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HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning l3 minutes after 11. I Evening .... 52 minutes after 11. NEW NOVEL BY THE LATE MISS LANDON. Just ready, in 3 vols., post Bvo., LADY ANNE GRANARD; OR, KEEPING UP APPEARANCES. By L. E. L. Athoress of "Ethel Churchill," "The Improvisatrice ' " &e. Henry Colburn , Publisher, 13, G rea t Marlborough-street. Just ready, in two vols. post Bvo, with Illustrations, LONDON LEGENDS. By PAUL PINDAR, Gent. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-stret. t_TIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, A-- 1 -- naving AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED several DIS TRIBUTIONS of MONEY DIVIDENDS, which (tban . gh they are NO LOTTERIES) offer many possibilities of obtain ing LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH and at LUBECK, Are now SELLING ORIGINAL BONDS for the said DIS TRIBU TIONS. Persons desirous to purchase for the Next Distributions say receive, PREVIOUS to giving any orders, the PRO SPECTUS and PARTICULARS, upon addressing a line t• HEINE BROTHERS. The NEXT DISTRIBUTION contains DIVIDENDS of £26,000 £6OO £llO £7O 5,000 400 100 60 1,500 2OO 90 50 1,000 150 80 Sterling. 800 vo THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, FEB. 22, Will be performed, arranged as a Drama, HandePs ACIS AND GALATEA.—Polypheme, Mr. H. Philips; Acis, Miss P. Horton; Damon. Mr. Allen; Galatea, Miss Romef. After which, the New Comedy of THE PRISONER OF WAR. To conclude with the New Farce, called THE WINDMILL Doors open at half-past Six, and the Performances begin at Seven. Boxes :s., Second Price 2s. lid. ; Plt 3s , Second Price as ; Lower Gallery Is. td., Second Price Is.; Upper Gallery Is., Second Price ed. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, FEB. 22, Will be presented Mereadante's Opera entitled ELENA ÜBERTI. _Elena Überti, Miss Adelaide Kemble ; Count Übaldo, Mr. W. Har rison ; Sigifredo, Mr. Leffler ; Count Guido, Mr. Stretton ; Boemondo, Mr. Clement w hite; Gualtiern, Mr. Wigan; lmberga, Miss Grant. To conclude with the Historical Drama entitled CHARLES THE TWELFTH.—CharIes the Twelfth, Mr. W. Farren ; Adam Brock, Mr. Bartley ; Major Vanberg, Mr. Cooper ; Gustavus, Mr. J, Vin ing ; Triptolemus Muddlewerk, Mr. Harley ; Ulrlca, Miss Cooper; Los iga. (with ail Song of Rise Gentle Moon,") Madame Vestris. Doors open at half-past Six, and the Performances begin at Seven. Dress Boxes 75., Second Price 3s. s,t ; First and Second Circles 55., Second Price •,s. Fxl. ; Pit 35., Second Price Is ; Gallery Is. Tickets and Places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. rogan, at the Box-of lice, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had upon ap plication. Private Boxes to be had solely of Mr. Andrews, Book seder, 167, New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. • • THIS EVENING, FEB. 22, Will be acted an eutirely New Romantic Drama, by E. Fitzball, Esq., with extraordinary effects, entitled OMBRA ; or, the SPIRIT of the ROCKING STONE. 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The debate on Mr. VILLIERS' motion was again re newed last night, and, rather contrary to expectations, was again adjourned. It was begun heavily enough by Mr. HARDY, who inflicted on the House a dissertation on laws that were passed to benefit the country, and were beneficial to particular classes. Mr. HARDY seems to have a notion that a law is a positive blessing and must do good. We have understood that every law being an infringement on liberty is an evil to be justified and defended only on the ground of necessity and overcoming some other evil. On this principle, we admire the wisdom of that ancient people who required every person to put a halter round his neck who proposed a law, that he might be ready to give up his life if he wantonly and unnecessarily wished to inflict a new restriction on the people. Such legislators as Mr. HARDY glory in their immunity, and, regarding plenty of food as a great evil, they complacently—without any fear of the rope—make and support laws to lessen and limit its quantity. The. debate soon displayed to us a new feature in the character of some of our friends. Colonel Fox, who was followed by others, declared that he was for a total repeal, but not for that total repeal now. He and they admit that the law is a great injustice, but they want gradually to get rid of it. What should we think of the police 'which gradually' proposed to check burglary, or which promised to pnt an end to murder a few years hence? We regret to say that there are many men like Colonel Fox in the House, Mr. MACAULAY, Mr. C. BULLER, and Mr. RICE, the Member for Dover, for example ; and they state as the ground of their reluctance instantly to stop the' cruel 'robbery ordained by the Legislature, that there are vested interests under it. What can we expect from the Tories, who avow themselves our enemies, and are determined to be our tyrants, when our friends regard a sixpence of a Dowager's annuity, or a shilling of a landlord's rent, as of infinitely more importance than the health and lives of the people, now daily sacrificed by the law which deprives them of food ? When we heard such sentiments from our friends, our hearts *auk within us, and we felt at once an almost annihilating conviction that all hope of obtaining anything from l ' a rliPtent must be given up, and the people must rely on themselves and on GoD. The debate was enlivened by Mr. MACAULAY'S eloqueneeand lir. C. BULLER'S wit, but neither the one I nor the ether atoned to us for their want of stern justice. Mr. BULLER was less happy than usual, and more inconsistent,at A ,A i A.CAULAY smote Sir ROBERT PEEL very hard, but he acknowledged that he was not likely to satisfy his consti tuents. He will probably hear from Mr DuNcaNt MacLattEN and the total and immediate repealers of Edinburgh. Mr. Macaulay is one of the Members who are for compromising a felony, because it is conjoined w ith a breach of trust, and has given to the dishonest servants of the people a profit in their own wrong. Want of space will compel us to tak e only a vet:) , brief and scanty notice of Mr. WAKLEY'S speech, which had the merit, though it was rambling, of telling the House some most important truths. He was peculiarly happy when he spoke of the Protestant landowners regarding tithes for the maintenance of the Church as a burden; and when he told t he landlords the y ought to regard as a pleasure, with all their privileges, to contri bute to the happiness of the poor. He asked empha tically, what they meant by agricultural protection ; was it the protection of their mansions and parks, or of the' mud hovels of their half-starved labourers ? He 'characterised the course of the landlords as mad, and *aka ot.abatCorrt-lavv, that it was " the master infamy of the `i*A" uch language has seldom been heard in I*.itanteiii . • . ' t.ttllkaa. never before been listened to, as it Some questions were asked last night, in the House of Commons, relative to the case of Mr. EvroN; from the answers to which, it results that, in the opinion of the Admiralty, the Court-martial on that gentleman was composed of officers on whose great knowledge and per fect impartiality not a doubt can be thrown ; that Cap tain WILLIAMS, the prosecutor, is an officer of high and unblemished character ; that Mr. ELTON was legally punished ; and that the Admiralty caused him to be released, because they thought, after his long imprisonment on board ship, the justice of the case and the discipline of the Navy were satis fied. We scarcely ever knew an example of the Admiralty not upholding the authority of a Captain, or a series of Captains composing a Court-martial, against a poor Middy or any other subordinate. If indeed a Captain or an Admiral were concerned, the Admiralty might doubt or hesitate, but if the victim be below that rank, the Court is in general held to be immaculate, and he is denied all redress. We are acquainted with one case in which a different rule was followed. A Lieutenant of the Navy was tried by a Court-martial in the Mediteranean, about three years ago, for improper conduct ; the evidence against him was all hearsay or subornation ; nevertheless there was in the breasts of the Court a horror at his imputed offence—as we understand there is now in the breasts of disciplinarians a horror at the liberties taken by junior officers—and he was found guilty and dismissed the service. That officer, by dint of strong representations at head-quarters, and strong proofs of his innocence supplied from other sources, obtained a re vision of the proceedings. The Admiralty referred the matter to its law officers, who pronounced the whole proceedings illegal, declared that the evidence did riot justify the shadow of an imputation on the cha racter of the officer, and the Whig Admiralty very properly and justly restored him to his rank. That such a case occurred in the Mediterranean is some ground of suspicion that Mr. ELTON'S case may not have been conducted altogether according to rule, We cannot place much confidence, therefore, in the customary assertion of Sir. G. COCKBURN, that the Court-martial was quiet a model, when we know that the same Admiral, Sir Join/ Louis, presided on both trials. We have heard tales enough from that quarter, to be lieve that officers place very little reliance on the dis_ crimination, the firmness, or the impartiality of that officer. We hope, therefore, that some Member of the House will bring the subject fully under its con sideration, and, if possible, carry a little light into all the recesses and pigeon-holes of the Admiralty. The Navy Estimates for the current year, together with the amount to be voted for the Ordnance, will be found in another part of The Sun. The Army Esti mates have also appeared, making altogether a gross amount of about 15,000,000 t, for 1842-43, being an in crease of only 125,0001. over that of the preceding year, No one can contrast the small forces employed by land and sea, with the extensive operations in progress, without paying a voluntary tribute to the bravery, en ergy, skill, and efficiency of the British army and navy. In the whole history of mankind no instance at all simi lar is to be found. The Roman Legions, spread over a comparatively small spot on the globe, numbered thou sands for the hundreds of the British army, while there is scarcely a nook of land, or a bay throughout the world, that is not watched and occasionally visited by some por tion or other of the British forces. The total number of all ranks in the army amounts to 121,121, about one fourth 'of the army of France, while we are at war with three hundred millions in China, independent of one hundred millions to be kept in sub jection in India, the war in Affglianistan, the prepara tions in Canada for settling the affair of the Creole and the Boundary line, and the countless islands and colonies that are either garrisoned or protected by our army and navy. The duties required of these brave men of course' must be incessant and harassing, - and unless some remedy be provided by the settlement of disputed questions, it is evident that, within a short period there must be a large addition to our forces, and, what naturally follows, a large addition also to our taxes. This, no doubt, exercises the inge nuity of the military authorities, and the heads of the Treasury, and causes more anxiety than the Corn laws or the People's Charter. But with a declining re venue, and such vast operations on their hands, would not a wise Administration be anxious to conciliate rather than irritate a discontented and starving population ? Is, however, any one of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S plans calcu lated to have such an effect ? Instead of extending the suffrage, his party try every means to narrow it still more and more, and while the people cry out for cheap bread, he mocks them with a new sliding scale. The higher classes, however, will find that these great questions cannot be kept in abeyance without more money, and that a Property Tax, or some other tax that shall press as heavily on them as on the work ing classes, will be imposed speedily by their second " heaven-born" Minister elect. The complete success of the revolutionary faction in Portugal—a faction which we stated from the outset was receiving the underhand support of the QUEEN and her husband—quite prepares us for the threatened outbreak in Spain. The game of Louis PHILIPPE, Madame Mu- No; and Donna MARIA is won in Portugal. The prelimi nary step to the Spanish Revolution has been taken, and so successfully, that the Christinos and Carlists must be burning with impatience to measure swords with ESPAR TERO. All that is now waited for is the signal from the Tuilleries. " The plot," says the Paris Conatitutionel, "is certain. Proofs abound every where. The alliance between the Christinos and Carlists is nearly arranged and concluded. The eldest son of Don CARLOS is to• marry the young Queen ISABELLA. An in surrection to further it is fixed for spring.'• This we stated ourselves on Friday in nearly the same words. Some details of the plot have, however, since transpired. The REGENT is to be assassinated, and this is to be the signal for the general rising. CARLOS and the Fueros will form the war-cry of the Basques ; CHRISTINA and the Estatuta Real are to resound south of the Ebro. The POPE, the King of NAPLES, and France, are expected to supply funds. The latter is said to have already guaranteed the requisite supply of arms and ammunition. General JAREGUY (El Pastor), M. RIBED, of Pampeluna, and the notorious AVIRA NETTA, are at this moment in Bayonne, in readiness to cross the frontier, where eleven millions of ball cartridges are ready to be delivered to them. Generals CABRERA, VILLAREAL, EGUIA, SILVESTRE, VORGAS, and O'DONNELL are to assume the chief com mands of the revolutionary army. VILLAREAL is already on his way to Portugal, to obtain succours from Donna MARIA, his. plan being to invade Spain, from some part of the Portuguese territory. A large body of troops has been enlisted in France, and large sums of money have been subscribed to defray the expenses of further enlistment. CABRERA. is at Lyons, surrounded by a host of conspirators, and treating with commercial houses in London, Strasburg, Marseilles, and Paris, for loans which are said to be offered very readily in consequence of the underhand support of the whole plot by the French Court. With these facts before the world how is it that no explanation is demanded from the French Government ? Will England suffer a country like Spain to be thus a constant prey to the revolutionary intrigues of refugees sheltered, and encouraged by France ? France has re cognised the Government established in Spain, and, therefore, the attempt to disturb it is as criminal as it would be in England to intrigue for the restoration of the Bourbons. Letters and Papers from Madrid of the 12th inst. state that the Government had been apprised of the success of the revolution in Portugal. It excited great surprise, although ESPARTtRO had taken the precaution to establish a strong force on the frontier. The debate on the Address was still continued. Ambassador was present at Downing-street when these ratifications were exchanged, but his Excellency had not received the ratification by his Court. The Funds were lower on the Madrid Bourse, the closing prices on the 12th being 304 for cash; and 31i at 60 days, sellers in both instances. The Belfast Vindicator gives a terrible picture of the state of crime in the county of Down. " There are at present," observes this Journal. " upwards of sixty pri soners in Down gaol for trial at the ensuing assizes, charged with the commission of heinous crimes. More than twenty of these are charged with distinct murders —a number greater for that awful crime than was con tained in all the calenders in this hitherto peaceable county during the ten years we had of a Whig Adminis tration."—This is an excellent practical commentary on the boast of the Tory Journals, that Ireland has to a great entent been tranquillized by Earl De Grey's Go vernment. Twenty distinct murders—and in one county too !—are certainly proofs irresistible of the progress of Irish tranquillity ! MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. Eight out of the nine committees, or bureaux, into which the French Chamber of Deputies is divided, have decided against any mitigation of the law which holds the printers of public journals responsible for their con tents. Now, according to the standing orders of the Chamber, no subject can be discussed which has not been voted for by a majority of three of these com mittees, consequently the measure is, for the pre sent, lost. The principle of the censorship of the press is therefore completely established, for the printers can and will refuse to print any article which appears to them offensive to the Government. In the Com mittee, in which M. TRIERS presided, the debate was very animated. The Ex-Minister spoke against the system of newspaper persecution, carried on by the Government, in very strong and animated terms. "As for me," said M. Tunas, "although I frankly agreed to the Sep tember laws, yet so soon as they had the desired effect, which was to prevent the discussion of the principle of the right of Government to exist at all, my opinion was that we ought to institute as few news paper prosecutions as possible. I knew that we could only succeed by packing juries, and intimi dating printers, and I disapproved of these methods, knowing that even they must fail us in the end. It is only by bearing with the abuses of the press, that the Government can grow too strong for it." These opinions are moderate and just ; it is only a 'pity that M. TRIERS did not carry them into action when the power of the Government was in his own hands. But it was he who first inspired LOUIS PHILIPPE with a hatred of the press, and with a conviction tint its ab ues could be best restricted by prosecutions. The Messager declares that there is no foundation fa the assertion of the Augsburg Gazette, that letters are opened at the Post-office. CITY, MONDAY ETENINS. There has been a decline in the funds to. day of to 1 4 per cent. in the absence of any speculative action upon the market, and there appeared less confidence among the holders. The numerous amendmefits upon the Government Corn law plan to be brought forward in Parliament, are looked upon in the City as rather indicative of a " split ;" for although there was a majority of 123 against the measure of Lord J. Russell, it does not follow that the same majority will not consider even Peel's instalment too great. The prospects of our trading in terests, whatever may be said to the contrary, are undeniably bad, and the improvement which, after so long a period of slackness and mistrust, many were anticipating as a matter of course, this spring, has not yet announced itself. From the United States, it is feared, we shall still have but few orders compared with former seasons. Consols were at from 89} to 881 and 89 for Money, and from 89A to $Bl and 89 for Account. The jobbers have in some instances sold preparatory to the settlement on Thursday. Exchequer Bills dropped to 235. and 20s. premium. India Bonds were steady at Bs. premium. India Stock was flat at 247. New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. brought 98a to ; and the Three per Cents. 90 to 89a. The Foreign bonds kept up their aalue better in propor tion than the Hrilish Securities. Active Spanish Bonds closed at an improvement to 24j. In Portuguese there was not much doing, but they were a shade better, being at 321. Mexican Stock got up again to to i f , and Peruvian to 154. Brazilian remained at 65. French Three per Cents. were at an advance to 118 f. 75c., and Belgians were firm at 104. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. brought 52 to 54, and the Five per Cents 102ito 1021. There was more business doing in the Share Market, but in prices no alteration of any magnitude occurred. Brighton were marked 144, North Midland 31, and Eastern Counties 131 discount. London and Birmingham were 77, South Western 201, Great Western 19, and Brighton Loan notes premium. Union Bank of Australia Shares were 41, and Provincial of Ireland 16 premium. _ _ (From Tile Sun of Last Night.) LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, FEB. 19.—The Cotton Market to-day has been exceedingly dull, the sales comprising 2,000 bags only, all to the trade, without any change in prices. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, FEB. 19.—The following are the last quotations :—Eastern Counties, 83; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 453; Grand Junction, 184 ; Half Shares, 92; London and Birmingham Fifths, 57 ; Midland Counties, 823; North Midland, New, 153 ; Paris and Rouen, 143. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 19.—We have no improvement to notice in our Market to-day, and but a small amount of business has been transacted. Our quotations are : —London and Birmingham, 1673 ; Glasgow and Greenock, 223 ; Lancaster and Preston, 303 ; London and South Western, 59 to 60. The Continental arrivals consist of two French, two Flan ders, and one Dutch mail ; but the intelligence brought by them is not of importance. The Hamburgh mail arrived late on Saturday afternoon. Exchange comes the same. Gold had advanced one schilling, the quotation being 430 k. Consols opened steady at 89 § for Money and Account ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 894 ; Ditto, Three-and-a-Half, 99 §; Bank Stock, 169 170 ; Exchequer Bills, 23, 25. The Foreign Securities opened flat. Spanish Active Stock has declined to 24* §, in consequence of prices coming lower from Madrid. The news from Lisbon has had no effect upon the Portuguese Bonds, the Five per Cents. are 32k ; and the Threes, 14 ; Mexican Bonds, 35 k. Very little businessdoing. There has been a fair amount of business transacted in the English Funds this morning, and, with the exception of Three per Cents. Consols, the Markets are without alteration, from -the opening quotations. Consols for Money were last done at 89, after having been as high as 89i, and may now be quoted at 84 ; and for the Account, 89§; Three per Cents. Reduced, 89 4 Three-and-a-Half ditto, 99%; New Three• and-Half, 981 Exchequer Bills, 23 25. In the Voreign Market Spanish Active Stock have im proved a little upon the opening prices being now quoted 24i ; Passive, 51; and Deferred, 12* ; Mexican Stock, 35* : Portuguese Five per Cents., 32 32* ; Dutch Two and a-Half per Cents., 52 52* ; and the Five per Cents., 102 102*. The Share Market presents no alteration, and but a very limited business doing. London and Brighton are 35* ex Loan Notes; London and Birmingham, 167 • London and South Wester n , 59% ; Midland Counties, 80% North and Eastern, 343/4. ..._ _ The Siecle says—" This evening a fact was stated to us, which proves that the Augsburg Gazette was well informed. We shall wait for more complete information before we com. municate it to the public." BU URSE-I'ARIB, SATURDAY, FEB. 19. First Highe st Lowcst Last Price Price. Frio. Price. French 5 per Cents ll9 25 ... ill, 30 ... I'9 20 ... 119 31 43% per Cents. 3 per Cents BO 25 _. 80 30 ... 81 20 ... 80 30 Loau Bank of France Latritte Bank 1.0001. Shares 1012 50 ...1012 50 ...1012 50 ...1012 50 5,000 f. Shares tOlO ...5015 ...5010 ...5010 Hewes% Sank Belgian 5 per Cents. 6 per Cents.. 1840 ReS% ... 1063% ... 1065 ... 1063% Spanish Active ........ 25% ... 25% ... tds% ... 25% Pa“ive.................. 53% .. 5% ... 5% ... 5% Old Deferred ...... .. bii ... 5% ... 5% ... 4% Portuguese 5 per Cents. Neapolitan lO5 CO ... 1)6 25 ... 105 60 ... 106 25 N0inan....... RAILWAY SHARES. it. Germain ........... 830 ... 830 ... $3O ... 830 Versailles. it. ...... 360 ... 360 357 50 N. 357 50 L.B 220 220 218 7i ... 218 75 Rouen ..... 515 ... 515 ... 513 75 ... 515 Orleans ..... ••••••••••••••••••• 563 75 ... 565 ... 563 75 565 Strasburg to Bale 242 50 ... 247 50 ... 241 50 ... 247 50 COMPENSATION, NOT EMIGRATION, THE ONE THING NEEDFUL ; JUSTICE, AND NOT CHARITY, WHAT WE WANT : being a Series of Lectures, &c., delivered be fore the Leeds Reform Association, by Hamer Stans fold, Esq., Leeds.—The number of persons interested in spreading sound political knowledge, and willing to teach, is multiplying. Mr. Stansfeld, however, does not now enter the field for the first time. He has long been conspicuous at Leeds for his exertions, and the little work, of which we have just quoted the title, is the last of his productions. The lectures are written in an easy, familiar style, full of apt illustrations, and were found, we have no doubt, delightful to the classes to whom they were addressed. We cannot now spare space either for extracts or quotations, and must content ourselves with expressirr a wish that many others may imit a t e M r. Stansfeld's example, and for the people t tEo o ßn b; N c lev o Ei m t. h e_ _ v i T n hh f i o ce r h m Tpo e er d ye o rp n eacre p tr o v l ea i do as much go o d as h e i s doing. It is only necessary l to have all things put to ri g h ts . d ti r a re ahlenmoint at t t t t t e a h r l e s l pleased lsony at C ° th N e l. conference in Downing-street, to which they were in vited previous to the divisi on on Lord Joh iusselsll motion. Having assembled in cons i derable numbers, ' and waited some time, Peel walked i nto the room, silent, reserved, and apparently sulky. He walked to the top, and placing his back against the wall h e addressedhis zealous supporters. He told thsm that he had taken the office which he now held to please them, not himself ; that he had paid great attention to the Corn-laws, an d the Bill he had brought in was the result of that atten tion ; if they did not like the Bill they might bring i n and carry a better by themselves if they could ; he would not vary his plan. But he wished them fully to understand that a cold or a lukewarm support would not do for him. He must have an honest support in the House of Commons, and out of it also ; and he must not hear of any talking against his measures in private, he would be premier in all ; and if t h ey or any secret cabals against him. If he remain e d Pre mier,things disliked his rule, it was one of their own choosing, w hi c h he did not covet, and which they might relieve him from when they thought fit. The fit of sulkiness seized these assembled Tories, and they departed, to do as he bid them,lnowing that without him they could do nothing. PEEL'S CONFIDENCE.—On being told that he had been burnt in effigy, the non-confident Premier asked "by which party, the agriculturists, or the manufac• turers, have I been so honoured ?" On this speech being reported to one of the bitter agriculturists in the House of Commons, he replied that Peel ought to have known better than to make such remarks, considering the posi tion in which the farmers had placed him. On Saturday Lord Aberdeen exchanged, with the Ministers of Austria, Russia, and Prussia, the ratifica tions, by their respective Courts, of the treaty of Lon don of the 20th of December, 1841, with a view to the suppression of the African slave trade. The French THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY _MORNING, FEBRUARY 22, 1841.. was in this case, with marked attention. Sir ROBERT PEEL must hasten to bring the Corn-law debates to a close, or he will have a flame kindled in the empire, running from the House of Commons. His friends help it on. Mr. MONCHTON MILNER told the house, and through the House told the people, that all rights of property were settled and arranged by the Legislature—a most dangerous doctrine to hold. It at once brands the Legislature as the cause of the opu lence of the few and the poverty of the many, and whets the desire of the many to get hold of the power of making the laws, in order to rectify this terrible in equality. If Sir ROBERT PEEL can muzzle neither friends nor foes, cannot inspire the former with discre tion, nor make the latter afraid, the sooner he shuts up the House of Commons the better for him. The Debate was adjourned a little before Twelve o'Clock, and Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD is in possession of the House. It is now asserted on behalf of the landlords that the Malt -tax is a direct tax on agriculture. How can that be made out ? If the Excise went into the barley-field,as they do into the hop-garden, there might be some pretext for the assertion, though not much when the wants of the people were so great in propor tion to the supply of hops, that the tax could be re covered from the consumer. Such a tax, however, is rather acceptable than otherwise to the large farmer, for they say it keeps men of little capital from growing hops and lessens the competition. Whether the malt-tax be acceptable or not on this ground to agriculturists, as it is levied, not on the barley-field, but on the maltster's pre mises, we cannot see how it falls on agricultural pro duce any more than the tax on gin, or on •starch, or on soap, which is made from the fat of British fed stock. It is a tax on the consumers of beer, and as their means of consumption are lessened—as the supply of barley outruns or falls short of their means, so the tax, like all taxes, by diminishing the power of consump tion, must be injurious to the agriculturist. The remedy for such an evil is not to tax the people's bread, which diminishes consumption, nor to prohibit or tax the importation of barley, but to tax malt imported at as high a sum as is levied on malt made at home, and, of course, to tax all malt made from foreign grown, as well as from English grown barley. To tax the people's bread because there is a tax on their beer, levied by the malt-tax, is a specimen of that street logic which justifies taking away a man's wig because another person has stolen his hat, and he cannot escape the clutches of either thief, nor procure assistance to bring him to justice. Our adversaries' cause rests on such fallacies, and the great master of the art of dressing up cases abounds in them. " Think," exclaimed Sir ROBERT PEEL, "of the amount of capital engaged in the production of 45,000,000 of quarters of grain." " Think of the pecuniary interests involved. Think of the social interests of how many families depend for their subsistence and their com fort on this production." Think, indeed! it makes one's hair stand on end to think that every jot of the land and of the capital vested in it, of the skill em ployed in producing the 45,000,000 quarters, all the cattle and implements which aid in the production, would be in existence after the Corn-laws were totally repealed, just as they are now. Why, the celebrated Marquis of TAMBOF, with 30,000,000 quarters of wheat ready to be made into bread and chucked for nothing into the mouths of the people, does not more excite the wondering horror of the nation than does Sir ROBERT PEEL by his emphatic " Think !" Think, indeed ! that function in him is confined to securing the ascendancy of his party, and the preserva tion of his own power. Think ! if he thought of the public, he would have stated, on the authority of Mr. MEEK, Mr. JACOB, and scores of travellers, that we can suddenly get no great supplies of food from any quarter, and that consequently the effect of the total abolition of the Corn-laws would only cause a very small reduction in the price of corn, if it did not, in the first instance, cause, by the great additional demand for food, a rise in the price. It is, however, utterly im possible that the total abolition of the Corn-law can lower the price of food to its level in 1835 and 1836. Sir ROBERT PEEL, with his emphatic "think," cannot suppose that wheat will fall for a year or two, if the law be abolished, below 40s. When it did so fall, what was the consequence ? Were those mighty social and pecuniary interests, about which Sir ROBERT tells us to think, destroyed ? Were they injured ? Were they convulsed ? Rents were lowered ; a few farmers suf fered distress ; but the bulk of the labourers flourished. Mr. CAYLEY, indeed, and the barley growers, threatened to stop the supplies; but that convulsion of these great social interests is wholly overlooked by all historians, and wholly forgotten, except by a few persons who take a particular interest in watching this question. The emphatic think" of Sir ROBERT PEEL implies a gross exaggeration which is quite worthy of the man who sought to influence the House of Commons to pass the Irish Coercion Act, by recounting a well dressed up tale of horror that had occurred thirty years before. In the present situation of this country, it is the duty of the Prime Minister to calm fears, to dispel apprehensions, and to disabuse the landlords of those prejudices which stand in the way of doing justice to the people. Very much to Sir R. PEEL'S discredit, he most mischievously takes a directly opposite course, and excites the fears, increases the apprehensions, and strengthens the prejudices of the landlords. Having a case to make out for them he acted as an advocate, and by trumpeting forth gross exaggerations, rallied them all by a war cry to the banner of protection. He is at once the opponent of truth and of the people. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. ---- - ---- - - --- Bank Stock — ' India Stock .. 247 3 per Cent Red. B9a Ditto Bonds ......... ...... Bpm 3 per Cent Cons B9 IDitto Old Annuities ... 3i per Cent Red.. 991 Ditto New Annuities... New 3} per Cent New 5 per Cent.. — Ditto 5001......... 22 pm Long Annuities toexpire Ditto Small 2l pm Jan. 1860 ..... ..... 14 'Bank Stock for Acct — Oct 1859......... 12 9-16 India Stock for Acct — Jan. 1860. . .... Consols for Acct 69 FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent IPortuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 pei cent 103 12 (Ditto, New Ditto 32j Brazilian ...... 65 Prussian, 5 per cent. Buenos Ayres : 6l,er cest Russian, 5 p er cent ll6-11 Chilian 6 per cent ..... 72 Ditto, M e t a lli c .... Colombian, 6 pet cent.. Spanish, 5 per cent 243 Ditto, 1824.......... ..... 221 Ditt o , Deferred.... . Danish, 3 per cent — F renc h, 5 per cent.llBl. 75c. Greek, 18:15, pecent — Exchange Mexican, 5 per cent.... 35i French, 3 per cent — . Ditto, 6 per cen::. 1637 Dutch, 2i per cent.. . 52 Peruvian,lB2s,* !per ct. Ditto, 5 per cent. .. . 1021 SHARES. Eastern Counties Railway (23 p a id) . 9i Ditto Debentures ( paid) .... ....... —lOl 4s 2d Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid).. .... 46 Great Western Railway ( 65 paid) B4 Ditto New Shares (50 paid) Ditto Fifth (4 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) rza London and Blackwall Railway (25 paid)... 11 London and Birmingham (90) Ditto Thirds (32_pa id) estern London and South W estern 59 paid) ...... putt)... ........ 31f 81 NorthernhMi iDadnli Midland hnt Ditto d e s s t c e eao r nwud a n n sEt d ihemas L rteß e es e ra d sni(l (30 oy paid) paid) North Midland Railway (100) Paris and Rouen (14 paid) ... 144 BURNING SIR H. PEEL IN EFFIGY AT CARNARVON, NORTH WALES. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) Caawanvox, SATuaray. - --Yesterday evening the inha bitants of this town showed their detestation of Sir R. Peel's proposed the monopoly Minister in effigy. About was carried in procession to the steps leading g entrance ffinign o yg f the Castle, a n d th ere an indict ment,eea i measures, inh gt too'clock,the yt the b e u e r b setting forth the crimes of tlse culprit was read and sentence of death passed in the usual form. After the mock trial, the effigy was paraded through the town to the centre of Castle-square, when turpentine was poured upon it, and then set on fire. The figure continued to burn amidst the cheers of the populace for upwards of a quarter of an hour. There could not have been less than 4,000 persons present on the oc casion, everything passed off quietly. It is a curious fact that, the only person ever remembered to have been burned in effigy in this town, was the notorious Tom Paine. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. six—A novel exhibition has just now been brought to a close, viz., the trial, condemnation, and execution of Sir Robt. Peel. His effigy blued admirably, while a dense populace groaned and hooted the while. The people were called toge ther by drum NIA fife an hour before the commencement, as also two or three days before by advertisement. The autho rities here (unlike the Northampton officials) had the good sense to suffer the people to vent their deep disappointment and execration on the stuffed representative of the eliding Premier, without taking any steps that might have been attended with danger to the peace and tranquillity of the town. While sus pended on the gibbet, bolding in his hand the Tory Blackburn Standard newspaper, and having an inscription on his hat printed with large type informing the bystanders that he (Sir Robert) was the determined advocate of a sliding scale, the multitude amused themselves with playing off their wit, and showing how detestable he and his measures were in their eyes. Within three hundred yards of the spot on which execu tion was done on the representative of Sir Robert, stands the house in which his father drew his first breath —Yours, AN ENEMY TO ALL MONOPOLY. Saturday, Seven o'clock l'. se.• The people after the affair was brought to a close quietly dispersed. , How different it would have been had the civil or military force been called out. [The name of the town where this exhibition took place is not mentioned by our Correspondent, but we presume it is Blackburn.—En. Sun.l TO THE EDITOR OF . THE SUN. - - The Sun of Saturday evening, under the head cf Court of Common Pleas," a report is given of the cause " Gibson and another v. Pawson and another," in which we are particularly pointed out as the defendants. We disclaim all knowledge of the transaction, or the parties concerned therein, and we request you will, in you* next pub lication, give the necessary contradiction to the report. We are, Sir, your obedient servants, T. Y. P.AWSON and Co. 9, St. Paul's Church-yard, Feb. 21, 1842. NEW BIOGRAPHICAL IVORKs'—We are requested to state that the following interesting biographical works have lately been published by Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlborough_ street, and may now be had of all booksellers :-1. Frederick the Great, his Court, and Times, edited by Thomas Campbell, Esq , 2 vole. :Bvo.-2. Madame de Sevigne and her Contemporaries, The Life of Beethoven, 2 vols. small Svo.-3. Miss Landon's Life and Literary Remains, 2 G George ' CT; y 5, . T 2 h e P vole. e Second Edition, 2 vols. 2 vols. small Svo.-4. Mr. Thomas Campbell's Life of Petrarch, Miscellanies of the late edited by Moscheles, 2 vols. small Svo.-7. Memoirs and Comic rjsasommnaeasliisHBmirsitoto:r,yE6o.,fq.G, George IV., by the Rev, small Bvo.—a. Sirs. Jameson's M e moirs of the Beauti es of the Court of Ch ar l es 11., '2 vole. Bvo., with 21 Portr aits. - 0 , Sir James Alexander's Lif e o f W e llington, 2 vols. 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There has been lately discovered, in an old chest, among the archives of Lyons, a ma p of that town in the times of Francis I. and Henry 11., which is found to be of great historical value; for, on being cleaned and restored, it proves to be that which was copied for Father Menetrier's "Consular History of Lyons." It is about 7 feet 3 inches, by 4 feet in dimensions, and exhibits all the houses, p u bli c b u i ld i ngs , f o rtineation,s, and other details, upon ail accurate scale. SUrvIMARY OF NEWS AND Pubttt eptuton. " Who runs may read." POR.EIGN. The Constitutionnel notices a rumour relative to the treaty for the suppression of the Slave Trade, M. Guizot, it is said, immediately after the discussion in the Cham ber of Deputies, applied to Lord Aberdeen for a pro longation of the period of delay granted for the exchange of ratifications of the treaty, and for the opening of new negotiations, having for their principal objects the modi fications of the zones, and the limitation of the' number of warrants to be granted to cruisers. Lord Aberdeen is reported to have replied that the British Government was ready to grant to France all the delay that the re cent discussion in the Chamber of Deputies rendered necessary, but that it could not consent to the slightest modification of the treaty. The National states that several petitions for electoral reform have been deposited in the Secretary's Office of the Chamber of Deputies. That from the department of the Rhone, it says, is signed by 10,454 persons ; that from the Isere by 9,635 persons ; and altogethor the number of signatures to the petition in question were 113,406. The Commerce, in noticing the conversation in the House of Commons about Cabrera, mentions a report that General Rodil has espoused the cause of Queen Christina against Espartero, and that Cabrera has con sented to take part in a new movement in her favour, General Villereal having refused. The Bayonne papers mention that a Spanish Govern ment steamer and two brigs of war are in the harbour of Passages. General Goni had arrived in the Bastan, on a tour of inspection of the military post of the frontiers. At St. Sebastian some steps had recently been taken for completing the armament of that place. A Paris correspondent writes—" General Ramon Nar vaez, who was implicated in the late conspiracy in Spain, left the French capital (where he had been sojourning for some time) on Thursday, for London, where he will embark for Portugal, in order to assume the command of a division of the Portuguese arm , which has declared itself for the Charter. G enera l Narvaez was in Paris Frith the full knowledge and concurrence of the French Government. This intelligence may be implicitly relied upon." The Sentinelle des Pyrenees of the 15th instant says:— " Important events are preparing in' the Peninsula for the ensuing spring. A vast conspiracy against the free dom of Spain is in formation. The Carlists and Chris tinos have compacted an alliance. Don Carlos, weary of exile, has written to his Seides, calling upon them to raise his standard again, And has appointed Villareal commandant of the Basque Provinces, with orders to rouse them in defence of their fueros. The moderados, on the other hand, assume the republican mask, and are exciting Catalonia, Valencia, and Andalusia, to insur rection. The refugees of October declare that they are assured of the support of the French Government—in direct at first, but afterwards direct, as soon as it can be warranted by events. We must acknowledge that several facts passing before our eyes seem to warrant their hopes. Why have General Jaureguy (El Pastor), and M. Ribed, of Pampeluna, returned within our walls? What is the notorious Aviranetta doing . here ? For whom, and for what purpose, are 11,000,000 of car tridges being made in the arsenal of Bayonne ? Why is the army contractor secretly buying up large stores of flour, beans, and oats?" Ailvices from Turin state, that great preparations are making in that capital for the marriage of the Duke of Savoy with the Archduchess Adelaide of Austria. After passing three days at the Chateau of Stupinis, the illus trious bride and bridegroom are to make their solemn entry . into the capital ; and a series of fetes and public rejoicings will ensue. The Municipality of Turin has voted 1,000,000 francs for the expellees of the joyous occasion, of which 200,000 francs are for wedding pre sents to be offered to the young Princess. It is said that the King will grant a political amnesty in commemora tion of the event, and will also concede a diminution of duty on salt, for the benefit of the agriculturists. A grand tournament on the Place of San Carlo is talked of. PARLIAMENTARY. In the Lords, Nutsford's Divorce Bill was last nigh read a second time. The Earl of Aberdeen laid on the table the Treaty for the Suppression of the Slave Trade unratified by France, at which Lord Brougham expressed his regret, and denied that the Treaty would increase, as the French supposed, the maritime power of this country M. Guizot has lately triumphed over the Press in France, but the Press has also triumphed over him and the Go. vernment, by compelling him to withhold a ratification he had consented to give. His Government is disgraced notwithstanding its strength. Lord Cottenham laid on the table three Bills for Im proving the Administration of Justice.in County Courts. In the Commons, a great many petitions were pre sented for the abolition of the Corn-law. Captain Berkeley put some questions concerning the case of Mr. Elton, which were answered by Sir G. Cockburn, as noticed elsewhere. Site R. Peel, in laying the Stave-trade Suppression Treaty on the table, regretted that it was not ratified by France. He does not, however, give up his hope that she will ratify it. Lord Palmerston joined in this hope, as the Treaty was drawn up strictly in accordance with the instructions given by the French Government to its Ambassadors. In reply to Mr. M. Stewart, who complained of the suspense in the cattle trade, caused by the announce ment that Sir Robert Peel meant to deal with the Pro vision -laws, Sir Robert promised to state his views as soon as he could, and he appealed to the House to hasten the Corn-law discussion. In answer to Mr. T. Duncombe, Sir James Graham reiterated his statement that the Government means to renew the Poor-law Commission. Sir It. Peel would give no information as to what he meant to do with the Corn-market Inspectors, nor as to any alteration he is to make in the duty on flour. Lord Eliot informed the House that the man said to have been set at liberty after killing . a goat, had been awarded a year's imprisonment, as he is a bad fellow. Neither Mr. Cobden nor Mr. Ewart could extract from Sir H. Peel what peculiar burdens the land la bours under. Certain Members, on account of official situations, such as Sir It Peel and others, were excused from at tending Election Committees. Mr. Godson's Registration of Copyright Bill was read a second time pro forma. The debate on the Corn-law was resumed, and occupied the House for the remainder of the night. PUBLIC OPINION. The Morning Herald says of Mr. Villiers's Corn-law resolution on Friday in the House of Commons :—" Mr. Villiers's resolution is felt by the House to be insincere --to be a sop thrown out by internal Radicalism to the League ; it is part of that system of deception, and crisis' manufacturing, and agitation' making, which seems to be absolutely necessary to secure Liberal re election in Westminster, Wolverhampton, Glasgow, and Salford. The House resents the waste of public time which these electioneering tactics cause ; and so, if Radical Members will obstruct public business, they have at least the obstruction to themselves." The Times condemns Mr. Villiers's recent speech on the Corn-laws, in very summary terms, as follows : The speech of Mr. Villiers on Friday was in many re spects fitter for the Crown and Anchor than for the House of Commons. A very considerable proportion of it was taken up with mere declamatory invective ; and what there was of argument pertinent to his motion was a tissue of sophistries less skilfully disguised than we should have expected. It would be difficult for any one reading Mr. Villiers's speech to discover whether he ad mitted or denied that peculiar burdens are laid upon landed property in this country." The Post is pleased to entertain a somewhat different opinion of Mr. Villiers as a Parliamentary debater, ob serving :—" He seems to have no notion of the propriety of addressing himself to the common sense and practical knowledge of Members of the House of Commons. He is for cutting through every difficulty with the sword of his confident theorism ; but, however satisfactory this may bo to himself, and to shallow, hot-headed people like him, it seems to reasonable men to be mere froth and idle gabble. It is not intelligible, and it has not the excitement of novelty. Take the orations of Henry Hunt, the blacking-man, and sprinkle them with a few Benthamisms, and a few extracts from any of the pam phlets on free trade and political economy, and you have all that Mr. Villiers has said, and, indeed, all that he appears to be capable of saying." The Chronicle states that the Corn-law scheme of Ministers has nowhere satisfied the people, and that in most places the strongest feelings of dissatisfaction have been expressed with respect to it. "A union of the middle and working classes," adds our contemporary, " has been created in every town, at Stockport, Brad ford, Wigan, in short, in all the towns from which ac counts have yet reached us. The people are said to be frantic with rage and disappointment." The Advertiser says that the bankrupt laws stand in need of amendment ; but that it is the duty of a Minis try to propose measures that will benefit the Many be fore consulting the interests of the Few ; and proceeds to observe :—" We should have been much better satis fied, if the Speech from the Throne had promised a mea sure for making justice cheap, than wet are by the . an nouncement of contemplated improvements, which will benefit only particular classes of the community." We quote the following from the Dublin Evening Post :—"This is the time for Orange place-hunters. Lord de Grey and Mr. Blackburne, we are told, have displaced eighteen barristers, who acted as Supernume rary Crown Prosecutors on Circuit, and they have ap pointed, instead, eleven dozen of Orange and Tory law yerlings. So many for each county—and for each assize town beside ! They may get a brief and two guineas a-piece, provided-Las there appears every reason to an ticipate—the country should become as disturbed and as insurrectionary as it used to be in the old Tory times." The Leeds Times says—" Though Lord John Russell exposed the mischiefs of the sliding scale of dnties, he showed that he was in principle as much a bread-taxer as Sir Robert Peel himself. Both would alike impose a duty on the people's food—the one proposes a variable tax of from 20s. to Is. on the quarter of wheat, the other an unvarying tax of Bs. per quarter. It is true that Lord John Russell professes to be in love with the principles of Free Trade ; but in the very same breath he demands protection' for the agricultural interest, and proposes a tax, which in most cases would amount to a prohibi tion, on the first necessary of life." The following appears in the Bolton Free Press — "Public indignation against the sliding scale, in every possible form, has long been gathering strength, and, therefore, the long cogitated modification of this in fernal machine' an d mystery of iniquity' now brought forward by Sir R. Peel, has been everywhere repudiated as a barefaced mockery of the people's wants." The Welshman thus alludes to Sir E. Peel:—" We miist flint% over the ills to which the country is sub jected by the miSforttine of having a Minister at the head of affairs, destitute alike of moral courage, and of every great and statesmanlike. quality, Sir Robert has shown himself a man of mere words, lavish indeed of profession, but a niggard in performance." The following 15 from the Glasgow Post :—" The Duke of Cleveland, lately deceased, has left at least a million sterling, to-be divided amongst his heirs. Not more. han twenty years ago, a hundred thousand pounds, left under such circumstances, would have been considered an im mense fortune. Let the working classes who hesitate about supporting - the repeal of the Corn-laWs inquire at whose expense this change has taken place !" MONIST--TRADE—COMMERCE. The Report of the Scientific Commission, composed of Professor Airey, Sir J. Herschel, Mr. Lubbock, and other distinguished literati, appointed to inquire into the present standard weights and measures, proposes among others, three imporiant points :-1. A system of decimal computation to be adopted in all weights, measures, and moneys : 2, the abolition of troy weight, and substitu tion of avoirdupois : and 3, correction of the local standards of the kingdom, which are at present highly imperfect, as also the laws relating to their examination by inspectors. At Bradford trade is still dull ; at Huddersfield no thing whatever is doing ; at Leeds, since the Govern ment plan for corn has appeared, the cloth market has become much worse ; as is also the case at Manchester. Neither at Leicester, or Rochdale, is any business doing. A requisition is in the course of signature at South ampton, calling on the Mayor to convene a public meeting, that an expression may be given from the towns of Hamp shire there, as to the opinion of 60,000 persons on Sir Robert Peel's Corn-law scale. NAVAL AND DIXIATARY. The court-martial at Portsmouth on Captain Nicolas of the Vindictive, closed on Saturday, when he was ac quitted of all blame, and his sword returned him by Sir Edward Owen. he demise of Colonel Stretton, one of the heroes of Waterloo, has placed Viscount Castlemaine's family in mourning. Colonel Stretton married Lord Castlemaine's sister in 1830. LAW AND POLICE. At a Commission of Lunacy opened at the Greyhound Inn, Old Kent-road, to inquire to the soundness of mind of Jacob Emmett, aged 51, the only surviving son of the late Mr. Thomas Emmett, the well-known exten sive cowkeeper, he was declared " to have been of un sound mind since August, 1837." Mr. Eliason's schedule exhibits debts to the amount of 7,558/. or rather under. There are 152 creditors and two debtors. The debts owing to the insolvent are 130/. Mr. Eliason ascribes his insolvency to the heavy amounts in re-decorating and lighting the theatre, to the robberies of the money-takers, and the heavy rent of the house. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC. There has lately been discovered in an old chest, among the archives of Lyons, a map of that town in the times of Francis I. and Henry 11., which is of great historical value. THEATRICAL. M. Auber's new opera, entitled the Dec d'Olonne, the scene of which is laid in Spain during the war of the succession, has appeared at Paris, and the grace and harmony of its music are highly praised. M. Scribe is the author of the libretto. _ _ A most efficient company has been selected for the German opera, which will be given this year at Covent Garden Theatre, and will be again under Mr. Bunn's management. COURT-FASHIONABLE. . --- Lord William Russell has returned to town from Bad minton, the seat of the Duke of Beaufort. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Princess Augusta, left Belvoir Castle for town on Saturday. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford have returned to Woburn Abbey, from Oakley House. The Dowager Duchess of Bedford remains in Naples until the middle of April. The Marquis of Salisbury has returned to Hatfield House from Belvoir. The Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry are expected at Holdernesse House early in the week, for the season. The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield are expected to leave Badminton this day for town. Viscount Ingestre is staying at Curraghmore, the seat of his brother-in-law, the Marquis of Waterford. Lord Stanley had a dinner party on Saturday in St. James's-square. MISCELLANEOUS. _ _ _ The Earl of Sefton's spacious mansion in Belgrave square is not expected to be finished before autumn, but the lower suite of apartments will be ready to receive the family, who are now at Croxteth Park, about the middle of April. Whon Queen Anne put the question to her facetious Minister, what it would cost to enclose three Parks, he replied, " Only three crowns, Madam,"—the crowns to ivit, of the three kingdoms, so tenacious are the English of their " rights." J hostile correspondence has taken place between Mr. Peter Borthwick, M.P. for Evesham, and Mr. James Praed Ley, of Bideford, Devonshire, respecting some re marks that appeared in the Cheltenham Examiner last month. Fortunately the affair has been terminated with out any serious results. Count Pozzo di Borgo is said to have left a fortune of five millions of francs ; his burial took place on Friday, at St. Thomas d'Aquinas, in Paris. OLYM PIC THEATRE. Last night a new domestic drama of an interesting nature, and with something more than fair pretentions to merit, was produced at this theatre, under the title of Mark Freeload. The language is not of a very forcible character, but the situa tions strong, and in some eases po , ; %erful. Mr. Rayner, who has been so long and so injudiciously absent from the London theatres, assumed the hero, an impassioned rustic, imbued with strong feelings ; and never did we see him to greater advantage. His powerful bursts of passion, and his subdued pathos, were alike true to nature, and tested the feelings of his auditory with great effect, who frequently rewarded him with plaudits long and loud. The manager has shown both taste and tact in the engagement, which will assuredly prove a source of profit to him. A Miss Mitchell, from the United States, sustained the heroine; she is rather a pretty actress and also a pretty woman. Mr. Fitzjames bustled through a penny-a-liner with amusing eccentricity, which should have been done by Wild. At the conclusion of the piece the applause became tumultuous, and there was a vehement call through the whole house for Rayner, who ultimately appeared before the curtain to an nounce the piece for every evening till further notice. COURT CIRCULAR. BRIG }ETON, SATURDAY.—Her Majesty did not take her ac customed airing to-day, the weather being foggy. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by Duke Ferdinand, of Saxe Coburg, and the Princes Leopold and Augustus of Saxe Coburg, walked out on the cliffs at eleven o'clock. The Prince and the Royal party descended to the beach, opposite Regency-square, where his Royal Highness was asked by one of tho Brighton boatmen if he would like to take a row out at sea, as it was " a fine time for rowing." His Royal Highness declined the proffered invitation, but observed that he might at some future period go out upon the water, and then made some inquiries respecting a very neat galley lying on the fall of the beach. . _ _ At one o'clock his Royal Highness, accompanied by their Serene Highnesses the Princes of Saxe Coburg, rode out on horseback, and visited the Tennis Court attached to the Bedford Hotel. The Royal visit being by appointment, the Prince and the Royal party were received by Lawrence Peel, Esq., F. Seymour, Esq., Everett, Esq., and Cobbett Derby, Esq. (who form a portion of the Committee.) There were also present the Marquis of Bristol, Lord Poltimore, the Earl of Belfast, Lord William Harvey, Major-General Upton, Colonel Clarke and other Officers of the Scots Greys, Colonel Bentinck and Officers of the Coldstream Guards, &c. On his Royal Highnesses arrival a match was going on between Tom kins, the skilful Brighton marker, and Cox, the proprietor of a Tennis Court in the Haymarket. In this match Tomkins was the successful competitor. A "four" match was then played—Cox and Mr. C. Derby against Tomkins and Lord W. Harvey. His Royal Higness Prince Albert and the Royal party remained an hour and a half, and appeared much in terested with the play. The Royal party having returned to the Palace, his Royal Highness subsequently walked out upon the Pier. The only addition to the Royal dinner party was Archdeacon Wilberforce, who had arrived at the Palace this day for the purpose of assisting the Rev. Mr. Anderson in his official duties at the Chapel on the following day. SUNDAY.—This morning, at twelve o'clock, the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Princes Augustus and Leopold of Saxe Coburg, and the Royal suite, attended Divine worship at the Palace Chapel. Prayers were read by the Rev. J. S. M. An clersc,n ; Archdeacon Wilberforce assisted at the Communion, and also preached a sermon from Matthew, c. 15, v. 28. The choir sang only one verse from the 43d Psalm, and one verse of the 100th Psalm. The body of the Chapel was very full. The congregation were admitted by tickets. The Princess Royal was taken a carriage airing at one o'clock. Neither her Majesty nor his Royal Highness Prince Albert have been out for an awing up to the time at which I close my letter. _ _ __ _ _ _ _ BasearroN, MONDAY.—Her Majesty and his Royal High ness Prince Albert drove out this morning, at eleven o'clock, in in a pony phaeton, attended by Colonel Grey on horseback and one outrider. After driving in front of the town for about an hour the Royal party returned to the Pavilion. Notwithstanding the weather was very inclement, with the wind blowing strong from the south-west, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, accompanied by Sir George Cowper and Lady Fanny Howard, left the Palace at one o'clock, and walked on the Chain Pier for nearly an hour. Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal was taken out for a can iage airing at one o'clock. A detachment of the 2d Scots Greys, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Clark, and accompanied by their splen did band, paraded the principal streets of the town. On passing the Pavilion the band struck up the National Anthem. In consequence of the inclemency of the wez.ther, although the carriages were ordered, the Royal party did not leave the Palace this afternoon. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have been prevented from paying their proposed visits to the Marquis of Exeter at Burghley House, and to the Duke of Beaufort at Badminton, in consequence of the decease of the Royal Duchess's niece, the. Princess of Mecklenburg Strelitz, daughter of the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz, the sister of the Duchess of Cambridge. _ Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager Yesterday at Marlborough House, and his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex at Kensington Palace. A reputation of the General Shipowners' Society, including Mr. Robert Barry, Chairman ; Mr. A. Ridley, Deputy Chair man ; Sir James Duke, M.P., and Messrs. W. Tindall, T. Forrest, and G. F. Young, members of the Committee ; and Mr. W. Oveate, Secretary, had an interview with the Right lion. W. E. Gladstone, yesterday, at the office of the Board of Truk. Mr. Lyail, M.P., Chairman of the East India Company, Ind Sir James Lushington, Deputy-Chairman of the East India Company, had an interview with Lord Stanley yesterday at the Colonial-office. A Deputation of Spitalfield silk-weavers had an interview yesterday with Mr. Gladstone at the Board of Trade. The Prussian Minister transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. Mr. Brocklehurst, M. p., and a Deputation on the silk trade, had an interview yesterday with Mr. Gladstone, at the Board of Trade. The Rev. Dr. Fleming had an interview with Lord Stanley )esterday, at the Colonial-office. A Deputation of the North American Association had an interview with Mr. Gladstone, at the Board of Trade, yesterday. Lieutenant Keith Stewart Mackenzie has arrived at Far ranee's Hotel, Belgrave-street, from China. POST OFFICE. WEEKLY STATEMENT OF LONDON LETTERS. THROUGH THE GENERAL POST. Four Weeks, ending Feb. 19, 1842. Corresponding period of 1841 4,955,5 9 Ditto, as nearly as can be given, of 1839 1,557, 880 Increase since 1841, on the Four Weeks' Letters 503,989 Ditto, 1839, ditto 3,901,505 THROUGH THE DISTICT POST. Four Weeks, ending Feb. 19, 1842 1,959,934 Corresponding period of 1841 lf 854' 559 Ditto, as nearly as can be given, of 1839 Increase since 1841, on the FourWeeks' Letters 103,425 Ditto, 1839, ditto 853,563 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.— YESTERDAY. The Derby, Oaks, and Chester Cup, were s everally touched upon in the course f a dull afternoon, but without leading to many alterations. For the first of the three events Attila wtol backed for 501. at the price quoted, and Chatham for nearly 300/. at 11 and 12 to 1, the backers being numerous and " fond." The 30 to I class was lessened by the retreat of Auckland, who although not mentioned at a definitive price, is obviously a worse favourite by many points. Ballinkeele in demand at 30 to 1, and the Dirce colt at 1,000 to 30; 1 , all the mares" were backed three times at 1,000 to 30. The most striking change in the Oaks affected Syren, who was backed for 1001. at 12 to 1, an improvement of eight points on our last quotation; the lot ( Scott's) was also backed for a similar amount at 7to 2. The Cup betting was fiat and unimportant . By a notice posted in the room, it appears that the subscription comm ences on the first of March, and that subscribers will have to agree to abide by the existing laws, and any new rule. that hereafter may be made, by the Jockey Club concerning the room. DERBY. 3 to 1 agst Scott's lot 3,000 to 30 agst Sir G. Heathcote's lot—taken 33 to 1 agst all the mares 7 to 1 agst Col. Anson's Attila—tk, afterwards off 11 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Chatham—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's Wiseacre—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. Dixon's Ballinkeele—taken 33 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Dime colt—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Gregory's Defier 45 to I agst Mr. Bowes' Meteor 50 to 1 agst Mr Pettit's Espartero—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Scott's Artful Dodger 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. F. Wood's Timoleon—tk, off after 1,003 to 10 agst Lord Orford's Wild-duck colt—t, off after OAKS. 7 to 2 agst Scott's lot—taken • 8 to 1 agst Mr. Etwall's Passion 12 to 1 agst Mr. Wilson's Sister to Yorkshire Lad_taken 12 to 1 agst Mr. Scott's Syren—taken 14 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Adela filly 20 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Dilbar CHEWER CUP. 7 to 1 agst Mr. Kirkby's Lanercost 10 to 1 agst Mr. Holme's Vulcan 12 to 1 agst Mr. Plummer's Alice Hawthorn—taken 13 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Marshal Soult 30 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Johnny—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. Graydon's Clinker—taken 35 to 1 agst Mr. Knox's George—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Rory O'More ASHDOWN PARK COURSING MEETING. (CONCLUDED. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.—The Cup was won by Lor d Stradbroke's Magdalen beating Mr. Etwall's World'sae d (drawn lame). The Claret Stakes were divided between Lord Stradbroke's Minerva and Mr. Cripp's Extacy. Th e First Class Craven Stakes were won by Lord Stradbroke s Magna beating Mr. Bennett's Belta. The Second Class Craven was won by 111 r. Agg's Aid-de-Camp beating ble• Goodlake's Grateful Lass. The Compton Bottom Stakes were won by Mr. Morant's May-Fly beating Mr. Lawrence's Long ' ' stock. The Weyland Stakes were won by Mr. Lawrence Lucy beating Mr. Agg's Asp. The Second Class Wey lsnu was won by Mr. Bennett's Bravura beating Mr. Etwall's toinette. The First Class Ashdown Stakes were won by Air; Bowles's Bamfylde beating Mr. Agg's Attila. The Seco" Class Ashdown by Mr. Boy/lea's Boscobal ; and the Selling Stakes by Mr. W. Etwall's Will Watch. HOOTON, FEB. I7.—The Cup was won by Mr. Stanley's Sultan, the Hooton Stakes by Mr. Ball's Bugle , and the Wr" ral Stakes by Mr. Swan's Sydney. WINMARLEIGH, FEB. 16.—The Cup was won by -M r ,: Walmsley's Dart, and the Patten Stakes by Mr. Thompson ' Sherry. FLEETWOOD, Fes. 16.—The Fleetwood Cup was won to Mr. Dobson's Bloomsbury, and the Rossell by Mr. Butcher Spree., Umolr CLUB, FEB. 9 and 10.—The Great Fleetwood Cell was won by Mr. Hornby's Hyson, the Rossell Puppy CUR 1 1 Mr. Hornby's Hong, the Union Stakes by Mr. Ridgway's Pee Slaver, and the Bold Stakes by,Mr. Slater's Sweetbrier. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Her Majesty's stag has., Wed., Ditton Marsh, Surrey- -11 ' Sir John Gerard's hds., Wed., Downald Green. Cambridgeshire hds., Fri., Pelton Wood. East Kent hds., Tues., est Brabourne ; Fri., Bosinghare. street-10i. , Pytchley hunt, Wed., Stanford Hall ; Fri., Kilmsri ll; Sat., Holdenby-104. 101 Quorn hunt, Bardon Hair; Thars.,Kirb Gate ; Kettleby , Cottesmore hds., Tues., Launder Abbe y; Fri., Bull, Wit-h6''' Common-101. Earl Fitzwilliam's hds., Old Weston Windmill-1 0 . ~, Lord Yarborough's hds., Wed., Elsham Hal l ; Fri., giro- Lord gerby Wood-11. Sir R. Sutton's hds., Tues., Carlton-le-Moorland ; Weci: Gautby Park ; Th., HackthornMill; Fri., Gate Burton; La worth Bridge-11. Mr. Musters' hds., Tues.„ Witheall House; Th., Hangba tn o u n e s B . r Headon 'idse-10Ci.lump Th., Sp ib V a i me ll k ag rp. e aF ; roki F j.a r in i i . : . bro T i :: ot ß h h i od l s l B - 57n 1 g 1 Tt . Rufford KneesallVillage . ; Sat., ufford Abbey--1 01 ' Mr. Long's barns., Fri., Hilperton-11. Holderness hds., Tues., Bishop Burton ; Th., North DO ton m ; r. F ß ri u . s , se L li r s d h s d is s o . r , o l u v g e hG , Gate, Farewell Hall; Fri., Phan A gr e t : Bar-11. Duke of Grafton's hds., Wed., Ash L • F•• eys, , Sat , Oakley hds., Tues., Milton House; Th.; ChickefrY ; Crantield-11. 11 Baron Rothschild's stag hds., Th., Horwood House"' Wynyards hds, Thursday, Fishburn. Lieut.-Colonel Hildyard's hds., Wed., Newby; Frio holme Bar, 10i. Mr. Villebois's stag-hds, Thur. Barton-11. 1 s Norfolk hds., Wed. Baudeswell ; Fri. Sennowe Lavv e ' sat , Atherstone hds., Wee. Willesley ; . Th. Steward's Ha}' Hig ß h Cross-10"i. pen- oroughbridge harrs., Tues., Grafton Bar; Fri., the nels-101. Eddlethorpe hds., Wed., Whitwell Hall Fri., Mr. Bose ll'° ' Thorpe-10i. THE MARKETS.-(YESTERDA I ' r CORN EXCHANGE. 0 A Last week's arrivals of English Wheat were moders te ' o de. of Barley and Irish Oats good. The fresh supply Was ' - dul!, rate. Wheat sold slowly at previous terms. Barley ve r y t fee and hardly supported its value. Beans and Peas l ac t ile buyers at former rates. The Oat trade still slack, but t, it alteration from last currency. Flour sells with disc o . former rates. ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LASTI"SIC Floor o p Wheat. I Barley. 1 oats. English Irish - -- I 64 .......... Di Foreign 3 :ale l Xs OX BOARD .-- OF S:1 -. 1. 5 1'6°"1 4; Wheat,Red (old) - s s. Beans, Small (new).... ..... 2e,' 4 65. ------.- White (old) -.5..--5 , 26 e• •---- Red(lB4i) Ws. 555. -- Tick (new) ......... _,.. 4. .....-..-..-- Fine 555. 635. (old) .......... Rr . 34., Superfine 6is. 665. - Harrow ( new) .....• u_f.,': tja. .--- White (1841) 541. 5Ss. -- Fine 608. 62s Brank --- Superfine "Os. 725. Oats, Feed " .. .f0 ---Foreignfree 565. 765. ---.. Nen ............. 1 614 , N Rye. 386. 40s. - Poland„, ............... -,t5. Barley 265. 32s ...--. Grinding --. Malting New ...... 24‘,„4,, 1'3655; Otis. 3lls. - P0tat0e1.1_..e.w......".........".2-; go . : Malt .....- Fine New r s 2 fi s s . . 664053. - & IrishOtCn ........ i i..... .. 1 0.. 6 60. 71C Pease, Grey, New 90.5. 3-16. Flour Town ( per 5ack)..... 68 40 o. f ' -- Maple New Sls. 335. -- Seconds. .............. 11,.01, -- White .345. 365. -..- North Country... 1,. go. .:-..-- Boilers 365..385. Bran SMITHFIELD MARKET. There was an excellent trade generally, and prices wer e e r i e l' The supply was moderate, and everything was cleired. , oo, the subjoined quotations :-Beast, 2,682 ; Sheep, „li o ttoai Pigs, 65 ; Calves, 523. Beef, 3s. Bd. to 4s. 10(1. I.° 0, 0 prime, 4s. to ss. ;iVeal, prime, 55. to 6s. 6 d. ; Pork , 4s. ss. 6d . per stone. TEA MARKET. se 4 There was little business done, but holders were Oro' obtained full rates. TALLOW MARKE T. n ot, Prices firm, with a good demand for reels on the sr 48s. to 48s. 3d. per cwt. OIL MARKET. A O f In prices little variation took place, and the dernal; slack. Cod Oil, 291. and Pale Seal Oil 401. 1 0 s. p er I 0 HOP MARKET. pd P. 'There was a good demand for all sorts of Hops, $ rates were paid. . 1 PROVISION MARKET. # l° I' r im :$ Butter met with a fair sale, and at firm rates. . r „ etc:, 80s. to 945. and inferior 775. to 795. per ewt. 131 0 7 ",", * i slow sale at 48s. to 535. per cwt. RICE MARKET. „A, Little business done, but prices were firm at 9s. o' for low to middling white. . -------- -- - - ' B UDE LIGHT. 1 141 -This new system of l (c ts evidently fast becoming a f av o ur it e w i t h t h e public. 1°,11t011:0, possesses important advantages over th e o ld me thods; r e ; tit 4,4. are shown, not only in the illumination of our street S-- 40 0 .44 et terloo-place-but of our large public buildings, chutell e c : peao, sate dwellings. With its introduction into large ed iti oatt.%l4 , ventilation is secured, as in carrying oft' all unnecesS 6ll , 4 o;o:"4,t ous products of combustion, and an atmosphere render , stle 0 ,- some by respiration, the results of crowded apartto e e s odblee• causes of baneful diseases. There would appear to be - ,ii bes l io ut vantage which the Bude light possesses, which has not: ,o ,e co, -4 been hitherto observed. This is close approximation 14,li#0,je, of day, and thus for artists desirous of prolonging theirdlolo;is, for warehouses where coloured and tinted goods are esl:fittfek od it will open a novel and extensive field of utility. 1 /r trele °c Din blishment in St. Paul's Church.yard-that of Mesas' t h e re be oe sn. Rogers-it has already been adopted, and ladies elei lo yll9 w itti I matching i.nd selecting the most delicate shades of e e eo periol eiye of the Bode, which, as it were, fills this immens e 1 efitir, ei y 0 one body of brilliant but subdued light. Sev er : 1 00 0 ";0.' moreover being lit by this powerful agency; en d ° ni ,e of * s „ore , the Rolls' church, in Bream'b.buildings, was the se ) sp ital-! 9 o per ful experiment, and the new church of St. Mary's' I n l ike O le which will be consecrated on Thursday, is to be illuminated. t., 6 ---- ----- r --, G 0 i 'd, s A x PATENT LEVER W''' accur ate 'ties, This celebrated construction (the most acell o t uoe ing fot, watch can be made) is now ofkred at the ... l he d eeeer so je' with the latest improvements i. e. the tlets co ' n ds, and °welled in four holes, hand to mark the 5%, up' taming power to continue going chile Win"' ° 4 0 R SILVE CASES With double-bottom cases, capped ....... £ 6 6 I '6' 6 With hunting cases, capped ................. i q 0 GOLD CASES. )2 .-- /.) 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