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London : Hugh Cunningham, St. Martin's place, Trafalgar square. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, FEB. 21, Her Majesty's Servants will perform the Play of THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, from the Text of Shakspeare. Dcke, Mr. G. Bennett ; Antonio, Mr. Ph, Ips ; Bassanio, Mr. Anderson; Lorenzo. Mr. Elton; Shylock, Mr. Macready; Portia. Mrs. Warner; Neris,a, Mrs. Keeley ; Jessica, Miss E. Phillips. After - which, CATHERINE AND PETRUCHlo.—Pe truebio,-Mr. Anderson ; Catherine, Miss Helen Faucitt. After which, the Popular earce, entitled THE WIND- Mll.L.—The Marquis de Roueville, Mr. Morris Barnett ; Sampson Low, Mr. Keeley ; Marian, Mrs. Keeley. Doors tt be opened at Hal past Six, and the Performance to begin It Seven o'clock. Boxes bs., Second Price, 21. 6d. Pit 35., Second Price 2s. Lower Gallery Is. 6d., Second Pr ce Is. Upper Gallery Is., Second Price 6d. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS , THIS EVENING, FEB. 21, Will be performed, Shakspere's Comedy (with Music) of The MERRY WIVES OF WlNDSOR.—Sir►dohn Falstaff, Mr. Bartley ; Master Slender, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Ford, Mr. Cooper; Fenton, Mr. W. Harrison; Mrs. Ford, Mn. Nisbett; Mrs. Page, Madame Vestris ; Ann Page, Miss Raiuforth; Mrs. Quickly, Mrs. Glover. After which will be repeated the New Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled GUY EARL OF WARWICK ; OR. 'IARLEQUIN AND THE DUN COW. Doors to to opened at half-past Six—the performances to commence at Seven. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second Circles, ss. ; Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 35.; second Price 2.; Gallery, Is. Tickets and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Grogan at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had upon application. Private Boxes to be had so!ely of Mr. Andras, bookseller, New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. 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THE EXPRESS EDITION of THE SUN, containing the DEBATES in both HOUSES of PARLIAMENT up to HALF-PAST EIGHT O'CLOCK, may be had or delivered in any part of London EVERY EVENING. TO CORRESPONDENT& We should not be justified in publishing the letter from Carlisle respecting Mr. Ferrand, Member for Knaresborough, with out better authority. 4„ 4. 5.4.0 - opt c"" k 70 kitr+ 4 4 41111/0 sk`eli 3 1 . • .11&, 111 46 gE lf , s s m o's giXFDID - re. . - .411 ale O n nit* LONDON! MONDAY XORNING, FEBRUARY 21, 1842. When we reflect on some of the statements made by the brews taxers, and analyze their meaning and bear inV, we are tilled with contempt at the poor intellect of those who make and those who credit them. We feel something like indignation too that they should have the audacity to suppose that the public can be bamboozled by such transparent nonsense. We will take, for example, Sir ROBERT PEEL'S crack statement, the corner-stone of all the legislation on the subject that land here is sub jeot to peculiar burdens, and therefore requires to be protected against the produce of other lands, not subject, it is falsely asserted, to such burdens ; ana that it has been so protected for 150 years, during which great and mighty interests, measured by the annual production of 50,000,000 quarters of grain, have grown up under the shade of the protecting law. We will pass over the inquiry which a just legislator would institute, whether land has not here many ad vantages, such as no other land possesses, before he, on the ground taken up by Sir R. PEEL, presumed to make a law limiting the supply of food. We regard as such peculiar advantages the vicinity of an immense, a „ wealthy, and a productive manufacturing populpAi on _ a great command of manure—unequalled fexilities of transport—cheapness of materials of whie'.a the mass of agricultural implements are made ; •.,nperior skill and ingenuity in making them, and grer..c command of labour; so that no particle of a harvest, for want of- hands, ever need be lost, while in many of the half peopled countries of the north of Europe, of which we are told to dread the competition, much is frequently lost for want of hands and means to gather it in. We pass by all these circumstatices, though every one of them ought to be investigated, before a law be made to ensure the produce of e;dr own land a price in the market corresponding to its, supposed cost, and come at once to the consideratio,, of the two circumstances on which the protection is founded, viz., the payment of tithes and the 1 4TZdens of the land. Taking the first as a ground of protection, all Scotland is nearly tithe-free ; but the land of Scotland is equally protected with the land of England. The land in Ire land in nearly the same condition; at least, the burden of tithe on it scarcely amounts to one-tenth of the tithe of the land of England. Tithe of agistment there has been wholly abolished. In England, too, as Mr. Arkin'Ens stated on Friday evening, nearly one-half of the land is tithe-free, and the landowners are, in he, the owners of the peat majority of the •• . tithes. Now, if the assertion that the payment of tithes forms a valid ground of protection be anything but a m ere pretext, a flimsy veil hung r oun d a profligate rob bery, ex pecting to conceal it, surely it is unjust, on the very principle stated, to e x tend that protection to all and to make it equal f or t h e land land wholly tithe -free, of England and Ireland. Again, the land it is said, is burdened with rates ; but counties are. very unequally burdened. Agricul tural counts like Sussex, where the Duke • of Iticnmora, presides, and Bucks, where the pattern of righteous landlords holds sway, are much heavier burdened than the manufacturing counties of Lancashire and the West Riding of Yorkshire. • Is it not Monstrously and scandalously unjust to fix & protecting price on all the food, imported, and so raise equally the price of all grown at home, in or der to enable the land of Olissex and Buckingham to bear the burdens, while it pays the squires a heavy rent, whic h the mismanagement . of those squires hav e hea p ed on ? All the burdens I nearly which the land bears, are laid on it by the acts of the landowners, and we know several instances— they a re probably numerous in every corner of the empire--where their favouritism and jobbing have much increased those burdens, to enable their land to bear which they now insist on limiting the food of the people. Nov a just and discriminating Prime Minister, a cau tious, calculating, far seeing, much pondering Prime Minister such as The PEEL, if he meant, on his own principle, to have given a protection to the land accord ing to the burdens it bears, ought to have inquired into the origin of those burdens, and ought to have appor tioned the protection according to their different amounts in relation to the acres of each county. Further, it is said protection is necessary to prevent the " cold clays" from going out of cultivation; but why extend that production to the warm and rich marts ? Wby is not a bounty given to the growers of wheat on unfertile land, and on such land only ? But protection, in order to keep a few hundred acres of barren land in culti vation, is extended over all the land of the empire ; and on all that which would not be driven out of cul- tivation by free trade, merely enhances the rent. It gives the same protection to the rich vale of Evesham and the fertile isle of Thanet, as to the stony planes of Bucks, and the flinty hills of Kent. Protection to keep land in cultivation, in order to approximate to justice, ought to be regulated by the qualities of the soil; but, with a lumping generalization, the legislators of St. Stephen's give an equal protection to the fat lands of Sir EDWARD KNATCEIBULL and the thin moors about Netherby Hall. Should it be said that the Legislature cannot enter in to these minutia, and must take things in general, we reply that, on its own principle, the law is founded on minute differences of cost in different places, and if it cannot enter into them; it is not justified in making a law at all on the subjec.t. It is, however, another piece of humbug to say it cannot enter into them ; it dots enter into such minute inquiries when that suits its purpose. To carry the Tithe Commutation Act into execution, the present productive powers, and pre sent value of every acre of land in the county subject to tithes, has to be ascertained. In fact, the pitiable excuse that the Legislature cannot accomplish this, only proves that the whole theory of protection which is put forward as the foundation of an unjust law, is a hollow pretext, blown into greatness above and around the heads of the people by the vapid breath of Members of Parliament, in order to exclude the light from them. Before any such system can be justified by the prin ciple laid down by Sir ROBERT PEEL, a most rigid scrutiny ought to be instituted into the actual cost of producing corn, and all other things, here and in other countries, into the elements of that cost, and into the circumstances which influence the selling price of com modities, as distinguished from their cost. Sir Ro- BERT PEEL pretends to legislate on these elements, and he is bound, before he makes a law to keep out foreign corn, to ascertain the cost of grow ing corn in England, and the reasons why that cost is greater, if it be greater, than in other countries• For example, manorial rights in many places operate like the tolls on rivers in Germany, and increase both the cost of production and the selling price in the market. Is all foreign food to be taxed on account of the cost and the price being enhanced by these ma norial rights ? Sir OSWALD MOSELEY, we see by an article in the Manchester Times, has mano• rial rights in Manchester, which, levying tolls on all the sellers of provisions, enhance the price of them in the market. The various parties en gaged -in bringing food to Manchester market must be able to pay all Sir OSWALD MOSELEY'S manorial charges by the price at which they sell the food. Similar charges exist all over the country, and Sir ROBERT PEEL is the just man to stand up in the House of Commons and insist on taxing all food that comes in from abroad, in order that all these charges may continue to be paid. This he and his followers falsely call protecting the growers of corn and the fatteners of cattle. This great renovator of England also speaks of protec- r tion having existed 150 years, but he did not state what 1 interests that protection has called into existence. Did 1 manufactures grow up under its shadow, or in spite of i it ? Did his father gather great wealth, and every other 1 manufacturer, in consequence of that law, or in spite of it? Had it any conceivable influence in bringing forward the manufacturing industry of this country ? We answer no ; it has prevented the extension of that industry ; But the growth of manufactures, and the consequent i increase of a town population in wealth and numbers, has been a greater stimulus to agriculture, and been more the shadow under which its mighty interests have grown up into greatness, than all the laws that were ever passed since the days of limos. In fact, agriculture, like manufactures, on which its prosperity depends, has flourished in spite of the protec tion with which the law-giver encumbered it. Sir ROBERT PEEL talks, however, of still protecting it, and 1 Mr. GLADSTONE, mimicing his leader, talks of protec tion, and all the landlords talk of protection. Their re- i petition of the same cry resembles nothing that we are acquainted with, so much as that curious propensity of the canine species (and we hope our readers will excuse the comparison, but we know nothing mean enough, which can sufficiently express our thorough contempt of the gabble of those whom Lord PAL3IER STON called " dealers in protective duties"), which, alter one dog has lifted his leg and dirtied a spot, makes every other dog which passes also lift his leg and dirty it too. One hundred and fifty years ago the landlords dirtied the fair industry of the country by their protection, and every generation since of , land- lords, attracted by the scent, has done the same. Amassing dirt after dirt, according to this legislative fashion, merely because dirt was before put there under the name of protection, makes up what Lord PALMER STON so justly and appropriately called the monstrous legislation of the dealers in protective duties. We have shown by the facts, of the tithe system, of the local burdens, and of different qualities of soil, that the lumping system of protection, now adopted to please the landlords, is a sheer pretext, having no foundation in the nature of things. It is unworthy of any rational being to make it, unless with a design to cheat the public understanding, and unworthy of rational beings to credit it on any authority. It is our misfortune to be sometimes obliged to censure those who are, or pretend to be, our friends. Mr. Sergeant TAILFOURD is one of the Liberal party , and we have seen reason to suppose, from the general train of sentiment in his writings, that like most men of a high cast of mind, he is a fond and devoted admirer of Nature, and a hater of all men and things which deform her great works. We have high poetic authority or saying that man is "like unto God," that he is the " head, the heart, the soul, and tongue of all," and ex tending the ennobling sentiment we can, but conclude that society, an aggregate of men, is the noblest and ' grandest work of creation beneath the planets. At pre sent, however, society is the prey of an alarming disorder which threatens its existence. Class is arrayed against class, and the hand of the oppressor is lifted to snatch the bread out' of the mouth Of the people. Disease, distress, and untimely death are on every hand. No in considerable number of good men, who generally live retired in the bosoms of their families, alarmed at this condition o f society, and grieved at the unexampled distress which they have no power to relieve, the con sequence, as they think, of some acts of a few selfish and ignorant law-makers, have exerted themselves to explain to the people the cause of their present condition, and to urge them to obtain re lief by demanding that those acts of ignorant selfishness be annulled. Under such circumstances, Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD goes out of his way, when speaking on a trial at Stafford, to condemn the agitators for Corn law repeal, and to advocate submission under these most deplorable social evils. His remarks are very appropriately paraded by all the Tory journals, and in them have been forced on our notice. It is only necessary, we believe, for us to quote the Learned Gentleman's words,,to con vince our readers that they are ill-timed and erroneous, He said:— " I may add, that of all the arts of delusion or excitement, there is none which, in my judgment, is baser than that which takes the inevitable sufferings and calamities of human life— those sufferings and privations which must be the lot of mankind in this world—those calamities of labour and suffering, and plays upon them by representing that they do not arise from the taws of nature or inevitable circumstances, but that they arise from a wicked disposition to grind, to oppress, to injure, and to starve, as lam afraid you will be obliged to find is im. puted in this article." Does Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD then really suppose, while America and the North of Europe, and in feet almost every quarter of the world, offers us food for which our people have the means of buying, and are prohibited by the law, that the terrible calamities they aro now suffering " must be the lot of mankind," and arose " from the laws of nature or inevitable circumstances?" The Learned Sergeant will give us leave to say that such remarks are a greater libel on nature than what the Editor of the Staffordshire Examiner said of Lord INGESTRIE. If these be not the serious opinions of Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD, he did injustice to himself by ut tering them in any cause ; if they be, he takes an equally unpoetic and erroneous view of nature. W e ca ll his attention to the subject, that he may inform the W :rld whether they are the sentiments - of the man and the politician, or the mere verbiage of the lawyer. The mock revolution which took place at Lisbon, on the 10th inst., hardly deserves notice. The Charter THE SUN, Ldp' DO promulgated by DON PEDRO, and annulled a few years after - his death, has been restored ostensibly by the army, but virtually by some secret agents, possessing both money and influence. The QUEEN, the KING, her husband, and the nobles and priests, no doubt, consi dered themselves under restraint, and were glad to get rid of the Constitution established by the R'adical Sep tembrists. They knew nothing, however, of the plot, but when the old Charter was forced upon them by a few regiments,:and by sixty well-dressed gentlemen,who made a terrible noise one night under the windows of the Municipal Chamber, what could the' Court do but yield, sing a Te Deum in the Cathedral, and order three days of rejoicing for the revival of the Constitutional Charter ? The trick is so evident that no one can be deceived, and the anti-Court paity will yet turn it to good account. COURT CIRCULAR. BRIGHTON, SATURDAY.—Her Majesty did not take her ac customed airing to-day, the weather being foggy. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by Duke Ferdinand, of Saxe Coburg, and the Princes Leopold and Augustus of Saxe Coburg, walked, out on the cliffs at eleven o'clock. The Prince and the Royal party descended to the beach, opposite Regency-square, where his Royal Highness was asked by one of the Brighton boatmen if he would like to take a row out at sea, as it was " a fine time for rowing." His Royal Highness declined the proffered invitation, but observed that he might at some future period go out upon the water, and then made some inquiries respecting a very neat galley lying on the fall of the beach. _ . At one o'clock his Royal . Highness, accompanied by their Serene Highnesses the Prir ces of Saxe Coburg, rode out on horseback, and visited the Tennis Court attached to the Bedford Hotel. The Royal visit being by appointment, the Prince and the Royal party were received by Lawrence Peel. Esq., F. Seymour, Esq., Everett, Esq., and Cobbett Derby, Esq. (who form a portion of the Committee.) There were also present the Marquis of Bristol, Lord Poltimore, the Earl of Belfast, Lord William Harvey, Major-General Upton, Colonel Clarke and other Officers of the Scots Greys, Colonel Bentinck and Officers of the Coldstream Guards, &c. On his Royal Highnesses arrival a match was going on between Tom kins, the skilful Brighton marker, and Cox, the proprietor of a Tennis Court in the Haymarket. In this match Tomkins was the successful competitor. A "four" match was then played—Cox and Mr. C. Derby against Tomkins and Lord W. Harvey. His Royal Higness Prince Albert and the Royal party remained an hour and a half, and appeared much in terested with the play. The Royal party having returned to the Palace, his Royal Highness subsequently ualked out upon the Pier. 'f he only addition to the Royal dinner party was Archdeacon Wilberforce, who had arrived at the Palace this day for the purpose of assisting the Rev. Mr. Anderson in his official duties at the Chapel on the following day. SUNDAY.-This morning, at twelve o'clock, the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Princes Augustus and Leopold of Saxe Coburg, and the Royal suite, attended Divine worship at the Palace Chapel. Prayers were read by the Rev. J. S. M. An ders,n ; Archdeacon Wilberforce assisted at the Communion, and also preached a sermon from Matthew, c. 15, v. 28. The choir sang only one verse from the 43d Psalm, and one verse of the 100th Psalm. The body of the Chapel was very full. The congregation were admitted by tickets. The Princess Royal was taken a carriage airing at one o'clock. Neither her Majesty nor his Royal Highness Prince Albert have been out for an airing up to the time at which I close my letter. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Gloucester and the Duke of Cambridge attended Divine service yesterday morn ing in Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley-street. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge, accom panied by the Prin_esses Augusta and Mary of Cambridge, attended Divine service yesterday a'ternoon in Kew church. The Royal Duchess and the Princesses afterwards returned to town. _ _ Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Cambridge, Prince George, and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, visited her Majeaty the Queen Dowager on Saturday, at Marlborough House. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge yesterday, at Cambridge House. A deputat on, consisting of Sir J. Tyrrel, Bart., M.P., SirC. Broke Vere, M.P., Mr. Blackstone, M.P., Mr. Baggc, Mr. Burough, M. P., 11r. Neald, M. P., Lieut. -Col. Rushbrooke, M. P., Mr. Waddington, AI. P., Mr. Ormsby Gore, M. P., Mr. Fellowes, M.P., Mr. Packe, NT., and Mr. Wodehouse, M.P., had an interview with Sir Robert Peel on Saturday, at his official residence in DoWning-street. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at the Foreign Office. It was attended by Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Wellington, Lord Wharncliffe, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Earl of Haddington, Earl of Ripon, Lord Fitzgerald, Sir Henry Hardinge, and Sir E. Knatchbull. The s. ouncil sat two hours and a half. Sir Howard Douglas had an interview with Lord Stanley on Saturday at the Colonial Office A Deputation from the Society of Friends, consisting of Samuel Gurney, John Kitchirg, Joseph Neatby, Josiah Fors ter, George Stacey, Robert Forster, John Fell, Thomas Nor ton, jun., and John Hodgkin, jun., had an interview on Sa turday with Sir Robert Peel, at his official residence in Down ing -street. '1 he French Ambassador, and the Russian and Prussian Ministers, visited the Earl of Aberdeen on Saturday at the Foreign Office. Mr. Dean, Chairman of the Customs, and Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stampe ' had interviews with the Chanceilor of the F....hey .% on Saturday at his official residence in Down ing -street% Mahon, Sir Robert IL Inglis, and Mr. R. M. Manes, had an intervtevi with Sir Robert Peel on Saturday. Despatches front Sir A. Woodford, Governor of Gibraltar, were received yesterday at the Colonial Office. Lord Stanley had a dinner party on Satin day at his residence [ in St. James's-square. Among the company were the Duke of Richmond, Lady Caroline Lennox, Marquis and Marchioness of Douro, Earl of Aberdeen, Viscount and Viscountess Can ning, Lord and Lady Elgin, Lord and Lady Ashley, Lord Os sulston, Hon. Sydney Herbert, Sir Alexander Grant, Mr. and "Mrs. Hope, Mr. Liddell, Colonel Wilbraham, and Mr. James Wortley. 'f he Right Honourable Thomas GrenviPe entertained at dinner on Saturday the Earl and Countess of Cawdor, Lord and Lady Francis Egerton, Lord and Lady Mahon, Lady C. Grenville, and a select party. 'I he Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat on Satur day. The Lords present were the Lord President, Lord Wyn ford, Lord Brougham, Lord Campbell, Mr. Justice Erskine, and the Judge of the Admiralty Court. Dr. Lushington gave judgment in an appeal from Bombay, " Morgan v. Leech," allowing the appeal. Lord Brougham, on the part of their Lordships, gave judg ment at great length in an appeal from the Prerogative Court, " Charles Deare and Thomas Mayhew v. Ellen Ellwn," relative to the property of the late Mr. Peter Rainier. Their Lord ships affirmed the decree of the Court below, but without costs. Lord Campbell gave judgment in an appeal from the Pre rogative Court, " Emily Virginia Ditchburn v. lEneaiina Mackay Fearn," relative to the propriety of the late Mr. John Fearn. The judgment appealed against was affirmed, but their Lordships gave costs to the appellant in the Courts below. With respect to the costs of the present appeal their Lordships gave no direction. Lord Broughman gave judgment in an appeal from the Admi ralty Court, " Stuart v. lsemonger," relative to the ship Diana. The appeal was dismissed, and the sentence of the Court below affirmed... Dr. -Lushington gave judgment in an appeal from the Pre rogative Court, " Henfrey v. Henfrey." The appeal was pronounced against with costs. The appeal " Smith v. Gould," from the Admiralty Court, part heard at a former meeting, was then resumed. Dr. Phi !more was heard for the respondent, and the Queen's advocate was heard in reply for the appellant.—Judgment was deferred. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. 11. Hammond, Esq., and Mrs. Hammond, at Nelson's Hotel, P l / 4 rtland-place, from Fakenham, Norfolk ; Major and Mrs. Franklyn, at ditto, from Farnham, Surrey; John Wilkes, Esq., and family, at ditto, from Lofts Hall, Essex ; Marquis of Granby, at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, from Belvoir Castle ; C. B. Farnham, Esq., M.P., at ' ditto, from Loughborough ; C. Goring, Esq., M.P., at ditto, from Wiston Hall, 6ussex; Hon. It. S. Carew, M.P., at ditto, from Brighton ; Sir J. Duckworth, at ditto, from De.. vonshire; E. Turner, Esq., 'M.P., at the Gloucester Hotel, Piccadilly ; Col. and Mrs. Trenc, at ditto, from Paris ; G. H. Sharrate, Esq., at ditto ; J. C. Braddom, Esq., at ditto ; Mrs. Agnew; at ditto ; C. J. Baillie Hamilton, Esq., M.P., and Lady Caroline Hamilton, at Markwell's London Family Hotel, Albemarle-street, from Thame Park, Oxon ; J. Dobede, Esq., Mrs. Dobede, and the Misses Dobede, at ditto, from Selden Hall, Cambridgeshire; Signor Philip Dupre, Signor Geoge Fontana, and signor Jacque Guva. at Long's Hotel, Bonthstreet, from Italy; W. W. Keir, Esq., and Mrs. Keir, at ditto, from Singapore; Colonel Trevelyan, 60th rifles, at ditto, from Selby Hall ; Rice Clayton, Esq., M.P., at ditto, from Bucks ; T. Hughes, Esq., and J. Seymour, Esq., at ditto, from Oxford ; Captain Walker, at ditt o , f rom India, by the Oriental steamer ; G. Y. Wilkinson, Esq., at ditto, from Dover ; Colonel Chatoner, at ditto, f rom Portnall Park. DEPARTURES. Captain Delme, from Lorg's Hote', Bond. street, for Hants ; George Round, Esq., from ditto, for Colchester ; Baron Von Ebting, from ditto, for Russia ; Sir Henry and Lady King, trom the Gloucester Hotel, Piccadilly, for Brighton ; the Mar quis of Headfert, for Ireland ; Knyvett, Esq., Rivers Free ling, Esq., and the Rev. It. A. Gordon, from Nelson's Hotel s Portland-place. ing next, Mr. Ransford, the Mr. RANSFORD'S CONCERT.-- 0 'I.. — .well - known singer, will II Wednesday even ing may ju d ge from the talent give a splendid concert (if .• s i . tooms. Miss Adelaide a en n g d a 3 g i e r d . ) w at il t s h ,; e n H so a m r.o e v- o t: most admired Scotch songs, Including a few of Cie best performers) will be Kemble and Miss " r 2, a i,f , r t I ' l l u : 4 l ' IL e t a . duet from Norma, fascinating artiste, Mademoiselle Celeste has 'The alat band; conducted by Signor Negri. been extraordinarily attractive ht Birmingha m and Li verpool. She last night took her benefit to one of t& most crowded houses ever known withi n the wals of the theatre. Her admirable acting in Foreign Affairs elicited shouts of applause. She goes to Bath and Bristol in the ensuing week, and returns to the Haymarket on Easter Monday, to com.nence the new sea,o.a. It is our painful duty to record in our obituary of this day, the death of Lieutenant Edward William Sainsbury, of Brynbella, Flintshire, who fell in the late insurrection of Cabul. It is only a few weeks since that the coming of age of this gallant soldier was celebrated with very great rejoicings at the family seat, when all was gaiety and cheerfulness; but the scene of these festi. vities is now turned into mourning. This brave and promising young officer wall the eldest son of Sir John Salusbuuy ; and all who were related to him, or shared his intimacy, are plunged into deep affliction at his early and unexpected fate.—Carnarvon Herald. MAIL TO LANCASTER.—Arrangements are in course of being made for establishing a daily mail coach from Newcastle-upon-Tyne to Lancaster, by Durham, the Aucklands, Staindrop, Barnard Castle, Bowes, Stainmore, Brough, Kirby Stephen, Sedbergh, and Kirkby Lonsdale, and so opening out an important communication with Liverpool, Manchester, and all parts of the west and south of England, as well as Ireland and Wales• The Lord Exmouth coach has long been the only con veyance through this district, and save the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, the only way of crossing the country between the east and west coasts. The post. office authorities have made arrangements with the proprietors for converting the coach into a mail ; and it will leave Newcastle about mid.day, and Lancaster on the arrival of the London train at eight in the morning.—Manckesler Paper. The Furet of Havre published its last number with a column in blank, i consequence of the refusal of its printer to insert a political article. , His Serene Highness the Duke of Nas.,au has been pleased to mark his approbation of Sir Alexander Downie's work on the German Waters, by presenting the author with a magiacent ring set in brilliants, accompanied by a letter expressed to the most gratifying and flattering terms. MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 2i, 1842 SPORT. Under this title, the Paris Journal La Pre.sse, pub lishes the following amusing article, the original fea tures of which our translation shall endeavour to respect as much as possible Let me not be accused of sitigularity, or Anglo manie, for having selected a title which many persons will deem as pretending as it is English. But the word sport has no equivalent in the French language, and fragments of phrases would be required to explain what it explains so well. Sport means horse-races, steeple-chases, coursing, and fowling. Sport means also pigeon-shooting, dog and cock fighting, losing, and bets of every descrip tion. In short, by the word sport are meant all bodily exercises, all fatiguing and dangerous pleasures, re quiring strength, boldness, and vanity. And now, have we a word of such varied signification—a word so universal ? Is not the borrowing such a term of a foreign language very innocent? Could I have re course to another title, I, who am about to dwell as well as I can on the feats of which horses and dogs, pigeons and men, are the victims or heroes? This country has its .own sort of national sport. In Spain the sport is bull-fights—sanguinary but grand fetes, bequeathed by the Moors to the Spaniards. At Florence and at Rome it is the races of horses without riders. Among the Russians the turf is the frozen water of their river and lakes ; their sport consists in the art of skating with gracefulness, boldness in driving a swift sledge, the splendour of their equipage, the magnificence and profusion of furs, the noise of the little bells, and, above all, the coretrie with which the horse in hand casts his head aside as he gallops. In Germany, the waltz, pipe, and beer. In the East, the Djerrid exercise. In Holland, hawking. In Africa, lion hunting. In Bengal, guinea-hen catching, an ingenious ex ploitation of the taste those poor birds have for rum In other parts' of India they have, together witi gigantic combats of elephants, tigers, and panthers pitched battles of thrushes against thrushes, and quails against quails. In France the taste for sport has always been very lively, but it has not been directed to any particular object. We handle the sword, pistol, gun, and car bine, as well as any other nation in the world. We are neither less dexterous, less intelligent, nor less bold than so many others. On horseback our teme rity is sometimes folly. What, then, do we lack to become complete sportsmen ? Money, and the perse verance of vanity. Our fortunes are too narrow to admit of our in dulging in the way of hunting and racing, a prodi gality which would be ruinous to us, but which the heaps of gold of our neighbours do not even notice. In England there are, certainly, as many as two hundred packs of hounds ; of that number a hundred, at least, belong to pri vate individuals, who are as rich as the heroes of the Ar a bi a n Night tales. The other hundred belong either to purses which have clubbed toge ther, or to industriels; who get up a hunting associa tion, just as a theatre'is got up at Paris; and, almost always, the English speculation, which buys four footed artists, fares better than the theatrical specula tion, which engages biped performers. During three or four of the winter months the cities are deserted and abandoned in England, and towns-people become country-people. The woods - and fields ring with the sounds of the horn, the barking of dogs, and the shouts of the sportsmen. With respect to vanity,ualthough nobody has, as yet; reproached us with being in want of it, if there be in the world an undeniable truth, it is that, compared with the English, we were mere myrmidons and Lilliputians. The English are not vain from Englishman to Englishman, they are vain from nation to nation. 'Whatever be their station, and whatever they do, they always stand champions of their country ; in short, they have a perseverance of vanity which we have not. Let two travelling Englishmen be surprised by a robber who is a country man of theirs, they will not even attempt to defend their purses ; - they will suffer themselves to be plun dered without resistance ; but if an Englishman be attacked by a band of French robbers, he will fight like a lion, and rather die than yield, because he will not let Frenchmen boast of having intimidated an Englishman. We Frenchmen have personal vanity and individual gloriole, but not the least national feeling. We care little whether the witness of our rashness be a Russian, Englishman, or Frenchman ; provided we have two eyes fixed upon us, it is all we want ; and at that moment, we are fellows to fight a whole artny ; but, its the two eyes 1.0.00 tv lvtAR - Oil us; our ardour vanishes, and our passion is extinguished. Such is the nuance between the characters of the two people. Both are proud, and proud to excess ; one of his country, the other of himself ; but the Frenchman has but fits of vanity, and with the Englishman the fever is a permanent one. But let it not be fancied that sport recruits its adepts, only among rich and idle men. The most celebrated statesmen--Lord Palmerston, the Duke of Richmond, Marquis of Normanby, and so many others, Ministers as they have been, are, or will again be, have not the less continued the heroes of sport. English lawyers arrive at their Courts on horseback, duly spurred and whips in hand. Their names daily figure in the racing bets. What would Monsieur le Premier President of our Cour Royale say, if a lawyer presented himself at his sittings to argue a cause, after winning, the day before, the Royal prize in the Champ de Mars? What jokes have been lavished on M. Thiers's grey horse ? What was there not said of the equestrian pretensions of M. Cousin, when, in the grand costume of Minister of Public Instruction, he rode in the King's cortege ? In France a statesman cannot be a horseman, and a lawyer must move about only on foot, or in a hackney -coach. ' , ln England, on the contrary, statesmen and lawyers must be sportsmen, on pain, as regards the former, of being less popular, and, as regards the latter, of having fewer causes to plead. The Derby, is a national fete in England. The Derby ! Where is the Englishman who will not sacrifice to it his dearest interests,. his most sacred duties, and the presence even of the woman he loves ! Where arc the bright eyes, the havea ? For, see you, ever made so many hearts beat, delicious a: nu ds Theskindled moreetrhbayt ssions p the day the Derby Stakes are run for, the rapture is general, without fro m sharing his lethargic in such fanatical one thinks and dreams of-n o thing. but the D er by. That wizard is potent eno ug h t o wres t, f or a w h o l e day, gravity, an enthusiasm, justice must be d one t o th a t marve ll ous to everybe candid, Englishman spectacle. Thousands of vehicles °over the plain, a whole world intoxicated with joy, elegant and lovely women, the Court, which, on that day, honour the people with the exhibition of its gala equipages —the Queen with her dazzling toilette and beauty the greatest names of England treating as their equals the grooms and jockeys— the bets crossing one another—every vehicle converted into a dining room—the hawkers—the 1 rs--the nurliberless booths styling themselves Frascati Praneaitie ) Rou lette Francaise, where one may, beforehand, double or recover the loss which one will realise after the race. Oh! the admirable, astonishing sight 4, twen to eyes not English! The starting signal is given, the horses rush forward; silence then becomes gene ral, for the moment is a solemn" one. The horses fly ; they would not be so light if they carried all the gold staked upon their swiftness. For some seconds they are lost sight of behind a little eminence, but they soon re-appear. A whole arsenal or opera-glasses and teles copes is directed upon them, seeking to follow the various stages and 0 .4uctUations of a drama more rapid than the wind. The green jacket is foremost, but the red cap the rope; at the first turning it will have the advan vantage, but the turning is passed, and the green jacket still prevails. The nearer the horses approach the Soal, the more animated and desperate is the struggle. ilence has ceased ; some excite by gesture and voice the horse that carries with him, perhaps, their fortune. The cries raised by the others, though more disin terested, are not less violent. Twenty horses have started—only two or three return. What a dearly bought victory ! But the conqueror has often won 30,0001. or 40,0001. The race being over, vehicle races begin on the road ; amidst an awful Confusion they cross, meet, strike against one, another, and break down. The roads are covered with shatterkl poles and wheels ; no obstacle steps t he tipsy drivers ; they pass every where l‘k.l Ottittuni every thing ; one would fancy It t debacCie of the Neva, an avalanche of Mont Blanc, a tempest on the ocean ! In the hierarchy of sport, steeple-chases occupy but a second rank, though the riders were at the very least gentlemen, and though the danger is greater. But the steeple-chase horses are not usually of so pure a blood, and of so noble a breed as the race horses, and, before all, respect to blood, respect to breed ! After steeple-chases, come, ever in compliance with the hierarchic order of sport, greyhound racing. More fortunate than the race-horse, who triumphs only to enrich his master, the winning greyhound fi n d s hi s reward at th e en d of his career. In those races which are much in fashion in England, considerable sums are staked, won, and lost. Next come stag, hare, and fox-hunting, with its fatigues, emotions, and perils. Thencomes pigeon-shooting—the other chasse in slippers and robe de chambre, and favourite pastime of folks who reject all that is adventurous and fa tiguing in sport. In th e way of interludes, we have proposals more or less singular, and bets more or less extraordinary. Thus, a Woolwich lieutenant offers to play a game, at tennis against anybody for a sum of 50/., a singu lar accomplishment for an artillery officer An individual announces that on the 15th of Ja nuary, at noon, he will throw himself, dressed, into the 'blames, from the top of Waterloo-bridge ; for SI. he will treat himself to that cold bath ; really it is too cheap to deny ourselves so lively a pleasure, and all hasten to carry their contributions to the appointed place. Another engages not to touch any food for ten days, if a subscription of 101. be filled up, which he opens to his profit at the Crown tavern. The pound ster ling for every day of fasting ! It is not too much. After horses, greyhounds, foxes, pigeons, an d bull-dogs, we at length come to boxers—that last class 'of sport, which holds brutes in greater esteem than men ; for do not fancy that this classification is the effect of chance, and of a sense of shame or disgust. Not so ; the English do nothing without an intention ; they never blush at what they do, and are enraptured with 'delight at the hideous sight of two desperate boxers. Thus the last rank allotted in the hierarchy of sport to those ignoble fights proves only, that if they tremble when their horse has caught a cold, they have somewhat less feeling when they behold a man's ribs knocked in. In those com bats everything is opprobrious and repulsive—ay, every thing, from the teethless mouth, and the brutal looks ofthose degraded beings, to the preparations and pre cautions destined to prolong the combat. Each parrain brings his champion a pail of water, a large horse sponge, and a bottle of brandy or wine. The heroes are stripped to' the waist, and, at first, toster as much from fear as Fora drunkenness ; but the mur murs of the spectators soon warn them that !they have not come to witness mere childish play. Vanity then prevails over fear, 4 and. the combat becomes se rious. At every tooth that drops, at every rib that breaks, at every eye that falls out, there are voices that shout bravo ! and hands that applaud. Tll, struggle has already lasted an hour ; the boxers are exhausted ; they can scarcely stand ; their faces are bruised, and covered with blood ; their bodies present but a huge sore. But they have not yet rested and assailed one another above 50 times, and a beau combat must be renewed at least 60 or 70. Their parrains apply the sponge to the flowing blood, wash their eyes, noses, and ears, pour wine or brandy down their throats ; and the blows resound again, until one of them, ex hausted, panting, almost dead, falls down to get qa no more. And yet the crowd is often dissatisfied; often does it cry that there has been treachery or cowardice—instead of one corpse, it would have two. This is the ugly side of sport in England, for it is not the populace only that is avicle of these loath some spectacles ; the most elegant men blush not to witness them, and to speculate upon the fists of a boxer with the same sang froid "as they speculate upon a horse's legs. In this department of sport we shall never be on a level with the English, and we can but congratulate ourselves upon it. THE EFFECT OF SIR ROBERT PEEL'S SCALE. Experience has shown , that no very large importation of foreign food takes place at duties above 2s. Bd. per quarter, and that the extreme need of the country has been usually relieved only at a duty of one shilling. Sir Robert Peel justly observed, that " In 1838 the total amount 'of foreign wheat taken for home consump tion was 1,728,000 quarters in the course of the year. Of that amount 1,261,000 quarters were entered at the duty of ls. In 1840 tne total amount entered for homb con sumption was 2,020,000 quarters, of which 1,217,0.0 0 quarters were taken at a duty of 2s. B d." A simi;ar proportion of the whole was imported at Is. last year. Thus, according to the Premier's own showing, the great bulk of the foreign supply comes in at duties in the amount of which he makes a reduction of Bd. only, and he leaves the same high minimum as before of 735., at which the ports are open ! We are aware that there will be a somewhat freer entry of corn at average prices of from 665. to 715.; but this we apprehend will be of small benefit, for the premium on the reservation of corn is still preserved. This is inseparable from any sliding , scale whatever. It matters comparatively little how gradual the rise in the rates may be, so long as by re training from entering corn at the higher, the seller can gain the greater profit of the lowest rates. Sir Robert Peel evidently assumes, that because the holder of the foreign corn can sell at • a remunerating prim; when he pays 35., 45,, 55., or 65., that he therefore will do it. Why should he, when he can gain a still higher profit by waiting ? It ought to be kept in mind that the continental supply is itself a monopoly, and that it is limited, according to the Report of the Consuls, to some two or three millions of quarters. That more might eventually be obtained we question not, but it is evident. that no larger amount could be had under a demand con stantly limited by a sliding door, as often shut as open. There ig, and would be then, a monopoly of foreign corn in the hands of the sellers, and the sellers would regulate their sales, not according to an option of moderate pro fits, but according to their own power of realizing larger profits. We regard the reductions in higher duties as mere moonshine ; high duties are seldom paid ; and if, instead of redueinc_ 245. duties to 10s. ones, Sir R. Peel had r 9 iii&ei them to 241., he would have made his scale not apt practically worse than it was - befol - -e." - So long as the goal of open ports is at the end of the • slide, and men have it in their power to hold on till they reach it, it is of small importance whether the inclination of the slide be rapid or gentle. The distance to be traversed is of the utmost moment, and that distance the Premier leaves undiminished. .Till wheat is 735. a quarter—a price invariably coincident with the severest suffering— foreign food is still taxed ; and this is equally the case under both scales.—Facts and Figures, which continues to be a very useful publication. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ASHDOWN PARK COURSING MEETING. (CONCLUDED. ) THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.—The Cup was won by Lord Stradbroke's Magdalen beating Mr. Etwall's World's-End (drawn lame). The Claret Stakes were divided between Lord Stradbroke's Alinerva and Mr. Cripp's Extacy. The First Class Craven Stakes were won by Lord Stradbroke's Magna beating Mr. Bennett's Beha, The Second Class Craven Wai won by Mr. Agg's Aid-de-Camp beating Mr. Goodlake's Grateful Lass. The Compton Bottom Stakes were won by Mr. Morant's May-Fly beatii.g Mr. Lawrence's Long stock. The Weyland Stakes were won by Mr. Lawrence's Lucy beating Mr. Agg's Asp. The Second Class Weyland was won by Mr. Bennett's Bravura beating Mr. Etwall's An toinette. The First Class Ashdown Stakes were won by Mr. Bowles's Bamfylde beating Mr. Agg's Attila. The Second Class Ashdown by Mr. Bowles's Boscobal ; and the Selling Stakes by Mr. W. Etwall's Will Watch. HOOTON, FEU. 17.—The Cup was won by Mr. Stanley's Sultan, the Hooton Stakes by Mr. Ball's Bugle, and the Wir ral Stakes by Mr. Swan's Sydney. WINMARLEIGII, FEB. 16.—The Cup was won by Mr. Walmsley's Dart, and the Patten Stakes by Mr. Therripaun t s Sherry. FLEETWOOD, FEB. 16.—The Fleetwood Cup was won by Mr. Dobson's Bloomsbury, and the Rossell by Mr. Butcher's Spree. UNION CLUB, FEB. 9 and Io.—The Great Fleetwood Cup was won by Mr. Hornby's Hyson, the Russell Puppy Cup by Mr. Hornby's Hong, the Union Stakes by Mr. Ridgway's Deer Slayer, and the Bold Stakes by Mr. Slater's Sweetbriar. . • LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTER. CHESTER Cur.-9 to 1 agst Lanercost-13 to 1 agst Alice Hawthorn-13 to 1 agst Marshal Soult-12 ►to 1 agst Vulcan —.24 to 1 agst Cruiskeen-30 to 1 agst Johnny (taken), and 40 to 1 agst Bellingham Lass. No other change. DERBY. to I agst Chatham-25 to 1 apt Wiseacre— SO to 1 agst Auckland. Omis.-22 to 1 apt Ladye of Silverkeld Well. The rest as before. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Her Majesty's stag lids., Wed., Ditton Marsh, Surrey—l I. Kir Mai Gerard's hde., Wed., Dow nald Green. Cambridgeshire lids., Fri. Melton Wood. East Kent hds., Tues., West BrabOurne ; Fri., Bosingliam atteet-14, Pytchley hunt, Wed., Stanford Hall ; Fri., Kilmarsh ; Sat., Hold eaby-1 04. thorn httnt, Bardon Hall ;Thurs.,Kirby Gate; Kettleby,loi. Cottesmore hds., Tues., Launder Abbey; Fri., Bull, Witham Common-10i, tarl hds., Old Weston Windmill-10. Lord Yarborough's hds., Wed., Elsham Hall; Fri., Kin gerby Wood-11. Sir R. Sutton's hds., Tues. ' Carlton-le-Moorland ; Wed. Gautby Park; Th., HaekthornAlill; Fri., Gate BurtOn; Sat., Langworth Bridge-11. Mr. Musters' hds., Tues., Witheall House; Th,, Hangham Village •, Fri., Tothill-11. Mr. Foljarnbe's hds., Tues., Headon Clump ; Th., Sand back Park ; Fri., Rossingtonßridge--10i. Ruffordhds.,Th4KneesallVillage.; Sat.,Rufford Abbey-10 . Mr. Long's harry:,,Fri.i•lldperton-11. Holderness hds., Tues., Bishop Burton ; Th., North Dal ton • Fri., Londshorough Gate, dr. Russell'i hds., Wed., Farewell Hall; Fri., Phanswurth Bar-11. Duke of Grafton's hds., Wed„ Ash Leys; Fri., Astwell Mill-10i. Oakley hds., Tues., Milton House ; Th., Chickeley ; Sat. Crarifield-11. . _ Baron Rothschild's stag hds : ,Th., Norwood House-11i. Wynyr.rd. tb, hursday, F6hburn. Lieut.. Colonel . Bildyard's hds., Wed., Newby; Fri„ Tren• holme Bar, Mr. Villebois's stag-hds, Thur. Barton-11. Norfolk hds., Wed. Baudeswell ; Fri. Sennowe Lawn, 10i. Atherstone lids., Wee. Willesley;Th. Steward's Hay; Sat. High Cross-101. York and Ainsty lids., Tues. Wild Man ; Th., half way be tween Warier and North Dalton ; Sat., Melbourne-10i. Bedale hds., Wed., Maunby Village; Fri., Middleton Tyas-10i. Boroughbridge harrs., Tues„ Grafton Bar ; Fri., the Ken nels-101. Eddlethorpe hds., Wed,, Whitwell Hall Fri., Mr. Boswell's, Thorpe —lOl. A fire, which cons ume d the house and all it 66iik tained,'broke out on Tuesday morning at Mr. Peyton's, 6, Kent-ter. race, Old Kent.rosid. The family tin escaped tel the adjacent house. Mr. Peyton is insured in the Phoenix. the origitl Ii alaifire is as yet undiscovered. MERTIIICR.--There is a report very prevalent that the Chartists are again on the move; meetings are held every night, and a club is also in existence. where each member pays a certain sum monthly, for buying muskets and ammunition. NO less than six hundred muskets arrived at Merthyr last *ea, vt hich were soid to the members of the club at thirteen shillings each. This is omi. nous, and we are extremely afraid that were a rise to take place, that numbers would join the infatuated wretches, as Many are in actual want of food, and the distress and poverty existing in the neighbourhood is dreadful.— Carmarthen Journal. The King of Holland has conferred the decoration of the Oaken Crown on M. Deniere, the eminent Uronze-manufac turerof Paris, The Gazette des Tribunaux states that an associa tion of pietpockets, known by the name of les Tireurs Beiges, have just been detected in the capital. They coilsist principally of Belgian men and women respectably dressed, who frequent crowds in churches and places of public resort, where they take advantage of the throng to effect their purpose. Many of them have been recognised as old offenders ) and it is believed that most of the band are in the hands of justice. The Gazette de Liege states that there are not less than twelve divorce suits at this moment before the Civil Tribunal of that place, and thzt, most of the parties i;long to the eaucated and wealthy classes of society, THE WEATHER.—NOON, FEBRUARY 21. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. Thermometer... 43 Highest 46 Lowest 29 Barometer 22.70.—Wind S. —Freezing Point !:.2 Deg. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-51ORROW, Alorning minutes after It I Evening 52 minutes after II - Amickk - *Q44 , 4we cr-* tbt kerontiXbitton SUN OFFICE, Three o'Clock. The Navy Estimates for the current year, together with the amount to be voted for the Ordnance, will be found in another part of The -Sun. The Army Esti mates have also rppeared, making altogether a gross amount of about 15,000,0001., for 1842-43, being an in crease of only 125,0001. over that of the preceding year. No one can contrast the small forces employed by land and sea, with the extensive operations in progress, without paying a voluntary tribute to the bravery energy, skill, and efficiency of the British army and navy. In the whole history of mankind no instance at all simi lar is to be found. The Roman Legions, spread over a comparatively small spot on the globe, numbered thou sands for the hundreds of the British army, While there is scarcely a nook of land, or a bay throughout the world, that is not watched and occasionally visited by some por- don or other of the British V forces. The total number of all ranks in the army amounts to 121,121, about one fourth of . the army of France, while we are at war with three hundred millions in China, independent of one hundred millions to be kept in sub jection in India, the war in .Alfghanistan, the prepara tions in Canada . for settling the affair of the Creole and the Boundary line, and the countless islands and colonies that are either garrisoned or protected by our army and navy. The duties required of these brave men of course must be incessant and harassing, and unless some ' remedy be provided by the settlement of disputed questions, it is evident that, within a short period there must be a large addition to our forces, and, what naturally follows, a large addition also to our taxes. This, no doubt, exercises the inge nuity of the military authorities, and the heads of the Treasury, and causes more anxiety than the Corn laws or the People's Charter. But with a declining re venue, and such vast operations on their hands, would not a wise Administration be anxious to conciliate rather than irritate a discontented and starving population ? Is, however, any one of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S plans calcu lated to have such an effect ? Instead of extending the suffrage, his party try every means to narrow it still more and more, and while the people cry out for cheap bread, he mocks them with a new sliding scale. The higher classes, however, will find that these great questions cannot be kept in abeyance without more money, and that a Property Tax, or some other tax that shall press as heavily on them as on the work ing classes, will be imposed speedily by their second " heaven-born" Minister elect. The complete success of the revolutionary faction in Portugal—a faction which we stated from the outset was receiving the underhand support of the QUEEN and her husband— quite prepares us for the threatened outbreak in Spain. The game of Louis PHILIPPE; Madame Mu- Noz, and Donna MARIA is won in Portugal. The prelimi nary step to the Spanish Revolution has been taken, and so successfully, that the Christinos and Carlists must be burning with impatience to measure swords with ESPAR TERO. All that is now waited for is the signal from the Tuilleries. " The plot," says the Paris Constitutionel, "is certain, Proofs abound every where.. The alliance between the Christinos and Carlists is nearly arranged and concluded. The eldest son of Don CARLOS is to marry the young Queen ISABELLA. An in surrection to further it is fixed for spring. , This we stated ourselves on Friday in nearly the same words. Some details of the plot have, however, since transpired. The REGENT is to be assassinated, and this is to be the signal for the general rising. CARLOS and the Fueros will form the war-cry of the Basques ; CHRISTINA. and the.Estatuta Real Ore to resound south of the Ebro. The POPE, the King of NAPLES, and France, are expected to supply funds. The latter is sat. have already guaranteed the requisite supply of arms and ammunition. General JAREGUY (El Pastor), M. RIBED, of I'ampeluna, and the notorious AvznA NETTA, are at this moment in Bayonne, in readiness to cross the frontier, where eleven millions of ball cartridges are ready to be delivered to then_. Generals CABRERA, VILLAREAL, EGUIA, SILVESTRE, VORGAS, and O'DoNNELL are to assume the chief com mands of the revolutionary army. VILLAREAL is already on his way to Portugal, to obtain succours from Donna MARIA., his plan being to invade Spain, from some part of the Portuguese territory. A large body of troops has been enlisted in France, and large sums of money have been subscribed to defray the expenses of further enlistment. CABRERA is at Lyons, surrounded by a host of conspirators, and treating with commercial houses in London, Strasburg, Marseille - , and Paris, for loans which are said to be offered very readily in consequence of the underhand support of the whole plot by the French Court. With these facts before the world how is it that nu explanation is demanded from the French Government ? Will England suffer a country like Spain to he thus a constant prey to the revolutionary intrigues of refugees sheltered, and encouraged by France ? France has re cognised the Government estaLlished in Spain, and, therefore, the attempt to disturb it as criminal as it would be in England to intrigue for the res,;;)ration of the Bourbons. Letters and Papers from Madrid of the 12th ins'. state that the Government had bQen apprised of the success of the revolution in Portugal. It excited great surprise, although ESPARTERO had taken the precaution to establish a strong force on the frontier. The debate on the Address was still continued. The Funds were !ower on the Madrid Bourse, the closing prices on the 12th being 30;1 for cash; and 311 at 60 days, sellers in both instances. Eight out of the nine committees, or bureaus, into which the French Chamber of Deputies is divided, have decided against any mitigation of the law which holds the printers of public journals responsible for their con tents. Now, according to the standing orders of the Chamber, no subject can be disctissed which has not been voted for by a majority of three of these com mittees, consequently the measure is, for the pre sent, lost. The principle of the censorship of the press is therefore completely established, for the printers can and will refuse to print any article which appears to them offensive to the Government. In the Com mittee, in which M. THIERS presided, the debate was very animated. The Ex-Minister spoke against the system of newspaper persecution, carried on by the Government, in very strong and animated terms. "As for me," said M. Dimas, " although I frankly agreed to the Sep tember I,ws, yet so soon as they had the desired effect, which was to prevent the discussion of the principle of the right of Government to exist at all, 11;y opinion was that we ought to institute as few n:w4 paper prosecutions as possible. I knew that we could only succeed by packing juries, and intimi dating printers, and I disapproved of these methods, knowing that even they must fail us in the en d. It i s only by b ear i ng with the abuses of the • press, the the Government can grow too strong for it." . These opinions are moderate and just ; it is only a pity that M. THIERs did not carry them into action when the power of the Government was in his o h n hands. But it was he who first inspired Louis PHILIPPE with a hatred of the press, and with a conviction the lit 3 ab nes could be best restricted by prosecutions. The Messager declares that there is no foundation fa the ass2rtion of the Augsburg Gazette, that letters are opened at the Post-effice. The Siecle says—" This evening a fact was stated to us, which proves that the Augsburg Gazette was well informed. We shall wait for more complete information before we corn. municate it to the public." 130 URSE—Ekuis, 3A itrty ar, F.EB. 19. First kllglsfat Lowest Last Price Price. rnc., Price. sei.co 5 per Cents. ll9 25 ... :30 ... 1:9 20 .. 119 St 4y6 per Cants. 3 per Cants 80 45 ... 80 45 ... 80 45 ... 80 45 Loan o: Frant mos hank I,ooof, :. 11 4 '2 5 50 .....1458 . 3 50 . .... : ; 38 012 5. 50 7... 3 1 38 012 50 5,000.. . i OLO . .....50 8 1 1 1. 5 ) , eiwasi Link fielillifl 5 lilt Cent,. 5 ter Cents:, 1840... MN •,5.4 marl A0:0 0 •0 , •,-41,1•14 ib4fa ..;•‘ -.• 5 78 Passive b 5 % 4 % Old DefeWed l'orttigueseb per Cents, „„, 28 ... "6 25 lob 60 ... 06 25 28 ... Ncapoman ,• •• los 80 .................. INN ... 1(14 311 '" 1G44 1044 RAILWAY sHARZ3. , beeolditi •• • gia . 65/ 0) 4 " 8" gersaffics, .. Aeo 38.0 5 7- s) , 657 90 L. B ... ....... ;i6" tojo 2.0 ... 216 73 515 Rouen ............................. „, -;•" ?5' 5 unseals ............ 56.1 75 . 2 ( 47 50 B:rasburgtoliale, ............ . 242 59 41%47 49 "O' ' GAM v... e t i h n e tone poi n eour ploased n a cte TORY CONFERENCE.—The Tory party a re not at al l with g - wh i ch Peel received them at the to which they were in vited previous to the di v ision on Lord John Russell's motion. Raving assembled in considerable numbers, and waited some time, Peel walked into the room, silent, ~ , -I'. -, •1 LtlL,'; Ip,tte,,iltik: ,11 1 1.:y. 11'' `bilked t'i till , t• - 1), 41'1; plaeiiig his, bu.ek against the wall iio eddressed his zealous sunnorthra_ He told them that he had taken the . - office which e hell to lease th nothirnsiel i f ow that he had p aidp great attention to the e C m, orn-laws, an d , the Bill he had brought in was the result of that attio tion ; if they did not like the. Bill they might bring and carry a better by . themselves if they could ;,/if would not vary his plan. But he wished them foll3r to understand that a cold or a lukewarm support w ouldl • not do for him. He must have an honest support in the . House of Commons, and out of it also ; an d he must not hear of any talking against his measures in private,. or any secret cabals against him. If he remained Pre - , mier, he would be premier in all things ' •'..and if they- „oil disliked his rule, it was one of their own choosing, whicu he did not covet, and which they might relieve him from J r, when they thought fit. The fit of sulkiness seized these assembled Tortes, and- they departed, to do as he bid, them, knowing that without him they could do nothing. . ;.0 0 PEEL'S CONFIDENCE.—On being told that he ,had been burnt in effigy, the non-confident Premier ask-e u • "by which party, the agriculturists, or the manufae- 4 4 . 0 1 turers, have I been so honoured ?" On this speech being I °, reported to one of the bitter agriculturists in the Souse of Commons, he replied that Peel ought to have Icnowl l better than to make such remarks, considering the posi tion in which the farmers had placed him. On Saturday Lord Aberdeen exchanged, with the Ministers of Austria, Russia, and Prussia, the ratitio" tions, by their respective Courts, of , the treaty of Loi r . the don of the 20th of December, 1841 , with a view to suppression of the African >lave trade. The Frenc h Ambassador was present at Downing-street when then`'' , ra tifications were exchanged, but his Excelle nc y had 11°' received the ratification by his Court. The Belfast Vindicator gives a terrible picture of the; state of crime in the county of Down. " There are tr :40 present," observes this Journal. " upwards of sixty Yr' soners in Down gaol for trial at the ensuing assizes, .: charged with the commission of hei nous crimes., 11.10 than twenty of these are charged with distin ct murderl —a number greater for that awful crime than was tamed in all the calenders in this hitherto peace". county during the ten years we had of a Whig .A.clmillisn", tration."—This is au excellerit practical commenta r y the boast of the Tory Journals, that Ireland has t r °, great entent been tranquillized by Earl De G r e s ` vernment. Twenty distinct murders---,:intl in one co ,0 too !—are certainly proofs irresistible of the progres ,3 'risk tranquillity ! 5• MONEY and COMMERCIAL ?SEW' ~0 e a CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK' IV LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, FEB. 19.—The Co,t'! ° ( 0 , Market to-day has been exceedingly dull , the sales cernpvlo,,, 2,000 bogs only, all to the trade , without any chan g e in prl Livearoot SHARE MARKET. FEB. 19.—The folloNvingsb the last quotations :—Eastern Counties, 8a; Edinburgh 0;4 Glasgow, 45k; Grand Junction, 184 ; Half Shares , , in i;) , London and Birmingham Fifths, 57 ; Midland C ounties, North Midlan, New, 15a; Paris and Rouen, 144- 7 MANCHEST d ER t!TOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 19.—We "ac,-1011 improvement to notice in our Market to - day , and but a amount of business has been transacted. Our quotations —London and Birmingham, 16 7 x; Glasgow and GLeellon, 22i ; Lancaster and Preston, 303 ; London and South iv 59 to 60. The Continental arrivals consist of two French, tvy° t , bf ders, and one Dutch mail; but the intelligence broug b d them is not of importance.. The Hamburgh mail arrive d bel cn Saturday afternoon. Exchange comes the same. o l d 4 advarced one schil.ing, the quotation being 430 i. THE FUNDS. Consols opened steady at. 894 3 for Money and Ae c 14,1 fr Three per Cents. Reduced, 89a ; Ditto, Three-awl -a ' 99i ; Bank Stock, 169 170 ; Exchequer Bills, 23, 25' Stogy . The Foreign Securities opened flat. Spanish Active ott er has declined to 24i- 3, in consequence of prices comiq from Madrid. The news from Lisbon has had no ape' a ttic' the Portuguese Bonds, the Five per Cents. are 32i ; 19i; Mexican 80nd5,351 t. Very little business 6 PRICIY.S OF SHARES THIS DAY AT 0 1 ' ;Li it ILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. ' n Eastern Counties to Great Western 65 - - Ditto Fifths London ant Brighton 5O ...... 35..... London and Birmingkani 90 167 59ii ..-..--• ° . to 5 ~ London and South Western 3Bi Manchester and Leeds ~,, Ditto New Shares 3O •, C .:unties lOO - ° to :.., . __. Northern and Eastern JOINT STOCK BANKS.' Colonial .. Provincial Bank of Ireland 25 .... . . 40 . . ... PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, F E B ' ~ 11'; 3 per Cent. Consols Three and Half Stock 9B Grand Canal Stock ........ 53P Ditto Reduced ..... Ditto llebs. 6 per cent,' Ditto New 1830... 98i Ditto 4 per cent ...... ••". 3} per Cent. Debs. HALF-PAST ' has been a fair amount of English Funds this morning, and, with the exceptionol_,f, per Cents. Consols, the Markets are • without alterattnoe the opening quotations. Consols for Money were last do _c ow l after havin, been as high as 89i, and may now be V A ,. 89h ; and for the Account, 89A; Three per Cents- 1 707 89 Three-and-a-Half ditto, 99%; New Three4o" 98i Exchequer 23 25.V e S in the Foreign Market Spanish Active Stock' have at ;Pt./Iran transact ed proved a little upon the opening prices being no'S ci et orP ; Passive, 51 ; and Deferred, ; Mexicali # l ,' 35, : Portuguese Five per Cents., 32 ; Dutch Tr:::;er,l a .,6 a lr per ..,onus., 52 52i ; and the Five per Cents., ly'- ver , Ls oo r ua r nt h h e Share lWoteesst ec nL A ,O I nasl4.9koei ; presents n anldi idl a Birminghamn no c a l ou te n r t a ie ti s 7 6 , Bo7 a n ; ; d but r~ limited business doing. London an d Briahton are Nor Eastern, 34 3 %. . LLOYD'S SHIPPING—THIS k s• SC' LoNnox, FEB. 2l.—Wind this day at noon S• n th, DEAL, FEB. 19.—Wind S.S. W., moderato; k r d.„ 1 , 1. 4 ditto.—Arrd. Jane Clark, Lawson, northward . the River, Pilot, for South Seas ; Ganges, for Sydn e y t. in, j. lotte, Madras; Emerald. Antigua.-20th, ; ; Jane Erskine, Pernambuco Helen, Tr in. j am ee, New York; Dart, Madeira ; 'Pegasus, Corfurforob_li OFF RAMSGATE, FEB. 19.—Independept, Hull;1 4) SOUTHA:s._EFTON, FEB. 19. Arrd. Lady k a T s 'boo l l,. o o o (steamer), Gihi.3.ltar, left 10th inst., Cadiz 1 I th, r o , Of :i r e) Oporto and Vigo 1.,!11. The Kent (steamer), La,tf o ji l teb, to Torquay to this port, got aground between ,cteu Head and Huist Castle durlpg a thick fog, and is e l r go to pieces ; cargo saved. POOLE, FEB. 19 —Sld. Extirnent, Newfoundland TORBAY, FEB. 19.—Sid. Ne w port, Rio Janeiro. O F F SALCOMBE, FEB. 19.—Mary Young , YounfP,roer'; JERSEY, FEB. 17.—Arrd. Charles, liznion , Sld. Damon, Malta. - s l4 ' BRISTOL, FEB. 20..-Arrd. Commerce, Fayal• tcrprise, New York. AIILFORD, FEB. 19.- 7 Sld. Neptune, Fayal. gld Coax, FEB. I7.—Arrd. Alert, Gordon, Laguna. videre, New York. LEITH, FEB. 17.--Arrd Sisters, Hall, Leghorn•„„wrgj 0 BRIDLINGTON, FEB. 20.—The Ann and Jane, of J o g, 0' got on the rocks to the nothward, has been assisted dOl bi 0 'coming into the harbour. -•-! • .tng, 511' t# BERWICK, FEL 18.—The Majestic steam- , the ashore on Holy Isia.Pd, has been got off, and put - 0 0 4,/ re :air. „,.:-. to ."..Al' PORTSMOUTH, FEB. N.—Wind S.E.--20. S. Scillifiti' A rr d..Nlalacca, London for Cal:.utta ; her Mekie s , t % P t fred, Shee,Pess, for Rio Janeiro ; her Majesty's sil l r fi g (1 able, Sheerness. k so l'Ly MOUTH, Fica. 20.—Wind S.E.—i.. Warl °4 ' ,40 1 Fitzberbert, Sydney ; i'yitish Queen, Palen: l°- A 01(P ) FALMOUTIT, FEB. 19.—Wind variable.—Alr'ccidla Scott, Les Sables. Sid. Man:ela, Havannah ; 1 :" : , Naples. Arrd off, Ocean, HortiCrske, for Batavibii. if BRIDFORT, FEB. 19.—thd. Susan, River Galzore"l". G LOUC E S TER, FEB. 20.—S1d. Flora, A s. j CLYDE, Fze. 19.—S1d. William Shand, Calcutts Trinidad. ho riP SHIELDS, FEB. 17.—Arrd. Agnes Sophia, Leg -- - 7 — "= - ---- ------'------- — 1 ,/ P A . THE MARKETS.--L(T HIS 01 , CORN _EXCHANGE. he% Last week's arrivals of English Wheat were T,'0 4 _, 4 0„,/ of Barley and Irish Oats gond. The fresh suPPi r e i fv' e , t try rate. Wheat sold slowly at precious terms, P, ai k iks l' t ot 0 and hardly supported its value. lieans area k 11 1 ,',illi buyers at former rates. The Oat t 1 %d& still s i t ' , 'dil l ' 4, alteration from last currency. Flour sells gl" of' former rates. , th i 11C 4 10 106" ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DU- -- (1 / English .9ar4ley. .,•414y, i 4 0 0 14 1"9 qrs. 50..4 bO W irish _ 10,5 6 4 , ___.., - .o . 0 Foreign 135,031 I I ----- 0 ,4 :IP PRICES OK BOARD or SFIr ... • ,„„ , 7,, _Wheat,R ß Z: B4 id) .l) n i: 5 - ss s . _ Beans,S T rn ic a k li c tl: e l e i v t ... ',.; 4l ;% 4;o o 4 ---.. White (01d).......—5. --8. -------"'" (°„, .0 ° , ,,... 01 2..,* ----- Fine s',s 63, .----- t . fi ed.,0•34., --..-- Superfit.r. gi.. 66 5 . —. Harrow tap' . ...",if White (1841).., 515 . 58s. --------"' - .0',,, ,, per f --- Fine tiOs. 62.5. Brank ... .. . .......................... Superfine 'Os. 72e. Oats, Feed ....... .....:..„" 0 0- 0 ,,,.. 7) ----Foreignfree 56, 766. --- , New ... f••• • ..r; 'Ol , , 2tyc 38s. 40s --- POIARR .... .; ~,,,,... , Barley 265 324. --------N e ',,,,,,' 0 1.1. i * Grinding ... ' ,•'" AO . •6s 3fis, Potatoev_, .... ~ ~,. Malting 33s 368. -----. g ... ..*',1; 4 7 . 6.", Zalt re;se,Fti!.'eeY): New w e - w ...... 3 02; : 5 .. 3 664 2 05 :1 . 1. -7 1our Si l re i c w hc : ".( 1 0 .;;;# ... 11: • °17). . ::: " .:D fi rel ---- Map,,,' New . • - -,N 33,. ---- Secon ,"..„;tri ', White.... .34s 365, —...... North u ........ 0 . 0 ..—..... Boilers 36s 38s, Bran .............. e.. 6, TEA MARKET. , 0 ore s ' There was little business done, but hol ue . e t, obtained full rates. TALLOW MARK ET . 1, o n t he e Prices firm, with a good demand f or p arse d id - 435. to 48s. 3d. per cwt. as' e° t oe• OIL MARKET*d the d 0 o il In prices little variation took Icar oeh 401. 10 0. P go . d f slack. Cod Oil, 291. and Pale Sea . . -T. .. 04 91 HOP AIARKb , t , o f ,i There was a good demand for all so. e lOrt 'te rates were paid, 51% Fr' d el PROVISION MARK r ms.* Th i cee Butter met with a fair sale, and at tiro c w t, .. t , /- 60s. to 945. and inferior 775. to 795. per " it ) slow sale at 48s. to Os. per cwt. 6,4 1, RICE MAR.KE T : f i a a at 9 6 ' Little business done, but prices ver for low to middling white. vi , sum)e Aer ß Apnr u armtdrt, U SSE LS, F:B. ----- :151111°11%. 14 °l)4l';:llievil e Pldr ip._EcLuGA3II.B!JAMOr. v ss2L.tt, of A # FEE. 18.—The immensely long debate. on the: 13 00 P le o purchase of the British Queen steamer+. wi cp ._ s ee °JAI some time past the columns of the Mortiteupliotrf terminated, the project of law proposed by the P th e t been agreed to as tollows f— .. ., t e d to viit ts i disposable toe . ~.ns a A tfboi.o. ( e . r r ,is e t nohl d sei Art.t4 o pi fu purpose 0 5 es 2. 0es O f u , O com o fh 3 faor np f ra. r t a t it i neiccspv ua i ... 3 ..13,0Li g r to e ta oirft b t i, oi l. 7 4a 0:: : 0 — y ii : Ag dO c i ; t e e d d it by of 7 2 7 5( ; , 0 0 t ( ; 0 s f t r o an 6 c - s (in thc,.,butiganetd of , 0 0, f t: a o n i c ,e e n ( e l d B t 4 ot;:s t . thoe .-. °v don u f p ; th rl vf n : er t irt : :sihnhee ni•Q;ut:Bereeciiiiasehriarr:ittaQhrelileernre'! ede : d:f ; , 111 '2 cipal of the sum paid for t..... v oted 6 '. su n ' 'O ll '0 to 13 votes l ' eacis the tea 08°1 -o r Ar , , 3 and 4, stating under what ..._ : dry _ i , seveoty ~ be placed in the budget for 184- ,, scer`a•cirl.t.Y u the whole law was geed to by ain 3 - v i 0 3. 1 5 t, i 4 ) ~,,, A f fib ril : 0011) j, ten votes. ( the Vl*. - ottoP. fa 1 A letter from Heidelberg 0 Ito ou t Yts are re i ' prohibition of duelling, atkires'i The s oden , ep ts $. t V produced tried ‘..ilti , 1;4: r,,.."4" i'll•"'';: the tis o o4uhcted. duel on oant Is,eanusaotifoe.oxl)bueirsei:oo.,,h,rotai,,st.itticocicoceill a.of near the town, notorious for being - single combats.: Adi t xt 1) , !, ...0( It h !) • 1 )1 t 1 • •14 po the I '4l to: m d ~~ h~ ~, ~ :;~ ~ 01 4 4S lot tiO .-~' st