. Cremon., Brooke. Ramer Ilmoonnate..—Sir B. Peel, Sir T. Wilde, Sir J. Graham, Ooulburn, Sir T. Fremantle, E. Strutt, 11. P., Sir S. Canning, Sir T. F. Lewis, R. V. Smith, 51. P., E. J. Stanley, Sir A. Poster, BL, H. Alla, Col. Darner, M. F. Shaw, M.P. Jeuok—V. Williams. Tiosommiten.—Rev. R. J. West, al. Sir E. Cost, IL Lyttleton. Mr. Verekcr, J. Forteecue, T. E. !Honor, S. Poosonby, F. L. Gower, W. Cowper, P. Fielding, P. P. liooverie, E. P. Boaverir, 11. Fitzroy, W. 0. Stanley, H.P., CapL Crofton, Col. Finch, H. M. Sutton, Rev. J. Noel, De of Wlndeor. Rhea:gem—J. H. Pelly, J. W. Hogg M. Monte Sore, W. Somer vilie, C. Hunter, J. Carmichael, A. B. Brooke, G. Clerk, It. U. Inglis, D. Norms, M.P., F. Hamilton. Sta.—lt. J. Murchison, J. South, P. Kelly, F. Thesiger, F. Pal my., P. Laurie, J. Kirkland, IL Willock, C. Napier, W. Bell, J. At kinson, A. L. Hay, M.P., G. Walker. COVIRII.-0. Metaxa, Mizarque. Qoare'e Contest_—Kindereley, W. P. Wood, S Walpole, J. Hominy, ILP., Bolt, Bacon, B. Godson, M.P., 11. W. Tancred, M.P., J. Napier. Roe. Hawtrey, Symons- Rom. Messiersa.—W. Webster, It. Ward, J. Jackson, 11. Howarth, C. Crown Sib, T. C. Glyn, A. Amon, W. H. Biederman, 11. Palmer, 0. W. Carison, R. Burger,. Docrom—Ringtand, Billing, R. Ferguson, 11. Lee. Latium, F. Winslow, Bowing, M.P., L. Robertson, W. Loney, Petering W. Lloyd, liendersoa. asuom..—C. Russell, M.P., G. B. Bolton, T. R. Walker, J. Little, W. Tuttle, E. D. Moore, Rich, SLP., R. W. Grey, Serj. Thompron, Ferrer. Greene, M.P., Atkinson, D. O'Coonell, Jun., M.P., J. O'Con nell, M.P., F. Ooulburn, G. Berkeler, Kenlock, Seri. Talfourd, 11. C. Young, Judd, It. M. Martin, E. Ace, M.P., Hodges, J. W. Allen, W. D. Bruce, R. Neville, M.P., A. Montgomery, H. U. Addington, U. G. Ward, W. Cooper, T. Boyrenson, J. Whisk - in, Stanley, J. Parker, M.P., G. Close, Penrhyn, Sanders, Ban, G. Craig, Morrie, M.P., F. Dundee,Seri. Manning, C. Lewis, W. H. Cooke, Cardwell, C. Bruce, Archdeacon Hale, C. D. Golille, Seri. Ghee, J. Wood, Martell, H. Reeve, J. Homfray, Ingham, C. J. Palmer, F. P. Barlow. Beardmore, F. W. Jemingtam, W. Partridge, Quiblier, L. T. Watkins, W. C. Plouden, N. Maria, C. R. Gibson, 0. Ukraine, P. Bouverie, Beckett, M.P., R. Palmer, M.P., E. Rice, M.P., J. Gardner, J. O'Brien, M.P., Bramston, M.P., Wyse, M.P., E. Denison, M.P., IL Fortewm, N. Vamban, Mcillildowney, W. Cripps, F. Forteraue, F. Wendish, J. Blackburn, M..., J. A. Kirwan, Oliveira, Backe, M.P., T. Clifton, M.P., G. Renton, Hutt, M.P., C. E. Trevelyan, J. Flood, W. J. Egerton, Dodd, M.P., 0. B. Childs, Lawrence. Pinto Maassata.—The Duke of Wellington, Grosvenor. GiLvaaata—Ar U. Wheatley, Sir J. Hoyden, K.C.8., Sir R. Gar- diner, Sir J. Gardiner, K.C.8., Hon. W. H. Gardner, Cavendish, Hue. 'Mem, Sir O. Anson, G.O 8., Lomax, Sir 0. Scowl', Sir W. Mißem, K.C.8., J. M'DonaU, Godwin, Marine" Sir C. Dalbisc, Lord C. Manners, latter. COLON/lA.—Merrick, Cornwall, Hog G.. Keppel, Everts'', P. 8.5.. Sir J. H. Burgoyne. Hodges, the Marquis of Douro, Borthwick, Yorke, T. Le Breton, Earl of Cardigan, A. Irvine, C.B. J. Low, C. 8., Codrington, !Weston, M.P., J. K. 'moot, C. 8., Sir C. M. Wade, CB., Sir H. M'Leod, Ilutehiroon, Parker, Oldfleld, A.D.C., M.P., Locker, Forbes, Goodman, Luessid, Montionwrie, DDopnnnn,, J . tonfill, ,... V 4, l l a . C t 'l , i T tlll i t: g r: H. Dentine . 1 1 4 . 7. Pratinger, Owns, MAJORS.-1. Lewis, Hutt, Y. Cooper, tdney, Daniell, Sadleir, W. Fobs, J. L. Arington, D. Ewurt. CAPTAINS. —llO9. M. 8. West, Polhill, M.P., Hon. H. Duncan, W. F. Hall, Tyke, C. V.Tite, Carlyou, Bateman, P. Somerset, H. Rudd, W. Melville, J. 1). Shakespear, D. J. Ward, Wood, O. F. Sympson, Sigamore, Yonge, Gardiner, J. M'Duff, F. Ashpitel, Hoe. J. A. Keane. Lreirmasyk—Akers, E. H. Final* E. J. Carthew, E. H. Daring, M. Wood, IL BIM, C. C. M'Cullum, C. W. Hinman , L. D. Mackin non, A. Dew, F. J. Goldsmid, E. Walker, P. Burton, Pelly, C. E. Thornton, J. D. Shekemmr, Winfield, J. R. Glyn. S. Farrell, Hon. H. F. Keane, Wood, R. L. Newman, E. A. Noel, Hopper, Y. Smith, M . Gowan, Commit. ENCIOWS.-13. A. M'Nair, J. H. Allan. ADMI.L.S.—Sir E. Cedrington, Sir F.. C. Strode, K.C.8., Dundee, CAL, M.P., Sir C. Adam, K.C.8., Sir H. Dillon, Shirred 7 7'. Brown, Pm, Sykes. Carrnink—Filice, R. Eden, Berkeley, B. Hamilton, Sir G. A Westphal, D. Curry, Newell, Sir J. O. Sinclair, Sir T. Heating. , Nerill, G. Macdonald, G. Broke, Sir 0. Otway, Eden, Don. D. Pel ham, C. Buckle, Lord J. Hay, A. Eanshawe, Sir E. Home, Sir F. Ni. Colson, G. Belcher, Barlow. CAPT4I.I (Trinity-hone).—E. nerd, J. Shepherd, 11. B. Bag COMIANDEIM — PeIIy, 0. Brous, W. Peel, J. K Karon. J. Sander eon, A. Ryder, V. klassingberd, Crispin ' E. Inglefleld, W. Griffiths, Robson, J. Finch, Rawstorne, Hon. G. Keane. Larrmsnerm—Frecston, Darell. Paestrwramoas —The following noblemen and gentle men had the honour of being presented to her Majesty ; Sir J. W. Hogg, on being created a baronet, by Sir R. Peel; the Marquis of A nglnech on promotion; _ Right lion. Sir T. Wilde, on Me Pr o ' try e ti n 2 t e " Lo l a rd Ch C a . n i e e el l t u' r ; t too. oi hgI.MIV:I-r. Court of Corer pointment to be her Majesty's Master of the Ceremonies; Mr. Jeme V. William., by the lord Chancellor; Viscount Anton, by Vimennt Palmerston: the lion. and lie,. R. S. West, on hie appointment as one of her Majesty. Chaplains, by his father the Earl de La Wier; the lion. S. Lyttelton, on his appointment as Marshal of the Ceres 1 monies, by the Lord Chamberlain; Sir M. Montellore, on being created a Baronet, by the Right lion. Sir R. Feel, Bart. ; Right lion. Sir T. Fremantle, on his appointment aa Chairman of the Ito rd of Customs, by the Chancellor of the Exchequer ; ilisn. Mr. Vereker, by Viscount Gage; Sir C. 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Malik, K.H.; Dr. Henderson, ILN., by Rear.A.M. Pon; Mr. J. W. Allen, by apt Sir T. Halting. Mr. 0. Clore, by Lord Northoriek ; Mr. C. D. Goble, on going abroad. by Liest.-Gen. Latter ; Malet.-Surg. 0. B. Childs. on la appointment to the Royal London Militia, by CoL Sir C. S. Hunter. Bart.; Mr. J. A. Kirwan, Dep..Lleut. county Galway by the Marquis of Claariorde; Mr. Mealdomy, by the Marquis of Donegal • Hon. J. Fortmeue, by Earl Porteme : Rey. It. Ward, an return fr om India, by the Earl of Cl re; Rev. C. Cavendish, by Maj.-Gen. Canoeist.: Ary. il. Howarth, rectory at. George, lionorer.squan, by the Lord Bishop of Loeb. ; Rev. A. Amon, by Geo. Sir G. Amos; Dr. F. Winokur, by Sir J. Clark, Bart.; Dr. L. Robertson, by Sir J. Met:rigor, Bart.; lioliourabie Sooner Ponsonby, by %s oust Paimerstoe.—Rear. Admirals : Sherriff, on his promotion ; Dundee, on his ap.t.. meet as a Lord of the Admiralty. Captains: A. Passim', on Ming appointed me of her Majesty's naval aides de Damp; Sir E. Belcher, on retort trim Men rem; D. C. Ilsokneld and 0. N. Broke, on Now what are the facts? The Ariel, employed to convey the mails from Alexandria to Malta, is one of the fastest steamers in the world ; the Ardent, employed to convey Lieutenant WACIIIORN'S despatches to Trieste, is one of the slow' Mediterranean packets. The average speed of the Arid is from 12 to 14 miles an hour ;of the Ardent from 7 to miles. As far as the part of the journey performed by sea is concerned it is Lieutenant WAGTIORN who has the "difficulties to contend with." With regard to the land carriage, we have only to remark that the postal communication from Alexandria to Marseilles, and thence to London, is an established organisation of some standing in the hands of only two governments; while Lieutenant IVaonofor has had to organise his own services through a multiplicity of states. The result is exactly what might have been anticipated on the assumption that his route was naturally the best. For the first four trials the competitors were neck and neck. It was difficult to work the new and irre gularly organised line, while all went smooth on the accustomed road. WAGTIORN won the first heat ; the government mails the second and third, each time by a few hours; WAGIIORN, the fourth, by eleven hours ; and the fifth, by two days. But, beat ing or beaten at every successive trial, WAG HORN'S arrangements were working more freely, and his three last trips have been characterised by steady improvement, enabling him to bring out the capabili ties of his road. He has done this, too, be it re marked, under the greatest disadvantages he is ever likely to encounter ; he has carried his despatches swiftly and punctually across the Alps in the severest I winter that has been experienced for twenty years. We leave these facts to speak for themselves. They place the merits of Lieutenant WAGIIORN, and the importance of his services to his country, Ma clear light. And these are, after all, the great questions for the country. It is mortifying to our amour propre to I our esprit du corps, to see the paltry spirit in which the two contemporaries we have named tamper with these truths. Poor DENNIS has long been a laughing stock for running sway from Dover, under the belief that Louts XIV. had fitted out a man-of-war to cap ture him, and take revenge for his newspaper stric tures on the Grand Monarque. The attempt of the Times and Herald to write down the Trieste route, because it has been the means of mortifying their vanity and convicting them of an error in judgment, is in quite as magnificent a strain as Detcsts's flight. But DENNIS had no reason to be ashamed of what he had written : it might be petty in spirit, but it was no statement of what was untrue, uttered to hide the sale of stolen goods. FRANCE.—HsvltE,FEß.lo.—Theroadathroughout the whole province of Normandy have become, within these few days, nearly impassable, from the great fall of snow, which commenced on Monday night, and has continued almost without intermission. The fill was preceded in the early part of Monday night by a violent storm, that 'mused consi derable damage throughout the country. The night mail front Paris did not reach Havre until near three o'clock in the afternoon of Tuesday, although its usual time of arrival is six o'clock in the morning. The violence of the wind was so great on Monday night that it carried away nearly the entire roof of extensive buildings used as smiths' workshops for the Paris and Rouen railway. The buildings are situated at Sotterille, on the very edge of the railway, within half a league of the Rouen station; and the roof, u it was blown away, was carried upon the vii,, thus blocking up the passage of the trains. On the approach of the train, fortu nately the obstacle was noticed. This detained the train near four hours. CORN IlloTs. —A battalion of infantry was recently sent from the Havre garrison to Caen. This gave rise to rumours, which appeared in several journals, of food riots having taken place there ; but those rumours were entirely unfounded. The troops were sent to Caen to replace the garrison that bad been removed thence in the direction of Rennes and St. Malo, riots having actually taken place in the departments of Ile at Vilaino and the lower part of Cal vados. In consequence of this withdrawal of troops, the Guard National of Havre has been called upon to do garri. son duty. RUSSIA AND POLAND. It is stated that the Russian government has removed all prohibitions of imports, and have considerably lowered the tariffs in the provinces beyond the Caucasus. This measure will be of great inte rest to German commerce. SWITZERLAND.—BERNE.—Advices from Swit zerland continue to arrive, and to be regarded with much anxiety by all who desire the maintenance of tranquillity in Europe. The concentration of the Austrian troops on the frwatters of the canton of Ticino caused the government of that canton 'to send M. Pioda, councillor of state, to Berne to communicate with the Vorort on that subject. Y. Pioda bad arrived at Berne on the 3rd, and had several interviews between that and the Bth with the president of the directory. Explanations had been previously demanded of the Austrian cabinet respecting these military pro ceedings, to which answers had not yet arrived, but it was believed in the meanwhile that it was agreed that the cantonal government of Ticino should be prepared for the contingency of military intervention. Dissentious had broken out between the Vomrt and the cantonal government of Schvyz on the subject of the answer made by the former to the note of the three powers. Tho operation of the French law and ordonnances of the 30th Jan., suspending the transmission of grain and cereal supplies across the frontier has severely affected those districts of Switzerland, bordering on France, which hitherto bad de rived their supplies of grain from the latter country. The executive council of the Canton of Berne has been forced into a similar measure, and has published an ordonnance forbidding the exportation of all farinaceous productions until the last day of July next. Zbr ectm. The Queen held a levee yesterday afternoon at St. James's Palace. Her Majesty and Prince Albert arrived from Buckingham Palace at two o'clock, attended by the Duchess of Sutherland, Mistress of the Robes ; the Marchioness of Douro, Lady in Waiting; the Earl of Morton, Lord in Waiting Lord George Lennox, Lord in Waiting to Prince Albert; SrS Frederick Stovin, Groom in Waitiug ; Captain Francis Seymour, Groom in Waiting to Prince Albert; Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, Equerry in Waiting; Capt. the Hon. A. H. Gordon, Equerry in Waiting to Prince Albert; and Mr. Forbes, Page of Honour in Waiting. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were received at St. James's Pace by the Lord Steward and the Lord Chamberlain. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge (attended by Major Stephens) and Count Alexander Mantled!' attended the levee. Before the levee, the Queen gave audiences to the Marquis of Anglesey, and Lord John Russell. The Duke of St. Alban's bad an audience of her Majesty, and returned the badge of the most honourable military order of the Bath, worn by his late uncle, Admiral Lord A. Beauclerk. Capt. Sir G. G. Otway, Bart., R.N., had an audience of the Queen, and returned the ribbon and badge of a Knight Grand Cross of the order of the Roth, worn by his late father, Admiral Sir R. W. ()temp, Bart. Capt. Barlow, R.N., C. 8., had an audience of her Majeaty, and delivered the ribbon and badge of a Civil Knight Grand Croat of the order of the Bath, worn by his late father, Sir 0. H. Barlow, Bart. The Field Officer in Waiting and the Captain of the Guard had audience of her Majesty. In the foreign diplomatic circle the following presentations to the Queen took place : M. de Schemioth Conseiller d'Etat actuel de S. l'Empereur de Aussie ' and M. Korniloff, Capitaine de la Marine Imperial., by Baron de Brunow, the Russian Minister. Mr. J. It. Brodhead, Secretary of the Legation of the United States of America, by Mr. Bancroft, the American Minister. Le Comte A. E. de Rosen, Lieut.-Col. du Corps du Genie de la Marine Suedoise, by Baron Rehausen, the Swedish Charge d'Affaires. Le Chevalier de Tacon, Spanish Charge d'Affaires, Baron de Rehausen, Swedish Charge d'Affaires, and Le Comte Adrian de Revel, Sardinian Chargé d'Affaires de S. M. le Roi, were severally presented to the Queen by Viscount Palmerston ' G.C.8., her Majesty ' s principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The foreign diplomatic circle was attended by Count de St. Anlaire, the French Ambassador ; le Comte de lamer, First Secretary ; Mr. George de Rabaudy, Chancellor ; and Felix Cottu, attache to the Embassy ; Count Dietrich stein, the Austrian Ambassador ; Van de Weyer, the Belgian Minister; Baron de Cetto, the Bavarian Minister; M. Moreno, the Buenos Ayresn Minister ; Baron de Bra now, the Russian Minister; Baron de Nicola', Secretary of Legation ; and Captain Schwabe, Imperial Russian Engi neers; General Prince Casteleicals, Neapolitan Minister, and M. G. Canofari, Secretary . of Leganon; Count de Kielmansegge, Hanoverian Minister; Chevalier Bunsen, Prussian Minister, and Prince Lowenstein, Secretary of Legation ; le Commandeur Marques Lisboa, Braeilian Minis ter, and M. J. T. de Amaral, attache to the Legation; Count de Reventlow, Danish Minister, and M. de Bielke, Secretary anof Legation ; 'Colonel Iturregui Peruvian Minister ; Prines Callimaki, Ottoman Porte Minister; Mr. George Bancroft, United States Minister; Count Schimmelpenninek, Nether lands Minister ; Baron de Beast, Saxon Minister ; Baron de Reinstate:4 Swedish Chargé d'Affaires; le Chevalier de Tacon, Spanish Chargé d'Affaires, and le Chevalier de Pedroiena, Secretary to the Mission; le Comte Adrien de Revel, Sardinian Charge d'Affaires, and Marquis Pallavicini, Secretary to the Mission. The general circle was attended by the Lord Chancellor, the Bishop of London, the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secrearies of State for the Home, Foreign, and Colonial Departments, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the First Lard of the Admiralty, the President of the Board of Controul for the affairs of India, the Chan cellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the Chief Commiasionee of the Woods d 'Forest., the President of the Board of Trade, the an Paymaster General of the Forces, the Chief Secretary for Ireland, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Captain of the Honorable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, the Captain of the Yeoman Guard, the Vice Chamberlain, Lord Langdale, Master of the Rolla Right Hon. Sir Thomas Wilde, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, the Secretary at War, the Chan cellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, Mr. S. M. Phillippe, Under Secretary of State ; the thenAdjut-General of the Forces, the Quartermaster -General to Forces, the Lott: Advoc the Lewd Mayor, the Solicitor-General, Sir Lieu tenant of the Yeomen Guard; Mr. 24. Wyatt, Standard totem from as Be Walphal, Lord and J. Hay, and A. F lia n we, one. . 1 ; 7,, .61r 0. A. Si camp; Sir G. Otway, Sir T. 11. E ll is., J. Shakropear, LieLt-CM. A. Irvine, CB., and Comm. Ithwatorne, on promotion, aid Woe mos on royal and diaimenithed personage. at Portsmouth ; J. W. Finch, Hon. G. D. Keene Rotema, J. gaudery®, and A. Ryder, on Weir coaniotien ; V. A. Ma - aingberd, on appointment to FLlf. Alecto; G. Brom, E. A.thalefield, sad Lieut. Darrell on promotion; Hopper and Sir W. Pell, on mmotonment es Commisloiser of Green wich Hospital, by Lord Anakind. Colonels Codrington and H. Bentiock ; Lieut.-Cola Forbes sad Lord F. ?inlet; Majors I. L Ebringtoo and Daniell, and Capt. C. White, en their promotion; Lieut. P. Burton and Hon. P. Fielding, on their appointments and Capt.. W. Melville and P. Somerset, by the Duke Of Cambridge. Lieut-Gen. Sir G. Mimed on promotion, by the Duke of Weilingtort Captains: Sir F. Nieolson, on promotion and return from service; Sir E. liome, on being nominated a companion of the Bath. Com manders W. Griffiths, oat promotion ; J. E. Katon, by Sir C. Adam. Montgomerie, aide-deoamp, on appointment; LL-EoL Loden, Major W. Forbes; Captain: D. Ward, Tyke; Lieutenant., Winfield and F. Goldmnid, and Mr. T. Boyremon on return from India, by Sir J. Hobbouse. Lieut-Gen. lion. Wm. Gazdner, on being appointed Col. Commandant of the 1014 Battalion Royal Artillery, and on pro motion ; Col. Oidfleld, on his promotion; Lieuta.: C. Smith, E. Oar the., A. Dew, sad J. Slialemear, by the Marquis of Anglesey. Rt. lion. Sir T. Frunkland Lewis, on being created a baronet, by the Earl of Ripon. Rear Admiral Sir E. Chethana Strode, LLB., ILC.H., upon being appointed Knight Commander of the Bath, and on taking the additional name of Strode, by the Earl of Haddington. Captain Nevill, R.N., on Ms return from the East India and China stations, and on promotico, by his gram the Duke of Buckingham and Chandra Commander Pelly, on Lie return from the West Indies, by his father, Sir Henry Pelle, Bart. The Honourable Thomas Edward Stooor—by his father, • Lord Commie. Sir William Somerville, on his appointment an wider Secretary of State, by Sir G. Grey. Comrade. W. Peel, R.N., by Sir It. Peel; Limit S. Farrell, on appoint ment to the itog i lEn/ineere, by the Earl of Denbigh; Lieut. IL. L. Newman, 71st d Light Infantry, on his return from the West Indies, by the Ear Portman.; LieuL E. Noel, 31et mgt., on Ws return from service on the Sutiej, by the Hon. and Rey. F. J. Noel; En• G. A. M`Natrn, 67th refit., on appotntment, by Lieut.-Gen. Clitheroe, K.C. ; Major-Gen. J. M•Dmald, on promotion front 9htd Highlanders, by Lieut.-Gen. Sir W. M`Bean, K.C.B. Col. Yorke, Scots Fuelliar Guards, on promotion, by Coi. Drummond ; Col. Enrl of Cardigan, on promotion ; Lient-Col. J. K. Lenore, CI., Madras Army, on being appointed Companion of the Bath, by Lieut-Gen. Sir J. C. Delhi..., K.C.H. Lieut. Col. Hutchinson , Madras Army, by Major• Gen, Sand with, C.E. ; Lient-OoL Lockyer, 97th rest, o. promotion and going to Malta, by Lieut.-Oen. Sir H. F. Bomerie, K.C.B. • Major Hutt, on receiving the honour of Companion of the Bath, by Viact. Palmerston ; Mal. Sadler, Ith King'. Own Beg., on his return from India, by Gen. Sir T. Bradford ; Capt. the Hon. J. A. Keane, Rifle Brigade, on pro. motion, by Lieut-Gee. Sir A. Barnard, 0.C.8., , 0.C.11.; Li Pint Lieut. J. }I, Glyn, Rifle by hie father, the Rev. T. C. Glyn; eut. F. Walker, Royal , on appointment sod promotion, by Gm. Lord Aylmer; M. Wood, A.D.C. Bth Unman to Gen. norne, by Mr. I. T. Watkins; Capt. F. Mandel, sth Fusiliers, on appoint: meat, by Lieut-Col. Sir G. Le Marchant ; Capt. Tosco, 69th or King's Royal Rifles, on promotion, by Lieut.-Gen. Sir W. G. Davy, K C.H.; Capt. Simenore, Bengal Artillery, by Lieut.. Geo Sir J. Watson, ii.C.B. • Canyon, 10th !loyal Huaiore, on promotion, by Col. Middlekm • Vine-Admiral Sir C. Adams, K.C.8., on appointment to the Admiralty. After the levee the Queen gave audience to Viscount Faulkland . . . --.-.—.-. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the royal suite, returned to Buckingham Palace. Baron de Moncorvo, Portuguese Minister, was pre vented by his long-protracted illness, from attending her Ma jesty's levee. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by Count Meosdorf, and attended by the Marchioness of Douro, the Earl of Morton, Col. Grey, and Capt. Gordon, honoured the French plays with their presence last evening. The Rev. Mr. Perry had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial Office. Despatches from the Governor of the Mauritius were received yesterday at the Colonial Office. (From last night's Gazette.) ___3IBERLAIN'B OFFICE, JAN. 25.—Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty will hold a levee, at St. James's - Palace, on Wednesday, 24th February next, at two o'clock.—N.B. The knights of the several orders are to appear in their collars. Her Majesty will bold a drawing-room, at St. James's Palate, on Thursday, the 2-ith of March next, : t two o'clock.—N.B. The knights of the several orders are to appear In their collars, it being a collar-day. ORF.IGN-OFFICE., FEB. 10.—The Queen has ap proved of Mr. J. W. Leach, r consul at Swansea for the republic of Chili. WAR OFFICE, Frs. It. let Dreg. Gds.—P. W. Yorke to be roe., by par., vice De Rode., who ret. 6th Drag. Oda—Coss. T. Heywood to be Scot, by puss., vice Blandy, who reL ; Ens. T. G. LC. Owen, from ;Mut ,to be ear., by pur. Mb baps.—Sur'. J. Sider!, M.D. from 15th F., to be marg., vice W. Milligan, M.D., who ret. upon b..p. 9th L. Dragw—Assist—durg. E. M. Macpherson, from 53rd F., to be amirt.-eurg., vice Stewart, prom In 811 P. let Grenadier Gds.—Lient.-Col. A. H. Gordon. from b.-p. matt., to be capt., & Ikutcol. (repaying the difference). Tree lion. A. E. Freke dee. ; Lieut. & CAM. A. Cox to be rapt. & lieut.-col. by our., vice dordon, who ret. ; Ens. & LicuL J. P. D. C. Stuart to be lieut. & rapt., by pur.; Ms. W. 0. Cameron, from 42nd F., to be ens. & lieut., by pur. 28th F.—Em. H. Baxter, from 09th F., lobe em, vice Drew, who exch. 34th F.—lieut-Col. 11. Medea, from h..p• mutt., to be licut.-ooL, vice R. Alrey, who exch. • Bee.. Lieut.CoL W. Fawcett, from lx-p. 14th F., to be mai., Tice I/cedes, pram .; Capt. J. 11. Mathews to be mai., by par.. vic e Fawcett, who ret. ; Lieut. R. C. Parke to be rapt, by pur. ; Em. W. Warry to be lieut., by pro. ; H. E. Bee to be ens., by pur. 40th F.—Ens. F. B. Drew, from 26th F., to be ens., vice Baxter, who exch. Lo soth F.—Lieut. F. a W. Worldlier's., from 9th F., to be lieut., vice r . f Major-Gen. Mr A. Maclaine, C.B. to be col., vice Sir E. Gi s b t I F L . r. LII'II. der flerdle, M.D. to be andaL-surg., vice Mail/Mom, app. 9ch L. Drags. 81st F.—AmiaLelorg. A. Stewart, from Bth L. Drags., to be aura., via Smith, dec. 75th F.—Mad-Sorg. Sec. Class P filooleon, M.D. to be surg., Tice 113 y rril7t. St. NVTeige to be em., by par., vice Gwyn, app. 6tli Drag. Gds. Ceylon Rifle Reg.—Lint. H. Loma to be. rapt, by pur., vice Bre,. Maj. Skinner, who ret. ; Nee. Lieut. W. T. Drake to be first lieut., by pur. • E. Barrenell ro be we. lieut., by pur. Royal Malta Feneible Rep.—Lieut. 9. Galt to be cart., with local and temporary rank, Tice . &Gerrie, who ret upon f.-p.; Foe. 1.. Bonavita to be adjL, with local and temporary rank, vice Gat; prom. . • H. Montinero to be are, with lout and temporary rank, vice Bona vita, app. adjt. roarricamx—Mal. il. Deedes, to be Seut..eoL, without pur. 11110 , PITAL Sl,li.—Amist.-Sorg.S.Currie, M.D. from 18th L Drags., to be etaff-eurg. sec. time, vice Nieolami, app. 75th F. ' • A. Golden to be socist.-snrg. to the forcers vibe Newton, prom. In Ceylon Rifle Beg.' W. N. Boyce to be assiet.worg. to the force., vice Twednell, app. Ceylon Ride Reg. Bererr.—Lient.-Col. A. H. Gordon, of Ist Grenadier Gds., to be col. in the Army; Mee. LieuL-CoL W. Fawcett, 31th F., to be col. in the army. Osmusom.—Brev. Col. A. Findlay, h..p. Royal African Corps, to be fort mei. at Inverness or Port George, Tice CapL A. Fraser, dee. 11•311,0..1111C—The removal of lieut. It. C. Oliphant, from 80th F., to Royal Newfoundland Companion, ha, been cancelled. DEATH OF THE I)UKE OF NORTHUM BERLAND. This distinguished nobleman expired on Thursday morning, at Alnwick Castle, Northumberland. He had been for many years afflicted with gout ; so much so, that latterly he was entirely unable to walk, but no serious alarm was entertained for his general health. The nobleman whose decease we record, was the grandson of Hugh, Duke of Northumberland and the Lady Elizabeth Percy. Of the many baronies by writ, the titles of which he assumed, in addition to the honours conferred on his an cestors by patents, it may be observed that to several his title was more than doubtful, yet his grace was the eldest coheir of the barony of Latimer, and a claimant of the baronies of Scales, and Plaits, and Statesmen. But his grace's claimer.° respect rest, it ieyaid, more upon an honoured descent, efevated rank, and princely wealth, than upon his personal character. It is believed that a con stitutional timidity, or indisposition to assume any very public position, was aggravated in later years by frequent and severe attacks of gout, which incapacitated him still more for active exertion. Yet, during a life which rather exceeded the avenge of man's existence, his grate was always alive to the admen of literature and science ; the University of Cam hridge, where he was educated, and of which he died the Chancellor, rewired up to the latest moment of his life en during testimonials of his affection ; and the observatory, to which he made a splendid donation, may poeaibly at some future time vindicate his name from the charge of apathy brought against his noble contemporaries. Indeed the knowledge he possessed of various branches of science was well shown when he presided over the meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science at Newcastle-on-Tyne. On that occasion he was subjected to the petulant observations of certain members, who believed that the chair of that body is not one of the rights of hereditary legislators, and his grace's dignified and temperate reply will not readily be forgotten by those who had the pleasure of hearing it. TWA very love of science led him at a time when little was understood on the subject by the landlords of England to undertake on a large scale the drainage of his extensive estates, and at his grace's death we believe his annual expenditure for that purpose was about 10,0001. The story of his political life is shortly told. He went as ambassador extraordinary to attend the coronation of Charles the Tenth, defraying his own expenses, and la Belle France had scarcely seen so magnificent a train as that he led to Rheims sines the days of Francis the First. He was subse quently, hut for a short period, lord lieutenant of Ireland ; an office which he discharged without receiving any allow ance from the state. His Grace married (1817) the Lady Charlotte Florentia Clive, sister of the present Earl of Foists, and is succeeded in his titles and estates by his brother Algernon, Lerd Prudhoe, created a peer of the rash Nov. 27, 1816. The garter vacant by the death ed the Duke of Northum berland will, it is said, be walnut ea his Grace the Duke of Bedford. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL A court was held on Thursday, for the despatch of important public business. The court was crowded with member. Alderman Humphery was appointed governor, and Mr. Knott was appointed deputy-governor of the Irish Society for the ensuing year. Alderman Wood's name being the next in rotation fee election, as a member of the Court of Aldermen, to the society, ' Mr. ASDERTOS rose to snake objection. He alluded to the part which he felt it to be his duty to take on the last election for the mayoralty, and be regretted that nothing had occurred since that event to alter the opinion which made it imperative on him to oppose the nomination of Alderman Wood. Alderman WOOD defended himself with great vigour. He declared that every kind of treachery bad been exercised against him by the members of the Irish society, who actively opposed him on the election for the Mhos to which he had been entitled. The nippressio seri was amongst the iniquities with which be charged the society, for they had concocted their accusations by keeping away from the public eye letters which would have effectually unveiled the mys tery in which the transactions they miarepreeented were in volved. He accused them of haring procrastinated the pay. merit of the legal expenses of the complicated suit which he hail conducted for them against the Skinners' Company, until the chances of success were actually endangered by the delay. Re accused them of having suppressed the it moue able acknowledgment of their debt to him during the whole progress of the suit, and with hasing so managed their attack upon his reputation, as to in- thence many individuals who would have voted for him to appear amongst his other misinformed adversaries. Nothing could equal the shabbiness with which the society doled out the expenses, after quarrelling and squabbling about every bill he presented, and objecting to every item. Mr. R. TATILUIt, a late member, and Mr, William Jones, the late deputy chairman of the Irish Society, nee to reply to the observations of Alderman Wood, but there was a general expression of dislike to the continuance of the din cusoion, and the Recorder said the Lord Mayor was of opi nion that the election should proceed without further coat meet.—Mr. R. Taylor and Mr. W. Jones complained of the interdict of his lordship, as they considered it exceedingly unfair that they should not be allowed to contradict the slanders which had fallen from the lips of Alderman= Wood. The show of hands was then taken, and Alderman Wood WAS rejected by so small a majority, that several persons who rapidly counted the hands were of opinion, until the Lord Mayor gave his decision, that the election had fallen upon the object of accusation. His lordship declared that Aldermen Sir John Pirie and Parehrother were elected. TILE CONFLICT ABORT TOR QUALIFICATION BILL.— Mr. ASKURAT row to move that the report of the committee of privileges of the whole court should be read. The Loan Mayon, after some little hesitation, occasioned apparently by a consultation with the Recorder, put the question " that the report he now read." The court an swered with a unanimous shout. The resolutions contained in the report, which was signed by sixty-eight member, including the ablest and most independent men in the court were u follows : That this committee request the Lord Mayor to restore the Qua lification )tilt to the paper of buainear to be brought mat the neat court. That In the event of the Qualification Bill not being placed on the paper, the Court of Common Council be recommended to assert and adhere to their right to bring on the same f..r Macueaion, and to have the question " That the bill be read a third time " put to the mart. That the Remembramer be requested to lay before this committee a copy of any bill he may he inatructed to prepare for pre mutation to the ROOM of Commons, to: repeal or alter the act of 11 Geo, 1., as soon se it than be prepared. Mr. AARURKT.—I move, now, my Lord Mayor, that the court do agree with the committee in their report. The LORD MAYOR then rose. with a paper in his hand, and read from the paper the fallowing observations "My brethren the aldermen and gentlemen of the Common Council,—As a mark of respect to this court, I am anxious to state my reason for declining to accede to the wishes of a committee of this court, intimating to me their desire that I should place on the summons for business to be traumeted at this court the third reading of a bill to declare the qualifica tion of freemen of London to be elected members of the Court of Common Council. The bill in question had un. dergone all the amendments proposed therein, and appeared to me as so framed as not to be in accordance with the pro• visions of the charter 15 Edward 111. The Mayor and aldermen, so far from claiming the assent of the commonalty (the common councilmen of the wards and commoners of this court) to this bill, have solemnly pro. tested against further proceeding with this bill, in which protest I, as mayor of this city, have concurred. And I be lieve the bill, aa framed, not to be in accordance with the laws, charters, and customs of London, nor with the consti tution of the city, nor with the rights and franchises of my fellow-citizens, the freemen, inhabitant homeholders of the respective ward., the electors of the common coun cilmen of the wards, both by the laws of the city and under the statute 11 George I. This bill deprives the electors of the exercise of their franchise in as ample a measure as they now enjoy it bylaw. Under these circumstances, I feel it would be contrary to my duty as chief magistrate and mayor of this city, to allow the question of the third reading of this bill to be put; for the same reasons I have declined to insert in the summons to attend this court for the despatch of business the motion for the third reading of this bill. I disapprove of dissolving the court, but I deemed it to be MY duty to interfere merely in re ferenoe to this bill, and to decline to put the motion. The RECORDER said the difficulties which presented them selves as to the putting of the question of the third reading of the Qualification Bill were embodied in the report; and it appeared to the Lord Mayor that to put the question that the report be agreed to was, an effect, to put the question of the third reading of the bill. Mr. PRENDERGART said he was decidedly opposed to the idea of adopting such a report. The Lord Mayor had a high prerogative. The refusal to put the question as to the Qua litiestlon Bill no doubt came late, but it was the duty of his lordship, at the very latest moment, to reject the proposition, if he considered it to be illeoal to consent to it. lie should move as an amendment to Mr. Ashurst's motion that it do lie on the table. Alderman JOHNSON seconded the amend meat. The court then divided, and there appeared for Mr. Peen- dergast's ameadmeut, t he Lord Mayor and 7 aldermen, 6 commoners, and 1 teller ; against It, 3 aldermen, 124 com moners, and 3 tellers; majority in favour of receiving the report, 116. Present in the court at the division, 144. The announcement was received with immense cheers. Mr. J. WOOD (the original mover of the Qualification Bill), then rose to move the third reading of the bill, which was seconded by Mr. Wire. Mr. PRIINDBROART said there was no notice of the motion on the paper of business. It cannot, therefore, be put.— Aldermen Gibbs and Farebrother, and others, said the course was quite irregular; and the Lord Mayor called upon the town-clerk to proceed to the regular business on the paper—the election of officers.—Here several members told the town-clerk at his peril to put any other question until the decision of the court should be given upon Mr. Wood's motion. The RECORDER The Lord Mayor has directed the town clerk to read the names of the officers of the corporation. Mr. Wine : I ask the Lord Mayor to proceed legally and regularly, I stand here as a citizen of London to demand my right, and I am surprised that the Recorder, who is a mere officer of the court, should thus interfere with our pro- ceedings. The RECORDER " The Recorder is not an officer of the court. Is it the pleasure of the court to proceed with the business of the day ?"—SeveralVoices : " Yes, the motion for the third reading of the Qualification Bill is the business of the day." The Loan MAYOR : I shall not put that question. The Towx CLERK (reading from the court list) " That the following officen"—A number of members here roise,'and with negatives immediately drowned the voice of the town clerk. Mr. HARRISON : I am an independent member of this court, and all who ars like me, independent, will join me in resisting this attack upon our rights. The LORD MAYOR: There is no use in argument upon the subject. I distinctly refuse to put the question. Alderman SIDNEY intimated to the members that they could not proceed without the Lord Mayor, to any business whatever. (Murmurs and confusion.) Sir Cerra Lstatis : The Lord Mayor has no right to do wrong. That would be a power indeed ; but it is a power which it would seem he thinks he possesses. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Joust WooD : You say, my lord, that you will not put the question. I have a right to give notice, which I accordingly do give, that I shall at the next court move that the bill be read a third time. (Loud cheers.) The LORD MAYOR I shall not put that notice on the paper of business. (Marked disapprobation.) Mr. LAWRINCI : Then we shall try the question The LORD MATOR, who was calm but resolute all through th's extraordinary scene, then left the chair and the court, amidst hisses and groans, which some of the principal members of the court endeavoured in vain to check. THE MARYLEBONE GUARDIANS AND THE Pool"- LAW COMMISSIONERS. —Yesterday, at the meeting of the directors and guardians of the poor of St. Marylebone, Mr. MsHellen in the chair, • voluminous communication from the poor-law commissioners was read to the board by Mr. Thorne, the secretary. The effect of the document was, as upon former occasions, a direct interference with the inter nal management of the workhouse and its officers. The following opinion of counsel was appended to the commu nication : We are of opinion that the rules and regulations nude in Atwood, 1834, by the directory and guardians of the poor of the parish of St. Marykhme, under the sections 153 mid 136, 34 Occaye IV., but net =bedded to or set approved and confirmed by the pane-law °twangs. 190001. are not valid wholly or In prt, so far se they for the regulations and government of the worMioase or other boom for the recepUen of the poor, or the °dicers menected therewith, or in any way relate to the adminietration of relief to the ;woe statute 4 and S William IV., e. 76, no. 13, 21, 21, and 42.—(8igned) Joss Lowy% T. Toe soy.—Temple, January N. Sir James Hamilton, Bart., moved " that the secretary be instructed merely to acknowledge the receipt of the poor law commissioners' communication." Mr. Potter seconded the resolution, and be would only my that he for one was determined row to offer the most strenuous opposition to any further interference of the poor-law commienoners. The motion was put from the chair and carried unanimously, after which the board separated. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. — A weekly council was held at the society's house in Hanover square, on Wednesday last, the Earl of Egmont, president , in the hair.—Professor Sewell exhibited a machine for the inhalation of sulphuric ether by large quadrupeds, for the purpose of suspending their animal sensation during the per formance of surgical operations ; and gave an interesting detail of the result of his experiments at the Royal Veteri nary College. Having first ascertained the influence of the vapour on a healthy lamb, be proceeded, on the following day, to amputate the limb of a diseased sheep. He also divi ded the nerves in the foot of a horse, with perfect success, and without the slightest apparent pain. Mr. Sewell bad made experiments on the apparatus essentially required for the purpose of inducing this state in the smaller animals of farm, and found the application on simple and inexpensive as to kid to • hope that every pain ful operation would soon be performed under the deadening influence of this vapour. An interesting discussion then ensued, and the council adjourned to Wednesday next, the 17th inst. ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY.—THE MEDAL QIJESTION Yesterday the annual general meth. was held, when the usual report from the councal woo sot The subject of the new planet, and the claims of Kussa. beerier mai Maar, were naturally of prominent kowtow. In has gem the report that the council could net awe le as agesumwt upon any one course, by a majority ealklawa s amain to the laws of the society, to allow these to sat flow, it seemed, wished to call a general users ha pend the existing bye-low on the Wood al fella, and to award two such distinctions. TOY was supped on the ground that the differences of egikria• general meeting would probably be u great SO ONO vglik OD 110BaCil, —and th at it would be contrary to the tbe laws of the society to throw before a wog aaesting a peculiarly difficult subject, of a kind slat er eves in the sealer cues, had been by those laws melt egarialy reserved to the council. This view of the wattle parpallel—by what LORD majority we were not told. It twine thus decided that only one medal should be given, M. Lcvcrrier's name, as tbs first on the list, was put to the ballot. The majo rity requisite to award a medal is three to one. But several of the voters thinking, as it was stated, that a sandal to M. Leverrier and nothing to Mr. Adams would draw a distinction between the two which would be an injustice to the latter, the majority of three to one was not obtained. After a long discussion, and the proposal of many different amendments to the reception of the report, the meeting di rected that a special general meeting should be called to discuss the subject, without the restrictions of the bye-laws, excepting that one of them wnich relates to the requisite majority ; consequently no medal was awarded. INDISPOSITION OF MIL OVONNELL.—Mr. O'Con nell was not in the House of Commons last night or the night before. His absence was caused by severe illness. TEE LITERARY FOND AND TILE FAMILY OF TILE Rey. Ms. Hewerre—A correspondent of the Globe states that the Royal Literary Fund Society have forwarded 1001. to the gentlemen who are endeavouring to provide, by pub lic and private subscription, a permanent fund for the nine destitute orphan children of the Rev. J. Hewlett. FICTION.—The editor of the Burlington Free Press informs his readers, that having published Dombey and Son," and the President's Me.sage, he ought to be excused giving any more ficion for the present. NUTRITIVE VEGETADLES.—Sir,—Yoi have con ferred a public benefit by the able and highly useful leading article in your paper of 3rd inst., upon the quantity " of true nutriment in various articles of food," and 1 beg to offer the following calculations from those data, of the relative value per lb. : Mange %Yowl, at 30,5. per ton, owl of nutriment 1. 4d. per Ib. Beans . ta. Gd. pS bushel. do 3 ld • Potatoes . 3. per do. of at lb., do ls. Od. „ Peas as. . do., do Barley os. do., do . Wise= There may be some small difference in the piece the articles, those I have given being from the Liverpool mar kets; but the folly of using potatoes at present prices is apparent, and the economy in administering relief with soup, of which peas are the main eonatituent, no less obvious. I beg to enclose a paper on the cultivations of buckwheat, extracted from the Magazine of Domestic Economy, of April, 1838, which has been printed and extensively circu lated in Ireland, by the editor cil the Western Star, Ballinasloe. I wish you would advocate its use in your widely circulated paper, that attention may be drawn to its value in this country, where it hag only been grown hitherto as food for pheasant.. P. B. P.—[There is a great difficulty in ascer taining the real value of buck wheat, so much depends on its manner of growing, and the soil in which it grows.—En. FIRES,— L Clerkenwell, shortly after twelve o'clock this morning a fire broke out upon the premises in the occupation of Mrs. Elizabeth Dupery, cloth cap mak' r, situate at No. 1, Garnoult-place, Clerkenwell. Owing to the timely assistance, the flames were soon extinguished, but not until the whole of the stork in trade was destroyed, and the pre mises severely damaged. Unfortunately, the occupicli was not insured 'fur • single penny.—lN CASENIIIb/lAQUAllia.—Between eight and nine o'clock, a fire broke out in the house of Mrs. Loftus, Wimpole.strret, Cavendish-square. In the course of a few minutes, the parish engine, with numerous others of the London brigade, and the one belonging to the West of England Company, reached the spot. An abundant supply of water was ready, and the engines were set to work ; but the tire was not sub dued before damage to the amount of a few hundred pounds was done. The property wasinsured iu the Guardian-office. A spark from a candle is the supposed cause of the disaster.-- Berm/at CiRSEN.—A fire broke out at No. 2, New-ctreet, Bethnal.green. The engines of the parish, London brigade, and West of England, from the Waterloo-road station, were early at the scene, and the fir. , was quickly extinguished, but not until considerable damage was done. Unfortunately the oe,:upier was uninsured. IRELAND. DUBLIN, non. 11. I have converted to-day with an English gentle man just returned from a commission ordered by the Board of Works, and he says that the condition of Skibbereen or Mayo is in some parts not to be Bur in suffering by many districts in the north. He says the landlords encouraged the farmers to sell out their stock, under the influence of high prices, pocketed the twelve months' rent, and now the tenants are without either food or money. Ile named one conspicuous gentleman in the House of Commons, and another very popular peer, whose agents adopted this course. Ile remonstrated with them on the folly of such a proceeding, and was answered with the " usual way of business." Turning from the land lords, to the roads, he informed me of a case of corrupt conduct on the part of sue of the pay clerks, which fell under his own observation, and into which the Board of Works this day ordered an inquiry. The men on apiece of drainage on a northern estate hadtaken work and agreed on so much per perch, and at the elate of the week had earned on an average Is. Bd. per day. The clerk came with pay-day, and when the measured work brought to each the sum just mentioned, the small officer declared that the maximum allowance of the board was Is. a day. The men threw down their mattocks in despair, and declared to the English gen tlemen that there was no use in working—they were robbed. A neighbouring gentleman heard their com plaints, and kindly paid the difference between the offer and demand. When the matter was represented to the board, they immediately sent down instructions for a full inquiry into such conduct. Messrs. heeling and Hunt, of London, who had been commissioned by the government to make pur chases of seed potatoes for the use of Ireland, have addressed a letter to Mr. Kcnealey, a Cork mer chant, which holds out but slight hopes of recruiting the disasters of the past year from foreign sources. The Board of Works are taking steps to improve the harbour of Clonakilty, in the county of Cork. The proposed improvements would afford employment to many hands for two years, besides conferring a signal advantage on the export and import traffic of a very large and fruitful district. The Galway election takes place to-morrow, and all is bustle among the fishermen. The missionaries of the association have taken the field not with a very willing heart, for many would prefer the triumph of the Solicitor-General. However, a show of resistance could not be avoided, and hence the seeming activity. Mr. O'Connell, significantly enough, has not addressed the electors, bat Archbishop M'Hale has. There is a vacancy in the borough of New Roes, in the county of Wexford, by the retirement of Mr. Gore. It is said that John Augustus O'Neil will be recommended to the constituency by Mr. O'Connell. A letter has arrived from London, announcing the in telligence. PROVINCIAL. COTTON SPINNERS' ASSOCIATION AND SNORT TOOL An adjourned meeting of the Cotton Spinners' Association was held at Blackburn on Wednesday last, to consider the propriety of a continued observance of hhort time in factories, W. Eccles, Esq., presided. Theeenductof there members who had violated the short time resolution having been freely commented on, a resolution was paned to the effect that the association be dissolved, some of its moat influential members having violated its rules. ROBBERY AND journeyman hatter, named John Ingham Bond, is in custody at Manchester, on the above very serious charges. The warehouse of Messrs. Owen and Heaton, extensive hatters at Manchester, weadisoovered to have been on fire du-ing Friday night, and it was found that four fires had been lighted by scone incendiary in different parts of the premises, with the evident intention of burning them down, but these fires bad singularly enough gone nut of themselves, though piled up with hat boxes and comtustible materials. Since then, it was discovered that Bond bad been to Btaleybridge on Saturday, and disposed of a quantity of hats which were on the premises on Friday night. He was apprehended on Thursday, • and taken before the magistrates, but remanded, the shore being All the evidence at present against him. He is supposed to have attempted to burn down the premises to leave no trace of the robbery. AMERICAN HON/IYT IN ENGLISH UNIONS.—The clerk to the Board of Guardians, Knutsford, writes As regards hominy being • good substitute for potatoes . I have not the slightest hesitation is saying that it is the very best article of its kind yet introduced, solely from its sound nutritious qualities. The hominy ecouse and pudding which I prepared (being precisely the same es given to the inmates) for our Board of Guardians to see, taste, and judge for themselves, gave general mils faction on our last board•day—in fact, one and all declared the hominy aeouse to be a most savoury dish. It was prepared in the following manner:—The beef, 30 lbs. weight (being the quantity required as per diet table), was boiled in a copper by itself; a portion of the liquor from the meat was nicely seasoned and made savoury ; the meat afterwards being cut into small pieees—and the whole, when well noised together, and served up quite hot, was really excellent, and very satisfying in its nature. The quantity of SCOIlle given to an adult is one pound weight, with four ounces of cooked meat, at • cost of lid. per head. THII CHARTIST LAND SCR/MR.—The estates of W. B. Cliffs, Esq., which have been so frequently advertised for sale, were lazily brought to the hammer snd sold in lots by Mr. Davies, on Wednesday, at the Belle Vue Hotel, Great Malvern. The freehold and oopybold estates, measuring 600 a. IR. 9r., were purchased by Mr. Feergus O'Connor, for 20,0001. We (Worcester Journal) hear that Mr. O'Connor has offered 9,0001. for the Brook estate, Leigh. OLOUCPS.TERSIURE. DEATH IN THE SNOW. —On ThUTIRISf r last SOON persons found the body of an old oast 'tag deli k the snow at Brentry Hill, about threw mike km the city of Bristol, on the out passage road. was that of an agricultural labourer, was having been dead for some hours. A loaf A .,._,.. --- • under his arm, and it is conjectured that ' . h % way 'l.. 11. home from the village of Westbury, he ••. , •r .7 .. • - way, and. , , got benumbed by the cold. The snow i . 8 " ,/ of Bristol lies is many places three sad - 'l* , . , ._.,, • •.,' . 1 ~, ~..,