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LIBRARIES FOR THE PEOPLE. BURNS' SELECT LIBRARY. Chronicles by Sir John froissart. 2 Vets. BOHN'S STANDARD LIBRARY. history of the Popes. By Leopold Bunke. BENTLEY'S STANDARD NOVELS. The ha prorisatore. By Hans C. Andersen. COLBURN'S STANDARD NOVELS. Emilia Wyndham. By the Author of " Mount Sorel," 6.c. KNIGHT'S MONTHLY VOLUME. The Book of Table Talk. By several Contributors. MURRAY'S HOME AND COLONIAL LI. BRARY. Adventures in Mexico. '2 Parts. A brilliant evidence of the spread of knowledge and of the substantial progress of civilization is af forded by the enterprise upon which some of our most distinguished publishers have adventured. Instead of exclusively devoting their energies to the production of works of a costly character — with paper of the thickness of vellum and the smooth ness of satin, bound in morocc-) and emblazoned with arabesquez—they appear to be emulating each other by issuing vislumes of very considerable intrinsic value, and yet of extraordinary cheapness. With all this einula ion, moreover, the books thus published are of a sound and wholesome kind as regards morality, and of some note in the higher walks of literature. They tend in a great measure to compensate society for those brutalizing and pernicious effusions which may be termed the spawn of literary depravity—fie tions of an imbecility worthy of Catnach, of a vul garity not unsuited to Whitechapel, and of a licentious ness as gross as the most lascivious passages of Charles Paul de Kock. Of such productions there are, un happily, but too many ; they are written for many guineas and sold for a few pence; they are heaped up in the windows of the lower order of booksellers; they are disfigured by the coarsest wood-cuts, are circulated in the form of weekly serials, and are, we doubt not, if the truth were known, most frequently to be met with in the beershop and the brothel. Against these disgusting and (morally speaking) poisonous periodicals vigorous efforts have, of late years, been made by more than one eminent and po pular publisher. If we are not wonderfully mistaken, the very first individual who made this attempt systematically was Charles Knight—a man who has since acquired for himself an elevated position in our national literature, by becoming the biographer and one of the most discriminating commentators of Shakspere. Immediately after Mr. Knight came the two brothers William and Robert Chambers, of Edinburgh. To those three publishers, and to the memorable " Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge"—a society originated, inaugurated, and conducted throughout by Lord Brougham—the gra titude of the people of England is in a very great measure due. They have effected more than State allowances for education (God knows !) in purify ing the taste and enlarging the minds of the humble classes. Their compositions have done immeasurably more in the way of imparting instruction and diffus ing information than all the schoolmasters of all the normal schools of the United Kingdom. Their penny magazines, and penny tracts, and three-half penny journals, and sixpenny treatises, have proved of far more practical benefit to the community than quires of evangelical pamphlets and cartloads of orthodox homilies. They have revealed to the un educated—God through Nature, and Religion through Philosophy. Since the groundwork of improvement Ives established by these singularly cheap periodicals, a higher class of writing has been brought out in the shape of a succession of complete volumes. The effort has spread from I,Vdinburgh and Ludgate 'hill to New Burlington street, to Great Marlborough street, to Portman-street, to York-street, and to Albemarle-street. Mr. Bentley, Mr. Colburn, Mr. Burns, Mr. Bohn, and Mr. Murray, have prospered in the same field in which Mr. Knight and the Messrs. Chambers had already met with such remarkable successes. To " Burns Select Library" a new addition has tist been made by a reprint of " The Chronicles of England, France, and Spain," by Sir John Frois sart. This edition is a condensation into two volumes of the renowned original, but, although the present copy is a curtailment, it is so abbreviated as in no respect whatever to mar the beauty, the grace, or the eloquence, of the descriptions. The narrative is rather pruned of redundancy than dwarfed into deformity. Appropriate embellishments are given to the heroic chronicles, and the frontispieces are in a manner miniature cartoons. Of itself, this single work, in its present form, must have been regarded as a boon to the multitude, enabling the middle classes to familiarise themselves with a very celebrated and splendid composition , at a ver y moderate outlay—but it must be remembered that the production is only one out of a voluminous series. As an extension of that series it is doubly welcome. In the new edition of the important " History of the Popes," by Leopold Ranke (translated by E.Foster),we have a fresh instalment of " Bohn's Standard Library." Already we have repeatedly had occasion to commend the selection of the prose and poetical works which has characterised this publication from its very com mencement. In reviewing it from time to time, we have spoken of the philosophic lectures of Schlegel, the rhetorical writings of Robert Hall, the biographies of Ros coe , the dramas of Schiller, the memoirs of Cellini, the revolutionary chapters of Lamartine, the political treatises of Machiavelli, &c., &c.; we have now to mention the issue of one of the most noted histo rical labours of modern times, the record of the deeds, the poli c y, an d th e vicissitudes which have marked the eras of the Pontificate. It were needless to enter at this moment upon any criti cal examination of the work of Leopold Ranke; the demerits of his luminous pages have been noticed repeatedly by some of the most enlightened critics of the age (and, among others, by Mr. Macaulay); it is therefore only necessary to observe that the most scrupulous attention has been paid to its arrangements and typography, in this novel and elegant scheme of republication. The most celebrated fiction hitherto penned b a remarkable and gifted man—the Danish poet, Bans Christian Andersen—we mean, of course, in so speaking, his " Imp rov i sa t ore, " i s pr i n t e d as th e new volume of " Bentley's Standard Novels." It is a book which materially adds to the value of the series, seeing that it is one which has acquired more fame for its author than any single one •f his other productions. To the generality it is not probably as bewitching as his beauti ful " Picture Book without Pictures," or as melo dious as his songs and poetical fragments, or as fascinating as his fantastic fancy of " The Shoes of Fortune," or his other inimitable stories for chil dren. To cultivated minds, however, " The Impro visatore" is immeasurably more acceptable than the previous compositions of Andersen—conveying to us , as it doe s so frestilyand deliciously his impressions of the people and scenery of Italy ; and revealing, as it does, the richness, the strength, the enthusiasm, the gentleness, and the purity of his odd, but admirable genius. Another novel of singular ability, but of a more recent and less noted writer, "Emilia Wynd ham," is the last volume published of " Colburn's Standard Novels," a library of equal merit to the one just mentioned, and composed of very different materials. The reprint extends to upwards of five hundred goodly pages, and is interesting as one of the most popular tales yet issued by one of the most popular of our anonymous novelists. Mr. Charles Cox, the publisher, has for a considerable time past continued the " Monthly Vol umes " originally brought out by Mr. Charles Knight, and the example of his predecessor appears, to have excited him to a very laudable emulation. In hands the periodical has been in no respect de teriorated e i t h er i n merit or var i e t y. Th e l as t num ber(XX.Vl.) is among the most entertaining yet submitted to our attention, being a delightful " Book di of a Table Talk," by several con tributors,book of such eccentric and versified contents, as to remind us, especially, of the famous " Year Book" of William Hone. Many of the papers in it are illustrated with wood !,its, and two of them are indiscribably facetious — the French cook, and the French postillion. Know ing the miseries to which the unfortunate Mexicans are at this m oment su bj ecte d i n consequence of the no un principled t aggress i on o f t h e i r ne i g hb ours , we ean ut rega r d as we ll t i me d t h e new num b ers (LII. 1 I.) of " Murray's home and Colonial Library." y consist o f " Ad ventures i n M ex i c o and the Rocky Mountains," by George F. Ruxton, penned in a lively and gossipping strain, and coloured by a vivid Recuracy. They will convey to all observers in this c ountry an excellent idea of the social peculiarities and geographical characteristics of that splendid but ill-doomed republic. Among the many sketches of IT attractive character must be especially mentioned the picture afford e d b y t h e wr i ter o f t h e f amous ex-President S nta Anna. " Don Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna," he says , ti is • 13 a hale-looking man, between fifty and R , ixt y, with an Old Bailey countenance and a well t.ilt wooden leg." His Senora is described as "a pretty o girl of seven t een. " M r. R uxton i s man if e stly admirer of S an t a A nna, an d accor di n gly retails with ex t reme gusto all the old slanders o f hi s debaucherie s and peculations. His affection for de baucheries, b e i t o b served, have not prevented h i m from abandoning the voluptuous ease of the Havannah to plunge his body and his fortunes into the perils of a murderous warfare ; and, as to his avarice and addietion to peculations, it can never be forgotten th a t h e h as pawned his enormous and magnificent possessions (estates extending over very many miles, and c overe d w i th vast herds of cattle) to meet the exigenci es o f th e repu b lican y ex chequer. With a ll hi s f au lt s an d v i ces, history will decl a r e o f th e ex Pr e sid en t th a t h e was remarkable for his heroic bravery and for his glorious devotion 9 . 3 a patriot. His last resolution—War to the knife— is a sufficient token that his bravery has not diminished and that his patriotism has not decayed. Such are the class of periodicals which are now produced for the advantage of the community, at a comparatively msigniSoant cost, and of a class calculated to afford both instruction and amusement. THE SUN, LONDON, LITERATURE. LETTERS OF MADAME LA DUCBESSE LE PRASLIN. 1 Vol. Exquisite as the correspondence of the unfortunate Duchesse de Choiseul-Praslin is in itself —breathing as it does the pure passion of a gentle, gifted, and right womanly heart—we cannot but think that it is by no means calculated for being the vehicle for afford ing instruction in the French language to children. Not that the letters themselves are in any respect in differently written, for they are composed in the truest idiom of the French tong ue ; not that they contain other than noble and exalted sentiments, sen timents such as any parent would rejoice to have inculcated into the dispositions of his offspring; but the whole correspondence is associated with the recol lection of a hideous and diabolical crime. The hook smells of blood. Every page is reeking with the breath of the assassin. Each sentence is tainted with the after act cf a devilish and brutal murder. We can scarcely open the volume without a shudder ; and the likeness of the wretched and saintlike victim, looking so calmly in the frontispiece, brings back to remembrance that awful morning which dawned so frightfully over Paris. The original idea of this compilation was a mistake; the manlier in which the letters have been grouped together, and the explanatory notes arranged, is creditable to the skilful and practised hand of M. Fenwick de Porquet. Of the murdered Duchess, the editor truthfully remarks—" a touter les virtus d'une excellente mere de famille, son excellent ciaur joignait une charite toujours active et une bien faisance innepuisable." As the effusion of such a na ture these memorable letters must be received. CLAIMS OF THE CHURCH OF ROME. By the Author:of " Proposals for Christian Union." Although the age of fierce and rancorous polemics has not yet terminated, the present day is remarkable for the prevalence of more genial and beneficent ideas upon religion than the times of our forefathers. As a fresh evidence of this improved spirit we welcome the little volume before U 3, in which "The Claims of the Church of Rome" are considered, with a view to unity—and this, be it remarked, by one who is manifestly no Papist. The writer was already favourably known by his " Proposals for Christian Union," and here in his second advocacy of the esta blishment of concord and true brotherhood among Christians, he develops still more widely and vividly the particular character of his aspirations. Quoting from tke preface to "Eustace's Classical Tour," the writer takes this sentence as his motto—" Reconcili ation and union are the objects of his warmest wishes, of his most fervent prayers ; they occupy his thoughts, they employ his pen ' • and if a stone shall happen to m irk the spot where his remains are to repose, that stone shall speak of peace and reconciliation." Who will not join in these desires and sympathise in this solicitude ? A HANDBOOK OF ANGLING. By Ephemera. Here we hare a substantial volume, goodly in bulk and precise in explanation, inducting one into all the pleasant mysteries of fly-fishing, trolling, bottom fishing, and salmon-fishing, giving one the natural history of river fish, and more than hinting to us " the best modes of catching them." To show that the author is no tyro in the gentle craft, but on the contrary a rare proficient, it is only necessary to say that he is "Ephemera" of Bell's Life in London. That is surely enough ; it is the reader's guarantee, and the writer's diploma—proving him to be as com petent an authority anent the science of angling as ever was Izaak Walton or Charles Cotton. The book is a very encyclopaedia of information about inland fisheries and inland fishermen. It assures us in 363 pages that Ephemera) was born when; the sun was in Pisces ; and, if he be as good an angler in practice as he is in theory, we should like uncommonly to breakfast with him some fine morning when the trout are more than usually disposed to nibble. THE LAST DAYS OF O'CONNELL. A Series of Papers written or edited by William Bernard lifacca'be. In this remarkable volume Mr. Maccabe has pro duced for posterity a record of the last moments and the funeral obsequies of the greatest man of Ireland, and one of the most extraordinary men of modern times. In its way the work is altogether invaluable. The materials of which it is compo , ed have already risen from the ephemeral interest of news of the mo ment into the dignity of history. Besides giving us a complete narrative of the death of the illustrious and immortal Liberator, the compiler has enhanced the book by incorporating with its contents the fune ral eloquence of Miley and Ventura. On the volume reaching another edition, he will, of course, add to these the forthcoming oration of Lacordaire. The work is an enthralling memento of the statesman, the oratcr, the champion, the patriot, and the Liberator, O'Connell. TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. Sir,—On Thursday Lord George Bentinck moved fur a Select Committee to inquire into the condition and prospects of the sugar and coffee-planting inte rests ; which, after being talked upon for two nights, was passed without opposition or division in a thin House at two in the morning. Of course what is to be gathered is incidental rather than direct. One of the earliest effects was to pro duce from the Chancellor of the Exchequer a decla ration that the Government intended to make no alteration in the sugar duties. It is amusing to see how parties can change their tactics with their interests. There was Lerd George Bentinck for the West Indians, holding out what so far as ioul I be judged at a distance, was a fac iimile of the broadside which in 1793 used to be displayed in some part of the house in all reli gious families, representing negroes packed together in the Ibld of a slave-ship. The West Indians abhor the slave trade, as landlords do monopoly. On Friday Mr. Disraeli contributed one of those speeches, which forty years ago would have made him a rising young man, but have so little effect on the political machine in the pre sent generation. He pronounced the principle of buying in the cheapest market to be that of retail traders only; Upon which km moved to 'inquire, whether you have any traders of so elevated an order in Bradford, as to be disposed to admit the new commercial principle. He wound up by calling Manchester "the capital of commercial fallacy," as being dark upon the truth as it is known in Buckinghamshire; and sat down under cover of a fire of Latin, apparently directed to conjuring the Member for the West Riding into the Red Sea, but which might have been taken from the Propria gum inaribus, for any effect it produced upon the obdurate Member or the House. So certain it is that the springs of power have changed. A more important question than whether sugar shall be dear or cheap, is, what is to be the conduct of the anti-slavery party. It is strongly to he feared, that if it had been left to us, we should never have done what our fathers did. The tide at present is setting towards the exploitation, as the French would call it, of the less powerful races of mankind; and a pettifogging poli tical tical economy is prompting innumerable Mr. Inkles to look at Yarico with an eye to her marketable qua lities. Our young republicans are most of them pro slavery at heart; to pull down what is above them, and trample on what is below, being their notion of the duties of a citizen. Yet the moment is not one for discouragement but for activity. It is not impos sible that this quarrel may be what is to find occupa tion for the next half-dozen generations, and that slave-driver and anti-slave-driver are the two castes into which the world is going to resolve itself. The old struggle for political freedom in Europe is nearly burned out, and seems very likely to go through the remainder of the process without ever breaking again into a general blaze. Of course the watcher is a speckled bird, who with his eyes about him presumes to see farther than his neighbours with their heads under their wings. The time cannot be far oft; when even statesmen will see danger in the strides making by the great liberticide power on the other side of the Atlantic. Lord George Bentinck urged Ministers on Friday to seize on Cuba; who promptly protested against being supposed capable of such an Americanism. He jocularly alluded also, to whet is no joke, the threat of one of the generals of the slave-breeding republic, that " it shall not be long before Uncle Sam throws his hat over Canada." The Americans are open in their announcement that they mean soon to seize upon Cuba, which they will at tempt, doubtless, by getting a portion of the Cuba slave-owners to " decleie for liberal institutions." Might it not occur to anti-slavery leaders in England, if they do not utterly eschew all human policy, that one way to bar this consummation would be to prompt the Spaniard s t o l oos e their negroes from their bondage, and to o bt a i n th e assist ance of the English Government in giving a liberal support to such a plan ? Not more strange than that Cuba has eight hundred miles of railroad, is the information that it is not long since the Spani ar d s we re actually attempting the introduction of free labour into Cuba. Nobody knows what may be done for either good or evil till he tries; but sitting with the mouth open, to see what the wind will blow into it, was never the method by which blessings were dispensed to man. The military rule is never to waste time in think ing on what ought to be done but cannot. The anti slavery party have not the smallest chance of pre venting the equalization of the sugar duties. Like thousands more, I would willingly pay the extra penny to keep out slave-grown sugar. But since we cannot, why should not we try what can be ob tained on the other side of the subject, from a Govern ment which is as well-disposed as it is strong ? I am, Sir, your obedient servant, T. PERRONET THOMPSON. Blackheath, London, 8 Feb. 1848. NAVAL INTEZLIGENCE. PLYMOUTH, Fun. 5. - ner Majesty's frigate Meander, 44, Captain the . Hon. H. Keppel, which left Spithead on Tuesday, 1 nd to the Cape and Labuan, put in here yesterclixy morning, having on board Mr. Brooke, the Raja go:E . Sarawak ; Mr. Na pier, the Lieutenant-Goveri to r of Labuan ; Mrs. Napier and family ; and Lievitenant Hosken, R.N. His Excellency Governor Br coke is suffering from the effects of a severe cold. 'The weather was bois terous all yesterday and the early part of to-day, and none of the passengers have c once on shore. Captain Keppel landed at the Devonp( at Dockyard this morn ing, and visited the naval authorities. To make good defects the frigate has be en supplied with head gratings, a bumpkin brace, a ad some squares of glass carried away and broken in the Channel ; she has also been furnished with one of Errickson's sounding machines, two boat's compastei, and two boat's fire hearths. Mr. James Walker, the Admiralty engineer, ar rived here from London last evening on an official visit to inspect the works at t he Breakwater. We have the painful duty to record the sudden death of Mrs. Alicia Oldfield, the lady of Colonel Oldfield, Aide-de-Canap to her Majesty, and Commanding Officer of Roy al Engineers, residing in Plymouth citadel. Mrs. Oldlfield, who was 56 years of age, retired to rest about tan o'clock last evening, and her bell not being rung as usual this morning, Colonel Oldfield entered the apartment and discovered that she had expired during ttbe night. The coroner for the borough, Mr. John Edmonds, held an inquest this evening at the Guildhall,. -when a jury, formed of several military officers and some civilians, after a short inquiry, pronounced, by their foreman, Major- General the lion. Henry Murray, a verdict of " Found dead in bed, and died by the visitation of God." PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY.-The Rolla, 10, exercise vessel for the seamen apprentices at this port, has had her bottom re-coppered, and Wl5 taken out of dock this morning. The Sealark, 8, Commander Monypenny, sailed yesterday afternoon for Plymorath, where she will receive advance wages and final ,orders. The engines of the Sharpshooter will be completed repairing or refitting this week; she will be taken out for trial next week. She is completely rigged and fitted for sea excepting some parts of her armament fittings, which are not yet completed by the ordnance. She will be commissioned at the etid of this month for Mediterranean service. . The Champion, 14, Commander Ira yea, hoisted the pendant yesterday in the basin, and ill entering soma fine men fast. She was docked to-day to have Muntz's metal sheathing (which has been applied to her bottom in lieu of copper) examined. She will be undocked to-morrow, and the Powerful, 84, Cnptain the Hon. R. S. Dundas, will be taken in to be re- coppered. Th• following is a copy of a general order just propagated by the Admiral-Superintendent of Ports mouth Dockyard, having for its object the. enlighten ment of the Admiralty functionaries upon :the matter therein enjoined of the several officers of disckyards to report upon : " GENERAL ORDER. " Portmouth Dockyard, Feb.,. 1848. " The Lords Commissioners of the Adminsity have not considered the last quarterly reports from this yard to be of a satisfactory description ; arid it is their Lordships' direction, that the reports of the foreinen upon the officers, with the remarks of the master shipwright attached to them, ' shall be-aocom panied by a confidential report from him of the working of the new system, with such such sagges tions as time and experience may point out. "The foremen, inspectors, and leading men, are hereby enjoined to pay strict attention to the sy-stem of weekly and monthly returns'—they are not to be mere matters of form, but are to be accompanied by remarks more or less copious, as may be requisite. Upon this head, I particularly direct attention to the concluding paragraph of their Lordships' circular of the 27th of February, 1847, page 5. " Weekly reports from leading men to inspectors— from inspectors to foremen once a fortnight—monthly reports from foremen to master shipwright. " The reports of foremen on officers will be trans mitted to their Lordships with the master shipwright's observations, and with such as I may think fit to make. " Finally—lt is my duty to impress upon all fore men, inspectors, and leading men, that a strict atten tion to their Lordships' circular before mentioned, is invariably to be paid, and that their own advancement in the service is entirely and exclusively dependent upon themselves. "This order is printed for the more perfect infor mation of all the officers concerned, to each of whom a copy will be supplied. " H. PRESCOTT, Admiral Superintendent." WooLwiell, FEB. 7.—Vice- Admiral Sir Charles Adam, K.C.B. Governor, and Rear-Admiral Sir James Alexander Gordon, K.C.8., Lieutenant-Go vernor of Greenwich Hospital, visited Woolwich Dockyard to. day to witness the operation of the new sawing machines for cutting the frame timbers, and and for cutting crooked logs of wood, without cross ing the grain in the least degree. The gallant Ad mirals were, in the absence of Commodore Sir Gor don Bremer, received by Mr. Elson, Master-At tendant ; Mr. Lang, Master- Shipwright ; Mr. Chat field, Assistant to the Master-Shipwright ; and Mr. Atherton, Chief Engineer. On enterinc , the saw mills the saws for cutting the wood and giving it the necessary bevelled form at one operation were set going, and from the ease with which the difficult forms required of the wood were made perfectly true for their various purposes gave great satisfaction, and the details by which the objects in view are attained were explained by Mr. Cochrane, the inventor. large crooked log of timber was then cut with the grain, and on the planks being separated, the advantage of the the invention was evident, as the most shapeless logs may now be cut with very little waste. The Caradoc iron steamer was taken into dock this afternoon. PROMOTIONS. ADMIRALTY, FEB. 7.—W. B. Feyen, to be surgeon of the Espiegle. • APPOINTMENTS.—To the. Alarm, W. Rees; boat swain, advanced to the second class. To the Asia, W. Brown, acting boatswain. To the Excellent, E. D. Aske and C. P. H. P. St. John, lieutenants. To the Hercules, J. G. Budd, second master. To the Madagascar, C. 0. Robinson, second master. To the Powerful, T. Andrews, midshipman ; R. Blanc, naval cadet. To the President, James E. Hunter, naval cadet. To the Prince Regent, W. L. Gordon, assis tant surgeon, confirmed. To ;the Star, 11. J. V er non, lieutenant. To the Zephyr, R. H. Albin, first class assistant engineer. John Stephens, boatswain in Sheerness Cheque, advanced to the second class. F. G. Pearce, secretary's clerk to Vice-Admiral Sir E. King. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 7.—Her Majesty's frigate Mean der, 44, Captain the Hon. F. Keppel, bound to La buan, with his Excellency Governor Brooke, Raja of Sarawak, and other distinguished passengers, left the Sound for her destination yesterday afternoon, with a light wind from W.N.W. Her Majesty's sloop Pantaloon, 10, Commander Henry H. Douglas, from the West Indies, having landed her mails at Cork, left that port on Saturday, and arrived here this morning. She will probably go up Hamoaze to be paid off. The brig Viper, of Londonderry, from Sicily, with sulphur, fruit, and bee's-wax, bound to London, went ashore in a fog on Saturday night, near Salcombe. The vessel has become a total wreck ; crew saved. CHATHAM, FEB. B.—This day the Banshee, Holy head steam-packet, Master-Commander William Smithett, was put out of dock. This .'easel has un dergone several alterations since abe has been at this port, which have much improved her appearance. The Cleopatra, 26, was taken into the dock this day, to be repaired, :and to be brought forward for commission. .... The Wolverine, 16-gun sloop, and the Waterwitch, 19-gun sloop, were taken into dock on the 7th inst., to be fitted for sea. The Lucifer, steam-vessel, has been re commissioned by Lieutenant Richard H. Risk, late second lieu tenant of the Birkenhead steam-frigate. She sailed this morning for Greenhitho to adjust her compasses, from there she proceeds to Cork, touching at Ports mouth and Plymouth. The Hercules, 72, store-ship, Master-Cammander Fulton, ,was towed away from this port by a steam vessel to the little Nore, where she will be inspected by the Port Admiral. On this ship being put out of dock on Saturday last, a serious accident occurred to George Trussell, a private of the Royal Marines, who was standing on the edge of a plank, when it tilted up, and he was thrown into the dock, and received such injuries that he was taken on a stretcher to Melville Hospital. The Vivid steam vessel, designed by Mr. O. Lang, assistant to the Master-Shipwright of this yard, was launched at 2 pm. on the 7th inst., in the presence of the Captain-Superintendent, Sir Thomas Bour chier, K.C.8., and a great number of naval and military officers and ladies and inhabitants of the town. The launch was effected with the greatest ease, and the Vivid glided into the water in fine style, amidst enthusiastic cheers from the numerous specta tors. The Vivid looks remarkably well on the water, and when launched her draught of water was 3ft. 7in. forward, and Oft. tin. aft. This vessel was com menced building on the 18th of January, 1847, and is built of well-seasoned teak, oak, and mahogany ; her bottom is of mahogany of three-fold thickness ; her cabins are superb, being fitted with bi r d's- eye maple and Spanish mahogany, with gilt mouldings. This vessel is expected to outdo the Banshee in speed. She is to be fitted with two oscillating engi nes o f 160- horse power each, which will be furnished by Messrs. Penn, of Greenwich. The following are her dimen sions :—Lengtb, 150 ft.; breadth, 22ft. _lin.; depth, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 9, 1845. llft. 4in. ; burden in tons, 352 18-94 ; the engine room; 108 ft. Din. ; register tonnage, 126.68. Th Vivid was taken into dock the same day to be coppered. APPOINTMENTS. ADMIRALTY, FRB. B.—To the Caledonia—ll. W. Brent, naval cadet; M.D. Carnes master's assistant. To the Champion—T. Lock, naval cadet ; R. Coen, master's assistant ; R. Bate, carpenter. To the Col lingwood—W. B. C. Christy, assistant surgeon, con firmed. To the Enterprise—T. L. M'Clintock, lieutenant ; W. S. Couldry, second master. To the Fisgard—J. Patterson, boats wain ; G. Maynard, J. Hansford, A. Richards, G. Goldsack, and E. Per cival, third class assistant engineers. To the Ganges —W. Ridout, boatswain. To the Illustrious—J. Budd, boatswain, confirmed. To the Imaum—T. Bennett, Captain. To the Kingfisher—H. A. Dewar, gunner. To the Ocean (for packet service at Dover) —B. Aplin, lieutenant. To the Powerful—F. Os burne and G. A. H, Vaughan, naval cadets. To the Queen—H. M. Alexander, naval cadet. To the Raleigh—T. T. Roe, naval cadet; F. Morgan, assis tant surgeon, confirmed. To the Rodney—J. C. Byng, lieutenant. To the Star—P. Bagwell, naval cadet; J. Freshtield, clerk. To the Vernon—R. B. B. Creagh, naval cadet. To the Wanderer—J. Col lison, boatswain, confirmed. S. Angear, inspector to Devonport-yard. SCOTTISH PATRIOTIC SOCIETY. A meeting of the Committee of this Society was held on Friday afternoon, at the office of the institu tion, 75, Princes -street. Among the members pre sent were William Murray, Esq , Henderland; Pro fessor Alison, 11I.D. ; David Milne, Esq., of Milne Graden ' • Professor R. L ee , D.D. ; William Cumming, Esq., M.D. ; Richard Huie, Esq., M.D.; John Wig ham, jun., Esq. • Robert Stark, Esq.; W. Campbell, Esq, W.S. ; William Murray, Esq., of Henderland, Preses. Apologies for unavoidable absence were received from Dr. Neill, Professor Gregory, and the Rev. Dr. Henry G re y. With reference to the minutes of the previous meeting, the SECRBTARY stated that, conformably with its instructions he had, in respectful communi cations forwarded through the official channels the resolution come to at the last meeting, soliciting her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert to hestow their patronage upon the society. He had also intimated to his Grace the Duke of Sutherland the resolution of that meeting asking his Grace to accept the office of President, and had forwarded similar letters to the noblemen and gentlemen nominated as Vice-Presi dents, &c. The answers received were all favourable to the wishes of the committee. His Grace the Duke of Sutherland had obligingly consented to accept the office of President during the current year. Letters were read from Lord John Russell, Sheriff Alison, J. Matheson, Esq., 11 P., &c., accepting the office of Vice- Presidents. The SECRETARY then stated that, on the previous evening he had received a communication from Mr. Anson, intimating that her Majesty the Queen, and his Royal Highness Prince Albert had graciously consented to be joint patrons, of the Scottish Patriotic Society, and had commandea him to forward the sum of one hundred pounds towards the funds of the society, as a donation in their joint names.— (Applause.) Mr. Anson's letter having been read, it was unanimously resolved, " that this meeting de sires to record its grateful sense of her Majesty and Prince Albert's condescension in according this society their august patronage, and to express its thanks for their very handsome donation towards its funds." The secretary was therefore directed to transmit copies of the resolution, accompanied by suitable letters, to her Majesty and Prince Albert, through the official channel. The SECRETARY having reported the progress made with respect to the obtaining of ground for labourers' gardens in the vicinity of Edinburgh— the subject was remitted to the sub-committee on allotment gardens. On the motion of W. CUMMING, Esq., M.D., thanks having been voted to William Murray, Esq., of Henderland, for presiding, the meeting thereafter adjourned. JEWISH DISABILITIES RELIEF BILL. In our paper of yesterday we recorded the presen tation by Lord Palmerston—a former representative of the University of Cambridge—of a petition from members of the Senate, in favour of the Bill for the relief of Jewish Disabilities. On the occasion, Mr. Goulburn—the present re presentative of the same university—stated himself to have received a petition from the University of Cam bridge, against the Bill. it is no doubt true that such a petition has been entrusted to Mr. Goulburn. The meeting at which this petition was passed com prised in all 117 members of the Senate, of whom 78 voted for, and 39 against, the petition with which Mr. Goulburn is entrusted. To the petition presented by Lord Palmerston, not one of the names of those 39 dissentients is appended, those gentleman having already pronounced their opi nion, unsuccessfully, in the Senate. The following list, giving the names of those who did sign the petition presented by Lord Palmerston, will serve to show that the intelligence and liberality of the University of Cambridge are not to be mea sured by the recorded acts of resident members of the Senate : LIST OF SIGNATURES TO THE PETITION IN FATOUR OF THE " JEWISH DISABILITIES RELIEF BILL, " FROM MEMBERS OF TUB SENATE or THE tiNITERSITT OF CAMBRIDGE. Right Hon. Thomas Babington Macaulay, late Fel low of Trinity College. Professor Airy, late Fellow of Trinity College, Astro nomer Royal. C. Babbage, T rinity College. W. Empson, Trinity College, Professor at E. I. Col lege, Haileybury. Rev. J. L. Heav iside, late Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Professor at E. I. College, Haileybury. W. F. Chambers, M.D., Trinity College. lion. George Denman, Fellow of Trinity College. The Right Hon. Sir Edward Ryan, Trinity College. W. L. Birkheck, late Fellow of Trinity College. Rev. Professor Henslow, late Fellow of John's. R. G. Latham, Fellow of King's. James Spedding, Trinity College. John Ilibbert, late Fellow of King's. Arthur Barron, late Fellow of Trinity College. J ame s Armytage, Fellow of Trinity College. Ras ,. W. A. Soarnes, lat e F e ll ow o f Tri n ity College. S.luntterCrhd D enman, ,Tr l init College. HOl -1 1. iitba Tr inity y College. Tom Taylor, Fellow of Trinity College. John Worlledge, late Fellow of Trinity College. H on . Rev. L. W. De nman, M ag d a l en e . W. A. Clavering, Trinity College. Woronzow Greig, Trinity College. Sir John W. Lubbock, Trinity College. Rev. James Brogden, Trinity College. John Mitchell Kemble, Trinity College. R. W. Rothman, M.D., Senior Fellow of Trinity College. p. Le Neve Forter, late Fellow of Trinity College. a l. T. Wharton, Trinity College. John Halsey La w, Fell ow o f Ki ng ' s . J. E. Blunt, Tr inity, Coll ege . A. W. Kingla ke, T rinity C o ll ege. 11. Fenwick, St. John's. Rev. Sheepshanks, S en i or F e ll ow o f T r i n i ty College. v . Professor Prynle2 late F e ll ow o f T r i n i ty C o ll ege . T. Joddrell Phi lli p s, l ate Fellow of Trinity College. Francis Dumergue, T rinity C o ll ege. C. M. Roupell, Trinity Coll ege . Hugh Ker Cankrien, Trinity C o ll ege. Edmund Beales, Trinity Colleg e . W. J. Tayler, Trinity College. Rev. J. Prendergast, D.D., Q ueen ' s. J. P. De Gex, Fellow of Jesus College. Francis Fisher, Fellow of Jesus College. William Pirie, Trinity College. Archibald Smith, late F ellow of T r i nity College. Colin Blackburn , Trinity College, C. Chapman Barber, St. John's. 11. Thring, Fellow of Magdalene. E. S. Creasy, late Fellow of King' s , Hon. W. C. Spring Rice, Trinity College. W. Gurdon, Fellow of Dow ning, Thomas Flower Ellis, late kellow of Trinity College Horatio Waddington, late fellowof Trinity College . T. B. Burcham, late Fellow of T r i n i ty College. P. Colquhoun, St. John ' s. R. Baldwin, Trinity College. G. Sloane, Trinity .College. It. Solly Flood, Triility.College, Trinity W. B. Armstrong, , Colleg e , J. H. Mills, St. John s College. ARRIVAL OF-22217--TIIII I'OPBS N --------=---- UN CIO AT CONSTANTI NOPLE.—A letter from Constantinople of the 17th ult. says—" The Pope's Nu ncio, M g r. Fe rrieri, arrived yes terday at Constantinople, in the S ar di nian steamer the A i. t e After Tripoli. the usual Avery au y salutes receptionwnterex oe was given to him. h ting e d between the Sardinian packet boat and the foreign vessels of war, the Nuncio, accompanied by the Catholic Armenian Pa triarch, disembarked a t To p -Khans in a superb boat with five pairs of oars which was pl ace d at his disposa l by the Government. Tie was then cond uc t e d w i t h th e other persons of his mission, in carriages belonging to cried , '' Lon the court, to his hotel at Pera. The crowd which as sembled on his passage , ! g live Pius IX.! Long lire the liberty of Italy. ' The Nuncio from these cries might almost have believe d th at he had not left Rome. Immediately a fter reaching his hotel h e r e ce ived the congratulations of the diplomatic body, and of the deputations of the different religious communities, united and not united. The Porte has given him the hotel he occupies, and will pay all his expenses whilst he remains here, which will be for t:-.'o or three months. Among the persona who form part of the Nuncio's suite are Monsignor Vespesiani, the Canon Capri Galanti, Count Ferretti, nephew of the Cardinal and cousin of the Holy • Father, and Count Marchetti. • COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, TUESDAY. - The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, and the Princess Helena, and also by th e ir R o y a l Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg, and by Count Arthur Mensdorff, left Windsor Castle at eleven minutes before three o'clock yesterday afternoon, for town. The Royal suites consisted of the Viscountess Jocelyn, Madame de Wangenheim, Lady Caroline Cocks, Hon. Miss Paget, Lord Byron, Mr. R. Ormsby Gore, Colonel Buckley, Captain the Hon. A. Gordon, and Baren Fritsch. The august party occupied six carriages and four, and was escorted by a detachment of the Royal Re giment of Horse Guards from the Castle to the Slough station of the Great 'Western Railway, and left by a special train for the Paddington terminus. The Queen and Prince Albert proceeded from Paddington in six of the royal carriages, escorted by a party of Light Dragoons, to Buckingham Palace, where her Majesty and his Royal Highness were re ceived on their arrival, at four o'clock, by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the Vice-Chamberlain, the Earl of Morley, Lord in waiting, Lord George Lennox, Lord in waiting to Prince Albert, the Master of the Household, and Colonel Drummond, Groom in waiting. The Queen will hold a Privy Council on Friday afternoon, at three o'clock, at Buckingham Palace. A deputation from the Committee of Owners of Houses in the parish of Islington, for opposing the erection of the Fever Hospital in the Liverpool-road, in that parish, consisting of Mr. Abbott, Mr. Baker, Mr. Johnstone, Mr. Taylor, Mr. S. Lewis, Mr. Hershall, Mr. Reeve, and Mr. F. Minasi, had an interview with Viscount Morpeth yesterday, at the Office of the Woods and Forests, Whitehall place. Colonel W. L. Freestun had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home-office. A deputation from the landowners, clergy, gentry, manufacturers, yeomen, and others, resident in the counties of Dorset, Wilts, and Somerset, on and near the line of the proposed South-Western Extension from Salisbury to Yeovil, had an interview with the Commissioners of Railways yesterday, at the Office of the Board of Trade, to present a memorial, unani mously agreed to at a public meeting, held at Shaftes bury, on Tuesday, the let February, 1848. The deputation was composed of T. B. Bower, High Sheriff of the county of Dorset; the Marquis of Anglesey, represented by Lord A. Paget, M.P., and William Beer, Esq.; the Right Hon. Lord Arundel, of Wardour Castle, by C. F. Arundel, Esq. ; the Earl of Pembroke, represented by R. IV. Lumley, Esq. ; the Right lion. Sidney Herbert, M.P., and William Wyndham, Esq., of Denton House, by Wil Liam Robson, Esq. ; the Earl of Morley; Sir William Meddlycott, Bart.,Ven House, Somerset; John Benett, Esq., M.P. for South Wilts ; George Bankes, Esq.,M.P. county of Dorset; John Floyer, Esq., M.P., county of Dorset; Henry tier Seymer, Esq., M.P. for the county of Dorset; Charles Baring Wall, Esq., M.P., Norman Court, Wilts ; Henry Seymour, Esq., of Knoyle House, Wilts ; Colonel Thomson Jacob, of Shillingston House, Dorset; George Harbyn, Esq., of Newton House, Somerset ; George Whielden, Esq., Wyke House, Dorset ; John Bailward, Esq., of Horsington House, Dorset ; Ferdinand Huddle ston, Esq., of Sherton Caundle, Dorset; John Rutter, Esq., of Shaftesbury, accounted for the absence of the Marquis of Westminster ; John Grove, Esq., of Fern House ; and Robert Graves, Esq., of Charlton House, who were appointed members of the deputation at the meeting. A deputation, consisting of Mr. W. J. Hale (Chair man), Mr. Thomas Brushfield (Treasurer of the parish of Christchurch, Spitalfields), Mr. Waldron, Mr. Mitchell, and Mr. Gilkes, had an interview with the Commissioners of her Majesty's Woods and Forests, yesterday. FROM THE LON_DON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. Henry Leathern, slater and plasterer, Liverpool. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Bate, hatter, Birmingham, to surrender Feb. 17, at half-past one, and March 24, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin lane; Cox, Sons, and Walrond, Sise-lane, London. Thomas Charles Stanbrough, wine merchant, Ber nera-street, Oxford-street, Feb. 18, at half-past ten, and March 24, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. 'Whit more, official assignee, Basinghall• street; Lawrance ens; News, Old Jewry-chambers. Thomas Morris, hotel-keeper, Ivy-cottage, Maida hill, Feb. 15, at half-past one, and March 21, at twelve, ut the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Sidney, Finsbury-circus, London. Richard Fuller, innkeeper, Cambridge, Feb. 18, at half-past twelve, and March 23, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Nicholls and Ce., Bedford-row, London. William Farmer, engineer, Great Sutton-street, Cler ken% ell, Feb. 14, at two, and March 27, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assigne, Guildhall-chambers; Digby, Circus-place, Fins bury-circus. Ed ward Thomas Andrews, ironmonger, Southampton, Feb. 18, at halt-past twelve, and March 24, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Randall, Southampton; Tilson, and Co., Coleman-street, London. Thomas Sharp Hall, brewer, Southampton, Feb. 18, and March 22, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street buildings, London; Pownall and Co., Staple Inn; Boyle, Lymington. Francis George Klingelhoefer, merchant, Old Broad street, City, Feb. 18, at one, and March 23, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman -street-buildings ; Miller and Carr, Eastcheap. William Lodge, stonemason, Birmingham, Feb. 17, and March 11, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Mot teram and Knowles, Birmingham. Samuel Bardsley, agent, Manchester, Feb. 21, and March 13, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Abbott, Lincoln's Inn.fields; Slater, Manchester. Thomas and William Marsden, wharfingers, Man chester, Feb. 18 and March 1 0 , at eleven, at the Man chester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester ; Johnson, Son, and Weatherall, Temple ; Bagshaw, Stevenson and Lycett, Manchester. Samuel Stevenson Pollard, grocer, High-street, Isling ton, Feb. 18, and March 22, at twelve„ at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall street; Walker, Bayham-street, Camden-town. Robert Parker, woollen draper, Ludgate-hill, Feb. 15 at two, and March 27, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Guildhall chambers; Linklaters, Leadenhall-street. Joseph Nutting, currier, Poole, Dorsetshire, Feb. 18, and March 14, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's place, Old Jewry; Bischoff and Coxe, Coleman-street, City. John Frayne, draper, North Molton, Devonshire, Feb. 17, at twelve, and April 7, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter ; Petherick, Exeter ; Petherick, Furnival's Inn, London. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. S. Hastings, Lime-street, City, wine and spirit mer chant, March 1 at half-past twelve-J. Barlow, sen., and J. Gill, Calvert's-buildings, Borough, and Maidstone, hop factors, March 2,at two-W. West, London -terrace, Hackney-road, linendraper, Feb. 29, at one-P. J. Kirby, Newgate-street, pin and needle manufacturer, Feb. 29, at one. In tie Country. J. Russell, Leamington. Priors, grocer, Feb. 29, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham-J. Harwood, Bir mingham, share broker and commission agent, Feb. 29, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham-J. Thompson, Tam worth, bookseller, March 4, at one, at the Court, Bir mingham-T. B. Figgures, Blookley, Worcestershire, corn dealer, March 1, at eleven, at the Court, Birming ham-G. Callam, Manchester, shawl and fringe manu facturer, March 1, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester -M. Burton, Manchester, cotton spinner, March 1, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester-B. Sheen, Manches ter, cotton spinner, March 1, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester-A. Bentley, Bury, Lancashire, iron founder, March 2, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester-T. Hutchins, Manchester, coach proprietor, March 9, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester-IL Griffiths, Chelford, Chester, innkeeper, March 2, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester-T. Evans, Denbigh, scrivener, March 13, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool-R. Almond, Orrell, Lancashire, coal dealer, March 1, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester-S. Owen, Liverpool, flour dealer, Feb. 29, at twelve, at the Court, Liverpool-J. Cunard and J. Ingram, New Broad-street, City, merchants, March 2, at twelve, at the Court, Liverpool-S. Gundry and W E. Gundry, Bridport, Dorsetshire, bankers, March 29 at eleven, at the Court, Exeter-C. Wright, Sunderland hatter, Feb. 29, at twelve, at the Court, Newcastle-upon. Tyne. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. G. Maddison, Swaffham, Norfolk, grocer, 2s. 9d., on Monday, Feb. 14, and two fallowing Mondays, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Can nan, Birchin-lane, City. R. Watkins and S. Watkins, Manchester, tailors, 3s. 3d., on Tuesday, Feb. 8, and every following Tues day, between the hours of ton and one, at the otfi .e of Mr. Hobson, Manchester. D. R. Thomas, Carmarthen, draper, is. Ild., on \Ved n•sday, Feb. 9, or any subsequent Wednesday, Letween the hours of twelve and two, at the office of Mr. Acra man. Bristol. _ _ _ F. F. Phillips, Bristol, coach builder, 3(1., on Wednes day, Feb. 91, or any subsequent Wednesday, between the h,:urs of twelve and two, at the office of Mr. AcratuAn, Bristol. W. Brice, Bristol, merchant, 4d., on Wednesday, Feb. 9, or any subsequent Wednesday, between the hours of twelve and two, at the office of 61r. Acratnan. Bristol. T. Robinson, Swansea, grocer, 3s. 5d., on Wedneday, Feb. 9, or any subsequent Wednesday, between the hours of twelve and two, at the office of Mr. Acraman, Bristol. J. Jones, Birkenhead, chemist, 9d. (on account of _ . Is. 6d.), on Thursday, Feb. 10, or any subsequent Thursday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Cazenove, Liverpool. J. Hilton, Croston, Lancaster, surgeon, 4g., on Thurs day, Feb. 10, or any subsequent Thursday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Cazenove, Liverpool. T. Higginson, Liverpool, pawnbroker, Is., on Thurs day, Feb. 10, or any subsequent Thursday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Cazenove, Liverpool. E. Brown, Birmingham, merchant, first and second dividends, of 6d. and 5d., any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Valpy, Birmingham. C. Twigg, Birmingham, button maker, 2s. 2 d., any Thursday, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Christie, Birmingham. A. Atkinson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, share broker, 10id., on Saturday, Feb.l2, or any subsequent Saturday, between the hours of ten and three, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. W. Lake, Fleet-street, printer, March 1, at one—W. Sherwood, Belvedere-road, Lambeth, Surrey, builder and carpenter, March 2, at eleven—R. J. Day, Halstead, Essex, wine and spirit merchant, Feb. 29, at two—R. Iloud, Haughley, Suffolk, brewer, Feb. 29, at eleven. In the Country. _ _ R. Newman, Bristol, grocer, 111 arch 2, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—J. W. Gardener, Wotten-under- Edge, Gloucestershire, teazle merchant, Feb. 29, at twelve, at the Court, Bristol—J. Storey, Monkwear mouth, Sunderland, rope manufacturer and ship owner, Feb. 29, at one, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne — C. Wright, Sunderland, hatter and furrier, Feb. 29, at half.past twelve, at the Court, Newcastle-upon •Tyne— I. Gaze, Stroud, Gloucestershire, builder, March 3, at twelve, at the Court, Bristol—W. Gimson, Leicester, builder, March 3, at eleven, at the Court, Nottingham —R. Lynex, Birmingham, wire worker, March 1, at eleven, at the Court, Biriningham—J. G. White, Fgt./. mont, Cheshire, ship broker, March 1, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—G. Butler, Liverpool, ship broker, March 1, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—S. Moore,' Liverpool, wine merchant, March 9, at eleven, at the. Court, Liverpool—H. Capper, Nantwich, Cheshire, cheese factor, March 2, at twelve, at the Court, Liverpool —IL Boydell and T. Williams, Liverpool and Birkenhead, timber merchants, March 2, at eleven, at the Court, Liver pool—Jane Parry and Elizabeth Parry,Bangor, Carnar vonshire, drapers, Feb. 29, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—J. Anderson, Liverpool, merchant, March 2, at one, at the Court, Liverpool—J. B. Livesey, Liver pool, stationer, Feb, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool-- W. L. Oberry, Birkenhead, Cheshire, builder, Feb. 29, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—N. Bishop, jun., Honiton, Devonshire, victualler, March 9, at one, at the Court, Exeter—J. Hervey, Stdmouth, Devonshire, prin ter, March 9, at one, at the Court, Exeter. At the Court of Review, Feb. 29. W. Butcher, Belle Sauvage-yard, Ludgate-hill, cap manu facturer —J. Partington, Wyre Piddle, Worcester. shire, cattle dealer—ll. Farman, Pulbam Saint Mary Magdalen, Norfolk, baker—W. Reynolds, Eldon-street, Finsbury, bookbinder and bookseller—J. C. Macdonald. Holbeach, Lincolnshire, bookseller and stationer—J. Newman, Frampton, Cotterell, Gloucestershire, car penter and builder—T. Fitch. Duke-street, Tooley• street, Southwark, hop merchant—A. Schofield, Oldham, Lancashire, attorney-at-law —W. Clarke. Nottingham, lace manufacturer—T. Christian, Park-road, North Brixton, merchant. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Hannah Kirk and Sarah Brown, Spalding, Linooln shire—C. Williamson and J. Turner, Ripon, varnish makers—W. and C. Dudley, Birmingham, jewellers W. and J. Symington, Market Harborough, Leicester shire, drapers—Janc Young, W. Harrison, and J. Young—T. Elwards aid A. W. Bell, Phillpot lane, shipping grocers—J. Cluderay and J. W. Graves, York, joiners —J. Jackson and Ellen Evans, Wrexham. Den bighshire, znaltsters—A. Chalmers and W. Reibbeek, Liverpool—W. Cross and J. Cheshire, Wharton, Che shire, salt manufacturers—R. and D. Hawkins, Dun stable and Edlesborough, farmers-IV. Walker and S. Woolliscroft, Botteslow Staffordshire, stone grinders — J. Laurence, P. Cazenove, S. Laurence, 11. Cazenove, and C. T. Pearce (so far as regards H. Cazenove)—C Child and J. Cole, Watford, carriers—J. Blackburn and B. Pardon, Hatton-garden and Holborn-hill, printers— Matilda Poulton and Elizabeth Kay, Chelmsford, milliners—J. Okell and W. T. Mann, Liverpool, share brokers—E. R.Withers, and Nash F.W oo and llatt, Crown. court, Philpot-lane — E. R. and F. W. Cobb, Great Tower s treet, wholesale te a deale rs — J. and W. merchants Butler, Botolph-lane, ca rpenters T. r. Taylor, and W. Heron , New castle-u p on-T y ne, wine ma li pg an d I. T. Stevenson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, earthenware manufacturers—B. Millard and T. W Palmer, Borough market, Southwark, potato salesmen —H. Goodwin, B. Spilsbury, and G. Downes, Blooms. bury, haberdashers—C. Rucastle and T. Williamson, Penrith, chemists—•W. Worthington and T. Firth, Marston, Cheshire, rock salt proprietors—J. Kinnier and A. Atkyns, Brunswick-place, City-road, surgeons —J. and S. C. Kingston, High-street, Kensington, coal merchants. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Hugh M'Lean, Liverpool, beer seller. Samuel Sockett, Liverpool, butcher. Thomas Pilkington, Sheffield, tool manufacturer. John Evans, Cefn Bychan, Denbighshire, joiner. Henry Oakes, Sheffield, confectioner. Eliza Leighton, New Dale, Shropshire, widow. Joseph Berry, Huddersfield, wood turner. John Barnett, kika., Ringwood, Hants, baker. Charles King, .Luton, Bedfordshire, carpenter. James Allen, Luton, Bedfordshire, labourer. Henry Newman Woods, Brighton, grocer. Joseph Wilson. Salford, flour dealer. William Kendall, Sherburn, Yorkshire, saddler. William Hutchinson, Cambridge, veterinary surgeon. Charles Pilkington, Sheffield, tool manufacturer. Arthur Jones, Wrexham, Denbighshire, grocer. William Evans, Drayton-in-Hales, Staffordshire, wharf. inger. Thomas Henry Cole, St. Philip's Marsh, Bristol, potter. William Nicholls, Bedminster, Bristol, carpenter. James Aspinall, Lane Dyehouse, Huddersfield, shop. keeper. John Lawrence, St. Philip and Jacob, Bristol, grocer. Thomas Field, Gainsbocougb, railway agent. Thomas Noble, St. James's, Bristol, confectioner. SCO ICH SEQUESTRATIONS. R. Stalker, Auchterarder, manufacturer, and Glasgow, merchant, to meet within the Black Bull, Hotel, Olga. gow, Feb. 12 and March 6, at twelve. J. Sinclair and Son, Edinburgh, commission agents, to meet within Dowell's Rooms, Edinburgh, Feb. 12 and March 4, at three. A. M'Phail and A. M'Phail, Glasgow, merchants and power-loom cloth manufacturers, to meet within the Buck's Head Hotel, Glasgow, Feb. 11 and March 3, at twelye. R. Watson, Lochgilphead, Argyleshire, rope manu facturer, to meet within M`Farlane's Hotel, Ardriahaig, Feb. 15 and March 7, at three. D. Brash, Leith, grocer and wine aad spirit merchant, to meet within the New Ship Tavern, Leith, Feb.l4 and March 13, at twelve. J. Shanks, Glasgow, commission agent, to meet within the Crow Hotel, Feb. 12 and Maroh 4, at twelve. L. Adamson and W. Adamson, Perth, merchants, to meet within the St. John's Tavern, Perth, Feb. 19 and March 6, at twelve. A. Alison, Glasgow, merchant, to meet within th e Royal Exchange Committee-room, Glasgow, Feb. 12 and March 4, at one. R. Rennie, Trinity, near Edinburgh, banker, to meet within Ferguson's Ship Hotel, Edinburgh, Fob. 11 and March 3, at one. T. Smith, Edinburgh, cabinet maker and upholsterer, to meet within Stevenson's Room; Edinburgh, Feb. 16 and March 7, at two. A. Duncan, Tow, sheriff substitute of Shetland, to meet within the Subscription rooms, Lerwick, Feb. 1? and March 9, at twelve. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, FIB. B.—The Laudian Professor of Arabic will resume his lectures at the Clarendon on - Wednesday, the 16th instant, at three o'clock. He will also begin an elementary lecture en Saturday, the 19th instant, at the same hour. The Reader in Experimental Philosophy will com mence a course of lectures on Sound, at the Claren don, on Wednesday, the 16th instant, at one o'clock. The lectures will be continued at the same hour every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, until com pleted. Gentlemen desirous of attending are requested to put down their names at the lecture-room in the Clarendon on the day preceding, between the hours of two and three, or at the close of the first lecture. The Professor of Moral Philosophy will commence a course of lectures on the Philosophy of Plato on Tuesday, the 16th instant, at nine •'clock, and will also continue to read the Ethics of Aristotle on the following Thursdays and Saturdays throughout the term. The lectures will be given in the hall of Corpus Christi College. DESTITUTION in the METROPOLIS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sist,—The severe destitution and squalid misery that every day meet the eye in our passages through the metropolis, which for its wealth and benevolent in stitutions ranks highest among nations, is sufficient to make the heart of every humane individual heave a sigh, and ask themselves how can these things be ? In my peregrinations through this city of cities, I have frequent opportunities afforded me for observa tion, and recently I have occupied a portion of my time in visiting the abodes of my wretched and much neglected fellow-creatures. To properly ascertain the extent of destitution now existing, a visit to the soup kitchens lately opened in various parts of the metropolis for the famishing thousands will fully and fearfully convey the fact that there are vast numbers dying from starvation. Among the soup kitchens worthy of comment is one (the first that gratuitously opened its doors to the poor) situate in liam•yard, Windmill-street, where duily may be seen from 700 to SOO miserable beings huddled together for warmth, waiting for the distribution of soup and bread, which is given through the medium of tickets. The applicants IN ho daily assemble are so numerous that many, very many, who have remained for hours amid the pitiless storm, in the greatest despair, to be re lieved, have been compelled to leave foodless, home less, to wander whither we know not. Oh, Sir, were you to condescend to look upon this spot any day (save Sunday, and where are they on the Sabbath ?) between the hours of three and four, rat , I feel your heart would sicken at the sight, and, like my self, you would exclaim how can these things be ? Women with infants at their breasts, bowed down with the deepest despair—emaciated and forlorn, with scarcely sufficient apparel to cover their attenuated frames—waiting with anxiety to be relieved, and whose slender forms are hustled to and fro by others of a little stronger order, who are also eager, as if between life and death, to reach the doors of the soup kitchen. So great is the pressure on the doors that barriers of great strength have been erected, and the attendance of the Metropolitan Police has been deemed necessary to quell the excitement arising out of a starving multitude. The benevolence of those who have originated this relief for their poorer brethren, and poor they are, nearly unto death, reflects the highest credit, and I do hope, Sir, there will be no relaxation on the part of the affluent in affording support to such charities. The Press, which has ever proved a powerful instrument in the cause of the poor, has never been found wanting in its energies for the poor man's cause; and now we have our streets crowded by the forlorn and destitute, and who are wandering in a state of starvation, let me hope you will on this occasion devote a space in your valuable paper on behalf of the distressed. The widows will not fail to offer up their prayers of gratitude for your aid, nor will the lisping orphan be behindhand in calling a blessing upon you from Him " who is the Father of the fatherless." Many kind-hearted and Christian individuals are using their best efforts to establish soup kitchens in various parts of the metropolis. Upon my visit to the soup kitchen alluded to some few days since, I was much pleased to find M. Soler, of the Reform Club, devoting his time in preparing the soup for the poor, aided by another indefatigable person who takes an interest, almost to the sacrifice of his health, in softening down the pangs of the wretched recipients. The gratitude emanating from these poor and dejected beings is great indeed, and they leave the place with their sunken faces illumined with joy, where only a short time before despair sat with fearful forebodings. Among the subscribers to this soup kitchen is H. R. H. Prince Albert, who has generously subscribed the sum of 201. for the benefit of the poor. When we find subscriptions emanating from this quarter it is pleasing to the mind to know that the poor are felt for, and that their pinings have met with royal com passion. I sincerely trust, Sir, this donation will be followed by others, in order that there shall be no complaining in our streets, no more deaths by star vation! Pardon me, Sir, for enlarging so much on the subject. I feel satisfied you will not hesitate to do your part in endeavouring to arouse the lethargic feelings of some who can well afford to con tribute towards the poor, and the insertion of these few words may (and I have no reason to doubt 'lt) be the means of awakening the dormant state into aid lnt famishing which humanity has fallen, and bring fort h that to the suffering thousands who are daily _ any will not, our eyes. Should you doubt thetr ythoouf sentence herein stated, which I should hope have written and apologising not, a visit to the soup kitchefnorwtihllefluelnlygtvhetnofywahlilchl I have gone, ' beg to remain, Sir,. Your most obedient servant JOHN GRIFFIN. London-road, Southwark. P.S. I have partaken of the soup an d th e b read with a view of testing its quality, an d can consc i en . tiouslv state that it is composed of the best materials. Cleanliness and good order is strictl3 observed, and a visit to this kitchen will at once prove that there are men "who have hearts that can feel for others' w oee: - FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—We regret to learn that one of the porters at the terminus here of the Ar- broath Railway, when in the act, yesterday (Thursday), of coupling some waggons, was crushed betwixt the buf fers, in consequence of the waggons behind him b e i ng unexpectedly set in motion, and thereby instantaneously depriving him of life.—Montrose Review. WILD SWANS ON WINDERMERI.—There have for a week back been six swans on Windermere, and hun dreds of " divers" of various descriptions, and great has been the slaughter made by the " long Run " men. Two of the swans have been shot by Mr. Z. Alemby, with a common fowling gun, right and left, which he came upon when feeding on the shore,— Mawr:and Gaseltc. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. The prospectus of this establishment has just been issued. The following are the most important parti culars :—The theatre will open for the season on Tuesday, March 7, for the performance, it is stated, " of operas of the most eminent composers, without distinction of country." The company is powerful. Besides Madame Grisi, Madame Persiani, Madame Ronconi, Mdlles. Steffanoni and Cobari, who were engaged last year, the list of principal soprani is strengthened by three additions—Madame Castellan, from her Majesty's Theatre ; Mdlle. Angiolina Zoja who has acquired, considerable reputation in Italy; and the celebrated Madame Pauline Viardot Garcia, sister of Malibran. The only contralto announced is Mdlle. Alboni, but she is a host in herself. The tenors will comprise Signori Mario, Salvi, and other favourites of last year, with Signor Luigi Mei, a new importation from the Scala at Milan, and. M. Roger, the well-known primo•tenore of the Opera Comique in Paris. The bassi pro fandi will consist of Signor Marini, a certain Signor Corradi Setti from the Scala with Signors Taglialico and Polonini, highly capable subordinates. Signors Tamburini and Roncon will be among the barytunes, and Signor Rovere continues to officiate as basso comico, although it must be evident that his voice i a decided barytune. For second tenors we are to have Lavia and Soldi (another new acquisition), and for seconds donna, the evergreen Madame Belini. It is enough to say of the band and chorus, that they will consist of the same performers as last year, with some additional reinforcements; Mr. Costa, of course remaining at the post which he fills so admirably. A nilitary band under the direction of Mr. Godfrey, is also announced. Besides the operas which were most in vogue last season, the Cenerentola is to be produced for Albona, the Favorita for Grisi, Guillaume Tell for Castellan, La Figlia del Reggi rnento for Zoja, Haydee, ou, le Secret for Roger, and the Huguenots and Fidelio for Viardot Garcia. Auber and Meyerbeer are stated to he employed in arranging their respective works to suit the exigen cies of the Italian stage. The Huguenots will (judi ciously) be considerably abridged. The ballet arrangements may be shortly dismissed. Lucile Grahn and Flora Fabbri are to be the principal female dancers, supported by Mdlle. Wauthier, Mdlle. Leopoldine Brussi, a new star from Vienna, and a host of lesser lights. About the male dancers we have nothing to remark. MM. Casati and Appiani will be the ballet masters, and Mr. Alfred Mellon the leader. For the scenery it suffices to name Messrs. Grieve and Telbin. STRAND THEATRE. The new management of this little theatre, under the sole direction of Mr. Oxberry, commences most prosperously, and if we may judge from the enter tainments we witnessed last evening, there cannot be a doubt of complete success. The performances com menced with The Midnight Hour, the characters in which were well sustained. It was followed by a two act drama, translated from the French, entitled The Minstrels of Provence; or the Gipsies' Stratagem. The plot of the drama is short and well contrived. Gauthier, Prince of Provence, is in love with the Countess of Martique, and Jaconde, a young courtier and companion of the Prince, in love with Edile, the companion of the Countess. A lover's quarrel en sues, the Prince resolves to court Edile, and 3 - aeon/le the Countess, or failing in this, to woo every woman they may chance to meet, maid, wife, or widow. The Countess overhearing the plot, she, with her com panion Edile, disguise themselves as Bohemian gip sies, and follow them in their expedition. The Prince and Jaconde arrive in the village of Martique on the morning of the fête of the rosiere, and commence their love making with Jeanette, the Baillie's intended wife ; Jeanette's former lover, Lucas, arrives, and then of course the plot thickens. The Countess having proof of the treachery of the supposed minstrels, denounces them to justice, they are arrested by the Baillie, but the Countess not wishing to carry the joke further discovers h , ..irself, and all ends happily. The Countess bestows her hand on the Prince, Edile her's to Jaconde, and Jeanette gains the prize of the rosiere, a thousand crowns, and a husband in the person of Lucas. Miss Egan, as the Countess, sup ported the character with grace and dignity. Miss J. Coleman as Edile sustained the part very prettily, and with her accustomed care and judgment. Miss Terry, as Jeanette, was excellent--never have we seen this talented actress to so much advantage. Had the piece flagged at all it would have been saved by the acting of this deservedly public favourite. Yar nold and Miss Love, as the Prince and Jaconde, were both admirable. Huntley as Lucas, and Rogerson as the Baillie, were very good. Macbeth Travestze followed, the character of the tyrant Macbeth was sustained by Oxberry to admiration. The entertain ments concluded with a successful new ballet entitled the Sprite of the Vineyard. Mdlle. Louise Blanche, as Jeanegaude, acted beautifully—in the course of the ballet she executed some exquisite dancing, which was much applauded. Mr. H. Cooper, M. Disloque, and Mr. H. Reeves, each sustained their respective parts excellently. The house was well and respect ably attended. .-temenTseriv , A CURIOUS DOCUMENT.—The following is a ver batim ct literatim copy of an account granted by James Hood ( w w h h o o ills,ansoawccaboililieeettomraolifercuisnto,ml3sT) attAo r. JDaenvEwen, niyd Shaw (or Mrs. Paton) kept a respectable glower's shop. The leather and hair referred to was what James Hood purchased from her for the purpose of repairing the chairs. The words within brackets are our ow n: — " February 26th 1823 repat •ro in of feften chairs for Mr. David E wen at wan shilling and sixpence IL [each] they ought to be which Just comes to 11. 2s. 6d. owing to the Steepin and razing of Jenny Shaw's lather and teesin her townie hair with the perplaixitie of all fauld] nails and straughtin them —they radio ought to be the soum [sum] above men tioned. (Signed) " JAMES HOOD." The original is in the possession of Mr. Alexander Brow), of this oity.—North .British Mail. 1