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IsUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY. ADMIRALTY, FEE. 27, 1846. Dispatches were this day received at this office from Rear- Admiral Inglefield, addressed to the Right Hon. Henry T.L. Corry, of which the following are copies : H.M. Ship Vernon, off Monte Video, Nov. 30, 1845. Sir,—My letters of the 30th October, No. 78, and 25th November, No. 85, will have informed the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that the French and English combined expedition, consisting of the vessels named in the Margin,* respectively commanded by Captain Hotham, of her Majesty's steam-frigate Gorgon, and Captain Tr‘houart, of the French frigate Erigone. had commenced the ascent of the river Parana, agreeably to the decision come to by the Mediat ing Ministers at a Seance, held on the 9th of October. for the purpose of opening that channel of commerce; suc cessive strong gales, and various other circumstances, pre vented the expedition from assembling at the appointed rendezvous off the Guassu (one of the mouths of the Parana) so soon as it was intended, and consequer. L '+he entering the river did not take place till the Bth instant, - when it began to ascend, and on the 18th instant arrived within three miles of the defences. General Roses had caused to be thrown up at Punta Obliged° (on the right bank of the river, about 100 miles from the entrance, and 30 miles below the city of San Nicolas), to oppose their passing, which it ap pears were constructed with great military skill, and the position of the batteries admirably selected on advantageous ground, being supported by the presence of at least 3,500 troops of all arms, every appearance indicating a determined resistance, which, however, did not deter the gallant commanders of our little squadrons from deciding on an immediate attack; and I have now the gratification of transmitting to you, for their Lordships' information, a copy of the report I have received from Captain Hotham, detailing the successful issue of the conflict that ensued on the 20th, ending in the complete destruction of the enemy's batteries ; a schooner of war (mounting six guns), and twenty-four vessels chained across the river, all the guns found on the fortications, except ten brass guns, which were taken off to the ships. The judicious bravery displayed by all concerned in its execution, not withstanding the disadvantage some of the vessels were under in not being able to attain their assigned positions, owing to the wind failing, and a strong adverse current of three knots, and the landing of the little band of seamen and royal marines, in the face of so large a force, will, I am persuaded, call forth their Lordships' admiration of the skill that directed, and the undaunted courage that acheived, this brilliant exploit. Captain Hotham's letter brings the merits of the contest so fully to the mind, that I feel it now only remains for ma to express to their Lordships the high sense I entertain of the gallantry, zeal, and ability which animates that excellent officer, who has, on every occasion, given me perfect satisfaction in the performanceof his various duties ; and I beg to recommend his services most strongly to their Lordships' favourable consideration, as also those officers serving in command under his orders on this occasion, which, I conceive, reflects so much honour and credit on tlemselves and the service. I am convinced their Lordships will experience as much pleasure as I do, in learning from Captain Hotham that he had great reason to be satisfied with the good, conduct of all the officers, seamen, and royal marines engaged on this service; and I trust I may be permitted to call their attention to the circumstance of Captain Hope's cutting the barrier chain, and to the merits of the officers and men ; Captain Hotham has specially brought to my notice (particularly Commander Sulivan and Lieutenant Levinge), as also the case of Mr. Andrews' family, who have lost, in him, their main support. I sincerely regret this gallant achievement has been at tended with such a loss of life ;. but, considering the strength of the enemy's position, and the obstinacy with which it was defended, we have reason to be thankful to Divine Providence that it was not greater. Among the killed is to be lamented Lieutenant C. Brickdale, an officer of great promise. It is very gratifying to me to add that a perfect unanimity and cordial co-operation has subsisted throughout between Captains Hotha n and Trehouart, and the vessels under their orders ; and their Lordships will per ceive that the gallant bearing of the latter has called forth un qualified admiration from Capt. Hotham. I also beg to re mark the full confidence Capt. Hotham felt in the support of his French allies. The official report of Capt. Trehouart to Admiral Leine gives a long list of the killed and wounded (17 of the former and 60 of the latter), sufficiently proving the share the French division took in the contest, and which must have essentially contributed to the success of the clay. I inclose a copy of the return of the killed and wounded, and an account of the damages sustained by the vessels en gaged, so far as can be obtained from the logs and demands I have received. A more detailed report I will transmit to their Lordships when it reaches me. Nothing positive is known as to the exact loss of the enemy, but it must have been very great, from the number found dead in the batteries, estimated at several hundreds.— I have the honour to be, &c., S. H. INGLEFIELD, 'Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief. To the Right Hots. H. T. L. Corry, M.P., Secretary to the Admiralty. Her Majesty's ship Gorgon, Obliged°, Nov. 23, 1845 Sir,—l have the honour to inform you that the combined English and French force, under the command of Captain Trehouart and myself, anchored on the 18th instant, at the distance of three miles from the batteries of Punta Obligade, in the river Parana. At daylight the following morning we reconnoitred the position of the enemy, and soon discovered that great military skill had been evinced, both in the ground chosen and the plan of defence pursued. Four batteries had been erected —two on heights sixty feet from the water-line, and two in the intervening valley; the whole mounting twenty-two pieces of ordnance, 32, 28, 24, 18, and 12-pounders, and, with the exception of a small open space, were backed by thick woods ; three heavy chains, supported by twenty-four vessels, were extended across from the main land to an island ; astern of these lay ten fire-vessels, and the west end of the chains were defended by an Argentine schooner-of war, carrying six guns. The river at this point is 800 yards wide, and the current runs three miles per hour. From various sources we learnt that 3,500 men, cavalry, infantry, and artillery, were assembled; in short, everything indicated a determined resistance. The reconnaiaance being completed, my colleague and myself resolved on the follow ing plan of attack : Te form the ships into two divisions, the north under the direction of Captain Trehouart, to be composed of San Mar tin, Captain Trehouart ; Comus, Acting Commander Ingle- Geld; Pandour, Lieut. Du Paie ; Dolphin, Lieut. R: Levinge. The south, under the direction of Commander Sulivan, to be composed of Philomel, Commander B. Sulivan, Ex peditive, Lieutenant de Miniac ; Fanny (hired Armed), Lieut. Key ; Procida, Lieut. Maria de la Riviere. These divisions to be anchored on the north and south shores, at a distance of 700 yards from No. 1 battery. The steamers, Gorgon, Captain Charles Hotham ; Fulton, Lieutenant Mazeres ; Firebrand, Captain James Hope, to anchor at a distance of fifteen hundred yards from the farthest ba tter y ; the morning of the 20th was foggy, but about 8 A.M., the weather cleared, and a southerly breeze sprung up. At Bh. 45m. the southern division weighed, sand were afterwards followed by San Martin and Comus, Dolphin and Pandour having previously anchored on the north shore. About 911. 50m., am., the batteries opened fire on the Philomel and southern division, on which Dolphin weighed ; but as some of her sails were shot away before she reached her appointed station, the current drove her astern, and obliged her to anchor ; she was, however, admirably placed ; the remaining ships of the north division were most ably led by my brother officer in command, whose brig succeeded in reaching her appointed station. The general cannonading unfortunately caused the wind to fall light, and the remaining ships of the north division, having to contend with the current of three knots per hour, were obliged to anchor two cables short of their stations. At this period the fire-vessels chained together were cast loose, and until they had drifted past, the steamers were prosented from anchoring or opening their fire. About 10h. 50m. the action became general, and the effect of our gunnery was soon apparent in the unsteadiness of the nemy's fire; still they fought most stoutly. No sooner were one set of men swept from the guns than they were re placed ; the enemy's cavalry hovered round the wood and drove back those who attempted to quit their posts. At 12h. 30m., the Republicano schooner blew up, and my Gal lant Friend Captain James Hope volunteered to pull up in his boat and cut the chain; success attended his endeavours, and a passage being cleared, at one P.M. the Fulton passed through and flanked the batteries, and was speedily followed by Gorgon and Firebrand. But prior to this, the enemy's fire had told most fearfully on the San Martin and Dolphin; the cable of the former being shot away she dropped astern, with upwards of 100 shot holes through her side. To assist the flanking fire of the steamers, the 'Expeditive and Comus were ordered to place themselves within musket shot of the batteries. At 4h. Ism s finding that the batteries tired only occasional shots, I made the signal for boats of squadron, manned and armed, to rendezvous alongside Gor gon and Firebrand, and sent to propose to my colleague, that the remaining part of our plan should be carried into execution ; the officer bearing the message found Capt. Trehouart occupied in moving the Fre nch squadron close in to cover the landing; so, placing entire confidence in the fire of his ships, and knowing full well that his division of seamen would, as soon as possible, support us, at bh.4sm. I landed with 180 seamen and 145 marines, and giving three cheers, formed on the beach ; the skirmishing party and light company of seamen under the command of Com mander Sulivan led up the bill. On reaching the crest they were received by a smart fire of musketry, but the speedy arrival of the Marines, under the command of Captain Thomas Hurdle, R.M., drove the enemy back, and the light company of seamen, under the com mand of Lieutenant A. C. Key, completed the work, by carrying and holding the wood, the key of the position. Yery shortly afterwards the French Brigade landed, and the guns of Nos. 1,2, and 3 batteries were spiked and dis mantled. On the following morning the English and French Brigades again landed, and completed the work of destruc tion ; carrying off all the brass guns, 10 in number, and re. taining unmolested Possession of the grounds and woods the whole day. It was not to be expected that a contest, lasting from 10 A m, until nearly sunset, could do otherwise than cause the loss of several officers and mcen. ;Bar?edittliacrdingly I have to lament the death of Lieut. r e, who . fel n l d ea l r s l o y u i l n d the day. lie was an officer of great have been an ornament to his country P hT i d is h e e heed. Mr. George A n drews,clerk-in-charge of the Dolphin,.sisetstanitsiulyr,gweTo;ahawien was alsoe iw y ae s a kill e d whilst assisting the as a valua bl e officer, and one o f a large pended upon him, and I trust their case may be laid before the Board of Admiralty. let 18 , I fear, mortally w oun d ed, Lieutenan t Charles Doy a nd ere many hours must terminate his existence. Although suffering dreadful agony from his wounds, his mind a _ peered bent on the resul,tniof the action. Such a spirit must necessarily carry the s) pathies of all his brother officers. Lieutenant Levinge rep,orts most highly of the conduct of Richard Rowe, gunneeb-mate,ansedvNeVreallytewreßuonsds,edc,atuhlekyerr'es: mate, of the Dolphin ; although mined at their quarters until the aay is as won. The aggregate loss of officers, petty officers, seamen, and marine 3, amounts to 6 wounded. Officers. •••• 2 killed ' —•• 9 " S ea men •.. .3 ~ ••• 6 Petty Officers.... 2 , ••• Marines none ••• 1 80y5.... • French. San Martin, 8 guns, Captain Trehouart. Fulton, steam vessel, 2 guns, Lieutenant Itazeree. Expeditive, 16 guns, Lieutenant de Miniac. Pandour, 10 guns, Lieutenant Du Paie. Proceda, tender, 4 guns, Lieutenant de la Riviere. English. Gorgan, steam frigate, Captain C. Hotham. Frebrand, steam frigate, Captain J. Hope. surveying brig, Commander B. J. Suliven. gomue, 18 guns, Acting Commander E. A. Ingle&ld. Dolphin, brigantine, Lieutenant R. Levinge. gunny, tender, Lieutenant A. C. Key. December 17, 1845. Lieutenant Doyle has slues arrived at Vide, tuad appear* to be in a lair way et recovery:. lie ha* bat . ;Ann' THE The noble behaviour of my brother senior officer, Captain Traiouart, excited the admiration of all on b oard ; it was evident that his brig was especially selected for the enemy's ire, and I consider myself fortunate in having such an officer for my colleague. I have great reason to be satisfied with the goodconduct of all the officers, seamen, and marines of the squadron you did me the honour to place under my orders. I have already meationed the services re ndered by Cap tain Hope in cutting the chain, and I have to thank him for acting as my aide-de-camp when on sho re. I should be un mindfal of the ability and continued zeal of Commander B. Sulivan, did I not bring him particularly to your notice ; by his exertions we were furnished with a chart, which enabled us to complete our arrangements for the attack. First Lieutenant J. E. W. Lawrence, R.M.A., also acted as my aide-de-camp, and has a strong cla im on my gratitude ; principally through his instrumentality- a brigade of seamen has been formed capable, I am quite satisfied, of resisting cavalry. It is impossible to conclude this dispatch without recom mending to your favourable consideration Lieut. Reginald Levinge ; his little schooner occupied the berth better suited to a frigate, and I sometimes trembled when I saw the shower of shot, shell, grape, and rockets flying over her. As soon as the damage sustained by the combined squa dron shall have been repaired, Captain Trehouart and myself intend to proceed in the execution of our instructions, leav ing two vessels of war here to prevent the enemy offering any further obstructi l n to the free navigation of the Parana. have, &e. (Signed) CHAS. HOTHAM, Captain and Senior Officer. Rear-Admiral S. H. Inglefield, C. 8., Commander-in-Chief, &c. Report of casualties that occurred in the Squadron under the command of Captain Charles Hotham, while taking and destroying the batteries, &c., at Point Obligado, in the River Parana, on the 20th November, 1845. Officers' Names. Lieut. C. Brickdale, H.M. sloop Comus, killed. Mr. G. Andrews, Clerk-in-charge, H.M. brigantine Dolphin, killed. Lieut. C. Doyle, H.M. ship Philomel, very severely wounded. Mr. R. Warren, Second Master, H.M. brigantine Dolphin, slightly wounded. Mr. J. Gallagher, Assistant-Surgeon, H.M. brigantine Dol phin, slightly wounded. Mr. T. Ellstob, Assistant-Clerk, H.M. brigantine Dolphin, slightly wounded. Lieutenant A. C. Key, Fanny tender, slightly wounded. Gorgon-1 seaman, 1 marine, 1 boy Ist class, slightly wounded. Firebrand-1 seaman, killed; 1 seaman, severely wounded. Philomel-1 seaman, killed ; 2 seamen and 1 boy, severely wounded; 2 seamen, slightly wounded. Comus-1 boy, killed ; 2 seamen, slightly wounded. Dclphin-3 seamen and I boy killed ; 6 seamen, severely wounded ; and 2 seamen, slightly wounded. Her Majesty's ship Vernon, Monte Video. Dec. 19, 1845' Sir,—l inclose for the information of the Lords Commis sioners of the Admiralty a further report from Capt. Hotham, detailing the proceedings of the squadron under his orders, since the destruction of the batteries at Obligado, by which their Lordships will learn that the Chacabuco has been blown up, and the probability of our expedition meeting no further resistance on its passage up the Parana.—l have the honour to be, &c. S. H. INGLEFIELD. Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief. To the Right Honourable H. T. L. Corry, M. P., Secretary of the Admiralty. H. M. S. Gorgon, Rosario, December 4, 1845. Sir, —Having received intelligence on which I could de pend, that the Chacabuco schooner and two gun-boats were at anchor in the Arroyodel Pabou, I have the honour to in form you that Captain Trehouart and myself determined to dispatch two vessels to destroy them; but, owing to there being no French man-of-war at that moment ready for sea, Lhe execution of our plan was postponed until the 24th, when the Firebrand took the Fulton in tow, and proceeded on that service. On arriving at the mouth of the Pabou, Captain Hope dis covered that there was not sufficient water tbr his ship, so, taking three boats and forty men, he started in pursuit ; most rortunately they obtained more information from an intel ligent native, and learnt that the whole force accumulated amounted to 250 men, that a chain was stretched across the river, placing surprise out of the question. As any further attempt would have been madness, he most properly re turned; acting, however, on his suggestion, I had previously dispatched Firebrand by another channel, to intercept the schooner, and this manoeuvre had its desired effect. The windings of the river enabled the enemy to descry the approach of the Firebrand at a considerable distance. Accordingly, they commenced hauling the Chacabuco up a narrow creek, by means of warps, manual labour, and horses, closely pursued by Firebrind. At the end of a chase of sixty miles the steamer grounded, but the enemy had seen enough : in the night a fire and explosion took place, and in the morning no Chacabuco was visible. The squadron re-assembled at Punta de las Siedras ; during the night of the 2d the enemy brought down four field pieces, which however did no injury, and on the 3d instant the squadron passed the strong point of the Rosario unmolested by the enemy; a number of women and country people col lected on the beach to see the ships pass, not an armed man was to be seen, hence it would appear that orders had been given to offer no further resistance to our passage up the Parana.—l have, &c. (Signed) CHARLES HOTHAM, Capt. To Rear Admiral S. H. Inglefield, C. 8., Commander-in-Chief. APPALLING EXPLOSION ON THE SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. Doves, THURSDAY NIGHT. — The Coroner's investigation relative to this sad catastrophe was commenced this day, at twelve o'clock, before Mr. G. T. Thompson, the borough Coroner, and a jury of thirteen householders, in the Guards'-roam attached to the town ter minus of the railway. The names of the sufferem and their respective ages, as handed to the Coroner, by Mr. Way, the station-master, are as follows : Joseph Hambrook, aged 24, left a widow and one child ; William Gordon, aged 23, a widow ; Thomas Hutton, 52, a widow, and no family ; James Cooke, 56, left two children ; John Russell, single man ; John Payne, 39, a widow and seven children ' • Isaac Hughes, 28, single man ; John Wilson , 28, a widow ; Edward Ruck, 38, widow and two children ; John Kendall, 24, single man ; William Richards, 39, widely ; and Joseph Willis, 30, widow and two chil dren ; the last-named deceased survived the accident some hours. He died in shocking agony at nine o'clock last evening. The jury having been duly empannelled on the twelve bodies, Mr. Sims, the foreman, observed that before the investigation was proceeded with, he should wish to ask the Coroner whether he really had any power to deal with the case, as the accident took place in the county, and, therefore, he thought, out of the jurisdiction of the borough Coroner. The CORONER remarked, that knowing an opinion had gone abroad questioning the legality of his going into the inquiry, he had sub mitted it to the consideration of Mr. Sergeant Manning, who was clearly of opinion that he (the Coroner) had jurisdiction in the matter, and was bound to proceed with it. The inquiry was then resumed. Henry Moore said he last saw them alive at half-past eleven o'clock on Tuesday forenoon. They were engaged on the line near the cave. Never saw them enter the cave. Did not know that it contained powder, or even that a cave existed there. Mr. sash said that, after the Coroner had taken the evidence as to the identity of the deceased, he would call witnesses who would mi nutely describe the formation and character of the cave. Mr. Nash here addressed the jury, and said, it would be found that the deceased were aware of the existence of gunpowder in the cave ; and, according to a statement, which he had reduced to writing, of one of the sufferers, since dead, which he was desirous to put in as eviden - ce, the explosion was occasioned by one of the deceased incau tiously smoking a pipe in the cave, and a spark falling on to : the powder led to the deplorable result. The CORONER replied that he could not accept it as evidence. Francis Barnes, on being sworn, then said, I am a commission boat man, in the service of the Coast-guard. On Tuesday last I left our station at Lydden Spout, near Dover, and proceeded on duty along the railway towards Folkstone. Having spoken with a policeman and a plate-layer, who were on the line, respecting some particular duty, I returned towards Dover, and while walking on the sea wall, near the Shakspeare tunnel, I saw the explosion take place at the foot of the cliff, about 50 yards in advance of me. I felt the shock very greatly, and ran back as it shook me. There was a dense body of smoke, and I noticed dark figures being hurled Into the air, which I have no doubt were the bodies of the deceased. Thinking at first that they were blasting the cliff,' ran back to the police man to blame him for not warning me. lie told me that he knew nothing of the circumstance. I then returned, and met an old man, who was holding up and grasping his hands in apparently deep agony. I said to him, "What are they doing—are they blowing up the cliff ?" lie replied, "oh, no, there has been an accident; several persons are killed." I then made my way to the mouth of the cave, and saw bodies lying about in all directions, with their clothes on fire. I noticed three or four men alive in great suffering. Two were lying in a ditch fronting the mouth of the cave. They were sensible, and praying Clod to let them die. I afterwards discovered the other under the sea-wall. The remainder were scattered on the line and about the rocks. As soon as I had recovered myself, for I was much conflised by the scene, I ran to the policeman, told him the occur rence, and bade him go to the spot. I then went further up the line and fired my pistol, the usual signal to alarm my comrades at the station to render assistance. On returning to the cave a pilot en gine and some carriages came up from the Dover station, and I assisted those present in placing the sufferere in them. A Thomas Dingley, a plate-layer, in the service of the company, was also examined, and spoke to the foregoing facts. Henry Hunter, a labourer in the employ of Messrs. Griesell and Pete, deposed, on Saturday last I was breakfasting in the toll cave labourers. er T ili. hey lt w ar re s u a r n i d ng t f h o e r l w ab a e n u t r o e f rs r , oo t m he , d w e i c ti e l a s se e d ve , r m a 'a l n o te th d e t r o one e d o s f ai t d he tO ca D v i e n s g , leT , would h h e t would th i m o t g disturb i n t o his th e rabbits ha for c therm in tl Way, the station-master, when he would remove and bury the powder? He refused, unless they got the sanction of Mr. the powder. On Tuesday morning, between eight and nine o'clock, I saw the door of the cave open, and went in with several fellow-labourers, and drank some beer. There were two small beer-casks in the cave, one was empty and the other had two gallons of beer in it. They were placed in the cave on Monday, and were taken away only twenty minutes before the explosion. When I went in I saw the powder on the floor ; did not think there was much danger in wandering about such a place. Some interruptions occurred here In the investigation from Mr. De Lassoux, coroner for the Canterbury division of the county claiming the right of holding the inquest. Mr. Do Lassoux again repeated his determination to proceed with his inquiry on the following day, and left, evidently much excited. The investigation was then resumed ; the witnesses who were examined corroborating the evidence previously adduced, and. at a late hour the inquiry was adjourned, with a view of obtaining further evidence. The dying declaration of the deceased, Joseph Willis, which was rejected by the Coroner, as it could not be received in evidence, but which gives the cause of the explosion, is to the following effect : " I, Joseph Willis, make a statement, as far as I can recollect, of the cause of the accident. At a quarter-before one o'clock P.M., on Tuesday, I, in company with others, entered a cave situate close to where we were at work. We did so in consequence of its raining, and wanting to finish our dinner. Afterwards one of my mates—l do not know his name—took a lucifer-match to light his pipe of tobacco. Having done so, he accidental let it fall upon the ground, close to something black, which immediately began to hiss, and we all became ala•med, and endeavoured to make our escape, during which time it communicated with two barrels which were in the cave, containing gunpowder. I did not at the time know that they contained powder, but judged they did in consequence of the explo sion which followed directly after. I recollect nothing further." 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They had the opportunity now of doing so, carrying out that great principle of Scripture if they chose, of " giving peace on earth, and good-will towards men." Mr. R. SPOONER supported the amendment of the Hon. Member for Bristol amid continued cries of " Divide." Mr. P. Bonniwicx then rose to address the House, and was met with cries of " Divide, divide." The Hon. Gentle man addressed the House amid much confusion, and con cluded by expressing his determination to vote for the amendment. Lord G. BENTINCK opposed the motion for the House going into Committee on the propositions of the Right Hon. Baronet, because he believed those resolutions, if carried, would create a great revolution in the country, and one that the present House of Commons ought not to sanction. The Right Hon. Gentleman bad challenged them to pro duce any instance in which a change from protection to free trade had not been alike beneneficial to consumer and pro ducer. He would meet the challenge, and would contend that with regard to speltre, silk, wool, and timber, the re sults of free trade had been ruinous. was no necessity for the competition of free trade to in duce them to make exertions; and he would prove that, in proportion to its area, England produced more corn than was produced in any other country ; and the labourer was ena bled to earn his bread in less time than in any other country. The Noble Lord concluded by declaring his belief that the Conservative Members were incapable of double • dealing, and his consequent firm conviction that the House would reject this measure. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, when there appeared— For the Motion For the Amendment r BE HUMAN TRIPOD, or the THREE 1. LEGGED CHILD and FIRST BIPENIS EVER SEEN or BEARD OF. 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He held in his hand a petition purporting to come from Cheltenham, but it bore the post mark of Manchester, and on inquiry at Cheltenham he found that several of the names had been forged; although perhaps the names of some twenty ten-pounders might be genuine. He had always supported free-trade measures, but he scorned to support it by such means, and en Monday he should bring forward a motion for a Committee to investigate this case as a breach of pri vilege, and he called upon the members of the Anti-Corn law Leage to support his motion. Mr. BRIGHT would be glad to second the motion, and he trusted the fullest inquiry would be gone into. With re gard to the statement of the Hon. Member for Knaresborough with regard to Mr. Wilson, he was prepared to show that every portion of that statement was unfounded. lie ' hadabyletthteerHofnroomurat Ilre. Member ltas for Knaresborough, stet soar, whose name was men tioneding that Mr. Wiesees had neither convened nor presided over such a meeting ; that no deputation had been ap pointed; and that he (Mr. RAWSON) and two others had waited on the Premier to represent that, as wheat was the raw material from which starch was made, it would be unjust to remove the duty from foreign starch, unless the duty was also removed from foreign wheat. The lion. Member had also made statements relating to Mr. WILSON and Mr. RAWSON which he could not stand by. He had made statements at a meeting which was reported in the Morning Post. He had said that he would stand by that report, but when asked to admit the truth of that re port, he said he would give a guarantee to the Morning Post, and on the editor of that paper being applied to, he pleaded it was hard that he should be prosecuted for a faithful report, and stated that the lion. Member had not given them a guarantee, and the League, which conducted theiragitation by meansof public discussion, would be ashamed of prosecuting a newspaper for giving a faithful report of a speech. He concluded by stating that, to quote the words of a resolution of that House, the statements of the Hon. Gentleman were untrue and calum nious. Dr. BOWRING then denied the statements of the Hon. Mem ber with regard to the alleged cruelty of Mr. 11. Ashworth. Mr. ROEBUCK was justified in making the statement he had last night. It was the duty of the Hon. Member to have been in his place to have heard any defence which those who had been attacked might be disposed to make. The Hon. Gentleman had alluded to his conduct, but it had never been his misfortune to be branded by a resolution of the House of Commons as having been guilty of an unfounded calumny. The Hon. Gentleman said he believed a resolu tion of a public meeting, and he (Mr. RoEnucx) believed the unanimous decision of the House of Commons ; and as long as that resolution remained, he should consider any statement of the Hon. Member as utterly worthless, and that was his answer to the attack of the Hon. Member. Mr. DISRAELI regretted the attacks made by his Hon. Friend the Member for:Kna: esboroup on the manufacturers. He thought, however, that Mr. n ilson and Mr. Ashworth were thin-skinned in noticing these attacks; he knew both Mr. Wilson and Mr. Ashurst to be honour able men; and he also believed that the Hon. Member for Knaresborough believed the statements made were true, but the time of the House ought not to be taken up by personal discussion. Now, with regard to the League, they had been stigmatised as assassins by the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Government. He did not believe the accu sation, but why did they not prosecute the Right Hon. Baronet? The Hon. Gentlemen then treated the resolution of the House, as to " calumnious statements," as an ab surdity; the Honourable Member for Cork had been similarly accused. He (Mr. Disraeli) had never had a resolution against him, and if the Right Hon. Gentleman would take his advice, never to abuse anybody, he would never again be placed in such a position. Then with regard to the Right Hon. Member for Bath, he bail certainly frequently offended against the rules of the House, by imputing motives, and indulging in melo-dramatic malignity and Saddlers' Wells sarcasm, but he ( Mr. DISRAELI) knew that the trier would bear its fruit, and that a crab-tree would only produce crab-apples Mr. O'CONNELL had not been accused of calumny ; he had accused the system of Election Committees as one of perjury; he had been censured, and they acknowledged the truth of his accusation by altering the system. After a few words from Major BERESFORD and Mr. BICKTIAM ESCOTT, Lord JOHN MANNERS bore his testimony to the admirable manner in which Mr. ASHWORTH performed the important duties whish devolved upon him as one of the greatest cot ton barons in the empire. Mr. FIELDEN then went into a long statement relative to the emigration of the labourers from the agricultural into the manufacturing districts, occasioned by the higher rate of wages in the latter districts. Sir R. PEEL, in relation to what had fallen from the lion. Member for Shrewsbury, in relation to the accusation of as sassination, begged to state that.his intention had been dis tinctly to withdraw the imputation which he had thrown out alter hearing the explanation of the Hon. Member fur Stockport; and if he had been misunderstood, he begged to state that he now distinctly withdrew that imputation, and that he had certainly intended to have done so at the time. Mr. COBDEN rejoiced to hear such a distinct disavowal from the Right Hon. Baronet. He had certainly not under stood at the time that the disavowal had teen so complete; and, acting under the feelings which perhaps had been un worthy Of him, he had spoken of the Right Hon. Gentleman in a mann- i which he now regretted. The distinct avowal of the Right e an. Baronet was most grateful to his feelings ; and he now withdrew all offensive expressions which he might have made use of with regard to the Right Hon. Ba ronet. In answer to Mr. S. O'BRIEN, Sir R. PEEL stated, that he should, on Monday, first of all : move the vote of thanks to the Indian army; and then, if the divison took place to night, bring in the Bill founded on the resolutions, and proceed with the commercial measures as speedily as possible. On the motion of Sir R. PEEL, the shipowners' petition, presented last evening, was ordered to be printed. The adjourned debate was then resumed by Mr. BANKES, who in a lengthened speech declared his un compromising opposition to the Ministerial measure. '1 he Hon. Gentleman animadverted on the conduct of the Right Hon. Baronet in writing that note to her Majesty during the Ministerial interregnum, tending h.s support to a Minister who should pursue an anti-coin-law policy, as setting a most dangerous precedent, and protested against the formaticn of any coalition, whether all the members of it sat on the same bench, or some on one side of the House and some on the other. The Hon. Member then alluded to the South Not tingham election, as a proof that the constituencies were in pe e favour of protection , an d called for a dissolution on this goes iechmwenl an appeal t o t h e peop l e, ques tion. It was upon this g round that the protectionists had taken their stand, and cal l ed for a divison in this stage of the question. He believe d th at in another place a stand would be the ma Government owvhh outliolfcom; the day wish e d it or no, i n whethere order that it might be known whether the English public were for or against the measure proposed by the Government. Mr. B. Escorr believed that it was impossible, in the present state of the country, to prevent the carrying of some such measure as that which had been introd uce d by the Government. That the measure must be carried he had no doubt, and then came the question whether the present Government ought to carry it or not. He believed that it mattered little to the people who carried the measure, as long as they obtained it. As to the observations of the Honourable Member for Knaresborough, they were beneath his rank and station to no ti ce them, but this he would say, that not a single constituent of his, since he bad changed his opinions, had called upon him to resign his seat. Since 1842 he had told all those with whom he was connected that he believed the inevitable consequences of the speeches of the Right Baronet at the head of the Go vernment, and the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary of State for the Colonies, would be such measure as that which was now proposed by the Government. The farmers were for reasonable and rational progress, and they believed that by some such a measure as the pis sent their inte rests would be materially increased. He believed that in many parts of England the dread of scarcity and famine was as great as it was in Ireland. He wouid give his most cordial support to the measures pro posed by the Government. The protectionists had discarded the Right Hon. Baronet as their leader, and all that he asked was, let them candidly tell the farmers what they thought would be the end of their battle with the people; would it be in favour of protection? He unhesitatingly as serted that it would not. The Hon. Member for Bristol had opened the eyes of the people, and bad assisted in greasing the wheels of free-trade. Captain GLADSTONE supported the amendment. Under protection the country had flourished, and he thought, there fore, it ought not to be hastily withdrawn. Mr. COBDEN then rose to address the House, but the Hon. Gentleman spoke in so low a tone as to be hardly audible in the gallery during many parts of his speech. The country would not be convinced that the party spirit which had been displayed in the debate, and the personal topics that had been adverted to, had not been resorted to fur the purpose of shirking the question. The abuse that was being cast by the protectionists on the present Ministers was making them the most popular men of the day, and he had no hesi tation in saving that no man would be received more kindly in Manchester than the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Government. They talked about appealing to the people ; now he wanted to know what they meant by that? He denied that they would have a numerical majority of that House by a dissolu tion. The protectionist party had been broken up notwith standing their phalanx in Dorsetshire and Buckinghamshire. This disruption of their party had placed the free-traders in a very different position to what they were a few years ago. But, supposing a dissolution:took place, and that the protec tionists got a numerical majority, he denied that that nu merical majority would represent the voice of the people. He denied that the protectionists could reckon upon having any representative of their opinions from any of the towns of England, Ireland, or Scotland, that contained a population of 25,000. They might have their pocket boroughs and their counties, but they would have nothing else. The old Saxon mode of knowing what the opinions of the people were was by calling public meetings. He challenged the protectionists to call public meetings in favour of the corn-laws. That would convince them, if any thing would, that the people were not with the protectionists. A meeting had been called at Epworth by the protectionists; they had been driven from it, and resolutions against them had been carried. The people were now calling into exist ence a system of 500 years antiquity ; if any were innova tors, it was those who would uphold the system that now existed. The basis of the county representation could not be too soon widened, and that was the object of the League, and they had the will and the determination to do it. When he read the debates at home that had been taking place in that House fo r the last three weeks, he said to himself, " What fun this w ill be to the men in fustian !" Members little thought how these absurdities were being laughed at out of doors. He believed the con cessions that had been made by the Right Hon. 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We called attention very soon after the publication of Mr. PARKER'S appeal from the Poor-law Commissioners to the Home Secretary, to the serious imputations which his remarkable pamphlet contains on the conduct of the Poor-law Commissioners, both with reference to the Andover investigation and their treatment of Mr. PARKER. Mr. PARKER has now presented a petition to the House of Commons, and Mr. M'DouGAL, the late master of the Andover Workhouse, whose conduct was the subject of the investigation, has done the same. We shall print these petitions on a future day. In the meantime we make one extract from Mr. PARKER'S petition, which brings such a charge against the Poor-law Commissioners, that, without admitting their guilt, they can not but join in desiring Parliamentary inquiries. Mr. PARKER states, " That the facts connected with the bone-crushing in the Andover Workhouse, and the presumptions raised by the subsequent charges and statements, that the inmates had been driven by hunger to satisfy their appetites by eating marrow, and gnawing off putrid meat from bones which they were employed to crush ; that the female inmates, by gifts of food, had been induced to endure the master's solicita tions without complaining of his conduct; and that one women in particular had brought much public odium upon the general character of poor-law management, whilst the conclusion of the inquiry, resulting from the Commissioners breaking down the adjournment granted by your petitioner, did not satisfy the public, the board of guardians of the _Andover union, or the accused. " That your petitioner believes, and is prepared to bring such evidence as the nature of the case admits, to prove that the t7orn missioners sacrifieed your petitioner to divert public odium from themselves." " Sacrificed Mr. PARKER to divert public odium from themselves !" We believe no one can read Mr. PARKER'S pamphlet without admitting that Mr. PARKER makes out a strong case in support of this serious charge. The Poor-law Commissioners may be able to answer his case. If so, let them do it before a Committee. When such a charge.is made, if the appointment of a Committee is resisted by the parties charged, only one interpretation can possibly be put by the public on the resistance; and that is, consciousness of guilt. At the same time, we are strongly inclined to suspect that the Poor-law Commissioners will induce Sir JAMES GRAHAM to resist the inquiry to be moved for by Mr. ETWALL and Mr. CHRISTIE. We have attentively observed all that has passed in the House of Commons since the beginning of the session on the subjects connected with the Andover inquiry, and we see Sir J. GRAHAM appareitly determined to keep everything concealed from public view. He was asked to produce a paper which it is known that Mr. CriAnsercic communicated to the Poor-law Commissioners as far back as 1843, pointing out the objectionable character of the bone-crushing employment for paupers; and he re • fused, stating that the paper was a confidential communica tion, and not signed- by Mr. CHADWICK. What business have the Poor-law Commissioners to invest papers, written in the course of public business, by their secretary, a public officer, with a confidential cha racter? As to the paper not having been signed by Mr. CHADWICK, perhaps that may be the customary way of doing business in the Poor-law office; at any rate the paper is authenticated as Mr. CILADWICK'S without his signature. It has come out before Parliamentary Committees that the Secretary of the Poor-law Commissioners does not attend the meetings of the Board, and that no minute-book is kept of the Commissioners' proceedings. This is a very irregular way of doing business, and of a piece with the Secretary's reports to his superiors being unsigned. J Ames GRASIA.M also has announced that, when Mr. ETWALL brings forward his motion, he intends to lay some papers relating' to the Andover inquiry on the table of the House of Commons. But why does he wait till then to pro duce these papers? He intends them, it is to be inferred, as a substitute for the Committee of Inquiry which Mr. ETWALL is to move for. If he were to produce them, however, before Mr. Erwar.t. brings forward his motion, Mr. ETWALL and others would be able to judge whether these papers are suffi cient. We eannot keelp reverting to one statement in Mr. PIS.. KIWI; pamphlet., on which we are surprised that no question has been put to Sir Jssnra Osmium. Our readers will re member Mr. WALLST'S first statement on the subject of bone-crushing in the Andover Workhouse towards the close of last session. On the Ist of August, 1845, Mr. PARSER was sent down to Andover by the Poor-law Commissioners, by order of Sir JAMES GRAHAM, to investigate the truth of Mr. WAKLRY'S statement. On the sth of August Mr. Pi...nxen made a written report to the Poor-law Commissioners, which may be read: in page 7 of his pam phlet, and with this written report sent up the depositions which he had taken at Andover. This written report and the de positions were transmitted to Sir Jemas GRAHAM. On the Bth of August. Mr. PARK/tit was desired to call on Sir J. GRAHAM, aad did so. The next day, the last day of the session, Sir J. GRAHAM made a statement in the House of Commons of the results of Mr. Pennun's inquiry, making no mention w - latever of his written report, or of the depositions—leaving it to be supposed that no such things were in existenee,—and resting his statement on Mr. PARKER'S verbal commanications of the day before. Why was this? Was Sir J. Grtsrtsat afraid to produce the written report and the depositions ? Are these yet produced? Or are they among the papers to be produced, when Mr. ETWALL makes his notion? It is high time, we think, that these papers were produced. Mr. PARKER says (p. 8) :—" Although my report to the Commis sioners, and the accompanying depositions, had been in your hands for two , days previous to this interview, you preferred to rest your statement to the House (9th August) on this verbal comm anication with me ; a ceurse, of whose expe diency it is not for me to make question, but which I may allude to with some regret, inasmuch as an impression was that thin important inquiry had been conducted loosely and inefficiently, and with a desire to sup press the real facts." We hope Mr. WASLET will not lose sight of this curious point. Looking at the case altogether, Mr. Psauttcn has strong claims to a full and searching inves tigation. At the time of the inquiry, several journals, and The Sun among the rest, made remarks on the improper mode in which it was carried on, and as these remarks implicated Mr. PARKER, he ought to be allowed. every opportunity of justifying himself. But for the satisfaction of knowing that the monster dis cussion is now oscillating on the very verge of the divi sion, Thursday's debating would have been sufficient to plunge every impatient politician into a fit of the moat sullen despe ration. Beyond all former evenings, it stands forward the dullest. drowsiest, and most miserably sluggish. One after another, like ducks in foggy weather, the protectionists strolled forth from the coop of the Ministerial benches to quackle annoyance at the impending storm, and retired with a similar incapacity to retard the tempest that approached. Mere abortive efforts at speech-making can scarcely be roked out of any previous volume of Hansard : repetitions, arguments of the very stalest nature, iterations, bungling quotations from the return tables, and frivolous efforts at the facetious, forming the bulk of the orations. And the prodigious assurance with which certain Honourable Gentlemen pre sumed upon occupying the invaluable time—not of the Commons only, or the Right Honourable the Speaker, or the short-hand writers, but, of the nation itself by intruding their private opinions upon the proposed commercial policy; as though it were a matter of one straw's importance to be acquainted with the internal mechanism of these Parlia mentary automata. We have observed elsewhere that public h as b moreover,ee n alre that adyb they a m t o ie s fi t e o d e n t s o i b t l l e nt o o u o t r m s e o w s t b , iaonbdcould curiosity as to the indi v id ua l v i ews o f our pr i nc i pa l statesmen e p h os in si t b e l d y , be adopted by the Legislative ciphers, filling the back benches is the Lower House, would be, that of maintaining an imperturbable silence. Had this recommendation been acted upon, many severe bilious attacks might have been spared the puppets of the lion. Member for Bristol, by pre venting those violent ebullitions of spleen which mast have militated evnsiderably against their own health, while they have excited the risibility of their opponents. As to what these eloquent small-talkers think of Sir ROBXRT PEEL or of Mr. HusKissow, or the League, or what not, the people aro supremely indifferent ; in the ba lance of general estimation a pin would outweigh these fribbling personalities ; and to each and all of these wor shipful Members (however important in their own considera tion) the expressions on Thursday applied by Mr. ROEBUCK to Mr. BUSFEILDFERICAND are equally applicable and equally significant. "What would any man in the country give for such opinions ? Why, not a guinea, nor half-a guinea, nor half-a-crown, nor a shilling ; not a penny, nor half-a •farthing." So :inexpressibly unnoticeable are these fine-spoken_nothings.flAs if, however, to:usurp the capland bells entirely for his own enjoyment, Mr. SPOONER—the far seeing and considerate Mr. SPOONER—has the admirable prudence to insist upon a still further prolongation a the debate, as many Honourable Members had not yet had an opportunity of expressing their sentiments upon the matter under discussion. One of those inimitable Arabian Legends, which date back to the dynasty of Hanousr ALRASCIIII), is devoted, if we remember rightly, to the con versation of a certain " talking tree," every leaf of which was a separate tongue, wagging more for its own particular grati fication, than for anything else that was ostensible. If there be not an analogy between this curiosity of vegetation and the Parliament of this present session, we suspect that several branches cf the eastern tree have been east upon the floor of St. Stephen's. Possibly, however, the evil is traceable physiologically—the protectionists are just num bering the last few hours - of a very protracted existence ; they may be thus garrulous from extreme decrepitude. To speak candidly, their behaviour throughout this discussion upon the Ministerial measures, but especially during the last few nights, is so intolerably preposterous, that it is almost beyond the bounds of possibility to treat the matter with any degree of gravity. They enact such a sorry and contemptible part, that a calm dissection of their arguments is a thing not to be attempted. Thus Mr. Ross, and Mr. CHRISTOPMSR, and Mr. Fatal, and Mr. SEYMOUR breathed an increase of lethargy and lassitude upon all but their own excited party, until this distressing sensation was dispelled towards the close of the evening by the speech of the Hon. CHARLES P. VlLLmns. For many years the consistent and unflinching advocate of abolition with reference to the corn-laws, it was a subject of no little interest to hear from the lips of that Honoarable Gentleman himself, his satisfaction at the change of opinion which had at length conspired to crown his repeated efforts in the cause of free trade with the most full and triumphant success. The party cries with which his proposition for the repeal of all duties upon grain had been received again and again from those identical benches were, according to his own announcement, still ringing in his ears. Bearing this in recollection, the contrast exhibited by this session must, at moments, appear to him something little short of :he miraculous. While this great and glorious alteration of our commercial code is being achieved through the intervention of the Premier, and the indomitable on-struggles of the Purnrac WILL, we must accord the praise which is so justly merited by Mr. VILLIERS—to that untiring and staunch supporter of the measure as originally conceived At the same time we cannot but await, in exultant confidence, the consumma tion of those various powers and exertions—a consummation which will be completed within such few movements of the clock—a triumphant division. Madrid papers of the 19th have been received, but they contain no news. On that day the Three per Cents. closed at 3`2 1 / 2 for cash and 32 11-16 at 60 days ; the Five per Cents. at 23% at 60 days. Several of the Paris journals were not pliblished on Ash- Wednesday, the compositors and other persons connected with the establishment considering themselves much better occupied in witnessing the procession of the Igruf gras on the preceding day. But, indeed, the readers of those journals have suffered no loss, for the other papers are dull, and'desti• tute of intelligence. Even the National, with every possible wish to write a furious article against M. GulzoT, for aban doning the Madagascar expedition, makes a very poor exhi bition, and leaves affairs nearly in the same state. Some mystery yet hangs over the report of the Commissioier ap pointed to investigate the causes which led to the fall of the Barentin viaduct. The Courrier Francais says the directors of the Paris and Rouen, and Rouen and Havre Railrdads, had been called to the office of the Minister of Public Works, to take cognisance of the report of M. FRISSARD, but a belief prevailed that the Minister had resolved not to publish it. The Helvetie, a Swiss journal, announces that the session of the Grand Council of Berne was abruptly brought to a close on the 20th by the landammann. The election of the mem bers of the Constituent Assembly will take place on March Y. .... _ The following are miscellaneous extracts from the papers— - - - The Grand Chancellor has given notice to the Peers that, in con sequence of the loss sustained by the family of Baron Dupin, reporter on the Bill for regulating manufacturers' marks, which was to be taken into consideration this day, the Committee could not meet and receive the Minister of Commerce, and the President had pestpoued the sitting till a future day, of which due notice will be given to the members. On Tuesday, at two o'clock, the Council if the Order of Advo cates, and a great number of members of the bar, waited upon the Procureur-General Dupin, to express their eoncolence on the death of his brother. A letter from Algiers, of the 16th, states that, after his junction with► general Bedeau, Marshal Buzeaud made an important razzia upon the tribe of the Beni.Kralfrouns, who had shown great hostility to the French. The Spener Gazette states, from Wirsite, 16th inst., that some Prussian troops had just arrived there and arrested several leaders of the Polish conspiracy, some of whom are noblemen of consider , ble wealth and influence. k;everal arrests have also taken place at Thorn, which was still kept iii a state of siege. A correspondent of the Presse writes from Rome :—" It appears certain that M. Rossi will still remain some time at Rome as Milliner plenipotentiary from France. M. Rozier, who has been for some time first Secretary of the French Legation here, is on the point 01 taking his departure for Mexico, as Minister Plenipotentiary there, in the room of M. Alleys de Ciprey. The eldest son of the I)uke de Broglie is to replace M. Rozier at Rome. Thanks to the moderation shown by the Cabinet of Madrid, in speaking of its relations with Rome when the Address was in dabate, and thanks also to the endeavours of M. Castillo y Ayenza, the negotiations between Rome and Madrid are approaching a happy termination ; so that Monseigneur Brunelli will leave soon after Easter for Madrid, with the rank and title of Nuncio. The Congregation of the Propaganda Fide has resolved to establish a new apostolic mission in the interior of Africa, which will extend its influence as far as the sources of the Niger." The French Funds were very firm on Wednesday. The Three per Cents. closed at s4f. $Ne. ; the Five per Cents , 123 f. 50c. ; the Or leans Railroad shares, 1,347 f. 50c.; Rouen, 1,967 f. 50e. ; Havre, 7551; Great Northera, 776 f. 75e. ; Avignon, 1,025 f. ; Vierzeis, 7501.; Bor deaux, 662 f. 50c.; Boulogne, ; Troyes Red 31or tereau, 452f.50c.; Beale, 253 f. Tsc. ; Dieppe, 450 f.; Paris and Strasburg, 556 f. 25c. ; Tears and Nantes, 595 f. ; l'aris and Lyons (DoSsitivo), 431 f. b2c Rpanish Three per Cents., 3V4 . The following are the quotations for other lines : Lyons and Avig - non (Talabot), 510 f. ; ditto (Lecointe). 505 f. ditto (Compagnie Mericßonale), 502 f. ; Bordeaux and Cetie (Mac. kenzie), 5031'. 25c.; ditto (Espeleta), 510 f. ; Charleroi, 496 f. fioc. LIONS, Faa. 23.—Pa , is and Orleans, 1,320 f. ; Rouen, 1,045 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT Tfl 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, Rorrani, Horricastle, S. Jones, Weiss, Stretton, D. W. King, Miss 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. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE HYPOCRITE. Dr. Cantwell, Mr. W. Farren ; Alawworm, Mr. Webster. After which a New Comic Drama, entitled THE IRISH POST. Principal characters by Messrs. T. Bland, Tilbury, Mrs. Humby, &c. The Band will perform the Overture, " La Gaz <a Ladra," and the Waltz, "Love's Serenade." To conclude with a New Farce, called LEND ME FIVE SHIL LINGS. Principal characters by Mr. Buck.3tone, Mr. Tilbury, Mr. Brindal, and Miss P. ll.rton. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. IMELEY. 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. 1. Wigan, Turner, Bellingham ; Misses Arden, Villars, and Howard. To conclude with the New Grand Romantic Extravaganza, en titled THE ENCHANTED HORSE ; or, Prince Firouz Sella'. of Persia and the Princess of Bengal. Principal Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Wigan, F. Matthews, Collier, Turner, Kinloch, &c.; M,s lames 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 EEOLINE : or, Life's Trials Principal characters by Messrs. 0. Smith and Wright, Mrs. Yates, and Miss Woolgar. To be followed by TAMING A TARTAR ; or, Magic and Ma zourkaphobia. 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 be perfumed Shakspeare's Tragedy of AS YOU LIKE IT. Jacques, Mr. Cooper ; Orlando, 11 r. Murray ; Touchstone, Mr. Compton ; William, Mr. Oxberry ; Rosalind, Mrs. Stirling ; Audrey, Miss Emma Stanley. To be followed by a DIVERTISSEMENT, In which Mr. Gilbert, Mr. Marshall, M. Adrian, Miss Bailin, Miss Marshall, and Mdile. Duval will appear. After which, a New Farce, called TOO MANY COOKS SPOIL THE BROTH. Gregory Granite, Mr. Compton ; George, Mr. Oxborry ; Fanny, Miss E. Stanley. NEW STRAND THEATRE. M. PIIILLIPPE'S SOIREES and It AIINEES MYSTERIEUS ES. Two Morning Performances during the Week. At the urgent and reiterated solicitations of many distinateshed families, and in order to accommodate the crowds who do A. to attend his Morning Performances, M. PIIILLIPPE will give his ;rand Juvenile Entertainment every Wednesday and Saturday Mornng, It Two o'clock. Phillippe's most Popular Deceptions and Peculiar Exr eriments will be repeated every Evening, varied by the AMUSIII: Per formances of the Chiarinl Family, and the astounding Feat of the American Brothers.—Doors open at a quarter past Sec cu, to com mence at a quarter before Eight. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s : ; I'it, Is. ; Gallery, 63. ; Fr' vete Boxes, li. Is., 'and It Ils. Gd. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPIIITM:ATRY. OF ARTS. Obrions career of the New Oriental Spectacle. The most suc cessful piece ever produced. Nightly overflows of rank and fashion to witness the rare performances of the Colossal Elephants, train of Camels, &c. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Drama, entitled THE RAJA OF NAGPORE ; or, the Sacred Elephants of the Pagoda. In which the whole of the extensive resources of the Establishment will be brought 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. ROYAL VICTORIA TIIEATRE. Surpassing hit of " Jessie Holmes." Triumphant recytion of " Tha Scamps of London." THIS EVENING Will be 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, After which, HERCULES, KING OF CLUBS. Hercules, Mr. Herbert. To conclude with THE SCAMPS OF LONDON. Supported by the entire strength of the co,ripany. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, FEB. 27. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 50; Highest, 58; Noon, 57, BAROMETER, 29.76. Wntn S., morning, light rain; afternoon, fine. HHIYI WATER AT LONDON-ERIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 30 nainutts after 3. I Evening 51 minutes after . 3. *r s i . 46 2 h ' r ' 7ll M A I . 1 14 g o 0 14.'t inn' it ilt t 76'-'llll* LONDON, SATURDAY, FEiiRUARY 28, 1846, The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at Five o'clock. The Earl of RAoxon presented petitions from Welshpool, and several other places, in favour of a total and immediate repeal of the corn-laws. The Noble Earl also presented simi lar petitions from places in Cornwall and Somersetshire. The Earl of RIPON laid on the table of the House the form of the vote of thanks which he intended to propose on Mon day to the Governor-General of India, and the officers and men under his command, in consequence of the glorious vic tory that had been obtained by them on the left bank of the Sutlej. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition [from Col. Rockford, relative to the operation of the Insolvent Act. It was his intention, in the course of the next week, to introduce a Bill upon the subject. The County Works Presentment (Ireland) Bill went through Committee, and was ordered to be read a third time. The Drainage (Ireland) Bill went through Committee after a short discussion, in the course of which it was stated by Earl ST. GERMANS to be the intention of Government to employ a competent number of military engineers on the works that would result from the measure. The Fisheries Pier and Harbour (Ireland) Bill was read a third time and passed. The House then adjourned to Monday. The SPEAKIIR took the chair at Four o'clock. The Marquis of WORCESTEU took the oaths and his seat for Gloucestershire, in the room of the Hon. F. CHARTERIS. Lord CLIVE moved the second reading of the Shropshire Union Railway and Canal Bill (Chester and Wolverhampton Mr. THORNELY moved, as an amendment, that the Bill be read a second time that day six months. After a short dis cussion, the Noble Member withdrew his motion, and the Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. Several petitions were presented for and against the Govern ment measures of free trade. Several railway Bills were read a second time and ordered to be committed. Mr. J. O'CONNELL rose to defend himself from an attack which had been made upon him, on account of his having withdrawn a motion of which he had given notice, and ex plained his reason for having done so. After a few words from Sir R. Nous the subject dropped. In answer to Colonel SIBTHORP, it was stated by Sir R. PEEL that the only office actually vacant was that of Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests. Two of the Commissioners of the Treasury had tendered their resig nations, which would be accepted, and the offices would be filled up ; but in the meantime those gentlemen continued to perform the duties of the offices. The Right Hon. Gentleman also indulged in some good-humoured satire in relation to the observations of the Gallant Officer, in the absence from the House of Lord LINCOLN, for whose absence the Gallant Colonel was more responsible than he, inasmuch as his tenants had voted against him. He admitted that the Secretary :for the Colonies was not a member of the House, but it would be an infringement of the prerogative of that House to render it necessary for all Members of the Government to be in Parliament. But he had no hesitation in saying that his reason for depriving himself of the ser vices of those gentlemen in Parliament was the faith he had in the justice of the measures proposed by the Government, and in the wisdom of Parliament. Mr. PERRAND then rose to defend himself against the at tacks which had been made upon him. The Hn. and Learned Member for Bath ought not to complain of per sonalities, for he had thrown down the Times newspaper on LONDON STOCK IXCHANGB, FEa. 26, —... Darbadoes, %—lioulogna and Amiens, 11% Calcutta and Dia mond Harbour ' p.—Central of Spain, h —East Indian, I%—dreat Nortltera of Praises Constituted, 11%—Great Western Bengal, % —lf mar and Liege, Orleans and Bordeaux, 11% —Paris and beam, 46%--Seam and Nam, I —Sambre and Moue, 1%. It is rumoured that Lord Lincoln is to be brought into the House of Commons for the borough of Carrickfergus, the present Conservative Member, Mr. Peter Birk, retiring for the purpose, and that Sir John Owen is to vacate his seat for Pembroke in Mr. Gladstene's favour. Mr. Baillie Cochrane, who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds, offers himself again for Bridport. THE CONSOL ACCOUNT.—The settlement of the Con ol account which has taken place to -day, is one of the most re smarkahle as regards fluctuations during its progress, which we have 11,A1 for a very long time. Bargains in it commenced, according to the usage at the Stock-Exchange, on the 4th of January. The opera tions between this date and the 10th of the same month showed an upward tendency in the market, and from about 95% Consols ad vanced to 95%. After this period the scarcity of money began to be felt, and in connexion with the account then about to be settled, a reaction took place, and the quotation dropped to nearly 94%. The account was settled on the 16th, and the price then arranged was 94%. Between the 17th and 18th of the mouth there was a flatness in the prices which was increased by the advices received from America of a strong feeling in favour of war. Upon this news Consols at once went back to 94. There was then, between this period and the 29th of the month, increased activity, consequent upon the purchases of the Government liroker, whose dealings gave strength to the market, and Consols reached 95. From that date prices continued to advance, and, with trifling intermediate fluctua tions, the quotation touched 95% on the receipt of further intelligence from America respecting the moderation of hostile feeling towards the English. This figure was mailed on the 4th of February, and Consols then exhibited much firmness. Between the sth and Bth of the month the Chancery broker came in as a large buyer of stock and Exchequer-bills, and the quotation of Consols imme diately advanced nearly 1 per cent. per diem. After they touched 97%, there was another reaction on sales, but so soon as the effect of those had passed, a further advance occurred, and Consols on the 9th got up to 97%. It was then found that the broker had concluded his operations, and the result was, that from that time to the 11th prices t eceded to 96%, and from the 12th to the 23d to 96. Since that date, business having been limited, bargains have been done as low as 95%, but now more firm ness is manifested in consequence of the account showing a " bear " hoe tha_nrice ta 9614. D ring the whole progreis -of the account the extreme advance, it will be seen, was about 3% per cent., and the reaction 1% per cent. At the com mencement several.causes operated to depress the market. The state of relations with the United States kept up a general feeling of anxiety, and the doubt as to how the question of the railway depo sits would be settled, hung as a dead weight on the minds of ope rators. Nevertheless, the danger of the period was over-estimated, and the principal losers on t' ie present settlement are those who then speculated for the fall. The reaction which was produced by the purchases of the Chancery broker led many to believe that Consols would reach a much higher quotation than was actually attained, but they were soon stopped short in their.expectations. The com panies, who saw how they were sacrificed in all these investing ope rations, checked their progress, although it is well known that they had actually taken out Chancery orders fur an amount far exceeding that which has been actually invested. The depression at the com mencement, and the sudden rise on the Accountant-General's pur chases, are the two most colispicuous leateres in the account. Since then the tendency has been for the most part downwards, and the scarcity of money, occasioned by the withdrawal of the deposit money from circulation, has been the theme of general complaint. The Bank, by extending its advances, partially relieved the pressure ; but rtill the market is in an unsatisfactory state, and the rise of to-day is at tributed merely to the account being against those who speculated for the fall about the end of January.—Times' City Article of yes terday. ARRIVAL Or FOREIGN ANIMALS.—ThursOay, about three o'clock in the afternoon, the steamer James Watts, from Havre, brought some fine specimens of animals and birds, which were pur chased at great cost, to add to the collection at the Surrey Zoologica Gardens. Amongst them is one, which the keeper called a risen • deer, as large as the rein-deer of the north. The hair on the body which Is nearly two feet eight inches long, is nearly black, whilst the face is white, like that of the sheep, with bright intelligent eyes. There is one large lioness and three baboons, each five feet high. The most attractive object amongst them all is, another animal of the baboon species, the first of the class, it is said, which has ever been introduced into this cote itry ; it is called the Mar chief] baboon, and it stands seven feet high, and is said to be possessed of Herculean strength. It is verypeculiarly marked, with great variety of colours. FIBIRMONORRIe AND POULTEPERS' BENEVOLENT RoarrY.—On Thursday the annual general meeting of the suppo. ters of the Society for the Belief of Aged and Infirm Fishmongers and Poulterers, was held at the London Coffee-house, Ludgate-hill; Mr. G. D. Sprigens in the chair. From the report it appeared that a proposition had been made to the committee to commence the erection of the intended asylum for the reception of the distressed members of the trade, and that the necessary measures were now being taken to purchase a piece of ground at Wood-green, Hornsey. The committee already possessed a sum of 4,0001. During the past year many distdrssed members of the trade bad been relieved. As the receipts were in a great measure composed of the subscriptions raised at the anniversary dinner, the presentation of the balance sheet was, postponed until Apr il next, ffry which time the dinner—at which the Lord Mayor has promised to preside —will have taken been adopted, and thanks voted to the place. T rert having chairman, he the po meeting separated. Sir Robert and Lady Peel give a grand dinner to ght, to which some of- the leading members of the cord ipkoni • are united. ra :LATEST PRICES OP HAIt%S. IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND O S THEII PANIES' STOCK. From no Official List, PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AID FRIDAY EVENING LONDON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27. JOINT-STOGIE 88117 SS, Dividend Amount Fria' Name of Company. per o ou f Paid. Annum. - 41111........ ............ .............., Share. ...........4........7.- X 5 . d• i X S 'o 264 Australasia .. •• • • .... 67 . per ce nt. 40 0 0 40 0 0 ;;; ' A„, BritstiNorth American 5/. per cent. 50 0 050 0 _ '' Commercial of London 51. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 ; '2olonial . • ••• • • ...... 51. per cent. 100 0 9 25 0 0 ; 64 Londn and Westminstr 61. per ce nt. 100 0 0 20 0 0 _ 0 N London Joint-Stock .• • 61. per cent. 50 0010 O. u Metropolitan - 25 0 0 710 0 , 0 Provincial of Ireland.. Si. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 2 " i v. Ditto, New. - National of Ireland • • 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 35 % Nat. Provincial of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 3 5 0 : Ditto, New. •••• • . . . 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10. 0 : 26}s Union of Australia.. -0 ) 61. per cent. 2 5 00 25 i s 1 2 Union of London.. •.• i 5/. per cent. 51:lLi 0 10C_____-- nnsuseivcz COMPANIES: Name of Company. PO& Albion .............. All Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 00111 0 0 17 6 4 of Annum. Share. Pf l4. •_------ ..----" X s. d. X S. tl• ~,/ Ditto Marine. ••• • .• 6/. per cent, 100 0 0 1 5 0 : 161 Dividend. Pe :os boAomoOunto .3 Atlas .••.. .. ..... .. -13 s. 6d. pr sh. 50 0 0 I 5 0 0 , 7 British Commercial . • 7s. per share 50 0 0 \ 5 0 0 6% Clericl,'Med.& Gen. Life, 51. per cent. 100 0 0 210 Count 1 0 0y•••••• • • • • • • • • 10s. 50 00 i 5 0 31. 100 0 0 0 .... 0 5% 0 Eagle •• • ... ...... •• • • Os. 50 0 0 5 0 Economic Life. •••• . • • r A 5 per ct., & 30s.bs. 1000 0 0 250 0 0 / 94 Eng. & Scot. Law ••• • • • 5 /. per cent. 50 0 0 1 2 0 • 2 0 European Life ' Freemasons' .. •••• • • • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 3' 0 0 135 Globe ••.••.• • • - •• • • 6/. per cent. Stock. --. 0 0 45 36 , Guardian .••••• • • • • • • 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 10 A 210 Imperial Fire •••• • • • • 6/. and bonus 500 0 0 50 0 . 1 6% r Imperial Life •••• • • • • 12 s. 100 00 10 0 0 29 Indemnity Marine •• • • 1/. sh. & be. 100 0 0 5 1 „ 3 . 0 51, ' Law Life •.-• . • • ..... 1/. 55. 100 0010 u 6,4 • Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 15,4 t London Fire •••• • • • • 10s. 25 0012 1 0 , OM, . London Ship •.•• • • • • 10s. 25 0012 1 0 0 104 ' Marine .. • ... e Med. Invlid& Gcn. Life 4y. per ct . 50 0 0 2 10 13 s o 2 1 t National Loan Fund• • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 2 A 91 National Life •• • • .... 8/. per cent. 0 0 0e • 20. A ~,s' O Palladium Life ..• •. 100 5 51. per cent. 50 0 0 • 00 2s pr. A Plicenix ••.. . ..... .. 3/. p. ct. & be. - ,. 40. 0 0 "e 3 ~ Protector Life ••• • • -5/. per cent. 20 0 0 I .- , , ' Provident Life •••• • • • • 1/. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 ',', 41 O Rock Life •••••• • • • • • • 4s. 5 0 0 01 0 u 100 00 49 e Royal Exchange 5/. per cent. Stock. --• . Sun Fire... •. • • • • .. -6/. 10s. t 5 Ditto Life . 11. - Os. __ II 0 1 e Universal Life oI aCS II A LIST 01" SCOTTISH COMPANIES ' t, Amount le Name of Company. per' 1'- of p fd ' sr __ ............... 4 ,_„„.- • ••••••#° d .is iv- As : 4 s. d. -E °,: • ~ le Bank of Scotland - le. 0 .11 1 Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. - 100 0 45.. ae British Linen Company el. per cent. - 100 0 A 11 is Commercial Bank - •1 0 ° ° .;,. 14 ' National Bank Si. per cent. -•• 10 0 ",. 95 ed 5Q 0 , v , Union Bank of Scotland 7%1. pr cent. - 50, 4 0 IA ,or Western Bank. • - b 0 0 i i ne Northof Scotland Bank N. per cent. - 10 . 0 Cl ' 1 24 Clydesdale Bank ••• • - 61. per cent. - ia- t o o' o. 44 Eastern Bank •• • • ... • 5/. per cent. - 7%1. pr cent.; - 210 0 14 on Caledonian Bank s 0 ° 14 he Edinb.&Glasgew Bk 6t. per cent.' - 10 0 ° 14 City of Glasgow Ban an k . Si. per cent. - ,a 0 I N Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 I A ' o ' Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 1100 9 0 10 .., d. 9 ,,• insur. Co. of Scetlnd • • 51. per cent.' 10 0 0 Al l P i r 0 , 1 ,; 10 Y North Itritsh Incur 5%1. pr cent. 200 0 0 I° " 0 1% sed Caledonian Fire Insur. 10/. per cent:loo 0 0 10 0 0 1 4 Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 7 9 per Edin. & Glasg. Railway I /.10s. per c. 50 0 0 50 , Id, 6 Ditto, IA Shares• •• . 75.6 d. p. s. 12 10 0 A ll r - 0 4 &lin., Leith, & Grantn - 20 0 0 20 ; id . . 1 , Cliasgw & Ayrshir Rail. 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 A ll ,„ Lod- S . , en- Giaspv & Greenek Rail. 21. per cent. 25 0 0 A il Wd. 3 04 ted (I,sg;w St Garnkirk Rail. 51. per cent. 25 0 0 •''''', „` A id- 9 Dundee & Arbroth Rail. 6l . per cent. 25 0 0 u ,' o :ter St mdini Li A sse rn cp. 5/ per cent. 50 0 0 '- 0 '- tbe DOCXS. ' -----''''''..,,,, tals • ry - Dividend Amount sti- PIA Name of Company. per , of ..." ible Annum. ' Share. e-----<1 X S. .-- 1 4 k i t h •••• 50 s. d. Commercial •• •• East and West India t 61. pr cent. j Stock. East Country ••.• • I 1/. per sh. ,100 0 0 Lyndon •••• • • •• ••• .• 5/. pr cent. Stock. CANALS. 4 a? per An°u°. St Katharine • • • • I 5 per cent. Stock. Southampton ••.• • • • • 41. per cent. 50 0 0 Price. Names of Companies. 41. 81. 71. -I°t. 61. 1 3- 28 1 ' 15 1 * 2 01 „,• 11. 8 M 301. I raid. Share• Names of t e l Dividend Companies. per Ashtn & 014111 97 Ashby-d-la-ZI113 ! Barnsley i 160; Basingstoke.. 100 Brknk&Abrg l lso Cromford .. • .1100' Dudley ....• .1100 Derby .• • • • • 1160 Ellsmre&Chs' 133 Erewash • • • 100 Forth & Clyd' 1001 GrandJ unctn 1001 Grand Union 1001 Glamorgnsh .11721 Glstr & Brkly, 00: Grantham • . !150 Iludderstleld.j 57 Kennt & Aviv 39, Lancaster .• .1 47 Leeds& Livrp , loo Leicester .... 140 Leicstr &NOE 83 Loughboroghll42 Annum. 5/.59. p 41. 12/. 1/. 10s, 13%1. 7s. 6d. 11. 10s. 341. 101. Monmonthsh Mntgomrysh Macclesfield. Neath • • • • • • Nottingham . 1 Peak Forest . Regent's • • • • Rochdale ..• • Shropshire • • Somrset Coal Do.Lk Fd St Stfird &Wore Shrewsbury. Stourbricl .. Strtfrd cn ♦v Severn and Wye Rail. Trnt & 31r sey, 1 ,4 sh: 3 Thaws &Med Worestr & Wilts & Mks wou: Dividen( Name of Company. per Annum. ,TE: id } Amouni £ s, d• East London..• ••.• • • . Si. 100 0 0 Grand Junction .• •• .. 31. 10s. 41 13 4 ' Kent.. •••• • • • • ...... 2/. 10s. 100 0 0 Vauxhall ••• • • • 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 West Middlesex •• .. 5/.55. pr cut. 63 12 9 ...../__.,) _ MARKET NE VV s—( yE s Tl: 4ojp t oo, coa37-EXC3LESIVOS- or ossrttpfil Since Monday the arrivals of English Wheat for O A3 wit r e,i,,, e l been en a very limited scale, consequently th e StsnuorbotPoov'ot, been scantily filled with samples. The finest parcels o wai r ee ts ; white moved off steadily at very full prices,while di!, is o'; f ier 'O, O kinds was well supported. Free foreign Wheat lr', 2 eii i i R°„,,sll but without any improvement in the quotations. ..7 - d P i , e r , e y was dud, at almost nominal fi gures. The sulfPu b u t - , l);, il, I, small. Selected malting parcels were quite 115 df_tr,V tr.Z:IO .V were very difficult of sale. Super fi ne Malt macs' " wo o P : treme figures. The Oat trade was dull, yet Price ° Beans, Peas, and Flour as last quoted. fl °r • ii ARR o s tf 0,-,/ IVALS. fle I Wheat. Barley. 2 i 59 4 0 ' ../ ,2,180 qrs. 1,430 qrs. -I - -° 4 2 , .....,. --- 60 11,760 -- ie Malt, 2,020 qrs. eel' 10 SMITSENMEILD. fa r> 11 ,: ~ir Notwithstanding the supply of Beasts here Y/ 4 , 6 ~ e f_ i l' p er frpg have to report a very dull inquiry for that descrili"tof Md. di, some instances, a further decline in the qu eta m .,,,tinw )10 - 0 1w;,,A; There were on sale 109 Beasts and 220 sheep trer tr oiali3O,s 0 numbers of Sheep were again limited, yet the MOW, ID C ,, te. ii.u f and:Monday's prices were with difficulty sup 9 0 0„";;; AI ~,,lf t el. to nothing was doing, at late rates. Prime small '- e i w s , 'i t co to p dear, but ether qualities were a mere drug. 3 11162 li ps; X 6O; at from 161 to 181 lOs each ; Sucklin g C a l v es, 18s te5. , ,,, 1 old Store Pigs, 16s to 20s ea c h. B eas t s , 486 ;C ° ' 2,080 ; Calves, 92 ; Pigs, 208. ligbi ls" NHAVGILTH gran ix.a.rsre We had a very heavy trade here. I s. „,t e' 00 BOROUGH HOP M 3 m 0 10 0 0 0 Although the amount of business transacted in 0 a le.' the present week has been by no means extensliN."3 • supply of Reps on offer being small, are well OPP °. 0 7) Aof fel , ' ' O P 0 (From the Landon Yew Price Current of f f or d o to SUGAR.—To-day there was no public VI tl O fi" es ... e re Sugar admissible for hcme consumption. A tm ~r forsparingly dealt in for all purposes, alth °111 " 0 sellers upon rather lower terms: ed Jed tiel i i 1 0 REFINED.—To-day the home trade were " 0 0 (1 , 19 6.. chase refined goods with more freedom, it 6 i s to °' .. A 623 to 62s 6d being taken for standard, and gest 4 o brown grocery lumps. • e O P op , MAuarrius.—There has been little deslr 1 , bie ‘i . 6cl of purchase yellow descriptions, and the SuPP,/,lee, e r, 1) 13 ,0 sisted principally of such, a decline in th e how e ',..ea t cwt has taken place; brown and grey sorts , 070 1.0 A been in fair request, and brought prices ti t tiev", O fe for lije a of this day we, lc. e Ben d 00 0 EAST INDlA.—Although importers 0 . , r tiOn 00" de eua- ae .f• desirous to realize, and submitted to a r . for . t j3e , ' prices of 6d for white, and 6d to is per cw t us in 0„ brown kinds, still buyers have been eau b° ..en o til l ceedings. Or - 00 ine - .0 MoLAseEe......West India cannot be o b ta i n tb- ho ve but terms, the quantity on show being small;, (foe V S few buyers to be met with. 011 ° a • I for pd TEA.—The moderate rates that exist roll d P rl ia tempted the trade to take many parcels.nted, iitnao." been sold to a fair extent. Tik ankay is w s ,„ 3 heee ese ° rule firm. In Hyson several purchases he' bo ieeel, V A Imperial and Gunpowder a fair amount of _ ar ts ° tt er trans..t..,i the me terms. For other 3 li te 11 0 1. demand is on increase generally. mettleo, ll oe, 0 0 - FOREIGN.--TO-day Foreign Sugar lla - s l i s 1.- tion ;at public sale 486 boxes of wh 3 , to v lit e* offered,—tbe sound was all taken in at most 71 111 00 2 0 4 5. under late nominal rates. on fl e e o jec 0 , COFFEE.—This afternoon Mocha ---. r stesber _go, attention, and went.at a decline on forme r ~,, fur' to ° r ii i CoooA.—West India is not offered at any oProoa in prices, but there has been little desire nu i , bett, 00 0 y 0, SPICES.—To-day the market was 111 :1 1- ive , on' i d O il with Nutmegs; the demand was less a - I ...te d, an of rather lower terms. Mace is little w l6 " .11 000‘ 00 0/ easier rat %tsi va v be ve lse.; SPIRITS- Since our last report an e bold o o o 4 or p-, been transacted in Calcutta Kern, bl t es , Le e v ie° 10 1 7, unable to obtain any advance in Ime ersra pre ttr al a si , haspeen sparingly, dealt in. For Derr o ffere d hes? " I ; ' are insisted upon. Jamaica is not in __, a has_ t eo„ r itii terms, but the home and export de .a`, l , ca uti o "f g rPosl i ; limited. Brandy has been purchssedl s it w u sete d io • , oet io r P t and Geneva is held with firmness, and . r gO l ~ 9 ,1 .to Corn Spirits the price is still 105 6 . t i t 1 1 ' held O r ° ;s ll°l3 ' , 0 but the demand is still limited. Gill __ 4d p er ,s , . per cent. under proof, and 17 unde r 9 3 the demand has been limited. RlCE.—This afternoon at public Isle were sold, but at easier prices ; e`'." , 1 7 -94e 6d 11- -'4:41:11 , a lln I:Prf . 1111:1'dg43.6. 11' rat her broken, Bengal grain went at 1 43 12s 6d to 13s. C u t t s , tri g e Plif .., On the 28th of December las t, at Gard itrirrff. s - e n /w eb, Cw illii° 5 /40 1 * of John Tell, Esq., of a son. rev'. el O n the 24th inst., at Now-gr ove , nee. A 10 4 , 2 1' . 1 0 Tower-street, of a son. eil .. -.Dv . 114/1/t/ED. ~_,,n c0v015,41, 'A Ca O le n ut th ta e , Bennett, of St. Mary's, Dorset. cio• p C' t 'ol t2o4thEiiinzsatlauti,ltioetcuolonrdd fZiugructlfe,rsiov;, the D o Tcr -..- 4 , .p/ED• I wo •.•• . 3 10 D.- 00nn the 1283tdhininsstt.:,etatcChleanputh,ants nrOrtenyTtiowntl,ro.fo:o3.4l:oo,o,of 311. ,f , On the 24th inst., Mary Anne, the w - Ffin cis ' Ri ng -street, Portman - sq uare. 000 s: O f ', Ou the 24th inst. , William DW ~ 0 I 4 , 1 Bennett, of Gerrard - stree t, Sob*. .0 0 0 101 34%. Toe gis p Losntdreann,, Printer, :i rr i i n n t t e e r d , Ita t driarusbluinshoe I : e_ y , i k i d ...N ,lL uti v - .11 2,r::,,1 ,1 1I er the savoy, to th e CO et 4 u 28, 1646. 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