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EDITED by Mrs. GORE, Authoress of " Mothers and Daughters," " The Man of For. tune," tke. " This capital story brings before us an unprecedented va riety of lively, amusing, and characteristic scenes."—New Monthly. Henry Colburn; Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough -street. THE NEW NAUTICAL ROMANCE. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vol s ., AD VENTURES OF SIR HENRY MORGAN THE BUCCANEER. By EDWARD HOWARD, Esq. Author of "Rattlin the Reefer," "Jack Ashore," litc. ‘, This new work from Mr. Howard's able and fertile pen, has the advantage of a most happily chosen subject, combining the intense interest of historical truth with the popular attrac tion of fiction ; no wonder, therefore, that it should be, as it undoubtedly is, the best production of its talented writer. Its hero was unquestionably ene of the most extraordinary persons that ever lived in any country, and his adventures as extraor dinary as the character of which they were the fruit."—Naval and Military Gazette. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. MISS BURNEY'S DIARY. THE SECOND VOLUME OF MADAME D'ARBLAY'S DIARY AN t) LETTERS, IS NOW READY AT ALL THE BOOKSELLERS', Price 10s. 6d. bound. with Portrait of Mrs. Thi ale. " This publication will take its place in the libraries beside Walpole and Boswell."—Literary Gazette. " This is the most charming book that has appeared for a long while. We cannot speak too much in praise of this de lightful work, which every one must read."—Courier. " This work may be considered a kind of supplement of Boswell's Life of Johnson. This is a beautiful picture of society as it existed in manners, taste, and literature, in the early period of the reign of George the Third, drawn by a pencil as vivid and brilliant as that of any of the celebrated persons who composed the circle."—Messenger. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-Street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, MARCH 14, Will be performed a Play in Five Aets, called GISIPPUS.—Titus Quintius Fulvius, Mr. Anderson; Gislppus, Mr. Macreasly ; Medon, Mr. Graham; Pheax, Mr Elton ; Cheremes, Mr. Hudson ; Lycias, Ur. G. Bennett; Norban, Miss E. Phillips; Sophronia, Miss Helen Faucit ; Hero, Miss Turpie. After which, the Musical Farce of NO SONG NO SUPPER.... Frederick, Mr Allen ; Crop,.Mr. H. Phillips ; Endless, Mr. Keeley ; liatgaretta, Miss Romer. Doors oper at half past Six, and the Performances begin at Seven, Boxes ;,s., Second Price 2s. Pd. ; Pit 35., Second Price 2s ; Lower Gallery Is. W., Second Price Is. ; Upper Gallery Is., Second Price Ed THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, MARCH 14, Will be repeated the New Comedy, called BUBBLES OF THE DAY.—Lord Skindeep, Mr. W. Farren Sir Phenix Clearcake , Mt. Harley; Captain Smoke, Mr. Charles Mathews; Spreastweasel ' Mr. Bartley ; Pamela Spreadweasel , Mrs. Nisbett ; Florentia, Mrs. W. lacy, Mrs. Quarto, Mrs. W. West ; Guinea, Mrs. Orger. Atter which will be repeated, with additions, Milton's Masque of COMIJS.—Comus, Mr. W. Harrison ; "First Bacchante, Madame Vestris; the Lady, Mrs. Walter Lacy; Elder Brother, Mr. J. Vin ing ; Syrene, Madame Vestris and Miss Rainforth; Cupid, Miss Dowton ; Euphrosyne, Madame Vestris ; Sabrina, Miss Rainforth. Doors open at half-past six , an d the Performances begin at Seven. Dress Boxes 75., Second Price Ss. 6d ; First and Second Circles Ss., second Price 2s. 6d. ; Pit Se. , Seeond Price 2s. ; Gallery Is. Tickets and Places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Grogan, at the Box-of fice, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had upon ap. plication. Private Boxes to be had solely of Mr. Andrews, Book_ seller, 167, New Bond-street. ROYAL StJRREY THEATRE. Last Week of the Season. THIS EVENING, MARCH 14, Will be acted Shakspere's Tragedy of RICHARD THE THIRD. Duke of Gloster, Mr. H. Hughes; Richmond , Mr N. T. Hicks ; Buckinghar<MrNeville; Lady Anne, Mrs. Hughes; Queen, Mrs. Vining. Alter which, a Comic Ballet, entitled OPPOSITION; or, the RIVAL DANCING MASTERS. To conclude with an original Nautical Drama, called SAM SCUD; or, PERILS by SEA and LAND.—Sam Scud, Mr. H. hughes; Betsy, Miss Martin. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. OSBALDISTON. Mary White" still continuing to draw crowded houses, and to excite the warmest sympathies of the audience, will be performed every evening this week. THIS EVENING, MARCH 14. Will be performed MARY WHITE; or. the MURDER at the OLD TABARD.—Mary White, Miss Vincent, the acknowledged Ideroins of Domestic Tragedy. After which, HAMLET.—HamIet, Mr. E. F. Saville; Ghost, Mr. Osbaldiston ; Ophelia, Miss Collett. To conclude with HE BOOK OF FATE ; or, the TAILOR'S DREAM. FRENCH PLAYS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Mr. MITCHELL begs respectfully to announce that Monsieur Per. let's Performances will positively terminate en Friday next. The following are the arrangements for th. Week : THIS EVENING, MARCH 14, The Performances will commence at half.past Seven ecloek with a New Vaudeville, in two acts, which has been performed at Le Gyros nase with great success, entitled LES FEES DE PARIS.—Les Troi- Fees par :Mlles. Larche, Leroux, and Forgeot. • After which MONSIEUR PIQUE ASSIETTE.—Pique Assiette, Mons. Perlet. To conclude with, WERTHER ; ou, LES EGAREMENS D'UN C(EUR SENSIBLE.—Werther, M. Perlet. Wednesday next, for the BENEFIT of MONSIEUR PERLET, the First Act of LE BOURGEOIS GENTILHOMME, EN PE NITENCE, LE COMEDIEN D'ETAMPES, and L'AMBASSA. DEUR. Friday, L'HOMME DE SOIXANTE ANS, LE SAVANT, and %VERTHER, in each of which Mons. Perlet will appear, being his Leal performance, and the last representation before Easter. Mademoiselle Plessy will have the honour of appearing at the Opening of the Theatre after Easter. Private Boxes and Stalls at Mr. Mitchell's Library, 33, Old Bond street; Mr. Seguin's, 12, Regent-street; Mr. Sams's, St. James's street ; and at ►he Box-ottlee of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven till Five. Admission to the Boxes, 6s. ; Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Gallery Stalls, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. titg :Slut. LONDON' MONDAY MORNIiNG, MARCH 14, 1842. ,The State, it must be admitted, is come to a sorry pass, under the combined and united guardianship of Whigs and Tories. Sir RI PEEL is providing a re medy for evils, which partly accrued under his prede cessor, but the expenditure of his own administration, undiminished as far as we can learn by one single piece of economy, is increasing their magnitude. Moreover, he was no friend of parsimony in op2bsi tion, and when hp had the power to influence, if not to' control, the - votes of the House, he never, as far as we recollect, supported any one measure to lessen expense, but Colonel SIBTRORP'S proposal to reduce Prince ALBERT'S income. For the present condition a the finances, we hold him to be as much respon sible as Lord MELBouRNE, who, judging by the progress in wealth made between 1830 and 1837, is excuseable for having placed a generous, though as events have proved, an erroneous confidence in the growing resources of the country. But between Whigs and Tories our condition is this, that while the wail of distress is heard on every hand, while an almost univers tl demand for relief is made, the Prime Minister proposes, in a period of profound European peace, when every part of the country is secure and unassailed, to place a heavy additional burden of nearly three per cent. of their income on the middle classes, the sources of all enterprise, the heart and soul of social improvement. On what ground is this done ? The expenditure of the Government—both parties—both factions let us say, in Parliament, assert cannot be lessened. We must have, they affirm, about:sl,ooo,oop/. a-year to ex pend. The bulk of the people who have to pay the money may say, as the Magistrate said to the thief who pleaded as an excuse the necessity to live; " we • do not see the necessity. Government exists for us and for our benefit, and when its deMands so far exceed our superfluities as to plun g e us, in times of peace, which ought to be times of prosperity, into distress and difficulties, the Go vernment has ceased to fulfil its appropriate func tions, and has becom e a curse instead of a blessing." They may well say, " had the Tory faction not predoiniriatcd, the state of Ireland, relying on the. justice of the Government, might have warranted considerable reduction in the army. Had not the landlords and other monopolists seized the administra tion, the enormous sum now levied to enrich classes might have been taken off the industry of the people, w hi c h, lessening distress and lessening discontent, would have enabled the Government to reduce the expenditure fo: England as well as for Ireland, while it would have augmented the resources of individuals and the revenue of the State." The necessity, there fore, of such a vast expenditure, is merely the neces sity of having the Tories in power, and of governing the community by the odious principles of monopoly and coercion. In the present condition of our own people, nothing can warrant the Government in adding to their bur dens. Sir R. PEEL was, we admit, loudly cheered in the House, and:is loudly praised by the Press, but we are not now to learn that it is one thing " The applause of listening senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise ;" and another, and unfortunately a totally different thing, " To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes." While Sir ROBERT PEEL was drawing down the applause of a listening senate, the land, which nature has made smiling and ruddy with cheerful industry, is groaning with anguish, caused by measures which he has supported, and the applause was given to mea sures which can only add, we believe, to the 'distress and discontent which pervade,' Great Britain and Ireland. What the community really complains of is, that industry cannot now answer all the vast demands made on it by the Government, by the aristocracy, by the clergy, and by the numerous classes who live by one species of taxation or another, and such being the real complaint, Sir R. PEEL comes down with a plan which will add, on his showing, some thing more than 3,000,0001. a year to the public taxes. Of that sum, we believe, nearly two millions will be paid by traders, manufacturers, farmers, and professional men, who are amongst the most indus trious classes of the community, and who stimulate the industry of others. To cripple their means is to cripple enterprise, and introduce a wasting disease into the heart of the community. To take from their resources for the service of the State, is to divert so much productive capital to unproductive employment, is to increase the number of persons who live only to consume and diminish the number who, in con suming, add to the general stock of wealth. The principal point of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S new financial plan being his tax on all incomes above 1501. a year, we shall, on the present occasion, content our selves with reminding our readers of some of the objections which have been made to such a tax. We may at once state, however, that Sir R. PEEL has, in order to attain a readier assent to it, very much un derrated its probable produce. He has estimated the amount of property and income in the country by the return under the property tax in 1814, but since then population has increased upwards of 30 per cent., and the wealth of the community has probably increased in a greater proportion. If his law should be efficacious in getting hold of the incomes of the people, the tax, we believe, will yield nearer 5,000,0001. than 4,000,0001. Moreover, his alterations in the tariff, such as the substitution of a tax on cattle and meat for a prohibition, if it be not a mere mockery must add to commerce and revenue. On the whole, we believe, therefore, that his proposition will be much more injurious than he deems it, and will take considerably more than he says out of the pockets of the people. • Those who acquiesce so readily in the proposition for an income tax, must have forgotten the impa tience with which all classes bore the property tax in 1814, the stern demands that were made for its repeal, and even the compulsion that was exacted to make the Government give it up before , the war, for which it was enacted, was well over. Against such taxes the popular voice and the admonitions of science have been directed; and he is not a prudent statesman who, to secure the ascendancy of a party, sets both at de fiance. Of such a tax this is Dr. SMITH'S condem nation : " An inquisition into every man's private circumstances, and an inquisition which, in order to accommodate the tax to them, watched over all the fluctuations of his fortune, would be a source of snch continued and endless vexation as no people could sapport." Mr. ..\i'CuLLocx, in one of his latest works, " The Statistics of the British Empire," says— " Taxes on either income or property, though theo retically equal, are practically the most unequal that can be imagined. It is, indeed, quite impossible to assess them with any thing like fairness. We may get a pretty accurate notion of the income derived from lands, houses, funded property, or mortgages ; but all beyond this is mere guess work. There are no means by which to as certain the amount of farming capital, stock in trade, the profits derived from them, or the incomes of profes sional men: No inquisition into the private affairs of individuals can ever discover these particulars. There is nothing, in fact, to depend upon in such cases, but the declaration of the parties, and we need not dwell upon the policy of any system of finance that sets the duty and the interests of the contributors in opposition, and makes them profit by concealing or perverting the truth. Besides, although these pry liminary and insuper able difficulties were overcome, and we learned the capi tal and incomes of different parties, we should have other and greater difficulties to surmount before the tax could be fairly assessed. The same deduction ought not to be made from all incomes without taking into account the sources from whence they are derived. To assess them on a just principle, the present value of different incomes, or their value educed to a perpetuity, would have to be determined. But it may be unhesitatingly affirmed, that to do this upon a large scale would be quite impracticable. It is clear, therefore, that taxes on iucome or property ought not to be introduced except as a dernier resort—as a means of filling the coffers of the . Treasury when the other and more legitimate sources of revenue are insufficient, and money must still be had at all hazards. " Direct taxes on property have been the curse of every country into which they have been introduced. To evade them, people that are not poor counterfeit poverty; some of the most powerful incentives to industry and economy are in consequence destroyed, at the same time that interior stock, machinery, &c., are made use of. Such taxes are, besides, most unpopular, as well from their requiring an odious, though ineffectual, inqui sition into the affairs of individuals, as from their being direct. So much is this the case, that we are well con vinced that the raising of eighteen or twenty millions by taxes on income would be felt a much greater burden, and would really be far more injurious, than the raising of fifty or sixty millions by our present taxes." If, for a tax of this description, Sir R. PEEL had abolished or reduced a number of taxes on the neces saries and comforts of life, we might, perhaps, have supposed that his proceeding was justifiable, but the only tax of this description which he has reduced is that on coffee. Every thing else consumed or used by the poor, appears to remain untouched. They may, perhaps, gain a little more employment by the reduction of the timber duties and the duties on raw materials, but these reductions will rather tend to the benefit of ship-owners and manufacturers than the working classes. With a strong love also to protec tion, Sir R. PEEL continues.the discriminating duty in favour of Canadian timber, in nearly all its odious ness, and will still compel us to bring a worse article from five times the distance at which we could pro-' cure Norway and Baltic timber. In his Budget we see nothing to admire, but his speech in explaining it ; and, while we deny any necessity to add to tax ation, except that which grows from monopoly, and coercion, we believe that his additions to it will be both vexatious and mischievous. He unsettles a great many interests, and excites an immense deal of hosti lity to attain very paltry ends. We received last night the Flanders and Hamburgh Mail with news to the, 10th instant. It appears, by letters from St. Petersburgh, that a mutiny of the soldiers had broken out in that capital, and that several officers had been killed. The accounts are very meagre, and no information whatever is given respecting the cause of the tumult. L►e late storm had done great damage along the coast of the Nether lands, as well as in several towns of the interior. An express had arrived at Hamburgh on the Bth inst. announcing the death of the Grand Duke of MECK LRNBURGH SCHWERIN, on the previous day, after an illness of several days. He was married to a sister of the King of PRUSSIA, and was in the 42d year of his age. TRANSMISSION OF LETTERS. MONTHLY STATEMENT OF LETTERS DELIVERED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM :-- Week ending Feb. 20, 1842* . . 4,448,484 Week ending Feb. 21, 1841* . . 4,090,164 Week. ending Nov. 24, 1839 . . 1,585,973 Increase since 1841, on the week's letters . . . . . . 358,320 Increase since 1839, on the week's letters . . . • . 2,862,511 * Including St. Valentine's Day. Before we proceed, therefore, to examine Sir R. "'BBL'S Budget, we think it necessary to protest, in limini, against the supposition too readily adopted by some of our Liberal Contemporaries that a temporary iewurse to direct taxation cannot now be opposed. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen held a Court at Buckingham Palace, on Saturday afternoon, at two o'clock, for the reception of Addresses on the Throne. The Lord Mayor, attended by a , his Mace-bearer, Sword-bearer, and. Chaplain, arrived at the Palace at two o'clock in his state-coach, drawn by six greys, pre ceded by the City Marshals on horseback, and followed by the Aldermen, Sheriffs, and Commons, of the City of London, and the officers of the Corporation, in carriages. The Civic Corps were conducted, on their arrival, to the Green Drawing-room. The. Queen received the Address on the Throne, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, habited in a Field Mar shal's uniform, standing by her side; the Countess of Dunmore, Lady in Waiting, and the Ministers and Offi cers of State, being in attendance on her Majesty. Her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at- Arms, commanded by their Lieutenant, the Hon. Sir Edward Butler, lined the room. _ _ The Lord Mayor and Aldermen ; accompanied by the Recorder and the City Remembrancer, were first con ducted by the Lord Chamberlain to the foot of the throne, when the Recorder read an address of congratu lation on the auspicious birth of a Prince, from the Court of Aldermen, to which her Majesty returned a most gracious answer. The mover and seconder of the Ad dress had the honour of kissing hands, and the deputation then retired to the door of the throne-room, and again approached the Royal presence, followed by the Commons of the City of London and the officers of the Corpo ration. The Recorder read an Address of Congratulation of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of London in Common Council assembled, on the aus picious birth of a Prince, to which her Majesty was pleased to return a most gracious answer. The mover and seconder of the Address in the Court of Common Council had.the honour to kiss hands, and the deputation withdrew. There were present Aldermen Sir P. Laurie, Farebrother, T. Johnson, Lainson, Gibbs, John John son, Sir James Duke, Sir Claudius Hunter, Sir George Carroll, Sir William Heygate, and Sir Chapman Mar shall ; the Recorder, Mr. Sheriff Magnay, Mr. Sheriff Rogers, the Remembrancer, the Chamberlain, the Comp troller, the Solicitor, the Common Pleaders, Messrs. Gurney and Randall; Mr. Under-Sheriff Pritchard, Mr. Secondary Potter, Mr. F. Temple, Keeper of the Guild hall ; Mr. R. L. Jones and Mr. Wire, the mover and se conder of the Address in the Common Council ; Mr. Moon, Mr. Edward Eyton, Mr. Clement Harris, Deputy Brown, Deputy Peacock, and 90 other members of the Court of Common Council. The Lord Mayor and he Majesty's Commissioners of the Lieutenancy for the City of London, including Mr. Masterman, M.P.; Mr. Lyall, M.P.; Mr. Lawford, Mr. James Anderton, Mr. Thiselton Dyer, Mr. Hankey, and Mr. Josiah Wilson, were introduced to the Royal _ _ presence, and presented an Address of Congratulation, to which her Dlajesty returned a gracious answer. The Lord Mayor and Mr. Masterman, M.P., had the honour to kiss hands, and the deputation then retired. The Bishop of London, accompanied by the Bishop of Llandaff, Dean of St. Paul's, the Archdeacon of Lon don and Middlesex, the President of Sion College, the Rev. Mr. Milman, Prebendary of Westminster ; the Rev. Dr. Hodgson, Dean of Carlisle; the Rev. Dr. Birch, Rev. Dr. Acland, Rev. Dr. Burnet, Rev. Dr. Hollingworth, the Rev. Dr. Russell, and a numerous body of the clergy of London and Westminster, arrived at the Palace at half-past two o'clock, and were conducted to the Li brary, and from thence were ushered by Sir William Martins, Sir Frederick Smith, and Colonel Diggle, the Gentlemen Ushers in Waiting, to the presence of the Queen in the Throne-room. The Bishop of London read an address from the Clergy of the Cities of London and Westminster, congra tulating her Majesty on the birth of a Prince, to which the Queen was pleased to return a most gracious answer. The Bishop of Llandaff, the Archdeacon of London, and the - President of Sion College, had the honour of kissing hands, and afterwards retired with the other members of the deputation from the Royal presence. The Earl of Aberdeen, her Majesty's Principal Secre tary of State for Foreign Affairs, presented Lord and William Russell to her Majesty, at an audience. The Queen gave audiences to Sir Robert Peel, Lord Stanley, and the Lord Chamberlain. The Court was attended by the Lord President, the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretaries of State for the Home, Foreign, and Colonial Departments, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the President of the Board of Trade, the Secretary at War, Paymaster of the Forces, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the Captain of the Yeoman of the Guard, the Vice-Chamberlain, the Treasurer of the Household, the Clerk Marshal, Mr. Henry Robinson, Standard-bearer of the Honourable' Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, Colonel Buckley, Equerry in Waiting, Sir Benjamin Smith, Captain Parker Nutt all, Exon in Waiting, and Mr. Byng and Mr. Wilson, rages of Honour in Waiting. Viscount Hawarden and Sir F. Stovin were the Lord and Groom in Waiting. The Yeoman of the Guard lined the Grand Hall, and the Queen's guard of the Grenadier Guards was on duty on the Palace lawn, with the band of the -regiment. The Lord Mayor and Aldermen had an audience of his Royal Highness Prince Albert on Saturday, at Buckingham Palace, to present an Address of Congratu lation from the Court of Aldermen. His Lordship and the Aldermen, accompanied by Mr. J. Anderton, the mover, Mr. W. Jones, the seconder, Messrs. Moon, Peacock, and many members of the Court of Common Council, presented an address of congratulation from the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons in Common Council assembled. The Lord Mayor, Mr. Masterman, • M.P., Mr. Lyall, M.P., Mr. J. Anderton, Mr. Lawford, and other Com missioners presented a Congratulatory Address from the Commissioners of Lieutenancy of the City of London to his Royal Highness. The Bishop of London, and a numerous body of the Clergy. of London and Westminster, had an audience of Prince Albert, and presented an Address of Congratu lation from the Clergy of those cities. The Bishop of London presented the following members of the depu tation to his Royal Highness :—The Bishop of Llandaff, the Archdeacon of London, the President of Sion Col lege, the Archdeacon of Middlesex, and the Dean of Carlisle. His Royal Highness Prince Albert was attended by the Marquis of. Exeter, Groom of the Stole ; Lord Col ville, Lord in Waiting ; Sir Edward Bowater, Equerry in Waiting ; and Colonel Godwin, Gentleman Usher in Waiting. The Queen and Prince Albert took an airing in an open barouche and four on Saturday afternoon. A pair of beautiful pedestals, inlaid with tortoiseshell and gold, richly mounted with massive gold ornaments, executed for the Duchess of Sutherland, was submitted on Saturday, by Mr. Town, at Buckingham Palace, to her Majesty and Prince Albert, who were graciously pleased to express their approbation. Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal was taken an airing on Saturday to Hampstead. The Royal dinner party at Rockingham Palace, on Saturday evening, included the Prince and Princess Nicholas Esterhazy, Lady Fanny Howard, the Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl of Liverpool, Viscount Melbourne, Lord Ashley, Lord and Lady Mahon, and Lord Colville. The Queen and Prince Albert attended Divine Service yesterday morning, in the Chapel Royal, St James's. The Prayers were read by the Rev. Mr. Povah, the Les ions bythe Rev. Mr. Haden, and the Communion Service by the Rev. Dr. Sleath, Rev. Messrs. Povah and Haden. The Bishop of Ripon preached the sermon from Gala tians, chap. v., v. 6. The Service was Boyce in A, the Sanctus and Commandments Rogers in D. The anthem, "In Jewry is God known" (Dr. Clarke), was sung by Messrs. Wylde, Vaughan, and Bradbury, and one of the young gentlemen of the choir. Mr. J. B. Sale presided at the organ. The Royal suite consisted of the Countess of rrtmmore, Iron. Miss Stanley, Hon. Miss Devereux ' Viscount Ha warden, Marquis of Exet er , Si r Frederick Stovin, Colonel Buckley, and Sir Edward Bowater. Among the nobility present were the Earls It osebery, Erroll, Harrowby, Delawarr, and Cawdor, Lords Eliot and Canterbury. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited the Queen yesterday. His Royal Highness Prince Albert visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent ,yesterday, at Clarence House. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambric.]!iv visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager on Friday, at Marl borough House. The Lord Mayor, the Aldermen, and the Recorder, had an audience of her Royal Highness the l?uchess of Kent on Saturday, at Clarence House, St. Jan res's, and presented an Address of Congratulation from the Court of Aldermen. The Lord Mayor, the Alden a en, Mr. W. Lawrence, the mover, and Mr. W. S. Hale,: the se conder of the a dd ress , M essrs. M oon, Brown, Harris, and other Common Councilmen, presented an Address of Congratulatioia from the Court of Common Council of the City of London. The Lord Mayor, Mr. Masterman, M.P., Mr. :Lyall, M.P., and other . Commissioners, presented an Address of Congratulation from the Commissioners for the Lieutenancy of tho City o f L on d on to the Royal Ducihess. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent was at tended by Lady Fanny Howard, Lady in Waiting, ; and Sir George Couper, Bart., C. 8., Comptroller of iher Royal Highness's household. The Duchess of Gloucester visited the Queen Dowager on Saturday. _ The Duke of Cambridge attended Divine Service yea terday morning in Grosvenor chapel. The Duchess of Cambridge accompanied by the Princesses Augusta and Mary of Cambridge, took an airing yesterday to Kew. The Duke of Cambridge visited the Duke of Sussex at Kensington Palace. _ _ A Deputation, consisting of the Agent for Jamaica, Sir C. Grant, Mr. Dehany, and Mr. Colville, had an hterview with Sir Robert Peel, on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-street. A Deputation on the subject of the Danish claims had an interview on Saturday with Sir Robert Peel in Down ing -street. The Deputation consisted of the following Members of Parliament :—Sir John Hamner, Sir Walter James, Mr. Hutt, Mr. Bowes, Mr. Hodgson Hinde, Mr. Hodgson, Mr. Chapman, and Mr. Bain, the agent to the claimants. _ _ _ Mr. Wyld has just published a small sketch of the City. of Caubul and its environs. The extent of the place is about a mile square, the river intersecting it to the north of Timour Shah's tomb. The His.ah or Hirsah occupied by the British troops, with the fortification around it, almost approaches the city, the distance between the Bulla Point and the walls not exceeding 200 yards. Lord Wm. Paget has published a statement in which be denies in the strongest terms any knowledge, much less participation, in the foolish affair which has made so much its banks, and doin g noise at P ar i s , and asserts that his solicitor has a letter in his EXTRAORDINARY HIGH TIDE.—OH Saturday after possession which proves that Cassidy did not go to the bed-room noon the river Thames rose to an unusual height, overflowing without the highest authority. DEATH OF THE GRAND DUKE OF MECKLENBURG considerable damage at above and below London bridge. According to the tide-tables Sell wicartv.--Ha mono H, MARCH B.—An express f rom it was high-water at twenti-six minutes past two o'clock in the 'many places, both Schwerin h as arr i ve d h ere this morning with the afflicting afternoon , at which ti me t e d e pth of wa t er e t the outer lock news that his Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg of the entrance of S t- Katharine ' s Dock was 29 feet 3 i nc h es. Schwe r i n , after an illness of several days, died yesterday In the Tower garriton there was no thoroughfare for pedeq morning, between five and six o'clock, in the 42d year of hi s trians, the depth of water at the "Traitors' gate " being nearly age. He ii succeeded by his son Frederick Francis, born 28th one foot. The late heavy gales is the reason assigned for this of February, 1823, unusually higletil e. Loi-d Sandon had an interview with Lord Stanley on Saturday at the Colonial-office. Mr. Compton and Mr. Fleming had an interview with Sir Robert Peel on Saturday in Downing-street. LORD WILLIAM PAGET AND I MISS BELLEW. " LORD WILLIAM PAGET'S STATEMENT. " If I have deferred till the present moment to circu late any refutation of the infamous calumnies which have been published against Lady William Paget and myself, in various newspapers, it is not because I have been re gardless of public opinion or indifferent to the just cen sure of the respectable portion of the public press, but because I have observed throughlife, that exactly in pro portion as both are hasty to condemn in the first in stance, and upon ex parte statements, so," in the end, they are sure to do ample justice to all parties ; and for this reason alone I determined to await all the attacks with which I was threatened, and then to state (as con cisely as possible) the true facts of the case, in so far as I know them, and which I here beg leave to do. " On or about the 6th of January, Mr. Cassidy, whom I had known intimately for a considerable period, and who had always represented himself to me, and whom I believed to be the son (or nephew, I forget which) of Colonel Cassidy, of her Majesty's service, and a man of independent circumstances, introduced Lady William Paget and myself to Miss Bellew, as a lady whose• acquaintance he had made in Devonshire, and to whom he hoped and believed he was shortly to be married. " He stated, and which was the fact, that she had arrived in. London from Devonshire with him the day before, travelling with him in his carriage, accom panied by a Mr. and Mrs. Douglas, both of whom I had Met in London two years • ago, but whom I had never' seen ' before or sinee that time, and whom Lady William had never seen in her life. A few days afterwards Miss Bellew invited us to dine with her at the Euston Hotel ; and after dinner, taking Lady William to her room, showed her a shawl and a set of jewels, which she said had been presented to her that day by Mr. Cassidy (by him estimated at 8001.), but she observed that they had been accompanied by a letter from Mr. Cassidy propbsing marriage to her, which she had re jected (not having known him sufficiently long), and that she intended returning the presents. " The followinc , evening Miss Bellew announced to Lady William that she had been induced by Mr. Cas sidy to withdraw her letter refusing his hand, and to re tain the presents. Thus, it appeared to Lady • William that nothing could be more clear than that at least Miss Bellew looked forward to the possibility, if not probabi lity; of a marriage at some period or other, with Mr. Cassidy. But Lady William took not the slightest in terest in the matter. " She had then seen Miss Bellew but twice in her life ; and although (from my having known Mr. Cassidy for a long period, and esteeming him exceedingly, and firmly believing him to be in every respect her equal), I rejoiced myself at the prospect of his marrying so well. Lady William knew little of him him either, and cared as little. " But if there ever -arose any doubts in the mind of Lady William as to the intention of Miss Bellew towards Mr. Cassidy, 'they were entirely removed (as well they might be, I think), on hearing from Miss Bellew that she projected an excursion to Paris with him ; and on learn ing that she had proceeded to that capital, travelling with him in his carriage, as usual, accompanied, however, by Mr. and Mri. Douglas, and who were the persons that in troduced Mr. Cassidy to her in the first instance. " A week afterwards I went to Paris, occompanied by Lady William and my sons. We were in the same hotel with Miss Bellew, and dined (that is, Lady William and myself) with her, at her particular invitation, dur ing the only four days we were there together. Every thing went on amicably. I thought I had never seen two lovers play their parts better (according to my humble notions of those matters), when the denoue ment took place of Mr. Cassidy being found in Miss Bellew's bed-room. The next morning Miss Bellew sought refuge with Lady William, and proposed to her to take charge of and protect her. " Many reasons prevailed with me for refusing to listen to such an arrangement. The first was, that Miss Bellew, being some years older than Lady William (and Lady William has a son thirteen years of age), and ap pearing to me to be fully as well acquainted with the ways of the world, and quite as capable of taking care of herself, I did not think she stood in need of any such protection ; but, if she did, I naturally referred her to her particular friend Mrs. Douglas, who had originally in troduced her to Mr. Cassidy, and with whom she had travelled from Devonshire to London, and from thence to Paris, and with whom she stated she had lived on terms of intimacy in Devonshire for nine months. " Another. trifling circumstance had also some little weight in deciding me, which was, that upon my remon strating with Mr. Cassidy on the brutality and indecency of his conduct, he exculpated himsetf by placing in my hands a note, bearing the initials of Miss Bellew, making an assignation to receive him in her bed-room* Under these circumstances, I ventured to decline the honour proposed for Lady William, and Miss Bellew took her departure from Paris, I heard no further on the subject, until I learnt, by the public journals, that Lady William and myself had been engaged in inveigling a young heiress from Devonshire to Paris ! " Unfortunately, however, for the veracity of their informants, neither Lady nor 'myself had been in Devonshire at all ; nor had either of us accompanied Miss Bellew to Paris, nor did we leave London for several days after, her departure with Mr. Cassidy; nor had our original, intation of visiting Paris the most remote reference although, from the' aecidental circumstance of my detention in London; owing to the illness of two of my ehildrin, I unfortunately "made her acquaintance, and thus became entangled with her and her friends in thi4 affair. And, after all, our whole knowledge of this amiable young lady extends but to five days' acquaintance in London (if, indeed, such trifling intercourse as we had with her during so short a period can be called an acquaintance), and four days in Paris. " The public, I think, will wonder that a piing lady of rank and fortune (and with clean hands) should resort to the columns of the Satirist, instead of the laws of her country, to redress her wrongs and to "establish her inno cence. * * * * And here I may ask, had Miss B. no friends, no father, no uncle, no brother, no male relative to come forward, and bring to a just account, by some means or other, some one, at least, among those who haver so wronged her ?It would appear she had not. • - "It has always been been quite clear to me what has been the head and front of Lady William's offence and mine towards this young lady, namely, the rejection of ber appeal to us for protection, under circumstances in which, I think, as a husband, I was fully justified. But even for this Lady William is not to blame (if blame there be), for so utterly ignorant was she of my motives for declining to make her the future depository of Miss Bellew's virtue; so entirely without a suspicion was she that Miss Bellew entertained any but the most friendly feelings towards her, that, unknown to me (and quite as a matter of course), on her arrival in London, s he wrote to k now when and where she would see her. Ido not feel called upon to make a single remark upon the conduct of any person connected with this affair but that of Lady W. and myself ; but I cannot help declaring (which I most solemnly do) that I never saw, on the part of any of the famous conspi rators, the slightest attempt to influence or control Miss Bellew in anything ; or anything but the greatest kindness shown to her ; and without attempting to defend the conduct of Mr. Cassidy, I will say, that no man could receive the encouragement which he always received from Miss Bellew without baying ^. right to suppose that she intended to become his wife. For my own part, I am quite ready to confess that I looked upon a marriage betiween Mr. Cassidy and Miss Bellew as so probable an event; and I believed the par ties to be so equally matched in point of worldly position and circumstances, and both so fully aware of what they were doing, that if I did say or do anything which might have had a tendency to the furtherance of this object (but of which I am ignorant), it was only in, accordance with my feelings, and with my belief that there existed no grounds whatever against it ; and I am sureif I had been asked by Mr. Cassidy to do any thing to forward it, I should unhesita tingly have done so. On the other hand, if Mr. Cassidy was himself aware of his impending bankruptcy (which does not at all follow as a matter of course), or if any of the other parties mentioned were aware of it, which I do not believe, I can find no words to express my detesta tion and disgust at such atrocious villainy towards Miss 8., as well as towards Lady William and .myself. In conclusion, I shall only-add, that every syllable which has been uttered or written, whether by Miss Bellew or her friends, to theprejudice of Lady William Paget and myself in regard to this affair, is a scandalous and in famous falsehood." • This letter is in - the hands of my solicitor, Mr. Bebb, of 12, Argyle-street, who has my full permission to show- it to the curious in sneh matters. . _• The Marquis- de N. 'resides ill' a small mansion in the Rue Ville I'Evoque, having a garden, the wall of which runs back to the Rue de Surenne. Two evenings ago the Mar quis remainedrat home alone, the Marquise having gone to a party, taking two of the servants to attend her, and given the rest leave to absent themselves, so that the only person left in the house besides the Marquis was a couturiere, who came to work by the day. The 'Marquis was busily engaged in his Cabinet, but about nine o'clock had occasion for some papers which were in another room, and w..trit to get them. On passing the private apartments of the Marquise he ob snied a light, which in her absence he knew ought not to be there, and on entering found three men engaged in open ing the furniture and taking possession of everything va luable. Preserving' his presence of mind, the Marquis ac costed them, and told them it was in vain for them .to at tempt to fly, as the whole of his establishment was within call. Two of the thieves, however, made a.rush past him, and escaped. He seized, the third, but thii fellow, being stronger and younger than the Marquis, broke from his grasp and followed his fellows, passing the workwoman, who came on hearing the cries of the Marquis. Police-officers were immediately afterwards called in, and ascertained that the fellow's had made their way into the garden by an old And badly-faStened door from the Rue de Surenne, had cut through a shutter by means' of a centre-hit, and thus got by a esci p i pe pt k io e n. ted a window on the ground-floor. Nume rous skeleton ke y s and m other implements of housebreaking w ere left behind by the robiers, of whose persons the Marqu is was able to g ive a full As y s a l y u e a t b l n e o repeater, a f tethr7any rings, and other jewels have been taken. They had d of high price, but their booty would have been much greater had tiny not been interrupted. TRA DE IN ASHTON AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD.— Things are here in a very bad state. Nearly all the spinners and manufacturers have announced their intention to make a reduction of wages, amounting to 10 per cent. on twist, and 5 per cent. on weft ; the reduction to commence from next Friday. Ono mill is to be wholly stopped in a fortnight or three weeks. On Tuesday evening, a meeting of factory ope ratives was held in the Charlestown Meeting-house, to consi der the propriety of making a stand against the proposed re. duction. Some of the masters, who, at the late Anti-Corn• law meeti ng a t A s hton, avowed themselves converts to Chart ism, and who are. amongst those who find themselves compelled to propose this reduction of wages were abused in no rnea sure.d ,terms by the operatives. We have ru,t heard what was the determination ultimately adopted by the hands, in reference to the proposed reduction.—Manchester Guardian. On Saturday the Lord Mayor, several of the Al dermen, and a great number of the members of the Court of Common Council, assembled at the Guildhall, and thence pro ceeded in ' State to Buckingham Palace,to present Addresses to the Queen upon the occasion of the birth of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. • , c. ; • • -"*. s -:1! . 1 ,41,1:10 . - ,Lionzne-, , THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 14, 1842 HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Her Majesty's Theatre opened on Saturday evening for the_season with_ a_new opera, a new company, and a new manager. Mr. Lumley, who has undertaken the arduous task of the management, is not, however, altogether un used to, or unacquaiated with, the manner in which the affairs of this theatre have hitherto been conducted, having been for some years the legal adviser and per sonal friend of poor Laporte. Ho could not have studied in a better school, for it should never be forgotten that it is to Laporte that we are in debted or our acquaintance with Grisi and Persiani ; with Tamburini, Rubini, and Lablache; with Murio and Coletti ; and in short, with all those who have, dur ing the last ten years', made ours the first Italian opera in Europe. Mr. Lumley's programme promises well. Grisi, Persiani, Lablache, and Murio are engaged. Tam burini's Italian engagements will prevent his appearing in London this season ; but in the list of new aspirants for public favour, we find the names of Ranoini, of Ma dame Frezzolini (the prima donna, par excellence, of Italy), and Signor Poggi, in addition to those of Mademoiselle Adelaide Moltini, Guasco, and Santi, who made their appearance on Saturday evening. The opera chosen for the opening was Donizetti's Gemma Di Vergy. The scene is laid at the castle of the Count De Vergy, near Arles, and the action is supposed to take place about the year 1428. The Count De Vergy (Santi), one of the nobles of Charles VII. of France, has been long married to Gemma (Mademoiselle Moltini), but their union is child less. At a tournament at Arles, he sees and loves Ida di Greville (M. Bellini). He dispatches Rolando (Galii) to his faithful steward Guido (Panzini) at the castle, with orders to break to Gemma the tidings that she is no longer the Countess de Vergy, as he (the Count) has divorced her, and intends marrying Ida. Tamas (Guasco), an Arab, who had been taken prisoner by Rolando in Palestine, and who is passionately, though secretly in love with Gemma, on hearing Rolando de liver his message to Guido, bursts out into passionate imprecations against the Count. Rolando rushes at him with his dagger, when Gemsna makes her appearance, and calms the tumult. She is left alone with Guido, who breaks to her the heart-rending intelligence of her husband's intentions. In the next scene we find Tomas with a bloody dagger, with which he has just stabbed Rolando. The sound of trumpets announcing the arrival of the Count, Tamas leaves the dagger on a table and rushes out. The Count enters, finds the bloody dagger, and imagines that Gemma has stabbed herself. Guido, however, enters, and informs him of what has taken place. Tamas is arrested, and condemned to die. Gemma enters, and, with her ladies, begs his life may be spared, and the Count grants the request. She then implores the Count not to divorce her, recals to his me mory his former vows to her : he is on the point of yielding, when the music announcing the approach of Ida is heard. The Count casts off Gemma, who impre cates vengeance on his head, and Tamas secretly vows to revenge Gemma's wrongs upon the Count. A trio in this scene, "Un suo sguardo," exquisitely sung by Guasco, Santi, and Mademoiselle Moltini, was loudly applauded, and, in obedience to the unanimous call of the house, repeated. In the second act we find Ida preparing for her nuptials. She is sitting alone in herchamber, and Gemara enters dressed in deep mourning. Ida, surprised, asks who she is, and Gemma replies that she was Gemma's attendant. Ida observes that her mournful garb little suits with the splendour of the approaching nuptials, and commands her to leave the room. Gemma replies that it is not yet time. What prevents you ? asks Ida. The wife of 1)e Vergy— (DiVergy la moglie) is the reply; uttering which, Gemma seizes her rival, and dragging her for ward, reproaches her with having seduced the affections of De Vergy ; Ida calls for assistance, and Gemma, drawing a dagger, holds it to Ida's breast, and commands her to be silent. The Count rushes in with his sword drawn, but Gemma, threatening to stab Ida if he advances a step, commands him to throw his sword on the ground; he obeys. She is about to stab Ida, when Tamas rushes in and disarms her. In this scene Mademoiselle Moltini exhibited histrionic powers of the highest order. She seemed to revel in all the luxury of revenge, and her reproaches to her faithless husband were given with terrific energy . and truthfulness. The next scene takeS place in the antichamber of the chapel in which are being celebrated the nuptials of DeVergy and Ida. Gemma enters, and is speedily followed by Tamas, who has watched all her proceedings. He urges her to fly—she rejects him with scorn ; she sees the nuptial ceremony proceeding in the chapel, and, stung to madness, consents to fly even with Tamas rather than remain, and bear the cruel insults of her rival. The duet with which this scene closes, " Taci parto, lo schiavo fedele," is the gem of the opera, and was exqui sitely given by Guasco and Mlle. Moltini. Gemma, left to herself, becomes calmer; aspirations for revenge give place to holier thoughts, and she determines to enter a cloister. The attendants on the nuptials rush from the chapel in confusion. De Vergy has been stabbed at the altar by lamas, who proclaims that love for Gemma induced him to do the deed. She turns from him with horror, and he exclaiming—" I have avenged thee: I die"—( Ti vendicai morro")—stabs himself, and the curtain falls. Such is the plot of this opera—a plot, to the capabilities of which, we regret to say, Donizetti has done anything but justice. Common-place as Donizetti's music gene rally is, the music of this opera is more than usually so, there is not a single original idea from the beginning to the end, and with the exception of the duet and trio to which we have alluded, there is nothing noticeable in it. It was successful —very successful—but its success was owing partly to the interest of the sub ject, but more to the exertions of Mademoiselle Moltini and Guasco, who possess. powers: of a very high order, and who exerted themselves to the utmost. Mademoi;• selle Moltini is young and very pretty ; with a most ex quisitely formed hand and arm; in person she reminds us very much of la diva Sontag. Her voice, which is a pure soprano of great power, is exquisitely sweet and highly cultivated. Guasco is in person tall, his countenance is very expressive, and his voice, which is highly cultivated, is a full and rich tenor. As an actor, also, he is entitled to high rank. Mademoiselle Moltini aria Guasco were both called for at the fall of the curtain, and received those plaudits which they had so richly merited by their ex • ertions. The new Ballet of • Giselle au Les Wilis fol lowed, with Carlotta Grisi and Perrot as the hero and heroine. The following placard was handed round the house:— " HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. " Saturday, March 12, 1842. " The indulgence of the Nobility, subscribers to the opera, and the public, are respectfully requested in behalf of M. Perrot, who is suffering from a severe pain in the leg, but to prevent a total disappointment, has most kindly consented to appear." His apology, however, was unnecessary, for Perrot went through his part with his usual grace and agility, while Carlotta Grisi seemed the very " Muse of the many twinkling feet." The scenery was beautiful and the ballet was completely successful. The National An them was sung between the opera and the ballet. The house was very well filled, the audience being more nu merous than is generally the case on the opening night. *cronblßittion SUN OFFICE, Three o'clock. By command of her MAJESTY papers have been pre sented to Parliament relative to the moneys received by that most original of diplomatists, Captain ELLIOT, by way of ransom for the city of Canton, taken by the British troops on the 27th of May last. These papers are so entirely in character that we regret we cannot publish them at full length, instead of making extracts from them. The most ludicrous feature of the case was, that when the Convention between Captain ELLIOT and the Chinese authorities relative to Canton was ratified, the British Officers on the spot could not understand it, and after the money remitted to England reached the Treasury, neither the Lords of that department, nor the Noble Foreign Secretary, could tell for what pur pose it was received or remitted. Upon the first of these points, we beg to quote a letter addressed to Cap tain ELLIOT, by the justly lamented and gallant Captain SENHOUSE. It is dated the heights above Canton, May 28, 1841 : Sir,—l have the honour to acknowledge your Excellency's joint letter, of the 27th May, to Sir Hugh Gough and myself, • transmitting the arrangement your Excellency has concluded with the officers of the Chinese Government, and also a copy of the full authority given to Kwang-Chow-Foo to act for the Chinese Commissioners. In perusing very attentively the document your Excellency has been pleased to transmit, I cannot avoid considering that the terms of the arrangement must appear to an unprejudiced person, ignorant of local circumstances, more as a settlement for a general peace rather than conditions proposed, discussed, and agreed to, for the sole purpose of delivering the city of Canton, fro m the penalties of actual occupation. In the autho rity given to the Kwang-Chow-Foo by the Commissioners, they clearly state that the English Plenipotentiary, being will ing to observe a truce and make arrangements for peace, they therefore, appoint the Kwang-Chow.Foo to conduct the details of the pacific arrangement and settlement. Now it was not the British Minister who applied for a truce, for it was the Chinese officer who came with a lag of truce to the walls, declared to Sir Hugh Gough and myself that they were not willing to fight any more, and, therefore, wished to see the British chiefs. The articles themselves make no mention ofthe money being paid as a ransom for the town, nor is any mention made of these conditions being confined to the province of Kwangtung. On the contrary, it is well known that the Chinese authori ties extended your Excellency's former declaration, that the English wanted nothing but trade on the old footing, to the further settlement of a definitive peace, although in your Ex cellency's own understanding the arrangement was limited to Canton; and the Commissioner Kwang in his private letter said, that you have stated that your nation wanted nothing but trade on the old footing, and invited you to commence nego tiations for a definitive peace. The sum to be given up being similar to the sum offered to be given for opium, and the introduction of the affair of the Bilbaino, unite in inducing to an unprejudiced and uninformed person, that the arrangement is more intended for a general pacification, which would appear a very poor compensation for all the insults and injuries we have received, than an acknow ledgment of the vanquished to the conqueror in the hour of victory. I therefore beg, for the information of my Comman der-in-Chief and their Lordships of the A.imiralty, to know whether the arrangement is decidedly a ransom for the city of Canton, to save it from the consequences of legal warfare ; leaving out entirely the question of remuneration, compensa tion, and security for the future, so long mooted, or for other purpose. I ask it to maintain the national honour and the credit of the British flag, that the success of the British arms in laying the city of;Canton at the feet of the Queen's forces may not be hereafter questioned, without certain contradiction. (Signed) H. L. SENHOUSE, Captain, Senior Officer. This letter seems to have nettled the Plenipotentiary a good deal. He must have seen from it that meritorious officers would no longer charge themselves with the ri dicule and the disgrace of his blunders. Accordingly, on the 2d of June, he answers officially : " Whilst I am unable to perceive the necessity for your com munication of the 28th ultimo, upon the ground that the late arrangement at Canton can by any possibility or in any quarter be construed into a general settlement of the questions at issue between the two Governments, I certainly can have no hesita tion in officially declaring . that it has reference only t• the re lief of this city and province from pressure which could not continue to be applied, casting ruin and distress upon a vast unoffending population, at incalculable inconvenience to our own well-understood interests, in forgetfulness - of her Majesty's gracious purposes, and in defiance of the temper and feeling of the British nation upon all such subjects. We now come to the ignorance which Captain ELLIOT allowed to prevail at home as to how he obtained the ransom money. In a letter from the Lords of the Treasury to the Foreign-office, dated the 2nd of Novem ber, we find the following : Having submitted to the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury your Lordship's letter of the 28th ultimo, enclosing a despatch from Captain Elliot, her Majesty's Plenipotentiary in China, in which he reports the payments in money and securities received from the Chinese Government, I have it in command from the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury to request you will state to the Earl of Aberdeen, that it would be satisfactory to my Lords, if some information could be furnished by Lord Aberdeen as to the grounds on which the money in question was demanded, and paid either by the Chinese Government or the authorities in Canton. To which, on the part of Lord ABERDEEN, the following reply is given : I am to state to you in reply, for the information of their Lordships, that Captain Elliot's despatches to the Secretary of State contain no explanation whatever of the grounds on which this payment was demanded or received by him from the Chinese authorities ; and there is only one expression in those despatches which has any bea r i ng w h atever on t h at po i nt. Captain Elliot, in allusion to the quantity of tea, which had just been shipped from . Canton, s a y s _" Th e i n d emn i ty j ust r ecovered from the Chinese is, perhaps, rather more than double the charges , and dutie s th ey h a d rece i ved from the trade of the season : ' With his usual luck, however, Capt. ELLIOT hit upon an expedient for getting rid of part of the money, and of getting himself into a new scrape. In the plenitude of Plenipotentiary power he had drawn Opium Bills upon the Treasury in favour of DENT and Co., to the amount of upwards of sixty-three thousand pounds, which bills were dishonoured when the Government refused to re cognise the opium contract. When, however, the Sycee silver ransom of Canton was placed at his disposal his Ex cellency magnanimously paid these bills. But now comes the unpleasant part of the business. The Lords of the Treasury have decided that the ransom is a droit of the Crown, and therefore that every shilling of it, except what is paid in gratuities to the officers and men at the discretion of her MAJESTY, must be handed over to the Consolidated Fund, to be dealt with by Act of Par liament. This places poor Captain ELLIOT in a very sad predicament, from which it will require an Act of Par liament to relieve him. The House of Commons, being dissatisfied with the first returns, ordered on the 7th instant copieq of any additional communications from Captain ELLIOT, " ex plaining or having any bearing upcm " his mysterious transactions with the Chinese authorities, addressed by him to the Foreign-office. To this order a return has just been made, consisting of an extract from a letter dated " 55, Cadogan-place, 25th of January, 1842," and addressed by Captain ELLIOT to Lord ABERDEEN, which, if possible, involves the question of the object of the ransom in still greater mystery. All that the Gal lant ex-Plenipotentiary says about it is, that knowing there was a good sum of money in the imperial treasury at Canton, he thought he could not do better than get it, and having gotten it he was satisfied ! Taking the whole of Captain ELLIOT'S career in China, and overlooking the cost which his blundering hast cost, and will yet cost this country, we must say that it ex hibits the richest specimen of the farce of diplomacy ever acted on the theatre of this world. In his best days GRIMALDI was a bore dompared with the Plenipotentiary ELLIOT. The Parliamentary Report of the conversation be tween Sir ROBERT PEEL and Mr. SHIEL relative to the occupation of Algiers, which appeared in The Sun, dif fered in a word or two, which did not in the slightest particular affect the meaning of the conversation, from the report of our morning Contemporaries. To soothe the self-love of the French, which was very much wounded by the Report, the French Government com pelled the Journals which copied it from The Sun to re-copy it from the other papers, wishing thereby to create an impression that all reports of speeches disa greeable to France were liable to be erroneously reported. The ruse of the Government has not been understood by the Ministerial Press, for the Journal des Debats has thought proper to caution the French public against the reports in The Sun, as garbled to suit party purposes. " In England as in France," says the Debats, " there are Journals which make it a point of honour and patriotism to sow the seeds of hatred and defiance between the two countries, by irritating and keeping alive national prejudices. The Radical Journal Soo, is cf that number. It is filled with an Os animosity against France, and it is from it—whi eß arrives first in Paris—that the French Journals copy the proceedings in the English Parliament. It is.not therefore, surprising that a tone is given to the report s in that Journal to suit its political prejudices N°vl we tell our French Contemporary, that however littlet surprising such a custom would be in France, . 1 would be very surprising indeed in England. 'SU° a custom is altogether unknown to the Bri . dt o Press of every shade of politiCal opinion. business of a reporter on the London Press; is' report faithfully, without any regard to dig 14_ 1 ,.. opinions of the journal upon whose establishmentikti and we appeal to the whole of our Contenspor!Th Whig and Tory, whether any reporter, daring tc 0 07: 4 , reports of proceedings in Parliament to suit paro i e r t i would not instantly be discharged ? The Pli tl ieo opinions of reporters are, in nine cases n ut ' 4: 2 4' utterly unknown to, and never in any case inquired s . by the Editors of the London press. With respect to the absurd charge of The San . 1 hostile to France, the best answer which we cal l to refer to our columns for the last tell years. of London daily journals, The Sun is perhaps the onliP i o r: e which on every occasion advocated the policy of a' C iv il alliance with France. True, we never lent to support the nefarious acts of the French Govritror perpetrated in violation of its solemn engage but in this we manifested no more hostility to .. than did M. ODILLON BARROT, and the whol e 4t ;its Opposition Members of the French Chamber of De ties. Nay, our very remarks upon Lord ABE lt iif; correction in the House of Lords of the statem e French Ambassador, showed a kindlier feeling t",: 7 4; France, than those of any other London Journ4:l4 much as we observed that we gave more credktgi,V assertion of the Ambassador than to the recellec 4i . the Noble Foreign Secretary. We did even,mere•i4 expressed ourselves opposed to all controversfr question of the conquests of France in Africa- *2O l truth we take to be this, the writer in the Debaw: i`/# read a syllable of English in his life, and juti,gr,44 Sun by occasional translated extracts from it. !" ; 'O, - 1 a regular reader of this Journal he could not the gross ignorance that it shown in describing `' 7 as filled with animosity against France. We have received to-day, by the French P¢ M. GulzoT's version of the. conversation •betviesiletb French Ambassador and Lord ABERDEEN, re l , at g oof the recognition of the Conquest of Algiers. 31 ' . point blank contradicts Lord ABERDEEN'S stat e the House of Lords. a o° 4 It blew a hurricane in Paris on Wednesday night sad day morning. It began about 11 o'clock, and bless west in strong squalls, doing a great deal of darnlige ; t4 o 2A . chimneys, and trees. On the bridgc of Neuilly, tyro veb` c- 101eZ blown over, and on the road to Saint Denis, a man , by the sudden fall of a tree. In the court of a house , Aler l'Ahbaye, a gentleman was nearly killed by the fall of,deo ney-stack.close at his feet, just as he had come out of u ,s ',: d tsel c Numerous chimneys have been blown down in varioni sOf Paris, and several persons have been injured. Se! u e 'Zt . ,,JV of the churches and public buildings have escaped 0 1 1; j u yilr mage to their roofs. The Pavillon de Flore and the ipfr de Marsan, at the Tuileries, have had the lead rolled uP ;fll# veral places, and the roofs of the gallery and pala ce Louvre have been laid bare. 12. BOURSE—PARIS, SATURDAY, MARCH 1 0 1 First Highest Lowest fifiel Price Price. Price. if/ French 5 per Conti ll7 30 ... 117 50 ... 117/9 0 ••• 1 01 4 per Cents. _.. 10t ... 101 ... 101 •" 60' 3 per Cents BO 55 .... 80 50 ... 80 55 0.110 Rank of France Lattitte Sank I,ooof. Shares 1025 -1025 ...1025 ::: 5 0e 1 r 5,000 f. Shares 5047150 ...5047 50 ...5047 tO Belgian Bank 00 18U Belgian 5 per Cents. S per Cents., 1840 106% ... 106% ... 106% •• '74,, , 3 per Cents 72 20 ... 72 20 ... 72 2 0 ••• is.” o l Dutch 24 er Cents. Sp.nish Active 243 ... 25 ... 24% ". Passive 5% ... 5% ... s ' s "*. A: Neapolitan Rowan _..'' Ai RAILWAY SHARES. ..: 24 7,, 1 St. Germain ... ..... .. ....... - a ,o, Versailles. R. B 3.50 ... 355 ... 350 - '' i•I, 1..13.......... Rouen ........ .. ....... gP S.rasburg to Bale 241 23 0 ... 242 0 50 .. 241 T. '''' '.' DUTCH FUNDS.—AattiTitlitan, MARCH ii• i iolo.4' ) '•-? Monet. b eti , iv, Actual Debt, 2% per Cent ........ ............. 5 1 ' a ''' Jitto, ditto 5 per cent. Atrial t Svndic,4 4 per cent Ditto, ditto, 354 per cent ............ Commercial Company, 4!‘ per cent.... Ditto (1835 and 1837) 5 per cent. ..... Loan 1837, 5 per cent. W4 te. l r, ' ' : 1 9 0 2 1 1 0 :64 1%,: ' ,, ,,i. Exchange on London, One month ..... I'womonths .." Hamburgh, One month 35 50 e 'ol i , Two months 33 25 . A r Dutch Papers, March 12. STORES, &C., FOR CHINA.—The Minden t e le ship (74), Captain Quin, sailed from this port ( o f port) last night, with stores, medical staff, supP lie : munition, &c., &c., fur China. She is very clee,P . water, and is said to have property on board amount of 150,0001. The weather proved very' / after she left, but is much more moderate nott e 3 ll. l ,l o'clock Sunday). —Devonport Independent office: &OP We understand that Sir Robert Peel's tinnOti Ae' on Friday has taken many M em b ers by V __',. b • Ong expected that no business o f i mpor tanCe w! he . carried forward until after Easter ; and, in this,,,' many are paired off, and not a few absent, we iFTTr' a. ' among them is Mr. Wallace, who has paired 0 " 1 . ti. Mr. Hope Johnstone until after Easter. . , , ' O. DESTRUCTION OF THE OXFO POST-OFFICE, BY FIRE. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) _r, (Or OXFORD, Marten 13.—A fire broke out a little ai`ei o o6 o'clock, A.M. (Sunday), which destroyed three or four ___4oo: and seriously damaged two others. The Post-office a°l` occupied by Mr. John Parsons, tailor, &c., Mes a s and Co., linen drapers, Mr. arshall, music-selle r, street, Oxford, are reduced to ashes. The Maseni e t 4 Alfred-street, suffered materially from fire and watee e _ t _ i ! : : was feared that it would share the fate of the afor o, floor at the north end of the Hall was burnt, aad at one t,ti,,, buildings. Fortunately at the time the fire brok,,e od e k - ) wind was still, for there was a scarcity of water, slo w , Orj are flooded for miles round Oxford at this moment. ~f i ri up for this deficiency, the pumps in the High-street 1 c o ft, in rcquisition, and so we had a good supply of spri ngdA. The gownsmen and townsmen worked like slaves at the - ( The Postmaster has issued the following hand-bill : - " s oOr i # •. The Post-o ffi ce having been destroyed by firet_;oo ments have been made to conduct the Post-o ffi ce bw - iefl i d the Town-hall, where a box will be open for the reetlr A if letters, this evening ; and it is intended to despatch resirlip don mail as usual. The whole of the letters in the or?. I been preserved, and will be despatched and deliver course. " JOSEPH WARNE, Postai ~ " Sunday, March 13." The service at All Saint's Church was suspended t , o i for various parishioners had availed themselves of the ~4 for the protection of their property. ,'' (FROM ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT.) 1 1 / 4 OXFORD, SUNDAY EVENING, MARCH 13.--- 1 " 11- t ing, about seven o'clock, an alarming fire broke out on -_, mises of Mr. Parsons, man mercer , adjoining the "A p , in the High-street, Oxford. The flames immediateli, 0 1,p , nicated to the Post-office on the east side, and thP., 0 14 Chas. Foster, jun., draper and haberdasher, on the _,e% , was a considerable time before a suf fi cient supply of rm - do f a t be obtained to work the engines, so that the flames got 09 plete mastery, and those three houses were very_sl i osPe destroyed. The flames next caught the roof of Mr. op tiii i i house, which has been considerably injured. Propel - A il amount of at least 7,0001. must have been lost or t` & Pt!'" The fire is supposed to have originated in a flue whie"*. ; :. cated with a beam, and thus remained in a smoulder ' .), all night. The houses are insured in the County Fir e ~:, 1 de 0.2 1 1'!. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS p ‘, ! Lorrnme, MARCH 14.—Wind this day at noon S. , o tlej i k RAMSGATE, MARCH 12.—Arrd. Eglantine, New *O sbli:tilr. Rouen, with loss of sails, bulwarks, stanchions, earvit;illll &c. ; Evenwood, Seaham, Constantinople, with 4 1 5 .0,' bulwarks, and cargo shifted t . Naiad, London for 1 111 5sffr i r, loss of bowsprit and figure-head, having been in cont l i te A iti barque; Ashea, London for Rio. The Ilenritte, fr ain o of!'it( - dam, for Leghorn, has put in here leaky, and with le.-.lter' . . ! us and must discharge to repair. The Cmsar, from . . ki r, „A i l Newport, got off the main, near Deal, and is rather 1 0 6 7"§g__;i; DEAL, Marten 12.—Wind S.W.-13. W.N. York; 114 W. light.—Arrd. Fillungo, Leonard, China; e terT r ilsl and Jane Gifford, Mason, Calcutta ; 0 Georg e town, o i lc!.011, Wm. Bayley, Bcgg, Berbice; Mermaid, Ledguriet' 4. Olf ' Arab and Paragon, Westward ; Vistula, North ,/ _ ath _l 3l / 0 127, P back, Trin dad, for Havannah, with l o ss of is, fi be &c. and her bowsprit sprun g . A rr i ve d fromr t et,.,,o, Wilmot, for Sydney ; Jean, Cape; C rusa d er , Charles ~joj, bago, New Zealand ; Pink, China; Mary Catherinei;r4.l,°l Sarah Maria Ann, Algoa Bay; Lotus, Barbadoes ; d cstot i i4 Russell, St. John's, New Brunswick ; TapleY an johtioi* westward. Sid. Amelia Mulholland, Abel Gower , sk lett, Lady Sarah Bayly, and several others. put . ba ck, - .4,;, for Bermuda. • A 1 1 0,i IA Win 'fol2, LIVERPOOL, MARCH 12.—Wind N.W.--•-• ~t b , bri very fresh.—Arrd. Hindley, Mauritius ; Plyr"," Itil-j Mobile ; Josephine, Mattison, Charleston i 1 3 4"11,',1 Ec e lll t Calcutta; a.ady Harvey, La Guayra; Queen 7- sligr' L -4 ney, New Orleans ; Alabama, St. Joseph's ; i Glimmer, Charleston ; Ocean, Thomas, Sier. l4 _ -0 1 17, with loss of sails. John 111. Vicar, Calcutta , Heroine, viteriii raiso ; Rosalie, Rio ; Emily, Pernambuco ; lien r Y'nfie ) , Woo° , La Guayra; J. G. Coster, New Orleans; al Philadelphia. o °l 1 ''' SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 12.—Arrd. Mon trose_ _ boo ~,,, Wilson, Gibraltar—left 3d inst., Cadiz 4th, l'",-, : ibes l ' , Oporto Bth, Vigo 9th. Sid. Tagus (steamer), Eva"' s- f mg- . .„„Ar - Al Ol.. li ett ,i A CHILD CHOKED By A PIECE Or Block ° 1 0 . Baker, on Saturday, held an inquest at th e . , car:4 Arms, Ashley's-crescent. City-road, on the bodY: e ' d t he f iD i Neele, aged one year and ten months. It effe'L h ifiiet,ol deceased, who wrs the illegitimate child of A n 1r . ....r ..p 0i , 4 bacconist, of Bath-street, City-road, was 0 . 1n1 1 .,,t ,_„•0 sitting at dinner with its mother. It got to o_ la rge . 7 t he W:01 meat into its mouth and throat; it became blaelc at 7 th ,, , ta and before a surgeon could arrive it expired._ Verdict 1 , 9 " , 1- 0 t the oi deceased a s subsequently eddiedfr o from a found accidental t i i n en d t aeloacahste,kd: choking." g t! . 7 , 0 at. VW" to his existence by hanging himself in an up-stair r n: o his/ IWNiSnAteNrl,TaYge.:3o2,ll.foLtleeSrldyaayseoiNd'ejenri:irgi_tot an pis, e, e, inst C , A E SE dw:r F d o l u v r h s i e rth of sh t e h d e e e c v li e r n w i d ng ; b a e nd as some.s t b e j .4 l ding, and he had been drinking a good dear asked hle jeer own house, in Sanvy• gate. It was the anniversary iv o e f r be ss e rY r, p l kri itr io % .i, wards she found him hanging as described. He w 7 f for . ' t c a a k rt e l ;; poison B4c. with ln t he him, c fi t o pe r ' .r fits, and had been discharged from the army as un n_./. Par' Verdict, " Temporary Insanity."—Leicester Jout: i..‘,,, e , __, f On Friday last, a hay-rick, near Leigh, L P 0 0 . 1 n perty of Lord Francis Egerton, was discovered t i o .a uf_e , IT , but the flames were extinguished before materia l do t' done. It is suspected to be the work of an incendr Y• , , ! pool Mail. , 1 SPORTING. It is rumoured that Mr. Thornton has commenced an action against the stewards of the Jockey Club for a libel in pro nouncing him, according to the established laws, "a defaulter." Go on law, nothing like it in life. I believe the laws of our country, relating to libels, want revision as well as the laws of the Jockey Club : who shall say, then, if the action is brought, what may be the damages—and who pays the piper ? That this ( I can find no epithet strong enough) Gurney business is far from concluded is also proved by the following notice in No. 1, " Calendar :"—" A general meeting of the members of the Jockey Club will be held at the New Rooms, Newmarket, on Tuesday in the first meeting, upon special and urgent business." Indeed it is as clear as mud that the matter cannot rest where it is now ; but we shall not benefit society by here anticipating the measures that will be adopted, and shortly made public. There appear to have been strange proceedings at Coventry ; no posts or rails, and scarcely any police to keep off the most abominable mob ever congregated on a race-course. A nice place to start a valuable horse like Coronation, and to try a Derby nag.. The owners, however, although entering these (I allude to Coronation and Dr. Allen) pan. forfeit, wisely pre ferring to run at Warwick on Wednesday next, where they manage things in a very different style. The consequences at Coventry were a false race for the Trial Stakes, and in the Hurdle race about six horses down, jockeys, yeomen, farmers, without distinction, rolli ng i n th e mire. This is not racing. In the Trial Stakes at Warwick, on Wednesday, a race cele brated for the introduction of the Melody colt in 1840, for the debut of Coronation last year, are entered, William de Forti bus, Gobbo (half-bred), and Dr. Allen—all in the Derby. The first was heavily backed at 30 and 25 to 1 at Goodwood and Doncaster last season, being then one of Scott's lot. Gobbo, in consequence of his democratieal origin, has been laid against liberally at the rate of, • 200 to 1. Dr. Allen has been backed for a great stake at 100 to I,,odds still offered. Which ever wins, or runs a decent secend to Coronation, should the crack appear. will be a kind of favourite for the Derby, good, bad, or indifferent as he Flay be. Some - One-hal remarked some Where that the free handicaps did•not fill at NeWmarket, because the horses were so unfairly handicapped. This is - - not • . the reason. These handicaps scarcely ever priidnce engagements, because trainers object to expose theinhArses. so-earlyln-the year, thereby annihilating their chance for the remainder of the season, naturally pre ferring to reserve them - for — tbe much more valuable stakes, • where monep-is addpiit in,thpatitumn, and which stakes, by the by, appear to_be annually increasing in value. The only other- i nformation _I have to give you is, that we shall all be swallowed up at twenty-two minutes past two r. m. on Widneiday next, for, on that day, and at that hour, I am credibly informed, by, at least nineteen and a half old women, is the'earthquake to *Open. • • JUDEX. March 18. TAXES ON BREAD IN PRUSSIA.—The following Information has been received from Dantzic respecting the octroi (a municipal tax, somewhat in the nature of a police rate or borough rate) :—" A small loaf of wheat bread, weigh ing three ounces, bought at the baker's shop, cost half a silver groschen, which is equal to 3 1.5 d. per lb. English weight and money. A loaf of rye bread of the finest quality, such as is used even among the higher classes, weighing t lb. 10f os. cost 4 silver groschen, which is equal to 1 1-10 d. per lb. English weight anO. money. These are the prices, a little more or less, in 118 towns in Prussia, containing 1,728,376 inha• bitants, who have to pay the excise and octroi of 3s. per cwt. for wheat, and Bd. per cwt. for rye. The remaining twelve millions of inhabitants are exempt from this excise, and eat their bread so much cheaper. The rye consumed by the sol diers, and by the people, is of a much coarser sort, and con siderably cheaper than that of the first quality above men tioned. The klassen stener or poll-tax paid by the 12.000,000 who do not live in the cities, subject to the above excise, amounts on an average to Is. Bd. per head. It is levied under rates which rary from Is. 6d. (the lowest) to 211. 12s. (the highest); the lowest rate is levied from the lower orders per head, with the exception of those under 16 and above 60 • and the higher sates are levied from families."—Mr. James Meek's Report. The Central Prison at Beaulieu, near Caen, part of which was not long ago destroyed by fire (an act attributed to wilful malevolence), has again been subjected to a similar at tempt. A convict, who had still seven years of close confine ment to undergo, forced the door of his cell, a few nights since, ant setting fire to his handkerchief threw it on a bed in an ad joining room. Fortunately it was discovered in time, and ex tinguished. The prisoner has been pot in irons. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning 4:rninutes after 3. I Evening 21 minutes after 8. COMPTON-HOUSE, SOHO. THE SALE of the immense and valuable I STOCK of Messrs. SEWELL and CROSS continues daily, without the slightest reserve. In consequence of the great overflow of business during the last week, they have been unable to submit to the Nobility and their numerous customers the large and magnificent STOCK of FOREIGN LACE, British and Foreign Velvets, and Cambric Handkerchiefs. Their stock of Linen for family use is worthy of attention, having been manufactured of the best fabric expressly for this establishment. Jri consequence of the doors having been closed at three o'clock each day, ladies who were disappointed last week in making their purchases are respectfully informed that they have now made the necessary arrangements to keep their premises open from ten till six o'clock daily.-44 and 45, Old Compton. street, and 46 and 47, Frith street, Soho. HALL OF SCIENCE, CITY ROAD.—The important DISCUSSION on the EVIDENCES of RELIGION, between Dr. MORGAN and Mr. CARLILE, is ADJOURNED to SUNDAY EVENING, March 20, at Seven o'Clock. Mr. Carlile lectures and invites discussion on Tues day Evening. March 15, at Eight o'Cleck. THE WEATHER.—NooN, MARCH 14. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. Thermometer... 52 1 Highest 55 I Lowest 3B Barometer 29.22.—Wind S.W.—Freezing Point 22 Deg. . • . 1^ MP inn. P_C J r ~~`ti •` • ttek