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Upper Gallery Is., Second Price 6d. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. UNDER the MANAGEMENT of 14IADAME VESTRIS EVENING, JAN. 27, Will be rep ea t e d THlS Bellini's Opera of NORMA.—Pollio, Mr. W. Harrison; Flavius, Mr. Clement White , Oroveso, Mr. Leffler ; Atta\gisa, Miss Rainforth ; Clotilda, Miss Grant ; and Norma by Miss Adelaide Kemble. After which will be repeated the New Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled GUY EARL OF WARWICK ; OR, 'iMILEQUIN AND THE DUN COW. Doors to to opened at half-past Sit —the performance s to commence at Seven. Dress Boxer, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d. ; First and Second Circ'es,•ss. ; Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 35.; Second Price. 2•.; Gallery, Is. Tickets and places for the Boxes to be taken .of Mr. Grogan at the ,Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had upon application. Private Boles to be had so!ely . of Mr. Andreors, bookseller, I t;i. New Bond-street. ['LOYAL SURREY THEATRE. UN-DER MR. DAVIDGE AND MR. WILLIS JONES. Amazing attraction. First appearanceof Mrs. Norma, am crowded Houses to witness Harlequin and the Ice Queen, the belt l'ant(Fnimo of the Season. 1111 S EVENING, JAN. 27 Will ha acted 'fairies' wonderfully successful Drama, enti tled ELIZABE.TII LAZARUS, 11.1. E JEWESS, founded en Captain Glasecock's " Land Sharks and. Sea Gulls." After which, MRS. NORMA, with Rellini's Music. To conclude with a Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN AND THE ICE QUEEN; OR, JACK FROST AND KING THAW —With gorgeous and charac teristic Scenery, splendid Properties, ludicrous and Quaint Dresses, ingenious Tricks, magnificent Panorama by Brun sing, &c. Hai lequin ' M. Hgline ; Patch, M. Rochet ; Pan taloon, M. Lehman ; Flip, Signor Feliz Carlo ; Clown, Mr. Buckingham ; Columbine, Miss Sharpe. Private and Public Boxes can be had of Messrs. Sams, Ebers, Mitchell, Andrews, and Seguin, during the run of this popu lar Pantomime. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. OSRALDISTON. FOR the BENEFIT of the-SOUTHWARK PHILAN THROPIC INSTITUTION. On which occasion Miss Francis Cobham will appear as Julia in 6 ' The Hnnchback." THIS EVENING, JAN. 27, Will be performed THE HUNCHBACK.--Master Walter, Mr. Dale ; Sir Thomas Clifford, Mr. E. F. Saville ; Modus, Mr. o Asaldiston; Julia, Miss F. Cobham. After which, NATURE AND AR'f.—Gabbleton, Mr. Gardne r ; Eliza l'roscenia Ardent, Altss Vincent. I e !'"On.la with the Grand Romantic Aerial Comic Pan tomime, entitled HARLEQUIN PETER WILKINS; OR, THE KING OP THE AIR AND THE FLYING IN DIANS.,--With new and extensive Scenery, Dresses, Decora tious, Tricks, Tr ansformations, and Effects . —A new Nautical Pangania, to he entitled " Our Native Sea-girt Isle !" con sisting of Maritime Views along the Coast of England. , Also, a new Grand Dissolving Diorama, by Childs, the Great Illu sionist ; and the Opening of the Pantomime supported b the Comic Talent of this— _the T heatre of London. y onl H at y oxes, flalf-pastEight. 6d.—H a lf- price to the B oxes ~ To_morrow, Geraldine, with The Wild Irish Girl, and Har equin Peter Wilkins. A L ACCIDENT ON Tuesday a f terno on three youths,Nsilinarned Staples, Il un ter, „nd-sanntletson, hired a boat , in which they p ro: ceeded up the river as far as Putney ; on their return they called in at Chelsea, where they partook of bread andWease,and subsequently some rum and water ; they started about half-past five, and reached nearly oppositethe Bea House, Is hen Staples became ill from what he lid taken, and was very sick. Hunter was in the act of KOiriK to his assistance - when his foot slipped, and he fell ' ) ._ l M!r' silk and in an instant the boat was upset. Their cues littrated the attention' of a waterrtari;;:!vfr, ..i 11 .7 :quay row e d to xitta emu ;thethe spot, but only snecacled in•siving , other two were drowned. AND THE 1 1 HE RAILWAY SUN be active, the price of' wool, butter, and ch!tese falls for the farmers inconveniently low. The IS NOW RE-PUBLISHING, practical agriculturists, therefore, 'are beginning PRICE SIXPENCE. to find out that they cannot prosper while the manufacturers go to decay. At a recent meeting of the Brigg Agricultural Association, the Chairman, W. SKIPWORTH, Esq., alluded to " the gradual declension in the prices of corn, additional proofs of which they had experienced at that day's market." Not= withstanding the people are actually in want of food, the price of corn is too low for the squires. The Corn-laws have done their deadly work. They have so impoverished and so starved the people out of existence, that the short supply of last harvest, combined with the grain imported from abroad, is now fully equal to the effective demand of the people. The ruin, therefore, which the squires have inflicted on the manu facturers will soon pay them a fearful visit. It is so obvious that agriculture itself has im proved and thriven by the growth of manufac turing towns; it is so certain, that their increase, instead of diminishing, has added greatly to the numbers of the sturdy agricultural popula tion, that we cannot imagine any policy more insane, even in the most sentimental Arcadians, than that which would devote our manufacturing towns to decay and destruction. Now that those towns can no longer drain off the superfluous population of the landlords' estates, how they will dispose of the rural popu lation puzzles us to imagine. They must at once begin and restrict, if they do not forbid, marriage, or they will soon be eaten up by paupers. The manufacturing towns have threatened to send back to the landlords' estates the population born on them which those towns have provided for. They will have no occasion to take such an ex treme measure; it will be only necessary for them not in future to receive the surplus rural population, and the landowners will soon find an abundant crop of paupers to share their rent. As to Mr. WEBB HALL'S schemes of reform ing the Corn-law, it has the merit of simplicity, but it is not so simple and grand a scheme as that of total repeal. Till the duty had settled down to 55., as proposed by Mr. WEBB HALL, the value of land would be uncertain, the probable price of grain would defy calculation, and both trade and agriculture would be injured. Mr. WEBB HALL is content with .a ss. fixed duty, shaming the Whigs, who proposed an Bs. duty, and shaming the Conservative merchant, ?Ir. HUBBARD, who has proposed a 10s. duty, but not shaming the League, which demands justice, and a total repeal. A fixed duty would keep up prices here above the level of other countries, and keep the supply of food short. It would thereibre contribute to in jure our trade, and beat dowp wages. It is when food is abundant and cheap fly_ the mass of the labourers can contend with advantage against the capitalists and landlords; aud if some capi talists and manufacturers do not support a fixed duty, because it would keep thelabouring classes more at their mercy, there is no doubt that such would be its effect. While we give great praise to Mr. WEBB HALL'S comparative libe rality, his scheme is neither so simple, so com prehensive, nor so useful, as the great measure of total repeal. THE CHINA SUN, PARLIAMENTARY SUN, ARE STILL ON SALE, PRICE SIXPENCE EACH. Sun Office, Jan. 27, 1842. THE WEATHER—NOON, JANUARY 27. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. Thermometer... 34 Highest 4l 1 Lowest 36 Barometer 29.67.—Wind W.—Freezing Point. 22 Deg. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW, Morning 51 minutes after 2. I Evening 14 minutes after 3. The Publication of the Evening Edition of THE SUN com menced at 15 minutes after Three. We have not expressed any hopes or wishes on the subject of the vacancy at Liverpool, being fully convinced that the independent electors of that town would act with energy and discretion. We now learn with satisfaction, that they mean to bring forward a gentleman of high standing and considerable influence, of much experience in foreign and colonial affairs, and possessing an intimate acquaintance with our commercial and diplomatic relations. Such a man, if he possess some eloquence, for the men of Liverpool like a little show as well as substance, will very pro bably succeed. The Tories, too, are divided, it is said, between Sir HOWARD DOUGLAS and Mr. HERRIES, which is a good augury. A contest, however, we area assured, will ensue, and the opinions of the second, if not _the first commer ' vial town in the empire, - concerning' the great trading questions now at issue, will be looked to with great interest by the empire at large. A letter, signed " An Operative," elsewhere inserted, recommending the people to attend on the opening of Parliament and express their opi nions, reminds us that in 1830 theycontributed to -break up the WELLINGTON Administration. Whatever motives the working classes then had to dislike the Tories, they have now abundant reason to hate the starvationists. Their senti- meats require only to be firmly, temperately, and respectfully expressed, and they will have more influence in 1842 than they had in 1830. The Chartists throughout the land, and many persons who are not actually Chartists, demand Universal Suffrage ; but it is not necessary to have a vote in electing a Member of Parliament, for a man, and even for a woman, to have an in fluential voice in public affairs. On occasions like that which will be offered to them this day week, the working classes can convey their opinions with all due respect and decorum to the Throne itself. Half a million voices, earnestly and solemnly lifted up along the whole line from Buckingham gate to the halls of Parliament, in one continuous cry of " Down with the Corn-law,' would carry hope 'to the starving thousands, and even mil 'ions, in every part of the kingdom. It might not reach the ears of his Prussian MAJESTY, but it would penetrate to Berlin, and find an echo in every capital of Europe. It would dry the tears of many mothers now weeping over their starv ing children, and in a short time give bread to the hungry throughout the land. The meanest man in the empire has as good a right to entertain opinions on any political sub ject, and to make them prevalent, if he can, by peaceful and proper means, as the proudest Duke of the House of Lords. We are well con vinced, too, from the trouble and expense great Noblemen sometimes incur to hire the cheers of the multitude, that their opinions, properly ex pressed on suitable occasions, give them great power in the State. The swinish multitude, as the ingenious and industrious workmen of England arc called by scribblers and quasi-statesmen, who do not conceal their desire to starve the ma nuthcturing classes- out of existence, may, by a proper and respectful expression of opinion,save their countrymen and countrywomen in the ma nufacturing districts from linger, despair, an d m death. They may do ore; hey may contribute to put down for ever one of the most iniquitous laws that ever was enacted—a law that is alike condemned by science, morality, and religion. A great people, let it be remembered, cannot be enslaved and starved against their own will. We publish in another part of The Sun Cap tain TROTTER'S Report of the unfortunate failure of the Niger Expedition, addressed to the Lords of the Admiralty. It is a distressing record of the exertions of gallant men to effect a physicalysical impossibility. On e sa d consolation only remains to the nation. The naval records of no nation in this world recount instances of officers and crews who surpassed in zeal, in strict discipline, in uncomplaining endurance of the greatest sufferings, and in acts of high individual heroism, the fine fel lows who composed this expedition. Fo r what act of heroism performed in a field of b ittle can be compared with the courageou s conduct of an inexperienced medical officer navigating alone a large steamer, and by his unexampled 'skill and fortitude saving the vessel and the lives of all on board? As the Report will be generally read, we need not here attempt an analysis of it. Captain TROTTER is of opinion that the Niger cannot be navi gated by white men, but yet with that utter regardlessness of self which distinguished our naval officers, he expresses his willingness to accompany another expedition next year. The Gallant Captain is now in London, and in direct communication with her MAJESTY'S Government, so that shortly after the meeting of Parliament the country will be pat in possession of all the details of this unfortunate expedition. Much as we may regret the throwing away of sixty thou sand pounds, we are decidedly of opinion that no niggardliness should be exhibited in dealing with the pecuniary claims of the gallant survivors. .L. tt ' ,t7L - , -•,,,,,,„ .A -,- •. , Aprif i lw .o:, ,,. ; -.00 - auQ., ~ t - _ - --.€,. • • - J V: A ,- - :'-',".. t 'l • .' 1 ,7416„.. iu ,/ ~- ~, , , •'', • - •,-- - 3s'o. ~,„ • . .„ ' ..., . le *- ":-.: ~..- 3 ,, ) ,; ,, , ,,,, 0.,.„ d, ~.. ~ qin :um LONDON! THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1842. Reports are current that a considerable num ber of persons, both in Parliament and out of Parliament, who have hitherto supported the Whigs, are not disinclined to transfer their alle giance to Sir ROBERT PEEL. They see that a Whig or Liberal Ministry is at present an im possibility; they arc convinced that the Govern ment, with all the aid they can give it, will still have a difficult task to perform; and they think it a duty to strengthen the Government, in who soevreq hands it may be placed. The law, too, which Sir ROBERT PEEL took office to maintain, is regarded with approbation by a considerable number of Whigs, who are ready to sacrifice their party to preserve the tax on the people's bread. Hence Sir ROBERT PEEL'S Ministry is strengthened by sinister interests from all parties. Many men, also, are quite convinced that something must be done, and as Sir ROBERT is the only man who has the power to carry mea sures through Parliament, they rely on him to do that something. It is felt by the timid, and known by the intelligent, that society is not in health and at ease, and they hope that Sir R. PEEL will restore it. He gathers around him, then, not only the corrupt, but also the timid and the doubtful, from the ranks of his political opponents, as Mr. PITT did in 1791 and 1792, and may pdssibly have as strong a Parliamentary majority as that. Minister had. But between his situation and that of Mr. PITT there are some striking differences. Mr. PITT was the representative of the popular hatred against France, and the popular attach- ment to our institutions. The enterprise he engaged in of resisting our old enemy, and preserving our institutions, had the hearty support of the multitude, as well as the Parliament. There was something ennobling and glorious in his undertaking. But Sir ROBERT PEEL is nearly unsupported by the multitude. Attachment to our institutions has been driven from the minds of the lower classes by long suf fering. He is the representative, then, only of a class. He takes office to preserve a system of acknowledged wrong. He is the defender, not of his country, but of monopoly. His undertaking is base, and according to the testimony of ail the Ministers, who met in conference at Manches er and Edinburgh, it is also iniquitous. He en lists against him the sympathies of the virtuous, the independent, and upright; and however strong he may be in Parliament, he is weak in the country and in the unrighteousness of his cause. Mr. PITT, supported as he was, could not boast of much success lie put down the antagonists of our institutions, but the heirs of his power were compelled - to reform the institutions them- selves. He and his successors loaded the coun try with debt, which has ever since rendered the task of governing it one of extreme difficulty. It has become impossible, in fact, for the try of the people to answer all the demands made on it by the burdens he laid on us, and by the expenses of the governing classes; and notwithstanding the great alterations made in the Constitution, it is almost universally felt that still greater alterations are required. He began the war with France, but he did not live to see its splendid conclusion. His succes sors bad all the honourof that, while his policy is charged with having half-beggared the nation, and ruptured the attachment of the people to the law. If such, with Mr. PITT'S great talents, comparatively noble objects, and almost universal support, was the result of his policy,what will be the fate of Sir ROBERT PEEL? We cannot ex actly foresee, but it seems likely that he must _ _ either give up his base and iniquitous policy be fore helms been nine months in office, or the end will be infinitely disastrous. His majority cannot repeal the laws of -nature, and make a legislative crime productive of national benefit. Mr. WEBB HALL, who has for many years been one of the tbreTost champions of the agriculturists, and whose pamphlet, pointing out the degradation to which the present system drags down the farmers, was, a few months back, noticed in The Sun, has published a letter to Sir ROBERT. PEEL, of which the following are the principal passages:— The present Corn-laws, Sir, since they have awoke from a period of inoperation, during which the protected farmers cried out loudly for relief and were heard before a Committee of the House of Commons, I believe to have scomiged the land with opposite evils. I have never considered them to be founded on any principle except that of the old man and his ass. They have attempted to please everybody ; they have, at times, pleased nobody ; and they have injured most grievously, in various ways, the country into the bargain. The alternations of this complicated evil have been so irrelevant as to be an engine of corruption worse than ten state lotteries such as were swept away as a national nuisance. But this is not the whole evil. The wholesale trade in English corn which used to exist, and which tends so much to equalise prices, has had its very founda tion sapped, and has been long abandoned. Thero is no element left for commercial judgment, and speculation and fraud have taken its 'place. Sir, I have placed in your hands,in a printed publi cation of my own, a description to prove that the cost of growing wheat is affected by the state of dependence in which the farmers generally are, and the excessive com petition amongst themselves, resulting in much ruin. Occasional high prices foster this competition, and equally with the commercial transactions above alluded to, tend to substitute speculation, servitude, and fraud, for judg ment, independence, and skill. Not only is this question very different from what it was twenty years ago, but it is differing every day from increase of the population. The cultivators of the soil have introduced and are introducing at this time many improvements. I am, just , returned from inspecting the first manufactured portion for sale, of a manure that has enabled wheat to be grown on a poor soil four successive years on the same land and of superior qUality of grain —the history of which I have communicated already to the agricultural world. A steady field for their exertion, and enough of competition from abroad to, moderate the competition for taking estates at home, at any hazard, I am . firmly convinced is the mode best adopted to have our country tilled by a class of men who can think, and act, and improve. A large portion of the cost qf growing agricultural pro duce is wages. To this extent low prices of food con tribute to econoroy,of culture. Without the iudusry of the country being active, the wool, butter, .and cheese, are also in far less request. - What course shall the LegiAature then pursue ? I will suggest one which shall be at least simple, com mercial, and unexciting. Destroy the averages entirely; place a duty of 10s. per quarter on wheat—reduce this 1s; per quarter until it reaches ss. per quarter, and there I e,t it rest ; and the question of the Corn-laws might be settled for ever, with as little consideration of burden as penny postage; and I, for one, fear not the result. We rejoice to add Mr. WEBB HALL to the number of practical farmers who have entered the list against the Corn-laws. His tes timony confirms the opinion which we have frequently expressed, that a great part_of the cost of growing agricultural produce etih§lits in wages, to which must be added the feed of work ing cattle, the price of seed corn, and of the young stock which the farmer has to buy. Mr. WEBB HALL also shows, as we have done, that unless the manufacturing Indust. j of the country Man IMlll=mill THE SUN, LONDON,f-THURSDAY, JA NI 27, 1842. SUFai! ,- .ARY OF NEWS' AND pubitt eptritott " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. The Brussels Papers state that the interview between the Kings of Prussia and Belgium was most affectionate. The two Monarchs had early known and respected each other, and met as friends long separated by th e necessi ties of their rank. Business, however, was not forgotten. The tariff was discussed, and the result is said to have been very gratifying to King Leopold. As the King of Prussia is, therefore, composed of squeezable materials, our people ought to bring the Corn -laws under his notice. Baron Bulow returned to Brussels on Monday—a sure indication that the two Kings parted on the best terms al Ostend. His Excellency left for Berlin on the follow ing day, in company with the Prussian Ambassador, at the Hague. The Hague journals announce that M. de Wigner, Chamberlainsat Grand D u k e o f S axe Wie nprivate a u di ence o f hi s e yaligner was com m i ss i one d t o as k, erEseenicaienhg, of. hadM. the. deh reigningaa M in the name of his Sovereign, the hand of the Princess Sophia of the - Netherlands, for Prince Charles, the heri ditary Grand Duke, son of the Grand Duke and of the Grand Duchess Maria Pauloun, sister of the Queen of the Netherlands, and of the Emperor of Russia. PUBLIC OPINION. The object of the principal leading article in the Herald is to show that it is the interest of England to cultivate as much as possible friendly relations with Germany, as represented by Prussia. "An alliance between the two great Catholic Powers of Europe," says the herald, " would be dangerous in the extreme, yet the extension of French and Austrian frontiers, at the expense of Germany, is a tempting basis on which to exact it. Hence the great importance to England of influence in the Peninsula ; of her protecting Spanish and Portu guese independence, and of maintaining those insti tutions which weaken therein the power of the Pope and the Romish clergy. Germany has an interest in British power in the Peninsula ; she looks to it as a preventive against an Austrian-French alliance." The Times remarks, in reference to M. Thiers's recent speech in the Chamber of Deputies, " he has done gooc in attacking the bitter fallacy, which his own presump tion had endeavoured to propagate, that the advent of the French armies was lopked forward to by an import ant party in Germany as the signal for the regeneration of their country. The time for such foolish delusions is fortunately past," The Chroni9/e is of opinion that Lord de Grey's pro ceedings must be made the subject of Parliamentary in vestigation, no Matter what may be the result of the Dublin election; for that his Lordship has shown himself a decided partisan—become, in fact, little better than the Chairman of a Committee in a contested election ; while the most glaring intimidation has been used to coerce every elector within the circle of vice-regal influence. The Post contradicts the report that the Queen has intimated her wish to confer the vacant ribbon of the Garter on Lord Melbourne ; and adds, " the very in dustry with which the Opposition Journals have dissemi nated the falsehood, it has been our duty to contradict, shows out too plainly how prone they and the party . Which they labour with so much zeal, and so little dis cretion to sdrve, would have been to misconst rue t h e fact, had it accidentally been true." The Advertiser recommend the Opposition to adopt a decisive line of conduct on the first night of the Session; and if the Queen's speech contains no distinct admission of the frightful prevalence of distress in the country, to move an amendment to the Address, and let that amend ment be pressed to a division. "We may be told," says our Contemporary, " that this is an unusual course; we know it is ; but are not these unusual times ?" The Worcester .Journal, speaking of the Royal Chris tening, says ;—" There are many associations in English history with the name of Edward that render the name dear to us as Britons, and which led us to hope that it would have the precedence on the occasion which we are now commemorating; but it has given place to Albert. The Dublin Evening Post, in an article alluding to Sir Robert Peel's difficulty in governing Ireland, observes that Lords De Grey and Eliot have greatly increased that difficulty—" by throwing themselves headlong into the arms of the Orangemen. They were bad enough' before, in all conscience. They scarcely ever made a move since they came to Ireland but a wrong one. But the present contest has tried them to the marrow. - It was shown to them that their She riffs were not trustworthy—it was proved to them that they ought to invest the person whom they had already nominated to the office, with full authority. This person is a Tory as well as themselves, but Sir Edward Burrough is a GENTLEMAN. This they refused to do. The correspondence with the Castle, arising out of this transaction, will show how the Irish Administration have complicated Sir Robert Peel's difficulty.' " The Tyne Mercury says :—" Whenever a strike takes place in a manufactory, the landlords talk about cotton lords, and revile the manufacturer as if he were a per aecutor and an oppressor, at the very moment when they are exerting themselves to obtain the removal from their estates of immense numbers of people to distant parts of the world, whom they are desirous of transporting like so many felons—men who have perhaps laboured for them and their ancestor& for - many generations —men who have been to the land precisely what the cotton spin eel., the weaver, or the warper, is to the manufacturer MONEY—TRADE —COMMERCE. To afford employment to the 4,000 or 5,000 labourers in Paris, who are out of employ, the Champs-Elysees are to be leirelled, the model-prison in the Rite St. An toine to be proceeded with, and the outer boulevards continued. The opening of the South-Eastern Railway as far as Tonbridge Town is to take place in March next. PUBLIC REJOICINGS. The festivities at the sea-ports and dockyards on Tues day were as follow :—Holidays were granted to the Sap pers and Miners, and all the men undergoing punishment for light offences forgiven. At Chatham, 1,000 families were supplied with beef, bread, and porter. At Maid stone dinners abounded ; and at Brighton, the clock of St. Peter's, the stoppage of which has caused such angry feeling between the Vicar and his parishioners, was wound up and set agoing. 111 . 3 eCTIONEllitING. At the close of the poll for the Walbrook Ward yes terday, Mr. Rowley was duly elected by a majority of six over Mr. Colman. The Hon. Col. Abereromby has resigned the repre• sentation of Clackmannan and Kinross, owing to the bad state of his health. Gen. Morison has started in the Liberal interest, and it is understood he will walk the course. NAVAL AND MILITARY. New colours were presented to the 72d Highlanders on Wednesday afternoon at Windsor by the Duke of Wel lington, who, in his address, alluded to his serving in the same regiment in India in 1795, and spoke in high terms of its bravery and good conduct. Baron Humboldt and the King of Prussia's mite were aft erwar d s en t erta i ne d by the officers of the regiment. Nine officers belonging to the Niger Expedition, one of whom is Capt. Trotter, who had the chief command, arrived at Liverpool on Tuesday night, by the Warre, which sailed from Fernando Po on the 13th Nov. Major-Gen. Brown, C. 8., late of the Rifle Brigade, has entered on his duties at Head-quarters as Deputy Adjutant-General to the Forces; vice Sir John Gardi ner promoted. Gen. Brown is one of the heroes of the Peninsular War, and was severely wounded at Talavera. The Earl of Mulgrave, Scots Fusilier Guards, has arrived at head-quarters, Montreal, to resume his duties as Aide-de-Camp to the Commander of the Forces. A meeting of the shipmaster:, captains, and mates of vessels engaged in the merchant service was held at Liverpool on Tuesday, to memorialise the Government to appoint Boards of Examination for captains and mates, previous . to their -being inducted into their re sponsible situations. The present irregular system was shown to occasion immense loss of life and property, , occurring from wreckage and un s kilf u l cap t a i ns hi p. A 1 memorial to the Earl of Ripon was accordingly adopted. LAW AND POLICE, The matter of Mr. Hitchcock's bankruptcy. was re sinned yesterday, before Mr. Commissioner ihdroycl. With •regard to the imeulpation of Messrs. Cook add Gladstone in the bankrupt's' practices, Mr. Humphrej , showed that, instead of eolleaguing with him, Messrs. Cook and -01adstone had been the first to strike the doc ket of bankruptcy agdinst 'him, and it was they who first diseovered the concealment of his goods. All along all their ` goods they believed the b an k rup t to b e , as h e represented him self, solvent. Th e statemen t th a t t h ey had received goods fromto ng iitel ' l ' e s ° e c e k re, b t ): as the ` b aek door," r always,as shown came in there. Mr. Gladstone also utterly denied any clandestine dealing. The further hearing of the case was adjourned to Wednesday next. • William Thompson, an d H enr y Norton, _ well-dressed young men, were committed to take their trial pick ingFforriaAt Greenwich Police Court yesterday, Georg Dixon, pockets at the West-gate of the Hospital on arm in a sling, was charged as a begging_irmsm p li o ibbert, a appeared he had imposed repeatedly on Yesterday Wm. Troy, a tall young man, with his 1; 1 . 1 lady of property in Hyde-Park-s q uare, by telling her that he had b ro k e hi s arm, an d that ithad been so badly set by a surg eon a t Hi g h gate , he wasmpelled to applylte it at St. Geor ge ' s H osp i ta l, w h en Dr. Hawkins co broke f trace, w as f oun d we ll and soun4, e the Ma on examinati on examin a ti on by a surgeo n be nd firths a p again an d reset i t. The wife o f t h e in t p t o h s i t s o b r rr a ois l k s o o enne t r o a,g l r d min a pitiful story a b ou t a d ea d c hild; an , m co o n a 3 t e hs. quence, was ordered to the tread - m ill for three No le ss t h an five daring robber i es h av e taken pl ace i n Kent d ur i ng the last week, in cottages o n the h igh road. In th e p ar iih es of Staplehurst and M ar d en scarcely a night p asses without a robbery. The excavators on th e railroad, it i s generally believed, are implicated in these numerous depredations. Delahunt in his confession states that for a month he was under an insane impression that he should commit a murder, an d this idea clung to him w i t h suc h tenacity that he wan d ered about the s t ree ts with a knife in search of his pr ey . jump on a coal - ca r t in play , He enticed hi m , and in describing the mur d er, says " he back forcibly across his thr:agta, memorable " Petition He Was attr a cted by the boy Maguire, while he was trying to seized the boy b y the forehead, an d h av i ng Pressed his from him." rrrni Alex's. . .-- • - i for the Corporati on of At a sale o f co i ns and medals at M r . S ot h e b y ' s last. week, a cro wn i a n n s d t thhiesntfihnignhg,hdimrew the knife qu i c k ly piece, b e ing the Crown of Ch ar l es 11., by Thomas Si mon ," was sold for 17E11. to 111 r. B a k er, who collect the City of London. Of this pattern-piece a very few were struck, and it commemorates the famous contention between Simon and the Roetteirs. -•-- ZZTZAILRY AND SCI ZNT ZPZO. .Bmithfield is t/ / corruption of Smothfield, it is 4e- rlkribed in Fitz-Stephen's account of London, as a plain field: it is remarkable that it has continued a cattle market for more than si x c en t ur i es . j The widow of the late Alexander Duval, the author, has just had a pension of 1,500 francs granted her by the French Government. Among the present Americanisms in use, is the classi cal and frequent one of the word sparse, from the Latin sparsus, used for scattered or thin ; as " the Western states are but sparsely peopled;" " the trees are sparse," &c. THEATRICAL. The first dramatic novelty to be produced at Drury lane Theatre, is a two-act Comedy, called the " Pri soner of War," which is from the pen of Mr. Douglas Jerrold. The name of the new Comedy at Covent-garden theatre is the " Irish Heiress," and it is by the author of " London Assurance." Mr. Ducrow, we understand, has been seized with a severe paralytic attack, which has partly deprived him of speech, and taken away the use of one side. SPORTING. Louis XIV. excelled in sports and exercises ; he loved the air, lived much out of doors, and was the best shot in France. He used to follow the stag at Fontainbleau, after he broke his arm, in a caleche drawn by four po nies. From his attachment to dogs he kept seven or eight in his apartments, and fed them himself. - The Essex' Standard says have t7record one of the most successful day's shooting that we have ever heard of in this country. On Friday, the 14th, T. White, Esq., J. P. Osborne, Esq., and W. W. Hawkins, Esq., bagged, in the preserves of the latter gentleman, at Alresford, 415 head of game in the short space of four hours ; consisting of 93 pheasants, woodcocks, 84 hares, and 234 rabbits." COURT—FASHIONABLE. The Duke of Marlborough has returned to Blenheim from a visiting tour in Ireland. The Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementina Villiers leave town to-day for Windsor, to be present at the grand ball at the Castle to-night. Lady Peel, and many other ladies of rank and fashion, go to the Queen's ball at Windsor to-night. Lord Beaumont arrived at Mivart's hotel on Tuesday, from Carleton Hall, Yorkshire. The Earl of Ripon returned to his residence at Put ney yesterday. The Marquis of Worcester arrived at Beaufort House yesterday, from Vienna. The Marquis of Abercorn leaves town on Monday for Baron's Court, Ireland. DTZSCELLANEOUS. To-morrow will be the anniversary of the death of Sit Francis Drake, the celebrated naval commander, in 1396, RUMOUR OF TEE DAY. It is said that Lord Morpeth is about to be married to a fair American, named Appleton, daughter of a wealthy merchant of Boston. SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY. Lord Great Chamberlain's-office, House of Lords, Jan. 27, 1842. All Peeresses, on announcing their intention of being present on the occasion of the opening of the Session of Parliament, on Thursday the 3d of February, will have places reserved for them in the House of Lords, if the announce ment be made at this office before five o'clock on Tuesday the Ist of February. No Lady can be admitted, into the body of the House, except in full dress. No strangers will be admitted, except by a ticket from the Lord Great Chamberlain. The doors will be opened at twelve o'clock. (Signed) WILLOUGHBY . DE ERESBY, G.C. THE DUKE OF CLEVELAND. Sir Henry Halford and Dr. Chambers visited the Duke of Cleveland about 12 o'clock to-day: According to the bulletin which was issued at one o'clock there appears to be no improvement. The following is a copy : " His Grace the Duke of Cleveland is ex tremely ill this morning. " St. James's-square, Jan. 27, 1842." SIR JAMES GRAHAM'S DECLA RATION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR—It appears that Sir James Graham, one of the Ministers, told the " Short-time Deputa tion," that "one thing was, certain, that we must lay aside the notion that we could ever again become the workshop of the world." By what particular feeling or quality of the human mind as ordinarily constituted, must this declaration be supposed to have been dictated? 'What it bears on the face of it, ap pears to be of this kind. "We the predominant party in a great manufacturing and commercial country, or what might have been, have for six and-twenty years been doing our best to check its-progressin those directi o n s . W e h ave levied , a tax front the community, the effects of which have been sedulously directed to giving a premium upon foreign maim factures to the depreSsion of our .own. We now rejoice to say, that the result of our pains has embodied itself' in the complete and unassailable superiority of the foreigner. We have reached the haven of our wishes. We have prevented the country from rushing into the commercial supremacy which it was in dan ger of; and we now exult in seeing the cause of 'apprehension permanently extinguished, in the extinction of the temptation . We tr us t t o h ear no more of thi s romantic attachment to trade; and the ground on which we rest our confidence, is that the heroine is cut up and made into a pie." If this is not the meaning of the Minister who for our sins assists to rule us, what is? Yours very sincerely, T. PERRONET THOMPSON. Blackheath, 27th January, 1842. THE KING of PRUSSIA'S ARRIVAL AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE. This morning many thousands had assembled in St. James's Park, to witness the arrival of his Majeity the King of Prussia, who was expected to arrive at twelve o'clock, but as early as half-past eleven, his Majesty and attendants arrived in three Royal carriages, but without any escort, and altogether in so private a manner as almost to have entered the palace gates with out being recognised ; inde e d, many o f t h e spectatOrs assembled waite for some time under the impression that his Majesty had not arrived. About • a quarter before one o'clock the French, Austrian, Russian, and other AmbasSadors, began to arrive for the, purpose of attending the Levee. Shortly after one o'clock the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, and Corporation as sembled at the Mansion-house, for the purpose of pro-, ceeding in state to present. the City Address, agreed to on Monday last. His Majesty returns to *Windsor this afternoon, and to-morrow he will come to town for the purpose of visit ing several of our national edifices in the metropolis. His Royal Highness the DUke of Sussex, we believe, in the evening gives a grand banquet at Kensington Palace to his Majesty and Noble attendants, to which a numerous and highly distinguished circle is to be invited to meet the august guest: On Saturday the King and suite leave Windsor Castle with the intention of passing the remainder of the Royal sojourn in this country in town. It is now definitively ascertained that his Majesty does not occupy the apartments of the King of Hanover at St. James's Palace, as was at first expected, an offi ciaVcomtnunication to his Excellency Count Kleiman see and Sir Frederick Watson having been received to that effect on Tuesday morning. The King having had apartments prepared at Buck inramiPalaCe, at the especial command of the Queen, his Majesty could not decline their acceptance, or his Majesty would certainly have honoured those of the King of Hanover, whose residence has been thoroughly refurnished; and partially re-embellished, for the recep lion of the illustrious stranger, at a considerable expense. We understand the suite of rooms selected by the Lord Chamberlain for his Majesty's disposal, are those previously occupied by the Duchess of Kent before the Queen's marriage. • The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland and the Duke of WeVington give splendid banquets on Monday and Toes day,l6 his Majesty at Stafford House and Ap s l e y H ouse .' ,'dint Ernest Schippenback and several other officers of the'Prussian army, connected with his Majesty's re tinue, are quartered at the Tower. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 26. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) The Vindictive frigate, commanded by Capt. Toup Nicholas, in working to the anchorage of Spithead this morning, missed stays, and a ft erwar d s b rought up in Beckelsham Bay, near Chichester Harbour, on the top of high water. As the tide fell she touched the ground, and beat so heavily, that about three o'clock in the af ternoon she was obliged to cut away her wizen mast by the board. Notwithstanding her situation is one of great peril, but little appears to hav e b een d one either by the men of war at Spithead, or the Dock-yard authorities, beyond despatching the Lively cutter with an anchor and cable. • SEVEN O ' CLOCK.-it is reported that the mainmast of the Vindictive has gone. by the board. It is now blow ing heavy from the north-west, with every appearance of a most boisterous night. The Vindictive is one of the finest frigates of the British navy, and her last trip to attend upon tho King of Prussia, is the first time she ever was at sea. The Warspite frigate, Capt. Lord John Hay, arrived yesterday, and is now at anchor with the Queen, Captain Rich, at Spithead. GREAI NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY. Traffic returns for tho week, ending Jan. 22, 1842: — Passengers O • • Merchandise Darlington, Jan. 26. £l,lOl 14 8 W. O'BRIEN, Secretary. _ - The plinth has just been finished on which the pedestal is to be erected in Trafalgar-square, on which * the statue of the late Admiral Lord Nelson is to stand, and attracts much notice. The work will not be finished in time to have the monuMent erected on the 20th Oct., the day when the signal victory was obtained, but pro ', bably will be ready by October twelveraonth. Exchange on England 2 15-16 pence. TDE FUNDS. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money, 89i I ; ditto, Account, 89k;. Colom bian, 214 22; Mexican, 24 i; Portuguese, 33i j ; Spa nish, 251. QUARTER TO THREE. In the very late advices received to-day from Buouos Ayres, there is " food for reflection" to such of our, mer chants as are interested in the affairs of South America. The long and . ruinous contest ,between the Argentine ruler, Rosas, Juni, the. Llnttarians, seems likely. to , be . early brougli to a close.. .One_, at least, among' the host of ambitio us tyrants, whose name is" Le gion," has ceased to desolate . the soil of America,' though, perhaps, the dragon-toeth may be too, deeply sown nut to bring f or th anot h er an d another. ' The development of the resources of South American States to the benefit alike of themselves and the coun tries trading with them, can clearly never be accom plished until the horn of peace is held in sight where now the,sword of war is fiercely waved; and it seems as if. in aVicendtinity of one superior tyrant, such as Posas or'Santa Anna, and the curbing of the no less restless: though less able ones, that the safety and prosperity of such republics can best exist, at least under the present system of Government. LLO YD. SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JAN. 27.—Wi n d thi s day at noon, W., fresh. OFF MARGATE, JAN. 26.—Sir Chas. Forbes, Mauri tius. Mary Bell, Shields, f o r C ons t ant i nop l e. DEAL, JAN. 26.---Wind S.S.W., strong breeze.—Arrd. Margaret, Bergh, M ou l me i n ; Ann Lo.lkerby, Burt, Mauritius; Diamond, Baldwin, Buenos Ayres; William Horster, Killick, Nassau ; Edmnud, Allan, Nassau. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 26.—Wind S.S.E. to W.N.W., very fresh.—Arrd. A nn , B u d son , Li ma ; Farnenina, Levitt, New Orleans; Warre, Sanders, Cameroons, sailed from Fernando Po,' Nov. 23; Royalist, Shottin, Attica Bay. The Sultan, Ross, bound to Halifax, has put back from lon. 40, after being out 59 days. DOVER, JAN. 26.—Remke, Glem, from Surinam to Amsterdam, was totally wrecked to the westward of the pier this morning, during a heavy gale at S.S.W.—crew saved. Arrived off, Norfolk, Pahna Patras ; and Flora FALMOUTH, JAN. 25.-Wind N.W . to W., strong breezes.—Arrd. Denver, Odessa. Sld. Sirß. Peel, China. JERSEY, JAN. 22.—Arrd. Waterwitch, Bode, Gaspe. 24.—Ocean, Bradley, Civita Vecchia, mainmast cut away, having been on her beam ends, bound to London. SWANSEA, JAN. 25.—Arrd. Alexander, Harvey ; Alex ander and Catharine, Grainger. The Justow, from New port to Barnstaple, which was ashore at the back of the pier, has been got off and brought into th e h a rbo u r. DUBLIN, JAN. 24.—Arrd. Mary Jane, Smyrna. CLYDE, JAN. 23. —Sid. Sesostris, New York. HARWICH, JAN. 26. —The Tiger, Ballina, for L on d on, assisted in with loss of anchors, boat stove, sails split, &c. ; Susan, Shields, for Cadiz, crew disabled, &c. BRISTOL, JAN. 26.—1 t has blown a heavy gale at'S.W. to N. W. since SA. sr. and continues. The Prosperous, hence to Bridgewater, was picked up yesterday in Walton Bay, waterlogged and abandoned. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 25.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. her Majesty's ships Vindictive and Warspite; eastward. 26th.—It commenced blowing hard this morning about seven o'clock from S.S.W., and continued to increase till noon, when it blew a heavy, gale, varying to W. There has been no abatement since. Seven blows hard, and every appearance of a dirty night. The Little Queen, Harris, from Youghal, in entering the harbour, drove ashore on Southsea Beach, just before low water. Her Majesty's ship Vindictive, is riding near the Dean Buoy, with mainmast cut away. The Isadore, Dunbar, from Cardiff to London, ashore on the sand head, has discharged about 150 tons of cargo. The Ontario, late Hogg, from Newcastle to Alexandri a , which put in here leaky; 21st ult., has been discharged and repaired, and is reshipping her cargo. The Royal George, De Gruchy, has completed her repairs, and is ready for sea. Arrd. Johanna Maria, Schon, Batavia, for Amsterdam ; Castor, (Dutch S.W.) Texel for Surinam. SALTFLEET, JAN. 26.-.,The Hiram, Gibson, from Malaga to Hull, was driven ashore near here to-day cargo discharging : the vessel has not' at present sus tained any damage. LOWESTOFFE., JAN. 2G.—The Thomas Holloway, Miles, ran on the inner shoals this morning during a tremendous, gale at S.---crew saved. It continues to blow a gale. CORN A VERA GUN. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN, Far the Week e nd e d J an. 2 1, 1842, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Englan.l and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. BWheat fils. sd. 1 Vats ar1ey......... 28 s . 101. I fly ........ 43,. 0' 1 Pease 33;. 10d. AVERAGES OF THE LAST SLR WEEKS. Week ending WHEAT. BARLEY.' OATS. I EYE. , BEANS. I PEASE. Dec. 17 ......... 24 62 9 30 521 2 49,, 37 9 39 0 - (132 10 2 31 9 ) 4 3 3.1 176 0 36 6 37 2 63 0 29 7 7 39 9 36 u :•5 10 14 62 5. 29 12944011 I 31 11 3!) 1 21 • 6l r 5 2 9 1 0 20 1 48 0 33 9 33 10 IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE SIX WEEKS Wheat ..... «.. 625. 7d. Oats ......... &Li Beans. lid Bade/ 293 W. I Rye .. ... 41s. 1014 Pease 3l DUTIIS OW FORKIGN CORN. Wheat 2's. Bd. Oats I Barley •18a. 4d. Bye THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) COLONIAL MARKET. The operations were fair, but principally for home consumption, and full rates were paid. Th e arr i vals were to a fair extent. Raw Sugar in fair demand at full rates. Coffee brought firm prices, with a pod demand. Middling Jamaica, 118 s. to 1225. per cwt. Cocoa in better request, at full rates. TEA MARKET. There was a limited business transacted, but holders were firm, and obtained full rates. Company's Cungou Is. 10 : }d., cash. TALLOW MARKET. Prices firm, and the demand good. P.Y.C. on the spot, 48s. 3d., and 48s. 6d, for delivery. WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET. The supply was middling, with a moderate demand at present quotations. Clover, 2/. los. to 51. Bs. ; Hay, 2/. to 41.65. ; Straw, it. I2s. to 1/. 16s. At eleven o'clock this morning his Majesty the King of Prussia and Suite honoured the establishment of Messrs. Mortimer and Hunt, of New Bond-street, with a lengthened visit, and his Majesty was pleased to express in flattering terms his approbation of the great taste and style introduced in the several services of plate which they have in hand, as well as of the perfection of their manuacture of jewellery, I MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS , , . CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JAN. 26.—The sales of Cotton 0-dal are 2,500 bales, with a very dull mar ker; the business has been wholly confined to the trade, but without change in prices. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, JAN. 26.—The transac tions at the Share Market this day comprised Eastern Counties 101. 6s. Bd. ; Grand Junction, 193 ; London and Birmingham, 1692 ; Manchester and Leeds Half shares, 314. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 26.—We have had a very dull market, and no alteration in prices to report. Manchester and Leeds 72 73; Manchester and Birmingham, 274 271; London and South Western, 58 581; London and Birmingham, 169 170. By the arrival of a merchant vessel from Buenos Ayres, papers to the 19th of November have been re ceived at the North and South American Coffee-house. The British packet of the 13th states that the intelli gence of the death of Lavelle has been fully confirmed. Respecting the- fate of La Madrid, nothing positive has yet been known. Two Indians, who lately came over in the Cordillera, report that before their departure from Chili, a group of about twenty men had reached the first post-house there in great distress, and that in their passage across they met with nearly one hundred dead bodies, upon some of which they found considerable sums in gold. The last advices from Carmentes, to which quarter at tention is now directed, represent Paz and Ferre as hav ing retreated across the river Carmentes, upon the bank of which Gen. Echague had encamped. In Banda Orient a l th e Ri vera Government were taking active measures to avert the threatening storm. Among other steps a general enrolment of slaves was ordered to be made. The English Securities opened firm, with an advance upon yesterday's prices. Consols are 89 1 1 for Money, and 894 for the Account. Exchequer Bills are steady at 17s. to 19s. premium. Spanish Active Stock firm at 251 ; Portuguese Fire per Cents., 334 34 ; Ditto Threes, 204. PRICPiS OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. R s r WAYS. Paid. Per Share. Birmingham and Gloucester 100 ...... 64 Great Western Ditto New London am' Brighton 5O ...... 364... . .. to 37 Manchester and Leeds (New Sh. ) 30 ..... 32 Midland C ;unties Ditto 4 Shares South Eastern and Dover York and North Midland... Ditto il' ^w Shares... PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, JAN. 25. 3 per Cent. Consols Three and Half Stock 9Bj 'Grand C ana l Stock ... Ditto Reduced ...... Ditto Debs. 6 per cent... Ditto New 1830... 984 Ditto 4 per cent ... 3 f i ner Cent: Deb:. — Royal Canal Stock HALF-PAST ONE The brig Messenger, Captain Ellis, has just arrived in the St. Katherine Dock from Boston, United States, and is the first vessel of a line of packets which will run regularly hereafter between Boston and London; and if the experiment succeeds, new and large ships of the size and model of the New York, Liverpool, and London lines, will take the places of the present vessels. The Messenger has made a good voyage, and comes laden with American produce. There is little doubt. of the ultimate success of this new line, as the rapid growth of Boston, the opening of the Railroad to Albany, by which the vast quantities of Western produce can be conveyed at a rapid rate to Boston, the Royal Mail steamers from Liverpool, the Eastern Railroad, which is to be continued to the Bay of Fundy, the numerous branch railroads, all continue -to assist the trade of Boston, and we see no reason why a line of splendid packets direct to London, should not prove profitable to the enterprising merchants who have started the project. The English and Foreign Securities are not quite so firm as at the opening. Consols are now 891 for Money, and 894 for the Account ; Three per Cents. Reduced. 89:1; ditto Three-and-a-Half, 994; Exchequerßills, 1719. Spanish Active Stock 254 ; Portuguese Five per Cents, 334 ; Ditto, Threes, 204 ; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents. 514 ; Ditto, Fives, 1014. Little doing. The Share Market is flat, with little doing. Great Western 854 86 ; Ditto, New, 604 ; London and Brigh ton, 37 ; South Eastern and Dover, 27. EVENING SUN • VICTORIA THEATRE. this Anew farce has been prod uce d ' a t this theat re t , act week, entitl e d Th e Wild I r i s h Gi r l. I t is a e il vsiss farce, and the whole weight of the piece rests ol!„,c, Vincent, who, as the heroine, Shelah Savourna 0 otoe , elicited roars of laughter from all, parts of the an d She introduced a number of humorous Irish ecoc s ',, l nst gave the Irish howl o f "B a lli nomorna ora ,7 wi t "rall ludicrous effect. A visit, to the Victoria would b e 3 re " rig repaid by this latter perf o r mance a l o n e . The he' ll usual, was crowded. CITY OF OF DUBLIN ELECTI° I4 :-/ G it i•P' it DUBLIN, TUESDAY EVENING, HALF-PAST , - ,-- Le iloin The following were the numbers at the close of tiJ! 4 , as announced by Sheriff Porter : Gregory 1,145 -t Morpeth • 915 aorit for Gregory There are 9 M O votes y undecid ed by th e assessor notl I, eluded in the above return. i i d, The Tories put forth their gr ea t s tr e ngth to -0 1 0_ ', e st as it was a holiday in th e p u bli c offices, polled therro, w men. The Reform ers w ill ma k e a grea t ra lly to -° , n the In booth 'M, where the Reformers are strong er . on en polling has been delayed in th e mos t sca ndalous in' o on, the Tory agents putting the bribery oath to the ir as well as the Liberal voters. ..---- Sl'. MARTIN-IN -THE-FIELDS . (THIS DAY.) h Rif " At eleven o'clock this mornin g a mee ti n g Wag the Vestry-room, of the parish of St. Marti n -I o isr : Fields, to take into consideration the following rejos, tion :—" We, the: undersigned inhabitant house hu t JO' rpspectfully request that you will, at the earliest possible your convenience will p erm it, convene a of meeting,, for the purpose of considering the best raer ver e alleviating the distress which is now pressing wit h goes" cedented severity upon the productive classes of her lay's Fro ty's subjects ; and whether the ope ra ti on of the l a n e s ev bibiting the unrestricted importati on o f n ecesst“ . iLf 5, sential to the existence of man, such as sheer, the oxen, atl T bread-corn are not the chief causes()" 0 11 , general distress." Mr. liawkes, the churchwarden' in the chair. t o ,l vs iesi eo e rn l a ' r ar a lei l ,sso, m lau e nt m ido b nt e hs r ,e s e op b nr r de i es e me fl n ji n a sg d y d si addressed ee strong r e theot:w, terms' o t " i r e. the • carried unanimously. iC WESTMINSTER 'HAWS /I ° ll SOCIETY. se jer The members of this Society, last evening, ga ve a u of tion Of sacred music, from tht " ' Creation," in the the 11 ,, A the Literary and Scientific Institution, Westminster, ere crowded audience. The performances througheut_f admirably conducted, and elicited repeated bursts 0 in plause. Handel's "Coronation Anthem " was gi ven ou reJ style we have seldom heard excelled, and was h°ll , so d with a unanimous encore. Miss Cubitt wa s , l , oudit ie ha s deservedly applauded in the air ". Holy, holy. S ta ste. an exceedingly fine voice, and sings with excellent, r Much praise is due to the conductor, Mr. Cooke , I(i r i o tti efficient manner in which he superintended the vlt gr. s . perforrnances. The rest of the performers were -- r a lo Emerson Mr. Peters, and Mr. Cr: Allen, of St• Cathedral, to all of whom much praise is due. O P REPRESENTATION , - OF K IN ROS— „bk. CLAcioulotAN.,—The Right Ron. C o l. Aberero o3 l, B resigned the r e p resentat i on of the united count— hos Clackmannan and Kinross, and Gen. 310r/s°llo of started in the Liberal interest. This step, on the p a u se d the Gallant Colonel, has, we regret to say, been — ; n de' by, the st a t e o f . hi s health. A more zealoti, s an d ; did pendent Member than Col. Abercromby the 11,_°, 11 ", - o tir not contain ; but, ever alive to the interests of his - to be try, lie felt that this was no time .for a Member 4io absent from his post, and therefore voluntarily 1 44 , c- bailf the hands of his constituency the scat which th,e,i v itig' at last election, so cordially committed to his ke e p While all, even the political opponents of Col • f ffe al cromby, must lament the cause of his re tiremen t he public life, it is still sa ti s f ac t ory to. hi m, an d to t foo d; beral party, that a worthy successor has been„ goo Gen. Morison has long served his country in latterly was a member of the Supreme Council, d eer Governor-General, along with our di s ti ngu ished. o 0 for ber,-the Right lion. T. B. M acau l a y. Th e selectl bis this high appointment i s a sufficient testimony' ° ro la talents and spirit in p u bli c a ff a i rs . A s to the lib! ol vo of his principles, we h ave on l y to re f er to his seell straightforward address. ; from which it will bo o of that he is not a Reformer of yesterday. In the Iv, i t 15 a Correspond en t, "h e i s one o f t h e r i g h t sort.' a, 0 understood that he will be allowed to walk the co l nede did his gallant predecessor at the last election.- - nian Mei cury. v AS l' BENTLEY'S MISCELLAN Y FOR Em ta. Th.oll` will contain the e x t raor di nary num b er of tvren . l.vyaw characteristic illustration s , b y Rippinuille, Lee"' lobe Pinder, Alfred Crow qu ill, engraved 13; Cruiksb u i n„ c or i . Younger, and George C ru ik s h an k . A n d amongti"" tne 0' tributors to this popular periodical will be found s n i t he the choicest huinourists, as well as a ble s t writers ° o at, day, including th e i n i m it a bl e I ngo ld s b y, . F a ther Dr. Maginn, Alfred Cr owqu ill, P au l Pi n d e r, 3 1 1' e i c• mer, Sterling Coyne, Albany Poyntz, Wbiteheo7h Sic. Among the h umourous art i c l es w i t h lrb t ;(ra ti s abounds, we ought to mention " Phil Fian, l ,'sls - Adventures ;" " The Philosophy of Drinking 1 0 0 5 lachi M egr i m , a C aut i on .to Teetotallers;" eat -Grub's Co ur t s hip ; " " S ome Account of a--,Ads' Singer;" " The Standard Footman." Thomas I nl ° nsio r by's "Dead D rummer " alternates, like most of b l 5 -pro famouslegends, from grave to gay, and will be fed nounced; , we think, one of his best, perhaps ° e ll if, best, of his productions. Of anot h er c h arac ter c w i l as o found "The Sult an M a hi non d an d t h e Georg ian P,;Tb° " The Bullet," a narrative of Roman banditti; sc., Redbreast of Aquitania ;" " Richard Savage," &C ' t • C r each of which is rem ar k a bl e , e ith er f or powe r, bean pathos. We have never seen a number of Bent/ei.!.ttely cellany richer in variety or interest, or more evitu si 'llustrated. 0)' THE OPENI NG OF PARLIAMENT''''.I4 : hto' Willoughby d'Eresby, the Lord Great Chamberlagtor received the usu a l official notice from the Lord tir t y to berlain's dep ar t men t o f t h e i ntent i on o f h er Maj es ar open the ensuing session of Parliament, on Th l ,l o d. next, in person, and Mr. Pulman, the Deputy 1 3 ii the is daily engaged at the House of Lords in directing the necessary preparations, as the ceremony will derive an the usual splend our from the circumstance o f the visi t °,. for resent. The state King of Pru ss i a , w h o w ill b e p te clo t en d his Majesty will be placed on the riht of the Que, ell ' t he on the left of these seats win %e provided W i d . the Duchesses of Kent, Gloucester, and Cambridge, fi n c yrusst Vrincess Augusta 'of Cambridge. The King °„ ill b e re will go in separate state to the House, and w"L /1 ceived with the usual honours paid to crowned hes ,day Privy Council, it is ex p ecte d , will be held on c oetnin, next, and the usual 'Supplementary Gazette on t hat the notice, signed by th e L or d G reat Chamberlain, hew. seats will be reserved for Peeresses on making aPP„,i e d by tionla dies in tim in e full dress, . The gall ase will th be exclusive/Y ° cetl Aes ell as e Peers' back h e o l ; t he in the body of th e House, and the scene w ill be s and most brilliant description. The names of the niovertro. seconders of the Addresses in both Houses 1 01111 ' 4 spire until the next Cabinet Council. The part ies at W o l ver h ampton who P eti : e n igo ed the Privy C ounc il to perm i t the importat i on of fti o fund corn at a nominal duty, to be paid for them from a t h a t raised to relieve the distresses of the town, have received a reply to their memorial, into the effect that although the Privy Council deeply regr, distress prevailing in Wolverhampton, they do no'' ith tivir • sess any. authority enabling ahem t 9 comply w request, poor . /1, the COURT CIRCULAR.' f - A I is , WINPSOR, WEDNESDAY.—The presentation of f P e i . colours to the 72d Highlanders, now stationed at wiaak sor, by Field-M ars h a l the Duke of Wellington , tcf° tle. place this morning in the grand Quadrangle of the C"the His Royal Highness Prince Albert, his Majesty; al King of Prussia, 'Major-General Wemyss, C ° „ ° re . Bouverie, and a large party from the Castle, were & es sent at the presentation. Her . Majesty and all the r ys in the Castle witnessed the ceremony from the `rind overlooking the Quadrangle. On presenting the colours the Noble Duke addressed the regiment at some length. - No t ble; Ab ut four o'clock the Ki ng o f Prussia and the men and Gentlemen of hi s su it e v i s it e d Eton Ce lie i g h - e His Majesty was received by the Rev. Dr. HodgsoCo!- Provost, the Fellows, and the H ea d Master of the u lege, who conducted their august visitor to the selT e d when a rapturous welcome from the scholars greerted him. His Majesty and s u it e were a ft e rwards con the . 4 to the Chapel and the. Lib rar y. Mr. ,Mitchell, organist, during his Majesty's stay in the Chapel, P 1 4 1 .0 several choice pieces on the or g a n. His Majesty suite afterwards returned. to the Library. walk The. Queen and Prince Albert took their 'usual .ked early this morning. Th e D uc h ess o f Kent also will . out, attended by Lady Fanny Howard. took r All the guests invited to the State Banquet the departure to-day, except the Duke of Wellingto n, t he Duke of Buccleuch, the Marquis of Exeter, an a d fk t , Earl of Liverpool, and the other great Officers Of ' - ' i . j ,Der The Marchioness of Exeter. arrived on a visit .. r Majesty. cost Major-General an d th e L a dy Isabella WernY"' - a nd Goltz, Count Schlipp e nb ac h, Mr. George Edw ard -40 the Hon. Mrs. Anson, and Lieut. Annesley, will have.:: os honour of dining with he r M a j es ty an d the Illos tr i Party at the Castle this evening. ~,s9 of Their Royal Highnes ses th e D u k e 'and Due- - a t- Cambridge and the Princess Augusta of Camhe id gi e ,-, s ' es, tended by Lady Augu s t a Somerset and Colone l u -- •,,g arrived at their residenc e a t K ew y es terday ol oral from a visit to her Majestyat Windsor Castle. yet His Serene Highness Prince- Edward of Saxe Wei—fif. arrived at Marlborough House, Pall-mall, y-esterdai,,,,, ternoon, from a visit to her M a j es ty a t Windsor 05 7 0 . " . His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridr, - a t turned to town yesterd a y f rom a v i s i t. t o her MaiesOit o - Windsor Castle. His Royal Highness visited her ibo , jesty the Queen Dowager in the afternoon at 3 1 ° rough House, and in the evening went to Kew. , m s, Lord Wharncliffe, Lord Stanley, Sir James o,,rst - ne t the Chancellor of th e E xc h equer , an d other Cabinet Ministers, arrived in town yesterday from attending tic ceremony of. the baptism of his Royal Highne ss Prince of Wales. • - ' ' O l to His Royal Highness the D u ke of Sussex return 0 o his residence a t K ens i ng t on P a l ace yes t e rday', "`" visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. 51 Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and et had had an interview with th e Chancellor of the Ex' - t ', yesterday, at his offieial residence in Downing - s tree w , Lord Granville Somerset arrived in town yest e ' . ' from a visit to the Queen at Windsor Castle. i ti ef The Earl of Ripon retur ne d t o hi s res id en ce at - "- - 0 i . 9 1 yesterday, from attending th e ceremo ny of the `7 christening. :. lrtot t ` 41 .131 ;31 fr ( hr, ea el ] at