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• • - %. soNTFRIILDASTON'S LAST NIGHT AT CSI • ..t.,_..,,,,,,, . . Hiu,. EVENING, January 30, at Eight o i elOCk• Mr. WIL- '''' 'WI give a favourite selection of the ,0 - 11 , . ti . t I ________.- Pe Pa rt I. T SONGS OF SCOTLAND. ~,''‘ , ~..„: 4 , ,e , li - aril Glen-l''' S P r lng comes in Rejoicing-The Birks of Aberfeldy- k,„,.„ , * ) I k Y.) o.,„,_yMary Morison -Bide ye yet-oMy Spouse Nancy--lohn orning /OM 0 , p.," 4 " 1 1 „.. on -Saw ye my wee 'thing. i posses sed °°) pe o Z:_ i t wha'll be King but Charlie?-Charlie is my Darling-The marieli n ar _ e _s' gene wud-sae's me for Prince Charlie-Woo'd and ISMIIIICCOMICMOMEWEICerffr-taienGllllllM-45112PMEICIMEZSIRaussomma...,w-a....c......G - __ 144 d - , nu a'-Tale your auld cloak about ye. Pianoforte, Mr. DA Y ' ) Tickets and tali c o , In:grammes may be hid of Messrs. Keith, Prowse, N O , 1 6 5 6 78. ki._' AON ...-I )ON , W causes to dat e ; -s hin and a i t B l ll C e l ' uall e aim! le; Messrs. Smith, Elder, and Co. 6e, Coni neernedp nun _ . . - ... ..,_ „,...._ -....-., -,.. - 1t ° ,,,„ A L I 'ol4 Y TEUIIN le IN 6WIT U TION . ~,,....:3:f, [ES Tg g 444 s o eroro: Lectures selected for this period of the year, by Dr. Ryan P r HE GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION vAY. sop n , . r Bachoffner, in CHEMISTRY and NATURAL PHILO- A_ COMPANY'S splendid and powerful first-class STEAM- S. 4;:,; ,. ,.wi1l be illustrated by interesting and brilliant experiments. SHIPS are appointed to leave the Custom House or Tower for- il UN. , f es deliver eon the PREVALENT DISEASE in POTATOES will be lI.AMBITRGH, carrying her Majeaty's Mails-Every Wednesday article ce -,_, IyA-e- , --.- eY Dr. Ryan, and also on the _ATMOSPHERIC RAIL- and Saturday Morning. tester Pottenw. ryttii serer Professor Bachoffner, a Working Model of which, ear- ROTTERDAM and the RHINE, carrying her Majesty's Mails -1 the Pith f lic ts ' i ee 2PAQu i tl Parsons , is exhibited daily. The additions to the- Every Wednesday and Saturday Morning. oks of refs- AltOt.E ICROSCOPE, DISSOLVING TIEWS, and CHROMA- ANTWERP-From Blackwell Pier-Every Thursday, at Ten, nt te e are ver . arliam e tee hetheent e b y e ffective. The PIITSIOSCOPE. Submarine Ex- Morning. Cotton-ono-f the , the variopieYenPl.lB of the DITER and DIVIN* BELL. Among HAVRE- 7 From St.. Kathartrie's Wharf-Fob. 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, niet Pa rt jer `‘ , o7.ble ~ , _ additions to the Working Models is Coleman's NEW and 30, at Eight, Morning. . an d the , ' ti scene*, Inclined LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE, for ascending and da- From London Bridge Wharf, for rs•-te, rto Lo o iel os e Pee ..-* Wined Planes. A magnificent ' Collection of TROPICAL OSTEND-Every Wednesday and Saturday Morning. j US. Ar e , ,arties w it „ lo g; . 41 the e t „.,--• e , awne, the celebrated Flute Player, will take part BOULOGNE-Every Thursday and Saturday. dert 4 ' ei past ph,_ -. e. eonducted by Dr. Wallis. Open front Eleven to half- CALAIS-Every Thursday and Sunday Morning. is un s o 0 , aAn.i_from Seven to Half-past Ten in the Evenieg. rs to em s or HULL-Every Tuesday and Friday, at Eight, Morning. , is jgllol. - ft . ~, 7 1 nIttal s------- -----...lilling. Schools, Half-price. YARMOUTH-Every Wednesday and Saturday, at Six, Evening. From Brown's Wharf, Poplar, for . • to i lds . atm CARTER'S MAMMOTH HORSE. pubbeity sir, EDINBURGH-Reduced Fares--Jan. 31 ; and Feb. 4,7, and 14, ____w e arc sand , This COLOSSAL HORSE has been visited by many thou- at Ten, Evening. • Laei ss r wrrns, including the Nobility, Gentry, and numerous From Colman's Irengate Wharf-Reduecd Fares-for tors. n ellarakvaebilleeclared that he is the most extraordinary horse in NEWCASTLE-Every Saturday. at Eight, Evening. ti :::e s rl r d rin °int Send of th is ,_: The principal journals have spoken in the highest terns Between BRIGHTON and DIEPPE-Every Saturday. Jan 31, muster , animal. He is twenty hands in height, and at Two Afternoon. Feb. 7, at half past . Night.. Jan. at t 4 ‘,oolbs. He willbe exhibited b Mr. Carter for a short time To secure Berths, for Freight and Bills containing hour..s 37,0 f Atirnip • l ' gY i P t ian Ran, Piccadilly, -.......... 5... .5u s from 11, Aar., till 9, r.m.- departure, fares, &c., apply at the Onions , 69, Lombard - street - SOV T° t4:44.B,l.B:rCe4ol.,:teCtafE:lltiT at the HANOVER-SQUARE ,. ROOMS. tTHIOPIAN SERENADERS.-FOURTH 'NT ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR LI ANCE SOCIETY, dent " O P ' IVA er e GERMON, STANWOOD HARRINGTON, PELL, and 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. 7, 2 1'. 31 ' ,r' 1,................_, place ucti o ina" . y announce that their FOURTH CONCERT will Capital X 500,000. r e e o } SWAY, January 30, on which occasion will be Empowered by Act of Pullet:met. !, has j ° , 4 J ll - Per peCha ng e of Programme. This institution efiers important and substantial advan front 1 :lo tcbe l inst4:o7burottui stehd se* Bills of the day. Concert at Eight o'Clock. tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. elisP' The assared has, on all occasions, the power to bornw, without ex ngs f the GREAT PARIS AND LYONS pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid, lecOan t 0 0 notice i , RAILWAY. (see table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the co n vention : 0 . attae Nat a_- is given, that the Bankers' receipts in this Company of hi , interests to meet other conveniences el* necessity. Assurances vine - te 31°° tin and exchanged on or before SATuankr, the 31st for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates. beyond . t o noon, o'between the hours of Twelve and Three o'clock in the after- DIVISION OF PROFI'1":. 18 ki lled ' th en r the holders Compa n y will forfeit all claim to participate in The success and increasing prosperity of tee Society has enabler. `pp lieu 1, the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a third 1 ~,1 1. 1 ord r W. FREELING JERDAN, Secretary. Bonus, varying from 3O to 75 per cent. on the premiums paid on each Policy effected on the Profit scale. A thi g hall Cham bers-.Hasinghall-str.-.7 1114 ' hall-street, Jan. 23d, 1846. EXAMPLBS, at Lloy , : i , UHEPSTOW , FOREST OF DEAN, AND Ali ii,,,,._ G LOUCESTER JUNCTION RAILWAY. I a-- -i ett ep re' :,': :4: tt], 4- „ 3 l ir a nd t o ii i ''`_T_s having ; Bonus Bonus in gi: 0, -0 ''o ,--' 'P pBY lIE 0 claims against this Company are requested to - 7 . Pei ..° Premium. . - ~. ppei f retn e „,, _eu accounts on or before the 4th February next, that the pe a ma be . . 1 g added. Cash. E B rn- _4.. , examined and discharged. ' cp 13 •-• ! fl. I'AP ~ LT, iop s° ' WM. PROTHEROE, Secretary. 1 1 ' ' s .---...Z . :_ee 25' 11114 t, Westminster, Jan. 26, 1846. I ...-- ---- -- (111E.PSTo ‘V, FOREST . OF DEAN, AND - I ~.. , „ , 1837 £l9l 13 .51£87-12-11.513 It 1.£395 II I 28th of !co'r - - --- .1838 165 13 0 74 13 10 11 8 6 348 2 a 61 1000 74 3 4 1839 138 13 6 61 14 3 92 10 296 13 4 i . v. , dat l ' t/ the The Dire G LOUCESTER JUNCTION RAILWAY. - e _.hpr, • , :: 41/ e ene.. te irs bee to ...Immo& to their aharphelldprst_ that they I I , 1840 89 0 0 41 13 4 6I 0 247 4 5 No, 16,678. LONDON, WEDNESDAY 7" E • rqg . OXFORD, THAME, HIGH WYCOMBE, AND UXBRIDGE JUNCTION RAILWAY. HUBERT DE BURGH, Esq. , C hairman. iscoViscount3CfaUnßaZgeOmlie,nDt, b ep e n i t n y g -Chairrna n The Comm i ttee impressed with the great importance and practicability of this undertaking, which must ulti mately become one of the most important lines In the kingdom, and in accordance with the suggestions of several landowners and par ties locally interested, have withheld their allotment until they could assure their subscribers and applicants for shares that all the standing orders of Parliament had been complied with. They now beg to state that, pursuant to their resolution they have, out of their own resources, provided all the expenses required for completing the surveys, depositing plans, serving notices, &c., and or complying with all other formalities up to the 31st of December ult., and they have, therefore, this day allotted the shares. It. MORTON CALEY. 43, Moorgate-street, Jan. 23, 1846. was contrary to the opinion of that tribunal, and would impose a vast expense on persons whose Bills should be opposed in Committee. Mr. GISH° RNE did not conceive that the introduction of counsel into the Standing Orders' Committee would in ally manner remove any suspicions that might be' attachedjto their decisions. They might be wrong in fact, but they w ere right in point of feeling, and he thought they ought to alter the present Standing Orders' Com mittee, and was sorry that the motion was resisted. Mr STRUTT said that he would make one observation is reply. He would just remark that the Committee on Standing Orders arc of a 'nature perfectly distinct from tiny other Committees, and he hoped the House would excuse 'him, while he showed they were difierent. Their business Is transacted in private, the sante as other Commit tees. The standing orders allowed that if the parties could shy. ti at they had been misled, and had not been guilty of cull:Ade neglect, then the standing orders might be dispenser) with ; but, on the contrary, should they have been guilty of such neglect the standing or ders should be enforced. The standing orders also stated that the d Atam line should be commenced from some certain fixed point, which in the case of the railway mentioned by the Hon. Member, had not been complied with. The tendency of the Hon. Member's motion would be that of placing the Standing Orders' CommiPee and the Committee on Private Bills in opposition to eac h other. Ile therefore felt under the necessity of opposing the moti on of his Honourable Friend. Mr. GI,4tORNE observed, in re: ly, that in the ease which he adverted to: he did not complain of the decision which the Com mittee arrived at—he merely brought it forward as it case which had fallen under his own observations. Ile would not, however, as he saw the feeling of the House. press his motion, and he would con sequently beg leave to withdraw it. The motion was then withdrawn. Mr. BROTHLRTON presented a petition from the Lancaster and Carli,le Railway Company. . - Mr. WODEI OUSE moved for returns made by Mr. Rickman for a period of ninety-on%years, showing the ratio which highway rates, poor-rates, and county ratos, bore to the public expenditure. Mr. ETWALL gave notice that he would move for a Select Com mittee, on the 10th •f February, to inquire into the administration of the poor-law in the Andover Union, and as to how that union has been managed. PUBLIC WORKS (IRELAND) RILL. On the motion that the Public Works (Ireland) Bill should be read a second time, Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD wished to know from the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite whether it was the intention of Govern ment to bring in a Bill to amend the system of valuation in Ireland? Sir' T. FR : , :MANTLE intimated his intention to bring in a Bill for that purpose. CHEPSTOW, FOREST OF DEAN, AND G LOUCESTER JUNCTION RAILWAY. %Id 6 7,"n. a having claims against this Company are requested to me,,.."4eir accounts on or before the 4th February next, that the .4y be examined and discharged. WM. P 11114 26, t, Westminster, Jan. R 18 OTHEROE, Secretary. 46. REPSTo‘V, FOREST-OF DEAN, AND The GL OUCESTER JUNCTION RAILWAY. 14,,e 4:rectors beg to announce to their shareholders, that they wilr ud64 an arrangement by which the capital of this Conl in. oe transferred to the Gloucester and Hereford Extension he co rw n . °lab Midland Railway, and the scrip of this Company will lensi ° led into Welsh Midland, Gloucester, and Hereford Ex 211?ri Scrip. beet tend of the Chepstow and Gloucester Railway was to t, * th e Trunk line of South Wales with the city of Gloucester. e hNir ao a nth Wales Railway Company, however, instead of am '..`ng such a line, have in every way discouraged o loe cs , Pra jected an opposition line of their own from Chepstow to cieirvt.o ascertainede vme objects. Meanwhile, the pre the _a_ ins that the Welsh Midland Railway t p han for South Wales far more central hav e e ,"`" line, and more generally convenient for that countr, ini er , B ", x ne te the conviction that the objects of this Company, the ' s of their Shareholders, and the benefit of the city of ::::Ll ' l ld li be ne better attained by connecting that city with the 44ge.1dland Railway. They have accordingly entered into an tp th,eir prnt with the Welsh Midland Company, and thus secured eit. oprietary an interest in that trunk line, which will place Of gouics'e Gloucester on the direct route from the whole central part tiro c o 'llWales to the metropolis. By this arrangement each of the the Shawr Paolo bears its own expenses up to the present . time; and Jttn,tio eholders in the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester 411allway will be entitled to receive scrip certificates for four 11 "eford each in the Welsh Midland Railway, Gloucester, h an l l -4 _ xtenslon, in exchange for every five shares . they now io Th e ,!Innew, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Junction Railw CheN:_iirectors further give notice that the Shareholders in the IYtlhaNui re , s ! Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Junction are forthwith to send in their Scrip for exchange , addressed to e rretz er .5 and`elsh Midland Railway Office, ter a'n4T..2street, City; the Parliamentary Deeds of the Olouces id: land Rai7ereford Extension will lie at the offices of the Welsh t 3l th h-,4ll'ees way C ompany, No. 14, Moorgate-street, City, and a e —inn er -.sears. Baxter, Rose, and Norton, 3, Park-street, West ,4are;b;ld of Messrs. A'Beckett, Son, and Sympson, 7, Golden 4q, ween the hours of Ten and Four, from the 28th instant to Zessary tribruar3". both inclusive, by which day it is imperatively d fil e r , a t all parties should have exchanged their Scrip and exe l'arti tja: "11 , ° neglect to send in their Scrip, and execute the Deeds - "garile i - 4" , 11 ° aPecified, will be deprived of the benefit of this ar hol,l4 anel after the 4th of February the original Scrip will be ti n l'a rt l es negotiable qtc u reaident in the country may obtain powers of attorney for der fo r g Ze Deeds upon forwarding their Scrip with a Post-office the amount of the stamp. BAXTER. ROSE, and NORTON, 1 Solicitors to the 433ECKETT, SON, and SYMPSON, 3 Company. Mr. HITM r E objerted to the Bill alto ether. He defied any man to say, with that Bill before him, what the law would be. He th:ught they were come to that time of day when legislation should be a little intelligible. Everything should be as clear as possible ; and he submitted that it was impossible to understand the present Bill on these grounds; therefore he should appose the Bill. Sir THOMAS FItEMANTLE thought, that when extensive altera tions were proposed in any law, that the law should be consolidate& The simple object of the present Bill was merely to obtain a grant of money. There were certainly one or two alterations proposed, but they did not effect the principle of the law, merely the details. The first three pages of the Bill were occupied with mere recital, and the rest with the proposed alterations, which did not affect the law already existing. Mr. O'CONNELL said that the principle of the law was apt affected by the present Bill. That was only a particular Act of Par liament regulating another particular Act. He did not intend t., oppose it, though he reserved to himself the right of making some alterations in the Bill when it went into Commltee. He hoped, however, that the Government would not suppose that they had done more than discharge a part of their duty in bringing forward the present mea sure. It was impossible to ever-estimate the distressing state of things which at present existed in that country. They could not conceal from themselves the fact that, in three or four weeks a vast number of the pipulation would be subjected to the horrors of famine. The Government, therefore, were quite right in urging on the present measure, for it would help to alleviate, even to a small extent, the miseries which were impending.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") He would, therefore, give his support to the measure under the pro test that the Government was not to consider that they were doing all that was necessary for Ireland in her present melancholy state. Sir ROBERT FERGUSON would support the general bearings of the Bill, but he would, when the provisions of that measure came befere the House, suggest some amendments. He thought that the sth and 6th clause required some amendment. These clauses referred to the sum to be expended on public works, and he was of opinion that the Bth clause gave sufficient powers. Mr. SHAR3IAN - CRAWFORD would beg to express 'his dissent to the 3d clause. It provided that two justices and three cess payers should be sufficient to carry out the powers of that clause. The Hon. Gentleman should remember the power of justices in appointing the cess payers who were to sit with them, and how very partially they might act on that power _ Sir H.W. BARRON rose to call the ttention of the Right Hon. Baronet opposite, and of the Government in Ireland, to the'fact that the paltry sum of 50,0001. could not, under existing circumstances, tend in any great degree to relieve the distress of the people of Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) He believed the commission that was now sitting in Dublin had calculated that for three months in the present year there would be millions of people unemployed. He had no wish to exaggerate the amount of distress, but he had seen reason to believe that this calculation was rather under than over the mark. What, then, would be this 50,0001. divided amongst four millions of people ? Why, it would be exactly threepence a head for three months.—(Hear, hear.) And this was the sort of employment they were going to give the people of Ireland to enable them to support themselves, their children and families, for a period of three months.—(Hear, hear.) It would be like a drop of water to the sea. The Government ought to come forward more liberally, with the ample means they had at their command, and give the people of Ireland employment, and not charity. That was the great Principle which ought to guide all Govennents in their legislation. no matter whether they were despotic or monarchical.—(Hear, hear.) The pressing calamity which had fallen upon the land called for active and urgent measures on the part of the Government. It was no commas case that had fallen upon mere trade in some particular town or district. It was the visitation of an all-wise Providence that wa s impending over the nation, and no ordinary or common measures would avert it. The people of Ireland did not want charity ; they wanted employment, and it was in the power of Government to give it them, and lie was sure the landed interest would come forward and assist them in promoting public works. In his part of the country several of the landholders had already come forward to give employment to their fellow-men, and he had no doubt they would vane forward in large numbers in other parts of the country. There was plenty of employment for them, but the landed interest of this country was so poor that with out the aid, the liberal aid of the Government, they mild not distribute It amongst the people.—( Hear, hear.) It had been sated both in that House and elsewhere, by Members •is horn lie regretted not to see in their places, that England ought to be taxed for the benefit of Ireland. Tax the English people ! Why did not the Irish people bear their fair proportion of the taxes of the whole kingdom ? Did they not pay enormous Excise and other duties ? Did not the lauded proprietors of Ireland, resident in this country, pay their share of the income-tax out of the money de rived from their estates ? And had not the Chancellor of the Exchequer stated that the Irish people were taxed more than any other people on the face of the earth ? He (Sir H. W. Barron) believed that the people of that unhappy country were taxed mere in proportion to their means than the inhabitants of any other country in Europe. Ireland did not ask for charity, but for her fair share of the taxes realised, and to be cousiitered and treated as a portion of the kingdom. If they did not give them their fair share of the taxes, in heaven's name let them have the manage ment of their own affairs, and the levying of their own taxes. Let them not delude themselves with the belief that this measure would employ the people of Ireland. Before many weeks bad passed they would have to adopt other and more enlarged measures to alleviate the sufferings of the people. Mr. MONCKTON MILNES considered that the measure was quite inadequate to meet the impending evil of famine, and the consequent sufferings of the people.—(Hear, hear.) He considered that the evil of the potato disease should have been met in a totally different manner. The landed proprietors of Ireland should go and reside amidst their unhappy tenantry and spend there every shilling they had, and if they had no money it was their duty to borrow it. He would not except dukes and other noblemen from doing this, as it was every inan's duty to do all in his power to alleviate the sufferings of the people of Ireland. lie was sure the House of Commons would readily adopt any measure which should have for its object the improvement of the condition of that people, and to save them from the sufferings which the potato disease threatened. n EDI `BURGH, and DUBLIN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house, Edinburgh. 40 1 e to , —Persons desirous of participating in the profits appl 4 ic- Nht i 'LYear, from 9th February, 1845, to 9th February, ncle. ' J O their Proposals at the head-office, or at one of the Jaa, i'Vn or before the 7th of February next. 16 46. ALEX. ROBERTSON, Manager. ofs were f °fl 'tth e ".the °' D el 0 thro _D ,1 stearnuog,,,di, ; ts,t, ad I ° 4 ,01 , 11 0 , ' L° -DON, 1 \ ~v ..4i - --, N, EDINBURGH, AND DUBLIN , LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, the system • b i le h s ucces p Charlotte-row, Mansion-house, f London. , which has attended Assurance pursued kek Zi'-thne ~ h z , l lo . l; js tu r l a y t eu d b ti y the fact, that at tho General Court, 1 there was declared e4l the Vent A. REDUCTION OF 25 PER C . ENT •ii . cies • paned on i'l• t 'efo Year's premiums of all participating p Ti les re 9t da of February, 1841. , 'el)r a ,, De ,, r s"n aged Y 4o who opened a policy fur 1,0001. in NI - .rY, 1841 at an ' annual premium 0f..., 'Vic' if e t (t hi u .Dou to pay this year only 24 7 6 . . .. Arcr ei ° abatement be applied to pay the first year's A e , nrn of an addit;onal policy, the party will be further ~ured to the extent of ........................... 215 , 4 1 CoDi e , of n portionate benefits accrue to policies on all ages. . 4 NU the i rs Oort of the last investigation of the afrai . rs, contai i i i t; any et ,__?..: lo l non of the principles and practice of the society, a 804411,7r,Info.7rnatin required, may be obtained by applying per ,o by letter, at the head-office, or any of the agencies. I ,:!lClLki t r o l "?.tn i „ s n Or MANAGEMENT. The A i 1 ..7 1 0 ons d , .1-;:o:huarrisoZ Ar.,]FteanrnNEeddosjrngeeTri.;:e3ksililo.ll;j3olllL:bißEEe'sciTE:Dx;a:empnniu.e3:ll-:C.CRahhrtliainglegrrarmysioaa:rnds:,qEsq. n Atkins, Es • John M‘Guftle, Esq. Wain Br q ' n• Esq IJ.ohjinf.lßlo,•Lseetee,rE, Esq. '*_- so. Wm. Wilberforce, Eaq. sh.•, MEDICAL ADVLI EEL ."'" Ilan, M.D., r.R.s. ; Alex. Anderson, Esq., F.R.C.S. A S acnicraa'r—H. Kift• Esq. Alison, Esq. ; H.H. So cb u t c. T°l9-1 . E. Ali Canaan, Esq. --rredia—Messrs. Palmer, France, and Palmer. Manager. ALEX, ROBERTSON. ,teo 6 ty's' io e Rio d e )ecembe r ' Or, which tant ro* )or i n the ce , A FO P an— , producnt e tj i ‘ dead in t p an equa l log the gre3ter 3 ,ENCP TvEsDO atol t— tOill ls , lope • . . . . . . ~, . . „ itl I. ii - 7 -- 1 ----- - - - -0 --. LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, Skp,_urr39, THROGMORTON-STREET, BANE' EZIED BY SPECIAL ACT OF PARLIAMENT, To,„ ö and 6 Will. Iv., c. 76. it l „, ',AS FARNCOMB, Esq., Alderman, Chairman. ~,,.:nard ,„ W ILLIAM LEAF, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. "Ilk E . Arden td,,.% nal% ' E'ci * 7th ' 4l 'd t 4 rY, Esq. John llumphery, Esq., Alderman, M.P. „%flte e, a tes, Es q Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman. %1 1 , ,a, , ,, ~ • ke 4 Cliff, Esq. •leremlah Pilcher, Esq. Den 1 .L . ILe N 7II Pocock, Esq. ng„lebY, Esq B'4, rRI SICIAN . —Dr. Jeaffreson, 2 Finsbu7,-Vitiar_e„, ec" — lV. Coulson, Esq., 2, Froderick's-Plac, v i ti,ue w ry . usn,,,,_ I ~ ...NG AcTuAlor—Professor Hall, of King's C.,i'efii'e• the 411 clith, , LOW RATES OF PREMIUM. se r ,,, B ece nt - ilLo the subscribed Capital 0(300,0001., the Assured have (tr k 7, 4 411, 1ti ! or the Company's rapidly increasing income andsad an bk, t `able "g Assurance Fund invested in Government othe . r ' 4 ll "urities ofconsiderablylarger amount than the esti- The Mie • ' Iti th rat, 3 Bof the Company. itlhrlethit: ;zeeoufrlriptryernocium are reduced to the lowest scalp compatible the Assured and the stability of the Company, 41,1 4 li on Leet, gming to every Polley Holder an immediate and "te 1 ,,,,,1m 'without risk, in lieu of the deferred and frequently — *Poet of a periodical division of Profits. .4''''.7\,..........frifrykr, PREMIUM TO ASSURE £lOO. e ti VarP tedstlw Att Mickey fee 20 t° idicaP• A Mr. F4FRENCH did not object Ito the measure, and contended that the propsietors of the sell ought, for their own sakes, to take steps to alleviate all the impending evil which he was satisfied they would do if facilities:were given to them. Colonel CONOLLY was very happy to find that the people of Ire land were to have this money on loan at a very reasonable interest. It was what he had been striving for for years. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed to-morrow. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. Sir JAMES GRAHAM, on the part of Sir Robert Peel, gave notice that the Right lion. Baronet would to-morrow move that the House at its rising do adjourn to Monday next, Friday being a holiday usually observed, and no public business being down for that day. Mr. F. FRENCH said that Friday would be the last day for receiving petitions against certain private Bills. An adjournment, therefore, would be inconvenient to those Members who might have such petitions to present. Sir J. GRAHAM said the matter should be considered to-morrow. The House then adjourned at Two o'clock. 1 For Seven Yu £0 19 1 1 2 7 1 6 9 1 19 10 3 7 0 IMPORTANT NEWS FROM LA PLATA. rom the Courier, Dec. 13.) DESTRUCTION O (F F TAE BATTERIES OF ROSAS, IN THE PARANA, BY TILE COMBINED FORCES OF ENGLAND AND FRANCE. tO 17 8 1 1 s 1 s o 1 14 1 3 2 4 .£1 11 10 2 0 7 2 14 10 4 0 11 6 0 10 o n ba; l: ZOC e ° o f ra the " Whole Term" Premium may remain unpaid at 14 _pai d ~.pound interest, as a deb t . upon the policy for life, or tir.„"" at any time without notice. t 0. 4% v` a . r ?tial 4 — zi e fo s for .Advances of Money, as security for debts, of be l ad r a family, where the least present outlay is desirable, The e , °lll Prehensive tables of the Argus Office will be found 4edie.iarlY favourable to the Assured. °lncers attend daily at a Quarter before Two o'Cleck. A li EDWARD BATES, Resident Direct or. betel onimission to Solicitors and Agents. On the part of the English there were the steamers Gorgon and Firebrand, Captain Hope; Corvette Comus, Captain Ingelfiold ; the brigs Philornel, Captain Sullivan, and the Dolphin, Captain Loving; the brigantine Fanny, Captain Key. Captain Hotham, commander in-ehlef, on board the Gorgon. On the part of the French there were the steamer Fulton, Captain Mazeres; the corvette Expeditive, Captain de liliniac ; the brigs Pandour, Captain Du Parc, St. Martin, and the brigantine Froceda, Captain tie la Riviere. Captain Trehouart was the commander-in chief on board the St. Martin. P . b litis_ th, f , OLD-FASHIONED TEA, by 4 - 1., 14 Z• ati litlilaren_gth and flavour, such as used to be imported i t li * l7' • ~‘„,,_••.ia Company taiZ•cl k;riuty of supeitior old FOREIGN WINES, below w at t n h r e e i d r 0f I. E11...bi11?, to be Sold, for ready moneft 41,,,111gate,„_ LDK. SPARROW and Co.'s, 8, Bridrngeufehtreet, bottom, thi;it-')lll;a4lll..eei, iiit'C'irhailnsl)Port, .or ch,..' doz .. ' or ot h er cash order , will have three doz. good r agn esid e .:ng in the country remitting a 51. note, ti' l eti, 'pale brown Sherry,' forwarded , hampers and bottles in- Am e ,i y , e ,n_ , l . o; 1,,, , , ,, , ze , expense'‘i utedoboactllr and 3Gs. , Portsiki.a, nal three - dozen 43s. per Sherrie s, cases , d0z.,30 s ~ suited d 3e v. e, f r o e d r d , i nn dutye ie lbl) Lt lAII. 6 1c1 ) PRINCI ALBERT'S PATTERN PLATE.. :, Sii.,,,AVORY and SONS , Manufacturing ` 4 ,,ttii,":": l 'N'ir st lt ,y s, 4, Comm% 9 P°B" ;:laS na Pi k dd o le r London, per be rZi o ,.. lls ie , 'l t i,,l' i k r eU u n g c li e l • S t l l L ie V k i Lc S e P Al O b N ert S P d attern, is: 6 d • 3 1• 1• I'i - ,j,3 - -'" !Lay be'had lighter or heavier, at the same price 121.114'44eriN:`'0eI Prince Albert's. oz. s.d. Xs. d. ~ - 4,1. - zilitt o 0t 7 2 •40 at 7 6..15 0 0 4 2 /), sk : roll . , 3 0 . 4. 7 •• 10 15 012 Table spoons 2 Gra.,...,—rt ditto all kt•i !' • 7 34 12 Dessert ditto 26 at 7 6 6..9 5 15 0 0 0 se o - s 0 et . I ' 2 - •1015 0 12 Table Foi . •ks 4,06 a at 77 6.. 1 9 15 0 1 L t , U o li L kfle s 1 2 at / " 7 8 4 12 Dessert ditto 4 B ait : ditto lo v at 7 2 :: Xll 8 2 GravySpoo 1 2 ,r She, ( fit stro,.. ns 1 1 2 2 a a t t 7 7 6 6 . ... 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 12 at 8 0.. 4 16 0 1 Phsh - Pooris ,"at 7 8 312 11 1 Soup Ladle 3 16 8 4 Sauce ditto Pelt 4 %0 4 " • • .... ID 1 0 0 4 Salt Spoons (stro . n . g . g ilt) I t Sug ar 7 , 115 A t 7 , • • 210 0 1 Fish Slice •• • 14 at 8 0.. 5 12 0 It i,srs. s tt .„ sngs .. '• • 3 18 $ 12 Tea Spoons Tongs 2 2 10 2 0 0 l 'Ory ,-„, u rY am "' • 0 15 0 1 Pair Sugitr el arki Sons re commend the Prince Albert "Unexampled beauty 's pattern. 11()WLANTN Pwi,,,,h4lsarnic '-'8 IiA.LYDOR, an eminently I)eei r .., toil , Drenarati boronnly Vi 'ni g i -••• for 1 15 ou, is equally celebrated for its safety in ....'0 , 4 0 , he %k in Mild and soothing operation, in t Band o m r .ation, . of all redness im les spots freckles, tan ~ ip._..'X ittd n t; sioki• Prodabuac,,ing a healthy') fre p shness and ' transparency of it II saes : el° . 4t er e , ttrito o, okiiitiain : rui red softness and delicacy on the hands, it 4 43,, 41.1. ently sue , chapped skin, or incidental inflammation, - ' %U irti tatio ce "fol, and gentlemen after shaving will find it kid '• and n and ,teinlernese of the skin, and render it soft, '%„„, f reshi„ Dl etsant. ti ', k m -: ',repent 4.a.troy, odoriferous, and creamy, its purifying ~ Nt the R o .es have obtained its exclusive selection by tne ‘ kit t Urol,e tot / amity of Great Britqin and those of theConti- It, vole e. ,, • tozether with the " elate " Of the aristocracy, and Urieuigh Dutati ••tte m , - , -, " xal.„(i_t induces u nprincipled shopkeepers to offer the l'l Tikc ri n nnotoi 7 o u r t s, for ' 4 4 th,„ n g h ealth. ktle, composed of mineral astringents, u eomplexion, and by their repellant action en tlii-" W ords ...,-, ltt Is, therefore, imperative on purchasers to see , o),, : of exquisipow and's Kalydor" are on the envelope (an en- In ird t „ kid c o. , _ t • n exutY from a steel plate by Messrs. Perkins, e ~,,,t ! ar• eou,rf_and that A. ROWLA.ND and SON, 20, Batton l'rop,t' bottl e ' . 4 .„',"!z 1 (by authority) on the Government Stamp affixed et, l4, _ . 4 : - rice 4s. 6d. and Bs. mereer bottle. Sold by the 4. .400 y chemists and perfu. ther Kalydore are fraudulent imitations ! On the 18th of November, the combined forces moored about three miles from Point Obligado. • In the evening the captains of the Fulton and Philomel went in a boat to reconnoitre the frontiers of the enemy's forces. They found four batteries established on the right bank of the river:, Ehese batteries mounted about 24 pieces of artillery, mostly of heavy ca libre, bealsies several detached field-pieces. The river itself was barred by a stockade formed with 24 vessels, bound together by three strong iron chains* This stockade was placed between toe third anti fourth batteries. At one of the extremities on the right hank were 10 fire-ships ready to be let go; at the other ex tremity, Ott the left bank, was moored the Republican° (Itosas's brig), armed with many pieces of heavy calibre, and designed to take in en filade the opposing ships. Two of these batteries were nearly On a level with the river, and two others on peaks mote or less elevated. Lastly, about 4,000 men, infantry and cavalry, were posted so as to protect the shores and oppose any lauding. The works were very strong, and evidently under the direction of Euro pean engineers, well acquainted with the rules of art ; and the tenacity of resistance is to be attributed to tte fact that the batteries were served by foreign deserters, On th e morning of the 20th, as soon as the mist cleared away, the combined forces formed in three divisions for the purpose of attack. The first, under the orders of Captain Sullivan, and composed of the Philomel, the E4pedltiVe, and the schoone rs Fanny and Procida, received t viers to take positi di towards the so u th on the left bank, a little above the batteries, at above 700 metres distance, so as to take them en echarpe. This manoeuvre succee ded perfectly, and wring cOMlnelleed Immediately on both sides. The second di v i s ion, under the comasand of Capt a i n Trehouart, composed of the St. Mar tin, the Comus, the Pandour, and the Dolphin, took up a position towards the north, ouite close to the her, the brsiisgflr stockade, and in front of the batteries, and at the same distance o f 700 metres, to attaek the halt This division was not oell • , .• • .., .•. - T erie,s, h il t 4 , the Ropoltc " 4 t, ' '-`L',:lli)(3 Ore toe it ,€ ‘ 4.3.Bfialaaencl or a il s ig b , C tTi r e e N:i t t a hl te h a a . pp lj eu n : was for a long fortunately, whilst the w hiSta, followed recognis e d wasci a re s c o t n ed e ing to fail the vessels time exposed to the fire of the batteries, and against her with a greater jury, becaus i she w ti a l captured b • of the Buenos Ayres squadronof the Dolphin before Monte Video The generous efforts, however,_ 0 i t o draw close, su. P•P4O in eft.CPPlaliY POtotlilg it 4 sei s t .t - '' art t , ll , l ft hk e tite . 41Ve r inn of her artillery, and by d r4win g ‘''' herself only officers and fire. The St. Martha had already her cers and several of her ' seamen severely Comus wounded. Th e and the Pa ndour had, by this time, come to take positions as near as the bac to both ofwhich k permitted, as well as the Fulton and Precede. Captain Trehouart e battle wits then n had Mad signal to joint 11l d , t h f'C' ttPned with spirit .4 it• beugh 010 NIPPY .14 ri 40 h i • , • . . .pti lioth sidrs. ~, ~ .. • •• ii , espeoni fur s aunt pretty fretiy ,ifionst all oppon ents, .1. i tweineo • y Wrts directed against the Bt. Slartin throughout the el g , ~,e , t,. t This brig had 44 men placed hors d e r c eady to two pieces dismounted, her rigging destroyed, her masts Notwitl all—the maininost alone balls. having alone received 11 isl aneing all these disad vantages, she continued to fight vigorously,dh7lien another shot struck her Chain-cable, and at !WIC!! t f 9 ig • lai r a ',. 9 ri t , her position, A lippnb 7 s4ll 4 m i the PolPhin 4 blew up. Vil .10enetiet fi re to t h e 119publiGai10, which shortly llft by the The fire-ships were then launched enemy, but being turned intended by the current did not produce the d effect. The third division, under the command of Captain Hotburn, was composed of the Gorgon and Firebrand (the Fulton had joined the second division), h a d waited in observation at the distance of 1,59 g wain fool tile ft , 4340 , w iwri, stowi og tnendehollii;:i ' frojectiles in all directions. Captain Hope, of the Firebrand, went in his boat into the midst of the fire to break the chains which united the stockade. His intrepidity was crowned with the most complete sucsess. When once the chains were broken the strong current opened the line of I.i,VM formins the st9FANlei ttrA rtIP culilall lnedietely tsuk adz vantage fj`Pitss iliiiiigh 17.0 place h fi e rse t di " a position higher up, so as to cross her fire with that of the l rs 'reh vision ' It was at this period that Cap ! tailturth ourt, quitti n g the St. Mar tin, which was totally disabled for _ t eli o service. went on board the them, Gorgon to concert with his colleague CaP f Thence he passed N the F 4 edited, and made tile signal 0 anion to the Pandoiir 4114 Pfoce4a ; • hp flip) ordefed Pil t ilq s itelf q 1 1,1,. 4010 ni pigta.: shot di6titnq fhb:A Lyre bOteripft lir. ll 11, ,, , , , , they tbriv a show „ of grape. • •pl ie p 6iivol'cpinuli Cane 111) .3r^,,,iy,re sustain this Intrepid mauceuvre. At the same time CaP , ... iiShutun disembarked with A m 1---------- 7 0 - 6 - s- 13 1-77-----)AmP Alit. tovizett 4 t t e rnth LeyA.e;rraelkn STI-ISI ATIC CANDY has, for proved aneffectual prescrvative from the ter season, are '''''' "'Lie " i n t 'l'l'.g' and dampair whic", inthewinter] wind, to pre ,,,,osth4 stonlachlsfrcolimahte. 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BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE. No. CCCLXIV. FEBRUARY, 1846. CONTENTS. 1. Servia and the " Servian Question."—ll. The Student of Sala manca. Part ,IV.—III. Something more about Mtvic.—lV. Martha Brown.—V. Marlborough. No. lII.—V I. Recollections of a Lover of Society.—Vll. It's all for the Best.—Vlll. A Peep into the Whig Penny Post-Bag.—lX. East and West.—X. An Apology for a Re view. William Blackwood and Sons; 45, George-street, Edinburgh ; and 37, Paternoster-row, London. GRADUS AD PARNASSUM. A New Edition, revised and corrected, with the Addition of many New Works, and with the English Meanings introduced. In royal 12m0., 7s. 6d. bound. London : Printed for the Company of Stationers, and sold by G. Greenhill, Treasurer to the Compaay, at their Hall, Stationers'- court. 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The " Illustrated London News" may be had, if ordered two days previously, of any Bookseller or Newsman in the United Kingdom, price 6d., stamped, with the Supplement for nothing ! The Vllus trated London News" may be had for any period at the office,-by re mitting the cash in advance. Office, 198, Strand, London. eattieb IM PE RIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock precisely. There were not more than twenty ➢iembers present, but a House was made a few minutes afterwards. _ Shortly after twelve o'clock Mr. O'Connell entered the House. The Hon. Gentleman, who appeared in excellent health, occupied a seat on the foremost bench on the Opposition side. RAILWAY PETITIONS.—LONDON AND YORK. Mr. BECKETT DENISON presented a petition for leave to bring in a Bill for the London and York Railway.—Leave granted. EDINBURGH, GLASGOW, Ail) DUMBARTON. Mr. BROTHERTON presented a petition for leave to bring in a Bill for the Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton Railway.—Leave granted IPSWICH AND BURY ST. EDMUND'S, ~ -- ---- Mr. CHILDERS presented a petition for leave to I;ring in a Bill for extensions of the Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's Railway.— Leave granted. NEWCASTLE AND DARLINGTON. Mr. HUDSON presented a petition for leave to bring in a Bill to make various extensions to the Newcastle and Darlington Railway - . —Leave granted. REPEAL OF TIIE CORN-LAWS. Mr. MONCKTON MILNES presented a petition from several places in gomersetshire in favour of an immediate repeal of the corn laws. An How. 111Emamt presented a petition from several inhabitants of the county of Kent praying that there might not be any further re duction in the protection now extended to British industry. THE MILITIA . Mr. MUNTZ presented a petition from the inhabitants of Bir mingham praying that the Government would not persist in calling out the militia. RAILWAYS (STANDING ORDERS), Mr. GISBORNE rose to propose the motions for which he had given notice with respect to the Standing Orders. The Hon. Gen tleman moved. "'That the Committee on the Petition fcr each Railway Bill shall, in every case in which they shall report to the House that the Standing Orders have not been complied with, report further, whether, in their opinion, the Standing Orders ought to be suspended, and whether the parties, under any and what conditions, should be per mitted to go on with their Bill. . _ " That where the said Committee shall be unanimous in such last mentioned Report, or where only, one Member, such Member not being the Chairman, shall dissent therefrom, such Report shall be taken into consideration by the House, without being referred to the Committee on Standing Orders. "That where more than one Member, or where the Chairman shall be dis entient from such report, it shall be referred to the Com mittee on Standing Orders. " That in every case in which a Railway Bill shall be referred to the Committee on Standing Orders, it shall be permitted either to the promoters or to the opponents of such Mite be heard by one counsel or one agent on the points so referred." He would proceed to state to the House his views on the subject. He was sure that every gentleman was aware that when a petition was presented for the introduction of a railway Bill, it was referred to a Committee called the "Committee on Standing Orders." That Committee had been appointed the previous evening, and among the gentlemen selected, he found the names of forty-two gentlemen all thorough men of business, and in every way competent for the duty they had undertaken. In addition to that Committee the House had appointed four chairmen, and four more able men than those appointed to preside over the sub divisions of the Committee could hardly be collected The Committee having been so constituted, it would be absurd to tell the gentlemen forming it that they were to have no discretion, that they were mere measurers of lines and readers of advertise ments, and that they were only to see whether the standing orders had been complied with. The Committee, however, had a discretionary power, which they exercised with great advantage to the persons whose niterests were concerned, and which he believed gave general satisfaction. The Committee, however, went a little further with another discretionary power, which did not afford such general satisfaction—not so much from the fault of the Committee, but owing to its constitution. They (the Committee) had esta blished certain rules with respect to the interpretation of these standing orders, which had not given satisfaction. There was no public rule or report with respect to the standing orders, and the rules, such as they were, were never heard of or known by a vast number of the persons most interested. As he saw one of the chairmen of the Committees present he woull take the liberty of reminding him of a case extremely illustrative of what he meant. The House published what was called a book of standing orders, which also contained a model to guide the persons intending to make use of it. A copy of this book was sent to every engineer in the kingdom engaged in the preparation of railway plops, and he was de sired to take the book as his guide. One of the stand• ing orders was that, in every case of a railway a datum line should be taken at or near each terminus. The Hon. Member, after briefly alluding to the hardship which the rp,gt4attons of the Standing Orders' Committee entailed upon the pro top of eeteP of hrellWrtys, was onoct a complained of t th v e a i t r h ha r v eg in ar g d de to cid r e a d ih, tb a a y t the termini, and also that `f two Miles was not near enough," and there was no diettngllielling between what was "not near enough" and " close to" aecerding to the notions of the Committee, The Standing Orders' Committee sometimoe reported to the House that the stand ing orders with respect to railway Bills had not been complied with, but such reports were never noticed by the House. He did not believe Bi li o f anyn n ot lengthto h ave t a b k e e e t l i i com plied notic e t o l f ia in t t w ilea h eV t e h r e w4S 4 a n4 c i as u e o o l f d an opposedwere err with. Therie. always some matter of nee - compliance reported which caused the Committee tO rept* to the 'louse that the stand ing orders had not been observed. Without meaning the elighteit disrespect to the gentienien who composed the Committee (for Its Neal sure that those gentlemen were entirely Tree from all suspicion of partiality), he felt himself bound to say that a tribunal of so out rageolle a nature does not exist in any civilized nation on the face of in secret, and tney the earth. The real fact was that in consequence of the secrecy with which they carried Pg their ProPeedings, the country, had no find ed3 a de ny l t e4 lll g w hat e veran log g o a u ivi. s le to inho t e h ri :eta rea s on tribunal r;il 1 1 . e n i r a l n li'll y :c e 4 : l 43 Pgni r . re llt ; tee e t )d r ue e icaid' was, seol in fact, no suck court of appeal in existence. Considering the enormous question on which the Standin; Orders' COll-illlittee de- Citlea—eonsidering the magnitude of the interests which were brought before the Comillittee for their decision, there was no Com mittee which could be compared to tlll3 SlLlilding Orders' Committee. If Honourable Gentlemen took their eases wive a court of law, or any other court of appeal, they would find that the itidges were most perticular, in delivering their judgments, to give at full length 1140 grounds of their decision , each j ud g e, in turn, gave the reasons of his., judgment, and it s o m etimes happened hat they differed • differences ofjudgment , The Standing Orders' Committee had, their took care to show the grounds of Wing their ae to the public, and the eisions, but those laws were entirely unknown i their deci f a r s om he uenadcherstoothode,r,fobrroutedt:me sort of laws for regn üblic that their deciSions aims, The Committee should show the p If eople hail to carry were guided by the strictest impartiality. consequences was that the country had no confidence n the grounds of they would find each judge fully and APPiIIY statin g l his decision ; even the Lord Chancellor was not above showing t hatthe their cases before the ultimate pout of appeal—th p e House of Lords — was most anxious to state the grounds ofhis judgment. And yet tile cases which came before even that great court of appeal, were decidedly of inferior importance in point of h. terest to the cases which came before the Standing Orders' Committee. Even the practitioners in the Committee were ignorant of the laws which guided their deci sions ; and how could it be expected that the country would respect their judgments ? The object, then, of hls motion was to give the people an opportunity of having the reasons of the deelelOPS Of tile Committee properly and fully stated, for at present it was a most anomalous and unheard-of tribunal. (Loud cries of " Hear, bear.") Of course there had lately been a vast improvement in it, but at present, by,reason of its secresy, a man was forced to part with his property without the gli. htest reason being assigned by the Committee. He could promise the House, that if gin' agreedtohis motion the country generally, and those persons especially composing what was called " the railway world," would be highly satisfied, There was one very great objection in the constitution of the Stand ing Ordt3rs' Committee which he wished to redress, and that was'the decision Of thl3 Cortinlitlee being given in secret. Not a syllable was allowed to be beard, tibiass by stealth, of the decision of these silent tribunals. He knew that the present way 14 Wilieh these potTp4tees were conducted had been a cause of greet dissatisfectlem tp tbose IeTIO were concerned in the carrying out of railwey selienree. Tile bed odour in which the Standing Orders' Committee were held, mignt be easily dissipated if one counsel en each side were allowed the opportunity of being heard. By this means the suspicions which might attach to the decision of the Committee would be effectually destroyed. He felt satisfied that the Standing Orders' Committee on many cc casions would gladly avail themselves of tho 44-ssliltanPP If eolillfel in stating the various points of the case on >r Moll they pan i.s? adjudicate. It might, on the other hand, be argued, that if the decisions of these Committees were given in _ public it would lead toe great laxity in the application of the stand ing orders $ but Iv Would maintain that, even if the stringent appli cation of the standing Orders were relaxed, the issue would filially lead to the foundation of a system on 4 tifilleF and TIWIT substantial basis. In conclusion, he would only express the gliatlittgltioll jAi should feel if the House thought proper to adopt the motions he had proposed _ _ forci (MANVILLE SOMERSET said that he considered the motion of the lion. 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This determined con duct on the part of the two commanders, executed with equal bravery and success, overcame the last resistance of the enemy, and decided the day. _ and incessant movements en the continent, and without any notice to me, either before or after the affair was concluded; and whatever weight you may attach to my seeing it stated in the English papers, those journals never reached me, and I had not the slightest ac quaintance wills the fact until I accidentally heard it rumoured after my return, and only two days before I saw you. " This Is the less excusable, inasmuch as this engagement was made within a fortnight after I left London, and you must have predeter mined on that course long before, and the probability or certainty ought then to have been communicated to me as a matter of common courtesy. The first English detachment, under the command of Captain Sullivan, had been r ece i ve d en lauding by a heavy fire of musketry from the enemy In ambush in an adjoining wood, but the arrival of the rest of the troops, under the orders of Lieutenant Hindle, quickly put the enemy to flight, notwithstandMg the efforts of their cavalry, which were charging and ruthlessly slaughtering the Englisd infantry. Captain Trehouart having likewise landed with his men, shortly after joined the English, and took possession of the batteries, on the.enemy discontinued further resistance. ' On the morning of the 21st additional forces landed, and completed the destruction of the batteries. The gun carriages wen. destroyed, and the guns broken or cast Into the river. Ten bronzed cannon only were preserved, and shipped on board the combined squadron. All this day the allied forces remained ashore without being in the leant disturbed. It was during the nottest part of this remarkable engagement that Captain Hethani wrote to his colleague, Captain Trehouart, the words underneath quoted—words equally honourable to the writer and to the party addressed—" If the title of brave' has ever b ee' , dese-ved, it is by you and your crews." "Si le titre de brave ; a ja mai. etc merite e'est par vows et ves equipages." The engagement with the batteries began at 10 A.M., and lasted till 5 rad., during which time there was au incessant firing. Front 5 to 7 P.M., the landing and the destruction of the works took place. The loss of the combined forces is—French, 18 dead and 7 wounded. Among the dead, Micbaud, officer of the St. Martin. Amotg the wounded, the officers are — hello. same ship ; Venieis, of the Pandour ; Simmonneuu, Expeditive ; and Daviel, Fultdu. The English lost-10 dead and 25 wounded, rand among the former are to o officers, Lieutenant Brigdale, Firebrand; and Andrews, Dolphin. The Fulton has received 104 shot, the Dolphin 107. The St. Martin has been literally drilled. Captain Trehouart had only one officer on board, and half the crew hors de combat, or 44 to 96. The loss of the enemy cannot be ascertained, carts being constantly employed to remove the dead and wounded : it must be considerab:e. In two batteries only there were found 403 dead, 25 i In one and 150 in the other. Private letters state that the neighbouring woods contain many dead. The battle of Obligado is the more honourable to the two services ln that it was not ships of the line and frigates, but merely brigs, and even smaller vessels, which advanced against batteries wall served, wel mounted, and well defended by retrenchments and works pre pared for three months previously, and which were fought bravely for seven consecutive hours. " In spite of my addition to your salary last year to prevent yon sharing your time with another establishment, I did not object to your proposition of another increase of salary for the present year. For, notwithstanding the salary you derive from your appeintmeut, the patronage and profit of it leads to in concert.,.lessons, cud from ether sources, I consider that sacrifice .of money cannot be balanced against the vital interests of the theatre, nor could any consideration induce me to reduce this establishment below the level of the most insignificant theatres on the Continent, each of which has the exclusive services of a musical director. Nor can I reconcile your complaints of having too touch to do in one establishment with your acceptance of onerous duties in another. " Under these circumstances, I have been obliged to take mea sures tbr securing the services of a musical director, though I greatly regret your secession from the theatre, ar.d, more so, that it should take place under such circumstaner3. It does not, however, prevent me wishing you success in the servi.,e °fa% institution of so admira ble a tendency as that to which you are now devoting your time. (Signed) " B. LUMLEY." SIR ROBERT PEEL'S NEW TARIFF FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. POST.— Sir Robert Peel's plan is now before the country. We give the details above, but the broad fact to be kept in view is, that the Ministerial scheme involves absolute free trade in corn at the end of three years. That all men of common sense and sound principle will oppose this new device of the enemy, we assume. It cannot be o: hervvise. But the opposition must be quick as well as vigorous. All the reprieve that could be wrung from Sir Robert Peel is till Monday the 9th of February, when he will positively brin g forward his odious measure for discussion. E verything, therefore, must be done before that day; and, abov e a ll, unity on the one great point must be the object. Hencetbrth there must be no old-world dis tinction between Whig and Tory; the battle lies between Protec tionist and l'ofon-Protectionist. The tone given by agricultural Members last night ought to be the one adopted by the country— stern and uncompromising opposition to the scheme under all circum stances, accompanied by a protest against the fitness of the present House of Commons to entertain it. If the Minister persist in his measuie, the nation must demand a dissolution of Parliament. TIMES.—The long-expected project wl.tch has been the occasion of so many Ministerial revolutions,, public controversies, and secret struggles, is now before the world, and, as tar as merely concerns what is called the great question of the day, it will not disappoint the expectations of those who hoped for something great, comprehen sive, and bold. Never, should we think, did it fall to the lot of a I Minister to propose a larger scheme. • Never did the proiperity of a nation give scope for so liberal a policy, and certainly it is not every day that we meet with men ads enturous enough to seize that oppor tunity. Viewing Sir Robert PeePB plan simply in its commercial bearings, to which it is necessary now to confine our attention, it amounts to an abolition of all protective duties. If in one point there has been a shadow of a compromise —a concession for concession sake, the Minister has amply avenged that enforced blot in his mea sure by the universal character of the revolution. We cannot but ad mire the dexterity which has responded to the general feeling that the whole protective system is practically involved in the protective duties on corn. And now for the important questiou, is the agriculturist to be allowed compensation, as he claims, after the example of the planter ? Indeed he is. We could almost wish that 20,000,0001. were given him out of hand, to get rid of the grievance at once. But all Eng land is scarcely enough. • It makes one nervous to contemplate the social revolutions to be wrought under the name of agricultural com pensation. Everything is to be changed into compensation. Free trade, ce3thes, boots, shoes and stockings, sugar, and each small things are not enough. As for Ireland, we are forthwitk to enjoy the first fruits of Lord Devon's Commission, by paying the whole expense of the constabularyforce. HERALD.—We have hitherto declined offering any decided opinion upon Sir R. Peel's measures until the statement made by the Minister himself on Tuesday night should have appeared. But Tuesday has come, and we do not feel at liberty to pronounce a " decided opinion upon the measure." Let us not, however, be mis taken : we affect not to deny that se far as it is possible to judge as yet, the measure is uncalled for, and inconsistent with the principle upon which the present Ministry assumed office. This fact was ad mitted by Sir R. Peel himself when he claimed the right of availing himself of his experience during the last three years. But we decline entering at present into a discussion of the question, and chiefly on the ground that it would be impossible, without doing injustiee to the Minister, to offer an opinion upon a measure not yet viewed in all its bearings. Before a correct idea of the effect of the intended changes can be attained, it will be necessary to consider what operation they will have generally upon the interests of the country. CHRONICLE.—Sir Robert Peel's plan is at length before the country. As he had given us reason to expect from both her Ma jesty's speech and his own, it comprises more than a simple settle ment of the corn question. It touches all the great divisions of our tariff, and applies to all the same large principles of free trade. For the benefit of the entire community it deals vigorously with what is called the protection of certain great interests; but those who ima gine that they are to suffer by the withdrawal of that protection al e to find their -just and true compensation in the universal application of the principle, and the relief which they will thus obtain as consumers. We cannot say that we are in every instance satisfied with the application of the principle. In the case of foreign brandy we must regret that the Treasury enters into what looks likely to be an ineffectual competi lion with the smuggler, marring its praiseworthy purpose by the timidity of its reductions. In the case of sugar, we must still more strongly object to the maintenance of the absurddistinction between the produce of slave and free labour. While Sir Robert Peel was bidding adieu to so many of his former errors, and subjecting himself to the charge of inconsistency, it is to be lamented that he should parade his constancy to about the most flimsy fallacy of his days of darkness. Nor can we understand why in a plan which provides for the extinction of all other restrictions on the importation of food, an exception is made by the continuance of a somewhat high duty on butter and cheese. Taking it, however, with all its shortcomings and faults, the plan proposed by Sir Robert Peel is one worthy of the favourable acceptance and energetic snpport of the Liberal party. This victory will destroy the prestige which has hitherto favoured liosas, and will open to the two intervening Powers a great work of civilisation. The thoraughly cordial understanding which has uninterruptedly existed between the civil representatives and the naval and military chiefs of the allies, tqe energetic conduct of their squadrons, and the complete union and mutual loyalty with which, on this occasion they co-o?erated, are certain guarantees of ultimate and early success. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THE APPROACHING SEASON . . The earlier arrival of the beau monde In the metropolis, and the remembrance of the extraordinary feats of last season, have com bined to excite the most intense curiosity as regards the Opera season. Informeion has been demanded before, as we should guess, engagements were completed. Some of our contemporaries, drawing upon their imagination for their facts, have exerted themselves to meet the demand for information. We have been contented to re main quiescent, and 'gm: ant of what did not exist ; and the follow ing details will show we ware right—they resemble in nothing that whiclywas most solemnly predicated. Formerly the difficulty of pleasing the public at her Majesty's Theatre was, that it had so bad a name, and that there prevailed so general a conviction that it was a doomed institution. For tt is season, on the contrary, the critics most friendly to this establish ment had misgivings, because last season too much had been done ; and we were amongst the number. The spirit and fastidious sense of enjoyment in society, like that of an overture, constantly require a crescendo; and if in the last composition resources have been abused —trumpets and trombones, double drums and ophicleides have sounded their utmost—then defeat is certain. " When shall we see such a season as the last again ?" Adieu to the pas de quatre and the other scenic wonders ! We have lived on the quintessence of good things; now comes the "stale, flat, and unprofitable," said we, and so said the world. Fortunately, having manifold other thoughts and duties to distract us. we had forgotten that the Italian Opera House, In spite of its apparent perfection and recent triumphs, was only two or three years old in its vigorous " second infancy" of regeneration ; and there was a maturity of power, in several directions, to bs ac complished, independently of the pas de quatre and such feats being now of more possible achievement. And so it has come to pags, we are to trust to our information. _ _ _ Regard to the public at large, and to the noblemen and gentlemen who have now become proprietors of boxes, demanded serious outlay. It has been undertaken in a style which, we suppose, may involve from • 10,0001. to 20,0001. before the work be completed. In its proper point of view, the opera is a temple of pictorial, as well as dramatic and lyrical illusion. The greatest artists have consequently been called into council ; amongst others, one who in the broad effects of scenic painting, as well as in his own peculiar department of his daily avocations, is unquestionably unrivalled. They consulted, and the plans once matured, the younger artists mustered under their leaders, and the work is on the eve of completion. No plan has been thought more auspicious than that of uniting under the same roof the pic torial thought of the great masters Italy once realised in an heroic age, and the works of the composers, the only produce she yields in these days of woful decline. The marvellous frescoes of the palatial abodes of Italy, still the objects of pilgrimage of every lover of art, have consequeutly been adopted as models. The other parts of the works undertaken have given occupation to the supple industry of our English mechanics ; and our manufactures have had their share in the undertaking, through many thousand yards of rich tissue, having been ordered to be elaborated at Spitalflelds. One of tho circumstances which has must efficiently promoted the undertaking, is that, not only the great artists, but the most eminent men of seieuce, considering the Italian Opera as a great temple of art, have been most prompt in affording their kindest assistance. Our great scientific characters have most generously con tributed counsel and aid in improving the ventilation of this immense edifice, from the vaults below to the gallery above, where the less affluent, but must resi-ectable classes of society, acquire the love of exalted art, and crowd in such numbers, that the heat was hitherto suffocating. We are happy to be informed for the sake of those who come " swetatum," to behold the marvels of the place, and no less for the fair votaries who likewise wish "spectentur ut ipsce"— and we confess that the living pictures in the box frames, must, whatever be effected, eclipse the goddesses in fretted gold on the roof—that the system of lighting the theatre has also undergone great additional improvement. In] a word, everything has been done to snake the edifice reflect the directing spirit; correspond to the station of her Majesty's Theatre, the highest in the world, and render it worthy of its audiences, consisting of the most august, as well as the noblest members of society, and no less of all persons of good taste and high refinement in every class of society. Another reformation which we have repeatedly demanded for se— veral years, is now to be effected. Instead of ungenerously seizing upon operatic productions other theatres on the Continent have paid for, or giving us the tozgours perdrix of old works, every barrel-organ has grinded to satiety for a quarter of a century or more, we are to have, at last, an Italian composer brought over, with a new opera, pur posely composed for ourselves. Verdi, the greatest amongst the rising composers, is the man chosen. The subject of his opera is King Lear, and the great Lablache is to impersonate the hero ! The fact speaks for itselt , —all praise would be superfluous. Those who remember— and who does not ?—the " swelling sorrow" of the great lyrical Titan in Elmiro, and his withering malediction, may prepare for an extraordinary rendering of Lear's " Hysterica passion," and a hurling of " Vengeance ! plague death I confusion !" with lightning' vehemence. An Italian librettist could not catch the philosophical beauties and delicate traits of Shakspeare, but these will be readily interpreted. The lyrical company will once snore embrace the great artists of former seasons—Grisi, Brambilla, Mario, Lablache, Foniasari, F. Lablache, Corelli. Castellan, so fashionable in the parts of youth fel heroines, was engaged at the end of the last season to re-appear during the present ; Signora Sanchioll, a prima donna well known in Italy, is likewise engaged. Signora Sanchioli is now singing at the Argentine at Rome. We hear from Italy that she is twenty-three years of age, has a well-formed person, an expressive face, and in dependent of her vocal talent, great dramatic powers, to which her saperior education greatly contributes. A young comprigiaria has also been secured in the person of Signora Corbari. Hopes are enter tained of possessing Rubini for a few nights. According to his last letters he will, at all events, visit his old friends and admirers in London this season. Treaties are on the tapis to secure the presence of a certain illustrious composer, and also seine lyrical artists of European celebrity. The ballet will, in all probability, equal, if not surpass, its past triumphs. Gralm, C. Grist, Cerito, who have each separately sufficed, since they parted here last season, to fill continental theatres to suffocation, will meet again on our Anglo-Italian stage. It is likewise most confidently expected that Taglioni will come once more, so that the marvels of the pas de quatre will be renewed. San Carlo will part with its graceful danseuse, Louise Taglioni, the cousin of the modern Terpsichore. She is young and full of promise, and comes from the best school—that of her father, Salvatore Taglioni, the master of the revels of Neapolitan ballets. Madame Petit Stephan remains engaged ; also, Moncelet and her fair col leagues. To the latter are added the young and pretty danseuses, Mesdemoiselles Lenore, Julienne, Tavenean, lamortux, &c. St. Leon is expected, and M. Carey, another male dancer, is engaged. Perrot, the most graceful of male dancers, and the most original of ballet masters, is already arrived, and is at this moment engaged in ballet preparations. At the request of some of the most influential subscribers, the Interesting importation of last year, the little Dan• seuses Viennoises will re-appear once mere at the beginning of the season. There are many other plans and engagements in contemplation, but they arc net as yet matured. The preparations are going on apace. The Opera is the scene of incessant motion, noise, and activity; every crypt and corner has its busy inhabitants, and as soon as the whole is concluded the season will begin earlier than heretotore. If we are to trust to our own private sources on the Continent, and those from the best informed, the season will begin with Nahum, Verdi's celebrated opera so successful this season in Paris, and a new ballet, of which the plot is written by one of the most imaginative poets of our times. At present, however, such is the flood of news poured down upon us, that we can only say, like the Cardinals in conclave when a new question is submitted to them, " Vedrenuno r One circumstance that will excite astonishment is that Signor Costa is no longer the leader. We beg to refer to the letter annexed. We have always done justice to the skill of this gentleman ; but when circumstances require the withdrawal of a leader, it would be extraordinary indeed if in our age, where musival talents, in his peculiar department, is so abundant, such a void should not be easily remedied. The manner in which it has been filled up meets with our warmest concurrence. Mr. Balfe combines with the na tive genies of his country a thorough familiarity with Italian music. In Italy (at Rome), he spent the last six years of his ar tistic education, and as composer or singer, he has figured there on all the first stages, from Palermo to Milan. Such is the protean ' power of his genius, that he has moulded his style to that of all the countries he has visited ; whether for the theatres of Germany, for the Opera Gomique, or for the Academie de Musique, in France, where he has justachieved another triumph. He is popular in every country at this moment; besides England and France, his operas are performing in Italy; his Quatre fils Aymon is triumphant in Vienna, where, at the moment of receiving this new engagement, he had been summoned to bring out his Bohemian Girl, which is also now studying at the Academie de Muslque in Paris. He brings another title to her Majesty's Theatre, where his opera Ri/stoti enjoyed well-merited success ; and some pieces of his composition, such as the trio of the three women, continues to this day one of the most triumphant and popular specimens of his genius. Aided to this, Mr. Balfe, as a singer, knows well the aids and requirements of the vocalists he accompanies ; and with him it is a golden rule, we have often observed, never to make the orchestra shine at the ex, pense of the singer. With such talents and such popularity achieved in foreign lands with no support but his talent, it would be extra ordinary indeed if he did not attract the same patronage at least at home; and, we consider the choice of him, as a successor to M. Costa, as an act of ge,ed taste as well as good feeling. We have been favoured with a copy of the following letter from Mr. Ltunley to Al. Costa, which explains the circumstances which lead to his retirement : " January 23, 1846. " Sir,—My opinion of the course you have pursued is unalterable, and I regret I cannot come to any other conclusion. " I returned from the continent confiding de votion, and at the eleventh hour, on the eve of beginning the season, in your professions of into an you have, four months ago, entered . IToticetl)tolea m y e e , me without resource, not only do I find that, without engage ment,the terms againste your wl d c h past I h avelong engagement,slu e p e r n o a tes w ted ith as ye in ur com du p ti a e ti e bl a e t W th ith e Opera ; but that, relying mien what might naturally be considered iorciug upon me the producti on my helpless position, you insist upon of your operas. 'i Yee State that no consideration In the world would induce you to renew your engagement, unless I pledge myself to produce operas of your composition, at stated intervals. To this I r e ply, th a t noth i ng ould Induce me to give such a pledge. " The preference that composers naturally give to their own works s the of writtent heir ow ru n l c e o . m o - 1. has created an almost invariable practice in Italy of preventing the P tht t f l o ° rm ns o s f o w ne or o k f pr • Musique at Paris. In good feeling to you, however, oduction e , i b el y:zsox e i w n t y h o a n t r position 401 A.cjetnie d I overlooked this palpable objection, and at an immense sacrifice of time and mosey, and to the exclusion of other new works, I brought out an opera of your composition which absorbed the Utile and exhausted the energies of the great artistes to such an extent, that, without ffirther sacrifices in effecting new engagements, I should bare I,a position of serious difficulty. Besides, lam ee unfortunately happens that, in spite of your been tc placedsair thatin I t unquestionable musical science, your operas are not popular with the public. Don Carlos made no return for the sacrifices made, and was performed but five times, and in spite of my wish, and of what Other wise would have been my interest, I could not give it again last year without acting in defiance of ,1 tl ~ general feeling. I must conclude also, that it enertenced the same want of favour abroad, not having bawl brought eat at any theatre, not even in Paris, where it would have been the palpable interest of director and artists to produce an opera already studied. " With respect to your acceptance of an engagement in another establishment, the extent of business at her Majesty's Theatre de mands of its musical director uncliilded 'attention. The matter was so fAlly 4 .15 qq e 4 Wtti4il his last year, and you so well know my tenti;peuts an the subject, that I could only construe this step on your part as a foregone determination to retire from her Majesty's Theatre, particularly when last year I increased your salary by 2001., being the sum you stated was the amount of salary offered you. _ ." Nor can I overlook the fact that this occurred during - my rapl(l ''~~ r~=~`` COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen will hold a Privy Council at Buckingham Palace on Friday afternoon. The Queen and Prince Albert took their accustomed early walk yesterday in the royal gardens of Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Albert afterwards rode out on horseback, attended by Colonel Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttel ton, were taken an airing In a carriage and four yesterday. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred was taken an airing in the royal gardens. The Marchivess of Douro has succeeded the Viscountess Jocelyn as the Lady in Waiting to the Queen. The Earl of Morton has suc ceeded the Marquis of Ormonde as the Lord in Waiting to her Ma jesty ; and Major-General Sir Frederic Stovin has succeeded Admiral Sir Robert Otway as the Grooas in Waiting to the Queen. The royal dinner party yesterday evening, at Buckingham Palace, included the Duke and Dtiehess of Buccleuch and the Earl of Aberdeen. The band of the Royal Horse Guards was in attendance at the Palace during dinner, and pertOrmed the following pieces : March (Midsummer Dream)-31endelssohn Waltz--" Luneley Rhein Mange"—Strauss Duet—" Donna chi sei" (Nebuccadonosor)—Verdi Introduzione al Overture a Coro (Antigone, —Mendelssohn Cantata—" Adelaide"—Beethoveu The Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester House. 6ir Charles Fitzroy had an interview with the Right Ron. W. E. Gladstone yesterday, at the Colonial - office. Count di St. Aulaire, the French Ambassador, and the Duke de Sotomayor, the Spanish Minister, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. Sic John Pe lly, Mr. Hutt, M.P., and Mr. J. A. Street, had inter views yesterday with the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, at the Colo nial-office. Dlr. Dean, Chairman of the Customs, and Mr. John Wood, Chair man of the Excise, had interviews with the Chancellor of the Ex chequer yesterday, at his official residence, in Downing-street. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office, from the Governors of the Cape of Good Hope. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. MANCHESTER, JAN. 27. STocte EXCHINGE.—The sales are —Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 4% p.—Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, New, % p. —East Lancashire, No. 2, 454 p.—Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester, % dis.— Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, &c., 114 p.—Great Grimsby and Dock Extension, 214 p.—Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bideford, 3% p.— Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 6% p.—Ditto, Ex tension, % p. —Lancashire and North Yorkshire, % p.—Leeds and 'lhirst, 3% p.—Leicester and Bedford, hi p.— London and Manches ter (Rem.), 1 dis.—Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 1% p.—Man chester and Birmingham, 7651—Manchester and Bury Atmospheric, 1 4 dis.—North British, New Carlisle Branch, 1% p.—North Staf fordshire, 3% p.—Nottingham and Mansfield, % dis.—Sheffield and Manchester, Quarters, No. 3,3% p.— Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, % p.—Welsh Midland, % dis.—West Lancashire Coast, % dis. —Great Luxembourg, 1% dis. LEEDS, JAN. 27. &rook Exciliorox.—The sales are—London and Croydon, 22- -Manchester and Leeds Extensions, 4% p.—Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 9 cash—Leeds and Bradford, 51% c.—Leeds and Dews bury. 16% c.—Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 15% c.— Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole, New, 7% p.—London and York, 4% —Sheffield and Lincoln, 4 IA —Direct Northern, 2/. as. —Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 4%—West Riding Union, 6%—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, Ss. p.—Bradford, Wakefield, and Dlidland, I ls. dis —Clitheroe Junction, 2% —Grand Union, 10s. p.—Lanca shire, and North Yorkshire, 17s. p.—Leeds and York, 10s. dis. Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 7s. p.—Leicester and Bedford, 13s. p. North Staffordshire, 4 p.—North Western, 2/. 16s.—South Midland, 2% p.—Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, 2% p. SHEFFIELD, JAN. 27. STOCK EXCIIANOZ.—The sales are— Grimsby and sheftlekt Eaten- Sion, 21. 17s.—Ditto, Quarter Shares, 2 —Huddcrs.ll!lZl and Manches ter, 13% —Ambergate, Nottingham, and II 0 !ton 21. 11 s. —Leeds , , Wakefield, and Midland, 21. 135.-3lanCtester, and Great Grimsby , 24—Sheffield and Lincolnshire, Extension, 31. Sheffield, Buxton, Leek, Potteries, and' Crewe, 165. Gd.—South Yorkshire Coal Rail way,. 3Q. HULL JAN. 27. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—TIIO sales are —Hull and Selby, Half Shares, 26% 1 —London and Brighton, New, 20% —Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, ss. p.—North British, half Shares, 7—Ditto, Carlisle, 3 North Wales, 3% —Derby and Gainsborough, 20s. 6d.— Goole, Don caste,r, Sheffield, &c., 31. 14s. 6d.—Grand Union, 375. 6d.—Hull and Barnsley Junction, 38s.—Liverpool and Leeds, 2/. Is. 3d.---London and York, 4/. Bs. 9d.—South Midland, 4/. 17s. NEWCASTLE-UPON-iYNE, JAN. 27. STbCK EXCIIANGE.—MO salts are—Caledonian, New, 30s. p.— Eastern Counties ; York Extension, 11. Ils. p —Great Grimsby and Lock Extongon, 5 p. —York and Selby Scrip, East and West }lid inz, 10% P. YORK, JAN. 27. STOCK ExCIIANGE.—The sales are—York and North Midland Ex- tension, 3S —Ditto, New ( East:and West Riding), 11—Newcastleand Berwick, 20%—North British, New, Carlisle Bran c h , 31. ls.— London and York, 4 G rand Union, 1/. I'M—L eicester and Bed ford, 1/. 16s. 6d.— N.we BRISTO, astle aad D ali 27 n E xtension, 11. JAN. . STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are — Bristol and Exeter, New, 11% —Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth, 3%, GLASGOW, JAN. 26. STocK ExcnANoz.—The sales a re — Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin, 395.--Airdrie and Bathgate, 595. 6 d.—British and Irish Union, 70s. —Caledonian, New, 3 %—Ditto, Extension, 61s.—Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction, 2 % — Clydesdale Junction, 19U —Dundee and Perth, SN—East Indian Railway, '26s. 6d.—Glasgow General Terminus, 13/. Gd.—Glasgow and Belfast Union, 46s.—Glasgow, Kil marnock, and Ardrossan, 635. 6 d.—Lanark and Lothians, 2% Lessnahagow, 60s. 6 d.—LondoN, Bristol, and South Wales, 23 5. Perth and Inverness, 35 s.—Perth and Crieff, 40s.—Scottish Central, New, BN—S co tti sh S outh Midland Junction, 47s.—Scottish Central and Caledonian Ju nc ti on, 425. 6d.—South Midland, 4%—South and Midland Junction, 32 5.—Stirling and Dunfermline, 47a. 6d. [ADVERTISRMENT.]—Deafness and Defective Vision Rellieved.—The undermentioned sent into the country free by post. --39, Albemarle-greet, Piccadilly, and 25, South Cas tle.street, Edinburgh.—Acoustie Instruments.—lnvisible Voice Conductors, when fixed in the cavity of the ears, are not un comfortable, nor more perceptible than having a small piece ot wool in its place. They enable individuals at an advanced age, and of extreme deafness of 40 and 50 years' standing, instantly to join in general conversation, and to catch the sound of a distant low speaker at church, theatre, &c. They pour the conversation into the ears to such an extent that in the most severe cases deafness cannot be observed. Also, original Ear Cornets, French, German, and Spanish Artificial Ears, and Improved Hearing Trumpets of every description. Many of those instruments have received the approbation of the Royal Society and Royal Institution of Great Britain. The newly-invented Spectacles, immediately they are placed before extremely imperfect vision, it is brought to its youthful, natural and original state. Also, Achromatic Telescopes, Opera Glasses, Microscopes, &c. Caution—Messrs. S. and B. Solo moss, Opticians, are not in any way connected with a person of the same name in their immediate neighbourhood, nor in any part of the country. Te prevent mistakes, be cautious, and Observe—Only to be had at '2,9, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly opposite the York Hotel, and 2.5, South Castle-street, Edin burgh. understand THE QUALIFICATIO N MOVEMENT. —We - u capethat the Committee of the A n ti-C orn -law League, in this c it y , that fully 100 freeholds will be purchased in Eas t Cuniberlainl, I time to admit their owners upon the register tbr next year. have also been taken up for West c Jauracii. 42 TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE BANKRUPTS. William Walter Sanderson, baker, Great Russell-street, Covent-garden, to surrender Feb. 7, at half-past eleven, and March 12, at two, at the Court . of Bankruptcy. Whit more, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Hilleary, Fen church -street. Thomas Tubbs, cowkeeper, Palace-row, New-road, Feb. 7, at twelve, and March 12, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane ; Rickards and Walker, Lincoln's Inn-fields. Charles Gibson, cheesemonger, South- street, Grosvenor- - square, Feb. 6, at half past two, and March 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee ; George, Villier-street, Strand. John Carlile, commission agent, Little Love-lane, Cheap side, Feb. 2, at two, and March 3, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lom bard-street ; Bagster, Sise-lane, City. Michael and Henry Emmanuel, goldsmiths, Hanover square, Feb. 13, at half-past twelve, and March 13, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Fre derick's-place, Old Jewry; J. and C. Cole, Adelphi-terrace. Robert Godfrey Fox, wine merchant, Canterbury, Feb. 10, at two, and March 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bank • rupicy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; Murray, New London. street, City. John Bunn, builder, Norwich, Feb. 5, at twelve, and Match 11, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street; Abbott and Wheatley, Rolls-yard; Miller, Norwich. Luirence Kennedy, pawnbroker, Rochester-street, Stoke Newington, Feb. 6 and March 6, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman street-build ings; Donne, New Broad-street. Thomas Oakley, fanner, Kingsbury, Hert fordsliire, Feb. 13 and March 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street; J. T. and H. Baddele, ' Leman-street, Goodman's-fields. Joseph Metford, ironmonger, Southampton, Feb. 10, at twelve, and March 6, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Bishop, Lincoln's Inn-fields. Edgar Barnes, wine merchant, Aldborough, Feb. 6, at half-past two, end March 13, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury; Pain and Hatherly, Basinghall- street. Edward Clayton, licensed victualler, Edgware road, Feb. 6, at two, and March 13, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basing hall-street; Smitk, Barnard's Inn. James Coulson, provision dealer, Bridgewater, Feb. 6, at twelve, and March 10, at one, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ; Blower and Co., Lin coln's Inn-fields,'London; Leman, Bristol. John Massey, gas fitter, Etruria, Staffordshire, Feb. 10 and March 10. at twelve, at the Birmingham District Gant. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Harrison, Birming ham ; Chaplin, London. James Melhuisb, innkeeper, Exeter, Feb. 11 and March 4, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee,_ Exeter ; T erre ll, E xeter ; T erre ll , Basinghall street, London. Samuel Cullen, chemist, Nottingham, Feb. 9 and March 2, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitinore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Wells, Nottingham ; James, Birmingham. James Hill, sharebroker, Leeds, Feb. 10 and March 3, at the Leeds District Court. Young, vfficial assignee, Leeds; Hawkins and Co., Boswell -court, Carey-street, London ; llorsfall and Harrison, Leeds. DIVIDENDS DECLARED._ J. Pearson, wool stapler, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—first div. of Is. 3d. in the pound, any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon. Tyne. W. Dakin, glass manufacturer, Manchester—second dir. of 15d. in the pound (and Is. 71d. on new proofs), any Sa turday, at the c ffice of Mr. Fraser, Manche: ter. T. F. Long, money scriviner, Long Buckby, Northampton. shire—second div. of 3s. 9*d. in the pound, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Graham, Coleman street. J. Haycock, jun., corn factor, Wells, Norfolk—first div. of Is. 10d. in the pound, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Graham, Coleman-street. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. W. Behnes, marble merchant, Osnaburgh- street, New-road, Feb. 19, at half-past eleven. In the Country. T. and J. Gundry, merchants, Goldstthney, Cornwall, Feb. 24, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court—J. Chal loner, currier, Chester, Feb. 20, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court—D. Parry, currier, Ruthin, Denbighshire, Feb. 17, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court—W. Ockleston, hide merchant, Liverpool, Feb. 17, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. R. Worley, provision merchant, Newgate-street, Feb. 19- 11. Cunningham, bookseller, Strand, Feb. 20—H. G. Gibson, chemist, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Feb. 19—J. Brooks, currier, Glastonbury, Somersetsh ire, Feb. 26—W. I bbotson, merchant, Sheffield, Feb. 24-4. C. Powell, apothecary, Chiswell-street, Finsbury, Feb. 17—M. and B. Lee, tailors, Duke-street, vie cadilly, Feb. 17. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Barker and C. Winsall, butchers, Liverpool—B. Han cock, R. Salt, T. Johnson, T. Emberton, and W. Emberton, earthenware manufacturers, Burslem, Staffordshire—W. Jackson, sett., A. Jackson, .W. Jackson, jun., J. Jackson, G. Jackson, S. Jackson, and E. Jackson, common carriers, Liverpool (so far as regards W. Jackson)--J. F. Cork and E. Hall, coach builders., New Bond-street—W. Garstang and W. W. Carter, sharebrokers, Manchester—W. Finch and J. Jones, attorneys, Worcester—W. Cy Ales and C. Robey, earthenware manufacturers, Longton, Staffordshire—J. Hunt and J. Collins, tailors, Haymarket--J. Richardson, D. Richardson, and J. Richardson, jun., slopsellers, Wapring street (so far as regards D. Richardson)—R. Roberts, T. Rogers; and G. Roberts, ironmasters, Pl as i sa , Denbighshire— J. Higginbottom and J. Thomas, innkeepers, Stoke-upon- Trent—W. H. Baylis and C. Smith, coal masters, Wednes bury, Staffordshire—J. Brown, T. Smith, and T. Webster, curled hair manufacturers, Liverpool (so far as regards J. Brown)—J. Colam, J. J. Ramsden, and J. Glover, builders, Liscard, Chester—J. H. Brown and J. Ringrose, booksellers, Sherrard-street—G. Smith and A. Cowan, clothiers, Liver pool—W. B. Earl and R. Dickinson, timber merchants, Con side, Durham—T. E. Rolls and R. H. Davy, tallow chandlers, Reading—T. C. Beasley and J. Champion, brewers, Cali ing ton—E. and J. Onions, bellowsmakers, Birmingham—T. Bloore and W. Rhodes, dealers in grain, Monks Kirby, War wickshire—J. Cox, C. R. Williams, and E. L. Cox, attorneys, Lincoln's Inn-fields—C. Boultbee ar4l J. C. F. Renton, surgeons, Isle of Ely, Cambridgesbir J. Gibson and 1. Gibson, Bedminster, Bristol—E. J. Davis and. J. T. Hadland, repellant cloth manufacturers, West Smithfield—F. W. Goodeve and 11. N. Byles, brewers, Gosport—S. Barton, J. Barton, J. P. Barton, and S. Barton, jun., coach builders, Bristol—J. llayward, D. Adam, and H. G. Clarke, ',rimers, Old Bailey (so far as regards H. G. Clarke). SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Mary Macnair, flesher, Glasgow, Feb. 2 and 28, at eleven, at the * Royal Exchange Sa'erooms, Glasgow. Paul and Hunter, manufacturers, Glasgow, Feb. 3 and 24, at one, at the chambers of A. S. Ogle, Glasgow. Robert Russell, brickmaker, Glasgow, Feb. 2 and 28, at twelve, at the office of G. Kippen, Glasgow. David Carter, machine maker, Aberdeen, Jan. 29 and Feb. 19, at two, at the Royal Hotel Aberdeen. Bodstein and Co., calico printers, Glasgow, Feb. 4 and 25, at one, at the counting-house of J. Fleming Glasgow. EXTRAORDINARY CURE OF DROPSY DT HOLLOWAY'S PILI s.—Emma Williams, a "servant living with Mrs. Smithers, Oldham-road, Manchester, had lately become of such a size from dropsy as to appear, to use her own expression, as big as a butt. Every usual treatment was tried, but without effect. In this sad state she had recourse to Holloway's Pills, and by them the water was entirely removed from her system, and an effectual cure perfected in about six weeks. These pills were lately tried upon two dropsical patients, discharged as incurable from one of the largest hospitals in London, and they also were both shortly cured by this famous medicine. Sold by all druggists, and at Professor Holl9- way's, 244, Strand, London. A meeting of the Shareholders of the Southampton, Manchester, and Oxford Junction Railway Company was held yesterday at the Hall of Commerce, to take into conside ration the agreement enteredlinto by their Managing Commit tee with the Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth, and , the Oxford, Newbury, Andover, Manchester, and Southampton Railway Companies respectively. After a stormy discussion, the meeting separated without coming to any decision. REVELATIONS OF RUSSIA IN 1846. Br AN ENGLISH RESIDENT.—A THIRD EDITION of the above work, revised and and corrected by the author, with addi ,, tio l n o al s. Notes, i , price 21s. brought down to the present time, fr in Colburn, of Great Marl bound, is published. this day by now published the following new works borough-*trAnt, and may Colbuni has also just 9l!be3had of all Booksellers. Mr. of the Captivity of Napoleon translated and published from the vo .-3. Sketches from Life, by at St. Helena; n . I original manuscript, `. General Montohwoloini 3 8,- ton, Vert., 3y015., with Portait ;s shtar,i history Es q . . with a Memoir of the and Engravings, by G. Cruikshank, &C., 31s. by La s n i i r a E n . B ß la o 2 n iw c v e 7 L . 6d. bound. -4. Author, he lat e Russia under the Autocrat Nicholas 1., by Ivan Golovine, a Russian subject, 2 vols., 21s. bound. —And 5. Letters of Royal and Illustrious Ladies of Great Britain, Illustrative of the History of England ; now first published from the Originals, with introductory Notices, by Mary Anne Everett Wood, 3 vols. small Bvc. ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF GIBRALTAR MAILS.— SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 27.—The Peninsula Company's steam-ship Madrid arrived in the docks at 4 P.M. this day, and landed her mails, which will be transmitted to London by the mail train to-morrow morning. The Madrid left Gibraltar 19th January, Cadiz 20th, Lis bon 22d, Oporto 23d. Vigo and Corunha, in consequence of bad. weather, the Madrid was unable to call at. She has a full cargo, a dozen passengers, and a number of distressed seamen. The Queen, ICaptain Russell, left the docks at 3 P.M., bound for Gibraltar, with the Peninsular and Mediterranean mails, a full cargo, and eleven passengers._ THE NENVCASTLE BANK.—NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, - E MONDAY.—The failure of the Newcastle bank is not a circumstance calculated to excite any uneasiness in the public mind, when the real facts connected with the case are known, and hence the event has produced no excitement here, nor had the slightest influence on the operations of other banking establishments in the town. The liabilities of the Company are not near so large as has been stated in the London papers, nor have their difficulties arisen from the withdrawal of railway deposits, of which indeed they hold a very small amount. The bank has been long in a state of embarrassment, though the management contrived to sustain its credit, till the existing pressure on the money market narrowed and ultimately closed their sources of accommodation. The bank holds a large amount of valuable securities, not however immediately available, and many of the proprietors are men of re puted wealth, so that there is no danger of the public Sustaining any. loss. MEMOIRS AND CORRESPONDENCE Or THE MARQUESS WELLESLEY. BY ROBERT ROUIERE PEARCE, ESQ.—A most interesting and valuable biography of the Marquess Wellesley, written by Mr. Pearce, has just appeared. It is appropriately !'dedicated to Lord Brougham, the Noble Marquess's most cherished and confidentiai friend to the close of his life. It was a friendship most precious in itself, and, shone not the less brightly amid the black treachery of which both these statesmen were sought ineffectually.-to be made the victims. The work is voluminous, but the interesting events of the moment compel us to postpone its lenthened examination. Lord Wellesley lived to see the glory and the wisdom of his Indian policy unanimously recognised in that very Leadenhall-Street, by 1111.. dent Directors of which he had been, in his own opinion, them W and realigned. Ile, who in seven years added one-liff an t g . ter n - Itsre _ tories of the Company, to its subjects forty venue ten millions sterling—he, who destroyed extirpated the Sindia, broke up the powerful Mahratta confederacy , nea university, ut w ie i s se o ly f t re he - Timl:atiPwalb over :l h ren rev : French, subjugated the Derail Raja, o lated the Scriptures and esta t b o ll ie s m hea tio a . garding every principle of or," and blending" war's victories" " Christian and the British GT b achieved these miracles amid every with those of peace— , Christian f combiningu the churches, a vexation—at the close of forty years kind of discouragement and o f his glory, and died, as it were, be er . for the year ending Jan. 5, rAPENDITURE --TH B i , , , , i g t i i iii e fesn s t e l, a e;c t —j r e f : in liertald. Chambers, and is h l ig g hly 46. • 8 ALANCIL This financial document, bi b eenl: t i Ne t :cfl :IP°8::::: ANDr t l- tz h t'll' a n the excess of inco me o ver exp en dit ure SBEIT. — T Issued from the Treasury has VniostfitctrtYo. 3,817,6401. I Is. 2d. ; and the balance in the E ch cove d f ro m China, under th e t reaty of August, on the sth of Jan. , 1846, wail 8,452,0901 . 42e . 10s. 0% Th . x equer 18, is s t m a t o e n d e y t o r ° be 1 0 , r 2 some ,3l - I9d. }4 OXFORDSIIIRM.--Th e L ow l an d s h ave no t f years been so inu n d ated as they are at this time. Many i. 1,902 fete . e 18 1 1 8 . N of the cross-roads, on which the bridges are bad, are impassable, ex cept at great risk. The district known in Oxon as the .‘ Otrnoors," and which is many miles in extent ? the vast flood whi c h covers it. has the appearance of a sea, from THE NEW RETOLUTION. 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