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Just ready, in 2 vols., with Illustrations, 21s. bound, ALGERIA AND TUNIS, In 1845. By Captain J. CLARK KENNEDY, 10th Royal Irish. An account of a journey made through the two Regencies, by ' Viscount FEILDING and Captain KENNEDY. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Orders received by all Booksellers. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND, SMALE, AND LAMOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TUFA]) 4.1 t and FRIDAY, at One o'clock„ at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, tow hich place all fzvours, containing instructions, are respectfully quested to be ,addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited for exa mination at least one day previously to their being offered ;and adviees of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and Ahe proceeds immediately disposed of according to instructions. Offices, Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public are respectfully informed, that on SATURDAY Next, March 7, will be performed (for the Second Time in this Country) Verdi's cele brated Opera of " NABUCO," under the title of NIO. • With New Scenery, Dresses and Decorations. Wilms, King of Assyria, Signor Fornasari ; Idaspe, Signor Corelli ; Orotasphe (High Priest of the Temple of Isis), Signor Botelli ; Ab dello (an Officer of the King of Assyria), Signor Daifiuri ; Fenena (daughter of Ninus), Madlle. Corbari, her second appearance in this country ; Anna eister of Orotasphe), Madame Bellini ; Abigail (a slave, supposed to be the eldest daughter of Ninus), Mediae. San chioli, her second appearance in this country. To conclude with an entirely new Grand Ballet, by M. Perrot. In Five Tableaux. The music by Signor Pugni. The Scenery by Mr. C. Marshall, entitled, CATARINI ; or, LA FILLE DU BANDIT. The principal parts by Mdlle. Lucile Grahn, Madame Petit Stephan, Moncelet, Cassan, Demelisse, and Madame Louise Taglioni, (her second appearance in this country.) M.M. Gosselin, Bertrand, Di Mattis. and Perrot. THEATRE ROYAL, DItURY-LANE. TIIIS EVENING, Will be performed a New Opera, entitled THE CRUSADERS Har . The principal characters will b e sustained by Messrs. D. W. King, W. rison, ilorrani , Horncastle, S. Jon es, Weiss, Stretton, Miss Romer, and Miss Rainforth. After which, a new Fairy Ballet, called THE ISLAND NYMPH. In which Mona. Desplaces, Mdlles. Neodot, Louise, Adele, Mdme. Giubilei, &c., will appear. TGEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING _ . _ Will be performed the Comedy of OLD HEADS AND YOUNG REARTS. Tom Coke, Mr. Webster ; Bob, Mr. Buckstone ; Jesse Rural, Mr. W. Fairen ; Lady Hawthorn, Miss Julia Bennett. The Band will perform the overture, " La Reine d'un Jour," Quadrille, "Le Rol d'Yvetot," "Czarina Mazourk," and the Waltz, "Love's Serenade." After which a New Comic Drama, ealled THE IRISH POST. Characters by Messrs. J. Bland, Tilbury, Mrs. Hamby, &c. To be followed by a New Farce, (Idled LEND ME FIVE SHIL VINGS. Mr. Golightiy, Mr. Bu. ketone ; Capt. Fhobbs, Mr. Tilbury; Capt. Spruce, Mr. Brindal ; Mrs. Major Phobbs, Miss P. H , rton. 'PEI ATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. It is respectfully announced that Mrs. Keeley, having recovered *OM her indisposkion, will have the honour of appearing This Evening in " The Cricket on the Hearth," and in the New Bur lesque of " The Marble Maiden." THIS EVENING Will be performed THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH. Dot, Mrs. Keeley. After which (second time) a New Extravaganza, entitled THE MARBLE MAIDEN. Characters by Mr. Keeley, Mr. A. Wigan, Mrs. Keeley, and Miss L , tidlaw (her first appearance). To conclude with the new successful Burlesque, entitled THE ENCHANTED HORSE; or, Prince Firma Scbah of Persia and the Princess of Bengal. Principal Characters by Messrs. Keeley Wigan, T. Matthews, Collier, Turner, Kinloch, &c. ; 11Idlles Keeley, Villars, Hodson, Grove, Howard, Arden, Sze. Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, 6d. THEATILE ROYAL. ADELPHI THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Drama, entitled THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. Principal characters sustained by Madame Celeste, Messrs. Wright, 0. Smith, &c. To be followed by TAMING A TARTAR ; or, Magic and Ma zourkaphobia. In which Messrs. Paul Bedford and Wright, Miss Woolgar, Madame Celeste, &c. will perform. To conclude with a New Farce, entitled THE PHANTOM BREAKFAST. Supported by Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Wright, Miss Woolgar, &c. On Monday Next will be p HEroduced a NewBOY. Drama, in Two Acts, called, T CABIN PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the Comedy of WILD OATS. Rover, Mr. Wallack ; Harry Thunder, Mr. J. Vining; Sim, Mr. Oxberry ; Ephraim Smooth, Mr. Compton ; Lady Amaranth, Mrs. Stirling. After which a New Grand Dramatic Masque, entitled THE RUINS OF ATHENS. Embracing the united strength of the Dramatic, Operatic, and Ballet company. The whole of the Music composed by Beethoven. To conclude with a New Farce, called TOO MANY COOKS SPOIL THE BROTH. Gregory Granite, Mr. Compton; George, Mr. Oxberry ; Fanny, Miss E. Stanley. On Saturday, Madame Vestris and Mr. Charles Mathews will make their First Appearance. NEW STRAND THEATRE, M. PHILLIPPE'S SOIREES and MAI INEES MYSTERIEUSES. Two Morning Performances during the Week. At the urgent and reiterated solicitations of many distinguished families, and in order to accommodate the crowds who flock to attend his Morning Performances, M. PHILLIPPE will give his Grand Juvenile Entertainment every Wednesday and Saturday Mowing, gt Two o'clock. M. Phillippe's most Popular Deceptions and Peculiar Experiments will be repeated every Evening, varied by the Amusing Per formances of the Chiarini Family, and the astounding Feats of the American Brothers.—Doors open at a quarter put Seven, to com mence at a quarter before Eight. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s, ; Pit, is.; _ Gallery, 6d. ; Private Boxes, U. Is., and U. 11s. 6d. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Immense and overflowing houses to witness the Grand Spectacle, One Hundred Female Warriors. A Tribute to British Valour Pictorial Illustration of the Battle of Moodkee. Mr. R. Peihana in the " Masquerade ES THIS EVEITINO Will be performed THE S e:A. KING'S VOW ; or, a Struggle for Liberty. Supported by Messrs. Hughes, Rogers, Cowell, May nard, Johnson, Lewis, Heslop, Monson; Mesdms. Vining, Daly, Martin, Miss Glover, and One Hundred Female Warriors. After which, A TRIBUTE TO BRITISH "VALOUR. Grand Tableau--Death of Sale. To be followed by a new Farce, entitled, THE MASQUERADE BALL. Sambo Hit-'em-Hard, Mr. R. Pelham. To conclude with THE VAMPIRE. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITZIEATRE OF ARTS. The most extraordinary and unparalleled Novelties ever predaced at this Theatre, which nightly command overflowing houses. Mr. Batty has much pleasure in stating that, after great research, he has succeeded in procuring the greatest wonder in the world ; namely, an Elephant who performs the most difficult feats on the Tight Rope without the aid of a Balance Pole. Also, the great performing Elephants in the Spectacle of " The Raja of Nagpore." THIS EVENING Will bo performed a New Drama, entitled THE RAJA OF NAGPORE ; or, the Sacred Elephants of the Pagoda. In which the whole of the extensive resources of the Establishment will be brought into requisition. Brilliant Scenes of the Circle, combining the unequalled Feats of the British and Foreign Company. The whole to conclude with the favourite Farce of ANIMAL MAGNETISM; or, Love and Physic. THE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, MARCH 5. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 45; Highest, 55; Noon, 51 BAROMETER, 29.65. Wnin W.N.W., morning, rain: afternoon, fine. UEGPI WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. M •rning .. 53 minutes after 7. I Evening 31 minutes after 8 4.5 4 Y, :,;'" ~ , .- - , 7 - -1.. s . , 3,, - A - „. 4 .,„ • ~.10,.....7, '' 1 1 . 0 ', * , ~)‘) ' .7141... , t , EC s ;,,,, , r • 3 [ o ', 4 4, '„ 13 .,0rr.' ,:,.• ..:-,,..... „. _,,,- • --...,.. .fint1 1 )11);, LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1846. There was a Ro: al Commission this evening, for the pur p )se of giving the rot•al assent to certain Bills. Various petitions having been presented, The Earl of ABERDEEN, in answer to a question on the subject of the claims of Pritish subjects on the Portuguese Government, said that he believed the Commissioners had decided fairly, and that the British Government had no right to interfere in the matter. After a few words from Lord BROUGZIA3I with regard to the claims of Sir J. M. DOYLE, ' The Duke of WELLINGTON bore testimony to the merits of Sir J. M DOYLE as a military man. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY knew that Sir J. M. DOYLE hal received a great deal of money from the Portuguese Go vernment, and considered that his pressing this claim was indelicate. The Duke of RICHMOND advocated the claims of Sir J. M. DOYLE. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY presented a petition pray ing that the standing orders might be suspended as far as regarded the County,of Down Railway. Lord REDESDALE opposed the motion. The Earl of WICKLOW saw no ground for deviating from the standing orders with regard to Irish railways more than with regard to others. Lard MONTRA:GLE could not consent to the prayer of the pet it ion. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY would not press the matter further after what. had fallen from Noble Lords. Their Lordshipo then adjourned. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. Several Railway Bills were read a second time, and ordered to be committed. Mr. MMoaais moved the second reading of the Great North and South Wales Railway Bi!l ra ieneral EVANS presvidied a petition against the Bill. the sic and reading of which, after a short discussion, was post poned to Monday, and the petition was ordered to be per sented at the expense of the parties presenting it. Various petitions were pre,ented against the enrollment of the militia. Sir R. PEEL in answer to a question from Mr. VienNox SMITH said that it was his intention before the close of the discussion on the Government propositions, to lay before the House the measures they intended to propose with res!•ect to the law of settlement and local taxation. Mr. ETWALL then moved, pursuant to notice, for the ap pointment of a Select Committee to inquire into the adminis• tration of the poor-laws in the Andover Union, and into the management of the Union Workhouse. The Host. Member went at considerable length into the details of the occur rences that took place in the Andover Union, which he con sidered as highly disgraceful, and called loudly for inquiry. Mr. WAKLEY seconded the motion. Sir J. GRAHAM regretted that so much of the valuable time of the House had been occupied upon a workhouse squabble. He had on former occasions deprecated the em ployment of the poor, in unions in the south of England, in crushing bones, considering that to be an employment of a penal and repulsive chanter. This mode of employment cf the poor in unions, had been put an end to since January last, by an order of the Poor-law Commissioners. The diet of the poor had been altered; and the, master objected to in the Andover union had b een removed, and a master appointed a.gainst whow no complaint s h a d b een ma d e. In future district auditors, and not local ones, would manage and pass the accounts of the union. The Right Hon. Baronet concluded by moving as an amendment, that a copy of Mr. I PARKER'S report, and the evidence taken before him on the subject of bone crushing and Mr. M‘DowALL's dismissal, should be laid on the table and printed. Mr. WARLEY felt himself to be in a most awkward posi tion, because he was favourable both to the motion and the amendment. He thought the best course would be to ad journ the debate, until the papers had been laid on the table and printed. He was as anxious as any man not to throw any delay in the way of the debate on the corn-laws, but he must confess that he looked upon this as something more than a workhouse squabble. He trusted the Right Hon. Baronet would withdraw his amendment, because it might be looked upon out of doors as a desire to put an end to in quiry into the complaints of the poor. He hoped the Hon• Baronet would make his amendment a substantive motion, and support that of the Hon. Member for Andover. Mr. CHaisTIE defended the course pursued by Mr. PARKER, and called upon the House to grant a Committee of Inquiry. He looked upon the amendment of the Right Hon. Baronet as a mere juggle, and if the Right Hon. Baronet was deter mined to star dby the decision of the Poor-law Commis sioners in dismissing Mr. PARKER, he (Mr. ClimsztE) should feel it to be his duty, when the question of their sa laries came before the House, to do all in his power, in con junction with other Members, to prevent their receiving them until justice had been done to Mr. PARKER. Sir J. GRAHAM said that Mr. PARKER had evinced such a disposition of insubordination towards his employers, the Poor•law Commissioners, as, in his opinion, fully justified them in dismissing him from their service. Mr. FERRAND thought that it had been clearly shown that the subject now under discussion was not a workhouse, but a S •merset-house squabble. After some observations from Captain Pechell, Sir. R Inglis, Mr. T. Duncombe, Mr. P. Borthwick, Mr. Hume Lord Pollington, Mr. J. Jervis, General Johnson, Mr. Aglionby, Mr. Sharman Crawford, and Mr. Fielden, Sir J. GRAHAM withdrew his amendment, stating that he would make it a substantive motion ; but, with respect to the amendment, of which notice had been given by the Hon. Member for Weymouth, to extend the inquiry to the causes which led to the dismissal of Mr. PARKER, he felt bound to give it his most strenuous opposition. Mr. CHRISTIE then moved his amendment, which N% as to the effect of extending the inquiry into the conduct of the Poor-law Commissioners and their late Assistant-commis• sioner, Mr. PARKER, in reference to the two investigations held at Andover, and into all the circumstances under which the Poor-law Commissioners called upon Mr. PARKER to resign his Assistant-commissionership. After a short discussion, the House divided, and the amend ment of Mr. CHRISTIE was carried by a majority of 23, there being 92 in its favour and 69 against it. The original motion of Mr. ETWALL, and the amendment of Mr. CHRISTIE, were both of them adopted. Mr. COWPER then moved for copies of dispatches received by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs containing in formation about the persecution inflicted upon the Bazilian nuns of Minsk. Mr. WYSE seconded the motion. Sir R. PEEL said that the Government had not received any official documents from the Government of Russia upon the subject. The only information that had been received was from the British Consul at Warsaw, who stated his belief that no such atrocities had taken place ; or if they had they had been greatly exaggerated. He would advise the House to be careful how it set the example of interfering with the domestic affairs of other nations. The motion was withdrawn after a short discussion. Mr. NEWDEGATE postponed his motion relative to frau dulent and vexatious objections to votes in Warwickshire and Staffordshire to Tuesday next. In answer to a question from Mr. P. HOWARD, Sir R. PEEL said he proposed going on with the Com mittee on the corn-laws to-morrow evening, before the Committee of Supply. The other orders of the day were then disposed of and the House adjourned. Before the amendment of Mr. CHARLES VILLIERS be for gotten amidst the steady and rational realisation of our free trade wishes, through the instrumentality of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S graduated policy, we would express our sentiments with reference to that amendment and also with reference to the behaviour of Mr. COBDEN on the evening of its over throw. As far as our individual aspirations are concerned we would rejoice as heartily and as enthusiastically as any one if commerce were instantaneously released from its present bondage ; an immediate abolition of importation and of ex portation duties would be to us an occasion for our most earnest self-gratulation. When, however, we perceive —as every reasonable and dispassionate man must perceive, as the Noble Member for the city of London perceives, as the First Lord of the Treasury perceives, as the Member for Stockport perceives —that, under all circumstances, an obsti nate demand for free trade to-day (instead of to-morrow or the day after) would be most inimical to the interests of the people, we cannot but regard a persistence in such demands as unwise, as ungracious, and as absolute insanity. A change so sudden in the whole system of mercantile affairs would be productive of a confusion which must alone prove infinitely prejudicial ; besides which, so many preliminaries have to be arranged, and so many opposite interests to be balanced, that an immediate annihilation of existing prin ciples is impossible. It is both foolish and fallacious to dream for a single moment of seizing a prize so utterly unattain able. We would ourselves grasp free trade immediately—if we could! But, seeing what insurmountable barriers inter cept the pathway conducting to that goal, we prefer under mining its barriers and sapping its very foundations by a three years' application of the sliding - scale, rather than beat our knuckles to a mummy in a childish attempt to overthrow such granite obstacles. Three winters hence, and the golden edict will be in full operation ; why therefore hazard its fulfilment alto gether by an obstinacy so ill-judged and so ruinously chime rical? We have a promissory note at thirty-six months for a payment in full; why risk the settlement of our great debt altogether by insisting upon its liquidation " down upon the nail." By these considerations, by a knowledge of the hazardous character of the views entertained by the lion. Member for Wolverhampton, and by a thorough apprecia tive of the wisdom and the practicable excellence of Sir ROBERT'S policy, Mr. COBDEN has modulated his enthu siasm, while he has, at the same time, adhered with perfect constancy to those views which he had previously adopted and these professions which he had already announced. Had the patriotism of that really noble-minded monarch of the League been hitherto questionable, his speech of Tuesday night would have established at once and for ever its purity, its self-forgetfulness, and its entire consistency. He saw and acknowledged the impossibility of any success attending the amendment proposed by Mr. VILLIERS, lie recognised the danger which would accrue . ' to the Ministerial propositions by any undue perseverence in the advocacy of that amendment, and therefore, while voting with his Honourable Friend and associate, in fulfilment of those engagements into which he had elsewhere entered, he would, " after the division upon that question, give as cordial a support to the measure of the Go vernment as any gentleman in that House." In speaking thus Mr. COBDEN has proved himself consistent to those glorious principles upon which his renown, and his in fluence, and his popularity, are built up : he has proved himself consistent to those patriotic sentiments with which his past conduct has been animated ;' he has proved himself consistent in that anxiety for the wel fare of his fellow-countrymen which has been so conspicuously evidenced in the whole of his Parliamentary career. That small sentence is the epitome of his public character; it is worthy of RICHARD COBDEN, it is worthy of the nineteenth century, it is worthy of the great cause Of FREEDOM TO COMMERCE , and of the offering of food to the hungry and unprotected labouring classes. The people will estimate this conduct of their favourite champion as it merits, so also will the Prime Minister of Great Britain, so also will the historian of this peace ful and bloodless revolution. In commenting, how ever, as we have done, upon the propriety of the amendment introduced by Mr. VILLIERS, we do not for a moment doubt that the Hon. Member for Wolverhampton was actuated by feelings the most honourable and the most conscientious. He had pledged himself to perform a certain act; that pledge he has redeemed, and we cannot but feel assured that his co-operation in the Ministerial measures will be as earnest and as decided as that promised by the Honourable Member for Stockport. On mature reflection we are satisfied that Mr. VILLIERS must acquiesce in the sensible and resolute expressions employed by the two representa tives for Finsbury—to whom all honour be accorded I While speaking thus in commendation of Mr. COBDEN, Mr. Dux- COaIBE, and Mr. WAKLEY, we cannot refrain from con gratulating the constituency of Cheltenham upon the staunch adherence of th 9 Honourable CRAVEN BERKELEY to the cause of free trade. His fidse vote in the minority of Tuesday night is satis factory in its very insufficiency; it is an earnest that , notwithstanding his summoning the League, as it were, to judgment on the subject of signatures to petitions, his sympathies are nevertheless identical with those of that great Associatii.n, and that his voice is ever ready to speak out in concurrence with their principles. While the great commercial measures propounded by Government are being made the subject of violent controversy in the Lower House, it cannot be uninteresting or unimpor tant to note the sentiments expressed among the Peers respecting a movement which, of its class, has no parallel in the records of Parliament. It may be said with considerable show of reason, that more furious opinions upon the matter are entertaineelbny theirinthe kingdom; Lordships than possibly bodyof me ngd a o ll allusions to em itshlam; and, in ea rnes t us u i s o t assinsti gators f of fy thisany other circumstance, more flagitious have been made within that a t t s t a aristrocrats than is accordant with i treated to these casual manifestations of feeling dignity.W e are among o the o ligarchy, in moments o f s u preme excitement in dignation, when their most cherished thoughts r start forth in spite of themselves. At these times, the smallest peg upon which to hang any of these ultra -Parliamentary exclamations is taken advantage of for that purpose—and in this abrupt and disjointed manner, we obtain a kind of interjectional notion of the thoughts rankling in the bosoms of those right honourable personages. From the utterance of those thoughts also we obtain a glimpse of their intentions. Precisely of this character were the observations with which, on Tuesday evening, the Earl of HARDWICKE thought proper to clothe certain petitions in favour of protection to agriculture from j different places in the county of Cambridge. In introducing ' those petitions the Noble Lord manufactured another of those warning speeches with which his brother landlords have endeavoured to frighten away the agitators for com mercial reform—speeches which we cannot but regard SS the very counterpart of the scarecrows with which farmers try to prevent the incursion of hungry birds upon their corn-fields, and which scarecrows are generally com posed of mere garbage and rubbish. Desirous no doubt of giving his cause an appearance of solidity, the Noble Lord- Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire had recourse to a few quota tions from COCKER, which however had not the slightest bearing upon the purport of the prayer signed by the said petitioners. Tradition informs us of a fellow who delighted in the constant narration of an anecdote about a gun ; and who, whatever the conversation might be, always managed by some contri vancy or other to introduce his pet story, a contrivance which more generally resolved itself simply into an outcry of "Oh ! talking about guns reminds me of an accident, &c. &c." Exactly after this fashion do the protectionist noblemen manage to discover some excuse, some opportune moment, some appropriate point, at which to repeat, for the nine l i hundred and ninety-ninth time, their old tale about the destruction of the farming interest, and such like lamentations. If a railway bill, or a Committee motion, or a currency measure, or any other topic whatever be under discussion, up jumps his Grace of RICHMOND, or some equally outrageous money-lover, with the usual cock-and bull story of the lamentable consequences certain to result from any relaxation of the Custom-house duties. A little episode of this description took place on Tuesday in the House of Peers the diatribe of the Lord-Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire form ing a sort of preface or introduction to it—very pointless, very irrelevant and very unlucky in its assertions. ," He per fectly understood the principle upon which the Government was dissolved, but he had never heard it yet stated on what principle the Government was resumed." Really Join{ Mom is quite a sprightly and sagacious logician when compared with these sticklers for taxation upon foreign provisions. The Noble Earl does not com prehend the principle upon which the present Go vernment was resumed I—why, every brain almost in Great Britain has been perfectly saturated with explanations of that principle from the very moment the present session commenced; the public mind (so to speak) is by this time actually sodden with expositions of that principle—first from Sir IiOBERT Pam, then from Sir JAMES GRAHAM, then from Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT, then from Sir G. CLERK, and so on through the whole list of Government officials. Besides which, is not that principle conspicuously developedin every clause of the Ministerial proposition now running the gauntlet of the protection gentlemen of the Lower House? And yet the Earl of HARDWICKE, declares his ignorance of the nature of that principle ! Really the thinness of the agricultural skin is only exceeded by the thickness of the agricultural skull. His Lordship then proceeds to perorate his remarks to a climax, and this he accomplishes by declaring that the House of Commons had, according to his mind, " lost the good opinion and confidence of the country by the course it had pursued"—shutting his ears, of course, to those cries of exultation ghich circulated throughout the land at the intelligence of the majority of ninety-sevens with which that conduct had been confirmed. The Earl of HARDWICKE declares the Lower House to be unpopular ; the multitude, through every channel by which a knowledge of public opinion can be obtained, de clare that House (or, rather, the majority of that House), to be the most popular, perhaps, that ever legislated for the good of the people. Upon the cessation of his Lordship's harangue, and despite the decided language in which the Marquis of LONDONDERRY deprecated the con tinuance of a discussion so premature, his Grace of Rion- MOND enforced the view entertained by his colleagues with his ordinary rashness of tone and tongue. He accounted for the 97 votes by which the Government had recently worsted their opponents by an insinuation most bold, and, in our estimation, most unparliamentary. " All the placemen," said his Grace, "_voted. There are a great many offices vacant, and every man who is looking out for an office voted for the Government." This is a direct imputation upon the honesty of the Honourable Members referred to, and one that is not sustained by a single scrap of evidence. Various other expressions of a similar character, were subsequently uttered by the Noble Duke; in themselves significant tokens of the wrath which is generating in the Upper House, and of the fierce antagonists who will be mustered against the free-trade measure imme diately upon its introduction to the hall of aristocracy. Let those noble Oppositionists, however, remember that the will of the people can never be gainsaid—that it can never be thwarted beyond a certain time—that,' when roused by the pertinacious contradiction of an oligarchy, it becomes the most puissant and the most terrible of despots. Let them remember, moreover, the passing of the Reform Bill—and the alternative to which they were reduced by their obstinacy. Ultimate triumph to the cause of abolition is, however, cer tain; and before many years more have elapsed, the eulogium upon the League uttered on Tuesday night by Lord BROUGHAM will be echoed by all classes of the community—the tenant farmers, and even the protectionist dukes, amongst the number. We have intelligence from Madrid of the 25th ult. The Senate that day commenced the discussion on the new elec toral Bill and adopted sixteen clauses. The only feature in the discussion worth notice was a declaration of Senor ISTU RITZ, announcing that the objects of the Government in this Bill were that all opinions should be fairly represented, and that no unconstitutional means be resorted to for the purpose of influencing the elections. It is reported that NARVAZZ is decidedly opposed to the marriage of the QUEEN with the Count DE TRAPANI, The Eco del Comercio affirms that "it is the intention of General NAAVANZ to ask the Government several questions respecting the Trnr.►Nl alliance, to which he has declared himself adverse.", The new Minister of Finance had addressed a circular to all the intendants of the provinces, desiring them to proceed with the collection of the land-taxes for the purposes of the state. The total amount is reckoned at 125,000,000 reals (1,250,0001.), and that for Madrid at 60,0001. The Three per Cents. closed at 32 at 60 days. No other stock was quoted. The Paris papers contain additional intelligence from Algiers, and the unfavourable accounts from Washington are referred to by most of them. With the exception of the Press., they seem to consider the policy adopted by Pom of a hostile character, and most likely to lead to a war between England and America. The same journal pays high compli ments to Sir R. PEEL for his liberal and daring commercial policy, but, at the same time, while grateful for reducing the duty on brandy, it expresses regret that he had stopped short at wine. This is a very natural cause of regret for a French writer. The vine producers in the south of France are half ruined by the system of Customs adopted by the Government, and an outlet for their second and third-rate wines in England would be a great boon. They are perfectly aware of the fact, and are taking measures for impressing the Legislature with a con viction that a change is absolutely necessary, but no French man can readily blame England for this state of things; on the contrary, she merits the highest praise, and France has only to imitate her example in order to secure the lasting friendship of the two countries and the peace of the world. With the exception referred to, the remarks of the Presse are just :—" The able system adopted in England for the re duction of the tariff of import duties there already begins to bear fruit, since even in France, without taking into account the difference between the state of the two countries, en lightened minds begin to call for an immediate, universal, unlimited freedom of trade. The reduction of duties upon the first necessaris of life for the consumption of the people of England is not only a measure of humanity, Preventive, perhaps, of disastrous internal disorder, but is also, when viewed in the light of an expansion of commerce, an act of the soundest and most disinterested policy. In fact, by lessening the cost of the means of life to the working man, Sir R. PEEL renders at the same time the productions of his hands less dear and more abundant. It is, however, to be regretted that he stopped at the important reduction of the duties upon French wines. Before the time of EDWARD the English drank wine as we do in France, brought in abundance from the provinces of Anjou and Guyenne. Since the loss of these provinces an almost eternal war has sepa rated England from this source of supply. She has been forced to have recourse to new aliments, and adopt beer and spirits distilled from grain. The enormous profit which the agricultural proprietors derive from the malt with which in toxicating beer is made, has driven them to devote nearly the whole of their produce in barley, and a great portion of their other corn, to this object." Does not the writer perceive that the very facts he states would furnish the protectionists with new arguments? The Semaphore of Marseilles contains intelligence from Algiers of the 25th ult., from which we learn that Marshal BUGEAUD had arrived there on the previous day, with a small detachment of troops, who appeared to have under gone great hardships. A private letter from Algiers says:— " The soldiers were all very much sun-burnt; their clothes, which were patched in all parts with coarse cloth and pieces of skins of animals, were covered with dust. We were much affected by the appearance of these brave troops, which had endured such great fatigues and undergone such great hard ships, to drive out the enemy and protect our colony." The following is the last dispatch received from the Marshal, and is dated Jurjura, Feb. 20, giving an account of his rencontre with ABD-EL-KADER in that district:— " the 1 1 5 v e t h a . s not Th e a b B I e e n t i o_ K c r h o a s f s o u t h . e s m b e o i u n n g t a t a i o n f b t y h e s i l! , S iv e t r tl i - 5 K e h n a e fo d u t n o s w t t a n , d t i s l e nifi sa c m an e t r d es ay ls a ta t n t c h e e , i t n he w ir h n ic e h ig , hb e o l u o rs a , a o n n d ly oLp o os m ed a t n o . m l e e o n u c ly am a p n e i d as t i h g fort of the South Flissa, which had been submitted to one Agha Ben-Zamoun. I had, in passing, chastised the Beni-Khafouns, and remained in their territory during the 10th. I was joined the same day by General Gentil, and I sent him to resume his post at the Col des Beni-Aicha on the 17th and 18th. I invaded the mountains of the unsubmitted Flissas. Numerous" armed groups showed themselves on various points at a distance, but they did not venture on an attack. On the 19th they came to the number of between 3,000 and 4,000, to the high mountains at the left of my camp • but I would not attack them, because I was re so l ve d to approach by the valley of Boghnl, the sources of the Oued-Kseub, where Abd-el-Kader had been en camped for several days. After having marched an hour and a half, we discovered the cavalry of the Emir, and all his baggage, in a very difficult defile on a ridge near the regions of snow. Instead of coming to attack me, as he had promised the Kabyles, he de scended the mountain, and entered into the Hamza. This difficult retreat was covered by 1,500 to 2,000 Kabyles, either out of inte rest to the Emir, or because they wished to defend their habita tions. When we had arrived near the Kabyles they began to fire —I then ordered an attack by three battalions. The Kabyles were successively dis'odged from several positions, and forced at length to defile en masse in a ravine, where we fired upon them at a very short distance. They left a good number of dead, and were followed until night without being able to reach the column of Abd-el-Kader. To-day three tribes of Kabyles ' the most menaced by the presence of my column, h ave written to enter into arrangements. I have sent for their chiefs to my camp, and am waiting for them. I learned from their envoys that Abd-al-Lader slept last night at the East of Hamza, and had left many beasts of burthen in the dreadful ravines through which he had to pass. The same men agreed in stating that Ben Salem had followed him in his retreat, as he dreaded the anger of the Kabyles, who have been so ill-treated by my eolumn on his account.' Marshal Bugeaud enclosed a report from General Levasseur, dated Constantina, the 4th, an nouncing submissions by some of the tribes who had previously made their submission to Abd-el-Kader, but communicating no other fact of interest." The accounts in the German journals, received this morn ing, says Golignani of Tuesday, are very contradictory as to the revolutionary movement in Prussian Poland, and the disturbances in Cracow, Gallacia, &c. According to some they were at an end, others state that they had rather in creased than diminished. In this confusion we do not find a single fact from any source worthy of notice, that can enable us to form an opinion as to the real state of things in the disturbed districts. And the Constitutionnel, after giving some particulars respecting the reported insurrection, adds : - " All this proves that the news given by the German journals ought to be received with the greatest reserve." Discontent still prevails to a great extent in the POPE'S dominions. The following accounts, contained in a letter, dated Marseilles, Feb. 27, are very distressing, for they show that Austria is inclined to show no mercy : " We learn by the Herculaneum, which arrived yesterday from Leghorn, that about 50 persons have been arrested at Pesaro and Gano, in the Roman States. Some others had contrived to elude the search of the police, and amongst them Count Montevecchi, belong. ing to one of the first families in the country. The individuals coin promised in the late affair at Rimini, who to the number of 22 had set sail on the Adriatic, but had been obliged by stress of weather to put into Fiume in Dalmatia, have been given up by Austria to the Papal Government. They lately arrived in an Austrian vessel at Ancona, and have been shut up in the fort. The rumour that M. Renzi was to be tried by the military commission sitting at Rimini, notwithstanding the comp!aints aide on all sides against these exceptional tribunals, has excited great sensation." The Three per Cents. closed at 84f. 55c. ; the Five per Cents., 123 f. 50c. ; the Orleans Railroad shares, 1,330 f.; Rouen, 1,065 f. ; Havre, 747 f. 50e.; Great Northern, 791 L 25e. ; Avignon, 1,007 f. 50c. ; Vierzon, 752 f. 50c.; Uordeaux, 670 f. ; Troyes and Montereau, 450 f. ; Basle, urg Tiers and Nantes, 580 f. • Paris and Lyons (De finitive), 631 f. 56.3.; Spanish Three per Cents. 38% ; Spanish Pas sives,fie.Fampoul,Stras- burg, . The following are the quotations for other lines : Lyons and Avignon Railroad (Talo , o, 610 f. ; ditto (Lecointe), 505 f. ; ditto (Compagnie Meridienale), bO2f. ; Bordeaux and Cette (Mackenzie), 503 f. 50c. ; ditto (Espeleta), 510 f.; Caen (Delamarre), 502 f. 50c.; Charleroi, 497 f. .slntszuszs, FEB. 28 . — Marseilles and Avignon, 1,017 f. 50c. ; Northern, 775 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 640 f. BUSINESS DONE I?•t FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TIES LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Meitcs 4. Barbadoes, 4 --Boulogne and Amiens, 114—Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Mackenzie), 2- Dutch Rhenish, 64—East Indian, 1— Great Northern of France Constituted, 164 —ltalian and Austrian, 14 —Luxembourg, 24—Namur and Liege, 24—Orleans and Vier sou, 19—Reuel and Zayre. 29%, WINCHESTER, Kowa 4.—Lieutenant Hawkey, the prin cipal in the duel at Gosport, in which Mr. Seton lost his life, has surrendered himself, and the judges have fixed Friday for his trial. Mr. Cockburn is retained on behalf of Mr. Hawkey. Mr. Pym, Mr. Hawk( y's second, and Lieut. Bowles, R.N., who acted as the friend of Mr. Seton, will also, it is stated, take their trial. From the very high estimation in which the deceased was held among all classes in Hampshire, the greatest interest is manifested for the result. THE BArrms ox THE SUTLEJ.—The important victories gained by the British arms over the Seikhs, as well as the future movements of our troops in that quarter, have natu rally 9cited the greatest interest, and made a correct and intelligible map of the scene of action and the territory of the P . unjaub much s oug ht a fter. Hitherto most of the maps published are very defective, and omit altogether the names of places now rendered immortal by the recent deeds. Mr. Wyld, of Charing-cross, with his usual activity and skill, has supplied the deficiency in a map just published, and dedicated to Sir Henry Hardinge, entitled, " Map of the Routes through the Punjaub and the adjoining States." In this useful chart all the places mentioned in the dispatches are laid down, with the route from Umballah by Sirsind to Loodianah, and the tract taken by the troops on their march to relieve Sir John Littler at Ferozepore. The distances are given at every ten or fifteen miles, and the fords in the river, at least those considered sta tionary, are pointed out, with the respective roads leading from them to Lahore. We understand that Mr Wyld has spared no expense in consulting the best maps and surveys of the country, and that for a part of the Punjaub—all to the south of Lahore, with a considerable portion to the north, and the entire district bounded on the east by Kurnaul, Urn - ballah, and Loodianah, and on the west by Bhutneer and Ferozepore—it is by far the most correct chart of the kind published. The price is extremely moderate, and we have no doubt that for mome time to come it will have a vast circulation. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. — The number of deaths during the week ending February 28 was 916, showing a decrease of 39 as compared with the previous week. The deaths from small-pox (only 4); measles, scarlatina, and pneumonia, are considerably below the average, bat we re gret to find that bronchitis still continues very fatal, the deaths being 71, or about twice the usual number. The violent deaths are stated to be 19. " THE SUN" EXPRESS. (From Besley's Devonshire Chronicle.) We are indebted to the politeness of the talented and inde• atigable proprietor of The Sun, for a copy of the debates, with the division of the House of Commons on Friday night, which was received by us soon after nine o'clock on Satur day morning. (From the Cheltenham Examiner.) THE Dlrsiorr.—An express edition of The Sun, forwarded by special engine, brought the earliest intimation of the re- sult of Saturday morning's division. The debate did not close until near three o'clock, and when we say that The Sun reached our office, in Cheltenham, shortly after nine, our readers will agree that it was one of the most speedy in stances of newspaper expressing on record. Large placards were immediately placed outside the Examiner office, giving the lieges the earliest news of this important result. DUTCH MAIL. THE HAGUE, FEB. 28.—A royal message was presented to-day in the sitting of the Second Chamber of the States General, accompanying a project of law for in creasing the 9th chapter of the Budget, for 1846, with an explanation of memorial. THE HAGUE, MARCH 2.—ln the sitting of the Second Chamber of the States Gene ra l t o -d ay , was opene d the project of law for transferring to the budget for 1846 sums granted for the Budget of 1845. Some objections were raised by two Members, which were answered by the Minister of Finance. On ti e question being put, the Bill was passed by a majority of 48 to 4. TEE HAGUE, FEB. 28.—Our accounts from Java to the beginning of January, inform us, that his Majesty's brig Zualuw (the Swallow) left the roads of Batavia on the 3d of December, to return to Holland. It has on board the present of the Emperor of Japan to the King, accompanied by an autograph letter of the Emperor. The report that the pirates had plundered the public coffers at Riouw, of 30,000 florinQ, appears to be un founded, no notice of such an event having beer, received by the Colonial department. This being the anniversary of the birthday of his Royal Highness Prince Frederick, his Majesty's brother, it has been observed in the usual manner. His Royal Highness completed the 49th year of his age. UTRECHT, FEB. 26.—We receive from many quarters, accounts of the forwardness of vegetation this year. The shrubs are in full leaf ; the peach and apricot trees in bloom. The strawberries are not only in bloom, but in some places have fruit of the size of a pea. BERLIN, FEB. 23.—Our merchants and manufacturers are busy with questions and guesses respecting what the German Customs Union will do in consequence of the proposed measure of Sir Robert Peel. Those who have hitherto been clamorous for higher import duties, to pro tect German manufactures, consider the modifications in the English tariff afford additional reasons for com plying with their wishes ; for, say they, as England will obtain corn and raw material on lower terms, it will be able to sell its manufactured goods at lower prices, and therefore still higher import duties will be necessary to protect German manufactures. Viscount and Viscountess Canning entertained a select circle at dinner on Wednesday, at the family mansion in Grosvenor-square. The guests included the Earl and Countess of Malmesbury, Lord and Lady Stanley, Viscount and Vis countess Jocelyn, Lord Redesdale, and Lord Ossulston. THE INDIAN MAIL.—Tne Alexandre, French packet steamer, arrived at Marseilles, on Friday morning, from Alexandria. She reports having met the Iberia going for the India mail within thirty leagues of Alexandria. At her departure the Indian mail had not been telegraphed from Suez. INTENDED REVIEW OF PENSIONERS.—OR Wednesday circulars were issued for the muster of those pensioners that have been called out by Government to perform garrison duty in various parts, in lieu of the regiments of the line. They are ordered to assemble in Hyde-park, in their new clothing, on the Ist day of May next, to be reviewed; after which they will be marched off to their respective stations. GLASGOW PIG-IRON TRADE, MARCH 3.—The market continues in the same depressed state, lent few transactions taking place. The prices may be quoted at 725. 6d. ACCIDENT,eoPre sent prices have g i ven r ise to several inquirie s f or export i g F ATAL tand n i n,eeck a orders, whi c h t ra d e i s ex p ec ted to be large thi s spr i ng. _ Gla.sgew National. youngm ari .—Wednesda y ,named John Nevill e , son morni ng , b e t ween eh of a Greenwich pil o t, was in a boat at the entrance of th e Regent's Canal D oc k, Ratcliff, waiting for a ship about t o l eave the dock, when an em pty barge, named the Bet se y, at t h e entrance of the lock, was driven by a gust of wind to swteaardrseltelaier opfiert-hheeaddawngheer7 when Nev the rudder of th e bargeille was. He atte m pt e d to metropolis, the Londontho knocked him down over the thwarts of his boat, and he was crushed by the barge in a frightful manner. Immediate as sistance was rendered, and the lockmen on the pier -head brought him ashore, but he died immediately afterwards. import, are principally the crie T s H al t d C ed ßl t E o S in Or y a ii 1 ) 0 t s ßL d = i l o T i ; , ---- 0 1 - The n uttered by the voice of Parliament have been somewhat unaccount ably omitted. These cries, and their following : Hear, hear 1 Oh, oh! Implies An obvious truism. A disagreeable truth. A bit of claptrap. An lion. Gentleman committing himself. Question ! and Spoke 1 We don't want to hear you. Order! _... Turn him out. Cock-a-doodle-doo A moral maxim.—Punch, The Rev. Sir Samuel Synge Hutchinson expired last week, at his seal, Palermo, near Dublin. He had attained the venerable age of 90. ANCIENT CONCERTS.—The Earl of Cawdor will direct the first concert of ancient music on Wednesday next, for which his Lordship has engaged Madame Caradori, Miss Dolby, and Mrs. Sunderland ; Messrs. Allen, Hawkins, Machin, and F. Lablacho. Conductor, Sir Henry Bishop. ADDISCOMBE COLLEGE.—Captain Strais, after having filled the chair of fortification lecturer for twenty years, has retired on a pension of 6001. a year. According to the statutes of the Col lege, each professor is entitled, after twenty-one years, to retire on two-thirds of his salary. SUING FOR DAMAGES.—"HaII°, Sharp," said Pop, meeting him the other day in the street, "you hobble, my boy; what's the matter with your . ~ oh, I had my feet crushed through the carelessness of a conductor the ether day , between the cars, that's all." "And don't y ou mean to sue f o r damages ?" " Damages I No; I have had dama ges enough from th em already; hadn't I better sue for repairs 7"—Ams r i eas Paper. SIR Jowl R oss .—l n consequ ence of the unfortunate bankruptcy of Sir J o h n R oss, so we ll known as the explorer of the Arctic Regions, hi s appo i ntment as C on sul-General at Stockholm has been rescinded Th e salary attac h e d to the office was 5501. per annum. His ba n k ruptcy is attribu t a bl e to his connexion with the London and Dublin T ra d es ' Ban k, o f which ho was Deputy-Chair man, and being called upon to holders. pay his quota of lose to the Clare. Tremendous cheering Ironical ditto FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, MARCII 9.—ln the sitting of the Chamber) Representatives to-day, M. d'Elhoringhe read the report) the central sectior, which has examined the project of law, making some alteration in the tariff of Customs, in conse quence of the measures adopted by Holland. It appears from this report that the project of law was unanimously approved both by the sections and by the central section, which has merely proposed some slight modifications. Messrs. J. and A. Rothschild returned to Brussels yester day, from their excursion to the Hague, and are gone toParis. ANTWERP, MARCH :'.—THE MMISTEZIAL CRISIS—DWG- Ltmox or THE MINISTRY.—The Emancipation announces that a Council was held yesterday, at the residence of M. Van de Wayer,:and, that after the termination of the Council, reports of resignations circulated in the Chamber. The In dependeace is more explicit. It announces that tiro Cabinet Councils were held, one at the Minister's of the Interior, the other at the Palace, in which the King presided. The sub ject of discussion in both being the project of law on secondary instructions. It adds, in a postscript, it is affirmed that the Council, not being able to agree, all the Ministers tendered their resignations to the King. These accounts agree with those which we have received this morning in our private correspondence. " This state of things," says our correspondent, " was foreseen by M. Van de Weyer, and wished for by his colleagues of the Catholic party. The latter obeying the orders which they have re ceived, to obtain at any price, the adjournment of the ques tion of Education.—Journal de Commerce d' Anvers, March 4. CRACOW. (From the Augsburg Algemaine Zeitung, Feb. 28.) At this moment (at an hour when the half of our impres sion is printed off) we receive accounts from Vienna, dated Feb. 25th, which state that Geneial V. Collins, thinking it advisable, with the few Austrian troops under his command, to evacuate Cracow, because the insurgents round Cracow were increasing to such large masses that he heard they might gain the important passage over the Vistula Pod gorcze, and thus carry the revolution fat into the country, had retreated, without being attacked by the insurgents, to his former position Podgorczc. Nothing new from Galicia. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, FEB. 25. 5 per Cent. Metalliques ..... . 4 per Cent. ditt0.............• ••• • • •• .• 10134 3 per Cent. ditto • 77 Loan, 1834 ...........• • .......... ..... 154 Ditto, 1839 . ..... .................... 1211 Bank Shares ......... ..... ..... •• • • • • 1570 Esterhazy's Loan RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand ............ 18234 Gloggnitz ................ ....... ...• 139 Vienna—Milan ............. Leghorn 114% Perth ..... ............ .. 104 34 Sienna .. Grosetto ..... ....... .............. 97 Apenniuen •••••••• • • • • .- • • Zeitung. Feb. 21. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BxxLIN, FEN. 27. Bills. Money. St. Sehuld Sch., 334 per Cent •• • •••• • • • • 9774 Pruss. English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent Foreign Exchanges. . Exchange on London, £1 Sterling, 3 Months. 6 24% Hamburgh, 300 Marks, 2 Months. 15014 149% Paris, 300 fr., 2 Months • ...... 79 11-13 On Paris • •••• • • • • Two months. •• . • • • .. —Universal Prussian Gazette. Feb. 27. BELGIAN FUNDS.—Baussims, Miaca 3. Actual Debt, 214 per Cent Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent ........ Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent Ditto Three per Cent.. • • • • • • • .. Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto • ..... Ditto, ditto, 180.. ...... 100% Ditto, ditto, 1842 .. Ditto, 1844. ••• • • . ...... ••• • • •• • 99% Ditto, 1836.. .. Ditto, 1838 ............. ......... 74% Ditto of the City, 1832 ......... ...... . 10034 Ditto, 1843 .. •... • ... .. Bank ofltelgium.. •• . • .• ••• • • 800 —Brussels Papers. March 4. HA.MBURGH BORSENHA.LLE, FEB. 27. Bills. Money kustrian 5 per Cents ....... • • 113 Bank Shares • • Anglo-Russian Loan ........ •••• • • .• 105 Russian 5 per Cent., Hamb. Certificate. 103 Ditto Ist series Inscription .. •••. .. • . 104 Ditto, Mope and Co., 3d and 4th series.. 9834 Ditto, in Certificate— •••. • . • • 9834 New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. ...• 90 Ditto Stieglitz •• ••••• • • • • ••••• • • • • 8834 8934 Spanish New 5 per Cent •••• • • • ..... 19% 1934 Ditto 3 per Cent •••• • • • • 31 Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 234 per Cent.. Dutch Actual Debt, 234 per Cent ..... 59% Ditto 3 per Cent. Polish New 4 per Cent. Joan, 1844.. • • 82 Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent •.• • • • 86% 86% National Bank Shares • ..... • • •• • • THE WAR ON THE SUTLEJ. The following letter from an officer high in command, who was actively employed during the late actions on the Sutlej, will be read with interest : Camp, Sultankhanwallah, Christmas-day. We have just fought three of the har lest battles ever fought in India. My horse was shot in the chest, and is since dead, I hear, for he could not carry me longer. I am now aide-de-camp to the chief, which accounts for my being mounted. As you may not re ceive a better account than I can give for some time, I will make a slight sketch of our proceedings since we left iimlah. We left Simlah on the 17th, I think, and reached Umballah on the 21st. News all peaceful. On the 23d news warlike. The troops from Meerut and other surrounding stations ordered up by the Com mander-in-Chief; and we were ordered to start for Ferozepore im mediately. On the 2d of December Sir H. Hardinge arrived at Una ballah ; counter-ordered all movement of troops. Sir H. Hardinge left us on the 6th; on the 9th news, or rather orders, came to march instantly for Ferozepore, as the Seikhs had actually crossed the Sutlej, and invaded our territories. We marched on the 12th, or rather the troops did, for I remained behind to see the ladies com fortably settled in a hoase at Umhallah, where they remained until B joined them, and then they proceeded to Meerut. I left them on Sunday, the 14th, to join the Chief; and in those three days the troops had marched 56 miles. We then proceeded by forced marches of 24 and 30 miles a day, until we approached Moodkee, where there was a report that the enemy, in force, were advancing to meet us. It, however, for the time, turned out a false alarm, and we proceeded to our ground at Moodkee. We were just hoping to get some food, when intelligence was brought that the enemy were really advancing. The chief then ordered me to return the 25 miles we had come to the rear brigade to bring them up. My poor horse was just going to be fed, when he had to be saddled to carry me back again. He did it without drawing bridle, his blood carrying him on, but I am afraid ho is fluished by his day's work-60 miles, at least, he went over, and at a good pace nearly all the way. This was the evening of the 18th. I heard the guns open just as I left our force. I came up next day, and heard they had a severe contest and ate , fared most severely, especially the staff. We took 17 pieces of cannon from them ; but owing to the darkness and nature of the country, could not pursue them. Our loss was very severe, but we thought we had handled them severely enough to make them retreat. Never were we more mistaken; we halted on the 19th and 20th; on the 21st again moved towards the enemy, who were encamped in great force about ten miles from us. We did not keep straight at them, bat tried to turn their right flank and rear. We were joined by General Littler and the troops from Ferozepore about one o'clock, and proceeded to attack them. The action commenced about half-past three o'clock by our Horse Artillery opening in reply to their guns ; but they might as well have fired blank cartridge, for our 6-pound guns had no chance with their 18 and 24-pounders.; Seeing this an advance of the line of infantry was ordered, and then the carnage commenced. I took the orders along the line towards the left, and with another aid.-de camp got beyond our own division, after setting them in motion. There we found Littler's division driven back, and routed ; we tried to rally them, but only the Queen's 62d would again face the bat teries, which were absolutely showering grape upon us, besides the musketry in the trenches. They came up and carried the guns,with the loss of nearly half their regiment killed and wounded. Whole gaps were cut in the corpse, and six officers killed and six wounded of that corps, besides some who joined them. I fortunately got oft with my horse wounded. The right of the line had by this time car ried the batteries on the other flank, aid we thought it all over, for by this time it was dark, and we lay down for the night; but it hap pened that their camp was equal e, and they brought up guns from the other flank, and opened on us. We had again, in the dark, to charge the guns. They were taken and spiked. They still kept possession of a town in the centre of their camp, and annoyed us by their fire. At daylight we formed line, and they opened on us as we charged, and took the town and guns round it ; cleared the field, and took up our position in their camp. About two o'cloek their reserve marched against us and opened a most tremendous and well-directed cannonade, to which we had net a gun to reply ; our ammunition being expended. Sir Hugh and Sir Henry both said they never saw a better directed fire. We, that is the troops, were covered by the trenches dug by themselves, and suffered little comparatively. I had to cross their fire twice with orders, but escaped. After cannonading us for about an hour they withdrew, not being able to move us, and not liking the taste of cold steel they had had in the three previous actions. We have seen nothing more of them since then ; and you may fancy how we have been handled, when we could not follow up their retreat and complete their destruc tion. It is supposed that out of about 15,000 we have lost 4,000 men. We have lost eight generals, three brigadiers, and no one knows how many officers yet, but the loss is tremendous. We are now encamped about four miles from the field, and shall be so for some time to come, as we must be in a very different state of efficiency before we can cross the Sutlej and invade their country, which I hope we shall take in our on n hands, for it will give us great promotion, as they will require between twenty and thirty new regiments. I hardly know myself to-day, dressed and sitting in a tent, for for the last eight days we have eaten and slept in our saddles. I have lost a great part of my clothes. They were plundered by some fellows from a small fort we left in our rear. We have taken about 120 of the enemy's guns ; they are starving in an island of the river, shut in between two armies. Part of their own turned against them under Gholab Singh, and ours. Knouff, Dec. 28. The Seikhs have all crossed the river, and are encamped on the other side, about live miles from this. Sir Hugh has just come in from reconnoitering them. We are to remain at this place for some time, though nothing positive has come out yet. Sir Hugh has satis fied himself of the truth of the intelligence he had received of evory Seikh soldier having fled to the opposite side. Th ere appears to be some misunderstanding with re spect to homeward bound vessels landing their letters at the first port they make. Instead of doing this as formerly, the letters are left on board till the vessels reach Gravesend, to the great inconve nience of merchants and others, particularly those who have bills to be presented for acceptance. The attention of the proper authorities to this matter would be a service to the mercantile community at large.—Times. The public should be aware that, owing to the month of February containing but 28 days, the next West India and Mexican mails are not considered due till the 9th and 24th of the present month, instead of on the 7th and 22d, as usual._ The committee of country joint-stock banks have presented Mr. Gilbart, the manager of the London and Westminster Bank, with a service of plate, for his exertions in favour of joint stock banking. _ . POST-OFFICE NOTICE.—The following notice was on Wednesday affixed at the chief office, St. Martin's-le-Grand : - . " Cape of Good Hope, &e.—'Malls will be made up for the Cape of Good Hope, Sydney, New South Wales, to be forwarded by her Ma jesty's ship Carysfort. All letters intended to be so forwarded must be specially addressed, By her Majesty's ship Carysfort,' and will be liable to the packet rate of Is. not exceeding half an ounce, &c. No charge will be made for newspapers to be sent by this vessel. The Carysfort is expected to sail from Portsmouth on the Bth inst. The next mails for :Madeira, Brazils, Buenos Ayres, &c., will be dis patched from Southampton by her Majesty's brig Crane, on the 17th inst. West Indies, &c., by the Tay, from Southampton, morning of 17th inst. India, aid Marseilles, the evening of 7th inst. India, Gibraltar, Greece, lonian Isles, Malta, Egypt, Ceylon, India, and China, 20th inst. Lisbon, Madeira, Spain, and Gibraltar, 27th inst." A CHILD GN&WED TO DEATH BY ITS MOTHER.—On Wednesday forenoon William Carter, Esq., held an inquest at the Fountain Tavern, Walworth-road, on the body of James King, aged one month, who died from the effects of injuries inflicted by its mother, now an inmate of the lunatic ward of Newington Work house. Amelia Lyons, of No. 10, Golden-place, Chester-street, Kennington, deposed that the mother of the deceased was her daughter. Her name was Mary Ann King, the wife of a shoemaker, residing at No. 3, Frederick-place, Frances-street, Newington. On the 24th of January last she was delivered of twins, the deceased being one, and a female child now alive was the other. The mother and the two children appeared to be progressing very well until the night of the 31st of January, when the mother, who was in bed, suddenly seized the deceased and commenced biting it about the head. Witness ran to her and found that she had gnawed the child's face in a frightful manner, and seeing the blood issuing from the wound called her husband, who came, but found that she had bitten the de• ceased through the cheek and nose, which were both dreadfully mutilated. Her face was leaning heavily on the child, and they had to pinch her nose severely before she would relinquish her hold. The child's head was covered with blood, and the mother's face and mouth were also smeared with blood. Witness immediately con veyed the child to Mr. Mason, the surgeon, who promptly dressed the wounds and rendered every assistance. The deceased was taken home, but became very weak, gradually sunk from exhaustion, and died on Wednesday last. The mother had had three children, and had been of unsouv d mind from her first confinement. Witness in continuation said, that the mother the day previous to the injuries being inflicted, began dancing and shouting, and exclaimed in a loud voice, " Oh, mother, what shall Ido with my children if I should die l?" She had been narrowly watched, as they feared she would commit some violence. Other witnesses were examined at considerable length, after which the Coroner read over the whole of the depositions. The jury, after half an hour's deliberation, returned a verdict of " Wilftll murder against Mary Ann King, the mother cC the deceased.' THE TEN-HOUR BILL—Lord Ashley attended a numerous Ten-Hour Bill meeting at Preston, on Tuesday evening, and was most warmly received. Resolutions were passed to the same effect as at the Manchester meeting, and the Noble Lord was specially thanked for his past exert►ons in the cause, and for his es tendence ea Tuesday. SONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS (From The Sun of Last Night.) At Liverpool yesterday the sales of Cotton were 5,000 bale?, including 1,000 on speculation and for export. The market, though steady, was not lively. Shares continued dull. To a certain extent the following observations are correct, but Messrs. Wilkinson and Jewesbary cannot prove that discounting by the Bank of England spreads money among the middling classes, as well as accommodation afforded by the general banks of the metropolis : "The Bank of England has made use of its deposits in the same way as other bankers do, and the only difference is, that the Bank bas got the profits arising from the increased amount, instead of the bankers, for the amount of Bank notes in circulation has been quite as uniform as during the same period last year, or indeed since its reformed system, which wisely fixed a limit to its issues. That great difficulties may have been experienced by parties who in former times could obtain almost any amount of money required, we can readily believe, but that does not prove a locking up,' it only proves that engagements have been made for a different application of its uses. It is now required for railways, and will go to pay wages to labourers, engineers, lawyers, &c. ; but the greater part of it will soon find its way to the shopkeepers, who will supersede the speculators, by purchasing and distributing for immediate consumption the necessaries of life; and thus will continue to go on (at any rate, for some years), in steady progression." We approve so much of railway extension, that we coin cide in the concluding observations, but this is applicable to the period when railways are in course of construction and not merely projected. The Funds are dull. Consols have been 95 1 ,E 3 / 4 for pre sent transfer, and 95% to 96 for time. Exchequer-bills have declined a little, being 325. to 345. premium. Bank Stock is worth 208 1 /, to 209 1 . The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 98 to M, and the Three per Cents. 96 to M. In the Foreign Market the transactions have been very restricted. Spanish Five per Cents. have been quoted 27, and the Three per Cents. 37M; Portuguese Five per Cents. have been 78; Brazil Stock is worth 84; Mexican Bonds are 30 1 ,E to 30% ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 59 to 1 4 ; and Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. 973 i. Shares have been quiet. . BRITISH FUNDS. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock .. 208% 209% 209% Thtee per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 96 1 A 96 96k 96 1 ,E Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 95N k % 95% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 98% 98 98k 98% New Five per Cent. Annuities .. .. 122 121 121 Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5,1860 .. 10 11-16 9-16 10 9-16 India Bonds, 1,0001. 42 37 South Sea Stock .. Ditto Old Annuities .. .. 96 96 Ditto, New Annuities .. 95 1 4 9514 Conscls for Account .. 95% 96 96 India Stock for Account .. • 261 Exchequer Bills. 1 lid. d. 1,0001. 32 34 -- pm. 34 5001. .... 37 35 pm. 35 Ditto, Small .... 32 35 pm. 35 Ditto, Advertised .• • . 30 pm. 33 ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. 84 84 .. 22% 22% .. 4% 4% .. 30% T. 30% FOREIGN FUNDS Brazilian Bonds, 8 per Cent Grenada, 1 per Cent .. Ditto, Deferred • . Mexican Bonds, 1837, 8 per Cent Ditto, for the Account .. .. Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 78 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, for the Account .. Ditto, Deferred .. Ditto, Three per Cent .. .. Ditto, for the Account .. 3734 Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cent .. 97% 97% Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 59 1 A 594 Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 9434 95 94% PRICES OF BUSINESSCLOSING DONE AT PRICES. SHARES. PAID. ONE O'CLOCK. Amber., Notting., Boston and Eastern Junction 2%.... ...... • • .. Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 .... 2%34 ........ Bristol and Exeter .. .. 70 .. 87 Buckinghamshire 425. .. par , Caledonian .. 10 .... 127434 .. •.• • .. Ditto, Half Shares 2% .... 334 .......... Ditto, Extension .. 214.... 234. . Cambridge and Oxford.. .. 1% .... Dartmouth, Torbay, and Exeter.. 425. .... 1 dis Direct Northern .. 2 3% .... 24 .... . . . Dublin and Galway .. .. 4 .... 334 . ...... Eastern Counties .. 141. 16s. .... 2134 % Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1. 6/. 13s. 4d. Ditto, ditto, .. .. No. 2. Cl. 13s. 4d. % p .. Ditto, York Extension .. 105..... 11 . 4 %34 Goole, Doneast., and vheffield,&c. 425. % Grand Union (Nottingh. & Lynn) 1% .... Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 15 .... . Ditto, Extension .. .. 15 .. • • 18 19 .. Great Western .. 85 .. • Ditto, Half Shares .. .. 50 .... 83 .• . • .... Ditto, Quarter Shares .. . 5 .... 17 154 Ipswich, Norwich, and Yarmout h 2 I% .. • . Lancaster and Carlisle .. 35 55 ....... • Leicester and Bedford 225..... 34 dis Liverpool and Leeds Direct .. 2% .... % Liverp., Manch., & Newc. Junct. 234 3 1 4 % London ant Birmingham ... .100 22234 . •• - . .. 27 1 cis 2% 3% P l'A Ts P 1% dis 1% 3% 221 Ditto Thirds .. • • .. .. 16 .... 50 ••.•• • • • • • 50 Ditto Fifths .. • • .. 2 •• • • 2 4 ••••• • • • • 24 London and Blackwall .. 16/. 13s. 4d. 8 1 / 2 London aid Brighton .. .. 50 .... 64 London and Croydon .. 13/. 155. 9d. 21% .. •• • • London and South-Western.. 411. 6s. 10d. 77% 77 .. • • • • 77 Ditto, New . • . 12% 23 25% ..... 22% London and York .. • • • • '• • 2 % •• • • 3 % • ..... •• • • 3% Londonderry and Coleraine .. 5 .... 4 4 Lynn and Dereham . • .. • • 5 ••• • ••• • • • 4 Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 .......... Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) 1 .... 7 7 Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 42 5. .. • • 1% Ys p• • • 1 % p Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... 2% 2 % Midland .. ..100 ....146 146 Ditto, Birmingham and Derby 100 117 117 Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 55 .... 41 44 ... . . . 44 Ditto, New .. 1 -- . • Ditto, New, Brand Eng .. 20 •• .. 37 .... Newcastle and Berwick .. .. 10 .. North British .. 20 .... Ditto, Half Shares .. .. 6 .... 9 8 ... . . Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. 1 . .. . North Kent and Direct Dover • . 2%.... 2%.. . . . . North Staffordshire .. .. • • 425. .... Norwich and Brandon .. 18 Ditto. New .. .. 5 .... 8 .... Oxfd.,Worcester, & Wolverhmptn. 12% .... 13 1 ' . . . . . . . . . . Pertk and Inverness • • .. .... 1y: .. . . ..... Preston and Wyre .. 25 .... Ditto, Half Shares • • • . 2% . 6 3 A ..... . . . . . Richmond .. .• .. 10 8% 2% 2% 3 % p Scottish Central .. . 7% .... 14% .. Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. .... 2% 3....... Shropshire Union .. 425. % dis South Midland .. 425..... 1% p South Eastern and Dovor 33%.... 37% .. • • . Ditto, New (iss. at 321.) No. 1. 16 Do., New (d 0.331. 68.8 d.) No. 2. 10 .... ....... Do., New (do. 301.) .. No. 3. 10 .... 11% bc, New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 2%.... 3% Southuiptn.,llan., & Oxfd. June. 425..... 1 ,4 dis 1% p 37% 10% 11% 3% 1 dis. South Wales . b 5% 5 Trent Valley and Holyhead Juno. 2% .... 1% Waterfil., Waxed., Wick., & Dub. I % .... 1 Wexford, Waterford, & Valentia .... 1 .• .. Welsh Midland .. • • .. .... 1 Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth 2%.... York and Lancaster .. • . 2% .... York and North Midland SO .... 98 Ditto, Half Shares .. .. • . 25 •• • • 47% 48 Do. E. and W. Riding Exten.• • 1 •• .. 9y a % ....... FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. 10 .... 11 Dutch Rhenish .. . .. 5 East Indian .. . bs. % Grt. North. of Fiance Constituted i .... 16% .. • • Italian and Austrian .. .. 3 .... . Jamaica South Midland Junction 1 . Luxembourg Orleans and Vierzen Trinidad .. . 16% 1% 2% 2 19% .. 10 . .. 2%. MINES. 1~,~ ' ......... Real del Monte, Unregistered SPORTING IN`I'ELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY. The room was very thinly attended, and business too flat and unimportant to call for any introductory observations. CHESTER CUP. 17 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Sweatmeat—take 18 to 1. 25 to 1 agst Lord Howth's Mermaid—taken 33 to 1 agst Mr. Hesseltine's Fitz Allen—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. G. Ongley's Roderick 40 to 1 Lord G. Bentinck's Discord 40 to 1 agst Mr. Drinkald's Vol-au-Vent 50 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Weatherbit 50 to l agst 100 to 10 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's The Libel DERRY. 9 to 2 agst Lord E. Russell's Sting—taken 20 to 1 agst General Shubrick's Brocardo—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. E. Peel's Spithead 33 to 1 agst Mr. Ramsey's Malcolm 40 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Humdrum 500 to 50 agst Brocardo and lago—taken 1,750 to 50 agst Sting being absolutely second—taken OAKS. 20 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's Wilderness 20 to 1 agst Mr. Preston's Osprey LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLE-CHASE AND RACES. —WEDNESDAY. Fifty Pounds, given by the Earl of Sefton, added to a Sweep stakes of 10 sous. eadh, 5 ft. ; for three yrs old, 6st 71b; four, Bst 31b ; five, Bst 101 b ; six and aged, 9st ; fillies allowed 31bs. The second to save his stake. One mile. (7 Subs. ) Mr. R. J. Mostyn's The Premier, 3 yrs (T. Williams) 1 Mr Binnie's Apparition, 3 yrs 2 Lord Howth's Switcher, 5 yrs . 3 Hon. E. M. 11. Mostyn's b c by Phoenix, out of L'Hiron delle, 3 yrs 4 Lord hesterfield's The Poor Soldier, 6 yrs Sir J. Gerard's Camelia, 3 yrs Mr. R. Bell's Rosins, 4 yrs Betting-6 to 4 agst Poor Soldier, 4to 1 each agst The Premier and L'Hirondelle colt, 5 to 1 each agst Switcher and Apparition. Won easy. Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sous., 10 ft, and 5 only if de clared, with 100 added. The second to save his stake. Mr. Adams's Pioneer, by Advance, 6 yrs, llst 121 b Mr. Payne na Culverthorpe, aged, list 41b 2 Lord Howth's Switcher, 5 yrs, 12st 41b The following also started, but were not placed :—Lord Waterford's ch g Firefly, aged, 12st 81b—Mr. W. G. Loft's Cure- all, aged, 12st 41b—Lord Waterford's Regalia, aged, list 121b—Mr. C. E. Brooke's Eagle, aged, list 121b—Mr. Atkinson's Golden Pippin, aged, list 121b—Mr. Wyndham's Major A., 6 yrs, list 61b—Mr. Austin's Troubadour, aged, list 61b —Mr. Lambden's Carlow, list 41b—Mr. Hammond na Brenda, aged, llst 41b—Mr. Robertson's Tinderbox, aged, list 41b—Mr. Ekin's Peter Simple, aged, list 21b—Mr. Carter's Homihiharriho, aged, list—Mr. Hey's Lancet, aged, llst—Captain Barnett's Mameluke, lOst 121b—Mr. G. Lamb den's Pickwick, lOst 101b—Hon. F. Craven na Perambulator, 6 yrs, lOst3lb—Mr. Crawfurd's Veluti, 6 yrs, lOst 61b—The Scavenger, lOst 21b—and Lady Grey, 10st. Won by three lengths. A Free Handicap Hurdle Stake of 10 sous. each, 5 ft, with 50 added. Two miles; over six hurdles. Sir W. Don's Sir Edward, aged, lOst 21b ...... (011iver) . 1 Captain Campbell's Crcesus, aged, lOst 121 b The following also started :—Mr. Clifton's Pedlar, aged, 12st—Lord Chesterfield's New Brighton, 6 yrs, list 101 b Mr. Duckworth's Clear-the-Kitchen, aged, list 71b—Mr. Ralph na Everton, 6 yrs, list 41b—Mr. Roberts's Quick silver, 6 yrs, llst—Mr. Heap's Chintz Print, 6 yrs, lOst 101 b —Mr. Cross na Singlepeeper, aged, lOst 81b—Mr. W. Turner na Sands, 6 yrs, lOst 61b—Mr. Henderson's The Artist, 6 yrs, lOst 61b—Mr. Dymock's Grace Darling, lOst—Mr. Sutcliffe's Alice, 9st 131 b—and Mr. King's Artful Dodger, aged, 9st 101 b. Ato 2 agst Pedlar. Won by a head. The weather, until after the steeple chase, was extremely propitious, and the attendance larger, and of a higher grade than we have met at any similar meeting in this part of the kingdom. The two principal events, it will be seen, brought out large fields—the best compliment a handicapper can de sire—excited an immense deal of interest, and, to the great joy of the "fielders," or," round-betters," were carried off by horses not mentioned in the ring ; the casualties were few and slight. Besides many others of note in the fashionable and sporting circles, we observed on the gran t d be st m an ar d q h u i s s loyal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, onfoN‘vYtaht,eGrtiarndl,isl:orßdasneleafgtohn; caiedb Chesterfield, abd c r a g n l i t n e l e Baron C raven, Maltzhan, Sirs W. Don, V. Cotton, N. M. Stanley, R. Brown rigg, C. Birton, G. Houston, &c. ; Hon. G. Fitzroy; Cols. Hornby, Knox, &c., &c. Parties were entertained at Croxteth, Knowsley, and ilooton. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert took an a irin g in an open carriage on Wednesday afternoon. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of price Wales, Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice ore Alfred, taken their walking and riding exercise on Wednesday afternoon, in the pleasure grounds of Osbjrne House. There wai no addition to the royal dinner party Osbor M ne House in the eing. Iler aj , sty and her ven Royal Consort walked yesterday morning in the plantations. The Royal Family were taken on the beach in t he forenoon H . • er Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridg honoured the performances of the French Plays In her presence on Wednesday evening. A deputation from the silk trade, with regard LP the proposed revenue duties on silk manufactures, bitbe interview with th e Chancellor of the Excheq uer and the Vice-Pre,ident of the Board of Trade yesterdq , 11 te d office of the Board of Trade. The deputation constsded of Mr. Gibs o n, Mr. Graham, and Mr. H ar rison, att en d by Mr. Brocklehurst. The Earl of Lincoln had an interview with Sir 0 144 Peel yesterday. Mr. A. Beresford Hope, M.P., had an interview /lit! Mr. ,cretary GL a dstone yesterday, at the Colonial -0 PRINCESS'S THEATRE• cAt h,ni. wasA g p r r a o n d d u ci ca r d am h a e t r i e c m i a a s s t qu n e ig , entitled d 7 a e s li o n; t e i go ; gsets cs; The bll, en, spectacle, it met with deserved success. that the whole of the music is composed by Bot h : o *c the meaning of which is, we imagine, that th e stel has been selected from the works of that celebtudg, composer, and certes the ,e'eetor has shown hisw went. in his selection. In the opening sc ene bee ll an Olympian cave, in which Minerva, (ho be , there confined for two thousand years), is disc ho lt or,e r ger' wailing her unhappy lot. She is set at liberty nYwilicb cury, and wends her way to her beloved Atheetsrisie. she finds a city of ruins, inhabited by bar men Mercury tells her, of a new Athens, which has sill' the far west—a land of liberty, and science, haniu d lization—a land which has produced a mighty 0 40 ,. inspired equally by Melpomene and TheliY l, ,L it ill °? to the sublimity of Aschylus joins the calm s' Sophocles, the tenderness of Euripides, a nd tht spe re Aristophanes. This mighty magician is S h2 ' o ,, l see /11 and Minerva, transported to London, does 11 . :or the genius of him who, of all uninspired errlVicete proached nearest to inspiration—(if perchance wri the II We not actually inspired,' for upon no other theory . 00 t se satisfactorily account for his marvellous insighptnia, pt workings of the human heart)—and the Plec e ;jabile e ' t a grand pageant, (an imitation of the Strada(' ; in honour of " the Sweet Swan of Avon." n ' 3 . 14 1 s' i " genus spectacle, admirably put upon the stag e ' ( lett no doubt have a run. The house was well alien ANOTHER MURDER AT n • e st e° f The Jeasey Herald contains a report of so iliefs the body of George Le Cronier, one of the ,c-ebtssei the police, who was stabbed on the 22d h ceud e° ,; by a woman of the name of Legendre, whilst sece'd vouring to execute a summons upon her n i t rgs before the magistrates and answer th e t 50, 1 ,; keeping a house of ill-fame. On SundaYroge', quest was held upon his body, at Mulberry tee" ir e ; house in which the murder was perpetrateu'oo r t . the evidence of Mr. Manuel, a police offi cer ' O f companied him when he received the w ouliat "„,,stsv, he died, a riot had taken place in a el! sr h -i f sti e , ° part of St. Helier, on Saturday week, in all` c 'oelY persons were seriously injured, one man desP er bo oll, d e ' The inmates of a brothel in that n ei g u having been connected with these disterht,, ee e h il) ,l Le Cronier arrested them on the following distorts gie" : 5 over the mistress of the house, from an idea thsbYepsreoep not been actively engaged in the matter- Cost / Ai arrested were to have been brought up before w h e el , ivis,` lo Saturday last, but the neighbours to the br , ". 00 to ;i 0 is called Mulberry Cottage, sent a representsti,• efois, constable of St. Helier, begging that the 0 ' 1° 1; C° house should also be brought to account before Y ' thN oele r ", as they found her establishment a nuisance t,, n gip' as a nest of disturbance which they boP'" .0 k; would take measures to correct. Le Cromer "gitsF a 'e suited the magistrates, repaired to Mulberry the T h eo den of iniquity of the vilest kind, forge so e Y' r pose of carrying her before the Court- S eeie ll) tha standing at her gate, and. seeing the two g e " ; ,. - s ci Y ° „fil proaeh, muttered an imprecation, and O r b ', sier, t o parlour of Mulberry-cottage. Messrs. Le ' - estr t Manuel entered the house, and the former . t g , briefly explained to her the purpose of his ri e 3l , b a de)'' her that she must give him some security pearance at the Royal Court on the loll ° so rt , ol She replied that she would do nothing of tb ,, e ,, without the slightest warning—without fr .- e a A O appearance indicating excitement, Y u „ rli o isr ht sbs round and back again, and plunged a c ", 101414, into the body of Mr. Le Cronier Quick ss ir ' ne cl brandished the now bloody weapon, eui l ,nel er lif e. at Mr. Manuel, who, more prepared than o' n ,,d bis io ifs had been, sprang backwards, and so ss ; v i ; tbe .4 11 0 The desperate woman still pressed on w` fi t ded ' 4 0 54 in her hand, and Mr. Le Cronier, vo n " it s tb o - was, and his companion, by a miracle I s foto 00 eluded her further thrusts, and escaPe u ,„ a 0 op house. They immediately gave the elei n "'the woman, after throwing the bloody knife ol er 5 15 l i t site wall, and vaunting of the deed to 05r /e ste neighbours, retired to her house, where she eive, secured by 'Mr. Richard, and others of th e I oh o , time poor Le Cronier was endeavourinkoleacrof Manuel's assistance, to reach his home, but 1,1 09„,1 failing, and that of Mr. Manuel well nigh e ' r , L a il peP;Dea, supporting his wounded friend, they werentreet,'efi take shelter at the house of Mr. J. Binet, San r e`t O h im' medical men, whom Mr. Manuel had had the did 0 10 mind to send for the moment assistance r e i : b e / for speedily arrived. Mr. Le Cronier, feeling fais lif s its l/ ' dying, sent for various members of 1115 „ v isg ae ttr .A lawyers to write his will, and bore his 7, - clie" tion with the utmost calmness and fortituer'e 00 at last removed on a sofa to his house, wheoceeemel on the following day. Manuel, the politer ng ACT Ot i accompanied Le Cronier, gives the fullordets!l of the ferocious attack made by the 03 . v n e bi rr i be e them both :—She had been asked to i g i ' ull' her appearance, which she refuted to °°' t f a ; 0; observed Mr. Le Cronier, " I must arre?, p° less you give bail for your a ppearan ce 'd 1 l 'ioril e o j swered, "My husband is not at home, e,. sbe give bail," and after making that answ;ciesis: e 1; t t round towards the Court, and stood sg„ f a ; • s fie table in a position which prevented both it 11 and deponent from se e ing h er in front. 0. "'; esi" di es then told her that si nce s h e wo uld not g h lv ee„ 6 , ll htb A j W his duty to take her to gaol ; upon whi c " o s f 0 1 4 turned round, and, with the quicknes, s os ier;,sl plunged a carving knife into Mr. Le t al es° s e . a exclaiming, " Well, then, there!" A leu a b - eel s fr ° ' from the deceased, and he placed his two r e i t elf e do ps i l wound. Mrs. Le Gendrt' instantly drew the oosi, the body of her victim, and braedishing Y Y ' 1) ;, f t etl ill j the deponent with the murderous i n struo h el "oe J A- le h l o have truck him also had he not had tf e gaitfe°: l ; to escape the blow by mking a leap Gef g "i l f . e d running in the road, followed by Mrs. P. ; w i gs pursued him (the deponent thinks) s L r„ O - eel" I i t s across the setae of the cottage. The oeri, s us e f e e ' l7 out ".Murder !" and an to the corn ere ou t raid, requesting the persons who ' ll n ee• peel'• come out, for God's sake, to lend assis t a , re ter oft tO, body would come, and when the depollea: i r s os e j li saw Mr. Le Cronier in the middle of the T o ol' ti e ; 0 1 1 and holding his two hands on his woun d e d bilelre ever immediately ran up to him and suprf t Get, le they were moving off slowly, Mrs. be s• ;",r, within a few yards of them, holding the hand, but she returned withou t $ Z r pe A r• je o further use of it. Another witntssiocl of the name of Dubreuil, deposed that sh? ar y re" cro i ', e ,l the knife for her the day before. Th e kir- 'd ie r is verdict—" That the death of the said d e l has been caused by a wound in the 91 '' 0 1 ,0 ) 's with a knife, and with deliberate Purl 3-; the 55 Anne Le Noble, wife of Pierre Le his d Le Cronier being at the time doing centenier." ~eet C Ol. O _____ ----"---:"..."----- to the l 3ce Sir James Graham gave a dinner . resideo , h l5 Ministers on Wednesday evening h ' ei ti e o Hill -street. 1 cr - ost c .. , grre e v •nc We regret to learn that the Earl 0 , no d to ~,c0 t, indisposed at Paris. Lord Adolphus Fitzclarenfetice. 0f 0 ',41 , 3 CamPden have left town to join their noble ree t r the lad ~,, 1 MR. BEL'LER'B CONCERT. --- li e ti n ie r log t r e e r° :l o t4 humorists, and the best of the comic singer' e o eci- f i ',o•' ' school, gives his annual Evening Enterta nine, O p art ', 0 1 1 !f l oilA;if , Anchor, on Monday evening next. The_Afirw' 0 lib 14 1 ' li jeli A' dish of table-talk a/a Mathews, intersperse.,„, a ding - p i , r oj e 100 songs, with certain Caudle Lectures, and con:; ol , a ert, , or 1 ,10 0 0 The second part will consist of a Grand 5 ',,,,i 0 1 100 0 ; OA ,0 Beuler will be assisted by some of the first Ye av ere.„oo. ii i rec ti er 00 We are happy to learn that Mr. Beuler .' in gat- uo ld .., yi severe illness, and hope that his friends r i , •,,,,, till , sittli v ili e Monday night, to show the respect in W .- 0 1 , O excellent singer and most worthy man. Gazet te Will r/ It is rumoured, says the rugseis of j eat tlie joli b et l last, s reco t , rroe t a h 3Fli a arm t cas h :s e co r sif: R LOß o aN y eak a l roleornw H . ighn e s s the I) u e hers greater part of the ensuing summer with t h ~ Wri t : ' 6e„ t‘ rr i .o esdaY -, ext' A ' or te Lf T EB N q A . ,C I' ._wedn oot o, ch ig etee t , co ro pi• tiro inquirenclo was executed at the SVea h aa y, to nd i j e ..,,d ire io , lolli ; jsutaroterso,fotfhwehmomindGo.fALeolldneor,mEHscr,raliBVsotaenSr.fiaOrietidninail47: de Ser i i rSta . yi.r . ' 1/' ' 8 1UrrY' ° SAO.' wat ej ,pr mission as of Addlestone, in the county 04' iag :is, ~,, inerJf at e t o fortunate lady is a relative of Sir }atei .. i b s e s i u n i g n g t r u o s f t t e h e e f co o r mlsm,Oi trust n 1 e o ft n btyh ellpar tof administration of the , mid after a pat 4o f ini"" ~,e O 7, returned a verdict, dating the unsound"' ~,,, Vi r e a _,,,,l it , ,, t A ber 22, 1845. • ...Ai." 03 , " 0 ,, ,f, ALARMING FIRE AT DoCKTIE AD ' w its di' c oerlafi c ' f tJit_fieititltteleorp,_esit'tigo_Adisfroetrio;; oveee:lii. ~_k a tire n ds . c x ~0 4 , morning, between four and five o clot: , a bootie the DA die a li; premises belonging to Mr. W. J. passing ra ll on e od w ni - s s t a r n ee d t ,p fromen e o t c r k at h ht e ee a dn cl e .e the uTphroof.thestaircaseT flameshe o a r s l3eGt e g' int i i :l. i i a eni c eihrexe, 1 ,:: :ip. a, r,, i,, ;it:: pled di i Je t t je : ;taj p.,:rie o oo r re etp:t t ro:etiyof before the fire had gained much hold, i,02 4 ,,,,,, we __ al e , ' o f r worksaferetreat h efrfloamintehsewpremises. happily yTahrrreee pertywere nwoetsednetisrterloyyedex.ti nTgthdeshoedri ginf until tahescto_:,;delr,aarlicieunk(!)lo;r:,..;.tis.jool;,llo,ol_,,Y It appears, from a statement in a , t he A l ' re : i aitf ' 'mica of that the present peace establis „, e is 10 ,_ WI it 369,000, but that the effective Wl' Lin 001119011 250,000. A t the late fboernit forhe t ß h e e a t d w er o sh ca ip o dainddateLsi,bmraersisarns. aorris old tk , p Gar , declared to be equal, and a fresh e,lehetis°, the first evening in next term. ,r .';; alto n to ! eiy 50 , 4 ill_ by the presentation of the Rev. Al • ••'" w are o ct ,,,i rew its l lif" il uite BALLINASLOE, FEB. 28. •- a o tun ec..- . the o3 , nil: hear the potato disease has againrsocnms Who bad e ( tlie r lr ?§' this neighbourhood. Several pe __ inn t!on , i 0 p_ AD A , , sound a month ago, on a recent ex i au' cons ider i tf is b efrok have found the disease to bays fluT e _ t i n the I al ta nst '," -- nu a c A raggebn, tl ethmeandis to eas da e y w in as for p m r e oc d e u ebe s d , : edrdilo t lisg u rerte : 3 7 ed.c i t t .a h tbyas t lr h :r o : l : l7;oo T : ed : , s i r w i . :_ !.o ; h o s o ; p ra o p ta id to ity wO a ul n d d of Weston, near Ahascragh , n_t a ' cm hie estaZ o torea n th o a t t be he fo b un eli d el n. •ed tzi aroundp l oy me n h t i m s , h a o n u d l d a l s b o e the scarcity. th P a r° t —Bainasioe.etcPurieuvervisanTi.___ons.should be The her 11 111 s. th e Ea th e Bill; •- (IrelLin Ixent THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDA 6, 1846. ,-` ......_ ]