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With the MONSTER DEBATE AND DIVISION, the Election for S mth Notts, Editorial Comments on the State of the FREE TRADE QUESTION, and a LETTER FROM COTTON TWIST !—Office, 337, Strand ; and all Newsmen. Price 6d. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE, 114 ES§RS. LAMOND, SMALE, AND LAMOND, bqg to thauk their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at their offices, at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, at which place all favours, con taining instructions, are respectfully requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited for exa mination at least one day previously to their being offered ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds immediately disposed of according to instructions. Offices, Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a New Opera, entitled THE CRUSADERS. The principal characters will be sustained by Messrs. W. Har rison, litorrani, Horncastle, S. Jones, Weiss, Etretton, D. W. King, 3liss Romer, and Miss Rainforth. After which, a new Fairy Ballet, called THE ISLAND NYMPH. In which Mons. Desplaces, Mdlles. Neodot, Louise, Adele, Mdme. Giubilei, &c., will appear. TIIEATRE ROYAL. lIAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Tragedy of ROMEO AND JULIET. Romeo, Miss Cushman, Mercutio, Mr. Hell; Peter, Mr. Buckstone ; Juliet, Miss S. Cushman ; Nurse, Mrs. Glover. The Band will perform the Overture, " La Gaz•,.a Ladra," and the Waltz, "Love's Serenade." After which, the Comedy of THE OLD SCHOOL. Principal characters by Messrs. Farren, Holl, Brindal, Mrs. Clifford, and Mrs. Yarnold. To conclude with a New Farce, called LEND ME FIVE SHIL LINGS. Principal characters by Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Tilbury, Mr. Brindal, and Miss P. Horton. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCE UM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. THIS EVENING Will be • performed LUCK'S ALL. Principal characters by Messrs. Diddear, F. Vining, Meadows, Kinloch, Turner, and Keeley ; Miss Hicks, Mrs. A. Wigan, &c. After which, NEXT DOOR. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Turner, Bellingham ; Misses Arden, Villars, and Howard. To conclude with the New Grand Romantic Extravaganz 5, en titled THE ENCHANTED HORSE ; or, Prince irotiz Sebali of Persia and the Princess of Bengal. Principal Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Wigan, F. Matthews, Collier, Turner, Killion, &c.; dames Keeley, Villars, Hodson, Dawson, Howard, Arden, &c. Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, 6d. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING Will be * performed the Drama of LEOLINE : or, Life's Tr;als Principal characters by Messrs. 0. Smith and Wright, Mrs. Yates, and Miss Woolgar. To be followed by TAMING A TARTAR ; or, Magic an i Ma zottrkaphobia. In which Messrs. Paul Bedford and Wright, Miss Woolgar, Madame Celeste, &c. will perform. To conclude with a New Farce, entitled THE PHANTOM BREAKFAST. Supported by Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Wright, Miss Woolgar, &c. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING, Will he performed Shakspeare's Tragedy of KING LEAR. King Lear, Mr. Macready ; Earl of Kent, Mr. Cooper; Edgar, Mr. Wallack ; Regan, Mrs. Ternan ; Cordelia, Mrs. Stirling. To be followed by a DIVERTISSEMENT, In which Mr. Gilbert, Mr. Marshall, M. Adrien, Miss Baffin, Miss Marshall, and Mdlle. Duval will appear. After which, a New Farce, called TOO MANY COOKS SPOIL THE BROTH. Gregory Granite, Mr. Compton ; George, Mr. Oxberry ; Fanny, Miss E. Stanley. NEW STRAND THEATRE. M. PIIILLIPPE'S SOIREES and MAT INEES NIYSTERIEUSES. Two Morning Performances during the Week. At the urgent and reiterated solicitations of many distingte shed families, and in order to accommodate the crowds who fib .11: to attend his Morning Performances, M. PHILLIPPE will give his •;rand Juvenile Entertainment every Wednesday and Saturday 'Atoning,. qt Two o'clock. _ . . 31. Phillippe's most Popular Deceptions and Peculiar Ex; er:ments will be repeated every Evening, varied by the Amusin: Per formances of the Chiarini Family, and the astounding Feat of the American Brothers.—Doors open at a quarter past Seven to com mence at a quarter before Eight. Stalls, 35.; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. ; Pr' vate Boxes, 1/. Is., and 1/. 1 Is. 6d. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Glorious career of the New Oriental Spectacle. !I he most suc cessful piece ever produced. Nightly overflows of rank and fashion to witnesa the rare pe:formanees of the Colossal Elephants, train of Camels, &c. THIS EVENING Will bo performed a New Drama, entitled THE RAJAH OF NAGPORE ; or, the Sacred Elephants of the Pagoda. In which the whole of the extensive resources of the Establishment will be breught into requisition. New Scenes of the Circle, combining the unequalled Feats of the British and Foreign Company. The whole to conclude with the favourite Afterpiece of LOVE AND WAR. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. The greatest hit ever known. The One Hundred Female Warriors' wonderful performance, and the magnificence and effect of the New Historical Spectacle, have produced an immense sensation. Nightly crowded to the ceiling. First appearance of Mr. R. Pelham (from America), the Nigger Dancer and Singer. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE SEA ICING'S VOW ; or, a Struggle for Liberty. Supported by Messrs. Hughes, Rogers, Cowell, May nard, Johnson, Lewis, Heslop, Monson; Mesdms. Vining, Daly, Martin, Miss Glover, and one hundred Female Warriors. After which, a new Farce, entitled, THE MASQUERADE BALL. Saints-Hit'em-Hard, Mr. R. Pelham. To conclude with THE MENDICANT SON ; or, The Jew of SJuthwark. Supported by Messrs. Hughes, Johnson, Rogers, Cowell, Maynard, Lewis, lleslop ; Mesdames H. Vining, Martin, and Daly. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. Surpassing hit of " Jessie Holmes." Triumphant reception of " The Scamps of London." THIS EVENING _ _ Will ke performed JESSIE HOLMES ; or, The Wild Horde of the Wolf's Lair. Supported by Mr. Dale, Mr. Fredericks. Mr. E. F. Saville, Mr. Herbert, Mr. Higgie, Miss Vincent, Miss Terry, &c. After which, HERCULES, KING OF CLUBS. Hercules, Mr. Herbert. To conclude with THE SCAMPS OF LONDON, Supported by the entire strength of the co'npany. THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, FEB. 25. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 52; Highest, 6t; Noon, 57 BAROMETER, 29.67.—W1ND S,W., fair. . _ Ellin WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Mrrtting •. 12 minutes after I. I Evening .. 37 minutes after 1 4 1 C oi.( . 'i? --I:4 .s_V '' :« ,, - • ,„, ,- ‘ ri ~ sv• --, --': ‘, ',.. 1- . ''' ,1...F.14,,,e- . • , , 04. ,, ,, , ,,-, , ,, , ,....„-r4 4 - 4,....„,04 • , ~ :-', ios '''•JifF77 ' ' • .1 - , 0 1 T. 1110111 in Ant LONDON, THURSDAY, FE , ,RUARY 26, 1846. The Lords did not sit yesterday. The Commons met at Twelve o'clock. Several railway Bills were read a second time. The second reading of the Roman Catholic Relief 8.11 was postponed after a short conversation in reference to Lord LINCOLN'S recent declarations on the subject of the Irish policy, in which Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN, Sir JAMES GRAHAM, Lord JOHN RUSSELL, Mr. O'CONNELL, and Mr. I'. HOWARD took part. Sir JAHES GRAHAM then alluded to the case of SEERY, and said that he had received a communication from the Lord Lieutenant, stating that a deputation, which had called upon him to represent the lawless state of the county of Roscommon, had certainly stated incidentally that aRy lenity shown. to SEERY would tend to keep alive a spirit of in subordination, but that he had not been influenced in his d etermination by their represen tations. Mr. O'CONNELL gave notice of a motion for giving to Ireland the two additional members of which Sudbury bad been deprived. The Friendly Societies' Bill was, after a short dis cussion, read a second time, and the House adjourned. In the House of: Lords, :on Tuesday, the execution of. BRYAN SEERY, at Mullingar, was adverted to; and in conze quence of the allusions made to it, possibly some explana tion may be given by Earl ST. GERMANS. We believe the case will be also brought before the Commons ; and under the peculiar circumstances attending the trial, conviction, and execution of the unfortunate man, such a step cannot be adopted too soon. It is well known that the great body of the people in the district of Mullingar believe that he was unjustly condemned, and that he is regarded as a martyr by many persons, among whom are several of the Irish clergy. At the first glance the proceedings appear of an extraordinary character. The principal, or rather the only witness against him, WAS the prosecutor. He was arraigned, the evidence was produced, the Judge summed up, and the jury retired to consider their verdict ; but not being able to come to any agreement, they were dis charged. The prisoner was again arraigned before a new jury, who found him guilty. Such a mode of conducting a trial is hardly known in this country, though similar in stances have occurred, and, in our opinion, the less it is prac tised the better : but the main point is the innocence or guilt of the victim; and in order to clear that up, and allay the commotion created by this unfortunate affair, the Go vernment should furnish every possible information. We believe most persons capable of comparing the different facts adduced in the evidence, and forming a judgment, are fully convinced that SEERY was guilty, but that does not appear to be the impression of the multitude, for the im- , portant statements made by Sir FRANCIS Hormets have not any effect whatever. This is unfortunate in many respects, but, most of all, because the lower Irish seem only to be the more confirmed in their belief that they cannot obtain jus tice in a criminal court, and must trust entirely for protec tion to private revenge. As regards the evidence of Sir FRANCIS HOPKINS, we are bound to say it is in every respect satisfactory. He had known the man for many years ; Seery had been his tenant, and we believe, also, his steward ; he had been induced to give up his farm for a con siderable sum of money, taken another in a different district, and having been unsuccessful, chiefly through his own in dolence, he came back to his old quarters, and urged to be reinstated an the farm belonging to the prosecutor. This demand, of course, was rejected, and thence he vowed to retaliate either upon the occupying tenant or the landlord for what he considered an act of injustice. When the attempt at assassination was made the moon was shining bright. Sir FRAxcis, who fortunately escaped the shot, seized his assailant, held his face up between him and the light, and distinctly recognised the features of the man whom he had known for many years. The man made his escape, as some accomplices came to his rescue, but he left parts of his dress, which were recog nised as belonging to SEEnv. We believe these facts are admitted by all unprejudiced parties, and the evidence altogether was considered so strong and conclusive the that Irish Government allowedthe law to take its course. But, be sides, what object could Sir FRANCIS HOPKINS have in obtaining the conviction of an innocent manond what motive could he have in giving such evidence, unless he were fully convinced of his identity ? The words of Sir FRANCIS HOPKINS on this point are explicit and decisive : " It has been stated that I solicited a commutation of the extreme punishment of death, and an inference was drawn therefrom that I had changed my mind respecting the identity of my assailant. It is true that I did solicit the clemency of the Crown for the unhappy prisoner, who on this occasion I believe to have been the tool of others, but I most solemnly deny that the shadow of a doubt ever crossed my mind as to the identity of my assailant, and notwithstanding the re ported dying declaration of innocence by Seery on the scaffold, I again affirm that he was the person who tired at, and subsequently assaulted me, on the night of the 18th of November last, and such is my positive and unalterable conviction." Mr. MORGAN JOIIN O'CONNELL told the protectionists last night that they would forget all their abuse and threatening as soon as this pending question was settled, and, as after Catholic Emancipation, be again the humble servants of Sir ROBERT PEEL. The protectionists cried " No." What is their " No" worth ? They are now again petting and patronising Mr. FERRAND, whom, with hardly a single ex ception, they all united to put clown when he attacked Sir JAMES GRAHAM about the Nottingham Elution Com mittee, and Sir JAMES GRAHAM procured a vote of censure on him from the House of Commons. Mr. FERRAND, after having been for a long time all but proscribed by all but the whole of his party, spoke again last night amid the most enthusiastic plaudits, such as cheered him on in his first Parliamentary efforts. "Adversity makes us ac quainted with strange bedfellows," and the great protec tionist party, deserted by the Government, have not thought it beneath them to take up Mr. FERRAND again, and avail themselves of those powers of abuse, which were first used to their gratification against Mr. COBDER and the League, which were afterwards turned upon Sir ROBERT PEEL and Sir JAMES GRAHAM, greatly to the disgust of the protection gentlemen, who were then Sir ROBERT PEEL'S and Sir JAMES Gnanam's humble servants, and which now (all that was passed being forgotten) are again hounded on by the "gen tlemen of England," by the " proud aristocracy" of England, against the Members of the Government, as they were before Mr. FERRAND was found out by his friends, against the manufacturers. If there were any foreigner in the gallery for the first time on Tuesday he would have carried away a strange opinion of the oratory of the English Senate, if after witnes,ing Mr. FERRAND'S violent extravagance of gesture and hearing the vociferous cheers which greeted all his personal attacks, he had concluded that his was the favourite style of speaking with the gentlemen of the English House of Commons. And such a speech as Mr. FERRAND'a was ! Why, what does it all come to? That Mr. Escorr was a vehement pro tectionist, and is now a free-trader, and ought to ge down to Winchester for re-election ; that Mr. BEcxErr, of Leeds, has changed also, and should go to Leeds for re-election, else, says this gentlemanly orator, he will be known' ever after as " dishonest WILLIAM BEcKE•TT," and this gentlemanly sally was chened, too, by the gentlemen of England; and that Sir JAMES GRAHAM and Sir ItossaT PEEL should give Dor chester and Tamworth an opportunity of expressing their opinions on the conversion of their representatives to free trade. The extracts from Mr. ESCOTT'S and Sir Jalui: GRAHAM'S former speeches were, it must be allowed, suffi ciently amusing. But how does this affect the merits of the Ministerial measure? We are disposed to allow Mr. FER RAND all that he contends for. We think that Lord ASMLEY and the others, who, after being returned to Par liament as protectionists, have resigned their seats before voting for the Ministerial measure, have taken the right course. Members of Parliament are elected by their constituents on account of their entertain ing certain opinions on political questions; there is an end of the influence of electors in our representative system if thus much is not conceded. And there can be no doubt that every Member on the Conservative side was returned in 1841 as a protectionist. This being so, we have no hesita tion in saying that every protectionist who has become a free-trader owes it to himself and to his constituents to do as Lord ASHLEY, Lord HENNIKER, Mr. STURT, and Mr CIIARTERIS have done. But, after all, this is a matt rather between themselves and their constituents than for us to meddle with, whose chief anxiety is to see Sir ROBERT PEEL'S proposals become the law of the land. And, we believe, that if the protectionists were to have their will, and an appeal were to be made to the country as they ask, that they would take nothing by their motion. Evertere domus total optantibus ipsis Di faciles. And if Sir ROBERT PEEL were good natnredly to let the protectionists have the dissolution which they pray for, we believe it would be the dissolution of the protection party. No inference is to be drawn from the duke-ridden counties and pocket-boroughs, in which great proprietary influence has lately compelled new elections, and substituted men who are. protectionists still for men who were protectionists in 1841 In some other cases, protectionists would be substituted for Peelites on a general election ; but there are others in which Peelites would be substituted for protectionists —aye, and Liberals for protectionists. Will Sir HOWARD DOUGLAS ever show his face again in Liverpool, or Mr. BECKETT DENISON (after voting against Ministers) in the West Riding ? A dissolution has hitherto been objected to, not be cause it was feared in itself, but because it would pro duce delay in the carrying of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S measure. Considering that this debate has gone on for three weeks, and that a Parliament may be dissolved and a new one called and begin business in six weeks, perhaps Sir R. PEEL may change his mind. We, at any rate, advise the protectionists not to reckon too much on his powers of endurance. He may dissolve. Let them take care they arc not caught in their own trap. It is quite illusory to regard the succession of speeches now uttered night after night in the House of Commons as likely in the slightest degree to modify the commercial policy advanced by Sir ROBERT. The discussion altogether resembles one of those pleasant tragicomedies which upon the stage —that is to say, both upon the theatrical and Parliamentary stage—is formed entirely of conventionalities. It resembles, we repeat, one of those facetious performances, through the woof of whose lamentations, and dilemmas, and misfortunes peeps out—the great, jovial, and CERTAIN denouement. There are the mournful " walking-gentlemen" no doubt (such as Sir R. INGLis), whose office it is to produce white pocket handkerchiefs and words of bitter wailing ; there are choleric " guard ans" (such as Mr. Scow), who are incessantly trying to embroil somebody; there are satirical "lookers-on" (such as Mr. DISRAELI), who discharge the duties originally imposed upon the Greek choruses, of commenting upon passing occur rences with smart sallies of wit and sarcasm of much sparkle and brilliancy. Nevertheless, throughout the alternations of passion and sentiment which are thus represented on the floor of the Low erHouse,in spite of the lugubrious countenances of many of the principal performers of the important political drama now in course of representation, we have ever before us in perspective the final tableau with which the piece wil terminate; we perceive the inevitable consummation of happiness with which the final scene will conclude; we already, in the prescience of fancy, see the curtain of the present session descending amidst the general and enthusiastic approbation of the spectators (the public) with the orderly appearance and contented looks of the stage heroes—the representatives (whether present or future) of the Lower House. This we most conscientiously maintain will prove no idle talking, but the true harbinger of what is now upon its indomitable approach—free importation, free exportation, plenty and prosperity. Let not any rash an tagonist suppose for one instant that the acceptance of free trade as a relative portion of the British Constitution can be retarded by any puny obstacles of their interposition ; let them remember that public opinion is impelling this great measure forward with a resistless force, that public opinion infuses, by its accordance, a vast energy and power into the voice of the Premier and his adherents— a power which no opposition of theirs, how ever sp a smodicspasmodic and infuriated, can overthrow ; let them party remember andn that o the individual class,abolitionb u t is b y a remarkable onwardsurged by no combination of all divisionsefp?litical doctrine, by the one hundred and nem bodiment of the national will in sixty eight thousand psunds, by t h e expressed a number : but , exampleprobation of re presentatives and constituencies almost without d os a bove all, let them follow the bold gloriousand many of our most illustrious statesmen, by bowing b e fore the majesty of experience and conviction, by ewn sacri ficing (if need be) self to society, by acknowledging wi t h real greatness of spirit the fallacy of their former opinions, and by diffusing happiness among their coun trymen by the performance of an act of justice and reparation. Another of these instances of self-forgetfulness—of genuine Parliamentary magnaminity, was witnessed on Monday in the person of Sir GEORGE C LERK. There is something worthy of sincere esteem in the candour and the readiness with which the President of the Board of Trade confesses the necessity of some permanent alteration in our commercial laws. Himself a large landed proprietor —totally sustained, we may say, by his territorial possessions in the neighbour hood of Edinburgh, Sir GEoRGE CLERK is prepared to en. counter any deterioration in his fortunes (if such can possibly follow the Abolition Act), he is willing to risk any amount in his personal revenues, bowie he believes -that such a proceeding is requisite for the general welfare of Great Britain. His survey is not restricted to this pre sent hour or this present crop—he sees beyond the horizon of this year and this harvest—he calculates the contingencies of vegetation, increased population, and diffused knowledge —he beholds the inadequacy of any sliding-scale to prevent a deficiency of food, or to diminish its price sufficiently for the means of the more indigent classes; and seeing all this, feeling all this, knowing all this, comes forward manfully to sustain by his co-operation the earnest and laudable efforts of the Prime Minister. His elaborate and detailed analysis of the arguments advanced by Messrs. DISRAELI and HUD SON, were most straightforward and conclusive. He scarcely so much reposed the nerve of his logic on metaphysical dis tinctions as upon manifest and naked facts ; he controverted their sophistry by statistics ; he scourged them with the satire of common sense. He pronounced a decided appro bation of the scheme propounded by Government as admirable. because it would equalise prices : how? "Not," said the Right Hon. Member, "by bringing English prices down to the continental level, but by raising continental prices to the English level." And this asser tion he proved to be correct by the clearest and least contro vertible chain of reasoning. It was not a mere declaration ; it was a deduction. It was not a mere vagary of the ima gination ; it was a bodily and demonstrable truth. For this staunch and disinterested behaviour of Sir GEORGE CLERK, he is worthy of our utmost con mendation, and we hereby utter that commendation in simple language. While, however, we would applaud an individual Member of the House of Commons for conduct truly praiseworthy, we must utter our most comprehensive protest against that august House, as a body, for the inexcusable manner in which they are now frittering away time most precious to the community at large. Their most useless and unen durable delay over the settlement of a measure of such immi nent and vital importance to the inhabitants of these islands—more especially to Ireland, where famine is already beginning to decimate the populace—is inex cusable and injurious to a degree. Surely enough has been said both in favour of protection, and in favour of free trade; surely the question at issue has been sufficiently conned and dissected; the kings of the forest have spoken—we don't want to hear the voice of every weazel and every field-mouse. Other Bills are wait ing ; labourers without employment are waiting ; an im patient and hungry multitude are waiting: let the matter, then, be forthwith concluded : let the maize and the colonial grain enter the ports : let Government tarry no longer in some practical signs of its wisdom and its beneficence. The official dispatches describing the late battles on the Sutlej, published yesterday morning in the London Gazette Ex traordinary, and given at length in The Sun,will be read with melancholy interest. They confirm all the previous state ments respecting the great bravery displayed by the officers and troops tinder their command, the vast difficulties they had to contend with, and the superiority of numbers on the part of the enemy, the proportion being four to one, view ing the two forces in general position, but in some instances, fully ten to one against the British. When it is remembered that the Seikh troops are considered the most brave and daring in India, that they had been well trained by Euro pean officers skilled in all the tactics of the French revolu_ tion, that their guns were numerous and of a very large size —from nine to twenty-four pounders, and that they were admirably served, the decisive victory becomes the more wonderful, and the gallantry both of the native and Euro pean troops appears unequalled in any former engagements in India. There was, however, one exception, and that is candidly admitted by Sir. JOHN LITTLER ; but great allow ances must be made when the small army of that gallant officer had such fearful odds against them. It was stated in private letters that the division under LITTLER had been re pulsed, and it appears from the official dispatches that a part of this report was true, but the check was speedily remedied, and that, too, by only one European regiment, the 9th Foot, with the 20th Regiment of Native Infantry, and a part, of the 14th Native Infantry. "The first advance in line," says the General, " was steady, and the approach to the enemy's works made under a most galling fire. The casualties in the ranks wer e awful. The troops, however, moved on with great firmness and resolution, and approached the enemy's battery to within about 150 yards, when I considered the prize to be within their grasp. The enemy, however, having great confidence in their guns, continued to serve them with ex traordinary activity, and to make such havoc in our ranks, as to cause an immediate panic and hesitation in her MA JESYT'S 62d Foot, which of course had a similar effect on the native regiments on the flanks, notwithstanding all our exertions to induce them to advance by cheering and encouraging them, pointing at the same time to the short distance which they had to proceed when the day would be their own. It was all in vain, and they retired out of gun shot, to where her MAJESTY'S 9th Foot and 26th Regiment Native Infantry were drawn up in reserve. A part of the 14th Regiment Native Infantry, with their colours, accom panied these two regiments, and entered the enemy's batteries." Nothing can furnish a stronger proof of the bravery of the native troops than the glorious result mentioned in the last part of the paragraph, and the dreadful havoc among the officers of the 62d shows that it was no fault of theis that such an unfortunate repulse took place. Of the officers com manding that regiment we find that not fewer than eight were killed and nine wouaded—several of them severely. In every other quarter the utmost steadiness and bravery were displayed by both officers and men ; and, considering the number of native officers appointed to each regiment, their courage appears to have been fully equal to that of the Europeans, the proportion, for instance, of those killed on the 21st and 22d being thirty-seven European officers, and seven teen native officers. The Governor. General in adverting to the conduct of this part of the army pays them the highest compliment. "Thanks," says he in the general orders pub lished on the 30th December, "are justly due to the brave infantry of the native army, whose valour so mainly contri buted to these victories, and he cannot withhold his admira tion for the patience and perseverance with which they en dured privations inseperable from forced marches." General Lrrmaa also bears full testimony to their fidelity. " The native troops," he adds, " under the numerous temptations to which they have been exposed for several months past by Seikh emissaries, have evinced their loyalty to the British Government in a most remarkable manner, not a single de sertion having taken place, since the enemy crossed the Sutlej, that has come to my knowledge. They have main tained the character of the Bengal army in displaying cou rage and bravery under a heavy fire." This is satisfactory in -another point of view, because it is well known that our Indian empire must be maintained chiefly by the aid and concurrence of the natives. The British forces in that vast extent of territory are a mere handful of men, compared with the population, and this attachment to British rule, therefore, may be regarded as the firmest basis of our stability in the East. This ought to teach the Directors of the India Board, as well as the Go vernor-General and home Government, to act with the utmost liberality, fairness, and generosity towards the native troops, increase rather than diminish their pay, encourage promo tion, and place them as far as circumstances will admit on a footing with their more civilised and powerful rulers. The dispatch of Sir H. HARDLNOE to the Secret Committee of the East India Company, describing the important results o this wanton attack upon the British territory, is brief and satisfactory. It appears that so early as the Bth of December, ten days before the first attack, and thirteen before the battle commenced on the 21st, he had put a portion of the army in motion to repel the invaders, and though considerably outnumbered, the forces he concentrated around Ferozepore were equal to beat the enemy on every point, capture nearly the whole cf their artillery, tents, baggage, with large quantities of ammu nition and warlike stores. In that dispatch we learn for the first time that no new entrenchments had been made by the Seikhs on the left bank, for these successful operations had been followed by the " retreat of the Seikh army to the other side of the Sutlej, the British army being now (December 31) encamped between Ferozepore and the fords of the Sutlej." This will remove much anxiety ; for from the imperfect accounts hitherto received of the posi tion of the defeated army, fears were entertained that they were preparing for further resistance. The Governor- General thus sums up his remarks :—" No accident or failure has occurred during the complicated operations of a com bined movement; and our army, whether for defence or attack, has shown, as heretofore, that its power is irre sistible." We have received Madrid journals of the 17th, but they contain no news. A report seemed to gain ground that the Ministry would pass the Electoral Bill with the utmost dis patch, and then dissolve the Cortes, preparatory to a general election under the new law. Accounts have been received of the movements of the Infante Don HENRY. He had not made his escao, as reported, though he had left Vigo on the 12th instant much discontented, and refused to accept the visit of the authorities. On the 17th the Three per Cents. closed at 32% for cash, and 33 at 60 days ; and the Madrid and Aranjuez Railroad shares at 2,090 for cash. The Paris papers are much occupied with the speeches of the new Spanish Ministers in the Cortes, containing explana tions of the late crisis, which several of them give at length, with comments, but we find nothing in them requiring notice. Those of the Opposition are of opinion that NARVAEZ has been greatly disappointed by the result, and that when he resigned he expected to be able to form a Cabinet, of which he should be the chief. They infer also that he had some dangerous plans in view, to which his colleagues would not consent. In the Committee of the French Chamber of Deputies, on Monday, appointed to take into consideration the extraordinary vote of 25,000,000 f. for the service of the army iu Africa, a long and spirited discussion took place. Several of the speakers, chiefly of the Ministerial side, were in favour of a more limited plan of occupation, while the Opposition Mem bers generally approved of the policy adopted by Marshal BUGEAUD, and taking possession of the entire country from Morrocco to Tunis. Should their opinion prevail many extra ordinary grants of 25,000,0001'. will yet be required, but the general feeling seemed rather the other way, and adverse to the mode of warfare hitherto practised. The Committee, however, was nearly equally divided, for four Opposition members were elected out of the nine. The object of the grant was to raise the effective strength of the army to 95,331 men. Political affairs seemed to be in a sad state of confusion at Berne. A letter from that city, dated the 19th instant, gives the following account of the last meeting of the Grand Connell : " We have had a stormy sitting to-day which lasted from nine in t 9 1/01111 ttl9 rrenipg, TWO Yfero ADM 112 13303 x;7 _ Lincoln ... ... Hildyard. ... .. Lincoln ... ... Hildyard ... ... Hildyard ... Lincoln ... 124 ... 232 ... 202 ... 204 Hildyard Lincoln ... ••• ... ... 88 ... ... 426 ... ... 157 ... ... 190 ... ... 1,512 ... ... 960 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRTJARI 26, 1848. bers present. The matter brought under consideration was to de mand categorical explanations from the nine members of the Column of State hostile to the institution of a constituent assembly. These gentlemen are, MM. Neuhaus, Weber, Steinhaur, Jaggi, Bigler, Lecoriudgut, Bandelier, Dohler, and Schmalz. The meeting first de cided that the nine members should withdraw during the delibera tions. M. Funk, President of the Court of Appeal, having in sisted on the necessity of the Grand Council knowing precisely the intentions of functionaries called on to execute its decrees, and in case of non-approval of calling for their resignation, pre sented a motion to that effect, which was adopted by 75 votes to 43, It then named a committee of five members to bring forward propo sitions on the subject during the sitting. These members are, MM. Ochsenhein, Funk, Dr. Lehmann, Migy, jun., and Steiner. To say that the President of this Committee was the head of the Corps francs, is to declare the tendencies of the body. The Committee then withdrew, and about three o'clock returned with a proposition, de claring that ' the interest of public order demanded imperatively that the nine dissentient members should state how they in tended conciliating the opinion which they had expressed rela tive to the Constituent Assembly, with their position of mem bers of the high executive authority, of whieli they composed the majority. In consequence, the Grand Council decides that the nine Councillors of State be called on to give, within the space of an hour and a half, a tranquillising declaration, stating that they will loyally assist in getting the resolution of the Grand Council, confiding the revision of the Constitution to a constituent assembly, carried into effect.' A warm discussion ensued, in the course of which, a proposition from Chancellor Hunerwadel to proceed no fur ther in the matter, was at once rejected. At last, the meeting agreed to extend to eight next morning the time which the nine should have to declare themselves. The proposition of the commit tee of five with this change of time was carried by 75 votes to 29. If the nine members should not to-morrow make a satisfactory de claration, they will be dismissed, and the officers of the Government of Berne will be almost entirely renewed, the vacant places being, no doubt, occupied by the Radicals." According to the subjoined letters from Posen, of the 15th instant, a conspiracy bad been discovered in Prussian Poland. The letters appear in:the Government Gazette of Frankfort on-the Oder : " For several days it had been remarked that the Polish noblemen who had kept away from Posen during the winter were assembling In great numbers. Yesterday upwards of GOO were counted. Pre cisely at the hour of dinner in the hotels, William-square was occu pied by troops, and immediately after domiciliary visits and arrests commenced. About 100 Polish gentlemen were arrested at dinner, and taken to the Etat-Major to be interrogated. Those who could not give satisfactory answers were thrown into prison. Out of thirty-nine chiefs of the conspiracy down on the list, only nine were arrested last evening. The rest lie concealed, but they will he dis covered at last. Couriers were sent out in all directions, and nume rous patrols scour the town. A large quantity of powder and con siderable sums of money were found with the conspirators." Another letter of the same date says : " The measures taken by the authorities to preserve order have ensured public tranquillity. There is still, however, much agitation amongst the Polish population. The individuals arrested are thirty in number, not forty, as previously reported, and all are of the higher classes of society. It is believed that amongst the persons arrested at Gnesen, and conducted here, is a Polish nobleman, one of the heads of the conspiracy, and an emissary of the Propaganda of Paris. Funds, amounting to 60,000 thalers were seized in the house of one of the conspirators." (h., Paris Hoarse on Monday the Three per Cents. elosed at 54f. 75c. ; the New Loan, at 84f. Soc. ; the Five per Cents , 123 f. 45c. ; the Orleans Railroad shares, 1,328 f. 75c.; Rouen, 1,055 f. ; Great Nor thern, 777 f. 50c. ; Havre, 735 f. ; Avignon, 1,015 f. ' • Vicrzon, 725 f. ; Bordeaux, 655 f. ; Boulogne, 555 f. ' • Easle, 252 f. 50e. ;Fampoux, 475 f. ; Dieppe, 477 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 556 f. 25c. ; Tours and Nantes, 591 f. 25c. ; Belgian Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 57% ; Spa nish Passives, 6% ; Domestic Debt, 32 q(4. The following are the quotations for other lines : Ports and Lyons, definitive, 625 f. ; Lyons and Avignon (Talabot), 510 f. ' • ditto (Lecointe), 5051. ; ditto (Compagnie 3leridionale) 501 f. 50e.; ditto (Deflnitives), 656 f.; Bordeaux and Cette (Mac. keazie), 503 f. 50c. ; ditto (Espeleta), 510 f. ; Charleroi (Ky. seen's), 495 f. MAIVSEILLES, FEB. 19.—Marseilles and Avignon, 991 f. 25c. Lyoxs, Fan. 21.—Marseilles and Avignon,l,olof. ; Paris and Orleans, 1,320 f. ; Paris and Rouen, 1,015 f. ; Orleans and Vierzon, 717 f. 50e. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TILE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Fan. 271. Boulogne and Amiens, 11 —Bordeaux and Mediterranean, 1% —Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Espelota), 21/4—East Indian, 1;6 —Great Northern of Franco Constituted, 11;6—Great Western Bengal, 34—Great Western Canada, 2%—ltalian and Austrian, Iy s —Louvain and Jemappe, 2 —Luxembourg, 2}h —Madrid and Va lenta, 11i —Namur and Liege, 3 3 / 6 —Orleans and Bordeaux, 11%. SOUTH NOTTINGHAM ELECTION NOTTINGHAM, HALF-PAST 5 P.M.—The returns have been received by express. The following figures indicate the numbers polled in each district, according to the returns of the committees on each side, up to 4 o'clock : LORD LINCOLN'S COMMITTEE REPORT. SUTTON- UPON-TRENT. Lincoln ... liildyard ... ... 286 Lincoln ... Hildyard ... Lincoln ... Hildyard Lincoln ... ... Hildyard ... ... 38 p 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 withdrawing their opposition on standing orders to the Macclesfield and Lichfield ; and another from the inhabitants of Cheadle, against the North Staffordshire (Churnet Valley line.) 1 shall feel obliged by your correcting this misstate ment in your next paper.—l am, '&e. C. T. RATTENBURY, Secretary. 11, New Palace-yard, Feb. 25. 1846. 21% 2 1 % 21 % P % P ly9 DIRECT LONDON AND EXETER RAILWAY. A special general meeting of the proprietors 'of this Company was held at one o'clock on Monday, at the London Tavern, for the purpose of receiving from the committee appointed at the last meeting, a statement of their affairs, and to take steps accordingly. Sir J. B. Chichester, occupied the chair, aad a considerable number of share holders were present, The CnAntateet called attention to the resolution passed on the 15th of December last, in which the shareholders stated they had every confidence in the directors, and empowered them to issue shares and to return the deposits to the shareholders in the event of the necessary capital not being subscribed, and that a statement of accounts be prepared to be submitted at a subsequent meeting. At that meeting they awarded a vote of thanks to him for which he felt extremely grateful, but the compliment was not without its alloy, inasmuch as charges were made against himself and the other direc tors. He then entered into the proceedings of the last meeting, and contended that it was contrary to the spirit of the deed to discharge the old committee and to appoint another. The SECRETARY then read the report of the committee, which stated that at the last meeting the balance in hand was 4921., but they expected that in a short time they would be able to show a larger balance in favour of the Company. They had applied to the members of the provisional committee who had not paid their deposits to do so, but they had in every case refused. They had, however, taken the opinion of counsel, who were of opinion that they could be com pelled to do so, and they had instructed their solicitor to take steps torecover them; thus several thousands would be added to the assets of the Company. They had experienced great difficulty in inquiring into the state of their finances on account of Dr. Blundel, who had taken a number of papers, which he refused to give up in consequence of a claim which he had made for services rendered in his capacity of honorary secretary. The liabilities of the Company had been greatly underrated at the last meeting. Mr. Columbine had claimed 8121., but on Investigation they found that he had re ceived various sums of money, but for what purposes did not appear ; they had called on him to send in a full statement of his claim, but he had Rot yet done so. His claim, they understood, arose out of an agreement entered into with the old committee on the 16th of Septemoer, by which he was to receive 1,800 shares, on which 11.75. 6d. should be considered as paid, in con sideration of his having been the pro•noter of the line, and, in addi tion, that he should be retained as its solicitor. They had sought the opinion of counsel on this point, and the opinion they had received was to the effect that it was objectionable and illegal. Mr. Colum . 10 dis 3 ! 2234 49% 26% 9b; 1% p 2% 145% 214 3 % p 3% 5% 2% 0% 26 2U 6% 1 1 bine had printed a statement, which had thrownmuch obloquy on the directors ; but as the statements contained in it were untrue, they could afford to despise them. Mr. Ancrum had behaved in a different manner, as he had consented to receive a small sum in discharge of his claim, with this prevision, that if the line was ulti mately carried out, his claim might not be prejudiced. Claims, amounting to upwards of 6,9541., had been reduced to about 3,0001. Two actions had been brought against them by Mr. Braithwaite, the engineer, for 5,5331. 6s. 5d., In addition to 8,0001 . he had received, and the other action was for 90001. by one of the surveyors, which the committee held was part of the amount included in the claim ma le for that portion of their undertaking. They were of opinion that Mr. Braithwaite's claim could not be maintained, and in addition that they could compel him to refund the money be had received, as his plans and sections, were most defective, which were delivered at the last moment, and would have caused the line to be thrown out in standing orders. They intended, by permission of the share holders, to appoint an eminent engineer to go over that gentleman's plans. The opinions of counsel had been obtained at the expense of the directors. A SHAREHOLDER said it was, a mistake to say that they constituted a committee, inasmuch as the directors had failed to form one ; the necessary capital of 3,000,0001. had not been obtained, and the de posits received were simply a pledge that the remainder would be paid when required. They had no right to spend a shilling belong ing to the shareholders—in fact thy might be taken before the Lord Mayor for doing so.—(Laughter.) The CHAIRMAN having moved the adoption of the report. Mr. VALLANCE said he had no doubt their directors were all honourable men, but they had shown most lamentable incapacity in the management of the affairs of the Company. He was. however, prepared to prove that at the very time the Chairman stated at the last meeting that there was only a balance of 4121. in hand, he had 1,0001. belonging to the Company in his pocket, which he intended to devote to stock-jobbing transactions.— (Cries of " No, no," and " Hear, hear.") And that he had since devoted 5601. of the Com pany's money to the same purpose. The balance now appeared to be 7,0001., which he called upon the directors to divide among the shareholders. Subsequent decisions in the law courts showed that they might recover all the money which their directors had mis appropriated. Mr. COLUMBINE said he >was also prepared to show that-on the 26th of November the Chairman issued cheques to pay for stock jobbing. The CHAIRMAN said if this was so, he must have been cognizant of the fact, as he was his professional adviser at that period.—(Cheers.) Mr, VALLANCE then proceeded amidst great noise and confusion to repeat his statements, and concluded by proposing an amendment calling on Sir Bruce Chichester,, Dr. Phillimore, and Mr. Chambers immediately to dissolve the Company, and to divide the balance amongst the shareholders, without prejudicing their right to claim the deficiency, if any, which may be due to them en their deposits. Mr. COLUMBINE then proceeded to address the meeting, and en tered into a statement of his connexion with the Company, and of his withdrawal from it. The cheques for the steck-jobbing transac tions were issued by the present Board, and not by the former one. Mr. Chambers was present on the oceasion., Mr. CusmßEas denied that he was present. Mr. COLUMBINE inquired if the cheques for the 1,5001. were drawn uuder his advice? The CHAIRMAN said he (Mr. Columbine) advised him to make the best arrangement be could. The CHAIRMAN then proceeded to address the meeting, and trusted that whilst he did so he should not be interrupted, as the thread of his address would be thereby broken. On the 20th of October he came into the Company, when he found Mr. Columbine at " daggers drawn" with the then committee ; but he was never excluded from any meeting whilst he (the Chairman) was present. He at length ascer tained what was the nature of the differences between the committee and that gentleman, and they were to this effect—that• lee was a money-lender, an usurer, and charged seventy per cent. for the money he lent—that he NN as mixed up in Lord Huntingtower's affairs, and that he was secretary to the "Flying-Kite Machine."—Cries of (" Question.") A SHAREHOLDER rose to order. He considered that these allu sions had no relation to the affairs of that Company. Dr. PHILLIMORE said Mr. Columbine had made grave and un founded charges against Sir 11. Chicester ; they had heard one side, and were in duty bound to hear the other. The CHAIRMAN proceeded, after some interruption, to read a letter he had received from Mr. Columbine, referring to several members of the provisional committee, as a proof of his respectability and talent. He laid this letter before the committee, and they imme diately dismissed, him from the office he held. • (Sir Bruce was about to refer to a pamphlet published by Mr. Columbine and to ether mat ters, but he cave way to repeated calls of Question, question.") With respect to the charges about the cheques, he read the following statement :—"Dec. 8, received from Currie and Co., balance of cash, 1,135/. 9s. 10d.; Dec. 10, paid into Strahan and Co., 1,1351. 9s. 10d., on account of the Company ; Exchequer-bills, same date, 11,600/." Was this putting their money into his pocket?—(Loud cheers.) He did it under the advice of Mr. Columbine, in order to forward the in terests of the Company.—(Loud cheers ) Then with respect to the purchase of shares, he admitted he did it, but it was a common practice by stock-brokers, and he was ready to bear his share in the responsibity. Mr. COHEN said he had been connected with the Stock Exchange all his lifetime, and it was a most improper practice, and one which the authorities of. the Stock Exchange would not countenance. The CHAIRMAN said the shares were purchased with a view to compensate Mr. Columbine's bill.---(Hear.) Mr. COHEN wished to know why they bought 1,000 shares, when they had 62,000 now on hand? Who were the brokers that bought them ? The CHAIRMAN said, because they did not wish to pay Mr. Colum bine themselves. Who was to pay the 1/. 7s. 6d. per share if they had not done this ? Mr. COHEN said Dr. Blundell had told him that he had received 5121. 10s. from the finance committee, of which Sir H. Pym, Mr. Healy, Mr. Evans, Mr. Spicer, and Mr. Sharp, were members, to purchase shares with, and that they were purchased at the Hall of Commerce. From this it appeared that the finance committee had jobbed in the shares of the Company with their money. Then ho wished to know by whose authority Lord Mexborough was placed on the provisional committee? Mr. Aticaum stated that Mr. Clark supplied Mr. Columbine with the names of several parties, on the understanding that if they were placed on the provisional committee 2';o shares should be allotted to each. Dr. PnuximonE said he was one of the three in which they had placed confidence at the last meeting, and he had suffered much an noyance in his anxiety to, carry out their wishes. He then detailed the labours of the committee and drew attention to the fact that charges had been made amounting to 6,4291., which by their exertions had been reduced to about 3,0001. When they found Mr. Braith waite's plans and sections defective they considered that to serve the necessary notices at an expense of 2,0001. would be like ;throwing money to that amount away.—(Cheers.) They were advised not to incur any additional expense and to go into Parliament as a project, but they were not allowed to do so this session in consequence of the alteration of the standing orders. He received a letter from Mr. Columbine, raying that he should recommend the provisional com mittee not to pay their deposits in order to embarrass the labours of the committee they had appointed. Mr. COLUMBINE They were my clients.— (Hisses and great up roar) There was a flaw in the letter of allotment. Dr. PulLLimolz said that did not come with much delicacy from him. Then there were enormous bills for advertisements.—(" Name the papers.") They_were made out to Mr. Columbine, who when dismissed offered to give the parties written orders in the name of the Company. Mr. COLUMBINE at first denied this, but afterwards said in one or two cases he had given orders, because be had previously given verbal orders. Dr. PUILLiMORE then proceeded to say that when they were en trusted with their affairs they considered that they ought to put a stop to all unnecessary expenses. They had defied Mr. Columbine's menaces of resigning his office and of throwing their affairs into Chancery,and would still defy them, because his demands were unfair. The board had done nothing to bind them to give 8501. to Mr. Columbine; the attempt was made, but he and Mr. Chambers resisted it and succeeded. Sir Bruce Chicester, Mr. Chambers, and himself having laboured with great assiduity In their service, with great per sonal obloquy, having been placarded, and had passages reflecting en their character extracted from newspapers, and letters sent to their residences, he would ask them if they would pass a vote of censure on them?—(Loud cheers.) Sir H. PYII explained that he sanctioned the purchasing of file shares, but that he did not realise a shilling by the transaction, nor, on his honour, anything from the funds of the Company, Dr. Blun dell had acted in a most extraordinary and improper way whilst he held the office of Secretary. Dr. BLUNDELL said, he held the paper referred to under legal ad vice. He could not understand why he was stated to have money belonging to the Company in his hands. Mr. NEILD said they ought to pass a resolution empowering the Directors to take steps to enforce the payment of the deposits by those to whom shares had been allotted. _ . Mr. EADY answered, that by putting an end to the Company they would involve the three Directors, to whom they were much in debted, and themselves in innumerable Chancery suits. There appeared a great difference of opinion whether they should at once dissolve the Company, or carry it on, in order to obtain the deposits referred to. Some called " Divide, divide," whilst others shouted and hissed vociferously at Mr. Columbine, who rose to ad dress the meeting. The question was put whether he should be heard or not, but a decided and boisterous negative was the response. The following resolution was then adopted, scarcely with a dis sentient voice :—" That the report be adopted, and that the com mittee be authorised to prosecute with vigour such measures as they may be advised to take for recovering from the defaulting members of the provisional committee the deposit and the shares agreed to be taken by them; and that this meeting approve of the steps which have been taken in resisting the actions of Mr. Braithwaite and Mr. Abraham, and to empower the, committee to take such further means as shall be necessary for bringing the differences of these gentlemen with the Company to a satisfactory conclusion." Mr. Vallance's amendment was of course negatived. This stormy meeting which lasted nearly four hours and a half, then separated, after passing a vote of thanks to the directors. OBSERVER- OFFICE, 169, STRAND.—With a view to furnish full particulars of the highly important achievements in India, the Observer purposes publishing a gratuitous half-sheet Sup plement of twenty folio columns on Sunday next, March 1. The price of the Observer (including the Supplement) Sixpence. A Mon day afternoon . Edition of the Observer is regularly published at Four o'clock, which edition is best adapted for the country and readers abroad. The Observer was the journal that first announced the in tended alteration in the corn-laws, and which paper has in its subse quent numbers anticipated all the official movements in progress, connected with that highly importantmeasure. EXTENSIVE FIRE fN THE SOUTHWARK-BRIDGE -ROAD. —On Tuesday, shortly after eleven o'clock, a fire broke out on the large range of premises in the occupation of Messrs. W. W. and R Brook, tallow-melters and chandlers, Southwark -bridge-road. From the easily ignitable character of the stock, the melting house, where it is said the fire kindled, was soon in a blaze, and though assistance was upon the spot the flames obtained a formidable head before any effective aid could be rendered. The fire was seen to yield to the judicious exertions of the firemen by twelve o'clock, and in another quarter of an hour all further fear of its extension was allayed. TROTTING.—Tuesday the match between Mr. Rus sell ana Mr. Jenks to trot their horses, came off on Sunbury-com mon, the contest causing considerable betting in the sporting world. The match was to trot in harness over five miles of road for a stake of 1001. ; an unusual quantity of spectators being present at the race; the horses having been harnessed to light match carts, and starting at a rattling pace, performed the first mile well together, in three minutes and twelve seconds. Mr. Russell's horse then took the lead, and after a splitting race, the match was brought to a conclusion by his cob coming in the winner, covering the distance in NOTsntega palatltti. . SOUTIINVELL. LOWDHAM. NEWARK. BESIGHA3L EAST LEASE. TOTAL. Majority for Hildyard ... 552 MR. HILDYARD'S COMMITTEE REPORT. SUTTON-UPON-TRENT. dyard ... coin ... ... 286 ... ... 98 SOUTIIWELL. Hildyard ... ... Lincoln ... ... ... ... 232 ... ... 124 LOWDHAM. llildyard ... ... Lincoln ... ... NEWARK. Hildyard Lincoln ... BINGHAM. ~. ... 206 .. ... 198 Hildyard ... ... Lincoln ... ••• ... 429 EAST LEASE. TOTAL. II il dyard ••• ... ... 1,502 Lincoln •• • .•• ... 945 Majority for Ilildyard 557 SOUTH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE ELECTION. NORTHAMPTON, FEB. 24.—The election of a Member, in the room of W. B. Cartwright, Esq., resigned, took place in this town, at ten o'clock this morning, in the County-hall. Tha HIGH:SHERIFF having opened the proceedings, Sir H. DRYDEN proposed Captain Vyse as a fit and proper person to represent the Southern Division of the county of Northampton. The Hon. Baronet, who was slightly interrupted, spoke strongly in favour of protection to agriculture. JonN MANINO, Esq., President of the Northamptonshire Agricul tural Protection Society, briefly seconded the nomination. No other candidate being proposed, the High Sheriff declared the election to have fallen on Captain Vyse. Captain VISE then expressed his firm attachment to the principle of protection, and his devotion to the welfare of the Established Church, in whose faith he had been brought up, and whose institu tions he had been taught to admire. He assured his constituents that his best exertions should always be used to forward their inte rests in connexion with the interests of their common country. • RAILWAY LITIGATION.—We are given to understand that the actions of Messrs. Lewis and Lowe against the Leicester and Tamworth Junction Railway Company, and the Oxford, Witney, Cheltenham, and Gloucester Inde pendent Railway Company, for advertisi ng , th e l ast o f which stood for trial on the 19th instant, have been stopped, by those Companies paying in full. This is as it ought to be. Mr. Leader, it is said, does not intend to stand again for the representation.of Westminster. TUE NEW PLANET.— The recently-discovered planet, Astraa, was observed from Morton-place Observatory on two suc cessive nights in the beginning of this week. It is at present in the constellation Taurus, rather below the middle of the line joining Aldebaran and the Hyades. It is a companion of the four Asteroids —Vests, Juno, Ceres, and Pallas, whose orbits are situated between those of Mars and Jupiter. When examined with the powerful New tonian it appears no larger than one of Jupiter's satellites. Its right ascension of 64 deg. 56 min., and its declination north 16 deg. 40 min. —Kilmarnock Journal. SUMMARY CONVICTIONS.—By a return issued on Saturday (procured by Captain Pechell), it seems that in the year ending Michaelmas, 1844, there were 35,749 summary convictions filed with the c erks of the peace. In the counties of England there were 21,979, and in the counties of Wales 1,459, making 23,433 in counties. In boroughs in England and W a l es th e num b er was 12,311. In Middlesex the number was 220. The largest number was in Lancaster, where 1,332 summary convictions were Bled. RETURN of MURDERS.—A communication has been directed to all the Coroners throughout England, by the Home Secre tary, Sir James Graham, calling upon them to make returns of all murders that have been committed since the Ist January, 1842, in England, with a view to an intended legislative enactment on the subject. STRIKE AMONG THE ENGINEERS, MILLWRIGHTS, AND SMlTlM—During the last few days the whole of the London mecha nics connected with the various extensive engineering establishments have been in a state of great commotion, in consequence of the whole body of the trade having struck work, for the purpose of getting the masters to sign an agreement to allow them to leave off at four o'clock on Saturdays, and to be paid their full time. A LEGAL WITTICISM.—In the course of Sir Thomas Wilde's argument on Monday at the bar of the House of Lords, in Wood's appeal case, the Learned Counsel had occasion to refer to a case in the books in which a rat is stated to have mutilated a will. Lord Brougham—" The rat is a surprising animal ; but I was not before aware that it ever practised as a conveyaneer.:l knew it to be fond of shifting uses." "It is," interposed the Lord Chancellor, " fonder of corn." " Doubtless," rejoined Lord Brougham, "it is very fond of corn." ANOTHER RESIGNATION.—The Hon. Captain Gordon, M.P. for Aberdeenshire, announces to his constituents that he has seen it his duty, in reference to the present measure of Government, to take his stand on the side of protection to the native industry of the country ; and, in order to leave himself free and unfettered on the subject of the corn-laws, has resigned his seat at the Admiralty Board. DEPARTURE OF THE FOREIGN MAILS.—The following notice was on Tueslay affixed at the General Post-office, St. Martin's le-Grand :—West Indies : For the British Colonies (except Honduras and :Bermuda), the foreign colonies (except Havannah), and includes New Grenada, Venezuela, and Madeira, will be dispatched from Southampton, by the Trent, on the 2d Mar ch. Made ira , Bra zils, Buenos Ayres, &c., from Southampton, by her Majesty's b r i g Crane, on the 3d March. India : Gibraltar, Greece, lonian Isles, Malta, Egypt, Ceylon, India, and China, on the 3d March. Lisbon, Madeira, Spain, and ,Gibraltar, on the 27th instant. America, Mexico, Honduras, Havannah, by the Hibernia from Liverpool, on the 3d March. Sydney and New South Wales, by the Agincourt from Liverpool, on the 28th instant. Holland, by the General Steam Packet Company's steamer Columbine on Wednesday, 25th inst., llamburgh, by the General Steam Compel y's vessel the Princess Royal, same day. ICING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL —Yesterday, at three o'clock, the annual general Court of Governors of King's College Hos pital, which was numerously attended, was held in the board room of the institution, to receive the past annual report, ending the 31st of December last ; Mr. G. Thornton in the chair. The report of the committee showed that the receipts amounted to 5,4461. 10s., 'mind ing 3,5331. 1 ls. donations, 1,1701. 3s. annual subscriptions, and 3001., a contribution from the Holborn Estate CompanY, which is to be annual. The expenses reached 6,2501. 145., leaving a balance of 804/. 2s. against the treasurer. to meet which there were Exchequer bills, cash at the bankers, Ste., amounting to 1,242/.Bs. 2d., which would produce a balance in favour of the hospital of 438/, Bs. 2d. There has been an increase of 3,300 'patients in comparison with the returns of the previous year. The in-patients amounted to 1,160, and the out-patients (including 382 poor married women, attending at their confinement), were 15,933, making the total number of appli cants 17,093, exclusive of numerous minor casualties, and there were then 106 patients in the hospital. The report was received and adopted, when, thanks having been voted to the chairman, the court broke up. THE RECENT CASE OF ASSASSINATION. —On Tuesday afternoon the remains of Mr. Bostock, the unfortunate man who was shot on Monday week by his apprentice, Thomas Wicks, were con signed to the grave in the burial-ground of old St. Pancras-road, in the presence of a vast concourse of persons. The crowd in Drury lane was so great as to require the presence of a large body of the F division of police to keep order. REPRESENTATION OF THE EASTERN DIVISION OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE.-GLOUCESTER, MONDAY. —A large meeting of the electors of the eastern division of this county was held here to-day, for the purpose of taking into consideration the best means of secur ing a proper representative for the county, under the circumstance of Mr. Charteris' resignation. The Mayer, H. Hughes, Esq , was called to the chair. The meeting was addressed by E. Holland, Esq., E. Hanfred, Esq., and Samuel Bowly, Esq., and passed a resolution, pledging themselves to make preparations.for a general election. The speakers exprected their regret that Mr. Charteris had thought it necessary to resign his seat on the call that had been made to him by a few protectionists, and that the Liberals were not at the present moment prepared to bring payra,r4 any candidate in oppezitiou tp MArilliA Of Wine !tor , R✓ - ~, --~~.. :- ~w.. .. ..~........_ MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was quiet, but steady. Sales, 4,000 bales, including 1,000 American on speculation. There was no change in prices. Shares were dull, and generally drooping. There are not any late arrivals in the City this morning. It is now pretty clear, as we have anticipated, that the de • bate on the corn-laws, will not be concluded before Satur day morning next. Not only do the merchants of Liverpool, as referred to in the House of Commons last night, take a deep interest in the early settlement of the corn-law question, but those of the City of London and elsewhere, are equally desir ous of having a definitive vote upon this most important topic. _ _ _ _ The English Securities show no signs of an alteration, and are dull still. The small purchase of ale Chancery broker, and the daily investment by the Govern ment broker, serve to maintain prices, as although Thursday's settlement is expected to be Bullish, there is no inclination on the part of the public to make investmeats. Bank Stock has been 208%, being not quite so good as yesterday. The New Three-and. a-Quarter per Cents. have been 98% to 97 1 %, being lower; a railway company is said to be a seller. Console are 95 3 / 4 to 96 for money, and 95% to 96 for time. The premium on Exche quer-bills is 365. to 38s. The Foreign Bonds are totally neglected. Portuguese Four per Cents. are down to 58 to 58 3 / 4 . Brazilian Stock has been at 83%. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 59%, and the Four per Cents. 95 to lA. Shares are flat again to-day. BRITISH FUNDS. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock .. .. • . • • • • 208% 208'4 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 961 4 % 90% Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 95% 3 4 96 56 New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. inns. 98 1 / 4 97% 97 Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10 11-16 9-16 % 10 India Bonds, 1,0001. .. Ditto, under 1,0001. South Sea Stock .. Ditto Old Annuities Consols fur Account .. 96 95% Exchequer Bills. 130. l%d. 1,0001... • • •• .. 38 3G -- pm. 5001. .. • • 36 —— pm. Ditto, Small •• .. 36 38 pm. ONE FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 83 3 4 Ditto, New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 .. Ditto, Small .. • • .. • • • • Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent .. Portuguese Four per Cents .. 58 3 4 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 59% Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 95 1 4 BUSINESS CLOSING PAID. DONE AT PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES OF RAILWAY SIIARES. .. 38 p CLOSING PRICES. 83% Aberdeen.. and Oxford Junctio ' n le 2 — 2;4 Caledonian .. .. 10 .... 13% 1 A Ditto, Half Shares .. 2 .... 8%)4 Ditto, Extension .. 2 1 4 .... 2 1 .(...... Chester and Holyhead .. 20 .... 2114 • ..... • • Direct Manchester (Remington's) 2%.... 11; Direct Manchester (Rastrick's) .. 5 a .... .... Direct Northern .. 2 1 A 1. 4 . . Dublin and Galway .. 4 .... 3/ Eastern Counties .. 141. 165. .... 21% % Ditto New ......Si. 16s. .... p Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1. 61 13s. 4d. . Ditto, ditto, .. .. No. 2. 61. 13s. 4d. %p • • Ditto, York Extension .. 105..... 1% IA .. Eastern Union .. 25 Do. Ipswich & Bury St.Edinuncla 614 7 1 / 2 East Lincolnshire .. 1 1 ,4 .... 21/a Goole, Doneast., and iheffield, &c. 425. Ip. . . Great Eastern and Western .. 21A .. Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 15 .... 21 Great Western .. 85 .. .. 150 149.. ..... Ditto, Half Shares .. .. 50 .... 84 83 Ditto, Quarter Shares 5 .... 17 .••• • • .. Lancaster and Carlisle .. .. 35 .... 55 Ditto, New .. 5 .... 10 1 % . Leicester and Bedford .......... 225..... dis Liverp., Manch., & Newc. Junct. .... 3% .... • • .... London ani Birmingham , .100 .. —222 224 222.... Ditto Thirds .. 16 .... 491 ..... Ditto Quarters .. 2 .... 271, 2614 .... Ditto Fifths .. 2 .... 24 25 .. .. 25% London and Bla.ckwall 161. 13s. 4d. 834 . Ditto New .. • • 4 3 ,4 .• ........ 414 London and Brighton .. .. 50 .... 64% 65 1 8 64% 64% London and Croydon .. .. 131. 15s. 9d. 21 3 /, 22 . . 22 Ditto, Guarant. Five per Cent. 9 .... 10 . London and South-Western.. 411. 6s. 10d. Ditto, New . 12%.... 23 1 % London and York .. 2% .... 3%36 . Manchester and Leeds .. 82 .... .......... • Ditto Extension 425..... 336 3 p...... Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 . .. .. • ...... Ditto, Quarter Shares (A) • . 4 ••.• .. •••• • . • • Ditto, Quarter Shares (B) 2 .... . Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. .. • . •......... Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... 2% Midland .. _lO9 ....146%.......... IDitto, New .. .. 18 .... 32 Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 25 .... 43% . Ditto, New .. 1 .... 10% ... Newcastle and Berwick .. .. 10 .... 21 34 • ...... Newry and Enniskillen .. 234.... 1 ,4 • • North British .. .. 20 .... 27 1 ,4.. • • Ditto, Half Shares .. .. 6 .... 9% 1 4 Ditto, Dalkeith 25 .... 31% .......... North Devon .. .. 2 .... 1 North Kent and Direct Dover • • 234....2% . North Staffordshire .. 425. • ... 3% p.. • • ... Norwich and Brandon .. .. 18 .... . s ... a.......... 24.... 1%.......... Ditto. New Pertk and Inverness • • .. Portsmouth Direct .. .. 3% ....... Rugby and Huntingdon .. I .... 1% Scottish Central .. . .. Ditto New .• .. • • • • • • 2% •• • • 83,E .......... Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 2% .... 3 Shropshire Union 425..... die...... % dis South Midland 425..... 2% 2% P•• • • 2 % p South Staffordshire Junction .. South Eastern and Dovor .. • • 33% .. • • ...... Do., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. .... 3% ........ South Wales .. .. 5 .... 5%.% . Swans. & Loughor & Cameron's.. 2 .... 2% .• •••• • • • • Tean and Dove Valley.. 1% 074% Trent Valley 5 •• . Trent Valley and Holyhead June. 2%.... 1 .. . . Wexford, Waterford, & Valentia .... 1 ..... Welsh Midland .. 2%.... 1%.. York and Carlisle .. .. .... 2% . ..... York cod North Midland .. 50 .... . Ditto. Extension .. .. 15 .... 32% 32 Do. E. and W. Riding Exten.•. 1 .... 10, • FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. .. 10 .... 11.14% Bord., Toul., & Cette (Mackenzie) 2 .... Ditto, ditto (Espelete) .. 2 .... Dendre Valley .. .. 2 .... % Dutch Rhenish .. 5 ..... East Indian .. . ss. .... 1 ........ • . Grt. North. of France Constituted 5 .... 15% %; • Great Indian Peninsular .. ss. .... l/ .. Milan and Austrian .. .. 3 .... Lyons and Avignon .. .. 2 .... . ..... Luxembourg • . . .. 4 .. 2% 3 A • ..... Madrid and Valentia .. 2 .... 1 Namur and Liege .. .. 4 .... ........ •• Orleans and Vierzen .. 10 .... 18 Orleans and Bordeaux .. 6 .... 11% Paris and Orleans .. 20 .... 50% 51 ...... Paris and Rouen .. 20 .... 40% JOINT-STOCK BANKS. London Joint-Stock • • .. 10 .... 14 ••••• • • • • • MINES. Real del Monte, Unregistered .. .... 4 ••• • • • •• • LLOYD'S SHIPPING. Lotenox, FEB. 25.—Wind S., light airs and cloudy. DEAL, FEB. 24.—Wind S., moderate.—Arrd. Robert Small, Wil liams, Calcutta; Duke of Cornwall, Whitehead. Calcutta; Helen Mary, Calcutta; John Line, Edwards, Calcutta; Mary, Africa; Louise Sophie, Sweening, Rio Janeiro, for Hamburgh ; Louise, Bahia ; Gladiator, Bunting, New York ; Caroline, Batavia. Arrd. from the river, Eagle, Calcutta. Sld. 24, St. James, New York. JERSET.—SId. 23, Trust Vaulter, Rio Janeiro. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 24.—Wind S.S.W., ftesh.—Arrd, Buenos Ayrian, Colin, Manilla ; Parsee Merchant, Poole, New Orleans ; Lapland, Walker, New Orleans ; Plata, Buss, New York. Sld. Windermere, Tanner, Africa; Sarah, Laidley, Valparaiso. The Larpent, West, from China to Cork, in proceeding down the Woosung, on the sth of December, grounded on the mud ; floated off with rudder braces injured, and expected would be lightened to repair them. The Gloria and Loeswitz, hence to Stettin, was driven on shore in Dundrum Bay on the 22d inst. ; crew saved. The schooner Spark, of Belfast, was totally wrecked near Puffin Island this morn ing ; crew saved. A barque under close-reefed maintopsail and double-reefed spanker, with the words " Sinking—stone, &c." and also seemingly " Lydia" chalked on her side, pumps constantly going, the English ensign union down, the jack half mast, and other signals of distress flying, was fallen in with 22d ult., lat. 33, lon. 61, by the Lapland, Walker, arrd. here from New Orleans, which bore down to her and rounded too close under the ler, but was unable to render any active assistance from the heavy gale blowing at the time ; the Lapland drifted rapidly to leeward and lost sight of the barque during the night. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 24.—The Neal Fame, Ruffin', of and for Malta, from Newcastle, which put in here leaky, was laid on the Wages in the Camber yesterday, bilged and filled, has been surveyed and con demned. A hogshead of Hollands, marked "A. B. and Co., No. 6," was picked up in the Channel by the Industrie, from Fecamp. STANOATE CREEIC.—Arrd. New City of Cork, Hobbs, Beyrout. COWES, FEB. 24.—Arrd. Cynthia, Goldsworthy, Pernambuco ; Adolphus Sowter, Sunderland for Pairnbeeuf, leaky, and with pumps choked. SALCOMBE, FEB. 23.—Arrd. Lady Brougham, Forbes, leaky, loss of sails, &c., and part sf cargo thrown overboard. SCILLY, FEB. 16.-81 d. Bosphorus, Tregarthen, St. Helena. OFF LIVERPOOL, FEB. 24.—Wallace, Callao; Isabella, Thompson. CLYDE, FEB. 22.—Arrd. Rowley, Ewing, Demerara. Coax, FEB. 22.—Arrd. Woodstock, Nicholson, Mauritius ; St. George, Wright, Mauritius. HULL, FEB. 24.—Wind W.S.W., strong.—Sld. 23d, Condor,Whit ting, Venezuela ; Matrona, Jargensen, West Indies. 24. Constan tin, Hunter, Greenland. STRANGFORD, FEB. 2l.—The Northumbrian Maid, M'Ferran, from Liverpool to Londonderry, struck on the rocks at Claughey, in the river this morning, and filled with the tide—part of the cargo saved. The Douro, Mathews, from Cadiz and Liverpool to the Clyde, struck on Kerney Point this morning, and it is feared will go to pieces. Coax, FEB. 22.—The Briton, Stovin, from Tangiers, has put in here leaky, and must discharge. A new Roman Catholic chapel has been opened at Bridgewater. A NEW DIsEASE.—A physician of Vienna has dis covered a new and terrible disease, to which the workmen in lucifer match manufactories alone are exposed. It commences with pains in the teeth and cheek bones, and breaking out openly on the re moval of a tooth, when it inflames the periosteum of the jaw-bones, gangrenes, and, produces an injurious caries, causing consumption, and tills painfully putting an end to the sufferer's life. The cause of the disease is supposed to be the arsenic in the phosphorus. An offi cial inquiry is ordered.—Cologne Gazette. The Bey of Tunis has issued an edict declaring the blacks throughout his dominions free. A LADY JOCKEY.—At the great steeple chase in Gallia (La Croix de Berny), on 19th April, a second Mrs. Thornhill, it is expected, will jump into the pigskin, and contest the break neck for 30,000 francs. " The lioness" has hitherto had her roarings listened to with deference; what will be the re , uit when she enounces in unmentionables? We have again to express our thanks to the spirited proprietor of The Sun, and to Ms agent In Glasgow, Mr. Ruther glen, for their attention in forwarding to us regularly during this week, by express, The Sun, bringing down the debates in the House of Commons on Sir Robert Peel's proposals, to a much later hour than any other of ther evening papers. These exertions cannot fall to be appreciated by the public.—Greenock Advertiser. The West Riding contributions to the League fund are now upwards of 38,0001.-Bh/field Mercury. Tuesday was the birth-day of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, who completes his 72d year. _ . It is rumoured that Major- General Lord Saltoxin K.C.B. and G.C.8., is to have the 55th Regiment, vacant by the de cease of General Sir William Clinton, G.C.B. THE COCKERMOUTH AND WORKINGTON EXTENSION RAlLwAv.—This railway Bill passed the standing orders of the House of Commons on Monday; length 15 miles; commencing at Coct,er• mouth, and terminating at Keswick, forming the fit sr section of the Lake District Railway. The estimated cost is 195.000/ The engineer is John Harris, Esq., and the agents Dyson and Hall. DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT CHELMSFORD, ESSEX.— On Monday morning, about three o'clock, police-constable 147 was alarmed by hearing a loud noise and screaming ; and on hasten ing to the spot from where it proceeded, found that the roof of the house of Mr. John Wright Graves, a butcher, of Conduit-street ,had fallen in. He immediately gave an alarm, when Police Superinten dents May and Oakley, accompanied by seven other constables, were on the spot. On the superintendents entering the premises, they found Mr. Graves and his son, a child about three years old, buried in the ruins ; but fortunately for his wife, a large piece of timber, in falling, fell against the wall, and kept the tiles from falling on her. After about an hour's exertions by the superintendents and consta bles, assisted by other persons, deceased and his son were got out. Messrs. Bird and Copeland, surgeons, were on the spot, but could render no assistance, life being quite extinct. Mr. Thompson, a so licitor, residing near deceased's house, very kindly received deceased's wife and seven children into his house, and rendered all the assist ance in his power to ameliorate the sufferings of the poor wife and children. Too much praise cannot be given to Superintendants May and Oakley for their promptitude and exertions, together with the men under their charge. It appeared that the roof of the house was under repair, and the builder, on stripping it, deposited the materials Oil the r(Kti9Ter the room *ore clemincl anti hip wife Pad OM OPpt. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen held a Court and Privy Council yesterday afternoon at Buckingham Palace. At the Court, Sarim Effendi, Ottoman Ambassador, 135,1 an audenee of the Queen to take leave. Baron Dedel, Netherlands Minister, ha d an aud ence of her Majesty on his return from the C ontineat: Their Excellencies were respectively intro d u ced Di the Right Honourable Sir James Graham, 13 ' l r ile ffieiating f o r the Earl of Aberdeen) one of her DA!: je . stv's principal Secreteries of State, and conducted by Sir Robert Chester, Master of the Ceremonies. tp Sir Thomas Cartwright, G.C.H., was presented Sit the Queen, at an aulence, by the Right lion. James Graham, on his return, on leave of absence, fr om his mission. 00 Mr. Mandeville was presented to her Majesty, 0- audience, by the Right Hon. Sir James Graham, e 0 return from his mission to Buenos Ayres. TV The Privy Council was attended by his Royal ness Prince Albert, the Lord President, the Lord rig% Seal, the Commander-in-Chi. f, the First Lord of t;; ‘ , Treasury, the Secretaries of State for the 1 405 1, 11 of Colonial Departments, the Chancellor of the D ue ' tike Lancaster, the President of the Board of Tr ade l i ord Postmaster-General, the Secretary-at-War, the 0' tb• Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Mas ter Horse, and the Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert.tiis At the Counail, the Most Honourable James st r ., l l a of Ahercorn, and the Honourable James Are'i;orti Stuart Wortley were, by command of the Queen' ~e-sol of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Connell' took their respective places Bat the Board. f s The Honourable Williamurst was the Cl er the Council in waiting. e rlsi s ' The Queen gave audiences to the Lord Chanibe - Sir James Graham, the Duke of Wellington, tbe of 13uccleuch, and Sir Robert Peel. v iotr The Court was attended by the Marquis of 1 4° derry, Gold Stick in Waiting ; the Vice-Chemher4 the Treasurer of the Household, Lord Glenlyon, in Waiting, and Colonel Drummond, Groom in s f ill Yesterday (Ash Wednesday), Divine servitbee, performed in the private chapel, Buckingham •':/;c0, The Hon. Rev. C. Leslie Courcenay officiated• go service was performed yesterday in the ChePel tbt St. James's. „ The Queen and Prince Albert promen aded bet garden yesterday morning. ed't Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Ken t visi Majesty yesterday. D at il° The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, s r cii° Princess Alice, were taken their accustomed el° yesterday in the pleasure-grounds of the Palace' borsr His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out 0 0 d io back yesterday, attended by Colonel Wylda, Eq ue Waiting. Ist er The royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace , Y obe so day evening, included her Royal Highness the 13 „, ar qd of Kent, the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, the 0- ` ;o elt , of Abercorn, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de the Earl Delawarr, the Right Hon. T. Pembertea L7lO Colonel the Right Hon. G. L. Dawson Darner , 1113 of Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay. 00 5 0 Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Du, ° Cambridge, and the Princess Mary, returne d to I.'"e el Tuesd The a Lord even Chain Csb l r l3 g. Chancellor gave a dinner to the 11„4 inG e° Ministers, yesterday evening, at his residenc e, street, Hanover-square. ,iced ° i/ Sir Joseph and Lady Charlotte Copley the Farrance's Hotel, Belgrave-street, yesterdsfy , seat, Sprotb3rough, near Doncaster. O ,IIC THE ROYAL POLYTEC INSTITUTION. i Lb t/3e , The directors of the above establishment, fr,,i1,0), usual good taste and judgment, have erected s 11 : te r sod a large gallery for the purpose of testing the i gi t o J very beautiful contrivance, which is now ex";-, 0 10011 0 .‘ for which a patent has been vented to a Mr. ,- 0 ,0 d America. This model is' for the purpose 01 l i dery. and descending inclined planes on railways, s ll _, cl d ) iiio ll go . l will completely do away with deep cuttings 11 ".„ e of ", i i , and that too without the aid of stationary ent o so: , ip of the contrivances at present resorted to. 1. ' 0 6 0 7 siderable saving in the outlay is effected, asp , ii ile. el) some instances to as much as 150,000 1 . Pe r ' - t hro ti 4o pending upon the surface of the country t e 0 ' y which the railway passes. The arrargeie, en i o g P i 0 0 merely of a number of horizontal rollers A y e ,bitoe: o ,4 between the rails of the gradients, and an t''. wits a; t he ` 4 O screw placed underneath, and travelling wit" n $(..0i0 • motive. While running upon a level plain th t d 0 , 40 1 at rest, and the power of the engine is exe!„ ()Obi; ordinary cases—namely, by the adhesion of Oa:, 009 wheels to the rail—but the moment it arrives ci ` of o r of the gradient the drawing wheels are lift p e r ted tt Y rails, and the whole power of the steam is e % ; es of the screw, the thread of which being made 'f ee d eo ; tween the rollers, enables the engine to ! 1 % 0 01 0 0 gradient, no matter how steep. The model ' an d o icl , a large scale, the rails being about 70 feet loef' o f W dfi 4 the form of a regular curled arch, some pa r , S t 1 3 0 0 0 consist of gradients rising one in six , or eirotioo9, or feet per mile ; yet, with this fearful ilie' l ip g o ° o o l little locomotive ascends and descends, draw_..ageto; two passengers with apparent ease. The trey 011 certainly does credit to the inventor, and w e bid e he will meet such reward as this inventioo to insure. 0 1, - " FRENCH PLAYS—ST. J.- 01 . i THEATRE.iIi e ' r t r ot 0‘ M. Felix, perhaps the most finished vaudeville O„ „ a ,step'", made his debut here on Monday, as Robin, in k" oi spo",,ey Diable. He is certainly a great actor, possessing, in a. a s t° . r clel'ol l degree, the power of so throwing himself into his Par,: os t° 4 , le,pi were all personal identity. He is an artiste of the IlL ici cow i p t/ style being exquisitely refined, and thoroughlY !,` l l o 3l,a, g oliV polished ; he is at the same time as effervescent as v_,,,, s ill 0 e in his general style reminded us of what EllLstea 7„ o o o.f is. days. He is, moreover, an excellent singer, and ' o f re • t ill e mirably. His success was complete, and to all love fis' a o lectual acting we can promise a great treat if they ,0. James's during the engagement of M. Felix. The llau in every part. ----- ' , I -CP SPORTING INTELLIG-6' , of .50'4 6" l f BETTING AT MANCHESTER:4I7,7,a ao c lll` i CHESTER Cur.-20 to 1 agst Sweetmeat (tasi sis zg eP ) ; wards offered)-22 to 1 agst Best Bower- 22 , t° Tbe l 'i e r t ) maid-23 to 1 agst Whinstone-25 to 1 ass : Fitz,,,,s' ie te . d 33 to 1 agst Miss Burns (taken)-35 to 1 agn"„ s t u"t 17 to 1 agst Colleen Dhas (taken)-50 to 1 A t i tl o l 01, 4 0; (taken)-50 to 1 agst Crim Con (taken) s v t ssfq", Elie (taken). A strong disposition to bet ag a . aroc 3fli g tl' i . 4 DERBY.-5 to 1 agst Sting-15 to 1 agst P ast , b itt`'X 1 agst lago-30 to 1 agst Spithead-33 to a ss t T'lsti" (taken and afterwards offered)-30 to 1 ~0 0 „4 (taken)-59 to 1 asst Nutleaf—fr to 1 ag st '' / to 1 agst Lord Exeter's lot. -t 1 1 1 ) OAKS. —9 to 1 agst Vanish-12 to 1 ag' ketl ' (' 1 agst Fantastic-20 to 1 agst Mendicant (ts Deger LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CHASE.-6 to 1 agst St. —3 to 1 agst Lancet (taken). e/ '-e- fa* fi ° A s, ~,, •,f1 ,;,: " METROPOLITAN BENEFIT SoCIETY S he 30,,: „ On Monday evening the fifth anniversary 0.f."-Tott'",-; this valuable institution was celebrated at -1'11 . % Oil e r r4; t ;e John of Jerusalem Rosomond-street, Clerkeo:llAepPe,„,"ll,4' seventy gentlemen sat down to a su bstao r t°", i villi s ' nd reflected great credit to theavorthy host. Ai. s r . ., gel: fi', presided as chairman, and Was supported tvc o .sh es rottf• land, Phillips, Bowles, Ridley, Hunter, and . 0 00g e ctil, the usual loyal toasts had been drank, the eh r , 3 e ' lle ft,, r , Ct.,4') in a neat speech, the " Metropolitans - 0 , su, der;" After which, Mr. Phillips sang the " Ivy re . e s ocittis s itfl t acknowledged the great assistance the pareo' at s ot'' 00/ from the auxiliaries. " Prosperity to the beoebv of el scribing to the institution,' was replied to. ', of. cl' ) U , who expressed himself pleased at the e:.s.ertiotinor tP o ct e mittee. The healths of Lord Robert Grosv e b it;ct,' Ot t tt! man, deputy chairman, Mr. Ridley, the er c oo see' v 'ss '4 , Gilbert, the collector, were respectively' Pt ° r : 8 ,5 r ei , li' dill verally responded to, amid much apPle s r e , e 'bes t • e o g t)! "Foresters," " Loyal United Friends," ' l'i a " b lll Cole:A Druis, " Old Friends," and all ordel s orO e.l' d r Funds." Mr. Buckland proposed the healw avo urs o odl / excellent secretary, for his unceasing end e ,, ro ieg e veo , ",,r e o from the different orders the right of he c „.",fter s o ii"":.ce for the benefits of the institution,. whierp be 3 v ia; i exertions, he successfully carried; Mr. C°L e epee i n3 doll e ,:' s ilee t o De. ~. ceived with great enthusiasm. After b oo , be Al. restored, Mr. Cole returned thanks for tbe te co on, ' A ll?' tt i and expressed himself ever ready to Pt° r . lici tite ti oo o V his power the interesting object of tbe 0 15 0.0p ers ao ill,1: pleasure it afforded him in receiving the. c of th e ;o, lll' vj I committee in carrying out the combinati °- e eve i ' o eo li 3 Several songs were sung in the course of t h e enters ,iv en' .I' o , company broke up at a late hour, high l y 10,4 , proceedings. W ere 'oe s P J ef NEw ANCHOR. —A few days ago we li gesi t o 4 ,10 cl 1 • CaP C y with the sight of a newly invented an 01 , of 00 strutted anchor, made under the direc tl f ,ed ° t o e ° r ",„ ningham, with stock and flukes, to he_ os true_ 0 P lj r; Manby's mortar. The peculiarity of itsf r , 0 as e pl ov ei tt: o in terminating in a ball to fit the ilieli b i a y s Ar t bel e if ir windage. For this purpose the flit jo vipg, s 11_„0 doubling on the shank, but expanding o r u arice tt ',, no h 3" ir, As far as one may judge from aPP' e have - ti If answer the desired end, but at present w coll ec 0 tunity of witnessing a trial of it. , .... 0 to ._ to f. A meeting had been held at Calol l 00 NA wo k ? scriptions for the relief of the distressed Trim. Go io e 0 " rupees were at once subscribed. ' y DO A h deil ,io e e CUSTOM-HOUSE DESTRUCON 0 , h Da d 11 4 .0 d i wheat , Wl'i c hi' alio "'if --This week a quantity of foreign but yr iv , ton , 0.. by Messrs. Phillpotts andthis P__ is nny inC t Ga6iog oil come damaged, so as not to be Nv_o;f ai r,rvigT`f x eel , ': s o rlTi was destroyed under the supervision , Sever,__, -' ad e t 3'_ on , o s i_ s , vi officer, by throwing it into the river L,',., th e s rf,,,,i ;3: ; ; J!', close official watch till it, was c arried away sl ' ) , in a nY: e D r 1 14 02: 4 ,6 mixed with the nitud that it could II?: fit ands iltuy wheat thus destroyed was not of course h_e ulav al , : it or would have done very well to feed Pigs' ceremony 'but cal ta c o f ow 0 •00 ceremony of total destruction is ' .„ JOSer o pP a r gf ft ; o th lo e ouc s ne p st ei v ta je tei r s neas o di f .a s y uch ev a en scen: st the I ' ef " ;An tioli o d,‘ i n m a g eo a lO intri i thenist e N r s o t f io o n n a e l o s f eh t o h o e LFi Bethnal ar e atleroete,nofclulaipi r t p r e f fli::__P' _a r v el if t i a l ie lie f5) ( 1, de j t' iseer3aseto PomPl' Mr c°rll of a Seli-5 m ti er.,60 _ pt ts f senting Mr. Morgan's design . 0 _ .., a , ha n' _, iiieti for 300 poor families. The r seetl g,' rit', ta, 0 NOT° 0 0. I•6'-es awilth the wisele 0,000 great interest was excited. ~,,_•,,,. 23 ..-- _ be lo „,1 , r _, WOOLWICH GARRISON, —6 au ortiell iAt V1 0 01,1;: pi senora.—A letter received to-daY th 1, states tat rbac toe s t air iag , P e r garrison, from the troop-skip A e liar ° 1 ) 0 " at 71-P° lj n 9cel sg ° Or the 2d day of January in th placed tohu et cronowb u under quarantine, stateq Tuahreaot sufferings ffn theue r , i ttsghst owing_ po: t a t Lire t i t i t r c h o s o s p: I s d : e l ip L: ty d rar i al e ir it ,: a : ct i o cj oi a I l a i : 10 3 : 0,0 *: : : res ults, e• -c l e a 1 •00S rf ' if ty • 1 13 01 oa • e t. t tro o - I Y al 04 At, sided place withoutdesti Irrotidounci; tion has greatly relieved tila _ it w as 6 __ l toY_ soo tla ti o. t , had died on board fnrogbrauftaittasilleruatinttrOf those, 0 0 Jor till oo s relatives on board the Atliol,as n , t the diseaser-occed to `q - au;y several had fallen 1311,sojoolrwEiclhglaea'sreriosmonp,ansyvnidear%upsTitividienr:ddliaptiv c fattiur.o;7o:srl 110,0:0.0,0, at Guernsey and Jersey, aro . s _ ssurpose Ca t E a ` nt trs: o tsle o iti p ri ters to replace them, for wnlae F ar d a Gaer,'„ ro lieYe s;.' oa th oil ~,.. embarked on Saturday company a l t t ott-anit station. It l instt o cad s t r e ' d ich ipi a t r i f ia rg pe e r Y go til ea c a ti fse °l s ;. :l ta r eeted f°e e n s of f are to be e .....et t il .„,eet ..dB, sub-lieutenants are to be „pro , uan,t,:i..e:. i fti on r t r z e t v e o , 9,,,, , ,?,, A ce l. -- ,3 --,9 t 4 e: Je, stations along ra th m e i c ss es io s n t thew Pss t s Tooo l ' o t-O a t riAt ei `,l TING A nbaza c° Pe atl lTl °l o°' and e old o norms l i ExTRAC To tte it AP a 3 10 3 • 11 DEATH Flt° 3l - ' _ s treet, toot cia o , t o i ,io oefxtJeroatheotin.oo.ti, of t bca jes t o gi lebeyn y p e ort i iiipaitt i t t red , ef t c o a si Y lk last,rounedx tt t h a sra ' 0; i r c t i :c r imno nf eo in ns g e , 4o 3 o l n r e . s ßo o li l t in h g e , acted it blood-vessel ~ of a n Iwas OW The consequence we, tha The deceve, no surgical aid could stop. h fas is t , e o n n ed Th so u ln rsd e of ago. .tnwile th 3 was eritro for this servi!jeco: -______ _ IMSGH t p ho l ale egit;i:llaThliaoc(_l of jurors as wh ich genet a PPai iinz use, and t to which ea( ex p e nses of h ooess ary to Y ph °lc el To Is thil: this eh usage it i 8 a disgT l n :4 to es pectabl e distress 4l e Q d cha a rel am %emir r. • Silei,to/1 P