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total of 5,400,0001, expended osi'noshingtat brick and mortar'. ;. One year theil WU an estimate for 600,0001. another year . for 600,0001. and then the year alto- for • 800,0001. It appeared that no system was followed, connected with them a sum of 1,587,0001. making a tind'that some estimate or plan should be followed, and the money not expended as some 1;ord of the Admiralty took a fancy to build. Siace 1823, 15,000,0001. had been expended on building and repairing ships that were only kept to rot. It would be better to'give pen sions to every workman in the Dock-yards, if it Were the Object to.employ them, t)tan thus to waste money on ship-building 6r GEORGE GIOCKBUILN did not believe the Honourable Member coal be correct in his statements. Peace was the time fur putting out dock-yards hi a good state; during' war it was im possib'e to do it. Mr. HUME replied, his statements were drawls from Papers on the Table of the House. On that part of the Report relative to granting for iheNaval Col kge, at Portsmouth, the sum of £6,252, Sr JOSEPH YORKE inquired if it were intended to keep that College up to its full eudnt, as he understood that one of the pupils, Mr. Bonnycastle . had left this country and gone to Ame rica? He approved of science being taught, but charity, he thought, began at home, And we ought not to pay for the education of young men who were to carry their scientific acquirements to another State. Mr. CROKP.R replied, that every Student of the College was (obliged to give a bond of £5OO that theywould remain in the King's service. He did not see what other security could be taken from them ; and if Mr. Bonnycastle chose to forfeit his bond, he did ■ot know how that was to be prevented. ' Sir GEORGE COCKBURN stated the number of students bad been diminished. _ _ _ ....... Bowe further conversation then ensued, between Mr. Citoxaa, Sir Joseru YORICZ, Mr. Wan, Sir GIC?111G11 CLERK, and Mr. Guit arist, on the subject.of there being a limited time after which prize money could not be recovered. Mr. Home complained of this, and Nr.Csostaa contended it was not possible the public accounts could be kept open for ever. After some further conversation, the other Resolutions passed. . The Annual Indunnity Bill, after a few words from Mr. II UME, who suggested that it should be perpetual, and front the Clisscut.- .x.os of the Exeuxuuza and Mr. Caozea, who opposed this sug. gestion,went through a Committee; as did also the Exchequer Bills Bill, and the Transfer of Aids Bill, and the Reports were ordered to be received this day.--Adjourned at half-past Twelve. :!. EVENING STAR. LONDON. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1825. THE FUNDS. STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. This being settling day, most persons are busy in settling their accounts I the fluctuation during the Account has not been more than one per cent. Consols opened at 94 to e, for next time 941. • • This forenoon we iectived •Piethnortiese Unietles to the 15th inst. One of them contains a circular from the new Kiiig of NAPLES, abolishing the • degrading custom of manacling young recruits while conveying them to the several depots. A circular from the Minis ter of Ecclesiastical Affairs enjoins the Bishops who have long resided in N.tples on account of their health, to return as soon as possible to their Sees, and to have his MAJESTY assured, by the end of March, that they have returned to their residences. The following is the Circular to which we have al• luded ; it is addressed to the Intendants of the Provinces: " Sta—His Majesty has learned with great regret, that those who are called out by lot to serve under his Royal Banners though they voluntarily present them selves in obedience to the call, are conveyed to the Depots bound like malefactors. " His Majesty 'considers that such treatment, besides that it is improper in the case of persons who have spontaneously presented themselves, is also ili•suited to those who are to follow the honourable career of arms, since it in a manner degrades, at the very outset, him who is destined to so noble a profession. " His Majesty therefore orders, that in future none but refractory recruits shall be bound ; and it is farther determined, that the penalty of two years' additional service for such shall be increased to double the usual time of set vice. '' Naples, Feb. 2, 182.5. " Marquis ANATI." Gelman Papers to the 19,11 inst. reached us this fore noon. The following is an extract: 111EININGEN, FEBRUARY 12. On occasion of the death of his Serene Highness Frederick 'IV. Doke of Saxe Gotha and Altenburg, the following has been published here: " We, Bernard Erich Freund, &c. make known by these presents— "lt is solely to conform to circumstances, and to pre _ vent the consequences of partial occupations, and to avoid whatever might trouble the actual tranquillity of the States of the German Confeder.itior, that-we have regulated by the letters patent for taking posseisior, issued to-day, that the Duchy of Gotha and Altenburg should continue to be governed by the Authorities now existing under our Sovereignty, and that of the other two collateral Soirereigns of the lime of Saxe Gotha, without any change in the form of Government. " But we declare at the same time-Ist. That this ad ministration is not to be regarded as a legal and per manent state, but merely as a regulation, ad interim, inevitably resulting from the above-mentioned reasons. 2d. That this interim must by no means prejudice our exclusive right to the succession. 3d. That during the interim, we shall not levy any part whatever of the revenues of the Duchy of Saxe Gotha Altenburg, which shall be expended only in that State, and applied to its Government. 4th. That we expect the same con duct from the Dukes cf Saxe Hildburghausin and Saxe Coburg Saalficld, and that we protest, in the most solemn manner, against opposite measures, and against everything that should imply a partition of the Duchy, and might be agreed to on that supposition. • a BERNARD ERICH FREUND. " 4 Meiningen, at Elisabethenburg, Itth Feb. 1825." The Dutch Papers to the '23d instant, which reached us this forenoon, ale chiefly filled with further parti culars of The inundations and details of the liberal subscriptions flowing in from all quarters for the relief of the distressed. The QUEEN of the Netherlands has placed the sum of 10,000 florins, and his Royal Highness the Princeof ORANGE, together with his Consort,the sum of 30,000 florins, at the disposal of the principal Cow mittee appointed by the resolution of 17th of Feb. for the relief of the sufferers by the inundations. The KING has ordered that of the general collection for the relief of the sufferers, SO per Cent. shall be immediately paid into the hands of the Governors of those provinces which have suffered the most, in order to provide lodg ling and food for the inhabitants, and their cattle, &c. to be employed in the purchase of cattle and other ne cessaries, for those whe have no means of subsistence, and as far as possible for the support of those who are not wholly destitute of resources, but yet require some assistance. FOREIGN FUNDS, TWO O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds 5 per Ct. 971 8 Brazilian Bonds 89 Ditto Scrip, 5 per Ct. 16 i pre. Ditto 1825 Buenos Ayres Bonds, 92* Ditto Ace. 92 Chilian Bonds, 6 p Ct. 891 Ditto Acc. Mex. Bonds, 5 per Ct. 803 j Ditto Scrip 53 6 j 6 pm. Neapolitan Bonds, 5 per Ct. Peruv.Bonds, 6 per Ct. 6511 Ditto Acc. Portuguese Bonds Ditto A cc. 901 j Press. Bonds 1812, 5 p. Ct. Columbian floods, 6 per Ct. 921 1 Russ.Boods, t 822;5 p Ct. 97# 1 Ditto for Ace.. Spanish .5 p. Ct. Cons. 231 # 4 51 Ditto. Bonds 1824, 91 1 Ditto for Aec. 231 / 1 4 Ditto Ace. 91 f Span. 5 p.Ct C. 1833,181 191 Danish Bonds, 5 per Ct. Ditto Ace. 19i G•eek Bonds 574 s 1 French Rentes,s per Ct. 105 f. D tto Scrip 1/ 1 pm. &change 25f. 10c. BRITISH AND FJREIGN SHARES, TWO O'CLOCK. ASSURANCE COMPANIES. SHARI. PAID. PLICZ na was AL Brit. For. Fire & Life £lOO - APIO lelol DO: Marine . 100 - 5 - $ 1 I lIINKS. MARL PAID. !MCI Pt& WA ILL Anglo Mexican - - £lOO -115- iss. 115 pm.X1224 127;1221 Anglo Cbilian - - 100 - 5 - -17 i 161 Arigna Iron and Coal - 50 5 - 17 - Bohnos - 5 10 pre Brazilian - - 100 - 5 - 5 - 251 26 Chilian - - 100 - 5 - -23 Colombian - - 100 - 5 - S -38 40 - 16 . 45k 458 44 • 51 e . 250 2 pm. - 145 150 • 326 - 7is General Alining Association Hibernian - - 50 - 4 - Pasco Peruvian - 100 - 5 - Rio de la Plata - 100 - 5 -11 alintiabus - - 400 -20 - United Mexican - 40 - t'D - Ditto New - 40 - - Welch Iron & Coal - 25 - 5 - GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. SMARR PAW. PRICE rot mum Continental - 100 - - IRON RAILWAYS. London and Birmingham - 50 - 1 - 1 01 London and Northam - 100 - I - 14 j FOREIGN FUND& Current Prices: New Spanish 181 19, Old 281 1, Russian 97/ 1, liexican 80/ 1, Chaim 891. Columbian New 91, French Scrip 151 1, Austrian 973, Brazilian Scrip 43 3, Mexican *rip 33 1, Greek 571 581, Greek Strip 11. - • • AlHalide Amirante . - 2105 Anglo Mexican Mines - 100 United Mexican ditto - 4 O 4O oionibian ditto - 100 Pasco Peruvian ditto . Brazilian ditto Bzenos Ayres ditto Adigiu Chinas tAtb. PRICE To-DAY. .Clo £9 10 122 k 1376 10 . 1® S 38 39 - 39 40 S 15116 25 26 121 pm. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. • AMSTERDAM, Fs& 22.—0 n London, 39. 7. 2 M. 39. 5. RAMBURGH, Fis. 13.—0 n London, 36. 31. 2 Us. 36. 01. Pwriassuaon, Fes. 4.—On London, 9 27-32. Lurac, Fr.o. 14.—0 n London, 3 M. 6. 14 ? 2 . • t e r ICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 239 1 / 4 3 prr Cent. Red. 94% /8 Vs 2 per Cent. Cons. 94 1 / 8 3 7 / 8 Si per Cent. Red. 101 1 / 2 • 4 per Cent. New 106 1 / 8 6 L•mg Ann. 23 5-16 I A India Bonds 96 8 South Sea Stock 106 L:1,000 I:,tcheq. Bills (2d.) 61 62; (1 1 / 2 d.) 61 63 £5OO ditto (2d.) 61 62 ; (1.1/2d.) 61 63 £lOO and 1:200 ditto (2d.) 61 62; (1 1 / 2 d.) 61 65 Cons. for April 94 3 / 8 1/4 We are happy to state that kr. Secretary CANNING is rather better to-day; but is still confined to his room. Two documents have just been published, by order of the Hoose of Commons, which exhibit, in a most striking degree, the rapid increase of our commerce and manufactures. The fii st is an account of the value, as calculated at the official rates, of all British and Irish produce and manufactures exported from Great Bri tain in the years 1822, 1823, and 1824, ending the 10th of October in each year. From these returns, it appears that the Exports in the year 1822, were 45,787,3891. in 1823, 46,261,5111. and in the year 1824, 50,758,8081. being an increase of nearly five millions ill the short period of two years. Of the Exports in the last year, the Cotton Manu factures alone amount to 26,880,9371. exclusive of Cotton Twist and Yarn of the value of 3,138,34'71. The following are the amounts of the other articles of Ex port:—Brass and Copper manufactures 582,5771. Glass and Earthenware 284,3681. Hardware and Cutlery, 686,9 . 861. Iron and Steel, wrought and unwrought, ],490,3141. Linen manufactures 3,174,8341. Silk manu factures 189,813/.. British Refined Sugar 1,121,9401. Woollen Goods 6,880,2001. and all other articles 6,334,4921. The second document is an account of the value, as calculated at the official rates, of all Foreign and Colonial Merchandise, exported from Great Britain, in each of the three years, ended 10th of October, 1824, The' total amount of these Exports was in 1822, 1 0,96'2,3591. in 1823, 9,791001. and in 1824, 10,978,3141. The greatest portion is, of course, Colo nial Merchandise, and it appears by the returns for the last . 'ear, that the Exports of Coffee and Cocoa amounted to 2,413041. Piece Goods of India, 1 ,033,7351. and Raw Sugar, 1,042,8861. Thus it will be seen that the total of our exports for the last year, amounted to the immense sum of 61,7373 221. nearly the whole of which was of itish produce or manufactures. Well might bis MAJESTY, in the Speech at the opening of Parliament, state that "there never was a period in the history of this country, when all the great interests of the nation were in so thriving a con dition, or when a feeling of content and satisfaction was more widely diffused throughout all classes of the peop!e." MISCELLAN EOM. SNARL TAM. ►RICR PER SHAZIL Australian • - £lOO - Li -£Z7 26 28 Iron Company - 100 - 5 - 83 33 9 Canada Company - 100 - 11 - 57 36ii 39 34 General Steam Nevigatlon 100 5 - •10i 10 . . P0R1.91199(411, FEBRUARY 244,in , • - :• pig _ 7sC t. 4 Yesterday morning, sbsst nine as.st. Captain Bone r of die "on buck cutter, in the Revenue Service here, feU in with, and captured a row -galley, having on board, in the anew preservation, 50 bales, containing bandana and ether silk handkerchiefs, velvets, cam brier, and kid gloves. ' The value of .the whole, on the lowest valuation, is five thousand pounds. The galley was-an from a French lugger un the coast of Sasses. There being a fresh breeze, the lugger escaped. COURT OF CHANCERY-THIS DAY. WARD OF COURT.-JUDGMENT. IN THE 141 A TTER OF TATLEOR. The UM) CHARCZLLOR this day gave final judgment in this cause, which was an applicati on a g a i nst the de fendant, now the husband of the young Lady, to c o mmit hi m to the cust ody of the Warden of the Fleet Prison, for a contempt of Court, in having intermarried with the y ou ng Lady w ith out th e permis sion of the Court, and against the expressed will of her Guardian. The Master having reported that the defendant had laid before him the mar riage settlement, which was perfectly satisfactory, as was every other part of his conduct since his Lordship's order, his Lordship confirmed the Report, and the matter was set at rest. THE - ARMY. This day the customary change of quarters took place among the troops in London and Westminster, agreeably to the arrangement published In the STAR of Tuesday last. The three months' half-pay to the reduced Officers of his Ma jesty's land forces, due the 24th of December last, including those heretofote home on the Irish establishment, will, after the 16th instant, be payable only on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, in each week. THE ARMY IN IRELAND. - - - - ----- The following movements have lately taken place in the Army in Ireland : The 66th Font from Lanesborough to Boyle. The Ist Veteran Battalion from Cong to Clare, Mayo. The le Battalion of the Ist Foot from Clare to Caatlebar. Detachments of the 2d Veterin Battalion front Maghera, Maghe rafelt, and Strouian, toLondonderry; and from Ballymena toßelfast. A Detachment of the 84th Foot from Mullinabac for Clonmel. A second Draft of the let R )yals, from Castlebar, will shortly proceed to join the 2d Battalion, in India. Monday, Major Nl'Douoatt. and Captain Rosnison's Companies of the 25th Regiment, marched from Ennis for Athlone, to relieve the 730. The remainder of the 25th will continue at Ennis until after the Assizes, when they will their proceed to Athlone. The 7Sth Highlanders will leave Dublin in the course of this week, and will replace the numerous detachments of the 25th in the County of Clare. The LORD LIIIIITNANT of IRELAND has appointed BERREFORD GROAN, Esq. Brigade-Major of Yeomanry, for the Counties of Donegal and Londonderry, •ice Thomas Palates, Esq. deceased. GENERAL COURT-MARTIAL, • Held at Up• Park Camp, Jamaica, on the Bth of October, 1824, for the trial of Paymaster JAMII Hors JOHNSTON 11zietraone, of the 92d Regiment. Heass GUARDS, 24TH JANUARY ' 11125. At a General Court- Martial held at Up-Park Camp Barracks, Jamaica, en the Bth of October, 1824. and continued by adjnurn mexts the 12th of the same month, Paymaster JAMS! Nora JOHNSTON Illaccuotos of the 92d Regiment, was arraigned upon the undermentioned C harges • Ist. For suppressing, when interrogated before a Court of Enquiry held at Fort Augusta, on the 10th ultimo (Septem ber), for the purpose of investigating the circumstances of an altercation between Captain Warren aad Ensign Wilton, of the 924 Regiment, nib following evidence, afterwards given by him, the prisoner, Paymaster Meiklejohn, before a. General Court-Martial, convened at Up-Park Camp, for the trial of the - said Captain Wirren, of the 92d Regiment, viz. ' that they were then separated, and Captain Warren was going away, when Mr. Wilton exclaimed, ' Oh, you coward !' I then ob served that Captain Was ren was returning, I stopped him by putting my hand on his breast, and telling him to recollect himself, I took him by the elbow, and turning him round, ad vised him to go away, I followed him a pace or two, until I saw him go out of the door and turn towards his own room.' Whereas, on the Court . of Enquiry above al luded to, the prisoner, Paymaster Meiklejohn, concludes his account of the transaction in the following words, viz. that 6 while Mr. Richardson held one hand (Mr. Wilton's), I loos ened the other, by which Captain Warren was held, when Captain Warren went into , his own room.' Such suppres sion of evidence being in direct disobedience .of the lawful commands of his superior Officer. Major Charieton. by whom be was ordered to state;wkbout reservation, everything he had witnessed touching the affray between C aptain Warren and Ensign Wilton, and proving especially that that part of his evidence, namely, when Captain Warren went into his own room,' was untrue." "?d. For :hewing an evident disinclination to state anything which could implicate the said Captain Warren, of the 924 Regiment, when he, the prisoner was interrogated before the aforesaid Court f Enquiry, assembled at Fort Augusta, on the 10th of September, to investigate the circumstances of an altercation between aptain Warren and Ensign Wilton of the same Corps, such conduct being contrary to good order, injurious to his Majesty's service, and tending to subvert the discipline of the 92d Regiment." Upon which Charges the Court came to the following decision: " The Court having attentively heard, recorded, and most deli berately weighed and considered, the whole of the evidence ad duced in support of the Charges preferred against Paymaster Meiklejohn, of the 92d Regiment, together with all the circum stances brought forward in evidence by the prisoner, as wen in course of the prosecution, as after, and in testimony of his defences, is of opinion that he, the prisoner, Paymaster James Hope John ston Meiklejohn, is Guilty of the whole of the first Charge. With regard to the second Charge, the Court is of opinion, that Paymaster Meiklejohn is guilty, to the extent that he did not give his evidence before the aforesaid Court of Enquiry, either to the full extent of his knowledge of the transaction, or with that can dour and zeal for the public service which be ought to have mani fested on such an important occasion. " But under all the circumstances of the case, and believing,both from former character and the evidence on record, in course of this trial, that the prisoner erred from no fixed or premeditated inten tion of screening Captain Warren at the Court of Enquiry, the Court is induced to mitigate its award ; and therefore, for the Charges as aforesaid, of which the prisoner is found Guilty, the Court does sentence and adjudge him, Paymaster James Hope John ston Meikiejohn, of the 92d Regiment, to be publicly and severely reprimanded, in such manner as his Majesty may be graciously pleased to direct." His Mantsvr has been pleased to approve and confirm the finding and sentence of the Court, as well as the conclusion which the Court has drawn in its fair and legitimate judgment upon the evidence,-so as to induce a more lenient sentence than a conviction upon such charges would otherwise elicit : and his MA• a rare has been pleased to command that the reprimand adjudged by the Court, should be expressed to the prisoner, Paymaster JANKS Hues Jnnteri n M.JKLIJOHN, of the 92d Regiment, at such time, and in suck place, as the Commanding General in Ja _ meicA maY deem proper. His iteYal Highness the Cosulasnixa-m-Cmtar directs that the foregoing Charges preferred against Paymaster MOILS/011N, together with the finding and sentence of the Court, and his Ma leer?* Pleasure thereon, shall be entered in the General Order Hook, and read at the head of every Regiment in his Majesty's service. —Hy command of his Rcyal Highness the Commander in -Chief. (Signed) HENRY TORRENS, Adjutant-General. Witibscsa, FEBRUARY 24.—Yesterday afternoon, his MAJESTY arrived at the Itoyal Lodge in his travelling carriage and lour, accompanied by the Marquis CONTNOHAI4 with outriders, and an escort of Ilussars from Hounslow Barracks. The Princess SoPHIA paid a visit to her Royal Brother, the Duke of Your, yesterday. Signor ALvAries, ivho has been appointed Minister Plenipotentiary for the Government of Buenos Ayres to the Dic- TATO,. of Perm, proceeded on his mission to Moisvms, on the sth of December. DIORAMA.—It v.ith .omem hat of tiv. regret. of parting with an old friend, that we hear the Proprietors of the Diorama intend to close their resent attractive Exhibition to motrow, in order to produce another novelty—a" View of the Ruins of liolyrond Chapel." We certainly think that there must he a great number of pi-reolts who have not yet seen the'Views of Chartres Cathedral and Brest Harbour; and many others, who would be tempted by, the present fine weather. again to visit the Dittrama ' • we aboold therefore huggest to the Proprietors is con e mite theEallibition open= a week or two longer.' -~ .~ ~: . - • • , - 0 41111110+— *: .• "Or .74 ; The Active, Ihniovaut, from Amsterdam to tie . 4 ,11$ upset and abindoned 115 d ttit."ln lei. $7. long. IS. Crew me Pcvssourn, lea. 23.—Wind E.—Arrived the Williatif, from St. Michael's, in twelve days. Off the port, the Minerva of New York, from Charleston for Antwerp; and the Honourable Company's ship Kent, Cosa, fur India. Sailed the Lynx, Flynt, for Lagnyra. Pmersarouvo, Fes. !4. —Wind S. E. —Arrived the Noma transport, from the Mediterranean. Sailed his :Majesty's ship Courtier, for the Coast of Africa. DIAL, Fn. 24.-agWiiid E.—Passed through from the River; L'.lllle, CLAIM, for the !oath Seas Borneo, Russ, for Madras; and Britannia, fluor, for lAsbon. Ltrzarocn., FEL S.S.E.a—Arrived the Seaforth, M‘Dowaz, and Boodle, GRAY, from Demerara—sailed 13th Ja nuary; Bristol, BUCKHAU, from Alexandria (64—sailed ul st Jan. Martins Meattouvr,from Mobile; and Shamrock, Rox,fron•Smyttla. Amssuasaar, its. 19.—The flora, Tobnv, from London to Newcastle, has put into Delfzel, with loss of mainmast. The Beyde Syrenen, Teromasost ' sailed from Buzum fur Hull on the tOth October, and is supposed to be lost, a piece of timber having been picked up, with her name on it. CAPTAIN FRANKLIN'S OVERLAND EXPEDITION. On leaving New York, Captain Franklin and party will proceed-by the Lake Erie Canal, through Lake Huron and Lake Superior, to Fort William, the first of - the Hudson's Bay Company's settlements ; and from thence by the river communication to Winipeg, Atha basca, Slave, and Great Bev Lakes. Near the latter place, the winter quarters of the travellers will be fixed, where the above Company have already built a house, and laid up provisions, and where they expect to be met by sixteen able-bodied seamen, all natives of Ar gylesiiire, who were sent out last season, and ss ho have had ample time to forward the instruments and luggage intrusted to their care. In their voyage through the prin cipal lakes, the travellers will be conveyed in Amer cal steam-boats, and when this accommodation ceases, they will procute, as formerly, the services of stout Canadian boatmen. Ankhere we may mention one of the greate•t evils attendant on the expedition, namely, that it re quires upwards of twelve months to convey them to what may be called the starting point of discovery. —ln many respects, their winter-quarters will be pretty comfortable. Fuel and provisions have been provided in abundance, and • though glass cannot be carried to such high latitudes, and their windows must be formed of oiled parchment, a rude sort of candle, which is made from the fat of the elk and other animals, will enable them to read arid write, and perform various other necessary operations. At times, too, they may venture out of doors, buAle on their sno,v-shoes, and, by boring holes in the thick ribbed ice of Mackenzie's River, set, their nets, and drag many kinds of fish " into day," which, from their enorntous size, would he re garded as monsters in the finerclimates of the South. In this way they may partake of many a savoury meal. Water must he the sole beverage of both officers and men, with the exception of two solitary gallons of wine, included in the Bill of Lading for the Arctic Circle, and which are husbanded for a carousal at the approach of spring, and previous to prosecuting the ulterior objects of the expedition. In Spring, Captain Franklin, and his old companion Mr. Back, who goes out on promotion, with one-half of the party, will proceed down Mackenzie's River, and from thence explore the coast to the westward, as far, as Icy Cape and Behring's Straits. here Captain Beechy is appointed to force a passage by the coast, meet the patty, and convey them to China in his ves sel, the Blossom, which is at present fitting out at Deptford, and will by and bye proceed to double Cape Horn, with the view of getting into 'the S mth Sea. On the other hand, Dr. Richardson's party, including Mr. Kendal, who was assistant surveyor in Captain Lyon's late Ex p edition, will separate from Captain F. at the mouth of Mac kelizie's River, to explore the country stretching to the eastward, as far as the Cop permine River. In this excursion the extensive track of mountain country, abounding in copper ore, and fields of coal, will occupy much of our townsman's attention.- -The Forfarshire botanist, Mr. Drum - mind, accom panies the expedition pat t of the way ►o collect botanical and zoological specimens, and the liberality of Govern-. ment has provided an able naturalist to' assist Captain Beechy, so that the natural history of this division of oor American dominions bids fair at length to be effec tually investigated. Alter landing Captain Franklin at Canton, Captain Beechy, will take in provisions and return to Behring's Straits the follnwing season, with the view of succouring Captain Parry; and should that hardy mariner appear on the coast, or should he even leave land marks behind him, w•e need scarcely allude to the eager interest, we had almost said feeling of veneration, with . whiCh these monuments of the pro gress of science will be approached by our weal y tar travelled countrymen. From the judicious nature of the arrangements that have been formed, none of the sad disasters ;hat betel the Expedition on a former occasion are anticipated.— From the sixteen sailors that went out list year, the most gratifying accounts have-already been received, as well as from the agents of the Hudson's Bay Com pany, who have formed depots of provisions along the whole route, and otherwise forwarded the views of the travellers to the utmost of their power. Indeed,.the union of the two fur companies into 'one, under the name of the Hticlson's Bay Company, is a most for tu nate circumstance for the interests of science, and has enabled the Directors to remove stumbling-bloks from the path of discovery that were neatly as formidable as the rigours of the climate in the former divided state of the country. The want of the canoes which asete abandoned at Cape Tim, again, from weakness and fa tigue, proved a terrible bar to the crossing of rivers; but on this occasion a water-proof canvas boat has been provided, so admirably contrived that it may be se parated into pieces which each of the patty may stow into his knapsack, or in his pocked—Dumfries Coupler. CORN EXCHANGE, AIARKAANE, FEB. 21 The arrivali of all sorts of Grain have increased considerauly fate Wednesday. There is rather more life in the trade for fine and such samples have obtained rather more money than on A:ess.. day ; bet in other qualities-there is no improt Raley ..f prime quality alone commands attention at la-t quotations; other sorts are still very dull. Wan/ and Peas are unaltered. OAS find sale on much the same terms as Monday. In the Fknr trade there is rather more life. Arrivals.—English Wheat, 6,100 qrs. Barley, 9,1.00 qrs. Oats, 9,700 qrs. Irish Oat■, 11,050 qrs. English Flour, 7101) sacks. SMITHFIELD MARKET, FEBRUARY 25. - The price of Beef remains nearly as on Monday, the best Oxen fetching ss. to 51. ed. per stone, few, however, teaching the last price. Inferior Beasts are dull sale at 45. to 4s: ad. per stone. Ilu.tuts remains nearly as on fast market-day, fine Downs, Maiden Ewe*, &c. being quoted at Ss. 9.d to Ss. &I. pet stone; and coarser 40 4d. to 4s. 10d. Veal remains very firm tit 6s. 6d. to 6s: Bd. per store for the best young Calves, and 5... 6.1. to 6s. 2d. for larger. In Puri there is no sari"' Calves, 110. Bet f, 4s. 4d. toss. to 6s. od. Pork ss. 2d. Clover, £4 10s. to A 5 I 7 I J 4 i eariatioa.—Beasts, 454 ; Sluep, 2,40 ; Ytjs , 90 ; Id. to ss. 9d. Mutton, 41. Bd. to ss. ed. 'foal, ss. rk ss. 2d. to 6s. per load, AZ se. to 15 Os. Os. to as 101. Straw, ,C 2 to All 9s.