The Sun. — London, England, 1842-02-02 00:00:00

ASIA. s r esidenc e, , s ; hen the Laa., ady of She ney, wh ° ed his ,Jai rs , Sir b o ver nor of t the from ,vith . • "sone" e ,srf 10111 MO: L„; ,ady AII I I °P ' ie s" 0 his ,3f a vere not it the oit , t h ' P s ; ,he alder;4 01 o f the I) ,De late Ye 91.5 t he ifected 01 1 e 3, form Was I e inmates re informin ,YVerY n° do r was ;he Was /.0? he ladies 1)17,, `[. considenloo ?nerally, f sli inc , o l ri v wayer, , s CODsort, AlO RNING- SUN COU itT CIRCULAR. P TUESDAY.—This morning her Majesty and I.I .PC* Albert w a lk e d i n t h e Li tt l e P ar k a nd Sl opes . t Ylle P r i nce of Wales and the Princess Royal were L'ssi out for some time about mid-day. .Lalkbv i" e .s ll,iie r h . e.s . s of Kent promenaded, attended by het - m r , a lung. r ee Albe r t, accompan i e d b y Prince Ferdinand of and Coburg and the Princes Augustus and Leopold, sisah e attended by C o l . B ouver i e and one o f the su i te o f .I'4R •neeS, enjoyed the sport of rabbit-shooting near G - ate. t; ; ;: After lunch the Queen and I'rince Albert rode in the s.e reat P ar k in a pony phaeton, the Prince driving, at • asls l a td ed by Dowager Ladttleton, the Hon. Miss s s Aet, and thellon. Miss *Lid y- Ly dell.. sss ,al-1 Morton has succeeded the Marquis of °monde 41, 4 Lord in Waiting. Capt. Duncombe has succeeded Rood as Groom in Waiting ; Hon. Col. Grey has 4.l,l7eeded Lord Charles Wellesley as Equerry in Wait ; a n d Col. Weld has succeeded Col. Bouverie as clu e , s Is alums upon Prince Albert. • fuller Majesty will l eave th e Castle to-morrow morning ttevn, it is expected, at an early hour. It s is s u :Yal Highness the Duke of Sussex gave a eseun e th Yesterday, at Kensington Palace, to his Majesty • l of - Prussia. The Members of the oya b e i n 'lY a and a select party of the Nobility and Gentry, invited to meet his Majesty. th'..icaae was laid out in the Dining-room, the t h covered with a v e ry splendid service of silver plat e , e centr e of the plat eau b e ing the magnificent candela ;t, vi (0f the largest size) ; presented to the Royal Duke taass:e ye.ar 1838 , by his brethren, the English Free "s• In commemoration of the circumstance of his of the , Il igbness having filled the office of Grand Master zraternity for 25 years. esaThis cand e l a b rum was p l ace d oppos i te to t h e seat "lett for the King of Prussia, and is in the form of anted circular temple of great beauty, supported by e I'd Corinthian columns ; above the capitals of the wl t i l t rn s n r s is an entablature, having the frieze decorated ii o s ie tt; , las tic emblems. A cupola rests 'upon the Mountedcor by a small statue. Within the temple ot ,on which is placed the emblems of the frater tia?t,e resting on a' cushion, The plinth of the temple is Noel P l ain and burnished, but reclining against it at th e] , "' st ances are four female fires, each holding in t i 11) d ifrerent Masonic emblems; beneath the plinth fe ria e t emple is the base of the candelabrum, square in „awl, three of the sides having basso relievos . in the f rom t e ) ,' Sad the-fourth containing the inscription ; and t ichl i ;"ttagles spring the branches for wax lights, most xul" euased 'e i t uer side of this centre-piece were two subjects ts s th e uredit in s il ver , one t h e com b a t o f St. George with liniph, ra :g° l l, and the other an equestrian figure of a in complete armour, with another figure in hunt -s,itiesinstunse, accompanied by dogs. Two other subjects ''`luiti r ; li s e4 in silver adorned the rplateau ; one, Arabs ° ther'" eir horses by tne side of an obelisk, and the 411 of a „gr°uP of Eastern warriors reposing under a tree. e are finely designed and executed. e o se s a- l e 'bra, vases, wine -coolers, and other ornaments, ta stefu ti _,tbe table, all of them very richly chased from ae lens elld k t f bea4 r, entirely of gold plate, was placed at one tielas the room, covered with shields, salvers, vases, can sad ra, tankards, and cups, all of them elegantly chased, eon 'if exquisite workmanship, the larger articles of the of Vis it h_s_ g tin embellished with basso relievos. Several ar4. '; e an articles are - engraved with his Royal Highness's l iquif y a nd %a.amlloien g amlloiengthe number, are some of great an- Q whi ch ~ ning the Di n i ng - room ' i s th e C onserva t or y, in • Perf or " band of th e R oya l A r till er y was s t a ti one d to ,‘ for the gratification of the Illustrious party. ths es - „ • u liting-room is - approached through a suite of them - 00 ms ; the Boudoir, and two Dining-rooms, all of liars•fitted up with amber furniture, the draperies pecu of t?-1- tasteful and elegant in appearance. In the largest g lies , e ,.se apartments another table was prepared for the • silver"'" tile plateau of which was also ornamented with Th Plate. le he Boudoir 'contained a choice and interesting col -I.4t"ucalpf statuettes in ' the precious . metals, and articles of the ' In cluding an equestrian figure of Field Marshal c .e ° Duke of Wellington ; an equestrian figure of St. w ° rge, and a Knight in complete armo ur ; also two e b(4l ) but very beautiful gold fonts, and some t an k ar d s , `st and covers s exquisitely carved in ivory, fi n i s h e d -sue walls were lined with magnificent mirrors. inlaid bThe Corridor,leading to the St a t e - rooms , was fur ed , wtth antique cabinets, and gr ea t nnm b ers o f l arge n vases, elai thickly planted a nd garn i s h e d w i t h t h e t i cestgreenhouse plants. The cabinet s were some o f , o v i til with tortoiseshell, with architectural fronts, hie gilt ornaments and mouldings, and others of ebony, polished. TIIQ upper divisions in several, were til l fib choice specimens of rare articles of porcelain as'a l Z i en - ts, in every variety. The recesses in the Itiews were fillna with busts, including those of the • .1111 Blucher, the Emperor Queen of Prussia,als of York, and Al Eder, William the Fourth,. the Duke slate Bishop Norwich. Stk lli t ,V l4 yarHig f h i nees's Pages were on duty in their i n LyLiforms and the footmen lined the Entrance Hall 'TAU! Liveries, theltttY of the Foot Guard were on duty in front the I leYart ce ' and received his Prussian Majesty and The ( Lt o c o with the usual honours. 74 cti 0 ,:p a ny began to arrive at half-past one o'clock. • 411 d th t p ( ?Yal Ilikhoesses the Duchess of Gloucester an d Wet L ine ,ess Sophia were among the first arrivals, ti e ;TlVed by Lord Marcus Hill and Mr. Walker. 1.1%.ed (1 a ' il ighilt:ss Prince George of Cambridge ar . Of \\,:fi9n after two olelsick, closely followed by the ) Duke Sian 0 i l it s g to rl• His Grace wore the Ensigns of a rus le Garter' 4 '4 also those of the Most Noble Order of • Thctr Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duche s s of est,nd4ge and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge were Itb re thf, by lady Augusta Somerset. The Royal u at I hr, fi s .'"' l lsigns of the Black Eagle of Prussia. ti t ended °l' Prussia arrived at half-past two o'clock, 4 Y ".' the Chevalier Bunsen, Minister Plenipoten- It con •,s h* C urt • the Earl of asaw• sPeciat missions tls , Na t 'lexe, Lord in Waiting • and the Baron de Bum f ,a of ; atn,d followed by the other Noblemen and Gentle- y Captain Mey . nel Groom in 31-olits Majesty, b who wore the insignia of the b tati n le Order of the Garter, was received, on h s ( Ta-1 fe' r ,° ll l his carriage, by the Gentlemen ofhis es„,s.'y Household, and in the Entrance-hall al;' 4ll eted i " l . l highness the Duke of Cambridge, who r\ '''e th e c I s Majesty to the upper suite of state rooms, tj o `iti the a °l qany had assembled. nal s o : rival o f t h e Ki n g, the children of the . Na-_ th: 4 aj tst „ ° ° : li, to the number of 300, who had received th e gard e ; the avenue, passed with their flags into ( 44 In front of the- Palace, and sang "God save Itt k , th e w7 e il d ':!_tis Majesty and the Royal party appearing Re, - ' 0 4 aft 'Ts during, the performances, Di til e r three o'clock the Illustrious visitors . de -I)l)'llitlZrtelte Grand Staircase, and went to lunch . the th li s cll 4 B s ° p lll a the Icing of Prussia conducting the butti . I.uverness, the Duke of Sussex conducting ess of r , s Cambridge, Count St.. Aulaire, the le•tabeira'ssador conducting the Princess Augusta ri s i n l t - , 11 1)sr ,g 1 f rom table his Majesty was preceded by totPes, ar n ' a iing " The Campbells are coming," on his passed through the lower suite of rooms sijkla s 't Staircase, followed by the distinguished kton 3 e • The Kin.. th _ , t-39 attended by his suite, left Ken- th e -pe g th : at twenty minutes past five o'clock: f eri a rus s i, c ripany were, the French Ambassador, t a A a %II Minister and Medame Bunsen, the Llano- Sr 4 fr aire s nister, Baron Schleinitz the Prussian Charge s tit s , e Duchess of Bedford, ' Duke and Duchess of or "Juke and Duchess of Sutherland, Mar- C o ,"'ar seq 4ttsdowne and Normanby, Earl and Countess t4C il tess 4 3n . Earl and Countess of Westmerelaq, liartstos, of C h arleville, Viscount and Viscountess Pa h l- Ia ° lt de scOunt Templetown, Count de Schlippenbac , q e tlt, M ons autts, Chevalier Hebeler, le Baron de hum taalltleral I N :sieur le Conseillor Muller, le Baron Meyerinck, Na no, t atzu lar, Count de Stolberg, General de Neu- At a 4 11, 1.,(4'd Bloomfield, Lord M. Hill, Lord John I 'oe ti n 4, ° r,_(• l William Russell, Hon. Captain Gore, Sir GrantShee, Si, John Doratt, Sir John Lub- Si 111 and Lady Montefiore, Sir W. K. .a; tt Ile tj Archibald Mac,lonald, Sir Isaac Goldsmid, atorD„ier, C y Halford, Sir James Kempt, Sir Charles 1 / .`" et, 4 1 1 tain Beaufort, R.N. Colonel Sabine, :11, Urinun Mademoiselle d'Este, Mr. Bailhe, Ha he Is"abbage, Mr. D. Salomons, Mr. J. 4 4 ae 1.141.4_11r. Annesley, and Mrs. de Rothschild. _ -Ij a r a t ilt on, 1; of Cambridge conducting the Duchess of in Ness of rinse George of Cambridge conducting the sA s -c th e ,St utherland, the Duke of Hamilton conduct- , ‘;';" hess of Bedford, were followed by the ,afne .aunisters and the Nobility of the highest rank. tie s her ona " to,,,s u ests foll owe d, an d went to - lunch at the sh e le• gore th ,dej e ,, ne his Royal Ilighness . the Duke of Sussex e healthof Aui es , the King of Prussia. `-tue ei ;" LY the Rine. of Prussia gave the health of nl_ghtiess •, After each . toast the piper of his Royal b!trehi n „. k_S‘s Earl of Inverness) played Scotch airs, ;;`, ) ,•}al t a ' rt. „'nud . the room, wearing a very magnificent th 'ionti egs ',', l __ I,n silk, most richly ornamented with gold the 1 7 1 . _', 1 embroidery, with the arms and crest of tile Ir Attteete embroidered on the front and belt. th e l lone er ss 7gor, Secretary to the Board' of Trade, had „I:lo_lll.tei:::iyor,Deln graciously received . by his Majesty c belfoririess_ut yesterday morning at Buckingham Sh e ten o'clock yesterday morning the King i tith t,usyslsait. attended by his Suite, -honoured . Mr. Solly T ee 'r, eskd Bedford-row. -Afterwards his Majesty 1 ' 0 the British Museum, where the King was . 4 red ve 15 3' the Bishop of London, Sir Henry Ellis, Sir te a e 4 Ilialden d the ,Earl of Westmoreland, who sar sta his Majestyover the establishment. The King 4es Oecupled(i)!sea.rly_ three hours in inspecting the various ae t i t l n u_t i s l t the Museum. His Majesty then returned in e , as M Palace, and afterwards paid a visit to the Th e •9 4 -na at Kensington. kr 'Clog of lc)• ls„ xter, at tuerrisia commanded the attendance of .ngh . ani Palace, yesterday, ands e ns si - stY, the Ring o f Printi in oil colours, being laid before his R . 41 k 1 app robrtt . g syas aciously pleased to express his At ion of them, , snCl tingha mast seven 9'cl,cck his Majesty and Suite left Their R 0 - in full dress, to dine with the Duke ellin gtoe, ar tended Fige' and ATlsley House. ghnesses the Duke and Duchess of 13, Lady Augustancess . of Cambridge, at thep.Mse of Welligu a Somerset, dined with his Grace lastth evening. e e to ai b is t : t ve 111 . T i di e V li ,„F ed t twenty . : one poor families of KeT• of s th o eur 4f the ehristeninig. obflatnhleceit)sArntelgs, and , flannel. Onein ,r4"-71reureefiapulleilliiieSsilr'eacSeUhp.eWdarmd:osaoif 100 yea e r o s f or* age. ale— Four Lit,.e..expense was defrayed b a Rss'ileuts. headed by his and -bread in addition. subscription of the inha 'au x, and which amoqti ts .a al highness the Dula of tea to 164/. Two petitions were presented yesterday to her Ma jesty, through the Home-office, from the Borough of Finsbury, and the Borough of the Tow t r Hamlets, for the abolition of the burdensome and inconvenient tolls of Waterloo. Southwark, and Vauxhall Bridges, for the benefit of the public, by reasonable compromises with the proprietors. BRIGHTON, FEB. I.—Preparations are making at the Pavilion with great activity, in expectation of a visit from her Diajesty, Prince Albert, and the Court, about the 10th of this month. The following families will wait the arrival of her Majesty : The Marquis and Marchioness of Donegal, the Earl and Countess of Belfast, the Marquis of Bristol, Marquis and Mar chioness of Ailesbury, Earl and Countess of Albemarle, Lord George Seymour, Lord and Lady Boyle, Lo7.d. and Lady Rivers, Countess Listowel, Countess RosS, Lady Elizabeth Parsons, Lady Georgiana Toler,. Lady Anne Becket, Lady G. Fane, Honourable A. .Macdonald, Sir Robert and Lady Wygram, Mr. Moiler, Honour able Rice Trevor, Hobourable Hanbury Tracey, Col. and Al rs. Athworth, Mr. and Mrs. Craven, Lady Hotham, Col. Webster, Mr. and Mrs. Roux, Hon. Ge neral Upton, Lord and Lady Petro, Mr. and Lady Jane Peel, Countess of Detart, Lady Grace Gore, Mr. and Lady Jane Knox, Col. and Lady Susan North, Hon. Mrs. Greville, Dowager Lady Brownlow, . Lord and Lady Teignmouth, lion. Lady Noel Bill, Viscount Neville, &c. PROSPECTS OF REFORMERS. TO THE ED1T01? OF THE SUN. Six,—As the time has arrived when your co lumns must be cleared for the efforts of our sena tors to increase rents and make a little nation of a great one, our correspondence cannot be better wound up than with a few guesses at coming prospects, for the benefit of those who may agree. We shall probably both of us confess to a non-comprehension of toe policy of those, who considering toe present House of Commons un likely to yield the abolition of the Corn-laws, are determined to try whether it will yield the Charter. But these matters are not for us or anybody to direct ; they are of the things which Epietetus called " not within a man's compass," and therefore to be taken eas'ly though they amounted to roasting in a slow fire. It may however be permitted, to speculate on conse quences. It is under Stood the Abolition of the Corn laws is to be rejected with mirth. Of course the mirth will be more " fast and furious" when our tactitians ask fin- the Charter by way of a diversion. But the substantial results will be to come. Will not these be, First, To bring over the thinning part of the Unrepresented to the belief, that because they have no poli tical power and want to get it, is the very reason why they must work by getting some body who has' political power, to act in a direction which shall be in the interest of both ; and, secondly, to force a great number of those whose zeal fim the extension of political power was previously not much, into operating in that direction in consequence of being cut o from the direction they would have preferred? . . It does not follow that this is the best turn that could have been given to the thing, if anybody could have turned it as he liked. But is there not promise about the turn, seeing it would come of itself? Yours very sincerely, T. PERRONET THOMPSON. Blackheath, Feb. 1, 1842. TWEED BANK.-SURRENDER OF THE BANKRUPTS. (Abridged from the Berwick Warder.) On Riesday last, the 25th instant, the second meeting of the Commissioners and Assignees under the fiat of bankruptcy issued against the partners in the Tweed Bank was held at Berwick, in the assembly-room of the King's Arms Inn. The attendance of creditors was very numerous, the room being nearly filled shortly after the business commenced, most of them having come a con siderable distance, notwithstanding the severity of the weather, and that the storm raged, and the whole of the roads for some distance around Berwick lay under snow to a considerable depth. The proving of its debts occupied the meeting from its commencement till one o'clock, at which hour the partners in the bankrupt concern (Messrs. Wilson, Langhorne, and Batson) en tered the room, and having with some difficulty made their way through the crowd took their seats beside the Commissioners. Mr. Weddell, the solicitor to the Com mission, having stated that the books and accounts of the bankrupt estate had only been put into the hands of the assignees that day, rendering it impossible that they could be laid before the creditors in a sufficiently satis factory state to enable them to put questions to the bankrupts, it was agreed by all present that the final ex amination of the bankrupts should be postponed for six weeks, in order to give the assignees time to make them selves acquainted with the books of the estate, and to enable them, after the expiration of that period, to place them before.the creditors with such information as would be requisite to enable the latter to put such pertinent questions as might ibe necessary. The bankrupts were then sworn, and surrendered in legal form, after which they signed the several balance sheets of their joint and separate estates. Whilst these proceedings were going forward the impatience of the creditors to get forward to prove their debts became so great that they could not be restrained from invading the space set apart for the transaction of business by the Commissioners. After some time spent in vainly endeavouring to prevail upon the crowd to retire backwards, it was agreed to adjourn the meeting till four o'clock. On the creditors re-as sembling at that hour it was found that a strong wooden paling had been erected across the room, as a precaution , rendered absolutely necessary for enabling the Commis sioners to proceed with the business. Several constables were also placed in the room to preserve order. The proving of the debts continued during the remainder of that day and the two succeeding ones. • Afterwards a case was brought before the Commis sioners to ascertain if they would allow the Tweed Bank-notes taken between the time of shutting up the bank and the issuing of the fiat to be set off by the holders against debts due by them to the bank. The Com missioners, after deliberation, decided that the set-off could not be allowed, as in consequence of no value being given for the notes it could not be said•there were such " mutual debts and credits" between the bankrupts and the claimants as were requited by the 6th George IV., c. 16, sec. 50. " It is understood that the total amount of debts proved at this and the previous meeting is within 200,000/.; but it cannot be stated with certainty, as the proving of debts is not fully concluded. DEATH OF MR. DAVIDGE OF THE SURREY THEATRE. This well-known actor, and enterprising lessee, expired on Monday night, after many years of bad health, and, occasionally, of great suffering. George Baldwell Davidge was one of that class of men whose death the middle and lower classes of the community cannot but regret. Twenty years, without interruption, he toiled to administer to their gratification, as manager of the Coburg, and Surrey, and Liverpool theatres, by setting before them the wonders of theatrieal art, and we rejoice to say that, notwithstanding many disappointments and losses, he laboured suc cessfully in obtaining at lasta considerable tbrtune. Forty-eight years ago, namely, in the year 1794, Mr. Davidge was born in the town of Bristol. Tired of an apprenticeship to printing, and being smitten with the stage, he made his first essay in the histronic art at Bath in a private line. Shortly after he came to London, and while he worked as a compositor by day, played at night in a small theatre which was then situated in the Strand, between Burleigh and Southampton-streets. After performing at the Adelphi, then known as the Sans Pareil, and the Haymarket, he, in 1818, engaged at the Co burg, and after being many years an actor there, became impart a proprietor, his coadju tors being MesSrs. Bengough and Le Clem, till the death of the former and the retirement of the latter left him sole lessee. Mr. Davidge, on becoming lessee of the Coburg, in; March, 1826, immediately gave notice to the public.of his intention to enlarge, re-decorate, and beautify the interior and exterior of the theatre. The pit was widened, the proscenium embellished 'with new allegorical figures, the frontal decorations of the dress-circles made to abound with fanciful and tasty devices, and the roof of the theatre had a new range of lustres, a fresh sky-painted centre, while rich gold borderings and mouldings added novel brilliancy to the whole. It opened with fresh vigour; its corps dramatique was good, and Mr. Davidge been gradually to reap the rewards of his enterprise and labour. During his five years' management of the Coburg, it is surprising that, with Mr. Davidge's known enterprise in getting up wonders to feast the public eye, he should never have renewed, while at this theatre, the splendid novelty of the " Looking-glass curtain," as it was termed, which was displayed on the Coburg stage in - 1622. Thi s looking-glass was thirty-six feet in height, and thirty-two in breadth, and consisted of 63 divisions of looking-glass, set in a massive richly- g il t carve d f rame , and which after each exhibition, was drawn up to the roof of the building. We cannot, having mentioned it, resist the temptation of giving the further history of this splendid tov. After its attrac tion had in some measure subsided, an incumbrancer on the Theatre (fur truth to say it hajesube dib glasscen t e cri n oe generally nraontuodsrit etsostt hrsaeeitiint.noi settings s ffi o f s c i a ti v ai l : 1 1; 1 ri e rl b s gh u ) : b t a :t t P e l l i .l P e e i, li N t e v i d t ei provedgf for an a rt o do n inf . Chancellor dismissed the‘ dgereeaotreartipnagr,t t a if nd the ot g i l le a r ss wi h s ri e s s o in rn ce am b e e application, and the i e i n tin li g sed th in e Saloon. Mr. Davidge, durin g hi s management of the Coburg, introduced the " shilling order sys tem," first adopted by Mr. Thomas Dibdin, and realised by it 6,0001. This sum , h owever, h e subsequently lost, and had no resource b u t an annuity of 2001. per annum, which, in his fortu nate days, he bad settled On Mrs. Davidge. In 1831 he toiled as manager at Liverpool, and wai arrested at the suit of Randle Jackson, and passed through the Bankruptcy Court. After this he was engaged by M r. Osbaldiston, and sub sequently by Duerow, at whose theatre he took a benefit. - Shortly after this he entered upon a lease of . the Surrey Theatre, which eventually proved to him a most profitable speculation. Spacious as. is the theatre for a second-rate, with a•pit mea suring 36 feet 6 inches, and capable of holding about 900 *persons--a gallery able to contain above I,ooo—with the tiers of the - full-circle, side, and private boxes, Mr. Davidge, dur ing his able management, night after night; by the extraordinary nature of the entertain ments lie set befiwe the public, and the excellent acting in minor dramas which he himself and his coadjutors displayed, generally filled every nook and corner,l and drew down great and deserved applause upon his exertions. By one piece alone, namely, My -Poll and my Partner Joe, Mr. Da vidge cleared 4,0001. in one season. The rent at which Mr. Davidge held the Surrey Theatre was, we believe, about 1,2001. per annum. • The taxes upon the theatre alone are 3001., and the cost of annual insurance 2001. yearly. The receipts of the house, under former managers, amounted on successful nights - to about 300/., but during the proprietorship of Mr. Davidge they have frequently been much greater. Mr. Davidge's own characters were chiefly in the line of imbecile and antiquated old men, and his performance of the Veteran, or 102, was a master-Piece : by his first wife he had a daughter, who is now dead; by his present wife, Miss Parker, he has left no children. He took a glass of sherry and a jelly half an hour before his death, and died in the presence of 116 wife and Mr. Lawrence, his Treasurer. Mr. Davidge was highly respected by all who knew him, and hiS death is very generally regretted. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. The Gazelle of last evening contains a list of 83 addresses of congratulation to the Queen, on the occasion of the birth of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, presented to her Ma jesty by the Right Hon. Sir James Graham, Bart., Secretary of State for the Home Department. WHITEHALL, JAN. 27, 1842. The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Joseph Wise, of Astiborne, Derbyshire, Gent., and Edward Cheney, of Bir mingham, Warwickshire, Gent., to be Masters Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Somerset. 2d Somerset Regiment of Militia-T. J. Thackeray, Esq., to be Captain, Jan. 22. . DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. JOHN SAMUEL LENNARD, victualler, Norfolk Arms, Half Moon-crescent, White Conduit-fields. JAMES HUNNYBUN, ironmonger. Cambridge. BANKRUPTS. HENRY ADOLPHUS BUBER, maltster, Lindfield, Sussex, to surrender Feb. 18, at one, and March 15, at twelve, at the Town-hall, Brighton. Verral and Lewis, Lewis; Mil lard and Adams, Cordwainers'-hall, London. JOHN SPANTON, cheesemonger, Bermondsey-street, Surrey, Feb. 8, at half-past one, and March 15, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Alderman bury ; Cattlin, Ely-place. JOHN DEANE WELLS, commission-agent, George street, Mansion-house, Feb. 17, at half-past twelve, and March 15, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane ; Heald, Austin-friars. SAMUEL OWEN, innkeeper, Conway, Carnarvonshire, Feb. 15 and March 15, at twelve, at the C2astle Inn, Carrier von. Abbott, Jenkins, and Abbott, New I':n, Wych-street, Strand, London. JAMES JOLLEY, builder, Saint Alban's-place, Hay market, Feb. 8, and March 15, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Gibson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Allen and Nicols, Cheapside, London. JOHN WATES, victualler, Old Kent-road, Surrey, Feb. 8, at half-past twelve, and March 15, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury; Lucas and Parkinson, Argyle-street, Middlesex. EDWARD STRATTON, corn-dealer, Longcot, Berks, Feb. 18, at twelve, at the Red Lion Inn, and March 15, at eleven, at the Bear Inn, Wantage. Barnes, Chipping Lam borne, Berks. CARLES NICHOLS, flannel-merchant, Shrewsbury, Feb. 12, and March 15, at eleven, at the Guildhall, Shrews • bury. Pownall and Cross, Staple Inn, London; Cooper, Shrewsbury. RICHARD HAZELL, corn-dealer, Ramsbury, Wiltshire, Feb. 11, at eleven, at the Red Lion Inn, Lambourn, and March 15, at one, at the Bear Inn, Wantage. Edwards, Ald bourn, Wiltshire; Norton and Son, New-street, Bishopsgate, London. JOHN HOLT, grocer, Livesey, Lancashire, Feb. 17, and March 15, at eleven, at the Town Hall, Preston. Milne, Parry, Milne, and Morris. Temple, London; Neville, Ains worth, and Beardsworth, Blackburn. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. J. Hawkes, silk mercer, Pall•mall, Feb. 24, at eleven-J. Hammon, plumber, Great . Portland-street, Oxford-street, Feb. 24, at half-past eleven-J. C. Gummer, wine merchant, Hart-street, Mark-lane, Feb. 24, at twelve-G. H. Garnett, chemist, Queen Ann-street, Marylebone, Feb. 24, at one-T. and J. L. Keasley, tanners, Long-lane, Bermondsey, Feb. 24, at half-past one-C. Dannit, jun., hop merchant, Talbot Inn. yard, Southwark, Feb. 24, at two-C. Hall, upholsterer, Pic cadilly, Feb. 22, at one-G. W. Bromfield, brush manufac turer, Blackfriars-road, Feb. 24, at twelve-G. Dorrington, printer, Percival-street, Feb. 24, at eleven-J. Saunders, J. Fanner, and T. H. Saunders, woollen manufacturers, Basing hall-street, Feb. 26, at one-G. Walton, timber merchant, Kingsland-road, Feb. 26, at twelve-J. Green, merchant, Great Winchester-street, Feb. 26, of eleven. In the Country. T. Lamplugh, grocer, Great Driffield, Yorkshire, April 16,.. at twelve, at the George Inn, Kingston-upon-Hull-A. Dyson, plater on steel. Sheffield, Feb. 24, at one, at the Town hall, Sheffield-E. Clarke, builder, Leamington Priors, War wickshire, March 3, at one, at the Lansdowne Hotel, Lea mington Priors-G. Johnson, fruiterer, Leeds, Feb. 23, at eleven, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds-R. Coati, grocer, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, Feb. 24, at eleven, at the George Hotel, Huddersfield-W. Butler and R. Parkes, wine mer chants, Birmingham, Feb. 23, at half-past eleven, at the Wa terloo-rooms, Birmingham-J. Baldwin, wire drawer, Edg baston, Warwickshire, Feb. 23, at two, at the Waterloo-rooms, Birmingham-J. and B. Whalley, wool merchants, Leeds, Feb. 22, at twelve, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds-J. North, fancy-cloth manufacturer, Mold-green, Yorkshire, Feb. 25, at three, at the George Inn, Huddersfield-H. Shaw, scrivener, Ulverston, Lancashire, March 1, at one, at the King's Arms Inn, Lancaster. CERTIFICATES-FEE. 22. W. M. Potts, grocer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne-T. Bourne, cotton broker, Liverpool-J. and W. Wootton, metal dealers, Birmingham-T. Bate, timber dealer, Compton, Staffordshire -J. Brown, victualler, Birmingham -J. E. Saunders, jun., fisk factor, Upper Thames -street-P. Saunders, merchant, Kingston-upon-Hull-H. D. Rushbury, money scrivener, Fitzroy-place, Southwark-bridge -road-J. W. Horend, builder, Paradise-street, Lambeth-W. Fretwell, colonial merchant, Leeds-A. G. W. Biddulph, J. Wright, H. Robinson, and E. W. Jerningham, bankers, Henrietta -street, Covent-garden -C. Taylor and T. Hawkey, ship builders, Monk Wearmouth Shore, Durham. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Keats and G. Hayward, brewers, Cumberland-place, King's•road, Chelsea--W. C. and R. Robins, silk mercers, Coventry-J. Watt, R. Oliphant, and J. Fraser, general mer chants, Liverpool (so far as regards R. Oliphant)-G. Lee and J. W. Armitage, commission agents, Manchester-J. Collings and J. J. Johnson, hearth-rug makers, Horton-F. Hudson and E. Guest, surgeon s , Onslow-place,Brompton-J. T. •Ha zard and W. F. Hodgson, wine merchants, Cannon-street, City-S. Fitch and J. A. Seaman, schoolmistresses, Glouces ter-place, Portman-square -R. Crosby and S. Gregg, slaters, Chester -G. Robinson and J. Thompson, Kendal butter dealers, Manchester -J. Dumbrell and W. Embling, plumbers, Brighton-F. Mullings and W. Painter, pearl button manu facturers, Birmingham -J. El ey and E. Hewitt, factors, Tooley-street-J. and J. S. Pidcock, surgeons, Watford, Hertfordshire-- H. Carter and I. W. Thorpe, glovers, Ludgate hill-J. Earle and G. Wandless, marble masons, Kingston upon-Hull--J. B. Heath, J. Furse. and J. W. Force, mer chants, Old Jewry (so far as regards J. W. Furse)-W. Lud low and G. Watts, auctioneers, Cambridge-C. and E. Hors naill, paper manufacturers, Hollingbourne, Kent-M. and T. Bath, blacksmiths, Bromley, Kent-J. and E. B roc k, t a il ors , Sackville-str ee t, St . James a -W. 0. Johnson and J. Dolmin Js. and Jh. Peart, corn dealers, Porklington, Yorkshire-G. Beecroft, A. Butler, T. Butler, G. S. Beecroft, J. 0. Butler, and A. E. Butler, ironmasters, Leeds (so far as regards A. Butler.) SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. JAMES MORRIS, builder, Toward, Argyleshire, Feb. 4 id 25, at one, at Leitch's Inn, Dunoon. _ — ADAM IRVINE, brewer,' Whisky-houses, near Hawick, Feb. 2 and March 2, it twelve, at the Commercial Inn, Hawick. ROBERT ROSS, tailor, Dalkeith, Feb. 4 and 25, at two, at Hill's, Cross Keys Inn, Dalkeith. ROBERT SCOBIE BAIN, grocer, Stirling, Feb. 3 and 24, at twelve, at the office of Messrs. Chryttal, Stirling. JAMES WISHART, wine merchant, Glasgow, Feb. 4 and 25, at two, at the Black Bull Inn, Glasgow. ARCHIBALD BLACK, merchant, Glasgow, Feb. 4 and 25, at twelve, at the Chambers of W. Steel, jun., Glasgow. JAMES LEGGATE, wood merchant, Wishatown, Feb. 7 and 28, at twelve, at the Commercial Inn, Hamilton. CHARLES JOHNSTON, merchant, Dundee, Feb. 7 and 28, at two, at the British Hotel, Dundee. It is rumoured in legal and political circles that Mr. Pemberton, the distinguished Chancery barrister, is about to accept the office of President of the Judi cial Committee in the Privy Council. Mr. Pemberton will, of course, be advanced to the Peerage ; and if the circumstance of having at its head the soundest lawyer of his day tend to enhance the usefulness of the Privy Council as a Court of Appeal, then will the wishes of those who have long desired ti witness such a consum mation be gratified. Next to seeing Mr. Pemberton on the Woolsack, we shall rejoice at finding him preside in the Privy Council.—John Bull THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM AND THE CORN-LAWS. STATE OF TRADE IN PAISLEY.—We cannot this week state much difference in our trade prospects. The gleams of hope alluded to in our last have not been overcast certainly, but neither have they much brightened. We are still visited by a few purchasers, but their wants seem to be rather limited ; besides, the prices offered are very low, and as holders are becoming less disposed to make sacrifices, sales have not been to a great extent. Several houses, however, have this week bee n i ncreas i ng the number of their weavers, and various other little pre. liminary symptoms, recognisable by persons in trade, in dicate coming improvement. We are unable, however, as yet to announce any decrease in the number on the re lief fund. tOi;tlh4eic the contrary, loy nti;al l still on the ry,tiheonz , umblter:tiss increase, the gt tifying to see thai the exertions of our kind friends at a distance to ameliorate our sufferings continue unabated. Not only the populous seats of wealth, but the most thinly PP9PIe4 and poorest parishes in the land are giving their kindly assistance.---Phisl4 Ad , erEise,. FORTY " PLACIF C P•oW 8 ?"--.40n Tuesday se , n night, the frost was so severe in the neighbourhood of Horncastle, that on the farm of M r . Betts, of Benni worth, forty crows were taken up alive by the hand, their wings being so frozen as to prevent their flying.—Lincan Mercury Several of the Cabinet Ministers visited Sir James Graham yesterday worniaag at the Home-oflice, CHRONICLE.—It was impossible to mistake the portentous look of Sir James Graham yesterday when he entered the Court of - Chancery, and by his hurried and mysterious communication so disturbed the equani mity of. the Noble Lord who was presiding. Then the anxious conversation between the Attorney and Solicitor- General—there was no longer a doubt. • The Duke of Buckingham had resigned..- The fact .is even so. The Duke of Buckingham has resigned. This is the firstprac tical application of the slidingscale—one of its most im portant members has slid out of "The United" Cabinet." Although the Noble Duke's resignation was •-generally known in town last evening, and talked of in the. clubs, : yet a day or two must elapse - before it is possible to estimate accurately its effect. As Sir Robert colleagues have begun to slide away, there is no Saying how far they may carry it, or how many may-slide otl; one by one, in imitation of the Duke, until the Premier is left like a solitary pivot by himself. One word to the farmers. Do not just yet give your "friend" too much credit for disinterestedness, - The Ministerial journals announced yesterday that "the Duke of Buckingham was to have the vacant blue riband." If Sir Robert Peel is going to make such a change in the Corn-laws as compels the Duke of Buckingham - to resign, and iinpon the very same day his Grace accepts . the blue riband, it will be very difficult, we suspect, to convince the farmers that their seff-styled friend has not " sold" them. Where is Knatchbull ? Will Lord March still move the address ? POST. —The most valuable and important classes of the British people will participate in the regret, with which we perform the pai n f u l d uty o f announcing that the Duke of 13uckingham has virtually ceased to be a Member of her Majesty's Government. It was only yesterday that this termination took place of a discus sion which, we believe, had endured for eight or ten days, between the Noble Duke and the First Lord of the Treasury, in whose proposed measure upon the subject of the Corn-law every member of the Cabinet is under stood to concur, with the single exception of his Grace. This occurrence will be hailed by the opponents of the present Administration, both in public life and in the humbler sphere of general society, as eminently propi tious to their views ; and, perhaps, the greatest evil con nected with it is its tendency to infuse courage, energy, and unity of action and purpose, into a political faction, few of the members of which propose to them Selves any higher object than the recovery of place. - It is our happiness to - be enabled to dispel some of the illusions to which this event, unaccompanied by any explanations, might have given rise. The Duke of Buckingham secedes from the Cabinet, not because his late colleagues are less convinced than his Grace of the importance of upholding the - interests of British agri culture, but because his Grace is not so fully convinced as they are that certain proposed alterations, supposed to be favourable to British commerce, may be effected without injury, or the risk of injury, to the agricultural classes. That no question of principle is involved in this change of the personnel of her Majesty's Govern ment will be evident, when we state that the Duke of Buckingham, in ceasing to be a member of the present Administration, continues to be its friend ; and that no Parliamentary opposition on the part of his Grace is to be anticipated, except on the specific points of the spe cific measure, with respect to which it has been the mis fortune of the Cabinet to differ from his Grace. It was generally supposed yesterday that the Duke of Buc clench would succeed to the vacant Cabinet office of Lord Privy Seal. TIMES.—It was generally rumoured yesterday, - in political circles, that the Duke of Buckingham had ceased to be connected with the Administration. It will probably suggest itself to many of our readers that the retirement of his Grace from office may be attributed, in some degree, to the contemplated alterations in the Corn-laws, to the present system of which his Grace is warmly attached -; but on this point it will not be pos sible to proneunce positively until the measures to be brought forward in the ensuing Session are disclosed. That there exists no want of cordiality or sympathy be tween the Duke of Buckingham and the members of her Majesty's Government, may be readily inferred from the circumstance that one of the two vacant ribands has been offered to, and accepted by, his Grace. NORWICH UNION LIFE INSU RANCE-SOCIETY. (From the Second Edition of the Norwich Times.) We had made arrangements to bring out in a Second Edition, the proceedings taken at the great meeting of the members of this Society, held yesterday at the As sembly Rooms, - but the length to which they extended, compels us to defer our report of them till next week ; we, however feel that it is due to our readers to be immediately put in possession of the result of the meet ing, and this is evidenced by the resolutions adopted, which we insert in another part of our paper. It is im possible adequately to convey an impressi on , o f th e ardent determination ex hibited by the memb ers , t o u ph o ld a nd extend this great and important Society, or the feeling of pride of citizenship, at its originating in our own old Norwich. To this feeling is probably to be attributed, the total rejection of the bye-laws, and the resolution to stand on the Constitution of 1808, with the condition (to which the assent of the Directors was most cheerfully given) that an annual general meeting of the members should be held in the month of June, to exhi bit the state of the cash accounts. Looking at the high standing of the Directors of this Society, and the intelli gence of its executive offiZers,- we think the determina tion come to, to avoid'perpetual strife andagitation about altering the laws, a most wise and judicious resolve, Although we must defer till next week our Report in detail, we cannot omit at once putting before the Society and the public the remarks which fell from the talented Secretary, Samuel Bignold, Esq., in acknowledging the unanimous vote of thanks to him for his services to the Society. Mr. Bignold observed : At this stage of the meeting, I beg pertnission to make a few observations, assuring the members now assem bled, how deeply I am sensible of their kindness, in the honourable testimony this day borne to my character and integrity, by the flattering vote of thanks now passed. Engaged in the first formation of this Society, and con nected as I have been with its whole history, I darn an acquaintance with its affairs, more intimate than per haps can be possessed by any other individual; that tho rough acquaintance ena bl es me to assure this meeting, that of the stability of t h e Society there can be no ques tion, and of its prosp erous progress in future there is the strongest grounds for confidence. Where is its fel low in the provincial Institutions of this country, that can hold out the security of a fund in hand of 1,700,0001. ? Of • a connection for extent and influence so powerful as that posSessed by this Society ? Of a direction of higher character and probity? Of officers and agents more devoted to its best interests ? These are points on which this Society may bear com parison with any in the kingdom. Some persons allege, notwithstanding the g ra tif y i ng fact of 445,0001. already -assigned as bonus, the fund now to assign of npwarda of 220,0001., and the fund retained to meet prospective expenses of 175,0001., altogether a realization of profit exceeding 800,0001, in 33 years, that more gains still should have resulted from this adventure. On this point I must beg leave respectfully to differ from those who think lightly of our prosperity. But then it is asked, are there not one or two Societies that have domi better than the Norwich ? To that question my. reply will be, that there is no 8 gains can have exceeded oursQe, a i l e t t h y oug m h bo b s y e a process a of calculation, larger appar ent prof i ts may be shown. Would you wish for perfect stability in all your important tranSr actions, or a sickly prosperity ? An instaeOPta Ocourred in our own county, of the injury resniting from over strained calculations of the value of life. I allude to the Fakenham P-evident Society, which at one period allowed its annuitants on a scale far too liberal for their funds to maintain. Facts might justify our assuming a ratio of mortality, which would place us in a more elevated posi tion, but it would be dangerous to the future interests of the members that we should do so. The paints to be borne in mind as to the Society, are, fivat its great and accumulating fund, tested in every imaginable way by able and disinterested ptttties, and pronounced to be perfectly safe, No 3ociety has undergone the sifting that this has in every branch of its affairs. The integrity of its capital— the moderation displayed in computing its profits— the perfect order and method introdttePd hue as book keeping—the curtailment of every expense not abso lutely indispensable for working- the institution, and the enlisting of able armi honourable men as Directors, who independently goveTfl its affairs. It is intended to hold annual general meetings—to exhibit to distant members, through the Boards of Management and agents hi large towns, periodical accounts showing the exact state of the Society, and, in fine, to afford the strongest grounds for confidence in the institution, by treating with confidence all who have an interest in its affairs. I confess I know of no similar Society that can lay equal claim to pub lic support, nor have we cause to complain of the support extended to us; for in the last five years all the by policies gaps in our business, created . deaths, sold in, and policies discontinued , have been supplied, and an increase on the previous reat g tota. 1 of pre m i ums h as been secured—those premium s at June, 1836, amounted to 181,0411.; but at June, 1841, they stood at 184,549/ call f feature to or The only other c omment, is our low rates of premiums. On the mass of our bu s i ness we grant, for 90L, that for which most other offices require to be paid 100/—thus .enablin g persons to secure from the first, a larger reversionary payment, or the advantage of during their lives. a saving of 10/. per cent. THE VINDICTIVE. — Extract from a letter re• unexpected and pro vidential from an officer serving on board her Majesty's ship Vindictive, dated Portsmouth Dock, 30th January, 1842 :—" We were in reality in a most awful scrape of day. This is points Only), mainly from 9 ♦.rr. to fi th d a a t this, and the ,we ?have been spared, tranquil coolness of our , should certainly contributed 13e t for the uot have fou fourth h w t i i t n n i e e ss i e n d when eternity, as I thought, was immediately before me. We were to have taken the flag of Sir Thomas Cochrane to China, but as the ship is found to be 'very much in jured, are shall not be able to refit in trine , to proceed with him." nay Thursday ca reer THE COMING CONFERENCE ON THE, Coax, 'Alm—The meeting on Tuesday, at the Long Rooms, promises to be on@ of the most numerous and i n fl uen ti a l ever assetuhigd in Southampton. The Earl o f R a d nor almosthas co n e s y e e n r t y e d t t t m o h take in e the the chair, counties of H ants and Wilts, and deputations f rom and the greater p ar t of Sussex andD 23 . l „ l't t Divattend. In addition. co th e gelitiWil WI noticed last week as htiN'in • prOaitse4 to lend their assistanc e , L ord Kinnaird and several other influential persons are expected. The meeting promises to be a most respectaule and influ ential one, and will doubtless produce most important results in its bearings on the great national geteStien which has oaund it.---71;m 1 P 6 :44' 6.1 446;4ne • The Dukenf . Bu ckingham had'a long interview yesterday morning with Sir R. Peel at the Right Hon. Pgrottet t s residence in Whitehall Gardens, THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1842. ANECDOTE OF THE REIGNING KING OF PRUSSIA. We have much pleasure in laying before our readers an interesting anecdote, which has been communicated to us by a gentleman who has recently returned from Berlin. Some time since an effort was made to Set rid of a windmill, the close approiimation of which to the Royal Palace rendered it in some degree a nuisance, and certainly an. eyesore. Overtures were ac cordingly made- to the sturdy yeoman for the purchase of the obnoxious property; but whether it was that the man was possessed of a strong spirit of obstinacy, or was really too deeply attached to his old family habita tion, the result was that the offers, though tempting, were again and again refused. There are generally some individuals attached to a Court who are ready to suggest remedies, direct or indirect, for inconveniences or annoyances offered to Royalty. Accordingly, upon a hint from some minion, a law suit was commenced against the obstinate miller for the recovery of certain sums al leged to be due for arrears of an impost on the por tion of Crown land which it was suggested was ozcupied by the mill in question. The sturdy holder of the " toll-dish" was not wholly without friends or funds, and he prepared vigorously to take his stand in defence of his rights. The question came in due time be fore the Courts of law, and the plaintiff, having com pletely failed to establish any right on behalf of the Crown, the miller obtained a verdict in his favour, with a declaration for payment of his costs in the suit. This was certainly no small triumph, and mer rily went round the unfurled sails of the old mill, and well pleased, no doubt, was the rough owner with the sound, as they went whirling and whizzing under the influence 0; the gale, which certainly seemed to blow strongly in his favour. But he was not the first who has found that when drawn into a lawsuit, particularly with so formidable an opponent, a man is more likely to " gain a loss " than escape scot-free. What with extra expenses, interruption of business, and rejoicings after the vi c t or y, the miller found hi mse lf . pressed by considerable diffi culties, and after in vain struggling few months against the pressure, he at length took a manly resolution, gained access to the Monarch's presence, and, after roughly apologizing for having thwarted his Majesty's wishes, frankly stated that his wants alone had rendered him compliant, but that he was prepared to accept the sum originally offered for the property. The King ' after a few minutes' convers a ti on , h an d e d a draught for a considerable amount to the applicant, and said, "I think, my honest friend, that you will find that sufficient to meet the emergency ; if not come and talk to me again upon the subject. As to the mill, I assure you I will have none of it. The sight of it now gives me more pleasure than it ever occasioned pain ; for I see in it an object which assures me of a guarantee for the saftety of my people, and a pledge for my own happiness by its demonstration of the existence of a power and a principle higher than the authority of the Crown, and more valuable than all the privileges of royalty." CHRISTENING of A VAT at TRU- MAN, HANBURY, and Co.'s BREWERY. Amongst the rejoicings on Tuesday last wa,s one of a very novel character, which took place at the above extensive brewery, when 260 workmen, besides visitors, sat down to a substantial supper, consisting of rounds of beef, legs of mutton, boiled and roast ribs of bt-jj, with all the necessary accompaniments, and It may be said an inexhaustible supply of kiout and ale, which was served up by Mr, - .Johnston, of Black Eagle Tap, in a manner WhEi did him infinite credit, under an extensive nuge of new vats, supported on massive iron franing, extending over a surface of nearly 2,800 feet; the latter being brilliantly illuminated on the oceasiOn by festoons of variegated lamps, flags, &c., which gave the whole an appearance more easily ima gined than described. Nothing could exceed the joy and hilarity which prevailed ; and to add to the interest of the evening, one of the vats was christened by Miss Gow (daughter of the respected head of the counting house department), after the ship fashion, and the name given was " The Prince of Wales," followed by immense applause. The chair was occupied by Robert Hanbury, jun., Esq., eldest son of the principal partner. All the usual loyal toasts were given, not forgetting the King of Prussia ; but the Prince of Wales was of course the toast of the evening, and responded to in a way which will not be forgotten by any one who had the good for tune to be present. The engineer, Mr. Davison, was complimented highly by Mr. Pawley, a much respected agent of the house, who alluded to some extensive iron coolers, which had just been completed, covering a surface of 8,000 feet, which had been accomplished in the almost incredibly short space of one month. Mr. Davison remarked that the building they were then in he supposed to have been carried up originally about the year 1780, when it appeared the old vats were first erected, which, it would be remembered, were supported on ranges of brick walls. The vats and framing now before them were a happy contrast to all this, there being plenty of light and space below them, which was exceedingly valuable ; it was also stated that the quantity of two-inch oak in the 14 new vats amounted to about 17,000 feet superficial, or sufficient to lay nearly 1,900 square yards of barn floor ; the vats themselves would contain 252,000 gallons of beer. The hoops round the vats would reach from the brewery to the - Horse Guards, or about three miles ; and the weight of the whole pressing upon the framing over the com pany's heads was 1,337 tons. - In the course of the evening many excellent speeches were made, and not a few excellent songs sung. LLO YD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, FED. I.—Wind this day at noon W.N.W. S7'ANDGATF. CREEK, JAN. 31.—Arrd. Hotspur, Wil son, Calcutta ; Mersey, Marseilles. RAMSGATE, JAN. 31.—Arrd. Glenturret, Shields for Mediterranean, leaky. Arrived off—Commodore Napier, Newcastle, Havannah ; Catherine, Havannah, Bremen. DEAL, JAN. 31.—Wind S. W., fresh.—Arrd. Dominica, Shields for Jamaica ; Eagle, N. for westward. Put back —Osbert, for Dominica. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 31.—Wind S S.W.—Arrd. Clai borne, Burgess, and Desdemona, New Orleans; Aurora, Havannah; Success, Denierara; Leonora, Sierra Leone. Sld. 24th ult., and put back, Jackson, for Sierra Leone, having been ashore on Buries. The following vessels did not sail yesterday, as reported :—Pursuit, Savannah ; Dcnmark, New Orleans ; Burlington, Mobile ; Jenny Jones, Constantinople. COWES, JAN. 31.—Arrd. Majestic, London for Bom bay, leaky, with loss of bulwarks, boats stove, &c., having been struck by a sea, and must come in to repair. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 31.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrd. Shannon, steamer, for London, received on freight at Falmouth 700,000 dollars. CORK, JAN. 28.—Arrd.Victoria,Shields for Havannah, with loss of mainmast, cargo shifted, &c., having been thrown on her beam ends in a gale, 25th inst. Leslie, Newfoundland, with foremast sprung, and cargo sup posed to be damaged, having been on her beam ends, 25th inst. Brigand, Jones, ditto. LYNN, JAN. 31.—The Echo, Evans, arrived here f rom Dublin ; picked up o ff the Wight, 21st inst., a cask of spirits of turpentine, marked F. &C. A galliot, under American colours, from Dunkirk tothis port, was spoken of the Dudgeon, 26th inst., very leaky, by the Echo. HARWICH, JAN. 31.--'The Jane, from Newcastle to London, got on the Shipwash Sands this morning, but was assisted off, and into this port, with six feet water in her hold, and loss of anchor and chain. ' A PRE COCIOUS SUICIDE.—A l a d, 15 years of age, in the service of a respectable family at Hadleigh, attempted to drown himself last week, under the following circumstances :—He had been sent to the Post-office with a letter, and having loitered by the way, he was obliged to pay extra postage to secure the conveyance of the letter. On his return, having informed his master o f th e circum stance, he was accusl of dishonesty. This so grieved the youth that he thought this world no longer a fit residence for him, and he accordingly set sail for the other on a neigh- bouring horse-pond, into which lie resolutely plunged, having, very prudently, however, darkly hinted to his master his watery propensities, and the route by which he was to set off. This intimation led some of the family to the horse-pond, where they found the youth, who had nearly performed half his voyage, for upon being taken out, after about five minutes' immersion, he was found to be nearly half dead, and there was con siderable difficulty in restoring what poets call " the vital spark."—lpswich,Eapress. THE BISHOPS AND PUSEYISM.--We have received the following announcement from a quarter whic ought to be well informed :—" A meeting of the Bishops will shbrtly take place in London, for the pur pose of considering the present state of the Church, in reference to the doctrines lately put forth in some of the Tracts for the Times.' " The time seems to have ar rived when some such proceeding on the part of the head of the Church as is here announced is imperatively ne cessary.—Standard. DEPARTURE FROM LONDON OF SIR H. DOUGLAS,—(FROAI A CORRESPONDENT.)—We understand that Captain W. 11. Molyneux, R.N., was deputed to present a requisition to Sir Howard Douglas, Mart., emanating from a public meeting of Sir Howard's friends, held in Liverpool yes terday. Sir Howard, having consented to offer himself as can didate for that borough, set off yesterday morning in company with Major Douglas and Capt. Mnlyneux, and was thus pre vented from having the distinguished honour of meeting the King of Prussia at the Duke of Wellington's last evening, ac cording to invitation. VISITATION OF PROVIDENCE.—•-it is Our painful duty to record the death of seven children, who resided with their parents, making one family, in a house in Long Crendon, which melancholy event has taken place within the last fortnight. The names of the child ren are—Thomas Ing, son of Edmund Ing, aged 8 years; Jane and John, twins, aged 4 years; George, two years; Susan, daughter of David Markham, aged 6 years; He turah, 4 months; David, 6 months. Also, within the last fortnight, Jesse, son of George Ing, landlord of the Eight Bells Inn, aged 8 years, and Thomas, his brother, aged 3 years. Also, very recently, James, the son of James Plant, aged 3 years, and Sarah, his sister, aged 1 year.—Bucks Herald. According to a recent letter from Spain, it appears that at Salserna, in Catalonia, the cold was so in tense that 01 the mills were stopped, and wine, and even brandy, frozen in the bottles. The river was frozen so hard that persons passed over it on horseback. On Monday Emma Couldery, a girl about seven teen years of age, the daughter of Mr. James Couldery, a butcher, in Church-street, Greenwich, put a period to her existence by hanging herself/ from the banis ters of the second floor of her father's house. It ap pears that for a long time past she had been labouring under deafness. Her parents had consulted the medical gentlemen of the neighbourhood without success. She had, however, been recommended to apply to some skilful practitioners in London, one of whom pledged himself to effect a perfect cure. She attended him several times in town with her mother, and fully expected to have her hearing perfectly restored. Being disappointed she be- MORNING SU came very unhappy, and had been heard to say that she did not wish to live a burden to herself and family. She was discovered by one of the family resting on her knees suspended by a silk handkerchief tied loosely under her chin without a noose, and had been dead about half an hour. The whole of the family, of whom there are many ' daughters married to respectable tradesmen in Green wich, are inconsolable. 4 'THE INDIA MAIL. - -According tO the notice , issued by the General Post-offi ce , F r i d a y evening next the 4th instant, is the last day for receiving letters . to be forwarded by the next mail for India, via Marseilles. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.-- Last week , William Richards, a carpenter, working at Black Tor rington, returning to his lodgings late in the eveni ng , wet ) and cold, was refused admission for the night, whereupon 5 he went into the buildings where he was accustomed to t work, lighting a fire with chips and shavings, and fell t asleep, when the fire untbrtunately caught his clothes, • and he was so much burned (before he became sensible of his perilous situation), that he died the following day, —Somerset County Gazette. • ' THE LATE MK. DUCROW.—On Friday even ; ing an eminent artist requested permission of Mrs, Ducrow to take a cast of Mr. Ducrow's face. The wish was complied with, and the modeller stated that a head • and face so finely proportioned he had never met with before. The funeral arrangements, under the direction of Messrs. Serle, of Lambeth, Anderton, and Oscar Byrne (his executors), will be conducted according to • his own directions some months previous to his decease, land will take place next Sat ur d a y, on t h e arr i va l i n London of Mr: W. D. Broadfoot (Mr. Ducrow's brother ' in-law), and Signor Hillier, the managers of the esta blishment in Liverpool. SAVINGS BANKS.—The following short notice ' of the annual report of the Provident Institution Savings Bank, St. Martin's-lane, was presented to a public meet ing of managers, a few days since by the auditors. The total amount of present deposits is one million one hun dred and fifteen thousand four hundred and forty-six pounds, arising from 31,514 accounts, which are classed as follow :-14,713 accounts not exceeding 201. each ; 9,432 not exceeding 50/. ; 4,627 not exceed ing 1004 ; 1,745 not exceeding 1501. ; 869 not exceeding 2001. ; 62 upwards of 200 L ; which, with 66 Benefit So cieties' accounts, makes a total of 31,514 accounts, and an accumulated capital of 1,115,4464 Seven hundred and ninety new accounts were opened during the past year ; the amount of deposits during the same period was 331,922 L 2s. 4d., and the re-payment to depositors during the year (including interest), was 306;480485. 3d., leaving an increase to the capital of the institution of 24,541/. 14s. ld. After all the expenses of the current year had been provided for, a considerable sum was added to the surplus fund, This institution was amongst the first (if not the very first) of savings banks, and perhaps possesses the largest amount of deposits of any similar institution in the kingdom, or in the world. The receipts and re-payments, in small sums, average 12,000/. weekly. HAWKCHURCH.—On the 17th inst. a fire, attended with a considerable destruction of property, took place on the preT.lses of Farmer Walbridge, at between 30 and 40 llawkchurch. acres of wheat, sacks of potatoe - s, a great quantity of fuel, with ma chinet, piesses, cart, household goods, &c., were con ' - sumed. There is but too much reason to believe that it was the act of an incendiary, and a considerable reward has been offered, in the hope that the perpetrators of this atrocious deed will be discovered and punished.—Somer set County Gazette. COLLISION AT SEA AND Loss OF LIVES.— In a preceding number we stated that a vessel belonging to Southampton had been run down by the brig Commo dore Napier, off Coquet Island, when all on board ex cepr the mate perished. The mate, who is a native of Southampton, has furnished us with the following par ticulars :—On the night of Sunday, the 9th inst., the Camilla, Captain Peirce, bound for Southampton, from Leith, laden with coal, was run down by the brig Com modore Napier, Captain W. Clark, bound to Shields to load for the ilavannah. The collision took place off Coquet Island, and the Camilla sank instantly. Captain Clark immediately laid the topsails aback, and threw out ropes to the unfortunate crew, but, as we have said, only the mate was saved. One man, named John Harris, climbed up the side, and the mate had his hand on the poor fellow's collar, when the gear of the sinking vessel caught the lower studding-sail boom of th e brig and knocked him off, when he sank to rise no more. The Captain and two other hands were asleep in their berths at the time. Captain Clark lowered his boats immedi ately, but not a spar of the ill-fated Camilla could be anywhere seen. The weather was hazy, and the wind blowing fresh at the time. Both Captain Peirce and Harris have left wives and families.—Hampshire Adver. MOTHERLY DVICE.—An irritable divine, 'on the south coast of Devon, struck a boy on the head with a Bible and cut his ear. His mother, an old schooler, expressed her belief that, being done with the llolyßiblo, the wound would soon heal. She told the boy "never to mind but to larn his book and be a good boy, and then if the parion hit 'un again he was to pitch into 'un."—Somerset Gazette. A somewhat novel scene occurred here last week, a woman of bad character was placed in the stocks. We did not witness it, but understand that it was a source of attraction to some hundreds.—Hampshire Advertiser. The Duke of Northumberland has purchased the estate called the Magdalene Fields, outside the ram . parts, Bern ick-neon -Tweed, from Lord Lisburne, for 28,0001.—Newcastle Journal. The Edinburgh Anti-Corn-law petition was closed on Friday, with 28,500 signatures. The English Opera House has not been wore crowded for several months than it was on Monday even ing, when Mm.. Alleroft's grand annual concert took place. This was probably owing to the great combina tion of talent brought forward on the occasion, including the well-known names of Madame Caradori Allan, Ma dame.liulcken, Mrs. Seguin, Miss Fanny Russell, Miss Birch, Mr. H. Phillips, M. Benedict, Mr. Wilson, with several others. Where all exerted themselves with so much credit, it would be out of our power to particularise the part which each person took, and we will therefore content ourselves by saying, that with one single excep tion, where a comic song was introduced, we believe this concert gave general satisfaction to a very large and fashionable assembly. During the necessary investigations of the Co lonial-office preliminary to the confi rma ti on o f th e sale of one of ;he Chatham Islands by the New Zealand Company to the free town of Hamburg, an unexpected obstacle has, we learn, sprung up. It is ncw seriously doubted whether the sovereignty of the Chatham Islands is really vested by priority of discovery in the British Crown We understand that the Great Western Railway Company hare recently had whistles of considerably augmented power attached to their engines, in addition to , those at present in use, and we mention the fact in order to show the anxiety of the Directors to make tra velling by this line as safe as possible.—Berkshire Chrok. A memorial, addressed to his Grace the Arch bishop of Canterbury, against the prevailing heretical doctrine of Popery and Puseyism, is now in progress of signature by the inhabitants and visitors of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis.—Somerset County Gazette. CAMBRIDGE-HOUSE.—His Royal Highness, the Duke of Cambridge's grand banquet to the Prussian Monarch and suite will take place at seven o'clock, as his Majesty will take his departure at nine for Covent garden Theatre', where Shakspeare's comedy of The Merry Wives of Windsor will be acted by his command. To meet the King, the Royal Duke has invited the Duke of Sussex, Duchess of Gloucester, Prince George, the Duke of Wellington, Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, Sir Robert and Lady Peel, his Excellency the Prussian Minister, &c., in all about *twenty. The whole of the state apartments overlooking the Green-park, will, be illuminated and thrown open. " THE DUKE" AND NAPOLEON.—It is a singular fact, and worthy of record, as illustrating na tional character, and although .portraits of Napoleon have been extensively purchased in Great Britain, there is no instance of a portrait of Wellington having been sold in France. This statement appears almost in credible ; but circumstances having directed our in quiries to the subject, we ascertained that the leading publishers Of London had never received a single order from France for a print of the Duke, nor, to their know ledge, had they ever disposed of one to a Frenchman. We presume, however, that when Glasgow has been dis graced by the erection of a Frenchman's statue to " re present' the conqueror of the Emperor, it will be en graved for the express supply of the French people, who. will, no doubt, gladly place a pictured libel of the great British Captain, taken when the vigour of his days is gone, and age has been exaggerated into decrepitude, by the side of their Emperor in the prime of life.—Art- Union. STATE OF TRADE:—Tliere was yesterday another heavy failure announced in Liverpool, and several failures were announced in London on Saturday last. In Manchester and all the manufacturing districts business continues in a very unfavourable state. What. is to be the end of this state of things it is impossible to say, but certainly the commercial prospects of the coun try were Bever more gloomy than at present.--Liverpool Times. ANTI-MONOPOLY PETITION.—The Liver pool Anti-Monopoly Petition had received 23,550 sigma tures up to last night. We trust that all the friends of free trade will make a point of signing it before it is sent away.—Liverpool Times. FUNERAL OF DUCROW.—The funeral of Mr. Ducrow is fixed for Saturday next. The body will be conveyed in a h earse an d s i x, f ol l owed by mourning coaches and four, which will contain Messrs. Searle. Anderton, and Oscar Byrne (the executors), Bunn, James Wallack, Gomersal, Honner, Lawrence (his late treasurer), J. Lawrence, Wilson, Lambert, and other gentlemen, to the number of thirty. Mrs. Ducrow will also be one of the mourners. Several of Mr. Ducrow's horses, decorated with black velvet palls, plumes of feathers, &c., will join in the procession. As a mark of respect for the late I`..ir. l)ucrow, Mr. Batty's Circus will be closed on Saturday evening next. THE ELECTlON.—Parliament will meet to' morrow. The motion for the issuing of a new writ for 4i verpool, consecittent on the elevati o n of Mr. Creswell to the Judicial Sleuth, will, in all likelihood, be made on that res t t o l an Ta y o . ; the the next. of Theaie e writ will Liverpool in that C n e reach fewae Preston hours after war d s . Th e e l ect i on w ill therefore take place towards the end o f th e wee k following, probably on the 11th of February. * REMOVAL O F TI-IX LANCASHIRE ASSIZE S . —Petitions to the Q ue en in Council for th e removal of and the Assizes, so far as regards the civil and criminal business of the Salford Hundred, from Liverl to Manchester,. have been adopted by the t owns of Wien), Hyde, Ashton, Oldham, Bury, and Rochdale,. while frau B o l t on there are two ,fo rwar d e d , and three from Man chester. The Earl of Wilton and Lord F.,Egerton Loth engaged to further the object by all memo In their power.—Liverpool Times. SLAVER Y. TWENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS—SECOND SESSION. ROUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, JAN. 7. Mr. Stokeley, of Ohio ' presented a petition for the re cognition of Hay t i ; and one for the repeal of all laws width compelled the people of the free States to support slavery. Mr. Geddings next presented a petition in the terms of petitions presented previously, for a law to prevent the transportion of slaves coastwise, in vessels of the United States. Mr. W. C. Johnson said the question involved the broad question of slavery, and he was understood to say, that he could not consent to its reception without debate. Mr. Wise and Mr. Adams rose and addressed the Speaker simultaneously.. Mr. Wise, whose voice was heard above some half dozen others who were addressing the Chair, inquired w hether the petition could lie over, unless it were received. The Speaker's reply was not heard ; but it may be inf. rred from the answer of Mr. Wise, who said he rose then to a question affect ing the reception 'of the petition, to which he called the attention of the House. It not only prayed for the re peal of all laws regulating or sanctioning the transport ing of slaves in vessels of the United States—which in volved the commercial as well as the naval marine—ut of all laws regulating or sanctioning the " holding' . of slaves—that is, that the property in slaves shall be can celled. And not only this, but it prayed that laws may be passed, protecting the rights of all persons claimed or held as slaves, who may be constitutionally entitled to their freedom, by going, with the consent of their mas ters, beyond the jurisdiction of the State in which they are legally deemed to be slaves. Here was a new aspect of Abolition. A slave passing three leagues to sea, no matter in what vessel, was out of any " State, territory, or district," and therefore a petition, praying for the abolition of such slave, did not come within the rule. Was then a slave, passing three leagues from Virginia, ipso facto, free ? if this was not abolition, in its worst form, he knew not what was. He asked whether the decks of all our vessels, whether in the commercial or naval marine, were not part of the territory of the United States, though such vessel might be in the Mediterranean ? Mr. Geddings claimed the privilege, with the consent of the Speaker of the House, to reply to the remarks of the gentleman from Virginia. The petition 'which he had presented, notwithstanding the construction which had been given to it, would speak for itself ; it prayed for the repeal of all laws regulating or sanctioning the hold ing or transporting of persons as slaves in vessels of the United States, sailing coastwise from one State to another. It could not by any forced construction be said to pray for the abolition of slavery in the slave States. Mr. Wise—Look at the latter clause. Mr. Geddings' reply was not distinctly heard, but he was understood to say, in conclusion, that never since the establishment of this Government had the transportation of slaves from Africa been sanctioned, and who ever did it, did so at his own peril. Mr. Wise again called upon the gentleman from Ohio to read the latter clause of the petition. Mr. Geddings replied that the gentleman from Virgi nia could get the floor when no other man upon it would think of asking for it; now he (Mr. Geddings) asked that gentleman to permit him to make his remarks, and when he had done the gentleman from Virginia could take the floor, and reply if he thought proper. He (Mr. Gel dings) asked permission to speak to the question of or der, and to that he would confine his remarks. This petition, then, he asserted, Asked for no interference, but that the petitioners might be permitted to withdraw from all interference with slavery—it asked not that sla very should be abolished, but that they might withdraw their protection from all laws which sanctioned the trans portation of slaves coastwise. That was the very ques tion which was at issue, and he wished it to be under stood that the North did not wish to interfere with slavery. The Speaker then decided that the petition came within the prohibition, and could not be received. Mr. Geddings—What, not so much as pray for pro tection for those who are constitutionally entitled to their freedom ? I move that that petition be referred to the Committee on Commerce. Mr. J. Campbell—l move to lay it on the table. Mr. Geddings—And I call for the ayes and noes on that motion. Mr. Wise hoped his friend from South Carolina (Mr. Campbell), would change his motion to one on the question of reception. Mr. Campbell assented, and the ayes and noes were ordered. Mr. Gordon—l would ask if the latter clause is not already received ? Mr. W. C. Johnson replied that when the petition was first presented he objected to its reception, and when the Speaker decided that part was not receivable, the gentleman from Ohio desired that the remaining part should be received, on which the gentleman from South Carolina moved to lay the question of reception on the table.—(Cries of " question, question.") The Speaker directed the Clerk to ca ll th e names on the question of reception. The Clerk (Beginning alphabetically) Quincy Adams." Mr. Adams (in much excitement) cried at the top o. his voice—Mr. Speaker, I will not answer as it now stands, for I believe there is a trick in it.—(Confusion.) The Speaker then announced the vote to be —ayes 104, noes 86 ; so that the motion to lay the question of reception on the table was carried. " John Geldings then said he had a petition to present, which differed from the one just disposed of ; it was a petition from a number of respectable electors of the State of Ohio, praying that proper steps may be taken to repeal all laws, and the alteration of all Constitutional provisions by which - the people of the free States, the Federal Government, and this nation, are in any way bound to countenance, protect, or aid in any manner, in supporting and continuing the institution of slavery, or keeping human beings in bondage, _ _ Yin Wise asked if that did not come within the rule. Mr. Geddings replied that the Speaker would per ceive it only asked that the people of the free States should be exempted from protecting slavery. If the gen tleman from Virginia admitted that they were bound, and could not be exempt, he would of course admit the constitutionality of the free States to abolish. It was a question, whether the people of the free States were to be hound to support slavery. Mr. Wise—l object to its reception, and I move to lay the question of reception on the table. Air. Geddings appealed to the gentleman from Virgi nia to withdraw hi s mo ti on thatit might lie over for dis cussion. He made the request as a favour to the House and to the nation, but especially so to the constituents of the gentleman from Virginia. Mr. Wise—l cannot extend courtesy to the gentleman so far as to indulge him, in playing the incendiary, to cut the throats of my constituents. -Nit% Geddings—l desire to say one word.—(Great Confusion.) • The Speaker (impatiently) —Gentlemen will please to take their seats. Mr. Geddings—l merely wish to say—(" Question.") The Speaker—The question is on laying the question of remptlon on the table. The ayes and noes were de manded and ordered. The Ayes and Noes were then taken and resulted as follow :—Ayes 105, Noes 86, so the question of reception was laid on the table, Mr. Geddings, having presented a number of petitions of nu public interest, then said he had one signed by 33 citizens of Pennsylvania, praying Congress not to admit any new State into the Union whose Constitution tole rates slavery. Mr. Wise—l object to the reception of that petition. Mr. James—And I call for the ayes and noes. The Ayes and Noes gave the following result:—Ayes 102, Noes 82. Mr. Geddings said he wished to justify himself to those gentlemen who had intrusted to him their peti tions, and he held the petitions of 10,000 freemen, most of them resident in Ohio, where they ranked amongst the most respectable—preying to be relieved from the necessity of aiding to hold human beings in bondage; but after whr,t had passed, he should feel justified in withdrawing them from the house, and returning them to the petitioners, and submit to the people the question how far they would submit to such legislative indignity. Mr. Sherlock J. Andrews offered a petition on the subject of the 21st rule, and remonstrating against the stigmatising abolition petitions, or treating them in a different manner from other petitions. Mr. Adams called for the ayes and noes thereon, and asked, with some ve h emence, if i t was i ntended to drive the people into a state of rebellion. The question of reception was laid upon the table— Ayes, 99; Noes, 89. Mr, Andrews then attempted to offer another petition on the subject of slavery. Mr. Campbell made the motion as before on its re ception. - Mr. Andrews said he had fifteen petitions on the sub ject of slavery, which he supposed would be excluded, if he might judge by the action of the House this morning, and he should not, therefore, present them. Mr. Weller presented a petition for the recognition of Hayti. _ _ Mr. Cowen had several petitions on the subject of slavery, but he was unwilling to occupy the time of the House by calling for the ayes and noes, believing that the same course would be followed. He, however, felt bound to present them, and the House could dispose of them as it thought proper. He presented several, and the question of reception was in each case laid on the table. Mr. Stokaley presented several, which shared the same fate. VISIT OF THE KING OF PRUSSIA 70 THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.—The King of Prussia honoured the Duke of Wellington with his company . to a grand banquet at Apsley House last evening, given by his Grave to his Prussian Majesty anti the distinguished members of his suite. The banquet, which was in all respects of the most recherche description, was followed by a grand concert, consisting almost entirely of native talent, as the following list of the artistes who took part in it will show :—Miss Adelaide Kemble, Miss Rainterth, Miss Hawes, Mr. Stretton, Mr. Harrison, and Signor H. Costa (brother to the conductor). Lindley and Dragonetti also gave specimens of their un, rivalled performances on their respective instruments. srinte The concert was under the supe ndence of Signor Costa, of her Mskin,sty's theatre. A N EAGLE.— OR Thursday last, Hugh Menzies, one of Lord Ward's gamekeepers, captitre4 splendid golden eagle upon one of the Cileugarry hills. This lordly denizen of the Nyiltis 4 ? , s b een f or years known to the shepherds 4 -14 the N. d istrict of Glengarry, and was reremarked,* sis ~ k r his size as for his de struciton o,f game anti flocks, lie measures between the t i ps a wings . when extended, eight feet three inches; and from the point of the tail to the beak, three feet two inches. He suffered little or no injury in the capture ; and although he does not well brook the captivity, he is quite lively.--Inverness Courier. is tr d bo f o vo oe J of ng,ed ; °al oar' opt' ,o 9 Ir '