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COURT CIRCULAR. Ltmin`Putation of soap manufacturers, accompanied by Dr. and he glcin, M.P., Mr. Hawes, M.P., and Alderman Wood, d4 Yivi,"_ cied by Mr. Robert Charles, had a conference yester_ pis Viscount Althorp, at the Treasury. Trea,c°lnt Melbourne visited Earl Grey yesterday, at the Sir " : } m ' triir al ! —es Graham the Quartermaster General, and Ad cle'lcaorr::'er sTtehr°dna'" Hardy, had interviews with Viscount Go_ 3', at the Colonial-office. hd, Gr ey, the Duke of Richmond, and Viscount Goderich conference with Viscount Althorp yesterday. BRIGHTON, JAN. 21. " Health Majesti es continue in the enjoyment of excellent Ja tes a nd Purpos e so j ourning here until the 2:2d of the en , - ooth, on r' s which day the Court w ill l eave for St. alace. ,„, Yett ema ""g Lady Robert Grosvenor visited their Majesties . ev en — Y. and had the honour of dining at the Palace in the Ithei Icr: La:,ansequence of the severity of the weather yesterday, t 1 lesties did not leave the Palace ! ve ning the Royal dinner party was formed of the fol- Loie Personages :—The Princess Augusta, Prince George, , EZ ci L ady Robert Grosvenor, Earl and Countess of Er ah:iand Countess of Munster, Lord and Lady Beresford, Ilest r , -- ' Lady Pitzclarence, Sir James Kempt, Miss Hope hard, ,I‘ l l e, Mr. Campbell, Rev. P. Dodd, Sir Andrew Bar .ra)lot. Bile, D'Este, L or d J ames O ' Bryen, and Sir Herbert kis C 4 aiest • atiab pep ) gave audience to Sir James Kempt and Mr. Th e Ll ' di4 Thv n ke and u next, of Albans at St St. Albans House are to give a grand ~°.r.) ThursdaDy, . . Nttta st er of th e C eremon i es ' b a ll , on M on d ay next, is B''itie,e eci al to be numerously attended by the haut ton, d in con_ °f bein g un d er the patronage of his Majesty's Baugh - Errol, ies Errol, Sidney, and Kennedy Erskine. Eft Val ° . h laugh e t4l ; markabir is in wig we could ° express ict , in motto': Id, who std tus w tracirr fattier. ughter, is there is n the eye )f Lady it w ithou t The sleeps, keeps.' intended number lONS LS. of this ention for ed. I. the por t ' dlenden% is the 'the (gig the reP °rl al posltion% His b r . 3 nehester, health, and accord"' acco I six adds!, Lry spirit FARCOU O !ether iyirb le late Ma t. Ned by . 1 Her Ladf!,l was the t vived her en uP° // ,, s dgo mum 0,0 . 01 wag 4o r, o f the t was u P e ; ne t.y 3 the Coto lucrative PLustall virtuosi U pon his CITE C° l)j ,LDEN Several ill he 18 04 inke of F t) ! larone't le father le to take a lthoug h plantati ° 4 l, (above I ' 4 ill do 010 ', I return t° This Conserv .° who WI 1. It b/0 r of the I.l°' 'ISIIIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. lar k i, h . tart and Countess of Jersey, at Belvoir Castle, Rut. N 4 41 N t l'e t f rntn their seat Middleton Park, Oxfordshire; Col. t k ' G ore Langton, at Brighton, from their seat Newton ,leY.sei,l''ar Ba th; Brook Grevil!e, Esq ,in Hill-street, Berke 'el, f ar e, from Hertsßev. Mr. Fearon, at Morley's Ho . ! ) Y l, l a ra t fa „ i g a rsquare • Colonel Sealy, at ditto; Mr. and Mrs. ti e " "le Brunswi ' ck Hotel, Jermyn-street, from their seat Lew, i t ; ; the Hon. Mr., Mrs., and Miss Tollemache, at Fen i())tel, St. James's -street, from their seat near Uxbridge; Ltek e 4 eke n fi eld, Bart., at ditto, from Berks ; Mr. and Mrs. L Q e,4 R egent street, from Brighton; William Fellowes, 'le British H o t e l , J ermyn-street, from Ox f ord ; J. B. liar! Y•(l' ,at ditto, from ditto ; Mr. and Mrs. Hawkins, street, from Norfolk. S' NN .' DEPARTURES. 4, 1 c eit° I "'ge Wombwell Bart., for Suffolk; Lord e Gardner, 1,4 Mowbra f •hurst, Bucks; Caay ro_ y, om . 41 4ir l the Roy al r Hotel, Ga Jermyn-street, for ptain Brussels; i; 4 9, fa Gre gory, from ditto, for Brighton ; Mr. and Mrs. Au " 44 T r _ r 13 righton • William Gamier, Esq., from Kirkham's Broo ' k-street for Hants; Mr. and Mrs. Beau :4 b fr 'al Crawle 's Hotel, Albemarle-street, for their seat "a:D ' o ,, 3•Th ire; Colonel .Y and Mrs Wyndham, from Batt's Ho ke 'er-street for Petworth, Sussex ; Colonel and Mrs. t°l 4l 'aft°4l ditto s , for their house in Baker-street ; Lady Mal meet,-trir, Lady Macdonald, from Raggett's Hotel, Dover n•te—r Hasti n s • Si John and Lady Gerhar and Miss ie, on e! Fe g nton's r Hotel, St. James's.street, d for Learn ' Lo rd Elphinstone, from ditto, for Brighton. OLYMPIC THEATRE. t . 41: h ight a new burletta was performed, for the first time at ethe.a,t.te, entitled All's Right. It is short, and adapted entirely s t/(,,, tu lt the peculiar comic talents of Mr. LIsToN. Frank t‘l,litteTLLlsToN) is a person who finds it convenient to adopt ii " ,l l,,, e g nd More liberal construction of the term "friend" ClcEao, in his treatise De Amicitia. His maxim cte 4o 7er is our own should be our friend's, and, by parity N nlie n f ,'ng, whatever is our friend's should be our own. In 1,,,;!,,his maxim, he determines to indulge Mr. Steady, I NING) an old schoolfellow, and therefore a friend, ~,itst , s , nPany for a few weeks, though they had not seen or -;fa,tliFated with each other for twenty years. Mr. Cool or. ) ,_ 4 0 4 'ls "friend's" house in the country, whilst Mr. Steady ip,., 4 tto London, and, lest company should be wanting, : o `ed all the passengers in the coach he travelled by to i h i lie tt his" house. All the delicacies that could be procured, ; h - c harri a ein Steady's cellar, were rapidly disappear_ :" t e n the P re g a n i owner arrives, and a ludicrous eclaircis,_ Aly i " e s place. By taxing his recollection, Mr. Steady 4 ,; e cl remember a boy in his class who used to steal his :Ntr i „,‘"`e, and Frank Cool avows himself that " dear friend." t "; 4 t rop - r " i t a e d t. , however, by the liberties which his friend takes, I .. s i nig his house, his wine, his clothes, even his daugh. 1 / 4 4t In n Coo/ insists upon marrying, Steady, with some tt t ' a ity • t ' elects his " friend," wh o , as he has some distance to Zin t t ak es the lib er t y o f us i ng S teady ' s cab. The asto 47'dtect takes with which all these acts of assurance are per a ,„' a nd the calmness with which the oendr makes him. ki h i, v 4 ear the offended and injured par offender makes him. the Offended and injured party, e are extremely ere has ' hi , the ll 80On e, o r o imiYte the h000ll':, att em TATERSALL'S 0P yLateth„ ance yesterday was somewhat better than of late Ling 8 • P ityllfti o , any businebs was done The meeting of Parliament, ' control' ftl filii° many sporting Members to town, will doubtless lowed bi Pto Speculation. DERBY. ;he langu sge o j to agst Mr. Ridsdale's Glaucus ory Pee l ! agst Mr, Rawlinson's Revenge (taken) 12 („„ agst Mr. Hunter's Forester lie weed° or to whic h e gt o agst Mr. Mos yn's Prince Llewellyn t o a a gat Duke of Itotland's Moses's dam c. hi m reot,''' l : S agst Lord Exe , ter's Emmeline colt es. So i I to i a Colonel Cosby's Bravo ng N 1,7) t o agst Lord Jcrse.'s Ishmael by gi Vl v -8 00 „ agst Lord Egremont's brother to Waxllght aus t have un the Duke of Grafton's Divan agst the Marquis of if the SO' ofkt, Exeter's Cactus (taken) t tc' ting e 11 . lake OAKS. !p It o I about the Duka of Grafton's Octave, sister the 'DO to o xygen. rivate let [ rich M. CI : r the l‘ i° ' t raordinarY all the pr or r and free: 4 e nevti 3ti l has bee ° securitjes vas 'wee 'PORTING INTELLIGENCE. t° ST. LEGER. t 0 1 ag agst Mr. Watts's Belshazzar st Lord Clevelar.d's Muley Moloch T HE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) it A v (k..- - ' MARKETS.— tAt per Load of 36 Trusses.) vsr,. vi, ..-e1,, - vt,'"‘-' MBERLA ND (LATE ST. JAMES'S.) . us t , Nle,,T'Y Lowland Meadow Hay .£) 0 to X:. 3 Pil l q 0 - ",,Pw Hay 0 0 0 0 elp: Um' Oitto Ol3 310 'er l'44d Meadow and R e grass Hay 315 4 0 4t ' laY " - 3 4 4 1 ,i y .......i1: .. Sl3l .. V . Wheat ' , Haw N . 1 44 e he m o d erate, trade dull, and prices stationary. SMITHFIELD. t.1,01 t 4'"Y Lowland Meadow Hay X° 5 to Xi: 10 Phi '41014"" H ay 0 0 0 0 . el t : U 4 hitt° 3 0 310 Nat 1.4,1 Meadow and Itye.grass Hay 315 44) ,'lr P (extra fine)...£s s... Generally I ,4 pi £1 6 1 Wheat , traw Y rather limited, trade dull, and prices stationary. It !ki1,,,," P 'a acing big ao, with e fullest I The uOt el are rich he best I', hi g hest r ! d - na s r ei'reuoo p er OAL MAR Erb l a ; 41---!.it d. s. ri nl 7 0 , - 4 11 . ..La,tt 7 0 1!o;:oll 7 3 \\ t 44 ttltlsor I I t ) ; k de' s — 0 0 ti.e, 5 n \64,4tley „,,_ „.. 7 6 7 6 Wadsßell & Brown 8 0 Er;' Robson, &Co 7 3 4 11 :1 Blake 7 0 ti4tkfteraonn..... 1 S hips 't ; ) irived since s;;,-ACASTI.F. CORN )4 ARK ET —Jan. 19 lynd S outhwountry Wheats sold at improving pi \ vith o 'kcl airs adv anced Is. per quarter. Fine sound Rye mi Uteh ange er • Malt dull, B ar l ey, B eans, P ease, and Fla New. Od. ici`jrt,ll‘l4therland 4os. 54s 405 .l 550 er,,,,"_ k kand Suffolk sos. 62s —s. —s. 2s — . 0. No a nd Scotch 448. 5 8. —B. Zlrfoi ktln —3. —8 --3 --S. ey i 4 ei k , and Suffolk 34s 38, —s —s. )44 t 1;.:: : , 11,:pcii4tiaonrcifTek anin d Suffolk...F ,2s s. 3.r.; 1;"•••: balk and Suffoll e 50s. 58s —s. —s. S ................. —s. —s s2s. :345. 1 3... b e ....................................... —s. --s •3os. 325 ' at,sll(4 ................................. ...365. 40s -- -s• ............................ .—s —s —s• oerland, potatoe ,2.2s , to ... Iced lss ISs e (i, er ....................... —s Ms. lie. ft -..8 LA Nb Da ve 6..'hOt ke , neztrd that the Duke of SUTHER .OI Sting b t)r `n t title for his dukedom in consequence of ri glik llt titt:: l l her Grace the Duchess, who is Countess " , -b and 8dr0114..88 STRATHNAVOR in her own rupti qrearldom of SUTHERLAND is the most ancient turi e ,n tehat Britain, having contained without inter e lineal cour ,, e of descent for near six cen tentt! 1 in t e t ne arly all the other ancient titles have been tra, l L . thi 4 sari' destinations by resignations and new pa of d t 2'ttel om has remained unaltered, and been deatO!it t, twenty generations in the legal order cor,p4ll.Wij-LLIzARETII, the present Duchess. On the hetw, t t loil a 1 , 44 , the 17th E al, without issue male, a Gord o n ,, th e - . l. :ae for the title of Earl of SUTHERLAND mh eq iresent Countess, Sir ROBERT GORDON, of 177 1 , n ab ' 44(1 GEO. SUTHERLAND , of Forse, Esq•, Y 4 :Ppeli to the House of Lords, ' llth March, earicio eETtkh'%:./Ip."'"usly resolved that the claimant, Eta of t , .itLA ND h . ad a tight to the honours of the votherland• 2). Per Ton. s. d. W ills End t arr and Co. 17 0 Walls End Hilda 18 0 Ditto Killingworth 18 9 Ditto Todd and Watson,. IS 0 Eden Main --... 17 0 Walls End Hilton-- 19 6 Walls End Larnbton —.. 18 9 Walls End Stewart.'4 19 0 Walls End Adelaide 18 0 Walls End 18 0 Walls End Tees --- 9.0 n Barnsley 15 9 Hartley IS 0 Merthyr 'A C Straftbrd Main 15 0 Walls End Elgin 18 0 l'antield Trader. l5 6 last market-day, 89 rations, I circulo e lon, be' ined viq c ge of tbe arahle re :ary bista ndiary light, ° but we ironick. MOn i or soap, ci failing t° t, askia The g irl The s, too ur three; tw pap o - er, o f y come 133 f, `'k ply r 1 rig s._fera l) 'ws whorl tible, k. hat the g was f°ll l wort —A I,"' oy of ".; snare tree or ti and be v` i lawn fn bt E lance 0,, b o 4 tin hi t d over •! SU 1' fa Ce 'di Id Deli racee irre l petrifi e 'l ough t bsylbarl THE NATIONAL COUNCIL. (From the Dublin Freeman's Journal of Saturday.) The first meeting of the National Council took place yes terday. It was numerously attended. A great deal of public anxiety was manifested regarding it, and a crowd was assembled outside the Royal Hotel at an early hour of the day. The fol. lowing members were present : The Hon. Colonel Butler, Daniel O'Connell, Maurice O'Connell, Morgan O'Connell, John O'Connell, Charles D. O'Connell, W. F. Finn, C. Fitzsimon, A. C. O'Dwyer, Richard Shell, Sir R. Nagle, Henry Grattan, William Roche, W. 0. Daunt, O'Connor I)ou, Patrick Lalor, M. L. Chapman, Fer gus O'Connor, James Roe, E. S. Ruthven, E. Ruthven, W. Blackney, Nicholas Fitzsimon, J. H. Rorke, G. S. Barry, Dan. Callaghan, Richard Sullivan, D. Ronayne, C. O'Brien, H. Baldwin, and Lachlan Maclachlan, Esqrs. The Hon. Col. BUTLER, Chairman. MAURICE O'CONNELL, Esq, Secretary. Mr. SULLIVAN gave some information as to the amount of property possessed by the corporation of Kilkenny. Mr. ROE afforded similar information as to the property pos sessed by the corporation of Cashel. Mr. O'CONNELL said that Mr. Staunton was present, and would be able to give some most _valuable evidence. He moved that he be examined. Mr. STAUNTON then came forward and would in the first place submit a statement of the present amount of the Irish debt, also a statement connected with the consolidation of the Exchequers, together with some observations upon the effects of that consolidation. He would enter into a short inquiry as to whether Ireland had any surplus taxation; as to whether it was true that Ireland was a burden to England, and whether she had made any progress in trade, manufacture, or commerce, since the Union. It was known to Hon. Members that very exaggerated notions prevailed amongst public men as to the actual amount of Irish debt. Some imagined it was 134,000,0001., others that it was somewhat more. Now he was about to show that the money borrowed in the name of Ireland, in the period between the Union and consolidation, did not exceed 107,000,0001., and of that amount Ireland was not responsible for more than 67,000,0004 He held in his hand a Parliamentary document, printed by order of the House of Commons on the sth of April, 18'24, and signed J. C. Herries, and numbered 256. It was as follows : THE AMOUNT OF THE UNREDEEMED DEBT AS IT STOOD AT THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE EXCHEQUERS. Funded debt unredeemed. £107,380,!58 Charge for interest thereon And the amount due from Ireland to Great Britain, as the proportion of 2-17ths of the joint expendi ture by virtue of the Act of Union was 2,012,136 " J. C. HERRIES. Whitehall Treasury Chambers, 15th April, 1824." Mr. STAUNTON then referred to the 4th and sth pages of that document, in which was a statement of the funded debt of Great Britain, from 1792 to 1824, on which he relied as part of his proof to show that Ireland owed but 69,000,0001. out of the 107,000,0001. of the funded debt unredeemed. If an Hon. Member would move that it be reprinted, it would be found a useful document. Mr. O'CONNELL moved that the Secretary do make a me morandum upon the subject for getting reprinted a Parliamen tary document, entitled " An Account of the Revenue from 1791 to 1821, ordered to be printed on the 15th April 1824. No. 9.s6."—Agreed to. Mr. O'CONNELL said that by an article of Union, it was agreed that whenever Ireland, after paying her own share of the expenditure had a million of surplus revenue, that million was to be applied exclusively to the local improvement of Ire land. Mr. Staunton's object was to put them in possession of a document that would show, by the confession of the treasury, that the casus fmderis had arisen. Mr. STAUNTON resumed, and proceeded to show the un. fairness with which the debt is apportioned. He mentioned a circumstance stated to him by Mr. P. Mahony, who told him that he met Sir G. Hill going to transfer a large sum of Irish surplus revenue to the credit of the English exchequer. In the course of his statement Mr. Staunton referred to Sir Henry Parnell's work on finance, and went into various able and con vincing calculations in support of his argument. Mr. O'CONNELL said, the object of Mr. Staunton, by that portion of his evidence, which he had then given, was to show the decline of Irish prosperity since the Union. The promi nent facts were these :—ln 1792 the consumption of the luxuries of life, such as tea, sugar, wines, &c., amounted in England to thirty-seven millions, and in the same year in Ireland they were only seven and a half millions. In 1800 the consumption in England had risen to forty-seven millions, and in Ireland to twelve and a-half millions. In 1827 the consump tion in England had increased to seventy-one millions, whilst in Ireland it had fallen back to nine and a-half millions, although the population within that period had increased. Thus proving that from the period of the Union to 1827, the consumption of the luxuries of life had fallen off nearly one third in Ireland. As his friend, Mr. Staunton, had alluded to the woods and forests, he would say that it was a subject of the utmost importance to the landed proprietors of Ireland. After the two revolutions of 1641 and 1688, almost every one who had estates in Ireland passed patent again, and though the titles were clear, yet, in all these cases a reversion was given to the crown, as if the titles were originally pro ceeding from the crown. This fictitious reverson on thecrown did not operate injuriously so long as they had an Irish Parlia ment, because all the Members had an equal interest in resist ing it. But since the Union there were instances of its operat ing most injuriously. Lord Kenmore had lately had to pay three years' income of his estates to get rid of a claim of this kind, made by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests. Lord Bantry had a serious demand of the same kind made upon him. He (Mr. O'Connell) knew an instance in the county Meath, where estates had been sold for 14,0001. to pay creditors. The Woods and Forests came in with a claim of 9,0001., and left the creditors but 5,0001. At Mount Anneville, a barrister lately purchased property, and he had told him (Mr. O'Connell) that he had to pay the Woods and Forests a sum nearly equal to the original purchase money to establish his title. THE SOAP TRADE. Mr. O'CONNELL said that one thing that had occupied their attention last year was the state of the soap and candle trade, which had been, before the Union, a trade of consider. able export. He had received information from a member of the trade, that one house in this city exported 7,000 boxes of soap and candles annually to the West Indies. He believed that in Dublin the export of soap and candles was at present annihilated or interfered with to such an extent as to be almost ruinous to the manufacture'. Our trade was ruined, because there was a duty in England and not in Ireland. He thought it would be most important if the Irish Members would agree to form a deputation to wait on Lord Althorp, and to insist upon some regulation, so as to prevent frauds upon the revenue. He now thought it would be well to hear the gentlemen who were there from the soap trade. Mr. PETER FARRELL then came forward and read the following statement, showing the advantages which the British soap-maker possesses over the Irish manufacturer, by means of the existing excise regulations : " There has never been any excise imposed upon soap in Ireland. In England, on the contrary, it has been subject to an excise duty for many years. An Act of Parliament was passed in 1816, which is now in force (the 56th Geo. 111. chap. 44), by which threepence per pound is granted on every pound avoirdupois of hard soap made in Great Britain. This Act, though it repeals the previous Acts relating to the duty upon soap, declares that it shall be collected in the same man ner as it had been previous to that time. It would have been only reasonable, as considerable changes had taken place in the mode of making soap, that the manner of estimating and col lecting the duty should have been varied also. When the duty is now levied, it is not calculated upon the real weight of the soap, but upon the weight ascertained by measurement. The frame into which it is cast is required, by the commissioners of excise, to be always of the same length and breadth; the officer has therefore only to measure the depth, which being done, he charges a given number of pounds for every inch in depth of the frame, allowing the manufacturer every tenth inch, on which the duty is not charged. This allowance was originally granted, because it was considered that one-tenth of the soap so framed was not sold, nor fit for sale, but would come under the rod of the excise officer again, after going through another process. This consideration holds good only as respects mottled soap, then much more used than it is at present, but is not justly due to the maker of yellow or brown soap, which undergoes an operation that the other does not. In fact, all that is framed or guaged of the latter descrip tion, is or may be made saleable. The consequence is, that whilst mottled soap pays threepence per pound upon the actual weight sold, yellow or brown soap is charged with one. tenth less ; or supposing the former to pay 28s. per cwt., the latter would pay but 255. 3d. Besides, the specific gravity of soap is not always the same. A given bulk of it may he made by the manufacturer to weigh either more or less, as he pleases. It is impossible, therefore, to estimate with ac curacy, the weight of such an article by measurement. The Act before cited gives a drawback of the whole duty where the soap is exported; this drawback amounts to 295. per cwt., being threepence per pound upon the actual weight ascertained by weighing, as soon as the soap is cool enough to be packed. Therefore there is a difference of two shillings and ninepence per cwt. between what is paid as duty and received as draw back upon hard yellow or brown soap, and this is in favour of the manufacturer in Great Britain who supplies the Irish mar. kets with soap. For this same reason, almost all the soap thence exported is of the description before mentioned, which pays the low duty ; and it is, besides, a well-known fact, that this article costs in England, besides the duty, two or three shillings more per cwt. than it can be purchased for in Dublin or Cork. here, then, is the principal cause of the immense importation of British-made soap into Ireland, and of the con. sequent destruction of the Irish manufacturer. The remedy is simple—either to alter the mode of estimating the duty in the first instance ; or, should that remain as it is, to lessen the drawback, so that no bounty may be afforded to exportation. To the adoption of one or other of these alterations, it is im possible to see any objection, if this statement be correct. No increase of smuggling would take place--no further extension of the excise laws would be requisite, and there would be an increase instead of a reduction of the revenue. It has been i proposed to lay a duty upon soap in Ireland equal to that n Great Britain. The soap-makers here do not look upon the proposition as one likely to put the trade upon a better foundation ; because, though it would remove the bounty upon the exportation of soap into Ireland, it would throw obstacles in the way of all improvement in the manufacture it self, by subjecting it to the vexatious trammels of the excise officers, and though smuggling would be diminished, so far as the introduction of soap duty free into England, still it would be likely, on the whole, to be increased by the frauds upon the excise which would take place all over Ireland. Considerable facility is afforded by the present custom-house regulations here to the obtaining of a drawback upon a greater quantity of soap ( than is really exported ; to prevent which it would be necessary to have the packages when landed here opened and re-weighed. The slight examination that now takes place is no obstacle to such a proceeding." Mr. O'CONNELL said that all soap imported into this coun try was adulterated ; that its specific gravity was increased, and as the soap was only measured in its liquid state, the conse quence was that a considerable gain resulted to the English manufacturer. Dr. BALDWIN said that a Cork manufacturer had told him that the reason one soap was heavier than another was, that one was made with mineral and the other with vegetable alkali. Mr, CALLAGHAN took the liberty of stating that the Government was quite aware of the advantage of 10/. per cent. which the English manufacturer possessed over the Irish ma nufacturer. In consequence of the representations of Mr. O'Connell and himself, Mr. Rice promised to bring in a Bill to do away with th e i n j ur y ; but he subsequently excused hi m _ self by saying th a t th e Reform Bill had prevented him. H e would take the liberty of stating why this ten per c en t . h ad been originally granted. About sixty years ago, before the science of soap -making hail become so perfect, they made what was called mottled soap, and ten per cent. was allowed for what was called shedding, that was, for what the soap lost in its weight ; but since they began to employ palm oil in the manu facture, the soap did not waste any. The hon. member then entered into a calculation, to show that a manufacturer in Liverpool, with a thousand pounds capital, working as fast as he could, and turning his capital as often as he could, would, by the mere operations of the present system of excise, in the course of a year, have an advantage over the Irish manufac turer of 3,600/. He was convinced that nothing but absolute prohibition could give fair protection to the Irish manufacturer. Mr. O'CONNELL said, that however unwilling in some re spects the English Government, was to make prohibitions, in many instances, they had made prohibitions to the prejudice of the Irish manufacturer. Mr. CALLAGHAN said that Mr. Hawes, one of the most extensive soap manufacturers in England, was in Parliament, and that they would havehis assistance. Mr. FINN suggested that it would be well that the opinion of the manufacturers throughout the country was ascertained, in order that they might act in unison. Mr. O'CONNOR (of the deputation) stated that they had a Committee appointed for that purpose. The deputation then withdrew. THE PAPER TRADE. The deputation from this trade being then called forward, Mr. SULLIVAN said that he and another gentleman had been deputed to represent to the National Council the state of the paper trade. From the harassing mode of collecting the duty it would be almost impossible for any manufacturer to con tinue in business twelve months longer. The operation of the present system of collecting the excise was such as to paralyse the exertions of the manufacturer. He was himself one of the most extensive manufacturers in the country, and had expended several thousand pounds in the improvement of his factory, by which means he would be enabled to give ern. ployment to two hundred persons more than he employed at present. At present he gave employment to an hun dred persons, but if he were not interfered with by the present oppressive system, he would be able to give em ployment to three hundred persons, and at least three times that number would be supported by the produce of their labour. Many other persons had given up business in conse quence of the over taxation. On yesterday a most outrageous act had been committed on himself. Whilst he was attending on some business in the Rolls Court, he was informed that the revenue officers were at his stores. He immediately proceeded there, and found three revenue officers, whom he asked what they wanted. They told him that they had information of illegal paper being in his stores. He pledged them his honour, that there was not any there, and that they were misinformed. They then asked for the key, which he had not about him; but conscious that there was no illegal paper there, and wishing to afford every facility of inquiry, he did not put them to the trouble of going to the office for the key, but forced open the door himself. When they entered, one of the revenue officers said, "Is this your paper ?" he replied it was. Then, said the officer, 1 seize this paper. They took then ninety-three reams of paper, and lodged them in the Excise stores, and where the property might, perhaps, remain for twelve months; and so help him God, one single sheet of that paper was not irregular or illegal. He was not told why the paper was taken away. It was all regularly stamped and labelled. In reply to a question, Mr. SULLIVAN said that the paper duty amounted in Ireland to about 600,000/. a year. The offi cers were all English and Scotch, and after the expense of col lecting, he did not think the surplus very considerable. He then proceeded to describe the operation off` the tax on the price of paper, and stated that the description of paper generally used in school books, which was a coarse article, paid an ad valorem duty of 100 per cent., whereas the superfine article was not taxed more than ten per cent. It was totally impossible to pay those taxes, according to the harassing mode in which they were collected. The consequence would be, if the system were persisted in, any one who had any remnant of property left would retire from the trade. They had the English ma nufacturers to back them. When he went to London he called on Mr. Dickinson, who was the most extensive paper manufacturer in the world, to ascertain his opinions, and they were fully with his. At the meeting which took place in Lon. don one hundred and fifty of the most extensive manufacturers attended, and some of them came even five hundred miles to be present. They all agreed that the duty ought to be taken off. They sent a deputation to Lord Althorp, who said that they could not afford to dispense witls it; but that if it turned out to be a good year, they would take measures to get rid of that duty, as it was a direct taxation upon know ledge. Mr. Sullivan concluded by stating that a meeting of the paper manufacturers would take place on Tuesday, at the Commercial Buildings, at which the Lord Mayor had promised to preside, and he hoped the Irish Members would attend it. Mr. CALLAGHAN said, in consequence of representing a commercial town, he knew the hardships this trade was sub jected to. He knew an instance where a small manufacturer rented mills, for which he paid 1001. a year ; he was charged with having evaded the duty, and the revenue sued him for 2,500/. The lowest suns in which the Magistrates could con vict was 7501., and he could not have it in his power to appeal from that decision to Courts above without first depositing the money. He might as well have been called upon to pay the national debt. He appealed to the Excise Board, and from the Excise Board to the Treasury—he appealed over and over again, but without effect. The consequence was, his mill was sold, and he was made a beggar. A whole village, that de. pended for support on the employment they derived from this mill, were for a year idle, and the man himself is at pre. sent going about amongst his friends, as they call it, on the shaucrhaun. The Honourable Member proceeded to state other instances within his own knowledge of the oppressive operation of those laws. Mr. SULLIVAN said, that there was an inducement held out to this system of persecution, for half the amount of the pe. nalty went into the pocket of the informer. Mr. O'CONNELL said, the present was a case in which they would have the English manufacturers joining them. One hundred and forty-seven of the Radicals in the House were distinctly pledged to do away with the taxes on knowledge, and on this subject they would have many of the Conservative Members joining with them. He thought that they would get at least 80 out of the Irish Members. Mr. CHAPMAN thought it would be exceedingly well, if possible, to get rid of the tax, but if it could not be got rid of, he wished to ask, was there any mode of collecting the duty which he could suggest that would prove satisfactory ? Mr. SULLIVAN had suggested a plan to Lord Althorp in the shape of an engine duty, which would reduce the expense of collection to about 101. a-year. Lord Althorp and the English Solicitor of the Excise had admitted its excellence, but the Reform question then occupied so much of the atten tion of the Government, that it could not be attended to. A long conversatioc took place, in the course of which Mr. O'CONNELL explained the hardships and difficulties to which the Irish manufacturer was exposed, in prosecutions on the part of the Excise. Mr. BLACKNEY stated that when they had this subject before them last year, it was stated, as a fact, highly and strongly illustrative of the poverty of Ireland, that the rags had latterly been so much worn, that when they came to the manufacturer, they were almost without substance. He wished that fact could be put forward strongly. It was ultimately suggested that the paper manufacturers should get their petitions ready, stating their case, and the re. dress they sought. Most of the Members present, before the deputation withdrew, expressed their determination of being present at their meeting on Tuesday. The meeting was proceeding to adjourn, when Mr. O'CONNELL said, that as the room in which they were assembled was entirely too small, he would suggest an adjournment to the Corn Exchange. DAVID ROCHE, Esq. was called tf.., the Chair, and thanks voted in a marked manner to the Hon. Colonel Butler, for his conduct in the chair, after which the Council adjourned to 10 . . o'clock this day. AWFUL EXPLOSION.-Yesterday morning, at ten minutes past ten, the town of Dartford, in Kent, was th own into the utmost consternation and alarm, in consequence of an explosion having taken place at the ex tensive powder-mills of Messrs. WICKS and Co. It would be impossible to describe the star, of the inhabitants, wbo were running in all directions to reach a place of safety. By eleven o'clock the town was nearly deserted, the prin cipal part of the people having gone to Crayford. The damage done for miles round is immense, and in many in stances, in the immediate neighbourhood, in a number of houses not a pane of glass is left whole. Some idea may he formed of its dreadful effects by the fact that the shock was felt at Greenwich (ten miles from Dartford). At three o'clock, Mr. PEARCE, son of the High Constable of Dartford, arrived at Mr. CARTTAR'S, the Coroner, and stated that, up to half-past one o'clock, seven bodies had been found, but it was impossible to say how many were missing, or the number that were killed, as the ruins were then smoking, and that the workmen were up to that time unable to make any search, in consequence of the dangerous state of the premises. The Coroner has issued his warrant for the inquest on the bodies of the unfortunate sufferers this day, at the Bull and George Hotel, Dirtferd, —Another account says that 20 lives are known to have been lust; that seven distinct explosions took place, and that several houses in the neighbourhood have been thrown down. SCOTCH PEERS. We copy the following co given on the two last electior useful little manual just puff " The Present and Last Par harome , er of political feeling, those of the lsint, candidates miparative lists of the votes os of Scotch Peers, from a dished by Ridgway, entitled 'lament." It offers a curious The names in italics are on both ~c ca4ms : January 14, 1533. M - rquis of Tweeddale -Earl of Morton 5:3 Earl of Home 43 Earl of Elgin 47 Earl of A irlie '39 Earl of Leven Earl of Selkirk 43 Earl of Orkney Viscount Arbuthnot Viscount Strathallen 43 Lord Forbes 4l Lora Gray 53 Lord Saltoun 52 Lord Sinclair Lord Elphinstone 97 Lord 04ville Marquis of Queensberry Earl of Rothes 3l Earl 4 Buchan Earl of Carnwath '3l Lord Cranstoun 3l Lord Napier °I; Lord Retry Lord Elibank .... June 3, 183!, Marquis of Queensberry 53 Marquis of Tweeddale 47 Earl of Morton Earl of Elgin .. 43 Earl of Se!kirk 4O Earl of Home '39 Earl of Leven and Melville 35 Viscount Falkland 34 Viscount Arbuthnot '37 V o isgz ay tStrathallen 45 L 47 Lord Saltoun Lord Forbes 4l Lord CoIvil! e Lord Belhaven and Stenton 44 Lord Napier '35 Lord Kinnaird 33 Earl of itirlie Earl of Caithness '26 Lord Rollo O4 Lord Elphinstone Earl of Buchan Lord Real Earl of Errol Earl of Dunmore NAVAL FORCE OF GREAT BRITAIN IN 1833. FLAG OFFICERS OF THE ROYAL NAVY. ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET. Right Hon. Jas. Lord Gambier, G.C.B. ADMIRALS. Of the Red l:3 Of the White Of the Blue "1816. Retired under his Ma jesty's Order in Council... 99 1830. Retired under his Ma jesty's Order in Council... 182 VICE-ADMIRALS. Of the Red 181 Of the White Of the Blue REAR-ADMIRALS. -- Of the Red 171 Of the White Of the Blue Rear-Admirals on retired half-pay Captains on retired half_ pay CAPTAINS. On full-pay On the h.ilf-pay of 14s. Gd per diem lOO On the half-pay of I`3s. per diem l5O COMMANDERS. On full-pay On the half-pay of 10s. 6d per diem l5O, 8841 11 65 The number of vessels composing the British Navy amounts to 574, viz.—Fourteen carry 120 guns, five 110, three 108, twelve 84, ten 80, nine 78, six 76, sixty-tw•o 74, seven 59., fifteen 50, sixty-two 46, and twenty 42. The remainder carry from 36 to 2 guns each. In this number are included twenty Government steam-vessels. This immense fleet employs 20,000 sailors and 12,000 Royal Marines. POOR LANGS. The following list, prepared by Mr. J. Tidd Pratt, for the Poor Law Commissioners, will he read with some inter.st at this time. The litig,tion, under the law of settlem.•nt, cuts a conspicuous figure in the account : NUMBER, of CASES decided by the JUDGES on the Poor LAWS, as extracted from Bott's Poor Laws, 6th Edit., and the Reports subsequently published to Jan. 1833. Relating to Overseers of the Poor, (appointment), &c 79 Poor Rates Overseers' Accounts, &c lOO Ttating Parishes in Aid Maintenance of Relations Relief and ordering of the Poor Bastards Apprentices 125 Providing for I'oor in incorporated Parishes I As to Settlement by Birth Parentage 5B Marriage Renting a Tenement Serving an Office Hiring and Service '255 Apprenticeship Estate Persons Irremoveable until Chargeable l9 Certificates Removal of the Poor (authority of Justices) 156 An Appeal to Sessions 139 Statutes in force llB COUNTRY CIRCt PRINCIPAL PARIS JLATION OF THE POLITICAL PAPERS. Le Moniteur. Les Debats Le Constitutionnel Le Courrier Francais Le Temps Le National I a Tribune Le Journal du Commerce Nouveau Journal de Paris La Gazette de France La Qu tidienne L'i-cho Francais La Revolution La Gazette des Trinunaux Le Messager des Chambres Galignani's Messenger Le Globe I.e Figaro Le Corsair Le IsTouvelliste La %lode I.e Courrier de l'Euroie Journal des Maires La Renovateur La Caricature Le Charivari 280 361 1,376 2,0.00 1,150 8,250 678 801 1,162 630 725 UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. LIST OF HONOURS AND DEGREES. CAMBRIDGE, JAN. !9.—MouEaaToas.--Henry Philpott, M.A., Cath ; and Henry Hymen:, M.A. St. John's. EXAMINERS —Francis Martin, M.A., 'Erin. ; and Robert Mur phy, M. A., Caius The following Gentlemen obt Lion for 8.A., which closed last theirdegrees this morning tined Honours at the Examina night, and will be admitted to WRAN 1 Ellice Caius 2 Bowstead 3 Pratt 4 Kamplay 5 Phelps 6 Pound 7 Cartwell 8 Jerard 9 Barber 10 Fowler II Gowning 12 Brown 13 Boteler 14 Hankinson IS Nicholson Chr. 16 Radcliffe 17 Thompson Job. .GLERS. 18 Inman 19 Quick Joh. 2 . 1 Bonifield 21 Fisher 22 Howlett loh. 23 Feachem 24 Fawcett Mag. 25 Wright Trin. 2t) Heathcote Joh. 27 Paley Joh. 28 Dimmock . 1 .,i). 29 Barker, J. H. 90 Cat0n........ Trio. 31 Howorth 32 Lawrence Trio. 3:3 Manners 34 Wilkinson )PTI MES. SENIOR I Chambers Joh. 2 Laden Trim 3 Gwilt Caius 4 Stoddart 5 Wilson 6 Travers Christ. 7 Hodges 8 Begbie 9 Vawbery 10 Bishop I 1 Andras I 2 Haywood Trin, 1:1 Banbury 14 Massey 15 Fellowes 16 Raikes 17 Sanders Joh. 18 Power 19 Evans i 0 Wood 21 Tait 22 Peat .. 23 Barker, W, 0... 24 Percy Joh. 125 Kemple .. Clare 2e Speck Joh. 17 Lang(lon 28 Watford Trin. 29 Huxtable Trio. 3U Hildyard 31 Jones Queen 32 Ward Corpus 33 Jacob Emm. 24 Marshall 35 Grenvill Corpus 36 Smith Peter 37 Brewitt 38 Wilson 39 Brown 40 Bullen 41 Cantrell Emm. 42 Barnes 43 Myers Clare 44 Taylor 45 Roots Jesus 46 Weston Jesus 47 Bathurst JUNIOR 1 Lydik ken 2 Rose 3 Marsden 4 Sharp Magd. 5 Sale Joh. 6 North 7 Stockdale ..... ......... 8 Price 9 Dugantoy Joh. 10 Williams II Wicks 12 Elliot Pemb. PTI 31 ES. 13 Nelson 14 Berry Joh. 15 Couchman 16 Whittaker 17 Wingman Pet. 18 Snow 19 Noble Joh, 20 Lowe Trin.H 21 Francis 2'2 Tuck Corpus 23 Barton 24 Jackson Cath. 1 Buckiiill !.I Hamerton Trin. 5 'fuck 3 Heathcote Trin. 6 Wood AGROTAT. Jones, Edward, Cath. The Earl Of CARLISLE gives a grand Ca binet dinner to-morrow at his house in Grosvenor-place. Lord HOLLAND entertained a distinguished party to dinner on Sunday, at his house in Burlington street. In a case lately reported, Mr. Sergeant TABBY is represented to have said that " none but mem bersof the b ar can appreciate the infamy attendant on ob taining practice by courting and feasting attorneys." The masonic festival in honour of the Duke of SUSSEX'S birthday, will be celebrated on Monday next. The Marquis of SALISBURY, as Provincial Grand Master for Hertfordshire, will take the chair. January, 1831. 1,27.1 9,?11 15,612 3,815 6,151 1,92,9 587 1,310 '261 9,950 4,771 9 , 5) 280 1,273 1,447 1,362 882 64 January, 1532. January, 133.3. 1,076 6,945 11,456 4,242 4,413 1,028 , 794 1,177 3!10 10,101 3,800 1,220 2,159 1,197 2,053 1,204 1,930 705 2,026 1,181 6,048 971 6,664 11,8 0 4,8 0 4,770 3,100 780 900 1,074 7,700 4,250 1,760 1,080 S6O 1,200 LIEUTENANTS. Poor Knights of Windsor 7 On full pay , 393 On the half-pay of 7s. per diem ll7 On the half-pay of 6s. per diem 7 0 MASTERS. (Superannuated l6 For Service— On full pay 199 On the half-pay of 7s. per diem On the half-pay of 6s. per diem PURSERS. 0 , 1 full pay 431 On the half-pay of ss. per diem lOO On the half-pay of 4s. per diem lOO MEDICAL OFFICERS. Physicians l2 Surgeons 715 Assistant. Surgeons 324 Dispensers of Hospitals ll Hospital Mates NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. From the Hampshire Tflegraph.) PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 19.—8 y letters received from the Mauritius, dated Oct. 29, we learn that the men of wa• then lying there were, the Undaunted, 46, Captain E Harvey, and Tana, 28, Captain Dickinson, C. B. The former would sail for the Cape on the arrival of the Pelt,. rus. which ship was shortly expected. Lady Colville was to take a nassage in her to the Cape —The Curl.-w, 10, Commander H. Trotter, had arrived at th e Maiiritiu• from the Cape, on her way to Ceylon, on Sept. 21, and sailed for that Colony with specie on the 23d. The Mau ' itius was perfectly tranquil and quite healthy. The corn pany of Royal Artillery, under the command of Lieutenani Burnaby, which went out in the Undaunted, was expected to return shortly.—A fire was discovered to have broken out on Oct. 18, which was likely to have made great de vastation ; but by the exertions which were used, three houses only became a prey to the flames. Great diversity of ooinion prevails, as to who is to suc ceed the late gallant Sir Thomas Foley, as Port Admiral of Portsmouth; the fullest expectation was expressed that Sir Harry Neale would have had the appointment but re port now says, that the Admiralty would not consent, un less he gave up his seat for Lymington, for which borough he is now Member, that Board alleging, very properly, that he would he constantly asking for leave to attend his Parliamentary duties, and that he would as constantly vot against the existing Administration. Sir Harry declines to give up his seat, and consequently gives up the lucrative and honourab!e post of the cemmand at this port. Next ' it is said to have been refused to Sir W. Hargood, and the strife of interest now lies between Sir C. P. Durham, Lord Ameliusl3eauclere, and Admiral R. Montagu. One of the two former will most probably succeed, and as gentlemen from the north country are usually successful in lotterit s, we think the chance is in favour of the gallant Captain of the Anson, Defiance, and Venerable. COMBINED SQUADRON. —The Flora French frigate, i rom Cnerburg, and Creole, from a cruise, arrived here on Saturday last. The Larne sloop of war anchored here on Sanday last, from her cruising eratinti, and the Endy mien French frigate, sailed on a cruise the same day. The Snake sailed on Sunday, for a cruise in the Norh Sea, and the Stag arrived on Monday. The Satellite came down from the river on Monday, and the Rover on Tuesday, and afterwards proceeded to Plymouth, on her way to the Mediterranean; leaving at the anchorage the Donegal, Revenge, Malabar, Stag, Larne, and Satellite (English), and La Syrene, Melpotnene, Flora, and Creole (French). The Blanche arrived at Barbadoes from Antigua the 7th of Da cember ; the Arachne from Halifax the 9th; and the mail, in the Plover packet, on the 11 th of December. The Nimrod sailed from Lisbon for Oporto on the 27th tilt. 3210 His Maj. , sty's packet Goldfinch, Lieutenant Collier, arrived at Falmouth on Wednesday from South America. She left Rio on the 14th of November, only a week after the last packet. She sailed from Monte Video on the 24 b of October; the late distutb.:nces bad, at that period, settled into perfect tranquility. General Lavellage, with his insurrectionary party, had retired, and gone into di& f Tent parts of the country. The Rhadamanthus steamer, Commander Evans, arrived at Falmouth on Wednesday, to take the Friday's mail to Oporto and Lisbon, the Admiralty orders being against vessels of her size taking pa•~engers. The Romney, troop-ship, W. Brown, commander, was towed out of Plymouth harbour by the Rhadamanthus On TuesdAy, and having embarked about 500 soldiers, sailed immediately for the Cove of Cork, where some further mi litary arrangements are to take place prior to her finally proceeding to Bermuda, Barhadoes, and Jamaica. The topmasts of the M a l a b ar , fi t t e d on Captain Mor gan's principle, answer every expecution, and were in spected in the Downs on Monday, by Admiral Sir P. Malcolm, and the Captains of the ship comprising the squadron. (From the Portsmouth Herald.) His Majesty's si,ip Volage, 28, Capt. the Richt Hon. Lord Colchester, was paid off into Ordinary on Tuesday. The Emerald, Tender to the Royal George, yacht, Mr. Saunders, Master, R.N., arrived on Wednesday from the Downs, and is refitting in this harbour. _ _ . His Majesty's ship Briton, 46, Capt. J. D. Markland, C. 8., whose daily-expected arrival from Oporto we re ported last week. will be paid off at this port. By this ship we nsay expect to receive correct accounts of the contending parties in Portugal. His Majesty's ship Childers, IS, Commander Robert Deans, was paid off into Ordiniry on Friday. The squadron under the command of Vice-Admiral Sir Pulteney M denim, K. C. 8., we understand, are daily ex pected at Spithead. His M ijesty's ship Gio, 18, Commander Onslow, is dai'y exp.eted from South America, to be paid off. The Hope, transport, Lieutenant Ryder, Agent, arrived front Plymouth off the bar of Oporto on the 9th inst., with Government stores for the squadron. The Prince Regent, transport, Lieutenant Binstead, Agent, arrived at Cork from Plymouth on the Sth inst., and sailed on the 13th for Gibraltar, Malta, and Cortu, with sundry detachments for those garrisons. The Portland, male convict ship, arrived at Cork from Deptford, on the 11th inst., to receive on board con• victs for New South Wales, under the superintendence of Dr. Inches. The Sylvia, transport, Lieutenant Wesley, Agent, will shortly s ,i 1 for Deptford, after having completed her car g o of Goveinment stores. His Mje+ty's ship Galatea. 42, has been brought down from Porchester Lake, alongside the sheer hulk, to be docked for a thorough rep ir, if found fit. Toe Prince Regent will be undocked on Monday, and the Galatea will be docked. His Majesty's revenue cruiser Dolphin. Lieut. John Jeffreys, ari iced at the Motherbank on Friday evening from the coast of Sussex, last from Hastings, having been ordered to the qiiarantine ground by the officers of the Customs at the latter place, in consequence of one of the crew having the cholera. She has been accordingly placed under quarantine. At Spitlie id—Spartiate. In Harbour—Victory, Royal George, Excellent, Eme• raid, tender, and Portsmouth, Dockyard yacht. Paomonotts AND APPOINTMEND).--Lieut. Felix Frankling is promoted to the rank of retired Commandi-r ; Mr. J. Chegwyr, is appointed Second Master of the Buf falo, at Chatham ; Mr. J. Cater is appointed Second Master to the Sparrow, cutter ; Mr. W. H. Damell, Midshipman, is appointed to his Maj sty's ship Malabar ; Mr. D. Sta pleton is appointed to his Maj.aity's ship Spartiate, as Se cretary's Clerk to Sir M. Seymour ; Mr. J. Gallety, Gunner of his Majesty's ship Dryad, is turned over to the check at Plymouth ; Mr. F Card, acting Carpenter of his M+sty's ship Hyacinth, is confirmed to that rank. Rumour has bee' very busy during the week in naming many successors to the naval cnmmand at this port, but we ate enabled to say nothing definitive is yet determined on. Admiral Sir Harry Neale, Bart., of Lymingion, whose appointment was conaid.-red certain, it is now said, declines the honour, at the request of his constituents. A few d .ys, however, will set the question at rest. Admiral Sir Philip Durham, Lord Aurelius Beauclerc, Sir Wil liam Hargood, and Sir P. Hackett, are also spoken of as candi fates for the diitinguished post. Rear-Admiral Sir Frederick Lewis Maitland, is discharging the duties of the port until the new Coin mander.in-Chief shall arrive. Rear-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, Bart. and K.C.B (whose flag is flying in his Maj,sty's ship Spartiate at Spithead), is expected to proceed in her b South America, about the 15th of n,•xt month. The flag (white at the main) of our late lamented Ad miral, Sir Thomas Foley, G. C. 8., was hauled down on board his Majesty's ship Victory, on Wednesday, imme diately alter the interment of the body, about half-past one. ROYAL MARINES.—Second Lieut. H. F. Murton marched yesterday with a detachment of the Royal Marines, lately paid off at this port from his Majesty'. ships Vo.age and Childers, to join their own division at Chath im. It is currently reported here, but as yet it is Were report, that Col. J. B. Savage, Deputy-Adjutant General of Royal Marines is made a K.C. H., and that Brevet-Major John Wright, Assistant-Adjutant General of Royal Mai ines, and Brevet• Major Owen, of the Plymouth Division of that gallant corps are made K. He. We trust the report may be confirmed. There has been a large collection of coasters bound to London and other ports to the eastward, as well a of light colliers bouud to the northward, during the week, in Stoke's Bay and at the Motherbank, in consequence of the easterly winds. But the wind having shitted on Friday to the N.N. E., they all got away on that day, leaving not a single siil in those roadsteads. COMMERCIAL SHIPPING.—Tuesday, arrived theOrontes, Currie, from Loudon for Madras and Calcutta. Wednes day, arrived the Attica, Shelton, from London for Ceylon. Friday, sailed the Orontes, Currie, for Madras and Cal. cutta ; arrived, La Bonne Mere, Campion, from London, for Dem erara. The Philadelphia, Capt. Champlin, American packet ship is hourly expected from London for New York. The East India ship Orontes, Currie, for Madeira, Ma dras, and Calcutta, arrived here from the River on Tues day, and having embarked her pawners sailed on Friday. Baring, Esq., uncle Wells Member for this borough, nil his lady, went out inthieritor 111 , deira. The brig Dolphin, of Jersey, W. H. Scab irou(h i Mister, from D•nea and Altea, with fruit, for Lind n, o ut in at the Motherbank on Monday last, wind bound, nd sailed for the River on Thursday. The Spanish schooner, Utumea, Gorovea, Master, ar ived at the Motherhank on Wednesday. from 13 , 10 a, oleo with nuts and onions. She sailed for her dstiva tion, London, on Friday. The Admiralty have ordered a ship at this port to he sheathed with thin lead inste ,d of with copper. We be lieve this is only intended for ordinary service. As to the success of this experiment we will not pretend to deter aline ; perhaps it will, in some measure, depend on the nails use I for fastening the lead on Vie bottom. There will doubtless he some chymical or galvanic action among som e of the agents employed, that is to say, the copper silts, lead, nails, and sea water, but as we believe the lead constantly used on the cat-wat, r of ships is not materially decomposed, we do not see much reason for mistrusting the success of the intended experiment, the result of which, when made, we will endeavour to try before our leaders. The Hyacinth is to be undocked on Tuesday next. We noticed in a former p 'per the injury this ship expe rienced from the peak of her anchor rubbing off a portion of her copper. In consequence of this the plank of the bottom became exposed to the attacks of what is called the worm, or rather the teredo navalis. These formi dable little anima's had made so vigorous an assault, that several planks were bored like a honeycomb. The economy of these insects is extremely interesting. Thousands of them will attack a piece of timber, piercing it in every variety of direction, hut one animal his never been found to intrude on the cell or habits tien of another, although the bores are so close together that the partition between them is as thin as paper. We also believe that they never entirely pierce through wood, for when they fiud they are very near the surface, their I hours cease and they commence anew in another direc tion. The holes these animals perforate vary in size from a sixteenth of an inch to half an inch, and even souletimrd larger. By what instinct are th use creatures enahh-d to ascertain when they are encroaching on each other' habi tations ? How are they enabled to bore holes in bald wood ? Is it by means of the augur-like formation of the head ? or is it by means of some solvent secretion which emanates from the body ? We believe this, at prevent, is all myst , ry, and, perhaps, will ever remain so. It fortunately happened for the safety of the Hyacinth th it she was not kept out much longer on a foreign station, anti, perhaps it was equally fortunate, that she was filled in solidly between the timbers, on rSir H. Sepping's plan, 4'l that if the plank of the bottom had been very m ae rially injured, still water would not have entered, or at least a less quantity would have entered than if she had not been filled in. A modification of the Admiralty regulations, re.p , cting the superannuation of officers at and under• 2001. per annum, has been just issued. Same of our readers are aware that officers of the above income f•rmerly had an annual salary, on account of which 'hey were eligible to superannuation by Act of Parli.ment. Within the two last year., however, the class of persons 'hove alluded to have been placed, not on an annual salary, but on what is called day pay ; in consequence of which they were only entitled to superannuation during the period of their having be,n on an annual sal ,ry. This measure operate very hardly on several respectable men, —for instance, on the occasion of the superannuation of three measurers, as mentioned in a recent " Herald," it unfortunately happened for one or two of them, that if they had been placed en day pay bout two months later, they would have been entitled, from length of service, by Act of Parliament, to another twelfth of their annual in come, so that, ins'ead of having 74/ p r annum, they would have had 90/. per annum. Taking the peculiar ear ship of these and similar cases into consideration, we utylerstand the Admiralty have offered all officer, at and under 2001. a year, to superannuate n iw, on tlrt supposi tion of their having continued on salary until March next; but that if the said officer, decline this offer, they will, in future, be superannuat.d under the provi•ious of an Order in Council, which Order takes into account the period of their being workmen as well as that of their b-ing officers. This offer will operate advantageously to some senior officers, and it should be borne in mind by those i❑ office, who have the administration of the naval affiirs of this country, that a very tew pounds a year, in addition to a small income, makes all the difference in the w.,rld to the comfort of an old man, and we feel confident that the most rigid economists would never LT grud4e the pit tance which is given to an old public servant in his de. clining age. The 6111 of February is the day said to be fixed upon for his NIAJESTY to go in State to open the Session of the new Parliament. Since the accession of his present MAJESTY, the following has been the mortality among the officers of the naval service. Admirals of the Fleet, 2 ; Mmirals, 12 ; Vice-Admirals, 9 ; Rear-Admirals, 12 ; Retired Rear-Admirals, 4. Total number of Fla4 . -Ofl , ers, 39. Captains, 22; Commanders, 25 ; Lieutenants, 349 ; Masters, 28 ; Surgeons, 13 ; Assistant Surgeons, 32; Pursers, 12. JOSHUA BROOKES, ESQ., F.R.S., F.L.S., &c.—The funeral of this celebrated anatomist took place on Friday last, at St. James's Church, Piccadilly, Mr. BROOKES was 40 years Professjr of Anatomy in Blen heitn.ktreet, during which period, it is said, he educated upwards of 7,000 students. It is ruiuoured in the political circles that the Marquis of QUEENSBERRY, one of his 117.,jesty's Lords of the Bedchawber, is to have an English Barony. His Lordship's honours are all Scotch, end, as be was an o n .. successful candidate at the recent election of Scottish Re presentative Peets, he in not a Member of the House of Lords. The Noble Marquis is the only Scottish Noble man of his rank will is now without a seat in the Upper House. His Lordship was a sturdy supporter of Mtnistets on the question of Reform, and it is therefore inferred that he is entitled to receive the distinction of an English Peerage from the Not,le Earl at the head of his Majesty's Councils. The Directors of the Bank of England, in order to guard more effectually against forgery in transfer ring Stock by powers of attorney, have made public the following notice Bank of England—Notice as to the E.ecution of Powers of Attorney.—ln consequence of the very vague descriptions frequently given of the att..sting witnesses of powers of attorney, the Bank will in future require that, when witnesses are described as out of town, the name of the street and number of the house sbou d be added." In order to increase the security of stockholders against forgeries, it should I.e Made a mater of duty that parties purchasing Stock should sign the Bank books in acceptance of the same as soon as possible after the pur chase and transfer are completed. We feel gratified in announcing that on Fri day and Saturday last, Lord Sr. JOHN paid off the srli.de of his lather's debt', amounting to 40,0001. It was inti mated that three years would have been a reasonable time to have finally discharged them, but his Lordship, much to his credit, preferred doing it lenroediately.—C4mbridge Independent Press. RECOLLECTIONS OF A CHAPERON.- " Lady DACRE'S name is a passport for any public ition, not only into the highest, but into the best literary circles, and we rejoice to receive into our hands a work so auspi ciously introduced. It is written, we understand, by Mrs. SULLIVAN, the daughter of her Ladyship, and proving herself in these volumes to be closely allied by talent as well as constoguinity. We do not know when we have read a more touching story than " The Sing'e Woman of a Certain Age," it is full of deep feeling and quiet beauty —simple, real, and unexaggerated. The great charact- ris tic of these pages is sentiment—sentiment born of genuine emotion, but kept in control by fine taste ; and also know ledge of the world, using that phrase as it is commonly used, to express society."—Literary Gazette. It is an alarming consideration that within the last six weeks three most atrocious murders have been committed in this riding, and though large rewards (with pardon to an accomplice) have been offered, no traces of any of the murderers have yet been discovered. The fol lowing is a list of the victims :—..fastxs BENSON, sup posed to have been murdered on account of his refusal to join a strike at Farsley ; Mr. KAY, butcher, who was re turning from the market, near Sutton; and ELIZABETH BAYNES, who was m ur d ere d in Clifton-wood, near Hali fax, on Monday, th e 7 t h i nst.— L eeds Mercury. HUDDERSFIELD.—A m eet i ng was h e ld on Thursday in th e C ourt -h ouse, Huddersfield, to rake i nto consideration the p ropr i ety o f ra i s i og a volunteer f orce , either of yeoman r y or infarry, to maintain the tranquil. lity of the town an d ne i g hb our h oo d. A l t e r con s id era bl e diu ai be nthat Governm e nt t he townfur should the recepti o n o f t h e regu l ar military force in p re f erence to scso petitioned it was, b l d ete rm ined ish barracksin raising volunteers. At the same time a committe e was chosen to institute an inquiry into the conotict of the con • stabulary authorities during the late election riots in Hud dersfield, and to report the result to soother totentty. Leeds Mercury. ~fiil•i~-, N '\ ' ~f s'?