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WEBER Yossessed that rire and inestimable gift, the art of uniting his music to words in such a manner as that. their full meaning and sense was expressed by it. With him music was, indeed, the twin-sister of poetry : he sought not by the combination of empty and unmeaning sounds to impose on the ear, but with an earnest and conscientious endeavour exerted his capabilities—and what capabilities did he not possess?—to render the twain entirely dependent up :n each other, so that the loss of either would be felt it disunited. In the grand Fce n a of Iteiza in Oberon, allotted to the present Mrs. Wood, then s shy,, even with all her splendid vocal powers, failjd to realise the conception and to pro • duce the tffect at which the composer aimed. He strove to show her. " I cannot di:cover why it is," returned she, " but I can never do this as it should "'The reason is," replied Weber, " because you have not studied the words." WILLIAM BYRDE, A celebrated musician of the Elizabethan era, endeavours, in the preface to his e.lition of "Psaulmes, Sonettes, and Songes of Sadtlesie anti Pietie" (published in 1598), b) the following reasons, whose amusing quaintness de prives them not in the least of their sound sense, to in duce persons to learn to sing:— "Reasones brietlie sett downe by ye auctor to per suade everie one to learne to singe. " 1. It is a knowledge easilie taught and quicidie learned, when there is a good master and an apte scholar. " 2. The exercise of singinge is delightfulle to nature, and good to preserve the healthe of man. "3. It dothe strengthene all partes i f 3 e hearts anti dothe open ye pipes. _ " 4. it is a singular good remedie for a stutteringc and stammeringe in ye speeche. " 5. It is the beste means to preserve a perfette pro nunciation and to make a good orator. " 6. It is the only waye to knowe where nature bath by - stowed ye benetytte of a goad voyce; whiche gifte is sOe rare yt there is not one aworgste a thousand yt hath it, and, in manie, yt excellunte gifte is loste because they Want an arte toe expresse nature. " 7. There is not anie musicke, of instruments what soever comparable to yt which° is made of ye voyces of men, where ye voyces are good and ye same well sorted and ordered. " 8. The better ye voyee is the me ter it is to honour and serve God therewith, and ye voyce of man is chieflie t)e be employed toe yt end—Omnis Spiritus laudet Dominurn. ' Since singynge is soe good a thinge, I wish alle men woulde learne toe singe,' " HANDEL. During his journey to Dublin, whither he went in order to superintend the production of his immortal 11 1essiuh, an amusing aneclote is related of him. De tained by adverse winds at Chester, and feeling indisposed to write, he felt a wish to hear some of his music tried over, and thereupon inquired if the town possessed any zingers or choristers who could sing " at sight." Among others that were recominel &d to him was a printer of the name of Janson, of whom it was said that he could "sing anything!" ‘• Ach! daat will do," exclaimed Ilandel, very pleased at receiving such information. On the trial of a chorus, however, the poor fellow could make nothing whatever of it, and, becoming more and more confused, committed so ma-iy egregious blunders that Handel, who, had no incitemc nt to control himself; Was soon in a towering passion, and, after swearing in as Many languages as his acquirements could boast, cried out in his usually ludicrous broken English, " You sehroundel, tit you not tell me you could sing at soight?" "Yes, sir," piteously responded the object or'his anger, objurgatively, " And so I can, but not at first sight!" ITAYDN Used, in after life, to relate th© following whimsical anecdote, not only for the amusement of others, but to his own infinite delight. When he was about twenty years old (1752) a manager of a theatre at Vienna was super intending the production of a a piece de circonstance, in Which one of its dramatis persona' had to swim amid " Mountainous waves that scattered high the foam," though these waves were but of canvass, and the crests of foam only the effect of the scenepainter's scraping knife, Haydn was engaged to compose the incidental Music appropriate for the scene. Our composer was exceedingly puzzled and had made several essays, but Without producing the necessary effect, when the 1332 1 stager—a portly, lusty man, which rendered the Whole affair more sublimely ridiculous—stretched hirtisclf at full length upon some chairs placed parallelwise, and, imitating by the seesawing of his arms and the gyration °f his body, the motion of a person swimming, ex claimed with the greatest rapture—" See how I swim, herr Haydn! look ' here! look here,Herr Musickmeister! ow I swim!" The composer, who was seated at the harpsichord, immediately extemporised a movement in S x - eight measure, which suited exactly the gestures of the emphatic impresario, wbo shouted in ecstacy," That's it! that's it, my boy !" but giving, in an unfortunate l ooment, a desperate plunge caliiulated, as he thought, to increase the effect, the luckless redacteur lost his balance, and kicking the chairs in all directions, fell floundering like a megatherium on the floor. Haydn laughed so heartily that he well nigh forgot his theme; but he used to terminate his narration of this amusing scene by adding that the music he wrote to this situation Was the best received of the whole piece. WEBER ON MEYERBEER. The high-souled, lamented \Veber felt a considerable share of jealousy of what he considered a leaning in his friend and fellow-student Meyerbeer towards the style of Rossini, whom he held in no very high veneration, Musically speaking. In a letter to Gottfreid Weber he thus expresses his doubts and fears—" Meyerbeer ist gang Italien verfallen," (is becoming lialianized)— Where will be now all our brilliant anticipations?" He afterwards wrote "Meyerbeer departs for Trieste to pro duce his Crociato ; he will return to - Berlin afterwards, ,_where it is possble he may write a German opera! tileaven grant he may. I have made several appeals to Ilia conscience!" The future is well known. The Crociat o became eminently successful because Meyer beer had engrafted on the German scientific school the B Ympathetic and flowing form of melody which dis tinguishes that of the Italian. And from that time he oecame famous. The French then sought and obtained the aid of his talents, and the Robert le Diable was all that could satisfy and please his particular and not c atlilY pleased friend. THE LEGEND OF SAINT CECILIA. St. Cecilia, among Chri s tians,is es teem e d th e p a t roness Saint of music, for the reason whereof, it is necessary to refer to her history as traditionally handed down; the notaries of the Roman church having, in the first in .stance, written it in their archives, from which it was v tr anscribed into the Golden Legends and other similar ~v( l oks. The story relates that she was a Roman lady b orn of a noble tamily about the year 225 A.C.; that n otwithstanding her having ben converted to chris '4ltity, her parents co.npelled her to wed a young Ro. I ' l4 n noble named Valerianus, a Pagan, who, on his ' W edding-night was given to understand by his bride that sh e, c was nightly visited by an angel and th a t h e mus t f orbear to approach her otherwise he would be destroyed. o taewhist troubled at such a revelation, V a leri anus de sired to see his angel-rival, but his sposa replied," that it W as quite impossible, unless he were baptized and became cOnvert to christianity." To this he consented, when, returning to his wife, he found her in her closet at I?ayers, and by her side, in the shape of a beautiful 37 ° 11 0g man, the angel clothed in the radiant brightness of the shining skies. After some conversation with the l eavenly visitor, Valerianus told him he had a brother, 'Tiberiu s , whom he greatly wished to become a partaker 'of the grace which he himself had received. The angel " that his desire should be gratified ; and that very shortly both brothers should be crowned with mar tyrdom." Upon this the angel vanished, but soon atter 'Wards proved the sincerity of his promise. Tiberius was tconverted, and after undergoing persecution was at length "With his brother Valerianus beheaded. Cecilia was offered her life upon condition that she would sacrifice at the altars of the Roman deities, but she unshrinkingly :refused, upcn which she was thrown into a cauldron of boiling water and thus, scalded to death, perished. Other authorities, however, affirm that she was stifled in dry bath—i. e. en enclosure from whence all air is *Xcluded, and beneath which burns a slow fire, under the excruciating torture of which she expired. The tradition concerning this distinguished martyr adds that it was on account of her great excellence in music, that she was was honoured by the visits of the angel • that he was attracted from his celestial abode by the ow eetness of her melody, and that the transcend ant be auty displayed by her vocal and instrumental powers ` e4 tised her to be styled The Patroness of Music and -Musicians ! Thou GUGLIELMI. gh a most profound musician, and gifted with treat dramatic conception, Guglielmi was stated to have e en indolent, avaricious, and self-opinionated and ego- V l iioal t o th e extreme . I n every new opera th a t b ore r , B , name attached thereto as its composer he would 1 1 Write two or three entire pi eces , l eav i ng the re citatives and concerted pieces to be supplied by his Pils—sometimes even by the Neapolitan copyists. hen h e was engage d to produce " at Bella Napoli" his I3 Pere. buffd, Adalinda, he resorted to this shift, and ;741. consequence, the opera on its fir s t re p resentat i on , k tte, as it mer it e d, con d emne d ; i n d ee d so general had me dissatisfaction become about the middle of the e en -nu act, that the manager was compelled to render eessity a virtue by yielding to the p o p u l ar demon tration, and the curtain fell amid a t orrent o f h i sses ~eh as r are ly p rocee d save f rom a N eapol i tan auditory, ~ Yells of the " lazzarone," et hoc omne genus, being ',,nctly i n d escr ib a bl e , w hil e th e ladies were only too the to quit the theatre. Guglielmi after the close of i ti e Performance invited some friends to sup w i t h hi m, f order t o concoct a ca b a l w h ere by t o reverse the raja vi:nune of that night; he prepared a new trzzetto, by T i Tch he h o p e d, more es p ec i a lly, t o accomp li s h this. th a next morning he repaired to the Café del Vennrano, L: 11 the chief rendezvous of the cognoscenti. There, as I N . e xpected, he found the impresa7 io of the Teatro hi ll . °7o - Saluting him, he d rew a r o ll of m us i c f rom Do - Pocket, and presenting it to him with an amusingly v ia, Puns said, " There, Signor! there is that which Ei.j ) 'et all things to right s aga i u —Ad a ii n d a will be in ;* .o °c l heal t h to-night! Hand me over seventy ducats, the I'm content !'"ffie manager glanced at the title of h„ m anuscript and lead " Vega mano sospirata a post i.4_lll°ll% turz,,tto of Adalinda." Well knowing the peculiar tiracter of he accepted the piece, ordered k,eeper of the cafe - to pay the composer the sum spe ae."2o, called a relharsal, and pioduced the opera the m 'a evening, with the new addition. The extraordinary THE SUN, affair was bruited about Naples like a gleam of wildfitr, and when evening arrived the doors of the Nuove Teatro were thronged to excess long before the appointed time of opening. At last the representation commenced, the public all anxious to hear the new piece suffered the early portion to pass in silence; the terzetto was sung, and the applause was so deafening that it was repeated thrice. After this the finale to the first act, and the of the second which had been condemned with so much fury the preceding evening, were extolled toto ewlo. Thus was it with the " discriminating, enlightened, and im partial public" of Naples. Thus has it hem in most parts of the world. LITERAT URE. THIRD EDITION OF HAROLD. As Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton has most carefully emended and revised the recently published edition of his historical romance of " Harold," and as he has enhanced the importance of the work by an addi tional " Preface," we may be permitted to revert in a few words to a work which we have already re viewed at considerable length. strange as it may appear to those who have been 'rapt into an enthu siasm of admiration by the lyrical verve of the diction, by the epic completeness of the narrative, by the vividness of the scenes and the elevated and sustained eloquence of the composition, the "Pre ace" is nothing less than a justification of the romance. We can almost hear many exclaiming—" As if the romance wanted any justification!" Y et, so it is. The COll. struclion of the work has been caviled at—because it was not a servile imitation of the great school founded by: Sir Walter. Such expressions as " were-geld" and " niddering" have been quar relled with as affected archaisms. The employment of such titles as " thegn" and " cneht" has been treated in some quarters as a literary crime and mis demeanour. And to answer such querulous objec tions Sir Edward has written his Preface. As for the archaisms, he has shown (p. xxiii.) that no other words could have been used to express the same ideas "without a glaring anachronism, or a tedious periphrase." As for the reputed distortion of titles, he has observed (p. xxiv.) that if he had used the word knight instead of cneht, in an age when knights were wholly unknown to the Anglo-Saxon, he should " sadly indeed have misled the reader." And lastly, in reference to the objections rai,ed against the construction of the work he says, not in a tone of regret, but of exultation, tempered by a ge nerous and unaffected humility : " The mode I have adopted has perhaps only this merit, that it is my own—mine by discovery end mine by labour. And if I can raise not the spirits that obeyed the great master of romance, nor gain the key to the fair) land that opened to this spell—at least I have not rifled the tomb of the wizard, to steal my art from the book that lies clasped on his breast." _ If, as affording a testimony of nothing else, the " Preface," from which we have transcribed those two beautiful sentences, would be interesting as af fording another proof of the caution and devotion with which " Harold" was composed—" Harold" the last, and, in many respects, the most remarkable of all the fictions of this celebrated romancist. DIGEST OF E VIDEi%CE UN AGRICUL 7'URAL CUSTOMS IN RESPECT 70 TENANT RIGHT. By Messrs. Shaw and CO7 bet. A very useful volume has just appeared under the above head. It has bsen compiled and arranged from the evidence taken before a Select Com mittee of the House of Commons, appointed to inquire into the agricultural customs of Eng land and Wales in respect to tenant-right. Any information calculated to throw light upon this important subject, a subject involving so many in- terests, and the settlement of which is looked iorward to with such intense anxiety both in this and the sister island, should at this moment command atten tion. The gentlemen who have arranged the present digest have brought to the execution of their plan more than ordinary advantages, their literary attainments and connexion with the farming interests have given them peculiar facilities for the acquisition of sound knowledge upon agricul tural subjects, and on the present occasion these several advantages have been turned to the best possible account. The great body of important evi dence taken before this Committee has been arranged in a most simple and conve nient form ; the running commentary on the report will be found full of sound practical hints on the several points included in this vexed question. The inquiry into the customs of the different coun _ _ ties, arranged alphabetically, together with the mode of cultivation in each country, also in alphabetical order are first given—then follow in order the evi dence respecting the nature of the tenure, the necessity of legislative enactment to se cure or create capit4l invested in the soil, the law of entail and the policy of giving enlarged powers to holders of life estates, &c., the general benefits that would follow from a recognised system of compensation for unexhausted improvements- On this latter point the Committee, in the 11th clause of their report, say :—" That this wider system of com pensation to the outgoing tenant seems to be highly beneficial to agriculture, to the landlord and to the farmer, to lead to a great increase in the productiveness of the soil, and to extended employment of the rural population." Next comes the consideration of farm buildings, and the power that should be given to the tenant-farmer of removing those he had erected himself, in the event of his landlord refusing to allow for them. Next are considered, permanent improvements, draining, chalking, and marling or claying, temporary improvements, lime, bones, oil-cake, and ashes, their different effects and the amount of compensation for each ; elilapidations, and the justice of giving compensation to the landlord for injury, as well as to the tenant for improvement. This most useful compilation ends with some valuable hints on the ad vantage of breaking up inferior grass lands, to which there is a general objection amongst landlords. It should not be forgotten that there is a very mate rial difference between that which is called " tenant right" in England, and what is known by the same term in Ireland. In this country the tenant claims no permanent interest in the land itself, he merely desires to be secured the value of any outlay which he may have made in the course of necessary cultivation, and of which he may be prevented from reaping the full benefit by the sudden termination of his tenancy—his unexpected eviction from his holding. It has relation to acts of husbandry merely. In Ireland, however, an interest in the soil is implied by the term, which the occupier shall enjoy, without reference to any improvements whatever. As, no doubt, tenant-right will necessarily occupy very soon much of the deliberation of the Legislature, we can strongly recommend this able digest to the consideration of all parties interested in the subject tenant, landlord, and legis lator—as a book of reference. It is most admirably classified and conveniently arranged ; it contains much sound practical information, and is written in a fair and impartial spirit, with a due re gard to the interest of all, and will be particularly welcome to those who have neither time nor oppor tunity to wade through a cumbrous blue offieLl quarto. FINE ARTS. THE ART JOURNAL. Certainly the Vernon Gallery has acted as a stimu lant to the editor and the contributors of this excel lent publication. Several of the plates inserted in its pages from month to month are not unworthy of ad mittance into the portfolio of the most fastidious dilletante. The " Chapeau de Brigand," for example, gives an admirable notion of the original from the brush of Uwins. We long, however, to see such paintings represented from the collection now buried underground, as Maclise's " Malvolio," or as Danby's " Smuggler's Home "—the one so deep and gorgeous a transcript from Nature, the other so capital and humorous an embodiment of the creation of - Nature's child, Shakspere. "Lavinia," from the statue by Spence, is a graceful realization of Thomson's rustic heroine, gracefully pourtrayed, by the two Roffes. But the gem of the number is Gainsborough's famous "Brook by the Way," from the Vernon collection. Bentley, the engraver, has entered fully:into the spirit of that true, English land scape. Among the original designs for manufac• turers the most elegant are the tea-kettle and stand, the tea cup and the soup tureen. Mrs. Hall makes her pilgrimage this month to Andrew Marvel's cot tage at Highgate. Besides the foregoing, there are likenesses and biographical notices of Prout, the artist, and of Flaxman, the sculptor. THE JOURNAL OF DESIGN. No. I. We cordially greet the appearance of this new aspirant to public favour among the miscellaneous periodicals; and we are sanguine that it will meet with the suc cess to which it is entitled, as a publication calculated to infuse a feeling of art, and a certain delicacy of design and proportion into our domestic manufac tures. As a foretaste of variety the number before us promises well. It contains, for instance, several examples of design and colouring in woven and other textures, such as in chintz, in flannel, in cotton, in calico, and in paper-bangings. Of the designs in metals and potteries we can say nothing whatever in praise ; they are in no degree comparable to the clever and suggestive sketches recently given in the Art Journal. indeed, the effect is quite delightful when we come to that exquisite little drawing from Maclise's illustrations to • Moore's melodies—of the wooing on a carnation ! The only tolerable cuts of manufactured articles are those of the flower vase, and of the wine glass with the vine tendril coiling round the stem. NO FEAR OF FREE-TRADE.-.A small house, with four acres of grassland, standing in the town street of Sutton Bonnington, Nottinghamshire, has been sold by Mr. 11. }Tickling, at the Boot Inn, Sutton 13 inningt for the sum of 6811. In an adjoining parish a farm has been re-let at an advance of 104. per acre. THE MURDER. OF A LADY AT BRISTOL. BRISTOL, FRIDAY.—The excitement occasioned by the horrible murder of Miss Elizabeth Jefferies, at her residence in Trenchard-street, continues to excite the most painful interest throughout the city, and crowds are constantly assembled around the premises in which the dres dill' deed was perpetrated. The Coroner's inquest was commenced yesterday afternoon, at the Griffin inn, Grifin•lane, before J. B. Grindon, Esq., Coroner. The suspected murderess, Sarah ThoTas, was brought up in custody, to he present at the proceedings. She is about 17 er 18 years of age, good looking, and has a mild expression of countenance; and she did not appear to be at ail moved by a sense of her situation. The CORONER having explained to the jury the facts which he anticipated would be proved in evidence, they proceeded to the house in Trenchard-street, for the pur pose of viewing the body of the deceased lady, and having it 'identified in their presence. It presented s truly shocking spectacle, the head of the unfortunate lady being beaten in above the left temple, and her per son being covered with blood. The bed and bedding were likewise saturated with the vital fluid, which had flowed on the ground, where it lay in a considerable pool. From the position in which the corpse was found, it was evident that the deceased lady had made an effort to escape froffi her murderer, for her right leg was thrown out of bee', and her left leg bent under her, as if in the act of being withdrawn from under the bed clothes. The jury having returned to the inquest-room, the sx amination of witnesses was proceeded with:— Mr. Henry Js fferies, a reired surgeon, brother of the deceased, was first c3llrd, and deposed to having searched the premises with the police, end discovered the body of his sister lying on the bed quite dead anc covered with blood. He also deposed to a tin case, in which she usually kept title deeds and valuables, having been broken open and plundered; as also to a small cabinet chest of drawers, usually kept full of jewels, hav ing been piifered, and some of the drawers, and all the contents carried off. The witness • likewise identified some of the jewellery found in the house where the pri soner was captured as having belonged to his deceased sister. She valued them as family relics, and he was sure would neither have given them away or sold them. Police-sergeant Corte, No. 2. deposed to having assisted in searching the house, and also to the appre hension of the prisoner, Sarah Thomas, at her father's house. Her mother denied that she was there, or that she had seen her for two months, but upon the house heir g searched, she was found secreted in a small coal house under the stairs, partly undressed. Among the coal were found several silver spoons, Jelon gin g to the deceased. In a bandbox, beneath the prisoner's bed, were various rings, &c., and the drawers belonging to the small cabinet. Isabella Fry deposed that sbe was a tenant of the de ceased, and lived in the next house to her. On Satur day morning last witness and her husband were awakened by a very great noise in Miss Jefferies's house. It was a noise of a female screeching or scream ing, and proceeded from the front bed-room. Witness thought it was Miss Jefferies getting up her servant,and that they were quarrelling. A Mrs. Ham, who resided in witness's house, knocked at the wall with a piece of stick, after which the noise ceased. At about seven o'clock the deceased lady's servant came to witness's house, and said her mistress had sent her to say she hoped Mrs. Fry was not alarmed at the noise, but a cat had jumped on the bed and frightened her. The inquest was here adjourned. This day the inquiry before the Coroner was again resumed. Mr. Ralph Bernard, surgeon, who made the post mortem examination, deposed to the nature of the in juries and the cause of death. There were several exten sive wounds on the head, some of them on the forehead, and others at the sides and back of the head, which had evidently teen inflicted by a hard blunt instrument. There were also bruises upon the left hand, showing that the deceased had endeavoured to ward off some of the blows aimed at her head. The cause of death was con cussion and compression of the brain caused by the external injuries. The wounds could not have been in flicted by the deceased upon herself, and from the fact of their not having begun to heal it was obvious that death had ensued. Mr. Jeff,ries, brother of the deceased, wished to make some additions to his testimony, as did also Sergeant Corfe, but the Coroner, in consequence of some intima Lion conveyed to him by the police, deemed it advisable to suspend the proceedings, and the inquest was conse quently adjourned till Tuesday next. SPORTING IN TELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER STEEPLECHASES (CONCLUDED), THURSDAY. The Corinthian Steeplechase Stakes of 3 sous each, and 20 added. Three miles and a half. _ ...(Wainwright) I Mr. Lawson's Captain, aged ... Mr. Massey's Fanny Gray ... Mr. Cotton's Kicking Kute Mr. Lambert's Jerry Won by twenty lengths. Sweepstakes of 3 soya. each, and 30 added. Heats, one mile and a distance. Mr. Fowler's Wiseacre, 5 yrs (Fowler) 1 3 0 1 Mr. Erskine's Mystery, 5 yrs ... 0 2 0 2 Mr. Anderton's Harkover, 6 yrs . . 4 1 3 dr Mr. Cotton's Dash, 4 yrs ... 2 4 dr Mr. Barton's Treasure, 3 yrs ... ... 3 5 dr Mr. B, ll's Cinderella, 6 yrs ... 5 dr Won by two lengths. LINCOLN STEEPLEC II ASE.—WEDNESDAY. Handicap of 20 sous. each, with 100 added. 4 miles. Mr. Shepherd's Rachel ... (Captain Broadley) 1 Mr. Beville's British Yeoman... ... ... 2 Mr. Haboy's Flycatcher ... ... 3 The folfowinii also ran :—llope, Coriander, Blue Bon rat, Kilkenny, Vulture, and Pendennis. Blue Bonnet fell, and injured her rider, Wilson, so much that he is not likely to recover. Tho Hurdle Race was won by Mr. Hawkin's Teresa (Archer), beating the Painter, Grenade, and Solace. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—FRIDAY. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.—Offers of 9 to 2 agst The Tartar (take 5 to 1), 9 to 1 agst Fernhill, 10 to 1 agst Loupgarou, 12 to 1 agst Velox, and 12 to 1 agst P) rrhus the First, but nothing done. METROPOLITAN HA NDICAP.—Not a bet laid. NEWMARKET HANDICAP.—Offers to take 4 to 1 about Canezou. CHESTER CIIP.-150 to 10 agst Joc-o'-Sot, 250 to 10 agst Geraldine, and 100 to 15 agst Ada Mary, were the only bets laid on this event. DERBY.-500 to 25 agst Uriel (taken). No other change. lIUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Her Majesty stag hds., Mon., Hotspur-heath; Wed., Slough; Sat., New-lodge-11. Mr. Farquharson's hds., Mon., Melcomb park; Tues., Chelborough. The B. V. 11., Tues., Walbridge; Fri., Buckland knoll-10i. The Worcestershire hounds, Mon., Bishop's Wood ; Wed., Radford-gate ; Fri., Bransford-bridge-10f Mr. Gilas's hounds, Mon., Broughborough; Fri., Mun• derfield-stocks. The Herefordshire's hounds, Tues., Eastwood-oak; Fri., Mynd-park, The Wheatland hounds, Tues., Morville; Fri., Benth all The Brighton harriers, Mon., Patcham; Wed., Race• cour,e; Fri., Dyke. The Brookside harriers, Mon., Newmarket-hill; Thurs., Telscombe tye. The Crawley and Horsham hounds, Mon., Horsham station; Wed.,Crawley village; Fri., Ashford-lodge-101. The Shropshire huunds, Mun. Holly-coppice-10i. Ludlow hounds, Tues., Rudden-village; Fri., Din e Lope. The Warwickshire hounds, Mon., Little Alne; Tues., Sutton-village; Thurs., Lower Shuckburgh village; Fri., Sun Rising Edge-bill-10i. The Monmouthshire hounds, Mon., Craig Summer house; Thurs., Pontrilas-10i. The Oakley hounds, Mon., Kimbolton-castle; Tues., Cowper's oak; Thurs., Riseley; Sat., Cranfield-11. Mr. Roe's hds., Tues., Acycecombe-village; Fri., Shilstone- gate-10i. The Tiverton hds., Mon., Rock-inn, Erton; Thurs., Tarr-steps-10i. Mr. A. Smith's hds., Mon. Reddensham; Tues., Stowell-lodge; W e d., Wherweil- wood; Thurs., Con holt-park; Fri., Porton-firs; Sat., Clarendon-park-11. The Duke of Beattfort's hds., Mon., Cirencester-wood; Tues., Yate-turnpike; Wed., Stanton-park; Sat., Est court. The Cheshire hds., Mon., Whittington; Wed., Ap pleton; Thurs., Tattenhall; Sat., Weaverhall-10i. Sir W. W. Wynn's hds., Mon., Kennells; Thurs., Bryn-y-pys; Sat., Plas-tcg-10i. The Pytchley hda., Mon., Darlington; Wed., Win wick•warren; Fri., Great Harrowden; Sat., Sulby-hall ----10 i. AYLESBURY, MARBLE 9.—J. Kaye, Esq., of Fulmer, high sheriff of the county, gave a splendid en tertainment at the White Hart Hotel, on Tuesday last, to a party of sixty-five noblemen and gentlemen. Amongst the company present were the Lord Lieutenant, Lord Nugent, Sir Thomas Aubrey, Bart., Chairman of the Quarter Sessions ; Baron Rothschild, W. Low rides, Esq., of Chesham, the late lligh Sheriff; Alderman Hooper, the late Lord Mayor ; Ald.rman Fairbrother, who came down from town to attend the dinner, &c., &e. The evening was spent with the utmost convivality, and soon after eleven the company separated. Our assizes finished on Wednesday afternoon, on which day the judges dined with Lord Nugent, at his seat at the Lillies. Their Lordships opt ned their commission yes terday at Bedford, and attended Divine serviceie the parish church. This morning the business of the assizes commenced, the Chief Baron presiding in the Nisi Prius Courts, and Baron Rolfe in the Criminal Court. There are but ten causes for trial, but there a re several priso ners, and some of the cases of a very serious nature. THE BRAZILIAN MAIL STEAMERS.—We under stand that the Brazilian Association have had a meeting, to consith-r the question of the proper port of starting for the sea- line of Brazilian steamers, and that they are of opinion that Liverpool, and not Southampton, is the port. They are at present taking the necessary steps tor bringing their views before the General Steam Navi gation Company, who have taken the contract, and who have the power of choosing their own port of departure. —Liverpool l imes. APOTHECARIES' HALL,—The following gentlemen passed their examination in the science and practice of medicine, and received cerlificat(s to practice, on Thurs day :—Francis Fawcett Welsh, Saffron Walden; Henry Payne Leech, Bury St. Edmunds ; Frederick Oughton, Camberwell ; William Henry Johnson, Weymouth ; Frederick Montgomerio Davenport Davidson, Dawlish, Devon. THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF DERRY.—The Rev. F. P.P., of Faban, has been elected by the clergy of Derry to fill the situation of bishop of that dio,ese, vacant by the death of Dr. Maginn. LONDON, SATURDAY JEVENING, otti kt f I Tbl," t Re tO AUSTRIA. The following, being the 27th bulletin fry mm the army, was published in Vienna on the sth "'The first columns of the army of Field-Marshal the Prince Windischgratz, on the 26th and 27th ult., attacked the rebels in their positions on the other bank of the Tarna, between Kapolna and Kaal, and ,forced them to retire. The columns of Lieutenant-Gceneral. Schlick, advancing towards Verpeleth and Er]au, attacked the wings of the enemy's army, and, by a skilful manoeuvre they threatened his retreat upon Miskolcz and Tokay. "On the 28th . the Field-Marshal advanced the whole of jhis line and removed his head quarters to Maklar, which bad just been:evacuated,by the enemies who retreated in the direction of Mazo KBvesd. " Following close upon the enemy's heels, the Prince Charles's Cuirassiers fell in with the rear guard of the Hungarians, and a violent skirmish took place, in which the two brigades Weyss and Monten nore assisted. Major the Prince of Holstein and. two efficers were wounded. " On the Ist of March the Field-Marshal recon noitered the whole of the lines along the plain, which extends from Alizo Kove3d to the river Theiss, but his operations remained without result on account of a thick fog and a snowstorm, which defeated his endeavours. " The; corps of Lieutenant-General Schlick was, meanwhile, manceuvering on the enemy's right wing, and forced them to leave Mezo Kovesd, and to retreat by Szemere and Eger Farmos to Porosslo. The bri gade Deym O'roin Lieutenant- General Schlick's corps) occupied Mezo Kovesd. At noon, when the fog had cleared away, the ad vanced guard reconnoitered the enemy during their retreat towards the Theiss, which it was their inten tion to cross at Tissa-fured. The Field-Marshal threw at once three brigades upon the enemy to cut off his retreat, and his line was consequently broken near Szemere. A stand was made by Egar Farmos, but to no purpose, and our troops occupied that place in the course of the evening. The Field-Marshal had meanwhile sent Major. General Zeisberg with a brigade along the high road to Porosslo, and on the morning of the 2d inst., (the date of the latest intel ligence from the head•-quarters at Maklar, the whole of the army was advancing towards the Theiss. Lieutenant-General Bamberg 's corps advanced on the high road from Kaschau, which divides, near aides- Nemethy, branching off the left to Tokay, and. to the right to Miskolcz. On the right bank of the Danube several skirmishes have taken place near the fortress of Comorn. The garrison of that fortress made a sally on the 17th of February, and, protected by a well-directed fire from the artillery of the fortress, they attacked Major Kel ler's position on the bridge of O'Szony, but were re pulsed by Major Keller, and lost 17 in killed and wounded. Another sally was attempted on the 24th of February, when Major Keller was again attacked, and the borough of O'Szony which he occupies was fired by grenades thrown from the fortress. The in. surgents were nevertheless forced to retreat without carrying the position. At the present moment the division of General Simunich will have reached the left bank of the Da nube, near Comorn. The brigade Veigl (from Ge neral Simunich's corps), stands upon the left bank of the Waag. The island of Schuts is occupied by the brigade Sossay, and a bridge of pontoons is construct ing at Giingyii to establish the communication be tween the two banks of the Danube for the besieging army, and the heavy artillery, having come up from Leopoldstadt, and arrived at Comorn, the firing upon the fortress will soon commence. Official reports from Cracow, of the 3d inst., men tion 600 Kossacks, who occupy the frontier on their own territory from Michelowice to the Vistula, and from thence to Bilica. Cracow, which was reported to have suffered a bombardment and a Russian occu- pation, was tranquil, although that tranquillity was threatened by numerous emissaries and smugglers of prohibited weapons. Lieutenant• General Legediz was quite prepared for every eventuality. ITALY. The Constituent Assembly of Rome has abolished the Inquisition. The Alba of the 2d inst. announces that the Tus cans were in possession of the important defile of Correto, and that the troops of Este still remained at Castelnuove-dei-Monti. No military movements towards the frontier of Tuscany were observable in the Duchy of Modena. The Positivo of Rome states that the prisons of the Holy Office have been visited by the authorities, and the prisoners set at liberty. Among them were a Bishop of Egypt, condemned under Leo XII., whose legs were nearly paralyzed from the length of his confinement, and two nuns, who have been placed in a convent. BANK OF FRANCE. The follow ing is a return of the situation of the Bank of France up to March 8: ASSETS. Cash and ingots Ditto in branch banks Bills past due ••• ••• ••• Bills falling due in Paris, of which 14,820,760 f. 7c. are from the branch banks ••• •• ••• Bills in the branch banks Advances on coins and ingots... Ditto on French public securities Ditto by branch banks... Ditto to the State on Bons du Tresor... Ditto on the loan of 150 millions Rentes of the reserve fund Rentes, disposable funds Investments of the nevv branch banks in the public funds 12,779,541 39 Hotel and furniture of the Bank ... 4,000,000 00 Real property of the branch banks ... 2,273,788 00 Loan of 10,000,0001. to the city of Paris 7,500,000 00 Interest in National Discount Bank ... 200,000 00 Ditto branch banks 230,000 00 •• ••• ••• Bills protested at Paris ••• 8,544,976 02 ••• Ditto at the branches 4,468,159 00 Expenses of administration of the Bank 244,064 64 Ditto of the branches .. 212,338 00 Miscellaneous ... 514,625 15 • ••• Advance to the department of the Seinef 3,000,0 . 0 Loanof. toThe fy o Mar seilles ... f. 180,927,201 71 . . 131,211,188 00 185,812 16 ... 50,860,400 52 ... 88,977,822 79 ... 20,288,095 00 31,314,854 40 1,554,337 00 50,000,000 00 50,000,000 00 ... 10,000,000 00 42,581,488 13 3,000,000 00 850,000 00 f. 702,658,691 91 LIABILITIES. Capital ... ... . . ... ... f. 67,900,000 00 Ditto of the Branch Banks ... ... 23,350,000 00 Reserve fund ... ... ... ... 10,000,000 00 Ditto of the branch banks ... ... 2,980,750 00 Reserve•immobiliere ... ... ... 4,000,000 00 Notes to bearer, in circulation ... ... 402,010,700 00 Ditto of the branch banks ... ~, 18,790,825 00 Ditto to order (post-bills) ... ... 940,508 35 Account-current with Treasury creditor 46,659,920 82 Various accounts current ... . 82,586,789 33 Ditto in branches 25,214,245 00 Bills payable at sight ... ... ... 5,097,300 00 Ditto at branches 696,124 00 Bills of the branch banks payable by the Bank ... . ... . 6,232,720 03 Ditto of the Bank payable by branches.. 2,834,072 00 Dividends payable •• • • ••• 375,508 25 Liquidation of the Algiers Bank ••• 225,404 04 Discounts, interest, and expenses ••• 956,376 99 Ditto branch banks ... .. ... 982,381 00 Re-discounts of the last six months ... 246,109 85 Ditto in branch banks .. ••• ... 460,661 00 Miscellaneous ... .., ... ... 115,296 25 f. 702, 658, 691 91 THE ARMY AND NAVY. (From the United Service Gazette of this day.) CAVALRY REGIMBNT3 IN IRELAND.--The following is the order of return for England :-Bth Hussars, Newbridge ; 13th Light Dragoons, Dundalk • 2d Royal N or th B r i t i s h D ragoo ns, Longford; 6tl; In niskilling Dragoons, Dublin; 17th Lancers, Dublin; 4th Light Dragoons, Athlone; 7th Hussars, New bridge; 6th Carabiniers Dragoon Guards, Dublin; Ist, the King's Dragoon Guards, Cahir ; 12th Royal Lancers, Cork. PRIZE MONEY.—We have great satisfaction at being able to announce that the Admiralty have, with the assistance and suggestions of one or two officers and respectable navy agents, so far revised the scale of prize money, that the proclamation setting forth the new apportionments mly immediately be expected. The classes, we understand, are limited to seven, according to the proclamation of 1836. NAVAL AIDES-DE-CAMP TO HER MAJESTY.—It will be seen by our list of appointments that Captain Sir James Stirling, Knt., succeeds to the vacancy caused by the promotion of Sir Andrew Pellett Green. The Hon. Captain Berkeley, C. 8., M.P., is now the Senior Naval Aide-de Camp, and Captain P. E. Loch becomes one of the six paid officers. The unpaid are Captains P. W. P. Wallis, A. L. Corry, Lord A. Fitzelarence, G.C.H. and Sir James Stirling. Vice-Admiral the Hon. George Elliott, C.B , the Commander-in-Chief at Sheerness, having been pro moted a flag, in consequence of the death of Vice Admiral Ross, shifted his blue ensign to white at the fore on board the Ocean, on the 6th inst. The ships in port also shifted their ensigns. By the deaths of retired CO-mmanders Connolly and Prescott, Li eu t ena nts B. Day, Ri c h ard Syer, and Thomas Jam es P oo le Masters ( 180 9) succeed to the half pay list of 7s. per diem; and by these removals, and the promotion of Commander Herrick, Lieu tenants George Colin Oliver, David Henderson, and James Gordon (1815) have succeeded to the half-pay list of Os. per diem. PROMOTION OF OLD OrricEas.--Milst hailing with sincere pleasure the justice which has at length been done to the First Lieutenant of the Victory, now MARCH 10, 1849. Commander Herrick, we may also express a hope that the old and gallant First-Lieutenant of the flag ship at Devonport will very soon experience the like favour of the First Lord of the Admiralty. lie is an officer of 1807, who, before that period, as a midshipman, was engaged in the action of the 22d July, 1805 ; and was in the defence in the gallant attack on some French frigates near Rochefort, and in some other actions ; and, as a lieutenant, served as first of the Pilot in her very smart action with the French frigate Legere, of very superior force, during the hundred days, in which action he was wounded. The enemy's loss was about 20 killed and 80 wounded. THE CAPTAINS' LIST.—We stated last week that Captain William Bowen Mends (1814), now in com mand of the Ordinary at Devonport, has become the senior on the list. Captain John Leith (1825) suc ceeds to the half-pay list of 14s. 6d. per diem., and Captain Patrick Duff IL Hay (1833) to the 12s. 6d. list. Five vacancies have occurred on the Captains' list since the First Lord's last promotion, viz., two by promotion of Rear-Admirals Carroll and Sir A. P. Green, two by deaths of Ca pts. J. N. Campbell and Blow, and one by the removal to Green with Hospital of Capt. Laugharne. Two promotions will be due on another removal, for which there are about a dczrn near claimants. Among them are Commander Hay (of the Prometheus), who was passed over in C a pt a i n Edmund's case) ; Commander alapson (of the Water witch and Daring), passed over in Captain Peel's case; Commander Birch (late of the Waterwitch), of great Liverpool interest, backed by Lord Lansdowne ; ' Commander Bingham (formerly of the Acorn) ; Corn niander Hope (who has just paid off the Sappho) ; Commander Chaloner (of the Siren) ; Commander Dixon (of the Rapid), &c. Snips PAYING OFe.—We have on many occa sions advocated the utility, as well as the economy, of having a place appropriated at our dockyards for paying off her Majesty's ships. We are quite sure that, in the course of five years, a saving would be effected equal almost to the value of constructing a paying off dock or basin ; and we are, therefore, pleased to hear from all quarters of the great success of the experiment of paying off the Rodney along side the dockyard instead of at moorings in the har bour. By the mode here adopted, stores to an immense extent are preserved ; rascally Jews and Christian landsharks are baulked of their prey; so briety is enforced, and the creditor as well as the sailor is protected. We trust to see an arrangement by which a permanent berth shall be appropriated alongside the dockyard or in the basin, at which all ships shall in future be put out of commission. STEAM-VESSELS.—AII paddlewheel steam-vessels are, in future, to be fitted with a screw for raising the paddle-shaft; but a turning apparatus is not to be fitted until vessels come under general repair. H. M. S. " VANGUARD " AND A MERCHANT SKIPPER.—A report has reached us of an affair be tween Captain Rich, of the Vanguard, and a merchant skipper, which is likely to lead to proceedings at law against the gallant captain. A merchant barque, called the Amphitrite, had the audacity to cross the Vanguard's bows, when, with the gallant captain's characteristic promptness to correct an error, or to demand atonement, for a fault, a boat was sent to the Amphitrite, requesting the presence of the master, dead or alive, on board of the Vanguard. There was no help for it, and the, reluctant skipper was soon under the avenging, as well as the protect ing, halo of the Royal pendant, and as we have heard, contrary to his inclination, and much to the injury of his feelings, considering himself in no better light than that of a prisoner, his only scope of liberty for some hours was the confines of the exalted poop of the stately two-decker. We have no doubt Captain Rich gave the skipper an instructive lesson, which the grateful fellow is most desirous of duly acknow ledging according to the spirit of the English con stitution. ADMIRALTY PATRONAGE.—Of the nineteen Senior Captains on the list of 1814 twelve officers resign either good service pensions, offices, Naval Aides-de- Camp, command of ships, or other appointments on promotion. The Senior Captain, Mends, relinquishes a good service p ens i on , an d th e comman d of Devon port Ordinary; the third on the list, Sir George R. Sartorious, Knt., the office of A.D.C. ; sth, Sir J. Gordon Sinclair, Bart., the office of superintendent of the packets at Southampton ; 6th and 7th, G. E. Watts and Sir J. J. G. Bremer, K.C.8., good service pensions ; 9th Sir F. F. Berkeley, C. 8., office of A.D.C.; 10th, 11th, and 15th, Sir David Dunn, K.C.H., Fairfax Moresby, C. 8., Sir J. Marshall, K.C.H., good service pensions; 16th, F. E. Loch, office of A.D.C., and Superintendent of the Quarantine Service; 17th, Edward Collier, C. 8., good service pension. Of the next four officers (1815) the 18th on the list, Captain David Price relinquishes the office of Superintendent of SheernessmDockyard ; 20th, J. Toup Nicholas, C. 8., good service pension, and Superintendent of Plymouth Hospital, Ste. ; 21st, W. W. Henderson, C. 8., good service pension; and 22d, Sir John Hill, Superintendent of Deptford Dockyard. Of the twenty officers next in seniority, thirteen hold good service pensions, A.D.C's, Super intendentships, and commands, which they vacate on promotion. - MAGAZINES OF Sntrs.—Admiralty orders have been received at the dockyards to the effect that copper lining to magazines of ships fitted to receive Dell's patent powder cases is to be discontinued. . . Several non-commissioned officers and men of the Guards have been allowed to purchase their dis• charge lately, but no reduction of the battalions is to take place. THE NAVIGATION LAWS. DEPUTATION TO LORD JOHN RUSSELL. Yesterday afternoon a deputation of shipowners, con• sisting of upwards or fifty gentlemen from Liverpool, Glasgow, Greenock, Newcastle, Sunderland, and other principal seaport towns in the kingdom, had an audience with Lord John Russell, at three o'clock, by appoint ment, at his official residence in Downing-street, for the purpose of urging upon his Lordship the necessity of re considering the Bill now under the consideration of the House of Commons for the repeal of the navigation-laws. Amongst the members of the deputation were noticed—. Mr. Masterman, M.P., Mr. Cardwell, M.P., Mr. G. F. Young, Mr. Dunbar, chairman of the Ship o wn e r s ' As sociation, and Mr. 11. Chapman. The deputation were introduced to his Lordship by Mr. Masterman, M.P., and Mr. Cardwell, M.P. Mr. Dunbar, Mr. H. C. Chapman, Mr. G. F. Young, Mr. Brown, and Mr. Whitwell in turn addressed his Lordship, and earnestly urged him to reconsider the avowed resolution of his Government to repeal or ma terially modify those laws. Mr. Chapman also stated that a meeting, very numerously attended, had been held at Liverpool, at which only twenty hands had been held up in favour of the repeal. Lord J. RUSSELL, addressing the deputation, said— This is not a new question at all. I am very happy to hear all the representations that you can mike ; but I cannot consider it as a new question, held out for the first time, on which opinions are to be taken—a measure having been introduced last year on the subject, when a great deal of discussion took place. I feel that Mr. Young, and the other members of the deputation, have put forth objections to the proposed measure with great ability and information; but I cannot regard this as a new question, which I should take into consideration, or one on which my mind is not made up. Therefore, receiving your representations, and very much lament ing. that I don't take the same view as yourselves, I can only say we must proceed with the Bill which is to be brought forward to-night. The deputation then withdrew. MANCHESTER, THURSDAY EVENING.—We have not had so much doing in either cloth of yarns as we had the last week, buyers holding off expecting a further reaction in the staple, and no doubt making most of the unfavourable news from India; indeed some of the Indian markets are not very encouraging, judging by the accounts per last mail. In prices, however, there is no change, and manufacturers are very firm in their demands. It is probable that in a few days the momentary indisposition to operate on a larger scale will vanish. Yarns are firm, and any concession, however small, would lead to an immense business. LEICESTER.—Both the London and country buyers having supplied their wants, and also laid in heavy stocks, either at old prices or a partial advance, there has not been so much doing in the warehouses this week. The yarn market continues very firm, and worsted spinners are confident that present prices must be fully realised ; they are also indifferent about taking orders. One house advanced brown cotton yarn is. per bundle of 101bs. The straight-down hands have struck for an advance of wages, both on cotton and worsted hose, and it is expected the wrought hose hands will do the like next week. The whole of the hosiers have not yet consented to give the prices re quired, and the differences in the stock branch are not yet adjusted. NOTTINGIIAIII.—The ebullition arising from the five turn-outs which have taken place in the different hosiery branches within these few months, has in a great measure subsided, the last— the silk knotted turn out, having terminated, like the rest, by the hosiers consenting to advance the wages ; and they have also established a matter of greater importance, by agreeing to a " regula tion," by which they all pay nearly alike. With a few exceptions as to fancy fine and costly goods, the hosiery trade is in a prosperous state. It is painful, however, to state that the lace trade branch strongly contrasts with the hosiery manufacture, it being ge nerally admitted that the demand is less than it was at Christmas. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, MARCH 9.—The offices have been cleared this week, and prices have advanced Gd. to ls. per cwt. The sales since our last rather exceed 1,000 casks of West India, and about 500 mats of Mauritius. Refined goods have met an im proved sale, at an advance of Is. to 2s. per cwt. In ruin there is nothing doing. SOUTHAMPTON CORN MARKET, FRIDAY.—There was a steady demand for the best description of wheat at to-day's market at late quotations ; inferior sorts met a dull sale. Barley in limited demand, at former rates. Not much doing in oats, beans, or peas— prices unaltered. Flour trade steady. BOLTON, MARCH 9.—The corn trade throughout the week has been almost lifeless, with little disposi tion to purchase any article, although offered at a trifling reduction under last week's rates. THE WEATHEH—The weather since our last has been unusually cold for the time of year, and indeed during the nights of Wednesday and Thursday there was a severe trost. There was a little rain early on Wednesday morning, and some snow and sleet on Thursday morning; but with this exception the weather has been fine and clear. The minimum temperature was on Wednesday as low as 34 degrees, and on Thurs day as low as 29 degrees; and it was yesterday morning down even as low as 27 degrees. The following returns, posted in the electric telegraph rooms yesterday morn ing, show that the weather was generally fine at the places named:—Yarmouth, N.W. line; Norwich, N.W. fine; Brandon, N.W. fine; Chelmsford, N.W. fine; Lowestoft, N.N.W. cloudy; Dereham, S.W. fine; Colchester, N.E. fine; Ipswich, N.E. fine; Southampton, N.N.W. fine; Portsmouth, S.E. fine; Gosport, S.E. fine; Hertford, S. fine. Manchester Guardian. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basiughall-street. G. Wagner, Bloomsbury-squalv, draper, March 30, a twelve—T. Megarey, Love-lane, Billingsgate, coal mer chant, March 30, at eleven—Ann Abigail Innell and A. Cookes, Little Queen-street, Holborn, varnish manufac turers, March 30, at twelve—J. Cox and F. Heisch, New court, Crutched-friars, merchants, under a commission of bankruptcy which issued in 1799, March 30, at two—R, Russell, Kingston-upon-Thames, upholsterer, March 30, at eleven—J. Burgess, Herleyford-place, Kennington, tailor, March 30, at one—V. S. Godfrey, Duddington, Northamptonshire, miller, March 30, at one. In the Country. _ _ _ J. Morgan sen., and J. Morgan, jun., Hereford and Glasbury, Radnorshire, woolstsp!ers, March 27, at ten, at the Court, Birmingham—T. Willmot, Moreton-in- Marsh, Gloucestershire, chemist, April 3, at eleven ' at the Court, Bristol—J. Senior, Salford, La nc ashire, brewer, March 30, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester —S. L. Gaskell, Congleton, Cheshire, clock maker and pawnbroker, April 2, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool —R. Dale, Hip Conside, Durham, draper, April 3, at half-past one, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—R. Jones, Tottington, Higher-end, Lancashire, cotton spin ner, March 30, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester—J. ' Hunt, Manchester, merchant and commission ag e nt, March 30, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—E. Briggs, Castleton Mills, near Rochdale, hatter and silk spinner, March 30, at one, at the Court, Manchester— J. Woodhead and J. Woodhead, Bradford, Yorkshire, worsted stuff manufacturers, March 30, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—J. Gurney, Sheffield, ivory scale cutter, March 31, at ten, at the Council -hall, Sheffield—M. Wil son, Leeds, grocer and tea-dealer, April 3, at twelve, at the Court, Leeds. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. W. Wylam, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, merchant, 205., on Saturday 10th inst., or any subsequent Saturday, between ten and three, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle• upon-Tyne. J. S. Rablah, Barnard Castle, Durham, tanner and currier, 4c., on new proof, on Saturday, 10th inst., or any subsequent Saturday, between ten and three, at the t,ffice of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. F. Davis, Luton, merchant, 10., on Saturday, 10th inst., and three subsequent Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurcb-lane. 11. Holdaway, Petersfield, Hampshire, brewer, ls., on Saturday, next, and three subsequent Saturdays, be tween eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Ab church-lane. J. Walton, Great Bridge, Staffordshire, iron -founder, 114 d., on any Friday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Birmingham. J. Pulleine, jun., Selby, brewer, Is. 6d., on any day on or after the 14th March, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. W. Glover, Leeds, woollen cloth manufacturer, a second dividend of 7-16 d., on any day on or after the 14th March, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, 13asinghall-street. W. P. Clarke, Dorking, Surrey, printer, March 31, at two—T. Roberts, Minories, grocer, March 30 at eleven —J. Morrison, Beiuliew-hill, Norwood, coal merchant, April 2, at half-past twelve. In the Country. . R. Dale, High Conside, Durhain, draper, April 3, at two, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—A. Gardiner, jun., Chepstow, Monmouthshire, timber merchant, April 3, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—J. F. Taplor, Bake well, Derbyshire, grocer, April 3, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—T. F. Clark, Liverpool, milliner, April 2, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—J. L. Butler, Liver. pool, coal merchant, April 3, at eleven, at the Court, Li verpool—E. Perks, Redditch and Stoke-mills, Worces tershire, needle manufacturer, April 10, at ten, at the Court, Birmingham—T. Stanley, Dudley, Worcester shire, and Tipton, Staffordshire, printer, April 4, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham—T. Bourne, Birming ham, coal dealer, April 4, at twelve, at the Court, Bir mingham—W. Foster, Nottingham, hat manufacturer, March 30, at eleven, at the Court, Nottingham—S. Brownent, Liverpool, fruit merchant, April 2, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool. At the Court of Review, March 30. S. Bretton, Charlotte street, Fitzroy-square, uphol sterer—E. Mill ward, Peterborough, Northamptonshire, coach builder—W. Sharpe, Luton, Bedfordshire, plum bt•r—C. Sampson, Chorlton-upon-Medloek, Lancashire, brewer—J. H. Llewelyn, Strand, surgeon—H. Lloyd, Havcnsbourne, Lime-kilns, Kent, carpenter—R. Ferens, Durham, draper—C. Bertram, No wcastle• upon- Tyne, merchant. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. A. Smith, jun. and J. Smith, Liverpool, merchants -1). Oldham and W.Oldham, Sheffield, saw-manutacturers —J. Tuhey and D. Simpson, Loughborough-place, North Brixton, builders—J. Daily and E. Cornwall, Warwick, soda-water and lemonade manufacturers—J. Franklin and J. B. Franklin, Rye-lane, Peckham, butchers—E. Swaine, W. Isaac, and J. Adeney, Picca dilly, whip-manufacturers (so far as regi:3.saclrmd,vs.pilstilvVonn'e.,,lpcsahyucescono)::: T. Robinson and E. 0. Ayre, Kingston-upon-Hull,and L. mission•merchants—L. Sampson, S. Sampson, Manchester, and New-court, Cheap side, Manchester warehousemen— _Hick,. o. • °P r e lihole, Lancashire, a o n p d ens ll h . aw ..t , k jtk.ionspoenn,shHawu,dlersfield, j ia sh ll a o w icia ( lnt r o s;T n: shavv, and J. Opensbaw, jull• regards J. Openshaw woollen-manufacturers (so f as : . rant and C. Rogers, Liver and J. Openshaw, jun.)—A• and B. A. Morton, road, medical fixture dealers—R.aseldine, Dover, linen draperspool, cabinetmakers —J. Ann Palmer and J. Everett, Francis-street, Tottenham -court TBoenttne—enthstjla.amnAl-dcoojur.triotin and silkmercer I P ,e e a t l er a , nd C G am . s li h ri a d w g , e i s i h n ir d e d , er m sfi il e li i n d ej o s in a e n r d s and T. Worthington, Manchester, dWrGi:BbmeManc " l : l : e r lr s V ± :lr W ilj:. . Cowmeadow and J. Cowmeadow, East D f—c e nj a t ii .d , e— G a loucestershire, blacksmiths and boiler manufac turers—E. Lian and V. Salmon, Fashion -street, Spital fields, ladies boot and shoe warehousemen—J. Mason, J. Allen, and J. Puwnall, Salford, Lancashire, joiners and builders (so far as regards J. Allen)—W. Butterworth and J. Rhodes, Stalybridge, Lancashire, coal merchants —C. Hooptr and J. G. Stowe, Hereford, grocers and cheesemongers—W. L. T. Robins, W. Aspdin, and G. H. Goodwin, Northfleet, Kent, and Great Scotland-yard, cement manufacturers (so far as regards G. 11. Goodwin) —G. Thatcher and T. Pyle, College-street, Chelsea, me chanical engineers and smiths—J. Jackson and 11. Jack son, Broad-street, Golden-square, plumbers, &c.—W . Thorowgood and R. Besley, Fann-street, Aldersgate street, letter founders. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Janes Bai bk2r, Purtsea, Hampshire, labourer. George Strickland, Bridport, Dorsetshire, baker. Maria Spencer, Brighton, embroideress. Ann Richards, Portsmouth, tobacconist. John Armes, East Dereham, Norfolk, miller. STATE OF TRADE. FOREIGN WOOL TRADE.—MARCH 9.—There has been a little flatness in the foreign wool market this week, but prices are well supported. ENGLISH WOOL MARKET.—LEEDS, MARCH 9.- IVe have had quieter doings in sales this v% eek, though prices remain firm, and the advance may be considered as fully established. Prices in the country are higher than in the proportion of these markets. LEEDS.—About the same amount of business has been done at the Cloth-halls this week as last, but there have been rather more goods delivered direct during the week. The manufacturers complain heavily that they cannot get such prices as will en able them to replace goods at the present price of wool. The stocks are low, and if the demand continue moderate, better prices must be obtained. Business has not been quite so brisk in the warehouses this week or during the last week or two, but the foreign houses are doing a brisk and steady trade. BRADFORD MARKET, MARCH B.—Wool—The condition of the market is rather languid. Staplers find it difficult to make sales at prices at all corre sponding to those asked by the growers and dealers ; especially as the spinners have an ample supply on hend for present use. It will be seen that the prices asked at the Bristol wool fair were out of all propor tion to those current in this market, and materially checked business. It appears certain that unless the country dealers adopt a more moderate tone, the demand for the raw material must greatly slacken. Yarns.—The disposition to buy yarns continues, and the spinners are generally engaged for some time to come. Prices have now assumed a degree of fixity at 10s. per gross for common numbers, up to 36's, and proportionately higher for finer counts. There is no feeling that we are likely to have any slackening, for nearly all that is spun is going for consumption, either to the home or the de laina makers, who still continue to require large supplies. The shippers are buying very little at present ; if they were to come into the market for any quantity, prices w ould most assuredly get up. Pieces—The news from India, and the higher prices sought for all kinds of goods, have caused somewhat less business to be done, both on Monday and to-day. The ac counts from America are considered pretty cheering, and on the whole we have not bad so bright a pros pect as is now apparent, for the manufacturers are lighter of stock than they have been since 1836, and generally engaged to order. The same remark ap plies to the merchants, who are not large holders. Prices are firm without change. Jonas Johnson, Bourton-mr- the-Water, Glouctlatershires common carrier. William Linfoot, York, bricklayer. George Boness Richardson, York, railway clerk. Samuel Mitchell, Newbury, Berkshire, grocer. George Cross, Sampford Arundel, Somersetshirc, farmer. Henry Miienzie, Farnham, Surrey, draper. Edward James, Farnham, Surrey, clock and orate hmaker. Thomas Burkill, Swinefleet, Yorkshire, blacksmith. David Taylor, Welchpool, Montgomeryshire, surveyor of taxes Charles Clifford, Burton-on-the Water, Gloucestershire, builder. Edward Barnsley, Tipton, Staffordshire, beer-restailer. Thomas Salt, Bilston, Staffordshire, licensed victualler. William Veal, Wolverhampton, locksmith. Thomas Hickman, Wolverhampton, builder. Sophia Maley, Oxford. George Kemp, Wolverhampton, wine merchant's as. sistant. John Corbett, sen., Bilston, Staffordshire, auctioneer. John Weston, Bilston, Staffordshire, bootmaker. George Thompson, Hensington, Oxfordshire, glove manufacturer. James Stroud, jun., Wotton, Oxfordshire, harness maker. Thomas Cherry, Norwich, bootmaker. Jonathan Chapman, Great Grimsby, sawyer. Henry Timothy, Murrell, Norwich, relieving officer. Joseph Thomas, Bebbington. Cheshire. grocer, SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. - J. Smyth, Whitchester. Berwickshire, to meet, March 15 and April 5, at one, within the Ro) al Exchange Cof fee-house, Edinburgh. David Weir, Glasgow, victualler, to meet March 14, and April 11, at three, within the Bowling-green Inn, Glasgow. IV. Orr, Glasgow, wholesale cloth warehouseman to meet March 15, and April 5, at twelve, within the Glob. Hotel, Glasgow. R. Galbraith, Glasgow, merchant, to meet, March 15, and April 12, at twelve, within the Tontine „Hotel, Glasgow. A. - Marshall, Glasgow, wood merchant, to meet, March 14 and April 5, at twelve, within the Crow Eotel, Glasgow. J. Cockburn, jun., Kinross, grocer, to meet, March 13, at twelve, and April 2. at two, within Salutation Inn, Kinross. A. G. Gilkison, Glasgow, ship and insurance broker and commission agent, to meet, March 14 and April 14, at two, within the Star Hotel, Glasgow. J. Motherwell, Paisley, merchant, to meet, March 15 and April 12, at twelve, within the Saracen's Head Inn, Paisley. C. - Grassick, Buchaam Strathdon, Aberdeenshire, banker and cattle dealer, to meet, March 19 and April 17, at twelve, within the Hall, Aberdeen. R. Lochead and J. P. Brown, Glasgow, account book manufacturers, to meet, March 16 and April i , at twelve. within the Eagle Hotel, Glasgow. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, March 9. The SPE.LICER took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock. NAVIG ATION-LAWS. Sir R. LOPES presented a petition from ',Exeter against the repeal of the navigation-laws. THE POOR-LAW. Mr. ELLIS presented a petition from Leicester, pray ing that some alteration may be made in the mode of levying the poor-rate, and stating that whereas the poor-rates in 1831 were only 13,0001. in the aggregate they now amounted to 34,000/. and upwards. Mr. MUNTZ presented a petition from a large num ber of the inhabitants of Birmingham complaining that although they paid 75 per cent. of the poor-rates, they had altogether only six votes in the election of guardians, and praying that some alteration in the law may imme diately be made. FREE:TRADE. Mr. DRUMMOND presented a petition from 250 farmers, complaning that while free trade is carried out in corn, the principle is not applied to other commoditics. - IRISH POUR-LAW. Major:BLACKALL presented a petition from a person resident in the county of Roscommon, complaining of the oppressive effect of the poor-law, and stating that out of an income of 1001. a year he had to pay 794 10s. to the poor -rate. On the motion of the Ron. Member the petition was referred to the Committee on the Poor laws. RATE IN AID. Colonel JONES presented a petition adopted at a public meeting in Kerry against the Rate-in -Aid Bill. VALUATION OF PROPERTY IN IRELAND. Sir ROBERT FERGUSON moved for and obtained an order for returns of the several counties, counties of cities, and counties of towns in Ireland, of which the valuation under the Act 6 and 7 Will. IV, c. 84, has been completed, specifying the name of each barony or half barony, the acreable contents, and the valuation thereof ; stating also, the sum ordered to be levied by the Grand Jury Warrant of Spring Assizes 1848 for each such barony or half barony, and the rate per centum which each such sum bears to the valuation ; also, the sum ordered to be levied by the Grand Jary Warrant of Summer Assizes 1848 for each such barony or half barony, and the rate per centum which each such sum bears to the valuation: stating also the name and acreable contents of each such county, county of a city, and county of a town, the annual value thereof, according to the valuation under that Act ; the amount of the expense of such valuation, the cost per acre of such valuation, and the rate which the cost of such valuation bears to each 100 L of the valuation. From the counties of Waterford and Cork, specifying the name of each barony or half barony, the acreable contents and the valuation thereof ; stating also the sum ordered to be levied by the Grand Jury Warrant of Spring Assizes 1848 for each such barony or half barony, and the rate per centum which each such sum bears to the valuation ; also, the sum or dered to be levied byi the Grand Jury Warrant of Summer Assizes, 1848, for each such barony or half barony, and the rate per centum which each such sum bears to the valuation: of the counties, counties of cities, and counties of towns in Ireland, except Cork and Waterford, of which the valuation under the Act 6 and 7 William IV., c. 84, has not been completed, specify ing the name of each barony or half barony, the acreable contents according to the Ordnance survey; stating also the sum ordered to be levied by the Grand Jury Warrant of Spring Assizes 1848 off each such barony or half barony, and the rate per 1,000 acres as sessable in the county book, and the sum ordered to be levied of each barony by the Grand Jury Warrant of Summer Assizes, 1848, and the rate assessable upon each 1,000 acres in the county book. NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENTS. Mr. BROTHERTON moved for and obtained an order for a return, showing the number of London newspapers, the cumber of advertisements in them, the rate and amount of advertisment duty paid by them in each year from the Ist day of January, 1841, to the Ist day of January, 1849. Similar return as regards the English provincial, the Scotch, and the Irish newspapers. THE MARRIAGE LAW. Several petitions were presented praying for an altera tion in the law which prevents marriage with the sister of a deceased wife. POOR-RATE. Mr. Alderman TIUMPHERY presented a petition from Southwark, complaining of the present oppressive mode of levying the rate, and praying for an im proved mode of levying the rate throughout . the country. DUTY ON PAPER. Mr. HUME presented a petition from the paper manu facturers of Edinburgh, stating that the duty on paper amounted virtually to them to 75 per cent. on the whole value of the article, and praying for a modification or abolition of it. RADICAL REFORM. Mr. HUME also presented a petition from Taunton, praying for a radical reform of the constitution of the House of Commons. KAFIR WAR. Mr. V. SMITH gave notice that on an early day be should move for returns connected with the expenditure in the Kafir war. NAVIGATION-LAWS. Mr. DISRAELI presented petitions against the re peal of the navigation-laws from Hartlepool, Leith, Perth, Dunfermline, the Association of West Indian Planters at Glasgow, and other places. Mr. HUME presented two petitions to the same effect, bar of the one from Montrose and the other from Arbroath. thtehe r e solution Sir JOHN WALSH presented a similar petition from, the county of Ayr. presented a similar petition from Belfast. accordanceppeare d withat Mr.N E A C P C I L E E R , ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION. House, and on been of the House an address ha d presented to her Ma jesty praying her Majesty to appoint a Commission to inquire into the expediency of subdividing parishes into Sir GEORG E stated that GREY ina districts for ecclesiastical purposes, and her Majesty had been graciously pleased to consent to the ' appointment of such Commission. COLLIERY EXPLOSIONS. Mr. CAYLEY wish e d to ask the Right Hon.'Baronet the Secretary of S tate for the Home he Home Department whether Government had received any report of the colliery explosion near Wolverhampton, and whether it was the intention of Government to take any steps for preventing such dreadful occurrences. Sir G. GREY said he had received no official informa tion on the subject of the accident to which the Ho n . Gentleman alluded, but he had received a report of the coroner's inquest on the sufferers from the explosion near to Barnsley, and that report was now tinder the consideration of the Home-office. Mr. CAYLEY said he observed the Hon. Member for Montrose had a motion on the paper relative to this sub ject, and he should be glad to know if the Hon. Gentle man intended to persevere in that? Mr. HUME replied in the affirmative, and stated that he should bring it forward on the Supply night. TERMINABLE ANNU ITIES. The HoN. MEMBER then said the House had ordered return of the value of terminable annuities, which he understood was ready, and he begged now to more that the return be continued to the Ist September.—Agreed to. ROYAL ASSENT. Sir Augustus Clifford appeared at the bar, and sum mor.eil the House to the House of Lords to hear the Royal Assent: given by Commission to several Bills (for which see Lords' report). The SPEAKER then left the House, followed by a num. bar of Hon Members. The SPEAKER, on his return, intimat e d t h at the Royal Assent bad been given in the House of Lords to the Bills above referred to. RETURNS FROM UNIONS IN IRELAND. Mr. STAFFORD inquired if the Ch ance ll or of the E xc h equ er had any objection to lay on th e ta bl e a re turn exhibiting the corrections in the recent return? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had no 1,3 55 67 2,6 54 1,8 3 „ 5 8,9 59 1,912 12 9 36,2 18 3 9 6,0 61 6,9 11 1.9 92 10>899 - 003 48 5 6, 550 69 . 70; •,786 167 9, 59 , 1 5,951 IGg