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THE SECOND VOLUME OF MADAME D'ARBI, AY'S DIARY ANt, LETTERS, • . IS NOW READY 41 ALL THE BOOKSELLERS', Price 10s. 6d. bound. v‘itli Portrait of Mrs. Piozzs. Henry Colburn, Publisher, .13, Great Marlborough -street. LIEUT.-COLONEL NAPIER'S NEW WORK. Now rcady, in 2 vols. small Bvo., with Illustrations, EXCURSIONS ALONG THE SHORES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN. By Lieutenant-Colonel E. NAPIER, Author of " Scenes and Sports in Foreign Lands," &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE NEW ROMANCE BY THE AUTHOR OF "THE PILOT," " THE PATHFINDER," " THE DEER SLAYER," &c. Just ready, in 3 vols., post Bvo., T HE TWO ADMIR/4:214°5. A TALE OF THE SEA. By J. FENIMORE COOPER, Esq. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. WITH SEVENTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS by LEECH ; CROWQUILL, and G. CRUIKSHANK. The MARCH NUMBER, l'rice HALF-A-CROWN, of BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY. CONTENTS : The Harmonious Owls. By the Pilgtim in London. With an Illustration by George Cruikshauk. Valentine's Day. By Miss E. S. Carey. Richard Savage. A Romance of Real Life. By Charles White head. With an Illustration by Leech. My Soldier Boy, verses for Music. By Dr. Maginn. Old Green. By a Man about Town. With an Illustration by Leech. • The Enthusiast at Shakspeare's Tomb. By H. Curling. With Illustrations, including Shakspeare's Sword, and his Bed. The Death of Piers de Gaveston. rly W. Jones. Miss Dogsnose. With an Illustration by Leech. The Heidelberg Tun. By Hapedorn. Tommy Doddy ; or, the Grand Pageant. By Abraham Elder. " The Old Familiar Strain." By Dr. Shelton Mackenzie. The Barber of Northallerton. By Drinkwater Meadows. The Legend of Babicombe Bay. By Dalton. Aunt Sarah's Ghost. Evening Song of the Normandy Fishermen. By W. Jones. The Philosophy of Physic. Edited, with Illustrations, by Al fred Crowquill, engraved by Crutkshank the Younger. To a Fountrun in ilymettus. By E. Kenealy. The Banquet flak , of Death. By the Author of " Stephen Dugard," &c. The Saddle. Wit lirlfltfstrations. By Paul Pindar. The Knights of YOre. By W. Jones. English Country Scenes. By Mat tingale. The Wassail RAI. • &c. • &c. &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington -street. MR. AINSWORTH'S MISCELLANY, ILLUURATED BY GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. Price Eighteenpence. The Second Number of AINSWORTH'S MAGAZINE. CONTENTS. THE MISER'S DAUGHTER, By W. HARRISON AINSWORTH, Esq. Chapters 111., IV., V., and VI. With Two Illustrati ns on Steel, By GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. Proverbial Philosophy : Second , A Day and Night on the Banks Series. By Ma , tin Farquhar ) of tit:. Euphrates. By W. Tupoer, Esq. No. I. In- Francis Ainsworth, Esq. troductory. No. 11. Gifts. The Gravedigger. A Tale for The Virginny Pirate. By Uncle March. By C. Oilier, Esq. Sam. Science and Good-humour. By To the Crown Prince. By C. S. Laman Blanchard, Esq. STRAWBERRY HILL. With Ten Illustra: inns, DELAMOTTE. The Geotlernan's Tiger. No. I. With an Illustiation by Geo. Cruikshank. I. A short Chapter on Beards. By Captaiir Medwin. 11. Brighton. By Charles Ilervey, Esq. 111. Ode to Saint Valentine. The Drama. A Note of Mnsic. Our Library Table. With an Illustra ion by George Cruik shank. By W. ALFREI The Lady's Page. No. II With an Illustration by Geo Cruikshank. I. The Sofa at Sea. By Miss Pardoe. 11. Matrimony. By Mrs. Stone. 111. Queen Isabella of Spain. By the Hon. Julia Augusta Maynard. Tony Johannot. By Charles Montray, Esq. The Awake:.er in the Desert. By John Oxenford, Esq. THE FIGHT OF THE FIDDLERS. A Romance of the Reign of King John. By G. P. R. JAMES, Esq. Part the First.—THE DANCING GIRL. London, Hugh Cunningham, St. Martin's-place, Trafalgar. square. _ THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, FEB. 28, Will be perfonned a Flay in Five Acts, called GISIPPUS.—Titus Qnintius Fulvitis, Mr. Anderson; Gisipris, Mr. Macready; Median, Mr. Graham; Pneax, Mr Elton; C:hei ernes, Mr. Hudson; Lycias, Mr G. Bennett; Norban, Miss E. Phi lips; Sophrooia, Miss Helen Famicit ; Hero, Misi urpin. After which, CA 'CHERI NE AND PETRUCHIO —Petruchio, Mr Anderson ; Gr inio, Mr. Compton ; Catherine, Mrs. Warner; Bianca, Miss E Phillips. Doors °per at half pest Six, and time Performances begin at Seven. Boxes :.s., Second i'rice 23. tid.; Pit 3s , Second Price 28 ; Lower Gallery Is. l d., Second Price Is. ; Upptr Gallery Is., Second Price ed. THEATRE ROYAL, COVEN']-UARDEN. UNDER the MA N AGEMEisIT of MADAME VESTRIs. THIS EVENING, FEB. 28, Will be repeated the New Comedy caled BUBBLES OF THE DAY.- Lord Skintieep, Mr. W. Farren ; Sir Phenix Clearcake, Mt. Harley; Captain Smoke, Mr. Charles Mathews; Spreadweasel, Mr. Bartley : Pamela Spreadweasel, Mrs. Nisbctt ; Floreatia, Mrs. W. Lacy; Mrs. Quarto, Mrs. W. West ; Guinea, Mrs. Orger. Alter which the Farce of FREE AND EASY. Doors open at haMpast six, an the Pert' irinances begin at Seven. Dress Boxes 75., Stcond Price 3s. First and Second Circles 55., Second Price se. M.; Pit t. s., Second Pr.c, ; Gallery Is. Tickets and Places for the !loxes to be taken of Mr. Grog.rn, at the Box-of- Lice, irons Ten till Foor, where Seai-on Tickets may be had upon a plivation. Private Boxes to be hail .olely if Mr. Andrews, Book .se ler, !67, New Bond-street. ittiYAl. SURREY THEk ruE. THIS EVENING. FEB. 28, Will be acted Lord Byron's Tragedy of %VERNER ; or, the IN. HERITA NUL—Werner, Mr. H'lluglies; Josephine, Mrs. Vining. After which, THE WATER NI A N.—Tom Tug, Mr. Collins. Added to which, the New Romantic Drama, by E. Fitzball, Esq., with extraordinary effects, entitled UMBRA; or, the SPIRIT of the ROCKING STONE. To conclude with TEDDY ThE TlLER.—Teddy (with Songs) Mr. Collins, the Vocalist and Irish Comedian. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. 088 AL DIST ON. Another week of splendid attractions, comprising "Mary White/ " Susan Hopley "!t! half price_, and revival of" Tom and Jerry." THIS EVENING, F'EB. 28. Will be performed MARY WHITE; or, the MURDER at the OLD TA IS ARD —Mary White, Miss Vincent, the acknowledged Heroine of Domestic Tragedy. After which, SUSAN HOPLEY.—Susan Hopley, Miss Vincent. To conclude with TOM AND JERRY. FRENCH PLAYS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING, FEB. 23 The Performances will commence at half-past Seven with UN MONSIEUR. ET UNE DAME. After which, I.E SAVANT.—Reynolds, M. Perlet. To conclude with LE BENEFICIAIIE.—Le Beneficiaire, Mons. Perlet. Private Boxes and Stalls at Mr. Mitchell's Library, 33, Old Bond street; Mr. Seguin's, 12, Regent.street ; Mr. Sams's, St. James's_ street ; and at the ox-ottiee of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven till Five. Admission to the Boxes, 6s. ; Pit, 3s. 6d.; Gallery Stalls, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. THE WEATHER.—NOON, FEBRUARY 26. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, A DELAIDE-STREET. Thermometer... 41 I Highest 43 I Lowest 27 Barometer 29.80.—Wind S.W.—Freezing Point 22 Deg. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning__ 52 minutes after 3 1 Evening ......14 minutes after 4. • • r - iid, • - ... -, t4' ~..e , ~-:-.„4 4. , i. Ar e-, ,‘ ------,-, - ..... f.- L.,....... -E - .--_<v „„,, , A.-,92 - ' rib c§ttn4 LONDON MONDAY AIORNING, FEBRUARY 28, 1842. THE UNITED STATES. EXPRESS FROM LIVERPOOL. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY MORNING. The splendid packet-ship George Washington, Cap tain Burrows, arrived at this port yesterday, in six teen, days,. bringing 'sew York Papers to . the 9th, being six days later than previously brought to En'glAnd by the South Amer;ca. The transient ship General Parkhil, Captain Hoyt, arrived _also the same tide, with PaperS to the sth. These papers bring intelligence that the Tariff ques tion izad excited some warm, but not definite discussion in the Senate. The House of Representatives seemed more occupied with Mr. QUINC Y ADAMS than any think else. That gentlemen in the course of defending himself, on account of some charges made against him by the Member for Virginia, quarrelled with the reporters who would not report his speeches, and hence. there had arisen a question of privilege, of.which, and most of the other discussions, the journals speak as the " fooleries of Congress." ... The young gentlemen of Boston had given a grand dinner to Mr DICKENS. Great preparations were making at New York for his reception, and for the DICKENS' Ball; he and our frtend Mr QUINCY ADAMS seem to divide between them the interest of the whole of the Union. MONEY MARKET Nlrw YORK, FEB 7.—For several days we have had a suc cession of rains. The snow and ice have utirely disappeared. The frost is out of,the g o r , o ‘ u n nd th , e an s d ea t s h o e n r o ve m il iz a i r aes again naviga ble. We have never kn at this pei iod of the year, and it is now so late that the severities of winter are'pas ed. The news from Canton is not calculated to have any influence in the market largo after cargo of tea; are arriving. Dealers and others have no *a4iprehensions as to any want of supplies. Prices, cons e q uently:AU - oil the decline. Exchange on Englall% fallen to 103 per cent., and good bills &mill on tie S.,utli may ,bad in abumlanee at 107. There is no at( ration in Southern Exchanges. AFFAIRS Is Prx NS YLVA NIA.—We find the following upon this subject : THE STATE I N tEEst—We learn from good an th or i ty t h at that the Governoi:`(Who returned from the city on Wednesday) suceteded in obta ning Ltar:y $400,000 from the ptnnsylv an i a Bank, which, together with 100,000 dole. in possession of the State Treasurer;.( whe gas also in ihe'city) was paid to th e loan holders and their representa'ives, leaving 300,000 d ole, to be provided by the other banks, under a requisition from the Governor. Thus the State-interest will all be paid in a few days. The Governor will probably commnrricate to the Legislature tc-day the result of his operatiors in this city. The message will be given in our next.—Harrisburg /Well The Philadelphia Gazettc says, " Money is exceedingly a. re b a undant in private hands in this city, but they distrust and apt invest it i n s t oc k s , or d eposit i t i n t h e b an ks. We understand one house in Market-street yesterday had applica. tion from not less than four individuals, to take on deposit, or use, if they please, sums of money, varying from 500 to 2,000 dolls. These are small capitalists. Large ones are in an equal dilemma." PHILADELPHIA, SATUEDAT EVENING.— The Trustees under the Bank Convention have completed their arrangement, and received the requisite securities from banks; but, owing to the menacing legislation at Harrisburg, the arrangement restricting each bank to paying out its own notes only, is post poned for the present. The Legislatures of Ohio, Maryland, and Vinkinia have be fore them as yet propositions to compel the Banks to resume specie payments, but no definite conclusion is yet arrived at. According to the statement of the Bank of Virginia, it is but a poor way for resumption. The U. S, District Attorney of Louisiana, Baillie Peyton, has addressed to the President of the Merchants' Bank of New Orleans, his willingness to release and discontinue all proceed ings under the fi. fa. or attachment in the suit of the U n it e d States v. the Bank of United States, so far as relates to the Merchants' Bank, or any of the property real or personal, belonging thereto. The Tennessee Senate has rejected the Bank Resumption Resolutions from the House. The House has passed a Bill to accept and appropriate the proceeds of sales of the public lands to be apportione,t to Tennessee by the General Government, under the Distri bution Law of the Extra Session. Also, a Bill for the com plete revision of the Statutes of the State by three legal Com missioners, to be appointed by the Supreme Court, after the plan of the Revised Statutes of New York. Also, a Bill to suppress the unauthorised issue and circulation of change notes. SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE—FEB. 7. 1,000 Dols. Illinois sixes, 1870 1,000 Ditto Indiana 80n d5....... 22i 3,000 Ditto New York Sixes, 1862 7Bl 500 Ditto Ohio Sixes, 1850 50 Shares Delaware and Hudson 50 Ditto Am. Ex. Bk s 6 mos 58} 50 Ditto Commercial Bank N. Y. 25 Ditto Canton Co. 100 Ditto Long Island Railroad b6o 53 25 Ditto Boston and Providence Railroad ... . 87 50 Ditto Illinois State Bank 6.2 SALES AT THE SECOND BOARD. 50 Shares Long Island Railroad 75 Ditto Harlem Railroad 100 Ditto Delaware and Hudson s6O 90 28 Ditto Lafayette Bank.. 27i 6,000 Dols. Indiana Sterling Bonds 22A FLOUR is firm to-day at $6,37, and some of the holders ask $6,50. Ciiriox is ' quiet to-day—prices the same. GRAlN.—othing doing in Wheat. Sales of Corn at 59c. FROM PERu.—Papers from Lima have been received, bring ing dates up to the ltith of December. There had been three or four attempts to assassinate Sir J. Wilson, her Britannic Majesty's Envoy, which has caused a great sensation throughout the Peruvian Republic. It was generally believed that the infamous attempts were at the in stigation of General Lafuente. It is stated that Gamarra has confirmed the sentence of a Council of War, condemning to death 21 officers. FROM NEW GRENADA.—Valencia papers of the 14th ult., containing the following intelligence from New Grenada. The mediation offered by her British Majesty Queen Vic toria, to put an end to the civil war in New Granada, bad been declined by Carmona. Thus ends the mission of Sir John Stewart. Carthagena continued to be closely blockaded, both by sea and land ; but it was not acknowledged by the English squad• ron. Hence plenty of provisions went in. It is stated in a letter from Pasto, dated Dec. 12, that the remains of the army of Obando had been totally dispersed by the Government troops, and that this unsuccessful rebel was fleeing towards Peru. The following are extracts : A bill requiring the immediate resumption of specie payments by the banks of Pennsylvania, has passed the House of Repre sentatives of that State. The weather is most remarkable for the season. Yesterday, though rainy, was so warm that fires were really oppressive. The buds are swelling upon the trees, and many fears are ex pressed for the effects of the premature starting of vegetation. —New York paper, of the 6th. CHINA AND INDIA. By an extraordinay Express from Marseilles, we have news from India to the 9th of January inclusive. A merchant steamer, which left Bombay for Suez on the 9th, brought an Indian mail, which was conveyed from Alexandria to Marseilles by the Gorgon packet, where it was landed on the night of the 22d inst. The only intelligence from China is the announcement that the British troops have taken Mangkowfmir. From Affghanistan the latest news is of the sth of December. Colonel IPLAREIf, who was sent to relieve General Sir It. SALE, had failed in opening a way him, so that his position was exceedingly dangerous. lie was still surrounded by Affghan hordes. There was a for midable renewal of the attempt to cut off the British troops, but the assailants 'had the worst of it. On the 27th ult. the new Protestant Bishop of Pales tine made his public entry into the city of Jerusalem. His Lordshi%was well received by the authorities, who appeared to entertain the greatest veneration for his sacred character. Several letters, which reached town in the course of last week, from Manchester, Glasgow, and the other great seats of our manufactures, agree, we are informed, in stating that trade never was so bad. The hopes that were cherished of improvement in the spring are fast fading away. Mills are again going on short time at various places, and wages are still further re duced. The contents of letters, both from Manchester and Glasgow, have been communicated to us breathing complete despair. Men of all political opinions en tertain a similar feeling, but the Tories, from having expected more of Sir ROBERT PEEL, are the more disappointed. They say, both at Manchester and Glasgow, " We have supported him with all our power, but our duty to ourselves now requires us to sink politics, and regard only t; ale. We now see ruin, and nothing but ruin, on every hand. We did hope that Sir ROBERT PEEL would have done some thing for trade, but his abortion of a Corn Bill with a sliding scale, has completely disappointed us." Throughout the manufacturing distries, Tories and Whigs all agree that something decisive must be done to save them from ruin, and done speedily. We received the above information on Saturday ; and confirming it, we elsewhere insert an article from the Manchester Guardian, to which we earnestly beg the attention of our readers. Mr. INLicAuLAy remarked, on Mr. VILLIERS'S motion, " that he could not but feel uneasy when he saw all those topics (of anarchy) which in other countries are confined to the low est disturbers, now being agitated by men worth 20,0001. a-year." Now, at this meeting at Manches ter, composed of the most opulent manufacturers of that place, they adopted, as a preliminary resolution, to recommend the Liberal Members to use all legal and constitutional means to stop Sir R. PEEL'S Bill. One of these rich men objected to using the words " legal and constitutional." He and others are pre pared to act illegally and unconstitutionally to re sist the landed arisocracy. The landlords have set them the example of perverting the Constitution, and they can only meet the landlords by diverging into the same course. Several of those opulent manufacturers spoke of the landlords as robbers. One of them talked of placing their mills on short time, and of collecting half a million of men on Kersall Moor. Mr.W. R. GREG pro pounded a plan to the meeting, which was not allowed to go forth to the public. If Sir R. PEEL'S Bill passes they are to recommend that the supplies be stopped, and we take it for granted that they will act on their own principle, and refuge to pay the taxes. Whenever they begin to resist the law they will find many imitators and many backers. It is useless to gloze over or conceal the matter; in that meeting lies incipient rebellion against the landlords, and if they now persist in renewing their law to rob the people, they will provoke a rebellion in every part of the empire. We hope they will be warned and draw back in time; if they are not, we shall put up our prayers, not for the law, not for the Constitution, but for the right. It was not expected that more than 60 Members would vote for Mr. VILLIERS'S motion, but the num ber was 90. Adding two for tellers, and 18 pairs, we have .110 members supporting the total repeal of the Corn-laws. Engaged in no work of faction, but pursuing a patriotic and righteous object, and backed by great masses of the people, they constitute a for midable phalanx, which, small as it looks on paper, has already, as we know from excellent authority, made the landlords quake, and convinced the more cool and discriminating of them that their monopoly is not worth three years' purchase. Our readers must have noticed that a great num ber of Liberal Members, no less than 108, were absent without pairs. Why was this ? Why did not these gentlemen say either Aye or No, on behalf of their constituents. Why was some sixty or seventy places disfranchised, as it were, on this most interesting question, so important to England's weal ? Will the Corn-law repealers of Bath not inquire why Mr. Rounucx was absent ? What will the electors of Lambeth say to Mr. D'EyNcounT, and those of the Tower Hamlets to Sir Wm. CLAY and Colonel Pox ? How came the ardent and religious repealers of Edinburgh to be like the Tower Hamlets, wholly unrepresented on the questio n ? B ot h t h e i r Members were absent. Why was Mr. PoNsoNny's vote with held in spite of the prayers and petitions of his terribly suffering constituents at Derby ? How came that great and clear-headed merchant, Mr. MORRISON, to have no decided opinion " on the question" which he ought to have enforced by his vote ? We call on the constituencies throughout the empire to look carefully over the lists, and mark those Members who abstained from voting, as less worthy of trust than those who ' boldly voted ,with the Tories. We hare every respect for royalty, and especially for that exhibited in the person of our Gracious QUEEN, ' ' who, ever since her accession to the throne, has conduc : herself with a degree of propriety, jtdgment, and na tional spirit which entitle her to the love and gratitude of all her people. On this account we are anxious that no step should be taken by her Ministers to diminish the high esteem in which she is held by all classes, and by none more than even the poorest of her subjects, and we, therefore, see with great regret a Parliamentary paper issued yesterday, entitled " Civil List Pensions." Some of the grants are highly commendable. To Mr. DEAsE, who has distinguished himself by geographical discoveries on the northern coast of America, the Go vernment have granted a pension of 100/. ; to Mr. BURGES, a Greek scholar (to whom the Bishop of LON DON is not fit to hold the candle), 1001. ; to the Rev. THOMAS KIDD, 1001. Mr. WEBSTER, the geologist, 501.; Mr. THORPE, for his services rendered to literature, 401. But before all these stand the names of six persons—one a teacher of German, another a writing-master, a third a French master, a fourth a dancing-mistress, and two teachers of singing and music—all of whom are to re ceive 1001 each for having had the high honour, and the high profit too, of instructing her MAJESTY. Using the words of Lord LIVERPOOL towards a nobleman, whom he thought had already been overpaid for his services— " This is too bad." Could Lord MELBOURNE find no more fit subjects for favour, than persons of this description, who may be all very good in their way, but who, like the noble diplomatist, had no doubt been amply paid for their services ? Mr. BURGES and Mr. DEASE will find it profitable, but they cannot consider it honourable to be ranked with such companions. Above all, we regret such grants for the sake of her MAJESTY, for the act of her Ministry will, to a certain extent, be attributed to herself, and the public will learn with sorrow that the pension list set apart for the rein and of humble merit, as well as distinguished public services, is destined rather to be a prize for Court favourites or foreign adventurers. We have since learned from the Observer, that Sir R. PEEL pursues the same system, and that the son of a dancing-master t.) the Queen has been appointed to a Government office. Our Contemporary, with evident satisfaction, thus announces the appointment :—'• We may mention, as an act of considerate kindness on the part of her MAJESTY, that she has caused the appoint ment of Mr. MARK ANTHONY BOURDINT to a clerkship in the office of Inspector-General of Stamps and Taxes. Mr. BOURDINT is the son of her Majesty's dancing master, and is a very deserving person." It is clear from the Parliamentary divisions which have already taken place on the Corn-law question, that the advocates of total repeal cannot in any way influ ence the measure brought forward by Sir ROBERT PEEL. The ninety Members who voted for Mr. VILLIERS' motion are powerless for good. We therefore think that they could not render a greater service to the country than by adopting the suggestion of Mr. WALLACE, of walk ing out of the House, and leaving to the Tories the labour, and the odium of regulating the taxation of the nation's food. By withdrawing from the House whenever the Corn-laws are discussed, they will deprive an odious law of any sanction which it might receive from their presence during the . divisions upon it. Such a protest against the Bill would not fail to be rightly un derstood out of doors. Our accounts from Madrid are of the 19th inst. On that day General MENDEZ Vico addressed a few ques tions to Ministers relative to Portugal, to which the Minister for Foreign Affairs replied with great reserve. The Minister of Finance demanded, on the 19th, to be empowered to issue Treasury bonds to the amount of 160,000,000 reals. The Funds recovered on the 18th. The Actives having been done at 30 for cash. On the 19th no cash transaction was negotiated, the Active selling at 31, at 60 days. san the people. abhor it. The persons who praise- it are cffn-factors and merchants. Mr. Mitchell, for ekaniple, in the House of Commons, approved of it, because it would facilitate dealing in corn, to gentlemen like him self, who are largely engaged in trade. The new sliding scale, it appears, by avoiding those jumps which bothered ne less skilful and less ingenious calculators will insure them ti.o's reA cll. The slow rate at which the duty rises as the averages fall, will tempt men to hold on for a rise, because, as Lord Palmerston said, their risk of loss is small. At the same time they know, positively and certainly, when the harvest is short, that the price must necessarily rise if they hold back till they can in troduce the supplies required free of duty. The new sliding scale wail introduce morn certainty into the operations of the corn-dealers, who will only bring in free of duty the "supplemental supplies." Sir Robert Peel's scheme then will diminish, as he says, the protection to agriculture, it will not confer an atom of benefit on the consumer, but it will ensure fortunes to the corn-dealers. If they had devised the scheme— perhaps they did—nothing could be better calculated for them, however injurious to the people. We com prehend why they praise it. Sir Robert Peel, and Mr. Greg' at Manchester, are both grievously mi taken in supposing tinit because corn may be bought in at a duty of Bs., that corn merchants will introduce it into consumption when they know that by holding it they will have the double advantage of both getting a higher price for it, and of bringing it in at a lower d u ty. s in R. PEEL'S VISIT TO BRIGHTON.—Her Majesty has sent especially for Sir Robert Peel, which the Tories regard as a high honour. It is whispered, however, that her Majesty has heard some truths, which have alarmed her for the state of the country, and she has sent for Sir R. Peel to inform him that he must be her Minister, not the Minister of the aristocracy, and that he must take measures to relieve the distress of the people. She is prepared to tell him that she is more alarmed by the consequences of their continued oppression than by the designs of the people. COURT CIRCULAR. BRIGHTON, SUNDAY.—Her Majesty and his Royal High ness Prince Albert took a carriage airing at ten o'clock this morning. They proceeded along the Marine Parade to Kemp Town, and returned to the Pavilion shortly before eleven. Her Majesty Prince Albert, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and the Royal Suite and Household, attended divine service in the Royal Chapel, at twelve o'clock. Prayers were read by the Rev. J. S. M. Anderson, assisted by the Venerable Archdeacon Wilberforce, who preached the serman, taking his text from Genesis, chapter, 47, v er . 9. Th e c h o i r sang t h e s t h verse of the 86th Psalm, and a full anthem by Haydn, from the Communion service, " Glory to thte, U God." Mr. Gut teridge presided at the organ. The interior of the Chapel was very full. The Princess Royal was taken out for a carriage airing this afternoon at one o'clock. This morning, about eleven o'clock. the wind blew a brisk gale from the S.W., and the rain fell in t orren t s . All t h e small boats were pulled up into the road, which, from the breaking of the spray over the cliffs, was rendered impassable. Before one o'clock the wind had greatly moderated, but the sea is still running very high. Owing to the inclemency of the weather, her Majesty has not left the Palace this afternoon. The Royal Carriages are ordered for half-past seven to morrow morning, but it is uncertain whether her Majesty will leave for Portsmouth, as it will depend on the state of the weather. The Earl of Liverpool wilt take his departure from the Pavilion at twelve o'clock to-night for Portsmouth, to re ceive her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert at that port. The weather having cleared up, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by Duke Ferdinand, the Princes Au gustus and Leopold, walked out this•afternoon on the Marine Parade. The French Opposition Journals are exceedingly wroth with England, for presuming to ratify, in con junction with Austria, Russia, and Prussia, the new Slavery Suppression Treaty, without waiting for the final decision of France. They will have it that a deli berate insult has been offered to her, the stain of which can only be washed out with blood. There is no pleas ing the Opposition Press of France, or the conduct of the Great Powers would inspire adm,jration. For what are the circumstances of the case ? The Treaty, as it now stands, was drawn up at the suggestion of the French Government ; it was by France, in conjunction with England, presented to the Cabinets of Berlin, Vienna, and Petersburgh ; her diplomatists exerted all their in fluence to induce the Northern Powers to sign it, yet when they afterwards de k honour to their engagements) the Republican Press has the effrontery to affirm that France has been insulted, and to threaten war. " What a fine opportunity there is now for France," exclaims the National, "to resume the high position which was once held by her navy. Prussia has no ships ; Austria keeps her ships in the Adriatic ; and Russia will take care not to scatter her fleet to pro tect negro slaves, having too many white slaves of her own. There is in reality only England which, as regards the point in question, has an immense interest of supre macy. To make head against Englanct, we have in alliance with us the United States, Holland, Swe den, Naples, Spain, Portugal, all the secondary navies which are kept down by her yoke, and which are more or less insulted and devastated by England. With these united forces we should have a formidable association, and be able to check that British.pride, whose ambition and cupidity are without bounds. The moment is favourable. A portion of the treasure and navy of England is employed in the sterile war 'in China—a war ignominious in principle, without glory, and without grandeur ; the East India Company is in deficit, and is sinking under its burthens ; the Eng lish troops in Affghanistan are surrounded by perils ; Russia has never allowed to pass by without profit an opportunity of harassing and weakening her enemy in Central Asia, and her hand has ever been held out for the encouragement of the agitations in the English pos sessions. The Cabinet at Washington, in its turn, has its eye on all the breaches in the power of England, and is eager to enlarge them. The opportqnity, then, is a favourable one for restraining, by an imposing coalition, the mania for invasion, the effrontery of usurpation, with which Great Britain has for the last thirty years been acting." Here we have the whole plan of a gigantic war involving Europe and America, chalked out at once. The United States, Holland, Sweden, Naples, Spain, Portugal, and England, are to dye the ocean with their blood, because France, after breaking her engagements, fancies that those who do not imitate her bad faith, in sult her. The Commerce is still more violent than the National, and the Constitutionnel is nearly as stark mad as either of them. In fact, the warlike hubbub of the Opposition Press of France is nearly as loud and as violent, without being half as sensible, as the hurricane raised by the settlement of the Eastern question. we have received the following letter : The Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel will sleep at the Palace this evening, and return to London in the morning. The Royal dinner party this evening included her Majesty his Royal Highness Prince Albert, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Serene Highness Duke Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg, their Serene Highnesses Princess Augustus and Leopold of Saxe-Coburg, Lord Rivers, the Earl of De la Warr, Lady Portman, Lady Fanny Howard, the H on . Mi ss Devereux, and the Hon. Miss. Stanley, Baroness Lehzen, Baron Stockmar, Sir George Couper, the Capitaine Comte de Dagenfield Schomberg, Le Capitaine de Gaitsch, Colonel Grey, Colonel Wylcle, Captain Meynell and Dr. Prretorius. the Right Honourable Sir Robert Peel, the Ven. Archdeacon Wilberforce, Mr. George Edward , Anson and the Hon. Mr. Anson, the Hon. Charles Murray, and Sir James Clarke. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday, at Marlbo rough-house. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Augusta and Prince George of Cam bridge, attended Divine Service yesterday morning in Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley-street. Baron Knese beck was in waiting on their Royal Highnesses. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge attended Divine Service yesterday morning in St. George's Church. The Duke of Cambridge visited his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex yesterday at Kensington Palace. A Deputation, consisting of Mr. Philpotts, Mr. Col ville, Mr. M'Garell, Mr. Cavan, Mr. Holmes, Mr.Bwge, Mr. Mayers, Mr. Marryatt, Mr. Davidson, Mr. Dehany, and Sir A. C. Grant, had an interview with Sir Robert Peel on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing street. His Excellency Count St. Aulaire, the French Ambas sador, and the Countess St. Aulaire, returned to the re sidence of the Embassy in Manchester-square on Satur day evening, from paying a visit to her Majesty at Brighton. The Right lion. Sir "Robert Peel left town on Satur day afternoon for the Royal Pavilion at Brighton, on a visit to her Majesty. Mr. Munro, from Toronto, Aad an interview with Lord Stanley on Saturday at the Colonial-office. The Earl of Aberdeen arrived in town on Saturday afternoon, from a visit to her Majesty at the Royal Pavi lion Brighton. A Deputation on the Brandy Duties, including Messrs. Barnes, Wild, Currie, Ruch, Lawson and Taber, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Satur day at his official residence in Downing -street. Colonel Crighton, and Mr. Grogan, M.P. had an in terviews with Lord Stanley at the Colonial-office on Saturday. DUTCH AND FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, FEB. 2 4.—The average price of wheat last week was 211. 48c. and that of Rye 12f. 40c. per hectolitre. A letter from Berlin of the 19th of February, has the following paragraph :—" His Majesty the King has fixed for Wednesday the 23d the solemnity of the betrothing of the Prince Royal of Bavaria to the Princess Mary. Her Majesty the Queen h as rece i ved an autograph letter from Queen Victoria, written in the German lan guage, in which her Majesty expresses her joy and gra titude for the visit which she has received from our Monarch." _ THE HAGUE, FEB. 2 4—Two days ago we published letters from the Universities of Giessen and Leipsic, soliciting the Governments to take vigorous measures to suppress the practice of duelling, which has lately in creased to a frightful extent : the following is a letter on the same subject from Lidonia : _ " Deplorable scenes have occurred within these few of Dorpal. Duellin g , w hi c h m U on nve g i u rsit s,a y s in almost a ll c i v ili ze d S tates , been etdhae revived among th e stu d ents of our is miaopsn lately t o h h r s ib in i t Uni versity, the consequence of which has been the death of several young men. The scenes have displeased the 4g per cent...". ............ .. 92 93 Emperor in the highest degree, and have drawn down on per cent. ........ .... ............ 101 ii 162 DUTCH FUNDS . — AIIIIITIGIDAM, FEB. 25. he transgressors 2 s x ev p e er re cent......... .. punishment," .......... m 521 i Money. Bills. sper cent.„... ........10134 1024 ActualdittosD Syndic e n b d t it , Ditto, ditto, 354 per cent ........ .. 764 774 Commercial Company, 454 per cent .............. .. . 1564 1574 Exchange on London, One month. .... lo 10 Two m o nths 7 . ...... 12 023 4 Hamburgh, One m o nth ....•• 35 75 D .u it a t n o 1 83 1835 7, s an pe d r i c ti3 en 7l . Dutch Papers, Feb. 2b. BELG lAN * U N DS—Batmen', FHB. 25. Actual Debt, 234 per Cent. Rothschild's Lean 5 per Cent ..... 1024 Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent " .... 934 —.--,----- 3 per Cent. ••••••••• ••• 1:°"In":t1”th"s”..1*".• 8 5 i43:9 " Tomos, FEB. 10.—It is now certain that the following ships of the line, the Friedland, Jemappes, Genereux, and Ville de Mar. seille, will shortly return to the port of Toulon. Orders have been sent to them to that effect. Some persons think it is intended to assemble a squadron here to be ready in case we should have to interfere in Portugal or in Spain. It is more probable that the Government means to disarm. Thirty.seven, -----_—_—_—(1840 Loan of City, 1°32, 4 per Cent. P234 Socletyet Commerce, 454 per Cent B4 Bank or Belgium, 5 per Cent ........ 81x, NationalSeciely. ... Exchange on London (short) _ —Brussels Papers, Feb. 25. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, FEE. IS. !tropes Coats. Metalltques FOlll f per Cents. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 000000000 •• lON Three par Cents. ...........»........................ 00000 Bank Shares •••••••••••••• 0000000 •••••4;•••••••••••••••• •••••• 1639 .—Allgerneine Zettrog. Feb. 21. " It is said that the ships of the line at Brest will be placed en commission de port, and that there will be eight at Toulon in the same situation. At that rate the Government will keep only six ships of the line completely armed. "The Levant squadron, under Admiral Lasusse, is to be re_ duced by two ships of the line."—Constautionnel, Feb. 24. The Sentinelle of Toulon, has the following article : " The difficulties on the subject of Greece and Tunis having been settled at Constantinople by our Ambassador, part of the squidron, under the command of Admiral Lasusse, has, it is said, received orders to return to Toulon. Among those expected back are the Friedland, Ville de Marseille, and Genereux of the line. It is added that a squadron, for practice, Is to be formed in our port, and which will be increased by some ships from Brest. This last rumour appears to us to be just as probable as the first. If consideration he given to the complications likely to arise on the ocean, from the present state of the relations between England and the United States, it is very probable that by the end of May, we shall have an imposing force assembled in our roadstead, composed of eleven ships of the line, and five large frigates." BOURSE—PARIS, THURSDAY, FEB. 'LI. first Highest Lowest L ast Price Price. Price. Price. French 5 per 119 ... 119 15 1.9 119 15 S par BJ 8(; 79 95 •:: 7 , u 5 Loan 80 35 ... 80 35 ..• HO 35 80 35 Bank of France .... 3 3 :103 4 :x B a nk Yank Bank I,ooof. Shares 1015 ~.102`2 50 ...1015 5,000 f. slims GC3S ...5035 —.5035 :503'5 tlelgian Bank 1811 .. Belgian 5 per Cents. 5 per Cents., 1849 lO6 ... 106 ... 106" . 24% ... 25 ... 24% ... tianish Active 28 ". 28 ... 28 98 • ICS ... MS ... 105 104 20 Portugueses per Cents. Neapolitan ..... Boman t.••..••....•. 104% 10;% log% RAILWAY SHARES. EXTRAORDINARY DELUSION. Great excitement and alarm, for the last week, have been existing among the Irish residents of the metropolis, more particularly among the lower orders living near the waterside, in consequence of their belief in the prophecy of some one of their priests, that a frightful calamity is about to visit London, in the shape of an earthquake. It is to extend ten miles round London, and the modern Babylon is to be swallowed up. The Irish are therefore on the move. Our in formant saw nearly all the poor deluded occupants of a street in Shadwell, moving their little furniture, and offering it for sale, in order, as they said, "to escape the earthquake." It was truly a pitiable sight to see these poor creatures lamenting their true fate, that compelled them to leave their hou ses and their means of subsistence, but so firmly has the belief b ecome im p lanted in t heir minds that no argument or persuasion coul d divert them from It. Our own opinion is that Sir R obert Peel's, mea sure ought now to be permitted to pass as soon as possible, as it will doubtless be an improvement to some extent; but that, being founded on an inherently vicious principle, it ought not im portaton of corn, and that the better system should be kept up agitation in favour of a much to be accepted as any compromise of the question as to the tt that t n one of as vigorously as ever. —Man.- partisanship—Tory and chester Guardian. FALL OF WAGES.—Reduction have been made in the wages of the men, and in their hours of working, in more o o f u t liberal having pursued the same course. The general therefmeraennuefeacttuorinpgoleitsitcaabllishments in Kendal, a n d depres sion of trade, and the competition consequent thereupon, have rendered this step necessary, in order to secure any portion of work to the factories in question.— Kendal Mercury. 'On Tuesday evening the town of Crich was the scene of great disturbance and confusion. The 'principal part of the inhabitants, to show their d i sap probation of Sir Robert Peel's pr oposed scheme for the Corn -laws , made an effigy of Sir Robert, of straw and old clothes, and carried it round the town. It was received with shouting and hooting as it passcd along. After the town had been perambulated, Sir Robert Peel—the man of straw—was burnt near to the King's Arms Jun .amidst the most dismal yells. hisses, and groans. In the Alarket-place some scoundrei pic k e d Sir Robert's pocket of a watch, made of a large turnip, and having part of a plough chain and an iron bolt, for the chain and key. The rogue has yet eseaped detection !!—Correspon(lent of the Derbyshire Chronicl e . U XWIIOLEsomE FOOD.--On Saturday the carcase of a b een cow, which ha d - -een seised the prevteus nig ht i n a stable near to the Old Church, slaughtered and cut up for sale , and condemned by a jury of respectable butchers as unfit for human food, was burnt at the usual place at the end of Leeds-road. We have fre. quently had occasion to draw public attention to the nefarious prac. tices of a set of scoundrels, who, taking advantage of the distress of the labouring poor, offer, under cover of the night, such stuff as its reality is not fit for dogs.—York Courant. 815 ... 820 EIS ... 820 St. Germain Versailles. ft 13 2 13 75 213 75 213 75 213 75 ................ 512 50 ... 517 50 ... 5 , 1 ... 517 50 R.3ticn Orleans .. S.rasburg to Bale --- REVIVAL OF THE TAX ON BEER.—A rumour is in circulation that Sir Robert reel means topropos e th e re-enactment of the duty on Bee r, which is very likely. It falls chiefly on the poor. SUGAR DUTIES..—It is also rumoured that the Right Hon. Baronet means to propose a modification of the Sugar Duties. Ilis agricultural .supporters have been obliged to sub m it to w h a t he calls a reduction of their protction, and thgy will probably aid him in reducing the protection of the planters. We are glad to see the mortality in the metropolis greatly on the decrease. During the week ending Feb., 19, the number was 907, while in the preceding week it was 1,042, maki ng diseasesionbeing ei of the r es l p u e n c g ti s v , el and y as brain, follo caused ut a difference of 135, or about 7 per cent. The cha nge i s most remarkable. Among d eat h s c tl a ir. and 28. laysnd:_ol6d9,a3goe; THE NEW SLIDING SCALE, it is said, does not in crease the protection to apiculture, and the agriculturists are discontented with it. It gives th 4 people no relief THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 28, 1842 SUMMARY,OF NEWS AND Public Opinion, " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. The French Opposition Journals express surprise, not unmixed with anger, at the exchange of the ratifications of the treaty for the suppression of the slave-trade by England, Austria, Prussia, and Russia, in the absence of the ratification by the French Govern. ment. This expression of feeling will probably, in its turn, cause surprise to our readers who have attended to the usage in such cases. Our Paris Contemporaries think that new negotiations should have been opened with a view to the revision of the treaty, and that by not taking this course the other Powers have inten tionally slighted the French nation. The Presse asserts that the treaty of 1842 will never be ratified by France without modifications, and that in its present state it will, without the accession of the French Government, prove a dead letter. The Quotidienne says, the European compact is again broken, and without any benefit to France, as, notwithstanding the non. ratification of the Treaty, she is not the less bound by preceding Treaties to recognize the right of search by England. The Paris Globe, which is the organ of the French West India interests, necessarily expresses its gratification at the non.ratitica tion of the treaty by France, and observes, whilst it admits that the right of ratification is a prerogative of the Crown, that it will be impossible to find any Ministry willing to take upon itself the responsibility of such an act by the Crown, after the expression of feeling which has been manifested by the Chamber of Deputies. The Courrier Francais says—" M. Guiaot had asked for delay. The other parties begin by exchanging the ratifications, in order to show clearly to Europe that the resistance or hesitation of the French Government has no effect upon the determination of the other Powers. There is no European conpaet except against Frace—there can be none to her profit. M. Guizot has received a rebuff. The humiliation of the 20th February, 1842, is, in our opinion, morally more grave than that of the 15th July, 1840, for in the present case the Government submits to it ; events have Lot taken it by surprise. The other Powers pass over France, not in consequence of a refusal to ratify, but on an application for delay. Instead of attempting, as before, to deceive a resisting Government, in the present case a sup pliant is disdainfully rejected. M. Guizot might have avoided all this, if he had said plainly that France wou'd not ratify the treaty." Three members of the French Cabinet are favourable to the ratification of the Treaty, and five against it. For the ratification MM. Guizot, Duchatel, and Martin du Nord; against it, Marshal Soult, MM. Humann, Teste, Cunin-Gridaine, Villemaine, and Admiral Duperre." The Levant Mail has brought letters from Constantinople of the 7th inst., but they are without news of the slightest interest. 1.17333L1C OPIi'e ION. The Times is now as much out of humour with Lord Wharn cliffe, as it was the other day with Sir James Graham, and alluding to some remarks lately made by his Lordship in the House of Lords on a question growing out of the new Poor-law, says, in its heartiest manner :—" Our blood rises within us when we see a rich man, who could deal as Lord Wharncliffe did with an inquiry involving the slaughter of ninety-one Christian Englishmen, abusing his noble station to stigmatize others whose temperament is less phlegmatic, and whose appreciation of pauper life and pau per happiness is less philosophically indifferent than his own. Lord Wharncliffe, one of those who gave, and who would still continue, to these political economists in London the power of doing what they please with all the poor who receive or want pa rochial relief throughout England—this man laid it down as a principle, that whenever a charge of cruelty or oppression is made against the persons endued with these tremendous powers, or their satellites, inquiry ought to be directed in the first instance to tne conduct and motives of the party making it." The Herald says :—" The real question arising out of Mr. Vil liers's resolution is, according to Mr. Cobden, whether it was honest that any tax whatever should be levied upon the food of the people ? This is not the real question—it is not proposed to Par liament by her Majesty's Government to tax the food of the peo. ple ;—such a proposal was left for Lord Palmerston to make. The sliding scale is a device to give the people the supply of food neces. sary to make up the deficiency of the home supply, when that supply is deficient, free from treasury taxation. A fixed duty would be a tax when the supply is deficient, but the sliding scale is not." The Chronicle is of opinion that one of the worst features in the conduct of the Tories on Thursday night, was the mode in which they received the charges brought by Mr. Ferrand against the ma- nufacturers :—" They were absolutely frantic with joy. If a fo reigner had then entered the House for the first time, he would hare conceived that a hoax had been practised on him ; that, instead of the Commons of England, he was witnessing a caricature of them by the inmates of St. Luke's. The exhibition reflected disgrace on the House. As for Mr. Ferrand, little notice of him is required at our hands. That among so extensive a body as the master manu facturers of these kingdoms, there may be found individuals capable of resorting to practices such as those described by him, we can have no difficulty in believing. But that the practices are either universal or participated in by the whole members of the Anti- Corn.law League, the great majority of the manufacturers, is what no man in his senses would believe." The Post makes the following agreeable apostrophe to Mr. Cob den :—" Ah, Mr. Cobden, we can tell you of something better than that kind of of dignity which the sensitiveness of Stockport makes you anxious about. What think Sou, Mr. Cobden, about truth and honesty ?—about practical humanity ?—as matters worthy of your high consideration. Might not dignity afford you a little while to take care of itself, while you are giving your attention to the con cerns of a more homely sort of virtue? The feeling of laughter which Mr.,Cobden's anxiety about the dignity of the House,' at first occasions soon gives way to a feeling of loathsomeness; for, of all the sickening sights that can be presented to moral contemplation, that of a vulgar man prating about dignity, when a plain matter of sincerity and humanity is in question, is perhaps one of the most revolting." The Advertise,' observes :—" We agree with the Tory organ when it calls the prolixity of discussion in the Commons' a pub. lic nuisance.' We agree, too, when it says Members were not sent there by their constituents to talk, except when some good is to be obtained by talking.' Let them, say we, rather return to their constituents, and tell them, that as the Commons is at pre sent constituted, they cannot forward their int eres t s b y vot i ng t h ere; that they return fo r instructions, for that they themselves are power ; less to resist the tide of calamity setting in upon the nation." MONEY—IVILALIM—C OIVINZERC:E. A concert for the benefit of the Disulessed Spitalfield Weavers'• will take place at the Milton Institution to-morrow, with a band of one hundred performers. Among the patrons of the undertaking are Colonel Fox, M.P., T. Duncombe, M.P., W. Ellis, M.P., and other persons of distinction. At the meeting of the Southampton Dock Company, held on Fri day, it appeared from the Report that the total receipts of the Coin. pang up to last December, for the half year, were 237,7891. 3s. 2d., and the payments 229,264/. Is. 10d., leaving a balance of 14,773/. 4s. sd. COMMEILCIAL R,E11012./Vi. The agricultural district of Kenilworth, on Monday last, de nounced at a public meeting the Ministerial Corn.law plan. PM:CLIC ZMPROVENIENTS. A new road, with a number of elegant modern villas on each side, :o be called the Prince of Wales's Road, is about to be formed on .he brow of the hill leading from Haverstock.bill to Kentish town. LAW AND PO LICE, Cassidy, the bankrupt, has been pursued by Forrester, the officer, to Aix.le.Chapelle. He was absent from his hotel at the time, but his tin-box, containing between 13,0004 and 14,00 W. in bills, was delivered up by the landlord; and meanwhile his passport has been stopped. At Reading, on Friday, an action was brought before Mr. Justice Patteson, and a Special Jury, by the widow of the late Colonel Gwynne, against Sharpe, Esq., for slander. The substance of the slanderous imputations was, that Mrs. Gwynne had fabricated a case on which she had supported a charge against her servant, one Maria Heaton, of having stolen some of her property, and that Mrs. Gwynne had committed perjury in her examination before the magistrates at Windsor. The Jury, after deliberating for ten minutes, returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages 20/. The Commission for holding the Assizes on the Western Circuit was opened on Friday at Winchester by Mr. Justice Coleridge and Mr. Justice Erskine. The business is very heavy, there being nearly 100 persons for trial. Judgment in the case of collusion between the brig Margaret and the Courier, a Dutch bark, which took place last September in going down the Channel, was given in the Admiralty Court yesterday, when the latter was pronounced to be in fault, and or dered to pay the damage with costs. The case of the salvage claim, on the part of some smacksmen belonging to a smack named the Endeavour, for services said to have seen rendered by them to L'lmmaculato, a brig of 220 tons, in rescuing her from danger off the Suffolk coast, last October, was yesterday decided in the Admiralty. It appeared that pilotage only had been needed on the occasion, and that even this duty the salvors had discharged badly ; upon which the owners of the foreign vessel were dismissed, with their costs. In a second claim for remuneration for salvage-service in the same Court, on the part of a steam-tug called the Commodore, for towing a Whitby collier called the Ocean, from Gravesend to Lon : don, after she had been damaged by collision with two other vessels, an award was made to the salvors of 451., including all damage and costs. At Queen-square on Friday, Cloud, the omnibus proprietor, was fined 505., at the instance of Sir James South, for carrying more passengers than allowed by law. The Magistrate intimated that on a repetition of the offence he should inflict the full penalty of 51. At the Westminster Sessions on Friday, the appeal of Thomas Pennington, convicted at Marlborough -street of indecent conduct in the Haymarket Theatre some weeks ago, was heard. Dr. Paris proved that the young man, owing to an affection of the head, was subject to fits, and a total loss of consciousness, and the Magistrates therefore quashed the conviction, on the plea that Mr. Pennington was labouring under mental debility at the time of the offence. James Thelwell, James Sherret, and Bridget Jones, have been taken up on suspicion of the coach. robbery of Messrs. Cunliffe's bank-box, containing 1,500 sovereigns, and 5001. in Bank of England notes; and after examination on Wednesday had been made of them at the Borough Court-room, they were remanded to Wednesday next, to give further time for collecting evidence against them. TINE ARTS. Trentham Hall, Staffordshire, at which the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland purpose staying till the third week of April, has lately undergone extensive improvements in its mansion and grounds. Eighteen acres have been converted into Italian gar dens, adorned with statues and fountains, and Mr. Charles Barry, the architect, has constructed a tower at one end of the edifice, and connected. the whole with the lake by a series of architectural gardens. ZITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC. A letter just received by Mr. Fraser Tytler from his son, at present with the army at Candahur, seems to confirm the impression that Sir Alexander Burnes has escaped, Lord Castlereagh, who is now in the Holy Land, intends to visit Alexandria, Grand Cairo, and Jerusalem, and to return to England about the end of April. THEATRICAL. Milton's masque of Comus is to be produced at Covent garden Theatre, on Wednesday next. SPORTING, Prince Albert, on his visit to Buxted Park, enjoyed with his party two hours' shooting in the extensive preserves, during which time 35 hares and 20 rabbits were killed, as also a woodcock, shot by the Prince. 0017 ILT ---- PASHIONABLE. It is now finally arranged that the Queen leaves Brighton this day for Portsmouth. Sir Edward Codrington arrived at the Pavilion on Thursday for instructions, and left next day in the Black Eagle steamer, which is to be in readiness for her Majesty at Portsmouth. The Marquis of Lansdowne has commenced his dinner parties in Berkeley-square. The Earl of Powis arrived in Berkeley-square on Wednesday last, from Wolcot Park. Lord W. Russell is on a visit to General Hare, in Lincolnshire. The Dowager Lady Holland recommences her dinner and even ing parties next week- Mr, Byng will have a dinner party in St. James's-square:to-morrow. The Earl of Radnor has removed his establishment to Coleshill Park, near Reading. The Earl of Aberdeen left town on Fri Cay morning on a visit to her Majesty at Brighton. The Earl of Elgin will leave this country to assume the Govern ment of Jamaica, early in April. MISCELLANEOUS. On Saturday, 1823, John Kemble died. He was the eldest son of Mr. Roger Kemble, an actor and manager of a strolling com pany of players. Mrs. Siddons, his sister, and himself raised the stage to a degree of splendour it had never before attained. SIDMOUTII.—O n Saturday last an enormous por tion of the Chit -rock Cliff, at the Western end of the town, fell with such tremendous violence as to cause great consternation to the inhabitants of the immediate vicinity, to whom it appeared as the shock of an earthquake. A person in the cottage of a lady, named Lushington, asserts that he was thrown out of bed through the violence of the concussion.— Western Times. LITERATURE. TRANSLATIONS FROM THE GERMAN. Murray, London, 1842. In this neat little volume we have translations, both in prose and verse, from some of the most eminent German authors of modern times, among whom Jean Paul figures conspicuously. The fol lowing passage occurs in this ingenious, though somewhat fantastic thinker's Essay on Habitual Cheerfulness. It is a sensible idea, well expressed : " Excessive grief is the heart's suicide ; as the self murdererer is, in Silesia, buried with his face to the ground, so he, who indulges in excessive grief, lies with his face turned earthwards, instead of lifting it, as he ought, to the heaven of the past, the present, and the future." The versions from Uhland's Poems are spiritedly rendered, especially the stanzas entitled " Dante's Love." SIR WALTER SCOTT'S LIFE OF NAPO LEON.—Part VIII. Odell, Edinburgh, 1842. Sir Walter Scott's Lift of the French Emperor is brought to a close in this part, which forms a portion of the second volume of the author's prose works. As usual, it is got up with exceeding neatness. WAVERLEY NOVELS.—VoI. 111., Part 2. Cadell, Edinburgh, 1842. The whole of Kenilworth is comprised in the part before us, which contains one illustration, represent ing the well-known interview between Tressilian and Wayland. Smith, at midnight, on a wild Berkshire heath. The tale is also published in a duodecimo form at the same price, four shillings. LA FONTAINE'S FABLES. Smith, London, 1842. This is a translation from the French of La Fon taine, executed by a young American gentleman, named Wright, and introduced by a preface on the subject of the old fabulists, and also by a memoir of La Fontaine. The version is accurate and spirited, but much of the archness and easy, delicate humour of the original is, as might be expected, perfectly intransferable. KARAH KAPLAN.-3 Vols. Bentley, London, 1842. The scene of this story is laid in the East—partly in Persia, and partly in Koordistan ; and the prin cipal personage, from whom it derives its name, Karah Kaplan, is a fierce, successful Koordish chief, who, in attempting a surprise on the camp of the Shah of Persia, is shot by his own father, who, up to that disastrous moment, was unconscious of his paternity. The adventures of this turbulent chieftain, who is half soldier, half brigand, form the most conspicuous --and we may add, the most interesting—portions of the story, which possesses this recommendation—no slight one, by the bye—that it is the production of a writer, the Hon. Charles Stuart Saville, who has himself been a traveller among the wild regions he describes, and shows a perfect familiarity with their manners and customs. By way of relief to the sterner and more energetic incidents, a love story is introduced, the hero and heroine of which are Feridoon, a young Persian adventurer, and Zorayda, the daughter of one of the inferior nobles of the country. Feridoon is spiritedly enough pourtrayed ; but Zorayda is more like an English, than a Persian girl. Her con versation, the turn of her mind, the staidness of her feelings, and sober strength of her judgment, remind us of simple, clever home-bred English female, and throughout the delineation of her character, we cannot dispossess ourselves of this idea. The tale is passably written, in point of language, and from the startling nature of some of its incidents, we "guess" —as Jonathan would say—that it will be converted into an excellent melodrame. THE LATE MR. ARCHIBALD MENZIES, F.L.S. This eminent botanist, who has just departed this Fe, at the venerable age of eight-eight, was born at he beginning of the year 1754, and in his earlier days led a life of enterprise and hazard. He was originally brought up to the medical profession, and first occupied himself in London with the town practice that came before hlm, which was, we be lieve, lucrative and good. Tired at length, however, of his occupations at home, he grew desirous of throw ing himself, in his capacity of surgeon, among the various private expeditions on the part of merchants, which were then fitting out in great numbers, and engaging in the very excellent branch of commerce which had then sprung up, in the shape of the fur trade, which at this period gave employment to no less than twenty sail - of ships and vessels, fitted out by the European States, as well as other adventurers who thronged from the Asiatic, Chinese, and Ameri can shores. The skill and management which Mr. Menzies displayed in the first fur expedition upon which he was employed, caused him to come under' the notice of the celebrated Captain George Vancouver, who had sailed with Captain Cook in the autumn of 1771, and who, on his return after that fatal catastrophe which led to the destruction of Captain Cook in 1780, was destined to become the commander of that navigator's ship, the Discovery, and to follow in his steps, by at tempting to carry out the designs which had been so unhappily frustrated by the events at Owhyhee. It was to this expedition that Mr. Menzie's attached himself, and Captain Vancouver appears to have held him so much in estimation, that while in the preface to his " Voyage of Discovery," he omits to mention many more elderly and approved officers of the ex pedition, he especially devotes a space to comme morate the services of his able collaborateur, Mr. Menzies, and the friendship which he felt towards him. "It was with infinite satisfaction," says the enthu siastic old circumnavigator of the globe, alluding to the fittings out and arrangements which were filling up the various scientific departments of the expedi tion, "that I saw, among the officers and young gen tlemen of the quarter-deck, some who, with little in struction would soon be enabled to construct charts, take plans of bays and harbours, draw landscapes, and make faithful portraits of the headlands, coasts, and countries we might discover. "Botany, however, was an object of scientific in quiry with which no one of us was much acquainted ; but as, in expeditions of a similar nature, the most valuable opportunities had been afforded for adding to the general stock of botanical information, Mr. Archibald Menzies, a surgeon in the Royal Navy, who had before visited the Pacific Ocean in one of the vessels employed in the fur trade, was appointed for the specific purpose of making such researches. For the purpose of preserving such new or uncom mon plants as he might deem worthy of a place amongst his Majesty's most valuable collection of exotics at Kew a glazed frame was erected on the after-part of the quarter-deck, for the reception of those he might have an opportunity of collecting." Mr. Menzies accordingly accompanied the expedi tion appointed by Lord Grenville, then Secretary of State, during a period of five years, through the various regions which Captain - Vancouver explored. The collections of rare, and, in a multitude of cases, unknown plants, which he gathered in the islands of the North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans, were truly valuable in their generia and species. The Cape of Good Hope, New Holland, the Sandwich Islands, more particularly Nootka Sound and its adjacent shores, Port Jackson, the Columbia River, the American coast from Fitzhugh's Sound to Cape Decision, and from Monterrey to the Southern Coast, the Gallipago Islands, and Valparaiso—all contributed, in some shape or other, to furnish him with that rich and invaluable collection of land and maritime plants, which has since formed the finest addition to the treasures of the vegetable kingdom preserved at Kew, and so greatly enriched the cabinets of our first botanical institu tions. Mr. Menzies saw himself with the whole of his precious freight on the twentieth day of October, 1795, safe in the Thames, on the return of the ex pedition, during which excellent health so far pre vailed, that only one marine died of illness, the other three that were lost being drowned by accident, and one poisoned by eating muscles. During his later days, Mr. Menzie's spent the greater part of his time in following his favourite pursuit, among the plants and flowers of the earth, and he was in communication with the leading bota nists and scientific gentlemen of the day. In addi tion to his other honorary titles, Mr. Archibald Men zies was a Fellow of the Linncean Society, whose members will long regret his loss. A tragical scene was enacted in the evening of Monday last at Nantes. Two men werc fighting near a guard. house, when some of the soldiers turned out to separate them and disperse the crowd. One of the combatants in his blind rage rushed on the bayonet of one of the soldiers, and immediately fell dead on the grcund, having previously killed his first adversary by stabbing him with a pair of compasses. No real blame can be at tributed to the soldier, but he is under arrest, and will be tried by a fourt.martial. A letter has been received from Colonel Dennie, of her Majesty's 13th Light Infantry, dated Jellahabad, the sth of December, 1841, from which we are glad to learn that the force under General Sale was not then so dangerously placed as the public were a t first led to imagine. They had so far re stored the fortifications as to render the town secure against any attack on the part of the Affghans. Th ey were well supplied with ammunition and provisions, and c on fid ent l y expected to be relieved early in the month of January. A courier, who left Madrid on the evening of the 12th instant, with despatches from the French Ambassador to his Government, was stopped when a league and a half from that ca. pital by six armed brigands, who, having made the courier alight, and the postilion dismount, compelled them to lie with their faces on th e gr ound while the robbers rifled them and the carriage of everything that could be found, including money to a considerable amount. They were about to carry off the valise containing the despatches, but the courier, by his coolness and resolution, though at the risk of his life, induced the brigands to open it to ascertain that it contained nothing of value, and then deliver it up to him. Why is a man with his eyes shut like an illiterate schoolmaster ?—Because he keeps his pupils in darkness. The Ukase of the Emperor of Russiv, which allows the annual sums necessary for the support of the clergy and the two convents in the western provinces of the empire, is one of the most important that hav e b een issued for many years from the Emperor, A Cabinet. By this l aw the priests are only public functionaries. soon as the G overnment pays the clergy it makes them depend ent on it, NEW CHANGES IN THE STAND: ARD WEIGHTS AND MEASURE S REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS. This Commission, consisting of the following nine scie n te c ! gentlemen, Baay ;. E. p viz., n G k. vy . a f t el.r Bethune;Aie y , A st p r oanv Davies Astronomer Herschel ; J. G. S. Lefevre ; J. W. Lubbock ; Rev. Georg Peacock ; Rev. R. Sheepshanks; appointed by letter of the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the 11th May, 183 8 . UP"' tb it, destruction of th e St an d ar d W e ight and Measure in the bur „ ing of th e H ouses o f P ar li amen t, t o t a k e into comideration best steps to war d s res t ora ti on o f the same, having broligir Gilbert, oyal ; S F ; illob their investigations and opinions forward in the above B e p o ! we proceed to condense its substance, as regards the alterati?o' proposed, and the measures advised for adoption. STANDARDS OF LENGTH AND WEIGHT. a _ The Commissi oners i n th e i r R epor t express theni s elvea 07: satisfied with the p rov i s i ons f or restoration of the standard: case of loss, laid d own i n sec t s . 3 an d 5 o f Act 5, Geo. I cap. 74, showing from scientific observations and experiniep; adduced, that the method by w hi c h th e l e ngth of the yard proposed to be taken, a n d th e p oun d we i g ht restored, ar e 0 .4 and all singularly defective. S evera l measu res of length weight, however, exist; viz., the Royal Astronomical Society e scale ; and the iron bars belongi ng t o the Board of Or dn a &c., by which the original st an d a rd s can a l w ays be precise') restored. The following are the more important clauses :--, Advises that four sets of copies of the standards of lard and weight, to be denominated the Parliamentary COpies, one in all respects to the leg a l s t an d ar ds be to d in. set of which is to be herruetical'y sealed up in a case, an be closed within the masonry of a publi c b u ildi n g, and not to b disturbed unless by sanction of Act of Parliament: that vt, Parliamentary standard be compared with the other .tin Parliamentary copies of that stand ar d once i n ten years ' E d la that the Parliamentary standards themselves be preset., different municipal offices, with proper keepers, and precaup"" for States that from satisfactory and co nc l us i ve evidence it the pears that the present troy pound i s a l mos t use l es s, even: ... oh ly few trades or professions in whi c h t roy we i g ht is au n lijaa used, and even to the great mass o f th e B r iti s h PoPw - ti ad wholly unknown, and recommends that the avoirclupoii P ° be adopted in its stead. os fe r Proposes that the Government t a k e i mme diate r- e * hati securing and preserving in som e p u bli c d epos i tor y, the /a r o weights and measures which ha ve b een use d i n ex tensive f e u d operations, requiring great deli c a c y, as we ll as m any u la former times for special uses. S evera l o f t h ese a re 0° .ht possession of parties stated, from whom the Government 0110.-. obtain them by cati:•tesy or purchase. of 1111 Urges that the superint en d ence o f t h e construc tion new Parliamentary standards be intrusted to a Commit scientific scientific men, to be named by her Majesty, subject to rer general instructions, among which it is specified— Ad b 21. That the length of the new P ar li amentary St a n d re ja one yard, the length hitherto a d o pt e d ; t h ere appear ing nu son for departing from it. 25. That a platinum weight of 7,000 grains be constre,o and that this be declared the P ar li amentary stan d ar d of ' l ' 4 l ' o o by the name of the Pound W e i g h t ; t h e di st i nc tive "avoirdupois" being hereafter omitted. nerd' 30. That the old standard of c a p ac i ty b e re t a i ne d CHANGES IN SECONDARY STANDARD' 01 Invites the attention of Government to the advantage facility of establishing in this country a decimal system 0 ' c e cs a age, being of opinion that no change which can be effeet u ol our monetary system, would be felt by all classes so 4 , et* beneficial with this, when the temporary inconveniences' to tending such change shall have passed away. This cha t : t rod consist in interposing between the sovereign (or pounded the shilling, a new coin equivalent to two shillings (to b e ,hiago by a distinctive name); as a l so o f cons id ering the fat' t y which now passes as the 1-9tioth part o f t h e po und, a! al 1-I,oooth part of that unit; and of establishing a tte. value equal to the 1-100th part o f th e p oun d , an d o f circo' c ol besides these decimal members of a decimal coinage, other c ol of values bearing a simple relation to them, including nil of the same value as the present shilling and sixpenee t • t or considered by this measure th a t no c i rcumstanc e vie a nh oi would contribute so much to the introduction of the a e i nci/ scale in weights and measur es , i n th ose respects i n whic"lbr really useful, as the establishment of a decimal coinage. he scale, however, of binary subdivision thought better to adapted to small retail transactions. LAND MEASURES, &c. bject' Acknowledges difficulties of interferi ng w ith this 9 a AO but proposes that the present land-chain, 80 of which 0 7 - 00 mile, be superseded by the int ro d uc ti on of a measure of l e ts yards ; that the present i nconven i ent su bdi v i s i on o f lll e c ipol into roods and poles be sup erse d e d b y t h e use o f the &l i e 1# divisions of the acre ; and th a t th e use o f t h e d ec i ma l encouraged, more particularly the decimal subdivision ° 01 11 foot as now used extensively in the practice of engineers ;cod that provision be made for the erection of marks at,ol, 1,000 yards distance on a ll p r i nc i pa l pu bli c roa d s , 03' and canals. AVOIRDUPOIS AND TROY WEIGHT. Page 12, clause 8 of the Report, for the purpose of rela4ial the confusion whi c h a t present exists between the two 1.!:tl in use, oft, oy and avo i r d upo i s, w h ere b y two modes o f esti!'" weights co-exist, proposes the entire abolition of the troy P ° eo r . and var ous changes in these corresponding tables, and il l e or sideration of the interests concerned in these changes , r he s° mends that Government should compute and print for t o* of bullion merchants and assa3ers, a new edition of these t c lel" with the decimal changes, proposed to be introduced, calculated. 56 1*1 Further, that the pres en t we i g h ts o f 14 lh s., 28 lbs., ,„ Rao .' f and 112 lbs., now in use b e w ithd rawn, an d we i g hts 0704 20 lbs., 30 lbs., 40 lbs., 50 lbs. and 100 lbs., be sob s I t o 0 0 , instead; these measure s b e i ng believed on many a ccountsq e d. more convenient. This cha nge o f we i g h ts, i t i s a cknori;; o o , would cost from 100,0001. t o 200,0001. , b ut wou ld be 3 cheaply purchased even at such a price. clgi ser k Among other minor propositi ons , w hi c h appea r as dog are-1. A periodic comparison of the Exchequer s t "%ttirS, with the Parliamentary s t an d ar d s, as i s done eve ry tol l Y e - 00 in Prussia, the former of w hi c h b e i ng suspecte d a t tbe i t it tba:, minute not very accurate, owing to this neglect. brig*. material of the present Exchequer standards, soft ye_l 1 1 , be changed for gun. m e t a l, an d t h at t h e stamping ban n'' chequer mark, instead of being detrimentally fixed "J suer, be executed by a process of engraving instead. 3 , LOCAL STANDAtDS. Poiut. out a cerious orniasitna ;in the 'cit.+, of the Q re regarding local st an d ar d s ; v i z.—no direction for the rrr-tar• verification of th em , b y comparison with the Excheq uer s oco! dards of certain times, by which many of the former are co le erroneous to a larg e am oun t ; advises provisions for t be _A nies in this resp ec t, an d t h at mural standar d s be fix) the various town s o f th e h ome ki ng d om, to b e nam ed by of Parliament, wherever assizes are held, or the ceeds 10,000 persons. INSPECTION OF WEIGHTS AND MEASV t ol; Complains of the `defectiveness of the present laws l itt le, respect, when by the office of Inspector is shown to be' ut iati: other than a nullity; and that great irregularity in the ege e of iir of the laws is caused by the reservation of the privileg,,,At; speet ing arid stamping to certain corporate bodies, leet juries9jA Proposes, therefore, (78) that the powers of Ins a P ej ec i red, of Weights 'and Measures be extended and exPla i befar il as to enable them to examine and seize for trial o airi a Magistrate, weights, measures, and weighing- 110 ° 1L O, which they have good reason for supposing to be and population without warrant, wherever they are found; 30 " ani; to enter, for the purpose of such examination, lob: place where good s are ex p ose d, k ept, measured, or weig AA. and, with special warrant of a Magistrate, to enter for o f itY examination into a n y p l ace whatever. hat this syste ca , o at: spection and reg i s t rat i on b e organ i zed on a complete an,u,ersr form pla n th roug h out the kingdom, with grad a tions of otn c ne r suggesting, however, that these duties might be efficient l y r e or; formed by the officers of Excise ; and that the po wers' ) bo ll/ porate bodies, l ee t j ur i es, & c., a b ove complained of, be '' abolished ; thi s l ast recommendation urged as of high 1 , portance. Other clauses relate to a more sufficient assurance s ew given by the st am p upon tra d esmen ' s we i ghts b e l l y,. refrn: on ot, The Report clo ses w i t h recommen d at i ons for the pAlicat.iiiro'l an authorised tabl e o f d enom i nat i ons, f or facilitating the i d fICt duction of a uniform system of weights and measures, reconciling the habits of th e p eo pl e to so cons i dera bl e a Chal3r ;' 11 'ATAL ACCIDENT.—Last evening, between fiVe : 'ol 6 o'clock, as a man, named J ames S an d ycork, 33 years o f age, *otie work at the bottom of th e " coffer darn" which has been cons tr oget' near the centre arch of the western s id e of Westminster'l3 illSi for the purpope of repai r i ng th e f oundat i on of that Part:( opt e° ,' bridge, a piece of wood, of a b ou t 15 i nc h es square, fell ll height of upwards of 30 f ee t u p on t h e nape of his neck, and "' Ri him on the spot. .0 The new building, now in the course of ereeti °ll , o o l t i the northern side of Threadneedl e - s t ree t , i s rapidly progressit tb,s. it is expected that it will be, f or th e most part, completed l'clotSo ensuing month of May. The purposes to which it is to be de are still kept a close secret by the proprietor, o ho The Moniteur Pari s i en s t a t es th at accoun ts -f 5 ,, f A been received of the death, in Af r i ca, b y hi s own hand, er ? `" :6 1 , :: Duhesme, Chef d'Escadron, a nd formerly orderly King. He was suffering from dy sen t ery, t h e pa i n of which jctei posed to have induced him t o comm i t t hi s act, which he off by discharging a pistol at his heart. 1 A few days ag o th ere di e d, a t L on- le-Saultu e rno man, who had been one of the most celebrated butchers in Ol ' in the Faubourg Saint-Antoine. He went under the ° 400 ( Chariot, and was said to b e th e man w h o had carried the " the Princess de Lamballe im a pike. P I A letter from Berlin, of the 13th inst., in the h d iP Asnpt Gazette of Frankfort, say s: " O ur c ? ergy are very m u c .",,e 0 , pleased at the circular of the Archbishop o f Canterbury, tele e .,' tie° the new Bishop of Jerusalem, in whi c h it i s sa id that the c f,i: 0 of this bishopric is only a means of un iti ng th e G erman w" 01 o Anglican church, and leading to a fu s i on o f th e two. Our c" will not listen to anything like a conversion f rom the i r own to tlie to those of the Anglican church. and they propose to send o rk King a protest against the circular of the Archbishop of C 1 11 , 1 1 , 004 A correspondent of the Semaphore writes 10 10,11 Algiers :—. While General Bugead is hunting the Arab' . . - v i Wit' province of Oran, General de Rumigny is hunting wild 10 " pi, that of Algiers. A few days ago, he went out with two orb neral officers, several staff officers, and sonic colonists, escort s ' i st 300 native tirailleur s , an d t h ree boars, when an immense ilo aet • ' (4 ° '? game, was brought i n ." Vith ' A narrow boa r d, near l y t h ree feet in lengths , the letters " ERNST" cut d eep, and gilded, has been Pi ct 00' ' near the Osmington station, and forwarded by the Inspecting , jit , mander of the Coast Guard to George Arden, Esq., Lloyd's go, Weymouth.—Dorset Coun y Chronicle. NO ° . Oil Sunday, the 13th inst , a troop of masker3,,t, ot, had bound themselves together with ropes, promenaded the c o “ill . Lyons, bearing a large flag, on which was i nscr ib ed Ame . 11 .0; . , malheureux! This being considered by th e po li ce as so e 0 merit to disturbance, they were all ar res t e d . the According to a statement made recently by 0 11 Marquis d'Audiffret, the fete of the notaries, avoues,huissi er ; o S of registrars in France, amount ann ua ll y t o a h undre d milli. 0 eiesh francs. There are 15,850 notaries, 8,931 avoues. 12,290 b ul ' fs ife ' 835 registrars of tribunals, and 3,896 reg i strars o f J us tice de iv. 140 tii The hospitals of Paris are s o crow d e d that, ' r e. . the last few days, between forty and fifty patients have b een pet fused at the Central Bureau of Admis s i ons. Th e P re fect h 3h ol appointed a Commission of Physicians to visit the hosP irel ; P u re,' ' order the discharge of all incurable p a ti en t s. " This Inea:vote4 says the Temps, " although rendered necessary b y the "°,,eat state of the hospitals, will, nevertheless create some as tonish"' . considering the wealth of these establishments." re' The Archbishop of Lyons has determined ° n . ce storing, as far as possible, all the stained glass windows of t e str thedral, and has forwarded plans to th a t e ff ect to P ar is to': re ' proved of by the Minister of Justice. A newArchiepiscopa!oini. lace be is to formed in that city out o f some building alreadyesi ter of An afflicting event occu rre d th e d ay b e f ore yes • , day at the Courtilie. As a lad, e l even years of age, t he se i n iow ed wine dealer , was running home fr om an errand, he was ° be gan by an enormous mastiff, whose barki ng a l armed him, an d he he st• to scream violently. The scre ams having irritated the deg , ~, pe tacked the boy, threw him do wn, and, before assistance COw . " it rendered, had bitten him dreadfully in the face and throat 00, was with great difficolty th a t th e enraged animal cou ld be s uds pelted to let go his hold upon the throat, and two hours a fter" the poor boy was dead A day or two ago, t wo persons genteelly dress ecla its black, and describing th emse l ves as members of the com mittee rUB de "Societe be Bienfai sance, " called on a retired ge neral in the r". 00 Grenelle St. Germain , and so li c i ted his subscription, at the '" - so t,.. time showing two l ong li sts of persons who had, they said, thel scribed. The General gave hi s su b scr i p ti on ; b u t, soon a ft er 04 had left, began t o suspect that he had been imposed uP °ll !, had having made inq u i ry, f ound that no subscription o f t he kind been opened, and that the pret en d e d comm itt ee -men were svauw NV II) onl Curers , , held i n ! n g 1)4( Is a Cop te n d a t o be hi Qt th e fif Qmisi tr a d e na means 'lent th, laws hi s ,„actu r i r , rott er ttVerabl Hei nen rho,:;: Paz h 32 an) 110Stro I Je tta 4411 r Willi I li arv at rUia O'cl ock litr. hay,. 0; rvati , th e Tf I ha ve el ar4e _, bri ng de nts W e e l ikh, st I • forei an f d la tnre th at t), at 1.1 /4 0 , 14 ? $l,l tl tep ee attic!, kust Ai "[ tr a ti us, r etur l th, re , eih of t it ) 0 o1„ ti erac t itter ttr na le ss oee, v 4. 4 1 3 0 p , ur e , tent 51 001 hen , e !hat it, e , rtni bld Pet. 1 11( a nd ti or fed ti 4( ve k cha ao 51 5 to et ht tb Si to as 4 a