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NOTICE. T liE NEW NOVEL, "ANGELA,' By the Author of "EMILIA. WYNDHAM," &c. 11.1 SOW READ AT ALL THE LIBRARIES, in Three Vols. Henry Colbitr Y r., Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. 0T I C E.-NEW WORK BY lIANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN. This day is published, in post Bvo., 10s. 6d., 111.1.1413106 S IS 'IRE ROMANTIC REGIONS OF THE ISA.RTG MOUNTAINS, By' FLANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN. Tian.slated under the _Author's superintendenco, By C. iteekwith. Riebard Bentley, New Burlington-street, (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty). HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The following PROGRA3IME for the SEASON 18413 is respectfully submitted to the Nobility, Patrons of the Opera, and to the Public, with the confident hope that the arrangements will merit the oontinuance of the enthusiastic approbation and distinguished p ttronage which no pre-eminently marktd the past season, and maintained the established reputation of her Majesty's Theatre as the centre of refined art and of supreme fashion. ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE OPERA. 31t1Ile. JENNY LIN D. In addition to the parts personiEed by this great artiste in the past season, a succession of operas, comprising new as well as established works, have been selected, in which she will appsar in several novel and interesting characters. The admired Soprano, lidlle. SOFIA CKUVELLI, From the Theatre La Venice, at Venice.—Her first appearance. Mdlle. LUISA ABBADIA, &Van° of great reputation from La Scala, and other great Theatres of Italy.—Her first appearance. Mdlle. ADELAIDE MOLTIN[, The well•known awl favourite vocalist. Signora SOFIA VERA, Her first appearance. Mdlle. SCHWAR7,, The eminent Contralto, and established favourite of the Imperial Opera at Vienna. Madame SOLARI. And the eminent artiste, Madame ERMINIA TADOLINI, La Scala, Milan, the Carinthia, Vienna, and otter great Theatres.—Her first appearance. The favourite Tenor. Sig. GARDONI, The distinguished Tenor, Sig. CUZZANI, Fri La Seal*, and other Great Theatres of Italy.—HLl first appearance. The admired Tenor, Sig. LABOCETTA, " • Of the principal Theatres of Italy, and of the Italian Opera at Berlin.—llis first appearance. admired Baritone, Sig from the Opera La Pergola, at Florence, . BELLETTI, 1115 first appearance. Sig. F. LABLACHE, Sig. BOCCHE, Ste. SOLARI, sig. GUIDI, Sig. COLLETTI, and Sig. LAB L kCIIE. Director of the Music and Conductor. M. BAL FE. The greatest exertions have been made to obtain efficiency in the secondary parts, so as to secure in all respects unity and coin r,eteness. Great attention has also been bestowed in the selection and har monious combination of the ORCHESTRA, in whlih, amongst other experienced and distinguished artistes, the following hare been engaged:— Di. Tolbecque, Leader Mr. Maycock, 2d Clarinet 3l.Nadaud, Leader of the Ballet M. Lavigne, Ist Oboe Oury, Leader of the 2d Violins Mr. Horton, 2d ditto M. DelotTre Sig. Tamplini, Ist Bassoon X. Ploys M. Koessel, 2ci Bassoon Mr. Pigott N. Zeiss, Ist Trumpet Mr. W. Watts Sig. Maffei, 2d Trumpet Collins Seglick, lit Horn, from Jaqulu Frankfort gig. Angleis, ist ontre-Buso Kreutzer, 2d Horn, from 3:r. R. Hughu, C Leader if the Mayence Tenors M. Ista, Timballer V. Ganz ; Mr.Winterbotham, let Trombone Remnsat, Aead&mie Royale, 3f. Marin, 2d Trombone Paris. Ist Flute Slg. Piatti, let Violoncello .4g. Bilettl, lit Clarinet, from N. Filet &e. &c. &c. Bologna Tho Military Band under the Direction of M. Noose, Head Band Jester of his Royal Highness l'rince Albert's Regiment of Scots ••uslller Guards. Poet and Prompter .. Sig. CRIPPA. THE CHORUS Mae been selected with the utmost revrd both as to local and dramatic efficiency. Metre de Chant des Chceurs .. M. MARETZEK. , n addition to the successful Operas produced last season, a selection has ben made from the most esteemed works of the Lyrical Repertoire, to display to the utmost, and with attention to their peculiar and remarkable gifts, the talents of THIS POWERFUL COMPANY. ENGAGE BENTS FO.l THE BALLET. fhe Ballet Department will preserve its superior excellence and combination of talent, which will comprise-- Mdlle. CARLOTTA GRIST, Mdlle. CAROLINA ROSkTI. Mdlle. MARIE TAGLIONI, suld CERITO, supported by Madame PETIT STEPHAN, lldlles Aucundon, Julienne, Thevenot, Lamoureux, Emilie, Fanny Pascales, &c. M. PERROT. M. PAUL TAGLIONI, M. AT. LEON, GOSSELIN, M. LOUIS D'OR, M. DI MATTIA, Supported by MM. VENAFRA, GOURIET, With a new and well-selected Corps de Ballet. MAITRES DE BALLET. M. PAUL TAGLIONI and M. PERROT. Sels-Maltro de Ballet, and Master of the French School of In- strnetion, 3t. GOSSE.I.IY. Regissaur I la Danse, and Master of the English School of Instruction. M. PETI I'. Composer of the Ballet Milsle, Sig. PUGNI. Several Compositions for the BALLET DEPARTMENT are in preparation. AmongAt others, NEW AND ORIGINAL BALLET by M. PAULITAGLIONI, and another by M. PERROT. ' - 'aelpal Artist to the establishment, Mr. CHARLES MARSHALL, Other arrangements of peculiar interest are In progress. HER MAJESTY'S THEATIth. THIS THEATRE trill open on SATURDAY next, the 19th of February, when will be presented VERDI'S ADMIRED OPERA OF ERNAM. .. Signor GARDOSI, his first appearance this season. 11.7 , 7 r Gomez de Silva.. Signor BELLETTI, his first appearance. lent •. • • Signor CUZZAN I, his first appearance; and dra .• • • • • • Nidlle. SOFIA CRUVELLI. _ . After which will be presented Au entirely New and Original GRAND BALLS F, In Four Tableaux, by M. Paul Taglioni, entitled F lOR IT A, et la Relne des Elfrides, .—.-...- The Music compozed by Signor Pugni ; the Scenery (entirely new) by Mr. C. Marshall ; the Appoimmenta by Mr. Tiradwell ; the Costumes by Miss Bradley and Mr. Whales. under the supsrin• teudeueo of Madame Copere. Principal parts by Mdlle. CAROLISA ROSATI, _ . . • INlles. Esther Ausendou, Thevenot, Julienne, Lamoureux, and 3ldlle. MARIE TAG LION', &c. &c. Principal Dances. 1. Tableau. La Cour d'Auberge en Sicile La Flancia—Mdlle. Rosati, and Mdlles. Julienne and Lamoureux, &c. La Palermitana—'.Mlle Rosati. 2. T,bleau. La Fdret dee Lallabile et Pas do la Reine des Elfrides—Mdlle. Marie Taglieni, and Ausundon, Thevenot, and Dames de Ballet. Dance Nationale—Corps de Ballet. 7 as—MdDe. Rosati and M. d'Or, MdllCs. Julienne and Latuouronz. 2. Tableau. La Cabana (le Bertha, 21lluolos—Md11e Mario — iaglioni and M. d'Or, and Dames 1• Ballet. 4. Tab'ean. Les Jardins Enchanter. L'Animation—_Mlle. Rosati and M. d'Or, and Dames de Ballet. ;o%oll—Milli°. Marie Taglioni and ti. d'Or, Mdlles Thevenot, Aaauadon, Julienne. Lamoureux, and Dames do Ballet. La Chatiment—Scene Finale. THEATRE ROYAL, HATMARKET. tin Tart he Manazernent et Mr. B. Webster. enle Lessee. MR. AND MRS. CHARLES KEAN. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new and original Play, entitled THE WIFE'S .IECRET. Lord Arden, Mr. Howe ; Sir Walter Aincott, Mr. Charles Kean ; Jabez Sneed, Mr. Webster; Harrington, Mr. Ltrin dall ; Brouillard, Yr. Rogers; Lady Eveline Amyott, Mrs. Charles Kean ; Maud Mrs. Keeley. After which, the new Farce, called DEAREST ELIZABETH. Mr. :,ionel Lax, Mr. Keeley ; Mr. Winch, Mr. Rogers ; Betsy, Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with a New and Original Burlesque Spectacle entitled THE WORLD UNDERGROUND; or, the Golden Flute and the Brazen Waters. Sta;e Manager, Mr. Farren; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Web:ter. J. T. Archer, Box-book keeper. Boxes, 55.; Pit, 3s. ; GaPery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, Is. Doors open at Half-past Six, Perfounance to commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Under the direction o; Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Win he presented an entirely new Piece, entitled the PEARL OF TILE OCEAN ; or, the Prince and the Mermaiden. Principal clta racters by Messrs. Waye, P. Bedford, Wright, Munyard, Glennaire, "letlfi , rd, and Worrell ; Miss Woolgar, Miss Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, Mrs. Laws, and Madame Celeste. T° tull e" v ed by a new and original Farce, entitled OUR NA- I [U NI T. DEFENCEStbe Cockshot Yeomanry. Principa ttaxacters by Me ssrs. Lambert, Wright, P. Iledfon.l, Sanders ; Mal enne Celeste, Miss Emma Bard'ng, Mrs. Laws, and Miss Woolgar. To conclude with a new Farce entitled THE TIPPERARY LE IACY. Thrum Green. Mr. Wright ; Bob Gills, Mr. Munyard ; Lanty Scrimmage, M - . Paul Bedford ; Chubblock, Mr. Cullumford ; Policeman, Mr. iianders ; Lizzy Chubblock, Miss Woolgar. Boxes, 45.; IA 2s. , Gallery, Is. Dnors open at Ilali-past Slx Performance to commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. ruder the Management of Madame Vestris. sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING .Vlll be performed a new and original place, called ASTOUNDING ENOM E NA. Principal Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. ,tthews, Bellingham, E. Cooke, and Meadows. .fter which, a New Fairy Extrav aganza, entitled THE GOLDEN AN cii. Principal characters by Messrs. H. Hall, Harley, Ker.. r e - M M a dame Vestris, Miss K. Fitzwilli am, and Mrs. acnamara. • o coiicluda with a Romance of Real lif e , called Box: and COX. characters by Mr. Harley, Mr. Buckstone, and Mn, • . IR I' a. 49. ; rit, 2s, ; Gall -4sB Boxes, 55.; tipper Boxes, -street, is open to the .. -price to any part of the house. erY, Is, N. ic eii , Box-office, No. 2, Wellington • • c every (lay, from Ten till Six. ,e Interior of the House has been entirely re-designed by li r. W. :well of the Colosseum. - - ------- - —__ FRENCH PLAYS. —ST. JAM cs's THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell, 33, 0 d Bond-street. Filth appearance of Mademoiselle Nathalie. THIS EVENING, Will be performed ti OE 111 E. Le Conte d'Avrigny, M. St. Marie; 7,leonor d'Avrigny, M. Josset ; Jules de „Mornas, M. Chatelain ; Mdlle. Baptiste. A ner which, LA VICOMTES :E LOLOTTE. Le Comte de Mo rangis, M. St. Mars; Le Vicomte d'Herouville, M. Fechter ; Le Chevalier Tancrede, M. 3lontaland ; Lolotte Bertin, Mdlle. Nathan() To eA,nclude with the Vaudeville of UNE FILLE TERRIBLE. halals Dumoulin, Mdlle. Lagitr. Boxes, stalls ' tickets, and season prospectuses , m a y be had at Mr. EITCHELL'SRoyaI Library, 33, Old Bend.street. Door*_ open OP3 . e , l . Seven, to commence at a quarter pa st Seven. 3s. let. ; Amohltheatre, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s PRINCESS'S TIIEATRE. Mr. T. IL Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager, Duchess-street, Portland. place. TIIIS EVENING Wlll be performed Coleman's Comedy of THE POOR GENT7,E- M sir Robert Bramble, Mr. Gilbert Sir Charles Cropland, ConwaY : Lieut. Worthington, Mr. Cooper; 011apod, 1!r. Comp- Emily Worthington, Miss Einan line Montague ; Miss Lucretia :oTab, Mrs. Selby. After which, tho comic Drama of 'S LADIES, BEWARE .'CO conclude with a new Christmas Pantomime, entitled OLD 'ATIIE it TIME ; or, harlequin and the Four Seasons. Dress Circle, 4s, : Rwxea , 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. rand Combination of ATTRACTIONS at AS fLEY'S, which con- Unties its chain of Magnificent Entertainments. rho Management respectfully announces to the public that for the ore perfect representation of the New Georgeous Spectacle, 'r .iTTLE OF THE AMAZONS, it is absolutely necessary to :thhold its production for six nights longer. MONDAY, February 14 , h, positively the last week of THE kmp OF SILESIA, followed by an unusually brilliant display et 0111eIllaVehip ooncludinz with a favourite Afterpieoe. . Doi-office open from 11 till b. stags Manager, Mr. W. WM. Tn r littl .14 2 L (LES' 00 N i W ..k,i DSkJ.B 11 A Y y.,, VEN - 1 l4i 09 ~14 _.„36444,_ STRAND THEATRE. NEW MANAGEMENT, "Coder the Sole Direction of Mr. Oxberry. THIS EVENING, The performances will commence with the Romantic Drama, called THE .DEISOUNCER ; or, THE SEVEN CLERKS OF MARSEILLES. Principal characters by Mr. E. Laws (It third appearance), Messrs. Oxberry, Yarnold,:, Rogerson, Huntley, and Love. After which (third time) a New Grand Burlesque Opera, by the Author of the "Adelphi Norma," called LUCY OF LAMMER MOOR. Not with Mr. Bunn's or M. Jullien's, but with Oxberry's powerful east—lacy, din E. Terry ; Captain Ashton, Mr. Qxterrf ; and Edgar, Mr. Yaroold. To be followed by the new Ballet, THE SPRITE OP Tin VINEYARD, in which Mdlle. Louise Blanche, Miss Jane Coleman, and Herr Dislogne will appear. To conclude with ITS MOTHER'S PET.. Albert o& Victoria, Mips M. A. Egan. Private Boxes, 10s. Gd. ; Boxes, 25.; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 4d. Half price to Pit and Boxes at a Quarter before Nine. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING, For the benefit of a Charitable Society. Will be performed JANE EYRE; or, the Secrets of Therofield Manor. After which, the CROSS-BOW LETTER ; or, the Niiller of Wt et stone. Master Caleb Goodfellow, Mr. Forman; Kate Carraway, ai t,s Vincent. To conclude with, GALE BREEZELY. Gale Breezely, Mr. N. T. flicks. THE THIRD EDITIONS THE SUN" CONTAIN, AS USUAL, THE LATEST PARLIAMENTATtY INTELLIGENCE, AND rIIE WEATHER—tinN OFFICE, FEB. 16. THERX.MiETER, Lowest, 33:; highest, 49 ; Noon, 39. BAROMETER, 29.87.—W1ND W.N.W.; fine. WATER AT LONDON-RRIDGE TIII.S DAI. orninq.. e minutes :after 0. I Evenintt 16 mtnntts :ft. , 12 therefore, less likely to be shaken by any future and untoward events." In testimony of this concord between the Italian people and their Sovereigns there have recently been several splendid proofs—not the least remarkable of which are the ..New Constitution granted to Savoy by CHARLES ALBERT, and the re organization of the Council of State at Rome by that admirable and extraordinary man whe is now at the head of the Pontifegal Goverment. The long expected and anxiously-looked-for Bill for the improvement of the relations between land lord and tenant in Ireland has at length been brought forward. The Right lion. Baronet the Chief Secretary for Ireland last night explained the provisions of the contemplated measure to the House of Commons. There are, undoubtedly, many valuable improvements on the pre sent system, and if the only option afforded was, whether we should accept or refuse the measure as it now stands, we should receive it as a great and acceptable boon to ail classes in the country. It may, however, well be doubted whether it sufficiently meets the admitted and recognised evils, whether it holds out sufficient encouragement to the occupiers to improve to the utmost the fertility of their respective holdings, by the judicious and er ergetic application of their labour and capital, and affords them that security for their investments, without which it is futile to expect that the soil_will be properly cultivated. The machi nery by which the Act is to be carried into execution is rather of too cumbrous and complicated a character, and may, we fear, occasion litigation between th• parties, which must be productive of the most injurious consequences. A more simple mea sure, legalising the custom so long recognised in the north of Ireland, and extending it throughout the entire country, would, in our opinion, prove more successful in attaining that which should be the common object— the amelioration of the condition of the Irish people, and would at the same time be more advantageous to the parties more immediately interested in the question—the proprie tors and the occupiers of the land. In the present Bill a great distinction is drawn between persons who hold at rents exceeding 101. per annum, and those who occupy smaller tenements. With respect to the former class the measure is not to be retrospective, and no compensation can be claimed for any improvements heretofore effected, or unless the preliminaries prescribed by the Act have been fully complied with. This may lead to great heartburnings and jealousies. It will be impossible to convince an uneducated man, who has effected permenent and valuable improve ments on his farm, that he is fairly dealt with, when he is refused the privilege which he sees extended to his neighbour. If such a person should be deprived of his possession, without any return for his improve ments, it would give a colour of justice to his com plaint, which -.vould exasperate in the highest degree his own feelings, and procure him the general sym pathy of the population in the district in which he resided. If the principle of compensation for im provements be at all admitted, we cannot see any reason whatsoever why it should be restricted to those that may hereafter take place, to the exclusion of such tenants as had sufficient confidence in the honour and integrity of their landlords to believe that they would not be deprived of the enjoyment of the fruits of their industry, hut that they themselves or their children would be permitted to reap the benefits thereof, either in the length and security of tenure, or by a pecuniary recompense in the event of their being obliged to quit their farms while the improvements are as yet unexhausted, and the letting value is increased by reason thereof. We trust that the Government may review this part of the measure, and assimilate the provisions for all classes of tenants. The period of five years, within which improvements must be effected to entitle a tenant, holding at a rent not exceeding 101. per annum, appears to be too short. It certainly might be more than doubled; for anything in the shape of building, draining, or fencing, which are the class of improve ments recognised by the Bill, will maintain their value for a much longer time, and the limitation may lead to parties being driven from their holdings with out compensation, when the five years have expired. Such a possibility may induce them to commit un necessary waste, and not maintain their farms in good condition after the expiration of the specified term. In fact it would hold out an in ducement to them to destroy what they had effected, lest the landlord or his agents might be tempted by the higher value to turn them out, and give the lands to another who could make no claim. There is another class of improvements which are, if possible, even more desirable than building, fencing, or draining, and which is not included in the Bill—we mean that which is understood by the term " bringing the lands into heart." It is notorious that in Ireland the ground is generally in an exhausted and deteriorated condition at the time when it comes into the hands of the landlord for the purpose of being let. The out-going tenant, who has got heavily into arrear, and is aware that in all human probability he will speedily be ejected for non-payment of rent, or one whose term has nearly expired, and who is aware, from the feeling of either the landlord or his agent, that he has no reasonable prospect of being continued in the posses sion, hesitates not to taks what are termed " scourg ing crops" out of the lands, anxious only for present return, and heedless of the damage that may thereby be inflicted. It takes a considerable period of anxious care, attentive husbandry, and heavy and unremune rated expenditure, to bring these lands again into a proper condition. It is certain that although no " visible improvement" may have been effected, yet the farm may, after a few years of judicious and careful cultivation—of cultivation, too, which will not prove immediately remunerative to the occupier, the annual value of the holding may be improved by more than 10s. or 15s. per acre, and far more than by the expenditure of an equal sum of money in the erection of farm-buildings or offices. Now, if we consider the generally backward state of agriculture in Ireland, it will be manifest that nothing is so urgently required as to bring the people into those habits of careful cultivation ; and yet nothing what ever is done by the Bill to promote that great desideratum. It is effected in Ulster, because a tenant is (with the assent of his landlord, and under certain conditions,) permitted to dispose of his holding when he desires to leave it, or becomes unable to pay the rent reserved thereout. The lands in that favoured district are consequently brought into the highest state of fertility, because the tenant is well aware that the sum he is to receive will lse proportioned to the condition of the farm ; but in every other part of the country the motive is quite the reverse; and a comparison of the state of agriculture in Ulster and the other Irish provinces will testify which system is productive of the greatest advantage to the country in general. The ather changes introduced in the law of landlord and tenant may be spoken of with unmixed approbation. The clauses preventing the occupying tenant from undergoing a double distress, from his immediate as well as from his superior landlord—which permits him to set up an equitable defence against a distress, in the superior as well as in the assistant-bar risters courts—which provides that a tenant at will may be :ejected for non-payment of rent, and that which specifies that each receipt for rent must specify the particular gale for which it is given, or that it should be considered as a receipt for the last gale, are all exceedingly valuable. We shall point out these advantages on a future opportunity, and also suggest some alterations in the existing law, which might be introduced with benefit to all parties. Letters from Piedmont state that the utmost joy wes manifeated at Turin on the 9th instant, in con sequence of tEe proclamation of the new constitution. The Municipality had voted the erection of a statue to the KING. Never did monarch deserve a like mark of homage and admiration more than CHARLES ALTIRRT. According to the accounts received from Naples, the intelligence of the bombardment of Messina on the 29th ult. is entirely corroborated. A singular disturbance appears to have occurred on the 10th at Alur.ich, of which disturbance the royal lcman was the heroine, if not the instigator- Latterly it would seem that the students of the Uni versity of Munich have formed themselves into se• parate clubs, a new club having been recently instituted by Lor.A. MoNTEz, the title of the said club being " Allernatiia," and its members being dis tinguished by a particular costume. Several of these young gentleinen, having presented themselves the other day at the examination, were welcomed with shouts of derision by their fellow-students, and a riot was of course " the consequence of that manceuvre." Hearing of th© peril of her adherents, Lor.A. MONTEZ hurried to their aid, and was—mobbed ! The KING thereupon came to her assistance, and taking her on his arm, they both entered a church, from which the lady immediately issued, pistol in hand. She was, how ever, disarmed by a man, who seized her by the throat. She was immediately extricated by the gendarmes, who brought her to the Palace. The garrison was put under arms, and the university ordered to be closed for a year. Ultimately the KING yielded to sager counsels, and consented to recal the proclamation. The classes were to be re-opened on the 14th. Madrid journals of the 9th have been received. They contain the synopsis of the Bill relating to the press, which was laid before the Chamber of Depu ties by M. SARTORIUS. This measure, which is of extraordinary length and complication, reposes im mense authority in the hands of the Government. There is every probability that a mission will be speedily dispatched to Berlin, for the purpose of in ducing Prussia, if possible, to recognise the succession of the heirs of the young Duchess DR MONTPENSIER. Another account states that a fresh intervention, on the part of Spain in the aiTairs of Portugal, was me ditated, and that, in consequence of this, a note had been presented :by the English Ambassador, protest ing, in powerful language, against such a proceeding. The Emperor of Moaocco had also protested against the occupation by Spain of the Chaffarine Islands. Mr. lIENnEnsoN, the agent of the bondholders, had arrived at Madrid, and had an interview with the Minister of Finance and Mr. B➢LWER. The result, it was stated, would be satisfactory to the bond holders. Gen. ALAIX had been recalled to Madrid. MADRID BOLSA, FEB. 9.—The Three per Cents. at 28} at 50 days, 28 13.16 toe cash; Five per Cents., 17 3-16 at fifty days; 16i buyers for cash; Passive, 51 to j ; Coupons, 11i buyers. The Paris papers of yesterday morning have arrived. In the Chamber of Deputies, the discussion upon the definitive settlement of the Budget of 1845 was resumed : it was continued only for a short period, and terminated in—nothing. The Chamber of Peers was merely occupied with some routine business. According to the Debat3 there has been a split in the Opposition. A meeting was convened at the residence of M. BILLAULT, where fifteen members announced their determination not to attend the proposed Reform Banquet. 0, ACRES, ACRES, thy courage is oozing out at thy fingers' ends ! In the deputation of the Chamber of Deputies, which proceeded to the Tuileries on Monday evening, and presented the Address to his MAJESTY, not one of the members of the Opposition was numbered. The royal answer was of the usual character, namely, to this effect : " Gentlemen,—lt is with 'ls same satisfaction I receive each year the assurance of that loyal co operation and support which you have not ceased to afford me since the time that the national wish called me to the throne. It is by the mutual confi dence and the intimate union of all the powers of the State that we see consolidated more and more the grand edifice of our constitutional institutions. France finds in them the guarantee of her re pose and future prospects ; ani I, the happiness of having had it in my power to realise the dearest of my wishes, that of seeing her enjoy in peace the liberties she so gloriously c)nquered, and all the advantages which PROVIDENCE las bestowed on her. I have been much affected by the proofs of sympathy given to me by the Chamber of Deputies, on learning the calamity which visited me in my dearest affections. I thank the Chamber with all my heart, as also for the sentiments it has just expressed to me in the Ad dress you have presented ha, its name." " Those words," says the Moniteur, " were received with reiterated cries of ?we le lloi I The ICING de scended from his throne, and advancing towards the Deputies, said—' I am delighted, gentlemen, to see you so numerous around me, and thank you for these acclamations.' Cries of ➢ice le Roi were then re peated several times." Nothing is thought of, spoken of, or written of, in Paris but the crisis. Great apprehensions were en tertained as to the consequences of the intended ban quet, the most probable period of which is considered to be Sunday. Some doubts were raised as to the possibility of securing a banquetting-room sufficiently large to contain the multitudes who would attend. The ei-depar t seminary of the Jessits at Montrouge, half a mile from town, was proposed; but as the effect which the reunion was calculated to produce might be impaired by its being hell beyond the walls, it was determined that it should take place in the city of Paris itself. Lours PJIILIPDE has recovered from the effects of his cold. M. Emma DD GlitiRDIN has resigned his functions of Deputy for the department of the Creuse. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse yesterday at 74f. 20c.; the New Loan, 15f. 5c.; the Five per Cents., 1161. 90c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,186 f. 25c. ; Rouen, 867 f. 50c.; llavre,42of.; Great Northern, 542 f. 50c. ; Avignon, 535 f.; Vier • son, 5081. 75c.; Bordeaux, 475 f.; Boulogne, 365 f. ; Dieppe, 252 f. 50c. ; Basle, 167 f. 90c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 4031. 75c.; Tours and Nantes, 382 f, 50c.; Paris and Lyons, £97c. 25c. ; Spanish Three per Cents., MaussimAs, Fzu. 10.-Marseilles and Avignon, 588 f. 79c.; Northern, 6.131. 75c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FED. 15. Boulogne and Amiens, 1314-Northern of France, 1116-- Paris and Lyons, 514. APPOINTMENT OF DR. SUMNER , BISHOP OF CHESTER, TO THE PRIMACY. (lir ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) CHESTER, WEDNESDAY, 10 A.M. The Lord Bishop of Chester, Dr. Sumner, is ap pointed to succeed the late Dr. Howley as Arch bishop of Canterbury. The Right Rev. Prelate has left the Palace fur London in compliance with royal commands. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCLIESTEIL—TuEsDAy. Cingsralt Cur.-22 to 1 agst Blaze (take 25 to 1) ; 27 to 1 agst Cracow) 27 to 1 agst Jonathan Wild ; 400 to 10 agst Swallow (t); 1,000 to 25 agst Cossack (t); 1,000 to 20 agst Glen Saddel (t). DERBY.-250 to 10 agst Assault (t); 500 to 15 agst Loadstone (t) ; 400 to 10 agst Besborough (t) ; 500 to 10 agst Whitstone (t). Nothing dour on any other event. 1,200 to 40 agst Jonathan 'Wild for the Che!ter Cup, and 4,000 to 400 agst Surplice for the Derby was laid by one party on Saturday. LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CHASES, &c. LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) / Loma :I,T, FEB. 16.—Wind W.N.W., moderate breeze and fine. DEAL, FEB. 15.—Wind S.S.W. to W.S.W.—Arrd. Patterson, China; Francis Bum, French, ditto; Zodiac, Popkin, Surinam; Randolph, Berbice. Arrd. from the River and sailed, Bangalore, West Coast of Africa ; American Eagle, New York ; Cumberland, Trinidad. LITERPOOk, FEB. 15.—Wind variable.—Arrd. 14th, Thomas Lee, James, Calcutta ; Elizabeth Archer, Cathay, ditto; Hvdaspes, Grebon, ditto; Independence, Knight, New Orleans; Sheridan, Cornish, New York. Sid. Golden Fleece, Bahia; Shamrock, Rio Grande; Charles Brownell, Valparaiso; Farrago, Carraquet ; D'Auvergne, Honduras; Delhi, Charleston. Off port, Ferris, Madras; Triumph, —. SOUTHAMPTON, Faa. 15.—S1d. Pacha steamer, Gib raltar. BalliTOL, FEE. 15.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Miranda, Maryatt, Cape Vert'. FALHOUTE, FEB. 15.—Wind W.—The Thomas and Nancy, Anemia to Woolwich, was spoken to on the 16th ult. off Algiers, with loss of bowsprit and foretop mast. \VA's' a:NrtOE, FEB. 15.—The Indian, of and for London, was on the Gunfleet sand yesterday, making water freely; six smacks' crew were in attendance to get her ott PETERHEAD, FEB. 14. The Carron, of Belfast, Liverpool to Shields, has been wrecked or: Rattray Head; crew saved. HULL, FEB. 15.—The Mary Redgrave, Shields to Constantinople, has put in hero leaky, having struck on Harborough Sand, and must discharge. CLYDE, FEB. 13.—Arrd. St. Mary's, Milligan, Mobile. DUBLIN, FEB. 14.—Wind strong.—Arrd. Princess, Lyons, Dorchester, N. 8., and not S. John's, N. 8., as previously reported. Sailed 12, Thomas Dempsey, Donohue, Trinidad. ILFRACoMBE, FEB. 15.—The John West, Newport to London, has put in here with sails split and leaky. The Jane hat, Hall, from Sunderland, arrived in the River—was in contact, sth inst., off Flamborough Head, with a light ship (supposed a collier) which sustained some alight damage to hull and rigging. LA W TYTELLIGENCE. COURT OF EXCOEQUER, Feb. 15. nu4 , - wN V DENMAN. (Continued from our Third Edition of last night) 4r. John Owen Evans, examined by the AirroutiLY GENERAL —I have lately commanded the Royal Sove reign yacht. I we; second master on board of the Rolla, from April, 1839, down to 1841. Captain Tucker was, at the commencement. the commander on the station. He has since lost his life by shipwreck. There was no trade of the country carried on. I recollect the Alex ander. I had watched her for two months. I visited her the day before she left the river Gallinas, and found that she had little or no cargo on board. She had not one hundred casks of palm oil, nor any dye wood. She was in ballast. There were a few casks in the ballast, containing provisions or a portion of the cargo brought out. She certainly had not 150 tons of goods on board. The sentries did not remain at any of the places except Dombocorro. At Catnassora they were placed for only half an hour. This was done to protect the property, the Spaniards having left the different places. There was a large quantity of goods at Dom bocorro. They were not the goods of the country, but imported goods, and such as are given for slaves at Jaccria. I saw slaves leaving the place, the principal being children, of some three or four years of age ; others hardly able to walk. There were a few women there. Ido not recollect seeing any chains there ; but there were aome at Dombocorro. I recollect a letter being sent to the King, and on the day following I saw Prince Manna and the chiefs come to where Captain Denman was. Captain Denman com plained of Tri Norman being detained, and also of the refusal to aid the crews of the English vessels. Prince Manna and the chiefs made no objection to the signing of the treaty, they only wished to consult some more chiefs before they decided. I wrote out the treaty, which was signed. After that had been signed they sent in 7.00 or 800 slaves ; all the men were in irons. The chiefs came back alter the treaty was signed ; there was no restraint on them. I saw the rocket fired. Cap tain Denman gave the orders. Prince Manna wished to see how the rockets would fire a place, and the Prince thought a better place could not be fixed on than the baracoons at Dombocorro. The natives appeared from their activity previously to be moving the goods away. By Mr. Baron ALDERSON—The places were fired after we had left. Ido not know how they were fired. Cross-examined by Mr. HILL—The Alexander did not leave the river. - I was on board of her in tho month of August, and the day before she went up the river I went to see she had no slaves in her. The men who went ashore were all armed. The boats had each a cannon on board. Two of them were 18-pounders, and I think one was a 16-pounder. The ship's boats arrived in the River Gallinas about seven o'clock in the morn ing. I saw five or six chiefs on shore. Ido not know how many there are at the Gallinas. Re-examined by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL—Captain Denman had on the previous day gone on shore and de manded Tri Norman and her child. On that occasion there was only Prince Manna and his brother present. They then took the treaty away, and returned on the following day, when they were accompanied by the Rogerses and the other chiefs. Lieutenant Marriott, examined by Mr. GODSON—I was out in the fleet, and recollect the Alexander. I lived :on board of her, and saw the cargo which she brought out. It consisted of cloths in bale. I never saw any goods brought on board. I did not see 100 casks of palm oil. All that was brought on board was sand. She bad no cargo when she went up the river. I have been at the Gallinas several years, and never but on one occasion did I see any person deal in the goods of the country. He carried them in a small boat of about ten tons, which traded between the Gallinas and Cape Mouth. By Mr. Baron ALDERSON—I never saw any slaves taken on board of the vessels. (The treaty was here read.) Edward Sands, examined by Mr. COCK.BURN—I was cook on board of her Majesty's ship the Wanderer 4 I recollect going with Captain Denman up the river Gals lines. On going up I saw a canoe full of slaves; they were driven in by a Spaniard, more like beasts than men. They were landed before the boat came up. I asked Captain Denman to let me go after them, which he did. When I came up to them in the bush I drove them back. There were one woman and about a dozen men. The men were chained together by the necks. I assisted in setting fire to the factories. There were no goods in them. They had been removed by hundreds of the natives previously. Dombocorro was not on fire until after we had reached our ships. We had been on board at least eight or nine hours before the place was fired. After the examination of several other witnesses, the commission appointing Captain Denman to the command of the squadron was then put in. This finished the defendant's case. Mr. MIL applied to have the further proceedings adjourned. Mr. Baron PARSE—The Court will first look at the various pleas, and see if they cannot be simplified. This led to an argument which occupied the time of the Court about an hour ; it was at length ended by The COURT saying there was evidence to go to the jury on the pleas of not guilty, and leave to amend the seventh plea as to King Siacca being a despotic Sove reign. _ _ This led to another long argument as to the right of the Attorney-General being allowed to amend, but which was at length granted, which, if successful, will have the effect of giving the right of King Siacca to make war, and also justify the conduct of Captain Denman ; when Mr. HILL applied to have the further proceedings ad journed. A Juror—My Lords, we would rather finish tonight, for we have all the circumstances fresh in our minds ; besides, we have been here two days. Mr. HILL and Mr. MARTIN protested, when the fur ther proceedings were adjourned at seven o'clock until ten o'clock this morning. 50 , 1111 Yr' .4 1 - 1 fj1, 1 4 14 . t • 1 1) i)R° ; . 7. *,,r at i _ iii,v(;,4Z`4l. DIE L ALL OTHER NEWS UP TO TILE lIOUR OF POST. Orders received by all Newsmen, and at the Sun-dice, 112, Strand. titnina -) Int LOND4 ►N. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 16, 1818 Whenever a nation emerges from a state of politi• cal bondage to one of comparative independence, those who sympathise in the movement are acting only with judicious circumspection if they abstain at first from regarding the change as altogether effica cious and permanent. Especially is this feeling of doubt essential when the innovations are remarkable for their suddenness. Thanks be to GOD our obser vations have no application whatever to the constitu tional Reforms which have been recently effected in Italy ! The liberation of the inhabitants of that peninsula has been accomplished with a precision which augurs admirably for its continuance. Italian emancipation has been eminently progressive—it has proceeded slowly (and on that very account se curely) along the pathway of legislative im provement. This fact has been the more conspicuous from the circumstance that Italy is a country portioned out into separate dominions. It has consequently been by no means difficult to observe the gradual spread of liberal ideas from one territory to another, from one city to another, from one Government to another. From Rome to Florence, from Florence to Turin, from Turin to Milan, from Milan southwards again to Palermo, the march of liberative aspirations has been perceptible. Pro NON°, by his beniticent policy, has affected with the generous sentiments of patriotism the mind of LEOPOLDO SECUNDO, and, through the example of that enlightened Prince, the Sovereign PONTIFF has likewise inflamed the heart of CARLO ALBERTO. Such, moreover, has been the contagion of these ennobling opinions, that even the Milanese have responded to the cries of freedom, and a revolutionary frenzy has been germinated among the Sicilians by the repressive sys tem adopted by the Neapolitan Cabinet. Great as our admiration unquestionably is for the liberal Princes of Italy, we should be betraying an extra ordinary ignorance were we to deny that their pro ceedings in the way of constitutional reform had lat terly become inevitable. As Lord PALMERSTON beau tifully remarked yesterday evening, " in the political vicissitudes to which that country (Italy) has been subject, the natural vigour of the mind of the Italian people, the extent of their intellectual resources, and the splendour of their genius, has invariably made way, and even in the darkest periods of their political history there have shone forth bright examples of intellectual ability, which have been not only the ornament of the country, but the admira tion of the world." Witness it, in modern times, ALFIERI, the bard ; SISMONDI, the historian ; CANOVA, the sculptor; ROSSINI, the musician; the Abbate MELT, the daintiest of pastoral poets ; VER.. TURA, the Memnon of orators ; and AIEZZOPIIANTI, the Mastodon of linguists I It is not, however, so much to individual instances that the intellectual ripeness of Italy is attributable, brilliant as those instances indubitably are. The aptitude which the Italians have evinced of late for the peaceable appli cation to their existing institutions of the representa tive forms of government, is immediately owing to that superiority of mind and that singular largeness of heart which have been from time immemorial their principal characteristics as a race. It is the exist ence of these exalted qualities which sustained them for so many years in a state of almost miraculous quiescence; which enabled them to await in patience the appearance of that opportunity which they knew must ultimately arise ; which made them conceal their yearnings for emancipation under an apparently ignominious obedience, as the elder BRUTUS disguised his genius and his patriotism under the aspect of idiotcy ; and which has, above all, at last inspired them with that sublime confidence in the age which reduces them to a loyal tranquillity even in the in stant when their imaginations are distraught by the almost incomprehensible realisation of their dearest hopes, and their wildest visions. :Marvellous as have been the anterior vicissitudes of Italy, this final change in its destinies is not by any means the least remarkable. It is the appropriate sequence of events of wonderful and imperishable interest—the worthy consummation of a history perhaps the most striking of all in the records of the globe. It is because of the grey magnificence which still glimmers over the ruined greatness of the Roman peninsula, it is because of the undying glory which still invests its many august and venerable associations, that the recent movements of the Italians have filled the bosom of every intelli gent man with a supreme and unutterable sympathy. Nor is this sympathy solely traceable to the enthu siasm inspired by the past. It arises also from the benignant and enlarged conceptions of the present, as well as from the sanguine and supernal anticipations of the future. In the liberation of Sardinia and Piedmont, of Tuscany and Lucca, of the Papal States and the Two Sicilies, it is impossible not to recognize the dawning splendour of an unparalleled epoch—an epoch which shall witness the diffusion of freedom and enlightenment among serfs and barbarians. The beacon of liberty has been lit upon the pinnacle of the Quirinal—it can never be extinguished. From the l b as ri t ef ni b g li i t t i i r t i l te t r h e e stin u g ou d s i e sc o u f ssi c on om w m h o i n c s i: took r° place l respecting Italy, it is satisfactory to hear from the lips of her Majesty's principal Secretary for Foreign Affairs the assurance that the English Government, without interfering in any way with the internal administration of the different Italian principalities has afforded them and will continue to afford the L ii; all that support which is compatible with their perfect independence of action. Experienced as the N o bl e - Viscount is in the estimate which should be formed of such occurrences us those which have latterly transpired in the Roman peninsula, it is peculiarly and te pecially gratifying to bear him observe—(after remarking that " the progress which national liberty is now making in Italy is a progress brought about by the harmonious accord of Sovereigns and of the people,")—" It is upon that circumstance, more especially, that I venture to ground my hopes that the improvements which are now making will be permanent and stable, because they aro founded upon mutual concord, and are, THE GREAT NATIONAL STEEPLE CHASE HANDICAP. The following are the Town scratchings to the close, and up to post time at Liverpool yesterday evening:_ Alexander, The Priest, Miss Burns, b g by Mundig, Anna, Angelo, Dick Thornton, Lopez, Miss Fop, De claration, Tom Jolly, Donna► Anna, Profligate, Red Lancer. LIVERPOOL SPRING CUP. Chance, aged, 7st 101 b. LORD SEFTON'S PLATE.--ENTRIES. Lord Chesterfield's Sampson, 3 yrs; Sir J. Gerard's Helen,i, 4 yrs, and The Capon, 4 yrs; Mr. I'edley's Administrator, 4 yrs; and Mr. Dawson's Liston, 3 yrs. DR. WINSLOW'S " JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE," No. 1., JUST PURLISWED.—" This is' the first attempt, we believe, mad© in this country to esta blish a quarterly review in connexion with the conside ration of subjects relating to the human mind in its dis ordered condition. The pr,blication of such a journal forms au era in the history of periodical literature. The editor is already favourably known to the profession. He brings to the oe,itorship of such a journal great expe rience of the treatment of one of the most distressing diseases that ca , :, afflict a human being, viz , the loss of reason. lie bas derived his knowledge from the bed-side of the pai.,ient, and having devo.cd the best part of his life to t'ae treatment o: insanity, the reuiiers of his jour nal he ve a good guarantee for the prac4ical value of all the v,apers written by hiirsel;, or for Muse which have conic under his supervision. The first number embraces articles of great interest, relating to the - medical, moral, a'ad judicial treatment of insanity. Dr. Winsiow's journal ;deserves, what we think it will obtain, gi eat patronage. It is addressed to the profession, and we hope its mem bers will support a periodical so admirably got tm, and of suck deep and paramount interest."—Porning VOA THe WASHINGTON.—This ocean steamer will leave New York for Southampton on the 20th init. PUGILISM. JOHNNY WALKER, OF LONDuN, AND Tom LANE, OF BIRMINGDAH, FOR 200 Soya. ASIDE.--How shall we describe the " most lame and impotent conclusion" of the swelling prologue which ushered in the great event ? To say, in so many words, that Johnny Walker was beaten, would be to half satisfy the eager questions, to whom the how, the when, and the wherefore are impor taut queries. To be brief, then, railing it to Wester hanger, and thence padding the hoof to Hythe, 74 miles by the distance posts on the South-Eastern Railway, a field was found, and thereon the all-important problem was solved. At a few minutes after three the worthy commis,ary, the veteran Tom Oliver, had duly arranged the lists, and shortly afterwards Walker set the example by casting his cap within the ropes. Lane immediately answered the challenge. With Walker, Ned Adams and Jemmy Wharton (Molyneux), came to their duty as seconds ; while Lane had the sedulous at tendance of John (Hammer) Lane and Solid Coates, of Birmingham. The first and characteristic pre liminary of an old English contest was then gone through, the men shook hands, and forthwith pro ceeded to trial of their spirit and endurance. But here the reporter must drop his pen; why should he en large upon that which asks not detail,save to say that the men stood up, and though in olden times the "re marks" or "observations" of the sporting reporter were thought the marrow of the thing, that now his comments are unnecessary, and a plain, unvarnished tale may serve to convey every idea of what might have been a fight. In the first round, Walker, after a little fantastical squaring of elbows, went in like a nervous boy, and got a lett-handed spank on the mouth for his pains, and got first blood; Lane then made the fighting, Walker hit up, a close followed, and Lane was undermost. The second round was sharp and rattling; the third a ditto, and Waft( r again threw Lane. The fourth, fifth, and sixth were fought in very quick time ; but here the old proverb was reversed, for Jack was by no means so good as his master; in fact, to those who know a thing or two, it was perfectly evident that the great gun was overcharged, when it was supposed that his double-shotting would over come the proof-mark of the hardwa.: •iillage. Hence forward the affair was a " forg,o,ie conclusion," Walker ducked his head down in the ninth round; in the tenth he struck his forehead against Lane's mouth, and threw him heavily. In the eleventh Lane changed his leg, and Walker, who bad before fought as if he was not the n - an be used to was," tried it on, was baffled, and, although he ac.ually had his antagonist under, had done no more towards winning the battle than when he begun. The 12th round closed the same. Walker, as = ter a slight rally and a close, sipped, on the call of " %Circle" being made, between the upper and lower rope, and said " I shall fight no more." Time, fifteen minutes. The explanation we shall leave to time. A fight, half-finialied, but in its progress giving promise of a vast deal more progress, mental and corporeal, than the " crrand affair," was then commenced; but, before half completed, the signal of the special train warned our departure, and Tom Smith, of Cheltenham, and Johnny li'Grane, of Birmingham, have to settle their difference of opinion another day.—Advertiser. THE BARBADOES RAILWAY. An adjourned meeting of this company was held yes t er day, at half-past twelve o'clock, at the London Tavern, in order to receive the report of a sub committed appointed at the last meeting ; Sir R. Schomburgh in the chair. The report stated that the funds in hand were 6691. Os. 6d., and the claims 300 that the resources of the company had not been expended with sufficient economy, us more than 3,000/. had been expended in sending two gentlemen ad deputation to Barbadoes, who, they considered, ought to have been recalled, inasmuch as shortly after two other members of the board had gone out on their own business, and they might, at much less expense, have transacted the necessary business. 9261. 4s. Bd. had been ex pended in directors' travelling expenses, which was a large sum, considering the extent of the undertr.lting and the small amount of the deposits received. In conclusion, they recommended that the board should be reduced to five members, that the board in the colony should be abolished, and that no further calls should be made without the concurrence of a meeting of the sl.areholders. Mr. SMITH, who had read the report, proposed its adouron, and in doing so strongly blamed the apathy of tie colonists, who forgetting the old adage that " God helps those who help themselves," neglected to support a proj :!t which would promote their pros petity without any rid from the home Government, and redound to the advantage, not only of themselves, but of their children's children.—(Bear.) Mr. LAmiu MURRAY seconded the 'notion. Ho said, the line was one of the soundest that was pro jected during the speculative time, they had passed through, and his opinion remained unaltereg even in this season ofcomtnercial embarrassment. He did not think the amount sprit in the deputation to Bar badoes large, considering the di9tance the gentlemen composing it had been sent across the ocean. The same remark applied to the sum paid to the directors ; for he had invariably found where those en:rusted with the management of a company received no remune ration, that it went to the "dogs."—(Bear.) It was advisable that no further calls should be made except by the consent of a general meeting. After considerable discussion, the report was re ceived and ordered to be entered on the minutes. The report of the directors read at the former meet ing, with the accounts, was also adopted. Resolutions in conformity with the recommenda tions of the report of the committee were then passed, and a vote of thanks having been passed to the Chair man and directors, the meeting separated. The :eompany will therefore remain in abeyance for the present, and no further expenses will be in curred. CEYLON RAILWAY COMPANY.-- The first ordinary general meeting of the sharehol ders in this railway took place yesterday, at the offices of the company in Broad-street-buildings, for the purpose of receiving a report from the directors, and other business connected with the company. WILLIAM TINDALL, Esq., the chairman of the company, took the ch air at one o'clock, and, upon doing so, called upon the secretary to read the fol lowing report: — "This meeting has been convened in accordance with the deed of settlement, and the 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 110, by whose provisions it is enacted that an ordinary general meeting of the shareholders in joint-stock companies, registered under the said Act, must be held in the months of January and July in every year, or within twenty days from the expiration of the said months respectively. " Your directors on this occasion have only to re port that since the last meeting the company has become completely registered ; and that, with a view to obtain from the local Legislature of Ceylon, an acquiescence in the terms upon which as agreed with, and sanctioned by her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies, your directors would have been prepared to recommend the pro secution of the scheme, the draft of a local ordinance, embodying - the said terms, has been prepared and forwarded to Ceylon, for the purpose of being laid before his Excellency the Governor, and the local legislature for approval or otherwise. " Your directors hope to receive the decision of the Ceylon Government by the next mail, and have now to recommend that this meeting, which has been convened solely on account of the provisions of the Joint Stock Companies' Act already referred to, be adjourned until specially summoned for the purpose of considering the communications which may arrive from the local Government. " When the nature of the decision in question shall have become known, your directors will convene a meeting, and will be prepared to offer such sugges tions for your adoption as may be deemed expedient." A resolution was then proposed and adopted sanc tioning the report, and ordering its circulation among the proprietors ; after which a resolution was carried, adjourning the meeting to the 10th of April. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Fun: 14. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market is good to-day in light stocks. Dover., Berwicks, North Staffords, and York and New castle Preferences. The sales are —Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 311. Shares, 5 5 4 dis.—Ditto (late C. and B.) 17—East Lancashire, 20 3 4—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, Wp.—Ditto, halves ( late L. and B.), 9 dis.—London and North-Western, 146—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin colnshire, Quarters, No. 1, par— Ditto, Eighths, 3i l / 4 c. dis.— Ditto, 10/. Preference, par c.—Ditto (Great tar msby and Sheffield), 13 1 4 dis.—Midland, 401. Shares, 45 c.—Ditto, Halves, I—North Staffordshire, 7 p.—Shrewsbury, Oswes try, and Chester, 101. Preference (guar. 8 per cent.), 3I p. —South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 1 1 ,E dis.—York, New castle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 2 1 4 p.—York and North Midland (guar. 6 per cent.), 6 c. p.—Dublin and Bel fast Junction, 20 1 % dis. MANCHESTER, FEB. 14. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Bolton, Blackburn, &c., 10 dis.—Ditto (A), 6 3 / 4 dis—Lancashire and York shire, Fifths, % p.—Ditto (West Riding Union), 2 7-16 dis. —London and North-Western (Manchester and Birming ham), Quarters (B), p.—lianchester, Sheffield, and Lin colnshire, Preference, par—Ditto (Grimsby Dock), 6 9-16 dis.—Ditto (She ffi eld and Lincolnshire), 5 3-16 dis.—North Staffordshire, 13-16 p.—South-Eastern and Dover4No. 4,1% dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, Extension, No. 2, 3% p. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE—WEDNESDAY The supply of Wheat on sale in to-day's market was again very moderate. For the best samples of: both red and white the demand was steady, at fully Monday's quotations, but all other kinds, though we cannot call them cheaper, were much neglected. With foreign Wheat we were well supplied. The amount of business doing in that grain was trifling, at unaltered quotations. The sale for Barley was slow, at late rates. In Malt so little was doing that prices were almost nominal. Oats, Beans, Peas, and Indian Corn wero neglected, The Flour trade was far from active. Quotations ruled as on Monday. ARRIVALS. Baxley. Wheat. English • • .. • • Irish. • ... • . • • Foreign ...... 3,820 gra. I 5,570 qrs. Oats. 1 Flour. 2,00 qrs. 1 3,950 ski. 3,970 -- 360 -- 1 2,50. Mait,1,940 ars. WIIITECSAPEI4. Our market to-day was but moderately supplied with each kind of Meat. On the whole the demand was steady, at full prices. Beef, from 3s to 4s; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4. 8d; Veal, 4s 2d to 55 4d; and Pork, 3s 10d to 5s per slbs by the carcase. BODY-STREET.--(THIS DAY.) George Walker, who on the Ist of January, was charged with uttering a forged cheque for 3001., pur porting to be draws by Messrs. Mayhew and Reynolds, of Carey-street, Lincoln's Inn, upon Messrs. Dixon and Co., bankers, of Chancery-lane, and who, after being twice remanded, was discharged on the 14th January, in giving bail for his attendance to-day if required, attended this morning in discharge of his own and his sureties' recogissauce. Mr. Mayhew, who accompanied Walker, said, ho was still in the same positiun as on the former hearing, not having been able to trace the man from whom Walker received the cheque. However ho was quite satisfied of the young man's honesty, and of his willingness to afford every assistance in his power; and he presumed Mr. Henry would now discharge the recognixinces. Mr. lIENsr assented, and the recognizances having been discharged the parties left the Court. CLERKEN WELL.-(HIS DAY.) William Tolley, a middle aged man, in the employ ment of Mr. Williams, soap manufacturer, Compton street, was charged with stealing a large quantity of soap (about 55 lbs.), the property of his master. It appeared that for some time past Mr. Williams found that he was plundered to a great extent, and suspicion at length fell upon the prisoner. He was watched, and in consequence of what was observed in his conduct 11.. r was this morning taken into custody as he was leaving the yard at breakfast time. He was taken into custody by police-sergeant Brennan, 20 G, and another officer. Some bars of soap were found in his pockets, and on searching his apartment a number of other bars were found concealed there. A quantity of oil and other articles used in the factory were also found. Ho was fully committed. THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH-WESTERN R AILWAT. WOLINO, TUESDAY.— The inquiry into the death of David Markland, the engine -driver, late in the service of the London and South-Western Railway Company, who met his death on the evening of the 14th ult., by the accident on the railway within a short distance of this ulace, was resumed and concluded yesterday, at the Railway Tavern, near the station. Mr. C. J. Woods, the coroner, arrived shortly before two o'clock, and the proceedings were opened precisely at that hour. Mr. Dalrymple, the company's solicitor; Mr. Gooch, the locomotive superintendent; Mr. Stovin, the manager of tho traffic; Mr. Godson, the superin tendent of the line; and several other officials were again in attendance. The jury having answered to their names, The CORONER said he believed their present proceed ings would be confined within a ♦ery narrow compass. Since the last meeting of the jury he had ascertained from the professional gentleman employed by Jones and Fleming, that he should not require the attendance of any of the witnesses who had been previously examined. Under these circumstances, there was only on• other fact which it would bo necessary for them to ascertain; that was the parish in which the accident occurred, and he believed a witness was in attendance who would prove this. lie was not aware whether the company had any other witnesses in attendance whom they might wish to call. Mr. Dalry - iple said they had none. Fortescue, tie guard, was gradually recovering, but as yet was not in a situation to give evidence. David Pearsey, labourer, was then called—He proved that the accident occurred near the 25th milestone from London, and within the parish cf . Woking. No other witnesses presenting themselves, The CORONER said, before he proceeded to sum up he should be glad to know whether the jury wished to have the whole of the evidence read over to Olen]. The foreman of the panel, having consulted with his brother jurymen, sail he thought that would be quite unnecessary. The CORONER then charged the jury, after which they returned a verdict of " Manslaughter against William Jones and Lewis Fleming." Tho foreman added that he hoped the suggestions which had fallen from the jury in reterer.ce to the re construction of the hi:gage-road boxi 8, the addition of elevated boxes for the guards, and a new description of break, would be carried out by the company. Mr. Dalrymple said all the suggestions referred to were already in progress or operation. 'rho foreman asked if any means of communication between the guards and the engine driver had been adopted. Mr. Stovin said they were at present trying two plans, viz., bells and electricity. They hoped, ere long, to establish a perfect communi ca ti on; b ut o f a ll subjects this was the most difficult in railway economy. One thing he hoped the compete) , might congratulate them selves upon, and that was that the present was the first fatal accident which had occurred on the line for the last six years. . The jury coincided in the remarkable freedom from accidents on the South-Western Railway. The several witnesses having been bound over, the proceedings terminated. ORATiGas.—The importations of this esteemed and delicious fruit have exceeded, during the present s< , isson, the supplies of any former year within the memory of the oldest persons in the fruit trade. The arrivals from St. Michael's alone previously to Christmas, without in chiding the other places of supply, were equal to the entire importation of some previous seasons. They have since been, and particularly within these few days, ex ceeedingly numerous, and probably at no former period has there been so large a supply of all kinds in the markets and fruiterers' stores in the metropolis. The fruit was being retailed in the public streets at the latter part of the last week at a cheaper rate than we recollect to have previously been the case. The crop this season in the south has been most extensive, and this excellent fruit must continue to be plenteous to an unusal extent. _ Mr. W. Y B. Ferrand has given V. towards the fund collecting for the defence of Mr. O'Connor against the petition to his return to the House of Commons as — d I e ; en enclose din ink of the ze is Mr. Nir. repro l,e r t a a , s t i v l e e s t tfeorr announcing Nottingham. his The su b follow serip 3, t viooun a e H q a u r e d e f n o r -3. g Mr. O'Connor's seat in Parliament. I need not inform g 2 r L a gran g o e w'a j r d a n s t 2 h 9 e , l e B x 4 pe n s e Si o r i you that I differ greatly from Mr. O'Connor in some of his political views ; but if ever a seat in Parliament was obtained by fair and honourable means his was ; and as the Reform Bill deprived the working classes of the power of electing more than 200 Members, I should deeply regret to see a Member deprived df his seat in whom they have so much confidence. —I am, Sir, your obedient serr:nr, W. B. FERRAND.—Mr. Thomas Clark." —Leeds InteP: encer. By the Navy Estimates, just published, we perceive an increase of 1,500 men to the Royal Marine corps is provided for. Last night's Gaz,2tte contains an Order in Council sanctioning a scheme of the Ecclesiastical Commis sioners for constituting three separate districts for spiritual purposes out of the original parishes of St - . Luke, Old -street, and St. Leonard, Shoiedit'ili, Mi4lo , 2- Aex. The new divisions are t 9 be called—the district of the Holy Trinity, Iloxton; the district of St. 1149. - -thew, City-road, and the district of St. Mark, Old street. It is notifiod that a church or chapel has been already erected in each of the new districts; that each is to ;be consecrated by the Bishop of London, and that the Bishop of London for the time being is to be patron in perpetuity of each of the districts. BIRMINGHAM, FEB. 14. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The only sales were—North Stafford shire, p.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (13), 1 'ji g dia ex int. _ _ YORK, FEB. 12. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Great Northern, 41. Bs. 6d.—Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 1 4 —North Staf fordshire, 10%—York, Newcastle, and Berwick Extension, No. 1, 19 3 4—Ditto, No. 2 (late New Berwieks), 13/. Bs. 9d.—Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), 10% EDINBURGH, FEB. 12. STOCK Excrwron.—The sales are—Edinburgh and Glas gow, Halves, IP /I —Great Northern, it% ex int.—North Bri. tish, Quarters, 5/. Ig.—Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), 10s.— Ditto, Thirds, 345. GLASGOW, FEI. 12. STOCK ExcliaNGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, New, 15s.—Edinburgh and Perth, 12s. Gd.—Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 71. Gs.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Air, Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 20s.—Great Northern. 61. 194. Gd.—North British, Thirds, 36s.—Ditto, Quarters, 5/. 4a. 61. MR. J. O'CONNELL IN PARIS.—The soiree was given last night at the Jardin d'iliver in honour of Mr. J. O'Connell by the Jeunesse Catholique, but from the injudicious exclusion of ladies, and the absence of all proper organization, the display was wholly unworthy the occasion. The guest of the everting was received with cries of " Vive O'Connell!" mingled with those of " Vive la Liberie Religieuse!" and " Vivo Montalem bert!" That nobleman was not, however, present, being prevented from attending by continued illness. A few words of welcome and compliment were addressed to Mr. O'Connell on his arrival, to which he returned an ap propriate reply; this and a triumphal air from a military band, completed the reception. The general feeling of all present was annoyance and regret at the total want of the necessary arrangements, and the evident incapa city of the managers of the affair to carry out what was doubtless a well meant compliment, but in which the kindness of the intention was altogether marred by the mode of the execution.—Galignani s Messenger. THE BISHOP OF MANCRESTER.—The stipend of the Bishop of Manchester is the subject of an Order in Council published in last night's Gazette. It directs and authorises the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to pay 4,2001. a year to the Bishop of Manchester out of the funds of the Commission; and in the event of such funds being insufficient, it directs, in aid of such funds, the plyment by the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of London of 1,0001. each per annum, and by the Bishop of Durham of a sum not exceeding 5001. per annum; the money so contributed from the richer sees to go in aid of the fund of the Commission for the endowment of the new see of Manchester. EXPRESS TRAIN TO SCOTlA:in.—Arrangements are being made between the London and the North- Western, the Caledonian, and the Lancaster and Carlisle Companies to start an express train on the opening throughout of the Caledonian line. The train will corn• mence running on the I at of March, starting from Loudon and Glasgow at nine o'clock in the morning, to reach each terminus at ten o'clock at night. LivEuroon, TUESDAY.—The packet-ship Sheridan arrived yesterday from New York, after a fine passage of 17 days. She sailed on the 29th ult., and has brought 20,0001. in specie. The packet•ship St. George, which sailed before the Sheridan, had specie on freight to the amount of 16,5001. QUEEN ANNE'S BOUNTY.—The receipts on ac count of the governors of Queen Anne's Bounty for the year 1846 amounted to 206,5021., and the concurrent disbursements to 217,900/. The amount of first-fruits due, or in arrear, was 2021, and the amount of yearly tenths in arrear, 88/. The number of preferments charged with tenths amounts to 4,951. IIICTHS. On the 12th inst., in Eaton-square, Lady Pakington, of a son. :the 11th inst., at Singleton, the lady of 11. Hussey Vivian, Esq., of a son. On the 13th inst., at Millfield-lane, Highgate-hill, Mn.a J. Johnson Miles, el, a daughter. On the 13th inst., at Eaton-square, the wife of John WiL hams, Esq., of a daughter. On the 13th inst., at Eastbeurne-terrace, Hyde-park, the wife of Richard Stileman, Esq., of a son. On the 13th inst., in Milner-street, Gibson-square, Isling ton, Mrs. Archibald Montgomery, of a son. On the 10th inst., at Brighton, the lady of A. Donoranr Esq., of Frainfield-place, Sussex, of a daughter. On the 10th inst., at Dorset-place, Dorset-square, the wife of J. Tilyer Blunt, Esq., of a son. On the 1 lth inst., at Brighton, the wife of Captain Carr, of a daughter. On the 11th inst., at Abele-grove, Epsom, Surrey, Mrs. A. Holism', of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 7th inst., at St. Marylebon e Church, Percy, youngest son of Alfred Robinson, Esq., of Orchard-street, Pertmen square, to Eliza Sarah, youngest daughter of Major-Genial Aylmer, of Gothic Lodge, Worthing, Sussex. On the Bth inst., at St. Mary's, Fulham, by the Rev. 3. Byers, Mr. Potts, of South Audley-street, Grosvenor-square, to Catherine WL , zell, third daughter of Mr. Johnson, of East-street, Red Lion-square. On the 12th inst., at St. Pancras Now Church, J. Bob. cherby, Esq., of Bayswater, to Emily, fifth daughter of G. Cradock, Esq., of Burton. cri scent. DIED. On the 11th inst., at the Parsonage, Merton, Surrey, the Rev. Essex henry Bond, aged st. On the it ins', in Russell-square, Amelia, the wife if William Tooke, Eq. On Wednesday, the 9th inst., the Rev. H. Uhthotr, rector of Huntingfield, in the 90th year of his age. At Aylesbury, on the 10th inst., J. Parrott, Esq., aged a At lAwer Clapton, on the 11th inst., Eliza, eldest daugh" ter of T. Brown, Eeq, aged 20, At Milford House, on the 11th inst., Harriet Augusta, Wife of Lieutenant-Colonel Webb, aged 11. On the 11th inst., at Vale Lodge, Leatherhead, Surrey, T. Dickens, Esq., aged 80. London : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG , 11i No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun O f f i ce, No. 1130 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county 9 Middlesex, Wednesday, February IG, 184 S. , • . +~,. t