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We earnestly recommend the cases related by Dr. Courtenay to the perusal of such of our readers as are afflicted with the com plaints which the author has made the subject of these observations. Several instances are adduced of the recovery of perfect health from states which wore considered hopeless by practitioners of eminent talents and very extensive experience. We entertain the highest opinion of D r . C ourtenay ' s professional skill, and congratulate him on his successful a n d j u di c i ous application to these severe and often atal diseases." —European Magazine CIAUTION.—MECHI'S MAGIC STROP.— x_} Whereas sundry unprincipled persons (for the sake of a grenter profit, aro endeavouring to palm upon the public INFE RIOR RAZOR STROPS, calling them "The Magic Strop," not, having M c chi' s name up on t h em ; the public are resp ectfully informed that no STROP is GENUINE without Mechi's name fully and clearly embossed thereon. By noticing this, much did appointment will be avoided, as Mechi will not hold himself res ponsible for the quality of any strop (however much like his in out wartl appearance) that is without his name. A liberal allowance to the trade, also to captains and merchants who ship in large quan tide . They will be found a profitable article for foreig n invest ments, havi ng an extensive reputation in all the Britishlonics, as well as in almost every capital city in Europe.--Manufactory, 4, Leadenhall-street, four doors from Cornhill, London, where Mechi manufactures extensively the following articles, either for shipping or for wholesale or retail customers, all warranted : Table and small Butler ry, Leather and Wood Dressing Cases, Writing D es k s i n and wood, Bagatelle Tables, Work Boxes, Tea Caddies, Backgammon, Draft and Chess Boards ; Tooth, Hat, Nail, Hair, Shaving, and Clot h Brushes ; Shaving Soap, and Snap Boxes ; the Magic Strop Paste, and Shaving Powder. A large assortment of British Plate, and Sheffield Plated Articles, Japanned Tea Trays, and a variety of other articles, of which catalogues may be had gratis. The Duke of Wellinpton will remain at Strathfield sive, with occasional short visits to town, until the close of the bunting season. Next week the Noble Duke will give his an nual banquet to the Judges going.the circuit, at Winterten. Westmoreland Assizes commenced on Saturday, at Appleby. There was not a single civil cause for trial, and the Crown Calendar contained only two cases, one for sheep steal ing, and the other for larceny. These were disposed of in a short time on Monday, MEL A ND DUBLIN, FEB. 22. GENERAL AS sOCIATION. —The adjourned meeting of this bd wa3 held yesterday. A letter from Mr. O'Connell wLs first read ; it recommended the Association to pass at once a resolution to publish speedily all the names of the members alphabetically, in the newspapers. Mr. Shea Lalor, in a long and spirited speech, introduced an address to he people of England, describing the objects, character, &c., of the Association. STIPENDIARY MAGISTRATES.—It will be recollected that the magisterial conduct of Mr. Vignolles, at the late Car low election, was called in question. The Dublin Evening Post has the following remarks on the : " We have caused enquiries to he made into the matter, and we rejoice very sincerely to find, from the very best authority, that of the High Sheriff of the County, and of his Assessor, at the election, that there are no grounds whatever for the im putations cast upon Mr. Vignolles—that these imputations arose from a misapprehension of the circumstances, and from a misinterpretation of his conduct. Though we did not origi nate the charge, we make, however, this amende to Mr. Vig nolles with great pleasure. He has, in truth, entitled himself to the thanks of the Sheriff and the county." " If this be the case," says the Freeman, "there must be a most grievous error somewhere. We have been informed by several gentlemen of the highest respectability who were eye witnesses to the conduct of this peace preserver, that he came into court with a large stick three inches in diameter—that be struck at several persons with it for acting in compliance with the Sheriff's directions—that his conduct all through the elec tion was that of an Orange partizan—that he sent an hostile message to a most excellent Magistrate, Captain Moore, and afterwards apologised for his conduct—that he insulted an other Magistrate, Mr. Haghton, and, in apprehension of the consequence, sent another apology. We have no doubt that had Colonel Bruen been the High Sheriff, Mr. Vignolles might possibly have entitled himself to his thanks, but we de mur to his title to the thanks of the Sheriff and the county. THE Btsnors.—No proceeding in Parliament has caused a greater sensation on this side of the water than the formidable minority on Mr. Lushington's motion for the expulsion of the Bishops from the House of Lords. CARLOW ELECTION.—One of the electors of a tenant of the defeated candidate, on being brought up to the poll, de clared that he would rather go into the field of battle than vote against his excellent landlord; but he added he had no choice, that landlord having joined the oppressors of his country. Mr. Bunbury may be—nay is—one of the best of landlords, but he is surely also one of the very worst politicians. The threat of a petition has not yet died away. They aver 'that the decision of Mr. Walsh, the assessor, is con trary to law, and have the cool effrontery also to charge Mr. Vigors's party with acts of intimidation. Neither of the allegations, we are, assured, can be sustained. There can be no ground whatever for petitioning against the return of the successful candidate ; and if any such petition be presented, the probability is that it will be pronounced frivolous and vexatious. TORT TACTICS. —For the last week, in this city, the Orangemen have been propagating all manner of stories, as to the immediate change of men and measures. The Duke, Peel, Graham and Stanley, with Knatchbull, Roden, Ripon, Herries and Goulburn, are to be, according to these state ments, the Broad-bottomed Administration. They will begin by passing a Tithe Bill, :minus 30 per cent. of the present alleged income of the Church, passing over the Appropriation Clause ; next, the abolition of Corporate bodies in Ireland, without substitution ; thirdly, a distinct overthrow of the Dissenters, by throwing out the Rate Bill : fourthly, putting down the Irish Association by the common law ; or, if that be found insufficient, by a new Act ; fifthly, a general arma ment of the Orange Yeomen of Ireland ; and, sixthly, the Lieutenancy thereof to be undertaken by the Duke of Wel lington, with a military Secretary, Sir Henry Hardinge-- Dublin Evening Post. THE CAMPAIGI4.—The following extract from a letter, ad dressed to the Secretary of the Association, shows how the Church carries on the war against the people of this country : Nenagh, Feb. 15, 1837. Dear Sir—Another victim has been immolated at the shrine of the " Church militant." Patrick Woods, an honest industrious farmer of this neighbourhood, aged eighty years was arrested on Monday, the 13th instant, under a writ of rebellion, by the notorious " Phil Ryan," for tithes due to the late Dean Gabbett ; and on the night of the Tuesday following, the 14th, died in a damp cold cell of the Nenagh bridewell. The sensation created by this martyrdom, or rather murder, was indescribable, at least I am totally unable to de pict it. " * * * At a stage of th e p rocee di ngs , R yan , t h e re b e llion ruffian, daringly entered the Court-house, where the inquest was being held, and in a most insulting and uproarious manner in terrupted the business ; and although Dr. Dempster, a Ma gistrate, and besides the coroner, Mr. Carroll, who at the time was invested with more authority than even a magistrate, were present, yet he poured forth such a tirade of gross and in sulting abuse against John D'Arcy, Esq., who was foreman of the Jury, as would disgrace even Billingsgate in its most palmy days of filth and vituperation. Hoping you will give this publicity, I have the honour to remain your's, &c., TIMOTHY KING. We subjoin a few other paragraphs : On last Monday, Ryan sold for tithes, at the Market-place of Nenagh, the stock of the Rev. Pat. Quinlain, parish priest. —Tipperary Constitution. Otit: West Iffa and Offa Correspondent writes that parson O'Callaghan has filed seventeen bills for the recovery of tithes, against 189 persons. The notorious " Shamus Foddha," alias long Jim O'Donnell, made, it seems, an affidavit that he was prevented from personally serving the subpoenas, and upon such grounds the usual application for a substitution of service was made to the Court of Exchequer. Why, it has been sworn before the Judges of the land that long " Shamus" was not worthy of credit, notwithstanding an .affidavit has been made, we are told on his information, that a combination ex ists against tith es , an d th at t h e d e f en dants are party thereto ; but we learn also, that steps are being taken to prove that long " Shamus" made no attempt to serve the subpoenas alluded to. —Tipperary Free Press. One hundred and eighteen bills I Let there be 118 an swers by the beginning of next term. THE QUEEN OF SPAIN'S AUXILIARIES.—On Monday, an action was brought by a publican, in the Exchequer Court, against Major Polden, her Majesty's recruiting officer, for 751. 6s. 6d., for various items, including the raising of 290 re cruits, at 2s. per man. The plaintiff acted as crimp and adju tant, kept the scores, and, also having eyes right on the major for his sundries, issued a writ of ne nexeat regne, in conse quence of which the target he was firing at—cash—was lodged in Court. Before this had occurred the crimp went on board to see his " boys" off for Spain ; the sea was rough—" I am very ill, indeed," said the trembling pale plain tiff—" pay me, Major." The gallant officer replied—" 'Pon honour, at leisure, you shall be the first gentleman settled with." " I'll get a boat—and bring an action," was the man's reply. " Well," answered the Commandant, "Do get a boat off, or we'll bring you to St. Sebastian." The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff. RIOTERS.—Five ruffians were convicted in one of our police offices yesterday of rioting and plundering ; they, and four others not convicted, were brought in surrounded by police men, whose wounds were defined by innumerable dressings and bandages, traversing and mapping their skulls in wild un finished touches. ORANGE MASSACRE.—The investigation was resumed on Monday, when after the examination of several witnesses Mr. Nunn closed the case on the part of his clients. The Court then adjourned till the followin g , day. NEW MiNisTar.—The M a il of this evening contains in telligence which will no doubt surprise all who are not as well acquainted as we are with the authentic character of its news, the extreme caution employed in its publication, and above all, its distinguished adherence to veracity in all its party statements.—" The majority will doubtless be assigned as a reason to deter Sir Robert Peel from the formation of a Ministry ; but we can assure our readers that be the majority on this isolated question what it may, it will have no such ef fect. He is prepared not only to take office, but there are the material s rea dy f or t h e construct i on o f one of the strongest Ministries that ever occupied the Treasury benches—one that will possess the confidence of the whole British Empire; and that will conduct the affairs of the nation—aye, and in the House of Commons, too—without a dissolution. What will Mrs. Prunty say to this?" - What will she say to it? Why that the merest old woman would laugh in the face of any person who uttered such sheer nonsense, such improbable transparent absurdities as the Mail blushes not to publish as fact. CORONERS' INQUESTS.-Yesterday an inquest was held at the Hope public-house, Tottenham -street, on the body of Daniel Peat, aged 25, late foreman to Mr. Wiggins, an ex tensive cow-keeper, who put an end to his existence by hanging himself. Evidence was given of his distressed state of mind since the death of a young female whom he was to have mar ried. Verdict " Temporary derangement."—Yesterday an inquest was held at the County Lunatic Asylum, Hanwell, on the body of William Carter, aged 50, a lunatic, who was dis covered by a keeper quite dead about an hour after having eaten a hearty dinner. On examining the body a piece of meat was found sticking in the gullet, which the medical officer of the asylum stated to be the cause of death. The jury returned a verdict " Died of strangulation." The Kentish Observer would have its dupes believe that Mr. Marjoribanks, as well as Mr. Hodges, the enlightened, useful, and Liberal Member for the western division of Kent, is upon the eve of dissolving his parliamentary connexion with the county. The wish is parent of the thought; but even in that county, where the foul influences exist in their rankest grossness, another Tory can scarcely hope to creep into the representation. A groat of Elizabeth, of the date 1580, has lately been found in Sherborne. Handbills were circulated at Lyme, under the au thority of the worshipful the Mayor, thanking the public for their liberal contributions for affording the comforts that had been contributed towards the wants of the poor during the late season, and the prevalence of influenza. —Sherborne Jour. ,On Monday last, at one o'clock, a public meeting of the inhabitants, convened by the Mayor, in answer to a nume rously signed requisition, was held at the court-room in the Sessions-house, " for the purpose of petitioning Government against any change in the present conveyance of the mails to and from I re l an d , i n his Majesty's packets, at present esta blished at this port."--Liverpool Courier. LIVERPOOL COTTON-MARKET, FEB. 22.—The market to-day is not quite so firm as it was in the early part of the week. To-day 3, 000 b ags have been sold. More Cotton has been offering, and less inclination to buy it ; but the market, on the whole, exhibits a much more firm tone than it did a week or two ago. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 24, 1837. In the House of Lords last night several petitions were presented, and some bills advanced a stage. The Wills Bill was read a second time. For an explana• tion of the objects contemplated by this measure, we refer our readers to the remarks of its framer, Lord LANGDALE. The House of Commons stood adjourned till this day. The Bill for making certain alterations in the law respecting Wills, lately introduced into the House of Lords by the LORD CHANCELLOR, was read a second time last night. The object of this very useful mea sure is to substitute for the multifarious, inconsistent, and perplexing requirements of the law as it stands at present, a more simple, uniform, and intelligible system. There are, as it appears, no less than ten forms of making a will, according to the different nature and circumstances of the property to be bequeathed. It is thus difficult for any one who is not a lawyer to now how to make a will that shall be valid, and the natural consequence is, that a great many wills are void, and much hardship is produced to families by the informal way in which testamentary papers are often drawn up. It is evident that the grea t p o i n t t o b e se cured is to carry into effect the intentions o f th e tes tator, and surely where those intentions hav e b een clearly ascertained, it is absurd to defeat them, merely because some legal technicality may have been omitted. All that it seems requisite for the law to insist upon, is that the testator should be a free agent, an d of competent age. That a man must have a certain number of witnesses to his will if he disposes of one kind of property, and a certain other number if he disposes of another kind—that he cannot for instance, bequeath a single acre of land without three or four witnesses having attested his w ill i n hi s ow n presence, while an unsign e d scrap of paper—a memorandum in a pocket-book-- may convey_ away millions of money, is one of those things that people would c onfidently assert could not possibly exist, did not the fact prove the contrary. Lord LANGDALE proposes to do away with this absurdity, and to make the same form applicable to all sorts of property. The chief of the other improvements intended to leetgalr that age prop erty may or may n o t have Come Y 9 ', be made i n th e l aw , a re to allow a ll the property aduteGhed make bl2l possess e d by a t estator a t the time of h is de ath , to be bequeathed syevheisnte"e'inil,thelhhe before the will was m a d e , r , ,r bequeathi ng personal property. The Bill, we are glad to pence,,_, was greatly approved of in the Upper by the high leg a l a u th or i t i es House, of both ulrries. There is, there fore, little or no doubt that will be extensively felt. • •n pass—its it he 6 t ne It is an , - _,-.4suig to observe the way in which th Tory Journals speak of the majority of yesterday morning ; The Post, or rather our Contemporary's correspondent, ZETA, is quite indifferent, indeed we may almost say, frolicsome on the subject ; while the Times is pathetic to a degree that absolutely brings tears into one's eyes. "If we must now go to the wall," says the latter Journal, " because we arc threa tened, and thus set the Papists on horseback in the cor porate towns, when they come within the next six months, and call upon u I to sacrifice the Protestant Church with its revenues, on pain of you must,' or we will repeal the Union,' what reply, let us ask, has the majority of yesterday morning left the Protestant people of England any fair pretence of offering ? O'CONNELL has long since declared that he will get all he can.' SuEIL flings it in our faces that we dare not henceforth refuse him." These are words literally " steeped in tears," and show that the majo rity of eighty has struck to the heart'score of our Con temporary. But what says the Post. Is he too given to the doleful—handed over, without bene fit of clergy, to the Blue Devils ? Quite the contrary. He is in the best possible spirits ; swears that he was never less surprised in his life at finding his party so handsomely drubbed ; that it was "accord ing to general expectation ;" that it was " expected by all parties as a matter of course ;" that the " Conser vatives are not dismayed at their defeat, because they expected it as a matter of course ;"—in a word, he goes on ringing the changes upon his "expectations," in a way to convince us that he was not quite so prepared for the result as he would fain have us believe. But this is by no means the most diverting part of ZETA'S lucubration. After stating over and over again —for, like Ancient Pistol, he " hath damn able iteration in him"—that he had fully made up his mind for a defeat, he discovers towards the close of his epistle, that the defeat was no defeat at all, but, on the contrary, a signal victory I " The division of last night,"quoth he, "exhibits no falling off in the numbers of the Conservative party. On the contrary, the Con servatives have actually gained six votes since last year. In the division upon Lord J. RUSSELL'S motion, on the 10th of June, 1836, the numbers were, 324 against 238; whereas in the late division upon Lord 1 7 ..EGER TON'S motion, the numbers were, 322 against 242, so that, in point of fact, the Radicals have lost two votes, and the Conservatives have gained four votes on the present occasion." This is rich. Nevertheless, we must strip the gilding off this fine statement. The division on the 10th of June, 1836, to which ZETA so complacently alludes, occurred, as he himself acknow ledges, on the motion of Lord JOHN RUSSELL for rejecting the amendments of the Lords, which amend ments, let him remember, swept away the whole Cor porations of Ireland bodily. The cases, therefore, are not parallel. If there should be a smaller number on the liberal side, and a larger number on the other, when the same question comes to be decided—sup posing the Lords mad enough to act as they did last' year—then we will allow the force of ZETA'S argu ment, but not till then. The fair and honest way of estimating the comparative strength of the two parties, is on the divisions which have taken place on the same points, and at the same stages of the Bill. We direct public attention to the subject of a letter from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, which will be found in our" columns of this day. It refers to the extraordinary demand of ten per cent. legacy duty, claimed by the Magistrates of Zurich, on the property of all foreigners —no matter where situated—who happen to die within the precincts of that aristocratic little canton. To English travellers—and English residents in' Switzer land more especially—the existence of a law which sanctions such a demand as this is of the utmost importance. What do our readers suppose would be the effect of such a law, if observed, were some half dozen of our great landed aristocracy to die in the course of one summer in the Canton of Zurich ? Why, that the Republic would draw more money from Eng land in the shape of legacy duty in one year than would half suffice to purchase the fee-simple of the entire State. The very idea of such an exaction is monstrous. It is alike opposed to every principle of Justice and common sense. One would suppose that the Swiss would be satisfied with the immense wealth squandered by British residents and travellers when alive, without extending a claim to the plunder of their rightful heirs. Although we feel confident that Great Britain will not recognize the right of Zurich to ex tend a claim for legacy duty to property situate in these kingdoms, yet the fact of such a claim having been made calls for a severe repudiation of the law in voked to sanction it. To the Swiss themselves it must eventually prove most injurious, as it will prevent rich foreigners from settling among them. Most of the English who select Switzerland for their residence are proverbial for their great wealth and eccentricity, and these the very name of such a law would for ever drive from the Republic. This is a view of the question which may have escaped the Magistracy and Legislators of the canton of Zurich. The case of Mr. MA TITER is one in which every British subject is interested. Till we know whether the Government of Zurich will persevere in confiscat ing the property of that gentleman, and actually ap propriates the proceeds of sale to cover a legacy duty claimed on property situate in this country, we shall content ourselves with this notice of a transaction which reflects but little credit upon the legislative wisdom and justice of Helvetia. The Seventh Annual General Meeting of the St. Marylebone Bank for Savings was held yesterday at the office, No. 76, Welbeck-street, Cavendish-square. The Rev. J. H. Spry, D. D., in the chair. It appeared from the report that the progress of the bank continues to be of the most rapid and satisfactory description, no less than 2,696 new deposits having been made during the last year; 8,328 deposit accounts re mained open on the 20th November last, and upwards of 125,500/. was then invested with the Commissioners for the reduction of the national debt. This amount has since risen to more than 132,0001., and is rapidly on the advance. The Duke of Roxburgh and his newly-married Duchess have been joined in Paris by the Dowager Duchess and Lieut.-Colonel O'Reilly. It is said that the young Duke, whose titles are Scottish, will be elevated to the British peerage. Major-Generals Hawker and Butts have received the decoration of the Guelphic Order. Notwithstanding the vigorous means which were promised to put down the various gaming houses in the Quad rant and elsewhere, as the season advances, they are every day increasing in number and publicity. The Duke of Grafton and Lady Laura Fitzroy are expected in Clarges-street, from Wakefield Lodge, Wliittle bury Forest, Northamptonshire. The Earl and Countess Grey are expected in Berke- ley-square, at Easter, visiting Lord and Lady Dacre at the Hoo, in their route. M. de Berg, Secretary to the Russian Embassy, is expected at Ashburnham House, from Paris. Lady Ashburton, who met with a serious accident in Piccadilly on Wednesday, is recovering. Her Ladyship passed a tranquil night, and was doing well yesterday. On Wednesday the annual general meeting of the proprietors of the University College was held, for the purpose of receiving the report, &c. Mr. C. Atkinson, the Secretary, read the report for the last year, from which it appeared that several very liberal donations had been made to the college, comprising one of 5001., for the purpose of forming a fund to be called the " Ricardo Fund ;" one of 5,000/. by Mrs. Fla herty ; two donations of 1,0001. each by " A Patriot ; one by the Rev. Dr. Fellowes of 500/. ; and a bequest by Mr. Clark of 501. It was also stated the number of collegiate students during the Session was 565-439 in the medical, and 145 in the general department. After some discussion on the terms of the report, Mr. Warburton, M. P., moved a resolution, re commending the Council to accept the collegiate charter, offered by the Government. The resolution was carried. Mr. Parnther's soiree musicale, on Wednesday even ing, in Grafton.street, was most brilliantly attended by upwards 4 istinguished persons. The carriages began to arrive of ibt, continued setting down until eleven. The at ten o'clock, W.., Pozzo di Borgo, Count Charles and - - , (1 Lady Fitzroy Somerset, Earl of Aberdeen, Count, Countess Pozzo di )forgo, T i o t-;nnes of Ailesbury, rct - -- , ngst the Lord and Lady Sydney, Marquis and 111t4rv4..- Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbery, Wev' company. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1537. PRICES Crl.' STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. 3;ink Stock. 3 per Cent. lied, 911%1414 f )itto Bon4s 1 per Cent. Cons EON SA South Sea Stock ....... ....... 101% Y, 3 per Cent......... ‘ , 11%;,(11c1 Annuities Ditto Red ‘ 18'. . , , ,,', New Ditto — New 3 1 % per Cei t .67, 57% 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 — New sper Cent.. Rank LongAnnuitiostockpire ;Di tto :500. 3O 32 pm. Jar. 5, lii r. l5 1-16 Ditto Small Oct. 10. mu - Ditto Commercial — pm. J.in 5, 1 ' 60 113§ I 1-16 Ditto Advertised ..... ...—.. —— Pm Jan. 5 88 ...... ....... ....... . Bank Stock for Acc0unt......... ‘pril e, 14st , ...... Jan. a, 1D+7',,, . - - Ccingols for Acconnt NM% 'A o . mourn .. ..... „ Pm- PRICKS OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. to,triati Bonds 11.!Igian Bonds . Ditto Account I:Iitto Accouot — Portuguese Bonds — Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account 13 , ienos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account 46/4 Ditto Account Chillian Bonds — Prussian Bonds — Ditto Account ........ ..... .. Russian Bonds, 11522 Columbian Bonds ....... .......... Ditto Account Ditto Accow.L :olurnbian Bonds, 'B2l ,, —; Spanish Bonds — Ditto Account - Dmidi Bonds ... Ditto Account -; Ditto Account 27 614 Greek Bonds.— .... ....... .. —' French, 5 per cent.......... —r. —c. Ditto Bonds, 18'5 Ditto Account Mexican fiends, 5 per cent.... —' Exchange ..... ...... —1 —e, Ditto Account r , Ditto, 6 per cent ............ Ditto Account ........... .i'll,, Ditto Account ....... ..... .... —' Ditto, 5 per cent 112%14 Neapolitan --! Ditto Account ............«... PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Paid. Per Share lihymney Iron Mining Company ... 2l. I 15% Bristol and Exeter Railway Company 5 1 Ksighton Railway Company Lon lon and Blackwall Railway London and Birmingham Railway Company 75 115 11 18 Inns, n and Greenwich Railway Coml.!), 2ll 22 2:3 Nr.rth Midland Railway Company lO 12 NVestminster and Greenwich Railway Company 2 114 Colonial Bank .......................... ......... lO 7% MA ILS. Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due 0 America."... 0 0 France... ..... .... I 0 Lisbon 0 0 Brazil ....... ..... 0 0 fluent. &Jersey 0 0 Malta 0 Buenos Ayres.. 0 0 Hamburg 0 0 Mexico ..... ....... 0 ii Carthagena...... 0 0 Holland .. .. .. I Dublin... ...... 0 0 Jamaica 0 0 Sweden 0 0 Flanders ..... .... 1 0 Leeward Islands 0 1 Waterford 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. M0rning.........51 minutes after 4. I Evening...... S minutes after S. NEW EDITION OF LINGARD'S ENGLAND, IN MONTHLY FIVE SHILLING VOLUMES. 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Hatchard and Son, Piccadilly. lIAAIBURGH, FEB. 17, 1837. ALL those having to remit 201. to us, are requested to observe that they may save half the Postage by directing their Letter via France. HEINE BROTHERS. The publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 10 minutes past Three o' Clock. • . • . • Zbt flxt. BRIGHTON-THURSDAY. The rainy and unpleasant 'weather has confined their Majes ties and the whole of the Court to the Palace. The Duchess of Gloucester quits the Palace to-morrow morning, at 10 o'clock, for Gloucester House, Piccadilly. The calls at the Palace this day were limited to Sir M. J. and Lady Tierney, and Sir George and Lady Shiner. Lord and Lady Maryborough intend to take their departure for town on Saturday. The Duke and Duchess of St. Alban's will leave early in the ensuing week for town. . _ HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) Lords 13souGuANt and I.YNDIIURST sat this morning at ten o'clock, for the purpose of hearing Scotch appeals. YLItE V. VERE Yesterday evening the Royal dinner invitations comprised Sir James, Lady, and Mks Lloyd, and the Misses Carr, Mr. L. Peel, Sir A. and Lady Dalrymple, Sir M. J. and Lady Tierney, Lieut.-Col. Home, Sir Charles B. Vaughan, Lord and Lady Maryborough, Sir Francis Collier, Captain Poulett, and Colonel Sir James Reynett. Mr. W. Farrell played Lord Oglehy last night at our theatre, to a crowded and fashionable audience, and Nicholas Flam in the after-piece. The performances were for the benefit of the leader of the orchestra, who had incurred a considerable ex pense in producing the eminent actor above mentioned. The managers have what they term an after season upon the star system. Templeton and Miss Horton commence an engage ment next week. COURT CIRCULAR. The Right Hon. H. Goulburn, Sir Robert Inglis, and Mr, Askew had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, al the Home Office. The Bishop of Llandaff and the Lord Advocate of Scotian(' had interviews with Lord Glenelg yesterday, at the Colonia Office. The Grecian Minister and M. de Bourqueney, the French Charge d'Affaires, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Office. Mr. Hodges and Mr. Bagshaws had interviews with Vis count Melbourne yesterday, in Downing-street. Mr. Oswald, M. P., had an interview with Mr. Poulett Thomson yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Despatches from the Governor of British Guiana were re ceived yesterday, at the Colonial Office. The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Marquis of Lansdowne and other Commissioners, attended a meeting of the Church Commission yesterday afternoon, in Whitehall-place. The President of the Board of Controul had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday in Downing street. THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. There are good arrivals this week of both Grain and Flour. The Wheat trade remains unaltered from Monday. Barley is dull and rather cheaper. Beans and Pease are very heavy in disposal, and again lower. In the Oat trade there has been such an accumulation of samples, that this article has again declined Is. per quarter, with little doing. The business transacted in Flour this week has been scanty. ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Flour. English Irish - -. 8,710 - Foreign l5O 2,1 6 0 560 - SMITHFIELL This day's supply was very gooc alteration from the prices last quol PRICES PER STONE OF BLS s. d. tO s. tI. Interior 8ea5t5....... 2 2 2 4 Second quality ditto 2 8 3 2 Prime large Oxen 3 4 3 8 Prime Scots, &c. 3lO 4 2 Large coarse Calves 4 4 4 8 Prime small ditto 5 0 5 4 Suckling Calves each l7 I, 35 0 SUPPLY, AS PER CL Beasts. I . Sheep. 97 12,005 D MARKET d, and the sale was dull at little rted : 4 TO SINK THE OFFALS. s. d. Inferior Sheep 2 10 to s 3 0 Second quality ditto 3 6 310 Coarso-woolled ditto 4 4 4 8 Southdown Wethers Large Hogs 3 6 4 0 Small Porkers 3 6 410 Quarter old Pig leach) u 20 0 .E liK'S STATEMENT. I Calves. I Pigs 56 231 NEWGATE AND LEA At per stone, s d. to a d. Beef, inferior 2 4 2 6 Mutton, inferior middling ..«..„.. , 8 210 - middling -- prime large - prime small 3 2 3 4 Perk, l arge Veal 3 8 4 6 -small DENHALL MARKETS. by the Carcass. s d. to s d. 2 6 210 30 2 4 46 4 0 26 4 2 ...... ... 4 8 5 a THE FUNDS. 7 -(THIS DAY. CITY, 7'IVELVE O'CLOCK. We have received Halifax papers to the 2d February. We extract the following :—" At 2 o'clock on the Ist inst., his Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor proceeded in state to the Council Chamber, and, being seated, commanded the at tendance of the House of Assembly. His Excellency having approved of their choice of a Speaker, made the following speech : " At the opening of the Session of a new Assembly, it affords me great satisfaction to congratulate you on the peace and prosperity which pervade this province. " Although the last harvest was not very productive, I trust that no serious evil will be experienced from that cir cumstance. To some of the newly-arrived settlers in Cape Breton, who were represented to me as likely to suffer extreme distress, owing to the failure of the potato crop, I have already felt it my duty to send some assistance ; and should these poor people be found to require further relief, the proofs which you have uni formly given of your humanity, assure me that their wants will be cheerfully supplied. The past Session, I regret to find, has been rather un favourable to your fisheries ; but a steady and progressive im provement has taken place in every other branch of our trade and commerce. " I have great satisfaction in acquainting you that the re venue is improving ; the receipts of the last year were suffi cient to meet all the demands upon the Treasury, and every just claim against the Government has, I believe, been dis charged. "' I feel it my duty, however, to advise a judicious and eco nomical application of our means : and the surest way of ac complishing this is to keep our expenditure within our income. "' I continue to receive from the Inspecting Field Officers very satisfactory reports of the militia. The regularity and good order of the battalions are deserving of great praise. "' Among the numerous matters of local interest which de mand your notice, the improvement of your present defective system of appropriating and expending the road money seem to me to have a peculiar claim on your attention ; and I should be neglectful of my duty, were I not to recommend that subject to your best consideration. I shall direct the public accounts to be laid before you, and I trust that you will find that your grants to his Majesty have been faithfully applied. I shall also direct the estimates for the present year to be submitted to you, and I am fully pursuaded that the supplies necessary for the support of his Majesty's Government will be provided with your usual libe rality. " ' No country perhaps has more reason than Nova Scotia to be thankful to a bountiful Providence for the manifold blessings which it enjoys. Our laws are duly and impartially administered, crime is of rare occurrence among us; the pressure of taxa tion is light ; and a wide scope is afforded for the industry of our people ; and it is most gratifying to me to have these, and many other grounds, for the belief I entertain, that this province, under a wise and steady Legislation, must rapidly advance in prosperity. To you, Gentlemen, is entrusted the task of calling forth its resources, and I confidently hope that, on discharging the important duties which have devolved on you, the calmness of our deliberations, and the soundness of your dicussions, may satisfy the expectations of our intelli gent and loyal people ; and that the harmony which has so long marked the legislative proceedings of this province may continue to distinguish them. On my part, Gentlemen, you will find the most anxious desire to co-operate with you in such measures as may promote the happiness and welfare of his Majesty's subjects in this part of his North American dominions." New Brunswick Papers to the 29th January state, that me chanics, labourers, and building materials will be in great de mand in St. John's during the ensuing spring and summer, and the rates of each will no doubt be high. Vessels from Britain would do well to bring out bricks as ballast, as they will meet with a ready sale. Resolutions granting 1,0001. far the relief of the sufferers of the late fire in St. John's passed the House of Assembly. THE FUNDS. Yesterday was the day for the usual weekly meeting of the Bank Directors ; but they broke up without any notice being given to the public respecting their measures. Consols which closed yesterday at 90 a for the Account, and 90A-1 for Money, opened at the same price this morning. The chief business in the house is paying and receiving the dif ferences in the settlement of yesterday's account. It is stated that a plan is under consideration by the principal private Bankers, to equalise the commercial discount business. Exchequer Bills, 32 prem. ; India Bonds, 26 28 prem. ; Bank Stock, 207 ; India, 257. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active heavy at 264 27 ; Portuguese, 494 ; Three per Cents, 311 ; Spanish Coupons, 43 ; Dutch Two-and-a-half per Cents, 531 HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK. The boisterous state of the weather prevents the arrival of the French mails, in consequence of which great dulness pre vails in the operations of the various funds. Consols, Which were in the morning 90i for the Account, have since receded to 90k ; for Money, 89i. Money is readier had for commercial purposes. Exche quer Bills, 30 32 ; India Bonds, 26 28 ; Bank Stock, 207; India Stock, 257 ; Spanish Active, 24, heavy ; Passive, 74 , ; Deferred, ; Portuguese, 491 ; 3 p er C ents., 32 ; Dutch 21 per Cents., 53k. No alteration in shares. THREE 0' CL 0 CK. Consols for the Account, 90i. Lord Melbourne gives a grand dinner this evening in South-street. Lord Ashburton's grand political dinner to-morrow, at Bath-house, is expected to be postponed in consequence of the melancholy accident which befel his lady on 'Wednesday. A similar accident happened to the late Lady Caroline Barham a few years since. General Lord Hill, as Cominander-in-Chief, held a levee yesterday, at his office in the Horse Guards, which was attended by Lord Clements, Lieut.-General Sir L. Grant, and several other Lieutenant-Generals, and about 30 other officers. Lady Antrobus had a rout on Wednesday evening, at her residence in Piccadilly. Upwards of 150 distinguished fashionables were present. Mr. Secretary Wood entertained a select party at dinner, at the Admiralty, on Wednesday evening. The Earl of Cadocan has left Piccadilly for Kelso. The object of the Noble Earl's visit is for the enjoyment of his favourite sport, salmon-fishing. This is the birth-day of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, who hag completed his 63d year. This was an appeal ft om the decision of the Judgos of the second division, and the Lords Ordinary, and the question, which was one entirely inter hceredes, turned upon the con struction of a deed of entail of the lands and barony 0 1 Craigiehall, executed by Sophia Marchioness of Annandale, daughter and heiress of Mr. John Fairholme, with consent of her husband. The questions submitted for the decision of their Lordships were —fi rst, w h et h er t h ere was a valid subsisting entail of the estate of Craigiehall, whereby the pursuer of the present action, Mr. Hope Vere, wa effectually prohibited from altering the order of succes sion, contracting debts, and selling the said estate ; and, se condly, whether in so far as regarded the lands of Upper Craigie, and others, of which a Crown charter was passed 111 1758, upon the resignation of Ch a rl es H o p e W e ir, Esq.,. favour of himself in life rent, and William Hope Weir, his son, in fee, there was a valid subsisting entail, whereby the pursuer was effectually prohibited from altering the order of succession, contracting debts, and selling the said lands 01 Upper Cragie and others ? Mr. TINNEY and Mr. STEWART were heard on behalf of the appellants ; and Dr. LUSHINGTON proceeded to address their Lordships on behalf of the respondents. The Learned Doctoi had not concluded his arguments when our Reporter left. CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) Mr. Coltman was this morning sworn in one of the Judge! of the Court of Common Pleas, in the room of Mr. Justice Gaselee, in the Lord Chancellor's private room. Mr. Rogers, Mr. Chilton, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Crowther, and Mr. Adams, were this morning called within the Bar by the Lord Chancellor, having been appointed King's Counsel, MR. LECHMERE -CHARLTON. Sir CHARLES WETHERELL said that' before the regular busi ness of the Court was proceeded with, he had to state to the Court that Mr. Charlton had presented another petition, pray ing for his discharge. After setting forth different proceedings that had taken place, it stated that the object of the petitioner, in addressing the letter he had done to the Master, was solely with a view of obtaining a further hearing, in order, if possible, to protect the interests of the persons for whom he appeared before the Master, which, from the information he had received, he did not think had been properly attended to. He expressed his regret and sorrow, that under such feelings, and without any intention on his part to commit a contempt of this Court, he should have sent a letter to the Master, which had been adjudged to contain matters scandalous with respect to the Master, an attempt to influence his judgment, and disrespectfU to the Court. The petitioner further stated, that he had in- tended to express his regret in the petition lie had before pre sented ; but as his Lordship did not think that he had stated sufficient in that petition, he had, through the kindness of his Lordship, been allowed to present another, the statements in which, he trusted, would induce the Court to order his discharge. The LORD CHANCELLOR, after going through the proceed ings that had taken place both before the Court and the Cotn mittee of the House of Commons, said, that in the previous petition presented by Mr. Charlton, he had expressed his contrition for only the smallest part of his offence, namely, using expressions offensive to the Master and the Court. He had said nothing about questioning the propriety of this order. The Court would never permit the propriety of its orders to be questioned but in the regular way.. As, however, Mr. Charlton had been another week in prison since he had presented his last petition—as he had varied the ground! upon which he sought for his discharge—as he had expressed his regret and sorrow for the course he had adopted, and stated that he had no intention to influence the judgment of the Master ; and as his Lordship did not find in the language of the petition any thing challenging the au thority of the Court, or the propriety of the order it had made, and as the petition contained the omissions of the former pe tition, although the Court might have reason to have expected different expressions, yet his Lordship thought that lie might, consistently with the dignity of the Court, receive the petition as a sufficient expression of the regret and sorrow of Mr. Charlton, and upon its statement order him to be discharged : at the same time, however, he must observe, that no party, however high, or whatever his rank and station in life, could be permitted, on account of that high station, to commit a similar offence with impunity. The order for the committal of Mr. Charlton must therefore be discharged in the usual way. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, FEB. 23.—Wind N.W., blowing hard throughou the day, with heavy squalls of rain.—Several of the outward bound drove brought up, all well. Arrived the Two Sisters, Dyers, from Dublin. 1 3 01TSMOUTII, FEB, 23.—1 t has blown all night and this day a heavy gal e f rom S. W. to. W. S. W., during which tho Avon, Clark, became a wreck. FALMOUTH, FEB. 22.—Wind W., strong breezes.—Arrived the Georginia, Wily, from Aux Cayes. COWES, FRB. 23. —Arrived the Neptune, from Cork, cargo shifted; and Harmonic, De Boer, from Smyrna, leaky, and with loss of boats. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 22.—Arrived the Sir William Heathcote, —, from Paraiba ; David Cannon, Broadfoot, from New Orleans; Comet, Macey, from New Orleans; Rob Roy, Ar nold, from Mobile ; Magnet, Payne, from Charleston ; and Vigilante, ---, from Sicily. Off port, the Rothschild, —', from Savannah. SUNDERLAND, FED. 22.—The Jubilee, of this port, was off the rocks of Whitburn on the 18th inst., and brought in here. RAMSGATE, FEB. 23. —Arrived the Neva, Bunker, from Antwerp for New York—lost two anchors and cables, and windlass damaged ; Crown, Adams, from Newcastle for Rouen—received damage in the Harbour. Vessels spoken with—The Pacific, Clyde, for Barbadoes, on the 13th ult., lat. 20, long. 38, by the Charlotte, of Guernsey • and Star packet, on the 15th inst., l a t. 49, l ong . 30, b y t he Reliance) of Plymouth. British Consulate, Elsinore, Feb. 8, 1837. Sir,—Sir Henry Wynn, his Majesty's Minister at the Court of Copenhagen, has communicated to me a letter, addressed to him by the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, under data of the 2d inst., of which the following is the purport :---It appears that in the salvage case of the Forth of Newcastle, which occurred on the north coast of Jutland, in October, last year, the remuneration stipulated for by Mr. Rasinus Bergen, of Fredericksbam, was much higher than the Danish laws allow to agents on similar occasions ; but, independent of that remuneration, which upon the produce of the sale amounts to The agent has still charged for arranging the sale, the ship and her tackle, 2 per cent. For encashing the amounts, 4 per cent For porterage and carriage, translations and copies, stamps and postages Remuneration as agent for Lloyd's .. 208 2 10 616 5 4 105 15 0 120 0 0 1,760 2 1 a sum which is stated to exceed one-half of the salvage, and to be more considerable than all other expences. The charge of Rbd. 120, as agent for Lloyd's, is particularly objected to, as his whole trouble was conf i ned to controlling his own ac tions. The local authorities having represented to Captain Black, the master, that they considered the above charges exor bitant, and that according to the existing law the agent would be obliged to reduce them considerably, if the case were brought forward, he replied that he found them reasonable, and intended to allow the salary stipulated. In consequence of this communication, which has been made at the request of the Danish Chancery, in order to check the agents on the coast whose impositions in similar cases have given rise to frequent complaints, I have to request that you will cause the present letter to be communicated to the parties con cerned, in order that they may authorise me if they think pro per to receive the overcharge through the medium of the Danish Chancery, to whom all agents acting in cases of sal vage are amenable.—l have the honour to be, Your obedient servant, FRANCIS MACGREGOR. Wm. Dobson, Esq., Secretary, Lloyd's. The counter of a large fir-built vessel, with " Jane and Margaret, of Hull" upon it, and several pieces of wreck, were washed on shore at the Calf of Man, 19th inst. The stern of a vessel, with " Mersey" upon it, was wrecked on shore near Holyhead yesterday. The Jane, of Bristol, took fire in the River 22d inst., and received much damage. It is currently reported in ecclesiastical circles that the Bishopric of Salisbury, vacant by the death of Dr. Burgess; is to be bestowed upon Dr. Hampden, Regius Professor 0' Divinity at Oxford. A Court of Common Council was held yesterdaY For the despatch of business. Among other matters it was de' ermined that the City of London school should be insured in he sum of 10,000/. On 'Wednesday evening last a very numerous meet' ing of the Westminster Central Committee for the Abolition of the House and Window Tax was held in the British Hotel? Cockspur-street. Mr. A'Beekett was in the Chair. Mr. 'Wei' kcr, Mr. Ewan, and several other gentlemen addressed tb° Meeting, and a resolution was passed, expressive of their op?' nion, that now that there:was a surplus revenue of two millions and a half, it was expedient to urge upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer a total repeal of the remaining portion of the tax in question, and a Deputation was appointed to wait upon him 011 the subject. 13ellini's favourite opera of Norma is to be performe d at the King's Theatre to-morrow and Tuesday, and Mollie' Blasis has kindly consented to appear, to complete her engage inent with Mr. Mitchell. Mr. O'Connell received yesterday morning a singul a s t letter from Ireland, written in a female hand, inclosing tot e / for 1001. The communication runs thus :—" A tribute gratitude to Mr. O'Connell, for making Ireland respected . Feb. 19, 1837." THE NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE AND TIT, MORIST.-We understand that Mr. Colburn has made arl i a to rangement with Captain Marryat, by which he has secure.c,'.., the "New Monthly," after the Ist of May next, the contrie:co tions of that popular writer. In the meantime, he comme n taa with the March Number his new story of " The 1 3118 %i 5 0 Ship." The Number of the New Monthly for March vrili ro contain the continuation of the Gurney Papers, by ?trio ; Hook, Esq. the Opening Night at th e Th ea tre Royal id, Pedlington, by the Author of " P au l P r y ; " an d articles Reject the Hon. Edmund PhippS, th e A ut h ors o f " The and Addresses," N. P. Willis, D oug l as J erro ld, L e igh Hunt , ' other distinguished writers, This day was published, in one closely and beautifully printed Bvo. 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