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an advanced stage of pregnancy ; and that in 1333, when she kept a boarding-house in different parts of London, the carried on an adulterous intercourse with some of her lodgers. Dr. ADDAMS, for the wife, supported the judgment of the Court below. Sir 11. JENNER pronounced against the appeal, and re mitted the cause. Richard Henry Winstanley, Esq., notary public, was introduced in the usual form, and, upon taking the custo mary oaths, was admitted of the number of procurators general exercent in this Court, by virtue of a receipt from his Grace the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. HATTON-GARDEN. On Saturday Mrs. Ann Neil, of the Nag's Head, St. John-street ; Hanry Ni.r, of the Northumberland Arms, Bagnivge-wells-road ; Mr. Tucker, of the White Bear, St. John-street ; and numerous other licensed victuallers, were convicted in the penalty of 20s. and costs for suffer it.g gaming and disorderly conduct in their houses. Ann Pearse, an elderly woman, was brought up, charged with being drunk, and incapable of taking care of herself. The prisoner was a member of a Temperance Society, but she was continually intoxicated, and since she had signed the declaration to use gin only medicinally she had been three times committed to the treadmill for drunken and disorderly conduct. She was fined a shilling and dis charged. THAMES-POLICE. On Saturday Mr. Slater, the principal officer of the London Dock police, waited upon the magistrates, Mr. Broderip and Mr. Greenwood, at their request, for the purpose of refuting or confirming the truth of a report which had gained extensive notoriety, and had found its way into several journals, to the effect that two men, who had been employed on board the ship Podi, from Trieste, had died suddenly from the effects of a distemper contracted by them while discharging a cargo of rags from the vessel, and that others who had been at work in the same vessel, had contracted a serious illness. Mr. Slater, in answer to questions by the magistrates, said there was not one word of truth in the statement, nor bad he heard of a single case of illness among any of the men employed in the dock. Mr. BRODERIP—The article states that two men, named Hai old and Lewis, were taken ill on board the Podi, and died immediately after they were removed to their homes. It is further stated that the plague was raging at Trieste when the ship left. Have you made inquiries ? Has any person employed on board the Podi, among the rags, been attacked with illness or any infectious disease ? Mr. Slater—Not one, Sir. I have searched the books, and can find no such names as Harold and Lewis. They have not been at work in our dock at all, nor have we lost a single labourer by death for some time. Mr. BRODERIP said the report had caused a great deal of alarm, and he was glad there was no truth in it, or the trade of the port of London might have been seriously af fected by it. He hoped the public mind would be disa bused on the subject. Mr. GREENWOOD was surprised that such a report should have found its way into the newspapers ; but there was one circumstance which he wished to have explained. It had been stated that a great quantity of rags were piled up on the South Quay, near the Podi, and were in danger of combustion. It was also said that they were in a filthy state. Now lie bad been walking over the dock, in com pany with Mr. Ballantine, and had seen a heap of wet rags a few yards only from the warehouses, and a steam arising from them. It struck him and his colleagues there was some danger of their igniting. Mr. Slater said every precaution had been taken. There were two watchmen and an engine stationed close to the heap day and night. The fact was that a vessel - ,Luion with rags from Trieste was stranded on the coast of F;a:,ce, and the cargo, which was saturated with salt wa ter, was transferred to the Podi. It had been found ne cessary to place the rags on the quay to dry, and they were continually turned over. To show there was no danger of Any infection, 50 men bad been engaged i❑ turning over the rags. and not one had been affected in the slightest degree. The. Magistrates were quite satisfied with Mr. Sla ters's explanation, and thanked him for his prompt atteudanee. JAMES GREENACRE AND S ARAI GALE. (From the Observer.) Scarcely was the blood of his murdered victim cold, be fore James Greenacre contemplated forming- another ma trimonial alliance. On the 23d of January last, just a month after the niurtier and mutilation of the unfortunate Mrs. Hannah Brown, he inserted an advertisement in the front page of the Times newspaper, of which the follow ing is a copy : " Wanted, a partner, who can command 5001., to join the advertiser in a patent to brine-, forward a new-invented inac;iiise of great public benefit, that is certain of realizing an ample reward. Applications, by letter only, post-paid, fu.- J. G., at Mr. Bishop's, No. 1, Tudor-place, Totten ham-court-road." Among the answers to that advertisement was one from a female of great respectability, whose name and address we, for obvious reasons, abstain from making public, who, ha% ing a little money at her command, indiscreetly wrote to hint on the subject, and afterwards had two or three in terviews with him, without, however, coming to any ar rantp;ment. Greenacre, with that tact for which through out the proceedings he has rendered himself so remarkable, clear iy saw that it would be more advantageous to him if be could form an alliance with the lady in question, and he ace )rdingly determined, without delay, to make her an offer of his hand, which he did in a most specious letter, written on Saturday, the 4th of February last, the very day on which the inquest was held on the limbs of his murdered ict an, and probably at the very moment while it was sit ting. The following is an authentic copy of his letter : " February 4, 1837. " Dear Madam,—Having had several letters in answer to my , advertisement, yours is the third to which I have applied for aft interview, and is the last one I shall answer. I adver tised. in the Times newspaper of the 23d of January for a partner with 3001. to join me in a patent to bring forward a new• invented machine, of which I have enclosed you a printed specification from scientific gentlemen of property, each curd , ms to co-operate with me in it ; but upon mature consi ders :ion, and by the advice of my friends, I have determined not to throw away the half of this most important disco very for the trifling sum of 3001., as it certainly is worth as inan• thousands. " It is, therefore, my wish to meet with a female companion with a small capital, one with whom a mutual and a tender attachment might be formed, who would share with me in those advantageous pecuniary prospects which are now before me, Ind thereby secure the advantages of my own production. " No man can have a greater aversion than myself to adver tisin r for a wife ; nevertheless, this advertisement was intended to give an opportunity, by which I might make propositions of an honourable nature to one whom I might prefer as a com panion for life. It may be, however, that the first impression from our short interviews has left very different feelings to wards me than those by which I am influenced to write this letter to you. I hope, however, otherwise, or at least that you will not yield to any unfavourable conjectures relative to the moderation o f my views, as regards the sum of money I named in my advertisement. It is, I think, sufficient to convince you, or any of your advisers and friends, that property forms but a small share of my hopes and object, in turning my attention towards a partne r for life. " I am a widower 38 years of age, without any incumbrance, and am in the possession of a small income, arising from the rent of some houses,. I was 16 years in a large way of business, which I relinquishe,i about three years ago, but have lost much of my property by assisting others, and confiding too strongly in the professions of pretended friends. Under these circumstances, I am indoced to seek a partner or a companion With a small sum, to co-operate with me in securing the ad- Tuntages of this machine, which will be a great public benefit, and which has long been attompted by many scientific persons, and is certain of realizing a competency. " Having given you this plait: statement of my situation, I beg leave to add that my mind is thoroughly fixed upon making you the future object of my affections and constant :resard. If you should feel disposed to favour my sincere and ihonourable intentions, I shall take the liberty of calling upon yon, and hope that you will divest your mind of any idea beyond that of the most sacred candour and honourable inten tions on my part. Should you feel disposed to communicate any remarks on the subject by letter, I hope that you will do so. " Excuse the dissimulation by which I have obtained an in troduction to you, and believe that my present proposal is dic lated by every honourrble and affectionate feeling towards you. I am, dear Madam, yours most sincerely, " JAMES — GREENACRE." " 6. Carpenter's-place, Camberwell, Surrey." Nothit2,g• can more clearly show the character of Green acre than te fact, that, at the very moment he wrote that letter, not 0. - tly was he cohabiting with his fellow convict, Sarah Gale, bul was then, and is now, a married man, hav ing left his fourth wife, a young woman of considerable p-n-sonal attractions, :,-ehind him in America. That fact has, since his conviction, been ascertained by a gentleman, who is acquainted with her family, calling on Inspector F'eltham and acquainting hio of the circumstance, and -who. at the same time, informed him, that she and 'Greenaere's son, by his first wit;:, were at New York in :a state of distress, Greenacre hav,iog parted' from them rat the corner of a street, without g;ving them the slightest idea that he was coming to England. This information is rwroborated by a printed circular issued by Greenacre, satled " England and America. An raordinary and im p l o rtant discov er y," i n w hi c h h e pro f esses , w hil e i n Aim. i,!a, to hare discovered an herb, the juices of which, when comb iced with the English coltsfoot, forms an " amalga mated candy," most efficacious in the removal and preven tion of • " coughs, colds, sore threats, hoarseness, asthmas, aid si k ortness of breath." He then states, that ." some difficulty has been experienced in obtaining a regular sup ply of a well-selected quality of the coltsfoot to meet the increasing demand of the public, and to obviate this in convenience J. G. has returned to England, where he in tends to manufacture his amalgamated candy, and supply his own family in America with it wholesale, who will trans mit the American exotic to him in London." At neither of the examinations nor at the trial did it ap pear how Inspector Feltham obtained the information which enabled him so opportunely to apprehend the prisoners ; we, however, understand, that while prosecuting his inquiries on the evening of Easter Sunday, he ascertained that a gentle man connected with the family of one of his former wives was aware of Greenacre's residence. He accordingly in stantly proceeded to that gentleman's house, who, on Felt ham acquainting him with the object of his visit, said," Mr. Feltham, I will not stand between a murderer and justice," and, throwing his cloak around him, conducted the inspec tor to St. Alban's-place, where he pointed out the house. On the morning after the apprehension of Greenacre and Gale, and while Feltham and Pegler were engaged in searching their apartments, a person knocked at the door, which was opened by Pegler. Gn seeing the policeman he inquired if Mr. Greenacre was at home, and on being an swered in the negative, and told that he was in custody on a charge of murder, he expressed the greatest surprise. Pegler then asked his name, when he replied " Tanner," and it has since been ascertained that it was Captain Henry Tanner, of the Mediator, which sailed on Tuesday, the 28th ult., from St. Katharine's Docks for Quebec. It has also been ascertained that that vessel contains in the " ground tier" four large chests, which had been placed on board by order of Greenacre. Three of them are filled with a quantity of very valuable tools and implements of various descriptions, and the fourth, the contents of which are not known, is supposed to be the missing box belonging to the late Mrs. Brown, and to be filled with her property. It is also believed that Ward, the carpenter of Chenies' Mews, Tottenham-court-road, who was the person that introduced Mrs. Brown to Greenacre, is also on board the same ship, he not having been heard of since the identifica tion of the head and the apprehension of the two convicts. It will be recollected that it has been stated by Mr. Price, the counsel for the prisoners, that the child with the convict Gale was not her own offspring. We are, how ever, informed that statement is not correct, but that in the year 1833, while living with a man named Thomas Gale, who was not her husband, and lodging at the house of a Mrs. Riches, No. 69, Lyon-street, New Kent-road, near the Elephant and Castle, she was delivered on the 30th of January in that year, by Mr. Hereby, a surgeon residing at Walworth, of the child in question, who was afterwards called George, and is now therefore turned four years of age. Shortly after Greenacre's return from Arne: rice she formed an acquaintance with him, and, in the October of 1835, went to reside at his house in Carpen ter's-place. About five o'clock on the morning of the 17th of February, 1836, Greenacre called up Mr. Here by, and requested his assistance to his wife, as he alleged, whom he stated to be in the pains of labour. Mr. Here by told him he would follow him immediately, and in about ten minutes afterwards he arrived at Greenacre's house, No. 6, Carpenter's-place, when he found Gale was already delivered of a male child, which was lying on its face and nearly suffocated. He immediately inflated its lungs and used the other usual means for restoring children in that situation ; and when he left the house the child was doing well. Mr. Hereby visited Gale on the three follow ing days ; but from the first visit he never again saw the child. On the 21st of the same month the body of a male infant was discovered secreted under a clod of grass by the side of a ditch near the well-known gate called the Half penny-hatch. A surgeon n bo was passing at the time gave it as his opinion that it had been born alive, was about three days old, and had been secreted about 24 hours. An in quest was afterwards held on the body, and the Jury, from there being no marks of violence visible, with the exception of the navel string having been untied, returned a verdict of " Found dead." Since their conviction a person of the name of Bowen has made several applications to the police for permission to see the furniture removed by them from St. Alban's-place to the station-house, llormitage-street, Paddington, alleging that it was his property. His story is, that shortly after Greenacre's return to England, he (Bowen) fell into em barrassed circdmstances, and believing Greenacre to be Lis friend, he placed a pot (ion of his property under his care, while he passed through the Insolvent Court ; but when he applied for its restoration, after his release, Greenacre held him in defiance, and refused to give the. furniture up. The Commissioners of Bankrupts, acting under the fiat is sued against Greenacre while absent in America, have also laid claim to the furniture and other articles found in his lodgings, which, although of very trifling value, will pro bably be productive of much litigation. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Ha»apshire Telegraph.) PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 13.—The Wasp, 18, Corn . mander Foreman, arrived this evening from Jamaica, after a long passage, after having left Port Royal on the II th of February. She brings no specie. Mr. Russell, the Pro- Consul at Carthagena, on whose account the late differ ence between this country and New Grenada arose, is pas senger in her. We regret to find that, a few days since, in hit 48. 45. N., long. 13-57. W„ she ran down the ship Elizabeth, from Newcastle, Kelly master, bound to Mira michi, the master of which and three seamen, who were on deck, jumped on board the Wasp, which vessel was herself so much damaged that she could not render assistance to the merchantman. The Wasp lost her bowsprit and head and cutwater, and was for some time thought to be in great danger. It was not known if the Elizabeth went down. The accident occurred early in the morning, and the wind and sea were high. We learn by a letter which we have received from Port Royal (Jamaica), dated March 1, that the Serpent, 16 Commander Warren, had arrived there in ten days from Carthagena, with the loss of her keel, she having been driven on the Pedro shoal at four a.m. on the 19th of Feb ruary, whilst going five knots, by one of those impetuously rapid currents which sometimes so unaccountably arise there, and counteract the scientific calculations of the best navigators. When the Serpent struck upon the shoal the reckoning had just been worked, by which they were fifty miles from the spot ; and, although a good look-out had been kept the breakers could not be discovered until at the moment they appeared under the starboard bow. Nothing but the most prompt seamanlike directions of Captain War ren and his first Lieutenant (Dixon), for fifty minutes, combined with admirable coolness, saved the Serpent from being wrecked—a fate which as attended other vessels in similar situations. It appeared that the current had taken the Serpent fifty miles in sixteen hours, which is treble what is put down in the charts or books of sailing directions for that part. Such had been its increased velocity during the past year that even the small sugar vessels that had been beating up for years, and never missed before, were obliged to bear up, and run to leeward. An unfortunate merchant vessel, (from the same cause) ran on shore on the Morant Keys, and was totally lost ; but her men and part of the cargo were saved by the timely and active as sistance of the Skipjack, and taken to Port Royal. The Melville, 74, Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Halkett, had arrived at Port Royal from Carthagena and visit of the Leeward Islands. The other ships of the squadron were thus dis posed :—Rainbow, Racehorse, Champion, Racer, Serpent, and Alaan, at Port Royal ; Belvidera, Gannet, and Me teor, at Berbadoes ; Madagascar, at Carthagena ; Harpy, at Bermuda ; Thnnderer, at Old Providence ; Satellite, Nimrod, and Pickle, at Chagres ; Vestal, Wanderer, Skip jack, Lark, and Cruiser, cruising ; Echo, at St. Thomas's. The ships were generally healthy. The Champion left Jamaica for Carthagena on the 27th of February. Sir Peter Halkett had his first public levee, at Jamaica, on the 16th of February, at the residence of John Bradfield, Esq., which was nuaier•ously attended. It is stated, that the body of the people at Carthagena were highly displeased at the result of the late negotiation. The payment of the fine is a thorn in their sides. The Clio, 18, Commander Richardson, was at Barcelona on the 31st March ; Rodney, 92, had gone to Mahon, to refit. Extract of a letter from his Majesty's ship Coravray, dated Rio Janeiro, Jan. 30, 1837 :—We arrived here on the 26th inst., after a very fine passage in 32 days from Teneriffe. We sail again to-morrow for the Cape, the. .ce to Madras. The Imogene is lying here as senior officer'si ship, the Dublin, with the Admiral, having gone on a cruise to Bahia. The Harrier is gone round Cape Horn. The Cracker cutter arrived to-day from a cruise. At Spithead.—Wasp. - In Harbour.—Britannia, Victory, Princess Charlotte, Excellent, Royal George, Tyne, Larne, Sparrowhaw, Sparrow, Volcano steamer, Fair Rosamond, Stakesby transport, Cracker tender. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.—Commander Chas. Pearson is promoted to the rank of Captain ; Lieutenant John Paget to the rank of Commander ; Messrs. W. J. Wood, A. S. Vawzetti, and Charles Graham, to the rank of Master ; Captain James Plurnridge to the Packet Establishment at Falmouth, vice Clavell ; Commander Edward Collier to the Castor ; Commander Horatio S. Nixon, to the Ringdove ; Mr. Peter Reid, Surgeon, and Mr. W. Wardiaw, Volunteer First Class, to the Sparrow hawk ; Commander John Kains to the Brune, vice Scal lon ; Commander John Paget to the Magnificent ; Lieut. J. T. W. French to the Hastings, vice the Hon. C. St. Clair ; Licut. W. Prowse to Active revenue-vessel ; Mr. George Brine, Midshipman to Pelorus ; Lieut. William Dickey to command the \Vaterwitch, vice Adams, pro moted ; Licut. J. W. Hill, to the Saracen ; Mr. John Goldsmith, Purser, Irate Prince Regent, to the William and Mary ; Mr. R. A. Oliver, Mate, and Mr. E. F. North, Midshipman, to the Princess Charlotte ; Mr. J. S. Purches, Second Master and Pilot, to the Fair Rosamond ; Mr. Arthur Lowe, Mate, to the Phoenix steam-vessel ; Mr. Robert Duncan, Mate, to the Excellent.; Mr. H. S. Ro bertson, Assistant-Surgeon, Mr. H. Vietch, Mate, and Mr. Jackson, Second Master, to the Britannia; Lieut. John Harrison, to the Larne ; Mr. H. E. Croat, Master's As sistant, to the Sparrow ; Mr. E. K. Law, College 11Iidship man, to the Seringapatam ; Mr. Henry Braddock Yule, and Mr. Samuel Bird. Cook, to be additional Second Mas ters of the Royal Sovereign Yacht at Pembroke, for the service of the Pigmy and Advice steamers ; Mr. Spense, Second Master, to the Howe. The following Midshipmen passed for Lieutenants at the Naval College on Tuesday :—Messrs. T. F. Birch, Corn wallis ; J, W. Probert, late Edinburgh ; L. R. Fitzmaurice, Beagle ; P. Tower, Carysfort ; W. T. Lower, Excellent ; IL G. Campbell, Dee ; J. Hamilton, late Vernon ; E. W. Lang; Cornwallis ; G. Pigot, Britannia; F. S. Tremlett, Bellerophon. PLYMOUTH, APRIL I3.—Rear-Admiral Warren arrived here on Friday, in the Lightning steamer, from Portsmouth, to supersede Rear-Admiral Superintendent Ross, and hoisted his flag on board the San Joseph the same day. On Saturday the men and officers of the dock-yard were mus tered before Rear-Admirals Ross and Warren, on the former giving up his command. Shortly after this Rear- Admiral Ross issued the following farewell address :—" The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have been pleased to ap point Rear-Admiral Warren to relieve me in the superin tendence of this dock-yard and dependencies, and in giving up this command to so highly esteemed an officer as Rear- Admiral Warren, I have to express in the strongest language or feelings that I have the power to utter the sense I feel of the goodwill that has pervaded all ranks and classes in the dockyard, and the great assistance ren dered by them for the good of his Majesty's service in every way, and individually to myself, during nearly eight years it has been under my control. lam most gratified in say ing that I have found nothin g but the most cordial atten tion and support from every officer and under my command —and, with feelings of the sincerest esteem, I beg to take my leave. " C. B. H. ROSS." His Majesty's ship Ringdove arrived here on Friday from the North Coast of Spain. She sailed from Santan der on Friday, March 31, leaving at that port his Majes ty's sloop Tweed, and her Catholic Majesty's steamer Isa bel. At Passages his Majesty's ship North Star, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore the Right Hon. Lord John Hay, C. 8., and Phoenix and Rhadamanthus steamers. At San Sebastian was the Royalist brig ; in Bilboa river, Scylla, Savage, and Speedy. The Royal Marine battalion continue to occupy Passages. The Forte was paid off yes terday. Her crew was most efficient in the gunnery exer cise, and orderly and seamanlike in their appearance. The Saracen will be paid off to-day, and re-commissioned by Lieut. Worsley Hill immediately. (From the Devonport Telegraph.) The Sparrowhawk, 18, was commissioned on Thursday at Portsmouth, by Commander J. Shepherd (b). Lieut. Lowry, Mr. R. A. Newman, Maste-,. ; Mr. D. C. Coils, Purser ; and Mr. J. A. C. Scott, Assistant-Surgeon, are appointed to her. The Fair Rosamond schooner was com missioned at Portsmouth o❑ Thursday, for service on the Coast of Africa, by Lieutenant R. W. Oliver. Mr. G. Willes, Second Master, and Mr. Henry It. Bole, Clerk in-charge, are appointed to her. The Hercules, 74, Capt., Berkely, is ordered to the Mediterranean station. The Dee steamer was paid off at Woolwich on Thurs day, when the crew subscribed 61. for the Seamen's Hos pital Ship. The Beagle, Corn. Wickham, will be ready for sea at Woolwich by the end of the month. Captain James H. Plumridge (18-22), whose appoint ment to the Falmouth Packet Station we announced three weeks since, arrived at Falmouth on Tuesday. and on the following day assumed the command of H. M. S. Astrea, rice Capt. Clavell, who is appointed to Chatham. Mr. Henry liarlo, son of Captain York, paymaster of this division of royal marines, is appointed a second lieute nant of the Portsmouth division. Mr. John Breaks, Purser, R.N. (1830), will act as Se cretary to Capt. Sir John Louis, Bart., Woolwich Dock yard, and is appointed to the William and Mary yacht, for that purpose. John Franks, who was Coxswain to Rear-Admiral Ross, is• appointed an Inspector of Police in the Royal William Victualling Office. Capt. Lapidge resigned the command of his Majesty's ship Ringdove on Thursday, and is succeeded by Com mander H. S. Nixon, who will pay off and recommission the Ringdove in a day or two. (From the Devonport Independent.) The Forte, 44, was paid off into Ordinary on Wednes day. The Saracen was paid off on Thursday, and recom msssioncd by Lieut. Worsley Hill. The brig Scorpion, 10, Lieut. Gayton, went out of har bour on Friday, and will proceed this day to the Westwari of Scilly, to relieve homeward-bound merchant vessels de tained by easterly winds. The schooner Viper, Lieut. Winniett, is expected to pro ceed to the Coast of Africa. Captain Lapidge was superseded on Wednesday in the command of the Itingdove, 16, by Commander Horatio S. Nixon, who will pay her off on Tuesday the 18th inst., and recommission her the same day. The Pluto steamer, Lieut. Gordon, will proceed to the North Coast of Spain, as soon as some alterations are effec ted in her rudder. The Castor, 36, was commissioned on Thursday last at Sheerness, by Captain E. Collier (1814). Lieuts. Thomas Finmore, and Berney Varlo, of the Royal Marines, are or dered to join her. The Dee steamer, Commander Ramsay, was paid off at Woolwich on Thursday last, when the crew subscribed the sum of 61. 3s. for the Dreadnought Seamen's Hospital ship, and the officers gave a parting dinner to their Commander, at the Crown and Anchor Tavern. In the Sound—Viper. In Ilamoaze—Royal Adelaide, San Josef, Cornwallis, Cornus, Sappho, Ringdove, Scorpion, Salamander, Pluto, and Messenger steamers. When the Volcano left Malta (March 12), his Majesty's ship Asia, 84, Captain Wm. Fisher, was about to proceed to Athens, to relieve the Portland, 52, Captain Price, which ship was to embark the Count Armensperg, and his family for Leghorn ; and Admiral Sir Josias Rowley in tended to take his squadron on a cruise for exercise, im mediately after the packet sailed. Commander the Hon. Edward Howard of his Majety's sloop Wolverine, 16, has been reprimanded by sentence of a Court Martial, at Malta, in consequence of that vessel getting on shore off Barcelona ; and the private of his Ma jesty's ship Rodney, had been tried, and condemned to be hung, for mutinous expressions, and throwing the Serjeant into the waist, by which he was killed. MONEY MARKET. (From the Morning Post.) The letters and papers forwarded by the ship England from New York to Liverpool were received in town this morning, and they are, as was to have been expected, highly interesting to commercial men of all classes. Dates • to the 3d of February had been obtained from Liverpool, and from the very discouraging facts communicated as to the state of the Cotton Market there an almost total sus- L pension of business had taken place in the article at New • York. Not only had the shippers ceased purchasing, but even the American consumers had withdrawn themselves, in ' the expectation of an important decline in prices. Prior to the arrival of the Oxford at New York, by which vessel the latest intelligence from Europe was received, extraordinary as it may seem, investments in cotton had again been made upon a very large scale for British account, and at still higher prices. We should have imagined, after the letters of caution transmitted from hence in the month of August last, that so reckless a waste of capital would have been impossible. It is to be observed, how ever, that the accounts subsequently reaching New York from this side the water would be infinitely more unfavour able than those already received, and there is no doubt that the utmost consternation must have prevailed among the merchants soon after the departure of the packet just ar rived at Liverpool. No bills of importance were remitted by this opportunity, except those drawn on account of the new cotton shipments to which we have alluded. The ex change had advanced suddenly to 10 101 per cent. pre mium, and United States Bank Shares had fallen as ab ruptly to 116 i 117. Money was in very great demand. As much as 3 per cent, per month was in many cases given for loans and discount. When so enormous a rate of in terest as 36 per cent. per annum is to be obtained in ,the United States for the use of capital it is no won d,er that the Americans should, by means of cross hihts, and otherwise, have endeavoured to keep up an extensive traffic in British treasure, not that this rate has been current until lately ; however, it had for years been something approaching it. We are only sur pris,!cl that the Bank of England could have abstained fromi interfering in transactions so injurious to this country as long as they did. There is no question that their for bearance proceeded from a laudable motive—from an un willingness to create alarm and to disturb public confidence while they could possibly avoid it ; but when so immense a pro At was to be made in this quarter upon British credit, it is juite evident that no cessation of the system of sending out obtained from their coffers through their own dis cou.lts ww. to have been hoped for ; so that, whatever may be s l id to their prejudice for the act, it is very certain that their rejet. tion of the paper of those concerned in it be came. an indispensable duty, and all that is to be regretted is, p,?,-haps, that so salutary a step had not been deter mined ..upon somewhat sooner than it was. (From the Morning Chronicle.) Gre.xt anxiety was evinced to-day (Saturday) to know the Geni i ents of the commercial letters from New York, and, on the whole, much dissatisfaction has been felt. No specie has been transmitted, but a large amount of bills has come to hand ; and although they are said to be of the first class, they cannot of course render the same assistance as immediate cash would have done ; for should they all be duly accepted, the general distrust which 'prevails must render it difficult to discount them. Shipments of cotton, it must also be borne in mind, have been made against the greater part of this paper, and at a price higher than can be realised in this country. The losses by these packets on this commodity are said to be very considerable. The latest accounts from England at New York were to the 3d of February, and it is quite evident that symptoms of the difficulties in this country were known in the best-informed circles, although they had not gained publicity. The rate of exchange on London had risen from 84 to 10 to and bills were beginning to be scarce. All the different public securities were depressed, and United States Bank Shares had fallen from 119} to 1161. Money continued scarce, and as much as 3 per cent. per month, or 36 per cent. per annum, was given for the loan of it. At New Orleans there was great want of animation in the markets ; but as the spring business would soon com mence, better times were looked forward to. The transac tions in cotton had been limited, and Tennessees and North Alabamas had fallen I cent. the price being 11i cents. The arrivals of cotton between the 10th and 17th of February consisted of 13,092 bales from Louisiana and Mississippi ; 2,280 Tennessee and North Alabama ; [O5 Lake ; 367 Arkansas ; and 209 from Texas, making al together 16,053 bales. The amount cleared during the same period was, for Liverpool, 7,006 bales ; Greenock, 1,331 ; Havre, 3,524 ; New York, 498 ; Boston, 2,284 ; Providence, 316 ; Baltimore, 100 ; Portsmouth, 601 ; Richmond, 104 ; and for the Western States, 150, being a total of 16,004 bales. Stock in hand, 103,577 bales, in clusive of all on shipboard not cleared on the 16th of February. A report is given of the exports of cotton between the Ist of October, 1836, and the 10th of Fe bruary, 1837, as compared with the same time 1835-36, by which there apperrs an increase of 47,289 bales in the exportation to England ; the amount in the season 1835- 36 being 82,403, and 139,692 bales in the last. The in crease to the French ports was 12,096 ; the amount in the former period being 70,470, and in the latter 82,566 bales. There was a decrease in the exports to the north of Europe of 1,544 bales, the quantity in 1835-6 being 5,673, and 4,129 in 1836-7. To Spain, Italy, and West Indies there was an increase ; the amount in the latter pe riod being 5,673, and 4,129 bales in the former. In the exports coastwise there was an increase of 10,315 bales, the amounts being 19,454 and 29,769. The total exports in 1835-36 were 181,830 bales, and 263,507 in 1836-37, being a difference of 81,677 bales. The exports of cotton in 1829 amounted to 77,296 bales ; in 1830 to 105,958 ; in 1831 to 136,914 ; in 1832 to 115,883 ; in 1833 to 173,883 ; in 1834 to 173,437 ; in 1835 to 253,708 ; and in 1836 and 1837, as above stated. The exports of to bacco during the same period-namely, between October 1 and February 10, were, to England 727, and in 1835- 36 it was 480 hhds., being an increase of 247 hhds. ; to France in the last season they amounted to 506, and in 1835-36 they were only 21 hhds., being an increase of 485 Mids. ; to the North of Europe the increase was 560 hhds. the numbers being 253 and 843 ; to Spain, Italy, and the West Indies the increase was 750 hhds., being the diffe rence between 1,068 and 318. In the exports coastwise there was a decrease of 117 hhds., the quantity in 1835-36 being 2,500, and 2,383 in 1836-37. The total quantity of tobacco exported in 1835-33 was 3,572, and 5,497 in 1836- 37, being an increase of 1,925 Wads. THE AMERICAN MARKETS AND MONEY AFFAIRS. NEW Yoax, MARCH 16.—1 t is not to be concealed that there has been a considerable scarcity of money within the last few days, and discounts are effected at great premiums. This arises from the banks having cashed hardly any bills of exchange ; indeed, on the last discount day some of the very best paper was declined even by the United States Bank. It is difficult to assign any plausible reason for this contraction of the usual supply, Some ascribe it to the western remittances having been unusually small. There might be something in this, as it is notorious that the western merchants have been infected with a mania for land speculations, which has rendered them slow in their other payments. It is probable that the money market will be easier before I have occasion to write by the next packet, especially as merchants in all the cities on the sea board require their energies to be seconded for the spring trade, which has already commenced with some activity. There have been one or two considerable failures in New York and Baltimore, but not of sufficient amount or con nection to affect general credit. United States Bank Stock has been sold at 1181, and is still looking rather down than up. Other bank stock, with railway and canal shares, are decidedly heavy. Exchange on London varies from Si to 9i premium per cent., with considerable business doing ; these quotations are for bills 60 days sight. Sovereigns being from D 4 84c. to D 4 86c., and Bank of England notes D 4 80c. By the way, it may be as well to mention that, in consequence of the late vacillating conduct of the Bank of England di rectors, their notes on this side of the Atlantic rather de cline in public esteem. Spanish doubloons are DIG 50c., Mexican, DIS 85c. If there be any one thin.- that more than another en gages the attention and puzzles the calculation of merchants here, it is the price of corn. This has been falling rapidly, and if it continue to decline a few days longer in the same ratio, many a fortune will be lost, though perhaps with great advantage to the public. The prices of Western are now from D.lO 50c. in New York, and rather lower in Philadelphia, with a very heavy market, though the best canal brands brought D. 12 on Saturday last, and Pennsyl vania D. 11 25c. A respectable merchant informs me to day that he could get large orders executed of the best Pennsylvania at D.lO 50c. Flour in this country is be coming as uncertain and speculative as hops in England. In the early part of 1835 it was only D. 4 87c. ; in the early part of 1836, D. 6 50c. ; and this year it has been nearly D 14 ! Coffee continues heavy, and varies very little from my last account. The temporary scarcity of money, and the western dealers having locked up so much of their capital in land, have been the means of rendering the dry goods market dull for the season. In cotton there is is a decided reduction of to cent. per lb. The prices, with the above exception, remain as before. New Orleans, Uplands, and Florida have com manded the largest sales. Sales in sugars have been extensive. St. Croix 91 to 10i, and looking up ; Porto Rico 8f to 94 ; Brown Havana 81 to 8i ; White llf. The market in this article is brisk. In teas, the cargo of the Horatio, containing nearly 9,000 packages, were sold on good terms. The goods being of the best description gave tone and character to the market. Hyson 3.5 to 65, with a little at 95 ; Young Hyson 35 to 54 ; Gunpowder and Imperial 54 to 87 ; Souchong 38. Ashes are dull. Bar iron keeps up, but pig is a shade lower. New Orleans lead 8 cents on time. Fruits, wines, drugs, dyes, and spirits, remain pretty much as before. Spices are brisk ; Jamaica pimento bringing 6,1- cents. to 6d cents. on time. Best pepper 8 cents. Rice is remark- ably dull, D. 3 75 to D. 3 87i. Molasses varies from 40 to 42 cents. Freights to Liverpool are dull, and remain at their former quotations. I should say that this trade is a little over done, both in British and American bottoms. DOVER, APRIL 14.—At daybreak this morning the guns at the Heights announced that his Serene Highness Prince Leiningen, son of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, had arrived in the course of the night. His Highness left the York Hotel soon after six o'clock, and embarked, under a royal salute, on board his Majesty's packet Crusader, for Ostend, on his way to Brussels. In consequence of the conversation in the House of Commons on Thursday night, in which Sir Edward Codring ton reflected on the conduct of Sir Pulteney Malcolm, Admiral White waited on Sir Edward Codrington Friday afternoon, by the desire of Sir Pulteney Malcolm, and Sir Edward Codrington went to the house Fday evening, to give an explanation of his statement ; but no opportunity presented itself. This explanation will be given by Sir E. Codrington in his place on Monday (this day). Greenacre was Chairman of one of Mr. Humphery's Election Committees, and afterwards of Mr. Harvey's ( South wark) Election Committees. It may be remembered that one of the Cato -street conspirators escaped by a back window, and running through the next house—Greenace was that man. THE OBSERVER OF SUNDAY, APRIL 18, PRICE FivEriNcE.—By far the best account of the murder of Hannah Brown appeared in the Observer of yesterday ; the trial, con viction, sentence, and confession, were given most complete, with new and interesting particulars of both the woman Gale and Greenacre to the extent of one half of the large sheet of the Observer. A Monday afternoon eslition of the Observer is regularly published, which may be had at four o'clock at all the newspaper shops about the Royal Exchange, and at the Office, 170, Strand. Price of the Observer Fivepence. EVENINGS WITH PRINCE CANIBACERES.—A more amusing, gossipping, agreeable book than this it would be difficult to find. The indolent man of pleasure and the curious man of letters will both read it with interest. It certain of a place on the breakfast table of the one, as con taining a mass of anecdote and information, pers)nal, politi cal, and mixed, relative to those who figured in the various acts of the great revolutionary tragedy in France ; nor will it be less welcome in the library of the other, as a contribution to the great fund of materials for history. The unpublished details relative to the 106 h of August, 1792, are both interest ing and important. Never were the contrasted characters of Louis XVI. and his high-minded Queen more strikingly ex hibited--11forning Post, IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Having failed in my endeavours to draw the attention of his Majesty's Attorney-General to the following points, I shalt be glad if you will permit me, through the medium of your columns, to point out what I consider a serious defect in the Bill now before Parliament upon this subject. The supporters of the measure appear to have formed all their conclusions as to the evils of the present law from the cases of actual imprisonment which are known, without taking into account any of those—infinitely more numerous—wherein the power of arrest has forced debtors into some satisfactory arrangement which they would have avoided, had no such power existed. I allude to the cases of annuitants—persons holding situations under Government—naval and military officers—and others, having a fixed income or salary ; but who, nevertheless, may not have realized any property which would come within the reach of a judgment under the proposed Bill. One advantage expected from the proposed alteration of the law is, that it will deter tradesmen and others from giving in discriminate credit ! But can it be said that a shopkeeper is not justified in trusting a person who, to his knowledge, has a certain income of perhaps 1,0001. or 1,5001. a-year ? And is he to have no more redress against such a person than he would have against a man without a shilling in the world ? I could cite a number of instances in which persons holding public si tuations have made over a certain portion of their incomes to trustees for the benefit of their creditors in order to avoid ar rest, and the consequent risk of losing their appointments ; and surely there is no hardship in compelling parties so circum stanced to make some provision for their debts. Yet under the Bill, as now framed, this power will be wholly lost, and the creditors will have no remedy whatever, however large the income of the parties may be. Then, as to cases of actual imprisonment, it constantly happens under the existing law, that a party who is brought up for his discharge under the In solvent Debtors' Act, consents to the Court's assigning a cer tain portion of his income for the benefit of his creditors. There was an instance, no longer ago than yesterday, of a clerk in the Colonial-office being discharged on his consenting to give up 501. a-year to his creditors out of his salary ; but is it to be supposed that he would have done this but from the dread of further imprisonment, and the loss of his situation ? I hope, therefore, that some clause will be introduced to meet cases of the description I have pointed out. Ido not seek to place debtors of this class in a worse situation than those who have actual property. I would subject them to exactly the same process, but when a judgment has been obtained agaiast them (not before), I would give the Commissioner, who is to examine them touching their pro perty, the power to examine them also touching any positive income, pay, or salary, to which they may be entitled, and compel them, on pain of imprisonment, to give up a certain portion of such income to assignees for the benefit of their creditors. The professed object of the Bill is to relieve debtors from imprisonment, and, at the same time, to give cre ditors a more direct remedy against them, but unless some al teration of the kind I have suggested takes place, it is quite clear that, as to this particular class of debtors, the advantage will be entirely on their side, while the creditors are left with out any remedy at all.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, London, 14th April, 1837. A MAGISTRATE. - THE DUCHESS OF KENT AND HER CALUMNIATORS. (From the Morning Post.) Most of our readers are perhaps aware that, upon more than one recent occasion, the name of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent has been brought forward in the leading columns of newspapers, and certain proceedings, for which that Illustrious Lady, or those whose advice she follows, must be held responsible, have been noticed with no small degree of party asperity. The name of her Royal Highness has been introduced in connection with severe strictures upon intrigues of a discreditable nature, having reference to the future prospects of the Heiress Presump tive of the Crown, and, more recently, charges of want of proper feeling, and becoming sympathy with the domestic distress of his Majesty, have been brought forward in strong, and even harsh, language. We can make—and we are disposed to make—very great allowance for the strong feeling likely to be excited in the breasts of all who really believe that one so dear to the British nation as the Princess Victoria, has been sur rounded by the net-work of family intrigue, or has been made in any way the instrument of a party in that nation over which she is, in all human probability, destined to reign ; but when the mother of that Princess is concerned —when a lady of domestic virtue so irreproachable is re presented as implicated, directly or indirectly, in such matters —we think that both sound judgment and good feeling would have paused before taking up any such belief. For ourselves we reject it, on the ground of gross improbability, and we cannot commend either the discretion or the deli cacy of those who have hastily taken up such a belief, and harshly acted upon it. We cannot perceive the good sense of the imputations which have been thrown out, but we can very easily see, and we fear that others may feel, their unkindness. If it were the wish of a journalist to provoke that which he affects to deprecate, it is difficult to imagine how he could labour more effectually to that end than by poisoning the peace of a happy. although elevated domestic circle, by imputations of intrigues of which there does not appear to be any evidence beyond conjecture. We now come to the imputation of a want of proper feeling, which, if not so important to the nation as that of political combined with family intrigue is yet more delicate and painful, from the circumstances connected with it. It is made a matter of complaint that her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent had a large dinner party under the same roof where the lamented Lady De L'lsle was lying dead. The very manner in which this has been stated shows (we are sorry to say it) the ill feeling with which the statement was made. " Under the same roof" we know generally implies being in the same house, and in some degree of unavoidable community—but this is an unfair representation of the case. Kensington Palace was certainly the residence of the Lady De L'lsle, as it is that of the Duchess of Kent ; but Kensington Pa lace is a very large building, containing several separate households, and, in point of fact, there is no more com munity between the dwelling of the Duchess of Kent and that in which the Lady De L'lsle resided, than between any house in Grosvenor-square and that which is next door to it. In the latter case, possibly a continuous roof may cover both, but we do not say that the respective families in each live under the same roof. So much for the manner of stating the fact ; now, for the fact itself. The Lady De L'lsle, we believe, to have been in every respect a most estimable lady—much more so than, by any words of ours, we could possibly ex press. She was worthy, for her own sake, of all love and respect ; and we have the more satisfaction in saying this, because we really do not like to state broadly, as some of our contemporaries do, another ground of respect, which, for the sake of delicacy, we prefer to describe as that which gave her very strong and pecu liar claims upon the affection of his Majesty. The Duchess of Kent knew, and no doubt the Princess Vic toria has been taught to know, the Lady Dc Lisle as one to whom his Majesty was much and justly attached, on ac count of her amiable qualities—but we ask of those who have so harshly interpreted the conduct of the Duchess of Kent whether it be not greatly to her credit if the Princess Victoria did nut know of any other reason for the attach ment of his Majesty to the lamented lady beyond her own intrinsic worth ? We think that this question must be an swered in the affirmative. Now, supposing this to be the case, where is the want of feeling or of decorum which has been so unkindly alluded to ? Every one knows that the Duchess of Kent's parties are fixed for weeks before they take place. Lady De L'lsle was not even ill when the party of last Wednesday was in all probability invited. The Princess Victoria of course knew that it was to take place. On what ground was her mother to inform her that it must be postponed ? What could she say mote than that an amiable lady had died to whom his Majesty was much attached ? Could she with propriety have spoken to the Princess of a family bereave ment ? We ask of English mothers to answer for us. We are sorry to have been compelled to enter into this examination. Being thus compelled, we have taken justice and delicacy for our guides, and have endeavoured to do our duty. We are among those who consider private worth so intimately connected with all that is good in every de partment of life, that we confess ourselves unwilling to be lieve that such a pattern of domestic propriety as the Duchess of Kent is not in all other respects that which the nation would wish her to be. Instead, therefore, of seeking out causes of reproach, and turning to purposes of party bitterness circumstances which are capable of a very diffe rent interpretation, we think ourselves called upon to place them in the light most consistent with our respect for an illustrious lady, so nearly connected with the Heiress Pre sumptive. We may be incompetent to the task of doing full justice to the motives of the Duchess of Kent, but our attempt to do so is prompted by feelings of which we have no reason to be ashamed. Lord Denman arrived in town on Saturday from his seat in Derbyshire. We have observed that bulbs and flowers in many parts of the country appeard in much higher perfection and healthier, early in March, than at any time since, owing, no doubt, to the nipping frosts and general severity of the weather throughout this month. The Finsbury Reform dinner takes place on Wed. nesday next, and will be most numerously attended. More tickets have been applied for than the Committee could have at all expected, and they have been compelled to issue an ad ditional quantity. They have, however, determined not to crowd the room to inconvenience, and althou g h many persons will be disappointed in procuring tickets, the number that the room can accommodate will not be exceeded on any account. Mr. Sheil, Mr. O'Connell, Sir W. Molesworth, Mr. Buller, Dr. Lushington, with many other leading p o liti ca l c haracters, will be present, and take prominent parts in the proceedings of the day ; and from their talents and well-known eloquence in support of the Chairman, Mr. Ward, a great political treat will be afforded. WINDSOR-SUNDAY. ---..,.--- This morning Divine Service was performed by the Rev . Isaac Gosset, in the private chapel of the Castle. Their Ma jesties and Royal household were present. In the afternoon the King, accompanied by Mdlle. D'Este, took a carriage drive for a short time in the Park. The Queen has not left the Castle for several days past. Her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta arrived at the Castle on Friday last. The Duke of Cambridge has not yet arrived, but his Royal Highness is daily expected. The Marquis of Conynham arrived this morning, as did also Sir Samuel Hawker. Lord Hill is expected to arrive here this evening. The death of the much lamented Lady De L'lsle is very severely felt by their Majesties. There have been no invita tions issued from the Castle since this mournful event, the Royal dinner party being restricted to the members of the Royal Family and those forming the distinguished suite. Every Royal festivity which was settled to take place during the month is, in consequence, put off till some time in May. COURT CIRCULAR. The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria attended Divine service yesterday morning at the Chapel in Kensington Palace. The Dean of Chester and the Rev. Joseph Jackson officiated. In the afternoon their Royal Highnesses and House hold again attended, when the Rev. J. R. Pitman officiated. The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria were present at the performances at the Italian Opera on Saturday night. The Bishop of Salisbury was consecrated yesterday, at Lam beth Palace, by the Archbishop of Canterbury. The Bishops of London, Durham, and Ripon were present at this ceremony. The Rev. Mr. Tyler preached. The Committee of Baronets will meet on Monday, at twelve o'clock, at the house of Sir Robert Fitzwygram, Bart., prepa tory to the presentation of the petition to his Majesty relative to the badge. A Deputation on the subject of the duty on bricks, including Sir John Wrottesley, M. P., Messrs. Sparrow, Williams, Baker, Undertile, and Finch, had an interview with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer on Saturday, in Downing-street. A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign-office on Satur day afternoon. It was attended by all the Ministers. The Council sat two hours and a half. Despatches from Sir Benjamin D'Urban, Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, were received yesterday, at the Colonial office. The Chairman of Stamps and Taxes had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday. Mr. Fazakerley had an interview with Viscount Melbourne and Lord John Russell on Saturday, in Downing-street. The Right Hon. T. Frankland Lewis, Mr. John Lefevre, and Mr. Nicholls, the Poor Law Commissioners, had an inter view with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday. Despatches were sent off on Saturday evening from the Co lonial-office, for the Governors of the West India Colonies. Lord John Russell had a dinner party on Saturday, at Mare sidenee in Wilton.creseent. A Deputation, including Sir William Geary, Mr. Hodges, and Mr. Curteis, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Countess Craven in Charles-street, Berkeley-square; Vis countess Fordwich in George-street, Hanover-square ; Lady Arthur Lennox in Chesham-place, Belgrave-square; Lady Bingham in Portman-square ; Countess and the Ladies Ash burnham in Eaton-square ; the Earl and Countess of Chester field, at Chesterfield House, from Newmarket ; Colonel andi the Hon. Mrs. Anson, in Curzon-street, Mayfair, from New market; Lord Alvanley, in Park-place, from Newmarket; Lady William Poulett in Curzon-street ; Lady Nugent in Chandos-street, Portland-place ; Lady and Miss Trollops in Great Cumberland-place; the Countess of Morton in Old Pa lace-yard; Mrs. and Miss Angerstein in St. James's-square ; Lady Coote in Connaught-place ; the Ladies Kerr in Hen rietta-street, Cavendish-square; the Hon. Mrs. G. Villiers and Mrs. Lister at Kent House ; the Earl and Countess of Verulam and Lord and Lady E. Grimston in Grosvenor square ; Lady Eleanor Lowther in Bruton street ; Mrs. Cos in Grosvenor-place • the Countess of Bradford in Belgrave square ; Lady B. Grosvenor-place; in Grosvenor-square • Lady Har riet Clive in Lower Grosvenor.street ; Lo r d Lilford in Gros. yeaor-place ; Mrs. George Vernon Harcourt and Miss Kwa rick in George-street ; Colonel and Mrs. Howard in P;,aca.. dilly from Paris ; Sir Astley and Lady Cooper, in Cenduit street, from their seat, Gadebridge, Hemel Hempsted, Herts; Admiral Sir William and Lady Hargood, in Hereford -street, from Bath ; E. Lucas, Esq., M. P., and family, in Langham place, from Castle Shane, Ireland ; the Duke of Beaufort, in Park-place, from Melton Mowbray ; Earl St. Vin cen t f rom his seat in Staffordshire ; the Earl and Countess of Dunmore, as the residence of the Countess of Pembroke, in Grafton street, from Leamington ; Mr. Edward Cooper, P.,M.at Farrance's Hotel, from Marshew Castle, Ireland ; Mr. ort, M.P., and family, at ditto, from his seat, Read Hall, Lanca shire ; Mr. Smyth and Mr. Golding at ditto ; W. C. Har land, Esq., H. P., and Mrs. Harland, at the Pulteney Hotel, from Yorkshire ; Mr. and Mrs. Cobham, at ditto, from Paris ; S. P. Nugent, Bart., and General Kearney, at the St. James's Royal Hotel, from Ireland ; the Solicitor -General of Scotland and Mrs. Rutherford, at ditto, from Edinburgh ; Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Walmsley and family, at ditto, from Liver pool ; John Maher, Esq., at ditto, from Dublin; Alexander Denistoun, Esq., M.P., at ditto, from Glasgow; A. S. Dar,- leish, Esq., at ditto, from Glasgow ; Capt. R. Innes, at dit'.o, from his seat, Henley-on-Thames i • Edward Hoare, Esq. , at ditto, from Southa m pt on ; t h e Hon. Fitzroy Blachford., at ditto, from the Isle of Wight; Benjamin Collett, R7.q., at ditto, from his seat near Bromsgrove. DEPARTURES. Sir Thomas and Lady Staples, from the St. James's Royal Hotel, for Dublin ; M. Von Gerolt and Lady, from ditto, for Mexico; Messrs. Oliver and Richard M'Causland, from ditto, for Dublin ; J. Buchanan, Esq., from ditto, for Edinburgh; Messrs. Alexander Stewart and Every, from ditto, for Dublin; Henry Jackson, Esq., and Mrs. Jackson, from the Pulteney Hotel, for Holly Hill, Sussex; Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. Deury Holden, from Farrance's Hotel, for their seat, Dean Pavk, Kimbolton. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. DURHAM RACES.._FRID4 Y. The Trial Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h. ft., with 15 sovs. added.. Three quarters of a mile. 3 Subs. Duke of Cleveland's ch. f. by Rowton, out of Pucelle, walked ore r. SATURDAY. £5O given by the Members for the Northern Division of the County. Two mile heats. Sir W. Scott's b. h. The Count, 6 yrs .. —Thompson, Mr. Stephenson's b. c. Voln e y, 4 y rs Sir W. Chaytor's ch. m. Burletta, 5 yrs Won cleverly. Match. One mile.—Mr. Butler's ch. g. Slaney, 5 yrs ingham), beat Mr. Cookson's g . g . by Alexander, aged.. (Winter Lord John Russell gave a dinner party at Wilton crescent on Saturday last. Among the company were Lord Melbourne, Lord and Lady Lansdowne, Lord Carlisle, Lord M. Howard, Baron Bulow, Lord Grey, Lady Georgians. Grey, Lord Leveson, and Mr. T. Moore. Mr. Urquhart the Secretary of Legation at Co* stantinople, is on his way to this country, having obtained tem porary leave of absence. The Bishop of Salisbury was consecrated yesterday at Lambeth Palace by the Archbishop of Canterbury. The The Bishops of London, Durham, and Ripon, were present at the ceremony. The Rev. Mr. Tyler preached. The Rev. Edward Stanley, Rector of Alderley, and brother of Sir John Stanley is to be the Bishop of Norwich. The Count Joseph St. Aldegonde, General and Aide-de-Camp to his Majesty the Emperor of Russia, left the Brunswick Hotel last night for St. Petersburgh. It appears that the contemplated marriage between the Viscount de la Rochefoncault and Miss Trotter, is not 10 take place. _ The Count de Gricourt, who it was alleged took a part in the late Strasburg affair, and who was acquitted by the jury, arrived on Friday in London, on a visit to his friend the Viscount de Persigny. The sale of the gallery of pictur es co ll ec t e d b y t.ie ate Baron Mathieu Faviers, Tiptoeudant-General of Marshal Soult's army in Spain, has commenced at Paris. The finest picture, Murillo's " Holy Family," has been bought by Mr. Hope for the sum of 22,000 francs. The Marquis of Anglesey has quite recovered froth his late complaint. The gallant Marquis, accompanied by Lords George and Alfred Paget, dined with the Earl and, Countess Cadogan on Friday evening. On Saturday evening Earl Stanhope, according 440 his annual custom, entertained a select party of his scientific friends at dinner, at his house, in Great Stanhope-street. The Earl and Countess of Lichfield arrived in cowl! on Friday from Newmarket. A grand dinner was given on Saturday by Sir IL, Peel in Privy-garden s t o a p arty o f C onservat i ve Members o f the House of Commons. Sir John and Lady Shelley will entertain the Duke of Wellington and a select party at dinner, on Friday, the 21 9 : 4 inst., in Belgrave-square. Her Ladyship will give a ball ill the evening. Mr. Vance, whose lamented death we lately re corded, has left personal property to which administration 10 18 , been taken out exceeding 100,0001. KING'S TIIEATRE.—La Gazza Ladra was give on Saturday evening, and w ith th e success which, when w e l' ' performed, never fails to attend it. After a lapse of twen';l years, and more frequent representations, all over Euro Of than any other work of Rossini, except, perhaps, Il Bad ,ieref has been honoured with, it still retains its popularity. It 18 very superior to most of his productions, but at that t, ot ie he was writing for, and since up on , a reputation. 'rho onlyl , f novelty of Saturday was the return of Signor Ivardr, o ff t o t 1 1,5 theatre, who is a great acquisition in himself, an lan omen' too, of the gradual enrolment of a st ronger comp . 71y t han 01 . theatre has produced for m an y y ears . T wo s . a . ch t e nors g; Rubini and Ivanhoff on th e same b oar d s are sr - 4,a 0 , t o be Ine with, and, should Madame Albertarzi, who is, - about to aPPebe found worthy o f th e f ame w hi c h h as preceded her, t h e n operas may be d o n e j us ti ce t o , an d t h e most fastidious rough' critics satisfied. Madame Grisi wa% th e Ni netta , an d being* with reason, in triumphant good spirits at the p u blic hotn a g! , paid her, outdid herself. It was th e h umour wanted for tort perfect success of he r "Di pl acer, " and i nsure d it. Taw .; burini as Fernando, and Mis s W yn dh am, as Peppo, made the very strong cast of this opera, ut i l e h d re w anothec ernwded house.