The Sun. — London, England, 1846-02-26 00:00:00

. o praigo"_,. kTiOl4 the P*r"; nraense lli there does, amoun t of, e.moun t 0' articubvs p nffland, bu ;Me for deposi ta ; ; e in rest Pe ra thi't 'P a os JO? i? , :is uv on oleo ,don b alik d er e 3 ( and iv , c ount , , ec ted t° 5 38 n SUC C ogiand n 0 , 9 t'i led ° " nit o ; 4 0 , PP - for i ted 014 for - fir/ ur d e r, s 1 1 0ra l e o o , i f el‘ e ir • , ti r i- 0 s iv; i t,?t ; -soro e j6 l9 'ii,J` l ; jet ; dr, • 01 . 0 4. , 0 f° 1. 0 4,01, : (3, fo, t le, ; 74, • , s3l, 15 1 0 s e co s; 1, 0 3 Loctor' s ,c». ! , 3 y„ 4 : ir : /5, , crivi es r jer i. o, f o r 01° 4 . -3 1 ,„ 15 3 , 0 ' ' J O 1 ,0 1 : o 'er: J eri ' fo t o )r °,ec6",106 FLANDERS MAIL. law deb BRUSSELS, FEB. 12 .—The Senate continued to-day the he ate on the proje c t o f l aw explanatory of Article 442 th of t Code of Commerce. Th e genera l de b ate on t h e pro j ect l‘ litar relative to the v ot e o f credit, 1&3,000 francs, for mi y works, was opefied and closed immediately, and the lota of the articles fixed for to-morrew. 134 " 81 -8, FEB. 24.—The Moniteur publishes the royal sanction of the budget of the Department of Foreign Affairs, i,an.d.of the Marine ; also a royal - ordinance appointing the tipuster of Justice to act as Minister of War during the in 91sposition of the Minister; also a royal ordinance, offering bounties on the potatoes imported for the purpose of planta tion. BELGIAN FUNDS.—BRUS3ELS, FEB. 24. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent • • • •••• Ro thschild's Loan, Fi ve p er Cent • • ••• • •••• • • • Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent.... Ditto Three per Cent • Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto ••• • • • Ditto, ditto, 1840 .... . ...... . 100% Ditto, ditt0,1842............... ....... 102% • • • _ D I) / t t t t 1 18 8 3 4 6 4 : . • • •••• • •• ••••• • • • • • —9 5f % Ditto, 1838 7 9 4 • • •• • •• • Ditto of the City, 1832 •• ••. • • • ........ 100% Ditto, 1843 lol'3 • 'Er Bank of Belgiu 2 m.. . ... •. • ... 880 44 ° 3 Papers Feb. 5. nA.MBURGH BORSENHALLE, FEB. 20. Bills. }Laney. kustrian 5 per Cents ... ....... ...... 113 lank Shares • 1600 ••••An g io- Russian Loan •••• • • • ..... • • 108 R ussian 5 per C en t., H am b . Certificate. 103 Ditto lit series Inscription . ... .... 104 Ditto, Hope and Co ,3cl and 4th series • itto, in•• 98% _— Ne w 4 Per Cent Hope and Co. • • 91 D itto Stieglitz • • • •• •••••• • • • • • 89% 8 9% 13Panish New 5 per 19% 19 Ditto 3 per Cent ...... ............ 3134 Mo to Dian, 2% per Cent • • batch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent ••• .. 60 Ditto 3 per Cent. •••• • • •••• • • • • Polish New 4 per Cent. Loan, 1844.... 82 N An g l o - Danish Loan, 3 per Cent •• • • • • 87 86 , .; atio nal Bank Shares.. ••••••• • • • • • • • AUSTRIAN. FUNDS.—VIENNA, FEB. 18. u Per Cent. Metalliques•. •• ... ,112% 4 Per Cent. a Per Cent. ditt0.............. 15 7 5 7 Loan. 1834 •. Ditto, 1839 • . ... 122 Bank Shares •• • • •••••''• • • • • •• • • 15" Esterhazy's Loan • • • • • • •• ' • • •• • RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand ............ 185 Vienna—Milan • Leghorn .................. ..... ....... 115% h 105 Sienna .. 99 GrcsettoOldenbur •.••• • • • . "••••ii.1)g0,,, A penninen .. •• .. elue Zeitung • Feb. 21. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—Bzumsr, FEB. 20. Bt. g Bills. Money. Pry ' Sch., 334 per Cent ...... 98% .97% fig x li e sla han ßo e zl!,. e•jan ge on Lo g don, £1 Sterling, 3 Months. 6 25% Ilarnburgh, 300 Marks, 2 Months. 15034 _ _ 149% Paris, 300 fr., 2 Months .........80 5-12 • On Paris ••• • • • • • • . al Two months. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • erg al Prussian Gazette. Feb. 20. km I F RI ENDLY SUIT in CHANCERY. eft ei ght years ago an old lady died near Aylesbury, Court gentleman, who is a prominent member of the were of '-' ol lunon Council, executor to her will. Her eff,xts o wn n o be divided equally between her husband's . and her vras ePhews and nieces, which was done immediately. It Ond that a small farm a thirty-five acres near Harrow 4(1 beqaeathed to her for life by her husband, who divid e V thirty years before, and was upon her death to b e that kill the same parties. The executors named i n tentati W ere dead, and left behind them no le . gal repre 14,iej,e!. Some of the parties, twenty-three in number, 4 ," ab o l' ut sued, and their representatives having accumulated s xt.3', and some being minors, no one could be 'ain ti c,°,give a lawyer's title to the estate. In this state of lik.;,, u ere appeared to be but one way of getting . over the the e,„7 B roent, and that was by a friendly application to he Thad of Chancery upon the subject. About two years Thzt l e r(la the Common-Councilman alluded to consented to ' lB littl 3 d(fendant, with a view of settling the point with e e xPense as possible for the legatees. After five or Be,,Z r3 ' P r ocrastination in that Court, the result of the cause The Th q L,. Burn" was as had follows : been sold for £2,580 414 and interest were 426 The 0 f 3,006 ' .0 111 ,- ;,; ( : ri leY's bill amounted to f,„‘torneys who themselves with „,.-",r Plaintiff; to protect their inte- V a r i; ' and to be paid out of the estate 2,407 0 0 tile°4llBitiontobrer expenses of the lord of - 205 6 4 143 Wif £2,612 6 4 177 . 2 e had a share, and received ' (livi d being a 23d share of the ed money, amounting to 4,41: n.. £3,006 0 0 -Linrney who protected the interest of a person who thab7 3 t . e nth part of a twenty-third share, amounting to less p p s •+ sent in a bill amounting to 3151. the ~,a , ,l) P lYing at the Master's office to see the bills, I found l'alu7, —s saraount balanced, as near as could be, the whole ate c : ef th e land, and te stun taxed off was of course the ktrlat divided amongst the legatees. this at 334 / 1 1 concluded his statement of the particulars of aktr:aPendous robbery by saying,think myself toe oo_bliged 44 1 411 ' 1 Y fortunate, after all, to have escaped wnhout Pay, out of my own property, some of the 1! s r this friendly suit in Chancery. d this suit has only very lately been concluded upon, r the boasted i mprovements in the Chancery proceedings t aken place. )„,'. e Duke of Wellington had a lengthened interview kersts'`ltieadaY with Lord Fitzroy Somerset, his Grace's military 114,,t.rY. at the Noble Lord's private residence in Great Stanhope 34881r7:starquis and Marchioness of Douglas, who ere 11, ect - '", winter at Rome, with the infant Earl of Angus, are not Th e e 4 te, return to England until the advance of the spring. I •Vui. C ountess of Lincoln continues to improve in trl, of B b h' - son the Hon. and Rev. a"tl,4.llra,_ of es b oro h ul be s en presented by Lord de Manley itt s mdr 0,4611:nry Graham, Esq., to the rectory of Canford, Dor i , - .4.5t 8 -- Itio ns DEATH OF A GENTLEMAN'S BUTLER.'- 11q, e 7, t 'rlt At, , Bedford, Coroner for Westminster, held an adjourned khod 4 4 ' George ' s Hospital , on the body of James Marryon, . 2 late b v. 4G, tiller in the service of Sanderson, Esq., M.P., of Sqtre „7 1 t r ave-equare. The deceased had been upwards of ten "'sits " t e family, and was a sober steady man, and in excellent It., • e, 2 day :tight last he left the house for an hour, after „ ner. He called upon Mr. Mason, the landlord of the ss - se hp harlot,, in Pembroke-mews, Grosvenor-Place, whose zore eft at beis.p as s ten quite well, to return home. Nothing s "Serts,," seen or heard of him until half-past six o'clock on Satßrday - ,Se t o ' g , When be was found lying insensible on the pavement oPPe ?sse stiv„un. Unfinished house in Grosvenor-crescent, Belgrave-square. see s ; taken i mmediately to St. George's Hospital, where he ex ins`°r afterwards from the rupture of a blood-vessel on the 'night have ' resulted naturally or otherwise. The case dt sjis L elv e s in „, great mystery , arising from the lower part of his %Ski '4114 sisordered when he was discovered, and his watch and a Lei "able 4. 4 c tit • su m Of money, wpich he was known . to have about him, t t ,' 9 11, ; and it was further stated by police-constable Moere, ;eq sat 6' o was on duty i Belgrave-square on the night in question, ili,„, D "•'sed the spot where n the deceased was found, as late as a "s, sass ,Stss before xis o'clock on Saturday morning, and the de- Airy re ' t " .. as_ nthen not there. In the absence ef further evidence, the ti! l. sd the following verdict—Died from apoplex7 : ties ns ,SS 4 sLAny . ._ The house No. 32, BlacktriarS -road, Xe I ,k' 4 l e a m oi by Slessrs. Chenu, hatters and jewellers, was broken into aY ni ght, and a q ' tiantity of jewellery and other valuable Y was carried ff ' t the slightest interruption from the e se and sss ithou if ed. ai s ` i t u eve no traces of the burglars have yet been —he cl ass the t " r 'ke in at one of the windows of the first floor, mom. sdreet, KO that the robbery must have been committed in Messrs. ahng m anner d a parently with perfect security. darter for enn are Frenchmen, an and have carried on business in that h have lost property, it is .said, to the tat ter lt 270 11 i.e Years. ral e y , and their unexpected e misfortune has excited very 'ootpleoLL, path,. s'°N OF RAILWAY TRAINS. On Saturday -t4 the mail train did not arrive in this city (Exeter) until near ° r u t s i . e ° c, ts, nearly six hours after time. The delay was occasioned, Zest° in k, nearly by the mail train overtaking the luggage train, near $.7,0 il su Per-Mare. A collision was the consequence ; a truck or sip ~,ag destroyed and some pigs killed. engine the itt ni r a e d 141 :Ol t : va s also so much damaged, that the . delay took o f place t ,g the trains and getting another engine. N 44ssi" servants of the company sustained any injury. Ifestern 7 : arY ' is kit th e first-class fare from London to Birmingham v e same as the second-Class in 1844. tssleTuftlA. PAIIR.—On account of the propitious state_ ztari,wjather, the planing has been carried on very actively, a:id e Zuer", s ,( ' o o trees are 91444:14ntations have been an laid down, and an equal extent of the ted in the grounds. Nearly half of h ernpleted. s ll elsiss irigi l paper mentions the case of a sick man at id Ote, whe, hi a fit of delirium, got up and ate several bank ,bn A t 3- „l'mY of disappointment to his expectant heirs.' inlmersmith P , dice-court on Wednesday, Mr. 17 l e en, ' s r s ee, the landlord of the King's Head public-house, Wallia s.gess w "S',S ehlnsted before Mr. Clive with having shot a carrier nte istim i " te ll fis'iv over the grounds where a sparrow-shooting tri m asis- h ra ssi t place, Su which the defendant was a party. The des ru s e nded the parties to Settle the matter withoucalling on 1, 4 4 - ss, and an arrangement was ultimately effected.. 4 • 1 1 t ST Y'S B (IC KHO UND S.—TILE STAG IN , 4 1 . ) - —le Earl of Sheffield, Messrs. Worley, Ward, Vyse, and a 'aeh n .r --mt„ b n uSerous, were at the meet on Monday, at Thorpe + aff ord . eautiful stag, which had been hunted but . once before, ts: 4 sted it " t l „ n a one of the best day's sport of the season . upon being er lisi4 ent inno n ' l eY's-park, near Chobham-common, took l a t way d tLethl:r d',-, rtis sing Wellington-bridge, up Chapel-hil Egl I ,e a n e' s o si w no rr by the union workhouse at Old Windsor, making gardens, over Shaw Farm into tl esel °111 : Walk : intir ' re House and and the Frogmore-road, war Y pussu between the double g a tes the ett hi' the pack. The stag then made up the walk to 4he castle . . , `leer ed by • n arrtving at the gates iu the entrance. i us i a Man standing close to the Long Walk b Nin e n at ternpting to clear high railing, jumped short, and Ahi t he ." st Med upon the iron spik t e h s e . The hounds being close at its It 0 1 , er • • anim th, 4 -111 i a Was dreadfully bitten and lacerated before the ths e nas sut ved at the spot. The deer was then extricated and ha?! the '9 Put it out of further misery. The run, up to the pet Pas s. accident, occupied about three-quarters of an hour, at a ills, 41 414 1 'the, are LANCASHIRE.—We are glad to sea that Lpt ur ge signs o f thorough and systematic draining on another of m h t Dre s „" of South Lancashii e —that of Mr. Bold, HOUghtoll. tei -. l ) , l l ttts u il i n t e spirited proprietor came into possession, hat estate s uPeeimen of a bed of rushes as any that was to em be thi s . ally tb_ s •ancashire. Great improvements are now in progr Thto4o4„, denessential one of draining ; and when that has th e ar e s c, the real value of the estate will be nearly doubled. -‘:4ers of still °' specimens of most scandalous neglect by si i .l s eal of land in this part of Lancashire, but we have . no doubt • 44,Z , aaa ot t s he corn -laws, and the admission of foreign butter, e ts e ,„ 4l e l l, 4 "" Produce, duty free, will open the ashyes of thes Aro,- pub lic make them look after their interests well as those k r nt n i • In this respect the estates of the Earl of Derby now i ss i ainio oat honourable contrast to those of most of oar Lance 1-,Dres \Tiler s %ens , • The commonest observer cannot fail to notice the ~./14 , 4 th em, which has resulted from the draining of s iss the fields.--Liverpool Times. h i ntly a " p c o r rC . , . — The first accounts of Mr. Clarke, the 1.11 were a ccountant in bankruptcy, presented to l'arlia- Nss ters ilit .Y s s e . ster ds'Y printed. They give an explicit statement of th: COUT4n"' rred red paid out as dividends, amount paid d br the t - sees sin ," and of the INiges and balance standing to the cre t lAty 4 , 44 kru k ," °,l the Ist of Jailnary . last. On the Ist of January, Y Vund Account amounted to 1,517,716/. 19s. 2d. The 41,05(.4 bsssceninsissiosers, re Istrars and cierks, made from the as. 3-4,aber the Ist l' cf Janu , pry last (one year), were tin,'l2'stSie annuities to the lste London comrai , sioners , and , e n January 1845 amounted to 11,9201. The stie s last .ate c ountry ' commissioners due the 12th of .40; inter ;Ss- Were 17,4851 s 9 V443ef 490emonaddltion to * which :here ' was in December, 1844, a ,slssie," Paid (not applied for) which was due in November, . 4 4; s 'l ' s r s) si,, (l „ n e te Persons of the same class (late c o u ntr y r4lll -- thtloat c ruiser last, which remained unpaid in DACmher, remained last month upwards of 6,0001 due 'nos sh e threethe late h. - sty nem, country commissioners, which was 1 1 0 , — ,)‘1 4 „ 6 Eav,„ i 3 O f Use Commissioners 'who are entitled to the aPps, ar , " the return, to forty-six of which the words " not ‘l4 he MaYor. twin , of Exeter has ordered the police to arrest Ititei;btsit77ing about children afflicted with the small-pox. th e 1 t4l-comettlisli•—ltobert Caunwell, yesterday, over !•tiktillotar, hi,bll,ePerLonned his match, to run ten miles within 14 tag t ,!, tht did with great ease in 59 minutes 10 seconds ti t ° fifth Mlle ter three minutes, as a " bellOW 6- , r --~ _... A BILL TO REGULATE JOINT STOCK BANKS IN SCOTLAND AND MB ' LAND. (Note.—The words printed in Italics are proposed to be in serted in the Committee.) Whereas, an Act was passed in the sixth year of the reign of Her Majesty, intituled, "An Act to regulate Joint Stock Banks in England;" and it is expedient to extend the pro visions of the said Act to Scotland and Ireland ; Be it enacted by the Queen's most ExCellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that all the provisions of the said - Act (except as hereinafter excepted) shall extend to Scotland and Ireland, and to every Company or more than Six persons, who shall carry on the trade or business of Bankers in Scotland or Ire land after the passing of this Act, as if the first recited Act were herein re-enacted, with the substitution of the words "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland," instead of the word "England," wherever the same is found in the said Act: Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall extend to apply to Scotland or Ireland so much of the said recited Act as declares what Companies shall .be trading Companies within the provisions of an Act passed in the eighth 3 ear of the reign of Her Majesty, intituled, " An Act for facilitating the winding up the Affairs of Joint Stock Companies to meet their Pecuniary Engagements :" Provided also, that where, by the first-recited Act certain enactments are made with reference to agreements or covenants of co partnership entered into on or before the sixth day of May next, before the passing of the said Act, and Companies car rying on or established for the purpose of carrying on the trade or business of bankers in England, on or before the said sixth day of May, the same enactments shall be ex tended and deemed to apply to Scotland and Ireland, to agreements or covenants ofce-partnership, entered into on or before the eighteenth day of July, last past. and Companies carrying on or established for the purpose of carrying on the trade or business of bankers in Scotland or Ireland on or be fore the said eighteenth day of July. And be it declared and enacted, that nothing herein, or in the first recited Act contained, shall be held to preclude any creditor of any such Company in Scotland from any remedy or proceeding now competent to such creditor by the law of Scotland against such Company or the partners thereof, or the property, funds or efikts of such Company or of the partners thereof, or to preclude any partner of any such Company in Scotland from any remedy or proceeding now competent to such partner by the law of Scotland against such Company or any of the other partners thereof, or against the property, funds or effects of such Company or partners. And be it enacted, that the following words and expressions in the first-recited Act shall have in Scotland the several meanings hereby assigned to them, unless there be something in the subject-matter or context repugnant to such construc tion ; (that is to say) the expression " Copy of the Register of such marriage or other particulars of the celebration there of," shall be held to include all legal evidence of such mar siege; the expression "Probate of the will or letters of ad ministration, or an official extract therefrom," shall be held to include the will itself, or an official extract therefrom, or confirmation of an official extract therefrom - the expression "Committee of such idiot or lunatic" shall be held to include any curator or other person having by lawful authority the right to receive the funds of such idiot or lunatic. And be it enacted, that this Act may be amended or repealed by any Act to be passed during this session of Parliament. SOUTH NOTTINGHAM ELECTION NEWARK-UPON-TRENT, WEDNESDAY NIGIIT. GROSS POLL AT TEIE CLOSE. MR. lIII.DYARD'S COMMITTEE REPORT. surrox-UPON-TRENT. Hildyard Lincoln ... Eildyard 'Lincoln ... SOUTHWELL. LOWDITAIII. Ilildyard ... Lincoln ... NEWARK. Hildyard Lincoln . BINGIIAM. LITERATURE. SIR ROBERT PEEL. AS STATESMAN AND ORA% OR. Ilildyard Lincoln ... This is a reprint of a clever sketch which appeared some months since in the English Gentleman newspaper, and its republication at the present moment is well timed. The author indignantly repudiates the idea that Sir Robert Peel is a man of mediocrity, and triumph antly asks, " Does mediocrity raise itself to the highest station, in de fiance of social obstacles, leaving men of 'genius' dwarfed in the distance or toiling at the base ? Does mediocrity grapple with rampant and powerful prejudices, subduing them to the rein and whip ? Does it convert the servant into the master?" He considers Sir Robert to be a statesman of a very high order, although he admits that " as to the morality of his system the less said the better." The following extract conveys, we think, a very correct idea of the present position and prospects of Sir R. Peel:— " Since 1840 his public life has been a series of progressive developments. He began by la) ing down the principle, that his dwy to the public was superior to any obligations to his party. He recognised the nation as his only master. To the nation, in the aggregate, he is proudly humble ; to all sections of it, humbly proud. He has been gradually making his peace with the people of England. He has used craft and dissimula tion to cloak great desie"ns: his disinterestedness must be the guarantee of hi s good faith. If he has been a traitor to his party, he has made amends to his Sovereign and his country. After having trained the House of Commons, by every refine ment of political and Parliamentary art, to be the obedient slaves of his will, he has compelled the greatest men of his day —the greatest warrior and the most distinguished lawyer of the age—to abandon their most cheri,hed convictions, and to take from him the laws of their mind. Thus it is that he has individualised himself and consolidated his power. He can stand up in the face of Parliament, and defy all the viler gin sinuations of party spi r it— t h e petty oppro b r i um heaped on in consistency. The p roo f o f hi s rect i tu d e, o f hi s possession of that wisdom and th a t hi her morality which supersede the minor and temporary obligation of consistency, lies in the ne cessity his countrym en are un d er o f a d opt i ng h i s policy ; and of calling on him alon e , o f a ll hi s contemporar i es , to carry it out. He is able to stand up in his place in Parliament, and declare that he desires not to be Minister—that he even prays to be relieved from office. But the country calls loudly on him to remain. He may be hated, despised, undervalued ; but he is wanted. For near a century, no Minister has held so proudly independent a position. Abroad, a policy of manly concilia tion ; at home, an easy victory over party obstructions to the attainment of the public good; an united Government and a prosperous people ; attest the ascendancy of his powerful and well -regulated mind." As an orator, he does not accord to Sir R. Peel the first rank ; and although the Right Hon. Baronet's voice is perhaps one of the most harmoniously-tuned of speak ing instruments, yet it would be almost impossible for any man of Sir R. Peel's personal appearance (a very graphic description of which is given in this brocheur) to become a graceful orator. THE SUN, LONDON, THU!RSDAY ETENING, F7EMRtrA.II4,Y 26, 1846. ORIGIN. OF THE SEIKHS. , (Fro;L the Church and State Gazette.) The origin 0 : this warlike sect " is to be traced back to the time of the Emperor Baber, when a celebrated dervish being captivated with the beauty of the son of a grain -merchant of the Cshatrya caste, by name Nannuk, brought him to reside in his house, and instructed him in the sublime doctrines and duties of Islamism. Nan nuk aspired beyond the merit of a learner. From theo logical writings which he perused, he selected, as he went on, such doctrines, expressions, and sentiments as captivated his fancy. At length, his selections ap proached to the size of a book ; and being written (it is said with elegance) in the Punjabee dialect, the language of the country, were read by various persons, and ad mired. The fame of Nannuk's book was diffused. He gave it a name, Kirrunt ; and by degrees, the votaries of Kirrunt became a sect. They distinguished them selves by a peculiar garb and manners, which resembled those of the Moslem fakirs. They united so as to live by themselves apart from the other inhabitants; and formed villages or communities, call sedangats, in which some one, as hoed of the community, always presi6sd heimemultitudeli.with i n of a mussulman s e s r u , i ai enthu siasts wasar p over the rest. N annu k was f o ll owe d b y n i ne successors in the office of chief or patriarch of th e w h o l e sect; during whose tim e th e S e ikh s l e d p eacea bl e an d inoffen sievrepeltoiuvfaelstl:Yhe fosTleloceetwg; e d a Bahadur, db by a united la g the s tenth fakir, who had followers approaching in number to his own. To subsist so numerous a body of idle religionists, the neighbouring districts were laid under contribution, and the saints, having tasted the sweets of a life of plunder and idleness, pushed their depredations, and became the scourge of the provinces. Aurungzebe, who was then upon the throne, commanded the Governor of Lahore to seize the two leaders of the banditti ; to banish the Mussulman beyond the Indus, and to conduct the Hindoo to the fort of Gwalior, where lie was put to death. The loss of their patriarch was far from sufficient to extinguish the religious flame of the Seikhs. A son of Teeg Bahadur, whose family name was Govind, was raised to the vacant supremacy, and was distinguished by the name of Gooroo Gomel ; Gooroo being the title bestowed by a Hindoo on his religious instructor. The fate of his father taught him audacity ; he in structed his followers, hitherto unarmed, to provide themselves with weapons and horses ; divided them into troops ; placed them under the command of those of his friends in whose conduct and fidelity he confided ; and plundered the country by force of arms. He was not, however, able to withstand the troops of the pro vince, which were collected to oppose him ; his two sons were taken prisoners, and he himself fled among the Afghans. After a time he came back, disguised as an Afghan devotee ' • but falling into mental derangement, was succeeded by Banda, one of his followers, wno as sumed the name of Gooroo Govind, and resolved to take vengeance on the Moslems for the slaughter of the father and sons of his predecessor. To the robbery and plunder which had become the business of the Seiks, he added cruelty and murder. The Moslem historians of these events are filled with horror as well as indignation at the cruelties which he exercised upon the faithful, (to them alone, it seems, did they extend), and describe as one of the most sanguinary of of monsters the man whose actions, had infidels been the sufferers, and a mussulman the actor, they might not, perhaps, have thougnt unworthy of applause. It was this Banda whose enormities Shah Allum hurried from the Deecan to interrupt and chastise. The rebels (so they were now denominated) deserted Sirbind upon the approach of the Emperor, and retired to Daber, a plane of strength at the entrance of the mountains, and the principal resi dence of the Gooroo. When Daber was reduced to the last extremity, Banda, with his principal followers, retired to the mountains during the night. The pre sence of the Emperor suspended, bit did not extinguish the depredations of the Seikhs. To the narrative given by Mills it is not necessary for us to add much. We may, however, mention of the Seikhs what he has omitted, that they are almost exclu sively composed ofhusbandmen and soldiers. The doctrines preached by their founder they still follow, though the original revelation has not been allowed to exist without undergoing a few amendments. The Seikh religion now is a pure Deism, based on the precepts of Brahma, but rejecting the worship of idols, which Brahma allows. The Seikhs were a tolerant race till they were exposed to the tyranny of the Moslems, as briefly alluded to by Mills. Oppression compelled them to renounce charity; and Gooroo Govind Singh, their tenth spiritual chief, persuaded his followers that the pacific maxims of their founder compromised the very existence of the sect. In obedience to him, they accordingly vowed a never-dying hatred to Moslemism. It is then that we hear of the first distinctive divisions of the tribe. The warriors became distinctively Singh; or " lions;" the Sikhs, or " followers," were the cultivators of the soil. The latter name now, however, implies the entire wild soldiery of the nation, while the Singhs are its royalty and aristo cracy, par excellence. With a slender degree of subjection acknowledged to the Afghans, the Seikhs maintained a 'savage sort of in dependence within the territory of " the five rivers," until a few years ago, when Afghanistan's adversity was seized upon as the Punjaub's opportunity, and Runjeet Singh, within the memory of the present generation, seized upon Lahore and proclaimed himself king. The state he maintained, the authority he exercised, and the I capacity he displayed, in defiance of the most horrible debauchery, that would have slain capability in any brains but those of the "old lion of the Punjaub," are matters upon which we need not rest further than to mention them. It was the demise of this monarch that remotely brought about the late hard-fought field of Ferozepore, and it is to the explanation of this that we must confine ourselves. Runjeet left, at his death, in 1839, a half idiotic son, named Karrack, to succeed him. His cause, as the direct heir, was espoused by the East India Company ; but Dbyan, the famous and able Minister of the late Maharajah, saw destruction to the liberty of the Pun jaub in acknowledging an idiot, who would be the mere tool of the Company. He consequently placed himself at the head of a great dissident party, and conducted to the perils and privileges of the Punjaub diadem an adopted son of one of the dead " lion's " wives, who became known as the Mahara s joh Shere. Karrack immediately died, suddenly and significantly ; and, as there was still an heir in the direct line, in the person of Karrack's son, Nao-Nehal, one of the happy accidents of eastern policy speedily removed him to the paradise of the Seikh founder. He was making his solemn entry into Lahore, to attend his father's funeral, when, as he was passing . under the principal gate, a heavy beam accidentally " fell upon his head and killed him on the spot. This double murder opened a series which has since been continued in the Punjaub with frightful rapidity. The English Government manifested an inclination to protect one of the wives of Runjeet, whose condition promised an heir to Runjeet's glories. The manifesta tion was fatal to the object of it; for Shere, raised to the throne by the influence of the ex-Minister Dhyan, murdered her in her harem, and reigned with nothing to trouble him but his conscience. To Dbyan and his brothers, Goolaub (who still exists) and Soucheyt, the new monarch, in grateful indolence, abandoned the entire administrative and executive powers of the Government. They governed in his name, but for themselves ; till increase of appetite for Government so grew by what it fed upon, that Shere found himself a mere magnificent prisoner in the hands of the wily Dhyan and his brothers. An attempt made by the unfortunate usurper to put himself under the protection of the English ensured his doom. Dhyan, who was the Warwick of the Punjaub, and "king maker" to opposing Singhs and Seikhs, under promise of raising a cousin of Runjeet to the perilous height yet occupied by Shere, induced the ready instrument, whose appellation was Ajit, to enter into a conspiracy, the desired fruits of which he destined for another. This other was the too-famous boy-king Dhulip, the adopted son of one. of Runjeet's wives, the Punjaub Messalina, who resides with him at Lahore. This child was secretly brought into the capi tal ; and shortly after, as Shere was reviewing his troops, and was passing before the body of cavalry commanded by Ajit, the latter advanced, and, under pre tence of presenting him with a superb English carbine, shot him dead on the spot. So far successful, Ajit, with his followers, galloped to the fort of Lahore. On his way he encountered a young son of Shere, named Per tab, whose throat he cut with his own•hand ; and, en tering the fort, he massacred the whole of Shore's wives. The last murder committed was that done on the infant son of Shere, who was only one day old ; the monsters dashed it on the ground, and jumped upon it till life was extinct. The same day, and the eve succeeding to that day, witnessed the violent deaths of the old ex-minister and the new monarch, Ajit. The latter shot Dhyan dead, on his declaring that the boy Dhulip was the rightful heir to the throne. But Hire, the son of Dhyan, aided by the whole of the troops under the orders of the French General Ventura, immediately attacked Ajit in the citadel, captured him, and slew him, with a vast number of his adherents. The boy-king Dhulip, under the management of his mother, the Ranee, and the governorship - qf Hire, was forthwith acknowledged by our Government, whose only object was to see a tranquil and friendly power established in the Punjaub. But tranquillity and amity were des tined to be strangers to the banks of the five rivers. The soldiery, who had been bribed by all sides, and who were gratified in proportion as usurpers increased. and their services were the more eagerly sought after and remunerated, grew mutinous for want of occu pation. Hire, who would fain have tamed the monster whose savageness he had encouraged while it could be useful to him, was their first victim : he was shot before the eyes of the King, while passing down their ranks on the back of an ele phant. From that period the wildest anarchy reigned uncontrolled : the Seikh soldiery exercised the most licentious military despotism ; and it was when they could exact nothing more from the exhausted treasury of the Punjaub that they began to raise their lances in the direction of the British frontier on the Sutlej. But our Government had long been watching the course of events, an d providing for their consequences. The Seikhs, well-disciplined and led by French officers, have flung themselves, only to meet destruction, against the adamantine barrier that opposed them at Ferozepore. Their last wild " Hurrah !" was the death-song of their dynasty. SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY. — lndependently of the famous " Beauties" who figure so prominently in the pages of this lively tale of the Court of Charles 11., the list of per sonages of the other sex is equally numerous and at tractive. It comprises the Merry Monarch and all his witty courtiers and boon companions, including Prince Rupert and the Dukes of York and Monmouth ; but with the reckless Rwhesters and Buckingham, and the shallow Jermyns and and Sydneys, theie are the more sterling names of Milton, Dryden Evelyn,. Pep} a, Lely, and M arve l. I n s h or t th e story of " Sir Riogeede Coverley"—hi mse lf a personage of sin gular interest—seems written with a yew of introducing the reader to the most remarkable characters of that extremely interesting period. • PRINCE 'WALDEMAR. The following letter has been received by the Chevalier Bunsen from Sir Henry Hardinge respecting the noble and brave conduct of this Prince at the battles on the Sutlej. The Prince is son of Prince William, the late King's brother, and had assumed the name of Count Ravensberg as a tra velling title : " Camp, Ferozepore, Jan. 1, 1846. . . "My dear Chevalier,—l wish your Excellency a very happy new year, and many congratulations on the personal safety of Prince Waldemar, who, with the characteristic gallantry of his illustrious race, and the national love of en terprise of his countrymen, was present with me in the re cent action of Moodkee, on the 18th of December, and at Ferozeshah, on the 21st and 22d of December. "His Royal Highness intended to proceed to Bombay by Sinde,• and left Ferozepore on the 23d of December last quite well. " It was impossible for any soldier to show more coolness, intrepidity, and energy than did his Royal Highness and the noblemen of his suite on these occasions. " The Prince's surgeon was struck off his horse by a grape shot, when I saw his Royal Highness instantly alight to his assistance. The humanity of this act was of no avail. The unfortunate gentleman had already ceased to exist. " In the morning of the 22d I felt it to be my duty to re quest his Royal Highness to retire. The action threatened to be very severe, and I could not reconcile it with the re spect I bear towards the Prussian royal family, that one of its Princes, having already witnessed an Asiatic battle, and greatly distinguished himself, should run a risk to which there was no necessity that his Royal Highness should be exposed. _ 4 With great reluctance his Royal Highness consented to proceed to Ferozepore. " I beg further to observe, that his Royal Highness has, by the amiability of his demeanour, won the respect and admiration of all the officers, civil and military, of the East India Company's service, and that our most respectful good wishes attend his Royal Highness wherever he may direct his steps. " These sentiments towards his Royal Highness, so uni versally entertained, are grateful to me; for, from old recob lections and attachment, I take a deep interest in all that concerns the military officers of your nation. " I have the honour to remain yours very sincerely, " H. HARDINGE, Governor-General. " His Excellency the Chevalier Bunsen." THE LATE BATTLES IN INDIA. The following letter is from a young officer personally en gaged in the actions of the 19th, and 21st and 22d of December : " Camp Ferozepore, Dec. 29, 1845. " I take up my pen just to give you a short account of the most splendid victory we have just gained over the La horians. We met them first on the 19th of this month, after marching twenty-four miles, and commenced action about three o'clock in the afternoon, which, without inter mission, lasted till eight in the evening. Two days previous to this the Governor-General rode in one day sixty miles, the next (the 17th) 45 miles, and halted ready for the action against a fort ; but finding nothing worth taking, the Go vernor-General ordered us not to molest them. After the battle on the 18th we continued on the field for a couple of days, when we again moved (21st) at eight in the morning. After a march of sixteen miles we met the enemy, and alsout two P. 31. we commenced an attack, which continued all night and the greater part of next day, when we achieved a splendid triumph, and drove the enemy back across the Sutlej. You are aware that the Sutlej is a river which partly separates the Punjaub from our territory. The army of Lahore came over the river 80,000 strong. They are, generally speaking, brave soldiers, and their artillery is equal to our own, besides being of larger calibre. We had not more than 30, 1 300 to meet them, and these not together, poor fellows ! Some marched upwards of 200 miles with but very scanty fare, at the rate of 20, 30, 40, and 50 miles a day, amidst clouds of sand and a broiling heat, and no water to be found. " Sir Henry himself slept on the field of the last battle without anything but his cloak aromid him, his two sons at his side, and your humble servant close to them, with many another brave fellow. " We have three aides-de-camp killed and two wounded, Colonel Wood among them, shot through the thigh, but in excellent spirits and doing well. Sir Henry, Mr. C., and Mr. A. are all cafe, and also poor me,,who never saw war's alarms before. I think we have given theth enough for 'the present, although perhaps it is not yet all over. The Go vernor-General is an " out-and-euter," as the soldiers have it. He is first and last in the field, and the soldiers idolize him for his brastry and kind attention to their wants. He himself now visits the hospitals every day, and when in the field deprives himself of every comfort, marching at the head of the troops without a tent, a change of clothes, or evcn a day's fowl." ROSSINI AND DUPREZ. We extract from the France Musicale a correspondence between these great artists:— DUPREZ TO ROSSINI. " My dear and illustrious Master,—To you am I indebted for my earliest and deepest musical impressions; to you also do I owe a part of m_y_• success, owing to the powerful in fluence of your works. Would it be taken as a proof of my t a Ah d re mi t do r ef a ds t i i ci o na n gt , iion a ng n d o opf a f r y ; a g e tl r ai a si e t m i t t s u b da tot e , pI s b eh e i gusgsutecdfih finished s o lhv u eodr t k o o,na a n c , cdTehpt to offer it to you, are :—ten years of vocal and musical study, pursued at the school of my excellent master, Choron ; twenty years' exercise of my profession at the principal lyrical theatres of Europe, and the constant observation of the various talents that I have heard during my career. My work is doubtless still very imperfect; I may be only a singer, and, perhaps, little or nothing as a composer. If you wish it, then, I will forward you what may interest you, n g s a r o d r co as rr t e h e e ti o h n i s g t h h e a s highest f p a e s r , o h u a r p , s m , iyn der r w m o r a k s , t e a r n , d a noI s b h s o e u r l v d a t o e you might be so kind as to make. Honour me, I beg, with a reply, and believe in all my sentiments of admiration. " Paris, Dec. 26, 1845." " G. DUPREZ. " ROSSINI TO DUPREZ. " Dear Friend,—l accept with delight the dedication that you have been kind enough to offer me of your new method of singing; a method which will be worthy of its author. When one sings as you sing, good lessons are unavoidable. You have undertaken a great work. I am sure that your efforts will be rewarded by the unanimity with which your new doctrines will be received. Accept the sentiments of gratitude of him who loves to call himself your admirer and iend, " G. ROSSINI. " Bologna, Feb. 5, 1846." BLOOD HODNDS.—The following feat was performed on Wednesday morning :—Mr. Bellow, of Adderbury, had a sheep at turnips doing amiss, so he ordered a butcher and a labourer to'kill it in the field at midnight, and each take a clean shoulder in baskets, (leaving all the rest), and start for a round of three miles of most intricate ground, Mr. Bellow not knowing one foot of the track. The men started with the clean mutton at half-past one in the morning. Mr. Bellow at half-past eight took his blood hounds to the carcase, at which they smelt, but did not attempt to eat, instantly throwing up their noses, giving tongue, and away they went, running through a lot of men who were planting trees, across a turnip field, through a pen of sheep, and then through a herd of cattle ; they now mended their pace, until it became smart running, and ran into the mutton at half-past nine, when the bounds were rewarded with the meat, and they then showed great eagerness to be off again. Mr. Bellow, at the moment, not knowing what 'it meant, called them in. The fact turned out that the butcher they had been hunting• having left the meat, had gone a mile elsewhere to kill a pig, and the hounds were on the trail. It will be seen that the hounds were not put on till eight hours after the meat was removed, and yet they made a splendid and sure run. Is sheep steal ing a safe speculation ?—Banbury Guardian. THREATENED FAMINE ON THE WESTERN COAST.— We regret to have to state that we have received various coin. munications from parties in whose veracity every confidence can be placed, representing -that there exist the most appalling prospects of' a famine in a few weeks, at farthest, with regard to a large portion of the population of the Western Coast of Galway, particularly in the district of Garomna, extending from Costello Lodge to Lettermullen, All hope of a productive herring fishery on the Connemara coast has, for the present season, passed away, and the expectations formed that by the winter's fishery the people would have, in some measure, been enabled to bear the ex tensive loss which they have incurred by the potato disease, have been completely disappointed.—Galway Vindicator. PRICE OF CORN ABROAD.---At Hamburgh, the receipt of the news of the intended alteration in the corn-laws ad vanced wheat 2s._to as. per quarter. At Pantzic, the most sanguine expectations are entertained about the future price of wheat ; and no offers made under 53a. to 555. per quarter, free on board, in Spring. At Stettin, the free trade pro posals of Sir Robert Peel were considered as indications of impending scarcity in Great Britain ; 51s. to 525. 6d. free on board, is the lowest quotation,—,Leeds Mercury. The sum allotted by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests to the Earl of Haddington for the loss of his Interest in the park of Holyrsoa is 30,6741. la, W. EAST LEAKE. Hildyard Lincoln ... Total numbers polled for Mr. Hildyard 1,728 Total numbers polled for Lord Lincoln 1,033 Majority for Mr. Hildyard ... G 95 LORD LINCOLN'S COMMITTEE REPORT. SUTTON- UPON-TREN T. Lincoln llildyard Lincoln SO UTHWE Hildyard .• • LOWDIIAIIT. Lincoln Hildy arcl NEWARK. Lincoln ... ... Hildyard ... ... Lincoln Hildyard ... BINGHAM. EAST LEAKE. Lincoln ... ... Hildyard ... ... Total numbers polled for Lord Lincoln 1,048 Total numbers polled for Mr. Hildyard 1,735 Majority for Mr. Hildyard ELECTION MOVEMENTS. NORTH NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. NOTTINGHAM, WEDNESDAY, FOUR O'CLOCK.—Up to this hour no candidate has been announced by the free-trade party, and, according to the best formed opinions, it is pro blematical whether any opposition will be made to the elec • tion of Lord H. Bentinck. Should the Earl of Lincoln be induced to come forward as a candidate, be will receive sup port, it is generally understood, from the Conservative party in Nottingham, many of whom are electors for the north division. The register is considered to be in favour of a Liberal candidate, but there is not much reliance to be placed upon the calculation. The populous villages in the neighbourhood of the town contain a large number of voters, who are principally de pendent upon manufactures for support. We-have been informed that an offer of support was made a few hours ago, but whether Lord Lincoln will comply with the wishes of his friends in this division of the county is not yet known. An active canvass, however, has been com menced in favour of his Lordship. REPRESENTATION OF SOUTH LANCASHIRE. A meeting of the principal free-trade electors for South Lancashire, residing in Oldham, was held on Monday even ing, at Oldham, to promote the requisition to the Hon. C. P. Villiers, M.P., and Wm. Brown, Esq., to become candi dates for this division of the county at the next election. Mr. Henry Lyons, of the Anti• Corn-law League, said that, in Lancashire, since the last contested election, nearly 300,0001. had been expended by free-traders, in purchasing freehold qualifications for that county alone ; and this showed a determination to return none others than supporters of a liberal commercial policy.-111anchester .Guardian. REPRESENTATION OF GUILDFORD. Mr. Robert Austen, eldest son of Sir H. E. Austen, has issued an address to the electors of Guildford, in which he expresses his intention of offering himself as a candidate for the representation of that borough, in the event of a vacancy. Mr. Austen is a Liberal, but opposes Sir Robert Peel. He unsuccessfully contested the borough in 1835. REPRESENTATION OF WIGAN. We may look for the issue of a writ for a new election on or shortly after the 13th proximo. Notwithstanding the fact, that a number of Tories in the borough are, to some ex tent, pledged to invite Thomas Bright Crosse, Esq. (late the High Sheriff), to offer himself as a candidate, we understand that the only step taken by the Conservatives, so far, is the origination of a requisition (which is now in course of signa ture) to a brother of the retiring candidate, Captain Charles Hugh Lindsay, the third son cf the Earl of Balcarres, who is in his thirtieth year. No public steps hare yet been taken by the free-traders to supply the vacancy; but there is no doubt that Ralph Thicknesse, Esq., will again be brought for ward.—Manchester Guardian. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PonTamoular, TUESDAY.-The Janus steam-sloop, on the design of Vice-Admiral the Earl of Dundonald, went out yesterday morning with her noble designer on board, also Commander Caffin, of the Scpurge, and Mr. Taplin, machinist of this dockyard, to make another trial of her engines upon the rotatory principle. She left the jetty at a quarter before ten o'clock, and proceeded slowly out of harbour under steam, but not with her full power on. The Rattler, screw steam sloop, Commander Smith, followed soon after, to attend upon her in case of accident. The Janus was lightened of every thing which could safely be dispensed with, consequently her draught of water was so reduced, that she was enabled to cut across the Spit bank, which shortened the distance considerably in making out; - whereas the Rattler, although going at but little more than half speed, and compelled to round the anchorage of Spithead, gained so quickly upon the Janus, that she gave her the go-by at the Lazaretto off the Motherbank, where :soon after the Janus was com pelled to lie to to screw up some of her machinery, which had become deranged. Both vessels then steamed on for Southampton, where they moored for a short time, and then started on their return. The Janus, however, met with her usual luck, and broke the chain of her starboard wheel on coming eown the Southampton: Water, which compelled her to relinquish working the engine on that side the vessel, and hoist sail to assist her on her way home. She came into harbour about six o'clock, and the Rattler about half-an hour before her. On this trip the greatest speed made by the anus was 6 and 6 knots. She started with 11i revolutions, which increased to 16 per minute. Her speed under steam alone was 6 and 6. The result of the trial has proved that the Janus cannot be worked upon, the rotatory principle safely at present, nor long without disarrangement of the machinery. She is, of course, now hors du combat. The Retribution steam-frigate, Captain V Lushington, is being fitted with a connecting-beam to strengthen her paddle boxes. She will be ready for sea in a few days. She has 520 tons of coal in her bunkers. The Alarm, 26, Captain Frankland, arrived at Madeira, from Spithead, on the 31st of December, en route to join the squadron under Vice-Admiral Sir F. Austen, Commander • in-Chief on the West India and North American station. A private letter, dated " Madeira, Jan. 4," sa y s , "W e arr i v ed here on the 31st of December. We experienced a most awful gale in the Bay of Biscay, which lasted three days, which we weathered in most unprecedented style, not strain ing a timber, nor carrying away any portion of our gear, which, considering this is the first trip of our craft, is very much to the credit of that much maligned officer, the Sur veyor of the Navy, on whose design I believe we were constructed. No casualty of any kind happened, which is more than astonishing, considering the terrific weather we encountered. We are very easy in a sea, and in all other respects a most excellent ship. We sail to-morrow, the sth, for Bermuda, to relieve, it is said, the Eurydice, 26, Captain G. Elliot, whose time expired in February. We are all well on board." The Lizard steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Tylden, arrived at Madeira from this port on the 15th of January, and sailed azainun the 20th for Rio,_en route to the Pacific. The Daring, 12, Commander'Matson, arrived at Madeira on the 26th ult., and sailed on the 29th for Bermuda. The Alecto steam-sloop, Commander Austen, on her way to join the squadron in the River Plate, under Rear-Admiral Englefield, was spoken on the 11th ult., in lat. 12 51 S, long. 32 W. The Fanny, yacht of the Commander-in-Chief Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., is in the Camber, fitting with a new deck. _ . -- w ri) „, DA y._rn e Janus, having adjusted her " wrongs," left the harbour tbis morning about nine o'clock to make another trial, it being asserted, that if she can make 20 revo lutions per minute she will succeed. The Rattler again at tended her. The Fairy, royal yacht, Master-Commander R. W. Roberts, r went eee p t o i o u n t t o h n i s Fridaym orni morning have and b been n w m n a t ( o i Cboywes Master-Commander to tr v th thevessel and screw. The whole of the arrangements for her Majesty's Roberts, and the Admiralty have been pleased to express, through Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., Commander-in- Chief, their unqualified approbation. The Semarang, 26, Captain S:r Edward Belcher, arrived at Manilla on the sth of December from China. She brought the crew and part of the treasure (80,000 dollars) of the Bremen brig Expi ess, bound from Mazatlan for China, but wrecked at the port of Mauanivy in a gale on October 9. The Sapphire troop-ship, Master-Commander Fittock, rrvedat Soinngthaepo3rlesftrfoomr Hong -Kong. 29th of December, arrived sailed The Serpent, 16, Commander Neville, arrived at Singapore from Moulmein on the 29 th of December , and s ailed on the 6th ult. for England, to be paid off. The Vixen steam-sloop, Commander Gifford, arrived at Hong-Kong from Macao on the 6th of December. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, TUESDAY, FEB. 24.—There is not the slightest change to notice in the state of our market this week. The continued, and indeed increased, pressure for money preirents all purchases but those which are absolutely necessary to supply existing wants, and the demand, both for goods and yarn, is exceedingly limited. At the same time, though some few spinners and manufacturers have made slight concessions, prices are generally pretty firm—a fact which, in the existing state of the money market, says much for the generally sound and healthy condition of the trade. ROCHDALE, MONDAY, FEB. 23.—We have had another dull market, and few buyers have attended. Prices of flan nels remain much the same. In wool there is no change to report either as regards price or amount of business. LEEDS, TUESDAY, FEB 24.—There has been a little more doing in light tweeds, but upon the whole our markets remain as yet without animation. Wool keeps firm. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY, FEB. 24.—There has been de cidedly a flat market this day, and great complaints are made in the warehouses. It is hoped, however, that this unfavour able state of business proceeds only from the uncertainty in which the measures at present before Parliament are kept regarding the reduction of duties, and that another week may produce a healthy trade. BLETSOE.— CAUTION -- ARMORIAL BEARINGS.— On Tuesday last, at Bletsoe, the Rev. John Wing, of Stevington, appealed against a surcharge for using armorial bearings. Williams, the surveyor of the district, laid the information, in consequence of the rev. gentleman having stamped a letter sent'to the , for a charitable purpose, with the insignia of a swan. M r . ing denied that the seal used had any heraldic style about it, or that he bad intended to use it as such; he characterised the information as a violation of confidence, and an oppressive exaction not contemplated by the legislature. As the information was persisted in, there was no alternative but to inflict a fine amounting to V. Bs. Bury Herald. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.—The number of tistths during the week ending Saturday, Feb. 21, was 951, being 13) less than the average of five winters. Bronchitis is almost the only disease that appears more fatal than usual. The average num ber 31, while the deaths last week were 72. The violent deaths was 33, of which 14 were frem burns and se4l(l,e, and 6 guicideq, WATER CRESS. Most persons are acquainted with the water-cress and its salutary properties ; they know generally that it grows in brooks, and on the borders of fresh and run ning streams. Few, however, of those who, in the busy thoroughfares or quiet suburbs of London, hear the cry of " water cre-e-ses," or see in their daily walks the old, red-cloaked women sorting the little bundles at the cor ners of streets, have any idea that the cultivation of this esculent now forms an important branch of horticultural and commercial industry, which, from the increasing consumption, and use made of the plant in pharmacy, is gradually rising into consequence. In the present day, the water-cress may be found on almost every table, from the highest to the lowest. It is one of the most powerful antiscorbutics with which we are ac quainted, and is said to possess the property of exciting the appetite and fortifying the stomach. We have no certain information that it is cooked in any part of Eng land, as is occasionally the case in France ; but in the north of Germany, to which country we owe its original cultivation, it is boiled and eaten as spinach. In an old botanical work, we are told that the watery part of Tuthill-fields, Westminster, was overrun with water cress, and that it grew on the banks of the Thames in several places. The same work also enumerates many places in England where this refreshing vegetable was abundant ; and it is known that, like many other of the simple but useful productions of nature, which, in their natural varieties, abound wherever they may be benficial to man, it is to he found in most parts of the world. It is of the cruciferous family, which comprehends about twenty species . , all possessing high antiscorbutic properties, and of the genus nasturtium, "said to have been so called from the effect its acrimony produces on the muscles of the nose—nasus tortus—sig nifying a convulse nose." The common cress is known as nasturtium officinale, and presents two varieties, the green and the blue, which, by cultivation, have been rendered far superior to what they were in their wild state, being less acrid, and not so liable to contract the taste of slime and mud as those found in ditches and marshes. Fifty years ago, a considerable proportion of the supply that found its way to the metro politan market was gathered from the numerous little streams which intersect the meadows near the towns of Newbury and Hungerford, in the county of Berkshire, from which places it was brought in sacks by the stage coachmen of the day, who shared in the profits of the sale. The first attempts at regular cultivation in the neighbourhood of London, appears to have been made in the year 1808, at Springhead, a village near Gravesend. This plantation still exists, and is sometimes visited by the frequenters of the well-known semi-watering-place just mentioned, for the purpose of regaling themselves with a fresh-plucked salad and bread and butter. Another plantation was afterwards commenced in Surrey, but subsequently abandoned. The culture, however, con tinued to spread, particularly in localities favourably situated with regard to springs of water. Near Rick mansworth, in Hertfordshire, where there is a fine stream running over a chalky bottom, there are now about fifteen acres under cultivation. The Springhead plantation consists of four acres, while on the opposite side of the Thames, at Waltham. Abbey, in Essex, is another of six acres. These, though extensive, are in sufficient to meet the demand of the huge metropolis. Other supplies are obtained frcm greater distances. From Uxbridge and Salisbury great quantities are for warded to London, packed in hampers, every day in the year excepting Sundays; and some idea may be formed of the enormous consumption from the sum total of the annual sales, which amounts to more than 10,0004-- Chambers. Mr. J. C. Colquhoun has been defending his consis tency on the corn-laws, by informing the House of Com mons that, notwithstanding his vote for Mr. Villiers' mo tion, his present opinions are identically the same as those he expressed to the electors of Kilmarnock in 1837. In 1837, Mr. Colquhoun declared himself in favour of a fixed duty, to be afterwards removed altogether. This is sub stantially the very proposal of Sir Robert Peel, which Mr. Colquhoun is now so bitterly resisting ! We may return to the subject on the next opportunity, but' are in some doubt whether it would not be mere waste Co throw water on a rat so irrecoverably drowned.—Kilmarnock Herald. THE LEAGUE QUARTER OF A MILLION FUND.— Some of the London papers have a long advertisement of the subscriptions to the great League Fund, which is in continua tion of a former one containing subscriptions to the amount of 72,738/. 16s. This advertisement, exclusively of these amounts, and putting in a single line all subscriptions under 6/. each, the total of which is 7 854/., yet extends to six columns in length, and the total of all the subscriptions thus advertised is stated to be 168,0871. From many places no list of subscriptions has been transmitted, or will be, till the local committees transmit the collection of the first instal ment thereon; so that probably the total amount really sub scribed exceeds 18 0,0061.—Manchester Guardian. FACTORY INFORMATION AT HASLINGDEN.—At Has lingden petty sessions, on Friday, before William Turner, Esq. and the Rev. Mr. Grey, Mr. Beal, one of her Majesty's sub-inspectors of factories, brought an information against John Knowles, the manager of Mr. Richard Ashworth's mill, at Hall Carr, for not sending a notice to the certifying surgeon, of a worker in the factory having received a bodily injury, as required by the Act ; he was convicted in 2/. and costs.—The firm of Messrs. George and John Ashworth, of Bridge Mill, was also convicted in 21. and cost, for employing two c hild ren w ith ou t prope r sc ho o l attendance.—John Hays was fined ss. and costs, for gross neglect in his son's net attending school, the father receiv ing a benefit in the child's wages. Peggy Warburton was committed to gaol for one week, for using a false baptismal register, to obtain employment fir her child for the long hours, and thereby depriving the child of attending the school. And Richard Barnes was committed to gaol for a fortnight, for falsifying a certificate of baptism for the same purpose.—Manchester Guardian. frairAiv CORN BREAD.—This forenoon at half-past one o'clock, a large party of influential merchants and other principal citizens assembled in the Assembly Rooms, Ingram street, on the invitation of Mr. Cowdin, the United States Consul, in Glasgow, for the purpose of hearing him explain, and illustrate by specimens, the various forms in which maize or Indian corn can be made available for human food. The fittings used at the Bachelor's ball on the preceeding evening had been left standing, and an elegant cold collation was set out on the tables. On the motion of Mr. Henry Brock, Bailie Brodie was called food not only to her own citizens,but for to the chair, and opened the proceedings in a few brief but es.. Specimens of two forms of bread were appropriate remarks. Mr. Cowdin then proceeded to address from the oven of Mr. Forrester. The first was the company assembled, explaining the prodigious capacities ovir,oafaciocrnle:mbuetal,,meamndedwteoighbe 31b 6oz. The other was fro ca ni lled in merica a " Johnny cake." rather . damp and heavy. The t o itTewnhh f oroen A l eau:s m etwifpdoo e rheirfo r srmeo i c dentcdeu a horcime t ebtrw o d;n:c, a s aohto u smuhou p net p ft l c 0 r n pan th : Johnny cake was much lighter, and was generally a loaf baked fromaleyptahiaretaebpi:usnodlsid greatly preferred to Oct other, and pro nounce d an, exce ll en t species of bread. A s pecimen of Indian corn pudding was also exhibited. _ It is, we b e li eve, prepared with molasses, and is extremely palatable. In the course of •proposed the proceedings th e health of the Queen w as f President Polk, by the chairman, and that o by Mr. Alexander Graham of Lancelleld. The health of Mr. Cowdi n h av i ng been drunk, e d good expressed that the benevolent object contemplated by Ilinlmi,bt be Promoted, the m ee ti ng broke up.— Glasgow Satur d ay P ost. HOURS OF FACTORY LABOUR.—MEETING OF MASTER master • SPINNERS, YESTERDAY.— The spinners held another meeting yesterday afternoon, at three o'clock, at the offices of Messrs. J. and W. Heron, solicitors to the association. The meeting was a tolerably numerous one. Mr. R. J. Greg presided. The subject of shortening the hours of 1 labour to eleven dai l y was discussed at considerable length,' and opinions were very much diviced as to its pra c ti ca bility and expediency. The general impression ultimately ap peared to be, that it was desirable to wait till the fate of the ministerial measures, now under the consideration of the Legislature, should be known ; and the meeting at length adjourned, about a l quarter before five o'clock, to Tuesday next.— Manchester uardian, . IMPORTS OF LIVE CATTLE IN 1845. —By the Par liamentary return, No. 68, dated 19th instant, we find that during the year ended the sth of January, 1846, the fellow; ' ing were the numbers and description of live cattle and other animals imported into the United Kingdom :—Oxen and bulls, 9,782 ; cows, 6,502; calves, 586 . sheep, 15,847 ; lambs, 112 ; m ine and hogs, 1,508 ; total head of all kinds, 34,426. ' On Wednesday evening last the Rev. Joseph Brown, minister of one of the Bethnal -green churches, gave an explanation in the National School, Hare-street, of a transparent painting repre senting Mr. Morgan's design of a S ell - supporting Village Association , for 100 poor families. The meeting w" numerously Attended, and ( great interest was suited. FRUITS OF PUSEYISM. The Dublin Evening Post gives the following list of persons of note who Lave lately embraced the Roman Catholic faith : MINISTERS OF TUE ESTABLISHED CHURCH. A.D. ISII AND 1842. A. D. Wackerbarih, B.A. Received into the Church at Grace Dieu Manor, Dec. 2, 1841. Bernard Smith, M.A., Rector of Leadenham, Lincoln shire, and late Fellow of Magdalen Collq,c, Oxford. Received at Oscott, Dec. 15, 1842. A.D. 1843. George 'Talbot, M.A., Vicar of Evercreech, and Chesterblade, Somersetshire. Utceived at Oscott, June 10. Daniel Parsons, M.A. Received at Prior Park, July 31. Charles Seeger, ALA., Formerly Scholar of Worcester College, Oxford. Author of several works, and As stant Hebrew Lecturer. Received at Oscott, Oct. 12. (Married.) A.D 1844. Thomas Burton, M.A., Curate to Trinity Church, Broinpton. _Received at St. Edmnnd's College, July 13 - - William Goodenough Penny, M.A., Student of Clir Church, Oxford. AOlendon, Bucks. i'erpetual Curate of Dorton and Received at Oxford, Oct. 18. A.D. 1845. John Campball Smith, M.A. Received at Oscott, March 27. (Married.) John Moore Capes, M.A., Incumbent of St. John Baptist's Church, Bridgwater. Received at Oscott, June 27. (Marrie 1.) George Muntgomery, 8.A., Curate of C as tl e k noc k. county Dubl n . a Received at Oscott, June 27. Wm. George Ward, M.A., Fellow of Ballicl College. Oxford. Author of "The Ideal of a Christian Church," and other controversial tracts, &c., &c. Received in London, Sept. 3. Brook Charles Bridges, 8.A., Deacon. Received in London, Sept. 55. Ambrose St. John, M.A., Christ Church College, Oxford, late Curate of Walmer, Kent. Received at Prior Park, Oct. 2. John IL Newman, 8.D., Fellow, and formerly Tutor of Oriel College, Oxford. Late Vicar of St. Mary the Virgin's with Littlemore. Author of " The Church of the Fathers," " The Arians of the Fourth Century," " The Prophetical Office of the Church," " Newman on Justification," eight Volumes of Sermons, an " Essay on Ecclesiastical Miracles," " A Translation of the Select Treatises of St. Athanasius," Tract " No. 90," " An Essay on Developement in Christian Doctrine," some of the lives of the English Saints, &c., &c. Re ceived at Littlemore, Oct. 9. Fred. S. Bowles, 8.A., Deacon. Received at Little more, Oct. 9. Richard Stanton, 8.A., Deacon. Received at Little more, Oct. 9. John Walker, M.A., author of the •' Life of St. Ger man," one of the Lives of the Eng►ish Saints. Received at Oxford, Oct. 21. Fred. Robert Neve, M.A., Rector of Poole-Keynes, Wilts. Received at Prior Park, Oct. 27. Fred. Oakley, M.A. Senior Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, Prebendary of Lichfield Cathedral, late Preacher at Whitehall Chapel, and Minister of Margaret Chapel, London. Author of one Volume of Sermons, a Life of St. Augustine, being one of the Lives of the English Saints, some Controversial Tracts, and books of devo tion, &c. &c. Received at Oxford, Oct. 29. Charles H. Collyns, M.A., Student of Christ Church College, Oxford, and late C ura t e o f St. M ar y M ag d a l en ' s Parish, Oxford. Received at Priar Park, Oct. 29. William F. Wingfield, M.A., author of a book of de votion, called " Prayers for the Dead." Received at Stonyhurst College, Nov. 1. (Married.) Fred. W, Faber, M.A., late Fellow of University Col lege, Oxford, Rector of Elton, Huntingdonshire, author of the " Cherwell Water-Lily," " The Styrian Lake," " Sir Launcelot," " The Rosary," " Sights and Thoughts in Foreign Churches," " Life of St. Wilfrid," and other Lives of the English Saints, &c. &c. Received at North ampton, Nov. 17. J. W. Marshall, 8.A., Incumbent of Swallow Clifle and Anstey, Wilts, author of " Notes on the Catholic Episcopate," &c. Received at Oscott, Nov. 26. (Married.) John Melville Glenie, 8.A., Perpetual Curate of Mark, Somersetshire. Received at Oscott, Nov. 26. (Married.) Henry George Coope, M.A., Deacon. Received at Oscott, Nov. 26. B. Henry Birks, 8.A., Curate of Arley, Northwich, Cheshire. Received at Oscott, Nov. 28. Michael W. Russell, M.A., Rector of Benefield, Northampton; hire. Received at Northampton, Nov. 28. (Married.) Robert Aston Coffin, M.A., Student of Christ Church College, Oxford, and Vicar of St. Mary Magdalen's Parish, Oxford, author of the "Life of St. William," one of the Lives of the English Saints. Received at Prior Park, Dec. 3. Henry Johnson Marshall, 8.A., Curate to Archdeacon Robert Wilberforce. Received Dec. 7. Edgar Edward Estcourt, M.A. Received at Prior Park, Dec. 19. Edward Browne. Received at St. Malo on Christmas Day. A.D. 184 G. James Spencer Nortlicote, M.A., First Class Litteris late Scholar of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, Curate of Ilfracombe, Devonshire. Received at Prior Park, Jan. 17. (Married.) John B. Morris, M.A., Fellow of Exeter College, Ox ford, author of " Nature, a Parable," a translation of St. Chrysostom on the Romans, and the " Rhythms of St. Ephraem," &c. &c. Gained the Indian Prize in 1842. Assistant Ilebrew Lecturer, and. Lecturer in Syriac. Received in Birmingham, Jan. 16. Henry Formby, M.A., Vicar of Ruarddcan, Glonces tershire, author of a work called " Visit to tho East." Received at Oscott, Jan. 24. George Border, M.A. Received at Oscott, Jan. 24. MEMBERS OF TIIE TWO UNIVERSITIES. 1.-LAY MEMBERS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD. Johnson Grant, St. John's Col!ege, Under-graduate. Received at the Episcopal Seminary at Bruges, Dec., 1841. Edward Douglas, 8.A., Christ Church College. Re ceived at Rome, Easter, 1842. Peter Le Page Renouf, Scholar at Pembroke College. Received at Oscott, Easter, 1842. William Lockhart, 8.A., Exeter College. Received at Loughborough, August, 1843. Thomas IL King, Under-graduate, Exeter College. Received at Birmingham, Jan., 1844. Charles R. Scott Murray, 8.A., Christ Church College, M.P. Received at Rome, 1844. William Leigh, Brasennose College, Oxford. Re ceived at Leamington, March, 1544. George Tickell, M.A., Fellow of University College. Ist Class in Litteris Humanioribus. Received at Bruges in the Autumn, 1844. Thomas Meyrick, 8.A., Scholar of Corpus Christi College. Ist Class in Litteris Humanioribus. Author of the Life of the Family of St. Richard, one of the Lives of the English Saints. Received at llendred during Lent, 1845. John Dobr6l Dalgairns, M.A., Exeter College, late Scholar. Author of the Life of St. Stephen Harding, St. holier, St. Gilbert, St. Aelred, and other Lives of the English Saints. Received at Aston Hall, Septem ber, 18.15. Albany Christie, M.A., Fellow of Oriel College. First Class, Litteris Humanioribus. Author of several works of devotion, Holy Virginity, &c. Received in London, Oct. 1840. John'T. Oilman, 8.A., Worcester College. Received at Prior Park, November, 1845. Robert Simpson, Under-graduate of St. J o h n ' s Col lege. Received at o.;cott, January, 1846. IL-LAYMEMBERS OF TIIE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE. Wm. Simpson, Trinity College. Recei;edijt — OscoTt, ,843. Jag. Aug. Stothert, Trinity College, Cambridge, and Edinburgh Univeraity. Author of "Justorum Semita," &c. &c. Received at Edinburgh, July, 1844. Benjamin Jos. Butland, Trinity College. Under-gra duate. Received at Oscott, September, 1844. James Boone Rowe, St. John's College. Under-gra duate. Received at Birmingham, November, 1845. E. Fortescue Wells, Trinity College. Under-graduate. Received at Birmingham, November, 1845. J. A. Knox, 8.A., Trinity College, Scholar. Received at Northampton, November, 1845. Scott N. Stokes, 8.A., Trinity College, Scholar. Secretary to the Camden Society. Received at Birming ham, December, 1845. Wm. Hutchison, Trinity College. Under-graduate. Received at Birmingham, December, 1845. henry Mills, Trinity College, Under-graduate. Re ceived at Birmingham, January, 1846. J . B. Walford, Under-graduate, St. John's Coll ege . Received in London, January, 1846. Henry Bachus, 8.A., Corpus Christi College. R e . ceived in London, January, 1846. OTHER PERSONS OF NOTE. Tho Countess of Clare. Received 1842. Miss Eliot. Received 1842. Miss Gladstone, sister to the Minester of State. Re ceired 1842. Miss Young, and her sister, Miss Isabella Young. Received 1842. Captain Lawrence. Received 1842. Mr. Sankey, of Trinity College, Dublin. Leader of a Religious Sect in Edinburgh, with his wife, four chil- dren, and many of his followers. Received 1542. Mr. William Turnbull, Advocate. Secretary to the Antiquarian Society of Scotland. Received 1843. Mr. Charles De Barry and his wife. Received 1843. Mr. Charles llemans, son of the celebrated Poetess. Received 1843. Miss Emily Bowles. Receivediat Rome, 1843. Miss *Warner, daughter of an Anglican Minister. Re ceived 1843. Mr. Bosanquet, Barrister. Received 1843. Miss Townshend, daughter of an Anglican Minister, Received 1843. Mrs. Seagar, wife of the Anglican Minister, who has become a Catholic. Received 1844. Mrs. Parsons, wife of the Anglican Minister, who has become a Catholic. Received 1844. Miss Marriott, daughter of an Anglican Minister. Received 1844. Miss llext. Received 1844. Miss Harriette Pigott. Received 1844. Mr. Isaac Twycross, M.D., of Oxford. Received 1845. Hon. Mrs. lleneage, and d aug ht er . R ece i v ed at Paris, 1845. Mr. Clements. Received at Rome, 1845. Mrs. J. Campbell Smith, wife of the Anglican Minister, who has become a Catholic. Received 1545. Mrs. Ward, wife of the Anglican Minister, who has become a Catholic. Received 1 Mr. J. Ruscombe Poole, Lawyer. His wife and two unmarried daughters. Received 1845. Mrs. Anstice, daughter of Mr. J. Ruscombe Poole. Authoress of several works. Received 1845. Mr s . Spencer Northovte, daughter of Mr. J. li. Poola, and wife of the Anglican Minister Catholic. Received 1845. Mr. Mathias Woodwason, wife, t► a son. Received 1845. • Mr. F. W. Tarleton;i Lawyer. Hjs sister. Received 1845. Mr. Geo. Talbot Bridges, Barrister. Received 1545. Lady Annabella Acheson and Lady Olivia Acheson, daughters of the Eard of Gosford. Received 18,45. Mr. Edward T. Hood, Barrister. Received 1845, Mrs. and Mies Wood, the wife and daughter of the Rev. Mr. Wood, the Author. Received 1845. Mr. Leicester Buckingham, Secretary to the British and Foreign Institute. Received 1845. Mrs. Watts Russell, aid Miss Watts Russell, wife and sister of the Anglican Minister, who has become a Catholic. Received 1845. Miss Munro, daughter of Lady Doherty. Received 1845. Mrs. Marshall, wife of the Anglican Minister of Swallow Cliffee, who has become a Catholic. ReceiveAl 1845. Mr. J. Capes, Proctor of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. Received 1845. Mr. James Robert Judge, Law yer. Received 1845. Mrs. Capes, wife of the Anglican Minister, who has become a Catholic. Received 1845. Mr. Grenville Weed, Received at Antwerp, 1846. Mr. Henry Foley, L . iwyer. Received 1846. Mr. Gilbert Horner, Lawyer. Received 1846. SOUTH LANCASHIRE ONCE A LAKE. On a clear day, a person standing on the highest part of Barton Moss, can perceive that the valley watered by the rivers Irwell and Merses is completely encircled by en amphitheatre of hills, except at the point where the united waters of those two rivers discharge themselves into the estuary of the Mersey at Runeorn G a p. Th e opening are, is not more than two or three miles in width, and if it was closed up, the greater part of South Lancashire and of the northern part of Cheshire, would be turned into a vast lake, bounded by the Yorkshire and Derby shire hills on the east, by the high land, which extend from this great chain across Delamere Forest, and as far as Halton Castle on the south, by acorresponding range of which Rivington Pike and Haigh and Billinge hills are the I most conspicuous objects on the north, and by the range of high land crossed by the two inclined planes on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, on the west. This latter range is conti nue d b y way of Pex Hill, and the other high grounds, to within a couple of miles of Ran cor!' Gap, and the Cheshire hills. At some very remote period, the waters flowi ng f rom the high grounds which surround this valley, and which are now carried off by the channels of the Irwell and the Mersey, and the Sankey Brook, were probably thus collected in a lake in this great natural basin. It was at this time, probably, that the vast deposits of marl, rich in lime and beds of sand and gravel, the latter containing stones altogether different from the red sand stone rock of South Lancashire, were deposited on the great Lancashire plain. Here they are still found in every direction, altering the natural features of the country, and entirely changing the constitution of the soil. It is only at few spots that the red sand stone rises to the surface of the ground, whilst the coal strata, in which the northern part of this district is so rich, are nearly all buried at great depths below thick beds of clay. * * * The only part of the township of Barton in which the marl does not form the principal constituent of the soil, is in the rich meadows on the banks of the river, which appear to have been covered by the waters of a much smaller lake, at a comparatively recent period. The ancient banks of this lake can be clearly traced, on both sides of the river, from its higher extremity, which is close by a ledge of sandstone rock, at the point where the Duke of Bridgewater's canal is carried across the river Irwell, by means of an aqueduct, to a point about two miles lower, where the stream appears formerly to have been again blocked up by a ridge of red sandstone rock, through which, however, it has gradually worked its way. After heavy rains, this valley still resumes its former appearance of a lake, the waters covering it on both sides of th e s t ream, and leaving behind, on retiring, a rich deposit of slime, resembling marl in some respects, but aut containing any portion of lime, owing to the circumstance of there being no limestone in any part of the district watered and drained by the river Irwell, which produces these floods. Still, notwith standing the absence of this fertilising substance, the, meadows are preserved in a state of perpetual fertility by these deposits alone. They are never touched by the plough or mainured, and yet they have yielded heavs crops of hay in summer, and abundance of grass in the winter, as long as the memory of man, without either labour or care. In the midst of this rich valley is au orchard of thirty or forty acres, which is generally flooded, as well as the surrounding meadows, and which bears fruit of all kinds in abundance.— Liverpool Times. MACCLESFIELD AND LICHFIELD OR CHURNET AND BLYTHE JUNCTION RAILWAY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR—In your paper of Thursday last, in the Parlia mentary proceedings, under the head of Manchester and Lichfield Railway, it is stated that Mr. Muntz withdrew a petition in favour of the Macclesfield and Lichfield Railway, and presented one in favour of the North Staffordshire (Churnet Valley line). Now, I beg to inform you, that the facts were just the reverse, as the petitions really presented were from two individuals w ithdrawing their opposition on standing orders to the Macclesfield and Lichfield ; and another from the inhabitants of Cheadle, against the A'orth Stu/Ton/shire (Churnet Valley line.) Isbell feel obliged by your correcting this mis-state ment in your ncxt &c. , RATTENBURY, Secretary, 11, New Palace-yard, Feb. 25. 1846. COURT CIRCULAR. - - The Queen held a Court and Privy Council yesterday afternoon at Buckingham Palace. At the Court, Sarim Effendi, Ottoman Ambassador, had an audience of the Queen to take leave. Baron Dedel, Netherlands Minister, had en audi ence of her Majesty on his return from the Continent. Their Excellencies were respectively introduced by the Right Honourable Sir James Graham, Baronet (cfficiating for the Earl of Aberdeen) one of her Ma jesty's principal Secretaries of State, and conducted by Sir Robert Chester, Master of the Ceremonies. Sir Thomas Cartwright, G.C.H., was presented to the Queen, at an audience, by the Right Hon. Sir James Graham, on his return, on leave of absenoe, from his mission. Mr. Mandeville was presented to her Majesty, at an audience, lay the Right Hon. Sir James Graham, on the return from his mission to Buenos Ayres. The Privy Council was attended by his Royal High. ness Prince Albert, the Lord President, the Lord Privy Seal, the Commander-in-Chief, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretaries of State for the Home and Colonial Departments, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the President of the Board of Trade, the Postmaster-General, the Secretary -at-War, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, and the Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert. At the Council, the Most Honourable James Marquis of Abercorn, and the Honourable Jrunes Archibald Stuart Wortley were, by command of the Queen, sworn of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and took their respective places at the Board. The Honourable William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in waiting. The Queen gave a uke of Wellington, t o the Lord thl Chamberlain, ke Sir James Graham, the Duke of Buccleuch, and Sir Robert Peel. The Court was attendedty.thteheMvariegeu_ics hoafruLboenrcliaoinn: derry, Gold Stick in Waiting , t he Treasurer of the Household, Lord Gl en l yon, Lord in Waiting, and Colonel Drummond, Groom in Waiting, Yesterday (Ash Wednesday), Divine service was performed in the private chapel, Buckingham Palace, The Hon. Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay officiated. Divine service was performed yesterday i n the Chapel Royal St. James's. The Queen and Prince Albert promenaded in the garden yesterday morning. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty yesterday. The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and e Princess Alice, were taken their accustomed exercise yesterday in the pleasure -grounds of the Palace. his Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse back yesterday, attended by Colonel Wylde, Equerry in Waiting. The royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace, yester day evening, included h er R oyal Highness the Duchess of Kent, th e Duke and. Duchess of Norfolk, the Marquis of Abercorn, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, the Earl Delawarr, the Right Hon. T. Pemberton Leigh, Colonel the Right Hon. G. L. Dawson Darner, and the Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay. Their Royal llighnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Princess Mary, returned to Kew, on Tuesday evening. COMPENSATION FOR THE CORN LAWS. Sir Grahame Montgomery, Bar t. , has intimated to his numerous tenantry in Peeblesshire that although he feels confident that Sir Ro bert Peel's measure, when once fairly carried into effect, will produce a result highly beneficial to society at large, still with an anxious wish to satisfy the minds of his tenantry, he begs to assure them, should any reduction take place on farm produce in consequence of these measures, a reduction \\ill be made upon their rents.—Edinburgh Witness. favoured. NEW ANCHOR.—A few days ago we were with the sight of a newly invented and ingeniously _er.con structed anchor, made under the direction of Capta i n rl itp .i tain ningham, with stock and flukes, to be fired f Manby's mortar. The peculiarity of its construction so as to prevent in terminating in a ball to lit the mo t f ukes are moveable, windage. For this purposethe ed consists appearance it is likely to on leaving the mortar. A do s ub fi l i i r ng as on oi tlie m al a i y an j k t , id b g u e t f e rt xpan n d l ing o we have had no oppor tunity the desired end, but oa, presentit. of witnessing a trial f S ND —With a view to. p . ortant achievements in, foil particulars of the lb,. furnish 11'-- purposes publishing a gratuitous half-sheet Sup lndia, the Obt "'"1.1) * no contains on Sunday next, March OnsErtvEß-oFFicE, , 1 69, 1 ri T il ß y A i . in I. Tit% • the Supplement) Sixpence. A Mon, (including price of the Obsert Edition e'' of the Observer is regularly published at Four day afternoon plemcnt edition is best adapted for the country and readers o'clock, which of twenty io sl,road. The Obsert ev• was the journal that first announced the '' n- ten ded alteration bers anticipated all the ocial nlevelnentS in progress. •i ffi qtient num . ew mec ted with that highly important measure. CUSTOM-HOUSE DESTRUCTION OF DAMAGED WIIIIAT. .—This week a quantity of foreign wheat, :cinch had been imported by Messrs. I'llillpotts and Co., of this 'port, but which had since be come damaged, so as not to I,e W or th paying Pis. duty upon, was destroyed raider the super ,•ls,ion of a very vigilant Custom-house officer, by throwing it into *.'ne river Severn, and by keeping a very close official watch till L was carried away by the stream, or so inter nnxed NV it 11 the nit' that it could not be in any way used. The wheat thus desttiyed was not of course fit to make bread, but it would have dolts very well to feed pigs, &c., and the waste :Ad official eereme.ny eft total destruction is anything but calculated to impress tlia apectaters of Snell a scene With the Wisdom of etu• laws.— i 0/ouctxr /maul. ---'-'-:- • - :; - S --\ \ ,(..rll, •---..,--ef i t who has: eaosse I ;wo diti ter!, any His wife and he and r-11 ~_` ~: ~.~ ~::~ J 1