The Sun. — London, England, 1842-02-04 00:00:00

MORNING SUN THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, FEB. 4, Will be performed the Play of THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF ♦ERONA.—Duke of Milan, Mr. Phelps ;' Valentine, Mr. Macread7 ; Proteus, Mr Anderson ; Thurio, Mr. Comp ton ; Lauace, Mr. Keeley : Julia, Miss Fortescue ; Silvia, Miss Ellis ; Lucetta, Miss Turpin. After which will be repeated the New farce, entitled THE WINDMILL—The Marquis de Roueville, Mr. Morris Bar nett ; Sampson Low, Mr. Keeley ; Marian, Mrs Keeley. To conclude with the Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, called HARLEQUIN AND DUKE HUMPHREY'S DIN NER : OR, JACK CADE, THE LORD OF LONDON STONE. Doors tt. be opened at Half past Six, and the Performance to begin rt Seven o'clock. Boxes 55., Second Price, 2*. 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. 4, • Will be performed Sheridan's Comedy of THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL.—Sir Peter Teazle, Mr. W. Farren ; Sir Oliver Surface, Mr. Bartley ; Sir Benjamin Backbite, Mr. Marley ; Joseph Surface, Mr. Cooper ; Charles Surface, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Moses, Mr. Meadows; Lady Teazle, Ma dame Vestris ; Lady Sneerwell, Mrs. Orger ; Maria, Miss Cooper ; Mrs. Candour. Mrs. Glover.; After which will be repeated the New Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled GUY EARL OF WARWICK ; OR. TIARLEQUIN AND THE DUN COW. Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to eammence at Seven. Dress Boxes, 71. ; Second Price, 3a. 6d. ; First and Second Circles. ss. ; Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 35.; Second Price. 25.; Gallery, la. Tickets and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Grogan at the Box-office, from Ten Wl Ireur, where Season Tickets may be had upon application. Private Boxes to be had solely of Mr. Andress, bookseller, 167. New Bond-street. To-morrow, Elena Überti, with the Pantomime. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. The only Pantomime on the Surrey side of the water, over by a Quarter past Eleven. Attraction beyond conception. Crowded Houses nightly. Great hit of " Norma." THIS EVENING. FEB. 4, Will be acted Haines' wonderfully successful Drama, enti tled ELIZABETH LAZARUS, THE JEWESS, founded en Captain Glasscock's " Land Sharks and Sea Gulls," After which, MRS - . NORMA, with Beliini's Music. To conclude with a Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN AND THE ICE QUEEN ; OR, JACK FROST AND KING THAW —With gorgeous and charac teristic Scenery, splendid Properties, ludicrous and Quaint Dresses, ingenious Tricks, magnificent Panorama by Brun ning, &c. Hailequin, M. Huline ; Patch, M. Rochet ; Pan taloon, M. Lehman ; Flip, Signor Feliz Carlo ; Clown, Mr. Buckingham ; Columbine, Miss Sharpe. Private and Public Boxes can be had of Messrs. Sams, Ebers, Mitchell, Andrews, and Seguin, during the run of this popu lar Pantomime. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. OSBALDISTON. Continued triumph of " Geraldine!" Immense success of " The Wild Irish Girl !" and revival of the Grand Romance of " Ivanhoe," with all its original splendour—Combat of Twelve, Conflagrations, and staillicg effects. Tais EVENING, FEB. 4, Will be performed, a New Domestic Drama, in Three Acts, entitled THE STORY OF GERALDINE ; OR, THE TWIN ORPHANS OF ST. PRE—Henri, Mr. E. F. Sa villo; Huntingdon, Mr. Dale; Claud, Mr. Seaman ; Jemmy Cottle, Mr. Gardner ; Davy, Mr. Paul ; Geraldine, Miss Vin- Gent, the acknowledged Heroine of Domestic Drama. After which, THE WILD IRISH GlRL.—Shelah O'May, Miss Vincent, in which she will dance her celebrated Donny brook Rant, and sing several humourous chaunts, and a new Medley Epilogue To conclude with the Grand Romance of IVANHOE.— Ivanhoe, Mr. E. F. Saville ; Isaac, Mr. Dale; the Black Knight, Mr. Seaman ; Wamba, Mr. Gardner ; Rebecca, Mrs. Lee. Boxes, 26.—Pit, 19. Gallery, 6d.—Half-price to the Boxes only, at Half-put Eight. To-morrow, Geraldine, with The Wild Irish Girl, and Ivanhoe. THE VERY LATEST PARLIAMENTARY NEWS WILL BE GIVEN AS USUAL IN THE SECOND, THIRD, AND EXPRESS EDITIONS, OF THE n a year or two. Mr. VILLIERS referred to the immense, the unlooked-for progress which the question has made, and asserted that nothing now would settle it but the repeal of all taxes on food, a motion for which he should, he hoped with the approbation of his friends in the House, and of a great number of persons out of the House, take an early opportunity of bringing forward. If Lord JOHN RUSSELL may congratulate him self on seeing the Tories come round to his opi nions, The Sun has a right to feel great satisfac tion to find first the Whigs, and then the To ries, after obstinately resisting for years every motion, even to inquire into the Corn-laws, come round to opinions which The Sun has steadily advocated for years past. So long ago as 1838, we felt ourselves constrained, though with great reluctance, to differ from Lord BROUGHAM, who then advocated a fixed duty. Last night the Noble Lord emphatically de clared that only the total abolition of all duties could serve and save the country. We record such facts with honest exultation ; they are an assurance to our readers that they may place some confidence in our opinions. We regretted to hear Earl FITZWILLIAM, who possesses great knowledge of the manufacturing districts, observe that he doubted whether it were now possible to restore the country to prosperity, decay has made such rapid strides, and distress has got to such a height. The Noble Earl, however, with his characteristic good sense, declared that though their Lordships could not save the coun try, they ought to do all the good in their power, and not continue legislation which had already pro duced such mischievous consequences. Declara tions like that, and propositions for merely reform ing the Corn-laws, if made in a bona fide spirit, and not with any trickery—if dictated by a real apprehension of danger to accrue from a total re peal, may reconcile even the most suffering of the manufacturers and the most thoroughgoing of the repealers to a modification of the laws which shall promise total repeal at no distant day. We need not repeat our own opinions, they remain unchanged; we speak of prevailing opi nions, the offspring of honest but mistaken timi- dity or ignorance. Men have been so long ac customed to coast along in sight of the shores discovered and laid down by their ancestors, that they want boldness and confidence to launch themselves on the oceau of fate, with justice for their compass, and public happiness the un known land they are in search of, though they know not exactly where it is to be found. In the Times of yesterday there appeared a letter from Lord ASHLEY, announcing that Sir ROBERT PKBlewould not give his sanction to a Ten Hours' Bill. Sir ROBERT PEEL tacitly con firmed the statement last night in the House of Commons. In The Sun on Wednesday we an nounced that " the retirement of the Duke of BUCKINGHAM from the Cabinet severed the alli ance between the Tories and the Owenite Char fists," who, it will be remembered, constituted the deputation which waited on the Duke of BUCKINGHAM, and procured from him a recogni tion of the Ten Hours' Bill. Lord ASHLEY'S let ter, and the few words which passed in the House of Commons last night, put an end to this piece of delusion, now that it has served its turn and purpose. Sir ROBERT PEEL and his friends have deceived the working classes, but deceit is no longer useful or practicable. One more piece of humbug is at an end. The question of the Budget, generally regarded of much importance, excites but little at tention in, the French Journals. Nor is this occasioned by the consideration of more import ant matters, unless the prosecution of the Mode, a weekly Legitimist Paper, be so regarded. The trial of this Journal took place before the Court of Assizes on Monday, when MM. VOILLET DE Sr. PIIILBERT, the editor, and EDWARD PROLTX, the printer of that paper, were convicted of having, on the 22d ult., published a seditious libel, tend ing to excite hatred and contempt against the Government, and sentenced, the former to two years' imprisonment and a fine of 6,000 f., and the latter to three months' imprisonment arid 2,000 f. fine. For the opinions of the Republican and Legiti mist Press upon this conviction we refer to our Foreign Summary. The Breton, of Nantes, announces the death of General CAMBRONIE at that city, in the 71st year of his age. The Members of the Chamber of Deputies met yester day in the Bureaux, for the purpose of discussing as to whether they would authorise the reading of three pro positions from MM. Ganneron, Ducos, and Golberg. the proposition of M. Ganneron is, that the Members of the Chamber of Deputies who are not paid public func tionaries at. the, time of their election shall not be allowed to become so whilst they hold seats in the Chamber, or for one year after .vards. The exceptions to be the posts of Minister, Ambassador, Under-Secretary of St a t e , P rocureur -G eneral of the COur les Comptes, or Cour ltoyale, Director-General, COmmander-in-Chief of the National G uar d o f P ar i s, Governor of Africa, Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honour, and. Governor of the Bank. The proposition of M. Ducos is that all citizens who are not on those lists from ineligibility resulting from article 383 of the criminal code shall also be , electors. The propo sition of* M. Golbery is for a credit of 300,000 f. for the publication of the reports of the sit tings of the Chamber, under the direct control of its bureaux. Very little opposition was made to the appli cation for the reading of those propositions, as regarded those of M. Ganneron and M. Ducos ; but an animated discussion took place in some of the bureaux on the pro position of M. Golbery, some of the Members contend ing that nothing of the kind is wanted, others that the reports of ' the sittings are not given at sufficient length in the Afoniteur, and that a special and official re port is required. The result of the discussions was that the propositions of MM. Ganneron and Duros should be read. This was also the case as to the proposition of M. Golbery, in all the bureaux, except one, where it was rejected by a majority of two.— Galignani's Messenger. The Madrid Papers received are of the 25th. ult. They contain no news of importance. Senor ARGUELLES had delivered a clever speech in the Cortes, in defence of the Ministry. The Cor responsal contains a letter from the Librarian of of the Escurial, denying, in very indignant terms, the truth of a report published by some of the French papers, that a collection of precious manuscripts from the Escurial had been sent as a present from the Regent to M. GUIZOT. The Five per Cents were done at the Madrid Bourse, on the 25th ult., at 324 for cash, and 331 at 60 days. Three operations were done in the Three per Cents. at 221 22 3-16 at 60 days. • Mr. Beckett, the Member fur Leeds, who yes terday seconded the Address to the Throne, in the House of Commons, appeared in the regi mentals of a hussar regiment. When the bur gess who represents the great clothing and com mercial town of Leeds wears such frippery in the House of Commons, there seems to us some rea son to despair of the country. If the men of Leeds have a cornet, or even a captain of hussars, for their representative, what can be expected from towns less distinguished by the religious and sober feelings of the inhabitants ? MAURITIUS SLAVE •TRADE.—Amongst the no tices given last night in tl name of the Vice- President of th e B oard of Trade for regulating the trade of the colonies, one was understood to embrace the re v i val or the Slave-trade (as the "exportation 6f HiII Coolies from India has been P pressed in vain on the atte ntion of which a r they i a litent,—the deficiency of the r evenue, had attempted to remedy, and the Tories would not allow them, —and the state of the Corn-laws, which the Tories are to takein hand, though they regarded that, when done by the Whigs, as trea son against the landlords. Lord MARCH plainly said the landlords had now got an Administration which they could trust, and, being like dogs, who will take, with out whining or complaining, a sound drubbing from those they love, they will cheerfully accept those alterations from the Tories, for attempting which they flew at the throats of the Whigs. On the only debateable topics which interest the country, the Tories have come completely over to the opinit ns of the Whigs, and hence there were compliments, recommendations, and e - pressions of confidence, but no opposition, no amendment, and no debate. Lord JOHN RUSSELL warned Sir ROBERT PEEL of the serious consequences of now passing another Corn-law which should not settle the question, leaving the agitation to be renewed EVENING SUN. THE MORNING SUN, CONTAINING THE WHOLE OF THE DEBATES, WILL BB PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. AT FIVE O'CLOCK, In time for the Six o'Cloch Trains to all the North of England, including the great towns of Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Wol verhampton, Dudley, Worcester, Stockport, Chester, Rochdale, _Halifax, Huddersfield, Wakefield, Leeds, York, Hull, Newcastle on-Tyne, Durham, Darlington, Doncaster, Rotherham, Sheffield, Nottingham, Chester field, Mansfield, Derby, Leicester, 6.c. And by the Western-Trains to Reading, Oxfords Salisbury, Portsmouth, Gosport, Southamp ton, Bath, Bristol, Gloucester, Cheltenham,, and other places. *: Orders will be supplied by all News agents ; and should any difficulty occur in obtain ing the Latest or any other Edition, application to the Sun-office direct will ensure immediate attention. Sun Office, 112, Strand. THE RAILWAY SUN IS NOW RE-PUBLISHING, PRICE SIXPENCE. TEE CHINA SUN, AND THE PARLIAMENTARY SUN, ARE STILL ON SALE, PRICE SIXPENCE EACH. Sun Office, Feb. 4, 1842. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning 3 minutes after 8 (Evening.... 43 minutes after 8. LONDON? FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1342. The great expectations which were excited of the. opening..of Parliament, have scarcely been answered at present by the results. The Speech delivered by her MAJESTY, yesterday, has made us acquainted with little more of deep interest to the people, than the intention of Ministers to take the .Corn-laws into consideration, and to take measures to equalise the revenue and the expenditure. On Wednesday, which is very early, Sir Ro- BERT PEEL is to submit all his views on the Corn-laws to the House and the country, and till then we must remain in ignorance, as at pre sent, of what he means to propose. We only know now, that he is a convert to the opinion that the Corn-laws must be altered. From the speech of the Earl of MARCH, we learn that the Ministers are to propose new taxes, of such a description as to fall on the rich and not reach the poor. Lord JOHN RUSSELL hinted at a property-tax, which he intimated he should be ready to oppose ; and Sir ROBERT Peat., who spoke after him, did not deny that he contemplated such a. tax. The country only known •at present, therefore, with somewhat more assurance than before the meeting of Par liament—for we have announced both facts-- that the Corn-laws are to be taken into consi deration by the Tories, and that the price we are to pay for a PEEL Administration is a pro perty-tax. Whatever expectations might have been formed in the country, there were none in the House of Commons after the contents of the Speech were known. We scarcely ever recoll ect a first night which went off more tamely. There i s now complete coincidence in the views of the hitherto conflicting parties. Sir ROBERT PEEL avowed that he and hi s Colleagues, on principle, had drawn up th e speech so as to T sccure, if possible, a unanimous vote of the Iros q . Contrary to everything which the Tories)4 said only a few . months Ligo. the Speech te" .ed With satisfaction. Sud denly: ..ort4 mELB"OURNE the ditte u l t • playfully remarked, had vanisheietis that had beset the .country were the distress'(;the" only , evils mentioned - the people, which the Whigs • " 11 ° • e:5 , 0 • •A•411-..., ,, A• SYt • • • A ~ 5 • "7' --••• • MN , • A ce) ing os3unt THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1842.1 called) between India and the Mauritius. Re membering the odium which connected :itself with the name of Gladstone, the father, from engaging in that trade some three or four years ago, we must say that it is indecent now to have the son meddling with it, or in any way min gling with it as a legislator. There has been a great deal of legislation for classes ; are we now to have laws made to enrich individuals ? Is Gladstone, the son, as a law-maker and a mem ber of the Government, to make laws which, at some cost to humanity and the reputation of the country, may enrich Gladstone, the father? them off their guard. Such a Bill may be introduced for the very purpose of deceiving them. The victory is not yet won. We are only in the thickest of the battle. We are in the crisis of pur fate. Let the country continue the present agitation a little longer, and Peel must lay the corn-monopoly in the dust." The Herald reads a lecture to Sir Robert Peel on the political duti es , o b serv i ng, " he has the p n r th a j y ec er t s ,otf his he hopes, the good wishes of a vast majority of the British people to maintain him in his present course, and to encourage him in his manly efforts to work the vessel of the State through the quicksands into which the unskilful pilotage of his predecessor had worked her. But it is only by maintaining.the same moral and physical resolution, energy, and vigilance, which have heretofore sustained him, that he can answer the high expectations of his country, and of the world." The Chronicle is of opinion th a t the Duke of Bucking hamhas not gained much in point of character by his resignation, and adds, " the Duke of Buckingham has ingeniously contrived to sacrifice his independence in the very act of quitting office. His Grace is so little famous for tact and temper, that anything like discrimination or moderation in his opposition to a Ministerial measure would, under any circumstances, awaken uncharitable surmises. But opposition in a blue ribbon to its donor would have the air of a ridiculous sham. Nay, some will even go so far as to say that his very opposition to the Ministerial Corn-law is part of the Premier's plan for carrying it." MONEY — ODE—COMMENZE. It appears, from the Report of the Delegates of the " Strike," made at the meeti ng h e ld in Drury-lane last night, that the total amount of subscriptions had been 3,3401. 4s. 104 d., while the expenditure amounted to 3,3051. 14s. 5d., leaving a balance of 391. 10s. 51d. Fresh subscriptions, to the amount of 801., were received at the close of the meeting. PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. An association, of which the preliminary meeting was held on Saturday. in the Adelphi, is about to be fbrmed for the purpose of watching, on the part of the public, the plans and improvements now proceeding in the me tropolis. Complaints were made of the many serious mistakes and failures of plans which have recently taken place, owing to the incompetence of Committees of the House, and other parties. The first stone of the New Houses of Parliament will be laid by her Majesty early in the summer. It is intended by the Court of Common Council to peti tion Government fokhe removal of the old Houses in Postern-row, Tower hill, to make wa3' for extensive provements in the City, the cost of which, if carried out, will be about 10,0001 iiiiters of the Three Denominations, consisting of the Rev. Dr. Vaughan, the Rer. John Howard Hinton, M. A., Rev. Edward Steane, and the Rev. John Young, M. A., waited upon his Majesty to present an Address of Congratulation. His Majesty received the Deputation, attended by his Ex cellency the Chevalier Bunsen and the Earl of Hardwicke. The Address was read by the Rev. John Young. The King, attended by the Earl of Hardwicke, afterwards visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager at Marlborough House, and honoured the Earl and Countess Jersey and the Duchess Dowager of Richmond with visits at their respective residences. His Majesty also went to Cambridge House to visit their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge, and before returning to Buckingham Palace proceeded to Apsley House, to pay a visit t o th e D u k e of Wellington. The Royal Dinner Party at Buckingham Palace yesterday consisted of his Majesty the King of Prussia, her Royal High. 'less the Duchess of Kent, their Serene Highnesses Prince Ferdinand, Prince Augustus, and Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg, the Duchess of Buccleuch, the Viscountess Jocelyn, Lady Fanny Howard, Honourable Miss Paget, Honourable Miss Liddell, Baroness Lehzen, Marquis of Exeter, Earl of Liverpool, Earl de la Warr, Earl of Jersey, Baron Bunsen, the Earl of Aberdeen, M. le General liatzmar, Baron de Humboldt, Count de Sto'berg, M. le General eumann, M. le Conseiller Muller, M. de Meyerinck, M. de Brauchitsch, Earl of- Hardwicke, Capt. Neynell, Baron Stockmar, Captain Count de Dagenfeld Schonberg, Count Zaitsch, the Eat! of Morton, Hon. C. A. Murray, Hon. Capt. Duncombe, Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, Colonel Wylde, Capt. Francis Seymour, Dr. Prtetorius, and Sir George Cowper. The Band of the Coldstream Guards attended during dinner, and in the course of the evening played a new March, com posed by Signor Costa, and performed for the fii st time. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Col. Wylde, rode out on horseback yesterday. The Band of the 2d Regiment of Life Guards attended dur ing dinner at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday evening. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Ma jesty yesterday forenoon at Buckingham Palace. Their So rene Highnesses the Duke Ferdinand and the Princes Augus tus and Leopold of Saxe Cobourg returned with her Royal Highness to Clarence House, St. James's. The Duke, ac companied by the two Princes, visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager at Marlborough-house, and also paid visits to their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, at Cambridge House, and the Duchess of Gloucester, at Glouces ter House. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, THURSDAY EVENING The news from America to-day has created some sensation here, the Aloney Market of America being in danger of another convulsion, by the expected repeal of the Bankrupt Law. Before this Bill passed, there were many and well founded objections to it, such as the unsettling of the rela tions between debtor and creditor, the serious lasses that would be entailed upon the latter, and the distrust that might ensue ; but now since the Bill has become a law for some time, the consequences of its repeal may be as immediately embar rassing as were those of its enactment. Probably it is con sidered by the Legislature to have already relieved those who really cannot discharge their debts, and by having merely a a prospective operation, will not screen such as have the means to meet their liabilities. The Funds closed rather better this afternoon, the construc tion put upon the Queen's Speech, as indicating something like a return to reason and concession on the part of Sir Ro bert Peel's Administration, being rather favourable. Consols closed at 89i to * for present transfer, and 89* a for Account. Exchequer Bills improved to 17s. and 19s. premium. The heavy Stocks were steady. Bank and India Stocks were ra ther dull. The Foreign Securities were rather dull. Brazil Stock fell to 62%, owing to the unfavourable news from Paraiba. Mexi can Bonds continued good. Spanish were flat at 24% to %. Shares were a little steadier. (From The Sun of Last Night.) LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, FEB. 2.—The sales of Cotton to-day are 4,500 bales, with some improvement in the market, 800 have been taken for export, and prices are quoted with a tendency in favour of holders. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, FEB. 2.—The transac tions in this market to-day are quoted as follows Grand Junction Half Shares, 93 ex-div.; Great Western, 84; Lancaster and Preston Junction, 30; Liverpool and Manchester, 190 ; London and Birmingham, 169; Ditto New, 281 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 27i. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 2.—Onr mar ket remains firm, with a good inquiry for various kinds of Shares, and a moderate amount of business done. The sales of the day are—Liverpool and Birmingham, 170 ; Liverpool and Manchester, 1901 ex. div. ; Lan caster and Preston, 29i ; Manchester and Salford Bank, 101; Bank of Manchester, -I+ ; Manchester Assurance, 91. is. The English Securities opened firm this morning, with a tendency to advance. Consols are 89k for Money, and 891 a for the Account; Three per Cents. R e d uce d, 891 ; ditto, Three-and-a-Half, 991 Y ; Exchequer Bills, 16s. 18s. premium. . . . . Spanish Active Stock is flat at 24 1; Portuguese Five per Cents. are 33} ; Ditto Threes, l9i 20 ; Mexican Bonds maintain the advance, they are now 301. The intelligence from Washington, indicating the probable repeal of the. Bankrupt Law, has created a greater sensation in this metropolis than any event that has taken place in Congress since the veto of the Extra Session. In the Stock Market there had been but little business transacted, and no alteration worthy of notice had occurred. Fxchange on England was 8 to 81 per cent. prem. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 167% India Stock ............ 247 i 3 per Cent Red. 89% Ditto 80nd5........ ....... 11 pm 3 per Cent Cons 89% Ditt o Old Annuities ... 87% 3i per Cent Red.. . : New 3a per Cent New 5 per Cent. Long Annuities :.oexpi re 1 Ditto Small D. pm Jan. 1860 ... 12 11-16 Bank Stock for Acct... Oct 1859. .. ..... India Stock for Acct.... Jan. 1860. ... FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 pal rent—. Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 pei cent 102,4 ,'Ditto, New Ditto — Brazilian Bonds—. Prussian, 5 per cent. Buenos Ayres 6 per cea t , Russian, 5 per cent — Chilian, 6 per cent..... ;Ditto, Metallic .. .... Colombian, 6 per cent.. Spanish, 5 per cent...... 24a Ditto, I 824.......... ..... Ditto, Deferred.. _.••• •• . --- Danish, 3 per cent — IFrem;ll,s per cent. --1. .......e. Greek, 1825,5 per cent — I Exchange — I ....o. Mexican, 5 per cent.... 30k 'French, 3 percent —.. —c Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Dutch, 2i per cent . . 51i Peruvian,lB2s, ter ct. Ditto, 5 per cent. .. . 101 a SHARES. Bristol :.nd Exeter (60 paid) ... . . ... .. 26 Great Western Railway ( 65 paid) Bsi Ditto Fifth (4 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) London and South Western Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) ...... ... Ditto Quarter Shares ( 2 paid) 4 Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) Ditto Quarter Shares tl5 paid) ... 20k Northern and Eastern (40 paid) .... 36 South Eastern and Dover (48 pa id)... ••• • 26* DREADFUL ACCIDENT AND LOSS OF LIFE. The greatest consternation was created yesterday at nine o'clock, in Charles-street, Drury-lane, by the fall ing in of three houses, burying, it is supposed, from ten to fifteen persons tinder the ruins. Information was im mediately sent to the Police-station, Bow-street, when a detachment of the F Division arrived with all speed on the spot, so as to prevent further accident, as several of the other houses appeared to be giving way. These houses, situated on the right-hand side of the street, had been for some time condemned, and were un inhabited, being in a state of dilapidation. For the last few days the poor people- in the neighbourhood have been allowed to gather the pieces of wood for their firing, without any opposition being made by the police or any party. Yesterday morning, at nine o'clock, there were about fifteen persons, it is supposed, within the ruins, gathering the wood, when three of the houses suddenly gave way, and fell in with a dreadful crash, burying them beneath. The screams of the neighbours were appalling, at they expected to see their children had fallen a sacrifice. Four were taken out lifeless; one an old man of the mame of Miller, leaving a wife and eight children to lament his loss; the other a lad of the name of Smith; the others' names were not known. Had it not been for the workmen opposite returning from breakfast, more lives would have been lost, as there were a number of children near the spot, who fortunately were saved by the men rushing and pulling them away as the rums fell in a perpendicular manner. A number of men were put to work to clear away the rubbish, when they found a man's arm and leg. Two men were taken off to the Middlesex Hospital, but died as they were being con veyed thither. The people had been cautioned not to go near these houses, as some accident, it was feared, would occur, as they were quite in a rotten state. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. Yesterday morning, about half-past ten o' c l oc k, as bricklayers men were pulling down an old house in some Charles-street, Drury-lane, the lower part of it gave way and buried the whole of them in the ruins. One man and a boy were taken out quite dead, and several were taken to Charing Cross Hospital dreadfully bruised. Several persons narrowly escaped with their lives, the street being very narrow. FURTHER PARTICULARS. The street where the melancholy aceident happened, is one of those densely populated places in St. Giles's, chiefly occupied by the lowest class of Irish, and the beggars of the Metropolis Many of the houses have no legitimate owner, and have been allowed by those in occupation of them to fall into extreme decay, so much so, that the attention of the parish .officers was called to the subject; and the Leet Jury condemned three of the houses. The overseer also directed that every part con sidered dangerous, should be taken down, and, in consequence only the lower parts were left standing. When this had been done, the inhabitants of St. Giles's considered what was left be longed to no one, and, therefore, that it was the property of all. They have ever since been getting all the beams and other wood-work, lead, &c., away, in short, every thing that could be turned to any account, and, as may be supposed, the walls had no support whatever. Several persons have been taken into custody for the robberies committed, but as no one came for ' ward as the owner, the charges fell to the ground. At the time the loss of life took place, a man of the same of Miller and several others were trying to remove the door-posts with crow-bars, and had nearly succeeded when the bressames gave a 4 , and the whole of the walls fell in. As soon as the alarm had in some degree subsided, several of the neighbours com menced removing the brick-work, and in about an hour the body of Miller was taken out. Life was quite extinct, and it appeared as if the beam had fallen on his neck and bent his head en his chest. The exact number of persons killed has not been ascertained. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Public Optuton. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. We have news from South America of the shooting of the President of Paraiba in his own house, and of the breaking out of a rebellion in the northern provinces of Brazil. We begin to despair of the establishment of any good system of constitutional government in any part of South America. It is only the Anglo-Saxon races that have as yet proved themselves capable of exercising the right of self-government. We predicted nearly two years ago that France would yet have to pay dearly for M. Thiers' war whistle. The following remarks of the Debats upon the Budget for 1843, presented to the Chamber of Deputies on Monday, bear out the correctness of our prediction:— "The budget for 1842, which has been presented by the Minister of Finance, is satisfactory, inasmuch as it shows that the receipts nearly balance the expenditure. The deficit is only twenty-eight millions of francs. It is important, however, not to lose sight of what had taken place, in order that there never may be a pretext for recurring to the adventurous policy from which France has been snatched. In order to attain this still equivocal equilibrium it has been necessary to make many sacrifices. The public debt has been increased 150 millions. Useful enterprises have been indefinitely adjourned ; and others, which are in the course of execution, are going on so slowly, that nobody knows when they will be completed. The two magni ficent canals, which were voted in 1838, and which might have been completed in 1844, will not be opened per haps before 1850 or 1855, for the credit for public works for 1843 is to remain at the same point as in 1842, and we know what reductions have been made in the budget as it was voted last session." The Presse gives the expose des motifs of the Minister of Finance, with no other remark than that it is a docu ment. of importance, but p rom ises to return to the sub ject. The Constitutionnel, and some of the other Jour nals, not only have no comment on the document, but do not even give the document itself or any part of it. The Courrier Francais and. the Sieele give the leading pas sages of the expose, but abstain from comment. The verdict against the Mode has produced, as was to have been expected, severe attacks upon the Govern ment in the columns of some of the Opposition Journals, for its determination to attempt by repeated prosecutions to put down the liberty of the Press. The National observes :—" It is the destruction of the Press that is aimed at ; printers are intimidated, and every possible opportunity is sought to convict a Journal twice in the same year ; the Prefects are recommended to select the Juries, and thus, at the same time, two of the most vital institutions of the country are assailed, viz., the liberty of the Press and the sanctity of justice. Is not this violence enough—is S not this abuse enough of the law to make the most blind at length open their eyes ?" It is necessary for us to state, in order that our readers may understand the charge of the National, that a Journal twice condemned for libel upon the Govern ment in the same year, may by the laws of September be suspended. The Royalist Quotidienne says:—" The double con demnation of the responsible editor and printer of the Mode shows clearly what the plan of the doctrinaires is. It is war, war to the knif e , aga i nst t h e P ress. War against all that remains of our liberties. We shall say but little now of the great event of the day. We hope all grave and calm men, of whatever opinion, will con cert and struggle against the frightful system of intimi dation which has disclosed itself to France." The Stutgard tGazette of the 30th ult., mentions a re port that a Prussian Envoy had been sent to the Ger manic Diet, for the purpose of proposing to that Assem bly a general amnesty for all political offences, and less rigorous Press laws for all Germany. A letter from Berlin, at the same time, of the 24th ult., states that it was generally believed there that the liberty of the Press would receive a great extension in Prussia, the Government being convinced that all public journals edited in a violent sense, would die away for want of subscribers. A Hanover correspondent, in a letter of the 21st ult., mentions a meeting of th e p r i nc ip a l merc h ants and tradespeople of that capital, for the purpose of consulting on the expediency of a petition to Govern ment to request its adhesion to the German Com mercial League. Only two out of 140 votes were in favour of the accession to the League, and a counter petition was voted expressive of the conviction that such a measure would be prejudicial to all the interests of the country. Danish papers mention the condemnation of M. Or ladehmann for. a libel upon the Government, and tumul tuous meetings of the Liberal party in consequence, which it was necessary to put down by the police force. PARLIAMENTARY. MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. We gave her Majesty's Speech yesterday in the whole of our Evening Edition, and conveyed to every part of the empire the intentions of the Ministers. Her Majesty, we may add, was never more enthusiastically received, and never did a greater crowd wait on any Sovereign on going to meet her Parliament. In the Upper House, after the Marquis of Clanricarde had stated that he would on Monday ask a question about the marriage law of Ireland, the Marquis of Aber corn moved an Address in answer to the Speech from the Throne, which was of the usual character. The Earl of Dalhousie seconded the motion. Viscount Melbourne made a very happy attack on the Tories, all whose forebodings of evil had been disap pointed, and who now found, after they had been some time in office, that the difficulties they had imagined did not exist. The Earl of Ripon defended the change in the mind of the Ministers, from the lugubrious to the sunny. Their own merit and advent to power had miraculously put all things to rights. Lord Brougham declared against the Corn-laws, gave an explanation of the law as it affected the case of the Creole, expressed a warm desire to see a cordial friend ship with the United States, and advocated au extension of the Suffrage, though it were ever so gradual. lie de clared, with great truth and great emphasis, that neither the Throne, the Aristocracy, nor our Insti tutions, would be safe while our representation was wholly confined to property, and numbers were, by being excluded from all share in it, placed in conflict with the other orders of the State. Earl Fitzwilliam insisted on the necessity of making the alteration in the Corn-laws a comprehensive mea sure, and called for an explanation, which he said woult be asked by the country, of the causes why the farmers friend had left the Cabinet. The Duke of Wellington declined to enter into any description of the measure which the Government was to bring forward on the Corn-laws. The Duke of Buckingham said, that when a measure was proposed of which he could not approve, he had thought it his duty, as an honest man, to leave the Ca binet. He should oppose his late Colleagues' measure on the Corn-laws with all his power when it came to that House, but on other subjects he should continue to give them his support. • The Address was agreed to, nem. con. • In the Commons, new writs were moved for the Western Division of Cornwall, for Leominster, Bandon- Bridge, 'Dublin University, King's Lynn, and Liverpool. Notices were given of motions,,on the part of Ministers, for Bills to applygrants of the two last Sessions to the ser vice of 1841, to amend the Passengers Act, to regulate the sale and survey of lands in New Zealand and Aus tralia, to regulate the salaries of Bishops in Jamaica and Barbadoes, and to consolidate the laws on Colonial Trade, to amend the Railway Act, and to provide for the more effectual suppression of lunatic asylums. The Mi- • nisters are chalking out plenty of work for themselves and for Parliament. The Earl of March, Member for 'West Surrey, in a neat, but very short speech, and much to the purpose, moved the Address. Mr. Becket, the Member for Leeds, seconded the motion, and assured the House that the distress in Leeds was increasing. Mr. Ewart reminded Sir Robert Peel of the necessity for giving the people relief on the articles of sugar and coffee as well as corn. He expressed his approbation of C a p nL c r ou ope rrdr erjnt John -t ax. Lord 4e n t m s se l o l s , t w p h a i l r e t s h e o f e x t p h r e e s s A e d d d his s c o c r o d u i l a d l not refrain from pointing out to the House the satis faction he felt at finding the Tories had embraced the opinions of the late Ministers. The Noble Lord broadly and boldly asserted the principle that taxation Should be got rid of which was not levied for the pur poses of State, and happilyridiculed the attempts which had been- Made to deceive the people about Corn -laws and Short-time Bills. Sir Robert Peel followed Lord Johnßussell, but while he justified himself for receiving the Short-time Commit tee Deputation, not knowing the persons, he took no notice of Lord John Russell's remarks on the Corn-laws and a property-tax. Mr. Villiers expressed, in a few and pithy sentences, his satisfaction that the landlords had been made aware that there was a power greater than theirs. Mr. Estcourt deplored the banishment from the Cabinet of the farmers' friend, and the friend of Lord Ashley's friends. The Address was agreed to without amendment. The Commons rose at Seven, and the Lords at Eight o'Cleck, PUBLIC OPINION. The Times hints, in its principal leading article, at some of the chief topics that will be alluded to in the Queen's Speech ; and in another arti c l e s t a t es , with re ference to the Duke of Buckingham's resignation, that though on the particular subject of the Corn-laws, he declines partaking the respOnsibilityfof Ministers, the difference between him and them, is not wide enough to cause the least alienation or even coldness. He con tinues to the Government his friendship, his cordial ap probation, and on every point but this one, his steady support. The Advertiser warns the people to " repose no confi dence in Peel until the measures he announces have be come the law of the land. Let not the introduction of a Liberal Anti. Corn-law Bill," adds the Advertiser, " put NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. P.ORTSMOUTH, FEB. 2.—The Vindictive has had all her guns and stores taken out, and is being dismasted, prepatory to her hull being repaired. She is very much injured, and will require at least three weeks, if not longer, before it can be properly amended. Had not her bows been peculiarly, - and strongly constructed, there is no question but that she must have been destroyed by the se verity of the bumping she experienced when on the shoal. A Court of inquiry was held on Monday to investigate the particulars of the affair, with a view to ulterior pro ceedings by Court-martial, or to the perfect exoneration of the Captain and officers by such facts as might be adduced before the Court, which would render any further investigation unnecessary. This being a pre liminary inquiry, its details are private, and the result j is not yet known, though it is generally believed that the explanation has been most satisfactory, and that the inquiry will not be carried further. Indeed, • the known skill and ability of her Captain, his long standing, and meritorious conduct in the service, are i • sufficient to justify this belief, and to afford a guarantee • • that nothing but uncontrollable difficulties, which nei ther skill nor experience could surmount, could have placed his ship in its late disastrous position. When once her hull is repaired she will not be long in being refitted, as she is not like a ship newly commissioned with a paucity of hands, but has her full complement of men, who will speedily make her all ataunt again. The recent Court-mart;al on Mr. Elton, late midship man of the Cambridge, is the subject of much comment here, both in the naval and military circles. There is scarcely an officer in either service that does not consi der the sentence as unusually severe, and quite dispro portionate to the offence. Indeed the conduct of Captain Williams, the prosecutor, is looked upon by all the officers at this port, even those of his own rank, as harsh in the extreme, and much more deserving of censure than that of the unfortunate gentleman who has been dis missed the service and imprisoned through his instru mentality. They all admit the truth of Mr. Elton's second letter to Captain Williams, and agree with him that there was a want of courtesy and gentlemanly bearing on the part of the Captain in not replyinc , to his first letter, yet they do not think he was justified, ac cording to the stringent rules of the service, in sending such a letter to his superi or o ffi cer , th oug h he `would have been perfectly justified in sending it had he been merely a private gentleman, and received the same pro vocation. But while they condemn the junior officer for a breach of discipline in writing these unpalatable truisms to his superior officer, they still more severely cen sure the conduct of the superior in wantonly insulting a gentleman in every respect his equal, though of inferior rank to him in the service. Mr. Elton's first letter to Capt. Williams was most respectful, courteous, and gen tlemanly', and according to the rules of society was en titled to an equally courteous reply. It is to be hoped for the honour of the service that no other officer would have refused it. Under painfully excited feelings at the slight put upon him, Mr. Elton wrote the letter which formed the subject of complaint ; and although n e ith er th e military nor naval officers hre justify his conduct in so doing, they all think the provocation he received a very fair excuse in extenuation of his fault. Captain Wil liams is much condemned for , not receiving the ample apology made by Mr. Elton, and his bringing him to a Court-martial after this had been made to him in writ ing, is considered not altogether creditable to him. With regard to Captain Basil Hall, who volunteered his assist- ance to conduct the prosecution against Mr. Elton, there is but one feeling among the naval and military officers here on that gentleman's conduct, not very flattering to him. It frequently has happened that officers have come forward and assisted another officer in his defence when tried by a Court-martial, but Captain Basil Hall stands alone in the unenviable position he has selected in volun teering his aid to crush a young gentleman and ruin his prospects in the service, not for any moral crime, but for a breach of discipline, his first and only offence. His Excellency Lord Ashburton (appointed to proceed to Washington on a special mission) is expected here on Friday, to embark on the following day on board the Warspite, 50, Captain Lord John Bay, C. 8., for convey ance to New York. The brig Scylla, 16, has been commissioned at Ply mouth, by Commander Robert Sharpe, of this neighbour hood, it is reported, for the South American station. The Rapid, 10, Lieutenant Earle, will leave this port fin• Sierra Leone, Ascension, and the Cape of Good Hope, about Feb. 5. The brig Ringdove, 16, has been commissioned at this port, by Commander Sir William Daniel, it is supposed for the Mediterranean. The Queen, 110, Captain Rich, is fully manned at Spithead, and is only waiting the arrival of Vice-Ad miral Sir Edward Owen, K.C.8., to proceed with him to Malta. Emeric Vidal, Esq., has resigned the Secretary ship, and has been succeeded by George Smith, Esq. This noble ship will have on board more than twelve hundred men, including supernumeraries. The Wolverine, 16, Commander Johnson, arrived last Sunday from the eastward, on her way to the East Indies. At Spithead—Queen 110, Warspite 50, and Wol verine 16. In Harbour—St. Vincent, Victory, Hastings, Excel. lent, Royal George yacht, Carysfort, Ringdove, Rapid Nautilus, Echo, and Tender. In Dock—Vindictive (repairing damages). THE FUNERAL OF MR. C. DAY. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COWES, FEB. 2.—The above ceremony was one of the most imposing ever witnessed here, the whole of the shops and private houses were closed, or rather none of them were opened, and the body was follo wed to the grave by the entire male population. After the mourners the Rev. Thomas Mann, followed by 108 of the principal inhabitants in deep mourning, then the officers and men of the Coast Guard ; then came the members of the different benefit - societies, the whole wearing crape ; such a demonstration of public feeling has been seldom, if ever so generally expressed, all shades of politics and creeds were for gotten, the general peace-maker of the town and neighbourhood was, alone thought of; he was part and parcel of every man's family, and as such every one mourned that he was taken from them. It is the intention of the inhabitants to enter into a subscrip tion to erect a tablet to his memory in St. Mary's Church. Dr. Hoffmeister, Mr. Day's partner, suc ceeds him in the business, and is very highly spoken of; but however great may be his professional ability, he must be a very fortunate man indeed ever to ob tain the high esteem our departed friend had secured from high and low, from. rich and poor—indeed from all who had the happiness to know him. MORNING S CHESTER CUP. 1000 to 100 agst Mr. Kirby's Lanercost—taken 20 to 1 gst Mr. Greville' s Rory O'More DERBY. 10 to 2 agst Col. Anson's Attila—taken 11 to 1 agst Cu!. Peel's Chatham 23 to 1 agst Loid Westminster's Auckland 40 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Dirce colt 40 to 1 agst Mr. Ramshay's Moss Trooper 50 to I agst Mr. Scott's Artful Dodger—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Pettit's Espartem--taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Gregory's Defier--taken 50 to agst Mr. Bowes Meteor—taken takilk 1000 to 15 agst Mr. G. Cl ar k' s Willi am l e G ro s-- Aor p 1000 to 10 agst Duke of Bedford's Misnomer colt--v 1000 to 100 agst Chatham and Policy—taken as j the 1000 to 15 apt the Dirce colt, William le Gros, Artful Dodger—taken in one bet NEWMARKET NEW COURSING MEETING. WEDNESDAY. 0 5/ .. ALLINGTON-HILL.-THE ALLINGTON-HILL Mr. Edwards's Antoinette, beat Mr. Inskip's Isa ; I!' bede's Diana, beat MT. Bagge's Taglioni ; Mr. Inskr O' beat Mr. Bryant's Edith ; Mr. Finch's Gossip, beat A be, lett's Grecian Queen (dr.); Mr. Vipan's Victorina , b e , Tyson's Filagree. ;110 1 j . THE Cu P.-Mr. Edward's Arsenit, beat Mr. Ki l l a q forth ; Mr. Tyson's Fantail, beat Mr. Thorp's Nic rf Ib~ Vipan's Vulcan, beat Mr. Dennis's Burwell; Mr. B a gAriatg r ' Toad, beat M r . B a t t ' s Crucifix, Jun. ; Mr. Finch's " l it, 10 beat Mr. N as h' s Cibb er ; C apta i n Daintree ' s Kna b, Vipan's Vi o l an t e , M r. D o b e d e ' s D unallen, beat Mr.. , Iliona ; Mr. Gillett's Ganymede, beat Mr. Bryant's CHIPPENHAM STAKES —Mr. Edwird's Arctic, y Oe . Gillett's Genuine ; Mr. Vipan's Victor ' beat Mr. Finch, nius; M r . N as h' s C a l e b , b eat Mr. Dobede's Dobede's Defiance, beat Mr. .Vipan's Violence ; Mr gook: Ibrahim, beat Captain Daintree's Kimbolton ; ' fsk Railroad, beat M r . I ns ki p ' s I r i s h man ; Mr. Fysou'• • away, beat Captain Daintree's Kilkenny.: • re PORT STA KES.-Mr. .Fyson's Finesse, beat Mr. 10 10 Gambler ; Mr. Gillet's G o -t o beat Mr. . Vipan's Mr. Bagge's Telegraph, beat Air. Vipan's Verbena ; bede's Delia, beat Captain Daintree's Kathleen ; ! u utr, ward's A B C, beat M r . Gill e t t ' s Ghi ta ; M r. Inskill.ci n ch,' beat Mr. Nash's Cadiz ; M r . F yson ' s Fl y, b eat Mr. , itt eti Garry Owen ; Mr. Na s h' s C ur i os i ty, b eat C apta in IND Kessehgoa. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, FEB. 3.—Wind this day at noon N. E.O l 1 1 1 DEAL, FEB. 2.—Wind W.S.W.—A rr d. Emil jO9 for Calcutta ; Superi or , ditt o , f or D emerara ; 314 5'40 Sunderland, for Jamaica. Arrd. from the River, lock, for Sydney. fr pd RAMSGATE, FEB. 2.—The Margaret, 1-10-,a5t1 (1,.! 4. Newcastle to F a y a l, arrived off the North Forebul l of ports having crossed Aldborough Neaps in four water, and no buoy on it. Iftire s OFF THE NORTH FORELAND, F EB . 2.--- Hardy, Shields, for Fayal. OFF DUNGENESS, F E B. I.—N ort h E s k, Leith, 0 0' BRIGHTON, FEB. 2.—Arrd. off, Beulah, James , Augusta Julius, Havannah, for Hamburgh. r bol o COWES, FEB. 2.—Arrd. A rr t e Pain, KoPP e " Havannah. - y dM PLYMOUTH, FEB. 2.—Wind W.—Arrd. 3 ' l l for t. London, Antigua; Lady K a th er i ne , Bartraln, u";;IP Jamaica; the Sirocco, Ai ns l e y, f rom M ars eilles, put in here on the 26th ult., is discharging her cs l " a damaged state. TI—to):, FALMOUTH, FEB. I.—Wind N.W. t o W.—A A le n t con, Smith, Odessa, leaky, with p um p s choalmus boat stove, &c. CORK, JAN. 31. Arrd. Thomas Naylor, - * Sierra Leone. Arrd. off, Aristo, Hutchings , foundland. CORN AVERAGES. o o t 'GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH ' For the Week ended J an . 28, 1842. made up from tbf,gisO• the Inspectors in the different Cities and `fawns in P"" • 44, Wales, per Imperial Quarter. 04. p , Wheat (Os. 7d. tfats Barley 2Bs. 3d. j Rye AVERAGES OF THE LAST Six WEEKS. rot, Week ending WHEAT. BARLEY. OATS. EYE. I SRArt ...•'_, 6 --,'—...0. 162 10 30 ' 2 X2l 5'34 8137 so 7, 3 1 0 .63 129920743 6 f 36 .17 7 ...... ... 63 0 29 7 'A 7 39 9 36 ~ 51 ) ,' 14 62 5 29 1 20 4 40 11 34 1 1 4 4 21 a 5 28 10 90 t . s 01 33 9 6 5 4 : i '2B 67 7 28 3 20 1 37 4 33 w orfrii, IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE Slit . 1., ,j , Wheat 62s. 3d. I Oats ...ft.... 20.. 6d.1 8can5...... 4 5i. • Barley, 29s. 1 4d, Rye • 41s. 6d.1 Pea5e......." DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. .. j 6.. Di f Wheat 2 Is. 8(1.1 Oats Barley lBs. 4d. l Rye Dec. 21.. ,31 J All - COMMISSION OF LUNACY ON DANIEL GUNDR Y, ESQ. On Wednesday the commission of lunacy which had been twice applied for to the Lord Chancellor against Daniel Gundry, Esq., who has acquired considerable notoriety by his eccentric and abusive conduct at the Police Courts and the Westminster Sessions, was opened before Commissioners Blount, C. K. Murray, and J. West, at the Gray's Inn Coffee-house, Holborn, for the purpose of determining whether or not he was capable of managing himself and his affairs. Mr. Cockburn, Mr. Stock, and Mr. Prior, appeared as counsel in support of the Commission ; Sergeant Shee and Mr. Deedes on behalf of Mr. Gundry ; and Mr. Hill to watch the proceedings for Mrs. Gundry. Mr. CocKutraN, in his address to the Jury, stated that Mr. Gundry, who was 30 years of age, had been estranged from his family for some time. At the age of 14 he was sent to school at Walthamstow, in Essex, and from thence he was remcved to Trinity College, Dublin, and completed his education at Cambridge. He was a young man of great promise, exhibiting very con siderable talent and ability, but unfortunately his man ners were marked by eccentricity while at Cambridge, although it was not his (Mr. Cockburn' s ) purpose to trace the malady of the unfortunate gentleman further back than September last. It appeared Mr. Gundry pos sessed a life interest in 76,000/. 3 per Cents., which was left him by a great uncle, a merchant and manufacturer, late of Bridport. In the event of Mr. Gundry's death the pro perty, was to pass to his two brothers and his sister. He also became entitled to 2,0001. on the death of his father, Mr. Joseph Gundry, late of Bridport. In the year 1839, Mr. Gundry married his housekeeper, a woman of very inferior station in life to himself, but he had subsequently lived separately from her, and he was an inmate of 1)r. Phelps' Lunatic Asylum, at Kensington. The delusions under which Mr. Gundry laboured would be found to be varied and numerous. He imagined that his ser vants were brutes and beasts, and he treated them with considerable violence ; he also took a dislike to the police, whom he repudiated for being returned convicts, assassins, and escaped bushrangers. He was in the ha bit of carrying about his person loaded pistols, and ima gined that an evil eye was upon him, and that spies were set to watch his conduct. He would at times com pel his valet to sit up with him all night, arms!d with a pistol, and at other times he would drive about the parks at a late hour in the evening, . and, regardless of the inclemency of the weather, would remain in his cab several hours together, in the court-yard of the Albany, and refuse to allow any carriage or vehicle to pass him. Upon one occasion, when at the Opera, he imagined that a gentleman named Cox, belonging to the Colonial-office, had passed him rudely in the stalls, whereupon he called him a blackguard, and grossly abused him, and finally placed the affair in the hands of Captain Wallis. After some interviews had taken place between Captain Wallis and Mr. Ponsonby, the friend of Mr. Cox, the former gentleman declined to act in the matter ; notwithstand ing which, however, Mr. Gundry proceeded to Calais, from thence to Brawls. and then to Paris, alleging that he intended to afford Mr. Cox his choice of places in order to settle their dispute. On his return from Paris to Calais, he observed a soldier cutting some bread and meat with a knife, upon which he declared to his valet that the soldier intended to assassinate him, and upon afterwards seeing a coffin on the road, he in sisted that it was intended for his body, after he had been assassinated. He travelled in the coupe of the di ligence, in which were seated a man and woman ap parently in the middle station of life; Mr. Gundry in quired of his servant if he knew who the parties were, and when the servant replied in the negative, Mr. Gundry said he was a fool and knew nothing, for it was Louis Philippe and his Queen travelling in disguise. At Calais he met with an English lady and gentleman, and after promising to travel with them to London, he made use of very offensive observations, which induced the gentleman to withdraw his wife and leave his card for Mr. Gundry on the table. This, however, Mr. Gundry took no notice of, but at once proceeded to Dover, where he con sulted a physician upon the ground that his skin had changed colour, and that he had been poisoned. The medical gentleman advised him to be composed, and to take seine medicine, but instead of following his instruc tions Mr. Gundry started the same night for London. Upon his arrival at his chambers in the Albany, his ma lady assumed a more positive character, and he took a singular dislike to his servants, and conducted himself to wards them in a way which has been repeatedly detailed in the daily newspapers, in the police reports, and the trials for assaults in the Sheriff's' and other Courts.:lt further appeared from the Learned Counsel's statement, and the number of witnesses that were examined in sup port of it, that he had during the latter part of the time he lived with his wife got into the habit of striking her with his hands over the legs and arms. He seemed to have an ingenious refinement of cruelty about him, for he would take offence at the manner in which she got into bed, or find fault with her pillow being higher than his, . " 0 - r • 1 . and thereupon adjudge her to stand for hours together in _ _ the room in her night dress. He also adopted the prac- London : Printed :aid Published by 11ILLR a D 1 0 12 : straudo tice of what he called "kneading" her, which was passing No. 112, Strand, at The Suaf Offi F e e e ti f uar u• y 4, 1842. the County of Middlesex, Friday, his knuckles between her ribs and round her bones, and otherwise conducted himself in such a way that she was THE MA COAL M . Ships arrived since la - •,. d.I sell, Robson & Co. Hartley 19 0, Carr's Hartley 2O 0 Holyweil Main l9 3 'I anfleld Moor k I 0 West Hartley ....... West Wylam Wylam Walls End Hedlcy 2O 3 Walls End Hilda l9 6 Walls End Northumberland 19 0 Walls End Perkins lB 0 W. E. BraddylPsHettoti Walls End East Hetton Walls End Hetton 23 0 Per Quarter Boston iiratntree B. ighton Cambridge Chichester Dunmow Grantham Grimsby Hailsham Hitchin Ipswich Lewes Lynn Maidstone Norwich Petworth Romford Sandwich . Thetford Wisbech Witham (armouth LI WHEAT. Engl RKETS. [ARKE'T. Ist market.day, 110. 6 . Walls End Lambton li r ° 6 Walis End Pemberton g 1 Walls End Russell's Ha. — 07 6 Walls End Stewart'l!•••"'‘ 0 0 Walls End Caradoc....... . oo' p Walls End Kelloe ... ..... 911 Tennant's Hartlepool ....... Victoria Hartlepool ...ow': g 6 Walls End Adelaide ..... "., Wall, End Seymour Tee " Wale Elid ........ p Walls End West Tees.. ....... 11 Holywall Trader ........... I las° ;0 4 0 4. 1 4 1 140, 0 "2, • 55 0 0 4 40 .5 9 9g 56 4 1 439 0 54 40 8 le 5 ' compelled to leave him. It also came out in the course:_: the inquiry th a t M r . G un d r y h a d been a great travell.er_ having v i s i te d P ers i a, E gypt, I n di a , a nd other fo ree countries. oi• Amongst other witnesses, Mr. Hardwick, the Aft l o 4 striae, of Marlborough-street Police Court, was and detailed the proceedings connected with Mr. T., dry, which took place before him, and were reported the time. The first time Mr. Gundry was brought. °r ed fore him was for assaulting a female servant aa n te Kizzey ; but upon the ,officers attempting to e tt li the warrant, Mr. Gundry fired off a pistol, and a c'ari, was - then preferred against him of ring# to The lesser charge merged into the more serious one, upon a personal inspection of Mr. Gundry's. he (Mr. Hardwick) felt satisfied that the pistol lai c/iv :4 discharged was not loaded with ball. He was t P t over to his friends, as the impression on the Magiatl / mind was, that he was not in his proper senses. . 0 . All the witnesses underwent a severe cross-exam Lion, with a view of showing that Mr. Gundry very haughty and proud man, and very sensitive at n"i to thing like an affront. He was not at all courteously his inferiors, and was in the habit of speaking p u n o f when excited. It was also stated that he was a 11114 great personal courage. aparttnea; The C:nmnissioners having sat until four o'c lock further inquiry w as adjourned. SPURTING INTELLIGENC E ' ' TAT fERSALL'S—YESTERDAT. Owing to the absence of several members, at the oP ellin ‘sad Parliament, the attendance was smaller than on Abn cil jeser , the betting much l ess an i mate d . I n one i ns t an ce, .. va inst it was interesting, inasmuch as a bet of 11 to i fe lp of Chatham to 251. served, in some measure, to calm thl re port his backers, excited by his decline on Monday, an," , a ore thrt, in consequence of sickness in the stable, he ha d Lee to to Marson's. Auckland was backed for about 150/. 2. f ere and amongst others the Diree colt and the Artful Don s it , in frequent demand. The Chester Cup betting was O n e :1. Lanercost, who was backed for upwards of 100/. at ten NIiMCTIONEERING. The number of controverted elections which stand for consideration on the meeting of Parliament amounts to no less than fifty-two. Colonel Torrens has offered himself as a candidate for the representation of Liverpool. ?CAVA'. AND MILITARY. At a meeting of the Seamen's Hospital Society, held on Wednesday, that dreadful disease, the scurvy, was re ported to be still on the increase in the mercantile navy. The chief sufferers are the Lascars. LAW AND PO/ACM. At Guildhall on Wednesday Chas. Vetch, aged 19, an usher in a school at Morden Hall, Surrey, was committed to take his trial for stealing a cheque for 1/. 19s. 4d., the property of the Rev. John White. It appeared he had found means to extract the cheque from a letter before it was sent by post. At Thames -street William Schmidt, a Swede, was committed to Newgate for uttering a forged seaman's ad vance note for 101., purporting to be signed by Captain Dixon, of the ship Warlock. William Allen, the last of the Wraxhall burglars, was apprehended in John-street, Smithfield, on Saturday night. He was taken to Bath on Monday, and, after a short examination before the Magistrates, was fully committed. J. E. Debenham, a person employed in the London district post-office, was charged at Bow -street with stealing a letter containing a 5/. note, which came into his possession as letter carrier. Mr. Peacock conducted the prosecution, and after a number of witnesses had been examined, the prisoner was remanded for a week. FINE ARTS. A remarkable specimen of the fine arts, probably of the fifteenth century, has been lately deposited in the print-room of the British Museum. It consists of a very elegant cup and cover, in the rare style of engraving, called niello, and forms the largest and most elaborate relic of the niellatori in existence. It was purchased of Madame Colloigne, widow of the sculptor of that name. =TENANT AND SCIENTIFIC. Count Wernigrode, who accompanies the suite of the the King of Prussia, is possessed of immense estates on the borders of the Hartz, the castle of which is cele bratel for its valuable library, and especially its collec tion of Bibles. The family is one of the oldest in Ger many. THEATRICAL. Handel's oratorio of Solomon was performed at Exeter Hall on Wednesday to a crowded audience. Miss Birch, Miss Dolby, Miss Lucombe, and Phillips and Hobbs, were the principal performers, and executed their parts throughout with the utmost spirit. The fine choruses were given with great force and effect. Mr. C. Kean was married to Miss Ellen Tree, on Sa turclaYslast, at St. Thomas's Church , Dublin. cicnrivr—r.asixxoNknmz The Duke of Marlborough arrived at Mivart's Hotel on. Wednesday from Blenheim. The Earl and Countess of Cawdor arrived on Wed nesday in South Audley-street, from Pembrokeshire. His Royal Highness the Prince of Capua was on Wednesday received by the King of Prussia at a private audience. • ' The Marquis of Normanhy, arrived at the Clarendon Hotel on Tuesday evening, from Mulgrave Castle, to attend the openinc" , of Parliament. Lord Plunket has arrived at Florence from Nice, and intends to remain abroad until the spring. The Earl of Limerick, who is in his 84th year, came up on Wednesday from Southhill Park, near Reading, in order to dine with the Duke of Wellington. The Earl of Shelbourrie has arrived at Florence, and intends to prosecute his tour in the south of Europe until spring. , Viscounts Melbourne and Dimcannon were prevented attending the Duke of Sussei's dejeuner by indisposition. At the Privy Coencil on Wednesday the Duke of Buck ingham resigned the Privy .Seal. The Marquis of- Exeter has been appointed Lord Lieutenant of the county of Northampton, in the room • of the late Earl of Westmoreland, and the Marquis of Salisbury Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex, in the room of the Duke of Portland, resigned. MISCELLANEOUS. It is worthy of remark that her Majesty never travels by railway. Prince Albert almost invariably accompa nies the Queen; but patronises the Great Western ge nerally, when obliged to come up from Windsor alone. The Prince, however, has been known to say, " Not quite so fast next time, Mr. Conductor, if you please." To-day is the anniversary of the ransom of King Ri chard the First, in 1194. The first speech from the throne on record, was de livered by Henry I. in the year 1106, to the great Barons of the realm, whom he had summoned by royal mandate to London. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen went in State yesterday to the House of Lords to open the Session of Parliament with a Speech from the Throne. The Royal Procession was formed at half-past one o'clock in the following order. A carriage drawn by six bays, conveying Captain Green and two other Gentlemen Ushers, Captain William Bellairs, Exon of the Yeomen of the Guard, and a Page of Honour. A carriage drawn by a set of bays con veying the Groom of the Robes, Captain F. Hugh Seymo u r, the Silver Stick-in-W a iti ng; C o l one l R e id , the Groom -in- Waiting to the Prince; Captain Francis Seymour, the Equerry to the Prince ; Colonel Wylde, and the Page of Honour, Mr. Wilson. A carriage drawn by six bays, conveying the Comp troller of the Household, Colonel the Hight Honourable G. voT t r h faralli C nies Dawson Darner ; the Clerk Marshal, Lord Charles Wel d lesley ; the Groom-in-Waiting, Honourable Captain bun combe; Waiting Treasurer Captain i ol s n eoi xft t o hto f heb t et l h hapH e ec rkoYinu Princeehes eoeohm, horses, so e Le sl Yeomen ; rttdhht conveyinghee GeEGeorge Earl itrrrl gq jeu o ei sr f Ltmohe ßeverley, yfennznLo: xxaaed.nt eydr , At n t hhicei Waiting, GLa G o.itrri ca r ria g e,o G r oom ghi m e g and the Equerry-in-Waiting, Colonel the Honour able Charles Grey. A carriage drawn by aset of bays conveyin g the Viscountess. Jocelyn ; the Lord Steward, the Earl of Liver pool ; the Gold. Stick in. Waiting, Viscount Combermere, G. C. 8., and the Lerd in Waiting, the Earl of Morton. The Queen and Prince Albert quitted the State Rooms, and descended the Grand Staircase at twenty minutes before two o'clock, preceded by the Vice-Chamberlain and other Officers of the Household, and conducted by the Lord Chamberlain, the Lord Steward, and the Groom of the Stole to the Prince. Her Majesty wore her Splendid Diamond Cir clet, and her State Robe was borne by the Pages of Honour in Waiting. His Royal Highness Prince Albert appeared in a Field-Marshal's uniform, and wore the Collars and other En signs of different Orders of Knighthood. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness entered the State Coach, and opposite sat the Mistress of the Robes, the Duchess of Buccleuch, and the Master of the Horse, the Earl of Jersey, G. C.H. The State Coach was drawn by eight cream-coloured horses, and was pre ceded by the Queen's Marshalmen, two and two, the Royal Footmen in State Liveries, and a party of the Yeomen of the Guard in their Coronatio n costume. A, party of the Life Guards formed theescort from the Palace to the House of Lords. A short time previous to the departure of the Royal cortege, their Serene Highnesses Prince Ferdinand of Saxe Coburg and Prince Augustus and Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg, left the Palace for the House of Peers to witness the ceremony of her Majesty opening Parliament. Their Serene Highnesses were followed by his Majesty the Kingof Prussia and his suite, who left the Palace at twenty-five minutes past one o'( , lock, escorted by a party of the Life Guards, in three o f the Ro y al carria g e s , that of th e King attended by four of the Q ueen's footmen, i n state liverie s . Hi s M a j es ty w ore the same m il i ta ry uniform (the first R eg i ment of P russ i an H ors e Guards) as at the Royal Christeni ng , de cora t e d w i t h th e Collar of the Most Noble Order of th e G arter and other i ns i gn ia of Knighthood. His Majesty w as a tt en d ed b y the E ar l o f Hardwick. (wearing his Peer's robes) and Captain Meynell, and also by several Noble men and Gentlemen of his suite. The band of the First, or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards, composing the Queen's guard on the Palaee Lawn, receiving his Majesty on his ap. pearance with a Prussian march, and playing " God save the Queen" on his departure. The Crown was conveyed to the House of Lords by Sir Wil liam Martins, Gentleman Usher is Waiting. His Majesty returned at ten minutes before three o'clock, attended by his Suite, and escorted by a party of the Life Guards. His Majesty was received by the Lord Chamberlain and the Vice-Chamberlain, at the entranc e to the Grand Hall, who conducted th e Ki ng to hi s apar tments. The Queen an d P r i nce Alb ert re turned to the Pala ce soon , after three o'cl oc k, an d were a l so re ceived by the Lord Cham berlain and Vic e -Ch am b er l a i n. The Queen's G uar d an d t h e B an d of the Grenadie r G uards received both hi s P russ i an M a j est y usual honours. and the Queen wi t h the J e r s t e h y e . Her Majesty gave au di ence to t he Highness of The Yeomen o f th e G uar d li ne d the Grand Hall. M r. El lerthorpe, Clerk of th e Ch eque o f t he Corps, was in a tt en d ance. BuTckiliengitianrag o f P a P la ru ce s , si b a y *. tii s s Ryal visited yesterday morn i ng, at Duke of Cambridge. On the'return of the King from the House of Lords, a De putation from the General Body of Protestant Dissenting Mi- COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. a. to s• Si 35 5 8 3 8 37 4 4 35 s. 22 8 to 3 s. 27 34 28 37 Beans. I. to 11. 18 22 93 29 22 28 5. to s. 55 70 52 70 BO C 8 62 60 66 54 62 60 73 56 74 66 72 50 ti 7 60 67 CO 66 52 61 59 67 64 70 73 74 54 66 61 71 61 64 56 63 61 71 60 69 , V ERPOOI ish, White, Red, •• scotch, Welch . , —.. Irish, White..., .....•••••••••••• Red • 00000 Foreign ..., OATS, English. Welsh, ai ••••••••• Irish Foreign BARLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. qu a rt e r 9O Scotch and Irish, per 601bs --- Feeding 3 BEANS, English, per Imperial quarter 4O --.. Irish, &c Foreign Parma, English. per Imperial quarter 49 Foreign florin, English, per 28011 s. 4B • Irish OATMEAL, English and Irish, per 2401bs •• 21 INDIAN CORN, pa' 4801 b. RYE, per Imperial quar t er ••• 3l MALT, per Imperial quarter A he 21 95 30 36 28 33 29 33 33 35 27 34 28 32 32 38 26 32 36 39 27 3i 30 32 28 • 31 23 34 32 36 28 34 29 35 SO 32 CORN per 701 b. , 21 24 20 26 22 28 lb 21 E 2 23 20 30 21 26 21 22 18 24 26 92 28 30 25 26 21 32 25 30 24 28 20 23 24 91 24 30 LAItIOET. and Manx I 9 , 1. l' • N si ! id Scotch, per 451 b....... .1 0 • '4' 9 0 4- 04 1 1 40 4 4 , 0 • 0 40.• 0 ? 0 46 0 0 Q O, ' A W ; 0 6 • 6' 40 0 0 0 0 • de _mong the person ages o f di st i nct ion w b t ,,oo oaf s been presented to the King of Prussia, at London , Prince Polignas. PATENT LEVER WATCHES.-- l";teb' brated construction (the moat accura t e on whiekau-tbe lar d be made) is now offered at th e f o ll ow i ng pr i ce s, valti s i in improvements, i. e. the detached esca p emen t, jos - ea to holes, hand to mark the seeonds, and maintaining P" tinue going while winding up. SILVER CASES. 0 X 6 6 With double-bottomed cases , cappe d .. 6 With hunting cases, capped ••• COLD CASES. .492 ' Size for Ladies, with e l egan t go ld 0 •••n Ditto in double-backed cases.• - 1 3 0 Size for Gentlemen, enamelled dial ......... 13 , 7 0 ~ Ditto, extra full size, capped * l7 t o A pamphlet, containing observations respectl e p rices l i e constructions on which Watches are made, with t o f sov i , l be in old and silver cases, and a variety of sketela siss , - signs, which have just been completed in gold le tter t o —ei • sent, gratis and postage f ree , on app li c ation by , du•'" Cox S 47, Corzihill, Londo n : from 18 41 BIRTHS. o f July On board the ship Car na ti c , at sea, on the I 4 he la dy of car (at noon in lat. 15, 23 N., long. 19. 36. WO heir. Q. tain Al. G. Sparks, 49th Regiment, of a son a On the 31st ult.., at Pete r b or ou g h House, -Fnutharn' hire' Gould, of a daughter. ... MARRIED. J o hn TAPS°I:', On the Ist inst., at St. James's, Westminster, yousgre-t-'; Esq., of Clapham, Surrey, to Susan Harriet Johlmc'n,' daughter of the lath C. Johnson, E, , q of Camberwell, Jukes, Esq., 8.A., of Trinitybride A - College, Cam On the 27th ult., at Bishop's Taw7on, Devonshireasts; „:. third daughter f C • 0 Captain Lewis Hole, R.N., Barnstaple. Davidson, e:n burgh „,.., a ge d ' Esq., aged 44 tl7)u.el(t.);gien PLoeritthrED7Bnl-Basrtptr.e,et Poatman-squart to: Jab' : nrat t h h ie e B 251 2 r 9th ult., at Ridley Hall,;f:olreithtuitallebestrlraec;:'