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•-er R MAJESTY'S THEATRE. SEASON 1844. The following outline of the arrangements for the ensuing 5e.1.5011 resreetfully presented to the Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public, ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE OPERA , Madame Grisi, Madlle. M. Favanti (her first appearance at this Theatre), Madame Benin', Madame Dal Fiori, and Madame Persiani. Signor Mario, Sig. Correlli (his first appearance at this Theatre), Dai Fiori, Sig. Felice (his first appearance at this Theatre), Sig. Psrnasari, Sig. F. Lablache, and Sig. Lablache. Director of the Music, Composer, and Conductor, Sig. Costa. Te Repertoire will consist Of a Selection of the most admired Works, and amongst the Novelties will be presented Persiani's New h era " La Fantasia;" produced with great success at the Italian )pera, Paris ; and Ricci's New Opera, " Corado D'Altamura," pro laced with great success at the Scala, Milan ; and now in rehearsal at the Italian Opera, Paris ; and an entirely New Opera, composed by M. Costa, expressly for the company, entitled " Den Carlos." THE BALLET. Madlle. Carlotta Grisi, Madlle. Adelaide Fru', of the Teatro di pergola, Florence (her first Appearance at this theatre) ; Mad. Guy Stephan ; Madlle. Scheffre, Madlle. Ferdinand, Madlle; Planquet, Madlle. Barvills (their first appearance at this theatre) ; Madlle. Fanny Elssler, and Madlle. Cerito ; M. St. Leon, M. Montassu (his first appearance in this country), M. Coulon, M. Gosselin, M. Gourlet, M. Veuafra, and M. Perrot, and a numerous and efficient Corps de Ballet. Arrangements are also pending with Madlle. Taglioni, and there is °Very probability that the talent of this eminent artiste will be se cured for a limited number of representations. The Orchestra will consist of the same combination of talent which bas entitled it to the distinctive merit of being the first in Europe. The Choruses will be numerous and effective. Leader of the Orchestra, M. Tolbeque. Principal Artiste of the Theatre, Mr. W. Grieve, Maitre de Ballet, M. Perrot. Sons Maitre de Ballet, M. Gosselin. Itegisseur de la Dense, M. Coulon. Leader of the Ballet, M. Nadaud. Madame Persiani and Signor Fornasari will appear on the First Night of the season, in Herold's chef d'oeuvre of "Zampa." The debut of Madlle. Favanti will be forthwith arranged. Madame Grisi, Signor Mario, and Signor Lablache, will appear at the re-opening of the theatre, immediately after Easter. Madlle. Carlotta Grist will arrive in town in a few days, and will appear on the first night of the season, in a New Ballet, founded on Victor Hugo's celebrated work of " Notre Dame de Paris," entitled La Esmeralda." The part of Esmeralda, by Madlle. C. Grisi ; the art of Pierre Gringoire, by 'M. Perrot. Madlle. Cerito will arrive in town at the find of April. Among the novelties In the Ballet Department will be produced a New Grand Ballet; entitled . " Jeanne d'Arc." Jeanne d'Arc, MacUle. Fanny Elasler. The Theatre will Open in the first week of March, when will be Produced Herold's celebrated Opera of " Zampa :" Camilla, Madame Persian' ; Zampa, Sig. Fornasari. To be followed by a New Ballet, by M. Perrot, with New Scenery, Dresses, &c., entitled " La Esme ralda." The Music by Sit. Fugal. The Scenery by W. Grieve. The Principal Characters by. Madlle. Carlotta Grist, Madlle. Adelaide Frasi, Madame Guy Stephan, Madlle. Scheflte, Madlle. Planquet, Madlle. Ferdinand, and bled*. Barville ; M. Perrot, M. Coulon, M. Sosselin, and M. St. Leon. THEATRE ROYAL. DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 15, Will be repeated a New Grand Opera, in Three Acts, called THE BOHEJIIAN MAL Count Amheim, Mr. Borran►; Thaddeus, Mr. W. Harrison; Arline, Miss Raintorth; Queen of the Gipsies. Miss Betts. After which, will be repeated a New Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime. entitled HARLEQUIN AND KING PEPIN ; or, VALENTINE AND ORSON. Harlequin, Mr. Howell; Colum bine, Mis , Carson; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway; Pantaloon, Mr. Blanchard. Dress Boxes 70., 'Second Price 3s. &L ; Upper Circles of Boxes 55., Second Price 35.; Pit 3s , Second Pnce :N.; Middle Gallery is., SscJild Price Is.; Upper Gallery is., Second Price 6d. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. M. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS ___........ ____ PHIS EVENING, THURSDAY, Feb. 15, thin, will be no Per. fosznanee, the Theatre having been let previous to M. Jullieu's occupation._ _ . _ ID-MORROW EVENING, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16. Sinfonia, Pastorale, the Andante and Storm Movements—Beethoven. Solo, Cornet-a-pistons Herr Koenig. New Quadrille, The Irish Echoes—Jullien. I he English Quadrille—Jullien. The Deatruction of I'6mi:ell—Mich Albert. Doors Open at Halt-past Seven, commence at Eight o'Clock. Promenade, Is , Upper Boxes, Is.; Dress Circle,:2s-Bd. ; Private Boxes, I/. Is. Tickets to be obtained at the Bor.-ottice of the Tneatre; of Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street; Mr. Andrews, New Bond-street ; Mr. Sams, St. James's-street; and M. Jullien's Office, 9, Maddox-street, Bond-street. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mu. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LESSER RE-ENGAGEMENT OF MR. JOHN PARRY. THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 15, Will be repeated the Comedy of TI-IE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Sir Johu Falstaff; Mr. `Jtrickland• Master Slender, Mr. C. Mathews; Mr. Ford, Mr. Stuart; Mr. Page, Mr. Howe; Fenton, Mr. Caulfield; Sir Hugh Evaus, Mr. Webster; Mrs. Page, Madame Vestris ; Mrs. Ford, Mrs. Ni,bett; Mrs, Quickly, Mrs. Wove ; Anne Page, Miss Mattley, After the Drama, Mr. JOHN PARRY will sing "The Old Bachelor." To conclude with a New Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE FAIR ONE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS! King Lachrymose, Mr. J. Bland; Prince Graceful, Miss P. Horton ; Queen Lucidora, Miss Julia Bennett. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, ss. - Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, 25.; Upper Gallery, Is. Ilalf.price-;Boxes,_3sl ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, Doors opened at Half-past Six, and the Performance commence at Seven. 'rickets and Places to be had of Mr I. T. Archer, at the Box— office, from Ten till Five. - PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADI)OX. THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 13, Will be performed I.UCREZ IA BORGIA. /on Alphonse, Mr. Burdini ; Gennarro, Mr. Allen ; Mane Orsini, Mrs. H. P. Grattan ; Githetta, Mr Walton ; latcrezia Borgia, Madame Eugenia Garcia. After which. THE MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE, in which Mr. and Mrs. Keeley and ill'. Walter Lacy will perform. To be followel by a New Farce, called BOUNCE; or, The Ojibbeway Indians. To conclude w,th TWICE KILLED. Mr. Euclid Facile, Mr. Keeley; Fanny Pep. er, Mrs. Keeley. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 15, Will be repeated, by permissido of Charles Dickens, Esq. ' THE CHRISTMAS CAROL . Principal Characters—Messrs. 0. Smith, Wright, Lyon, Maynard, kormaii, Miss Woolgar. Mrs. F. Ma hews, Miss Chaplin, and miss Lee. After which, the Tragedy of RICHARD THE THIBD. Rl chard, Mr. Wright ;Laity Anne, Miss E. Stanley. To conclude with THE WRECK ASHORE. Principal Cha roctsrs —Mrs. Yates, Miss Woolgar, Messrs. Lyon, 0. Smith, and Wright. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Under the Management of Mr. Ratty, Proprietor. Tills EVENING, FEBRUARY Will be patformed the Grand National Spectacle of THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. Napoleon Buonaparte, Mr. Gomersal, his sal- gloat character New Scenes in the Circle, and Unequallel Feats of Horsemanship. To conclude with THE HORSE BANDITTI OF BAGDAD. Acting and Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadtoot. Stalls. Ss. ; Boxts. Is.; Upper Boxes, as.; Pit, :is. ; Gallery, Is.; Upper Gallery, rd. Box-office open daily from Ten till Four. Stage Boxes, One Guinea ; Half-price to Ditto, Hall-a-Guinea. Private Boxes, Two G ifficas; Half-price to Ditto, One Guinea. Half-price. Half-past E•iht. OATH/OE I S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Enormous hit of " Stella Rittersdorr—more crowded than ever— Increased attraction of the best Pantomime in London, overflow. ing with tun. THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 15, Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled STELLA HITTERS. DORF. Supi:otted by Messrs. Saville, Hughes, Hicks, R. Homier, Neville, Vale, Smith, Johnson, Lewis, eslop, Mrs. R. Honner, Mrs. Daly. Mrs. Hughes, Mist Terrey, and Mrs. H. Vining. - After which, A CHRISTMAS CAROL, by "Boa," with splendid Appointments. To conclude with an entirely new Grand Comic Pantomime, with Splendid §cenety, Superb Dresses, Inimitable Properties and Tricks, every thing new and of the most costly description, HARLEQUIN t4't AM MAR, or, Lindley Murray,and AEI 0 U. Harlequin, Mr. W. H. Harvey ; Grotesque, Mr. Stilt. Clown, Mr. Fuller • Panta loo:r. Mr. illaw6ins ; Columbines (alternately) Miss M . Fair. brother and Miss Sharpe. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box o lice, from Eleven to Four. TILE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, FEB. 15. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 35; Highest," 38; Noon, 45. BAROMETER, 30. 77 W1ND, S.W. NoTE.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. MGR WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TUIS DAY.. Morning .. 39 minutes after 11 I Evening .. 0 minutes after 0. -:3 . • ~) .), . , . . ..._?e. - - ...• .0 .u. • .4 4 ~ - . i , 'N.* . A ... . , . ...:,- _ __. J\ . ~.,___ ‘..,- , K , . 4 , 4 -, 1 --- J. , ._.. -.., --, -,- .--, 4s- A, ..„_..„,, ..,. ~ ,- f riliiro,, ' . . • • , t ,r. ..- ~,,.„,.... . 11 1(01/ 'N., , 2,,, , 10 11 ,L . . 1 k; U '.".:. v..' '".... • r. 4 .... ...-- ' IN SECOND EDITION.. 4 iOSIT# Mt LONDON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1844 The Lords did not sit last evening. In the Commons Mr. BRUGES took his seat for the borough of Devizes. Mr. FERRAND made another exhibition last even ing which surpasses all his former feats. He stated that Lord DENMAN, in a case which came before him relative to the separation of mother and *child, had delivered a judgment, which was he unanimous opinion of the Court, that there were some cases in which it was necessary to break in upon an Act of Parliament, and he quoted, in confirmation of his original statemeni, reports in four morning papers. Lord DENMAN, we are ready to admit, assumes very high ground with regard to the jurisdiction of the Court in which he presides; but, if he said this or any thing like it—if he-said that a Court of Justice could break iai upon the law of the land, he ought at once to be put into Bedlam, with Mr. FERRAND for his com panion. Sir J. GRAHAM, in answer to this strange assertion, said he could assure the House, from the highest authority, that Lord DENMAN not only did not make use of such an expression, but exactly the converse of what had been imputed to him. Mr. FERRAND did trot reply. The Small Debts Bill and the Superior Courts of Common Law Bill were read a second time. Mr. STUART WORTLEY moved the second reading of the Horse. racing Penalties Repeal Bill, which might be more properly entitled the Betting Penal ties Repeal Bill. He showed the necessity for the Bill, and related some anecdotes on betting which rimy be interesting to- gamblers. Mr. M. Ginsox opposed the motion. The law which had been said to be obsolete, or which had not been acted on for fifty years, had actually been car ried-into effect against a person of the name of BortD, and he had been ruined by a conviction. But when it touched the higher classes then the cry was raised, and a Bill was brought in t o s t op the actt'on that Bill had been sanction e d b y the Episcopal and that Bench. No Bill of Indemnity h a d been brought in for BOND—no statute bad been passed to prevent the rich itom setting.a bad example to the poor. He concluded by moving for a Select Committee to examine into the existing statutes against gambling of every kind, Lord J. MANNERS and Colonel PEEL supported the Bill, Mr. VERNON SMITII and Mr. Hums opposed it ; and on a division there were for the second reading 112, and against it 25. The Bill was then ordered :to be committed on Wednesday next. In answer to a question from Lord JOHN RUSSELL Sir jAMES . GRAHAM said it was the intention of the Government to give precedence to the adjourned de bate on the Irish question. Lord 'avow; then re- , sawed the adjourned debate, and supported the motion of Lord JOHN RUSSELL. Mr. B. COCHRANE agreed with many of the re marks made by Lord JOHN RUSSELL, and considered that they should legislate for Ireland, not only on just and wise principles, but generously. Lord CLEMENTS followed, and supported the 'no tion. After speeches from Mr. YOUNG, Sir GEORGE GREY, and Lord ELIOT, the debate was again adjourned. A motion made by Mr. FERRAND relative to the Poor-law Commission was negatived, and the House adjourned at Half-past Twelve o'clock. Another of the great weekly meetings of the Anti- Corn-law League will be held this evening, at Covent-garden Theatre. We are glad to find this powerful national confederacy thus resolutely bent on persevering in its strenuous and wholesome course of agitation, and opposing to the monopolists—with the time-serving Premier at their head—a front of stern and bold defiance. The Leaguers owe it to them selves, not less than to the vast mass of their fellow countrymen, who have honopred them with their con fidence, to persist at all hazards in agitating the momentous question of free trade ; to abate one jot of their determination—to exhibit, but for a single instant, the slightest symptom of despondency—would just now be death to all their hopes, and arm the monopolists with tenfold power. It may be imagined by some timid but well-intentioned persons that Sir ROBERT PEEL'S late declaration in Parliament has inflicted " a heavy blow and great discouragement" on the cause of free trade ; in reality, however, it has done no such thing, but has supplied the advocates of that cause—by rousing the energies which a too great confidence of success might have lulled into a partial lethargy—with just the sort of brisk stimulus that is necessary to carry them triumphantly forward. They must now see that the time for parley—the time for trusting in the favourable dis position of Sir R. PEEL-is for ever past ; and that nothing can henceforth serve their turn, or bring eventual victory to their banner, but a fierce, sys tematic, continuous, sleepless, and unwearying course of agitation. The Leaguers must strictly fol low the advice given some years since to the friends of Catholic Relief--they must " agi tate—agitate--agitate !" This must be their first—this their second—this their third prin ciple of action. And in this spirit they will act, and the result cannot fail to be a decided triumph. For let no man dream for an instant, that because the Premier has declared himself this session against free trade, he will of necessity repeat the same declara tion next session. You may as well expect that an April wind shall blow for a month together from the same point of the compass, as that our fickle, fluctuating Minister will abide by a past de claration—no matter how unqualified its tone — when he finds it essential to his interest to throw it overboard. He will be governed, as he always has been throughout his not, very brilliant career, by ex pediency, and by expediency alone. It is lucky for the Leaguers that this is the case, for they have in the Premier's utter disregard of consistency, their best assurance of success. They have only to look sharp after the election branch of their system of agitation, and achieve, as opportunity offers, a few more such solid triumphs as they achieved the other • clay at Durham,Kendal, and London, to compel Sir Ro . BERT PEEL to withdraw his opposition, and come for ward as an advocate for a further alteration in the corn-laws. But this will not be enough. No thing ought -- and we are quite sure that no- thing will— satisfy the League, but a total abolition of this grinding impost. They must "go the whole hog " in agitation, and not rest satisfied with such a small concession as a fixed duty. As the grievance is oppressive, so must .the remedy be com plete and not partial. Meantime, as regards the mo nopolists, these men are just now, we perceive, in a high state of tumultuous exultation. They are effer vescing in all quarters, and think that they have at length got the slippery Premier fast in their eltitches. But they are mistaken ; for, like an eel, he has got a trick of slipping through men's fingers just at the moment when they are most sure of him. As he acted with Catholic Emancipation and the Test Acts, so will he act with the corn-laws. The movements of the League will be the barome- ter by which he will be guided. When he finds them wresting a few more towns and cities from the tenacious grasp of the monopolists, and adding daily to the number and weight of their sub scriptions and their proselytes, that instant he will cry " Peccavi," tip his party the " cold shoulder," and hold out the right hand of fellowship to the triumphant Member for Stockport. The letter of a Correspondent in our Paper on Saturday has befittingly recalled our attention to the important subject of the currency. Our previous article had gone far• to show the miserable folly of en deavouring to effect the transactions of a great com mercial country lace this through a metallic medium, and the terrible injury and injustice to which the mercantile community have been subject through the endeavours to use. it.' Here we have a practical illustration of the . .robbery, for we can designate it by no better name, to which the public are always liable in the use of coin. _ _ _ Without adverting to the peculiar character which coin bears as being expressly the most palpable and efficient instrument of despotism, an instrument which irresponsible power has so often used, first in deluding and then in oppressing the people, we have in the fact stated by our Correspondent a definite and tangible base on which to calculate the loss which the country sustains, in these days of freedom, through the agency of an illusory evil for which no one can be made answerable. The advocates of a metallic currency have invariably laid down its unalterable and intrinsic value as the chief of its merits. But how different the fact really is may be very briefly shown. In all the decisions of moral adjudication it is an invariable principle, that he who causes a wrong should make recompense for the injury he oc casions. Yet, in the case of a metallic currency, put into circulation by the Government, it is a well-known contingency, apprehended and anti cipated before a sovereign is issued from the Mint, that, in the course of years, it must be abraded and reduced in value, and that which is sent forth to the world as of the full worth of 205., is, in every third exemplar, taken back as entitled to be exchanged for only 19s. 61. This may appear a trifling loss; but there is a good old Scotch adage, to the effect, that many small units form a large aggre gate, and this aggregate will be seen to consist of no small amount. Besides the loss from abrasion, the admirers of the metallic system, who pin their faith on the supposition of the permanent and unvarying estimate of a gold price, will be surprised to learn, that since its original issue in the time of JAMES 1., with little difference in its intrinsic worth, our principal gold coin has been altered by authority no less than twelve times in its monetary value, to say nothing of the perplexing and injurious influence of those fluctuations which have been caused by, political events. What these were during the war the greater part of those now living can very well remember. It is, however, of the silent and comparatively un observed robbery perpetrated on the public, *and too often on that portion of the public who are least able to bear it, that we would now speak. The amount of gold coin issued by the Bank of England from January, 1821, to the 15th February, 1833, is stated by Mr. HORSLEY PALMER to have been 38,500,000/. Deducting from this 8,500,0001., supposed to have been exported from the country, the export of which, by-the-bye, cannot have been otherwise than a dead loss, we have just 30,000,000/. left in the hands of the public. We will say nothing of the 5 , 000 , 0 00/. at that time in the vaults of the Bank, because it is reasonable to suppose that some portion, from the hoarding of in dividuals, or from its state of rest in the hands of bankers and others, would remain free from that degree of abrasion to which the other portion of the metallic currency would be subject. Thirty millions of hard sovereigns, then, have been rubbing and jingling together in the hands of the public since they first came forth from the Mint. Now, we give no light advantage to our opponents in supposing that none of this gold is chargeable with any deficiency till three years after the last piece has passed over the counter of the n we will ascertain what loss has been suffered au b ; y but the public on this mass of bullion, and in doing so we quote from one who, whatever may be his judgment, has at least proved himself a zealous partisan f or th e ti n of metal in the transactions of life. The account, however, is official, and we, therefore, use it with the less hesitation, notwithstanding the source through which it has come. The following is the amount of gold coin tendered at the Bank of England, together with the amount ' rejected as light, during the several years specified : Amount tendered. Amount rejected. 1836 £6,427,749 £637,565 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 6 214 439 to June 25 ' ' 2,067,091 We have here a total, tendered at the Bank, during six years and a half, of 59,880,9714 while, during a period of more than twelve years, the amount issued and circulating, in the hands of the public, was only 30,000,0001., showing, even on this presumption, that the coin issued between January, 1821, and February, l 833, was all of full weight, a presumption more favourable than any the Bank or the Government are entitled to; that the whole of the gold currency, or that which was equi valent to the whole, had been tendered to the Bank four times over; four times over had been deliberately exa mined by ,the authorities in Threadneedle-street, who, gradually sifting from the amount 13,403,650/., or about three-eighths of the whole amount, which had been thrown back upon the public (who were thereby being called upon to endure a further loss on that amount), had received the remainder from time to time, not as being of full weight, but as not, at the different times of the receipt of the different portions, being so light as to be unfit for circulation ; or, in other words, as not being suffi ciently deprciated for them to derive the greatest gain by its acceptance. The proportion of light gold to the whole gold cur rency rises rapidly from 10 per cent in 1836 through 13f in 1837, 20 per cent. in 1838, 22 per cent. in 1839,28 per cent. in 1840, 26 6-10 in 1841, to 33 3-10 at the end of June in 1842. We impute no bad principle to the Bank—we be lieve the Bank Directors to be as honest and as honourable men as any in the empire. But we do say that these facts prove one of two things—either that the Bank knowingly issued, from year to year, a large amount of gold coin with the cognisance that it was light, and uttered it at the rate of value in which every sovereign was counted out to the public as of the worth of 205., with the assurance that it would be returned and received at a less worth, and they would, thereby, make a gain of it, and a greater gain according to the length of time at which its receipt was deferred; or else a metallic currency is subject to so rapid a depreciation, that an inevitable and great loss must be annually sustained by the public. We believe the latter to be the case. We believe that the Bank, unwilling to inflict a loss, and unwilling to bear it, kept the coinage afloat as long as it ' could, and ultimately received it at a loss to the com munity. At the end of June light gold was received in Threadneedle-stieet at the minimum Mint rate of 31. 17s. 104 d. per ounce, and by the end of 1843 the amount so received was estimated at more than 10,000,0001., or one-third of the original issue. This was the final loss, but how great a loss had been borne by individuals previously, who can tell ? We have, however, facts to guide us. By all the laws of proportion in the estimate of fluctuating sub jects, we have a right to take the average ; and during the whole of the period, from 1836 to the end of 1843, nearly one-fourth of the whole gold circulation was of light weight; and, consequently, of depre ciated value. We find that during the actual trans actions of commercial life, the loss is about 21 per cent. Now, without overburdening our readers with a multitude of figures, we may allow the loss not ascertained, but which must be incurred by individuals whose grievance is never known, such as that of the artisan, the labourer, and the little trader, to go against the loss saved by the yearly amount of gold abstracted from circulation, and replaced by pieces of full weight. We have, then, an annual de ficiency of two-and-a-half per cent. upon 7,500,0001., or about 375,000/.; and if we add to this the loss oc- casioned by the admixture of spurious coin, said to be about 600,0001. a-year, we have an aggregate loss, through the use of a metallic currency, between the beginning of 1836 and the end of 1843, of no less a sum than 7,600,0001. A loss wrung out of the very hearts and sinews of the people—a loss which has, not once only, but again and ,zgaio„, -- pduced the pittariL the poor, and made the hearth which was almost de solate before, look bare indeed ! When will men open their eyes, to see the sophistry of deluding suppositions, and the injustice that may be imposed by the following of groundless notions? We hope our readers, at least, will not put implicit credence in the representation that gold is always safe. We have a few more facts to show that if no loss could be sustained through its use, the mere amount of a gold currency must always be so inadequate for the purposes of trade, that whilst re tained as the main representative of value, though the country may be rich, the people must of necessity be poor. ' From the last print of the "Poor-law Further Amendment Bill," brought in by Sir JAMES GRA HAM and Mr. MANNERS SUTTON, and now before the House of Commons, we observe that the principal points of difference between its proposed enactments and those of the law now in force, regard-4, the ex isting remedy iri bastardy cases of the parish against the putative father, and the remedy for the mother of a bastard against the same father. 2. The regulations of parish apprenticeship, and the future abolition of compulsory apprenticeship. 3. The scale of voting for elections of guardians. 4. Regulations as to claims of owners, and as to proxy-votes at such elec tions. 5. Miscellaneous provisions. 6. Miscellaneous powers of guardians. 7. Burial of paupers. 8. District pauper schools, and asylums for occasional poor in London and other large towns. 9. Parishes under Local Acts. We have, in a recent article, expressed our views upon the general_ effect of the first set of these clauses, and remain of opinion that their general effect (of which we highly approve), will be in danger of being neutralised by the proviso, that the application of the mother for a warrant against the putative father " shall be heard and determined within the space of forty days from the service of the original warrant." This is to allow the poor woman no sufficient time, in many cases, to leave her room with safety, in order to make her appliCation before the justices. The limit must be extended. The power which is given, by clause 11 (as it is at present numbered in the Bill) to the Poor-law Commissioners, by order, under their hand and seal, to direct what trades or businesses poor children may be apprenticed to, does not ap pear to us an unreasonable one. From the union, or the parochial poor-house, in which they have been brought up, it is to be supposed that the parties best qualified to speak to their capacity or turn, will have, from time to time, reported their ,observations in a form sufficiently conclusive to enable the Commissioners to form a correct judgment, and one therefore most advantageous to the children so about to be placed out. In the next place, the scale of voting seems to be judiciously altered, both as to rate-payers and as to owners. Instead of two tables, as formerly, the one for the latter, the other for the former class, it is proposed henceforth to sub stitute one table applying to both. Thus, owners and rate-payers, rated upon a rateable value of lts3 than 501. each, shall be each entitled to one vote ; of 501., and less than 1001., to two votes ; of 1001., and less than 1501., to three votes ; of 1501., and less than 2001., to four votes ; of 200/., and less than 2501. five votes ;of 2501., and upwards, six votes. N o owner of property is to vote, either in person or by proxy, until fourteen days after he shall have given to the overseers that statement of the property in respect of which he so claims to vote, which was required under the 4th and sth WILLIAM IV., c. 76 ; and no person (unless he be a bailiff, steward, land agent, or collector of rents) to vote as proxy for more than four owners of pro perty in any one parish ; no proxy to endure, or remain in force, more than two years from the making thereof. Clause 25 is an important, and may prove, we think, in' working, a highly beneficial one. It authorises the guardians of any parish or union constituted by the Poor-law Commissioneri to apply all money raised or borrowed for the purpose of de fraying the expenses of emigration, subject to the conditions and restrictions of the Act of GEO. IV., C. 48. The 27th clause is calculated to meet the complaints, and assuage the feelings in which those TFIE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUAIRY 18 1 3A44 complaints originated, which have been occasioned by the existing enactments and practice as to the " burial of paupers." The guardians are now to be empowered to " bury the body of any poor person which may be within their parish or union, such person having died without effects of sufficient value for defraying the expenses of his burial ; and to charge the same to any parish, under their control, to which such pauper was chargeable." All paupers are to be buried in church-yards ; and the burial fees to be paid out of the poor-rates: Clauses 34 to 50, are devoted entirely to the formation, system, manage ment, and mode of defraying expenses of district pauper schools, and asylums for occasional poor in London and other large towns (Liverpool, Manches ter, Bristol, Leeds, and Birmingham are named in the Schedule annexed to the Bill). The 57th clause provides, that Commissioners may direct guardians under Local Acts to conduct their proceedings, in like manner, as guardians appointed under 4 and 5 Wm. IV. c. 76. Parishes under Local Acts, with a population exceeding 20,000, not to be united without the consent of guardians. These guardians may act as a board, elect a chair man, and hold their meetings as set out by 4 and 5 Wss. IV. These are the principal features of this important Bill ; and it may be reasonably anticipated that they will occasion much discussion in their pro gress through Committee. The latest accounts from Lisbon bring us the intel ligence of a new and, apparently, a formidable insur rection in the metropolis of Portugal. The 4th Re giment of H.M.F. MAJESTY'S Dragoons, quartered at Torres Novas, about fifty miles from that city, com menced the revolt, shouting for "the QUEEN and the Charter!" "Down with the Ministry!" At present, the movement seems to be confined to the military, with whom it originated; for there is nothing in the letters hitherto received to prove that the popular feel ing had, at the date of their dispatch, in any degree responded to it. In the capital itself the affair seems to have excited ,no _ other sentiment but reproba tion. The Chambers, too, by the vote of large majo rities, have suspended the Constitutional guarantees of the Charter, throughout the kingdom, thus virtu ally establiShing military law; the publication of the journals, with one single exception in favour of El Diario, the official organ, has been discontinued by order; and the existing Government has been vested with very extensive discretionary powers to meet the pending emergency, besides being empowered to raise 2,000 contos of milreis (about 450,0001.) by way of loan. With regard to the strength and character of this outbreak the accounts are somewhat contradictory. Some speak of a handful of dragoons, and a few civi lians only, having yet declared themselves in connec tion with it. At Santarem, on the 6th instant, PINA, the Commandant of the 4th Dragoons, had presented himself with 26 horse and four officers, having, on the preceding day, passed to the south of the Tagus. At Thomas, on the night of the sth, ar rived VASCONCELLOS, with 60 mounted insurgents of Torres Novas under his command, and accompa nied by ESTEVACIe and 'some civilians, and next day the whole marched in the direction of Fundao. Other accounts describe the affair as an organised.conspi racy, intended to produce a general rising through out the whole kingdom of Portugal. Four of the most active among the Lisbon Septembrists had been arrested, and were imprisoned on board a Por tuguese frigate in the Tagus. Three principal officers of the 3d Caadores (rifles) had been 'imprisoned - in the Castle of St. George. All the QuEEN's troops in Lisbon had been under arms for three days, and other soldiery swarmed in every quarter of the city. The sittings of the Cortes were continued in permanence. The Duke of PALMELLA had spoken very energetically in the Chamber of Peers, in favour of the extraordinary measures to be adopted for repressing the danger, and had been supported by the warmest leaders of the Opposition. In the Chamber of Deputies the same measures were carried with equal promptitude. Upon a review of all the facts with which we have yet been made acquainted, the movement does, bow ever, assume a very formidable character, as the fol lowing incidents, among others, will lead our readers toinfer:— Although the celebrated Septembrist, the im practicable enemy of English connexion in general, and the fierce opponent of Lord PALMERSTON in par ticular 7 DA BANDEIRA—is not compromised on .his occasion, most of the leaders of his powerful party are. Orders have been issued for the arrest of the Baron DE FOSCOA, MENDES LEITH, ANTONIO R. SAMPAYO, J. A. DO N. MORA ES M ANTAS , an d A. C. XAVIER DE QuAnßos.. Again, it seems cer t a i n t h a t th e three officers of the 2 d rifles, imprisoned in th e cas tl e , were strongSeptembrist partisa ns . B u t b y f ar t h e most impo r tant arrest which h a d b een or d ere d was that of the Count Bommt, better known in this country as. General VALDEZ, an illustrious Portu guese officer, and one of the most distinguished and disinterested chiefs in the confidence of Dom:PEDao, who finally achieved the establishment of the Qu een MARIA 11. on her throne. He for so me ti me h e ld t h e portfolio of Foreign Affairs ; and the organisation a n d moraleced of 11. M. F. MAJEST Y ' S army were greatly ad vanimproved by his vigou r and ability. He had previously served with- the British forces in Portugal and Spain, and in that, as well as his subsequent ser vice in the Liberating army, had conducted himself with signal courage and devotion, having in vari ous of Dom MiGuzl., his est a t es were con fiscated beenand d desperately wou n d e d . Dur i ng the usurpation hi s property d es t royed. After the re as to d r ati favour n w ith his Sovereign, , he enjoyed in office the highe s t con fid ence n the gener a l respect, of his countrymen ; and he was in constant:communication with some of the high est military and civil authorities of Great Britain. We have, therefore, read with some surprise and extreme solicitude the following statement, which we transfer from the correspondence of the Times:— _ - - " The persons for whose arrest orders have been issued have thus far contrived to elude pursuit. Of all these, the most important, influential, and dangerous is Count Bomfim, who obtained permission a few day's ago in the Chamber of Peers to proceed to Elves, where he usually residei, and where he possesses considerable power. No doubt is entertained that his object is to make a revolt there ; and as Elvas is a large gar rison town, and Count Bomfim is rather celebrated as a military commander, it is dreaded that he may influence the garrison to pronounce against the Government, and this seems a most formidable nucleus of revolt. To anticipate this, if possible, orders were forwarded by telegraph to the civil Governor at Elvas to place him under arrest the moment he made his appearance in the town. But intelligence has just this moment reached us that the Count had reached Elvas the day before the order for his arrest was forwarded by the telegraph, and left it again. We have no further ac count of his movements, but these are decidedly hostile; and incendiary proclamations have been issued by both him and the two military Septembrist Deputies, Cesar de Vascon cellos and Jose Estevao, who are at the head of the insurgents of Torres Novas, in which they call themselves The Pen insular Airily,' and appear anxious to secure assistance from the disaffected in Spain, by reviving the old project of the ' Iberian Republic,' to comprise both Spain and Portugal in one commonwealth. The latter is the most formidable fea ture of the movement." We await with extreme anxiety the arrival of further and more detailed intelligence from the scene of these troubles. It will be mournful, indeed, if the march of Portugal towards political and moral ame lioration, in which she has already pushed so far in advance of her prouder and more powerful neighbour, Spain, shouls be seriously retarded by political move ments that shall really propose any objects to which the welfare of her people and the progress of her in stitutions are to be but subsidiary Military despotism is now the order of the day in Spain, and NanveEz—or, in the words of a French journalist, a "sabre "—rules the destinies of the coun try. On the 7th an ordonnance was issued by P E , NAFLORIDA, the Minister of the Interior, which places the forty-nine provinces under martial-law, and con sequently suspends, we should rather say abrogates, the power of the civil authorities. The first para graph of the ordonnance, which is published in the shape of a circular to the political chiefs, orders each of them to take the necessary steps to place himself in accord with the military authority of this province, to declare it in estado exceptional whilst the rebellions of Carthagena and Alicant continue. The second decrees that all persons who take part, di rectly or indirectly, shall be tried by martial-law; and the last announces that the military autho rity shall prevail over all others. Were it not for the suffering inflicted upon the innocent inhabitants, and the horrible ' butcheries similar to those first sanctioned by the Durango decree, which have already commenced, we should feel little pity for that distracted country. Under ESPAUTERO they had full constitutional liberty ; war had ceased, trade and commerce, together with public credit, were re viving; yet, like madmen the military and the civil authorities, too, rose against his wise and mild govern ment, and chased him from the country. Under some former rulers they were " scourged with whips"— under NARVAEZ they are " scourged with scorpions." The following horrible announcement, made by a Correspondent, fully bears out the fact :—The butchery and reaction, says he, decreed by the Minister of War has begun. General RONCALI has shot twenty "suspected conspirators" in Valencia; and Colonel Rutz, who led the insurgent column from Carthagena to Murcia, has shot still more of his Moderado prisoners by way of reprisal. BONET, in Alicant, who (as we learned by the Go vernment papers) was at first so considerate as to allow two officers of rank of the regiment of Valen cia, who did not like to join his party, to go freely forth and return to Valencia, has now returned to his old tiger-like ways, and has commenced by shooting the messenger who brought him a threatening sum mons to surrender from General RONCALI. He threatens in return to shoot ten for every one put to death by the partisans of the Camarilla, just as he did in the civil war after his desertion of CABRERA, and when he vied with him in acts of wholesale slaughter. It is known that on one occasion where CABRERA shot seven prisoners of his troop, he retaliated by shooting 70 Carlist prisoners. CABRERA there upon slaughtered 140 of his Christino captives after a feast, within sight of the walls of Valencia ; and there the butchery was stayed, BONET having no more prisoners to murder. This is the fiendish spirit which NARVABZ and MAZARREDO have recalled to life and activity, fur the disgrace of Spain and the 19th century. The Madrid journals, with the exception of those in the interest of the Government, are suppressed or discontinued by their proprietors. The editor of the Tarantula had been arrested ; and the others, in order to avoid the same fate, had stopped the publication of their papers. Preparations were in progress for for tifying Madrid, which would forthwith be declared in a state of siege; and military commissions were to be established in all the provincial towns. So much for the blessings conferred on the country by Madame MuNoz, and her Captain-General NARVAEZ. Disturbances had again commenced in that hot-bed of rebellion—Barcelona. On the sth inst., the military authorities, having been in formed that the sergeants of the different corps had received money to bribe the troops, ordered several of the under officers to be arrested. A Council of War was immediately formed, which is now to sit con tinually in the citadel. Three officers have been do graded, and condemned to the galleys for ten years ; and a sergeant-major was condemned to be shot. The execution took place on the glacis of the citadel, and in presence of all the troops in the garrison. Several of the inhabitants of the city have also been arrested, and among others, two shopkeepers, who are accused of having given the sergeants 1,000 piastres to bribe the troops. The disarmament of the National Guards had been effected at Logrono, Santander, Grenada, Soria, Guadalajara, Getafe, Alcala, and many other places. The Three per Cents. were done at 271 at 60 days ; and the Five per Cents. at 19i at 60 days. On Tuesday the French Government received the following intelligence from Madrid:— " TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCH. " MADRID, FEB. 8. " A column of rebels from Alicant, under the com mand of the Chief of the insurrection, BONET, was encountered near Ede, on the sth, by the Captain- General of Murcia, and put to flight. Two hundred prisoners were taken. They abandoned their mus ketry and two pieces of artillery. " Madrid is tranquil. The accounts from the pro vinces are favourable. The disarming of the National Militia is effected every where without resistance." The Paris journals are almost entirely filled with the reports of the discussions in the Committees on M. REMusAT's motieO for excluding placemen from the Chamber of Deputies. M. GUIZOT is resolved to resist it to the last, and there is little doubt that he will be successful. On Monday the question was fairly tried in the Committees, when the Government had a majority of 24, and their supporters reckon on a majority of from 30 to 40, when the question comes on for public discussion in the Chamber. Among other questions of interest which came before these Committees, was the Bill on Secondary Instruction. "The debate," says theConstitutionnel, "w as very ani mated. The principle of the authority' and action of the State, it is said, has prevailed, and the paragraph relating to the houses of education for young men destined for the priesthood was very seriously opposed, it being deemed an exorbitant privilege, not granted even by the Government of the Restoration. A very general desire was expressed to have the Bill voted during the present session, in order, if possible, to put an end to the dissensions actually existing, and which, if allowed to continue, could only gain strength from the violent conduct. of the false friends of the clergy." The Committee afterwards authorise) the reading of the following resolution, proposed by Colonel de BRICQUEVILLE :-" The ashes of General BERTRAND shall be laid beside the ashes of NAPOLEON." It is generally believed, however, that agreeably to a dying request, his remains will be interred at Cha tareaux, his native place. The French Funds on Tuesday considerably im proved, the Three per Cents. closing at 82f. 20c., and the Fives at 125 f. 55c. THE BOURSE—TUESDAY, FEB. 13. First Higkest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents. 125 35 .. 125 55 .. 125 35 .. 125 55 Four per Cents. • . 106 25 .. 106 50 .• 106 25 .. 106 50 Three per Cents 82 15 .. 82 25 .. 82 15 .. 82 20 Bank of France. 3277 50 • • 3277 50 ..3275 ..3275 Lattitte Bank, I,ooof. Shareslllo • • 1110 • • 1110 • • 1110 5,000 f. Sharesso7o ..5070 ..5070 ..5070 675 .• 675 • • 675 .. G 75 1071 • • 1071 .. 1071 • • 107/ 1840 .... •••. • 1091 • • 1091 .. 1094 • . 1091 1842 Dutch Two-and-a-Half ..... 551 • • 55/ .. 551 • . 551 Spanish Active • Passive ....• •••.• .• 51 .• 5¢ .. 51 .. 5¢ Old Deferred Portuguese Five per Cents— 47 • • 47 .. 47 • • 47 Neapolitan lO6 •• 106 •• 106 .. 106 Homan Belgian Bank ..• • • Belgian Fives RAILWAY SHARES. Versailles, R.B 355 • • 355 .. 355 . • 355 L. 8....... •••• 185 .. 185 .. 175 .. 177 50 Rouen 835 .. 837 50 .. 835 .. 837 50 Rouen to Havre.... ...... •• 677 50 .. 677 50 .- 670 •• 670 Orleans •• •• ••.•• •••• ..... 852 50 .. 852 50 .- 852 50 .. 852 50 Strasburg to 8a1e,......... 253 75 .. 253 75 .. 250 • • 250 Mulhausen to Thanu....... 375 • . 375 • • 375 .. 375 Montpellier to Cette ........ 495 .. 495 .. 495 .. 495 Avignon to Marseilles...... 757 50 .. 762 50 .. 757 50 .. 762 50 RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT. Versailles, R. 8.... ..... 353 75 .. 353 75 .. 353 75 353 75 L.B. lB5 .. 186 25 .. 175 •• 177 50 Rouen • • ••••••• • • • • • • • 835 .. 837 50 .. 835 • • 83.5 Rouen to llavre. Orleans . Strasburg to ..... 253 75 .• • 253 75 .. 248 75 • • 250 Avignon to Marseilles•• •• .. 767 50 .. 767 50 .. 755 • • 765 THE DUKE OP WELLINGTON.—We very much regret to announce t7iat the Duke of Wellington, last evening about six o'clock, had another attack of the disorder under which he has so long laboured. Upon his arrival at Apsley House, he was observed to fall down upon the neck of his horse. Two gentlemen passing ran to his assistance, and he was conveyed in their arras into Apsley House. The Noble Duke was in a state of total unconsciousness ; but we hope that the attack may be only temporary, and that he may be able to take part in the adjourned debate in the House of -Lords. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, FEB. 15.—Light south-westerly breeze and cloudy. OFF DOVER ' FEB. 14.—Robert Fins, Pryor, St. Domi ngo , for Hamburgh. PENZANCE, FEB. 11.—Arrd. Ellen Mary, London, for Port Madoe, with lost of topmasts, &c., having been in con tact with a vessel off the Land's End. STocKToN, FEB. 13.—A vessel, supposed to be the Ocean Queen of Ipswich, went on the North Gair yesterday, but was got off to-day, without much damage. YARMOUTH, FEB. 13.—The brig which was in contact with the Centenary, of South Shields, off the coast of Dur ham, was not the Robert and Ann, as reported, but the Bri tannia of Newcastle. SOUTHAMPTON, FEB. 14.—Arrd. Montrose (steamer), Gibraltar. FALMOUTH, FEB. 14.—Wind, W.S.W., moderate.—Arrd. Express packet, Rio ; sld. Dec. 24, on freight about 30,000/. in gold, silver and diamonds. BRISTOL, FEB. 13.—S1d. Suffolk, Boston. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 15.—Arrd. Imamara, Ceara; Charles, Gilbert and Xarifa, St. Croix, St. Domingo ; Superb, Gat chett, Mobile. Sld. 14th, Vindicator, Manilla; Mastery, Rio; Eliza Ann, Bahia: Thomas, Demerara; Elizabeth Wood, Barbadoes ; Serafin, Havannah ; Amoy, Savannah ; Helen Thompson, New York. A largo steamer under can vass only, with black Dull, white quarter boats and white life-boats inverted over the paddle-wheels was passed 9th ult. in lat. 24, lon. 84, apparently steering for Hav anna h, b y the Superb, Gatchell, arrived here. WHITBY, FEB. 14.—The Rival, of Lynn (coal laden) ran on Whitly Rock this morning, but came off in the flood ap parently without damage. YARMOUTH, FEB. 14.—The Lord Douglas, Small, of Dun dee, from Rotterdam to yith, got upon the Scroby this morning, but has been assisted off without discharging. The Energy, from Chatham to Hartlepool, which put in ken 26th inst., with loss of mainmast-444? 4g: i 1443 sailed this morning. WELLN, FEB. 14.—The Jean and Mary, Walker, of Wis. beach for London, is ashore in the outer sand, but is expected off next tide without damage. Conic, FEB. 12.—Sid. New Cite of Cork BarhOpeq SUMMARY OF NEWS AND 1310.0 tr Optition. " Who runs may rend." POILEXGN. The accounts from Spain are frightful. Butcheries, like hose committed by Don Carlos and Cabrera, have com- menced at Murcia and Alicant, and martial law has been proclaimed in every province. Details respecting these painful events, as well as the revolt of several regiments in Portugal are given in another place. - " Paris and its suburbs," says the Reforme, " are at pre sent guarded by the Ist, 11th, 13th, 23rd, 24th, 40th, 47th, 50th, 62nd, 69th, 70th, 71st, and 74th Infantry regiments of the ine ; 2nd, sth, 10th, 16th, 17th, and 23rd regiments of Light Infantry ; two battalions of African Chasseurs ; six companies of Engineers; 9th Cuirassiers, sth Dragoons, 4th and Bth Lancers, 3rd and 4th Hussars; four companies of veterans, 4,000 gendarmes and municipal 'guards, presenting an effective force more considerable than that of Napoleon when he conquered Italy. But independent of this force, " • . _ there is an arnay of reserve, amounting to 30,000 men, quar tered at Fontainebleau, Melun, Meaux, Beauvais, Eureux, Rainbouillet, Orleans, and Rouen. So that the capital of the civilized world is garrisoned by a force of 100,000 men." The Prince de &Anville, says the Toulonnais of the 12th, will, on his arrival here, embark in the Minerva frigate, and that she will proceed to Twirls with some other vessels of war, to offer the Bey of that regency the mediation of France, for the friendly arrangement of the difference with the Cowin of Turin. The Reunion Agricole (Agricultural A.ssociation), of which not less than eighty deputies are members, has just decided that there shall be a general meeting of agriculturists in Paris during the approaching summer, to discuss the means of re lieving that body of the burdens of which they complain, and giving a new impetus to agriculture. The Bureaux of the Chamber of Deputies have completed the appointment of the Committee on the Budgets. There are eighteen members, of whom thirteen belong to the Con servative party. Baron Pasquier, President of the Chamber of Peers, has been pronounced convalescent. The five commercial delegates, who form part of the mis sion to China, and five missionaries„have left Paris for Brest, to embark in the Archimede steamer. The Garonna on the 11th, and its branches had so over flowed the surrounding country, that all the steamers had ceased to run, and the diligences on the lower roads arrived one or two days later than under ordinary circumstances. Near Toulouse also a great part of the country is under water. The new line of packets between Marseilles and Egypt is to commence on the 4th of next month, and one steamer is to leave each month. The passengers' fares and other charges are to be the same as those of the LeVant packets. The Cologne Gazette states that letters have been received from St. Petersburgh, announcing .a great victory against the Circassians, but that there is reason to believe from other accounts that the success of the Russians consisted only in taking two villages, and that not without sustaining a con siderable loss of men. LAW AND POLICE. A woman, about 30y ears of age, named Charlotte Collins, was charged at Bow-street with an extensive system of swindling upon the shopkeepers. ,The case seemed to create a great sensation, the Court being. crowded to excess with highly respectable linendrapers, silk-mercers, haberdashers, &c., who had suffered by her artful conduct. Shetad been examined at Marlborough-street upon one charge, but it not being sufficiently strong she was discharged, and ordered to be conveyed to this Court, for a charge in this dis trict. She was remanded. James Dart, a porter in the service of Mr. Hawkins, a grocer in High-street, Whitechapel, was committed to New gate from Lambeth-street, on a charge of stealing a quantity of tea, the property of his master. Sam. Nash, a baker, 3, Oak-terrace, Notting-hill, was ad mitted to bail at Hammersmith, on a charge of criminal as sault on a young woman named Mary Horn. COURT—PAS* 10F4.331.311. _ . The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland intend to leave Alnwick Castle, about the 20th of next month, for town. The Duke of Rutland has greatly improved in health, not withstanding reports to the contrary. The Noble Duke came to town on Monday from Belvoir Castle, and is about to repair to Brighton for the advantage of the sea air. The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn and family in tend to remain at Baron's Court until the close of the ensuing month, when they are expected at Dudley House, Park-lane, for the season. . _ . The Countess of Jersey and Lady, Clementina Villiers left town yesterday for Badminton, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort. The Noble Eitff remains in town. The Earl of Wilton arrived in GrosVOLor-square on Tuesday evening, from Egerton Lodge, Melton Mowbray, in order to attend the debate in the House of Lords, on the Marquis of Normanby's motion on the state Oflreland. His Lordship is expected to return aftes the debate to Melton, where he will receive a succession of visitors until the close of the hunting season. • The puke and Duchess of Beaufort left town on Tuesday last for Badminton. Early in the next week their Graces will receive a large accession of visitors, amongst whom are expected the Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, Earl and Countess of Wilton, Colonel and Mrs. Anson, several Foreign Ministers and their Ladies, &c. Last evening Lady Broughaiii had a party at her resi dence in Grafton-street. It was - not a,very numerous party, the invitations not exceeding one hundred and fifty. Among those personages of rank present were the French Ambas sidor and Countess de St. Aulaire, Baron Nieumann, Cheva lier Bunsen, Count Kielmansegge, Baron Gersdorf, M. Dedel, Baron Koller, Lord Claud Hamilton, Viscountess Palmer ston, Viscountess Jocelyn, Sir John and Lady Shelley, Lady Charlotte Egerton, Lady William Powlett, Hon.- Miss Eden, Miss Baring, Hon. Spencer Lyttelton; Lady Williams, Count Esterhazy, &c. Lord Stanley gives a soiree on Saturday next. It is to be an early party. Lord Western, who is staying at his mansion in South street, has rallied, and is now able to leave his room. _ Lord and Lady • Prudhoe arrived at 'Whitehall, on Monday last, from a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of West minster, at Eaton-hall, Cheshire. The Earl and Countess of RoSebery and the Ladies Prim rose leave Dalmeny-park, Scotland, about the middle of the next month, for town. MISCELLANEOUS. The Governors of King's College Hospital, on Wednesday held their annual Court, in the Board-room, when Mr. Stephens, the Secretary, read the Report. The total re ceipts, during the year, amounted to 3,6501. ls. 10d. The ex penses were 3,824/. 12s. 4d.. the deficiency of income having been supplied out of the balance from the previous year's account. The number of registered patients was as follows : In-patients, by subscribers' recommendation, 547 ; accidents and admissions, without recommendation, 584; total in patients, 1,131; out-patient, including 201 poor married women attended during confinement, 11,643. Mr. and Mrs. Wood, we are glad to hear, are now suffici ently recovered from their severe indisposition, and will re sume their engagement at the Princess's Theatre, on Monday next, in Norma. _ _ _ A meeting, composed principally of the members of Dr. Halley's Chapel, in Mosley-street, Manchester, was held in the Town-hall on Monday se'nnight. The object of the meeting was to establish day schools for children of both sexes, in connection with Dr. Halley's Chapel, and other in dependent places of worship. At the close of the proceedings, Mr. Grave, the secretary, annomlced that upwards of 4,0001. had been subscribed for the objects which they had assembled to support. Of this munificent amount, Mr. Alderman Ker shaw, the late Mayor of Manchester, had contributed 1,000/., and Messrs. Sidebottom and Armitage 500/. each. Qn Tuesday evening, a meeting was held at Anderton's Hotel, Fleet-street, Mr. Seward in the chair, for the purpose ot completing the formation of an Anti-Corn-law Associa tion, for the ward of Farringdon Without. According to the last accounts from Rio Janeiro, the existing mode of exacting the duties by a certain per centage on all articles alike will be abolished, and instead a classification of articles will be made, and varying rates from 20 to 60 per cent. will be imposed. A few articles, which are easily smuggled, will be subjected to only 5 per cent., with a view to discour age contraband trades, and some manufactures suited for general consumption will remain at 20 per cent. ; but the principal is a very considerable augmentation of duty on the bulk of the merchandise which Brazil receives from England, France, and Germany. QUEEN'S BENCH.--(THIS DAY.) Lord Denman sat at Nisi Prius this morning with a Mid dlesex special jury. The Court was occupied the whole morning with the trial of an ejectment case: EXCHEQUER.- . (THIS DAY). (Before Lord AmmoEn and a Special Jury.) TIIISTLETIIWAYTE V. THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY CON PANT. This action, which it was understood was brought by the plaintiff against the Great Western Railway Company for breach of contract, in not building abridge over the railway that passed through the plaintiff's land, at Westbourne, on being called on was referred to arbritration. KERRY v. COISTNOP. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a widow, car rying on the business of a farrier at Newmarket, against the defendant, a gentleman well known on the race course, and the owner of several race-horses, 'to recover 21/. 1 ls. 6d. for shoeing the defendant's horses while they were stationed at Newmarket, in March 1842. The defence was, that the work was not done for and on defendant's credit, but that the agreement was entered into by one Price, the training groom of the defendant, on his own credit, and not on the credit of the defendant, and also that there was an agreement at that time between Captain Meynell and defendant that defendant should pay all the expenses of the horses of Captain Meynell at the Hippodrome, and that Captain Meynell should pay all expenses of the defendant's horses when at Newmarket. Captain Meynell proved this agree ment, and that if the work had been done he considered he was liable to pay the amount, but had not been called on, In the course of the cause it was stated that in the action brought by Lord George Bentinek , against Mr. Connop to recover his stakes in the Grand Duke Michael Stakes, imme. diately after the judgment of the. Court of Queen's Bench on Saturday in favour of Mr. Connop, he attended at Tat tersall's, and gave notice that he would pay th e amount of his stakes, notwithstanding such judgment. Mr. Martin and Mr. Worledge for the plaintiff; Arr. Erle, and Mr. Worsley for defendant. The retired to conside r th e i r ver di ct, after being absent jury abs ent h u ag p i v n ards of a quarter of an hour, returned into Court, but were requested not to give a verdict, the plaintiff wishing to withdraw a juror . . The defendant immediately consented and a juror was then withdrawn. It was intimated by the • foreman afterwards, they were prepared to return a v er dict f or the plaintiff for the full amount claimed. UNION HALL. ---(THIS DAY.) William Steed and George Jackson were charged with exciting a disturbance in the King of Prussia public-house, John-street, Bermondsey, and the former defendant was fur ther charged with threatening to stab the complainant. It appeared that on the preceding day Steed was held to bail at this Court for assaulting tlie complainant. The same night the defendant went to the , complaipAnt's house, and, although under recognizances, was alleged to have assaulted Mr. Doran, and also threateiiVitto stab him, A good deal of PRlliiiollg'eVitiMee was given; but the MagistrgP said the case was of ;QUA a serious character he should semi it bare aJury, and, for that purpose, would adtodo Steed to enter into his own recognizance of 100/., qua frail two sureties of 501. each to answer the. 03%44 et the sessions. The other defendant was 4may,go. - , TEMPLETON.—This gentlemml is now on a provincial tour, and is winning g0149u opinions from all kinds of persons. lie gave his RtoltilukneW last week, at Liver pool, to crovfcloi.l auci deriglAted a9l:ences, and this week he Te.peAted them at Manchestct with the most complete success: "The tivo* 9 l.4l Ahi i iAvstvr papers speak in the teid4 laudatorytetuvs'9A - Mr. T 01144401 exertions. AIARkET NEWS. -(THIS DAY.) _RAY_PAARXETS. _ _ SMITIIFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2/ lOs to 3/ ; use ful ditto, 31 3s to 3/ lOs ; fine Upland ditto, 3/ 12s to 3l 16s; Clover Hay, 3/ to 5l; Oat Straw, 11 6s to 1/ 8s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 8s to 11 lOs per load. Supply but mo derate, and trade dull. CemBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2/15s to 3/5s ; useful ditto, 3/ 6s to 3/ 13s; fine Upland ditto, 3l 15s to 4/ ; Clover Hay, 315 s to 4/ 15s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 7s to V- 9s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 9s to 1/ Its per load. A short supply ,and sluggish inquiry, at the above quotations. WHITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 3/ ; useful ditto, 3/ 5s to 31 lOs ; fine Upland ditto, 3/ 12s to 3/ 16s ; Clover Hay, 3l 5s to 513 s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 6s to 118th ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ lOs per load. Trade through out heavy, at barely late rates. MEAT MAEXETS. SOUTHALL, FEB. 14.—For prim e b eas t' s and sheep, which. were scanty supply, we had a very steady demand at, In some instances, a trifling advance in prices. All other kinds of stock moved off slowly, at about late rates.. Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s ;' Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; and Pork, 2s 8d to 4s per 81bs, to sink the offal. Supply—Beasts, 38 ; Sheep, 1,812 ; Calves, 49 ; Pigs, 47 * ROMFORD, FEB. 14.—Although the general demand here, to-day, exhibited a slight improvement, no material vans -tion occurred in the quotations :—Beef, from 2s Gd to 45 , ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 8d; Veal, 3a 4d to 4s 6d ; and por i '; 2s 8d to 3s 8d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 28 5 quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 20s ; and Mitch Cows with their small Calf, 161 to 181 15s each. . • LEWES, FEB. 13.—The best old Downs sold freely at an improvement of 2d per 81bs, but otherwise the trade MKT dull.—Beef from 2s 6d to 4s ; Mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 8d; Veal 3s 2d to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 2s 8d to 3s Gd per Blbs. the thor t t hal tin ed 0 44t, Itte4 111 f ort reue,. ei r,ou. ~1~ Aal • GE, Ti def~l i , tittloti f 4 PUrp, 1 4: f ilen, to t) , 't Ai, doe pr; this 1 , Tit *t, L o _RNI-11. t° tr, l thieve b; Aei g dea 'At K eil wit 'he - "e . lea to e ana 3 ked i c Cal low, me tq 'tli • ° ti 3,4 4 4 to th i rac y lt viol 4 1 tF ori Lir , aq Rly 'kw , alter, c Ah ol ' l '''a aiwaY3 . 1 W anes N ti Nt. 4,, 0411 . but b s " 4. S Nei„Yeara. 1 )0 4 at troi r el , riy b y Th e , e 4l itio l ; 4 4 Porl ('4l l !'ver tprot44or, N t 4 4:4F,'Pr s 40 ion 41 ith t‘ t hit k et / 11 4 , 4 htl d ' 41 01;1 4 ,., he% 4 4 t : 11 ' 1 ~ int uit • Gen dv iee ... 44 an d 44 "P at l e cte i ile, re : h 1 .4v4 k,7 1)e th et ic ktRI: be t 'ltat'it l( I.l 4 " Citk , t, 0k 44 11 4 0 4411 .YR' G w-4/Y ~. . CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL OF CORN. For the Week ended Feb AVERAGE rum y 10, 11343, PRICES made up S he from e Rellart „( the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Enfflan* '— Wales. per Imperial Quarter. Wheat..„..... 525. '7d. Oats - Barley 330 I Id. Rye AVER.AGIS OF Till LAST SIX WINKS. Weeks ending' WHEAT. BARLEY.' OATS. I EYE. BEANS. gift: Jan. _6., 49 10 32 '7 18 5 30 8 29 5 3 O, 0 7 50 9 31 0 18 3 33 5 : - .9 8 ~,‘ , 3 - 1 3 51 8 33 7 18 9 31 7 29 6 4 , ‘ , „„ 1 - 52 3 33 8 19 9 32 4 W 6 41. , - 1 30 S 52 6 31 2 18 0 33 10 2. 8 o n 6 ,52 7 33 1 19 1 32 9 29 10 4 , - AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE 81X WEEKS id Is. 7d i Oats 3s. 21 1 Rye ...... DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. Wheat l9a. 00. Oats ....•..•• Bs. Od. Beans ..... ....•- 11 .. Barley 3 I IMPERIAL rtarley ...... MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO 7'IIREE' A fair business was done in Cotton at Liverpool vesterdaY, at steady prices. Speculators took 2,000 bales. 'Total sa 1 1 3 1: 1 6,000 bales, viz. 300 Maranham at 5/d- to 6d, Ld Pernambuco at 60, 300 Surat at aid to 411 d, ' the rest American at 51d to 61d. Shares were rather quieter, but there was no alteration in prices. Eastern Couir ties, Registered, were 12 ; Grand Junction, Half, 114; 1 , : verpool and Manchester, 1091; Birmingham, 2351 -,1 ; - 13ri o „ ton, 431 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 39/; 1'5 63 ,i • Lyons, 2/ to 3 ; Paris and Orleans, 33/ ; South E as tern, 340' Ditto, New, 351 ; Paris and Rouen, 321. The accounts from Brazil to December 24, state that the. Exchange was down to 25d. and 241 d., but that the Gov" 1) ment had made its purchases at 251 d. for 40,000/. Stock vi , 71/ to 72. We hear nothing definitive of the t ar iff negotiatio, r i g but it was generally presumed that they were entirely broe off. Some state that the Government is disposed to act le °r liberally than might be supposed. The Avon steamer ig not now expected, having b ee r, spoken under sail before she reached Havannah. It is Pr',. sumed some accident must have happened to her machi ne ' . There is a packet due from America. The Portuguese insurrection s takes . precedence It° „ i i :. some measure -of the Spanish news, but the 11 - ra unities of both countries suffer. The former t o 44 to 45 for the Converted, and the latter 22i . 0. 23/ for the Actives, and 31i to 321 for the Three per C 2 e il, The half-monthly account in Foreign Stocks is going off ' but money has been in some request. In the English markets prices are steady. The Cornl93 sinners have taken Consols at 971. Bank Stock is worth has to 4, being a slight advance, and India Stock has toacsolica 2771 to 2781. . Consols have been 97/ to 1 for MoneY , but 971 to 1 for Account. India Bonds are 85s. premium? no South thin has been done in Exchequer BillS.g American Stocks look heavy, as regards 3181ci ga ll only, which are 341. Peruvian have touched 28 to 294 1. ne r Brazilian are steady at 791. Dutch Two-and-a- 113 " r . Cents. are '55/ to I. and The Railway Shares are still comparatively inactive, , sto t can be obtained on easier terms. Several, however, are V' ex dividend. ‘. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOa• IFrom the Official List.) Bank Stock IO9N g 8 ii 4 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities 97 l'a p% per Cent. Reduced Annuities New 3% per Cent. Annuities 102.g Long Annuities,-Expire sth Jan. 1960 1 2 ,/ Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan. 1860. India Stock India Bonds,l,ooo_ .... ...:., — Ditto under 1,000 B5 South Sea Stock Ditto New Annuities i t- -,A Consols for Account - 97%g Exchequer Bills, l%d. 13(tl. 1,000/. 5001. Ditto Small • 7O prn• Ditto Advertised .... .69 pirl• if FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOC a.• Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Mexican Bonds, .837, 5 per Cent. Ditto for the Account 34}4 / Peruvian Bonds, U per Cents. 'A Ditto for the Account 2B 2234 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent. - Ditto Converted 44 'it Ditto for the Account Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent Ditto for the Account ?2T g 57. Ditto Deferred Ditto Three per Cent. 32 Ditto for the Account 31'7 92 4 Dutch 23% per Cents. 5 5 1. ~ Dutch .5 per Cents. lB2 • 1 is New Loan 1837, 5 per Cents. ..... PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. -Itsawaxs. PAID. Fax SHADE Birmingham and Derby Ditto Thirds . ..... t° Bristol and Exeter 7O 6u% ...... t° --.. Eastern Counties ...--- Ditto New 25 Ditto Extension l3s. 4d Great North of England 100 to Great Western Ditto 34 Shares .... . . to uw -4%...: :0: 5 Ditto Fifths l2 A. . .... t? 43 London and Brighton 5O .... ..... 42% ...... to .... London and Birmingham Stock . ........ .... ..... t°, ~. • Ditto 1,4 5hare5......... ............ 2 to London and Guildford Junction 5 - London and South Western - 41% ...... tO ..... Ditto Eighths ' - ... t : ........ Newcastle and Darlington Juliet. a ...... t o ......., Northern and Eastern ...... t 99 Morth Midland Paris and Rouen 2O 324 .••••• ... . to South Eastern and Dover 5O 3 1 ..... to •••• Ditto Scrip York and North Midland - • ••• . • ... roe.' a Ditto Scarboro' Branch MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB 14.—W e 08 a dull market to-day, with only a limited busine r l e ' o ties , quotations are :—Bolton and Preston, 30 ; Eastern_. " I „ ° lte aterf 10/ ; Manchester and Leeds, 113 ; Sheffield and min' Quarters, 7 13-16. 014(70 GREAT NORTH OF ENG LAN D R AILW AY - s ay eta —On Tuesday last; the 13th i ns t.; th e h a lf-ye 1 Y %s' meeting of the above Comp an y was h e ld i n the Con 4 ool office, in Darlington;Wilkinson, Esq., t 2 t i o k 5 , 1 ; The Report of the Directors was read to the In e— i; di v "; was received and adopted. The Report recommende pC dead of 1/. 12s. Gd. per share, equal to 3/. ss. Per annum, and being is. 6d. per share more thall half-yearly dividends, leaving a surp ius of I ,e 3 d fig.' s ! carried to the reserve fund. Th e p rocee dings Calleeloo little remarks from the Sha re h o ld ers presen t, but a I n gr atil sit 'g was sent to the Chairman f rom Gl asgow , Ire ll ,'l r iing t ; against the guarante e t o th e N ewcast l e a ud " r A vo• Junction Railway Company bein gven up. of thanks to the Chairman, the me g eting separated. boa bo THE INFANT SAPPIIO.—This wonderful c 01 0 ° lately been singing at Leed s , w h ere h er power• cope s pre has been tested by .Dr. W es l e y an d Mi. Hopkins (lll '.ol b e ; fessor of music r es idi ng i n th a t town. They I* o ly/bic through the most difficult Changes of harmony , she seized with magical rapidity. Should site Josi es powers as she grows up she will be the most penecthe totes' genius that has ever existed. We understand it is r _ r tid e ' tion of her father to withdraw her from the public w . he ret a i n in order to allow her voice rest whilst it is changing o f THE HAGUE, FED. 11.—The section s tb: 34 Second Chamber of the States - General viii be%rtaillor examination of the project of law relative to an e'‘ittreolig tax on property, and it is expected that the n, sion of the financial law, now before the Chalnb"iiiation:,7, take place till after the termination of the esan i . w w retu c , the sections. It is reported that General List . 11 be i si l o from the office of Minister of War, and that be van ceeded by General Nepven, and likewise that M. 00 will be definitively appointed Minister of Finance.a r 1 day last the Chevalier de Baze had an audience eile'll;00: jesty, in which he had the honour to present ',Lis sia as resident Minister of h er M a j es ty the ( — Lion the Court of the Netherlands, The General Steam Navigation Compit"Y l, packet Ocean, C a pt a i n J. C. Mist, from Rotte ril a n .t at seven this morning, accounts f l - th l e EA E L af T rr lo u lonf ci oC F :rs glitei at MaCkwall. The I' 7l l gardeci Ra a matter of certainty ; though, at his,; ;, tra 3. _, HowardE is u r o edsa r kh CARLlSLEifpairortiooab.---of4t:uheen °o bi tal uo. health and Strength are comparative, not pos'' BIRTHS. c ----77 -- -r -,- --= ---- - lad O y n o t f h e c l a l p t t h ai i n ns p t. a , t a u t rrtoulnt Clements,2entoharnPesteiiiiilieltr,e'etil co O n n t th h e e 1122tthh lust., a in t Portland - place, i l c .. e j i v:::: 0 11 1 P : ell' Alexander Gaviller,: of a son. iI I • W. Scrimgeour,. of a son, who survived only a f ew jous t _ ho urs. j ,, h , the Unwittbheofl2ththe Rev. Jacob jaactotbhce Clements; of aUdpatuognhS.tte.r. gto. F. Mrs. J. jo t i. h dL e ,.o l f 2t a n da i u n g st h „ te i r i . l Norfolk-street, Park" lan°7 t oo , , N e wiug 0 . On the 12th inst., at Woodbury Down, Stok 4 .liba Llddiard,.Esq On the I —A B U th i l it 'uso o , f of . a a t s u on and d c a l ug t ht n er, 14 1.4 ' On the . 1 1 • , a daughptpeer.r Clap ° ' titb: frdYeru , w fs ::: liii° 13t inst., at St George'road, South J. li', Neilson, of a son. * 'ti er MARRIED. - On the sth inst., at St. Mary's, Islington , ander, onl son of IV. Kent, Esq., of Haver:dock-11 veyol4" stead, to June Theresa, second daughter of Janes Es q,, ofAnuel-terrace, Edmonton. 4olu Th0r,.p.._,,. On the Sth inst., at Saxmundham, (lades T. ~ , i ilf Esq., of Dlss, Norfolk, to Emma Sarah, eldest ... ~t ifo l • Frede:itkotor daugliter of the lateE, P3lBl ' "' 0 DIED. PiA ti o On the 10th inst., at Grove Houle, T wicket-0101', iiro Harriott, widow of the late Major Mall, Mortlake, Surrey, aged 83. ,-.` verl oo , On the 10th inst., at Bath, C' ler'ne Glad 9 1. a9g. Hereford-street, relit', of the, 4l, 1 • i ~te J. G. I eine , . ,_ ge ~_ On the 11th ir, s t ,at Toribed • ! ll' .lls 3lrs: MerieY , to ol" On the rith inst.,. S ' ge I ' '' ik Jo" P at wP.rilain, Norio , P itric' Ew a . aged 88. tittle' On the 12th inst. ; Mr. John iki arc h an t, of Hurstperpoint, Sussex aged 75 The',,u;s Harriett, °L of : kin9 ol . l 's of On the 12th inst., at Ware, Hefts, Miss Ann 1 24 e relle,f. On the 12th inst., at Peckham-grove, Mary Al lit ' 3 l-vvh'" the late Mr. Samuel Pegg, Old-Barge House ce Blackiliars. of London : Printed and Published bi--1111MP° ` S tra nd ' No 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, N 0. 112, c l 4l4llty of Middlesex, Thursday, February 1 " , ' No