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London : Hugh Cunningham, St. Martin's place, Trafalgar square. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, FEB. 21, Her Majesties Servants will perform the Play of THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, from the Text of Shakspeare. Duke, Mr. G. Bennett ; Antonio, Mr. Phelps ; Bassanio, Mr. Anderson; Lorenzo, Mr. Elton; Shylock, Mr. Macready; Portia: Mrs. Warner ; Neris.a, Mrs. Keeley ; Jessica, Miss E. Phillips. After Wh►ch, CATHERINE AND PETRUCHlO.—Pe truchio, Mr. Anderson ; Catherine, Miss Helen Faucitt. Doors 14 be opened at Half past Six, and the Performance to begin e t Seven o'clock. Boxes 55., Second Price, 2s. 6d. Pit 35., Second Price 2s. Lower Gallery Is. 6d., Second Pr ce Is. Upper Gallery la., Second Price 6d. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, FEB. 21, Will be performed, Sbakspere's Comedy (with Music) of The MERRY WIVES OF WIN DSOR.—SiriJohn Falstaff, Mr. Bartley ; Master Slender, Mr. Chvrles Mathews ; Ford, Mr. Cooper ; Fenton, Mr. W. 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We should not be justified in publishing the letter froniCarlisle respec' ing Mr. Ferrand, Member for Knaresborough, with out better authority. THE WEATHER.—N oon, FEBRUARY 19. ROYAL GALLERY OP SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. Thermometer... 44 Highest 44 J Lowest 26 Barometer 30.04.—Wind S.W.—Freezing Point 22 Deg. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning. 44 minutes after 9 I Evening 30 minutes after 10. 4u ,s LONDON! MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 21, 1842. When we reflect on some of the statements made by the bread taxer:=, and analyze their meaning and bear ings, we are filled with contempt at the poor intellect of those who maku 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-ston e of all the legislation on the subject that land here is sub ject 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 population—a great command of manure—unequalled facilities of transport—cheapness of materials of which the mass of agricultural implements are made ; superior skill and ingenuity in making them, and great command of labour; so that no particle of a harvest, for want of hands, ever need he 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 circumstances, though every one of them ought to be investigated, before a law be made to ensure the produce of our own land a price in the market corresponding to its supposed cost, and come at once to the consideration of the two circumstances on which the protection is founded, viz., the payment of tithes and the burdens of the land. 'raking the first as a ground of protection, all Scotland is nearly tithe-free; but the land of Scotland is equally protected with the laud of E ng l an d . The land in Ire land is 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 Air. VILLIERS stated on Friday evening, nearly one-half of .be land is tithe-free, and the landowners are, in fact, the owners of the great majority of the tithes. Now, if the assertion that the payment of tithes forms a valid ground of protection be anything but a mere pretext, a flimsy veil hung round a pr o fli gate rob bory, expecting to conceal it, surely it is unjust, on the vp ir ri principle stated , to extend that p ro tection to all 'lad Wholly tithe-free, and to make it equal for the land of Pigistid and Ireland. Ada, the Tand,it is said, is burdened with rates ; but cowl= are irety unequally burdened. Agri cu i_ tuna counties like Sussex, where the Duke of RICHMOND presides, and Bucks, where the pattern of righteous landlords holds sway, are much heavier burdened than the manufacturing. counties of Liftaehire and the West Riding of Yorkshire. Is it not monstrously and scandalously unjust to fix a protecting price on all the food imported, and so raise equally the price of all grown at home, in order to enable the land of Sussex and Buckingham to bear the burdens, while it pays the squires a heavy rent, which the mismanagement of those squires havelheaped on it ? All the burdens nearly which the land bears, are laid on it by the acts of th e landowners, and we know several instances— they are 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. Now 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 ? Why is not a bounty given to the growers of wheat on unfertile land, and on such land only ? Butprotection, 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 KNA.TCHBIILL 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 does 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 lightlrom 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 renovater of England also speaks of protec tion having existed 150 years, but he did not state what interests that protection has called into existence. Did manufactures grow up under its shadow, or in spite of it ? Did his father gather great wealth, and every other 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 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 MiNos. 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 Mr. GLADSTONE, mimicing his leader, talks of protec tion, and all the landlords talk of protection. Their re 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 PALMER STON called " dealers in protective duties"), which, after 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 TALFOURD 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 aed 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 jof 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 of 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. Ile 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 laws of nature or inevitable circumstances, but that they arise from a wicked disposition to grind, to oppress, to injure, and to starve, as I am 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 fact 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 are 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 &I.s.d erroneous view of nature. We call' his attention to the subject, that he may inform the world whether they are the sentiments of the Min 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 promulgated by DoN PEDRO, and annulled a few years after his deUth, 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 Radical 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 gentlemeu,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 party will yet turn it to good account. The affair of Mr. HOPE, late President of the Court of Session, which has made some noise in Parliament, and more in Scotland, has done little credit to any of the four parties mixed up in it. The motion of Mr. Fox MAULE was extremely injudicioUs ; he knew well that President HOPE had for years been waiting only for the return of his party, to resign, and unless he could have made out a continued series of er roneous judgments, or given some striking proofs of im becility, he might have been assured that the Tory majority would be too many for him, and that the at tempt to stigmatise this venerable idol of the HOPES would be attributed to spleen, or unavailing re gret that the appointment had been taken out of the hands of the Whigs. He has there fore been subjected to this obloquy, and has besides been compelled to retract and express deep sorrow (as he well might) that the subject bad ever been mooted. And why mix up the Strathbogie rebellion with this foolish af fair? The remarks made by the aged President on hear ing the case appeared to us judicious and honest, and the late Under Secretary, whose leanings are well known, and who was an interested party, should have been the last man to cast even the shade of an imputation on the purity of the judicial bench. The conduct of Sir R. PEEL was not much better. Had he, following the example of his colleague, Lord STANLEY, when a similar charge was made by Mr. O'CoNNELL against an Irish Judge, acceded to the motion, the question would have been settled in a constitutional manner, with out compelling two interested and accused parties, father and son, to come before Parliament, and give evi dence in their own behalf. As for the LORD ADVO CATE, the course which he chose to pursue, is totally in comprehensible. He denied point blank that the President had been absent for even one day, yet refused.to grant the official information, which would give more satisfac tion—than letters from every one of the numerous hopeful family in Scotland. The paltry sqUabble has this re markable feature (a rare circumstance in such disputes) that all the parties have committed such egregious blun ders, that no one can crow over the other. The Shareholders of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway are to meet on Tuesday the 22d instant, to decide a principle which concerns the whole com munity, and we wish thera a happy deliverance. We have repeatedly called the attention of the public to the absurd, nay more, the wicked attempt to stop the running of mails on Sunday ; and and from the numerous letters received on the subject, and the indignation excited among the Proprietors by the meddling and impudent interference of a hypocri tical sect, to the certain injury of private pro perty, we confidently look forward to the triumph of common sense and true religion over the bigotry and the self-interest of the non-intrusionist clergy. Is all communication between the capital of Scotland and the populous towns in the west—Glasgow, Greenock, Paisley, Kilmarnock, &c.—to be stopped for twenty-four hours, because the holier-than-thou men are pleased to de nounce a work of necessity, a work of duty, and often of mercy, a desecration of the Sabbath ? All the letters received from the well-informed resi dents in Paris, Bordeaux, Bayonne, San Sebastian, and Madrid, confirm the reports in circulation of the in tended outbreak of a Christ:no-Carlist conspiracy in Spain. The pseudo French Ambassador, M. SALVANDY, has bequeathed a legacy to the REGENT which we fear Spain will be long in forgetting. It appears that this official personage, while apparently higgling about a point of etiquette, was in reality corrupting as many disaffected Spaniards as were accessible to the blandish ments of the Ex-REGENT, the favour of the King of the FRENCH, and the gold of which a worthless woman bad robbed the Spanish treasury. General CONCHA and the Duke of SAN CARLOS, who directed the murderous attack upon the Palace, were sheltered by M. DE SALVANDY in - hiS own house, conveyed in carriages to France, and by him presented as especial favourites to Madame Musoz —now the evil genius of Spain. Latterly all the Chris tino general officers in France have been gradually collect -ingupon the frontier to be ready for throwing themselves itifo" Spain when the signal is made at Paris. General JAREGUY, Pastor) ,is within a few leagues of Bay onne, where he corresponds regularly with hii adherents in Guipuzioa: Generals URBISTONDO, PIQUERO, and Ecti.u.Aa are at Berdeaux, 'and, to crown all; it is as serted that CAnakaA is concealed in Paris, assisting CHRISTINA in settling her plans for again unfurling the the standard of Revolution in Spain about the middle of April. As the basis of the combination of the Chris tinos and Carlists is a marriage between the young QUEEN and the eldest son of Don CARLOS, the friends of that Prince all are cordial in their support of it. CAnws himself is still somewhat obstinate, but the Prin cess of BEIRA, his wife, admits that the cause of CAR LOS alone is now hopeless. The prime mover of the plot is the CITIZEN KING, who, however, has the tact to appear to the less trusted Christino chiefs to know nothing at all about it. Nevertheless he is the life and soul of the whole movement. He it is who calms the fierce turbulence of the Carlists, and directs the dark treasons of the Christino leaders. Well aware of the anti-constitutional designs of the Court of 'Portugal, he essays in that quarter to strike the first blow against the Spanish Constitution and the Regency of ESPARTERO. This is the secret of the Chartist in surrection in Oporto guided by COSTA CABRAL, who is acting under secret instructions from Queen DONNA MARIA. The abolition of the Constitution of Portugal in favour of Don PEDRO'S Charter, would afford a pre text for the Spanish adherents of CHRISTINA to declare in favour of replacing the Constitution of 1837 by the Estatuto Real of MARTINET DE LA ROSA. The firmness of the REGENT, and the patriotism of the Cortes and army of Spain, will soon be severely tested. Sir ROBERT PEEL'S declaration in the House of Commons that the sympathies of the British Cabinet are wholly in favour of the estab lished Government of Spain, has already damped the hopes of some Of CHRISTINA MUNOZ'S Parisian friends. Besides, the REGENT has now had fair warning given him, and has ample time to put Spain in a proper state of defence. Should he triumphantly defeat the present unhallowed alliance between the Christinos and Carlists, he will have broken the neck of insurrection in Spain during the minority of Queen IsenELLA. The scan dalous and abandoned designs and conduct of Madame MuNoz will stand so exposed to the world, that a gang of bandits would shrink from the odium of fighting under her banner. Scorn and contempt are showered by the French Mi nisters and their organs, upon the devoted heads of the Liberal Opposition. M. G UIZOT has set an example to the Court and the retailers of its scandals, which we are prepared to see very generally followed. Instead of offering to confute the arguments of M. Ducos and M. DE LAMARTINE in favour of an extension of the suffrage, that able and distinguished Minister stooped to the employment of fierce invective, notorious misre presentation, and the most contemptuous s corn , of every party opposed to the views of the Government. He absolutely appeared to glory in trampling upon and insulting them, and invited all his supporters to unite with him in ridiculing their pretensions. Such a course was equally unworthy of M. GuIZOT'S intellect and his acknowledged political sagacity; to treat a great party in the State with contempt, however extravagant its demands may appear, is to infuse it with a spirit of undying hostility. Lord -BAcoN, who was as great a statesman as a philosopher, he most dangerous person in the State. " regarded a Minister who treated his o pp onents with scorn, as t It may says that great authority, " that in the ede se sc e r m an ip s ti t o rg no e,' f ' m men, formed, as it were, by Nature for the destruction of States, SOLOMON should select the character, not of a proud and haughty, not of a tyrannical and cruel, not of a rash and violent, not of a seditious and turbulent, not of a foolish and incapable man ; but the character of a scorner. Yet this choice is becoming the wisdom of that King, who well knew how Governments were subverted, and how preserved. For there is scarce such another destructive thing to Kingdoms and Common wealths as that the Counsellors, who* sit at the helm, should be natu ra ll y scorners. They despise rumours as the breath of th e ra bbl e, and things that will soon pass ever; though the Counsels of Princes are chiefly to be directed from hence. They reject as dreams and melancholy notions those counsels and precautions that regard futurity 4) / - - f,; 4 ..."1 17 ' . •~1 1:130 ,4 . :) 11 4A ,t r ,llfti • r '74IE SUN, LONDON - , MONDAY MORNINC-r, FEBRUARY 21, 1 84t. at a distance. They satirize and banter such men as 1 are really prudent and knowing in affairs ; or such as bear noble minds and are capable of advising. In short, they sap all the foundations of political government at once ; a thing which deserves the greater attention, as it is not effected by open attack, but by secret under mining ; nor is it by any means so much suspected among mankind as it deserves." M. GIIIZOT is no stranger to the 'arks of BACON, and we cannot doubt that had the above passage met his eye before ascending the tribune to speak on M. Ducos' motion, he would have expressed himself very differently of a question capable of enlisting the sympathies of such men as M. DE LAMARTINE. His forty-one of a majority, and the vituperative buffooneries of the Court Journals, will in the end prove but a weak defence against the energy of men stung to madness by his taunts, his con tumely, and his unmitigated scorn and contempt. The great body of the Opposition was before comparatively passive ; the Minister has now infused into it the fierce, perturbed vitality of revenge. But the charge of employing scorn and contempt to put down an oppo.ition d.)es not apply exclusively to the French Cabinet. It applies with equal force to the Tory Cabinet and Tory Press of England. The demands of our own people for an extended suffrage, a free trade, an equalization of taxation, and the protection of the ballot are all treated by the Tories with the most marked and' insulting scorn. The chair of the scorner is now placed at the right hand of the President of the Council. The right to occupy it on all great public occasions is a pre rogative which custom has assigned to a seat in the Ca binet. The people, seeing their misery made the subject of the mockery of men in power, have gradually grown to distrust their rulers, and to have no confidence save in themselves. As the French are more prone to be affected by ridi cule than the English, the contemptuous bearing of a Minister is more likely to produce a speedy explosion in France than in England. There to taunt a faction with its impotence is the surest way to rouse all its latent energies, which are sure to be directed, not against a Ministry, as in England, but against the constitutional throne, and the entire framework of society. Some of the French Deputies are by no means pleased at the length at which the Parisian Journals report their speeches. Instead, however, of removing the stamp-duty, which prevents newspaper proprietors from increasing the size of their sheets, M. GOL BERY brought forward a motion on Thursday last for printing the reports in full at the public expense and allowing all the electors to have free copies. A motion so ridiculous ought to have been scouted at once, instead of which the Chamber pro ceeded with as much gravity to discuss it, as if the object of it was to extend the electoral franchise. The French Deputies are paid for their services by the country, and it is rather too much to tax the nation to gratify the vanity of a few long winded orators among them. If they want to read full reports of their own speeches, they have only to establish a Journal like the English Mir ror of Parliament, at their own expense ; and if they would have the country participate in the pleasures derivable from the perusal of their eloquence, let them only abolish the stamp duty, and give freedom to the press. The self interest of newspaper proprietors will do all that M. GOLBERY proposes to do, without imposing a sous of additional taxation upon France. The Bureaux will meet to-day, to examine the project of law, relative to iron railways, and to deliberate on the motion, of which notice has been given by M. Chapins de Mont laville, relative to printers. The editor if the Gazette de France appealed yesterday to the Court of Cessation, against the sentence passed by the Court of Assize on the 14th of February. The affair of the Haro, a journal of Caen, came on before the Court of Assize of Calvados, on the 15th inst. M. Mascot, the Advocate-General, having read the article inculpated, called on the Court for a verdict of guilty on M. Barthelemey Pons, the editor of the Haro, according to the law of 1819 and 1822. M. Barthelemy having suffered judgment to go by default, the Court, at the instance of the public prosecutor, delivered a sentence which condemns the editor of the Haro to a fine of 10,000 francs, the costs, and 15 months' imprisonment. L' Univers says—" One of our correspondents in India writes to us from Bangalore, on the 24th December, 1841, as follows : War is said to be now inevitable between the English and Tharawaddee, King of Ava, who, besides other acts of aggres sion, is said to have seized the Proserpine steamer, with de spatches for the government of India."— Constitutionet._ BOURSE-PARIS, THURSDAY, FEB. 17. Fast Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Pricy. Price. ranch 5 per Cents ll9 35 ... 119 35 ... 1.9 20 ... 119 25 4 per Cents ............ 103 91.1 390 ... 103 90 ... 103 90 3 per Cents BO 20 ec 20 ... 81 15 .« 80 20 sank of !lance . 1 385 ...MIS ...3385 Latlitte Bank I,oo ' ol. 5,0001. Shares 1020 ...5025 ...5030 <rigian Bank Belgian 5 per Cents. 5 per Cents. 1840 1( 6% ... 108% ... 1(6 ... 11.5% Dutch 2% per Cents 53% .. 53 ... 53% ... 53% ACtIVe as3( ... 25 ... 25% ... 25% 5% ... 5 Sy r 3% Neapolitan 1148 10 ... PAS 10 ... 105 90 ... 105 90 .................«.. 104% ... 101% ... 1045{, ... 104% RAILWAY SHARES. Versailles.R.B 347 ... 347 50 „. 347 50 L. 8..... .......... 215 215 ... 213 75 ... 213 75 Rouen 515 ..• 515 be. 510 510 'means ....... 452 50 ... 562 50 ... 560 ... 560 rastairgto Bale. 238 75 ... 249 2..34 75 298 75 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of Saturday Evening.) LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET FEB. 18.—The cotton market has been very quiet throughout the week, but prices have undergone very little change ordinary and middling qualities of American and Surat are barely 4d. per pound lower, while the high& qifalities are'statiotfary. • Brazil's and Egyp. tians have had a tendency downwards; - and may be - quoted id. per lb. lower. Sea Island is' without change. There have• been taken on speculation 500 American, and for exportation 100 American, 60 Brazil, and 100 Surat. The prices declared by the Committee of Brokers for fair cotton are, Bowed, 53d. ; Mobile, 5 1 ,4 d. -,___ Orleans, 5%d. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, Fin. 18.—The transactions at the Stock Exchange this day are —Grand Junction, 184; Eastern Counties, 84; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 454. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 18.—The Market continues very heavy, and little disposition to do business, ex steady, 23,25. ex cept at reduced prices, which are mostly nominal. There are no later arrival* to-day from any quarter. The English Securities have given way a little this morning —Consols are now 893, sellers for Money and Account • 89 4 i ; Ditto, Three-and-a-Half, so fiat, with a tendency downwards. 9 T g li Three per p; Eo r xr Cigennqt Market arr ßeduced, Bkeiltls israie Spanish Active Stock is now quoted at 244 4 ; Portuguese Fives 324 ; ditto Threes, 194 ; Mexican Bonds, 354. The Continental ExcLanges were firmer again yesterday, with a further tendency to advance. PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, FEB. 17. 3 per Cent. Consols Three and Half Stock 974 'Grand Canal Stock ... '— Ditto Reduced ...... ... Ditto Debs. 6 per cent... 824 Ditto New 1830.........1830.........954 Ditto 4 per cent .. -- 34 per Cent. Debs. I 27 There has been but little transacted in the Stock Exchange. Console are steady at 894 for Money and Account; Three per Cents. Reduced, 894 ; ditto Three- an d- u - H a lf , 99 4 ; Ind i a Stock, 248 ; Bank Stock, 1694; Exch equer Bill s, 23 25. The Foreign Securities continue flat. Spanish Active Stock is now quoted at 244 ; Brazilian Bond s , 65 ; M ex i can, 354 ; P c o e r n t t u s g , u s e 2 se i. Five per Cents., 324 ; Dut c h T wo-an d -a-Half per The following are the 'only transactions to notice in the Share Market : —Birmingham and Gloucester, 614; ditto New, 5 ; Great IN estern New, 60; London and Brighton, 354 ex. Loan Notes ; ditto, Loan Notes, 54 ; Paris and Rouen, 14i. Consols, 894 4 ; Colombian, 224.23 ; Mexican, 354 4 ; Spanish, 244 %. CLOSINGI6_B99 ,11DPn idD ß tt oi India tCtsoEt OldoSc.k 5. 00 . 1 . .. Annuities...." .....2 2 4_ 5 8 prx BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent Red. B9i Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent Cons.. . 6pm 38 per Cent Red.. 994 ;Ditto New Annuities... New 3i per Cent New 5 per Cent. . Long Annuities toeapire 1 Ditto Small 25 pm Jan. 1860 .. 12. i Bank Stock for Acct... Oct M 59. ........ 12 9-16 India Stock for Acct.... Jan. 1860........... Consols for Acct B9A FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 pal rent.— ,Portuguese ' 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 pet cent — Ditto, New Ditto — Brazilian 80nd5.... 65 :Prussian, 5 per cent. Buenos A y res, 6 per ceat ißussian, 5 per cent. Chilian, 6 per eent..... IDitto, Metallic . ..... . •••• .. Colombian, 6 per cent.. 'Spanish, 5 per cent 24i Ditto, 1 824. ......... ..... -- Ditto, Deferred._.,, „ I% Danish, 3 per cent — French , 5 per cent. — . i„ ..... c . Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Exchange f --c. Mexican, 5 per cent.... French, 3 per cent BO . 50c Ditto, 6 per cent.. 1637 Dutch, 21 per cent. .. . 521 Peruvian, 1825, 6per ct. 151 Ditto, 5 per cent.... .. 1021 SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (100 p) 60i Ditto New Shares (7i paid) •• Great Western Railway ( 65 paid) B4 Ditto New Shares (50 paid) ......... ••••• 60 London and Brighton (50 paid) :35/1 London and Birmingham (90) ...... .... .. Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid) .............•' 281 Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) Ditto Quarter Shares ( 2 paid) 34 North Midland Railway (10 0 ) Ditto Thirds (15 paid) Paris and Rouen (14 paid) ............... ... 14i centsels states r i t a t i g a e t e fi z o c w i t e e r d . g a i r t 1 ,Lie welle k b n y o t w h n e t n ew y ===-.---- it sa ys, seems t o h ave been _Th e .Independ,ant ofBrus 'MYSTERIOUS ALLIANCE. kept profoundly secre t. Th e match, the visitors of S pa, to a young ge ntleman o f distinction, believed to be from Germany, but educated in Fr ance, whose name has been igrneathtatsutropwrniseofhasa yboenenns formed by a gentleman older than himself, who was with him as a kind of tutor or companion during the last season at Pau. The young man is quite indifferent to his wife ; and the rumour goes, says the Independant, th.it he is the illegitimate son of some great personage, who wishes to fix him at a distance from his family. A person, apparently the guardian of the young gentleman, with h is companion before mentioned, were present, says this journal, at the marriage, and after it was solemnised they took their leave, Saying to him, " Our task is now accomplished' and we are going back to Germany. Do what you like, and endeavour to spend in a suit_ able manner the pension which you shall receive punctually.., The young man, lt adds, has set out for France with his wife. JOHNSO N ' S D ICTIONARY --A Frenchman, w h o vi sited England, was so afraid of being at a loss for words, that he always carried a " Johnson's Dictionary" about with him, One day, having spent a pleasant evening with a very merry old gentle man, he asked him who he was. .. lam a stock-jobber," said his companion. This last word puzzled the foreigner, who consulted his Johnson, and replied, " Vat, zace, you are den a low wretch j who gets money by buying and selling in the funds;" which is the explanation given by the great colossus of literature. It is need less to add that the Frenchman descended the stairs quicker than he came up, SUMMARY OF NEWS _ _ _ AND Vtubitc eptuton. " Who runs may read." PO3IMIGN. France, with a population estimated at thirty-four millions, has only two hundred and twenty-four thou sand electors—or one elector for every hundred and fifty persons. Who can deny that an extension of the suf frage is not demanded under the Charter of 1830 ? There is not a syllable of important news in the French Papers. A letter from Bangalore of the 24th December, quoted by the Univers, says that war is now inevitable between the English and the King of Ava. The latter is said, among other acts of aggression, to have seized the Pro serpine steamer, which was conveying despatches to the Governor-General of India. Two notes, protesting against the closing of the con vents and taking an inventory of this description of church property, have been presented by the Pope's Nuncio to the Grand Council of the Swiss canton of Tes sino. The Lucerne Gazette speaks of an intended meet ing of the Swiss Bishops of Sion, Geneva, Basle, Coire, and the Apostolic Vicar of St. Gall, with those of Como and Milan, in order to hold a conference as to the rights of the Swiss Catholics. In the sitting of the Spanish Congress, on the 10th inst., the Gonzales Cabin has at length obtained a triumph, as the amendment of Senors Posada and Men dizabal, counter-amended by Senor Montanes, was car ried by a majority of 77 against 67, thus rejecting the censure conveyed in the sixth paragraph of the Address, relative to the Barcelona state of siege, as drawn up by the Commission. The resignation of the present Ministry is now, therefore, no longer expected. These tiresome discussions are now over, after a month's duration. PUBLIC OPINION. The Herald accuses Lord Palmerston of inconsistency, as regards his Corn-law opinions ; and remarks, with reference to his Lordship's expression of a hope that the people will bear their sufferings with patience—" for forty years Lord Palmerston has contemplated these sufferings with indifference, and now because the Im perial Legislature exhibits a determination to be some what more consistent than the Noble Lord has been, he subjects it to his gibes and impertinence." The Chronicle asserts that Sir Robert Peel, notwith standing his constant swagger about independence, is but the " Minister of the landed interest, who, as they put him in, can put him out, whenever they please. Sir Robert Peel may, by his measures, please or displease, the squirearchy ; and so long as he pleases them, he is secure in his place ; but to independence he has no just claim." . The Post, in the course of some comments on the Opposition's "pain and sorrow"—as our Contemporary phrases it—" on account of Sir Robert Peel's position," says, "we think it not improbable that, after all, the Whigs would not be unwilling to bear in their own proper persons all those marks of displeasure which they are so sorry that Sir R. Peel has to encounter. Would they not like to have the indignation of the country against them, manifested in a majority of 123 in their favour ?" The Times speaks in warm terms of praise of M. Guizot's late speech in the French Chamber of Deputies, observing—" M. Guizot's speech against M. Dneos' motion for the extension of the electoral franchise was one of the finest displays of that great statesman's elo quence, and the result shows that it was one of the most successful orations ever addressed to a Legislative As sembly. It was the speech of a profound thinker, as well as of an able Minister, and it deserves to be studied for its solid political truth and wisdom, as well as ad mired for its adroit application to the critical position of the Government." The Advertiser remarks that the people, agitated for years by party excitement, " yearn to repose on some fixed system of Government, which neither of the rival factions have as yet proposed for their consideration. They must therefore take counsel for themselves. The Charter is the first proposition of this counsel. We mean not here to discuss the merits or defects of the pro position farther than to asseverate that any Charter is better than starvation." We take the following from the Hull Advertiser : " The Ministerial project for the relief of the country from the pernicious operation of the Corn-laws is at last before Parliament and the people. A mockery—a heartless mockery—of the sufferings of a patient and enduring people it can only be fitly styled, if we consider it in the light of a remedial measure ; while, looking at it in juxta-po ition with the existing scale, apart from any weighty consideration, we freely admit that Sir Ro bert's scale is an improvement to the extent of lopping off some unseemly and useless exuberances." The North Devon Journal expresses itself as follows on Sir Robert Peel's Corn-law scheme :—" Sir Robert Peel, as though conscious how unpalatable his proposed measure would be, delayed to the very last to make it known ; dwelling tediously upon all kinds of subjects that could by the utmost straining be made to appear at all relevant to the sliding scale. What would have been the conduct of an ingenuous mind in Sir Robert Peel's situation ! Very different, we trow, from that of the wily Baronet. He would have addressed himself at once to the matter at issue." The Leicester Mercury contains the following obser vations :—" The greatest feature in the present aspect of public affairs, is the rapid progress of the Suffrage ques tion. There ate indications a brighter and better state of things—of a union between the middle and working classes, at which the aristocracy will tremble, and the prospect of which must fill the heart of every true patriot with joy." The Coventry Herald thus speaks of Sir Robert Peel's Corn-law scheme :—" The speech and the plans of Peel, are quite worthy of each other, and in perfect keeping with the tactics by which he got into office, and has been pursuing ever since ; for a more contemptible effort to give an air of gravity and Weight to ihe pretensions of a quack, was never got up." The Brighton Guardian says:—" It is pretty plain, from. Sir R. Peel's own speech and the observations in the 7'intes, that this new scale it not a final measure: that it is, in fact, a stop-sap, and that if the - people press the GoVernment hard, it will be found composed of squeeze able materials. We doubt if even the present Session will close without it being understood that the Govern ment will further retrace their steps." MONpY—TRADE—COMMERCE. A Stockport paper states that notice has been given at several of the neighbouring cotton-mills, for a reduction of the wages of hand-loom weavers, 10 per cent. The Port of Plymouth General Shipping Company determined at their last meeting not-to insure the vessels of the Company in future. AGRICULTURAL. The Essex Standard states that the majority of the agriculturists regard the Government Corn-law plan as the largest measure of protection they could expect at the present time. LAW AND POLICE. At the Thames-office R. Kates, a Lambeth dredger. man, who had been often convicted by the Magistrates of that Court, during fourteen years, was committed for stealing coals from Mr. Lucas, a quaker. A young man named Kelly, was brought before the Magistrate at Union-hall, charged with throwing stones at the carriages on the Greenwich Railway, but as Mr. Trail suspected he had been convicted before, he was remanded for further inquiry. The trial of Mr. Christopher's great will cause is again put off until April. On Friday, at Worship-street, James Richards, Jewin crescent, cheesemonger, and William Walton, traveller to a wholesale cheesemonger, were placed at the bar before Mr. Bingham, charged with assaulting Mr. Smith, surgeon, Whitecross-street. It appeared that they had entered the complainant's shop in a state bordering on intoxication. One insisted upon having two pennyworth of arsenic, and the other sixpenny worth of laudanum, and on being refused by the assis tant became violent, and finally the prisoner Richards assaulted Mr. Smith, who is about 74 years of age. They were fined 40s. each. SPORTING. A steeple-chase took place at Romford on Thursday last, on which occasion the Eastern Counties Railway was called into requisition in a somewhat novel manner. A special train was provided to convey the elite of the sporting world to witness the exhibition, which we un derstand was on a very splendid scale. When the horses started from Romford, the train went off at the same mo ment, keeping parallel with them the whole distance (two miles out and two miles in), thus affording an op portunity never before presented of witnessing a steeple chase throughout. 0 OtTRIC-r.a.siixomrA.uxas. The Duchess Dowager of Cleveland, accompanied by all the late Duke's relatives, has left Raby Castle, and is now in strict seclusion at the seat of Mark Milbank, Esq. The Hon. Octavius Buncombe, youngest son of Lord Feversham, will shortly lead to the hymeneal altar, Lady Caroline Campbell, eldest daughter of the Earl and Countess of Cawdor. It is rumoured that the Queen Dowager has an inten tion of taking Rothsay Castle, near Christchurch, the seat of Lord Stuart de Rothsay, her Majesty having been advised to reside on the southern coast. The Duke of Wellington is expected to arrive at Strathfieldsaye on Tuesday next, in order to give his annual banquet to the Judges on the Western Circuit. MERTHYR.—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 week, which were sold 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. 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 Auckland., 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 aud 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. —Manchester Paper.. It is our painful duty to record in our obituary of this day, the death of Lieutenant Edward William Sainsbury, of Bryntella, Flintshire, who fell in the late insurrection of Cabul. It is only a few weeks since that the coming of age of this gallan,. soldier was celebrated with very great rejoicings at the family seat, wizen all was gaiety and cheerfulness; but the scene of these festi vities is now turned into mourning. This brave and promising y ung officer was the eldest son of Sir John Salusbuuy; aqd all who were related to him, or shared his intimacy, are plunged into deep affliction at his early and unexpected fate.—Carnarttp COURT CIRCULAR. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Gloucester and the Duke of Cambridge attended Divine service yesterday morn ing in Grosvenor Chapel, South Midley-street. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge, accom panied by the Princesses Augusta and Mary of Cambridge, attended Divine service yesterday eternoon 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, viiited her Majesty the Queen Dowager on Saturday, at Marlborough House. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited the Duke and D nch ess of Cambridge yesterday, at Cambridge House. A deputat on, consisting of Sir J. Tyrrel, Bart., M.P., SirC. Broke Vere, Mr. Blackztone, M.P., Mr. Baggc, M.P., Mr. Burough, M. P., Mr. Neald, M. P., Lieut. .Col. Rushbrooke, M.P., Mr. Waddington,, M.P., Mr. Ormsby sore, M.P., Mr. Fellowes, M.P., Mr. Packe, M.P., 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, S‘r James Graham, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Earl of Haddington, Earl of Ripon, Lord F►tzgerald, Sir Henry Hardinge, and Sir E. Knatchbull. The i.. 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 Kitching, Joseph Neatby, Josiah Fors ter, George Stacey, Robert Forster, John Fell, Thomas Non 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 Stamps, had interviews with the qhancedor of the Exchequer on Satur day at his official residence in Down. ing-street. Lord Mahon, Sir Robert H. Inglis, and Mr. R. M. Milnes, had an intervtew with Sir Robert Peel on Saturday. Despatches from Sir A. Woodford, Governor of Gibraltar, were received yesterday at the Colonial Office. Lord Stanley had a dinner party on Satui 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 Viscounte s s 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. '1 he Right Honourable Thomas Grenville 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. The 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. Lnshington 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. /Eneasina 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. lsensonger," 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 limore was heard for the respondent, and the Queen's advocate was heard in reply for the appellant. —Judgment was deferred. THE EIiFECT 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 home con sumption was 2,020,000 quarters, of which 1,217,000 quarters were taken at a duty of 2s. Bd." A similar proportion of the whole was imported at ls. 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 66g. 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 fraining 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 price when he pays 35., 4s„ 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 is, 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 reducing 245. duties.to 10s. ones, Sir R. Peel had raised them to 241., he would have made -his scale not a jot practically worse than it was before. 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 equalfy the case under both scales.—Facts and Figures, which continues to be a very useful publication. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. R. Hammond, Esq., and Mrs. Hammond, at Nelson's Hotel, 1 3 , 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, Sussex; Hon. R. S. Carew, M.P., at ditto, from Brighton ; Sir J. Duckwdrth, at ditto, from De vonshire; E. Turner, Esq., M.P., at the Gloucester H o t e l, Piccadilly ; Col. and Mrs. 'lrene, at ditto, from Paris ; G. H. Sharrate, Esq., at ditto; J. C. 13raddom, Esq., at ditto; Mrs. Agnew, at ditto ; C. J. Baillie Hamilton, Esq., M.P., and Lady Caroline Hamilton, at Markweil's London Family Hotel, Albemarle-street, bom Ttiame Park, Oxon; J. Dobede, Esq., Mrs. Do'iede, and the Misses Dobede at ditto, from Selden Hall, Cambridgeshire; Signor Phillip Dupre, Signor Geoge Fontana, and Signor Jacque Guva at Long's Hotel, Bond-street, from Italy ; W. W. Keir, Esq., and Mrs. Keir, at ditto, from Singapore; Colonel Trev e l 3 . an 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 ditto, from India, by the Oriental steamer ; G. Y. Wilkinson, Esq., at ditto, frum Dover ; Colonel Chaloner, at ditto, from Portnall Park. DEPARTURES. Captain Delme, from Long's Hotel, Bond. street, for Hants ; George Round, Esq., from ditto, for Colchester ; Baron Von Ebling, from ditto , for Russia; Sir Henry and Lady King, from the Gloucester Hotel, Piccadilly. for Brighton ; the Mar quis of Headfort, for Ireland ; J. Knyvett, Esq., Rivers Free ling, Esq., and the Rev. R. A. Gordon, from Nelson's Hotel, Portland-place. 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 V u l can —24 to 1 apt Cruiekeen-30 to 1 agst Johnny (taken), and 40 to 1 agst Bellingham Lass. No other change. DERRY..-11 to 1 agst Chatham-25 to 1 agst Wiseacre -30 to 1 agst Auck!and. OAKS.-22 to 1 agst Ladye of Silverkeld Well. The rest as before. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Her Majesty's stag-hounds, Monday, Salt Hill ; Wednesday, Ditton Marsh, Surrey-11. Brighton harriers, Monday, Thunders Barrow ; Wednes day, Patchain; Friday, Dyke Road-104. Brookside harriers, Monday, Newmarket Hill ; Thursday, Telscombe Tye-10b. Mr. Robertson's hounds, Monday, Wooller Cottage; Wed. Itiffington • Fri., Pallinsbut ns ; Sat., Mindram Mr. Candler's hounds, Mon. ' Witley Park; Wed., Upton Snodsbury ; Fri., Boar's Head, Severr, , Stoi,e-10. Cheshire hounds, Mon., Oulton ; Wed., Tatton Park; Thurs., Withington Hall; Sat., Norton Priory-10i. Whitehaven harriers,-Monday, Linethwaite—loi. Mr. Hillier's hounds, Monday, Clock, Bickenhill Wednesday, Dimchurch ; Friday, Hatton-11. Mr. Atty's hounds, Monday, Hamptor. Heath; Wednesday, Bettisfield ; Friday, Gresferd-10j. East Kent harriers, Monday, Northbourne Mill ; Tuesday, Ratling Court-10k. Albrighton Hunt, Monday, Woodcote ; Thursday, Enville ; Saturday, the Ball, Cover Heath-10. Shropshire hounds, Monday, Ruyton ; Wednesday, Hawk_ stone ; Friday, Stoke Heath-10i. Warwickshire hds., Mon., Chesterton Windmill ; Tues., Sut ton Village; Thurs., Red Hill, Whimpstone Bridge-10i. Mr. Farquharson's hounds, Monday, Milborne Wood; Thurs day, Bishop's Caundle. Mr. Archer's hounds, Monday, Pantillie Lodge ; Thursday, Hornacot Chapel-10. Major-Gen. Wyndham's hds, Mon., the Compasses; Wed , Heath Com. ; Fri., Blackdown House; Sat., Lisg •te C o m m on. Marquis of Hastings lids., Mon., Leckington Hall; Wed., Stanley, Derbyshire ; Sat., llatherc Turn-- toi. Findon hounds, Mon., Kennel; Tues., Liolm B us h ; Dial Post; Saturday, Kennel. Mr. Meynell's hounds, Monday, Egginton ; Thursday, Snelston ; Saturday, Chartley-10. Mr. Mure's hds., Monday, Stetchworth Park; Thursday, Bownbridge-10. Harewood lids., Wed., Toulon ; Fri., Bickerton Bar-10b. Heythrop hds., Wed:, Gawcomb ; Fri., Eyford-10b. Berkshire hds., Fri., Lew Heath -10%. Mr. Fane's harrs., Th., Blewbury Down; Sat., Eweline. Mr. Giles' lids., Th., Bosbury Turnpike-10. Torquay harrs., Th., Knave's Ash. Sir M. W. Ridley's lids., Wed., Styford ; Th., Matfens ; Sat., Nunnykirk-1%. Whitecross hairs., Wed., Marsh ; Sat., Little Kimble-10i. Puckeridge lids., Wed., Sat., Bark way-10. (;rest Hales; Fri., Blakesvvane; Mr. Brand's lids., Wed., Berkhampstead Common; Fri., Warden Hill. • Col. G. Wyndham's hds.,.Wed., Westdean Park ; Fri. Phil's Wood; Sat., Gambl e ' e corner. EXPLOSION 'OF A PO WDEItaTICILD We regret to state that one of the extensive powder-mills belonging to Messrs. C. B. Curtis and Harvey, gunpowder manufacturers, situated on Hounslow Heath, exploded on Saturday forenoon, and occasioned the loss of two lives and the infliction of serious injuries on three other persons. The iv / explosion took place a few minutes after ten o'clock, and the tremendous report caused thereby was heard for ma n y miles 1:7, round the neighbourhood. and occasioned the greates t con- :It' sternation and alarm, particularly at Hounslow, Twickenham, and the adjacent villages, the inhabitants of which rushed from , j 3.1,1 their houses, fearing it was an earthquake. Immediately on _, / WI the cause of the report being ascertained, hundreds of persons ,;(1,, hastened to the spot, anxious to learn the extent of da ma g e, when it was found that one only of the mills had exploded, and that the remaining portion of the extensive premi s es had escaped uninjured. The mill in question, which was called a corning mill, was situated ( n the banks of the river Colne , and, as are all the erections forming the works, was a detached building. Two men were employed in it, of the names of Henry Finch and William Woolman, whose custom it was to commence at seven o'clock in the morning, having first tvl• had their breakfast, and work until eleven o'clock, when rii. 9 they broke off for dinner. Saturday morning they went tj 1°44 their work at their usual time, at which period the mill con- ; 1 0 tamed about a dozen berre!s of dry powder, each barrel con sist : ing of 1001bs., making a total of about 1,2001b5. weight. () I „. .1 the cause of the accident nothing positive can ever be known , Osi neither of the unfortunate men surviving to tell the tale, an d the building itself is levelled with the ground. Three other , men, named Alfred Malthouse, William Calvin, and Peter 15 Thomas, employed on other parts of the works, who were eeei dentally in the close vicinage of the mill, have sustained most t serious injuries from the effects of the explosion. Air. FrogleYj ' surgeon, of Hounslow, was most prompt in attendance , wi th Mr. Sannemanit, his assist ant, and immediately attended to the unfortunate sufferers, two of whom (' Thomas and Calvin) we re subsequently conveyed to their own residences, where they an s .0 11 lying in a most precarious state. Malthouse. however , was more seriously injured, so that it was found impossible tore neee him from the premises, and when our reporter left very little hopes of his living through the night were entertained. The bodies of Finch and Woolman were found at a short distance from the mill in a frightfully disfigured and mutilated condi tion, and were removed to one of the sheds to await-the core' ner's inquest, which, it is understood, will be. held on Tn esdaY next. Both men have left widows and families. The explosi on wid not, we understand, occasion any stoppage to the works. iIP MELANCHOLY ACCI EN'f. , 10 1 On Saturday afternoon, about a quarter past, fou r ")., o'clock, a serious accident took place in the extensil e : 40 c iron.toundry carried on by'Messrs. Rennie and Co., A u Holland-street, Blackfriars-bridge. It .appears that se veral workmen were engaged during the afternoon in the arduous task of casting an immense diving bell , the mould for which had been completed some hours pre' r id of vious. The cauldron. which is of very large size, a I suspended over the furnace by means of a powerk , crane, contained on this occasion more than six tons er metal, and while in the act of being slung to the re - 40 quired spot, through some derangement of the ma' chinery, the ponderous vessel overbalanced, a nd di'" charged the burning liquid in every dire ction among the labourers employed, setting fire at th,. same time to the massive beams and rafters of the b uild ing. The utmost alarm was occasioned by the accident' and every assistance was rendered to the unfortu nate _ sufferers—six in number—who were conveyed in coa ches to Guy's Hospital in a state of great suffering. The floating engine from Southwark bridge was towed to th l e . spot, and several of the brigade establishment soon f u g , lowed ; but the workmen on the premises so successful exerted themselves with the fire-engine attached to the foundry, that their services were scarcely required+ and before five o'clock all danger of the fire extendiug was at an end. The names of the unfortunate men scalded by t he d meta . : are—Burton, Hardy, Perry, Dolphin, George , it ° , Barry, the latter of whom is frightfully burnt in every part of his body, the injuries sustained by the foro being chiefly confined to their legs and feet. The dar o6 g B sustained by the building is comparatively trifling. MANCHESTER. CHAMBER Or COMMERCE. 14 1 d A special meeting of the Chamber of Commerce w ase o, on Thursday, to consider the Ministerial proposition , was very numerously attended. Holland /bole, Esq., V ice' "' President, was called to the chair. 'I he following resolutions were adopted unanimously 1. That, in the opinion of this meeting, the propositions ~ modifying the Corn-law which have just. been submitte d to t b° House of Commons by her Majesty's Ministers are totallY adequate for every bene fi cial purpose ; that they are basedne, al , unjust principles, and have been framed for the exclusive , vantage of a particular class, without reference to the Iran i ., and interests of the great body of the people, and osten tntion ,6 regardless of present distress, and 'of the ruin which imPen over the manufacturing and commercial community. t o 2. That in expressing their opinions this meeting reitersi the declaration the Chamber has frequently put forth, nal ° 3 :j 7' that it denounces partial or class legislation of every kind, s n i .„ repudiating all protection, whether of manufactures or 'Wi g culture, claims, as an indefeasible right, the power of f ~..t4• exchanging the products of our industry for the food of ot he r fit_ countries. 3. That these resolutions be set forth in a petition to th e . .%j 6 , i , House of Commons, and be forwarded this day for presel.T. tion, with a prayer that the measures proposed by ii In • jesty's Ministers may be rejected by the House, and that n o proposition may be entertained wbicb has not or its bas,ia_ t a . , entire repeal of all duties on the importation of food.— ,o P 7 cheater Times. 0 ' FLANDERS, DUTCH, AND HA I I ' " A BURGH MAILS. winter b • • .„ BRUSSELS, FEB. 17.—The average price of wheat . 1 77,0 01 . A and that of Rye 12f. 52c. 1-i - 4 , 14 1.13 9.—The we l er lE w N a N s A 2 , lfinh.:. , becoming more every clay the ,mercury in Reaumier's thermometer os . deg., -or 13 deg. below zero (freezing), morningln c hats lug. The accounts from Hungary, Transylvania "7, 3 3 -s assef f - 4 and Servia, complain of the interne cold, a nd the'fa s % we". of snow, by which the roads are rendered nearly i.P..,; o ves In Wallachia, Transylvania, and some parts of HungarY'A but of wolves add to the horror of the season. The las t "' l e astir one from Bucharest was attacked on the road by tile s- by the 3 t compelled by famine to leave their retreats. We lea rn i t 'bout last mail that the post-carriage was found on the road, W* - f ,;'" o driver or horses, but with the letters and goods entottea'`os two men and the horses, little more was found than the • :41 1 scattered about the carriage. 19 The fete given the day before yesterday by to don, the British Ambassador, was extremely brilliant• ea ° of the Archdukes honoured it with their presence. I , d Baron Von Kinneiitz, the Prussian Ambassadori has -I ' d audience of the Emperor, to present his credentials, an (jai.. irk since been presented to the other members of the inP e ' family. 4 4 4 • on is 9 M. Milakovitsch has arrived here on a speci al mein Secretary to the Vladika of Montenegro. kit Kamm, 11011, FRB. 15.—After an interruption , of the' k it 3 gation 1)7 the ice, since the 2d of January, the last shirve. this port, soon after which the. Elbe was frozen over• sir first three ships arrived here yesterday afternoon , viz" fro m Edward Banks steamer, from London ; the Zamillie, Messina ; and the Pomona, Captain Hinrieksen, from S t ' fr cf( Sir Robert G,goovs; cheers ; the first direct from the Leewards, the two lOC ".° Cuxhavvn. - CHRISTIANSAND, FEB. 3.—A large bl ac k buoy, witb '" pretty long iron chain to it, has be en ta k en u p at Myer sand. It is said to belong to the p or t o f Ly nn , in England, to 6 COPENHAGEN, FEB. 12.—We do not see here any re ao wo believe the statement of some German journals, t h at our Cr° o ,;l Prince and Princess intend shortly to go toßerlin.- --116 burgh Papers, Feb. 15. „ rie,; IHE HAGUE, FEB. 16.—We hear that the Pr o'c" Chemay will shortly retnrn to the Hague, to assi s t in the e a ss lation of some matters still pending between the Netheri ••, and Belgium. f t be ri THE HAGUE, FEB. 18.—The Second Chamber 0 , -•* 1 States-General received yesterday a Royal Message , w'tb e pet important project of law on the Notarial-office. L StOil t) DISTRESS IN THE METROPL ,-- pti On Friday last, Sir Benjamin Hall presented a Pet` : t , 005,00 the House of Commons praying for the repeal of the C 0 ll o ? t o from the Auditors of the Accounts of the parish of St. ' pia,„ lebone, in which the petitioners state, " That, in 1831, th e o ptifr e zette average p, ice of wheat was 665. 4d. In that year the it icf! e ,f4,' age number of paupers depending on the parish was 7 ,9 ,4' n ogi a population of 122 206, thereby showing, that more n o 4i. in fifteen was depending upon the parochial rates for olgr e 'er, In 1835, the price of wheat fell to 395. 4d., and the nuiti. ti# V I; paupers was reduced ty 3,4458, the population being . 4 ",, pr time 129,102, being less than one in thirty-seven receivlo4,l4 rochial reliet. In 1841, the price of wheat again rose to fitg and the number of paupers advar ced with it to 5,679' bac4,54. that time one in twenty-four, the population being 13','1,0 The average number of persons returned weekly, tronl January, 1842, to the 17th February, 1842, has beef , '" In the workhouse ••• ..... 1,939 Out-door poor .... Total • teen f of Thereby showing, that, at the present time, one in 511 l i g; the population of the wealthiest parish in them etror c 'er Great Britain is dependent on the parochial rates forth . mon necessaries of lite. d Mr. B,ANSFORD'S 0 n ..re_nes d a eve q , ing next, Mr. Ransford, the well-known sing er isle o ... give a splendid concert (it' we may judge from theielaiclif.. engaged) at the Hanover-square Rooms. Miss -Atrotorat., ;: liemble and Miss Rainforth will sing a duet from I'6o and Mr. Wilson some o e chi of sm th o e st b a e d st m p i e r r e f d or S in en e tc rs i : 1 7 ! ,, The band, including a few conducted by Signor Negri. That fascinating artiste, Mademoiselle Celestel been extraordinarily attractive at Birmingham 142- o fs ll l '. . l verpool. She last night took her benefit to one ,01,544'"'' most crowded houses ever known within the ss i iirriffl"'' the theatre. Her admirable acting in Foreigni j3 sileo;." elicited shouts of applause. She goes to Bath an d iii the ensuing week, and returns to the HaYn iar Easter Monday, to commence the new season• c ort i;.;e TIVERTON MARKET, FEE. 0 0, 0 % Wheat, Os 6d to 8s per bushel ; Barley, 31 to 3s 6d ; ts tlei" kb' to 2s 4d and 2s 6d—an abundant supply, waders Due Pannier—Turkeys, 4s to 6s each ; Geese, 4s to bodt. to 1 4s to 5s per couple ; Fowls, 3s to 3s fid ; Butter, per lb; Eggs, 7d to 8d per dozen ; Potatoes, It Ilb2 rd o e 1 0 16 ,7 1 1b ; " , a b n i'd to 6 for 6d ; 3a to 4s per bag of 8 score--supply ably' slack. Shambles—Beef, 6d to 7d per lb ; Mutton Veal, 6d to 9d ; Pork, 5d to 6d; Dry Bacon, little ~jorpi; good, demand good. Cattle—There was very a_ ti " 'll 3°, '' • noticing in this market, with the exceptien of on _ . Calves, which sold dear. We heard 20/ asked for l ei $ • hav e We general run n r d u . n alas from 121 to 161 each. Sheep, fr.nn Ur • ir:peelViirv:Oid.R,sioEnrcefNroomuErvrthnseotPpicoAestPooltSß:::::lrind y il o l ,:o s f E th t it h a e: E ri tt bb."-- : e ici r l 7 ; er t y t pt er o s P o le :: o r: subscribers, complaining of the loss of their paPer.!,_ have sig which was regularly forwarded from this office. detect t h e pir to bespeak the aid of our friends in enabling us to 811 .19 the derers. That can best be done by acq uainting o:instituted non. arrival. A rigorous investigation will b ou m fle por , ", penalty of the offence is transportatio n . —Cork S ".,,TjOr . 1 3 0 „ g , So' LICENSED VICTUALLER S war.' &r ick oa Friday, Feb. 18, Mr. Hughes in the c hair, a Fred for e S i o e t c y z , E h T e l; a — at A t t h a ei m r meeting of N , New whe Bridge Comm .iettt:eeet,ofvtihtscekaAfrui°a-ort guinea was pa d in each of the following case!Lni: Waulerkets. Taylor, 246, City po;ice, for apprehending .w, eet ,, blao ssvo robbing Mr. Todd, Union, Oxford-street, 1 5 " s o n f sci mist b, Sce. This offence was visited with a years' transportation.—To Thos. Gorland, J o nes c , o f Brown, F 142, for detecting Thomas Brow.aonibc.,.° at their lodgings in Charle,-street, Drury lad_ melting down a pewter pot, the properdtytodo Rainbow, Liverpool-road, Islitigton. — D 114, for apprehending John Francis, fo r Bobbing ter pot. Bricklayers' Arms, Palk-street, Grosvenor -AI eirG:sescroreugove dy, Afn robbie:°girrg;* THE,