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consider th 18". Ica s ot : t. e egg V ui t rita ~uest i "" ie cl , tste s, o' haven lit, bel° dere'. the 1111 ~~y,l )• 29 10 1 , 1 7 : 41, tp l , 1 6 d I 3 . 4 • 0 eOO 4 4 0 , . /e it; e s' .0 4 ,„ie iss'' V , f tt 4 f,lle f* 0 . o n ', c oo " 01 11 ,1 I. I f" raps, )(° :; ,l° ,(6 e sc fo4 rilt0:116ENI) gTAR AND ELACKIVALL ". NOTICE. PA UKKTS. — ALTRRATIOW OF TIMI. td ~ or ti o „,,, Thai 4,1,ty It tit tie 18th instant, the last Star and nvall p at..tts ^'ill leave the Brunswick Wharf at 5 P.M , in M ! ../t Passet. t 4, and t i e Terrace-pier, Gravesend, at 5, in lien of 4, tt r _ , "1711te, Gravesend, Feb. 15, 18441. aid Railway rare included in one -Payment. Akt i i: TERRACB Alit, GRAYRSEND. ti;g4 A l. ) ,aY s .—At 8%, 9%, 11% 1,2%, and i. t ,14 `•" - ‘ ,- 4, t 5%, 1154, 1%, stud 4. -"t'ar Piers, " Lar alati an extra Packet at half-past 7, selling at ,?rit,,°ll BR UNSWICK WPIAR F, PLACKWALL. •"'aa starting One Quarter of an Hour before each of At tic these times. 11 :gt, 4 , 1 1 , ) 4 TS.—At 5%, 10%, 12, 1%, and 8. " — At , 5%, 11, 1%, and 4%; FAES : F ore Cabin and Seco ß nd Class Railway, 6d. and First Class Railway, sd. ji Ar WESTERN RAILWAY. The Directors of this Company are ready to receive TenderslT S Or~s of _ Money, in sum s o f not l ess th an 1,000/., f o r a period Years on the security of Mortgage Debentures, bearing f ~.4 4 4,„,h e rate of 41. per cent. per annum, payable half yearly. may be made to the undersigned, at the Railway " —.angton Station A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. GREAT NORTH AND SOUTH WALES pilitio AND WORCESTER RAILWAY. n to Parliament a ainst this 11111 will LIE for SlG ttib.4ltE the who of TUESDAY g and until One o'clock on WED- Attend N'tet t he 4th ef March, at the ' Hall of Commence, Threadneedle at once and sign P F REDERICK L.A.WRANCE, tinder's gam. Chairman of the Commilteee of Shareholders. Lothbury, Feb. 28, 1846. OF CORRECTION AT WESTMIN sTER 1 - / • A MATRON Is REQUIRED for this Prison. She kf t n t :. or between 30 and 45 years of age, without iIiCUM y, er— e ' not more than one child, and that child not resident 4t 7: Of at ' she must be an unmarried lady, between 40 and 45 k' , and • Si te must have good health, and be of competent edu ••cs i tn Ust devote the whole of her time and attention to the „ a ,risl eot t B e situation. The salary will be 1001. per annum, with 4 ice of its, candles, washing for her own person only, and an Pe„ • year for the wages of a female servant. ti Niett or ,m B Who intend to offer themselves as candidates must tfic! 444 pre in t heir own writing, stating their names and residences, 1 (41, t i t , :lnt situation, and accompanied by testimon•als of ch . a, the iitxr o git liirY, addressed to me, on or before the 30th day.of - tw o "' ,;nu must personally attend on the Visiting Justices a ),e'cl uek nouse, on Clerkenwell-green on the following day, at ter A,, t 'e liele l) , r ," lB e l Y. Four of the persons who shall offer themselvest 1 ,,4•11 nis ei -, and specially recommended to the Court on the 9th t 4 B th eui when the election will take place. I,eak, o a r s of the regulations and duties may be ascertained, and 1), - 2 1 1 pr the Prison may be seen, on application either at the 10 ' hIY office 17, Carlisle-street, Soho-square, any day, be an 3 o'clock: kith pet, 1846. CHARLES P. ALLEN, Clerk to the Visiting Justices. 43 c, 4- a lrE wf RSA', CIIMPANY 1i,', —a 21 160 . 0 001., in 5,000 Shares of 201:per Share. ki 2s . per Share. in accordance with the Act. The i t u e (Provisionally Registered.) Maent of Sh ares will take plaae on the 16th of March E '4 41 %in 1 " nest ensuing. Professor Ryan. M.D., LL.D. t qr * Yon u s Robert Nicholson, Esq. 4, 141 Zvi. Patentee Dominique Causse, Esq. ePlo w ' t ' s q• Henry Ault, Esq. Esq. John Kiosiek, Esq. S ouciTon—J. F. W. Fesenrneyer, Esq. eCs us j t inuas—Sir Claude Scott, Bart., and ng Co. U D ,. S te 14 eY is form ed for the purpose of carryi oat, and bring ,t,ttNci e„ uerua use, an invention (secured by letters patent) for an 4 4 4 th rt a a nufactetre of gas of a superior quality, and at much less cf 4 . 4 t he usual cost by an apparatus so simple in construe t.„`,44l,i " T illendiutig in form, as to be available in any building t, t ; , lci ttin tthere the ordinary snpplies of gas are not aceessible. in Prospectus, which may be had at the offices of the brury-lane, with forms of application for . shares, and seen the apparatus at work, and the brilliancy of the ' 44 Cle ae etl • Hr. Nicholson, Secretary, to whom must te insautrications, post free. ERSAL GAS-LIGHT COMPANY.- 44 kt ' C 'XTD )4, i . 4 r ed —ACTS TAKEN for lighting up with a supericir GAS, 44 ;:' tie•tru"d rate, towns, villages, lighthouses, dockyards, hos kt. 44, ra p, public offices, manufactories, printing-offices, prisons, hero „waY-stations, y aslus, schools. and other rge build ti ordinary gas is not accessible. Letters to be ad "'r• William Nicholson, Secretary, 159, Drury-lane. be hb PEREMPTORILY SOLD, pursuant to s ltr it t(-14;;. C REF. of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, _made " Zr."IIARItOP v HOWARD," and " HARROP v. HEY th.4:s'ls,3ittataetshaler e p o r u o rt ba , t o io n n F o n f lD N A . T, W . SENIOR Esq., one of the the 20th day of March, 1846, Bulkelov Arms Inn Stockport, in the county of qh, uy - rVu ss ger. J. E. TURNER, the person appointed by the said , LL the same, Z 444 COTTON MILLS and extensive BUILDINGS, cheap IZe, aciuit lands, water wheel, 20-horse power, capital steam ti 4 p -h°r " Power, built by Sherratt and Co., three boilers with ait,cient feeders, main shafting and mill gearing, steam and rh a e 40 cottages, or dwelling-houses, all situate at Brinks -11 it t„ 'clu, r 'ver Mersey, in the counties of Chester and Lancaster. t. t he ;1 and conditions of sale may be had (gratis) it'ker ) .' 44 Master's Chambers, in Southampton-buildings, Lc,,,; a ne, London ; of Mr. George Weller, solicitor, 8, King's k, of Messrs. Lin and and Co., solicitors, Stockport ; . It 4; of solicitor, St oc kport ; Mr. Ferns, solicitor, Stock -1,,1t0r. Hill, 5, Veru l am -buildings, Gray's Inn, London, Spinks, 27, Great James-street, Bedford-row, i" London ; and Messrs. Johnston. Son, and Wetherell, of the 4 , solic i tors ; of the auctioneer ; and at the place of sale. Ni LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUB.- ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital 1500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament o'er 2 , Lutlon offors important and substantial advan- De,Z r ;:spect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. ot on all occasions, the power to borr)w, without ea- T , ri t4h /s), teittire of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid, t t itit, r l . also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion 'tre s 0 4 , 3 tti to meet other convenisnces er necessity. Assurances a bears are granted on the lowest possible rates. iti ! DIVISION OF PROFITi. .ir tet t ' e s , and increasing prosperity of the Societ y has enabled ," p . 2!. at the last annual investigation, to declare a third 4 1 ei t ZLYlng from JO to 7a per cent. on the premiums paid on ♦ effected on the Profit seale. EXAMPLES. ~,. Al ISIE ':. •roz . t uni. ',;:l Bonus Bones in rill ..11,0t.r 11. added. Cash. :51 A 0.5 • . 'I : 1 11 g 5 .—_. 4 0 . /4 1t' d. 1837 Xl9l 13 5.i87 13 5413 17 1 .E 395 Il 1 I. 74 3 4 1838 16S 13 01 74 13 10 11 8 6 346 2 3 1830 138 13 6 61 14 3 9 210 296 13 '';:---- '."----- 1840 89 0 0 41 13 4 6 0 0 247 4 5 1;' -meet of „ of profits is annual, and the next will be made In 1)e -"46 Present year. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, See. STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Edinburgh-3, George-street. London-82s Ring William-street. t T he Ea, ,..bliabed 1825 a nd Constituted by Act of Parliament . t (k jit HTIETH 'ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of this te".!loti n t 'ras held within their Office, 3, George-street, Edinburg h, a I Y, the 16th day of February, in terms of the Act of Parlia tPliell the "ompany is constituted. otil OLE stA, HENDERSON, Esq., merchant, in the chair. Ofettp e - lrientB as to the progress of the business submitted by e k ,„ r g en this occa'ion contained a most gratifying account I , ? .nned prosperity of the Institution. Vat rePorted • • N . 6 - "V . policies had been Issued during the year ending Th4to. 1845. 1,14" , v assurances had been granted o the extent of 446,026/. 1 2 . ' du ritig the year ending 15th Nov. t 1845. ,ZWe tf3n dur bsactions the same had also been effected in other departments 14' ttig period. tL . . , 4 Zi•;4lrance p ro posals had been declin ed darin g the year ending `(o' 1 a45 to the number of 149, the whole proposals made to 1/tp, t nY during the year being 847. )t.t,tht claims on the Company by death, which had arisen dur ar, had been considerably under the calculated amount TI fer ikt the e tables. tk.teci Company ' s extensive Accumulated Fund continues to be ,n k ti„ nit unexceptionable security, at rates of interest considerably 4 11 '`g those assumed as the basis of the Company'smany's calculations. teLlnrian congratulated articularng l„ -u ,d,_ in doing so drew p attention to the great in ' - 'Be business of the Company, and to the high position which • n etlturi 'VA, on now occupies, as the chief Life Assurance Company O• lt & , ee l in Scotland on the guarantee sytem. t„,`Ln'in an also drew attention to the third division of profits o thh 7 neclared, and stated that a Special General Meeting of f th s 41..gnY Would be held early in March, to receive the _report of the on the investigation of the Company's affairs, and to ~O4i `ne declaration of a bonus. ziot t ,,•'?ard of management for the ensuing year was declared to be th"B, after filling up the vacancies occasioned by the retirement I nli t e h directors according to the rotation prescribed by the Act of out ' GOVERNOR. 1112 Grace the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry. D EPUTY -GOVERNOR. The Right Hon. the Earl of Elgin and Kincardine. ORDINARY DIRECTORS.' 4 111 IN EDINBURGH. ‘l, t , Robertson Esq. William Wood, Esq. q eo ' le S , Ry, E sq : . Wiliam Keith, Esq. 114,' 111!e li ‘ e l l ° v i i r i'le E , s E q s . q. John Robert Todd, Esq. John Stewart Newbigging,ESq ioh n 'l' l 'rY Graham Esq. George Patton, Esq. Ale n lin_ _ , q. ~ Vs°, Esq. Alexander Clapperton, Req. 11 'ataes Russell, Esq. Charles Pearson, Esq. , hri,‘'lcht ir IN LONDON. A ,-et, 1 , —on. Lord Ernest William Gadesden, Esq. k t jern„. J-I'. Haigh, Esq. ``tht w ",,,,Rvre, M.D. Edward Thomas Whitaker, Esq. .orAter, Esq., M .P ....* George Frederick Young; Esq. MANAGES— W WHIM Thomas Thompson. h . kh. By order of the Directors , E T i l 4 ls . ident Secretary. -- " I r William-street,PLolTdEonß Ve WAll b.O . 2 8 ROLL'S , PALETOT of LLAMA CLOTH f i :Jrt t s tered 6 and 7 Vie., cap. 65 . P atronised by the Prince rinse Gm-go of Cambridge, &c. ,i defence t rgoat recommends itself to the Public generally by its T' I, and lightness, modera te p rice, and able defen I, n ol London constant humidity of the climate of Great Britain. " only of the Patentees. 114, Regent-street. kl E SThrG CASES. b _ie„. r te 37,,,,.. FISHER, 138, strand. n , wh i „` - ' , o- of CASES, with new and improved morticed par- y'al QC" cannot possibly break loose warranted to stand the „Le ~s e ate. . ... good dressing•case, either lady's or gentleman's, R ti:Zytebased from 31. to 50/. Also writing-desks, work-boxes, i ; P. has Cling b ase d mks , and dispatch boxes. t at i tur , tl , 4 best selection of the above in the trade ; also an assort .' articles too numerous to mention. u . -I .„ — S'S CANDLES, 50. per lb. ; extra -, 4- ex-wick Moulds, Glid.; best Sperm Candles, Is. Bd. ; 4- 4 "‘ i 110 — V,, 4 ' 5, Is. 2d. ; flue Wax, le. sd. ; T_rans . paLent, Is. ; ' A 425 "' 25 . Id. ; Hale's Composite, 9Sd., Yellow Soap. 115 ;,1 , 7 4. Lt" pco 11211 y; ; Mottled, 60s. and 645.; Windsor, tu an '' , — ,r.eket ; Old Brown Windsor , I s. 9d. ; Rose. 25_._; Al- 6 . s,L;;:i , tling Wax, 4s. 6d. per lb. s p erm Oil, 7e. 6d. per 0141 Established Warehouse, 63, St. Mar \- Slaughter's Coffee-house. '\ v EPPE and Co., Wine Merchants —Office, ti, d • Is ears-street ; cellars, 27, Marshall-street, Regent-street. 4 k,„ ' 'ltt,r i .. CO.. 30 well known to the public as the manufacturers of tq t ,.. l ta r „ - ` s (ll±, %Aral Waters, which have been identified with their k n:PWltrd, , •f sixty years, beg respectfully to invite ;attention ' FOREIGN WINES, which they have bee* for !t• ' ructt Noafttily selecting. It compiehends the whole ‘'e 41 th r .* " 55 (14.11, In demand, and at prices graduating from go, 'Ay iuotatio n teidiuit on high and rare qualities, down to ' 14 .--.4 . . 5t I)r ioes at ..,I,',Ch geinai,:e unadulterated wines can be ob. Of )ri,w, wnt ~ n appi;C4tiOn. t.. V C)' I\r T in SHAVING depends on the at e n i t e - useof a good Razor An efficient Strop, and a Paste to t7,111-Lie ate surface,.. of the Swop'wherf it becomes black and choked - dora the Raz t To these must be added a Soap that ,y suddenly o ~. he face, And a smooth taper-pointed Elastic • r „" , ped a ideas all these points are attended to, and the ti o "Idd r kt strop ,ed ft shaving that operation must always la z Nom e eV 1 . a e ar 15 .! eu if not a painful one. Those gentlemen whose ' s, lWht, .I„ z ,..'ult is defective are invited to I. J. MECIIPS Esta rkk, all 4. Leadenhall-street, London, where they will not e hroc,, the Y require for the toilet reasonable and efficient, but la r , a - re, gratis, his instructions for easy shaving, stropping, ' W °rk il " ,_ 3° rttnent of Papier Mache Manufactures. Dressing "'es, and Writing Desks, Bagatelle Tables, &c. V ONitsQ I)EMULCENT COUGH LO d ki!' tnu th the best remedy ever discovered. Persons afflicte ,sto or ,_, difficulty of breathing, consumpt . ion, or o the r 4,et07154 ":.°!'angernerit of the respiratory organs, will experie nc e as and rmanent benefit, b y 41 4 th7LlX P lNT derive COUGH pe LOZENGES, which are the so Ole!'. ;4•41,1 a re ywill out short the most violent paroxysm of cough- Nid by M ote, agrftikblit to the palate that they may be e a ten ij t4 . 1.14b,..,0r01ni0t0r, Peter Jones, operative chemist, 11, . No.rton tl/44• oe,,CPBSate-street, London, in boxes Is. d., and in tins at WZtikcler s i lu tY included • and by most chemists and patent niedi— t u to A. wa and co untry..ll4:l an Son, Farrlngdon-street; Edwartlo, 114 44i11. 7 PRICE SD. No. 16,677. • &2. - . • '-. • _ .40 . . _ ji, At* ) 161 ; , ti7A . . 4 , ' A l / 4 . , / \ 7 - • , • • , - • r .4;1 V l t -j .• • • . 1 1 I .) , °7 , _•• ,' • L i. Q - ' ‘T% , s sf,.. ICELSIMICS6r.".......CoVEUEr. r--I.IMESIAWW." " LONDON, TUESDAY EVENI 119 ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. Lectures on CHEMISTRY, with Brilliant Experiments, by Dr. Ryan, daily at Half-past Three, and on the Evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays, • and Fridays, at Nine o'Clock. During Lent a series of LECTURES on ASTRONOM Y, by Dr. Bachhoffner on the Mornings and Evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri days, illustrated by a beautiful DISSOLVING ORRERY, accoom pa:ded by Dr. Wallace on Grove's Melodian, a new Musical InstrutneA and on Braby's CALOTONE. A daily LEG TUBE on the ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY, illustrated by "it Working Model carrying Visitors. A New and Powerful Working Model of COLEMAN'S PATENT LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE, which ascends and descends Inclined Planes with one or more passengers. The PHYSIOSCOPE, OPAQUE MICROSCOPE, DISSOLVING VIEWS, CHROM kTROPE, &c. Experiments with the DIVING BELL and DIVER. Open from Eleven to Half-past Five, and from Seven to Half-past Ten in the Evening. Admittance. One Shilling. Schools, !I al f-p e PRINCE. OF WALES' CLUB, 14, ST. JAMES'S SQUARE. The Committee of the above Club beg to inform the Noblemen and •entlemen who have become Members, that the establishment is mow OPEN for their reception, and also that Officers of the lion. East India Company's Civil and Military service may become mem bers during their temporary residence in England, by the introduc tion of their Agents or Bankers. Members will have the goodness to pay their subscriptions into the hands of Messrs. Cocks, itidduiph, and Co., Bankers, 43, Charing cross. By order of the Committee, (Signed) J. BAIZWISE, See. Feb. 27, 1846. R. YEARSLEY'S PRACTICAL DEMON -11 STRATTON of the PATHOLOGY of the THROAT, PALATE, NOSE, and EAR, will re-commence on WEDNESDAY, March 18, at One o'clock, at his residence at 15, Savill-row, free to Medical Men on presenting their cards, and to Students on terms which may be ascertained of Mr. Yearsley, between the hours of Eleven and Two o'clock. The cases for illustration will be selected from the Metropolitan Institution for Diseases of the Ear, Throat, 'and Vocal Organs, and the principal subjects to be treated of will be diseases of the tonsils and uvula, cleft palate, hair-lip, nasal obstruc tion, polypi, ozoena, stammering, and the various defects of voice and speech, deafness, and the various diseases of the ear, obstruction of the eustachian tube, and catheterism, ear-trumpets, deaf, dumb ness, &c. rirßE HUMAN TRIPOD, or the THREE JL. LEGGED CAtILD ancIFIRSI! BIPENIS EVER SEEISr.or iir.Aup nls7llTrArri (entry, anetfi'e - lovers of natural s'cielire;:are re spectfully invited to view the following unprecedented phenomenon of a Male Child, Six Months old, by name JOHN BAPTIST DOS SANTO , a native of Portugal, having THREE LEGS and TWENTY TOES, and being otherwise a very flue, well-made, healthy, and lively boy. He is a bipenis as well as a trisceles, and the causes of this extraordinary gemination of limbs and organs, and the probabilities of their future growth and development, may well afford ample field for the speculations of the learned. Exhibited every day (Sunday excepted) from Eleven to Five, and from Seven to Nine o'clock, at No. 56, QUADRANT, REGENT STREET. Admission, Half-a-Crown. The Child will be singw privately at the residences of the nobility .nd gentry, by applyg to Antonio Dos Santos, at the same address. Ik7toTlLL.—Any Person whocan afford Information with reference to the preparation, or present custody of, THE WILL OF THE LA MAJOR JAMES HADDEN, formerly of the 3d Dragoon Guards, of Harpenden, Herts, and of the Junior United Service Club, will greatly oblige his Family by commu nicating with us on their behalf. It is confidently believed that the deceased made a Will, and any expression of his intentions to a end may possibly lead to its discovery. RICHARDSON, SMITH, and SADLER, 28, Golden-square. March 2, 1846. THOMAS DEW JONES.-TEN POUNDS REWARD will be paid to any person giving Information of THE PRESENT ABODE OF THOMAS DEW JONES, or proof of his death. He left the house of his brother, Mr. George Edward Jones, in the neighhourhood of Whitechapel, London, some time in the mouth of June, 1842, and has not since been heard of by his friends. He was then about seventeen years of age, live feet six inches high, with sandy-coloured hair, and grey eyes. He is supposed to be in some humble employment in the country, or to have gone to sea. THOMAS DEW JONES himself will hear of something to his advantage, by applying to Messrs. WALKER, GRANT, and Co., 13, Kin es-road, Gray's Inn, London, to whom information respect ing him is to be sent. CIGAR and CHEROOT WAREHOUSES, 21, BUDGE-ROW, WATLING-STREET, CHEAPSIDE, LONDON. One of the largest stocks in the kingdom, warranted first quality, at CHARLES TOSSWILL and CO.'s, Commission Merchants, Importers, and Manufacturers. Foreign Cigars, 18s., 205., and 21s. per lb. ; Colorados, a new Cigar, 21s. per lb. British, manufactured from the finest Tobaccos imported. Cheroots, 65.; Ambrosial, 7s. ; Mexican, 7s. Cigars—Cuba, 75.; Havannah, Is. 6d. ; Silvas, Bs. 6d. ; Regalias, Sc. 6d.; Cabanas, Ss. 6d. ; Lopez, 9s. 6d.3 P. incipes, 93. 6d. per lb.; and every other kind. ERICAN NEWS. REFUSAL OF THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT TO ACCEPT ANY ARBITRATION ON OREGON. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY AFTERNOON. The New York packet ship, Patrick Henry, Capt. J. C Delano; arrived here this afternoon after a voyage of '2O days, bringing papers to the 9th ultimo, inclusive. The President made a very important communication to the House, on the 7th, viz., a message pointing attention to the official correspondanoe which has taken place between the United States and the British Government on the Ore gon, question since the opening of Congress. We regret to find, though the result is only what we anti cipated, that the Message of the PRESIDENT is most unsatis factory, and scarcely leaves any hepes of a peaceable settle ment of the Oregon question. According to this document, and the correspondence accompanying it, the American Go vernment positively refuses to refer the question to arbitra tion, and declares that England has no rights whatever in re spect of Oregon. This is going to the full extreme of his pre vious declaration, as made in his first Message ; and is the more determined and offensive, as coming in the shape of a reply to amicable and honourable overtures from our Minister at Washington. • Of such importance ib the business now regarded, that a special vessel was dispatched from New York for England, supposed to be chartered by Mr. Pakenham, for the parpose of conveying dispatches to England, and, as he no doubt an ticipated, with a view to obtain further instructions from his Government by the Hibernia steamer, which sails from Liverpool on Wednesday. The departure of this special vessel was thus publicly announced by the American Post office department " LETTERS FOR EUROPE.—A vessel of extraordinary speed, with choice sailing masters and picked crew, • will leave New York for Liverpol„ cin Monday,,_ 9th instant, at _twelve o'elock„And.returalug , itllTTae LiverproT on - or about the 26th or 27th instant. Letter bags will remain open until 31 onday morning at ten o'clock." (From the New York Courier and Enquirer.) THE QREGON QUESTION.—III the letter of our Washington corre spondent will be found a brief statement of correspondence that has recently taken place between our Government and that of Great Britain, both at Washington and at London, in reference to the Oregon question. This correspondence is of very high importance, and diminishes very much the grounds upon which we have been hoping for a peaceful solution of pending difficulties. It will be seen by our correspondent's letter that our Government has declined to accept an offer of arbitration, made in two different forms, by Great Britain, and that too upon the very offensive ground that to accept it would be to admit that Great Britain had rights in Oregon—and that the British Govern ment has informed our Minister at London, that her military prepa rations, though not commenced with special reference to this coun try, the condition of the Oregon question proves their expediency and that they will be continued, in reference to that question. The whole matter, not only with reference to pacific settlement but with regard to the honourable and defensible positions of this country, seems now to be in the worst possible position. (Corespondence of the Courier and Enquirer.) WASHINGTON. THURSDAY NIGHT, FEB. s.—The whole of Oregon or none-men in the House were successful in getting the resolution adopted to close the debate on the Oregon question on Monday next at three P.M., when the voting will commence on the various propositions submitted. It is impossible to predict what the result w 11 be, but it is probable that a resolution throwing the responsibi lity of giving the notice upon the President will be successful. It is worthy of notice that Mr. C. J. Ingersoll, chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, was forced to admit, to-day, on the floor of the House, that negotiations had been resumed on this ques tion. This being the fact it is difficult to see with what propriety Congress can act in the matter while they are kept in ignorance of the true state of the question. In the Senate, Mr. Speight presented the credentials of his colleague, Mr. Chalmers, elected to fill the unexpired term of Mr. Walker. Mr. Barrow presented a memorial praying Congress to provide for the adjustment ofclaims to Mexican indemnity, as awarded. Mr. Bagby, by leave, introduced a Bill to authorise the President to increase the naval establishment of the United States by adding thereto the naval establishment of the republic of Texas— provided that the proportion of personal to material in the Texas navy shall not exceed the same in the United States navy. Mr. Yulee submitted a resolution that the Secretary of War report - What progress is making in the public construction at Key West. The special order, being the consideration of the War Steamer Bill, was then taken up. Mr. Westcott made an exceedingly sensible e.zposi of the relative maritime force of the various commercial nations as compared with that of the United States—of the necessity of au increase of our navy, (especially if we were to possess Oregon and California) —of the defenceless condition of the Atlantic and coast, Gulf, &c. He was not satisfied precisely with the form of the Bill before the Senate, and hoped it would be amended ; but he should vote for it with the distinct qualification that it was a peace measure, as con tradistinguished from a measure required by any anticipation of war. If he really apprehended war he should vote for quadruple the in crease proposed by this Bill. • (From the New York Herald.) THE OREGON NEGOTIATIONS. REFUSAL OF THE PRESIDENT TO ARBITRATE. THE RZJECTION OF TWO FRESH PROPOSITIONS FROM THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT. WASHINGTON, FEB. 7, 1846.—The truth is out at last. We have finally received the long-looked for . Message from the President, with the recent correspondence between our Government and Great Britain. We give you the substance to-day, for Monday's paper—you will have them in full for Tuesday's paper. I. A note from the President, inclosing the correspondence. 11. A note from Mr. Buchanan, to the same:purport. 111. Mr. Buchanan to Mr. M'Lane, our Minister to Et gland, dated Washington, December 13, 1845, requesting Mr. M'Lane to inquire into the object of the warlike preparations being made by Great Britain. IV. Mr. M'Lane to Mr. Buchanan, dated London, January 3d, 1846, stating that an interview had been had between himself and Lerd Aberdeen.—Lord Aberdeen said that England had the most friendly feelings towards the United States, but they were obliged to be in readiness for any emergency. The warlike preparations had no particular reference to a war with America. They were com menced before any difficulty with the United States vc as apprehended; and their extent was exaggerated. Mr. 3l`Lane, however, thinks that these preparations are made in view of a difficulty with the United States, and that these preparations are made with the view of doing the greatest injury in the shortest time, Ha war should come. V. Mr. Pakenham to Mr. Buchanan, dated Dec. 27th, 1845, offer ing arbitrations, and giving reasons for this offer, which is made in the spirit of kindness. The value of the disputed point is small, when compared with the maintenance of peace. VI. Mr. Buchanan to Mr. Pakenham, Jan. 3, 1846, declining the offer, and giving reasons for this refusal. Arbitration would seem to concede that Great Britain had rights in this territory, which was the question in dispute. In this connexion, he referred to his former arguments on this subject. The President claims the whole. VII. Mr. Pakenham to Mr. Buchanan, January 6, 1846, stating that he had sent Mr. Buchanan's reply to his Government far its consideration. VIII. Mr. Pakenham to Mr. Buchanan, January 16, 1846, in reply to Mr. Buchanan's note of January 3d, stating that England had rights, but she wished to have this controversy settled. If objections were made to referring this to a sovereign, he proposed that it might be referred to a mixed commission of citizens and subjects, with an umpire, or to a board of jurists and distinguished men. This pro position he submitted again, to show the desire of his Government to settle this long pending controversy. IX. Mr. Buchanan to Mr. Pakenham, February 4th, 1846, giving his reasons for again declining the offer. This is a long dispatch, and points out the difficulty of selecting a fit board of arbitration. But there is one reason above all others for declining arbitration which is, that the President does not f.:el himself at liberty to submit to arbitration the disposal of the territorial rights of this country.— This closes the correspondence. The general opinion among members of Congress seems to be that war is more probable than it was before this correspondence. WASHINGTON, FEB. 7, 1846.—The whole truth is out. The Ore gon diplomatic correspondence, called for by Mr. Collainer was brought in by Mr. J. Knox Walker to-day. The impossibility of getting it transcribed for the mails (Mr. Ritchie having carried it off), compels us to the briefest outline. The first letter from the President, enclosing the correspondence upon the Oregon question since his late annual message. MR. ISIHMANAN TO AIR. 111`LANE. Washington, Dec. 13, 1845. Asks information of our Minister in reference to the warlike pre parations going on in England, while at peace with all Europe. Desires him to inquire of Lord Aberdeen. The President infers that these preparations look to a rupture with the United States on the Oregon question. Of vast importance to have the information as early as possible, as to the true character of the military preparations in Great Britain. The President also desires the individual opinion of Mr. M`Lane, in reference to these warlike demonstrations. MR. M`LANE TO MR. BUCHANAN. London, Jan. 3, 1846. Mr. M'Lane acknowledges the receipt of Mr. Buchanan's letter of the 29th ult. Mr. M‘Lane acknowledges his fear of obtaining categorical answers ; and that he had resolved without hesitancy, that tile best mode was frankly to call upon Lord Aberdeen, and ask of him, in obedience to instructions upon the subject. He did so : stated what the President had inferred from these preparations. Lord Aberdeen frankly responded that the military preparations of England, while they did not look directly to a probable rupture with the United States upon the Oregon question, were regarded as being use in the event of such a contingency. They had no direct re ference to such a rupture. Lord Aberdeen also stated that these pre parations were commenced before the present crisis, which had grown out of the Oregon territory, between Great Britain and the United States, and that, therefore, they could not have arisen from the aspect of this controversy in any way. These preparations had also been exaggerated. The most formidable are the defences erecting along the more exposed points of the island, and these could not be construed as looking to a rupture with the United States. The other preparations were the erection of steam-vessels to fill the places of the old worn-out sailing ships of the navy ; a policy which Lord Aberdeen doubted. The general policy of England was, that it was wise in peace to prepare for the exigencies of war. Lord Aberdeen disclaimed any distinct application of these warlike pre parations to a probable rupture with the United States, upon the Oregon question. Mr. lii'Lane expresses his own opinion to be, that with the fullest confidence in Lord Aberdeen, it could not be assumed that the present warlike attitude of England did not look incidentally to the prospect of a rupture with this country upon the Oregon question. The steam-vessels being erected by the British Government were especially adapted to such a rupture. If such a war arises, England will be as fully prepared as if her ener gies hal been directed especiall3 to this end. The Government of doubtless England b wo e u t l o d ibenflifeotunthtbgi rceoantrepsltetpeosasrinibloeurinivanryd a h n e d r tive heaviest yw v o i ti e l s cl t possible blow at the commencement of the struggle, with the view of shortening the duration of the war. MR. PAKENHAM TO WasCHAN ington, 27th Dec. 1845. Proposes the arbitration of some friendly power or State, and under instructions from his Goverment. Speaks of the advantages of the early settlement of the dispute in the plan proposed ; and of the small value of the strip of territory really in dispute between he parties. ML BUCHANAN TO MR PAHENIIAM. Washington, 3d lan , 1846. The President declines the offer of arbitration. Mr. Pakenham had assumed that the title of England was valid to at least a portion of the disputed territory, whereas, the President had assumed the title of the United States to be clear and unquestionable to the whole of Oregon. This was a sufficient reason to decline the overture. Besides, arbitration, so far from leading to happier consequences, would but create new difficulties. The President expresses the hope that the controversy may yet be adjusted, without disturbance of the peace between the two countries. PAKENHAM TO XL W ashington, Jan. 6, 1846. Has received Mr. B's note of the 3d. Will take an early opportu nity of informing her Majesty's Gevermnent of tke fact. MB. PASENHAX TO ME. W BUCHANAN. ashington, Jan. 16, 1846. Mr. Pakenham renews to Mr. Buchanan the offer of arbitration. On the question of the title, Great Britain had as explicitly as serted her rights to the Oregon territory to the United States. Does not propose now to review the title of either party. Proposes to submit the title itself to arbitration, and if a friendly sovereign or state is objectionable to the United States, then to a mixed com mission of eminent jurists, civilians, &c. If the title of neither party shall prove clear and satisfactory, then the arbitration may divide the territory. Invites the Secretary of State to a considera tion of this proposition. XL BUCHANAN TO MR. PASENHAX. Washington, Feb. 4th, 1846. Reviews this second proposition of the British Minister. lies no faith in arbitration. Cites the North Eastern Boundary case. It would involve us in new difficulties. Mr. Buchanan speaks of tr.e extent of Oregon—of the great value of the territory to the United States, and its comparative worthlessness to Great Britain. Ile was determined not to withdraw the adjudication of the question frpm the Go - •ernrnent and people of the United States, Or any arbitration however respectable. Mr. Buchanan ex presses his desire for the preservation of the peace, and his belief in the capacity of the two Governments to settle ;the title between themselves. On the motion of Mr. C. J. Ingersoll the correspondence was roferred to the Committee on the Whole of the State of the Union, and pr. Bred to be printed. Tim EARL OF LINCOLN.—A rumour was in circu lation yesterday to the effect that the Earl of Lincoln will not proceed to Ireland as Chief Secretary. but that his Lordship will be called to the llpper House, and resume his former appointment as Chief Com missioner of Woods and Forests. We have no means of either autbsuticating t.—Ames, or disproving report.—Ames, RAIL WAY COMMITTEES. The following suggestions have been drawn up by the Chairmen, for the consideration of the Select Committees on Railway Groups. 1. The attention of every Committee s hould be directed to the following resolution of the . House :—" That all Select Committees on Railway Groups or Bills be empowered to refer (if they shall so think fit) to the Chairman of Ways and Means, together with the Members ordered to prepare and bring in each such Bill, any un opposed railway Bill submitted for their consideration,. and that such Bills be severally dealt with by the said Chairman, and those Members respectively acting with him, as other unopposed Bills are to be dealt with." ..... 2. If parties agree as to the order of precedence in which other Bills included In the group shall be taken, the Committee will adopt their agreement. 3. It parties do not agree, the Committee will decide the order of precedence, without hearing counsel. 4. In this case such Bills in each group as are not opposed by com peting lines, will be first taken into consideration, in the order in which they have been read a second time. 5. With respect to competing lines, the Committee will subdivide if necessary the,Bills in each group, so as to distribute into separate classes the Bills CM' such lines as compete inter se. 6. With regard., to such separate classes, and the Bills in such classes, the Committee must exercise its discretion, according to the circumstances of the case, in determining the order of prece dence. 7. In the casesi.of Bills for lines of rail Way competing inter se, the following course, adopted last session, is proposed to be con tinued : _ Suppose a case of four competing Bills : No. 1. Counsel opens the case, and then produces evidence. Landowners and other opponents, and Nos. 2, ;, and 4 then cross ex, mine. ...... No. 1. Re-examines. Landowners and otter opponents, and then Nos. 2,3, and 4 effer oonsecutively positive evidence in opposition to No. 1, on the merits of his case. No. 1. Cross•examines. Landowners and other opponents, and then Nos. 2,3, and 4 re examine. Same process with 2,3, and 4, In rotation, and 4,3, 2, and 1 reply. Where the opposition of several distinct opposing parties turns on the same points, it will be desirable to restrict, as far as possible, the limits within which the right of successive examinations and cross examinations shall be exercised. 8. In all eases the counsel in opening the case is to be restricted to a statement of facts. The counsel for opponents may either ad dresi the Committee previously to Orering evidence, or afterwards, iwt both. promoters of eact Bill shall required, days before the day appointed for the first sitting of the Committee, to furnish to the clerk of the Committee, for the use of each member thereof, a particular printed statement of the chief points, succinctly stated, on which they rest their case. 10. The opponents of a Bill shall be required to furnish at the same time a like statement of the chief points on which they rest their opposition. 11. The standing orders as to traffic having been rescinded, no detailed evidence as to traffic shall in ordinary cases be received either in support of or in opposition to a Bill, bat the promoters of a Bill shall bo required to append to the foregoing statement a printed list of the chief cities or towns intended to be accommodated, with their respective distances from the proposed line, together with the amount of the population of such cities or towns, taken from the re turns of the last general census. It will of course be competent to the Committee, if they shall see sufficient cause, to require further evidence as•to traffic. 12. With a view to place some reasonable limit on the amount of engineering evidence, parties shall be required to furnish the Com mittee with the names of the engineering witnesses whom they pro pose to call ; and it is recommended that Committees should place some limit on the number of engineering witnesses to be examined with reference to the same portion of any proposed line. 13. In the case of amalgamated Bills, the promoters of any such Bill shall be required to furnish the Committee with a printed state ment of all the pecuniary claims and liabilities to which any c6m pany included in the pro2osed amalgamation is subject by any pre vious Act of Parliament. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. MANCIIESTER, ➢isms. 2 _—_ ' --- STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are —Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, p.— Liverpool and Bury, New. 69 p.—Liverpool, Orms kirk, and Preston, 2 13-16 p.—Liverpool, Preston, Manchester, and Stockport, 4 p.—London and York, 11/ P.—Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 1% p.—Manehester and Birmingham, Quarters (C), 6%—Manchester and Leeds, Fifths, 10A P.—Manchester and South ampton, p.—North Staffordshire, 3 13-16 p. c.—South Midland, 2 p.—South Eastern and Dover, Halves, % p. c.—Tear and Dove Valley, % dis.—`Vest LEEDS'Union, Meilen p. , 2. . _ _ STOCK Exenarraz.—The sales are—Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 3N P.—Huddersfield and Manchester, 6% p.—Leeds and Dewsbury, New Extensions, 2% p.—Leeds and Thirsk, New, 105. dis.—North British, New Carlisle Branch, 24 —Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver hampton, 13%—London and York, 31. 115.—Direct Northern, 2 Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 3 p.—West Riding Union, Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston. 55. dis —Bradford, Wakefield, and Midland, 17s dis. —Buckinghamshire (late Rugby), Is. dis.— Lancashire, Yorkshire, and North Eastern, 13s. dis.—Leicester and Bedford, 7s. 6d. dis.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 365. 6d. p.—Midland and Thirsk Junctioi, 20s. dis.—South Mid• lands, 2 p.—Welsh Midlands, I%—York and Carlisle, 15s. dis. HULL, Mauch 2. STOCK Exciterms.—The sales are—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 2% —Derby, Gainsborough, and Grimsby, 16s. 6d. —Grand Union, 1 4—Hull and Barnsley Junction, 325. 6d.—Leicester and Tamworth, % dis.—Lincoln and Wainfleet, 345. 6d.—South Mid land, 4/. 2s.—West Riding Union, 3%. SHEFFIELD, MARCH 2. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Grimsby and Sheffield, 21. 10e, 6d.—East and West of England, 16s —London and York, 23( Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 21. ls.—South Yorkshire Coal Rail way, 2%. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, MARCO 2. STOCK EXCHANGE. — The sales are—Lancashire and North York. shire, 14 dis.—North British, 7 p. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert took an airing on Sunday afterneo in the pleasure grounds of Osborne House. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken in a carriage to the beach yesterday morning for their accustomed exercise. The Queen and Prince Albert walked oat early yesterday forenoon, and in the afternoon took a carriage drive. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent took an airing in a car riage yesterday afternoon. Her Royal Highness honoured Drury lane Theatre with her presence yesterday evening. Her Royal High ness was attended by Lady Fanny Howard, Sir George Couper, Bart . and Capt. the Hon. James Murray. Sir Charles Fitzroy, Governor of New South Wales, had an inter view with Mr. Secretary Gladstone yesterday, at the Colonial-office. The Earl of Ripon had an interview with Sir Robert Peel yes terday. Viscount Jocelyn had also an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet. The Marquis of Londonderry had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday at the office of the Board of Trade. Mr. T. B. Hildyard, M.P., arrived at Farrance's Hotel, Upper Belgrave-street, from Flintham Hall, Newark. FRENCH PLAYS-ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. It is very seldom that a vaudeville is an illustration of a great fact or a great theory, yet the vaudeville L'Homme et le Mode, which was produced at this theatre last evening, is the illustration of the greatest theory founded upon great facts which has been announced by modern philosopers. M. Guizot might have been the author of it; and if he had been, be would have entitled it La doctrine de la Societe, and doubtless, while acting the part of Victor, M. Felix is a doctrinaire. The vaudeville is in fact a perfect illustration of la doctrine. Victor (Mr. Felix), a young man of talents and accomplishments, of a warm heart, of gene rous nature, but gauche nzodeste, and dressed in the fashion of forty years back, comes to Paris. His talents, his accom plishments, his courage go for nothing, he is not a la mode. and the virtuous, talented, but unfashionable man is put down by the fribbles who are made by their tailors. It is evident that tailors make or mar the success of man in life. Virtueaccepts this great part, instead of fighting against it; he becomes rhomme a la mode as far as externals are concerned, preserving at the same time his virtue, his courage, his accomplishments. Instead of fighting against the part of frivolity, be. accepts it, and, accepting it and throwing himself into the midst of it, he is enabled to call into being another part—the part of manliness, which more than neutralises the part of frivolty, and carries him victoriously through all his troubles. Thus does Victor afford practical proof of the truth of La doctrine. Whether sueh was the idea of the author in writing the piece, it is not for us to say, but, most assuredly, if we wanted a practical proof of the doctrine as shadowed forth by M. Royer Collard, and ela'boratecl by M. Guizot, we should say that it would be found in L'Homme et la Mode. M. Felix was ad mirable —nothing could exceed his gaucherie in the first act, save the perfection of modest assurance which he exhibited in the last. It is an admirable comedy, admirably acted. The house was well and fashionably attended. PRINTERS' PENSION SOCIETY.—The annual general meeting and 24th election of this society, for the relief of aged and infirm printers and their 'widows, was held yesterday, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, for the purpose of receiving a report of the committee for the past year, as to the state of the society's affairs, appointing the officers for the year ensuing, electing five pensioners on the general funds and the candidate sixth on the poll will be en titled to the Whittingham pension. J. Gordill, Esq. (in the absence of Richard Taylor, Esq.), in the chair. Mr. J. S. Hodson, the secre tary, read the report, which commenced by congratulating the sub scribers on the highly satifactory prospects of the society, and that its funds had increased, and still continued to increase. For some years previously there had been a falling off in the annual subscriptions, but this year the committee were happy to state that the receipts were greater than they had been for four years past, exceeding those of the last year by 321.. With their increase of receipts, the amount of pen sions had also increased, reaching the sum of 5031. 4s. The report then aliened to the advantages derived by the society in investing its funds with the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, the interest on which now amounted t 0.1481. 12s sd. per annum, the total capital of the society now being 4.1701. 15s. The report next alluded to the anniversary dinner, at which B. Disraeli, Esq., M.P., presided , which drew together the largest company ever mi-t to celebrate that event, and at the close of the meeting it realised the unprecedented sum of 4001. The committee also wished to acknow ledge, with the most heartfelt gratitude the magnificent gilt from the proprietors of that popular and well-known periodical, Punch, who had enriched its funds to the extent of 80/. The excursion to Brigh ton, Vauxhall-gardens fete, and other sources of revenue were casu ally noticed, and various sumsof small profit acknowledged. The re port also alluded, in terms of the deepest regret, to the removal by death of their late chairman of the committee, Mr. Smith, who was a warm fl lend to the institution. The report was unanimously adopted, and ordered to be printed. A deputation from the Com mittee appointed to conduct the amateur performance at the Strand Theatre, which had been promoted by gentlemen connected with the newspapers, stated that the performances had realised a profito of resolution passed by acclamation to the gen tlemen Is. 6d., which they wished to hand over to this Society, d dition to which they also handed in two pounds subscribed since by a candidates were —Robert Lymbery, private individual. The report was received with loud cheers, and a htliegmhleynewomhoplifomrmeleditartyhe commitee and amateurs for their valuable services rendered on that occasion, The result of the poll was then 2,841; Ann Cook, 2,686; Sarah Coker, 2,130; Thomas Walley, 2,113; Sarah Bowden, 1,924; and Joseph Fellowes, 1,832 (the Whit tinghamsome other routing declared, and the successful pension). After business, the meeting was dissolved. THE ROBERTSES ON THEIR TRAVELS.—It has been frequently remarked that persons win in England are content to move in an obscure circle quietly and respectably, when abroad dash at once into all the extravagances ant follies of continental life, and assume a positio • n to which neither their birth, fortune, nor education en tities them, rarely failing to excite the cont emp t o f f ore i gners , an d s e ldom escaping with out drawing disgrace upon themselves. This has afforded Mrs. Trollope an admirable sti , ject for the display of that talent in portraying character which she possesses in so eminent a degree, and in the new novel which has just appeared in three volumes, under the tide of " The Robertses on their Travels," her lively pen has done due justice to the ambitious family of a re tired London banker, tired of the respectability of Portland-place, and eager to thrust themselves forwd as prominently as possible in the mixed society of German spas m ini It cities. There is an inexhaustible fund of amusement in the adventures of the several members of the Roberts family in dieir search after fashion, which there can be little doubt will spedilY make this work a great favourite with the public. THE LATE lIICENDIA'RY FIRES NEAR BUCKINGHAM. —The sum of 2501. is offered for thi conviction of the parties who set fire to the premises at Prestonßissett. The County Fire-educe offer 1001. for the conviction of the person who set fire to Mr. James Gough's premises, and 50/. is offend b y the Inhabitants of Preston Bissett, and 1001. by her Majesty rmcipal Secretary of State, to be paid to any person who shall give etch information and evidence as shall lead to the discovery and conviction of the incendiary or incen diaries who fired either of the separate properties in the occupation of Mr. Row, Mr. J. Gough, Mr. A Irons, and Mr. John Markham, situate at Preston Bissett. A pronise is also held out that the Secretary of State will recommendher Majesty's pardon to any ac complice, not being the person wlO actually set fire to the pro perties, who will give' the desiredevidence. One of the properties tired belonged to the Rev. John Risey, and two of them belonged to the Duke of Buckingham. A menber of the metropolitan police force has been staying at Preston since the fires, with a view of tracing out the guilty parties ; but it present no clue has. been ob tained. Of late a number of gane-law cases have originated at Preston Bissett, at the instance of tie Duke of Buckingham's game keepers, and it is believed that thw have led to the above fires. DUTCH MAIL. THE HAGUE, FEB. 26.—Accounts from Batavia, dated the - 31st of December, 1845, brought by tha overland mail, inform us that some disorders have taken place among the people of Bantam, which had made it neces sary to send a small number of troops. The cause of this movement is not yet precisely known, but what is certainly known is, that sixty persons attacked, during the night, the habitation of an European proprietor, and assaulted him, his wife, and five children, in the most savage manner. Three of the children were killed, It. is said, that two European keepers were likewise assassi nated. The cause of this murder is supposed to be per sonal vengeance. When the mail left, tranquillity was restored. Another account says Mr. ICamphuis, his wife, and five of his children, as well ar, two European keepers, or inspectors, had lost their lives—that hardly anything was stolen—that the Resident of Bantam repaired to the spot, but was obliged to return, there being a band of three or four hundred persons—that a few troops were then sent, which dispersed them, killing 22 of them. The police arrested a hundred natives suspected of being concerned in this affair. According to the declarations of the persons arrested, it would seem that the cause of this crime was, that Mr. Kampuis had considerably raised the rent of the rice fields. At Bandon, in the regency of Preangor, an assistant resident had been assassinated by a Chinese; he was aolniehetinhgeafm head, bad no other cause than personal hat red. which h i his c c a a ti r s r e i ! t e ll i ; s hd death. received sa assassination We learn, also, that the public coffers at Riou w had been plundered by pirates of 30,000 florins. There had been great inundations in the Presidency of Baglen Djoli.jokarta, which had done much damage to the bridge and the roads. Many houses and numbers of cattle were swept away, but none of the inhabitants had perished. THE HAGUE, FEB. 24.—The central section of the Second Chamber has concluded its-report on the project of law relative to the grant of indemnity . to the persons who had suffered by the military inundations. It seems that in the section 15 members were in favour and 21 against the grant, alleging that the sufferers had no right to an indemnity. THE HAGUE, FEB. 26.—The central section of the Second Chamber sat yesterday and to-day, to examine the several projects of law. It is expected that the Chamber will meet on Saturday . to receive the report of the central section on some projects of law, the debates on which will take place at the beginning of next week. It is said that the Chamber will be adjourned till after Easter. THE HAGUE, FEB. 22.—1 t appears from the preliminary , report of the Central Section of the Second Chamber respect ing the project of law which places the Russian flag on the same footing as those of the most favoured nations, that the States General have received with satisfaction this proposal, which gives them an opportunity to concur with the Go vernment on a measure which assimilates the Russian flag to the flag of the most favoured nations, which must have the most advantageous consequence for the commerce and navigation of the Netherlands, and which is a new step towards a most liberal system of commerce. Several obser vations were, however, made in the Central Section on this project of law. The Section of the Second Chamber will meet to-morrow, to continue the examination of the pro posal for revising the standing orders of the Chamber. A MSTE RDAM, FEB. 23.—The Staats Couran: of to-day contains the additional articles to the regulations agreed to on the 10th of October, 1836 ; the 12th of September, 1837 ; the 20th of September, 1839 ; the Bth of July, 1841 • and the sth of November, 1842, between the Net herlands and France, relative to the post-office. The chief subject of these ad ditional articles is, that letters originating in the kingdom of the Netherlands, and destined for the several countries of the Swiss Confederation, which are forwarded through France, may be sent to the post-office of France, pre-paid or not, to the place of destination ; and, on the other hand, letters from the Swiss countries, destined for the Netherlands, may be forwarded through France, pre. paid or not, to the place of destination in the Netherlands. 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Business again very Aat, and beyond a further decline in Brocardo (1,000 to 50 and 1,000 to 45 laid), and a marked improvement in Tibthorpe, without any effect on the prices . Latest quotations : LIVERPOOL STEEPLE C HARD. 6 to 1 agst Mr. Brooke's Eagle—(taken) 6 to 1. agst Mr. Hey's Lancet 8 to 1 agst air. Crawford's Velutl—(taken) 10 to 1 agst Lord Waterford's Regalia The field agst the above four and Culverthorpe ; Eagle decidedly first favourite, but a great anxiety to back Yeluti, and 8 to 1 the out side figure. NEWMARKET HANDICAP. Two or three bets were made on this event, but in such small sums as not to authorise a quotation. CHESTER CUP. 18 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Sweetmeat—taken 25 to 1 agst Lord Howth's Mermaid—taken 25 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Best Bower 25 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Whinstone 30 to 1 agst Mr. Hesseltine's Fitzallen 1000 to 25 agst Mr. Knox's Colleen Dhas —taken 40 to I agst Mr. Waller's Columbus 50 to 1 agst Mr. Ongley's Roderick 1000 to 10 agst Mr. A. W. Rill's The Libel—t. four times DERBY. 9 to 2 agst Lord E. Russell's Sting 22 to 1 agst Gen. Shubrick's Brocardo—taken 22 to 1 agst Col. Anson's lago—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's Tibthorpe—take 25 to 1. 33 to 1 agst Mr. Ramsay's Malcolm 1000 to 25 agst Sir J. Hawley's Humdrum—taken 50 to 1 agst Lord Albemarle's Smuggler Bill—taken 1000 to 50 agst Forth's winning the Derby and Oaks 500 even between Brocardo and Tibthorpe—taken OAKS. 18 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Queen Anne—taken Anne—taken 20 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Cuckoo—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's Wilderness—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Preston's Osprey—taken MURDER IN JERSEY. (From the Guernsey and Jersey News of Saturday.) The town and neighbourhood of Sand-street was yesterday after noon thrown into a state of great excitement in consequence of a report of a murder having been committed on the person of„Mr. Centinier Le Cronier, by a woman of the name of Le Gendre, at a detestable haunt of vice, well-known under the appellation of " Mul berry Cottage." The house in question is the same in which the riot took place last Saturday, and from whence several abandoned females were lodged in the hospital, and several young men beaten and some severely wounded. The occurrence of this melancholy affair, we learn, took place under the following circumstances : It appears, that Centenier Le Cronier was drawing up a report against the parties who were lodged in gaol on Sunday morning last, for creating a riot at Le Gendre's house, and who were to be pre sented in Court this morning. The Centenier wanted information on some points, and, therefore accompanied by police-officer Manuel, he repaired to the house where the riot occurred, in order to ascer tain the facts he required, and to lodge Le Gendre and his " wife" in gaol, so as to secure their presence in Court this day. The latter course he deemed the most sure, and accordingly, when he arrived at the house, he said he was come to arrest them, unless they gave se curity for their appearance in Court. The woman became excited, and exclaimed that she would neither go to gaol nor give security. The police said it was useless to re sist, as they were come on purpose to arrest them if they did not give security ; when the woman rushed at the centenier with a large knife which, it is said, she held in her hand beneath her apron, and plunged it deeply into his abdomen on the right side, exclaiming, " Take that, you —, that's my security." The knife penetrated to a considerable extent, inflicting a frightful wound, from which the bowels protruded. Mr. Le Cronier instantly exclaimed, " Oh, I'm stabbed—l'm a dead man !" and called two or three persons who were present to bear witness that he was about to pronounce his will, which was, that his wife should have one-third of his property more than the law allowed her. Mr. Le Cronier was taken to the house of Mr. Billet, currier, and medical assistance was sent for; messengers were also dispatched for Advocates Godfray and Le Soeur, to reduce Mr. Le Cronier's will to writing. They both repaired to the spot immediately, when the mstrument was drawn up, amidst the tears and lamentations of the relatives and friends of the dying man. Saturday, Half-past Twelve.—Since the above was in type it is our painful duty to state that the unfortunate victim, Mr. Le Cronier has just died. His loss to tke community will be severely felt ; as a zealous officer of police, he was ever on the alert where his duty and patriotism called him, and foremost in every case of danger that came under his notice. He is deeply regretted in a large circle of friends, and his death must be deeply felt by his bereaved relatives. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT A COTTON-MILL.-ASHTON UNDER-LINE, MARCU I.—On Friday evening, about half-past nine, the greatest excitement was created in this town,by a report that the extensive cotton-mills, belonging to the firm of Messrs. Thomas Mellor and Sons, and in which nearly one thousand persons are employed. was on fire. On proceeding to the spot, we found many thousand persons had assembled to witness the ravages of the destructive element. The fire first commenced in the third room of a building situate between and connected with the old and new mills. Some time elapsed after the arrival of the town fire-engines before the pipes could be laid, and the engines got into playing order, anwho d had it not been for the very great exertions o f the work-people, wre e supplied with all the vessels in the ne i g hbourhood capable of holding water, there is little doubt but the whole of the premises, which are very large, would have been burned to the ground. th D e puringri th ev e time the hands were engage d in carrying water, engines belonging to Messrs. Buckley, Mr. Beulton, Messrs. Thacker, and Mr. J. S. Buckley arrived, and on their bell g got into play with other aid, rendered effective assistance. not, however, before the two upper rooms, which were built upon the bastard fire-proof principle, had fallen a prey to the flames. The great concern of all now was to save the large mill adjoining, which is not fire-proof, and by dint of great labour, added to there being not much wind at the time, the fire was got under, the door-way f or ming the communication with this mill from the room in which the fire took place only being partially burned. The men continued pouring water for some time, and prevented the flames getting fur ther a-head. The fire is supposed to have first ignited in the heald room by spontaneous combustion, and the damage is said to be from 6001. to 7001. Several persons were much hurt, while endeavouring to render assistance, by the falling materials. One man fell a dis tance of four stories, in consequence of the breaking of a ladder which was laid on one mill across to the other. His thigh was broken in two places, and he was otherwise injured. The Messrs. Mellor are not insured for this part of the building. About half-past five on Sunday morning the town was again alarmed by a cry of fire. On inquiry, we found th tt the fire at Messrs. Mellor's had not been effec tually put out, but had again caught the rafters of the ceiling and roof of the old mill. The engines were speedil, on the spot, but the fire was got out without their being got into play. THE TEN HOURS BILL. - LORD ASHLEY IN LAN CASIIIRE.—MANCHESTER, MONDAY MORNING.—A public meeting of the inhabitants of this borough will be held this evening, in the Town-hall, King-street; the Rev. C. D. Wray, the Vice-Dean, will take the chair. The object of the meeting was to afford to Lord Ashley an opportunity of explaining to the factory operatives, the reasons why he resigned his seat in Parliament, and with it the means of carrying out to a successful termination the efforts so long continued for a Ten Hours Rill. His Lordship, it is said, will visit the principal manufacturing towns during the week, after which he is to proceed to the West Riding of York, to render similar services to them. The use of the Town-hall has been very kindly granted by his worship the Mayor for the occasion ; a deputation from the Short Time Central Committee having waited upon him for that purpose. A number of the clergy of the Established Church have promised to attend And take part in the proceedings. MARCH a, 1845. ASHFORD MECHANICS' INSTITUTION. A lecture on the " Art and Science of Political Economy" was delivered on Thursday evening last at the Mechanics' Institution in this town, to a crowded meeting of its mem bers, by the Rev. John Dufton, Rector of Warehorne. The Rev. Lecturer observed that the science to which he was about to call their attention was usually spoken of as one of the most modern. This was only in part true, as its novelty consisted in the arrangement of well known facts. The advance in chemistry. mathematics, and natural philosphy in modern times was held sufficient to constitute them new sciences, and yet the greatest inno vations were regarded as improvements. He considered the name of Political Economy a disadvantage, and unfor tunately chosen and calculated to lead to incorrect notions. Adam Smith has designated his work a treatise on the " Wealth of Nations." Others have described Political s er, d t o h os,i .bft e t yi nih others ‘ m S ptn c phl i aoae e irn n i tle c a, e irnthicont o ou f :dribre E e srosva x ivt gae haci a sete n aens otdo e fi f s tta h; and eh ' ledaei R a en n n, ,e,s d evpee. againhxhGihappinesstlae,e)srsnnotpafl it oelhimrysc has oain tntoto Commerce." advancement o'lject to ascertain the philosophical principles of juris prudence, to point out that the most effectual plan for the cae v mtn a nm n ot c enh e rli n : I proposedaa n 'm: n t conform to the principles and that order of things recom mended by nature. Of the truth of these remarks en lightened men seem now to be generally convinced; for the most celebrated works whi c h have been produced in different countries of Europe, by Ad am Smith, Huskisson, Ricardo, Turgct. Quesnai, Beccaria, and others, have aimed at the improvement of society by this means. After speak ing with much force on the importance and utility of the science, and pointing out " wealth" as having no more necessary connexion with avarice or sordid selfishness than the inquiries of the physiologist and the chemist respecting the organs of digestion and absorption of nutriment with gluttonous excess, the lecturer remarked that nations the most ignorant and poor, and tribes the most savage, are as prone to avarice as any others. After noticing aad refuting the opinions of those who contend that a poor country is more favourably situated for virtue than a rich one, he went on to show that even if wealth were admitted to be r an evil, it was still Accessary to study its nature and its production, the causes which promote or impede its in crease, and the laws which regulate its distribution, just as bodily diseases are made the subject of laborious and minute inquiry by physicians, with a view to their cure. The Rev. Gentleman then made some striking and valuable re marks on the prevailing fallacies connected with common sense and experience, in order to prove that men in general give their testimony in favour of the former in those cases only where they themselves have nothing else to trust to— resorting to systematic study—to rules of art and science in those of which they respectively possess the knowledge. The sailor, for instance, would laugh at the idea of navi gating a ship by common sense; so would the architect in building, and the physician in the treament of diseases. As regards experience, the lecturer adduced some beautiful and interesting illustrations to prove that time alone does not necessarily confer experience, nor carrying on business one way necessarily confer experience in another, and that the idea of enlightening incorrect reasoners by giving' them more knowledge is like the tale of the school-boy making a flat roof and laying on more straw to prevent the rain soaking through. His more intelligent companion saw a new arrangement was wanting. Straw is also wanting, but no quantity will supply the want of knowing how to build. After dwelling on anatomy, and physiology, as fur nishing a most important part of natural theology, he ad verted to the practical success which is invariably found in proportion to the scientific knowledge men possess, and added, the more these sciences were studied, the more light is thrown on the wisdom of contrivance which the structure of organized bodies displays—inferences which he thought were obvious, although, perhaps, not really more clear and valid than in any other. In the beautiful words of the poet, All nature is but art unknown to thee, All chance direction which thou canst sot see." If, then, order and regularity prevail in the material world (he continued), equally do they predominate throughout moral and intellectual existences. An attentive inquirer would perceive a no less admirable apparatus for the pro gress of society. The Rev. Gentleman proceeded to notice the division of labour, and the co-operation which is required before a single pin can be made and brought to market, and the many thousands of workmen necessary to provide the coarse, rough coat of the day-labourer in a civilized community. Who then could venture to estimate the number of people who combine their labour before a large city is supplied with provisions and the useful objects they enjoy? After quoting one of the most profound thinkers and powerful reasoners of the present age, to show with what ease this wonderful and important end is accomplished by private interest, operating on the ' numerous class of wholesale, and more especially retail traders—a mechanism which no wisdom of man can direct so well, he said " no wisdom of man," for in this instance, as in most others. there are the same works of contrivance and design, with a view to a beneficial end, which we admire in other branches of Natural Theology; nay, it tended more to ex cite our admiration to contemplate rational agents co-ope rating, not by gravitation and impulse like inert matter, but by motives addressed to the will—presenting to the reflective mind a branch of Natural Theology more striking than any other. " The heavens do indeed declare the glory of God," and the human body is "fearfully and wonder fully made ;" but if the phenomena connected with man as a rational agent and a member of society were as well understood as Anatomy and Physiology, it would exhibit even more striking marks of Divine wisdom than we have any knowledge of. After a few striking remarks en what is called pure and uncultivated nature, in remote and sequestered districts—on those who speak of the manly virtue and practical wisdom of our rude and simple fore fathers, and regard vice as something imported from thronged cities, smoky workshops, and bustling manufac tories' the lecturer went on to prove, at some length, that as tendencies to deceit, sensuality, and all other vices exist in all mankind in every state of society—a fact which men may learn from observation, conscientiousness, and Holy Writ—so the counteracting and restraining checks of pru dence, morality, and religion have the less or more sway, speaking generally, according as a community is more or less advanced from a state of rude and barbarian ignorance. He concluded that, as a general rule, advancement in "national wealth," which men are adapted for and im pelled to promote by the Most High, must be favourable to moral improvement, and that they have by this means been designed to advance in virtue, and true wisdom, and happiness. " But," continued the Rev. Gentleman, "I am very far from thinking we have realised the advantages which increasing national wealth holds out as regards moral, in tellectual, and religious advancement. It is certainly true our condition in this island is much improved, as compared with what it was when our Anglo- Saxon ancestors were first settled in it; yet I hope and trust those who follow us two or three centuries hence will look upon us as semi barbarians—that commerce between different countries, rendering them mutually dependent, will lessen their disposi tion to go to war—and that slavery and war (which, if Christianity were heartily and generally embraced, would be entirely unknown) will, by the spread of civilization and just views of political economy, be banished from the - earth." During the delivery of his lecture, of which the above is a neagre outline, the hey. Gentleman was frequently greeted sith warm applause, and he resumed his seat amid much eering.—Kentish Gazette. DUTCH SPIRITS,—On a memorial, some time since, to the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, by certain parties, importerts of geneva from Holland, praying relief in regard to the construction put by the officers of the revenue, under the superintendence of the Customs Depart ment, upon the recent act of the last session of Parliament, cap. 86, as applicable to spirits imported in glass bottles for the purpose of re-exportation to the British colonies, the authorities received a communication from Mr. Cardwell, one of the secretaries to the Lords of the Treasury, stating, that he has been coirmanded by their Lordships to convey to them their permission for directions to be issued allowing geneva to be imported in glass bottles, containing not more than three pints or 12 gills each. This privilege, it appears, had been permitted for a length of time previously to the Act mentioned coining into operation, which Act, in the opinion of the officers (prohibiting as it does, as a general rule, the importation of foreign spirits, unless in casks or other vessels capable of containing liquids, each of such cask t s ti l , e r ;) e t a h s e t r vessels being of the size or content of 20 ga e llo in n goroainrtgblgs a the size of included in cargo d of the ship the mani fest which the same are imported, and bottles, and abreisntganrseablalyttlie,asrat not tf exceeding eannuionbejreaolgo o to r t d i e te scr c i o p n t t iv in e oan of ee th o e f cfeasrtgoortheortehoeor, papers enumerating the practice, and therefore they did not feel justified in sanctioning the privilege, until the reception by them of a proper authority . from the Treasury in the matter, and as an extensive and important trade had sprung up in conse quence of the length of time the privilege bad been per mitted, which was threatened with serious detriment, if not total extinction, if the privilege were at once and suddenly withdrawn, the memorial in question to the Lords the te Treasury was rendered necessary, and whi ch Produced sanction of their Lordships for the saree to be continued parties alluded to to be permitted. The memorial of t referring only to the importatio n of po a len, a ques- the size mentioned for the purpose o t r he ex arti rt cle c in bottles of to be deemed t w io h n eth h e a r s th re o c , e r n ro t o b ry e e no order r ad o e n t b h y e the t r t e e v r e m n , u a s e officers as to applicable to such and similar importations for home use equally as for exportation, and on application from the party concerned to the heads of the department requesting the delivery of a case of the spirit imported from Holland in glass bottles containing si gills each, detained by thirevenne officers as being each half a gill under the proper size. e p . Treasury,B 6 a , aboveenlcslt ui to them, ppmtot h q iraote u dnam o et t e iorn d na 5 , : hasiootbnf esfg otherwise , eo cler geneva ee b vne s ta t ed , ac e ane fromno decided e t c ni hsi not tt e oo d tl o for m eri b t a h enb a de t u h ,dh e eer tsorderhtmemorialoe restrictedord foottonoorf as restricted by the 63d section of the Act 8 and 9 Victoria, e th a homeit i h ic e lusud consumption o j importations of the article for the purpose of exportation only. This is of considerable importance; and it is not im probable that, as geneva is included amongst the list of articles on which it is intended that a reduction of duty to a coo. siderable extent shall shortly take place, the importation of the spirit for consumption in this country will b 1 in creased. SUICIDE OF A MERCHANT.—Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held at the Hampton-court Palace, Hampton-street, Newington, before Mr. Carter, on the body of Mr. John Shaw, an American merchant, who committed suicide by cutting his throat, under the following melancholy circumstances :—Elizabeth Finch, housemaid in the service of the deceased, who resided at No. 5, Walwerth-terrace, deposed that her late master was a merchant, and had only been married eight weeks before the commission of the rash act. For some weeks the deceased had been in a low, despond ing state of mind, which witness believed was owing to the unfortu nate gentleman believing that he should lose considerable property in Hudson's Bay and other parts of North America, in the event of the expected war with that country breaking out. On Friday morn ing she took up to the deceased hot water for shaving. Soon after her mistress called the deceased, but received no answer. Witness and her mistress went up to his bed-room, but the deceased was not there. The door of an adjoining dressing-room was locked inside, and on this being forced open, the deceased was discovered on his knees, with his throat cut in & aToadful manner, and the floor covered with a pool of blood, Her master was alive, but appeared insensible, and c0..1d not articulate. Witness went for Mr. Bodely, a surgeon, who promptly arrived. The deceased died about two o'clock verdict spoke to the the, sa state of e da his mindy. Severas having been friemuch nds ofdepresse the dec d eas a d t , e i n e agitated for some time past, after which the jury returned a N of temporary insanity. HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION, held at the noon the general quarterly court of this in was e in Chelsea, John Laboucher , board-room of the institution in 80.—On Monday after tthheatchthaeiri.nuTniintenernetpsourart. th matters, nd by t stated lnte Rev. Henry Campbell, 2s was on Sunday evening collected at St. Mary's of Cowie}, near Uxbridge, to the institution. The sum of 621. 1 . o a ' lll 2 ' 70 0 l. th h e a r d b encouragingc e Church, wooAxßry.o ,a. ton .,uare, after a sermon by the Rev. Thomas Ro binson, /Th meNNY and COMMERCTAL Ni CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 6,000 hales, at very steady rates. Exporters took 600 bales Ame rican. 300 bales Surat, went at 2%d. ; 150 of Pernam, at 6 'Ad. to 6 1 ,4 d.; 100 Egyptia n, at 6 3 4 ' d. to 7 1 4 d. i • and Ame rican at 3 3 / 4 d. to 6d. per lb. There was an improvement in Shares, and an increase in the number of the transactions. The Money -market is rather unsettled by the hostile tone of the American accounts received to-day, as even commer cial interests does not seem to keep the Executive of the United States within reasonable bounds as respects its pre tensions. How much more Brother Jonathan would lose by a war than we should, a few facts will abundantly . show. Last year the aggregate value of the imports into the United States from Great Britain was 10,000,000 dollars, and there was a large falling off in the importation of cotton manufactures except calicoes. Now the Yankees supply us with more products than ever; and manifestly will be the most severe sufferers by a war. An American paper bears us out in this view, for it states that "the importation of cotton manufac tures into this country from Great Britain is now principally composed of the finer qualities of goods, and such as we have hardly commenced the manufacture of within our own limits. We are rapidly progressing in the manufacture of calicoes, printed and dyed ; but it will be some time before we shall be able to supply the domestic demand, and must therefore be extensive imposters for some time to come. So far as the manufactures of this description of goods have progressed, they are equal to any imported, and successfully compete with the foreign article whenever they come in con tact. The official table gives us an idea of the extent of the markets of this country for the manufactures of Great Britain, and shows that however great may be the position we occupy in producing the raw material, the position we occupy as consumers of the fabrics of England is of very limited value, and exerts very little influence upon the aggregate consumption." The English Securities have been rather seriously depressed this morning, as might be expected, from the tenor of the American advices. Consols have receded to 96 and 95% for present transfer, and to 96%4 and 95% for time. The pre mium on Exchequer-bills has been steady at 345. to 365. Bank Stock has been tolerably firm, at 209 to 20914. East /ntlia Stock has been 263 to 261. The New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. have been 98 to N. The Foreign Bond: have been flat also. Spanish Five per Cents. at 26% 3 / 4 , and the Three per Cents. 37 1 ,4 to %. Mexican Stock is worth 30%, and Brazilian 82% Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 59% %, and Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cents, 97. Shares have been rather flat, but sales are not pressed. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. - (From the Official List.) Bank Stock .. • • • • • • ' • • 20914 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 96% % Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. 95% 96 95% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anna. 98 % 98 Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10 9-16 ;4 - Ditto, 30 years. Jan. 5, IBto .. 10% India Stock .. South Sea Stock .. 2 .6_ 3 261 Ditto, Old Annuities • • • • • 9 6 Consols for Account .. . • • • 96% 95% Exchequer Bills. d. 1% el. 1,0001. • • .. •• .....4 36 pm. 5001. •• • • • • •• • • 34 37 pm. Ditto, Small • • 35 37 34 pm. Ditto, Advertised • • .. • • 34 36 pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent • • .. 8214 Ditto, Small .. .• • • • 84 !si Danish Bonds, 3 per Cent • • • • BS% Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent • • Ditto, for the Account .. 30% Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cont. • • • • Ditto, for the Account • • • • 26% % Ditto, Passive Bond. • • • • • • 6 Ditto, Three per Cent ...... Ditto, for the Account .. • • 37% % Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cent. 97 Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 59% Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 95% %% BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. Pra SHABA. Amber., Notting., Boston, & Eastrn Jn. 2% 2% .. to Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush .. .. ••to Birmingham and Oxford Junction .. 2 .. • • to Bristol and Exeter .. • • .. 70 •• •• .... t. Ditto, New .. • . , • • • .. 5 ll3 .... to Buckinghamshire .. . • .. • • 425. • % dis.. to par Caledonian .. .. 10 to Ditto Half Shares .. • . 3% .... to Direct' Manchester (Rastrick's) .. • • 534 33y •... to Direct Northern 23g 236 • • to Dubtin and Belfast Junction .. • • 5 5 .... to Dublin and Galway .. .. • • .. 4 .• 334 .... to Eastern Counties •. 14/. 16s. Od 21% .... to Ditto, New .. .. • • .. 8/. 16s, 0d....• 63 %pto Ditto, York Extension .. • • • • 10s. •• 13¢ .. •.to -- Edinburgh and Glasgow .. •• •• 50 .. •. 72 .... to Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester 234 2 •• .. to Goole. Doncaster. and Sheffield, /cc.— 425. 1 p.. • • to Great Western .. • • •• .. 85 l5l .• • • to 147 Hull and Selby • • .. .. 50 —.10334 xdto Leicester and Bedford .. • • .. 225. .. • • % dis... to Leicst., Tam., Bir., & Trent Val.Junc. 425. .... 34 dis... to Liverpool, Manch, and Newc. Junct. 23¢ 3 .... to —. London and Birmingham .. • ...100 to Ditto, Fifths .. • • • • • • 2 -• • • 2434 to London and Blackwell 161. 13s. 4d. .. • • 8% x d to Ditto. New • • • • • • • • • • 234 37. to— Loudon and Brighton .• • • .. 50 ..,. 65 .... to London and South -Western 411. Ga. led. .• •.78 a d .to 7734xA Ditto, New .. 123 London and York • • • • • • • 2% •• • • 354%.. to Lynn and Dsreliam .. • • • • • • 5 •• • • 4 3; ••to Mauchater and Leeds . • • • .• 82 •• • • • • to -- Ditto, Sixteenths • • • • .. • 64 •• • • 914 to Ditto, Extension 425..... 34 p.. to Manchester and Birmingham • • • • 40 •• • • 79 .... to Ditto, Quarter Shares (A) .. • • 4 .. • • 12 1 A to Ditto, Quarter Shares (B) • • • • 2 •• • • 10 .... t o Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) .. • • 1 •• • • 7% to Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock • • 425. .. • • 1% pto Manchester and Southampton .. • . 2 .. • • 21,i 4.. to Midland ••...100 ....148% 149 to 147,14 Newcastle an Darlington Junction .. 25 .... to Ditto, New .. .. • • .. 1 .. 10 to Ditto, New, Branding .. .. • • 20 .. • • 57 1 ,4 •• • • to Newcastle and Berwick • • • • • • 10 .. • • 214 .... to 21 North Kent and Direct Dever 2% .. • • 2% to North Staffordshire •• .. • • 425. ...• 3 41Q pto Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 124 1 .. •. 14 to Preston and Wyre .. 25 .... 35 to Shrewsbury and Birmingham •• .. 2% ...• 3 .... to Shropshire Union • • • •• •• • • 426. • %36 dig to South Midland • .. • • • • 425..... 1 p.. to 2 South Eastern and Dover .. 383 37% .... to Ditto, New, No. 2 ........18 .. • 12 .. • • to Ditto, New, No. 3 .. .. • • •• 10 ••• 11 36 ...• to Ditto, New, No. 4 .. • • .• •• 234 334 •• to 3 Staines and Richmond .. • • •• 1 •• • • •••• to South Wales .. .• .. 5 .... to Trent Valley and Holyhead .Tanctlon 2%.... 14 „to -- Vale of Nelah .. • • • • • • • • 2 .. • • 2% .• •• to Worcester, Tenbury, and Ludlow .. 2%.... 2%.... to York and North Midland .. .• • • 50 .... ..., to Ditto, Extension .• • • .. .. 15 •• • • 31% ••.. to „ 32% Ditto East and West Riding Extension 1 .... 10 „ to FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Dutch Rhenish • • .. 5 69i% to East Indian • . 5 9 . • to Great Northern of France Constituted 5 .... 16k .... to Great Indian Peninsular • • • • • • ss. .. • • %••• • to Italian and Austrian • • . • .. .. 3 .. • • I%• to Jamaica South Midland Junction • 1 .• • • 3 ••• ••to Luxembourg • . • • .. • • .. .. 4 •• • . 2% to Paris and Rouen .. • . .. 20 .... 42 .. • . to 41% MINES. Real del Monte, Unregistered .. • • •• .. 4 .... to LLOYD'S SHIPPING.---(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MARCH 3.—Wind S.S.W. moderate breeze and hazy, DEAL, MARCH 2.—Wind S.W. to W .S.W.—Arrd. Duchess of North. umberland, Scott, China ; Jubilee, Calcutta ; Orestes, Fenwick, Ma dras ; Briton, Wilkinson, Mauritius ; Ida, Christianson, Rio Janeiro. for Hamburgh ; Mediator, Chadwick, New York. Arrd. from the River, Frederick VI., Hansen, Macao; Elizabeth, Cawbin, Cape o f Good Hope; Corsair, Akett, Valparaiso; Emerald, Pavey, Antigua; Planet, Booth, Jamaica ; Margaret Forbes, Prescott, New Orleans, SOUTHAMPTON, Matta" 2.—Sld. Trent steamer, West Indies. NEWPORT, MARCH l.—Sld. Boadicea, Warland, Singapore. 2. tl rika, Walgreen, Havannah. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 2.—Wind S.W., fresh.—Arrd. Martha. Harrison, Valparaiso ; Columbus, Green, Macao ; Agnes, Ducker. Nassau; Creole, Clark, Charleston, with damage; Panther, Lane. New York; Patrick Henry, Delano, New York. Sld. Baboo, Parker, Bombay ' - Monarch, Brown, St. Lucia ; Sweet H ome , C o l l i e , Ri o Grande; Village Girl, Woof, Bahia, Off port, Wyoming, nits delphia. Oft Cork, Copes, Hardy, Demerara. CBOOKHAVEN, FEB. 28.—The Britannia, M`Kenzie, of Pictou, front the Clyde to Malta, struck on a rock inside of Cape Clear this morn ing, got off and run on a bank, is very leaky, and is expected to dis charge. SHIELDS, MARCH 2.—The Fairy, of this port, bound to France, sailed yesterday, and ran on shore on the Rock at Marsden, at high water. OFF SCILLY, FEB. 22.—Alexander, Emery, Guadalonpe. RIS Ton, MARCH 2.—Wind W.S.W., fresh.—Arrd. Anna Watson. Stirling, Calcutta. OFF CARRICEFERGUS, FEB. 27.—Sir Henry Huntley, Grant, St. John's, New Brunswick. HARTLEPOOL, MARCH I.—Sld. Formosa, Frazer, Grenada. PORTIILEVEN, FEB. 28.—Several pieces of wreck, one marked nwindm,r here.apparently belonging to a foreign v " e W c s 5 0 e . : 3 1, E . '}a.havenabeena b c ca bi n picked up 27. —The Mary and Eliza, Parker, from Newfound.Fze. 28.—The Northumbrian Maid, from Liverpool a o rr n i t v l e ie d r h o e e r k. e, is at le c a l ky au , g a b i e3 l , will 21st disc harge. iiistlyas got oft o iA th tloa e nST:T 2 l: s ßt t Ao i L'u a Qici n Fseb s ßrlDY'. tow ed i n here. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) HAY MILIMMITS. SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 31 5s to 4/ 5s ; Clover ditto, 47 is to Si 12s Gd; Oat straw, 11 12s toll I4s ; Wheat Straw, 11 143 to 11 163 per load. A fair average supply, and a steady demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 31 85 to 47 lOs ; Clover ditto, 41 42 to 51 lOs ; Oat Straw, 1/ I4s to 11 163 ; 'Wheat Straw, 11 1611 to 11 18s per load. Supply limited, and trade Arm. WIIITECHAPEL. — Meadow Hay, 31 5s to 41 8s ; Clover ditto, 4180 to 5/ 15s ; Oat Straw, 11 12s to 11 14s ; Wheat Straw, 11 14s to 11 163 per load. Supply good, and trade dull. COLON= .L. Sousa. — The market for British Plantation is very heavy, and only about 120 hhds have been sold at rather lower prices. The public sales have only offered 486 boxes white, 704 boxes brown and yellow Havannah, and 216 barrels Rio, all of which found buyers (excepting about 200 boxes of the white Havannah) at lils 6d to 23s 6d for low brown to fine yellow, 24s to 27s for line to fine line yellow or low *white, 27s to 32s for low soft to good white, being generally about the previous nominal value. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks, was 354 hhds 1 tierce, and there were taken for home consumption 815 hhds 66 tierces 66 barrels. The stock in the same places is 5,733 hhds 398 tierces 845 barrels. COFFEE.-211 bales Mocha at auction only partly found buyers. it 43s to 59s for ordinary to middling quality, which are very low prices for the inferior sorts. RUM.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 59 puns. There were taken for home consumption 184 puns 11 hhds, and exported 73 puns 50 hhds. The stock in the Mat places is 12,051 puns 1,234 hhds. . . . Iticx,-501 bags Spanish, 220 bags Italian, and 194 bags Penang at auction, was nearly all taken in above the value—viz., at 19s for flue white Spanish, and 16s 6d to 17s for mid white Italian. The Penang sold at 14s 64 for low yellowish white, being comparatively about the value. TALLOW.-1) YC is 42a 6d to 43s per cwt on the apet, and Town 45s 6d per cwt. TEA.—The market is quiet. OSTEND, MARCH I.—The General Steam Navigation Company's steam-ship Triton arrived at our quay on Monday. at two o'clock in the afternoon, bringing over several families, and the equipages of Sir Moses Montefiore, from London, in something over ten hours. After partaking necessary refreshment, the passenger s proceeded the same afternoon onwards per rail towards the Rhine. . prIVZ i ATTACK UVON THE PROVOST of EToN.—A soldier, named Cox, in the 3d Battalion of the GrenadieerbGaurgaerdis.with taken into custody on Saturday afternoon, at Eton, l. the Provost having demanded money of the Rev. Mr. odg I o ft appears s , andtha that I sthe college i o n f the college. of intoxication, went playing-fields, the soldier, who was in statea use, at the same time. up to him and demanded his money - ; makin g Upon the up to genie wooden palings, and while e w i with assaulting Provostatrawse wofaitaheinsgltruatneto; walked The Rev. Mr. Hodson, however, in the o f any, veryt the eni violentan deliberately language. tore away one of the rails. on Provost refusing to give him he was overtaken. The s oldier b t led hen te a g tt e a t cre e d k t t a e, o th o e f e t e h ll e e s g t e u he de f n o ta re , making a similar demand money ; seizing hold of one, and, these effecting their escape from li:ig i at g them the large wooden rail, which luckily missed ie s , s l a ia l s ti i n 'ort h u i u m a . tely f e or a n Perkins, the superintendent of the Eton police, an at tempt was made to take him +/Ito custody, but such was the resist ance ofthe soldier that it required seven men to secure him. NEW STREET FROM LONDON -BRIDGE TO HrNGER.. FORD-BRIDGE. —In the event of the Bills for the South-WcAtent Ex.- ip t , e a s i b i s sue l o td n l intoi t a a il e d ad N loau o wb r .._. o t t 11 — i K ft w e ilti which, ci E ih C, a i l otn w ht ee a rm y e s pbl ea n it o ni w og nb b tuo e t ffoornne alight P aao Widerrl r I m a t ta e i n no t an , beingthere street adjacent to the line of railway from L i o tbe n ne d dt o oa n f intersect lugic iions the the r g t t l oe variousLonsdo London-bridge. York-road, b ts ri d i) t e i g o t e w . a s e Intro thisthat ke project point e StreetbUr 1d g e o r e u f fr . t o r oa d n b ay v r t idg e s e. t . pre sent contemplated, it will have the effect of making a vast improve ment in portions of the parishes of St. Saviour's, St. George's, and Christchurch, at present inhabited by the lowest description of per sons. The inhabitants of those parishes who object to the project of. a railway through their district are somewhat appeased by the pro, jeot, considering it a boon in their favour instead of a loss, as the,7 have hitherto cohtende4 the raUway Would be. ;. ' Cl lo •1 0 IS . 1, 61 ./ SO