The Sun. — London, England, 1841-02-11 00:00:00

MORATINC EDITION tth!lstan is . a E THE L S TAN . ill ozon , London, 1841. a uthor " dra mat i c chroni , .:le," so its a mbit mode stly calls it, disclairnit ig the more ,„akop toils title of tra9;edv, of th e d ays o f our 'l f p Air' 1. - efatll 6l'S a gallant race of men of whom s'as,,, -)a rleY, i:i h ' is preface, spel.k.s with erthu jilo;,-- Surely ,» says he, "-,c - nobler people of lu existed ! ' By them w, , re. the great s tables hyc ~r.stitutional law rough-74e*vci and engraved; no dlein was civil freedom fir st esti . .. - olished, and . 1, t for themselves alone, but all nations, as each a gr f fts , i , or shall, becom e fi t to 7 _eceive it." Weco,r 1113' ee with our auth or in his praises of . the 13 1. 14 : " 34'2-)(011 race. They were indeed a high- , -,Tutied, adventurous, arid, considering the state .'., European civilizat ion_ at that period, an eitt , - . .ctittltee rflorr:t lightened People, w i ll - ) have been most unjustly "nsidered as inferk ,r to the Normans, their con aonfd oppress 6 - rs. Sharon. Turner is almost iltsitoig Ins interoeisltri I). istorians who has clone them i ,ce; and we I _aye often wondered, ouiperus no- and carefully considered his t; i rY ri cir `!"le An ,4• 1 0-Saxons, that some of the many ru t I :n r k, g ' lic itly .rit's therein recorded, have not yet 11 , 1 -- i s ; - &etl a t,hem e for the pen of the poet or the i' ve g ; st ' ;_.7 _'he wild adventures of the SPA anii'n,%':,-;.litoi c,ll Mr. Turner has related with such pr,,,e'l°ll, - would form an excellent stibet for P. A 1.°11.1 ' ince; and we would recom - nend . Mr. --in Sworn 4 ou r " .•to direct his attention to tnis epic Jde in e 4 . a. ' 'Ly chronicles, for, if we mis cake net, he b e f i c - ' ' l3 -)„11 it to excellent account. in tli.e play $ e ar r d e . ll . 9 , Mr. Darley has skete - r_ed- twu of these Pr od nu tvian prince -pirates, ii:. the persons of diti a ,, i ; r lid Gorm, but they o; espy a very subord indel -, 'tabor amour, his fir t zrzatis persona, an arti e u.are pourtrayjd me-..ely. 'in water-colours,the• N i si liaving devoted Iri; whole strength, both of th e : i P' ion and execte.ior., to the development of ki n ', la raft of his hero, Ethelstan, the Saxon b l i t li o di ,r n t f il ? fi essex,w - ho is represented as labotiiing tt,e i s E th e v ePes'L; remorse for the murder of his Piec e i ln -. But the principal charm of the S iMpliT S : 48 PO Ctry, Width is full of • nature and tUre scr ' o etl Yt ai, will be seen by the following pie- Thao.d. h,,art-felt, description : ' dim .8 . i-e7tci• Pleasant, in these - woods where Quiet To 6,74we115, Itipi.,tl,sweet- utder-talk with her, whose voice IL I ; i -lute, whispers us beneath the boughs, T o ,lelf Unneen! Pleasant with light foot-fall hate 7 jet Autumn's bed of russet leaves, t Ar4 e tu rt e :arrn - -sm e l I ing moss give out its odour, Ands; ti nhonneted, in sr An i, ess noon, he green air, refr-jshing bctb to sense vv h :/1 world-wearier:, I—Blest the Woodman . sure ttiltives his lusty 1 ' ft! nut here, and whistles it 13 li1" l',Way, hat e blither nearer heaven I Heir cif ce he ha' ti his hut among these bowers,. eli3 fit:;ih el ,"r .dand babe? some one that smiles at.E th ti "" ce ' ' xhen drooping " els t r Ati I crown'd Ethclstan ! ! he goes home at eve— . FINE ARTS. . 114 t1 RATION S OF MASTER HUM -1)-YREY'S CLOCK. tje4 series , Tyas, London, 1841. W. ° 8 (if Plates illustrative of the chief inci fqJ 444 ` .l • in B ' last prose ur rk . A -M raCterS detailedoz s en! ' F art is published monthly, and contains • e etl, af a vinkS of which those that we - have l ier wei ?nfttle'd to praise for the ingenious man ila, the different subjects are handled. 4:lfutesl:ncotliteelfiiiit ' Bratjeurirnei.e:bisoeenGr of of tActhhueSer i‘e‘GSuNcsetcwll detailsSp tealotCPNl 57 ten: Ceal:uetsirntABhi3l::;c972trnhn.e-t froaleeZent of the Reformation. They are extracted 4'4 the Kirk Session Book" of the above date, in the 4 sd i i ' jariles VI., which has lately been discovered . Gliiiiiee4hered - with great difficulty. At that period s he .41)* eanteined less than 6,000 inhabitants, one h eh, it' which religious rites were performed by d t n e ceePtl44l, assisted by thirty-four elders, twenty res 4ll l , ll 4 laumerous body of Christian readers. These le . : br at e llic prayer s and the Scriptures, sometimes . ce - 1.0, ..t-it:n.?rriages, and administered discipline, which was " It tied byi those days. Great delinquents were pu t it i the pillory or a ducking in the Clyde ;- I.l4olllll Ph n g (says the compiler of the . extracts) from lte „ re v ° t suY be called office-bearers in the Church, -41 `si n'' now attend to the members i and here, fin 411 4, 1 1 1 'g the session record as our guide , we d °I ie v„.lsere 'eot 'indiscriminately admitted to ordinances, t at no Piste-ue reodeen Churches, but, on the contrary, h di i h ee ll, /el receiv baptism for his child unless be could il l it -Cti l tell the e commandments of the Eternal God o ; s tst liel iell or faith, and the Lord's prayer." When godly We t 1:14d ignorant or judged unworthy, "some other b tif e d , „sa to receive the bairn of the ignorant . to be ap thereh4lsd he Was to be subjected to the discipline of the L Th e 'Ne e , - e°, tumunion seems to have been celebrated more thi - "lY than once a year . The Commendator of Blan steril:44, according to law, was required to provide t he tien'enta, objected to furnishing the bread and wine . more dit4estie than once a year ; bet his objection waseiema.ten •eee Y rnet- and overcome. Several members of session itett °PPointed to taste the wine, and see that it was of listil is i,itY. No person was admitted to the Lord's table i. Ntsi ee e °ad undergone a satisfactory examination-es to- et elese e — ge and character; and` there were regular cateche 4erte Z ei ses during the ycar. Those who did not attend 'Ne e ()ugh they had been previously admitted sit to the .4t the Lo ' were excluded. Any one presumingdown lies jilL'srds table, who had contravened these te rulesof lies „ i tl i t siat was to be immediately " raised from the table, t e °4l hi s it -4 ", ed before the session to answer for his absence "s ee - etaMinations, and for his presuming to come to 1,--tirainunion." her s ° Church in those days made some of the mns. thei thelPsnsible under a penalty, for the instruction of r i a t ethre n • ' :kik ;pd h ; Barrie for Andrew Black ''''' t N(i -m i nig responsibleWif e elc u a n s de rn r s t d bep a i n of ten merks ; John Park tle-e,e"sel Brook e is under the eain of 4/. ; Robert Hut- e es titio g for Janet Park, under the pain of 41, or becom ceNeesta and sureties that the said persons shall learn the to A mead sureties betwixt this and the next communion time.. lewdiegillar entry in the record under this head b is -11413ril 1592 :—" The session, perceiving the . 8a 1:44 e? " Profaned anew by the beggars and youth in the hat he'll bickering and bringing in of vain plays or . dances, hos 'Niter there be neither men's sons, apprentices, nor I)rofh,°4l, that shall be found to bicker on the Sunday, or p e the -‘ 1 1 •11 I '4; said day by their plays ; but . that the fathers of „ft () 1. , a, and the masters of the said apprentices, shall the I t he tr easur 4._ sco n e ,_ er of the Kirk for ;he first fault 205., for t0%. 1 b ‘VII., and so on toties uoties ; and that the The.4l',„ e Banished the town for cl ever without hope of gross to the same." st th e tßor, too, were required to attend the public prayers h le get °l ' d 's da and only those who did so were allowed ;sr charity In the town." Thus did the Church make c ` s tl tviriitY aubservient to the spiritual welfare of the poor ; "4 t0 g the poor were cared for, no encouragement was Ilittr„. sturdy beggars. Application was made to the Ma- I kee - C t 3 disperse th , em ln 1586, they seem to have b.4%1131-le?,r4rds round th . church-door plate, and to have bllntte"e`e eollectors the is ordained that they shall all . 7,,,t 1 1-r w t h beyond the kirk-door and style, " except the ,, 4 411 8 who sits in the harrow within the kirk. 11 14 ° Writer the R ev . J . G . Lorimer, of Glasgow, C°4 e lude s • in If vie v •—• 11 1 4 sr base startled in reading of kirk-sessions imprisonto a,,it P l llising serious delinquents, or sending them , ~.. be d' in V._' e pt requiring them to appear several Sabbath d 4 ue , estop at the church - door in sackcloth, bare i: t l i s : r e he v 11 ; 1 : 41 re-foeted, or ducking them in the Clyde, - e li ,cd, 44, ernbered that no rank, however exalted, was iithilsilett:4eitihteirt a special severity was exercised towards el. e / sifee t e nd elders and office-bearers in the Church when '-' 1 4 Zed. There no favouritism. A Lord Sem sloe, 1 . 11 1 4 41 ,, g o is fou w n as d in the record, acknowledging es t ; le t h e : 7 Wane° he is required to stand in sack ei 'n ie Presence of the congregation. - In very many f k b considered , e ete4 ..e . te , e too, that the punishment in_. s ees, I see sew•allwhi c h is suffered for that ?f -4re 14 01; 4 B°4 ' IB circumstances, "ed, it cannot be accounted undue. ki ll _ ...,........._--,„ ' lji iNG INTEt.LIGENCE. 4 1 ;11140:s v, (L L 0 YD'S.) eel- 0,11,4...,, andhh. 820 y: Wind this day at noon, South, jos.,,tgiQiit(itaen.oo,eastli:P:n 9 Wind S. E., fresh.—Sailed the N.Va'rrand for frica ; G entoo, Dodds, A . 4l ki ' ~N% alter Bo A 'New Orleans; Splendid, Laird, .4114.icS;;Ivi'Niii_al,,ara, Cole, )t New York ; Falcon, 'I urner, tiii:'ti.t, p 0 •the- Wisp, Murray, ditto. ttitit::i.eovr:B4o,:i9r .a. —Wind . E.—Sailed the Actress, 4° b YunoY; Duchess of Northumberland,. 'avanisb, ` . aft , Ri t p o Batavia; Enterprise, Muir_ h t li , r) FEB. 6. —The Atalanta, Allen, from Car. ‘ , l ),: t 'llyr,e,L.-..C'tt,Bllt', has com a up to discharge and repair. IN 'll 4 , 8 ,. 1111 9.--Sailed the Augusta, Baldson, for s, Ne w ill,to'r#l arnmond, Jamaica ; and Recovery, Bow l. "kr, k il 4 , r s e , r 4 l . I ' 8 ! --The Muuntcalm, Hardy, bound to pie . The ains On the Bank, the tide flowing over her. r ef ' the ct'bk'ertlY loaded fur London, grounded inside e 't tikroaget"suint, but floated off next tide without appa ........, tria l II tW . p rti s ib ...A TIIER.--The weather is becoming -rid e 1.% d . I N a i Y i t l4 "' the el'Yi„lifther day ; and since the morning l of , as been locked up by a frost scarce ) iv il o l t °r : ' , e th n e ' Dien that wllich remained so long with us ,;''stt , ,, ''• W e a, temporary break up. To make matters :t d t* , c scourged b y ri r (ici aee ti 'l th e a keen easterly wind, which al- Powers ot rapid locomotion or exercise . to t . the b,r 44turat glow of warmth. If we except thrashing i,l4sare n, aio carting out manure, all agricultural opera d‘rt'ihotildau'in suspended, and the plough is frozen in the soil t r Vt li by PTu ' ai la man}' cases where thrashing mills are Li, _. water, 4 1 . 41 1 ,. (io n ; a ,operatioiis are interdicted by the freezing ta tiii '' labour,rn_U, altogether, independently of the farmer t e as )4'berit from 8 til!iny thousands are again thrown bitter or of ''f . %vim thlS UrIVVdCOMe recurrence of the .,. I +l " n °W b 1.130 ground is covered with a sprinkling Y,ed bii..ut the mails and coaches have been little de .'' d e ' Last n;ght the thermometer stood at 4 deg, t lat i , g• bel I t o vs ,' ow the freezing point, and the cast wind con 9tari ~"`"' with cruel severity,—Glasgow Herald. 4 S li p . f,,,. ,\,,. sin cer Honda , iti ~,. iiiiter, r , left Spencer House on i y 41 4 t itt,ii.. .iouse, near Peterborough, on a visit to 6 itt, ' l4 m) who is entertaining a select party a - .....• ..M•V • jack , t rdent, when •!ss or 'a that ted, 11l Our , scd to 1 . 201f1, essa)rs seetin.f ae gay' a 101 g as just I\i r. Id well bra re, ry grate; .r, e Grand, ever F' valleys, rf firog, t Wallace, sires ; r, 1, 3% el !" 'dme, Tory, ne ; never. they fell , for ever r ,r lay. G atria-- same, .he tale, peal ;ten ; 1 we melt, * 1" for the c Gael.! • nd it has choolfel- DM it de onneeted ?t, of an- and the has been narriage, and con - • linen-1014 , intrigues intil he is H vervinco , f f y. mselrati ci ‘ trig MaA. -become4 ing slave indeville,, secret et in, unless is to say, • assist hint and allow Manning, • ents ; an a le school pursued, sens nstead et irrseif: securing a London, ‘, cence, a n ake credit rks which -e not tie lavish de" [ despise s ; n friende u ad toils in . 4 and thro4 ; 4-th when s•i r uck take / Bannin g ' )etence e mately he whom he, is a br ie ' ch of the, mltrasts tact 0,4 yes 106 t he Wl ° to huinoni. iprings ° ver, seelo • at hurril ig canln e! 5 " and of " M Ar These al tion.lool7 by way' ? ild bear t it is wort° , tied - of It. Ts - si tise for °lid° enerY . t e ll. f es tly Av a t with T a tel the p , . .e little, sll AND tell i s peroll%llr a w, d -bleb e be t neete cl ?11 a i , has - e e aline le is - istic it " te ot fly, 1 00 ' ,re cn . hal °ol , es, er a • n ae ll " it to of u )T th e t b c ,ila w hat e ven r ite 0, the") ( bis ition ts he 110 e ca' h o rs`' A ob anu - ; t reir r ary, ak ind sPqe his ' 4 l cw 10, a ie 44ner -an g lide' th d bt. tO 414° t - e ilt oirtre", - to /7 OLS. CHRISTENING of THE PRINCESS ROYAL. The ceremony of christeniNg her Royal Highness the Princess Royal took place ) esterday, in Bucking ham Palace, with every state and solemnity befitting the occasion. Half-past six o'clock was the hour fixed upon for .the ceremony to take place; and the illustrious and distinguished guests who were honoured with invita tions for the State banquet, given in honour of the event, were invited for half-past six precisely. Among the earlier arrivals at the Palace were his Grace the Dukc of Wellington, who was received by the band of the Coldstream Guards, who attended in the Grand Hall, with "See, the conquering hero comes!" Prince Esterhaxy (who wore a very rich Hunearian costume, with the Stars of several Orders of Knighthood, and the Ensigns of the Golden Fleece) ; the Duchess of Sutherland, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, the Bishop of London, the Duke of Norfolk (carrying his baton as Earl Mar shal) ; the Belgian and Saxon Ministers, Viscount Melbourne, Lord Hill, Lind, John Russell, Earl of Clarendon. Marquis of Norrnanby, Viscount Palmer ston, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the Earl of Minto. Their Royal Highness% the Duke and Prince George of Caa!bridge, attehcled by Baron Knesebeck, arrived at '25 minutes past. : six o'clock; the Duke of Sussex attended by Colonel- Wildman, the Duchess of Gloucester, attended by Lady Caroline Legge, and the -Duchess of Ken', attended; by Lady Fanny Howard and Colonel Cowper, followed close afterwards. Her Majesty the Que en Dowager came in State with three carriages, accompanied by his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, and attended by the Countess of Sheffield, Hon. Miss Mitchell, Earl Howe, Earl of Denbigh, and the Hon. William Ashley. Her Majesty was received at the foot of the Grand Stair case by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, who con dueted her Majesty to the State Rooms. Her Ma jesty and the Royal family were received on alighting from their carriages by the' Hon. Miss Murray and Hon. Miss Lister, Maids of Honour in Waiting, Lady Gardiner, Woman of the Bedchamber in Waiting, Colonel Wemyss, Equerry in Waiting, Lord George Lennox, Gentleman in Waiting on Prince Albert, nod Colonel Wylde, Equerry to his R9yal Highness. All the company appeared in full Court dress. The Queen and Prince Albert: entered to the Green Drawing-room at an early hour, attended by the Mis tress of the Robes, the Lady in Waiting, the Lord Chamberlain. the Lord Steward, the Master of the Horse, the Groom of the Stole to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Treasurer of her Majesty's House hold, and the Comptroller of the Household. In this apartment her Majesty and his Royal Highness received their visitors. A few minutes after the arrival of the Queen Dow. ager, her Majesty and the entire party parsed into the Throne Room. This saloon, the most magnificent of the State apartments, was prepared with great splendour fur the Christening. The throne had been removed, and an altar erected in its place within the throne alcove, the front and sides hung with crimson vel vet, very richly and elegantly ornamented with broad gold lace. The back of the altar was fittel in the same splendid style, bearing the initials IHS, in the centre, embroidered in gold, and enriched with deep rays. The back was finished will a curved gilt border, forming an ellif t;c arch at the top. The gold communion plate, from the Chapel Royal St. James's, was arranged on the altar, a large gold salver being placed in the middle, containing a fine representation in alto relievo of " The Last Supper." In front or, and a short distance from, the altar was the Font, new for tho occasion, very elegant in its form, and exquisitely finished. The base is divided into three compartments, one 13 , .aring the Arms of her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, on a lozenge, with sup porters, and surmounted by her,Royal Highness's Co ronet, the others having the Arms of her Majesty and Prince Albert embossed, over the Coats of Arms are cherubs executed in full relief. The body of the Font 'takes the r form of the water lily, and supports a large shell, the rim of which on .the inside has small water lilies floating on the edge. The Font which was executed by Messrs. E. and W. Smith is of silver gilt, tind the water which it con tained, and which was used for the ceremony, was brought from the river Jordan. The Font was placed on a handsome circular table of marble, having the Royal Arms executed in Mosaic at the . top. The table itself stood on a small raised platform placed on a large car pet of crimson velvet, extending to the seats reserved for the illustrious sponsors and visitors. The carpet was embroidered with gold at the angles, and had also a deep gold border. Candelabra on gilt pedestals were on either side of the altar, and within the alcove were two cut chandeliers; another chandelier of the largest size was hung in the middle of the room, and candelabra, on pedestals richly carved and gilt, lined the sides of the apartments. The seats for the com pany were of crimson satin damask and gold. His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury performed the ceremony of christening the Princess Royal, assisted by the,Archbishop of York, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Norwich, and the Dean of Carlisle. The Queen and Prince .Albert were on the left of his Grace. Her Majesty wore a splendid diadem of brilliants, diamond earrings and necklace. Her Ma jesty also wore the ribaed and jewel of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. His Royal Highness Prince Albert was habited in a Field Marshal's uniform, and wore brilliant Stars of the Orders of the Garter and the Bath, and the Riband of the Order of the Garter. His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex appeared in military uniform, with the Ensigns of the Order of the Garter, and also of the Most Ancient Order of the Thistle. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge was habited in a Field-Marshal's uniform, wearing stars set in diamonds of the Orders of the Garter and the Bath. His Royal Highness Prince George of Cam bridge wore the uniform of his Regiment, and his Se rene Highness Prince Edward of Saxo Weimar that of a Cadet of the Royal Military College. Opposite to her Majesty was the Duke of 'Wel lington, his Grace officiating as Sponsor on the part of his Serene Highness the Duke of Saxe Coburg and Gotha. The other Sponsors were—Her Ma jesty the Queen Dowager; her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester ; her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent ; his Majesty the King of the Bel gians, and his Royal Highness the Due of Sussex. The Illustrious Party were ranged round the altar, and the Duke and Prince George of Cambridge, and Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar also occupied places in the front. The Mistress of the Robes, and the Great Officers of State, were behind her Majesty and Prince Albert. When the Archbishop of Canterbury came to that part of the ceremony for naming the Princess, her Royal Highness was given into his hands by her nurse, her Majesty the Queen Dowager then named her Royal Highness VICTORIA ADELAIDE MARY LOUISA. After the baptism the Princess was returned to her nurse. The service being, concluded, the party retired, and shortly afterwards the whole of the company who had witnessed or officiated at the ceremony, went to dinner, which was served in the Picture Gallery, the band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards, who were there in attendance, playing " God save the Queen" as the different members of the Royal Family entered the Gallery. The Gallery, as fitted up for the Royal Banquet, presented a very elegant and splendid appearance. It was shortened by the erection of a temporary partition at each end, and at each was displayed a beaufet of plate, containing a very numerous assortment of arti cles of the most costly and magnificent description. The Shield of Achilles occupied the centre of one of them, surrounded by large gold salvers, vases, sconces, and candelabra ; the interstices between the more massive articles being filled up with cups of crystal and gold, lapis lazuli vases, tankards of ivory, most beauti fully carved, and mounted in gold, and articles of a similar light and elegant description, many of them be ing enriched with precious stones, the whole being brilliantly illuminated with wax-lights. The tables was decorated with the Plateau, known as the " Prince of Wales'a," having been made by order of George the Fcurth, when Prince. On it were placed a series of epergnes, containing artificial flowers, caadelabra, and va e , al of silver gilt. In the centre of the table was an immense cake, decorated with flowers, and surmounted withahe car of Neptune hearing Britannia, with the Princess Royal in her arms. From the ceiling were suspended three chandeliers, and on the table the candelabra bearing wax-lights were very numerous. Among the pictures which decorated the walls were some of the finest specimens of Rem brandt, including the " Burgomaster Pancras and his \Vife ," " A Shipwright and his Wife ;" and " Woman at the Tomb of Christ ;" the " Death of Dido," and " Iphigenia," by Reynolds ; a vei'y brilliant study "The Assumption of the Virgin," by Rubens ; a " Merry making," by Teniers ; the " Orphan," by Allan ; and the " Healing the Sick," and the " Marriage of St. Catherine," by Vandyke. Inc same illustrious and distinguished assembly who assisted at and witnessed the ceremony of Chris tening her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, were also present at the State Banquet. Tiie following had the honour of receiving invita tions :—Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, his Majesty the King of the Bilgians, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, his Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, his Serene Highness the Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar ; the Mistress of the Robes, the Duchess of Sutherland ; the Lady in Waiting on her Majesty, the Countess of Mount Edgeeumbe ; the Lady in Waiting on the Queen Dowager, the Countess of Sheffield ; the Lady in Waiting on her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Fanny Howard ; the Lady in Waiting on her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, Lady Caroline Legge ; Two Maids of Honour, Hon. Ameia Murray and Hon. Harriet Lister ; the Woman of the Bedchamber, Lady Gardiner ; the Maid of Honour in Waiting on the Queen Dowager, Hon. Harriet Mit chell ; Baroness Leh tele ; his Highness Prince Esterhazy:; the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor, the Archbishop of York, the Lord President of the Council, the Marquis of Lansdowne; the Lord Privy the Earl of Clarendon ; the Lord Great Cham berlain, Lord Willoughby d'Eresby ; the Earl Mar shal, Duke of Norfolk ; the Duke of Wellington, M. Van de Weyer, Baron Gersdorff, Baron Stockmar, the Lord Steward of her Majesty's Household, the Earl of Erroll ; the Lord Chamberlain of her Ma jesty's Household, the Earl of Uxbridge ; the Secre tary of State for the Home Department, the Marquis of Normanby ; the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Earl of Minto ; the First Lord of the Treasury, Vis count Melbourne ; the Secretary of State for Foreign Afisiri, Viscount Palmerston ; the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Lord John Russell ; the Chief Commis sioner of the Woods and Forests, Viscount Duncannon ; the Chief Secretary for Ireland, Viscount Morpeth ; the Gold Stick in Waiting, Lord Hill ; the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Norwich, the Dean of Car lisle, the Rev. Dr. Hodgson ; the Silver Stick in Waiting, Colonel M'Dowell ; the President of the Board of Control, Sir John Hoblionse ; the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Right Hon. F. T. Barit ' * ; the President of the B o ard o f T ra d e , Ri g h t H on . H. La bouchere ; the Secretary at War, Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay : the Master of the Horse, Earl of A ;he merle; the Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard, E of Pcbester ; the Captain of the Gentlemen at Arms, Lord, Foley ; the Master of the Buck Hounds, Lord Kinnaird ; the Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert, Lord Robert Grosvenor ; the Treasurer of her Majesty's Household, the E irl of Surrey ; the Comptroller of her Majesty's Household, the Right Hon. George Stevens Byng ; the Vice• Cha mberlain, the Earl of Belfast ; the Keeper of the Privy Purse, Sir Henry Wheatley ; the Treasurer to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, Mr. George Edward Anson ; the Lord Chamberlain to the Queen Dowager, Earl Howe ; the Master of the Horse to the Queen Dowager, the Earl of Denbigh ; the Vice-Chamberlain to the Queen Dowager, Hon. William Ashley ; the Gentleman in Waiting on the King of the Belgians, General Goblet ; the Gentleman in Waiting on the King of the Belgians, M. Van Past.; the Gentleman in Waiting on the Duchess of Kent, Colonel Cou per ; the Gentleman in Waiting on the Duke of Sussex, Colonel Wildman ; the Gentle Man in Wait ing on the Duke of Cambridge, Baron Knesebeck ; the Lord in Waiting, Earl of Aboyne ; the Groom in Waiting, Hon. William Cowper ; the Equerry in Waiting, Col. Wemyss ; the Gentleman in Waiting on his Royal Highness Prince Albert, Lord G. Lennox ; the Equerry in Waiting on his Royal Highness Prince Albert, Col. Wylde ; the Groom in Waiting on his Royal Highness Prince Albert, Captain Seymour ; the Master of the Household, Hon. Charles Augustus Murray ; the Field Officer in Waiting, Col. Walton. The Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord President of the Council, Lord Willoughby d'Eresby, Lord Great Chamberlain, and Lord Foley, Captain of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, were prevented by indisposition from attending. After dinner the following toasts were given by the E irl of Erroll, K. T., Lord Steward of her Majesty's Household :—" Her Royal Highness the Princessßoyal," "her Majesty the Queen Adelaide,"" his Majesty the King of the Belgians," " her Majesty the Queen," " his Royal Highness Prince Albert." In the evening the entire suite of State rooms were opened, and were brilliantly illuminated. Her Majes ty'k Chamber Band occupied the Grand Saloon, and performed a number of favourit e pieces in the course of the night. • _ _ _ The Yeomen of the Guard lined :the Grand Hall, commanded by Capt. S2yrnour Sadler; Exon in Waiting. Mr. Samuel Hancock, Exon of the Yeomen of the Guard, was also in attendance. The Band of the Coldstream Guards attended in the Grand Hall during the evening. The Queen's Guard of the Foot Guards was on duty on the Palace lawn. The Duchess of Sutherland has arrived at Stafford House, the Duke and family remaining at Lil leshall, Salop, where the Earl of Burlington and the junior branches of his family are staying. The Duchess returns next week to Lilleshall. The weather continues extremely cold, the wind being from the north-east, with occasional showers of snow. The fall appears to have been very slight through the country, as the Mails arrive within half an hour of heir stated time.—Edinburgh Courant. FIRE IN MANCHESTER.—On Monday morn ing last a fire broke out in the warehouse of Messrs. Crafts and Stell, American merchants (a large and lofty build ing in George-street and Nicholas-street), which, from the rapidity with which it spread, and the value of property destroyed in so short a time, is, we believe, unexampled in Manchester. The premises consisted of a warehouse occupied by Messrs. Crafts and Steil, which fronted Nicholas-street and George-street, six stories in height, 30 yards long and 15 yards wide. It seems that a man whose duty it is to open the warehouse was proceeding to clean out at a privtite room, when, about seven o'clock, he - heard a loud report, resembling that of a cannon, and which appeared to him to proceed from the cellar. He immediately hastened thither to see what had happened, and then found that the end of the hot water pipes resting in that furnace from which the warerooms were warmed, had burst, and in the explosion had scattered the burning coals and cinders in the furnace, all over the cellar, which contained a considerable quantity of dry goods. These caught fire, and were burning when the man entered the cellar ; and he immediately attempted to extinguish the flames, but they spread so rapidly, that he was speedily obliged to desist ; and he escaped with some difficulty, his whiskers and hair being singed ; and in less than ten minutes afterwards, the fire had found its way up the well holes, and burst out at the top of the warehouse. He instantly gave the alarm. The tote! damage is supposed to be from 16,000/. to 18,0001. All that is left of the warehouses is the wall fronting St. James's-street, and a small portion of the wall in Nicholas-street. In concluding our notice of this fire, we have to state, that the warehouse of Messrs. Bar bour and Brothers, in Portland -street, was set on fire, on Monday morning, by the same means—the bursting of the hot-water pipe ; and that the warehouse of Mr. Alexander Henry, York..street and Portland-street, was also set on fire, on the same day, in the same manner; but, in both cases, the flames were immediately extinguished. A hot water pipe in the warehouse of Mr. Isaac Hudson, whole sale haberdashei, &c. 114, Market-street, also burst the other day, in a similar way; and these are, in all proba bility, not the only instances of the kind—indicative at once of the extreme severity of the present frost, and also of the necessity of some means being devised to prevent the recurrence in future of such accidents.—Manchester Guardian. ST. ALBANS, WEDNESDAY MORNING.— (From a Correspondent.)—The return of Lord Listowel, as Member for our borough, has absolutely astounded the Noble Lord and his family, who looked upon their nominee as secure of the scat, in consequence of the snug arrange ments they had made to take the Liberal electors by sur prise. The pretended bribery of Adams was a mere clumsy subterfuge of the Tories to co v e r th e mort ifi cat i on of unlooked-for defeat, and the threat of a petition against Lord Listowel's return, made by the defeated candidate in his parting address, is regarded as mere gabbk. No ra tional person resident in the borough attaches the slightest importance to the matter. The man is known to be half daft ; and was, doubtless, selected a., an appropriate agent for carrying out an invention in which no person having any pretensions to common honesty, unless divested of common sense, would have engaged. —Globe. - MARNocli.—On Sunday last, the Rev. Mr. Edwards, minister of this parish, officiated for the second time in his own pulpit, to a congregation of shout 120 hearers, of whom fully three-fourths were parishioners. Considering the snow -storm, which is on the ground, and the distance of Foggyloan, the 'Lost populous village, from the church (about three miles), this attendance is highly creditable to the good feeling of the parishioners. Mr. Rose lanes, of Nctherdale, and the other heritors, are giving Mr. Edwards every countenance and encou ragement in the discharge of his sacred duties ; and were it not for the intrusions and intermeddling of certain par ties at a distance, the most perfect harmony and good un derstanding would be speedily restored. Mr. Henry, the intruder on Mr. Edwards's cure, forsook his temporary tabernacle at Foggyloan last Sunday, and lifted up his voice in a saw-mill iff the near neighbourhood of the parish church. This was quite in the taste of the times.— EclinburgliObserver, _ _ _ EXHUMATION OF NAPOLEON. By the kindness of a friend who was at St. Helena during the period of Napoleon's detention, and for some years after his death, we have been favoured with OK sight of a communication recently received from that island, and upon the veracity of which we can place the fullest confidence. It would be too long to print verbatim, being ten closely-written pages, and it wit. suffice to mention those facts alone which have not hitherto obtained notice in the public prints. The arrival of the Belle Poule and Favorite was pre ceded by that of the Oreste, a 20-gun brig, which sailed twenty-four days after the Prince de Joinville. The officers commanding the French ships were received with great cordiality, all houses were open to them, and they kindly returned our hospitality by the use of their band, consisting of about thirty musicians. This, by the kindness of the Prince de Joinville, was allowed to play in the court-yard of the castle, in the Government-garden, and upon the Terrace, when there was a large assemblage of persons to enjoy a treat which the inhabitants of St. Helena had not had for some time. His Royal Highness entered into con versation very freely in English, making himself parti cularly agreeable. • THE GREEN PARK.—The metamorphosis of the Green Park, which has already been carried to a con siderable extent, is still being actively proceeded with under the direction of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests. A number of labourers are busily engaged in levelling some of the higher portions of the ground, and filling up others which were low. As the spring advances the park will scarcely be known as the for mer " Green Park" (not spot) in " Memory's waste," so completely will it be altered. Large portions of it have been enclosed with hurdles and iron park-fencings, preparatory to being covered with young planta tions; and the numerous foot-paths which diverged from the St. James's Park entrance to Ilyd3 Park Cor ner have all disappeared, one broad gravel walk in lieu of these having been formed down the centre from the sentry-box at the back of York-house to the triumphal arch at the end of Grosvenor-place. The greater part of the south-side of the Green-park, which used to be the resort of nursery maids and children, will he thickly planted with trees and shrubs, forming a thelter to the north and cast pointsof Buckingham Palace; the appearance of which will, by the alterations in progress, be very much im proved; and the loyalty of the people will, doubtless, in duce them readily to acquiesce in the partial inclosure of this " lung" of the metropolis. Several other parts of the Park will also be planted with a variety of ornamental trees and shrubs, which will render its appearance from Piseadilly in the summer much more pleasing- to the eye than formerly. Oa Sunday, October 11, three days after the Prince arrived, upwards of 400 seamen from the Belle Poule landed under the command of the officers, and marched to the tomb and Longwood ; in the afternoon almost every individual returned with a. branch of a tree, or some other relic ; many with bottles of the water from the spring at the tomb, to take to France, anticipating the gratification of having their children baptized with it. On the next day, Monday 12, at 11 p.m. the grave of M. D'Areourz, a midshipman in the French navy, was opened, and the corpse removed in the presence of Mr. Solomon (the French Consul, and who has been Sheriff for many years), the Town Major (Capt. Barnes), Abbe Coqucreau, and M. Guillard, Surgeon of the Belle Poute, and others who had attended the ceremony from curiosity. The body was raised about 1 a.m., and upon opening the coffin, the corpse, although buried on the Ist May, was nothing but a mass of bones. These remains were enclosed in a leaden sarcophagus, and taken on board the Belle Poule to be convey ed to France. The account of the exhumation does not materially vary from those previously given, except that the maho gany coffin had' lost much of its colour from exclusion from the air for so many years. On opening the inner coffin, the fight hand of the Emperor was a little raised across the body, but perfectly sound. Tao party from wLom we receive this account states positively that the hands were, as usual, carefully placed at the sides ; he speaks upon the testimony of his own eyes. " The nails of the fingers as in life ;" other accounts state that the beard and nails had grown a little. Tie jack-boots and clothes were mildewed, but upon its being rubbed off, the black of the boots was in as good a state of pre servation as the day they were placed in the coffin. The salute fired by the French ships ai the body left the shore was of a novel character ; the yards were manned, and the whole of their guns fired as fast as they could. This was done three times. At this mo ment the sun was just touching the horizon. The re port of the guns fired in this manner made the hills tremble, and the distant echo was like successive peals of thunder. At eight a. m: on the 20th, Sunday, the French squa dron put to sea, and was in a few hours out of sight. They carried' with them not only the remains of the late Emperor, but a greater portion of the materials which covered them during the last twenty years. They took the two mahogany coffins, the outer slabs of the tomb, and the slab which covered the stone coffin, leaving in a dilapidated state that picturesque and consecrated spot which has for so many years been the attraction of pilgrims from all quarters of the world. The generosity of the French Government and their representative, the Prince de Joinville, deserves ho Pourable and grateful recollection. To Captain Alex ander, the commanding engineer, his Royal Highness presented a magnificent .gold snuff-box, richly em bossed, upon the lid of which was a li&eness of L )uis Philippe, encircled with 22 largo diamonds. This was given by his Royal Highness to testify his sense of Captain Alexander's management, and his excelleot arrangements in the removal of the body. To Colonel Trelawney, who acted as the GovJrnor's deputy, was presented by his Royal Highness a magnificent and superbly fini.ihed double-barrelled fawling-piece, the mountings of which were of solid gold, and the handles of the various articles in tic case were of agate. The case itself was of rose-wood elegantly inlaid. To Mr. M'Kenna, Clerk of the Works, who carried on the ex humation under the orders of Capt. Alexander, Count de Chabot presented as a mark of approbation a large silver medal, on the one side bearing the head of Louis Philippe, and on the reverse—'• Presented by th e King of the French. This medal was accompanied by a highly satisfactory and well-deserved letter, ex pressing the approbation of the French authorities of Mr. M'K's exertions. To Miss Gideon, who made, with the help of other young ladies of the island, the silk flags which were heisted in his Royal Highness's barge when tie body was, removed, was presented an elegant, gold bracelet, set ,with emeralds and pear!s. This was delivered by Captain Touchard, Aid-dc-camp to his Royal Highness. To Sergeant J. Young, East India Company's Invalids, in charge of the tomb, his Royal Highness presented, upon his first visit, Oct. 9, thirty 20-frano: pieces ; and on his second, seven 20 franc pieces : he also received ten sovereigns from General Bertrand. To Mr. Clarke, foreman of the works, was presented the sum of 30/. ; this and many other presents of from 51. to 201. each to the different mechanics and others employed in the ex humation, &c., were paid from the funds deposited in the hands of Captain Alexander, by the French autho rities. The French Consul, Mr. Solomon, was pre- ' sentcd with a silver medal, and other marks of private esteem, by his Royal Highness, Lastly, though not least in importance, the sum of 3001. was left to be dis tributed among the poor of the island by the Committee of the Benevolent Society. _ _ There were twenty-five small silver medals, and se venty-five of bronze, left with Captain Alexander for distribution, bearing on one side the head of the King encircled by the words, " Louis Philippe, Roi des Francais," and on the reverse, the title of the " Loi du 10 Juin, 1840, ordonnant la translation, &c." Tnese medals were distributed on Monday, 19th October, to the different public functicnarics and others employed in the work of exhumation, and connected with the ce remony. o A PRIZE BATTLE FOR 100/.—A prize fi g ht took place on Tuesday, between J. Adams, of London, and Cain, the champion of Leicester, for the above sum ; and after a severe contest of upwards cf an hour, Cain was de clared the winner. The children in the National Society's Central School, Little George-street, Westminster, 640 in num ber, were treated yesterday with a good substantial dinner of roast-beef and plum-pudding, to celebrate the chnsten ing of the Princess Royal. SUN. LONDON, TBURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 10,41 INDIA. ,/ The following addilional extracts from the overland Bonz6ay Courier will be found interesting : " We received just before the departure of the mail on the Ist of December, accounts of the surrenciGr of Dost Nlahomed, with one or two fragmentary notices of the very severe casualties of the battle of Purwan, fought to the nor:h of Cabul on the 2d of November, where the Dos:'s troops were totally defeated, and he himself forced to fly from the field. We here ,resume %vith the official deApateh of Sir Robert Sale, who commanded in the action. " On the morning of the 29th ult. an express arrived from Lieutenant Maule, commanding the corps of Ko histanees,' requesting a party of regular infaniry, as all his Kohistances were preparing to start for Dost Ma homed's camp. Lieutenant Laing was instantly de spatched with a company of the 27th Regiment to gar rison the small fort where Lieutenant Mau!e was, and who is still there.* At noon of the 29th, the whole force under Mijor-General Sir R. Sale marched to a fort called Bliagh-alum.' Here intelligence was re ceived that the Dost had left Nijrow and come down into the Kohistan Valley. Oa the 30th and 31st the force halted, and a strong reconnoitering party, accom panied by Captain Sanders and Lieutenant Broadfoot, of the Engineers, moved out to surrey the country. On the Ist instant all marched to Meer Musjidee fort. Here intelligence reached them of the Dust having moved to Purwan Durrah, a small valley, through which runs a clear rapid stream, and several small forts scattered amongst the orchards. It was now deter mined to march on Purwan Durrah the following morn ing, and the troops were directed to move as follows : " The advance guard consisted of four companies of her Majesty's 13th Light Infantry, under Major Ker shaw ; two six-pounder guns, under Lieutenant War burton ; the two flank companies of the 37th Regiment Native Infantry, and one company of the 27th Regiment Native Infantry, under Lieutenant Rind, of the 37th Regiment ; the two squadrons of the 2d Light Cavalry, and the Shah's 2d Horse ; the whole being under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Salter. The remainder of the horse followed in rear. " About daybreak the advance guard moved off, and one of our correspondents says, Such a cauntry as we traversed I shall not forget in a hurry ; the morning was a heavenly one, and the whole country, adorned as it is with yellow foliage, with a bright autumn sun shin ing on its face, appeared as it were a shining mass of gold ; but our road was difficult in the extrame—iinmense canals, ravines, deep water cuts, and every possible obstacle that could present itself to our army. We reached the Goorbund river between eight and nine A.M. ; here we had considerable difficulty in crossing the guns. This surmounted, we ascended the high land under the hills, and finding a :ort occupied, and which had commenced tiring on us, we formed into line and moved in this posi tion a short distance, where the river issuing through the Purwan Pass, obliged us to re-form column. By this time the villagers were flocking towards us, calling loudly for mercy, and entreating us to move on quickly and save their property frem the hands of Dost Maho meil's army, which was plundering them and preparing to decamp. Our cavalry advanced, crossed the river, and ascended the hank on the opposite side. Dr. Lord and Lieutenant Broadfoot accompanied them. After considerable difficulty we crossed the guns which again stuck on the opposite bank, which was exceed ingly steep. On our cavalry reaching the top of the opposite bank, Dost Nlahomed Khan, at the head of an army of some 4,000 horse and foot, was seen breaking cover from the town and forts, making the best of their way to some heights on the right, which lay at the base of a high mountain. The scene now became most exciting. Dr. Lord proposed moving on the cavalry, and taking up a position on the enemy's flank ; his request was acceded to, and Captain An derson's horse was ordered round to the left to prevent the enemy turning our flank. The guns were now got "p and joined the front part of the advance. We then moved on, and orders were sent to recal the cavalry ; before, however, the order reached them, the enemy had begun to descend on them. Captain Fraser, who commanded the regiment, gave front, and ordered the men to draw swords and advance to the charge. The first troop wavered, and the men began to fall back by eights and tens. The enemy were now close on them, and the officers, so completely occupied with the enemy, who were moving on them at a slow and determined nace, never anticipating being left to fight the Dost's army themselves, merely called out, " Come on ! charge ! come on !" Will it be believed that, led as they went in this gallant, this noble manner, by such cflicers as the 2d are blessed with, the men went threes about, and cut like a flock of sheep from a force far inferior to them in numbers. The 2d troop did stand better, but they never advanced, and the left squadron, though not the first to tun, never attempted, nor made the slightest ef fort to support their gallant commanders, whom they saw sqrrounded and engaged hand to hand with the enemy. The Affghan cavalry were now fairly in our ranks, cutting and slashing in all directions. Dust Me homed led his men down the hill—was seen com ing to take off his lohgee from his head, and stand calling out to his brave followers, In the name of God ' and the Prophet fight, drive those Feringee Kaffirs out of the country, or lam gone man.' The cavalry were now seen coming towards the column in full retreat, as hard as the horses could lay legs to the ground, loose horses flying in all direction., and the Dust's cavalry pursuing them. Captain Fraser arrived on his horse, covered with blood. He had received a deep cut down h;s back, and his right hand was hang ing to a bit of skin ; he detailed the disaster in a firm end collected manner, and was then taken to the rear. I • Captain I onsonby was brought in, he had received a ball through his left arm, the top of his left thumb cut uff, and a very severe sabre cut across the face—cut ting his right cheek bone, dividing his nose, and ex tending across the left cheek, his sword nearly cut in two, and hacked considerably. The enemy had cut his reins, which rendered his horse quite unmanageable, and one blow, which was aimed at his loins, cut his jacket and cantle of his saddle. His charger was shot through the neck, and both ears were taken off. Nearly all the killed and wounded, including three officers, were left on the field. Till within a few minutes of Captain Traser's arrival, we were congratulating ourselves on the pluck of the enemy coming down, and, seeing all the charging and flashing of sa bres, concluded that our cavalry had it, all their own way ; but, alas, the enemy's high red banner, which was seen flying in our ranks, soon opened our eyes to expect another tale ; the advanced guard now formed into line, and our guns were drawn up in position to re ceive the enemy, but they passed in front of us at too great a distance even for our guns to touch. After some delay the General ordered two companies of the 37th and the cavalry to move round to the right and serrch for the missing offieers,l, and directed two of Abbott's guns, under Lieut. Dawes, and the three companies under Lieut. Rind, to move to the left, and attack the enemy, who were accumulating on a rocky hill on the flank. Both detachments moved off. Lieut. Dawes opened fire on the enemy with most admirable precision. The high red standard of the enemy was now carried up and planted on the top of the hill ; this the General thought rather too much of a good thing, and sent orders to Lieut. Rind to move up with his detachment, and take the hill from the enemy. The companies moved off, covered by the guns, The ascent was near to being impracticable,and they were exposed to a heavy fire, but fortunately most of the shot passed over their heads, and in a short time the com panies were up and in possession of one of the ugliest look ing places I ever saw in my life. A Grenadier of the 37th was saved by his breastplate. A Havildar and three men were wounded. After driving off the enemy and holding the hill for half an hour, the companies were withdrawn. Lieutenant-Colonel Salter returned with the bodies of his late Adjutant and Dr. Lord, the former without its head ; both bodies were naked and much cut. Lieutenant Broadfoot's was not found till night, when it was brought in also without a head. The troops were now withdrawn, catnp pitched, and we retired to rest all fully accoutred, with the full prospect of having a precious warm night's work. Daybreak came without a shot being fired from our side. The enemy had decamped, and were said to have gone in the direction of Charikar. " The bugle sounded to arms, and orders were given to strike camp and march. We reached this by half past one P.M., well tired and fatigued. " Dost Mahomed was only seen in the early part of the morning ; he wore a large white turban and light coloured dress ; and was always attended by a sky-blue banner. " The Affghans, though exceedingly fine men, were badly mounted ; had our cavalry charged, without any exertion on the men's part, they must have overthrown them. The two wounded officers testify to having left their mark on several sirdars, all the enemy who came down were well dressed and appeared to carry with them the air of chieftains. The loss sustained by the enemy is not known, ours is pretty considerable.' " From Ferozepore we learn that hostilities have already commenced on the part of the Sikhs, their Chief at Ali thunkote having fired upon a British officer passing in a boat, detained several of our grain boats, and sent Sikh troops to take possession, by orders, as he says, from the Lahore Court, of some 15,000 maunds of grain belonging to us at one of the ghauts on th e river SPAIN. The following circular from the Spalish Minister of Finance has jeAst been issued at Madrid. We see nothing else that is worth extracting in the Spanish papers : CIRCULAR FROM THE MINISTER OF FINANCE. The call upon the Treasury and the wants of the army are not met by the sums which have been paid into the eJErs of the State. The Regency, acting under the sacred mission which it has taken upon itself, to rescue the countrj, must have recourse to the ardent zeal and heroic efforts of the principal functionaries of the public treasury, in order to wend against the difficult circum stances in which we are placed. With the view of meet ing the most indisp(nsable charges of the State, it has resolved upon making an appeal to the patriotism of tFe intendants, and to place in their hands the means of -emedying the great penury in which we find ourselves, in order to keep up the pay of the army. With that ob ject the Regency has ordered a contribution of fifteen millions of reels to be levied, to be divided between the most influential provinces of the kingdom, to be distributed immediately and punctually to the military intendants of each district of those provinces, on account of the current consignments, and to meet the loan and pay of the officers. The province, the administration of which is confided to you, is comprised in the divisiOn for a sum of Teals vellon, which must be realised in a week after the present order. You will use every resource, relations of all kinds, the most urgent entreaties to patriots, the force of com mand, the utmost excitement of constituted bodies, in short all that your most ardent zeal can suggest to you in order to collect the said sum, without neglecting the resource of the loan with interest at six per cent. a year until the period of reimbursement. You will give a real and sacred guarantee for two-thirds of the sums which have been realised for the account of the extraordinary contri bution of one hundred and eighty millions, the collection of which is already commenced, and which you are to hasten with a very resolute authority. The one-third remaining will be held at the disposal of the Government in confor mity with the decree of the 13th instant. I have sub mitted to you the true situation at the present time ; any e lo ' at other recommendation woul d b e su p erfl uous. The time has arrived for you to pro ve that y ou arc deserving of the confidence which the Regency has y p , la b e u e t d i i t n you, becomesan and t e t :o c a l ltedcyitsoptuhoesaarlseuomwr worthy required t i ll e yof h which, under ordinary circum stances, wo uld be but the tinea military office week, e which and intendant, t you ,e place fill i t is a missi on now pn a pure and isimple service, which, tude, will merit the esteem an d a recom pense from th e Regency. It is by its order s that this circular is ad. of y - ou r with ut zeal and p rompt i . dressed to you for your gover nment, an d that you m a y fulfilmentiif executed fulfil the same in every point. Madrid, Jan. 27, 1841. To Senor --, Intendant of the Province of —Corresponsal. The Four per Cents. were done on the Ist inst. at 242-, at 60 days. A few cash bargains were concluded in the Five per Cents. at 201 . , and the remainder at 29,i at 60 days. The whole amount negotiated in the latter was 13,400,000 rcals. The debt bearing no interest wa s quoted at 8, • -- - The Tories arc everywhere making preparations for a coming election: even those who are so poor that they cannot afford any great outlay, arc spending money for the purpose of snaking their return perfectly s ecure . The general impresiion, indeed, is, that the present state of affa'rs must lead to a dissolution under the existing registry. This was foreseen by us long ago, and all that the Reformers have to do is to unite in favour of some good candidate, lay the foundation now, and at the disco. lotion, come when it may, work with the utmost vigilance ga in any addition to their b o dy ill tho t T o or s i r e c s ur w e ill his no r t eturn. If their union be pe r f ect , t h e House.— r Glasgow Argus. • On the 3 , 1 of November, The season has been and is particularly severe on the Borders. The flocks have suffered considerably, and should the spring be backward, a loss of sheep may be expected. Great numbers of grouse and black game have already perished, and a great many more are flutter ing about the sides of hedges and dykes in a d) ing state. Even that hardy denizen the crow has not escaped un scathed, as in many instances he has been found so much out of sorts as to be unable to fly out of the way of his natural enemy, man. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LlFE.—Tuesday morn ing the Honourable Miss Spring Rice, eldest daughter of Lord Monteagle, and grand-daughter of the Earl of Limerick (lately one of the Maids of Honour to her ga jesty), was married to Henry Marshall, Esq. The cere mony was performed by special licence, at Souls' Church, Langharu-place. / _ _l~ CHINA. We lay before our readers the following extracts from a private letter which has just reached us from Macao, dated October 13 and 17. This letter will ho found to contain several details which have not yet appeared in print, an I which will, therefore, be interesting to the MACAO, OCT. 13.—Admiral Elliott, in the Wel lesley, reached the Gulf of Petchelee ira the middle of August, and anchored at the mouth of the Peiho, hav ing a line of communication with the shore by means of the smaller vessels attached to the expedition. The de spatch from Lord Palmerston which had been treated with such disrespect at Amoy and Ning-po was received by the Mandarins at the place, and was forwarded to the Court. After some delay and negotiation, Keshin, Vice roy of Pekin, and third member of the Imperial Council, was deputed by his Imperial Majesty to communicate with the Admiral, and this eventually led to an interview between the Imperial Envoy and Captain Elliot, the Admiral having declined to attend on account of the Commissioner being hs inferior in rank. The confer ence took place on shore, where tents were pitched for the reception of the embassy, and, according to previous arrangements, was conducted with as little ceremony as possible on either side. Captain Elliot, his interpreter, and a few officers and gentlemen from the squadron, were received with marked civility and distinction, awl. the former explained the object of our visit, and the nature of our demands, pointing out the harsh, unjust, and arbitrary nature of Lin's proceedings, whose con duct was admitted to be deserving of severe censure and punishment, if what we stated were true ; but they con tended it would be unjust to condemn him on an cr party statement, or before he had been found guilty by his own Government. Payment of the confis cated opium was distinctly refused, but an offer was made to restore our trade at Canton to its former footing. Keshin spoke strongly against the opium traffic, and warmly urged the necessity of our suppress ing it. Captain Elliot replied that this was out cf our power, as the drug was extensively cultivated in coun tries over which the British Government could exercise no control. Our occupation of an island or any terri torial aggrandisement was strongly objected to, and our abandonment of Tchu-san was demanded. In short, all the demands made by Captain Elliot on the part of the British Gavernment have, one after another, been adroitly set aside, and not a concession has been made or a promise granted, and the only conclusion we can come to is, that the sagacious and wily Keshin has suc ceeded in transferring our negotiations from the mouth of the Peiho to the Canton river, without our having advanced one step. Ho has been appointed Ambas sador Extraordinary to proceed to Canton and inquire into the state of affairs, and a conference is ap pointed to be held between him and the British Plenipotentiaries at the Bogue about the middle of November for the adjustment of our diffarences, and the question now for consideration is, whether the con ference is likely to lead to an amicable arrangement and the re-establishment of trade. \Ve think not. The demands of the British Government having been once made cannot be departed from with safety or honour ; and the more we see of the Chinese character, their great political sagacity, and utter want of principle, the more we are convinced that by negotiations al ane we shall gain nothing, and that the Emperor and his Minister, having already succeeded in gaining time, will strenuously endeavour to avoid the settlement of our claims, and put us off by fair promises until we find ourselves, after the loss of much valuable time, as far as ever from the accomplishment of the objects for which the expedition was undertaken. " We regret to state that the Kite transport, block ading the Yang-Isze-Keang, has fallen into the hands of the Chinese, and her people, including a lieutenant and man-of-war boat's crew, were made prisoners. The formal demand for their release, as well as that of Cap tain Anstruther, of the Engineers, who was taken from Tchu san, being made by the Admiral, was met by a firm refusal from the mandarins at Ning-po, but propo sals have been made to effect an exchange between them and some Chinese junk masters, our prisoners ; but the result of this negotiation is not yet known. " The Indian Oak transport got ashore at Loo Choo, on her way to Singapore, but the people were treated with the utmost kindness by the natives of these islands, and were sent on to Tchu-san in a vessel built fro m the materia's of the wreck. It was expected that the Admiral wou'd leave Tchu sari, with a cons deia'ale naval firce, towards the end of this month. Toe troops will probably not be moved, as they are in a dreadful state from disease, owing to the injudicious manner in which the ground bas been laid out for their encampments. The town of Ting hae remained totally deserted by the inhabitants. " Wa have nothing of importance to communicate from this place. The stringent measures of Captain Smith at the harrier, on the 19th of August, have had a most salutary effect. The Bogue remains strongly blockaded. The usual Macao and Canton cargo boats have been interrupted for many months, and bu siness both here and at Canton is perfectly stagnant." COVENT GARDEN THEATRE. A new comedy in two acts, from the pen of Mr. Douglas Jerrold, entitled The White Milliner, was pro duced for the first time at this theatre on Tuesday. It is founded upon a little romance in private life mentioned in " Pennant's London," of a certain lady of title, the widow of an unfortunate adherent of the Pretender, who sold gloves and millinery in the Exchange in the Strand, dressed all in white, and disguised in a white mask. The plot is as follows :—Alhina (Madame Vestris) is the name given to the White Milliner, the wife, and not the widow, of the Jacobite Herbert Con way (Mr. J. Vining), who is lurking about to avcid the grasp of the law. The mysterious milliner is fol lowed to her humble abode by Lord Ortolan (Mr. C. Mathews), who has conceived a romantic attachment for her, and having the usual designs of gallantry upon her. Instead of running oat of the room on his ap proach, which she has abundant time to do, Albino heroically sits herself down determined to brave a siege ; and after a long scene of protestations and badinage, the Noble Lord seizes one end of her white satin sash, vowing that she shall be his prisoner till she takes off her mask. The author relieves her from this dilemma by the following very new and ingenious expe• dient : she bids him turn his back to her, whilst she tells him a long rigmarole story about herself and pa rentage, in the course of which she unties her sash and tics it to the arm of a stupid lout of a fellow, one Saul Sneezum (Mr. Keeley), who happens very opportunely to come into the lady's room, and then makes her co::.ape. Lord Ortolan, on discovering the un gainly Saul, threatens to run him through the body, when Justice Twilight (Mr. W. Farren,) and Lady Ortolan (Miss Cooper), and others make their appearance, and stay his destroying hand. Albino is arrested, and taken to the justice's house on suspicion of being connected with treason ; and so ends the first act. Lady Ortolan, who is an old friend of Albino, has, unknown to her, sent her husband, Hubert Conway, under disguise as a student, for hospitable and safe keeping, to Justice Twilight ; the evidence of this falls into the hands of Lord Ortolan, who is jealous accordingly. Lady Orto lan is jealous at his attentions to the White Milliner, in whom she does not recognise her old friend. The Jus tice, who has fallen in love with the Milliner, is jealous of him also, and so a general melee is the consequence, till the removing of the white mask brings about an eclaircisseinent; and Hubert Conway receiving a pardon, all would seem to be at an end, in the usual course of such things ; when, lo! an incident, the incident of the piece, is produced, and one which it mast have required considerable courage to have hazarded. Lord Orto lan, in the course of his first conversation with the White Milliner, has ordered " a gown-20 satin gowns for his mother ;" and accordingly after the end of the piece there enter four-and-twenty milliners, with the beadle at their head, with as many band-boxes ; who, ranging themselves in a semi -circle, go through a sort of military (or millinery) evolution, to the word of com mand ;—" make ready—present—fire ;" and out come four-and-twenty tawdry satin gowns! The curtain fell amidst partial applause, mixed with some hissing. With respect to the actors, they all did their best for the author—but what could they do for his piece, when he had not done anything for them. We cannot con clude without begging Mr. C. Mathews not to misap propriate his talents any further by attempting genteel comedy ; he has neither face, figure, voice, nor manner for it. Albino's sarcasm was rather severe, when she mistook him in his gaudy gold-laced dress for a footman charged with a message about his lady's dress ; but, se— riously, let him stick to the little pert, farcical line in which he first introduced himself to the public, and in which he has at present no rival. THE BURNING OF CAMBERWELL OLD CliunciL—Tuesday afternoon the surveyor of the Atlas Fire insurance Company, in which the church is insured to the amount of 4,0001., inspected the ruins, in company of several gentlemen. From the inquiries they msdo it appeared that the furnace which heated the interior of the church was situate under the north entrance to the church, and the chimney or flue extended to the flooring in the centre of the middle aisle, and from thence through the south side of the organ loft to the top of the tower. It seems that the end of the principal beams that supported the organ loft bad projected several inches into the opening or centre of the flue. Soot had from time to time col lected on it, and it is supposed that on the lighting of the s N e A " L ice. A D V A N T A 0 E 8 . T 11 e l sa 11 . 0 0s - r s as Lotion, t e i S o Sni oon furnace fire on Sunday morning the soot must have ignited, and set fire to the beam, which smouldered until it came to the wainscoting of the organ loft, where it burst into flames. There can be no doubt but that this was the cause, for the organist and other persons who were in the organ loft on Sunday evening experienced a grer:atsehryeeadtr dur p in E g ß tl s ie o lotion s manoi:lpgereetiseecitrt aitsyuksitnadi satisfac tory skinof and Nature's brightboat passport complexion, to fa v o i s u si l r eia a t t b yot l af e ai reception, nGnedodd,and p ei t rs h r eit irritability thew whichi t with k i pleasing rne.m c n i r l y i p t y u local r p b o y s Forov removes toilet efav at tended refreshing ed i n all ca s e s properties b improvement results. " Robert Shaw, London," the stamp. Prices, 2s. 9d. ; ss. 6d. is engraved on quarts, Ss. 6d. Sold by all respectable perfumers and medicine vendors. 7 MORNING EDITION. THE CASE OF MR. 11FLEOD. As affecting Mr. M'Leod's case, now before the Bri tish public, the following proceedings will be read with interest : At an anniversary meeting of the citizens of . the county of Erie, held at the Court-house, in the city of Buffalo, on Tuesday evening, Dec. 19, 1840, pursuant to a call to commemorate and act upon the naeans of redress f or th e outrage o f t h e b urn i ng o f th e American stram-boat Caroline, on the eve of the '29th of De crrnher, 1837, it was resolved That this day be considered the epoch which pro claims a sanctioned outrage of the British Government on the peaceable citizens of the United States. " That we will commemorate this day henceforth as a. gross violation of the laws of neutrality existing between the American Government and Great Britain until the blood of the murdered Durfee and his fellow-citizens . be atoned for. "'Fiat this meeting consider the burning of the, steam-boat Caroline, in American waters, a national in sult of the highest degree, and which calls loudly fur a national interference. „ 'feat the demand of A. Stevenson, Envoy Extraor dinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the United Stites to the kingdom of Great Britain, in relation to . the burning of the steam-boat Caroline, in American waters, has not been answered ; and that in applying the principles of the laws of nations in that. demand the contest between Great Britain and her colonies must be considered as a civil war, so far as the United States are concerned ; and that citizens of the United States, having associated themselves for succour, or for the pur pose of forming an independent Republican Govern ment, should be considered as allies and entitled to all the rights and privileges guaranteed by the laws of na tions, as a common enemy, and not as pirates and out laws, against the British Government. ” That the British Government, in hanging, shooting, and transporting American citizens, who were found in arms assisting the Canadian revolutionists, have been guilty of a gross violation of the laws of nations, and the natural rights of every freeman throughout the globe. " That the burning of the steam-boat Caroline, in American waters, was a violation of every treaty and association entered into between the American Govern ment and the Kingdom bf Great Britain, and fully debars her Majesty's Government from all claims whatever, under the Neutrality Act, until a full repa ration shall ha made." In addition to these inflammatory proceedings, we learn that preparations are making on the Canadian. side of the Niagara river to organize a secret corps, nod to proceed on a night expedition to Lockport, for the purpose of rescuing M'Leod, now imprisoned there oa the charge of burning the Caroline. On this side of the line, from Buffalo to Rochester, there will be no want of materials inflammable enough to lead to a col lision. At this season of the year all the loafers of the west do little but play, slay, ride, dance, drink, or fight. Nothing would please them better than a general onslaught in the case of M'Leod. I\l'Kenzie is at Rochester, and other Canadians are at Buffalo, and they will not be slow in adding to the excitement as much as they can.—New York Herald. The trial of M•Leod, the Canadian, indicted, by the Grand Jury of Niagara county, for being concerned in the burning of the Caroline, comes on at Lock port next month. He refused to give buil, and is now in prison. Tnis trial will not only be of great import ance to the people on both sides of the border, but it will call forth the attention of the whole nation. On its decision the most important results may depend, af fecting the peace of the two countries. If the arrogant pretensions of Mr. Fox are sustained by the British Government, we do not see how a quarrel can be avoided, or why it should be avoided.—lbid. SUPPOSED POISONING. On Tuesday morning, at ten o'clock, T. Wakley, Esq., and a Jury, re-assembled, pursuant to adjournment, at the White Horse, North-street, Fitzroy-square, to further investigate the circumstances attending the deaths of Giovanni Arzoni, aged 47, an uhasnarine colour manufacturer, lately residing at No. 22, Char lotte-street, in the abore neighbourhood, and his daughter, Marie Catherine Arzoni, aged two years and three months. Some particulars relative to this case have already appeared in The San. It will be recollected that the deceased were buried about four weeks ago, in the bu rying.ground attached to the Tabernacle, Tottenham court-road, the man having been registered as dying of asthma, and the child of consumption ; and suspicion having arisen as to the causes of death. Mr. Wakley gave orders to have the bodies disinterred that a post motion examination might be made. Mr. .1. E. Ladhury, surgeon, of No. 7, Upper Fitz roy-square, and Mr. Everett, a lecturer on chemistry, stated that they had examined the bodies, and found not the slightest traces of poison in the stomachs. Mary Haynes stated that she was employed by Mrs. Arzoni us charwoman, and had been almost daily at the residence of that lady since the Ist of June, 1840. A. week before Christmas they had a desperate quar rel, and then deceased tore his wife from the chair on to the floor by the hair of her head, and endeavoured. to strangle her, saying that if it was not for the law he would put her out of the way. After that he struck her, and she then called upon witness to pro- tect her, when she got between them and pre vented further violence. Mrs. Arzoni then went to her bed-room, and while ascending the stairs, she threatened to have her revenge one day or the other on the d ecease d an d th e w hole of her fa mily. She had often heard Mrs. Arzoni threaten to destroy herself and family rather than lead the life she did. A short time before deceased's death Mrs. Arzoni told witness that she had the week before Christmas fervently prayed that God Almighty would lay her hus band on a sick bed, never to rise again. Subsequently to Mr. Arzoni's death she, with apparent grief, told wit ness that her prayers had been heard, and that her hus band was dead. She at that time said nothing about the death of the child. Witness ate a small quantity of the plum-pudding, and felt no ill effects. Witness thought that the threats used by Mrs. Arzoni were never meant, but only uttered in a passionate moment. Baptiste Goranti proved the deceased Giovanni was well on the 30th of December, and taken ill the next day. Deceased and Mrs. Arzoni frequently quarrelled, and he had oftentimes heard the latter make use of the expression, " D— my soul if I don't poison us all, and I don't care if I go to hell for it." She had a very dreadful temper. There being no further testimony, Mr. WAKLEY summed up, and the Jury, after some consultation, re turned a verdict of " Natural death." STATE OF TRADE. (From the Afrinchester Guardian.) The continue d severity of the weather and the unfavour able mercantile accounts received from India and China,pro cluced considerable depression in our market yesterday ; and though no material reduction in prices was submitted to, buyers were exceedingly reluctant to give the rates of last week, and very little business was done at any price. Ito NI DALE COTTON MARKET, MONDAY, FEB. B.—. To-day's market has been very much like the two preced ing ones ; the demand has been quite as good, and about an average quantity of business done at former prices. There is no change in the wool market ; the demand bring steady and prices firm. 117:DDER;FIELD MARKET, FEJ3, 9. A cloud from across the Atlantic has for a time overcast this market, so that business to-day assumed a less encouraging aspect than of late. The severe weather also keeps back new goods, so that we must wait awhile before an opinion can ba formed as to the actual state of business in this district. There is no change in prices. SEWERS OF WESTMINSTER AND PART OF MIDDLESEX. A Special Meeting of the Court of Sewers for the City and Liberty of Westminster, and part of the County of Middlesex, will be held at the Sewers' Of fice in Greek -street, Soho-square to-morrow, to transact the following business : L To try Traverses of such p art of the Presentment of the Jury on the Ranclagh District, delivered into Court on the 'l7th November, 1140, as relate to St. Luke's Church, Robert -street, Chelsea—the Chopcl (late Old Church), Churc h-lane, Chelsea—the Work. e f an d house in Gloucester -road, Kensington—and the Burial ground and Work house, Arthur -street, King's-road. of, makea s p p ee c ia c l re D es ay fo b r e i a l p a p te o s inotned th t e or ,ict tlatnlagh e Mr. Adey to move, after the Traverses are dispose following ma tt er s, viz.: — T Tat o h C ou nters Creek District , on Houses on Land at 2to d. in the Pound ; and Houses, 8:c. '* at 6d., an d Books for the New Rates, sign the R a t e . pursuant to the said De crees, and the Abstract of the Rate Books made 13th November, 1839 : or of the R a t es proceedings as the Court may then to take such o ther consider necessary. r a.INOTTER'S BENEFIT.—Mr. hotter, late box-keeper at Covent. garden Theatre, will take a benofi this evening at the Surrey Theatre ; and all who know the civil an d obliging manner in which he performed his duties in that situation for 17 years will, we have no doubt, willingly come forward to assist him on the present occa sion. The pieces to be performed are well selected. Some of the actors are great favourites with the public, and those, therefore, who wish to coder a benefit on a meritorious public servant, will find ample entertainment for the money. ST. ALBANS ELECTION. —The numbers, as declared on Tuesclaylby t h e Mayor, according to the bets in the polling booths, were— For the Earl of Listowe l For Mr. 13. B. Cabell 205 Majority for Lord Listowel --47 Mr. Cabbell, on taking leave of the electors, assured them that he would dispute the return in another place. S IR .ASTLEY COOPER, BART.—Up to a late hour last evening the above eminent surgeon was still liv ing, i thoughno hopes of his ev en t ua l recovery are enter.. a Doctors Chambers and B r i g h t are i n atten d ance on m d ', and not Dr. Holland, as formerly st a t e d. tam Gael. ,rave, 7 z U