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THE SECOND VOLUME OF MADAME AND, i LETTERS, Y'S DIARY is N OW READY AT ALL THE BOOKSELLERS', Price 10s. 6d. bound. with Portrait of Mts. Piozzs. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. LIEUT.-COLONEL NAPIER'S NEW WORK. Now ready, in 2 vols. small Bvo., with Illustrations , E XCURSIONS ALONG THE SHORES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN. By Lieutenant-Colonel E. NAPIER, 'Author of ‘. Scenes aid Sports in Foreign Lands," &c. Hoary Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE NEW 1104ANCE BY THE AUTHOR OF " THE PILOT," " THE PATHFINDER," " THE DEER &c. Just ready, in 3 vols., post Bvo., T" E TWO ADMIRAL S. A TALE OF THE SEA. By J. FENIMORE COOPER, Esq. Risharsl Bentley, New Burlington-street. Wall SEVENTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS by LEECH, CROWQUILL, and G. CRUIKSHANK. The ItIARCH NUMBER, Price RO HALF-A C.WN, of BENTLEY'S MIS CEIL.A.NY. GONTIZNTS The Harmonious Owls. By the Pilgitin in London. With an Illustration by George Cruikshank. V.lentine's Day. By Miss E. S. Carey. Richard Savage. A Bornance of Real Life. By Charles White head. With an Illustration by Leech. 31y S. , ldior Boy, verses for i'slusie. By Dr.3laginn. Old Green. By a Man about Town. With an Illustration by Leech. The Enthusiast at Shakpeare's Tomb. By H. Curlinm. With 'Matra:ions, including Shlkspeare's Sword, and his Bed. The Death of Piers de Gaveeton. By W. Jones. lliss Dogsnolle. With an Illustraf lot by Leech. The Ecidelberg Tun. 11y Hagedorn. Tommy Doddy; or. the Grand Pageant. By Abraham Eider. .6. The Old Familiar Strain." By Dr. Shelters Mack. nzie. he Barber of Northallerton. By Drinkwafer Meadows. The Legend of Babict.rabe Bay. By Dalton. Aunt ..'"ex..h'2; Ls host. Jivening Song of the Normandy Fishermen. By W. Jones. The Phtlosopt.y of Physic. Edited, with Illustrations, by Al fred Crowquill, engraved by Cruikshank the Younger. To a Fountain in Hymettus. By E. Kerealy. !Ilse Banquet Hall of Death. By the Author of " Stephen Dugard," &e. The Saddle. With Illustrations. By Paul Pindar. "the Knights of Yore. By W. Jon&. Finglish Country Scenes. By Mai tinga!e. 71141 Wassail Bowl. &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. MR. AINSWORTH'S MISCELLANY, ILLUSTRATED BY GEORGE CRUIKSIIANK. Price Eighteenpence. The Second Number of AI N SWORTH'S MAGAZINE. CONTENTS. THE MISER'S DAUGHTER, By W. HARRISON AINSWORTH, Esq. Charters 111., IV., V., and VI. With Two Illustrati ins en Steel, By GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. s overbial Philosophy : Second A Day anerNight on the Banks eries. By Mao tin Farquhar of th., Euphrates. By W. Tupper, Esq. No. I. In- ; Francis Anisw orth, Esq. troAuctor , y. No. 11. Gifts. IThe Gravedigger. A Tale for The Virginny Pirate. By Uncle! March. By C. Oilier, Esq. Sam. Science and Gocd-humour. By Tythe Crown Prince. By C. S. Leman Blanchard, Esq. STRAWBERRY HILL. With Ten Illustrations, By W. ALFRED DELAMOTTE. e llie Lady's Page. No. 11. The Gentleman's 'I iger. No.I. With an Illustration by Geo. With an 111ustiation by Geo. Crnikshank. Crnikshank. 1. The Sofa at Sea. By Miss I. A short Chap'er on Beards. Pardee. By Captain Mecivein. I. Alatrimoly. By Mrs. 11. 'Brighton - . By Charles Hervey, Esq. 111. Queen Isabella of Spain. 111. Ode to Saint Valentine. By the lion. Julia AugustalThe Drama. A Note of Music. gsmy Johann3t. By Charles Our Library Table. With an Xion:ray, Esq. Illustra' ion by George Cruik gho Awoke: er in the Desert. shank. By John Oaenford, TcHE 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. Mart:n's-place, Trafalgar imuare. - THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, FEB. 28. Will be performed a Play in Five Aets, called GISIPPUS.—Titus v u lutius fulvius, Mr. Anderson ; Gisippias, Mr. Macready ; Merlon, .Zr.i Graham; Pheax, Mr Elton; Cheremes, Mr. Hudson ; Lycias, Dlr (1. Bennett; Norban, Miss E. Phillips; Sophro ia, Miss Helen 7a.eit ; Hero, Mis; arpin. After which, CATHERINE AND PETRUCHIO —Petruchio, "dr Anderson ; Grumio, Mr. C rnpton ; Catherine, Mis. Warner; Mianca, Miss E Phillips. D4ors °pep at half put Six, and she Performances begin Lower at Seven. 13oxisi , Second Prlce 2a. (id.; Pit 38 , Second Price 23 ; Gallery !s. td., S•zeoad Price Is ; Upptr Gallery Is., Second Price I'd. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. 1!N )ER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS, THIS EVENING, FEB. 28, Will be repeated the New Comedy called BUBBLES OF THE DAY. Lord Skindeep, Mr. W. Farrell ; Sir Phenix Clearcake, Mt. Harley; Captain Smoke, Mr. Charles Mathews; Spreadweasel, Mr. !r tley Pamela Spreadweasel ; Mrs. Nisbctt Fkrentia, Mrs. W. Lucy; Mrs. Quarto, Mrs. W. West ; Guinea, Mrs. Urger. After which the Farce of FREE AND EASY. Doors open at half-past Six, and the Performances begin at Seven. Dre , f Boxes 75., Second Price 3s. 6d ; First and Second Circles 55., .a-r.arr-i-rstee,s- , PaiLav - ./st. - ..Pair apt. - rue, .erd'ert -- rwri - celervntrr - Trncr , rho:attn. Private Boxes to be had solely of Mr. Andrews, 800 l se ler, 167, New Bend-street. ROYAL SURREY THF.ATRE. THIS EVENING, FEB. 2M. Will be acted Lord Byron's Tragedy of WERNER ; or, the IN. BERITANCE.—Werner, Mr. H Hughes; Josephine, Mrs. Vining. Aiter which, THE WATERMAN.—Tom Tug, Mr. Collins. Added to which, the New Romantic Drama, by E. Fitzball, Esq., with extraordinary effects, entitled 03/BRA; or, the SPIRIT of the JIOCKING SCONE. To conclude with TEDDY ThE TlLER.—Teddy (with Songs) Mr. Collins, the Vocalist and Irish Comedian. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. CNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. OSBALDISTON. Another week of splendid attractions, comprising " Mary White." " Susan Hopi.. " at half-price, and revival of" Tom and Jerry." y dir.price, anu THIS EVENING, FEB. 28. Will he performed MARY WHITE; or, the MURDER at the OLD TAO ARD —Mary White, Miss Vincent, the acknowledged Heroine of Domestic Tragedy. After which, SUSAN HO PLEY.—Susan Hopley, Miss Vincent. To conelude with TOM AND JERRY. FRENCH PLAYS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING, FEB. 28, The Performances will commence at half-past Seven with UN MONSIEUR ET UNE DAME After which. I.E SAV ART.—Reynold., M. Perlet. To conclude with LE BENEFICIARE.—Le Beneficiaire, Mons. Jerlet. Private Boxes and Stalls at Mr. Mitchell's Library, 33, Old Bond. etueet ; Mr. Seguin's, 12, Regent-street ; Mr. Sams's, St. James's. greet ; and at the Box-ofliee of the Theatre, which is open daily *out Eleven till Five. Admission to the Boxes, 6s. ; Pit, Be. 6d.; Gallery ttal's, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. 4 t Ai fi 4., ,v, ...._ . P44 ‘ ' _ ..._-:_,l.g- 4 i. - o L - ~, , 4 , .. ../fL , ' ' 4 ., -O . '( 7- M 0 ' i t 13 , 74; t 4 , j S V - S At ll ° LONDON MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 28, 1842. THE UNITED STATES. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY MORNING. The splendid packet-ship George Washington, Cap tain Burrows, arrived at this port yesterday, in six t..en days, bringing New York Papers to the 9th, being six days later than previously brought to England by the South America. The transient ship General Parkhil, Captain Hoyt, arrived also the same tide, with Papers to the kith. These papers bring intelligence that the Tariff ques tion had excited some warm, but not definite discussion $n the Senate. The House of Representatives seemed snore occupied with Mr. QuiNcT ADAMS than any thing 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 =lost 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 Dicamara t Ball; he and our frtend Mr QUINCY ADAMS seein to divide between them the interest of the whole of the Union. MONEY MARKET. Navy YORK, FEB. 7.—For several days we have had a suc eeesien of rai ns . The s n ow and ice have entirely disappeared. 7tte frost is out of the ground, and the rivers are again naviga- Lie. We have never knolls': the season so mild as at this period et the year, and it is now so late that the severities of winter ittre passed. The news fromcaCraanoteofnteirs cargonot cale t ulated to have any influence in the market as te t as are arriving. Dealers and others have no apprehensionss o any want of supplies. iricos, consequently, are on the decline. ‘) Exchange on England has fallen to 105 per cent., an d good iti drawn on the South may b e h a d i n abundance at an d good Os drawn on tie South may hi- had in abundance at 1 07 There is no alteration in Southern Exchanges. AeeAlas IN PENNSYLVANIA.—We find the following upon ti,is subject : THE STATE INTEREST—We learn from good anthority that that the Governor (who returned from the city on Wednesday) 'succeeded in obtaining nearly $400,000 from the Pennsylvania y an k, which, together with 100,000 dots. in possession of the : tate Treasurer, (whe was also in the city) was paid to the an-holders and their rep esenta ives, leaving 300,000 dots. / 0 ye provided be the other banks, under a requisition from the Governor. thus the State-interest wi.l all be paid in a few days. The Governor teili probably commnnicate to the Legislature to-day the result of his operatior sin this city. Th, , message bill be given in cur ne xt. —Harrisburg Intell. Thu Philadelphia Gazette sa)s, " Money is exceedingly :handl:at in private hands in this city, but they distrust and tare not invest it in stocks, or deposit it in the banks. w e tlnderstand one house in Market -street yesterday had applica- Loa from not less than four individuals,l, to take on deposit, or tee, if they please, sums of money, ying from 500 to 2,000 dolls. These a-e smatl capitalists. Large ones are in an equal dilemma." Priii.ADTOLPIIIA, SATURDAY EVE!. ING. The Trustees under the Bank Convention have completed their arrangement, and received the requisite securities from banks ; buy, owing to the menacing legislation at Harrisburg, the arrangement restricting each lank to paying out its own notes only, is post- 1 poned for the present. ferTehtehLemegiesleatyuertesproefpeOshiitloo,r.lkeltaeryelearendpe, lantdheVßiragninkisateharveesubmee specie payments, but no definitee BcoeneckluesfioNn,irigsiyneiat,altrivisebduatta. According to the statement of th poor way_for restsrnption. 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 thence discotinue all proceed ings under the fi. fa., or attachment in it of the United States v. the Bank of the United States, so far as re'ates 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 apportioned 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 Bonds 3,000 Ditto New York Sixes, 1862 500 Ditto Ohio Sixes, 1850 50 Shares Delaware and Hudson th w 92 50 Ditto Am. Ex. Bk s 6 mos 5$ 50 Ditto Commercial Bank N. Y. 25 Ditto Canton Co. 100 Ditto Long Island Railroad b6O 53 I:5 Ditto Boston and Providence Railroad ........87 50 Ditto Illinois State Bank 62 SALES AT THE SECOND BOARD. :.0 Shares Long Island Railroad 75 Ditto Harlem Railr ad 100 Ditto Delaware and Hudson ... ..s 60 90 28 Ditto Lafayette Bank 27% 6,000 Dols. Indiana Sterling Bonds .... ..... 221 Flour, is firm to-..ay at $6,37. and some Lf the holders ask $6,50. COTTON is quiet to day—prices the same. Gaairs.—Nothing doing in Wheat. dales of Co-n at 59c. Faosi Pfau.—Papers from Lima have been received, bring ing dates up to the 16th of December. There had been three or four attempts to assassina'e Sir J. Wilson, her Britannic Majesty's Envoy, shich 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. Faosi NEW G R ZNADA.—Valencia papers of the 14th ult., containing the following intelligence from New Gienada. The mediation offered by her 13r tish Majesty Queen Vic toria, to put an end to the civil war in New Granada, had been declined by Carmena. Thus ends the mission of Sir John Stewart. Carthagena continued to be, closely blockaded, bath 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 rerna;ns of the army of Obando had been totally dispersed by the Government troops, and that this unsucce , sful rebel was fleeing towards Peru. The following are extracts : A bill requiring the immediate resumption of specie payments by the banks of Pennsylvania, has I used the House of Repre sentativrs 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. Several letters, which reached town in the courso 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 Lopes 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 aad 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 trade. 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 tortion 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. MACAULAY 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 tPr qiunnosed of the most opulent manufacturers of to recommend the Liberal - Members to usegfriegaT 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 refuse 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 :or 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. ROEBUCK was absent ? What will the electors of Lambeth say to Mr. D'EYNCOURT, and those of the Tower Hamlets to Sir Wm. CLAY and Colonel Fox ? How came the ardent and religious repealers of Edinburgh to be like the Tower Hamlets, wholly unrepresented on the question ? Both their Members were absent. Why was Mr. PONSONBY'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. REVIVAL OF THE TAX ON BEEE.—A rumour is in circulation that Sir Hobert Peel means to propose the re-enactment of the duty on Beer, IN hich is very likely. It falls chiefly on the poor. SUGAR DUTIES.—It is also rumoured that the Rirla Hon. Baronet means to propose a modification of the Sugar Duties. His agricultural supporters have been obliged to submit to what he calls a reduction of their protection, and they 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, making a difference of 135, or ab , :ut 7 per, cent. The change is most remarkable. Among deaths caused by diseases of the lungs, and brain, and old age, the diminution bei ng res pectively as follows :-69, 30, and 18. THE NEW SLIDING SCALE, it is s a id, d oes n o t in crease the protect i on to ag r i cu lt ure , an d the agriculturists are discont!nted.with it. It gives the people no relief and the people abhor it. The persons who praise it are corn-factors and merchants. Mr. Mitchell, for example, n the House of Commons, approved o f it, b ecause i t would facilitate dealing in corn, to gentlemen lik e him self, who are largely engaged in trade. The new sliding scale, it appears, by avoiding . th cso jumps which b o th ere d the less skilful and less ingenious calculators will insure them their reward. 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 certo'ily, 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 IN DIA sliding scale will introduce more 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 mistaken in supposing that 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 duty. SIR 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. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 28, 184 t.. HINA The India steamer left Calcutta on the 11th of Ja nuary, and arrived at Suez the 11th of February, at 8 A.M., with the following list of passengers :—Sir R. Co myn, Sir Edward Kyan, Mr. and Mrs. Parker, Dr. and Mrs. Lamb, Mr. and Mrs. Dent, 'Mr. and Mrs. Luke, Mr. D. M. Farlane, Baboo Devarkananth Tagore, Mr. R. Walker, Major Carr, Mr. G. F. Browne, Mr. Leach, Mr. Donaldson, Captain Lloyd, Captain Hill, Mr. Free man, Mr. Smith, Captain Fraser, Dr. Bond, Major Ueysie, the Bishop of Goa, Mr. Small, the Rev. Messrs. Collisti, Bruno, Captan, and Dr. M'Gowan, Baboo Chunder M. Chuttjee, Mr. Lieshman, Mr. White, M. Saint, Mr. Davidson, Captain-Needham, Mr. Blanc, Mr. • Kaye, Mr. Fitzmayre, Colonel Adam, Captain Fletcher, and Captain Anson. The mail reached Alexandria about midnight of the 14th, and was put on board the Gorgon, at 10 A:M., the following day. - From China, in the Singapore Free Press, extra of Friday noon, the 25th of November, 1841, the following is inserted : " Whilst our yesterday's number was in the act of being printed oft; the Red Rover arrived from China, with papers to the 9th inst., containing intelligence con firmatory of the reports that had been in circulation re garding the operations of the expedition to the northward. Tinghae, the capital of Chusan, was attacked and taken on the Ist of October, with considerable loss on the Chinese side. On the 10th, Chinhae, the seaport of Ningpo, was carried, and on the 13th, the city of Ningpo itself. At Amoy things have undergone a change. Symptoms of hostility are beginning toinenifest them selves. Captain Smith has written that he is in expecta tion of an attack upon his position. Sir H. Pottinger, it is expected, would winter at Amoy, and the Admiral is looked for at Hong Kong. No Chinese envoy up to the 25th had been sent to Sir H. Pottinger. At Canton hostile preparations were in progress ; the heights at Canton were fortifying, and forts rebuilding and being built. Since the receipt of the above intelligence, a volunteer corps, 800 strong, from the Bengal 3d Regiment of Native Infantry, a troop of horse artillery, additional sappers and miners, •and a corps of 500 gun Lascars, from the Madras Presidency, have been ordered for ser vice in China. The force is immediately to consist of, 10,000 men, and to march on Pekin as soon as the south-west monsoon sets in. CALCUTTA. JAN. 9.—The Earl of Hardwicke has just arrived from China (Macao), which she left the Ist of December. No news except the reported - capture of Hang-tchou-foo. All bustle here, embarking troops for China ; 16 transports engaged, 11,000 tons. Tile Canton Register says :—lt is becoming a sin gular speculation w hat will be the end of this beginning of war with China? Our own opinion is, that the Mantchow dynasty should be overthrown, another placed on the throne, and China he thrown open to all the world—this end, we think, would be infinitely preferable than to possess any portion of its territory under the present dynasty. Great fears were entertained at Macao that the Nerbudda transport, with 117 souls on board, had been lost. A boat from her, with 33 souls on board, chiefly soldiers, had been picked up. They reported that they had left the Nerbudda in a sinking state, having driven over a large reef off the north end of Formosa. The boat had been eight days at sea When picked up. The Nimrod sloop of war had gone in search of the Ner budda. Several learaed Chinese have just become converts to the GoTel. One a distinguished poet, another one-of the first literary men in the empire. (From the Chinese Repository for September.) SEPT. 10.—An imperial edict is in Canton, said to have been written after the desp4tch from Sir Henry reached Peking,,and though not made public, is believed to be peaceable in its tenor, hinting that money and greater privileges of trade than existed formerly might be granted to bring about an amicable adjustment of existing difficulties, but declaring that no territory can be ceded, and severely blaming the provincial autho' rides for their late false reports. (From the Canton Register of Oct. 12.) KESITEN.-1 his eminent personage, it is now beyond a doubt, has been doomed to be beheaded. Whether the sentence will be carried into execution we will not presume to say ; but•the fact of condemnation to death of one of the imperial clan, both by blood and marriage, we believe, evinces the determination of the Cabinet of Peking to hold out a toute outrance against foreign do mination. MACAO.— There has been a good deal of sickness lately in the settlement, and many inhabitants and Chi nese have fallen victims to a kind of influenza which is travelling about. ItANSL ATIONS. • „_ PEKING GAZETTES- - 6th MOOD, 2d day (July 19). The Imperial will has been received. I order Keshen to be delivered over to the Great Council of the Imperial Kindred, who are to meet with the members of the Board of Punishments, arid having determined from evidence his crime, to record. it in a duly prepared report. Re spect this. • The Imperial will has been received. I order that the already degraded from being a great Minister of State, Keshen, according to the sentence of the Great Council of the Imperial Kindred, be detained in prison until Autumn (9th moon, October 15 to September 12), when he is to be beheaded according to his sentence. Re spect this. The Regis:-... • that four, attached to English - ill-D.IS; *ere still at Cantail, and acids r 1 1 • tantoh sti'a4 ux IT . _ . neutral merchants. It is so now, and we .think it, will continue so to be. Any British merchant will be as safe in Canton as any neutral. That they do not choose to t.to and conduct their business there is their own affair. It; indeed, the Hong merchants were to flatly refuse to transact any business with the British merchants, then the blockade of the port would become a new question based on entirely new grounds ; the truce and its terms would not then be regarded. It is not improbable that this refusal may soon be declared ; and then her Ma jesty's officers will pursue that course which their duty dictates. THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO PORTS- MOUTH. (FROM A co::RESPONDENT.) PORTSMOUTII, FEB. 27, 1342.—The town is beginning to fill fast witla distinguished people, waiting the arrival of the Queen and Court to-morrow ; a salute from the garrison about three o'clock, announced the arrival of the Admiralty Board, consis:ing of the Earl of Had diegton, Vice-Adtoiral Sir George Cockburn, Vice- Admiral Sir 'Arilliam Grey, and the principal Secretary, the Hon. Sydney Herbert. The Board has taken up its quarters at the George Inn, and to-day entertained a small party of naval officers to dinner. The Duke of Wellington comes in by the last railroad train from Ba singstoke, near which town his Grace's scat of Strath fieldgaye is situated ; he will spend the evening with his brother-in-law, the Hon. Sir Hercules Pakenham, our Lieutenant-Governor ; the Duke, as a Field-Marshal, being entitled to the compliment, will be saluted by the garrison to-morrow morning. A splendid Guard of Honour is selected to receive her Majesty on her alight from her carriage in the - Dockyard, consisting of the grenadier companies of the 32d, 34th, and 73d Regi ments, and a company of Royal Marines, under du, command of the senior Major of the Garrison, Major Van der Meulon, of the 73d Regiment. The ropemakers List evening successfully put in their claim to the ancient privilege of receiving the Sovereign at the boundaries of the borough, "and of escorting her to her residence within the town. i n 1794, r -pnr-e the Third visited the Fleet at Spithead, afti Ist of June, the roper9r.,kers and rigge -Qes from the Rini; s carriage, thre ~ and drew into the Dock .n the Prince 'Regent entertains' .g . ns at Ports mouth, these wort session before and at the sides of f heir gallantry may lead them to do - - • Lady-Queen, remains to be seen. 1 gates will be closed and locked ; and at r the glacis the Lieutenant- Governor will -J her Majesty the keys of the fortress, and - ~er instructions to open the entrance, a duty whicl - a Town Major wilt have to perform. • The Admirti..y flag will be hoisted to-morrow on board the Alfred, at Spithead. The Dock-yard is closed to morrow to all civilians, and no officers will be allcwed admittance unless in uniform; this is done that her Ma jesty may not be inconvenienced by a crowd. Several vans arrived this morning by the rail from Windsor, with necessaries for the Queen and her suite. It is ex pected that Commodore J. B. Purvis will be knighted fjr steering the Queen, also Major Van der Meulon, com manding the guard or honour, and Captain G. T. Rich, ccrnmaiiding the Quee: , , should her Majesty visit that ship ; c.nd Colonel G. Jones,- commanding this division of marines. Several promotions will also take place, such as the officers of the Black Eagle and Royal George yachts, the Admiralty flagship, and the Commanders and First Lieutenants, and senior Masters of the other flag ships. Her Majesty is expected to reach the Dock yard at one o'clock ; and it will depend on the state of the weather whether she will go afloat then, or on the following day. A general illumination will take place to-morrow night, and as the railway has brought us several itinerant lamplighters, with their stocks in trade of lamps and devices, we expect a brilliant show ; the St. Vincent and Victory, first rates, will be illuminated about nine in the evening with Captain Stevens's new blue and red and green light, also showers of rockets will be thrown by those ships, the splendour of which will be viewed by her Majesty and Prince Albert from the top of Sir Edward Codhngton's house, where the Queen will entertain a select party. 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 Wilberfo-ce, who preached the Ferman, taking his text from Genesis, chapter, 47, ver. 9. The choir sang the sth verse of the 86th 1.41 m, and a full anthem by Haydn, from " r 'e• • (1 r_".4 " Nlt Gint 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 torrents. All the 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 lett 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 will 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 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 Hon. Miss Devereux, and the Hon. Miss. Stanley, Baroness Lebzen, Baron Stockmar, Sir George Couper, the Capitaine Comte de Dagenfield Schomberg, Le Capitaine de Gaitsch, Colonel Grey, Colonel Wy!de, Captain Meynell and Dr. Prwtorius. 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.Burge, 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 Hon. 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, had 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. The young P r i ncess of Hesse Darmstadt, who lately married the h e i r t o t h e throne of all the Russias, was u t f , a u t r h p e r r i - se in d -l b a y w : t_he o f n oll t o e w i i n n g g c r , u m s d e on e d the to p h a e r r t a o p f a r h t m e r e i n m t e r s i h a e l on sty e the as s t t h me u s nu i e found them completely furnished, ever, to the most details of footstools, &c., exactly in th e same of rooms of her own Castle of Darmstadt. room table was placed a small silver bell. The Emperorre questeddrawing- the Princess to try whether the bell had the sa me sound as that which she had at Darmstadt. The Princess shook the bell, when suddenly the doors were thrown open and all the old and faithful servan s to whom she had hid adieu, and whom she thought were then in the Castle at Darmstadt, rushed in, anti overwhelmed the Princess with their acclama tions of joy, being still allowed to serve her. FATAL ACC WEN T.—Last evening, between five and t o'clock, as a man, named James Sandycork, 33 years of age, was at work at the bottom of the" coffer clam" which has been constructed near the centre arch of the t.estern side of Westminster-bridge, for the purpope of repairing the foundation of that part of the bridge, a piece of wood, of about 15 inches square, fell from a height of upwards of 30 feet upon the nape of his neck, and killed hlm on the spot. The produce of the olive crops in Candia during last year yielded from eleven to twelve millions of pounds of oil, which, at the average price of 75f. the `2.001b., were worth from 4,200,000 f. t o 4,600,00 Of. About a fourth part of this produce was made into soap or consumed in the island ; the rest was for exportation. A good deal of the produce of 1840, which was unusually large, wzs was t e d during the late troubles in the island, and the Bayne cause hindered the inhabitants from collecting the usual quantity of sponges. In Corfu the produce of oil for 1841 has been estimated at 100,000 ob..acroriebl. to barrels, though at the time it was expected to have reached 150,000. The price of Corinth grapes (cur rants ) has fallen BURNIN G SIR IL PEEL'S EFFIGY.—On Monday evening last, an effigy of Sir Robert Peel was carried about the S village of Batley, a n d l o d ge d at M rs . Sh ear d' s p u bli c -house, until Tuesday evening, when he was tried and condemned to be burned on 'Wednesday evening, clamour, and to th e cal o cu a o n l c d i g i l r a a c t e i fi a c rn a t i n t h o e f i t n h o e s troy major r m p e a n r t pl the spectators,—Leeds Times. (From the Canton Register.) There is reason to think the mandarins are meditating mischief. Captain ,in passing Napier's fort yes terday, saw a mandarin there, with numerous attendants, apparently taking a survey of the place, and giving direc tions ; and the persons who are up to-day from Wham poa, report that they passed at least 200 boats (mandarin and gun• boats), collected there. The Hong merchants say they know nothing of what tho mandarins are about. The Hong merchants have been a little uneasy from a report which is somewhat current, that there is to be an edict forbidding the people to use British goods and teas to be brought to the sea coast for sale. A letter in the Register, signed Henry Holgate, denies the alleged prevalence of disease at Hong Hong, says, that there is no malaria, and that the health of the troops is improving, none having been ordered on board the transports. The native population is estimated at nearly twelve thousand. (Correspondence of the Express.) MACAO, OCT. 13.—The mate and one of the hands of a British smuggler were decoyed on shore, near Chtisan, and murdered by the mandarins ; in consequence of which, we are toll, the crew of several of the smuggling vessels landed, and with the assistance of the crew of her Majesty's steamer Phlegethori, burnt a village and killed all the Chinese they could get at. At Amoy affairs remained quiet, and many of the inhabitants had returned there. No edicts have of late been received from Pekin. Sir Henry Potting,er is expected to return when the expedition shall have gone into winter quarters, pro bably in the course of the next month ; and from the tone of the proclamation issued by him, on his arrival here, there is reason to believe that some steps will be taken to punish the Chinese for their' violation of the treaty, in endeavouring to block the channels of the river, in which they are still engaged. THE LEVANT MAIL. The Malta Times says:— " On Monday, the 7th, a grand fancy ball was given at the Palace by his Excellency the Governor, Sir H. F. Bouverie, which was attended by a large assembly of the rank, fashion, and beauty of Malta. The magnificent hall of St. Michael and St. George, with the adjoining suites of apartments were thrown open at half-past nine o'clock, and soon after they were crowded by a party coloured throng, in which, though the red and blue of the army and navy predominated among the gentlemen, there was a very fair sprinkling of characters, whilst the ladies had dipped the pencil of their thwy into all the hues of the rainbow in honour of the occasion." We find the following in the Malta Times of the 15th instant : " A fatal duel took place on Wednesday, the 9th in stant, at about twelve o'clock, behind Fort Ricasall, be • tween Lieut. Adams, of her Majesty's 88th Regiment, and Capt. Levick, of her Majesty's 59th Regiment, and now on the retired list. The seconds were .Capt. Jef frey, of the 88th, and Lieut. Mattel, of the Royal Malta Fencibles. Lieut. Adams expired on the evening of the 10th, his adversary's ball, after fracturing the small bone of his right arm, having penetrated his sick. Many are the statements given as to the particulars of this unhappy affair, but we abstain from entering into any before the result of the investigation now carried on is made public. 'This unpleasant affair seems to have originated in Capt. Levick's supposing Lieut. Adams to have insulted one of his daughters on the last day of Carnival. Cap tain Levick and Lieutenant Mattel have been arrested, and are now undergoing a trial of investigation. Cap • tails Jeffreys is stated to have left the island on the evening of his principal's death. This fatal event is generally lamented. The deceased was, we are informed, a most amiable young man, and generally beloved by his brother officers. Captain Levick is a gentleman en joying the esteem of all the public; he is an old resident of the island, and served many years as lieutenant and adjutant in the Royal Malta Fencibles, and lately in her Majesty's 59th regiment, and has a large family, now plunged in the deepest affliction. Captain Jeffreys is a gentlemanly and kind-hearted man, enjoying the es teem of a large circle of respectable friends, and Lieut. Mattei is also much esteemed by all the officers of the garrison, as well au his own countrymen." Another account of the duel is thus given by a cor respondent at Malta : " Lieut. Adams threw some plums at Mr. Levick's daughters. Mr. Levick instantly struck him, which was returned. In the evening Mr. Levick sent a challenge, and next day they met, Mr. Levick accompanied by Lieut. Mattei, Lieut. Adams by Captain Jefferys. Lieut. Adams was wounded, and the following day expired. Captain Jefferys escaped to Sicily ; Mr. Levick and his second are both in gaol. They positively denied all knowledge of the duel ; but this day I:r. Cross, of the 88th, who attended at the duel, has turned king's evi dence, on promise of pardon. It is generally believed that Lieut. Adams, from some moral feeling, would not 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. Cadell, Edinburgh, 1842. Sir Walter Scott's Life of the French Empror is brought to a close in this part, which forms a porticn of the second volume of the author's prose wort s. As usual, it is got up with exceeding neatness. WAVERLEY NOVELS.—VoI. 111., Part 2. Cadet!, 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 Fun 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. ICARAH ICAPLAN.-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,.wliich possesse..., 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 the simple, clever home-bred English female, and throughout the delineation of her chara?ter, we cannot dispossess ourselves of this idea. The tale is pcssably written, in point of language, and from tke startling nature of some of its incidents, we " guess" --as Jonathan would say. , --that it will be converted into an excellent melodrama. THE LATE MR- ARCHIBALD MEN ZIES, F.L.S. This eminent botanist, who has just departed this life, at the venerable age of eighty-eight, was born at the 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 him, which was, we be lieve, lucrative and good. Tired at length, however, 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 saileybwith_Cantain Cook in the autumn of 1771, and led to the destruction of Captain Oa 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-dock, 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 genera 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 atliew, 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, t:nd one poisoned by eating muscles. During his later days, Mr. Menzie's spent the greater part of his time in following his favourite pursuit, he w, a .a m s oinng communicationt eplan ts and Nov fi th : h flowers ehed a o f. leadingt the n earth,acciand i bota nists and scientific gentlemen . members hisarss willa other Fellow mat.j..ii a77 t ) , ;: * illl j s i , n l ; s 31.al,',;1srocchieibtyai,dmiNilleonEe te tel Monday last at Nantes. Two men were fighting near a guard, A tragical scene was enacted in the evening of 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 grcued, having previously killed his first adversary by stabbing him with a pair of cornpasses• No real blame can be at, ti ihuted to the soldier, but he is rimier arrest, and will Le tried by a Court.martial. A letter has been received from Colonel Dennie, of her Majesty' s 13th Light Infantry, datel Jellahabad, the sth of Decemb er , 1841, f rom w hich we are g'ad to learn that tho force under General Sale was not then so dangerously placed as the public were at first led to imagine. They had so far re on French the Ambassa or e' f ' o his stored the fortifications as to render the town secure against any attack on the part of the Affghans. They were well supplied 12t1-1 with ammunition and provisions, and confidently expteted to be relieved early in the month of January. eveninginc:tmanrti,e,r,ithwdhesopaletcfhteMs ntritdhe the 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 the ground 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 as( ertain that it contained nothing of value, and then deliver it up to him. , The Ukase of the Emperor of Russia, which allows the annual sums necessary for the support of the clergy and the two convents in the westan provinces of the empire, is one of the most important that have been issued for many years from the Emperor' ' Cab.net. By this law the priests are only public functionaries. A soon as the Government pays the clergy it tnakea them depend ent on it. - - „ fire at any person. At the first fire, Mr. Levick's ball of which his Lordship and the Learned Irish Soli passed close to him ; Lieut. Adams pointed in the air, I citor-General were to be the joint concocters. That but his pistol missed fire. Here it ought to have en ded Mr. Levick's Bill is now before us, but instead of amending the unfortunately, they again loade d. passed through his opponent's a rm, and into his side laW of marriage in Ireland, it leaves the wh ole goes ,in his liver ;he fired wide. The funer a l tion exac tly w here the framers of the Bill found it ! Lieut. Adams was attended by every person of respect ability." Such Presbyterian marriages as have been ce lebrated in Ireland before the passing.of this Act are declared to be valid, unless they have been pronounced other wise in a Court of Law ; but not a syllable is en acted to legalize such marriages in future. As the question to be settled by this Bill has excited a very deep and, painful interest in the North of Ireland, and as it is one to which the Church of Scotland can not be indifferent, we shall here quote the text of the proposed enactment Whereas marriages have in divers instances been had and solemnised in Ireland by Protestant Dissenting ministers or teachers, between persons being, one member of the United Church of En&nd and Inland, and the other a Protestant Dissenter, and it is expedient to confirm such marriages ; he it therefore enacted, by the Queen's most excellent Maje,ty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that all marriages hereto fore had and solemnised in Ireland t.y Protestant Dis senting ministers or teachers, between persons being, 0 " a member of the United Church of England and Ireland, - and the other a Protestant Dissenter, shall be and shall be adjudged and taken to have been and to be of the .1 same and no other force and effect, as if such marriages had been had and solemnised by clergymen of the said United Church of England and Ireland. Provided always, and be it enacted, that nothing in this Act contained shall extend, or be construed to ex- tend, to or affect any marriage declared invalid by a ny court or competent jurisdiction before the passing of this Act, nor any marriage where either of the parties shall, at any time afterwards, during the life of the other party, have lawfully intermarried with any other person. Provided further, and be it enacted, that nothing in this Act contained shall extend, or be construed to ex tend, to or affect any act done before the passing of this Act, under the authority of any Court, or in the adini - nistration of any personal estate or effects, or the exe cution of any will or .testament, or •the performance of any trust. Provided further, and be it enacted, that nothing in this Act contained shall in anywise affect any marriage had or solemnised In Ireland, except such as had been had or solemnised by and between such persons, and in such manner as is hereinbefore specified. And be it, enacted, that this Act may be amended, altered, or repealed by any Act to be passed in this pre' sent session of Parliament. Why this is but a Presbyterian Bill of Indemnity The Irish Protestant Dissenters are called I W ° ' • with true Hibernian politeness, to thank the Go" vernment for nothing. But the Bill is worse than nothing ; it is an insult, if it be not in tended as the precursor of a general measure whi ch will settle the question of marriages altogether' Before the decision of the Court of Queen's Benc h ' the validity of marriages celebrated by Presbyterian clergymen in Ireland was never doubted ; now, hoW' ,• ever, the Bill before Parliament establishes the insult ing judgment of the Court, that such clergymen had no authority lawfully to celebrate such mixed lmar riages. Instead of legalising a sacerdotal right, wh ich it is time the Legislature should recognise as belong - • ing alike to every Christian priesthood, the Govern ment comes forward and graciously shields the bl ind believers in it from the perils with which a dom inant hierarchy misit its exercise ! The Bill is ay a v short Bill, and yet it bears marks c' t • Il i its legal paternity. The second clause consists o f bu d : a single sentence, and yet we have put it into the n ld , of more than a dozen persons, not one of whom a ° f discover what , was meant by the second member °t it. The Irish Solicitor-General wished to ena ct th° " e parties whose marriages had been dissolved by tll ,ado f, sentence of a Court of Law previous to the pass in g this Bill, and who were married to, or might rorf,dt rf again with, other persons, had done so, and rnig `' sty hereafter do so with impunity ; but instead 0. • lir pressing this in clear, intelligible language, b e uer ? , 4 4 employed phrases which would admit of anu t " , ,ii , ' l roo action, and the presence of the twelve Judges to deO r :•; y c(9' mine their meaning. Li •• SOUTH AMERICA. FALMOUTH, FEB. 26.—Tne Tyrian packet arrived here this morning with the Mexican mails, no passen gers, having on freight 170,000 dollars, of which 18,603 dollars are on account of the Mexican dividends. This packet does not appear to bring anything politically new. Her dates are Vera Cruz, the Bth of January, where she left the British ship of war Tweed ; Tampico, 19th Ja nuary ; and Havanna, 2d February. Exchange at Vera Cruz on London, 60 days' sight, 47id, and on Paris, same date, sf. se. Don Calderon della Barca, late Spanish Minister in Mexico, came passenger with his family from Vera Cruz to the Havanna. The ex-President, Bustamente, arrived at the Ha vanna, from Vera Cruz, in the Spanish brig of war, Jason, on the Ist February ; and the steamer Tay, with the January mails from England, arrived at the Havanna at the same date, all well. THE WEATHER.—NooN, FEBRUARY 28. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. Thermometer... 46 highest 46 Lowest 29 Barometer 29.97.—Wind S.W.—Freezing Point %2 Deg. HI ID WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE 'lO-1'40R:10W. Morning minutes after 4 Evening ... 50 minutes after 4. Ant, , P° rot a,. „, 4,-4Vitton SUN OFFICE, Three o'Clock. The news from the East is too limited to call for ,an expression of either congratulation or regre 4 .• From China the accounts are but to the Ist of De cember—five days later than the intelligence brought by the last Overland Mail. Of course the opportunities which occurred in so short a period of judging of the impression which the cap ture of Ningpo and Amoy, and the re-occu pation of Chusan, would make upon the Celestial Government, were too few to furnish matter for de cided political inferences. All that was observed was, that the great Mandarins along the coast manifested no disposition to treat with the officers of the expedition, nor were the common people so friendly and communicative to the northward, as in the vicinity of Hong Kong. Cap tain SMITH of the Druid, who had been left with two vessels and 600 men at. Arany, was apprehensive of being attacked by a powerful and overwhelming Chinese army, and had written to Sir 11. POTTINGER for reinforcements. There was a report, but nothing more, that despatches from the Emperor of a pacific character , were addressed to the British Plenipo teniary. According to the current rumour they con tained an offer of indemnity for the opium, and a considerable extension,, of the privileges of trading with China. The Indian Government seems determined to carry on the Chinese war with vigour. Sixteen transport of 11,000 tons burden, were ready to sail from Cal cutta on the 11th January, having on board 10,000 additional troops. It is gratifying to state that 800 of the native troops volunteered for this service. We have received a number of letters from Liberal electors of Bridport, denouncing in very strong terms, the conduct of the Honourable Member for that borough, Mr. MITcnELL, upon the Corn-laws. This gentleman, who now accepts PEEL'S measure with such gratitude, was at the time of his election, a declared enemy of the sliding scale, and pledged himself to support the plan brought forward by the bite Government. Some of our correspondents, who have given their names, but for whose letters we are sorry that we cannot find room, assure us that the votes of Mr. MITCHELL have, -greatly dissatisfied his constituents, and that nothing could be more contrary to fact, than his statement in the House of Commons, that the people of Bridport were favourable to the giving Sir ROBERT PEEL'S Corn-law project a fair trial. On the contrary, the great majority of the electors of the borough have declared that they will hove nothing: .; ~ I'ory ri•ine,dy, which they pronounce worse than the' disease. If they cannot xe,l fluty prevent gambling, and specify the evacegum of which Parliament authorises the landlords to rob the public. When the day of reckoning comes, we trust that th 7 electors of Bridport will convince Mr. MITCHELL, that a sliding scale is closely associated with a slide out of Parliament, and public confidence. There is no political news in the French Jollr 3/5 5;JO P i now that they have exhausted the right of sear` question. The following are extracts from thern The It'r du Havre of the 25th has the followito.,4,1"!1 article :—" will be recollected that when Al• lA3v ie: , ti7 ! sear, the Consul-General of France at Si. Doming ° ', et te -Ow; solved to strike his flag, and retire on board the cor: (or ,,Y;, Berceau, he sent a statement of this rupture to no ' r til 4l ; tinique for instructions and a sufficient force to suPri ; iti rr 994 his negotiations. By a letter from St. Thoo 34.9 ; fot it :I 1 England, we learn that on the: 23d ult. a division a' t ie ships, part of the Antilles _station, and a muiig th,„, t eti • of. Anmde frigate, Vice-AtV , klral Anions, S7i ,"" c i t aLl. ort-au-I mit e. nt.. letter mat, Luat the arrirax , on detwc:acisnL,n ill •irake,„the Fralc h 5111P1 this port to amount to eight."--.Constliationnet no' The Phare des Pyrenees says It seems that , D ral Rodel's troops are"drawing nearer to the fronti s- e er• is reported along the frontier that fresh trooll 3 00 1 shortly arrive. We do not know what confidence, re , be placed in these rumours, w c can only say that t ii t t ' at eci giment of infantry of Estratnadura, '_rich was e,V I - 11 , 1 0'. at Alfare, has come to Estella, and that that or .'";, to bon, which occupied Tudela and Cascante, has P,"„ - s r Tafalla and Agoiz. Three squadrons of cavalry b are rived at Olite."— Coinmerce. I The usual results of a Tory Administration are be- . ginning to develope themselves in Ireland. Secret societies are on the increase, and Ribandmen once again on the alert. At the Longford Assizes Mr. Justice BURTON, alluding to these unwelcome truths, observed that "the re-appearance of secret societies in Longford showed but too plainly that there was a want of subordination to the laws of the country, and that there was not that security for life and property which should exist in a well-ordered state of society." Such was not the language held by the Judges of Assizes during the period when Lords EDRINGTON and MORPETH were at the head of the Irish Govern ment. There were then no judicial lamentations over the spread of Ribandism—no strong allusions to the increase of dissatisfaction throughout the country. Ireland, if not wholly tranquil, was in a fair way to become so, for the people had confidence in the good intentions of their rulers. But now, all is changed. Distrust has usurped the place of confi dence—discontent has succeeded to peace and subordi nation. The old enemies of Irelandare once again in power, and strange indeed would it be, if with them, did not return also the old feelings of distrust and indignation. The shadow is not closer connected with the substance, than is Irish Orangeism with Irish Ribandism. Like cause and effect, they are in separable. Let Toryism continue in the ascendant but one year longer, and not one Judge only, but a dozen Judges, will be deploring from the Bench the rapid spread of discontent and misrule throughout the sister-country. Of a verity, Sir ROBERT PEEL is in a peculiarly agreeable position ! As if he had not difficulties enough to contend with in England, he is blest with an Irish Viceroy who is doing all he pos sibly can, to increase his difficulties in Ireland, by bestowing his patronage almost exclusively on the Orange faction. BOURSE--PARIS, FRIDAY, FEB. 25. i,soi• , Pint Highest Lowest Prig` Price Price. Price , ll9 .retch 5 per Cent: ll9 30 ... 119 - Z0 ... 1 9 20 0 3 4 per Cents lO3 50 ... 1 , 3 - 50 ..103 50 ". 1 s'l'. 3 per Cents BO 5 .. 80 15 ... 80 „, ... 80; . '', Loan i :n4 of France ......., . : :- -365 ~.f385 ...: , 3 60 . :1f2 , ., I,,Atte Bank 1.. 71 1it. it.aire: .10:1 , ! ...VV.(' _1;20 ' .. b04 , ' ' 5,0001. Stares 5042 50 —5OlB 75 —W3O 50 • 8 10 . 56 :, •eigian .Sant; 1811 ' j(47o;fr. ' gelgian 5 per Cents. 5 .er Celli, ' 1840 l(6 ... 196 ... 10571; " N 9 Dutch f:34 per Cents. ... ~, , nisti Active 55 ... :5 ... %474 ''' 5 Passive 5% ... 5% ... 5 1,, I ' s ,ux earolit.in . ......... ..,..- ll's 50 ... , `25 80 ... 1 1 5 au "" 10 47 ' mnon..., RAILWAY SHAPES. 80 50 St. Germain . ....... .... ...... ... 825 ... 825 ... 825 "• 91 , Velsaiat 5. tt. is 3 0 ... 350 ... :34 7 5 0 .. i; ,0 1.13 2;3 75 . 2 , 5 .. 213 75 "• t,l , Rouen 517 L 0 ... 517 53 ... 517 5J ••• 00 I rie,fl+ S ••irn•ng 0 Hale 242 50 ... 242 50 . 240 0° 'oaf By a private letter from the Island of . Ascens, l arehappy to hear of the perfect recovery of Orfi.bleg William. Alien, and the crew of the Wilberfor ce, 0 d fever, &e. Captain Wm. Allen remains in comni, 3 lo oo, the expedition during the absence of Captain .-.1 who is in England. o ¢t f ; Sir Robert Peel arrived in town this morning, visit to the Queen since Saturday at the Royal - 1- Zl ' rsit i : The Duke of Wellington has left his scut Ot dgS fieldsaye, Hants, to attend her Majesty this Arse; Portsmouth during her inspection of the RoY 3 e nal. The Earl of Haddington, as First Lord of ° l one: . miralty, has left town to receive the Queen an d ;0 1 I" Albert, and their illustrious visitors on their O r ' Por Ttsmouthhe. Court was expected to leave Brighton , i e t re ys• o'clock this morning with an escort of the Scots 1, /01 4 LONDON GRAND JUNCT.`; RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.) t' A General Meeting of the Shareholders in this CoreP s o - / ye se„', held this day, at 6, Basinghall-street, for the purefis ,ts° miling to the Shareholders the Directors' report, an te d ment of the accounts. Mr. FISH took the chair. ols ho t The SECRETARY then read the report, which ni ere ,C o n, rte that three Directors went out of office by rota is pe were eligible for re-election, and that the aee° ° tonie cash paid, &IL 45.; (sash in hand, 3,92.5/. 10s. 7 d ; , e in with various amounts for interests, &c., leaving a b alan ' hands of the Company of 4,007/. 7s. 11d. the The CHAIRMAN said they would perceive that in d a rt v they had been as brief as possible, inasmuch as they ha tbi b f ) ,,f to say. They were determined to use economy in ei e f t lforld, and at the next meeting he expected to have to suble'., e dtic reductions in the expenditure, as the rent would be' 1 0 together with te Secretary's salary. 1 e 9 O The SECRETA h RY, in ariwer to the question, sai d, t rotf, d 4 l shares had been forfeited, and that there were 7,6 0 ,g:0rir shares on which the calls had been paid up. h in number of registered shares was 9,360. A PROPRIETOR inquired if there were any new fcatu _s° the Company. f The CHAIRMAN said, thee Lad talked about nevi ,- e ea t., o o long that they did not slits anything more on the 9 0 , 0 ,,„j0ir A SHAREHOLDER said he understood that the 1 3 ' r h - Railway Company were about to remodel their stationfog The CHAIRMAN said he supposed that reined% boy meant taking in the other side of the yard. It ba # ported that the Northern and Eastern Railway C ° T P t s eedi 4 lo‘ coming near to Kings Cross, and that it was their 'i n t tv.; o o gong to the North of England withetS J a rly the Birmingham line. They (the London Gra n h ole , Railway Company) had been invited to join this se l e a they were averse to go into new expenses. Sb °, o l holTdhele-,CsaritdAtthaesytAwNe,reingeatntsinwgers per toa cent. fee th fr e o ir m d.,errt or o s e o a Joint-stuck Bank. He then moved that the Rer fe d read be received and adopted, which was carried. doei.lej, The CHAIRMAN then moved that certain shar Carriciog forfeited at the last meeting, be confirmed , whi ch w as 10 10 oi• 'I ha then Directors were then re-elected, and 60,0013' been voted to the Chairman, the meeting separated twenty minutes. 0 0 WATERLOO BRE I: Cos h e thil At a meeting of the Proprietors held this day, t ow n °, / - t !p and Anchor, the Directors, in their Report, rec,lo 00 # O O continuance of the present toll of one halfeeneY:hey deft' an amendment was proposed by Mr. Sangster, t hat . t isre b '0 fit v, same the old pr nn. toll, on and after the 15th of '' Ae ritt sfe rf The original resolution was carried by larger i lB4°,,4 o appeared froa: the report, that the total r ,- ceiPt: ' 6 'he et . OW 10,1321. Ps., and in 1841, 9,4421. 6s. 10d. 11 '., t d last month, however, the increase was 161. 15. of the same month last year. The legislation of lawyers is proverbially bad. With a few illustrious exceptions, in the list of which the names of •Roatrizr and BROUGHAM occupy a distinguished position, we owe little of the improve ments which have taken place within the last half century, in the civil and criminal code of England, to the gentlemen of the long robe ; they have an interest in litigation, and no class of men have ha bitually a more watchful eye to their own interest. But without impeaching their integrity as legislators, we may observe, that their habits and pursuits as advocates, disqualify them for framing the !aws by which a great country ought to be governed. In describing the simplest remedy for any evil which afflicts society, they lose themselves in a wilder ness of words, as if the object of laws were to puzzle and perplex men, instead of serving them as moral finger-posts, set up by Government at every cross road in the great highway of life. No law is good or beneficial of which the meaning is not clear and certain ; the command or observance which it imposes just ; the execution cheap, easy, and expeditious ; the form in accordance with public opinion.; and of which the object is not, the; increase of virtue in, or the removal of evil from, the portion of society affected by it. Now clearness and certainty of mean ing would seem to be carefully excluded from almost every Bill with which lawyers load the table of the House of Commons. But one of the greatest evils in the legislation of lawyers is the want of comprehen siveness in every measure supported by them. Instead of legislating for . the removal of the cause of any evil, they seem satisfied if they can only correct the most immediate of its effects. This is strikingly ex emplified in the short Bill prepared by the Solicitor- General for Ireland for amending the law respecting Presbyterian marriages in that kingdom. When, by a sentence of the Irish Court of Queen's Bench, mar riages celebrated by Presbyterian clergymen between Protestants and Presbyterians were declared invalid and illegal, it was expected that a thorough revision of the law of marriage in Ireland would be one of the first undertakings of the law officers of the Crown. Accordingly the Noble Secretary for Ireland lost no time in preparing the public for a forthcoming Bill The hospitals of Paris are so crowded th3iDcotirco; the last few days, between f o rty a nd fifty patients ho v ", hi A" pa , fused at the Central Bureau o f Ad m i s sion=. The fr efre ipls , c,' appointed a Commission of Physicians to visit the ho'Vroe„,,,i,, order the dischar g e o f a ll i ncura ble i atien's. Thi • fl e C r') says the Temps, " althou g h rendered nece s.ary by tojib,' I state of the hospital s, will, , nevert h e l es s create Bor ne 35 considering the wealth of th ese establishomMts.'! .... UMR Ott li v : s "hooltn,s'