The Sun. — London, England, 1842-03-07 00:00:00

ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, KING'S-STREET. MISS ALICIA NUNN'S CONCERT. Under the immediite PATRONAGE of their Royal Highnesses the Duke and DUCHESS of CAMBRIDGE, and other Noble Families. FIFTY DISTINGUISHED ARTISTES will appear at Miss Alicia Nonn's First Concert since her return from Italy, at this Theatre, on THURSDAY EVENING, March 10th. Mr. H. Russell, from America, will sing several of his popular songs. Private Boxes and Tickets to be had at Cramer and Co.'s, (Airier's, Mitchell's, the Box-office, of Miss Nunn, 3, Upper John -street, Golden-square. and of the principal Music-sellers. See Programme for particulars. Boxes, ss. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. MOORE'S POEMS—ONLY COMPLETE EDITION. Just completed, in 10 vols. fcp. Bvo., with Twenty Plates, 2/. 10s. cloth lettered ; or 4/. 10s. morocco, THOMAS AIOORE'S POETICAL WORKS. Collected and Edited by Mr. MOORE. With New Prefaces. " This work is altogether exquisitely brought out. The paper and typography are beautiful, and it would be almost sn impossibility to excel the illustrations. Of all reprints and new editions of our living poets, we assume that this is in every point of view the most efficient and the most popular."—Atlas. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. NEW NOVEL EDITED BY MRS. GORE. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. post Bvo., F A iCIN A T I O N EDITED by Mrs. GORE, Authoress of " Mothers and Daughters," " The Man of For tune," &c. Henry Colburn,,Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough -street. NEW PERIODICAL WORK, BY THE AUTHOR OF " STORIES OF WATERLOO." In Monthly Parti (not to exceed Eighteen) Price One Shilling each, with characteristic Engravings, by Di c k Ki tcat, t h e First Part to appear with tilt, - Magazine s at the end of March. THE FORTUNES OF ITECTOR O'HALLO R AN , _I L A_ By W. H. MAXWELL, Esq. Author of " Stories of Waterloo," " Wild Sports of the West," &c. Richard Bentley,, New Burlington-street ; John Cumming, Ormond quay, Dublin ; Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh ; Grape], Liverpool. THE NEW ROMANCE BY THE AUTHOR OF " THE PATHFINDER," ".THE DEERSLAYER," &c. THE TWO ADMIRALIS. A TALE OF THE SEA. By J. FENIMORE COOPER, Esq. In 3 vols. post Bvo. IS NOW READY. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. • • To be had at all the Libraries. • THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, MARCH 7, Will be performed a Play in Five Aets, called GISIPPUS.—Titus Quintius Fulvius, Mr. Anderson; Gisippus, Mr. Macready; Medon, Mr. Graham; Pheax, Mr Elton; Cheremes ' Mr. Hudson; Lycias, Mr. G. Bennett; Norban, Miss E. Phillips ; Sophronia, Miss Helen Faucit ; Hero, Miss 'lurpiu. To conclude with THE POOR SOLDlER.—Captain Fitzroy, Mr. H. Philips; Patrick, Miss P. Horton; Borah, Miss Poole. Doors open at half past Six, and the Performances begin at Seven. Boxes Ss., Second Price 2s. 6d. ; Pit 35., Second Price 2s ; Lower Gallery Is. ed., Second Price Is.; Upper Gallery Is., Second Price Cd. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS, THIS EVENING, MARCH 7, Will be repeated the New Corned;, called BUBBLES OF THE DAY. - Lord Skindeep, Mr. W. Farren ; Sir Phenix Clearcake, Mt. Harley; Captain Smoke, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Spreadweasel, 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 COMUS.—Comus, Mr. W. Harrison; First Bacchante, Madame Vestris; the Lady, Mrs. Walter Lacy; Elder Brother, Mr. J. Vin ing ; Syrens, Madame Vestris and Miss Rainforth ; Genius of the Frozen Clime, Mr. Stretton ;.Euphrosyne, Madame Vestris; Sabrina, Miss Rain forth. Doors open at half-past Six, and the Performances begin at Seven. Dress Boxes 75., Second Price 3s. 6d ; First and Second Circles 55.. Second Price 2s. 6d.; Pit 35., 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 se ler, 167, New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Great success of Lord Byron's " Werner," and First Night of a New Nautical Daaina. THIS EVENING. MARCH 7, Will be acted Lord Byron's Tragedy of WERNER ; or, the IN.. HERITANCE.—Werner, Mr. H. Hughes; Josephine, M's. After 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. UDDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. OSBALDISTON. 0 Mary White" still continuing to draw crowded houses, and to excite the warmest sympathies of the audience, will be porformed every evening the week. THIS EVENING, MARCH 7. Will be performed MARY WHITE; or, the MURDER at the OLD TABARD—Mary White, Miss Vincent, the acknowledged Heroine of Domestic Tragedy. After which, RLACK EYED SUSAN. _ . To conelude with THE LADY OF THE LAKE. FRENCH PLAYS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING, MARCH 7 The Performances will commence at half past Seven o'cloek with UNE MONSIEUR ET UNE DAME. After which, LE MALADF IMAGINAIRE.—Argan, M. Perlet. To conclude with, LA SCEUR DE JOCRiSSE. Private Boxes and Stalls at Mr. Mitchell's Library, 33, Old Bond street; Mr. Seguin's, 12, Regent street; Mr. Sams's, St. James's street; and at the Box-oftiee of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven till Five. Admission to the Boxes, 6s. ; Pit, 3s. 6d.; Gallery Stalls, 38..; Gallery, 2s. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We are much obliged to L. M. Carlisle, hut to publish his statements concerning Mr. Ferrand, would expose us, how ever true they may be, to be punished as libellers. More over, we never make our Journal a vehicle for circulating attacks on the private characters of our political opponents. THE WEATHER.---NOON, MARCH 5. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, A DF.LAIDE-STREET Thermometer... 46 ) Highest 4B f Lowest 33 Barometer 30.21.—Wind W.—Freezing Point 22 Deg.! HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Irl .ruing 24 minutes after 10 I Evening 4 minutes after 11.: violated by the Government, will be justified in taking possession of the vessels in which they are embarked, and carrying them into the harbours of the United States, where the Government might with as much pro priety protect.them as England protects runaway negroes. Fortunately for us we are not now at war—we do not practice impressment, and are not exposed to this great risk. Now, then, is the time for the Legislature and the country to avoid this great danger in future, by declaring they will never again make slaves—of the seamen. We cannot lay down one rule for the negroes, and adopt a less favourable one for the seamen ; we cannot use one measure for the conduct of the United States, and an other for our own. Indirectly then the practice of impress ment has been branded by the highest authorities of the land ; and only professional habits, we are persuaded, made the humane and Gallant Commodore allude to it in other language than that of stern reprobation. The Gallant Officer's recommendations to insure pro motion to the mates after six years' service, to give the rank of post captain, and a small addition of pay to retired officers, and to increase the pay of the seamen entitle him to the gratitude of the navy. The country, however, will learn with some surprise, or, perhaps, some indignation, that notwithstanding our immense dead weight, the bulk of our admirals are now at such an ad vanced age that they are no longer fit for service. Were a naval war to break out, therefore, an extensive promo t7 on must tai e p!ace, add . rts largely to the public, e zpense, or the fleet must be placed under the command of men whose energies have passed away. This is not a safe state of things, and the Gallant Officer's recommendation of a means to amend it deserves serious consideration. Passing from Sir CHARLES NAPIER'S speech, we must observe, that our conjecture as to the real cause why Mr. ELTON was so severely punished, was verified by the debate. It is evident, from the observations of Cap tain Rous, that Mr. ELTON was severely punished because the mates and midshipmen are presumed to be insubordinate. He was made an example of in terroreni. His own offence might be slight, but their offences are numerous. " The mates and others were going to give him a jubilee." His character, too, was not admired by his superiors, and he was sentenced to a severe punish ment, not for writing an improper letter to his superior officer, for which he afterwards offered to apologise, but because the mates and midshipmen are supposed to be getting too independent. Probably, when they are more justly and more impartially treated, they will be more sensible of the advantages they enjoy, and be less turbu lent. The debate on Friday was, on the whole, of good augury for the future improvement of the navy. We adverted some months ago to a report that the QUEEN DOWAGER was about to grant 2,0002, in addition to the large sum she had already paid for building a church at Malta, and treated it as a -wicked calumny ; for we could not believe it possible that her Majesty would send money out of the country for such a purpose, when English women were committing murder and suicide from insufferable want and hopeless_ despair. No more was heard of the report ; but looking at all the circumstances, we fear it is not without founda tion. Queen ADELAIDE, it is well known, is much under the influence of the clergy ; and when we find these men combining to raise money • for Colonial Bishops, we may infer that they will consider it a meri torious act to build a Colonial Cathedral. The Bishop of London is one of the most active of his " order" in business of this kind, and though we should not com plain if he gave 10,0002 a-year out of his enormous income to promote true religion in this country, or even abroad, we must protest against the atrocious scheme he has devised for abstracting, during this period of awful want and distress, money from the pockets of Englishmen for the erection of either colonial Bishoprics or colonial churches. A scheme of this description, however, is prepared, for he has ad dressed a circular to the clergy of his diocese, the object of which is to exhort them to make collections in their respective churches, in aid of the fund for the " endow ment of the Bishoprics in the colonies." Thus while the clergy receive from seven millions to nine millions ster ling yearly (for they take care that the full amount shall not be known), they are called upon by this pious and wealthy Bishop to use their spiritual influence to raise money, not to feed the hungry, or save the dying, but to add to the wealth of thi i ,ir own order in foreign lands. Of all the egregious instances of priestly assumption and impudence that have distinguished Churchmen above all other classes, this is the most as tonishing. What ! -while the poor people of Paisley are forced to keep body and soul together on three halfpence a-day each ; while thousands of famished children in England are crying for bread, and their broken-hearted mothers starving themselves to relieve their offspring ; while high-spirited Englishmen are brought so low by want, as to solicit the crumbs that fall even from the common soldier's table ; and tens of thou sands are debarred from entering a church for want of decent clothing, the cries of our starving poor are to be drowned by holy shoutings for more Church ! The spirit that dictates this outrageous attempt is the spirit of infi delity, and not Christianity, for in the words of the sa cred writer, "lie that provideth not for his own, and especially for those of his own household, has denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel." But the monstrous undertaking cannot succeed. The voice of the charitable people of this country will be raised against it, and should that not deter this arrogant priest, we trust her MAJESTY will show herself the head of the Church in reality,' and issue an injunction against such wicked mockery. fiPV • aui • 4 - .... • _ a ro M 0 s da:Tfre, •que tut LONDON MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 7, 1842. The answers of the Earl of ABERDEEN in the House of Lords, and of Sir ROBERT PEEL, in the House of The public will have read w i t h muc h sat i s f act i on t h e Commons, to the questions p u t t o th em on F r id ay n i g h t observations on th e N avy ma d e on F r id ay n i g h t i n the by Lord CLARENDON and Lord P ALSIERSTON , re l at i ve to the view taken by the British Go vernmen t o f t h e con - House of Commons. At l eng th th at serv i ce seems to have found in Sir C. NAPIER a zealous and enlightened spiracy recently entered into by certain well-known per sonages in France, to effect a revolutio n i n Sp a i n , are advocate. The G a ll an t Off icer j ust l y repro b ate d the plan adopted by the late Administration, of sending most creditable to the Government of this country. But ships to sea incompletely manned, and properly corn- what a hubbub will they not raise in France ! What plimented the present Admiralty on having increased consternation will they not excite in Monday's Cabinet the number of seamen on board our ships. As Council at the Tuileries ! How the coterie of traitors the great want in time of war is seamen, as which throng the hotel of Madame MUNOZ, will stare officers are always abundant, and there is never with dread and astonishment, when they learn from the any want of ships, sound policy requires that ships reports of the proceedings in the British Parliament that be rather over than under manned during peace. The their treasons against ESPARTERO are known not only expense of a few hundred or a few thousand seamen by the Members of the English Cabinet, but by the with no additional officers, and no additional expense whole of the ex-Ministers ! And, above all, with for the wear and tear of ships, is a mere trifle; and if what face will M. GulzoT present himself in by such an expense we can, on any sudden emergency— the ' Chamber of Deputies, after declaring from drafting the additional blue jackets to other ships, and the tribune on Teesday last, that no conspiracy completing their complements by marines and landmen— existed in France for disturbing the Government es instantly increase our effective force by one-third or tablished in Spain ? This declaration was read on more, why should it not be incurred? So to act Friday morning by the Noble Foreign Secretary, Lord ABERDEEN, and the Premi er , Si r It. PEEL, and th ey would obviate all pretext for having recourse to impressment on the breaking out of war ; both seized the earliest oppo r t un ity t o assure P arl i a- That this plan has not before now been adopted is a ment and the country that they k new i t t o b e t h e re disgrace to the Admiralty, but it is a greater disgrace to verse of true—that such a conspiracy did ex i s t, an d t h at the country that it has so long allowed the Admiralty, on the vigilance of the British Governm en t wou ld b e em every emergency which has arisen, to flee at once to the ploycd to defeat it. brutal practice of impressment. The Earl of CLARENDON, whose attachment to the But professional men have not yet attained a clue con- constitutional Government of Spain, has been of such viction of the injustice and injuriousness of that custom. signal service to that country, expressed, in a masterly Even Sir C. NA PIER spoke of it too lightly when he manner, the duplicity and treachery of the French Go praised Sir J. GRA HA M'S Bill, though it gave "the vernment. He showed that the existence of a conspiracy seamen only four or five days to decide whether in France, countenanced and supported by the SOULT they would serve their country as volunteers or be G UIZOT Cabinet, to revolutionise Spain, was notorious. liable to impressment." This practice lies at the got- He especially directed attention to the congregation of torn of all the evils of which the navy has to complain. the most dangerous Carlist and Christino refugees It injures all parties ; it violates the .personal liberty upon the frontier—to their being allowed to and the property of the seaman. It is worse than the travel as missionaries of religion, although under slave-trade, for that was practised on strangers, while the nominal surveillance of the French Government—to this is practised on subjects by the Govermdmt which the remission of large sums of money by them for the exists only to protect the rights it violates in their per- use of rebels on the Spanish side of the frontier—to the sons. It is a greater crime than carryi ng off the ne- concentration of a large military force by France in the groes into slavery, inasmuch as it adds to kidnappi ng s ame q u arter—and to the presence of an Aide-de-Camp free men, the grossest breach of trust. In our j u d gmen t , o f t h e F renc h Pr e mier, Marshal SOULT, at the little court therefore, it should never be spoken of but in terms of of Don CARLOS. His Lordship further proved, by a re indignation and abhorrence ; and the manner in which ference to the conduct of France in 1839, that she could, it wa s spoken of by the Gallant COMMODORE is one of whenever she chose, put down these treasonable the few points in his speech on which we cannot accord movements, and contended that her not doing so removed all doubt i,)f . the complicity of her Government. The him o ur unqua lifi e d pra i se. The Gallant Officer said most justly that " they ought speech of the Earl of ABERDEEN implied an entire belief to make the seamen understand that the service of their in all that fell from Lord CLARENDON, respecting the country w as a good service." With that view he pro- treachery of the French Cabinet. He stated that the posed to improve the condition of time seamen. But how French Government had officially admitted the existence can the service be made to appear beautiful as long as of a conspiracy, but promised to do all in its power to it is practically stigmatized to the whole community as suppress it. The Noble Earl, however, abstained from • a service of slavery I The Gallant Officer must be well invoking their Lordships to pay any regard to that faWare that the use of such a method of procuring men promise—an omission of which assuredly he would not brands the navy as something hateful, or why employ have been g u ilty, had he placed the shado w o f a re li ance such a harsh method to force men to se rve i n i t ? O n upon it. In the ' event of an outbreak, the Noble Earl h i s ow n principle of making the seame n believe well of pledged the British Government not only to afford the nava l service, he ought to condemn impressment as ESPARTERO all the moral support of England, but lik e in ost injurious to that navy which he loves, and t o w hi c h wise to rend er hi m that naval assistance which, under he is an honour. - LordJOHN HAY,c ontr ib uted so effectually to the last over- Though the practice has not yet been publicly and di- throw of 1)011 CARLOS. Nor did the Noble Earl stop here. redly given up, it has bee n in directly stigmatized by th , In addition to p rom i s i ng the present constitutional :. Ge- Legislature in other e ases. The Le gislature has de - i vernment of Spain th e ent i re support of England the dared man -stealing in Africa piracy, and it cannot i Noble Foreign Secretary t oo k care to impress upon their again practise it in England. Very recently our Go- I Lordships that such support was well deserved. " The vernment has given harb our and shelt er to the present Government of Spain," ob served his Lordship, negroes who carried the Creole into Nassau, " deserves particularly the support of her Majesty's Go though the death of their oppressor was the conse- vernment, for it has done more to advance the interests quence of their mutiny. By the greatest law authorities of that country than any other since the death of FER their conduct has been justified. The LORD CHANCEL - DINAND." The language of Sir ROBER T P EEL iII LOR, the LORD C HIEF J UST ICE, Lords C'TTENHAM, th© House of Commons was more reserved, b u t the sub s t ance o f i t was t h e same . W e h ave no l onger 13110tmar.aag, and CAMPBELL, all declared that the Go any app re h ens i on as to the f a il ure o f t h e consp i racy vernment, has no power or juil,sdiction over them to bring them to t r i a l, or t o g i ve t h em up t o the American against E SPARTERO. LOUIS PHILIPPE W ill not r i s k a war with this country to restore Madame Mutioz, and ..,., -,Gaverpapent. If the negroes,:kept in slavery, have a rig} t I his Majesty must now see that without risking a war t Z . .4-'2thitlns,elyes free, so must impressed seamen. her restoration is impossible. „ r -' . ~,, ,doctrine of frose great Law Lords, im- 1 With the Whigs ready to support them, the Tories are not the Ministers to shrink P 7rnr %Mot whose natural and social rights are • ---•- • • i; 1 0 • . -,.. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 7, 1842 from the fulfilment of pledges made to Spain, out of an apprehension of French hostility. War has ever proved to them too rich a harvest to justify the expectation of a forfeiture of honour to avoid it. And in the same proportion that the speeches of the British Ministers will disconcert the plots of the French and Spanish conspirators, will they consolidate the real power of the REGENT and his Cabinet. Nor will the domestic factions of Spain, which, notwithstanding their petty bickerings, are ready to spill their blood for the Constitution, hear with indifference the admonitions to union addressed to them by the friendly Government of England. When they see the Tories pursuing the same course towards their country that the Whigs did, they cannot but feel convinced that all parties in Eng land have nothing more generally at heart than the triumph and the consolidation of constitutional freedom in the Peninsula. The Fives were done on the Madrid Bourse on the 24th ult. at 284 for cash. There is no political news of interest in the French Journals, nor is_their dulness relieved by any thing con tained in the Madrid papers of the 24th ult., likewise re ceived. The Spanish Government was displaying great firmness, and keeping down the factions with a high hand. A duel had been fought between two Spanish deputies, M. LACOSTE and Colonel PRIME, when both were slightly wounded. A Madrid letter, in the Memorial of Pau, states that one of the Generals, Narva.z, has arrived at Tangiers, and that his presence there causes uneasiness to the authorities of An. dalusia, who are apprehensive of his meditating a descent upon Spain. The Catolico of Mahon, mentioning the arrival of the Bishops of Siguenza and Calahorra, who have been exiled to that place, says that these Prelates have been condemned, the first to four years and the second to six years' exile, and all the expenses of the persecution against them. To meet these expenses, which they were totally unable to pay, all their books, robes, and move Able objects of every kind had been seized ane sold. A Correspondent of the Semaphore, at Beyrout, asserts that the condition of the Maronites and other Christians in Syria is much worse since the termination of the troubles than before; that the Druses tyrannise over and insult them, and that the Turkish authorities incline in all judicial decisions to the party of the Mussulmaus. This account is not in accordance with what we learn from Malta and Constantinople, and should be received with caution, since the protection of the Christians is sometimes set up as an excuse for claiming the interference of a European Power. A letter from Toulon of the 26th of February states, that orders from the Minister a Marine have been received in the several ports of the kingdom directing that all diligence shall be used to complete the steam-boats now building. It is ex pected that one will be launched in our port on occasion of the fete of the Ist of May. Orders have been received to hasten the repairs of the Belle Pottle.— Constitutionnel. BOURSE-PARIS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3. First Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Price. Price. tr Tenet 5 per Cents ll9 60 ... 119 70 ... 119 60 ... 119 70 4 per Cents. ...... 103 ... 103 ... 103 ... 103 3 per Cents BO 25 60 30 ... 80 25 ... 80 30 Bank of Prance ?355 ...3355 ~.33 5 White Bank 1,0001. Shares 1025 ...1025 ...1025 ...1C25 5,0001. Shares 5010 ...5040 ...5040 ...5040 Belgian Bank 1811 .. Belgian 5 per Cent'., 1840 105% ... 106 ... 10516 105‘ Active 25 25 25 ... 5% 5% Old Deferred 5 .. 5% ... 5% ... 5% Veapolitan lO5 80 ... !95 8J ... 115 80 ... 105 80 Ronan lO5 105 10.5 ... 105 RAILWAY SHARES. 835 ... 835 ... 835 ... 835 350 350 ... 350 ... 350 210 ... 212 50 .. 210 ... 212 50 Rouen 525 ... 523 ... 522 50 522 50 Orleans.. B:ralburgto Bale 241 25 ... 241 50 . 241 25 ... 242 50 It. Germain •••• •04 •••••• • OM.* •• Versailles. R. 8....« ..... .. LB MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of Saturday Evening.) LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MARCH 4.—We began with a good demand, the sales on Monday being nearly 7,000 bales. This large business and demand was not fully sup. ported on the two following days, but the market retained much of the same temper and spirit. Yesterday and to- day the large quantity of ordinary and middling, and middling fair American pressed on the market for sale has been sensibly felt, and we nose the week in a dull manner for those lower qualities ; at the same time the better sorts steadily maintain t heir ground. In prices there is no change, for if at thebeginning of the week there was fot a moment an upward tendency, it has been all lost again on the operations yesterday and this morning,and we therefore see no necessity to vary our quotations. Poss4ly the effects of a cheaper and easier Money Market may not yet have been fully felt on cotton. Judging from the past there can hardly be any doubt that the present low rates will by . and by draw attention to an article which keeps without injury for any length of time, and from its convertibility comes so nearly to the public Stocks : 2,000 American, and 1,600 Surat have been taken on speculation, and 1,000 American and 100 Surat for export. The sales to-day amount to 4,000 bales for the lower qualities, the market is heavy, but the better main tain fall prices. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, MARCH 4.—A good business has been done in this market to-day, with a firm market. The sales are—Eastern Counties Debentures, 375. 6d. premium ; Grand Junction, 182 per share; Great Western, 90; Ditto Fifths, 10 5-16ths ; Liverpool and Manchester Quarter Shares, 45; Ditto Half Shares 873 ; London and Birmingham Quarter Shares, 363; London and South Western, 583 ; North Mid land Thirds, 153 4. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 4.—We have had a firm Market to-day, but in consequence of there being few sellers little business has been done. Eastern Counties, 9i to 9 1 ,4 ; do. Debentures, 10% to 10S 1 ; Manchester and Leeds, 75 to 76 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 254 to 29; London and Birmingham (32) Old, 573 to 58. The British Securities opened firm this morning with but little doing. Consols for Money are now 893 4, and for the Account 894; New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. 983 99; Exchequer Bills, 28 to 30 premium.. The Earl of Aberdeen's reply to the Earl of Clarendon in the House of Lords last night respecting the state of affairs, has given great satiafaction to the holders of Spanish Securities, and has caused an improvement in the price of them this morning; the Active Stock is new firm at 253, Deferred 124 4, and Passive 54 4; Mexican Stock fully maintains its price, the present quotation is 384 39, there is, however, but little doing in any of the Securities at present. Portuguese Five per Cents. are 334, and the Three per Cents. 193 20, Colombian 243 3, Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents. 513 523, Ditto Five pea Cents. 1023 103, Brazilian 653 664 The Share Market presents no variation, and nothing doing. Great Western are 24 to 25 prem., and the New Shares 124 to 13 prem., London and Brighton 363, London and Blackwell 114 to 123, London and Birmingham 175 to 177. Money has been exceedingly plentiful during the week, and the approach of the financial quarter does not appear to have any influence in the value of it. First class commercial paper is freely discounted by the brokers at 3 1 / 2 per cent. The same degree of indisposition to invest in commodities by the mer chants of the metropolis has extended to the provinces, and by this means the country bankers are adding to their balances in town, and thereby increasing the amount of unemployed capital. The discount houses have refused money upon any terms, from a conviction that there is at present no immediate prospect of inverting it to advantage. The quarterly average of the weekly liabilities and assets of the Bank of England, published is the Gazette of last night, compared with the previous returns, exhibits an increase in the circulation of 139,000/. Securities, 219,0001. ; deposits 418,000/. ; and bullion, 450,0001. Th e principal fature, is a gradual increase in the stock of bullion for the last fourlor five months. There has been but a moderate business doing in the English Funds this morning; the markets, however, still con tinue firm. Consols fo r M oney are now 8 9 4 4, and 894 for the Account ; New Three-and-a-Half per Cents, 98% ; India Stock, 242 ; Exchequer Bills exhibit a further improvement, being last done at 32,.at which price they may be now quoted. In the Foreign Market a fair amount of business has been transacted in Mexican and Colombian Stozk; the former have reached 393, and are now 34 1; the latter,after having been done at 25 have since receded to 244, the present quotation; in the other Securities we notice no variation. Spanish Active Stock, 25; the Passive, 54, and Deferred, 124 ; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents., 523 ; ditto Five per Cents. 1023 ; Portu guese Five per Cents. 334 ; Ditto, Three per Cents., 194. In the Share Market there has been but a moderate business transacted, and prices are without alteration. Great Western, is 90 ; the New Shares 623 ; London and Brighton, 36 ; London and Birmingham, 175. The greatest interest is still excited in the City by the failure of the Brighton Bank of Wigney and Co., and anxious in quiries have been made as to the parties likely to be the severest sufferers by it. It seems to be generally admitted that the failure is a bad one, and unfortunately the poorer classes are likely to suffer more in proportion than the " fashionables." Respecting the probable amount of the dividend nothing posi tive can be ascertained. It has been hinted that the highest personage in the realm had a deposit account open with the Bank, though no doubt some of the Royal household had. The position of the Bank of England excites much satisfac tion among the monied and mercantile interests. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock lndia 5t0ck.......,,...... 3 per Cent Red — Ditto Bonds. ... 10 pm 3 per Cent Cons • 893 Ditto Old Annuities ... 33 per Cent Red 993 Ditto New Annuities..". 'slew 33 per Cent New 5 per Cent. — Ditto 5001 32 pis Long Annuities thexpire Ditto Small 32 pm Jan. 1860 .. 124 Bank Stock for 0pg,... Oct. 1859. ........ 12 11-16 India Stock for Acct.... 241 Jan. 1860. . l2 9-16 Consols for Acct 894 FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 wia vent.— Portuguese 5 per cent. Russian ,5 per cent. Belgian, 5 pea cent ..... Ditto, New ' Ditto Brazilian Bonds. Buenos Ayres_ 6 per cent Prussian, 5 per cent ... China% 6 per cent — Ditto, Metallic .. en ...... Colombian, 6 per cent — Spanish, 5 per cenc 243 Ditto, 1824.......... ..... Ditto, Deferred.... . Danish, 3 per cent French, 5 per cent.ll9,. 25e. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Exchange ............ Mexican, 5 per cent 383 French, 3 percent. Ditto, 6 per cent. 1637 Dutch, 24 per cent. 523 Peruvian, 1825, Lper ct. 163 Ditto, 5 per ce n t.... . 102 SHARES. Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) 94 Great Western Railway 65 paid) 9O Ditto New Shares (50 paid) ......... 624 Ditto Fifth (4 paid) Gosport Junction Railway ( 10 0 pd) 183 London and Brighton (50 paid)........... London and Birmingham (90) ...... . 176 London and Greenwich Railway (20 . . Ditto New Shares (20 paid) 174 London and South Western London and Croydon Railway (Trunk)R... 12 Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) ... 754 Manchester and Birmingham (40 paid) 284 Midland Counties Railway ( /00 paid) • Ditto Quarter Shares (15 paid) ••• 20 North Midland Railway (100) Ditto New Shares (40 paid 334 Ditto Thirds ( paid) South. Eastern and Dover (48 paid) ....•• . WA. FROM TUE MORNING PAPERS OF SATURDAY. TIMES. —The suspension of the old firm of Wigney and Co., of Brighton, was made know n t o -d a y i n th e City, an d is supposed to h ave been in some measure occasioned by the failures that have recently taken pla c e i n th a t par t o f th e country. The re s p ectability and long-standing of the firm, one of the members of which is now in Parliament, have caused the circumstance to be regretted, but otherwise it is not looked upon as a matter of importance beyond the imme diate locality. The announcement received this morning seems to have been quite unexpected, and up to last night everything was paid by their London agents. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND 740 tiblit tilt° it " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. The French Opposition Journals make a great outcry about the refusal of the Minister of the Interior to authorise the an nual meeting of the Anti-Slavery Society, to take place on the Bth inst., as announced since the sth of January lase. The Temps and the Univers explain that the meeting is not for bidden, but only postponed ; and that the Duke de Broglie was to hold a private sitting of the Society to determine the period at which the annual meeting should take place. The Moniteur Parisien contains the following :—La Presse, in recapitulating the different reports of a Spanish con spiracy, which have been spoken of for some time, adds, ' We can confidently assert, that net only papers, but printed pam phlets, were seized at Father Casares's residence, and after his arrest he was expelled the French territory.'" The Barcelona journals have reached U 3 down to the 28th ult. The disturban - es continued until the night of the 2 d, but, thanks to the National Guards, who remained constantly under arms, and to the zeal and energy displayed by the authorities, they terminated without further bloodshed. PUBLIC OPINION. The Times makes some remarks on the Exchequer Bill fraud, and is of opinion "that those who can be shown beyond dispute to have received these bills in the common course of business, unaccompanied by any circumstances of suspicion, any unusual conditions, inordinate interest, or unaccountable sources, have a plain claim for recompense. The agent of Go vernment, and the lax regulations under which that agent was allowed to act, r.re here the sole causes of the mischief. We have no justification for making an example of these persons, and no purpose to serve by so doing. They have done all that could be required of them, or that we have a right to require of commercial men for the future." The Herald has a leading article suggested by Lord Mont_ eagle's speech on Friday in the Lords, on the Exchequer Bills' affair, of which speech our Contemporary gives the following opinion :—" The speech delivered, last night, by his Lordship was at once the most characteristic and the least to the purpose we ever read. His motion, in the first place was of that fawn ing " publican " kind, which men do call in Parliament motions "ad niisericordiam." W. should imagine that the Noble Lord did not even intend, much less anticipate, that it would be carried." The Chronicle says of Mr. Ferrand's reply to the speeches of Messrs. Villiers and Cobden on Friday in the Commons 4 . Nothing could be more miserable than Mr. Ferrand's attempt at explanation and reply. This cock that crowed so lustily a week ago, cheered on by the shouts of his agricultural backers, proved craven on the first occasion of being challenged to the proof of his taunting assertions. He denied having imputed cruelty to Mr. Cobden ; denied having imputed the practice of the truck system to him ' • and finally, attempted t o ge t ou t o f having charged th e t ruc k system on the League, by a s serting that he could prove his charge against some members of it, and asserting that he had never brought the charge against all of them." The Post says that there seems to be no end to the impu dence of the beaten Corn-law League men. " After bellow ing," adds the Post, " through the country for four long months about the wretched state of the British labourer, com pared with the foreign labourer, all owing (as they asserted) to the diabolical Corn-laws, they now affect t o b e very i n di gnant that any compa r i son o f the kind should be made ! As soon as the comparison is made accurately, and upon a good foundation of evidence, it turns out that the foreign labourer is the man who lives ill, and not the British." The Advertiser strenuously recommends a union of the working classes with the middle classes, as the only means left of accelerating the progress of Reform ; and goes on to re mark.—" Cencess►ons have coma from the middle classes; and we venture to hope that they will be cordially aceepted by the working classes. Their best and steadiest friends look with much anxiety for their acquiescence in the proposal now made to them for a union with the middle classes ; and they may rely upon it, that none will be opposed tq, it, unless it be those who foresee in such a union, the annihilation of a mischievous power- which they have been enabled, in the absence of more rational and influential men, to exercise over the minds and movements of the unrepresented classes." ECCLESIASTICAL. The Rev. Alfred Maguire, pastor of a Roman Catholic chapel at Hethe, near Bicester, Oxfordshire, who, during a residence of 11 years, had never paid a church-rate, was dis trained upon by a new churchwarden there for 3s. 9d. this year, and, failing compliance, a seizure of furniture, to the amount of 31. 10s., being the costs of levy, &c., has been made. The matter bas caused no little excitement in tha village. CHINA. " CITY OF NING-PO-FOO, OCT. 17, 1841. " Before detailing our operations, and the successes of our arms since we left Amoy, I must set you right upon one or two /eetle . points. Th e Chi nese f or t s are not so miser a bl e as you imaeine them to be. The bat teries at Amoy, after fourliours of cannonading from our ships of war, remained unbreached and almost unin jured, and those which we have more recently seen evince the highest proofs of th e i r k now l e d ge o f engi neering. They are, however as yet unacquainted with one very mat er i a l point, which is the advantage of a flanking fire, for the lack of which their batteries .re turned, and consequently rendered unavailable. From the great improvement which within the last twelve month thlry have made in the art of war, I doubt not at no very remote period to see them constructing their fortifications upon that principle. Nor are they such a vile set of eowards. In their late encounters with our troops they have fought well, and stood their ground bravely, clearly evincing that there is no want of moral courage on their part. Men who will stand their ground at' the point of the bayonet, can scarcely be cowards ; but it is vain to expect men, almost undisciplined, to with stand the noble rush which the British soldier, with a deafening cheer, makes upon his foe. The French never could, much less the Chinese ; but it cannot be denied that, with the discipline and weapons of the English, the Tartar troops would be a truly formidable foe. " OCT. 18.—And now for our adventures by flood and field. Amoy fell to our arms on the 28th of August. After leaving a garrison on an island adjoining, with three vessels of war, the remainder of the troops re embarked, and we weighed anchor on the 4th September. From the light and variable winds which now prevailed, it was too evident that tha S.W. monsoon was rapidly drawing to a close, and fears were entertained that if the northerly winds set in with any strength, it would be impossible for the fleet to weather the Island of Formosa. It had been intended to have taken the city of Fuh-chow-foo, the capital of the province in which Amoy is situated, and a place of great trade, but now all idea of that was abandoned. During the first week we made about fifty miles a day, the fleet managing to keep in company tolerably well ; but upon the 12th the wind came right a. head, and the heavy clouds, thick weather, and falli ng o f t h e barometer, portended a e >ming gale. During that night we had a narrow escape from being run down by the Blenheim, one of the seventy fours, which ran into us, and struck the Palmyra amid ships. The force of the encounter was most fortunately stopped by a very thick spar intended for a bowsprit, lashed alongside of our vessel, and which was cut in two. The Blenheim then paid off, and with the exception of her jib-boom being carried as% ay, and a few of our ropes broken, the damage done was trifling, though it was truly awful to see such an immense vessel over hanging us, very little more way upon her being sufficient to have cut us to the water's edge. Next morning it was very thick, and blowing a double-reefed-topsail breeze. In the course of the day the fleet was totally dispersed, each ship waking the best of her way to the northward. From this time until the 18th it blew a complete gale of wind, and the weather so thick that we could never get an observation, but were obliged to trnst to our dead reck oning, which cannot be much depended upon where un certain tides and currents prevail. Notwithstanding, upon that day we managed to make the islands outside of Chusan, and anchored for the night under the land. Next day we stood in to Buffalo's Nose, the rendezvous of the fleet. and found that only one vessel of war and two or three of the transports had arrived. In the course of the two ensuing days a grejtt number came in, and on the 22d we moved about 15 miles further, to Keetoe Point. A mate and a couple of sailors of an opium vessel had been killed here a few days previously. They had been on shore with an armed party obtain ing fresh provisions, and when returning were attacked by a -party of Chinese soldiers. There is not the slightest demand for opium in this part of China at present, but whether the people are influenced by fear of the authori ties, and the severe penalties attached to those using it, or have determined to expel the drug, I do not know. Upon the 24th we moved into Silver Island, about seven miles distant from Chusan. The original intention had been to leave that place alone in the first instance, and move on to Chinhae and Ningpo, but after we had an chored off Silver Island the weather again became very thick and unsettled, and, a heavy sea running, it was deemed impracticable to make any attempt upon Chin hae, it being a lee-shore, and exceedingly unsafe for shipping. We, therefore, waited for the first fine day to attack Chusan. In passing up we had obtained a glimpse of the island, and could distinctly see that it was a mass of fortiacations. We had, moreover, learnt from our spies that they had five thousand troops there, all good men and true. "The next day passed, and the next, and soon, without any change for the better in the weather, heavy rain and high wind prevailing. At last, upon the 28th, we got a glimpse of the sun, and the order was given to weigh. During that day and the ensuing one, most of the ves sels got into what is called the outer anchorage, and the necessary preparations were made for landirg the troops. The men-of-war were only to act a secondary part. Upon our first coming into the anchorage, the Chinese had kept up a heavy fire upon the different vessels as they passed, but our present anchorage being protected from their batteries, they gave it up, continuing, how ever, to annoy us from one gun which they managed to get into a position to bear upon us. Three or four of the men-of-war were occupied nearly the whole day in shelling the Chinese in a fortified encampment which they had formed in the gorge of a hill commanding the anchor age. Upon the Ist inst., about nine o'clock, the troops were landed, in two divisions, from small steamers. The Chi nese, perceivin g that it was not ou r i n t en ti on t o enter the harbour in front of their long line of batteries, had assembled in considerable numbers upon the hills over looking the landing-place, and immediately our men got on shore they assailed them with a brisk fire from their matchlocks and gingals. The first division moved up the hill to dislodge them, whilst the second proceeded round its base to flank a long line of batteries, upon which our howitzers now opened, and created no small clisturbar amongst the defenders. As our men ascended the „It , the Chinese came boldly dow n t o meet t h em , and y loud shouts and waving of flags defied them to the con flict, and though the men-of-war covered our ad vance with their shot, and which partially drove them back, still there were many who stood their ground. and waited till we got up. As they neared the summit, the Tartars, who had retired for shelter, again made a bold stand, but our men steadily moved on, and, when at about twenty paces, poured in a deadly volley, and succeeding it by a rush, effectually drove them from their position. They retreated towards the city, every now and then making a. stand to fire their matchlocks. Meanwhile the second division had moved round the hill, and entered the batteries in which the Chinese were still in considerable numbers, though our guns had annoyed them exceedingly. Notwithstanding they met the in fantry as they advanced with considerable steadiness, and though the greater number made a hasty retreat after the first volley at close quarters had been given, some there were who could not be driven from their post until the bayonet came into play. The first division fol lowed the enemy towards the city, while the second drove them out of the batteries. About eleven o'clock our guns and rockets were got by great exertions " over ground almost impracticable "(as Sir Hugh Gough calls it in his orders, whilst thanking the troops under his command), to a hill overlooking the city, from whence we began to shell the place, whilst a body of troops went forward with scaling-ladders. The opposition offered to them w.s trifling, and they were speedily within the walls. It wasyet some tune before the second division had cleared the batteries, but by half-past twelve, all opposition Ns as at an end, and once more the English were masters of Chusan. " The two following days we were employed destroy ing the Chinese arsenals and magazines, at Chinhae, and securing the public property, which I must tell you is to be given to the troops and navy, prize agents having been elected by direction of Sir Henry Pottinger. The guns we found were of a very superior 'description, and amongst them were no less than 67 of brass. There was also found an immense store of copper for the casting of their guns, valued at 50,000/. We have taken in all 103 brass guns, which will give about 18,000/. more. The public granary at Chusan contains grain to the value of 15,0001., and that at Chinhae to 2,000/. All thescecalcu 'lations are made by the prize agents, and are, if any thing, below the mark. So, if they withhold the ransom money of Canton from the forces, there is even yet s o me chance ofprize-money. Up on thei 12th, the two small steamers went up the river to reconnoitre Ningpo, much to the surprise of the natives, who had never before seen a barbarian vessel in these waters, much less one of so ex traordinary a construction. They found abundance of water for vessels of almost any size, and upon their arrival at Ningpo, having seen no soldiers nor- any show of opposition, they returned to. Chinhm. Upon the following day, after having left a garrison there with the larger men-of-war, the remnant of the troops, amounting to 650, embarked in the Queen, Sesostris, Phlegethon, and Nemesis steamers, and with the Modeste, Columbine, Cruizer, and Ben tinck sloops of war, proceeded up the river. It was a grand sight ; the wind was fair, and the Bentinck commanded by a very fine fellow (Collinson), led the way and sailed up, beating all the steamers, sailing where it was never known that vessels could sail. The Modeste got aground; but was soon towed off, upon which the other vessels also preferred being towed. The river is a very beautiful one, varying in breadth from 800 to 1,000 yards. It flows through rich fertile val leys, thickly populated, the inhabitants of which crowded the banks in thousands to gaze on our little fleet. If the Chinese ever could feel their inferiority, I should think they must have been aware of it that day. The mo tions of the steamers seemed to strike than the most. I was in the Nemesis, which, having no ves sel in tow, was considerably ahead of the Ad miral, and lay to for him. She is a splen did boat, drawing only six feet of water. Her com mander, Hall, is a very superior fellow, a Master in the navy, and, I rejoice to say, has just been made Lieu tenant, for his gallantry and spirited conduct at the taking of the Bogue forts, and I doubt not that he will soon rise to the rank of post-captain, and richly he de serves it. He can do just as he likes with his little ves sel, turn her and twist her in what direction he pleases. At one time he would turn the vessel's head to the shore for the purpose of sounding, and run her so close in that the Chinese imagined she would run in amongst them, and fled in dismay from the strange animal, which snorted and uttered sounds loud as thunder as the steam was allowed to escape. Then reversing the paddles, she would gracefully move backwards to the centre of the stream, and the Chinese would recover from their panic, and again return, to gaze open-mouthed upon the vessel. " Opposite the city of Ningpo there is a bridge of boats across the river, upon which we landed from the bows of the Nemesis. No opposition was offered, and we took possession of the city without firing a shot, It was evident that they had never meditated a defence ; a few old guns and gingals were mounted upon the walls, but the shadow of a soldier was not seen. Chinhae was the place where th 9 tittp of the province was to be de'. tided ; there they . had concentrated their forces, deter mined to stand or fall by the result, but they never once calculated upon defeat. The lesson read to them that day was a severe one, and one which it should be thought would open the eyes of the Emperor. The loss sustained by them was very great, and included several mandarins of rank. Yu-Kiang, the imperial commissioner of the province, the man who had been sent by the Eni;eror to exterminate the barbarians, thunderstruck at the result of the tight, and afraid to meet his wrath, endeavoured to drown himself, but, being rescued by his officers, he finally terminated his existence by swallowing gold, the fashionable method of committing suicide in this country. He it was who had counselled the Em peror never to make peace with us, who had poisoned his ear by false reports, who had offered rewards for our heads—he it was who put Captain Stead, of the Pes tomjee Bomajee, to a lingering death—who had be headed many of the unfortunate Chinese who had been friendly to us at Chusan. He was a cruel, but he was a most talented, man. Under his eye had these districts been put in a state of defence, and the various improve ments in warfare effected. The victory was complete ; the whole military materiel of the province fell into our hands. In Yu-Kiang's house were found all his plans, maps, and papers, the edicts of the Emperor— in fact, everything of importance. Amongst .other papers they got one, a letter to him from the Viceroy of Formosa, to the intent that he had concluded a negotiation with the Portuguese at Manilla for the purchase of guns, arms, and military stores, and that a supply might soon be ex pected ; and another, a memorial to the Emperor, that he purposed saving the lives of all his English prisoners, provided they would teach them navigation, steam-boat building, and other things connected with naval matters. And now I have brought my history up to the occupa tion of Ningpo. " NINGPO, OCTOBER 25.—We are still in this city, and it seems probable now that we shall hold it during the winter, the season being too far advanced for further operations. And now we are holding five places in the Chinese empire —Hongkong, Amoy, Chusan, Chinhae, and Ningpo. The last report from Pekin is that the Emperor is more obstinate than ever, and is about to send down an, army of 100,000 men to exterminate us in toto, and another of 50,000 to regain Hongkong. The arsenals and magazines here were abundantly supplied with military stores of every description. In one alone we found 150,0001 b. of powder. In the treasury we were fortunate enough to get 51 boxes of Sycee silver, nearly a hundred thousand dollars worth. It had pre viously been broken open by the mob, and a great quan tity carried off. Several banking houses have been found, with coin to the amount of a million of dollars, all in copper pice, the only stamped money in China, 1,200 pice to a dollar. It is known that these banking houses are some way connected with Go vernment, but, as it has not been determined whether or not they are wholly public property, the general is somewhat loth to seize them for prize money. A chop has been despatched to Hang-cow-foo. the capital city of the province, whither the mandarins have retired, to the intent that, unless they pay down six millions of dollars, Ningpo shall be declared British pro perty, and the other towns in the province shall, in like manner, be taken possession of. Much depends upon their reply with regard to our proceedings. Should they accede :o our demand, we shall retire to Chinhae ; but if they refuse, there's the rub :' will the plenipotentiary order the city to be burned, the property to be confis cated, and the junks, of which there are man y h un d re d s , to be sei z ed ? or shall we occupy the town, and, if so, declare the Tartar dynasty to be at an end ? A decisive blow must be struck ; it will not do to threaten these celestials without performing, as they invariably impute it to fear ; and with the small force we have here we could not occupy this city during the winter, the guards required being so numerous that the men are ( n duty every other day, and out in all weather ; they will very soon be knocked up. Even now sickness is creeping in amongst them. There have been a few cases of cholera, brought on, it is supposed, by intemperance ; six marines died in one day out of nine attacked. Fortunately it has not spread. " Anstruther, the hero of Ningpo, is our commandims, officer, and a very fine fellow he is. The way in which he entered this town last year differed in some degree from this year's occupation of it. He has recognised many old acquaintances, amongst others a man who acted as his servant, and purchased meat, &c., for him. The China man was delighted to see him, and seems to have been very fond of him. Amongst Yu-Kiang's papers was found a lithographed copy of a drawing which Anstru ther made for the mandarins last year, of the manner in which the Queen receives her ministers. Above is a de scription of it in Chinese, in which they say that the great mandarins of the barbarians' country approach the royal presence, and, bending on one knee, they smell' her Majesty's hand. The cold weather is now setting in, and worsted stockings and cloth trows ers by day are very c-mfortable, and double blankets at night are scarcely sufficient to keep out the cold. As yet we have not had much rain. This is a very fine city, and a place of much trade and immense wealth. There are several magnificent temples of Jhoss-houses, fitted up in a truly splendid style. But I may as well give you a short description of the city. Ning-po-foo, the second city of the province of Cheheeang, of which Hang-chow-foo is the capital, is situated is a vast plain, at the distance of twelve miles from the sea. The river Limpo runs under its walls, and is navigable to shins of almost any size, four fathoms being found in the centre of the channel. The walls of the city are 8,000 yards in circumference, and 22 feet in height. Its form can not be exactly described, being pentagonal, approaching to oval, with six principal gates and two water-gates. At each gate there is a square bastion, at right angles to the wall, and extending about fifty yards in front of it. The streets are about 20 feet i n b rea d t h, f or t h e most part well paved, or rather flagged, and run through the city at right angles to each other. Nearly in the centre of the town there is a remarkable obelisk of a hexagonal form; and upwards of 150 feet in height. The ascent to the summit is by twelve flights of stairs. At each intermediate story there are large windows, which at night are lit up, and a lantern is moreover placed on the summit. The date of its erection is unknown, but, judging from its outward appearance, it must be of very great age, the walls being in a dilapidated condi tion. The Chinese had been engaged in repairing it shortly before our occupation of city. The view from it is truly grand ; Ningpo being situated on an immense plain, comprising 600 square miles. On every side you behold a rich country, dotted with innumerable villages, and every acre under cultivation. The tout ensemble of the vale was particularly lovely and pleasing ; in fact it more resembled a Nobleman's park. And what would not any nobleman have given for such a one, with two fine rivers winding gracefully through it, and numerous canals intersecting the whole country ? In most of the principal streets there are archways 100 yards apart, with various designs and figures cut out of the solid stone in the most wonderful manner, and with the most minute exactness. We have discovered several very large stores of sugar, cotton, teas, &c., &c. There are some large granaries here. They are disposing of the contents of one to the Chinese at a reduction in value of 60 per cent., and by it we shall clear 14,000 or 15,000 dollars—about 3,300/. We have also made prize of several large bells ; amongst others, one upwards of eight feet in height, six feet in diameter, and five tons in weight, worth more than 500/. " Nitic ro, OCT. 28.—The courier whomwe despatched to Hang-chow-foo with a: chop to the mandarins re• turned yesterday with the information that that city is surrounded with troops, that no one is allowed to enter without being searched, and being afraid to trust his life amongst the soldiery, he had returned, unable to deliver the packet. We are all ign.,rant of what may now be the intentions of the general and admiral. The last mail brought us out the naval promotions for the capture of the Bogue forts, and extensive enough they are : 1 K.C.8., 6 C.B's, 12 Post Captains, 23 Com manders, and 34 Lieutenants. In fact it gave every naval officer who was present a step, if he had served long enough in the rank he held to entitle him to one. " OCT. 30.---I shall close this letter shortly as I have nothing new to inform you of. There is some talk now of our advancing on Hang-chow-foo this year. The dis tance across country is about a hundred miles, forty miles of which the small steamers can traverse up the river from this place. After that we get into a branch of the Great Canal, and by seizing upon about two hundred and fifty or three hundred China boats, we could convey the whole disposable force, about 1,000 fighting men, under the walls of the city. It would be a bold stroke, but there can be little doubt of its success, and it would be a most desirable blow. We could also go thither by sea, but in the strength of the monsoon it would be difficult to beat up, though the distance is only sixty miles by that ronte. Hang-chow foo is an immense city, upwards of fourteen miles in cir cumference within the walls. Canton, too, is fast has tening to its destruction. The treety made last May has been openly broken. They are staking up the river, erecting new fortifications, and calling in fresh bodies of troops. It cannot be spared a third time. Several curious documents have been discovered at Chinhae. I sup pose you are aware that there is a tradition in this country that China will be conquered by a woman from the West ; hence the extreme jealousy with which they regard the English ladies at Macao, which, in the old Company's time, even extended so far as to cause the stoppage of the trade, because one of them visited Canton in disguise. The day after our occupation of Chusan a Chinese came to the quarters of Sir Hugh Gough, and demanded to see the General. He said he was a soothsayer, that he had consulted th e stars and the book of fate, and found therein that a great change was about to take place—that the time was close at hand when the Tartar dynasty would be otherthrown, and the great English nation were to be the means ; and, turning to Sir Hugh, he hailed him as Lord of Pekin. Yesterday the same man appeared in this city. At the entrance of the General's quarters a Hall of Jus tice has been established, where Dr. Gutzlaff, the chief interpreter, sits, and dispenses it to all who requite it, acting the part of chief mandarin, or lord mayor, or provost, if you like it. Hundreds daily throng this place. The soothsayer, turning to the crowd, in formed them of what I told you, only a great deal more in a long harangue. I forgot to mention another striking part of his speech to the Geneneral. " Stoop not to low things; strike boldly at Han,g-chow foo; leave alone Chinhae and Ningpo." One of the documents found at Chinhae appeared to be the Book of Fate. One part of it said that about three years ago a great temple in the Tchekian province was upset by an earthquake, and disclosed to view a marble tablet, whereon was written many wonderful things by no mortal hand. Amongst others, that in the reign of the Emperor Taouhwang, or some such name, the present chap, the plains of Canton should be de luged with bleed ; and in another part, that 'the Em peror had a dream, wherein he saw a vision which in formed him that in the twenty. first year of his reign the empire should pass from his hands. That year is: now about to commence. These reports are strange ; but, whatever may come to pass, there can be little dcubt but that the ultimate results of the China war will be of the utmost importance. Sir Henry Pottinger, it is said; ELECTIONEERING. Lord Newport, a Conservative, was elected for South Shropshire, on Thursday last, without opposition. LAW AND POLXCE. The salary of the office of Town-Clerk, as enjoyed by Mr. Weedthorpe, was 2,0001. per annum. The Corp ora ti on , i t i s said, will reduce his successor's emoluments to somewhere about 1,5001. a-year. Robert Matthew Aanesley, formerly a solicitor, and who had been since engaged in sub-editing Tomlyn's Digest, and con tributing various articles to Lardner's Cyclopedia, appeared on Friday at Marlborough-street, and stated that he was in a state of starvation, and had not tasted food for 24 hours. He had lost his sight, and had a wife and four children. Mr. Hardwick ordered him a sovereign out of the poor-box. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC. The Pitt Scholarship, every holder of which, it is remark able, has been educated at Shrewsbury School, and which is considered the highest classical honour of the University of Cambridge, has recently been adjudged to Mr. E. H. Gifford, of St. John's, after a contest with fifty other candidates. From the report of M. Niccolini, and other Neapolitan geo logists, it appears that the level of the sea, from 1823 to 1838, has fallen gradually between four and five inches English. THEATRICAL. The fantastic vaudeville of Le Demon de la Nuit was per 'formed at the St. James's Theatre en Friday night. M. Perlet aPirttlel,itin3l;vriarheA;osere=ea . c l everari „ y g o oand ' charact ers a" with " in good effect, to a full and fashionable audience. A vacancy has occurred in the number of the General Com mittee of Drury-lane Theatre, by the death of the Marquis of Hertford, who was a large proprietor of the building. The vacancy will not be filled up until the next general assembly of the proprietors after the_date of the present season. - SPORTING, A singular wager has been betted with the Hon. Grantley Berkeley, against the success of which 150 to 100 have been laid. Mr. Berkeley engages, en any given day between the months of November and February, 1842 and 1843, in any park, the ground of which he may approve, to course and pull down, and safely hobble and secure, live full-headed bucks, for the purpose of being put up for stall-feeding; using but one deer greyhound and one horse for the five courses, fresh horses alone being at his disposal for the singling out of the buck from the herd. Tattersall's Subscription-room is now under the control of the Jockey Club, and the subscribers are required to sign a paper, binding themselves to abide by the present laws, and any that may hereafter be made. Lord George I3entinek refuses to sign, and therefore is no longer a member of the room. C UR T -- rASHIONABLZ. The Marquis and Marchioness of Aylesbury had a grand dinner-party on Wednesday last. The Dowager-Countess of Listowel gave a ball in Eaton square on Thursday evening. His Royal Highnes4, the Duke of Sussex, is recovering from his recent indisposition. The Earl and Countess of Mayo, had a dinner-party on Thursday, in Norfolk-street. MISCELLANEOUS. Yesterday was the anniversary of the death of Sir John Ilawkwood, the best soldier of his day, and who greatly dis tinguished himself in the wars of Edward 111., against the French. With other knights of fortune he defended Florence, but was slain in the defence, and buried there in the Church of St. Repatata, where a statue, on horsebaCk, was erected to him by public decree. MEMORIAL OF THE POLISH AS SOCIATION TO THE RING OF PRUSSIA. Literary Association of the Friends of Poland, conferred nr e a d toi oivmne over important a it t e nhhht e u r r Tu subjects, have j e h c a ts, Stite,—The acts of your Majesty's reign evincing an earnest and enlightened solicitude for the welfare of all those under yourwa nh benefitsuo a l whole e nB 4 s world. t 3l2 y n. your dominion, of whatever class, denomination, or persuasion, por tionhyahvi lee of th th e ey excited have Polish h ec o n and a f t me i since your Majesty's accession, enjoyed a degree of happiness to which it had long been a stranger; and your Majesty's beneficence, displayed not only by public measures but also by kindness bestowed in the most delicate and truly generous manner on individuals, h as ca ll e d f orth the eulogiesof the good in all countries. These considerations embolden us to hope that your Ma jesty may deign favourably to consider the humble request, which, in the name of the Literary Association of the Friends of Poland, we venture to prefer to your Majesty, on behalf of some of those persons whom the vicissitudes of a great and noble but unhappy nation have cast on the shores which now rejoice in the august presence of your Majesty. The Literary Association of the Friends of Poland, com posed of men who, although belonging to different and oppo siteparties in politics, unite in feelings of deep interest in the fate of Poland, and honoured by the patronage of his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, has for many yeas laboured by every means within its reach to relieve the wants and mitigate the sufferings of the Polish Refugees. We have thus sought, in an humble sphere, to form the complement of that design of the British Parliament, as well as of her Majesty's Govern ment, which is indicated in the annual appropriation of a sum of money for their relief. But we are far, and must ever re main far, from the full attainment of our object. The melan choly extent of distress in this country. while it prevents the augmentation of the grant on the one hand , tends greatly to limit the assistance to be derived from individual,, and on th e other renders it extremely difficult for foreigners to obtain em ployment. Thus many persons of birth, character, and edu cation, though earnestly desirous of occupation, finding no fi e ld for their talents or industry, and having nothing to subsi s t on but the allowance afforded them by the State, which is wholly inadequate, are reduced to the most lamentable condition of mental and physical destitution. In the Grand Duchy of Posen, where their own lan g ua g e is spoken, and with whose habits they are familiar, which is in fact a portion of their country , .and where they have relatives and friends, they would and would live with comfort to themselves, an d be no burden to the public. Your Majesty, in graciously condescending for that part of your domi nions to direct your Minister to grant passports requi re no assistance, to such Poles as, being desirous of proceeding . there, should be in a condition to produce proper testimonials with regard t o th e i r con d uct an d c h arac t e r, would bestow on them a benefit of i nes ti ma bl e value ; w hile your Majesty would , at the same ti me , confer a favour on the Ass ociation thus ven turing humbly to plead in their behalf, which would inspire every one of its members with feelings of the deepest gratitude. May it please your Majesty to pardon our boldness in thus presuming to trespass on your Majesty's valuable time, and to permit us to subscribe ourselves with sentiments of the most profound respect, Sire, your Majesty's most obedient, Most devoted, and most humble servants, (By Order of the Council) DUDLEY COUTTS STUART, Vice-President. CORN-LADEN SHIPS. A Return of the Number of Foreign Ships laden with Corn entered Inwards at the Ports of London, Hull, Newcastle, and Leith, from any part of the Continent of Europe, from the Ist day of August to the let day of September, 1841. A similar Return of British ships during the same period. FOREIGN VESSELS. BRITISH VESSELS. London 4Bl ••• 306 Hull 271 ••• 117 Newcastle lO3 ••• 25 Leith 233 •• 53 JOHN COVEY, Registrar-General of Shipping. Custam-House, Feb. 10, 1842. Very recently a relieving officer of the Knights bridge Union absconded with upwards of a hundred pounds of the peers' money. This is the second - officer who has left that union in a ,similar way within the last few months.— Western Times. COURT CIRCULAR. BRIGHTON, SUNDAY.—Her Majesty and Prince Alb. r . t , took a carrirge a i r i ng a l ong the Marine Parade to Ket Town. Major General Sir Edward Bowater accompanied tl" carriage on horseback. Her Majesty and Prince Albert attended divine worship O the Royal Chapel. In th e roya l pew were the Duc h es s o f Kent, Viscount Hawarden, the Countess of Dunmore, the fidt . , Miss Stanley, and the Hon Miss Devereux. The whole of I service was performed by the Rev. J. S. M. Anderson, char lain in ordinary to her Majesty, who preached a sermon frolo. the 17th chap. of Luke, v. 13. The Choir sang the Ist verse of the 139th Psalm, sod sill anthem from the 103 d Psalm, by Mozart. The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard, took a carriage airing this afternoon. His Excellency Baron de Moncorvo, the Portuguese Amber' sador, took his dep ar t ure f rom t h e Pavilion this morning „ London, His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited the Du ke of Sussex yesterday at Kensington Palace. A deputation, consisting of Mr. Joh n Mwterman, M.P., 3 . 1 r. D. C. Guth r i e , Mr. S B. Venning, Mr. Abraham Borradaile, Mr. W. Dixon, Mr. J. R. Thomson, Mr. Henry Maynard, M r ' John Arckoll, and Mr. Joseph S. Christopher had an inter" view with Lord Stanley on Saturday at the Colonial-office. Several of the Cabinet Ministers assembled on SatardsY afternoon at the official residence of Sir Robert Peel in Downing-street, and had an interview with the Right no' Baronet. Mr. Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had an interview va t) . the Chancellor of the Exchequer at his official resident* ' ll Downing-street on Saturday. Lord Maryborough had a dinner party on Saturday at bi 9 nf residence in Saville-ro w . Hi s R oya l Hi ghness the Duke - Cambridge honoured his Lordship with his company. „ Sir Robert Peel had a P ar li amentary d inner party on S a tu' day evenin,g at his residence in Whitehall-gardens. Despatches were received yebterday at the Colonial-ofO te from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope. -; Despatches from the Governors of Honduras and Bri t ' ll3 Guiana were received on Saturday at the Colonial-office. . H. HO WAR - 15,ESQ.. OF CORBY. We have this week the painful duty of recording the des.--. A our highly valued and long-esteemed neighbour, Henry HoWei:Z Esq., of Corby Castle, on Tuesday morning last, in the year of his age. Ore Mr. Howard was born on the 2nd July, 1757, and was eldest son of Philip Howard and Ann, daughter of 11 1,.. P Witham, Esq., of Cliff, i n t h e county of York. To tracs '; lineage through a long line of ancestors, would be to enuoiet # the families of th e no bl est an d most venerated n am e that adorn our English annals. The direct descent the Corby branch of the Howard family is from Sir Fig' „ cis Howard, second son of Lord William Howard...W:l;i; monly ca ll ed " B e lt e d Will H oward " ) the celebrated wer;; of the Western M ars h es i n th e t i me of James the nit, ," ' J son of Thomas, fourth Duke of N or f o lk, an d Elizabeth, th4l daughter of Thomas Lord Deer e , o f th e N ort h , s i s ter a, _,, 1 co-heir of George, th e l as t L or d D acre—t h e family of t h e of Carlisle being, des cen d e d f rom t h e e l dest son of the 551 u pair. Mr. Howard was t w i ce marr i e d ; first, in 1788, to Ma' r , ria ' third daughter, and co -h e i ress o f A n d rew Lor d Archer. of Umberslade ; and secondly, in 1793, to Catherine MI: the second daughter of Sir Ri c h ar d N eave, of Dagnam Pahrer in the County of Essexi Bart. His first lady died, With infant daughter, in child-bed, Nov. 9, 1739 ; and to her 11 1 0 , mory Mr. Howard erected a splendid marble mentiment , Wetheral church, 'by Nollekins, said to be one of the sne " - if pieces of sculpture by that artist. The second lady earv' v ( i, to mourn the lo s s o f one o f t h e most affectionate o f busba , ! , t At the period of Mr. H owar d' s bi r th, t h e pena l l a ws agt?f, the Catholics we re i n th e i r f u ll r i gour, and, like most Cath of his status, he was sent, at the proper age (in 1767, b the receive his educ a ti on at t h e celebrated esta bli s h men t 'Jr English Benedictine Mornti s at Douay, and afterwards to the University of Paris. We may here remark, as strongly evia j ing the alte re d state of the times, that, amongst the most vivi of Mr. Howard' s ear l y recollections, was that of having seefl the bleached heads tif some of the parties who took share io the Rebellion of '45 stuck over the ancient gates of Cnrhale - While at Vienna, Mr. H owar d was treated with vsuch Pe t " sonal kindness by the Empiess Maria Theresa. , Pori On his return to England M r . H owar d too k an active P - y in the political mov emen t s o f thi s county ; became a of the celebrated Society ca ll e d t h e " F rien d s of the . Pe°P °t' in conjuncti o n with th e p resent E ar l G rey, Charles '14114 Fox, and other distinguished leaders of the Whig i*rty his name was amongst the first appended to the ce l e brated r tition for Parliamentary Reform. Mr. Howard was distinguished by his great love_ r f 6 rt.,xo his successful cu lti va ti on o f li terature ; and his • kunel tt both of ancient a nd mo d ern l anguages was extensi v e . '" ,ipP first appearance as an author was in some t raos lationli„ sr verse from the German, an d we h ave read, in mannecrir,, t o for we believe it was never published, his trail from the same l anguage o f t h e hi stor i cal drama of "La ° ` of Berlingen." He wrote .and published a treatise le Light Infantry movements, which was, we believe, 01 1 Ci:, t steemed amongst military m en ; an d i n 1824 he publishet.iii • " Remarks on the Erroneou s O p i n i ons entertained realiecti the Catholic Religion" followed, in 1826, by his " Histogiet References in support of the Catholic Religion"—also a, so l i,' of deep and varied research, and which materially tided fixing public opinion in favour of Catholic Emancirti ° 4 His latter years have been prinepally occupied in collect',g materials for his " Memorials of the Howard Family.'' a..! which was printed for private circu'ation, and to which Ev, e , s to made many valuable additions from the papers in the St h t Paper-o ffi ce, and other national record. It throws a near I ;e a r upon many of the transactions of th'tt interesting portion. 4 'l, o ° 4' annals, comprised in the 15th and 16th centuries. This pt has been frequently referred to by historical students, as on' is great authority. Mr. Howard also contributed many visle l ' papers to the Antiquarian Society. Mr. Howard l e ave s b e hi n d hi m f our children—'oosea/ and two dau g hte r s. Hi s e ld es t son, P . H. Howard, , M.P. for this city, was born in Edinburgh, April 22, 14 p. Catherine, born May, 22, 1802, married to th e Ha; o r Stourton ; Emma Agnes, born N ovem b er 5, 18,03, marriosv Lord Petre; Henry Francis, born November 3, 1709, tached to the English Embassy at Berlin. A third daue' ef f Adeliza Maria, born March 30, 1805, and married tq T.> Petre, Esq., of Dunkenhalgh, died in Septembe-r 13:5• 7 ' Abridged from the Carlisle Journal. INDEPENDEN .CE of FOREIGN- nt This point has been so well put by Mr. G. Thonific that it is almost needles s t o quote further rema r e show that the cry for independence is all a pretext part of the landlords. At the same time, as the fl ►ll the ing observations from the Brighton Guardian plat o te question before the reader in another aspect, we '1 them : de , " On the second ground o f ma ki ng the natio pendent of foreign supply, the people will ask w'aY,„ti t e' alone, who have little or no a d vantage from tliis a t pendence, should bear all the burthen ? Admitting _ jo g it be a good thing, why s h ou ld i t b e achieved I.lr tu ; c i by the people's bread ? Why s h ou ld i t not be (tare° hi lowering rents, by abating the rent-charge for w t itlle4 jo g parcelling out the land in smaller portions, by piong'a e r up parks and putting an end to game preserves and loinwalks, by bringing th e u t most extent of our owl' Rile, into cultivation, and not allowing a single acre to li e rte a for the ple asure o f t h e landlords whim. can be &riv e d f o r into arable or useful pasture ? We do not ccaite ll , o er commercial indep en d ence ; we are for extending -feet merce as much as possible by making it perfectly de nt and for makin g a ll nat i ons and all people dePer„l port upon and friendly w ith one another ; nut we saY, - let the principle of those who bawl for indepenclene e 'o' them show their si ncer i ty b y ploughing up theL t o ie, , parks—those of Goodwood, Petworth, and Knepp i- "r t ,i n ft" . for example—by giving up their own rents and suPPv t or the community with f oo d so cheap and se a b un dant d ot it shall have no need to import it from abroad. 13I ! t n add bawlers for independence show their sincerity, then: triotism, and their justice, by throwing all the bur.!: , o : which are necessary to attain their object on the bil_ri o d the people, while they, for the sake of this vattnte u _ tt ir dependence. will not give up a single hedge-row that ' ' be capable of harbouring a head of game." We echo these remarks, and must tell the lando.l n g i that they will obtain no cre dit w i t h soc i ety for ch?sir2...ir the national independenc e as l ong as t h ey preser ve T own parks, and on that pret ex t t ax th e peop l e ' s bread ." UNITED SERVICE Satur da yINSTITUTION.,----.OD ternoon the annual meeting of the me m b ers o f this institu t i on id was held at the Thatched House, St. J ames ' s - s treet. A dn ' il „ ". o - Sir Thomas Troubridge in the c h a i r . Ad m i r al Deana - s"" das, as General b:adforth. Lieut.-Col. P. Spencer Sta jaho_e. Col. Sykes, Colonel York, Captai n s P a lby an d Shadfortb, scare W, ller, and upwards of one hund re d o th er ga ll an t officers f rr, sent. As istant Director Tona read the eleventh repel, t a council, which stated that his Royal Highness the Prince. bert had consented to become patron of th e institution jol D ; , ith her Majesty. During the yea r 127 o ffi cers enrolled , ' names, which made the total number of members to be 4 4 7 c"; The sum of 2451. has been expended in the purchalef g l Or book . The report in conclusion, stated, that the receipts the last year were 1,95.1/. and the disbursements, inelud'ug o A. purchase of 5001. stock, left a balan ce i n h an d of 601. 17a• The council estimated the probaLle expenditure this Ye ar 1,3521., which will give an excess of income over the oedina r .f, expenditure to the amount at 504 The report seas unz ni - mously agreed to after whi c h the vacancies in the counctl Wete filled, and the auditors re-elected. 28! GOVERNMENT STEAMERS.--WOOLWICII, FEB•- ._ s t • The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty hive ordered.: in future all 'team-vessels shall carry a complement of mari ne s" First First class steam.frigates on lieutenant, one sergeant, on . L .-- poral, one drummer, and 28 men, or one sergeant, one con, pal, and 20 men, according to the accommodation on hotline The Driver and G orgon steam -frigafes have already h ad l a ve officers appointed t o th em. All other steam vessels w -rte. one corporal and pip e privates; that number joined th e A-i and Yolcanu steam-vessels last year. has demanded large reinforcements. lie is net man to let the grass grow under his feet. Fran all we have yet seen of him, he is a very pi• i son to manage this business. A melancholy event occurred here yesterday : the surgeon of her 11a... jesty's ship Larne committed suicide - ny cutting his throat, being at the time non coinp,,, I; f The Larne sails with the dispatches the . to-morrow, direct to Bombay, and at' all (neat , wil l , catch the Ja nuary ma il . I s h ould not mind be i ng l o w of thiS very fine plain, 360,000 b r o a d acres , a t 405. an acre. When th e Chinese empire comes to be - partitioaf' l ! they will not surely forget my services. In Yu -Bang s house they found a paper, entitled, Confession of Stead, the Bart , arian.' From its contents, it is too evidant that he was taken alive, and murdered by that infamous wretch in a most horrible manner, as he boasted to the Emperor of having cut him in small pieces. The fiend! it make's one's blood run cold to think of it. AtChinhas we found his head suspended on a pole, along with that of the unfortunpte Comprador, who was taken last yea r at Chusan. It reflects the utmost disgrace upon out; authorities, that that man, who was in our employ, an ought therefore to h ave h a d an Englishman's rights,sog not demanded from th e man d ar i ns w i th Anstruthcr and the other prisoners. Engaged in furnishing fresh mea t for our troops, he was taken prisoner. No means wer e , adopted for procuri ng hi s re l ease, and they perm itted him to remain behind, knowing, as every one did, that he would meet a barbarous death. Think of that !" Her Majesty and Prince Albert drove out in a pony poltos this afternoon, attended by outriders in the royal livery. The Royal dinner party this evening comprised the Duches' of Kent, Duke Ferdinand, the Princes Augustus and Paul Leopold of Saxe Cob urg , Vi scount Hawarden, the Countess of Dunmore, Lady Fanny Howard, the Hon. Miss Devereux, the Hon. Miss Stanley, Baroness Lehzen, Baron Stwkmar , Si George Couper, Le C a pit a i ne C ount de Dagenfield , Schoniher% Le Capitaine de Zaitsch, Colonel Buckley, Major-General .S 1 Edward Bowater, Mr. Ormsby Gore, Dr. Prtetorius, and O F Hon. Mr. Murray. His Royal Highness the Duke of Camhriege attended Dil i°. Service yesterday morning in Grovesnor Chapel,South Audler street. Aw i ...